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Stating for Time

The best that can be said for the
poStponement in the rail dispute is that
it apparently fixes the 29th of July
as deadline after which there will
be no further Stalling At least the
President, in announcing the arrange
ment, said the delay was proposed and
accepted with the understanding that
no further such request for a continu-
ance will be made by this adminiStra-
ton" A spokesman for the railroads
said I'VE. take this to mean that the
dispute will be disposed of by July &c."
Most certainly 1t should be.
1t is difficult to understand why
the President was not prepared to face
the issue now. For his administration
had ample notice that the railroads
had proposed to post new work rules
at 1901 am. today and that the operat-
ing unions had said they would strike
Immediately in that event. One would
think that factual report and pro-
posed legislation would have been ready
for prompt transmission to Congress.
Instead, there is to be another
study and another report by another
committee of dispute which has been
studied and examined, inside and out,
time and time again. Perhaps there is
some gimmick in this, but If so it does
not meet the eye. Apparently the
President simply was not prepared to
proceed, and wanted a report from this
new group to bolster his legislative
proposals-always assuming, of course,
that no settlement is worked out in
the interim.
He may need all the support he
can get. For 1t is perfectly clear that
both the President and at least the
congressional leaders shrink from doing
what must be done If the unions go
through with their threat
The railroads have accepted and
the unions have rejected every proposal
for settling this controversy And the
unions have done this because they
know that the featherbedding practices
which the railroads say are costing
them needless $500 million a year
cannot survive the test of impartial
arbitration. The alternative proposed
by the unions is that they be left alone
to impose their will through a strike
which would strangle the economy of
the country.
Mr.. Kennedy and the Congress have
an absolute duty to see that this does
not happen. And the only way to dis
charge this duty is to enact legislation
providing for binding compulsory arbi-
tration, with penalties adequate to in
sure that both parties will abide by
the results. OF course this involves a
risk Of political retaliation. But that
retaliation should be nothing compared
to the political punishment that will
be imposed by the voters If, because of
timidity in the White House or on
Capitol Hill, they are put through the
wringer Of wholly unjustified rail-
road strike.
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Folly Unlimited

Last year, in enacting the other
wise laudable Trade Expansion Act,
Congress pulled a classic boner when
it attached to the legislation a proviso
banning Observation-Disclosures" tariff
concessions to any country dominated
or controlled by communism"
The only Red nations that have
enjoyed such concessions since the end
Of the Second World War have been
YugoSlavia and Poland. The reason for
this has been simple and persuasive
enough. Since 1948 the YugoSlav gov
eminent, refusing to take orders from
Moscow, has been kind of ebullient
and inSpirational hereto in the murky,
confused and joyleSS world of interna-
tional communism. AS for the Poles
(who are overwhelmingly Roman Cath
Ole in faith), their Gomulka regime
in Warsaw is not nearly so much its
own master as Marshal Tito's in Bel
grade, but it nevertheless tries to be
as independent as possible.
This is the background against
which the American people ought to
assess the action of their representa-
tives in laying down an inflexible
prohibition-an abrupt and potentially
dangerous reversal of our country'S past
position - against promoting mutually
advantageous trade with the Yugoslavs
and Poles If the prohibition continues,
both these peoples, not Just their
governments are going to be hurt. They
are going to be hurt in their stomachs,
in their efforts to prosper materially,
and in their desire to renew, strengthen
and expand their old historic ties and
associations with the free West.
Looked at in this light, 1t seems
to us that the congressional prohibition
is a thoroughly ill-advised and self
defeating thing. Clearly, at a moment
when international communism seems
to be slowly falling apart at the seams
-ideologically and otherwise-it is a
prohibition that serves merely to dis
courage independence minded people
like the Poles and Yugoslavs. And 1t
serves to encourage the muscle-men in
Moscow and Peking who, despite their
differences, are still trying to keep the
smaller Communist states lined up in
the effort to bury us.
Here is a situation that should
speak pretty much for itself, but the
message implicit In 1t apparently is
reaching deaf ears in Congress. Some
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1t shouldn't take much
more than a pea-shooter to
bring down The Stars trial
balloon for William Scran-
ton as the 1864 Republican
presidential nominee.
Surely you can't take Sc
riously the candidacy of a
man who has had a total Of
three years in elective office,
and whose concept Of how to
solve Pennsylvania's eco
nomic problems has so far
consisted of raising the sales
tax in that State to the
highest level in the country.
AS for the rest of his expert
ence the fact that Gov.
Scranton formerly served at
the State Department and
in the United Nations is GER
tainly no recommendation
for the presidency. nor for
any other position of au-
thority over our foreign pol
icy.
Your summation of Scran-
tons ideology-conservative
on economies, International
list on foreign policy, ETC.
would describe about half
the Democrats and wo-thirds
Of the Republicans In this
country. The gentleman has
no visible political philoso-
ply, no personal following,
no claim whatever to a pres
idential nomination.
Let us hope the Governor
Of Pennsylvania will main
tain the aloofness that has
characterized his previous
ventures into politics, and
will refrain once again from
STOPPING to seek the nomi-
nation. This time, he can
do so with the confidence
that no one Except possibly
The Starr will come begging
him to condescend to take 1t.
J. G. Davis.
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G. O. p. Friction

Since I am in the midst
Of writing an article which
describes the civil rights
resolution passed at the ma
tional convention of the
Young Republican Fedora
ton as a sickening mouth
full Of pharisaical equivoca-
tion," I was aghast to read
Don Ackerman's letter rep
resenting it as strong and
sound" and resulting from
40 hours of "thrashing out
honest disagreements" be-
tween the delegates from
New York and Alabama. For
it is clear beyond doubt that
Alabama, which has yet to
elect a Republican to State
office, won on every sub
Stantive point, while the New
Workers, with a Republican
Governor, two Republican
Senators, and Republican
majorities in both houses of
the State legislature, were
restricted to the billowy
rhetoric about equal oppor-
tunity which precedes the
action resolution to leave
racial and ethnic problems
with the good will Of each
individual"
This revolving callousness
to the plight Of the Negro,
in many areas disfranchised,
impoverished, and daily hu-
inflated, shows that at least
we cannot rely on the good
will" Of the delegates to the
Young Republican national
convention to do anything
about this great failure of
the American democracy.
Whose good, will, I wonder,
do they have in mind? Negro
good will toward the COP.
is justifiably dwindling as a
result of the flatulent and
disingenuous doublespeak of
the cryptic -bigotS who are
infiltrating the party and
desecrating its heritage, while
many party leaders look on
indulgently.
I must concede that we
have had enough good will
from the New Workers to-
ward politically retarded
Southerners to last for dec
AIDES. Rather than submit
to a civil rights sell-out to
Alabama, as Mr.. Alderman
seems to propose for the Ma
tional Party, Republicans
should write q civil rights
plank for the party's 1864
platform which causes the
turncoat Democrats who
have usurped and traduced
the Republican name in
Mississippi and Alabama to
bolt the convention.
George r. Glider,
Editor, Advance.
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McGM VS.. Provdo
Ralph McGill Writes

Ralph McGill writes:
when Vice Presiden t
Nixon went to Russia in 1859,
Admiral Rickover was along.
On a visit to the yards at the
Gulf Of Finland. the official
party saw a nuclear ice
breaker. Admiral Rickover
asked for a more detailed
look. He got 1.-TWO hours
Of It,"
Nov Admiral, are you
satisfied" asked the Soviet
officer.
II am pleased" said the
Admiral quietly, "but I am
never satisfied"
1 wonder what is the
source of this story. The rea-
son for this question is that
the Soviets offer a very diff
ferent version.
The February IL, 1868, is
sue Of "Pravda," In an edi-
torial entitled IAN Aggressor
Turks Under the Water"
states:
"(Admiral Rickover) upon
boarding the atomic ice
breaker, 'Lenin, in the Port
Of Leningrad, declared that
he would not leave until he
had investigated the ships
reactors in all details, and
obtained their blueprints. He
still had to leave without
them and this caused him
keen discomfort.
"(Admiral Rickover) loud
" declared his hatred Of
communism; Soviet cities,
factories and institutes he
scrutinized more as targets
for atomic rockets. But, the
other day, our well-informed
colleague, Sultsberger (sic),
shed additional light on the
conduct Of the irritate d
Admiral; he reported in the
New York Times that Gre
ferring to the suggeste d
NATO naval atomic forces)
atomic submarines, the
builder Of which is this fell
low-traveler Of Nixon, wear
ing civilian clothing, must
become the framework Of
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zations-church groups, labor
unions. patriotic societies, uni
versity and college units, and
others interested in the hui
man condition in general, al
low us to see this other side.
1.-THE issue is not one merely
for the American Negro"
says a member of the COM
mission from the National
Council of Churches. 1T is an
issue critical for every citizen,
OF whatever racial origin.
Even the most extreme racist
should now see that the Ma
ton must do what is right by
all its citizens. Therefore the
Washington story will not be
one of disorderly protest or
demonstration. 1t viii be a
protest with a responsible
purpose. The purpose is to
persuade those Members Of
the Congress who want to
maintain second-class infe-
rior citizenship for some
Americans to change their
minds.
"The plan will be for an or
derby march Of persons rep
resenting the religious and
civic life of this country. They
will meet before the Lincoln
Memorial and will there be
addressed by speakers repre-
senting both political parties.
Fillbuster a Demonstration
1--WE think most Americans
now understand that those
Senators who promise a fiery
filibuster are themselves an
nouncing q demonstration in
Washington. Such q DEM
onstration will not be a part
Of the normal processes of
Senate debate and delibera-
ton. A filibuster is an ir-
responsible demonstra tion
admittedly designed and exc
cuted to prevent the repre-
sentatives Of the people from
voting on legislation before
them. 1t is to be hoped that
such a demonstration will
not be glorified any more
than would be a demonstra-
ton which invaded the halls.
Both are equally irresponsi-
BILE. Neither can claim q re-
sponsible purpose.
1.-THE orderly march, and
the gathering before the Lin
coin Memorial" said the
commission member OF the
National Council of Churches,
will be in the best tradi-
ton Of the historic right Of
peaceful petition for the re-
dress Of wrongs. Those who
so gleefully hope for disorder
and an irresponsible demon
stration will be disappointed"
So 1t is that the March
on Washington" assumes Q
new look-and purpose.
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March on Capital

AS a young witness Of the
Bonus Army, as a former
CCC enrollee and witness to
the hunger marchers of the
depression years, and as a
veteran Of World War II, /
agree with your editorial
Gully 81 questioning the
value and suggesting the pos
Sible danger of a proposed
Negro mass demonstration in
Washington.
1t is our impression that
the Rev. Martin Luther King
is more interested in en-
barrassing the whites and
creating civil disorders than
he is in obtaining a square
deal for Negroes. Booker T.
Washin g ton, DR.. George
Washington Carver, Marian
Anderson, and Ralph Bunche
did not need mass demon
STATIONS and illegal sit-ins
to achieve success. Indeed,
a decade ago, participants in
such demonstrations would
have been branded as Com
munists, radicals. security
risks and dangerous revolu-
tionaries, which, of course,
is what they are. Now,
purely because Of skin color
alton, they are considered
patriots and may, backed by
the Federal militia, break the
laws of half a dozen States.
DR.. King and Attorney
General Kennedy are evil
IDENTIFY united on their fight
for civil rights, but it is time
the white citizens made it
understood that white civil
rights must also be protected,
not exclusive Negro rights.
John C. Rogers.
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FOCUS ON THE NEWS
BY CHARLES BARTLETT
Leadership Test in RIGHTS March

The Civil Fighters face @
leadership test of stern pro-
portions In constructing o
march on, Washington that
will achieve a suitable bal
ance between the futility Of
Coxey's Army and the ex-
cesses Of the sack of Garth
age.
They are obliged to make
1t roundly impressive to APP
pease the emotions Of the
masses initiated by their en-
ergies. They are obliged at
the same time to insure that
it does not become a many
headed monster capable of
wreaking damage upon the
Capital and even greater
damage upon their cause Of
equality.
This is a tall order for
leaders rendered defensive by
the surge of their followers
and impelled by their in
stincts to believe that the
march is not. beyond its emo
tional appeal to the march,
ers themselves, a good thing
at this time. Whatever their
doubts, they know they are
stuck with it and that parti-
cipation in the Great March
Of 1868 will inevitably be-
come a test Of respectability
In Negro ranks.
Any lingering hopes that
the march could be averted
were diSpelled by the expe-
rience of James Meredith,
who tested the stature de-
rived from his Mississippi
ordeal against the impotence
of the young Negroes and
Jared badly. The swiftness Of
his rebuke by the militants
and more responsible figures
who have been obliged to
move in their direction be-
tokened the impoSsibility Of
standing athwart the flow
Of sentiment for the national
demonstration.
The best omen for the Au-
gust % occasion lies in the
recognition by the major
Negro leaders, who have been
competing for position, that
they will have to hang to-
gether in planning for this
event or they will all fall
separately. United by the in
itiative Of Philip Randolph,
they are working already to
give the affair the clements
Of discipline and organiza-
ton that will prevent it from
becoming a fiasco.
One-Day Event
They enviSion a one-day
assembly in which the DEM
onstrators will gather by
morning at locations marked
as State headquarters and
march after lunch to the
Lincoln Memorial to hear
speeches asserting their aims.
The present plan is that the
majority will leave Wash
ington on the same day
without exerting their num-
bers on Capitol Hill or dis
turbing the nocturnal peace.
One strong hope for con-
troll Of the situation lies in
the prospect that its finan-
cial support will largely be
subject to central authority.
The demonstration will re-
quire a lot Of money and the
leaders. working through
their associates around the
country, can do much to in
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PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
March on D. c. Assumes New Look
By RALPH McGILL

Not since the 1885," said
a professor at Washington
University, has the individ-
ual had so much opportunity
to participate in the compell-
ing drama Of life. Not since
the 1865 has there been such
a demand Of the individual
that he bring himself to COM
mitment and say, I believe
To those who have been ask
ing themselves What can a
mere individual do?' there is
the ready answer he can
believe"
This will serve as a text.
Those Southern Senators
from Dixie who oppose any
civil rights legislation what
ever have made two an
nouncements. One, they will
filibuster "all summer" in an
effort to prevent a vote on
the proposed legislation. Sec
ondly, they very much hope
there will be an out-of- hand
riotous March on Washing
ton" because they believe it
will assist the filibuster.
The Nation has a stake in
this controversy. The Sena-
tors who will filibuster and
those who encourage them
made UP their minds. But the
presumption is that millions
Of troubled Americans who
want the Nation to reach a
just and honest agreement
Of the century-old issue of
race, but who do not want a
March on Washington" are
hopeful for something else.
May DisappOint Senators
There are signs that the
Southern Senators who pub
licly said they hope for a
demonstration before, and in
the halls, of the Capitol will
be disappointed. A demon
stration, with invasion Of the
corridors and even more ex-
aggerated acts Of protest,
could come about only II
there were a complete abdi-
cation Of responsible leader
ship. Wherever responsibility
is absent, responsibility fills
the resulting vacuum.
Indeed, as one looks about
the Nation 1t is relatively easy
TO pick out those cities and
States where there has been,
and is, such-a vacuum. Wher-
ever there has been an abb
sence Of responsible persons
IN action there has been
shameful violence disgracing
America and its promise.
There is another side TO
the demonstration coin. An
nouncements by a commits
sion appointed by the Ma
tional Council of Churches,
and by representatives Of
more than 100 other organi-
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body-indeed, not Just somebody, but
lots Of memberS-Should rise in both
the Senate and House and shout on the
side of reason in favor of repeal of
pointleSs restrictions on our ability, In
these times of trouble behind the Iron
Curtain, to maneuver in our own
interest.
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sure that responsible segments
Of the Negro community
are brought to washington
and to affect the timing of
their arrival and departure.
A lack of financing should
similarly discourage the more
desperate element Of Negroes,
particularly the masses Of
unemployed in the industrial
cities, from descending upon
Washington. These are the
individuals who could bring
danger to the occasion and
their attendance will not be
facilitated.
Reuther to Participate
Another promising factor
is the participation of Walter
Reuther, who offers consider
able experience in organizing
demonstrations and the pros
pect that a large number Of
white people may be involved.
An intensive effort will be
made to induce enough whites
to join the ranks to make it
a demonstration Of citizens
instead Of Negroes alone. It
is reasoned that If a mixed
participation is accomplished.
the affair will have greater
dignity and impact and the
radicals will be more closely
contained.
The Negro leaders have
been convinced by the Presi-
dent and their own consider.
able experience that a strategy
OF massive lobbying tech
niqueS on Capitol Hill would
yield negative results. The
NAACP will endeavor to pre-
empt the demonstrators in
clination to take their cause
directly to Congress by con-
Quoting a precise lobby Of 600
or so persons in early August.
These win be direct repre-
sensations to the members In
the accepted fashion and they
should serve to make the
point and discourage a mob
sentiment on August % that
insufficient pressure has been
applied to the lawmakers.
Despite these positive fac
tors, great uncertainties will
persist. Many Of the fanatics
will inevitably get to WASH
ington and pose the danger
that a minority may infil-
trate the crowd and change
its temper through exhorta-
ton. This is what happened
to Chicago's Mayor Richard
Daley last week when q
small but vocal group man
aged to boo him off the
speakers platform. The
same thing could happen in
Washington to the Negro
leaders themselves or to
President Kennedy.
A crowd agitated by a
common cause can swiftly
become a mob and mobs
through history have been
despiSed for their animal
natures. The Negro leaders
know that they are being
forced to play with dynamite
and are approaching their
task with an awed sense of
its possible consequences.
Their awe is the best
promise that their unfa-
miliar cohesion will last
through August % and that
every combined effort will be
made to prevent the dignity
of demonstration from dete.
riorating into an outrage.
9 1858
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these principally new-move-
able!-bases."
The above quotes from
"Pravda," if true, are a far
cry from "'I am pleased
said the Admiral quietly"
My apologies to Admiral
Rickover whom ! greatly adj
mire.
James r. MOriarty,
Brig. Gen. U. s. Marines
(Ret.)
Winter Park, Fla.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Lovely Spool

Your publication continues
to live up to the expectations
Of your readers. John Nc
Kelway's Rambler" column
of July 8 is a masterful piece
Of irony and a lovely spool
on the Washington scene.
Johu r EraukIin
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No Scranton Fan

John r. Franklin.
The Republican., 1963-12-03
Homes Light Way To
Express Yule Spirit

Festive lights beaming in and
around many homes at Christmas
joyfully express the spirit of the
season. It's a custom that dates
back to earliest times. when the
glow of candle, the flame of a
Yule log proclaimed holiday hap
piness.
While today's lighted decora-
tions may be more elaborate, the
same meaning remains. Families
decorate lawns and home exteriors
so that they may share Yuletide
joys not only with friends and
neighbors but with every casual
passerby.
Most families have traditional
decorative pieces they like to use
from year to year, but in new ways.
And it's always fun to add some
thing fresh, since the usual aim
is to improve on last year in orig
inality and effectiveness.
Stores are now displaying a va
riety of outdoor wiring and lights,
illuminated Santas and stars,
Wreaths and other pieces, which
can help Christmas decorators car
ry out their ideas.
The Republican., 1963-12-03
BE Brainy About
Gifting This Yule,
Give Them Books

The sensational acceleration of
general public interest in good
books-somcthing that has created
approving comment on every hand.
opens wide the door for some
brainy giving this Christmas.
True. fiction will again lead the
pack as choices are made for gift
ing this year. It's not surprising,
since good novels furnish enter
tainment, but they also stimulate
constructive thinking with their
treatments Of characters, situa-
tions, and ideas.
However, the discriminating
giver is going to do a lot of think
ing about what books to give
whom because there are so many
people these days who are pur-
suing special interests through
their reading, or who would in
deed appreciate reference work.
Not the least of these latter are
the new generation of business
men, as we'll as the students. who
The Republican., 1963-12-03

Shop early-enjoy the holiday.