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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Highly Dangerous

In connection with the slow-paced
withdrawal Of Soviet troops from Cuba,
Secretary Of State Rusk has Just made
some observations that ought to be
mulled over very carefully by the men
Of the Kremlin. Although addressed
here to meeting of the National Ad-
vertiSing Council, there can be no doubt
that his words have been spoken for
Moscow's ears as well, with this message
implicit In them: AS long as Russian
armed forces remain In the Caribbean,
the situation there will be explosive
enough to menace the peace Of the world.
That is why Mr.. RuSk has empha-
sized to the Advertising Council that the
objective Of United States policy in this
ugly situation is to get all Soviet military
units Cincluding, presumably, the weap-
ons they controD out Of Cuba as fast as
possible-faster, certainly, than the pace
Of the pullout thus far. The reason for
this is clear enough: AS the Secretary
has warned, the possibilities in the
Caribbean will remain highly danger
Gus" unless and until the USSR's armed
presence is dissolved in the area-totally,
without any ifs, butts or maybes
The present possible dangers, as Mr..
Rusk has outlined them, include the
following: ~ Interference with our
daily aerial surveillance Of CUBA kind
Of interference that could lead quite
quickly to shooting war Of sorts. (2)
The employment Of Soviet troops against
a popular Cuban uprising against Fidel
Castro-an action that would surely
compel our country to intervene with
armed power Of the most formidable
magnitude. And (3) Cuban-based opera
tons Of subversion and aggression de-
signed to bring about the piecemeal
composition the greater honor and
glory of m-Leninism-of all the
Americas, one at time.
In these circumstances, 1t is good
that Mr.. Rusk has made point Of sug-
costing to the Kremlin that 1t will be
playing with fire II 1t fails to remove
from Cuba the entirety Of It's sinister
investment Of troops and arms on that
captive, tragically betrayed isle. Nikita
Khrushchev and his colleagues should
pay the closest attention to Mr.. Rusk's
caveat, and they should act accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Second Look

I question the manner IN
which The Star is reporting
and editing the news reVolv-
ing around the National Cap
ital Transportation Agency's
report to the President. Your
February ~ editorial Second
Look" states that criticism Of
the Meta plan by various
Federal agencies continues to
mount" while another page
Of the same paper reports
that the Interior Department
had submitted q generally
favorable report" Prior to
this only two Federal agen-
cies had commented on the
Meta report, one being the
Commerce Departments Blu
reau Of Public Roads, which
might be expected to favor q
maximum highway solution.
In your editorial you refer
to the devastating criticism
Of the Meta plan by the
Commerce Department, as
disclosed in The Star last
Sunday" Referring to this
issue. I will agree with you,
at least, that your headline
was devastating" because it
stated Federal Study Favors
Inner Loop Start Now" Can
this headline be justified by
the statement in the article
beneath the headline: ut
Commerce Dept.0 also sug-
gests that sections of the In
ner Loop not already pro-
grammed (the North Leg,
Center Leg and East Leg
freeways) be re-examined." -?
GF0gveuOr Chairman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Winning the Hard Way

Winning basketball games, or some
times even getting to them, requires
more ingenuity in Mississippi than
simply dropping ball through a hoop.
You would think the Mississippi State
team had gone back to the days Of
Mosby's Raiders, so stealthy were its
movements in slipping away for its
NCAA tournament game in East Lam
sing, Mich.
Instead of taking off from the air.
port like any other team, bolstered by
the cheers of their followers, the players
had to plot perhaps their craftiest
maneuver all season to evade' possible
process servers. The strategy was for
the second stringers to make a diver
sionary move at the airport, while the
first team took cover until the "all-
clear" signal was given.
All this may have added a thrill
to what for Mississippi State had to be
quite an adventure, anyway. But we
doubt 1t, even though the players we're
making history Of kind by outwitting
die-hard segregationists who would use
a court order to prevent competition
against Negroes.
Beneath the ludicrous overtones,
there was much more to this than a
basketball trip. There was the decision
Of the university president and the
State Board, undoubtedly rejecting the
will OF a majority Of citizens, that the
time had come TO make a breakthrough
In a blindly followed tradition. with
the coach. Of Chicago Loyola, we say
Hats off TO Mississippi State"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Federal Unions

Undoubtedly our union-bi-
ased Federal Administration
will legislate without voter
approval and issue an Execu-
tive Order authorizing union
dues check-off for Govern
ment employees. An accom-
panying statement will adj
wise that a percentage Of
amounts collected will be
withheld to cover administra-
tive costs. This Is window
dressing.
First, we should ask, Els
unionization Of Government
employees necessary" Govern
ment service is q privilege to
be sought and not a vested
right. Near-compulsory I'M
ionism is an admission by the
executive department and by
Government managers of
their ineptness in personnel
administration. Also, union
ism brings into Federal en-
ployer relations, persons out
side Of Government employ
ment whose main interest is
the upgrading and mainte-
nance of their union jobs as
opposed to general public in
terest.
Second, what is the real
cost2 If we are to believe
the managed Government
news releases, all Federal
employees are now presumably
fully employed, that is. busy
for eight hours a day. There
fore, in order to assume the
added task of collecting I'M
ion dues and initiation fees,
additional employees must be
hired. The added work force
will need office space, office
furniture and supplies, tele-
phone and other utility serv-
ices. In the large bureaus
and departments. the in
crease in employment will be
great enough to justify hir-
ing a supervisor for the un-
ion dues collection crew, per-
haps even a supergrade man
ager. If the executive main
tains no additional person.
mel are necessary, a reduction
In force is overdue. More cleo
tronic data-processing equip
ment may be required or ex-
listing equipment may require
extra shift operations. What
about the cost of fringe bene-
fits such as annual leave,
sick leava Government con-
tributions to insurance and
retirement funds, survivors,
benefits. and so forth for the
union dues personnel Who
will pay for the time needed
TO fill and process the forms
authorizing the dues salary
deductions? Who will pay for
the work time lost by solicit
ing among and pressuring
non-signers? 1t is already APP
parent that q percentage Of
amounts collected will not
reimburse the taxpayer in
full for the political pay-off
Of dues collections.
Money contributed by tax
payers is, by our Constitu-
ton, for the operation Of the
Government. 1t is not paid
into the Treasury to support
non Government organiza-
tons and their highly paid
directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Northern 'Hypocrites'

AS q Virginian who n O t
long ago returned to Vir-
ginia after an extended So
journ in several Northern
States, the last being Ne W
Jersey. / am disguised with
the nonsense and hypocrisy
in the local press concerning
the recent activities Of SEN
ator Williams of New Jersey,
who generously donated one
whole day Of his time to
trash cleanup in the Gum
Springs area of Virginia.
Senator williams is not the
only New Jersey politician
who has found 1t expedient
to involve himself in mat
tiers concerning Negroes in
Southern States. OF course,
all Of these individuals are
motivated by the highest
principles and are pure al
TRUSTS. Nobody would be so
uncouth as TO suggest they
have the Negro vote in New
Jersey in mind.
There are in New Jersey, as
everywhere. many fine people
and there are also hypocrites,
as everywhere. The hypocrites
are customarily found living
In all-white neighborhoods
and sending their children to
all-white schools. meanwhile
loudly proclaimin6 themselves
to be in favor Of integration
and making derogatory re-
marks about segregation In
the South. However, when
these same hypocrites get q
dose Of indignation, as some
of them did recently in Mont
clair and Englewood, New
Jersey, a great hue and cry
was raised and suddenly they
are not so liberal anymore.
The Newark News has long
attacked the South in gen.
eral, and Virginia in particu-
lar. meanwhile conveniently
overlooking the appalling Ne
gro slums which exist in
Newark. N. J. Those who
derive such satisfaction from
pointing TO the situation
which exists in Prince Ed
ward County. Virginia. would
be well advised TO eliminate
the situation Of the unfortu-
nate Puerto Rican children
OF Newark who. in summer.
run bare naked and filthy
dirty on Broad Street.
James Il, Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16

Toll Of life and property
taken each year by the ele-
ments is enormous.
This is stressed by the
National Academy of Sci
ences in a report urging a
concerted national effort for
the next decade in the
weather sciences" especially
in fields where some solid
foundation has been estab-
lished in the last few years.
Through corrosion Of ma
terials. says the report, air
pollution alone drains away
about IS billion a year. Rural
and urban fires add up to
another Sis billion leak in
the national economy. Hail
storms with their damage to
crops account for $50 million
worth Of damage. Damage
due to Indictment conditions
appears to amount to about
$3.50 million a year. -r
Figures VIII Increase
All these figures are bound
to go up, the report points
out, with increases in the
worlds population which
will become more and more
dependent on weather.
by the end Of this CEN
tury." says the report. "the
world population will have
grown from the present g.
900.000.000 to about $780,
100000. At present about
two-thirds Of the people live
in underdeveloped regions
and are striving to better
their circumstances and
reach a standard compare
BILE to that Of the western
world. On top Of the rapid
rise in world population there
is now In progress an enor-
nous rise in the standard OF
living among the under
privileged. AS these two fac
tors multiply meteorological
problems will begin TO re-
veal their magnitude.
THE amount Of solar en-
ergy that reaches the earth's
surface Is so large that,
under ideal conditions. our
planet could support a popu-
lation many times the size Of
the one now existing. How
ever. certain terrestrial con-
ditions are limiting. Strict
est Of them all is the supply
Of fresh water. BY the end
Of this century the popula-
ton Of the United States will
have doubled and the water
consumption trebled. Before
then critical conditions will
have developed In several
areas. It is possible that ar
tificial stimulation Of rain
fall may be achieved. It
seems likely, however that
much OF the solution Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16

In response to a recent
letter from a reader on school
aid-and exemptions to Cath
ole parents-may I point out
that there are millions Of
Protestant, Jewish and athe-
list parents paying tuition in
church related or other pri-
vate schools-also taxes In
support Of the public schools
they choose not TO use7
These parents. as are Cath
ole parents who prefer
church schools, are exercis-
ing freedom Of choice. the
cost Of which should be
wholly theirs. The public
schools are not denied TO
these parents.
Consider for a moment the
childless couples who are sup
porting schools from which
they can never hope 10 BEN
efit-the single property
owner-the elderly property
owner-the widowed. the d.
vorced-none of these are
permitted any exemptions
from the tax burden imposed
on them for the education Of
other peoples children.
II does seem rather unfair
since most Of them do not
contribute 10 the heavy bur-
den on the schools. II anyone
is entitled 10 exemptions why
not they7 The public school
system OF the United States
will be seriously undermined
II exemptions from school
taxes are permitted anyone.
Barbara Keibler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
THE POLITICAL MILL
Budget Cutters and Economy
BY GOULD LINCOLN

1t is apparent that economy
does not begin at home on
Capitol Hill. The House, all
ready having two large Of
flee buildings to give each
member q suite Of offices. to
house committees and to pro-
vide large hearing rooms, Is
now completing a third -
almost as large as the first
two combined - alta moder-
ate cost Of some 500 million.
The Senate has two similar
office buildings. It's never far
behind the House. and as
Senator Ellender pointed out.
a demand for q third office
building to house all the Sem
ate investigating staffs, etc.,
may be expected. sn.
How Costs Have Grown
No one will deny that the
business of Government, in
GLIDING the Legislative
branch. has been compelled
to grow as the country has
expanded. II is a far cry back
to the earliest Congress In
l789-9l. In those days. the
salary or pay Of a Senator
was So a day - when he was
present at its sessions - and,
OF course, the same. for a
member Of the House. BY
1918, this congressional sti-
pend had been increased to
So a day. In 1896, the SAL
aries of members Of Con-
gress reached 5000 a year
- and the stipulation that
members had to be present
at sessions to be paid had
long since vanished. What
cries Of pain and indignation
would rise today II a member
Of either house of Congress
was locked for failing to at
tend sessions. BY stages, the
salaries of the members have
now reached the 500, 500
mark, and allotments for Of
flee forces probably average
$4,000 a year, depending on
the size Of populations in
States. In addition, each
member is allotted money for
travelling expenses to and
from Washington to his or
her home q couple Of times
a year, and of course for
travelling on House or Senate
business. Also they have free
mailing privileges.
James Monroe, q Senator
from Virginia and later Pres
ident of the United States,
sat in the Senate during the
first Congress at q lowly SAL
airy, and so did Charles Car
roll of Carrollton, Md, Rob-
ert Morris of Pennsylvania
and Richard Henry Lee, also
of Virginia. In the Eighth
Congress John Quincy Adams
Of Massachusetts, in 1903 was
a Senator at So q day, and
later became President. This
is not by way Of criticizing
the members of Congress who
today are better compensated.
and who have more to do in
Washington. 1t is merely to
point out the tremendous
changes which have taken
place, with bigger and bigger
Federal Government and o
multiplicity Of Federal laws.
Members Of Congress are run
ragged, too, taking care Of
constituents who used to take
care of themselves. or be
taken care of by local or
State governments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16

The high cost Of Govern
ment is not confined to the
executive branch. The law
makers do a considerable bit
Of spending. too, even though
the total budget - and APP
preparations - for the legis-
lative branch is small
when compared TO the billions
Of dollars President Kennedy
has told Congress the depart
ments and separate agencies
will require for the next fis-
cal year. The unwise - to
put 1t mildly - spending of
some money on Capitol Hill
has recently been widely pub
hcized. The travels abroad of
Representative Adam Clayton
Powell, chairman of the
House Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor, and two of
his assistants, and their ex-
penditures in night clubs in
Paris and elsewhere, brought
to light by Senator williams
Of Delaware. are the case in
point. The result was the
clipping of $4,000 off the
sum asked by Mr.. Powell for
his committee investigations
this year. 3D. -
But the House has gone
ahead and allotted SO, 443, $50
for use by subcommittee and
special com mittee for
Investigations. and the Sem
ate has raised the ante for
similar purposes to nearly
$4.5 million. These are not
expenditures for the standing
committees of the two houses.
but for subcommittee and
special committees, all having
staffs Of their own to pay
and to house, and to travel.
Some of these special inves-
tigating committees have
been in existence for years,
appointed originally to look
into special subjects, like
juvenile delinquency. It's been
under way for nearly a decade.
The Federal budget for the
legislative branch for fiscal
1864 totals $149 million. Be-
sides the Senate and House,
this sum is to take care of
the Library Of Congress, the
Government Printing Office
and the office Of the archi-
tect Of the Capitol. The last
looks after the buildings. The
Senate gets $31, 800, 900 and
the House $55.450,000 for
their particular expenditures.
s.. Reduction Rejected
Senator Ellender, Democrat
Of Louisiana, sought In vain
to cut some of the allotments
for Investigations by sub
committees and special COM
mittees. He never had a prayer
One Of his proposals was to
cut the Housing Subcommit-
tee from 100000 to SOS, 900.
He said that he could see no
good reason for further in
vestigating housing; that it
has been investigated time
and again. The Senate beat
him by a vote of 81 TO 18,
although Senator Ellender
told his colleagues that the
investigating payroll has
grown to 1913 persons as COM
pared with $50 on regular
committee staffs. The same
thing has been going on in
the House.
Amidst all the talk of
budget-cutting in the name
of saving the poor taxpayer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16

Secretary OF Defense Nc
Namara blasted critics who
damn the intelligence" serv-
ice OF the u. 8. without
knowing more about It,"
Well. whose fault Is that7
The Administration admitted
that II managed Tor should
! say restrictedO the news
during the Cuban crisis.
Peter A. Cavanaugh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16

LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used mill be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Community at Work

. On March 3, as j watched
$500 elementary school boys
and girls file into Champion
Hall at Howard University to
see Aladdin and the Won
derful Lamp" I felt the posi-
tive power of D. c. commu-
nifty action at work in
g. beautiful way.
The Junior League Players
brought three performances
of a masterful production to
thousands of culturally de-
prived children. whose high
squeals Of excitement at
tested to their enjoyment of
it. The Junior League also
paid for the rental of the
auditorium.
These youngsters were
transported to the theater
largely by local bus firms.
When asked If they would
carry District school children
free Of charge to the univer-
sity for this cultural expert
ence, the Gray Line. Trail
ways, Virginia Stage Line,
White House Sightseeing
Corp, and the American Red
Cross all responded willingly.
Not the least Of the vol
unteers who demonstrated
their desire to provide a good,
wholesome time for boys and
girls for whom this is rare,
were the principals and stats
of the schools themselves,
who organized their children
and came on an off-day to
supervise their charges in
person. Quietly, unassuming-
ly, these fine school people
went about this added duty
with q splendid sense Of love
for these little people.
1t is hard to know how
far such wholehearted COM
munity action can 60 toward
preventing juvenile delin-
quency In Washington.
Margaret Lipchik,
Urban Service Corps,
d. c. Public Schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Where's That Cab?

Among changes in District taxi
regulations TO take effect next week are
those which leave the questions Of
whether Cables should smoke or play
their radios up to the discretion OF
passengers. And no doubt these are
important concessions to some people.
To our thinking, however, the big
problem with Washington cabs is getting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Elements Yearly Toll Enormous
By THOMAS R. HENRY

water resource problem will
lie In improved management.
In any case, far more detailed
knowledge of the water cycle
Of the atmosphere will be
needed"
Since the atmosphere Is in
a continuous state Of change
and motion, says the Acad-
envy report, to- acquire real
understanding, 1t must be
studied on a global scale and
at all heights above the
earth. 1t is only very recently
that probing systems have
been developed which make
this possible.
ut might even become pos
Sible," 1t Isl added, "as has
been proposed in, the USSR
to alter the circulation Of
certain ocean basins with
beneficial results on climate.
Much could be gained by ad-
vancing the spring season by
a few weeks in such regions
as the Baltic and around
Hudson Bay. In marginal
areas even small changes
may yield valuable results. It
is not necessary to aim at
global changes as q first OBJ
jective."
Cigarettes almost undoubt-
edly are q factor in Develop
ment Of gastric ulcers.
This is brought out in an
Office Of Naval Research re-
port Just published by the
National Academy Of Sci
ences. Statistics Of deaths
from this common malady
reveal a great majority of
cigarette smokers. Actually
the statistics cited show no
deaths among non-smokers
but this may be due TO In
completeness Of the records.
1T is difficult to believe"
says DR.. Charles B. Wilson
Of the Naval Research Office
that with q much larger
sample one would continue TO
find that smokers never
died Of gastric ulcers. though
the rate might be very
small"
Not Indicated an Cause
II is not indicated that
smoking actually has any
thing 10 do with initiation Of
the ulcers. It just aggravates
them In some way TO the
point where they become
fatal maladies.
For the closely related
duodenal ulcers the picture
Is some what different al
though here also the rate of
deaths among cigarette smo-
kers is significantly higher.
Deaths also occur. however,
among non-smokers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
Managed News

James Z. Bryan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-16
School Tax Burden

Oscar StieRIer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-04
GoIdwuter,
Hoover Back
Radio Hams
BY the Associated Press

Two avid radio "hams" -
Senator Goldwater, Republican
Of Arizona. and Herbert Hoov-
er, jr., want Congress to permit
foreign amateur radio operators
to bring their sets here and
operate them.
They and other officers Of
the American Radio Relay
League told the Senate Com
merce Communications Sub.
committee yesterday that &
present ban on operations BY
alien amateur radio fans is Gre
ating international Ill will.
Senator PaStore, Democrat o
Rhode Island, presided at
public hearing on a bill intro
duced by Senator Goldwate
and 81 other Senators which
would permit the Federal Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-04
Cor Rides, Too

LONDON. - A traveller in
England, Germany, Italy a n d
France can take his CAT with
him when he trave.s by train.
The service started in Britain
in 1855. Somewhat similar
service is offered in Canada
and part of the United States,
only a traveller must wait for
his car to arrive after him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-04

munications Commission to is
sue authorizations, but not IL
censes, for alien amateur radio
operators to operate their radio
stations" in the United States
If the country of the visiting
foreigner granted similar treat
ment to United States hams.
Senator Goldwater, who oper-
ates his own amateur stations
both here and in Arizona, said
the ham fraternity" now is
worldwide although this coun-
try has 40 per cent of all
amateur operators"
Mr.. Hoover, son Of the for
mer President and a former
UnderSecretary of State, sale
some 81 other nations which