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Elk Garden Edges
Southern 50 to 81

Elk Garden High school edged the
Southern Highlanders 50 to 81 on
the Oakland home court last Fri
day night in a makeup game or
iginally scheduled December z
but showed out.
Charles Keller was high scorer
for Elk Garden with IS while Bill
Carlson led Southern's losing eff
forts with Is points. Hinebaugh
also had two points, Garrett 5,
Trickett 6, Corbin 7, Rice 8,
SWeitzer 2, Damon a, and Mosser
Is. Orr and Dintaman were nom
scoring. Garrett and Mosser were
hot at the foul line, the former
getting of 6 attempts and Mosser
getting out of 10.
Scoring also for Elk Garden were
Thompson with IL. Martin 3, Evans
IS, Brown s, Aronhalt 2. Hart }
and Stullenbarger 3. Non-scOring
were ward and PrltlS.
Elk Garden held the edge at all
the periods, with a half-timc adj
vantage of 1921. Elk Garden out
shot the Highlanders from the
field 10 goals to Is. Southern fired
81 of 35 foul shots while the Elks
had only 81 out of 81.
1t was a close contest all the way
with no more than six points
separating the winners from the
losers along the way SOuthern's
record is now 2-2, with Elk Gar
den having and 4 record. Fri
day nights contest was a Potomac
Valley contest. Southern is IL in
the conference.
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and Mrs Eugene Coddington and
children. Billy Martz. Phil Fisher,
Beverley Ann Savage.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Friend and
family spent Tuesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs Woodrow HENDERSON
and family. Selbysport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Savage. Nc
Henry, we're Sunday guests Of Mr..
and Mrs J. Il. Spear and family
Mr. and Mrs Harold HENDERSON
and children visited with his broth
er Mr. and Mrs. Robert Humber
son and children. and other rela-
tives and friends in Carteret, n
j., from Thursday until Saturday
night
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Selby and
son. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Rush and
Anthony Eckenrode were Christ
mas dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Playford Ryan and son at Oakland
Misses Leila Marie and Patsy
Riley Washington, d. c.: Lester
Whitmer, District Heights: Floyd
Baker, Hillside, Md, and J. c..
Riley. Selbysport, we're Christmas
dinner guests Of Mr. and Mrs Ell
wood Riley. Afternoon callers were
Mrs. Ernest Selby and Mrs James
Lininger.
Visitors Of Mrs. Margaret Rush
and daughters, Mrs Deane Schroy-
er, were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ben
nighof and children, Phoenix, Md:
Mrs. Boyd Paugh. Deer Park; Mrs.
Violet Schroyer and sons and Mr..
and Mrs Jack Schroyer, Red
House; Mr. and Mrs Hubert
Friend and daughter Hoyes; Mrs
Halle Custer Oakland; Mr.. and
Mrs. Dale Rush and sons, Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Rush and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen FratZ and family,
Accident; Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Thomas and children, Green
Gables.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Barnard
and children, Roslyn. Pa, spent
Friday and Saturday evening at
the Durham Shoemaker home.
Other Saturday evening supper
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Spear and children, Walter Nick
low and Mrs. H. l.. Shoemaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray VanSickle,
Mrs. Harold Friend, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold HENDERSON and children
we're Christmas dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. X. F. Savage and
Beverley Mrs. Friend remained to
visit until Wednesday evening.
Visitors at the Garletts-Richter
home during the past week were
Maurice Coddington. Addison; Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Frazee and fami-
ly, Blooming Rose; Miss Bonnie
Baker, Grantsville; Mr. and Mrs.
w. K. Livengood, Mrs. Effie Ship
ley, Mrs. Rose Tressler, Mrs. Jes-
sic Sines and Mrs. Maude Liven-
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kTcHENRY

DR.. and Mrs. Carl Warman and
family, of MorgantoWn, spent the
Christmas holidays at their cottage
on Marsh Hill road. They were ac-
companied by Sue Saltzer, who
spent several days with her par
entS, Mrs. Mark Slater.
A recent visitor of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Saltzer and family was A. j.
Love, San Antonio, Texas. He was
also a visitor of DeCorsey Bolden,
Oakland. Mr.. Love is installing
dry cleaning equipment at the
Southern Laundro-Mat He is the
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. c. A.
May, former Oakland residents.
Richard Warman was taken to
Morgantown, on Thursday night,
for medical treatment following a
shedding accident He was accom-
panied by William Warman, Chris
tine Clates and Bill Saltzer The
latter three returned that night.
DR.. Warman, Richard and Sue Salt
ger returned Saturday afternoon
for the weekend.
Russia'S submarine fleet was
called big and growing.
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FH'GGRsSESUiEEe Notes

and Mrs. Jessie Sines were in Han
cock on Thursday and Friday, De-
cember 20 and 81, to visit Mrs
Ethel Sincs Weaver and family
and to attend the funeral of her
husband, Raymond Weaver, on
Friday. He had been an invalid
for Is years and was So years old.
Other survivors arc eight children
and ten grandchildren Burial
was in Hancock.
Mrs. Richard Selby and son
Vicky, Mrs. Paul Fisher spent Sat
urday in UniontoWn.
SpE4 Raymond Garner, who Just
returned from Korea, is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Rush for
several days. He will soon leave
for Fort Eustis. Va.
Walter HENDERSON spent last
Monday and Tuesday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph HENDERSON and fami-
ly, at Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman VanHorn.
Smicksburg, Pa, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs Olin Friend.
The VanHOrns and Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Mccullough left Monday
morning for Florida for a months
vacation with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffrey Barnes and
son Scott, left Tuesday afternoon
after a few days visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Coddington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Jr. Selby,
Baltimore, were Saturday evening
guests of Mrs. David Fike.
Tuesday evening visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. r. II. Schlosnagle were
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Selby, Balti-
more; Mr.. and Mrs James Lininger
and children, and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Capel.
Miss Carole VanSickle and Jer-
ry Darchicourt returned to Balti-
more after a visit with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Van
Sickle. They all were Saturday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cloyde VanSickle and family at
McClellandtown, Pa.
Mrs. Cora Rush, Accident, spent
the past week with Mrs. Helen De-
vine They were Christmas dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Friend and family, near Blooming
Rose.
Miss Beverley Savage spent Fri
day night with Miss Christine
Thomas, at w. Wand. line. Bev-
erley is spending several days this
week with her grandmother, Mrs.
Bertha Friend, Green Gables.
Miss Carole Blubaugh, AleXan-
dria. Va: William Shoemaker. of
Wheaton; and Mr.. and Mrs. j. R.
Spear and children were Christ
mas supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
E. w. Shoemaker and family.
Mrs. Bertha Friend and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray VanSickle visited on
Wednesday evening with the for
mer's sister Mrs. Minnie Frantz,
of Ridgeley, w. Va. who was visit
ing with her son, Kenneth Frantz
and family, near Markleysburg,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Nicola and
son Billy, and Ray Wilson, Conflu-
eEce, Pa, were Christmas dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lytle
and family.
Amos and Reuben Friend visited
their mother, Mrs. Minnie Friend,
at the w. Va. medical center, Nor
gantOWn, on Saturday. Mrs. Friend
had been a patient there for two
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weeks and was released Saturday
evening. She is now with hCr son,
Charles Friend and family, at Nor
gantown, for a visit
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams and
children visited in Baltimore from
Sunday until Wednesday with the
formers mother, Mrs. Mae Will
liams, and his sister, Mrs. Anna
Strasinger and family.
Misses Betty and Elsie Vite2. of
Pittsburgh. Pa, and Mrs. Jessie
Sines and daughters we're Christ
mas dinner guests of their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vitez. Mill Run
Mr.. and Mrs. Danny VanSicklc
and daughter, Cleveland. o., were
Monday supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray VanSickle and Mrs. Har-
aid Friend.
Miss Louise Fike was a recent
overnight guest of Miss Sue Rich
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs Byron Fike. Wads-
worth, o., spent from Saturday UNI
til Tuesday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Fike. George Bish-
off, HOyes Run, was a Sunday sup
per guest of the Fixes.
Miss Elaine Fike, Markleysburg:
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Townsend,
Brownsville; and Mrs. Wayne
Friend and son, were Thursday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Friend and family, near
Blooming Rose. Sunday evening
dinner guests were Miss Jane
Guard, Mrs. Helen Devine and
Wilbur Fox.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John
Spear during the holidays were
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Spear and
daughter, Addison. Pa: Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Augustine and daugh-
ter, Oldtown; Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Turney and sons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Friend and son. Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Spear and children,
Robert and Richard Spear, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Spear and chill
dren.
Mrs. H. L. Shoemaker and Mr..
and Mrs. Foster King and sons
were Christmas dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Shultz and
family, Markleysburg.
Mrs. Cora Resi-. Cove. visited
with Miss Mae and Russell Schroy-
er, Oak Hill, Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Resi- and
daughter, Cove, visited with Mae
and Russell, Saturday evening.
Miss Christine Thomas. w. Va
Md. line, was Thursday over
night guest of Miss Beverly Say
age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Richter and
daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Ar
mold Georg, Accident, Friday eve
ming.
Mrs. William Martz and family.
Baltimore, spent the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs Orval jenkins
and were Christmas dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs Cecil Schroyer are
spending this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Kelly and family, at
Timonium.
Christmas dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde VanSickle were
Mr.. and Mrs Alvin Trimpey. Of
Somerset, Pa; Mrs Ada Kahl, Ac-
cident; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mey-
ers, HagerstoWn; Miss Mary Martz.
Baltimore; Miss Hazel Schlosnagle
and Jerry Darchicourt. Other
callers during the week were Mr..
and Mrs. Danny VanSickle and
daughters, Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wagner, McHenry; Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Mazer, Mrs. Robert
Sines and family, Mrs. John Capel,
MIR and Mrs. Ray NanSickle. MIR.
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EVANSVILLE COMMUNITY
SALE
GrantsYille. Maryland

GrantsVilIe, Maryland
Hogs, top barrOWs and gifts,
1870 to 1910; hwy. butcher, 1850 to
1910: light butcher, 1850 to 1900.
butcher sows, 1860 TO 1880: feeder
shoats, 900.
Veal good, $500 to 5000: stand
ard. 1000 TO 2425: utility, 1900
down.
Heifers. choice, 1000 to 1920:
standard, 1880 to 1880: utility, 1900
to 1900.
Cows: commercial. 1900 to 1890:
utility, 1900 TO laps; Gamer and
cutter, HOO to 1880.
Bulls: commercial and good.
1860 to 1900; cutter and utility.
1850.
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Khrushchev accused West Ger
man Konrad Adenauer of trying
to start world war over Cuba.
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Try Our Want Ads-They Pay.
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Eggs, jumbo, AZ to SIC; large,
IS TO soc; medium, 3G to 42c
Evening star., 1963-01-20

homine pigeon in a registered race
7:30 M WALT DISNETS WORLD.
Drama. / Hour. Color. Johnny Shiloh"
a two-part, faetually based drama about
a little boy who became one Of the
Civil Wars most honored combat heroes
Kevln coTcoran. Brian Keith, Daryl
Hickman and Skip Homeier star. Regis
Toomey IS featured.
q THE JETSoNS.
Comedy Color. "Las Venus" George
and James second honeymoon Is shat
tered by Boss Spacelys urgent business
demands.
q DENNIS THE MENACE.
Comedy Mr.. Wilson teale GoTdonl tells
Dennis little white lie about being III
so that he can slip away alone to see a
sports show. Jay North stars.
800 g AWARD THEATER.
Drama Author At Work." An avid
reader Of murder attempts to blackmal
the author and becomes the subject for a
play. Ernie koVacs stars. tRepeat)
q SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE.
ia Hours. "cast a Long Shadow"
1852 Audie Murphy and Terry Moore
q Ed SULLIVAN SHOW.
Variety. l Hour. Guests: The Mcclure
Sisters. vocal group; Georgia Brown.
musical comedy star; Sergio Franchi.
Italian tenor; Ben Blue, pantomimist.
and Charlie Mama, comedian.
$50 q CAR 81, WHERE ARE YOU?
Comedy. "The Presidential Itch" Toody
envisions great political career for him
self when he campaigns to be elected
president Of the Precinct Brotherhood
Club. Joe E. Ross and Fred ewynne star.
q AWARD THEATER.
Drama. Morning Boat to Africa"
(Repeat)
900 a BONANZA.
Western Color / Hour "Eesy for a
Hangman" Adam tPernell Roberts) sifts
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Latin Investment Firm
Being Set Up by Jovits

MEXICO CITY. Dec. q
(AP).-Senator Javits, Repub-
lican Of New York, told the
Mexican Senate yesterday he Is
sponsoring q new private enter
prise investment company to
help Latin America.
Senator Javits, on vacation
in Acapulco, flew to Mexico
City to address the Senate.
Pratsing Mexico's recent
economic and political pro-
gress. the visiting Senator said:
"In company with Senator
Hubert Humphrey and with
associates Of the leaders OF
private enterprise In the United
States and Europe, and under
the auspices Of the NATc
parliamentarian conference,
am preparing q new private
enterprise investment company
initiative known as ADELA
atlantic Community Develop
ment Group for Latin
America).
1T Is to work in selected
Latin American Countries in
association with its private
enterprises, and in association
with the Tnter-American Devel.
opment Bank, to finance ano
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render technical assistance to
middle level manufacturing
distributing and servicine
enterprises both industrial and
agricultural but not in the
extractive industries.
This investment company Is
to be established in Paris on
January 10 and II with the
interested consultations of high
officials Of the DECD and
GAS.
II expect Mexican private
enterprise to be an important
investor in this project"
He said the outlook for good
Mexican United States rela-
ions was suspicious due In
part to the conclusion Of the
Chamizal Treaty, returning @
section of Texas to Mexico.
Praising Mexico, he said this
country is among the first Of
the Latin American republics
to look outward to the other
American republics and to be
ready to help them with tech
meal assistance, financial
investment and similar leader.
ship, joining with the United
States in association to give
greater assurance Of success.
for the Alliance for Progress"
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Indonesiuns Bar
Rescue Vessel

SINGAPORE, Dec. 81 CAP).
"A British Navy salvage ship
was ordered out of Indonesian
waters yesterday after it went
to aid an Indian passenger YES
sci with 276 persons aboard,
Singapore officials reported.
Port authorities said the
British ship, the Barbain, had
been given temporary clearance
by the Indonesian Navy to help
the 7,O00-ton Mohamedi. stuck
on a reef near an island be-
tween Singapore and Indone-
STA.
when the Barbain ap-
preached, three Indonesian
gunboats came alongside, sent
a party aboard, announced the
clearance was revoked, and or
dered the British to leave. The
Barbain returned to Singapore.
Indonesia has vowed to
wreck Malaysia, of which Sim
gapore is a part.
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The Problem of Nominations

that are practical and can
become effective. A President
who plays politics may, I'M
fortunately. win an election,
but he may fail to serve eff
GENTLY the eountry's econom-
ic and sociological require
ments within the limits set
forth by the people under a
written Constitution.
What America needs Is q
system that will insure the
selection Of q competent
President Of experience and
not Just q candidate with
personal appeal but without
prior training In the national
Government. These are days
when wrong decisions can
mean war or national bank
ruptcy or other catastrophes
to the American people.
As the population increas-
es, the problem Of Govern
ment becomes more complex.
Can one man be expected to
rule effectively in the presi-
dency? Wouldn't it be better
to pick from the most capa-
bic men inside Government
the presidential nominees Of
their respective parties and
to put alongside Of them-to
be chosen in the same cleo
tion-a Cabinet of 10 men
also well qualified in. nation
al governmental problems?
Wouldn't 1t be better to or
ganize in this way an elected
presidential council? These
men then could appoint gen.
eral managers for the var
ious Government depart
ments, so that the Cabinet
secretaries themselves could
sit at the side Of the Presi-
dent in the executive office
building available for daily
conferences, as is the prac-
tice in so many successful
business enterprises Of the
country.
Some change Is long over
due, and the stories about
the process of selecting q
Republican presidential can
didate emphasize the weak
ness in the present system.
Often the people vote for an
incumbent administration
because the alternative is no
better. This is a reflection on
the quality Of men brought
to the fore under the system
that prevails today.
q 1850
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Upbeot Performance by Congress Seen
With Its Power Ratio Little Changed

the johnson can do" image
in the foreign aid fight. Mr..
Halleck was helped by the
ineptitude Of House Demo-
cratic leadership. which is
unlikely to change its spots.
either.
The President hastily in
sisted that no one must be
beaStly to Charlie. which is
In keeping with the season
but not with realities. Hal
leck has had to take some
hard Jumps in a House ca
reer going back to 1885. In
1913 a public outcry denied
him the vice-presidential
nomination he thought he
had been promised by Thomas
E. Dewey, and there is
little prospect Of his becom-
ing Speaker. The electoral
troubles of liberals and Dem
ocrats do not move him
greatly.
NCEC fondly dwells. on the
paradoxes of the new situa-
ton: A Southerner must lead
the battle for civil rights. A
Texan must unite and acti-
vate the Northern and West
eTn Democrats. A Protestant
Of Confederate antecedents
must conciliate the big city
Catholics and Northern Ne
groes if he is to carry the
key States in 1864.
This defines very well the
Presidents problem as he
shifts to his national constit-
uency. His every move in
Congress will be a cliff-han-
ger and contribute its share
to the picture forming in the
voters mind Of what he Is
getting in a johnson candi-
dacy in 1864.
Big-State Republicans will
like the NCEC opinion that
the new President is weak in
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Tyler Abel.
Slated for
New Post
By Q Star staff Writer

JOHNSON CITY, Tex, Dec.
27.-Tyler Abel, an associate
general counsel of the Post Of
flee Department, has been
named by President johnson
for promotion to Assistant
Postmaster General.
In his new position, Mr..
Abel will head the Bureau of
Facilities, which controls the
acquisition and maintenance of
post office buildings, vehicles,
machinery and equipment.
A native Of Washington, Mr..
Abel has worked in the Post
Office Department since 1861.
He is the son of George
Abel, Of Baltimore, whose
family founded the Baltimore
Sun. and Luvie Butler Moore,
now married to newspaper
Columnist Drew Pearson.
His wife, Elizabeth Clements
Abel, is social secretary to
Mrs. johnson.
Mr.. Johnson announced his
selection of Mr.. Abel last night
for the s20,00o-a-year assistant
postmaster general Job, which
will require Senate confirma-
ton.
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DORIS FLEESON

The next two weeks are
the heyday Of the hot stove
league when Washington is
slowed to q crawl and atten-
ton focuses on the shape Of
things to come.
A league member in good
standing Is the National
Committee for an Effective
Congress. which aims to i'm
prove congressional perform
ance by finding and help
ing quality candidat 5 on a
non-partisan basis. AS its
cast Is liberal, this IN prac-
tice usually means Demo-
Gratis, but big-city Repnbli-
cans often find it q friend,
indeed.
NCEC's crystal ball this
year tells it that President
johnson is mated to a Con-
gresS which will turn in an
upbeat performance under
his Skillful hands plus pres
sure of the 1864 election. 1t
sees Republican hopes i'm
proved should that party
nominate q moderate ticket
attractive to the big States,
I predict that the power ra-
ito Of the next Congress will
be little changed.
NCEC gives the President
100 days to pass his miracles
and achieve momentum. It
admits sympathetically that
the quarter-mile is a tough
race and it's sprint all the
way" for L. B. j.
All this is attractively writ
ten, as the committee con-
tains a high proportion OF
eggheads. but it suffers from
a certain lack Of recent in
formation. House Republicans
under the management OF
Representative Charles Hal
leck, a self-proclaimed gut
fighter, have just furnished
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POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Adla Stevenson says he'd for Vice President with
understand each other perfectly for john
has interpreter who speaks fluent egghead.
BY the time you add up all these military economies Sec
rotary Mcnamara make you get the idea that all
need is small for the Pentagon to start showing
profit.
Then there the fellow who walked into the depart
ment store after Christmas and tried exchange his wife
Q-who will be in Lyndon Johnson's Cabinet he wins In
ga?
AIT the whhlwind pace he's going now he'll abolish
the Cabinet himself Secretary of Everything
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JOSEPH KRAFT
The Foreign Policy Opportunity

with the Germans In Texas
this week end. The trick will
be to work out some formula
for exploring the possibilities
Of detente with the Russians
without exposing the Erhard
government to charges that
1t is an American stooge.
But the Congress, in its
wisdom, has struck at two Of
the foremost symbols Of the
policy Of self-restraint-the
aid program and the wheat
deal with Russia. Both of
them show that this country,
far from waging an anti
Communist crusade, aims to
promote freedom and welfare
throughout the world. While
neither project has been
crippled, the temper shown
by the Congress makes it
that much more difficult for
the johnson administration
to pursue the path Of re-
straint.
The sad thing Is that the
temper of the Congress is
probably an accurate reflec-
ton Of the temper Of the Ma
ton. The reason enormous
pressure has to be applied to
Senators and Representatives
on behalf Of the aid program
or the wheat deal is that the
legislators are being asked to
vote against the ruling senti-
ments Of their constituencies.
If anything, experience sug-
gestS that the Congress is
more enlightened than the
voter-that, in fact, the
country has a better Con-
greSS than it deserves. And
the question that Is posed Is
not whether the Congress
should be made more rep
resentative. but whether the
country is mature enough
politically, to make the most
Of its opportunities.
q 1859
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Foot Dragging by Congress flinders
Widening of Red Orbit Exit Routes

rent trip is q manifest effort
to WOO African hearts for
Picking at the expense Of the
Russians.
In these circumstances,
countries within, or close to,
the Communist orbit have q
chance to strike out along
ore independent lines.
There is an increasing posi-
bility for collaboration.
That possibility represents
the golden opportunity for
American foreign policy. But
to make the most Of 1t, this
country must be ready to
widen the exit routes from
the Communist orbit. And
those exit routes are neutral
ism and detente-an easing,
not an intenSification Of
pressure. Self-restraint here
is the condition of self-lib-
Grafton abroad.
So far, the johnson
administration has shown a
good grasp Of the possibili-
ties. BY sending elements of
the Seventh Fleet to the In
dian Ocean, 1t has moved to
bolster Indian defenSes with
out imposing a large Ameri-
can military presence on In
dian soil. BY lending a pa
tient ear to Prince Siha-
nouk's pleas for neutrality, It
is making it easier for Cam
bodia to resist Communist
penetration.
Similarly with the project
ed Endorsement of multilater-
al aid at the United Nations:
the purpose was to be able to
shore up neutral countries
without seeming to impose
upon them the stigma of
seeming to follow the Anneri-
can line. And here too lies
the heart Of the negotiations