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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Threat to the u. N.

The debate beginning today in the
United Nations Security Council is es-
sentially racial in character, and there
fore dangerous. Some 80 African
countrieS-moSt of them Negro, new,
socially primitive, economically weak
and politically unSophisticated-want
the U. N. to take drastic action against
the white-run Union of South Africa
and Portuguese rule in Angola and Moz-
antique. The demand is Supercharged
with emotion, and unless 1t is moder-
ated, unless cool heads manage to pre-
vail on both sides, the world organiZa-
ton may be mortally hurt.
AS formulated at the African sum-
nit" meeting in Ethiopia, the demand
at issue may be summed up as follows,
with some oversimplification: ~ The
Security Council should order Portugal
to grant immediate independence to
Angola and Mozambique. (2) The Union
of South Africa should be directed to
put an end to apartheid, It's policy of
racial separation or segregation. (3)
In the event that the Portuguese and
the South Africans refuse to comply
with the Councils directives, the Sc
verest kind Of diplomatic, economic and
military sanctions should be invoked
against them, including expulsion from
membership in the U. N.
Well, this is all very dramatic and
full of excitingly dark anger, but it is
also extravagant and unrealistic to the
point Of being utterly unacceptable.
Certainly, much as the United States
wishes to cultivate the friendship of
the new African states and help pro-
mote their progress, it can hardly sup
port what they want to do to Portugal
and South Africa. On the contrary,
regardless Of how 1t may affect our
image" In the Afro-ASian world, this
Government should lose no time in
emphatically opposing the ill-advised
and potentially menacing racist charac-
ter Of the argument now before the
Security Council.
After all, wholly apart from the fact
that the Portuguese are faithful allies
Of ours in NATO and that the South
Africans are distinguished founding
members of the U. NJ, there is little
doubt that the proposal for sanctions,
If adopted, would constitute fragrant
interference in the internal affairs of
countries that have every right to re-
sist such interference. 1t should be
noted also that Portugal has invited a
U. N. battle-ground investigation Of
its colonial operations and that South
Africa, no matter how hateful apartheid
may be, may accurately claim that its
colored people fare better, economically
and otherwise, than the populations Of
many of Africa's new nations.
So our Government has good reason
to reject, without pussyfooting or
equivocating, the punitive measures
being proposed against the Portuguese
and the South Africans. We should
vote mo" against these proposals; in
deed, If necessary, we should even use
our veto power to kill them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Take Letter

Ever since Mr.. Summerfield changed
the mailboxeS from olive drab to red
white-and- the Post Office Depart
ment has been getting cutter and cutter.
Lately, under j. Edward Day, the
witty Californian, the department has
become Just too precious for words-at
least for words that make any sense.
Instead, it has turned to catchy initials,
clever authorizations that, unfortunately,
don't stand up under close scrutiny.
Take ABCD, which stands for Ac-
CELEBRATED Business Collection Delivery
It's easy enough to remember, but what
in the world does 1t mean?
Then there's ZIP. The department
claims this stands for Zoning Improve
ment Program, but of course it doesn't
improve the coming at all. What it is,
actually, is System for Aiding Post
men, or SAP.
The latest Post Office rib-tickler is
VIM, which, we are solemnly told, stands
for Vertical Improved Mail This is
nonsense. Your mail is neither upgraded
nor appended by the new process. The
same old bills still lie there on your desk,
fiat and unpleasant. In reality, VIM is
a dumbwaiter device tor delivering mail
faster in MISUNDERSTANDING
Operations for Postal Efficiency, or
DOPE.
Where 1t will all end, no one can
say, but after VIM, the next step for the
New Frontier is obviously VIGAH YER
tigo Induced by Governmental Alpha
bet Hysteria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22

1t Is not likely that he
understands Roosevelt, but he
Is surely In ample and good
company. That being so, it is
well that the amateur psy-
choanalysis is concentrated in
the first few pages, after
which he remains unpreten-
tiously on the surface.
The trouble is that he tends
towards sloppiness and vul-
garity both in word and in
thought. Place names like
Cleveland" and words like
don't" (neither of which
Roosevelt could spelD can
not be called "locutions," but
Mr.. Busch tries.
The celebrated Armory
Show is said to have given
the United States its first
disturbing glimpse Of what
painters had finally cooked
up in riposte to the camera"
ACCORDING TO MIR.
BUSCH, Roosevelt's cattle
raising years enabled him
to identify with the United
States West and the United
States workman as COM
pletely as with his native
region and social back
ground" He does not tell us
just what sort of urban
United States workman"
Roosevelt came to know in
the Badlands Of North Da-
kota.
But he does say that "like
9 sundial which records only
the shining hours, memory,
most psychologists agree,
tends to erase unpleasant
experiences while taking full
note Of pleasant ones"
These gaffes and grotes-
queries will not endear the
book to readers Of normal
taste and sensibility.
Nevertheless. there is a dis
tinct need for a short, mod
ern biography Of Theodore
Roosevelt. EFT. r." supplies
the need after q fashion. Il
can be read in q few hours,
even though one slows down
for the superb quotations
from Roosevelt who wrote
wittily and well.
He carried D revolver dur
ing his years In the White
House on the theory that
he might as we'll do some
thing about his own protec-
ton. Anyway, he wrote ST
did not care a rap for being
shot. It is a trade risk which
every prominent. public man
ought to accept "a n mat
ter OF course"
Roosevelt. Of course, sue
ceeded to the presidency on
McKinley's assassination, and
In fact was himself shot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Loans for Students

~SAASAJ SSAAAAAA ~ 4 " "
Jones offered O magic solu-
ton for all the fiscal prob
lens Of higher education,
ma ely, let students who
can't pay borrow the money
and then pay 1t back later,
thus abolishing the necessity
for public support Of higher
education.
Mr.. Jones says 1t Is ito
the interest Of all Of us" that
every 100-watt brain ought
to have a chance to shine
with 100 watts. We are far
short Of technicians, schools
are crying for teachers, the
supply Of new doctors keeps
falling farther behind case
loads :" And the way to
serve this interest Of all Of
us, to assure equality Of OPP
portunity, he says, is to let
everybody borrow the money
at per cent.
Mr.. Jones justifies this on
the ground that insurance
companies have estimated
that four years of college
adds from $175,000 to $780,
900 to lifetime earning
power. These insurance COM
pany estimates will, Of course,
be a great comfort to the
school teacher whose lifetime
earnings may total less than
5000, 1000, to the young man
interested in medicine who,
under Mr.. Jones plan, would
face the prospect, after 8 to
10 years Of college, profess
sional, and internship train
ing, Of starting to practice
with q debt Of upwards Of
$4,000 (not to mention his
wife's debts, If he could af-
ford to marry.
One purpose Of his plan,
Mr.. Jones says, is to save
tax money for the support
of elementary and secondary
schools. But why? Insurance
company estimates show
that grade school graduates
are superior in income to
those who don't go; that
high school attendance in
creaSes earnings substantial
ly over grade school? Why,
for that matter, should we
tax for anything? Fire de-
partments save people money
by lowering their insurance
rates, so why not let every
one pay for his individual
fire protection and df he
can't pay borrow? Police
protection improves earning
power by making people safe
from robbery and assault, so
why not make everybody pay
for his own? Insurance COM
pany figures will certainly
show that this is economi-
cally sound, on the average.
Mr.. Jones would have So
ciety disclaim responsibility
for college education. except
to provide q few scholarships
which, he says. are already
going begging. What kind Of
society does Mr.. Jones see
resulting from this proposal
for his generation Gan d
mine) to abandon societal
responsibility for education2
IF they don't have the
money, let them borrow"
Who was 1t that said, IF
you don't have bread, let
them eat cake."2
Russell I. Thackrey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
THE PASSING SCENE
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE
Kennedy Acts Alone on NucIeor Talks

The sense of the Senate is
now, and long has been,
deeply opposed to any further
nuclear concessions to Khru-
shchev. Three of the most In
fluential Senator's in the de-
Tense field--Russell of Geor-
gia, Symington Of Missouri
and Jackson of Washington-
long ago put the President on
notice of this state Of affairs
in a still unpublished letter
to him.
These and other Senators
are disturbed about the Mos
cow meeting and its pos
sible implications. They are
not ready to attack the APP
proach openly. For, like
everybody else except pos
sibly the small circle inn
mediately around the PreSi-
dent. they do not yet know
what, If anything. we pro-
pose to give up in the end.
Already, however, warning
signals to the President to
go slow are issuing from @
Senate almost wholly preoc-
cupied with the harsh
domestic issue put before 1t
by him in his civil rights leg
islative program.
Whatever one may think
Of the merits of this legisla-
ton, the Presidents decision
to throw the issue wide open
in the Senate concurrently
with his new negotiations
with Moscow is, to put the
truth at its softest, pro-
foundry ill-timed for the
conduct Of q strong and
united foreign policy.
Warned by Jackson
One Of the most signifi-
cant admonitions to Mr..
Kennedy yet uttered has Just
been given by Senator jack
son Of Washington. With
out directly mentioning the
Moscow talks, jackson has
attacked as dangerously un-
realistic nearly every argu-
ment that underlay the Ad-
ministration's conclusion to
undertake them In the first
place.
These "fallacies"-as jack
son roundly terms them
are that since Khrushchev is
In a row with the even uglier
Chinese Communists this
necessarily suggests we
should take a more "inoffen-
sive" and flexible" line to-
ward the Soviet Union. And
so on. The Jackson posi-
ton - and, indeed. the Sen.
ate position - is that while
the Russians may currently
speak Of us with less public
nastinesS than do the Chi
nese Communists. the aim Of
both Is to bury us, even
though the Chinese may
plan "a 12-foot burial" for
us and the Russians only
"a 6-foot burial"
@1e63
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Credit Due

I would appreciate the
opportunity to set the rec
ord straight on the recent
successful drive to petition
8. 27l. establishing Mary
lands congressional districts,
TO referendum.
The League Of Women
Voters Of Maryland has
tried hard to bring this issue
to the voters. having worked
hard on petition drives In
1861 and 1868, and having led
the campaign to get the
voters to reject q previous
bill In November, 1852. How
ever, I think your editorial
on July Is. crediting the
Maryland Citizens Commit
tee for Fair Congressional
Redistricting with having
led the successful petition
drive :" does q disservice
to the League. In all mod
esty, we led the drive,
though without the co-opera-
ton Of numerous organiza-
lions and individuals, II
could not have been success
full. We had the petitions
printed. wrote And issued in
structions for persons carry
Ing the petitions, and finally
spent untold hours checking
the signatures TO insure their
validity. We welcomed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22

support Of every organi-
cation, but certainly we
lied" the drive.
Mrs. Howard KOss,
President, League of Women
Voters Of Maryland.
The Star gives credit to
the Maryland Citizens Com
mittee for Fair COMPRESSION
al Redistricting for the re-
cent petition which will put
the Maryland congressional
redistricting law to q refer
endum.
I do not like to deny credit
to anyone. but I do wish to
point out that the credit
should rest squarely in the
lap Of the League of Women
Voters Of Maryland who ini-
tiated, printed, sponsored,
circulated, checked and filed
the petition.
This was impressed upon
me every day for Just about
two months as my mother
spent her efforts on the pc
tition at my fathers, my
brothers and my expense.
Her cooking deteriorated. the
laundry was not done on
schedule, her bed remained
unmade, clean sheets were
scarce, weeds grew In the
garden, I had to learn to
iron shirts, and my father
snapped with irritation at
me.
Yes, I feel I should get
some credit for doing my
part by making 1t easier for
my mother to take part in
the excellent job the league
did. Because Of the League Of
Women Voters, I stand a
better chance Of having my
future vote count at full
value.
willard Ogburn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22

President Kennedy'S new
nuclear arrnistice approach
to the Soviet Union is being
made with the American
Congress an almost wholly
absent party to these inn
mensely critical and pos
sibly fateful cold war ne
gotiations.
He is, In consequence,
walking across a mine field
at home.
Never before has he en-
tered so grave a foreign
policy enterprise with so
little effective contact with
the body which must, in the
end, say yea or nay to any
arrangement he might pos
sibly make with the Rus
SLAMS. This is the United
States Senate, whose consti-
tutional authority to advise
and consent" to treaties
or to advise and then reject
them-is at bottom the
greatest power in foreign
policy short Of that Of the
Presidency itself.
Didn't Really Consult
In sending Undersecretary
Of State Averell Hartman to
Moscow to negotiate with
Nikita Khrushchev for q nu-
clear test ban agreement
and to discuss" though not
actually to negotiate other
cold war issues-Mr. Ken
nedy took a step he had every
constitutional power to take.
The fact. however, that he
did not really consult the
real Senate leaders in both
parties, beyond certain rou-
tine briefings given to them
by secondary administration
figures, lays him open to
future peril.
There is no question that
as President and Command
n-Chief he had a right"
to enter this somber and in
finitely risky affair more or
less In isolation from the rest
Of the American Government
which is Congress. There is
the greatest question, never
thelesS, that he was wise to
go 1t so nearly alone. Had he
consulted with and obtained
the informal consent of the
Senate's centers of power he
would be armed now, at least
to some extent, should things
go sour, in the domestic poll
tical sense or in the world
sense, with his effort to deal
in some trust and faith with
the Russians.
AS things actually stand,
however, he already has on
his hands a skeptical and
worried Senate. And he could,
before he is through, have on
his hands an actively hostile
Senate, as Woodrow Wilson
had half a lifetime ago when
he embarked on his League
OF Nations project with little
advance regard for Senate at
titudes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Not Guilty

I read with interest David
Braaten's July 14th article
titled Tip to the Girls-For-
get Wolves. Watch for Fleece
ers."
While I am in no position
to deny the validity Of his
story. I was much upset over
the fact that he used a broad
brush to paint his picture Of
warning to young girls work.
ing in Washington. Nowhere
did Mr.. Braaten mention the
honest, Woodworking sales
men who do have an excel
lent product and should in
no way be associated with the
tactics mentioned.
I happen to represent q
china company. Our product
Is sold only through its rep
resentatives. There are o
great number Of honest door,
to-door statesmen In WASH
ington who do have fine pro-
ducts and are not "fleecers."
Frank Harmon.
a = =
I am manager Of q direct
sales company that sells
cookware and china.
Mr.. Braaten's July IL
article is an attack on direct
selling. He expresses the
idea that people should buy
from reputable merchants. "
He implies that direct selling
is not reputable. There are
about 1000 direct sales COM
panies in the United States.
About $40 billion Of the an
nual sales In our country are
made by direct sales people.
Hundreds Of thousands Of
people In manufacturing and
distribution are benefited by
the direct salesman.
President Kennedy has
said about direct sales: "Di-
rect sales is one Of the
essences Of our free enter
prise system, and the role of
the salesman In keeping our
economy dynamic and grow
ing Is vital" In this day
when so much emphasis Is
placed on security, when the
main concern Of many coll
lege graduates is how much
the pension plan is, the
direct salesman is a shining
example Of the initiative,
self-reliance, and independ-
ence that built this country.
He is an independent BUSH
nessman who sets his own
hours, and takes the same
risks as q businessman in
any field. II takes a lot OF
persistence and courage to
be successful.
James w. Dyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Short, Modern Biography of IT.. r.
By DONALD MINTZ

T. R.. The Story Of TheO-
dOre Roosevelt and His In
fluence On Our Times. By
Noel F. Busch. Illus, 346
PIP. Reynal & Co., $3.50
Theodore Roosevelt is re-
ported to have said, 81 am
Just as strong for peace as
Andrew Carnegie or any other
mar That is the reason why
= don't send any long-haired
men or short-haired women
to represent this country at
The Hague"
But in 1905, while still
President of the United
States, he was awarded a
Nobel Peace Prize, and the
prize committees decision
was eminently fair and Just.
Roosevelt's emphasis on
1.-The strenuous life" went well
beyond reasonable concern
for health, vigor and manli-
ness. His closest friends
recognized that in this re-
Spect he was often childish
mot child-like) and some
times simply foolish.
This aspect Of his char
acter caused him to 60 on
expeditions whose main pur-
pose seems to have been
simply to shoot everything In
sight. 1t also led him to I'M
dertake a voyage Of genuine
and intensely difficult explor-
alton in the Brazilian jungle.
In mature form, It pro-
duced some magnificent
words: "Only those are fit
to live who do not fear to
die; and none are fit to die
who have shrunk from the
Joy of life"
HIS POLITICAL CAREER
included some dubious cpl
sodes.
But 1t was under Roose-
velt's presidency that human
rights began to have the
same value as property rights
and that the United States
undertook q sensible conser-
Walton policy. There is no
doubt that in both cases the
President was the prime
mover.
Small wonder that this
complex man whose charac-
ter was such a battling blend
Of seemingly opposing quail
ties. and whose political
career was an equally curl
GUS blend has remained con-
troversial.
Noel r. Busch's new bio
graphy Of Theodore Roose-
welt stops short Just this side
OF adulation. Sometimes It Is
nasty (or perhaps Just silly;
Woodrow Wilson, for example,
Is said TO have been SPIN
sterish."
In any case, Mr.. Busch, who
Is now q staff writer for
Readers Digest" has not at
tempted a new approach to
his fascinating subject. His
book, he writes, docs not
purport TO provide new in
formation on the subject but
rather to make more access
sible that contained In pre-
vious books which are longer,
more specialized or both"
This is q reasonable goal,
and Mr.. Busch has obviously
done some reading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Does pasteurization af-
feet the taste Of milk2 TIL.
A. When high-grade milk
is properly pasteurized, there
is no change in its flavor.
I'm proper pasteurization,
such as the use Of q higher
pasteurisation temperature
than necessary. may affect
the taste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22

selected on the basis Of whether they
can hit, pitch or play second base"
Bobby MitchellS are rare indeed, but
then, so are Mickey Nantes. The point
is that, on ability alone, each has
reached the top Of his profession. AS
Senator Hart of Michigan noted, given
the opportunity, other Bobby Mitchells
will develop "all across life-in science,
medicine, the arts, business and indus
try"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
Time to Take Control

Kudos for your editorial,
Time to Take Control" But
let's amend it to read, "Past
Time to Take Control" It is
past time for President Ken
nedy to grab the reins Of ini-
tiative; engaging the full
moral strength of his office
day by day." Perhaps Presi-
dent Kennedy could catch UP
still by not sparing the whip,
when necessary, to hasten the
horses pulling the Nation
home to equality and justice
for each citizen regardless Of
color.
Indeed, the President can
not work behind the scene
entirely. The President is the
MISUNDERSTANDING image
of freedom for which Amer
lea is supposed to stand. AS
leader Of every American cit
izen, the President must guar
antee every American his cit
izenship. No Negro leader can
do this. Moreover, to be cor
rect, one should give the credit
for the equal rights fight, not
expressly q Negro fight, to q
new breed Of young white
and black Americans want
ing the words Of American
idealism to live now.
Certainly 1t will be @ bitter
day when we must admit "the
American dream" can never
be; that the struggle was In
vain. Every American will be
to blame. But the President
will have to accept the lions
share of blame: after all, he
did ask for the public trust to
defend American ideals.
Ronald e. Stone.
= = . 4
Time to Take Control" is
both q SOLDERING and insinu-
ating piece. Mass demonstra-
tons for civil rights have i'm
pact and gain effect only
through peacefulness, per-
sistence, and purposefulness.
This civil rights battle NV
not deteriorate int civil
war. Any resort to violence
on anybody's part is wrong,
all the more regrettabIe in
Negroes because it can lead
only to bloody Illustration.
Those who are not willing or
able to pay the price-often
very high-of non violent
participation In these mass
endeavors should stay out Of
them. completely outl
To me It seems that your
structures on Negro leader
ship are largely undeserved.
Since Negroes do not exist
as an army, it Is absurd
to expect that there should
be only one leader. Your
picture Of a lemming like
scramble a m ong visionless
would-be leaders is, I suspect,
as inaccurate as 1t is I'M
flattering. That there Is q
place In the leadership pic
ture for the prestige and per-
suasion Of the President Is
not q matter Of doubt.
A dynamic and discerning
leadership. unified as to
method and ultimate aim,
can successfully avoid the
excuses that often result
from the intoxication of
success. These are the con-
trolls that the time demands.
], w. Haywood. Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used iDiH be
returned only tDhen accom- :
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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Photogrummetry
Acquires Firm

Photogrammetry, Inc, Rock
vile, Md, Photographic meas
urement company, said today
it had acquired the assets of
Graph-Check. Inc, Of st.
Petersburg. Fla, for an I'M
disclosed number Of Photo
grammetry common shares.
Graph Check, which manu-
features the Graph Check
sequence camera and other
products, will be operated as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of
Photogrammetry, with head
quarters at Rockville.
The two concerns previously
had shared a joint venture to
manufacture and distribute the
Graph Check sequence camera.
Sales of the camera have been
extremely encouraging" Conner
T. Mcneil, president Of Photo
grammetry. said in q letter to
stockholders.