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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Inside q Russian Household
By DONALD MiNTZ

been able to find In home
making a gracious and deep
ly satisfying source Of full
fi;lment."
Note: "as nauseating." Pre-
sumably homemaking func-
lions are really only moder-
ately nauseating. But they
are also fulfilling.
We are told that while the
coviet woman works like a
man outside the home and
that discrimination on thu e
grounds of sex has been al
most totally eliminated, a
clear distinction Is made be-
tween masculine and femi-
nine roles In the home. In
other words. the Soviet hus-
band will neither wash nor
dry dishes and that is that.
The Maces quote q Har-
ward study to the effect that
Russians have far less trou-
bic with masculine and fem
mime role Identification than
do Americans. But obviously
they approve Of the help
and cooperation" the Amer
lean woman gets from her
husband. And they would
like the Soviet husband to
grab that dish towel and
drop the pater familias act.
Now Just who is confused
here?
THE MACES APPARENT
LY approve Of the rigidly
Victorian Soviet sexual mo-
rality. But they admit that
they have no information
about sexual adjustment In
marriage In the Soviet Union.
Moreover. they seem TO
have the notion that alleged
ly stimulating" clothing is
not only a bad thing but a
recent invention. One can
only suppose that they have
never seen a portrait Of Ma
ria Theresa or a Shake
speare play in Elizabethan
dress.
They quote with apparent
approval the Soviet notion
that maria &c should be
based on comradeship and
affection. But II Is q poor in
dividual who cannot feel
comradeship and affection
for q close friend OF the
same sex. And n that Is so,
there must be some other eie-
ment In marriage.
BY now. everyone Is aware
OF the intense dedication
and inordinate ability for
hard work displayed by the
average Soviet citizen. Every
one Is aware OF the high
ethical standards he Is sup
posed 10 live up 10. The
Maces are not aware OF the
high incidence OF economic
crime In the Soviet Union.
In other words. they do not
realize the extent Of the gap
between theory and practice.
Much Is missing. much Is
confused In THE Soviet
Family" Some Of II Is inter-
esting, 10 be sure. but there
Is little reason 10 take the
book seriously.
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on the surface. DR.. Langsdorf added:
From an airburst you get massive fire
storm which might set all Chicago on fire
Concrete fallout shelters would turn into
ovens. cooking the people inside. II they don't
burn they would probably suffocate, because
all the oxygen would be consumed
But let's suppose that some people
hidden away in fallout shelters in some
areas should survive. What Of themp
Mr.. Kelleher quotes DR.. John NJ Wolfe,
chief, Environmental Sciences Branch
Of the Biology and Medicine Divisions of
the Atomic Energy Commission, as fol-
lows: "Fallout shelters in many areas
seem only means of delaying death
and represent only part Of survival
plan. With an environment so COM
pletely modified, the question is, where
does a man 60 after his sojourn in
shelters? What does he do upon emer-
gence?"
Mr.. Kelleher elaborated on DR..
Wolfe's meaning in these words: "The
survivor emerges from his shelter only
to find that communications and distri-
button systems are damaged or de-
it may be contaminated, as will be the
water supply. 1t is at least possible that
the land which he must stand on is
dangerously radioactive Under these
circumstances he may survive, but If so
1t will be through pure luck"
There is, Of course, another side to
this debate, and Mr.. Kelleher presents
1t. But as we read his paper, he comes
down squarely on the side of the argu-
ment which holds that "the currently
planned fallout shelter program, or any
extension of 1t, would work a cruel and
dangerous deception on the American
people"
For our part, we do not think the
American people will want to spend
up to 81 billion for fallout shelters,
much less 500 billion to $500 billion for
blast shelters. There is nothing in the
American nature that is compatible with
the prospect of burrowing into the
ground to hide for days and weeks, not
knowing what has happened to wives,
children or parents. George KEENAN,,
speaking in a somewhat different con-
text some time ago, just about said it
all when he asked:
Are we to flee like haunted creatures
from one defensive device to another, each
more costly and humiliating than the one
before. covering underground one day, break
ing UP our cities the next, attempting to sur
round ourselves with elaborate electric shields
on the third, concerned only to prolong the
length Of our lives while sacrificing all the
values for which it might be worth while to
live?
We think not The only remedy, the
only hope, is to prevent nuclear war.
Meanwhile, again borrowing from a
quotation used by Mr.. KEENAN,: Let us
at least walk like men, with our heads
up, so long as We are permitted to walk
at ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05
On the RIGHT to Choose

Each day through news
media we learn of fellow
citizens being pushed into
each others arms, and their
heads being knocked to-
gether, to compel them to
love each other.
The rights Of individuals
and business to a freedom of
choice as to whom they desire
to cater to, associate with,
reside with, go to school with,
and the right to move where
ever local laws are best
suited to ones choosing, are
Of first Importance to the
common good regardless of
national origin, creed, or
color.
If we lose inherent rights
Of freedom, which are the
essence of the United States,
to please political ambitions
and historical malcontents, 1t
matters little if we gain the
whole world.
Jealous lovers of martyr
dom, some Of the clergy, COL
lege students, one-worlders,
the U.S.S.R., China, and our
new Russian neighbor Cuba
would be disappointed If the
thrills of the passing show
were to cease, but the next
national election might turn
the switch.
Godfrey Dawes Baker,
La Plata, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05
WATCHING THE WORLD
By CROSBY S. MOVES
The European Yisit 'Undermined'

argument has been that the
presence Of the American
President in Berlin would
amount to an unnecessary
provocation to the Russians.
Whatever the validity Of this
argument may be, it is not
easy to see the reason for
reversing it during an un-
usually prolonged period Of
quiet in this most favored
cold-war trouble spot.
No one begrudges Mr..
Kennedy a sentimental re-
turn to the auld sod Of Ire
land. But no one can seri-
ously maintain that this
'stopover in itself warrants
the trip.
De GaulIe Meeting
A curious but probably in
evitable feature Of the Presi-
dents trip is the persistent
rumor that there will be last
minute additions to the ports
Of call. The White House has
succeeded In shooting down
reports that MFR. Kennedy will
meet Russian Premier Khru-
shchev or French President
de Gaulle. But British papers
are still stoutly maintaining,
in the face Of Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger's denials, that
a session with Prime Minister
Macmillan is in the works.
No doubt the main reason
for these rumors is that the
trip as 1t stands does not
seem to justify the time and
effort involved. There are no
issues Of outstanding impor-
lance to be discussed or any
body Of much authority to
discuss them with. An excep-
ton might be the admins
tration plan for a multilateral
nuclear force for NATO. But
the future Of this project Is
so precarious that q further
commitment of presidential
prestige seems most unwise.
Even sillier. to the minds
Of most observers in Europe,
is the idea of a kind of pop
ularity contest between Mr..
Kennedy and Gen. de Gaulle,
who goes to Germany on
July 4. It is one thing, of
course, to re-emphasize the
continuing commitment of
the United States in West
ern Europe. But at q time
when people in q number Of
countries are seriously be-
ginning to grapple with the
problems which divide the
alliance, any suggestion of
a demagogic rivalry would be
highly unfortunate.
All Of which seems like a
rather flimsy justification for
q presidential visit at this
time. And even flimsier In
the light Of the ominous
stories Of racial violence on
the home front which have
flooded the European press
in the past few weeks and
which lead many Europeans
to wonder If this is exactly
the moment for Mr.. Kennedy
to come abroad.
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Warren Not to Blame

! was intrigued by Harvey
H. Hewitt's statement that:
For nearly q century i.
Congress and the Supreme
Court alike. steered clear Of
(The Fourteenth Amend
ment). It remained for the
Supreme Court under Earl
Warren's guidance to spring
open the lid Of this Pam
dora's box" Letters, May
80, 1859. So I dug up my
constitutional law casebook
to check 1t out, and offer the
following examples Of what i
found.
Congress acted in 1875 TO
pass the Civil Rights Act I'M
der the Thirteenth and Four
tenth Amendments. The
act was declared unconstitu-
tional. at least in the States
In 1883 (109 U. s. 81 in q de-
cision on q group Of cases,
Mr.. Justice Harlan entering
q strong dissent which re-
sembles the majority opin-
ions Of today. Strauder VS..
West Virginia, 100 U. 8. 3O3
1880, decided that an ac-
cused murderer was denied
equal protection Of the laws
because juries in West Vir-
ginia were selected on q ra-
cially discriminative basis
defendant was a Negro and
Negroes were excluded from
the juries). In Shelley VS..
Kramer. 334 U. s. l (ie4s), Il
was decided that the Four
tenth Amendment forbids
courts TO enforce racially re-
strictive covenants. In Bu-
chanan vs.. Marley. 245 U. s.
so (lolD. a city ordinance
making II illegal for q coll
ored person TO move into q
house In q block where a ma
jority Of the residents we're
whites was held unconstitu-
tional. The ordinance was
held q violation OF the civil
right Of a white man 10 dis
pose Of his property as he
saw fit.
These are but q few OF
many cases constituting the
Fourteenth Amendment. Note
their dates. Chief Justice
Warren was appointed In
1858. +. b. Shay.
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Few Patriots

I realize that "flag-wav-
ing" and open expressions of
patriotism appear to have
become passe in the United
States. However the methods
Of displaying our flag re-
fleets the extent TO which
even the Government has
failed to adhere TO the
traditional requirements for
displaying our national en-
sign.
On Memorial Day. about
10 am. 1t was noted that
about 30 per cent of the
flags on Government build
ings we're flown at half mast,
the other 10 per cent had the
flag at the close up position.
After IL O'Clock rs per cent
Of the displayed flags were
at the close up position and
the remaining rs per cent re-
mained at half mast for the
remainder Of the day. This
was true also Of the Navy
Department Annex.
In the afternoon / attend
ed a parade in Falls Church.
Virginia. an "All American
City" In 1861. The parade
was wonderful with both old
and young participating. IL
would have been an effort. I
realize, for parade observers
10 get up and stand at at
tention when the national
colors passed during the pa
rade (it was fairly hot in the
sum; about 2 per cent OF
the young and old Gan APP
proximation) managed 10 get
to their feet IN respect for
our flag. Perhaps the ma
tional colors should be elm
mated from future parades
lest we inconvenience the
spectators or embarrass the
few patriots that stand at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05
Shelters A Cruel Deception?

An index to the kind Of world we
live in today can be found In the Ham,
burg firestorm of July "a, 194S.
On that date the British dropped a
mere 2,400 tons Of conventional explo-
sives on the German port city. But the
consequences for Hamburg we're cata-
strophic. 80
These first bombs knocked out the
water mains. On succeeding days tens
OF thousands Of small firebombS were
dropped and these we're followed by
more lockbuSters-8,00 tons in all. The
chief intelligence officer in our London
Embassy, James r. Newman, reported
as follows:
We got a phenomenon that man had
never seen before, except perhaps In pre-
history. Fires joined together in radius of
three miles Hot gases rose. while surround
ing cool air was pulled in and acted as a
bellows Seventy thousand Of Hamburg's
100000 trees splintered to earth. Two hun
dred and fifty thousand dwelling units out of
$4,000 were completely destroyed. The fire
lasted for seven days Temperatures flared
to l,400 and 1900 degrees SO that the bricks
thousands of people we're in shelters at the
time; all but a negligible fraction died any
way. Bodies were still being dug UP six
months later, most of them completely un.
marked by fire. They had died Of suffoca-
ton and carbon monoxide-7O.OOO in all.
Remember, this disaster was visited
upon Hamburg 20 years ago by trifling
5000 tons of conventional" bombs. Has
1t a meaning for us today when, in an
about thermonuclear attack, any major
American city could expect to be hit, not
with 5000 tons, but with up to the equiv
alent of 100,000000 tons of explosives?
Surely it has. But very few people
seem to care We think the reason
Is not hard to discover.
A House Armed Services Subcom-
mittee headed by Representative Hebert
has been holding hearings on Federal
civil defense program, with particular
reference to fallout shelters. And an
Associated Press man reported the other
day that the hearing was droning along
before an average audience Of IS per-
sons, some Of whom we're DOING. OBJ
viously, nobody cares very much And
this view is reinforced by the recent
decision in Portland, Oregon, to abolish
Its civil defense program and forget
about it-fallout shelters and all.
Why is it that there is so little in
terest, so little concern? An excellent
report to the Hebert subcommittee by
its counsel, Philip w. Kelleher, fur
niShes at least some Of the answers-es-
pecially with respect to fallout shelters
He quotes DR.. Alexander Langsdorf, jr,
q physicist at the Argonne Laboratories,
as saying in a Chicago newspaper inter-
view that the Russians, If they knew we
had adequate fallout protection, would
explode the bomb in the air rather than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05

A few days ago I read in
your paper that Representa-
tive James Roosevelt had the
audacity to tell eminently
qualified men in the banking
field to either do as he said
or face the consequences, re-
minding them at the same
time that they had received
Federal assistance.
Presumably he considered
himself a spokesman for the
U. s. Government though it
is doubtful that any qualified
public relations official of
the u. s. Government sane
toned the remarks.
1t is typical of Represen-
tative Roosevelt and others
Of his ilk, that having &C
complished nothing them
selves. they seek to dictate
to those who have accom-
pliShments to their credit, the
manner in which they should
conduct their business opera
tons.
AS to Federal assistance,
Representative Roosevelt re-
ceives his livelihood there
from. His achievements as a
Representative have scarcely
been sufficiently notable to
justify his $4,000 annual
salary. There is an old tried
and true adage that ACTIONS
speak louder than words"
I suggest that Representa-
tive Roosevelt and his CO.
hort, Representative Adam
Clayton Powell. prove that
truth again by taking into
their homes as foster chill
dren, or perhaps adopt. some
Of the abandoned colored
children at Junior Village.
Such action would prove that
they are sincere about the
cause which they champion
with such a loud voice. and
would leave less time for
them 10 tell others what TO
do.
Vera g. WOIgamot.
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He Should StoyHome'

Your editorial, He Should
Stay Home" was a practical
parable. Perhaps Martin
Luther Kings proposal that
the President act as escort
at the University of Alabama
arose from the fever of the
ferment into which he has
so fearlesssly placed himself
as leader.
AS I see 1t, however, It Is
the proper role of the Presi-
dent Of the United States
neither to lead the way in
person nor to point 1t out.
Mr.. Kennedy should stay at
home-the White House -
and, by using the power and
responsiveness of his high Of
flee, make 1t forever possible
for all citizens to walk the
ways of democracy unhin-
dered and unframed.
]. w. Haywood. ir.
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AhE SOVAEI FAMILY BY
David and Vera Mace. 367
pp. doubleday and Co.,
$4.95.)
1t is not easy for a West
erner to get inside q Soviet
family. It Is even harder for
him to get some idea about
the operation Of the Soviet
family system as a whole.
David and Vera Mace, who
ARE currently Joint Execu-
tive Directors Of the Ameri-
can Association Of Marriage
Counselors," had the oppor-
tunity to travel extensively
through the Soviet Union
and they have done a vast
amount Of reading. One picks
ur The Soviet Family" with
high hopes.
Disappointment come
soon. The annotated bibliog-
raphy is curiously naive: the
distinctions drawn among
official, favorable and hostile
books are documentary at
best, and one quickly gets
the impression that the
Maces considerably UNDER
estimate the Importance Of
knowing something about the
author of q book on the So
Wet Union.
The impression Of naivete
and lack Of critical acumen
is increased by the text of
the book. Matters that are
obviously related 10 each
other are not pulled togeth-
er; they are simply left
hanging as II they had no
connection.
Worse. the reader must in
fer what concept Of marriage
and family the Msces are
measuring the Soviets
against.
THEY APPEAR TO AC-
CEPT the general Soviet
notion that women should be
liberated from the slavery Of
homemaking. This Is q gen.
eral principle. not q recogni-
ton Of the fact that women's
tastes vary.
Life can be manageable
for the woman who stays at
home and takes care Of her
family responsibilities" they
write. even II she Is denied
some measure of freedom
and independence. Life can
be fulfilling for the woman
who does a congenial Job and
has the heavy burdens OF
homemaking taken off her
shoulders"
II Is fair 10 assume that a
fulfilling life Is better than
q manageable one.
But several hundred pages
on we read: Communal liv-
ing would benefit the woman
= but only by depriving her
Of her homemaking function.
These are by no means as
nauseating as Soviet leaders
(predominantly male) have
persistently implied. =. The
modern American woman.
with some help and cooper
alton from her husband, has
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pARIS

TAAt4AJs
On the theory that presi-
Dental visits abroad should
serve some important national
purpose, the forthcoming
European trip Of President
Kennedy could hardly be
more inopportune.
One must not be too stuffy
about these things. There Is
no need, perhaps, for earth
shaking summit meetings Of
the kind that brought Mr..
Kennedy's predecessors to
Europe. There is every rea-
son for Presidents Of the
United States to show a per-
sonal periodic interest in
their most important allies.
Yet the timing Of these
affairs Is important. And one
cannot escape the impression
that the time Of the Presi-
dents scheduled tour has
been spoiled by q variety Of
quite unforeseen factors.
The original purpose Of the
trip, Of course, was q state
visit to Italy. This project was
washed out when 1t was de-
cided that Mrs. Kennedy
could not go along. The trip
since then has been a series
Of improvised excuses, none
Of which has been particularly
fortunate.
At first it was said that
MIR. Kennedy would make an
unofficial working visit" to
Italy to confer with Prime
Minister Fanfani. But after
the recent Italian elections,
Mr.. Fanfani resigned and his
successor has not yet sue
ceeded in forming q govern
ment.
It was then announced
that the President would
have an audience with Pope
John XIII while in Rome.
The death of the Pope on
Monday threw this part of
the trip into confusion. It
seems hardly likely that a
new Pope will be installed
and ready to receive visiting
presidents before the end Of
June when Mr.. Kennedy is
scheduled to return to the
United States.
Adenauer to Step Down
In Germany the govern
ment with which Mr.. Ken
nedy is to confer is in the
throes of succession. Chan
cellor Adenauer, who will be
the Presidents official host,
Is now the lamest Of ducks,
having been forced to agree
to yield his powers about
August l. From then until
the Bundestag elects his sue
ceSsor. Ludwig Erhard, the
government will be run by an
executive advisory staff"
In the course Of his Ger
man visit from June % to 26
Mr.. Kennedy is scheduled to
visit West Berlin-the first
American President to have
done so since Harry Truman
went to Potsdam in 1945.
Since then the prevailing
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Free-WheeIing State

One constantly reads of re-
curing traffic fatalities and
injuries. Maryland is already
81 deaths ahead Of last year.
What a dubious distinction
The pace of construction Of
safer roads can't begin to
keep up with the idiocy of
human beings. In the past
session the Maryland Legis-
lature failed to pass a law re-
curing Statewide inspection
of motor vehicles. Yes, this
is the Free State" We are all
free to 60 on killing and
manning and doing grievious
bodily harm to our fellow
citizens. If I were to acci-
IDENTIFY discharge d shotgun
and kill four people, there
would be a hue and cry for
my scalp. Justly so. But a car
with faulty equipment is Just
as deadly as a shotgun. We
see pictures of accidents in
the paper, shrug our shoul-
ders and turn to the comics
or sport pages. Someday the
legislature will wake up and
pass q vehicle inspection
law.
What happens then? The
number killed may well de-
crease but we will not have
reached a solution to the
problem of highway murder.
We may never reach a COM
plete solution; however, more
can be done.
Those applying for opera
tors. chauffeur's., etc. IL
censes, at the time Of APP
plication should be required
to undergo a physical exam
ination. Eyesight, hearing,
reflexes should be checked
closely. Upon each renewal
a re-check Of these should
be made. After a person
reaches a certain age-say so
or so-the re-checks should
be required annually. If the
person can't meet the quail
fications his license would
not be renewed. In this way
we will further reduce fatal
tiles. But still there is more
to do.
When q child is caught
playing with matches, two
things usually happen: (1)
The matches are put out of
reach; (2) the child is taken
from the matches and prob
ably punished further. This
is reasonable, for few re-
sponsible people have any
desire to see their child,
their house or themselves
burnt. It would seem to fol-
low then that when a person
is arrested for q traffic vio-
lation such as speeding,
reckless driving, or driving
under the influence Of alco-
hol. his car should be taken
from him, license revoked.
and locked UP. If we do these
things, then possibly we may
have success in stopping
this killing.
Donald e. BrOuilette
FdOewafpr Nd
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used iDiH be
returned only tChen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
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years from now will have no alternative
except to enact a law which divides the
population of Maryland among the con-
greSsional districts in reasonably equal
numbers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05

J. w. Haywood. jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05

THE SOVIET FAMILY. By
David and Vera Mace. 367
pp. doubleday and Co..
$3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-05

Donald z. BrOuiIette
Edgewater, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

The removal Of the weapons
from Turkey and Italy also
meets an objection raised by
some groups within those
countries: that their presence
meant that Turkish and Italian