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RAILS
Continued From Page AL

COnJInueu from rage Al
at that time, as the carriers
have said they will.
If efforts to settle the
dispute fail, President Kennedy
is expected to propose erner-
gency legislation to prevent a
strike from starting or to stop
it quickly. This legislation
probably would compel the
unions and the railroads to
submit their dispute to bind
ing arbitration.
Another possibility for legis-
lation would authorize the
President to seize the railroads
to keep them operating per-
hapS with q provision for
arbitration during the period
of seizure.
The unions offered to operate
some trains during q strike,
and contended this would avert
the national emergency and
eliminate the need for Con-
gress to enact "hasty legisla-
ton"
Mr.. Writ read his proposals
at a Joint meeting Of railroad
and union negotiators this
morning, and at a news con-
ference.
Warns Of Effect
If a continuing deadlock
forces legislation, he warned,
this would result inevitably
in weakening free collective
bargaining"
If the parties accept the pro-
posals on firemen and crew
sizes. Mr.. Wirtz said, further
recommendations will be made
for settlement of the other
issues.
These issues include railroad
demands for changes In rules
governing pay systems. length
Of train runs and division oil
work between train and yard
employees.
If today's proposals are moi
accepted, the President is ex-
pected to submit legislative
Recommendations to Congress
next week.
Mr.. Wirtz said he did moi
know whether Congress could
act in time to prevent a strike
The railroads have been try
ing for about four years To
change work rules, which they
contend encourage feather
bedding-employment OF un.
needed workers-at q cost OF
5000 million a year.
Announce Rules Shift
After a series OF delays, the
railroads announced that they
will put the proposed rule;
into effect at 1901 am. next
Thursday. The unions tolC
them in letters today that "a
peaceful withdrawal from serv-
ice { a strike) will begin at the
same hour and date that raj
m a cement unilaterally
changes rates Of pay, rules OF
working conditions"
They offered to operate pas
senger and commuter trains
under existing rules, with en-
ployes' wages and railroad
revenues to be set aside for
donation TO charity.
They also offered to operate
"any train which the President
of the United States certifieS
is necessary TO transport troops
military supplies and equip.
ment. or food for the public
welfars TO prevent public
distress"
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Voting Rights Proposal
Affects 261 Counties

Passage Of the voting rights section in the administrators
civil rights bill could result in appointment of Federal
ing referees to register Negroes in 26 counties comprising part
of all of so congressional districts in II Southern States
These figures emerged from Congressional Quarterly study
all United States counties in which less than is Of
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Flying High

Every young man Of So with $50
million or so to play around with should
buy football team. Mr.. Jerry Wolman,
who meets these specifications, is we'll
pleased with his, even If his new play
thing is the currently rundown Phila-
delphia Eagles. The thing about Mr..
Wolman is that he did not buy in sud-
den effusion of the Christmas spirit.
In fact, Mr.. Wolman says he thought
about it long time ago, maybe twenty
years ago, when he hitch-hiked his way
to Philadelphia to see the Eagles play.
That was before Mr.. Wolman and wife
moved from Shenandoah, Pa, to Wash
ington in what few others Of our empire
builders would classify as q well-con-
Sidered plan. They jumped into a car,
vowing to reSettle at the destination Of
any hitchhiker they picked up. It turned
out to be Washington.
That was IL years ago. Mr. Wolman
got hold of $4,000, parlayed it with nerve
and instructive business judgment, and
made it big in building construction and
real estate. Even in land which thrives
on success stories, it takes the breath
away. One has to feel almost as good as
this young man must feel to know 1t is
possible to amass such fortune in a
day Of back-breaking taxes, Of high
competition and tremendous odds
against succeeding
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1853

talk with Mr.. Johnson at length. This
was what the general had intended to
do, had committed himself to do, with
Mr. Kennedy.
In Paris, however, spokesman for
the general almost Immediately put
forth disclaimers. The French leader
felt, apparently, that his commitment to
Mr.. Kennedy died with Mr. Kennedy.
And now it would seem that Charles de
Gaulle, with his iron whimsicality and
his preoccupation with the task Of re-
storing Frances ancient glory and
grandeur, wants our Chief Executive to
visit him, rather than the other way
around.
This is a sticky sort Of business.
If the French spokesman have accu-
rately reflected President de Gaulle's
views, there is not likely to be any near
future meeting between him and Mr..
Johnson. For Mr.. Johnson is so busy
and so burdened in these critical transit
tional days that he can hardly find time
enough to fly to Paris to satisfy the gen.
erals vanity or sense of history.
There is a greatness, however, in
Charles de Gaulle that must surely be
much bigger than what sometimes seems
to be his pettiness. At time like this
he ought to be less vain than his
underlings suggest he is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07

One Of labor's ableSt leaders has
given Congress an honest and articulate
appraisal of the effects of attenuation
which merit the prompt and sympa-
thetic attention Of that body The views
of Albert J. Hayes, president Of the In
ternational Association Of Machinists,
strike us as the most intelligent and
reasonable yet enunciated on behalf of
labor.
1t is noteworthy that in his remarks
to the Senate Employment and Man
power Subcommittee, Mr.. Hayes tacitly
accepts the fact that the expansion of
automation not only is inevitable, but
is necessary II this country is to main
tain its competitive position in the world
market. Rather than calling for a
futile rollback in the tide Of technol-
ogy, Mr.. Hayes emphasizes the urgent
need for governmental guidance to help
displaced workers cross the shoals Of
unemployment and insecurity.
On the strength of his own figures
that automation is destroying about
five jobs for every one 1t creates and that
100000 factory jobs are being blotted out
each year-Mr. Hayes is justified in
calling chronological change the No.
problem facing the Nation. He also is
justified in suggesting that the threat
Of from 8 to IS million unemployed
within few years "iS fact that Con-
greSS cannot ignore or overlook much
longer"
AS one who is close to millions living
"in a suspended state Of insecurity,
fearful that loss of their Jobs will be
followed by inability to find another"
the MachiniStS president is putting in
strong word for the Presidential Com
mission on Attenuation urged by the late
President Kennedy. The commission is
needed, he says, not only to find ways
of reducing the impact on the work force
but to truly pioneer in the new con-
ceptS that must inevitably follow upon
the further application Of attenuation
in our economy" Mr. Hayes concluded:
AS have tried to make clear, organized
labor in America welcomes automation. I'm
like the desperate and unhappy men who
roamed the English countryside, more than
a century ago, smashing the machines that
were destroying their jobs American labor
has no desire to slow the Nations technilog-
ical progress. However. we also do not want
the machines to smash our society And, as
many studies Of recent trends have indicated,
such result is not impossible unless we take
steps now to prevent It,
We agree with Mr.. Hayes that
1.-The time is long overdue for Congress
to take cognizance of a fact that is
already so plainly and painfully appar-
ent to so many American families" The
establishment Of the Presidential Com
mission on Attenuation would be a start
in the right direction.
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The members of the Con-
gress Heights Citizens Asso-
citation have conveyed to
Chairman Alan Bible, Of
Senate District Committee,
and to John L. Mcmillan,
chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee, our thanks
and appreciation for the man
ner in which Robert v. Muir
ray has conducted himself
personally and for the fine
way he has handled police
business as Chief Of the
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment.
Since this is the Nations
Capital. the police depart
ment of this city is called
upon to do many jobs not
normal to routine police
work.
Our association feels that
Chief Murray's record is ex-
emplary, and that he surely
Is to be commended for a
fine job well done.
Kirk Ledbetter,
Secretary, Congress Heights
Citizens Association
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Name for q Fund

I agree 1t Is an excellent
idea to use the Kennedy
name for the Stay-In-School
Fund. as proposed by District
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen.
In this instance, however, I
believe recognition should be
given to Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy as chairman Of the
first benefit which raised
these funds in the District.
The benefit, held last Sep
TENDER "a, was a unique all
women-sponsored-affair I'M
der the able leadership Of
Miss Flake Pinkett, Mrs. Da-
vid Brinkley and Mrs. Robert
Kennedy as co-chairmen of
the pilot event which created
this fund.
1t is an honor which I feel
sure the late President would
wish TO share with his be-
loved wife and would person.
ally indorSe her name, in
stead Of his own, as a living
memorial to her devotion.
Mrs. Paul Fl. CAN'T.
Secretary to the First Stay
In-School Fund Benefit.
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He's q Reoiist'

Representative Halleck, the Repub-
hcan leader in the House, is something
of realist in his own right So he could
speak with authority on the subject Of
President johnson and the civil rights
bill. The President, Mr.. Halleck said,
would like to have action on civil rights
by Christmas. But, added the veteran
from Indiana, the President is "a
realist"
Another realist, or so it seems, is
Representative Howard Smith, who rep
resents the Eighth Virginia District in
the House, and who is also chairman Of
the important Rules Committee.
A few days ago it was being sug-
gested that Judge Smith, in whose Rules
Committee the civil rights bill is re-
posing, might go down to his Virginia
farm and just sit there for while
perhaps quite long while. At that time
Judge Smith was saying nothing.
Since then, however, Mr.. Smith has
said that his committee will hold hear
ingS on the bill reasonably soon" in
January. Representative Brown of Ohio,
the ranking Republican member Of the
committee, says he thinks the hearings
may last from seven to 10 days, but not
more than IL days. This will give the
members Of the House ample time to
appear before the committee. The
Southerners may be expected to pro-
claim their undying opposition to the
bill. The anti-Southerners or, more &C
curately, those who want to bid for the
Negro vote, will proclaim their willing
ness to lay down their political lives for
the bill.
All of this comes under the general
heading of realism. The President, being
a realist, understands that he must wait
until after Christmas. Mr.. Halleck, being
a realiSt, makes public bow to this bit
of realism. The Congressman who testify
before the Rules Committee will make
their realistic speeches, pro or con. And
when all of this realism has run its
course, Judge Smith, in our opinion,
being very much Of realist himself,
will flash the green light and let the
bill go to the House for vote. Certainly
the bill will come to vote one way or
another, and it is unlikely that the
veteran Mr. Smith will put his House
colleagues in a situation in which they
will have to override him with dis
charge petition.
There are some, of course, who are
not realists. Even with the assurances
which have been given they talk a
strange language. One might think that
the Republicans should be put in con-
troll of Congress- or, at minimum, that
the Supreme Court should either declare
Congress unconstitutional or hold it in
contempt Of court. Our position is one
Of dissent. We believe that the "realists"
will prevail, and that the House will pass
a civil rights bill in plenty Of time for
the Senate to sweat over it next year.
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Change of Heart

Considering the way Bethesda citi-
Gems resisted the idea of freeway in
the Wisconsin avenue corridor a couple
Of years ago, the resolution passed on
the subject the other night by the
Edgemoor Citizens Association was quite
remarkable.
After long debate, the association
Endorsed a Wisconsin avenue freeway
built to interstate highway standards,
and including provisions for rail rapid
transit in the right-of-way. The vote
was 72-11. In case the District and
Maryland should be simply unable to
agree on this route, the citizens in
dorsed a freeway through Rock Creek
Park as first alternative. BY closer
votes, it suggested prioritieS for several
other alternatives
The last-priority item, which barely
managed to get Endorsed at all, by a
vote Of 45-44, was the nonSenSical pro-
posal advanced by Montgomery County
planners to build an interstate freeway
along the Potomac Palisades, where the
George Washington Memorial Parkway
already is planned
This resolution strikes us, from
start to finish, as a product of under
standing and good sense The all-too-
usual pattern of action by citizen groups
is to sound the trumpets for freeways
in someone else'S back yard in the
case of Bethesdans, for example. to
praise a far away proposal like the
Palisades route, no matter how silly
it may be.
The Edgemoor association said its
own decision was influenced by the
spectacular increase of traffic conges-
,tion in Bethesda" and by fear of
the damage which surely will result if
drastic action is not taken to make
provisions for Still-increasing volumes
of cars. There is nothing very COM
..plicated about reaching such a con-
clusion as this The thing is that a
great many citizens have never really
, thought about it,
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Subsidized Symphony

The official campaign for
Specialization of the arts has
begun in the receipt Of q
propaganda sheet sent me
via congressional frank
pleading for municipal sup
port for the National SYM
phony Orchestra.
I oppose subsidization Of
the National Symphony-an
opposition in which I hope
other citizens will join. As a
sc ason subscriber for some
years, who fully appreciates
the artistic values Of the or
chestra, I would feel humil-
iation in enjoying this expe-
rience at the expense of tax
ing the bread in the mouth
Of the poor.
For so long as the bread
we eat must carry o sales
tax, which bears upon the
poorest Of our citizens as we'll
as the wealthiest, there is no
justification for calling upon
the municipal government
for support Of the symphony.
There are stronger reasons
founded in equity and JUS
tice. Not everyone enjoys
symphony orchestras; many
prefer the lighter forms of
music heard in establish
ments which are not subsi-
died but indeed where those
who would listen must pay a
stiff entertainment tax. Is it
just and right to tax listeners
of jazz to provide classical
music for the well-heeled pa
irons Of symphony? II we are
to subsidize the arts, why not
begin with the movies, which
are an indigenous American
contribution to the world of
art? The movies are in hard
times: The largest movie
theater in the city has been
closed for want Of patronage,
and others are half empty.
They could use a subsidy.
Frankly, the fearful cry
that is arising from editorial
page and radio commentator
to Save the Symphony" at
municipal expense, sounds
like a precious snobbery.
Elgin Gr0seclOSe.
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Stands by Stussen

I take exception to your
critical editorial on former
Governor Harold E. Stassen.
II nothing else can be said
for this man, 1t can at least
be put forth that he has not
sacrificed his convictions for
reasons Of political expedien-
cy. There are not many who
hold as he that "the political
fate Of the advocate is Incl
dental to the spread Of ideas,
principles, philosophy" 1t Is
possible at least in part that
the late John Kennedy met
his tragic death on account
OF incorporate criticism mo-
tivated by political ambition.
1t is to Gov. StaSsen's credit
that he has consistently pre-
sented the moderate differ
ences between his program
and the late Presidents with
out recourse to exaggeration
stepped in rancor. Needless
to say, such undramatic and
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NucIeor Arms for Our NATO Allies

figuring the U. S. will not
respond with nuclear wea-
pons.
If we give our NATO allies
nuclear tactical weapons, we
would at the same time be
giving each Of them-and
the NATO alliance-the
strongest possible vote Of
confidence. 1t would be a
U. S. commitment to defend
Europe far stronger and
more tangible than words.
This assurance would not be
overlooked in Moscow.
Khrushchev would know
that if he attacked any part
of NATO he would bring
nuclear weapons into action.
This knowledge would be a
strong deterrent to Commun-
list aggression.
Sharing nuclear weapons
with our NATO allies would
actually reduce the danger of
war.
The weakness of our pres
ent policy can be illustrated
by drawing a parallel be-
tween the NATO alliance
and the US. federal union.
Suppose each Of our so
States had its own military
defenSes, with the so tied
together with a treaty al
lance. OF the so, only one
Illinois. let's say-had nu-
clear weapons. Illinois dis
persed nuclear vehicles
among the other 49 States
and promised to use these
weapons to defend each Of
the other States in case Of
Communist aggression.
Illinois kept the nuclear
warheads under lock and
key, however, and reserved to
itself the final decision on
when and If they would be
used.
Under these circumstances,
would it not be better-for
the cause of peace as well as
resistance to communism
for Illinois to supply the
other 40 States with COM
plete nuclear weapons, which
each could use at will?
This would not be the
ideal arrangement, of course.
Central civilian control of all
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Thank you for comment
ing editorially ("Nuclear
Generosity" Dec. - on the
proposal of the Republican
Project Committee on NATO
Unity-of which I am a
member-that the United
States give tactical nuclear
weapons to our NATO allies.
I disagree with the conclu-
sionS you reached but believe
you rendered a public service
in calling attention to the
proposal.
AS you stated. the main
purpose Of the proposal Is to
help shore-up the NATO
alliance. To me, the
strengthening Of NATO is
the most urgent and vital
task confronting the United
States. The uncertainties
which naturally accompany
q change In executive leader
ship make the task all the
more urgent.
At present we are treating
our NATO allies like ire
sponsible children. We deny
them weapons we know our
common adversary possesses.
If West Germany were in
vaded by the nuclear-armed
Communists, for example, 1t
would have no nuclear wea-
pons of its own for defense.
Tactical weapons with nu-
clear warheads exist in West
Germany, Of course, but they
are locked up. The U. S. holds
the keys. Whether they
would actually be used to
defend West Germany would
depend on a U. S. decision at
the moment of crisis. The
decision might be either yes
or no.
AS our allies review recent
U. s. policy they may be
justified in wondering If we
would actually defend Eu-
ropes cities with our nuclear
weapons. Witness our weak
folio w-through in Cuba,
withdrawal of missiles from
Italy and Turkey, the test
ban treaty, cancellation Of
Skybolt.
At any moment, Khru-
shchev may nibble agrees
sively at NATO frontiers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07

US. nuclear weapons Is far
better than proliferation
among the SO individual
States Of the Union. But
proliferation certainly would
be far better than an Illinois
monopoly. Illinois might
have the best Of intentions,
but in a showdown its prom
Use to defend California-or
any other State-might not
be fulfilled.
Nor Is the proliferation our
Project Committee recon-
mends the ideal arrangement
for NATO's Is nations. In
my opinion, central civilian
control Of all NATO nuclear
weapons would be far better.
Unhappi1y, no central
civilian authority exists.
NATO is not a government
and holds no authority.
Consequently, there Is no
central civilian authority to
which control of all NATO
nuclear weapons could be
transferred.
NATO is but a treaty
alliance, far weaker than the
Articles of Confederation
which proved to be grossly
inadequate for the 10 origi-
nal States in early US. llisto-
ry.
CuriouSly, we have ad-
vanced to the nuclear age in
military science, but we are
still in the oxcart age in
political science. We have
not had the good sense to
link the NATO peoples with
the same type federal struc-
ture that serves the people IF
the so U. S. States so well.
We should proceed at once
to forge this linkage, and
thus create a central civilian
authority to which all NATO
nuclear weapons could be
transferred.
eanw lille, we should
strengthen NATO by giving
its m e m b e r-nations the
ia ctical nuclear weapons
they need and deserve. Prolif-
Grafton of weapons among
those who love liberty Is an
act Of humanity and peace.
Paul Finley,
Representative in Congress
Goth District, Illinois.
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dull presentations find little
newspaper space.
1t Is a fact Of political
science that less than 3 per
cent Of the electorate takes
an active part in the Ameri-
can political system. In addi-
ton to his governorship of
Minnesota, Mr.. StaSsen was
a naval assistant chief of
staff, signer Of the United
Nations Charter, president Of
the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and a member Of
Dwight Eisenhower's cabinet.
No, history may not see
Harold Stassen elected, but it
may see him right.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tUriterS' 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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Pettiness in Paris

President Lyndon B. Johnson now
has had his first direct taste of GaulIsm,
and he must find it unpleasing to the
palate.
After they had met here following
the Kennedy rites, the report (perhaps
more rumor than fact) was that the
French President would return to Wash
ington-in January or February-to