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Prizes:
Annual Crop

The late william Faulkner
was among winners Of the 1868
Pulitzer Prizes announced last
week. But . dispute over the
missing drama award prompted
two jury designations
In the years since Columbia
University awarded the first Pu-
liter prizes In 1917. controversy
has been no stranger to the an
nual spring rite.
Broadway critics were 30 an
gered in 1885 by q decision favor
ing a play called THE Old Maid"
over Robert E. Sherwood's The
Petrified Forest" that they set
up an award Of their own.
In other years. the victory ban
quet menu has included some sour
grapes. When q Chicago news
paper won In 1857 for exposing
a State auditor, three other pa
pers claimed credit. And the jury
drew fire for passing over Ernest
Hemingway's two Ian DIN arks,
"The Sun Also Rises" and "a
Farewell to Arms" though 1t re-
warded him In 1853 for his slim
cameo. "The Old Man and the
Sea-"
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New HossIe

The familiar row broke out last
Monday with 1868 announce
ments. Two posthumous awards
went TO Mr.. Faulkner for his
novel. THE Reivers." and TO VIII
liam Carlos williams for his book
OF poetry. Pictures from Breu-
ghel."
But there was no drama award,
although the two members OF the
drama jury had recommended the
prize for Edward Albee'S play,
who's Afraid OF Virginia
Woolf2". a mordant commentary
on lives Of faculty at q New Eng
land college.
The Jury, John Mason Brown
and John Gassner. both resigned
in protest. University trustees, as
usual, did not attempt TO justify
or defend their Judgment.
Other winners included Bar
bara w. Tuchman for "The Guns
OF August" Samuel Barber for a
piano concerto; Leon Edel for his
biography Of Henry James; Con-
stance Mclaughlin Green for the
first volume OF q history Of WASH
ington, and nine newsmen, pho-
tographers and political cartoon
lists.
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The Hazards

But the hazards OF sounding off
seem conspicuous for servicemen
this year. A Marine officer, Col.
Robert d. Heinl, jr., was hauled
before a formal board OF inquiry
May / for writing an article on
Haiti. even though 1t never was
published and had been cleared
verbally.
Admiral Anderson's mistake,
according TO Pentagon scuttlebutt.
was fighting too hard behind the
scenes against a single model OF
the Tx fighter plane. Defense
Secretary Mcnamara wanted the
single model-instead Of separate
versions for the Navy and Air
Force on grounds II would save
money.
Admiral Anderson's sins, coll
leagues said. also included his
alleged opposition 10 a Mcnamara
plan TO reorganize the Nays
Bureau System.
The blunt-spoken Admiral was
not alone among military leaders
In backing the wrong side" In the
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Riqhts: A New Breakthrouqh

After five weeks Of demon
stratiOns and arrests, whites
and Negroes reached accord on
q desegregatiOn plan In Bir-
mingham, Ala. A doubt fingered
whether the pact is binding ON
the city government.
'Non-violence is o power which
can be welded equally by all
children, young men and women
or grown-up people," Gandhi once
wrote on passive resistance.
Perhaps the most striking aspect
Of the mass demonstrations that
began in Birmingham early in
April was the use Of Negro young
sters. In previous sit-ins else
where, the young had appeared,
but never In such numbers, or at
such tender ages.
By May 2 when ait were ar
rested and the tension began
moving toward o climax, many Of
the participants were found to bo
In their teens On May 5 the
total Of arrests rose to 1,1O0, and
reporters estimated half were per-
sons under 10. One 8-year-old girl
was found among them.
The Rev. Martin Luther King,
jr, and his followers. who ac-
knowledge their debt to Gandhi's
techniques, seemed to be carrying
his passive resistance teachings to
the letter.
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Many Freed

Not all Negro demands were
met. They had sought release Of
demonstrators from jail, no
strings attached, but the charges
OF parading without o permit
were continued and It took $751;
600 in bonds to free some 7e0
prisoners.
The Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, which started
the campaign against segrega.
ton, also had sought establish
ment Of q biracial committee In
the city. Instead. 1t got q promise
by business leaders to keep COM
munications open between the
two races.
Confusion marked the five-week
series Of events from the start.
The city was in the process of
shifting from q mayor-commis-
sioner OF police organization to
q mayor-city council system. The
former officers. Mayor Arthur ].
Hanes and Commissioner Eugene
Bull" Connor. had filed suit con-
testing their custer. Both are Bit
ter segregationists, and neither
they nor the new mayor nego-
tiated with the demonstrators on
behalf Of the city.
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Negroes Criticized

Using children In the front line
was O fearSome risk. It drew
criticism from other Negroes.
Real men don't put their chill
dren on the firing line," jeered
Malcolm K, Q Black Muslin
leader.
BY some miracle, the children
and teen-agers escaped serious In
jury. despite use Of high-pressurO
fire hoses and dogs by Birming-
ham police. Perhaps the presence
Of the youth exercised an influ-
ence, for the dogs and hoses dis
appeared at midweek a. Q truce
was reached.
BY an equally impressive mira
Gle, the gamble paid off. Negroes
appeared to have won their point
at the weeks close. The truce
terms promised them:
The right to eat ct al lunch
counters, use sitting rooms and
rest rooms and drinking foun-
tains within 30 days In down.
town department stores and va
riety stores;
Hiring and promotion Of Ne
groes without discrimination In
Birmingham's stores and indus
tries within so days. and appoint
ment Of q fair employment CONS
mittee;
Release Of Jailed Negro DEM
onstrators on bond or personal
pledge.
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ThoW

In . IOng-anticipated show Of
unity, Canada's Prime Minis
ter Lester b. Pearson and Presi-
dent Kennedy wound up q
twO-day conference yesterday
indicating accord on defense.
Translation; Canada may per-
NIT nuclear warheads for BO-
marc missile on her soil.
For those who believe in omens.
the reception for Canada's new
leader did not start well. A chill
ling wind whipped Otis (Mass0
Air Force Base. and as President
Kennedy escorted Prime Minister
Pearson across the field. they both
noticed the Canadian ensign had
been blow loose so that 1t Tapped
at half-staff.
But the pair merely grinned
and later sat down for talks
neither cold nor gloomy. At noon
yesterday they announced q Joint
communique: Canada will honor
her commitments to cooperate in
North American defense.
Although worded In the vague
language of diplomacy. II meant
only one thing to observers. Mr..
Pearson had agreed to accept
American controlled nuclear
weapons for use against enemy
attack.
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Elusive Drochmo

Ever since Representative Adam
Clayton Powell raised eyebrows
with q tour of Europe and Greece
last year. accompanied by two
women from his Education and
Labor Committee staff. Congress
has been uneasily examining Its
conscience about junkets.
Most serious lawmakers agree
that inspection tours overseas are
necessary in the multi-billion-
dollar budget process. But as Of
now. Congressman don't have to
itemize expenses.
The House last Tuesday by Q
lop-sided vote finally demonstrate
ed things had gone far enough.
1t approved. 384 to 2, to limit use
Of counterpart funds by lawmak-
ers on travels overseas.
Such funds are foreign currency
received through foreign aid pro-
grams. It's relatively easy for Q
Congressman to get 0 bundle Of
it. If the bill Is passed in the
Senate and becomes law, congress
sional voyagers will have to docu-
ment their expenses with receipts,
or stick to Q daily money allow
ance ($10 to $500 now granted to
officials Of the executive branch
on tours.
Either way. It appeared to be
o blow to the palmy era Of un-
limited funny money" for law
makers from United States en-
bassies abroad.
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THE FOREIGN SCENE
Middle East Forces
Cloud UAR Unity

The fact that BaathistS-a sis
ter party Of the one in Syria
are in control in Iraq does not
bode well for the type Of q UAR
desired by Mr.. NaSser. Whether
a loose confederation Of Arab
states will be accepted by him re-
mains to be seen. Should he in
sist, through inspired revolts and
intrigue, upon obtaining for his
followers complete control in both
Syria and Iraq and fail, he may
then be faced with the possibility
Of no real union at all.
(There were reports last week
that former power in the Syrian
army, Abdul Hamid Serraj, is in
Beirut helping to organize revolts
in Syria and in Jordan, where an
attempt has recently been made
to asassinate the Foreign Min
iSter.)
If Mr.. Nasser was having trou-
BILE with the Arabs of Asia Minor,
he made fewer points than he had
hoped with the Arabs Of large
and wealthy African nation
Algeria.
The Egyptian strongman visited
the former French colony last
week for five days. Before his ar
rival, Premier Ben Bella, q polite
and hospitable host, declared that
he hoped Algeria would "soon"
join its brothers as q member Of
the United Arab Republic.
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Congress-:
Three Moves

The House last week approved
a 1875 per cent military pay In
crease, first in five years. II
also voted q curb on congress
siOnal junket funds. But q con-
trOversial Philippine war claims
bill stalled in House-Senate
conference.
Asked about low morale in the
armed services. President Ken
nedy at his press conference
Wednesday put his finger on pay
as a major reason.
Part Of the trouble. he said, is
"the feeling that perhaps the mil
itary Is not recognized for the
service they are rendering at
rather inadequate compensation. "
Just how inadequate was re-
vealed in q shocking way after
the Thresher submarine tragedy.
Widows and children OF IA ci-
villains aboard the sub will get
pensions from 1924 to $525 q
month.
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IsroeHFeor

But it is not only that the Arabs
have formally committed them
selves to the overthrow Of Israel
that has stirred the fears Of the
Israelis. The ill-disguised effort
by pro-Nasserites to topple King
Hussein Of Jordan and bring that
neighboring country into the UAR
fold Is another factor.
So, too, is the continuing mill
tary buildup Of Egypt. In the last
three months the supersonic
MIG-23 fighter and three differ
ent kinds Of modern Soviet rock
cts have been introduced into the
Egyptian armed forces: Sea-to-
shore; ground-to-air and air
to-air.
The surface-to-air missiles, the
SANS, are the same effective
weapons the Russians have set up
in Cuba. The air-to-air rockets
are infrared heat-seekers Of the
American Sidewinder type.
Particularly worrisome to Israel,
which has long shoreline to de-
fend, are the sea-to-shore rockets
which are the main armament Of
the Komar boats which the Rus
slams have sold to Mr.. Nasser.
These are the same kind Of craft
Fidel Castro obtained from
Moscow.
All this, taken In conjunction
with violent anti-Israel broad
casts emanating from Cairo. has
made the Israelis q bit impatient
Continued on Page B-2
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Vague Words

But Algerian officials later eau.
toned against reading into Mr..
Ben Bella's statement any sugges-
ton that he will be ready in the
near future formally to join the
UAR. Moreover, the joint commu-
nique issued after the NasSer visit
was rather vague. It de-
nounced Imperialism" and "colo-
nialism"; it declared for socialism
as the only way to healthy de-
mocracy" and it called for the
liberation Of Palestine"
1t is this latter demand, trans
lated In Tel Aviv as "the destruc-
ton Of Israel" that causes the
Israelis growing concern. For the
phrase, "the liberation Of Pales-
tine" is part Of the formal
treaty Of UAR principles signed by
Egypt, Iraq and Syria.
Premier David n-Gurion re-
ferred to this in q speech to the
Knesset (Parliament) on Mon
day. He said Israel had "suffi-
cient grounds to believe without
q shadow Of q doubt that the
Arab countries are contemplating
an attack" upon it.
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Merchants Role

It remained for Q semi-secret
group OF merchants. calling them
selves the Senior Citizens Com
mittee, to open talks. Their per-
sonal worry In the riots: A drop
OFF OF up TO Is per cent in store
sales as customers stayed away
from the violence-torn shopping
district.
Added was confusion and
vagueness on the Negro side.
Many did not know what they
were agitating for. Some Of the
youngsters told reporters they
were marching on orders from
parents. Only after Burke Mar
shall. Assistant Attorney General,
arrived as unofficial mediator did
the Negroes present their de-
mands In clear. orderly form.
The pact brought peace TO
Birmingham's streets yesterday.
but some doubts remained on
both sides about how permanent
1t was. Neither OF the two city
administrations had signed It.
But II the merchants have their
way. It probably will stick.
Meanwhile, the desegregation
movement gathered momentum
elsewhere. Police clashed with Me-
gro students In Nashville during
demonstrations against two res
taurants. Police Jailed l05 young
Negro college students at Raleigh
In similar circumstances.
And the Negro American Labor
Council announced plans for a
march on Washington" next oc-
tober TO protest Job discrimina-
ton.
A fourth city. Knoxville. Tenn,
reported 80 arrests Of Negro and
white demonstrators. Like the
crowds in Birmingham, particle
pants were young-some Of them
In their early teens.
The Knoxville friction centered
Evening star., 1963-05-12

Nasserites riOted in Syria last
week and Socialist Premier Sa-
lah Bitar resigned. The Egyp-
tian leaders plans for . tightly
controlled United Arab Repub-
lie still believed to be facing
difficulties.
Premier Ben -GuriOn Of Israel
voiced fears OF an Arab attack
on Monday and President Ken
nedy warned two days later that
the United States would act to
stop any aggression in the Mid
die East.
President Canal Abdel Nasser
Of the United Arab Republic, an
Egyptian with headquarters in
Cairo, Is q man with q burning
desire. He wants to unite, organize
and direct the Arab world from
Iraq to Algeria.
Arab unity is hardly debated
among the Arabs. Everyone is for
It Just as almost every Westerner
declares for democracy. But how
much unity2 There's the rub and
today in Syria, one Of two coun-
tries which have Joined Egypt in
pledging political union, there is
turmoil and uncertainty.
Mr.. Nasser's first United Arab
Republic came q cropper when his
Syrian branch revolted and Sc
ceded in 1861, unhappy over Egyp-
tian domination. Now the ink is
hardly dry on another draft treaty
of unity among the two old part
ners and oil-rich Iraq when
new troubles are arising.
While Middle Eastern politics
are regarded as something ESQ.,
teric and exotic by many persons,
the basic difficulty of Mr.. .Nasser
in the realization of his plans is
not very rnvStnri0llS
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Narrowed Cop

But survivors OF Ill Navy men
who died In uniform on the
Thresher will get far less. Their
pensions: STA TO $3.50 per month.
To help narrow the gap be-
tween civilian and military pay.
the House last week passed q 1875
per cent pay raise for service
men. II now goes 10 the Senate
where chances Of approval are
considered excellent.
II would be the first salary In
crease for the armed services in
five years. The House version will
cost Sl2 billion q year. only sl7
million shy Of what the Pentagon
had asked. Among It's provisions:
Raises up 10 1875 per cent for en-
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The Break

The issue had upset Canada's
national elections earlier this
year. II broke the traditional
pattern Of United States Canadian
friendly relations. and was q
factor In the defeat Of former
Prime Minister John q. Diefen-
baker last month. Mr., Diefenbaker
had failed to fulfill q commitment
to accept nuclear warheads.
The prospects for an inter-
allied nuclear force are Of press
ing urgence due to q North At
lantio Treaty Organization meet
ing In Ottowa soon.
Canada and the United States,
who share the longest unarmed
border Of any two nations in the
world, expect TO hold more talks
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Tx affair. Gen. Curtis e. LeMay,
Air Force Chief Of Staff, also criti-
cized the General Dynamics ver-
sion, but his testimony before Con-
gress was considered more tact
fully worded. He was reappointed
last week but only for Q one-year
term.
President Kennedy at his press
conference Wednesday announced
that Admiral Anderson had ac-
cepted q new Government post, its
exact nature to be announced later.
Speculation centered on an am
bassadorship In Europe.
Replacing him as CNO August 1
will be Admiral David L. Nc
Donald. who has q reputation as
a diplomat.
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AnObstocIe

Mr.. Jundi Is believed to be
somewhat more sympathetic to
Mr.. Nasser's ideas on Arab unity,
but this does not necessarily mean
that the Egyptian leader is going
to have his own way-at least not
yet--in Syria. The situation dips
and rises like . yo-yo. The Baath-
lists may be back In power tomor-
row or next week or next month.
The country appears to be rather
evenly divided.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

listed men, and to 17.8 per cent
for officers; liberalized pensions
for those who retired before June
/, 1858, and combat pay to men
serving In peacetime in ''brush-
fire" engagements such as South
Wet Nam.
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at . downtown theater and the
front door Of Q cafeteria where
several interlocked their arms to
keep customers from entering. In
the scuffle that ensued, q Negro
minister and two teen-aged girls
were injured.
Mayor Beverly Briley said he
would ask business and Negro
leaders to hold discussions to pre-
vent further strife.
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Firm Control

The Egyptian leader wants firm,
centralized control over q newly
forged UAR. His country, which
has been spending huge sums on
arms and adventures (lately in
Yemen), has economic and popu-
lation problems.
Egypt is not blessed with great
natural resources: in fact, 1t might
be called underprivileged in this
respect. On the other hand, Syria
and Iraq, while underdeveloped,
have much in resources, particu-
larly oil.
It is not surprising, therefore,
that many Syrians and Iraqis pre-
fer q loose Arab federation in
which much local autonomy Is
possible. Nor is it surprising, on
the other hand, that Mr.. NaSser
wants real control over the three
countries centralized In Cairo.
Last week, this difference in
views on Arab unity" was under
scored with violence in Syria.
There the ruling Bath Party, q
sort Of Democratic Socialist
group, was confronted with pro-
Nasser rioting after 1t had CASH
tered officers friendly to the
Egyptian leader from the army.
The treatment Of these officers.
together with a refusal to give
pro-Nasser elements an equal
voice in the government, had ear
lier led to the walkout Of the lat
ter from Premier Salah Bitar's
regime.
For awhile 1t looked as though
the Bitar government could ride
out the storm. but yesterday the
Syrian Revolutionary Council,
after an all-night meeting, ac-
cepted Mr.. Bitar's resignation and
asked a non-Baathist. Sami Jundi.
to try to form q new government.
Evening star., 1963-05-12

at al levels to patch up the recent
break.
But It was clear that the chill
liness Of Mr.. Diefenbaker's six
year administration was rapidly
being dispelled.
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