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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Metro PLANNING

The proposal that the Metropolitan
Council Of Governments seek charter
from Congress which would designate it
as the responsible regional planning
agency for the Washington area makes
sense on three counts. 1t would fill a
vacuum which has been left by the in
effectiveness of the currently authorized
agency-the National Capital Regional
Planning Council. 1t would bring locally
elected and appointed political leaders
(who comprise the council membership
directly into the planning picture. And
it would greatly enhance the stature
and effectiveness Of the Council Of Gov
ernments in fostering orderly metropoli-
tan development through cooperative
means.
At the same time the council is wise
in proceeding slowly-in soliciting, as
first step, the reaction Of the governing
bodies in each Of the IL local political
jurisdictions Of the region. We hope the
reaction is prompt and favorable. In
evitably, we suppose, the cry will be
raised that the council is trying to usurp
local Zonlng and planning authority. But
that isn't the situation. These local
functions would remain under local
control, just as they are at present.
And the basic intent of the council is
to assure that local Jurisdictions, col
lectively, will retain control over the
broader regional decisions. AS the new
council chairman, Mrs. Anne wilkins,
of Fairfax County, put it:
If we are to fulfill the primary purpose
Of this organization solving metropolitan
problems by voluntary cooperation, If we are
to prove that voluntary cooperation will work
and that metropolitan supergovernment Is
not necessary, it is time to take holder steps
than we have in the past.
Area-wide plans are essential to our
future welfare. But they must be formulated
with the participation Of area governments
so that they will have the support Of those
who are in a position to put them into ef-
feet. There must be a direct relationship E. =.
The next few years may well be crucial ones
in metropolitan area affairs. Either the area
governments are going to lead In solving
metropolitan problems voluntarily, or they
are going to be by-passed.
Mrs. wilkins did not mention an
other alternative which would be even
worse: that unless more aggressive CO.
operative action is taken to attack re-
gional problems, those problems may not
be solved at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Outing Spoiled

Each person has q Cod
given dignity and this dignity
should always be respected
and should not be trampled
upon because Of race. creed
or color.
MY husband. my four small
children and I, accompanied
by our refined and educated
colored nurse. recently went
to Marshall Hall Amusement
Park. After entertaining our
children on the various rides,
we stopped at Happy Land
for a soft drink. The man
ager approached us. told us
that we could not stay as
colored persons were not al
lowed. My husband asked for
proof and the manager then
said that he would call the
police II we did not leave as
1t was against the law for
colored people to drink or eat
in public places in Charles
County. Because Of the insis-
tence Of our lady-like nurse
we left for our drive back TO
Virginia.
BY the Declaration OF In
dependence In 1776 each
American is created equal. 1t
does not say only Anglo Sax
ons are created equal.
Let us then allow O person
the right to some light re-
freshment after caring for
someone else's children at @
place Of amusement.
Mrs. Bernard Corbett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Threat in Guiana

The situation in British Guiana is
growing worse from day to day. George
town, the capital city, has been para
lyzed by general strike for the past
10 weeks, and now there is the threat Of
racial violence throughout the country.
Located on the northeastern coast
Of South America, Guiana is roughly the
size of Idaho, about 10000 square miles.
A large part of it is nothing but wild
Jungle, and its population numbers lit
tie more than $4,000, including a small
but Influential white minority. The bulk
of its people is made up Of East Indians
(Some 48 per cent of the totaI and Ne
groes (around AZ per cent?. 4
Here is the heart of the problem.
Friction has long existed between these
two groups, with the Negroes over
whelmingly opposed to East Indian
Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan and his
leftist government. They are opposed
also to his politicking wife, the former
Janet Rosenberg of Chicago. They do
not like this man and wife team,
which runs the Peoples Progressive
Party" They do not like the fact that
the Jagans have described themselves
as Marxist-Leninists enthusiastically in
favor Of Ffdel Castro and his Kremlin-
led tyranny in Cuba. And the chief
reason for their general strike is that
DR.. Jagan "a dentist educated here in
our own country has been trying to
bring all labor Unions under his personal
control-a course typical Of would-be
dictators everywhere.
DR.. Jagan, however, wholly apart
from his powerful Negro opposition, is
not really his own master
This is the saving factor in the sit
uation. Guiana is still British colony,
as 1t has been for we'll over a century
Accordingly, Britain-which has made
no commitment on the date for grant,
ing full independence-conti to have
the right to veto the Jagan regimes
actions and do whatever else may be
needed to maintain order in the coun-
try. Indeed, it has duty to crack down,
If events warrant, on the Red-tinted
government, even to the point of dis
solving it.
Certainly the western hemisphere
cannot afford to be poisoned with an
other Cuba. Guiana shares a common
border with Venezuela and Brazil. One
way or another, it must be kept out of
the hands of the Communists. Here is
a fine opportunity for Britain to stiffen
its spine and make a genuine contribu-
ton to the cause Of peace and order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
DeG0uHe q ReoIist

1t was q great disappoint-
ment to read the two recent
Incorporate, petty and carp
ing editorials in The Star on
President de Gaulle. Both
are unworthy of your news
paper which I have read and
respected for the past II
years.
For the last six months,
the United States press COW
erage from France has been
a repetitious vacuum Of
Misrepresentation, diStor-
tons, and pure prejudice.
Obviously you are all tell
ing each other the same
things to the point Of be-
lieving your own cant. This,
Of course, is exactly the
propaganda I suppose the
present administration wants
the public to believe.
Sooner or later we will be
forced to admit that De
Gaulle is not all wrong, and
that instead Of being senile,
is far more a realist than
some Of the middle-aged
hot-shots who know all the
answers on Europe's future
from this side Of the At
lantic.
More power to Walter
Lippmann, Crosby Noyes
and several others who seem
to be outside the sterility
Of Washington's current po-
litical and intellectual void.
LLOYD w, Buhrman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06

Congratulations to the
Board and Health Committee
of the Washington Urban
League for their courageous
recommendations to the Dis
trict of Columbia Health De-
partment to make birth con-
troll information and devices
available to all mothers who
request it and to establish
more neighborhood prenatal
clinics. We also thoroughly
approve Of and join in the
Leagues recommendation to
start sex education courses
on the sixth rather than the
eighth-grade level in public
schools.
We of Planned Parenthood
of Metropolitan Washington
have long advocated sex edu-
cation courses In schools as
as important part of a young
persons growth to RESPONSE
BILE adulthood. We also advo-
cate the Leagues additional
recommendations that pri-
vate agencies present sex
education courses for those
no longer in schools. Through
past experience we have
learned the value Of such
courses, especially when they
are conducted on a series
basis, with representatives Of
health, legal and social agen-
cies participating in making
the presentation a practical
one.
We realize there are many
other Washington agencies
who also approve of this type
Of education and we look to
the time when they will join
the League in its fortnight
stand on one of the most
serious problems facing us
today.
Mrs. b. Bernei Burgunder. jr.
President, Planned
Parenthood OF Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Educators Grateful

On behalf of the Fairfax
Education Association, I wish
to express to the citizens Of
Fairfax County our sincere
appreciation for their strong
support of the 1854 school
budget.
Although we were not COM
pletely successful, adoption
Of the teacher salary pro-
posal paved the way for en-
phasis next year on regain
ing any losses" that occurred
this year, e.g., pupil-teacher
ratio.
Higher morale among
teachers will most certainly
become a reality. A larger
number of teachers will now
be able to pursue graduate
study, and, for the first time,
many Of our teachers can
now devote their full energies
to teaching and not be ham
pered by the duties of a part
time job. In addition, Fair
fax County should now be
able to attract a larger num-
Der Of career teachers, espe-
cially men, and the personnel
department can become more
selective in its choices.
without doubt, the end re-
suit will be Of direct benefit
to the children of Fairfax
County. Because we are q
protest. onal organization,
those whom we teach are OUR
first concern. We are, there
fore, particularly indebted to
those who rallied to the sup
port Of a budget that was
designed to improve the quail
ity Of education in Fairfax
County.
william J. BurkhOIder,
President. Fairfax Education
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
Biased History Books Hurt u. S.
By RALPH McGHL

played by leaders Of their
own region in bringing an
end to the reconstruction by
corruptly acquiring enough
electoral votes to put Repub-
lican Rutherford Hayes in Of
flee in 1876. 1t was a prag-
matte decision participated
in by Southern leaders of the
time, including. almost GER
tainly, "Marse Henry Waiter
son." Of Louisville, and the
Georgia giants, John B. Cor
don, Alec Stephens, and
others. 1t was a highly secret,
utterly pragmatic deal. In
making it, the Eastern manu-
featuring interests, enlarged
and enriched by war produc-
ton, callously threw over
board all the well-begun civil
rights measures for the re-
Gently freed slaves.
SOutherners MisIed
The Southerner Of today
who feels that new events
are unjust has some reason
so TO feel. He grew up, as did
his father and grandfather,
believing that the exclusion
of the Negro was legal and q
mutually-agreed-to fact. That
it was a brazenly cynical and
morally corrupt deal by East
ern Republican commercial
interests, eager to move into
the South to exploit It's re-
sources and politics. has not
been told by Southern text
books, or, for that matter,
those Of the North. Only per-
sons who 60 to first-rate
colleges and universities learn
this side Of the coin Of his
tory.
II is this lack Of historical
perspective that makes the
present 50 difficult for so
many people in the South
including some OF good will.
Once the Rutherford B. Hayes
steal was completed and re-
construction ended, the one
party system was set up. 1t
was never a peoples party.
1t was always a party Of
court house cliuues. It de-
pended on exploiting racism
and excluding the Negro from
the ballot TO perpetuate itself.
Thus began the creation of
myths, fears, prejudices, and
the formula Of crying mig
gerl Niggerl" to cover up
every unworthy deal SO that
the poor white man and the
small farmer would not know
that he, too, was being ex-
cluded from q fair share Of
his country's benefits.
(AlI Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Culture and the KremIin

There is a continuing ferment OF
intellectual activity behind the Iron
Curtain which obviously has the Soviet
masters worried. Premier Khrushchev
calls it wrong views and impressions
imposed by the hostile ideology." He
flatters us.
In any event, Mr. Khrushchev has
called for expulsion from the Com
munist Party of the latest offender,
novelist Victor P. Nekrasov, who was
thoughtless enough to print in Soviet
literary journal that he liked some of
the things he found on visit to the
United States. Because he has not
recanted, Mr.. Nekrasov has Joined such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Woman Scorned'

Booth Mooney writes, ". .
the concept of a war between
the sexes is held only by
those women possessed Of an
inferiority complex suffi-
GENTLY pronounced to cause
them to believe Whispering
ly that men regard them as
second class citizens" He
ignores the fact that women
are second-class citizens le-
gally. Check some Of the
laws now on the books.
Everywhere we hear pleas
that a person be accepted
without regard to race,
creed or color"-how about
adding Sex.
The glorious Betty Beale
hit a very common-nail right
on the head when she spoke
OF a woman applying for a
Job being asked first II she
can type and take shorthand
without regard for 9TH err
knowledge and training.
Why are service women al
ways called by some name
such as, "SPARS", "WAFS",
wv A v Z s., wv A c 81.
BANS. etc.2 Why no
women officer aides at the
White House and other dip
lomatic functions2
Liz Carpenter and other
newswomen do not want to
wander at will through the
premises OF the National
Press Club. They want only
to be allowed to attend the
top-flight press conferences
(usuallySthe only local press
conference a visiting VIP
gives as BELTS their status
as reporters-not in the bal
cony. The Press Club claims
there are not enough seats
downstairs. Why don't they
limit them TO true news re-
porters mot public relations
hangers-on)2 Then there
would be plenty Of room.
Mrs. Regain Geiger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Disputes Lawrence

In his June 81 column
David Lawrence made the
following statements:
Never in the history of
the United States has the
so-called commerce clause of
the Constitution been in
voked to regulate the GUS
toner relationship of a bust
ness owner and individual
citizens
But there is nothing in
the court decisions based on
the commerce clause Of the
Constitution which denies to
any proprietor of a business
the right to use his own
judgment as to what con-
StituteS a good customer
relationship"
These statements are to-
tally wrong, as any lawyer
or businessman with even a
modicum of knowledge about
the Federal laws regulating
businesses engaged in or af-
fecting interstate commerce
could have told him.
There is neither the need
nor space for a discussion of
how the antitrust laws and
the various laws governing
common carriers restrict a
proprietor's right to use his
own judgment as TO what
constitutes a good customer
relationship" I think, though,
that Mr.. Lawrence should
read the Supreme Courts
1860 decision in Boynton v.
Virginia before he again ven
lures more statements along
the lines of the ones quoted
above. In that case the Court
held that under the Inter-
state Commerce Act a Negro
passenger had a Federal
right to remain in the white
portion Of (a) :. restaurant"
run by an interstate bus
company.
Iared a Carfar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
In Lieu of Prayer

On Sunday, June 30, the
choir Of the Church Of the
Pilgrims sang America, the
Beautiful" in an arrange
ment that was a memorable
experience. I am moved TO
suggest that q recording Of
this rendition might be what
school principals and teach
ers are seeking these days.
1t is q fusion Of poetry,
music, religion and true
patriotism. The playing Of
this record, and the singing
Of the children themselves,
might be scheduled for alter
nate days.
Mrs. Chase s. Osborn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
Who Needs Him.

Your July / editorial, who
Needs Him?" caused me to
take q second glance at the
date line. Was 1t 1868 or
1928?
It is necessary to 60 as far
back in history and to resus-
citate the ghosts Of Masaryk
and Titulescu, in order to
locate the voices you are
echoing in declaring that the
return Of the chief HapSburg
to Vienna could only mean
trouble"
What Is. the trouble you
fear? Assuming that there
remains a residue Of Haps-
burg loyalty in the succession
states Of the Austro-H ungar-
ian monarchy, Of which Of
to's father was the last EN-
peror-King, 1t could perhaps
cause a ripple Of disturbance
on scow's slave-chain.
Worse yet, it might conjure
up the specter of q Chris
tan Federation" in place of
the Communist relationships.
Surely you are not opposed
to that.
When Otto was in flight
from Hitler in 1889, PreSi-
dent Roosevelt planned to
use the monarchistic image
as an antidote to Nazism,
and establish an exiled gov
eminent for the Hapsburg
scion. This plan faltered be-
cause Of Otto's reluctance to
turn his life into a Mozart
festival" impressing the
snobbish uppercrust. He be-
came instead a serious schol-
ar and statesman, one who
argues and convinces rather
than merely charms. He is
highly regarded and most
popular on the American lee
ture platform.
To take a firm anti-Haps-
burglar stand because Of the
alleged danger it might mean
in this day and age is just as
fantastic as it would be to
object to a visit by the Duke
Of Windsor to New York, be-
cause that city was once
ruled by his ancestors.
This writer is no Hapsburg
legitimist. (His family was
dispossessed by the Austrian
reigning house early in the
XVTIth century, for partici-
pating in the Rakoczy up
rising. His grandfather, by
the same "all-A m ertcan"
first name, was condemned
by Emperor Franz Joseph for
his part in the KosSuth revo-
luton Of 1848.) He merely
attempts to judge persons
and events in proper historic
perspective.
GabOr de Bessenyey, I'D.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tOriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Seeking a Civil Rights Afbi?
By GOULD LINCOLN

Are the liberal Democrats
and their allies, including the
ADA, seeking an alibi If any
thing goes wrong with the
Kennedy civil rights legisla-
tive programme not, why the
determined effort by some of
them to put the blame-in
advance Of the fact-on Re-
publican shoulders? And a
third question: Do they hon.
estly believe they can make
such an accusation stick in
light of the fact the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate number
81 and the Republicans SO,
a more than two-thirds lead
for the Democrats?
1t has became almost a
recurring "a redundant -
refrain in some Democratic
quarters to say that Repub-
lican votes are necessary If
the civil rights bill is to be
voted on and to pass in the
Senate. On one occasion or
another both President Ken
nedy and Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy have ad-
mitted that Republican votes
are necessary to put civil
rights and other Kennedy
programs across in tn e
heavily Democratic Senate
and almost equally heavily
Democratic House. It may be
with sorrow and regret, hut
they realize they must have
support of liberal Repub-
licans or any kind Of Repub-
licans they can get to offset
their losses among conseva-
tive and Southern Democrats
on crucial votes. Now this is
not the responsibility of the
Republican Party. 1t is due to
the fact that the Democratic
Party is harshly divided.
Republican members Of
Congress and their leader
ship see quite clearly what
may be in store when and If
this civil rights issue goes
into next years political
campaign. The cries that
will go up that it was they
the Republicans in Con-
greSs-who killed or diluted
civil rights legislation. Roy
wilkins, head Of the NAACP,
criticized Senator Everett M.
DirkSen Of Illinois, minority
leader of the Senate, last
Monday because he does not
believe that the proposed
ban on discrimination in pri-
vately-owned public accom-
modations is enforceable.
He added that the Republic
can Party has nothing of
real value to offer the Ma
ton" Obviously Mr.. Will
kins relies on the Democratic
Party and the Democratic
Party relies on Mr.. wilkins
when it comes to a political
fight and elections.
Indictment Of Democrats
So the Republican leader
ship of the House and Sen
ate has subscribed to an in
dictment "a harsh indict-
ment-of the Kennedy ad-
ministration and the Demo-
cratic Party for lack Of real
leadership.
Indeed, the G. o. P. leaders
said the President cannot
control his heavy Demo-
cratic majorities in the SEN
ate and House; that this fact
Is shown by acknowledged
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Democratic dependence upon
Republicans to carry admin
istration programs. They
claimed the President is
heading "two minority par
ties" but has failed in lead
ing them. Their statement
referred to a news confer
ence after the 1862 elections
in which the President was
quoted as saying: IF we get
the kind Of Republican sup
port that we got at the be-
ginning Of last year on the
(House) rules fight we can
put some Of these important
programs through" The
statement continued: "Only
a few days ago, on June %,
the Presidents brother Rob-
ert F. Kennedy, Attorney
General Of the United States,
pleaded the same lack of
leadership in a television in
terview on civil rights in
which he said: obviously in
order to obtain the passage
of the bill we are going to
have to have some Republic
can support. I think that is
quite clear"
The Republican Reply
The Senate and House
Republican leaders-all of
them, including Senators
Dirksen of Illinois, Saltonstall
Of Massachusetts, and Ku-
chel of California, Repre-
sentatives Halleck Of Illinois,
Arends Of Illinois, Brown of
Ohio and Ford of Michigan,
asked this question: IF, as
the President and the At
torney General now contend,
important accomplishment is
not possible without Repub-
lican votes, despite over
whelming Democratic ma
Jorities, then why should the
American people continue to
vote for such a divided and
leaderleSs political partyP"
There will be Republican
votes for the Kennedy civil
rights bill. Senators Javits
and Heating Of New York,
Senator Scott of Pennsyl-
vania and Senator Case of
New Jersey are among the
strong supporters of civil
rights legislation on the
Republican side of the
chamber. And in the House,
Representative Lindsay Of
New York is a leading ad-
vocate Of civil rights legis-
lation, although he, like
other Republicans in Con-
gresS, prefer to base the con-
troversial privately owned
public accommodations Sec
ton on the Fourteenth
Amendment of the Consti-
tuition rather than on the
commerce clause Of that
document. There seems little
doubt a bill will pass-once
it comes to a vote in the
House. In the Senate, much
hinges on whether a fill
buster by Southern Demo-
Gratis and conservatives - If
it happens-can be broken.
And that is where Republic
can votes are essential.
Notwithstanding the state
ment by the G. o. P. leaders,
Senators like Senator Keat-
ing of New York, insist that
there is a responsibility upon
each individual Senator to
vote for the civil rights
measure.