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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Federal Pay

We are opposed to the latest Federal
pay bill for the good reason that 1t is a
bad bill.
As approved by the House Civil
Service Committee, the bill would add
at least $500 million year to the cost
of running the Government at a time
when very large Federal deficits are
certain. It would come on top of sub
stantial pay increases already approved
and scheduled to take effect in Janu-
ary It contains provisions which are
plainly discriminatory and which are
the product of naked political pressure
Finally, 1t is not a pay plan that is
keyed realistically to need, since in
some instances it proposes large pay
boosts without regard to very substan-
tial fringe benefits" which go with
certain jobs.
Our position is not one of flat
opposition to any and all pay increases.
Some are needed and very desirable.
This is especially true Of what might
be called the secondary level Of Gov
eminent - the level at which people
who are both able and dedicated run
the enormous business of the Federal
establishment at salaries which are
we'll below what they could command
in private industry 1t is very difficult
to hold these people for the simple
reason that they are underpaid. They
are the ones who should get pay in
creaSes.
As Senator LauSche, Democrat Of
Ohio, has pointed out, however, this is
not generally true of Federal workers
especially in light of the pay boost
coming up in January.
In asserting that the bill in its
present form should not be adopted,
the Ohio Senator made two points. The
measure carries a. legislative Sweet
ener" which raises pay of Congressman
by $4,000 to $S2,5OO. Senator Lausche
warned that the legislators would find
it very difficult to resist future pres
sure group demands If they do them
selves this little favor. ut has also
been suggested that they might find
It painful when the time comes to face
their constituents Secondly, Senator
Lausche asserted that the average wage
Of Federal employees last year (before
the coming pay increase) was $113
week as against an average of $91
week in private employment. In Ohio,
he added, the average for State en-
ployes is $50 week and for Federal
workers in the State 1t is Slit a week.
Averages, of course, do not always
tell the whole story. But in this in
stance they testify persuasively on the
point that the Federal worker, par
ticularly in the lower brackets, is not
the victim of pay discrimination. He
is better off than his opposite number
who works for private employer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Political Propriety

10ur newspaper r ports
that President Kennedy has
personally assured Gov.
Tawes that neither he nor
anyone acting for his admin
istration win take part in the
coming Maryland Democrat
lie primary campaign for the
United States Senate. The
report makes It clear that
this assurance was sought by
the Governor against the
contingency that Joseph D.
Tydings. the present United
States Attorney for the Dis
trict Of Maryland, may later
oppose Lewis L. Goldstein,
incumbent state Comptrol-
Ter, in the primary election.
Not Unexpectedly. the Presi-
dent very properly seems to
have assured the Governor
that he would remain neutral
in the event Of such q con-
test, whatever the high per-
sonAl regard he and other
members Of his administra-
ton are reported to have for
Mr.. Tydings.
Now that the President has
given his pledge of neutrali-
ty, should not the Governor
do likewise? Many Of us who
would be most eager to sup
port Mr.. Tydings, should the
latter decide to make the
Senatorial run against Mr..
Goldstein or any other oppo-
nent, think 1t only fair that
In the event such an election
contest should materialize,
the Governor and his admin
istration. including Attorney
General Finan, also should
adopt and just a. firmly ad-
here to, the same proper
standard Of strict neutrality
to which the President has
pledged himself.
The proprieties Of political
neutrality certainly run to
the Governorship as well as
to the Presidency. AS q first
step, we might suggest that
Gov. Tawes request that Mr..
Goldstein, should the latter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
The'Accommodotors'

Dem ocra attic enator
Thomas Dodd's brilliant
statement on the weakness
Of the Republican "opposi-
ton" in the Senate is one Of
the most enlightened COM
ments upon the present
health of the g. o. p. that l
have ever seen.
Day after day, the Great
Accommodations. Kuch e !,
JavitS, Case, Cooper, Dirksen
and their breed. stand on the
floor Of the Senate and mealy
mouth their assent with vir-
tually everything the Ken
nedy administration puts be-
fore them. They wouldn't
recognize q dissenting opinion
II they saw one.
The Senate's only legit-
innate critics OF this admin
iStration are Lausche, Rus
sell. Proxmire, Smathers,
Byrd, Thurmond and Dodd
himself, every one q Demo-
crat. These Senator's show
infinitely more Spunk in
standing up to their own ad-
ministration than do the
weak kneed, so called OPP
ponents on the other side Of
the aisle.
With mics like the
present Republican leader
ship, President Kennedy
doesn't need any friends.
j. G. Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Sports VS.. Education

The general reaction to the
decision Of the principals Of
the Catholic League schools
to prohibit the granting Of
a athletic scholarships and
participation in postseason
tournaments is astonishing.
Within the last decade,
Americans have witnessed q
dreary scene of repeated sus-
pensions by the NCAA for
violations Of its recruiting
procedures as well as scan
dals involving some of the
finest college athletes in the
country and yet people seem
to fail to applaud an action
which has a vital and laud-
able aim-to keep an ath-
letic program in its proper
place in any educational in
Stitution
To provide q boy with an
education, at any level, is
certainly q good thing. But
it is essential that he be pro-
vided with an education and
not a showcase in which
to demonstrate his athletic
prowess. Even on the college
level, where conditions are
carefully controlled and the
athletes are 10 or 10 years
old, 1t is all too apparent
that many Of these boys feel
playing football or basketball
is their primary purpose in
college. What then must be
the impression or IA or Is
year-oldS when opposing
coaches beat a path to their
doors? Is it not possible that
their sense of values and
their prospectives are liable
to be distorted?
Actually the point at is
sue is not that an individual
boy is provided with a good
high school education, be-
cause this can be and is be-
ing done without the use
of athletic scholarships. The
point is that there is more
to high school than the 3-to-
6 practice session every aft
ernoon. The point is that
sports are and must remain
an extra curricular activity
and not become the reason
for attending school. The
granting Of athletic scholar
ships and to some extent
postseason tournaments can
work against this principle.
Joseph J. KleiHstuber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Rood to Mt. Vernon

The Fairfax County Board
Of Supervisors has under
consideration an application
for the resoning Of q wooded
area alongside the road to
Mount Vernon, which would
permit the erection there Of
. vast apartment project, to-
gether with parking lots,
swimming pools. skating
Kinks. shopping centers, and
filling stations.
OF all the places on earth
which these promoters might
select for the creation Of this
hideous monstrosity. surely
the road TO the Mount YER
non estate Is the least APP
propriate. There Is no time Of
the year when the landscape
along this drive Is not beau
tiful. In recent weeks the
foliage Of the dogwood. pop
lar. and sweet gum trees, and
many others whose names I
do not know. have produced
such Q delightful symphony
OF color rs to bring to mind
the piquant lines Of Edna st.
Vincent Millay:
o World, I cannot hold thee
close enough
Thy minds, thy tDide gray
skieSl
Thy mtstS, that roll and risel
Thy moods, this autumn day,
that ache and sag
And all but cry NTH color.
What these people are pro-
posing Is to turn their bull
dozers loose in one Of the few
unspoiled ares now left to US.
When they have finished, we
will have lost o treasure that
can never be recaptured.
Albert #. Jordan
=
The Fairfax County Board
Of Supervisors has under
consideration o coming APP
plieation which. II approved,
would result in the uproot-
ing Of many beautiful old
trees alongside the road to
Mount Vernon. Several high
rise apartments would then
be erected where the trees
now stand. The self-evident
ineptneSS Of this proposal,
coupled with the angry op-
position Of residents of the
area directly affected, should
give assurance that the
board will summarily reject
the application.
It is disduieting to note,
however. that the same
board recently approved the
Merrywood project in defiant
disregard Of the almost
unanimous opposition Of the
residents Of the Mclean area.
A. Stringer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11

decide to enter the primary
for the Senate, resign his pa
tronage dispensing post as
state Comptroller, Just as
Mr.. Tydings would vacate his
present post as United States
Attorney should he decide to
run for political office.
Political proprieties have
been in q rather low estate in
Maryland for too long a time.
We suggest that Gov. Tawes
take q significant step to ele-
vate them by pledging his
neutrality in the primary
election to be held in May Of
next year. The President has
set the example; let the Gov
ernor follow it.
Alfred L. Seaman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
THE PASSING SCENE
CONGRESS Needs Defenders
By WILLIAM S. Whit

where their political abilities
fall short Of their ambitions.
Unable TO impress their col
leagues, they look about for
the reason. Invariably. they
find that reason not within
themselves but within the
shortcomings" Of Congress
itself. It is are hale" It's
rules are "backward-look-
ing" 1t needs vast. II some
what ambiguous. reforms"
It is run by some sinister
establishment"
They are like second-rate
ballplayers who blame every
thing In sight-the manager,
the umpire, their associates,
the rules-for their embar-
RAISING inability to hit more
than $50. In sports, nobody
is fooled by such fellows.
Sour grapes, in ordinary life.
are sour grapes, and few
need q degree in advanced
horticulture to know tn EN-
for what they are.
When, however, attacks
upon the institution Of Con-
gress come from among pre-
sumably responsible members
themselves, they stir the in
terest Of the outside citizen
and, finally. his support.
Quite understandable, he
cannot believe that men
elected to Congress would
demean 1t without cause.
After all, this Is no Friday
night ball game and beer and
hot-dog romp.
Not Always Wrong
Nevertheless. Congress
generally not only has failed
to answer these attacks from
within. Worse, too many
m e m bers who know better
give Shamefaced and crawl
ing countenance to them, lest
they be branded as not
modern" enough. To cite o
notable example, Senator
Clark Of Pennsylvania has
made q positive career Of de-
nouncing the Senate in
which he sits, and Of COM
planning in private Of the
better com mittee assign
ments unaccountably given
to others. without once being
challenged on the center Of
his philosophy.
But when q good man Of
Congress like Senator Dodd
Of Connecticut blows UP in
momentary Illustration to
criticize not Congress but
simply some leader or leaders
Of it. the roof falls In upon
him. What Congress needs is
to pull up its socks and de-
fend Itself as part Of the
constitutional structure Of
this CO untry. It Is often
wrong and 1t has all the hui
man shortcomings Of q hu-
man assembly. But 1t Is sure
ly not always wrong. And in
defending it's constitutional
independence 1t can never,
never be wrong.
@ 1853 ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11

undertake "a comparative
study Of the kinds Of responses
people make to the symbols
and signs around them"
g. Human beings are a
symbolic class Of life," writes
Prof. Hayakawa. :" The
symbol, as Susanne LANCER
says, is the basic instrument
of thought. .. With sys-
TENS Of symbols inside our
heads, we look out upon the
world around US, and we find,
or we persuade ourselves that
we find, correspondence be-
tween the pictures inside our
heads and the world outside.
Believing these correspon-
dences to be real, we feel at
home In what We regard as q
known world"
Truth Is Master Symbol"
But are our symbolic tools
adequate?"
The answer, needless to
say, is generally, mo" But
beyond that, these symbolic
tools are often pernicious, they
block or diStort understand
ing.
Since I'VE have been taught
by modern science that the
so-called objective world it.
self Is a relationship between
the observer and the observed
-. ultimately we are able to
know nothing but that rela-
tionship."
Yet we continue to seek
Truth, and that Truth, in
Prof. Hayakawa's view, Is
simply a Master Symbol"
Societies that seek the "Mas-
ter Symbol" are not likely to
maintain themselves without
disaster in tOday's world be-
cause the worlds peoples can
not agree on a single symbol.
Prof. Hayakawa suggests
that I'VE are largely in transit
ton from concepts Of morality
inherited from the Stage Of
Master Symbols to newer
concepts Of morality and So
cial responsibility implicit in
the Stage Of Shared Percep-
tons" The morality Of the
latter stage INSISTS that you
try to maintain communica-
ton and cooperation with ev-
erybody, by basing your COM
munications on the similari-
ties in human nervous sys-
TENS and the similiarities Of
the experience Of those nerv-
GUS systems in their encoun-
tiers with the observable
world"
When this notion Is DIS
cussed In detail, 1t seems
n either airy nor hard to
grasp. Prof. Hayakawa shows
practical applications Of his
basic ideas in education,
neighborhood reh q Utilization,
race relations, and psy-
chology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Words Are Not Thinos'
BY DONALD MINTZ
SYMBOL, STATUS AND PER. undertak.

SYMBOL, STATUS AND PER-
SONALITY. By S. l. Haya-
kawa. 1888 PIP. (Harcourt,
Brace & World; $4.5O.)
S. I. Hayakawa, professor
Of English at San Francisco
State College, Is an exponent
of a discipline called general
semantics."
General semantics, in turn,
Is a system Of thought devised
by Alfre d KorzybSki. Both
KorZybski and his system
have the doubtful honor Of re-
ceiving considerable attention
from Martin Gardner whose
'Fads and Fallacies In the
Name Of Science" is a stan
dard work in its curious field.
Prof. HayakAwa, too, makes
an appearance In "Fads and
Fallacies." He Is, says Mr..
Gardner, ''in many ways a
Saner and sounder man than
the Count" Chat is, Korzyb-
ski).
"SOunder" and "saner" are
small Recommendation in the
context, and since Mr.. Gard
ner's views are widely
shared, 1t Is not surprising
that Prof. Hayakawa'S work
is greeted with q certain res
erve, II not outright hostility.
Sound, Sensible Book
KorzybSki and Prof. Hay
akawa would both describe
that reserve or hostility as
Identification reactions"
The person reacting does not
consider that the Hayawaka
of today Is not necessarily the
Korzybski Of some years ago.
He does not consider the pos
sibility that the meaning Of
general semantics" may
have shifted some or q great
d i. He automatically as
sumes that neither Of these
propositions can be true and
that therefore there is no need
to investigate.
Or, perhaps he makes no
assumptions at all. The bad
words general semantics"
and "Korzybski" themselves
result" in an immediate
(mentaD short circuit, often
with blowing Of fuses"
As q matter of fact, "Sym-
Dol, Status, and Personality"
is a sound and sensible book.
Many, perhaps most, Of It's
insights are old. Some, but by
no means all, gain nothing
whatever by translation into
Prof. Hayakawa's terms.
The basic notion Is ex-
pressed In two phrases which
are nearly slogans: Words
are not things";; ''The map Is
not the territory" This is lit
tie more than Roscellinos'
nominalism, an 18th century
doctrine.
But the general semanti-
ciSts 30 much further. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11

What's the matter with
Congress. and especially the
Senate. and why isn't IL
doing more7"
There are several answers.
The session has been far too
long, the President having
asked far too much, and it
looks as II the present Con-
greSs viii still be sitting here
struggling with old problems
when the new Congress Is
C called to asse N BILE next
January. Members therefore
are tired and irritable-and
unduly afraid Of q bitter and
sustained attack on Con-
gress. as an institution, that
Is not being met by Congress
itself with courage or com.
nonsense.
This strictly bipartisan as
sault comes from an odd col
leetion. There are political
theorists who believe both
the Senate and House are
mere horse-and-b uggy nu-
isances which should be re-
tired to some dusty national
museum while the White
House-so long as they like
its current occupant-runs
all the show. There are vi
olently "pro-Kennedy" men
who think anything the
President proposes Is unar-
guably good and thus that
any Congressional resistance.
or even delay In meeting his
demands, is unArguably "ob-
structive" and evil.
There are 9th er well-in-
tentioned people who,
through ] ong brainwashing,
have come to believe that
Congressional performance Is
to be measured like induStri-
al production or the sales
rate Of liverwurst at the SUI
per market. So many thinga-
jimmies off the assembly line
this month; so many packets
Of sausage across the super
market counter.
Overlooked Obligation
In many minds the sole
standard Of Congressional
achievement has come to be
how many bills have been
passed In what period. This
extraordinary foolishness
wholly overlooks the fact
that negative inaction on I'M
wise proposals is quite as i'm
portant as positive action on
wise propoSals-and also
happens to be the constitu-
tional obligation Of an indie
pendent constitutional body
called Congress.
And. finally and most i'm
portant, there is q highly ar
ticulate splinter group within
Congress itself which for two
years has been making its
own wild attacks on the very
constitutional body to which
1t asked TO be elected.
These fellows in nearly every
case are disgruntled legisla-
tive failures In q forum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Freewoy 'Hypnotics'

The Star Is again trying to
hypnotic the citizenry Of
Washington into believing
that q Northwest Freeway
must be built" and that 1t
would be best to build 1t
through Rock Greek Park. at
whatever cost to values tan
gible and intangible that have
long been regarded as a chief
asset Of this Capital City Of
the Nation. A few years ago
1t was q "Cross-Park Free
way; now 1t Is . freeway
passing along the western
edge" Of the park: and al
ready voices are being raised
significantly enough from
the direction Of Montgomery
County, advocating the vir-
tual abolition Of the park as
such to make room for q
freeway in the grand style so
dear to the hearts Of the
highway monomaniacs.
1t Is not my purpose to 60
into the merits Of this con-
trovers y. Anyone who has
attended the relevant hear
ings Of the District Commit
tees Of the Senate and OF the
House in the course Of the
past four years, or who has
taken the trouble to read
their reports, will have been
impressed by the virtual
unanimity with which the
civic associations Of Wash
ington oppose the construc-
ton to this freeway in par
ticular, as well as that Of GER
tain others that would gut
the center of the city-and
will have noted the absolute
unanimity with which voices
representing the automobile,
oil, rubber, and highway con-
struction interests advocate
their construction.
Rather, 1t is my purpose to
protest the gross unfairness
of your editorial Of October
20, which summarizes this
conflict in terms Of anti
freeway political preSsures"
against the pro-freeway
good sense" which The Star
hopes will ultimately prevail.
To describe as political pres
sure the efforts Of votelesS
citizens to make their voices
heard In defense Of the beau
ty Of the Nations Capital be-
fore those Congressional
committees whose duty it Is
to administer this city for
the benefit both Of its resi-
dents and of the citizens of
the Nation as q whole, and to
say nothing of the incompar-
ably greater preSsures, both
political and financial, that
are brought to bear by paid
lobbyists representing inter-
ests whose profits, direct and
indirect, from the construc-
ton of these freeways would
run into the billions-this Is
not argument, but special
pleading Of a most dishonest
sort.
George J. Siefert, Jr.
Editors Note: The Star
thinks as highly OF Rock
Creek Park as Mr.. Sietert
does. But mould the park be
despoiled If motorists tDere
permitted to driUe through it
on q treeway? Does the COM
munity enjoy the bluffs on the
Virginia side OF the Potomac
more-oT leSS-becduse of the
George Washington Memorial
PGrkt0Gy2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' 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, 1963-09-20
Minchew Getting
ComeIot Ready

He followed his dual career
until 1858.
Married and the father of
twin sons, 6, Mr.. Minchew is
now readying Camelot, his
Fall Festival Preview Of "a
Homes entry. -Four models
are planned, ranging upward
in price from $3l, 500. A total
Of 265 homes are to occupy
the 170-acre tract.
With 40 acres Of parkland,
Mr.. Minchew also promises
naturally wooded areas on
each lot. He has designed his
own split-level, split-fOyer,
two-story and 11a-story homes
with three to five bedrooms
and 215 to three baths. Bea
Keller is the decorator.
For an approximate loca-
ton of Camelot, see No. 26 on
map, Page 2 of this section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

John r. Minchew, whose
Camelot community will. open
next month near Annandale,
Va, entered the building field
between flights during his
years as a pilot-navigator for
Trans World Airlines.
He had learned to fly as a
teen-ager in Georgia. where
he and a young friend found
an abandoned World War l
Jenny in a field and managed
to put it into flying condition.
He piloted transports during
the second world war and
then went to work for the air.
line. BY 1850 he had logged
enough experience building
homes and selling real estate
to set his sights on a career
of custom home construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
The Market
And the U.S..

ALLIANCE BORN OF DAN
GER: America, the Com
mon Market and the At
lantic Partnership. BY
Charles A. Cerami. (Har-
court, Brace g. World;
$685.
Mr.. Cerami, a native of
Washington and foreign af-
fairs editor of Kiplinger Pub
locations, has written a tidy,
highly readable survey of
past efforts - and frustra-
tions-toward a true Atlantic
community.
He concludes with a highly
optimistic chapter, in which
Britain will have been ad-
mitted to the Common Mar
ket, Atlantic tariff walls torn
down, and mutual trust
established across the ocean.
Mr.. Cerami admits that At
lantic unity is hampered by
economic problems, national
rivalries, and personal am
billions. But he makes a con-
vincing case for 1t. If only
Mr.. de Gaulle could read a
copy!
BERNARD GWERTZMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
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