davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-17

visit Washington, but a sched-
uled trip in 1857 had to be
called off due to the opposition
of 100 Congressman who signed
a petition against him. Since
then, the American public has
b ecome used to acceptable"
Communists. and this allow S
him to visit the White House
today with a minimum of polit-
ical complaints in Washing
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-17
HEADLINE PERSONALITY
Tito Sees Himself
Linking IdeoIogies

p Josip Broz Tito, II. as con-
troversial a guest as President
Kennedy has ever invited to
the White House, arrives today
as the sworn enemy Of many in
both the Communist and West
ern worlds.
From Peking's point Of view,
the Yugoslav president is what
Josef Stain called him, "a fas-
cist tool of imperialism" "Ju-
das who would sell out his
people for American dollars"
But according to many exile
groups in this country, he is a
"blood-thirsty Conn unist"
who seems to be "a stooge of
Moscow"
Marshal Tito sees himself in
a different light. He has the
bearing of a world diplomat, a
man of neither the East nor the
West. He strongly defends his
Communist beliefs, but he car
ries them out in ways strange
to behold. He sees himself as a
man of reason in a dangerous
world, a devout evangelist of
the soothing slogan, peaceful
coexistence."
And now, with Moscow and
Washington on cordial terms,
Mr.. Tito believes the time is
ripe to erect a bridge to span
the two hostile ideologies. And,
typical of the man, he sees
himself as the pillar of this
bridge which will pass across
Belgrade in his blueprints.
In Russia Under BOlsheviks
His early years resem b ! e.
those of many Comm NUNS &
leaders in East Europe. Son Of
Catholic parents in Croatia, a
metal worker by training, he
was a soldier in World War I
on the side of the Austro- Hun
garians.
Wounded and captured on
the Russian front, he was in
Russia when the Czarist empire
collapsed, and the Bolsheviks
seized power. Imbued with the
romance of revolution, Josip
Broz otto" was an under
ground name later returned to
the newly formed nation of
Yugoslavia in 1920.
Yugoslavia was a state
formed of the Catholic Croa-
tians, the Orthodox Serbians
and the peoples of Slovenia,
Bosnia and herzegovina, Mac
edonia. and Montenegro.
Josip Broz became a member
of the Communist Party of Yu-
goslavia and worked his way to
the top. He served the Jail sem
fences that almost every Red
endured in the 1905, visited
Moscow for two years on the
eve of World War II, and took
the leadership of the Partisan
movement during the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-17
Beat out Chetniks

The "partisans" comprised
one resistance group. The other
were the "Ch etniks" led by
Draza Mihailovic,. a Royal Yu-
goslav army officer, and King
Peters representative. These
two groups not only fought the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Grave Dissevice'

The meeting of 20 African diplomats
the other day to protest the latest Of
fenSive racial outburSt by Senator Ell
lender Of Louisiana was entirely justi-
fled. Beyond the rightness of their own
cause, we have additional reason to
protest. For in his outrageous general
ization that Negroes as a group are
incapable of governing themselves, and
that this thesis is proved by the "cess-
pool in Washington, Senator Ellender
has maligned American and African
citizens alike.
That the Senator has done grave
diSservice" to the cause Of peace and
world understanding, as the African dip
lomats put it, is beyond question. It Is
disturbing, however, that they seem re-
luctant to accept the explanation Of the
State Department that this TRADE is not
representative of the United States or
Of most Of its citizens. As intelligent OBJ
servers Of conditions in this country, as
well as Of conditions throughout the
world, they must recognize Senator Ell
lenders comments for what they are
the views Of an individual who, II he
realizes the damage he is doing, simply
does not care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
No Go This POGO

Russian propagandists, having failed
to win Americans over to the Siberian
way Of life with the hard sell, are now
trying to use our own comic strip char
acters as more subtle lure.
The newest issue of "USSR," the
Russian picture magazine circulated in
this country, shows characters out Of
Pogo" and winnie Wrinkle" in a tour
Of colorful, friendly Siberia. The char
acters look for polar bears and find
nothing but modern cities and good,
sturdy peoples power plants. This place
is Just like home" they say.
Well, you can't fool us, Mr.. Khru-
shchev. You present an enticing picture,
but your devilish deception shows
through. Any loyal American can see
that the character you present as Pogo
is in fact none other than old gullible
Albert the Alligator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Message to De GouIIe

While President Kennedy never
mentioned General de Gaulle in his
Frankfurt address, he certainly was
speaking to him. But he also was aim
ing at a bigger and much more i'm
portant audience.
He was addressing himself to all
Of the people and to every government
in Western Europe. He was also laying
1t on the line for the Kremlin. And,
surely not least Of all, he was talking to
the people Of the United States. He said
to Western Europe "the United States
will risk its cities to defend yours be-
cause we need your freedom to protect
ours"
There Is commitment, or more
accurately, recommitment here which
should not be glanced at once and then
laid aside. We think Mr.. Kennedy means
1t. We also think he has to mean It,
Assuming the worst, Washington, New
York, Chicago and the like may be wiped
out. But unless the American people
are prepared to face this, our commit
ment to Europe means nothing. II the
commitment means nothing, then NATO,
the defense Of the free world, and all
the rest becomes farce. We might as
well pack up, come home, and resign
ourselves to the doom that would await
Fortress America"
Charles de Gauile may scott at this.
He may elect to pursue his separate
way-doubting us while leaning on the
frail reed Of an insignificant French
nuclear capability. OF course, he has a
right to do this.
For our part, we accept the infer
ence which the President drew from
Goethe: For time and the world do not
stand still. Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past are
certain to miss the future"
Charles de Gaulle is looking to the
past. If he prevails, France and all Of
Western Europe can expect to miss the
future. And perhaps the same goes for
us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
John Law in Jackson

When criminologists discuss the
Medgar Evers murder investigation they
are likely to dismiss 1t as a good, but
routine, piece of work. We are inclined
to believe, however, that in context of
the times, 1t deserves more than passing
recognition.
There was nothing in the feverish
atmosphere Of Jackson, Miss, TO improve
the chances for a speedy arrest. Some
skeptics raised the question whether
there would be any arrest, any time.
Then, following usual procedure, the
FBI entered the case to assist local
police wherever possible.
From $4,000 imported Japanese
telescope gun sights, for example, FBI
agents traced one TO Byron de La Beck
with, now charged with murder The
FBI also identified fingerprint on the
sight as Beckwith's.
But Just to keep the score straight,
Il should be recorded that the murder
weapon and sight were found by Jackson
city police and that Jackson Police Capt.
Ralph Hargrove used scientific methods
TO find the invisible fingerprint on the
sight attached to the gun.
There can be no doubt that the
Jackson police did their duty. Continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Bad District Day

The hope that the District might
be on the verge Of a more equitable
deal, fiscally speaking, was clobbered in
the House this week. So the community
now must look to the Senate.
There were at least two disappoint-
ments in the House action. In the first
place, the House did not even bother
to vote on formula, recommended by
the President, to equate the Federal
obligation to the city with taxes which
otherwise would be paid on property
now removed from the tax rolls because
this is the Nations Capital. We realize
that the proposal was considered and
rejected in committee hearings. But
this is far cry from calling 1t up in
the House with leadership support
support, of course, which was not forth
coming. A second disappointment came
on an attempt to fix the Federal con-
tribution at $50 million-approximat
the amount that would have been pro-
duced by the Presidents formula. This
was defeated by 237 to SO vote.
Thus, at the end Of the day, the
District came out Of the voting with an
authorized appropriation fixed at $45
million and an increase in borrowing
authority from SIS million to $3.50 mil
lion. The hike to $45 million is an ap-
probable increase. An authorization,
however, is one thing; an appropriation
something else. A chart submitted by
Chairman Mcmillan of the House Dis
trict Committee shows that for the past
eight years the Appropriations Commit
tee has approved substantially less than
the total authorized by the District
Committee.
It is up to the Senate, now, to see
that the District gets fair deal. There
is good chance, we believe, that the
Senate will adopt the Presidents for
mula, or at least the $50 million au-
thorization that would flow from its
adoption. The House may not go along.
We hope, however, that the Senate will
stick with the President, and that this
will result in a $50 million authorization
tied to the formula. Failing this, we
trust the Senate conferees will hold
out for better deal for the District,
moneywise, than the House has been
willing to sanction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
DeGouHe's Manners

A recent article In The Star
stated that Paris is holding
"Politeness Week" The cam
paign is aimed at promoting
good manners In everyone
from the gendarme TO store
keepers and students.
I hope the campaign also
applies to the French Presi-
dent. II Mr.. de'Gaulle's man
ners toward his allies had
been better In the past, his
good qualities wouldn't have
been betrayed; for, as Ed
mund Spenser said:
The gentle minde by gentle
deeds is knowne.
For q man by nothing Is so
well betrayed,
AS by his manners.
J. William Brimacombe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26

In the official view of the United
States Government the drug Krebiozen
is neither helpful nor harmful. It only
exists as vexatious problem which for
dozen years has been bouncing in and
out Of laboratories, upsetting clinical
routine. 1t has never acquired the aura
Of licensed respectability; yet under our
rather quaint procedures, neither has
it been declared taboo for public con-
sumption.
That is the official position. The
human position seems to us somewhat
more difficult. Is has been a decade
since the American Medical Association
reported that Krebiozen had no value
as q cancer cure. Since then, its sup
porters claim, thousands of persons have
taken the drug out of desperation.
After studying case histories Of more
than 1000 patients, many claiming
some measure of relief, the National
Cancer Institute still has found the
evidence inconclusive.
The merits Of that controversy
are beyond the ken Of the layman OBJ
viously there is a danger that some
sufferers who should be receiving other
treatment might be lulled into reliance
on worthless drug. But we think there
is big difference between a drug such
as thalidomide, whose side effects de-
formed unborn babies, and one such as
Krebiozen, for which no harmful results
have been reported after many years
Of use.
Krebiozen is still on trial. It and
hundreds Of other drugs now have come
under the scrutiny Of the tougher ex-
perimental laws which the thalidomide
discovery evoked. This is as 1t should
be. Yet from the standpoint of the
thousands Of cancer patients, many Of
whom are convinced they have remained
alive because Of Krebiozen and would
die without 1t, the case for banning the
drug must appear flimsy indeed. 1t
would be hard thing for people who
have everything to gain and nothing
to lose II they were deprived Of what
must look like their only chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
'Driftinq' Nation

I personally feel q grow
ing awareness that this Ma
ton is drifting TO that side
Of history's ledger where
greatness succumbs TO wan
tonness. In this instance. q
departure from C Nation
founded and conceived under
God for the people. I'm
morality is so rampant, from
the highest office through
the lowest, that moral right
is becoming q forgotten ideal
as long as 1t cannot be proved
that the letter OF the law
has not been obviously brok-
en-. Melvin L. Frame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Expensive Siqn

Going east on Maryland
avenue N. E.. a sign points to
the right TO Constitution
avenue (the Parkway to Bal
timore and the Eastern
Shore). A few feet from
there, Constitution avenue
intersects with Third street
NE. Somehow, the sign UNI
der the traffic light DO
not Enter 7 10 goes un-
noticed.
In the middle OF the block,
a policeman steps from the
sidewalk. While he is writing
the ticket, a second offender
comes along. The policeman
Is busy: Wrong-Way goes on.
AS the officer finishes, q
third one comes along; he
gets the next ticket.
While discussing this at the
precinct. q helpful police
clerk says: That's nothin'.
The other morning we gave
20 tickets In an hour in that
block"
We wondered II the police
man might perform an even
greater service by standing
at the intersection and pre-
venting the 20 cars from go
ing down the one-way street.
II. r. Scarborough,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
High Cost of Health

William Grigg's factual
study of the high cost Of
health Is an actuarial anal
ysis of modern medical eco
Monies, as 1t affects those
who pay their own way. He
proves that those served by
the healing arts are paying
more and more for less and
less. Like every other busi-
ness, the healing arts are
fighting q losing battle
against runaway initiation,
snowballing costs Of labor,
maintenance, requirements
and improvements. Because
the Nations health security Is
inseparable from the general
welfare, the healing arts must
continue to deficit-spend and
regard red ink as its life
blood. But this bankruptcy Of
the healing arts is double
jeopardy for every taxpayer.
Not only must he provide the
bankrupting costs Of his own
health security, but he must
foot the bill for duplicated,
unsupported medicare pro-
grams for the armed services,
veterans, public health and
those whom the State CLASH
flies as INDECENT. Here we have
rival systems serving arbi-
trary political divisions Of the
Nations total health security
needs. These irrational dupli-
cations compete for the same
indivisible taxpayer-consumer
dollar and the same made
quate pool of qualified doc
tors, nurses and technicians.
Every weakness and ina
dequacy Mr.. Grigg has DEM
onstrated in the non : State
mediocre economic system, is
multiplied in the State-Fed-
eral Implications. The cor
responding state Federal
m e dicare facility requires
more patient days of hospita-
lization to provide poorer
quality services on q take-it-
or-leave-it basis. Not only
do the patients in a State
Federal m dicare facil-
ity have neither free choice
nor unqualified veto but they
have no effective way to dis
cipline or to obtain redress
for incompetence. discourtesy
or plain malpractice. A nd
when the State-Federal medi-
care facility faces shortages
Of q financial nature, the pol
iticians and bureaucrats as
sees the helpless taxpayer.
Thomas e. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
THE PASSING SCENE


to the doctrinal divisions Of
the centuries, which his dead
predecessor, John XIII, 80
notably launched In the Ecu
menical Council.
The pulpit is no place for
political commentators, and
sermonizing is no part Of
their function. But the poll
tical aspects Of this matter
treating politics here In its
sense as the science Of Just
governance for the public
good - are unacceptable and
legitimate subjects for pub
lie comment. And q columnist
may call attention to these
without claiming. in any way,
that he himself Is Q good"
man among many bad" men,
West Needs Reunion
In purely political terms
putting aside all sectariarl
questions and even all ques-
tons Of religion as such-the
Western world desperately
needs this reunion. It needs
q rallying center, or merely
focal symbol, II one prefers,
Of a higher public morality to
which all men might at least
aspire. q.
All countries need 1t - but
Britain perhaps most Of all.
This is because the cement
which so long has held Brit
ain together has been the
cement which honors tradi-
ton - q cement which, It
is at least necessary to say
aloud, has in fact badly
eroded In the shock Of two
Furnishing wars and their
aftermaths. In plain and
frightful truth, that which
made and kept England as,
England--an ancient ethical
belief expressed there In the
old saying play the game"
lis not altogether there any
more, among either high or
low.
Other lands, Of course, are
BY no means free Of this
erosion. But. as 1t happens,
other lands are not 80
uniquely, so awfully, depend
ent upon those symbols
which link past to present
and future. y
In England, the greatest Of
these symbols has been the
monarchy. And now, for
whatever reason and no.
doubt with venomous injus-
tice, the royal house itself
has been touched by the
dirty whispers and singers
Of scandal. Its moral author
ity has been compromised;
and once compromised, it
will not soon be fully re.
stored. Where, If not to q re-
united Christianity, win Brit
ain now turn to save those
values Of duty. Of courage,
Of honor, Of self-sacrifice,
which for a thousand years it
has so exemplified2
90 1889
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Slant on KIon

/ did not like your article
Of June 10 on the Ku Klux
Khan meeting In Alabama.
Being Q Catholic and q YAM
kee. l certainly have no love
for the Khan, but your first
page attempt at wit regard
ing that organization left
much 10 be desired. The story
was obviously not written
with factual news coverage
In mind.
A news story belongs on
page one. while the slanted
sarcasms are better kept 10
the editorial page.
John A. Costello,
Instructor. st. Johns College,
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Varied Race Views

II Is interesting to note
that In the recent months
since the Negroes In many
parts Of the South have
stepped UP their drive for
equal rights. there has been
a corresponding stepping up
Of advice TO them as TO how
and 10 what extent their
activities should extendl The
counsel Of the go slow"
school has been substituted
for the advocacy Of the need
for responsible Negro leaders
TO sit down with white lead
ers, especially official ones,
TO solve the problem. For
gotten Is the record OF brok-
en- promises. tokenism and
Just plain refusal 10 COM
municate. The only recourse
has been. as far as the Ne
gro Is concerned. court ac-
ton or demonstrations -
peaceful or otherwise. Court
action has been slow, costly
and painfully tedious. The
Negro wants action nowl
James r.. Jeffries.
Baltimore. Md.
As an average American
Negro, / would like 10 thank
the President OF the United
States for the great positive
stand he has taken on civil
rights, and the dignity OF all
men regardless Of race, color,
or creed. His address 10 the
Nation, In my opinion, was
the best stand taken on civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Both Sides of the Bamboo Curtain

have had to cope with some-
thing like it.
While there is very little
that is directly political In
"A Man Must Choose" Amer.
leans who are still mourning
the betrayal" of the Chinese
Nationalist might do well to
ponder some of Mr.. Chou's
remarks. After I became dis
gusted with the corruption
and inefficency Of the Ma.
tionalists," he writes, my
sympathies naturally turned
to the Communists. The
present Chinese Premiers
Chou En-lai, was then head
of the Communist Delegation
Tin Nanking), and, being
fully aware Of the sentiments
Of the young newspapermen,
he never let slip a chance
to make use of them. Before
long, most Of us had fallen
under his spell, although we
knew nothing Of the nature
Of the Chinese Communists"
THEN, BACK IN HONG
KONG, Mr.. Chou pondered
the detection he had been
preparing those long years
in jail: THE Communists
had done me an injustice, but
time heals wounds and my
hatred Of them seemed to
dwindle with the passing
days. I was even prepared
to forgive them since they
meant to do me good In
their fanatic way. As O Chi
nese, I thought I should
overlook personal grudges for
the sake Of patriotism" And
then Mr.. Chou shifts to the
present tense: mo matter
how the Communists act,
they are, to be frank, O hum
dred times better than their
Nationalist predecessors" IN
Mr.. Chou was a novelist Is
well as q journalist In his
native language. He hopes to
become q writer in what IL
now his adopted language.
Readers OF "A Man Must
Choose" will expect him TO
be successful. His unadorned
English is correct. clear and
remarkably Oriental. A novel
about Kent. where he was
staying at the time he COM
pleted his preface. would be
absurd In his present style,
but O story set In Hong Kong
or China might well be
superbly evocative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
Riqhtinq WRONGS

NOAA0 Az W AA8AAg W AAbAA0
q wrong with q wrong; or
put. more commonly, would
the end justify the means?
It is o deep moral blight
on our country that all men
cannot live their lives in dig
nifty. Segments Of our people
are faced with degrees Of
ostracism because Of their
racial coloration, their be-
liefs, their places Of birth or
because they are different"
When these ostracisms be-
come public expressions
against individuals, it falls
upon the Government to act.
When these ostracisms are
expressions within the pri-
vate sphere Of everyday liv-
ing, 1t becames q problem for
the people Of q community
to become enlightened.
There are two distinct
spheres In which we live.
The one falls within the
public scope as public-sup-
ported and public franz
chised activities. The other
is within the private sphere
of our personal living. Be-
tween the two there lies q
great borderline which can
be debatable and opinion
ated.
The question arises: To
what extent can or should
government intercede when
there are expressions prac-
ticed either by communities
or by individuals against in
dividuals? If these oppres-
sions come within the pub
lie" domain, then it becomes
incumbent that government
step in to remove these OPP
pressions. 1t can do so by
acting on existing law; or
by legislating effective law,
II these expressions are Of
a private nature, then only
should government limit It
self to moral or perhaps
economic suasions. What
would be "of q private ma
ture" can only be defined
by the attitude toward per-
sonal liberties existing at
the time.
When government steps In
by force to remove ostra-
cisms practiced against indi-
viduals where these ostra-
cisms are Of q purely per-
sonal and private nature,
then government is treading
a narrow path. Yes, 1t may
remove those ostracisms
but at the same time It may
be sitting the personal lib
critics Of others. BY resorting
to police measures, It may be
setting a precedent that
may one day react unfortu-
nately against the very in
dividuals for whom the gov
eminent interceded.
In the long future ahead
Of this country. 1t would be
far better to resolve the
existing great moral diff
culties between persons and
persons by reaching into the
conscience and hearts Of
men than by forceful meth
DDS. Force may bring an
immediate victory-but will
1t be q gain?
A. Z. TOImkin.