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Evening star., 1963-03-09
sal Lending
Up in Month

Mortgage lending by saw
ings and loan associations
during January was Is per
cent higher than in the same
month a year ago.
The United States Savings
and Loan League reported
that q total Of SIS billion
was lent by the associations
this January. Loan commit
ments in December also con-
tinued well above year-earlier
levels. indicating that lending
gains should continue, the
league report added.
Evening star., 1963-03-09

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission reports
that If all its water, sewer
and storm drainage systems
were set end to end they
would reach from Washing
ton to Paris.
This probably would be q
promotional mistake because
Evening star., 1963-03-09
Award Homes
On Display

An exhibition Of homes
which won awards In Parents
Magazines 18th annual
Builders Competition opened
this week at the National
Housing Center, 1925 L street
NV.
Consisting Of photographs
Of the six winning homes in
the national competition, the
exhibition will remain on
view through April %.
Evening star., 1963-03-09
Architects Sketehbook
Small, Easy TobIes
BY BILL MEYERRIEcKS
Contributina Writer

The center panel, which is
16 inches square and raised
" inch above the stats, can
be wood, or wood covered in
mosaic tile, or glass. You
could also make this panel
reversible, with a design on
one side and a checkerboard
on the other. Except for the
notched pieces, which require
careful cutting, construction
of this table is the easiest Of
the three.
Ready-made Early Ameri-
can legs are suggested for the
Colonial table, and dowels
are used to join legs to the
supporting rails.
The hexagonal table re-
quires care in cutting the six
leg panels, but once this is
done assembly moves along
quickly.
Evening star., 1963-03-09
Barber & Ross
Plans Reception

Barber g. Ross has an
nounced plans for a two-day
reception beginning March rs
to celebrate the first ami
versary of the opening of its
manufactured home plant in
Leesburg, Va.
More than 900 of the areas
top builders and contractors
have been invited to partici-
pate in the reception and
open house at the plant, rs
South Catoctin Circle, Lees
burg.
The reception. on its OPEN
ing day, comedies with the
Loudoun County Industrial
Development Day.
Evening star., 1963-12-15

1926 q WToP EDITORIAL.
1890 q TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.
Tricks. Color. Bob Barker, host.
9 THE BIG MOVIE.
Hour. so Minutes. 'Wagonmaster."
1850. Ben johnson
q FATHER KNOWS BEST.
Comedy. tRepeats)
q SEARCH FOR TOMORROW.
Serial. Mary Stuart stars.
l2:45 Cd THE GUIDING LIGHT.
Drama.
l2:55 @ NEWS DAY REPORT.
Ray Scherer reporting.
loo q BEST OF cRoUcHo.
Quiz. GrOucho Marx repeats.
u GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Hospital Dramas. John Beradino stars
q THEATER OF STARS.
Drama. suave confidence man (charles
eoyer) is released from prison and
warned to stay away from his usual
victims.
l:3o q LOVE THAT BOB.
Comedy. Bob Cummings. (Repeat.)
% DIVORCE COURT.
/ Hour. young girl who wants to
reunite her parents disrupts her mothers
second marriage.
q AS THE WORLD TURNS.
Serial. Rosemary Prinz
200 q PEOPLE WILL TALK.
Audience Participation. Color. Dennis
James, host.
q PASSWORD.
Game Allen Ludden, host.
2:2O 9 METROPOLITAN MEMO.
2:25 q EARLY AFTERNOON REPORT.
News. Floyd Kaber reporting. (chicaeo)
"a CHANNEL < NEMJc
The chronicle., 1963-11-05

the military and foreign
burdens commensurate with
their resources, the United States
will be left with no choice but
to reduce its commitments"
This is, to say the least, a
most unusual commentary on
the policies of an allied govern
ment and specifically on the at
titude of the head Of that gov
eminent. For certainly it doesn't
make negotiation easier, and it
is an undiplomatic way to con-
duct the foreign relations Of the
United States. The question al
SO arises whether it makes SUI
perfluous the two American am
baSSadors in Paris - one ac-
credited to the French govern
ment and the other to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The chronicle., 1963-11-05

Whenever I heard that this
country is threatened with the
bogyman Of legislative ''confor-
nifty" my thoughts go wander
ing to the two states Of Oregon
and Wisconsin. For better or
worse they can always be
counted on to provide the ma
ton with effective mavericks.
Back in the early Nineteen Hun
dreds Oregon contributed Will
liam U'Ren, father Of the initia-
tive, the referendum and the re-
call, to the progressive move
ment of the day. And in Wis
conSln there was Fighting B o b
La Toilette. His seat in the SEN
ate was later occupied by his
son, Young Bob, who was fol-
lowed in turn by Joe Mccarthy,
a Republican maverick Of a diff
ferent breed.
U'Ren, La Toilette and his
son, and Joe Mccarthy, are
gone, but the old yeast still
works in Oregon and Wisconsin.
And as President Kennedy sits
on the anxious seat, waiting
for the U. S. Senate to pronounce
on civil rights and the tax cut,
the two Administration ''mustS"
for the session, he must wish in
his heart that the mavericks Of
those who unconventional states
would learn a little discipline
and tell their chronically dissi-
dent senators where to head in.
Specifically, the two men who
are threatening to poleaxe the
whole Kennedy program in the
Senate are, respectively, Ore
CONS Wayne Morse and Wiscon-
sins William Proxmire, both
nominal Democrats. 1t is not
that either Morse or Proxmire
necessarily wishes to keep t h e
Senate from passing on the two
measures that are closest to
Kennedy's heart. They just hap
pen to have the bit between their
teeth on this business of for
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
Familiar CIeverness

committee proposal, arguing that
the stronger version had less
chance of getting through the en-
tire House and the Senate. When
liberals and Negroes argued that
he was selling out" Mr.. Kennedy
and the Attorney General shed
tears again. Not only were the die
hard anti : civil rights people
against them, they sighed, but the
liberals and Negroes for whom
they have done 50 much were
causing them unhappiness.
AS a consequence of this grand
standing, the Kennedys were por-
trayed as seeking a compromise"
with a SOFTER or "milder" bill
than they originally espoused.
Thus, when the full House Jurici-
airy Committee reported out an
other revamped measure the other
night it was hailed as a Kennedy
victory because it wasn't as strong
as subcommittee had proposed.
This is supposed to be a triumph
for moderatio due to Kennedy eff
forts. It is supposed to sack up the
votes of the Kennedy clans bitter
est enemies regarding civil rights
agitation and also the votes of the
affected and ever-appeased minor
tiles.
Despite this c~leverness, the
American people will eventually
know that what Mr.. Kennedy has
won from the Judiciary Commit
tee and which he hopes to carry
on through the Senate to enact
ment is far more vicious than his
first proposal. Everything in the
first draft is still there, plus a host
of others, including an alleged
Fair Employment Practices Com
mission, vast powers authorizing
and directing the U. S. Attorney
General to intervene in civil
rights affairs, and a prohibition
against discrimination or selectiv-
ity by persons, firms or corpora
tons engaged in business of pub
lie accommodation.
If this legislation passes, the
country's throat will be cut. The
President can say to the civil
Fighters that he used a bigger
knife than he first planned and
then turn to the anti-civil Fighters
and beam that he refused a giant
sized blade certain people tried to
thrust into his hand.
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
David Lawrence -.
FuIbriqht's Attack On De GauIIe

doned any idea of visiting the
United States during the next
several months, as had b een
previously reported.
Perhaps the most extraordi-
nary part of the Fulbright
speech is that in which he di-
rected his remarks at President
De Gaulle personally. Chairman
Fulbright said:
Il don't believe that Presi-
dent De Gaulle is disposed at
present to take such a dispas-
Sionate view Of American poll
cy. One perceives in his re-
marks of July 20 that he is
still looking at America through
the d~istorting prism Of wounded
pride"
1t is significant that in this
same speech the Arkansas SEN
ator made a reference to Fran
ce's unpaid debt from World
War | to the United States. The
total still unpaid, together with
interest, amounts to more than
SIS billion, of which $4.3 billion
was due as of June. 30, 1868.
Mr.. Fulbright referred to it as
a default since June, 1885,"
This reminder that F France
owes the United States money
was followed by Mr.. Fulbright's
remark that the United States
''has not demanded payment of
the World War | debts Of France
and other European countries"
But it was not indicated whe-
Their the demand may yet be
maze. Inc exact purpose or
mentioning World War | debts
is not clear, though Senator
Fulbright argued that meeting
the debt due would help the
balance of payments" situa-
ton.
The whole purpose of the Full
bright speech was ostensibly to
persuade General De Gaulle to
liberalize his trade policies. But
it remains to be seen whether
this form of attack will be per-
suaSive with the s~trong-minded
head Of the French government.
While Senator Fulbright as
serted that the United States
has not the slightest intention Of
The chronicle., 1963-11-05

standing aside if Europe is at
tackled and over-run, and al
though he reiterated that this
country is committed "unalter-
ably to the defense Of Europe"
he pointed out that the more
likely occurrence would be a
Soviet assault on the d
States from which Europe would
be spared" Mr.. Fulbright insist
ed that Europe, including
France, must commit itself to
a unified defense of the West.
He added that, while the United
States is committed to such a
defense, "thiS does not mean
that it cannot be driven from
Europe" He declared:
IF our partners pursue pro-
tectionist trade policies and de-
cline to carry a proportion Of
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
Letters

tons and agencies that are also
working for the welfare of chill
dren and youth.
AS a member of the PTA you
can add your voice to t S e
of millions of other citizens
whose efforts have enabled
schools to secure more funds
for teachers salaries, for school
construction and for the enrich
ment of school programs in gen.
eral.
Yes, as a responsible citizen
Of our community, you do be-
long in PTA and this is a cor
dial invitation to you to join
your child's PTA. A hearty well
come awaits you.
Mrs. Ed McElroy
PTA City Council
Membership Chairman
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
Join h PTA

AS a member of the PTA you
will belong to a nation-w i d e
democratic, voluntary organiza-
ton that centers its whole inter-
est on the welfare and educa-
ton of children and youth.
AS a member Of the PTA you
can help to give every child in
our community a chance to &C
hieve a life that is satisfying to
himself and useful to others.
AS a member of the PTA you
will have an opportunity to
meet the principal, teachers and
school officials who, through
PTA programs, keep US up to
date on the detectives, curricu-
lum and achievements of our
schools.
As a member of the PTA
you can join helpful study-dis-
cussion groups in the field Of
parent and family life educa-
ton. These groups are con-
cerned with the physical, ment-
al, emotional and spiritual de-
velopment of all children.
AS a member Of the PTA you
will learn how we cooperate
with other community organiza-
The chronicle., 1963-11-05

The Kennedys, as we have con-
coded many times before, are
clever.
During the 1862 Presidential
campaign they used the religious
issue adroitly to help ease Sena-
tor John F. Kennedy into the
White House. When the opposition
wouldn't - and didn't want to -
bring up the subject of the Ken
nedys' Catholic faith, the Kenne-
dys did it themselves by piously
saying that they hoped nobody
would refuse to vote for the Sena-
tor on religious grounds. This re-
verse trick worked so well that
countless persons voted for Sena-
tor to prove to themselves that
they weren't bigoted. 1t has been
estimated that enough votes were
SO swayed as to install the first of
the Kennedy dynasty in the Presi-
dency. After all, such an estimate
is reasonable. Of the 66,335,642
popular votes cast between Ken
nedy and Vice President Richard
Nixon, the Senator received 34,-
227.O96 to Nivon's "a, 106, $40 to win
by the squeaky margin of only
1850.
Such successful maneuvering,
OF course, warranted repeating.
Since he has been in the White
House, Nj. Kennedy and his broth
or, Attorney General Robert, have
wistfully remarked numerous
times that if it weren't for their
determination to foist a %hypocriti-
cal civil rights program upon this
country the Kennedy popularity
wouldn't be as low as it is. But,
they have vowed, duty is duty and
they are going to do their duty
regardless of the political conse-
quences. So, we have here the
same old trick-fooling the people
into voting the Kennedy ticket out
Of sympathy.
A new phase of this deception
has come into recent play. The
President sent a civil rights pro-
gram to Congress-the most out
rageous proposed by any Presi-
dent yet-but in a subcommittee
of the House Judiciary Commit
tee it was rewritten to be eve
more offensive. So, Mr.. Kennedy
amid much publicity asked the
committee to tone down the SUBJ
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
David Lawrence

WASHINGTON, - An UMPIRE
cedented method Of attack has
been employed to influence Cen
eral De Gaulle to change t h e
policies of the French govern
ment so they will be more pleas
ing to the United States govern
ment.
Senator j. W. Fulbright Of Ar
kansas, who is chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee of
the United States Senate, a S
just made a speech that ex-
pressed views which, it might
have been expected, would be
uttered only by the President
or secretary of state. For the
executive branch Of the govern
ment has heretofore jealousy
guarded its prerogative to con-
duct foreign relations.
1t is conceivable, of course,
that the Fulbright speech was
cleared in advance by the De-
partment Of State. For it would
seem incredible that a speech
of this Importance, attacking an
allied government, would be
made without the knowledge and
consent Of the executive branch
of our government. But is Pres
ident De Gaulle now to regard
the Fulbright speech as tt
expression Of the United States
government?
Senator Fulbright's words
were bluntly expressed. He said,
for instance:
''It is on this level of practi-
cal cooperation that French
policy has been deeply disap-
pointing to Frances allies. 1t
is a policy which, if long con-
tinued, could lead to the dis
ruption Of the Western alliance,
not by open reputation but by
abnegation in detail"
This is a very serious charge
to be leveled at the head of
a government allied with t h e
United States. But more Surpris-
ing is the statement that Fran
ce's policy has been disappoint-
ing not only to the United
States but to Frances other al
lies. This will be disputed to
some extent in Europe, but in
this country it will be wonder
ed why the chairman Of til e
Foreign Relations Committee of
the Senate is privileged to speak
in behalf of any of the allied
governments.
When the leader in TIL
French or British p%arliaments
makes a speech, he is talking
as the head of both the govern
ment and the legislative branch.
But in the United States, where
Congress and the executive are
separate institutions, it has al
ways been taken for granted
that communications to other
governments would be handl-
ed only by the President or the
secretary of state.
Another surprising thing about
the speech is that it was given
on October 80, but discussed
statements made by President
De Gaulle at a news conference
on July % last. It thus has the
appearance Of d carefully pre-
pared attack, which may have
been assigned to Senator Full
This will not assist in the solv-
ing Of difficulties between the
United States and France. In
fact, within the last "a hours,
word has come from Paris that
President De Gaulle has aban-
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
Benefit Gambling

Two of the greatest problems
In our country today are the
trend toward a welfare state or
notwithstanding state and
organized crime which takes I'M
told millions from people by sell
ing illegal numbers or chance
tickets, yet my son came home
from a Boy Scout meeting last
night with a book of tickets,
"chance tickets" to sell ''for the
BENEFIT of his scout troop"
Selling these tickets is another
form of begging and getting
something for nothing and / be-
lieve that the most liberal-mind-
ed person in our country would
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
Sylvia Porter =.
Replacing Appliances

In May 1t was the stove, in July it
was the big TV set, o it's the vacuum
cleaner, and soon it will be the bedroom
air conditioner; for a reputable service
man warns me, you'll be wasting your
money if you repair it again."
We're only one small family, but all
by ourselves we're creating a "boomlet"
for the appliance industry as we replace
a series of appliances bought in the early
and mid-195Os and now either worn out
n rapidly wearing out.
Just since spring, our spending on
new appliances has u into the tour
figures. None has been an addition to our
h~ousehold-in itself a sharp commentary
on this great industry's failure to develop
wholly new products which would quickly
attract such families as ours.
All our purchases have been replace
ments. Admittedly, they are improved
products superior in quality and design to
the originals, but still they perform es-
sentially the same functions as the old.
The replacement buying which has
now become so crucial a factor in record
automobile sales is spilling over on a ris-
ing scale into the appliance market.
The cycle has begun. Sales of cleo
trsc and gas appliances are running Z to
8 per cent ahead Of a year ago, and
the pace of rise is accelerating. AS fam
lies across the nation who also loaded
themselves with big-ticket appliances a
decade or so ago 60 through the same
process we're enduring, all records in
this industry will be smashed.
Actually, replacement buying already
has scared beyond what most observers
believe, is running double, triple, quad
ruple or more the levels of a few years
back. Here are Electrical Merchandising
Weeks estimates of requirements as a
percentage of total sales in 1862 in COM
parison with 1854 and I need only sur
yey" my W family to forecast with
complete confidence that every per-
centage for 1862 will be higher when
1855 story is recorded.
Appliance % replace. % replace.
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
ToddY's Scripture

He that believeth on him Christ
is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God. - John 3:18.
The chronicle., 1963-11-05

Replacement buying is the big new
force. but there are other factors, TOO,
which indicate that the glittering pattern
drawn by the automakers in 1868 is to
be duplicated by the appliance makers In
the period ahead.
New families will be created at a
c%uickening pace as the young men and
women born in the post : World War Ill
baby boom reach marrying age. Each
of these families is a brand new market
for appliances across-the-board. If we
can speed and maintain our economy'S
growth so these youngsters can get jobs
to finance their marriages, their buying
will reach explosive proportions toward
the end of this decade.
At the same time, the trend toward
1.-TWO or more" is spreading in this In
dustry as it is in the auto industry. Mil
lions of families are right now multiple
owners of several major appliances, and
this trend is to become particularly signi-
ficant In sales Of TV, air conditioners.
Ample credit to permit buying Of the
items on the installment plan is another
key factor encouraging the industry's ex-
pansion.
Of course, the basis must be a
generally prosperous economy. Unless the
u. S. consumer has the income and the
confidence to buy, none Of these forces
will matter much. But the tax cut will
help prop our prosperity, and then for
the first time in almost a decade, our
rising rate Of buying Of durable goods
will be working for Dur economy's
growth rather than against it.
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
John Chamberlain
Work OF WiIIfuI Men

eign aid. Though they are mem.
bers of the additionally high.
spending party, they are out Ia
sustain the Houses insistencs
that the Presidents $40 billion
foreign aid bill be cut TO $3.5
billion.
Morse In particular Is on the
rampage, c~riticizing the Presi-
dents proposed authorization bill
as "a body blow to the most
vital defense weapon the Amer
lean people possess: namely,
their own economy" The bill,
he says, is the same old snow
job" a weller of meaningless
compromises that will produce
another year of bloated, waste
full, uneconomic and in m a
ways dangerous foreign aid"
This, indeed, Is a new
Morse" talking a language
which, the day before yester-
day, would have been called re-
dictionary or worse. Coming
from a progressive who once
deserted the Republican Party
for the Democratic because he
couldn't take his enforced as
Sociation with "NeanderthalS,"
it seems piquant, to say the
least. But, as with Proxmire'S
conversion to fiscal sanity, it is
quite in the Oregon-W Wisconsin
tradition Of always supplying the
unexpected.
When Morse gets his teeth in
to something, he hangs on like
a bulldog. And if he chooses
to filibuster against the Admin
iStration's insistence that $4.2
billion be authorized for foreign
aid, the President can say good
bye to a civil rights bill or a
tax cut this year. Morse a
filibusteed before: in July Of
1854, he spoke for twelve hours
and twenty-five minutes against
sa Atomic Energy bill, and in
April of 1858 he broke Huey
Longs record for long-diStance
senatorial oratory by holding out
for twenty-five hours and twen-
ty-Six minutes against the Tide
lands Oil bill. Since he has had
only a few supporters in his ma
verick past, Morse filibusters
have not made the impression
which he intended. But this time,
for purely fortuitous reasons, a
Morse filibuSter might turn out
to be particularly damaging.
Southern Senators who ordinari-
ly disagree with Morse could
90 along with a marathon dis
cussion Of foreign aid cuts mere
ly to put off consideration Of
civil rights.
The situation becomes more
complicated, and more indica-
tive of possible trouble, because
Of Senator j. w. Fulbright's dis
taste for committing himself on
chairman Of the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee, supports h
Presidents $4.2 billion foreign
aid bill. But his advocacy has
not been particularly spirited.
Conceivably he might welcome
a fiIibuster on foreign aid in or
der to stave off the necessity Of
coming to grip with the civil
rights issue.
Meanwhile, ProXmire hoverS
in the background. He is a pref
ty good long-diStance %Speechifier,
too. Back in August of 1861 he
surpassed Morse by holding the
floor of the Senate for twenty
six hours and forty-two minutes
to oppose the nomination Of
Lawrence O'Connor, a Texas oil
man, to the Federal Power Com
mission.
If Morse and Proxmire begin
to put antiforeign aid speeches
back to back, and If they con-
tinue their will to obstruct when
il comes to matching authorize
tions with appropriations, Cong
ress will never get to the PreSi-
dental "muSts."
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
agree that ii is gambling.

agree that it is gambling.
It amazes me that the very or
CARNATIONS which seemingly
should refrain from doing this
type thing are the only ones
which have a legal right to do
so.
1t would seem to me that f
would be much better training
for our boys if they were taught
to earn their money IN place Of
being taught how to beg and
run a turkey rattle.
10y X. LAWHORN SIR.
The chronicle., 1963-11-05
Quirks In The News
HI

LONDON CUPID - A pair of high
heeled shoes with tiny wheels on the
heels went on show here today.
But officials at the Washington Hotel
footwear show said the shoes were
strictly for ~display-not for wear.