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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24
Defense Minded W.
And B-CC Also Meet
By Robert Guy
Sentinel Sports Editor

Before the season began, Blair's head coach Vince
Pugese touted his Blazar eleven to the limits went
far as to say we're shooting for the moon"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24
PaIuch Family Hits Again
This Time Papa Is Winner

Another Paluch got into the Name The Winners
spotlight this week Bruno father of the two-tme winner
Chuck Pauch picked nine of 10 games correctly for the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24

Flu, pneumonia and other
acute respiratory diseases cause
lowered resistance to TB. Your
TB Association fights all respi.
ratory diseases. through its an.
nual Christmas Seal Campaign.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24
AS
A MATTER
OF
FACT

What is the Diabutsu?
The Diabutsu Tor Great
Buddha) is a colossal image
of the Buddha located at
Kamakura, near Yokohama,
Japan. Cast in 1852, the
Great bronze image is 50
feet in height and SO feet in
circumference.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24
BY J. L.
"Jerry'' King
How long has the
DOdO been extinct?

The Dodo, a large, heavy,
nightless bird related to the
pigeon, but larger than a
turkey, once inhabited the
island of Mauritius. 1t has
been extinct aim ost 300
years and is thought to have
been finally exterminated by
European settlers in 1851.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-24
NAME THE WINNERS"
Entry BIdnk for Week Of Oct. "a

Here are my predictions for The SentinePs
Name The Winners" contest for this week. predict
the scores will be:
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Hot Baseball Finish

The New York Yankees are COM
pletely absorbed in pennant race so
exciting that, had they the time, they
probably would go over to the National
League to watch it. Since they will play
the winner in the World Series, the
Yankees are a little more interested
than the rest Of us, but not much.
Undoubtedly the Yankees would be
as bored as everyone else without the
sprint between the rival leagues st. Louis
Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers.
We were sort of counting on the
Redskins to enliven the fall months and
relieve the losing habit of our sadSack
Senators. But from what we saw on the
TV screen last Sunday, they might
easily have been the baseball crew dis
guised in football togs. 1t was that
awful at Cleveland.
So it is as astute critics qualified
by long years of suffering that Wash
ington fans can adopt the Cardinals or
Dodgers for roofing interest in their
stretch drive.
A lot of people we know hope
the Cardinals, in their old-style Gas
House Gang manner, sweep Stan Musial
into the World Series for his final fling.
But whoever wins it is going to be fun
for all Of us, including the relaxed
Yankees, to watch.
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Double QuintupIets

Based on one calculation that quin-
tuplets are born once in 57,289,7
deliveries, the recent arrival Of two sets
only week apart verges on the in
comprehensive.
On one Saturday came the five
Preitos of Venezuela. On the following
Saturday the staggering stork left five
bundles with the Fischers Of Aberdeen,
South Dakota. The multiple births in
that period became the more amazing
in the light of recorded history. Only
two sets of quints are known to have
survived infancy in the Western
Hemisphere.
Because Of the many factors in
volved, statisticians boggle at computing
odds against 10 quints In days. 1t has
to be astronomical One way to look
ct It: OF about 400 million persons alive
in this hemisphere today, only Of
them Zone Of the Dionnes died) were
quintuplets before September 7. A week
later, only about 100000 births later,
there were 10 more on earth.
There have been other such births,
but few survivors beyond infancy
Modern medicine and swelling popula-
tons will bring more successful quin-
tuple births in the future. One day
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Mr.. Lowrence's Thesis

On the page opposite this one,
David Lawrence today advances the
thesis that the death of four Negro
children attending Sunday school in
Birmingham is a somewhat logical re-
suit of the active efforts of Negroes to
secure their civil rights as Americans.
We print the column as part Of
continuing effort to present a variety
of views on controversial issues. But,
speaking for ourselves, we reject Mr..
Lawrence's comments on this subject
as tasteleSS and absurd.
1t hardly behooveS member of the
white majority in this country to make
the death of these innocent victims
of bigotry an occasion for a lecture to
the Negro community on the need for
additional restraint. This is time for
shame, not for Self-righteousness The
column by Eugene Patterson Of Atlanta,
reprinted elsewhere in today's paper,
would seem to represent a more ap-
propriate reaction.
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Strikebound

The inter-union row which has
forced the SIS. America to cancel It's
sailing is as inexcusable as 1t is out
rageouS
One result is that GAS passengers
who had gone aboard were forced to
leave the ship and seek other means Of
transportation. Another consequence
is threat by the National Maritime
Union to strike all SO ships Of the
United States Lines. In the longer
view, however, 1t is the threat to all
American-flag shipping from irrespon-
Sible use Of urion power which must be
Of primary concern.
The NMU demanded that the line
remove the Americas first assistant
engineer, claiming that he Disseminated
against Negroes, Jews and Puerto Ricans
among the crew. The engineer denied
the charge, and the line could not take
any action against him without inviting
a strike by his union, the Marine En-
gineers Beneficial Association. These
unions, both AFL-CIO affiliates, have
been feuding in the past
The truth or falseness Of the COM
plant against the engineer is not the
real issue. That is something that can
and should be established through
arbitration. What is at issue, and what
is intolerable, is the abuse OF power by
unions which are answerable to no one
but themselves. In this instance they
have merely forced one ship to lie idle
at It's pier. But in the larger picture
they have already crippled the American
merchant marine in the competitive
sense. Given time, and continued legal
freedom to rule or ruin, they will
destroy 1t.
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Jobs for Youth

1t is quite apparent, once one begins
counting them, that Washington possess
seS great variety of public and private
resources to help our unemployed youth
find and keep jobs. The missing ele-
ment thus far has been some agency
to coordinate these resources effect
lively. This is the enormously impor-
tant role which the new Washington
Youth Employment Commission has set
for itself, acting through Youth EN-
ployment Center which will offer to
test, train and place hundreds of young
men and women who have had no luck
finding employment through their own
efforts.
The dimensions Of the problem are
appalling-to the community no less
than to those directly involved. Accord
ing to the Labor Department, between
1900 and 1000 young people, out of
school for one reason or another, are
now unemployed in Washington. Thus,
once the message of the commission
gets across, there should be no lack of
applicants for help. AS Secretary Wirtz
points out, visit to the new center
could well be "a $4,000 decision" by
these young people, for that amount is
the difference between the average life
time earnings of those who possess
usable employment skills and those who
lack them.
The 26 members Of the Youth En-
ployment Commission, with Judge Jo-
Seph Waddy of the District Domestic
Relations Court as chairman, are a
carefully chosen cross-section Of civic,
business, labor and government leaders,
all of whom, in one capacity or another,
are directly involved in employment.
Financially, the new center, to be To-
Gated in the old Clifton Terrace Apart
mentS Building, is amply endowed with
$194,000 in grants through the Manpow-
er Development and Training Act. Its
ultimate strength and effectiveness,
however, will be determined by the de-
gree, of support 1t receives from the
community as a whole. Certainly there
must be no failure on that account.
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Pentooon Whiz Kids

Your editorial OF Septem-
ber 10 expressing your pref
erence for McNamara'S
"Whiz Kids" over Admiral
George w. Anderson reveals
that you do not even compre-
hend the issue. Do you pre-
fer the professional military
judgment of Mr.. Mcnamara
to the combined and unani-
nous judgment Of the Chiefs
Of Staff in an issue such as
the Tx? Since the Secre-
tary Of Defense is a political
appointee. how does The Star
judge the extent to which he
is motivated by politics in
arriving at his judgments?
Isn't the computer a conven-
lent cover for political ac-
ton? Aren't you really sup
porting the intrusion Of poll
tics into the biggest plum of
government - defense pro-
curement-which has here
tofore been preserved from
politics by the recognized OBJ
jectivity of the professional
military MANI
You misrepreSent recent
history. Before Mcnamara,
when the military was fly
ing "by the seat of its pants"
to use your expression, this
country was we'll defended
for about $40 billion per year
less than current budgets.
In those years which you
would now diScredit, we built
up our commanding lead over
the Soviet Union in missiles.
1t Is obvious that the De-
fense Department did not
then have the massive prop
aganda apparatus it now
maintains. What is this story
you tell about decisions not
being made until Mr.. McNa-
mara arrived? The computer
is an instrument Just as IA
miliar to military men as to
civilians. Is The Stars per-
ception so limited and men,
ory so short that 1t believes
the propaganda handouts of
the Administrations
The answer lies in no such
choice as you propose. The
defense job requires civilian
political leadership which
makes the political decisions
but respects the professional
judgments Of the military
leaders. When the politicians
take over the professional
judgments. our country is i'll
served.
T. A. Lane,
Maj. Gen., U. S. Army (retO
Evening star., 1963-09-17
PeriIs of Treaty

If the efforts of the Ken
nedy administration to ac-
commodate Khrushchev with
a nuclear test-ban treaty are
successful, the survival Of
America and the free world
may well be placed In fright
full jeopardy. For. plainly, 1t
is the surrender Of a most
strategic salient of the cold
war. 1t is reminiscent Of
many other efforts Of this
administration to accommo-
date and appease the Rus
sian dictator, and Of its
many failures to take proper
measures to safeguard the
United States and the free
world against Communist
aggression.
One such failure resulted
In the Berlin Wall, another
in the disaster Of the Bay
Of Pigs, and still another is
the establishment Of missile
bases In Cuba, and the con-
version OF that island into q
fortress within missile range
Of the heart Of America, and
from which, destruction can
easily be wrought upon other
nations OF the Western Hem
isphere. The most incredible
failure was Mr.. Kennedy's
total abandonment OF our
historic Monroe Doctrine, and
his refusal to invoke It to
prevent Russia from estab-
fishing a Communist slave
state In q country which
American soldiers liberated
from despotism 65 years ago.
Senator Goldwater has
proposed that the effective
date OF the treaty be defer
red until such time as Rus
sia evacuates all OF her
armed forces and armaments
from Cuba.
Senator Goldwater's reser-
walton shows his genuine
concern for the safety and
welfare Of our country.
James II. Countryman.
Alfalfa, Alabama.
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Americus, Ga.

AmericuS, Ca, has learned
well the lessons Of other
Southern cities-avoid pub
licity II you want to main
tain a structure OF segrega-
ton, Of corruption, of bru-
tality. Publicity is sure to
bring In some Of those big
city newspapers, and that Is
bad.
Americus has learned well.
Don't beat people right on
the streets. Put them in jail
where no one can see them
bloody, where no one can
see the guards" burning
people in tight cells with
cattle prods. The reporters
can't follow them there; the
wire service photographers
can't take pictures there.
Americas has learned well.
Once you've got the leaders
in jail and once you've
grabbed every follower you
can get your hands on, keep
them there. The leaders can
be charged with attempt to
incite insurrection," which
carries the death penalty.
Obviously you don't grant
the privilege-there are no
rights in Americus-of bail
10 such dangerous persons.
Americus has learned we'll.
David Brooks.
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Wilson on Shelters

Richard VIII lson scored
several bulls-eyes in his
article New Importance Of
Civil Defense. BY keen OBJ
Servation he has extracted the
really important highlights
from eight gruelling weeks of
Capitol Hill hearings. and
relayed them to us in re-
n1arkably pungent language.
He well phrased the entire
reaction Of the committee.
saying "In some eight weeks
Of hearings 1t began to dawn
on all 36 members that civil
defense is a military weapon
Of great Importance. The
committee was highly skep-
tical at first"
Wilson put his finger on
a down-to-earth desirable
and realizable aim Of national
policy" when he said ITO put
1t bluntly. the air (of the
Department Of Defense) be-
came not so much humans
tartan as utilitarian In pre-
serving enough Of us to run
the country"
His best point, I think,
after pointing out that wide
studies have proved to the
experts that we could and
would survive. was his
statement, "such possibilities
underscore. not merely the
possibility OF survival but the
imperative nature Of realiz-
able measures to assure It,"
I surely hope Richard Will
son already has a large group
Of constant readers. With
articles like his recent one,
his admirers will obviously
multiply. Robert J. Foley
For once II was not poor
David Lawrence who got the
BOBBY prize for the day.
Richard Wilson in his column
OF September II on civil
defense succeeded In produc-
ing more irrelevant and mis-
leading information on the
subject than the Govern
ment itself.
He proceeds TO recite a
patent absurdity: namely,
that only weeks after an at
tack. food could be trans
ported the distances required
Evening star., 1963-09-17
THE POLITICAL MILL
Johnson Again Able Ambassador
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Vice President Lyndon
JohnSon's goodwill tour Of
the Scandinavian countries,
from which he returned to-
day, has been a major sue
cess, judging by the warm
receptions accorded him, Mrs.
johnson and their daughter,
Lynda Bird. The tour, which
was proposed by Secretary of
State Dean Rusk with Presi-
dent Kennedy's approval,
came at an excellent time
The nuclear test-ban treaty
had been negotiated and
hailed as a step-a first step
toward leSsening of world
tension, particularly between
Communist Russia and her
satellites and the nations of
the West 1t was part of the
Vice Presidents mission to
stress again the need of the
West to keep its guard up
to maintain unity of purpose
and defense against any pos
sible Communist aggression.
This meant a strengthening
Of NATO-not a weakening
not a time for complacency
and letting the guard down.
Not since the Vice Presi-
dents historic and success
full trip to West Berlin in
August, 1861, a week after
the Communists had sealed
off, with wire and wall, East
Berlin from West Berlin,
have the Vice Presidents
talents been used more ef-
fectively. At that time the
West Berliner's morale was
at a low ebb, and so was
that of all West Germany,
fearing that Britain, France
and the United States might
be leSSening their determina-
ton to maintain the freedom
OF West Berlin. Mr.. johnson
gave them the reinsurance
they needed, along with a
pledge that this country
would live up to it's promises
to the people of West Berlin.
And at the same time Presi-
dent Kennedy sent the Vice
President to West Berlin.
he ordered 1,500 addi-
tional United States troops
to join the 1000 already in
that city. A million West Ber-
liners turned out to welcome
and to cheer the arrival of
the Vice President. At one
point, he hoped out of his
automobil e and walked
briskly along for five blocks,
shaking hands with the West
Berl1nerS and stopping to
kiss babies.
RenewS U. s. Pledge
1t was with the same
friendly handclasps that the
Vice President met the thou
sands of Swedes, Norwegians,
Finlanders and Danes who
greeted him on his arrival in
their countries on the latest
trip. His last visit was to
Iceland before his final flight
back to the United States.
The tall Texan has an apti-
tude for making friends, and
winning the confidence of
people. While the trip was
not made under such dra-
matte conditions and during
such stress as was his visit
to West Berlin two years ago,
Evening star., 1963-09-17
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
Death, Taxes and Strontium-oO
By RALPH McGILL

weapons in war. The treaty is
a very, very modest one. 1t
bans little. The opposition
remains battling.
1t is suggested that the
test treaty might lead to
other agreements. Why not
hope 1t will? Senator Rus
sell already has said we
might reduce troops In Eu-
rope. Are the Russians ready
to make agreements which
will enable them to turn from
Europe and face the Chinese
threat? If so. we could cut
overseas costs. Can we join
in space experiments and re-
duce expenses2 Why not ex-
plore other agreement areas?
Surely this Nation can take
care of itself in any pro-
posals.
In Wet Nam we find our
selves associated with a lead
er who is feared, detested,
and a deterrent to the poll
cies designed to aid his peo-
pie. He is, in a sense, what
Batista was in our attempts
to work with Cuba. Is 1t not
possible, and advisable, that
we try to find out II the Rus
SLAMS now will assist the Red
Chinese to overrun Wet Nam
or North Korea2
The Soviets are selling Jet
fig. ter craft and light bomb
ers to India. These, and other
weapons, are designed to as
sist the Nehru government
to repel the Chinese Com
munists. Does this have any
meaning for the United
States2 II is O change in
Soviet policy.
Reds Not Immune to Change
The Communist world Is
not immune to the changes.
some Of major proportions,
that are occurring in the
West. Must we, then, follow
the same old policy vis-a-vis
7ussia as before2 Are we
really afraid to take a look
at any proposal2 We have
looked at many In the past
and turned them down. We
have, for example. peremp-
torily rejected several propos-
ais on Berlin.
Yugoslavia's Tito Is to visit
this country In October. He
once shook the Communist
world by defying Stain. II Is
he who Is the architect OF
the many changes now oc-
curing In European COM
munism. He may bring points
Of discussion for un. .ficial
presentation. Shall we re-
fuse to listen2
1t is against this back
ground that we look at the
puzzling opposition TO the
test ban-which proposes 70
halt atmospheric tests only.
Gan Rights Reservedl
Evening star., 1963-09-17
Real or Hollow?

The United Nations General Assem-
bly, today begins its 18th regular session
with an agenda made up Of over 80
issues. Some of these are quite hot, and
they are likely to generate a vast
amount of perfervid oratory in the ILL
member Parliament Of the World" The
Afro-Asian bloc, for example, is primed
to 60 all-out-but not necessarily with
wisdom or realism-in attacking such
emotionally supercharged matters as
racial segregation in South Africa and
Portugal's position in places like Angola
and Mozambique.
Beyond that, among the really ma
1or issues, there is the question Of the
U. MS economic viability. This does not
arouse passion of the sort that the Afro
ASianS are capable of when they aSSail
"colonialism," but it is nonetheleSS
thing of very great significance. In
deed, it may well be regarded as the
most important single challenge now
confronting the world organization.
What it involves, Of course, is the re-
fusal of a number of member states
the special assessments levied on them
to finance the peace-keeping operations
of the United Nations in the Middle East
and the Congo, not to mention lesser
crisis areas.
This refusal, If it persists, can lead
to only one reSult-namely, the U. MS
financial bankruptcy. And If that point
is reached the wreckage will leave man
kind without peace-promoting organ
ization worthy of the name. The fine,
soaring buildings that sit so proudly now
on the East River in New York will still
stand, but they will be empty Of mean
ing-thingS to be bought up in due
course by Shrewd real-eState operators.
Unbelievable as it may seem, this can
happen, and it can happen before long.
The threat is clearly implicit in the fact
that the Soviet Union, together with
strange bedfellowS like France, deny
the legality of the special assessments.
Presumably this is one Of the points
President Kennedy will touch upon when
he addresses the General Assembly later
in the week. Meanwhile, the eyes and
thoughts of the free world will be on
Foreign Minister Gromyko and the So
Wet delegation to try to determine
whether a detente, genuine relaxation
Of tension, is in the making, or whether
it's all hollow show. A good indication
Of that, one way or the other, may come
when our people talk with the Russians
about the statement made the other
day by their top space expert-Anatoli
Blaganravov-suggesting that the USSR
Is ready and willing to join the United
States in joint trips to the moon.
If this Is fact of Soviet policy Zone
must keep fingers croSSed), 1t means
much more than that our two countries
will save lot Of money by pooling ef-
forts. 1t means that we may be able to
attain a kind of togetherness in space
that will greatly serve the cause of peace
on earth. Here is possibility that
should be explored in the most thor
ough-going manner, openly and behind
the scenes, during the course of the
Assemblies new session.