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What Are You Buyinq?

That 1eellng OF beW1lderment and
Illustration often shared by super -Store
shoppers is no mere coincidence. To
begin with, all are wandering through
labyrinth stocked with some 5000
items Of every shape, size, weight, brand
and price from which to choose, as
economically as possible, the necessities
of food, cosmetics, household items and
the like.
1t would be taxing enough II each
knew, as he reached for a certain
product, just what he was paying for in
comparison with a competing product.
But it can be downright defeating when
the thrifty shopper, taking the time
to read the fine print, finds himself
completely baffled by the unmatching
assortment OF weights, quantities and
sizes offered at wide variety of prices
Chances are, he will agree with
Senator Hart of Michigan and the
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Of the
need for a "Truth-in-Packagi bill
to curb deceptive labelling and pack
aging practices. During hearings the
past two years the subcommittee has
vicariously followed shoppers through
a Supplying maze Of full" quarts
which grow into Jumbo" quarts and
finally attain giant imperial" quart
size. The once-respectable pint is no
more. 1t has succumbed to the "giant
half-quart."
These mirages, however, are in
nocuous compared with other items
which bemused the subcommittee, such
as economy packages Of unproven
economic worth, sizes dealing In frac-
tions Of ounces and almost impossible
to compare as to price with other odd
sized packages, impressive boxes
partly filled with air, and oddly-shaped
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TB Spreads

1t was gratifying to see
your story on the release of
the D. c tuberculosis Asso-
cations annual statistical
report which reflected the
growing seriousness Of the
TB problem here. Christmas
Seal supporters who have
been working closely with this
problem have been increas-
ingly concerned and troubled
by the lack Of public interest
in this contagious disease
spreading in our midst.
Since the report covered
only the situation for 1862,
1t did not include some new
hopeful developments in the
TB control program here
which may reverse the pres
ent trend. DR.. Murray Grant,
Director Of Public Health,
has taken a definite stand for
doing something more than
is presently being done to
control TB. In a special
statement to the press in
November, he said:
"The District has the fifth
highest active case rate and
the fifth highest death rate
from TB among the large
cities. .. Clearly there is
still a considerable reservoir
OF tuberculosis infection in
our community. The
Health Department, together
with the District tuberculosis
Association, is now re-evalu-
ating the tuberculosis prob
lem here with the detectives
OF speeding the decline Of
active T'B cases and death
rates"
A recent u. 8. Public
Health Service grant Of more
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tellectuals and leaders; 1t
was obviously not q cross
section sample of the Negro
population" The interviews
themselves seem to have been
civilized conversations rather
than scientific" sociological
investigations. They are sup
plemented by a number of
literary studies, including an
eminently fair (but by no
means adulatory) essay on
w. E. B. Du Bots.
The largest part Of the
book is devoted to a discus
sion Of Negroes and Afri-
ca" past, present, and in so
far as any one can see ahead,
future.
Until recently, most Ameri-
can Negroes were defensive
about land often, offended
by Africa, and went to con-
siderable lengths to disasso-
ciate themselves from It.
MANY relatively recent white
immigrants and their imme-
date descendants feel the
same way about "the old
country.")
A sort Of African roman
ticism developed in the '20s.
1t died out during the de-
preston.
Now, says one of the In
terviewees, II heard an I'M
educated woman say: Those
Africans standing up there
in the U. N, they make me
proudP"
1T is HARD 70 overesti-
mate the effect " this pride.
And 1t is important that
the American Negro In AZ
RIGA finds himself at last in
a place where he can 60
anywhere, anywhere at all,
and feel blessedly free of
that everlasting fear of hui
initiation. restriction and ex-
clusion." 6e
Generally the euphoric
feeling does not last. Those
Of the panel members who
had been in Africa and are
light discovered (of all sad
things a mild color preju-
dice against them. And al
most all discovered that
Western chronological civili-
cation had nodded them too
strongly to accept or be
fully accepted by the newly
emerging countries Of Africa.
Perhaps 1t will soon be pos
sible to discover that social
milieu is deeper than color
without having to be an
American Negro in Africa.
Meanwhile. both white and
Negro Americans have cause
to be grateful to Mr.. Isaacs
for an important book that
will aid them TO understand
themselves and each other.
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Let There Be Liqht'

This letter pertains to an
accident that happened to
my boy Billy on June 26. He
was crossing South Capitol
street during rush-hour traf-
fic at the intersection Of
Galveston and First streets,
which does not have any
crosswalks. to catch a bus to
the AAA Officers Training
Course in Anacostia. Billy
is 8.
The accident was investi-
gated by the Metropolitan
Police Department and the
accident. I feel, was SO per
cent my boys fault, so per
cent the drivers. The police
officer explained TO me that
in order to cross South Cap
itol street during rush-hour
traffic 1t would be advisable
for children Of his age to
cross two blocks up at Elmira
street, which has a traffic
light. I see no reason for
this, because / use public
transportation and approx
mately 200 people cross the
same direction as my son did.
This accident, I feel, could
have been eliminated II action
was taken upon the traffic
light at this corner.
In the last nine years citi-
zens have been trying 10 get
q light at Galveston and
South Capitol, or, II nothing
else, painted white cross
walks or a caution light-any
safety device that would
eliminate accidents OF this
sort. But the reason is. Dis
trict government spokesman
say, there haven't been
enough accidents at this in
tersection or enough fatali-
ties to necessitate a traffic
light.
Is there any reason why
this situation cannot be
remedied2
Jerry X. Richmond.
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than 100000, covering the
next three years, is already
at work. Additional staff is
being recruited and the
Northwest Central Clinic is
being renovated and i'm
proved. Funds will also be
used to check out persons
with whom known TB cases
have been in contact, thus
slowing the spread.
With this good start, and
increased public interest in
locating and helping persons
with TB and other respira-
tory diseases, next years
annual statistical report may
show the situation improving.
Harold J. Mayors,
Member, Board of Directors,
D. C. tuberculosis Associa-
ton.
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THE PASSING SCENE
Wilson Seeks q Quick Kill

in Mr.. Macmillan's favor,
but at all events no longer
quite so totally in Mr.. vii.
sons favor. For Mr.. Wilson,
unwisely losing his head at
Mr.. Macmillan's calm as
sumption that quite enough
had now been said Of the
business, quite unwisely be-
gan to justify Mr.. Macmil-
lan's implications that his
opposition was going beyond
the bounds of fair play.
Mr.. Wilson began to dis
play that almost universal
mark of his kind of profess
sionally liberal politician, q
pettiness at the hour Of ap-
parent victory and a lack Of
generosity toward the appar-
emily fallen foe. Coupled
with this, there began to
arise from Labor generally
that unpleasant odor Of spe-
cial sanctity which always
hovers about self-righteous
political movements, like the
smell Of mothballs from the
closet of some excessively
pious and everlasting lectur-
ing maiden aunt.
II Prime Minister Macmil-
Ian Is to be saved at all, and,
Of course, lamentably the
odds are still greatly against
him, only Mr.. Wilson and
what Mr.. Wilson typifies can
save him.
Lacks Club Spirit
What Mr.. Wilson typifies
is an eye-squinting t''intel-
lectual" approach to polit-
ical life that is all right in
planning enterprises but is
often inadequate at the hui
man showdown. It blathers
constantly, and usually truth
fully, about It's compassion
for mankind in the large
abstract. But it is notably
ungenerous toward Man the
individual.
Mr.. Wilson, in short, is
not and never will be in the
true Inner Club Of Anglo
American politicians. A
Smallness Of personal spirit
almost invariably accom-
panies the high motives Of
professionally reformist poll
ticians-and this the Club
has never liked and never
will. We have some Of his
type on this side Of the
world. notably in the Sem
ate. and they have the same
disability.
They often tend to defeat
their own purposes by I'M
Willingly rallying the pro-
underdog vote to those they
attack too righteously and
far too humorlessly.
Copyright 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Does His Duty

In connection with the
article, "Spies in Call Girls
Ring? Called a Coverup," of
June 26. I consider it my
duty to draw your attention
to the fact that the ''infor-
nation" about the relation
ship between Mrs. Maria No
votny and the President Of
Czechosloyakia is completely
without any foundation.
I cannot understand what
object, with the exception of
contributing to a campaign
against Czechoslovakia, such
an article could serve.
LadiSIav Derka.
Third Secretary, Embassy Of
Czechoslovakia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08

With all the eager atten-
tiveness of one pro watching
another at work in q tight
spot, American politicians are
sympathetically cycling a
tense transatlantic test Of
personal political skill. This
is Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan's combat against
outrageous fortune-and the
Labor Party-in England.
"Old Mac" now has more
than the unexpressed good
wishes of most of our politi-
cal men. He also has recap
tured their admiration as he
carefully and ably attempts
to come back in the tenth
round in his struggle with
Laborite Harold Wilson for
future control Of the British
Government.
He's Stlll Fighting
Until recently, the view
was universal in Washington
that Mr.. Macmillan, buff
feted by a nasty sex scandal
to add to all his other diff
culties, was as good as fin
iShed off. Expert opinion
now sees him as still in the
ring, not so much because
his posture is inherently
strong as because Of the con-
viction that Harold Wilson
will overreach in trying for
a quick kill.
When the John Profumo
affair first broke out in Par
lament, it had looked as
though Mr.. Macmillan could
not possibly survive, having
in mind that his administra-
ton, long in office, was al
ready beset on half a dozen
other counts.
Mr.. Wilson, for his part,
opened Labor's attack with
a prudent and fair under
statement so wise as to gain
him high notices from poll
tical critics on both sides Of
the ocean.
Mr.. Macmillan's initial de-
Tense in Parliament, more
over, was widely seen as
rather weak. Still, it soon
developed that he had not
spent a lifetime in politics
for nothing. From his poor
beginning he suddenly pulled
himself together. He gath
cred up his considerable dig
nifty and began to present
himself, with a good deal of
justice, as a patient victim
Of circumstances whose am
pie apologies for a scandal
he never made we're being
met by a Small-minded and
querulous Labor opposition
which believed In irredeem-
able sin.
At this point, the bout
began to turn, not actually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Law of the Land

According to Senator Rus
sell, Of Georgia, liberals" do
not accept as "the law of the
land" the Supreme Court de-
cision in the 1883 Civil Rights
Cases. Acts Of Congress had
been declared unconstitution-
al only twice before, namely,
in Marbury v. Madison
(1803), and in the notorious
bred Scott case (185O. In
1883, in the Civil Rights
Cases, the Supreme Court de-
clared unconstitutional the
1875 law which declared that
in the enjoyment of accom-
modations and privileges Of
inns, public conveyances,
theaters, and other places Of
public accommodation, no
distinction shall be made be-
tween citizens of different
races or color, or between
those who have and those
who have not been slaves.
Evidently, the Attorney
General considers this "the
law Of the land" or he
wouldn't be advocating a
public accommodation law
under the commerce clause
instead Of under the 18th
and 14th Amendments. I have
more doubt about the extent
to which Senator Russell &C
cepts the 1888 decision as
"the law Of the land"
In that decision, the Su-
preme Court assumed that
the acts of carriers and inn
keepers discriminating against
Negroes were violations of
State law. They were not
State acts because they were
not authorized" or sane
toned" by State law, and
hence they were not viola
tons of the 14th Amendment.
The Court assumed that the
Negroes had rights under
State law which they could
Vindicate in the State courts.
According to this key pas
sage from Justice Bradley'S
majority opinion, Civil
rights, such as are guaran-
teed by the Constitution
against State aggression,
cannot be impaired by the
wrongful acts of individuals,
unsupported by State author
ity in the shape Of laws, Gus
toms, or judicial or executive
proceedings. The wrongful act
OF an Individual, unsupported
by any such authority, Is
simply a private wrong, or a
crime Of that individual; an
invasion of the rights of the
injured party, it is true,
whether they affect his per-
son. his property, or his
reputation: but If not sane
toned in some way by the
State, or not done under
State authority, his rights re-
main in full force, and may
presumably be indicated by
resort to the laws of the
State for redress"
Those who have prevented
the vindications Of the rights
Of injured parties have been
making a mockery Of "the
law Of the land"
Sidney KOretz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Objective View of Racial Unrest
By DONALD MIMI
THE NEW WORLD OF NE

THE NEW WORLD OF NE
GRO AMERICANS. By
Harold r. Isaacs. "a Study
from the Center for Inter-
national Studies, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Tech
nology.) 366 PIP. 9Th e
John Day Co., $7.500
Harold r. Isaacs, senior
research associate at the
Center for International
Studies at NIT, is a man of
good sense. Accordingly, his
new book, "The World of
Negro Americans" is not
much concerned with the Ne
gro's immediate struggle for
a fair share of America.
For while there are many
battles yet to come, the out
come of the war is known.
The question is what comes
next. At the outset, Mr..
ISaacs remarks that the end
Of white supremacy in the
world is forcing the end of
the white supremacy system
in the United States"
Near the end, he describes
the present situation with
considerable force: THE Ne
gro became the most es-
tranged, rejected, and alien
ated member Of the Ameri-
can society. Deep inside
he lived as he could; at the
outer gates he pushed and
fought and performed prod
igies of condensation,
pushing out and being
pushed back again. This went
on and on until only yes
terday when, as he pushed
with increasing force, the
battered and quivering gates
in front Of him began to
collapse, brought down fl
nally by winds that had be-
gun to blow from far away.
Outside that gate waited no
easy ascent, no goal clearly
in view, but a steep cliff
still separating yesterday
from today, a future for
which he still had to fight
step by step and which now
faces him In a blur"
MR.. ISAACS' MAIN PUR-
POSE is to focus on the blur,
to try to make out some of
its lineaments. His principal
intellectual device is concen-
tration on those winds &.
from far away" The winds,
Of course, are caused by "the
end Of the Western colonial
empires and Western white
domination Of the earth, the
re-emergence Of Asian and
African peoples, the creation
Of scores Of new nations, the
recasting Of roles and rela-
tionships across national,
cultural, and ethnic lines"
OF necessity, we begin with
a brief and selective outline
Of Negro history with strong
emphasis on the Negroes en-
forced isolation from the
mainstream Of American life
and his consequent lack of
identity Those whites who
have developed the habit OF
exhorting the Negro COM
munity to behave like benev-
olent and responsible owners
of the earth would do we'll
to take a short course in
empathy from Mr.. Isaacs.
In seeking the outline Of
the world to come, Mr.. Isaacs
interviewed "a panel Of l07
Negro individuals" The
panel consisted mostly of In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

Q. Where does the sargas-
sum fish live2-D. @.
A. The sargassum fish,
Histrio gibba, lives among
the floating sargassum weed
OF the Sargasso and other
tropical seas. 1t is camou-
flaged In the seaweed by the
coloring and irregular
fringes and tabs on Its body.
The AS inch sargassum fish
can swallow a larger fish be-
cause Of a huge mouth and
an enormously elastic stom-
ach. The fish's eggs float In
huge gelatinous masses.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used iOiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
House Unit Approves
23-MiIe Transit Plan

Broyhill, Republican of Vir-
ginia, and Horton, Republican
of New York.
Mr.. Broyhill commented that
this is all we thought we could
sell to Congress. Mr.. Whitener
reported that the subcommittee
thought rapid transit was
needed here Ito solve the traf-
fic problem" Mr.. Broyhill said
he felt the $400.6 millien transit
system would not destroy any
of the existing bus companies,
and later could be extended
further into Virginia and Mary
land.
The $400.6 million system is
the so-called "bobtailed" sys-
TEN, with one major downtown
subway, two short extensions
across the river into Northern
Virginia, and one short extern
sion into the Silver Spring area
in Maryland.
Mr.. Whitener said he did not
know when the next meeting
of the full House District Com
mittee would be held. Home
rule hearings are scheduled for
next week, and Thanksgiving
vacations the week after that
may interfere with speedy ap-
See TRANSIT, Page AS
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4-Month Raft Voyoqe
Nightmare for Man, 10

WELLINGTON, New Zea-
land, Nov. 10 (AP).-BeSet by
storms and with his rudders
gone, 70-year-old William Will
lis said today he went through
hell" on his four-month raft
ride from Peru to. Samoa. The
New Yorker told of his ordeal
at Apia, on the Western Sa-
moan Island of Upolu, near the
town of Faleula. He landed
there Monday on his planned
12,000-mile drifting voyage to
Australia.
Mr.. Willis said the rudders
started to break up 500 miles
out from Callao, Peru, his
launching point July 4.
He said he thought of re-
turning to Ecuador to make
another raft, but it was too
late because he then was drift
ing at the mercy of the winds
and current.
Not one man in a thousand
could go through such hell and
survive" he declared. Things
were made much worse with
the thought that when the rud-
ders went I might never make
land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
First Freeze Hits,
More Cold Due

Freezing weather nipped the
Washington area for the first
time this fall when the temper
allure briefly touched 80 degrees
today. Five days of subnormal
cold is the immediate prospect.
The seasons low reading was
reached at Cos am, an hour
when early rising motorists had
to cope with frosted wind
shields and perhaps a slightly
reluctant engine.
Ample sunshine was expected
to bring the temperature up to
the low SOS today followed by
another drop to 80 tonight.
Tomorrow will be cloudy and
cool.
The five-day forecast calls
for temperatures about five or
six degrees below the normal
high and low of Sc and SO de-
grees at this time of year. No
precipitation is in sight the
rest of this week. but snow
flurries are forecast in nearby
mountain areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13

Mr.. Willis spent days hang
ing over the stern trying to
fix the rudders. When he got
the chance he made notes on
the voyage and Snatched what
sleep he could on the pitching
deck. He could not seek shelter
in the cabin because it was
crammed with food supplies
and equipment.
Many times the decks were
awash in stormy seas, he said,
but the two cats he brought
along for company always
managed to scramble to safety.
He said he would continue
to Sydney, Australia, another
$500 miles away. when repairs
are completed on his raft, al
though the hurricane season is
near in this part of the world.
The veteran sailor said that
after 100 days at sea I'm look
ing forward to spending a few
nights in comfort at a hotel"
Mr.. Willis is making the trip
in an effort to prove that old
age needn't halt adventure. In
1854, he also sailed a raft from
Peru to Samoa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13

NEW YORK, Nov. 10
(AP) 1.-THE bandits who staged
Manhattan's 50 million jewel
robbery apparently Melted not
one carat. A group of construc-
ton workers found the stolen
gems in a hijacked car and, po-
lice said, grabbed them as if
they were playing grab bag"
in King Solomon's mines.
No one may profit from the
biggest jewel theft in the Ma
tons history.
Five construction men were
arrested last night. Police re-
ported recovery of about a
quarter of a million dollars
worth of the loot from the five.
Some of it was buried on a
farm at Gettysburg, Pa, about
a mile from the estate of for
mer President Eisenhower.
With that find, police an
nounced that 80 per cent of the
treasure had been recovered.
Still at large are the bun
Cling b dts, who had to
abandon their loot-l a den car
only a block from the robbery
scene. 1t kept stalling because
the driver could not cope with
its old-style floor shift, police
said.
The car, stolen from a jewell
ry messenger service in mid
town Manhattan last Friday,
was found by police several
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
I'd Store Planned
By Lord & Taylor

Plans for a second Lord &
Taylor store in the Washington
Metropolitan Area were re-
vealed today as the Fairfax
Board of County Supervisors
decided to hold a December 18
rezoning hearing to permit
construction of the store.
Attorney Lytton Gibson told
the board Lord g. Taylor is
interested in locating on IL
acres along Route Z at its in
tersection with Juniper lane
at Seven Corners. 1t already
has a store in Chevy Chase.
Mr.. Gibson asked that the
board advertise on its own
motion to rezone the land for
t he commercial development
classification. The Board grant,
ed his request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-13
PRoFITLEss GRAB BAG
Big Gem Theft FIops in Confusion

onto the demolition site. He
discovered the jewels and gold
bars, called fellow demolition
men over and, as police des-
cribed it, a grab bag" game
followed.
Officers said Robert Lee, A,
took a suitcase conta inin g
about 100000 in gems. They
said walter Cunningham, 81,
took $4,000 in Jewels to his
Pennsylvania vacation retreat
and buried them in a lard can.
In all, the demolition men
carted off at least $268,000
worth.
Monday night, a construction
worker boosted in a bar about
the windfall in jewels. An
eayeSdropper tipped police.
At about the same time, an
other construction worker told
a private detective he had seen
one bandit unload a briefcase
in a boiler at the demolition
site. The detective found the
jewell a den briefcase and
called police.
Besides Cunningham. of Flo
raj Park, Queens, and Ross
and Lee, both of Brooklyn. po-
lice also arrested construction
men James P. and John T
Joyce, Brooklyn brothers agec
"a and %, respectively. All wert
| charged with criminally receiv.
ing stolen property. RosSi also
} was charged with grand LARGE
: ny for moving the hijacked car