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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Wearing Two Hats

When the Secretary Of De-
Tense instructed that in
dividual military post COM
manders might place off
limits to military personnel
those nearby business estab-
lishments or towns whose
total segregation In service
TO patrons was harmful to
military morale, the loudest
complaints Of militarism and
interference by the military
into political affairs came
from two Senators who are
major-generals In the mill
tary reserve, members OF a
Congress one-third Of whose
members hold commissions in
the military reserve.
Which is more militaristic,
which interferes more into
political affairs, which is
more harmful TO the tradi-
tional separation Of legisla-
ture and executive. which is
more dangerous to the re-
public-the placing off limits
OF a few score hamburger
and-beer joints or the hold
ing of military commissions
In the Executive Branch by
one-third of the members OF
the Legislative Branch2
J. Sam Mewhinney, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Disaster for Dropouts

There Is no sign of a pick or a
shovel on the big construction project
across the street. Instead, most of the
work is being done by modern machines
with skilled operators at the controls.
Thirty years ago the site would have
been Swarming with laborers. But today
there is virtually nothing for common
labor" to do-and this is merely one
item in the mass of evidence that adds
up to disaster for the school dropouts.
In Washington, the dropout rate is
higher than the national average
roughly four out of 10 students. These
will be added to the 100000 teen-agers
around the country. who are looking
for jobs that aren't there. In time,
many Of them will join the estimated
100000 who have given up hope and
aren't even looking. And this is a con-
dition that will worsen as ignorance
and automation combine to squeeze the
dropoutS out Of the job market.
Vigorous efforts are being made
this summer to alleviate the problem
both here and throughout the coun-
try. Guidance counselors are making
personal visits to the homes Of children
whom they expect to quit school, urging
the Importance of at least getting a
high school diploma. Other teachers
have cut short their vacations to help.
The results, however, have not been
encouraging-either here or nationally.
Every possible effort should be and
doubtless will be made to encourage
youngsters to stay in school and to
make it possible for them to do SO. It
is necessary, however, to face the fact
that many simply will not respond.
Nothing will stop them from dropping
out Of school to join the ranks of the
unemployed. AS to these, there should
be no lamentations to the effect that
society has let them down. For they
have let themselves down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Red Immiqronts

It was interesting TO read
in The Sunday Star Of July
20 the article, Immigration:
New outlook" about the
proposed change in quotas
for various nations.
II this new system is put
into practice. then careful
screening Of the immigrants
should be made. For instance
1t is proposed that the Italian
quota be enlarged. / have
nothing against the good
Italian people, but when one
remembers that approxi-
mately 33h per cent OF the
Italian people have voted
the Communist ticket in
this country already, then
maybe we should keep the old
quota. Quo vadis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Serving Justice

There have been a lot of free
wheeling charges to the effect that the
Attorney General, seeking votes, has
sided with the Negro against the white
man in legal actions instituted by the
Department of Justice.
II this were true 1t would be a
matter Of gravest concern. A recent
story from Albany, Ca, however, shows
that 1t is not true.
In Albany, a Federal grand Jury
has returned an indictment which
charges three Negro leaders with OBJ
Structing justice. Five other Negroes
and white woman acting with them
are charged with perjury
These charges grow out of an al
legged boycott of white mans store
In Albany because as a Juror he had
voted against Negro plaintiff in a
civil suit for damages. The white mans
store went out of business and Subse-
quently was sold.
In commenting on the indictment,
Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Kat
zenbach, who has figured prominently
in the civil rights struggle, said: peace
full protest demonstrations or picketing
are not forbidden or discouraged by
Federal law. The charges here, how
ever, involve retaliation against Juror
for his vote in a Federal case. Such
conduct must become matter Of serious
Federal legal concern" And the same
thing, Of course, applies to perjury.
If the evidence supports the charges
and convictions follow, all of the de-
PENDANTS will face severe maximum
fines and jail sentences. And the pun
ishment, assuming conviction, should
be served. For alleged offenses such as
these go to the heart Of the admin
istration of justice, and must not be
condoned or winked at on grounds of
race or any other considerations. Mean
while, we trust there will be less ire
sponSible talk about the Attorney Gen.
eral having betrayed his trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Let's Hope Not

A preacher during one Of New York
City's violent peaceful demonstrations
said: There's no difference between
New York and Alabama, no difference
between the United States and South
Africa. This Nation is going straight to
hell"
Well, excited people have been say
ing this for long time, and the coun-
try hasn't yet quite gone all the way
Let's hope 1t won't-and let's also hope
that the excited clergyman felt better
about the whole situation when he woke
up the next morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Train Robbery Solution

Having sturdily refrained from ad-
viSing Britain on her recent misfor-
tunes (Profumo, assorted spies, totter-
ing government, etc. we now find the
latest disaster too much to resist. After
all, train robberies are an American in
vention, and none of the James Bonds,
Sherlock Holmeses or Scotland Yard
inspectors would know where to begin.
All we needed to know we have
learned through the American press,
which Is depending more and more on
staid old England for the blacklist head
lines. We know there we're IS clever
men on the faultlessly planned 81 mil
lion Cheddington Job. After intensive
study Of the moduS operandi, we have
classified the crooks as follows:
~ Cameraman, (2) Costumer, (3)
Bank teller, az Gunsmith, (5) Railroad
dispatcher, (6) Telephone employee, (7)
Electronics expert, (8) Brain specialist,
(9) Hydraulic engineer, (10) Steambrake
specialist, (l1) Locksmith, (12) Circus
strongman, (13) Jeweler, (l4) Shout and
(15) Psychiatrist.
1t is really quite elementary: ~
Cased the Job by taking movies of pass
ing trains, (2) fitted out the gang in
matching blue "boiler suits" and face
stockings, (3) selected the day when
pickings were the best, az rounded up
the firearms in gun-shy Britain, (5)
learned the unscheduled Post Office
train time, (6) cut all the telephone
wires, (D rugged the red stop signal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Assoteogue Dispute

l am writing as q property
owner Of an ocean beach lot
located on Assateague Island.
I have followed the articles
and editorials with some in
terest as a person in the edu-
cation and recreation field. I
generally support the attempt
Of the Government to provide
recreation for the total pop
ulation.
The thing that disturbs me
IN this particular situation is
that many people, including
myself, have spent approx
mately 10 years with the idea
that this was a retirement
spot for our future. During
this 10-year period every
Government official, State
and National. has had ample
opportunity to make a deci-
sion on the nature of this
need. During the same To-
year period every resident who
has purchased property could
well have been looking for a
different spot for this pur-
pose, haG they been aware
that such a move was in the
offing.
Mr.. Alderman has taken
his profit in this venture.
There has been no attempt
on his part to return the
funds which he has acquired.
The Government plans to
move In and take this area
and 1t seems to me the in
dividual citizen comes up with
the short end of the stick. It
appears to me that in this
day and age when we are so
concerned with the encroach-
ment upon individual rights
that they are being strongly
disrespected. in the guise OF
the greatest good for the
greatest number. On no other
premise than that I would
humbly suggest that II the
Government has not acted up
to this point, they might well
refrain from acting at this
point. william Cohen.
Heedmaster, Town and
Country Day School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12

work in support of both Pres
ident Eisenhower and Mr..
Nixon. We certainly con-
sidered ourselves a very i'm
portant part" Of the Eisen-
hover party at the time
and we believe Ike thought
so, too. Yet it seems rather
obvious that a stable num-
Der of this group now think
Senator Goldwater is q very
acceptable candidate" in
deed. $40.
Anyway, 1t would be too
bad if Republicans who want
to stop" Senator Goldwater
fell into the Liberal" Demo-
crat trap of trying to smear
responsible conservatives as
too OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to be
allowed to even have a voice
In the governing of our coun-
try - much less a job.
After all, no matter who
gets the job Of trying to lick
the Kennedys it will take a
lot of stamp-licking an d
other party chores to do it.
Lila d. Snnnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Health Policy Abuse

An Associated Press dis
patch from Baltimore, in The
Star Of July 80, stated that
there Is to be a survey of
patients in general hospitals
in Maryland to help deter
mine why hospital costs are
rising. and that zone Of its
aims is to determine whether
there have been abuses Of
group disqualification inSur-
ance privileges" This would
seem to be a worthy effort
provided a clear and equitable
distinction be drawn between
abuse and justifiable use.
Without introducing the
question Of (which was first,
the hen or the egg," it is
clear that increasing hospital
costs compel increased use
Of disqualification insurance.
This writer is paying group
disqualification and medical
insurance premiums for him
self and wife. Of $54 a month
or approximately $3.50 a year.
This Is more than he can
afford, but, he can less well
afford to take the risk Of
not doing so, especially as
he is in an upper age bracket
and living on a modest fixed
income. Rising hospitsliza-
ton costs have made such in
surance a sine qua non.
A survey such as now con-
templated should recognize
that a person thus insured is
not perpetrating an abuse
when he has to 60 to a
hospital, nor II he goes and
would have been unable to
go If he had not had his
group insurance. That is the
purpose Of his insurance. for
which he had been paying,
year by year. It would APP
pear that use and abuse Of
insurance should be clearly
defined and delineated be-
fore such a survey is under
taken.
Aging
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
Tx Hearings

The other night Joe Nc
Caffrey In his editorial on
the WMAL Capitol Cloak
room program had a brief
but pungent comment on the
Tx hearings. In his usual
impartial way, acidulously
but at the same time humor-
ously, he likened the efforts
Of the Senate Subcommittee
to impugn the integrity Of
Mr.. Korth to a bunch Of
novice pilots who were flying
around aimlessly and having
trouble landing their air.
planes.
Wondering when the Sena-
tors would ever be able to
bring their airplanes down,
he speculated as to the cost
Of these hearings in terms of
Department Of Defense effort
and guessed that the tax
payer would never know what
this might amount to.
A rough approximation of
the Department of Defense
costs might be made bv cal
culating the cost of printing
the full testimony of the
hearings in which Depart
ment of Defense witnesses
were involved. A good rule
of-thumb is that the cost of
the printing of that testi-
mony is approximately 1919
of the preparation costs to
the Department of Defense.
This formula should be &C
curate enough to come with
in q few hundred thousand
dollars Of Department of
Defense costs.
OF course. this approxima-
ton does not include the
costs of the Senator's and
staffs' time, but then Mr..
Mccartney did not seem to be
concerned about that kind of
time. H. Lee Shimberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12

ProI. Go11man Is INTEREST,"
ed in the sociological investi-
cation of the vast number
of small general rules that
govern our daily conduct in
the most ordinary affairs,
"for rules of conduct in
streets, parks, restaurants,
theaters, shops, dance floors,
meeting halls, snd other
gathering places Of any COM
munity tell us q great deal
about its most diffuse forms
Of social organization"
At the end Of the book,
Prof. Goffman remarks: 1T
has been argued, then, that
what the individual thinks
of as the niceties of social
conduct are in fact rules for
guiding him in his attach
ment to. and detachment
from social gatherings, the
niceties themselves providing
him the idiom for manifest
ing this. He often follows
these rules with very little
thought. paying what he
feels is but a small tribute to
convention More than
to any family or club. more
than to any class or sex,
more than to any nation, the
individual belongs to gather
ings, and he had best show
that he is a member In good
standing The ultimate
penalty for breaking the
rules Is harsh. Just as we
fill our jails with those who
transgress the legal order,
so we partly fill our asylums
with those who act insult
ably-the first kind Of insti-
tuition being used to protect
our lives and property; the
second, to protect our gath
erings and occasions"
A systematic discussion OF
these "niceties" explains
such things are odd rules
about personal exposure.
Garb appropriate at Reno
both will land you in jail II
worn on Pennsylvania avenue,
as everyone well knows. But
the garb is the same; so is
the hypothetical wearer. The
difference is In the situation.
We know why people are
scantily clothed at the beach.
But there is no approved pur-
pose for such dress In the
heart Of the city.
PROF. GOFFMAN PRO-
CEEDS with appropriate rig
or. Various situations are
closely defined and given
technical names since ordi-
nary English lacks terms of
sufficient precision. The rules
are deduced and analysed
with deep insight and no lit
tie humor. The reader comes
away convinced that the sub
ject is fully as profound as
Prof. Goffman claims.
Throughout the book, nor ,
NAL society is contrasted with
that Of q mental institution
st. Elizabeths to be exact. .
Perhaps the day will come
when-the sociologist and the
psychiatrist can be friends. 70
In the meantime. the lay
reader can derive no little
profit (and amusement)
from Prof. Goffman's spirit
ed attacks on a number Of
psychiatric assumptions. c
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THE PASSING SCENE
Rockefeller Worries the G. o.P.

shakes the beams in the
house Of regular Republican
ism was clearly meant for
Senator Goldwater himself, as
the alleged symbol Of that
radical right"
Senator Goldwater for o
time preserved an Icy silence.
But more recently he de-
clared: e3.
I'm not going to answer
this sort of thing from Gov.
Rockefeller. He's using an
old trick which the Demo-
Gratis have used against us
for q long time, and I'm not
going to fall for it.
II believe in party unity.
You can have healthy de-
bate in the Republican
Party without disrupting
things. But the party can't
live when its leaders are
chewing away at each other
the way he apparently wants
to do"
So it all comes to this:
Gov. Rockefeller has the
pros deeply worried. partly
for what he has said but
even more for what he has
not said.
There has been no deep
Republican bolt in a Presi-
dental election since the
Theodore Roosevelt Bull
Moose movement early in
this century. The old Re-
publican Elephant, however,
has long memories and the
melancholy results of that
party division of so long ago
are, to the pros, still quite
fresh in mind.
Want a Winner
BY the very nature of their
job they are more concerned
with picking a winner for
1864 than in arguing about
the exact identity of the
nominee.
To be sure 1t is more than
probable that, given a purely
AGA d e mic situation, the
great majority Of these pros
would not pick Gov. Rookie
Teller. But it Is entirely GER
tain that In the real situa-
ton Of real politics they
would go forth from the
convention loudly and faith
fully chanting Gov. Rookie
feller's name and fam e
should the choice fall to him.
They want TO know That II
the game goes against him,
he will do likewise in be-
half of the winner. They
have not got his pledge yet;
not by q long shot. But they
will surely persist; thsy are
determined to get it in the
end.
For leaving the team when
the biggest game of all is on
- the great game Of the
Presidential election itself
is, to the Republicans gen.
orally, an unthinkable thing.
70 1963)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tUiH be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12

Gov. Nelson Rockefeller Of
New York is giving some
bad moments to the regular
leadership Of the Republican
Party.
There is a marked fear Of
the state of his party 10y
atty. And there is great con-
Germ that In his recent
attacks upon q radical
right" about which he was
not very specific he may
have been so all-inclusive as
to burn many of the party
faithful who think of them
selves as simply and prop
erly conservative.
In consequence. a quiet
but resolute movement is
afoot to force him from what
Is seen among the regulars
as q dangerously divisive
position within the g. o. p,
Most specifically, the aim
is to exact from him q pledge
that II his own candidacy
for the Presidential nomina-
ton is rejected next summer
he will support whoever the
nominee may be.
MIR. Miller's Views
This is the meaning Of
observations at two recent
press conferences In Cali
fornia by Representative VIII
liam e. Miller Of New York,
chairman of the Republican
National Committee.
In one Of these, plainly
hitting at Gov. Rockefeller'S
attack upon some ill-defined
radical right" Mr.. Miller
snapped:
81 do not know what the
so-called ultra-right wing is,
I do not know who it is.
! do not know where 1t is"
In the second incident, the
national chairman called
upon both Gov. Rockefeller
and Senator Barry Goldwa-
ter, the chief rivals for the
Presidential nomination, to
declare publicly their willing
ness to support the ultimate
choice of the Republican
national convention of next
summer, whoever it might be.
This, while ostensibly di-
rected to both aspirants -
lest Mr.. Miller be accused OF
partlallty toward one-WaS
Of course, really directed only
at Gov. Rockefeller. For SEN
ator Goldwater has alreaGy
given ample proof of his
party regularity. He has, In
deed, long since said he
would back Mr.. Rockefeller
If the New York governor
won the convention.
Gov. Rockefeller, however
has Just refused to promise
to support Senator Goldwa-
ter, and in language strongly
suggesting that any such
promise was very far from
his mind and purpose.
His assault upon "the
radical right" - which still
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Rules Governing Our Conduct
BY DONALD MINTZ
B BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC

BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC
PLACES, Notes on the So
cial Organization Of Gath
erings by Erving Goffman,
248 PIP. (The Free Press of
Glencoe; $3.50
Imagine a middle-echelon
bureaucrat public or private)
comfortably ensconced in an
office furnished with the usu-
al petty symbols of his sta
ton. Let us do him the cour-
tesy Of Supposing that he is
working on a genuinely chal-
longing problem.
From down the hall comes
the sound Of his subordinates'
voices. Too loud. He is dis
turbed. He may take immedi-
ate action; he may not.
But why is he disturbed?
Because the voices are physi-
cally SO loud that they inter-
fere with his concentration?
Nonsense. II he were that
sensitive he would have long
since been forced to retire to
a reconstruction of Marcel
Proust's famous cork-lined
room.
No, something else is both
ering him, and we may guess
that II he were suddenly Of
fered decent soundproofing
he would find a reason to
decline.
He cannot quite make out
what these possibly unruly
subordinates are saying. It
may be that they have gotten
into a heated and completely
legitimate discussion Of their
work. But they may be argu-
ing about politics. II the lat
ter Is true, they are out of
order; they are committing
a "situational improperly"
It Is the possibility Of i'm
priety. not the sound itself,
that disturbs him.
HE DOES NOT TRUST
the work to interest the sub
ordinates; he does not trust
the subordinates to be con-
scientious. And he is not
really sure Of his own ascend
ancy. He may know Of the
value Of the occasional break;
perhaps he should let them
talk politics for a while. But
he is afraid that the work
might become the break be-
tween breaks.
1t won't do. Sooner or
later. by one means or an
other. anything above q
funeral whisper win be de-
fined as a situational i'm
propriety even though the
work may. and probably will.
suffer.
But our bureaucrat and
generally everyone else will
assume that the atmosphere
is a direct result Of the boss's
physical sensitivity to what
is politely taken 10 be ram
dom sound and Of course Of
the sleazy construction we
get these days. In any case,
a social rule has been estab-
lished.
This family malicious-but
realistic portrait is inspired
by-but goes beyond-"Be-
havior In Public Places" by
Erving Goffman. Professor
of Sociology at the Univer-
sity Of California at Berkeley.