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the O. o. P. nomination z

the @. o. p. nomination to
Gov. Rockefeller.
Gov. Rockefeller is the
man. Fiscally, he is a con-
sentative, believing in bal
anced budgets, pay as you
go--rather than lavish give
away programs where you
pay later. On international
issues he is also quite con-
sentative. He believes in
utilizing our foreign aid
where 1t is most advanta-
geous. Senator Goldwater is
reactionary and covetous In
this field. He would abolish
foreign aid completely;
abolish our only hope for
world peace-the u. NJ
which has been heavily en-
dowed by the Rockefeller
family. He would end our
country's strongest military
alliance, NATO.
John A. Jones,
National Field Representa-
tive, College Federation Of
Young Republicans,
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American high policy in
South Wet Nam Is being
suddenly and bitterly UNDER
cut In Washington Just as
United States military forces
can at last see dimly ahead
the possibility Of q military
victory in g dirty and clan
destine but infinitely neces-
sary war.
We have staked more than
$4,000 Am erican military
men, masses Of machines and
the prestige and vital hopes
OF this nation in q jungle
struggle to help the anti
Communists rid South Wet
Nam Of Communist agrees
sion.
To forfeit the game at this
juncture, after so much un-
heralded suffering by so many
Of our own people and by the
local anti Communists, would
be an almost unspeakable
tragedy.
A Pilot Program
1t would open all Southeast
Asia to Chinese Communist
military infiltration and
eventual conquest - q blow
to the free world perhaps
even more catastrophe than
would have been the loss Of
all Korea a decade ago.
It would strike a great
wound to American moral
and military leadership In the
Orient. And it would mean
the wholly unnecessary
bankruptcy Of at least one
undeniably sound and con-
sentative foreign policy drive
undertaken by the Kennedy
administration - q drive to
find q practical mears short
Of About nuclear war to halt
Communist Entertainments
anywhere and everywhere In
the brush-fire areas Of this
world.
For the policy of direct but
limited military assistance to
South Wet Nam involves In
comparably more than South
Wet Nam. It Is q pilot plan
test of our national capacity
to give enough sensible aid to
anti Communist regimes any
where and everywhere to drive
back Communist nibbling as
saults by their own basic
power.
If the pilot-plan can be
made to work in Wet Nam
it can be made to work any
where. If it is to fail in Wet
Nam, it must, in all probable
ity, fail everywhere.
The alternatives then would
be stark: Either we would sit
back and see Communist nib
bling aggression at length
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-15
A BOOK FOR TODAY
When Life Was Lush Along the Nile
BY DONALD MINTZ
THE sPLENDOR THAT WAS

THE SPLENDOR THAT WAS
EGYPT by Margaret A.
Murray (new and revised
edition., end paper maps,
figures in text, color and
black and white plates.
S54 pp. Hawthorne Books,
$3.50.
Margaret Alice Murray is
the dean of British Egyptol-
ogists. She marked her Tooth
birthday two days ago, and
her publishers have cele-
brated by bringing out her
revision Of her main work
for laymen, 1.-THE Splendour
That Was Egypt"
Often the best books for
the general reader are writ
ten by specialists whose tech
nical books and papers would
defeat US before the end Of
the first sentence. These peo-
pie have q feeling for their
subject that is forever denied
the popularizer. and though
some Of their notions may be
debatable within the profess
sion, scholars are immune to
the sort Of misinterpreta-
tons that prey on the OUT
slider.
But sometimes the spe-
cialist finds it impossible to
put himself in the position
Of the layman; he Is so inn
merSed in his subject that
he fails to realize that what
for him is the beginning Of
q discussion is a good dis
lance towards the end for the
non-specialist.
DR., Murray unfortunately
belongs to this second class
Of specialist.
THERE ARE, for example,
q number Of references to q
substantial theological re-
vision during the reign Of
Akhenaten (Amonhotep or
Amemophis IV) from 1870 to
1852 BIC. The first reference
includes q discussion Of the
extent to which the good
ruler was or was not q here
tic almost before we have
even the slightest idea what
this religious upheaval was
all about. The reader who
wants to straiehten this out
will simply have TO look else
where.
Similarly, we get very little
feel for the fluctuations Of
Egyptian power during the
nations rhillennia Of leader
ship and near-leadership.
Apparently DR.. Murray sim
ply assumes that everyone
knows about such things as
the Hyksos invasion. It's
causes and consequences, and
changes In concepts Of land
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Lesson for McGM

I do not wish to subject
Ralph McGill to harassment.
However, as an American 1t
is q point Of honor TO me to
have our Pledge Of Allegiance
quoted correctly-especially
by other Americans.
In his article Of July 8, an
excerpt Of the Pledge was
quoted three times as q point
Of emphasis. AS I read the
article. the excerpt did not
ring out as 1t was meant TO
do--something grated. IN
fortunately (and ironically
because Of Mr.. McGill's OPEN
ing statements) the excerpt
was misquoted each time.
Mr.. McGill quoted the ex-
cerpt as: "One Nation indi-
visible. under God, with lib
erty and justice for ALL"
This portion of the Pledge
should be: lone Nation under
God. indivisible, with liberty
and justice for ALL"
Opening the school day
with the Pledge Of Allegiance
spoken together with my third
and fourth graders since
September, 1854. / have be-
come acutely aware OF the
order Of the phrases. Most
adults have very little OPP
portunity TO voice this Pledge
which is unfortunate; a
dubious reason for inaccu-
racy but hardly an excuse.
A widely read columnist
should take stringent pains
toward accuracy in the use
Of quotations.
/ left teaching last fall.
and am "just q housewife"
now; but once teaching Is in
your blood, you can't get
away from II completely. II
goes on forever. formally or
otherwisel
DOna r. Weakley.
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AS a member Of the four
man majority Of the Mont
gomery County School Board
I welcomed with intellectual
relish your editorial dramat-
ically titled, "An ounce Of
Prevention"
My attitude has been that
the minority who challenge
the integrity of our police
system In Montgomery
County do so In one breath,
and In another demand that
these same officers be re-
sponsible for putting out all
other criminal fires once they
have been permitted to
shoulder until they ulti-
mately burst into q whole
sale conflagration.
The record Of Montgomery
police officers has been pat
emily commendable in holding
In check the forces in our
county which constantly oc-
cupy themselves with q zeal
toward the violation Of the
conventional codes Of human
behavior. We as adults con-
stantly demand of these out
standing officers, services
that are constantly above
and beyond the call Of stip-
ulated duties. Why, there
fore, do some members Of So
ciety question the logical
assignment Of the task that
the school board. by q ma
jority vote, delegated TO
them?
The motives Of the MI
nority group are Of dubious
sincerity. Their vocal express
sions are those which breed
In their historical content,
false impressions, panic and,
In some cases, deliberate
distortions. The police have
not been requested to as
sumo the role Of personnel
board. The county police
have been requested to ex-
tend the services Of the FBI.
To date the staff members
Of the Board Of Education
have been incapable Of fol-
lowing through on the In
formation submitted to them
by the FBI. The board, by
its own admission, is COM
posed Of lay officials and as
such do not command the
facilities that are available
to the professionals who
comprise the police jurisdic-
tons. Logically, therefore, in
the interests Of protecting
that most precious and per-
ishable Of all human com.
modities. our children, I de-
mand that we entrust the
further checking of the
fingerprints Of all school per-
sonnet to the skilled profess
SIGNALS who compose our
county police force.
william I. Saunders,
Montgomery County School
Board.
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Living With the Job

The proposal advanced
by Commissioners Tobriner
and Duncan that all District
employees having enforce
ment or discretionary pow
ers be required to live In the
District should have the
whole-hearted support Of all
Washington citizens. Those
people in the Corporation
Counsel's office, the licenses
and inspections office and
the Police Department who
work their eight hours then
escape to seclusion In Mary
land or Virginia cannot pos
sibly understand the prob
lens they help generate.
We In Washington do not
object to direction Of the
Federal City by Congress;
what We want Is freedom
from the autocratic rule Of
the suburban bureaucrats.
We resent the power Of q
Virginia or Maryland build
ing inspector or city attorney
just as the Virginia or Mary
land citizen would resent an
outsider from the District
ruling his private life.
Within the jurisdiction
Of the District Of Columbia
there are thousands Of quail
flied citizens able to replace
those District employees who
do not think enough of our
government to live under the
rules they make, interpret,
and enforce. Running q city
Of nearly a million people
can't be done as a part time
job-those who govern here
should live here, play here,
attend school here, and pay
taxes here. This would solve
our eity's problems in a
hurry. Those dedicated en-
ployes who really believe In
their Jobs and the District
Government would willingly
move back to the District for
the common good Of the city.
The others we don't want.
A simple change in the
rules by Congress, as rec
commended by the Commits
sioners. would help return
this to a city for the people.
M. ID. g.
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Majorie Holmes fine arti-
Gle on the Fourth Of July
and patriotism was q won
derfully refreshing contrast
to the drivel about cocktail
parties and ersatz VIPs
served up by some Of the
other social columnists"
around Washington. There is
altogether too much Of the
latter and not enough of the
former in our newspapers to-
day. and Miss Holmes Is to
be commended for her fine
sentiments.
Mrs. X. Gideon.
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Q. What Is the meaning Of
pink" which sometimes APP
pears on paintings next TO the
painters name2---A. v.
A. "Pinx." Is an abbrevia-
ton for the Latin "pinxit, I"
which literally means "he or
she painted" (the painting.
Q. How many species Of
ragweed are there2--A. o.
A. Some so species are
known; about Is OF them are
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found in the United States.
Only five Of these are impor-
tant in hay fever: The COM
mon dwarf ragweed and the
giant ragweed In the Eastern
section Of the country, two
similar Western ragweeds In
the Western States. and the
lance-leaved variety in the
Central States. In addition,
there are about rs species Of
false ragweeds" which DIFF
fer only slightly from the
true ragweeds.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tDiI be
returned only tDheH accom-
panied b. self addressed,
stamped enUelopes.
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Florida bank as security for
the banks loan to Sun Valley.
In September. 1859. the
court-appointed board Of mon
itors for the Teamsters chal-
lenged this deposit as a breach
Of Mr. Hoffa's fiduciary duties
but the Detroit local couldn't
withdraw the money because
Of Sun Valleys financial diff
ficulties.
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President Sees
81 Australians

Thirty-two members Of the
Young Australian League, on a
world tour. were received by
President Kennedy at the
White House today.
The President used the occa-
sion to praise the close friend
ship between the United States
and Australia.
I'VE have been through q
great deal with Australia,
particularly In the last 20 or
IS years." Mr.. Kennedy said,
''In some ways our most diff
cult challenges for Australia
and the United States and
other countries in that area Of
the world-our most difficult
days may be ahead"
The President said he re-
garded the alliance between
Australia and the United States
as essential for the security
of both countries"
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I STARS AND STRIPES OVER EVEREST
Hoffu Ally Ruled
Guilty of Fraud

PHILADELPHIA, June 4
(AP) Raymond Cohen. Sec
retary-treasurer Of Teamsters
Local lot and q close associate
Of Transfers international
President James r. Hoffa, and
five other men have been con-
victed Of charges of conspiracy
to cheat and defraud the local
treasury.
A jury Of nine women and
three men returned the verdict
shortly after midnight. The
Jury had deliberated about four
hours after an all-day charge
by Judge David L. Ullman. The
trial had entered its 18th week
yesterday.
Judge Ullman deferred sem
fencing pending a filing Of q
motion for an appeal for a new
trial.
The charges against Cohen
and the others stemmed from
a Senate Rackets subcommit-
tee investigation. They were
indicted in September, 1859. on
charges Of looting the treasury
of more than 100000. Mr..
Hoffa had stood by Cohen.
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detail how this was done. but
does mention that Mr.. Lyman
applied for a pension fund loan
OF $S75,O00 in June. 1859, and,
sometime after September,
1859, agreed to pay Dranow
100000 for so shares Of stock
In Union Land a. Home Co.
The senior Burris was also
linked to the Sun Valley deal
in the indictment as one Of
the nominees for Dranow. The
indictment. however, stressed
that Dranow actually owned
and controlled Union Land q
Home Co., Inc.
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up later under suspension Of
the rules, which requires q
two-thirds vote. The bills
sponsors are confident that the
bill viii easily be approved that
way. Actually. the bills cost
wouldn't amount to more than
$500, 900 a year. If that much.
80
WORK SLOWDOW WIN 81
President Kennedy's Govern
ment labor management order
may give the administration
more headaches than It bar
gained for.
With union locals in Gov
eminent throughout the coun-
try getting formal and the even
more powerful exclusive recog-
milton, there have been reports
that slowdowns might be TAX
ing place by units to enforce
their bargaining demands.
The Post Office Department
recently sent an investigating
team to look into such o re.
port in a Texas post office. Tit
initial investigation indicates
there was no truth to the re.
port. But the situation indi.
Gates that Government employC
union locals will have TO b,
doubly careful to avoid charge,
Of work slowdowns by theil
members. Otherwise. the labor
management program, which
1t took the unions 50 years h
get, might go down the drain
NAVY GROUP The Nava
Civilian Administrator Asso
citation, composed Of Navy's tol
civilian career officials, Is hold
ing its annual convention thi
week at the Statler Hotel. Tol
Navy and other Government
officials will address the group
FPC - Clarence Unnevehr
chief Of Federal Power Com
missions bureau Of natural gas
is resigning 10 operate a con
sulting business In San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Unnevehr, VIII
Joined FPC about 10 month
ago. has completed the assign
ment Of reorganization OF tn
agency's natural gas activities
Louis Mendonsa. deputy chic
OF the bureau. has been ap
pointed acting chief.
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nucleus of the courts liberal
wing.
As the senior Judge in point
Of sAfvice, Justice Black was
presiding in the absence Of
Chief Justice Earl Warren, who
is In Spain. With evident
pride, Justice Black read the
courts opinion-written by him
that upheld most Of Arizona's
claims in q 40-year-old fight
with California over the waters
Of the Colorado River.
Justice Douglas then read
his dissent. His voice rising
occasionally in near anger. he
called Justice Blacks opinion
"a committee report rather
than an opinion worthy of this
court"
Noting that the decision was
50 pages long. Justice Douglas
said: THE advantage. Of q
long opinion is that it's very
difficult to see how they fail
to reach the right result. You
get lost In the words"
Finally, Justice Douglas re-
ferred dourly to "all the wordI
and colorful writing"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star staff Writer

Government employee leaders
have urged Congress to protect
Government workers against
arbitrary retirement at age IS
in the event legislation Is en-
acted giving employees the op-
ton to retire at that age on
fun annuities.
In testimony before the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee on
the bill to permit employees to
retire on full annuities at age
Sd after 30 years service, em-
ploye leaders said they were
fearful that the Civil Service
Commission would interpret it
TO give the Government the
same power 10 force employees
70 retire unless Congress spe-
cifically forbade It.
csc officials have said that
ifrederal employees are giver
that retirement right. the Gov.
eminent should have the same
right to force employees to re-
tire ct that age and years OF
service II 1t feels It is in the
best interest Of the Govern.
Iaent. sa
u
Although the csc did not
officially advocate this in It's
testimony before the group In
opposing the "30-55's bill, the
very fact that 1t didn't offici-
ally raise this argument ha,
caused concern among employt
groups.
sThey remember all too vel
The way the csc slipped tn.
misunderstanding acceptable
level OF competence" provision
ii last years pay reform bill
which everybody. including
members OF Congress. thought
was Just q technical change II
language involving the auto.
matte within-step pay raise
given Federal employees.
However. as soon as the bill
became law. the csc. TO every.
ones establishment. issuec
regulations which no Longer
made within-grade raises auto.
matte for Federal employees anc
instead left II up 10 SUPERVISOR
TO determine II an employee
work was above minimal'
standards.
Employe leaders feel the sam,
thing could happen 10 Tn,
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virqiniu Led in 1890

The most populous State in
the Union when the first CEN
sus population was taken ir
1890 was Virginia, with 500, 900
persons. Pennsylvania was Sec
ond with $4,000. BY 1920. New
York had forged ahead with
ia million residents.
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
EmpIoye Groups Want Protection
Against Forced Retirement at SIS

earlier retirement bill unless
specifically decreed otherwise.
THE option to retire should
be given TO employees only" Dan
Jaspan, legislative representa-
tive Of the National Association
of Postal Supervisors, told the
Senate subcommittee. "Other-
wise, 1t could also be interpreted
the other way"
John Griner. president Of the
American Federation Of Gov
eminent Employees, also warned
against this danger.
He said giving the Govern
ment the right to force EN-
ployes to retire other than for
disability would be ''repug-
nant" TO employees and result
in the Civil Service System be-
coming political football. >
Retirement must be kept on q
voluntary basis. Mr.. Griner d.
clared.
The witnesses were joined BY
other Government and posta
lemploye witnesses in rginf
enactment Of the "30-55" bill
! While many Of them declared
they would prefer legislation II
give employees the right to re.
tire on full annuities after 81
years service regardless Of age
there was tacit agreement tina
this would not stand a chancs
Iof enactment and that tn
I"30-55" bill would be a salts.
factory compromise at thi
time.
Senator MCGEE, Democrat o
Wyoming, the Senate subcom
mittee chairman who has beer
sympathetic to the "30-55" bill
said his group probably woul,
approve the measure within tn
next week or so.
- -
BACK PAY BILL-An at
tempt will be made In tn
House today TO bring up on tn
consent calendar the bill h
guarantee back pay and othe
retroactive benefits TO all Gov
eminent employees fired. sus
pended or denoted from thei
jobs who are later restored h
their positions.
However. this requires unani
nous approval and the Re
publicans, as part Of the econ
omy drive, are expected h
object. Consequently, the bill
probably viii have 10 be brough
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Douglas Blasts Black
In Arizona Water Rule

Whatever may 60 behind closed doors Supreme Court
justices rarely let their feelings slip into public view during
the oral announcement Of decisions.
Yesterday one such occasion as Justice Douglas ripped
into the reasoning and writing Of Justice Black fellow
New Deal veteran who with Justice Douglas forms the
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TRANSFERS
U. S. Accuses Hoffo
Of Betroying Trust

amount Of money the borrower
was investing himself. the i'm
provement and construction Of
the buildings involved, the
borrowers financial credit, the
borrowers ability to repay the
loan, the borrowers net worth,
the value Of the collateral
offered as security for the loan
and the cost of construction to
be financed with loan proceeds.
16 Examples Listed
The indictment listed Is diff
ferent examples Of false state
ments allegedly made by the
various defendants in connec-
ton with loan applications.
One statement alleged that
the work to be performed by
the Cal Kovens Construction
Corp. to improve the New Ever
glades Hotel in Miami would
cost $3.5 million when the
existing contract with the
Kovens firm provided that the
work would cost $7O0,O0c. The
indictment did not say what
happened to the rest of the
money. The hotel, which re-
portedly obtained $4.3 million
from the fund, is now owned
by the pension fund after FORE
closure proceedings.
Another statement cited by
the grand Jury was that the
senior Burris' First Berkeley
Corp. had a net worth of
SO, $751; 500 in March. 1860, when
1t was actually worth less than
5000.
North Miami Hospital
The grand jury attributed to
Mr.. Hoffa a series Of misstate-
ments about a hospital to be
located in North Miami, Fla.
The hospital was constructed
by the Kovens firm and the
owning corporation, in which
Kovens was listed last year as
majority stockholder, repeatedly
got $2.8 million from the PEN
SION FUND.
Among other statements
about the hospital, the indict-
ment quoted Mr.. Hoffa as tell
ing his fellow trustees that the
hospital would be leased by
Dade County, Fla, and that
the county was putting in as
much money or more than the
pension fund was lending for
the hospital. Not true. said the
grand jury.
The grand jury charged that
a substantial portion" of the
money supposedly used to pay
construction costs for the
hospital had been diverted for
other purposes"
Sun Valley Problems
The only "other purpose" on
which the indictment was
specific involved more than
100000 to bail Mr.. Hoffa out
of his Sun Valley problems.
Otherwise, the grand jury
charged that the defendants d.
verted more than 81 million
from pension fund loans to pay
prior debts Of the various de-
PENDANTS or their corporations
to pay personal and business
expenses of the defendants and
to pay operating expenses Of
corporations with which some
Of the defendants were as.
ISOLATED.
On the Sun Valley deal. the
! indictment alleged that ONT
purpose Of the overall fraud
, scheme was to get the money
to pay off Sun Valleys debts
land get Mr.. Hoffa out Of the
operation.