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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Criminals and District Residents

while Chicago heads the list
in robberies. The percentages
are high everywhere, in the
North as well as in the
South.
What will be done about
it? There are no signs
that any progress is
really being made because
there are certain impede
ments. One Of them is the
leniency Of the courts, par
ticularly since the Supreme
Court Of the United States
has rendered q decision
which makes it possible for
a criminal to escape punish
ment II he has not been
promptly "arraigned." Other
technicalities in court deci-
sions are cited as having
interfered with the punish
ment of guilty persons.
These could be remedied by
law.
The police are frustrated.
Many Of the criminals know
what their legal" rights are
and m anage to take ad-
vantage of them. Sooner or
later, the American people
will demand that the Con-
gress Of che United States,
the State legislatures and
the local governments join
together in taking measures
to repress crime by the only
method that has ever been
successful - namely, the
punishment Of the guilty as
an example to others.
New York I-erald Tribune. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Republicans say Senator Goldwater Is the first Jet pilot
to for President What's more he's the first pilot
off from United States so-and land back In the old
Confederacy.
Henry Throne rescued Pennsylvania miner, may quit
mining and work in tavern Man gets stuck in the bottom
of beer glass, at least he can see out.
The Kennedys aren't showing their usual genius in
handling world crises these days Why don't they appoint
Alabamas Gov. Wallace Ambassador to Madam Nhup
One fellow has such small sports car that when a
spring breaks, he has to take it to a jeweer.
Civil War Centennial notes About the only place where
the Yankees still winning without struggle is the
American League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05

The signed columns on these pages like the
cartoon beloD intended to present Star readers
Nth tDtde range OF opinions issues of the day.
including opinions Uhtch conflict l0tth our oDn.
The Stars vtetOs are expressed In its editorials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Rewording Coreerists

Arlington County has never taken a
parsimonious attitude toward its schools.
AS in most other areas, however, its
generosity in the past has been oriented
toward buildings more than toward
compensation for teachers. The dra-
matte new teacher-pay plan now APP
proved by the County School Board
would change all that, and would place
Arlington's salary scales decidedly in
the forefront of the Washington area
While the necessary additional funds
still must be provided in the school
budget, officials are optimistic that the
new plan will take effect next fall. Their
enthusiasm for the plan, in our opinion,
is thoroughly justified, for its goal is
much more than one of merely adequate
compensation. Rather than to raise pay
scales across the board, it is designed
primarily to reward careerists, to re-
duce the tremendous turnover Of teach
ers (roughly 20 per cent year in Ar
lington), to provide greater incentives
for graduate study, and to make 1t pos
Sible for superior teachers to remain
in classroom work rather than take
administrative jobs, with no financial
sacrifice. Thus, for example, pay in the
career scale" would range up to $4,000
a year for teachers with masters de-
grees. A still higher scale proposed to
take effect in 1864, would offer ex-
ceptional teachers salaries ranging from
$4,000 to $14,400.
These levels, of course, would be by
far the highest in the Washington area
"a region where bids for teachers
services are highly competitive, and
where no Jurisdiction can afford to fall
too far behind the others. Accordingly,
other Jurisdictions will be watching the
progress Of the Arlington proposal with
much more than detached interest.
The immediate question, however,
is how Arlingtonians will react to the
plan. Certainly its Endorsement by the
School Board was no snap judgment.
This action was preceded by months
of study, and in a full awareness of
the problems Of effectively rewarding
teachers. We think the conclusion Of
the board deserves the most sympa-
thetic consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

delegation has arranged for public
hearing on the bill in Annapolis next
Thursday, which will afford opponents
the opportunity to explain their positions
fully. We trust that Senator Wheatley
and the rest of the delegation will pay
close attention to both the questions
and the answers, however, for 1t is hard
to believe that there can be any justi-
fication for further delay. Certainly
every aspect Of the project has been
studied and restudied.
Thus far the gas company has in
vested about sat- million in the Brandy
wine enterprise. Why has 1t persisted
so longP The answer is simple: There
is no other location In this part of the
country where the underground condi-
tons are precisely right for such use.
However, this session Of the Legislature
is rapidly drawing to close. Senator
Wheatley and the remainder of the
Prince Georges delegation will do grave
disservice to the Washington region as
well as to their own constituents If they
fail to secure enactment Of the gas
storage bill before adjournment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Help From the Bar

The board of directors Of the Dis
! trict Bar Association, acting on the
basis Of report from a select COM
! mittee, has suggested to Congress the
enactment of three bills designed to i'm
prove law enforcement in the Nations
Capital.
n, One member of the select commit
tee dissented. The eight others, includ-
ing two former chairmen of the Bar
Associations Committee on Civil Rights,
were unanimous in recommending legis-
lation to deal with the problem "that
arises out Of the necessity of recon-
Cling protection of individual rights
with the public interest in adequate
law enforcement" We do not believe
that these eight men can be accused.
by even the most incorporate critic,
Of favoring revival of "third-degree"
methods or Of sacrificing anyone's con-
stitutional rights. In difficult situa-
ton, they have sought to strike a bal
ance between the rights of an individual
and the right of society to reasonable
protection against crime In our judg-
ment, they have discharged their re-
SponSibility in commendable fashion.
One of the proposed laws is directed
to the So-called Mallory Rule. 1t would
provide that an otherwise admissible
confession shall not be inadmissible
solely because of delay in arraignment.
This is subject, however, to the follow
ing proviso: UNLESS the effect of the
delay is to render the confession in
voluntary" We take it that this is
directed to an unreasonable" delay in
arraignment. Another section Of this
bill provides for specific Police Trial
Board procedures against any police
officer suspected of unnecessarily de-
laying an arraignment. The effect of
this would be to punish the officer, not
the public.
The second bill outlines procedure,
under judicial control, for limited in
terrogation by the police of individuals
who may be involved in or have knowl-
edge of crime. This is intended to
serve as substitute for the banned
arrests for investigation. The third
measure would amend and strengthen
statute relating to material witnesses"
which has been on the books for IS
years.
This contribution to better law en-
forcement by the Bar Association is
not necessarily the best or the final
answer to the problem. It is, however,
the product Of careful study by con-
scientious men who have become gen.
timely concerned with the weakening
Of criminal law enforcement in our
Capital City. We hope that Congress
will receive 1t in the spirit in which it
was prepared and submitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Removing the HoodIums

The police arrested five Terrell
Junior High School students one day
last week in connection with school,
YARD fight with razor blades-the result,
apparently, of a shakedown threat by
one youth against younger boy. A 10
year-old ninth grader at another junior
high was taken to the Receiving Home
for knitting a classmate, bone-deep, in
the arm. In still another incident, police
picked up student who had refused to
let his teacher and smaller pupil enter
a classroom.
In the latter case, the 15-year-old
eighth grader actually challenged the
teacher to take him to the principals
office or to call the police. The teacher
obliged-under the provisions of a new
school policy which urges teachers to
summon police at the first suggestion of
violence or of any other violation of law,
and also to remove or arrest loiterers
who have no business on the school
grounds.
Certainly the Incidents cited above
leave no room for doubt about the need
for the new policy. 1t should be amply
clear by now that the MacCarthy Com
mittee was right not only in its allega-
tions about violence and misconduct in
the schools, but in criticizing school per-
sonnet for not working more closely
with police concerning these problems.
The new policy directive is joint effort
of the school and police authorities; it
should be followed scrupulouSly in
schools throughout the city
The three incidents cited here are
of course more than merely suggestive"
Of trouble. They are intolerable and al
most incredible examples of a kind of
jungle conduct engaged in by number
of youthful thugs and miSfitS. The num-
Der Of these is small, but their presence
is sufficient to throw a classroom into
chaos. Unfortunately there are those in
the community who still are unable or
unwilling to accept this fact. These
hoodlumS must be kept in the class
room, it is said, because they cannot
be held responsible for their actions.
Certainly there must be more Wig
orous and effective programs to provide
specialized attention to maladjusted pu-
pills. But to say this is not to deny the
urgent need to remove from the normal
classroom environment those whose ac-
lions destroy education. The school sys-
tenn of the District of Columbia is fl
nanced at considerable expense by the
taxpayers for the benefit of those who
want to learn. This majority should not
be penalized and handicapped by an ir-
rational preoccupation with the few who
could not care less about an education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

How can a father relax
current college-exam tensions
in a teen-age daughter? How
can he convince her that she
will not suffer a fate worse
than death If she is rejected
by all of the heavenly sew
en"-that a good education
and a good time are still pos
sible at other colleges?
If I sneak sedatives into
her soup she may relax too
much and stop working. If I
tell her that some Of the
most brilliant and successful
women I have known had
little formal education-so
little that they would have
blown the fuses II they had
taken these modern machine
operated tests-she will sim
ply not believe me. II I as
sure her that college is not
really a matter OF life and
death-that, in other coun-
tries girls have successful
careers and even marry and
live happily ever after with
out any degrees at all-she
will lose all incentive TO
study. Then both Of us win
be in trouble with her teach
ers and perhaps with the
Committee on Un-American
Activities as well.
But II / don't do something
10 release her nervous ten
sions. the day Of the exams
she Is likely to be so rat
tied" that she will not do
herself justice. So perhaps
one Of your kind readers will
advise an alien father-to
whom the American Adora-
ton Of the Sheepskin is a
new and battling form Of
pressure on the adolescent
female mind-about a bal
anced approach TO this prob
lem.
Much of this pressure
seems to be due TO the pre-
occupation Of American bus
inessmen with diplom a s
rather than with personal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Plight of Divorces

Edward r. Murrow recently
said ITO steer a ship prop
erly we must take frequent
soundings." I would like to
sound off about the unfair
ness of our Social Security
laws. in the hopes that some
crusading columnist viii take
up the cause Of divorced
women.
Statistics have proven that
one out of four marriages
end in divorce, which means
that one out of four widows
find themselves suddenly with
no Social Security credits.
These widows, whose only en-
ployment has been raising a
family, housekeeper, laun-
dress, etc. are left with no
Social Security, whatsoever.
when they are too old to
make a start in the business
world. What chance does a
middle aged woman have
when cast on the sea of un-
employed?
She has helped during her
married life to contribute to
her husbands Social Security
then often finds herself. old
divorced and with not enough
time left to build up a rea-
sonable amount of Social
Security. Some elderly di-
vorced ladies are battling
their brains out trying TO keeI
pace with young women. Just
trying to get on Social Secu.
rity, a Social Security they
have paid into all their lives.
Is this fair or equitable?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Big Spending

With the President insist
ing on tax-cutting without
cutting expenditures, and
warning Congress not to tam
per with his tax program, it
is no wonder that he cannot
get the support of business
and other frugal citizens to
believe in his philosophy of
spend, spend tax, tax and
elect, elect. It is a shame that
he never had to earn a dollar
through hard work and use of
the free enterprise system in
order to make him more cog
infant of being thrifty.
If each of us homeowners
would increase our mortgages
and spend the difference,
without a doubt there would
be a temporary period Of
prosperity. OF course, by the
time the principal and inter-
est were paid back, 1t would
cost each Of us twice as
much as we borrowed and
naturally would deprive our
children Of education and
other necessities.
If the present spending pol
icies of this administration
were carried on by the ma
jority of home-owners and
business men in the United
States today, we would be on
the brink Of financial col
lapse within a years time.
Fred Kleinknecht, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

qualities. Perhaps this is be-
cause they have found the
average high school educa-
ton inadequate. Perhaps they
find 1t easier and quicker to
read a job-applicant's d.
ploma than to assess her as
a person. Or perhaps they
have been oversold on the
value to business Of college
degrees by educators eager
for their donations to the
building fund.
Don't misunderstood me. I,
too, believe that a college
education is a good thing
and that our girls should try
their utmost to win 1t. But,
when an admirable aim be-
comes a national neurosis,
isn't 1t time to adjust our
perspectives? Shouldn't we,
for instance, concentrate our
efforts and resources on get
ting better education in high
schools rather than on more
bricks-and-mortar for col
leges which. In 10 years time,
may have surplus capacity2
No doubt a college educa-
ton is desirable for most
girls-if only TO keep them
busy and to reduce the risks
OF premature marriage. But Is
II really as necessary TO the
business men who employ
them as they have come To
believe?
I ask this question because,
as a business man, I have
employed girls, with and
without college degrees. on
both sides OF the Atlantic
and cannot recall any signifi-
cant difference from the
purely business point Of view
II anything, the girls with
out degrees we're more adapt
able-they had less TO UNI
learn - while their English
and spelling were superior Ia
that Of some college grad
uates-perhaps because they
had enjoyed better high
schools.
This experience was con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

firmed recently by The Wall
Street Journal which reported
that British secretaries are
much in demand in New
York; and I doubt If many
Of them have ever been to
college.
I was once responsible. too.
for selecting hundreds Of
girls-only a few of whom
had been to college-for ex-
acting wartime duties. Like
many thousands Of their sis
tiers they did a new, diff
cult-and sometimes danger
ous-job in a manner Of
which personnel managers
sometimes dream but do not
often experience, despite their
obsession with college degrees.
With these experiences, I
believe that II businessmen
were less insistent on college
degrees as a requirement for
jobs, they would profit: and
the pressures-both physical
and psychological - on our
daughters schools and col
leges would be usefully re-
duced.
Meanwhile, how can ! help
my daughter TO relax a bit
and put her crosses In the
right little squares In the
exams of the next few weeks2
Dare I tell her that while /
hope she does we'll and gets
accepted by a good four-year
college. / shall refuse TO re-
gard 1t as q calamity If things
go wrong2 Or woulG that be
too un-American?
This letter may seem like
the worst sort OF heresy and,
In educational circles, here
sizes are as unpopular as were
off-color stories with Queen
Victoria. For my daughters
sake. therefore, ! must ask
you TO withhold my name.
But I will appreciate any
hints on how TO deal with
what one fellow-f foreigner has
described as the "sheepskin
psychosis".
Foreign Father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

PARIS.
The large bore nuclear
thinkers in Washington have
recently been turning their
attention to the French
atomic effort and coming up
with some rather puzzling
answers.
Take, for instance, Dean
Acheson's estimate Of the
French nuclear Force de
Frappe as outlined in his re-
cent speech at the Univer-
sity Of California. Mr.. Ache
son, former Secretary Of
State, examines this force
from two aspects: First as a
"detonator" or trigger for
American nuclear power, and
second, as a deterrent in its
own right.
On both counts, the for
mer Secretary finds the
French effort wholly lacking
in credibility. Indeed his
main argument against the
viability and validity Of Pres
ident de Gaulle's concept Of
Europe is based on what he
considers to be its inherent
military weakness.
Mr.. Acheson, Of course, re-
fleets the best current mill
tary thinking in Washington.
which has consistently de-
rided, deplored and mini
mixed the French Force de
Frappe. And yet the assump-
tons on which his argument
is based are we'll worth ex-
aiming in some detail.
idea Is Unacceptable"
First, the idea that the
French force as a trigger for
American power will not
work because, as Mr.. Ache
son says, "this idea is I'M
acceptable to U.S."
ut is difficult to conceive
Of any government in this
country" he declared, "un-
dertaking so unpromising a
commitment"
This argument, which i'm
plies American consent TO
the European nuclear trigger,
completely misses the point
of the concept and indeed
the point Of any independ-
ent European nuclear force.
The whole French nuclear
effort is based on the appre-
hension that thu United
States may not consent vol
unfairly to use its nuclear
weapons in the defense Of
Western Europe. The Euro
pean nuclear force would not
be used In any case until
this apprehension were
proved true-that is, II
Europe we're threatened with
military conquest and al
other means Of defense in
GLIDING the American nuclear
deterrent, had failed. To use
it in any circumstances
would be suicidal so far as
Europe was concerned -
potent as a threat only In
terms of the mutual destruc-
ton that might ensue.
Danger to Europe
In these circumstances the
United States might, as Mr.
Acheson implies, simply fold
its arms and let Europe
suffer the inevitable con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
MARYLAND Tog Faults

There are several things
contrary to the public inter-
est in the Maryland Depart
nent of Motor Vehicles. II
an auto is purchased in
another State, such as Vir-
ginia, which has To-day tags,
Maryland does not deliver
its tags in time, leaving the
motorist stranded. If an auto
is purchased in some States,
excise tax must be paid. and
Maryland charges the excise
tax again. Maryland does not
keep proper alphabetical
files; If one writes the State
about auto tags, the name
is not sufficient to find the
tag number. Maryland does
not send out tag registration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Summary of q Great Mans Life
By DONALD MIMI

later became known as chem
urgy.
What, for example, could
be gotten out of a peanut?
From this storehouse OF
wonders" writes Mrs. Holt,
combinations in many curl
Gus and uncommon forms
poured in a never-ending
stream - gastronomically,
from soup to nuts: a dozen
beverages, mixed pickles,
sauces Worcestershire and
child, meal, instant and dry
coffee, salve, bleach, tan
remover, wood-filler, wash
ing powder, metal polish,
paper, ink. plastics, shaving
cream, rubbing oil, linoleum,
shampoo, axle grease, syn
thetic rubber. If the Institute
prepared a list, 1t was out
of date before 1t could be
printed"
This work was undertaken
with an immediate, practical
purpose in mind. DR.. Car
ver's mission was to free the
South from the tyranny Of
a one-crop economy as much
as it was to ameliorate the
lot Of the improvised Ne
gro farmer by showing him
how much could be accom-
plished by the wise use Of
his own resources.
IN ORDER TO FORWARD
this work, he accepted the
barbarous social customs"
of the South when necessary,
and withdrew into the quiet
Of his laboratory when not.
His notion that economic
betterment would bring au-
tomatically Negro freedom
seems now to have been too
optimistic, and he has been
criticized for the apparent
meekness with which he ac-
cepted his lot. But 1t is well
to remember the generation
TO which he belonged: he was
born more than 100 years
ago.
Furthermore, there are
various sorts Of economic bet
terment, and In 1905, DR..
Carver was quite specific,
seemingly more so than in
later years. by the advance
Of civilization, the markets
have become more fastidi-
ous," he said, land he who
puts such a product upon the
market as IL demands con-
trolls the market. regardless
Of color"
Mrs. Holt tells us very little
about this extraordinary man
as a personality. She defends
him against charges-if that
is the word-of eccentricity:
yet plainly he was what most
people would consider eccen-
trio.
George Washington Car
yer" is no substitute for a
genuinely searching book. But
1t is a readable summary OF
the life Of a great man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Ten Years Later

1t has been nearly a decade since
the Washington Gas Light Co. discovered
that conditions in the Brandywine area
of Prince Georges County we're ideal for
the underground storage of natural gas.
During the interim the company has
managed to obtain rights (or promises
Of rights to store gas under fully SO per
cent Of the huge storage-site acreage.
The remaining rights, however, are es-
sential. So once again this month the
Maryland Legislature is being asked to
pass a simple bill which would provide
the limited eminent-domain powers
necessary to make this worthy project
. reality.
Why Senator Winship Wheatley Of
Prince Georges has seen fit to block this
legislation in past years almost defies
comprehension. Surely the arguments
and questions raised about the project
have all been answered satisfactorily
by now. The natural storage vault lies
more than 1900 feet below the surface.
Its use would not affect the water
supply, or any other natural resource.
There is no threat OF danger. Certainly
there would be no impact on real estate
values, for there would be no impact on
the surface Of the land at all. Yet prop
erty owners would receive liberal pay
ments for the underground rights. AS
the result Of taxes and additional fees
agreed upon by the gas company this
year, Prince Georges County would re-
ceive annual revenues estimated at
100000 by the end of the first five
years of operation, and later an esti-
mated SITS million annually. Through
out the Washington Metropolitan Area
the storage project would bring savings
OF about So million year to gas con-
sumers.
1t is well that the Prince Georges