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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

The Justice Department has
filed a brief with the United
States Supreme Court support
ing four Virginia lawmakers
who won a Federal court de-
cision last November requiring
reapportionment from the
State Legislature.
In a 67-page document
filed Friday. Solicitor General
Archibald Cox commended that
State and county election off,
Gals had no basis for their
appeal from the lower court
decision.
The appellants have con-
tended that there are reasons
for some rural areas Of Virginia
having up to four times as
many legislators per capita as
Norfolk and Arlington and
Fairfax County.
Explanation Called Inadequate
The Justice Department brief
calls inadequate the explana-
ton that there are large num-
bers of transient military per-
sonnet in the three areas and
that some inequity may be
needed in the legislature to bal
ance the rural with urban
power
THE only justification sug-
gested, in fact, failed to ex-
plain the invidious discrimins-
tion," the brief states.
It adds: 1--WE believe that a
state may not approach its
legislature so as to discriminate
significantly against a substan-
tial number Of voters when 1t
can suggest no rational basis
for the discrimination, even
though q large minority Is
needed to elect q majority Of
the legislature"
Under the 1862 reapportion-
ment Of the Virginia Legisla-
ture. II per cent Of the popula-
ton elects q majority Of the
Senate and 40 per cent elects
a majority to the House of
Delegates.
Execution Delayed
The reapportionment decree
was issued last November %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

factors could be considered.
The lower court said that at
present % per cent of the
population can elect a majority
Of the lower house and 81 per
cent can name two-thirds of
Delaware's upper house.
An appeal filed by a group
Of State and county officials
said the constitution does not
preclude a State from ap-
portioning its Senate on an
area basis. The appeal noted
that Congress does it this way.
Today'S order agreeing to
hear the Delaware case granted
an early hearing and set the
case for argument on Deem
Der 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

everett warner, 90, one OF
the Nations most distin-
guished water color artists and
a depicter Of many Wash
ington scenes, died of a heart
attack yesterday at Westmore-
land, N. H., where he made his
home for many years.
At the age of 81 Mr.. Warner
did the murals In the cocktail
lounge of the Cosmos Club.
The paintings depict Lafayette
square and its surroundings as
they appeared when the club
was founded.
Despite his long out-of-town
residence, he was almost al
ways regarded as a Washing
ton artist.
His early schooling was here
He began his study of art ir
the local Art Students League
under E. E. Messer, Hobart
Nichols and Wells Sawyer. Fol
a time before going to Paris
for further training, he was thu
art writer for The Star.
Won Many Awards
That was in the late 1905
Later, he won many awards ant
was elected to leading art as
sociations, becoming a nationa
academician in 1898.
From his earliest days MI
Warner was interested Il
painting city pictures, such a
steel, Steam and Speed"
railroad train roaring through
a Pittsburgh cut at such g
speed that the houses .higl
against the skyline seem t,
topple. Snow and Steam" wa
another scene of a homel
Pittsburgh section that be
comes lovely at his touch
busy, contented, quiet an
idealized, but not much be
yond the boundaries of truth
Critical of MOdernistic
The first Of his works were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Moscow Blast!
Steps
For A-FOrce

MOSCOW. Oct. q CAP)-
A formal statement carried b!
Tass declared today steps tax,
en- toward development Of {
multilateral nuclear force in thu
North Atlantic Treaty organi.
zation ARE in complete con.
tradiction to the spirit Of the
Moscow treaty banning nucleal
tests"
Washington Unimpressed
In Washington, officials took
the blast calmly. Some termed
Moscow's objections routine.
The State Department declined
comment.
1t was not the first Soviet
protest against the projected
formation of a NATO nuclear
force. Last May. on the eve Of
the Ottawa conference Of
NATO's ministerial council,
Moscow sent protest notes to
the is members Of the Atlantic
alliance.
The issue was brought I'D
again by Andrea A. Gromyko,
the Soviet Foreign Minister,
when he visited Washington
earlier this month.
The statement by the official
Soviet news agency said:
Soviet leading circles can
not but take account Of the
dangerous consequences of the
provision of nuclear weapons
to the Federal CWest) German
Republic and take into consid
Grafton the need to insure the
safety Of the Soviet Union and
its allies in this event.
The dangerous steps being
undertaken by NATO cannot
but have an adverse effect on
the still infirm shoots Of mu-
tual understandings and trust
between states"
The statement was promptly
read over Moscow radio, indi-
eating the Importance attached
to 1t.
THE conclusion Of the treaty
on banning nuclear weapon
tests in the atmosphere, in
outer space and under water"
it said, created a more IA
vorable atmosphere for search
ing for solution to other I'M
settled problems in the inter-
ests Of removing the threat Of
war and organizing business
like friendly cooperation be-
tween states"
The Soviet government Is try
ing to promote general disarm-
armed with missiles with nu-
clear warheads.
President Kennedy put forth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Everett Warner, sc, Artist
Noted for His Water CoIors

of New York City-views look
ing across the East River with
the towers Of the Brooklyn
Bridge in the foreground, and
q view Of Longacre square be-
fore the New York Times
building was erected there.
His subjects were modern,
but Mr.. Warner was an out
spoken critic Of much mod
ernistic" painting.
II kept my interest in the
exciting world" he once said,
during the years when the
'moderns' found significance
only in rickety tables on which
were grouped mandolins, al
legged apples and assorted
crockery."
OF the artist, he said: 81
have come to realize that II
the artist himself is the only
one pleased, he is Just a social
parasite"
OF his own work, he COM
mented: Someone has said
that truth is stranger than
fiction. and it is also more
beautiful. I should like to add
that it is infinitely more diff
ficult."
A native of Winton, Iowa,
Mr.. Warner lent his talents
to the military during both
world wars, designing camou-
flage systems for ships.
COrcOran Prize Winner
He was the winner of the
first Corcoran Prize Of the
Washington Water Color Club
|, in 1902, and in 1913 received
the bronze medal at the So
ciety of Washington Artists
Armory show.
His paintings hang in the
Corcoran Gallery. the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of Fine Arts
the Boston Museum Of Fine
Arts, the New York Public
| Library, the Museum of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
james Duncan, Former
Security OfficioI, Dies

James Reese Duncan, the for,
mer Alexandra Civil and POLES
Court judge who became
watchdog over national secur'
ity as q member Of the Sub
versive Activities Contro
Board. died today at the agI
Of 50.
An appointment by Presi-
dent Eisenhower In 1885 ele'
waited the Alexandra Demo
crat from the municipal judge
ship 10 the national position
he held until stepping down
. last June because Of i'll health
7 President Kennedy accepted
Judge Duncan's resignation
with regret" Judge Duncan
then settled down in his Alex
andria home. Longview or
Duke street.
Georgetown Graduate
Judge Duncan was graduated
from Georgetown University
Law School in 1925. He previ-
ously graduated from St.
Johns High School in WASH
'ington after attending public
schools in Alexandria.
He was a Navy veteran Of
World War I.
He leaves his wife, the for
mer Katherine ElizRbet h
Braunstein Of Richmond; two
sons, James R., jr., and Thomas
p, both Of the home address;
three daughters, Mrs. Kath-
crime E. Andres Of 54S5 Sanger
avenue, Alexandria. and Anne
d. Duncan and Martha H
Duncan, both of the home ad-
dress: two brothers and two
granddaughters
The Everly- Wheatley Funeral
Home of Alexandria will make
the funeral arrangements, ten
tatively slated for Wednesday
at st. Mary's Catholic Church
in Alexandria.
Judge Duncan was stricken
with an apparent heart attack
this morning while eating
breakfast. He was taken to
Alexandria Hospital where he
died a short time later.
For 81 years., Judge Duncan
had presided over the Alexan-
dria Municipal Court bench
Judge Duncan was proud OF
the attention and patience he
sought to give all who appeared
before him.
The name Of Judge Duncan
was known in Alexandria be-
yond the confines Of his court
room. For years, support BY
Judge Duncan was considered
an asset in local elections.
Started in 1885
Judge Duncan first entered
politics in 1885 when he wor
election to the municipal court
bench. The post was Their
called Civil and Police Court
and was an elective office. He
was reelected every four years
thereafter, until the appoint
ment by President Eisenhower
carried him to the SACB posi-
ton.
While on the municipal court
bench, he served concurrently
for 10 years as judge Of the
city's juvenile and domestic
relations court.
The Judge was active II
numerous organizations. HI
was past exalted ruler Of thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

the idea Of q multinational nu.
clear force at . meeting Will
former Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan Of Britain In Mas
sua. the Bahamas, IN middle
cember. The meeting was called
to discuss United States dis
continuance Of It's skybolt mis-
sile program upon which the
British had been relying fol-
defense.
Mr.. Kennedy offered the Brit
ish Polaris missiles as part Of
an overall NATo force Of
ships and submarines armed
with Polaris missiles with nu-
clear warheads.
But since their meeting the
British have turned cool toward
the nuclear force. France has
held back support. West Ger
many is the only major Euro
pean power to give the plan its
full backing.
The idea Of the nuclear
force was to modernize NATO
to avoid any action that might
complicate and make more diff
ficult the attainment Of agree
ment on measures toward the
consolidation Of peace that are
Of vital importance to the peo-
piles.
and yet the NATo coun-
tries. as reported in the press,
have begun q new round OF
talks to work out 9 specific
military-technical plan for the
establishment of q multilateral
NATO nuclear force In the form
of a fleet Of surface vessels
ament at the present session
of United Nations, 1t added,
and has exchanged views with
Britain and the United States
aimed at easing International
tension.
at Is clear" the statement
continued, that 1t Is Of utmost
Importance now for the states
in an age Of push-button nu-
clear warfare.
Today's TaSs statement said
a NATO working committee
was already actively discussing
the military aspects Of the
plan. then added:
TT is well known that the
real sponsors and the main
moving force behind these
plans are the military circles
of the United States and the
Federal Republic Of Germany
Bonn's plans were frankly
stated by Gerhard Schroeder
the minister Of foreign affairs
of the Federal Republic Of Ger
many, who according to press
reports. proposed at the time
Of his visit to Washington late
in September last that greater
efforts be made with the OBJ
ject Of setting up a multilateral
nuclear surface fleet for the
Atlantic alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
james H. May,
Stuunton Judoe

STANTON, Va, Oct. 81
(AP).-James Harrison May
Judge Of Staunton Corporation
Court since 1912, died yester-
day at his home.
| He was Mayor Of Staunton
from 1916 to 1920 and was
Police Court justice from 1917
until he became Corporate
Court judge.
Judge May, a native Of
Rockingham County, was Q
vice president of the Valley
National Bank. He graduated
from the University of Vir.
ginia Law School in 1910.
He leaves his wife and three
| childreY1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

City in New York and at gall
leries in st. Louis, Toledo,
Chicago and Syracuse.
The author of articles, he
was a member of the Cosmos
Club and the American Water
Color Society, among others.
Mr.. Warner leaves his wife,
Katherine, Of Westmoreland,
and three sons. Thomas, a pro-
feSsor of music at Brown Uni
verSity; James, Of New Hamp-
shire, and Stephen of West
moreland.
Memorial services will be
held Thursday at Park Hill in
WeStmoreland,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Citizens Defined

MARRIOTT, Kenya. Sept. 81
(AP)-Anyone born In Kenya
having at least one parent also
born in Kenya will automati-
cally become a Kenya citizen
when the British colony be-
com e. independent December
IL, Tom Mboya. Minister Of
Justice and Legal Affairs, has
announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
Dr.. N. R. Thomas,
Ocean CITY Doctor

OCEAN CITY, Nd, Oct 81
(AP).-Funeral services are
scheduled tomorrow for DR..
Nathaniel r. Thomas, one Of
Ocean City's two physicians,
who died Of a heart attack at
his home Saturday night. He
was 81.
DR.. Thomas practiced medi-
cine in the area for the past
10 years. He leaves his wife
and two daughtArn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21
St. Luke's Mass

More than 1000 worshipers
attended the annual White
Mass Of the st. Luke's Guild,
Catholic physicians group, yes
terday in st. Matthews Cathe-
dral, Rhode Island avenue off
Connecticut avenue NV.
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ton through tomorrow. Mostly
cloudy with some drizzle to-
night and tomorrow. Visibility
l to miles; tides 2 to 8 feet
above normal in lower bay.
Five-Day Forecast
Temperatures will average 4
to 8 degrees above normals for
Washington of So and Al.
Warm weather through the
five-day period with little day
to day change. Some rain in
coastal areas tonight.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls Shenandoah
River clear at Hsrpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight - 90 Noon --- 81
am. ----- 55 / pm. $500 IS
sam. ------ 55 SPIN. 80 81
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 90. on May 9, June 10
and July 81.
Lowest, 8. on January "a.
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High --- 11:04 am. 11:42 am.
Low ------ 5:57 am. 6:35 am
High $500 1l:25 pm.
Low 5:53p,rn. 6.94 nm
For high and low tides at the follow
| ing points subtract times indicated
/ from the above: Annapolis. ga hours
| Bloody Point Light. 4la hours: Colonial
solomons island, ga hours; Point
Lookout, ia hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-21

FURNISHED by the United States coas
and Geodetic Survey
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-09
You Can Strike A Blow
For Open Occupancy

The United States Supreme Court has rejected
petition for review Of the Deerfield case This is
the case, referred to in earlier editorials in which
a Chicago suburb used powers Of land condemna-
ton to block housing subdivision after it became
known that some of the houses would be sold to
Negro buyers.
Involved are both the issue of freedom of resid-
enCy and considerable financial loss inflicted upon
the developer by the Deerfield bgots.
The Supreme courts refusal to review lower
courts decision upoding the Deerfeld bigots is not
judgment of the merits of the case but merely
decision that this is of the nine out of ten
appeals that in the opinion of the court lack the
merit the Importance to justify the courts at
tention. We of believe that this case is very
important indeed, and that the use by petty and
ignorant politicians of public powers to interfere
with basic human rights needs to be examined very
closely indeed by the highest court
If the US. Justice Department had shared this
belief and joined in the petition the court might
have taken closer look at the case. We cannot
understand why the Justice Department did not
Now there is a chance for a re-hearing new peti-
ton can be filed any time up to about the middle
Of May. Possibly the Attorney General can be per-
suaded, this time, to support the petition A lot Of
kilograms to the Attorney General and to the White
House urging this course will help. Maybe the Ad-
minstration needs to be reminded that this was
one Of the issues in the 1860 election
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-09

editorialy significant
civil rights Roaag made to the Minnesota
state legislature a few days ago.
far-reang comprehensive
human rights problem
of any state in the Union to this date
ROvaag demonstrated his Of facet of the vc
forth constructive both for the state legislature and
own executive Of state government
In his to the state legislature Rolaag lived the
great traditions of flay all citizens which
generally charaees many continual
y seek implement
est and prayerful attention this
rights faced real dilemma during the recent
gubenatoa between Rovaag
reputation
rights ISSUE
Gov ROvaag a when he publicly
acknowledged that his Andersen good
rights record Unusual
tough campaign.
those who torn between part
Of Republican Andersen traditional
ROvaag
Andersens inherent conservative
approach him Republicans anged
failure to embrace the
rghtng Republicans failed to mark
their ballots for might margin Of
victory for the DFL candidate ROvag perhaps pure specu
current since the November 1852 elections
politics Andersen if he cares
TO- going to continue to party possible
candidate for state and national office.
opening Guthrie Theatre left
glow of pride writer demonstrates
what makes this country others
Beyond pride in the bringing
stimulus the founding development the theatre
something which should make the Upper very proud
Our pride Negro parcpat
ing at level of this
Of the board which directs the bring
the best commercially drama
Negroes among staff cast of players among
the volunteers who sold the tickets and the
Of the Minnesota Theatre Company which
theatre.
This has all happened quietly unobsvey fanfare
and demonstrates the climate
also sets an example Of the best in American living.
We the surrounding states will
appreciate what they have in the give
and its its plays the support the
project well deserves-Cecil E. Newman
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-09
COP. Putting Self
In Poor Position

The Minnesota Republican party is putting It.
self in highly questionable position when It con-
tinues through inspited letters to the daily press
and official pronouncements and speeches. to attack
those who exposed lax inspection methods and sub
standard construction our state highways.
The other day the Republican State Chairman
called the revelations about the highway constrlc-
ton hoax, distortion and deceit, and suggested
that the issue might bring about the defeat Of
Senator Mccarthy"
The highway incident is, of course, very simple
l. An inspector who had observed violations of
the specifications on a stretch of highway and re-
ported them to his superiors without result then
took the matter to higher authority, and in this way
blasted it into the newspapers and the political
campaign. He said, incidentally, that he had been
reprimanded for being too honest. After the In
cident he lost his Job.
2. Instead of reacting by promising thorough
investigation, the state authorities chose to take the
line Of outraged innocence which has since been
built up so industriousy by the COP.
3. The federal authorities ran tests on the high
way in question and did indeed find substandard
construction there, ordering the faulty parts re-
placed
That is all there is to it, except that it seems
evident that the Andersen forces by reactng to the
charges the way they did instead Of going all-out
for full investigation gave the Rolvaag forces the
very slim margin Of victory which theirs in the
election.
We do not like to see our highways made pold-
cal footballs. But II there are shenanIgans in the
construction, want to complete, fully aired
Investigations with all parties cooperating RepubH-
spokesman like Chairman Robert Forsythe. In
branding as a hoax" the charges which led to dis
covery of faulty construction seems to be on the
side opposed to full investigation and full disclosure
There has belatedy come into the picture an
effort to give to the State Highway Departments
position in the matter a little more respectabiity
than 1t has had heretofore and a somewhat sounder
basis than the position Of the COP. Specifications,
we are being told, are perfectonist, and therefore
unenforceable. What need Is a type Of specinca-
ton that sets up "tolerances." So the argument
goes.
This may be a sound engineering principle. We
would not know What we do know Is that the prac-
tees which were tolerated by the State Highway
Department led to sub-standard construction, which
was ordered replaced by the federal authorities
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-09
The Weekly NeWspaper

The American weekly Institution as old
the nation And 1t has shown the toughest staying power
For instance recent News Bureau
shows that the states wees circulation by
weeles found ara read
in the majority
The weedy-in which competinR al
most desperately for circulation and advertising proven
ability beyond question
There's good why this should weekly
the community historian
deaths marriages divorces failures the
growth and the changing
Of mind that come with passing generations.
Beyond that the good weekly molder Of opinion
editorial columns provides not only facts but
srs debate and curiosity phrase makes
perhaps its greatest contribution
long and fathfuly-InduStral News Review.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-09
Letters To The Editor

that there is no basis for the
judgment that the President has
abandoned his concern for working
people, and in any case such a
judgment calls for perspective that
is at this point impossible. I pre-
dict that history will find that the
President had abandoned his con-
Germ for working people, and in
any case such judgment calls for
perspective that is at this point
impossible. I predict that history
will find that the President had a
great and continuing concern for
all Of our people.
1t seems to me that on the basis
Of his performance to this date the
President is entitled to the support
and sympathetic cooperation Of
the American people. Such ILL
spirited and ill-informed sniping
as Mr.. Luoma's disturbs me-
F. G., st. Paul, MINI.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-05-09
Our Post This Week
1ip for Nerro HstOrx scrnpbo,

Uip for Negro History ScrapbOOk
May 5, 1871 - Emperor Halle
selassie, exiled for 5 years and 8
days in London after being forced
out by the Italians, returns to
Adds Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 8, 1790 - The "Almanacs"
Of Benjamin Banneker (1731-1S06),
mathematical and mechanical gen.
ius and one Of a three-man team
who planned and surveyed the site
for the city Of Washington, DC,
were published. Banneker, an as
tronomer and inventor Of the first
striking clock, was q noteworthy
American scientific pioneer. His
"Almanacs" were widely used
throughout the United States in
the 1905.
May 8, 1912 - Martin r. Del
aney, co-editor with Frederick
Douglass Of The North Star news
paper (launched in Rochester,
NY, on December 3, 1s47), was
born.
May 8, 1913 - Emma Clarissa
Clement, Louisville, KY, becomes
first Negro woman to be named
Mother Of the Year
May Z, 1913 - Thaddeus Kos
ciusko, a Polish Revolutionary
War hero, provided for the educa-
ton Of Negroes In his will.
May 8, 1884 - Harry s. Truman
under whose administration as
President the armed forces Of the
United States became officially
integrated, was born.
May 8, 1912 - Henry Agard
Wallace, US. Vice President under
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, makes
his Century Of Common Man"
speech.
May o, 1900 - John Brown,