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Nom, Poor Nom

Margaret Mead, anthropologist and
apostle Of single cusSedness, was in town
recently to take another whack at mar
rage, the curse Of the race.
Like a wedding ring, this closes
. circle Of some kind. Miss Mead,
decades ago, began the continuing crit
ic1sm Of American marriage with her
reports on how much better the South
Sea Islanders manage these things.
Shortly thereafter Philip Wylie, a writer
who has made very good thing out Of
the Collapse Of Western Civilization,
discovered MomiSm as a malady. We
learned that the only real trouble with
our troublesome children is that they all
have these frightful Mons.
Rejoining the chorus she had start
ed, Miss Mead a couple Of years ago
accused American women, in particu-
larry well-choSen phrase, Of a retreat
into fecundity." Apparently too many
promising young anthropologetteS were
marrying and bearing children instead
Of administering questionnaires to other
peoples kids.
Our own Dorothy Goldberg, in gent
Ter tones, has been evangelizing women
to stop crocheting those anti-macaSSars;
they should get out and do abstract
painting instead.
Finally, the Presidents Commission
on the Status Of Women has reported
that the fair sex in this country Is a
repressed majority that infuriatingly
accepts its own repression In many
areas. Though women outnumber men
by almost million, they cheerfully &C
cept lower status in politics, law, labor
and big business.
We don't disagree with all this; we
merely would add q footnote or two.
As amateur students of fecundity and
even as occasional contributors to it, it
has never struck us as a retreat, exactly.
More of an ambush. If we were a wom-
an, surrounded by either wall-to-wan
bSbyfood or raucous teen-agers, our idea
OF q retreat would be something quieter.
Like anthropology.
Then too, the statuS-Seeking COM
mission struck us as notably deficient
ir actual, workaday, non-public-life
type wives and mothers. There Is Just a
possibility that the average American
wife and mother doesn't take more
interest in politics and the rest because
she has more important things to do.
She already has a Job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Strictly Political

1t is a good idea, with local cleo
tons only couple Of weeks away, to
add a grain Of salt to most Of what is
being said in Northern Virginia these
days. Certainly that Is the case with
Fairfax Delegate Glenn Burklund's
statement that the proposed expansion
Of the Metropolitan Washington Coun-
Gil Of Governments is dead as a door
nail"
Mr.. Burklund bases this bit Of wish
ful thinking on a solicited letter from
Robert Y. Button, the State attorney
general, raising doubts as to whether
Northern Virginia jurisdictions could
fully participate in a strengthened re-
gional council under existing (Vir-
g1nia) statutes"
Mr. Buttons answer should surprise
no one. Virginia'S laws are VIGOROUSLY
restrictive in their general grant of
powers to localities, and frequently
have to be extended for such purposes.
The Virginia leaders supporting the
council expansion have anticipated the
need for clarifying legislation from the
State. They are fully prepared to seek
it In January. If this requires delay
in the drive to acquire congressional
charter for the council, there will be no
great loss, for it is extremely doubtful
that the charter bill could pass Congress
this session in any event.
Mr.. Burklund, Republican, is not
running for office again this time. So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Symphony Support

For many years I have be-
heved that the Federally-ad-
miniStered city Of Washing
ton should give solid support
to the cultural needs of its
residents by giving financial
support to programs like the
National Symphony which
serves such a vital role In the
welfare of the community.
The long-range needs of
the community Of the Ma
TONS Capital demand that
the Administration back q
permanent m e a MS of sup
porting our fine symphony
orchestra through congress
sional action. This has been
the subject of legislation that
I have introduced without
success many times.
william B. WidnaII,
Representative from New Jer-
Sey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22

Now that widespread fires
have destroyed extensive cof-
fee plantations in Brazil and
have made many hundred
thousands Of Brazilians home
less it's about time we had
a rise in the price Of coffee.
The price manipulators must
be working on this right
now behind the scenes.
Some months ago we had
an upsurge in the price of
sugar. Why2 A congressional
committee made an investi-
cation and came up with a
mumbo-jumbo answer, but
no satisfactory explanation
as to who or what had caused
the increase in sugar prices.
Oh, yes; the price Of sugar
went down after the inves-
tigation, but not to the price
1t was at the beginning of
the year. Right now it's about
5 to s cents a pound higher
than 1t was in January. Why?
And they say 1t will climb
again because Of the hur-
ricane disaster in Cuba.
Some years ago they had
an over-production Of coffee
in Brazil and thousands Of
tons Of coffee were burned.
Then the price manipulators
got in on the act. The price
OF coffee went up and UP.
Finally, another congress
sional committee investigated
the situation. Then the
price came down but never
to what it had been before
the upsurge in prices. Why?
so, before the price ma
nipulators get working on the
latest coffee disturbance and
play around with coffee
prices again let's have some
one nip this one in the bud.
Here is a worthwhile situa-
ton that the Presidents
Consumers Council can look
into before the long-suffering
consumer Is taken to the dry
cleaners again. Or doesn't
the Council have the author
lty to investigate before the
fait accompli?
M. e. Alexy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Sports and Scholars

The Catholic high schools
in the Washington area can
de-emphasize sports all they
want and I couldn't care less.
But what inks me is the
elimination Of the Knights of
Columbus Invitational Bas-
ketball Tournament. This is
the only high school sports
event which I and many
other sports fans in the
Washington area would
really hate to see eliminated.
John p. Bailey.
IS
I am in favor Of the de-
emphasis Of athletics in the
Catholic League, but not to
the extent indicated.
I agree that there should
be no scholarships. These aids
give the league a bad name
and make the teams" very
unbalanced. The two top
teams in football and basket
ball, DeMatha and st. Johns,
have admitted giving scholar
ships. I also agree that
league basketball and football
games should be played on
week ends only II possible,
and that there should be no
games on nights which pre-
cede school days.
However, I think that there
should be no ban on post
season games. If q team has
done well during the season
and has the chance, then it
should be permitted to take
part In the game or tourna-
ment. It gives the team some
thing to aim for, a goal to
set. John Lynch.
AS regards the de-emphasis
Of sports in Catholic schools,
I think to curtail the amount
of football and basketball
games would be unreason-
able. 1t would cause a lack of
school spirit and loss Of reve-
nue.. I don't see why giving
athletic scholarships would
have to be stopped. Why
should it be wrong to give
scholarships to outstanding
athletes who have an average
or q little bit better than
average academic standing?
Philip L. V0gel, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
FOCUS ON THE NEWS
By CHARLES BARTLETT
The Government and Steel Prices

The President, allied with
business In seeking the tax
cut and disposed against an
other conformation, took the
cautious course. The ele-
ments Of good faith and the
prestige Of the Presidency
were not at issue Is they
were in 1862.
The major after-thoughts
have conferred on the question
Of what the President might
have done II he had felt it
necessary to protest the rails
rs and what he will be able
to do If they continue to inch
up next winter. No one wants
an encore Of the events Of
1862, but no one has discov-
cred how the Presidents
weapon Of moral suasion can
be applied against price ac-
lions except by putting the
Presidency on the line as he
did before.
Seek Alternatives
The limitations IN this
"jawbone" defense Of eco
nomic stability are stimulat-
ing Q new search for alternA-
tives and new official en-
thusiasm for the proposal TO
create an outside review
board to pass on the equities
Of wage and price increases
in the concentrated indus
tries.
Such q board, composed Of
officials not otherwise con-
cerned with Federal policies,
could serve two important
functions. It could determine
the facts IN Q case with q
precision impossible now be-
cause Of industrial secrecy on
statistics and costs. It could
assume the onus Of declaring
that q price or wage increase
was contrary to the national
interest. The boards judy
ment would not be binding
and the company or union
could reject it at the risk Of
public opprobrium.
The President would occupy
a back-up role far prefer
able to his present necessity
to put himself In the center
Of these controversies. Each
case would not raise, along
with its specific economic
questions, the issue Of Gov
eminent encroachment upon
free enterprise.
The proposal Of such a
board would raise this issue,
which the President may be
unwilling to face In an cleo
ton year. But he will also
face new inflationary pres
sureS II his tax cut passes
Congress and takes hold. He
may have to make o choice.
% Ieos)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Who Was Who From 1907
By DONALD MINTZ

only the date Of deaIn was
added.
This is in K keeping with
"Marquis-Who's Who" stand
ard method. There is nothing
wrong with 1t, but the user
must be aware Of its results.
It can err, too, on the side
of mOdesty. No one would
ever guess from "Who Was
Who" that Theodore Thomas
was not just another Orches-
ira conductor who had an OBJ
viOusly successful career.
Thomas apparently made no
claims to who's Who" about
his special position in the de-
velopment of the orchestra in
the United States. And as a
matter Of policy, "Who Was
Who" does not make them for
him.
Since the Historical vo-
lume" of ''Who Was Who" is
necessarily entirely the work
of the editors, they are free
from the rigid requirements
of the photographed ap-
proach of the other volumes.
They make Sparing use Of
1t. The goal of this book, like
that Of its companions, is to
offer the essential facts with
out commentary on interpre-
tation, even though the abb
sence of commentary may in
itself be misleading.
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was a re-
cluSe who published only two
poems during her lifetime, we
are told. There is not a word
about her poSthumous position
in American letters.
On the other hand, the read
er having been told that Ben
jamin Carr was the Operator
LIST music store in Phila." is
likely to conclude that Carr
was more than just another
music seller without any
further prompting from who
Was Who"
An attempt to evaluate its
subjects would have pushed
the editors beyond endurance,
and, if u n d ertaken, have
raised the cost beyond reason.
The course chosen is sensible,
but the user must always be
aware Of its implications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
H0ndcuffed Trade

At o White House confer
ence to promote exports
President Kennedy told the
National Export Council
(Which includes George
Meany as a m EN- ber) and
numerous prominent bust
ness executives, 1T is time
for the United States to re-
gain its traditional spirit of
daring and ingenuity in
world com erce." A week
later, the chairman Of the
Federal Maritime Commits
sion urged businessmen In
New York to make greater
use Of American flag ships
and even tie export sales to
such shipping.
While the President spoke.
two Of George Meanys
unions engaged in q small
argument over whether or
not q German-American en-
gineer held any prejudice
against members Of the crew
who were Afro-A m erican.
This was probably not the
real reason they wanted to
get rid Of this long expert
enced officer, but racism is a
good excuse these days.
While the chairman Of the
Maritime Commission was
speaking. q second voyage Of
the 8. s. America was can
celed, despite the efforts Of a
nj diator and a no-strike
clause in q labor contract.
The nearly 300 passengers
who were already aboard the
ship were not only very in
convenienced but, undoubt-
edly, most Of them u tilted
ships and planes OF foreign
flags to complete their Jour-
ney. Those booked for the
next sailing did the same and
those planning to take West
Indian cruises a board that
ship next month C cancelled
their bookings because Of I'M
certainty Of sailing. Here was
a tremendous loss Of an ex-
port. A great deal Of money
is expended by Americans on
foreign flag carriers. What
are the seamen and the long
shoremen doing to prevent
this loss and this drain on
our balance Of payments?
When the United States
cannot even operate a highly
subsidized vessel on which the
crew Is paid from three to
four times as much as those
Of most foreign countries, it
is q national scandal. The
story Of the nuclear ship Sa-
vannah Is positively outrage
ous-a real disgrace. The
Administration seems willing
to spend many millions Cor
billions) to beat q Russian to
the moon but it cannot get a
nuclear cargo ship away
from the dockl We talk so
glibly Of a high standard of
living and free enterprise,
but do they exist2
Until those in political
power show some effort to
deal with the unions which
govern the air, sea, and land
transportation arteries Of
this Nation, we shall contin-
lie on q calamitous course.
The traditional spirit Of dar-
ing and ingenuity in world
commerce will only be re-
gained when the handouts
are off.
Frederick d, Hunt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. When were horseshoes
first used2 MS.
A. In ancient times hoofs
were protected with socks or
sandals when necessary. Iron
shoes were not commonly
known until the fifth CEN
tury, but were in regular use
by the Middle Ages. Horses
in natural surroundings do
not require shoes, but In
situations were the hoof
wears off faster than it grows
out, shoes prevent soreness.
On hard pavements, or with
hard work, shoes prevent the
hoofs from wearing away
and breaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Uncle SUGAR.

The Consumer Advisory
Council Of the present adj
ministration should study the
effect Of the billions of dol
lars annually being squan-
dered abroad. Mary McGrory
in q recent article referred to
M a d m Ngo Dinh Mus
jaunt around the world In
GLIDING fashion centers in
Paris and stopping at swank
hotels, "a living re minder
that Americans are paying
her bills"
Since the end Of World
War II, q vast number of
miniature governments have
been created. and most of
them have set up diplomatic
missions througho the
world at the expense Of IN
Gle Sam. Your humble scribe
knows Of one Asiatic country
that has over TOO employees
on its Washington payroll.
From q standpoint of con-
sumner interest, 1t is strange
that American citizens have
to pay q sales tax even when
they buy a cup Of coffee and
a doughnut; and families
with several children have to
pay q tax on q loaf Of bread,
or q quart Of milk, whereas
the employees Of foreign gov
ernments are exempt.
In these days Of the New
Frontier our Government is
packed with theorists carry
ing brief-cases loaded with
college degrees, whereas our
country needs men like
George Washing ton and
Benjamin Fra kiln W h o
earned their d grees from
the University Of Hard
Knocks. A. LELAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Crazy Country

Sometimes It seems like q
crazy country we are living in.
PEPCO is being investigated
because its profits are a frac-
ton too high. The Southern
Railroad wanted to reduce its
rates as much as so per cent
due to increased efficiency
from new equipment, but was
denied permission. Although
these two corporations oper-
ate under different condi-
tions and regulatory agen-
cies, their cases illustrate the
sitting conditions govern
ment has imposed upon
many businesses.
James Joseph Nugent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22

he has nothing immediate to gain by
taking a slap at the Council of Gov
ernmentS. But his Republican col
leagues in Fairfax, who have made their
opposition to the council a major cam
paign issue, most aSsuredly do have
something at stake. That, Of course, is
the whole point of Mr.. Burklund's dis
closure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22

When you die, they take you
out of ''Who's Who"-assum-
ing, of course, that you were
in it to begin with.
In due course, you come ia
rest in "Who Was Who" At
the moment, there are three
volumes Of who Was Who. -
Together, they offer biogra-
phies of all "Who's Who" ex-
pellees from 1897 to 1860. The
first date seems fortuitous
and it is. 1t is the year of the
first publication Of "Who'S
Who" Since people who died
before that date could never
have been included in "Who's
Who" to which only the living
gain entrance, they could not
appear in "Who Was Who"
"Marquis-Who's Who" has
now PUBLISH ed a volume
called ''Who Was Who In
America Historical Volume
16O7-1896." It is, says the title
page, "a compilation of
States of America and other
countries, who have made
contribution to, or whose &C
tivity was In some manner
related to the history of the
United States, from the found
ing of jamestown Colony to
the year of continuation by
Volume I Of Who Was Who. I"
Thus the entire chronology
cal range of American biogra-
ply is now covered in the
familiar Who's Who style.
Matter Of FlexibiIity
The cutoff dates in the new
volume are not to be taken
literally. The e ditors have
pushed 1896 to 1905 when that
was necessary to include per-
sons who had not been includ-
ed in the first volume of
''Who Was Who" and they
have also admitted biogra-
phies of a number Of figures
who died before 1907.
But for all the apparent
similarity Of the present vol
ume to its predecessors,
there is one great difference.
"Who's Who" biographies
are based on information sup
piled by the subject; the final
condensation of that informa-
ton is then returned to the
supplier for final checking.
Presumably the procedure
reduces the possibility of er-
ror.
It also reduces the possible
ty that derogatory informa-
ton will be included, no mat
ter how important that infor-
nation may be. Thus, in vol
ume II, covering 1913 to 1850,
Albert Bacon Fall, "ex-sena-
tor, ex-sec. Of the Interior =.
Died Nov. 80, 1914" is said to
have resigned from the latter
post on March 4, 1923. "Who
Was Who" does not say why,
though presumably the Eek
sec." did not inform "Who's
Who" of the circumstances
surrounding his resignation.
When the biography was
transferred to "W no Was
Who" nothing was changed;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22

The administrations ac-
ceptsnce Of the steel indus
try's new round Of price In
creases has generated q sense
Of the need for q fuller def
milton Of the Governments
proper function IN this cru
cial area Of the economy.
The steel companies have
quietly secured most Of the
increase they were denied by
the Presidents anger IN 1862.
Some feel the increases are
justified after five years, but
others fear the companies
may be %nickelling" their
prices upward in q fashion
that will avoid the Govern
ment's wrath while causing a
resumption Of the initiation
airy spiral.
These fears have been
somewhat allsyed by the pri-
vate assurances Of business
leaders at the Business Ad-
viSory Council meeting in
Hot Springs. The word
there was that busin ess
wants a new spiral even less
than the public and that
pricing policies will remain
cautious.
The rosy aura Of the auto
industry suggests that it will
swallow steel's price increas-
es along with the President.
Talks have begun with the
United Auto Workers In an
atmosphere of expectation
that Walter Reuther will
prove unwilling to jeopardize
John Kennedy's reelection
with q strike In 1864 and
that q reasonable contract
will be peacefully signed.
One high official Of the
Steelworkers' Union, I. w.
Abel, spoke critically last
week Of the new price rises,
but David Mcdonald and the
rest Of the union appear to
have accepted the industry's
thesis that higher prices will
mean more revenues for the
companies and more jobs for
the unions.
Foreign Competition
This thesis is not Endorsed
by top administration off,
cials who fear the increases
may impair the ability Of the
industry to compete against
foreign producers. But these
officials did not agree when
the time came to recommend
a position to the President.
Some said he should speak
out strongly against the rise;
some said he should not
launch a battle that he
couldn't win; and some
maintained the raises were
not stiff enough to give him
q valid basis for objection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-22
Coffee Brake

Gilbert J. Brockma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

can't do that Maybe rot.
But I had to do something.
I didn't like him"
A ReaIist
With Henry Darby, her
second husband, Miss jamie
is coupled with a realist "a
happy, intelligent man Of vi
sion. He buys Major Meade's
declining newspaper, becomes
a politician and has the fore
sight to sell plantation land
when there is no longer any
choice. "All over the South De-.
wealth and Importance had
been built on sand, and the
sands were shifting"
Miss JAMES beliefs are
caught between those Of her
two husbands. She centers
her life in her friends and
relatives and draws strong
vicarious pleasures from aid
ing and observing her chill
dren.
Her world is rooted in her
home and in the area within
radius of her home. She is
gay, charming, warm and
generous. With her death is
the death Of an era.
You could not really
mourn the going of so old a
lady, but for sadness at the
inexorability of time and the
inevitable passing of old
loved things and people and
ways"
In developing her char
acters, Miss Banister chose
from numerous family con-
nections. While she was an
only child, her father was
one Of nine and her mother
one Of IL. "At one point 1 had
81 first cousins" she laughs.
From these relatives and
particularly from a grand
mother who lived during the
novels era, Miss Banister
reaped a rich supply Of mate
rial. THE stories we're in the
air around you." she says.
THE characters are a COM
posite Of the kind of people
I grew up with. They have
no real connection with my
family, but their ideas and