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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
GoIdwoter's Position

John Jones, National Field
Representative. College Fed.
Grafton Of Young Republic
cans, is mistaken about Sen
ator Goldwater.
The Senator has never
said he would abolish foreign
aid. He has stated many
times. however, that he
would not give aid to Com
munist countries. He has
said that we cannot buy
friends and the last is years
has certainly borne this out.
Senator Goldwater would
aid our allies, militarily, eco
nomically and technically.
He would aid the underde-
veloped countries Of Africa
and Latin America technical
ly and for a time economical
ly until they could become
financially independent.
Senator Goldwater has said
that we must not let the
U. N. be our basis for foreign
policy. We have q respon-
sibility TO our own interests
which the U. N. does not
recognize. The Senator be-
lieves the common interests
Of the free world can be best
served by alliances such as
NATO, SEATO and the GAS.
Senator Goldwater realizes
something which the Ken
nedys and the Rockefeller
apparently cannot see and
that is the majority Of
Americans believe that II the
price Of peace is loss Of lib
erty. the cost Is much too
high.
Helen Marie SOuder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Flaw in Fair City

Your city Is truly one OF
the most beautiful and one
that all Americans should
visit for 1t is most inspiring.
However, there Is another
side TO 1t.
Not only do you have the
worst street pattern mot
your fault and some Of the
worst traffic and parking
problems (not entirely your
fault but you without ques-
ton have the worst traffic
and parking signs that I have
ever seen. This il your fault
and could be corrected.
The signs which showed
that ! had parked In q re-
stricted area were small and,
one at least, partially COW
cred by bushes. Ironically
the area was reserved fer the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Mt. Vernon Vista

Time was when the White
House, together with its
neighboring residential COM
munity, endowed our country
with o high degree of physical
contact with its early past.
Today the White House, for
all its gracious beauty, lies
outdated, near buildings allen
In character and in spirit, q
sad anachronism. This could
have been prevented once,
but now 1t is too late. VIII
we now allow the like shrivel-
ing Of Mount Vernon in all
its historical setting?
The CO m m 1 s toner's Of
Prince Georges County, Nd.
have granted an application
to rezone the large Tantallon
tract on the opposite side of
the Potomac. This would
permit erection Of apartment
houses 20 stories high, or
higher, at the builders option.
A like application for high
rise apartment rezoning ponds
as to q nearby Potomac River
site and the success Of Tan
talon win spur more applica-
tions. For Tantallon is the
thin edge Of the wedge.
County residents will take
the commissioners ruling to
the courts. They may appeal
because, as neighboring land
owners, they are affected by
the decision.
However, the United States
also has an interest. It, too,
is affected by this decision.
Secretary Of Interior Udall
sought to protect Mount Yer
non against the rezoning ap-
plication and filed a written
presentation In the original
proceeding. Commissioner
Jesse s. Baggett. speaking for
the majority Of the board,
ruled that Mr.. Udall's show
ing should receive only the
same consideration as that Of
any other out-of-State citi-
zen."
The commissioners mistake
the principal for whom Mr..
Udall speaks, as well ss the
Nations true boundaries. For
Prince Georges County is part
of our country and 50 our
Secretary Of Interior did not
come as q stranger. And a
blighted national shrine
offends against the coming
laws stated purpose to pro-
mote the welfare Of the
present and future inhabi-
tants" Of the county itself
even though it also works
against the welfare Of all
present and future inhabi-
tants Of the rest Of the Nation.
We hope. however, that the
United States, through Sec
rotary Udall, will file a brief
in the prospective appeal.
Walter F. MulIigan,
President. Prince Georges
County Civic Federation.
william J. Avrutis,
Chairman,
James F. Vance,
Co-Chairman, County Gov
eminent Study Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Builders, Beware

A man entered the gates OF
Heaven and as he walked to-
wards the Lord he wondered
at the two vastly different
regions through which he
was passing:
On one side Of the road
the scene was that Of COM
plete tranquility. People were
going about their business in
the cool shade Of huge trees
and all was serene and beau
tiful.
On the other side however
there was nothing but bare
cement as far as the eye
could see and the sun beat
down mercilessly on people
who were hot and restless and
had nowhere at all to 60 and
get cool.
Then the man stood at the
Lords feet and the Lord
said: MY son, tell me Of your
life on earth and what good
you have done unto your
fellow men,"
IL built them houses, and
! built them with care 50
that they might live we'll"
And the Lord asked: where
did you build these houses,
in the cities or fields or In
the woods7"
MY Lord. there had been
woods where I built them,
but they had TO be razed. It
was not practical TO leave
any trees. My men worked
hard to fell them and TO
flatten the ground"
And the Lord shook his
head In sadness and said: II
created nature ana all That Is
beautiful for you humans to
enjoy and take care Of - but
instead you destroy what
took many centuries 10 grow.
My son you win now have
much tim e TO contemplate
what Is Of more value - that
which is practical or the Joy
Of living with nature as ] had
planned it when ! created the
world"
And the Lord directed the
man towards the hot and
desolate region.
Doris Tabackman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
White on Rights

William White deserves q
vote Of thanks for his forth
right presentation Of what is
actually involved In the
rights" issue. He identifies
the "peddlers Of the double
think based upon double
standards Of truth and OBJ
jectivity" as the real threat
to the preservation Of the in
dividual liberties Of each and
every American, regardless
Of race. color. creed. or ma
tionality.
Aiding and abetting those
who would abolish our In
dividual liberties are those
who were elected TO protect
those liberties. In response TO
a question presented to SEN
ator ]. Glenn Beall Of Mary
land recently. regarding pos
sible rights legislation, I"
Senator Beall answered, I'VE
must face UP to this moral
responsibility" Senators are
not elected to be guardians
Of our conscience; their role
In our society Is that Of
guardian of our Constitu-
tional rights. It is generally
accepted that religion en-
braces all Of morality; thus
our democracy" Is repre-
scented by our Holy Bible.
Our Republic" Is represen-
ted by our Constitution.
which has been referred TO
as our Civil Bible" On this
foundation rests the concept
Of separation Of church and
State.
The attempts 70 defeat the
petition for referendum on
the public accommodation
issue In Maryland reflect
that silence Is no longer
golden; II Is recorded AZ
color blindness"
Helen M. Burton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

The actual situation in the
Senate as to ratification OF
the partial nuclear test-ban
treaty with the Soviet Union
is being quite ohscured by the
rose-tinted cloudbanks Of
utter and total optimism.
These shimmering things are
being sent up from second
rank administration people
and from ban-the-bomb-a
any-price people who don't
know much about the place
with which they are dealing.
While 1t is very probable
that. the Senate in the end
will cast the necessary two
thirds majority to approve
the treaty. the game is far
from over. From much Of the
glad speculation around here
one would suppose the score
had already been posted. But
the game, In fact, has not
moved beyond the first In
ming.
Predictions Of inevitably
Overwhelming" Senate rati-
fication meantime are doing
the administrations cause no
good. Certainly. they are far
from helpful to Senate DEM
ocratic Leader Mike Mans
field Of Montana. whose Job
it is to bring the thing safely
through. 1t is very unwise to
understate the task at this
early point.
At present, anyhow, the
enterprise undoubtedly has
very heavy support from the
most articulate part Of the
public. Though President
Kennedy, himself. has been
careful not to suggest that
this accommodation with the
Russians is in any sense the
dawn of peace, the cry of
peace" runs through the
land. And some Of his sup
porters are being a good deal
less careful than he has
been in their claims for the
significance of the arrange
ment. All this is having the
practicable effect Of raising
the impression that the
people are positively and ir-
revocably enchanted with the
treaty--and will inevitably
deal harshly with those who
may dare to stand in its
way.
The NOn-AggressiOn Talks
The one truly essential
point in the whole business,
however, is presently being
largely lost to sight. What
will ultimately be control
ling in the Senate's decision
is not what the treaty itself
says or doesn't say. For I'M
less substance can be estab-
lished for the suspicion Of
some that it might danger
ously hobble us in testing
overground while permitting
uninspected Russian testing
underground. the basic Sen
ate diSrositi0n will he that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
A BOOK FOR TODAY
British Labor Leaders Lusty Career
BY DONALD MINTZ

that conference have turned
out to be right.
In this connection, II Is
important to note that though
Bevan was rather slow to give
UP the view Of the Soviet
Union as the land Of social
ism, that he sometimes got
sentimental about the Soviet
Union. When his reason knew
the sentiment was UNJUST
filed, he was never a Com
munist or a Communist SYM
pathizer.
For all that, there are alb
surdities in Bevan's career
and thought that not even
Mr.. Foot can gloss over,
though 1t must be said that
he makes q mighty effort.
From Bevan's point Of view,
some Of his harsh criticism
Of the wartime coalition and
his dark suspicious about It's
efforts surreptiously to shape
the postwar world were
justified. But. at the same
time, he never seems to have
understood that the coalition
was q theoretical monstrosity
which Of necessity produced
one incongruity after another.
Further, he never seems to
have understood that no
sane Democrat, be he con-
sentative or radical or any
thing in between. likes gov
ernments Of this sort. Ex-
cept in Austria. they come
about only In times Of the
greatest peril, and in such
times some of their inevitable
idiocies must be tolerated.
MIR. FOOT STRUGGLES
even more manfully with the
foreign policy views Of
Labor's left wing during the
sos. He quotes Bevan at some
length in an effort to show
that the position was not
utterly senseless.
But 1t was. Bevan and
those who thought like him
were all for stopping Hitler,
Mussolini and Franco. They
were also against conscrip-
ton and rearmament.
What happened was that
they got thoroughly tangled
In q confusion between class
war and national war and
could not decide whether
Maxi Germany was q menace
as a nation or whether the
big, bad capitalists OF both
Axis and Allies were somehow
going to do terrible things TO
workers everywhere. So they
shifted back and forth. Mr..
Foot. Of course. win not
admit this.
Failings of this sort are
inevitable in q partisan bookl.
But 1t Is exhilarating TO have
the first part Of q lusty.
sententious' biography Of q
lusty. sententious man. No
publication date has yet been
announced for the second
volume: but one hopes II
will be along soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

ANEOhAN OEVhNy n 0AOO"
RAPHY: Volume 1: 1897
1945. BY Michael Foot. Il
lus., 536 PIP. (Atheneum:
$7.50.)
Let the polemics fly! Mi
chael Foot, q successor Of
Aneurin Bevan as the MEM
Der Of Parliament from
Ebbw Vale and q leading
journalist Of the left wing
Of the British Labor Party,
has produced the first vol
ume Of q vastly detailed and
thoroughly contentious biog-
raphy Of his illustrious pred
ecessor.
During his lifetime Bevan
(who died in 1861 was q
consistent champion Of pub
lie ownership and an equally
consistent critic Of the lead
ership Of his party whose
customary caution was in his
view always foolish and usu-
ally reprehensible.
During the war, Bevan
took on himself the unpop-
ular role Of opponent in
chief Of Winston Churchill
who, in turn, called Bevan q
"squalid nuisance"
SINCE CHURCHILL WAS
the head of q coalition gov
eminent, Bevan was forever
attacking his own party
when 1t was not In true OPP
position as well as the Con-
servatives, something he had
never been particularly hes
istant about anyway. But
shortly before the end Of
the war, he went too far,
and was nearly expelled
from the Labor Party. Yet,
not long after. he was APP
pointed Minister Of Health
in the postwar Attlee Labor
government. II is at this
point that the first volume
Of Mr.. Foot's biography
ends.
Mr.. Foot's book is care
fully documented, though
the secondary sources en-
ployed have been selected
with q view to proving still
further q previously decided
point.
The Recommendation thus by
no means indicates that the
biography Is balanced. i'm
partial, or anything Of the
sort.
On the contrary, II takes
up all the old fights. fights
them through again. and
seeks TO show beyond doubt
that Bevan was always and
forever correct.
Once again. for example,
we 60 through he second
front agitation q World War
II. Mr.. Foot contends that
far from being q foolish arm
chair strategist, Bevan and
his fellow agitators were UNI
knowingly advocating pre-
cisely those views held by
Gen. Marshall.
Yet, all too often, Bevan
was really right. BY the time
Of the Yalta Conference, his
distrust Of Stain was at the
least only slightly smaller
than his distrust Of Churchill.
A good many Of his guesses
about Whist really went on at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

system and to the American nation. His
patriotism was fiercely alive. He died,
in his sleep, at the age of 80 this week.
1t would please him to be remembered
as an American who walked tall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

Secret Service. It is 80 secret
I doubt If the CHA could find
It.
John M. Malone, MD,
Detroit.
#
Your July 80 editorial,
''Ft". induces Q surge Of hope
because Of the message 1t
carries, which comes through
with beautiful clarity.
eft" would obviously make
q great slogan for the Re-
publican Party In 1854. It is
undoubtedly an abbreviation
Of "Phttt", which political
research, followed by appro-
pirate action ct the polls,
will show to be the onoma-
topoetic spelling Of Ken
nedy." Really, now, how could
English be palmer than this?
Hopefully yours.
Arthur s. COsler, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02
Answers to Questions
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. How many books does
the Harvard University L.
brary have7-T. l..
A. Bound library volumes
total 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-02

Secret Service. It is 80 secret
I doubt If the CHA could find
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-19
Bong, or SqueoI?

Our knowledge Of pile drivers has
Isl become increasingly intimate-bong-
bong bong bong-ever since they dug
up that little park across the bong
bong-bong- bong-street from The Star
Building and began working on the
Southeast Freeway.
They told US before we moved here
about the Freeway, but no one warned
bong-bong- bong-bong US about the
pile driver. There are many piles, per-
haps 10 times as many as the trees they
have replaced in the little park. The
hammer that drives them-bong bong
bong-bong undoubtedly the largest
in the world. If not the loudest.
What brought this on Is not what
you might-bong but an item
in the Wall Street Journal about new
sonic hammer. Now 1t seems this ham
mer is not really a-bong- bong-ham-
mer at all. 1t is giant vibrator
br-r-r-r-r-r-that vibrates the piles so
rapidly they sink into the ground with
out single bong. In fact, 71-foot pile
will disappear in AZ seconds. No one
around here has bong bong bong
bong-counted the time 1t takes to drive
a Freeway pile.
The bong-less hammer looks like
just the thing. Only one catch-the
oScillator that causes the vibration
makes loud squ-e-a-l-l-l-l. Oh we'll.
ong-bong bong bong g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-19
A Hospital for Everyone

DR.. Murray Grants proposal for
opening D. G. General Hospital and
the clinics to all the people is so
obviously right the wonder Is 1t was
not adopted long ago. The Health De-
partment director wishes to abolish the
means test" by which patients are
admitted or turned away, depending
on their financial conditions. Those
earning less than a given figure are
eligible for treatment. Those earning
even slightly more, but manifestly un-
able to afford private care, often are
turned away, except in emergencies.
There are too many instances where
the sick person, originally rejected, re-
turns some time later as an emergency
patient. Then, under this curious ar
rangement, he is admitted for free
treatment. In the end the financial
burden is greater and, more pertinent,
the patient has been subjected to need
less suffering.
DR.. Grant is not proposing to admit
all applicants free. On the contrary,
all patients would be billed, and each
required to meet obligations to the
extent Of his ability to pay. Those with
incomes below the prescribed level, of
course, would have their bills wholly
discounted. In practice, then, no person
would be denied service. D. G. General
would be truly community hospital.
The only exceptions to the billing plan
would be those children who now receive
free care and, IN an important new
provision, presently neglected pregnant
women who would receive automatically
free prenatal care.
DR.. Grants proposal would put the
hospital and clinics on a businesslike
basis, produce an entirely reasonable
revenue, inculcate sense of RESPONSE
bility and appreciation in patients and
broaden humanitarian horizons. The
Commissioners would do well to recon-
mend its adoption by Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-19
Check-Rein!
Reprinted from the Pittsburgh Courier leading Negro

and into the abyss? When will 1t be too
late to argue about who was to blame2
Can Negro leaders and Negro or
CARNATIONS control these massive dem
onstrations now being contemplated in
a number of cities during the coming
weeks? Will the contemplated mass
march on Washington, D. c." on August
20, with more than 100000 demon
strators from every part Of the Nation
expected, be peaceful and non-violent?
This is a question which must be
answered by those men and women who
met in New York City last week. This
is a question which must be Of grave
concern to responsible Negroes every
where throughout the Nation. 1t is
necessary that the actions of the emo
tionally starved fringe" be kept under
stricteSt control.
Unless the proposed August %
march on Washington can be rigidly
controlled, The Courier opposes the
demonstration, as we'll as the others
projected. Not because we are opposed
to civil rights, but because we fear that
this continuing craftsmanship will lead
to disaster to Negroes in their overall
fight for freedom.
We want the saner leaders of Negro
thought in this Nation to sound the bat
tie cry, no matter how unpopular the
course Of action might appear to be.
Don't allow heart and soul and emo
ton to get mixed up with common
sense.
Everyone wants the same end re-
suit Let's pray for Gods guidance to
point out the right road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-19

The late Secretary Of State John
Foster Dulles was accused by his politi-
cal opponents of pushing American
diplomacy in the Cold War to the brink
OF actual armed conflict on several occa-
sions in furtherance of the Eisenhower
policy.
Many people warned that going to
the brink too often might result in a
mis-step that would send us over the
brink into possible catastrophe.
Today, in the backwash Of happen
ings during the past week, an increasing
number of informed Americans are
wondering seriously about the POSSIBLE
ity, even likelihood, Of a real catastro-
phe in race relations by too precipitate,
impetuous and emotional action by civil
rights proponents.
Too often has this Nation Of ours
teetered on the brink Of literal race war.
Albany, Ca; Jackson, Miss; Birming-
ham, Ala, and cities in North Carolina,
Virginia and Maryland cannot be over
looked.
Negro groups, chatting at the bit
because of racial insults and goaded
almost beyond endurance by callous law
enforcement gendarmes, have more and
more, in recent weeks, tended to dis
obey instructions to be non-violent.
They have challenged law forces who
have sought to intimidate them with
tear gas, fire hoses and rearing police
dogs on leashes. These reprisals could
have resulted in massacre.
How long will these mass demon
STATIONS be pushed TO the brink before
the entire thing topples over the brink,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-19
FuIICncIe

No one can accuse DR.. Thomas M.
Wilson Of having closed mind.
Some months ago the fledgling
politician and freshman member Of the
Montgomery County Council waged a
red-hot personal campaign to get his
county to secede from the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments. It
seeded.
Then, at the urging Of more sea-
soned local political leaders from the
District and the neighboring counties
Of Maryland and Virginia, DR.. Wilson
began attending meetings of the coun-
ell. Several weeks ago, in an abrupt
about-face, he said he had been wrong,
and fought for Montgomery return to
the area-council table as the best means
of avoiding noxious Federal control over
the development of the region.
Now DR.. Wilson has spun again to
secession, citing, Of all things, fear
that the metro council Is about to be-
come the captive Of mysterious Federal
powers intent on bleeding local auton-
omy away from duly-elected local off,
Gals
We have some reservations ourselves
about the precise outcome Of the cur
rent discussions over how the Council
of Governments might reorganize to
make itself more effective. There is no
doubt, however, about one thing: The
fllnty-eyed politicians who run local
politics around here are not about to
be taken over by any city SlickerS from
the White House. Their reason for
creating the council several years ago,
faced with the obvious fact that regional
problems demand regional cooperation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-19

present and make note of the
States they represent.
Minnie Fullerton.
The Star processes not to
know enough about Senator
Goldwater's position on GER
tain issues to make o valid
Judgment Is to his candida
cy. Yet, on at least two oc-
casions, The Star has pro-
nounced itself familiar
enough with the inscrutable
views Of William Scranton to
recommend the Pennsylva-
Man as the Republican NOM
inee. Surely this Is the jour-
nalistic phenomenon Of the
year.
For your edification, I am
enclosing a blank that you
may fill out to obtain from
the Draft oldwater Com
mittee a book explaining Sen
ator Goldwater's stand on
most issues. At the same
time, you can order q deck Of
Barry Goldwater playing
cards, in case you are also in
the dark as to what the Sem
ator looks like.
... Jerry C. Davis