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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
The Impact of MocmiIIon's Illness
Fofeisn consspondsni q DC So

with the United States still Is
important on both sides Of
the Atlantic.
Britain Is deeply uncertain
about where she wants to
stand or where she can stand
in the modern world. Should
she put her faith in her sin
dependent" nuclear strength,
as French President de
Gaulle does. or depend on
American protection. Must
she choose between Europe
and the United States?
Should she line up soIidly
with the West or try to
mediate the cold war or re-
tire into a neutralist posi-
ton? Tradition. patriotism,
morality, and security are all
involved.
To all this, the Profumo
affair was merely the FROST
ing on the cake. The disgrace
Of Mr.. Macmillan's former
war minister simply con-
firm e d what many Britons
had long suspected about
hankypanky in high places.
Its political potential seems
limited and the Labor leader
ship so far has wisely re-
Trained from trying to ex-
plot it too far.
Similarly, although the
general dissatisfaction of the
country is real enough. its
effect on the coming election
is not easy to m e asure.
Though the problems of
leadership are obviously in
volved, it goes deeper than a
simple political C choice be-
tween Conservative and La
Dor candidates.
In any event, since its low
point last spring the govern
ment seems to have gotten a
better grip on things in re-
cent months. The liberal
budget drawn UP by Mr..
Macmillan's Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Reginald
Maudling, has paid off in a
modest but cheering upturn
in the economic life. And, for
all the other preoccupations.
Britain's current boomlet has
produced q new mood of
hopefulness in Tory circles.
Unity Would Have Impact
The mood would be i'm
proved still further If the
Conservative delegates meet
ing at Blackpool are able to
rally quickly and decisiyely
around a new leader to re-
place the ailing Macmillan.
If this happens, even II the
Labor Party wins the coming
election, their majority could
be perilously small.
Most certainly a vote even
If it were held today would
not reflect any such margins
in Labor's favor as the polls
indicate. Today the Conser-
vatives have a majority Of 90
seats. To wipe this out and
create a workable majority of
their own calls for a Labor
victory Of formidable proper
tions.
Tory hopes today are
based largely on one simple
proposition: If Labor should
win by a margin of less than
so seats the chances of their
being thrown out before
completing cir statutory
five years would-from the
Conservative standpoint-be
very good indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10

Your recent editorial Like
a Lynching'?" concerning
the shooting of a New York
thug, comments that There
is only the police version of
what happened when frankie
Falco. gunman, ex convict
and killer was shot to death
tby New York police officsrs)
in a New York hotel ROOM"
and that, George E.
Rundquist, Executive Direc-
tor Of the New York Civil
Liberties Union apparently
does not believe it." The edi-
torial goes on to say that,
Perhaps the Civil Liberties
Union official has evidence
to support this charge (that)
the behavior of the police in
the Falco shooting was not
unlike a Ku Klux Khan
lynching party D.. If not, he
is guilty Of a disgracefully
irresponsible accusation"
The facts upon which I
had relied and which were
confirmed later by the Police
Departments report are:
Falco's room was entered by
five police officers who were
already alerted to the proba-
bility that he was inside.
These officers were men who
had substantial police train
ing and experience. They had
reason to believe that they
were about to face a vicious
and wanton killer; they were
well prepared for this and
were not prone to panic.
Upon their entering the room
they found Falco asleep on
the bed. His sleep was appar-
emily so deep that a previous
unsucces5ful attempt to turn
a passkey in his door did not
disturb him. He was killed in
the course of being appre-
hended, despite the foregoing
overwhelming advantages
possessed by those seeking to
arrest him.
The reason for our request
for an investigation was that
it seemed incredible that
Five experienced, trained
police officers" could not
subdue Falco who was asleep
in a brightly Lit room and
take him into custody to be
tried for murder.
There appears to be no
question that Falco was rea-
sonably suspected of the
Lodi, New Jersey killings,
and was also wanted in New
York for a n 9th er murder.
However, our system of laws
and justice require that a
person under arrest, regard
less of the crime he is alleged
to have committed, is enti-
tied to the constitutional
right of due process.
George E. Rundquist,
Executive Director, New York
Civil Liberties Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
Progress in Welfare

The improvements in the conduct
and content of the Districts public
welfare program are striking-and i'm
menSely encouraging.
The conduct of acting welfare d.
rector Donald D. Brewer during the in
tensive Senate budget hearings Just
completed left no doubt that the well
fare program now has the benefit Of
strong leadership. In contrast to the
confusion of last year, Mr. Brewer
fielded most Of the hundreds of uues-
tons thrown at him by Senator Byrd
OF West Virginia senSibly and expertly.
BY his answers, Mr.. Brewer demon
strated that he has both a firm grasp
OF the departments problems and the
ability to attack them. We trust that
the Commissioners will delay no longer
in appointing him as the permanent
welfare director.
As to content, there is even greater
reason for optimism. For most Of the
new proposals made by Mr. Brewer, and
the favorable reception given them by
Senator Byrd, indicate that the future
purpose of the welfare program will
be not merely to extend relief benefits
to ever-increaSing numbers of people.
but to concentrate instead on efforts
which are designed to stimulate greater
independence as well as self-Sufficiency
among the needy. Surely this is the
right approach.
1t is precisely the approach, more
over, which President Kennedy adyo-
Gated in a private discussion with Sem
ator Byrd some months ago. On most
OF the needs given priority attention at
the hearings, the President and the
Senator see eye-to-eye, and Mr.. Ken
nedy wisely refrained from pushing
projects which might jeopardize the
program as whole. AS result Con-
greSs probably will permit the city to
hire more social workers, give more
concentrated aid to working mothers,
expand day-care facilities, develop more
effective foSter-home programs, and
devote greater effort to reduce the
dependent children population at Junior
Village. The expansion of all these
activities will cost money. But the cost
to the community should be returned
many times over.
Quite properly, Senator Byrd wanted
to be sure the money being sought for
such activities was sufficient The Sem
ator was also right in calling for an
inveStigative force sufficient to cleanse
all the welfare rolls of ineligibles. In
addition to the obvious need for funds,
welfare workers should be able to give
more concentrated attention to the
genuinely needy as opposed to the
chiSelers.
The requests made by Mr.. Brewer,
and those which Senator Byrd has said
he will support, are not extreme. Nor,
quite clearly, are they the final answer.
But the seven long days of hearings
before the Byrd committee have pro-
duced areas of agreement on a welfare
program which for the first time Con-
gress and the community as a whole
should support with enthusiasm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters, correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only iUhen accom- :
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
Key to Aid for the 'Disodvuntuged'
By RALPH McGLL

There is a third education
al system in America, in
ad dition to that of public
and private elementary,
secondary, college and uni
versity institutions. This third
force is Unexpectedly vast in
scope. 1t spends a little more
than 81 billion annually on
teaching and training. Ad-
ministrators of this nation
wide network of learning are,
of course, executives of Ameri-
can industry. The country
spends a total of about $40
billion for all public schools.
That industry puts one-fifth
as much into instructing its
employees is a matter for both
congratulations and concern.
The latter e emotion stems
from the fact that the need
for such an educational eff
fort exists in so large a size
and, further, that it increas-
eS.
There is concern, too, be-
cause tn ere has been re-
vealed so grevious a lag in
our national educational eff
fort, public and private, that
we find ourselves in this last
half Of the goth century with
perhaps the largest percent
tage of what we now call
"disadvantaged" persons in
our history. These persons
are by no means all Negro,
although most of them are,
nor are they merely young
persons, even though a shock
ing percentage of them are.
Bitter Truth
A part of the bitter truth
Of our present is that it is
much easier now to fall into
the claSsification-and into
the economic deprivation-of
tn e disadvantage" Men
and women now so years old
or more can remember when
a boy or girl who graduated
from high school was looked
upon as having attained a
goal not reached by the aver
age. In the not too distant
days only a few high school
graduates went to college.
1t was in that time rela-
lively difficult to become
disadvantaged. The United
States industrial m a chin
was moving into high gear. A
boy could quit school at the
eighth grade and apprentice
out as a machinist. boiler
maker, blacksmith, buggy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
GoIdwoter PIonks

l am glad to learn, from
Mr.. Tillett's letter, that the
Hon. B AIRY Goldwater has
espoused the wisdom of
George Washington's Fare
well Address.
I am now eagerly awaiting
Senator Gol6water's pro-
nouncement Of his opposition
to political partisanship
Cbaneful effects of the spirit
of party'-GW); his advoca-
cy Of a drastic slash In mill
tary budgets Covergrown
military establishments
are -. particularly hostile
to republican liberty"-GW) /;
his resounding call for a new
friendship with the Sovie t
Union and Red China Gin
veterate antipathies against
particular nations .
should be excluded''-GW) /;
his demand for the dissolu-
ton Of NATO C"Why quit
our own, to stand upon for
eign groun d2"-GW); and
his denunciation of the hys-
terical Right c'guard against
the impostures of pretended
patriotism"-GWD.
This platform should gain
Goldwater new adherents
from the ranks Of those who
believe that George Wash
ington said the last word on
national policy.
John McClaughry.
I feel that Goldwater can
and will be elected President
because what he believes
can be expressed in one
word: Freedom. Freedom
for an individual to be an in
dividual and not just a part
of the masses; freedom for
an individual to buy and sell
and use his own private
property as he pleases; free
dom for the worker to have a
say in what he has to do in
his job without orders from
some union leader who sits
in his plush office far from
the workers situation; free
dom for a person to hold a
job without being forced
against his will to join a
union; freedom for an indi-
vidual to invest his money as
he pleases without confisca-
tory taxes; freedom for the
people In Communist lands
from the tyranny of the
Communist leaders. Individ-
ual freedom is what made
our country strong and the
loss Of it will weaken our
country.
Sen tor Goldwater does
not say invade Cuba but
blockade Cuba. Let it wither
on the vine and the slaves of
Castro will be free. Senator
Goldwater does not say re-
duce military expenditures
but, on the contrary, increase
military expenditures to keep
our country strong.
Goldwater cannot be dis
counted for the presidency.
Richard v. Wadding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
Hot Fireworks

The indictment of Bernard ]. Semel
for transporting plastic cherry bombs
from the District to Virginia renews
interest in the troublesome problem of
the manufacture, distribution and sale
of dangerous fireworks which annually
exact heavy tolls despite legal counter
measures.
Mr.. Semels guilt or innocence re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
LONDON

LONDON
Prime Minister Macmil-
lan's resignation because Of
illness may be providential
for Conservative fortunes in
the long run.
His earlier decision TO stay
on and lead his party in the
coming elections was based
on a weakness rather than a
strength. 1t was recognized as
such by Mr.. Macmillan him.
self. He is reported to have
deplored the fact that the
party was unable to agree on
his successor. Now that the
choice is forced on the party,
as seems probable, the con-
sentative chances in the cleo
tons could be considerably
improved.
These chances even now
are not as dismal as it may
appear. The timing of the
election. which may be held
any time during the coming
year, is up to the government
to decide. And though the
odds today still clearly favor
Harold Wilson'S Labor Party,
these odds are diminishing.
Trend Is Downward
The weekly opinion polls,
which are probably more
thorough in Britain than in
any other country in the
world, show the trend. On
July % Labor hit its peak.
with a margin of 20 per cent
over the Conservatives. BY
September 6, the lead had
been whitfield to II per cent.
On the 18th it was down an
other notch to 1914 per cent.
On october it had dropped
to 1871.
Experts In British politics
are not inclined to read too
much significance into these
samples. 1t is remembered
that in the last election in
1859, Labor a few months be-
fore the vote showed a SINH
lar 13-point lead which was
whitfield away week by week.
The election ended in a sub
stantial Conservative victory.
Clearly. however, the cal
culations Of Labor's chances
in the coming elections are
not based simply on the re-
suits of opinion polls.
They are not based entire
ly either on the simple pro-
position that the party which
has held power for 10 years
should move over and give
the other team a chance.
They are based much
more, it would seem, on the
mood Of unrest and general
dissatisfaction that affects
Britain today.
The mood is a complicated
one which derives from vir-
tually the whole of Britain's
postwar experience. 1t is the
spelling Of the fruits of VIC
tory, the loss of empire, the
nostalgia for vanished power.
1t is regret for past mistakes,
the laundering approaches to
an emerging and reawaken-
ing Europe and the failure to
keep pace with Europe's
growth.
1t is humiliation at Suez
and rejection at Brussels. 1t is
criticism from the Common
wealth and doubt VII tn err
: her special relationship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10

feel sure any candidate will
treat any serious question
with respect and be polite to
any serious questioner.
Richard ID. Lone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-10
Like q 'Lynchinq'?'

Richard d. Long
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

The North Carolina Highwa,
commission recently granted
IT'S approval To the Pleasure
Houte Commission headed by
Abel Clinton, a Clinton, N. c..
merchant, 10 place signs along
ne route, which includes US
!Ol, designating the route a,
he Pleasure Route"
After coming off the Chesa-
oeake Bay Bridse-Tunnel anC
travelling through Virginia, tn,
route enters North Caroline
and goes south to Goldsboro
where il joins Us III.
The route picks up US 7Ol
near Clinton and runs through
White Lake. Elizabethtown.
Whitovillc. Tabor City. Lori.
and points south.
Should sunshine bounC
tourists choose this short route.
II could mean as much TO the
economy of towns lying along
its path as US and US 3Ol
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

bave meant in BRINGING tourist
dollars and associated tourist
industries to communities a
long these famous north-south
routes.
Now, let's take a brief look
at the gigantic project thai
"Ili make TINS ali possible.
Virginia's Chesapeake Ba,
3ridge-Tunnel. the East CoaS;'.
answer TO Califonia'S Colder
Gate, is scheduled to be OPEN
I'd for traffic early in 1864. the
Bridse-Tunnel is rising like a
sea giant from the turbulent
waters between the Eastern
shore and TiGewater.
A l7.6 mile long complex
If bridges, man-made islands.
tunnels and trestleS, the Strus-
ture until recently looked like
a giant jigsaw puzzle with
many of the connecting pieces
missing. Passengers aboard the
Little Creek ferries blinked
their eyes in disbelief az the
sight of an isolated bridge
standing in solitary Splendor
in the middle of the Bay, or
grazed in wonder at a road
that suddenly became a dead
end five miles from shore.
Now, though, with constru-
ton more than three-fourthS
completed, the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunnel is assuming the
contour of modern highway
designed to conquer the ele-
mentS.
Contractors report that all
the 2,580 piles used in the 1872
niles Of trestles have been
driven into the ocean floor
The roadbed on 90 miles of
treStleS, more than 8O',. of the
.otal, has been laid. All OF the
tour man-made islands which
will anchor the tunnels have
been raised TO their perman-
ent height and all 81 tunnel
sections that will make up the
.wo tunnels have been sunk.
More than one mile of tunnel
lave been tiled.
Built at a cost of S140,0OO,-
300, the Chesapeake Bay
3ridge-Tunnel promises to be-
come both a tourist attraction
and positive economic fact
or. Financed by three series
revenue bond issues, the CheS-
apeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is
being constructed entirely
without recourse to tax funds.
but it will provide many bene-
fits for the entire state, ac-
cording to Lucius -. Kellam,
of Belle Haven, Va, chairman
of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

Virginia and the CheSapeak
Bay seems long way from
the Twin-City community uf
Loris and Tabor City, and il
seems hard to imagine how
any activity on the northern
border on Virginia can have
any effect on the economy OF
our community on the n. C.-S
{. border.
But. a gigantic construction
project. which promises to be-
come one of the wonders Of
the modern world. can and
probably will directly affect
cur local economy.
Only eight months away
from completion, Virginia's
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tun-
mel will open the way to q
new short route from the New
England and Middle Atlantic
States to the South and Flor
ida.
This route will run directly
through LoriS and Tabor Citv.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

and Tunnel Commission.
by providing a fixed cross
ing over the large body of
water that divides Virginia.
Mr.. Kellam says, 1.-The Bridge
Tunnel will be a cohesive force
in bringing these two sections
of the state into a closer unity.
The Bridge-Tunnel will open
up the Eastern Shores agri-
cultural areas for industrial
development, and it will also
provide a faster, more eco
nomical way of bringing that
areas produce to the markets
of the State of Virginia and
areas to the South"
THE Bridge.Snnel also
will provide a faster, easier
trip across the Bay for the
millions of travelersusi ng the
popular north-south Ocean Hi
way"
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

Pouring concrete into the haow legs" the piles that
support the rcSed roadway just construct
ION activities that take place
unique piece of equipment used i'm the building
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
The 'twohcaded monster" is a 255 long travelling bridge
with derrick each off piles while the
other END caps the piles that have been
weighs 30 to 30 tons. The monster top the
piles
The Chesapeake Bay Brdge-Tunncl scheduled for COM
pcton early IN 1864 the Chesapeake East
crn Shore OF Virginia to the Norfolk l76 mile
structure and under the Bay include trcsed
roadway. bridges, handmade islands and tunnels.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

Tunnel, which will sapn the
Bay from Wise Point to Vir-
ginia Beach, will be a two
lane roadway within sufficient
space provided to handle vchi-
cular breakdowns. II will be
made up of 1872 miles of trest-
led roadways, two tunnels
each with a surface area of
approximately five acres, and
two bridges over pleasure boat
and fishing fleet lanes.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

VIRGINIAS BRIDGE-TUNNEL
Pointing toward the Eastern Shore Virginas
land the rested roadway the Chesapeake Bridge
tunnel stretches far the ggan-
tic structure is completed early in 1864 it will
miles of bridges, tunnels manmade islands trestes
Each restle is rs feet long made
concrete deck gders support hollow
prestressed cylinder piles joining cap
girder unit -four to weighs approximately
The hollow cylindrical supporting piles fvve-nch
shell thickness, four and half diameter
from 80 to ITO feet long The complete trese roadway
feet above own About $4,000 cubic yards of
concrete will be in the construction of CBB-T
vide girders piles and and other
S35 million casting yard Cape Charles
Eastern Shore There others like
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

That you can send your son
OF daughter To the Community
College without their having
TO leave home?
Do you know:
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16

That persons income is
generally closely correlated
with his level of education?
Do you know:
Tabor City tribune., 1963-10-16
Cheering About.

TEAM PRIDE goes far beyond the playing
field. We mean the feeling of pride that
exists in our community as we view the pro-
gress made in recent years. Member-owners
of the Horny Electric Cooperative, Inc, are
proud to play a role in this effort by work
ing closely with other local people and
businesses. We take great pride in offering
our services and cooperation to future COM
munity growth.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
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Halls Win on Coast

In California. Republican
State Senate Leader John F
Mccarthy told the Associated
Press the election was "dra-
matte evidence that President
Kennedy will not carry Cali
fornia in 1854"
Democratic officials in WASH
ington did not minimize their
concern at the upset but were
inclined to blame it on the low
voter turnout and organiza-
tional problems.
One source said Mr.. Porter
had been overconfident Of VIC
tory and had refused offers of
outside aid.
Republicans, on the ether
hand, modified a reported
$500 election-day precinc t
workers. some from as far away
as San Diego. in the successful
effort to swell Mr.. Clawson's
vote.
1t was the second setback
for Democrats in special Cali
fornia congressional elections
this year, Last January, Re-
publican Don Clausen captured
the LIST district seat in Northern
California that had been held
by the late Representative
Glenn Miller, Democrat.
The new Congressman is a
49-year-old businessman and
onetime missionary in the
Mormon church. He ran for