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PAROLE

CONTINUED from rage A.
adjustment within the com
munity."
The committee said that ex
banded vocational training a
the youth center would seek t,
provide every committed you'll
offender with at least on
trade or skill he could us
when released to the commu
nifty.
Emphasis should be givel
to vocational training in tn
trades and skills that are read
lily marketable in the metro
politan area Of the District o
Columbia" the report said.
The report added that fail
ure to adjust on parole i
sometimes attributable to tn
paroled youth offender beint
returned into the same I'M
wholesome environment
and thereby returning to anti
social behavior. :"
To cure this defect, the com.
mittee urged the establish
ment Of a pre-release guidance
center (halfway house, at thu
earliest possible time"
The residence would b.
an intermediate rehabilitation
stop between the reformatory
and society.
Center for Adjustment
A request that the now
vacant Temporary Home TO
Veterans of All Wars at 80,
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. b
made available for use as
halfway" correctional hous
was submitted to the Commits
sioners today.
The request was made b,
James v. Bennett, director o
the Federal Bureau of Prisons
who said that "at the sugges
ton of the Attorney Genera
our staff has been investigator
the feasibility Of setting up
pre-release guidance center i
the District for youthful of
tenders.
Mr.. Bennett said the func
ton of the center would be t
house young offenders 70
periods of 80 to 100 days befor
their release from the pens
institution in order to hell
them to readjust to the com
munity.
Others Seek Building
The veterans who once Use,
the home were recently relo
Gated when the last appropria
ton by Congress for operation
of the institution was exhauste,
and no new funds mad
available.
The Commissioners also hav
received several other request
for proposed new uses for tn
vacant institution. The Boar
Of Education has asked that tn
site be reserved for a new Dis
trict institution Of highe
learning.
Walter N. Tobriner, presiden
Of the District Board Of Com
missioners, said that actual.
the building is owned by tn
Federal Government and no
by the District.
He referred all the request
about this building to Schuyle
Lowe, director Of the Depart
ment of General Admipistra
ton, for study and a recon
mendation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
TREATY

Continued From Page Al
hearings, on which Senators
on both sides of the aisle will
base a decision, will last for
weeks"
n;-Iy.o,. WTo.,.yA noIIoL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
COncurs With Study

Hal B. Larry, associate d.
rector Of research of the Ma
tional Bureau of Economic Re-
search, New York, concurred
with "the main trends foreseen
in the study" and with its con-
clusion that a more ample and
accessible international supply
of currencies must be provided
to support foreSeeable expan-
sion of international trade and
investment.
He expressed some concern,
however, over the possibility
that the report may confuse
some into believing that the
answer to Americas payments
problem "lies in the reform of
our international monetary in
situations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
Creeping Insects

Phineas T. Barnum probably was not
thinking Of modern art when he OBJ
served that "a sucker is born every min
ute," but it seems that some abstract
enthusiasts are doing their best to be
included on Barnum's roll High on the
list are the two judges of South Gate
(Calif) exhibit who unheSitantly Sc
lected the "expreSSionistic" drawing of
Miss Theresa Bates for first prize.
Now Miss Bates unquestionably has
potential talent. In fact, one of the
judges found her work Every sensitive
and reminiscent of strange creeping in
sects." When she grows up and is old
enough to understand what she has done,
Theresa probably will be proud and
happy. That will not be for some time,
however, since she is only % months old.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Zoo must be
in an uproar over the laurels that are
being stolen away from It's finger paint
ing chimpanzee and tail-painting
donkey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
FideI and Moscow

AT the personal invitation of Nikita
KhruShchev, Cuba'S Premier Fidel Cas-
tro will visit Moscow some time this year.
The precise date has yet to be fixed, but
one may assume that the great event
will take place at an appropriate mo-
ment, preceded by an enormously tire
some amount of propagandistic fanfare.
The fanfare, in fact, has already
begun, and the Soviet press leaves little
room for doubt that Fidels arrival in
the USSR-when it occurs-will be
greeted with synthetic enthusiasm and
noise roughly equivalent to the detona-
ton OF couple Of 100-megaton bombs.
Meanwhile, outsiders can do little more
than ask questions. Why is the Bearded
One going over there? And what is the
meaning OF hints from Moscow that Mr..
Khrushchev may reciprocate with visit
to Cuba?
The answers must be speculative at
best. The USSR'S noiSome puppet in
Havana has been represented as having
been outraged and embarrassed by the
Soviet Premier'S withdrawal Of missiles
from Cuba last fall. Also, according to
sources that can hardly be described as
unimpeachable, Fidel is so mad at Mos
COW that when he visits there In his
soldier-boy uniform he will wave both
his beard and his cigar with such indig-
nant vigor that Mr.. Khrushchev and the
very walls OF the Kremlin, thick though
they are, will tremble.
Well, as to that, the fact remains
that the Soviet Unions economic and
military aid to Cuba amounts TO an
estimated 81 million a day. This is
wholly apart from the cost OF maintain
ing several thousand Soviet troops on
the island. Beyond that, the expenditure
involved here involves much more than
kopeks and rubles: It involves a poten-
TALLY very deadly challenge to the Mon
roe Doctrine-a challenge that risks the
possibility, II not the probability, OF be-
ing countered, sooner or later, with our
country's armed force.
In these circumstances, the Kremlin
would be well advised to tell Fidel, who
is actually nothing but puppet, TO stop
doing things that might lead the United
States OF America to take action that
could quite literally destroy him and his
tyranny In matter of minutes. II this
counsel Is given, his projected trip to
MOSCOW may be we'll worth while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
Power StruqqIe

1t Is ironical that the recent session
OF the State Legislature, which greatly
enhanced the powers Of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission in Montgomery County, Sc
verely curtailed them in Prince Georges.
And 1t is not surprising that several civic
groups in the latter area are pleading
with Governor Tawes to veto the
legislation
At least one of these groups criti-
cizes the hasty manner in which the
Prince Georges bill was handled-and
with this protest we are in full accord.
Others are seeking a veto on the
basis OF its contentS-and on this ques-
ton vigorous debate is under way.
The essential fact is that the commission
for many years has initiated, drafted
and adopted official plans for most Of
the Montgomery-Princ Georges region,
yielding many dividends, we think, in
the process. Under the new bill, the
planners would be prohibited from
initiating any such plans in Prince
Georges without the specific approval Of
the County Commissioners, and the
power Of ultimate approval likewise would
be lodged in the county political leaders.
Some officials note that planning by it's
nature is an advisory staff function,
which is meaningful only when 1t is
supplemented by the exercise of coming
and other political powers. They con-
tend that in Prince Georges the relative
autonomy Of the Planning Commission
has tended to discourage the County
Commissioners from an active role In
planning, and consequently to encourage
misunderstanding between the two. With
clear-cut responsibility to initiate and
approve planning, the advocates say, the
political leaders would be forced to be-
come more aware of planning principles
than they have In the past On this
point Frank J. Lastner, the chairman
OF the Prince Georges Board of Com
missioners, says 1T is not the intention
OF this board to cripple the Planning
Commission In any way. We do not want
the right to tell our advisers what advice
to give u.s.
Perhaps not. The problem is, how
ever, that the legislation at issue def
nitely would give them that right. Ger
tainly the lack Of communication be-
tween the two bodies In the county land
In Montgomery as well, for that matter)
is severely harmful to the public interest.
Still, II there were real desire to bridge
this gap, there would be no reason why
that could not be accomplished within
the framework OF the existing law For
. our part, we would prefer to see 1t done
that way.
AS practical matter, however, Gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
'On Living together

Your April 8 editorial en-
titled ION Living Together"
completely ignores the infor-
nation available in press re-
ports regarding the harass-
ment and intimidation by
local citizens and police
against Negro voter registra-
ton workers In Greenwood,
Miss. There were no mass
walks or demonstrations
prior to March 81, 1868.
On page 5094 of the Con-
gressional Record of April 2,
1868. Senator Stennis of Mis-
sissippi is quoted as follows:
Last week, during one day
alone, I am advised that so
Negro applicants were actual
ly registered to vote" Why
not have your reporter phone
Mrs. Martha T. Lamb, the
Leflore County registrar and
ask her If this statement is
true and, II not, what are
the facts regarding the total
number Of Negroes who have
applied for registration this
year and how many OF that
number have actually been
registered2
! cannot believe that The
Washington Star would want
to print misleading news and
/. therefore. invite you TO in
vestigate the facts and cir
cumstances TO see II your
editorial can be supported by
your own honest. objective
findings.
Wiley A. BrantOn,
Director, Voter Education
Project, A Program OF the
Southern Regional Council
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
Steel Prices

Now that the steel industry has
made its selective price increases, the
question is whether it can also make
them stick.
There is no doubt in our mind
that need not greed -p rompted the
decision to boost some prices. BY this,
We mean that the induStry's generally
unsatisfactory profit position made it
desirable and perhaps necessary to seek
more revenue. But price increases are
no guarantee that profits will improve.
For there is always the question of the
competitive factor. Will more steel
users now switch to plaStics and other
substitutes? VIII foreign made steel
now take over bigger share Of the
American market? If so, 1t may be-
come impossible to maintain the in
creaSes announced this week.
But, of course, considerations such
as these have been weighed, balanced
and weighed again by the men who
make the price decisions in steel. 1t
would be stupid to think they would
take these risks unless they were salts
fled that their income needs justified
the gamble. And the absence Of any
political uproar comparable to that Of
last year suggests that the politicians
know this is true.
To be sure, Senator Douglas has
announced that the Joint Congressional
Economic Committee will hold public
hearings next week to study the price
increases. But this is perfectly normal
and, in a sense, reassuring. 1t wouldn't
be spring in Washington If Senator
Douglas were proposing not to investi-
gate a prospect as inviting as this one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
In the Red Enclosure

The breakdown on Russia's intelli-
gentSia continues apace. Ever since Nj
kita KhruShchev's recent speech de-
handing that Soviet painters, poets,
noveliStS, musicians, dancers, etc., show
answering obedience to the party line"
the cultural atmosphere from Moscow
all the way to VladivoStok has become
increasingly frigid. AS result, the verve
engendered by the first pleasant liberat-
ing shock Of Discrimination now is
rapidly disappearing.
Today, for example, novelists like
Viktor Nekrasov are being violently at
tackled for having written bourgeois
objectivistic" reports in which they fool
iShly have said few favorable things
about our country. Similarly, Yevgeny
Yevtushenko, the celebrated young So
Wet poet, has suddenly become fll" and
hence has been obliged to cancel plans
to lecture at Princeton and visit among
us this month. Obviously one would have
to be very guilelesS indeed to think that
the cancellation is really attributable to
the possibility that Mr. YevtuShenko has
developed sudden cold in the head or
regrettable case Of mononucleosis.
What is much easier to believe; of
course, is that he and all other relatively
independent artists in the USSR
have had the theological leash put on
them and are thus prisoners of a sort
in their own homeland. The situation
brings to mind the following lines of
the late Boris Pasternak, published in
the West in 1860 after the KhruShchev
regime had cruelty refused to let him out
of the country to accept the Nobel Prize
for Literature:
/ am lost like beast in an enclosure,
Somewhere are people. freedom and
light,
Behind me is the noise OF pursuit,
And there Is no tU1y out.
But tOhdt picked thing haze I done,
!, the murderer and Uilldin?
!, Uho force the whole tUorId to CRY
Over the beauty OF my land.
But, in Gng case. am near my craze,
And belieoe the time wiH come
When the spirit OF good iOtH conquer
Wtckedness and tnfGmv.
All the Yevtushenkos of the UssR
land there apparently are too many
of them to please the Kremlin) must
say amen to PaSternak's poem-fervently
and repeatedly In the cautious secrecy
OF their hearts-aS they feel the ideo-
logical enclosure pressing in on them
with harsh inexorability.
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Art at Ole Miss

@. Ray Kerciu. art pro-
fessor at the University OF
Mississippi. will now become
a symbol Of freedom OF ex-
preston and the darling Of
the meddlers who have been
disappointed that the oxford
business has quoted down.
A look at the pictures he
had on display convinces me
that Mr.. Kerciu does not
deserve the support OF the
group OF students who have
sided with him and "aca-
demic freedom"
II Mr.. Kerciu is removed
from the university faculty,
both art and education will
be advanced.
Dunbar MacNemar.
Millersville. Md.
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ernor TaweS is not likely to veto the
planning measure. And If he doesn't,
Mr.. Lastner and his colleagues will have
an obligation to abide by their present
assurances of freedom for the Planning
Commission, to face number of plan
ming issues which have been studiously
avoided in the past, and to avoid any
augmentation in the regional activities
of the bi-county planning agency. And
this is an obligation which they should
not be permitted to forget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18

outfit already is laying its
plans to defeat the Governor
for the G. o. p. presidential
nomination and to defeat
Senator Heating for renomi-
nation. This Conservative
Party polled about 14l,OOO
votes in the 1862 gubernato-
rial election for its own can
didate, which reduced Gov.
Rockefeller's margin Of VIC
tory over Mr.. Morgenthau.
This Conservative Party
wants the G. o. P. to
nominate Senator Barry
Goldwater for President or
some other conservative.
What it viii. do If Gov.
Rockefeller Is the party
choice and Senator Heating
is renominated will be deter
mined later. It may try to
get Its own candidates on
the ballot. The only effect Of
such an operation would be
to aid the President and the
Democratic nominee for Sen
ator.
Senatorial Problem
The Democrats In New
York do not have to worry
about a presidential nominee.
They know. The party's SEN
atorial nominee, however, Is
another thing. It won't be
easy to push over Senator
Heating, who has gained in
favor and stature since 1858.
Mayor Wagner has long had
ambitions to follow In his
fathers footsteps and sit In
the Senate. There have been
reports, however, that his
health is not too good and
that he may not wish to
make such q campaign. Also,
the mayor has raised a lot
of resentment In New York
City by his effort to have q
four-cent sales tax and his
more than SO billion city
budget. His latest break with
his Democratic colleagues is
over these proposals. City
Controller Abraham d. Beanie
has come up with alternative
fiscal plans, some Of which
would neceSSitate q special
session of the State legisla-
ture. Mr.. Beanie says he
doesn't think the Governor
would fail to issue such q
call to help the citizens Of
New York. So Mr.. Beanie may
be putting a firecracker I'M
der the Governor as we'll as
advancing his own candidacy
for mayor when Mr.. Wagner
steps out. City Council Pres
ident Paul r. Screvane has
been regarded as the mayors
choice to succeed him.
Other Democrats are eye
ing the senatorial nomina-
ton. Mr.. Morgenthau has
not given up his interest in
politics, as evidenced by his
attendance at many party
functions. Representative
Sam Stratton, an up-Stater
who was brushed aside for the
nomination last year. is ex-
pected to try again. and per-
haps Mr.. Donovan, who did
have the nomination.
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'Squondermonio'


"Cut of 5 to IL Cents in
Tax Rate Seen for Mont
gomery"! This headline In
The Sunday Star was as
mamma from heaven to this
dehydrated taxpayer, at least,
and I suspect to many in the
over-taxed suburbs of Squan-
dermania.
There was, Of course, q
brief mention of increased
assessments under a new
Maryland law, a maneuver
with which we Northern
Virginians are painfully
familiar. But the new Mont
gomery County government
seems to be in earnest about
cutting fat and easing tax
burdens.
Arlington is different. We
have just established prob
ably the highest school SAL
aries in the Nation and our
assessments are constantly
being raised Internationally
(42 per cent in my case)
1t Is to be hoped that
Montgomery County will con-
tinue to lead the way, that
its voters will sufficiently ap-
preciate their good fortune
by voting to support those
who have brought 1t about.
I sincerely hope, too, that
Arlington's electorate will
take heart and elect to its
County Board two candidates
dedicated and pledged to
economy and tax reduction,
two commodities totally un-
known under ABC's miSman-
agement. This can and must
be done.
We must clean house ma
tionally. too, unless we are
to know complete bankruptcy
and reputation in the near
future.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry i0riters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
ton. Those not used ,oilI be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
This Is the Year of Illustrations
By RALPH McGILL

dependence and back 1t with
the army. Its leaders also
have suggested union with
South Africa.
The picture Is one famil-
lar to this last half of the
Goth century. There is a
Southern Rhodesia govern
ment in exile in Tanganyika.
1t has the backing Of most of
the new African nations. The
British cannot persuade the
1884, 900 European settlers to
create a biracial government.
The emotions now are such
that the Africans would not
accept 1t even If the offer
were made. Britain, helpless
to direct the future of South
ern Rhodesia, nevertheless
will be held responsible,
since, officially, 1t is q crown
colony. Hindsight already re-
grets that q British army and
Raj are not there. but they
are not. SO, the classic trag-
edy contained in the words
"now" and never" once more
is moving to the center Of
the world stage.
1t Is on this point that
the British Commonwealth
may be split. II fighting
comes and the British can
not control their settlers
there Is a very grave pos
sibility that q number Of
African members Of the
Commonwealth, perhaps all.
will withdraw. This is be-
lieved certain TO follow II
Southern Rhodesia makes
union with South Africa.
Real Predicament
The predicament Of the
British, therefore. Is very
real and dangerous. They
cannot give orders. and lit
orally have no physical or
political control Of the coll
ony. The best they can do Is
to surrender the colony to
the U. N. for temporary trus-
teeship, or they could simply
grant independence and turn
their back while the fight
ing began. Here we see again
the great need for a United
Nations, but Il Is an indict-
ment Of those members who
have not paid their assess
ments that the U. N. Is In
desperate. almost bankrupt.
financial condition.
Southern Rhodesia Is an
other reason why the soviets
have withdrawn TO an OBJ
servers position. Gen. de
Gaulle temporarily dominates
the European discussion. The
British government Ia In po-
litical and economic trouble.
The Congress OF the United
States is In O petty, queru-
lous. partisan mood. Now
comes the very real danger
Of Southern Rhodesia. The
soviets. viii certainly want
TO sit back and see what
happens.
tAii Rishls Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-18
THE POLITICAL MILL
To Make N. Y. Safe for JFK in "a
BY GOULD LINCOLN

The Kennedy organization
is moving early and fast to
make New York safe" for
the President in next years
national election. Not only
have the known political tai
ents Of his brother-in-law
Steven Z. Smith, been called
upon to help bring Demo-
cratic unity In the Empire
State, but all the resources
Of the Democratic National
Committee are thrown into
the effort. It has been an
nounced that Democratic Ma
tional Chairman John M.
Bailey is to make q fivesday,
nine-city swing through New
York beginning with q talk
at a Embarrassing dinner April
%. sponsored by the New
York County Democratic
Committee.
The Kennedy organization
backed Mayor Robert r.
Wagner in his 1851 race for
q third term as Mayor Of
New York, Mr., Wagner was
the fair-haired boy who was
to get rid Of former Tam
many Leader Carmine De
Sapio and former Democratic
State Chairman Prendergast,
who were out Of favor with
the Kennedys. notwithstand-
ing the fact they had carried
the State for President Ken
nedy by almost 10000 votes
in 1860. It was a good fight,
but one that has persisted
in the party ever since. When
1t came time to pick candi-
dates to run for Governor
and Senator against Repub-
lican Gov. Rockefeller and
Senator Javits, the white
House and Mr.. Wagner STEP
ped In to nominate q new
figure with q big name -
U. 8. Attorney Robert M.
Morgenthau, for Governor
and James B. Donovan, the
lawyer who was working on
ransoming the Bay Of Pigs
Cuban Freedom Fighters from
Fidel Castro's jails, for Sen
ator. Gov. Rockefeller was re-
elected by more than half a
million votes and Senator
Javits by more than a mil
lion.
Try Rebuilding Party
The embattled Mayor
Wagner is still in favor, but
the Kennedy organization is
now trying its own hand at
rebuilding q unified Demo-
cratic Party In New York.
But the poison is still there.
Whether 1t can be drained
off remains to be seen. Presi-
dent Kennedy is himself per-
sonally popular with millions
of voters in the State. But
Gov. Rockefeller has twice
been elected Governor, and
the Kennedys are not taking
any chances. They probably
look with considerable favor
on the Conservative Party,
organized in New York last
year with Republican back
ing, to bring about the de-
feat Of both Gov. Rockefeller
and Senator Javits. The same