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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

All right, we have the mes
sage-The Star does not
favor Goldwater. I hope you
do not plan to tell us so twice
weekly in half q column of
arch, vacant prose in the
style of Time Magazine at its
clever worst. What has hap
pened to your stately and
dignified editorials present.
ing facts and considered
opinions? Instead I find
heavy, pointless satire full of
smirks, nudges and winks.
The sort of person you seem
to be addressing will hardly
be reading The Stars edito-
rial page.
If you would care to give
us concise and sensible infor-
nation as to why Senator
Goldwater would not make a
good President, please do so;
then you might consider tell
ing us. IN an equally concise
and factual way, what you do
favor and why. But please,
stop this pointing and snig-
gering - you are addressing
grown men and women.
A. r. Frazier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Testing Time

The President now finds himself
somewhat in the position of the man
who could cope with his enemies but
needed divine assistance to handle his
friends.
This word friends" should be used
with caution. For as the hour of de-
ciSion on the civil rights bill draws
near it is not easy for Mr.. Kennedy
to distinguish friend from foe.
The President has been plugging
for the administrations bill-a So
called moderate measure. Actually, if
passed, it would mark the longest
forward step ever taken by Congress
in the civil rights field. There has
never been any real assurance, how
ever, that it could pass.
Now it is in serious Jeopardy. A
subcommittee of the House Judiciary
Committee has approved bill so drastic
that it faces probable defeat If voted
on in the House. Certainly it could
not pass in the Senate. This bill is a
strange brew Of liberalism, opportuniSm,
cynical politics and just plain wrong
Medicines. The administration and,
one might say, the real friends Of civil
rights have been working nightly to
report out a bill that could be passed.
But they are hampered by wildly ex-
travagant attacks by people, Negro
leaders included, whose zeal outruns
their judgment. At best, there is more
than an even chance that the admin
iStration will lose this fight.
Assuming that it does, November
will truly bring melancholy days for
President Kennedy. Hope for tax bill
has all but gone a-glimmering. If, in
addition, the civil rights bill is lost,
his legislative achievements could be
put in his eye, with space to spare.
And this at a time when the polls
show mounting voter dissatisfaction
with the administrations legislative
performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Reflections on Prof. MyrdoI
By DONALD MINTZ

Whitney M. Young, Jr., ex-
ecutive director of the Urban
LIE a que, remembers the
white poor only in passing
when advocating "a tempo !,
rary 'more-than-equal' pro-
gram of aid for Negro citi-
zens." Yet what he is talking
about is poverty, not those
types of discrimination
which all Negroes suffer from,
regardless of economic level.
Obviously Mr.. Young can
not become an "under-clasS"
leader, as Prof. Myrdal would
put it; his support has a ra-
cial, not an economic base.
But suppose that some
thing like the Urban Leagues
proposals become law. Sup
pose that subStandard housing
is to be eliminated by a new,
rational and acceptable pro-
gram.
Other Side of Coin
Mr.. Young tells us that
lone out of every six Negro
dwellings is Substandard, as
compared with one in 80
white dwellings,"
Clearly, no one is going to
clear away substandard
dwellings inhabited by Ne
groeS while leaving those in
habited by whites, though I'M
fortunately the occurrence of
the reverse has been charged
and denied.
Any program designed to
aid the economically de-
pressed Negro is bound to aid
his white counterpart. And the
way matters presently stand,
whatever programs m a y
come about will be due largely
to Negro activity.
The moment any such plan
is enacted, the white "under-
class" has accepted Negro
leadership, whether it likes
it or not, whether it knows it
or not.
It is an odd possibility to
contemplate. It is still remote,
but it is nevertheless far
from unthinkable. History de-
lights in these curious but log
ical flipS.
Some years ago, Prof. Myr-
dial wrote a classic study of
the position of the Negro in
American life. He called it
can American Dilemma" He
may soon have occasion to
write can American Solution"
and it is sure to tell of some
strange twists and turns.
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charges and countercharges"
which has obscured the main
issues. I share this concern. I
cannot agree, however, that
his letter clarified the issues.
The facts are that under
the existing bylaws of CHA,
members of special contract
groups-Such as the one COW
ering D. c. Transit en-
ployeS-are given the
same voting rights as all 9TH
er members, with one impor-
tant exception: The bylaws
provide that special group
contract members shall have
no rig hit to vote on any
change in dues or assess
mentS applicable . . to other
members, or on any bylaw
amendments relating to such
matters" except if specifically
provided in the contract.
The intent of this provi-
sion was quite clear: Mem
bers of the transit group
were to have their rates
established through direct
contractual negotiations with
CHA on a basis quite differ
ent from other m m bers.
Federal employees or other
m EN- berS would have no
right to vote on these transit
contracts. Conversely, it was
never contemplated that the
transit members would rea-
onably expect to vote on
dues to be paid by Federal
employees or others. This
would in fact be representa-
ton without taxation"
The obvious fairness of
this provision is evidenced by
the fact that in three success
sive contract renegotiations,
in which the interests of
transit members were ably
represented by their own
union leaders and manage
ment. this point was not at
issue. Nor was this provision
apparently considered "un-
democratic" by members of
the Board of CHA, who APP
proved these contracts. Ger
tainly, it could not have been
considered "anti-union or
undemocratic" by Mr.. Meikle-
john, who was president of
CHA when this bylaw was
adopted.
The apparent concern with
the "anti-democratic" nature
Of this bylaw provision on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

I am one Of the Transit"
employees who is a member of
Group Health. It is my right
to vote (transit e mployes
have less than $500 votes in
the CHA total Of 100000
which the disSident CHA
board members (two out of
I'D seek to limit in the pend
ing referendum. If successful,
these dissidentS would pro-
vide that they may vote on
how much their dues will be
to CHA, and how much mine
will be. I will not be entitled
to vote on either. They will
be entitled to vote for men,
bers of GHA's Board of
Trustees-I will not.
The dissidents urge two
reasonS-depending on where
the reason is offered -for
their proposal. In one place,
CHA members are warned to
beware lest Transit (the
lion) take over GHA-be-
cause Transit votes as a con-
trolled block. Elsewhere, sup
port Is sought on the basis
that Transit (the lamb is
unwittingly b ein g used by
GHA's paid management
people in order to perpetuate
itself. Nowhere is the fact
mentioned that in the five
years while Transit has been
with GHA-during all OF
which time it had a greater
proportion of GHA'S mem
berShip and votes than il
now has-did Transit ever
elect more than one trustee
to GHA's board at any cleo
ton. As to having taken over
CHA, the facts speak fol
themselves.
I want to be neither lamb
nor lion-just a member Of
CHA, like every other such
member. I want to have the
same rights and the same
responsibilities. I want tt
continue to act as a response.
BILE member of a very fint
com unity-wide medica
service cooperative. I would
ask the dissidents to do al
much.
Walter j. Bierwagen.
II =
Kenneth A. Meiklejohn II
a letter on the current GROUP
Health Association contro.
versy deplores the "fog OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
That's WONDERFUL

We have been living in
Frederick County for the last
several years, and have read
much about the wonderful
schools Of Montgome cry
County. Thus, when a new
position brought us to this
area recently, we decided to
buy a house in Montgomery
County.
We are therefore quite dis
appointed to find that: Our
third grader is in a class of
80 children; she and her
classmates are using old
fashioned arithmetic texts,
and only the teacher has the
new University Of Maryland
text to work with; our fifth
grader, instead Of continuing
French with a native speak
er, as in Frederick, is learn
ing" from TV and a teacher
who doesn't speak the Ian
guage; neither child has regu
lar physical education classes.
These deficiencies are bad
In themselves. We were dis
mayed, therefore, to arm
that they are not leftovers in
an improvement program
but new CHI anges for the
worse brought about by a de-
sire Of some county council
men and school board mem
bers to save the taxpayers
money. Like many newer
residents of Montgomery
County, we S ettle d here
knowing about the high tax
rate. We feel that 1t is only
right to pay well for superior
schools and other county
services.
We have therefore Joined
the Committee for the Public
Schools, which Is dedicated
to the pursuit of excellence
in education in Montgomery
County.
Otto E. Landman,
Ruth H. Landman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Crossing the Street

The recent accident at
18th and H Streets NV,
when a pedestrian was
struck and killed by a bus
making a right-hand turn,
serves to point up one Of the
worst traffic problems in this
city, especially in the down.
town area.
1t has been obvious to me
for years that intersections
without pedestrian traffic
controls are responsible, not
only for a great portion of
the accidents in which inju-
ries are sustained and death
results, but also for extreme
congestion and showdown of
vehicular traffic.
If pedestrian traffic could
be eliminated entirely at in
terSections downtown, this
would be ideal. Short of this
and wherever separate
pedestrian controls cannot be
provided or are not advisable,
consideration should be given
to q system where pedestri-
ans may be permitted to
cross in the middle Of the
block rather than at inter-
sections.
On its face, the above
might appear to be more ha-
zardous; actually it is not.
Center Of the block pedestri-
an crossings would permit
for the pedestrian far greater
opportunity to protect him.
self against vehicular traffic,
and at the same time, would
also provide operators Of We
hicles with a better chance
to exercise more care in the
operation of tn e ir vehicles
and not compel them to be
slowed down as they now are
at intersections withou t
pedestrian controls.
Leon NJ. Shinberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
CHA 'Churqes and Counterchorges'

the part of some officials of
CHA appears to have en-
erged with some suddenness
this past June whe n the
transit fund contract came
up for its fourth renegotia-
ton. Three months earlier,
these same officials had sup
por tie d bylaw amendments
which included a provision
completely eliminating mem
bership rights to vote on
dues changes. This provision
was voted down by a MAORI
ty of the Federal employees
and general members. The
transit members, who had no
direct stake in this matter,
voted by a large majority in
favor of the general bylaws
change, clearly on a bloc"
basis. If their votes on this
provision had counted, the
amendment would have car
ried and all m e m b er hip
rights to vote on dues, elimi-
mated.
Following this election,
and with no advance discus
sion, the transit contract ne
gotiated this past June was
now revised to give the
transit" members the right
to vote on dues of 9th er
members. This change was
transparency d designed to
shift the balance of voting
power within the organiza-
ton.
Deeply concerned with the
basic drift in CHA from a
membership controlled and
responsive cooperative to a
corporate-type organization,
a group of CHA members
have exercised their rights to
petition for a membership
referendum, whose sole in
tent is to restore membership
voting rights to those in
effect last March, until such
time as the entire constitu-
ton of CHA can be resub-
mitted to the membership
and certain legal issues clari-
fled. Simply stated, its pur-
pose is to avoid changing
the rules" in the middle of
the controversy. I therefore
urge all CHA members who
have not yet filled in their
ballots to vote "for" the pro-
posed amendment.
Harold Wool,
Former Member, CHA
Board of Trustees
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

mentioned is the First Con-
gregational Church. The
misnaming Of it has APP
peared before in The Star.
A Congregational church is
one governed by its congre-
CATION - individually, each
church on its own.
Faith Bradford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only phen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Wronq Church

A recent letter entitle d
Library Site" mentioned as
under consideration for the
location of a new Central Ii
brary %. the area bound
ed by the alley next to the
First Congressional Church
at GAS G street NV"
Shades of my Pilgrim an
ceStorS! The church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. When did the Missis-
sippi River change its chan
mel at Vicksburg, Miss?
A. In 1876 the Mississippi
broke through a narrow
tongue of land north of
VickSburg and made a new
channel for itself, leaving the
city without a waterfront.
Early in the 1900s the flow
of the Yazoo River was di-
verted into the old riverbed
so that Vicksburg might
again be fronted by water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
THE PASSING SCENE
Conservative Party Is Key Ally

they think they must, are not
and never will be ready to
leap into that glad, evangen-
cal buddy buddyism which is
the tendency Of the Wilson
leadership in England.
Again, the Conservatives
like and support their asso-
citation with the United States
as the very foundation Of
their foreign policy - even
though at times they get an
noyed as the devil with US
and we at them. But power
full forces among the Labor
ties - though not perhaps
Wilson himself - neither
really like nor really trust
the United States. An ALI
ance with them could never
sustain the old intimacy
and easy mutual confidence
with which these two great
Western nations have so
long confronted the outer
world while Conservatism has
ruled in London.
There Is, moreover, a very
human issue involved here.
BY and large the Conserva-
tive Party in Britain stands
for the conservation, among
other things, of old values
and traditions whose loss
would be a great pity-if not
a moral catastrophe-in a
West already far too infected
with a vulgar, two-bit, cyni-
cism and a spirit Of rejection
of such ancient concepts as
duty, manners, and respon-
Sibility.
Arrogant AristOcrats
Already the Labor Party
is signalling that it Is pre-
pairing to run a campaign of
demagogic class splitting
against the Conservatives on
the claim that these, the
Tories, are cold and arrogant
"ariStocrats," and so on. The
new head Of the Tories,
Douglas-Home is, indeed, an
aristocrat, but in the old and
good sense of that term.
Though he cannot deny
having been "well-born"-
which Is perhaps not yet a
punishable crime-no man
against him can fairly deny
that being well-born in his
English sense means being
trained from babyhood to do
his duty, to avoid the cheap
and easy way to success, to
live in fairness to those about
him, and to die, when the
time comes, in honor but
without suggesting that his
sacrifice is unique among all
mankind.
And, after all, who but the
"well-born" have again and
again saved England, from
the Battle of Hastings to the
Battle of Britain.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

In Challenge to Affluence"
pantheon, $3.50 reviewed
here a few days ago, Gunnar
Myrdal says the (economic)
substratum is not very arti-
culate in America and is,
therefore, not much noticed
by the ordinary, well-edu-
Gated citizens who are busily
and happily enjoying both
their work and their leisure.
This is fatal for democracy,
and demoralizes the individ-
ual members so that they are
mute and without initiative
and unorganized.
For its own health and even
preservation an effective, full
Pledged democracy needs
movements of protest on the
part of the underprivileged, {"
he says.
These lines were written
before the current, great
Negro upSurge. Later in the
book, Prof. Myrdal takes
note of the new movement.
1.-The relative muteneSS of the
American substratum, which
is often referred to in this
book" he writes, ''has for one
group, the Negroes, almost
changed into mutiny. Two
remarks may be made.
even if this movement
has been directed upon what
can be broadly described as
civil rights, it undoubtedly
has its undertone and part Of
its momentum in the great
poverty and high unemploy-
ment rate among the Negroes
"The second remark is, that
as yet there are no similar
movements among other SUBJ
merged groups in America. !"
The first remark is already
partly out of date, for the en-
phaSis has been shifting
rather strongly to the depressed
economic position Of enormous
numbers of Negroes.
Facts Pose Question
But the absence of similar
movements among otheInSub-
merged groups" is still strik-
ing.
These facts raise an ex-
traordinary question, one that
probably could not have been
foreseen even a few months
ago, one whose outlines are
still hazy. Will the present
Negro leadership come to
represent not the militant
Negro but the militant poor
black and white alike?
At the moment, the queS.
ton still seems fantastic. Fol
the economically, non-mili.
tant white poor are generally
the strongest opponents of the
Negro drive for equality. 1t is
hard, to put it very mildly, tt
see them accepting Negro
leadership.
The Negroes, meanwhile
seem driven by an unfortu,
nate but unavoidable logic, tt
concentrate more and more
on the fact Of race alone
Even as thoughtful a man al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

not saying that the area base
ball and football teams do
not deserve a good bit of
criticism, but this continuous
stream of disgusting sarcasm
is nauSeating.
Lee Fishkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
BeonbuII

Morris Siegel is a conceit-
ed, sh arp-t on gu e d, loud
mouth, who makes a living
by cutting down any local
athlete who has the misfor-
tune to have q bad day. I'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

The most important cleo
ton campaign to the people
and Government Of the
United States save one-our
own presidential test Of next
year-has now been opened
in England.
The issue is whether Brit
ain is to remain in control
of the Conservative Party of
such men as Winston
Churchill, Harold Macmillan
and Sir Alec Douglas-Home,
or is it to be turned over to
a Labor Party headed by
the erstwhile ban-the-bomber
and quasi-neutralist, Harold
Wilson.
Among the elaborate fic-
tons theoretically maintained
in international affairs is
the genteel pretense that
what happens politically in
one country Of the Western
Alliance is no business of the
others in that alliance. The
simple truth is that this is
invariably a lot Of precious
moonshine and that in this
particular case it is also
dangerous moonShine.
Dangerous Search
For the Reputation in
England of the Conservative
Party newly led by Sir Alec,
in succession to the tired and
gallant Macmillan, would
create profound shock all
over the Western world pre-
cisely at a time when that
world, under American lead
erShip, is cropping, in a risky
way, for some basic accom-
mediation with the Soviet IN
ion. Dangerous" is the word
for this search. There is
legitimate cause for concern
that already the West has
made too many concessions
in this attempt at q more
stable international life.
Even the British Conserva-
tiveS have been ready enough
to press the United States
into overtures to Nikita
Khrushchev. The mind shud-
ders to think how very far a
Labor Government under a
Harold Wilson would insist
upon going in trusting the
intentions of Moscow.
In a word, it is obviously
in the highest interest of the
United States that one set
of British politicians which
has urged us on to conces-
sions to the Russians is not
succeeded by another set far
more inclined in this direc-
ton.
The distinction between the
two sets cannot be measured
so much by public attitudes
as by private and personal
qualities. The Conservatives,
while ready to trust Moscow
to a point and only because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
MESSAGE Received

Lee Fishkin.
Evening star., 1963-02-03

teacher, Creaking in her stays, telling that ending
sentence with proposition was frOwned upon Tor
maybe should say twas upon frOwned''). But Sir
Winston Churchill eventually freed US Of the whole
problem When he was taken to task for finishing
on proposition, he proclaimed in the House of
Parliament with magnificent courage, "TT IS LOT
OF NONSENSE UP WITH WHICH ! WILL NOT
PUTr'
That statement practically wiped out whole
generation Of grammar teachers.
Perhaps Sir Winston was worrying about loyal
Australians who must always end sentence with
three propositions: "I COME FROM DOWN UNDER"
1t would be hardship for them to say: 81 FROM
DOWN UNDER COME"
Personally ] am grateful to Sir Winston on
another score. When reached the age of reason,
used to go to the Old Howard Burlesque Theater
in my home town, Boston. And feel it would have
damPened everyOnes appreciation Of Anne COriO
and Gypsy Rose Lee if grammar had prevented us
from shouting "TAKE 1T OFF,. TAKE OFF rr'
wouldn't have made sense, and "DVESTl DIvESTr'
would have been pretty academic substitute, even
though there were many Harvard professors in the
audience.
So, Vice-President Gale, thank you for your
pleasant letter. only wish could invite you to the
Old Howard Theater but, unfortunately, last March
it burned down.
'"''' down burned: MA4 0s<
Evening star., 1963-02-03

dinner. After dinner, the father brought the book
upstairs for another try, and Johnny said: WHAT
TO BE READ TO OUT OF UP FORp'"
ChaIIengel ! felt sure that this gem could be
improved upon, so l gathered my band Of merrymen
and offered prize Of a sightlyused 1868 calendar
to anyone who could top Mr.. Gales sentence. Sure
enough, finally received sentence that added
ov,n rnnro vDrowoesNsor.
Evening star., 1963-02-03
I'll Make You
Proposition

A I've said before, you'll never get rich writing
a column, but you get lot Of interesting mail.
Mr.. Robert L. Gale, Vice-President Of Carle-
ton College, Mimi, wrote to ask if knew that out
Of all the 100000 English entries in an unabridged
dictionary, only about so are propositions just
one in every 10000 words! That is. propositions
that are in common use.
furthermore" he said, "in fragrant disregard
Evening star., 1963-02-03

"wHAT BRING THATBOOH
THAT BEFORE DINNER ! DIDN'T WANT
TOBEREAD TOOUT or UP FOR AFTERp''
And the first reader who can beat
that, fair and square, will receive a
slightly used $40 bill!
] remember fOndly my ffth-grade
Evening star., 1963-02-03

with proposition, there IS a perfectly
good sentence that ends in five prepOsi-
tions = exactly One-tenth Of all the prep
ositiOns in the English language. 1t goes
this way:
"JOhnny's father was angry because
he wouldn't listen to 'AesOP's Fables so
he sent the boy to bed without his