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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
He Seeks to Show Reds That Free World
Is Unshoken in Its Respect for us. Views

Of public sympathy over
President Kennedy's death
will have no lasting influence
on the policies Of our friends
and allies. That sympathy
was intense and genuine but
before many weeks have
passed we will see national
interests asserting them
selves with all their old
power. That is inevitable in
human affairs and there is
no point in complaining
about 1t.
But this fact does make it
necessary for other leaders to
find out exactly what the
principle Of continuity means
in a changing world situa-
ton. They will want to judge
for themselves how President
johnson carries the burden
Of ultimate decision, and
where he stands on specific
issues.
1t can be said with conf
dence that President john
son not only is convinced
that these men should seek
these assurances, he also
believes that the final result
of this diplomatic exercise
will be a visible increase in
the unity and resolution Of
free nations. For it is even
more important to persuade
the free world that there is
resourceful and effective
leadership in Washington
than it is TO convince Mr..
Khrushchev of that GROWING
reality. Mr.. Khrushchev will
hesitate TO cause trouble
while the free world is united
and remains mistaken in its
respect for American policy.
incidentally, it is both
churlish and offensive to sug-
gest that President Johnson is
encouraging tn csc distin-
guished visitors to come to
w a shington because his
negotiations with them will
place his Republican oppo-
nent in the presidential
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
ARTHUR HOPPE
YuIetide Message: 'Ruh, Humbugs!'

Mr.. Nixon particularly when
he's Just chatting with you).
And Governor Brown (he's a
wonderfully human being.
And Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr..
Adlai Stevenson and Mr..
Robert WEIGH Of the Birch
Society and Mr.. Gus Hall Of
the Communist Party and
Mr.. DeSapio Of Tammany
Hall and all the rest.
You may love them or hate
them. But I think you have
to like them.
And Just thinking Of how
much I like our political
leaders will warm my heart
all this Christmastide. It
smacks of human brother
hood. Yes, by George, I think
there's hope for this sorry
old world yet.
Because, after all, who's
primarily responsible for the
sorry state this old worlds
in? Our vain, greedy, cow
ardly, ambitious politicians,
that's who. And thus If I
may offer you a CHEEKY
seasonal message, packed with
hope of brotherhood, it's that
if you can like them, you can
like everybody.
Oh, I know what you're
going to say. You're going to
say, Even actors?" Well, I
know it's Christmas week,
but let's not get carried
away.
g 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

Allan Nevins and other schol-
ars who serve the library as
consultants in various fields.
Mr.. Dobie, an authority on
the life and literature Of the
Southwest, is the author Of
many books, including "Coro-
nado'S Children" and Guide to
Life and Literature in the
Southwest"
Mr.. Hubbell is the author Of
THE South in American Liter
allure, 16O7-1900" and has
served for many years as both
a professor at Duke and as
editor of American Literature,
a journal Of literary history,
criticism and photography.
Mr.. Jones first came to
Harvard in 1896. In his many
books he has written about the
relationship between the Amer
lean and European cultures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
3 Named ConsuItonts
ToLibrory Of Congress

The Librarian of Congress, l..
Quincy Mumford, has appoint
ed three scholars to serve the
j library as honorary consultants
in American cultural history
for a three-year period begin
ming January !.
The three are ]. Frank
Dobie, long associated with the
University of Texas; Jay Broad
us Hubbell, professor emeritus
of American literature at Duke
University, and Howard Num-
ford Jones, professor emeritus
Of American civilization at
Harvard.
These consultantS will make
suggestions and provide coun-
sci on such matters as service
to scholars, acquisitions and
photographic enterprises.
They join Samuel Flag
Bemis, Samuel Eliot Morrison,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The White House orders Government workers to pro-
duce and five hundred thousand typss promptly
put in another carbon.
Dick Nixons law firm changes its to Nixon Nudge
Rose Guthrie and Alexander The firm wanted to add two
partners the receptionist of breath.
The Commerce Department okays a $40 million wheat
deal with Russia while Republicans serenade the Democratic
administration with that old ballad Red Sales in the Sun
SET"
Godwater accuses LBJ Of "arm-twisting Political tenn
pers fierce this Next thing know Godwater
will be charged with wrist patting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Australians
Pay Part Of
Tx Order
By the Associated Press

Australia made a $40 million
first payment today on pur-
chaseS of the Tx war plane,
the American aircraft still to
be built. First deliveries to
Australia are scheduled for
1867.
Australian Ambassador Sir
Howard Beale and Air Vice
Marshal Ian D. McLachlan
walked into Deputy Defense
Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric's
office soon after it opened this
morning and handed him the
down payment on the "a
planes Australia expects to buy
at a total cost of about $125
million.
The estimated cost Of devel-
oping and producing the Tx
for United States forces ranges
as high as So billion. Australian
purchases will help reduce the
unit cost of United States
planes.
Controversy over award Of
the primary contract to Gener-
al DyanicS Corp, rather than
to the lower bidding Boeing
Co., erupted in Congress.
Secretary of Defense Nc
Namara, Mr.. Gilpatric and Air
Force and Navy officials have
been quizzed at prolonged
hearings. The Defense Depart
ment has said the Tx pro-
gram has not been delayed by
the hearings and is on sched-
ule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Court to Rule
On Easement
AtMerrywood

A hearing on the merits Of
the Merrywood case in Federal
District Court has been sched-
uled for 10 am. January Is.
Federal District Court Judge
Oren r. Lewis held a pre-trial
conference in his Alexandria
chambers yesterday with rep
resentatives Of the government
and the owners Of the 46-acre
tract that was the girlhood
home of Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy. The Government seeks to
block apartment development
on the property by Selling
scenic easement over it.
Attorneys for both sides said
only the dates were discussed
in the closed l7-minute confer
ence.
Marcus L. Beckner, jr.. an
attorney with the lands divi-
sion Of the Justice Department.
and Burch Millsap. the attor-
ney for the owners, said the
January is hearing would be to
decide the legality of the gov
ernment's seizure of develop
ment rights to the property.
The attorneys explained that
if the judge rules in the Gov
ernment's favor, development
of the property would be res
tricted to single-family houses
on one-acre lots.
If this occurs, the lawyers
said that a jury would make a
later determination Of the
amount to be awarded as a
difference between the proper
tvs value when developed as
12-story high-rise apartments.
as planned by the owners. and
its value when developed in
single-f family houses, demand
ed by the Government.
The Government has depos-
tied 100000 as its estimate Of
the difference in value, but the
owners contend it is near So
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Engineers Urge
U. S. Hiring Curb

A freeze on hiring engineer.
ing personnel in Government
has been urged by the Consult
ing Engineers Council of the
United States.
The council, which rep
resents registered professional
engineers engaged in consult
ing engineering, said the
growing trend of Government
agencies and bureaus to create
permanent engineering staffs
to do much of their own work
breeds overstaffing and creates
a dangerous threat to our
rivate-enterprise system"
I The proposal was made in a
letter to President Johnson in
response to his appeals for
suggestions on how best to
a chieve greater efficiency,
economy and realistic stating
in Government.
The council also urges that
the Government contract out
more engineering work to
private companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Medical Officer
Found Dead
In Salem Office

SALEM, Va, Dec. % (AP).-
DR.. Russell B. Smiley, a Salem
physician and a Roanoke
County medical examiner, was
found dead in his office early
yesterday.
He died of a SO caliber bullet
wound in the head. Police said
that the wound apparently was
self-inflicted.
He was found by his son, DR..
Russell B. Smiley, jr., shortly
after 1870 am. He apparently
had been dead four or five
hours.
DR.. Smiley, about IS. was a
native of Salem. He was a
graduate of Roanoke College
and received his medical edu-
cation at the Medical College of
Virginia in Richmond.
He served as the Roanoke
College physician and was
active in various health clinics
in county schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
The Presidents Foreign Policy

election at a great disadvan-
tage. No one who has
watched his demeanor as
President, or has heard his
views on world problems, or
is familiar with his respect
for the bipartisan tradition
in foreign policy can believe
that he is in the grip Of
these narrow partisan mo-
tives. He is determined to
assert as firm control over
foreign policy as he has
already shown in domestic
affairs. That is his concept
of the Presidency, and 1t IS
surely an irrational conjecture
ture to expect him to depart
from these principles merely
because the voters may like
this kind Of strong President.
Finally, President johnson
has every reason to hope
that Mr.. Khrushchev has
noticed that he risked a
major quarrel with the
House of Representatives to
preserve presidential discre-
ton in the sale Of wheat to
Russia. Neither Canada nor
Australia took any compare
BILE risk. The issue is not
partisan in AU~ .ralia, and
the Canadian government
under Mr.. Diefenbaker sold
wheat to China long before
Mr.. Parsons government
sold wheat to Russia. No
other leader has taken the
d CELEBRATE political risks
assumed first by President
Kennedy and now by Presi-
dent johnson in trying to
establish a dialogue Of peace
with the Soviet leaders. If
Mr.. KhruShchev wants to
broaden that dialogue he can
do so by easing the Berlin
situation, or removing his
technicians from Cuba. or
giving freedom a chance to
breathe in Eastern Europe.
In responding to all such
policies President johnson
will be as swift and generous
and constructive as President
Kennedy was in his last few
months.
E 1853
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
BROWN
DidU. S. BIunder in Wet Nam?

not firmly and unmistakably
inform the military junta
that in overthrowing the
government, the lives Of Mr..
Diem and his officers we're to
be guaranteed.
The commission members
private report is proving
enlightening. Things In Sal
gon have not turned for the
better as Washington had
hoped and if one can judge
by the results from the
overturning of other strong
governmen the future
seems gloomy. The so-called
changes for the better which
the United States initiated in
South Korea in 1860, for
instance, and a few weeks
later in Turkey. when strong
man Adnan MendereS was
overthrown and executed by
the court Of the military
junta, boomeranged.
Syngman Rhee and the
much younger Mr.. Menderes
were not acting in keeping
with American ideals of
democracy. But they knew
their people and realized
that only stringent measures
could keep the Red wolf
from their flocks.
The same can be said
about the Ngo brothers.
They, like Mr.. Rhee and Mr..
Menderes, had a strong
following in their countries.
Mr.. Menderes' impact can be
seen today in Turkey where
his old supporters still form
a majority in the country
and are upsetting the gov
eminent plans. In South
Korea the new government is
now principally composed of
the old Rhee aides.
y South Wet Nam, however.
Is in worse condition because
it is in the midst Of war. The
question is whether the
Saigon junta. hand-picked
by Washingt through
Ambassador Lodge, will have
the necessary leadership to
command obedience of the
people as Mr.. Diem did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Workers Sought
For Blood Drive

The Canteen Service Of the
D. c. Chapter of the American
Red Cross is making a special
appeal for men and women
volunteers to work on bloodmo-
bile operations in the services
about blood donor campaign
January $40.
Volunteers interested in
working on bloodmobiles or in
the Washington Regional Red
Cross Blood Center should
contact the Canteen Service at
2025 E street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Solar Flashes Shown
To Dent Suns Surface

The flares are important
because they emit radioactive
particles which travel at speeds
Of 800 miles per second and
can kill space travellers. The
particles also puncture the
surface Of the earth's iono-
sphere. letting short-wave radio
waves escape into space.
DR.. Moreton added, however,
that a breakthrough in the
study of flares is yet to come.
About $50 astronomers are
attending the three-day meet
ing, which ends today. The
meeting is sponsored by the
Georgetown University ObServ-
atory, the National Bureau of
Standards and the Naval
Observatory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

ROME. Did the United
States seriously blunder in
South Wet Nam in giving the
green light for the overthrow
Of the Diem regime by the
military junta?
Guarded reports In the
press from Saigon in recent
days reveal that unrest in
that tragic little country is
growing. In fact, one dis
patch stated that there were
more violent incidents in
November than at any time
during the Diem regime.
This is not surprising to
foreign diplomats in Rome.
Recently there was issued to
the press a report made by
the United Nations commits
sion which went to Saigon to
investigate the alleged perse-
cutions of the Buddhists by
the Diem regime. The neu-
trail commission made no
conclusions in the report,
only quoting verbatim the
statements made to it by
various sources in Saigon.
However, the members of
the commission, ambassadors
to the United Nations from
Afghanistan. Nepal, Ceylon,
Morocco, Brazil and Costa
RIGA, made a private report
for their governments and
this has been quietly passed
along to other colleagues. AS
the report declared, so many
people are intimately ac-
quainted with the events in
Saigon that the facts are
bound to come out sooner or
later.
The ambassadors we're
unanimous in their conclu-
sionS. including the fact that
all the strong elements in
South Wet Nam have been
done away with, and that
the present regime is too
weak to handle either the
internal upheavals or the
war against the Wet Cong.
Some of the ambassadors
on the commission admitted
they had gone to Saigon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

Astronomers have come a
little closer to discovering the
nature of solar flares in study
ing photographs of the sun
taken last September 20.
The photographs OF H-Alpha
rays, taken at the Lockheed
Solar Observatory in Burbank,
Calf, show that the flashes
produce shock waves which
depress the surface of the sun.
DR.. G. E. Moreton revealed this
yesterday at a meeting of the
American Astronomical Society
at Georgetown University.
I'VE know some of the
things solar flares do, but not
how they originate" DR.. More
ton said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Arlington Sheriff
Honored at Party

Arlington County Sheriff T.
w. Frederick, whose term
expires Tuesday, was the guest
of honor at a party in the Park
Arlington Motel yesterday.
Mr.. Frederick was not a
candidate for reelection in
November, when j. Elwood
Clemments was elected unop-
posed.
All Is current deputy sheriffs
were retained yesterday by the
incoming sheriff. and we're
sworn to new 4-year terms. A
new position Of deputy sheriff
was filled by James E. Flynn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
MAX FREEDMAN

In the next six months
there will be an impressive
array of foreign leaders who
will come here to see Presi-
dent johnson. He will be
glad to talk with them but
he knows the limits as well
as the value of personal
diplomacy, even when it is
conducted in the White
House.
He knows that the great
issues which divide nations
cannot suddenly be conjured
away by the exercise of
personal charm. Nor does he
want to do or say anything
which will reduce the impor-
lance of Mr.. Rusk in the
development of American
foreign policy. He would
regard 1t as most unfortu-
nate if statesmen in Europe
or Asia got the notion that
they could appeal from the
Secretary of State to the
President. His constant pur-
pose is to strengthen the
authority of Mr.. Rusk, in
whom he has the greatest
confidence, so that the bulk
Of foreign policy decisions
can be made in the State
Department. President john
son believes his conversations
with other national leaders
should be regarded as valua-
BILE aids to the normal proce-
dures of American diplomacy
and in no sense as substi-
tutes for the important
duties which can be carried
out only by Mr.. Rusk and his
colleagues.
Despite these convictions
about orderly diplomatic
procedure, which are deeply
rooted in President johnson,
he believes there is one
special reason which makes
these personal meetings in
the White House very impor-
tant. His experience of gov
eminent leads him to believe
that the fervent outpouring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Powell Plans
Case Appeal

NEW YORK, Dec. % (AP)
Representative Adam Clay
ton Powell, Democrat of New
York, says he will appeal a
judges decision ruling him in
contempt of court for failing to
appear to answer a $211,500
libel Judgment.
State Supreme Court Justice
Arthur Markewich ordered the
controversial Harlem member
of Congress yesterday to pay
the judgement or appear in
court January 6 and detail his
financial ability to pay.
If Mr.. Powell, now in Puerto
Rico, fails to appear. he could
be arrested, but only in New
York and on that day. Con-
greSS convenes the next day
and he could claim congress
sional immunity.
Mr.. Powell said through his
lawyers yesterday that the
appeal would be made on the
basis that the contempt of
court order was improperly
served. 1t was handed to a
member Of the law firm rep
resenting Mr.. Powell.
A court official said giving
the order to anyone in the firm
is as legal as giving it to Mr..
Powell himself.
Mr.. Powell has rarely been
here in the last few months,
except on Sundays to deliver
sermons at Harlem's Abyssini-
an Baptist Church, where he is
minister. Subpoenas in civil
cases cannot be served on
Sunday in New York.
He has also appealed the
libel judment, which was won
by Mrs. Esther James, a Har-
lem widow. She accused Mr..
Powell of describing her in a
television interview as "a bag
woman graft collector for the
police department"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
BY the Associated Press

A mystery spot in deep space
invisible and silent-may be
a compacted core of neutrons
only 5 to 10 miles across. but
weighing as much as the sun.
1t could offer a new notion
of what results from one of
the most furious events in the
sky, the exploding star or SUI
pernova.
Found because 1t is a re-
markedly strong source OF
X-rays, the mystery spot may
really be a neutron star and the
remnant Of a supernova explo-
sion perhaps 1000 years ago, a
rocket astronomer suggested
yesterday.
DR.. Herbert Friedman Of the
United States Naval Research
Laboratory said a neutron star
never seen before-could eX-
plain why the spot so power
fully emits X-rays and why it
has never been seen nor heard
by radio telescopes before.
Rocket Probe
An Erobee rocket, reaching
up over the earth's shielding at
mosphere, scanned the sky last
April and found two individual
sources Of X-rays, one in the
constellation Of Scorpius, the
other in the Crab nebula, in our
galaxy, the Milky Way. The lat
ter may be the collapsed corr
Of a supernova which exploded
in the year 1854.
But one in Scorpius-in a
quiet, little noted section of
the sky-was the more power
full emitter Of X-rays, DR..
Friedman told a meeting of
the American Astronomical
Society.
Astronomers have long Won
dered at the phenomena of
the supernova, the exploding
star. Such explosions occur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Private Report by u. N. Probers Hints
Diem Did Better Job Than Junto Will Do

prejudiced against Mr.. Diem.
but fully agreed with the
conclusions that there were
no religious determinations
or violations Of human
rights.
The press had reported
that the commission met
with interference from Mr..
Diem and his brother. Mr..
Nhu, In its efforts to arrive
at the truth. 1t was reported
that the commission men,
bers were handicapped in
their efforts to interview
numerous BuddhiSts arrested
and jailed. Nothing of the
sort happened" a member Of
the commission said. It
enjoyed full facilities extend
ed to its members by Mr..
Diem and his subordinates.
The commissioners visited
prisons, hospitals and reli-
gious centers and through
interpreters talked with q
large number of political
prisoners.
The United Nations group
had a three-hour talk with
President Diem and it con-
cluded that he was indeed a
strong man who knew how
to use his authority. "In the
face of war as well as inter-
nal strife" it said, "he could
not show the slightest weak
ness" This is what held the
country as well as the war
effort together.
Mr.. Diem also explained to
the commissions satisfaction
what had caused the OUT
bursts last May which led to
a crescendo of trouble. 1t was
at that time that President
Diem refused to permit any
flag to fly over the national
pavilion other than South
Wet Mans, and that includ-
ed the Buddhists'. In the
opinion of the ambassadors,
it was a logical attitude.
1t was a grave mistake, say
these United Nations diplo-
mats, that Washington did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Mystery Spot in Sky
Nav Be Neutron Core

only once in some 200 years,
and the sudden cataclysm in
creases a stars brilliance to
100 million times that of the
sun.
After the explosion, the
stars slowly lose their bril-
lance. and astronomers have
believed that the stars then
decayed to become white dwarf
stars. which total some 10 per
cent of the stars in the neigh
borhood of the sun.
But DR.. Friedman said the
white drafs are somewhat too
numerous to be explained by
the relatively rare supernova.
Neutron stars were first
proposed in 1884, as a stage
in star evolution, brilliant X
ray sources, but nearly invisi-
BILE to the eye.
The neutron stars could be
much more numerous, If they
are indeed the remnants of
but man never had
the eyes to see them because
his instruments were earth
bound. Rocket-power is giving
astronomers a chance to get
their Instrumental eyes up
above the atmosphere and to
see in terms of X-rays and
ultra violet radiation, not just
visible light.
NeutrOn Star Dense
Assuming that neutron stars
are the remnants of supernova
explosions, DR.. Friedman said,
you would expect to find the
core of a collapsed massive
star to be a million times more
dense than white dwarf stars.
A neutron star would be so
dense that its compacted core
of pure neutrons would weigh
10 to 100 billion tons per cubic
inch. Its central temperature
would range to several billion
degrees.
The sun-a yellow star-has
a surface temperature Of some
5000 degrees, and almost all
Of its energy is radiated in
visible light forms. A blue star
has surface temperatures OF
100, 900 degrees and most Of its
energy radiates as ultraviolet
light.
But, DR.. Friedman explained,
a neutron star would have a
surface temperature Of 10 mil
lion degrees - and radiate
nearly all of its energy in the
form of X-rayS.
It would be invisible, Ir.
Friedman said. even if it we're
as close as the nearest star in
the sky.