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Evening star., 1963-05-08
( PIuribus Unum

Vice President Johnson's
recent speech to the Young
Democratic National Com
mittee denoted an attempt
to label the Republican
Party as "obstructionist."
Maybe the Democrats have
forgotten the motto of the
United States: E Pluribus
Unum. 1t is a motto which
as our history has shown
means unity will be achieved
through the creative use of
diversity-diversity Of the in
herent powers Of govern
mental institutions; diversity
in the respective powers of
State and Federal Govern
ment; religious diversity; eco
nomic diversity, and diversity
Of beliefs.
The right to differ is in
substance the sine qua non
of freedom, and the very life
blood of democracy. The eff
forts of the Republicans to
marshal their forces to de-
feat legislation which is con-
trary to the tenetS of their
individual and collective be-
liefS represents a proper func-
tioning of the democratic
process.
Woe is the day when either
party is not confronted with
what the Vice President la
belS as obstruction"
John w. Dean III.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Simple Explanation

Your editorial of May /,
Simple Explanation" with
reference to Chief Judge
Bazelon, of the United States
Court of Appeals, and his
quoting a veteran officer
with respect to the connec-
ton between bad weather
and crime, is no credit to
The Star.
Yours is a gratuitous as
sumption that Judge Bazelon
or the veteran officer he
quotes meant to associate
the commission of all crimes
with rainy weather. The
simple explanation stated
was that when youths and
men cannot work to earn
money with which to buy
food for themselves or their
families, they are prone to
resort to crime to get the
money. Men are known to
commit crime in order to
have the food and lodging
that jail provides.
1t is to the credit Of Judge
Bazelon that he recognizes
the facts Of societal life,
namely. poverty. ignorance.
and unemployment make for
crime. Thus when society
abolishes these generating
causes Of crime, there will
be little or no crime COM
mitted because Of them. You
do yourself no credit as a re-
sponsible newspaper to sug-
gest that Judge Bazelon at
tributes the commission OF all
crimes TO rainy weather and
that he excuses or justifies
the commission Of crime be-
cause OF 1t. Julian Fahy
Evening star., 1963-05-08
INTERNATIONAL STRAIT
FICATION AND UNDER
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

INTERNATIONAL Strait
FICATION AND UNDER
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
by Gustavo Lagos. Trans
lated from the Spanish by
Molly Schmidlin and Gary
L. Hyde. Tables. 302 PIP.
university of North Car
olina Press, $7.500
Once again we recommend
to the general reader a book
intended primarily for spe-
cialists and students.
". underdeveloped ma
tions," writes Prof. Lagos,
"arrive at a general defini-
ton of their International
situations, characterized by
their low status as a conse-
quence of the atimic process. +"
It is demonStrable that
rich nations get richer and
poorer nations get poorer;
the lovely word "atimic" re-
lateS to this sad fact. Let us
use a Greek word, atimia,
which signifies the loss or de-
terioration of status, to de-
signate this situation" we
are requested, land let us
call the evolution or social
change that ends in a state
of atimia the atimic process. ="
THE PRINCIPAL HY-
POTHESIS Of international
Stratification and Underde-
veloped Countries" "is that.
within this general definition
of the situation, diverse in
ternational actions take place
and that their total orienta-
ton is the elevation Of the
real status of the nation. AS
the real status is composed
of economic, power, and
prestige variables, our effort
will be directed to the study
of these variables. We shall
try to construct a conceptual
scheme that may serve for
the analysis of the variables
and of their interrelation-
ships, a conceptual scheme
that may permit the socio-
logical investigation of the
international actions Of the
underdeveloped countries by
means Of empirical investi-
CATION"
Prof. Lagos, who is on
leave from the University Of
Chile while serving as Chief
Of Technical Training Of the
ter-American Develop
ment Bank, thus sets out to
think in a way that origina-
ted in the dry sciences and
has become more and more
influential in the social SCI
ences. The technique Of
thought demands that the
number OF variables be limi-
ted. But life is more COM
plicated than atoms. Model
making In the social sciences
involves an extraordinary
high degree OF what is polite
ly called abstraction"
Prof. Lagos is fully aware
OF this. and he says so. Yet.
inevitably, he must proceed
as II his model we're closer to
reality than II is.
A book Of this sort invari-
bly, adopts a style that Is
either technical" or "ob-
scurant." depending on the
readers orientation. The pur-
pose Of a technical vocabu-
larry is to make statements
with greater precision than
common language allows. The
purpose OF an obscurant vo-
cabulary is to restrict COM
prehension to members Of the
club. now known as an "in-
group"
Evening star., 1963-05-08
THE PASSING SCENE,
Two Wrongs in Alabama Riots

Of police dogs and widespread
arrests in Birmingham -
though to be fair, could any
city, anywhere, allow its
streets to become an endless
maelstrom Of incipient vio-
lence without taking unpleas-
ant steps to disperse what is
clearly a standing threat to
the public peacep
No Interest in Negotiations
The truth-though this COL
umnist has no hope that
many will accept 1t in the
North in this time Of closed
minds in people far from the
scene - is simply that the
Rev. Mr.. King and his abet-
tors have not so far been in
terested in even fruitful ne
gotiation. They who have so
long complained of BOSNIAN
attitudes among the whites
have themselves been inter-
ested only in taking such at
titudes. And, far worse, OBJ
viously there are some in this
affair who want not solu-
tions or justice but only blood
and turmoil.
But there Is another side
to the medal. and for this
the Governor of Alabama,
George Wallace, bears a
frightful responsibility. Gov.
Wallace has repeatedly pro-
claimed an intention to defy
the inevitable coming orders
of the courts to admit two
Negro technicians to the Uni
versity Of Alabama.
It is obvious that he can
not, in fact, prevent this en-
try. His blind defiance can
do nothing more than bring
new horror to the South
probably the final horror Of
Federal troops In Alabama,
as in Mississippi. If ever
there was a case where two
wrongs did not make a right
the Negro marchers and
shouters in Birmingham and
the white Governor in Mont
gomery-this is 1t.
The middle road is a lonely
road and it is, in Kipling's
old phrase, no place to win
promotion and pay In an era
where it is far easier and
safer to take UP one or an
other Of the current auto
matte positionS-either that
the Negro is always right or
that the South is always
right. But until more men
take this lonely road, and
make it lonely no more, we
shall not as a Nation emerge
from this nightmare Of pas.
sion and r-Simplification'
and hatred and self-right-
eouSneSS.
copyright. 1963l
Evening star., 1963-05-08

to resist congressional preSSureS when
wearing their RIA hats
This point should not be brushed
aside. We think the need to Streamline
the present urban renewal machinery in
Washington is urgent. But If there is
real danger that the reorganization
draft as it now stands would invite
improper politicking, then obviously the
present language will have to be very
carefully considered in that light.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Wings and Wheels

I am a regular reader OF
Mr.. Yarbrough's columns on
motor and air transportation.
Instructive as his columns
are when read singly, I find
that they border on the
dramatic when their con-
tents are compared from
week to week.
For example, on April %,
he reviewed a new compila-
ton by the Travellers Insur-
ance Companies of street and
highway accidents statistics,
concluding with a quotation
from the report to the effect
that although the primary
cause Of highway accidents
was human error and lack Of
judgments. ". the speeder
still ranks as the Number
one Killer" on April 20, he
quoted a Mr.. Iacocca. an
executive OF the Ford Motor
Company, on why that COM
pany openly promotes its
vehicles as more powerful
and faster than those Of
other makers.
Such contrasts as these
even such defenses of the in
defensible - inevitably will
stimulate and instruct Mr..
Yarbrough's readers. / hope
he will be encouraged TO con-
tinue with them, and TO i'm
prove his already excellent
column by presenting such
dramatically opposed argu-
ments and points OF view not
from week to week, but side
by side, right In the same
column. Stanley Metalitz.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Our Image Below

AS a senior in college ma
joring in the Spanish area 1
find George Sherman's long
needed articles on the "Trou-
bled Alliance" both timely
and necessary.
A period OF neglect, in
which We had a negative
policy towards Latin Amer
lea, came to a head in 1858
during Vice President Nix
on's trip to Latin America.
That period of neglect has
now ended. The United
States has been pouring mil
lions of dollars into Latin
America under the Alliance
for Progress program. AS Mr..
Sherman stated, this pro-
gram is failing because of
mistakes by both Latin
America and the United
States. Another reason for its
failing is that the attitude
and actions of the majority
Of United States Government
employees in Latin America
have given to Latin America a
bad" image of the United
States. I learned this from
many Latin Americans from
different countries. All spoke
of the "aloof." attitude of
these employees while dealing
with Latin Americans in
general. They told me that
most Of the employees do not
speak Spanish and few have
studied Latin America and
its culture.
To expect Latin America
to accept our economic poll
cies and ideals, we must first
strengthen the United States
image in Latin America by
accepting the people and
tAat,, a,,1A,x.z nn..s~ n..-A-
Evening star., 1963-05-08

@. Which OF our States are
known as commonwealths?--
L.Y.
A. Under their own laws,
the title Of commonwealth
has been adopted as the Off
cial designation OF Massachu-
sets. Pennsylvania. Ken
lucky and Virginia. Puerto
Rico was made a free COM
monwealth associated with
the United States in 1852. The
term generally signifies a type
Of government In which the
people have a direct voice:
formerly, II was commonly
used as a synonym for state.
@. Who was "the girl with
the midnight eyes"?-R. w.
A. Maxine Elliott (l87l-
l940), one OF the worlds
most beautiful actresses, was
termed "The Lady Of the
Midnight Eyes" by Whistler,
the famous artist. Her eyes
were described as "a lumi-
nous, mysterious. deep-blue."
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Late Protest

Daylight saving time2 How
silly can we be2 Trying TO
fool ourselves like children
by changing the clocks.
A simple solution is for the
d. c. or a State to declare.
IAN work and business will
start at eight o'clock instead
Of nine" That would save all
Evening star., 1963-05-08
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Backward Countries Are Examined
By DONALD MIMI

The reader Of "Interna-
tional Stratification and Un-
derdeveloped Countries" will
find himself translating con-
siderable stretches into every
day English-without appar-
ent loss. Other parts of it
plainly demand the precise,
though thoroughly graceless
style in which they are writ
ten.
WHY, THEN, RECON-
MEND the book to the public
at large? The fact Is that it
contains a number of clear
and very valuable inSights
about the actions and policies
of underdeveloped countries,
presumably because of, but
possibly in spite Of. the model
making.
The rapid development OF
the underdeveloped areas is
essential. This necessity is
one of the great facts of
modern international life. Yet,
as Prof. Lagos shows beyond
all dispute, the process in
wolves the entire social struc-
ture of these nations; it is
not exclusively. perhaps not
even primarily, a matter Of
economics.
1t follows that the employ
ment Of narrowly specialized
technical and economic ex-
perts will lead to unnecessary
diSlocationS and failures. In a
word, Bolivia or India is not
the United States. and we
cannot proceed on the as
sumption that a hydroelectric
dam is a hydroelectric dam
where ever it may be built.
Beyond this. Prof. Lagos
demonstrates the numerous
possible advantages of neu-
tralism for underdeveloped
nations and consequently the
great danger in the American
cast of mind that seeks to
bring these nations into an
alliance system.
international Stratifica-
ton" is, in short. a source Of
crucial and sophisticated no
tions about underdeveloped
nations and how they should
be aided. And at the least the
model making is a salutary
exercise in thought.
Evening star., 1963-05-08

the confusion over transpor-
tation, the hours of restau-
rants, banks and stores. 1t
would save the farmers and
the poor cows that don't
want to be MIXED an hour
early.
Let's have some sense and
leave the clocks alone.
Elizabeth Hartman.
Evening star., 1963-05-08

Tortured Alabama displays
with bleak clarity the twin
extremismS on the race issue
which curse and may one day
even destroy this as a coun-
try Of ordered justice unless
re ason and restraint can
somehow win through.
On the one side, in Bir-
mingham, there is plain
proof, from among their own
sympathizers, that profess
sional Negro agitators are in
citing to the ultimate incivil-
ity-to public riots-in the
name of civil rights. They are
doing this, moreover, at the
very moment when a moder-
ate city government has re-
placed an immoderate one.
They are refusing at the very
outset to give that moderate
government the slightest
chance decently to work out
q better white-black relation
ship.
On what evidence are these
accusations based? First,
there is Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy, who is
anathema to some in the
South as excessively pro-
Negro. He has publicly de-
plored the timing, at least,
of this sending of thousands
of Negro marchers shouting
into the streets. 1t is a pity
that his statement was not
stronger, though its softness
is perhaps humanity under
Standable, having in mind
that Northern extremists
upon whom the Kennedy ad-
ministration has leaned
heavily for political support
are simultaneously and ven-
omously attacking that ad-
ministration for not moving
at once to crush any and all
Southern objections of any
and all kinds.
Priest Accuses King
Second, there is the chair
man of the Alabama Advis-
ory Committee to the Federal
Civil Rights Commission, the
Rev. A. s. Foley. a Roman
Catholic priest whose church
surely cannot be said to be
against the Negro in the civil
rights contest. Father Foley
has publicly stated that the
principal Negro leader, the
Rev. Martin Luther King,
long ago broke a promise to
call off the street demonstra-
tions in favor of orderly ne
gotiations with white moder-
ates in Birmingham who are.
as usual. the real victims in
this affair.
All these facts have been
lost behind the ugly drama
Evening star., 1963-05-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used iDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

a, reader can get an answer By
mail, TO any question OF fact by
writing lhe Star Information Bu-
reau, bJb street NV, Washington
age or self addressed, stamped
envelope,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-08
cents
HOGS

Don't look for any rise in Vir-
ginia hog prices during the next
! few weeks.
This is the time of year for
normal seasonal increase, but
increased production will hold
prices at current levels. or
slightly below
The USDA December pig crop
report shows the 1862 fall crop
for the Nation is five per cent
above a year earlier. This re-
port indicates that three per cent
more soWs will farroW and pro-
duce four per cent more pigs
this spring.
Hogs now coming to market
are in about the same number
as this time last year. These
were narrowed mostly in July.
August narrowing was up seven
per cent which should increase
the supply later this month and
in February.
This higher supply hich
should run into March. indicates
some weakness in prices.
Prices in Virginia last week
were $3.50 to SIPS, mostly
Sl7; Southeast Virginia, Sl6.75 to
SIT IS, mostly SIT: Virginia auc-
tions $3.50 to $l8.25: Chicago
SIG to $l7.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-08
All Club Tractor
TrainingProgram

Safety, and the proper, eff
ficient use of farm equipment
are the prime aims of the All
tractor program, says Virginia
Polytechnic Institute agIicultur-
al engineer Easley S. Smith.
:, The All member is first
taught the Importance OF safety,
and then the importance Of us
ing the operators manual. He is
given information on the plin-
cipleS OF operation, fabrication
both grease and oil, import
ance Of clean air, proper car
buretion, ignition, cooling sys
TENS. steering systems. power
transmission, care of tires. Win
ter care. and trouble shooting
The advanced project on ma
chinery care includes informa
ton on power trains and ways
of transmitting power, tools for
breaking and working the soil,
bitches. Servicing seed planters,
cutters for crops, and seed prep
aration.
The continued need for more
training in the operation and
care of farm tractors and relat-
ed machines is brought out by
several facts. Machinery ac-
counts for about one-third of all
fatal farm accidents. Machinery
costs are a large portion of the
farmers operating costs. Last
year on grade A dairy farms
machinery costs were about 10
per cent of the gross receipts.
Thousands of farm boys reach
teenage in Virginia each year.
Many Will be farmers or work
ing where a knowledge of the
care and operation Of machin-
cry will be beneficial to them
The All tractor program is
conducted on the county level by
volunteer leaders in cooperation
with county agents. Many clubs
hold six to eight one-hour meet
ings on subject matter.
At the end of the year a trac-
tor operators contest is held
where members have an oppor-
tunity to demonstrate n II
knowledge Of tractor malnte
nance and skill in operation.
Many volunteer leaders for
this work are farm machinery
dealers, mechanics, farmers.
gas and oil distributors. ma
chinely manufacturers represen-
tatives, and parents. The Ameli-
can Oil Company is the donor
for the tractor program in this
area and provides much as
sistance and financial support to
the program.
Fourth members interested in
the tractor program should con-
tact their county agent for fur
Their Information, says Smith.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-08
Winter I.andscaping
Tips Listed At YPI

Color in a winter landscape
has eye-appeal, says R. j. Par
win of the horticultural depart
ment at Virginia Polytechnic In
Stltute.
He says It's a good time to
think about the trees and shrubs
you want to plant next spring.
He suggests taking a good look
around to spot plants with at
tractive color, outstanding bark
characteristics and unusu al
form. These plant traits can be
used to enhance the winter land
scape picture.
Evergreens are always attrac-
tive, but Parvin says not to
overlook some of the deciduous
plants. One of the most out
standing shrubs in the winter is
the deciduous holly called win
terberry.' 1t loses its leaves in
the fall, but the bright red Der
lles remain until late in the win
ter. Another deciduous holly
roSsum-haW holly - has a light
gray bark which is attractive in
combination with its red berries.
Or try redosier or redstem
dogWood. This plant derives it's
name from the red color of its
bark. Another dogwood, called
the yellow-stem dogWood, has a
bright yellow bark. Both of
these shrubs add a distin c t
touch in a shrub border.
/ The winged euonymus also
mas deep red stems in the WIN
ter. The outstanding feature of
this shrub is that the foliage
Turns brilliant scarlet color in
the fall. After the leaves drop
the reddish colored twigs are
Nslole until the following spring
/ a plant with unusual form is
the tortured twig willow. It is a
hardy vase-shaped tree. and its
twisted branches against a win
Ter sky are quite striking, Par
win says.
The crepe myrtle grown
either as a tree or shrub. also
has striking bark characteristics
and interesting form when seen
leafless during the winter. 1t is
best adapted to eastern Virginia.
The pin oak retains it's leaves
through most of the winter. AL
though the leaves are dead and
brown, they are sill pleasing
variation from other trees.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-08
Fight With White-Fringe Beetle
To Proceed In City OF Norfolk

RICHMOND, Jan. 7- After
/ careful consideration and evalu-
alton the Virginia Department Of
Agriculture is continuing plans
to eradicate the White-Fringe
Beetle from the City of Norfolk.
The White-F Fringe Beetle, an
insect capable of completely des-
troying field and garden crops
and ornamental plants, has in
festated 5000 acres within the
Norfolk city limits. This is less
than 10 per cent of area in the
corporate city limits.
The eradication program will
be a joint effort of the Virginia
agency and the u S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
This is one pest with which
We can not compromise" said
c. R. Wiley. State Entonlologist.
The infestation is danger to
all plant life. and we must do
all in our power to wipe it out. /"
The treatment procedure is
routine one approved by the
federal pest control review
board. The insecticide will be ap-
piled safely and carefully by
specially trained men, Wiley
said.
Wiley pointed out that this
beetle, of South American or
GIN. poses a threat not only to
crops in the immediate area
valued at 1926 72. but also to
public park and suburban
plants.
The land area to be treated is
confined to an area within the
city, with about one-third Of it on
military reservations. This Will
be treated by the U. S. Army
and Navy officials.
The stricken area will be
treated with an insecticide COM
pound which will include 10 per
cent dieldrin. The Virginia De
partment will use 80 pounds of
this formula per acre, or only
three pounds Of dieldrin pei
acre.
The method of application
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-08

will be by hand-operated eye
lone seeders and spray ma
chimes.
Wiley said that practically no
marshland will be involved,
certainly not nearly as much as
is treated by the Health Depart
ment Of the City of Norfolk each
year for mosquito control. He
added that no insecticide is ex-
pected to be placed in tidal
waters. streams or lakes.
The beetle was first detected
in Norfolk along the rights OF
way Of the Norfolk-Southern
Railway Company. and then at
IA scattered locations within
the city.
The insect is believed to have
come into the area from North
Carolina.
After the infestation was dis
covered, VIDA officials consulted
the city officials Of Norfolk, and
plans were started for an Grad
lcation program.
A Virginia infestation was
reported in 1860 in Greensville
County. The same chemical
treatment was used to wipe out
the threat to plant life.
1t was pointed out by a De
partmen. spokesman that if the
Virginia agency did not dis
charge its responsibility to dc
all in its power to eradicate the
pest. the federal government
could declare a quarantine
which would place heavy re-
strictions on all movement BY
land, sea, and ain.