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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

workers in Venezuela, where
Communist forces have beer
active.
Seen Counting Labor
AFL-CI0 President George
Meany, sitting next to Mr.
Betancourt. said the president
had been waging "a courageous
fight for true democracy" that
stands as an example for other
Latin American countries.
The Venezuelan president
said American labor has been
constant in criticizing dicta-
torial regimes, even at times
when the United States State
Department was supporting
totalitarian governments in
Latin America.
Mr.. Betancourt told the union
chiefs that he has ousted Com
munists from high posts in the
Venezuelan government and
labor organizations.
Seated with Mr.. Betancourt
and Mr.. Meany was Jose Con-
zalez Navarro, president of the
Confederation of Venezuelan
Workers.
Mr.. Gonzalez and about 20
other Venezuelan labor leaders
flew to Miami last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

the New York Times and more
recently O Times Washingtor
columnist, levels his indictment
in the March issue Of Fortune
magazine.
He cites, as an affront tC
Jeffersonian principles Of a free
press, "the information direc.
tives' prescribed for the Penta.
gon and the Department Of
State when the crisis over Cubs
began TO harden" He said the
weapon" Of news management
has been improperly used to In
flate success or gloss over error
"in the aftermath Of half-wor
wdowns-such as President
Kennedy's with respect to the
Soviet re-armament Of Cuba.
Hits "Social Flattery"
Mr.. Krock says Mr.. Kennedy
and high subordinates indi-
rectly manage news by "socia,
flattery" of Washington re-
porters and commentators, and
by "selective personal patron
age"
In the latter category he In
cluded exclusive interviews, at
tributable to the President
which he says have ceased to
be q rarity.
But Mr.. Kennedy" he
writes. prefers the intimate
background briefings Of Jour.
nalists, and their publishers
on a large scale, from which
members emerge in q state Of
protracted enchantment evoked
by the Presidents charm and
the awesome aura Of his office
THE success Of his efforts
is attested by q continent wide
glow In news reporting, edito-
rializing. and comment, which
otherwise might register the
lower temperature of imper-
sonal objectivity."
Mr.. Krock accuses Mr.. Ken
nedy also of spreading "a false
first impression" last year that
q budget balance was in pros
pect. And he charges admins
tration officials with anony-
nous "prevarication" on such
subjects as the balance Of
payments problem which, Mr.
Krock said, "is visibly growing
worse"
There was no immediate
White House comment on Mr.
Krock's article. At his news
conference last Thursday, the
President said In response to
a question: Let me say we
have had very limited success
in managing the news, If that
is what we have been trying
to do"
ng-Time Friend
Mr.. Krock has been a long
time friend of the Kennedy
family, and he told an Asso-
ciated Press reporter that he Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
SCHOOLS
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
them to keep body and soul
together" DR.. Hansen said.
He also emphasized the need
for a residential school for
trouble-makers whose prob
lens grow out Of home neglect.
This would not be q punitive
institution, but one to help the
youngster who may be a fine
kid but who has no real home
to speak Of" he added.
He said that his employment
proposals, including a local
youth conservation corps under
national legislation, would be
mot Just leaf-raking opera
tons" He said that such
projects would have to include
continued education at the
same time.
The superintendent may
have support from Commits
sioner Walter N. Tobriner on
the issue of Kidding the schools
Of habitual troublemakers.
In testimony before District
committee members on the Hill
February 6, Mr.. Tobriner said
that he would 60 along With
DR.. Hansen's suggestion that
I'VE dismiss from the schools
unruly pupils whose conduct
Is such as to interfere with the
profitable course OF study by
those who are willing TO take
advantage Of the curriculum
offered"
Mr.. Tobriner said he would
provide for those students
dismissed from schools in the
nature Of the Boys Junior
Senior High School," He ex-
planned that otherwise we
would simply be throwing
these unruly minors on the
streets and creating an addi-
tional police problem"
Corporal Punishment
But Mr.. Tobriner said that
speaking for myself alone. I
would be opposed TO the i'm
position Of corporal punish
ment. think II is brutalizing
the teacher and the pupil"
on the "overblown issues OF
corporal punishment and dis
missal," DR.. Hansen told a re-
porter:
IT have 10 say again and
again and again ~ Z in asking
for removal OF the rule against
corporal punishment, / am not
asking for extensive Use OF IT,"
He said that the misconception
that this would sanction knock
ing kids around is stupid and
ridiculous. I don't know how
1t got in"
DR.. Hansen emphasized that
the good teacher or school Of
fetal will not use II unless UNI
der the most defined and con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
Church Social

The League Of the Sacred
Heart, Nativity Parish, will
hold its annual Shrove Tuesday
Social at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
Nativity Parish Auditorium,
5000 Georgia avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
Bond States Concert

The Salvation Army Nation
al Capital Divisional Band will
give a Festival Of Music" con-
cert at 7:45 pm. tomorrow at
the Harbor Light Center. 300
! street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

and streets from the airport
to his hotel.
About 10000 were at the air.
port, where President Adolfo
Lopez Mateos and his wife well
coined the Betancourts.
Mr.. Betancourt came from
Puerto Rico, Washington, New
York and Miami where he had
denounced what ne called a
constant Communist threat to
his and other governments d.
rected from Cuba.
Security Measures Taken
Mr.. Lopez did not mention
the terroriStic Communist ag-
erosion against Mr.. Betan-
court in his speech Of welcome,
as President Kennedy had done
at the White House. Instead
they talked of their govern
ments' concern for social prog
ress to raise the living stand
ards Of their people.
There has been speculation
that Mr.. Betancourt will try to
get Mexico to Join with Vene-
zuela and other nations in the
Organization Of American
States to tighten the isolation
Of Cuba. Mexico has followed
a hands off policy toward
Cuba.
Security safeguards here
were far greater in evidence
than in the United States.
Hostility Absent
Thousands Of troops and uni
formed police, virtually Shout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

authorization" the Commerc,
report states.
The report has q table statu
of Meta preliminary plans anc
tests to determine soil condi'
tons vital to q subway anc
transit construction.
Plans Not Finished
The Meta had not completed
its preliminary plans for 34.S
miles Of its system as Of last
month, the table shows.
For a $143 million segment Of
the downtown subway, the
agency had only partial prelim-
mary plans and engineering
blueprints available in October
1862, when the agency released
its report.
AS of last month, the plans
for the $143 million segment
still have not been completed
No test borings to discover
whether there Is subsurface
water or poor soil conditions
have been made, the report
states.
For another segment Of the
downtown subway, plans were
not completed until after the
November report. Test bor-
ings were made during Novem-
Der, 1862.
The report also states that
one Of the NCTA's consultants
made an estimate Of construc-
ton costs of so million q mile
for tunnel construction, while
another Meta consultant rec
commended $l3.3 million.
The Meta accepted the low
err, most favorable estimate, but
the report cites examples from
engineering reports for other
subways to show that q higher
estimate should have been
used.
cost estimates for some Of
NCTA's tunnel segments might
require as much as so per cent
upward revision" the report
states.
Congress instructed Meta to
evaluate the 1859 Transports
ton Plan and consider alter
nate facilities. The Meta re-
port states 1t studied the 1855
plan and three alternatives
yet neither the report nor the
six published appendices show
any indication that q thorough
analyses Of these alternatives
were made" the Commerce re-
port states.
Assumptions" Questioned
And the Meta has turned
down Commences attempt to
obtain this basic data on the
alternate systems, the report
states.
On the review Of the Meta
traffic forecasting methods,
Commerce told President Ken
nedy that the agency has used
a substantial number Of as
sumptions that are highly
questionable"
One example, 1t states, was
when Meta assumed that ii
would take persons an average
Of 81 per cent longer to walk
from a parking lot to their Jobs
than to walk from o transit
station to offices.
In another important area,
the Meta study assumes q
six-fold increase in auto park
ing costs by $780," the report
said.
The Meta arbitrarily as
signed all non-walking school
trips concerning the District
or Alexandria to its transit
system. But Commerce found
that In 1855, the latest date
for which figures are available,
over 40 per cent Of these trips
used cars.
The Meta mathematical
model used to forecast traffic
does not have ANY reasonable
allowance for error built into
it," the report states.
Among the points in the re-
port are the following conclu-
sions:
THE Meta report substant-
tally over-estimates the I'M
favorable social and tax revenue
impact Of the 1859 Plan while
Understanding similar i'm
pacts Of the Meta recon-
mended plan"
Realistic analyses Of costs
and revenues must be made
before a financing plan can be
considered"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
Krock Calls Kennedy
Bold, Cynical on News
By the Associated Presn

arthur krock winning newsman, President
Kennedy of managing the cyncism holiness and
subtlety unmatched in peacetime history IL - :
But. the veteran newsman says: IF Mr. Kennedy has
achieved in these efforts the principal onus rests
on the printed and electronc press itself" :.
Mr. Koc for 81 years chief of the washington bureau az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
Half Million Mexicons
Welcome Betoncourt

MEXICO CITY Feb. % (AP).-President Romulo Betan-
Of Venezuela arrived from the United States today
official visit to Mexico and received the wamest reception
and biggest guard-of his current tour.
hafmion Mexcans cheered, waved flags and showered
the visitor his wife and dauster with confetti the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

Mr.. Krock has been q long,
time friend Of the Kennedy
family, and he told an Asso-
ciated Press reporter that he Is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03

George D. Clyde has declined to con-
slider the request for increased state
funds"
Utah School Boards Association, the
Utah Education Association, the State
Board of Education, the State Society
of School superintendent and the Utah
Congress of Parents and Teachers have
asked the legislature for S25 million in
crease in appropriations, AZ percent for
teachers salaries, % percent for special
service and 80 per cent for mainten-
ance."
We don't know who is right in this
controversy but it would appear that
education in Utah has come to a pretty
pass when teachers find it necessary to
place such pressure on the legislature
DR.. Belknap seems to find himself in
the middle Of the fight. He realizes the
need but is not in sympathy with the
strategy. We could agree with his posi-
ton. Cool heads appear to be needed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03
Letters TO Editor

all farm commodities. They
have said, @. The conscious
adjustment of supply to demand,
commodity by commodity, year
after year, to yield prices in the
market that have already been
determined fair by some re-
sponsible agency" This state
ment along with many other
statements definitely point out
that supply control is planned
for much more than wheat and
the pricing system to be estab-
lished and controlled by a gov
ernmental agency.
All Of these issues will be de-
cided on May 81 along with the
type of wheat program we will
have. It's important that all of
us know these facts and vote
accordingly.
Wesley E. Dunkum
Pres. Buckingham Co.
Farm Bureau
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03

Ions of water on his crops And Nature
can accomplish this in just few min
utes.
Scientists. who attempt to compute
the tremendous forces involved in such
an operation as a heavy rain are con-
stantly amazed at the power of Nature
and the ease and genteness which she
usually does her Job. If the reader will
will think about it, he too will be CON
stantly amazed at the miracles by Ma
ture which take place about him every
day, which are accepted as common
place occurrences Man has not been able
to fathom many of Natures secrets
one being the secret for control Of rain.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03

a democratic form of government favor
able to our cause If that is not at
tainable it will be to our advantage to
have government, whatever it's form,
that is hostile to the Communist bloc
and friendly to the West
eve have helped knock out Diefen-
baker, weaken Macmillan, jar DeGualle
and to be Indifferent to Adenauer Ultra
left wingers of our country want
Franco of Spain and Salazer of Portu-
gal eliminated, even though they are
friendly to the cause of the West.
1--WE helped in the eradication of
Batista and the establishment of Castro
-. 1t would have been far better for
the Western Hemisphere and the peo-
pie of the world to have continued
Batista in power.
FINALLY, if we are to continue de-
stroying our friends, our problems will
grow more dangerous as time goes on
That statement coming from an Ohio
Democrat is we'll worth needing The
State Department might well ponder
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03
Emerging Nations

TllE United States is currently pour
ing money into various African coun-
tries and the State Department is tread
ing ever so tenderly on the toes of these
sensitive. under-developed people. What
are they doing and where are they head
ing. and how are they working for dem
OcracN?
In many African nations. not only is
there a lack of freedom but there is
no tolerance Of differences. When a
United States Senator voiced opinions
some Of these African leaders did not
like. last wear. they refused him a per-
NIT to enter the country. No democratic
country refuses entry to Africans who
express views in opposition to the gov
ernment'S views.
Obviously, democracy is not in exist
cncc in many of these new countries,
which We helped open up to democracy.
Yet we continue TO pour money into
them and are too timid to speak frank
y and candidlv and call spade 4
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03
Spending Our
Way Head-On
Into Socialism
Editor of Herald:

Editor of Herald:
Many people worry about our
U. S. monetary situation with
the eight European central
banks holding a suffi C e II t
amount Of short-term dollar bal
ances and short-term U. S.
Treasury notes payable in gold
to blow the whistle" and send
the dollar to zero whenever
they choose. This situation is ex-
planned in a leaflet Banks
Rely on U. S. To Keep It's
Pie d g e." distributed by the
OAR, l776 D St., N. W.. Wash
ington, D. C.
Sane and sensible people also
worry about the huge amount of
U.S.A- public debt. which is
more than the Indebtedness of
the rest Of the world, and yet
we 60 on hroW wing money
around by the billion all over
the globe. Recent news items
have stated that in some of the
backward countries where the
Administration has scattered the
U. S. taxpayer hard-earned
dollars the cloWnish potentates
buy solid gold beds, special
Rolls Royces and build them
selves beautiful castles all at
our poor taxpayer expense.
Those who do not understand
this reckless foreign aid pro
gram should read the works OF
Josef Stain, 'Marxism and the
National Colonial Question" in
which he states: 1T is essential
that the d vanc e d countries
should render aid - real and
prolonged aid - to the back
ward natiOnalitieS in their cul
tural and economic develop
ment. Otherwise it will be i'm
possible to bring about the
peaceful co-eXistence of the vali
Gus nations and the peoples thai
is 50 essential ior the final tri
umph of Socialism"
Now read the last six words
over again and you really have
the correct answer and plenty
more to worry about. If you OBJ.
ject to having your tax dollars
pave the way to socialism let
Congress know your feelings IL
no uncertain terms.
Robert c. SSchwab
Ellsworth, Me.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03
Life Full Of Service

DR. William Edward Smith lived a
full life in the service of his fellow
man and his patients. Methodical, easy
going. patient and sympathetic, he in
spircd confidence whether he was in
the sick room, civic meeting or bust
ness conference. In his quiet way he
cascd tensions and gave assurances i'll
times of illness, trouble or turmoil.
AS physician, counselor, friend. bust
ness associate, civic worker and church.
man, he will be missed. Yet. his ex-
ample and influence will remain with a
wide circle of friends to memorabilia a
full life we'll lived.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03
Natures Power

ALTHOUGH man has made amazing
scientific achievements. nature still
puts on the greatest show on earth and
exhibits miracles, every day, which put
mans best efforts to shame.
Some people fail to recognize the mir
acles which occur around them every
day. For example, take the occurrence
Of rain. upon which event the hope of
millions of farmers, and others, are
hinged
farmer, with hundred acres of
planted crops, must have, Of all things,
a plentiful supply of water. If he re-
ceives a rainfall of one inch. which
often occurs during the planting sea-
son, nature has dropped 2,714.3OO gal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03
Wheat Program
Vote Has Far
Reaching Results
Editor of The Herald.

Editor OF The Herald.
Secretary of Agriculture Free
man is quoted in the March 20
U.S.D.S. statement, announcing
all the regulations of the 1868
Wheat Referendum, as saying,
ION price. yes vote will mean
81 a buShel wheat While a no
vote viii mean an average 81 a
bushel wheat
We in Farm Bureau are at a
loss as to just why he would
make a statement like that, es-
pecially when the secretary has
said he isn't campaigning for a
yes vote 1t is even more diff
cult to understand the 81 VS.. 81
myth when both the secretary
and the American farmer know
it isn't true.
BY the very nature of Mr..
Freeman's own Supply Con
troll" program a producer could
only get about So support on
about 80 per cent of his normal
yield in 1864. The rest of a pro-
duer's normal yield would be
sold on the open market for
about 81 80 This part of the pro-
gram will give b enc price Of
about $l85 for your normal
yield which makes a myth of
the statement that farmers Will
get 81 on a yes vote. If the ref
erendum is defeated, wheat pro-
ducerS will continue to operate
under the existing wheat pro-
gram with one change. it will
be on voluntary basis. With a
mo- vote. farmers who volun-
tarily stayed within their allot-
ne t would have a base support
price of about 100. Farmers
electlng not to abide by the al
lotments could grow all the
wheat they wanted to and sell
it on the open market. 1t should
be kept in mind that the type Of
wheat grown in Virginia Soft
Red Winter is in very short
supply and has a very good de-
mand. In 1862, farmers aver
aged S195 per bushel on the
open market in Virginia
Mr.. Freeman statement that
wheat will be worth only 81 if
his Supply Control program is
defeated needs a bit more eX-
planning by him. OF course, the
Secretary would have. one weap-
on at his command TO try to
bring the market to ST and that
would be his authority to dump
a tremendous amount of surplus
wheat on the market to compete
with the farmer. Whether this
would be done is a matter of
Question, however. We know as
matter of fact feed grains
were dumped this last year at
a time when many of us were
selling our corn and o t h +
grains.
1t is a matter Of deep concern
to us, as farmers, that much
more is at stake in this referen-
dunn than just the statement
that a no vote will bring 81 for
all wheat
1t is a matter Of fact, based
on the testimony of Mr.. Free
man and Professor Will la i d
Cochrane, advisor to the Secre-
tary. that supply control" is in
deed planned for many if not
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-03

) SoAs
Cost OF the several hundred
polls the USIA has made over
seas in the past two years ranges
from 5000 for an average Cas-
tro survey to $l20,0OOO for the
opinion SampingS in West Ger
many ard Italy.
However. there was one bar
gain" poll in Korea.
This survey, indicating that
the average Korean knows about
.. 8. aid and favors it. was
conducted by the Korean Sur
vey Research Center of Seoul
for only $40 Even at that re-.
markedly low price the poll TAX
ers made money.
Their sanrplng was limited
to 1000 male visitors to a Seoul
trade fair.
TAKE YOUR PICK Other
major USIA surveys include a
$4,000 study of 1.-The popular
reception of the Alliance for
Progress program" in five Lat
in American countries, and
100000 analysis of attitudes in
Britain toward the European
Common Market
A backstage State Department
summary Of USIA surveys also
lists "a study in depth of the
attitudes, values and aspirations
Of the Mexican people"
Based On l,067 personal in
tervleWs in cities with popula-
tons of 10000 or more, the
study singled out for special
attention the views of those
persons with the greatest inter
est in political affairs a group
though small in number espec-
tally influential because of its
members greater tendency to
be involved in political activity"
I Distribution of this study is
limited to a tightly restricted
4 group of inner administration
officials. AS a follow-up to this
survey Sergio Miiniide OF Car
acas. Venezuela has been en-
ployed to make a study of mass
communication media in Mex
leo.
In Greece, the USIA pays 500
monthly to the Institute OF Com
munications and Research, a
private Athens firm, for polls on
the comparable popularity of
President Kennedy and Premier
Khrushchev. Latest of these
salnplings show the President
h gliding a commanding lead
over the Soviet ruler.
Backstage efforts are under
way in Congress to learn more
about these numerous USIA
polls. particularly their cost.
Virtually all information on them
is classified as confidential.
Representative John Rooney,
DN.Y.. chairman of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee in
charge Of the USIA budget. has
asked Director Edward R. Muir
row for a full report. In the
past. the White House has balk-
ed at disclosing details to either
Congress or the public.
One high official, who has ac-
cess to these overseas polls.
states that expenditures for
them by all government agencies
runs into millions He anticipates
that if MurroW complies with
Rooney's demand, Congress may
explode and institute sweeping
investigation of these costly sur
veys and the use being made
of them.