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Evening star., 1963-08-25
Does the U.S.. Do Too Much
For Us or Not Enough?
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

Sometimes it seems that the
Government is doing too much
for me.
1t is building a splendid
throughway through the park
across from my office where I
used to eat my lunch.
1t has also torn up most Of
the roads leading to the office.
so that every day I'm later for
work and pretty soon I may
not have a job at all. The Gov
ernment will, Of course, see me
through with unemployment
compensation. The only thing
that bothers me is filling out
the forms.
The Government is a mar
velous institution with all sorts
Of powers and virtues and be-
nevolent impulses. but 1t Just
doesn't know how TO get
through to people.
1t has. like so many indivi-
duals. lost the art Of letter.
writing. The Government has
millions of clerk-typists, but
they don't write letters TO er-
ring or confused taxpayers.
TNey send us printed d forms
with holes punched in them.
We're all pretty used TO the
fact that words don't mean
much any more. Hardly anyone
handles them carefully, there
are so many Of them. and the
greeting-card industry has sur
veyed every eventuality Of exis-
tence and come up with the
right card. C"Mother's Day
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Rail WaIkout
Sill a Threat
New Work Rules
Already Posted
By the Associated Press

The threat Of a nation wide
rail strike at midnight We'd
nesday stood unabated today,
while an effort developed in the
Senate to narrow the area of
enforced arbitration called for
impending legislation.
Eight Democratic Senator's
issued a statement yesterday
saying they favor limiting bind
ing arbitration to the two key
issues - firemen's jobs and
train-crew makeup.
AS approved by the Senate
Commerce Committee Friday,
the measure would permit a
special seven-member board to
impose settlement of seven
other issues If they were not
settled by direct negotiations
within a specified time.
A spokesman for the carriers,
meanwhile. confirmed that they
had posted or were posting job
eliminating work rules changes
to go into effect at 1901 am.
Thursday.
The unions have been au-
See RAILS, Page Ais
Evening star., 1963-08-25
March
Timetable

This is the tentative tim e
schedule for Wednesdays march
on Washington:
6 am. and after - Demon
strators report TO Washington
Monument grounds upon arri-
val in the city.
9:30 a.m.-10 national chair
men Of march on Washington
meet Congressional leaders at
Capitol.
10 a.m.-District participants
begin assembling at Ellipse.
10 am. to 1880 a.m.-Broad-
way and Hollywood stars enter
tain on stage at Washington
Monument grounds.
1880 a.m.-March to Lincoln
Memorial begins at Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue
with 10 national chairmen lead
ing and from Seventeenth and
Independence avenue with six
Negro women honorees leading.
1880 to 2 p.m.-Entertain-
ment at Memorial while march,
ers assemble.
2 pm. - Lincoln Memorial
program.
4:30 p.m.--Memorial program
ends and marchers begin leav-
ing for homes.
s pm. - 10 national march
chairmen meet with President
Kennedy and Vice President
johnson at White House.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Memo to Washington

The District Commissioners yesterday issued the toosu
ing statement Wednesdays civ rights demonstration
here:
Next Wednesdays civil rights assembly will draw the
worlds attention to Washington.
Many thousands of participants are expected Steps
being taken by the city in cooperation with the groups
leadership to provide for the health and safety of v
tors while maintaining far possible normal city
activities.
WaShngtonians who accustomed to groups bringing
their to the Nations Capital know that the forth
coming gathering is in the American tradition of orderly
appeal for the redress of grievances The right to assemble
peaceaby is essential part of that tradition
We have confidence that the energy, resourcefuness
and ingenuity of the city and its people will be exerted
welcome the many visitors and to extend to them full
tesy and hospitality.
Officials Of the gathering have given the city excellent
cooperation in completing necessary arrangements We
confident that these joint preparations will produce
in which the city and the Nation have both pride and
satisfaction ~
Evening star., 1963-08-25

Hello to my Mother-in-Law's
Cousin"-"So You'v e.
Movedl"-'Deepest Sym p a
thy.") Who needs TO write a
letter.
That's the way the Govern
ment feels. too. The day Of the
scribe is done.
There's only one trouble with
I hose Government machines
Evening star., 1963-08-25
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Eagles WoIIop
Redskins, Alb

The Redskins we're trounced BY
the Philadelphia Eosles, Alb, at
Charlotte, N. c. for their second
successive exhibition loss. Norm
Sneod ond George Ixo threw
touchdown posses for the losers.
John Pennel OF Miomi become
the first person 10 pole vouIt over
II feet Yesterday when he eIeored
the Dor OF II feet. u inch in q
meet in Miomi.
The brilliant roeins eoreer Of
Cory Book come to an obrupt end
when he suffered q chip in the
sesomoid bone in his left front
onkIe while working out Yesterday.
Troiner Jock Price soid the horse
will be retired TO stud.
The Senoton we're routed by
Los Angeles for the second stroisht
night. l0-2, OF D. c. Stodium.
The New York Yonkees extended
their American League lead TO
II comes by detecting chieoso,
30. on the siH-hit pitching Of
Whitley Ford.
The Son Froneiseo Gionts moved
into O second -pIoee tie with the
81. Louis cordinols BY sdSins Gin.
einnoti. 4.3. in u innings. The
cordinob we're held to Tour singles
os they lost TO Skinny Brown and
Houston, 40.
(DstoiIs in sports seetionl
Evening star., 1963-08-25

which send out the letters.
They can't read the replies.
Lately, the Department OF
Health, Education and Welfare
and I have been corresponding
We're Just not getting through
to each other. though.
Last month. they sent me a
sheaf Of printed d cards with
See RED TAPE, Page A-2O
Evening star., 1963-08-25

operating at about half speed.
In fact, by all indications,
Washington outside the march
area will have pretty much the
air of the sleepy little town
only its oldest inhabitants can
remember.
For one thing, Federal and
District Government buildings
probably will be no more than
half filled. Civil servants have
been encouraged to take leave
for the day, and thousands
already have indicated they will.
Traffic Tangle
Equally important in the
city's return to turn-of-the-
century quiet will be traffic
conditions so complex, chang
ing and confusing that prob
ably the only persons who ven-
ture south of K street or west
of the Capitol are those whose
livelihood depends on it or are
participating in the march.
Having officially encouraged
Government employees to take
the day off, the authorities
have gone a step further and
are doing their best to discour-
age anyone from coming to
work who wants to take the
day off.
A whole vast area (See map
on Page A-8) has been de-
clared off-limits for parked
cars as Of midnight Tuesday,
and an army of cranes will be
standing by to lug offending
vehicles off to impounding
areas, where they will be re-
Evening star., 1963-08-25

that people want to give as well
as receive.
To test this philosophy, the
staff invited families to work
together on community prob
lens. Twenty-nine persons-20
parents who had been helped
by the project and nine of their
neighbors a ttend de d the first
meeting on March 10, 1862.
See FAMILIES, Page Ais
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Neighborhood Clubs
Revive U.S.. Tradition
Needy Families Help One Another
Under Unique D. c. Service Project
BY BETTY JAMES
Star staff Writer

An old American tradition is being updated South
east washington in experiment that could spark revival
across the land
Families are helping each other in democratic way
that recalls barn rasngs when the country young
The families belong the Neighborhood Service Club
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Thousands Set
For Big March
On "Wednesday
City Now Ready
To HundIe Crowds
In Rights Protest
BY CLARENCE HUNTER
Star Staff Writer

The Nations Capital was
just about ready yesterday to
receive an estimated 100000 or
more persons coming here
Wednesday to march under a
banner calling for equal job
rights and freedom for Ne
groes.
The crowd estimate, made
by leaders Of the March, was
viewed as rather high" by
city officials. However, no one
doubted that the crowd, which
will fill the huge area between
the Washington Monument
and the Lincoln Memorial, will
be one Of the biggest in city
history.
It will be a crowd with
enough people to po pulate
places the size Of Kenosha,
Wis, Lima. Ohio, or Lynch
burg, Va.
AS Government officials re-
fined their plans to accom-
modate the crowd, the WASH
ington March headquarters at
BIS v street NV. was a scene
Of frantic activity where volun-
teers gave last minute instruc-
tions and encouraged District
residents to join the demon
Stration.
Plan Safeguards
Visiting marchers will arrive
by chartered trains, buses.
planes and private autos. They
are being encouraged to arrive
early and to leave early.
Everyone concerned with
handling the throng is con-
fident there will not be any
violence or unusual disorder.
Police have elaborate plans to
control the monumental pedes-
trian and vehicular traffic
while carrying out their usual
duties of protecting life and
property throughout the city.
Why a March On WASH
ington for Jobs and Freedom?
Leaders of the movement
have put it this way: I'VE
march to redress old grievances
and to help resolve an Ameri-
can crisis"
This crisis, say the leaders,
"is born Of the twin evils of
racism and economic depri-
vation :. which rob all people,
Negro and white, of dignity,
self-respect and freedom.
Grievances Cited
"They impose a special bur-
den on the Negro, who is denied
the right to vote. economically
exploited, refused access to
public accommodate sub
jected to inferior education
and relegated to substandard
ghetto housing" say the
leaders Of the March. 'Dis-
elimination in education and
apprenticeship training renders
Negroes. Puerto Ricans, Mexi-
cans and other minorities help
less In our mechanical, in
duStrial society.
I'VE march to demonstrate,
m a ssively and dramatically,
our unalterable opposition to
these forces-and to their CEN
tury-long robbery Of the Amer
ican people," the leaders state.
The m arch ers' demands
number ten. Top on the list is
comprehensive and effective
civil rights legislation to guar
antee all Americans access to
all public accommodations,
decent housing, adequate and
integrated education and the
right to vote.
The list also calls for the
withholding Of Federal funds
from all programs in which
discrimination exists; the de-
,. See MARCH, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-08-25
NewSnag Hits
Effort 10 Save
2Coa| Miners
Drilling Resumes
With Arrival of
Bit From Texas

HAzLETON, Pa, Aug. "a
(AP).-Work on enlarging the
escape hole to Henry Throne
and David Fellin ran into a
gigantic delay tonight because
an Unexpectedly needed drill
bit was not available. Their
rescue hour was set back until
Monday.
The bit arrived after IL hours
and drilling resumed an hour
later.
H. B. Charmbury, State
Secretary Of Mines, described
it as a "very serious setback"
but said 1t was simply a delay
there was no jeopardy to
chances for releasing the men,
who have been trapped 331-
feet underground for II days.
A 3O-inch bit was needed for
the giant drilling rig, which
was halted just before noon
after going down 38 feet.
Flown From Dallas
Part Of the delay was be-
cause the bit had to be flown
here from Dallas, Tex. Also, the
drilling rig had to be raised by
hydraulic jacks to q height of
4 feet from the ground to ac-
commodate the larger reamer.
Once the drill starts again,
it will go TO the 38-foot level.
The bit viii be removed and
steel castings placed to shore up
the sides against possible cave
ins. Then work will start on
enlarging the remainder Of the
hole to TN incheS-it now is
IL inches.
Once this is finished, a steel
capsule will be lowered to bring
the miners up. The capsule is
almost as wide as the escape
hole.
While the giant rig-as tall
as a 1O-story building-sat
silent, q smaller rig continued
drilling a 3-inch hole aimed in
the direction Of the third
trapped miner, Louis Bova, ~.
Mr.. Bova has not been heard
from since Tuesday and is sep
arated from the others by 25
feet Of debris.
Drill Wandered
The 30-inch bit was needed
when it was found the 26-inch
bit, which had been used to
drill the first SO feet Of the
enlarging operation. had wan
dered somewhat. This made it
impossible to sink the castings.
It was decided q 30-inch drill
was the only thing which could
fix the problem.
1T was too dangerous to go
ahead with the hole without
encasing It," Mr.. Charmbury
said.
AS the work on enlarging the
hole went on from above, Mr.
Throne and Mr.. Fellin could be
heard throughout much Of the
day pounding and saving in
their 14-foot-by-9-foot cubicle
below.
Timbers and other materials
were lowered to them before
the bottom of the 12-inch shaft
was closed with their help. Tie
enlarging operation release c S
tons of debris down the hole.
At one point. Mr.. Fellln was
See MINERS, Page Ais.
Evening star., 1963-08-25

a.
foresight and courage. am able
to observe that the world has
taken the first step on the road
leading TO peace.
Please accept, Mr.. President.
the assurances Of my highest
consideration.
Devotedly,
ALBERT SCHwEITZER
Evening star., 1963-08-25

Soviet Note to West Protests Tresty
Snub to East Gemons. Page All
~---~--
the pending agreement to out
law all except underground
tests only If the administration
shows in detail how it proposes
to protect United States weap-
ons superiority and prepare for
swift resumption of all-out
testing If the pact is preached.
The crash program outlined
today is intended to satisfy
these demands. 1t is aimed at
whipping the Nations weapons
testing apparatus into readiness
for any eventuality and includes
a Step-up in underground
testing and an outlay of 5000
million for the next two years.
Endorsements Released
While the Defense Depart
ment was seeking to bolster the
treaty's position in Washington,
the summer White House in
Hyannis Port. Mass, issued a
two-way Endorsement from a
panel Of top scientists and a
world famous humanitarian,
DR.. Albert Schweitzer.
The 16-member Presidential
Science Advisory Committee
was joined by six consultants-
at-large in an across-the-board
answer to principal criticisms
from the scientific viewpoint.
The statement asserted:
Clandestine testing would be
extremely difficult under pre-
sent detection systems.
Sufficient information is at
hand to insure design of missile
systems with acceptable survi-
val capability.
The treaty would have only a
minor effect on development of
anti-missile missiles.
Weapons of much higher
yield than those now available
could be developed, If needed,
without further testing.
Schweitzer Sees Hope
The scientists said the Unit
ed States can accept the res
Of this treaty with
confidence In our continuing
security" And they called the
pact IAN important step toward
a safe and secure peace. :"
DR.. Schweitzer, a Nobel Peace
Prize winner, In a letter to Mr..
Kennedy, described the treaty
as "a ray of light" In humani-
tvs darkness and said that,
through it. "the world has TAX
en- the first step on the road
leading to peace"
On the diplomatic front,
Moscow criticized the United
States and Britain for refusing
to recognize Communist East
Germany's adherence to the
ire at y. In notes to the two
See TREATY, Page ALI
Evening star., 1963-08-25

This is the first Of O series Of three
ortieIes on the Nsishborhood ser-
ice Project, which is helping low
income fomiIies build q better life
in Washington.
Evening star., 1963-08-25
City Of Contrasts Seen
During Rights March
Sunduy-Like Calm in Outlying Sections
To Offset Excitement in Downtown Area
BY DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

Washington will be city of contrasts Wednesday,
excitement and confusion in the of the civil rights
demonstration Sundayike calm in the rest of the city
Stores restaurants and Government office buildings will
be open business downtown but all expected to be
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Other March Stories
On Inside Pages

Big Religious Representation Predicted
for Moreh. Page ALI
Doctors Are Reody to Treat Morehers
Who Need II. Pose 40
Areo Bus Lines to Chonse Routes for
Rights March. Pose A-s
Churches Set Services, Professions to
March. Poss Alb
stoY Of Show World to Arrive for
March. Pose A-S
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Today's Star

Also Sunday. The Stor Mose-
zine; This Week MosoIins; Ty
Mesozine; color comics section and
Poise. the MoSoIins for Young
Women.
Evening star., 1963-08-25

deemable for a stiff fee. The
only exceptions to the general
no-parking rule are a few
streets in the downtown shop
ping area, most Of them
studded with loading zones and
Commute meters.
Bus Schedules
Commuter buses will keep to
their regular schedules and
routes until 9 or $50 am, but
the demonstration will be
breaking up at about the
height Of the evening rush
and the old familiar buses will
not be on the old familiar
street corners-if, indeed, the
homing commuter can even To-
cate any landmarks in the
crush of the dispensing thou
sands.
Nevertheless, some adventur-
Gus spirits will certainly go Il
work or go shopping, despite
official warnings. either be-
cause their employer requires
them to; or, in the case OF
shoppers, because they want
to see what it's like to walk
across F street without being
run over.
Virtually all the downtown
stores will be open for busi-
ness as usual, at least accord
ing to present plans. The mer-
chants views of the days pros
poets range from lugubrious
predictions Of total loss to op-
timistic hopes that the visitors
may do some shopping.
Slmputy MENUS
Restaurateurs tend to be
pessimistic, but almost all are
staying open anyway, as a pub
lie service, or in the slim hope
that not ALL the marchers
will bring lunches. Some res
taurants are planning simpli-
fled menus for fast service;
or, as one innkeeper put it. $50
the busboy can prepare it If
the chef can't make 1t to
work."
Government employees may
find their building cafeterias
See DISTRICT, Page A-9
Evening star., 1963-08-25

an organization stimulated by
the Neighborhood Service Prof.
ect, a three-year experiment
supported by a foundation and
sponsored by the Health and
Welfare Council of the Ma
tional Capital Area.
The project goal is helping
low-income families develop
self-reliance and a better life
by building on strength they
already have. Some have in
comes lower than families on
public assistance.
Important Concept
The Neighborhood Servic e
Club is one part of the pro-
gram. The club grew out of an
important project concept
Evening star., 1963-08-25

Soviet Note to West Protests Treety
Snub to East Gemons. Poss All
Evening star., 1963-08-25
A-Treaty Safeguards
Drafted by Pentagon
Scientists,
Schweitzer
Back Pact
By the Associated Press

The Defense Department last
night outlined a $100-million-a-
year nuclear readiness program
intended to meet Senatorial de-
mands for assurance that
United States security would be
safeguarded under q limited
test ban treaty.
Many Senators have said they
would vote for ratification of
Evening star., 1963-08-25
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Mo cloudy and
cooler today, high in the 70s. Fair tonight,
low around so. Tomorrow, fair and con-
tinued cool. Yesterdays high, 81, at 1:l5
pm; low, SO, at 6:45 am.
Full Report on Pose c-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

actresses In a single season, in
flate them with adjectives and
launch them like blimps to float
about for q year or three or may
be five or longer. But then what
happens to them? Or to the
greatest novels, the greatest plays,
detergents, sedativeS, cigarettes,
laxatives which circle with them?
Or even to the greatest men?
And even when they are great.
For the industry processes every
one, true as well as false. Let the
actual thing itself appear-Keats'
seldom appearing Socrates in
fact and in the flesh-and the
assembly line will multigraph him
and pass him current by every
mechanical means until nothing
is left Of the single, human fact
Of the man himself but his bubble
reputation in as many million
mouths as the new technology
can activate. It takes an EinSteln
to survive it. And even Einsteln
had reason to be grateful for the
isolation of his vast achievement
out among the galaxies Of space
and mind where the copywriters
couldn't follow.
Yet Frost, too, survived, and
with no such adventurous aid.
Everything about him-the SEEM
ing simplicity of his poems, the
silver beauty Of his head, his age,
hs Yankee tongue, his love OF talk,
his ease upon lecture platform
everything combined to put him
within easy reach which still
could not quite reach him. No
one in my time upon this planet
was so pursued by fame as Frost
so publicized in the specific sense
and meaning of that word. But
even now, months after his death,
the public image. as the industry
would call it, has already begun
to change like the elms in autumn,
leaving enormous branches black
and clean against the sky.
After the Honors
Frost, too, it seems, but in a
different way, an opposite way.
is too intrinsic for renown-too
intrinsic for renown to touch.
Something in the fame resiSts the
fame as burning maple logs-rock
maple anyway-resist the blaze.
And what it is, think we know.
At least there Is an evening. not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Comment on Address

burg PA Patriot & Union.
THE dedicatory remarks Of
President Lincoln will live
among the annals Of man
The Chicago Tribune.
1.-THE ceremony was rendered
ludicrous by some of the sallies
of that poor President Lincoln.
Anything more dull and COM
monplace it would not be easy
to produce" - The London
Times.
Warm, earnest, unaffected
and touching. Thousands who
would not read the long, elabo-
rate Grafton Of Mr.. Everett will
read the Presidents few words,
and not many will do it with
out a moiStening Of the eye
and swelling of the heart"
The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
What could be more beauti-
full, more touching, more in
spring than the few words Of
the PreSident?" The PrOvi-
dence Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

Willie Lincoln had died in the
same bedroom after a brief illness.
The President, however, was in
good spirits when Gen. James B.
Fry called for him on Wednesday
in an open carriage and urged him
to hurry If they were to catch the
special train leaving at noon for
Gettysburg from the Baltimore &
Ohio station. He responded with
an anecdote about a fellow being
jostled by crowds while en- route to
the gallows. Boys" the fellow
cried out, you needn't be in such
a hurry to get ahead. There won't
be any fun until I get there"
1t was raining heavily as the
President boarded the special four
car train, the last car Of which was
a directors car fitted out 90 q
drawing room. Besides Seward,
he was accompanied by Secretary
Of Interior John 3. Usher, Post
master General Montgomery Blair,
his two personal secretaries, John
Nicolay and John Hay, the Italian
and French ministers, and num-
Der Of Congressman, Army officers
and newspaper reporters.
AS the train pulled out, a little
girl passed up some flowers to the
President. He leaned out the win
dow to kiss her. saying, "You are
little rosebud yourself"
Farther along the line an elderly
man who had lost a son on Little
Round Top at Gettysburg came
aboard to shake hands. Moved by
the incident, Lincoln s ighe d,
when I think Of the sacrifices of
life yet to be offered and the
hearts and homes yet to be made
desolate before this dreadful war
is over, my heart is like lead with
in me and I feel at times like hid
ing in deep darkness"
At Baltimor the cars were
drawn by horses over to the