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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
The British Labor Leaders Visit

eminent would still be COW
cred by the law. It is part
Of what might be termed an
unauthorized negotiation.
Maybe the British do not
have such a law, but the mis-
chief that can be done by
collision Of any kind be-
tween an existing administra-
ton here and the leader of a
major party in a foreign par
lament is plainly apparent.
1t makes the United States,
for example, a participant in
an election campaign in an
other country. 1t tends to
cause hard feelings. For GER
tainly the ministry which is
in power in England doesn't
have a representative present
at the White House confer
ence to argue its side or to
answer any comments made
by the President.
The State Departments
unfortunate intrusion recent
ly into Canadian politics by a
tactless statement in the mid
die of a political crisis in
Ottawa is an example Of how
seriously relations can be
damaged when a government
becomes involved in the in
ternal affairs Of another
country.
Informal contacts are al
ways possible, Of course, at
the ambassadorial level or in
visits by opposition leaders
from abroad with some of the
subordinate officials of the
State Department.
But a conference between
the President Of the United
States and the head Of an OPP
position political party of a
country like Great Britain,
just before an election. is GER
tainly not conducive to good
relations between the govern
ments or the peoples Of the
two countries. President Ken
nedy, in February. 1862. re-
ceived at the White House the
late Hugh Gaitskell, then
head of the British Labor
Party, and the incident pro-
voked bitter criticism of the
Kennedy administration in
the House Of Commons. This
should have taught a lesson
about dealing with the leader
of an opposition party within
a government which main
tains formal diplomatic rela-
tons with the United States.
(Copyright, 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
DORIS FLEESON
The Volatile Politics of California Called
An Area for Ambitious to Be Careful

Senator Thomas Kuchel,
who handily survived a
Democratic triumph in CAL
ifornia last fall, is the lead
ing Republican Of the now
biggest State and, indeed. the
only one to hold a powerful
elective office. Yet he was
the last TO learn that Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller was dis
avowing former Gov. Good
win knights announced
plan TO set up a California
for Rockefeller headquarters.
The headlines blared that
Gov. Rockefeller protested
Mr.. knights action and had
so informed former Vice
President Richard Nixon and
former Senator william r.
Knowland by telephone. I'M
derstandably. Senator Kuchel
attended 10 some Senate
business before returning q
belated call from Albany.
The incident is typical Of
the problems that beset Gov.
Rockefeller. as he seeks the
nomination for President
next year Of his divided par
~. II had already been APP
parent that this is the win
ter OF his conservative bent.
Perhaps he Is now the more
conscious Of his need 10 APP
pear sufficiently conserva-
tive because next week end
he takes off for two Midwest
conservative bastions OF the
party. Kansas and Nebraska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

In Kansas particularly. the
John Birch Society is strong.
Nor is any ambitious poll
tician. Democrats included, TO
be blamed II he seeks TO
tread warily in the volatile
politics Of California. The
Birchers have Just captured
the States Young Republican
clubs. but the activist adult
group. the Republican AS
sembly. repealed a Birch-led
offensive and remains in
moderate hands.
The personality spectrum
varies from Senator Kuchel,
a moderate liberal who keeps
immaculate his appeal 10 in
dependent voters. TO Mr..
Knowland. a right-winger
who advocated the right-to-
work bill. Mr.. Nixon tries 10
hold the center.
Mr.. Knight Is In a class by
himself. Earl Warren was too
liberal for the then Lt.-Gov.
Knight. but when Mr.. Warren
vacated the governorship 10
become Chief Justice. Gov.
Knight followed Warren poll
icy and became friendly 10
labor. Many observers believe
he could have been elected
Governor in 1858, but he was
shunted into the race for
Senator so Senator Knowland
could run for Governor. Both
lost.
Mr.. Knight made no secret
OF his anger at Mr.. Nixon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Raids Are Believed Likely to Entrench
Castro and Defeat Their Purpose

this terrible lesson from the
abortive invasion by Cuban
exiles in the spring Of 1861.
All this accomplished was
the unnecessary expenditure
of good lives and an unnec-
essary loss in American pres
tige. II and when the big
blow is to be put in against
Mr.. Castro 1t must be put in
at the decision Of the United
States and not Of its exile
guests, welcome among us
though they are.
8. They embarrass the
conduct Of the foreign policy
of the United States by its
only rightful conductor, the
United States Government,
itself. No matter how CALLING
the present situation-and
CALLING it is, indeed-no set
Of foreigners granted sane
tuary by the United States
has the right to involve this
country indirectly in military
adventures which this coun-
try has not sanctioned and
worse yet-which in any
case will do nobody but the
Communist enemy any good.
4. They-these unauthor-
lied attacks-may give the
Russians some excuse to re-
fuse to withdraw the balance
Of their troops in Cuba.
Though 1t is true they have
no business whatever being
there in the first place. it
is also true that American
policy does not now con-
template any forcible effort
to remove them. This being
the bedrock reality, there is
no sense in needleSsly mud
dying the diplomatic waters
in this affair. having in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Controlling the Cuban ExiIes

mind that we are not in any
event ready at this point to
go beyond diplomatic into
military action.
Apart from all this, there
lies upon the United States
Government a heavy respon-
sibility not to allow cruelty
false hopes Of early deliver
ance to rise among the Cuban
people. To our lasting ma
tional shame. we encouraged
just such cruelty false hopes
among the Hungarians near
ly a decade ago. And the end,
Of it all was to bloody the
streets of Budapest with the
broken bodies Of Hungarian
patriots who died waiting for
the deliverance that never
came.
There is an old expression
from back in frontier days
that only a fool draws a gun
unless he really means to
use it. We cannot escape 1t
that the world-and not
merely the Soviet Union
can be led to believe that
through others we are draw
ing a pop gun we don't mean
to use. If there is one thing
worse than no action by a
great power 1t Is the puerile
action of sending, or appear
ing to send, a boy to do a
mans job.
The State Departments
repeated admonitions against
these hit-and-run sorties,
therefore, deserve every
body's support-and the sup
port Of Cuban hard-liners
most Of all. To this column
nist's knowledge, the most
authentic hard-liners in both
Congress and administration
well know this. 1t Is the time
for them to speak up. un-
popular though the message
may be.
copyrisht 1858
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Some Questions of Propriety Are Asked
On Harold Wilson's Talk With President


sured him that the Repub-
lican Party would handle
foreign policy more to his
advantage than the Demo-
cratic administration? II this
happened and If an election
were near. maybe both the
British and French govern
ments would decide to wait
before taking further steps
on a given question, and
hence important moves in
foreign policy with the in
cumbent administration here
might be deferred or given up
altogether.
In 1859 a statement was
made by a prominent Demo-
cratic member Of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
in an interview published in
a Soviet government weekly,
declaring that relations be-
tween the two countries must
be improved at all costs and
that. If the Democrats de-
feated the Republicans in the
1860 election, there would be
substantial changes in
American foreign policy.
What Mr.. Wilson, the
British Labor Party leader,
is doing-in laying his cleo
ton program before Presi-
dent Kennedy and presenting
it as future government
policy-would be a violation
of Federal law here If at
tempted by an American in a
personal visit or by written
communications with Off
Gals Of a foreign govern
ment. The Logan Act-which
was passed by Congress in
1898, shortly after the Re-
public was founded-provides
criminal penalties for any
citizen who, without author
ity Of the United States,
directly or indirectly COM
mences or carries on any
correspondence or inter-
course with any foreign gov
eminent or of any officer or
agent thereof, with intent to
influence the measures or
conduct Of any foreign gov
eminent or any officer or
agent thereof, in relation to
any disputes or controversies
with the United States"
Such activity carried on by
an individual prior to his
assumption of office in Gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

Though 1t is a harsh thing
to have to say, the fact is that
a means must be found for
bringing into control the anti
Castro Cuban exiles in this
country.
This is one of those pain
fully paradoxical occasions in
the cold war when honorable
and patriotic but foolish eff
forts to strike at the common
foe Of international commu-
nism are far more dangerous
to the common cause than no
action at all.
Pin-prick exile Cuban raids
upon Soviet shipping in Gu
ban waters, and upon the
shore positions Of Castro him
self, have got to stop, for all
these reasons:
l. They are wholly ineffec-
tual and serve only to help
entrench rather than to weak
en- Fidel Castro. They permit
him to present himself to the
Cuban people as their pro-
tector from foreign attack"
and beyond doubt will retard
rather than advance that
hoped-for day when the Gu
ban people will have had
enough of him.
2. They are both fatally
weak and fatally irrespon-
sible. There will be no get
ting rid Of Castro, in a
heavily armed island fortress,
by small and gallant but also
pointless sorties against a
ship here or there, a coastal
position there and yonder.
When and If military forces
go after Mr.. Castro from Off
shore, they ought to go in
overwhelming force, or not
at all.
Surely. we have learned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Kennedy, in
agreeing to meet at the
White House with Harold
Wilson, head Of the British
Labor Party, is treading on
dangerous ground. For Mr..
Wilson has announced that
he is bringing a 14-point
program outlining British
government policy in the
event that the Labor Party
wins the coming election.
viii Mr.. Wilson be able,
on his return to England. to
tell the British voters in the
coming campaign that. If he
becomes Prime Minister,
he has had assurances from
President Kennedy concern
ing certain points in the pro-
gram that may be Develop
ed as between the two coun-
tries? Isn't this a direct in
reference by a President Of
the United States in the in
ternal political affairs of an
other country? What sort Of
precedent does it establish in
international relations for
the future?
1t Is true there have been
visits of courtesy heretofore
during this and preceding adj
ministrations when distin-
guished visitors - including
the head of the British Labor
Party-have come to Wash
ington, or prominent men,
bers of Congress have gone
abroad. But one will look in
vain in the records to find a
formal conference on a con-
crete set of proposals that
are publicly announced as
the basis for future policies
between our Government and
a foreign government and
are presented Just a few
months prior to an election
contest in one of the two
countries.
Surprising Senator Dirk
sen and Representative Hal
leck-opposition leaders in
the Senate and House, re-
spectively - took a trip to
London and discussed with
Prime Minister Macmillan
the Skybolt affair or Just
what should be done about
nuclear deterrents? Suppos-
ing they conferred at Paris
with Gen. de Gaulle and as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Showdown in the Pace of Events

Italy and Holland. West Ger
man politics are in an inter-
regnum between Chancellor
Adenauer, who is not yet out,
and a would-be successor who
is not yet in. The coal miners
strike. And the walkouts in
most Of the French public
services confront Gen. de
Gaulle with Just the kind Of
issue he has never known
how to handle. Even the gin
ger boys of the neutraliSt
world must now act with
caution. Prime Minister
Nehru has predicted an
other invasion from Commu-
mist China major con-
staint on his policy. Col.
Nasser has had to commit
the bulk of his army and all
his shipping to the cam
paign against the royalist
forces in the Yemen.
In these circumstances
it probably is appropriate
for the administration to
lay off the pace q little. Still
the breathing spell cannot
last indefinitely. BY the end
of this year, the President
will increasingly find his own
hands tied by electoral con-
siderations. That Is why at
tention is coming more and
more to focus on his coming
trip to Western Europe. If
nothing else, as Jean Mon
net has asserted in a COM
munication to the President,
the European trip offers an
important opportunity to put
zip into Atlantic affairs. The
opportunity may not be
unique. But In the prevail
ing atmosphere Of immo-
bility. the European visit is
the one big event coming up
on the horizon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
JOSEPH KRAFT

When the President re-
ferred to a rhythm in the af-
fairs Of government a few
weeks back. he was thinking
of the ups and downs of poll
tical fortune. But there is
also a rhythm in the sense of
tempo. And the Kennedy adj
ministration, generally so dis
posed to rush its fences, has
recently begun to take its
time.
Cuba policy has settled
down to a long, long wait.
The Rusk-D obrynin talks on
Berlin, nearly two months in
the genesis, are being spaced
apart at leisurely intervals.
Even the high priority prof.
ect for a multilateral NATO
nuclear force has been slowed
up. Ambassador Livingston
Merchants preliminary
soundings Of European views
-soundings which could have
been wound up ten days ago
have been stretched out
into a second round, and an
other trip abroad.
The easing Of the pace is
not, as some suppose, the
product of Illustration with
domestic difficulties. On the
contrary, the outlook for the
economy is fair; a tax bill
seems certain; and the odds
are that Secretary McNa-
mara will emerge top dog in
the Tx hearings. But the
other major governments Of
the world are in so much
trouble that the openings for
initiative are narrow. For the
time being at least, interna-
tional politics is in the grip
of immobility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Gov. Rockefeller Steps WuriIy

charging that the then Vice
President arranged the deal
In the Nixon interest-and at
Mr.. Knowland. Since then
Mr.. Nixon has lost the presi-
dency and the governorship.
Certainly q Knight-con-
trolled headquarters would
not be In Gov. Rockefeller's
interest. Still he has many
friends and connections in
television. Also, In politics
more than most places, the
proverb that one has no lit
tie enemies rings true.
The Kuchel experience
has been repeated In other
quarters regarded as repre-
senting the party's liberal
wing. In fact. the only es-
tablished base OF Rockefel-
Ter support is the Eastern in
ternationalist seaboard. Per-
haps this only adds 10 his
feverish determination 10
court the conservatives.
Republican liberals want
TO be tolerant. and they say
they understand the prob
lem. But more than one dis
cuss their problem with
Gov. Rockefeller In terms OF
the old lament that 1T Is all
right 10 dissemble our love.
but why did you kick me
downstairs?"
Perhaps Gov. Rockefeller
needs 10 come out in the
open now or az least find
himself q Louis Howe type,
knowing and careful, TO keep
him at arms length from To-
cal rivalries.
tcopgright ipo3l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Policy Activity Both Here and Abroad
Viewed as Tronsversing q Low Point

The prime case in point, Of
course, is the Soviet Union.
Recent foreign visitors have
found Mr.. Khrushchev list
less and tired. His policy Of
peaceful coexistence has suf-
fered dramatic. setbacks-not
only in Cuba, but more re-
Gently in the massacre of the
Iraqi Communist Party. He
seems unable either to mend,
or to accept, the rift with the
Chinese Communists. Re-
peated shifts in top-level per-
sonnet, and a shutting Of
emphasis from Capitalization
to decentralization and back
again, suggest continuing diff
ficulties in the domestic
economy. Some Kremlinolo-
gists even believe that the
party's theological purists
have formed with the mill
tary and perhaps one or two
Of the top political leader
ship, a tacit alliance against
the Soviet Premier.
The Macmillan govern
ment in Britain is equally in
hot water. Its major prof.
ect-entry to Europe-has
been sharply rebuffed. The
demonstrations in front Of
the Commons testify, as no
numbers could, to the bitter
feelings brought on by pock-
cts Of severe unemployment.
Sordid scandals have shaken
the cabinet, and there is
talk Of more to come.
While other allied govern
ments are not nearly so
weak. they can hardly be
said to be working from
positions Of strength. Elec-
tons impend in Canada,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Republicans Dksen and Ha1eck demand truth in gov
eminent That's the way it goes It's always the party out
OF power that wants to form Fibbers Anonymous
Motto Of Senator McCelan's probe Of a Pentagon
tighter contract In Washington nothing certain but death
and TFXes
The State Department is dismayed by an attack on a
RUSSIAN eighter IN Cuba Secretary Rusk feels this
time to be fighting enemies We've got enough to do
Just lodging our allies
Rumor Press Secretary salinge will preside at White
House beauty contest to pick Miss Managed News Of 1853
GOV Rockefeller deplores Rocky President move
IN California. The timing is bad. Why he hasn't even
finished his acceptance speech yet
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THURSDAY, JANUARY IT, 1868
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
Listen, Americans!
RSSAJ By DR. GEORGE s. BENSON
skV%ssZ% Observation-Disclosures EDUCATION PROGRAM
- HsesA Searcy, Arkansas

President Kennedy surely have disappointed many
American citizens August when he told group visiting
matte light to the future OF the Constitution itself
recognizes the need revision through amendments and
makes provision for them whenever the Congress the States
deem it necessary But modern presidents have
wanted bypass this amendment machinery and rule by
tive fiat decree
Perhaps disappointing were Kennedy's differences
that the u S. Constitution become outmoded He
that despite extraordinary founding
document required to make it work in
re different period of the nations history under different
conditions.
The viewpoint that Constitution written day
long is the door to all manner of
change that will suit political convenience
Presidents before Mr. Kennedy have vented their wrath
strict Constituencies and the change makers generally
have found methods of crcumvenng the letter of the Cons
tuition. President Roosevelt wanted the Supreme Court
arged or packed it called that radical legislation
that he able through Congress would not be de-
cared unconstitutional Since the urtpaing battle of 1887
presidents have tended and sympathetic
pontees the Supreme Court This obviously the
intent Of the Founding Fathers.
Alexander Hamilton warned against making the of
the Supreme Court superior to that of Congress and against
leaving the interpretive of the Court outside the review
of that Legislative body apparently aware that
terpreations sometime could become another way
sruc legislation Constituting the laws according the spirit
Of the Constitution would be as unprecedented danger
GUS Hamilton wrote
Coumnist David Lawrence recently quoted this Hamil-
onian reasoning from "The Federalist remarked
that the finding Spirit rather
that the end ustifies the And is. Wiful
seeking ready to justify whatever eXpedent proposed
and interpret law their liking thus ubvert and
twist the spirit of the Constitution completely awry
Regardless of President Kennedys comments, the time
has not yet when must surrender the Constitution
political eXpediency We afford either squeeze
expand the Constitution fit each political emergency
presidents persist in appointing politically pe-orentaed fig
to the high Congress day need seek
remedies OF Constitutional that will help preserve
letter OF our founding document we'll the function of
Congress itself.
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GORDON K. DOUGLASS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
Maryland Exceeds
Savings Bond Quota

Maryland achieved 1922 percent
of its 1862 series Z and II Savings
bond objective of S6z90000O, it
was announced by Charles f. Me
Cormick, state chairman. Sales for
the twelve months reached $685.
418.459. This was an increase Of
So. 199,2Ol over the previous year
Sales for December amounted TO
S5.47715O. Kent county led the
state with 1924 percent of achieve
ment with Anne Arundel Sec
ond. Prince Georges third.
Garrett county had a quota of
1912 600. December sales amounted
to S21, 1876, for a total of $181.745,
or 66.8 percent of its quota. Gar
rett county ranked oath among
the counties of Maryland. Five
counties had less for their quota
than did Garrett.