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Evening star., 1963-05-06

Of June of that year-a con-
frontation that had been his
highest aim. AS the situation
formerly stood, he expected
to have a great hand in the
outcome Of that confronta-
ton. He did not propose
himself to enter the primary.
But he intended to see that
all the other possibilities
Romney, Cows. Nelson Rookie
feller of New York and Will
liam Scranton Of Pennsyl-
vania and Senator Barry
Goldwater Of Arizona - did
so.
AS matters now stand, It is
clear that Mr.. Nixon's plans
have been fundamentally al
tered-poSsibly because "the
word" has gone out that the
leaders Of the dominant
Eisenhower wing Of the
party do not wish such a
contest. If this is so, the in
dicated inner meaning would
be that a consensus is already
being developed among these
men for Gov. Romney or,
failing him. for Gov. Scran-
ton.
Item. The hackers Of Gov.
Scranton himself, alone
among all the possibilities,
continue to play 1t cool and
quiet-and are making no
other camp angry. And it
may well turn out that their
sense Of timing is better than
that of the Romney people.
For these people are plainly
pushing Gov. Romney into a
very early rivalry with the
man still presumed to be the
front-runner, Gov. Rookie
feller.
Picking Up the Pieces
In this, Gov. Romney could
be badly hurt, even If the
issue concerning Gov. Rookie
feller's remarriage sh ould
turn out to be as harmful to
him as some Republicans say
it will. For Gov. Scranton
would always be around to
pick up the pieces If the
Rockefeller boom collapsed
and brought Gov. Romney
down in the wreckage.
Finally, there is the deeply
conservative Senator Gold
water. His progress has been
both steady and marked-so
much so that the suspicion
arises that the moderates and
liberals among the G. o. P.
king-makers have become e
very alarmed and therefore
are moving now to avoid
such popularity showdowns
as had earlier appeared in
the cards for big States like
California.
(Copyright, 1869
Evening star., 1963-05-06
Safe for Boobocrocyi

SoIe TOT DooDOCI0Cyl
The Star editorial, safe
for Boobocracy," really let
60 with both barrels at the
American Legion and the
Mayor Of Fairfax City. It
seems that those who criti-
cize the educational" films
or books of a public library
run the risk Of being labeled
boobs or aggressive illit-
crates"
Obviously, the public Ii
braries with their books,
periodicals, films, and study
groups have a vast potential
for good or evil in the all
out propaganda war in which
we are now engaged, for
the control Of mems minds.
Those who wish to demor-
alize our youth with obscene
literature, push US into "One
World" and sing the praises
and deceits Of communism
have been busy as beavers
for many years stocking the
public Libraries. Today, if
you ask for a conservative
or anti-communist book in a
public library you are usu-
ally told, "Oh! we cannot
stock that-it's propaganda,
you know"
So it is an encouraging
sign that some of the "boobS"
in our boobocracy are get
ting fed up with the alien
ideas and liberal pap being
dished out by the public
libraries. At the present
time about the only differ
ence in the books at the
libraries and at the corner
drugstore is in the bindings.
Public protests may serve to
bring about a good house
cleaning to clear the shelves
Of some Of the trash, smut
and alien propaganda.
Meanwhile, The Star
shouldn't engage in wishful
thinking about any revival
Of learning taking place in
our public libraries. They are
fine places for seeking shell
ter from the rain or resting
tired feet but Just as in
adequate for curing litter
acy (either aggressive or
passive) as the daily news
papers.
Ruby Upton Curd.
Fairfax County Library
Director Mary McCulloch has
won added respect and
gratitude from the informed
public for her independence
and good sense in refusing
to cancel the scheduled show
ing Of films in the recent
controversy over the alleged
political views Of those who
had prepared the films.
Rather than submit to the
censorship Of a few, Mrs.
McCulloch, with the unani-
nous support Of the Library
Board, chose to place her con-
fidence in her professional
staff for the selection of
diversified library materials
and in the good taste and
intelligence Of Fairfax citizens
in evaluating their worth.
County residents who would
like to demonstrate that they
reciprocate this confidence
will have an opportunity to
do so on May 13, when the
Board Of County Supervisors
will consider the library
budget for the coming year.
Acquisition Of land. build
ings, books. staff and sup
porting budgets for the coun-
tvs fine library system has
been a long. difficult job. To
continue the program the
Library Board now seeks ap-
proval OF O modest budget
slightly more than 81 million
for the new main library
and IL branches. these to
serve nearly 100000 resi-
dents.
The recent incorporate at
tack will have served a useful
purpose II 1t reminds county
residents that our libraries.
which we too often take for
granted, are a vital part Of
the cultural life OF the COM
munity. They need our over
whelming support. especially
at budget time and always
when threatened by the few
who would destroy them.
Marie Wernick.
Evening star., 1963-05-06
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can get an answer BY
mail. TO any question OF fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 63b y street Y W.. Washinston
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Evening star., 1963-05-06

President, American Commit
tee OF California for Freedom
Of Enslaved Nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Reforms BREWING

The flareup two weeks ago by
Connecticut's Democratic Senator
Dodd against his own party lead
erShip in Congress was soon
quenched, but more determined
movement to speed the legislative
wheels has gained force.
It cuts across party lines and Is
smoldering in both House and
Senate. Now favorably reported by
the Senate Rules Committee and
awaiting floor action is a proposal
by Democratic Senator Clark and
Republican Senator Case to set
up joint committee to study the
rules and regulations of Congress,
including floor procedures.
The CaSe-Clark bill was weak
ened in committee by some who
feared it might be a disguised at
tack on the right to filibuster. As
it now reads, such a study could
not examine rules and procedures,
a move that handicapped a pre-
vious study leading to the Con-
greSSional Reorganizational Act
of 1916.
Joe Clark feels the Job was
only half done in 49," says a COL
league. So the two sponsors have
readied an amendment when the
bill comes up for floor debate that
would make it a genuine reform
move.
A similar bill was introduced
last week by Representative Joel
son of New Jersey in the House,
where a bipartisan group has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
G. o. P.'s Moneuver

Last Thursday, President Ken
nedy at his press conference re-
peatedly sought to head off crit
icism of Congress record by not
ing that the 88th is only half
over.
MY judgment is that by the
time this Congress goes home, In
the sense Of next summer, that in
the fields Of education, m ntal
health. taxes. civil rights, this Is
going to be a record" he declared,
then quipped: This is going to be
an 18-month delivery"
What exaSperates Democrats Is
their feeling of impotency despite
a huge majority in both cham
bers. Although not their biggest
in history Q937-38 holds the rec
ord with rs Democrats to Is Re-
publicans in the Senate and 331
to 80 In the House,, the party
still claims 324 members to the
G. o. P.'s 211 in Congress. Indeed,
today there are more than twice
as many Democrats as opposition
members in the Senate.
But as a party grows larger, II
becomes more unwieldy and diff
cult to control. Southern conser-
vatives have joined with Republi-
cans on key votes this year to stall
and defeat bills. Maverick Demo-
Gratis such as Oregon's Senator
Morse break party lines. Youthful
Representatives staged a revolt
against Chairman Vinson In the
House Armed Services Committee
early this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

to gain cohesion. Faced with obi
Grafton. members have swung in
line behind Minority Leader Dirk
sen in the Senate Though not so
pliantly in the House with G. o. P.
Leader Halleck.)
Seeking a scapegoat for their
ills. some Democrats have blamed
Majority Leader Mansfield and
House Speaker Mccormack. Ger
tainly neither Yields the lash like
the men who preceded them.
When debate drifted, Lyndon
johnson would storm to his room
from the chamber floor or mutter
fiercely into colleagues ears.
cThat was the damndest speech
I ever heard you give" he growled
to Senator Humphrey one night
during an education bill debate.)
And the late Speaker Rayburn Of
ten laid his prestige on the line,
threatening and pleading to save
such programs as foreign aid.
BY contrast, Senator Mansfield
Is apt to put his head in his hands
when the Cave Of Winds grows too
drafty. Gentle and scholarly Che
taught Oriental history for ten
years at Montana University. he
prefers quiet persuasion.
It is probably inevitable that
some partisans would begin MUIR
muring comparisons with the S0th
Congress that former President
Truman caStigated in 1913 as q
"do-nothing body"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
The Real Row

Yet the real controversy over
that Republican Congress resulted
as much from what 1t accom m
pliShed as from It's omissions. In
sheer paperwork, 1t beat the 87th
Congress. for example. enacting
906 bills into public laws COM
pared with 885 for the S7th.
Actually, the SOth was q busy
one, sending Harry Truman a
good deal more than he wanted to
sign. 1t pushed through a tax cut
over his veto and also OVERRIDE his
veto on the Taft-H artley labor
bill. The "do-nothing" phrase, as
1t turned out, referred to a special
recall Of Congress President Tru-
man ordered in late 1913 to focus
attention on some of his own
schemes in housing, initiation and
rights. Sensing q political ploy,
the G. o. P. majority did little to
justify the extra session.
The result played into Mr.. Tru-
mans hands, and in the upset,
Democrats swept into control in
Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Painful Duty

The investigation Of Mr.. Baker
is a painful duty for the Rules
panel. His business deals en-
broiled men from both parties
and in both House and Senate,
and because of the undertones
of sex, observers have already
taken to calling it the American
Profumo case.
But if it's any consolation to
lawmakers, no security angle has
yet been uncovered, nor has the
Defense Department been mud
died by it. as Britain's was in
the Profumo affair.
House members last week had
another reason for avoiding sane
timonious comment about the
Senate's troubles. A hail of
criticism descended on Repre-
sentative Wayne Hays after it
was discovered he took the House
headwaiter to Paris at taxpayers
expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Longuid Pace

At this time in 1861 the s7th
ongress had enacted 500 bills
and gone home. Last week the
88th had passed a mere 266 and
was stalled on major Kennedy adj
ministration programs.
Civil rights and the tax cut
were considered dead for this cal
endar year. So was mediocre. For
eign aid was taking a fearful
beating. And billions Of dollars
were frozen because Congress had
failed to enact eight of IS annual
appropriation bills for the fiscal
year that began last July /.
After three weeks Of protracted
debate and surgery. the Senate
late Friday passed q $3.7 billion
foreign aid authorization. $500
million less than what the Pres
ident asked. Since the House
already has approved q SIS bill
lion version. the final bill will end
up around $S.6 billion.
Chairman Fullbright Of the
Foreign Relations Com mittee
termed the measure "emasculated
now to the point Of non-recogni-
ton" but even further cuts are
ahead. In the budget process, an
actual appropriation must follow
the authority bill, which gives
lawmakers q chance for more
changes. Some freely predict the
President will only get So billion
for aid this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Innocent Men -.

While the President declined to
to take the position that there
would be no further cultural ex-
changes unless the professor was
released, he said there Is no
sense having q program" If an
innocent man Is arrested and
given no means Of defense.
: How can you carry on that
kind Of a program" he asked.
''I am sure that everybody would
agree that it would be hopeless
under those conditions.
The feeling of the intellectual
community in the United States
was vented somewhat on tour
ing group of Is Soviet cultural
exchange delegates which hap
pened to be in Washington when
the Barghoorn story broke.
GEORGETOWN, Maryland and Ameri-
can Universities all abruptly can
celed programs with the group as
a symbolic protest.
What the President planned to
do next to prod the Kremlin, he
did not disclose. But he did say,
In effect, that he would not
call off the current negotiations
blessed by the White House, be-
tween private American compa-
MES and the Soviet Union for the
sale of 5000 million worth Of
surplus wheat to the USSR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Worry Over Texas

Texas probably offers the most
worry to Democrats. The defeat
November 9 Of proposal to re-
peal the poll tax was interpreted
as a G. o. P. victory. since much
Democratic strength comes from
voters who find the $3.50 to SITS
tax a burden. Republicans also
gained a number Of offices In
State contests.
Diplomacy at its most a droit
will be needed by Mr.. Kennedy to
handle the current pickering
among Senator Marlborough, Vice
President Johnson, and Texas
Gov. John. B. Connally. The latter
two are arrayed against the Sena-
tor and favor Representative
James c. Wright. jr., for Senator
Yarborough's seat in 1864. But the
Senator is a loyal New Frontiers
man in Congress, and will expect
a friendly plug by the President
during his tour this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

Inauguration. One Of the shakiest
sectors is the South, and that ex-
plains his speech-making tomor-
row in Tampa and Miami.
Next year the Florida electoral
vote will increase from 10 to IA,
making it the most important
Southern State for a presidential
candidate-next to Texas, which
has "a.
Significantly. Mr.. Kennedy lost
Florida to the @. o. P. in 1860 and
managed to squeak by In Texas by
a paper-thin margin Of $4,000
votes tout Of more than 2.3 mil
lion cast even with the aid Of
Senator Lyndon B. Johnsons
powerful influence.
Since that time. Republicans
have been gaining strength all
over the South. In Kentucky, Ed
ward T. Breathitt won the gover-
norship q few days ago by the
thinnest Democratic majority in
20 years. In Mississippi q Goldwa-
ter Republican named Rubel Phil
lips cut deeply into the Democrat
ic majority Of Paul B. johnson for
Governor. though both ran on
segregationist platforms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Why?

Why did the Russians arrest
the professor in the first place?
Ascribing motives to Communists
is always interesting If not always
fruitful.
Some Kreminologists saw 1t as
a retaliation for the recent arrest
of a Soviet spy in New Jersey,
with the Russians planning to
offer the professor in a swap for
their man.
Others felt that 1t indicated
Kremlin warning to Soviet citi-
zens to avoid contact with Amer
leans.
Most Western observers, how
ever, saw the Soviet action as
determination to torpedo the cul-
tural exchange program, pinning
the blame on the United States,
in the process. They wish to end
the exchanges. this theory says,
because the United States is bene-
fitting more from them than they
are.
1t seems clear, despite the out
come Of the Barghoorn case. that
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

agitating for years to streamline
Congress. His is the latest Of more
than q dozen bills on the subject
this year.
Outside Washington, the dis
may over the logjam on Capitol
Hill has prompted more calls for
change. Leon r. Lewis, veteran
attorney, yearns for the British
system Of party responsibility in
his book, Democracy and the
Law" published this month. An
American party's legislative pro-
gram today cannot get through
Congress within the life expect
ancy Of public interest in such a
program" he complains
One House leader In the reform
movement. Representative Reuss
Of Wisconsin, Is clearly alarmed.
In a book to be published next
year. "Off Dead Center" he warns
that Americas vital economic po-
lcies literally cannot be enacted
because Of the creaking and ar
chaic machinery Of today's Con-
gress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Prestige and Gain

There is no law prohibiting
Senate employees from investing
In private business or working at
outside jobs. But the institution
is most sensitive about conflict
Of interest and use Of Senate
prestige for private gain.
With slight lab at queStioners,
President Kennedy at his press
conference last week noted There
are always bound to be In the
Government, newspaper business,
labor, and so on people who
can't stand the pressure Of OPP
portunity. :"
But the important point is
what action is taken against them
and I think that this administra-
ton has been very vigorous in its
action and I think that you try
to accept responsible standards"
he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
THE FOREIGN SCENE
AFresh Setback
For Detente Hopes

Soviet arrest Of q Yale pro-
fessor, announced on Tuesday,
drew an unusually vigorous
protest from President Kennedy,
who ordered a pOstpOnement Of
negotiations for a new United
States-SOviet cultural exchange
pact. The Russians released
the professor and sent him 70
London yesterday.
Thirty years ago last week
President Franklin Delano Roose-
welt. declaring that two great
nations like America and Russia
should be on speaking terms"
OVERRIDE widespread domestic op-
position and recognized the To-
year-old Communist government
Of the Soviet Union.
The Soviets held q meeting in
Moscow on Friday to hail the an
niversary Of their diplomatic ac-
ceptability to the United States.
Mrs. Khrushchev, wife Of the
Soviet Premier, presided over II.
Presumably she would repeat what
Moscow radio had said earlier in
g broadcast beamed to the United
States:
The Soviet people sincerely ex-
tend the hands Of friendship to
Americans, urging them to uphold
the fine traditions Of Soviet
American relations
But American Embassy officials,
bruised by q fresh example of
the Soviet's "fine traditions" boy
cotted the affair. Although they
undoubtedly acted under instruc-
tons from Washington, they had
an excellent reason: The secret
arrest and imprisonment Of q re-
nowned American professor on
Spy" charges.
The new-and major-disrup-
tive incident involved Prof. Fred
eriek c. Barghoorn, 50, Of Yale,
q Soviet affairs expert, author and
political scientist. The professor
was seized on the night Of October
81 or the morning Of November
/, shortly before he was to leave
Moscow for Warsaw after q
months visit in the Soviet Union.
The American Embassy was not
notified Of the arrest until No
vember IL, on which date Tass,
the Soviet government news
agency, announced 1t publicly In
q two-Sentence dispatch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Congress as It's Own Issue

With a dismal record on pass
ing legislation, the S8th Con-
gress seems destined next year
to be an election issue itself.
Some critics liken II to the "DO-
Nothing S0th' back In 1947-4S.
Last week the question haunt
ing Washington was: Why?
Since 1855 the Democrats have
been the majority party In Con-
gress, and spurred by the twin
crises Of Sputnik and a recession,
they also managed in 1858 to pass
bills with the frenzy Of the first
100 days Of Franklin D. Roose-
velt's administration.
But times have ch anged d. No
longer exhorted by q Senate ma
jority leader named Lyndon B.
johnson or House Speaker Sam
Rayburn; no longer impelled by
any grave national crisis, and be-
set by some embarrassing internal
pecadillos, the lawmakers face
criticism next year and already
have been Gliding themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
The Reason

1t was hard to see why maitre
d'hotel Ernest Petinaud needed to
visit a conference of North At
lantic Treaty Organization par
liamentarians, but Mr.. Hays in
sisted the guest made a valuable
messenger.
At $50 a day in living expenses,
that seemed a pretty steep price
to some observers for delivering
a few notes, but the Juror sub
sided after House Speaker Nc
Cormack interviewed to announce
he personally had approved the
trip.
Speaking on other matters last
week, Vermont'S Senator Aiken
perhaps summed it all up best.
The record of this Congress,
he said, up to now appears to
be unenviable."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Inquiries:
Wide Scope

The labyrinthine pattern of
Robert Bakers dealings con-
tinued to come to light In
Washington last week, and
President Kennedy limited more
will be uncovered. The House,
meanwhile, found itself embar-
raised by a milder case invOlv-
ing a Paris junket.
q. There are always going to
be people who can't stand the
pressure of opportunity" the
President remarked. But Mr..
Baker is now being investigated
and I think we will know a good
deal more about Mr.. Baker before
we're through"
Thus did the White House
acknowledge for the first time
last week the probes on several
fronts of Robert G. Baker, the
former Democratic majority sec
rotary in the Senate who resigned
under fire october 7.
Understanding the Insull-like
tangle of corporate dealings that
Mr.. Baker constructed during his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
As a Precedent

The Soviet surprise, to be frank
about 1t, Is perhaps understand
able to this degree: Never before
have the American Embassy or
Mr.. Kennedy gone to such lengths
to deny the guilt Of q private
civilian travelling as q tourist.
Certainly, the case of John Mack
insen, an American student at
Berlin University, provoked no
such protestation by the United
States. ....
Mr.. Mackinsen was arrested on
spy charges as he was leaving
the Soviet Union. He was clapped
in jail for two years. AS Ed
mund Stevens. special correspond
ent for The Star in Moscow,
pointed out, both Prof. Barg-
hoorn. and Mr.. Mackinsen we're
presumably entitled to the same
protection.
Mr. Kennedy's flat assertion
that the professor was not on
an intelligence mission of any
kind" was unusual. even though
the President must have checked
with the Central Intelligence
Agency, the Defense Intelligence
Agency and other Government Sc
curity organs before he made it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Protest Arrest

American Ambassador Foy
Kohler made six protests in the
first IS hours and went personally
to the Soviet Foreign Office on
the matter. He got no satisfac-
ton; no American official was
allowed to see Prof. Barghoorn,
who repeatedly was held In the
notorious Lubianka Prison.
The Soviet action and attitude
provoked the anger Of President
Kennedy like it has not been pro-
voked before by these so-called
spy" cases involving Americans
In the USSR. And deluge of
protests by American intellectual
and university groups hardly en-
couraged q cooling-off period In
the White House.
The Presidents mood was
demonstrated at his Thursday
morning news conference. The
second question posed to him was
on his attitude toward the Soviet
action and what he was going
to do about getting the professor
released.
THE United States Government
is deeply concerned about the I'M
warranted and unjuStified arrest
Of Prof. Barghoorn," came the
stern reply. HE was not on an
intelligence mission Of any kind"
Mr.. Kennedy did not limit his
reaction to words. He ordered
the indefinite postponement Of a
meeting between American and
Soviet officials, originally slated
for Moscow on Tuesday for the
purpose of hammering out a new
two-year pact on cultural ex-
changes.