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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
100 Years Ago

What better respite from
civil war than q peaceful
boat ride on a rare day in
June2 That thought must
have crossed the mind Of The
Stars editor a century ago
when he accepted for his
paper an invitation to have
q representative among q
distinguished group Of WASH
ingtonians as guests Of the
Washington g. Mount YER
non Steamboat Co. on a
cruise from Baltimore to the
Federal City. Star Reporter
Crosby s. Noyes was given
this assignment. which he
described in The Star Of
June Is, 1868: THE steamer
Thomas Collyer has been
lately refitted In Baltimore,
In fact almost entirely re-
built. The excursionists
got TO Baltimore very salts
factorily in one OF the COM
Portable new cars Of the Bal
timore a. Washington RR,
and on reaching the Collyer
at Fardy's Yard, found that
saucy little boat well stocked
with sundry suspicious-look-
ing packages. boxes, bottles,
demijohns, etc, all going TO
show that her re-baptismal
honors were TO be celebrated
with due eclat. Some portion
OF these elements speedily
took new shape under the
skillful manipulations Of vet
eran operators, and reap
peared In the form OF nectar
punch and juleps) tit for
gods and Washingtonians;
and the two capacious bowls
OF this noble decoction were
henceforward never during
the voyage permitted 10 go
dry. Under such satisfactory
auspices. we shot down the
river and bay past the frown-
ing Federal Hill batteries:
past Fort McHenry. where
the flag still waves. and
where a grim line OF big
soda bottle shaped Dahl
grens gives comfortable as
surance that u will continue
so 10 do; past the Sumterish-
looking new Fort Carroll;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Staggered Hours

Your editorial Of June 4,
applauding a General Serv-
ices Administration proposal
to further stagger the work
hours Of Federal employees,
appears to -perpetuate the
fallacy on which the GSA
plan is based.
Specifically, spreading
arrival and release times for
a quarter million workers
seems to be a logical step
toward reducing traffic con-
gestion. Unless substantial
numbers Of employees can be
conditioned to report at 8
or Z am. and leave at 2 or
3 pm. however, there's very
little Improvement in view.
The reason for this is SIM
ply that it Is impossible to
program" all the variables
causing ruSh-hour conges-
ton into a workable blue
print for altering working
hours by a quarter or half
an hour. These variables in
clude weather; traffic direc-
ton, composition, distribu-
ton, and volume; time of
day, week, and year; transit
availability and utilization;
and location.
Suppose half the Federal
workers employed in the Dis
trict are instructed to re-
port is minutes earlier, and
the other half is minutes
later. The first group leaves
earlier than at present, and
the second, later. However,
the practical effect would be
to shift the site Of q given
traffic jam from one point to
another for a given COM
muter because the same total
volume Of vehicles must be
accommodated during the
peak hour periods of 7 to
$3.50 am. and 4 to 6.30 n m
II he leaves work Is minutes
earlier than at present, he is
just as likely to encounter
others who have done so as
he Is to not encounter work.
ers who are leaving Is miA-
utes later.
Until it is possible to
weight" the components Of
traffic congestion and pre-
dict the behavior Of people
with statistical certainty, I
submit the GSA approach to
solving rush-hour miseries is
little more than q futile at
tempt TO temper chaos with
RECOMMENDATION.
n NJ n-.~-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Sides With Clark

Your editorial last Sunday
criticized Senator Clark.
Democracy is a continuous
struggle between the power Of
a few and the needs Of the
majority.
Anytime that one Of our
legislators or the President
has the courage to stand up
against this power machine
(the local governments) In
favor Of the few. it brings
out your kind Of complaint.
You know as well as / that
what Senator Clark is trying
to do is to break this dead
lock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
so Years AGO

A spelling bee between
members OF Congress and
Washington newspaper COR
respondents drew a distin-
guished audience. headed by
President Wilson and his
family. in the ballroom Of
the Willard Hotel so years
ago. The correspondents
(notoriously bad spellers)
weren't around at the finish.
The Star Of June 8. 1918, said
the winner. Representative
Frank Willis, OF Ohio, q
former schoolteacher. out
spelled the other finalist,
Senator Poindexter OF WASH
ington. The Senator bowed
out on "hydrocephalus."
which Willis polished off
with ease. Other legislators
participating were senators
Ashurst Of Arizona. Kern Of
Indiana, Norris OF Nebraska.
and Robinson Of Arkansas.
The press representatives in
cluded Frank Carpenter, Fred
Emery. Fred Essary. Ira BEN
nett. b. p. Geddes and Gideon
Lyon. Frank B. Lord was
master OF ceremonies.
The New York Yankees,
firmly settled in last place In
the American League, with
only 10 wins In A games,
won their first game at home
In 10 tries so years ago. The
Star Of June 8, 1918. reported
q young shortstop named
Roger Peckinpaugh (remem-
Der Peck 10 Harris TO :
JudgeO drove IN the Yanks'
winning run In the ninth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
D-Doy Then And Now
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Forever, in American his
tory, June 8 is recorded as
D-Day. On that day In 1914
our boys and their English
colleagues In valor were
storming the shores Of Nor
mandy as CALAMITY they went
into the jaws Of dire danger
and lurking death. They were
Joined by battalions of air.
borne fighting men dropped
from the skies to liberate
the enslaved land which had
come to Americas help in
the Revolution of 1776. Any
nation that would forget that
June invasion would deserve
the worst that history might
bring. Because Of all that
hinged on that heroic D-Day
the designation might well
stand for Destinyl
With vivid remembrance
do I recall the alarm in the
night announcing that by
boat and plane our boys were
at last invading the shore
bristling with all the deadly
traps and murderous fire the
entrenched enemy could mus
ter. With the news that the
attack was on there came
from the Capital press the
inquiry - when morning
comes will the churches be
open for prayer for the stall
wart knights Of this flaming
crusader" OF course when
dark turned to dawn inter-
cession was lifted from
church affairs, from home al
tars, and from millions of in
dividual h carts. At noon
that stressful day came a
memorable scene in the Unit
ed States Senate when the
chaplain, knowing that his
own son-in-law was that day
parachuting to the soil Of
France, ended the opening
prayer with the ancient
prophecy: "Your covenant
with death shall be annulled,
your agreement with hell
shall not stand, your refuge
of lies shall be swept away"
What a moment 1t was in
that historic chamber when
the Senators solemnly re-
peated the Twenty = t h ir d
Psalm, "T hough I walk
through the valley Of the
shadow of DEATH" as some
how the familiar words shone
with a new incandescence.
All that is a moving memory
of D-Day then.
AS the 10th anniversary
approached Of that day
which will live In history, !
found myself gazing at a pic
ture of the allied leader,
Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower.
upon whose mind and heart
was the awe-full decision
when and where to attack.
1t is one of the most striking
photographs Of World War
III In the picture Gen. Ike
is surrounded by paratroopers
with blackened features and
camouflaged helmets.
AS in 1868 the anniversary
Of that D-Day drew near, it
was mine to Join a company
Of dedicated citizens of the
Republic as they surrounded
that same great American.
now a former President Of
the United States. 1t was a
council of campaign COM
posed of outstanding Ameri-
cans who from sea to shining
sea had come to that hal
lowed spot. Valley Forge.
They represented the leader
ship from all phases of our
national life. AS Gen. Eli
senhower presided at the
head of the table, his intense
concern for the present state
Of the Union, and of the
troubled world, brought WV
idly to mind the photograph
of almost a score of years
ago, just before he turned on
the green light - GO ON
that epochal day.
The men and women sur
rounding General Eisen-
hover In 1868 composed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

these possibilities should fall through,
there would be every justification for
Governor Tawes to call a special session
Of the Legislature to re-adopt the &C
commodations law as an emergency"
measure which would be immune from
attack by petitions calling for State
wide referendum on the question 10
months from now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

the ice, paint the lily. give q
perfume to the violet, or an
additional hue to the rain
bow? His noble deeds alone
have rendered him immortal.
His name blazes upon the
brightest pages Of the worlds
history, and there 1t will re-
main forever. ON reach
ing home, three rousing
cheers and a tiger were given
for Capt. Gedney and three
more with like extras for
President Van Riswick and
other officers Of the steam
boat COMPANY :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09

Day now. For everything that
was won on D-Day in 1914 is
threatened as the Nation
then defended prepared to
meet the challenge of"D-Day
now and In the days ahead.
Freedoms Foundation is
mobilizing all America with
a new realization Of the
heinouS things it is against,
and of the precious things 1t
is for. From its headquarters
in Valley Forge, facing a new
D-Day. it is registering q vow
made in heaven that the
American dream must be pre-
served whatever the cost.
Conscious of democracy's
faults and failings, praying
daily for the dear land Of
our hope and care-"God
mend thine every flaw"-the
credo Of Freedoms Founda-
ton is that America has
come to the Kingdom for
such a time as this. 1t de-
clares proudly that Of every
fallen defender Of the faith,
from Lexington to Wet Nam,
it can be said, HE gave his
life for a grand country"
The exultant patriotism Of
Astronauts Glenn and Coo
per, and the others, is justly
warranted. The faith we are
sworn to defend-"Freedom
under God"-was conceived
at Plymouth Rock, born at
Philadelphia, nurtured at
Valley Forge, baptized at
Gettysburg, consecrated in
the First and Second World
Wars, challenged in Korea,
and is now standing valiant
ly against unnumbered foes
IN Wet Nam. That faith is
saying to those who would
bury us, as they cruelty our
freedoms, "You shall not
pass"
Peace-loving America Is
willing to go the limit in
jubilantly banning the bomb
when the tyrants, who so
lately planted their rockets
on our doorstep, are coerced
into ceasing their awful
threat to enslave the whole
world. Those who keep Amer
lea strong for the new D.
Day now upon us are the
real peacemakers of whom q
rescued world will one day
say, blessed are they!"
Those who cry peace, peace"
when there is no peace would
have us lower our shield even
when poisoned arrows Of sub
versive tyranny are being
aimed at the heart of free
dom. How strange that those
who would insure by essen
tial armament the improb-
ability of war, are so often
dubbed by the blind. war
mongers, and that those
whose deadly sophistries
would lead directly either to
war, or surrender, are called
"peacemakers." What a pros
titution of words and Of the
truth
And so, Freedoms Founda-
tons defenders of our birth
right at Valley Forge in 1868,
surrounding General Eisen-
hover who on D-Day in 1874
gave the fateful word to the
waiting crusaders, is remind
ing the Nation that 1t is a
time to put into operation
Washington's order in that
other Revolutionary D-Day
Put no one but Americans
IN O1iard this dav0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-09
Accent on Youth

Bernice Thompson.
The chronicle., 1963-12-27
Pinpointing Responsibility

probation report found Schizophrenlc ten
denotes and said Oswald vas potentially
dangerous S~chizophrenia is defined as
a type of psychosis characterized by loss
Of contact and environment and by dis
integration of personality. Any person SO
afflicted would be capable easily Of COM
hitting the senseless and otherwise in
credible attack on the president.
Anyone so afflicted could be melted
also to almost any other kind of vio-
lence. But must it be accepted there
fore that there should be a moratorium
on any further public discussion Of con-
troversial issues lest some impression
able mind be driven to violence as a
result? If this is what it takes to as
suage the troubled national conscience
the price is too high.
AS a matter of fact maniacal an d
completely senseless crimes are commit
ted every dav. Conceivable Indictments
to unstable individuals are an ineScap-
able part Of the free environment. 1t wa
only because of the extreme promi-
nence Of the victim that the violence
done President Kennedy resulted in
such a worldwide Spate of grief and
i~ntroSpection.
Some aspects Of the matter remain
battling Notwithstanding the FBTs evil
dent inability to show a conspiracy. Still
inviting speculation is the exact role of
Jack Ruby, the Dallas night club oper-
ator and self-ap7ointed avenoer who
shot and killed Oswald before the lat
ter had thrown any light on the as
S~assination.
Still m~ystifying is where the always
i%mpecunious Oswald obtained the money
for a trip he took last September to
Mexico City where he applied at the
Cuban embassy for a visa to Havana.
The next day he applied at the Soviet
consulate for a Russian visa. where
would he have obtained travelling ex-
penses if either request had been grant
ed? The investigation should continue
Notwithstanding the apparent present
consensus that Oswald was his own
agent.
The chronicle., 1963-12-27
Effective Prayer

An interesting thing is that this
type Of prayer not only has its re-
ward for those for whom interces-
sion is made, but invariably and in
due time for the petitioner also. AS
God loves a cheerful giver, so does
He have a fondness for the person
who thinks of others.
A by-product often confirmed
by those who pray for others is the
discovery that when they become
thus engrossed they forget them
selves. their own worries, prob
lens, aches and pains. Busy doing
for others, one simply does not
have time to devote to self. This
is unselfishness at its best.
The principle Of putting others
first was laid down by the Master
in one of His parallels:
"When thou art hidden of any
man to a wedding, sit not down in
the highest room; lest a more hon
orable man than thou be hidden OF
him;
"And he that bade thee and him
come and say to thee, Give this
man place; and thou begin with
shame to take the lowest room.
"But when thou art hidden, 60
and sit down in the lowest room,
that when he that babe them
cometh, he may say unto thee,
Friend, 60 up higher; then thou
have worship in the presence OF
then that sit at meat with thee.
"For whosoever exalteth himself
shall be abayed; and he that hum
bleth himself shall be exalted"
The chronicle., 1963-12-27
John Chamberlain
Bad News For Castro

There may be considerably
more than meets the eye in
President Lyndon Johnson's ap-
pointment Of Thomas Mann, who
has been U. S. Ambassador to
Mexico, to take charge Of both
our economic and political rela-
tons with Latin America. The
appointment could be Johnson's
definitive warning that Fidel
Castro must go.
The reason for saying this IS
that Mann has the reputation
among anti-Castro CubanS of
having never been fooled in
twenty years Of State Depart
ment work by Communists of
any stripe. As a career foreign
service man, he was Acting AS
SlStant Secretary OF State tor In
ter-American Affairs for a brief
but very important period in
1960.He took over for Roy Ru-
bottom, who had been blamed by
critics of the State Department
"Fourth Floor" for misjudging
the character Of Castro in the
last days of the BatiSta dictator
ship in Cuba. AS Acting ASsiS-
tant Secretary of State, Mann
was all for the U. S. decision to
break off relations with Cuba
because Of Castro's arbitrary
limitation of the us. EmbaS-
Sy staff in Havana.
Mann's reaction to his expert
ence with Castro earned him the
accolade among the an'i-Fidelis-
tas Of being a "hard-lines" in
The chronicle., 1963-12-27
(From The Daily OklahOman)

(From The Daily OklahOman)
Indicated FBI findings in the assassi-
nation Of President Kennedy conform
largely to what the Dallas police an
nounced almost Immediately after the
event.
Those persons in this country and
elsewhere who have questioned the COM
petence and even the motives of the
Dallas police certainly can't accuse the
FBI Of superficiality or possible bias.
The FBI's indicated conclusion that
Lee Harvey Oswald was the unassiSted
assassin should help to soft pedal the
tendentiouS clamor of people whose va
rious interpretations obviously reflect
their various personal predictions. Par
ticularly in Europe, the persistent ten
dency is to ignore the accused assas-
sins acknowledged MarxiSt connections
and attribute the deed to some sort OF
rigltist conspiracy having raciSt over
tones.
After an exhaustive investigation the
FBI isn't able to place the responsibility
anywhere except on the shoulders of
the Marxist drifter and adventurer
whose checkered career included a re-
ported p~sychiatric and truancy record in
the Bronx.
Where does this leave the bleeding
hearts and professional viewers with
alarm who have been so busy recently
assassinating the character of the Amer
lean people along with the facts Of the
matter? According to some versions the
real guilt belongs collectively to the
whole population rather than to the I'M
venomed little Marxist shown by the
overwhelming burden of the evidence to
have been the person who actually pulled
the trigger. In aggregate the American
people certainly don't harbor the hat
reds and the rancor that resulted in the
~unspeakable act at Dallas. With almost
no visible exceptions they were shocked
and deeply sorrowful.
In charging on what it said was Os-
wald's boyhood ~truancy in the Bronx
the New York Post disclosed that "the
The chronicle., 1963-12-27

munist government, the first
such government in the Ameri-
cas-, during the Eisenhower
years. He was political counsel
lor to our Ambassador to Guate-
mala, Jack Peurifoy, at the
time of the Communist custer.
Since Mann has been close to
President Lopez Mateos Of Mex
leo, he might be the very per-
son to persuade the MexicanS to
break with Castro'S government.
This could be an extremely inn
portant part Of Mann's mission.
For it is by way of Mexico
that Castro has been infiltrat-
ing Central America, and even
South America, with spies, agi-
tators and agents provocateurs.
Air travel between Havana and
Mexico City is unimpeded, and
visas have been easy to get.
Moreover, spare parts from the
U. S., needed to keep Castro's
rapidly depreciating industrial
equipment from a complete
breakdown, have been moving
in significant quantities to Cuba
by way Of Mexico. To persuade
Mexico to break off relations
with Havana, a U. S. policy
that is acceptable to Latin Am
erica as a whole must first be
achieved. But Mann is a good
choice to hammer out such q
policy.
Finally, Mann apparently has
carte blanche from Lyndon John
son to do as he thinks best y y
out being second : guessed by
anybody. Under him the eco
Monies and politics of our re-
lations with Latin America will
be run as a tandem affair. The
thing to watch now is what man.
ner Of men Thomas Mann picks
to be his assistants. If he
chooses like : minded men to
backstop him, the Alliance for
Progress may yet pick itself up
off the floor.
The chronicle., 1963-12-27
Thank You kindly

doormen on the back"
These columns have not gone to great
lengths to praise the obvious spIendors
of Southern ~womanhood, not for the
last week or so anyhow. We hold these
truths to be ~Self-evident.
Be that as it may, we would be less
than gentlemanly if we did not thank
the noted anthropologist for her charm
ing compliment to the courteous behavior
of our Southern ladies. DR.. Mead has
shown once again that she is an ex-
tremely perSpicacious and gracious
lady herself.
However, we must remind her that
she forgot to mention how pretty they
are and how well they can cook.
81 like trains. If you can, bring me
one. When | am older, | will help
you make toys in Alaska"
BLACKPOOL, England CUPID - Black
pool bus driver David Moore was fired
today because he took his empty double
decker bus home for his tea break.
The chronicle., 1963-12-27

It was the poet Tennyson who
said, "More things are wrought by
prayer than the world dreams Of"
St. James had previously observed,
'The effectual and fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much"
Proceeding on these great truths,
the skeptics and doubters should
find answers to questions that may
plague them.
No one can really know how
much is achieved by prayer be-
cause the world is a vast place,
populated by billions. 1t must be
accepted, and properly so, that the
accomplishments are tremendous.
Certainly there would be ample
evidence if a way could be devised
to hear testimonies of answered
petitions.
St. James made it clear what
type of prayer is most productive
that "of a righteous man :"
This qualification is highly signi-
ficant. One attribute of the righ-
teous is unselfishness. In other
words, it can be said accurately
that the prayer of an unselfish
person "availeth much.
To put it another way, the
person who prays for others before
self is apt to find the desired re-
suits when results are most needed.
Such unselfishness, or righteous
ness, can only make prayer effec-
tive. Certainly, it makes a petition
fervent because this demonstra-
ton of love for others is a power
full force.
The chronicle., 1963-12-27

(From The Dallas Morning News)
DR.. Margaret Mead, in Redbook mag
azine. notes that she has Southern girls
working in her office because she
feels that their Southern manners have
a special quality which Northern court
esy ignores. S~outherners, she says, "are
reared to keep in mind the special at
tributes Of everybody they speak to.
When they address another person,
their voices show respect for age and
acknowledge the sex of that person"
Generally, DR.. Mead declares, "the
current style is to show respect for
other people by ignoring whatever may
be special about them-addressing gray
boards by their first name and slapping