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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
Britains New Prime Minister Man Of Real Flavor

concentrating on the wrong
things" Douglas-Home suggest&
mo one need expect any stunts
from me. merely plain, straight
taking"
Douglas Homes premiership
comedies with Q painful transition
in Britain's social relations At
home and power relations abroad.
At home ancient class distinc-
tons are giving way to new forces
of educational and technological
achievement. Basic readiustments
In industry are needed If Britain
Is going to preserve her affluent
standards and her place in over
seas markets. Abroad the British
are uneasily leading q trans
formed com m onwealth and
searching for fresh channels In
which to assert their old In
fluence.
There are enough streaks Of
nonconformism In the Douglas
Home family to suggest that such
big problems won't deter the new
Prime Minister.
A Turbulent History
Three Earls Of Home have been
beheaded. Two were jailed for
political crimes. Alec is q direct
descendant of Lord Grey, who
Steered the Nineteenth Century
reform bill into the history books.
Another ancestor. Lord Durham,
also known as Radical Jack"
wrote the report on Canadian In
dependence in 1889 which con-
tanned an eternal principle Of
British imperialism:
a.. Dependence giving way TO
independence, Independence
changing to ter-dependence."
The Homes once were petty
kings in the rolling lands Of the
border dividing Scotland and Eng
land.
In Berwickshire lies the family
seat in 5000 acres Of farmland
along the River Tweed.
Nobody knows for certain how
many rooms there are in the ele-
CANT Eighteenth Century Home
castle.
But they certainly run into sev-
eral hundred. many packed with
treasures.
Sir Alec's other homes include
Castlemains, q 50-room shooting
lodge, Castle Douglas, the seat Of
the Douglass now being pulled
down, and a smallish apartment
in the Belgravia District Of Lon
don.
Now. Of course, he also has 10
Downing Street.
Turning Of Jorgon
suave and polished Douglas
Home shuns the oblique jargon Of
modern diplomacy when 1t suits
him.
An incredulous interviewer On
television. trying to find out why
Britain failed to join the Common
Market, asked him:
"Are you really saying President
de Gaulle deliberately deceived
us?" ~
well yes. in a way I am" ht
replied.
At other times Sir Alec can b.
as subtle as the %" in subtle.
He was arguing the case with
Andrei Gromyko for on-site In
spection in a nuclear test ban
pact.
Peering over his half-moon
glasses he remarked coldly that If
there was a suspicious explosion 1t
would be necessary to have an In
spection to see whether I am
lying or Mr.. Gromyko Is mistak-
en-"
The Soviet Foreign Minister
looked thoughtful.
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seen by some as the man to give
the least possible offense to the
greatest number Of people.
Douglas-Home has a gentle
q look Of frailty and his
quiet manner of speech bellies the
tempered steel Of the man beyond.
He intends to govern without
flamboyance or stunts. But also
without compromise. He wants to
shed the atmosphere Of melodra-
ma" by letting people know Just
what his administration Is doing.
Real home rule" one Of his
aides punned.
The person who knows him
best, his wife, says:
Anyone who underestimate
him does so at their peril. He
really can lash out"
Douglas-Home met his wife
when he was a student at Eton.
She was the daughter Of the
headmaSter, the Very Rev. Cyrial
A. Abingdon, dean Of Durham.
His mother. the dowager count
eSs of Home and a sprightly 81,
says of the new Prime Minister:
He was a very shy and retiring
boy and If I had told him he
would one day be Prime Minister
he would either have laughed or
tainted"
Sir Alec, who is so, showed his
reserves of will when spinal TB
nearly killed him in 1910.
Some Years of Pain
For two years he was on his
back, in plaster and pain, able to
move only his arms and to read
and talk. They were years Of re-
Election and as he put 1t leisure
to work out certain values in life"
The experience seemed to do for
him very much what a long recov-
cry from polio did for Franklin d.
Roosevelt.
Douglas-Home has q rocklike
belief in the things he thinks are
right.
Its not a question Of what the
peaple will stand for" he once
said. tits what you tell them they
ought to stand for"
The gravity Of the affairs Of
state rarely has dampened his
sense Of humor.
A priced memento is q telegram
from a citizen angered by one Of
his speeches.
ITO hell with you" it read, of
fensive letter follows"
Even at the most hectic times
Douglas-Home insists on sticking
to leisure pastimes.
He takes visiting diplomatic
grouse-shooting. Salmon fishing is
a favorite hobby. He arranges the
flowers whenever he Is at one Of
his four homes, plays the piano
and collects butterflies.
The day World War II broke
out Alec called his brother Henry
Lets drive out to the downl
and look for some chalk blues e
species of butterfly" he sug'
gested.
At Eton, and later at Oxford
Douglas Homes career, hk'
Churchill's, was undistinguished
Politics attracted him because he
said it would have been rather
stodgy just to stay at home and
live on your money"
His Daily Schedule
He awakens before Z each
morning, works on state papers
in bed for 80 minutes, then
breakfasts on porridge, toast and
tea. He never takes coffee before
lunch, likes whisky, brandy, an
occasional port but never gin. He
has given up smoking.
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The Prime Minister has one son.
Lord Dunglass. who will be 20 this
month, and three daughters.
Douglas-H Homes ascent to power
has been meteoric by British
standards, considering he entered
the cabinet only eight years ago.
Before that, for 20 years, he
had meandered through 9 success
sion Of minor government jobs. He
lost the family seat Of Lanark to
local stationmaster, Tom Steele.
in the 1945 Labor landslide.
Sir Anthony Eden (now Lord
AVON took over the premiership
from Churchill in 1855 and made
Douglas-Home Commonwealth
Relations Secretary. For five
years this took him on world
wide travels.
Macmillan, who replaced Eden,
startled the nation in 1860 by
making Douglas-Home Foreign
Secretary. It was the first time in
generations that q peer had held
the post.
The most reckless political ap-
pointment since the Roman En-
peror Caligula made his favorite
horse a consult" snorted the left
list Daily Mirror.
When the Foreign Secretarys
reputation began to soar, Macmil-
Ian smiled benignly to a friend
and said:
THE old horse seems to be
firmly in the saddle, what7"
Undermining Britoin
Keynote of the Prime Minister'S
new program is q drive to mod
ernie Britain and to restore the
nations influence abroad.
It looks as though Douglas
Home has begun to enjoy the
uphill battle to restore the politi-
cal fortunes of his long dismayed
and divided fellow Tories.
Opposition Leader Wilson has
been careful not to underrate
Douglas-Home,s qualities Of lead
ership or his capacity to fight and
win the national elections coming
up next year.
But the new Prime Minister
knows election victory will be no
pushover.
A host Of problems beset him
inside and outside Parliament.
He must contend with the reali-
ty that working and middle class
Britons, on the whole, find it hard
to believe q belted Earl from q
sheltered aristocratic background
can offer what the nation needs
in the 1960s.
Lord Home in his personal life
has never known the problems Of
keeping mortgage payments going
or having to look after an elderly
relative and that sort Of thing,
Labor leader Wilson grumbles.
This is inverted snobbery," re-
torts the Prime Minister. "Are
we to say all men are equal ex-
cept peers?"
Image Of TOyism
He came to office Just wner
the image Of Toryism was severel!
furnished. The government hac
been hurt by q series Of policy
reverses capped by Britain's
failure to join the European
Common Market. Administrative
lapses, dramatized by the Pro-
fumo scandal, reflected tired
leadership. DiSenchantment with
II years Of Tory rule also was
reflected in frequent electoral
Setbacks. Most recently, the fan
tastic leadership struggle left q
trail Of wounds and worries in
side the party.
IF the government is unpopular
now, it's because people have been
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He was all for gunboat diploma
cy to preserve British interests
during the Abadan Oil and Suez
Canal crises. Sympathy for Ka-
tanga's separatism during the
Congo affair and criticism of the
double standards" Of some United
Nations members estab1ishe d
among Afro-Asians the idea he
still bankers after the good old
days when the right whites ran
the show. AS a back bencher in
parliament he spoke out against
the 1914 Yalta agreement. warn
ing Sir Winston Churchill, then
prime minister, the Russians
could not be trusted.
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A Matter of Labels

Sir Alec lately has tried to wash
some of these labels off. He de-
scribes himself as ft-of-center"
But that's exactly how Laborite
leader Wilson portrays his own
political stance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24
BY ARTHUR L. GAVsHON
Associated Press staH writer

Associated Press stan Writer
LONDON-The man vino Is
now Britain's Prime Minister was
stuck no tuxedo and . sudden
summons to q formal function.
He called q junior official In his
ministry.
How tai are your" he asked.
The baffled civil servant re-
piled:
Five foot nine, sir"
you're too short. But I suppose
I could let the trousers down. Is
your dinner jacket double-bresst-
ed?"
Two days later Sir Alec Doug
las Home gave orders that the
young man was not to be trans
ferred the dinner jacket had
fit so well.
This was the sometime 18th
Earl Of Home pronounced
"Hume") in action with the In
bred security of the patrician who
can afford to be unpretentious. He
has gained most Of the things he
has ever wanted without seeming
to try too hard.
He has the poise that allows
him to smile at his own heritage.
For example, he's the only mil
ionaire on record who doesn't
mind acknowledging descent from
q long line Of cattle rustlers.
Once he was asked If his Scot
tish ancestors, back in the Middle
Ages, really used to plumber the
English in the bloody battles Of
the borders.
I'VE did very well for 800
years." came the bland reply.
But sometimes the casual assrr-
ance with which he pleases him
self comes across to others with
different backgroun ds Is icy,
ruthless arrogance.
A Political Move
After becoming Prime Minister
October 10 he postponed . new
session Of Parliament by two
weeks-with an elegant flick Of
the wrist It seemed to his critics.
He said 1t would give his ministers
time to get to know their new du-
ties. But opponents claimed the
real reason was to give himself
time to become Q comm oner
again. win q special by-election
and so personally attend the start
Of the parliamentary session.
Harold Wilson and the opposi-
ton Socialists he leads were fu-
rious at what they took to be q
tampering with the rights Of Par
Lament.
I'VE are not to be treated as his
awkward or refractory tenantry,"
cried Mr.. Wilson. I'VE are the
House Of Commonsl"
As Lord Home, British Foreign
Secretary, he displayed no obvious
ambition to become Prime Minis
ter. Indeed, friends billed him as
man for whom the vulgarities Of
personal and party maneuverings
were distasteful.
Yet this does not mean he did
not dream his dreams Of power
during 20 relatively obscure years
in Parliament.
His big chance came this fall
when the crisis Of the succession
hit the ruling Conservative Party.
Douglas Home teamed up with
that old pro. the stricken Harold
Macmillan, and rose to the top In
calm defiance Of the political ira
ditions Of his time.
Disposing Of RivoIs
He showed iron nerve, single
mindedness and rare political in
telligence that made other would
be leaders look like amateurs.
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Disposing Of RivoIs

He showed iron nerve, single
mindedness and rare political in
telligence that made other would
be leaders look like amateurs.
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wolves with programs direct from
Moscow.
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His Daily Schedule

He awakens before z each
morning, works on state papers
in bed for 80 minutes. then
breakfasts on porridge, toast and
tea. He never takes coffee before
lunch, likes whisky. brandy, an
occasional port but never gin. He
has given up smoking.
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As the first peer picked to head
any British government in the
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Football Fans
Get Instructions
On Traffic Plan

STATE COLLEGE (Special)-
Start early, park strategically,
be patient and observe traffic
laws.
These are the instructions of
Mississippi State University's di-
rector Of traffic and security, B..
S. Hood, who expects between
1000 and $4,000 vehicles to
swarm onto the University cam
pus Saturday for the MSU-O | e
Miss football battle.
"We encourage persons t 0
leave early for the game" said
Chief Hood, so that they may
travel leiSurely in the increaS-
ed highway traffic we antici-
pate. If people leave early as
they have in the past, we don't
anticipate any laSt-minute traf-
fic jams just before kickoff"
Hood said a large number Of
highway patrolmen will assist
campus police officers in handl-
ing the crowd. Students will as
SiSt in the parking Of automo-
bileS and airborne traffic direc-
tors will help via radio COM
munications.
1--WE also urge visitors to ar
rive early SO that they may turn
their vehicles facing the direc-
ton which they wish to 60 fol-
lowing the game whenever this
is possible" said Chief Hood.
"This will allow us to empty
the campus much quicker after
the game and reduce the posi-
bility Of traffic accidents. We al
SO ask visitors to be patient
when the thousands Of cars be-
gin leaving after the game,
and to observe traffic laws and
the directions Of officers on du-
ty."
Officials expect an overflow
crowd. The Scott Field stadium
seats $4,000. 1t is also expected
that the University's cafeteria
and grill will be taxed heavily.
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UsM Closes
Season Today
In Chattanooga

HATTIESBURG 80 The Uni
versity of Southern Mississippi
and the University of Chattan-
ooga were to clash at / pm.
today on Chamberlain F d
in Chattanooga in the 1868 fin
ale for each team.
One club, the Southerners,
will be trying to finish above
the 500 mark for the year; the
other, Chatanooga's MoccaSins,
will be trying to pull their rec
ord up to that mark.
Coach Pie Vann's USM team,
his 18th since taking over the
reins in 1949, has a 4-3-1 mark
going into the contest. Scrappy
Moore's Noes, his 31st crew of
them, have a as record.
The Southerners will be try
ing to post Vann's 10th triumph
(1O9-37-2 is his current record;
the Noes will be cunning for
Moore's 147th victory (146-134-12
is his record.
In IA previous meetings Of
their clubs, Vann has emerged
the winner IL times. The Noes
won in 1851 and 1855, the latter
victory spelling an otherwise
perfect record for Southern.
Only once has a Vann team
failed to beat the 500 mark.
His 1850 club finished with a
SIS record. He has had one 6-5
campaign and three ga finishes.
More than half Of Moore's Chat
tanooga teams have won at
least half Of their games.
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Three Games
Slated On TV

NEW YORK (UPD - Three
college football games will be
televised regionally Saturday
by the Columbia Broadcasting
System in place Of the post
poned Army-Navy game which
was to have been televiSed ma
tionally.
CHS has announced the Yale
Harvard game will be telecast
in the East, starting at lis
pm. EST, and that the Baylor
Rice game will be shown in the
South and Southwest, starting
at 2:45 pm. EST.
The third game, yet to be
selected, will be shown in the
Midwest and Far West.
CHS will televise the Army
Navy game when it is played
on Dec. z. The kickoff time has
been moved up from 100
pm. EST to lis pm. EST, so
the telecast will begin at |
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conference selection last year
at Collins.
Coach Milstead has not been
able to put together a first
unit, because he says" we have
a lot of boys with equal ability
and I'm still trying to find the
right combination.
The Panther bees will a | s o
open their season Friday night.
The bees broke even last year
with an 8-8 record.
Height is the big problem for
Coach Sonny Hill and his all
sophomore squad. Bee teamers
are Johnny Fryer, Mike Murphy
Paul D'angelo, Stanley Craw-
ford, Greg Graham, Dick Ing
werson, Tim Walsh, Bert Gar
riga, Leo Miller and Bill Higdon.
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and Price Hodges and hard
charging fullback Hoyle
Granger.
Fisher, the Highest starting
signal-caller in the league, paved
the way for States never-give-
up triumphS over Auburn and
LSU with dramatic pass inter-
ceptions in the final periods.
Rebel quarterback Perry Lee
Dunn has been nursing an in
jured hand but it was reported
on the mend earlier in the
week, and the NatcheZ senior
should be ready for his last try
at the Bulldogs.
Veteran fullback Buck Rand
all, sidelined with a knee injury
nearly all season. also is tabled
to return to action. However,
guard Bobby Robinson and end
John Maddox may see only
limited service.
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ba@
Bids Ride
On Tits Today

in the careers Of the opposing
coaches Pete Elliott and
Duffy Daughterty.
For Elliott, a win would mark
the end of one Of the toughest
comebackS in football history.
For the past two seasons, I'LL
nois has been at the bottom Of
the Big Ten and it's been ar
extremely frustrating time for
Elliott. A win Thursday could
erase the bad memories.
A win for Michigan State
would give Daugherty his first
Big Ten title and would reaf-
firm the faith Of his hackers
who gave him a five-year con
tract earlier this season when
the Spartans had floundered.
North Carolina and Duke bat
tie in Durham for a piece OF
the Atlantic Coast Conference
title. North Carolina State al.
ready has earned part Of the
title but the Tarheels and Blue
Devils will be fighting for the
other half.
This is one Of the oldest of
rivalries with Duke leading the
series, 26-2O-3.
The Southern Conference
championship will be decided
by the winner Of the Virginia
Tech VMI game in Roanoke.
Virginia Tech is a one : touch
down favorite in the traditional
meeting between the military
schools.
There are a number Of other
significant games around the
country including one in New
York between Notre Dame anC
Syracuse. The Fighting Irish
haven't been seen in New York
since 1949 and a crowd Of co..
600 is expected at Yankee Sta
dunn for the battle.
Clemson and South Carolina
another Of those Southern rival
ries that annually stir Dixie, is
an unpredictable affair with the
GamecockS shooting for an up
set over Frank Towards crew.
Other games find Wisconsin
favored by four points over
Minnesota; Richmond favored
by two over William and Mary;
Columbia s over Rutgers; Cor
nell 7 over Penn; Maryland
over Virginia; and West Viz.
GINA IA over Furman.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Harmon Picks
Pro Winners

Green Bay and Kansas City
were favored to take profession
al football victories today by
the Harmon Forecast.
Green Bay was picked 24-13
over Detroit and Kansas W a .
given a 24-19 advantage over
Denver.
Sundays National Football
League forecast is as follows:
Baltimore 20 Washington IL;
Chicago 81 Minnesota II; Los
Angeles 10 San Francisco IA;
New York 20 Dallas 10; Pitts
burgh % Philadelphia 10; st.
Louis 20 Cleveland IL.
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
Paseagou|a To Open Cage War

ing will be better than last
years and we plan to i've
several teams a lot Of trouble
this season..
With only six returning letter
Milstead has had a lot Of work
getting his boys ready. L a 5 t
years bee team boys will aid
greatly in the Panthers cause.
Returning lettermen for the
Panthers are: Jimmy Farmer,
Larry Henry, John Galley, Dan
ny Smith, Bobby Canty a n d
Johnny Woitt. Farmer has been
the starting center for the past
two seasons.
Lamar Gordon and Bill Mar
chant both transfer students
should strengthen the Partners.
a forward, was an all,
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Rebels Favored
Bv A Touchdown
State Bulldogs
Not Impressed
BY Odds Maker

STARKVILLE, Miss. (UPD-
Fourth-ranked Mississippi, un.
beaten and once-tied, can nal
down its sixth Southeastern Con-
ference title with a victory over
the battling Mississippi State
Bulldogs here Saturday aft
ernoOn.
A sellout crowd of $1,000 is
expected to witness the latest
offering in a 62-year-old feud
that ranks among the South's
most colorful oldtime rivalries.
Kickoff time is 2 pm.
The Rebels, boasting the ma
tons toughest denfese and the
SECS best total offense, are
one touchdown favorites to
notch their eighth consecutive
win after opening the season
with a scoreless tie with Mem
phis State. Mississippi already
apparently is assured Of a bid to
the Sugar Bowl.
Ignores Odds
But state, enjoying its best
season since 1857, has been
making a practice Of ignoring
the odds all year. The Bulldogs,
ranked 14th in the nation, upset
previously unbeaten Auburn 10.
10 with a field goal in the final
seconds and edged a tough
Louisiana State rs in posting a
6-2-1 record.
"We haven't played a bad
game all season." said state
Coach Paul Davis, "and this is
surely not the time to come up
with a bad one. Ole Miss is the
best team we have faced"
An upset by the Bulldogs, also
hoping to a bowl bid,
would give the SEC crown to the
winner Of the ~Alabama-Auburn
game.
The victor will receive the
Golden Egg trophy, traditional
symbol Of gridiron supremacy
in a So game series that dates
back to 1901. The Rebs lead with
81 victories to "a for state with
four deadlocks. State hasn't
been able to whip Mississippi
since 1916, although they played
~ ties in 1858 and 1857.
AT Top Strength
The Bulldogs are expected to
be at top strength for the game,
with a starting backfield con-
sisting Of quarterback Sonny
Fisher, halfbacks Ode Burrell
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
BY SANDY PADWE
UPI Sports Writer

The football pressure points
this Thanksgiving Day are in
East Lansing, Mich, Durham,
N. c., and Roanoke, Va, where
the Rose Bowl bid and con-
ference championships are the
top prizes.
Michigan State, ranked third
in the country, has been rated
a Six-point favorite over eighth
ranked Illinois in their East
Lansing battle for the Big Ten
title and the Rose Bowl trip.
It's one of the biggest games
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GuIfport
Is Champ
OF State

JACKSON CUPID - The Gulf
port CommodoreS, unbeaten and
united in 10 games this year,
are the overwhelming choice as
MissisSippi'S mythical state prep
champion.
The team was only one vote
short of being a unanimous
choice for the championship in
the seasons final United Press
international weekly ratings Of
high school teams.
Nineteen of 20 coaches on
UPI's rating board voted the
Commodores to succeed their
Gulf Coast neighbor Biloxi.
Receiving the only other first
place vote was Meridian, which
placed a distant second in the
final poll. Greenville was third,
HattieSburg fourth, Corinth fifth,
Magee sixth, Jackson Murrah
seventh, jackson Provine eighth
New Albany ninth, and Vicks-
burg 10th.
The team and coach Indy
Callahan will be presented a
permanent trophy for their win
ming efforts.
The coach attributes his
teams success to a "great
pride in winning" He said,
"past teams have set a strong
victory pace, and this years
squad gives us more than 100
per cent effort in trying to con-
tinue that pace"
Gulfport has lost only four
games in the past four years.
The select group includes two
other conference champions -
Magee Of the Little Dixie and
New Albany Of the Little Ten.
The final ratings with won
loss records in parentheSes:
The chronicle., 1963-11-28
By DAVID EARL G

The Pascagoula Panthers will
launch their 1963-64 basketball
season Friday as they travel
to Ocean Springs to take on
the Greyhounds.
Coach jim Milstead's Pan
theirs will be out to improve on
last years 21-10 record. L a S [
year Pascagoula was runner-up
in the South Big Eight, being
beaten by Hattiesburg.
Milstead states" we will have
better shooters than we have
ever had before. Our rebound
The chronicle., 1963-11-28

pm. EST.
The Army-Navy game will re-
place the Miami fla Ala
bama game, which was sched-
uled on Dec. 7 and may be re-
scheduled.