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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15

BALTIMORE, Mar. IS CAP) :.
DIR. Otto F. Kraushaar. presi-
dent of Goucher College,
termed as perfectly idiotic"
today a bill before the Mary
land Senate that would force
msate-supported colleges to ex-
vi students convicted Of tres
passing.
Three other college presi-
dents echoed his sentiments in
varying degrees.
The Maryland trespass law
has been used throughout the
State TO break up demonstra-
tons at segregated places Of
public accommodations.
Some 400 students we're ar
rested last month and charged
with trespassing when they
tried to integrate a North Bal
timore movie theater.
Sponsored by ShOreman
The bill was introduced by
State Senator Robert p. Dean,
a Democrat from Queen Annes
County on the Eastern Shore,
the scene Of several racial dem
onstrations. Queen Annes was
one Of IL counties that exempt
ed itself from a bill requiring
the service of Negroes in places
of public accommodations
which passed the State Legis-
latlIre this session.
DIR. Kraushaar said the meas
ure was 1.-THE worst kind Of
State interference in education,
I think most Of the people in
education and people in Mary
land do not want the govern
ment to dictate this type of
thing"
DR.. Daniel 2. Gibson. presi-
dent of washington College on
the Eastern Shore, agreed.
1T seems to me this is gov
ernmental control in private
institutions to which I would
be opposed" he said.
Priest Is Cool
According to the bill. any
private college receiving State
funds would have those funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Hospital Work Sturts

RICHMOND, Mar. is (AP) -
Ground breaking ceremonies
will be held Tuesday for the
new IS million, 156-bed st.
Mary's Roman Catholic Hospi-
tai in West End Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
z Persons Killed
In Virqiniu Crush

STAUNTON. Va, Mar. is
(AP) Two unidentified per-
sons were killed early today
when their car went off U. s.
Route IL about three miles
south Of Stanton in Augusta
County. The car hit a tree
and caught fire.
Police said the bodies were
burned beyond recognition and
Identification was not irnme-
diately determined. The car
bore Kentucky license plates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Gets GuIIuudet Post

Sidney B. Cohen. who for
merly was associated with the
National Institutes Of Health
has been named business man
ager Of Gallaudet College ef-
fective Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Transit Delay

While 1t is disappointing, the deci-
sion by the Whitener subcommittee to
take longer look at the bill authorizing
a more modest start on a rapid transit
system in Washington is hardly sur
prising.
In the first place, the extensive
hearings held previously by the House
District subcommittee dealt with the
initial authorization of a much larger
system. The curtailed authorization
involves entirely different sets Of en-
cheering and financing data, about
which the subcommittee apparently had
a number of questions. Since it can be
assumed that precisely the same queS-
tionS will be raised on the House floor,
1t is vital that possible points Of con-
troversy be fully understood and re-
solved by the subcommittee now.
By the same token, the earlier reac-
tions of various official and private
agencies also were related to the larger
system. So Mr. Whitener's request for
new reports from these groups likewise
makes sense. We hope that these COM
ments will be expedited, in time for
consideration by the subcommittee at a
meeting November IL. Certainly the
report should be accompanied by a clear
and forceful statement from the admin
iStration, urging at least limited start
on the rapid transit system which the
Washington area must have in order to
deal effectively with its mounting trans
Y1Nrf nPisiC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Concert Flaws

Normally. when a music
critic writes that an orches-
ira Is poor enough for the
listener to live in perpetual
anxiety about entrances, in
donation, and untoward hap
penings in inner voices" the
mere amateur music-lover-
however sure he is Of his own
ears in poor position to
quarrel. After all, who Is the
professional in such matters,
and who the dabbler? Donald
Mintz' review of Sunday
evenings concert by the Bal
timore Symphony, however,
was so churlish in tone-and
so at odds with this anna
tours impression of the same
concert-that I feel COM
PEELED to protest.
Re a ders of Sherlock
Holmes will recall that the
first rule Of detection Is to
eliminate the impossible. Ac-
cording to the Master, what
ever remains-however i'm
probable - must be the
truth. While this dictum sup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Mr.. Wits Party

Secretary of Labor Willard Writ
Is not in the business Of peddling in
fluence. He has displayed a surprising
lack Of judgment, however, in acting
as host for Embarrassing party next
month for Senator Williams, Demo-
crat of New Jersey.
Some 900 invitations have gone
out. 1t is understood that about Is Of
these went to representatives of trade
associations groups whose members
generally do business or hope to do
business with the Government. An
undetermined but not insignificant
number went to registered lobbyists.
The fee is 500 per person, and it was
suggested that those who couldn't at
tend might like to send in their checks
anyhow.
This Is not unlawful. But Is 1t
wrong? The answer depends, of course,
on ones point of view. Congressman
Bolton of Ohio, Republican, says the
Wirtz party hits "a new low" Mr..
Bottoms comment is on the extravagant
side. Senator williams calls it Repub-
lican politics; Mr.. Writ finds it diff
cult to take seriously.
But 1t should be taken seriously.
Perhaps no ones arm has been twisted.
1t may be that the 900 invites will
cheerfully put up 500 head for the
Senator because they think he's a nice
fellow and should be kept in Congress.
Perhaps all Of them, in one way or
another, have helped Senator williams
before. But we still do not like this
kind of business.
Political campaigns have to be
financed, and this can only be done
with money. Furthermore, someone has
to put up the money. But we do not
think the Embarrassing should be done
by member Of the Presidents Cabinet,
even though the individual may be as
far above suspicion as Caesars wife.
And we suspect that Mr.. Writ, If he
were starting from scratch, would feel
pretty much the same way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Flora and FideI

The ever-circumspect State Depart
ment has said the right thing in re-
spending to Fidel Castro's poisonously
arrogant demand that the United States
take the economic moose off his neck.
The answer is no. And that is good.
Hurricane Flora has hit Cuba with
devastating effect, and the Kremlin's
man in Havana has seized upon the
tragic event to aSSail our efforts to iso-
late him economically. But what he has
not explained to his countrymen, to the
people he has betrayed, is that the
United States does not bar shipments
of medicines and unSubSidized food
Stuffs to Cuba. Nor has he explained
to them exactly why he insultingly re-
jected offers of aid from the American
Red Cross to cope with Flora's conSe-
quences.
The truth is, Of course, that the
Cuban people have suffered far less from
Flora than from Fidel. He is their true
disaster. He is what has destroyed their
liberties. He is what has made a sham
bles of their once-proSperouS economy.
He is what has reduced them to degree
of fear and want never experienced in
the days of Fulgencio BatiSta, who now
looks like Sainted liberal, compare
lively.
Small wonder, therefore, that the
State Department has re-emphasized
the intent Of the United States to apply
the squeeze and pull the moose, with
utmost vigor, against this noisome des-
pot and his fundamentally stupid and
cruel regime. The Cuban people deserve
much better than a disaster of this
sort-a disaster that amounts to some
thing worse than Flora, every day of
the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27

gress recently modified the conditions
under which the death penalty can
be imposed for rape in the Nations
Capital. But it did not see fit to
abolish the death penalty.
One more thought suggests itself
In the Virginia case which Justice
Goldberg wanted to review, the rape
victim was a 9-year-old child. Perhaps
her life was not literally endangered.
But such an experience, If force is used,
can have Shattering and permanent
psychological consequences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Death Penalty

Supreme Court Justices Goldberg,
Douglas and Brennan have intimated
that they would like to abolish the
death penalty in rape cases. AS Justice
Goldberg put 1t, the court should con-
slider whether the Constitution permits
"the imposition Of the death penalty
on a convicted rapiSt who has neither
taken nor endangered life"
A look at this language reveals the
difficulty Of the question. Presumably
1t means that these justices would not
case in which the victim had been
killed. But what constitutes endanger-
ing life? If the victim is threatened
with knife or gun has her life been
endangered? How great must the
danger be?
1t is true that the trend is away
from the imposition of the death
penalty for rape. And this may be a
desirable thing. But a judgment on
this point is largely subjective and may
vary with conditions. Unless one pro-
ceeds from the premise that the law
is what the judges say it Is, it is very
difficult to see how the death penalty
In rape case can be brought within
the scope of the Eighth Amendments
ban on cruel and unusual puniShmentS.
Certainly this constitutional prohibit
ton was never intended to apply to
a penalty that has been imbedded in
the law for generations. This is fact
which does not yield to any judicial
comment on trends in this country or
throughout the world. In some places
the death penalty is not imposed for
murder. But Justice Goldberg and his
associates do not argue that the court
therefore should outlaw it in this
country under our Constitution.
If the penalty for rape is to be
modified, that, it seems to us, is the
function of the legislatures. If this is
correct. it is worth noting that Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27

thrown in company with the
painted jezebels who flood
the. city and thrust them
selves into every place am
usement where their presence
is tolerated. This is the last
night of Maggie at Ford's,
but attractions of the high
est order will succeed her
in the performances of j.
Wilkes Booth (who is Just
now the subject of such en-
thusiaStic comment in the
Northern papers, who will be
supported by a company such
as has never before been
congregated upon the boards
Of a Washington theater. .. :"
Lincoln was not present the
night of November 2, 1863,
when Booth made an i'm
presSive appearance at
Ford's. The Star said the
next day: g. There can be
no doubt that young Booth
played Richard to the larg-
est house ever drawn to-
gether to see that play In
Washington. Every seat, reg
ular or improvised, obtain
able in the building, was oc-
cupied, and hundreds were
content to avail themselves
of promenade tickets. j.
Wilkes Booth youngest of
three brotherS-chips off the
old blocks barely "a years
of age, and it would be I'M
just to institute a compar-
ison between him and his
sire as remembered at his
best; but, that he is a per-
former Of singular promise,
there can be no question.
Personally he does not re-
semble his father as closely
as does Edwin Booth; but he
has a fine expressive face,
an eye reminding one of his
senior, a good figure, and a
voice both forcible and mu-
steal. He was called out at
the end of the piece and
welcomed with a heartiness
that showed he has made his
mark =. Tonight Booth ap-
pears in Shells play, The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
100 Years Ago

With his most infamous
role yet to be played, John
Wilkes Booth was getting
good press notices a century
ago. The Star of October 20,
1868, gave front page space
to an historical account Of
England's War of the
Roses" pointing out that
Shakespeare had drawn from
this bloody, 16-year feud the
chief incidents of his play
Richard III. or the Battle Of
BoSworth Field. This beau
tiful play Of Shakespeare's is,
we learn, to be soon produced
in Washington at Ford's New
Theater. Richard will find a
becoming impersonator in
the person of the distin-
guished young tragedian, J.
Wilkes Booth, son of the late
JuniuS Brutus Booth, the
most celebrated representa-
tive Of the character known
to the European or Ameri-
can stage John T.
Ford's first theater, the
Athenaeum, a mod cleo
church. on Tenth street, be-
tween E and F. burned down
several years before the war,
and his new one opened in
August. 1868. President Lin
coin, weighted by the woes
Of war. relaxed at Ford's
on the night of October 80,
1853. This paper reported
the next day: "Ford's Thea
ter.-This favorite place of
amusement was crowded in
every part last night, the
aisles and passages being
filled. as well as the chairs;
and those who could not OBJ
tain chairs or even a camp
stool, were content to stand,
so absorbing was the inter-
est in the play - 'Fanchon,
the Cricket'-and its heroine
Maggie Mitchell. President
Lincoln was present, and also
many other personages of
distinction. The number of
citizens Of the first respect
ability, with their families,
was noticeably large; and the
fact that the better class
of the community thus re-
sort to Ford's is not only
from the excellent and high
toned character of the per-
formances, but from the
fact that improper persons
are vigorously excluded. A
gentleman in taking his wife
and daughters to Ford's feels
secure that they will not be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
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 phen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
plies no automatic answer, 1t
does suggest an hypothesis.
Sunday evenings rendition
Of Pictures at an Exhibi-
tion"-which is a rousing
good piece, but which sends
few m usicians Of my &C
quaintance away with heart
and soul appraised" and hard
ly deserves Mr.. Mintz' adjec-
tive, glorious" in fact
marred by some of the flaws
of which Mr.. Mintz COM
plains. 1t was the sole piece
played after the intermission.
Before the intermission came
the Berlioz Roman Carniva
Overture" and the Brahms
IS econd Concerto"-which
received what I thought a
very sensitive but strong per-
form ance at the hands Of
Leon Fleisher and the Balti-
more Symphony. Neither
contained such flaws to any
significant degree.
Come now, Mr.. Mintz, Tess
up. Were you really there for
the entire concert?
Joel ROsenbIOOm.
Editors Note. Yes,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Woterqote STYLE

In their latest attack on the Water
gate project in Foggy Bottom, the
newly appointed members of the Fine
Arts Commission are repeating the error
OF their predecessors.
Once again the commission is lend
ing support to the tired old Washington
myth that to be acceptable building
must first of all not be tall. The COM
mission feels that the heights approved
for this large apartment-office build
ing-hotel project, located at the foot Of
Virginia avenue, are out Of place so
near the Potomac River. 1t adds, in
justification, that these heights also are
all 'in excess Of similar types Of con-
Struction in other areas of the city"
What weak reed that is to lean
upon! OF course these heights are I'M
usual. That's the whole idea. What dis
tinguishes this development, and what
so captivated the National Capital Plan
ming Commission about 1t from the be-
ginning, is its laudable effort to depart
from Washington's drab and stultified
pattern Of commercial architecture
huge, square boxes Of buildings, sitting
squarely on their sites and utilizing, in
most instances, the maximum ground
area allowed.
The fact is that when the Water
gate site was acquired in 1860, its de-
velopers were perfectly free under
existing coming to crowd that land
nearly as tightly and nearly as dis
tastefully as the new State Department
building Grams its site only few blocks
away. In choosing to try to do some
thing better, by occupying a relatively
small portion Of the tract with struc-
lures, the planners could design their
buildings only one way-up.
Keep your fresh and imaginative"
architectural plan, says the Fine Arts
Commission to Watergate, but scale
down your buildings. What the COM
mission is really saying, of course, is
that the developers of this commercial
enterprise, in the name of esthetics,
should deliberately reduce the return
on their investment to point far below
the level to which they are entitled.
AS to eStheticS, we think the fears
OF the Fine Arts Commission are clearly
exaggerated, and that 1t is high time
that the District and Congress take a
close look at height limitations through
out the city. If this project serves to
encourage similar projects, so much the
better.
Unfortunately, that is not apt to be
the case. The crucial coming revisionS
which are necessary in order for the
Watergate project to go ahead have
finally been fully approved But that
has occurred only after more than two
years Of official indeciSion and delay,
during which, so far as we can deter
mine, the developers have acceded to
every reasonable request.
Under the coming order, however,
any further substantial change in plans
at this point would involve a repetition
Of much of the whole bargaining proc
ess. 1t is not surprising, therefore, that
the developers are determined to file
for building permit without further
delay. When they do, the Commission
erS should grant it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
so Years AGO

A President who tries to
run the country by isolating
himself in the White House
is doomed to failure. This
was the substance of a speech
by Woodrow Wilson, reported
In The Star of October 26,
1913. He said: WASHINGTON
in some respects is self-con-
tanned. 1t is easy there to
forget what the rest of the
United States Is thinking
about. The comparatively
small number of persons
numerous as they seem to
be- who come to Washington
to ask for things, do not
constitute an important pro-
portion Of the country's pop
ulation. It is constantly nee
esSary for the President to
get away from Washington,
to renew ones contact with
the people who do not swarm
there. who do not ask for
anything. and who do trust
you, without their personal
counsel, to do your duty.
Unless one gets this contact
he grows weaker and
weaker. :"
AL Jolson, appearing here
at the Belasco in Honey
moon Express" got a good
notice in The Star Of Octo-
Der 26, 1913: This tireless
burnt corker, sings, dances,
recites and jollies the au-
dience. He is the Prince of
Impudence; a Joy to the
jaded sense in his utter in
difference to the personal
restraints supposed to prevail
in a large company with a
boundless payroll and car
loads Of scenery. He has
qualities Of temperament and
magnetism which may in
time enable him to find his
way to legitimate triumphs."
The British just didn't
understand the American
game of baseball. The Star
of October 80, 1918, reported
a London paper front-paged
a picture of fans jamming
the Polo Grounds gates for
the World Series. The cap
ton: Polo is Popular in New
York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Poisonous Pen

Malcolm Muggeridge's ar
ticle in This Week." is, in a
moral sense, as destructive as
a hydrogen bomb.
With the British Royal
Family he is truly merciless.
Queen Elizabeth is "homely,"
sits "a wkwardly" on her
throne, and makes "prepost-
erous statements to peoples
who have probably never
heard Of her" The Common
wealth is a transparent
hoax" with the queen in
volved in its fraudulence."
The ancient ceremony of the
Knights Of the Garter is a
farce. The House of Lords is
absurd"
Reaching across the sea,
Muggeridge considers the
offspring Of the men who
built Am erica destined for
perdition, and looks forward
to the day when their ener-
gies are exhausted and their
wealth dispersed.
In a weak attempt at what
hopes to pass for sarcasm he
speaks of King Jack" and
Queen Jackie"
What is left? Elsa Max
well, the only lasting asset Of
our Western civilization!
Were this so, it might per-
haps Justify the advent of a
new class" to use the
phrase of Djilas.
The re a d er is at first
shocked by this mans global
impertinence, then somewhat
amused by the oblique at
tempt to make another $3.50
on the Tonight Show,
through reminding the spon-
sor, or host, that he Is still"
controversial.
Looking below the surface,
however, an article so widely
read in one of Americas
most distinguished papers
cannot be dispensed with so
easily. With all of our values
as absurd and contemplate
as Mr.. Muggeridge would try
to have us believe, what
should the rising generation
believe in? In its effect, des-
tructive talk like this is
much more poisonous than
many Items on the pros
cribed list of the Subversive
Activities Control Board.
Agnes Mccall Parker,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27

out with the rapture Of re-
demption. or where bells may
toll for the funeral Of a soull
Now where did this regal
idea about humans forgiving
others come from-especially
the conception that it IS a
right and worthy thing for a
man to forgive his enemies?
Plutarch tells us what was
written on the monument to
Sulla in Rome: mo friend
ever did me so much good,
or enemy so much harm, but
I repaid him with interest"
1t is only stating an historic
fact to declare. as does the
author of "Ecco Homo"
that in the law of forgiveness,
especially Of unlimited for
giveness, q startling shock
was given to the prevailing
beliefs and notions Of man.
kind. BY this law an inef-
faceable and palpable division
has been made between an
Gent and modern morality.
But Jesus came with what, in
the light of all that prevailed
before, is a preposterous COM
mandment, utterly revolution
airy, you are to do good to
those that hate you" But
suppose our enemies will have
nothing to do with us ex-
cept to plot our ruin7 How
then are We to express our
concern2 There is still q way.
Pray for them which despite
fully use you and prosecute
you" This is what He insists:
When your enemies throw
at you words that blast and
cut, you are to pour on them
words which soothe and heal"
The Negro spiritual goes all
the way in, II want to be a
Christian in my heart"
Heart religion means that
In the deepest recesses Of our
being, we must lift our worst
enemy to the footstool of a
great, good God, who is the
Father Of all men and ask
the same blessing upon him
that we ask for ourselves.
And what II we refuse? Then
said the Master, with in
exorable finality: "You will
slam heavens door in your
own facet" If you forgive not
men their trespasSes, neither
will your heavenly Father
forgive your trespasses. That,
Of course, does not mean
that in doing good to our
enemies there can be no re-
Duke for their wrong. There
was decidedly with Jesus, but
there must never be any
bitter reproach which short
circuits the love that yearns
to do them good.
The world bows at the feet
of the One who exemplified
His teaching about forgive
ness even as He hung on
the torturing Cross. Father,
forgive them for they know
not what they do" From that
day to this the true followers
of the Nazarene have taken
as their rule Of life, with
malice toward none and char
ity for all"