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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-28

hasn't been to work since.
Now no one in the office
speaks to me. I was taught
to be truthful, Abby. What
has happened to the world,
anyway? I'm for honesty.
Am I wrong?
HONEST.
Your story suggests that
you are harder than your
friend looks. How does that
kind Of Honesty" appeal to
your Better a kind lie than
q cruel truth. Or better still,
an eloquent silence.
DEAR ABBY: I am a IA
year-old boy with 81, 455.50
! in the bank. I suppose you
think that makes me rich.
Well, as far as I'm con-
cerned, I am poor. ! got
$1,000 from my grandfather
for my Bar Mitzvah and
the rest I got for birthdays,
holidays and for making the
honor roll. It all goes right
In the bank and / am not
allowed to touch any Of 1t.
So what kind of q present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-28
JIM BISHOP

The deck is stacked against
the bank robber. He thinks
that the gun in his pocket Is
equal to the courage Of the
teller, the proximity Of the
bank guard, and alarm sys-
tenn, the local police depart
ment, the State police. the
bait money, and the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation.
Swindling romantic old ladies
is simpler.
The FBI has sent the cur
rent figures on bank robbery.
It's a dismal story.
The average bank robber,
the FBI tells me, is q lone
male. He strikes on Mondays
or Fridays between l pm.
and 8 pm He enters with
out disguise, asks a teller for
money, and threatens the
bank employe with a revolver.
II the teller doesn't tell him
to scram, or doesn't press an
alarm button, or doesn't
shoot the robber, or signal
the bank guard, he may give
the bandit some money.
This averages S6,O98.SO per
successful robbery. I can do
better with q pair Of sun
glasses and q tin cup. Last
year, there were 678 bank
robberies in the Unite d
States, slightly less than half
Of which occurred in three
States-California, New York
and Ohio. The rate of profit
is so low that one bank rob-
Der was found to have held
up five banks in a row. He
was probably trying to break
even.
A file was made Of 152
bank robberies. OF these, Ill
cases involved one man; 81
used two men; nine had
three; and only one required
four. In 100 Of the cases.
revolvers were the weapons
Of choice. Nine bandits used
shotguns; 10 used toy guns;
no weapon was necessary in
80 cases.
In 10 cases, the robbers got
no money. In 1874 cases. they
raked in the cash, but 1t was
recovered in 81 Of these.
Bait money" which is
money in which the bank has
copied the serial numbers,
was taken in So cases. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-28
B&O Retire. Keeps
Fuvorite Cuboose

ZALESKI, Ohio (AP).-
John Potter has retired from
a 43-year career with the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad,
but he'll still be spending q
lot Of time in q caboose.
The 72-year-old man has
acquired caboose 1893, which
he rode in countless times
from Chilicothe to. Cincin-
natl, Ohio. He will convert
II into living quarters at his
retreat In the hills near here
and heat 1t with the same
old coal stove which supplied
warmth while 1t was riding
the rails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-28
Is This Being Honest,
Or Merely SpitefuI?
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

BY AbIl5AlI VAN bUksN
is thatP I would rather have
q bird in the hand than two
in the bush.
FOURTEEN.
You may be IA, but you're
far from broke. Don't COM
pare q bird with q buck. A
buck In the bank could be
worth two In the hand. And
It's not so apt TO fly away.
A& 80
DEAR ABBY: My wife
claims she was Miss America
Of 1895. I would like to
know II she really was. Can
you tell me?
CURIOUS.
II your wife was Henrietta
Leaver Of Pittsburgh, "The
Million Dollar Baby from
the Five-and-Ten Cent
Store" she was indeed Miss
America Of 1885. Otherwise,
she hasn't q beautiful leg to
stand on.
y So
For a personal, unpublished
GnsDer to your letter, tCrite
ABBY, In care OF The EUe-
ming Star.
0LcNausht syndicate. mel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06

The Star conveys the
impression that the various
sermons and comments on
the evils Of hatred, happen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
Gimnicks

The recent remarks at Howard
University by Bayard Rustin reflect a
growing awareneSs that it is time for
a change.
Mr.. RuStin, principal organizer of
! last summers March on Washington,
told his audience that the civil rights
movement is losing ground. In some
cities, he said, the movement has retro
crossed. This was clearly evident, we
think, in the results Of the recent
mayoralty election in Philadelphia.
The Negro leader said the time has
passed for such "gimmicks" as lying
down In the streets to block traffic. The
inevitable reaction is setting in, and
blind adherence to methods of this sort
could only intensity the hostility of the
white majority toward the Negro minor
ity-and to their legitimate demands.
If we understand correctly the i'm
port OF Mr.. Rustin's remarks, he is sug-
costing that 1t is time for a change in
tactics-that the Negroes should get out
OF the streets and focus their energies
on political effort. If this Is what he
was saying, the record, we believe, makes
1t quite clear that he is right. Other
Negro leaders who have revived threats
OF street demonstrations could well af-
ford to reflect on Mr.. RuStin's comments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
By the Peck

It's impossible to read about fire
destroying As million pounds Of peanuts
without rejecting: "a boy stood on the
burning deck, eating peanuts by the
peck"
All those roasted peanuts! Enough
to supply every baseball park, circus and
movie theater maybe for a year, or to
stuff every elephant in Ceylon. Or
enough peanut butter to gum up every
youngsters mouth between here and
the Rockies. Or enough peanut brittle
to fill dozens Of dental offices.
Who's laughing? Not the Zuni, Va,
firm which dropped nearly 81 million in
plant damage from the unScheduled
roasting. The fire is likely to shoulder
for weeks, making it perhaps the slow
est burn in history. And with the loss
on COOLERS alone estimated at $500,000
well, that's not peanuts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
Help Wanted

The deeper the Government moves
into the job-retraining program, the
more evident 1t becomes that neither
training nor retraining is possible with
out basic education. After more than a
year in operation, the program ad-
mittedly has failed to reach the hard
core unemployed simply because this
group is not adequately equipped with
the elementary tools of learning.
Nobody Is really surprised over this
development. It long has been known
that even In country Of vast oppor-
tunity, there Is substantial minority
which has been deprived, or has refused
to take advantage, of the right to be
educated. The onset Of rapid tech
biological change only has emphasized
the need for young men and women
to prepare themselves with the best
schooling possible, and to resist any
reasons for dropping out Of school.
The Labor Departments recognition
of the problem is at least hopeful sign.
It's Office of Manpower, Attenuation
and Training would like to broaden the
retraining program to reach the I'M
educated unemployed.
To accomplish this purpose, Congress
Is being asked to amend the Manpower
Training Act. The key point would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
Toward Better Things?

Premier KhruShchev, In his first
public comment on President Johnson,
has spoken out in good spirit. He has
put special emphasis on the assertion
that he agrees in heart and mind with
the new American leader on the OBJ
jective Of easing EaSt-West tensions and
improving relations between the United
States and the Soviets. These are only
words, Of course, but If they mean any
thing at all, they mean that the Krem-
lin in the coming weeks and months will
do nothing likely to shatter the posi-
bility Of promoting progress toward
genuine detente.
BY way Of example, Mr.. Khrushchev
has declared that "a move toward better
things" has already been made with the
limited nuclear teSt-ban treaty and the
Soviet American agreement not to put
acknowledgement weapons into orbit
around the earth. Another encouraging
fact is that Moscow and Washington
have worked out an accord on the broad
legal principles that should govern the
exploration and exploitation of space.
And there is some hope that the Krem-
lin will respond affirmatively to our
country'S renewed proposal for joint
effort to land men on the moon, and
bring them back safely, within the pres
ent decade.
True, for a number Of reasons (in-
Guiding incompatibility of rocket and
Spacecraft SyStemS), American-Soviet
lunar cooperation cannot be spectac-
ular in the years Immediately ahead.
Still, If the Russians are willing, there
is a lot Of room for significant joint
experiments and exchanges Of informa-
ton that could speed up the project and
lessen the cost Of putting humanity on
the moon. A measure of the atmosphere
of detente will be Mr.. Khrushchev'S
reaction to this reaffirmed initiative
from the United States
1t is an excellent initiative. If the
Russians go along with it, there may
well be better things to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
The Singing Nun

Not the worst thing that has hap
pened to this country lately is the
virtual adoption of recording artist
known as Soeur Sourire (SiSter Smile).
In one of the StrangeSt success stories
Of all time, she has sprung from abso-
lutte obscurity to the peak Of the best
seller list. All this without ever once
stepping out of character as joyously
dedicated nun in a Belgian Dominican
convent.
In less than two months, simple,
sweet, catchy little tune called Domi-
nique has sold three quarters of a
million copies, and full-length album
of the sisters singing and guitar
stunning is close behind. Sister Luc-
Gabrielle cher real name) not only
writes most Of the songs, sings and
plays them, but her water colors deco
rate the record album.
Dominique, like the other tunes,
is sung in French and perhaps most
admirers do not realize it extolS the
virtues Of the founder of the Domini-
can Order. 1t does not sound anything
like Louie, Louie, one Of the more hor-
rendous of musical monstrositieS, which
it has Just replaced as best seller. Nor
Surfin' Bird, which may be the noiSieSt
and most repulsive Of all the abSurdi-
ties spawned by the rock and roll
generation.
Convent life being what it is, it
is not likely we shall ever see the
Singing Nun at an autograph session.
Revenue from her record sales are
being set aside for Dominican mis-
Sionary work which the good sister
hopes to join in Africa or South Amer
lea. Meanwhile, American teen ayers,
finding themselves inexplicably drawn
to her innocent musical inventions,
have new kind Of heroine to worship.
Soeur SQUIRRELS missionary work has
already begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
Job for Technicions

When President Kennedy's Policy
Advisory Committee on freeways sug-
gested a substitute site for the Three
Sisters Bridge some weeks ago, we made
the point that its proposal was not nee
esSarily the final word. 1t is quite evil
dent now that this is the case.
Both the Virginia Highway Depart
ment and Arlington County have come
forth with demands that their own views
In the matter be considered. OF course,
they have every right to do so. Beyond
the question Of right, their agreement
on the final location decision Is essen
tial. The Federal and District govern
mentS alone can do no more than to
build the bridge. 1t will be up to Virginia
to build the highway connections which
are necessary to make it function.
Strangely, this problem has hardly
ever arisen in the past, largely because
District bridge planners before have
worked in close coordination with their
Virginia counterparts. In this instance,
the inter-agency committee Of policy
makers set up by the President did not
bother to consult with Virginians be-
fore recommending a bridge route be-
tween Key Bridge and Roosevelt Island.
And this was an unfortunate mistake.
As the matter stands, however,
there is no occasion for disbursement.
There is total agreement that an addi-
tional bridge is needed to connect
Virginia'S Route 66 with downtown
WaShington-and that is the crucial
decision. Nor, apparently, are the Vir-
ginians holding fast for the original
Three Sisters Bridge. They do insist,
however, for reasons which from their
viewpoint make sense, that before a
final decision Is made there should be
intensive studies of alternative routes
Just above Key Bridge, as well as
below It,
The obvious next step is to hire a
consultant to make an objective analysis
OF the engineering aspects Of each pro-
posal. The city already has ample
money for the study, from the funds
appropriated earlier for the Three
Sisters Bridge. If 1t has not already
done so, the House Appropriations Com
mittee should insert language in its
report on the District budget to remove
any question about the immediate use
Of these funds.
Engineering considerations are not,
Of course, the sole factors which will
determine the ultimate location of the
bridge. But they are necessarily the
first factors. Until the engineering data
Is IN, Representative Broyhill should
forget his idea Of setting up a brand
new committee to approach the prob
lem again on purely political grounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
THE PASSING SCENE
Proper Lioison With Mccormick
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE

President Johnson's action
to bring the next man IN line
for the presidency, Represen-
tative John W. Mccormack
Of Massachusetts,, into the
highly secret National Secur-
ity Council puts q Speaker Of
the House for the first time
into the most intimate war
and-peace deliberations Of
this Government.
1t will DO q great deal
more, however. than this. It
will enormously increase
Speaker McCormack's real
power base outside Congress
and most notably within it.
There. q quietly gathering
revolt" by q handful Of
ultra-iberal Dem ocrats
against McCormack's author
ity had been signalled, by
some Of those directly in
volved, several weeks ago.
This whispered coming
palace revolution-or more
exactly this potential putsch
Of good intentions and disor-
derby implications for respon-
sible operation Of the House
may now be said to be
doubly dead before it started.
It's chances had In any event
been thin in the extreme,
since . very considerable
number Of those counted
upon to be eager to "go out
against John" were in fact
always loyal to his elected
leadership and meant to
remain so.
Certainty Absolute
Now, however, the substan-
tial certainty that the Speak
er could not be effectively
challenged by small rump
movements within his own
party has become an abso-
lutte certainty. For power is
power, and while Mccormack
is in no way short Of that
commodity simply as Speak
er Of the House, he is now
freshly and most amply
rearmed by the fact that in
human truth as well as in
law he is the next man to
the President Of the United
States.
That official who is truly
next to the PreSident-this
or any Presidents not
lightly rebelled against. Even
less. Is he successfully re-
belled against.
All this aborted and minor
cloak-and-dagger stuff is
only accidental and tnciden-
tai, however, to the true
meaning Of Speaker Nc
Cormack's elevation into a
second hierarchy, that Of the
Executive Branch. The genu-
inc and lasting significance
Of what has been done Is
this: The United States has
made certain before history
that there cannot again be
such a situation as occurred
when Franklin Roosevelt
died in 1945 and left his
successor without any real
knowledge of what had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06

provide intensified basic education to
that unfortunate group which cannot
proceed into Job training without in
struction in reading and writing, for
example.
Today'S very difficult unemployment
problem must be met with every
resource possible. Congress should
recognize this by lending full support to
the Labor Departments aim to offer
assistance to all the unemployed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06

going on in the White House.
OF course. there was then
an elected and sitting Vice
President, Harry s. Truman.
But Mr.. Truman had 70
assume the presidency ct q
moments notice in almost
total ignorance Of what his
late chief had been doing
and thinking and planning
and promising. Because he
had not been taken into Mr..
Roosevelt's confidence
perhaps because Of the cruel
preSSures Of 9 two-front war
Harry Truman had not
even been aware that some
thing called an atomic bomb
had been made.
The failure here was one
Of naiSon. All the same, It
could have been catastrophe
cally costly to this Nation
had not Mr.. Truman shown
an almost incredible capacity
to bring himself abreast Of
the state Of affairs all
around the world. He soon
pointed out that he had no
Vice President at his side
and that as matters then
stood the presidency would
pass to q non-elected official.
the Secretary Of State,
should he himself suddenly
become incapacitated.
Congress responded with q
bill to make the Speaker Of
the House the next In line Of
succession for the presidency
in such circumstances. To-
day. Mr.. Johnson, too, has no
Vice President. Today,
Speaker Mccormack is by
law his appointed successor,
should tragedy strike. Thus,
one Of the first acts Of the
new President Is to make
sure not simply that he has
a successor qualified by law
but a successor qualified also
to act, not simply after
boning up on the facts but in
concurrent possession Of the
facts all along.
Happy Association
AS it happens. too, the
close association Is not only
a clearly necessary one, in
the highest Of national
interest. but also Q happy
and relaxed one. Speaker Nc
Cormack and the President
have been for nearly two
decades time going back
to Mr.. Johnson's service in
the House-on q John and
Lyndon" basis. Nw
The Speaker, moreover,
though an early hacker Of
the late John F.. Kennedy
for the 1860 presidential
nomination, was an equally
early hacker Of Lyndon B.
Johnson for Vice President.
Mr.. Mccormack was one Of
the few who believed from
the beginning-rightly as it
turned out-that Mr.. john
son would accept second
place If this became neces-
sary to promote Democratic
fortunes.
q 1858 .,....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Modern American Seen from France
By DONALD MINTZ

FROM THE NEW FREE
DOM TO THE NEW
FRONTIER: A HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM 1912 TO THE PRES
SENT by Andre MaurOis.
Translated by Patrick
O'Brien. 36S PIP. David Nc
Kay Co., ST.
Andre Maurois' skillful
smOothness consists mostly Of
great generalization and tiny
fact, carefully Bile n d e d at
room temperature. It is sweet
and pleasant. Yet it is not
cloying for there are also bits
and pieces Of sharper, harder
ingredients: A little barb, per-
hapS, or a chuckle.
M. Maurois has now turned
his technique and his enor-
nous mental resources on a
favorite subject: The United
States.
From the New Freedom
to the New Frontier" is in
tended to show the historical
background of contemporary
America to as much of the
world as will look. It is not
really meant for us, for there
is not much in it that we do
not already know.
But of course we will look
anyway, not so much to see
ourselves but to see the elm
age" of urSelve S that is
being presented to others. The
sight is not merely painless.
It is positively pleasurable.
M. Maurois not only loves us,
he even SympathiZes with the
fundamental C auses of our
sometimes curious national
behavior, and is tolerant Of
less fundamental (and less
noble) aspects Of our national
character.
Shows Fundamental Causes
He is particularly good at
showing the baffled foreigner
how Puritan ideas, the exploi-
tation of the natural riches Of
our vast Nation, reverence for
the political { h DRY of the
Founding Fathers, and the eff
fects of immigration have
brought us to adhere to (or
stretc h) a political system
and a set Of political notions
that strike him as irrational
and antiquated.
And he understands some Of
the curious aspects of our so
cial attitudes. In just a few
sentences, he shows the puz-
zled and perhaps repelled Eu-
ropean that our child-centered
family is not some weird, ran
dom excrescence; it b a d a
cause. "For the native-born,
as well as for the immigrant
Americans" he says, writing
about the turn Of the century,
''the greatest hope lay in their
children. They wanted them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06

to be educated and happy
educated and therefore happy.
For the recently naturahzed
American, the child was a lit
tie god. The father spoke
poor English or even n o ne,
and often he remained at
tached to the ways of his old
country. The children,
brought up in America, soon
outstripped the parents. Here
the father was not, as he was
elsewhere, the guide and the
model"
On Presidents
Despite bits Of social insight
like this, the book is basically
Oriented about major figures,
particularly our Presidents
from Wilson through Truman.
The portraits Of t b csc men
are on the whole sympathetic.
M. Maurois is no admirer of
Coolidge, Harding, or, for that
matter, Eisenhower. But since
ne is interested in understand
ing the rapport between the
country and its Presidents, he
necessarily seeks the source
Of the attractiveness Of even
those men he probably thinks
we would have been better off
without.
Where his personal SYM
pathy is plain, the results are
even better. His warm appre-
citation Of Franklin Roosevelt
and the place of the New Deal
IN American history is first
rate, and unlike all too many
Americans and foreigners, he
understands the importance of
Harry Truman. without
him." writes M. Maurios, Z"
world events would have
t AIKEN a very different and
even more dangerous turn
ing"
From the New Freedom to
the New Frontier" is Vol
ume I Of a two-volume paral-
lei history of the United
States and the USSR." The
second volume, dealing with
the Soviet Union, is by Louis
Aragon, and will appear early
next year. NJ. Maurois and his
iterate and clever translator,
Patrick 0'Brien, have made a
splendid start for the set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06
Answers to Questions
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Can nuts be frozen for
use later in the winter
A. Yes. Tree nuts in parti-
cular are easy to freeze.
Wash nuts quickly and drain
When dry, crack the shells
and remove the meats. Pack
nut meats tightly in frozen
food containers or strong pol
yethylene bags. Store at o
degrees For no longer
than a year.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-07-25
z0NING AMENDMENT
DEPARTMENT OF

INSPECTION & LICENSES
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MD.
Rockville, Md.
A public hearing on the fol.
lowing application for Zoning
Amendment will be held in the
Auditorium of the County Of.
flee Building, Rockville, Mary
land, on
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20. 1868
AT 500 O'CLOCK PM.
or as soon thereafter as it can
be heard.
NUMBER CLOS: Wheeler,
Moore G. Korpeck, Attorneys
for E. Brooke Lee, Applicant,
for the reclassification from the
R9O Zone to the CT Zone of
part of the Connecticut-Aspen
Shopping Center, located at the
northwest corner of Aspen Hill
Road and Connecticut Avenue,
consisting of 1880 square feet
In the 18th Election District, as
more particularly described in
the application on file for pub
lie inspection in the Office of
the Director, Department of In.
spection and Licenses.
f. w. BUCKLIN
Director
Department of Inspection
and Licenses 1t.0929.7.25