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Evening star., 1963-05-20
THE PASSING SCENE
Discipline in the G. 0. P. Ranks
By WILLIAM S. WHITE

debt limit from $3O5 billion
to $307 billion and, later. to
5000 billion. While a single
Republican was lost In this
contest, the Democratic House
leadership saw 80 Democrats
rebel and vote with the Re-
publicans. The bill thus bare
ly survived - by 2l5 to 204.
In the Senate, on the pas
sage of the administrations
feed grain subsidy bill, eight
Democrats rejected their par
tvs line to stand with the
Republican opposition, Only
three Republicans, all from
farm States deeply involved
in the subsidies, refused to
follow the Republican lead
ership against the measure.
These statistics may seem
dry as dust. All the same,
there is much political juice
of a potent sort in them.
What they plainly mean is
that on bread-and-potatoe
and bread-and-potatoes in
the end settle most elections
- the Republican congress
sional minority is functioning
as the most disciplined party
team within recent memory.
Control Slipping Away
They mean also that the
Presidents control in budget
ary and fiscal matters is
slipping away and may, in
fact, be wholly lost before
this session Of Congress Is
done unless he can find a
way quickly to plug the gaps
In his own Democratic line.
And, finally, they mean,
beyond further doubt, that
the Republicans are highly
fortunate in their present
congressional leadership. OF
late years most Of the great
congressional pros had been
Democrats. Now, there h as
been a turnabout. No de-
tached analysis could rea-
sonably deny the congression-
al managers-of- -the-year title
to Senator Dirksen and Rep
reSentatiVe Halleck.
They have earned this title
by wisely limiting their par
tisan activity primarily to
those areas where they knew
their troops would be with
them and by wisely restrain
ing C. o. P. attacks in those
areas where there was no
point, really, in attacking at
all.
(Copyright, 1963)
Evening star., 1963-05-20
The Thinker
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Evening star., 1963-05-20
ANTI-INTELLECTUALIS


IN AMERICAN LIFE by
Richard Hofstadter. 434 PIP.
(Alfred A. Knopf, $685.
American anti-intellectual-
ism is one of American intel
lectuals' favorite topics. Rich
ard Hofstadter, Dewitt Pro-
fessor Of American History at
Columbia University, is an
intellectual. His new book is
essentially a study Of his
enemies; no amount of cir
cumlocution can disguise this.
But Prof. Hofstadter has not
written a polemical tome nor
a jeremiad, but a wise, un-
usually perceptive and stylis-
tically felicitous study. Part
OF it Is history in the sense
of straight chronological mar
rative; part Of it is sociology
and psychology.
America has always wor-
shipped technique and knowl-
edge as these are represented
by that ghastly word know
how" Prof. Hofstadter quite
rightly remarks that Many
Americans found the true
secret Of civilization in the
Patent Office"
Technique and knowledge
require intelligence. But they
do not necessarily require
intellect. Everybody who has
thought about the matter
knows this.
But knowing that somehow
intellect and intelligence are
not the same and contriving
a distinction sufficiently pre-
else for an historical study
are rather different matters.
Prof. Hofstadter's first tri-
umph lies in the drawing of
that distinction:
:" intelligence is an ex-
cellence Of mind that is en-
ployed within a fairly narrow.
immediate. and predictable
range; II is a manipula-
tive, abusive, unfailingly
practical quality-one OF the
most endearing Of the ami
NAL virtues. Intelligence
works within the framework
OF limited but clearly stated
goals, and may be quick to
shear away questions Of
thought that do not seem to
help in reaching them.
INTELLECT, ON the other
hand, is the critical. creative.
and contemplative side Of
mind. Whereas intelligence
seeks TO grasp, manipulate,
recorder, adjust, intellect ex-
amines, ders, wonders,
theories. criticizes, imagines.
Intelligence will seize the i'm
mediate meaning In a situa-
ton and evaluate II. Intellect
eValuateS evaluations, an d
looks for the meanings Of
situations as a whole
Anti intellectualism is a
vague sort Of thing-prop-
erly so since anti-intellectuals
are by definition not given
10 precision. Prof. Hofstadter
wisely refrains from offering
a close-and therefore par
TALLY fallacious-definition
THE common strain that
binds together the attitude
and ideas which ! call anti
Intellectual" he writes. "is
a resentment and suspicion Of
the life OF the mind and Of
those who are considered 10
represent IL; and a DISPOSE
ton constantly to minimize
the value OF that life. This
admittedly general formula
ton Is rs close as / find II
useful TO venture toward
definition"
Prof. Hofstadter continues
by eliminating false dichoto-
mics: intellect versus feel
Evening star., 1963-05-20
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Reflections of on Intellectual
By DONALD MINTZ

ing. intellect versus action,
and so on.
He points out, too, that in
tellectuals are in a sense
dangerous. For as John
Dewey remarked, Every
thinker puts some portion Of
an apparently stable world in
peril, and no one can wholly
predict what will emerge In
its place"
WE ARE THEN TAKEN
through a fascinating story
of the ebb and flow Of intel
lectual influence in the
United States. Our country
was founded by intellectuals;
yet within a few decades,
reading books was q suspect
act. Prof. Hofstadter thinks
that a particular type Of
evangelical religion was the
primary cause Of this drastic
change. He notes too the in
creasing and partly self-im-
posed isolation Of intellec-
tuals from the main direc-
ton of American growth.
The relationship Of intel
lect and intellectuals to
Woodrow Wilson and the two
Roosevelts are no less inter-
esting and there are illumi-
mating discussions Of busi-
ness and labor and the life
of the mind.
Finally, Prof. Hofstadter
offers some closely reasoned
thoughts on intellectuals and
land in) government and the
feeling that "the intellectual
is either shut out or sold out"
Prof. Hofstadter has en-
joyed the hospitality Of CO.
lumbia University for many
years, and it may be that his
fortunate situation has made
him more sanguine about
ending this impossible situa-
ton than he would be II he
resided on the banks Of the
Potomac.
None the less, "Anti-intel-
lectualism in American Life"
is a major work Of history
and OF thought.
Evening star., 1963-05-20
Leftword Trend

The Star of May 13, con-
tained two articles indicating
the leftward trend of our
foreign policies: imminent re-
Sumpticl of full diplomatic
relations with the Commu-
mist regime in Hungary and
refusal of the Supreme Court
to review extradition pro-
ceedings against Perez Jime-
nez, ex-dictator Of Venezuela.
The State Department con-
tends the Hungarian govern
ment has been relaxing its
oppressive rule and has "fol-
lowed a conciliatory policy
toward the intellectual and
cultural community in Hun
gary" One would hope that
experienced observers of COM
muniSm, of which there must
be some in the State Depart
ment, would realize that this
is a popular expedient used
by the Communists to be
more widely accepted as a
popular" government. Our
full recognition of the Hun
garian Communist govern
ment will effectively
strengthen 1t, Just as our
withdrawal of recognition
from Batista weakened his
government.
Perez Jimenez, a staunch
anti-Com muniSt. was
awarded the Legion of Merit
by the United States in 1854.
The late Secretary of State,
John Foster Dulles, cited his
government as an example to
other countries in Latin
America. During the 9-year
dictatorship of JimeneZ, Ven
ezuela enjoyed the highest
per capita income in Latin
America, and when he was
overthrown, there was a
large surplus in the treas
ury. Within 3 years, the
present ruler, Betancourt,
had an admitted deficit and
and he is economically de-
pendent upon the United
States. Betancourt is a
former Communist who has
supposedly converted to lib
eral socialism. Betancourt
is now trying to wreak his
vengeance against Jimenez by
extraditing him to Venezuela.
This country has granted
asylum to such vile aliens as
Leon Trotsky, and Fidel Cas-
tro. Should we do any less
for a man we saw fit to
honor back in 1854?
Our foreign policy should
not have as its objectives the
recognition of Communist
relationships (even though
ostensibly "conciliatory") and
the providing of vengeance
to left-wing rulers who are
economically dependent upon
the United States.
George II. Miller, jr.
Evening star., 1963-05-20
Bear Facts


ministers, continue to search
for the philosophy, dogma
and doctrine in Marxist So
cialism. 1t took some of US
10 years, via Hegel, Hobbies,
Rousseau, ct al, to realize
the blind alley of this ap-
proach to communism. A few
eventually sought the views
of the official interpreters,
Lenin and Mao Tse-tung:
THE Marxist revolutionary
theory is not a dogma. 1t is
found only In close contact
with practice in a movement
that is truly revolutionary"
Marxism is social revolution
through IAN organization
with the will to conquer
power for itself, which can
create a revolutionary situa-
ton in the masses" "a manu-
factured revolution. Others
like the late Professors Earle
Of Princeton and Neumann of
Leipzig. analyzing obscure
writings Of Marx and Engels,
realized sooner that the
prime concern was not eco
nomics, social welfare, or phi
losophy; it was practical -
the development Of the STRAIT
egy and tactics Of revolution,
and of political conflict in
general. These ideas were
equally available to Hitler,
Churchill and Roosevelt as
they were to Lenin, Stain
and Khrushchev.
A few practical men, and
a few students who had been
exposed to communism in
practice, limited their study
to historical cases of the ad-
vance of an identifiable
movement-an analysis Of
facts rather than a study of
theories. A Pole, Baczkowski,
did this, exiled In the Middle
East during the last war. He
arrived at his Toward an
Understanding of Russia"
which correctly anticipated
Russia's postwar policy. No
body knew the work existed.
A Congressman from In
diana, having a sniff OF
"agrarian reformers" and
Russian compatriotS" for
four years in the Asiatic
theater of war, also decided
to find out what made the
Russian Bear tick. He started
with Genghis Khan, in ac-
tual travel as we'll as litera-
ture. After 10 years he has
produced Russian Frontiers:
From MuScovy to Khru-
-hchev." You visualize a pat
tern Of expansion by an or
ganization that knows no
frontiers-a pattern so mo-
notonously repeated that lg-
norance is the only excuse
for political failure Of the
losers. To the Bear, gorged
and exhausted with undi-
gested lands from Urals
to Korea, south to India.
and west TO middle Europe.
the strategy and tactics of
Marx and Engels was a happy
dish in 1917. With each his
torical act Of expansion. Con-
gresham William Bray
quotes the accompanying
propaganda song or threat.
The Congressman's col
leagues should cooperate to
give this easy reading ac-
count better attention than
that received by the Polish
diplomats prophetic exposi-
ton Of 20 years ago.
John w. Brabner- Smith.
Evening star., 1963-05-20
Wheat Referendum

hldIl EIIlOIy May 10 SUOIy
in The Star on the forth
coming wheat referendum is
oversimplified, and in some
areas, is wrong.
While Mr.. Emory appears
to have talked with Agricul-
ture Department officials. I
cannot find that he talked
with anyone in the Farm
Bureau regarding the May 21
wheat referendum. This bu-
reau is the Nations largest
farm organization of 1.6 mil
lion farm family members
who have taken the lead in
opposing the program pre-
sented in the referendum.
Mr.. Emory says the con-
trolls" contained in the prop
osition to be voted upon are
not new. and quotes anony-
nous supporters of the pro-
posal as saying the proposed
wheat controls are no tighter
than those long in effect
for tobacco and cotton, and
not as tight as those on
sugar, all three programs re-
ceiving Farm Bureau back
ing"
Actually, the proposed
wheat certificate plan in
cludes controls over diverted
areas. land : use penalties,
cross-compliance features
and total soil conserving
acreage requirements not to
be found in any commodity
program previously sub
mitted to producers in a ref
erendum.
Mr.. Emory said the grow
er Of l5-acres or less of
wheat docs not have to go
into the program at all II he
does not want to-"
The fact is that the small
grower will be affected
whether he wants to or not
If the referendum results
in a yes" vote. No wheat
grower can stay out. II the
grower Of 15-acres or less
wants to vote, he must have
registered on or before May
l3, but even If he does not
register, and thus does not
vote. he will be forced to
plant within his base acreage
and he will be subject to
marketing quota penalties.
Mr.. Emory wrote that Ger
many and France ARE eager
to expand grain production, +"
while at the same time ad-
vocating tight Government
controls over American pro-
ducers. He would seem TO call
for government action to re-
duce efficient United States
wheat production to make
room for the expansion OF
inefficient, and, in many
cases, uneconomic production
In certain other countries.
Such a policy not only sac
rifices the markets OF United
States farmers, II does so at
the direct expense Of foreign
consumers.
He ignores the embarrass-
ing situation In which our
tariff negotiators find them
selves when discussing wheat
with the countries OF the
Common Market. For several
years, the United States has
been trying TO urge France
and West Germany not 10
raise their support prices on
wheat. At the same time, our
own Department Of Agricul-
ture has been raising United
States support prices. Surely.
II is obvious 10 the coun-
tries OF the Common Market
that we preach one thing,
practice another.
Herbert +. Harris ii,
Assistant Legislative Director.
American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Editors Note. Mr.. Emory
stands by the substance Of
his article on the referendum
issue)
Evening star., 1963-05-20

@. Who was the Roman
Emperor who made his horse
a consul?-N. l.
A. Caligula "a. d. pad.
This mad emperor deified
himself and made wealthy
citizens act as his priests.
Sometimes, he was his own
priest and made his horse
a fellow priest as well as a
consul. Caligula began his
reign with tolerance, but fol-
lowing an illness, went in
sane and became tyrannical.
He particularly delighted in
torturing people during
meals. once when there were
no more criminals 10 be
thrown TO the lions In the
arena, he ordered victims
taken from among the spec
tators. He was finally assas-
sinated.
O. Which side is dexter In
a coat OF arms R.W.
A. In Latin, dexter means
right, sinister means left. In
heraldry. these terms are
used from the standpoint Of
the heraldic object itself.
rather than that Of the OBJ
server. For example. the dex-
ter talon Of the eagle In the
Great Seal OF hte United
States is the eagles own
right talon. which appears TO
the observers left.
Evening star., 1963-05-20
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Evening star., 1963-05-20
Never Say Die

George II. Mile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24

H0wnuchd0 you needt0 buy 0rbu1d your newho77e?

Four hundred million dollars but what does $500 million
loans really mean? More than anything else thousands and thousands
downearh folks (ke you have financed their home through Perpetual
Why Perpetual? Because there's 8yo friendship between Perpetual and the
Perpetual knows about home Perpetual makes ofthe
Perpetual has all Of obtain e
He handle all the technical details everything monthly
principal interest insurance like That $500 million portfolio
another Well
How much % build o buy yor
Smyrna times., 1963-11-14

The dedicatory address at the
ceremonies of the DavidC. Har-
rison Post N. IA, American Le-
gion will be given by the Hon.
George Ehinger, of Dover, past
department commander; past
post commander of the Walter
L. Fox Post, Dover; also, ma
tional executive committeeman,
national chairman rehabili-
tation, American Legion; mem
ber of the State House ofRep-
resentatives; and past district
governor, Rotary. The dedica-
tion of the post home on Glen
wood Avenue will be held at 2
pm. on Sunday, November IL.
William E. Matthews, IT,,
past department commander,
past post commander; former
State Senator, former Mayor of
Smyrna; Past District Gov
ernor, Rotary; Past State Grand
Master, Odd Fellows; and Past
National Executive Commit
teeman. American Legion, will
be the master of ceremonies.
Maurice A. Harmett III, Di-
rector of the State Legislative
Reference Bureau; Past Post
Smyrna times., 1963-11-14
Retired General Joins
Chesapeake Scout Council

Staff. In 1856, he was assigned
as Chief of the Army Section
of the Military Assistance
Group in Taiwan, serving as
the principal military advisor
to the Commander in Chief of
the Chinese Army, the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Com
bined Service Forces, and the
three off-shore commands on
Kinmen, Matsu. and Penghu. In
1857, at the age of 81, he u-
dertook the rugged paratrooper
training of the Chinese Army
Airborne Regiment, the first
American to graduate from the
Chinese airborne school.
After nearly two years of
duty with the Chinese, Gener-
al Risden returned to Fort
Carson, Colorado in 1858 as
AS ssistant Division Commander
of the 9th Infantry Division,
and subsequently as sumed COM
mand of the Division and of
Fort Carson. After subsequent
assignments In Washington, he
was appointed as Director of
Plans and Material In the Of
flee of the Deputy Chief of
Staff Logisdcs, from which he
retired in September of this
year.
A native of Hawthorne, N.
J., General Risden is married
to the former Elma Hancon, of
Cornwall, NY. They have one
daughter, married to Capt.
Richard C. Coulter, U.S. A., sta
toned atFort Rucker, Alabama.
At present committing from his
home in Arlington, Virginia, the
General plans to make his home
with Mrs. Risden In the VII
mington area.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-14
Construction Underway On
Addition to Old Leeds Plant

Work is progress sing on the
preparation of the building on
South Main Street which will be
occupied by Metalcraft Prod
ucts, Inc. and General Metal
craft, Inc., of Philadelphia, and
January | has been set as the
date TO be In production.
Metalcraft Products will
make office furniture, and
General Metalcraft, Inc, will
produce office lighting.
Work is now in progress on
the building of IA, 500 square
foot addition at the east of the
plant. formerly owned by VIII
son Cabinet Co., local firm.
Officials of the firm are Ed
mond Spiegelman, president of
General Metalcraft; and Nathan
Bloom, president, Metalcraft
Products, Co. Inc.
All raw materials will come
into the new addition to the plant
which extends for one long block
from Fisher Streetson the east
to South Main Street on the west.
Finishing and packaging will
be done in the existing building,
and permission has been asked
of Town Council to install a
conveyor belt across Fisher
Street to the building adjacent
to Main Street, their storage
area for finished products.
Shipping will take place from
loading ramp attached to the
Smyrna times., 1963-11-14
children's Book
Week Planned

Children's Book Week is
being observed this week and
the Smyrna Public Library will
concentrate on new books for
the young readers to lead them
to ''the land of enchantment
and surprise" The problem of
a child's reading is subject
upon which anyone, informed or
not, feels the right to hold a
positive opinion.
There is a great increase
in use of the Smyrna Public
Library by young people, and
they are often to be found Sit
ting on the floor in front of the
shelves of children's books, lost
in story-book world, and OBJ
livious TO their surroundings.
The books for the young are
carefully chosen, and the
library is open Thursday and
Friday evenings from 6:30p.m.
to 8 pm. The Librarian, Mrs.
Louise Denney Clifton, will as
sist them in finding sources
for school work, or story books
for their enjoyment.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-14
School Plans
Book Fair
Nov. 1922

The Smyrna Special School
District will hold open House
In conjunction with the District
Book Fair which will be held
during the week of November l8.
The John Bassett Moore High
School and the Smyrna Junior
High School will hold Open
House on Tuesday, November
l9, from 7 pm. until 9 pm.
East Smyrna Elementary School
and Smyrna Elementary School
will hold Open House on Thurs
day, November 81, from 7 pm.
until 7:45 pm. Clayton Elemen-
tary School held Open House on
November l3 as part of the
Clayton P.T.A. meeting. Thom-
as D. Clayton Elementary
School will hold a Parents Day
on Sunday. November IL.
The District Book Fair
scheduled for the week of No
vember Is will be held daily,
Monday through Friday. from
g am. until A pm. for school
pupils and from 7 pm. until
9 pm. for the general public.
On Thursday, November 2l, the
Book Fair will operate until 10
pm. in conjunction with the
Smyrna r. T. A. meeting.
Smyrna times., 1963-11-14
Fire Friday
Threatened
Downtown Area

A potentially hazardous fire
In the downtown section of Smy-
rna was subdued by volunteers
of the Citizens Hose Company
Friday at Hos am. The fire
was In a second floor apart
ment In a building owned by Er-
nest Dallas, adjoining the Smy-
rna Market, corner North Main
and Mt. Vernon Streets, and with
only a two-foot alley between the
Dallas building and the Handloff
building on the other side.
Guy M. Edmondson, Jr. one of
the owners of the Smyrna Mar
ket had smelled smoke and had
checked his store thoroughly. A
rummage sale was being con-
Quoted on the first floor In an
empty store, in the Dallas pro-
perty.
Firemen had to use smoke
masks to enter the apartment.
No one was at home In the apart
ment and the firemen tossed one
section of a davenport into the
back yard.
There was extensive smoke
damage to the apartment. 1t was
believed caused by cigarette,
and it was apparent that there
had been fire in pillow earlier,
as the pillow had been put out of
the window.
This was the 18th alarm an
swered by the volunteers this
year and wenty-one men re-
sponded to the call. They were
under the direction of Fire Chief
Reynolds Bradley.