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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Trouble in Teheron

Usually, when riots break out In
countries like Iran, Communicated ex-
tremists are to blame. But not SO this
time. Teheran's latest trouble, causing
many deaths and leaving at least 1000
injured, must be blamed on far-right
Moslem religious authorities who are
about as anti-Red as anybody could be.
Yet, with purblindneSS difficult to ,
understand, these leaders have stirred
up MoSlem mobs in way that can only
lend aid and comfort to the communism
they profess to abhor. This they have
done by melting their fanatical follow
ers to run violently through the streets,
demanding the overthrow Of the Shah.
They want him out, they want him cut
down, because he has undertaken to
liberalize Trans way Of life with the
granting Of certain women's rights and
also with land reforms that would take
away some Of the Moslem hierarchy's
property.
So, as If trying to emulate Samson's
temple-destroying act, the Moslem lead
ers have given the green light to vio-
lence. To put it mildly, nothing could
be more pleasing to Trans Communists
and their mentors in Moscow, where
there is a never-ending desire to gobble
up everything all the way down to the
Persian Gulf
The Shah, stout ally of the free
world, is thus In trouble, but he can be
sure that he and his strategically vital
country are not alone. They can count
on the full backing Of America and the
West as a whole in the event Of any
Kremlin-led effort to achieve a Red
take-over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Edith Hamilton.

Miss Edith Hamilton's long and
fruitful life was as rewarding to those
who shared her enthusiasts as II was
10 the delightful lady who was so much
at home with the ancient Romans and
Greeks. Long before she completed her
first career as headmistress OF Bryn
Mawr College, Miss Hamilton was plan
ming her golden days Of retirement, II
one may so classify more than 30 years
Of productive writing.
In her quiet way the scholarly
Washingtonian upset every precedent Of
the publishing trade. Her books, begin
ming with The Greek Way, reached mil
lions Of unscholarly readers who we're
charmed by the simplicity, warmth and
purity OF her writing style. She more
than fulfilled her goal Of extending TO
others the pleasures she knew from the
gods, myths and real people Of another
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
For Safe Drinking Water

The startling discovery Of fouled
drinking water and faulty septic sys-
TENS In the Maryland community Of
Potomac last year pointed TO two serious
deficiencies: Lax enforcement of protec-
tive standards and inadequate controls
on the use of wells and septic tanks
throughout Montgomery County The
proposed new subdivision regulations
drafted by an advisory committee
headed by Blair Lee III, and passed
along TO the County Council by the
Montgomery Planning Board, are in
tended TO deal with the second OF these
problems.
There is no easy solution TO the d.
lemma. AS the committee recognized,
what may be tolerable in one part Of
the county is clearly intolerable in an
other. In such areas as the Patuxent
Valley, and Potomac, where two-acre
coming is well established and where
low-density development presumably
will continue, there is little likelihood
of public sewers In the foreseeable fti-
ture. Elsewhere-in sections where pro-
vision Of sewers are ultimately likely or
problematical-the committee argues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Mr.. Kennedy's Moment of Truth

partment Of Justice and, hopefully some
new legislation can be helpful If this
issue is to be resolved through lawful
procedures and not in the streets. But
these things probably cannot provide a
solution for the immediate problem.
What is most urgently needed now, as
we see it, is for someone at the high
est level of authority to lay 1t on the
line. And in saying this, of course, we
are referring to the President.
For him, we think, the moment of
truth has arrived. Mr.. Kennedy under
Standably has not thought that speeches
would be especially helpful. And this
may have been true few weeks or a
few months ago. But events have over
run this point Of view. If our fast-mov-
ing torrent Of racial struggle is not to
overflow its banks, someone must move
to contain It, And that someone can
only be the President Of the United
States.
He ought to say in plainest terms
to the white majority that they must
accede to the legitimate demands of
the Negro minority. And he ought to say
in equally plain terms to the Negroes
that this is not struggle to be fought
out in the streets, that it should be
resolved through legal procedures, and
that proper gain at one point cannot
be used as a basis for an unreasonable
demand at some other point. The Pres
ident should also say that he will not
yield to political preSsures which carry
the threat of transferring legitimate
Negro aspirations from responsible to
irresponsible Negro leadership. The
temper Of the times calls urgently for
some such statement. Sundays speech
in Hawaii would not be a moment too
soon.
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Mr.. Douglas 'Dissents'

When some Southern critic attacks
the Warren Court" for usurping rights
reserved to the States, the fright think
ers" come down on him like ton Of
bricks. The Supreme Court, they say,
must be treated with Difference and
respect. Otherwise the rule of law will
collapse and heaven knows what will
happen to US after that.
These self-appointed court defend
ers ought to have heart-to-heart talk
with Justice Douglas. For his dissent
In the Colorado River water case is as
scathing a denunciation Of the court
as any we have seen in long time.
The Douglas target, both in his
written dissent and his comments from
the bench, was So page majority
opinion written by Justice Black.
The decision by Justice Black, he
said, sounds more like a Congress
sional committee report than a judicial
opinion" Then this: 1.-THE present case
will, think, be marked as the baldest
attempt by judges in modern times to
spin their own philosophy into the
fabric of the law in derogation of the
will Of the legislature"
With reference to the length of
the majority ruling, Justice Douglas,
who has never been thought of in his
own right as a man of few words, had
this to say: THE advantage Of a long
opinion such as the one Justice Black
has filed is that it is very difficult to
see how 1t failed to reach the right
result because one gets lost in words"
Next, referring to an important issue,
he added this: ut takes lot Of words
to cover that up, to conceal that"
In addition to climbing mountains
and making speeches about anything
under the sun, Justice Douglas is said
to be fond Of getting into taxcabs and,
without identifying himself, quizzing
the drivers as to what they think Of
the Supreme Court. We don't suppose,
however, that many taxi drivers read
Supreme Court decisions, much less
dissents. And this is too bad. For
otherwise they might tell their anony-
nous passenger that the TV wrestling
matches aren't in the same class with
the Supreme Court when the justices
start tossing one another around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

The most disturbing and the most
dangerous aspect Of this country's boil
ing racial controversy is the apparent
collapse Of meaningful communication
between responsible Negro leadership
and the white community-eS especially
the official white community It is get
ting to a point at which Negro leader
who sits down to talk about racial prob
lens with a white leader is exposing
himself to the charge by other Negroes
that he is collaborator-or, more blunt
ly, "quisling" who has gone over to
the enemy"
This stems in part from the Negroes
achievements in mingham-achieve-
mentS which many Negroes believe (al-
though they are mistakenly came without
help from the white man or, more par
ticularly, the Kennedy administration. 1t
is an attitude which also has its tap
root in the competition for leadership
among Negroes of this goth century
American revolution. If this were not
So why would such man as Roy Will
kins, executive secretary of the NAACP,
feel impelled to get himself arrested in
a demonstration in Mississippi's capital
city2 In saying this we do not mean to
downgrade the importance Of this strug-
gle for leadership. It is of utmost i'm
portance. For If the Negro extremists
take control, violence will follow. And
violence will beget violence. This, in our
judgment, would be form Of competi-
ton in which the Negro minority could
not hope to prevail, and which could
only set back the Negroes bid for equal
treatment.
1t seems to us that the time has
come 10 step back for moment and
take long look at the real considera-
tons. Court decisions, suits by the De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Freedom to Read

The following is a copy Of
the letter we have sent to
Mrs. Mary K. McCulloch, d.
rector Of the Fairfax County
Library.
Dear Mrs. McCulloch:
THE members Of the
Northern Virginia Section,
National Council Of Jewish
Women, would like to ex-
press our appreciation for
your stand upholding the
right of the citizens Of Fair
fax County to a free selection
of the films they see and the
books they read at the public
library.
National Council Of Jewish
Women, representing $4,000
women all over the country.
has for many years promoted
the right to free inquiry and
expression. We believe that
the freedom to read Is en-
bedded in our constitutional
tradition, and that 1t is es-
Sential both to democracy
and a creative culture.
You have our support and
understanding. If there Is
any way in which we in the
Northern Virginia Section
can help to serve the cause Of
freedom from censorship,
please call upon U.s."
Mrs. Gordon LinkOn,
President.
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plates every day or even twice
a month.
I'm sure every restaurateur
here would like to operate a
restaurant on an ultra high
class level. Who wouldn't?
However, economically, the
public will support only a
small percentage Of these In
comparison with other great
metropolises.
It's true we have a critical
labor situation here today.
Skilled labor has not been
able to meet the demands Of
the many new restaurants
which have opened in recent
years. The industry is trying
to meet this situation but it
is an uphill battle.
Nevertheless, the WASH
ington area, with only 5000
restaurants, is the eighth
largest public food service
marketing area in the Nation
with the highest sales per In
dividual establishment in the
Nation. So-someone out
there likes us and enjoys liv-
ing In our much maligned
city and eating in its restau-
rants. We thank them for
their support. They viii help
our city grow.
John 8. C0ckrell,
Executive Vice President, Res
taurant Association Of
Metropolitan Washington,
Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
A Protestant View

The death Of Pope John
XIII Is certainly lamented
by men Of peace everywhere.
Even Protestants have bene-
fitted by the change Of cli-
mate under his reign.
However. In the reporting
on the Pope's death, there
were numerous references TO
the Pope as the spiritual
father Of mankind" or the
spiritual father OF the hui
man race"
AS a Protestant minister,
! think that It's unfair 10 use
the death Of a good man for
propaganda purposes. Pope
John was the spiritual father
Of Roman Catholics. Good as
he was, he was not my spir-
itual father. and I paid no
allegiance TO him. My allegi-
ance Is TO Christ alone.
] believe that men Of good
viii should work for peace
and as the salt Of the earth
retard It's corruption, but we
are forgetting that the ulti-
mate answer is the return Of
The Prince Of Peace, Jesus
Christ.
The Rev. Anlre BustanOby,
Pastor. Arlington Memorial
Church (C&MA).
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WATCHING THE WORLD
The AnqIo-French Pocket Unity
BY CROSBY S. MOVE
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor

they will continue TO resist
this, whatever the attitude Of
the other Common Market
countries may be.
The latest haSsle coming
on the heels Of an angry
meeting at Brussels last week
at which the French again
turned down proposals for
formal consultations between
Britain and the European
Six, has served to heighten
the crisis atmosphere among
diplomats. There has been q
good deal Of talk about the
paralysis" that the French
attitude has imposed on the
community and pessimistic
predictions about its future
development.
No Dissolution
Though all this may be
true enough, 1t would be
highly premature to look for
ward to dissolution Of the
Common Market or to any
real paralysis in q practical
sense. The picture Of France
isolated from its European
allies is, except in the case
of Britain's association, high
ly misleading. 't
On q practical level the
Common Market is still func-
tioning smoothly enough. In
deed, when 1t comes to such
eminently down-to-earth
matters as raising import
duties on frozen American
chickens, the Six are still able
to show an almost distress
ing unanimity Of sentiment.
And as the airplane deal
shows, the political differ
enceS between Britain and
France do not rule out the
closest collaboration on mu-
tually profitable enterprises.
Nor is the political paraly-
sis Of the market attributable
entirely to French intransi-
gence over Britain's entry.
In equal measure, perhaps, it
has been brought about by
political uncertainties in
other key countries of the
market area. Once the Brit
ish elections and the transfer
of power in Germany are out
Of the way, more progress
may be possible.
In many areas besides de-
velopment of the Common
Market. Europe seems to be
going through a difficult pc
Rod Of transition during
which grand designs and
rapid solutions to problems
must be postponed. Which
does not mean that on a
practical level life Is at o
standstill. Or that projects
of major Importance must
necessarily wait until the po-
litical structure is complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Driver Education

IL is my opinion that the
termination Of the school
driver education program in
Montgomery County will be
a serious blow to the coun-
tvs traffic safety program.
Without this school driver
education program, many
teen-agers viii be denied an
opportunity to learn how to
drive from q qualified driv-
ing instructor. and will learn
from other sources. often
picking up the bad habits of
their teachers.
In the school driver edu-
cation program, teen-agers
are taught to drive safely
and courteously. Accident
figures have shown that those
students who have taken the
course are involved in far less
accidents than those who
have not. Because Of this,
most insurance companies
give q substantial reduction
in the insurance cost to those
students who have passed a
driver education course In
school. / know from personal
experience that driver edu-
cation has been Of great
value In making me q safety
conscious driver.
According TO the Maryland
State Department Of Health
Bulletin, Public Health APP
proach 10 Highway Safety"
Maryland's traffic deaths in
creased % per cent In 1862
compared 10 1861. The same
source states that one out Of
every 10 people in this coun-
try will be killed or injured
In a motor vehicle accident
within the next four years.
Such figures show how des-
perately we need every pos
sible means Of reducing traf-
fic deaths and injuries.
I firmly believe that the
driver education course
should be continued In Mont
gomery County schools and
made compulsory for all stu
dents. Careless automobile
driving is the major cause Of
accidents in this country,
proving that every effort
must be made to make our
young drivers safe drivers.
John ". GrObOwski.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Food for Thouqht

1 doubt II many OF the peo-
pie who agreed with the ar
ticle in your Sunday Maya
zine MAY 49, entitled "A
Sour View of Washington
Restaurants" have lived here
any great length Of time as,
for example. the author.
Those who say they cannot
find even one restaurant that
serves good food" are out OF
step with the vast majority
Of the million people who are
served daily In this area Just
as the author OF this article
is with his reference 10 Dun
can Hines whose publication
has been discontinued for
some years.
The San Francisco area
has over 1000 restaurants,
New York-27. 900. New Or
leans area--8.000, Baltimore
1000. Chicago-l2.000,
etc. We have around 5000 IL
censed restaurants In our
area so II is unfair 10 COM
pare the number Of fancy
restaurants here with these
areas, although we do have
many fine ones.
But, more important. our
restaurants are here 10 serve
the general public which APP
parently prefers good Amer
lean food served In pleasant
surroundings at a reasonable
price. These are the custom
ers 10 whom we must cater
not Just a few Gordon Bleu"
graduates who may or may
not be willing 10 pay the
price for pheasant under
glass and pre-heated dinner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

- O6AN = Az IVA ANOAAA<0s
BY Quentin Reynolds. $50
PIP. (McGraw Hill Book
Co., $3.50
Quentin Reynolds is an
old-time newsman. What one
thinks of his autobiography
is determined by what one
thinks Of the species he be-
longs to.
Mr.. Reynolds makes no lit
erary claims. AS a matter Of
fact, he claims that he can't
spell and that he has been
known to let participles dam
gle. Maybe so. But there Is
no such gaucherie In his
autobiography. Moreover, he
knows that different than"
is wrong, which Is more than
can be said for many profess
sors and scholarly journals
tic pundits. Mr.. Reynolds
says what he has to say
clearly and clearly.
Sometimes, to be sure, he
lapses into distinctly sticky
sentimentality. and som e.
times he goes even beyond.
The suggestion that his book
was written by dispensation
Of MALACHI Hamoves. the An
gel Of Death - nice inter-
faith touch, that - seems
to go beyond the obvious no.
ton that everything any Of
us does is in q sense accom-
plished under such q dispen-
sation. Some will find these
pages distinctly objection
able.
More important, Of course.
Is the account Of Mr.. Rey-
nolds journalistic career. Cor
.spondents Of his type moved
from place to place with ex-
traordinary speed. They
dashed into a country un-
burdened by any knowledge
Of its language. customs or
history, interviewed somebody
or other. and dashed out
again.
THIS Is NOT AS SIMPLE
as II sounds. Just moving
about In the goth century
world requires @ talent for
ingenious chicanery - also
known as journalistic enter
prise - and o part Of Mr..
Reynolds success was due TO
his inventiveness In this odd
line Of work. He recounts
these stories with Pride. And
rightly so. Getting past arti-
fetal barriers is an essential
ability, and IL Is unlikely that
anyone will suggest that Mr..
Reynolds has ever done Sc
irresponsibly.
But what on earth can Q
man learn and report By
these methodist A good deal
as a matter Of fact. In Their
early years. the Nazis were
being nice 10 foreigners. try.
ing TO convey the idet that
Germany needed a strons
and perhaps somewhat au-
thoritarian government and
that that was what they were
giving the country.
Mr.. Reynolds was no ex-
pert on Germany. but he wal
not fooled. II we had listened
10 him and to some Of his
colleagues. the history Of oui
century might have been lesi
painful.
Yet this sort Of Journalism
has It's limitations. and theS
can be dangerous. Mr.. Rey'
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Meaning of Law

Many people seem to be
having a lot Of trouble with
the word law" these days;
and, no wonder, the way it
has been batted around for
the convenience Of men Of
bad will, as we'll as used con-
scientiously by men Of good
will That Is why we have
the Supreme Court to inter-
pref the Constitution. Other
wise, law would be reduced to
your strength over mine" or
my strength over yours" re-
gardless Of which side truth
and justice were onl
This doesn't mean that the
Supreme Court is infallible,
but there is. far less chance
that a group Of men removed
from personal involvement in
q conflict will make an in
correct Judgment Of what is
constitutionally lawful than
would be the case with those
who are thinking in terms of
their own interest.
A good example Of this is
the apparent blind belief,
or deliberate effort to make
1t appear, that somewhere in
the Constitution it is written
or implied that one segment
Of society may lawfully seq
regate and restrict another
segment Of society against
the latter's expressed will by
use Of local laws.
Since the beginning Of
time. those who have been
determined to impose their
wills unjustly upon others.
have invariably found a va
riety Of reasons for doing so.
Cafheriua GouId
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Veteran Reporters Autobiography
By DONALD MIMI


nolds was no more taken in
by Batista than he was by
the NaziS. But what resulted
from his interview with that
unSavory gentleman was
what he calls 20 personality
piece" If 1t was backed by
any solid feeling for or
knowledge of the basic Ills
Of Cuba, the fact is not mem
toned In the autobiography.
On the one hand, then, this
personality piece" warned
the readers Of Golfers Of q
distinctly dangerous man. On
the other. it may have con-
tributed towards the simple
minded good-guy - bad-guy
sort Of public thinking that
still plaques us.
THIS IS WHY CORES
PONDENTS tend more and
more to be experts in what
goes by the ungainly name Of
"area studies" rather than
transplanted baseball writers,
though 1t remains true that
If all graduates Of the sports
pages were sent back to the
ball park, the American press
would lose some of its most
perspicacious commentators
on world events. tt
But men like Mr.. Reynolds
are still the undisputed
champions Of eyewitness re-
porting where what meets
the eye is what counts.
Hence. the fascination o. the
many pages devoted TO those
aspects of World War II that
Mr.. Reynolds saw.
by Quentin Reynolds"
ends with q compressed &C
count Of his celebrated VIC
tory in q libel suit against
Westbrook Pegler. The signif-
icance Of this episode Is both
vast and unmentioned. Mr..
Reynolds seems to take It as
Just another Of those things,
intensely important TO him
Of course, but not q matter
Of any great moment TO the
Nation at large.
It is not hard TO imagine
that by Quentin Reynolds"
may one day be explored by
eager Pho. candidates prob
ing for evidence Of the way
we viewed the tribulations Of
the mid-20th century. As q
matter Of fact. one can start
this probing today. Or one
can Just take by Quentin
Reynolds" as an entertaining
autobiography by q man who
has been many places and
seen many things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

@. Was Il ever illegal for
women 10 smoke In pub
HEX. N.
A. On September 2s. 1904,
q woman was arrested in
New York City for smoking
a cigarette while riding In an
open car. The arresting po-
liceman remarked. you
can't do that on Fifth Ave-
nue." In 1908. the Sullivan
Ordinance made smoking In
public places In New York
City illegal for women.