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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-27
StoIemote in MONTGOMERY

No one anticipated that the Mont
gomery County Council would leap to
embrace requests that 1t reverse its slash
of budget funds for 200 additional school
teachers next year. But It's flat refusal
even to reconsider this hasty action
is especially galling-and rightly So
to Montgomery citizens.
In rejecting, first, plea Of the
county school board for reconsideration,
and, second, citizen request for a pub
lie hearing on the question, Council Pres
ident Floyd observed that the objections
he has seen to the council action are
merely negative and emotional"
Certainly they are emotional, for
the teacher reduction was a shock to
the entire community. But the critical
citizens have not been negative, in the
sense that they have nothing to con-
tribute. The newly formed Committee
for the Public Schools, in its carefully
drafted briefs, has raised pertinent
points about the basic allegations of
fact upon which the council action was
taken. The school board is convinced
that harm has been done. The half
dozen most influential and representa-
tive citizen groups in the county are
unanimous in their concern. If Mr..
Floyd is not fearful Of being proved
wrong, what is the harm in calling a
public hearing at which the controver-
Sial issues may be debated?
The school board, despite the sud-
den vacillation of its president, Charles
w. Bell, should persist, Of course, in its
efforts to find whatever funds 1t can for
teachers from its own resources. But
these efforts are not likely to be very
productive without the assistance and
encouragement Of the council.
Entirely apart from this immediate
controversy, moreover, Is the disturbing
fact that relations between the council
and responsible citizen groups have de-
Perforated steadily since the election. A
certain amount of sniping, especially
from liberal elements in the county,
was inevitable in view Of the economy
pledges Of the new council members.
And perhaps 1t was natural at first for
the new leaders to treat any adverse
reaction as being in that category. It
would be a serious mistake, however,
for them to continue to do so. A lack
Of communication between the council
and its constituents can only result In
increased bitterness and resentment,
minimizing the effectiveness of the
council in all its endeavors.
There is no better time than the
present for the council to begin re-
establishing these lines Of communica-
ton through a public hearing on the
teacher issue.
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The Numbers Game

Unless we've missed our guess, about
everyone in the country is getting mixed
up in a gigantic numbers racket And
the whole thing is being banked by the
Treasury Department.
Anyone with 81 bill to his name
must be examining 1t to see whether
the two serial numbers on the face OF
the note are identical II they are, the
bill is worth only what 1t says-$l. II
they aren't, It may be worth good deal
more, depending on what dealers and
collectors think about 1t. zone dealer
was reported asking $40) Anyway, the
Treasury goofed and supposedly put out
10000 of the misnumbered notes Look
ing for them at least should take our
minds off some Of the more depressing,
and certainly less rewarding, other goof-
ups In the news today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-27
Dirty. Book Trade

Censorship as fact Of life has gone
the way Of WITHDRAWING, prohibition
and segregation. Being banned-in-Bos-
ton is no longer the fashionable and
profitable ploy it once was. Censorship,
beaten down in series Of court deci-
sions, has retreated in embarrassment.
And for all this, we may be duly
thankful. For censorship has no place
In the American scheme of life.
But there is something going on
nowadays in the book business much
more disturbing than the issue Of CEN
sorship. This is the unabashed no-holds-
barred competition publishers are wag-
ing among themselves to put the tawdri-
est, cheapest, dirtiest books possible on
the market. Only very few firms seem
to be resisting the trend.
1t is as though, finding no bluenose
censors blocking bookstores and drug
stores, the purveyors Of trash have
decided they can flout the laws of
common decency with an amending
stream of literature" too execrable to
deserve the name. Like any fishmonger,
their products are ill-disguised. In fact,
they peddle their wares with all the
ballyhoo they can muster, and this is
not the least Objectionable side Of a
sordid business. 1t is an insult to the
American public.
Especially do the luridly illustrated
paperbacks affront the sensibilities
These indeed are the worst offenders
and they are the ones most available
to impressionable teen-agers. But be-
tween the hard covers Of vast number
OF innocent-looking books, plain dirt for
dirt's sake also has a field day.
A publisher may argue that his
product is dictated by public acceptance,
that morals In general either have de-
clined or broadened depending on the
interpretation and that sex frankness
also is more open today in movies and
plays. These points must be considered
in asking whether the publishers are
leading the public, or vice versa. But we
do not think the book trade can duck
its responsibility to be adult and decent.
once again, now, so there can be
no misunderstanding: We are against
censorship. We think that, short Of
hard-core pornography, book publishers
have a right to print what they choose.
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'Ars Gratis

One Of your asSiduous read
ers was good enough to send
me a clipping of a recent edi-
torial, "Ars Gratis"
In your somewhat hesitant
salute to the Advisory Coun-
Gil on the Arts, you ask that
the Council stop Govern
ment free-loading on artists"
as seen In the practice Of the
armed services and the space
agency inviting them to work
on art programs without pay.
This would only put an end
to q harmless, to be sure I'M
dignified, practice.
"A giant step forward" 1t
would seem to me, would be
simply to employ artists as
was done during the Amer
can Renaissance, that is to
say, the period from 1880 to
1880. actually, the American
Renaissance may be said to
have continued in Washing
ton almost to 1900 In that
glorious era Of American art,
painters and sculptors were
almost automatically consid-
cred whenever an important
Government building was
proposed. The Library Of Con-
gress is q prime example. Of
course, from the point of view
Of the architecture and sculp-
ture, the chief ornament of
the era Is the magnificent
succession Of Labor, Interde-
partmental Auditorium and
ICC by the late Arthur
Brown, jr. Of San Francisco.
He saw to 1t that q half dozen
or so sculptors we're employed.
as the pediments on Consti-
tuition avenue bear witness.
John Russell Pope, at Ar
chives, was another who gave
proper employment to the
artists, notably to Barry
Faulkner who did the murals.
Even in the WPA days, there
was some good work done.
Leon Kroll's lunettes in the
Attorney Generals office In
Justice being outstanding.
There lies the great step
forward: Simply attempt to
do, and If possible equal.
what was done 80, so, 70
years ago. That would be a
good beginning. And the Sec
ond step would be to move
forward to the classical and
stop doing the modernistic
which Is so old-fashioned.
Henry Hope Reed, jr.
In charge of the Walking
Tours Of the Museum of the
City Of New York.
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Cold War Realities

President Kennedy's recent
plea to "re-examine our at
titude toward the Soviet
Union" coupled with his an
nouncement of a voluntary
United States moratorium on
nuclear testing was received
in typical Communist fash
ion. Khrushchev immedi-
ately withdrew his previous
offer Of on-site inspections
and used the Presidents
statement TO further propa-
gate the current Soviet line
Of peaceful co-existence."
Idealistic words and &C
tons are invariably inter-
preted by our enemies as
weakness and appeasement,
this generally leads to new
aggressive acts on their part.
A report now circulating is
that we are negotiating with
Castro for the release of all
political prisoners; the logi-
cal ransom will no doubt be
our Guantanamo naval in
stallation. This rumor. II Il
is proven correct. will Of
course be well received" by
the Communists. An o Their
current rumor is that the
smiling "liberator" of Yugo-
slavia, Marshal Tito, will be
visiting Washington this fall.
II this occurs East-West re-
lations will reach a stage Of
advanced euphoria, all at the
expense Of our national honor
and dignity.
Indeed we should "re-ex-
anime our attitude toward
the Soviet Union" land all
Red block nations): re-exam-
Inc II and forge q new pos
ture Of strength and deter
mination and face UP 10 the
realities Of the cold war.
fail Va Maw
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Bard on the Wilma

one aspect or the Profum0 affair
that has somehow escaped serious at
tention so far Is its connection with an
earlier, and supposedly luStier, Eliza
bethan Age. For Mr.. Profumo, before
his fall from grace, was the member Of
Parliament for the famous little War
wickshire community of Stratford-on-
Avon.
There may, of course, be no signifi-
canoe In the fact that Mr.. Profumo
represented the home town of the fore
most English chronicler of love, marital
infidelity and knavery in high places.
But it is certain that Shakespeare would
have had field day with the situation
in which the rulers of his Sceptred isle
find themselves today.
Mr.. Profumo who loved not wisely,
but too we'll (Othello), might consider
himself to be Fortunes fool Il Henry
IV) and wretched soul, bruised with
adversely Titus Andronicus). With
Richard II, he may well cry, 20, call
back yesterday, bid time return!" Or
echo Henry WIS Cardinal Wolsey:
Farewell! a long farewell to all my
greatneSS!"
Thinking of Christine Keller, he
must regret that deceit should dwell in
such gorgeous palace (Romeo and
Juliet. AS he reads her memoirs in
the penny press, he would agree with
Portia on how hard it is for women to
keep secret.
AS for Christine herself, at seems
she hangs upon the cheek of night like
a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; beauty
too rich for use, for earth too dear"
(Romeo AGAIN. But the unrepentant
temptreSs merely smiles and tells those
who dare: Approach thou like the rug
ged Russian bear" (Macbeth.)
I'VE have willing danes enough"
(Macbeth) says DR.. Ward, adding with a
smirk, otis ever common that men are
merriest when they are from home"
Henry w. Urging his guests to commit
the Oldest sins the newest kind of ways
III Henry IV), he says, Come, unbut-
ton here -. IT'S a naughty night to
swim in" (King Lear) A worthy sue
SSooOA w NAOooAAo uAAOACS 11C
might even expect that all pitiful goers-
between be called after my name"
Mr.. Macmillan, like Lear a man
more sinn'd against than SHINING, echoes
Duncan as he says Of his erstwhile war
minister, He was gentleman on whom
I built an absolute trust" Facing up to
the scandal, which 'popp'd between the
election and my hopes" the Prime Min
lister admits sadly, Our revels now are
ended" (The Tempest), and urges his
party, "Let us make an honorable re-
treat" Gas You Like it, He might try
Henry v exhortation-"Cry God for
Harold England and st. GeorgeP but
it probably won't do him much good.
The House Of Commons, more in
sorrow than in anger (Hamlet), will
pronounce its verdict: I'VE may pity
though not pardon thee. COMEDY Of
Errors) The game is up" (Cymbeline)
But the last word, naturally, comes
from Puck:
Lord, what fools these mortalS bel"
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FOCUS ON THE NEWS
~1 BY CHARLES BARTLETT


ciplined corps Of over 200, 900
men, leaves two main bodies
with whom insurgent Cubans
must cope: Some $4,000 indi-
genous soldiers who will pre-
sumably fight for the regime
and the Russian contingent,
whose precise n u m b n and
intentions in the face Of an
uprising are unknown.
The United States Govern
ment has committed itself to
action If the Russian troops
should try to repress a popu-
lar rebellion against Mr.. Cas-
tro. The dominant official
belief is that the Soviets do
not intend to maintain a gar
rison in Cuba that would be
adequate to contend with q
broad = based uprising. Mr..
Castro is being given more
and more weapons TO bolster
his own position but the pre-
vailing Washington view is
that Premier Khrushchev is
slowly reducing his troops on
the island and does not in
tend to let Soviet soldiers be-
come Mr.. Castro's balance Of
power.
The exile sentiment Is d.
vided between some who
hope for an imminent clash
between Cubans and Russians
that will give President Ken
nedy an excuse to invade and
others who want the liberia
ton to be achieved, possibly
next year, by an uprising de-
void Of participation by either
Americans or Russians.
Fear Premature Clash
The great fear now among
the latter group is that the
guerrillas' accelerating activ-
ity may precipitate q pre-
mature clash with q Soviet
detachment which could be
interpreted in Cuba as the
call for formal invasion and
In Washington as insufficient
grounds for taking the step.
1t is clear that many Cubans
nurse q more liberal in
depreciation Of the United
States commitment to OPP
pose Russian Intervention
thar the President would be
likely to accept. II this dis
parity came to O showdown,
hopes would be raised and
dashed and the goal Of lib
Grafton would suffer.
The ineptitude Of Mr.. Var
ona's announcements last
week reflected the frayed
nerves and impotence which
afflict many Of the Cuban
patriots and hold the con-
tinuing danger Of rash STRAIT
egies which may damage the
Cuban cause. The best hope
for Cuba's return to normal
government appears still to
lie in the unravelling Of Mr..
Castro's authority to the
point where it can be put
aside by Cuban hands.
20 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-27

The ballyhoo invasion of
Cuba was an unhappy mis-
use Of publicity. but 1t has
offered the public some In
sight into the opportunities
and dangers that exist In the
present situation on the is
land.
The publicity was the dy-
ing political gasp Of q group
Of Miami Cubans, led by An.
tonic de Varona, who had
hoped to ride the vehicle Of
the Cuban Revolutionary
Council and the back of Uncle
Sam into power In Havana.
They distorted valid informa-
ton on anti Castro operations
In a futile attempt to project
their fading apparatus into
the forefront Of the struggle.
Younger Men Rise
The Council lost It's stand
ing with the Cubans through
Its dependence on Washing
ton and. its tie with WASH
ington through the impat-
fence Of Miro Cardona. 1t APP
pears still, for some unknown
reason, to be receiving finan-
cial support from the CHA,
but its demise as o political
force is generally recognized.
The exile leadership is pass
ing to younger men who are
more intent upon cultivating
their links with the active
Cuban underground than
upon maintaining favor in
Washington.
The publicity disclosed q
hopeful fact--that guerrillas
are able now to penetrate the
island. cache arms, and stay
alive within Cuba. Official
spokesman talked Of 40 or so
men and it actually appears
that small groups totalling
this number were able to in
filtrate the shoreline over q
period Of several weeks. This
is far from an invasion, but
1t is a marked loosening of
the situation last year when
Fidel Castro's informer sys-
tenn made 1t almost impos-
sible for any Cuban to return
from Miami and settle into
the island with strong hopes
Of survival.
This new opportunity de-
rives in part from the anxiety
Of the Cuban nlilitiamen, dis
quieted by doubts over Mr..
Castro's tenure and democrat
lied by their subordination to
the Soviets, to ingratiate
themselves with the people
who will be left after Mr..
Castro is gone. Many Of the
militia are seeking their line
Of retreat from him and the
ambivalence Of their loyalties
holds considerable promise
for the security Of guerrillas
in this period and for their
support when the uprising
comes.
The deterioration Of this
force, once regarded as a dis
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Pupil Policy

Since the Arlington County
School Board has rescinded
It's unconstitutional transfer
policy based on race. ! should
like TO propose an alternative
policy with no reference to
race. This would provide that
any pupil In an Arlington
public school may transfer TO
any other school In the county
with only three restrictions:
ID He should be eligible In
terms Of age and academic
achieve m emit: (2) notice
should be given TO the school
administration we'll in adj
vance Of the school year;
and go his parents should
guarantee to provide any
necessary transportation.
This proposal was suggested
by the policy adopted for the
Amidon School In the Dis
trict, where any pupil may
apply II his parents are will
ing TO provide transportation.
Such q policy would not only
permit pupils TO remain In
distant schools, provided their
parents would furnish trans
portation. II would also per-
NIT any pupil 10 transfer 10
any school under the same
condition.
! think liberal transfers
Of this kind might serve 10
relieve tensions. Arlington
citizens and their School
Board should give the matter
serious consideration.
Ernest w. Grove
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-27
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
Alcoholism a Russian Problem, Too
BY RALPH McGILL

his favorite drink. Extreme
retching results. The treat
ment continues. Soviet psy-
chiatrists report that after
from eight to 40 such ''treat-
ments," vomiting takes place
as q conditioned reflex" In
other words. 50 conditioned
does the patient become that
the very sight of a bottle
makes him Immediately Ill.
SOts Given Emetlcs
In some clinics, Soviet doc
tors report, the very con-
firmed drunkards require o
more powerful emetic. In
these cases the alcoholic is
confronted with his bottle
and then made to swallow q
mixture Of codliver oil, castor
oil, glauber's salt Sodium
sulphate) and copper sui
phate. These essentials are
mixed in distilled water and
administered three times o
day. II is said that the worst
Of sots will go for a consid-
cradle period Of time after
having had some 40 days Of
such treatments.
Patients are required to re-
port to psychiatric centers
after being released from the
apomorphine treatments. One
Of the group therapy treat
ments Is to play back to the
patients q tape recording Of
one Of the members talk dur
ing one Of his worst periods
Of drunkenness.
Results are not too salts
factory--a conclusion reached
by treatment centers in the
United States.
II all adds up to the fact
that as a society becomes
more prosperous its problems
Of anti-social behavior. such
as drunkenness or chasing
after the Christine Keelers
Of this world. will become
more common and demand-
ing. The Soviets are more
direct-but no more success
full.
Apomorphine. anyone7 ~
GAN Rights Reserved L"
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Keeps Up With Jones

We are tardy IN expressing
our appreciation for The
Stars addition OF Jenkin
Lloyd Jones to its family.
His pungent column Of June
II, How TO Punish Tough
Punks." reminded us TO sub
stitute action for procrasti-
nation.
Mr.. Jones' column is the
best thing that has happened
TO The Star In recent years.
Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Snyder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-27


Q. Is II possible 10 see
both the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans at some point IN
Central American WI.
A. On q clear day, both
oceans are visible from Iraxu,
q volcano 1920 feet high,
in the center Of Costa RIGA.
@. Why Is there a dot over
the small letter j7-E. I.
A. This letter Is really q
variant Of the dotted letter
l. The consonant ] did not
appear in the Latin and other
alphabets of western Europe
until the 18th century. Up
TO this time. II was repre-
scented by the letter 1. In
manuscripts. the letter 1 was
carried slightly below the
line 10 indicate that II was
being used as a consonant,
and this elongated form
crept into the alphabets.
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next two years. Unless the
Fulbright bill, prohibiting
such buildings in residential
neighborhoods, Is enacted In
the meantime, there is moth
ing to stop any chancery
from being established in
any neighborhood, regardless
Of coming regulations.
The Chevy Chase and
Hawthorn Citizens Associ-
atoms SHOULD, therefore,
carry their fight into the
courts. They deserve the sup
port Of all organizations and
individuals who are tired Of
seeing their city run by arbi-
trary, capricious and unjust
decisions from very = high
up" rather than by demo-
cratic processes.
Philip H. Love.
y =
The will of the Chevy
Chase and Hawthorne Citi-
zens Association has been
subjugated to certain politi-
cal demagogues Of the D. c.
Government In establishment
Of o Soviet Embassy on the
Bonnie Brae estate.
D. c. officials seem to pre-
fer to play ball" with the
State Department rather than
with citizens opposed to this
coming adjustment.
The State Department ap-
pears to place the wants Of
the Soviet Union far above
those Of citizens Of the Dis
trict who, among other
things. must contend with the
corporations of diplomatic
immunity.
Richard L. Mattingly, Jr.
Taxation without repre-
sentation was the funda-
mental cause Of our revolu-
ton; taxation without rep
resentation stimulated the
Boston Tea Party; taxation
without representation is the
plight Of the citizens Of
Chevy Chase who are fight
ing the building Of q Soviet
Embassy-Chancery on Ore
gon Avenue.
In this Republic we have
no elected representatives to
protect us or act on our be-
half. We had hoped in vain
that the principles Of de-
mocracy would not be ig-
nored when we raised our
collective voice in protest
against granting Of the vari-
ance required for the Soviet
building. Our voices were ig-
nored and the democratic
process played out in the
useless public hearings be-
fore the Board Of Zoning
Adjustment was q travesty.
Some say this is not de-
mocracy but fascism; others
call 1t rule by the elite; still
others refer to 1t as the
new frontier Of socialism.
Whatever 1t is. it Is a defeat
for the American tradition.
Henry @. FitzPatrick.