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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Tasker and
son, Westminster, spent from
Thursday until Sunday with their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Zim-
norman, Jr., and Mr., and Mrs.
Russell Tasker.
Mrs. Asa Lewis spent the week
end in Bethesda with her daugh-
ter. Miss Elaine Lewis and while
there attended The Ice Capades
and viewed the painting of the
Mona Lisa on exhibition in Wash
ington.
James Fazzalari remains pa
tient in Garrett County Memorial
hospital lie was visited this week
by his two sons. Frank Fazzalari
end Dr.. Paul Fazzalari His daugh-
ter, Mrs. Donald Clement Walling-
ford Conn, has been visiting here
for several days.
Mrs. c. M. Sincell returned to
her home in Frederick last Sat
urday after having visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert J. Ruckcrt for sew
eral weeks. She was accompanied
to Frederick by Mr.. and Mrs
Ruckert who visited briefly with
Mr.. Ruckerts father. Lawrence
Ruckcrt, at Halethorpe They re-
turned home on Sunday
Among the students from West
Virginia university, MorgantoWn
who are spending a few days al
their homes between semesters
are Doris Updyke, Susan Gibson
Jack Gnegy, Barry Sanders, Dick
Snyder, Jack Burns, Tom Forman
Robert Michael, Ron ColaW, Steve
Malone, Porter WEIGH, Jane Hanst
I James Bucket. Lawrence Harvey
Ken Martin, Willard Ann Glot
felty, Curtis Rhodes. Leo Martin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-31
WSCS Circles To Meet

The four circles of the WSCS of
st. Paul's Methodist church, Oak
land, win meet Wednesday, Feb
ruary 6. There will be bank open
ing at all circles.
Circle l, Mrs. S. r. Naylor,
leader, will meet at $50 p. M, at
the church, for supper. Each mem
Der may bring a guest.
Circle 2, Miss Icie Friend, leader,
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Grover Stemple. hostess. at 8 p.
m.
Circle 8, Mrs. Ray Teets, leader,
will meet with Mrs. Harold H.
Harmed. with Mrs. John burst as
sisting, at 8 p. m.
Circle 4, Mrs. Robert J. Flah-
erty, leader, will meet at the
home of Mrs. Scott w Shirer
with Mrs. George Stuck as CO.
hostess at & D. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
For q Solution

The American reaction appeared
to be q combination Of patience
and caution. There was q feeling
that perhaps the Franco-American
differences could be worked out,
although some Of our efforts in
this direction, such as the Nassau
agreement and offer Of Polaris
missiles to France, were clumsy.
The close friendship Of Chancel-
lor Adenauer Of powerful West
Germany with Gen. de Gaulle and
the philosophical comradeship
between the two dictated q careful
approach on the part Of the
United States in pressing its
views.
While no one In the upper strata
Of Washington officialdom will say
that our patience with Paris is
wearing out, 1t is wearing thin. And
the October transfer Of power from
Mr.. Adenauer to Ludwig Erhard,
the new Chancellor Of West Ger
many, has brought this to public
attention.
Although Mr.. Erhard Is playing
his own cards carefully, It is
clear that Franco German rela-
tons will not be as close as they
were in the Adenauer days be-
cause the new Chancellor desires
a more unified Europe tied closely
to the United States.
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an Atlantic alliance, an interde-
pendent United States and Europe.
These Franco-American differ
ences have resulted In O divisive-
ness within NATO. The apparent
recession Of the Soviet threat and
the growing strength-economic
and military-of France and other
European powers has accelerated
the development Of this split In
political thought and action.
The United States has hereto
fore largely turned the other
cheek when Gen. de GauIle has
acted In q unilateral way and has
attempted to lead Europe along
the path he has chosen. The
withdrawal Of the French fleet
from the NATO command and the
blocking of Great Britain's bid for
entry into the European Common
Market, as two cases in point, pro-
voked evaporation in Washing
ton, but the evaporation was
controlled and for the most part
only obliquely registered in public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Space:
No Race?

President Kennedy said last
week he was not convinced that
the Russians had Withdrawn
from the race to the moon de-
spite Premier Khrushchev's
statement to that effect. Mean
while, the debate over the pace
and financing Of our own lunar
program continued.
When Sir Bernard Lowell. direc-
tor Of Br1tain's Jodrell Bank OBJ
servatory. returned from Q visit to
the USSR last summer he asserted
that he could find no evidence that
the Russians were in q race TO the
moon.
His Judgment Of the situation
did not convince Americas space
officials or President Kennedy, for
that matter. The President told
a news conference, In effect, that
he had no information that the
Russians were not trying to send
q man to the moon and bring him
back before the United States did
so. He made it clear, too, that
we would continue to push our
top priority program to achieve
this lunar first" before the end
Of 1869.
The fact that Soviet Cosmo-
naut Yuri Gagarin and Ambassa-
dor Dobrynin both said that their
country had Q moon program did
not directly challenge the Lowell
judgment that the USSR did not
have o crash effort under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Bold Talk

Last week, in the wake Of the
above, the United States spoke
more boldly to Gen. deGaulle and,
it should be added, to its other
NATO partners.
In an address In Frankfurt, at
q dedication of . memorial to
Gen. George Catlett Marshall,
Secretary Rusk. his eye undoubt-
edly fixed on France. warned Of
the "counsels Of yesterday" who
would take Europe and the United
States back toward higher tariffs,
narrow markets and the ECO
nomic augmentation" Of the free
world. Then he appeared to fling
a challenge at Frances Common
Market partners when he said:
I'VE are all aware Of certain
problems In the transatlantic
relationship. My own impression
is that these are not truly trans
Atlantic in character, but stem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Buddhist Drive

1t was Diem regime massacre
Of a group Of Buddhists in the
city Of Hue In May which set off
the antigovernment drive by the
monks. q drive which soon be-
came political, with all anti-Diem
groups taking part.
When Special Forces units,
under the command Of Mr.. Nhu,
raided Buddhist pagodas and
killed and arrested q number of
monks on August 81, the opposi-
ton to Mr.. Diem mounted.
President Kennedy then decided
that he must work for Changes
in policy and perhaps in per-
sonnet" in South Wet Mans
government.
WaShington's confidence in the
coup Is nourished by the fact that
its leader Is pro-American and
non-political and that the man
chosen by the junta to be provi-
sional President Is q respected
politician who had no stomach
for the represSive measures Of the
Diem regime although he was a
member Of it. These men, in or
der, are:
. Major Gen. Duong Van Mini,
: AZ, an old acquaintance Of Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of
our Joint Chiefs Of Staff, and a
South Wet Namese hero Of the
war against the private armies Of
the powerful Binh Xuyen sect in
1855. He had lately been military
adviser to Mr.. Diem, but he was
largely ignored by the latter, who
was said to have feared his popu-
larity. The tall and plump gen.
eral is known as big Mini" and
Beo Cat Boy.
Q Nguyen Ngoc Tho, about IS,
was Vice President under Mr..
Diem and the ranking Buddhist
In the deposed government. He
was regarded as q leader in q
campaign to conciliate South Wet
Mans dissident Buddhist MAORI
ty. He is known to be q close
friend of big Minis" His ac-
ceptance Of the provisional PreSi-
dency will tend to give a cloak Of
legality to the revolutionary re-
gime.
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BlOugh Angle

Asked later at his press confer
ence whether the issue might
affect Tuesdays mayoralty race
there. President Kennedy said
that it could. Racial matters last
week even intruded into the Pres
ident's old and sometimes stormy
relations with President Roger
Blough of United States Steel
Corp. A questioner asked how Mr..
Kennedy felt about Mr.. Blough's
refusal to use economic pressure
to improve the Negro-white cH-
mate in Birmingham, Ala.
Refusing to be mouse-trapped,
the President said the steel execu-
tive had been helpful" on some
Birmingham cases and hoped he
would use his influence to bring
peace.
(Mr. Blough, In an On the
Record interview published In
The Star last Sunday. noted
that about 80 per cent Of his
conApany's employees in Bir-
mingham are colored0
If any doubts remained that the
race issue would not keep bubbling
next year, q fraeas within q. o. p.
ranks dispelled that last week.
Sixty-ei House Republicans met
in a protest against the way their
chieftain, Representative Charles
Halleck, had engineered a COM
promise with Democrats on the
rights bill.
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The Troops

There does not appear to be any
great hope at the moment that
they will, although the French
leader Is not as inflexible a. some
Of his critics suggest. The New
York Times reported that the re-
cent Common Market talks with
Britain made it clear that - new
rapport between Paris and Lon
don is In the making" II this Is
so, a new assessment Of Franco
American relations would be in
order.
Bonn-Washington relations also
were in the news last week and
again the focus was on American
intentions in connection with our
combat troops In Germany.
Although Mr.. Rusk had pledged
anew that the United States had
no intention to withdraw any of
these forces as long as they are
needed. there were later so-called
authoritative reports that we
planned to bring home Q 5000
man regiment.
Mr.. Kennedy was inevitably
asked about this at his news con-
ference on Thursday. He was
ready for it. Reading from o pre-
pared statement, he said fatty
that I'VE intend to keep our COM
bat forces In Germany as they
are today" pointing out that the
number is above our NATO COM
mitment. Some logistical and sup
port personnel viii be returned,
however. The Kennedy statement
presumably closes the isSue-at
least for the present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Africa:
A Cease Fire

Algeria and Morocco signed .
ceaSe-fire pact I'm their border
dispute last week. Thirty-natiOn
Agrican Unity Organization win
attempt to settle dispute.
The October border war between
Algeria and Morocco officially was
ended on Friday ct midnight. The
durability of the ARRANGEMENT re-
manned q matter Of speculation,
however, and new and more
ominous consequences for North
Africa drew increasing attention
in world capitals.
The cease fire meeting took
place in Bamako, the capital Of
newly independent Mali, on Tues
day and Wednesday. 1t was largely
brought about by the persistence
Of Emperor Halle Selassie of
Ethiopia. Under the terms Of the
agreement. signed by President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Terms of Bill

Masterminded by Judiciary
Chairman Emanuel Celler and
ranking G. o. P. member William
McCulloch, the bill probably viii
be reported within q week or so,
and should reach q floor vote
some time in late November.
Among its provisions:
. A ban on subjective literacy
tests to bar Negro voters in pres
idential elections Tvs. all State
elections as well In the subcom-
mittee version;
. A ban on discrimination in
public accommodations with q
Mrs. Murphy" clause exempting
rooming houses with fewer than
six rooms. Dropped was Q sweep
ing clause covering all licensed
establishments, which critics
warned could include even pri-
vate schools).
. Authority for the Attorney
General to bring suits over racial
or religious discrimination, once
private parties launch such suits.
eliminated was far broader au-
thority for Justice to sue on vio-
lation Of any constitutional
right)
. Permanent extension Of the
Civil Rights Commission, and
softened authority for o fair en-
ployment practices commission,
subject to court review. Other
sections authorize the Govern
ment to gather statistics on vot-
ing abuses and would permit civil
rights defendants to shift their
cases to Federal courts from
hostile State courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
U. N. Action

While the House parleyed, the
United Nations last week adopted
by an 800 vote q declaration
against all forms Of racial dis
elimination. But the United
States abstained. along with Is
other Western European and Brit
ish Commonwealth nations.
Explanation: The resolution
called upon countries to outlaw
all groups promoting racial dis
elimination, Q clause that the
democracies felt would violate
the freedoms Of expression and
association.
Said Mrs. Jane Warner Dick,
United States delegate: I'VE do
not believe it Is necessary to
restrict freedom for the express
sion of ideas, even ideas we loathe,
in order to overcome discrimina-
ton"
Meanwhile, civil rights advo-
Gates could take announcement
last week from q Federal court
decision In Americas, Ca, which
cleared the way for five prisoners
to be freed on bond, after nearly
three months imprisonment.
The court declared Is uncon-
stitutional Georgia laws prohibit
ing Instruction" and unlawful
assembly. Because the charge of
attempting to incite instruction
was Q capital offense, no bail had
been set. An even uglier note lay
behind the case: Although the
prosecutor denied he would seek it,
the law provided q maximum
penalty of death. What the &C
cused had sought was desegrega-
ton Of a movie theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
G. o. p. Criticism

Insisting that the quarrel was
over procedure, not the issue it
self, the insurgents made 1t clear
they thought Mr.. Halleck has
missed q chance to embarrass the
administration.
What happened was a legisla-
tive plate Of spaghetti so tangled
that the entire House leadership
had to sit down with the admin
istration to find a strand they all
liked.
Fearing that an extremist rights
bill written by liberals in a Judi
ciary Subcommittee last month
would face certain death on the
House floor, the administration
spent days urging leaders to sub
stitute the milder White House
version.
But Republicans were jealous,
wanting some credit in the civil
rights fight, and resented an off
hand wisecrack by Robert Ken
nedy that he hadn't bothered to
read the G. o. p. version last
summer.
What came out Of the peace
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Evidence

The State Department Is said 10
have its own evidence Of the
Cuban war shipments. But WASH
ington has been pictured a. re-
luctant to say 20 publicly because
Of international and domestic
political considerations. It does
not want to jeopardizs the cease
fire nor does 1t want to provoke
new Republican demands to take
action-perhaps q renewal Of q
naval blockade against Cuba or
sanctions against Algeria.
France, which ruled Morocco
until 1856 and Algeria until last
year, never drew up Q formal
border between the two In the
Sahara country. The dispute be-
tween the two neighbors Is in this
desert area. France has taken q
neutral position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Elections Due

There have been reports that
the junta will act promptly to
schedule new elections in South
Wet Nam and turn over the gov
eminent to civilian leadership.
There was, therefore, some dis
appointment when the junta failed
to promise free elections in its
victory message to the people over
the national radio.
If free elections are a concern
military juntas do not have q
reputation for giving up their
power II they are, indeed, truly
independent = there Is q more
serious uncertainty in the situation
in South Wet Nam: What will
the Wet Cong Communist guer-
rillas and their North Wet Namese
masters do to take advantage Of
the violent change Of leadership
In Saigon?
There was o feeling that the
Reds may step up their attacks in
a broad, co-ordinated effort and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
u. S. Forces

Behind this hope, there Is the
one which Defense Secretary Nc
Namara and Gen. Taylor voiced
when they returned from their
recent inspection tour Of South
Wet Nam-that the United States
can soon begin to withdraw some
Of its forces from that country
and that the war can be won by
1865.
AS for speculation, there Is
probably more In Washington on
what part the United States
played. II any, in the coup than
there is on any other aspect of
the situation.
Richard I. Phillips, q State De-
partment spokesman, told re-
porterS:
II can categorically state that
the United States Government
was not In any way involved in
this coup attempt"
II Mr.. Phillips meant only that
no Americans actually fired guns
or Joined the rebelling troops as
they seized control Of Saigon, that
is one thing. But aiding and abet-
ting the coup can hardly be de-
MED and the responsibility Cor
credit for 1t must be assumed,
at least in part. by the Kennedy
administration.
Some observers said that it
would be incredible If the United
States did not play role In the
coup, for the burning question
In that case would be. Why didn't
it? The thought here, Of course,
is that the United States could
not allow q coup Of really unde-
termined origin and direction to
overthrow a regime which, despite
its unpopularity, was prosecuting
a war against the Communists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Arbitration

The A.U.o. council is to ap.
point an arbitration committee
which would inquire into the con.
flicting border claims and sub
NIT its findings and conclusions to
the disputants.
But II Q truce Il &C least set
down on paper, there were serious
Developments last week that did
not portend Q period Of peace and
stability In the North African
area. And this was not simply
that some fighting continued.
The disgusting element was the
fact that Cuba shipped q number
Of Soviet-built tanks, artillery
pieces, planes, vehicles and-the
Morroccans say-"volunteersS TO
Algeria and reports that the
United Arab Republic sent soldiers
and war material TO aid Mr.. Ben
Bella.
These DEVELOPMENTS concerned
Western observers lest they mean
q shift In the military balance Of
power between Morocco and Al
geria, Q shift which could produce
trouble IN the form Of an East
West arms race In the area.
Although the West has not re-
sponded to reported pleas from
Morocco for arms to redress the
balance, continued shipments Of
northumberland weapons 70
Algeria could force it to do 90.
A more concrete result Of the
Cuban and q. A. r. shipments
was Morocco's decision to break
off diplomatic relations with
Communist Cuba and to recall
her ambassadors from Syria and
the q. A. r. because Of what Il
called her Moslem neighbors'
extreme hostility during the
border fight.
The United States BtiIl hes
military personnel In Morocco,
although It 10 In the final stages
Of nQuidating its big atrfield COM
plexes and supporting bases IN
that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

Ben Bella Of Algeria and King
Hassan II Of Morocco, the two
sides agreed to halt the fighting
and to these actions:
. The establishment Of Q com
mission to set Up q neutral, de-
militarized zone In the border
area from which Algerian and
Moroccan troops would withdraw.
Malian and Ethiopian represen-
tatives would Join the combatants
as members Of the commission.
Malian and Ethiopian officers
would supervise the zone.
. A meeting Of the foreign min
isters' council Of the 30-nation
African Unity Organization In thu
Ethiopian capital Of Adds Ababa
CAS- soon - possible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Swift Revolt

The revolt was bloody, but
swift. 1t was all over In IS hours.
The rebels quickly seized the
Saigon international airport, po-
lice compounds, the radio station,
the defense ministry and navy
headquarters. They then launched
the decisive attack on the presi-
Dental palace.
Early reports on the surrender
and status Of Mr.. Diem and his
chief adviser and brother, Ngo
Dinh Nhu. were confusing. First
1t was said that Mr.. Diem was
a prisoner and MIR. Nhu had been
killed. Then came word that both
were being held captive. Finally,
the tunta said that both had COM
United suicide.
Administration sources In
Washington indicated strongly
that they believed the military
junta--this one they hked-was
pro American, anti Communist
and would seek to redress the
grievances Of the Buddhist ma
jority In South Wet Nam. Quick
United States recognition Of the
new regime was indicated.
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Not at Present

Then, last week, Premier Khru-
shchev made it official and what
many Americans thought was
platn-the Russians were not In
a lunar race with the United
States. He did not. however, say
that the Russians had no lunar
program or would not one day 60
to the moon.
In q statement to Q group Of
left-wtng reporters in Moscow, the
Soviet leader declared:
"At the present time we do noe
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from the lack Of an answer TO
the question What is Europe and
who speaks for it?'"
(In private talks, Mr.. Rusk Is
reported to have followed up his
"who-speaks for Europe" ques-
ton with another-"Is 1t Gen. de
Gaulle?O
VIII United States steps toward
the Kennedy grand design" such
as our proposal for . NATo
mixed-manned fleet Of warships
armed with Polaris missiles Is q
move toward q truly independent
European nuclear force, have any
moderating affect on Gen. de
Gaulle's policies2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

there was even some fear that
North Korea might decide that
this Is the time to strike openly
with q drive across the border.
Despite this immediate concern,
however, there was optimism In
Washington and. presumably, In
Saigon-where citizens repeatedly
danced In the streets at the news
Of the overthrow Of the Diem
regime that the long-range mill
tary prospects win be much i'm
proved. The feeling was that q
more popular government will now
be In the drivers seat and q
more vigorous war effort can be
mounted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
The West:
Closer Ties

Secretary Of State Rusk last
week urged our European allies
to speed their political unifica-
ton and increase their eOntribu-
tons to the common defense.
It has been clear for . long,
long time that the stars Of Charles
de Gaulle and John F. Kennedy
are not in syzygy.
Each has his grand design for
the free world and these designs
are In conflict. The French Pres
ident seeks an independent Eu-
rope, composed Of loosely aligned
sovereign states, which would act
as a kind Of third force in world
affairs. President Kennedy seeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Officials Attacked

In completely reversing the line
Of attack, the Federal court also
gave officials Of Georgia, Sumter
County and Americas until next
January to prepare their own de-
tense against charges that they
had conspired to suppress the civil
rights movement in Americas.
It was the first time In the
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