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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
By SYLVIA PORTER

thinking they are doing any,
thing wrong.
Porter: Would sitter laws or
greater law enforcement help to
eliminate this huge drain on
our economy
Burns: Certainly more law
enforcement would, but there's
always the question OF how
much you can spend on law
enforcement. All police depart
ments are undermined.
Some businessmen operate
under the philosophy that 1t
would cost them more TO stop
pilferage than to absorb the
loss or raise prices to cover 1t,
Others, unfortunately, won't
even turn the matter over to
their insurance companies -
preferring simply to get rid of
a man they suspect of wrong
doing. All businessmen should
understand the basic point that
to leave crimes unpublished is
to invite more crimes.
Porter: In addition to prose-
cutting known offenders, how
can company managements
protect themselves against
light fingered employees?
Burns: Much crime would be
eliminated by one easy move:
checking on the background of
prospective employees. Startling
as 1t may seem. many employers
don't even check the references
of those they hire. If some let
tiers don't come back, they fail
to find out why. Companies we
protect ask job applicants to
sign a standard employee record
card which states that appli-
cants must be willing to have
their past record and references
checked by our agency. Among
the questions on this card are:
Have you ever been refused a
bond?" Have you ever been
complained Of, indicted for or
convicted of any violation of
the law or ordinance? If so.
give details" A clear statement
that a company is being pro-
feSsionally protected helps to
eliminate the temptation to-
crime.
Porter: How important is
close checking ofinventories?
Burns: It's vital. for If COM
panies do not have reliable Sys-
TENS to check inventory, any
employe with a little larceny in
his soul is handed a great
temptation. 1t is far more eco
nomical to try to prevent pill
ferage than it is to investi-
gate it.
distributed, 1858, by the Hall Syndicate,
Inc. All Rights ReservedO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
COTTON

NEW YORK CAP). Cotton futures were
firmer this week, closing 90 cents higher
10 s2lS higher. Trading activity I'M
proved somewhat, but price Improvement
came more from a scarcity Of offerings
than from any particularly aggressive
demand.
Exports for the week ended Tuesday
were estimated BY the New York Cot.
ton Exchange Service Bureau al 5000
bales against 5000 last week and 1900
a year ago. For the season so far, ex-
ports have aggregated 3.o3e, 900 bales,
compared with A,l1,ooo BY this time
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
OVER THE COUNTER QUOTATIONS.

The following bid and asked prices
are obtained from the National Ass0cia-
ton Of Securities Dealers, Inc, and other
sources They do not represent actual
transactions; they are inended as a
guide TO the approximate range within
which these securities could have been
sold Indicated by the bid or bought
indicated by the Asked at the time Of
compilation at 4 pm, Friday, June v,
1853 Origin Of any quotation furnished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
COMMODITIES

NEW YORK (APD. The Associated
Press index Of IS key commodities prices
declined this week for the third straight
week.
The index dipped 10 iSq.1 from l5g.e7
lndusirials reached a new 1919 low
Food and livestock also declined. Non.
ferrous metals rose 10 a 1888 high. Also
advancing were grains and cotton and
textiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Hot Pursuit
Decision to Wait

@. Mr.. President, would it be
possible to say, sir, in the event
of future attacks upon our ship
ping in the Caribbean whether
we would turn to the doctrine
of hot pursuit?
A. I would prefer to leave our
status as I have described 1t,
and to make judgments as they
come along. We have made 1t
very clear now that the United
States will take action against
any vessel or plane which at
tacks our planes or vessels. But
the details of those standing
engagements, I think, can wait
on events. But there will be an
initial response. How far the
pursuit would go. and all the
rest is a matter which think
the Secretary of Defense and
the Joint Chiefs Of Staff and
the Secretary of State, we all
might consider as the situation
develops, and as we see whether
today's action was an isolated
incident, the result of a pilot
decision, or was the deliberate
decision by the Cuban govern
ment which forecasts other at
tackS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Prestige Polls
To Be Released

@. -. USIA is keeping secret
so far the prestige polls about
United States prestige abroad,
which you referred to last week.
Do you think that is justified
or might you direct them to re-
lease those polls?
A. -. There are some polls
which would probably be not
in our interest to release. They
really go to the polls which
may have been taken which
involve the personalities of
other countries, policies of
other countries which might
provide some diplomatic en-
barrassment. There is no poll
involving the standing of the
United States or the standing
of any political figure in the
United States that would be
embarrassing to release. -.
-. I think that at periodic
intervals we will be able to re-
lease really all polls unless they
involve directly the interests
Of the United States. and ]
would not think that any poll
dealing with the prestige OF
the United States would in
volve such interests, so we
would be glad to release those
at periodic intervals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
POINT OF VIEW
Jolly Kennedy Is in Control

the centuries. and living from
moment TO moment.
When somebody asked him
II, balancing the withdrawal of
Soviet troops from Cuba and
the attack on the shrimp boat,
we were better off or worse, he
said. Better off or worse than
when2 Yesterday"
He was nightly amused
when somebody asked him TO
pass Judgment on Representa-
tive Adam Clayton Powell,
whose enjoyment Of the larger
life has come under senatorial
censure.
II would not attempt 10
rank Congressman" said the
President. smiling.
He was undismayed by the
attacks from both business and
labor on his tax bill. MY
judgment is we are going 10
get the tax cut"
He. didn't even mind a re-
minder that the "cavemen" on
the Hill still think the troops
and the missiles have not gone
away but merely underground
In Cuba.
Nor did he think the Sc
mantle discussion over whether
the shrimp boat was at
tackled" or merely "harassed"
merited anything but levity.
II would think II you are on
the boat. that is regarded as
an attack" said the Jolly old
salt and news manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
: POINT OF VIEW

body expected 1t to be defen-
sive. He was gay when every
body expected him to be grave
He was dispensing light
heartedness when all thought
that dire warnings were TO be
the order Of the day.
The Presidents mood is al
ways a matter OF national con-
Germ. II he is sombre, people
think things are worse than
they had imagined.
II he is happy the same day
an American shrimp boat is
attacked by Cuban MICS, then
his enemies must sourly con-
clude that he knows something
they don't know.
The Presidents unaccount-
able good cheer might possibly
have arisen from his imminent
departure for Florida which is,
OF course, nearer TO Cuba in
space. but possibly further
away In terms OF conversation.
Or he might have been
savoring the thought that
Fidel Castro was getting his
Jumps from Premier Khrush-
chev as well as from himself.
Or he might have decided on
balance that this weeks mis-
haps were minor compared TO
what has been happening since
the first OF the year.
Anyway. he indicated early
he is taking the advice OF
homely philosophers through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
No DeudIine on Tests

@. Mr.. President, just before
Senator Humphrey left Geneva,
he said that unless a nuclear
test agreement were in final
stages of preparation by April,
that mankind might lose for
ever this unique opportunity
for agreement.
Do you think that April
should be more or less the dead
line month which will deter
mine whether the Soviets ever
intend TO agree to this?
A. No, I don't think April LIST
in the sense Of sort OF an ulti-
matum. I would hope that we
would have progress by April
LIST, but that is five weeks
away. There are a good many
detailed matters to be settled
1 would think by springtime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer

Management Of the news is a
universal practice among pri-
vate citizens.
They say they feel fine when
they have a headache. They
tell a woman her hat is pretty
when they think II is a catas-
trophe. When somebody asks
them why they weren't at a
party 10, which they were not
invited they say they had a
date or the Asian flu.
Individuals get away with II.
Governments do not, as the
Kennedy administration has
learned since one Of It's spokes-
men spoke unguardedly Of the
Governments right 10 lie"
The President really caught
II yesterday on the subject.
May Craig, the Portland (MeJ
correspondent who has been
scolding Presidents since Roose-
welt, in one mastery sentence
asked the President 10 define
news MANAGEMENT and told him
10 stop doing II, whatever 1t Is,
Mr.. Kennedy said that II he
was managing the news he
was having very limited sue
cess" But his whole news con-
ference was a brilliant exer-
else In the management Of
news.
He used his conference as an
offensive weapon when every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Bamboo Curtain
Isn't Soundproof

the Colonial office watched.
Ahead, Chinese soldiers in
the brown tunics Of commu-
nism stood looking. They
carried Bren guns slung on
their backs. Beside them was
a white switch tower en-
blazoned with a large red
star. Above the tower, a red
flag with five stars flew.
Behind the brown noun
tains behind the tower, are
500 million Chinese - good
people for the most part, with
a militant, inefficient gov
eminent.
The summer before, I
drove through GRANDCHILDREN
Tor into Berlin East. This is
the other side Of the curtain
Of communism. It was a
sweet Sunday afternoon.
There are l.3 million persons
in Berlin East but I could not
find more than three or four,
no matter where I looked.
Russian soldiers were every
where, but Germans were
not to be seen.
Between the two sides Of
the curtain are $50 million
people. From what I saw Of
them, in Berlin and at 10
WI, they are poor and spirit
less. The American laborer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
JIM BISHOP

Lo WI is not a town. It's a
railroad station. 1t sits for
lorn and deserted beside the
Shamshun River. A cast-iron
bridge with tracks crosses the
muddy stream. A year ago I
stood on the bridge. This is
the Bamboo Curtain. The
end of the world
The British. keep their
people away from it. No one
is permitted within two miles
Of 10 WI without a pass and
an escort. The 80 million
people Of Hong Kong are glad
to obey. They live in the
steamy apartments of Kow-
loon. Deep Water Bay. Vic
toria and Repulse Bay. The
connecting links between the
world of capitalism and the
world of communism are
two: the iron bridge and a
fat water pipe.
The pipe brings water from
Communist China to the
Crown Colony Of Hong Kong.
Without it, Hong Kong can
not exist.
ONCE A DAY, the Canton
train brings refugees to the
edge Of the Bamboo Curtain.
The cars are strung out be-
hind an old steam locomotive
and the Chinese get off on
the mainland side of the
bridge to await papers to 60
across to the Free World.
They gauge the sun and sit
in the shadow of the iron
bridge. There are men, wom-
en-. babies. Furniture is piled
on strong backs.
I stood In the middle OF
the bridge, watching. Behind
me, two British officers Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22

DEAR ABBY: Why do peo-
pie hang on to letters and
pictures of a dead romance?
I had a friend who was re-
Gently killed in an accident.
When her employer came to
her wake he brought a box
Of her personal things that
had been locked in her file
at work. He gave them to
her husband. When the hus-
band opened the box, he
found letters and pictures
from a fellow he had sus-
pected his wife was in love
with during the early years
of their marriage. I knew
about this affair and knew
it had been over for years.
The husband didn't know
this. He went to pieces and
did not attend her funeral.
He was located months later,
a broken man, in Skid Row.
Even in death it's the inno-
cent ones who are hurt the
most. Write something about
this In your column, Abby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Other Problems

@. Mr.. President, you indi-
Gated that you have told
Mr.. Khrushchev that 1t would
be difficult to solve other prob
lens until we have the Cuban
problem settled. 1 wonder II
you could tell us what other
problems may be solved after
the Cuban problem?
A. Well, we have got a good
many matters which are of
concern to us. I didn't put it
quite that way. But there are
a good many matters involving
disarmament and all the rest,
matters which We are now in
conversation with, and quite
obviously what happens in
Cuba affects our ability to work
out equitable arrangements
with them.
@. Would you think Berlin
would be a problem that could
be settled. and II so, perhaps
how?
A. I don't know whether an
equitable solution can be work.
ed out in Berlin.
At the present time, this
question Of further explora-
tory talks has come up, and
we are now considering
whether there is a satisfactory
basis for negotiations but
we have not been able to reach
any understanding with the
Soviet Union on some Of the
basic principles which we
believe essential for the main
tenance Of the viability Of the
nify
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
The Need to Inhibit
Spread of Alarms

@. Mr.. President, what basis
do you have. sir, for your
belief that a test ban treaty
would inhibit the proliferation
of nuclear weapons, and II
you got a test ban treaty, how
would this be used in the case
Of France?
A. Well, in my judgment,
the major argument for the
test ban treaty is the limiting
affect 1t might have on pro-
liberation. Quite obviously, II
1t did not have that affect,
then the treaty would be abb
brogated. and any treaty would
so state. that either side would
have the right TO abbrogate the
treaty II proliferation resulted.
Now, on the question of
France, France has been rec
ognized as a nuclear power
by the Soviet Union. II would
be UP 10 the Soviet Union to
make a judgment as to what
action they would take on the
treaty, II France continued to
test. This Is a matter which
we will have TO discuss with
the Soviet Union. In addition,
we are concerned about other
countries testing, so the
Soviet Union and the United
States and Great Britain
would have TO make a judg-
ment as TO the position OF
France. after consultation with
France, and would also make
a judgment as TO what action
we might take II other coun-
tries tested. There is no
guarantee. II we sign a nuclear
test ban, that 1t will end pro-
liberation. II is, however. our
feeling that the Soviet Union
would not accept a test ban
unless they shared our view
that proliferation was unde-
sirable, and II might be a
weight In the scale against
proliferation, and I so regard
II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22

proves that the Soviet weapons
in Cuba are not defensive. Will
this incident cause the admin
istration to re-evaluate its de-
finition between offensive and
non-offensive weapons?
A. A MIG, with its
rather limited range, is not re-
garded ordinarily as an often
sive weapon, and the attack
which took place on this YES
sci, which was lying in the
water and which did not, as
l understand, carry any flag,
was relatively-it was 40 miles
or SO off the coast Of Cuba. I
don't think that that changes
our definition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22

1t could spare others that
kind Of misery.
A FRIEND.
You expressed IL very well.
Let this be a warning to all
who have such souvenirs
locked in files, vaults and
drawers. Dig them out-fOr
the sake of the living who
love yOu-and give them a
private burial.
DEAR ABBY: What do you
do when a girl writes your
initials all over her note
books, school books and even
on her arms in red and black
ink? I am the boy and l
don't like it one bit. She
never was my girl and never
will be. The whole school
thinks I am her boyfriend.
Please print this so the kids
at school will get it straight.
SO. s.
The girl Is childish and
there is nothing you can do
about 1t. If you make a fuss,
she'll have attracted your at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22

from Cuba and we will be
watching the progress that is
made in that area over the
next three weeks.
don't think we know the
full reasons behind this attack
on this vessel, whether it was
a deliberate decision by the
Cuban government or a de-
cision by the pilots involved.
In any case, 1 think we made
it very clear what our response
will be and we would hope that
this response would make any
future attacks such as this I'M
likely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-22
Widower Inherits
Wife's Love File
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
tentiOn, which is what she Is
trying to do. Ignore her and
she'll 90 away.
DEAR ABBY: My father
died a few months ago leav-
ing my mother alone. In or
der to supplement her income
she decided to rent her
downstairs. She asked me to
help fix 1t up, so I agreed.
My wife screamed bloody
murder. She said I never
painted or repaired our house
and had no business doing 1t
for my mother. Abby, my
wife's attitude has torn me
to shreds inside. / am the
only son and my mother
could not afford a profess
sional decorator. Was I wrong
in helping my mother? What
is wrong with my wife?
.HEARTSICK.
You were NOT wrong to
have helped your mother and
/ think your wife Is head
sick.
(McNaught Syndicate, Incl
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Seeking Withdrawal
OF Soviet Troops

@. Mr.. President, some
French newspapers seem to be
convinced that there is q quid
pro quo arrangement between
Washington and Moscow on
removal Of troops and other
matters. Could you indicate
what sort Of diplomatic lever
age this Government has used
to bring about the troop with
drawal?
A. Yes. I think on November
9Th. in a letter to Mr.. Khru-
shchev, I indicated that the
continued presence Of troops al
we'll as the bombers were a
matter Of great concern to us,
and he wrote back, as I said
before, in November, saying
that in due course or in due
time that he planned to remove
those troops which were nee
essary to the defense of the Of
fensive weapons.
We have been back to him on
this matter several times, most
recently by Mr.. Rusk and Mr..
Dobrynin, and Saturday Mr..
Dobrynin gave the message
which has been already an
nounced. So that we have kept
at it. indicated that we believe
it creates tension in the Car
ibbean and also makes it more
difficult for us to adjust our
other problems between the
Soviet Union and the United
States as long as this is being
used as a military base by the
Soviet Union