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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27

proval or modification by
the Interstate Com merce
Commission. :"
This feature of the pro-
posed measure has been crit
icized from various quarters,
but without convincing rea-
sons. The u utilization VI a
great Federal administrative
body that has long been es-
tablished, and is presently
operating with an adequate
existing staff of experienced
assistants, seems plainly pre-
ferable to the appointment
and organization of any who'll
ly new agency to act in this
field. AS compared with spe-
cial "arbitrators" appointed
ad hoe to do this particular
Job, the ICC will have a bet
ter chance to function i'm
partially and to establish
quasi-judicial standards for
its work in this field.
But there is another fea-
ture Of the Presidents plan
that deserves great emphasis.
These are the provisions In
Section 7 Of the Presidents
legislative draft that are de-
signed TO displace and ex-
clude the operation OF the
Norris-La Guardia Act Of
1882 from the area of gov
ernmental action now TO be
entrusted TO the ICC.
The Norris-La Guardia Act
al Stat. 10, 20 use. Para.
l04) has long been accepted
as denying courts Of the I'm
tied States jurisdiction TO is
sue any injunction or order
in labor disputes to prevent
any persons singly or in con-
cert who are participating in
such disputes from
IA Ceasing or refusing to
perform any work or to re-
main In any relation Of en-
ployment," or
"e) Giving publicity TO the
existence of, or the facts in
volved in any labor dispute,
whether by a Advertising,
speaking, patrolling or by
any other method not involv-
ing fraud or violence" or
ID Advising, urging or
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otherwise causing or induc-
ing without fraud or violence
the acts heretofore speci-
fled"
The Norris-La Guardia Act
is still is force and has not
been displaced as regards q
labor controversy like the
present one by any Of the
provisions Of the Labor Man.
agement Act Of 1947 (the
Taft Hartley Act) or any Of
the later amendments there
to. (See Sinclair Refining Co.
VS.. Atkinson $40 U. S.; IS,
decided June 10, 1882. The
statute proposed by the Pres
ident would however displace
the restrictions of the Nor
ris-La Guardia Act so far as
concerns ICC decisions in the
class Of labor disputes which
it is to be given power to set
tie and "adjudicate" by APP
propriate orders.
1t should be evident to any
one who will reflect carefully
on the matter that the pro-
posed right Of the ICC TO in
woke the injunctive powers Of
the judicial courts of the Un-
tied States will be indispen-
sable to the practical carry
ing out Of any scheme that
has been publicly suggested
for the governmental settle
ment OF labor disputes Of the
type and magnitude Of the
present nationwide railroad
controversy.
.TnuS however 'unpopular"
any significant restriction on
the present scope Of the Nor
ris-La Guardia Act may seem
to be among labor spokesman
and labor leaders, such a
truly necessary legislative
change should not and will
not, when fully considered
and understood. be truly
unacceptable to patriotic and
nationally minded people in
any part Of the United States
whatever their particular
economic or social affilia-
tons may be.
Charles s. Collier,
Professor Of Law Emeritus.
George Washington Univer-
sity.
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elsewhere do not need to concern them
selves And even If these murderers
should be caught, the road between
arrest and final conviction has been
made hard and uncertain by judicially-
imposed restraints on police and prose-
cutor.
When the odds are reckoned, the
killers OF Newell ElliSon-or any killers
in a similar case-Stand an excellent
chance in Washington of going uncaught
and unpublished.
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'OVeTkM Nonsense

Your August 20 editorial,
"Overkill Nonsense" is, how
ever well-intentioned, funda-
mentally in error not only in
misunderstanding the term or
facts of "overkill" but in up
holding the preposterous
position of allowing the exist
ence Of conditions that may
result in a catastrophe war of
two Cor more) thermometer
titans that would spell VIC
tory to neither but unspeak-
able mass suicide to both.
Where there can be no VIC
tory there is no sense to the
destruction Of war, assuming
that war makes sense, for
the national sovereign mott
walton or reason of going to
war against an enemy would
be futile. Each enemy would
so destroy the other, with
thermometer bombs, that
not only there would be no
victory but there would be
few, if any, normal people
left to live. Also, the health
dangers and deformities from
radioactivity would remain
for decades to do the finish
ing touches of torment and
death to the survivors direct
ly or through the contamina-,
ton Of food and air.
If modern civilization is to
survive, war must be elimi-
mated from mans life. How?
BY substituting q structure Of
world law and order,
strengthening the United Ma
lions, world trade, and edu-
eating all peoples everywhere
that they are all members Of
the human family.
OF course a $50 billion de-
tense fund is not whimsical.
But what Of the premise upon
which 1t is based? Has mill
tary might preserved the
peace Of the world in the
Goth or any other century?
Some Of us have lived through
two world wars. Now nominal
peace is q cold war. If mod
ern civilization is to survive
war must be destroyed. In a
sane modern world there is
no alternative to peace. Fifty
billion dollars could well be
used for peaceful pursuits
here and elsewhere. 1t would
be a good start in helping to
eliminate poverty. ignorance,
and disease, and raising the
standard of living around the
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hoping that the brotherhoods
and the roads will come to an
18th hour RECOMMENDATION
could happen but seems en-
tirely improbable. There Is
a variety of opinions in Con-
gresS as to what should be
done. Take, for example, the
proposals of two Republican
Senators-Senator Javits Of
New York and Senator Gold
water Of Arizona. Senator
Javits has urged that Con-
gress act to give the President
the power to take over the
railroads and operate them
in order to avert a strike.
Senator Goldwater's proposal
is much simpler: Put through
a measure outlawing "feath-
EMBEDDING" on the railroads
and the airlines. The Javits
proposal has no merit at all
unless the country is prepared
for permanent Government
ownership and operation.
Even then, if the roads were
taken over by the Govern
ment, the problem Of "feath-
EMBEDDING" woulds remain.
How would the Government
establish new work rules and
enforce them? Or would the
Government just go on pay
ing for work not performed?
Senator Goldwater, in sup
port Of his proposal to outlaw
"featherbedding," points out
that there are laws forbid
ding that practice in every
major industry except the
railroad and airline indus
tries. In his opinion, the
Kennedy administration has
not had the courage to pro-
pose or to support the enact
ment of such a law.
Something Must Be Done
One thing has been accom-
plished by this prolonged
resistance of the railroad
brotherhoods to work rules
that would do away with
"featherbedding" (the use of
firemeh on diesel engines, for
example,. 1t has brought
Congress and the country
face to face with the fact
that something must be done
to prevent clashes between
Big Labor and Big Business,
resulting in strikes or lock-
outs that seriously cripple the
economy Of the whole coIn-
try. Congress has shirked its
responsibility in this field.
1t has done nothing to pro-
tect the public interest. It
has done nothing to make the
antitrust laws applicable-as
they are to businesses-to the
labor unions. It has done
nothing about mass picketing
in Nationwide strikes. Mean
while, the political power Of
the labor unions has grown
tremendously. The unions
have worked at 1t, and hard.
They have their political
organizations and they domi-
nate political parties. If there
are laws to curb business
excuses, there should be laws,
to curb excuses by organized
labor, And If differences.
cannot be settled by negotia-,
ton, they must be settled by,
arbitration.
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in the South as a segrega-
zionist.
Senator Goldwater thinks
this unfair. He suggests that
some Of his speeches and
press conferences in the
South in 1860 were misin-
terpreted. This may be-. But
the people who heard him
seemed not at all confused.
Pupils in the Goldwater
academy talk about lost Ii
berries and privileges. Who
has lost any? One such
speaker actually talked about
the captive farmers who are
regulate d." The farmers
voted in free elections for
any controls that exist. Only
the Congress can correct ad-
mitted flaws in the farm
program. 1t is not the crea-
ton Of 1.-THE Kennedys." The
farmers receive support
prices and if the Goldwater
sloganeers don't believe in
them, let. them make this
plain to the farmers. -
Out-TheOrize Do Coolers
The eager pleaders for
Goldwater conservatism and
an end to what they see as
socialistic practices have not
seen the thousands Of Ameri-
cans in the coal fields of
West Virginia, Kentucky and
Virginia who draw surp lus
food-and live on it. Nor
have they seen the thousands
of displaced small farmers.
Nine million Americans are
being so fed and while a re-
lative handful of these may
not really belong on the rolls,
they are there cause Of
some shenanigans in local
government that puts them
on. The Goldwater cheer
leaders obviously have never
really spent days In the fetid.
sinking slums talking with
the people there-and asking
how they feel about 1t. They
are more theoretical than the
most earnest do-gooder.
We have, indeed. as editor
McGinty says, left the pest
houses, and the county poor
farms behind us and substi-
tuted city and county hospi-
tails.
Socialistic co old-a
pensions have replaced the
Christmas charity baskets Of
food and the occasional bum
die Of old clothes from ,i.e
church bazaar. We may, In
time, begin doing even more
for dece mt Americans who
are unemployed because Of
the severe dislocations in the
economy caused by technolo-
gy and alternative inven-
tions. The business Of gov
eminent is people.
(All Rights Reserved
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world. Furthermore, the peo-
Piles of other countries would
gladly cooperate.
. Has modern man no better
way than the outworn, not to
mention unethical, method Of
war to settle national dis
putes? Is the tragic lesson Of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki to
be forgotten or so soon ig-
nored? There is no alterna-
tive today to peace.
Julian Fahy.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSG-
ton. Those not used tDiH be
returned only lDhen accom-
panied by self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27
THE POLITICAL MILL
FiIibuster Against Railroads
By GOULD LINCOLN

For months and years the
railroad unions and their
friends in the Government
and out have filibustered
against any move to do away
with "featherbedding" - do
ing away with jobs for which
no work is done. This in the
face of recommendations by
two presidential boards and a
ruling by the Supreme Court
that the roads have the right
to go forward with the pro-
posed anti featherbedding
rules. The filibuster is still on
and presumably only Con-
gress can break 1t in order to
prevent a Nationwide rail-
road strike beginning
Wednesday night at 1901
O'Clock.
Congress has been con-
fronted by this problem for
weeks and has let the time
slide away without action
like Mr.. Micawber, waiting
for something to turn up. The
something in this case was a
negotiated agreement be-
tween the roads and the
brotherhoods, on which Sec
rotary of Labor Writ has
been working with both sides.
Congress, or many members
of it, afraid of the unions,
preferred to let the Secretary
work at it. The admins
tration, like Congress, has
not wished to have a law
passed that organized labor
does not like.
Threat to Nation
Here Is a great public util-
ity threatened with q disas-
trous strike which would
harm the public interest more
than the roads or the workers
If permitted to go into effect.
Collective bargaining in this
case has broken down. So it
is now proposed to send the
disputes to arbitration, which
would be binding. Loud shouts
go up that compulsory arbi-
tration would force a man to
work whether he wished to or
not. It is a fact, however, that
every other kind Of dispute
between man and man, If not
settled by agreement, must
go into court where q deci-
sion is final under the law.
Other laws have been enacted
regarding labor and manage
ment and their relations to
one another. And it's time
that Congress has the cour-
age to act on this problem
without further delay. The
members now have an oppor-
tunity to stand up and be
counted.
Almost 80 days ago, the
railroads a gain postponed
putting into effect their new
work rules. They were assured
by leading members Of Con-
greSs that something would
be done" If they withheld
action. as they have done
time and time again in the
past. 1t is presumed they will
withdraw their new rules
temporarily If Congress really
shows now that it means
business. Probably some
members Of Congress still are
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Bells Tolls
Roy r. TOrcasO

Senator Humphrey recent
ly protested the ascent toll
on a telephone call to Wash
ington from Dulles Interna-
tional Airport. The Senator
should live in the airport
area. Every call to Washing
ton is a toll call, plus the
Federal tax levied on phone
calls during the war and not
yet repealed by Congress.
In fact, it seems like every
call is a toll call unless you
are calling a neighbor. And
that is difficult, since he S
usually on your own 8-party
line.
GwendnIvn panin
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Bad Cut for the Americas

Although the irter-American ALI
ance for Progress has been disappointing
in many ways-and even moribund in
some places-it still has promise and
vitality in 1t as 1t begins it's third year
Of operations That is why the House,
in making other cuts in the foreign aid
authorization bill, should have supported
the administrators request for $500
million for the alliance in the next fiscal
year.
The House has reduced that figure
by $3.50 million, and President Kennedy
has responded with these words: Under
the terms Of this bill, hopeful social and
economic progress in Latin America will
be stalled and our shield against Com
muniSt aggression in this hemisphere
will be weakened 1t will mean that the
Soviet Union will be giving almost as
much to the small island Of Cuba, as the
United States is to the whole of Latin
America. This is no way to defeat COM
munism :"
These are strong words, and perhaps
bit on the exaggerated and oversim-
,plified side. But there can be no doubt
that the House cut threatens to have
demoralizing effect on all our friends
to the south who believe that there is
something much more than mere rhe-
torical possibilities in the Alliance for
Progress. And this is particularly true
because Of the fact-aS Just emphasized
by DR.. Milton Eisenhower (who strongly
oil kha% aaIa
enterprise is under heavy attack from
the extremists. These include, at one
end, the Communists, who regard chaos
as their best handmaiden. And at the
other end, according to DR.. Eisenhower,
ARE the oligarchists, the privileged, who
stand for nothing but the most glacial
sort Of social change"
1t is against these opposing oppres-
sive and retrogresSive or stand-still
forces that the Alliance for Progress has
been designed to operate and bring about
better world south Of the Rio Grande.
OF course, not even the most optimistic
New FrontierSman now feels that such
world can be brought into being in a
hurry. But good advances are in sight,
or at least possible. Thus, by way Of
example, Peru, Argentina and the coun-
tries Of Central America are committed
to programs that should lead to genuine
economic, political and social better
ment.
AS for Brazil, the biggest and po-
tentially the richest of all our neighborS
in the Americas, it has done poor Job
trying to curb its initiation and take
care Of its other woes. That is one of the
reasons why the House has voted as 1t
has. We submit, however, that there
continues to be a lot Of hope for the
Brazilians and that the Alliance for
Progress, given time and our country'S
help, will have a chance of attaining
its goals.
Meanwhile, the Senate will do
good days work If 1t undoes what the
House has done in this matter. Mean
while, too, what should be kept in mind
is that the United States withholds
funds from countries like Brazil when
they fail to abide by the alliances rules.
This is fact that should reassure those
who have suspected that our Govern
ment has been Just throwing money
away in the Americas, wantonly, without
any political or other sense.
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PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
Going Backward With GoIdwoter
BY RALPH McGILL

j. Roy McGinty, who has
spent most Of his n years as
a weekly editor In Calhoun,
Georgia, watching the travail
Of change In the Deep South,
has info m e d his readers
that he cannot get mad
enough about things to join
the "hurrah-f o r-Goldwater"
crowd. Mr.. McGinty has been
reading Senator Goldwater's
writings for q long time and
he has put an editorial finger
unerringly on what is wrong
with the Goldwater philoso-
phy-it is negative and 1t Is
vague.
II just don't want to go
backward with Goldwater. I
don't want to go back to the
1905. which may have BEN
the golden age for a handful
of Goldwaters but was pretty
tough for q few mills n
McGintys, Joneses, Br) s1s,
Mac avishes, Pakewskis and
other immigrants working
long hours for a wage that
provided bare existence.
IT don't want to Go Back
with Barry to the time When
the people Of this country cd
not have such 'socialistic'
schemes as rural mail deliv-
cry and rural Identification.
when we had poor houses
and poor farms and pest
houses instead CT social
security and public welfare,
inste I'd of 'socialistic' city
and county hospitals and
communicable disease CEN
tiers.
IntangibIes In Slogans
IT don't want to 60 back,
because I have already lived
through that period, and,
though C heriShing many
fond memories Of those days.
believe me when ! say that
this is q much better day for
a much larger percentage Of
the people"
Senator Goldwater'J :Gl-
lowing are "for" q number of
intangibles contained In slo-
gans. For all It's proclaimed
pragmatism, the Goldwater
school is more lacking in ex-
perience with the present
reality than the ultra liberals
1t most condemns. 1t is all
too easy to retreat from slo-
gans Of the Goldwat err
school. When pushed into a
corner its headmaster and
pupils say, THAT isn't what I
meant"
The Senator, for example,
is the hero Of the Southern
Klans and White Citiz ems
Councils. He is, as a South
ern governor so said in an
swer TO questions at the re-
cent governors conference in
Miami, known and accepted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-27
Rights of ice in Rail Dispute

GwendOlyn Pepin
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-15
| Merit Scholarship
Recognition Won
By 2 More Here

A Prince Edward Academy
senior. Samuel Waverly Putney
III. and a former student, Ann
Barton Field. have received let.
tiers of commentator in recog.
milton of outstanding perform
ance in last years nationwide
Merit Scholarship examinations
Miss Field, Of Hampden-Syd.
ney, has been admitted to Mary
Baldwin College. although she
had one year of secondary
schooling remaining.
AS winners of letters of com.
mendation" for their standing
these two young people have
learned they fall in the top two
per cent of A m e r i a n high
school students for scholarship
June Lanca ster. another
Prince Edward Academy senior
earlier had been named as q
semifinalist in the annucal com
petition. AS a semifinalist. she
will be reexamined anG may
possibly be moved up to finalisl
rating highest which can be
achieved.
The competition does not of it.
self carry any scholarship sti-
Ponds. but high standing in the
examinations has become the
basis for award of scholarships
by many institutions of higher
earning.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-15
Peace Corps Needs
Nine Thousand New
Volunteers

The Peace Corps estimates
that it will require at least 5000
volunteers to meet the requests
Of host country governments in
1864.
These needs in c Jude: 5000
teachers, 1000 community de-
development workers, 100 health
workers, 600 agricultural tech
nlcians and 700 skilled trades.
men, technlcians and profess
SiOnal personnel.
The greatest demand is for
teachers 5000 for secondary
schools, 1000 for elementary and
500 for colleges and universities
An additional 800 volunteers are
needed for the fields OF physl-
cal. vocational and adult educa-
ton.
In the field of health. 500
nurses of all kinds are needed
Another 200 persons will fill
posts as medical. laboratory anu
X-ray techniclans, doctors, den
lists, Sanitarians, etc.
While the demand for agricul-
tural skills cover a wide range
OF subjects, these skllls are mos,
frequently reques ed agricultln-
al extension, irrigation, farm
mechanics, animal husbandry.
agricultural engineering, poul-
ny. dairylne and soil conserva
ton.
The Peace Corps Il interestes
in volunteers who are PLANNING
to retire and also those elieiDl
for a leave of abasnce from
their present employment.
Applicants are advised 10 SUB
init an early application if the,
want to be considered for either
a February OF June appoint
ment. An application form may
be secured from the eace
Corps, Division of Recruiting
Washington D, c. 20525. Specla
literature will be sent to those
indicating the particular area of
their skill ard when they would
probably be available
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-15
Cl0verleaf All
Elects Officers

The Sixth Grade Cloverleai
All Club met Oct. 3. in a class
room at the Pre- byteria n
church.
Officers elected were: presi-
dent. Joyce Foster: vice-presi-
dent, Janice Foster: secretary.
Jackie Slayton; treasurer, Susan
Campbell; reporter. Wanda Wal
lace: song leaders. Linda Kro-
mer and Keith Motley, and
game leader. Betty Putney.
Then the All projects each
member wanted to work on this
year were discussed and some
plans made for the years pro-
gram.
Wanda Wallace, Reporter
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-15
Miss Connie Anderson And w. B.
Anderson Visiting In Baltimore

Wilson. their daughter, Jane,
and Nat and Aubrey Walden,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
0. j. Thompson.
Mrs. Cooke Gillian has gone
to Roanoke to spend the winter
with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
VaSiliou.
Mrs. j. c. Morgan has return
ed to her home after a weeks
visit at Sparta with the Rev. and
Mrs. Curtis Hollonan. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Morgan, Jr.. and DR..
c. Robert Jones went for Mrs.
Morgan and spent Sunday with
the Hollomans.
Week end guests in the Nor
gan-Jones home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Jones. their daugh-
ter, Ann and Mrs. Raymond
Kidd. Mrs. Tandy Jones. of Kim
ball, w. Va, spent a week re-
Gently with Mrs. Morgan and DR..
Jones.
Sam Anderson spent the week
end in his trailer near here.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Meade Ander-
son, Mrs. Branch Rosen, n d
Mrs. Jack Anderson. drove to
Burkeville Saturday for a two
fold purpose. They attended an
auction sale and then called on
Mrs. Rosen's son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Cullen RO-
sen.
Mrs. Kemper Beasley recently
received a citation from tn e
American Cancer Society for
outstanding work in the 1868
Cancer Crusade.
Mrs. Beasley's territory was a
small corner of Francisco dis
tiict. Without benefit of tele-
phone, or a car at her disposal,
she collected considerably more
than 500. Two afternoons her
husband took her around in the
car, she sad, but for the most
part she made her contacts at
church, on the street when she
was in town and met people from
her district, and at any meet
ings she happened to attend
Never underestimate the pow
er of woman when she believes
in the cause she is working for.