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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30
District Delegate

During its first three days of home
rule hearings, House District subcom-
mittee spent great deal Of time on
such idiotic proposals as ceding Wash
ington back to Maryland. It has vir-
tually ignored, and strangely so, the
much more sensible bills which would
allow District residents to elect a non
voting Delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives.
In a report Just submitted to the
committee, the District Bar Association
makes persuasive argument for these
bills. On the one hand, as the aSSocia-
ton notes, a Delegate could greatly
assist Congress in its constitutional
exercise of legislative control over the
District. On the other, he could speak
for the interests of WaShingtonians
with a full-time voice in the councils
of Congress. Except for the right to
vote, the Delegate would fill most of the
normal functions of representative
serving on committees, introducing bills,
and debating them in committee and
in the House itself.
The Bar Association makes the
pertinent point that arguments for such
a Delegate have carried little weight
during the years in which Congress had
determined that the District twas not
to have an electorate, and thus was not
to participate at all in the decision
making process of Government" But
the Twenty-third Amendment to the
Constitution, which has granted District
citizens the right to vote for President
and Vice President, changes that sit
uation. AS the bar report puts it:
This amendment amounts to a national
consensus that the District Of Columbia is
entitled as permanent matter to participate
In the electoral process. The District Of
Columbia is the only totally Federal enclave
which is thus entitled to participate and
the constitutional amendment is in effect,
q national acknowledgment that the anom-
ally of having the inhabitants of the Nations
Capital totally disenfranchised has come to
an end.
OF course Washingt will never
gain the full enfranchiSement which is
their right until Congress permits them
to elect representatives, with full voting
privileges, to both the House and the
Senate. That must remain the ultimate
goal, to be obtained through another
constitutional amendment.
Until Congress is ready to initiate
this step, however, It should permit the
election Of non-voting Delegate to the
House. Not the least of the merits of
this plan Is that the selection of Dele
gate every two years would permit the
District to develop a mature electorate
in preparation for more meaningful
steps to follow, and to maintain its vot-
ing procedures on a current basis.
Wheeled out only once every four years
AS at present-the Districts voting
machinery is apt to become very rusty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30
Liqht From Israel

Whatever the final vote may be,
the Vatican Councils discussion of
Christian attitudes toward Jews has
been heartening for several reasons.
The most obvious is the one rejoiced in
publicly by American Jewish leaders:
That at long last an authoritative
Christian body is taking note of the
distorted Christian theology that has
tacitly supported If it has not instigated
so much outrageous Christian behaviour
toward Jews.
The discussion is heartening, too,
as part of a growing Christian rediS-
covery of Judaism. Christianity, it would
appear, may be on the verge of re-
claiming its Jewish heritage.
The Christian religion started out,
of course, as branch Of Judaism. Peter
and the apostles preached in synagogues
as matter of course, and they preached
primarily to Jews. The Gospel was pre-
sented as the fulfillment Of Moses and
the prophets Of Israel. The very first
issue on which Christians disagreed was
whether GentileS could become Chris
tians at all and If so under what con-
ditionS.
Gentiles were admitted to the
young Jewish religious movement and
in a few generations took it over en-
tirely. To the basic Jewish revelation
Of Gods purposes were added Greek
philosophy, Roman order and, some
what later, the vitality of the barbarian
North. The result is what is called
Western civilization. The human gain
from this immense fusion of people and
thought has been incalculable.
But there has been great loss as
well. One measure Of the loss is the
staggering size Of the Jewish contribu-
ton to Western civilization in the few
decades since Jews have been permitted
something like full citizenship in Eu-
rope and America. The first great
champion Of Jewish emancipation was
the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.
His grandson was the composer, Felix,
and the gifts of Jewry to the arts Of
the West have continued ever since.
A Christian rediscovery Of the Jew
iSh heritage would add new richness
and variety to the flow of these bene-
fits. Itwould, for one thing, Immediate
ly open new possibilities for the family
as religious community.
Any Christian who has had the
great good fortune to partake of Sab
bath or Passover dinner has realized
at once that here is religious celebration
as vital part Of the family enterprise.
The distant goal Of so much Christian
preaching Is q normal part of Jewish
life. @asHsF tas'ss't
For this gift alone, Christian
rediscovery Of Israel as the source of
Christianity can only be welcome to
men Of good will and of good hope for
man,
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Cape Kennedy?

s We applaud the decision Of Presi-
dent johnson to rename the rocket and
moon base in Florida the John F. Ken
pedy Space Center" 1t is a fitting trib-
ute to the late President, who was truly
the creator Of Americas present space
aims.
Z We would suggest that when the
new signs go up at the Kennedy Cen
ter's gates, they bear the Latin inscrip-
ton. Isl quaeriS monumentam suam,
circumspice" you seek his monu-
raent, look about you. John Kennedy
was truly the father of the Nations
moon program, and the honor paid by
President JohnSons directive is apt
Having made that point, we wish to
go on record as deploring President
Johnson's collateral decision to rename
the geographical feature, Cape Canav-
eral, "Cape Kennedy" This, It seems to
US, does violence to the burgeoning lore
Of the Space Age while adding nothing
at all to the luSter of Mr.. Kennedy's
memory.
Z What with all the blood, sweat and
tears sand belly-laughs-at the Cape
oyer the last six years, the phrase "Cape
Canaveral" has taken on a special
meaning, as have wall Street." "Madi-
son Avenue" whitehall" and Capitol
Hill" Cape Canaveral means vast plans,
joy, heartbreak, lofty deeds and, often,
1ow-comedy fiaScos. It is more than
a. place; it is a legend.
9 It is too late now for President
Johnson to change the cape'S name back
to Canaveral. But we think it's shame
--and we think JFK would agree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30
The FoH-Guy

Following the numerous
critical items that have ap-
peared in the form Of news,
editorials and cartoons, it
was most refreshing to read
your editorial, 1.-THE Fall
Guy"
In general, the press,
employing all of the preroga-
tives of freedom of the press,
has shown an extreme bru-
tally toward Bobby Baker. II
that brutality is merited, 1t
should be admins tere d
through the proper agencies
of our courts. Until charges
are placed and proper trials
are conducted q citizen is en-
titled to reasonable consider
ations.
Charles II. Russell.
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u. S. Salaries

A letter-writer took The
Star to task for being "gross-
ly uniformed" with regard
to the administrations bill,
"itS history, intent and con-
tent"
To the general public, the
"history and intent" Of the
current bill are only too ap-
parent; for some years it has
been obvious that a well or
ganized clique Of upper strata
bureaucrats, represented by
the Society for P SOM Ell
Administration, has striven
nightly to persuade the
American people that its Sc
lect group is shamefully un-
derpaid for performing lex
ecutive" and administrative"
duties, especially when COM
pared with its counterpart.
body operating in private in.
dustry.
What Is not stressed In
this presentation is whether
any compatibility" between
the two groups can justifia-
bly, be made; this writer sub
mits it cannot, for the simple
reason that an executive in
the profit-making sector Of
the economy must show re-
suits for his company, else it
would not be long for this
world. BY contrast, a Federal
executive" may tumble his
way through for endless
years and still remain on the
payroll. A generous Uncle is
ever on hand when the cash
box runs low.
Moreover, many civil serv-
ice executives" get their
jobs by methods which are
hardly calculated to inspire
confidence, that is by fol-
lowing the time-honored
adage: know the right peo-
pie. Any citizen who doubts
the truth of this assertion
ought to inquire of Mr..
Macy of the Civil Service
Commission as to the figures
on those fortunates who are
appointed to jobs in the
10,000-$20,000 bracket by
the "selective" certification
process.
]. e. Gibson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30

makes IN Jne next eight or
nine months.
He will not be running on
the record Of the Kennedy
administration, even though
he is now strongly advocating
the programs and the policies
Of the late President. How well
Mr.. johnson himself performs
viii tell the story. And. I'M
doubtedly, as the months
pass, the new President will
unfold programs Of his own.
Regional Handicap
A real problem, politically
speaking. which the President
from Texas faces in an cleo
ton campaign Is to overcome
the prejudice which people Of
the North and West have had
against q presidential candi-
date from the South for q
hundred-year period. Such a
prejudice Is no more tenable,
or right, or Just than was
the prejudice which stood in
the way Of the election of a
member Of the Catholic
Church, finally overcome
when John F. Kennedy.
was nominated and elected
President three years ago.
This sectional prejudice con-
tinues to exist despite the
fact that Southerners have
given their lives for their
country in all our wars, and
despite the fact that the
South has produced men who
have ably led In Congress, in
all the professions and in in
dustry. 1t is, indeed, q sense
less prejudice.
Lyndon johnson came to
Congress in 1887. q member
of the House, a Franklin D.
Roosevelt New Dealer. In all
the % years he has served in
the House and Senate and in
the Vice Presidency, his rec
ord has been on the progress
sive side. He has. indeed, sup
ported the policies Of three
democratic Presidents
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Harry
S. Truman and John F. Ken
nedy. But he has been de-
scribed at times In the past
by extremists on the left as
too conservative, an enemy Of
progress.
And because Of his stand
for progressive legislation, in
Guiding civil rights, President
johnson has had enemies in
his own Southland am ong
Conservative Dem ocrats.
While it is generally expected
that the South will rally be-
hind its first President in a
century in the coming cleo
ton, some doubt still exists
as to the attitude Of Alabama,
Mississippi and South Caro-
lima because Of his strong civil
rights support. His political
problems, indeed, are not yet
solved.
The new President has in
the past been known as q
master politician. But that
has not prevented his being
a patriot. 1t was not long
ago that the late President
Kennedy, too. was called a
master politician. And he,
too, was q patriot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30

The controversy continues
to rage in Washington over
incorporating medical care
for the aged into the Social
Security Act. I do not think.
however, that any thought
has been given by any Of our
lawmakers to flaws which
now exist in the law and
which certainly should be
corrected.
AS an example: One Of the
most glazing inconsistencies
and ineQuities in the Social
Security Act Is the complete
failure to make provision for
widows under 81 who, at their
husbands deaths, are so disa-
bled physically that they are
unable to work and provide
an income for themselves. If
they are not fortunate
enough to have children in a
position to care for them and
their husbands left no estate
to provide for their needs,
where else are they to turn
except to public welfare?
The Social Security Act
makes provision for depend
ent children and for moth
ers Of dependent children
under age So until such chill
dren reach their majority
and for disabled children for
their lifetime. It would seem
only fair and equitable that
If a man is taxed in the
name of social security" he
should be able to expect that
such social security" would
include a widow who even
though under age 81 might
be nevertheless incapacitated
to earn a living for herself.
This, too, would alleviate q
burden for C hildren who
might experience a very real
hardship II forced to assume
the care of such q parent.
ROSalind N. PazZatOs
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Quiet, Please!

Philip Love is to be con-
graduated on his intelligent
article on the nuisance Of
transistor radios on transit
vehicles.
As one articulate victim Of
this imposition, I wrote to
the Washington Metropolitan
Area Trans sit Commission.
With a complete lack Of log
ic, their reply implies that q
nuisance is wrong only when
enough people make known
their objections to 1t. They
feel they have to wait for the
situation ito become more
grave" before they will ack-
nowledge that 1t should be
corrected. I m a rvel at the
apparent lack Of any stand
ard Of judgment on the prir-
ciple involved. A thing is
either right or wrong, In
principle. not depending upon
how many are "for it" or
against it,"
seldom ride on q bus
where there is not at least
one Of these radios filling the
air with strident. vacuous
music" so-called, and other
verbal racket which can only
be called mental garbage. If
anyone actually threw gar
bage on US, we would appeal
to the police. but this mental
dirt is forced upon US with
impunity by a type Of person
with the cultural refinement
Of the Hottentot. Mr.. Love
speaks Of being subjected to
the torture Of listening not
only to a single station pro-
gram, but to three, all at the
same time. This Is the sort Of
thing the Communists did to
drive a man crazy, and 1t has
the same effect on anyone
with any sensibilities. Mr..
Love argues in favor Of ear
phones for those who must
tote these noise boxes with
them everywhere, for the
sake Of others on the vehicle.
Even acceptable musical pro-
grams should not be forced
upon a mixed public au-
dience. The necessity for this
sort of mental pacifier testi-
fies to the mental vacuity
which e e ms so evident
among so many-no inner
resources to feed their own
individual channels Of
thought!
Local authorities s nould
require the D. c. Transit to
approach this m after with
some d e gree of c m m on
sense and justice to their In
dividual passengers. After all.
the public is paying well for
the privilege OF. riding their
buses. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30
Questionnoires

-
Prof. Ross Stagner is in
favor Of missionaries in
order to determine social ad-
justment and n o n-intellec-
tual abilities Of students in
the public schools. Such
questionnaires are in use in
colleges, too, where some
professors still display unu-
sual C curiosity about such
personal matters as whether
students wish their parents
had more money; were better
educated; whether they fight
with their a dult relatives;
and other questions Of even
more personal nature.
There seems no end to
"non-academic BRAIN picking
tests" as Congressman Ash
brook has called them.
Students are compelled to
answer questionnaires which
Senator Goldwater so a de-
quately described in your let
tiers column.
Adults can talk back and
refuse to answer such I'M
warranted invasions Of their
privacy. Students cannot and
they should not be subjected
to such questionnaires de-
spite the professors of psy-
chology who want to know.
The State Department re-
Gently suspended their new
psychology tests for code
clerk applicants when pro-
tests came from outraged
jobs ekers and personnel
officers over the intrusive
and personal questions asked.
I have Just returned unan-
swered an application for a
charge account in a New
York City department store
which I felt asked personal
questions never b before re-
quired on such an application
for credit which has been
long established in many
other such establishments.
big Brother" as Senator
Goldwater calls these inqui-
sitors, has gone too far.
What price privacy or is 1t
completely outmoded? More
power to Congressman Ash
brook, who is sponsoring q
rider to the National Defense
Educ alton Act which will
curb this practice to some
extent.
Mrs. Beverley Robinson.
Prof. Cobb, in discuss
ing school questionnaires,
suggests that privacy is
simply q liberty guaranteed
by law and restrictions Con
privacy are thus i'm pile d.
Then why does he consider
tie acher fingerprinting an
atrocity when its sole pur-
pose Is for the protection of
our children?
Mr.. Cobb further suggests
The Star may be more con-
cerned with parents rights
than children's rights. Any
procedure that may open or
widen a gulf between parent
and child is faulty. Even
with true acts from a sur
vey, who is certain the con-
illusions drawn would be cor
rect andIor serve the best
interests Of child, home,
school, and country?
I suggest a really worth
while study would be one
that determines why som e
teachers are successful and
inspiring while others sup
posedly as well educated are
not truly successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
1t Was a Time for Summing Up .
By RALPH McGHL

learn this was Richard M.
Nixon. who entered the 1860
campaign confident and sure
he could take him." Later
Charles de Gaulle and Nikita
KhruShchev, to name but
two, also felt the Kennedy
steel. It cannot be said that
the latter two had affection
for Kennedy, but that they,
much older in years, enter
tanned great respect and even
grudging admiration for the
younger man they had hoped
to dominate, or at least out
maneuver, Is plain.
An IrOnic Fact
The Europeans saw In the
Presidents superb handling
Of the Cuban missile issue an
accomplishment they rated
as perhaps the most histori-
cal act since 1945. One Of the
ironic facts Of our time Is
that the rest Of the world
knew John F. Kennedy to be
a strong, resolute, well-in-
formed leader with unaltera-
BILE commitments to what we
have called, perhaps too gil
bly,, the great American
dream Of government Of the
people, by the people, and for
the people.
Here at home the part
is ans hip and reSentmentS
stirred by this Kennedy
strength blinded many to
reality and to the truly high
quality Of the leadership this
country has known for al
most three years. He came at
a time of great decisions.
That he acted with resolu-
ton and success q g ainst
great odds is just now begin
ming to be comprehended.
So, in this period Of watt
ing, our friends and enem-
les will hold back and wait to
see what happens. Mostly
they will want, and wait, to
see how this nation responds
to the mass in dictm mt
against all Of us which fol-
lowed the Presidents melan-
choly death at the hands Of
a psychopath, stirred by ex-
tremist hate. Whether from
the left or right, this extrem-
ist hate Is a poisonous dam
ger to the Nations security
and future.
(AI Rights Reseryed)
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I Might us Well Sturt figuring All Over Again!
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-30

In the sad meditative days
after the savage staying Of
John F. Kennedy, the pace of
the Nation slowed. In this
unh a Stoned stiffness one
could sense that most Ameri-
cans were trying to answer
questions rising like accusing
ghosts out of the Presidents
death. 1t was a time for sum-
ming UP, for balancing the
books Of minds, heart, reso-
luton and comprehension.
Much Of the more hate-moti-
waited opposition to the dead
President had grown out Of
the national failure to assess
the country's requirements
and to make moral judg-
ments.
In the national stiffness
after the Presidents death at
Dallas, words Of the Prophet
Isaiah seemed worth hear
ing: Woe unto them that
call evil good, and good evil;
that put darkness for light
and light for darkness; that
put bitter for sweet and
sweet for bitter which
justify the seeking for
reward :"
Questions for Nation
The ancient piece Of pro-
phecy could have been writ
ten about much of contem
porary life and many Of its
opportuniStS in public affairs.
Some Of the Congress Of the
United States, even, long had
been engaged in the business
of calling evil good and good
evil, had been putting dark
ness in place Of light and
light for darkness. The fast
buck and the equatfng of
comfort with liberty have
grown as symbols of a false
way In American life. The
national conscience had been
dulled by the tranquilizers Of
plenty.
So, there are questions for
the Nation rising out of the
Presidents death by aSSassi-
nation. There will not be too
much time to make decisi 5
and give answers. Within q
short time the jackals Of
hate will come out Of their
dens and the more irrespon-
sible political partisanShip
will again be confusing issues
and insisting that light is
night and night Is light.
Those who hope for a semi
fascist or totalitarian state
soon will resume their propa-
ganda.
In this period Of waiting
the world, too, is watching
and weighing. This death
could be, and almost GER
tainly will be a pivot Of his
tory, both in our domestic
and international life.
The man Kennedy had
steel In him. The first to
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Answers to Questions
By The HASKIN SERVICE

@. Would it be possible for
the President to have Con-
gress meet outside Washing
ton in the event Of an attack
upon the Capitalize. T.
A. Yes. The Constitution
provides that the President
may convene Con gress in
special session under ex-
traordinary circumstances.
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'RoybuFn's Folly

Inc SUNDAY, november II,
article "City Side" by Robert
Lewis is one Of the best ex-
amples Of hear-not. see-not,
and know-not reporting I
have ever run across in
your or any other newspaper.
Mr.. Lewis speaks Of Capitol
Hill as a place that will
continue to erode" In happy
oblivion Of what has been
happening on Capitol Hill in
the last 10 years, especially
in the last three to four
years. Restoration In the
Capitol Hill area has advance
ed far beyond the point Of
no return so that anyone who
would halfway open their
eyes can see blocks and blocks
of beautifully restored homes
and apartments. The COM
mercial area along Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, s. E. has also
been undergoing consider
able uplift and there are
plans underfoot for further
improvement Of the CONNER
eial structures along this
part Of the Avenue.
1t Is also amazing to me
that anyone could speak with
approval Of the late Speaker
Rayburn's plans, since the
two blocks that were taken,
consisting primarily Of beau
tifully restored homes, now
are two large vacant lots sur
rounded by an ugly wooden
fence. known lovingly in the
area as "Rayburn's Folly"
Mr.. Lewis is obviously
enamored Of superblocks and
complete destruction along
the Southwest pattern, which
has resulted in a conglomer-
alton Of high-rise monstrosi-
ties and vacuous chain stores
out Of touch with the human
scale and lacking all urban
variety and charm. I would
suggest that before Mr.. Lewis
writes another article about
the area, he take q small
tour to acquaint himself with
his subject.
Alfred M. GrOner.
Editors Note: Mr.. Letuis'
column referred to the
need for attention to the
immediate surroundings of
the Capitol, not to the
restoration movement that
has so extensively trans
formed much of the rest of
the Hill, and tDhich Mr.. LetDiS
has frequently praised.