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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

q I'm DICKENS, HE'S FENSTER.
Comedy. "The Acting Game" Harry
(John Astin) becomes "ham" the
instant he receives word he is being
considered as narrator for tool COM
panys filmed commercials. tRepeat)
$50 @ THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
Quiz Color. Bill Cullen, me-.
q IT SUNSET STRIP.
Mystery. Hour. Terror in Silence
deaf librarian. through lip reading
talent, sets Bailey tEfrem ZimbaIist
JrO on blackmailer's trail tRepeat)
@ ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.
Drama. l Hour "A Tangled Web" A
wealthy young man marries housemaid
against his famys wishes. Barry Morse
Robert Redford and Zohra Lambert star.
(Repeat)
1000 q JACK PAAR SHOW.
Variety. Hour Color. Guests Oscar
Levant, the Smothers Brothers and
Jackie Mason. Repeat Of February 8.
1852
1870 q M-SQUAD.
Crime. Lee Marvin stars. tRepeat)
oshington, D. c., July Il. 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08

wholly or In part from Federal aid pro-
grams. This will substantially extend
the arm Of the Federal Government, pre-
Sumably reaching beyond new Govern
ment buildings to such community prof.
ects, for example, as hospitals financed
partially with Halliburton funds.
Obviously Mr.. Wirtz hopes that these
barriers may be dismantled through per-
suasion, rather than force, just as Mr..
Kennedy, in his meeting with 100 busi-
ness executives this week, appealed for
a voluntary end to discrimination in
various commercial enterprises. And ac-
cordingly, the Secretary of Labor is play
ing down specific threats of sanctions
which may be taken If voluntary action
fails to end discrimination in Govern
ment contract work.
He has said quite enough, however,
to exert pressure not only on contract
ors and on individual unions, but on
organized labor at the highest levels.
1t is pressure we'll directed, which
should not be relaxed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Judicial Attack

AS q citizen Of Montgom-
cry County I must thank you
for your logical and fair edi-
torial defending our States
Attorney against the ire
sponsible villification heaped
upon him by a judge who,
because Of his sanctified
position, could not be sued
for SANDER.
If the learned judge is so
in love with justice, and the
ethics Of his profession, then
let him be fair to this man
by waving his special priv
ilege and answering q civil
suit decided before a jury of
his non-judicial peers. To
do less would be an admis-
sion that he does not have
the character and courage
that free men have the right
to expect Of those who would
judge them.
Arthur ], Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Pressure on Unions

The administrators determination
to crack down on discriminatory hiring
for Federal construction work is neces-
sarily aimed at employers, since only
hey are subject to sanctions through
:heir contracts with the Government.
In the final analysis, however, the real
targets in this drive are the unions. For
in most areas construction workers are
funneled directly through the union
halls to the job. When no Negroes are
among them then the reason is most
often traceable to the discriminatory
practices of the unions themselves.
This is not a new problem nor, as
Labor Secretary Writ noted, is there
very much new in the substance Of the
Presidents order to eliminate discrim-
ination in Federal-contract work
throughout the country. But as the Sec
rotary added, the urgency" which the
President has assigned this task is
new-and greatly significant. 1t means
that the Federal Government, II the
presidential directive is to be carried
out, will inevitably have to apply strong
~ and stronger pressure to the sore
Spot-union restrictions.
1t is high time. Striking down ra-
cial discrimination In the ranks Of labor
is more than matter Of assuring that
qualified Negro craftsmen and laborers
get to work on Government buildings.
The greater benefit would be to open the
door Of apprenticeship training and full
union membership TO qualified Negroes.
For the real tragedy In all Of this is the
denial OF opportunity for Negro youths TO
become skilled craftsmen. Perhaps moth
ing else results in greater Illustration, or
more effectively blocks the assimilation
OF Negroes into modern society as useful,
self-sufficient citizens.
For these and other deep seated
reasons, the President also has told Mr.
Writ to require that federally recog
nized apprenticeship programs be con-
Quoted on a n-discriminatory basis.
Similarly, the President has signaled
his intention to move farther afield in
employment by shortly" issuing an
executive order banning discrimination
in any construction projects resulting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Sandals for Students
M. G. Matthews.

Your recent article de-
Scribing the Red Cross pilot
project, Sandals for Stu
dents, which Is being con-
Quoted by Arlington Junior
High Schools. has evoked
much favorable COM ent
among educators and others
interested in international
relations. Some readers, how
ever, may have gotten the
erroneous impression that
footwear is unknown, or at
least not worn. by students
in Liberia, where this "do-it-
together" experiment is being
tried. Such, Of course, is not
the case.
Going barefoot in tropical
climates, while practical in
terms Of comfort, has more
hazards that the familiar
"stubbed toes" and cuts we
all have experienced. Para
sites, such as hookworm,
constitute a health problem
which the Liberian Red Cross
is anxious to alleviate. The
method for dealing with the
problem, so we'll described in
the article. is designed to
provide an additional incen-
tive for all students to wear
protective gear Of their own
making, from readily avail
able material, by m cd ern
production line techniques
appropriate to the rapidly
progressing industrial econ
omy Of Liberia. That stu
dents in the United States
can take part in this educa-
tional service project adds
to its value in international
understanding.
Maurice Flag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Stote's Rights

Letter-writer j. Dalmas
Escoe has made a most novel
suggestion: In order 10 solve
the Alabama "crisis" 10 be.
Gov. Wallace should be
ARRESTED and jailed on
the day before the Negro
students seek admission 10
the University OF Alabama. "
Mr.. Escoe then concludes
that once the interposition
threat had been abnegated by
Federal interpositioning, the
Supreme Court would cast
the Governors imprisonment
by the wayside as "unconsti-
tutional."
While not inclined 10 ques-
ton Mr.. Escoe's powers OF
rumination. l must subject
the logic Of his suggestion 10
one empirical question:
Would the Supreme Court,
judging from the recent
myrios Of sociological inter-
pretations OF the law Of the
land Constitution, really
side with Gov. Wallace, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
The Rite of Spring

No one who has heard 1.-THE Rite
of Spring" will confuse 1t with medley
of robins, peppers, babbling brooks and
signing trees. Young Igor Stravinsky
had hot blood in his veins, lurid ideas
of prehistoric rituals racing through
his brain. And he set 1t all down on
music paper. That was so years ago,
and young Pierre Monteux- somewhat
obviously, to be sure-conducted the
first concert at the Theatre des Champs
Elysees in Paris. AS he later wrote, his
fears we're well-founded:
The audience remained quiet for the
first two minutes. Then boos and catcalls
from the gallery. soon after from the lower
floors. Neighbors began TO hit each other
over the head with fists, canes or whatever
came TO hand. Soon this anger was con-
centrated against the dancers, and then,
more particularly, against the orchestra. the
direct perpetrator OF the musical crime
Everything available was tossed in our direc-
ton, but we continued TO play on The end
OF the performance was greeted by the ar
rival Of gendarmes. Stravinsky had disap-
peared through q window backstage. TO
wander disconsolately along the streets Of
Paris.
Fifty years later Papa Monteux,
now 88, again conducted 1.-THE Rite Of
Spring" (from memory, no less) this
time across the channel in London. This
time the wild dissonances, the anguished
noises Of primeval creatures, the chug-
ging rhythms we're greeted with loud
braves OF approval. This time Igor
stravinsky, now 30, sitting almost un-
noticed in the audience, did not leave
by window. Called 10 the stage, he
embraced his old friend, Papa Monteux
They had seen a lot Of springs since
1918, but no spring as sweet as this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
How Bio q Rift?

In assessing the twists and turns of
policy within the Communist world, it is
not easy to steer true middle course
between hope and apprehension. Last
week the rift between Russia and China
looked like one of the major encourag-
ing facts of international life. Now it
seems clear that desperate efforts are
being made to repair the rift, even If
repair means victory for the Red Chi
nese in one round of the battle for con-
troll of the Communist world
The new and multiplying clues
strongly suggest that Soviet Premier
KhruShchev is in a mood to placate,
if not kowtow to, GeneraliSsimo Mao
of Red China. BY way of example,
after having joined the British in calling
for an immediate ceaSe-fire in Laos, the
Kremlin has followed up with state
ment demanding, in effect, that the
Communicated Pathet Lao (meaning
Peking) be allowed to veto all efforts
toward such pacification.
This utterly cynical burleSque Of
attempts to establish a Laotian peace
has lessons in it for the entire free world.
Certainly, taken at face value, 1t leaves
little room for doubt that Moscow, how
ever much it may wonder about or even
fear the future course of the Chinese
Communists, feels impelled to cooper
ate with them now in Southeast Asia.
And this, of course, may well mean that
a witches brew of trouble is already
cooking in that part of the world, with
Mr.. Khrushchev joining Mao Tze-tung
in throwing in the pepper, not to men,
ton the chopped-up toadS and other
necromantic ingredients.
1t is for these and kindred reasons
that Paul Mite, Assistant Secretary OF
Defense for International Security At
fairs, has spoken as he has on the week.
end ABC-TV program called Issues and
Answers" Agreeing with Secretary of
State Rusk's own leery view OF the sit
uation, he has warned that there may
be a near-future heightening Of ten
sion in the cold war, with all sorts Of
unpleasant moves by Mr.. Khrushchev
in various parts of the globe. And why?
Because the Russian boss apparently
feels 1t necessary to prove that General
issino Mao is not the sole custodian Of
warlike spirit in the Communist camp.
This is terrible way to run world.
But 1t is the way favored by our Com
munist brethren, and free men and free
nations will have to learn to live with
it in a proper posture. That is to say,
a posture so dedicated to liberty, so re-
solved not to surrender and so we'll
armed that neither Mao nor Khru-
shchev will dare to challenge 1t In a
duel that could end in kind Of uni
versal death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
THE POLITICAL MILL
GoIdwoter Victory Via House Vote
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Arizona Senator would prefer
to have the contest against
President Kennedy just a
straight-out political battle.
This is true of many of the
Southern supporters of Sem
ator Goldwater, too, who in
sist he can carry all these
States of the South against
a Kennedy ticket. The ques-
ton resolves itself into a
matter of strategy. Some of
the Democrats who strongly
oppose the reelection of
President Kennedy at the
same time wish to continue
the Democratic control of
State and congressional elec-
tons. They do not like the
idea of Republican domi-
nance in their section of the
country. They have seen
some Of the States of the
South go Republican in
presidential elections three
times in a row. They have
seen the Republicans gain
ing seats in the House Of
Representatives here and
there in the South.
In this compilation OF the
States likely to go for and
against President Kennedy
in the next election, all the
big populous States Of the
East, including New England
and the Middle Atlantic
coast States have been put
in the Kennedy column
among them New York,
Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Massachusetts and Maryland.
Further, California, on the
West Coast, with the second
largest number of presiden-
tial electoral votes, has been
counted for the Kennedy
ticket. Many Republicans
would dispute this. Indeed,
Senator Goldwater has con-
siderable strength in Cali
fornia. If the Arizona Sen
ator should be entered In the
California presidential pref
erential primary next June,
his vote would be impress
sive, his supporters say.
The ElectOr System
Senator Kefauver Of Ten
nesSee, as chairman Of the
Senate Judiciary Subcom-
mittee, has tackled this
problem of presidential cleo
tors, under the present
terms Of the Constitution,
being free to vote for any
qualified man or woman
for President. He has held
hearings on four proposed
constitutional amendments,
one of them backed by the
Kennedy administration.
The subcommittee is ex-
pected to vote on these pro-
posalS on Wednesday. The
first favored by the ad-
ministration, would do away
with the Electoral College
and have the entire electoral
vote of a State go to the can
didate who received either a
majority or a simple plu-
rality Of the total vote cast
in the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08

Defeat Of President John
F. Kennedy in the national
elections Of 1864 has been
considered in many quarters
so unlikely as to be we'll
nigh impossible. Neverthe-
less, there are many sup
porters of Senator Barry
Goldwater, Arizona Repub-
lican in the South and West,
at present devising plans to
deny Mr.. Kennedy re-elec-
ton. AS they see it, such a
result might be accomplished
either by giving Senator
Goldwater a majority Of the
presidential electoral votes
538 for the SO States and the
District Of Columbia-or by
throwing the election into
the House of Representatives
where under the Constitution
each State, no matter how
populous. would have but one
vote. With the District of
Columbia entitled to vote in
the House election, 26 votes
would be sufficient to elect.
COnjectured Lineup
Should the second course
be followed, its success would
depend upon each of the IL
States of the old Solid South
choosing a slate of unpledged
presidential electors. These
States have a total of 1913
votes in the Electoral Col
lege. If at the same time
Senator Goldwater should
carry three so-called border
States-Kentucky, Missouri
and Oklahoma - he would
collect 20 electoral votes. The
proponents Of this idea (also
supporters of Senator Gold
water) believe he could carry
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kan
sas, Michigan, Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Mex
leo, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota. Utah, YER
mont, Wyoming and Maine,
a total Of 10 States with 1872
electoral votes. These votes,
added to the 1913 electoral
votes Of the South would
produce a total Of $40 cleo
toral votes, leaving to Pres
ident Kennedy the 20 other
States and the District Of
Columbia with 228 electoral
votes, far short of the nee
essary 270 for his election.
In the House, it is figured
that a majority of the States
would finally vote for Sena-
tor Goldwater.
This plan is supported by
some Southern Democrats
who feel that the prejudice
of the Southern voters
against voting for a slate of
Republican electors, even
though committed to Gold
water, might enable the Ma
tional Democratic Party, with
states of electors ready to vote
for President Kennedy, to
carry some Of these States.
Quite naturally, however, Re-
publican supporters Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Pope John

May I commend The Star
for Mary McGrory's unfor-
gettable article last Monday
on the death Of Pope John.
I happen to be a Protestant
but I feel as though I've lost
a father.
Miss McGrory's article
of Monday should certainly
rate some sort Of award,
though I'm quite sure she
was not at all concerned
about anything but revealing
the Pope as she saw him.
one Of, If not the greatest,
good men Of the goth CEN
tury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08
Added Protection

Thomas @. Pullen, the Maryland
State Superintendent of Schools, ques-
lions the legal right of the Montgomery
County School Board to give the fin
gerprints of school employees to the
county police for check against their
files. Whether he has valid point
should be fairly readily determined by
the conference with State and county
legal experts to which the school board
has agreed.
If it turns out that legal problem
does exist, however, some way should
be found to overcome it, For the harum
scarum Juror which the opponents Of
the present school board have managed
to touch off about this proposal is pure
nonsense.
The facts are that the previous Glib
eral"4 school board initiated a finger
printing program Is months ago, includ-
ing check against FBI criminal files. 1t
did so for the sound and valid purpose
of wedding out Cor not hiring in the
first place. sex deviateS or others whose
records suggest that they might be po-
tential dangers to school children. The
present school board proposes merely
this: To route the prints through the
county police, for an additional protec-
tive check against their files; to have
efprints subsequently checked by the
FBT, and to have the police finally re-
turn. the prints to the school system with
an explanation of anything of signifi-
canoe turned up.
In one of the more hySterical out
bursts, the four former school board
members who were defeated last No
vember imply that this data, once in the
hands of the local gendarmes, would be
freely accessible to almost anyone who
wants the make use Of it. For example,
they. say: "a school person guilty Of the
mildest, oldest indiscretion would be in
constant peril of public abuse motivated
by a personal adversary or political OPP
portunist." Furthermore, they add: The
new proposal "is travesty on demo-
cratic institutions, reminiscent of an
cient tyrannies."
Perhaps it is not generally known,
but the fingerprintS of all Montgomery
County employees except school person.
mel already are run through the records
of both the FBI and the local police.
Moreover, in these other cases, the prints
are taken at the police stationhouse.
Thus the school-board proposal would
do no more than put its people on es-
sentially the same basis as everyone
else. And we daresay there would be no
more breach Of confidentiality in these
cases than in any other. Why should
there be-?
Actually, of course, there is good
reason to take a great deal more care
In assuring the reliability Of the school
staff than of any other employee group.
Some of the incidents which triggered
the notwithstanding program ID
months ago involved sexual offenses-
and even one of them in our schools
is one too many. Rigid checks against
school personnel by county police as
well, as by the FBI should be routine
proeedure-not a subject Of hysteria.
And only those who have police rec
ords which woodland should-dis-
qualify them for employment have the
slightest reason to fear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08

How does 1t feel 70 be a
member Of a puppet press?
The United States puppet
press.
Yes, Just like they have
in all those despised total-
tartan countries, with but
one difference:
They often have to print
nauseous material as hand
ed out to them, arbitrarily,
by the existing power in con-
troll.
Whereas our enlightened,
"free" United States press
merely has to refrain from
printing what is distasteful
or too destructive.
In other words we, too,
practice censorship while
piously excoriating censor
ship the world over; we
practice II negatively by
what we omit.
At best this censorship as
all-prevailingly practiced in
the United States means
that what is printed may be
the truth but only part
OF the truth.
At worst-and this, sad
ly. now pertains with almost
all Of our publications,
whether local. state. or ma
tional-the censorship prac-
ticed means that the press
outlet actually conveys In
print whatever the White
House wishes. as suggested
delicately or otherwise.
Yes, there remain coll
umnists and editors who
seem 10 criticize boldly this
administration, the Presi-
dent personally. our soft-on-
communism, labor-favoring
financially irresponsible So
cialistic policies generally
Never, absolutely never,
does a purportedly respon-
sible writer express In prop
erly demolishing terms any
valid criticism OF this Ken
nedy regime, as II has be-
come.
-. DO please let me know,
sir, how II feels 10 be a men,
Der OF a servile. slavish
cringing, puppet press2
Lucy Herndon Crockett.
Seven Mile Ford. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-08

aid dollar comes back home.
Analysts who have studied
the American balance Of
payments in its state Of
chronic deficit over these
last five years have become
more and more convinced
that the only real means Of
solution lies through stem
ming this swollen outflow Of
private capital. And a ma
jor cause Of that outflow is
the fact that interest rates
in the United Staes are lower
than in any other major in
dustrial country, so that 1t
is cheaper for borrowers to
borrow there and more re-
munerative for lenders to
lend elsewhere. 1t therefore
follows that. If this gap in
the payments balance is to
be plugged, American inter-
est rates will have to rise.
Offset Ill Elects
In itself. 1t is true, that
would have an adverse ef-
feet on domestic business;
but that could be offset, as
1t has been in European
countries, by stimulation
through the budget-that is.
by either lower taxes or
higher Government spend
ing. This formula OF higher
interest rates and larger
budget deficits admittedly
runs clean against the nor
NAL pressures of American
politics. which Is why the
Kennedy administration has
not seriously attempted to
impose II before. But now
that the payments deficit is
proving intractable an oppo-
site pressure is emerging. II
may very we'll be that within
the near future the Presi-
dent will be faced with the
choice Of tackling Congress
on this issue. or conced-
ing defeat In his determina-
ton 10 hold the dollar at its
present parity.
Together with this do
nestle challenge. the adj
ministration might also take
another look at the many
plans now being discussed
for a reform OF the interna-
tional monetary system. Last
autumn, when IL looked as
though the problem Of the
dollar was about 10 be
solved. American officials
were distinctly cold towards
the promising plan put for
ward by Britain's Chancel-
Tor Of the Exchequer. Mr..
Maudling. for q gradual
and controlled transfer OF
the burdens OF the key cur
rencies 10 a world institu-
tion, the international
Monetary Fund.
Now. the Americans have
regained some interest In
such a scheme.
FRED HIRSCH.
g 1898. By the Economist
intelligence Unit LlmltsA