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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
Present Low Is Viewed os inadequate
And Perhaps DANGEROUS to the Nation

been a Cabinet officer, with
little knowledge Of the prob
lens Of the Executive Branch
except the operations Of his
own department and with no
overall familiarity with leg
islative questions?
The fact is that the present
law Of succession is made
quate and perhaps even dan
gerous. It provides no method
Of selecting a Vice President.
The existing law merely des-
ignates the Speaker Of the
House and the presiding off,
Ger Of the Senate to be next in
line when a vacancy occurs in
the presidency, to be followed
by members Of the Cabinet in
a specified order. No ref
erence Is made to q vacancy
in the vice presidency. It has
been suggested that a return
to the law prior to 1917
which put Cabinet members
in direct line ahead Of anyone
In Congress-would be desira-
BILE, but this is opposed in
both the Senate and the
House. where the feeling Is
that the selection itself should
be made by the peoples elect
ed representatives in Con-
greSs.
To choose, as is proposed
by some. an Acting President
and wait an interval Of even a
few months for a general
election would produce deep
uncertainty in public policy
and might even cause some
foreign adversary to precipi-
tate a crisis, If not a war,
which might be difficult for
the temporary official at the
head Of the Executive Branch
Of the Government to handle.
What is needed, Of course.
Is a new Vice President i'm
mediately that there is a
vacancy in that office. He
should be selected by Con-
gress from its own member
ship, and probably would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
U. S. Policy on Picking Firm
But Hopeful Hi|sman Says

A high State Department
official said today the United
States will continue to pursue
a policy of firmneSs toward
Red China while keeping the
door open to the possibility of
change.
Roger Hilsman, Assistant
Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs, in a speech
before the Commonwealth Club
Of San Francisco, declared:
I'VE are determined to keep
the door open to the possibility
of change, and not to slam it
shut against any developments
which might advance our ma
tional good, serve the free
world and benefit the people
of China.
Patience is not unique to
the Chinese. We, too, can
maintain our positions with
out being provoked to un-
seemly action or despairing of
what the future may hold. We
will not sow the dragons seed
Of hate which may bear bitter
fruit in future generations of
China's millions. But neither
will we betray our interests
and those of our allies to ap-
pease the ambitions of Com
munist China'S leaders"
Stress on Hope
Mr.. Hilsman thus restated
long-standing American policy
toward Red China, but this
time with special emphasis on
hope for change.
Washington's prime objective
concerning Red China, he said,
is that 1t not subvert or COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
DAVID LAWRENCE

Much talk is being heard
today and serious considera-
ton Is being given here to
what may soon become q
major issue throughout the
country. For the Nation has
suddenly come to realize that
it has no Vice President.
It's true there is a line Of
succession to the presidency,
but both the Speaker of the
House and the President Pro
Tenn Of the Senate have their
own duties to perform and
cannot give their time now to
all the tasks performed by q
Vice President. In short,
nobody today is in training to
take over the presidency in an
emergency.
Senator Jacob Javits Of
New York. Republican, has
come forth with a proposal
that a Constitutional Amend
ment be adopted authorizing
a joint session Of the two
Houses of Congress to elect
a Vice President the mo-
ment a vacancy In that office
occurs. But the defect In his
proposal is that it would per-
NIT either a member of Con-
gress or a Cabinet officer
to be chosen. No Cabinet
member, however, is placed
in office by the vote of the
people.
The reason why so many
persons have brushed aside
their worries over the recent
change in the presidency is
that Lyndon Johnson became
Vice President after he had
served the preceding eight
years as majority leader of
the Senate. Confidence in him
arises today out of the fact
that he has demonstrated in a
position Of leadership in Con-
gress skill in handling nation
al and international problems.
But would the people have the
same confidence today II
three weeks ago the successor
to President Kennedy had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
JOSEPH KRAFT
Decision on Tariff, for Example, Seen
Leading to Better Atlantic Relations

Cyclonic activity is the
dominant impression
arising from the johnson
administration after three
weeks in office. But is 1t a
case Of hustle without pur-
pose? OF motion without
progress?
On both counts, the tenta-
tive answer is NO" In the
present state Of affairs mere
motion has a virtue Of its
own. And out Of the frenzy
there are beginning to emerge
distinct lines of policy.
An important case in point
one almost lost in the shuttle
was a decision this week
on tariffs that could yield
changes in the whole atmos-
phere of Atlantic relations.
One purpose Of mere
motion can be seen In the
Congress. The legislative
program has not been
changed one iota by the
Presidents comings and
goings, or by his appeals,
public and private. But the
President has undoubtedly
forced the pace. Tuesday he
was able to prevail upon the
Senate to pass the higher
education bill before plung-
ing into the thickets of
foreign aid-instead of the
other way round, as original
ly scheduled. Even in the
matter of the petition to
discharge the civil rights bill
from the House Rules COM
mittee, the march up the hill
and then down had the
effect of publicly committing
Chairman Howard Smith to
begin hearings next month.
Mere motion also serves a
purpose in the framing of
foreign policy. The President
has ordered a complete
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13

I'VE have no reason to believe
that there is a present likeli-
hood that the Communist re-
gime will be overthrown," he
said.
In the long run. a policy of
strength and firmness, accom-
panied with a readiness to
negotiate, will best promote
the changes the United States
hopes for on he China main
land, he concluded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13

review of this country's
stance abroad. Small changes
are likely. The administrative
side Of Henry Cabot Lodges
Embassy in Saigon will be
firmed up by the addition of
a strong deputy chief of
mission. The Ambassador to
Mexico, Thomas Mann, may
be cast into an important
policy-making role for Latin
America. Special emphasis
may be placed on the closing
Of military bases in this
country in order to make it
easier for Premier Khru-
shchev to continue the with
drawal Of Soviet troops from
Cuba.
There is almost no pros
pect, however, of major
changes. But even so, the
general review will serve the
purpose of exposing to the
President, and fixing inside
him, the range of choices
that underlie the policy he
has inherited. He will under
stand not only what the
policy is, but exactly why.
And he will then be in a
position to practice a tactic
dear to his predecessor, and
for which he seems already
to be developing a taste.
That is the tactic of poking,
pushing and generally unset
ting the bureaucracy in
order to force constant
adjustment of policy to
changing circumstance.
AS to the emerging policy
lines the tariff case, while
seemingly obscure, has a
strategic significance. 1t is set
against the background of
the Trade Expansion Act of
1862. The Act. in turn, led to
the Kennedy Round of tariff
talks among, chiefly, this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Pentagon knocks off about 80 military bases and
thousands Of jobs LBJ wants thrift and frugality-and
Defense Boss Mcnamara is the with the frugal buge
The Henry Cabot Lodge boom for President is taking
Republicans by storm In fact feel raned out before
the game starts.
Stock market glossary: The Dow-Jones averages-A
question of advice What you make Dow you lose back
Jones'
Speaker Mccormack. II, and Senator Hayden &c. next
in line for President refuse to quit In this Of pres
idential succession the major problems age-old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-13
Ivy Community Fades

CHICAGO - About one per-
son in 10 is immune to poison
ivy. But if you are one of the
lucky ones, don't be rash about
1.-THE evidence is that immu-
nifty does not build up but in
stead fades as exposure in
creases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14
SNAPSHOT WINNERS

The top prizewinners in the first weeks
judging of The Stars Amateur Snapshot Con-
test appear on this page. Each snapshot wins
a SIS cash prize. The honorable mention
contestants, listed below, will receive 50
each. The lO-week contest will end at mid
night, Saturday, July u, SO get your entries
in as soon as possible. The So winners are:
Philip MuscatellO, Franklin avenue, Silver
Spring; Mrs. Althea A. Tenney, 2OOl North
Madison street, Arlington; Joel W. Langert,
S38 North Oakland street, Arlington; W. p.
RObey, $40 South Roosevelt street, Falls
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Justice Staff
Is Briefed
On Alabama

Attorney General Robert F
Kennedy and his top assistants
kept in close touch today with
the racial situation in Birming-
ham.
A round OF conferences was
held by the Attorney General
with his civil rights advisers
but there was no indication
OF what actions, II any, the
department was considering.
President Kennedy presum-
ably was being kept informed
Of the events by his brother
the Attorney General.
The Justice Department h.
an observer in Birmingham anc
was receiving reports from him
This was Joseph F. Dolan, AS
sistant Deputy Attorney Gen.
eral, who has been in the Ala
bama city for several days.
A Justice Department spokes.
man said that Mr.. Dolan OBJ
served last nights rioting.
It was indicated that the
Attorney General and his ad.
visers were trying to find out
the legal situation in connec-
ton with Gov. George Wallace's
announcement early today that
steps would be taken In a Fed
eral court TO suspend the inte-
grafton Of schools in Birming-
ham,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Johnson Sees
Swedish Chief

STOCKHOLM, Sweden,
Sept 5 (AP).-Vice President
johnson spent rs minutes in
talks with Premier Tage Err
lander today and then told
newsmen: 1T was an excellent
meeting"
The two statesmen, who
clearly have developed per-
Sonal bonds of friendship
ranged over the international
scene in a private session.
Mr.. johnson told a news
conference in his hotel suite:
I'VE had a useful and in
structive m ting between
friendly representatives OF
friendly governments. 1t was
not a negotiating meeting, but
we spoke frankly about the
worlds economic and political
problems"
The Vice Presidents mission
to Scandinavia, which began
in Sweden and will continue
through Finland, Norway and
Denmark, is basically a good
will tour, but also is designed
to point up the opportunities
for greater trading and eco
nomic cooperation with the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Blaze DESTROYS
Resort Landmark

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept
5 tAP).-A wind-whipped fire
today destroyed Hackneys res
'aurant, a landmark in this re-
sort.
The loss was estimated by
Ralph Hackney. owner OF the
seafood house, at 81 million.
Homes In the immediate area
were evacuated but firemen
confined the blaze to the three
story restaurant building,
which occupies an entire board
walk block at Absecon Inlet. No
one was injured.
The fire burst out Of a deep
fryer in the kitchen about / am.
Harry Dozer, one OF three en-
ployes on duty, said an attempt
was made TO douse the blaze
with extinguishers, but 1t
reached a plastic hose and
climbed 10 the ceiling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Swiss Villagers Mourn
Air Crash But Work On

doned in the field. A sorrow
stunned farmer apparently left
it there yesterday.
-Four sturdy, unsmiling young
men hauled cattle fodder
These were volunteers who
have already started arriving
in the village to work the fields
that otherwise would be idle
because of the death Of 10 farm
couples and five other Humli-
konerS.
Humlikon lost about one
fifth Of Its PIT population yes
terday when a Swissair twin-jet
Caravelle from Zurich exploded
and crashed in fog. The vii
layers were heading to Geneva
to visit an agriculture expert
ment station. Their deaths
left 40 orphans.
I'VE received spontaneous
offers for help from many peo-
pie all over the canton" said
Robert Haefliger, chairman OF
the district council at the town
of Andelfingen, near here.
People around here are al
ways good neighbors," Mr.. Haze
fliger added. There is nothing
special about 1t. They are just
doing what is necessary. They
are farmers too, and they know
what this tragedy means to
Humlikon."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Morse-WuIIuce
Exchange Runs
Punk to Pink

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept.
(AP) .-Senator Morse, Dem.
ocrat Of Oregon, in a Senate
speech yesterday, described AL.
ALBANIA Gov. George C. Wallace
as a punk" and in answer
the Governor said:
I'D rather be a punk than
a big mustachioed pink like
him"
In a brief speech in Washing
ton dealing with Gov. Wallace's
efforts to prevent Indignation
of Alabama schools, Senator
Morse said the governor "is q
disgrace to the great office he
holds" The Senator said in his
part Of the country, Gov. Wal
lace could be described by "the
slang work-punk."
In Montgomery, Gov. Wallace
said that senatorial drip from
Oregon has removed all doubt
that he is a psychiatric case
who desperately needs treat
ment.
His attack, in which he in.
suited the people of Alabama
by calling their Governor a
punk. indicates that he needs
his head examined. Senator
Morse cannot make up his
mind whether he is a Republi-
can or a Democrat. Irregardless
he is a disgrace to whichever
party he tries to embrace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
FCCHeud Denies
Fuvoritism on
N Licensing
BY the Associated Press

DS eho AsSOCldteu Fress
The Federal Communications
Commission says it neither
favors nor penalties an appli-
cant for a radio or television
station license because a menu
Der of Congress has a financial
interest.
FEC Chairman E. William
Henry, testifing yesterday at
a Senate communications sub
committee hearing, said this
policy makes unnecessary a
bill by Senator Proxmire, Dem
ocrat of Wisconsin, to bar the
commission from considering
"as a factor favoring" the
granting Of a license the fact
that a member of Congress is
an officer, director or stock
holder in the venture.
However, he added, the FEC
recognizes Congress special
interest in matters OF this ma
ture and would, of course,
defer to its judgment on the
matter"
Senator Proxmire said the
legislation is necessary because,
he testified, in June. 1860, an
FEC examiner had justified the
award of a TV channel in AL
bany, N. Y, in part on the
grounds that ut cannot be
ignored that some Of the stock
holders are members OF the
House of Representatives"
The subcommittee was told
that % members of the Senate
and the House have an interest
In radio or TV stations, so far
as the FEC knows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
MILITARY

COnLlnue0 from Rage Al
to be a qualified lawyer only
If the trial counsel is.
Differences Noted
If the Appeals Court had
upheld the review board, and
required a lawyer to serve as
defense counsel, then the
prosecution and the members
Of the three-judge special
court-martial board would also
have had to be lawyers.
In today's decision, appeals
court Judge Robert E. Quinn
i'll a conculTing opinion
pointed out that courts-martial
are different from proceedings
in civilian courts. Although
civilian-type defenses are also
the subject of military trials,
Congress did not predicate
qualification of counsel upon
the nature of the defense but
upon the nature of the court
martial; and it did not eStab-
fish as a requisite qualifica-
ton, formal law school OF
law office study" he said.
Instead, Judge Quinn wrote
Congress took other measures
to safeguard an accused mill
tary mans rights. For ex-
ample, he said, it provided fol
automatic appellate review Of
all special court-martial con-
victions.
Judge Quinn, limited, how.
ever, that the question of usine
non-lawyers in courts-martia
should be looked into. While
under present law the practice
is not unconstitutional, ut does
not cover the question of the
deSirability Of continuing tc
permit non-lawyerS to practice
before tribunals empowered tc
dispose bad-conduct dis
charges" he wrote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
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military control" Pentagor
civilian officials agree with this
At no time in the long and
sometimes bitter arguments has
any responsible military man
suggested that civilians should
not have complete control over
the military.
Admiral Anderson and his
side, which includes the bulk
of the officers and many
civilians. believe the issue
could be more neatly put as
"computerS versus military
judgment" The judgment Of
experienced military men is
being subordinated to cost
effectiveness studies of the
bright young Mcnamara "whiz
kids" Admiral Anderson be-
lieves. He is not opposed tn
the studies, but the "whi2
kids" the "operational ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
TREATY
MonyDoubts Resolved,
Senator Dirksen Saws

the treaty, and our security
maintained by retaining and
improving our military
strength.
THE real test is whether
this first step will lead to other
steps, such as an enforceable
ban on underground testing,
and removal of Soviet troops
from Cuba and Berlin.
THE test will be whether the
Soviet Union will move to the
next steps which are the hope
Of this treaty. If in the fu-
ture, the Soviets show no in
clination to take additional
steps, then I think the chief
hopes of the treaty will not be
realized"
The Senate was urged yester-
day to accept the risks of the
treaty as a venture" which
can lessen the greater dangers
Of nuclear holocaust created by
continued atmospheric testing.
That view was expressed in
different words in a Senate
speech by Senator Mansfield
and in the report of the For
eign Relations Committee.
Senator Mansfield advised
his colleagues to avoid what he
termed "a most dangerous and
tragic obsession" that contin-
ued indiscriminate testing
would provide a margin of Sc
curity for the Nation.
All that such testing could
provide, he said, is insurance
that if our civilization is put
to the nuclear torch by any
hand, others will be consumed
in the same stupendous blaze"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05

HUMLIKON, Switzerland,
Sept. 5 (AP).-"Life must go
on" said Jakob Zindel, white
haired village registrar whose
son was among 43 Humlikoners
killed yesterday in the worst
air disaster in Swiss history.
The mourning villagers
needed his calm, dignified
words. Today, "a hours after
the crash wiped out almost an
entire farming generation
here, tractors were rumbling
through the rain-swept streets
of this neat little village.
In the village school house,
a woman teacher dressed in
black lectured an attentive
class that included many of
the 40 children orphaned by
the crash.
At the post office, the wife
Of the postmaster, who also
died in the flaming wreck, 81
lently sold her stamps and
made telephone connections.
A motor pillow stood aban-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
Engineer Gets Post

Donald E. Marlowe, dean OF
Engineering and architecture at
Catholic University, has been
elected director of the north
east zone of the National Coun-
Gil Of State Boards of Engi-
neering Examiners. He is chair
man Of the District of Column
bia Board of Registration for
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DIEM
DIEM
!: Wet Mans President
!: Says He Runs Nation
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drawn. One, that Ambassador
Lodge, who came here August
~, would be more active than
his predecessor and two, that
Mr.. Lodge was dealing directly
helped in winning that war.
That is what interests me for
the time being"
Saw Lodge Twice
sMr. Diem volunteered the
remark that Mr.. Lodge had not
suggested Ngo Dinh Nhu re-
lite as his adviser. Mr.. Diem
said he had only two meetings
With Mr.. Lodge so far. One
when he presented his creden-
tdals the morning Of August 20
and again that afternoon when
they discussed matters con-
corning both nations.
s"As Mr.. Lodge has not COM
E1ented on our talk, I will not
either" Mr.. Diem said, adding
that the Ambassador did bring
him a personal letter from
President Kennedy.
Mr.. Diem claimed victory
Over the group of Buddhist
monks who recently sought an
overthrow of his government.
- Exploitation Seen
1.-The Buddhist affair, which
has been only the illness STEM
ming from too fast a growth
Of Buddhism in South Wet
Nam, has been exploited by the
enemies Of the independence of
the Wet Namese people in
order to overthrow the govern
n1ent Of free Wet Nam" he
said. "A thorough campaign
OF intoXication and terrorism
on an international scale has
been organized against my
government. 1t has failed. MY
government has smashed the
underground organization
which intoxicated and terror
lied the BONES monks and
the students"
When he was asked how
many monks and students re-
NAMED in government custody
since the pagodas were entered
August 81 and a student DEM
onstration broken up August 26,
the president asked DR.. Then
to check the figures with the
Interior Ministry.
Students TO Be Freed
Brig. Gen. Ton That Dinh,
military governor OF Saigon,
said August 20 that 845 monks
and nuns and 1908 students
and other demonstrators had
been arrested in the capital
city under the martial law in
Stitpted two weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05

"All the students have been,
or will be, returned to their
parents, and the monks anc
pagodas have been, or will be
returned to the Buddhist hier-
arcky," Mr.. Diem said.
The matter is closed and ne
is anxious to get martial law
over with and resume business
as usual, he said.
The President quoted a book
by Mai Tho Truyen. vici
president of the Buddhist AS.
ISOLATION, that there are 4 mil.
lion Buddhists in this nations
IA million and a claim to 81
per cent of the population by
certain monks is fabricated.
Before the country was d.
vided into North and South
Wet Nam, a United States
Embassy survey estimated that
of the nations 30 million tota
population about 10 millior
were strong Buddhists and an.
other 40 per cent nominal fol-
lowers of Buddhism.
Blames Extremists
Mr.. Diem said the decision
to close about 10 of the coun-
try's $500 pagodas was taker
because they had ceased to bt
places of worship but instead
harbored small groups Of ex-
tremistS.
He insisted that no monks
had been killed when the pago-
das were raided and said SC
! far as he knew no student had
lost his life.
Blood was seen on the floor
at xa loi pagoda when 1t was
reopened and a picture was
taken Of a girl student lying in
the street. Diem said If any
shots we're fired they were To
frighten demonstrators and not
TO harm them.