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Evening star., 1963-05-19
Tax Cut Asked

| Mr.. Kennedy asked Congress
to cut tax rates by $l3.6 billior
over three years. Revenue-rais.
ing tax reforms would offset
$3.3 billion of that total, leav.
ing a net tax cut Of $l0.3 bill
lion, Of which $3.1 billion would
be effective this year.
When fully effective in 1865
the proposed rate schedule fol-
individual income taxes would
range from IA to IS per cent
down from the present range OF
20 to 81 per cent. The corpora
ton tax rate would decline ulti-
mately from So to Al per cent.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee plans to start by taking
tentative votes on the reform
recommendations and alterna-
tives to be proposed. After de-
termining how much revenue
the reforms would raise, the
committee will be in a position
to adjust the rate reductions to
keep the total revenue loss near
the Presidents $40 billion
figure.
Cuts Called Impractical
Many of the reforms are very
controversial and we're prac-
tically dead as soon as the
President proposed them. Since
Congress will raise substan-
TALLY less than $3.3 billion
through reforms and $40 bill
lion is roughly the maximum
revenue loss acceptable to the
administration, 1t will not be
practical to cut tax rates as
low as the President recon-
mended.
Mr.. Kennedy has hurt the
drive for reforms by indicat-
ing he would accept legislation
limited to rate reductions, If
that were necessary to save
his program from delay or de-
feat.
But the legislation almost
certainly will include some of
the less controversial reforms.
Representative Mills, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, probably
would oppose a tax bill lack
ing reforms aimed at broaden
ing the tax base. Opposition by
Mr.. Mills, who is chairman of
the Ways and Means Commit
tee. would just about kill tax
legislation.
Mr.. Mills may propose some
of his own reform ideas as al
ternativeS to the Presidents
recommendations.
Reforms Ease Hardships
Some of the Presidents re-
form proposals would lose
rather than raise revenue.
They are designed to alleviate
hardships.
One proposal, for example,
would liberalize allowable tax
deductions for expenses of car
ing for children while parents
Evening star., 1963-05-19
BY LEE M. COHN
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy's tax pro-
gram tomorrow will start q
crucial stage Of its long journey
through Congress.
After three months of public
hearings and exploratory con-
ferences with Treasury officials,
the House Ways and Means
Committee is set to start voting
on the Presidents specific pro-
posals for tax reductions and
reforms"
Committee sources estimated
yesterday that the legislation
will be drafted and ready for
action by the House some time
in July. Then the Senate FL
nance Committee will hold
hearings and write its own bill
for action by the Senate.
Final congressional action on
taxes, the Presidents top legis-
lative priority item for 1868, is
unlikely before September or
october.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Criticizes Eisenhower

At Muscle Shoals, after de-
claring the work of iva never
will be finished. Mr.. Kennedy
added:
There will always be new
frontiers for it to conquer. For
In the minds Of men the world
over, the initials iva stands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Bugs

We have good idea how Walter
Williams feels about all the bugs that
showed up in the Project Mercury equip
ment and now are eating away at the
moon programs. Mostly because Of in
ferior workmanship, 720 faults were
found in one Mercury capsule alone, at
great loss in time and money.
This is serious business when lives
Of our aStronautS are at stake. But we
could have told Mr.. Williams long time
ago that products of American industry
just aren't what they used to be.
For example, we advise Mr. Williams
to try some washer other than ours If
he needs clean socks in a hurry. Ours
is not very dependable. The TV set
works by fits and starts, expiring usually
in the midst of the thrilling denoue-
ment. Have you noticed the light bulbs
lately? They burn out faster than you
can replace them. The principal parts
in the refrigerator unit are excellent;
some little composition gadgets are
always cumming it up.
The garbage disposer is not even
dispoSing of the soap SudS. The waffle
iron sometimes heats up on one side.
With our vacuum cleaner, it has never
been safe to throw away the broom.
Outside in the car, you get about one
squirt from the windshield stream, and
that's it. In our most private room,
that little ball never drops back in
place and it takes good jiggle of the
handle to get it there.
Now, we probably can get along all
right, but furiouSly orbiting aStronaut
just doesn't have much juggling time.
He deserves equipment he can depend on.
Even so, perhaps the space people
are better off than the rest of US. At
least they can get repairs made. All
most citizens get are promises. With all
their troubles, the moon explorers are
a cinch to reach their goal before we
get any help down here-and more
cheaply, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Moose for FideI

In his latest harangue Fidel Castro
has offered some more bad news to the
long-suffering Cuban people: BY plain
implication he has told them that they
must tighten their belts still further and
that they must be ready to endure,
among other things, even stricter food
rationing than has been imposed on
them since his rise to power as the
Kremlin'S puppet dictator in Havana.
This bleak prospect, according to
Fidel, is attributable to a number of
factors. One is that the United States
Is Tightening the economic moose" on
him. A second is that his regime now
owes trade debts Of more than 500 mil
lion to the Russians. And third Is that
Cuba cannot depend, for all time, on
lavish Soviet aid, which has been run
ming at rate Of 81 million a day. In
fact, the Bearded One has suggested
that such aid may be sharply reduced
in the weeks ahead. And he therefore
has put particularly strong emphasis on
appealing to the Cuban people to make
a maximum effort to increase agricul-
tural and industrial production.
The trouble with all this, however, is
that the Cuban economy has been mon
umentally miSmanaged by the Castro
tyranny, and there is little reason to
suppose that things will now begin to
get better just because Fidel has deliv-
cred one Of his interminable speeches
declaring that they must get better.
After all, wholly apart from its political
misfortuneS, Cuba is very sick land
economically On farms and in factories
alike, management is generally incom-
petent and inexperienced, and the labor
force Is apathetic and indifferent. AS
one OF our Governments reports has put
it, wages are not commensurate with
the work, and consequently there Is lit
tie enthusiasm to produce"
So lot more than Fidel Castro's
windy exhortationS will be needed to
bring about basic improvement in the
situation. Actually-especially II the
Kremlin grows tired of his flirtations
with the Chinese Reds and cuts its aid
to him-he may run smack into disaster.
The Castro revolution has turned
out, in sum, to be monstrous fraud,
a betrayal Of the masses of Cuba, a
poisonous thing that makes the BatiSta
regime seem benevolent by comparison.
Certainly, If it were not propped up by
the Soviets, 1t would fall instantly. That
is the real measure of its true strength
and character. Let the moose be drawn
tighter and tighter against it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
LETTERS TO THE STAR

the gracious gifts of the Most
High God, who, while dealing
with us in anger for our sins,
has nevertheless remembered
mercy. 1t has seemed to me
fit and proper that they
should be so solemnly, rev.
erentially. and gratefully
acknowledged as with one
heart and voice by the whole
American people. I do there
fore invite my fellow-citizens,
in every part Of the United
States, and also those who
are at sea, and those who are
Sojourning IN foreign lands,
to set apart and observe the
last Thursday of November
next as a day Of Thanksgiv-
ing and Praise to our benefit
Gent Father who dwelleth in
the Heavens, :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Follows Leader

President Kennedy's H.
State conservation tour was
labeled as nonpolitical by
both the White House and
himself. At Milford, Pa,
he lauded the late Clifford
Pinchot for his conservation
efforts. The President stated,
Il begin today a journey to
save Americas natural heri-
tage - a journey to preserve
the past and protect the fu-
ture."
But the tone changed at
Grand Forks, N. Oak.
He advanced his $11 billion
tax cut. At Great Falls, Mont,
he attacked the Eisenhower
administration and the late
Douglas Mckay, Interior
Secretary of the former ad-
ministration. Next in Salt
Lake City, Mr.. Kennedy
raped the policies of Mr..
Goldwater before 5000 con-
servation-minded Americans.
1t appears obvious from
this that President Kennedy
had more on his mind than
Just conservation. Moreover
it can be said that President
Kenne dy set out to save
himself. 1t was q journey to
preserve his past and to pro-
tect his future.
Peter A, Cavanaugh,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Operation Big Lift

Only two decades ago, with the
urgency of war as goad, the military
did well to get a division overseas and
into action month after it was ordered
to the European Theater This gives
some idea of the mercurial wings on
which the Second Armored Division
soon will be flown from Fort Hood,
Texas, to Germany in only three days
time.
Operation Big Lift is certainly all
its name connoteS. The 5,000-mile
movement of more than $4,000 men
and their small weapons and personal
equipment by 240 Air Force transports
has no parallel in history. 1t dwarfs
the tactical paratroop movements which
introduced mass airborne fighting men
even as the ballistics missile has
dwarfed the Big Bertha.
Although both jet and propeller
driven craft will participate, it is the
former, the -mile-an-hour C-135,
that makes Big Lift possible. 1t is
capable of carrying rs men to Ger
man base, refueling and returning to
its United States base the same day.
Conceivably, if pushed, it might streak
back to Germany with another load
within the same 24-hour period
Defense Secretary Mcnamara hard
ly needed to emphasize the dramatic
impact of such an adventure on new
concepts of military maneuverability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Microscopic tumble

I wonder why your paper
printed the names of the
National Merit Scholarship
semi-finalists. Was it to in
form the students Of their
placement on the list? No,
their school principals did
that. Was it to inform
friends and encourage former
teachers for their part in a
job well done? Your micro
scopic tumble hardly served
that purpose.
Newspaper space being
what it is, you can't be ex-
pected to use the same size
print as you use for juvenile
delinquentS or even football
players. However, next year,
if you care to demonstrate a
small, token recognition Of
this kind of academic
achievement of boys and
girls who will soon be
spreading out to colleges all
over the country represent
ing our areas educational
standards, then please list
the schools in bold type, in
alphabetical order and sep
arated by a space. At least
make 1t possible for a stu
dent to underline his name
in a clipping that can be
sent to grandma.
b. r. Metalitz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
100 Years AGO

Composing a Thanksgiving
Proclamation for a Nation
torn by seemingly endless
civil war could have been no
easy task for Abraham Lin
coin. The Presidents per-
sonal cup Of bitterness over
flowed as he faced up to off,
cial and family problems
that would have finished off
a lesser man. The year 1863
had given him little to be
thankful for personally. His
wife was thrown from a car
riage by a boiling horse,
leaving her in a confused
state. She squandered money
and grieved over the loss Of
relatives, some of whom died
fighting for the Confederacy.
Lincoln himself had a bout
with smallpox. No wonder a
S ia tie Department employe
who passed him frequently
on the street wrote: Poor
mani He looks exhausted,
care-worn, spiritless, extinct.
I pity him! Mr.. Lincoln's
looks are those of a man
whose nights are sleepless,
and whose days are comfort
less. :" The President
sought comfort in res ding
Shakespeare an attending
the theater. He continued to
crack jokes and kept up with
the humoriStS of the time. At
a cabinet meeting he read
aloud After mus Wards
High Handed Outrage at
Utica" but no one laughed.
why don't you laugh?" he
asked. with the fearful
strain that is on me night
and day, if 1 did not laugh
occasionally I should die, and
you need the m e dicin e as
much as /" Even so, Lin
coins Thanksgiving Proc
lamation of a century ago,
which The Star printed on
October 5, 1868, was up to
his high literary standards.
1t read: 1.-THE year that is
drawing toward it's close has
been filled with the blessings
of fruitful fields and health
full skies. To these bounties,
which are so constantly en-
joyed that we are prone to
forget the source from which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Hail. Geographic

During the past rs years the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine has grown
with the world, exploring the poles and
the Equator, plumbing the ocean depths
and scaling the heights in quest Of
material for the greatest Recommendation
of its kind ever undertaken.
Men of vision, like Alexander Ora
ham Bell, laid the foundation stones
on which the National Geographic
Society has attained its preeminent
position among the leaders of explora-
ton and research. Only this year, in
fitting capstone to monumental
achievements, National Geographic led
Americas conquest of Mount Everest
Wherever man has dared to penetrate,
the Geographic also has gone with
curious camera and poised pencil, pre-
pared to send a world of adventure to
the fireSide traveller.
In this Diamond Anniversary month
Of October, 35 million homes on every
continent will receive the Geographic.
When Gilbert Hovey GroSvenor became
the editor in 1899, there were less
than 1000 members. AS he once OBJ
served during more than half century
at the magazines helm, the National
Geographic takes its readers around
the world first class.
For DR.. and Mrs. GroSvenor, also
observing their SD wedding anniver-
sary, October is a memorable month
indeed, and to them we extend, as to
all the Geographic Society family, our
warmest congratulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Otepko Case

The showdown which is shaping
up between the State Department and
the Senate Judiciary Committee, or
rather its subcommittee on Internal
Security, is both necessary and deSir-
able. For the issues are of highest
Importance.
What is involved here is a seeming
collision between the undoubted right
Of the State Department to maintain
proper security procedures within the
department and the equally undeniable
right Of the Senate land the public)
to know whether sloppy State Depart
ment procedures have been endanger-
ing national security.
The department has preferred
charges which could lead to the dis
miSSal of Otto F. Otepka, chief Of
States security Civilizations division.
These charges were developed after
such Spy-thriller techniqueS as search
ing Mr.. Otepka's burn basket" reading
the imprint on his carbon paper,
deciphering used typewriter ribbons,
patching together torn up notes, etc.
VI q O1llCldl 1ldo
issued an order forbidding employees to
appear before the Senate subcommittee
without obtaining advance clearance
from State 1t is also specified in the
order that this includes contact or
interviews with any members Of the
staff of the subcommittee. This covers
lot of territory.
Naturally, the Senators, or at least
those Immediately involved, are up in
arms. And they should be. For the
order to the employees and the action
against Mr.. Otepka could serve to
clamp down the lid on information
from the State Department to which
the Senate, If not the public, should
have access. If this is what is being
done, every possible pressure should be
brought to bear to stop it.
We find it hard to believe, how
ever, that Secretary Rusk would con-
done any such activity. 1t runs counter
to his nature, and he Is too sensible.
Nevertheless, it is good that the Senate
has called upon him to testify and that
he has agreed to do so. The issue comes
down to a question Of just what Mr..
Otepka was doing. The typewriter
ribbons, the used carbon paper and the
rest should tell the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Ready to Gosh In

Being a son Of q Confed-
crate veteran I have always
been interested in the Cause
Of the Confederacy. For
many years as a hobby I
have been collecting Civil
War notes drawn on South
ern banks. I have heard the
expression many times, Save
your Confederate money
boys, the South will rise
again."
Now that the South has
risen as far as I think 1t can
go. I am ready to cash my
notes in.
What Southern State will
pay the top dollar?
James w. Fallin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06

they come, others have been
added, which are of so ex-
traordinary a nature that
they cannot fail to penetrate
and soften even the heart
which is habitually insensible
to the ever-watchful provi-
dence of Almighty God. In
the midst Of a civil war of
unequalled magnitude and
severity, which has some
times e e m e d to foreign
states to invite and provoke
their aggression, peace has
been preserved with all ma
tons; order has been main
tanned, the laws have been
respected and obeyed and
harmony has prevailed every
where, except In the theater
of military conflict; while
that theater has been greatly
contracted by the advancing
armies and navies of the
Union. Needful diversions of
wealth and of strength from
the fields of peaceful indus
try to the national defense
have not arrested the plough,
the shuttle or the ship. The
ak has enlarged the borders
of our settlements, and the
mines, as well of iron and
coal as Of the precious met
ais, have yielded even more
abundantly than heretofore.
Population has steadily in
creased, Notwithstanding the
waste that has been made
in the camp, the siege, and
the battlefield and the coun-
try, re joicing in the con-
seriousness of augmented
strength and vigor is permit
ted to expect continuance of
years, with large increase of
freedom. No human counsel
hath devised, nor hath any
mortal hand worke d out
these great things. They are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06

Now, after more than half
a century of building, the
central tower by the skilled
labor of many months has
climbed to its destined place
in the skyline to a height
exceeding that of the famed
Washington Monument. Its
visibility from various ap-
proaches to the Capital make
it regnant among all other
structures as does the mes
sage it proclaims. Thus, in
that mystic hour, there was
presented to all who have
ears to hear, and hearts to
feel, a priceless gift more
golden than gold offered to
those who from near and
far, will partake of a royal
feast of heavenly melody
freely offered like June to
the poorest conner.
And so These Bells" be-
come a wealthy asset to the
spiritual riches Of the city
which belongs to every Amer
lean, and to the Nation, to
which the city belongs. They
are bells ordained to sing and
proclaim q wordleSs certainty
which dispels moods of Gym
ical disbelief. These Bells"
speak ever of unity. They
know nothing of border. or
breed, of BIRTH A belfry may
belong to one church-but
not the bells! Their aerial
symphony steals into rooms
with their minstrelsy even
when the doors are shut.
Their resounding tones re-
mind all who really listen
that religion is bigger than
the measure of mans mind.
They speak a language that
casts aside all pettineSs and
bigotry as they utter glow
ing words about God, and
man, life and duty, lest mems
hearts turn to water in them
and their strength be gone.
These Bells" are the proud
product of the renowned
Taylor Bellfoundry in Eng
land where, under that name,
the fashioning of bells has
been perfected for more than
400 years. They wait to leap
into action at the touch of
the skilled carillonneur whose
pulpit is a lofty keyboard.
They are the memorial gift
Of an elect woman, Bessie
Juliet Kibbey, who half a
century ago. in the begin
ming days Of the cathedral.
set the funds aside for a
carlton in memory of her
grandparents when that
dreamed-of day should come.
AS prophets of the evangel
stand up to preach In the
white pulpit so far below
the lofty choir Of the bells
may there be repeated the
experience of a prophet Of
long ago, Elisha, who cried
out: Bring me a minstrel.
And it came to pass when
the minstrel played that the
Hand of the Lord came upon
Elisha and he prophesied."
And the marvel of it all is
that These Bells" are yours,
whate'er your name or sign.
As II a choir
In robes of fire,
Were singing here
No shout nor rush,
But hush
For God Is herel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
Sensible Ruling

Two things are accomplished by
Judge Shure'S ruling that the Montgom-
cry County School Board may submit
fingerprints of school employees, includ-
ing teachers, to the county police for
examination and report. First, 1t is a
triumph Of sorts for common sense.
Second, it will help insure the safety
of Montgomery's school children. On
both grounds we applaud the decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06

instances to white citizens"
and NEGRO residents" who
were voting. In other places
he referred to both races as
residents"
The distinction Is clear,
unfortunately, to many stu
dents Of the type Of constitu-
tion a. arguments first ad-
vanced in the decades before
and Immediately following
the Civil War. The argument
was in support of a sophisti-
Gated apartheid and declared
that although both freedmen
and whites were residents"
only W hites were citizens"
and thus only whites could
be granted the freedoms as
ISOLATED with citizenship. This
argument, Of course, was,
and is, inconsistent with the
Fourteenth Amendment and
the Supreme Court has i'm
piled this In q series Of cases
broadening the meaning Of
the due process and equal
protection clauses. Nonethe-
less the remains of the bred
Scott decision haunt many of
our citizens In our current
civilized" environment.
II it is not the stated poll
cy of The Star to make the
trite and unSeemly distinc-
ton between residents" and
citizens" perhaps more care
should be taken when editing
lead articles.
Citizen.
Editors Note: No distinction,
of course, tDds intended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
FROM THE STAR FILES.

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letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used tUiH be
returned only iDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-06
SUNDAY, ocToBER 6, 1863

In practical terms, the operation is
intended to show our NATO allies the
capability of quickly deploying troops
in trouble areaS-a first step, perhaps,
to an understanding which would per-
NIT the safe withdrawal Of some of
our European troops.