EDITORIAL COMMENT
North s Race Tpctics
The London Dally Telegraph's
New York correspondent report
ed recently that the last battle
for racial equality In the United
States might be fought in the
North, not in the South.
The correspondent quoted froft^
the Civil Rights Commission's
latest report to the President,
which claimed that progress in
tfce South was slow but steady.
But in: the North, a "subtler"
for-m of segregation is being
practiced, he reported.
The system used in the North
was described as, "the gentle
man's agreement that bars the
minority citizeg from housing
outside the ghetto and which of
ten holds him in a menial status
regardless of his capabilities."
The London correspondent con
cluded that this was a far tough
er form of segregation and dis
crimination to eradicate than
that found in the South.
Th(s sort of report should be
made compulsory reading for
all the politicians in the North
who constantly seek votes and
personal political gain by stir
ring the race question-some
where else. x\
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Our Army In Germany
One of th? grim features of the
:power struggle being waged by
President-dictator Charles de
Gaulle and Washington is the ef
fort to get .the. United States
Army out of Europe. State De
partment and Executive Depart
ment ejcperts are now convinced
De Gaulle wants U. S. military
strength removed from the con
tinent.
The sooner Washington* re acts
with toughness and firmness, to
France and De Gaulle, the soon
er the present impasse will be
broken. Too many voices are
urging caution, are arguTng~that
we must hot push De Gaulle in
to a corner, etc., etc. The same
-arguments were Heard in the
thirties-concerning other dic
tators. The truth is that dicta
tors respect only force and tough
policy.
The United States should ser
ve notice very soon that it wijl
not guarantee France against
Communist aggression as a
member of NATO unless Paris
complies with certain NATO
principles and policies, ff this
is nbt done, we should move to
have France excluded from NA
TO. Thia. would not weaken NA
TO; De Gaulle does not coope
rate with NATO. And it would
let France go it alone. After a
few years of this, De Gaulle's
prestige and image would no
doubt suffer in his own country.
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Labor Challenge In Britain
* Recent polls of public opinion
in Great Britain have shown that
the Labor Party had an ex
cellent chance to win the gene
ral election-expected this au
tumn. However, the humiliation
flung in the face of the British
Governmentby President-dicta
tor Charles de Gaulle of France
" .has, to some extent, rallied the
_Britlsh people behind the Con
servative Government of Prime
Minister Harold Macmillian.
The British traditionally rally
around the theme of unity and
country when' a crisis i.s en- '
countered, and it may be that the
bitter blow of De Gaulle's chal-^
lenge will stir more sympathy
for M r. MaCmillan than anything
else. At least, he does not have
to battle opponents of entry into
the European Common Market
in the next few weeks and months.
They have been pacified by the
failure of the British bid.
A critical setback for Labor
was the death recently of Hugh
Gaitskell, who was both popular
and capable in debate and lead
ership. The Labor Party's new
leaders do not match Gaitskell's
posture andmay not possess the
same appeal to the British vot
ter. . >
Hfe has not, therefore perman
ently alienated all opponents of
entry into the ECM and might
gain some support from them in
' the election that he would not
have gained had he succeeded in
bringing Britain into the Euro
pean community. But this is on
ly conjecture at best and it must
be admitted that the Labor chal
lenge is very strong at the mo-r
ment.
Another Rusk Miscalculation?
If what Chancellor Konrad Ad
enauer Says Is true, about a talk
he had vHth Secretary of State
Dean Rusk last summer, the
American Secretary of State"
committed what 'constitutes an
Incredible miscalculation of the
? Intentions of_Presjdent^Charles
de Gaulle'and a blunder in U. S.
foreign policy.
U. S, News and World Report
quotes the elderly German Chan
cellor as having given this ac
count of a conversation with
Husk in the summer of 1962?,
"Last summer I told Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk.,. that ,
" weWntedtu eulci into a closer
? relationship with France and
asked * T3 that good ur bad
j. from tlM American point of
view'?"
; I "Mr. Rusk replied: The Ame
ricans will always stay in a
closer relationship with Britain,
and it would be good if you were
in a closer relationship with
France." - -
Views And Reviews
Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.,
director of Comdr. Walter M.
Schirra Jr's.- space flight:
>?'We set out to prove man's
place In space, and we did It." .
Dwlght D. Eisenhower, former
President' recalling his Admin
istration:
"The present military readi
ness of the nation would not exist
were it not for the wdrk of those
eight years."
Hale Boggs, member of the House
(D., La.):
"Believe me, if these missiles
In Cuba are not dismantled, the
* United States has the power to
destroy, them, and! assure- you
this will lie done." j
fill 1 1 IM? ? I,
It may be. of course, that Rusk
was trying to win Adenauer's
confidence by implying that the
U nited'States would "influence"
Britain while Germany should
"influence" France but this
seems unlikely-in the too close
r?Utlnn?htpa, ? . ?
What seems more probable is
that Rusk blundered, in nat seek
ing to woo Germany and prevent
the "capture" of the West Ger
man Government and Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer by the
French President. That Rusk
wrote Adenauer a stern letter
about a year ago, whicb the ag
. iupPhnnnnllnr nnnaiiiprpd an i re
sult , is no longer a^secret. In
other StatetDepartmentpolicies,
the break "between Washington
and Bonn and Adenauer's turn
ing to De Gaulle can be laid to
short - sighted policies - in the
State Department.
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Senator Sam Says
Washington? At the heart of
the current discussion on pro
posals for a $98.8 billion bud
get, a $13. 5 billion tax cut, and
a $3.5 billion tax Increase to
offset part of the tax Cut Is
how well Congress l/ policing
appropriations recommended
by the Executive Branch of the
Federal government. B will
likely be months before the Ap
propriations Committees begin
"mhrklng up" bills to deter
mine the needs of agencies pro
posing them. It has been sug
gested by a Senate Resolution
sponsored by more than three -
fourths of th e Senators that
Congress might discharge Its
responsibilities In the appro
priations field better If It would
establish a House-Senate Joint
Committee on the Budget. Se
nator McClellan has offered
such a resolution. I was happy
to cosponsor It.
Already In the field of taxa
tion, there Is a highly useful
House-Senate Joint Committee
on Internal Revenue Taxation.
It provides a ready source of
Impartial Information to the
Committees on Ways and Means
and Finance In the House and
Senate. In essence It expertly
analyzes every Treasury De
partment tax proposal. There
Is, however, \no( comparable
Committee of the Congress to
Committee of ^heCo^VHto
analyze appropriations.
The 87th Congress had an un
fortunate controversy over pro
cedural matters governing' ap
propriations bills. There is a ,
need for good relations between
the two bodies On appro
priations. Many have suggested
that the creation of the Joint
Committee on the Budget Would
Iron out some of the difficulties
that have arisen In the past.
Congress, under the Consti
tution, has the power to make
appropriations. The current
Federal budget will go to the
Appropriations Committees of
the House and the Senate. Hear
ings will bring the requests of
each department and agency to
the attention of the committees
and subcommittees. Usually the
department or agency has been
studying Its request for months
when it presents its credentials
for the budgeted amount. Appro- .
priatlons Committee staffs have
a burdensome task of assisting
in the conduct of lengthy hear
ings and many (eel that they do
not hav? sufficient time to make
exhaustive studies on, the Indi
vidual requests presented.
Thus arises the need forth*
Joint Committee on the Budget.
It would have a staff whose
time would be devoted to analy
zing the Executive Depart
ment's requests for expendi
tures. Congress would have Its
own source of Information to
determine the validity of any
proposed expenditure. With a
budget of nearly $99 billion,
Congress has the duty to probe
deeply Into every requested ex
penditure. The JolntCommittee
on the Budget would be an ef
fective aid In helping Congress
cope with a multitude of re
quests from a vast network of
departments and agencies. But
whether Congress creates the
Committee or not, It ought to
face squarely the need for curb- -
lng spending If It grants any
tax reductions.
Record Wages
The La^or Department says
factory workers earned a re-"
cord average of 72.40 an hour
in Octobe^and September.
But average weekly earning in
October dipped 72 cents below
the September level because of
an eighteen- minute drop in the
average factory work week.
The record hourly average
compares with $2.18 an hour In
October, 1961. The previous
high was $2.39 hourly in July
The Post Office Department
is going to flood the market
with misprinted Hammarskjold
stamps puncturing the paper
profits of the few collectors who
hold the limited number of Im
perfect stamps which first slep
ped IntOvclrculatlon.
Some dealers in stamps were,,
critical of the decision, but for
the most part they seemed to
agree with the Denver dealer
who said, "I don't beljeve spe- '
culators should allowed to
make money off post Office
mistakes. ' L
Profit Over
If every human being had the
same Ideas there would be no
hunlan race.
Observant
Flossie-That man over there
hasn't taken his eyes off me
for an hour.
Frank-How do you know?
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Comment On Sports
WASHINGTON, D. C. ? The
List on- Patterson rematch Is
now supposedly set for April
4th, In Miami. At least, thats
the latest word as this Is ^rit
*ten. It could be a different' story
by the tlmte you read these lin
es but the match seems as
sured , at the least.
The general opinion In various
parts of the sports world, is
that the new bad-man champion,
Sonny Liston, will>raake quick
work of the ex, Floyd Patter
son. Evfcn a Patterson's old
manager took a crack at Floyd,
saying maybe Patterson would
fight this time.
And that undoubtedly Is the
big question. U Floyd fights and
fights his best, cool and humi
liated enough by the first fight
to have revenge instead of an
xiety on his mind, he could
make a fight out of it.
Liston Isn't so good Patterson
must be a no-chance contestant
Liston is a rugged man, a big
tough fighter, but he can be had
and his type doesn't usually
reign as heavyweight chantplon
for years and years. > /
He isn't the most polished
fighter In the world; It's his
power which humbles op
ponents. But one remembers
another powerful and younger
champion that frightened all the
opposition back In the thlrtles
Joe Louis.
Louis perhaps had even more
power than List on. But an old
smart tighter from Germany *
out/ Igured him and knocked him
out In the twelfth round one
night In New York. Max Schroel
lng was that man.
Llston has been around; he
Isn't green. He also Isn't un
beatable. If Patterson could stay
away from a knockout punch tor
eight or ten rounds, scoring
some points, he definitely has a
chance to win back his crown.
It seems to be a long-shot
chance but Is It there.
Patterson certainly fought the
second and third times he met
bigemar Johansson. The opin
ion here Is that he will fight
In April against Llston. Champ
Ions just usually go down fights
lng and If this Is to be Floyd's
last championship bout It Is un
likely that he will fumble and
bumble like he did 4*st jrear
when he lost In the first round.
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