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PAGE-i HERALD The U.S. Supreme Court will get no respite from the field of major controversy in the 1963-64 term now beginning. New cases involving reapportionment of state leg islatures and Negro sit-ins in public estab lishments will be high on the docket. j; The reasonably well-informed layman may ask: "Haven't those issues already been settled by the court?" I The answer is, only in part. In the matter of the sit-ins, the high court ruled last spring in a cluster of de cisions that segregation practices which bar Negroes from lunch counters and similar places are unconstitutional where it can be shown that state or city authority was used to enforce such practices. Left unsettled was the question of wheth er the proprietor of a privately owned es tablishment, acting entirely on his own, can bay Negroes once he has declared his place optm to the public. Congress, of course, is right now em broiled in debate over this very issue as it mulls over President Kennedy's civil rights program. One proposal would bar racial dis crimination in such establishments. If this feature were adopted in law, the Supreme Court presumably would be power On The (The New York Times) ; On his so-called "conservation" trip, the President seems to have been more interested in Jthe conservation of the Democratic party than in the conservation of America's nat ural resources. The whole purpose of this trip has been obscured by the President's em phasis on political matters, as distinct from the original hope it would be used to awaken the public to the urgent requirements of pre serving this nation's tangible and intangible natural heritage. The President and his energetic Secre tary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall, have proposed and supported some excellent con servation legislation; but what is now needed is ihe strong follow-through that only the President can provide. He created the oppor tunity to do so on this very trip but that op portunity was almost completely ignored. Not quite, however, for Mr. Kennedy did strike a blow the other day for one of the most important of all conservation measures before the present Congress, the "Wilderness Bill" to establish a national wilderness pre By SYDNEY J. HARRIS When an attractive young lady of my acquaintance recently asked mo why I had cut her dead on the street twico in one week, I decided 11 was again time to write the column 1 have written every year or two about "street zombies" like me. I do tltfs not merely to apolo gize tor my own remiss behavior, but; on behalf of Ilic thousands like me who arc unjustly ac cused of snubbing or ignoring people who pass them on the street. In my own case, tlioro arc two factors at work: myopia and fan tasy. I am dreadfully nearsight ed, and too vain or negligent to wear glasses except when driv ing at night; and as I walk along I am involved in some rich an tasy-llfo of my ow n. I could pass and have my nearest and dearest on Iho street without recognition most of the lime. First, 1 can't distinctly sec thq face of anyone more than 50 i; feet away; and. secondly, my; febrile littlo mind is usually on ''another planet, In deep dia logue with tome astral character out of the early Edgar Klcc Bur roughs' novels. Never once in my llfo have I consciously "cut" anyone, even people 1 don't particularly care (or, Indeed, It strikes me as rep rehensible that anyone would snub anyone else, when a casual nod it so cheap and easy. Curiously enough, if I am seat ed somewhere ai an observer, 1 ran be a rapt people-watcher. But when I myself am a partici pant In the passing parade, 1 shuf fle along totally oblivious of fry surroundings, except for the per il bf automobiles and children on triycles, tbero i a feverish Walter Wit ty quality to my walking: I am AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon Judicial Hornet's Nest fully influenced in its judgment on the mat ter. It might even consider that the decision had been made for it. If the measure dies, greater interest will surround the court's rul ing. The Supreme Court's 1962 decision in the Tennessee reapportionment case simply made the point that the federal courts have a right to speak in suits involving malapportioned legislatures on the ground that the 14th Amendment's "equal protection of the laws" clause guards voters against such distortions in voting strength. The court did not say, however, what it regards as fair and reasonable apportionment. It did not set standards which would enable lower courts to say: "This plan satisfies the requirements of equal protection, this one does not." In the new term the high court will hear a number of cases from various states which go to that critical point. Lawyers, lawmakers and legislatures all over the nation are wait ing to learn its ruling. The general public will be highly atten tive to this decision, too, as it will to the out come of the new sit-in cases. For the Supreme Court, plainly, it is once more out of the swarm of bees and into a hornet's nest. 'Conservation' Trai servation system. This measure would safe guard intact a relatively small amount of scenic land that is already in public owner ship. It has passed the Senate; and the Pres ident's good word for it could help build up the fire necessary to rescue it from the vested interests that have succeeded thus far in getting it pigeonholed in the House. One of the few places of conservation importance in the West that was on the Pres ident's "Conservation Tour" itinerary is the Oregon Dunes, a magnificent stretch of sea shore, sand hills and forests on the Pacific Coast. Senator Maurine Neuberger has been valiantly carrying on her late husband's ef forts to turn this area into a 44,000-acre nat ural park; but, as was to be expected, private recreational and industrial interests oppose her bill and it faces tough going. If the President would put as much ener gy behind a few of these Western park pro posals as he did behind the Cape Cod na tional seashore, we could be more confident in the future preservation of America's most precious scenic resources. STRICTLY PERSONAL eitlier working out a complicated bridge hand, hi which I soundly trounce Goren, Schenkcn and all the other world exports; or 1 am conducting the premiere of my new symphony at Carnegie Hall, Willi lire envious shade of Mozart hovering over my shoul der; or I am devising irrefutable arguments as to why my salary should be trebled immediately and my mortgages lifted by a grateful government. None of this explanation is of any consequence, except that the population includes a great many street zombies like me, who are continually reprimanded for 'That triu 11 Jm. Monday, October 14, 1961 slighting their acquaintances, when we arc actually walking around in a daze, with impaired vision and our mental faculties scaled off from the world of real ity. Please don't lake it personally. I once passed my own moth er and father on the street, and was not aware of it until my dad strode back and prodded me f irmly between the should blades with his umbrella. "Can't you even say hello?" he demanded. 1 looked up and mumbled, "If I moved tlie knight to queen 4, I could have beaten Capablance at Hastings." Rat' UTTLt NASHVILLE TENNESSIAN By PETER EDSON Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEA) - The three birthday parties planned for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower indi cate he is still first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his Republican countrymen. But recent political develop ments raise some challenges to this last distinction. The first celebration, Oct. 12, two days before his real birthday, was held in Hershey, Pa. Organi zers of this party Roy Wilkin son Jr., of Bellefonle, Pa., and Admiral Lewis Strauss insist it is strictly a social affair. The hosts were about 400 of the 850 prominent citizens President Eisenhower invited to his many private little stag dinners during his eight years in the White House. They decided to repay his hospitality with a dinner in his honor, at $25 a plate, Dutch treat. Even if it is nonpolitical or bi partisan Jim Farley has accept ed, for instance all Republicans who attend are sure touches lor GOP campaign contributions later on. The former president is 73 today. He plans to spend the day quietly with his family in Gettysburg. But the next night he will come to Washington for a cut-rate din ner $75 a plate instead of the usual $100 which is frankly a political fund raiser for the 1964 campaigns. GOP National Committee Chair man William E. Miller of New York will be principal speaker. Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania toastmaster. The dessert will be cake made from Mamie's favorite recipe, and the hope is that 1.000 or more will have it and cat it, too, in the Sheraton Park's double banquet rooms. For the Eisenhower name is still magic, and the GOP would gladly run the general for Presi dent again or maybe his broth er Milton if it could. Right now, however, the ex prceidenl and Dr. Milton are con centrating on the Republican Citi By FULTON LEWIS Jit. . WASHINGTON - The beard is something more than a revolu tionary symbol in Castro Cuba. It is an economic necessity. Razor blades sell for $5 a piece in this workers' paradise; a car ton of cigarettes for $10. Turkeys are sale-priced at $1)0; and used . shoes for $115. Reports of a complete break down in the Castro economy have been brought here by refugees who fled Cuba late last month. Orestes Alvarez, a 22-year-old taxi driver, regularly drove be tween Havana and Camaguey, 400 miles to the cast. He tells of a "catastrophic" lack of food: "There is no food in Havana, but tlie countryside is much worse olf. It is frightening. You can buy some tilings on the black market, but they are very ex pensive and they arc controlled by the militia and tlie Soviet bloc occupation troops. Russians sell American goods, especially cartons of cigarettes. They have huge quantities of them and sell (hem for $11 to $10 a carton." The cigarettes must he smoked in secret, for anyone caught with them "is sent to jail." Alvarez says the Russians do a thriving business in U.S. raur blades at $60 a dozen. Soviet blades arc so terrible, he as, that Cubans tell tlie following joke: A nun goes to a drug stoic where the only razor blades he can buy are Soviet ones. He asks the clerk for shaving cream. There is none. He asks the clerk for soap with which to shave. There is none. The clerk then says: "When you use Russian blades, the tears arc sufficient lubricant." Like many refugees, Alvarez was interviewed in Miami by exports of (lie Citizens Commit tee for a Free Cuba. Another re cent arrival queried by commit tee interrogators was Francisco Quitano, who says rations in Ha vana itlic country's best supplied city i have been severely cut. "Tlie three-pound ration of rice every 15 days has now boon cut to l' pounds," he says. Beans are available in half-pound quan tities only twice a month, while fruit is non-existent. A flourish ing black market exists in ail lltese commodities, according lo escapees, with government au thorities including members of the militia, running tlie illegal slum. Victor Fone.-co. of Caiberien, in tlie central Province of Las Vil las, reported Oct. 1 that meat and fowl can he found only on the bUck market. "A lien costs $15 to $20," he Miid. "while tur EPSON IN WASHINGTON . . . Eisenhower Faction Seeks Party Control zens Committee to line up inde pendent and Democratic support or the GOP next year. Half a dozen Critical Issues Council task orces are being as sembled to prepare papers on what Republican policy should be in the 1964 platform. But even before this effort can get under way, it is being chal lenged by the rise of Sen. Barry Goldwater as a popular favorite for the presidential nomination. It is already obvious that a plat form which satisfies Senator Gold water isn't going to satisfy the Eisenhowers, and vice versa. The question is whether this presages a fight for party dominance be tween the Eisenhower middle-of-Ihc-roaders and the Goldwater keep-to-the-righters. It would also be a fight between the Old Guard the cx-cabinct members and administrators of the Eisenhower era and the self-styled New Guard of young Republicans who are all out for Goldwater. There is a third Republican force in this coming fight, too. This is the Republican delegation in Congress which now makes the working policy that counts. From the Eisenhower wing of the party there may well be some questioning as to where the Con- gressional wing gets its ideas. After the House Republicans' fu tile fight to tie a budget-cutting amendment onto the administra tion tax cut bill, business leaders who have always given heavily to GOP campaign funds let it be known that, "You don't need to expect any money from us next year if you don't pass a tax cut bill this year." Also, the national opinion polls on critical issues all seem to show preference for Kennedy adminis tration programs over the Repub lican alternatives. Some politicians discount polls as usually supporting the party of whomever is President. But if the national surveys are at all accur ate on current leading issues, their findings are not reflected in GOP congressional leadership policies. WASHINGTON REPORT . . . Shortage Threatens In 'Worker's Paradise' keys, when they can be found, cost over $60." Even ice is scarce. Eduardo Montesinos, a veteran iceman in a plant outside Havana, says: "What little ice is made, restrict ed by tlie impurity of the water and lack of ammonia, goes to the government-owned tourist bars. Therefore, the normal price for 100 pounds of ice ($2) has gone up lo $B or $7 on the black mar ket." Montesinos reports that lines of 400 and 500 people begin forming at 4 a.m. to buy chips of ice for a nickel or dime. Another exile, Luis Reyes, was asked how Castro could feed 1.200 delegates lo the Communist-run conference of architects held recently in Havana. He re plied: "The Communists took food from government warehous es to the hotels in m i d t o w n Havana. Trucks full of food were sent so the architects w o u I d have the impression that food was plentiful. The former Trader Vic's at the Hilton Hotel, the Mandarin Restaurant in Radio Center, the Crazy Cat. the Na tional Hotel, all were fully slocked. "The Communists even went so fur as to have new uniforms made for workers of the Ministry of Public Woiks, who were put lo work breaking up the sidewalks . in hotel areas to give the im pression that some of the hotels built in 1957 and 1958 were still under construction." Escapee Jose Luis Fundora, 21, tells of a terrible shortage of clothing. Second-hand shoes go (or $50 lo $65. He said "Ameri can Florsheims which haven't seen too much wear will bring $200." Second-hand slacks are priced anywhere from $30 to $60. Women's shirts sell for $50. AI manac By I'nilrd Tress International Today is Monday. Oct. 14, tlie 287th day of 13 with 78 to fal low . The moon is approaching its phase. The morning star is Jupiter. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn. Those born today include form er President Dwight Eisenhower, in 1890. On this day in history: In lows, the Normans defeated King Harold and his English forces in tlie battle of Hastings. In 1912, former President The odore Roosevelt was shot in Mil waukee and refused to have the wound treated until he delivered a scheduled speech. BERRY'S WORLD "I got carried away with my new stainless steel razor blade'." By RALPH de TOLEDANO New polls demonstrating the dramatic decline of Governor Nel son Rockefeller of New York as a potential Presidential nominee now place him roughly on a par in popularity with Governor George Romney of Michigan. Mr. Rom ney has not gained strength; it is simply that his relative position, as compared to Mr. Rockefeller, is improved. This, however, has already be gun to encourage those who see in him the ideal "stop Goldwater" candidate. And, in turn, his new position in the polls makes it nec essary lo examine his eligibility for the Presidency. By that, I do not mean his competence. I refer, of course, to the question: "Is George Romney a natural born American?" If he is not, the Con stitution bars him from the na tion's two highest elective offices. George Romney was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, where h i s Mormon parents had taken up residence lo avoid United States laws against the practice of po lygamy. The Constitution, howev er, docs not define "natural born" ' although the First Congress of fered its own interpretation nev er tested in the courts in a bill setting up naturalization pro-, cedures. According to this probab ly discarded definition, the off spring of American citizens are natural born no matter where they are born. The legally accepted interpreta tion, however, holds that this stat us applies only in cases where the parents are in the military, on the high seas, on diplomatic duty, or in areas where extra-territoriality in effect creates a special Ameri can sovereignly. The Romneys were neither soldiers nor diplo mats and Chihuahua was clear ly Mexican territory. Court decisions have supported the commonly held view that the progeny of Americans not born on American soil arc not natural born with the exceptions I not ed and must be naturalized. The Supreme Court has ruled that a naturalized citizen "stands on equal footing with the native citi zens in all respects save that of eligibility to the Presidency." In the case of Uniled States vs. Wong Kim Ark, the court ruled that "a person born out of the jurisdiction of the United Stales can only become a citizen by be ing naturalized, either by treaty, as in the case of annexation of a foreign territory, or by authority of Congress exercised ... in en actments conferring citizenship upon foreign born children of cit izens." i This decision spelled out other citizenship matters, hut they are not pertinent to the Romney case. I In Wong Kam Wo vs. Dulles, a three-judge Federal Circuit Court ruled that a child who is a citizen at birth by de rivative citizenship under the statutes is "naturalized." This has been sustained in other cases. Where docs this leave Governor Romney? Unless there arc de cisions the lawyers have failed to discover or unless the Su preme Court rules that past prec edent no 'crgcr applies he is clearly not eligible to be Presi dent. His followers argue as did those who hoped that Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was Presidential timlier, the was born in Canada) that these are legalisms. "If lie is nominated." they say. "and then elected, no one will raise tlie Issue of his Constitution al eligibility. And if it does go be fore the Supreme Court, the ruling will recognize the existence of an accomplished fact, then sustain the new President. Much of this is academic. Gov ernor Romney's chances are not bright, and indeed it is a ques tion whether he truly wants to make the perilous race. But it does raise some serious moral questions for lliose who claim IN WASHINGTON... Is Romney Eligible For The Presidency? committal to his candidacy. If the court decisions and tlie statutes are clear-cut, then is it proper to propose Romney as a candidate on the ground that the Supreme Court will ignore legality in order to allow him tlie Presidency? The answer is obviously in the nega tive. Governor Romney could, prior to the Republican convention and or the primaries, ask Congress lo pass a law making him properly eligible. But it is hard to see how any candidate, playing the usual coy game of Presidential possibil ities, could lay his cards on the table so openly. The polls may equate Romney and Rockefeller strength, but until the status of his eligibility is decided, Romney is only a shadow candidate. LETTERS TO THE . EDITOR . Write Now I would like to use your column to state a fact of which very few people seem to be aware. All of us have, of course, read and heard of the impending sale of American surplus wheat to Rus sia. This is fine from the stand point o getting rid of some of the gigantic surplus, which is cost ing us millions of dollars each day to store. It is even better when viewed in the light of the gold the Russians will pay for the wheat, which will greatly benefit our balance of payments. But, dear taxpayer, did you know that our nation's leaders arc planning to sell the wheat at a lower price than American con sumers must pay for it? I guess you know who is going lo make up the difference in price in or der to support wheat prices. We are spending billions of dol lars each year on national defense, foreign aid. the United Nations, etc., to fight communism. Now we turn around and give them a helping hand, with the good old American taxpayer footing the bill. (As usual). Now, "helping thy neighbor" may seem to have a certain old Testament Tightness about it, but while we are helping this "neigh bor," he is making plans to bury us. Please, Mr. Taxpayer, don't sit by, doing nothing, while the admin istration sells us down the river again. If you don't have time to write to all our Oregon con gressmen, at least write one and let him know how you feel. Mrs. Ken Kuhlman. Write lo: Sen. Wayne More Sen. Maurine Neuberger Rep. Al Ullman (our dislricl). Search The reason I am writing you this letter is to find the where abouts of my three children. Be--ing Uie father I have the right to know. The last time I saw my wife and the children was in 1962 at 2301 Geneva Drive in Modesto. Calif. I have written many letters to thorn but get no reply. My w ife does not correspond with me at all. My daughter. Mary Giallanza. who is 13 years old was born in Alameda, Calif , my son, Mike, aged 10. was born in Walnut Creek. Calif., and my daughter, Rose, was born in Concord. Calif. I would very much appreciate it if you would print my letter in your newspaper. I will'be glad to send you a money order cover ing the cost. Charles Giallanza. I WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK . . Machine Measures Increase By WASHINGTON STAFF Newspaper Enterprise Assn. WASHINGTON (NEA)-Census Bureau officials are biting their na;ls trying to figure out when the population of the United States will hit 190 million. Every T.k seconds a light flash es on the electronic population in dicator to show that a baby was born. Every 18'i seconds, another light shows that someone died. And every 11 seconds the total population figure at the top of the board clicks up one figure. But the board is just like any other government statistic. It has to be seasonally adjusted. The final figures on summer immi gration and emigration have lo lie released before the Census Bureau can figure the exact hour and minute of the big moment. Solicitor General Archibald Cox, making a Washington talk, got a little mixed up the other day on how many amendments there are to the U.S. Constitution. "I'm not sure now," he said, "whether there are 21 or 22." His host, Jacob Clayman of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union De partment, tried a few moments later to relieve Cox of his em barrassment: "Let the record not show that Mr. Cox did not know whether the Constitution has 21 or 22 amendments." What Mr. Clayman apparently didn't know either, is that the Constitution has 23 and may soon have a 24th. George W. Ball, undersecretary of state, was speaking to m e m bers of the American Foreign Service Assn. After a great deal Df praise for the Foreign Service, Ball hit them between the eyes with this: "A principal source of my per sonal anguish comes from t h e documents that you ladies and gentlemen draft and which, after 87 clearances, find their way to my desk. "I was taught to believe thai the simple declarative sentence is one of the noblest achieve ments of man. But I have found in the Slate Department little sympathy for that particular ar ticle of faith. "Sometimes I suspect that the elementary concept that a sen tence should have a subject and a predicate and in that order is regarded in these parts, if not as subversive, then, at least, as outmoded." Several times this year Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona is reported to have headed off dras tic boycotts of New York's Gov. Nelson Rockefeller by interven ing with state and local Republi cans who might otherwise have stayed away from the governor's appearances. Preserving parly unity is one objective. Some of the sena tor's supporters have something more in mind: They don't want Rockefeller to gain the sympathy backing he might get if he were subjected lo a severe freeze-out or tagged with a tomato. Says one man: "Our only interest is in seeing that, wherever Rockefeller goes, he gets a polite, adequate and very cold reception." QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 0 Do hermit crabs use only empty shells? A Yes. They arc not capable of extracting the original mollusk and must wait for shells to be empty. For what feat Is LI. An drews Summers Rowan remem bered? A Rowan carried the famous message to Garcia, tlie Cuban revolutionist, during the Spanish American War. Q W hat new, national historic sites have been created? A Theodore Roosevelt's home. Sagamore Hill at Oyster Bay and his birthplace in Manhattan. Q-ls the tower at Pisa the only leaning tower in Italy? A Italy has two other leaning towers besides the one at Pisa, tlie Asinelli and the Garicenda at Bologna. Q Is it possible to ice both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans at some point in Central America? A-On a clear day. both oceans are said to be visible from Irazu, a volcano 11,260 feet high, in the center of Costa Rica. Q-What is the Christmas tra dition regarding bavberry can dles? A Burn one on Christmas Day. If the (lame burns bright and the iieht shines clear, then heaven will bless you all the year.
