The Wichita Beacon from Wichita, Kansas • 10

I si The Wichita Beacon EDITORIAL PAGE Page 10A Tuesday January 4 1966 The Beacon's View Good News at WSV Mme Chlnng Princess Grace Penrl Buck Mri Luc Princess Margaret Mr Kennedy Mrs Johnson Queen Elizabeth Mrs Elsenhower Miss Keller Gallup Voll Jackie Kennedy Most-Admired Woman Shirley (Hazel) Booth Dr Joyce Brothers Carol Burnett Taylor Caldwell Lady Giurch-ill Duchess of Windsor Irene Dunn Dale Evans Fauline Fredricks Mn Billy Graham Martha Graham and Ileloh Hayes Also Hedda Hopper Mrs Hubert Humph-rey Mahaiia Jackson Luci Johnson Dr Francis Kelsey Mn Martin Luther King Rose Kennedy Ann Landers Jayne Mansfield Mary McCarthy Margaret Meade Golda Meir Mau-rine Ncuberger Madame Nhu Madame Pandit Sylvia Porter Queen Irene Debbie Reynolds Happy Rockefeller Kate Smith Bess Truman Sophie Tucker Abigail Van Buren Rebecca West Mrs George Romney and Loretta Young "What woman that you have heard or read about living today In any part of the world do yon admire the most?" Here are the 10 most frequently mentioned women in 1965 ranked by order of mention: Most Admired Woman IKS Mr John Kennedy Mrs Lyndon Johnson Quern Elizabeth II Mr Dwight Elsenhower Miss Helen Keller Mme Chiang Kai-Shek Princess Grace of Monaco Pearl 8 Burk Mrs Clare Booth Lure Princess Margaret Mn John Kennedy has one again been chosen as the woman the American people admire most in the world today Tiie widow of the late President Kennedy runs far shead of sny other women in the Gal-lup roll's 19C5 audit of "Most Admired Woman" The second most frequently mentioned name is that of the first lady Lady Bird Johnson In third place is Queen Elizabeth followed by Mrs Dwight Eisenhower A NEWCOMER to the list is Princess Mar garct of Great Britain This is undoubtedly a reflection of her recent whirlwind tour of the United States Every year since 1946 the Gallup Poll has posed this question of a representative sample of the nation's adults: In comparison here is last year's list: Most Admired Woman 1964 Mn John Kennedy Mn Lyndon Johnson Queen Elizabeth II Sen Margaret Chase Smith Mn Clare Booth Luce Miss Helen Keller Mn Dwight Eisenhower Pearl 8 Buck Mme Chiang Kai-Shek Mis Marian Anderson Many other women received mention in this survey They include in alphabetical order: Marian Anderson Faith Baldwin Lucille Ball Tallulah Bankhead Ingrid Bergman I-'--- Roundup of Opinion Peace Offensive Subject Of Foreign News Comment The State Board of approval of a proposal to double the size of Wichita State University's Campus Activities Center (CAC) is good news for our community and the state First it means a serious need ran he filled The CAC was built to sene 7000 stu- dents but is now serving nearly 10000 Stu-' dents who come to WSU from a wide area of Kansas will benefit So will other people in the community for the CAC is not used solely by students Second the approval indicates they recognize WSU's growing role in the state's system of higher education The CAC addition will place no burden 7 on the state It will he financed by revenue bonds which are paid off from fees charged for use of the building Thus the building will pay for itself Some idea of the importance can be gained by a look at the variety of services it performs It houses a dining room and snack 2 bar a bookstore meeting rooms for faculty student and community functions a lounge and study areas a ballroom and offices The expansion plans call for a small theater for film programs too WSU is a vital and growing institution 7 It is heartening to see that one of its signifi- cant building needs is being met 1 Bay State Brouhaha One has to salute Levcrett Saltonstall not only for his 21 years of service in the US 2 Senate but also for his recognition that for anyone there comes a time to quit history is studded with cases of men who have continued in office beyond the time when they were able to serve quately But Saltonstall now 73 realized that by the end of another six-year term he might not be able to meet his own standards of Sen- ate service So he will retire when his present term ends in a year His decision will set off a scramble in Massachusetts which he represents There are several likely candidates for his seat includ- ing both Republicans and Democrats Salton-Z stall is a Republican The race will be interesting for several reasons One is the fact that it will test the influence of the Kennedys Edward Kennedy a Democrat is the other senator from Massa- chusetta The state has long been a home base for the family Will a Kennedy man now succeed to seat? mmr On the GOP side interest focuses on Ed-l ward Brooke now state attorney general He is the highest Negro elected office holder in the nation Should he win the seat vacated 1 by Saltonstall he would become the first Negro senator since Reconstruction days All in all the struggle shapes up as the 2' kind of wild political brouhaha Boston and Massachusetts likes best -v 2 Thank You Frank That Frank Kitts is a wonderful fellow Z' The mayor of Wellington New Zealand he is on a tour of the United States and natur-H ally stopped over to visit his namesake Wellington Kansas While here he boomed out a love song for Americans and particular-21 ly Midwesterners that is one of the most beau-tif ul things heard recently 2 (the American people) are mag- he said the hospitality and friendliness of the Midwest is outstanding Large cities just do not give a true picture of life in America there are no strangers in the This is so different from the usual comment upon Americans Everyone from foreign students to native-born writers seems to feel honor-bound to downgrade everything and everybody American llow nice to have a visitor who says he likes us No wonder Frank Kitts has been elected mayor of Wellington four times in a row We would vote for him ourselves if New Zealanders would give us a chance it by President Johnson to Europe and talks with President Charles De Gaulle "One must ask if one or several Johnson-De Gaulle talks would produce anything the newspaper said adding: "In Paris as in Washington many observers doubt it noting that both presidents appear to have little disposition to really listen to those who talk to them The observers fear the shock of the meeting more than they hope for agreement from the two personalities not unlike one another in some respects "Analysis of Franco-Amrican differences also makes one think that contacts even at the summit would perhaps not be very useful These differences concern essentially the respective roles of France and the United States in Europe It is hard to see talks modifying the IN TOKYO the newspaper Asakl said: fighting (in Viet Nam) seems to have taken on aspects of a frontal clash between the forces and North Vietnamese regulars in South Viet Nam Eventually a fight between the United States and North Viet Nam must evolve United States secretly appears to be considering North Viet Nam as a party to possible negotiations chance for negotiations will probably come through contact between the United States and North Viet Nam Both sides seem conscious of this but actually they are engaged in action that makes such conLact impossible Soule's Korean Times added: universal hope for an extension of the Christmas ceasefire in Viet Nam has been shattered THOUGH the allied forces have been forced to go into action again to counter the onslaughts of Viet Cong troops in South Viet Nam the United States is refraining from resuming air raids on North Viet Nam "This appears to indicate that the pcrseveringly adheres to its announced policy to open discussion of the Viet Nam issue 'unconditionally' This prudence on the part of the Americans is certainly welcome for it is now being demonstrated more clearly to world opinion that the intransigence and aggressiveness of the Vietnamese Communists are the basic cause for the prolongation of the disturbances in that part o( Southeast Asia" The Indonesia Herald in Jakarta said editorially: UNITED STATES has let it be known to India that it is not very happy about the prospects of the Soviet Union obtaining finger in the Pakistan -Indian pie' The United Stales would not allow the Soviet Union to get any credit of peace-making in the India n-subcontinent while it was the United States which had been blamed for having encouraged Indian aggression against Pakistan more the United States had committed itself to continued major food aid programs to India and to allow this undertaking to be eclipsed by a Soviet diplomatic victory would make Uncle Sam look ridiculous indeed" IN LISBON the semi-official Diario Da Manha ridiculed the idea of the "de-colonization of Africa imposed by the new historical impulse according to the American taste" The objective as dictated by the United Nations the newspaper said was to hand over independence to the people of territories comprising black Africa and bestow upon them a most democratic constitution tailored to French or British styles" Unfortunately it said thought is given to the peculiar quantities of the geographical area in question And this entire thing is carried out brusquely and with utter disregard for the various strata of humanity There is talk of African nationalism where nations as such do not even YOMIURI: newspaper said Air Lines (JAL) at long last has joined the ranks of international air carriers able to offer an around-th e-world service a concession made in the new amended Japan-U civil aviation agreement in the original 1952 aviation pact gives JAL the right to fly into New York and on to London linking Pacific service with its European routes But we do not think the fundamental inequalities embodied in the 1952 pact have been entirely eliminated as the (Japanese) government claims US has had untrammelled rights to fly into Tokyo Japan's equivalent of New from the beginning Now Japan has handed over the right for American carriers to fly without restrictions into Osaka this country's second largest city and points beyond" Br iOUS FriM latrrulUniI The American peace offensive in Viet Nam stirred most editorial comment in foreign newspapers last week with other subjects ranging from the stvcalled "decolonization" of Africa and the new Japan-U civil aviation agreement Stockholm'i newspaper Expressen said: "THE CURRENT peace feelers may lead to negotiations about the Viet Nam War The biggest and most visible slip in this picture is the halt of the American air raids against North Viet Nam More interesting however is the reports from Moscow that a big Soviet delegation with the party star Alexander Shclcpin soon will visit Hand might at least in the that it marks the beginning of an attempt of the Russians to meet Ho Chi Minh at the conference table On the other hand Moscow may try to exhaust Hanoi with promises of increasing support in the war and in this way use Hanoi as a weapon in the Sino-Soviet conflict" Abendpost commenting on the Viet Nam War peace and the armaments industry said: must turn the words danger to peace' over carefully in mind upon reading a recent New York Stock Market report which began: of rumors of North Vietnamese peace feelers the armament and aircraft industries took a sharp setback on end another shortly after: has denied the rumors and thus many of these losses have been LS INDEED a sign of our times that such relationships are given so little scrutiny A civilized human being must be stunned with deepest disappointment when on another page of the same paper which brings him news like the foregoing he sees photographs of the bodies of South Vietnamese women and children who have been hit by American bomba "For certain groups in Washington a Viet Nam peace at the present stags of things would probably be inconvenient to say the least These are not only the militarists but also circles within big industry which count on profit from the business of war "THEY CONSOLE themselves with the feeling that they did not begin the war but must make the best of it" In Paris the financial daily "Les Echos" commented on a possible vis- Art liuchiculd Antiaircraft Inside Report Negro Revolution Slow-Down Tried By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK Columnist Recalls Predictions memorate President gallstone operation Three weeks later the Post Office denied it The Wichita Beacon Mircellui Murdock Chairman of the Board and President Britt Brown Vice President and Secretary John Colburn Editor and Publisher All rlshts rmrvrd and rontrnt mas not be reproduced without per mlaaion of the publuhrr The Branham Co Chiraco Now York Detroit Kanuo City at Louia Dallaa national ndvertlalna rapra-aentatlvea Tha Wichita Beacon la a member ot The Associated Pma It alM uaea theaa wire eervlcca: United Prem International Tha New York tlmeo and the Chicago Tribune New York new The Aaaoeloted Free la raelualvelr entitled lo ne fnr publication el newa credited to It end alao to all local newi published herein WASHINGTON A revealing new sign that the Johnson administration wants to cool off the Negro revolution for a time is the fact that the ultimate racial weapon of Title Six has been put in cold storage TiUe Six of the 1964 Civil Rights Act gives Uncle Sam power to cut off federal funds to any racially segregated state or local government unit such as the multiple programs of the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) But HEW no more wants to use the ultimate weapon of Title Six than the State Department wants to use the hydrogen bomb CONSEQUENTLY to the growing anger of the civil rights movement two recent developments at HEW put Title Six in mothballs First Assistant Secretary James Quigley the HEW officials most concerned about civil rights and the man who threatened to cut off school aid to Chicago has been stripped of all responsibility for civil rights Second responsibility for enforcing Title Six will not be given to a specially-trained staff (as the civil rights movement wants) but to HEW's operating divisions-officials who have no particular interest in civil rights TO CIVIL RIGHTS leaders this fits a developing pattern: abolition of Vice President Equal Opportunities Commission dominance in civil rights policy of the sometimes legalistic Jus tic Department emasculation of the Community Relations Service (closely tied to the civil rights movement) and now the clear intention to play Title Six enforcement in a low key This reflects a general somewhat hardening attitude in the administration that Negro leadership cannot and should not depend on Washington to force integration Specifically high officials at HEW privately admit thaey don't like the idea of employing Title Six to blackjack Southern (and in increasing cases noii-Southern) officials JIM QUIGLEY a former liberal Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania was not in tune with this go-slow philosophy He urged i tough Title Six policy in HEW's operating divisions even threatening to cut off funds to Chicago a threat quashed by the While House When Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Democratic congressmen complained the blame was put on Quigley Within a few weeks Quigley lost his Title Six authority Quigley denies it but lower level HEW officials interpreted this as a signal to take an easy-going attitude toward segregation Soon after Quigley decided to resign from HEW and seek the nomination for governor of Pennsylvania REPLACING QUIGLEY as civil rights chief at HEW is Peter Libassi who favorably impressed Negro leadership as a staff member at the Civil Rights Commission But Libassi is only a special assistant to HEW Secretary John Gardner a lower spot on the bureaucratic totem pole than But more significant Libassi has been given no staff This question came up two weeks ago in a private meeting of Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach Secretary Gardner and top men in the Civil Rights Leadership Conference (a coalition of liberal-labor groups) in Katzenbach's office In answer to requests for a special Title Six staff at HEW Gardner said no He was as good as his word Consider the case of the politically popular Hill-Burton program of Federal aid for local hospitals Quigley had been trying to cut off Hfll-Burton fupds to segregated communities Ll-bassi might want to follow suit but he has neither staff nor power to do it That authority rests with the Hill-Burton division in HEW HEW officials confide that they would prefer a bit of honey to the Title Six whiplash: authority to reward desegregating governmental units with greenbacks That would lake an Act of Congress In the meantime the discovery that HEW will cut off funds as seldom as possible is infuriating the civil rights groups led by the NAACP (most moderate of (he rights organizations) Their anger will be heard as the new year progresses WASHINGTON Once a year a Washington columnist must take stock of what he wrote and how it affected the country In January a year ago I warned President Johnson to forget his legislative program for the Great Society I pointed out that with a hostile Congress there was no possibility of getting any bills passed this year and he would be better off if he concentrated on making friends up on the Hill rather than twisting arms The President ignored the advice and we all know what happened WITH REGARDS to the space program I was the only one to predirt that Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 would never be able to rendezvous I pointed out that scientifically it was impossible for the two space ships to get near each other and the whole exercise would be a waste of money When it came to foreign affairs I can take credit for advising the Administration that if it escalated the was in Viet Nam we would be at the conference table within two months I pointed out that once the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were bombed they would realize there was no reason lo continue the war MY PENTAGON and CIA sources I old mo mice we destroyed the Ho Minh Trail the North would not lx nlilr lo supply (heir troops in South Viet Nam and they would have no choico but to surrender and sue for South America occupied a great deal of my time this year I was the first to realize that the best way of making friends below the border was to intervene in the Dominican Republic I wrote that quick action in the Dominican Republic would guarantee a stable government fm that country and that as soon as our Marines landed both sides would forget their differences and work fnr the common good Then in a few days we could pull out ALTHOUGH I lived in Washington I still kept a firm grip on the pulse of New York politics and I was the first columnist to urge John Lindsay not to run for Mayor of New York as I knew he didn't have a chance When Teddy Kennedy proposed Judge Morrissey for the Federal bench I told Teddy privately and then publicly the appointment would sail through without any opposition Everybody forgets it now but when the aluminum companies raised their prices I was the only columnist who pointed nut that there wasn't a thing President Johnson could do about it WITHOUT seeming to brag I was one of the few syndicated writers who predicted Sonny Liston would knock out Cassius Clay in the first round of their heavyweight fight 1 was also the first one to print that Henry Ford would marry Sybil Burton and that his daughter Char-loite would marry Frank Sinatra But no columnist is right 100 per cent of I he time and occasionally I've slipped up I predicted the Post Office would issue a stamp to com Cat Population Takes Big Leap The real population explosion people it's cats According to the Cat Fanciers Assn Inc of Red Bank NJ cat ownership in jhe US now exceeds dog ownership by three million and dog ownership at last rough estimate was thought to be somewhere between 48 to 50 million The figures come from a recent survey made by the Pet Food Institute in Chicago and are based on the unprecedented increase in the purchase of canned cat food in supermarkets In the last five years these purchases have increased by 75 per cent In recognition of the big feline trend the annual cat show at Madison Square Garden (Sept 18-19) will have a new prize experimental breeding class The cats will be judged by such well-known fanciers as Clare Boothe Luce Basil Rathbonc Cyril Ritchard Tammy Grimes and many of whom own cats that will be shown Reminder note: The Cat Fanciers Assn points out that aside from registered and licensed pets there are approximately lOOOO surplus cats and dogs born every hour Inalipr'i Nrmlrllrr "If i an unnecessary and unwarranted gamh'e with our national security at a time we can ill afford it!" 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