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nearing, fires began going out in
plants across the country.
Workers at United States
Steels Gary (Ind.) works. larg-
est in the world, and at Bethle-
hens Sparrows Point in Mary
land, the next largest, began
slowing down coke ovens and
were scheduled to begin banking
blast furnaces late tonight.
And, unless a sudden settle
ment is reached, open hearth
fires would get their last stocking
sometime tomorrow.
Other Plants Also Act
Similar cooling of operations
were reported at dozens of
smaller plants in this key in
dustry.
Negotiations were to resume
today, despite breakdown in
efforts to extend the contract. A
meeting between management
and negotiating teams was
scheduled for 3 pm.
Both sides worked frantically
last night to avert a shutdown
and each blamed the other when
the efforts ended in stalemate.
Twelve major companies began
the exchange of compromise pro-
posals by suggesting in letter
to Union President David j. Nc
Donald that the strike be post
poned indefinitely and negotia-
lions continued after the contract
expires at midnight Saturday.
The letter suggested that dur
ing the negotiations the union
give 70 hours advance written
notice of a strike anytime after
the deadline to prevent cooling
damage to furnaces.
The companies promised in
turn to shorten their demands
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Transit HoIdinq
ToNationa| Deal
Decision
Is Left Up
To Bidder
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

Capital Transit Co.'S board OF
directors met today and recessed
indefinitely to see whether Ma
tional City Lines. Inc, of Chi
cago will hold to its contract
to buy out CTC. 1t reaff1rmed
the contract.
Meanwhile. according to a
etc spokesman, National City
Lines officials returned to Chi
|cago today. presumably to con-
suit the company management
on whether to meet franchise
"criteria" of the District COM
missioners which were approved
yesterday by House and Senate
conferees.
In addition, the conferees told
the Commissioners to come back
at 2::3O pm. Monday with rec
ommendati0n based on a firm
proposal" from some potential
buyer who would accept the
franchise terms and who could
strike a deal with Capital Tran
sit.
Three Cash Offers
The directors had before them
three cash offers. all involving q
I$l3.440.000 purchase price, equal
to $14 a share for etc stock.
OF one, the conferees said they
agreed with the Commissioners
that the requested francise terms
were unacceptable. This involved
the contract between etc Presi-
dent j. A. B. Broadwater and
National City Lines. Inc. to buy
the assets and liabilities of etc
and set up a new operating com.
pany. 1t was conditioned on APP
proval by Congress of franchise
terms acceptable to National
City Lines.
The second offer came from
I o. Roy Chalk. wealthy New York
real estate owner and president
of Trans Caribbean Airlines,
Inc. and Morris Fox, president
Of a local trucking company.
They have accepted the COM
missioners' franchise proposals.
Would Increase Payment
Last night, they rushed to
boost from SO million to $9,6
million their proposed cash down
payment to CTC. After an eve
ming conference with Mr.. Broad.
water, Mr.. Chalk said Mr.. Broad
water would recommend accept.
Iance' of their proposal to the
Board of Directors. Mr.. Broad
water said. mo comment"
The third offer came from q
dark horse entry in the transit
sweepstakes. Samuel j. Solomon,
president of California Eastern
Aviation, Inc. and former man.
ager of the old Hoover Airport
here, disclosed yesterday he had
made a formal proposal to etc.
Although he refused to dis
close terms of his proposal, he
said he had put UP $250,000 as
earnest money. National City
Lines has given Mr.. Broadwater
check for a similar amount,
and Mr.. Chalk planned to sub
stitute a cashiers check for the
Continued on Page AS, Col. 3
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Pay That You Don't Get
Isn't Tax DeductibIe

053.62 for "loss on labor" and
$4,000 union dues, LAWS" =
Mr.. Bostick. who handled his
own case before the court, said
IL. A. w. S." stood for Lonely
American Workman's Society,""
He said he was the only member
He told the court he deter
mined union dues should be
$4,000. then put that amount in
a separate billfold.
In a statement attached to his
return, Mr.. Bostick explained he
calculated his time and effort
for 1851 were worth 98,098 90.
So he deducted the $5.045.36 Of
actual income and claimed a
loss of labor" Of sos, 053.62.
The court said Mr.. Bostick
will have to compute his tax
return all over again.
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American Cars Face
Higher French Tx

PARIS. June % (R.-France's
National Assembly has approved
Premier Guy Mollet's scheme to
boost old-age pensions with new
taxes on big cars-most of them
American-made-and other rev.
Ienue.
Some So million persons with
limited incomes will receive adj
Iditional annual payments of 31.-
200 francs t$89.l3) under Mr..
Mollet's plan. They begin at
age 65, or so if the recipient
can't work.
Approval of the measure gave
Mr.. Mollet his 21st and 22d votes
of confidence since he took Of
flee in January.
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Air Force 1853 Budget
indicated at S23.6 Billion

they left for settlement this aft.
ernoon the big Senate increase
of $500 million for purchase OF
planes.
Any appropriation of about
23.5 billion for the Air Force
alone would necessarily mean a
sharp overall increase in the
defense budget and cloud the
outlook for any tax cutting.
Mr.. Quarles testified before
the special Senate committee
headed by Senator Symington,
Democrat of Missouri, which is
inquiring into relative United
States-Russian air power.
Missile Defense Due
Some of its testimony has been
received in secret and has con-
cerned developments of new
weapons. 1t was disclosed last
night that among this testimony
was an Army prediction of hav-
ing ready in four or five years
an anti-missile system.
This contemplates that the
future menace of interconti-
mental ballistic missiles, carrying
H-bomb warheads, would be
countered by anti-missile meet
ing and destroying them at great
heights and still far from their
targets.
Mr.. Quarles said a recommen-
dalton to boost the number of
heavy bomber wings from IL to
II had been made by Gen.
Twining, and was under consid-
Grafton, but that a decision prob
ably would not be reached until
next year.
The present production pro-
See AIR POWER. Page AS
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BY the Associated Press


Secretary Quarles said today
the Air Force may need 1886
billion for the year ending July
4. 1858.
Mr.. Quarles tossed out this
figure at a Senate hearing at
which he also said the Pentagon
is considering a boost in the
strategic bomber force from IL
to II wings by 1860. Current
plans call for raising the number
of B-52s in a heavy bomber
wing from 80 to As.
The Secretary said the $23
billion figure was a flash esti-
mate" by Gen. Nathan Twining,
Air Force chief of staff, and
that no firm" figure had been
reached.
1t compares with about $16.5
billion recommended by the adj
ministration for the Air Force
in the fiscal year beginning next
week-an amount which has
come under criticism in Con-
gress as too little. The Senate
voted this week to raise it by
$3.50 million.
Conferees Recess
Meanwhile, House and Senate
conferees on the 1857 defense
budget recessed until 4 pm. with
out agreeing on how much the
Air Force should have for the
next II months. The Senate
voted for $16.5 billion as against
House figure of $l5.5 billion.
tThe conferees reached an in
formal agreement on a 500 mil
lion Senate increase for research
and a $50 million increase for
operation and personnel. But
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Foreign Aid Bill
Faces Big Test
Administration Set
To Fight SIoshes
By ]. A. OLEARY

The administration faces {
hard fight in the Senate today
to prevent further cuts in the
$4.5 billion foreign aid bill.
An agreement to limit debate
after 3 pm. will bring the first
votes late today. but it may bt
tomorrow before the bill i;
passed.
The crucial test is expected or
a move to cut the military aio
back to the House figure Of s.
billion. This would mean Drop
ping another $500 Million. in
addition to a $500 million cut al
ready made by the Foreign Re-
lations Committee.
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland Of California said he
believes there will be a small
majority to retain substantially
the money recommended by the
committee"
G. o. p. Support Vital
But q well-informed Democrat
said this will be possible only il
80 or more. Republicans line ur
for the committee bill. The
same source figured not more
than 20 Democrats will support
the committee. 1t takes 40 fol
a majority if all Senators are
voting.
The opening round Of debate
yesterday indicated efforts also
will be made to cut of or reduce
aid to YugoSlavia and India.
AS it stands the bill vests dis.
erection in the President to con.
tinue assistance to Marshal Tito
but he must make the decision
in 80 days. For India the bill
carries $50 million in economic
aid and technical assistance.
Senator Bridges of New Hamp
shire, chairman of the Republi.
can Policy Committee, opened
the fight on further help TO,
Yugoslavia or India with a speech
yesterday.
| He said it was "a disdain fol
moral values which Unanswered
us into the folly" of buildin,
up Tito. The Senator said HI
also does not feel justified il
voting aid for India.
Major Slash Baked
The most drastic pendinI
amendment would cut this year.
aid to all countries down to tn,
$2.7 billion voted last year. Blu
Senator Ellender, Democrat o
Louisiana, one of its sponsors
cinceded this would not carry.
Even if the Senate passes ap
proximately the $4.5 billion tota
recommended by its committee
compromise would still have Il
be worked out with the House
which approved only $3.8 billion
And after the two houses hav
agreed on this authorization bill
tie money must still be mad
available in a separate foreigl
aid appropriation bill, wher
further cuts are possible.
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view it was the least pointed ir
its criticisms of the present
leadership. But the expert,
noted also that the Pravds
editors could have ignored the
whole thing if they had wanted
TO do SO and suggested it,
publication may indicate tina
the Soviet leadership has decided
the, time has come to deal with
the criticisms.
Three Theories Advanced
Use of the Dennis article, they
said. could set the stage for .
reply directed not only to Com.
munists outside Russia but also
to those inside.
Three theories have emerged
in official quarters here about
the meaning of the criticism
within the Communist camp.
At one extreme is the view ex-
pressed by Mr.. Dulles that the
end of Stains iron-fisted rule
has resulted in a weakening OF
Moscow controls which may
never be fully restored unless the
free nations become complacent
and disunited.
At the other extreme is the
idea that the Soviet high COM
Imand more or less planned il
all this way to trap the free
world into thinking that the
Communist movement is disin-
tegrating.
Between these two theories is
a third speculation to the effect
that the Soviet leadership ex-
Ipected trouble over the denunci-
alton of Stain.
Independent Policies Doubted
While Communist parties may
appear now to be critical OF
Soviet leadership, this does moi
mean that they are intent on de-
veloping truly independent pol
icies. In the final analysis they
have no place to turn.
Mr.. Dulles made his obser-
vations yesterday after reading
a formal statement which said,
This is a moment when it il
of particular Importance thai
the free world should maintain
its unity and its vigor. Much Of
the responsibility for this rests
upon the United States.
international communism il
in state of perplexity and al
internal odds because certain
basic truths have caught up with
lit. One such truth is that com
munism has great difficulty II
being an effective instrument o.
cold war without such iron dis
cipline and brutal terrorism al
Stain employed. The othel
truth is that such rule will no
be indefinitely tolerated by thosl
subject thereto unless at least il
produces q succession Of victo'
ries."
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Retirement Bill
Cost Reiterated
Reduction Sought
By Administration

! The administration today de-
Tended its estimate that the
Senate-approved civil service re-
tirement bill would cost an addi-
ltional 1854 million a year.
AS the House Civil Service
Committee resumed hearings or
the legislation, the Civil Service
Commission sent a letter to the
group reiterating the 1894 mil
lion estimate.
The administration maintains
the Senate bill would actually
cost s454 million annually. less
500 million that would accrue to
the civil service retirement
system each year by raising en-
Iploye salary contributions from
6 to Z per cent.
Estimate Challenged
Federal employee leaders have
attacked the administration S
estimate. declaring that the 1854
million figure was 2 vastly in
f1ated one. The administration
is seeking notifications in the
Senate bills benfits that would
reduce the cost to $165 million.
csc Chairman Philip Young
commended:
/. The commission based its
1854 million estimate on the
present So billion Federal pay
roll, not a projected $50 billion
payroll in the future as charged
by employe leaders
2. The administrations ia
per cent proposed retirement
computation formula Gas COM
pared with the Senate's 2 per
cent formula) would not dis
Icriminate against lower-salaried
workers and favor unprecedented
employees Only employees earn
ing less than $4,000 a year would
be denied an annuity increase
and there are very few workers
who earn less than this amount
after being in the Government
any great length Of time. Mr.
Young said.
Top Salary Estimates
AS for the unprecedented EN-
Iployes, the Administrators pro-
lposal would only give them a
l16 per cent raise compared tc
an increase of nearly % per cent
provided by the Senate bill, Mr.
Young said.
3. The administrations $5l
million annual estimate for the
cost of the Senate's 30-year op.
tional retirement provision is no
based. as employe groups charge
on the assumption that all EN-.
lployes who achieve 80 years o.
service will retire.
Mr.. Young said the estimate II
based on the assumption thai
only 4 to IL per cent of employees
achieving 30 years service will
take advantage of the Senate
provision allowing them to re-
tire, regardless Of age at a slight
financial penalty for each yeal
they are under age 80.
The administration is asking
that employe contributions ot
maintained at the present 6 pei
cent salary rate, instead Of in
creasing it to the 7 per cen
salary contribution proposed IL
the Senate bill.
Federal employee leaders havI
testified their memberships ar,
agreeable to increasing employ,
contributions TO Z per cent. pro,
viding the Senate's liberalizeC
provisions are retained.
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Miners Found Alive;
Trapped 100 Hours

GIFU. Japan. June % (P).-
Five coal miners. given UP fol
dead after a cave-in Sunday
were found alive today.
Collapsing timbers in the va
mato mine formed a safety
pocket in which the miners hud-
died more than 100 hours await
ing rescue. They were rushed
to a hospital for treatment.
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munist Party newspaper, pub
lished an article in which the
question was raised by Eugene
Dennis, American Communist
leader.
Among top officials and ex-
perts here there is full agree
ment that the Communist world
is in ferment over this question
There is no such agreement
on Secretary Of State Dulles
view that Moscow control over
Communist parties Of other
countries has been VERY greatly
weakened" He told a news con-
ference yesterday the present
Russian leaders no longer have
Stains onetime power to "com-
pei obedience through terror
ism"
Seen Too Optimistic
Many of Mr.. Dulles advisers
privately feel that these views
are, at least by implication, toe
optimistic about the meaning OF
what is now happening to inter-
national communism.
These experts themselves are
not agreed; some think it is toe
early to make firm conclusions;
some believe that the great
debate now going on in the Com
Imunist camp is in line with broad
policies that the Soviet leader
ship itself laid down, though per-
haps the criticism is more violent
than it anticipated.
They note that at the goth
Communist Party Congress in
Moscow in February, Party Boss
Nikita Khrushchev and others
advocated more self-criticism al
all party levels and a greater
degree of autonomy among
Communist parties In advancing
toward Communist goals.
Dennis Pravda article, which
appeared first in the New York
Daily Worker. referred to Mr.
Khrushchev's February speech
denouncing Stain and sale
bluntly that questions about the
present Soviet leaders otter
appear"
Questions Are Raised
He then asked, did any one
of them attempt to change any,
thing" during the period Of
Stains ruler could one have
stopped the evil goings on ear
lier? :"
Such questions had previous
Ily been put in articles by Com.
munist leaders in Italy, France
and Britain. Secretary Dulle;
was talking about these and re.
lated criticism of the present
Moscow leadership when he sale
to his news conference tina
there is obviously great dissatis.
faction with this Leadership
among Communists.
Experts on Russia said Pravds
may have chosen to print thu
Dennis article because in theil
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for a five-year contract to four
years and four months with a
proportionate reduction in bene-
fits"
Length of the contract has
been a major bone of conten-
ton. The current contract is
for two years. with one-year
wage reopener.
Mr.. Mcdonald rejected the
companies proposal as an
eleventh hour" offer that
meets none of the unions rea-
soned objections to their original
proposal"
Proposal Rejected
The steelworkers' president
countered by Offering to put of
the strike for two weekS-until
July 16-provided any agree
ment reached in the extended
negotiations was retroactive to
July /. the original strike dead
line.
The companies studied this for
three hours and rejected it be-
cause Of the retroactive provi-
SionS.
Continued negotiations should
be conducted With equal prs
sure on both parties" they said
in a replying statement. This
condition lis not present when
the union is guaranteed by
retroactivity that no matter how
it may delay agreement, it has
nothing to lose"
The industry contends that
any increase in wages would
have to be Offset by higher steel
prices. 1t pointed out that no
retroactive rise in prices could
be imposed TO meet a retroactive
pay increase.
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Quoke JoIts Formosu

TAIPEI, Formosa. June %
B.-An earthquake jolted Gen.
trail and Southern Formosa early
today, but caused only negligible
damage. No casualties we're re-
ported.
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Reds Expected to ExpIoin
Injection in StoIin Terror
Some U. S. Officials Believe Stage
Was Set by Dennis Article in Pruvdu
BY JOHN Nj. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press staf Writer

State Department officials expect Soviet Communist rulers
to attempt public explanation of why they neither
stopped apparently tried to check the late Josef Stains
reign of terror
Some of the officials profess to think that the stage
set for such explanation Yesterday when Pravda the
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Virginia Grocer
Questioned in
Killing Of Girls
Owns Blue Auto
Found Abandoned
With Bloody Cout

A 24-year-old scar-faced man
whose light blue automobile con-
tanning a blood stained coat was
found abandoned in Baltimore
late yesterday is being ques-
toned today by Virginia author
tiles in connection with the
murder of two southern Mary
land girls.
Virginia State police invest
igating the Staying of Shelby
Jean Venable, is, and Mary
Elizabeth Fellers, 10, have rushed
to Charlottesville, Va, where
the man was picked UP by city
police last night.
1t. Charles D. Moore of the
Charlottesville police, who ques-
toned the man for three hours,
said: I'VE think he is in some
trouble" adding that the trouble
could be in connection with the
double murder.
Mans Story Doubted
The man, who operates a
Charlottesville grocery store. has
told a story concerning the loss
of his automobile which cannot
be true" 1t. Moore said.
HE said his car was stolen
June 16. from Union Station
Plaza in Washington" 1t. Moore
said.
Investigation by Baltimore
police has shown the automobile
must have been left in Baltimore
by the man." he added.
The lieutenant said the grocer
has told conflicting stories con-
corning his whereabouts the
night the automobile was sup
posedly stolen, and has claimed
he was with people who do not
exist"
Crime Experts Called In
The light blue automobile
owned by the grocer was found
late yesterday on Glyndon ave-
nue. near the Washington boule-
ward in Southwest Baltimore.
Police said it apparently had
been there for several days.
The crime laboratory was
called in to process the vehicle
when it was noticed it answered
the description of the car which
the girls were seen entering the
evening of June / in Beltsville.
They were never seen alive
again.
A blood-stained light blue suit
coat was found in the car, po-
lice said.
Inside a pocket of the coat
was a photograph of a young
girl. It did not appear to be a.
picture of either of the MUIR
dered girls, police said.
Police Examine Car
Maryland State police investi-
eating the twin Staying came to
Baltimore shortly before noon
today to examine the automobile
Meanwhile. Virginia State
Trooper John Wilson left Mary
land State police barracks at
Waterloo for Charlottesville,
where he and 1t. Moore are to
resume the questioning of the
24-year-old man.
1t. Moore said the man was
apprehended at S pm. yesterday
after his automobile was found
in Baltimore. The police official
said crime laboratory reports
showed the automobile must
have been left on Lyndon avenue
by the Virginia man. who still
had the key.
Police noted that it appeared
the car had not been broken
into or "hot wired" and was
locked at the time it was found.
Can't Explain Blood
The Charlottesville grocer
could not explain how the coat,
which he identified as his own,
became blood-stained, and told
authorities he thought it was
clean when he left it in the car
in Washington, police said.
Maryland and Virginia au-
See GIRLS, Page AS
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Strike Near, Steel Firms
Begin Banking Of Fires
Proposals to Delay WoIkout Rejected,
But TuIks Will Be Resumed Today

NEW YORK, June % F1.-The Nations steel industry be-
gan banking its fires today after major companies the
United Steeworkers of America rejected each others proposals
to delay Saturday midnight strike of $4,000
Negotiations not broken off when the furry of
promise proposals failed last night But with the deadne
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MY Fight
With the Mob

Labor Writer Victor RieseI, in
todoy's instoIlment Of my Fight
With the Mob" tells how union
members ore MIXED by rocketeers
Of on estimoted 81 billion. See
Poee BIB.
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WEATHER FORECAST

Clearing tonight with low about 81. Fair
tomorrow with high temperature near 80.
Gull report on Page A-21
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