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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
TransitGroup
Gets BACKING
0f5Big Stores
Public Hearings
Open Tomorrow
On Franchise
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

One of two groups competing
for the dying Capital Transit
Co. franchise announced yester-
day that top officials Of five
major downtown stores have
granted 1t conditional support.
It was the major development
lin advances on two fronts to
settle the Washington public
transportation crisis.
The District Public Utilities
Commission has a public hear
ling scheduled on the issue at
10 am. tomorrow.
House Hearings Set
The House Interstate and For
eign Commerce Committee an
nounced yesterday 1t will start
hearings at 10 am. February 90
on a bill to have the Govern
ment take over the transit
system. It was made clear.
however. that the hearings viii
be opened only If efforts to find
a satisfactory private operator
have not succeeded by that time.
The claim of potential backing
from the downtown stores was
made by founders of the newly
Iorganized District Transit Co..
Edward r. Carr, president of the
Washington Board Of Trade, and
Attorney Max M. Kampelman,
former administrative assistant
to Senator Humphrey. Democrat
of Minnesota.
Statement Authorized
Late yesterday. on the eve Of
the utilities commission hearing
requested tomorrow by Mr.. Kam-
Ipelman, Mr.. Carr announced the
group had Just conferred with
Representatives Of the Hecht Co..
Kann's. Lansburgh's, Frank Jel-
lief, Inc. and Julius Garfinckel.
He said the group had authorized
this statement:
THE concensus is that
this appears to be q workable
Iplan and that II substantially
worked out as presented, we as
individuals viii support it and
submit 1t to our respective boards
of directors for further consider
alton. The plan appears sound
and should win the approval Of
the business community"
Mr.. Kampelman identified the
members of the group as Rich
ard p. Dunn. president Of Julius
Garf1nckel & Co.; B. B. Bur-
lgunder, vice president Of Kann's:
Ralph L. Goldsmith. president
of Lansburgh: Harry M. Davi-
dow, executive vice president and
general manager Of Hecht's, and
Carl T. Knapp, controller Of
Frank r. Jelleff, Inc.
| Scheduling of the House Com
merce Committee hearings was
announced by Chairman Priest,
Democrat of Tennessee. They
will be held by the Transporta-
ton Subcommittee, headed by
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat Of Arkansas. who also is a
member Of the House District
Committee.
Mr.. Harris said that should
it be necessary to have the hear
ings 1t will be our purpose
to continue them to early COM
pletion. We will hold hearings
mornings and afternoon. and If
necessary, hold one or two night
sessions. We would hope to COM
Iplete the hearings during that
week" .......
Other Hearings Resume
Other action scheduled on the
transit crisis this week is slated
lin resumption of hearings on the
public ownership bill before the
Senate District Committee on
/ See TRANSIT, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Reds Produce
Lost Burgess
And Mac|ean
British Diplomats Soy Flight
Wos to Aid Peace; Deny Spying

MOSCOW, Feb II QE9-Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess
two British diplomats who disappeared into
terry five years ago. revealed themselves Moscow today
They said they had been Communists since their college
days but denied they had been secret agents charged
British white paper last year.
They said they had to the Soviet Union for
peace and East-West understanding
The dramatically staged development just four days
before the opening of the goth Congress of the Soviet
mist Party and in the middle of big Soviet campaign charging
the United States sending spy balloons soaring
territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Case So 500 Put Up
By Oil CompanyHea
Probers Told
DonutionHud
No Strings
BY J. A. OLEARY AND
RICHARD FRYKLUND

A Senate investigating COM
mittee last night traced to the
president of an oil company the
now famous $4,000 campaign
contribution which was offered
to Senator Case, Republican Of
South Dakota, by Nebraska
lawyer interested in passage Of
the natural gas bill.
Howard Keck, president of the
Superior Oil Company of Cali
lfornia, who had been named as
the source of the money, denied
he knew in advance the contri-
button was going to be made.
These revelations, near the
end Of long Saturday hearing,
appeared to have strengthened
the position of Senator Case, who
touched off the inquiry by re-
vealing the offer on the Senate
floor and announcing it had
turned him against the bill.
Source Of Donation
John M. Neff, a lawyer for the
Superior company in Nebraska.
who handed the money to a
friend of Senator Case in Sioux
Falls, S. OAK, about January Is.
Testified he got it from Elmer
Patman, Austin, Tex, another
attorney for Superior, at the
Shoreham Hotel January 13. Mr..
Neff said Mr.. Patman indicated
to him the money came from the
personal funds of Mr.. Keck.
Mr.. Keck testified later that
Mr.. Patman frequently carried
with him $4,000 or $4,000 in
cash of his (Mr. Keck's) per-
Isonal funds to use for political
contributions as he saw fit. The
expenditures from the fund, Mr..
Keck said, were not recorded.
His main point was that dis
lbursements from this fund were
mot checked with him in adj
vance.
/ Both Mr.. Keck and Mr.. Pat
man testified that mo strings"
had been tied to the Case dona-
ttion.
| When the committee recessed
until 10 am. tomorrow, it had
only one more witness to hear,
but Chairman George said all
previous witnesses are still sub
ject to call if the committee
wants to retrace any of the
ground covered.
Broader Inquiry Urged
Before the special committee
began going into the Case Incl.
dent. Democratic Senators Hem
ningS of Missouri and Gore of
Tennessee advocated q broader
Inquiry by the regular Elections
Subcommittee into any funds
that may have been spent for
or against the natural gas bill.
The special committee has
taken the position that it was
given narrow jurisdiction con-
fined to the Case incident. Mem
berS Of the committee said last
night there is nothing in the
testimony thus far to suggest the
need for recommending that the
Senate broaden this committees
jurisdiction. But the testimony
is expected to spur the efforts of
those who favor a broader in
CURRY by the Elections Subcom-
mittee.
There was speculation also last
night as to whether the disclos-
Iures in the Case hearing would
have any effect on the ultimate
fate of the natural gas bill,
Continued on Page AS, Col.
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Balloon CHARGE
OF Soviet Hit
Queries Soys Reds
Confuse Issue

Air Secretary Quarles said last
night that the Air Force has
been sending up high-altitude
weather balloons for years and
that many countries" have used
the same technique. He accused
Russia of elaborate efforts" tc
confuse the balloons with leaflet
balloons launched by some pri-
vate groups.
In q formal statement released
after he conferred with Secre-
tary Of State Dulles, Mr.. Quarles
disclosed that thousands" oil
balloons have been released In
search of meteorological data
and that some carried cameras
to photograph cloud formations
and terrain features"
Although he did not specify
what data had been obtained. 1t
is known that the United States
got some information from deep
in Communist Eurasia before the
Air Force grounded the big gas
filed bags in difference to a pro-
test last week from the Soviet
Union.
Importance Not Revealed
Only a few Americans and
Russians know today just how
important this data which wa
recorded by instruments sus-
pended from 500 plastic balloons
some of which we're caught ur
in air currents that floated then
behind the Iron Curtain.
A State Department note II
Moscow Wednesday told Russi;
that the American balloons wer,
Launched to gather weather ant
scientific information of possibl,
benefit to all the world. But thu
Russians commended that cam
Ieras found with other equipmen
lparachuted from captured
American balloons were designed
It'd spy on Communist territory.
Many facts about American
military interest in balloons arr
known and the State Depart
ment's prompt and softly wordec
Continued on Page A-3, Col.
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Lloyd Plans Tour

LONDON, Feb. IL (Pl.-For-
eign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd will
visit major capitals in the Middle
East and South Asia late this
month for talks with top govern
ment leaders. His main purpose
is to explore ways of hating the
spread of Soviet influence in
those areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
u. S. Victory
MoyLounch
WindfuIl Suits

A wave OF suits to recover
"windfall" housing profits IL
Expected to follow the Govern
lment's victory in two cases yes
Iterday in Alexandria Federal
Court.
This was the statement oil
Stanley Berman. Government at
Itorney. He said additional cases
to be brought probably will in
Iclude lone or two in this area. "
He made the statement with
the proviso that the Alexandria
cases would be upheld by the
Court Of Appeals.
The court ruling yesterday was
by Judge Albert v. Bryan. He
held that corporations financing
building projects with loans In
sured by the Federal Housing
Administration had no right to
pay dividends to stockholders
out of so-called windfall profits
That term has been used to ap-
ply to the sums by which FILA
insured mortgage loans exceed
building costs.
Shirley-Duke Involved
The two cases Judge Bryan
ruled on involved the big Shir.
ley-Duke Apartments in Alexan.
dria and the Beverly Manor
project in Columbus, Ohio. Tit
cases were consolidated anc
heard together.
The cases were brought intt
Federal court when the two cor.
porations asked for an injunction
to prevent the Government from
taking over the corporations. The
decision allowed the Government
to proceed with its plans fol
taking them over and suing =.
recover the windfall profits.
Judge Bryan granted 40 day.
for the two corporations to ap'
peal. Armistead L. Booth, attor'
ney for Beverly Manor, said tn,
case would be carried to the ap.
Ipellate court. He added that M
matter who wins on appeal, h
expects the case to go to thu
Supreme Court.
The case was an initial ster
in Government plans to assume
control Of the two corporations
Continued on Page Ais, Col.
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Warren Honored

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. II (P.
Chief Justice Earl Warren was
awarded an honorary degree of
doctor of law at the mid-year
commencement of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Picture on Paqe AS.

Picture on Poee AS.
mob violence that caused Miss
Autherine Lucy to lose her right
to attend Alabama classes is in
Itolerable.
Praises University officials
Nevertheless, Mr.. Stevenson
praised university officials fol
their handling of the case. He
added:
LAS things now stands. I think
we can assume that order will be
restored on the campus at Tus.
caloosa and that Miss Lucy viii
return to her classes
I The candidate said the sover.
eighty of the State of Alabams
was made an issue by the moi
violence.
There can be only one an.
swer," he asserted. THE Law
must be obeyed."
He said 1t is very sad" that
people should be deprived OF
voting rights by intimidation OF
violence. He declared no one can
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Conference at Hotel

Mr.. Burgess and Mr. Maclean
who disappeared from tn ell
London haunts in May. 1851
held a news conference in thu
television room of the Nationa
Hotel almost in the shadow o.
the Kremlin.
They did not answer questions
but handed out a statement Il
reporters for Reuters. British
news agency, the London Sunday
Times. and for Tass and Pravda
The conference lasted about five
minutes.
Moscow Radio quickly begar
broadcasting the entire state
ment.
It said they had come to the
Soviet Union ''in order to make
our contribution to a policy
aimed at achieving greater mu-
tual understanding between the
Soviet Union and the West. hav.
ing become convinced on the
basis of official information
which was at our disposal. Of
the fact that neither British
nor still more American. policy
at that time was seriously pur-
suing this object"
They said they had "every
possibility to know that the plan:
of small but powerful" grouI
in the West opposed a mutua
understanding.
Deny Spy Role
I'VE, neither of us. have eve
been Soviet agents." they added
Neither man said anything
about his life since they lef
England, but Richard Hughes O
the Sunday Times said boil
looked well, happy and relaxed
although older and grayer. Botl
men wore dark suits and ties O
Western style.
Mr.. Maclean, considered by hi
former associates in the British
Foreign Office as the more domi
nant Of the two, was head of tn,
American department of tn
British Foreign Office when h
disappeared.
Mr.. Burgess, who said he hat
worked for BIC and the British
Secret Service before joining tn
Foreign ONCE. was second secre
tary of the British Embassy il
Washington and also conversan
with the secrets of British
American diplomacy at the time
Last year, the Foreign Office
after long reticence on tn
affair. charged the two men lont
had been Soviet agents. A Whit
Paper said suspicion was directed
at Maclean as early as 1914
when it became evident tina
some of its secrets were beinl
leaked to Moscow.
The Foreign Office said tn,
pair took leave of London whel
the government ordered hin
questioned, and Labor membe,
of Parliament, 1t. Col. March,
Upton. charged last OctobeI
that they were tipped off by {
third man. But the man named
by Col. Upton as the tipster
Harold Philby, a former thirt
secretary in the British Embass.
in Washington, was cleared ant
Col, Upton withdrew his charge
The Foreign Office announced
however, last November that twl
officials, whom it did not name
had resigned as a result of an in
vestigation into the affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Stevenson Loshes GO. P
For 'SheII-Gome Politics
DepIores AIobomo U. Mob Violence;
OREGON Speech Called Bitterest to Dute

Adai Stevenson carried his campaign for the Democratic
presidential nomination the Far Northwest yesterday with
singing attack upon the Eisenhower administration for
shell politics. and statement deploring the exclusion
of Negro student from the University of Alabama
He asserted in speech at party rally in Portland Oreg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

that nobody actually knows
where the Republican Party
stands, much less where it is
going to stand" on the most
vital questions that face the
Nation.
At a news conference earlier
he issued a statement saying the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

Mr.. Maclean cleared up one
additional mystery. He said his
Text Of Burgess MoeIeon Settlement in
Moscow. Pose AT.
wife and children had indeed
Joined him here, as had long
been supposed by the British.
Conference at Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
Donna Floyd
.GuinsNetFinuI.

Donna Floyd, national girls
tennis champion from Arlington,
defeated Nancy Gates, GO, 6-3.
yesterday to advance to the
finals in l8-and-under girls
singles of the Arlington Metro
politan Invitational tournament.
Miss Floyd will meet Marian
Trenis for the title next Sunday.
There were two upsets in 18-
and-under boys singles as I'M
seeded Fred Cone of Bethesda
Chevy Chase High beat top
seeded Jim Chase of Washing
ton-Lee High School, Go. 6-3.
and unseeded Harry Hipps of
st. Johns defeated third-seeded
Bill Whipple of WI, 6-3, 6-3.
to gain the semifinalS.
Elsie LomaX, IL, defeated her
sister Margaret, Is, 8-6, 6-l,
to win the 15-and-under girls
championship. In the boys Is
and-under division, Robin Myers
advanced to the semifinals with
a 81, 6-3 victory over Ned
Fine.
Top-Seeded Mike Casper and
Whipple advanced to the 49,
and-under boys doubles semi
finals with IS, 60 victory
over Hipps and Mike Mccarthy.
The adult divisions of the
Arlington tourney get under
way Saturday. with the dead
line for mems and women's
singles at 6 pm. Thursday and
for doubles at 3 pm. Saturday.
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Maxwell Arrives as Pro
With Hot Springs Victory

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, April %
R) Billy Maxwell, who was a
boy wonder as an amateur
played like an old pro yesterday
in winning the $4,000 Hot
Springs Open golf tournament
his biggest triumph SO far.
The 26-year-o Maxwell has
been a promising youngster" for
several years on the pro circuit,
and he arrived" yesterday when
he birdied the final hole for a
72-hole total of 272 and one
stroke victory over Ernie Vossler
of Fort Worth. Tex. and George
Bayer of Cincinnati.
Maxwell. from Odessa, Tex,
opened with an 8-under-par "a
to take the lead which he held
or shared all the way as he fol-
lowed up with scores of SO. 70
and SO over the par 36-36-72
layout.
Maxwell started yesterday only
a stroke ahead of Bo. Wininger
of Oklahoma City, the defending
champion, and Bayer, the long
knocker who also remained re-
markably steady with three
straight 68s and a SO.
The genial Texan needed a
birdie to win on the 5l0-yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
BY BRUCE FALES, JR.

Virginia horses invaded the
Maryland horse show circuit yes
terday with Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Stephens and Miss Laura Lee
Shreve taking honors in all the
hunter divisions of the BurtonS-
vile Horse and Pony Show
which ended Its two-day run at
the North Wind Farm In Bur-
louisville.
MI and Mrs. Stephens OF
Warrenton won the champion
ships in both the green working
hunter and green conformation
hunter divisions. while 19-year-
old Miss Shreve of Baileys Cross
roads won the top prize in the
working hunter division.
Ace of Diamonds, under the
capable handling of Stephens,
put i'll smooth ROUNDS to win two
classes and place second in an
other for the green conformation
hunter title. Mrs. Stephens, the
former Pickens Hamilton, rode
her colt Velvet Touch to win the
green working hunter tricolor.
Miss Shreve rode Cheesecake tc
first place in the working hunter
division.
The Jumper championship
proved a popular victory fol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
Virginia Horses Capture
Top Honors at BurtonsviIIe

Chuck Ackerman's smooth work
ing Bell Hop, who performed
consistently throughout the day
to win the open jumper and
place second in the modified
Olympic for a score of points.
Also scoring 8 points was 13-
year-old Miss Bobbie Gardner
who guided her Tania to win
the knock down-and-out and
place second in the open jumper.
When the two horses were
shown over special course,
Alderman and Bell Hop put in
the best performance.
The reserve titles in both the
working hunter and the green
conformation hunter divisions
went back to Virginia also, with
Mrs. William Rowland riding her
Evening Shadow to the reserve
green title and her Time Enough
to the reserve working award.
The small hunter division was
won by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j.
Hughes, jr.'S Bon Bon. With
Mrs. Hughes riding, the gray
geldine by Bon Mutt put in
smooth rounds to win the title
over Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Lytles 5-year-old Son Imp, who
was shown by Mrs. Lyle for the
reserve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
Young Golfers
Fare Well in
Old Dominion

STAUNTON. Va, April % (Pl.
The Goth Virginia State Open
tournament won here yesterday
by 47-year-old Jack Isaacs of
Langley Air Force Base with a
3-over-par 291 boosted at least
three young starS-one an anna
teur-into the Old Dominion
golf limelight.
The trio includes Jon Gustin
of Charlottesville and Jack
Brown of Staunton and Nick
Berkllch, Staunton amateur.
The 23-year-old Gustin is as
sistant to Joe Cannon at the
Pennington Country Club. He
won third place yesterday behind
1saacs and the runnerup Johnny
IO'Donnell. Norfolk profess
Sional and the defending cham
pion, who shot a 294. Gustin's
295 earned him 5000.
Brown, 22-year- old operator of
the IngleSide Driving Range who
turned pro only a week ago,
carved one of yesterdays two
sub-par rounds over the 6,6i2-
yard, par-72 Ingleside course.
shooting II for total of BOG
to tie for seventh. He picked up
$50.
Berklich slipped into fourth
with a 298. He's just 16 years old
and also is football and bas-
ketball star at Staunton Military
\ A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS

ASEBALL
Today
Eastern at Carroll, $3.50
Montgomery Blair at High Point. 3 30
Northwestern at Bethesda Chew
base. $3.50.
Bladensburg at Suitland. $50
st. Johns VS. GonzaGa al Taft. 2 80
Georgetovn Prep rs, Mackin at 1urke,
-hicket. $3.50
DeMatha at Priory $50.
Oxon Hill at Gwynn Park. .
Frederick Sasscer at SurrattSville, = 80
Bulls at Maryland Frosh, 3.
Tomorrow
Coolidge at Tech. $50
Cardozo VS. Phelph on Ellipse, $50.
Spingarn at Western. 3iil
Eastern at Roosevelt 800.
Washington-Lee at Falls Church, s.
Mount Vernon at Georse Washing
Mclean at Annandale. $3.50.
Loudoun County al George Mason, 3
osbourn at Herndon,. >,
Garfield at Nokesville, g.
Parker-Gray at Luther jackson $50
Laurel al Wheaton $50
Sherwood at Richard MONTGOMERY
Damascus at Gaithersburg $3.50.
GonzaRa at Episcopal, 800
81 stephens al Landon. $3.50
Bell at Friends 3
TRACK
Tomorrow
Wakefield AT Bethesda Chevy ChaSs
30
Mclean at Gcorse washington w
10
Carroll at Dunbar. 1910.
Episcopal at Washington 800.
TENNIS
Tomorrow
81 Adams at Friends. $3.50.
Washington-Lee w at George Ma.
Montgomery Blair at wakefield. 3.l5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
Tennis Courts Open
AT Sheraton Park
With Pro Match

One of the largest crowds ever
to watch an exhibition match
here between two area tennis
pros turned out yesterday fol
the contest between Pauline Bet2
Addie and Allie Ritzenberg which
officially opened the season al
the Sheraton Park Hotel courts
Chief Justice Warren was
among the $50 spectators who
saw Gutenberg, the new Shera-
ton Park pro. defeat Mrs. Addie
Edgemoor, pro and worlds pro-
feSSional women'S champion
Ga. in the first set. Mrs. Addie
came back to take the second
set. 6-3.
BY mutual consent with the
crowd the two pros then teamed
up in doubles against Fred Nc
Nair. ranking Washington anna
teur, and Dick Covingston. for
mer North Carolina star, who
now represents the Cortland
Racket Co. in conducting tennis
clinics throughout the country
Mrs Addie and RitZenberp
breezed through the first set
6-3, but McNair and Covngton
came back to take the windup
Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-23
BY the Associated Press

Cuba's Kids" from Camaguey
Kid Gavilan, the fading 30-year-
old ex-welterweight champion
and Isaac Kid Logart. 23-year-
old, up-and-coming welterweight
contender. are involved in i'm
portant bouts this week.
Gavilan gets a return crack al
undefeated young Peter Water
man of England in a Hereunder
in London's Earls Court Arena
tomorrow night. Waterman wa.
awarded a highly unpopular de.
cision over the veteran Cubar
in London February 7. Almost
everyone but the referee, II.
year-old Ben Green. thought
Gavilan had earned the victory
The British Boxing Board Of
Control held hearing and Their
revoked Green's license.
Logart, now ranked as the
No. 3 contender behind two other
ex-champions. Carmen BasiliC
and Tony DeMarco. faces Joe
Miceli. hard-hittine New Yorker
in a televised tWRC-TV, chan.
mel 4. in Washington. 10 PM
Hereunder at the War Memoria
Auditorium. in Syracuse Frida,
night.
Miceli's record is 4s-24-7.vith