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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
Trucker Identified
Virginia Drivers Beet MoryIonders
On Committing Time to District

It also was pointed out that
the Virginia drivers had less
traffic congestion to
fight to the AAA finish line than
motorists. The latter
group lost time in the crosstown
trek to @ street, whereas Vir-
ginia drivers nosed onto @ from
river parkways.
The speedier Virginia runs
came as a surprise to the AAA
sponsors. however. They said
spot checks made in the past
gave Maryland road times the
edge over Virginia.
Al Minutes Faster
The tests showed outbound
drivers averaged 25.4 miles ar
hour in Virginia and 1913 mile'
an hour in Maryland. Trips tool
an average Of 40.7 minutes II
Virginia and asa in Maryland
with Old Dominion testers cut
ting a. minutes overall of
Maryland drivers times.
Inbound. Virginia drivers av'
eraged 26.7 miles an houl
against 24.5 miles an hour speed
for Marylanders. Average Vir'
ginia trip times totaled 49,
minutes compared to Ala min
utes in Maryland, or 81 minutes
difference.
Speeds on approach roads h
Key and Chain Bridges werl
stepped UP to from 23.9 10 20.I
miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
Destructive Quake
Reported in Siberia
By The Associated Press

Government scientists said
today an earthquake of a def
mite destructive nature" occurred
in the Lake Baikal area Of South
Central Siberia.
A spokesman for the Geodetic
Survey said the locale was PIN
pointed on the basis of seismo-
graphic readings in the Eastern
United States, Japan and France
He said the quake was Of such
intensity that there would have
been loss of life II it occurred
in a populated area. The time
|of the quake was given as Obs
Greenwich time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
President Backs Move
I o Protect FBI Files
INickerson AssoiIs Stress
On Nations Air Power
BY BEN PRICE

HUNTSVILLE. Ala, June q
P)-Col. John c. Nickerson, jr.,
today testified that in, national
defense policies there had been
"a gross over-emphasis on air
power" v
The lean and gray colonel took
the witness stand in his own
court-martial at 1890 am. today
and agreed to testify under oath.
Under court martial procedure
the Kentucky, born colonel could
have offered an unsworn state
ment.
THE United States" Col.
Nickerson said, would be faced
with three hostile continents
a fact which would almost Ger
ltainly result in the defeat of the
United States"
Calls For Balance
He argued that the United
States for survival would have
to maintain footholds on these
continents from the outset of
war. National existence" he
said, may depend on it,"
This MEANS" he continued,
the destruction of Russian
armies is a primary objective to
the United States"
At this point he launched into
an argument for a balanced
armed force without overdue en-
phaSis on air power.
+ Col. Nickerson has been con-
victed on is counts of laxity in
handling secret defense data by
permitting it to fall into the
hands of unauthorized persons,
chiefly those he wanted to en-
list in his fight to preserve de-
velopment of an intermediate
range ballistic missile for the
/ ARMY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
District Tex Rutes
Retained for Year

The District Commissioners to-
day retained the city's present
real estate and tangible personal
property tax rates for the fiscal
year starting July /.
The real estate rate is $3.50
on each 500 Of assessed valua-
ton. The personal property rate
is 50 on each 500 Of assessed
value.
Assessor Kenneth Back esti-
mated that the real estate levy
will produce about $350.000 more
next year than this year. Total
assessments are expected to climb
about SIS million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27

The 10-man court-martial is
now hearing evidence which
might incline it to leniency in
fixing Col. Nickerson's sentence.
Faces Dismissal
The maximum punishment
Col. NickerSon could suffer is
dismissal from the service and
80 years Imprisonment.
AS he mounted the stand, Col.
Nickerson turned and smiled
briefly at his attractive, blond
wife. Carol.
In an opening statement,
which he had written out, the
41-year-old colonel outlined the
now classic feud between advo-
Gates of air power as the first
See MCPHERSON, Page Ais
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.DwindIing Hurricane
Hits Louisiana Coast

of the storm was there. Earlier,
winds reached rs m.p.h. al
Orange.
Persons who had taken refuge
at Orange began leaving for
their homes when the calm
came, and authorities sought Ia
get them back to shelter for the
expected blow which always
follows the hurricane calm.
The Port Arthur Weather
Bureau said at midmorninf
that 1.-THE worst is over for PorI
Arthur" Winds reached Il
m.p.h.
Worse Winds Due
The Lake Charles Weather
Bureau said worse winds would
hit Orange after the calm.
The Port Arthur weathermei
said the eye of the storm wa
about so miles wide Just befor,
1t struck.
The storm was expected Il
dissipate rapidly as 1t moved in.
land.
The hurricane took at least II
lives before it hit land, nine
drowning when the fishing YES.
sci Keturah sank. Another
drowned in a strong undertow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27

responding to the radioed re-
port Of the Staying yesterday
passed a man who exactly fitted
the description they later got
of the killer from the Army
sergeant who was with Mrs
Harold.
The man was In q blue 1916
or 1913 Chrysler stuck in a
ditch on Route $50. 1t. HagneI
said. A truck was trying to pull
the car out. Corpl. George Long
and two other policemen also
saw the man-now one of two
prime suspects-but knew moth
ing Of the murder details at that
time.
Soldier Held as Witness
Meanwhile. MiSergt. Roy Hud-
son. 81, who was sitting beside
Mrs. Harold when the intruder
shot her to death from the back
seat, is being held a9A material
witness. Both Sergt. Hudson and
the 36-year-old victim worked
in the Finance and Accounting
ONCE of I'd Army Headquartert
at Fort Meade.
Mrs. Harold's husband, John
H. Harold. IT,. who works fol-
a Baltimore steel company, wa;
notified Of her death at IL pm
yesterday in their Arbutus (Md.)
home where the couple lived
with their two children. Police
questioned him briefly but exon
Grated him when it was learned
he had punched a time CLOCK
at work at 4 p.m.-the approx.
mate time Of the shooting.
Sergt. Hudson lives with hi
wife. Mrs. Lille Evelyn Hudson
and two sons. Douglas. 4. anC
Barryl, 3, in a trailer at Laurel.
Trucker Identified
1t. Hagner said the bushy'
proved man being sought be-
came an even better suspect
early today when Marvin Hard
esty, so, Of Edgewater, Md. cam,
into police headquarters anC
identified himself as the truck
driver who helped the suspect
Mr.. Hardesty said he had hearC
on the radio that he was beint
sought.
The bushy-browed man CAV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
$546 Yearly Raise
For Postal Workers
Advances in House
Civil Service Group Approves Bill !
Despite Opposition Of Murray
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The House Civil Service Committee today approved bill
giving postal workers $546 year pay raise.
Immediately after the meeting Chairman Murray an
nounced his committee would start hearings classified
enipoye pay raise legislation Tuesday
The committees bill would make the $546 postal pay
raise effective September figure represents
increase of about SIS day for postal workers
The committees action resulted despite the opposition
Chairman Murray
viiby angry the Democrat said he would fight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
By the Associates Prsss

For the first time in an oper
Senate hearing. a witness today
invoked a new Supreme Court
decision and refused to say
whether he was q Communist
while he had access to oficial
Government messages.
Howard v. Trautman Of New
York, who was identified by a
telegraph operator as a fellow
member of a Communist cell,
was the balky witness before the
Senate Internal Security SUBJ
committee.
An operating technician for
RCA Communications, Inc,
Thautman declined to answer a
Communist membership question
on grounds it invaded rights of
free speech. press and assembly
guaranteed under the First
Amendment to the Constitution.
He said that under a June IL
Supreme Court ruling in the
Watkins case, he cannot be COM
PEELED to testify about his be
liefs. expressions or asSocia-
tons" He also contended the
question exceeded the jurisdic-
ton of the subcommittee, which
he said was operating under
unlawful delegation of power
from the Senate.
Senator Hruska. Republican of
Nebraska. serving as a one-man
subcommittee, warned Mr.. Traut-
man he was acting at his own
peril and suggested the posi-
bility of Contempt Of Congress
action against him. either In a
court or before 1.-THE bar Of the
Senate"
Immediately after Trautman's
appearance. RCA Communica-
tions. Inc. announced his sus-
pension and that of S. A. Tesla
also refused to answer
questions before the Subcom-
mittee.
Company Cites Stand
The two appeared at a hearing
yesterday and commended they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
Humphrey Cites
Home Savings
Says Money Curbs
Have Helped Buyers
BY CECIL HOLLAND

Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey said today housing
costs would have been a great
deal more were it not for the
Governments onetary re-
straints On credit.
The Secretary told the Senate
Finance Committee that these
increased costs would have been
"a lot more" than what our in
terest rates are.
The committee is investigating
the country's financial condition
with particular attention to the
threats Of imitation and the
effect OF the administration
tight money" policy and high
interest rate on the country's
economy.
Williams Raises Question
Senator williams. Republican
OF Delaware. brought up the
housing question by saying that
administration critics claimed
that the present monetary and
fiscal policies of the Government
are having an adverse effect on
housing. He asked for the Sec
retary's view on the effect on
housing policies Of what the
Senator called loose money"
Secretary Humphrey said
housing costs had been rising
quite q bit" and continuing
pressures likely would have
pushed costs upward.
In this event, the Secretary
added. home builders would have
had to pay "a lot more in other
costs" than what higher interest
rates will cost.
Balks at Old Policy
In his eighth appearance be-
fore the committee in its investi-
cation Of the country's economic
condition, Mr.. Humphrey said
he would recommend very pos
itively" against a return to the
policy of the Government sup
porting its own bonds. The ad-
ministration dropped this policy,
which had been followed in the
Truman administration, and
higher rates have resulted.
Senator Williams brought out
that interest rates over the
years have fiuctuated consider
ably. He suggested that the
See TAXES, Page Ais
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Virginia commuters drive both
to and from the District in less
time than their Maryland sub
urban neighbors. a traffic timing
test OF the American Automobile
Association indicated today.
AAA figures also showed THAT
both Virginia and Maryland resi-
dents bound for the city make
faster time in the morning
rush than they clock on their
way home at night.
Twenty-Five drivers were put
on the major roads tanning oui
from the District at 5 pm. yes
terday for purposes Of the test
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
Mop Of Test Routes PoSs A

Mop OF Test Routes. Pooe Az
They stopwacthed their driving
times to points IS air miles from
AAA headquarters, l7l2 @
street NV.
This morning the same 25
drivers started from their respec-
tive l5-mile points toward town
along the same routes at 7:3C
am.
Once back at the AAA, they
gathered for what Washington !
Cleveland. District Division Sec
rotary. called vital COMPARE
sons"
Widening Of Key and Chair
bridges was credited by Mr.
Cleveland for speedier approache;
to the city from Virginia thar
Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
BULLE IN
Reds Warn Germany

MOSCOW R.-The Soviet
Union warned West Germany
today that II II co-Operates
with the West on nuclear
ornaments IL can give up all
hope Of German Identification.
A Soviet note delivered by For
eign Minister Andrei GrOmyko
70 West German Ambassador
Wilhelm Haas declared "nu-
clear armament Of Germany
and German reunificatiOn are
irFecOncilable."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Here's How

To send child TO camp, make
out a check or money order to
The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund. Mail it to The
Evening Star, Washington 4,
d. c.. or bring cash to The
Star cashier.
The cost: $36.40 for IL days,
or 1920 for six days.
The following contributions
- ..I...o.,,l1Au-I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
CRAB FEASTS NOT
FOR FASTIDIOUS

STEAMED CRAB feosts ore fun
but not for the fostidious. Reed
Southern Maryland seofood' experts
recipes in Violet Foulkner's food col
umn on Poee B-l.
CRASHING THEa BORDER from
Ethiopia into British Kenyo tokes
psychology, soys Smith Hempstone,
IT,. who tells Of his Afrieon odven.
lures on Poae Alb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27

Mr.. Hardesty a dollar for pulling
him out Of the ditch, he said,
and another dollar to an un-
identified man who came along
and helped.
Sergt. Hudson said the shoot
ing occurred as he and Mrs.
Harold-who were meeting for
the fourth time-were parked on
a lonely road OF Route so about
~ miles west Of Annapolis. They
had met at Fort Meade at 1850
pm. he said. The Army said
it was Sergt. Hudson's regular
afternoon on for physical train
ing and Mrs. Harold's office said
she was on sick leave to see a
doctor. Her husband said she
had a doctors appointment be-
cause she was expecting a baby,
Both Change Clothes
The sergeant. a career soldier
from Myock. N. c.. said they
changed clothes at the base. He
changed from uniform to civil
ian clothes and Mrs. Harold
switched from a dress into pedal
pushers. They put the clothes
into the back of his new 1857
Chevrolet and drove south on
Route Sol.
They stopped for lunch, he
told police. and then drove onto
Route so near the intersection
of Routes $50 and 424. Then
they saw the side road and drove
into it because Mrs. Harold said
she was curious to see where it
went.
He told police that he passed
"a parked car on the turmoil. 1t
resembled the car seen in the
ditch by the four policemen and
Mr.. Hardesty later. police said
They had been parked about 20
minutes. Sergt. Hudson said
when the bushy-browed, un-
kempt man yelled at them from
a distance and approached.
Man Asks for Ride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27

PORT ARTHUR. Tex. June ~
R.-Hurricane Audrey, a killer
losing its punch. veered and
struck the Louisiana coast today.
Blasting winds of 100 m.p.h. at
sea skidded to IS when Aubrey
hit land.
But winds. high tides and tor
rental rains caused widespread
damage for hundreds OF miles
along the Texas and Louisiana
coasts.
Thousands evacuated their
homes and resort cabins as tides
up to 8 feet above normal bat
tered the shore.
Hits Cameron, La.
The Port Arthur Weather
Bureau said Audrey hit at Came
ron, La. east Of Port Arthur at
0 am. est.
However the Lake Charles
weather bureau said winds
reached 100 m.p.h there--about
40 miles north OF Cameron.
Orange. Tex, about 40 miles
northwest Of Cameron, said a
dead calm occurred there at
1905 am, indicating that the eye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
Bushy-Browed Gunmon
Death
Police Rushing to SIoyine Scene
Soy They Spotted Suspected Man

A bushy- browed, slick-haired by four
policemen and truck driver less than half mile from the
lonely Maryland road where Mrs Margaret Harold shot
to death with soldier his parked car Anne
Arundel police disclosed today
1t Elmer Hagner said he and three other policemen
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offieiuls. Pose AS
~-----~-~-----~-----~
leaders agreed at a conference
this morning to back a biparti-
san bill to plug loopholes un-
covered when the Court said
defendants may examine the
jealousy guarded records under
certain conditions.
The White House disclosed
later that Attorney General
Brownell will urge congressional
action tomorrow, when he testi-
f1es before a Senate Judiciary
subcommittee considering the
Legislation.
Mr.. Brownell participated in
the presidential conference to-
day.
Uncertain on PORN
Senate Minority Leader Know
land told reporters he was un-
certain what final form the
measure would take. He made it
clear, however, that the party
leaders were in accord on the
need for a remedy in the light
of the Supreme Court opinion
in the Jencks case.
Senator Knowland said the
leadership favors action to cor
rect things which would hamper
the Justice Department in the
enforcement of laws.
The Jencks ruling and a num-
Der Of others handed down re-
Gently have aroused much con-
troversy and prompted demands
for new laws in several areas.
At his news conference yester-
day, Mr.. Eisenhower indicated
that even he may not have
agreed with all Of the recent
decisions. He said, however,
that the court should have re-
spect of the people.
Hearings Open Tomorrow
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat
of Wyoming, is chairman Of the
Judiciary Subcommittee on i'm
Iprovements in the Federal GRIM,
inal code. which will open hear
lings on the legislation tomor-
row. He is one of six Senators
sponsoring the bill. which would
fix ground rules on the extent to
which criminal trial defendants
can inspect confidential FBI in
formation.
The Justice Department al
ready has indicated that it
would elect to drop some prose-
cutions rather than bare its
jealously-guarded records.
FBI Chief j. Edgar Hoover will
be a witness along with Mr..
Brownell at tomorrow'S hearings.
Senator Knowland said the
congressional leaders, did not
discuss with the President
problems posed for police au-
thoritieS as a result of the SUI
|preme Court ruling in the An
drew j. Mallory case.
The court held that Mallory
was questioned too long by
Washington police before he was
'arraigned and it reversed his
rape conviction death sentence
on grounds that a confession
that was obtained was invalid.
Specific Law Sought
Assistant Attorney General
Warren Olney said yesterday
that unless Congress acted to
pass remedial legislation in this
area large numbers of criminals
would go unpublished. Numer-
Gus authorities are demanding
that the police be given a specific
law on procedure in criminal
cases.
The Senate hearings tomorrow
will center on "solidifying and
clarifying" the FBI files decision
rather than blasting the tri-
bunal. subcommittee sources
said.
The session will deal di-
rectly with the bill sponsored by
six Senators. to lay down hard
and fast ground rules governing
the extent to which criminal
See FILES. Page AS
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Fastest inbound time was
driven by Jean Potts. AAA travel
counselor, who made 1t into town
on Great Falls road to Chain
Bridge and along Canal road and
the Whitehurst freeway in %
minutes. The same trip took her
81 minutes outbound the night
before.
She explained the delay by a
stall caused by four tour buses.
Their drivers turned the buses
around to get back on a road
they had lost. backing up after
noon rush traffic for about five
minutes. she said.
SlOwest Inbound Trip
The slowest inbound trip lasted
SO minutes. Charles Brady AAA
safety engineer. drove this Mary
land route on Route 240, Old
Georgetown road, Goldsboro to
Massachusetts and Nebraska
avenues. Foxhall and Canal
roads to the Whitehurst free
way. Heavy traffic moving
against traffic lights was respon-
sible for the lag. he said.
lie Verne Johnson. district
division manager, who drove on
a Virginia approach to Memorial
Bridge in A minutes said his
car crawled after 1t came within
2 miles Of the bridge. Traffic
from wide areas funneled into
the bridge kept inbound COM
Imutors at Q snail's pace, he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27

Soiumn. Poqe Az
Rees, Republican of Kansas,
visited President Eisenhower at
the White House.
They declined to say what was
discussed, but it is reported that
both Federal pay increases as
well as the postal rate increase
sought by the administration
were the topics of conversation.
During today's committee
meeting. Representative Broy-
hill. Republican of Virginia,
sought to tie a IL per cent CLASH
fed employe pay raise to the
postal pay bill. Mr.. Broyhill
argued such action would ex-
pedite matters.
Motion Ruled Out
However. Mr.. Broyhill's mo-
ton was ruled out of order.
The s546 figure adopted was
proposed by Representative Les
inski, Democrat OF Michigan.
This carried by a vote Of II to
IL. However. when the commit
tee took a final vote to report
the bill. there were only four
or five voting against it.
A senate Civil Service sub
committee previously has APP
proved a fiat $500 pay raise for
postal workers and a go per
cent average salary increase for
classified employees. The fun
Senate committee has held UP
action on its subcommittee's
proposals pending action Of the
House Civil Service Committee.
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the bill in the Rules Committee
and on the House floor if
necessary.
Joins Pay Raise Opponents
Mr.. Murray has aligned him
self with the administration in
opposing Federal pay raises this
year on the grounds it would
have an inflationary effect on
the country's economy.
This morning, Mr.. Murray,
accompanied by Representative