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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-10

Since 1850 more than 100000 onefamily homes have
been built in this country large percentage Of them
have been backed by FILA or VA insured mortgages
which have made it possible for young families to OBJ
tain homes with relatively small down payments and
low Of interest Most Of the houses have been
built by honest and experienced builders, of high
quality and have given excellent value for the price
But many others examples of jerrybuilt cOnsruc'
ton and poor workmanship, against which their
had believed they protected by FILA and VA
standards.
The Long Island builder who put up Mary Fletcher's
house is under Indictment Approximately 1000
builders have been barred by the Veterans Admins
tration the Federal Housing Administration from
further building under their programs But such action
has often been belated Many homeowners have found
themselves burdened with poorly built houses and
undeserved debt.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee concerned
mounting complaints from the 100000 veterans
who bought homes under the CT Bil-recently carried
out investigation which revealed nationwide pat
tern of poor workmanship, cOrnercuttng, graft, and
violations of VA specifications by builders, combined
with inadequate supervision by VA personnel The
Federal Housing Administration says that relatively
small percentage of homeowners has been hurts still
complaints continue to pour into FILA and VA offices,
local building departments the Better Business Bureaus
and the U. S. Department of Justice
Recent scandals in Chicago and New York involving
FILA and VA officials have resulted in designations,
dsmissal and grand jury investigations The infOrma-
ton uncovered has underscored the fact that home
buyers getting the protection from their gov
eminent they have been led to expect"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-10

Mrs. Mary Fletcher, Long Island New York, home
her $4,000 splt-leve house and pointed to the waste
building materials scattered in the mud. I'VE were
supposed have twonch layer of concrete over the
dirt well concrete bases for supporting col
umns" she said "YOu can see the metal columns there
resting mud, giving support at all TO the house.
Every time someone walks heavily across the living
floor you can feel our whole house vibrating
Our walls stained by rain water which leaks
through the roof For long time had four feet of
sagnant water mixed with refuse under the house. Our
septic tank overlooked onto the front lawn and street.
Most people in the development have had similar prob
lems-sOme We can't get any help
from the builder and have gotten very little help from
the FILA. 1t would thrty-five hundred TO put
cur house in shape. We can't afford it,
In Ell Paso, Texas, a bought an $1,000 ranch
house under the CT Bill only have it literally break
into pieces around him and his family Under pres
of the expanding claykke soil which the house
had been built the brick shattered and the
side walls cracked open.
The builder gone, says Veterans Administration
official and far the servceman is stuck with the
house. 1t would take five thousand dollars to repair it.
Meanwhile he has been keeping up the payments faith
fully in addition to paying for quarters elsewhere"
In Ohio, fory-six families are living in a suburban
development with incomplete grading, poor drainage
that creates pools of stagnant water exposed septic
tanks that have flooded the area, asphalt tile floors
that off underfoo and other defects This deve.
opment had been approved for financing by both the
Veterans and the Federal HousinS Adj.
mnisraton.
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Redbook SAYS:

Many young tamiLies-encourGged BY netC FLA and
"a regulations tchich haze reduced required doton
payments moderately priced houses to the IOcesl
eUeI eUerare today considering the purchase Of nerc
home. Construction Of more than million houses is
being started this year hopeful development for
individuals and for the economy as whoIe But .uill
these houses be honestly built and honestly priced9
The experiences Of home buyers have been
discourGging The following article reports some Of
these dsappOntments in order help buyers protect
protection to homeOwners than they hare the
past"-THE EDITORS
In big Western development. shingles on
scores of new houses buckIed and fell off.
A Long Island, N. Y, lawn was left with
coping hole when the cesspooI cuved in.
Vines sprouted up through defective base
boards in q large project near Denver
A Southern homeowner found concrete
driveway strips set TOO far apart for his cor.
The front steps of houses in O New York
suburb crumbIed soon after construction.
The mortar in some New Orleans homes
wushed out like sond after heuv rain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-10

One Of the precautions suggested by REDBooK
mosozine for the Home Buyer was Before sign
ing any papers. hire competent local civil en-
sineer or architect to inspect the house or the
Developments model house. Have him udvise you
on items you will need that the government doesn't
require"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-10
Ifyou are buying q home

Call H. B. B., Home Buyers and Builders
Consultant and Referral Service. For a rea-
sonable fee, they will 60 out and inspect the
house and render an unbiased report on its
structural sOundness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13
AUTOMOBILES FoR SALE

FORD. T-bird '55 Fordomatie: r
and h.. skirts; $4,000 MI; s1,9e5
IA. s-7743 after 9 pm.
FORD SO customiine Fordor VS.;
7. and h.. Fordomatie. A spotless
low-mileage l-owner car; ST.
295. BETHESDA MOTORS, 400
Miller ave, OIL. $4,000.
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AuToMosILEs FOR SALE AUr0moBlLEs FOR SALE

lFoRD 'B4 customline Tudor: auto.
trans., r. and b.; very nice; one
lowner car %9eb,
KIRK MOTOR co.
Goth and r. I. Ave. NE. AID. 2-333a
FORD 1885 Falrlane club sedan;
FINISHED IN gay ivory and coral,
Equipped, powerful VS. engine, au.
Tomato transmission, radio and
heater. well-cared-for car. SLABS;
terms. CCC warranty
Chevy Chase Chevrolet
I7725 Wisconsin Ave. on. a-l1i2
FORD 81 crestllne 4-dr. J. and
h.: excellent condition; S74b.
TAKOMA FORD
s725 Piney Br. Rd., SIS. ~. $1,000
FORD 1919 8-cyL cpe.: =. H.; eood
paint; good transp.: owner leav-
ms town; $50 cash. RA. 0-072S.
FORD 1888 sunliner V-s eonv, /:
r.. h., Fordomatic; only Sdlb full
price. terms, TOM CARR EDSEL.
IT, . isgl GOOD Hope rd" Sc
FORD 1887 Fairlane 800" con-
lvertibie: Fordomatic, power steer
ing, 7. and h., Wv. tires S2,095-
BREWER MOTORS
Sill Wis. Ave. EN-, 2-770O
Cash. Trade. Terms
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AuToMoBILls FoR sALl

FORD 81 Fordor station wag
Thunderhird v-S; Purdomat, +
and h.. DIV. 81. and br.. e-tonl
paint, Wv, tires; $4,000 mi. Best
offer, JU, e-7365.
FOND 1853 sta. wag.. all metal
no wood. looks and runs aplen.
did; sac, B406; terms. SIS down
mo trilier.l ROPER MOTOR, LA
$4,000.
FORD 1856 vas country sedan
S-passenger wagon; r., h., Fordo.
matte, power equip: iFnmae. ! onl,
TOM CARR EDsEL. INC, 1901
Good Hone I'd. sc. LII. 4-765s
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FORD 1867 VS. 6-pass. sta. wag. +;
beautiful light blue finish with
matching custom interior; show
rm. cond. Sale price, $1,595; can
finance with sos down. ROYAL
PLYMOUTH. 400 Ga. ave. NV,
ia. 9-2004.
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AUTOMOBILES E0R SALE

az oiney. Nd. Amoco Station
Clearwater 3-254s.
FORD 81 Fairiane 300" Fordor
Victoria: Fordomatic, power steer
ing, radio. heater White
finish; finest quality anywhere
So 2ab: written guarantee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13

1M14AEA N0E0 LINE
abroad' 'I MooRE-uREAR AaorofRsS'
400 Conn. ave, I'm. $4,000.
FORD % vlstor.a hsrdtop; xora-
HofNER's CORNER
BUICK MIDTOWN DEALER
ll11I 18th 81, NV. DL 7-l0ea
F0RDs-'57 VS., I owner, 1895;
d., PiNEY BRANCH MOTORS
FORD 1857 convertible; black
FULLY equipped, automatic trans
String ssii 1.sS Sssls' 0Snsri $500.
FORD $50 Pairiane So Victoria;
Fordomatic,. power steering, radio
and heater, White-Wali tires, blue
and white finish. Amazingly clean
1895, written guarantee.
TRIANGLE FORD
1910 r. /. Ave. NE. LA. e-l00a
FORD s54 Custom %" 2-dr.: blue
and white. r. and h.; exceptionally
nice; $685..
HILL & SANDERS
Wash.'s Oldest Ford Dealer
Ina Vermont Ave. NV. AD. 4-4s0C
FORD SO PHAETON
PERI. mech. cond, WO. 6-53S7.
FORD '50 Fairlane V-S Fordor: n
bird engine, power steering, Fordo.,
T. and h., Wv. tires, 2-tone, GUS
tom INTERIOR one owner; Sl,49b.
KIRK MOTOR CO.
10th and r. !. Ave. NE. AID. 2-3334
FORD '5a 800" convertible VS.
interceptor; Fordomatlc. radio,
heater. White-Wah tires, power
steering; l-year 1905 warranty;
| S2,406, full price. VIRGINIA
biVd,. A 1870 "a. 4t.sassSS.. "l'OD
FORD 1854 customline Fordor
sedan: finished In restful 2-tone
gray: equipped economical 6-cyl
engine, radio and heater; reflects
best care throughout: S745; terms.
Gee warranty.
Chevy Chase Chevrolet
I7725 Wisconsin Ave. OIL. 4-l412
FORD '55 Country SQUIRE Spas
dark green finish, set on with Wv.
tires: equipped. radio. heater, auto
matte transmission. power steering,
power brakes; low-mileage, top
quality car; $1,595; terms. ccc
warranty.
Chevy Chase Chevrolet
I7725 wisconsin Ave. OIL. 4-1412
FORD 1867 VS. 6-pass. sta. wag. /;
beautiful light blue finish with
matching custom interior; show
finance with sos down. ROYAL
PLYMOUTH. 400 Ga. ave. NV,
ia. 9-2DO4.
FORD 1854 VS. Custom Ranch
wagon: orie. dark blue nm: equip.
with r., h.: pass any insp.: very
special at S695 ROYAL PLYM-
OUTH, 400 Ga. ave. NV, ia.
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FORD 81: must sell; Fairlane
800" 4-door hardtop, radio
heater, Fordomatic: full power
11,000 miles; One owner, S2,IaE
or best offer. IA. 5-7350. Nc
dealers please
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13

1910 R. I. Ave. NE. La. s-100a
FORD 1857 VS. Country Sedan;
fully equipped: Q PASSENGER; So.
195. low down payment. MCNEIL
PONTIAC. 1920 Wis. ave, OIL,
$4,000, IN the Heart Of Be-
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TRIANGLE FORD

FORD 1858 company cars; never
sold, new-car title and guarantee
terrific aavfuUe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13

FORD '55 Country Squire Spas
dark green finish. set Oh with Wv.
tires: equipped. radio. heater, auto
matte transmission. power steering,
power brakes; low-mileage, top
quality car; S1,595; terms. ccc
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TRTANCT,E EORD

1t41A1NOIIL TO1tD
3010 r. !. Ave. NE. LA. 9-1003
FORD 1858 Fairlane Tudor VIC
toria: Fordomatic, 7. and h.. Wv.
tires; at only S2,495.
BREWER MOTORS
Sill Wis. Ave. EN-. 2-7700
Cash, Trade, Terms
FORD 1855 Fairlane Fordor town
sedan; extra clean, red and white.
Wv. tires. VS. engine. straight
drive, and h. S1.005; bank A.
nancing.
KIRK MOTOR co.
1000 Ga. Ave. NV. ia. 9-4sOO
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TRIANGLE FORD

FORD '56 Pairlane IS" Victoria,
Fordomatic. power steering, radio
and heater. white-wall tires, blue
and white finish: Amazingly clean,
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DF SOTO $50 Firefiight hardtop,
III .995. terms. MERSON q
THOMPSON, Chrys. -Plym,- Dlrs.
rsosS7 VJisr ave OIL, 2-26lb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13

DODGE 1851 4-dr, sedan; gray
Wv. tires, heater. semiauto
shift; fine eond.: 1926. OIL
6-4B97.
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1910 R. /, ave. NE. Ia, e-lO0s
FORD '54 Custom "6' 2-dr.: blue
and white. r. and h.; exceptionally
nice; $685..
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FORD 80 VS. sedan: r. and h.:
very unusual eond.. owner: low
VILE & SS 8 B. i 1852 \ Moore ore
st., Arl., Va, at Rosslyn, "a
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HoRNER's CoRNER

L. P. STEUART, INC.
s4th and Benning NE. LII. $4,000
DE SOTO "a Firedome VS. sedan;
and h., Wv. tires: -powerfiite,
power steering and brakes q
beautiful 1-owner car $SgS'
trade, terms, WOLFE MOTORS,
iT33 N. Moore St.. Arl. Va. at
Rosslyn, IA. 4-3252.
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DE SOTO 81 Firefiite sports sedan
white on green. power steering ano
power brakes; your 81 or o2 car
fiIiance. low monthly payments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13

lFoRD '54 customline Tudor: auto.
trans, r. and b. very nice; one
Ilownsr car; sgeb -. -
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FORD 1858 Victoria Tudor; Fgrdo'
%an sflS; am aai.S. S Ss.S.'p 1irs s''s
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FORD 1857 convertible; black,
fully equipped, automafic trans
&C. By eTas. owner; si.e5o-
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OLMSTEAD Olds

1000 Wilson Blvd. Arl. ia. 7-S400
RoRD IS Convertible: black with
er steering, brakes, r. and H.,
Wv tires: many nnSs other extras
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BOWMAN

green IN; equip. with Fordo., 7.
and h. Priced amazingly. low al
S2,l9O. MAY be purchased as low
as S295 On: cash, terms or trace;
New-car cond. and Warranty; "
others to choose from. HERSOrNn,SS'
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KIRK MOTOR co.

2Oth and R. I. Ave. NE. AID. 2-3334
FORD $50 800" convertible V-s
iRH sstsr E0sf0m ssss p poSS
$2.495, full price. VIRGINIA
AUTO DISCOUNT. 1920 Wilson
hlud All la A.h00o
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81 DODGE S2499
Custom Royal Lancer 4-deor
hardtOpi completely power
equipped; black, Wv. tires.
81 BUICK - $3.50
Special A-doeF sedan: like
new; 9.O00 miles, dynAfiow, 7.
and a.; 2-tene. Wv. tires,
Sc BUICK S2O99
Century 1-door hardtspi com
pletely equipped, ineluding
Frikidaire air conditioning.
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Immediate delivery d, s. and
abroad. MOoRE-OREAR MOTORS.
400 Conn. ave, I'm. $4,000.
FORD 80 Victoria hardtop: Ford-
omatic, r. and h.. z-tone; Wv.
tireai bssgsItqI !, SER u, sz & 10
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OPEN $40 AM. TIL 10 Pm.
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TAKOMA FORD

NAASNJ NAAeN@1N ~AANN 49, =
zz25 wisconsin Ave. on. a-llls
FORD 49,, .Sa crssslin I,,., s-dE 7. ans
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FORD I57 Fairlane 800" Fordor
sedan: distinctive 2-tone chocolate
and white, harmonizing Interior:
All the Ford features Including
power steering: low mileage: saIety-
tested and guaranteed. A regular
GD cog uaItfa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-28
Eisenhower Plans
Farm Week End

President Eisenhower plans
to fly by helicopter to his
Gettysburg pa farm Fri.
day afternoon Immediately af-
ter participating in ceremonies
at Arlington Cemetery for in
terment of two unknown serv-
icemen of World War II and
the Korean War.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the
President expects to remain al
his farm until Monday morn
ing, when he will go by as1to.
mobile from there to Emmits-
burg, Pa, to deliver the COM
mencement address at Mount
st. Mary's College.
After the graduation exer-
cises, Mr.. Eisenhower plans to
return to the White House by
automobile.
Mr.. Hagerty said the Presi-
dent plans to speak from notes
without a prepared text-at
the II am. graduation cere-
mony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-28

where the game was born.
Mac nae gets a game as often
as Mr.. Eisenhower but Macs
the better striker Of the ball.
likes the longer hitter" they
admit, "but Macs better with
the medium irons, the neat
little pitches and he can OUT
putt Ike.
Macmillan is Scottish bred,
yew know"
In Washington, President Ell
senhower threatened today to
use the report about Mr.. Mac
millan's golf proves to get a
good handicap if they have OPP
portunity to play during the
Prime Minister'S June visit.
(Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said the President got
quite a kick out of reading the
story about Mr.. Macmillan'S
golf. He added that the Presi-
dent asked him to save the copy
because If they do play golf he
will produce it on the first tee) /.
Mr.. Eisenhower was playing
golf at Burning Tree Club this
afternoon, leaving the White
House soon after lunch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-28
Russians Delay
YugosIuv Credit
For Five Years

BELGRADE, May % (P).-
The Soviet Union put the eco
nomic squeeze on Yugoslavia
today by postponing for five
years a credit arrangement be-
tween the two countries. The
decision was announced by the
official news agency Tanjug.
The Soviet Union in two
agreements had promised eco
nomic credits to Yugoslavia
amounting to $3.50 million.
This amount was to be used
for building an aluminium plant
in Montenegro and other in
duStrial projects. Only a small
part of the credit was for cash
loans and consumer goods.
The Soviet credit move had
been expected following the
recent Soviet cancellation of
economic talks with Yugoslavia
and Soviet failure to send ex-
perts for the building of a fer
tilizer plant.
1t sharpened the tension be-
tween Yugoslavia and the So
Wet bloc. which is approaching
the level of 1913 when Yugo-
slavia was kicked out of the
Cominform and suffered hard
economic pressure from the
East.
The cancellation will hit the
Yugoslav economy hard and
upset efforts of Yugoslavia to
balance its foreign trade.
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3 New Skywoys Set
For Commercial Planes

Pittsburgh and from here to
Appleton, Ohio.
The three main skyways
cleared of all uninstrumented
flights are:
/. New York to Los Angeles
via Cleveland, Chicago, Grand
Island, Nebr.. Denver and Las
Vegas. with a spur at Grand
Island ending at San Francisco.
2. New York to Los Angeles
via Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, st.
Louis. Kansas City and Farm
ington, N. Mex, with a spur
to Terre Haute, Ind.
3. New York to Pittsburgh
with the two spurs linking
Washington.
The spur system means that
flights between New York OF
Washington and Chicago may
also travel a super skyway.
The new safety measures
were prompted by two air COL
lisions within the last five
weeks between military Jets
and commercial airliners and
reports of an increasing num-
Der of near misses.
The collisions, smear Las
Vegas in April and Brunswick,
Md in May, took 81 lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-28
BY JOHN A. GILES
Star stan Writer

The Civil .Aeronautics Board
today created three transconti-
mental skyways, with two
spurs" linking them to WASH
ington, from which military
aircraft will be banned. It was
another of a series of moves to
lessen the danger of midair COL
lisions.
On these routes the air space
will be blocked out at attitudes
between 1900 and $4,000 feet
and planes will be wholly con-
trolled from the ground regard
less of weather. Those flying
usually will be banned from
these airways.
The skyways. first mentioned
by James T. Pyle, Civil Aero
nautics Administrator. in a
Senate hearing last week, will
be established June Is.
Aircraft which are not
ground controlled by the CAA
will be permitted to go only
above or under the designated
elevations.
The Washington spurs" will
be b&ween the Capital and
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Our Mac Can Give Ike
3-5 Strokes, Scots Say

LONDON. May 20 (P.-The
Scots, who seldom are wrong
in matters of golf, today rated
the well-known British ANA
teur Harold Macmillan 3 to S
strokes better than the prom
inent American player, Dwight
Eisenhower.
Golf bag over shoulder, the
British Prime Minister re-
turned this morning to his
official home at 10 Downing
Street after completing prac-
tice in Scotland for a possible
match against the American
President.
II am well pleased with my
game" Mr.. Macmillan said.
He shot an 81 yesterday in
the rain on the par SO Noun
tain Course in Gleneagles. His
next round may be over the
Burning Tree course in Wash
ington in an international
match with Mr.. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Macmillan leaves for an
American visit next week, in
GLIDING a visit to the White
House.
"Our mons the better play
err" they say in Scotland,
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view of his stated aversion to
any comment on the French
governmental crisis.
II happen to be one of the
people that liked him." Mr.,
Eisenhower replied when he
was asked to recall his impress
Sions of Gen. de Gaulle from
World War II days.
The President added that he
had a long experience of
friendly contact" with the
general. He recalled that one
Of the last things he did before
leaving his NATO command in
Paris to run for President in
1852 was to attend a dinner
with Gen. de Gaulle and have
a long talk with him about
the world and the future"
Headed Free French
Most Of Mr.. Eisenhower's
dealings with Gen. de Gaulle
were during World War II
Continued on Page AT, Col.
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Pay Bill Action
Slated in House

The House today scheduled
action on classified employe
pay raise legislation for next
Monday.
House approval, considered
certain, will send the measure
to House-Senate conference.
The Senate already has APP
proved a 7h-per-cent CLASH
fled pay raise, retroactive to
January /, 1858. The House
Civil Service Committee subse-
quently amended this figure to
10 per cent, retroactive to the
same date.
The House is expected to APP
prove the 10-per-cent figure,
which would then leave it up
to the conferees to decide on a
compromise figure between 71a
and 10 per cent.
It is believed the classified
pay bill can be cleared by Con-
gress and sent to the White
House by the middle Of June at
the latest. President Eisen-
hover is expected to approve
the raises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-28
BY L. EDGAR PRINA
Star Stan Writer

The Defense Department is
readying plans to merge mill
tary public relations Offices and
to set up a single Office for con-
gressional liaison activities.
The proposals, now before
the Army, Navy and Air Force
for their comments, already are
drawing the fire of some men,
bers of Congress who fear that
the contemplated consolida-
tons could mean censorship"
and a restricted flow of infor-
nation to Capitol Hill and the
public.
Final approval of the plans
by Defense Secretary McElroy
would mean:
/. That the separate service
public information Offices,
headed by two-star military
officers, will, for all practical
purposes, be eliminated and
their personnel and activities
merged into one giant Defense
Department organization un-
der Assistant Secretary of De-
tense Murray Snyder.
2. That individual service
liaison offices on Capitol Hill
will be combined into an in
tegrated Office of defense
liaison.
Ordered by President
In his message to Congress
early last month on Pentagon
reorganization, President Eli
senhower said he had ordered
the consultations in those
areas so Defense Department
control could be strengthened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-28

thought questions about the
crises in France and Lebanon
should be of the list for to-
day" because it was inadvisable
for him to discuss those delicate
situations.
He indicated. however, that
the troubles in France and
Lebanon are figuring actively
in the constant review Of
American policies. This review
takes into account possible new
responsibilities that might be
thrust on this country.
Not Trying to BOSS"
Mr.. Eisenhower emphasized
that the United States cannot
try to boss" its allies, but can
only use quiet arguments and
persuasion in any efforts to
help solve critical problems
facing them.
He surprised at least some
Of the reporters at his news
conference by going as far as
he did in talking of his friendly
feelings for Gen. de Gaulle in