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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
THE POLITICAL MILL
Strange Politics in North Dakota
BY GOULD LINCOLN

North Dakota presents a
strange political picture to-
day-as 1t has often enough
IN the past. The two Repub-
lican members Of the House
Of Representatives have an
nounced they will not seek
denomination in the June "a
primary election. Also, the
Republican State Nominate
ing Convention, recently
held. turned down veteran
Republican Senator LANCER
for denomination and picked
in his stead 1t. Gov. Clyde
Duffy.
The Democrats quite nat
urally are taking heart from
this unusual situation, and
the row over the Republican
senatorial nomination they
see coming up. They are
hopeful. too, that the much
discussed-her unrest among
the farmers will help them
to win in general elections
next November. North Da-
kota Republicans don't look
at 1t that way. They say the
recession has not hit their
State hard. They point out
that the farmers made excel
lent crops last year, and that
the livestock men, particu-
larry the cattlemen.: have
been doing very well, with
prices high. Furthermore,
they point out that Gov. John
E. Davis. a popular and
strong Republican Governor,
will be heading the State
ticket again.
In ONCE 81 Years
Representative Otto Krue-
ger announced two months
before the Republican NOM
mating convention he would
not seek reelection. saying
he had been serving in public
life for 81 years-the last
six years in the House-and
that he felt he had done his
part. Representative Ushur
Burdick. 79-year-old veteran,
also has said he will not run
for a different reason, how
ever. His son, Quentin Bur-
dick. has been Endorsed for
Congress by the Non-Parti-
san League and it is ex-
pected will receive the in
dorSement of the Democratic
Nomin a ting Convention
which will be held Friday
and Saturday. Mr.. Burdick
has pointed out he ran on
the Republican ticket two
years ago. while his son ran
on the Democratic ticket-for
Senator. He, viii not, he has
said, run for the House again
If his son receives the Dem
ocratic Endorsement, as it
seems entirely likely he will.
The Republican Nominat-
ing Convention Endorsed for
the North Dakota House
seats Don Short. q cattleman
who made his mark in the
State Legislature, and Orris
Nordhaugen. q former State
Senator. Both are regarded
as good selections. North Da-
kota elects. its Congressmen
at large" and not by con-
gressional districts.
The Non-Partisan Leaguers.
in addition to indorsing QUEEN
tin Burdick for the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

City living has done that
to US.
We never see again, in
most cases, the people we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

Joseph p. HlgginbOtham
Winthrop. Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
August

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
Cubo Rebels Raid Bank
In Heart of Hovono

HAVANA. Feb. 26 (R.-Cu-
ban rebels made a daring raid
on the National Bank Of Cuba
in the heart Of Havana today,
tied up the banks employees
and set fire to thousands of
checks. They made no effort
to scoop up the banks cash.
From four to six men mingled
with about a score of employees
and businessmen entering the
bank at its 8 am. opening.
Once inside they brandished
pistols and entered the banks
check clearing room, where
they herded the employees into
another room, tied them up
and proceeded to set fire TO
freshly delivered pouches con-
tanning the checks.
The rebels then fed without
attempting to grab any money.
Police on patrol in the street
noticed smoke pouring out and
called firemen. The blaze was
quickly extinglished.
One report said most Of the
checks we're destroyed. The
bank said there was no damage
to the premises.
The raid followed the bold
kidnapping Of the world cham
pion auto racer, Argentina's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
BY EARL II. VOSS
star star Writer

President Eisenhower today
reacted unenthusiastically 20
the plan Of his recently
resigned disarmament adviser.
Harold E. Stassen. to agree
with the Soviet Union on a
two-year nuclear test ban even
If France. Britain and other
allies would not.
AT a press conference de-
voted largely TO domestic is
sues. Mr. Eisenhower had these
other comments on foreign af-
fairs.
/. He hasn't done anything
at all" to invite the Soviet
Union 70 observe next April's
series Of atomic weapons tests.
as he said last July he tn
tended to do. Last year he said
he would invite foreign coun-
tries. including Russia, to send
Instrumentation into the air
in the vicinity Of tests TO prove
that American physicists had
developed nuclear weapons re-
markedly free Of radioactive
fallout.
2. He did not intend to leave
the impression he would invite
Soviet Premier Bulganin and
Communist Party Chief Khru-
shchev to this country. Some
observers had concluded this
from his February II letter TO
Bulganin. The President said
he wants to encourage visits by
people not in official govern
ment positions, so meetings
See FOREIGN. Page "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
FEC Disclosures BRING
House Bill on Ethics

in the fight for a Miami tele-
vision channel. to knock down
charges that he has violated
existing Federal laws.
Subcommittee Cha ir m a n
Harris. Democrat of Arkansas.
said yesterday that it appeared
clear to him that Mr.. White
side had violated a prohibition
against of -the-record contacts
with the Federal Communica-
lions Commission on pending
cases.
The legal ban applies to
Representations" to members
of the commission after the
close of formal proceedings, if
the contact has participated in
presentation of the applicants
case.
On tire witness stand for the
third straight day. Mr.. White
side insisted that Il never
made any presentation of the
case to Richard A. Mack or any
other commissioner on its
merits. 1 knew nothing Of the
merits"
Asked Consideration
Mr.. Whiteside, has testified
that he talked to Mr.. Mack in
behalf of a bid by a subsidiary
of National Airlines for tele-
vision Channel 10 in Miami.
He has told the subcommittee
Continued on Page Ais, Col. 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
OFFERS
LENTEN THOUGHT

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yelling. Engineer Commissioners Of
the District In todoyl lenten re.
Election on Pose A Is. Col yelling
tells how. TO him. the Bibls
source o. wisdom. counsel ond m
spirotion
A NEW HONE Tor Supreme cour,
Justies and Mrs. Cherries tyons
Whittoker IS occupying their oiien-
tion right nov The couple IS oct.
ting settled Of 5000 Won Ness street
NV and s,oH Writer Frantss L,ds
tells obout their good luck With the
vsothef on pose Q
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in the Orient SioH Writer Jons
kottmeier discusses the vot 81
Joponese woman IN this ted on
Pooe B.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26

Juan Fangio. last Sunday on
the eve Of the running of Cuba S
Gran Premio race in Havana.
Fangio was turned loose by the
rebels early yesterday after the
race had ended in tragedy on
an oil-slicked course.
Nine men were reported
killed today in mysterious
shootings. bombings and sabo-
tage incidents in Oriente Prov
ince, where the rebel leader,
Fidel Castro, has been conduct
ing guerrilla war against the
regime Of President Fulgencio
Batista for more than a year.
Two suspected rebels were
shot dead after hurting a
grenade at an army patrol in
Santiago de Cuba.
The bullet-Iiddled body Of a
youth was found under a rail-
way bridge near the same city.
A man was found hanged at
Saguadetanamo. north Of the
city. The bodies Of I'VE persons
who had been shot we're picked
up along streets and roads at
Manzanillo.
Rebel bombing wrecked a
bridge and aqueduct in the
Santiago de Cuba area, and two
buses, a small yacht and
restaurant were burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
Nixon Set to Take Over
If President Is Disabled
Eisenhower Says Clear Understanding
Exists on Duties to Be Performed
BY GARRETT d. HORNER
Star stan Writer


President Eisenhower said today that Vice President
disabled.
The President told conference that the clear
understanding between him and Mr.. Nixon left no
problem in his regarding the disability question
He sad however that he still thinks Congress should
act to clear up constitutional uncertainty over what
should be done in illness makes President unable
to perform his duties
Mr. Eisenhower, looking healthy and relaxed, refused
to whether he had put in writing his specific wishes
on what should be done in he becomes disabled.
Says No misunderstanding Is Possible
He Smngly told his questoner that he did not think
he should that because he had put his wishes
in writing the reporter would probably want to the
letter
But there is such clear understanding between him.
self and Mr. Nixon to which others around him
pletey prvy that it is inconceivabe that msunder
standing could occur he added
Mr. Eisenhower said he personally thinks the
sttuonal question of what should be done in of
presidential disability requires constitutional amend
ment to clear up properly.
Democratic congressional leaders think it can be
settled by simple legislation.
Some Questions Left Unsettled
Constitution provides that the Vice President should
take whenever President is unable to perform his
duties But leaves unsettled such questions who
should determine the disability of President, and
whether President who had elinquiShed his office
his Vice President could take it back upon recovery
The question has been receiving considerable public
attention since Mr.. Eisenhower stricken with
See DISABILITY Page A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
and LEE NJ. COIN
cEor eton xxfr;to..

Representative Wolverton to-
day introduced a bill imposing
a code of ethics on Federal
agencies regulating television
and other key industries.
The New Jersey Republican
announced this first legislation
growing out of an investigation
of influence peddling at todays
hearing of the House Legisla-
tive Oversight Subcommittee.
He said his bill is designed
to prohibit using improper
methods to influence the acts or
decisions of certain Federal
agencies.
Lawyer Fights Charges
In previous comments Mr..
Wolverton has declared the
regulatory agencies should hew
to a code of ethics practically
as strict as rules followed by
judges. He has spoken with
approval of a code of ethics
adopted by the Interstate Com
merce Commission on its own.
but has called for statutory
rules. with criminal penalties.
applying to all the regulatory
agencies.
Today's testimony was high
lighted by efforts of Thurman
A. Whiteside, a LAWYER involved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
Koh|er Strike
Inquiry Opens
Democrats Yield
On Procedure
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Staff Writer

! The Senate Rackets Commit
tee inquiry into the United
Auto Workers Kohler strike
got off to a sudden start today
after capitulation by the Dem.
ocrats on the committee made
possible the opening of the
long-delayed hearing.
Allan Graskamp, head of the
striking JAW Local 1913 OF
Sheboygan, Wis. was the first
witness. Called to testify about
mass picketing at the KohleI
plumbing fixture plant in April
1854, Mr.. Graskamp said the
strikers-up to 1000 at q
time-were on the picket line
to insure themselves against
company brutality"
Mr.. Graskamp's appearance
on the witness stand came less
than two hours after the COM
mittee had met in secret ses-
sion in a final effort to break a
deadlock which had persisted
for six days. The logjam was
over whether to allow JAW
President Walter P. Reuther as
well as a spokesman for the
Kohler company an opportunity
to preview their cases before
the inquiry began.
Dispute Became Bitter
The Democrats wanted OPEN
ing statements by both sides.
The Republicans opposed any
deviation from the standard
procedure of building up a body
of evidence first and taking
testimony from key figures
later. So bitter did the in
ternal dispute become that the
continued existence of the COM
mittee was threatened for a
while.
At this mornings closed-dool
meeting. 10 was apparent that
something - specifically, one
Democrat-had to give in order
to break the long-standing "A
deadlock. Chairman Mcclellan
chose to be that Democrat. In
a voice choked with both sorrow
an danger. the stern-faced Ar
kansan told newsmen after the
meeting:
II want the record to show
clearly that I thought this COM
mittee would be wrecked and
its usefulness ended IF the
deadlock had continued ana
it was only out of difference ia
the committees usefulness to
Congress and the country that
I took this STEP"
Senator Mcclellan made II
clear that he still felt the
Reuther-Koh opening state
ment procedure would have
been the correct one.
Seen as Slap at G. O. p.
Regarded (the Republicans
stand) as having the tendency
If not the actual result of re-
pudiating the leadership of the
chair" he said.
But the public interest re-
quires the holding OF these
hearings. / have therefore
ordered the staff to proceed
placing on the satnd (if 1t can
find out who he Isl first the
smallest witness with regard to
Importance"
This procedure-of taking
See LABOR. Page Ale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26

number. AS of yesterday, the
population was 324 children.
This overcrowding is placing
a growing burden on supervi-
sorry personnel.
Tough Problem
One official complained: Its
tough enough for one per-
son to get 80 happy children to
do the same thing at the same
time. It's a lot tougher with
disturbed children"
Another said the children
become greatly disturbed when
they have to compete for space
and attention. They are not as
ready to fall in with the pro-
gram"
He said, that while the chill
dren are receiving their share
of food, ''the budget for food
is strained"
The steady surplus of resi-
dents. he added, has also
thrown recreational programs
out of gear.
II Sleep on Floor
| Home officials gave this ex-
PLANTATION of how they cram
324 children into facilities for
240:
Seventeen children are Sleep
ing on mattresses on the floor.
Nine beds in the cottage for
children between the ages of
2l2 and S are being shared by
two children each.
Twenty-six girls are sleeping
in Is beds in another cottage
on a head-to-foot arrangement
Several children are Sleep
ing on cots instead of beds.
Spare beds are being used
in a spare interns' room and
some children are already
sleeping in dining areas.
About half OF the boys and
girls now at Junior Village are
under 6 years old. Two thirds
of them remain at the institu-
ton less than three months
but they arrive at the rate of
two or more a day-or night.
These children become pub
lie charges through no fault of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
Hoeerty Entering
Hospital for Checkup
By the Associated preas

James c. Hagerty, White
House Press Secretary. ar
ranged To enter Walter Reed
Army Hospital today for a
checkup on his stomach ulcers.
Mr. Hagerty told newsmen
he expected TO be In the hos
pital overnight. He called II a
periodic examination, adding
that he usually goes into the
hospital for a checkup every
few months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26

their own, except for occasional
runaways.
OF 80 children taken to the
home last month, 81 came for
lack of adequate parental care;
mothers Of II were in hospitals:
the families of Is did not have
a home: seven were deserted
by both parents: breakdown of
foster homes accounted for @;
cruelty to children, 2; incar-
ceration of parent, /; lost child,
/. and fugitive from parents, /.
In quoting these figures, We'll
fare Director Gerard M. Shea
said the number of children
brought to Junior Village has
been increasing steadily and
that he had no idea where it
would end.
To find out how the rise can
be stopped and-hopefully-the
overcrowding reduced, a spe-
cial Health and Welfare Coun-
Gil Committee has just an
nounced plans for a new study
project.
! Financed by a $4,000 grant
from the Eugene and Agnes E,
Meyer Foundation, the project
will concentrate on the chill
dren at Junior Village. It will
try to determine Just why they
are there and whether they
could be treated elsewhere.
Hopes for Results
I'VE hope there will be signif-
icant results from the study"
said Oscar Cox. chairman of
councils Junior Village Prof.
ect Committee which thought
up the plan. The project, he
said. will take at least Is
months"
Mrs. Elizabth H. Ross, for
mer deputy chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau. will head the
project. Three social workers
and two clerks. contributed by
the Welfare Department, will
make up the rest of the staff.
Mr.. Shea said the Welfare
Department had a record num-
Der Of foster homes in use
478 homes housing lii chill
See VILLAGE, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
West German Guilty
OF Posing Secrets

KARLSRUHE. Germany, Feb.
rs (R.-A former official Of the
West German Defense Ministry
was convicted by a federal
court today of reasonable re-
lations with Communist East
Germany.
The court sentenced Her
mann Stosberg. So. to 3la years
in prison. He was employed in
the Defense Ministry's Air
Force Division. He passed at
least three secret reports to
Communist intelligence off,
Gals, the court found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26
Benson in Job to Stay
President Tells Critics
Calls Foes
InConeress
Mistaken

People calling for the resig-
nation of Secretary of Agri.
culture Benson are badly
mistaken" President Eisen-
hover said today.
The President made II clear
at a news conference that he
intends to keep Mr.. Benson
on the job.
He praised Mr.. BenSons
honesty and courage. defended
his programs. and ruled out OF
order Republican Congress-
men demanding his scalp.
The President. referring TO
the current business slump for
the first time as a depression"
also said that tax cut is a
possibility If it becomes neceS-
sary to turn the economy up
ward.
But he reiterated that he
hopes economic forces already
under way will make business
better by the middle of the year.
with increased Job opportunities
in March marking the Begin
ming of the end Of the recess
sion"
Slip Of the Tongue
Mr.. EiSenhower's use OF the
word depression" apparently
was a slip of the tongue. His
economic advisers have stu
diously avoided use OF that
alarming word to describe the
present dip in the economy.
While it is wrong to say he
considers a tax cut only as a
last resort" move. Mr.. EiSen-
hover said he certainly does
not want to reduce taxes until
such action is clearly required
to turn the economy upward.
AS long as the Government has
TO spend the great sums it is
spending. he said it is neces-
sary to get money to pay the
bills.
A group of Republican Mid
western Congressmen organized
last week to try to get Secre-
tary Benson out of the cabi-
net. One of the groups spokes-
men, Representative Miller, Re-
publican of Nebraska. said that
If Mr.. Benson stays at the head
of the Agriculture Department
1t would cost the Republicans
Is or 30 Midwestern congress
sional seats in November.
Asked today If he. had any
intention of asking Mr.. Ben
son to resign. the President
said that he wanted to get
the whole matter in perspective.
Needs Only Senate Consent
He asserted firmly that it is
his responsibility TO select
members Of his cabinet, and
the only congressional re-
sponsibility is for the Senate
to consent TO his nominations.
Therefore, he said, IL would
not seem TO be in order for
any group Of congressman to
raise a question about his APP
pointments to che cabinet.
Going on into what he called
the substance OF the issue. the
President said that the pur-
pose of all farm programs
undertaken by the Government
See EISENHOWER. Page "A
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~~~~-~--~
Proposed SoIoFy Tobles. Poee Az:
make before he retires this
weeks asks for an So million
increase in the SIG million now
spent on teacher salaries.
There. was, however, an ele-
ment of controversy in the new
pay scale which the Board of
Education received today.
Two weeks ago the Personnel
Committee of the board re-
ceived a suggested pay scale
from the District Education
Association. This one called
for a general raise of SIS mil
lion over the present scale.
But both new pay scales are
presented in favorable at
mosphere. The board has in
dicated it favors boosting
teacher salaries-in line with
the Nationwide agitation to
improve the lot of the profess
sion.
minimum Program"
DR.. Corning told the board
today:
II consider this to be the
minimum salary program that
can be expected to attract and
hold sufficient numbers of we'll
qualified teachers in oul
schools. If children are to be
adequately educated according
to their needs and abilities, the
schools must be manned by
persons for whom teaching con-
stitutes a real profession in the
same sense that law. medicine
dentistry and engineering are
professions I"
He added:
IF our schools, faced with
the prospect of greatly in.
creased enrollments. are to OBJ.
tain and keep their fare shar,
of persons with truly profes.
sional qualities, the scale of pay
for teaching must be more
nearly in line with income ii
the other professions. It mus
enable the schools to compett
See SALARY, Page A..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-26

Secretary of State Dulles
opened the drive in Congress
for new foreign aid today by
denouncing arguments that the
controversial overseas program
Is a "giveaway."
There is no 'giveaway' in
this program" Mr.. Dulles told
~--~-->~~----
Text Of Eisenhower Speech. Pose BIG
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee in embarrassing tes-
timony on President Eisen-
hower's $3.9 billion aid request.
But there would have been
and there would be a give
away if we did not have it, "
Secretary Dulles said.
I'VE would have indeed given
away a dozen or SO nations
with their hundreds of million
of people. We would indeed
have given away the access
which we and other nations
have to essential resources. We
would indeed have given away
essential bases. Worst of all,
we would have given away
Americas great spiritual heri-
tage."
Program Held Vital
Actually, Mr.. Dulles said, the
aid program is vital for coun-
tering a Communist political
economic offensive that aims at
gradual ncirc / e m e n and
eventual strangulation of the
more developed free nations.
notably the United States"
In launching the adminiStra-
ton drive for the aid bill in
Congress, Secretary Dulles APP
parently figured the measure
could be in for a good deal of
trouble. Opponents last year,
using "giveaway" and other
arguments. chopped more than
a billion dollars off Mr.. Eisen-
hower's request. Mr.. Eisen-
hover is asking for 421a per
cent more in new funds this
year than Congress voted last
year after a bitter fight.
While Mr.. Eisenhower, for
mer President Truman and
others were joining in a strong
appeal for the aid program in
speech making yesterday, the
Foreign Affairs Committee was
making public testimony that
large chunks of United States
assistance to France are being
diverted to North Africa and
that the Spanish are getting
SO many aid planes they can't
fly them.
Sees SELLING Job"
Representative Morgan. Dem
ocrat of Pennsylvania. new
acting chairman of the foreign
affairs group. said that he
thinks yesterdays meeting here
to rally support for foreign aid
can salvage a good deal of
the program" if the delegates
go back and talk to the people
at home.
"a terrific job must be done
on the public and on the men,
berS of Congress-" Mr.. Morgan
said.
Besides the President, Mr..
Truman and Secretary Dulles,
Continued on Page IA. Col. 1