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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Rackeis Group
Subpoenas
Elusive Man

The Senate Rackets Invests
eating Committee announced
yesterday II finally has caught
up with an elusive missing wit
ness. the reputed Chicago mob
ster Gus Alex.
COMMITTEES Counsel Robert F
Kennedy said q subpoena wa
served on Alex In Chicago FRI
day. sammoning him for quiz
sing about alleged underworld
conniving with labor union on
cials.
Mr.. Kennedy said his stan In
vestigators failed in an attempt
10 subpoena Alex six weeks ago
when he disappeared from his
usual Chicago haunts. He said
they got word Alex had gone Il
Los Angeles but missed him
again there. Finally. he said. 9
tipster sent word that the miss.
ling witness was back in Chi
cago. and the subpoena wa,
served.
Mr.. Kennedy declined TO con.
firm reports that the committe,
would resume its hearings thil
week, possibly Wednesday. HI
said he has not yet settled thu
date with chairman Mcclellan
who had not returned from at.
tending the funeral Of a son II
Arkansas.
Other informed sources sale
Senator Mcclellan planned Il
return TO Washington about
midweek and plunge quickly In
to hearings on racketeering In
Detroit and Chicago. The hear
Iings were postponed last Tues.
day. on the eve Of their sched-
uled start. when Senator Nc
Clellan's son James was killed
In an airplane crash.
! Mr.. Kennedy said that when
ever the hearings start, Ale1
probably will be the leadoff wit
ness with a chance to reply
to prior testimony which had
linked him with an alleged I'M
derworld attempt to muscle in
on Chicagos restaurant indus
try.
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Demonstrators
Dispersed After
Four Incidents

Small groups Of demonstra-
tors showed up yesterday At
the White House, the Russian
Embassy. p street and Arling-
ton, Va.
A group Of nine people. led
by the Rev. Carl Mcintyre Of
collingswood. N. j.. came with
posters 10 the Russian En-
bassy, where they were joined
by six others. The posters pro-
tesed against a summit meet
ing and against a visit TO this
country by Russia'S leader.
When the visitors were dis
persed by police, they went to
the White House to show their
signs.
Another group distributed
pamphlets labeled National
Committee to Free America
From Jewish Domination. They
appeared on r street. in the
| Chevy Chase area and In the
Williamsburg section Of North
Arlington.
The anti-Jewish pamphlets
called for demonstrations to-
day at the White House. the
Israeli Embassy and the Rus
sian Embassy.
Two youths distributing the
pamphlets were picked up BY
Arlington police on a residents
complaint. Police quoted one Of
the 1e-year-olds as saying his
father was a Nazi officer. The,
were released after question.
ing.
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DC. Officer
| of 5 MISSING
InCrash on Ice

MISSIONER AIR FORCE
BASE. Mass. July 26 CP.-An
Air Force helicopter carrying
five airmen ana a washington
Army ofiicer crashed Thursday
on the Greenland ice cap. A
twin-engine amphiblan that
few over the scene reported no
sign Of life.
Despite this report tonight,
an Eighth Air Force infor-
nation ofncer &C Westover said
the Air Force would carry the
men as missing until We get
a ground party there"
The copter. out Of Thule Air
Force Base. crashed ITS miles
east OF Thule about 3 pm.
CEDT) Thursday.
The information ofiicer said
he talked BY radio early Satur-
day evening with Col. Bryson
Bailey. wing commander at
Thule. and at that time Col.
Bailey had not heard from a
search party that left Thule
aboard tracked vehicles Friday
morning.
Those aboard the helicopter
were Identified as Army End
1t. James A. Alger III Of
1891 Forty-second street NV.
Washington: LIST 1t. Harry J.
Dewald Of Sarasota. Fla: 2nd
1t. Eugene Sullivan Of Oak
Creek, Colo: Stan Sergt. John
B. Mustain of Indianapolis and
Airman &c John H. Depew of
Auburn. Ind.
The helicopter was reported
missing Friday morning on q
routine air recovery mission
ITS miles east Of Thule. The
craft is part of the 55th Air
Rescue Squadron. It left Thule.
on the northwest coast Of
Greenland. and disappeared in
clouds over the Greenland ice
cap after 1t had been in radio
contact with a plane.
1t. Ayers wife. Mrs. Mary
Helen Alger, and their 6-week-
old son. James w.. live with
Mrs. Ayers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Pierdon. 1t. Aiger.
%. was graduated from Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute in
June. 1857. as an electrical
engineer.
He was employed by the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Go. in Baltimore before
he entered the Army for two
years last January. His par
ents, Capt. and Mrs. James A.
Alger. ir., live in New London.
Conn. where Capt. Alger is as
signed to the Coast Guard
Academy.
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Havana Claims
SO Rebels Slain
In Oriente Push

HAVANA, July rs (P.-The
government chose today's fifth
anniversary Of the rebel move
ment to announce the killing
of more than So Instruction
lists and the arrest of Is sabo-
teurs.
Among those arrested was
DR.. Joaquin Agramonte Molina,
identified as chief of the rebel
movement in Camaguey Prov
ince. He is the nephew Of Ro-
berto Agramonte, leader of the
Orthodox Party, which opposes
the regime of President Full
gencio Batista. Agramonte had
been in exile in Miami. but now
Is believed to be in Caracas,
Venezuela.
Agramonte Molina and Is
others were taken in wide
spread police raids in Havana.
The slain rebels were killed in
clashes in Eastern Oriente
Province. where Rebel Leader
Fidel Castro has directed OPP
erations from his mountain
hideout.
Official announcements did
not disclose when the clashes
in Oriente' and the Havana
roundup occurred. Presumably
they took place during the past
week as government forces
stepped up their campaign in
anticipation of rebel activity
on the anniversary Of their
movement.
Castro's group is known as
the 20 Of July Movement" be-
cause on that date in 1853 he
opened warfare against Ba-
Ifieta
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Quigg|e'sWife
In SecIusion

Mrs. Lynne C. Quiggle, wife
Of the admiral who disappear
ed at sea while aboard a Pa
citic Ocean liner last week,
was resting in the Washington
area today suffering from
severe exhaustion.
After arriving by air at Ma
tional Airport yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Quiggle went to the
home Of her sister, Mrs. Nor
man B. Landreau, of 1923 Boni-
FAINT street. Silver Spring.
Mrs. Landreau said yester-
day that Mrs. Quiggle has
gotten hardly any sleep at all
in the last week." and is I'M
der doctors orders not to speak
to anyone for several days. 4"
Almost simultaneously with
Mrs. Quiggle's arrival in Wash
ington, the mystery surround
ing the admirals disappear
ance deepened.
Early reports of the admiral's
disappearance indicated the
admiral took his own life. But
relatives have since said that
the family was not convinced
it was a suicide.
The Quiggles were returning
from Japan to a San Diego
assignment when the admiral
was reported missing from the
liner President Cleveland.
The commodore Of the ship
had reported that Admiral
Quiggle kissed his wife before
leaving their cabin early
Wednesday morning, told her
she would be better of q
widow, then disappeared,
According to the admiralS
brothers on the West Coast
Mrs. Quiggle denied this story
when they met her in San
Francisco.
Naval authorities are inVeSti-
eating the disappearance of the
admiral, and will resume closed
hearing tomorrow after a
weekend recess. The finding;
will eventually be announced
later here.
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More Americans
Flee from Iruq

ROME, July 26 (P.-Ninety
more Americans, including q
women and So children. flew
into Rome tonight in a con-
tinuing evacuation of United
States citizens from Iraq.
Tonight's arrivals from Bagh-
dad brought to 38l the number
of Americans who have left
Iraq since revolt overthrow
the monarchy July IA.
About half of those on the
charter plane landing here to-
night were United States Gov
eminent employees of their de-
pendents. The others were
American businessmen, or fam
lilies of Americans working ir
oil-rich Iraq.
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COLLEGE NEWS
Area Students Win
Many Scholarships

Robert NJ. Crowell OF 1921
Carleton terrace. College Park,
has won a national scholarship
to Princeton University.
Mr.. Crowell, who ranked first
in his class of 400 at North
western High School. is the son
of Prof. Alfred A. Crowell, head
of the University Of Maryland
Department Of Journalism and
Public Relations, and Mrs.
Crowell.
Seven area students have
won honors for high marks at
Miami University. oxford,
Ohio.
They are Adam Briggs. 4205
Thirty-eighth street NV;
Jane c. Burton, 1912 Thirty
fourth street NV; Mary r.
Doyle, 1903 Augusta street.
Glen Mar Park. Md; Bunyajitt
Ma Mahajai and Apilas Osata-
nanda, both of 1858 Connect
cut avenue NV; Kamala Su-
kosol. Royal Thai Embassy. and
Jeanne L. Taylor, SO Observa-
tory circle NV.
~ -
Philip Young of 1891 Powder
Mill road. Beltsville, Nd, has
won a $1,000 Elks National
Foundation college scholarship.
Miss Nancy L. Miller of 1915
Calvert place, Kensington, has
been elected president Of Smith
Dormitory and vice president
of the House Council at the
University of North Carolina.
She will be a senior this fall.
y y
"a students placed on the deans
James j. Kundert Of 2425
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-noticed anything was wrong.
Police are looking for a whits
man about 30. 8 feet 10 inches
tall. $50 pounds. wearing q
dingy white T shirt and brown
trousers.
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Fourteenth street NE. is among
list at Gallaudet College here
for high scholastic achievement
during the second semester Of
1878.
49,
Three Arlington men are
among 1877 students who viii
receive Alfred p. Sloan Foun-
dalton grants this fall for col
lege study. The recipients and
their schools are:
Kerry L. Donovan, lois
North Kenesaw street. Califor-
mia Institute of Technology;
Robert w. Cannon. 5740 North
Eighteenth street, Johns Hop
kins University. and Charles
r. Planck. 1884 North Pershing
drive. Oberlin College.
&kk
John Grannis Of ll07 Mon
tour drive, Falls Church. has
been named to the deans list
at the State University Of New
York Teachers College, Oswego,
N. Y.
49,
Omega Psi Phi fraternity has
awarded two scholarships to
1858 graduates Of area high
schools.
Richard H. Ringel of 1851
Chillum place NE, a graduate
of Coolidge High School, will
study at Princeton University;
James T. Neal, IT,. Of 5420 Oxon
Hill road, a graduate of Fair
mount Heights MD High
School, will attend Howard
University.
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81 Foreign Editors
Will Tour U. S.

Leading European and Asian
newspaper editors. 81 In num-
Der. viii take on tomorrow In
a flying press room dubbed
Gutenbergs Folly, on a l2-day.
5.600-mile exploration Of the
United States.
The tour has been arranged
by the American Committee Of
the International Press Insti-
tute. The European editors
have been attending the in
stitute's meeting here.
The plane will be a United
Airlines custom coach. Aboard
viii be q stan historian, q stan
photographer. interpre ters,
typewriters. binoculars, brief
ing kits covering each stop, q
40-volume reference library and
a large mounted map Of the
route.
Stops will include Pittsburgh.
Detroit; Nashville, Tenn; Fort
Worth, Tex: Phoenix. Ariz. I:
Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Chicago and New York.
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Schools Low
On QuoIity,
Editors Told

A university professor charged
today that. while the size Of
the American public school sys-
tenn Ia impressive. the quality
Is "disgracefully low"
Arthur Bestor. professor OF
history at the University Of
Illinois. addressing the Ameri-
can Society. Of Newspaper Edi-
tors. conceded there are some
notable local exceptions" 70
his "disgracefully low" state
ment. He added:
The nub Of the crisis In
American education today is
simply this: The American
people have done their part BY
building . magnificent struc-
ture Of public education: the
professional educationist
tagain. with notable excep-
tionsl have let the American
people down by failing to de-
velop the school system into
a powerful instrument Of In
teilectual training. with high
standards and serious demo-
cratic purD0ses.
Resources Wasted
by frittering resources away
on upon trivial and shortsighted
programs. they have deprived
the masses OF American chill
dren-bright and average alike
of intellectual opportunity,
OF intellectual stimulus and of
high intellectual achievement"
Prof. Bestor took part In O
panel on education before the
editors at the Hotel Statler
John F. James OF the Johns
town Pa Tribune-Democrat,
presided.
Another panel member was
DR.. Paul Woodring, consultant
to the Fund for the Advance
ment Of Education.
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Civil War until his horse was
shot from under him. Then
he became an infantryman.
John Z. Irwin II. Deputy
Secretary OF Defense. UNDER
took TO answer charges that the
United States In its interna-
tional security program has
been pouring billions of dollars
down rat holes. In most cases.
he said. the implication is that
we are dispensing money abroad
by the basketball.
Actually" he explained.
about IS per cent Of all ex-
penditures for military assist
ance for fiscal years le50-8 are
spent in the United States. In
fact. % per cent Of our pro-
posed fiscal year 1859 program
win be spent through orders
placed with domestic industry. "
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Plane Wreckuqe
In Huwuii Probed

HONOLULU. April Is R.-
Navy salvage experts today
studied weathered wreckage
found on Maui Island TO de-
termine II 1t was from q char
tered plane which vanished
April II. 1854. with five per-
sons aboard.
Two Of the passengers were
mainland ranchers. George M.
Heinz. Henry. Nebr.. and John
E. Rice. Sheridan. Wyo. Others
we're Hawaiian residents.
An Army land search team
tried to scale a 3.0O0-foot cliff
to obtain more wreckage for
better Identification but q
week long effort failed.
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was a good humored reply TO
Mr.. Moss, chairman Of a House
Government information sub
committee. 10 whom Mr.. Snyder
referred as Gloomy john
Mr.. Moss addressed the con-
vention yesterday and made
the criticisms 10 which Mr..
Snyder alluded.
Anyone who reads the vol
ume OF Defense news In his
daily newspaper" Mr.. Snyder
observed, knows things aren't
as bad as Gloomy John paints
them"
Relates News Story
He related that last Deem
Der 10 q news story reported
that Mr.. Moss In q letter de-
plored what he called 'unwar-
ranted criticism" Of the pub
licity given the December 8
Vanguard test. The letter sup
posedly was sent TO Mr. Snyder.
he related. after he had stated
publicly that he considered IL
his responsibility 10 provide
the public with Defense news In
an orderly fashion and mot
TO exploit the successes and
hide the failures.
He said the Moss letter COM
plimented him for not sue
cumbing to the hysteria and
called for more secrecy after
the Vanguard failure.
Mr.. Moss doesn't hesitate 70
nail us when we goof," Mr..
Snyder went on. However, 1t
looks like his publicity organi-
zation also needs some improve
ment.
HE got two-column head
lines in The Star and the Post,
but we never got the letter"
Hits Unfair Criticism
Mr.. Snyder said alert ques-
tioning Of Government agencies
on their handling Of informa-
ton is healthy and necessary.
But, he added. II is unfair for
criticism to consist solely Of
calling attention to isolated err
rors without evaluating the
overall operation.
Despite the alarms Of John
Moss" the present working re-
lations between media and the
Defense Department at Cape
Canaveral is q prime example
Of what can be done by Coop
Grafton in good faith between
government and the informa-
ton media, Mr.. Snyder as
serted.
Mr.. Snyder led a battery Of
speakers In a Pentagon panel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-18
Aid Program Defended

To illustrate the need for
fiexibility, Gen. Taylor quoted
his grandfather as saying he
was in the cavalry during the
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CONTINUED Prom First PaEe

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over defense funds. but rather
reasonable fiexibility."
What Is wanted. he said. lis
to gain SUFFICIENT fiexibility so
that necessary adjustments can
be made enthusiastically for
changes in program which &C.
cur In the l8-month to 2-year
interval between the formula
ton Of the budget and the
actual obligation and expendi-
ture Of the funds.
In any event. 1t Is intended
that the programs and activi-
ties Of Army. Navy and Air
Force. in each appropriation
category. would be separately
identified"
In conclusion. Mr.. Quarles
said. I'VE need a streamlincd
defense organization with a
command structure geared for
swift. integrated. hard-hitting
action in any emergency"
Similar thoughts we're ex-
pressed earlier by Gen. Max
well v. Taylor. acting chair
man Of the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff.
We need integrated planning.
he said. and agreed with Presi-
dent Eisenhower's remark Of
yesterday before the conven-
ton that "waging war by sep
arate sea, air and ground forces
Is gone forever.
Aid Program Defended
To illustrate the need for
fiexibility, Gen. Taylor quoted
his grandfather as saying he
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addressing the editors. Louis
b. Settler OF the Cleveland
Press presided.
Virgins Makes Statement
At the conclusion OF the pan
el talks J. r. Virgins. executive
editor OF the washington Post
and Times Herald. made q brief
statement In reply 10 Mr.. sny-
der.
He said he had investigated
the original arrangement for
set for handling news after the
initial Vanguard failure. He
said he Is firmly persuaded that
there existed voluntary war
time censorship entered into in
secret.
Later. he added. the situation
was restored to normal. He
said that the agreement had
violated q principle established
by Byron Price, who headed
the World War II government
agency dealing with news
media. This was that what
ever arrangement was made for
withholding information the
American people should know
about 1t.
Praises Moss
He praised Mr.. Moss who. he
said. is guided by q sober and
earnest desire to achieve a now
Of news from agencies Of the
Government.
The ASNE convention at the
Hotel Statler took up or
eanized self-control OF the
press yesterday afternoon In
panel program in which the
International Press Institute
Joined. DR.. oscar Pollak of
the Vienna Arbeiter-zeitung
was moderator.
The discussion ranged from
a Court OF Honor in Sweden TO
voluntary action in the United
States.
Charles Fenby of-the British
Westminster Press related that
the press council set up in
England has given its chief at
tention TO newspaper tendency
to exploit private affairs. sex
and crime.
Royalty Involved
In the councils four years
of operation, the dominant sub
Iject has been press treatment
of the Royal Family, he ex-
planned.
He pointed out II Is felt that.
II newspapers exploit the pri-
vate affairs Of the Royal Fam
ily, they will do 1t to anyone.
The operation Of the Swedish
Court Of Honor was explained
by Allan Hernelius Of the Sven
ska Dsgbladet. He said anyone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-18
Snyder Hits at Moss
Censorship Charges

Murray Snyder. Assistant Defense Secretary for Public
Affairs said today Representative Moss. Democrat OF Cali
forna was INDUCING imaginative swivel chair reporting
when he accused the Pentagon Of censorship.
Mr. Snyder addressed the American Society OF Newspaper
Editors convention At the Hotel ater Part OF his speech
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may appeal TO the court who
feels he has been treated by
a newspaper in a manner con-
trary TO good journalistic prac-
tees. But he must declare he
Is not going TO appeal TO an
ordinary court of law.
The American way was given
by Erwin d. canham Of the
Christian Science Monitor. He
expressed the conviction that
self control must remain on a
voluntary level here, and said
the press is well organized for
that.
II cannot defend the COM
plete surrender TO sensational
ism which so many newspapers
made In the Lana Turner case, s.
he observed. but I am proud
of those newspaper which kept
the case reasonably In perspee-
tive.
Sees Il Working
Despite this episode. I con-
clude with utmost earnestness
that self-control is working
among American newspapers
through organized self analy-
sis. self-improvement and a
voluntary sense Of the ac-
cepted responsibility which
means ultimate. long run
survival"
With President virginius
Dabney Of the ASNE presid-
ing. the joint session also heard
an exposition of the European
Economic Community by Rob-
ert Marjolin Of France. vice
president of the European Com
mission, the executive body OF
the community.
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Simple Rules
Guide Brophy
HOLLYWOOD ar. - I

HOLLYWOOD (A). - Ed
ward Brophy. veteran char
acter actor In the movies, Is
playing his i0lst film role
as the stars best friend In
THE Last Hurrah."
He's Spencer Tracy's side
kick In this one. Brophy,
known much better by face
than name. Ia an authority
on such roles.
Here are the requisites as
given out by the derbied,
clgar-smoking actor.
/. Be a nice guy but not as
smart or good looking As the
hero.
2. Must be q court Jester.
3. Have a nice soft shoul-
der for the heroine TO cry on
when she nights with the
hero.
I. Great strength 20 that
he can put the hero TO bed
when he gets drunk.
5. Must be an expert In
dying scenes, especially In
war or gangster films.
8. Forget romance, for the
hero gets all that.