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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Durham Ru|inq
Taxes HospitdI's
Mental Division

Defendants awaiting deter
mination Of fitness to stand
trial and patients awaiting
commitment to st. Elizabeths
are taxing the psychiatric facil-
tiles Of District General Hos
pital.
The Durham decision. which
held that o defendant is not
criminally responsible If his
crime was the product Of q
mental disease or defect, has
caused Municipal and District
Courts to increase their re-
ferrals to District General Hos
pital about 80 per cent a month.
DR.. John D. Schultz, chief Of
District Generals .psychiatric
services division. said the in
creasing court referrals are
warranted by the mental con-
dition Of the defendants.
Nevertheless. the increase is
forcing the hospital to release
many noncourt-connected pa
tients who would benefit from
a longer stay.
Last Thursday. DR.. Schultz
said, the psychiatric division
had 1876 patients, 10 more than
the recent average patient load,
80 more than the capacity Of
the division and 20 more than
the average Of two months ago.
Monthly court commitments,
he continued, are running about
80. twice as many as the num-
Der Of beds available in the
court unit Of the hospital.
Until st. Elizabeths opens q
new building next year or in
creases its security facilities for
prisoners. 1t will be necessary
to keep a waiting group of
court-committed patients at
D. c. General, DR.. Schultz said.
Twenty patients. he said, are
new at D. c. General awaiting
entrance to the security facili-
ties of st. Elizabeths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

Mr.. Porter's explanation that
he was only trying to pay him
a compliment while "illuminat.
ing" his point that Col. Katzen.
tine did no wrong.
Furthermore, Mr.. Wolvertor
maintained. his action was not
comparable to Col. Katzentine',
efforts. The New Jersey ap.
plication was uncontested wher
he wrote his letter, he noted
One rival for the license hac
just withdrawn and another
had not yet applied.
Mr.. Wolverton said introduc.
ton Of the letter did not change
his mind about the need fol
enactment Of a code Of ethics
Would End 'LOOph0le"
Subcommittee oh arm a r
Harris, Democrat of Arkansas
commented that a 'loophole'
in existing law should be CLOSED
to restrict OF -the-record con-
facts by Congressman with the
FEC. But he agreed with Mr.
Porter that Mr.. Wolverton's
letter was not improper.
Normally a man of courtly
manners, Mr.. Wolverton was sc
angry at Mr.. Porter that he
frequently interrupted the wit.
ness responses to questions
One member Of the subcommit-
tee, chuckling at the display
was overheard calling Mr.
Wolverton "the tiger"
The New Jersey Republican
plans to retire from Congress,
this year. He said the 1876:
letter was his only intercessior
with a regulatory agency in hi.
32-year career on the Hill.
After disposing of the lettei
issue. Mr.. Wolverton strucl
back at Mr.. Porter by charging
him with engineering a "schem,
to entrap" Vice President Nixot
by trying to contact him in be.
half of Col. Katzentine. Mr
Nixon apparently did nothing
Believed Vote pledged"
Mr.. Porter denied the charge
and defended his clients eff.
forts to win Channel 10. He
said he did not try to forbid
Col. Katzentine from making
contacts because the colonel be.
lieved National Airlines, which
won the case, had pledged
the vote Of FEC Commissioner
Richard A. Mack.
Admitting he had no first
hand knowledge Of the reports
about Mr.. Mack, who has re-
signed from the FEC under fire
Mr.. Porter indicated he never
theleSs believed he was COM
mitted to vote for National.
Mr.. Porter said he did not
believe allegations that Col
George Gordon Moore, Mrs
Eisenhower's brother : in law,
engineered" the National Air
lines application. He added
that he had no knowledge that
the three commissioners who
voted with Mr.. Mack for Ma
tional were guilty Of impropri-
ETY..
Since Mr.. Porter was chair
man of the FEC in 1944-1946,
the subcommittee consulted him
at length about his ideas for
protecting the commission from
improper influences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
SIeet, Snow Grip
Most of Europe

LONDON. Mar. 20 (R.-The
second day Of spring found
most Of Europe shivering today.
Billiards. sleet, snow and biting
cold gave the lie to the cal
endar.
With temperatures below
freezing. Partisan apartment
house managers stuck to All
ancient custom-they cut of
the heat now that spring is
here.
In Britain. there was sleet
and snow and unseasonably low
temperatures. Snow fell over
much Of Northern Italy.
Snow still covered much OF
the Scandinavian countries and
it was bitter cold there.
For Yugoslavia the first days
Of spring meant billiards and
roads blocked by snow. Snow
fell In Austria and Czechoslo-
vakia.
The West German capital Of
Bonn had snow flurries while
cloudy skies hung over Central
Germany with temperatures
well below freezing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

Appropriations Committees
proviso.
The Senate-approved bill
would cost $85 million a year.
It was sponsored by Senator
Carlson. Republican Of Kansas,
and enjoyed the strong support
Of both Democratic and q. o. p.
Senators.
The bill originally carried q
rs to 30 per cent increase for
mula and would have cost $3.50
million annually. However,
Senator Carlson. in q move to
expedite the legislation's prog
reSs. offered an amendment to
tone 1t down.
PROYISIONS-As approved
by the Senate, the bill provides
a nat 20 per cent increase on
all annuities and suvivorship
benefits Of $500 a year or less.
A 10 per cent raise is provided
on that portion of an annuity
in excess Of $500.
Here are several examples.
An annuitant drawing $l.40O q
year would get a nat 20 per cent
raise.
An annuitant. receiving a
$4,000 annual pension would
receive q 20 per cent increase
on the first $500 of that and
a 10 per cent raise on the re-
naming $500.
The bill would give the an
|nuity increase to all annuitants
and survivors, regardless Of the
present amount of the annuity
they now receive. It also pro-
vides that the increase for an
nuitants may be passed along
to their survivors when they
(the annuitants) subsequently
die.
The measure also would pro-
vide survivorship benefits for
widows Of employees or Getirees
who died prior to April l, 1913.
At present these widows receive
no benefits.
The bill was strongly sup
ported by Chairman Johnston
of the Senate Civil Service
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
.SiIer Retires April l
BY the Associated Press

Leon M. Siler, a Treasury in
formation officer for is years,
will retire from Government
service on April /, the Treasury
Department has announced.
A former Texas newspaper
man, Mr.. Siler has been assist
ant to Nils A. Lennartson. as
sistant to the secretary for pub
lie affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
BY the Associated Press

Senator Goldwater, Republi-
can Of Arizona, said today
testimony in a Senate probe Of
the Kohler Co. strike points to
the need for some control over
large unions that flout the law
on mass picketing.
Chairman Mcclellan of Ar
kansas of the Senate Rackets
Investigating Committee took
somewhat the same line yes
terday. saying Congress should
act to prevent situations in
which a union can use "so
many picketS" and keep peo-
pie away from their work by
sheer force"
=. In its hearings, the Rackets
Committee has heard testimony
<that the United Auto Workers
Union used mass picketine to
Keep the Kohler Co. plant
closed in the early stages of q
strike that now is nearing the
four-year mark.
Edict Ended Mass Picketing
A court order ended the mass
picketing in the spring of 1854
and the plant, at Kohler, Wis,
was reoponed. 1t is continuing
to produce plumbing fixtures
using a staff of nonstrikers and
new employees.
Each side in the dispute has
blamed the other for violence
which erupted. The Senate
Committee is trying to deter
mine where the responsibility
lies.
Senator Goldwater, a mem
Der Of the Mcclellan Commit
tee, said the laws of Wisconsin
and the Federal Taft Hartley
law prohibit mass picketing.
But he contended that testi-
mony before the committee
showed this ban was flouted in
the Kohler strike.
unions should come under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

on Sucn lnCerceSSl0n 10 mSulaCe
the agencies from pressure. But
now the investigators are won
dering whether a nat prohibit
ton would be such a good idea.
It seems that the leading adj
vocate of an ethics code, Rep
resentative Wolverton, asked
the FEC for help on q TV case
in 1858.
Paul A. Porter put the New
Jersey Republican on the spot
at yesterdays hearing by pro-
ducing Mr.. Wolverton's letter
asking the FEC for fast action
on an application for a Camden
IN. j. TV channel. The re-
quest was rejected.
Defends Katzentine
Mr.. Porter testified that he
dug up the letter to show that
his client, A. Frank Katzentine
did nothing wrong or unusual
in seeking help from several
Democratic Senators in his los
ing battle for Tv channel 10
in Miami.
If a Congressman of such
"unimpeachable" integrity as
Mr.. Wolverton can contact the
FEC to help a constituent, Mr.
Porter said. surely it's unjust
to criticize Col. Katzentine for
trying to marshal similar aid
Bristling, with indignation
Mr., Wolverton charged Mr.
Porter with trying to embarrass
him, He SarcaSticallv rejected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

cent raise on" the nrSt $l,oUU
In annual annuities and q IL
per cent raise on that portion
Of the annuity above $500. II
applies to those who retired be-
fore October, 1856.
The maximum increase per-
mitted by the bill would be
5000.
A 10 per cent annuity in
crease has been approved by
the House Civil Service Com
mittee, and Chairman Murray
has written to the House Rules
Committee asking for q hearing
on o rule to clear the measure
for House action.
4 49,
A POSSIBLE TROUBLE
cloud hanging over the an
nuity increases is the action
taken yesterday by the House
Appropriations Committee in
the form Of a rider to the 1858
Independent Ofiices bill. The
provision would prevent any
annuity increase voted by Con-
gress from taking effect until
specific appropriations to cover
the cost Of the, increase was
first approved.
However. If the annuity in
crease legislation is signed into
law before the independent
Offices appropriations measure,
the rider could not prevent the
annuity increases from taking
effect. Only If the independent
Offices money bill were enacted
first. would it have an adverse
effect on this years annuity in
crease legislation. Otherwise it
could apply only to future
years.
In approving its annuity in
crease bill yesterday. the Sem
ate set a time limit Of June 30,
1860, for appropriations to be
voted to cover the cost Of the
legislation. However, until that
time the annuity increases
would be in effect. Only If APP
preparations to cover the cost
were not voted by 1860 would
the increases be rescinded.
This is a lot different and
more liberal than the House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Form Price Prop freeze
Is Cleared by Congress

Tic OdlTy IdrIueTS, 9cmOcrdCS
ARE prepared to exploit the is
sue to the limit in senatorial
and House races In Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
Farm leaders said they
doubted Mr.. Benson would
have formally ordered the dairy
price support cuts in effect
April !, as he did yesterday
without advance word that Mr.
Eisenhower would veto the
freeze bill. The President, in
a talk earlier this week. voiced
opposition to the bill which
would apply to a number OF
major farm commodities in
addition to dairy products.
The margins by which the
measure passed the House and
Senate were not nearly enough
to override a veto. The Senate
passed the bill 1882. The
House vote Thursday was 210-
172.
During debate, there were
Republican charges that the
Democrats were trying to en-
baraSs the President before the
congressional elections. Demo-
Gratis replied that the bill is
needed in the fight against the
recession.
Proxmire Aid Seen
However, some Democrats
told a newSman they believe
the dairy price support issue
will provide the necessary edge
to re-elect Democratic Senator
Proxmire in Wisconsin. They
also hope that issue will help
unseat Republican Senators
Thye Of Minnesota and Potter
Of Michigan.
Senator Potter, who voted
against the Senate's original
bill to freeze farm price sup
ports indefinitely, switched to
support the revised House YER
sion which limited the freeze
to one year. It was the House
version that went to the White
House.
Senator Thye voted for both
bills, as did Senator Proxmire.
The extent to which Mr..
Benson's policies are in dis
favor with Midwestern @. o. p.
Senators was shown in the 10
Republican votes which helped
win final passage of the freeze
bill.
Senators Aiken Of Vermont
and Dworshak of Idaho, Joined
IL Midwestern Republicans in
support Of the one-year freeze.
The Is included Chairman
Schoeppel Of Kansas Of the
q. o. p. Senatorial Campaign
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Three to Attend PurIey

Three local physicians, DR..
Richard Gritter. DR.. John p.
D'Angelo and DR.. Etienne Sol
losi, will attend the annual Con-
ference of the Academy of Gen.
eral Practitioners in Dallas, Tex,
beginning tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
House Probers Ponder
Agency Pressure Code
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Stan Writer

House investigators bordering today strictly
control congressman who try to help constituents
before the Federal Communications Commission and other
regulatory agencies.
Chances looked good until yesterday that the Legislative
Oversight Subcommittee would stringent legal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Senate Approval Puts
Annuities Up to House
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Star Writer

Sponsors Of annuity increase legislation for 1000
tired workers and their survivors today sought early House
ACTION following approval Of pension increases by the
last night
BY overwhelming voice VOTE the approved an
annuity increase for this It would give fiat per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
How Senate Voted
On Farm Issue

Following is the Senate roll
call vote. on the one-year
freeze in farm price controls
and allotments:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
GoIdwoter Hits Unions
For FIouting Picket Ban

, antitrust statutes, but we can't
do it this year." Senator Gold
water said in an interview
When they come to the point
Of restraining trade. we must
take the same action as we did
in 1914 against corporations"
Pins Boycott on JAW
Senator Goldwater yesterday
accused the JAW of restraining
trade in its boycott of Kohler
products. He said that boycott
is a "clear-cut case of the need
to put some restraint on the
unbridled power of labor
unions" Sc n ator Mcclellan
said Congress should provide
some guidelines defining clear
ly and precisely" what kind Of
q boycott is a proper labor
practice.
Leo Breirather, who has been
directing the boycott, said he
considered it effective, but moi
completely successful because
I'VE have not put enough pres
sure on the Kohler Co. to bring
them to the bargaining table
Mr.. Breirather is chief steward
of JAW Local 1913 at Sheboy.
gan, Wis. near Kohler.
The committee will go fur
ther into the boycott question
Monday when it resumes its
hearings. 1t has called some
distributors of Kohler plumbing
products to testify at that time.
AS the hearing closed out its
fourth week yesterday. three
truck drivers who delivered
goods to and from the Kohler
plant testified violence was
used in an attempt to stop
them.
However, none of the three
drivers. all employed by the j.
L. Scheffler Motor Transport
Co.. identified any Of their as
sailants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

O., South; Y, 9; t. RiehmonS. clear clear
Columbia to charlottesyille.. clear.
to NHEss ans s n:mo ItFf srs eOT%S.
New. Jersey turnpike, clear. New Eng:
Massachusetts. balance slushy. Dis
trict OF Columbia to Harrisburg, Pa,
River Report
(From o. 8 Engineersl
Potomac River clear at Great Falls;
Shenandoah unobtainable due to
downed telegraph lines.
Temperatures for Yesterday
READING Washington National Airportl
Midnight - "a Noon 1900 IS
Am am. --- Ss Pm. $500 sss
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, g., on February "a.
Lowest, 5. on February IL
High, 40. at pm.
Low, 80, at $3.50 am.
Tide Tables
Furnished BY the United States Coast
and Geodetic survey
Today Tomorrow
H EaI 1900 s:IIaa am am a:4S am m
Low ---- AIS pm. 1852 pm.
The Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today 500 am. 622 pm.
Sun. tomorrow 6:OS am. b:23 pm.
Moon, today 7:O6 am. $40 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hah hour after sunset.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in inches n
the Capital (eurrent month to datel:
Month 1888 1857 Avg. Record
January 2.A3 2.0l 3.24 7.S3 '37
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

WEATHER FORECAST-Snow furres forecast for
Northern New England Eastern Great Lakes region part of the Ohio
the Pacific States scattered throughout Southern
Generally fair weather expected elsewhere with clear to
skies will be colder from the Daotas westward to
ni SsS little mder in the gulf Coast sateAP wye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

Senator Knowland, Republican Of California (eft),
listens intently to California Gov. Goodwin j. knight
during courtesy call the Senator paid at the State
capitol in Sacramento yesterday. The Governor is
running for the Senator's seat and the Senator for
the Governors job Senator Knowland opened his
campaign yesterday in Statewide radio broadcast
with q sharp attack on his opponent Attorney
General Edmund G. Brown.-AP Wirephoto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

FESTIVAL GETS SIX MORE PRINCESSES
Six more nominees for Queen of the Cherry Blossom
Festival were named today One of the So princesses
from the States and Territories will be picked to
reign over the festival that starts next Tuesday and
continues through March 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

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The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1958-03-13
WOMEN VOTERS
TO BEGIN UNIT
STUDY PROGRAMS

Unit study groups OF the Pal
mer Provisional League Of Wo-
men Voters will begin on Mon
day, March 81. Approval Of their
charter and official recognition
Of their provisional status was
given by the National League
this week, according to Mrs. Ber-
tran Curry, League president.
The units will meet in the
afternoon and evening on Mon
days and the evening on Wednes-
day of the same week. Definite
times and places will be an
nounced next week as well as
the current agenda the units will
study All members and pros
pective members will receive a
more explanatory bulletin short
ly.
All women Of voting age con-
cerned and interested in local
government, taxation and their
functions are cordially invited to
visit any Of the unit study meet
ings as observers.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1958-03-13
FINANCE FORUM
TO OPEN here
MONDAY, MARCH III

Women Of the valley area are
being offered an opportunity to
learn about financing through a
Womens Finance Forum being CO.
sponsored in Palmer by the Ma
tanuska Valley Bank and the XII
Eta and Theta Chapters of Beta
Sigma Phi.
The forum will be- held Mon
day evenings, starting March IL,
for four consecutive weeks, in
the cafeteria at the high school
Each session will begin at 3 pm.
and will last for AZ moinutes to
one hour. All interested persons
are invited to attend. There will
be, no attendance charge made.
Functions Of Banking" will be
the topic of the March IL session,
with Richard 9. Benjaman, as-
siStant cashier with the First
National Bank Of Anchorage, as
speaker. Mrs. James Hurley,
president of XII Eta chapter, will
offer the welcome and will pre-
side during the meeting. Kyle
Turner, assistant cashier at the
Matanuska Valley Bank will
serve as moderator. Following
the talk there will be a period
for questions and answers dur
ing which the audience will be
invited to participate.
Other programs being planned
include Real Estate and Title In
ssurance, March "a, with the fol-
lowing speakers: Richard Jones,
cashier and manager of the Ma
tanuska Valley Bank; James J..
Hurley, general manager, Alaska
Rural Rehabilitation Corpora
ton; James w, Wilson, admins
traitor, Alaska Agricultural Loan
Board; and John E. Murray,
president Title Insurance and
Trust Company Of Alaska. Paul
Martin will moderate this session.
On March 81 Life Insurance
and Social Security" will Be the
topics and Willis Townsend Of
the Alaska Underwriters Associa-
ton will speak, as will a repre-
sentative of the Social Security
Administration. Moderator will
be Ed Smith, manager Palmer
branch, Ketchikan Spruce Mills.
wills, Estate and Taxes" will
be the topic of the final session
on April at which time John
D. Shav of Palmer, attorney at
law, and George Hedla of An
chorage, certified public account
Continued On page 81
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1958-03-13
EARLY SOLUTION
BEING SOUGHT BY
LOCAL PRODUCERS

James Wilson, commissioner or
agriculture, and several members
of the special milk marketing
committee, plan to meet in Anch-
orage with Governor Mike Step
ovich and his military procure
ment committee to discuss the
matter of military procurement
of local milk.
This meeting, to be held Sat
u1tday, follows a series Of local
meetings to coordinate the work
being done by several agencies
and individuals in an effort to
broaden milk outlets.
TO be presented at the meeting
is a report Of the Commissioners
Committee which will include
the problem, the causes; and
recommended solutions.
The report points out that pro-
cessors in the Anchorage milk
shed have record high receipts of
fresh milk, approximately $4,000
pounds daily, of which only about
"a per cent is presently being
sold as fresh fluid milk. The bal
ance is going into secondary US
es which cannot return cost
of production price" to the farm
er. 1t points out that in spite
of labor scales having doubled
and other costs Of living riseh
materially in the past eight years.
the retail price of milk and the
price received by the producer
has remained equal to or below
that Of 1850.
Causes of this situation were
listed as production increase, stN-
bilization of population, commits
sary freight subsidization, use OF
recombined milk for troop issue
and milk substitutes.
Milk production has more than
doubled in the past five years,
the. report showed as farmers
strived to fill the growing de-
mand for fresh milk in this rap
idly expanding area. The rapid
population increase has slowed
in this market area during the
past two years and has resulted
in the milk industry catching up
to demand sooner than anticipat-
ed.
The report points out that the
practice of offering stateside
merchandise at stateside prices
to military commissary patrons
prevents this excess milk from
moving into this outlet at COM
petitive price. Testimony at the
Continued on page 81