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Continued From Page B.

COntlnueu FROM rage b-1
Democrat interrupted a speech
making tour and few back to
Washington, but the damage had
already been done. For Senator
Humphrey, who counts on strong
labor support in his bid for the
White House, it was a moment Of
high embarrassment.
Lyndon JohnSon's prospects for
the presidency rest on his repu-
tation as the man who can get
things done in the Senate by
NEEDING the divergent wings of
the Democratic Party into har-
monious legislative force. The
free-swinging fight between the
liberal Kennedy forces and the
Southern wing did nothing to add
to his stature.
There were whisperlngs that
the battle never would have
erupted if the Democratic leader
hadn't wanted it that way, but
friends of johnson dismissed such
charges as rubbish" To es-
pousers of this view, the Texas
Senator deliberately let the floor
clash occur to debate both Ken
nedy and Humphrey.
Mr.. Nixon was variously de-
scribed as "elated" and embar-
raised by his role as the tie
breaker in Wednesdays ballot
ing. To one group of appraisers.
the Vice President strengthened
his standing with union members
by voting for the bill of rights"
There was an opposing view
that Mr.. Nixon would have been
happier to stay out of the fight
rather than acquire the anti
union faint that could go with
opposition to the labor backed
Kennedy proposals.
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ties which find desegregation un-
acceptable.
Taken together, these and other
features of the Perrow plan drawn
up by 40-man study commits
sion will accomplish the objec-
tives set by the group of moderates
headed by Gov. Almond who
guided them through the General
Assembly, They will permit mini
mum indignation in the State on
a basis that has a good chance of
withstandlng the scrunity of the
Federal courts. They will also offer
to communities which find even
token desegregation unacceptable
a way to provide separate school
facilities for white and Negro chill
dren.
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lions were won or lost and what
facts are necessary to build an
effective case. The pitfalls and
advantages Of the laws grant,
ing immunity to witnesses are ex-
plored and a flock Of decisi .us are
summarized for ready reference.
The Justice Department wants
to awaken the prosecutors to all
the possible tools to pry the rack
eteers out of their safe berths.
Prosecutors know the tax. gam
bling and narcotics laws but the
Justice Department wants to
make them more conscious Of
the application Of these laws to
the previously untouched racket
GERS. The Justice Department al
so wants them to realize the effec-
tiveness of a prosecution weapon
which previously has been han
died only in Washington-snti-
trust actions.
Since the racketeers are pri-
marily big business men-in both
legitimate and illegitimate bust
ness-they may well be violating
the antitrust laws. This New
York indictment is cited as a case
in point:
Labor Agreement
An association Of manufactur-
ers had an agreement with a
union to supply its labor force
but man on the outside seemed
to be in a position Of control.
He could keep employees on the
job or pull them off. He could
make life hard or easy for the
manufacturers. At first look, he
didn't seem to be getting any
income from his efforts. Investi-
CATION revealed, however, that he
owned a trucking line which had
expanded to 10 times its original
size in just few years. Through
his control of the labor supply,
he was forcing manufacturers to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

told that the Special Groups OPP
erations will be integrated into
United States Attorneys Offices,
that misunderstanding units will
be set up in the rest Of the prose-
cutors' Offices and that RESPONSE
bility for the campaign against
organized crime will be shifted
from the Deputy Attorney Gen.
eral to the Justice Departments
Criminal Division and its Organ
lied Crime and Racketeering
Section.
Meaning Of the Shift
In some quarters, the announced
shift was viewed with alarm. Was
the publicized anti-racket cam
paign petering out as so many
similar campaigns have folded?
Would the Special Groups work
be halted Just as it was begin
ming to promise results? Would
the pin-pointed attack on the
racketeers be blunted in the mass
of land, tax. civil and routine
criminal cases handled by the
United States Attorneys?
The questions were put to As
sistant Attorney General Malcolm
r. Wilkey, veteran prosecutor
himself and recently named chief
of the Criminal Division. His an
swerS are not likely to comfort
the racketeers whose illegitimate
empires are threatened.
Instead of 10 attorneys special
izing in racket prosecutions, the
number will be expanded to many
times 10 devoting full time to or
ganized crime.
The Special Group branch Of
fees chiefs will keep their titles
as special assistants to the At
torney General and function as
arms of the Justice Department.
While, administratively. the Spe-
cial Group personnel will be under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star stan Writer

The Justice Department is max
ing racket busters Of its 81 United
States attorneys across the coun-
try.
That is the latest development
IN Attorney General William p.
Rogers long-term push against
the businessmen Of crime"-the
racketeers.
The Federal prosecutors from
Maine to California won't 60 it
alone. Each will have his own
rackets section directed and as
sisted from Washington.
Goal Of the new setup is TO pit
Nationwide prosecutive nachin-
cry against Nationwide crime
syndicates. Prime targets are the
organized gamblers. narcotic traf-
flckers. extortionists. white slavers
and labor racketeers whose an
nual take runs into billions of
dollars.
The Justice Departments con-
centration on the racketeers got
under way a year ago when Mr..
Rogers set up a Special Group on
Organized Crime to start a drive
against the 100 most notorious
underworld businessmen.
The 100 Top Roeketeers
The Special Group, headed by
Milton Vessel of New York, and
working under direct supervision
OF the Deputy Attorney General,
was told to analyze the pool of
information available on the 100
top racketeers, seek further in
vestigation from the enforcement
agencies and request converting of
investigatory grand jurieS.
Special Group branches were
set UP in the four major head
quarters of Syndicated Crime
New York. Miami, Chicago and
Los Angeles.
The infamous 100 were never
identified publicly but it is known
that a considerable dent has been
put in the list during the last
year. The Special Group is not
directly credited with making the
dent because getting at the we'll
cloaked top racketeers takes many
months of investigation.
But the Justice Department
thinks its publicized emphasis on
the racketeers has had the eff
feet of speeding up prosecutions,
stiffening sentences and keeping
the underworld overlords of bal
ance.
Special grand juries, convened
at the request of the Special
Group, are repeatedly in opera
ton in more than one city. In at
least two cities, promising inves-
legations are in the works.
Now, the Justice Department set
UP. has been changed.
Mr.. Rogers broke the news to
the United States Attorneys at
their Justice Department confer
ence earlier this month. They were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Weather Methods
Of Soviets Unusual

The Soviet scientists also turned
their quest inland. They estab-
lished stations at $4,000 feet near
the central dome of the great
East Antarctic ice plateau-one
of the least known and most mac
cessible areas of the continent
They also discovered some hith-
erto unknown mountain peaks.
1t was inevitable in his close
daily contact with the Russians
that it was Rubin VS.. the Reds in
discussions of democratic capital
ism versus Communist socialism.
These always ended up" Mr..
Rubin said, "aS do such discus
sionS-with each side maintaining
its own views. unconvinced by OPP
posing arguments.
"All sorts of questions were put
to me every day about America.
What are the schools like; how
many years do we study; can I
travel anywhere I want to 60; do
we have identity cards; how much
money do we make; can my wife
buy anything her heart desires;
do / have an automobile: how
many rooms are in my house?
1T was very interesting to me-"
Mr.. Rubin observed, "since it was
obvious from the questions that
most of them had no idea what
life in the United States is like"
He was told by the Russians
that a professor in the USSR
makes about $1,000 a month and
has a three or four-room apart
ment. They may have TV MANY
have small boats, he was told,
and often go on camping trips.
He fought English
One of Mr.. Rubin's side activi-
ties was to hold class in advanced
English once week for two or
three hours. In the course Of
these classes, he learned that
American movies shown in Russia
tend to be rather old. For instance,
the favorite Yankee actress in
Russia is Deanna Durbin.
These amiable Muscovites pre-
sented Mr.. Rubin with many gifts,
including oil paintings, a Russian
cook book, a hand-carved group
of penguinS, rare stamps, Russian
clothing. dolls for his daughter,
chocolates, champagne, wine and
vodka.
He reciprocated with reproduce
tons of outstanding American
artists from the National Gallery
Of Art, books and magazines,
American color film, kitchen gadg-
cts and tools and some United
States clothing and accessories.
The most popular diversion at
Mirny was partying. There were
parties for arrivals and depar-
lures; for the birthdays of the men,
their wives or their children. There
was even Press Day and a Radio
Day.
This added up to parties about
twice a week.
The festivities centered around
cornucopias of food, candy, nuts,
fine cheeses, cookies, jam, vodka,
wine and much singing and dane
ing to the accompaniment of an
amateur orchestra, Mr.. Rubin
said.
Mr.. Rubin remembers his Rus
sian colleagues with affection but
he is glad to be home with his
family. He also is convinced of
the value Of exchange programs
such as the one which sent him to
Mirny.
He feels he is richer in cultural
and scientific experience and that
the Nation has nothing to fear
from such enterprises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Dangers in Surrender

Gov. Almond, who engineered
the narrow victory over die-hard
segregationists in the Legislature,
reiterated his determination to
maintain Virginia's public school
system in a special message to
the adjourning lawmakers.
1--WE should exhaust every re-
course in its defense and better
ment before we consider abandon
ment of our public school system.
It is my purpose to pursue that
course" he declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
MANY MORE NOW WILL WORK ONT
U.S.Tnes NewApproach to Racket-Busting

ship by his truck line. He was
indicted along with the associa-
ton and the union on charges
Of suppressing competition.
To encourage the prosecutors In
their new assignment, the Justice
Department has also distributed
a summary Of successful Federal
racket prosecutions from 1853 TO
1869, subtitled what Has Been
Done Demonstrates What Can Be
Done"
Reporting 1874 convictions Of
some Of the big underworld names
during these six years, the sum-
mary advises the prosecutors that
the departments intensified cam
paign against the racketeers "de-
ponds in the last analysis on the
aggregate result Of hundreds Of
battles and skirmishes in the
field. !"
While the individual prosecu-
tors seek the one vulnerable spot
in their racketeer targets, the JUS
tice Department is emphasizing
two other weapons against the
organized criminals-speedier JUS
tice and longer sentences.
Mr.. Wilkey cited one instance
where a big-time racketeer had
been under indictment q year but
hadn't been tried because of a
crowded docket. Another judge
has now been sent to the district
to try him.
AS for sentences, Mr.. Wilkey
said the Justice Department is adj
vising its prosecutors to tell the
judge-and the public-all about
the men who have led lawless lives
even If they never saw the inside
of a Jail. Where judges permit 1t,
prosecutors have been told to rec
ommend sentences and make
them long. Mr.. Wilkey reported
that in almost every recent case,
judges have thrown the book at
the racketeers. He cited the case
of 61-year=old Vito Genovese, the
racketS king convicted Of conspir-
acy in an international narcotics
ring. Genovese drew a 15-year SEN
tence and a $4,000 fine.
To Hoross Criminals
In urging prosecutors to seek
the syndicates behind the small
fry, Mr.. Wilkey has told them:
1--WE intend. through continuous
investigation and prosecution, to
eradicate, eliminate, haraSS and
generally bedevil the overlords,
underlords, underlings and hire
lings of organized crime.
1--WE have no illusion that we
will wipe this out in one year or
five years or indeed that it can be
wiped out completely at all.
But it can be made very I'M
profitable. Any busineSsman-and
these are in essence businessmen
in organized criminal activity -
must calculate the risk he runs
compared to the profit he hopes
to make. We do our best to raise
the risk and at the same time
eliminate the profit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Opposition Week


of the students at the vocational
school were friendly to him sug-
geSts the existence of opposition
to the new policies but Mr.. Nash
does not hope for much from this
source. Middle-class resistance
has been swallowed by the shadow
of the prison camps and the abb
Sence of leadership. Resentment
against Soviet intervention bears
little promise of stirring a reaction
because the Communist-movement
is well-camouf1aged in local hues.
The laboring class has been
enjoying persistent holiday
since the revolution last July.
Rents and bread prices have been
lowered, salaries are up and the
orders are out that everyone must
pass in school whatever the quail
ity of their work. The massive
demonstrations of the Peace Par
tiSans give a frenzied circus
quality to the city. The economy
is sustained by the throb of the
oil wells. The pictures of Nasser
which festooned the city last July
have been replaced by posters of
donkeys drawn to look like Nasser.
Heavy propaganda has dimmed
his luster and the appeal of his
pan-Arabism has been trans
formed into an ugly nationalistic
spirit.
Mr.. Nash counts himself firmly
among those who believe that
while the diplomats wreStled with
the intricacies of the Berlin i'm
passe, the Soviets have given their
real attention to Iraq.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
The O'Muhoney Bill

The bill introduced by Senator
OMahoney, Democrat of Wyo-
ming, is aimed at restraining price
increases in steel and some other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
BY LILLIAN LEVY
Contributing Writer

one OF the biggest adjustments
Washington scientist Morton j.
Rubin had to make during his II
months with the Russians in So
Wet Antarctica was to use an
abacuS instead Of a computer.
Mr.. Rubin was an exchange
meteorologist with the Russians at
their Mirny Base. He found So
Wet meteorological research signif-
icantly different from that of the
United States and other nations
working on the White Continent.
For instance, his mathematical
computations took a bit longer at
Mirny than they would have taken
at the American bases because the
Russians lacked computing ma
chines-standard equipment for
u. S. scientists.
Instead, Mr.. Rubin was pre-
sented with a large abacus. He
said he became so adept at using
this ancient mathematical tool
that he still uses it in his present
job.
Mr.. Rubin, who lives at 1922
Manorswood road, Hyattsville,
Md, is the head of the United
States Weather Bureaus new Po-
lar Meteorological Research Unit.
This organization is studying data
accumulated in the Antarctic dur
ing the international Geophysical
Year.
The Only American
When he went to Mirny on the
Soviet vessel OBJ from Capetown,
South Africa, Mr.. Rubin was the
only American among las Red
scientists. A Soviet meteorologist,
similarly, was the only Russian
with the large American ICY ex-
petition at Little America.
When he took the assignment
with the Russians, Mr.. Rubin'S
equipment was a natural fair for
languages and Is years experience
living and working in foreign
lands. Meterorology is pretty
much the same everywhere.
He knew his Antarctic already,
too. Mr.. Rubin had been doing
Southern Hemisphere meteoro-
logical research and already had
one tour of duty in the Antarctic
under his belt as Project Officer
of the ICY Weather Control.
His personal relations with the
Russians were cordial but their
scientific approach to barring the
secrets of Antarctica were sig
nif1cantly different from methods
employed by the United States
and. other nations.
Mr.. Rubin said the Mirny Scien-
fists emphasized continuous and
extensive studies on air-borne
solar radiation while carrying out
the pattern set by the ICY. These
studies we're to determine the
amount OF energy coming down
from the sun as we'll as that re-
Elected from the ground.
The problem was to find out
how this energy affects the
weather in Antarctica. The United
States has done very little re-
search of this kind.
Meaning the Ice
He was particularly impressed
with the Soviet program of send
ing monthly flights over the Ant
arctic Ocean the year around to
measure the distribution of sea
ice and icebergs. The Russians
measured the temperature varia-
tons from $4,000 feet all the way
down to sea level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Politics.:
nOId Hand

A crowd Of 1000 persons gath
cred last week in front of a small,
white clapboard house in Lamar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

left most of their possessions, in
Guiding the car, to be sold by a
friend.
To Mr.. Nash, there is no queS-
ton as to when Iraq will go Com
munist. He believes that all but
the formalities have been con-
cluded.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

tour that Secretary of Agricul-
ture Benson's popularity among
farmers has mot improved at
ALL"
But he emphasized that the
farm problem cannot be made
a political football" and the
Democrats. controlling the
Congress, must accept respon-
sibility for what is done or not
done.
He said the Republicans
could turn the issue to their
advantage "if we can show the
President has asked for some
thing" and has been refused
by the Democratic Congress.
Six times, Senator Morton
added. President Eisenhower
has requested some legislative
action on the mounting wheat
surplus and six times has been
refused.
The extent the farm issue
will figure in the 1860 elec-
tions, he said. will depend in
part on what Congress does in
1860. The same lis true of the
civil rights issue, he pointed
out.
Attendance Good
Senator Morton said the
thing that encouraged him
most on his cross-country
swing was the attendance at
meetings. He cited large and
enthusiastic gatherings as evi-
dence Of a Republican resur-
gence from the 1858 debacle at
the polls.
He attributed this to the
Presidents strong stand against
increased spending which he
said found support among the
Evening star., 1959-12-06
School to Present
Glass sMenoqerie'

Susan Strickland. daughter
of the resident director of the
Arena Stage. will be listed in
a theater program herself this
week when she plays Laura in
the Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School production of
The Glass Menagerie."
Miss Strickland's father, F.
Cowles Strickland, has been in
the theater for many years,
most recently as an instructor
at the Finish National
Theater before coming to
Washington.
Miss Strickland and the
other high school actors are
currently rehearsing for the
play. which will be presented
in the boys gymnasium at $50
pm. Friday and Saturday.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
ADIRKSEN SURVEY
NOTES NEW HOPE
b the Associated Press

Republicans have shed their
gloom and are firing back
cheerful reports on 1860 elec-
ton prospects, Senator Dirk
sen said yesterday.
AS the Senate Republican
Leader, he said he has been
pleasantly surprised by the OPP
timistic political tone Of a sur
vey he has been making among
his colleagues.
When the boys left here
last summer at the end of the
Evening star., 1959-12-06

and Kentucky's Junior Senator,
sat in his Office at Republican
headquarters and gave a run
down on Republican prospects
in the congressional elections.
He said the G. o. P. has Sc
lected 80 congressional districts
in which to concentrate its po-
litical efforts next year, most
Of them in the Northern, West
ern and border States where
Republican strength more nearly
equals that of the Democrats.
Senate Hopes
AS for the Senate, Senator
Morton comedies that it will be
impossible to wrest control
from the Democrats next year.
But he insists the Republicans
stand to gain several seats in
the 80 senatorial contests.
Among those where the Re-
publicanS have hopes are West
Virginia, Illinois, Montana,
Michigan, Oregon and Minne-
sofa, where Senator Humphrey
is up for reelection while toy
ing, with a presidential bid.
Senator Morton said the Re-
publicans also will wage "driv-
ing campaigns" to retain the
II Senate seats it has at stake
next year.
These include the seats of
Senators Mundt of South Da-
kota and Schoeppel of Kansas
in the Midwest farm belt where
unrest among the farmers be-
clouds Republican hopes.
Farm Vote Worry
The farm vote, Senator Nor
ton said. was one of the knotty
problems confronting the party
as farm prices are bad and l
don't see that they're going to
be much better in 1850" He
also said that he found on his
Evening star., 1959-12-06

electorate, the Presidents lead
ership in foreign affairs, and
Mr.. Eisenhower's demands for
q strong labor reform bill.
Senator Morton said "an-
other good barometer" Of the
party's resurgence was the
flnapcial support it is receiving.
While we're not opulent," he
remarked, we're in pretty good
shape"
Senator Morton will report in
detail on his findings and Re-
publican plans for the 1860
campaign at a meeting Of the
national committee in Chicago
this week.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

session Of Congress. some Of
them were mighty gloomy
about their prospects of being
reelected" Senator Dirksen
said.
Nov, after they have been
around in their home States,
there is a much higher degree
of hope among them"
Senator Dirksen aScribed
what he called a new spirit of
unity and optimism among the
Republicans to President Eli
senhower's personal efforts to
promote world peace and to
continuing prosperity at home.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
RuiIrouder Dies

MOUNT VERNON. n. DEC.
S AP).-An assistant DIVISION
engineer of the Southern Rail-
way who fell under freight
train locomotive yesterday died
of his injuries early today. He
was 4s-year-old Dennis I. BeIk
of Princeton, Ind. Mr.. ,Belk
was directing a maintenance
crew. Railway officials said It
wasn't determined how the ac-
cident occurred.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Morton Sees Chance
For 9. 0. P. in House
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

Republican National Chairman Thruston B. Morton after
000-me trip IS States hopeful the O. O. can regain
control Of the House next year. 90. y.
I'VE have fighting chance, and we're going to make
fight of it," he said.
Senator Morton who hats as bis parys leader
Evening star., 1959-12-06
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