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Evening star., 1959-12-10

The hopeful expecta n
mother read the advertisement
eagerly:
Would you like to work
spare time at home? Easy
money, very good pay. We have
a tremendous backlog of un-
filled orders for hand-knitted
garments"
Similar ads were read by
others-an ailing widow, q
paraplegic-all as anxious aS
the young expectant mother to
earn extra dollars to supple
ment limited income.
How many millions of dol
lars we're collected by the
heartless promoters of such
frauds may never be known
For the average American is
reluctant to admit he's been
swindled.
But shut-ins sent Sc million
to one promoter selling hosiery
knitting machines. The victims
were not able to sell any
hosiery. They were left with
costly machines of no use to
them.
In the words of Hugh r.
jackson. president Of the New
York City Better Business Bu-
reau:
1T is hard to imagine any
form Of chicanery more heart
less than this"
Representatives of Marjay
Sales Co. on Long Island
promised to buy finished
knitted garments from house
wives who bought knitting ma
chimes for $435 each. The
trusting women were assured:
you can pay for the ma
chine out of money earned
from sale of the garments to
US"
The women signed sales con-
tracts and worked long hours
to produce knitted articles
which were rejected in almost
every instance because they
were imperfect"
The $435 machine, it de-
veicped. cost the promoters
only $35.
The Bureau of Consumer
Frauds and Protection in the
Attorney Generals office dis
solveH Marjay. But many VIC
TINS could not be helped be-
cause the sales contracts mad
been sold to a finance company
Evening star., 1959-12-10
81 Million Loan Made
On New Apartments

John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Co. has made q
mortgage loan Of 81 million on
a new eight-story apartment
building at 1414 Seventeenth
street NV.
The structure was built by
Charles E. Smith Co. and /.
owned by Massachusetts, AS.
sociateS. 1t is managed BY
Charles E. Smith Management
The loan was negotiated BY
Donald H. Richardson Co., Johr
Hancock mortgage correspond
ent.
Evening star., 1959-12-10
CIF Directors Declare
Larger Distribution

Directors Of Consumers In
vestment Fund declared a year.
end distribution of IL cents a
share including is cents from
investment income and los
cents from capital gains. Presi-
dent Dan A. Kimball an
nounced.
The distribution is double
the amount paid in September
and raises 1859 distributions to
% cents a share, he said.
Evening star., 1959-12-10
Riverdale Bank Votes
4 Pct. Year-End Extra

Directors of the Citizens
Ball.; of Maryland, which has
its main Office at Riverdale,
Md, have declared an extra
dividend of 4 per cent or 40
cents a share in addition to a
regular Semiannual dividend of
2 per cent or 20 cents a share.
The bank has paid 3 per
cent or 80 cents a share extra
with other recent semiannual
dividends of 2 per cent.
The larger extra will lift 1853
payments to $l.10 share, COM
Evening star., 1959-12-10
Harris Is Chairman
OF harrington Board

Huntington Harris of Wash
ington was elected chairman OF
the board Of Farrigton Manu-
featuring Co.. developers oi
sleetronic reading machines ano
business systems at Needham
Heights Mass.
HE succeeds Donald H. Far
rington, who resigned from the
board.
Mr.. Harris, who resides in
Leesburg, Va. was elected tc
the board in March. 1859, when
harrington acquired Intelligent
Machines Research Corp, Alex
andria, Va, of which he was
director. He will remain as q
member of the executive and
finance committees of the Far
rington board.
Evening star., 1959-12-10
Months Postal Receipts
Is Pet, Above Year Ago

November postal receipts ir
Washington amounted to So.
802 $40, jump of is per cent
from $2.436,225 in November
last year, Postmaster Carlton
G. Beall reported.
Receipts for IL months this
year aggregated $50, 0,796, 900, ar
increase of 1913 per cent from
$27,348.330 in the same 1856
period.
:, The latest totals contrast
with 10 years ago when Novsm-
beT. l949, receipts amounted
to only $1,655,942 and Ii
months receipts amounted tc
$1T,043, ,202.
Evening star., 1959-12-10

retired and aged persons
warned Edwin D. Canham
president Of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce, today
Addressing the National
Committee on Aging in New
York City. Mr.. Canham said the
necessarily higher taxes to f.
nance these benefits would add
their bit to upward pressures
Of higher costs and further ad-
vances in prices.
Evening star., 1959-12-10

Collections of income taxes
and business franchise taxes
aggregated $33,825,000 in the
IL months, a gain of 10 per
cent from $3o,783,O00 a year
earlier.
Receipts from property taxes
amounted to $56,835, 900, an
increase of 5.4 per cent from
53,908,000 in the same 1858
period.
Evening star., 1959-12-10
Social Security Raises
Opposed as InflatiOnary

CoSt-of-living increases In
social security benefits would
add to taxes and only add to
imitation, which erodes the fixed
incomes and lifetime savings OF
Evening star., 1959-12-10
''a+. s sa+.BnszMEss
D. G. Sales Taxes Up
rs Pct. From 1858
By DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Rejecting good year, District Of Columbia collections
or sales and receipts taxes $407640O0
irst II months of 1852 gain of rs per
q year earlier.
This disclosed today by the monthly report from the
Evening star., 1959-12-10

pared with 81 a share in 1858.
Both year-end dividends will
be paid December 81 to stock
holders of record December 10.
100 Firms to Display
AutOmOtive Equipment
Around 100 manufacturers
will have displays Of the latest
automotive equipment at the
43d annual convention and ex-
hibitlon of the National Auto
mobile Dealers Association here
January 30-February 3.
The exhibition will cover
$4,000 square feet of space and
will include a new-car service
consultation hall where top
factory officials of five COM
panies will be on hand to con-
suit with dealers and service
managers.
Evening star., 1959-12-10
OVER COUNTER

Washington listings on over-the-
counter markets furnished by the Ma
tional Association of Securities Dealers
as OF l pm. Thursday, December 10:
Evening star., 1959-12-10
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (AP).-Yesterday's
closing oveI-the-counter United States
Government Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1959-12-10
FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 CAP).-ForeiRn
exchange rates tGreat Britain in doll
lars, others in cents and dectmals Of
cent?:
Canada in ny
Evening star., 1959-12-10

Snow-white fresh flowers
from Africo dointy
green buds thot open into
O glory Of perfect Stors
.. 1870 on each cut
stem. GUARANTEED TO
BLOOM UP TO s LONG
WEEKS! Shipped postPoid
anywhere in The U. S. A.
Evening star., 1959-12-10

Prices quoted IN dollars and thirty.
seconds
Subject to Federal taxes but not to
State income taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
Burke Asserts
Fleet Good
Needs BUILDING

Admiral Arleigh A. Burke
says the material condition Of
the feet is not what 1t should
be but is still plenty good. "
The Chief Of Naval Opera
tons told reporters yesterday
that Americas sea forces are
combat ready and able to carry
out their global commitments,
But. as he has so many times
in the past. Admiral Burke
pointed out that 80 per cent Of
the Nays 864 ships in COM
mission were built during
World War II or before.
This situation threatens
''block obsolescence" Of the
fleet unless modernization and
new construction are stepped
up soon, he asserted.
The comments from Admiral
Burke came after publication
by the House Defense Appro-
priations Subcommittee Mon
day Of a report by a Navy
designated civilian survey team
on feet maintenance and readi-
ness.
The three-man study group,
which included a naval ship
builder. reported the fleet is
mot in an acceptable state Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
63 Get Degrees
In Scottish Rite

Sixty-three Washington men
received the 31st and 32d de-
grees of the Ancient and Ac-
copied Scottish Rite of Free
masonry in ceremonies recently
at the Scottish Rite Cathedral,
1888 Eleventh street NV.
They included Wesley s. VIII
liamS, member of the Board Of
Education; the Rev. Chasteen
T. Murray, pastor Of Vermont
avenue Baptist Church; Curtis
j. Blakesly.. deputy grand
master of the grand lodge of
Prince Hall Masons for the
District, and Edwin o. Fann-
bulleh and A. Lamina James,
Liberian Embassy attaches.
The degrees were conferred
by Illustrious Communicating
Chief Roy A. Logan and Of
ficers of Jonathan Davis Con-
sistory No. /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
African Leader
Has Child, Is Put
Under Arrest

SALISBURY. Southern Rho
desia. April l (AP).-British
security forces arrested the top
woman In the outlawed Nyasa-
land African National Con-
gress as she walked out of a
hospital after giving birth to
her fifth child.
The woman. Mrs. Rose Chi
bambo. 20. was accused by the
Nyasaland government Of be-
ing one of four Africans mas
reminding campaign Of muir
der and violence which the
government claims the con-
gress planned.
Her husband Samuel was
seized by security forces a week
ago. The government an
nouncement last night Of Mrs.
Chibambo's arrest did not say
what happened to her new
baby or give any other details.
Mrs. Chibambo is chairman
of the women's section of the
congress. which was banned a
month ago when a state of
emergency was declared in the
British protectorate to crush
an uprising Of nationalist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
Tin Dispute BoiIs

LA PAZ, Bolivia. April (AP)
Despite last-minute pleas by
labor leaders, the government
last night stuck to its decision
to reduce commfssary subsidies
for Bolivia's tin miners start
ing tomorrow.
News from several mining
centers indicated the POSSIBLE
| ity Of demonstrations tomorrow
to protest the measure.
The comfnissaries are main
tanned BY the mining corpora
ton that runs the nationalized
mines. Tin is the backbone OF
Bolivia's economy that has
been struggling along for sew
eral years. propped up by aid
from the United States and the
International Monetary Fund
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01

HAVANA. April l tAP) -
Another American has been re-
leased from jail after inyesti-
CATION in Cuba's currency
smuggling probe. 1t was learned
today. He. is Sam Harris OF
Miami. Fla.
His release left only two
Americans in jail while po-
lice determine whether they
brought Cuban pesos into. the
country in violation of DEGREES.
Still held in the currency in
vestigation are Frank Rod
rigues and Austin Frank Young.
both of Miami. Four other
Americans were released pro-
visionally yesterday but are ex-
pected to face court hearings,
The other four freed are two
New York women, Xenia Thorn
adakis and Elaine Mitchell: a
retired Army lieutenant colonel,
Edward Solomon. Of North
Miami, Fla. and a Miami man,
Jesus Antonio Prieto.
Police said Mr.. Solomon was
carrying 10000 Cuban pesos
when he was taken into custody
at the airport upon his arrival
from Miami on March IL. The
others were detained the same
day. Police said Mr.. Pieto had
1880 pesos, and the two wo-
men $1,000 pesos between them
The revolutionary govern
ment has issued regulations
against a traveller bringing In
more than so pesos. It is try
ing to prevent exiled followers
of former Dictator FulgenciC
Batista from making use OF
large funds they are alleged tc
have taken away.
Mr.. Young was disclosed tc
have been arrested March rs
on charges of dealing illegally
in pesos and also for inyesti.
CATION of charges of flying Ba-
tista followers out of Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
LATIN AMERICAN NOTES
5 Americans Freed
In Cubon Peso Probe

to the United States. The har-
Dor pilots threatened TO strike
unless the new port captain
was dismissed.
Meanwhile, some 5000 miners
employed by the United States
Steel Corps subsidiary. ORR
noco Mining Co.. went on strike
and union leaders threatened to
extend the walkout TO some
1000 metallurgical workers In
Caracas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
Betuncourt Hits Union

CARACAS. Venezuela. April
/ (AP). - President Romulo
Betancourt threatened today to
use the Navy to prevent harbor
pilots from striking and par
alyzing the port Of Ciudad
Bolivar.
He said he was determined
to avert a closing Of the Orino-
CO River port which handles all
Venezuelan iron ore shipments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01

readiness. 1t said also that
drastic action is needed to re-
verse the mounting deteriora-
ton" now in progress.
Evening star., 1959-06-28

1000
5-Stor Performance. Oromo.
Firing Squod." 0ovid Niven
stoFS.
7-Vietory et Sec. Navy.
KILLERS ond the Killed"
9-Gunsmoks. Western.
A bullying lond owner tries 70
forcibly eViet homesteoder.
jones Arness, Dennis Weover.
lRepeot.I
1880
4-The D. As Mon. Crime.
S-Pioyhouse Five. Movie.
ia Hours. Gross Fire." l947.
A killer is tropped by his own
onti-semitisnn. Robert Young,
Robert Ryon.
is. A. 7. Crime.
blue Plate Specioi." Lloyd
Nolon.
Evening star., 1959-06-28

S-Tsn-Thirty Theotsr. Movie.
z Hours. The Bride Gees
Wild" lS4s. A young school,
teocher. selected to illustrate .
new chiIdren's book, is dismoYsd
to find thot the outhor is O hoppy-
oo-lucky roke who hos little use
for children. Van johnson, Juns
Allyson.
lI:o0
4-News. Sports.
Horkness. Michael.
7-Saturdoy Night Movie.
IA Hours. Born for Trouble"
l942.
9-News. Weather. Sports.
Barber. Douolos. OonieIs.
l1:I5
4-Feafure festivol. Movie.
I Hess. IS Min. "Mr. Meto
Tokes Nocotion." 1889. Mr..
Moto ouords some valuable gems.
Peter Lore, vifoinio Field.
9-Ten-ThiFty Theotes. Movie.
Continuation of The Bride Goes
Wild"
l2:l5
1.-The Lords Prayer.
Simmer Sanetum. .Oromo.
l2:40
4-lnspirotion.
iz:4S
9-Shoek! Movie.
IM Heurs. The Mummyss
Ghost" 1914. A mummy de-
cides to seorch for its lost love N
Americo. Lon Choney, ir.
2:00
9-Meditotion. WeathsR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

left uncorrected In the haste Of adjourn
rnent early today.
Great credit is due the Senate for
It's last-minute effort to provide SIS
million additional with which to build
a pipeline from the airport to the Dis
trict sewer system across the Potomac
River. This would carry the sewage
down-river to the Blue Plains treatment
plant, where no danger to the water
supply Is involved. But the confereeS,
cognizant OF the desire of Congress to
quit overnight, eliminated the item from
an omnibus appropriation bill ConSe-
quently, there was no debate or any
final vote In the House on the sewage
amendment.
If the President needs the warnings
of all Federal and local authorities on
river pollution and water supply, he will
instruct Federal Aviation Administrator
Quesada to do nothing about sewage
disposal at the Dulles International Air
port until Congress has had chance to
reconsider It's bad mistake. Meanwhile,
it is possible that the interim study
recently ordered by the President will
produce comprehensive and safe long
view plan for preventing sewage from the
airport and developing nearby communi-
ties from entering the river above the
water intake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Neither No Nor Yes

Not surprisingly, Governor Rookie
feiler has put off group of New Hamp-
shire supporters who want him to run
in that States presidential preference
primary on March g. The New Yorker
talked at some length of his RESPONSE
bilitieS to the people of his own State, but
in the matter of the primary he didn't
say no and he didn't say yes.
The principal reason for this, we
suppose, is that the Governor wants to
test the political winds a while longer
before committing himself. There is
every indication that Vice President
Nixon will enter the primary, and his
New Hampshire hackers profess to be
confident. Furthermore, Mr.. Nixon has
shown vote-getting strength in the past
among New Hampshire Republicans. So
Governor Rockefeller can be forgiven If
he proceeds with caution. If he enters
this first primary he cannot afford to
lose 1t. He is starting from far back. and
a trouncing in New Hampshire quite
probably would spell the end Of his
presidential ambitions. Thus, the out
look is for some very careful SoundingS
by the Rockefeller people, and If these
indicate that trouble is ahead we suS-
pect Governor Rockefeller will decide to
wait and fight some other day on some
other primary battlefield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Y. |. p. Comes to Town

In all of the debate, pro and con,
over the merits and wisdom of inviting
Mr.. KhruShchev to visit Washington, no
one denies that he is a very important
person He is important because he has
the power, if he wishes to use it, to
divert the stream of world events toward
a peaceful and enormously prosperous
future. He also has the power, If he
wishes to use it, or even If he capriciously
miSuSes it, to plunge the world into a
war that would be incomparably more
destructive than anything known before.
These things are true, and it is be-
cause of them that Mr.. Khrushchev is in
our Capital City today in response to the
Presidents invitation. And it is because
Of them that Mr.. Eisenhower, in the
near future, will pay a return visit to
Russia at Mr. Khrushchev'S invitation.
No one can foreSee the end result; no one
can say with any certainty whether
these exchanges of visits will bring even
slight thaw in the ice which imprisonS
East and West. But is is our sincere
belief that the visits are representative
of an effort which had to be made Mr..
Eisenhower, inspired only by a desire
to promote peace, has done both the
right and the necessary thing.
No one needs to be reminded Of
broken Soviet promises, of hopes raised
and soon dashed. Without forgetting
the past, however, one must look to the
future. The cold war cannot endure as
such forever. At some point turn will
bat or to better international rela-
tionship. And it is just possible that this
may be the turning point.
If this is so, or until the contrary is
shown, everyone who would not choose
the alternative of war should support
the President in what he is trying to do.
This can best be done by according Mr..
Khrushchev courteous reception, and
by manifestation of trust and conf
dence in the President. Mr.. Eisenhower
is perfectly we'll aware of all the factors
and risks involved He is not going to be
taken in" by Mr.. Khrushchev. He knows
that, at best, only little progress is
possible at this time AS long as there is
a possibility of little progress, however,
the opportunity should not be put in
jeopardy by any ill-considered word or
deed. Without closing either our eyes
or our minds to reality, let's give this
exchange of visits chance. In the long
run, there is much to be gained and we
do not think that anything need be lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
NINTH STREET Sc.
Dear Sir:

OedI OH
"Blacksnakes are friends
remember how in the coun-
try the farmers welcomed
them into the corncribs
And snakes are smart. The
wisdom of the serpent is
something we have always
heard about.
after reading about the
snake in the attic, in your
column, I want to reassure
the person who wrote about
finding a snakeSkin there.
Il remember years ago,
when I visited our place at
Gunston Manor, Va, that 1
ran up into the attic, where
I slept, and found the IA
miliar pattern of a black
snakes skin in some lumber.
There were no mice in the
traps up there-the snake
had eaten them all.
y +
How much better to have
a blacksnake than mice!
"At the time I had been
reading that snakes travel
in pairs, and after searching
the rafters, ! tried to settle
down to sleep (this was in
the late falD, but I also re-
membered that someone had
told me that if a snake ever
got in bed with you to let it
get up first.
II didn't sleep very well,
partly because I heard a
squirrel nibbling all night
sounded like a dog gnawing
a bone.
L remember with pleasure
my pet blacksnake.
Il used to put out a saucer
Of milk for him.
often he would be lurking
around the doorstep when l
came and would scuttle
underneath the house.
"One evening a city slicker
came out with me and before
I could tell him the snake
was my best friend, he
dubbed him to death.
Sincerely, L. A. c."
That snakes are wise is one
of the most ancient ideas of
mankind.
If such basic ideas were
made up today, as they were
then, the serpents would not
fare so we'll, we believe.
After all. rats are much
smarter, in every ordinary
meaning of that word. Rats
have been extensively inves-
tigated, and some of their
tricks are almost unbe-
lievable.
Snakes, on the other hand,
seldom show any intelligence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Matter of Credit

The Sunday Star of August
80 carries a spread. entitled
wells Fargo Museum Re-
calls Days When Black Bart
Plagued Stages" by Bud
Springer. 1t stated Such a
full record is understandable
when you remember that
Wells Fargo once owned the
Butterfield Overland Stages.
the Holiday Overland Mail
and the Pony Express, and
later all but monopolized
Western Railroad Express"
This appears to be just
another attempt to garble
history. to add furnished
glamour to an institution en-
titled to plenty Of glory in its
own right. to erase the true
story Of one Of the really
great epics of Western his
tory in the making. and to
rob the real founders and
operators of the Pony Ex-
press, the well-known freight
ing firm of Russell. Majors
and Waddell, who are no
longer here to defend them
selves against such petty
shipping.
The true meaning Of the
Pony Express Is inherent In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Labor Controls

Although labor unions are
definitely justified. and in
many respects benefit the
American worker, there are
certain restrictions which
must be placed upon these
unions not only for the pro-
lection Of the American
worker himself, but also for
the protection Of every citi-
zen, our State and local gov
ernments and our American
way of life.
Labor unions are a prime
means Of infiltration by Com
munist organizations into our
Government and economy.
Without the necessary lawful
restrictions placed upon the
unions it appears inevitable
that the American system Of
unionization will become cor
rilnt to the extent Of affect
ing not only our own economy
and government but that Of
the entire free world.
I strongly feel that the
labor reform bill will remedy
many Of the lCopholes in the
present legislation Used by
some union leaders to further
their own selfish. corrupt and
,un-American desires.
Stricter legislation regulat-
ing secondary boycotts, or
ganizational picketing and
Federal-versus-State jurisdic-
ton in labor cases is needed
to save the face" of the
American worker. Also, due
to the fact that some Of the
worst corruption occurs in
small unions, all unions
should be compelled to file
financial reports with the
Secretary of Labor.
Threatening letters such as
those sent by James B. Carey,
vice president of the ALL
CLIO. to all members Of the
House who voted for the
stringent Landrum Griffin
bill insult American citizens
and members Of Congress.
The poor judgment used by
Mr.. Carey. and by others who
have performed similar acts
of coercion. is evidence Of
their underhanded tactics
and selfish desires.
There are many unions Of
integrity. but they seem to be
in the minority; therefore.
more rigid controls must be
placed on all unions.
Gordon r.. Jensen.