davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Chicken Withdrawals
To Cost u. S. Millions

none will receive it now since
the Health Department has
banned its use"
The Health Department re-
ported numerous calls from
persons who have chickens on
hand and wish to know what
to do with them in view of the
announcement that the female
hormone caused breast cancer
in men.
They were told to eliminate
the skin and livers if there
was any question as to still
beStrol treatment and that the
higher priced birds were more
likely to contain the substance.
The residues in poultry are
confined to the skins and livers
of the slaughtered birds. Nc
reSidueS have been found in
white or dark meat.
The Health Department also
has said that the hormone has
been used in a small way in
treating small turkeys but Mr.
MorSe'S statement did not men,
ton it.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Edstrom Elected
Head of National
Press Club

Ed Edstrom. a reporter with
the Washington Bureau of
Hearst Newspapers, last night
was elected president of the
National Press Club.
He succeeds William L. Law
renee of the New York Times.
Mr.. Edstrom came to WASH
ington nine years ago as men,
Der of the Washington bureau
of the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal. Previously, he had been
with the Detroit Free Press and
Toledo News-Bee.
His wife, Eve, is a reporter
for the Washington Post and
Times Herald. They live at $500
Wisconsin avenue NV.
Also elected last night were
John P. Cosgrove of Broadcast
ing Publications, vice president;
B. L. Livingstone, Associated
Press, secretary; Joseph A.
Dear, Dear Publications, treas
urer, and George B. Bryant,
McGraW-Hill Publications, A.
nancial secretary.
In the only contested elec-
ton, Ernest Barcella of the AS
sociated Press and Bryson Rash
of the National Broadcasting
Co., won three-year terms on
the Board Of Governors.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
POTOMAC FEVER.
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike gives world slogan food family friendship
and freedom One Democratic candidate says the
thought of running that makes him feel little
AT himself.
The Federal space agency builds tracking sta
ton in Florida Won't cost much They make it out
OF the spare missile parts raining down from Cape Canaver
Senator Symngton Journeys to Africa One thing about
these candidates they fail to make the White House.
they'll never starve in the travel agency business
Welfare Secretary Femmng has sale of stilbeStro-ed
chickens This brings up the old puzzer Mr. Secretary
Which came first, the chicken or the cranberry"
It's rumored Democratic Senator Morse will confess
Ike Though I've belted you and ayed you by the lvn
Gawd that made you're traveln that EN-.
Gunga Dwight"
Difference between wonder miracle drugs:
drug anything except what happens to all you
That takes miracle.
One thing about Adlai Stevenson. If he's nominated
and the Republicans claim he win you hear
utteng an old cliche like Let's look at the record
Evening star., 1959-12-12
10 Held Plotting
To Kill Castro

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Dec.
II CAP) Reports circulated
here today that 16 sailors
arrested for plotting against
the government also planned to
aSsaSSinate Prime Minister
Fidel Castro.
One unofficial report said the
plotterS had planned to kill
Mr.. Castro November 20 when
he arrived here to participate
in obServanceS commemorating
the anniversary of his uprising
against eX-Dictator Fulgencio
Batista. 1t said the plan was
upset because Mr.. Castro ar
rived by road instead of by air,
as expected.
All the sailors. including one
minor, we're arrested November
30, a few minutes before Mr..
Castro's arrival. They are held
On charges of plotting against
the state, but what they plot
ted has not been specified.
Evening star., 1959-12-12

rial charged that Jorge Medoza,
chief of the National Agrarian
Reform Institute, was RESPONSE
BILE for much of the trouble that
lead to their arrests.
Mai Matos declared, how
ever:
If the tribunal thinks it is
good for the revolution, con-
demn me-even to death. will
accept 1t. am always ready to
defend the revolution"
Mai. Matos was asked if he
knew personally of any Reds in
the Army. He replied that ne
did not. but added that the late
Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos had
said in a news conference at
Camaguey that there were some
Communists among the Army's
commanders.
Neither of the Castro broth
ers was in the courtroom dur
ing Maj. Matos' testimony
Maj. Matos displayed no signs
Of nervousness as he addressed
the court of five revolutionary
commanders. The court could
sentence him to death.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Presidents Perception Grows

trodden states such as Aus
tria which since 1889 suffered
invaSions by the Nazis and
later by the Reds. 1t is no
eXaggeration to believe that
in the very near future West
ern Europe will stand on its
own feet and will be able to
face any threat from the East
without our physical support.
The same situation could
be brought about in Asia
where national consciousness
in the less sophisticated and
cynical countries could be-
come keener than in the
West. But it is essential that
they be treated not as STEP
children as some are now
when they want to form a
real barrier against the per-
Sistent aggreSsivenesG of in
ternationel communism. 1t is
also essential. according to
expert observers, that eco
nOmlcally they do not at
tempt to stretch further than
their blanket.
midas case is typical.
There are many millions of
people living in utter misery
in the Subcontinent. The first
need of that desperately poor
population is food. Their
leaders, however, are not de-
voting all their energies to
improving the agricultural
yield. Instead, they are try
ing to induStrialize a country
which cannot be Industrial
lied for many decades, or at
least until the population no
longer must depend on out
side assistance for its daily
rationS. 1t is senSelesS, &C
cording to unbiased and nom
theological observers to at
tempt to bring heavy indus
tries into India when millions
of people are on the edge of
starvation because they can
not obtain the food mother
earth could give them.
There seems to be little
doubt that when Mr.. EiSen-
hover returns from his fact
finding trip he will fully
realize that peace-that is,
ayerting an armed conflict
with international commu-
niSm-could be best achieved
if we can, without undue eX-
penSe to the American tax
payer, put on their feet the
Asian masses which are clear
ly demonstrating that they do
not want to be the slaves of
Red dictators.
Evening star., 1959-12-12

pices. 1t formerly was called
Hustler"
. About SOS million had been
allocated to the Vega procram
under contracts let in March
and May of this year. All but
about SIT million of this money
is recoverable" and will be
used in the Atlas s-Agena pro-
gram, a NASA spokesman said.
AS originally planned. Vega
would have been a big LIQUID
fueled rocket based on the
Atlas, with the modified first
stage Vanguard rocket as second
stage. and a special 6.000-pound
thrust storea BILE -propellant third
stage. Its prospectus outlined a
variety Of missions including
Orbiting satellite, 5000
pounds; several men in orbit
for several weeks at 300 miles
altitude: 1000 pounds to the
vicinity of the moon: several
hundred pounds of instruments
landed on the moon in WORKING
condition: $50 pounds on a
planetary mission.
Difference Considerable
Although NASA spokesmer
said the payload capabilities
of the Agena would be very
little" less than those of Vega
testimony before the Senate
Space Committee earlier this
year showed the difference tc
be considerable. For comparable
jobs, this testimony indicated
Agena could lift only about
two-thirdS the load Vega coulo
handle.
Walter T. Bonney. NASA
Director of Information, said
fatty that the elimination oi
Vega from the sagging ma
tional space effort bought the
country neither time. money
nor payload capability.
What are you getting them"
he was asked.
I'VE are buying lot of relia-
bility," Mr.. Bonney said.
The elimination of Vega re-
leased for other use six Aliases
scheduled for delivery to NASA
in the next two years. Two OF
these will arrive in 1860 and
four in 1861.
Evening star., 1959-12-12

The military court at Camp
Libertad recessed early this
morning after Mai. Matos,
former military commander in
Camaguey Province. and a
group of junior officers ar
rested with him testified in
their own behalf.
Mai. MatoS calmly denied
charges of treason, Sedition
and conspiracy and called his
trial crime of the Cuban
revolution.
The bearded revolutionary
veteran, Al, said he sought to
resign from the Army prior to
his arrest last October because
If theological differences with
Raul Castro, the Prime Minis
;erS Younger brother and armed
'orces minister, over Communist
nfiltration of the army.
Communists are not neces-
sary in the armed forces" he
.old the court.
He also denied that he at
tempted to interfere with the
governments Agarian reform
program.
He and the other officers on
Evening star., 1959-12-12
RALPH McGILL

There was a great picture
of the massed thousands of
Indians greeting the Presi-
dent of the United States. d.
Their hands were raised be-
fore their faces, palms to-
gether, and their heads we're
slightly bowed. They were
calling as he came. "Nemaste!
Nemaste!"
This greeting. freely trans
lated, means. Il bow only to
God. God is in all things.
Therefore, I bow to God who
is in you"
But it means more than
that. 1t has in it the effort
by the Indian to tranSmit
some of his souls greatest
hopes to the soul of the other
person-and himself to feel
some transmission in return.
Most of them about Pres
ident Eisen over were
wretched and hungry. Pow
ertv sat heavily upon them.
They were ragged and thin.
Neither they nor the genera
tons before them have known
a full stomach or the ordinary
comforts of life.
But to them. Eisenhower
was. and is, a symbol.
We forget, I am afraid,
that this country is itself a
symbol. We have allowed the
Communist and nationalist
anti American demonstra-
tions to becloud our vision.
We perhaps do not any longer
see this country as others
see it-aS a haven and a place
where there is a good life,
opportunity and Justice.
Not many know that for
millions around the earth the
Evening star., 1959-12-12

an Atlas intercontinental bal
listic missile with two upper
stages would be used to lift
5000 pounds into orbit around
the earth. Replacing it is an
Agena program which will
probably cost as much money
and will lift somewhat smaller
loads.
No one at NASA would pre-
dict that the Agena program
would be spaceworthy earlier
than the 1861 date considered
likely for Vega. They emph"- =
sizoC. oW yer. that Agena
would be more reliable than
the abandoned project.
Once Labeled Hustler
Agena is the name for a
second stage liquid fueled
rocket currently used in Dis
coverer earth-orbiting program
at Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calf, under Pentagon aus
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Enthusiastic Receptions May Inspire
Recommendation for Wider u. S. Aid

President Eisenhower, who
until he started his spectacu-
lar trip to three continents
had only a hearsay knowl-
edge of what the portions of
Asia he is visiting stood for,
is said to have gained a far
better perception of their role
in present world tension.
Not only has he received an
unprecedented welcome from
ofhcialdom which is protocol
bound to receive him warmly
but also from the masses of
uneducated and simple people
who regard him as a Prince
of Peace and representative
of a powerful country which
could save them from Com
muniSt slavery.
Mr.. Eisenhower was well
coined cordially in Turkey
and Pakistan and also in
apathetic India whose people
have become far more con-
cerned over the Communist
threat than their own top
leaders.
The President spoke about
peace with honor. But he also
spoke about the dire neceS-
sity of these Asian peoples
within the reach of the Com
munlst empires to be ready
to face any situation which
may call for active and not
passive resistance. And he
intimated that this country
was ready to help them pro-
vided they themselves were
willing to make the necessary
efforts within their own
means. There was no need to
stress these points IN Turkey
and P a kistan. These two
MoSlem republics are geared
for any emergency.
Turkey has the largest and
best ground force among the
NATO nations - 100000
trained men under arms and
at least a similar number in
active reserves. Pakistan, be-
cause of past conditions
caused by its previous corrupt
government and also because
of the scantiness of American
military support. has a small
er number. But the existing
eight divisions are regarded
by experts as among the
finest IN the world insofar as
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Rail Shutdown
Held Possible
BY LEE NJ. COHN
Star Stan Writer

that a strike may shut dowr
the Nations railroads next
May.
G. E. Leighty, chairman OF
the Railway Labor Executives
Association. estimated yester-
day that chances for avoiding
a strike are about $3.50" The
rail unions will strike only II
the railroads force a Walkout
liz told a press conference
Asked about timing. Mr.
Lelghty said May would b.
the earliest possible date for g
strike.
Most other authorities Specu.
late that a rail strike could take
place as early as February.
Negotiations between the raj
unions and the railroads are
now in preliminary stages. The
Railway Labor Act requires
both sides to follow complex
and time-consuming proce-
dures before a strike.
"Featherbedding" Big Issue
Issues cover a broad range
The unions want increases ir
wages and fringe benefits, anc
the railroads propose reduc-
tlons. The toughest issue in
wolves the railroads demands
for changes in rules covering
crew sizes, mileage pay and
other matters.
These rules, the railroads
contend, encourage feather
bedding"-deflned as pay fol-
work not done or not needed
The unions vehemently deny
the featherbedding charges.
In this connection, Mr.
Lightly disclosed that the
RLEA is sending question
naires to about 1000 labor
arbltrators and others who may
serve on fact-finding boards
established under the Railway
Labor Act.
The unions want to find out
he said, whether the railroads
propaganda" about feather.
bedding has biased the think.
ing of these experts.
New Remedy Sought
If the publicity campaign
has instilled prejudice in many
of the potential jurors" Mr.
Leighty said, I'VE will have tt
seek a new remedy"
A spokesman for the Amer.
lean Association of Railroads
called the questionnaires "s
crude insult to the integrity
of prospective arbitrators." He
said use of the questionnaires
carries the further insulting
inSinuation that a board ap-
pointed by President Eisen-
hover would not render fail
report on the facts"
The queStionnaire asks
whether recipients have reaC
various advertisements by the
railroads and newspaper arti-
cles on featherbedding. Other
questions ask whether recipi-
ents believe rail workers are
overpaid and are paid for work
net performed. Finally. the
unions ask whether the recipi-
entS believe they could judge
the rail disputes without bias.
Evening star., 1959-12-12

courage. determination and
leadership are concerned.
In India the situation is
serious indeed because of the
paSsivity of the government
and the lack of interest by
the masses. But even there,
because of the direct threat
from the Chinese Commu-
niSts there is distinct awak-
ening. These conditions
which Mr.. Eisenhower has
been able to gather first hand
and not from predigested re-
ports from our Government
departments and agencies
may lead him to recommend
to Congress a substantial in
crease in military and eco
nomic support not only to the
Asian countries he has
visited but also to others
which are within gun range
of the Chinese Communists.
such as Korea and Wet Nam.
The economic and military
assistance We have given
Western Europe since the
end of the war and particu-
larly since the creation of the
North Atlantic alliance has
resulted in a miraculous re-
covery of all these nations.
Militarily they are not yet
strong enough to stand on
their feet. But the economic
and particularly the spiritual
recovery as a result of the
Improvement of the stand
ards of living of their people
has been the most astound-
ing feat in centuries.
Between the end of the war
and the turn of the SOS all
our European friends and
allies were on the verge of
economic. political and spirit
ual b nkruptcy. All this
changed within a few years
when determined and patri-
otto men were at the helm.
We provided the wherewith to
improve living conditions and
the shield against Russian
aggression. The peoples
themselves, under able lead
erShip, provided d the rest
which actually was even more
important than our material
assistance. tional con-
SclouSneSS returned every
where in Europe-even to the
smallest and most down.
Evening star., 1959-12-12

not with our presently available
information substantiate that
some of the funds included in
these questions were used for
the purchase of influence
some persons who were alive
last year and might have testi-
fed are now dead"
Evening star., 1959-12-12
RALPH McGILL
Eisenhower a Symbol in India

general who commanded the
most powerful striking force
ever assembled in war. YET
he comes IN a business sulI'
There is no aura of the con-
queror about him. Instead, ne
seems a simple, kindly man.
They see him naive ana
pleased as a child at seeing
elephants and the trick riders
of the cavalry guards. NO
trumpets herald him. NO
rumble of armed might pre-
cedes MIN.
They look at his face. 1t IS
the American face. 1t is one
that many have seen in news
reels in the cinemas of their
villages and cities. But they
do not see merely his features.
They see behind him other
things they have seen in the
same reels-the massed might
and mystery of New York's
great skyline; the Statue OF
Liberty holding aloft the light
of freedom and hope. They
see more than Ike.
1t is perfectly true that no
problems are solved by this
journey. The economic wants,
needs and other problems Of
the countries will remain.
The Soviets will still probe
and press. Muslin will still
distrust Hindu. North Africa
will look with anger toward
France. Spain will continue
to be totalitarian with all the
evils thereof.
But the psychological lift
Uf this will endure for some
time to come. There is a
lesson for us. 1t is for us to
rededicate ourselves to the
American dream. 1t is for us
to eliminate racial wrongs
and to make valid the promise
of dignity and opportunity.
We, too. ought to be lifted up
by our symbol abroad.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Latin Trade
Plan Proposed
BY JOHN v. HORNER
Star S:.1 Writer

A more positive and more
imaginative trade policy in
dealing with Latin America
was urged upon the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
today.
A study prepared for the sub
committee on American Re-
publics Affairs recommended
that the United States liberal
ize its import policy and work
away from price supports and
import quotas.
The report. prepared by IN
ternational Economic Consult
ants, Inc, of Washington, was
the second in a series ordered
by the subcommittee. An earlier
study made by the University
of New Mexico dealt with poll
tical developments in the West
ern Hemisphere since World
War II.
The cCnSultantS reporting to-
day emphasized that the line
of action taken by the United
States will affect not only the
commodity problems of Latin
America but also those of other
primary producing areas.
Cooperation Essential
They also declared United
States action is seldom suffi-
cient by itself and may be
worse than no action at all un-
less other countries play their
part.
With respect to domestic
policy, the report recommended
five steps.
/. Continue to make tariff
concessions in the area of basic
commodities TO the fullest ex-
tent of the Presidents power
under the Reciprocal Trade
Agreement Act.
2. Reconsider quotas now
in effect on lead, zinc and
petroleum: move toward free
markets for minerals, using
subsidies when necessary to
maintain essential domestic
production.
3. In seeking TO solve prob
lens created by current agri-
cultural policies. move as fal
as possible away from price
supports where they require
import quotas, or where they
create surpluseS which lead tc
export subsidies for commodi-
ties important in world trade
Consultations Urged
4. Seek to time Government
imports and sales from stock
piles "contracyclically," anc
modify esent Legislation
which makes this difficult. Seek
coordination to the same enc
with other industrial countries
Consult with supplying coun-
tries in advance of any i'm
portant policy changes.
5. Where discretion in the
administration of laws and
regulations can affect the
volume of imports of primary
products, use this discretion ir
such a way as to tip the scales
in favor of admitting imports
instead of toward keeping
them out.
! The conSultantS made two
proposals with respect to finan.
clal assistance to producing
countries. There we're:
l. Continue to emphasi.-
programs designed to aSsis
long-range economic develop
ment and diversification II
commodity producing countries
2. Sponsor a move to in.
crease the Short-term borrow.
ing capacity of commodity.
producing countries from the
International Monetary Fund
or from United States in case,
in which INF financing falls
Ishort.
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Vast Reservoir of Good Will DiscernibIe
In Sincerity of Greeting by Masses

majestic figure of the Statue
of Liberty in New YorkS har-
Dor has a validity as the best
symbol of this country. We
no longer quite believe in it
ourselves.
A great many Of us do not
any longer want to receive
the tired, the poor, the hud-
died masses yearning to
breathe free. But we have
done a good selling job. And
through the lands of Asia
there still lives that old con-
cept, blurred somewhat by
the Communists and our
own indecision, that Amer
lea is a land of freedom and
opportunity.
We should never forget, in
our evaporation and frus-
tration caused by the great
changes in the world. that
there exists among millions
of people a vast reservoir of
good will for this country.
There are times when envy
and jealousy deny it. There
are moments when some STU
pidity Of our own brings forth
angry criticism.
But it is there.
And what do they see in
Ike9
The Asian masses of Paki.
stan and India have seen the
representative of the greatest
industrial power in the world
as a simple. bare-headed man
with good smile.
There is no arrogance in
him. or haughtiness. He does
not have, as does De Gaulle,
a ramrod back and thrown
back head and a mystique of
glory and power. He was the
Evening star., 1959-12-12
BY JOHN A. GILES
Star Staff Writer

The Government will have to
spend about $40 million to pick
up the tab on poultry which
has been fattened and ten
derized by a hormone suspected
of causing cancer.
That was the best estimate
the Agriculture Department
would make today but an Of
fetal cautiously added the cost
might run higher because of
the holiday season.
Health Secretary Flemming
announced at a news con-
ference Thursday that the
treatment of poultry with
stilbestrol would be banned and
that Agriculture would buy
those birds already so treated
for conversion to other usage.
What will be done with the
birds has not been determined.
This decision will depend on
the number bought and the
outlets available.
Meanwhile, cancer-c conscious
housewife deluged the Health
Department with inquiries
about stilbeStrol-treated poul-
try. Agriculture subsequently
issued another fear-allaying
announcement.
Fears Narrowed
1t said that the hormone
substance was given only to
Chickens that are raised to be
sold as caponetteS."
1t said that since the addi-
tional cost of stilbestrol and the
labor and extended growing pc
rlod are added to the poultry
mans expense, the treated birds
are generally found only in the
higher priced market.
Consumers can continue tc
buy regular sbroilers. fryers
roasting chickens and capons
with the knowledge that they
have not been treated with still
bestrol," the department said
The announcement from Act.
ing Secretary True D. Morse
added that approximately 9C
per cent of the birds had never
received the treatment and that
Evening star., 1959-12-12
Cyclone Kills IS

LOURENCO MARQUES. Mo-
zambique, Dec. II (AP). - A
cyclone hit the small Portu-
guese East African coastal set.
tlement of Mocimboa da Praia
Thursday. killing IS Africans
and leaving a trail of destruc-
ton and debris.