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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Senators Back
RightofCo-ops
ToBuyDairies.
Agriculture Unit
Okuys Bill to Help
Area Producers
BY JAMES G. DEANE
star staff Writer

The Senate Agriculture Com
mittee has quietly Joined
forces with the Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers AsSo-
citation to counter court action
threatening farmer coop own
ership of diaries, including
Embassy Dairy here.
Legislation, cleared by the
Senate unit last week, ex-
pressly grants dairy-owning
authority to the Maryland
Virginia group and similar CO.
ops elsewhere.
Now awaiting Senate floor
action, the legislation would
be effective retroactively and
thus would apparently fore
stall execution Of a pending
court order to the Washing
ton area coop to divest itself
of Embassy Dairy, bought in
1854.
Acted without Hearings
The agriculture unit acted
Wednesday without announce
ment and without holding
hearings.
Senator Long, Democrat Of
Louisiana, sponsored the bill.
which the unit said would
amend the Capper-VolStead
Act to remove any question"
regarding the right of co-ops
to acquire existing diaries,
either in the future or in the
past.
Federal Judge Alexander
Holtzoff in District Court here
disallowed the Embassy Dairy
purchase in a decision rem
dered last November and am
plif1ed in January. The ruling
declared the Embassy purchase
violates the Clayton and Sher-
man antitrust acts.
Appeals Ruling to High Court
Judge Holtzoff said the pur-
chase was undertaken by the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS coop with
the intention of forecloSing
competition in the District
area milk market. The aSso-
citation has appealed the deci-
sion to the Supreme Court.
The Agriculture Department
opposed the LEGISLATION, declar-
ing it should wait until after
Supreme Court action. The
department said it recognized
the need, however, for farmer
co-ops to engage in more in
tegrated operations, presum-
ably including diaries, in order
to meet adverse marketing
conditions.
The Senate committee, in q
report drafted by a subcommit-
tee headed by Senator Hum
phrey, Democrat of Minnesota
said it felt the bill, by immedi-
ately clarifying the law, would
assure its Interpretation in the
manner which the committee
feels will best serve the public
interest"
Coop Council Backs Bill
The bill will give the Agri-
culture Department power to
issue cease-and-deSiSt orders il
a co-op's activities raised the
prices of farm products I'M
duly, the report asserted.
The House Agriculture Com
mittee has not yet acted on the
legislation.
The Senate committee said
the bill has the backing of the
National Council of Farmer
Co-operatives, which has a
membership of 5000 co-ops.
William B. Hooper, general
manager of the Maryland-Vir-
ginia group, said the legislation
has great Importance for dairy
co-ops in all parts of the coun-
try. He voiced hope for prompt
favorable Congressional action
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West Ministers
Agree on Plan
To0ffer Reds
Compromise Seeks
To Cut Soviet Price
For Berlin Truce

GENEVA, July 10 (APj.-The
Western foreign ministers were
reported tonight to have
reached basic agreement on a
compromise proposal aimed at
lowering RuSsia's price for a
truce in the Berlin dispute.
The proposition is expected
to be presented to Russia'S An
drei A. Gromyko in sessions of
the Big Four foreign ministers
conference early next week.
Two meetings of the con-
ference are set for Monday.
The Western plan is UNDER
stood to have two main provi-
sionS:
l. The United States, Britain,
France and the Soviet Union
would create a four-power
commission to negotiate on
unification of East and West
Germany and on terms Of a
German peace settlement dur
ing the period of a Berlin truce.
2. Advisers from East and
West Germany would be at
tached to the commission.
When instructed to do so by
the Big Four, the German ad-
viserS could meet for direct
negotiations.
Russian Price Rejected
RusSia's chief condition for
an agreement on Berlin deal
has been that the Western pow
ers mus agree to the establish
ment of an alderman Com
mission independent of the Big
Four. The Western foreign min
listers rejected this price for a
Berlin arrangement on grounds
that the Big Four have respon-
sibilitieS for the uniflcation OF
Germany and for drafting a
German peace treaty. They
have declared they will not
abandon this obligation.
The Western ministers also
have been unwilling to take
any action that would give new
prestige to the Communist re-
gime of East Germany.
Mr.. Gromyko, while press.
ing for his alderman com.
mission proposal, also ha!
spoken of willingness to accept
some alternative arrangement
that would bring East and West
German into direct contact
But there is no advance indi-
cation that Mr.. Gromyko would
be willing to accept the West
ern counterpropoSal now en-
viSaged.
The Western powers have
been striving all week to work
out a compromise formula tc
put before Mr.. Gromyko.
French Fear Red MeddIing
France has opposed the
creating Of any new machin-
cry because in the French view
it might give the Communists
an opportunity to NEEDLE in
West Germany's internal at
fairs.
At a meeting of the Western
delegations today, Secretary OF
State Christian A. Herter ano
British Foreign Secretary Sell
wyn Lloyd repeatedly got the
agreement of Maurice Couve
de Murville, French foreign
minister, to go along with the
compromise plan. The compro-
mise proposal was said to have
originated with the West Ger
man delegation here.
An important consideration
leading to the agreement was
a feeling of the Western minis
tiers that they were in a weak
position for negotiating with
Mr.. Gromyko until they could
tell him what they were willing
to accept as we'll as what they
would not accept.
But smarting under the lash
See GENEVA. Page Az
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Washington Tops U. S.
On Military Servants
KowoIski Suys 300 Enlisted Men
Are 'FIuqrunty Misused Here
BY MICHAEL MOK
Star Staff Writer

Washington military brass have the dubious distinction
of being singled out by congressional critic the worst
offenders in using enlisted servants
Representative Kowask, Democrat of Connecticut
veaed yesterday that 1900 assigned jobs
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the hospital has at least twice
cut down the number of beds
available to non-emergency in
digents. AS often as possible
these patients have been re-
ferred by the welfare depart
ment to other hospitals.
The refusal by the four hos
pitfalls represents the first time
a group Of institutions has re-
jected a contract at the Vir-
GINA State approved rate. The
State pays $9.25 and the county
or municipality pays the other
1925 under the current setup.
There is. however, nothing to
prevent the local jurisdiction
from adding to its share.
District Pays $50 a Day
The Districts medical char
tiles program pays $40 per pa
tent per day and, when the
President signs the District
budget bill it will pay $21.20.
Montgomery County pays $26
per day, Fairfax has approved
a $3.50 payment and similar
action is hoped for by Airing
ton which has been paying
$3.50. Prince Georges County
refuses to sign any contract.
Mr.. Heatwole told The Star
that he is mot prepared to
discuss" the effects of the hos
pitfalls refusal on patient care
for INDECENT Alexandrians. How
ever, it is expected that more
pressure will be put on AleXan-
dria Hospital to take more of
the city'S indigentS.
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4AreoHospituIs Refuse
Alexandra Indigents
$3.50 Daily Rate Offered by City
Trails D. C., Montgomery and Fairfax
By CHARLES G. BROOKS
star star Writer

Four Washington area hospitals have refused to accept
Alexandria welfare patients
Several more are considering following suit.
Arlington George Washington and Georgetown Hospitals
as we'll as the Washington Hospital Center have turned down
the city of Aexandras offer reimburse the institutions
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Be met quaher longer ins and provides for items and
des The first column shows the date withdrawal second
show breakdown Of the deposits applied eueh
Of
final
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Wanted Simple Plan

We could. Of course, have
opened separate savings ac-
counts for each of our home
owners expenses. But that
would have meant eight or
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nine separate accounts. Since
we bank by mail, it would
also have meant either eight
or nine separate deposit
checks, or a long letter each
month to the savings bank,
instructing them on how a
single check should be APP
portioned. among them all.
The former system would
have meant an increased
service charge for increased
activity on our checking &C
count. And the latter was too
much like work.
What we needed was q sim
plified bookkeeping system
Every simplifled-neither Of
us had ever studied account
ing and such). So that was
our new gimmick.
We dived head first in a
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project to devise a do-it-your-
self bookkeeping manual. We
merely fastened long sheets
of unlined paper into a manila
folder and drew vertical lines
for columns. After much doc
ding and experimenting on
scrap paper. we made a final
draft of column headings and
separated the balance in the
savings account into several
small balances. Three COLI
umns called "Date." ''Depos-
1t or Withdrawal" and BAL
ance" were separated by a
double line from all the other
columns.
Each month when we send
our check to the savings
bank, we enter in our home
made ledger the date and
the amount Of the deposit in
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VA Us
air--and we spare ourselves
the pain Of poor theatrical
offerings.
But what about the list OF
expenses we we're tohaye In
connection with home own
ership? Were we merely to
live conservatiVely and as
sumo that the balance In the
checking account would log
ically increase enough to pro-
vide for them2
No, we wanted to provide
for them separately so that
we would know how much
was reserved for these ex-
penses and how much was
left for entertainment. cloth
ing, etc.
We drew up another list.
this time eliminating utilities
which had to be paid month";
ly, anyhow, and adding a
few, such as life insurance
premiums. State income tax.
automobile insurance, water
tax--in short. every quarter
". semiannua1 or annual
bill which would have to be
paid from this one salary.
Then, knowing that one
day there would surely be
repair bills on both home and
auto, we decided to contrib
ute an amount each month
towards each. Totaling this
list, we arrived at a figure
somewhat in excess of 500
a month which we had to
save. All this is. of course, in
addition to our monthly
mortgage payments.
Where to Saver
Having decided to save, we
next had to decide in what
manner to save - where to
put 1t. The checking account
was ruled out for-while we
recognize it as an absolute
essential for modern living
its use must be restricted
mainly to payment of month
ly bills. We similarly ruled
out sugar bowls and mat
tresses = the chief deposito-
ries for little old ladies and
misers, respectively.
I remembered that our
savings bank back home had
tax clubs which operated
similarly to Christmas clubs,
with payments paid weekly
in advance. but with no in
terest paid on the savings.
BY now we had decided that
since we were saving, we had
the right to earn interest on
the savings.
Inevitably, we turned our
attention to Old Untouch-
able. our savings account.
Through experience and self
education, we reached the
conclusion that, just as India
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the first and second columns.
The third column is the BAL
ance" column. which gives us
the exact balance we have
in the account. To the right
of the Balance column, under
the appropriate headings, we
enter the amounts being re-
served for Real Estate
Taxes" Real Estate Insur-
ance." Water Tax" Real
Estate Repair" Income Tax"
Auto Insurance" Auto Re-
pairs" and Life Insurance"
Then q horizontal line is
drawn and all the columns
totaled, The sum of all coll
Jmns to the right of the first
three columns must equal
the total in the Balance"
column. That figure must jibe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
BY ELAINE PRENsKY
Contributing Writer

When you buy house. vou are faced NTH
making certain Jfred-erpense payments on a quar-
teriv basis or at Intervals OF as Tong as gear
tares. for example, TO insure that you haze the
money you need iDIen you need IT, it's best to hare
a system OF savinO. The Prenskys h1ue tDorked
out plan that not only keeps them informed OF
interest. as pell. 1t also provides means Of
bud0etin0 for major items OF maintenance and
repair. TO the Real Estate Editor OF The Star.
the PYenskys Pence-of-Mird Plan seemed to hare
merit. He asked Mrs. PreDsky to iDrite an article
about IT, 1t foilows:
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AAOST OF US ARE apt
~ to perish in the first
storm unless we batten down
our financial matches.
Without q savings plan.
We can only hope thereIl be
enough in that overworked
checking account when the
tax and insurance bills fall
due. or to take care Of the
next major repair bill. So,
We owe it to ourselves to
stop hoping and start plan
ming.
One way is to get ourselves
. pad and pencil and start
figuring. Do we know how
much we get paid every
month? Il mean actual
s'take-home" pay.) The thing
to do is multiply the weekly
take-home pay by SO and
divide that figure by II. That
will give us our average
monthly income.
Now let's list our expenses.
There may be utilities, heat.
rent or mortgage payments,
telephone. upkeep on the car,
bus fares, installment-plan
payments. etc.
List them all and subtract
that total from your month";
" income. Now let's ask
ourselves what happened to
the rest. 1t can't all be food
or clothing. Maybe you find
1t more convenient to use
cabs when buses would do.
Maybe you keep too much
pocket money handy and
leave the door open to impul-
sive buying. Our problem was
charge accounts. 1t was so
easy to say Charge it and
deliver it" that we had the
best equipped. overcrowded
efficiency apartment you ever
sawl
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with the balance In the saw
ings account book.
A Nice Long Trip
When a bill is received and
a withdrawal made from the
savings account, we enter the
figures in red ink in our
homemade ledger, subtract
ing the proper amount from
the proper column. When the
check is received from the
savings bank. it is deposited
in our checking account. We
then draw a check on our
checking account to pay that
bill. Thus. we have q cam
celled check for every bill we
pay. +
When the bank posted our
long-anticipated interest to
Continued on Page BIS, Col. 4
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had abolished its Untouch-
able caste, so we must abolish
our 'untouchable. attitude
towards our savings account.
1t was our money, being
saved to provide for our bills.
and when these bills fell due
we must utilize these savings.
It's as simple as that.
More Details
So now we follow this pro-
cedure: Each week my hus-
band deposits his check in
our checking account, reserv-
ing in cash the amount we
will require for the weeks
living expenses food, his
out-of-pocket expenses, oc-
casional household help, and
the cost Of laundering his
shirts.) At the end Of each
month we deposit a check to
our savings account in the
amount Of our monthly saw
ings projects. The balance in
the checking account pays
gas, electric and telephone
bills, charge accounts, doctors
bills. mortgage payments, re-
pairs to appliances, children's
shoes or other items pur-
chased where we have no
charge account, medicines
and toiletries, monthly milk
bill, auto licenses and regis
tration, magazine subscrip-
lions organization dues, and
donations.
When a repair bill is quite
large, as when the Tv set
was fixed to the tune of $65,
we withdraw the necessary
funds from either the savings
column headed "R. E. Repair"
or the column headed Auto
Repair" whichever may APP
ply.
But it wasn't long before
we came to q most startling
realization. Our savings ac-
count was getting as un-
wieldy as the checking ac-
count had once been. We
knew our balance. But how
much Of this was reserved
for each bill-and how much
had We left for furniture,
lamps, and other necessary
household equipment. Each
time We wanted an answer to
this question, we had to leap
a series of arithmetical hur-
dies which detracted greatly
from the 10y Of saving. So
we thought up another GIN
mick.
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save money in a home Of our
own. ] thought.
While / was working. we
had put my earnings in q
savings account which we
never touched. We lived en-
tirely on my husbands in
come. Now ! realize that we
didn't Just live on 1t we
lived it up! But we did save
enough for q down payment
and a little to spare for fur
niture.
Once we had found and
contracted for the home of
our dreams. we began to
plan, to figure and to
tremble. Could we make ends
meet? We computed approxi-
mately how much our mort
gage payments would be;
then real estate taxes. insure
ance and utilities. How on
earth could we swing all that
If we had spent my husbands
entire salary in an efficiency
apartment?
1t was at this point that
we went through the finan-
cial computations that I have
Just advised. We found that
what / had frivolously
charged every month would
alone take care Of the
monthly share of real estate
taxes!
Items Unnecessary
Add to this the too-fre-
quent restaurant feasts, the
too expensive clothes, the
plays which we weren't GER
tain we really enjoyed. the
too-lavish entertaining. UNI
necessary cab fares, unre-
stricted purchases in super
markets, and other inciden-
tails we couldn't begin to es-
innate. We were assured,
after some reflection, that
with mature management
we could have a survival Of
the fittest. A full year in our
new home has proved that
this was the correct APP
proach. While we still enjoy
all the above joys of life, we
have eliminated the luxurious
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She Wanted q House

But / was the wife who
wanted to move. And I saw
no sense in large apartments.
because the rentals were just
too high. We would actually
, 1959-08-03
LEGISLATIVE RECORD Continued

Icontinued from Saturday
MR.. GOMEZ: The Senator referred to the gentle
man over there. May | inquire who that gentleman is?
MIR. DE LUGO: wouldn't want to pursue that any.
more because, evidently, the Chair doesn't want me to
THE PRESIDENT / want you to. But I want you
to ...
Mr.. DE LUGO Just a moment, Mr.. Chairman.
You are the Chairman. And ! am a member Of this Legis-
lature
THE PRESIDENT: want you to state the facts
want you to speak the truth.
MR.. DE LUGO: don't know
THE PRESIDENT: That's all. If you are making 4
statement
Mr.. DE LUGo: Under Privileges, Mr.. Chairman.
May 1 proceed?
THE PRESIDENT: Sure, you may proceed.
MR. DE LUGO: Thank you, Sir.
, 1959-08-03

Yesterday, we all voted unanimously Tone member
abstainedO to confirm DR.. Melvin Evans as the Commits
Sioner Of Health. / would like to draw something to the
attention Of the Chair and this Body, and, 1 would like to-
know what the consensus is. We have at the present time
employed by the Department of Health, / believe, on a
three-day basis as adentist land I don't know how he was
employed or anything like that, but, perhaps, the Chair
could investigate IT'D a MI. Cordero. This very fine gentle
man is not licensesto practice dentistry IN the Virgin Is
lands. I believe our Code says that to enter into the pracS
tice Of dentistry, you must be a graduate Of an accredited
school1 Grade Al School-thati is recognized by the Gov
eminent Of the Virgin Islands.
AT the present time, this gentleman is employed on a
three-day basis, and for all know there may be a ques-
ton Of pressure being brought to bear to employ him on
a full-tnne basis. And, my question is, Mr.. Chairman land.
my fellow senators here) should the Legislature condone
this?
Do we condone sending our children-or INDECENT
children, or children who cannot afford to go to a private
dentist-to the hospital to be treated by a gentleman who
lis not accredited in the Virgin Islands, whom our Board
of Dentistry does not certify as a Grade "A Dentist Or, is
there something in the mortar besides the pesle?
MR.. OTTLEY: You are quoting from our organiza-
ton paper.
MR. DE LUGO:. had every respect for that paper,
as you know, Senator Ottley. And it is much nicer to be
with you than against you. MAUGHTER And with that
I'll sit down.
I'm sure that if made the request that my remarks
be inserted into the Journal, | wouldn't get a majority
vote, but I'll ask for it any way.
H PRESIDENT: I am in favor Of having it spread
on the Journal. Senator de Lugo.
MIR DE LUGO: Thank you very much, MI. Chair
man
THE PRESIDENT: The only comment I would
make is to say that / always make sureof one thing. And,
that is Lincoln's Prayer. 10 keep my Big Mouth shut until
Iknow what I'm talking about And, 1 would like that to
appear in the Journal too. GAUGHTERl.
Do you wish to speak under Privileges before we 60
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AVIS
into the Committee Of the WHOLE Senator Reese
If there are no objections, we shall move into the
Committee
MR. REESE: MI. Chairman
Mr.. OTTLEY Mr.. Chairman, have a question.
Are you going to discuss this same subject, Senator
Reese?
MR. REESE: No, you go ahead.
MR. OTTLEY Senator de Lugo has made reference
to Or. Cordero's qualifications, and it seems to me that
the Government of the Virgin Islands employed him. And
it seems to me that we have the Chairman of the Dental
Board here who is also a member of the Legislature. / have
heard Or. Anduze make no criticism either privately or
publicly on this appointment. it seems to me that if a lay
man takes objection to ii, and the professional man is
agreed, I'm willing to back up the professional man any
time.
I'll PRESIDENT: should like to put this in the
Record that the Dental Board Of the Virgin Islands recon-
lnended DR.. Corderos appointment two years ago.
DR.. ANDUZE: Mr.. Chairman, | should like to say
that I happened to be a member of the Dental Board when
DR.. Cordero was supposed to have taken an examination
and given a license and Eknow nothing about it. I was not
consulted. Then, again on qualifications, don't think any
local Dental Board has the right to give DR.. Cordero a
license, because he does not meet the required ~qualifca-
tons. An overriding qualification is being a graduate Of
an accredited Grade a school of dentistry. He does not
meet that
i could 60 little further and say that DR.. Cordero
came TO me before the organization Of the Senate and told
me that DR.. ONeal promised to give him a job if he would
influence Senator Guadalupe to vote for
Mr.. OTTLEY Is that for the Record?
DR.. ANDUZE Yes, this is for the Record
Mr.. OTTLEY: Let me hear that one again. VIII you
repeat please?
DIR. ANDUZE: Dr. Cordero came to me and told me
that DR.. ONeal promised to give him a lob. if he would
influence Senator Guadalupe to vote against me in the or
ganization of the Senate. And, I told DR.. CordeTO that
I could not make any wild promise that would jeopardize
my integrity. He wanted me to guarantee him a license,
and, | told him I'll try my best to see what / could do
within the limits Of the law but / certainly would break no
law to guarantee q vote for me to become President Of the
Senate.
Mr.. MADURO When he was employed-two or
three years ago-was any question, any objection, raised
by the Board Of which you were member?
DR.. ANDUZE: Senator Maduro, / would like to
answer this way. | would have been the only dentist d-
rectly affected by his ~practicing in Saint Croix, and did
not think it was in my place to question it. On the CON
trary, met DR.. Cordero and / offered him every shred Of
cooperation that he could get from my Office while he was
CARVING out the duties asthe Municipal Dentist for Saint