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pedestrians worse as far as
drinking Is concerned.
He drew Q graph spanning
the last 10 years from l948 to
1857 inclusive. It showed from
lo48 to 1852 that 80 per cent
Of pedestrians killed on WASH
ington streets were intoxicated
ct the time. For the second
I'VE years from 1853 TO 1857 the
total had jumped to n per
cent.
This compared with Is per
cent Of the drivers involved In
fatal pedestrian accidents from
1913 to 1852 and s. per cent
from 1853 to 1854 20 per
cent improvement in the pedes-
TRAN driver ratio over the Sec
ond five-year span.
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Siamese twin girls-Pia and
Bettina Hief--were successfully
separated by an operation in
Munich. The sisters were con-
nected at the breast.
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Sc killed This Year

The current traffic fatality
total is 80 dead. with 81 being
pedestrians. At this time last
year the tally was 10 dead Of
which six were on foot at the
time they were killed.
OF all traffic fatalities in the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-12
$4,000 Sought
If Spucemun Dies
BY the Associated Press

A bill to provide $4,000 tax
free to the survivors of any
American astronaut killed dur
ing a flight into space was in
troduced yesterday by Repre-
sentative Anfuso. Democrat Of
New York.
This is the very least we can
do for them" said Mr.. Anfuso,
a member Of the House Space
Committee.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration is now
training seven men, dubbed
aStronauts, for the first United
States space fight tries pos
sibly late next year.
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length and jousted with the
Soviet leader in Russia.
For all Of his six-and-a-half
hour discussion with Mr.. Khru-
shchev at the latter's villa near
Moscow, Mr.. Nixon does not
expect To be included among
the United States advisers IL
Mr.. Eisenhower takes the
Soviet Premier to the Presi-
dental retreat at Camp David.
Md.
Mr.. Nixon, who does not
share Gov. Rockefeller's obvi-
Gus reliance on the polls, APP
pears to be convinced he will
do all right in the public opin-
ion canvasses for some time
to come as a result of his Rus
sian trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-12
LABOR MIDDLE ROADERS'
Bockers of Elliott Bill
Snubbedby Both Sides

/ brother, Senator Kennedy.
Democrat of Massachusetts,.
"I've never known so much
confusion and tension over a
bill in all my born days" said
one weary Elliotteer.
The one hope the moderates
have is that after the Shelley
Roosevelt bill is defeated-and
no one claims 1t has a chance
the labor missionaries will
cease their mpaign Of
threats and pressure against
those who want to vote for the
Elliott bill. Some Of the labor
men who hurried in from the
provinces already are quietly
saying the Elliott bill is not
without merit.
But none of the Elliott peo-
pie have been able to con-
vince the high command of the
AFL-CIC that the danger of
the restrictive Landrum- Grif-
fin bill is so clear and present
that they had better change
course. The line laid down at
AFL-CIO legislative liaison
headquarters is still: 1.-THE
Shelley bill and nothing else"
President Boosted L-G Bill
The Landrum- Griffin forces,
who got a great boost from the
Presidents television speech a
week ago. are working with
high hearts towards their goal.
Representative Landrum,, DEM
ocrat Of Georgia, was conf
IDENTIFY telling his colleagues
yesterday that he had 225
votes safely in. Whatever their
numbers. they are efficiently
organized.
"Dixiecrats and Republicans
always are" said one Of the Ell
lott people sourly.
The Landrum people have
chosen a man from each State
to spread their gospel. They
have had a series of meetings
of State delegations which are
addressed by a friend of the
bill.
The Elliott folk are working
with individuals and have UNI
dertaken a campaign of educa-
ton, especially among the
freshmen Congressman.
Rayburn Their Ally
Their greatest ally, of course,
is Speaker Rayburn, who laid
his mighty prestige on the line
on their side, in a television
speech Monday night. The
Speaker. it is said, has taken
over the work of wooing the
Southern moderates who were
to have been the special tar
gets of the ailing Representa-
tive Elliott.
THE Speaker has his own
particular way of working with
people," said an Elliott man,
who was plainly hopeful that
a lot of men on Capitol Hill
would much rather face the
disapproval of labor or man.
agement or the White House,
or of just about anybody,
rather than the formidable
and venerable Speaker of the
House.
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dent has not thought that Pres
ident Eisenhower might desig-
nate him to accompany Soviet
Premier Khrushchev on the
latter's scheduled tour Of the
country.
While such a tour assignment
might enhance Mr.. Nixon's po-
litical stature in the interna-
tional field, it is not expected
to materialize.
viii Stay in Background
Instead, Mr.. Nixon will stay
in the background when Mr..
Khrushchev comes to Wash
ington, limiting his contacts to
official affairs to which he
would have been invited even
if he had not conferred at
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nation without a fight, and
since Gov. RockefellerIs cleo
ton as Governor he has re-
garded a battle between them
as almost inevitable.
Could Alter Plans
For this reason. Gov. Rookie
feller's recent demonstration Of
near-eagerness for the contest
has come as no surprise to the
Nixon camp. Nor does 1t alter
plans for the Vice President
to attend almost exclusively to
his governmental duties until
November.
II Gov. Rockefeller comes
out in the open then-or makes
an earlier announcement after
huddles with strategists impa-
tent to get him into national
circulation-the Nixon plans
could change accordingly.
At this point the Vice Presi-
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his reputed appeal to inde-
pendent voters would make him
a stronger G. o. P. nominee, he
will take the plunge.
Mr.. Nixon's reaction to all
this, 1t can be said on the best
authority, is that anyone can
get any kind of result he de-
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Nixon Sees Conflict
With Rockefeller Sure
BY JACK BELL
Associated Press stan Writer

Vice President Nixon is convinced that what may,
Gov Rockefeller intends to battle him for the 1860 Republic
presidential nomination.
The New York Governor has indicated he will decide by
November. If private polls then show Mr. Nixon trailing
leading Democrats in popularity and Rockefeller feels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-12

sires from private polls. He
thinks Gov. Rockefeller wants
to run and will find that the
polls support such a course.
But Mr.. Nixon never really
believed he could get the nomi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-12
BY MARY McGRORY
star Stan Writer

star stan writer
The forlornest people on
Capitol Hill these days are the
proponents of the Elliott bill.
which they say is merely a
moderate measure designed to
curb racketeering in labor
unions.
For their troubles. their erst-
while friends in labor circles
are calling them union
busters" And to add to their
woes, their leader, Represent
alive Elliott, Democrat of Ala
bama, is sick in the hospital.
The House Hobbies are full of
lobbyists. But those committed
to the Elliott bill get no friendly
clapS on the back or invitations
to dinner so we can talk this
thing over"
They Have No Lobby
They are Snubbed by the
union men militantly pushing
for the Shelley Roosevelt bill,
which its enemies call the
"Hoffa bill" because it is so
mild. They are ignored by the
businessmen solidly behind the
Griffin-Landrum bill, which it's
enemies call the NAM. bill"
because it is so harsh.
The Elliott bills proponents
have no lobbyists other than
themselves. as Representative
Udall. Democrat of Arizona,
said proudly on the floor.
AS the debate began yester-
day, the House floor was packed.
So were the galleries, and as
one member said, You couldn't
throw a stone up there without
hitting som cone from either
labor or management"
The House floor was, in fact,
an island of relative calm, and
about the only place where har-
ried members could get away
from it all. outside, the Hobbies
were swarming with deter
mined men ready to button
hole the dubious, draw them
close and say, Don't you see
Kennedy Stirred Them Up
The mail is pouring into their
Offices. The Elliott people cur
rently are no better understood
by their constituents than by
the irreconcilables ranged on
either side Of them.
The television appearance of
Robert F. Kennedy stirred up
a tremendous number of citi-
zens, some of whom had never
written a line to their Con-
gresSmen before. Their gen.
efal content: Do something.
The fine distinctions of the
three bills were lost on them.
The irony of this is that Mr..
Kennedy, the Senate Rackets
Committee counsel. quite in
advertently created a great deal
Of sentiment for the Landrum-
Griffin bill. which is wholly diff
ferent in spirit from the Senate
labor bill sponsored by his
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Unlimited Free PoFkins
Chevy Chose; One Hour
Free Porkins Downtown
ntOtUn: 1910 F St.
Evening star., 1959-06-27
Hot and Sticky
Week End Due;
Water Use Rises

Hot and sticky yesterday, to-
day and tomorrow.
With a seasons heat record
on the books, fading June held
out no relief from simmering
weather over the week end.
Variable cloudiness and suns
shine was forecast Tor today.
with a high of 95-the mark
which set a record for the year
yesterday afternoon at 4:45 PINK
The temperature won't getI
under rs tonight. the Weather
Bureau predicted, and tomor-
row will be almost a duplication
OF today. No rain is forecast.
AS the temperature and hui
midity rose, so did water con-
sumption. at least in nearby
Maryland.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission said,
Maryland residents in the area
used 65.7 million gallons yes
terday-a record for the year.
All-time high consumption was
75.7 million gallons on July 81,
1857, when the temperature hit
l0l degrees.
Evening star., 1959-06-27
Gov. Long Leaves
Motel for Form

CONVICTION, La, June 26
(AP) Louisiana Gov. Earl K.
Long deserted the sanctuary of
a motel south of Covington to-
day and headed for his farm
near WINFIELD in Northern
Louisiana.
The 63-year-old Governor,
freed yesterday from a mental
hospital at nearby Vaudeville,
took off in a limousine for
his favorite haunt at Winn-
field, about 200 miles from
Covington.
Before leaving, Gov. Long
indicated he would return tc
Covington tomorrow night
Doctors ordered him to take
a complete rest. but he made
no bones about wanting tc
visit his farm.
Earlier story on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1959-06-27
BY MARY McGRORY
star Stan Writer

1t was Kennedy and Ken
nedy versus Hoffa and Williams
as the Senate RacketS Commit
tee and the teamster chieftain
met for the third time. With
so much at stake, all were
trained to a fighting edge.
Committee Counsel Robert
F. Kennedy. long frustrated in
his efforts to get Hoffa to pull
over. was so eager to get started
that his voice trembled. Hoffa
beamed a steady stream of bale
Iful glances and bristling re-
plies at his young adversary
Senator Kennedy took Hoffa
down a side road to have il
out with him about the Ken
dy-Ervin labor bill and told
Hoffa he was the best argument
he knew for it. Hoffa retorted
that it was "a strike-breaking-
union-busting law"
Edward Bennett Williams
Mr.. Hoffa's elegantly spoken at
torney. was prepared to take
'umbrage at almost everything
Evening star., 1959-06-27
GLARES AND TAUNTS
Hoffo Case Is Like Auto Crash:
All Pile Out, Shout at Once

But it did offer a huge crowd
another chance to see Mr..
Hoffa before the committee
batting and pickering with
Kennedys.
Hotfa the witness, still
bears little resemblance to Hoffa
the staggering teamSter orator.
On the platform, surrounded by
his own, Mr.. Hoffa talks like a
man barrelling down the glory
road hell-bent for power over
everything that moves. In the
caucus room, save when trad
ing challenges with Senator
Kennedy over labor legislation,
Mr.. Hoffa sounds more like a
hopeful bureaucrat, never sure
his orders are being carried out,
but fearful of stepping out OF
channels lest he trample on
tender teamSter feelings.
At one point, during their
hour -long wrangle over the
labor bill, Senator Kennedy
quoted Mr.. Hoffa as saying in
a speech that Kennedy could
not find his way out of a four
See HEARING, Page A-1O
Evening star., 1959-06-27
BoyDrowns
In Potomac
Below Dam

Robert B. Milliken, 16, son
of an Army finance officer,
drowned in the Potomac River
last night when he was over
come by swirling currents while
swimming below Little Falls
Dam.
The youth was the son of
Col. and Mrs. C. B. Milliken.
2708 North Buchanan street,
Arlington. chief of the budget
and accounting division, Office
of the Army Chief of Finance.
A student at Washington
Lee High Sch hool. Robert
drowned about 1890 pm,
Fairfax County Police 1t.
Richard F. Utz said.
1t. Utz said that Robert and
a friend, Francis Hurst, 16. OF
5072 Yorktown road, Arlington
first decided to wade on the
Virginia side of the river about
10 pm. After about is min.
utes in the water, the two be-
gan swimming.
The Hurst youth told police
that his companion disappeared
after a few minutes. He rar
to a nearby home and calico
police.
The Mclean (Va.) Fire De.
partment recovered the body Q
little downstream from thu
dam.
Robert is survived by his
parents: a sister. Priscilla, Is
and two brothers. Douglas, IL
and Gary, o.
Evening star., 1959-06-27
Surgeon Turns Man
Green to I race Burns

MELBOURNE, Australia
June 27 CNANA) "A top Aus
tralian plastic surgeon turned
a man green in a miracle op-
GRAFTON here. 1t was performed
at Heidelberg Repatriation Hos
pital on a patient suffering
from severe burns.
A secret formula was injected
into an army officers blood
stream when the surgeon op-
Grated on chest burns. The in
lection circulated through every
artery and vein in his body
turning him a deep green.
The tissue destroyed by the
burns remained colorless, ano
the surgeon knew exactly what
flesh to remove.
Observers said the green
man had an eerie man from
Mars" appearance. Even his
eyeballs turned a pale green,
The hospital medical super
intendent. DR.. GLIB, said the
operation had been performed
Evening star., 1959-06-27

JohanSson put Patterson on the
canvas in the third round. that
round will go down in boxing
history. along with those knock
down-filled Dempsey -Firpo and
Dempsey-Willard rounds. Ref
cree Ruby Goldstein finally
stopped 1t after 2 minutes and
3 seconds of the third round.
Lost in Fifth Defense
And thus Patterson lost his
title the fifth time he defended
it. The four he defeated, all
by knockouts. we're Hurricane
Jackson, Pete Rademacher, Roy
Harris and Brian London. none
very distinguished. Floyd kay
oed old Archie Moore to wir
the title after Rocky Marcianc
had retired.
D'Amato is so right when hi
says the money will just rol
L in for a return bout. 1t should
more than make up for the
Continued on Page ALL, Col.
Evening star., 1959-06-27

only once before-in England.
DR.. Gibb said the name OF
the injection could not be re-
leased because it was still Sc
cret. He said the green man
had become a novelty around
the hospital, but was now
gradually fading back to his
natural color.
DR.. Gibb said the operation
had been a success and the pa
tient was progressing Satisfac-
torily. The surgeon removed the
dead flesh and expects skin
CRAFTS to return the man tc
normal.
A leading surgeon said today
the operation was a giant stride
forward In the treatment ot
burns.
The green man looked a.
himself in a mirror. Il couldn't
believe it was me-" he said. 80
just buried my head in the
sheets and tried to 60 back tc
Sleep"
Evening star., 1959-06-27

place for the fight is in the
United States. for that's where
the money is" Bill Rosensohn.
39-year-old promoter Of the
rain-plagued fight that drew
only 10000 last night. says he
has Johannson under exclusive
contract and is going to stage
the return bout in September.
AS for Gus D'Amato, Patter-
sons manager-he says there
will be a return bout land I
believe it will be the biggest
draw in the history of boxing" /"
There was a return bout
clause in the contract" D'Amato
added. land I think Johansson
will want to prove that this was
no fluke."
Great Thing for Boxing
Everyone who saw the less
than three rounds of action
last night-either at Yankee
Stadium or on closed-circuit
theater television-iS willing to
concede that the handsome,
i26-year-old Swede has a devas-
tating right-hand wallop. In
fact, it's the most exciting and
glamorouS thing that has hap
Ipened TO boxing in a long while
To the surprise of practically
everybody. that right hand
punch did everything Johans-
son said it would do. And
when he uncorked it in Yankee
Stadium. it was the first time
the punch had been seen in the
United States-for lingo never
showed it in that seemingly
desultory training he did al
Grossinger, N. j.
AS a result of the seven times
Evening star., 1959-06-27
GLARES AND TAUNTS

Robert Kennedy said. When
Counsel Kennedy said that
Mr.. Hoffa's courtroom assur-
ance that two Chattanooga
teamsters had been suspended
was "a fraud on the court"
Mr.. Williams hotly demanded
that Counsel Kennedy take 1t
back. Counsel Kennedy never
did.
At times it was like a traffic
accident. with everyone piling
out of the cars and shouting at
once.
Chairman Mcclellan who was
the state trooper of the oc-
caSion, and as such commanded
the respect of trucker Hoffa
told Senator Kennedy he didn't
feel this was the forum to dis
cusS the technical aspects of the
labor bill and Senator Kennedy
said he didn't know what the
hearings were for unless to pro-
duce legislation like his.
All in all, it was a rough anc
jolting ride which didn't &C
anywhere in particular.
Evening star., 1959-06-27

been pleading for statehood for
half a century.
The Hawaii Statehood Com
mission said its straw vote last
week showed IL to / approval
for admission to the union.
The commission was conf
dent the Hawaii referendum
would top the 5 to l approval
voted by Alaska last year.
Primary Also Being Held
The simultaneous primary
reflected the multi-racial make
up of the islands.
Candidates Of Asian descent
predominated on the primary
list, and the first State election
July % is expected to send at
least one Oriental to Congress
Hawaii will elect two United
States Senators and one House
member next month. Five OF
the eight leading aspirants are
Of Japanese-Chinese ancestry
Election officials predicted
the combined statehood ref
erendum and party primary
would bring out IS per cent OF
Evening star., 1959-06-27
u. 5. and Italy
Probing Crash
Fatal 10 68
Experts Doubtful
Thut Lightning
Cuused Tragedy

MILAN, Italy, June 81 (AP).
An armored car regiment
and hundreds of police today
sealed of a Smile zone of
scattered wreckage that may
hold the secret behind the
crash of a United States air.
liner in a furious summer
thunderstorm. All So aboard
were killed.
Witnesses said they saw
lightning strike the four-engine
Constellation yesterday. Avia-
ton experts said it was more
likely that the Chicago-bound
Trans World Airline plane was
shaken to pieces by the violence
Of the storm.
Some people on the ground
said they heard the plane ex-
plode in the air. There was
also the possibility of mechan-
ical failure as the cause of
Italy's worst air disaster.
Italian and American experts
began their inquiry today. In
vestigators came from United
States and italian government
air safety agencies and TWA.
An Italian district attorney,
Salvatore Petrucci, also was
sent by the government.
Area Sealed on
Until the investigation is An
ished not even the relatives Of
the victims will be allowed near
the tangle of blacEened alumni
mum. all that remained Of the
plane that plummeted into a
field north Of here yesterday.
The plane had saken of from
Malpensa airport in this big
North Italian industrial city
Just II minutes before. 1t few
north toward the Swiss Alps
and into the storm. 1t was
headed for Paris and then a
nonstop flight to Chicago's
IO'Hare Airport.
At least 28 passengers and six
crew members were American,
Bodies, so badly mangled that
Identification of most was not
Immediately possible. were col
lected at an improvised shelter
in the woods.
| Bits of the giant Constella-
ton were scattered in a three
mile trail along the ground
among the crowded villages
north of Milan.
4 People on the ground said
they saw the lightning bolt hit
over Castellanza. All reported
the plane then turned into q
See CRASH, Page A-S
Evening star., 1959-06-27

the nearly 10000 eligible
voters.
This was the size of the turn
out last November in Hawaii,
which traditionally gets out a
big vote.
20-Year-OIds to Vote
For the first time, 20-year-
olds will vote and 5000 to 4.00C
of them are expected to take
advantage of the new franchise
In addition to congressional,
nominees, voters also picked
party candidates for Governor
and for the 76-seat first State
legislature.
With Republicans running
unopposed for major nomina.
ItionS, attention in the primary
focused on contests within the
Democratic Party.
Five Democrats sought nomi-
nation for the two United
States Senate seats. although
only three of them were re-
See HAWAII, Page A;
Evening star., 1959-06-27
BY LEE NJ. COIN
Star Stan Writer


James r. Hoffa still refuses
to let the Senate Rackets Com
mittee rush him into any
sweeping cleanup Of the Team
sters Union.
'I won't Just chop a mans
head off," he told the COM
mittee in a tense hearing yes
terday.
Mr.. Hoffa conceded he has
power as president of the union
to oust local officials who en-
gage in racketeering. But. he
insisted, such drastic action
could "unbalance" or even de-
stroy" the local unions in
volved.
1t is much better, he said, to
move more slowly with due
process" and democratic pro-
cedures." He said he prefers
to "enlighten" the local unions
and thus convince them to cor
rect corrupt situations.
"One by one I will take these
cases as they come up" he tolc
the committee.
Kennedy Loses Hope
II have no hope OF your evel
| lcleaning g up the Teamsteri
Union, Mr.. Hoffa," Senator
Kennedy, Democrat Of Massa.
chusetts, retorted.
While Mr.. Hoffa indicated
clearly that he disagrees with
the committee on shadings o.
right and wrong, he promised t
check into several cases the in
vestigating panel brought to hi
attention.
These cases involve allega
tionS that:
/. Glenn w. Smith was pait
six months salary in advanc,
when he was forced to take |
leave Of absence as president o
Local SIS in Chattanooga, Tenn
and that H. l.. Boiling took owe
the local. Mr.. Hoffa had salt
both officials were suspended.
2. Sam Goldstein continues t,
receive his $40, ,000-per-year sal