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Evening star., 1959-10-22
Soviet Expects
Summit Talks
In December

PARIS. oct. % tAP).-The
Soviet Ambassador to Paris
said today President Eisenhow-
er has proposed q summit con-
ference at the end Of this year
and that the Soviet govern
ment is in agreement.
The statement was made by
Sergei Vinogradov after an
hours talk with French For
eign Minister Maurice Couve
de .Murville.
A newsman asked the AM
bassador about the Soviet po-
Sition on q summit conference
Mr.. vinogradov replied:
President Eisenhower has
proposed a summit conference
at the end Of this year. We
are in agreement"
Views Are Similar
Britain shares similar view!
on a December date but France
is holding out for a meeting
next spring.
A new factor introduced into
the discussion is a visit by So
Wet Premier Nikita S. Khru-
shchev to France. Western
sources expressed belief today
this will take place within the
next few weeks.
Whether the summit meeting
is held. Mr.. Vinogradov added
is UP to the Big Four - the
United States, the Soviet Union
Britain and France.
Britain. London dispatches
said today, wants the summit
meeting to start December 7
the 18th anniversary Of the
japanese attack on Pearl Har-
Dor. With President Charles
de Gaulle holding out fol
spring. new negotiations pre-
sumably will get under way
But British sources pointed
out that the Western alliance
must have unity on the date
and Gen. de Gaulle's stand car
be the determining factor.
Top Contacts Continue
British officials saw some
cheer in the Forthcoming
Khrushchev-De Gaulle meet.
ing. They said this will al
least keep alive the top-level
contacts which Britain's Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan re-
CARDS as indispensable. Mr.
Macmillan went to Moscow ir
February to see Mr.. Khru-
shchev, and the Soviet Premier
last month visited President
Eisenhower.
Word of a possible meeting
between Mr.. Khrushchev ano
Gen. de Gaulle began circulat-
ing in Paris yesterday. The
government has not denied the
reports.
Gen. de Gaulle's government
said yesterday it favored ar
East-West summit conference
in principle but not until next
spring. There was wide specu'
lation that Gen. de Gaulle has
had the Khrushchev invitation
in mind for some time anc
wants to get in the visit before
the top level East-WeSt meet
ing.
Thus Gen. de Gaulle woult
have the opportunity of a pre-
summit personal contact witt
the Soviet Premier just al
President Eisenhower anc
Prime Minister Macmillan have
had.
4 $
Evening star., 1959-10-22
Mother Firing at Cot
Fatally Wounds Son, 8

DALLAS. Tex, Oct. % (AP) .
u. L. Forester. 6. whose
mother says she shot him Tues
day while trying to kill a cat,
died here early today.
The mother. Pauline For
rester, 80, told Ellis. County
deputies she was shooting at
a cat with a pistol inside her
house and one of her bullets
struck her son while he was
standing outside a window. The
shooting occurred at Palmer,
south of Dallas.
Evening star., 1959-10-22

ance man named Joseph Fried
man.
"The program was to reach
into mass organizations" she
said. II am not nearly as
fearful Of a man or woman
who gets on a soapbox and
says: Tn a Communist
Actually, the subcommittee
has little more information
than it had when the hearing:
started Tuesday.
Most witnesses Mum
Most Of the witnesses sus-
pected by the subcommittee oi
having Communist connections
have said nothing.
Sample exchanges at yester-
DAYS proceedings:
Witness Iona Wells of Ven-
ice, Calif.-"This committee
has no right to interfere with
my personal beliefs"
Representative Donald Jack
son, Democrat Of California
I'VE are not attempting to in
terfere with your beliefs. We
are only trying to find out II
you have aided and abetted ar
international conspiracy"
Mrs. Wells-"Mr. Jackson
have you aided and abetted
democracy? Have you dont
anything about the lynching oi
Negroes in the South?"
Mr.. Jackson-"Young lady
that Is a fine propaganda
speech. I don't know how Ions
you've rehearsed 1t. :. You are
q very fortunate woman, being
able to speak your mind like
this. If this were that
other country (Russia) you'c
last Just about one minute"
Ben Margolis, attorney fol
witness John Kranen my
client has eyes which cannot
stand flashing bulbs (of news
photographer"
Mr.. Jackson Then have
your client close his eyes. You
are not going to set the rule:
! for this committee"
Evening star., 1959-10-22
Men Dying in Koreo,'
SO She Spied on Reds

LOS ANGELES, Oct. % tAP).
Why would a woman with a
home and husband undertake
the tricky and trying Job Of
masquerading as a Communist
for the FBI2
Mrs. Marion Miller Of West
Los Angeles told a House Un-
American Activities Subcon1-
mittee yesterday that she did
1t for five years, starting in
1850. Here was one Of the
reasons she gave:
MEN were fighting in Korea
at the time, giving their lives.
How coud I refuse to attend
a meeting? We had commu-
nism in our own back yard"
Mrs. Miller, 80. was the Sec
ond Los Angeles housewife to
tell of playing such a role.
Tuesday the subcommittee
heard from Mrs. Moiselle
Ginger, who said she was a
Communist for the FBI for
15years.
Mrs. Miller, who said she left
the party in 1855. told the
subcommittee one objective Of
Communists in Southern Cali
fornia was to infiltrate respect
ed organizations.
Refuses to Testify
She said a Communist she
named as Phyllis Lebow be-
came a high-ranking officer OF
the National Council Of Jewish
Women. She testified that Nor
ris- Goodman, who she said re-
cruited her into the party, be-
came an officer in another
Jewish organization.
Mrs. Lebow, 81, also a house,
wife, followed Mrs. Miller to
the stand, but refused under
the First and Fifth Amend
ments to say whether she was
a Communist or a member of
the National Council of Jewish
Women.
Mrs. Miller said she was in
troduced to communism in Los
Angeles in 1850 when she was
approached by the Committee
for the Protection of the For
eign Born. She testified she
showed some of the commit
tees literature to her husband
Paul, who had worked as a
Government undercover agent,
and he labeled it Communist
propaganda.
"He called the FBI," she said.
"An agent of the bureau en-
listed my aid in attending the
organizational conference of
the committee"
"This Was the Moment"
She attended that confer
ence, she said, and Mr.. Good
man later asked her if she had
ever considered becoming a
Communist.
II knew this was the mo-
ment," she said. II played
along. He thought I would be
a good noble Communist.
Paul and I were accepted
as dues-paying. meetings. going
Communists"
Mrs. Miller said she was
placed in a Communist club
and tutored privately in Com
munist doctrine by an insur-
Evening star., 1959-10-22
Abandoned Infant
Found on Doorstep

An infant girl, believed to be
no more than a few hours"
old, today was found abandoned
on the doorstep of a downtown
apartment.
Capt. Kathrynne Boyd Of the
Metropolitan Police Women's
Bureau said the colored infant
was in apparently good condi-
ton although dressed in make
shift clothing that included an
adults pajama top and a
couple of dirty window curtains.
The baby was found by Will
liam johnson, a taxicab driver.
on his return from a nights
work to his room at 1925 @
street NV.
Police took the infant to
District General Hospital.
Evening star., 1959-10-22
Ex-Officer's Deoth
Is Ruled q Suicide

District Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald has issued certif-
icate of suicide in the death OF
Harry j. Smith. II, OF 1ll2
Sixteenth street NV. who was
found shot in the head in his
apartment Tuesday,
A retired Army officer, Mr..
Smiths body was discovered IN
bed by the resident manager OF
the apartment building, police
said. A revolver was lying near
the body.
Evening star., 1959-10-22
BUNNY COSTUME
OK WITH LAW
EVEN IN LONGIES

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, (AP).
"A cautious woman called
police headquarters, ex-
planned her bunny rabbit
Halloween costume is ba-
sically a suit of long under
wear. She asked If she was
likely to be arrested II she
appeared on the street
in 1t.
1t. H. X. Brown told her
he couldn't find any ordi-
nance that covers the stu
ation-"Go ahead. It's
okay."
Evening star., 1959-10-22
Revolutionary News on
Safer Cigarettes

. Drastic changes have re-
Gently been made in many we'll
known cigarettes. Here for the
first time are new figures by
brand name on tar and nicotine
content Of 27 filter and 13
plaintiff brands including the
newest ones. Article describes
industry's crash program to
produce safer cigarettes in
November Readers Digest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

manager for area stores, said
fund members received annual
statements showing the extent
to which they shared in COM
pany profits in the last year
and also the present value of
their individual accounts.
The area members had 170,-
l4l shares of Sears stock and
additional securities and cash
amounting to $2,800,531 to
their credit on December 81,
Mr.. Barnett said. At the year.
end market value of $39.75 a
share for the stock, total hold
ings amounted to $9,563,635, he
added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Feb. 25 (AP) (USDA.-
Hogs, l1,0O0; slow, uneven, steady to
25 lower on butchers; closed dull 20
lower, instances as much as 40 TO so
mostly % lower; poor shipping de-
mand; fewer butchers over go lbs.
and fewer Nos. 1-2 lots under 220 lbs.
grade 190-22O-lb. butchers, 1900
dawn dawn 10 fey lots ssva ss these bSSSs weghs
mostly 1-2, 190-220 lbs, 15.25-15. 80;
few early to 1856; and a few lots.
mostly Is, 190-215 lbs, 15.50-15.T5;
S0-hesd lot Is 200 lbs, sorted for
grade, 1885: 2-3 mixed grade 240-270
ots go lbs So ioT S0a s FEB q @xs snd Es soe
$50 lbs. at 1900; mixed grade 2-3
2S0-320 lbs, IA 00-14.50; a lot rs
around $40 lbs, also 400; mixed
grade 350-425-lb. sows, 13.00-13.75;
most 425-550 lbs, I2.25-13,00
Cattle, $4,000: calves, 100; receipts
will exceed the estimate by around
1000 head; slaughter steers active, 25
to mostly so higher; heifers moderately
active, steady to so higher; cows SLOW
about steady; bulls fairly active. fully
steady; yealers steady; stockers and
a few loads mostly prime i ,20O-i. $50
ID. steers. 31.75-32 90; numerous loads
mixed choice. and prime l,150-1 $50
lbs, 30.00-31 so; a few loads high
ehSice l,O5O-1.25o lbs, 29;75-3O,.25;
bulk bulk choice steers q 00-29 so, load
1900 lbs, 26.75-27.25: bulk good
steers, 2j.00-26.50; utility and stand
ard, 20 .00-24 so; load of prime L.
120-lb heifers. .29.75; some mixed
choice and prime 900-1 1850 lbs, $500
29 90; bulk good and choice, 24.50-
"a 90: utility and commercial cows,
IL 5000. 90: Gamers and cutters
IL. 50-lS.00; utility and commercial
bulls 21.50-24 80; good vealers sold
up to $500: culls doYn to 400: sew
steers, 25,00-25.50; medium s50-lb
weights, 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

dictate the Treasury will in
practice let q taxpayer deduct
part Of MS travel expenses for
a trip taken primarily for pleas
ure. even though the new rule
says mo"
Business Deduction OKd
There was, for example. the
case of a doctor who took a
cruise to Bermuda with his
wife. The cruise was arranged
by the American College Of
Physicians and the brochure
listed a program of discus
sions" to be held on the boat
and in Bermuda. The time table
of the discussions" indicated
they were of short duration,
while the trip was obviously
taken for pleasure. the Treas
ury itself let the doctor deduct
for 20 per cent Of the cost of
a business expenses. And the
tax court agreed that on q
combined business pleasure
trip. the travel costs could be
allocated to permit a deduction
for the business share, even
though the chief reason for
the trip was fun.
OF course. you can't push
this combined business-pleas-
ure deal to a point obscuring
the business aspects of the trip.
Thus, when another doctor
took a European trip for pleas
ure and made few side trips
to visit hospitals professionally
the Treasury allowed him only
a nominal deduction for travel
expenses.
What about a business trip
on which you take your wife?
If you go from New York to
the West Coast on business
and your wife accompanies
you, can you deduct only
half your combined travel
expenses? Not necessarily.
You may be able to deduct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Note Of Panic
indicated in
Steel Market

NEW YORK, Feb. Is (AP) .
Iron Age, national metal
working weekly, thinks it de-
tects a note of panic in the
steel market.
More steel users are talking
to the mills about getting in
COTS and slabs for conversion
to sheet and strip steel, Iron
Age said today.
This is a costly arrange
ment for the steel buyer and
represents a desperation move
on his part" the magazine
commented.
Order backlogs at some mills
have hit an all-time high, Iron
Age said, and one company re-
ports unshipped orders have
more than doubled since the
first of the year.
Worst logjam is in f1at-rolled
products. which for all lntents
and purposes are sold out for
the first half of the year.
The boom in demand is
largely due to fears of a steel
strike when labor contracts
expire June 30, the magazine
said, but it comes at a time Of
rising industrial output. when
Woodworking companies are
chewing up more steel to keep
pace with better business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
G. C. Murphy Co. to Open
New Store at Rockville

The G. C. Murphy Co. will
open its 18th store inrthe Wash
ington area in the Congression-
al Plaza Shopping Center at
Rockville, Md, tomorrow.
The new store is modern in
design with emphasis on color
throughout.
The new store has 43,749
square feet of space, including
28,067 square feet on two sales
floors.
Participating in opening GER
emonies tomorrow will be w.
c. Shaw, jr., vice president and
sales manager; Mr.. Kerley, and
D. K. O'Connor, Washington
district manager. J. L. Barnes.
formerly of Owosso, Mich, will
manage the new store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
4 Pet. Rate is Adopted
BY Interstate Building

Directors of Interstate Build
ing Association have notified
shareholders that dividends will
lbe increased to an annual rate
of 4 per cent from 312 per cent
paid previously.
THE higher rate will become
effective with a quarterly dis
tribution for the second quarter
ended June 30. Interstate paid
at the 4 per cent annual rate
in the first two quarters last
year, but cut back to the 31a
per cent rate for the next three
periods.
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association yesterday in
creased its annual dividend
rate to 4 per cent from 31a per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

more than half because the
Treasury viii let you deduct
what it would have cost you
II you had travelled alone
and this can add up to well
over half your expenses. You
might travel under a family
fare plan which costs less
than two regular fares: you
might stay In q $l2-a-day
double room whereas a single
room would cost 50. Despite
these lower actual costs, the
Treasury win permit you to
deduct one full travel fare
and the SO q day costs.
Tomorrow: Tax deductions
which violate public policy"
Distributed, 1859, BY the Han
syndicate, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

The Treasury flashed some
good news in 1858 to business
men who like to combine pleas
ure with their business trips.
ut is going to be more lenient
about allowing you to deduct
the travel expenses than 1t orig
inally had indicated.
The problem usually comes
up in one of two ways. You
may go on a trip which OBJ
viously is for business purposes
and then work in some merely
incidental pleasure activities,
Or you may go on a trip which
is just the reverse-primarily
a pleasure jaunt involving
some incidental business activ-
tiles.
When your principal goal is
business. there is no problem.
You can deduct all your travel
expenses except your spending
on pleasure. If. for instance,
you spend money for local
sightseeing or nightclubbing
during of business hours. you
can't deduct those OUTLAWS, but
all your other travel expenses
are deductible.
Suppose, though, you plan a
two-week vacation which also
includes a two-day business
convention in the same city.
Although the expenses of a va
cation trip aren't deductible,
can you deduct some part Of
your living expenses in the city
because you attend the two-day
business convention?
Treasury Relents
At first, the Treasury said
you couldn't deduct anything
if the trip was primarily for
pleasure, but in 1858 it finally
relented a bit. You can't deduct
any of the expenses of travel
ing to and from your destina-
ton when the trip is primarily
for pleasure, but you can de-
duct that part of your expenses
at the destination which can be
allocated to whatever incidental
business activities you carry on
while there.
In other words, if you spend
two days of your two-week va
cation attending a business
convention, you can deduct
living costs for those two days.
While this represents a lib
eralized Treasury view, the odds
are the courts will be even
more liberal.
If, say, you spend 10 per cent
of your vacation attending a
business convention, why
shouldn't you be able to deduct
10 per cent of your travel costs
to and from the vacation
convention city in addition to
10 per cent of your costs while
there?
Several 1858 court cases in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Electric Appliance Sales
Well Above Year Ago

Unit sales of electric appli-
ances in the District and nearby
Maryland were well above a
year ago in most cases during
January, data from the Elec-
trio Institute Of Washington
disclosed.
Sales of televisions increased
to 6,409 units from 4,874 a year
ago, although radio set sales
of 6,225 were of slightly from
$685..
Electric ranges totaled 1,049
VS.. 610 a year ago although
electric refrigerators number
ing 1854 were off moderately
from 1874 a year earlier.
Other January TOTALS are COM
pared below with a year ago:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

Management and labor ir
the bituminouS coal industry
and related groups today Joined
in formation of an overall
organization to seek elimination
of unfair" competition for the
industry both at home and
abroad.
The new organization, the
National Coal Policy Confer
ence, will be supported by the
United Mine Workers, the BIZ
luminous coal operators. the
coal-carying railroads, coal
using electric utilities and some
industry equipment suppliers
it was announced at a joint
press conference with leaders
of the participating groups.
George H. Love, board chair
man of Consolidation Coal Co.,
of Pittsburgh, who will serve as
conference chairman, said BIZ
luminous production declined
to only 400 million tons in 1853
and warned that this is a min
imum level below which output
should not be allowed to drop
if a strong coal industry is to
be maintained.
Not a Weakling
The bituminous industry is
not a weakling and has made
great strides in productivity in
recent years, but it faces un-
fair competition from the
dumping of residual fuels
along the Eastern seaboard and
also protectionist policies OF
European governments, which
shut out American coal.
Europeon miners are aver
aging only one ton a coal pei
day per worker and English
miners have an average OF
1923 tons per day, while mod
ern equipment has increased
the productivity of American
miners to II tons a day, de-
clared Thomas Kennedy, vice
president of the United Mine
Workers.
The American industry is in
excellent position to compete
price-wise, but European gov
ernments are shutting out
American coal, notwithstand-
ing the reciprocal trade agree
ments, he charged.
Although both France and
West Germany have closed the
doors to American coal, they
have left the doors open for
Russian and Polish coal selling
at higher prices than American
coal. he said.
This situation should have
the attention of the American
Government and that is one OF
the goals of the new confer
ence, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Bank WOmen's Club
To Mark 32d Year

The Bank Women's Club of
Washington will celebrate its
32d birthday at a dinner at the
Standardization Hotel to-
night.
The club started with 25
charter members on February
rs. 1927, and now has 100
members.
Ten charter members are to
be honored guests at a recep-
ton preceding the dinner.
They include: Mary Craven.
Eleanor Dankmeyer, Catherine
M. Kreig, Mabel Royce Lantz,
Lillian Mitchell, Louise Mitch
ell, Rose L. Royce, Lois A.
White. Mary Jane Winfree and
Mildred Woodcock. Mrs. Av-
lynne c. Helm, president of the
club, win preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Operators, UNIV Join
Efforts for Bituminous

power development threatened
to enroach further into the coal
market.
Between is and 20 leading
electric utility companies have
indicated they will support the
new bituminous conference, al
though a number of companies
do not seem to realize that if
the coal industry is weakened,
they will lose their main source
for cheap fuel, he said.
Howard E. Simpson, president
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, told the press conference
the coal carrying railroads well
coined the new organization.
The railroads have been long
concerned over the steady de-
cline in the production. con-
sumption and transportation of
coal, he said.
Committee Named
Joseph E. Moody, president
Of the Southern Coal Producers
Association, will be executive
director of the conference, with
offices here.
President John L. Lewis, Vice
President Kennedy and Michael
Widman, jr., will represent the
UNIV on the Executive Com
mittee. H. C. Murphy, presi-
dent of the Burlington Lines:
President. Simpson of the Bal
timore & Ohio, and John Til
ford, president of the Louisville
& Nashville. will represent the
railroads. Philip Sporn. presi-
dent of American Electric
Power; j. H. Fulford of jeffrey
Mfg. Co., and w. L. YEARLY of
Joy Mfg. Co. also are on the
committee.
Committee members from the
coal operators include: Mr..
Love; F. S. Elfred, Peabody Coal
Co.; Harry LEVERS, SOUTHEAST
Coal Co.; C. ]. Potter, Roches-
ter & Pittsburgh Coal; Ray
mond E. Salvati, Island Creek
Coal Co.; Kenneth A. Spencer.
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Min
ing Co. of Pittsburg, Kans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

law nrm OF Miller a. CneVa-
Her. said many young people
are unaware that personal
property still is liable for gift
tax in the creation Of joint
tenancies.
Congress should go the
whole way and relieve Joint
tenancies Of gift tax liabilities
on either real or personal
property" said Mr.. Akre, whose
firm specializes in tax problems.
Persons with substantial
estates do not use the device
Of joint tenancies to any great
extent anyway, he added.
The partial relief on gifts
taxes in joint tenancies became
effective for the 1855 tax year,
but the problem of changing
joint tenancies created prior to
LlaJ LlIne is a major estate
planning problem today, said
Mr.. Akre.
If a husband and wife created
q joint tenancy prior to 1855,
not intending to create a gift,
they may have incurred a tax
liability, which has never been
paid, and any change could
call attention to it. The prob
lem is a difficult one, but can
be worked out satisfactorily,
Mr.. Akre declared.
Samuel j. Sugar, chartered
life underwater of the firm
of Sugar g. Sugar, who is
council president, presided at
the dinner meeting and intro
duced the guest speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK. Feb. % (AP).-For-
elgn exchange rates, Great Britain in
dollars others in cents unchanged
unless otherwise noted:
Canadian. dollar in New York open
market 2ls per cent premium or
lO2 .93s4 United States cents, up ) }32.
Europe; Great Britain (poundl
S2;Sl! up 1I32; 3O-day futures
2;S0ls 60-day futures 2.SO1s. up 4 !:
9gg-day futures 2 SOFA, up. Is; Belgium
tranc) ..20,s OF cent: Germany
tWestern) ldeutsche mark) 23.g3la:
Holland (guilderl 26.49a: Italy (Iiraj
d6H OF a cent: Portugal (escudol
land (francl (freeJ 23.19: Denmark
(kronel 1852.
Latin America: Argentina (free)
I:53: Brazil (freel "a of a cent:
Mexico S.02: Venezuela (boliyar) 20 90.
Far East: Hong KONG dollar 1885.
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