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Illinois, Short Of Funds,
DELAYS Public Works

the financial picture changes
"if revenue picks up and we're
in for a business boom"
But he warned that continu-
ing imbalance in the budget
could push extension of the
freeze order into 1860.
The freeze does not affect
highway construction, which is
assured by earmarked income
from gas tax funds. The $50
million in new projects, how
ever, depends upon non-ear-
marked, or general revenue,
funds.
Gov. Stratton said he wanted
to defer to the wishes of the
Legislature, which appropriated
the $50 million as part of an
estimated $2.5 billion budget.
ION the other hand" he
observed, I'VE don't want to be
spending money if we haven't
got it,"
He made it plain he has au-
thority to withhold funds for
public works projects, even
though the projects are author
lied by the General Assembly.
The only exception to the
freeze. he said. is a $10,292,000
appropriation for maintenance
and repairs of existing struc-
lures.
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SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 9
(AP).-Faced with a shortage
of revenue to meet proposed
construction needs, the State
will postpone all new public
works projects at least until
next January /, Gov. William
G. Stratton announced yester-
day.
We're not going to wake up
and find ourselves not able to
meet payrolls," he declared.
The effect of the action is to
freeze about $50 million worth
of new projects approved by
the Legislature for the 1959-61
budget period.
1t will tie up construction at
the University of Illinois,
Southern Illinois University
and the four teachers uni
versities - Western, Eastern,
Northern and Normal.
1t will postpone plans to
build a new State museum
building, a new prison and a
mental institution to be located
in Southern Illinois, plus a host
of minor projects.
Gov. Stratton told a news
conference the freeze order
might be revoked in certain
cases after a few months, If
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BUDGET
Quick Passage Seen
On Conferees' Report

The bulk of the SAL million
increase over the House
recommended $237.2 million
went for two items.
One for $1,543,O00, was to
meet blue collar" worker wage
increases voted by Congress
last year.
The other covers the $1.8
million cost of building a new
consolidated warehouse, shop
and records center. More than
100000 in other capital outlay
items included construction of
more safety facilities at the
Zoo, equipping additions to two
schools and providing utilities
for the District Training School
at Laurel, Md.
The conferees agreed to go
ahead with $266,000 to launch
a free lunch program in the
schools.
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Tornudoes
Hit Villages

MILWAUKEE,, July 9 (AP) -
Tomatoes struck two widely
separated Wisconsin villages
late yesterday, injuring a
mother and her two small chill
dren and causing widespread
property damage.
A windstorm packing gusts
up to 70 miles per hour also
battered Madison, the States
capital city.
The first tornado was re-
ported at Niagara in extreme
Northeast Wisconsin near the
Upper Michigan border. The
injuries were counted there, and
damage was extensive.
The second struck a few
hours later at HarriSville in
Marquette County in the south
central part of the State. No
nJurleS were reported.
Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Lar
kin said several homes in Har-
risville. about As miles north
east of Madison, were damaged
and that trees and power lines
were torn away.
At Madison the storm lasted
only IS minutes. A preliminary
urvey showed no major damage.
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said there we're indications 1t
was Mexico.
AT least 40 checks, totaling
about 5000, were cashed in
the last two months. The first
was detected May in Milton
and Crestville, Tex. Later they
were turned UP in other parts
Of Texas, in Florida, Louisiana
and Georgia.
The first lead in the case
came May % when a food
store In Baton Rouge, La,
refused TO cash a check. Later
the customer was arrested in
Beaumont, Tex, and identi-
fed as Apply Justin Sonnier.
nephew of the man arrested
here yesterday. He pleaded
guilty to State charges and
was given a six-year sentence.
Later agents in Opelousas,
La, made the acquaintance of
10 Ann Olivier and purchased
from her II Of the counterfeit
checks, Chief Baughman said.
1t was through her that
negotiations were begun for
the big deal that ended in
disaster for the ring in Wash
ington.
Both Sonnier and Roger
were convicted, along with
seven others, for white slave
traffic in Louisiana in 1854.
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to all survivors who had not
reported to do so.
Many of the bodies were
charred beyond recognition.
Capt. Riistofte and a ticket
collector were believed the only
crew of the small boat, which
carried picnic parties along the
wooded shores of HaderSlev
Park Lake in this quiet South
Jutland resort 30 miles north
of the German border.
1t was Denmark's second
maritime disaster within six
months and the second disas-
trouS fire in Scandinavia in
three weeks.
In January the Danish pas
senger-cargo liner Hans He'd
toft hit an iceberg south of
Greenland and vanished with
out a trace. Ninty-f1ve per-
sons persisted.
On June % fire swept a
;ourist hotel in Stalheim, Nor
way, killing Is persons.
Thousands of sunbathers
along the shore of Haderslev
Park Lake saw the picnic boat
explode and catch fire within
seconds. The screams of the
passengers, many of them
women and children, could be
heard.
Some jumped overheard with
their clothes afire.
Several, who obviously
couldn't swim, chung desper-
ately to the outside of the boat
for several minutes until they
were overcome with smoke, lost
their grip and sank.
Rowboats and other pleasure
craft in the lake raced to the
scene. One 62-year-old man
saved is persons in several
trips. Three teen-age girls
from a nearby reform school
rowed across the 500-yard-wide
lake and rescued eight persons.
One rowboat capsized when
about 20 desperate, screaming
men, women and children tried
to climb aboard.
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Louisiana who certainly acts
crazy"
You Lave to live with a lot
of people," said Bender the
politician, colliding with
Bender the cleanup man.
You have got to have the
votes of the washed and the
unwashed."
Did Bender the cleanup
man think that Bender the
politician should have been
shown shaking hands with a
corrupt union official?
IF cats and dogs would vote,
I would shake hands with
them" said the newly available
aspirant for public Office. I'VE
should rescue the perishing and
care for the dying, sing that
every Sunday. Why shouldn't
I be helpful if I CAM"
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WET NAM
WET NAM
Two MAAG Officers
Victims of Terrorist
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and presidential secretary of
state went to Bienhoa on learn
ing Of the attack.
The attack was the first on
Americans in South Wet Nam
since October %, 1857, when
terrorists bombed the United
States Informatit> Agency Lii
brary, an American military
bus and a United States hotel.
all in Saigon. Thirteen Ameri-
can servicemen and FIVE Asians
were wounded. None of the
Americans were hurt seriously.
The war between France and
the Communist Wet Mini
ended in July, 1854. with the
signing Of an armistice at
Geneva partitioning Wet Nam.
Since then there have been
sporadic terrorist attacks in
South Wet Nam by samll bands
Of supporters of c o m m unist
President Ho Chi Minis North
Wet Nam regime.
The joint communique said:
"One of an attacking band of
Communist terrorists last night
penetrated an American billet
at Bien Hoa, 20 miles north of
Saigon. during a movie showing
and killed two American mill
tary advisers, three Wet Ma
meSe and himself with a plas-
tic charge.
"A third American was
wounded while two other Amer
lean military advisers were un-
harmed. The attack occurred
shortly after 7p.m.
Small arms fire including
that of automatic weapons fol-
lowed the explosion, Wet Ma
mese guards returned the fire,
forcing the terrorists to flee to
the nearby river from which di-
rection they had come.
THE two Wet Namese guards
and one attendant were killed
as they attempted to prevent
the Communist from throwing
the charge after his comrade
had retreated.
Names of the dead and
wounded American training
advisers to the 7th Wet Ma
mese Army division were with
held pending notification of
next of kin. The third Ameri-
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middle of the lake. If the &C
cident had occurred only 10
yards nearer to the shore,
many of those aboard might
have been saved just by walk
ing into the shallow water"
Niels Thomson, another wit
ness, said the first rowboat to
reach the stricken excursion
craft was capsized by panicky
passengers. About 20 leaped
into the rowboat from the
burning boat and others in the
water chung to the rowbost's
side until it went over.
A weeping young man said
he and his wife jumped into
the water when the ship
caught fire. His wife had
managed to grab a life belt,
En- route to shore, he said,
his wife gave the life belt to
a screaming mother who was
trying to keep herself and her
baby afloat. Then his wife
suddenly disappeared.
Fourteen Of the survivors
were hospitalized with burns
Some, including Capt. Riistofte,
were in critical condition. y
Survivors said Capt. Riistofte
tried vainly to calm the pas
sengers and reach the life belts.
While flames shot out of the
engine room the panicky crowd
beat him back, and he returned
to the wheel.
Some foreign tourists were
among the passengers. The
Danish state radio said it was
highly likely" that the dead
included two or three Germans.
one Belgian and one Swede.
Three Germans. including a
married couple, were among
the survivors.
Frogmen today found four
additional bodies on the bot
tom of the lake. Police said
they did not know if the "a
persons accounted for were all
those aboard. They appealed
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.tionS and specialized training.
Due to the glamor of the staff,
many officers in the Navy stop
their engineering studies. A lot
of them are awed by anyone
who comes in with a doctors
degree.
Moreover, since entering the
Navy Academy, many officers
have led a sheltered life and
are used to ordering people
around. That is what I believe
leads to some pressure. 1t GER
tainly has interfered with my
work"
Cooling OFF" Suggested
AS for possible legislation to
discourage undue influence or
improper pressure attempts,
Admiral Rickover suggested
that "a cooling-of period" of
about three years be provided
SO that retired officers could
not take private jobs that would
involve lobbying or contract
discussions for their companies
with the Pentagon during that
time.
He added that such a COOLING
off period should apply not only
to retired military personnel,
but also to former Defense De-
partment Secretaries and other
top civilian officials who obtain
positions in defense industry
after leaving Government
service.
Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
former chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, who was to
have testified today, will be
heard tomorrow. Before ad-
journing today'S session the
subcommittee made public a
letter from Deputy Defense
Secretary Thomas S. Gates, jr.,
celebrating on testimony he
gave Tuesday concerning Navy
queStionnaires on the retired
personnel problem.
Fewer Conflicts Found
He had disclosed that about
300 of the replies to approx
mately 4,600 questionnaires had
raised some questions of pos
sible conflicts of interest.
81 now understand that
some 500 follow-up question
naries were eventually dis
patched" his letter stated
today. 1.-THE sending of the
longer QUESTIONABLE did not,
of course, imply any wrong
doing. I am pleased to report
that of some 430 answers re-
ceived to date only S minor
infractions of the conflict of
interest statutes have been
tentatively established. am
equally pleased to report that
four of the five officers con-
cerned terminated the Offend
ing employment. The fifth is
engaged in selling fire alarm
systems through competitive
bids"
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the Secret Service its big lead,
Mr.. Baughman said.
Posing as racketeers, the
Secret Service men. one OF
Italian and the other Of
Chinese extraction, actually
turned over the $4,000 u
Sonnier and Roger. the chief
said.
In addition to the checks
the agents seized a check per-
forating machine, two loaded
automatics, fake military iden-
tifications, social security cards
and drivers licenses and two
counterfeit checks drawn on
the First National Bank OF
Rosenberg. Tex.
Mr.. Giangreco said the
checks were better than coun-
terfeit money, which could be
more easily detected.
Honored by Banks
They were so good even
banks could not tell them from
the real thing, and honored
them without question" he
said. They were detected only
when they were delivered to the
Treasury Department"
The undercover man of Chi
neSe extraction had told mem
bers of the ring he expected to
circulate the checks in the
Philippines.
Mr.. Baughman said the
service still has to run down
the source of the excellent
printing job. Mr.. Giangreco
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the real pressure we get is to
undertake more projects and
to spend more money"
When Mr.. Hebert asked him
to be specific, name names,
Admiral Rickover asked "the
Indulgence of the subcommit-
tee not to be required to name
names"
He explained that many of
the visits by retired officers and
other former Defense Depart
ment personnel could not be
fatly described as pressure at
temptS. He added:
II would not want to pre-
sumo to adjudicate situations
that may or may not in them
selves be illegal. BY naming
names in this way I might
bring dishonor on some good
citizens. But I will say this: No
one ever attempted to bride
me. There never has been a
single instance where anyone
visiting me had the slightest
impact on my decisions. Those
decisions were based entirely
on technical considerations"
Request Made on Order
When Mr.. Hebert insisted
that he provide specifics in
stead of generalities," Admiral
Rickover inquired: do you
order me to do SOP"
I'VE do" the chairman said.
Eve want the names of in
dividualS and of companies or
contractors, and the purpose of
those visits
"Then, of course, I will have
to comply" Admiral Rickover
said.
He said he would provide the
requested information as soon
as possible. Mr.. Hebert said
later he did not believe it would
be necessary to cab Admiral
Rickover for questioning in
closed session unless the sub
committee wants more detailed
information about some specific
case.
1--WE don't want the names
of Navy people who disagree
with YOU" Representative Nor
blad, Republican of Oregon,
told the witness. I'VE want the
names of retired admirals and
others who went to higher-ups
to put pressure on you"
Perhaps the word pressure
is unfortunate in some in
stances" Admiral Rickover said.
But when man is stopped in
one. place he often goes higher
up. I don't believe I could ever
win a popularity contest among
higher officers in the Defense.
Department"
unfortunate Situation"
do you think any high Of
ficerS in the Defense Depart
ment might have been pres
sured?" Representative Gavin,
Republican of Pennsylvania, in
CURED.
> Chairman Hebert interrupted
to remark that "Of course, Ad-
miral, you're not competent to
answer that"
Eyes, I am competent to
answer it," Admiral Rockover
said. I'VE have a very unfor-
tlmate situation in the Defense
Department as well as in some
other Government departments
where people who have to make
top decisions do not have the
necessary technical qualifica-
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out that District Government
officials last month revised
their earlier gloomy revenue
estimates with more encourage
ing figures based on more up
to-date revenue reports from
last year.
AS a result of these eSti-
mates, Mr.. Pastore said, the
Senators felt the higher Fed
eral payment would be un-
necessary.
The general fund-which
demands vastly more from the
city treasury than it is able
to produce in receipts-should
have a surplus of nearly $780,
900 by June 30. the Rhode
Islander predicted on the basis
of present expectations. The
general fund provides for such
things, as public schools,
health and welfare.
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volumes of testimony being
produced by the Rackets Com
mittee about the union, he is
making observations of his own.
One of these he reported this
morning.
THE Offices of the Transfers
Union are run like a church
office" he reported, for in
stance. There is no gambling,
no liquor drinking or anything
like that"
AS proof Of the applicability
he brings to his job of cleaning
up the union, Mr.. Bender
preferred the case of a Team
ster official who was involved
with a 16-year-old prostitute.
Mr.. Bender at once reported
this offense to his employer,
Mr.. Hoffa, and Mr.. Hoffa said
in the strongest language
imaginable that the sinner
should be kicked out.
WAS hep" inquired Senator
Goldwater.
That I can't tell you" said
Mr.. Bender.
Mr.. Bender in any case pre-
ferred to discuss politics, and
to exhibit the tough-minded-
ness that he thinks is essential
for success in that arena.
Need the Votes
you don't have to become a
prostitute" he offered at one
point, but you have to get
their votes"
Senator Erwin attempted to
discuss another kind of prosti-
tution-the prostitution of I'M
ion power. He cited the case of
Sam Goldstein who, while serv-
ing a prison sentence for extor-
ton, continues to receive his
Transfers salary.
Mr.. Bender indicated he felt
that Senator Erwin was being a
big squeamiSh. He spoke of a
Republican Governor of Ohio
whom he did not further identi-
fly who had been convicted of
murder and of Gov. Long of
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:HOME RULE
Committee Measure
Seen as Compromise

District. And ! am not at all
sure we would not find a terri
torial form Of government ade-
quate for a long time.
1.-THE Federal Government
must exercise some considerable
control over this city. There
fore, I support the administra-
ton BILL" he concluded.
White House Study
The White House has started
to study the Senate bill.
Acceptance would be switch
for the administration. Pres
ident Eisenhower generally has
limited himself to Endorsement
of the principle of home rule.
But his position, as described
at 1858 home rule hearings in
the Senate, has never been dis
puted. At that time. Senator
Clark, Democrat OF Pennsyl-
vania, who presided. declared:
e. I am approaching this
legislation on the basis that
the Eisenhower administration
is adamantly opposed to home
rule for the District insofar as
it would provide for an elected
executive. :"
He said he thought the Presi-
dents view should be clear. So
he invited the Commissioners
to comment on his analysis.
Federal Supremacy
Mr.. Mclaughlin, speaking
for the board, replied, I'VE ear
nestly feel that there is such a
close tie-in here with the
Federal Government, and the
Federal interest in the Capital
for the States is paramount.
We should give every bit of
local home rule that we can,
consistent with preserving that
Federal interest. and I think
that is the feeling at the White
House."
He had just come from a
White House visit with Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Mr.. Mclaughlin testified that
the Commissioners drafted the
territorial bill. But the provi-
Sions for the presidentially APP
pointed governor and presiden-
tial veto were written during
constant consultations with the
Budget Bureau, he said.
The principle underlying the
presidential appointment has
the full support of the Budget
Bureau, it was testified. That
principle, as expressed by Mr..
Mclaughlin at hearings, is
that the President of the
United States should retain
some control over the exercise
of executive responsibility in
the Nations Capital, where
acts Of local government can
have tremendous impact upon
the reputation and standing of
our Nation in the eyes of the
world"
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Skiing Art or Sport?

MEXICO CITY, July 9 (AP) =.
is water skiing art or sport?
The National Actors Associa-
ton says it's an art and de-
mands that the Acapulco Ski
Club make its members pay
dues as artists putting on a
nightly show. The club own
erS refuse, declaring it's just
sport for pay.
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SUutihuCu EAOhu EhoS 0bC
mittee. Committeeman are
dubious of the fate of the
council bill in the House. Critics
maintain the committee re-
ported the less popular measure
to kill any chance that the Re-
publican administration would
be credited with passage of
home rule.
Should the council measure
clear Congress. the fuss even
could lead to a presidential
veto, these sources predict.
Mclaughlin Has Hopes
Rober. E. Mclaughlin, pres
ident of the Board of Commits
sioners, still hopes the territorial
bill can be substituted for the
council measure, however.
my position is that I prefer
the territorial bill" he said yes
terday. II hope it can be sub
stituted for the council bill be-
cause it reco Enizes the para
mount interest of the Federal
Government in this-the Ma
tons Capital"
He said he did not question
the sincerity of committee mem
hers who pushed the council
form OF home rule bill.
! "Like them, I am strongly for
the principle of home rule. But
I. doubt that the type of legiS-
1ation they reported will stand
so good a chance of passage in
the House as will the territorial
bill" he added.
Commissioner David B. Kar-
rick said at this juncture he was
mot opposed, but not enthused"
about the Senate reported bill.
Il don't think establishment
of either the territorial or the
council form of government in
Washington will solve the city's
basic problem" he explained.
THAT problem is economic, not
political"
Economic Imbalance"
Mr.. Karrick noted tn at
washington suffers an imbal-
efce. The District of Columbia
is the downtown core of a city
that spreads thrcl:~s out the
suburbs, he said.
! I'VE suffer seriously from our
Inability to obtain sufficient
revenues from the central core
TO maintain the District. mo
home rule will alter that in
ability, and that is my main
concern"
AS between the territorial
and council bills, Mr.. Karrick
said he favored the administra-
TONS territorial version, be-
cause "it has a better chance
Of passage"
ut could give Washington
what Alaska and Hawaii have
had, and I hope lead the Dis
trict to a more complete form
Of Sefl-government. don't
believe in statehood for the
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can suffering a gunshot wound
was moved to Saigon for evac-
uation to the Philippines. His
condition is not serious.
Immediately after being
notified of the attack, the vice
president of Wet Nam, Nguyen
Dinh Thuan, and the secretary
of state for the interior. Lam
lie Trinh, went to the scene
from Saigon.
President Ngo Dinh Diem,
on a tour of Central Wet Nam,
has been informed"