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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

ment Operations.
The Budget Bureau has now
issued q circular to agencies
advising them against contract
ing out work unless 1t can be
done more economically by
private firms.
This is in sharp contrast 10
the administrators stated
view Of several years ago that
the Government should con-
tract out to industry all ac-
tivities it feels are in compete
ton with private industry. even
II it meant increased costs To
the Government.
Employe groups have charged
that much Of the work farmed
out to industry could be done
more economically by Gov
eminent. It also has cost the
jobs Of about 100000 Federal
employees, most Of them career
people.
The Budget Bureaus new cir
cular states that contracting
out Of Federal functions should
not be considered unless 1t
would be Judged to be more
economical than direct opera
ton by the agency, or where
probable increased cost Of con-
tracing operations is likely to
be outweighed by q significant
increase in effectiveness Of OPP
creations"
Specifically listed as not suit
able for contracting out opera
tions are functions involving
the direction, supervision and
control Of Government person.
mel. except for supervision in
cidental to training; functions
involving the exercise Of police
and regulatory powers in the
name Of Government. exclusive
of guard and plant protection
services: functions Of determin-
ing basic Government policies:
the day-to-day staff and man
agement functions Of an agency
(other than specialized studies
Of an intermitten nature).
Agencies were also advised
against contracting out opera
tons unless "the products or
services required are not readily
obtainable from another Fed
eral agency" or cannot be pro-
cured from private business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Body Of Man, 81,
Found Hanged

The body of John E. Riley.
81, was found yesterday hang
ing by the neck from a rope
tied to a water pipe in the base
ment Of his home at 1922 Ste
phenson place NV. police said.
Allen F. Cook, 81. the dead
mans brother-in-law. found
the body when he returned to
the house from a shopping trip
just before / pm.
Police said Mr.. Riley had
been respondent many years
because of i'll health. His wife
is in a nearby Maryland hospi-
tai, they said. No notes were
found.
District Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald said the death was
q suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

through ordinary business
channels.
NO MEAT-AX CUTS-As
predicted here last Sunday. the
House Appropriations Commit
tee has killed the plan to effect
a 20 per cent Job cut In Gov
eminent by imposing a vacancy
filling ban on Federal agencies.
In reporting the supplemental
money bill, the House unit noted
Its considerable concern that
the trend In employment is up
ward. The problem Is wide
spread" But 1t did not attach
the proposed rider, which had
been widely criticized by Gov
eminent agency ofiicials as q
threat to essential public serv-
ices and national defense COM
mitments the Government has
TO fulfill.
4 4 y 4
PAY RAISE ABSORPTION
In reporting the supplemental
and 1860 Interior Department
money bills, the House Appro-
priationS Committee set q pat
tern whereby Federal depart
ments and agencies will have
to absorb at least 10 per cent
of the cost of last years Gov
eminent employe pay raises.
The group said that would be
Its general policy for most Fed
sral departments and agencies.
This means that departments
and agencies will have to tight
en- their belts somewhat to alb
serb the 10 per cent. In all
likelihood, it won't require any
firing Of present employees, but
some agencies may not be able
to I'LL quite as many personnel
vacancies as they ordinarily
would.
incidentally, the committee
chopped Interiors request for
300 new jobs to less than half
that number.
= 4 =
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Perry
Simms Of Interior has been
elected president Of Federal
Employees Union No. 2, National
Federation Of Federal En-
ployes. Others elected were
Edward Holmes. Public Roads,
and Dayton Ward. Agriculture.
vice presidents; Paris Keener.
Health, Education and Welfare
(retired), secretary-treasurer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
SECTION E-S Pages
Amusements, TEEN. Rodio.
2 Books, Features.

: District and vicinity-Rather
cloudy, windy and colder today,
high A. Fair and cold tomor-
row.
Maryland and Virginia -
Cloudy and windy today with
tain on the coast, high from
the 30s in the mountains to
bear 50 on the coast. Fair and
cold tomorrow.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay Winds northwest
or north at 1885 miles per
hour and stronger today
Cloudy with visibility of 8
miles.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers FER!
ana clear ct Great Falls. Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Industry Contracts
May Be CurtoiIed
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star stan Writer

The administration may be planning to slow down It's
much-ctczed policy Of contracting Government work
costpus contracts industry with the resultant loss Of civil
service jobs.
Three House committees already have started investigations
of the situatoCiv Service Armed Services and Govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

Mae johnson. Shannon Knape,
Hildo Lagazo. Mrs. Virginia
Page. Gaylord Streeter and
Won Summers. The first
luncheon meeting Of the WASH
ington Incentive Awards Group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

was picked up by a passing
plane and taken ashore. When
he tried to pay for a drink with
Canadian money. the incident
aroused curiosity and the pilot
left in a hurry. The investiga-
ton revealed Sprenz had stolen
the plane in Toronto.
Asked About TOupee
On February %, in Toledo
Sprenz was identified in q
beauty parlor asking about
toupee. On March 2. this year
he held up the Plaza Branch
of the First National Bank OF
Hamilton. Ohio. and escaped
with $29.955.
He fed the bank In q stolen
car. few q stolen plane to
Coshocton, Ohio. and was
traced to Canton before dis
appearing. Later. last month
when the FrBI had virtually
every airport in the East COW
cred. Sprenz smashed another
stolen plane-this one from
Scranton. Pa.-into q snow
bank at Colchester. VT.
Because Of the heavy snow
this airport was not being
watched and Sprenz may have
sensed this.
OF his recent travels. the FBl
has traced him to the Roanoke
Norfolk area since March 4
The FBI said he may well b.
in the greater Washington area
or may travel through it in Q
stolen or purchased car OF
plane.
Started Early In Crime
Sprenz has been a menace tG
life and property ever since ht
was q juvenile. He was raised
under the guidance Of hi:
grandparents who spoke only
German. He spoke no English
himself until he went to school
In 1915. at the age Of Is. HI
embarked on a crime spree
which began with his arrest
for auto theft in Akron. HI
quickly escaped from the ju.
venile detention home.
In 1947 he enlisted in the
Army. but was soon arrested
for stealing a machine CUR
from the Army at Aberdeen
Md. and for theft of a As.
caliber pistol in Linz, Austria
He told the Army he had stolen
at least IS automobiles.
The Army gave him an un-
desirable discharge.
Here are some of the ways
you may recognize Sprenz: He
is S feet II, weighs 1856 to l92
pounds and has peroxided hi:
thinning hair to the point that
lit may be reddish-orange In
color. His right little finger Is
crooked to the first joint and he
has a l-inch scar on his chin
Only other thing the FBl
points out about Sprenz is this:
He sleeps with a pistol under
his pillow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

COMIC SECTION
10 Pages Of Fun and Action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

HiSS sesc m on MaTcs % In and fsif
Lowest. II, on January 4 and II.
HiGh and Low Of Last - Hours
High, ~, at 12:45 pm.
Low, 40. at sos m.
High, 10. at $40 pm.
Low. 40, at sos am.
Tide Tables
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

will be held at 1880 pm. Tues
day ct the Casino Royal res
taurant. John Roth. director
of the Federal employee in
centive awards program, will
speak.
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Then, by Junior Sophisticates, a lame
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Mr.. Gee makes paisley cardigan jacket
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The tapered pants and classic shirt,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

land and CzechoSlovakia became
Soviet satellites under Communist
regimes backed by the Soviet
army. A Communist state had
been set up in Soviet-occupied
East Germany.
However reluctant the Western
nations were to accept the hard
fact that the rosy hopes for
peaceful. cooperative world had
frozen into the perilous tensions
of the cold war. the Communist
coup in Czechoslovakia dispelled
the last vestiges of optimism.
Perhaps more than any other
single development, the Prague
tragedy made NATO inevitable.
The Soviet Union protested
vigorously that NATO was an
aggressive alliance" formed in
open violation of the United Ma
tons Charter and aimed solely at
the Soviet Union. In rejecting
the Moscow protests the West
called the Atlantic pact a strictly
defensive arrangement. The prof.
ected size of NATO forces. it was
pointed out, could never be con-
sidered a real threat to the huge
armed forces available to the
Communist bloc.
When the NATO Foreign Min
listers meet here Thursday. they
can look back over the decade and
assess the accomplishments of the
alliance. There is no doubt that
they will find them impressive.
The peace has so far been kept
in Europe. Cooperation between
the member nations has reached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
A Tenth Anniversary for NATO

an unprecedented high level.
Traditional enemies such as Ger
many and France are in close
accord. Great impetus has been
given to the drive for European
unity. AS a co-ordinating body.
the NATO Council has done much
to keep the West in harmony on
policy matters. Potentially dam
gerous riffs between member ma
lions have been peacefully closed,
as for example the quarrel be-
tween Greece and Turkey over
the Cyprus issue.
On the other side of the ledger,
there can be no doubt that NATO
helped to widen the chasm be-
tween East and West. The Com
muniSt blocs reply to NATO was
the Warsaw Pact, a military alli-
ance between the Soviet Union and
the Communist nations of Europe.
West Germany's inclusion in the
Atlantic alliance sharpened the
fears of future German aggression
and made Identification of that
divided nation tremendously more
difficult. And NATO was unable
to prevent the British-French-
Israeli invasion of Egypt.
But on balance, NATO appears
to have been immensely success
full as the Vests defender. Gre
ated through stark necessity. it
will have to be continued as long
as there is cold war. as long as
the danger of aggression exists.
More a shield than a sword. NATO
is the symbol Of the determination
Of the West to defend itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

On April 4. 1949. the Foreign
Ministers of IL nations gathered
at Washington and signed a his
toric document-the North At
lantic Treaty. The event marked
a radical departure in American
peacetime foreign policy. EN-
tangling alliances" so rigidly
Stunned in peacetime since the
founding OF the Republic became
on that date a mere phrase in
the history books. The United
States had forsaken isolation.
For the Western nations in
volved. NATO meant collective
security and a common defense.
Member nations agreed to furnish
troops and ornaments for a
single-command armed force. A
NATO naval command was Gre
ated, as well as necessary air
strength and strategically- located
bases. The whole was designed
for one Junction. deterrent to
Soviet aggression.
When the wartime alliance be-
tween the Soviet Union and the
Western democracieS swiftly de-
Perforated after 1945, the nations
of Western Europe. battered and
weakened by five years of war,
began to worry for their survival.
Despite the pledges made at
Teheran. Yalta and PotSdam, the
Soviet Union under Josef Stains
single-m / n ded direction had
steadily communized the liberated
nations Of Central and Eastern
Europe. One byione, Romania,
Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, Po-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
InBoghdod:
Lost Name

Iraq last week, to the surprise
OF practically no one. formally
renowned the Baghdad Pact.
Since the revolt last July that
toppled the pro-Western govern
ment. Of King Faisal and Premier
Nuri 'es-Said, the Iraq regime of
Premier Abdel Karin Kassem has
Stunned meetings Of the Baghdad
Pact's council.
Relations between Iraq and the
United Arab Republic were in
creasingly strained. despite some
Soft-worded appeals for calmness
and restraint from the Iraqi
Premier.
On Thursday, three reporters
for Western news media were
abruptly given IL hours to depart
from Baghdad. No reasons were
given for the explosions. In adj
dition, newsmen from Western
nations reported they were unable
to get visas to enter Iraq for the
last week or more. There has
been speculation that stories by
Western newsmen on military
activity along the Iraqi-Iranian
border brought the governments
breakdown on journalists. All
foreigners have been barred from
the border zone since Monday.
There were increasing indica.
tons during the last week that
Lebanon was moving toward closer
relations with the UAR, perhaps,
in a loose federation. Such a
move, if successful. could increase
Iraqi isolation from the rest of
the Arab world.
Apparently willing to take a
chance on the professed neutrality
of the Kassem government in
Iraq, Mr.. Macmillan announced
before leaving Washington that
Britain would be willing" to sup
ply arms to Iraq as way to help
block Soviet plans for increased
influence in the Middle East.
Such an arms aid program would
have to be approved by the cabi-
net. President Eisenhower left
unanswered the possibility that
the United States would join in
the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
The Summit Road Is Rocky

Life dI,Ddvs gets harder to-
tDGrd the slmmit-the cold tn
credses. responsibility increases.
-Nietzsche.
Devious are the ways Of diplo-
macy, and the way to the Sum-
NIT Conference, now generally
accepted as already charted, may
still disclose dangerous road
blocks. pitfalls and detours. Much,
last weeks new dispatches made
plain. still depends on what mean
ing can be read into o few SEEM
ingly innocuous words.
What. for example. did the
French mean by "envisagement
Of genuine progress" ct the pro-
jected meeting In May Of the
Big -Four foreign ministers?
How to interpret the British
qualification "as soon as devel-
opments in the foreign ministers
meeting warrant" q summit con-
ference would be welcomed?
And the United States, still
clinging at least partly to the
original condition set forth by
President Eisenhower, hedged
with "as soon as developments in
the foreign ministers meeting
justify" the United States would
be ready to participate In Q sum-
NIT conference.
Perhaps significantly. none Of
the four messages that went to
Moscow on Thursday laid down
any specific preconditions for
success" ct the foreign ministers
conference. Conceivably, even q
general air Of amiability, q CO.
operative attitude. on the part
Of the Soviet Union might be &C
ceptable as "warranting" or "jus-
tifying" further negotiations at
the heads-o f-state level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Our New Congress
Off to Fast Start

''If we cut a dollar below what
they want, they act like the heav-
ems were going to fall in. And If
we provide one dollar more for
some program, they call us 'reck-
less spenders.'"
The voice was Sam Rayburn's
and the Speaker of the House was
totting up. somewhat testify. the
record Of the first 80 days of the
first session Of the 86th Congress.
The annual Easter recess Of
Congress provided a lull in the
legislative battle and an oppor-
tunity for both Democrat and Re-
publicans to appraise the past
and portend the future.
President Eisenhower, the main
target of Speaker Rayburn's
sharp-tongued comments on the
spending issue, was in no mood
for appraisal, however. Mindful,
perhaps. that the fate of much Of
his legislative program still hangs
In the balance in a Democratic
dominated Congress, he declined
an invitation at his Wednesday
meeting with reporters to sum up
the congressional record at Eas-
terrible.
mo one can predict Congress-"
he said, with the air Of a man
who had got the wrong answers
from the same crystal ball before.
Il think it is Just futile to try
to evaluate their accomplishment
today or what we expect in the
future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Royal Visitor
King Hussein

While Iraq was cracking down
on pro-NasSer elements and Com
munist influences seemed gaining
ground steadily. Jordan's young
monarch, HuSsein I, was visiting
Washington. With his Premier.
Samir el-Rifai. the King put in
a busy three days of talks with
United States officials, at lunch
cons and dinners. sightseeing
around the city and its environs,
and a speech at the National
Press Club.
No details of the official con-
verSations were revealed, but the
talks were reported to have laid
the groundwork for increased
American support for the Kings
shaky desert realm. BeSet by pro-
Nasser disSidents and the prob
lens of huge influx of bitter
Palestinian Arab refugees, the
young monarch has twice headed
of attempts at a coup and has
narrowly missed assassination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Mr.. Dulles Absence

In all the weeks developments.
observers were quick to note the
absence of the strong hand of
Secretary of State Dulles. Now at
his home after hospital treatment
of abdominal cancer (he will 60 to
Florida for a rest this week.. Mr..
Dulles was unable to take a direct
part in the Eisenhower Macmillan
discussions. His absence from the
State Department, and particu-
larly the lack of the fortnight
public statements he was accuS-
toned to make in times Of crisis,
made reporters jobs more difficult.
His future role in the determine
ton and implementation of Amer
lean policy remains in doubt. A
decision on his retaining the post
Of Secretary awaits his physicians
decision on the final results Of
the massive X-ray therapy he has
been undergoing.
Perhaps because Of the absence
of Mr.. Dulles. there were indica-
tons last week that the Western
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Progress in Spurts

Besides, as Mr.. Eisenhower
noted, Congress works in "spurts,"
which makes 1t even more diff
cult to adjudge its progress or
even gauge its mood on the basis
Of the opening months of a legis-
lative session.
Squirting toward its To-day
Easter recess, Congress last week
passed and sent to the Presidents
desk a bill extending the recession
caused program of Federal I'M
employment benefits for another
three months.
The Senate also voted approval
Of $685. million program of
Federal aid to economically de-
pressed areas which dealt the
biggest blow of the session to Mr..
Eisenhower's hopes for a balanced
budget.
The two actions added to a sub
stantial volume Of work already
accomplished in both the Senate
and House that is impressive by
past Congressional standards, II
not by those of the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Macmillan Is Confident

In London, Prime Minister
Macmillan's report to the House
Of Commons on the results Of his
trip to the United States con-
trasted ON ewhat with the
guarded reluctance Of the Ameri-
can President. With characteristic
aplomb he told Labor member
who asked the prospects for a
summit meeting everybody seems
to think there win be one" There
was sense of general gratifica-
ton apparent in the House
among government and opposition
members alike that the Prime
Minister'S trip had served to i'm
prove chances for the summit
talks.
Britain, all along since the Ber-
lin crisis was dropped like a time
bomb into the Vests front yard
last November, was plainly almost
eager for summit talks. In gen.
eral, the lineup in the Western
Big Three in terms of acceptance
of top-level negotiations with
Moscow seemed to be:
Britain, ready and willing.
The United States. resigned but
reluctant.
France, willing but anxious that
the talks aim for worldwide &C
cords.
West Germany. suspicious and
wary.
The Bonn government, along
with East Germany, would be in
vited to a summit meeting as adj
wiser and observer. according to
Western proposals already &C
cepted by Moscow.
Although the Western accept
ance Of summit meeting is al
ready on the record, however
qualified, there still remain i'm
portant details to be settled be-
fore talks can actually take place.
Most difficult, perhaps, is the
divergence between East and
West as to the scope of such
a conference. The Western
powers have suggested discus
sions ranging over a much wider
field than the problems so far
suggested by Mr.. Khrushchev as
appropriate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

allies In Europe were tending to
take on a larger share of deter
mining Western policy toward the
Soviet Union. There have long
been signs Of restleSSneSs in some
European capitals over the policies
Of Mr.. Dulles. a distruSt of what
has come to be called "brinkman-
ship" and a general uneaSiness
that American shaping of foreign
policy was often immature and
even rash. Some diplomats were
already predicting privately that
strong leadership for the West
would come in the person Aof
French President de Gaulle. I'm
this view, Gen. de Gaulle will fol-
low the rigid. hard-bargaining
policy pursued by Mr.. Dulles in the
past. while Mr.. Macmillan favors
a flexibility in accommodation to
international realities which is
distruSted by some as bordering
on "appeasement."
President Eisenhower plans
two major speeches on the inter-
national situation this week. the
White House disclosed Friday.
The first. on Thursday, will be
a welcoming address to the OPEN
ing session of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organizations Council,
meeting in Washington on NATO's
tenth anniversary. The second,
on Saturday, will be at the con-
vocation of Gettysburg College.
Originally billed as "a few re-
marks" of greeting, the Gettys-
burg talk has now been up
graded as IAN important address"