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Evening star., 1959-11-06
Finds the Champion

TOKYO, Nov. 6 (AP).-
Masakazu Fujikawa, a veteran
mushroom picker, couldn't be-
live his eyes when he found q
Matsutake species standing Il
inches tall with an umbrella
Is inches in diameter. II
weighed 3la pounds and is be-
lieved the biggest ever found
Evening star., 1959-11-06

He said the unit would be
headed by an experienced in
vestigator- administrator yet to
be named.
Much of the questioning re-
volved around NBC's actions in
the case of Charles Van Doren,
whose $4,000 winnings on the
rigged Twenty-One show plum
meted him to national fame
and a $5O.O00-a-year contract
as an NBC consultant.
Mr.. Kintner said NBC die
not know of the Van Doren
completely until his confession
before the subcommittee last
Monday. However, he added
suspicious were aroused by
some of the things Mr.. Var
IDoren told an NBC Official
about a month ago, and he was
suspended when he ran out or
the subcommittee's invitation
to appear and testify.
Il would have bet a years
salary on Van Doren until he
appeared and testified" Mr.
Kintner said.
NBC Insisted on Telegram
Mr.. Lishman said NBC ap-
proved or had knowledge of 9
Van Doren telegram sent to the
subcommittee a month age
which did not give "the full.
facts" as known by the net
work. In the telegram Mr.
Van Doren denied he was
involved in the rigging of the
Twenty One show and said he
was available for questioning
| Mr.. Kintner said that while
NBC insisted Mr.. Van Dorer
send the october 6 telegram
offering to appear, the networE
had not approved it.
It was not until two days
later, Mr.. Kintner explained
THAT NBC officials met and con-
sidered suspicious statements
dropped by Mr.. Van Dorer
while meeting with two other
network executives. In the
meeting, Mr.. Kintner said, the
quiz winner denied receiving
any questions and answers ir
advance but acknowledged he
had been told he would be 9
big winner on the program.
Challenged on 'Insistence"
Mr.. Kintner also was chal.
lenged on his assertion in his
prepared statement that NBC
insisted Mr.. Van Doren appear
for questioning when evidence
developed" by the subcommit.
tee raised grave questions about
his participation in the Twenty.
One program.
Representative Bennet
! pointed out that at the tim'
the only witness who had beer
heard by the subcommittee wa
New York history student Her
bert Stempel. He said tn
Stempel charges that the shov
was rugged had been know
for more than a year.
. The NBC president said IL
+, August, 1858, was the first tim,
he had any reason to believl
there was rigging on quiz shows
This was a complaint in regart
to the "Dotto" program ant
Mr.. Kintner said he agreed t,
canceling it.
! He protested as unfair {
. . comment by Representative
,, Mack that NBC had rewarded
Mr.. Van Doren with a 5000
contract for "his cooperation
: with producers" in rigging thl
Twenty-One show.
Payment knowledge Denied
Mr.. Kintner disclaimed an!
knowledge of a practice re-
t veafed in the hearings of som
: individuals and businesses pay
ing to obtain plugs" on show
sponsored by others.
These disclosures came VI
S in the subcommittee's investi
: cation of the payment by MAJ
t Hess the Allentown depart
E ment store owner, of $4,000 t
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Columbia Rejects Plea
To Rehire Van Doren

stration shouting, eve want
Charlie back"
From a dormitory window
came a trombone solo Of "Char-
lie My Boy"
Columbia student Leslie
Mogen, one of the organizers
of the petition. said: 1--WE don't
condone his action, but we also
feel that a man of his intellect
and ability should not be de-
MED an opportunity to give his
talents to society,""
During the demonstration, 9
heckler cuipped: HE (Var
Doren) could give a course ir
quiz shows"
100 Perjurors Hinted
Manhattan District Attorney
Frank S. Hogan said yesterday
that a grand jury will take 6
new look into the TV quiz
scandals. Said Mr.. Hogan:
There were about 300 who
appeared in the investigation
in our office. About $50 ap.
peared before the grand jury
Maybe so told the truth"
Mr.. Van Doren was among
the grand jury witnesses.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
100 Perjurors Hinted

casional viewer of the screen
Representative Rogers, quickly
backed away from another
Kintner proposal-that the sub.
committee present its findings
in the quiz scandals to the
American public over television
Mr.. Rogers said it was ar
invitation to "a Roman holi.
day."
Plan Called Too Narrow
Representative Bennett, ques-
toned the NBC officials legis-
lative proposal as too narrow
Why limit it. he asked, to quiz
shows and other audience par
ticipation programs?
Throughout lengthy question
ing Mr.. Kintner and the tele.
vision industry were taxed with
having dilly- -dallied in investi.
eating, complaints that the
once-popular quiz shows were
being rigged.
Representative Mack said i
seemed to him that Mr.. Kintnel
had not been sufficiently inter
ested in the problem-that HI
had been in the industry a lonl
time and still insisted he did no
know what was going on.
Mr.. Kintner said NBC haC
acted vigorously and comment
ed: 1--WE were just as much ,
victim of the quiz show fraud
as the public"
He revealed the network hat
discovered kickback system OF
Treasure Hunt, one Of its qui
shows, and was turning the evi
dence over to the New Yorl
District Attorney.
Jan Murray, owner of Treas
ure Hunt, said in New York las
night that he had received
report of kickbacks severa
weeks ago and had immediatel
told NBC about it. He said tn
company's policing unit had in
veStigated and he dismissed tn
two men involved last Thurs
day at the request of tn
network. An NBC spokesman
gave a similar version of tn
incident.
Mr.. Murray, of Jantone Pro
ductions, Inc, an independen
producer, is master of cere
monies on Treasure Hunt.
New Unit Ready
l Little or no attention wa
given to Mr.. Kintner's an
lnouncement that NBC had sc
! up a special unit to polio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

His law practice was inter-
rupted for five years while he
served with the Air Force in
World War II. He was deco
rated with the Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star, Air Medal and
Croix de Guerre avec Paine.
Among numerous civic &C
Invites, he served as District
Bar Association representative
and later chairman of the Dis
trict Council on Law Enforce
ment. With the council. he
headed the special committee
to study the Districts crimi-
nal insanity laws, which re-
suited in legislation completely
revising the insanity defense
In criminal cases.
He was chairman of the Dis
trict's Republican State Com
mittee from 1854 until his res
ignation shortly before his re-
cess appointment.
Judge and Mrs. Hart and
their 17-year-old son live at
1901 Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
u. S. Traffic Toll
Mounts to 431,
Exceeding SO
By the Associated Press


The number of dead from
traffic accidents this Labor Day
week end moved past last years
figure early today.
The latest compilation placed
the death toll at 43l.
The National Safety Council
had predicted the 1858 figure
OF 420 dead in automobile mis-
haps would be exceeded. 1t
forecast $50 dead during the
period from 6 pm. Friday to
midnight last night, local time.
In addition to the traffic toll,
there were % dead in boating
accidents, so drowned in nom
boating accidents and "a killed
in miscellaneous accidents, for
an overall total of SOB.
The all-time high Of traffic
deaths-461-was set in the
LABOR Day week end In 1851.
In that holiday $50 persons died
from accidents Of all causes.
The Associated Press made
a survey of accidental deaths
during a non-holiday period
for comparison purposes. Dur
ing the August 21-24 period,
3O7 died in traffic, Is in boating
mishaps. II in drowning Incl
dents that did not involve
boats. and rs deaths from
miscellaneous accidents. The
total was 469 during the test
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Committee Ends Delay,
Clears Hart as Judge

The long-pending nominal
ton Of Judge George L. Hart,
jr.. to be a District Court Judge
here was reported favorably
today by the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Judge Hart has been serving
on the District Court bench
for nearly a year under a re-
cess appointment.
He first was nominated to
District Court in August, 1858.
When Congress adjourned
without acting on his appoint
ment, President Eisenhower
made the recess appointment
and then resubmitted his name
early this year.
After satisfying subcommit-
tees holding hearings on his
nomination and that Of Chief
Judge Leonard P. Walsh of
Municipal Court to be a Dis
trict Court judge, the two
judges repeatedly ran into
another delay.
Informed Capitol sources said
their names would not go to the
floor until the President re-
nominated Municipal Court
Judge Milton Kronheim.
When 1t became clear that
the President would renominate
Judge Kronheim, Judge Walsh's
name went to the floor. Judge
Harris nomination, however,
was held up until the Kronheim
nomination - along with the
nominations Of Judge John
Lewis Smith. jr., to succeed
Judge Walsh as chief Judge,
and former Representative De-
Witt Hyde to succeed Judge
Smith-actually reached the
Senate.
Judge Hart. now 81 years old.
was born in Roanoke. Va, re-
ceived his law degree from Har-
ward Law School in 1880 and
had practiced law in the Dis
trict ever since, until he went
on the District Court bench
last October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Woman Slams Door,
Nobs Intruder by Leg

A 39-year-old Alexandria
woman slammed her bedroom
door on the leg Of an assailant
armed with a butcher knife
yesterday and held him until
police arrived.
Mrs. Frances Marie Pineau
of 1924 Dogwood drive told po-
lice a young man broke through
a window screen into her home
about 1l:25 am.
She said that he began chok-
ing her but she freed herself
and ran into her bedroom.
When he attempted to follow
she slammed the door, CATCH
ing his leg, she said.
ing his leg. she said. She then
pushed a bed against the door,
holding his leg.
Police summoned by neigh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
IS Lined Up to Testify
On D.C.Representotion

there was a good chance we
can get Senate action at this
session, or early next year at
the latest. A voteless District
Of Columbia is a national dis
grace" he added. The situa-
ton should have long since
been remedied."
Two-Thirds Vote Needed
Two-thirds Of Senators vot-
ing must approve the measure
before 1t can be sent to the
House. Another two-thirds vote
there would submit the pro-
posal to the States. Upon rati-
fication by three-quarters Of
the State Legislatures. the
amendment would become part
Of the law Of the land.
Three Senators. Republicans
Heating Of New York and Beall
Of Maryland and Democrat
See SUFFRAGE. Page "A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Stocks Decline
AS Much as 81

NEW YORK. Sept. 8 APP
The stock market headed
sharply lower again today
plagued by tight money and
the prolonged steel strike.
Prices of key issues were OF
a few cents to around 81 a
share and more by noon
Brokers said extreme caution
was the wstchword along Wall
Street. The tense international
situation added to traders un-
certainty.
The trading pace quickened
as the decline became pro-
nounced.
The Associated Press average
Of so stocks was down $3.50 to
$225.80 at noon. At that time
the Dow-Jones average OF 80
industrials was of 1923 to
641.20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
President Sets
TV-Radio Talk
Speaks Thursday
On Trip. Red Visit
By GARNETT D. HoRNER
a.. a..R yry.....

President Eisenhower will
make a television- radio talk
to the Nation Thursday night
about his recent European trip
and the forthcoming visit here
of Soviet Premier Khrushchev,
the White House announced
today.
The President is scheduled
to speak from 1880 to 7:45 pm.
from his White House office.
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty described the talk as
a report on the Presidents
trip to Germany, France and
Great Britain land on some Of
the current international de-
velopments that the President
and foreign leaders discussed
during that trip"
No News Conference
Because of the Thursday
night speech. Mr. Haeerty said
the President will not have a
news conference this week.
Republican congressional
leaders who met with the Pres
ident this morning described
him as quite happy" about the
results Of his talks with allied
leaders during the European
trip.
He thought 1t was on the
constructive side" Senate Mi
nority Leader Dirksen said.
Mr.. Eisenhower thinks the
talks in Bonn. London and
Paris add up to a better I'M
Outstanding" with Americas
allies, the Senator added.
In response to questions.
Senator Dirksen said there had
been no expression from Mr..
Eisenhower as to whether
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
should be invited to address
Congress during his visit here
next week.
Entirely Up TO Congress
The Senator said this was
a matter entirely up to Con-
gress, and one in which Mr..
Eisenhower would not intrude,
The President few back to
Washington yesterday after his
l3-day European trip.
Senator Dirksen also told re-
porters that Mr.. Eisenhower
See EISENHOWER, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
u. Ammunition
Arrives in Laos

VIENT1ANE. Laos. Sept. 8
(AP) Two plane loads Of
grenades and ammunition ar
rived yesterday. 1t was the
first shipment of war material
under the recently announced
American aid program for the
hard-preSsed Laos army, fight
ing pro-Communist rebels in
the north.
Two hundred cases of 30
caliber cartridges and grenadeS
were unloaded from two Gas
transports chartered from the
National Chinese commercial
lines and piled into Laos army
trucks.
Previous shipments under the
aid program have consisted of
clothing and other non-military
equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

bors who heard Mrs. Pineau's
screams. arrived a few minutes
later and arrested Lawrence
Jacobs, jr.. 90. of l400 block
Woodbine street, Alexandria.
They said they found a
butcher knife near the doorway.
Mrs. Pineau was admitted to
Arlington Hospital, where her
condition was described as sat-
isfactory today.
She told police the man had
called her earlier in the morn
ing but that she had asked him
to stay away from her home.
Police said she had known
Jacobs for about two years.
Police charged Jacobs with
attempted murder and burglary.
His case was continued in
Municipal Court today until
September is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Warns on Works Bill

Senator Kefauver. Democrat
of Tennessee, has lined up Is
witnesses TO testify on a pro-
posed constitutional amend
ment promising national repre-
sentation to voteless Washing
tonians.
The hearings are set TO open
at 2 pm. tomorrow in the
caucus room Of the old Sem
ate Once Building before the
Senate judiciary Subcommit-
tee. headed by Senator Ke-
fauver.
He expected no opposition.
The Senate has recessed fire.
quently through the last four
days to allow committees to
meet and subcommittee mem
bers today forsaw little diff
Guilty in conducting the suf-
fraRe nearing.
Morse Favors Amendment
Senator Morse, Democrat OF
Oregon, who has protested
against committee meetings
while the Senate is in session
favors the amendment Last
light, he listed the proposal as
one of 20 items that should be
debated and approved. If pos
sible. before the Senate ad-
journs.
The amendment would per-
nit Washington residents to
vote for President and Vice
President and three delegates
to the House Of Representa-
tives, with such voting powers
as Congress determines.
Senator Kefauver, in an
nouncing the witness list, said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

brushed aside an attempted
Soviet veto and decided to ar
range a U. N. investigation.
Representatives OF the four
subcommittee members we're
summoned to the office of the
Council President. Ambassador
Egidio Ortona Of Italy. to work
out plans for an early de-
parture.
Italy is one of the countries
on the fact-finding group. The
others are Argentina, Japan
and Tunisia.
May Leave Tonight
Some of the four still were
awaiting instructions from
their governments as to who
would serve on the subcommit-
tee. Some delegates said the
group might leave as early as
tonight If arrangements can
be made by then.
The councils resolution Gre
ating the subcommittee was
sponsored by the United States,
Britain and France. They are
all members of the Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization,
which has declared Laos in its
defense area.
The plan was adopted by a
vote of 10 to /, with the So
Wet Union casting the lone
dissent.
The vote came five minutes
after midnight toward the end
of an emergency session that
began on Labor Day afternoon
and stretched through eight
hours of talk and a dinner
break.
SEATO Action Hinted
Delegates expressed hope
that the subcommittee would
go quickly to Laos and bring
back the facts as basis for
possible further action. Koto
Matsudaira Of Japan expressed
belief it would serve as a
United Nations presence" in
the area and would ease ten
sion. re-
Henry Cabot Lodge Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

United States, introducing the
resolution, said it was the least
the Council could do for Laos
In a yelled reference to pos
sible SEATO intervention, he
said alternative actions, If they
became necessary, might be
much more dangerous" He
said the United States be-
lieves there is no doubt at
all that aggression is being
committed"
But the resolution did not
mention Laos accusations that
Communist North Wet Nam
is guilty of aggression and is
providing troops, supplies and
artillery support to Laotian
rebels. Nor did # mention
Laos request for U. N. emer-
gency force.
1t simply instructed the sub
committee ito examine the
statements made before the
Security Council concerning
Laos, to receive further state
ments and documents and to
conduct such inquiries as 1t
may determine necessary and
to report as soon as pos
sible."
Though it was drawn de-
liberately to avoid a veto, So
Wet Delegate Arkady A. Sobo-
lev fought 1t from start to fin
ish. He lost. 10-1. on a bid to
keep the Laotian situation of
the Councils agenda.
Russia OutvOted
He was outvoted again, 10-1,
in his effort to overturn a rul-
ing that the veto did not apply
to the resolution.
And after The .inal 10-l vote
to create the subcommittee,
Mr.. Sobolev claimed that he
had vetoed the resolution and
it had mo binding force for
anybody" He said starting an
investigation was an impor-
tant matter subject to veto
because it might lead even
tually to the councils using
its powers of coercion.
Council President Ortona de-
See U.N., Page "A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
80 Give Skin to Heal
Burns of Student

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany,
Sept. 8 (AP).-Skin from 80
volunteers was used in an oper-
alton on a student burned crit
ically in a laboratory accident.
Doctors at Municipal Hospi-
tai said they grated 625 square
inches Of living tissue on 49,
year-old Bernd Wolters. The
skin was donated by some of
his fellow chemical plant
workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
3 Killed by Shocks

CORDOBA, Mexico, Sept. 8
tAP).--A storm knocked down
a high tension wire in the
Vera Cruz state village of Cult
lahuac. The wire struck a
bull and a young boy tried to
save the animal. Both were
killed. Then the boys mother
and father both died when
they tried to reach their son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

statement to reporters as Sena-
tor Morse, Democrat Of Oregon,
continued to throw roadblocks
in the path Of early adjourn
ment by forcing the Senate to
recess so two committees could
meet.
The Senate convened at $50
am. One Of the committees
that wanted to meet was the
banking group. which this aft
ernoon approved a third-try
housing bill.
Johnson Sees Action
Senator johnson told report
ers that extension of the life
of the Civil Rights Commission,
due to expire in November, will
come before the Senate before
adjournment. There had been
reports that Southern resent
ment against the commissions
recommendation for the use OF
Federal voting registrars might
cause them TO block extension
Of the commissions life.
Despite Senator Johnson's
disavowal Of any plans to
adjourn this week. most Sen
ators were still hoping they
See CONGRESS, Page IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Ten D. T.. Bills
Win OK From
Senate Group
Stadium, Pension,
Tex Exemption
Get Fust Action
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star star Writer

In whirlwind session the
Senate District Committee to-
day recommended passage Of
10 District bills.
Legislation to speed con-
struction Of a stadium, to free
1903 Federal jobholders from
District income taxes, to in
crease retirement of policemen,
firemen and their families and
to provide retir e m 1t for
the police band director was
changed from House versions
Of the same bills.
Senate District Committee
Chairman Bible, Democrat Of
Nevada, convened the session
at a moments notice as soon
as the Senate recessed this
morning. The Senate must re-
cess to allow the holding Of
committee meetings because
Senator Morse. Democrat Of
Oregon, has objected to COM
nitteemen sitting while the
Senate is In session.
Morse. There, Too
Senator Morse himself raced
to the District Committee meet
ing to free local measures tied
up by his own tactics for nearly
O week.
The stadium bill would en-
power the Interior Secretary to
spend up to $2.6 million for &C
cess roads, parking areas and
sewer and water facilities for
the stadium proposed near the
Armory beside the Anacostia
River. If cleared by the Sen
ate, the committee version
must face repassage by the
House because Of an amend
ment requiring competitive bid
ding on stadium construction
contracts.
This may raise opposition in
the House, where a brief debate
ragged before original passage
Of the stadium measure.
Eased through the commit
tee was a tax exemption melon
for a selected list of top Gov
eminent officials. Senate COM
mitteemen asked for tax free
dom for l08 Federal officials.
appointed for both ixed and
indefinite terms. The House
passed a sister bill exempting
only 70 officials.
Costs D. C. $4,000
Opposed by District Commits
sioners, the bill will cost the
city about $4,000 annually.
Committee spokesman ex-
planned that additions were
made to the tax exempt list
because of individual and
agency requests.
Justification for the exemp-
tions is that Federal officials
are not District residents and
pay taxes on businesses and
homes in their own States. No
spot check has been run on
such tax payments. however.
See ID. c. BILLS, Page "A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
COAST FOOTBALL
IS PREVIEWED

RED BLANKS FOOTBALL outlook
turns todoy to the West Coost where
o new conference hos frightened
the picture. Poee D-l.
DUO PlANISTS Arthur end Alice
NosIe Of Chevy Chose ore proetieins
like mod for their one week voeo-
ton which is cetuolIy q concert
tour. Star Stoff Writer AmeIio Young
reports on Pose c-l.
ROOSTER TAILS for voter skisrs
cnd voter skis for outboord boats
ore just O couple Of new develop
ments in the bootins field, Poss
D-5.
kHRUsHcHEV-the all Russion
boys the picture being poured out
Of Moscow, WiIlioIn /. Ryon, Asso-
cioted Press news onoIyst, soys in
the first OF five oStieles dealing with
the Red Premier on Poss A-3.