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Evening star., 1959-10-15
Firemen at BIuze,
Lockers Looted

A prowler looted the locker
room of Engine Company No.
80 early today taking a total
of $240, four wallets and as
many pairs Of pants while the
f1remen were busy fighting a
blaze at Anacostia Naval Air
Station, police said.
The flremen told police they
left the new ranch-type sta
ton house at 2400 Irving street
Sc. at 1905, leaving the build
ing unattended. When they re-
turned at 2 am. they discov-
cred their loss.
Those whose lockers were pill
fered, police said, were Pvts
Frank Keljmot, 48, a pair OF
pants, wallet and $140; Charles
Burger, 81, trousers, wallet anc
$100, and James P. Claggett, 81
and James O'Meara, 81, pants
wallet and personal papers.
The fire caused minor DAM
age to the kitchen Of the air.
fields enlisted mems club ano
the wall Of a hangar to which
it is attached.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
PhiIbrick, Ex-FBI Spy,
Loses Judqeship Bid

HINSDALE, N. H., Oct. Is
(AP). - Herbert A. Philbrick,
who once served as undercover
agent among Communists, has
failed to win appointment as
judge Of the Rye Municipal
Court.
He was nominated by Gov.
Wesley Powell, but the Execu-
tive Council refused to confirm
the appointment last night,
The vote was S to o against
Mr.. Philbrick's appointment
after the question of his resi-
dency was raised.
Mr.. Philbrick, who now op-
crates a New Hampshire coun-
try store, is the author of 81
Lied Three Lives" his account
Of undercover work for the FBI
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Lawyers Trial
On Tax Evasion
Charges Begins

A jury was selected yester-
day for the District Court trial
of Abraham Chaifetz, 49-year-
old Washington attorney, on
tax evasion charges.
Mr.. Chaifetz, of the 500 block
of Cedar street NV, is named
in a five-count indictment
charging him with attempting
to evade payment Of sums to-
falling $13,175 in income taxes
for the tax years 1851 through
1855.
The indictment charged Mr..
Chaifetz with Understanding
his income by $43,167 for the
five-year period. 1t charged
that for the period he had re-
ported a net income of $15,-
238 when actually his net in
come was $58,405 for the five
years. The indictment, re.
turned in Baltimore in 1858
was transferred here for tht
trial.
Mr.. Chaifetz is being prose
cuted by Assistant United
| States ATTORNEY Frederick G
SmithSon. The defense at
torneys are James j. Laugh
lin and Albert ]. Ahern, jr
Judge Luther w. Youngdah
is presiding at the trial.
Counsel have estimated tn,
trial may take from four to sil
weeks. Because of the posi-
bility Of the trial taking a lonl
time, four alternate jurors wer,
selected in addition to the reg
ular jury of IL.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Most SteeIWorkers
Feel Pay Loss Pinch

cases. In most Of those cases
the locals buy food In whole
sale lots and distribute 1t to the
needy.
Care for Dire Needs
other locals attempt TO pay
medical and fuel bills for those
who are in dire need. But there
is no fixed program that pro-
vides any assured income for all
the strikers.
In some States-Pennsyl-
vania, for example-workers
can qualify for public assistance
and Government surplus food II
they can prove they have ex-
hausted all their savings and
other assets.
But for the most part, the
half million striking steelwork-
ers are living from day to day,
either dipping further and fur
ther into savings or else creep
ing deeper and deeper into debt
as the labor dispute grows
longer and longer.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

tific investigation throughout
Antarctica."
Norwegian Ambassador Paul
Koht pledged his country'S
support for President EiSen-
hower's basic principles on
Antarctica as outlined in May,
1858, when the conference was
first proposed.
Mr.. Koht named those prin-
cipals as: International CO.
Operation and coordination of
scientific research, Antarctica
is to be used for purely peace
full purposes and the legal
status quo in Antarctica should
be frozen for the duration of
the arrangement reached, as
far as rights and claims to
territorial sovereignty are con-
cerned."
United States Delegate Her
, man Phleger was elected chair
man of the conference by &C.
lclamation.
Mr.. Phleger is a prominent
: San Francisco expert on inter.
, national law and former lega
adviser to the late Secretary
: of State John Foster Dulles.
Henry Allen, a State Depart
ment career officer, was choser
conference Secretary-general.
f The meetings main purposC
o it to write a treaty demili
d tarizing the Antarctic ant
suspending all claims to it
territory.
The participating powers al
: ready have agreed in principa
: that an inspection system vii
: be necessary to verify the de
: militarization of the frozel
n continent. The ground and al
: controls agreed on for Antarc
d tica could become the prototyp
n for policing a global diSarma
ment agreement.
n Freezing the legal status gu
,e in the remote Antarctic ais
IS could set a pattern applicabl
n to outer space. Seven of the l
treaty-writing nations hav
l. made territorial claims in Ant
ID arctica, some of which conflic
is Tomorrow the nations go be
n hind closed doors at the Stat
j. Departments conference rool
in the United States Informs
at ton Agency Building to begi
m the treaty writing.
IN officials hope to finish
t. about three weeks, indicatir
E. considerable preliminary VOL
at in the 16 preparatory session
n during the past is months.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

PITTSBURGH, Oct. is CAP .
half million striking
who haven't picked
up q pay check in 13 weeks
are a strikewise, resourceful
lot, but their financial posi-
tions became worse as the 93-
day-old dispute lengthens.
What sources Of income do
the steelworkers have while
they remain idle? For the
great majority the answer is
plain and simple: None"
Many Of the family men who
earn their living in the steel
mills learned long ago to start
building up a cash reserve
months before contract time
rolls around. Then they try
to stretch the reserve during
the work stoppage.
Few Find Employment
A few-a very few-are for
tunate and find part-time jobs
while the mills are closed.
In New York State, a bis
exception, striking workers arr
eligible for unemployment ben
efits.
But New York is the only
State with such legislation. Fo
the most part the workers arr
shifting for themselves. Tht
United Steelworkers Interna
tional has no strike fund a.
such; it pays the workers nj
benefits.
Some Of the union locals. wit
healthy reserves, make a sta
at caring for proven hardshi
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Schuyler Leaves
Post at SHAPE

PARIS, Oct. Is (AP).-Gen.
Cortlandt Van r. Schuyler
(USA) today received his Sec
ond Distinguished Service e
Medal, as he stepped out as
chief of staff of Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers,
Europe (SHAPE).
Gen. Schuyler turned over
his duties to 1t. Gen. James E
Moore.
The decoration was pinned
on Gen. Schuyler by Gen
Lauris Norstad, supreme COM
mander in Europe. He praised
Gen. Schuyler for his eight
years service with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
ANTARCTICA
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Continued From First Page
that this may be regarded as
too sweeping by some nations
represented, he said New Zea-
land is willing to accept Presi-
dent Eisenhower proposal for
freezing the status quo on
claims to Antarctica and pro-
viding for continent-wide scien-
tific exploration for peaceful
purposes.
Mr.. Mcintosh also stressed
New Zealand's opposition to
nuclcar testing or other weap-
onS experimentation in tEn
Antarctic area.
Japanese Ambassador Koi-
chiro Asakai, in his opening
remarks raised complicated
questions of international law
that could possibly bog the con-
ference down.
The ambassador pointed Out
that large eXpanses Of the
Antarctic are covered with ict
and it is not known if the soil
bed under permanent ice lie'
above or below sea level. There
fore, he asked, "how do we ap'
ply to these complex actuali
ties our established ideas o
international law relating tt
territorial waters, inlan'
waters, the high seas?"
"Novel Elements"
He cited these novel ele
ments" of the proposed demili
tarization treaty new in inter
national law: Freezing of terri
torial claims, non-militarizatio
of the continent under obser
vation and investigation an
criminal and civil jurisdictio
in Antarctica.
Mr.. Asakai indicated Japa
favors a treaty of indefinit
duration open to "all countrie
with a bonaflde interest !
Antarctica."
South African Foreign Mir
lister Eric H. Louw announce
before the session that h
country is sending a Iona
expedition to the polar cont
nent next month.
In his speech he urged tn;
a treaty of -militarizatic
for the Antarctic be based c
two principles: THAT An
arctica shall be used for peac,
full purposes only, and tn
there shall be freedom of sciel
Evening star., 1959-10-15
STEEL
Arbitrote Issues,
Fact Panel Urges

illegal work Stoppage without
the need to prove the degree OF
guilt in each case.
Ease Discipline Terms
He said the companies have
dropped their proposal for .au-
tomato loss of vacation pay
and unemployment benefits in
disciplining wildcat strikers,
and are flexible about their
proposal to permit law suits
against local unions.
John Morse of Bethlehem
Steel testified that the COM
panies should have the right to
change work schedules without
paying penalties, whenever busi-
ness so requires. He said the
companies also want the right
to schedule vacations through
out the year instead of only
during specified periods.
DR.. Taylor said his board
needed the three-day extension
granted by President Eisen'
hover yesterday, partly tt
analyze the complex issues anc
write a report the President car
use in deciding whether to seek
an 80-day injunction under the
Taft Hartley Act.
But the chairman made Il
clear that he wanted more
time also for mediation. Ex.
tension of the deadline to Mon.
day will enable the board tt
do a better overall job" ht
said. He has said his main jot
is to help settle the strike.
Even if an injunction is i'm
posed on the strikers, he said
the board can help clear tn
way for an eventual settlemen
by clarifying the issues. H
was looking ahead to the ex
piration of an 80-day injunc
r ton in January, when tn
: union would be free to resum
= it's strike.
Mr.. Mcdonald yesterday re
: peated the threat of a secon
E strike. In a letter to his mem
t bers he declared: "Withou
t a decent contract we will nc
e return to work after the in
junction ends"
j Extension of the report dead
. line does not necessarily indi
cate that the fact-finders c
0 the President really expect t
e settle the strike through volur
tary agreement. 1t does refleC
j their feeling that an all-or
= effort should be made.
No one wants an injunction
DR.. Taylor doubts that the in
s junction process helps settl
v strikes. The President wan
n labor and ma nagement to har
die disputes With a minimum
: of Governm, mt interferenC
and recognizes that injunction
are unpopular.
, Organized labor opposes il
functions because they redu'
the unions bargaining powe
and force strikers to wol
i against their will. The ste
:; companies oppose injunction
y because it is relatively expel
y sive and unproductivG to r,
le sumo operations for a mere
a days.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Continued From First Page

COntluueu EEOm CHSb dBC
mediate the 93-day strike. PreSi-
dent Eisenhower yesterday gave
the board three extra days
until Monday-to file its report
on the strike.
Mr.. Mcdonald indicated he
is absolutely inflexible on the
crucial issue of rules governing
local work practices. DR.. Tay-
lor had suggested the COM
panies could handle the prob
lem through a different proce-
dure than the one they have
proposed.
Its not going to be ac-
complished in any way" Mr.
Mcdonald declared, adding:
1T stays as it is, period. It
will be changed over my dead
body. I don't know how / can
say it any stronger. Nobody is
going to get a blacksnake whip
in their hand over my boys"
Formal hearings on the strike
ended with the wind-up OF
management testimony.
John C. Bane, jr., attorney
for Is smaller steel companies
testified today that they agree
in general with the position o1
the big IL companies that are
carrying on negotiations with
the union.
Mr.. Bane said the issues are
Whether the companies
should agree to inflationary in.
creaseS in wages and othel
benefits; and
Whether the new agree.
ments will permit reasonable
latitude in the management o.
the business in the interests O.
improved efficiency and econ
omy of operations"
Ore Shortage Feared
4 w. K. Montague, lawyer TO
iron ore companies in the LAX
Superior district, warned tn
board of inquiry that the stee
mills and furnaces face a short
age of ore when they reSum
operations. He noted tina
shipments of ore on the Grea
Lakes soon will stop as tn
lakes freeze.
He indicated that the stet
plants face a shortage of per
haps 10 million tons of orr
He said they should have S
! million tons stockpiled by tn
end of the lake shipping season
H. C. Lamb of Republic Stet
explained the company's de
mands for more stringent pen
alties against wildcat strike
He testified that the companie
want the right to discharge an
employe who participates in a
Evening star., 1959-10-15

illegal work stoppage without
the need to prove the degree o1
guilt in each case.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Jet Flights Slated

BALTIMORE, Oct. is (AP)
United Air Lines has formally
notified Baltimore of its in
tention to inaugurate jet air.
liner flights between Friendship
Airport and the West Coast
next month.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Repeat Job Futul

BIRMINGHAM, Mass, Oct.
is (AP).-Eight years ago
Steeplejack Archie Beaton was
injured seriously in a 65-foot
fall while painting the inside Of
a water tower. Yesterday, Mr..
Beaton, now 43, was killed in
a l25-foot fall while painting
the interior of q water tower.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Se|f-Po|icinq
Urged for TV

A Government official today
called the quiz show scandals
"a serious threat" to the repu-
tation of the radio and televi-
sion industry. He said they
could not be dismissed with "a
sophisticated shrug."
The warning came from Earl
w. Kintner, chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission,
who called on the industry to
prevent such abuses through
self-policing.
Mr.. Kintner was the lunch
con speaker at a fall confer
ence of the National Association
of Broadcasters at the May
flower Hotel.
Discussion Set
The disclosures in the House
investigation of the television
quiz programs were very much
in the minds Of the broadcast
ing officials attending the con-
ference. The conference pro-
gram was rearranged at the
last minute to provide for q
discussion of the effects of the
House investigation by Harold
E. Fellows, NAB president, to-
morrow morning.
Mr.. Kintner told the broad
casters that stringent legisla-
tion could grow out of the
House investigation.
He said that many of thu
broadcasters likely have con
cluded that the disclosures havI
received press notices all ou
of proportion to their impor'
tance and that they might havC
comforted themselves with tn,
thought that most programs ar
"untained by fraud of an.
kind" But he added:
1T is my opinion that an.
attempt to shrug of a hoax OF
the public as not warrantinI
positive action Is to whistle il
the dark.
"a challenge has been throw
, at the broadcaSting industr
that must De met with NOR
than a sophisticated shrug tina
the destiny of all headlines /
the ashcan, and that the publ
|, memory is short"
Warns of Abuse
Mr.. Kintner told the broad
casters that "only a trustfu
public brings value to an ad
vertiser'S dollar" and con
tinued:
Let any abuse of publ
Iconfldence undermine thi
trust, and the broadcaSting in
dustry is hurt and hurt badly.
The FTC chairman said tn
threat to the industry has bee
; brought about by too muc
lip-service to high principle
and not enough diligence
> enforcing compliance wit
. them"
He said that if Self-reguls
ton becomes ineffective, the
: it becomes mandatory that tt
! Government should provic
6 whatever policing is required.
c He expressed the hope tn;
! this will not become necessar
Mr.. Kintner urged the il
dustry Ito police its advertii
J. ing and programming so we
that more laws and more regl
lations and more policing a.
not needed"
:. Vincent T. Wasilewski, maj
~ ager of the NAB's governmel
relations department, called {
:, :, the broadcasters to carry o.
y with the utmost fairness IL
new law governing polite
v broadcasts. Any efforts ito
II devious" Mr.. Wasilewski sal
may rise up to haunt" Il
Sc broadcasters.
j. The law, passed in the la
ID session of Congress. modif1,
is the Federal Communicate.
Commissions order for "equ
l. time" on political broadcasts.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
QUIZ
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establishing a reputation as a
quiz whiz on the Twenty-One
show.
Shows Strain
The youthful-appearing Van
Doren, who was smiling but
showing signs of strain, refused
to repeat his statements to a
New York grand jury and in a
telegram to the subcommittee
that he never received ques-
tions and answers in advance
on the program.
II must emphasize to you my
respect for the United States
Congress-" he told about 100
newsmen, "for its duly consti-
tuted committees and for its
individual members. I feel it
would be disrespectful for me
to discuss matters which are
the committees concern, other
than at the proper time and
place"
2. Two subcommittee mem
bers-Democratic Representa-
tives Rogers of Texas and Flynt
of Georgia-accused the Fed
eral Trade and Federal Com
munications Commissions OF
sticking their heads in the
sand" and refusing to act when
they received complaints that
some of the shows were rigged.
Both legislators said the two
agencies have the authority to
act, but if they will not then
Congress will step in. Both
spoke in their home States
and Mr.. Flynt was reported by
the Associated Press as saying
he was drafting legislation to
make the two commissions
responsible to Congress.
Opposes Censorship
3. FEC Chairman John C.
Doefer told the Radio and Tele-
vision News Directors ASsocia-
tion at a meeting in New Or
leans that pressures were
building up to make the COM
mission a censor of radio anc
television material. He EN-.
phasized that he Strenuously
opposed the idea.
At the same meeting, Luther
Huston, the Justice Depart
ment's public information Off
cSr, said quiz show scandals
could hardly have arisen i
those who are responsible TO
the integrity of radio and tele'
vision programs has been vigi
liant in safeguarding the publi'
interest. He did not say whom
he regarded as responsible.
4. The subcommittee dis
closures produced a deluge o
statements from contestant
and others, including a denia
from Mrs. Myrt Power, tn,
Buford (Ga) grandmother
that she received any assist
ance in winning $4,000 on tn,
$4,000 Question and $64.00
Challenge programs.
Baseball Expert
Mrs. Power, who established
herself as something of an eX
pert on baseball while appear
ing on the programs, wa
quoted by the Associated Pres
as saying:
"I was 16 years old in 1906
They never asked me abou
anything before 1900 and
remember everything that hap
pened after that"
According to informatio
gathered by the subcommittee
the $4,000 programs, presenta
tionS of the Columbia Broad
casting System. were rugged /
some instances.
Bank Defends Role
One of the features of tn
program was the appearance c
an official of the Manufacturer
Trust Co. of New York as a
unimpeachable custodian {
the questions that were ask
Evening star., 1959-10-15
QUIZ .4.s.a 4
'Nan Doren Accepts
Service Of Subpoena

on the program. The bank is
sued a statement yesterday ex-
planning its role:
I'VE accepted the assurance
given us by the program pro-
ducers, and so stated on the
telecast, that no one, except
for the editors, had seen the
questions before they were
placed in our vault"
While the program was on
the air Ben Felt, a vice presi-
dent Of the bank. opened each
show by making this state
ment:
From this point on all
questions come from the locked
vaults of the Manufacturers
Trust Co. Manufacturers Trust
Co. guarantees that only au-
thorized members Of the bank
have the keys and combina-
tions of the vault, and except
for editors (outside authorities
who prepared the questions),
no one has seen these ques-
tionS.
Other Defenders
Among other defenders Of
the $4,000 Question show or
the $64,000 Challenge program
were Actor Vincent Price, Tom
Kane of Buffalo, N. Y, and two
other GeorgianS, Mrs. Edward
F. Stenz, jr., Atlanta, and Mrs.
Pauline Lamar, Columbus, the
Associated Press reported.
| Louis G. Cowan, who origi-
mated the $4,000 Question and
is now a CHS official, said in
a statement that during the
seven weeks he was connected
with the show there was no
rigging of the program, and
if there had been I think I
would have known about it."
Subcommittee members in
dicated they think too much
attention has been paid to such
contestants as Mr.. Van Doren
and others and not enough to
the role of the networks that
carried the quiz show programs.
For this reason they intend
to inquire more fully intO what
NBC did after receiving reports
that the Twenty-One show was
rigged.
Tells of Reports
Mr.. Erwin, IN his testimony.
said that the first reports NBC
received were in September,
1857, and involved the charges
OF Herbert Stempel of New
York that he received ques-
, tions and answers in advance
and was told when to lose to
Mr.. Van Doren.
The attorney said NBC re-
ceived assurances at that time
; from Daniel Enright, the pro-
ducer, that the charges were
, false. Mr.. Stempel was never
interviewed.
When the scandals broke
. into print a year later, Mr.
Erwin said NBC took some steps
but never interviewed any OF
the contestants.
Round of Conferences
: He said the network was re-
: quested by the New York dis
5 trict attorneys Office, then max
ing an investigation, not to dc
so.
b. But the hearing brought out
that the public disclosures
brought a round of conferences
= involving NBC officials, the pro-
ducers and others. Arthur
\ Franklin, a press agent for th'
!, producers, testified that thu
= conferences never considered
= whether the charges were trut
a but always decided to "sit tight
and see what happened.
This was disputed by Mr.
Erwin. So the subcommittee ha
e in mind calling in Signey Eigus
s an NBC vice president, ant
S other network representative
n who took part in the confer
f ences to inquire more fully int
ed the matter.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Steel SHORTAGE
Cuts Into GIN
Auto Output

DETROIT, Oct. is (AP).-A
steel shortage caused by the
lengthy steel strike will cut into
General Motors Corp. 1860 auto
production by this week end
and increase the number of
laid-off GIN workers to nearly
40, 900.
The first assembly plant clos
ing comes tomorrow when
Chevrolet shuts down at Franz
ingham. Mass, and sends home
its 500 workers.
Announced layoffs Of almost
$500 employees at three GIN
plants in Buffalo, N. Y, and
one in Rochester, N. Y, will
boost the upstate New York
toll to more than $4,000 to-
morrow.
More Furloughs
In addition, three GIN radiator
plants along the Niagara From
tier say they will furlough a
Substantial" part Of their
4 ,400-man hourly work force
next week.
Yesterday the Chevrolet en-
gine plant at Buffalo announced
layoffs for 2,174 workers. effec-
tive tomorrow. The forge plant
where 800 are idle already, will
lay of SO more and the Chev.
rolet foundry will furlough 800
next week.
GINS Fisher Body division
plants are beginning to clost
with 4,800 layoffs scheduled fol
the end Of this week at Crane
Rapids, Euclid, Ohio, and Ma.
rion, Ind.
Flint Hit Hard
Other forthcoming layoffs in.
clude 2,l74 at Tonawanda
N. Y, tomorrow and 1888 a.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, assembly plan
Tuesday.
GIN plants at Flint and Sagi
nav laid off 10,950 workers yes
terday. They joined 10000 EN-
ployes previously sent home
These included 2,750 at tn,
Chevrolet foundry, Saginaw
(where an equal number will b,
furloughed today; 1890 at tn
Chevrolet va engine plant
Flint; 400 at Chevrolet manu-
featuring, Flint, and 1900 a
Chevrolet stamping, Film
(where another 1,100 were t.
be sent home today.
Some 1000 employees at GM'
Saginaw malleable iron work
ended their work week yester
day. But GIN declines to esti
mate how long even short worl
weeks will last.