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rIeruTe on Toqe !.
houses, captured the 5-month-
old cub in the forests of the
Maharajah of Parma in Central
India some weeks ago and i'm
mediately ran into trouble.
The Indian government in
formed him when he applied
for an export permit, that the
next tiger cub captured in India
had been promised to the
Chinese Reds for the Peiping
Zoo.
It may have been the in
dignation aroused in India by
the Red Chinese conquest of
Tibet and the flight of the
Dalai Lama. Mr.. Scott said, or
it may have been the threat of
adverse American public opin-
ion that turned the tide.
In any event. after a
tremendous verbal battle, the
Indian government agreed to
let Mr.. and Mrs. Scott send
the little tiger to America in
stead of giving it to Red China.
Indian Killed
ut would have been easier
to bring back Mr.. Nehru," Mr..
Scott recalled yesterday of his
Set-to with Indian officialdom
over the tiger.
The 69-year-old attorney
said one Indian was killed by
the mother animal before
marksmen in the Scott party
drove the female off. The Scots
said they caught the male cub
and his sister in gunny sacks
after the mother fled. They
took the cubs to Calcutta. The
female died on the trip.
Two weeks ago the cub was
flown from India to New York
on a flying Noah's ark which
carried monkeys, three baby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
TassRapsU.S.
For Trade Ban

MOSCOW, July II (AP).-
Tass tonight assailed the
United States for failing to
order an expansion of trade
between the two countries.
The official Soviet news
agency also accused the United
States State Department of
trying to fan the cold war, stir
distrust of the Russians and
incidentally dampen American
interest in the current Soviet
exhibition in New York.
In what it called an author
lied 2,500-word statement Tass
criticized the recent State De-
partment report on trade rela-
tons with Russia. The Wash
ington report said prospects
for increased Soviet United
States trade are small despite
overtures from the Kremli7.
Said Tass: 1.-THE fact that
the State Department has reaf-
flrmed its negative stand allows
us to draw the conclusion that
there still are influential circles
and institutions in the United
States which want to continue
and fan the cold war at any
price"
The statement declared the
State Department had made
clear it was afraid to sell Ger
tain goods and equipment" to
the Soviet Union for fear of
strengthening a potential
enemy.
Such an approach to mu-
tual relations between two
great powers is intolerable, -
Tass said, "for it means moth
ing but cultivation of hostile
sentiments and the setting Of
one country at loggerheads
with the other.
ITO talk about a potential
enemy has only one purpose
to foster distruSt between the
U.S.S.R. and the United States
to aggravate the cold war"
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JUDGES
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
has moved me at every stage.
I think the whole setup could
be materially strengthened by
taking a look at all Juvenile
Court acts and trying to tight
en- them up.
Then, after reviewing that,
we will take into consideration
the need for more judges. That
is part of the picture"
Mr.. Davis emphasized that
he is going to hold the hear
ingS in the interest of good law
enforcement and because of his
concern about the rise in
juvenile crime. He said he was
not going to hold the hearings
for the purpose Of giving any,
one an opportunity to play
politics.
He said it was because people
were trying to play politics with
Juvenile Court judgeshipS that
he had blocked passage of his
own bill for an additional
judgeship in the last session.
Mr.. Davis will have many
sources to tap in his inquiry
Last January, Chief Judge
E. Barrett Prettyman of the
United States Court of Appeals,
in his capacity as head of the
Districts Judicial Conference,
appointed a 20-member COM
mittee of local and national
figures to study the problems of
the Districts Juvenile Court.
The District Council on Law
Enforcement-a body created
by Congress under legislation
sponsored by Mr.. Davis-also
has gone thoroughly into the
Juvenile Court problem!
1t also has been studied by
the District Bar Associations
Committee on Juvenile Court
and Juvenile Problems, by the
Commissioners Youth Council,
by the Advisory Committee of
the Juvenile Court and by the
Washington Criminal Justice
Association.
All of them testified at Sen
ate hearings this year in favor
Of a three-judge court. They
were joined by a parade of
Senators, judges. lawyers, Dis
trict officials and civic leaders
in support of legislation.
Focal points of their concern
were the inadequate time the
sole judge could give to each
juvenile offender before him,
the two or three-month delay
in getting both adult and
juvenile cases before the court
and the backlog of more than
$50 cases awaiting the courts
attention.
Bills for at least one addi-
tional Judge have been before
Congress since 1949. The closest
that legislation has come to
passage was in the last session
when the Davis bill went
through both Houses, went to
conference where the Senate
amendments were withdrawn,
was then approved in its origi-
nal House form by the Senate,
but died when the conference
report did not reach the House
floor for action on the last
night Congress was in session.
With the entire community
behind it, the legislation-this
time for two more judges -
went swiftly through the Sen
ate in April and has been
awaiting House action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Steel Crisis, Soviet Bid Spur
Study of U.S.. Trade Position

lspected economist. Edward M.
Bernstein. said such a trend
really doesn't exist. Mr.. Bern
stein, an economic CONSULT
ant. formerly an assistant to
the Secretary of the Treasury
and director Of research and
statistics for the international
Monetary Fund, made his study
at the request Of a New York
securities firm, Model, Roland
and Stone.
ut is a remarkable fact"
Mr.. Bernstein said. that the
United States has been able to
maintain almost the same rela-
tive share Of total world ex-
ports through the period from
1850 to 1885,"
In most years the American
share has been a little more
than II per cent. But in 1857
1t went to 1914 per cent, and
down to l7.2 per cent last year.
Called Adjustment"
/ This locks like a downward
trend for recent months, he
said. but in fact it merely is an
adjustment Of some unusual
circumstances. For instance,
the Suez hostilities led to a
jump in United States exports
which distorted the 1857 Stats
tics. he said.
There Is no justification for
the pesSimistic view" he said,
that the competitive position
of the United States in world
trade has been seriously i'm
paired"
The 1859 Economic Report
Of the President said:
by far the greater part of
the recent decline in United
States exports as well as much
of the sharp rise Immediately
preceding it, is attributable to
developments in a few prod
ucts." Fuels-which doomed
during Suez-Settled back to
normal. Automobiles suffered
from foreign small car COM
petition. Steel, cotton and
wheat ran into special prob
lens.
The Committee for Economic
Development, a business re-
search and promotion group,
noted the fear that we are
pricing ourselves out of the
market and said in a recent
report:
I'VE believe the facts do not
justify such a. conclusion. We
believe these developments lin
trade) should be interpreted as
progress toward a better bal
ance in the world economy,
better distribution of the
worlds resources and more
equal competition in the world
markets"
Soviet Problem Studied
Even if this country can hold
its own with most foreigners in
a fair competitive situation,
how about the special competi-
ton offered by the Russians?
Everyone agrees they present
a special problem. Russia has
not taken any markets yet, only
threatened to take them. But
since production costs have no
hard-money meaning in Russia,
export prices can be set at any
level that is politically expe-
dent.
In theory the Russians can
give goods away if they want
to undermine this country in
some areas.
Mr.. Sentner puts his conf
dence in American free enter
prise, looking at long range
competition with Russia.
Unions say the Government
may have to help.
But if Russia does cut prices
for cold war reasons, it is gen.
orally agreed, ordinary COM
mercial arrangements could be
disrupted. In that sense, Pre-
mier Khrushchev's threat. well
bury you," may not have been
an idle one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
star. stan Writer

The threatened steel strike and Russias determination to
challenge this country for world industrial supremacy are
underscong ecurent question: Is the United States pricing
itself out Of the world market?
Steel industry Spokesman say labor costs already high
that foreign competitors taking markets here at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

curing denture material. Once
the dentures are corrected, the
discomfort Of a poor fit is
eliminated.
Mr.. Kern's water turbine
drill is widely used by northern
Virginia dentists. 1t operates
at $1,000 revolutions a minute;
much faster than the con-
ventional belted drill, but
slower than the 100000 rpm.
of the air drill. TITS intermedi-
ate speed has made it a popu-
lar drill" Mr.. Kern said.
He developed the dental
equipment in a workshop be-
hind his home at 5525 North
Twenty-third street. Some of
his patents are held by a Falls
Church firm, the Fairfax Man
ufacturing Co., for which he is
a consultant.
Invented Surgical Drill
Another device he designed
is a high-speed surgical drill
that is empowered. 1t is used
for bone surgery and reduces
the cutting time.
Mr.. Kern is still working on
new inventions. He hopes to
develop a compact high-pres-
sure pump to go with his water
driven drill.
He says he'll stick with in
venting despite the honorary
dental society membership.
Il won't start drilling teeth, "
he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Washington Zoo Gets
Baby Bengal Tiger
BY JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
Star Stan Writer

A Washington businessman
with a possible assist from
the Dalai Lama-has brought
a royal Bengal tiger cub from
India to the Washington Zoo
in spite of Communist China's
claim to the animal.
Ralph S. Scott, who operates
a string of hotels and boarding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

home. Soviet planners say q
new program Of attenuation, re-
search and industrial stream
lining will make Russian in
dustry more efficient than
American. And cold statistics
show that American exports
are going down while imports
are going up.
Are we in trouble? Some ex-
perts say we are, but more say
we aren't.
Rising Costs Cited
In a nutshell, the argument
Of the worriers is this:
Costs Of production, particu-
larry labor, are rising in this
country. They are so high now
in fact, that an American
exporter may find it impossible
to price his product at a level
which will let him compete
abroad.
If this country cannot meet
foreign prices, then it cannot
export, and the AmericSsI
economy will suffer. In fact
the whole country will suffer
economically through loss
of jobs and income. politically
through loss of world economic
Influence to our competitors
and to the Soviet Union.
The basic solution to this
serious problem, it is argued,
is to hold the line on wage in
creases not justified by
increases in productivity.
Opponents Speak
The other side of the argu-
ment, in brief, is this:
Trade, cost of production
and price statistics do not
really show that American in
dustry is in a worsening COM
petitive position. Export trou-
bleS either are small or can be
explained by some unusual
situation unrelated to pricing
ourselves out of the market. :"
If export industries do their
best to beat their competitors
on service, quality and price,
this side argues, then their best
will be good enough to keep
them prosperous.
Roger M. Blough, chairman
of the board of United States
Steel, has been the principal
spokesman in recent months
for the point of view that high
labor costs are hurting Ameri-
can exporters. Ernest r. Breech,
chairman of the board of the
Ford Motor Company, has also
drawn national attention to
this argument.
Tariff Issue Debated
Traditional "protectionists"
and opponents of foreign aid
programs use high prices as an
argument for higher American
tariffs or for an end to foreign
aid.
On the other side are the
unions, which wage the active
battle against industry spokes-
men, several economic research
groups, the Commerce Depart
ment and President Eisenhower.
With the steel strike pend
ing, the dispute centers now
in that industry.
while foreign producers
have not, volume-wise, moved
into our heavy tonnage prod
ucts, such as sheets. plates and
structurals," r. F. Scntner, a
vice president of United States
Steel, said, I'VE consider all
steel markets major and Of
concern, because the loss Of
each export ton we no longer
ship, as we'll as each domestic
ton that is served by import
steel, represents a real loss to
our steel workers, as well as
reduced sales for United States
Steel"
Price Cuts Noted
Foreign companies can un-
dersell American manufacturers
In this country now on such
items as barbed wire, nails and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Sees Relative Stability

prices in the United State:
on the whole have risen less, OF
not significantly more, than in
the major European industrial
countries" he said.
This pricing ourselves out
of the market has been attri.
buted by some to the wage
spiral" Mr.. Kearns said. "But
on the whole, industrial wage
rates have not risen more
rapidly in the United States
during the past several years
than in principal European
countries. And the average
labor cost per unit Of industrial
output appears to have riser
by relatively the same proper.
ton in some continental Eu.
ropean countries as 1t has If
the United States"
Then why are exports goine
down and imports going up
A recent report by one re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

reinforcing rods by from IS To
$50 a ton.
United States Steel, Mr.
Sentner said, cannot compete
In these areas without cutting
profits. And, he added:
Profit is required, for it is
from profit that we pay for
plants and the mills. furnaces,
machines, tools and other cap
ital assets to manufacture our
product; and, in turn. from
these profits we must replace
these tools of production as fast
as they wear out"
The United Steelworkers Of
America call this a hoax"
Had United States Steel cut
its prices by an average Of SIC
per ton in 1858, its net profits
after taxes would have been
nearly 1920 million. Only eight
times-including World War ]
years 1916 and l917-have
United States Steels profits
been higher" a Steelworker re-
port said.
Statistics Presented
Both sides in the export
price argument present Stats
tics on wages to prove theil
points. Both concede, however
that accurate global wage fig
ures are hard to come by.
The American Iron and Steel
Institute, a management group
points out that American steel
workers in 1857 averaged
$2.9l7 in hourly earnings, while
West German steel workers
averaged 67.8 cents, English
80.5 cents, Japanese 40.6 cents
and so on.
But the Steelworkers say the
industry should calculate total
labor cost per unit of identical
product - including in labor
costs both here and abroad all
fringe benefits to the workers
and all government welfare
plans supported by industry
and also compare materials
costs and profit.
The best labor comparison
available, they say, is labor cost
as a percentage of sales. In
America this averaged 1855 per
cent in 1857. This compares
with 1873 per cent in Germany
2l.8 per cent in England and
1913 per cent in Japan. not as
striking a disparity as that
shown by the wage figures.
Material Costs Argued
Furthermore, the Steelwork-
erS say. materials cost Ameri-
can companies 1913 percent of
sales while in Great Britain, it
is SAG percent. The picture is
similar in other competing
countries. So. it is argued, low
er material costs here make UP
for the higher labor costs.
The best direct comparison
available is a study by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference
Board, a businessmen's group,
of the products of 100 Ameri-
can companies with factories
both here and abroad. 1t was
found that foreign labor and
overhead costs per unit were
usually lower, but that mate
rial costs were higher.
The study showed that total
cost Of production abroad was
lower for IS products, higher
for 10 and the same for 81. In
other words, for some products.
foreigners had a slight advan-
tage, but they certainly were
not running away with the
price competition.
Henry Kearns, Assistant Sec
rotary of Commerce for Inter-
national Affairs, says he fears
that the argument that we are
pricing ourselves out of the
T1arknto has hecnYne en- wide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

us "a hours q day all Of our
lives"
Deputy District Attorney
Fred Whichello replied that
Miss Tregoff took the position
Of voluntarily testifying against
herself" He noted that she
originally was summoned as q
prosecution witness. He said
the decision to charge her with
murder was made after her tes-
timony showed contradictions
with the account she gave ear
lier to investigators.
In ordering Miss Tregod held
for trial. Judge Martin referred
to q dispatch case which the
prosecution termed a "do-it-
yourself murder kit" The case.
belonging to DR.. Finch. was
found near the scene Of the
Staying.
The Judge said there was
strong substantial evidence
linking Miss Tregoff to the
Staying because she carried the
case to the scene.
The case confined bullets. o
knife, sleeping potions. rope
and a hypodermic needle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
PoIoce Sentry on Spot,
Bobbyto the Rescue

| Queen Elizabeth II is vacatiol1-
ing in Scotland.
After q recent incident
Guardsman Victor Footer was
confined to barracks for 10 days
on q formal charge Of irreg-
ular conduct-defined other
wise as kicking an American
girl who pestered him.
Quite Irregular
Whether the woman was
kicked Intentionally has not
been established. It appeared
that the guard stomped four
PAGES forward instead Of the
regulation one.
Guard Footer received q let
ter of sympathy and Q check
for 10 shilling ($1.40) yesterday
from an American.
The writer, who signed him
self Donald r. Hart of New
Britain, Conn, said 81 am an
American but an American who
realizes that American women
tourists as well as American
women in general need to be
kicked not once but often"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

5000 persons gathered IN front
Of Q three-story apartment
building recently bought by .
Negro family The neighbor-
hood previously was all-white,
Fourteen other persons were
arrested as policemen tried "a
disperse the mob. Five asked
jury trials and nine obtained
continuances until August 20.
Judge Irving Landesfnan. who
passed the sentences IN Boys
Court, said he would vacate
young Beers $500 flne on the
failure TO disperse charge on
December 23 II he does not
venture within two blocks Of
the scene Of the disturbance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Two Punished
In Race Incident

CHICAGO. Aug. 10 tAP) -
Two youths arrested at the
scene Of . racial disturbance on
the West side were given heavy
penalties by Q Municipal Court
Judge yesterday.
Fred Bahling, 10. was sem
fenced to 90 days In jail for
failure to dispense. Frank
Bleers. 10. . laborer, was fined
| q total OF 500 for disorderly
conduct and failure TO dispense.
They were seized August 9
when . crowd OF more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Congress Fund OKd

The Senate yesterday sent to
President Eisenhower . COM
promise $12s.797, $3.50 bill to A.
nance Congress for the current
fiscal year, which began July /.
The measure was passed by
voice vote without debate. The
House acted Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
U. S. Navy Secretary
Hcnored by Mexico

| MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10
tAP) United States Navy Sec
rotary william .. FRANKIE yes
terday ives awarded the Mexi-
can Nays Special Merit Medal
The marine minister. Adj
|miral Manuel zermenO Araico
Ia presenting the decoration,
said Mr. Franke's visit would
tend to weld even closer this
ties between Mexico and the
United States. The Secretary
Il returning q recent visit to the
United States BY errneno Ar
aic0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

are accused Of the fatal shoot
ing July Is Of Barbara Jean
Finch, 80.
Miss Tregoff's attorney said
he win file q writ seeking the
girls freedom. He said she Is
being held Illegally on insult
ficient evidence. He also con-
tended her constitutional rights
were violated when she testified
ct N. Finch's preliminary hear
Ing without being warned that
her statements could be used
against her,
Prosecution Assailed
Tie lawyer. Robert A. Mech,
IT,, added:
THE prosecution apparently
takes the position that the con-
stitutional rights of q person
are something that springs into
being only after Q person Is ar
rested.
This strange and strained
view Of basic principles proba-
bly, win come as O surprise to
some ITS million Americans. ]
have always thought. and !
think every American believes,
that our basic rights live with
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Take % or 30 months
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Life insurance is included. In most
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Details for other amounts and
longer terms on request. Phone
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Girl Friend to Be Tried.
With Doctor in SIoying

WEST CovnNA Calf, Aug. 10 tAP)s-The sweetheart
Of Dr. r. Bernard Finch must stand trial with Dr. Finch In
the gun Staying Of his sociaite wife,
Carole Tregon. 22-yearold former model shook with
sobs yesterday when Municipal Judge William NJ Martin
ordered her held for trial with her 4year-od lover They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

LONDON. Aug. 10 (AP).-A
well : dressed young woman
wrestled with q stolid British
guaftisman in a new flare-up
outside Buckingham Palace last
night.
Sightseers gasped as the
woman confronted a sentry.
q want to see the Queen, "
She screeched.
X Not . Word
The guardsman stared stub
borniy over her head and didn't
say q word.
LET me pass" she said,
grabbing his rife and giving II
Q determined pull.
The guardsman flexed his
muscles and got his rifle back.
As the crowd gaped, the
woman, apparently under 80
and carrying a shopping bag,
grabbed the rife again. They
stood there Juggling at the
weapon with the. guardsmar
glowering straight ahead and
never saying a word.
10 lis a tradition Of palace
sentry duty that Her Majesty's
guards must keep everyone Out
without ever appearing tt
notice anyone's presence.
Warned by Policeman
A policeman broke it up. HI
spoke warning words to the
woman. She responded BY
making q break for the palace
gates. She was arrested, taker
to d police station and later tt
o hospital where she was kept
under observation her identity
undisclosed.
Nobody bothered to tell hel