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Evening star., 1959-10-06
District Budget
BringsDenldnd
For Cutbac:ks
Plans to Increase
7 City Taxes Are
Raped at Hearing
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writer

Demands for spending cut
backs and criticism of proposed
tax increases marked the OPEN
ing of today's public hearing
on the proposed District budget.
Later witnesses. however,
urged restoration Of budget
slashes on wide range Of city
programs.
A $248.2 million budget call
ing for increases in seven city
taxes has been proposed by the
Commissioners staff for the fls-
cal year beginning next July /.
Today's annual hearing in the
District Building drew about
rs persons at the morning ses-
sion. About 10 organizations,
along with a half-dozen indi-
viduals, were scheduled to air
their views.
Mclaughlin Tells Plans
In an opening statement,
Robert E. Mclaughlin. presi-
dent of the Board of Commits
sioners, said that the spending
proposals covered items nee
essary to continue present serv-
ices and some increases for new
or expanded programs"
For construction in the city's
major bookkeeping category
the general fund-the pro-
posals are in line with the re-
vised public works program,
the Commissioner said. In the
highway fund, Mr.. Mclaughlin
summarized, the recommended
tions are based on receiving
the maximum Federal aid.
Although the first witnesses
at the hearing offered various
budget suggestions. there was
general agreement that the
Commissioners should seek in
creased Federal payments to
the city.
Asks 40 Per Cent Formula
The first speaker, william
K. Norwood. president of the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, urged that every con-
ceivable effort be made to win
the full authorized $32 million
Federal payment and then to.
campaign for a furmula calling
for congressional appropria-
ton Of not less than 40 per
cent of the annual city budgets
Mr.. Norwood then turned to
the recommended tax increases
and told the Commissioners the
federation is opposed to three
Of the recommended increases
an increase from $3.50 to
$3.50 per 500, of assessed
value in the real estate tax
rate, lowering the taxable in
come brackets from $1,000 to
$4,000 on individual income,
and elimination Of exemptions
on the unincorporated business
franchise levy.
On the real estate rate. Mr..
Norwood pointed out that the
tax base has gone up under
the recent city-wide property
reaSsessment. ITO attract and
hold businesses and higher
income residents. the city must
keep the tax bills at a slightly
lower level than in the sur
rounding suburban commune
ties, he said.
Asks Wider Coverage
Instead of the proposed
reduction in the taxable in
come brackets, the federation
urged that the law be Wild
See BUDGET, Page B-1
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something we have earned by
our labor.
"The steelworkers will not ac-
cept the sweetheart contract
offered by the industry. We
want a fair and decent con-
tract. We shall remain on strike
until justice is done"
Mr.. Macdonald was asked
whether there is still a posi-
bility Of a voluntarily negoti-
ated contract.
"There certainly is," he re-
piled.
The union leader was given
q standing ovation by the policy
group both before and after
the meeting.
Mr.. Macdonald last night
asked heads of the industry tc
meet with him "any time, any
place." to try and break the
Stalemate.
Rejected Previously
Similar requests from Mr.
Mcdonald have been rejected
before by the industry. Heads
of the IL steel companies di-
|rectly involved in the negotia-
tions have told Mr.. Mcdonald
that the industry negotiating
committee, headed by r. Con-
rad Cooper Of United States
Steel, has complete authority
to reach an agreement.
When President Eisenhower
got the negotiators together
after an earlier breakup in
New York he gave them until
this Thursday to show signs
of progress.
The alternative, the Presi-
dent implied, would be Taft
Hartley action.
The fruitless efforts of days
See STEEL, Page Az
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Aerial Steok Service

AUCKLAND, New Zealand,
Oct. 6 (AP).-Cargo aircraft
may soon carry 80 tons of fresh
or frozen New Zealand meat
to the United States in 10
hours. The chairman of the
New Zealand Meat Producers
Board. j. D. Orinond, said he
hoped the "airfreight steak"
service would be started soon.
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Radio Signals
Hint Rockets
Turn at Moon
Soviet Scientists
Keep Vigil to
Receive Dutu

MOSCOW. Oct. 8 AP)-
Soviet scientists kept intent
vigil at q receiving "mechan-
ical brain" today as the time
arrived for their little flying
observatory to begin its his
toric first reports about the far
side of the moon.
BY Russian reckoning, the
614-pound Lunik III, laden
with automatic recording and
transmitting instruments; was
to soar within 1850 miles Of
the moon and start its biggest
mission at 10 am. EDIT.
That moon hour" passed
with no immediate word flashed
to the eager public that the
electronic data was being re-
ceived by the mechanical
BRAIN" a complicated. inter-
linked computing system Of
listening posts and scientific
centers.
However. there was no doubt
here in the Soviet capital that
all was proceeding on schedule.
(Ofiicials at the Jodrell
Bank radio telescope in Eng.
land reported a change in
signals from the moon rocket
at about the time the Soviet
scientists had estimated the
space station would start its
journey around the moon.
The signals faded on one
wave length, but continued
on another. Later they were
erratic and British scientists
could not determine i'm
mediately whether the rocket
was still moving away from
the earth or toward it,
View of Unseen Side
At least a limited revelation
of what the Lunik sees is ex-
pected to be disclosed within
the next "a hours. Even if not
detailed, it may at least say
that mans new space-eye has
registered a view of the hitherto
Speculation about what
would be found has been rife
for centuries. Yesterday the
S4-year-old astrobotanist, Prof.
Gavriil Takhov, said possibili-
ties existed that the presence
of lower forms of living mat
ter might be disclosed.
Eugeniy Bogoyavlenskiy, SCI
ence correspondent for Tass,
said Sunday the satellite would
be able to photograph the far
side of the moon, but there
has been nothing further to
confirm a camera is aboard.
Strange Flight Path
All Moscow newspapers pub
lished a diagram, obviously Of
fetal. to show the strange
flight path of the Lunik. The
diagram, with a dotted line
representing the relation of
the earth and the moon today.
shows:
The Lunik takes of from the
side Of the earth on the obSer-
ver'S left while the moon is far
away on the opposite side.
The Lunik makes a slow, re-
verse S-turn to pass to the
right Of the moon, which has
progressed more than two days
on its 28-day orbit around the
earth,
1t does not make q sharp
See ROCKET, Page AS
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Gout GobbIes Art

PARIS, Ontario, Oct. 6 (AP).
Children at the Paris Fair
painted landscapes for the
Brantford Arts Council exhibit.
The trouble was the paintings
were too realistic. A goat,
chained nearby, ate four of the
paintings while the custodian
was away.
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Reds Honor Schuerf

MOSCOW, Oct. 6 (AP).-
Austria's President Adolf
Schaerf, on a state visit to the
Soviet Union, was awarded an
honorary law degree at Moscow
University today.
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Given TVQuiz Replies.
~ Entront Testifies
Ordered to Pose as PenniIess EXCL,
Lose to Van Doren, Contestant Says
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star STAFF Writer

History Student Herbert Stempe told House question
today received both questions in advance
his appearances the deunct elevon quiz show
Twenty-One.
Mr.. Stempe also testified that he coached on how
and what to in order to create the impression of
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Steel lmposse Awaits
Action BY Government
ToIks Collapse, Union Pledges
To Continue 84-Duy Strike

PITTSBURGH, Oct. (AP).- new failure by negoti-
ators to end the 8day strike left the Nation looking to
Washington today for solution to get the half million
strikers back to work.
No further negotiating meetings were scheduled and
this morning the union, saying it had earned fair
Evening star., 1959-10-06
TIL Law Is Invoked
To Hall Dock Strike
President
Acts in
Emergency
bulletin

PALM SPRINGS, Calf.
(AP)-President Eisenhower
today invoked the Taft
Hartley Act in the docks
strike, opening the way for
the Government to seek an
80-day back to work order.
He said the strike would "im-
peril the national health and
safety" if allowed to con-
tinue. Mr.. Eisenhower in
structed a fact finding board
to report to him by Saturday.
Armed with their report, the
President then can seek a
court injunction to halt the
stoprage.
Evening star., 1959-10-06

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (AP).-
Striking longshoremen re-
newed their offer today to re-
slme negotiations with en-
ployers.
The offer came after a Fed
eral mediator said the six-day
walkout along the East and
Gulf Coasts is now "a matter
for the President"
Patrick j. (Packy) Connolly.
an LILA vice president, said
union negotiators were ready
to sit down at an hours no.
tice" with the New York Ship
ping Association, representing
employer groups.
He noted, however, that the
association has refused to sit
down until October 15," the
date to which the union at one
time had agreed to extend the
old contract.
No New Talks Set
The mediation official, Rob-
ert H. Moore, has declined to
schedule further talks with
either side.
His. announcement came YES
terday, along with a statement
from Presidential Press Secre-
tary James Hagerty at Palm
Springs. Calf. that "the mat
ter Of the dock strike is now
before the President and the
White House. -"
Also yesterday the Govern
ment took its first limited step
to curtail the strike, but union
chiefs threatened by implica-
ton to expand the walkout to
include Seamen.
Restraining Order
In New Orleans a Federal
judge issued a restraining order
against two union locals whose
walkout touched off the mass
strike by $4,000 longshoremen
October /. Seven other New
Orleans locals were not affected
by the order.
The National Labor Relations
Board sought the order at the
request of New Orleans ship
pers, who maintain the lila
failed to file a required 30-day
advance notice OF the strike.
Officers Of the two locals in
structed their men to obey the
order. but members of other
locals in New Orleans and else
where continued to picket, and
the docks remained idle.
Meanwhile the way appeared
cleared for possible Federal in
Intervention through the Taft.
Hartley Law with the announce
ment here of total stalemate in
negotiations.
After brief talks with both
See DOCKS, Page AS
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Asks Wider COverage

Instead Of the proposed
reduction in the taxable in
come brackets, the federation
urged that the law be Wild
See BUDGET, Page B-l
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Some Familiar Demands

But however bold and imagina-
tive. the Khrushchev plan for end
ing the arms race included famil-
lar Soviet demands certain to
bring familiar Western resistance.
Among them were the Kremlin's
oft-repeated requirement that
military bases in foreign terri
tories will be abolished" a proviso
aimed directly at the United States
and its entire concept Of defense.
Another condition, already reject
ed by the West in several Of many
guiSes, was the establishment Of
an "atom-free" zone in central
Europe.
And Western reaction was not
long in manifesting itself. al
though Secretary Of State Chris
tian Herter set q course of eau
ton when he observed that the
Khrushchev program should be
studied" Other comment was less
restrained. Liquidation Of foreign
bases and destruction Of nuclear
armament stockpiles, 1t was ar
gued. would be of total a6van-
tage to the Soviet bloc and total
disadvantage to the West. Worst Of
all, went the adverse comment.
Mr.. Khrushchev had carefully
specified that the disarming must
come first. with international con-
troll to insure its effectiveness
coming later.
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Question of Controls

On the control issue, long the
major point Of disagreement be-
tween East and West on disarm-
ament proposals. the Soviet chief
said his mighty nation was Gin
favor Of strict control over the
augmentation Of q disarmament
agreement when 1t is reached.
But we have always been against
the separation Of the question Of
control from disarmament we
are in favor Of disarmament under
control. but we are against control
without disarmament"
In effect. the Soviet proposal
put actual disarmament ahead Of
the international controls which
have been insisted upon by the
West as a precondition to reduc-
ton Of ornaments. This stand.
added to the repetition Of the So
Wet demands for a European
atom-free zone. abolition Of mill
tary bases abroad, q non-aggres-
sion pact between the North At
lantic Treaty Organization and
the nations Of the Warsaw Pact,
and an international agreement
on the prevention Of surprise at
tack. appeared to leave the basic
East-West cleavage just about
where 1t has been all along.
But the sweeping challenge Of
the Soviet Premier's proposal had
an unmistable impact. What
ever the Vests response may ul-
timately be. the prospect Of q
world four years hence in which
the means Of waging war. nuclear
or otherwise, shall have been abol-
ished had a universal appeal.
Mr.. Khrushchev played on that
theme adroitly and convincingly
to many:
. us it not time to call a halt to
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Dirksen Effective

Using q different approach,
Senator Dirksen also produced
well for the administration. I'm
like the ruggedly independent man
he succeeded. william Knowland,
the Illinois moderate with the
wavy hair and dulcet tones put
party before personal predilec-
tions. He worked tremendously,
for the most part, with Senator
johnson. Compromise and parlia.
mentary wizardry were his weap.
ons.
While both Senator johnson and
Mr.. Rayburn praised the accom-
plishments Of the seth, each had
an explanation for the way things
turned out.
when Government Is divided
Democratic Congress, Republican
PRESIDENT, public officials are
faced with q choice of doing some
thing or doing nothing-of Great
ing laws or creating issues. :.
We went as far as we reasonably
could to meet the Executive" the
Senator said.
Perhaps thinking Of the several
presidential vetoes that were sus-
tanned and the passage Of q tough
labor reform bill, Mr.. Rayburn
said:
what would irritate me more
than anything else is the person
who comes here as Q So-called
Democrat and IS or 90 per cent
of the time votes against the
Democratic position u. Chez
ought to run on some other ticket"
Mr.. Eisenhower's main domestic
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Sober Understanding

AS the representative Of world
communism, spokesman for the
Soviet Union, and symbol Of the
East in the long cold war. Mr..
Khrushchev has evoked curious
response from Americans since
his arrival last Tuesday. There
has been a minimum. in Washing
ton and New York. Of either en-
thusiasm or hostility. Demonstra-
tons by anti-Communist organ
izations, refugee groups and other
political partisans have been no
more than was expected, and so
far devoid of violence. But the
strangely quiet and unusually
large crowds that have attended
his every move seem to attest to
q sober understanding Of the man
and what he stands for. and a
serious curiosity as to the APP
pearance and attitude Of a politi-
cal leader whose potential power.
for good or evil. is undoubtedly
greater than that Of any other
single man in the world.
In his appearances, Mr.. Khru-
shchev has mingled his skillful
penchant for the homely adage
with a rapier-sharp political wit.
seemingly undulled by translation
difficulties. He has f1ared in quick
anger at questions he resented.
and as quickly subsidized into his
characteristic joviality literally
embellished with seldom -overdone
dramatic gestures. Despite the
taxing burden Of his schedule. he
has seemed to enjoy his visit with
immense gusto; his jibes at CAPT.
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Red China:
New Purge?

While Mr.. Khrushchev happily
held the eyes of most of the world
last week, the Communist Chinese
appeared to be carrying out a
new purge of top-ranking officials.
Since long secret meeting held
last month of the highest OFF,
Gals of the Chinese Communist
Party, attended by Mao Tse-tung.
Chou En-lai and others, four
high-ranking members of the
Central Committee have been re-
moved. Shuffles in the Defense
and Foreign Ministries appear to
indicate a major shift in policy
and leadership. although in what
direction is still unclear.
Western observers last week
were tending to view the current
ferment as probably a result Of
internal rather than foreign de-
velopments. Official Peiping dis
closures Of gross exaggeration"
in last years production figures
preceded the major personnel
shifts and there have been I'M
confirmed reports of growing dis
satisfaction in the armed forces
over military assignments to the
commune system.
Chinese comment on the Khru-
shchev visit to the United States
has been sparse. Chou En-lai has
called the trip worthwhile and q
contribution to peace" but the
impression remains in East Asia
that Peiping is less than en-
thusiastic at the prospect of a
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Defines Peace

The choice can be made by a
referendum, Gen. de Gaulle said,
to be held within four years after
the restoration of peace. BY peace,
the French president said, he
meant "a situation will have been
established whereby loss Of life.
whether in ambushes or organized
attacks, will not exceed 200 a
year." So far this year, almost
1000 Algerians and Europeans
have been victims of terrorist at
tacks in addition to French mill
tary losses.
The immediate reaction in Ma
tionalist circles to the new De
Gaulle proposal was decidedly
negative But almost before the
chief spokesman for the National
Liberation Front could condemn
the plan publicly, there was a
shift of sentiment. Much of the
shift was ascribed to the ener-
getic activity Of Habib Bourguiba,
President of Tunisia, which has
successfully severed colonial ties
with France with a minimum Of
violence.
President Bourguiba talked at
length with Algerian Provisional
President Ferhat Abbas Thursday,
repeatedly urging that the De
Gaulle program be not rejected
summarily. Tunisian officials said
the proposal could be used as
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grind, the longest since 1851.
In q formal statement late yes
terday. Mr.. Eisenhower said some
needed gains" were made. but
"many disappointing failures"
were recorded by Congress. He
asserted that an historic turn
about" was forced on the SPEND
ers by the good sense and
political vigor Of our citizens"
Most observers would agree
that the President, whose public
statements rarely contain even O
hint Of q boast. was underplaying
1t. The consensus Is clearly that
he and his administration forces.
though overwhelmed In numbers.
had directed Congress down the
broad Eisenhower path Of mod
Grafton and thrift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

the senseless waste Of the peoples
means on means Of destruction?"
Q "A priceless fund Of human
knowledge and ingenuity and skill
is taken and thrown as into a bot
tomless pit and squandered on
ornaments ;"
o Can one forget that there is
not one spot on the face Of the
globe today which isn't accessible
to nuclear and rocket weapons?"
o g. there would be no differ
ence lin future war; between the
front and the rear. between SOL
diers and children nor would
this war spare future generations.
Its poisonous trail in the form OF
radioactive contamination would
for long continue to MAIN many
people and claim many lives"
Mr.. Khrushchev had given adj
vance notice that he would have
something to say on disarmament
when he addressed the General
Assembly. On Wednesday. at the
National Press Club. he had
labeled the problem Of disarma-
ment as the most pressing Of all
international problems, 1.-THE most
burning issue of our time" He
would, he told the assembled
newSmen, concentrate on the
problem OF disarmament" in his
U. N. talk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

basis for direct negotiations for
q cease-fire, after which further
talks might be able to arrange
q satisfactory method of self
determination for Algeria. Mr..
Bourguiba has long pressed for
negotiation and compromise as
the better way to bring about the
Nationalist aims.
The French colons In Algeria.
however, make no secret Of their
dismay at the De Gaulle pro-
posals. Indignation, the Algerian
Public Safety Committee de-
clared, was the only acceptable
solution. The committee, which
with Army and Air Force support
brought of the coup that toppled
the Fourth Republic, labeled Gen.
de Gaulle's plan "a demoniacal
wager"
independence for Algeria, Gen.
de Gaulle warned, would mean
partition of the country, with
France keeping the oil-rich areas
of the Sahara and other indis-
pensable natural resources. De-
prived Of these, the President
said, free Algeria would be torn
by dissension, beset by "abysmal
poverty" and would soon become
a prey to "warlike communism"
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Other Actions

Among other major congress
sional actions were these:
Budget: Voted $74.s billion in IS
regular money bills and two sup
plementals, the highest in peace
time history. All requests but the
one for the Department Of Health,
Education and Welfare were pared.
Housing: Passed q 81 billion
measure after two Eisenhower We
toes brought q total cut OF $375
million. The President had not
signed the bill as Of late yesterday.
Civil Rights: Extended the life
Of the Federal Civil Rights Com
mission for two years-to the fall
Of 1861. but deferred consideration
Of q broad rights measure until
next year.
Highways: Voted o compromise
tax increase Of cent per gallon
on gasoline in order TO keep the
II .000-mile Federal highway pro-
gram going on a pay-as-you-go
basis.
Defense: Extended the Draft
Act for four years: cut about $40
million from the Presidents $780,
248.000,000 arms request after
early session predictions of an in
crease Of $1.2 billion because Of
the missile gap" and Soviet rock
etry and space advances.
Agriculture: Passed bills revis-
ing price supports on wheat and
tobacco. but they were vetoed and
no attempt was made to override.
No overall farm legislation en-
acted.
Next year is a presidential elec-
ton year. which means q short
session. Northern Democrats and
Republicans will push for O broad
civil rights measure over Dixie
objections. And the liberals will
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Economic Recovery

Before the new Congress could
get untracked, however, economic
recovery was under way. Eisen-
hover: my own position was that
this recovery. the signs Of 1t, were
all around US. that 1t was going
forward rapidly, and that un.
necessary spending should be
completely curtailed."D
Lacking cohesion, q common
Democratic ailment, and an eff
fective adaptability In the face Of
the changing situation. the Dem.
ocratic leadership turned more
and more to the strategy Of COM
promise and accommodation with
the Republican administration.
Speeding this shift along was
another important development:
The adroit exploitation by Mr..
Eisenhower's congressional cap
tains. Senate Minority Leader
Dirksen and House Minority Lead
er Halleck. Of the sympathetic
(bond between the @. o. p. and
khe Southern Democrats, whose
seniority gave them control Of
important committees.
The tough-minded Mr.. Halleck,
who replaced the veteran Joe Mar
tin As his party's chief In the
House early in the year, not only
worked well with Dixie: he GAL
vanized the Republican minority
into . tightly disciplined force.
AZ one wag put 1t. HE stole the
pants on Sam Rayburn (the IT.
year-old Speaker Of the Housed
20 smoothly and 30 often that he
had Sam mumbling to himself"