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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Ex-Cubun Leader
Admitted to u. S.

MIAMI, Fla, July 8 (AP).-
immigration Director Edward
P. Ahrens today announced
Maj. Pedro Luis Diaz LAM, re-
signed commander of the Gu
ban Air Force, has been ad-
mitted to the United States as
a resident alien.
Mr.. Ahrens Issued this state
ment:
Maj. Diaz LAM, accom-
panied by his wife, applied for
admission to the United States
on July /, 1859, at Miami. Fla,
at which port they had ar
rived directly from Cuba
aboard a small private boat.
Following examinations yes
terday, he has been admitted
as a resident alien and she has
been paroled. He has requested
that his whereabouts not be re-
vealed at this time"
Mr.. Ahrens would make no
further comment. He declined
to give any hint as to Maj.
Diaz Lanz's whereabouts.
The former Cuban military
leader has been accused by his
successor. Maj. Juan Almeida,
of desertion, treason, robbery
and dealing with members of
former dictator Fulgencio Ba-
tista's regime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
BY the Associated Press

Senate Democratic Leader
johnson today placed high
priority on consideration OF
President Eisenhower's housing
bill veto. He indicated no deci-
sion had been reached on
whether to try to override the
President.
I'VE are exploring with ap-
propriate committee members
on what we can do to get some
housing built" Senator John
son said. That's what the
people want"
At his news conference,
meanwhile, Mr.. Eisenhower in
sisted he is not trying to gov
ern by veto.
The President said in re.
spouse to questions that he has
not used the veto lightly. He
said he doesn't enjoy saying
any legislation is bad and Their
having to explain to the people
why he thinks it is bad. But
he said, he is determined tc
have legislation that will keer
the United States solvent.
Johnson Seeks Solution
When he vetoed the housing
bill yesterday, he called it ex-
travagant, excessive and infla-
tionary.
In discussing possible con-
greSSional reaction to the veto,
Senator Johnson told newsmen
that I'VE want to see if we can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
$241 Million
D. c. Budget
Is Approved

House-Senate conferees to-
day cleared a $241.2 million
budget for the District for the
year ending next June 80.
The recommendation, which
will be submitted to the House
later today, includes a Federal
payment of $25 million to the
District general fund.
The total budget figure is
about $4.1 million higher than
the House recommendation
The Federal payment figure is
the SameJas the House recon-
mendation, although the Sen
ate District Appropriations
Committee had recommended
$27 million.
Senator PaStore, Democrat
of Rhode Island, chairman of
the conferees, said the Senate
committeeman agreed to the
lower figure after assurances
by District government officials
that revenues during the COM
ing year will be higher than
originally expected.
Senator PaStore emphasized
that the total approved by the
conferees provides a balanced
budget, with a $150,00O sur
plus in the general fund.
The bulk Of the SAL million
increase over the House figure
covers SIS million in manda-
tory wage increases and So
million to construct a new
consolidated warehouse for the
city.
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Storm Durkens
Nebraska Town

GOTHENBURG, Nebr., July
8 (AP).-A violent windStorm
left Gothenburg, in South Gen.
trail Nebraska, without lights
last night, streets Uttered with
fallen trees and the roof of one
business building ripped of and
tossed across the main highway
through town.
The police department esti-
mated the wind hit a top veloc-
ity of 80 miles an hour. Gothen-
burg is a town of 2,977.
Brady, population 800, and
North Platte, ,15,433, both west
of Gothenburg, also were hit
by windStorms that caused
power Interruptions and left
streets tree-littered.
No injuries were reported in
any Of the three towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
N. Seeks to Silence
Big Ben's Booming Bells

LONDON, July 8 (AP).-A
member of Parliament COM
planned yesterday that Big Ben
is a booming nuisance and
should be silenced while Lon
doners try to sleep.
The deep-throated chimes Of
the famous Westminster clock
were laundering through the
House of Commons as Laborite
Frank Allaun suggested they
should be stopped at least be-
tween midnight and 6 am.
He charged they disturb the
sleep of 1000 patients in st.
Thomas's Hospital across the
Thames River from Parliament.
Speaker w. S. Morrison
whose official residence is not
so yards from the foot of Big
Ben's tower-listened sympa-
thetically and called for the
government to answer.
But government spokesman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08

Harmar Nichols turned down
Mr. Albums plea.
81 slept for two years in ST.
Stephens's Club quite close to
Big Ben and I can assure you
I slept very well indeed" he
said.
Mr.. Allaun told a reporter
his opponents seem to believe
Big Ben does the hospital pa
tents good-on the theory that
while they hear it, they know
they are still alive.
But my friends in St
Thomas'S disagree" he said.
"They go there to get cured
and find themselves shaken by
this terrible ding-dong ding
dong every fifteen minutes
through the night"
Members of the Commons
themselves apparently are i'm
mune to Big Ben's insomnia
effects. The Daily Telegraph
reported a number Of them
slept peacefully throughout q
debate on the printers strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08

again that he is personally
ready to go any place he thinks
ANY good can be done at any
time"
He said again that the United
States has no thought of aban-
doning its rights or response
bilities in West Berlin. There
has been no change in the
United States position since the
East-West foreign ministers
meeting adjourned at Geneva
June 20, he said.
Secretary of State Herter
who conferred with the Presi-
dent shortly before today's press
conference, leaves this week end
for the resumption of the talks
next Monday.
President Eisenhower backed
away from suggestions that
See POLICY, Page AS
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Old Masters to Season
u. S. Art in Moscow

a league of 1000 conservative
artists, none of whom were rep
resented in Moscow, called a
number of the paintings mean
ingless scribbles."
President Eisenhower who en-
joyed the Soviet Art in the Rus
sian exhibit in New York, was
lukewarm in his defense of the
American exports in his last
press conference. He said that
in future he hoped juries would
take into account what Ameri-
ca likes"
From New York, the curator
of the exhibit, Mrs. Edith G.
Halpert retorted that she didn't
think much of the Presidents
paintings, either.
Apparently, Secretary of State
Herter will not act on the sug-
geStion made in a letter from
the HOUSE committee that he
have the paintings already in
Moscow screened and remove
those that were not in the best
interests of the United States.
The letter recalled that in a
similar situation in 1949, Sec
rotary of State Acheson recalled
an American exhibit from
South America.
David E. Finley, former d.
rector of the National Gallery
Of Art has come to the aid of
the hard-preSsed officials of
the Commerce Department and
the USIA. He is assisting in as
Sembling masterpieces by such
well-known and non-controver-
Sial 10th century artists as John
Singleton Copley, Mary Cassat,
George InneSs, James Mcneil
Whistler, John Singer Sargent,
Albert Jinkham Ryder, Frederic
Remington, George Caleb Bing-
ham, Samuel F. B. Morse, and
George P. A. Healy.
When assembled the canvases
will be shipped by air to Mos
COW,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08

flight pay because OF inability
to log sufficient time in the
cockpit of a plane.
officials of the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration's space task group
Jupiter Cat From Man -in-Spoes Pro.
srom. Poee AS
here hope the situation will be
Strengthened out shortly, but
so far all that is forthcoming is
the promise of some airplanes
soon"
To make matters worse, the
aStronautS are experiencing
long delays in collecting per
diem travel allowance after
trips around the country in
connection with their space
flight training program.
Per Diem to Be Speeded :
NASA Press Chief Walter F.
Bonney said in Washington to-
day that administrative proce-
dureS have now been changed
to speed the payment of per
diem allowances. AS far as the
flying mixup is concerned, Mr.,
Bonney ascribed much of the
difficulty to the fact that NASA
lacks maintenance facilities of
its own at Langley, where the
Air Force has elaborate hangar
SetupS.
Whatever the cause of the
confusion, evidence of sagging
morale shows up in conversa-
ton with the seven men. 1--WE
were brought into this project
because of our proficiency in
high performance aircraft" one
of the aStronauts told this re-
porter yesterday. Nov we can't
get any time in high-perform-
ance planes. Isn't that a hell
Of a note?"
The training deficiency in hot
planes could be relieved for a
cost of less than $4,000 a month
in full, according to standard
figures used by the Air Force
in computing budgetary re-
quirementS.
Were not maintaining the
proficiency we would like. to
maintain" another astronaut
said fatty.
Only one of the seven said he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Stah Writer

Some old masters have been
hastily called in to take the
heat off the controversial con-
temporary paintings sent to the
United States exhibit at the
Moscow Fair.
The original 40 canvases
which stirred adverse reaction
from both President Eisenhower
and Congress, will be augmented
by rs or 80 traditional paint
ings, including the Gilbert
Stuart portrait Of George
Washington and George P. A.
Healy'S "BeardleSS Lincoln"
A spokesman for the United
States Information Agency,
which helped choose the jury
that selected the modern works,
said the additions were being
made "in order to lend depth
and historical perspective to the
collection at Moscow and in
keeping with the view of Presi-
dent Eisenhower that more at
tention be given to paintings
by American artists of the pre-
World War I era"
This is the first time in the
perennial warfare between art
and off1cialdom, where officials
in the middle have sought to
disarm their critics by adding
rather than subtracting draw
ingS.
Chairman Walter, of the
House Committee on Un-Am-
erican Activities, objected to
the original selections on both
artistic and theological grounds.
In a speech on the House floor
and later at public hearings, he
complained that more than half
the artists of the first batch
had Red connections, and fur
thermore that he found their
work incomprehensible.
At the same hearing,
Wheeler Williams, president OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Bathing Less Oily

LONG BRANCH, N. j., July
8 (AP). Nature took the
grease out of surf bathing along
the Jersey shore. The Coast
Guard reported yesterday that
currents have carried almost
all the oily patches out to sea.
The thick bunker oil is part
of 2.5 million gallons spilled
when two ships collided last
month of Sandy Hook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Gale Hovers
100 Miles
OffCuroIinu

The seasons first potential
hurricane, Tropical Storm
Cindy, today was milling around
uncertainty 100 miles east of
Charleston, S. c., but will have
no effect on the Washington
area for more than "a hours,
the Weather Bureau said.
The storm, generating winds
up to 10 miles per hour, is
moving at 5 m.p.h. in a west
by-northwesterly direction,
which, if continued would bring
it ashore in the Carolinas. The
Weather Bureau added that
the storm may never affect the
Washington area but that its
present drift is too erratic to
tell.
The eye of the 7s5-mile-wide
storm is about IL to Is miles
wide and is under observation
by Navy patrol planes and
land-based radar.
Hurricane warnings were Or
Hatteras, N. c., to Beaufort,
S. c. Residents were told to
ready themselves to move fast
if hurricane warnings are is
sued.
Reports from the Charleston
area said residents were alert
but calm about the storm.
Beaches in the Wilmington
IN. c. area were washed by
tides about'2 feet above normal.
Rains struck the CarolinaS
coast this morning.
Sheets of torrential rain
swept the Wilmington area be-
fore 8 am, and continued into
midday.
Intermittent rains splaShed
on the Myrtle Beach area amid
gusts of hard wind. Throngs at
Myrtle Beach remained indoors
and faced "a typical rainy day
at the beach"
Cindy was the seasons first
Atlantic storm. The Gulf of
Mexico provided breeding
ground for Arlene, which
formed May %. and Beulah,
which formed June 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08

was not worried about his abil-
ity to fly hot planes after a long
layoff. He likened the knack Of
high-performance plotting to
ice-skating, which comes back
quickly. even after m any
months OF skates.
But it was clearly the con-
sensuS-expressed by the six
otherS-that too much time
away from the controls of a hot
plane makes one rusty. And at
mach 2 or above-over 1900
miles an hour-a thin layer Of
rust on a pilots ability can
cause serious difficulties.
The seven aStronauts, who
said they preferred not to be
quoted individually by name
lest their remarks be taken as
criticism Of their respective
services, are:
Navy 1t. Malcolm S. Carpen-
ter, Air Force Capt. Leroy G.
Cooper, jr., Marine 1t. Col. John
H. Glenn, jr., Air Force Capt.
Virgil L.. Grissom, Navy 1t.
Comdr. Walter M. Schirra, jr.,
Navy 1t. Comnd. Alan B. Shop
ard, jr., and Air Force Capt.
Donald K. Slayton.
Selected in April
The flying foul-up arose in
April when the seven were Sc
lected from among the Nations
top test pilots to train for the
United States first mission in
space. Chief among the criteria
for selection was jet fighter
time-an average of 400 hours
for the successful astronaut
candidates.
The scene of astronaut train
ing was the space agency'S
Langley Research Center on
Langley Air Force Base here.
One of the reasons for choosing
this site, it is understood, was
the availability of aircraft in
which the astronautS could
maintain flying proficiency.
Up to now. however, no air.
planes have been assigned here
for their use. 1t is reported the
Air Force has agreed to make
TF-102 f1ghter-trainers avail
able, but Charles Donlan, the
No. 2 space agency official here,
says, WED like to see the air
planes"
Still unresolved, it also
See ASTRONAUTS, Page AS
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U.S.toPu||0ut
lis War Planes
From France
Fighter ombers
To Be Shifted to
Britain, Germany

PARIS, July 8 (AP).-Three
fighter-bomber wings Of the
United States Air Force soon
will be moved from French
bases to fields in Britain and
Germany, the United States
announced today.
United States Ambassador to
NATO w. Randolph Burgess
made the decision known at a
meeting of the North Atlantic
Council, made up of the per-
manent representatives of all
Is NATO powers.
The move had been generally
expected because President
Charles DE Gaulle will not
agree to storing United States
atomic arms on French soil.
The transfer to British and
German bases will involve 200
fighter-bombers which have
been assigned atomic missions
in case of war. The move is
to be started Immediately and
will be completed before the
end of the summer.
Action Not Retaliation
American officials empha-
sized that the action was no
sort of retaliation against the
French.
In the American view the
French refusal to allow atomic
Stockpiles had made it impos-
sible for the planes to fulfill
their mission from French
Aeees.
The shift to bases where
atomic stockpiles would be
close at hand therefore was
the only logical military pro-
cedure, officials said.
The LIST Royal Canadian Air
Division will be the sole NATO
air unit left on French soil.
The French have refused to
commit their air force to an
integrated NATO air defense
in Europe, except for planes it
assigned to tactical NATO
support in Germany.
The Canadians are soon to
be ,re-equipped with about rs
superSonic Lockheed F-104 jets
to replace their SabreS. The
Canadian units then may be
given interception and defense
missions.
French Decline Comment
The French declined any Of
fetal comment on the an
nouncement.
The decision was the first
concrete American reaction to
Gen. de Gaulle's increasingly
independent attitude toward
NATO.
He has refused to adWit
United States atomic stock
piles unless France is given
control of their use. United
States law requires that Ameri-
can officers retain control of
the nuclear warheadS for
weapons. although foreign gov
ernmentS can control the
weapons themselves.
The decision to shift the
planes repeatedly was made by
Gen. LauriS Norstad, the SUI
preme allied commander. The
French were warned some time
: See PLANES, Page AT
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johnson Puts Priority
On Housing Bill Veto

reconcile the conflicting view
points" on the bill.
Some Democrats are urging
that Congress attempt to over
ride the veto - a move that
would require a two-thirds ma
jority in each chamber. Even
If this failed, these Democrats
reasoned, it would put them
forcibly on record as favoring
expansion of Federal housing
programs.
Others suggested reshaping
housing legislation to meet Mr.,
EiSenhower's protests.
Senator Douglas, Democrat
of Illinois, said Mr.. Eisenhow-
er's veto showed that Demo-
Gratis had adopted the wrong
strategy in cutting down total
OUTLAWS from those originally
voted by the Senate and House,
PROBING Didn't Work
1T was supposed to be veto
proof when we sent it to him
but the proofing didn't work
very we'll" Senator Douglas
told a reporter. I'VE would have
done better to send him a
stronger bill, to make the issue
clear"
The $1,375,OOO,OO bill was
cut down from larger pro-
grams passed separately by the
House and Senate. But most
of the cut was accomplished
by limiting it to two years,
See HOUSING, Page AS
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Khrushehev Used Blunt and Brutal"
Language, Horrimon Soys. Pose A. 10

people should indulge in any
thing resembling an ultimatum
or threat. That is not the
way to reduce tensions, he
commented.
A newsman had asked him
what he thought of Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S reported remarks to
former New York Gov. Harri-
man that IF you want war, you
can have it, but remember it
will be your war. Our rockets
will fly automatically"
Mr.. Eisenhower snapped back:
Il don't think anything
about it."
The President repeated once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Special Aid Session
Hinted by President
Won't Yield
HeWurns
Congress
BY J. A. O'LEARY
Star stan Writer

President Eisenhower re-
minded Congress today that he
could call it back into special
session If he is not given enough
foreign aid money to meet this
country's obligations.
Mr.. Eisenhower was emphatic
in serving notice at his weekly
>~-~-~~~----
President Urges Continuation Of Steel
Tolks. Pose A-S
press conference that he is
never going to give up the fight
for the funds he considers nee
essary for mutual security.
Meanwhile, at the Capitol,
Senate Democratic Leader
johnson of Texas appealed to
the Senate not to gamble with
the Nations security" by max
ing any further cuts in the
foreign aid authorization.
The statements of the Presi-
dent and Senator johnson fol-
lowed adoption last night Of
amendments cutting nearly
$400 million from the military
part of the bill. These cuts
brought the total of the bill
down to $3.5 billion.
Fighting Further Cuts
AS the Senate reconvened at
10 am, amendments for fur:
Their reductions were still pend
ing. Senator johnson asked
the Republican leaders to
rally their troops" and ex-
pressed the hope many Demo-
Gratis would join them in voting
against further reductions.
A reporter told the President
the Senate cut of $500 million
from military aid last night
would affect obligations in
Asia and the Middle East, and
asked Mr.. Eisenhower what he
could do about it.
The Senate also cut $83.5
million from the $685. million
for defense support, which also
helps support allied armies.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he viii
use all of the persuasive power
he has against the cuts be-
cause he feels those voting for
reductions are ignoring the
Nations responsibilities.
Then he said he could ask
for deficiency appropriations
early in the next session, and if
the authorization bill is not
adequate to cover the defcien-
cies, the only other recourse Ia
would have would be to call q
special session.
Minimum Required
The President insisted that
his original request for SIG
billion of military aid and $685.
million of defense support were
the minimum amounts re.
quired.
The cuts Congress is making
in foreign aid probably will
enable the Democrats to carry
out their strategy of winding
up with a net reduction in the
Presidents budget total, de-
spite increases they may vote
for national defense and public
health.
The Democrats are anxious
to stay under the Presidents
budget total to cancel out adj
miniStration efforts to label the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
RUSSIAN MODELS
ARE REFRESHING

SOVIET MODELS, the women thot
is, have some refreshing qualities
missing from the United Stotes fosh-
ion scene. For one thing, they're
noturoI. For the others, see Poss
C-l.
LITTLE GIRLS voices hove q
poetry all their own. Moriols
Holmes tells about it on Pose C-6
Of the Society Section.
ENGLAND's UPPERcRUsT hos
been soddIed with soaring toxes and
servont Shortages. but they still put
on q jolly good show on q country
week end. See PoSe c-5.