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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-31
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Liberals in Congress Grid for Battle

The liberals - sometimes
referred to as radicals-are
bracing themselves for q
fight to compel the new Dem
ocratic Congress to change
its old rules and to enact the
kind Of legislative program
they consider necessary. The
S7th Congress meets Tuesday.
It's first job will be to or
ganize for business-which
includes. in the House, the
adoption Of its rules. The
Senate, which considers it.
self q continuing body, has
held that the old rules con-
tinue from one Congress to
another, without need for
adoption at the opening Of
the new Congress. This was
threshed out at the opening
Of the seth Congress, when
the same liberals sought to
upset the system and failed.
The liberals may try it again.
Indeed, that is where the
fight may start at the very
opening Of Congress.
In considerable measure,
the opening Of the new Con-
gress will have unusual fea-
lures. The Vice President,
Richard M. Nixon, defeated
for the Presidency in the
recent election, will preside
as president Of the Senate
until the Inauguration Of
President-elect Kennedy and
Vice President-elect johnson
Cloth Senator's in the seth
Congress) on January 20.
The retiring President Of the
United States, Dwight D. Eli
senhower, will present his
final message to Congress on
the state Of the Union. Presi-
dent-elect Kennedy already
has resigned his Senate seat,
and his successor has been
appointed by Democratic Gov.
Foster Furcolo Of Massachu-
sets, to serve the final two
years Of the Kennedy Senate
term. Senator Lyndon john
son Of Texas, the Vice Presi-
dent-elect, has indicated he
will resign his seat, too, be-
fore or at the time of the
opening Of Congress. How
ever, he is not confronted by
the same situation as was
Senator Kennedy, who had to
resign before the first of the
New Year in order to have
a Democrat appointed to re-
place him. The voters in
Massachusetts "inconsider-
ately" had elected q Repub-
lican Governor.
But the radicals in and out
of Congress are continuing
to shout for a change in the
Senate rules so that a mere
majority Of the Senators
present and voting can adopt
a motion to close debate
and so bring to an end any
filibuster by q minority Of
the Senate against, particu-
larry, further civil rights leg
islation.
May Await Swearing In
Senator johnson may not
resign his Seat-to which he
was reelected at the same
time he was elected Vice
PreSident-until after he has
been sworn in as Senator
from Texas on Tuesday. He
will, however, give over the
Senate majority leadership
on Tuesday morning at q
meeting Of the Democratic
Senators. before the Congress
opens. At that meeting Sena-
tor Mike Mansfield Of Mon
tana will be elected chair
man Of the Democratic Con-
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ference, which carries with It
party leadership and also the
Craftsmanship of the Demo-
cratic Policy Committee Of
the Senate.
The Democratic Liberals.
who will be aided by several
Republican liberals in the ef-
fort to amend the Senate
rules. are expected to make
their play at the opening
session. If they do not the
Republican liberals will. But
their chances for success are
viewed as particularly slim.
Nor does there appear to be
a likelihood the House rules
will be changed so as to clip
the wings Of the Committee
on Rules-the target Of the
liberals because the Rules
Committee has successfully
side-tracked much Of the leg
islation they desired in the
past. Nevertheless, the fight
will be made, If only for the
record.
Seek Smooth Operation
The Democratic leadership
does not want to see the new
Congress tied up in knots
over rules changes. with
intra-party strife running
high when the Kennedy ad-
ministration takes over. It
Is anxious that the new Con-
gress shall be in position to
proceed as rapidly as possible
with the legislative program
already announced by Presi-
dent-elect Kennedy and the
party leaders of both houses.
These measures, GIVE in
number, including an in
creased minimum wage and
medical care for the aged)
also are greatly desired by
the liberals.
The liberal Democrats go
on the idea that the Ken
nedy administration, not
withstanding the fact that
almost half the voters OPP
posed Mr.. Kennedy's cleo
ton, has a mandate to drive
right ahead with their legis-
lative proposals, involving
huge Government expendi-
lures. The conservatives in
Congress fail to take the
same view. They are pre-
pared to resist these liberal
demands. Much will depend
on how strongly Mr.. Ken
nedy will swing the Federal
patronage club to win the
kind of liberal legislation he
has proposed.
The Americans for DEM
ocratic Action has just an
nounced its program-going
far beyond the first Kennedy
program. Its proposals to
restore the country to eco
nomic health" include not
only heavy Government ex-
penditureS for all kinds Of
public works, for relief in
distressed areas. for aid to
underdeveloped countries
abroad, and So-called social
legislation" for the United
States, but also q suggestion
that Federal income taxes
may be reduced "temporar-
ily," in order to put more
money in the peoples hands
to buy what they consider
necessary. The economic rea-
soning Of such proposals has
an appealing sound. but lacks
soundnesS. The new Congress
certainly will take a careful
look before it launches into
any program that threatens
to increase prices, wages and
NOSfs ~ I1rod1YrtioY1
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such frivolitieS as schools and
hospitals.
Here, we see the first gam
bits in q great political cam
paign. It will be interesting
and exciting to watch the en-
suing development by these
masters.
william A. Grant.
National Committeeman.
Young Democratic Club Of
u C
Evening star., 1960-09-21
Cuban AirIiner.
Delegates Plane,
Seized at IdIewiId

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 (AP)
"A Guiana Airline turbo-pror
plane, which arrived at Idle
wild Airport last night carry
ing two Cuban delegates to the
United Nations. was seized and
placed in the hands of a tenn
porary receiver appointed by
State Supreme Court Justice
Louis Friedman.
The SO million plane arrived
from Havana with Juan AL
media, chief of the Army, and
Regino Boti. Cuban Minister
of Economics, as passengers.
Three planes, a DC-4 and
two Britannias, have now been
seized. Last nights seizure was
made on behalf of a Guiana
Airline stockholder, who OBJ
tanned a court order for a
temporary receiver for the air.
line on the grounds that it
had been nationalized by the
Cuban government and has
ceased to do business.
The first two planes were
seized on an order obtained
by the Miami advertising firm
OF Harris & Co.. which claims
the Cuban government owes it
$237,S01.
Evening star., 1960-09-21
By RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Stafi Writer

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2l.-
The Air Force will reorganize
its famous spy-in space pro-
gram in a new effort to fill the
gap left by abandoning U-2
flights.
Almost all power over Samos
development will be given In
effect to one man, Brig. Gen
Robert E. Greer. This is an
Air Force attempt to copy the
Navy's successful Polaris setup
The Navy gave great power
and independence to Rear Ad-
miral William F. Raborn, who
plunged ahead to bring sub
marine missiles to the fleet in
a remarkably short time. The
Navy did the same with Ad-
miral Hyman Rickover and his
program of nuclear propulsion
for ships.
Gen. Greer will be director of
Samos in the Ballistic Missile
Division of the Air Research
and Development Command.
His group will be a field extern
sion of Air Force Secretary
Evening star., 1960-09-21
Gas in Well Kills
z Alabama Men

HARPERSVILLE, Ala, Sept
81 (AP).-Two men, one OF
them trying to rescue the other,
passed out and died at the bot
tom of a 4O-foot we'll yesterday.
Coroner Bob Bolton said the
men were killed by "black
damp gas the dreaded oxygen
deficient air present in some
coal mines.
The victims were Harold Lee,
35, and E. L. McElroy, So, both
of nearby Columbiana.
They were cleaning the well
alongside a rural store about
five miles south of this Central
Alabama town. Mr.. Lee had at
tempted to rescue Mr.. McElroy
when Mr.. McElroy fell off a
rope bucket just before being
pulled to the surface.
Evening star., 1960-09-21
kinuteSphere
TOAim Rockets

Spacemen will rely on a min
iature sphere to accurately di-
rect the flight of their missiles
and rockets in the future.
scientists have revealed.
Some details of the new in
strument were revealed yester-
day at the space symposium Of
the Institute of Radio Engi-
neers by Project Engineer Jo-
seph D. Welch of General Elec-
trio.
The sphere, about the size
Of a ping pong ball, is the
heart of an electrostatic gyro-
scope system which will guide
space vehicles as we'll as more
conventional submarines, planes
and ships.
What makes the new device
so remarkable is that it spins
in disembodied freedom in the
body of a vehicle, and guides it
with amazing accuracy-either
in orbit. or toward a target as
the occasion dictates.
Because Of its free action.
there is no friction whatever,
and its life is endless.
Mr.. Welch discussed the gyro
in a paper on mechanization of
the space navigation system.
He described the device as "a
rotating sphere supported, in
an evacuated housing, by an
electric field"
The balls suspension is ac-
complished by six identically
charged electrodes, repelling it
from all directions. Unlike the
conventional gyroScope, there
is no frictional drag or gravita-
tional drift.
The little ball is as indis-
pensable as would be a pilot
in an airliner, once a missile
has left the launching pad,
for almost everything depends
on it for keeping the vehicle on
an accurate course.
Evening star., 1960-09-21
SHIRTSLEEVES IN SPACE
Air Force Acts to Rush
Samos Spy Satellites

| ISharp'S own Office. Delegates
to the Air Force Association
convention here say this will
cut drastically the number OF
persons involved in the Samos
program.
To help Mr.. Sharp, Brig
Gen. Richard D. Curtin will
head the new Office of Missile
and Satellite Systems in the
Secretary's office. In effect,
Gen. Curtin will do Mr.
Sharp's directing, supervising
and controlling of Samos and
other space weapons, and Will
keep other agencies from in
terfering too much in Gen.
Greer'S work.
A new satellite reconnaissance
advisory council also will be
named by the Secretary to help
him.
The reason for the change
is that Samos has become one
Of the Nations first-priority
programs since the U-2 Incl
dent. When the U-2 was flying,
the Pentagon had considerable
information about Soviet big
war capability. Samos was to
come into operation slowly over
the next few years to take over
the task.
But when the flights were
stopped, a serious gap was left
in American intelligence. In
theory, American retaliatory
forces would hit back at So
Wet long-range strategic weap-
ons and air defense in time of
war. Without the U-2 it be-
came extremely difficult to keep
up with new Soviet defense in
stallations.
Evening star., 1960-09-21
Montgomery
Stamp
0nEach Bottle

! The Montgomery County
Council has voted to urge State
officials to disregard a sugges-
ton by liquor distillers that tax
stamps be required only for
case lots rather than for indi-
vidual bottles.
The opinion of the county
council had been requested by
State Controller Louis Gold
stein, who said he thought end
ing stamps on individual bot
ties would be a bad idea.
Mr.. Goldstein noted that
Maryland's boundaries are
within easy driving range of
most parts of the State. He
said the price of liquor in the
District Of Columbia is less than
in Maryland.
The tax stamps, he said, are
the only way to tell whether a
bottle of liquor is tax-paid.
County council members agreed
yesterday that the stamps
should be continued.
Councilman Joe M. KYLE
noted that it is a violation of
the law not to pay the tax, al
though importation of liquor
from outside the Safe is per-
mitted.
Bond Need Seen
In other business, the coun-
ty council learned from FL
nance Director Alex K. Kan
cock that a bond issue of S1O,-
755,O00 may be needed in jan
uary.
The bonds would be sold for
capital Improvements already
included in approved budgets.
Mr.. Hancock said the size of
the issue was only a rough ap-
proxlmation. Council approval
would be needed to market the
bonds.
The council voted to request
Evening star., 1960-09-21

quest from Albert Ritzenburg,
who runs the tennis courts at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel in
Washington. for permission to
operate an indoor tennis court
at the Pooks Hill Apartments.
Evening star., 1960-09-21

early payments of its share OF
State-collected income tax rev.
enue under a new plan being
set up by the State.
Under the State plan, in
come tax revenues would be re-
turned to local jurisdictions
twice year instead of annual
ly. Mr.. Hancock said the first
early payment to Montgomery
County might come in Decem-
Der, 1861.
Evening star., 1960-09-21
Ethics Code Extended

The county's new code OF
governmental ethics, which ap-
plies only to top officials, was
extended to cover the county
board Of appeals, which had re-
quested it to be brought under
the code.
The council received a re-
Evening star., 1960-10-27
Fan Remembers
Anniversary Of
Griffith's Death

It was five years ago today
that Clark Griffith, who man
aged or owned the Washington
Baseball Club for A years. died
in Georgetown Hospital at the
age Of IS.
The conference.-the moving
of the club coming on the eve
of the anniversary of Griffith's
death-almost went unnoticed.
But there is a man in st.
Petersburg, Fla, who remem-
bers every year A longtime
admirer Of the beloved TOld
Fox" Capt. Fague, pays tribute
each year in the In Memo
riam" column of The Star.
Capt. Ferguson's I'm Memo
riam" tribute to Griffith ap-
pears on Page B-4.
Evening star., 1960-10-27

Continued From Page Al
have left his playing personnel
in Washington and started
anew himself in his new ter
ritory.
1t has been learned that the
league will reduce it's player
limit from Is players to %. The
reduction is based on the belief
that the new Los Angeles and
Washington clubs thus will be
better able to compete with
their eight rivals.
Enormous problems will con-
front the new Washington
owner. In less than four
months his team will enter
spring training, but at the mo-
ment the Secrecy-shrouded boss
has no players, no general
manager, no manager, no Office
force, no scouts and no spring
training site. among other diff
flculties.
Stadium No Problem
He will have a stadium in
which to play. Griffith said
Griffith Stadium will be avail
able to Washington's new team
next season. Thereafter it is
anticipated that the team will
switch to the city's new sta
dium now under construction
adjacent TO the National Guard
Armory, 49,
e Griffith said he will present
Washington's newcomer to the
league at its next meeting and
added that the choice will be
made from among four or five
groups, all of them real big
people who have got stature. I"
Grifhth said H. Gabriel Muir
ply, 40. per cent stockholder in
the departing Senators, would
be entitled to consideration" by
the league as its new owner,
but a survey of -American
Les que officials indicated
Murphy would not be the man.
May Follow Disaster PIah
Various proposals have been
presented by which Washing
ton and Los Angeles will acquire
their players. The method to
be adopted is expected to follow
the leagues disaster plan"
with the new club entitled to
select five players from each
Of the other eight teams, who
will be permitted to retain their
more talented players,
The initial investment for
Greenberg'S group at Los An
geles and the new Washington
owner for player talent alone
may surpass 50 million each,
with some present owners talk
ing about selling their dispos-
able players for $75,000 apiece.
If that figure is adhered tn
the initial outlay for 40 players
would be So million, but it is
that..iA compromise
will be reached.
The biggest surprise in the
american Leagues aetion was
not Grifhth's ;switchsto Mime
apolis. which he has attempted
FOR years. or the granting of a
franchise to Los Angeles. The
Evening star., 1960-10-27
Twin Cities
Hold Promise
For Senators

ST. PAU L-MINNEAPOLIS
Oct. 81 (AP).-Big league base
ball fluttered its lashes at the
Twin Cities for five years be-
fore the stubborn suitor won
its hand.
st. minneapolis made nc
lavish promises Of quick wealth
for its new tenant, the Wash
ington Senators, but it vows
to be a good provider. It will
show the Senators:
A modern, triple-decked
stadium that will seat 10000
by the end of the season and
accommodate more than 10000
cars.
A drawing area notably SIM
liar to the Milwaukee Braves
in size, sporting taste and the
absence Of close-by pari-mutuel
betting.
A baseball public craving to
see big league entertainment
up close.
Fans Not Overawed
Fans in the Twin Cities
Metropolitan area, with a popu-
lation of some IA million, were
not overwhelmed by the news
of the Senator'S shift.
They were handed a National
Football League franchise ear
lier this year and, despite re-
Bluffs of the past, five seasons,
were satisfied the major base
ball leagues would follow suit
But If the reaction was Sc
date in most of Minneapolis
and st. Louis. 1t was hot
blooded at Metropolitan Sta
dium. p
We've waited for years for
this" said the, stadium man
ager, Mrs. Patricia Smith. I'VE
went out of our minds when
we first heard it, and there
must have been plenty of en-
thusiasm somewhere. We got
a half-dozen requests for sea-
son tickets in the first few
hours"
316-Feet Foul Lines
The stadium where Harmon
Killebrew. Jim Lemon and Bob
Allison will be cunning next
year is on the Minnesota River
plains about 9 miles from down.
town Minneapolis and not much
further than that from st.
Paul's business district.
IL seats $4,000 in the perma-
nent grandstand now. A new
bond issue, backed by the city,
will raise that to 10000 grand
stand and bleacher seats by the
start of the season and 10000
by the end. @,
The foul lines run only 316
feet now, but>are almost certain
to be heightened for American
League baseball. The 405-foot
See TWIN CITIES, Page ALI
Evening star., 1960-10-27
Sophs 10 Play
Big Ro|ein
Terps'. Game
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
5 Star stan Writer

.
Maryland and South Caro-
lima. opponents Saturday after
noon in Byrd Stadium. are, two
Of at least four teams in the
Atlantic Coast Conference who
depend heavily on sophomores.
Somebody pointed out that
one of the reasons for the rela-
lively poor non-conference rec
ord by the ACC teams this year
is the sophomore look. Clemson
and Virginia are among the
other teams with sophs in key
positions.
Maryland will have five
Sophomores in the starting
lineup for Saturdays home
coming game. With Walter
Rock taking over for the in
jured Vincent Scott at end,
Coach Tom Nugent will have
three sophs in the line. Tackle
Gordon Bennett and Guard
Dave Crossan are the others.
Tom Brown at right half and
Rex Collins at fullback give
the backfleld a so per cent
sophomore look.
Coach Warren Giese said the
Gamecock sophs played a ma
jor role in the first victory OF
the season over North Caro-
lima last Saturday. And he
limited his younger players will
be used literally against the
TerpS.
Halfback Billy Gambrell. a
breakaway type who lives
across the street from the Uni
versity Of Georgia campus in
Athens. helped South Carolina
roll up its 281 yards rushing
See MARYLAND, Page Ais
Evening star., 1960-10-27
By BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

When Cal Griffith. after four
years Of feinting toward what
he believes to be more fertile
territory, finally pulled UP
stakes yesterday and shifted the
Senators to Minneapolis, an era
ended.
For SO Of their so years the
Senators finished in the second
division. There was q time
when it was considered humor-
GUS to say. "Washington-flrst
in war. first in peace and last
in the American League" but
the club also had its proud
moments.
They were rare. to be sure.
but seldom has q city gone
quite as berserk as Washington
when the Senators won their
only world championship in
1924 by beating the New York
Giants In q dramatic seventh
game.
McNeely Hit Recalled
Earl McNeely's famed "peb-
Bile" hit, which bounded over
the head of Third Baseman
Freddie Lindstrom and scored
Muddy Ruel from second base
with the winning run. touched
of a riotous celebration which
may have been more uproarious
than the jubilation displayed
recently in Pittsburgh when its
beloved Pirates defeated the
Yankees.
The departing Senators will
take with them the legend of
Walter johnson. perhaps the
greatest pitcher who ever lived.
There will be no interruption
in continuity, with the new
Washington team carrying on
next season. but the past be-
longs to the Senators who are
Evening star., 1960-10-27
New Senators Start From Scratch
As Griffith Moves to Twin Cities
Opening Date Shocker
In Expansion to 10 Clubs

shocker was that the new teams
will start play next season.
The National League recently
admitted New York and Hous-
ton while expanding, but those
teams will not play until 1862.
The American League will
operate under a 162-game
schedule in 1861. The National
will follow suit in 1862, aban-
doning the present 154-game
schedule.
Greenberg's Los Angeles entry
will share Los Angeles Coli
scum with the Dodgers of the
National League at present.
The Dodgers will construct q
new stadium at Chavez Ravine,
but haven't announced whether
the American League club will
be welcomed as a tenant.
Cronin announced the al
tered complexion of his circuit
late yesterday adding that he
was pleasantly surprised" at
developments of the day.
Cronin termed the shuttle as
a first step" toward bigger
things. He said the league is
considering "other fine cities for
possible expansion to IL clubs
Griff1th, who was tempted to
move to Los Angeles in 1856,
then later embarked on q long
Irritation with Minneapolis, said
he haa4no Intention Of moving
from Washington unta q. Min
nsapoiiS delegation, headed by
Bill Boyer, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, ap-
preached him at his hotel late
Tuesday.
Regret Leaving Washington
When I went into the meet
ing yesterday it was with the
idea that Il wouldn't request
permission to move unless a
team was kept in Washington"
Griffith said. He received per-
mission to move in a morning
session, but disclosure was not
made until later in the day.
Il regret leaving Washing
ton," Cal said, but I Just
couldn't turn down the Mime
apolis deal. I think we'll draw
1.3 million our first year there
and We'll average more per head
than we did at Washington"
Griffith received a guarantee
Of a million customers for five
years. He said he expects to
realize about 100000 from
radio and television sources his
first season at Minneapolis. He
received $126,000 for radio.
television rights to the Senators
games in 1859 and $3.50, 900 last
season.
Griffith said his switch was
SO sudden he doesn't know
whether he'll call his new club
Minneapolis-St. Paul or Twin
Cities. He said he hasn't thought
about a nickname but doubted
If he'd continue to use Sen
atorS."
The Minneapolis tadium,
actually in Bloomington, Mimi,
presently seats $4,000, but its
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