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Evening star., 1960-06-10
DAVID LAWRENCE
Steel Strike Still Hurting Nation

show a pretty good pickup
from there on. Now, how long
that will last remains to be
seen. At least they will buy
goods through the spring of
1861. What happens after
the first quarter of 1861 is
anybody's guess. 1t all de-
pendS on how the rest of the
economy is.
There are two other fac
tors that bother us. One is
that the high cost of money
is keeping our little people
from building up inventories.
and the other factor is that
there is Just a showdown in
the economy for some reason.
Things are not going at the
booming rate that everybody
thought they would. Frankly,
1 wonder if the Federal Re-
serve Board is taking cog
nizance of the fact that be-
fore long we will have to get
our house in order or we will
have poor business condi-
tions. They took their first
move the other day when
they reduced the discount
rate to 3la per cent. This
ought to have some good ef-
feet.
Another thing that is
hurting the steel business is
the oil industry. The oil
people are buying very little
today. They have had too
big inventories before. Then,
with the imports of oil and
the restrictions on drilling,
with the Texas Railroad
Commission allowing them to
pump only II days out of 80
in a month-all this is max
ing it improbable for oil
companies to do much drill
ing except abroad, so they
are not doing any drilling to
speak of in this country. The
Importation of oil is having
an adverse effect"
The steel industry is one of
the basic factors in the
American economy and, when
it is upset, many other indus
tries that are related to steel
are similarly affected. The
threat of a strike was known
for months in advance, and
inventories were built up to
record heights. Then the in
ventorieS had to be absorbed.
Today, there is a showdown
due to the fact that the i'll
effects of the strike have not
yet been overcome. That's one
reason why business is slow
er than had been expected.
copyright, 1960)
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A Civilian in a DANGEROUS Job

soldiers" should not be sub
ject to such agreements.
Some try to compare it with
the Japanese kamikaze (sui-
cide) pilots of the Pacific
warfare. These men deliber-
ately dived their bomb-loaded
fighter craft into the decks
of United States warships.
None of this is valid. Pilot
Powers was not a soldier.
He was a civilian who had
sought out a dangerous job.
Whatever the terms were,
all U-2 pilots accepted them
as part of the job. That this
included destruction pf a
highly secret plane and
equipment is certain. That
it included an agreement to
destroy self rather than be
captured likely is true. But
this, if true, was not an order
given a man in military serv-
ice. 1t was a condition of
employment voluntarily
sought and assumed. Reports
further have it that the
agreement included, in the
event of loss of life, payment
of a 100000 policy" to the
family of the deceased. There
was no order involved.
1t is, to be sure, a gruesome
business, but much of espion-
age is Just that and will con-
tinue SO to be. 1t is interest
ing to note that since Pilot
Powers capture a flood of
applicants have sought sim
liar employment.
These persons are more
like the soldiers of fortune
OF older days. They seek
adventure and riSk-at high
pay. But they are not in any
sense military men ordered by
their government to take
their own lives.
Evening star., 1960-06-10
Long Continuing After-Effects Called
Cause of SIowness of Economy

There is something wrong
with the business situation.
A certain slowneSs has de-
veloped. Explanations are
numerous. But perhaps the
most significant is the dis
covery that the steel strike
was far more damaging to
the American economy than
was realized either by the
unions or the companies in
volved.
For the truth is America
has not yet recovered from
the i'll effects of the steel
strike, and it may take several
months more before there is
a balanced situation in the
steel industry.
While many of the steel
companies have shut down a
part of their plants and un-
employment has been in
creased, other companies are
finding themselves in the
midst of a profit squeeze.
1--WE realized" said one
steel executive, that the
strike was going to have an
impact on increasing costs,
but we hoped that the union
would cooperate to the point
where savings could be made
to Offset the increased costs.
Up to date, this has not ma
terialized and it doesn't look
to me as though it is going to
materialize."
will there be a price in
crease?" the writer asked.
We'll, we will have to Just
walt and blde our time. Since
we have to give a wage in
crease in December, and since
the profit squeeze that we
are encountering now is so
severe. I don't see how we
can stay in business without
a price increase"
Discussing the factors that
are upsetting the steel indus
try. including foreign COM
petition, one steel expert
pointed out:
"All during the strike, we
were receiving reports that
foreign companies would not
accept business except over
a period of two or three years
and that they would not
furnish steel for a short time.
So I am sure there were some
lon g ter rm commitments
made, and this is having an
impact right now.
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Vice President Viewed as Facing
Both Woys in His Selections

has been the leading Repub-
lican advocate of aid to un-
derdeveloped areas and the
Point -Four program. Inter-
nationalists have much cause
to be grateful to him even
when they can't weep with
him over Chang Kai-shek.
He has taken the liberal
position on immigration and
he is a hero to Hawaii for
his effective work for legis-
lation to permit older Japan
eSe and Chinese citizens of
the islands to become citi-
ZenS. Yet he told a McCarran
subcommittee hearing in
1856 that Communists at
lower levels in the State De-
partment were handicapping
the late John Foster Dulles.
The other two important
Republican convention posts
are divided between the Old
Guard and the wave of the
future.
The powerful gavel and
the right to recognize his
own choice among delegates
clamoring for attention go to
Representative Halleck, the
aggressive House leader who
has done so much to steer
President Eisenhower into
conservative paths. Figura-
lively speaking, Mr.. Halleck
can't see a Rockefeller-type
Republican for dust; liter
ally, he can be expected to
see Gov. Rockefeller or a
pro-Rockefeller delegate only
when and as they seem to
Evening star., 1960-06-10
DORIS FLEEsON
Nixon and Convention Officers

pose no threat to Mr.. Nixon's
interests.
AS Speaker Rayburn has
found out the hard way, Mr..
Halleck plays for keeps and
prides himself on it.
Chairman of the platform
committee is Charles Percy,
an Eisenhower Republican
from Chicago. He is a new
conner to elective politics and
was chairman of an Eisen-
hower-appointed committee
on Republican goals. It's re-
port said many things with
which Gov. Rockefeller would
agree but completely lacked
the emery board touch. 1t
was published and forgotten.
Few persons here believe
that the Vice President will
alter to any significant degree
this kind of planning. no
matter how mad it makes the
New York Governor. There
is also some extreme right
wing pressure on him to do so
but generally his party, a
minority with harsh unity
problems, is only too happy
to buy harmony at almost
any price.
The Vice President, there
fore, is under little hammer
ing to wage a bold campaign
unless it should come from
the press, which is unlikely,
or unless the Democratic
candidate can get under his
skin. Democrats discuss a
good deal which if any of it's
presidential aspirants can
tap the compulsive strain
in Mr.. Nixon which some
times makes him flee where
no man pursueth.
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Governors Effort to Fan Dying Embers
OF q Draft Move Called Risky

things, to repudiate the
Eisenhower administration.
1t is not simply that Mr..
Nixon now totally masters
the national party machinery
and now will also surely
have Mr.. Eisenhower's total
blessing. 1t is not simply that
Gov. Rockefeller's latest
oblique challenge to Mr. Nix
on has plainly failed. CThis
was the effort in the Cali
fornia primary to run up a
Silent" vote against the Vice
President.)
There also is the fact that
the G. o. Pail the G. o. P.
lis now in trouble, where it
was not in trouble> last win
ter. The collapse of the sum-
NIT conference has made the
difference. The G. o. P.
peace issue" is now shaky-
If the Democrats don't throw
away their potential new ad-
vantage by overly violent
clamor against the President.
The Republicans will per-
NIT party n-flghting, but only
to point. Unlike the Demo-
Gratis, they won't tolerate it
when the G. o. P. family as
whole is in real trouble
against the Democrats. The
man who breaks ranks at
such a time is marked for
ever by his own fellow parti-
sans. One politician in all
Republican history, Theodore
Roosevelt, has got away with
such a national rebellion
without being destroyed ma
t1onally.
Thus Gov. Rockefeller's new
course has brought both dis
may and puzzlement to the
Republican professionals.
There is diSmay because Gov.
Rockefeller's kind words for
Mr.. Eisenhower's Integrity"
in no way hide the Governors
Evening star., 1960-06-10
DORIS FLEESON

In the selection of officers
for the Republican National
convention, Vice President
Nixon is facing both ways in
the manner which Gov.
Rockefeller finds so frus-
trating. The Vice President
Is in complete command Of
the party machinery; neither
he nor his plans can be up
set short of a convention
rank and file revolt not now
in prospect.
Latest showing of Mr..
Nixon's insistent efforts to
have the best of both worlds
is the decision to split the
two jobs of temporary con-
vention chairman and key
noter, awarding the first to
Gov. Underwood of West
Virginia and the second to
Representative Judd of Min
nesota.
Gov. Underwood, who is
reaching for the Senate this
fall, is the fresh face with
youthful vigor. Representa-
tive Judd is the stalwart
partisan, a sought after
spokesman for Republican
doctrine, an effective but old
fashioned orator.
But this is not all the Judd
story, and here again the
Nixon touch is apparent.
While Mr.. Judd is a former
medical missionary with Far
East experience and a dar-
ling Of the China lobby, he
Evening star., 1960-06-10
POTOMAC FEVER
BY Pete Wymo
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

G. O. P. Chairman Morton says Rockefeller can't be nom
mated in Republican convention No. but if Rocky keeps
on the line of attack, he sweep the Democratic
convention.
Jack Kennedy denies he made deal with Adlai Steven
SON. Gentlemen don't make deals All Jack to Adai was
After me, Alphonse"
After his blast Nixon and the Eisenhower team some
Republicans calling Rockefeller the rich mans Harold
StasSen
Q-What does G. o. P stand for? A-Since Rockefeller
Patricide ~ ~
MlnneSota's Congressman Judd is named Republican
keynoter He's supposed look with pride oh we'll ~
the man said, some jobs just impossible
Evening star., 1960-06-10

The man who six months
ago would not risk a 6-foot
Jump in daylight over a gully
has now taken a long leap in
the dark over a bottomless
precipice.
This is the general judg-
ment of the national political
community. Democratic as
well as Republican, over Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller's extra
ordinary attack on both Vice
President Nixon and Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
That Gov. Rockefeller is
desperately trying to fan the
heretofore dying emberS of a
Draft Rockefeller" move
ment is accepted as obvious.
The only real questions are
why he now suppoSes this
can be done, and why he is
trying it so very late in the
game.
At the end of last year the
New York Governor got out
of the race against Mr..
Nixon for the G. o. P. pres
idential nomination. He said
the party bosses had frozen
him out-and so they had. In
the months since, Mr. Nixon.
who already had largely
controlled the regular party
organization, has gone on to
lock up the nomination bar
ring something approaching
a miracle.
Six months ago it would
have been by no means i'm
possible for Gov. Rockefeller
to give Mr.. Nixon a genuine
contest. And even if the chal-
lenge had failed, the Cover
nor would have suffered no
great harm. Today it is just
short of inconceivable that
he can stop Mr.. Nixon. A
Republican convention that
nominated Gov. Rockefeller
would now have, among other
Evening star., 1960-06-10
RALPH McGILL
Fact That Powers Wasn't Under Orders
OfMiIitoy on U-2 Flight Is Pointed Out

Did the U-2 aircraft, downed
near Sverdlovsk, make a con-
trolled emergency belly land
ing? Experts now lean to
that view. Aviation Week, in
an article illustrated with
pictures of the wrecked plane
now on view in Moscow's
Gorky Park says:
Technical analysis of new
pictures obtained from Mos
COW tend to confirm earlier
information that the U-2
made a controlled emergency
landing; that it was not
severely damaged at high
altitude by a rocket as
claimed by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev. Details
tending to confirm that the
aircraft made a belly land
ing include:
Damage to the J-75 en-
gine compressor section was
confined to the underside;
fuselage damage was severe
along its bottom but relatively
light on the upper surfaces;
wings were sheared cleanly
from the fuselage and suf-
fered moderate other damage,
with the slipper tanks on
their leading edge almost in
tact, still in place and dam
aged largely on their under
side; empennage (the sta
bilizing tail assembly of an
airplane) damage appeared
to stem from scraping along
its bottom after impact with
the ground"
This conclusion adds to
the whole melancholy story.
Spying is a very secret busi-
ness. 1t should be kept so.
Evening star., 1960-06-10
WLLLLAM s. WHITE
Rockefeller Leoping in the Dark

indictment of the Eisenhower
administration on nearly
everything from national de-
fense to civil rights.
And there is puzzlement
because the Republicans by
and large simply cannot
understand what seems to
them a Rockefeller thrust of
far too much far too late.
They know the Democrats
now hold strong anti-Repub-
llcan campaign material
handed to them by the Re-
publican Governor of the
Unions biggest State.
If New York State now
goes Democratic in the presi-
Dental election-as candid
Republicans privately con-
ceed to be a heightened pos
sibillty Gov. Rockefeller
will be bitterly blamed by all
G. o, P. factions. His basic
theory is that if Mr.. Nixon
loses for the Republicans
this year they will need a
Rockefeller to nominate in
1864.
The theory, however. is
more promising on the out
side than on the inside.
Academically, the word in
1864 might well be "Who but
Rockefeller" But in reality
the angry party pros-even
those not in their hearts too
keen on Mr.. Nixon-would
far more likely adopt quite
another slogan: Anybody
but Rockefeller"
1t is said that the elephant
never forgets. And the ele-
phant is not by accident the
symbol of the G. o. P.
Evening star., 1960-06-10

Save in the movies it is with
our glamor. 1t is never publi-
cized. Those who work in it
are a special breed attracted
by money. A few are in it be-
cause they like the thrill and
excitement of it-as well as
the reward. The Presidents
assumption of responsibility
for the U-2 likely will be re-
corded as one of the several
errors in the handling of the
case.
The fact there was so much
talk, much of it contradic-
tory, makes necessary a
fuller explanation. This is
not forthcoming because,
presumably, our Government
fears yet another trap.
Americans are disturbed
precisely because the deadly
serious business of spying has
been secret. We are not ac-
customed to thinking about
it save in romantic images
of beautiful blond spies ex-
tracing secrets from fool
ish officers in gypsy cafes or
in some exotically furnished
apartment. Even then, it
usually consists of losing a
brief case. This is naive.
But this is our image of
spying.
What further frets the
people is the snowballing of
the story that the U-2 was
equipped with a secret ex-
ploSive charge which would
have reduced it to bits and
that the pilot was pledged to
suicide to avoid capture.
This story is producing
complaints that American
Evening star., 1960-06-10

Then there is the problem
Of substitutes. Some users of
steel found that when they
could rot get steel, they could
use substitutes and do a
reasonably good job, perhaps
even cheaper. 1t is not known
the extent to which these
substitutes have made an in
road on the market for steel. "
Perhaps the biggest single
factor in the change that has
occurred in the steel industry
is in relation to inventories.
Referring to the accumula-
ton of large inventories prior
to the strike, a steel expert
said:
The inventory situation
misled us in two respects.
The users had more steel
during the strike than we
thought. Then,. when we
started up under the Taft
Hartley injunction, the orders
poured in and we started off
with a bang. Because we had
increased our capacity, we
got out more steel quicker
than ever before in our
history, and users bought
more than ever. When the
settler m ent came three
months later, the buyers of
steel figured they were safe
for two o-and-a-half years and
that we had plenty of ca
pacity to produce, so they
stopped buying right away.
To-day they are cutting
their inventories back not
only to where they used to
have them, but far lower than
they used to maintain. This
is because, with the introduc-
ton of new electronic COM
putting machines, the users
can keep a more accurate
record of their inventories
and get along with much less.
In other words, they can
place an order with us and
get it in 48 hours. 1t is the
steel companies who are car
rying the inventories today,
and not the customers. 1t is
a great upheaval in the in
dustry."
Asked when a more normal
situation might be expected,
here was the answer given:
I'VE think beginning in
August, when the automobile
companies come in big for
their 1861 models, we will
Evening star., 1960-06-10
Ohio Wesleyan Picnic

The annual Ohio Wesleyan
alumni picnic will be held from
l to 7 pm. tomorrow at the
home of Nicholas Miller, $500
Old Dominion road, Mclean,
Va.
Evening star., 1960-06-10

Donish Modern Lounge. Wal
nut arms, Beoutyrest scot, Il
tufted back, storage box.
Choice Of striped covers.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
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4O,O73Pack
Garden State
For Opening

CAMDEN, N. j., April 80
(AP). - A crowd of 40.073
turned out at Garden State
Park today to welcome back
thoroughbred horse racing.
William Ewing's Four Lane
led virtually every step of the
six furlongs to register a half
length victory in the S30,35O
Delaware Valley Stakes. 1t was
the first start Of the season for
the winner.
Big Klu. always in conten-
ton. finished second, a head
before Brush Fire, who forced
the pace from the outset.
Four Lane paid $33.40, $3.50
and $500; Big Klu returned
$l2 and $40, while s4.20 was
paid on. Brush Fire.
Fourth in the bulky field of
IA sophomores was Penowa
Rullah, who also was making
his 1860 debut. Boston Baker,
the favorite, finished last after
suffering leg cuts during the
running.
Four Lane was timed in
l:llHs over fast track. He
is eligible for the 100000 Jer-
sey Derby. which will have it's
first modern running here on
Memorial Day.
1t was the second largest
opening day throng in the 10
years the track has been in
operation.
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BY DICK O'BRIEN
Star stan Writer

With its facilities shined up
again and ready for its 18th
season, Rosecroft Raceway is
set for the opening of its "a
night meeting, Monday, May 9.
Rosecroft is the first of the
area harness racing tracks to
swing into action. but the over
all schedule has been changed
somewhat over previous years.
Laurel Raceway, the pioneer
Of the areas trotting tracks.
will hold its meeting in the fall
instead of following the Rose
croft meeting in June. Balti-
more Raceway follows the
Rosecroft meeting with Ocean
Downs, at Ocean City, Md.
having been granted a 24-niRht
meeting in July.
The feeling is one of opti-
mism among Rosecroft officials
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TAMPION SATURDAYS FAVORITE
3 Colts Dominating
Derby Calculations

But there was nothing close
about their race in the 7-fur-
long Stepping Stone purse at
Churchill today. Bally Ache
took the lead shortly after the
start and pulled away in the
stretch for a 3-length victory
The time of 1925 was only
three-f1fthS Of a second of
the track record.
OF course. there's the always
present Calumet threat. This
time Hillsborough, son OF Pom
der. the 1949 Derby winner,
seems to have the best chance
for Calumet.
Four Won Both Races
Citation. Hill Gail, Dark Star
and Tim Tam came of Derby
Trial victories in recent years
to win the big one. All but Dark
Star were Calumet colts.
The Llangollen Farm of Mrs.
M. E. Lunn may shoot with
the entry of Eagle Admiral and
Divine Comedy. Adele L. Rand'S
Bourbon Prince. the Maine
Chance Farms Never Give In,
the Valley Farms Yomolka, S.
!. Crews Culver Relic, w. s.
Miller's Stephen, S. H. Elmore's
Henrijan. Marion Van Berg's
Spring Broker, Jack Dreyfus'
Beau Purple and E. P. Taylor's
Victoria Park from Canada are
other candidates.
Shoemaker, Derby winner
with Swaps in 1855 and Tony
Lee last year. will ride Tom
pion. Bill Hartack, who won
with Iron Liege, is Venetian
Ways rider. Bobby UsSery,
making his first Derby appear
ance, pilots Bally Ache.
Eddie Arcaro, the winningest
Derby jockey of them all with
five, may sit on the sidelines
for the first time since l943. He
has ridden in 20 DerbieS, the
last Is in row. another record.
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Rosecroft Gets Ready
For Opening on May 9

this year. President John w.
Miller and his associates. gen.
eral manager Jim Lynch and
Secretary Treasurer Adrian
Fisher, spent much time during
the winter months planning
promotions designed to stimu-
late interest in harness racing.
One of the highlights of the
extra-curricular activities at
Rosecroft will be the Give
away Auto" night the first
three weeks of the meeting. A
car will be given away each
week.
Special nights for groups
also are being planned. One
evening has been set aside for
the Lions Clubs of the Metro
politan Washington area for
the benefit Of the Washington
Eye Bank.
Also in the planning stages
is a Government Night" with
welfare and recreational groups
from various agencies sched-
uled to benefit.
AS for the racing program,
Rosecroft will present many of
the top drivers in the Nation.
including Billy Haughton. Del
Miller, Stanley Dancer, Clint
Hodgins and horses from their
respective barns.
The top stakes event at
Rosecroft, as usual, will be the
$4,000 William E. Miller Me-
mortal pace to be offered May
80 during Grand Circuit week.
Thirty five top 3-year-old
PAGERS have been nominated
for this event.