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Evening star., 1960-12-20

mere. The inquiry viii open
Immediately upon their arrival.
The senior member of the
court will be Vice Admiral Ber-
'nard l.. Austin. president of
the Naval War College at
Newport, r. l.
Rear Admiral Kenmore M.
McManes, commandant of the
9Th Naval District, with head
quarters in Charleston, S. c.,
and Rear Admiral Floyd B.
Schultz. assistant chief Of the
Bureau Of Ships in Washington,
are the other members.
FRANKIE Flies to Scene
Navy Secretary william B.
FRANKIE also flew here today
from Washington to make a
personal inspection Of the dam
aged vessel and then talk with
survivors.
Damage to the carrier. under
construction IN the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, was estimated by
the Navy at SIS million. All of
the loss viii be borne by the
Navy.
A spokesman for the Navy
said the work was being done
by civilian workers paid by the
Navy and working under Navy
supervision. No insurance was
carried on the carrier.
The Navy set the death toll
in the blaze yesterday at 46,
although police earlier had said
it might reach Sc. Police had
listed 10 workmen missing in
addition to the 46 known dead.
However, the Navy authori-
ties said 10 of those who per-
lShed had not yet been identi-
fed and they apparently we're
being enormously listed as
missing.
$50 Others Injured
About ,150 were burned or
otherwise injured; 43 were hos
pitalized.
All the dead were a part Of
the 4,000-man force COM
pleting work on the carrier. A
small Navy crew suffered no
fatalities.
The Navy said a search Of
the CONSULTATIONS fire-black-
ened passageways was all but
ended.
The fire, which ragged out of
control for most of yesterday
and into the night, crippled the
worlds largest conventionally
powered aircraft carrier and
Evening star., 1960-12-20

to the school Of Thought
exists In all three services
which believes that war can
best be deferred by threatening
the enemy with sure destruc-
tion Of his cities. '
AL these objections will be
considered in this series. Let US
begin with the existing philoS-
ophy Of deterrence and war.
Present Strategy
This might be called the
mixed" strategy. Present war
plans are based on It. Present
high-level Pentagon thinking is
wrapped up in 1t.
War plans are secret, of
course. Also, they are. more
precisely o variety Of plans to
cover q variety Of contingencies.
They are flexible; In theory
they could be changed after the
war started.
Despite this, it can be stated
that the plans assume that
targets within enemy cities will
be hit by nuclear weapons and
hit so hard that the cities
themselves will be destroyed.
When military spokesmen
are asked II cities are targets,
they answer with q nat mo. I"
Questioned further, however.
they win admit that among the
Soviet military" targets on the
big-war list are such things as
communications centers, gov
ernment control centers and
transportation centers, most Of
which are found In or adjacent
to cities. A government con.
troll center" for instance, Is Q
city hall.
The types Of weapons aimed
at these key targets are secret.
See STRATEGY, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-12-20
Snow on Way
From Midwest
Several Inches
Seen Likely Here .

A 44st u0vinb snowSt0rfn
swept toward Washington to-
day from the Midwest. SEEM
ingly assuring the area of It's
1lrst white Christmas In Is
years.
AS to how much will fall
tonight and tomorrow, the
Weather Bureau was not haz-
arding q guess. But several
inches" was mentioned as a
possibility before the snow
ends tomorrow afternoon.
IN Inches in Maryland
BY midmorning, Chicago was
clogged with S inches Of drift
ing snow. expected to pile up 10
inches before the storm trails
on eastward. The Northern
Panhandle of West Virginia was
warned to expect 3 to 6 inches
Of snow and Western Maryland
had 71a inches in the past "a
hours, along with a temperature
drop to Is degrees below zero.
Several inches still are on
the ground in most sections
Of the Washington area from
the fall Of nine days ago.
Following the expected new
snow, there likely will come a
mass Of cold air now centered
In Western Canada, and that
will keep things white so long
that even the children may
tire Of 1t, the Weather Bureau
said.
Shoppers Seen Undeterred
The outlook was not en-
couraging for Christmas shop
pers. but merchants felt that
the stores would be full today
with those trying to beat the
weather.
And even more snow is not
expected to deter those who,
feeling the Yule spirit the more
keenly. must do late shopping
for Dad, Nom or Junior.
What this area may get to-
See WEATHER, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-12-20

struck a serious blow at Ameri-
cas- defense plans.
Naval authorities in Wash
ington said they had counted
on having the Constellation
ready for use as an attack car
rier by mid-l96l. Only a ship
Of her general size can handle
adequate numbers of the heavy
jet planes the Navy uses for
its striking arm.
Rear Admiral Schuyler Pyne,
commander Of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, estimated that the
fire set back completion of the
ship by about a year.
The Constellation, launched
October g., was scheduled for
commissioning in March. Its
total cost: About $3.50 million.
Started From Jet Fuel
1t was the second major dis
aster to hit Brooklyn in three
days. Last Friday a United
Airlines DC-8 jet and a TWA
Super Constellation collided in
the New York area, killing at
least 1875 persons. The jet
slammed into a Brooklyn resi-
Dental area. killing "a in the
plane and S on the ground.
Two more are still missing.
The Navy said there was
nothing suspicious" about the
carrier blaze. It started this
way: A small hosting truck
sheared of a plug on a 500
gallon tank of jet fuel. The
fluid flowed down a bomb ele-
vator and into a well in which
q welder was at work.
The fire. which seemed con-
See CARRIER, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-12-20
U. S. Technical Aid
To Jopun to End in '62

TOKYO. Dec. 20 (AP).-The
United States technical as
sistance program for Japan
will be closed out in 1862,
United States Ambassador
Douglas Macarthur II told the
American Chamber Of Com
merce in Japan today. e.,-
The program, which has
cost $12 million since 1855, Is
no longer needed, Mr.. Mac
Arthur said. He added that he
had been informed technical
assistance accounted for about
20 per cent Of Japan's produc-
ton gains in the last five
years.
Evening star., 1960-12-20
Job|ess Total
In Area Rises
November Highest
Since June Peak

Unemployment rose agar
last month in the Washington
Metropolitan Area, leavinl
prospects for early 1861 mo-
encouraging," the Government
announced today.
The November estimate oi
22,700 area jobless is an in
crease of $500 over the num-
ber reported in october, ac-
cording to Fred z. Hetzel, di-
rector of the United States
Employment Service for the
District.
Yule Work Helps
Mr.. Hetzel said the Novem-
ber figure is the highest since
June. when the market was
flooded with unemployed STU
dents seeking summer jobs.
THE unfavorable trend will
undoubtedly be interrupted by
increased Christmas activity
he said. but early 1861 pros
poets are not encouraging"
At the same time, Mr.. Het-
eel said year-end seasonal
changes in employment have
sharply expanded the labor
market here during late No
vember and early December.
He noted that additional
workers hired by the area post
Offices during the pre-Christ-
mas season have raised Gov
ernment employment to the
years highest level.
Construction Dips
Retail stores also have greatly
expanded their personnel for
the Christmas shopping season,
he said.
In construction. a seasonal
drop of 1900 was reported
Last month there were 48,80O
construction workers compared
to $4,000 in October.
Further declines are expected
See JOBS, Page Az
Evening star., 1960-12-20
President to Light
Tree on Friday
BY the Associated Press

~ bhS nooOCLhteU EEcSb
President Eisenhower will
light the National Christmas
Tree near the White House
Friday afternoon between 5
and $3.50 pm. (EST.
The White House said the
President will make a brief talk
at the ceremony.
For many years, it has been
the custom for the President,
whether in or out of WASH
ington, to light the tree by
pressing a button.
The Eisenhowers plan to
spend Christmas in the White
House.
The National Christmas Tree
Is located on the Ellipse.
Evening star., 1960-12-20

among the delegates here, al
though the hotel was the tar
get Of Q stream Of mortar shells
and nachine-gun and small
arms fire.
Mrs. Lord said she was in
q corridor one evening when a
hole was blown in a wall Of
her room.
Evening star., 1960-12-20
NewJerIseY.
0kD.C.V Vote
orPresiident
Shipley, WidnoH
Urge Adoption;
Stute Sd to Act
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

TRENTON. N. j., Dec. 20.-
New Jersey last night became
the third State to ratify q con-
stitutional amendment grant,
ing the presidential vote to
Washington citizens.
Hawaii acted in June and
Massachusetts, in August. Rati-
f1cation by IS more Of the AZ
State Legislatures meeting in
1861 will make the amendment
official.
The amendment cleared the
Senate floor here in Q minutes
and won q 20-to-O Endorsement
at 6:2S pm.
Two seasoned politicians
District Republican State Com.
mittee Chairman Carl L. Ship
ley and Representative Widnall,
Republican Of New Jersey, can
claim the lions share Of the
credit for the unanimity.
They converged on Trenton
In q SnowStorm to try to prod
Senate Republican leaders who
before today had seemed cool
to the idea.
The lawmaker and the party
chief balanced themselves on q
railing overlooking the Senate
chamber just outside the closed
doors Of q Republican caucus
at / pm. Inside. Senators were
arguing over jobless pay end
cigarette tax increases, both
major local concerns.
Invited to Session
At 1880 pm, Senator Walter
Jones, who comes from Mr..
Widnall's congressional district.
opened the caucus door sid In
vited the two suffrage cham
pfons in. Senator Jones was
one Of four lined up tentatively
by Mr.. Widnall behind the
amendment before yesterdays
legislative session.
Backing by at least six Re-
publicanS "a majority was
needed to guarantee q floor vote.
The q. D. ?. Is the majority
party In the New Jersey Senate.
Representative Widnall told
Senators that New jersey had
an opportunity TO ''he afirmA.
tive" by asserting leadership IN
the ratification drive as an
example to other States. The
amendment might have been
in serious difaculty had 1t died
in New Jersey. q populous,
comparatively liberal Northern
State.
Senators saved for Chairman
Shipley these specific ques-
tions: viii the District vote
Republican? How win District
Negroes vote? ~
Mr.. Shipley told them he
was reasonably certain Re.
publicans could carry the Dis
trict with good hard work.
Appeal succeeds
II told them that I was will
ing to take : chance on that;
that to me. the principle II the
amendment was more i'm.
portant than the political vote
it promised" MIR. shipley said
after the caucus.
AS for the Negro vote, he
explained that Negroes long
See. VOTE, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-12-20

OepuIy. ToQe A. y
nedy listed as important meas
ures for early action:
/. A medical care for the
aged program tied to social
security.
2. Aid to education. "
3. Expansion of Federal aid
to housing.
4. Raising the minimum wage
from 81 to $1.25 an hour.
S. Federal aid for redevelop-
ment of economically de-
pressed areas.
The President-elect spoke at
a news conference with Vice
PreSident-elect johnson, House
Speaker Rayburn and Senator
Mansfield Of Montana, who is
in line to succeed Senator
johnson as Democratic leader
of the Senate.
End 2-Day Farley
Senator Kennedy and the
key Democratic leaders wound
up two days of discussions
mapping the incoming Demo-
cratic administration's~legisla-
tive program and discussing
some Of the problems involved
in orderly Transition between
the Eisenhower and Kennedy
administrations.
Senator Kennedy said that
he has appointed Senator john
son chairman of the advisory
council on space exploration
problems.
Senator johnson also will
take over the Craftsmanship Of
the Governments Committee on
Contract Compliance-a unit
set up by President Eisenhower
to prevent race discrimination
on work done by private con-
tractors for the Government.
Vice President Nixon now is
chairman of that committee.
AS time goes on, Senator
Kennedy said, he will have more
tasks for Senator johnson I'M
his special fields Of interest
which include national security
and international relations,
particularly relations with Lat
in American countries.
Speaker .Rayburn said he
thinks the outlook is very
good" for congressional ap-
proval Of all the measures urged
by Senator Kennedy.
Would Limit School Aid
The Speaker made it clear,
however, that so far as he is
concerned, he would limit aid
to education legislation at the
beginning to providing Federal
See KENNEDY, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-12-20
Brentuno Plans Trip

BONN, Germany, Dec. 20
(AP Foreign Minister Helm
rich Won Brentano will leave
Bonn January % for official
visits to Burma, the Malay
States, Indonesia and Ceylon,
the Foreign Office reports.
Evening star., 1960-12-20

and White House are drifting
toward the antithesis Of the
big-war strategy that seems to
be supported by the electronic
exercises.
The Air Force ran the first
computer war exercises this
summer. Scores Of variations
on nuclear war strategies and
weapons indicated that you
always benefit enormously by
not destroying enemy cities.
Whether the United States
spends more on defense or less,
buys missiles or bombers. fights
from land. sea, air or space, has
good intelligence or bad, takes
the initiative or comedies it
whatever the circumstances Of
the war, the computers say
the Sparing Of cities pays on
In lives and better chances for
victory. 's
Factors Opposed
Why. then. is this approach
so slow in taking hold? There
are three reasons:
First. it opposes the estab-
lished Pentagon philosophy of
deterrence' ana nuclear war
fare. and anything established
in the Pentagon Is hard to
change.
Second, It Is easy to examine
the strategy developed by the
computers and say: "It can't
be done. You can't help de-
stroying cities: you can't find.
much less hit, all the enemy
missiles and bombers: you can't
fight q cool, controlled, precise
war once the bombs start kill
ing Americans; you can't get
the enemy to cooperate in re-
jecting . policy Of city-destluc-
ton"
Third. the idea runs counter
Evening star., 1960-12-20
Naval Court to Probe
Carrier Fire Killing 46
Secretary Frcnke Also Flies to Scene
To Inspect Ship and TuIk to Survivors

NEW yoRK Dee ~ itAPls--A naval court af inquiry
is being convened Immediately to investigate the disastrous
fire that killed 46 persons aboard the huge aircraft
Constellation, the Navy announced today
spokesman said the three members of the court and
counsel and assistant counsel already on their way
Evening star., 1960-12-20
u. n. Unable to Agree
CIR Any Congo Proposal

the Assembly sought to close
shop for It's long holiday recess.
Assembly attempts to reach
q Congo vote last night begged
down when midas v. K.
Krishna Menon talked until
1:45 am, delivering q two
hour review Of the whole issue.
Weary delegates decided to
hold up balloting until the
morning session.
Highhsht Of the debate last
night was q warning from Mr..
Hammarskjold that he might
seek power to withdraw the
U. N. force II civil war erupts
In the chaotic young African
nation.
Couldn't Take sides
II such q conflict developed
while y. N. troops were still in
the Congo. he said, the inter-
national force could not take
sides or remain passive.
Were a situation Of the kind
I have described to develop,
would have to put to the Sc
curity Council the question
whether the United Nations
force should not withdraw" he
said.
Earlier last night, the AS
semby voted down an Asian
African proposal for a U. N
supervised referendum to de-
eide the future Of French-ruled
Algeria. This was q defeat
for supporters Of the Algerian
rebels seeking q U. N. voice in
the referendum President
Charles de Gaulle has promised
for the North African territory
But the advocates Of Alge-
. See u. NJ, Page, At
Evening star., 1960-12-20
100 Million Lives
Pentugon Slow in Adopting
Struteey Of Sporin9 Cities
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
star star WritAR

One hundred million Americans could die in losing
cause In the next This Is the story told by the
puefs on which the Pentagon tried out It's plans But
despite its urgency the message Of the computers is spread
ing slowly
In fact observers Of policy trends believe the pentagon
Evening star., 1960-12-20

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Dec. 20 (AP) The United Ma
tions General Assembly ran
into . paralyEing deadlock on
the Congo crisis today when
1t was unable to agree on either
Of two rival proposals. before it.
One Of the resolutions, spon.
sored by the United States and
Britain. failed by one vote to
get the required two-thirds ma.
jority. The other. backed by
India and Q group Of Asian and
African countries, was roundly
beaten.
The vote on the Western
plan. directing Secretary Gem
Ieral Dag E1ammarskjold to
continue his Congo policies, was
1872 with 80 abstaining.
Operation to Continue
The Indian proposal received
20 in favor. 42 against and ~
ahstentions. This called for
u. N. action to get the release
of deposed Premier Patrice
Lumumba and for neutraliza-
ton Of the Congolese Army.
Mr.. Hammarskjold took the
floor Immediately and an
nounced that the Congo opera
ton win continue as before. He
said the failure Of the Assembly
to act did not invaiidate pre-
vious decisions.
The secretary general ap-
pealed for continued co-opera-
ton Of all countries.
Faced with the deadlock, the
Assembly unanimously approved
an Australian proposal that the
Congo item, be placed on the
|agenda Of the session that will
be resumed on March Z.
The Congo voting came as
Evening star., 1960-12-20
Program Of Legislation
Outlined by Kennedy
5-Point Plan
ListsSchooIs.
Medical Bills
By GARNETT d. HORNER
Star stan Writer

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. 90.
-President-elect Kennedy to-
day outlined a five-point legis-
lative program on which he
will press for early action by
Congress next year.
Without attempting to set
any priorities, Senator Ken
Stocts Will Keep Post os Budget
Deputy. Pose AS
Evening star., 1960-12-20

Washington and vicinity Cloudy with
snow, low Of 22 tonight. Cold with snow
possible tomorrow. High and low Of last
~ hours: High. 80, at $3.50 pm. yesterday;
low, IS, at 6:l5 am. today.
Arizona tribune., 1960-11-04

Queen Eunice Fryer and King held
the Behune Halloween carnival held last Friday night These
fourth graders proved that size doesn't make winner.
First Rce D. Hicks and Thomas gave
close Ncolete Dbre higgins
fourth Mrs. Meba Galloway, left, PTA president
Clark 5 grade teacherroom
Dunevant 9TH
Mrs. Mildred Bennett fourth grade teacher
winner the back row.
Arizona tribune., 1960-11-04
~Epi8rins|

Americans Love to Vacation"
Yeah! Burned y tn Sun, blis-
tered by rowing, fired by their
zeal and stung for their meals.
Lots of low voltage folks are
always under high tension.
After all, there are only two
kinds of pedestrians. tn quick
and tn dead.
Gosh! Our baker has finally
air conditioned his doughnuts-
ZoWie!
Wonder why someone doesn't
invent a good de-bunker?
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24
Family Service
Move Studied
BY Council

A proposal to move the
Jewish Family Service to
a new Community Build
ing which will be located at
Alvernon and Second is
now under consideration by
the Tucson Jewish Com
munity Council.
The new building will
house most of the United
Com m unity Campaign
agencies.
A committee will study
the invitation to move into
the new UCC building. On
the committee are David
CARRIER, Jewish Family Ser
vice chairman; Mrs. Paul
Present and Mrs. Richard
Bloch who will meet with
the Councils survey COM
mittee this summer.
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24
WASHINGTON, (JTA)

WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
The sum of $33,15O,OOO in
cash was reached here for the
United Jewish Appeal at the
conclusion of a tWo-day ma
tional UJA mid-year leader
ship conference attended by
$50 Jewish community lead
ers from all parts of the coun-
try who presented checks on
behalf of their communities.
Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman,
executive vice chairman of
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24

the UJA, told the conference
that eff the campaign contin-
ues at the present pace, there
is every reason to believe that
by the years end the 1860
drive will approximate the
$68,OOO,OOO raised by the UJA
in it's successful campaign of
1859. He commended "the ma
turity and deep sense of re-
sponsibility" d spla y e d by
American Jews in response to
the 1860 campaign.
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24
~You've No Riqht To Tire Of Fund Raising"

but the needs of these people
were termed "as great as in
the days of homeless wander
ing, or greater"
President Abram Sachar of
Brandeis University today
told the delegates that Israel
is long for the day of self
sufficiency. American Jews
"have no right to become
tired of fund raising appeals
until Israel achieves econo-
mic independence" he stated.
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24

'There were no flaming
headlines or day-to-day news
paper reports of Jewish dis
asters to spur the pace of this
years effort" he said. "Yet,
American Jews have shown
that they understand very
we'll the great issues which
still underlie the UJA, and
that they are a generation
which has an appointment
with history to try to solve
these issues"
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24

Moses A. Leavitt, executive
vice-chairman of the Joint
Distribution Committee, un-
derscored the long range as
poets of the UJA's support.
He told delegates that in
1860, the JDC "a UJA bene-
ficiary - is aiding 250,000
Jews in MoSlem countries,
Europe and Israel. He noted
that most of those helped by
JDC no longer could be tech
nically cla SIS Sed refugees"
The Arizona post., 1960-06-24
Agency Plans
For Settling
OfAmericuns
1000 Are Expected
To Move To Israel

JEkASULEM, ID Il Al
The Jewish Agency executive
has named a special Sub-com-
mittee to prepare a detailed
plan on centralizing in one
office all matters of immigra-
ton and absorption of immi-
grants from Western coun-
tries.
The step was taken follow
ing a report to the plenary
meeting of the executive that
an estimated 1000 American
Jews will settle in Israel this
year, compared with $50 such
immigrants last year.
S. Z. Shragai, head of the
Jewish Agency immigration
department, also reported
that in the first three months
of this year, 200 American
Jews settled in Israel COM
pared with 13O in the same
period in 1859. The meeting
also was told that 18 percent
of all American Jewish youth
who visit Israel for study
courses or seminars ultimate
ly return for permanent set
tlement.
Mr.. Shragai also reported
on the work of a joint Jew
ish Agency Israel Govern
ment committee, headed by
Giora Josephthal, the Israel
Minister of Labor, which
deals with immigration from
the United States and Canada.
This committee hopes to
bring hundreds of urgently
needed American and Cana
dian professionals to Israel.
Nearly 5000 of such profes-
Sionals are registered with
the Jewish Agency in New
York as interested in the pos
sibility of continuing their Ca
reers in Israel, the plenum
was told.
Plans of the Jewish Agency
during the past three years
have been carried out from
80 to 100 per cent despite
enormous difficulties, DR.. Dow
Joseph, Jewish Agency trea-
surer, reported at the meet
ing. He stressed the urgent
need to consolidate the Agen-
cy'S short term Indebtedness
into long term loans to esta-
blish a sounder financial posi-
ton for the Agency's pro-
gram.
Speaking with pride of the
Agency's achievements in
turning many thousands of
new immigrants into farm
ers, he said many grave pro-
blems remained to be solved,
particularly in the field of
housing. He said millions of
pounds were needed to reno
vate and expand existing
housing in agricultural set
Elements as we'll as in other
immigrant housing. The
Agency is negotiating with
the Israel Finance Ministry
on means of solving the most
urgent of these problems. DR..
Joseph reported.