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Evening star., 1960-12-21
Twice-Year|y Check
Proposed for Cabs
City Heads OK
Expected for
PUG. Plan
By SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writer

The District Public Utilities
Commission today recon-
mended that the city's taxi
cabs be inspected twice a year.
rather than once.
The proposal will go to the
Board of Commissioners, which
is expected to approve it.
y The P. U. c. also recon-
mended that sightseeing limou-
sines undergo the twice-a-year
inspection. The annual in
spections for buses would not
be affected.
Earlier this year, George A.
England, director Of the Dis
trict'S Department of Motor
Vehicles, urged two cab inspec-
tions during each 12-month
period. s
Rejection Plan New
Under the P. U. C.'s recon-
mendations, a distinction We lid
be made between inspc IN
reflections for safety or heath
violations and reflections for
administrative violations, such
as Identification color, trade
name, or rate signs.
For reflections in the first
category, the hacker would not
be allowed to operate until the
cab passed inspection. This is
the case under the present sys-
tenn. -
For reflections because Of ad-
miniStrative violations, the
hacker would have a Today
grace period to correct the de-
ficiency.
The proposal is to put the
twice-a-year inspections on a
staggered basis. Now, all cabs
normally are to be inspected in
the month Of April.
Differences Noted
In making his proposal. Mr..
England had noted that there
is an initial cab rejection rate
Of n per cent. An offici@ d
today that less than one-fourth
of the reflections are for admin
istrative violations.
To distinguish between the
type Of rejection, different coll
ored Stickers would be used.
Today's P. u. C. report was
made after a study and q public
hearing last July.
An official said there are
about 9,I00 cabs and about 300
sightseeing limouSines which
would be affected by the pro-
posed inspection change.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Picture on .Paae Al

covers, and has dressed him as
o Cub Scout for an illustration
for the Boy Scouts Of America.
He has painted the boy with
the brown and white dog In
four, illustrations. = 4. =
The 1851, calendar went on
sale today at the counter in the
lobby bf The Star Ruild ding st
22S Virginia avenus S.E. TOR
IS. cents. The Star also. has
provided calendars 10 its car
rier boys at cost. S.
The second I'M the series viii
be on The Stars. 1862 calendar.
One may wonder II the; boy
has enough money IN, his coin
purse to buy the dog or whether
he viii have TO throw in his
Ice skates In the bargain
The illustrator, however, has
assured The Star that the dog
is not costly. II don't remem-
ber where I got him. but he's
a mutt. I probably picked him
up on Main street. We have
lots Of NUTS in Stockbridge."
Mr.. Rockwell lives and works
in Stockbridge, Mass.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Reynolds Metals
Project Cleared

The District Commissioner
have approved technic a
changes In the urban renewal
plan for the area in Southwest
south Of M street where Reyn-
olds Metals Co. win build an
apartment house and town
houses.
The changes, previously ap-
proved by the National Capital
Planning Commission, amend
the requirements for front
yards so that the layout pro-
posed by Reynolds can be car
ried out without violating ex-
isting laws.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
BY JERRY O'LEARY, JR.
Star Stan Writer

Next to a department store
Santa Claus, q 2-year- -old lady
tiger named Mohini Rewa is
the hottest spectator attraction
in Washington this week.
The fact that she lives in the
National Geological Park, which
Is free. may have something
to do with her popularity. Bur
veteran Zookeepers say they
have never seen anything like
the crowds that come daily to
see Mohini.
The beautiful creature, whose
name means "Enchantress of
Rewa," is nearly as unusual as
a pink elephant.
She is a white tiger; that is.
she is white where other tigers
are a tawny orange, but has
the conventional black stripes
elsewhere. There are only
three other white tigers in
existence and they are all
relatives Of Mohini.
Escorted Home
No white tiger ever had left
India until Zoo Director Theo-
dore Reed and Keeper Burt
Barker few to India to escort
Mohini to her new home.
The other tigers in the Lion
House at the zoo are simply
upstaged by Mohini.
Mohini is not an albino. She
is a mutation, according to
biologists. Albinos result from
a lack Of pigmentation and
lgenerally have pink eyes. Mo-
Evening star., 1960-12-21
VIVA Drivers
To Vote on Strike

Drivers for the VIVA Tran
sit Co., Washington Prince
Georges commuter line, are
scheduled to take a strike vote
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Negotiations broke down
Monday after a tentative
agreement has been reached
on Saturday.
The line carries about $4,000
passengers daily in addition to
a number Of school bus runs
in Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties. The meeting
tonight is to be held in the
Coral Hills Md Hall.
Evening star., 1960-12-21

HE DECIDED to decorate
the house with local flora.
He met a countryman at the
food store who was delivering
some ground cedar-ideal for
Christmas festooning.
Come out to my place." he
said. you can have all you
want and cut yourself a tree,
too. I live In the woods"
Then he purchased a side
of bacon and a 100-pound
bag of -four. His family,
which included several small
children, probably lived on
that and root vegetables,
turnips and carrots stored In
a pit, for a month.
But he and his children
knew the woods. They guided
me to hillsides scant Of snow
where the ground cedar grew.
They found holly trees that
provided beautiful sprays.
We cut mountain laurel and
rhodod odendron.
They even found a maple
with a clump Of that in
teresting parasite, mistletoe,
which is rare this far north.
Furthermore, they clambered
up and got 1t.
We had beautiful decora-
tions that year. Unfortu-
nately one Of the guests was
q botanist. He was restrained
in his admiration. Finally
after a cup or two Of the egg
nog he became frank.
Ground CEDAR" he said,
looking at the looping green
garland over a door. "Lycopo'
dium. Very beautiful. But I
wish you hadn't done that.
It only grows about an inch
a year and because people
use 1t for Christmas decora-
tions, 1t is disappearing from
our woods"
Never again. No guilty feel
ing this year. The Rambler's
Christmas tree is of alumni
mum foil, seven feet tall and
purchased in the dime store
for $40.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Trunsit Hits
Change in


d. c. Transit, Inc, today at
tempted to destroy a key part
Of the case of the staff of the
District Publict Utilities Com
mission - the depreciation Of
buses-againSt a fare increase.
The company'S counsel, Har-
vey M. Spear, sought to strike
down in cross-examination the
commission staff's proposal to
stretch out the period Of de-
probation. ,-5
& Despite persistent cross-ex-
animation, however, the COM
missions chief accountant, E.
Edward Mclean. stuck to his
position that buses should be
deprecated on q 17-year serv-
ice life. rather than on the
present i4-yeaF basis. He also
recommended that the exist
ing z per cent FOR annual bus
depreciation be changed to 5.7
per cent. \
II this is done, Mr.. Mclean
has contended, the earnings of
the company under present
fares qualify as reasonable and
sufiicient and no fare increase
would be necessary. The COM
pany wants to charge 95 cents
for four tokens instead of the
present five for 81. The cash
fare, rs cents, would remain
the same.
Mr.. Spear sought to show
that no depreciation should be
fixed for buses until all the
property Of the company has
been studied.
Harold L. Aitken, the Dis
trict's director Of highways and
traffic, testified at today's hear
ing that the estimates Of his
office for streetcar track re-
moval allow q $4O0. 900 con-
tingency item to cover unfore-
seen circumstances.
He estimated 50 million for
the cost Of track removal
through 1866. He said his de-
'partment does not have SUM-
cient experience yet to alter
the total estimate of the track
removal program Of $10.4 mil
lion made In 1856. >.
Evening star., 1960-12-21

For his painting Of the young
prospective dog purchaser who
appears on The Stars 1851
calendar, Norman Rockwell
chose a favorite model, a
neighbor'S boy. as@t'
Mr.. Rockwell has painted the
boy for Saturday Evening POST
Evening star., 1960-12-21
Alexandra Launches
Anti-SIum Conpoign
Council Votes SIS, 100 to Expond stoffs
After Approving FWe-Point Program
By JOHN NEARY
Star stan Writer

The Alexandria City Council last night launched
point for strengthened o-orinated action against
sums
After unanimously approving the program drawn by Mayor
Leroy S. Bendhem the city council voted $156O
inspection STATS for the job of carrying out its provision
Evening star., 1960-12-21

AS HE WALKED about the
big tree, the Rambler had a
slightly guilty feeling about
all the little trees he has
felled for Christmas.
How he enjoyed getting out
in the woods on q clear cold
day like yesterday, ak in
hand!
In the north country where
he comes from, you could
bring in the favorite Christ
mas tree, the balSam flr.
It's an exhilarating expert
ence when your breath is
visible two feet ahead and
the snow is Springy under
foot and you have to work
hard and breath deep to keep
warm.
He was taught the use of
the ak by an old Congrega-
tionalist minister in the Mas
sachuSetts woods. It was dur
ing World War / and a fuel
shortage was feared. The
cutting Of firewood was au-
thorized In Middlesex Fells
and 1t was the old minister, q
true Yankee, skilled In wood
lore, who led q party Of
schoolb0ss into the woods to
save the day. He knew how
to make the chips fall.
AS one who had read Hans
Christian Andersen's THE
Fir Tree" as a child-the
personalized STORY Of the life
and death of a Christmas
tree-the writer always felt
a little guilt as well as the
Joy of healthy exercise when
the ak bit deep.
But 1t was not until he
moved to Fairfax before
World War II that he real
lied how many evergreenS
there are In the winter
woods.
Evening star., 1960-12-21
The
Rambler
Foresweurs
Cutting Trees
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Wen to the moods no more,
The ldNsels az are cut.
"a. 3. Housmnu
Workmen on high steel
.scaffolding were decorating
the Christmas tree on the
Ellipse this morning.
They had started at the
top with . huge gold star
and were going down from
there with lights and tinsel
balls.
The tree is a splendidly
proportioned sO-foot speci-
men of the Douglas fir which
was felled in the Oregon
woods in late October.
That's Just Q little tree.
Out there they grow 200 feet
tall.
Other men were setting
life-sized figures about the
creche, an artistic conception
of the manger at Bethlehem.
They were getting ready
for the Pageant of Peace,
which President Eisenhower
will open by lighting the
lights Friday evening.
This win be the seventh
Pageant Of Peace on the
Ellipse. 1t was inaugurated
in 1854. Certainly no pre-
vious one was so freighted
with "the hopes and fears
Of all our years"
Evening star., 1960-12-21

Wen to the moods no more,
The ldtFels AZ are cut.
- "a. 3. Housmhu
Evening star., 1960-03-28
More eImmigrotion
From Asiun Area
Is Urged by Fonq

Senator Fong. Republican Of
H avail, recommended last
night that the United States
permit the immigration Of
$4,000 to $4,000 persons a year
from the Asiatic-Paciac tri-
angle.
The Senator made this pro-
posal at a reception and dinner
given by Washington's Chinese
societies in his honor.
In his speech. Senator Fong
said that a higher quota for
Asian immigrants would mot
dislocate the lives Of those al
ready living here"
President Eisenhower pro-
posed to Congress on March II
that the present ceiling of 2 900
immigrants from countries of
the Far Eastern triangle ~
removed. He called for a
liberalization Of immigration
laws, including raising the
nually to one-sixth of 1 per
nually to one-sixth of one per
cent Of the total United States
population. This would amount
to about 100000 against the
current annual quota of
I54, 900.
Commenting on the Presi-
dents message, Senator Fong
asked:
In the interest of good in
ternational relations, is it too
much to ask that the Asiatic-
Pacific triangle, with more
than one-hah Of the worlds
population, be granted a quota
Of immigrants amounting to
5 per cent. or 10 per cent or is
per cent Of the contemplated
one-sixth Of l per cent?"
The area of the triangle, &C.
cording to a White House def
milton, includes countries from
India to Japan and the islands
north of Australia.
Guests at the dinner in
cluded Chinese Ambassador
DR.. George K. c. Yeh, Korean
Ambassador DR.. Y. c. Yang,
other Chinese diplomats, SEN
.ators Kuchel, Republican Of
California, and Ernest Gruen-
ing, Democrat of Alaska.
Senator Fong addressed the
group in both Chinese and
English.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Heart Valves Ticks
Keep Romance Score

play football" he told q re-
porter.
This constant tick-tock ID
embarrassing, though, espe-
cially when you're out with q
girl"
When he goes to the movies,
people start looking for the
hidden clock.
But three months ago Mr..
Allen met q girl who under
stands the message Of his tick
took heart.
Now he's going to ask his
doctor If it's all right for him
to get married.
Doctors have told Mr.. Allen
they could replace his plastic
valve with q silent American
type. He turned them down
without this ticker, I'd Just
be . nobody again." he said.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Mormons Open
Sydney Stoke

SYDNEY. Australia, Mar. %
(AP).-The Mormons have
opened their first stake-or
diocese-in Australia. Former
ly Australian followers of the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Lat
ter-Day Saints were admins
tered by missions.
Elders Delbert L. Stapley
and Marion g. Romney of Salt
Lake City appointed leaders of
the church's first Australian
stake at a ceremony in the
new Mormon church in the
Sydney suburb Of Greenwich
yesterday.
Our church has made tre-
mendous progress since ! was
here two years ago" said Mr..
Stapley before leaving tonight
for home. att
Evening star., 1960-03-28

Continued From First Page
inevitably with his own men,
bers."
Decent Labor Avoids HOffa
The decent elements Of
organized labor have hung q
Pariah's label" on Mr.. Hoffa,
the committee said, renewing
its 1858 finding that he should
be ousted.
If Hoffa is successful in
C o m b atting the combined
weight of the United States
Government and public opin-
ion, the cause Of decent union
ism is lost and labor-manage-
ment relations in this country
will return to the jungle era"
it said.
"Plundering of union treas
uries and health and welfare
funds, ruthless denial OF demo-
cratic procedures, and out.
right betrayal Of rank and file
members were clearly estab-
lished," the committee charged.
1t said Mr.. Hoffa had bar
gained away wages and other
benefits Midwestern Teamsters
might have received, then
undermined Teamster wage
levels in New York so his Mid
western contracts wouldn't look
too bad. =
Mr.. Hoffa said he always got
the Teamsters the best con-
tracts in the whole collective
bargaining field. The commit
tee said this claim now has
been exploded.
The committee said Mr.. Hof-
fa's own testimony taken as
a whole is unworthy of belief
a practically unfathomable
mixture of ambiguity, verbos-
ity. audacity and mendacity."
The report described as Mr..
Hoffa's inclination to corrupt"
his purported offer to pay dis
puted legal fees to Godfrey p.
Schmidt, then . court-ap-
pointed monitor, If Mr.. Schmidt
would resign and let someone
more friendly to Mr.. Hoffa take
over the job.
The report, released by Chair
man Mcclellan. Democrat of
Arkansas, called the ill-famed
1857 convention of mobsters at
Apalachin, N. Y, "sympto-
matte of the growing power Of
the American underworld"
Senator Kennedy, Democrat
Of Massachusetts,, a Democratic
presidential candidate, wrote
the proposal for a new Federal
police agency as a Statement
Of separate views" filed with the
report.
Senators Erwin, Democrat Of
North Carolina, Church, Demo-
crat Of Idaho, and Mcclellan
Endorsed 1t.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Moral Reormument
Distributing Booklet

Moral Rearmament yester-
day began a campaign to dis
tribute its handbook "Ideology
and Co-Existence" to the
$50, 1000 homes in the Washing
ton area. .
At a meeting at the Willard
Hotel. presiding officer DR..
Douglas Cornell. executive Off
Ger of the National Academy
of Sciences. said the aim of
the booklet is intended ito
strengthen the backbone Of
freedom and to instill the will
to fight for what is right"
Evening star., 1960-03-28
PioneerV Neurs
w Million Mark
BY the Associated Press

~ ehe hSsOClhLcu kTeSS
Pioneer v, with its radio voice
still sounding, neared the az
million-mile mark of its fight
around the sun today.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration said that
at noon, the space probe would
be 2.391,s8O miles from the
earth. travelling at 5,465 miles
an hour over the South-Central
Atlantic.
At midnight. it will be 2,458.-
295 miles distant, whizzing
along at 5.456 miles an hour
over New Zealand. -.-
Space agency officials re-
ported that all of the probes
scientific experiments continue
to operate.
Evening star., 1960-03-28


saying 81 can't understand Mr..
Eisenhower. He never has been
unemployed. He has had q
Government job all his life.
He was educated on a Govern
ment scholarship. He has lived
all his life in a Government
furnished house. and he has
never had to pay a doctor bill
because all his medical ex-
penses always have been pro-
vided by Uncle Sam.
But he says no to the old
people. Get lost, but don't get
sick because the Government
isn't going to take care Of you.'
Evening star., 1960-03-28
EDINBURGH. Scotland. Mar

EDINBURGH, Scotland. Mar.
% (AP)-The plastic valve in
Norman Aliens heart played
havoc with his love life.
When he danced with a
pretty girl, its ticks could be
heard across the room.
"If I'm excited, it gets very
loud and fast" explained the
27-year-old clerk whose friends
call him Norman the ticker. +"
Sometimes" he said, "It
seems to keep time to tunes on
the radio. especially the cha
cha"
Mr.. Allen got the plastic
valve in an operation to cor
rect q heart ailment four years
ago. Without it. he probably
would have died.
Nov ! lead q completely
normal life and sometimes even
Evening star., 1960-03-28

the constitutional guarantee
against unreasonable searches
and seizures had been violated
by the method Of Abel's arrest
and the search of his room
without a proper warrant.
Justice Douglas, in the sepa-
rate dissents. said "cases Of no
toriouS criminals-like cases of
small, miserable ones-are apt
to make bad law" He added:
when guilt permeates a
record. even judges sometimes
relax and let the police take
short cuts not sanctioned by
constitutional procedures. That
practice. in certain periods of
our history and in certain
courts. has lowered our stand
ards of law administration.
The harm in the given case
may seem excusable. But the
practices generated by the prec-
edent have far-reaching conse-
quences that are harmful and
injurious beyond measurement.
The present case is an excel
lent example"
Justice Douglas said the FBI
made no effort to obtain a
search warrant from any judi
cial officer. He said there was
plenty Of time for such an
application. He said the FBI
had stalked Abel for weeks and
had plenty Of time to secure
judicial warrants for search
ing the premises he occupied
Second Hearing Ordered
The high court first heard
the Abel case last term but
ordered another hearing at its
current session because Of some
unanswered questions.
One Of the issues was
whether two FBI agents who
first accoSted the Russian
agent at his door had entered
the hotel room legally. They
questioned Abel for 80 minutes
before immigration officers
joined them inside the room
and made the arrest.
In his book. Masters of De-
ceit," FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover wrote that Abel was
arrested by the immigration
Service "at the request of the
FBI. after we had identified
him as q concealed agent"
Evening star., 1960-03-28
CARS

Continued From First Page
fusal of some finance COM
panies to give refunds on pre-
payment Of the car debt.
These are the evils Tie bill
is designed to correct. Under
the House-passed measure, the
maximum charges that can be
imposed to finance cars bought
on installments are:
So per 500 per year on new
cars. ..
$il per 500 per year on cars
not more than 2 years old.
$l4 per 500 per year on
cars not more than 4 years
old.
s1s per $100 per year over
4 years old.
Regulations Authorized
The Commissioners are au-
thorized to write regulations
controlling pickup payments"
and balloon notes." requiring
refunds on prepayment of the
car debt, establishing collec-
tion and repossession charges,
specifying the types and maxi
mum amounts of insurance
which the retail buyer is re-
quired to pay for, and regu-
lating the methods of selling
repossesSed cars.
To protect buyers from fly
by-night operators. the Com
missioners are authorized to
require bonds of the dealers.
The measure takes effect SO
days after enactment.
The House action, which
came without debate, is the
second major step taken to
protect car buyers since The
Stars Buyer Beware" series.
The earlier step was the is
suance of the new motor
vehicle regulations and the
licensing of car statesmen
These regulations, which pro-
vide that dealers be trust
worthy" and that they can lose
their licenses for unscrupulous
practices, went into effect
March /.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Civil Defense Drill
Set for Election Duy

A national Civil Defense
drill will be held on May 8, the
same day as the primary elec-
ton here.
Civil Defense officials said
participation Of the public will
not be required and they do not
expect the drill to interfere
with the election.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Printers Accept
3-Puper Contract

Typographical employees
voted last night to accept a 30
month contract with Washing
toms three daily newspapers.
The new pact calls for a 81
weekly pay increase retroactive
to last october /, plus another
$3.50 next October /. 1t also in
cludes improved holiday clauses.
Members Of the Columbia
typographical Union No. lOi
voted 1877 to 180 to accept the
contract. 1t covers about 900
employees of The Star, the Daily
News and the Post-Times-
Herald.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

they are. quite simply, ignorant
of what larger purpose ami
mates Senator Johnson's tech
nical maneuvers.
Accept Image Of His Foes
5 So long as he leaves them
in ignorance. they ind it easy
to accept the popular liberal
Characterization of him as q
representative Of . Texas DOM
mated by segreeationists and
oil barons. the product Of q
one-party political system who
never has grasped the basic
difference between Republicans
and Democrats.
Why. then, did Senator John.
son not accept the invitation
to join his rivals for the DEM
ocratic nomination in speaking
to the Detroit meeting? So
His aides explained that he
was simply too preoccupied with
and exhausted by his job as
majority leader to do so. They
argue, with considerable force.
that If Senator Johnson ne
elected his duties and Joined
Senator's Humphrey. Kennedy
and Symington in stumping the
country, the Democratic Patty
could forget about the 1860
election. rts4zs 3
election. They say he must stay
on the job to provide the party
with a legislative record it can
run on. -.--- -~,-
Senator Johnson,s friends
may be perfectly right In says
ing that his responsibilities as
majority leader foreclose to him
the type Of campaign his rivals
are conducting for the pfesi-
|dency. s.s ~ - -.
But unless Senator johnson
can find some means Of COM
municating directly with his
fellow Democrats in States such
as Michigan. 1t is difficult to see
how he can satisfy the, am
bition no one doubts he harbors.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
B.L.Livinestone B.
FelIed by Stroke :
By the Associated Press

Barney L. Livingstone, SO,
chairman Of the Standing Com
mittee Of Congressional Curre-
spondents, suffered an .appar-
ent stroke today. - ss~a
Mr.. Livingstone became III at
his home in Chevy Chase and
was taken to George Washing
ton University Hospital where
physicians described his condi-
ton as serious. ia.
Mr.. Livingstone Is d member
Of the House staff Of the Asso-
.ciated Press and recently was
elected secretary of the Ma
tional Press Club.