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Bill to Curb Pentogon Sales Contacts
By Retired Officers Up for House Vote

from practicing before the
Treasury Department for two
years after he has left the
Government. There is a sim
liar statute which forhids at
torneys from pressing none
tary claims for clients before
the Government within two
years after being employed in
the Department of Justice.
Many of the military Of
ficers, while on active duty,
have a voice in recommend
ing the appointment Of their
own successors in charge Of
important defense projects.
Naturally. it Is inferred that
there might be an obligation
of some kind felt by the in
cumbent If his predecessor
appeared before him later as
a sales representative Of a
defense contractor.
Conflicts of interest are diff
flcult to legislate upon, and
there is no way to instill hon.
esty where it is absent, but
the Government can take
some steps to discourage con-
flicts of interest. One method
embodied in the pending bill
in the House calls for pub
licity of the names of all for
mer officers who are employed
by defense contractors. Such
an enrolment would be post
ed and distributed inside the
bureaus at the Pentagon and
kept up to date.
There have been provisions
from time to time in appro-
priation laws, ever since 1895,
aimed at those who retire
from the armed services and
take jobs with defense con-
tractors, but these statutes do
not remain in permanent
form in the law. The present
effort is to enact q broad
statute that will stay in effect
continuously and bar retired
officers from becoming sales
men at the Pentagon for at
least two years after their
retirement.
The House committee, which
recently carried on an inves-
tigation Of the whole subject
for more than two months,
found that there are 1000
former officers now employed
by defense contractors, and
Evening star., 1960-04-04
william S. WHITE
Nixon Keeps Calm Amidst Doubts

dorsement of Nixon. The
Presidents subsequent COM
ment that he would not have
given such an Endorsement in
the first place if the Vice
President had not been the
only Republican candidate in
sight has not been helpful
to Nixon.
Obviously and unarguably
it has given some encourage
ment to those Republicans
who still hope to bring of a
Presidential draft" for Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New
York. (This one estimate is
strictly this correspondents;
it should not be attributed to
Nixon
Actually, the Nixon peoples
worry is not so much that
the current polls will be hurt
full in the election itself. Be-
fore this the Vice President
has gone down in the polls
only to climb high again.
What really bothers them is
that every time the smallest
Nixon weakness is indicated
before the COP. convention
the Rockefeller partiSans will
seize on it to renew the chant
Nixon can't win"
The Vice President, in a
word, is not so much afraid
Of the Democrats in the elec-
ton. He is more concerned
about what may be done by
other Republicans to exploit
against him anything un-
favorable that may happen
from now to convention time.
There is nothing remotely
approaching panic here. Nix
on is a cool and steady-hand-
ed gambler politically. He is,
rightly or wrongly. perfect
ly confident that he will come
through in the end. But in
the meantime he has prob
lens, not with his own NOR
ale but with that of his
workers. They clamor to him:
You must get out and get
busy" He replies in effect:
"It'S just the way the ball
bounceS-now. Take it easy.
Ill be out there'-and plenty
busy when the time
comes"
Evening star., 1960-04-04
Confroternity Groups
To Hold Workshop

The National Center of the
Confraternity Doctrine will
sponsor a Today workshop
June 1921 at Catholic Uni
versity. .
Leaders of the confraternity
on the diocesan and parish lev
els. confraternity executive
board and parish unit members
Teaching Sisters and Brothers
committee members and mod
orators of confraternity units
in novitiates, colleges and Sec
ondary schools are eligible to
attend,
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threw them off when a Union
cavalryman rode up, thrust a
carbine at his chest, and
ordered him to surrender. He
later said he had intended to
try to take the troopers horse
by his own story, and he
was an honorable man, he is
completely exonerated of the
charge of trying to escape in
woman's clothing"
Differing Accounts
Some newspaper accounts OF
the time had Davis dressed in
his wife's crinoline petticoats
and dress.
Davis himself said he wore
a long coat, trousers tucked in
high boots. and heavy spurs.
The official report of 1t. Col
B. D. Pritchard, who COM
manded the regiment that cap
tured Davis, makes no mention
of female attire.
But writing Of what took
place 10 days later, Col. Pritch-
ard said orders came down
from Washington to obtain
"the disguise" from Mrs. Davis
who apparently had reclaimed
her shawl and coat.
The Government has been in
possession of the three articles
since then, though 1t long since
returned other items of Davis
personal property.
The Attorney General ruled
in 1914, at the request of four
descendants, that all Davis
relics remaining in Federal
possession were personal prop
erty of the Davis family and
should be returned to the heirs.
For some reason, the rain
coat, shawl and spurs were not
included.
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RALPH McGILL

United Nations Notes: In
the first five months Of 1859
Italy alone imported about
20,000,0O0 baby chicks. A
tremendous broiler industry
is developing in that coun-
try. 1t is built around invest
ment by large American
firms.
Close behind the Italians,
in rapid growth of a poultry
industry with U. S. tech
niques and, more impor-
tant. American hybrid chick
strains, are The Netherlands,
West Germany, Switzerland
and Great Britain.
Demand increases for the
American eggs and baby
chicks. What we call Chick
ems" originated in Asia. But,
US. research and long years
of experimentation, have
produced a broiler strain
which has more meat and
which natures more quickly.
The U. S. program is one Of
feeding and breeding. The
results are fantastic.
Five large American firms
currently are most active in
European countries. These
are Arbor Acre, and Nichols,
which not merely supply mill
lions of baby chicks annual
ly, but provide investment
along with associated Swiss.
Dutch, West German and
Italian capital to build large
poultry projects in many
European countries. Three
other companies, dealing in
eggs, also export millions of
dozens annually. They are
DeKalb, Hy-Line and Kim
ber. These grew out of the
hybrid corn business. Poultry
feed was developed as a side
line. Then came the hybrid
chicken and it was a natural
to bring chickens where the
feed was.
Hy-Line. for example, was
established by Henry Wal
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u. S. Moves to Return
Jefferson Davis Items

AS to the charge that Davis
dressed in woman's clothing in
an effort to escape capture, DR.
Irvine said today:
1T is clear that he was not
consciously and purposely, and
with plans aforethought, in
disguise. By mistake, appar-
emily, he took his wife's coat,
which resembled his, and his
wife put her shawl on his head.
This took place in the early
morning hours at dawn.
From all accounts, he had
the coat and shawl on only for
maybe a minute or two. He
Evening star., 1960-04-04
By the Associated Press

When Jefferson Davis was
captured by Union forces on
May 10, 1865, near Irwinville,
Ga, he was wearing his wife's
raincoat and shawl.
The story got started then
that he was trying to escape by
Disgusting himself as a woman.
The idea that the President
of the Confederate States of
America would resort to such
poltroonery has been pretty
well discredited. Nonetheless
the Federal Government still
has possession Of that raincoat
and shawl, plus a pair of mis-
matched spurs the Confederate
leader was wearing when cap
tured.
And under a 1914 directive,
the Government is belatedly
trying to give them back to
DAVIS descendants.
At the same time, the Gov
ernment hopes the descend
ants can see their way clear
to presenting the historical
relics to the Smithsonian In
stitution.
In National Archives
BY an intricate chain of hap
penstance, the shawl, raincoat
and spurs wound up in the Ma
tional Archives. On behalf OF
the Archives, General Services
Administrator Franklin Floete
has undertaken to return them
to Davis heirs.
Mr.. Floete recently wrote to
a grandson, Jefferson Hays
Davis of Colorado Springs,
Colo, offering the articles to
the descendants if they can
properly identify themselves
He also suggested they give
them to the Smithsonian.
Mr.. Floete acted on informa-
ton uncovered by DR.. Dallas
Irvine, chief archivist of the
war records division of the Ma
tional Archives.
Evening star., 1960-01-16
Inter-Foith Group

This Sunday more than so
young people from the WASH
Iington Hebrew Congregation
will attend the II am. service
at First Baptist Church. After
worship the group, members of
the confirmation class, will
hear DR.. Edward Hughes
Pruden, pastor Of First Baptist
Church. explain the Christian
faith in general and the Bap-
tist denomination in particular
This is the fourth year the
confirmation class Of Washing
ton Hebrew Congregation has
attended such a service at First
Baptist Church. In the light Of
recent anti-Semitic occurrences,
the visit is a significant gesture
Iof friendly relations across
faith lines.
DR.. Pruden noted that the
young people will find among
the figures on the beautiful
stained glass windows at First
Baptist Church those Of Moses.
David and Isaiah.
Evening star., 1960-01-16
Clerk Retires

At each meeting of the Wash
ington City Presbytery for the
past six years a quiet, friendly
and efficient gentleman met the
incoming minister or elder with
a smile at the door and handed
him the docket for the day.
On Tuesday the Rev. James
Murdock performed his last du-
ties as enrolment clerk for the
presbytery. leaving the Office to
another to perform.
Self-effacing and modest, Mr..
Murdock sought to glide into
the regular membership with
out undue notice. But his nu-
Evening star., 1960-01-16
Bishop Dun SIutes
Five School Lectures

The Right Rev. Angus Dun
Episcopal Bishop of Washing
ton. will lecture on "Tht
Church and the Quest for Re-
union" at $3.50 pm, Tuesday
at the Beauvoir National Ca.
thedral Elementary School
Woodley road and Wisconsin
avenue NV.
This will be the first of five
lectures Of the Christianity
and Modern Man series. BishoI
Dun's lectures will continue or
Tuesday evenings through
February 16.
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merous friends refused to per-
NIT the retired minister, who
came to Washington in 1926
and has been leaving his gen.
tie impress upon the religious
life of the city ever since. to
relinquish his post without ap-
propriate words of thanks and
appreciation for a job gra-
ciously and well done.
Evening star., 1960-01-16

BETHLEHEM I'd.
18th and ! sts. Sc. Rev. Herbert
Bernthal. $3.50 and IL am.
CHRIST ID. c.
18th and Gallatin SITS. NV. Rev.
VIM. r. Bruening. $3.50 and IL
am.
FIRST TRINITY I'd. c.
4th and Z SITS. NV. Rev. H. B.
Roepe. $3.50 and IL am. Services
Broadcast over Station WOOK
IFM) ct 1905. Sunday School.
MOUNT OLIVET I'd. CO.
1905 Vermont Ave. NV. Rev.
VIM. Schiebel. IL am.
PILGRIM
$500 Mass. Ave. NV. Extended.
Reg; Ps,,o4 Martin s:so sSd q II PoSh suDdSy DP
CALVARY (Silver SPRING.
". kemDer. $40 and II am.
ST. ANDREW (GlenmOut)
l2247 Georgia Ave. Rev. Charles
Mueller: $3.50 and IL am:
IMMANUEL (Alexandria)
1901 Russell Rd. Rev. wilmer D..
Mensing. $50 and IL am.
OUR SAVIOUR (ArlingtOn)
9th and s. Taylor. Rev. Georse
Wehmeyer, $3.50 and IL am.
"THE LUTHERAN HOUR"
Evening star., 1960-01-16
Chaplain to Speak

Navy Chaplain John D. Zim-
norman of the Potomac River
Naval Command will discuss
THE Role of the Chaplain in
the Armed Forces" at $50 pm.
Tuesday, at a meeting of the
Mems Club Of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church, Lafayette Square
Evening star., 1960-01-16

vention March 1913. Roy
Head of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
will discuss John Galbraith's
"Affluent Society" before the
Forum Group at 10 am. to-
morrow. Mrs. Mary E. Love
will teach the Fellow-Wor
Bible Class at 10 am. tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1960-01-16
Fellowship Retreat

Margaret Applegarth, author
of religious books. will be
among those directing a fellow
ship retreat Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday in Foundry
Methodist Church. 1900 Six
teenth street NV. Registration
will be held 2 pm. Tuesday at
the church.
Evening star., 1960-01-16

Barber Shop Quartette under
the leadership Of Louis E. Met
calf, will be one of the features
of the program. Mrs. Cheerful
Thornhill is general chairman
Of the program.
The Fellowship Bible Glass of
Chevy Chase Methodist Church
will meet at II am. tomorrow
in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs.
Erma L. Patterson, member of
the advisory committee of the
Organized Bible Glass Associa-
tion, will be the guest teacher.
Devotions will be led by Mrs.
Kathryn Emery.
Howard D. Rees, secretary of
the. Baptist Student Union OF
the District Of Columbia. will
be the guest speaker in the
vaughn blDle Class Tor Men OF
Calvary Baptist Church at 10
am. tomorrow.
The Philathea Bible Glass
Of Petworth Methodist Church
have elected the following on
GERS for 1850: Mrs. Leona Of
terson, president; Mrs. Frances
Hall. vice president; Miss Laura
Smith, treasurer; Miss Isla
Bruce, recording secretary; Mrs.
Phillippa Callbeck, correspond
ing secretary, and Mrs. Edna
Rickard, teacher.
The Trinity Women's Bible
Class Of Sherwood Presbyterian
Evening star., 1960-01-16
EpistIes Study Slated

DR.. Henry burlington, pastor
Of the First Baptist Church of
Delray Beach, Fla, will conduct
a week Of study on the EpistleS
to Timothy beginning at 1880
pm. tomorrow through Thurs
day at the First Baptist Church,
1892 King street, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1960-01-16
APOSTOLIC
LUTHERAN MISSOURI SYNOD

BETHANY tGroveton, Va.)
Beacon Hill Rd. and Oak DR.. Rev.
John Grandin. $3.50 and IL am.
ST. PAUL (FaIIs Church)
Leesburg Pike and Idylwood Rd:
Rev. Gerald Kuhn. $3.50 and
III am.
ST. JOHN (FrancOnia, Va.)
Franconia Rd. and st. Johns Dr..
Rev. Paul Meyer. IL am.
OXON HILL
5735 oxon Hill Rd. Sc. Rev.
Robert Schoenheider. 9:46 an.
Worship. IL am, Sunday School.
TRINITY mt. Rainier)
30th and Bunker Hill Rd; Rev.
Roy Mack. $50 and IL am.
REDEEMER (Nyattsville)
ssth % and LppgisllOg; SE sd = Reg; suNg.1 W|;
School, 9:15 am.
HOLY CROSS (Greenbelt)
% Ridge Rd. Rev. Edward H.
Birner. $40 and IL am. Sunday
School. $3.50.
Ascension NandOver Hills)
1920 Ardmore Rd. Rev. Henry
Schroeder. 8 and IL am. Sunday
School, $3.50 am.
TRINITY (BOwie)
Bowie. Nd. Rev. Henry Schroeder
9:3O am. Sunday School, 1890.
Church of the Deaf ID. c.
A. Christ, 3Jo1 18th g. NV,
SUNDAY, 1880 PM, WRC, $50
Evening star., 1960-01-16

might run into a group busily
brewing coffee or putting out
doughnuts for the painters.
The activity is a visible evi-
dence of the up and coming
spirit manifested by the mems
club of the River Road church.
It is one of the ways whereby
the men of the congregation ex-
press their common bond and
sincere belief in Christianity.
Sent QUESTIONABLE
when our club was or
ganized in March 1859 with 81
men, we sought to find out
what common interests the men
had" Edward Larson, club
president, said. I'VE sent a
QUESTIONABLE for our members
to fill, and found their interests
were so varied the only real
com mon bond was their
Christianity. We decided this
was the thing to work on, and
started a series Of panel dis
cuSSions on Christian values"
Christian values"
But this did not solve all the
problems, Mr.. Larsen explained.
While many men were willing
to talk before the group, others
were reluctant to do so. Since
the goal was to bring the men
together through a common
enterprise, a means was then
sought to achieve this end.
Everybody Paints
Robert Taylor, an engineer in
sewer construction and vice
president of the club. suggested
the painting project. The idea
quickly proved popular. and
soon lawyers, doctors, teachers.
business men and others were
welding paint brushes and
Frightening the church. First
they painted the Boy Scout
room, then the choir room,
next the halls and so on.
The men gathered for the
purpose three nights a week.
On Wednesdays they attended
prayer services in their work
clothes, and marched from the
sanctuary to the job. Those
men who for some reason could
not take part in the painting
made coffee and went for
doughnuts, setting the tables
for the fellowship period that
always followed the painting
chores.
"This is one of the benefits
Of the merger between the Pres
byterian Church. U. s. A., and
the United Presbyterian Church
of North America" Mr.. Larsen
observed. Our local congrega-
ton could not seem to get a.
mems group operating when we
were part Of the smaller United
Presbyterian Church. While we
do not use all the materials
sent us by the national mems
brotherhood of the present
merged church, somehow the
uniflcation has served as a spur
to our group"
The mems club, now boasting
more than 40 active members,
will have something special for
the Z pm. dinner January 26
in the church at 4420 River
road NV.
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Church will hold its monthly
business meeting at 8 pm.
Wednesday in the auditorium.
Mrs. Blanche E. Opnegard will
discuss lone God Versus Three
Gods" before the class at $3.50
m. tomorrow.
Eugene E. Ditto, attorney
and past president Of the Har-
rison Bible Class for Men of st.
Luke's Methodist Church, will
be the guest teacher. William
Ramsey will present the Scrip
ture lesson. Maury E. Hampton.
second vice president, will pre-
side.
A workshop for vice presi-
dents of the Organized Bible
Glass Association will be held
at 4::30 pm. tomorrow in
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church. Chester S. Sheppard of
Wesley Theological Seminary
and DR.. M. Leo Rippy will con-
duct the classes.
The Lydia Bible Glass Of the
Ninth Street Christian Church
will hold its monthly business
meeting at 8 pm. Monday at
the home Of their teacher,
Andy Allen, 1107 Doter drive,
Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Elmira
Elwood. president. will preside
The Vaughn Bible Class OF
Calvary Baptist Church viii
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Ministers to Meet

DR.. Montgomery Schroyer,
professor of New Testament
at Wesley Theological Sem
mary, will address the Wash
Iington Ministerial Union at II
am. Monday in the Wesley
Theological Seminary on the
American University campus.
Evening star., 1960-01-16
THE HUMAN SIDE OF RELIGION
Paint Brush Signifies
Unity of Mems Club
BY CASPAR NAMES
Religious News Editor of The Star

Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday evenings are busy
at the River Road United Presbyterian Church.
visitor to the attractive building in Northwest Wash
ngon must tread carefully for he might well encounter some
cheerful member Slapping paint upon room or hall.
Or wandering INTO another part Of the church. the visitor
Evening star., 1960-01-16
ORGANIZED
BIBLE CLASSES
GEORGE HARRIS, PRESIDENT
BY HOWARD STACKHOUsE
Contributing Writer

International Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow THE
Gospel Versus Legalism," Acts XIV. l-2 1921.
Musical Memories program presented by the Harmony
Bible Glass of AnacoSa Methodist Church. will be presented at
PM Thursday in National City Christian Church. Fourteenth
and Massachusetts, NV The Federal City Four
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conduct the Bible Glass Hour
at Central Union Mission at
.8:15 am. tomorrow. William
A. Little, president, will preside.
John A. Patterson, jr., will
present the Scripture lesson.
Ben Jackson will be the soIoist,
The Rev. Thomas o. Jones will
teach the lesson.
DR.. o. Ammon BARLEY
pastor of Hamline Methodist
Church, will give a series OF
talks during January, at 1C
am. each Sunday, before the
adult department entitled, "Un-
derstanding the Methodist
Church." The discussion is
based on a book written by
Bishop Nelson M. Harmon.
MIS-. Joseph harQy Miller
will present the lesson before
the Dawson Bible Glass OF
First Baptist Church at $3.50
am. tomorrow.
The Rev. Douglas Chandler,
professor of church history
Wesley Theological Seminary
will be the guest teacher OF
the Rustin Couples Bible Class
Of Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Church at 10 am. tomor-
row. Mr.. Chandler will speak
on "Methodism Comes to
America" Mrs. c. r. Hooton will
present the lesson before the
Esthnaoruth Bible Glass at IL
am. tomorrow. Miss Susie
Frazier will be the class dele
gate to the Buck Hill Falls con-
Evening star., 1960-01-16

The new 100000 Mount Vernon Presbyterian
Church Christian Education Building win be
dedicated at IL am tomorrow at 32S Sherwood
Hall road, Alexandria, Va The twO-stOry struc-
ture has 10 classroomS, Sunday school super
intendent's office and kitchen. DR.. Charles
Evening star., 1960-01-16

The Trinity Women's Bible
Class Of Sherwood Presbyterian
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Of every package. Then you'll
at least get it back If 1t is
unbelievable or inadyert-
emily misdirected.
5. During the Christmas
season parcels are subject TO
inclement weather and damp
ness more than at any other
time of year. So address with
permanent writing fluid that
won't be obliterated by rain,
snow or moisture.
6. Send important packages
by First Class and Registered
mail. or Parcel Post and IN
sured. Remember, however,
not to seal parcel post pack
ages with tape other than adj
hesives; they are subject to
opening for postal inspection.
2. Mail now is a good policy
for all gifts. particularly those
destined for recipients in
foreign countries. Your pack
age can't arrive too early
if you mark it s'Do Not Open
Until Christmas"
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Wrap Up Goodwill
This Christmas

The Lord loves a cheerful
giver, according to q time
honored axiom. But there's
probably little affection, d.
vine or human. for the giver
50 careless that his offering
never reaches its destination.
In a recent year. more than
$4,000 packages wound up
In the Post Office depart
lnent's dead letter bins-a
majority Of them at Christ
mas time.
Almost all of those 486, 900
disappointments could have
been avoided If the senders
had followed seven simple
rules devised by Mr.. Wesley
E. Scott, handwriting consul
tant for the w. A. Sheaffer
Pen Co. Here are Mr.. SCOTS
recommendations - speedy
and simple as anything since
the reindeer sleigh-for get
ting Christmas packages to
their destination on time:
!. First OF all, address leg
IDLY and carefully. Don't be a
hasty scrawler or a Fancy
Dan writer whose script is
beautiful but unreliable.
2. Be particularly careful
in writing numbers and ini-
tials Of States. A hastily writ
ten ! can look like Z, and q 6
like 0. A sloppy N. j. can be
mistaken for N. Y. Ill. may be
read as Ia: Me. as Mo-; ind.
as Md. Play safe and spell out
the name of the State in full.
8. Make things easier for
postal clerks and speed de-
/. livery of your packages by
using zone numbers in mail
ings to all larger cities.
I. Put return address on
the upper left-hand corner
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