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Evening star., 1960-01-03
Humphrey to Speak
At Labor Meetino

Senator Humphrey, Demo-
crat Of Minnesota, will speak
before the Greater Washington
Central Labor Council at its
regular semi-monthly meeting
tomorrow at $3.50 pm. at the
Hamilton Hotel.
The Senator announced his
candidacy last week for the
Democratic presidential nomi-
nation.
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The experts toreSee new recoEo'
in sales and production fol
many of these groups.
Major industries which are
pointing sharply upward in
clude autos, steel, chemicals
and electronics. The home
building industry. strapped by
tight mortgage credit, is the
biggest to face a leaner new
year.
The experts were agreed that
the major 1860 uncertainty in
wolves labor-management rela-
tions. Their rosy forecasts were
based on the assumption thai
there will be no resumption oi
the steel strike and that g
threatened rail tie-up will be
averted.
Strike Could Alter Outlook
Another Nationwide strike
in one of these important busi-
ness sectors could drastically
alter the outlook. they said.
Here is the 1860 picture, as
viewed by the commerce econo-
mistS:
The bellwether steel industry
is due for the biggest year ir
its history. Ingot production oi
steel will soar to l25 millior
tons. compared with 90 millior
in 1859.
This forecast is based on ex'
pectations of high levels o.
economic activity in virtually
all sectors, plus the necessity
of rebuilding inventories de-
pleted during the steel strike.
Automakers also can expeo
a production splurge. Outpu
will advance about % per cen
to 81 million units. Part o.
the increase will represent out
put postponed from 1859 be-
cause of steel shortages.
Housing starts will slump b!
l25.000 units to 100000 be-
cause of tight money. However
some easing of credit conditions
may spur homebuilding in thI
last half of the year.
Despite the housing outlook
construction activity Of al
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types will reach a record tota
of SIS. 800. 100000. This 2 pei
cent gain over 1859 will refiect
an increase in most types oi
building except private housing
The construction advances
also will bring an increase II
production, shipment and EN-.
ployment in companies manu-
featuring construction machin,
cry. Shipments by this grouT
will total So billion.
The chemical industry wll
register a 9 per cent sales galr
to a record S27 billion. Thi!
will result from increased de.
mand for all types of chemi.
calls by growing economy.
Employment in the chemica
industry will not increase a.
fast as sales, however.
Aluminium Rise Expected
The aluminium group is ex.
pected to boost shipments II
to Is per cent. rejecting in,
creased usage in construction
automobiles, appliances anC
other consumer goods.
New model autos use nearl,
is per cent more ALUMINIUM
per car than their 1859 coun
terparts and the expected in
crease in auto output will ralst
Detroit's use of aluminium b,
about 40 per cent.
Copper producers, hamperec
by prolonged strikes in the las
] half of 1859, will feel the effecr
of the walkoutS we'll into 1860
However, the producers car
' show a substantial increase
in 1860 by meeting normal de.
mands and refilling pipelines
Shipments of copper-pase mil
and foundry products will OF
up 5 per cent.
Use Of magnesium will in
crease 10 to Is per cent. aftel
gaining Is per cent in 1859
Although less magnesium vii
go into military aircraft. othel
defense uses and commercla
applications will more thar
take up the slack.
The mining industry will ex-
Evening star., 1960-01-03
Federal Experts See
go Rising Prosperity
By the Associated Press

Government experts yesterday forecast rising prosperity
In 1860 cent of Americas industries More
important they said Of the biggest gains will be scored
BY the biggest industries.
drawn from detailed outlook studies
Of sepaate industries by Commerce Department ANALYSTS
Evening star., 1960-01-03

perience its sharpest decline in
1860 In titanium. Aircraft pro-
grams which would have used
big quantities of this wonder
metal have been cancelled and
shipments are expected to drop
by 100000 pounds to 100000
pounds.
The electronics business,
which also rises and falls with
defense spending, looks for.
ward to another record-break-
ing year.
Sales in 1859 were close to
SO billion and will advance by
at least another billion in 1850.
Farm Picture ClOuded
The outlook for farm ma
chinery and equipment is
clouded by the fact that farm
income is expected to decline
further next year. However. re-
placement demands for trac-
tors may increase but there
also will be greater competition
among manufacturers for the
extra business.
The production Of fertilizer
advanced 10 per cent in 1859
to a new high and industry ac-
tivity is expected to continue
at advanced levels in 1860.
Despite the BODYBUILDING
slump in prospect, sales Of
household appliances will ad-
vance about 7 per cent and set
a new record. Furniture will
show a similar gain.
Production of fiat glass will
be up 10 per cent to an all-time
high Of $500 million. Both autos
and homes are being designed
to use more glass.
Air conditioning sales will
register a 20 per cent gain and
sales Of refrigerators will be UP
10 per cent. However, deliveries
of furnaces will decline because
of the drop in housing starts.
Although the population will
increase during the year. pro-
duction of shoes will fall 2 to
3 per cent. This will be due to
high inventories at the start
of the year and the increasing
competition from imports.
The outlook for cotton tex
tiles and apparel. particularly
mems clothing. is considered
good. Other clothing items.
wool and some man-made fab
RIGS, will do only moderately
well.
Movie Outlook Good
More money will 90 into lei
sure time activities. Sales of
boats for example will advance
5 per cent to set a record, as
will shipments of games and
toys.
The outlook for the movie
industry is good. with the 1853
uptrend in theater attendance
expected to continue.
Production and sales Of pho
tographic equipment will in
crease more than 8 per cent
to $2.3 billion.
Freight car production will
soar so per cent, largely be-
cause the railroads will be
making up for skimpy car pur-
chases in other recent years.
! The telephone industry will
move steadily upward, with
operating revenues increasing
at least 6 per cent during the
year.
. Output Of communications
equipment also will reach a
new peak of S2.9 billion. Out
put in 1859 totaled $2.650,0 ,0oo,-
900.
Manufacturers Of bookkeep-
ing and accounting machines
are set for a 10 per cent sales
gain. Industries making ma
terial handling equipment will
be UP 20 per cent.
Increasing demand for scien-
tiflc and manufacturing control
instruments will spur a IS per
cent advance in this sector.
The upward movement in the
machine tool industry which
continued through 1859 may be
continued in the new year.
Evening star., 1960-05-10
High-Density Zoning Plan AssuiIed
For Southern Prince Georges Area

Proposed high density zoning
for some 230 acres in Southern
Prince Georges County today
was termed "a calamity" by
one opponent to the change
from rural-reSidential use.
Speaking to the county COM
missioners in Upper Marlboro,
Joseph st. Peter said further
that schools, roads and other
county facilities are inadequate
to serve commercial, apartment
and small-family lots proposed
for the acreage.
Mr.. St. Peter, whose Oxon
Hill home adjoinS part of the
property, was one of 80 resi-
dents appearing before the five
county heads to ask them
either to reverse their stand or
hold a new hearing on the
changes.
The commissioners said FRI
day they would approve more
intense use when they adopted
a zoning map covering 81
square miles added last year
to the regional district of the
| Maryland National Capital
Evening star., 1960-05-10
Study Approved
Of Building Site

The National Capital Re-
gional Planning Council yes
terday voted a maximum of
$25, 900 for a joint venture with
the National Capital Planning
Commission to set up ground
rules on the location of Fed
eral buildings.
Richard H. Kraft, director of
the regional council. said an
outside firm would develop for
mulas for the two agencies to
use in developing their own
plans of where Federal build
ings should be constructed.
The hope is to measure math-
ematically the impact of a Fed
eral building on an area. The
formulas would take into ac-
count such things as the Fed
eral workers income and the
installations drain on such
community services as sewers
and schools.
Evening star., 1960-05-10

A group of Alexandria house
wives who marched in protest
last month when plans were an
nounced to close their favorite
corner grocery have won their
battle.
Oficials of Safeway Stores,
Inc, who had planned to close
the store the end of this month,
said yesterday they have
changed their minds.
The store, at Prince and
Royal streets in the Old Town
section, will remain open on a
month-to- month basis until q
survey has been conducted on
whether the section can support
a bigger store.
Store officials have been tar
gets of an intense campaign by
about IS housewives who want
the tiny outlet to stay open. The
women said they hate "jazzy'
Supermarkets and like . the
smal-town atmosphere Of the
store where the clerks know
them by name.
Safeway officials, on thu
Evening star., 1960-05-10
REPRlEVE GRANTED
Housewives Win Bout
To Keep Store Open

other hand, said that the store
has been losing money and that,
anyway, the lease was up.
Last month, when plans to
close the store were announced,
the women began picketing the
building, carrying signs read
ing: "Save Our Safeway." They
also obtained more than 1900
signatures on a petition.
Safeway officials Immediately
agreed to a high-level confer
ence with leaders of the move
ment. After an hour of talk
they agreed to conduct the
survey.
A spokesman for Safeway
said yesterday that the owners
of the building have agreed to
a new rental arrangement,
THE housewives have won. >
he said.
Mrs. Nathaniel M. McKit-
terick, leader of the house
wives, said she was pleased. %
think they we're touched by the
attention we were giving them,
she said.
Evening star., 1960-05-10

The supposedly routine ap-
pointment 'of a top District
PTA official turned into a
sharp contest today.
Atissue, according to a group
of insurgent delegates to the
annual PTA convention, is the
principle of democracy.
The official nominating COM
mittee for the District Congress
of Parents and Teachers has
put up one person-MrS. DON
aid Bailey-for election as PTA
vice president for Area 4, which
is comprised of 80 schools in
Evening star., 1960-05-10

map was held last December
Is, and that by law the county
commissioners were not re-
quired to do anything further in
open meeting but adopt the map.
More than 100 residents op-
posed to the high density zon-
ing rode in a 62-car motorcade
to the home Of County Com
missioner A. Preston Perrie last
night. They asked him to ex-
plain his vote for high density.
Mr.. Perrie said the matter
had been considered for sew
eral months, and invited the
gathering to today's meeting to
see the changes adopted. Today
Mr.. Perrie commented the op-
ponents had been 'misled," and
the changes would 'be no harm
to them"
Planning officials said they
have been amped with
phone calls from persons want
ing to know what they could
do to protect the rural, large
acre atmosphere of Prince
Georges more southern section
Evening star., 1960-05-10

is the only Jurisdiction in this
country where a guilty verdict
in a first-degree murder case
requires a death penalty. He
also told subcommittee mem
bers that a person sentenced to
life for first-degree murder
could not be paroled until the
expiration of 20 years. He
added that present Federal law
provides for parole after Is
years.
Mr.. Gasch said that under
the present legal provisions
"juries Gin the District) are
less inclined to convict in a
first-degree murder case where
they know they have no
discretion with reference to
whether the defendant is elec-
trocuted."
wi hOu dy 1CLAlAAlAC0 c0O-
committee members that the
judicial conference had acted
favorably on a committee re-
port recommending abolish
ment of capital punishment
here. He conceded, however,
that there was less unanimity
of opinion" on whether or not
the presiding judge should
have the power to overrule a
jury which recommends the
death penalty.
Mr.. Abernethy pointed out
that in his home State there
is no provision for overriding
a jury recommendation for the
death penalty, and he ques-
toned whether the Mcmillan
bill provisions for this authori-
ty are proper.
The subcommittee chairman
said that a determination by
the presiding judge on whether
or not to fix a death penalty
or life Imprisonment amounts
to q second trial"
Evening star., 1960-05-10

Park and Planning Commission.
Further studies of the map
continue today among the
commissioners and planning
engineers.
Pleading for a continuation
of rural-residential zoning, op-
ponents received a cordial re-
ception from the commission
ers, and all were given a chance
to speak during the one-hour
session.
Herbert w. Reichelt, COM
missioner president, said the
request would be considered
when the commissioners adopt
a final zoning map later. Deci-
sions made Friday are not nee
essarily final,s he added,
The Rev. James P. Wilkes
of the Davies Memorial Uni
tartan Church, deplored what
he said was the "whim of a
few people" to bring in high
density uses.
Robert B. Matthias. county
attorney, noted a public hear
ing on the proposed zoning
Evening star., 1960-05-10
House Unit Favors
States Transit Pact
NAVY TO EXPAND HELIPORT
AS WHITE HOUSE SERVICE

heliport will be expanded for President Eisenhower
at the AnacoSa Naval Air Station. and all other flight
activities will cease
This was the testimony of high-ranking Navy OIL
GERS at House Appropriations subcommittee hearing
released today.
Rear Admiral John L. Chew director Of military
construction and maintenance for the Navy said the
helcopter facility is required defense measure
But under questioning by Representatives Sheppard
Democrat of California and Skies Democrat of Florida
the admiral agreed that it "a gets back to having it
located there for the convenience of the White House
Foreign and American dignitaries who land at Dulles
international Airport in the future presumably also will
the heliport.
Evening star., 1960-05-10
PTA Contest Develops
Over Officers Election

the far Northeast and South
east.
But on the convention floor
at the Departmental Auditor
ium this morning, Mrs. George
H. Morris was nominated for
the position by DR.. Benjamin
H. Alexander, president of the
Merritt Elementary School
PTA.
DR.. Alexander told reporters
later that Mrs. Bailey repre-
sented a small clique in Area 4
which wanted to continue hold
ing monthly Area PTA Coun-
Gil meetings exclusively in the
morning, instead of in the
evening.
The result is that most coun-
Gil representatives-each local
PTA has four of them-can
never attend the meetings, DR.
Alexander said. AS a Govern
ment worker, he noted, he
would have to take four and
a half days of leave annually
| just to attend the council
meetings.
The 900 delegates to the
three-day convention will not
actually vote until tomorrow
morning. Mrs. Morris has
pledged that if she is elected
she will work hard to get eve-
ming council meetings sched-
uled.
The main event at this
mornings convention session
was a panel discussion by tor
District school officials On care
ID. c. Schools Preparing Johnny
for Tomorrow's World?"
Supt. Carl F. Hansen warned
against accepting new educa'
tional practices too hastily anc
said that the best way to pre-
pare youngsters for tomorrow
is to hold very closely tt
established pattern Of educa'
ton"
4 Both he and Mrs. Bessi,
Cramer, director in charge o
elementary supervision ant
construction, decried the ten
dency of some parents to con
slider the placement of thei
child in an honors class as
status symbol.
Evening star., 1960-05-10
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star STAFF Writer

The screaming inmate came
charging out a door. A guard
ran behind him, shouting,
stop him!"
The prisoners face was red
and sweating as he brushed
past James Bennett, director
of the Federal Bureau Of
Prisons. AS Mr.. Bennett made
a slight move toward him, the
man cried out, Don't touch
me! Don't touch mel"
Mr.. Bennett, on an inspec-
ton tour of Lewisburg Peni-
tentiary in Central PennSylva-
MIA, made it point 80 minutes
later to look in on the man in
a solitary punishment cell.
Young Trouble Maker"
Then there was the 21-year-
old trouble maker" from Ia
koma Park, Md, who was in
terviewed later that morning
by the penitentiary's classifica-
ton committee.
In trouble since he was Is,
he had been arrested in Chicago
on a narcotics charge. Sen
fenced to an 8-year term, he
could not be paroled before
that. He had been transferred
to Lewisburg from a Federal
youth institution where he had
caused trouble"
Almost the first day he wal
at Lewisburg he'd been ZAP
preached" by homoSexual in
mates in the mess hall. AS 6
result, he had asked for eel
by himself.
But he was told he would b'
assigned to a dormitory with
other men. The youth was tolC
the prison authorities-by Civ
ing him a separate cell-migh
give the homoSexual inmate
the impression the authorize
thought the youth was a homo
sexual, too.
He was told to report an.
further trouble to Warden j. I
Willingham, but it was mad,
clear this would be largely hi
own battle.
GAS a matter of fact, we eX'
pect you to resist any furthe,
advances" Mr.. Willingham said
The next man to face tn,
committee was a gray-hairet
bank robber and holdup man il
his 40s. Much of his life ha
been spent in prison, and-aS
previous parole violator-hl
faces another 90 years in Penn
sylvania prisons after he get
out of LewiSburg.
He said he had no hope o
cutting down the Pennsylvania
time.
But Mr.. Bennett told him tn
Federal authorities would con
tact the Pennsylvania authori
ties. The man was told, in ef
feet, that there might be som
hope. 49,,
| This is. how the moderl
warden tries to start with hi
new inmates because the onl
hope these men have is hop
itself.
Without it, there is littl
chance they will ever be goo
parole risks, little chance the
will try.
And the wardenS concede tha
in their institutions it is not al
easy thing to build a man
hopes.
4 Even in such modern prison
Evening star., 1960-05-10

Ian, Democrat of South Caro-
lima.
The Mcmillan bill would
abolish the present mandatory
capital provision Of District
law in flrst-degree murder
cases. 1t provides, instead, for
life imprisonment unless the
jury (hearing the case) by
separate unanimous vote rec
ommends the death penalty. "
If there should be a death
penalty recommendation, un-
der the terms of the Mcmillan
bill the judge presiding at the
trial could override this rec
ommendation and sentence the
convicted man to life imprison-
ment.
Appearing in favor of the bill
today we're Municipal Court
Judge Dewitt S. Hyde; Oliver
Gasch, United States attorney
for the District; Charles Muir
ray, a Washington attorney
who headed a District Judicial
Conference committee that con-
sidered the capital punishment
question last year and Chief
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman of
the United States Court OF
Appeal here.
The subcommittee also heard
testimony favoring the bill
from Joseph Sitnick, chairman
of the District Bar Associa-
tion'S Criminal Law Committee
Joseph A. kaufman. represent
ing the Federation of Citizens
Associations, and Assistant Cor
poration Counsel George Mil
Ter, representing the District
Commissioners.
Both Mr.. Gasch and Judge
Hyde agreed that the Mcmillan
bill, which is patterned on the
Judicial Conference committee
recommendation, should bt
adopted by Congress.
Judge Hyde said the Distric'
Evening star., 1960-05-10

REA HAD its start in hopes
that bringing electricity to
the farm would create en-
ployment. At first it was very
slow about accomplishing
anything. Mr.. Cooke wanted
to lend money to the industry
at a low interest rate to ex-
tend its lines into rural areas.
There was a polite meet
ing followed by the indus
try's reply that it would
borrow $100 million and
spend $13 million more On
$4,000 miles of lines reach
ing $4,000 customers. But
the agency would have to
provide an additional $124
million credit for farmers
to wire their homes. The in
dustry said it was "a social
rather than an economic
problem" and mot one OF
rates"
Cooke tried to keep the
door open but soon the war
was on. The administrations
determination to break up
the public utilities holding
companies had a lot to do
with it. The industry did not
cooperate but the REA
threat caused it-depresSion
or no depreSsion-to go after
that farm market while it
was still there.
The industry outStripped
REA in the early years. The
organization of CO. opera
tives to qualify for REA
loans was slow. But today
REA-financed systems sup
ply electricity TO almost half
our farms. Ninety-six per
cent of our farms get elec-
tricity, and farmers use cleo
trio power for many things
besides pumping water out
of the well and lighting their
homes.
Evening star., 1960-05-10
The
Rambler
Will Attend
Silver Anniversary
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


Tomorrow the Rural Elec-
trific alton Administration
will observe its 25th, or silver,
anniversary with ceremonies
beginning at 2 pm. in the
Commerce Department au-
ditorium.
The REA administrator,
David A. Hamil, will preside,
Senator Aiken of Vermont
and Speaker Rayburn will
say a few words.
Fascinated by this cele-
bration under a Republican
administration of the 25th
birthday of a controversial
New Deal agency, the Ram
bier walked over to its head
quarters in Agriculture yes
terday to make inquiries.
He was told that there was
nothing incongruous about
a Republican celebration of
the event. Two Republicans
were pioneers in the promo
ton of rural electrification.
They were Clifford Pinchot
and George w. Norris. Sen
ator Norris was co-spcnsor
of the REA legislation along
with Mr.. Rayburn.
Inc a n n o u n c e ment OF
"REA's rs Years of Progress"
notes that the agency "was
established May II, 1885, by
executive order of the Presi-
dent" (The legislation came
later.) 1t does not mention
that the President was
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1960-05-10

as Lewisburg, the atmosphere
is depressing, unnatural with
the constant sight of bars, the
ever-apparent reminder of au-
thority in the person of the uni
formed prison guard or cor
rectional officer"
The prisoners life is one Of
constant discipline and routine.
At the Maryland State Peni-
tentiary the more than $500
inmates get out of their hunks
at 7:30 am. BY 8:45 am. the
last man has eaten his break
fast in a dining room that holds
800 men at a time. The food
is simple and nourishing, but
sometimes hardly tasty.
Most of the inmates then
go to workshops. They manu-
facture shoes, clothing, wood
and metal furniture and State
license tags.
They work a 40-hour week
and are paid about Is cents q
day. During the morning anc
afternoon work periods some
of the inmates attend schoo
sessions, since about Sc per cent
of them have less than a fifth
grade education, but they CAM
spend more than one hour 6
day in classes.
There is usually a recreation
period in the late afternoon
but the yard" is hemmed ir
by buildings that crowd the
institutions 7 acres.
In contrast, the recreation
field alone at Lewisburg Peni.
tentiary is about 10 acres.
Evening Routine
The men at the Maryland
Penitentiary go to dinner, ther
back to their cells. Lights out
is at 10 pm, though radio
headsets in the cells can bt
left on until IL o'clock.
This is typical of prison rou.
tine in well-run institutions.
Practically all the men live
) in cells, though there are some
trustees" who sleep on double.
: decker hunks crowded to-
gether. At Lorton Reforma.
, tory in Virginia, a greater per-
centage of prisoners live ir
warehouse-like "dormitorieS,
, sleeping in hunks. Virgins
Penitentiary concentrates or
individual cells like those al
Baltimore.
, At Maryland Penitentiary, al
Lorton and at the Virgins
, Penitentiary, there is almost
! no such thing as privacy fol
' an inmate. At Lewisburg anc
> at Patuxent Institution in Jes'
Sups, Md, there is a degree o.
p privacy, but it must be earned
| Against this background, tn
' prison administrators say, tn
slightest incident or rumor cal
I grow into an explosion.
, And it is this atmosphere o
$ tension the wardens would lik
to change.
S Tomorrow: The New Look.