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Evening star., 1960-12-13
Jury FoiIs
To Indict in
FutuI Knifinq

A District grand Jury today
efused to indict a 23-year-old
roman who had been charged
nth homicide in the stabbing
t a male companion on No
ember IL.
The defendant, Bernice F.
stockton. of the 300 block OF
street NE, had been accused
4 stabbing William r. Russell
0, of the 400 block of Fourth
treet NE. in her apartment
.fter Russell beat her up and
ried to choke her.
Charges of destroying NOV
BILE property and assault on a
'oliceman were brought by the
rand jury against Harry v
;tith, 20, of the 1900 block oi
Kramer street NE.
Police said he broke into q
ervice station in the HOO block
# Bladensburg road NE. or
december 4 and was spotted
inside by Pvt. Andrews J. Cress.
nan of the ninth precint.
Stith was cornered severa
docks away on the second-fi
anding of an apartment build
ng in the 1900 block Of Hol'
Took street NE.
AS the policeman turned II
lsk a woman in the building II
all the precinct. police, Still
unged for the officers gun.
truggle ensued, the gun goinl
vi once, before two other po
icemen arrived on the seen
md subdued, Stith.>
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Hale Traffic VioIotors
Into Court, Experts Ask

The resolution under dis
cussion asks that all traffic
court judges be removed from
politics as far as possible.
Experts studying laws and
ordinances hope to pass a res
olution asking for the so States
to make their traffic laws uni
form. Their resolution says this
is needed because Of increasing
interstate travel.
An engineering section here
is discussing traffic signals and
has found that many communi-
ties have too many signals and
have speed limits that are too
low.
Accident Increases Noted
The experts say a study in a
Midwestern State showed that
stop-and-go signals installed al
conventional intersections ac-
tually resulted in increases in
accidents.
They also cited a city where
removal Of some traffic signals
has lowered accidents by 90
per cent. They said that engi-
|neering analyses in another
city showed a 35-mile-per-hour
speed limit was too low. When
the limit was raised to 40. both
speed and accidents were re-
duced.
Evening star., 1960-12-13

he said, at a time when the
elected local officials would
have their own congressman
with whom legislation affecting
the District could be discussed. /"
To have home rule before
o b btaining g representation in
Congress would be "a substan-
tial risk" Mr.. Sullivan added.
Mr.. Sullivan said it would
be proper to ask Congress
again for the form of self
government that last year
failed to gain approval.
But instead Of seeking an
elected legislature and a presi-
dential-appointed governor at
this time, the interests of the
Districts citizens would be far
better served If the goal were
for voting Senators and House
members, Mr.. Sullivan said.
The Commissioner said Dis
trict citizens should have a
voice in naming officials who
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Leftist Workers
Strike in Jupun

TOKYO, Dec. 13 (AP).-La-
Dor unioniSts throughout ia
pan struck today in an annual
year-end campaign for higher
wages and bonuses. Union
leaders said half a million par
ticipated in walkouts and pa
tades.
About $4,000 workers waving
red flags walked of the job
at q United States military
bases. Many hospitals, schools
and government Offices were
affected.
However, the giant left-wing
Sohyo Labor Federation, which
called the strikes, avoided Grip
lpling essential industries and
the nation was relatively incon-
venienced.
Sohyo leaders feared It's
competitor, the Moderate
zenro Federation, would ben
eft If the public became an
gered at excesses.
7 United States spokesmen sait
operations at military base.
were not seriously hampered.
Evening star., 1960-12-13

Traffic safety specialists here
o prepare a National Safety
bible" today asked that all
ersons charged with moving
iolations be required, to ap-
ear in court in person. They
aid they are opposed, to
violations for a price"
The $50 experts are at the
Ihoreham Hotel today and
omorrow to discuss proposals
or the Presidents Committee
or Traffic Safety. The COM
nittee will attempt to prepare
revised action program. The
lrst such program was pre-
Jared in. 1916 and last revised
n 1949.
One Of the resolutions being
discussed attacks the policy Of
appointing part-time judges,
With part-time judges. all toe
ften judicial service is not a
.oal, but a chance to earn
,restige and additional money"
he resolution states.
Conflict of Interest Seen
The experts also said the
lart-time judgeships are often
Dolitical plums. They said law
ers appointed to serve as part
ime judges have an obvious
onf1ict of interest.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Montreal Forces
Quell Jail Riot

MONTREAL, Dec. 13 (AP).
"A heavily armed force of city
and provincial police forced
their way into a rfot-torn Bo-
deau Jail early today and
quelled q riot by about 180
prisoners.
At least two prisoners were
injured, one seriously.
A force Of 40 city and Is
provincial policemen took part
in the charge that broke up the
demonstration. Other police
and jail guards ringed the jail
to prevent any attempt at a
mass breakout.
Police reinforcements charged
into the Jail and forced the
prisoners back into their cells.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Hodges Briefed
By Mueller on
Commerce Post
BY the Associa ted Press

Carrying a handbook on the
vast Commerce Department and
wearing his usual white carna-
ton. Gov. Luther H. Hodges Of
North Carolina visited Com
merce Secretary Mueller today
for an intensive briefing.
Gov. Hodges will take over
the department from Mr.. Muel-
Ter next month.
The handbook he carried was
prepared for him on Mr.. Muel-
ler's orders, so that Gov.
Hodges could familiarize him.
self quickly with the depart
ment's long list of offices, bu-
reaus and administrations.
Separate handbooks on each
bureau were ready for him,
too.
Gov. Hodges, who arrived by
train this morning, came pre-
pared to stay for hours If neces-
story. The departments bureau
heads and key personnel had
been advised to stand by in
! case he wished to talk to them
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Joseph Pepper,
Bank Employe

Joseph F. Pepper. 81. an en-
oloye of American Security and
Trust Co., died yesterday at
Providence Hospital of a heart
condition.
Mr.. Pepper, a native OF
Washington, was graduated
from Gonzaga High School and
was a former District fireman
He leaves his wife, Stella
Carver Pepper, of Texarkana
Ark Tex; a brother, James p
Pepper of 3007 Erie street Sc.
and a sister, Mrs. Nicholas P
Callahan of 56ll Chestcrbrool
road, Springfield, Md.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Broyhill Urges
Staggered Hours
In Bod Weather

Republican Representative
Broyhill today proposed that
the Federal Government radi-
cally stagger working hours
during bad weather to eliminate
traffic jams.
He suggested that the Bureau
of the Budget authorize all
Federal agencies to allow en-
ployes to report between 8 and
10 am. and to leave between
2:30 and $50 pm. on days
when heavy snowfall makes
travel difficult.
Obviously there will be some
days, such as yesterday. when
road conditions are so un-
favorable that employees can
not reach their Offices" the
Northern Virginia Congressman
said.
But on adverse days such as
today when they do have to
go to work, radically staggered
hours would greatly benefit
them as well as the Govern
ment by eliminating the peak
traffic periods that tie up main
roads"
The Budget Bureau now Is
studying the desirability of
shifting Federal working hours
on a permanent basis in an
effort to diminish early morning
and late afternoon congestion.
But Mr.. Broyhill reported
that his proposal would result
in a much more extreme shift
than any previously envisioned.
He asserted that lost man
hours caused by traffic relays
during inclement weather an
nually cost the Government
millions of dollars.
Mr.. Broyhill suggested that
his "snow scheme" easily could
be ordered by broadcasting
codes such as the District now
uses to advise motorists of
emergency traffic plans being
put into effect.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Florida Official
Bares Threats
In Road Probe
BY the Associated Press

A Florida highway official
testified today his wife received
calls threatening them unless
he kept light" his testimony
about highway construction in
the State.
Herbert c. Weathers, Florida
chief testing engineer, said
three calls were made Decem-
Der 6 and 7 to his wife threat
ening bodily harm to her and
harm to his reputation.
He criticized Cone Bros.
Contracting Co. work on Inter-
state Route 4 near Tampa in
hearings earlier this month
before a Florida legislative
group.
Mr.. Weathers today told the
House Federal Aid Highway In
vestigating Committee that the
first of the anonymous callers
who had a mans voice said {:
Tell that husband of yours
If he wants to keep you young
and pretty for him to keep his
testimony light"
Woman Is Second Caller
The second caller, identified
as a woman, was quoted as
saying. If you don't want your
husbands reputation damaged
tell him to 60 light on the testi-
mony."
The third caller, Mr..
Weathers said, was a man who
said, IF that husband Of yours
don't go light on the testi-
mony he'll have to buy you q
pair of eyes instead of contact
lenses"
Mr.. Weathers read a state
ment giving his wife's recol-
lection of the three calls.
He said he didn't get any
calls personally.
In answer to a question by
a committee member, Mr..
Weathers said the calls and
threats would in no way affect
his testimony.
Committee counsel said the
matter had been referred to
the FBI.
Chairman Blatnik of Minne-
sofa described the calls as
cowardly and criminal activity
Of the worst type.
J. L. Cone, jr., head Of Cone
Bros, testified last week he had
no knowledge of any threats
to anyone and that he had not
taken part in any.
Silver Spring Man Testifies
Earlier. George F. Fenton, OF
Silver Spring. Md. a Federal
Roads Bureau engineer. .testi-
fed the method of makins
progress reports used by Cone
Bros. on the Interstate 4 jot
was faulty and lax.
Mr.. Fenton said his inspec.
ton team found that the finaI
estimates Of material were
substantially correct. But, hi
said. the monthly progress re.
ports, on which payments te
contractors are based, were not
in his opinion, sufficiently docu.
mented.-
Al Church, Florida highway
engineer, said the progress re.
ports are only approximation.
and that he believes they arr
adequate. He said arrange.
ments are made to withhold
a certain percentage of pay.
ments to contractors through
all phases Of a contract. HI
said there is a thorough. finaI
accounting land little chance
for anyone to get away with
anything"
Mr.. Fenton said I'VE prefer
to have the records documentec
so We can check"
Evening star., 1960-12-13

Pollution that sampling of
water in the fall of 1860 at
Great Falls, Md, showed that
the Potomac River was more
polluted than at any time in
the past decade.
No one will deny that we
have made an open ceSspool Of
George Washington's river and
that great recreational and
aesthetic values have been
needlessly sacrificed right here
at the Nations Capital"
Pollution Widespread
Mr.. Gordon. who is a mem
Der Of the Surgeon Generals
Water Pollution Control Ad-
visory Board and former di-
rector of the California Depart
ment of Fish and Game. de-
clared that similar pollution
problems exist in many parts
of the country.
I'VE must aim much higher
If we are to win the battle for
clean waters" Mr.. Gordon said.
I'VE must be much more ag-
gressive if we would avoid a
water crisis in America. Com
placency won't get the job
done!"
Meanwhile, a new campaign
.or greatly increased Federal
.unds to help clean up the
Nations waters is under way at
;he conference.
Two Democratic members Of
Congress, Senator Kerr OF
Oklahoma and Representative
3latnik of Minnesota. told the
meeting yesterday that they
will introduce legislation calling
ior increased Federal funds to
lelp build municipal sewage
disposal plants.
Senator Kerr said he would
Mbmit a bill broader In scope
han one by Mr.. Blatnik which
President Eisenhower vetoed
turing the 1860 session Of Con-
gress.
The vetoed bill would have
lifted the ceiling on Federal
Matching funds for sewage
disposal plants from $50 to $50
million a year.
President-elect Kennedy ia
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Actress Has Surgery
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 1a (Ap

HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 13 (AP)
-Actress-dancer Eleanor Pow
ell is reported in satisfactory
condition after undergoing
surgery at Cedars of Lebanon
Hospital. The operation. per-
formed yesterday, was minor,
doctors said. Miss Powell en-
tered the hospital Sunday.
Evening star., 1960-12-13

vors this type of legislation and
has said he was shocked" by
President Eisenhower's veto.
However, representatives of
the United States Chamber Of
Commerce, and the National
Association of Manufacturers
have opposed continuation Of
the grant program.
Two Republican Congress-
men, Senator Case of South
Dakota and Representative
Cramer of Florida. also said in
speeches to the conference last
night that they planned to
introduce amendments to
strengthen the Water Pollu-
ton Control Act of 1856.
And at the conference yester-
day at the Sheraton-Park Ho-
tel. Albert E. Forster, president
and chairman of the board of
the Hercules Powder Co., Will
mington. Del. urged that pol
luton control be considered on
a State level, with funds, man.
power and dedication as impor-
tant as highways and schools. /"
State Programs Hampered
DR.. Ira N. Gabrielson, pres
ident of the Wildlife Manage
ment Institute, said in a mes
sage sent to the conference
that he supported Federal
grants for sewage disposal
plants.
He explained that he be-
lieves State control programs
ARE hampered by the unwill-
ingness, reluctance or lnaDil-
ity of the legislative bodies To
provide necessary appropria-
tions."
Mr.. Eisenhower in q message
urged the conference to de-
velop goals and programs that
will assure progress in cleaning
up the Nations waters.
Surgeon General Leroy E.
Burney told the conference,
which he organized. that the
country's waters are "a ma
tional disgrace" because Of pol
luton from municipal and in
dustrial wastes.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Surrender Rudio q Gift

PRAGUE, Dec. l3 (AP).-
The radio transmitter over
which the French announced
their surrender at Diem Bien
Rhu has been presented by
Communist Wet Nam as a gift
to Czechoslovakia, the official
news agency CTK said.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Expert Says Pollution
Of Potomac Increased
BY CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star Stan Writer

leading water pollution control authority charged today
that great recreaona aesthetic values have been need
lessy sacrificed here by making an open cesspoo OF the
Potomac River.
Seth Gordon of Sacramento Calf, said in speech
pared for delivery at the National Conference Water
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Sullivan Puts Home Rule
After Vote in Conqress

District Commissioner Mark Sullivan jr. said today the
District should have voting representation in
deciding whether to push for territorial segovernment
Before considering home rule the District should his
opinion seek constitutional amendment for
the number of Representatives the population warrants
As to government that should perhaps
Evening star., 1960-12-13
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Evening star., 1960-09-25
The Story Of the Little Books

their books reprinted in this mass market.
1t may mean a big profit to the original
publisher and to the author, despite the
narrow spread between cost and what's
left for the original publisher, the re-
printer and the author to divide.
The reprint house, of course, prefers
to take book that is or promises to be-
come a best-Seller in hard covers. But
there are not enough assured best-sellers
to keep a paperback house going. So the
editors must gamble on their judgment
of what likely will sell.
Contracts between hard-cover and
paperback publishers often are negotiated
while the novel or biography or inspira-
tional book is still in manuscript or galley
proofs.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
400 Million Little Books

Certainly to date there is no scarcity
of hard-cover books. But since they must
sell, If the publishers are to have any
chance of breaking even on their invest
ment, at anywhere from 1895 to IS each,
depending on length and other factors,
selling them has become an ever more
persistent problem.
In the 192Os the average novel could
be sold for $3.50 to So.
The competition of television and 9TH
er distractions is bad enough. With the
price of hard-cover books further alien
ating readers, making them increasingly
reluctant to buy, it Is no wonder that
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Moss Entertainment

The trouble with this plan, from q
literary viewpoint, is the same thing that
is found in all mass entertainment. The
publishers are apt to try to give the public
something they think it wants, regardless
of merit. "Peyton Place." for instance,
was one of the all-time, all-America pa
perback best-sellers which also had sold
very we'll indeed In hard covers.
It is true that some hard-cover pub
fishers hesitate to publish certain books
which they like unless some hustling
paperback house will contract for reprint
rights and there is perhaps other sub
sidiary processing" such as movie or
dramatic rights, in the off1ng.
Why then does not the original pub
Usher get out his own paperback editionr
The answer is that he has experimented
with this, on quite large scale.
such staid old houses as Macmillan,
Continued % Page I-3, Col. 4
Evening star., 1960-09-25
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star Book Critic

paperback publishers have struck a bo-
nanza in recent years or that hard-cover
publishers have been turning to the
paperback as q profitable sideline.
The annual sale of paperbacks rose
from approximately 8 million in 1910 to
somewhere between $50 and 400 million
(accurate figures are difficult to come by)
in 1856. These estimates are from Pub
fishers Weekly.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

n OOKS BOUND in paper have set OF
a revolution in publishing, booksell-
ing and reading during the last
10 years.
The revolution is still going on, and
no one can say yet with certainty how far
1t will go, what its ultimate effects will be.
Meanwhile, though, with the price Of
hard-cover books constantly rising, owing
to soaring costs of production, paperbacks
are increasingly important to publishers,
booksellers and readers.
The paperback of today has many
roles. Within its fiyweight covers are found
entertainment, enlightenment, and guides
to learning.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

excluded from the likelihood Of being pre-
served between two stiff covers. Light
fiction, Western stories, light romances,
mysteries, detective stories and science
fiction are written to be hastily and super
ficially INDUCED in and seldom to be re-
membered or reread. They neither require
nor deserve more permanence than the
same type Of material which flashes
rapidly across the movie or TV screen or
attracts temporarily the listeners atten-
tion when carried over the radio. AS
mass media seem to supplement rather
than supplant each other, the demand for
impermanent reading matter seems to
grow and may reach the point where
most, If not all, fiction will appear in this
temporary formal.
"Only, perhaps, when such writing is
recognized to be of enduring value will
it be granted the coat of distinction, a
reversal OF current practice, and appear
as q reprint in cloth binding"
Evening star., 1960-09-25
improvement in QuoIity

The sordidly sensational novel, with
its mostly unclad heroine on the cover,
still found here and there, has been re-
placed increasingly by more serious books
fiction, biography, history; the classics,
textbooks, reproduction of art master
pieces, religion, philosophy. the record OF
thinkers through the ages.
What of the future?
Here's an educated guess, ventured by
Frank L. Schick, assistant director Of the
library services branch in the United
States once of Education. Mr.. Schick's
prophecy, from his book, "The Paper
bound Book In America" (R. r. Bowker;
&7.5OO:
Evening star., 1960-09-25
With q Long History

Actually paperbacks are not a new
form of publishing. They are almost as
old as printing. 1t is only in their present
form, the method Of selecting and dis
tributing them, that they are new. In
their more modern guise, they date back
only to 1899.
Despite the hoary age Of the paper
back, its present form is the result Of new
types Of binding and other technical dis
coveries and can be distributed in vast
quantities only through modern methods
of mass distribution.
The profit in the paperback, which
sells at anywhere from IS cents to $1.80,
depending on length, type-face and per-
haps illustrations, is, naturally, dependent
on this wide distribution.
"The average maSs-market paperback
edition today" Mr.. Schick reports, num-
bers 100000 copies"
Evening star., 1960-09-25
New Fiction Formut

Looking into the future would lead
one to believe that the shape of books
to come will approximate the paperbound
rather than the leather or clothbound
volume. 1t seems probable that an in
creasing number of manuscripts will be
Evening star., 1960-09-25
The Reprint Boom

Some reprints of best-sellers have sold
into the millions.
It is understandable why regular
hard-cover publishers are eager to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22

such local problems as "the
granting of alcoholic beverage
licenses to business establish
ments, the circulation Of OBJ
scene literature. and other
problems that may come before
any given community" T..
The message further sug-
gested that these committees
devote some study to pro-
posed legislation concerning
alcohol. Federal aid to paro-
chial schools, obscene litera-
ture. home rule for the Dis
trict Of Columbia and prob
lens related to reconciliation
Of the races.
1t was submitted to the 84th
annual session of the conven-
ton, which opened q two-day
meeting yesterday In First Be-
thesda Baptist Church. by the
Rev. John P. Gates, committee
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-22

The convention today votes
on a 1861 budget set at 1904, $3.50.
The allotments In the pro-
posed budget are $l47.427 for
the District of Columbia area
program. $78,709 for national
and international missions and
$76,530 for general program
promotion.
A goal Of 4,125 additions and
$50 baptisms for Washington
area churches in 1861 has been
set by the Evangelism Com
mittee in its report.
The Rev. Herbert p. Clough,
committee chairman, note d
that the 1860 simultaneous cru
SADIE resulted in 726 additions
to local Baptist churches, SAL
by baptism and 1876 by letters
and statements. A total of
2l9,427 persons attended the
two-week crusade.
The convention today elects