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Evening star., 1960-09-16
Cubo Orders Tokeover
Of Tobacco Industry

HAVANA. Sept. 16 tAP) -
The Cuban government seized
the country's rich cigar and
cigarette industry today, ac-
cusing the owners of 48 to-
bacco firms of "conspiring
against the economic interests
of Cuba"
A decree Of intervention
the governments term for seiz-
ure-was signed by Labor
Minister Augusta Martinez
Sanchez.
1t orders the takeover of IS
cigar companies, l3 cigarette
firms and 20 huge tobacco
warehouse companies, all worth
millions of dollars.
The action gives the govern
ment Of Fidel Castro almost
Evening star., 1960-09-16

/ complete control of Cuba S
profitable tobacco industry
from growing and curing and
processing to, manufacturing
and exporting. The tobacco
plantations in Cuba had been
taken over earlier as part OF
the islands agrarian reform
program.
Control S6% of Exports
The seized firms control S69o
of proceSsed tobacco exports
according to the decree. Many
of the companies run both cigar
and cigarette factories.
The governments announce
ment said the tobacco manu-
facturers conspired to reduce
production by slicing output by
Is million units 1888 per cent?
in the first half of 1860, COM
pared with the same period OF
1859.
The seizure is the heaviest
single blow at Cuban industry
since the Prime Minister began
his program of confiscating
both Cuban and foreign busi-
ness properties last year.
Quality Lack Changed
The government said the to-
bacco firms failed to make the
usual reservations of top-grade
leaf tobacco for their products
that quality dropped as a re-
suit and many smokers already
have noticed it.
The managers Of H. Up
mann, one of the best-knowr
cigar makers in Cuba, were
accused Of neglecting theil
Cuban plants. The government
said Upmann workers had
complained that the manage
ment failed to visit the plants
for three months and had es-
tablished a branch factory in
Jamaica.
The same statement also said
another prominent manufac-
turer-Tabaclera Guiana LA
Corona cigars - had estab-
lished a competing cigar COM
pany in Chile.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Costro's Secret Police
Hold U. S. Secretary

HAVANA, Sept. 16 (AP)
Fidel Castro's secret police held
an attractive blond United
States Embassy secretary in
| jail today and brushed of pro-
tests by the American Ambas-
sador.
The seizure of Mrs. Marjorie
Lennox, 26, of San Francisco, a
confidential secretary in the
EmbaSsy's important economic
section, was dramatic evidence
of the virtual breakdown in
United States-Cuban relations.
United States Ambassador
Philip Bonsal called her arrest
completely illegal" Cuban au-
thoritieS refused to tell him
what charges If any-they
have aaginSt her.
The Ambassador went per-
sonally to the Foreign Ministry
to deliver a bristling oral pro-
test yesterday after earlier
written protests were ignored.
The first Embassy official
who tried to see Mrs. Lennox
at headquarters of the Cuban
military intelligence-DIER-
was held there four hours him
self and then sent away.
Later another official man
aged to see Mrs. Lennox for a
few minutes and reported she
was hysterical at the time. Two
later attempts by Embassy Of
f1cials to contact her last night
were rebuffed.
Armed agents of the Castro
security forces raided Mrs.
Lennox's apartment in the
heart Of the tourist belt in the
fashionable Vedado section at
1880 yesterday morning.
She was held 10 hours while
they questioned her and
searched the apartment and
then was taken to Dier head
quarters.
Her arrest. came to light only
after she failed to show up for
work and United States off,
cials made inquiries at her
apartment building.
Mrs. Lennox, who is divorced,
has worked in Cuba since last
November. Her passport does
not carry diplomatic immunity
but it was considered a serious
breach of protocol to Jail a
diplomatic employe without re-
ferring the case to the Embassy.
An Embassy spokesman said
she may have been arrested in
repriSal for the recent custer
OF a Cuban Consular official in
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
= Drug Firm Seized
Mrs. Lennox's father, Fred
Augustiny, said in San Fran
cisco that the State Depart
ment in informing him of his
daughters arrest seemed to
feel that although it is a pretty
serious incident, she won't be
harmed"
The Castro regime meantime
made another grab of Amer
ican-owned property in Cuba
by taking over the plant of
E. r. Squibb & Son, a chem
ical and drug firm.
Three American tire and rub
her companies challenged in
Evening star., 1960-09-16

of economic development.
The OAS, an agency of the
American republics, often has
been criticized by Latin Ameri-
cans who charge it with in
efficiency, bitter internal strife,
and an excessive staff at pay
ranging from about $4,000
yearly to about $24,000-tax
free.
The Pan American Union,
the Secretariat or operating
agency of the OAS. lists pay for
488 employees. 467 of them in
Washington, and seven each in
Offices in Mexico City, Rio De
Janeiro and Bogota. Its budget
for the fiscal year starting July
/ is $7.747.797.
The United States pays two
thirds Of the budget, the Latin
American nations the other
third.
The investigation of the OAS
was called for in a little
noticed paragraph OF. the Act
of Bogota, a declaration OF
economic cooperation among
American republics signed this
week by representatives of
presidents of 10 hemisphere
nations after a conference de-
voted to plans for economic
development.
Informed sources here said
DR.. Cecilio Morales, Argentine
economist and director of the
biggest department in the GAS
the one devoted to economic
and social development pro-
Evening star., 1960-09-16
U. S. Fund Okoys
Tunqunyiku Loan

OAR ES SALAAM, Tangan-
yika, Sept. 16 (AP).-The
United States Development
Loan Fund has approved a
81. .898, 400 loan to the Tangan-
yika government for building a
l42-mile road between Ports
MwanSa and Musolma on Lake
Victoria.
A joint statement issued by
the Tanganyika government
and the United States Consul
late said the loan will be used
to procure equipment from the
United States and for con-
struction supplies and services.
Other costs will be borne by
the government of this British
administered United Nations
trust territory.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Re|easeofDah
On Cuba Hit |
BY the Associated Press


Senator Heating, Republican
OF New Work. says four Re
publican members of the Sen
ate Internal Security Subcam-
mittee objected to release of
closed-door testimony of two
former United States anDas-
Sadors to Cuba.
This testimony was entirely
unevaluated," Senator Keating
said in a statement YESTERDAY.
mo opportunity was given 70
the State Department or the
C1A Central Intelligence
Agency to rebut the state.
mentS and conclusions of the
former ambassadors"
Senators Eastland, Democrat
OF Mississippi, and Dodd, Dem
ocrat of Connecticut, the chair
man and vice chairman of tie
subcommittee, made the test
mony public last week end.
In an accompanying STATE
ment they said it showed
Cuba was handed to Casro
and the Communists by a con-
bination of Americans in HE
same way that China vas
handed to the Communists"
The State Department Issued
a blanket denial.
The testimony on which
Senators Eastland and Odd
based their statement was
given by Earle E. T. Smith,
United States Ambassador to
Cuba when Fidel Castro rose
to power, and by Arthur Card
ner, Mr.. Smiths immediate
predecessor as ambassador,
Senator Keating, a mef1her
of the subcommittee, said he
know of no previous instahce
in which testimony taken in
executive session has been re
leased over the objection of
even a single member.
The precedent set in this
instance" he said, lis partEu-
larly grievouS because the tes-
timony relates to a very SEN
Sitive area of our foreign pol
icy, involves classified inforrna-
tion, and casts serious refec-
tion on the judgment OF a
number of individuals"
Evening star., 1960-09-16

the Cuban supreme court the
recent intervention - a Itep
short of confiscation- of Aeir
plants worth $25 million. 1hey
also protested to the Ibor
Ministry. Company offtials
held out little hope of reel tVer-
ing the plants, which areInow
under Cuban management
The Castro regime alsdtook
another step toward solidtying
the islands economic tieJwith
the Communist bloc by sEning
a trade treaty with Hungary
to get So million in credit.
Pacts with Reds
Mr.. Castro already has made
trade pacts with the Ebviet
Union, Red China, CzechoBlo-
vakia and Poland providing
Cuba a total of more than tl28
million in credits.
While Mr.. Castro preHred
to leave for the United Nations,
General Assembly in New York
this week end there were ndi-
cations his armed forced at
home were about to mouht a
military offensive against in
surgents in the Escanbray
mountains.
A report from Cienfleg,s
said there seemed to be a NIB
bilization of militiamen for a
jump-off into the nearly
mountains in south GENITAL
Cuba.
The strength of the relel
forces is believed to range frJm
300 to 1000 men. Some of tlrm
are disillusioned members of
Castro's revolutionary amy
that overthrew Dictator Tul-
gencio Batista.
Evening star., 1960-09-16

grams-is expected to resign
on his return here from Bogota.
The resignation, these sources
added, is in the form of a new
accusation that the OAS is
being mismanaged. Dr.. Morales
presented his resignation once
before about a year ago but
was persuaded to withdraw it.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Lotin Americans Plan
New Hard Look at OAS
By the Associated Press

An Investigation of the efficiency of the 21-naon Organi
cation of American States is reported planned by hemisphere
governments
One Latin American diplomat predicted "a real tough
quiry and shake-up in personnel because Of the
determination in Latin America for effective program
Evening star., 1960-03-06
When the Census

To YOU own a televisiOn set radio, washing ma
~ chine dryer, food freezer, air conditioner. bath
tub and shower, car? More than one?
These and dozens Of other questions may be tossed
at you after April when the giant 1850 enters
its personto person phase. you object to answering
such questions you be glad you weren't around in
1850 when you would have been asked if you were a
pauper if there any idiots in your household
convicts in the family. Under Federal law, all per
sons Is years old and required to answer
official questions about themselves and men,
bers of their household under penalty of a maximum
fine of $1O0 or go days in Jail.
While the querying part of the census report has
changed radically the times, certain basic ques
tions will be asked everyone everywhere in 1850:
name address, birth date and marital status
HouseholderS will also be asked to report in form,
pre-maed to them, specific information about men,
bers of the household and the dwelling itself such
what kind of unit (house, apartment trailer cooking
facilities, number of rooms and if owned rented
All these additional facts will the purpose Of
filling out mutdimensonal profile of the u. S. A.
today.
But the big question of how much the population
of the United States has grown in the last ten
can be guessed in advance with reasonable accuracy
clans figure the grand total will be 8O million Ameri
cans (give take few thousand), population swell
of % million the 1850 total and people than
there we're in the entire country until 1850
To cope with the seemingly impossible job of
adding and correlatng all the billions of individual
items of information the science of electronics has
been harnesSed to the science of statistics. Modern
electronic counters mcrofilm recorders, speed
electronicaly operated printing equipment magnetic
tape and UNIVAC computers all will lend a hand in
ticking off the Nations populace and their charac
Evening star., 1960-04-30

Samuel E. Bogley Of Mary
land, Inc.
Ruth T. Matthews, with
Acacia Realty Co., Inc.
James c. Mccullough, with
Gorin g. Blanken Realty Co.
Frances Crow Stahl, with
Roxana B. Doran.
Leila K. Washburn, with
Rhea Radin Real Estate.
George c. Williams, with
Frederick w. Berens Sales.
Inc.
Raymond c. Wills, jr., with
Parkview Realty.
Delmar w. Beman III, with
L. w. Pickett Realty.
James Buchanan, jr., with
Dorfman & Co.
Walter M. Burt, with Press
Realty Corp.
Evening star., 1960-04-30
Realty Men Licensed

Recent license issuances
announced by the District
Real Estate Commission in
clude:
Reel Estote Brokers
Ina M. Beal. TIA Beal Real
Estate.
Daniel H. Norwitz. TIA Nor
witz Realty Co.
Business Chonee Brokers
Ina M. Beal. ia Beal Real
Estate.
Reol Estote SoIesmen
Shirley H. Brown, with
Pearl G. Kelly.
John Paul Dean, with Mar
Steller, McCabe & Co., Inc.
Edith w. Farris, with own
erS Realty Exchange, Inc.
Harry F. Harper. with
Evening star., 1960-04-30

balcony walls are of solid
construction. often wood
paneled, with the shoji
screens mounted above. Thus,
opening the screens dis
closes the ceiling without
displaying bedroom furni-
ture. Screens are, of course,
closed at nighttime.
Space within a room Of this
height must be carefully
monitored with softening ef-
fects.
Balcony paneling could be
either tongue-and-groove fir
or. for stronger texture, bevel
siding which produces shad-
ow lines with it's three
dimensional pattern.
A fireplace two stories
high could be built into one
corner. Designed in a rugged
material like stone and with
out the breaking line of a
mantel, it becomes a domi-
mating feature of the room.
Evening star., 1960-04-30
Living Room

Molding space within set
boundaries is no small feat,
but it can be done effectively
In a number of ways. A liv-
ing room, for example, can
be expanded dramatically by
lifting the ceiling. With the
living room two stories high
and other rooms in the house
only one story high, a con-
trast is achieved.
Two = story high living
rooms offer many poSsibili-
ties for interesting departures
in design. One intriguing idea
puts bedrooms on the Sec
ond story level, placed so
that they form balcony lofts
overlooking the living room.
With sliding shoji screens
as the upper portion of the
bedroom living room walls,
the bedroom lofts may be
opened up to the living room.
The bottom half of the
Evening star., 1960-04-30

Robert John Bush, with
Ryan and Seligson Realty,
Inc.
Carl A. Dosik, with D and
D Investment Co.
Elizabeth E. Lange, with
Henry A. Lange.
Clayton T. Lloyd, with j.
c. Chatel.
William H. Neild, with
Floyd E. Davis Co.
william F. Proctor, with
Melvyn Friedman, Inc.
Daniel F. Reagan, with H.
A. Gill and Son.
William Smith, with Sid
ney z. MenSh d Co., Inc.
Benjamin Lane Stilphen.
with Frederick w. Berens
Sales, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-04-30
New Apartments
For Blodensburq

Federal. state and county
offlcialS have been invited to
attend a preview showing
next Tuesday of a new gar
den-type apartment develop
ment built by w. Evans Buch-
anan in Bladensburg, Md.
at Emerson and Fifty-seventh
streets.
The Buchanan development
is named Mattapony Manor,
and is located near the An
napolis cloverleaf. 1t was de-
signed by Robert C. Smith.
The building will be opened
May z.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Newsmen OK
2-Yeur Pact
With Post

A new two-year contract with
the Washington Post was ap-
proved early today by the news
papers news. editorial and
commercial employees.
The newspapers offer, pro-
viding for increased wages and
a shorter work week, was ac-
cepted by Guild unit members,
134 to IS, at a meeting at the
Statler-Hilton Hotel.
About 500 workers covered by
the contract will receive an i'm
mediate 81 a week increase. and
an additional So a week one
year hence. The agreement
would give 95 per cent of re-
porters. editors and photogra-
pliers with six years experience
a weekly salary of $167 a year
from now.
The work week will be re-
duced at once from 40 to 1884,
hours. and on December 4, 1861,
would be cut to 3712 hours.
The settlement was worked
out with the assistance of Fed
eral Mediators Gilbert S. Nc
Cutcheon and James A. Holden.
1t now goes to the Washington
Newspaper Guild and the
American Newspaper Guild for
final approval.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
100-Poge Memo Guides
Police for Inauguration

rangements in 1857. The police
department already has held
the first of many meetings or
the Inauguration.
II think there might be
more pedestrian crossings along
the parade route, but it hasn't
been settled" He also believes
the crowds are getting a little
smaller, probably because oil
television."
The deputy expects a few
sheriffs to drop by his Office
with their posses. These are
contingents Of horsemen who
will ride in the parade. They'll
need temporary stables that
police will have to watch.
Another group to be guarded
will be the thousands of visi-
tors living out of more than
200 Pullman cars scattered
throughout the Districts sew
eral railroad yards.
The majority of the police
department is pressed into
service on Inauguration day. To
help solve this problem, nearly
100 additional plainclothes de-
tectives will be brought in from
out Of town. They'll pair up
with Washington detectives,
with the emphasis on conf
dence men and pickpocket art
lists who might come from the
visiting officers own cities.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Transit Lawyer. Attacks
Citizen Group Formula

Mr.. Stromberg said he had
read portions Of three text
books. the Commission order OF
last March, a prior order and
portions of Congressional hear
ings relating to D. C. Transit's S
activities in the sightseeing
business.
He also had read opinions
of regulatory agencies on earn
ings price ratio, including
those of the Federal Power
Commission and State Public
Utilities Commission.
The witness testified that the
market price of D. c. Transit
stock was well above the book
value of the company, contrary
to the average Of IL other
transit companies studied.
An earnings price ratio of l3
per cent should be applied by
the commission in reaching the
allowable return in this pro-
ceeding. Mr.. Stromberg said.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
BY WILLIAM BASHAM
Star Stan Writer

About the only problem that
Washington policemen won:
have to solve on January 20 is
w h e t her John F. Kennedy
wears a top hat when he rides
down Pennsylvania avenue be-
fore cheering crowds for his
Inauguration.
Otherwise, the department
feels it is ready to handle
everything from riots to that
perennial problem lost chill
dren.
Deputy Chief Howard v. Co.
veil, who's worked on inaugu-
rails since Franklin Roosevelt's
first in 1888, says, "Snags are
kept to a minimum If you have
something like this"
He produced a 100- page
memorandum used at Presi-
dent Eisenhower's second in
auguration in 1857.
Although the document ap-
pears 10 answer all questions,
such nrases as This order
does not cover every situation"
are there to remind police that
on Inaugural Day the unex-
pected always can occur.
Deputy Chief Covell, the de-
partment's executive officer, ex-
poets few changes from ar
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Teachers Case
Hearing Put Off

A preliminary hearing fol
an Arlington schoolteachel
charged with attempting tc
rape a baby sitter in his home
early yesterday was postponed
today to next Tuesday in Falls
Church Municipal Court.
Police said the 3l-year-old
teacher surrendered to police
about 3 am. yesterday in his
home. The girl, 10, was baby
sitting while the teacher and
his wife were at a party. Police
said the girl told them the
teacher returned home alone
and began making advances.
She fed to the home of a
neighbor, police said.
The teacher, freed on $4,000
bond, has been suspended by
the Arlington school system
pending determination of his
guilt or innocence.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Non-PubIic
School Pupils
Total 10000

More than 10000 District
children eligible for the city's
public schools have enrolled in
parochial or other private
schools. a report showed today
Enrolment this year in District
public schools totals $4,000.
The report on nQn-publiC
school enrollments was released
today by School Supt. Carl F,
Hansen at his weekly press
conference. It does not show
a significant switch to parochial
and private institutions, DR..
Hansen said. Last years figure
was slightly under 10000.
OF the 19,134 students who
this year chose non-public edu-
cations at the elementary and
high school levels, 1865 are
attending classes outside the
District, DR.. Hansen said.
The superintendent said 49,
542 Of the overall total are
white students and $500 are
Negroes.
Offering a breakdown of
parochial and private school
enrollments. the report showed
that slightly more than $4,000
of the 1874 total are attend
ing parochial institutions, in
cluding those operated by Cath
olics, Seventh-day Adventists
and Jews. The remaining stu
dents attend private schools,
most Of them operated by
independent groups.
Evening star., 1960-12-01

Of a large segment of the city's
population.
He told the Rotarians they
should not consider the expen-
ditures on public welfare as at
tempts to build bureaucratic
empires at the District Build
ing. This growth in public well
fare spending is aimed only at
filling urgent needs.
Mr.. Sullivan who said his
talk might be called What the
District Looks Like to a Lame
Duck Commissioner" said he
has been impressed by several
aspects Of city government
since he has taken the Com
missioner's post.
He said he is proud OF the
high caliber of District EN-.
ployes whom he described q,
liable and dedicated"
He said the complexity Of
the problems the city govern
ment faces was "a revelation
In other areas the problems are
handled on city, county and
State levels, but the District
wraps all of these into one, in
Icluding a Federal interest.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Tx Rise Unavoidable,
Sullivan Tells Rotary

District Commissioner Mark
Sullivan, jr., says the city is
in for bigger taxes and there
is no way around it."
Speaking at a Rotary Club
luncheon yesterday. Mr.. Sui
livan said expanding budget
needs are going to continue
to grow "for quite some time"
But, the Commissioner EN-
phasized. the Districts tax
rates ARE strictly comparable
with surrounding communi-
ties" He said those who head
for the suburbs will not be
avoiding higher taxes.
Districs Engineer Commits
sioner Frederick J. Clarke told
the group that insthe next 20
years the District will have to
spend from $2.5 to SO billion
to provide adequately for
water supply, sewers. urban
renewal and highway con-
struction.
Mr.. Sullivan made special
reference to public welfare ac-
tivities and said they were vital
Ito alleviate the misfortunes"
Evening star., 1960-12-01

The D. c. Transit System to-
day sought to demolish the
major premise set up by citi-
zen groups opposing a fare
raise to four tokens for 95
cents.
The company's counsel. Har-
vey M. Spear, attacked the
argument that the firm should
earn 13 per cent on $3.3 mil
lion, on a price-ratio basis, as
advanced by the citizen groups
expert, Robert Stromberg.
The price ratio means earn
ings on the stock of the COM
pany available for dividends
related to the market price of
the stock.
Mr.. Spear closely examined
Mr.. Stromberg on details of
his preparation of this case
before the Public Utilities Com
which resumed hear
ings today at the District
Building.
Evening star., 1960-12-01

the block, shakes her head. 1--WE
haven't had so much fuss here
since 1912 when the British
marched through on their way
to Fox Hall Foundry" she says
A Maryland car with a Nixon
sticker on the bumper passe,
by and draws a gentle boo
from the crowd. while Susie, q
girl with orange pigtails TIED
with white ribbons, plays
Simon says put your hands
!" with a friend.
Standing on the corner oi
Thirty-third and N streets. Mr.
and Mrs. John Shereba of Ed.
dystsn, Pa. wait for a glimpse
! Of the President-elect to CON-
plete their visit to the Nations
Capital.
To-day we took In the Shrine
lof the Immaculate Conception
Georgetown Hospital, Mount
Vernon and now the house,
Mr.. Shereba says. "We're Just
curious like the rest we
want to see the next President.
Quiet, Patient Crowd
The afternoon passes and
the crowd waits, quiet and pa
tient.
"Oh, ! want to 60 home right
now" says Susie. twisting a
pietail. I'm a terrible NOM
my" sighs her blond mother,
but let's just wait a little while
more :. :"
An elderly lady in a black
suit and black hat with two
brown feathers decides to
leave, and faints as she gets
to the corner. She was taken
in an ambulance to Georgetown
Hospital.
Toward dusk the sky turns
pink, the shadows on the Ken
nedy house deepen to purple.
and the street lights cast small
yellow pools around their
bases.
The crowd still waits to see
the next President.