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, 1960-01-29
President Cunnot
Visit VI: Governor
To Urge Him

Governor John David Mer-
win has received the follow
ing letter from President
Dwight D. Eisenhower:
"Mrs. Eisenhower and / are
most appreciative Of your cor
dial invitation, issued on be-
half Of the people of the Vir-
gin Islands to stop over in the
Islands in connection with
our trip to South America. I
should personally like to be
able to see at first hand the
progress that has been made
in the Islands and experience
for myself the wonderful eli
mate that ! know you have
there.
Unfortunately my schedule
a n EaE -
IS fairly firm at this point, and
there seems to be no possibi-
lily Of adding to it. Nonethe-
less, | am deeply grateful for
your thoughtful suggestion.
With best wishes and warm
regard
Continued on rage ~
, 1960-01-29


Telephone Coll
Puerto Rico-Hdwoii
The longest operator-dialed
telephone call in history,
5000 miles from Puerto Rico
to Hawaii, highlighted cere-
monies in San Juan Tuesday
at the opening Of a new
United States Puerto Rico
submarine cable which at
points reaches a depth Of FIVE
miles in the ocean.
Construction Of the $18,0O0,-
600 link was carried out by
Radio Corporation Of Puerto
Rico, a subsidiary of Interna-
tional Telephone and Tele-
graph Corporation, and the
Long Lines Department Of
American Telephone & Tele-
graph Company. The Virgin
Islands Telephone Corpora
ton is also a subsidiary of
TIT.
The first call was made by
Kenneth NJ. Barber, Presi-
dent Of Radio Corporation Of
Puerto Rico, and demonstrate
ed how calls could hopscotch
from the Caribbean to mid
Pacific iii seconds. Prior to the
opening Of the new cable. ra-
dio circuits provided the only
telephone service from the |
u. S. mainland to Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
And there was only one sche-
dule Of rates for both station
to-station and person-to-per-
son calls. Now, however, the
Federal Communications Com
mission has established a
Standardization rate which
is $1.00 lower than old rate,
The three-minute call from
the Virgin Islands to New
York will cost $3.50, to
Miami and San Francisco,
$3.50 and $3.50, respectively.
The first three minutes Of a
Continued IN page a &
Evening star., 1960-10-28
TESTS

Continued From First Page
ther information on size, loca-
tion and circumstances of many
TINT Shots" the Russians have
declined to reply.
Eighth, just before they pre-
sumably stopped testing, they
ran a series Of tests Of small
nuclear and conventional ex-
plosives. This is thought to
have been q group Of expert
in concealment.
Most Of the evidence Of So
Wet. cheating has been secured
through seismographs operated
under the direction Of the Pent-
agon'S Adv anced Research
Projects Agency. But this evi-
dence has been supplemented
and confirmed through normal
intelligence efforts to an extent
that convinced many Of the
people on this project that the
Soviets are. indeed, cheating.
The fact that Vice President
Nixon happened to use the
wrong example to prove his
point is considered to be un-
fortunate but not invalidation
Of his theme.
Evening star., 1960-10-28

mated on March 3, 1859, and
he left the country several days
later.
At the U. N. last night, one
employe recalled Doronkin only
as a rather quiet person who
gave no impression that he
might be engaged in spying.
Since World War II, at least
a score Of Russians with diplo-
matte status have been expelled
from this country or have left
under allegations Of espionage.
Melekh is the first Russian
to be arrested in this country
/ for spying since the 1857 arrest
Of Col. Rudolf Ivanovich Abel.
Abel is serving Q S0-year prison
term.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
KnowIond to Stump
For Nixon in South
By the Associated Press

Former Senate Republican
Leader william Knowland Of
California will tour four South
ern States tomorrow through
Wednesday on behalf of G. o. P.
presidential candidate Richard
M. Nixon.
I. Lee Potter, chairman Of the
Republicans Southern cam
paign. said yesterday Mr.. Know
lands trip will take him to
Lakeland, Orlando and Fort
Lauderdale. Fla; Montgomery
and Huntsville. Ala: ASheville
and Fayetteville, N. c., and
Charleston, s. c.
Mr.. Bailey won local renown
as the donkey riding" Sena-
tor by riding a donkey from
Winona to Jackson, Miss, on q
campaign bet. He said II Ken
nedy won the election. he was
to have made a four-day DON
key ride, but doctors have ad-
yised him he won't be up to it.
Other defendants with Sena-
tor Kennedy were George s,
Zarett, Leo Racine, Harger-
Haldeman Auto Agency, Rollins
Rent-a-Car. Arthur Seres and
10 John Does.
The suits said Mr.. Zarett was
driving the car in which the
four delegates were riding. Mr.
Seres, a shoe manufacturer
was driving a car which was
involved in a collision with
them.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
Kennedy Aide Slams
Inquiry on Judges

proper course in the event
such an appointment is made"
Mr.. Battle said he had not
received Mr.. Moore's letter
"and must rely on the accu-
racy of the. newspaper re-
ports" He added:
"As this letter was delivered
by messenger to the Richmond
newspapers, as many other
newspapers in the South were
alerted to it, as previous cor
Irespondence between US has
been on a personal basis, and
as there has been no effort on
your part to secure similar
assurances from Mr.. Nixon, I
can only conclude that this is
Ia political maneuver by one
who holds high office under
the Democratic Party to fan
the racial question, rather than
a sincere attempt to secure in
formation"
While the furore over the
Moore letter just about shared
the spotlight with President
Eisenhower's non-political visit
to Staunton and Augusta Coun-
ty. there we're political develop
ments from all across the State:
Former Gov. Colgate w.
Darden. jr., indorsed the Ken
nedy- johnson ticket in speeches
in Norfolk and CORTLAND and
said the years ahead call for
single party responsibility in
Government.
State campaign headquarters
confirmed that Senator Ken
nedy's November 4 visit to
Virginia would be limited to
stops at Norfolk and Roanoke's
airport.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
johnson Woos
BaptistCenter

SHAWNEE. Okla, Oct. %
(AP).-Senator johnson met
head-on last night with reli-
gion and the oil depletion al
lowance, a pair Of issues
plaguing Southwestern Demo-
Gratis.
Senator johnson urged
Oklahoma Democrats to re-
solve their bitterness and unite
behind the ticket he shares
with Senator Kennedy, a
Roman Catholic.
The vice presidential candi-
date appeared before 2,700
Democrats in this central
Oklahoma city which strongly
feels Baptist Church influence.
Oklahoma Baptist University
Is located here. Many Baptist
and other Protestant leaders
have expressed misgivingS
about the election Of a Catho-
lie President.
But Senator johnson said
he believes attitudes against
electing a Catholic President
are not as strong now as in
1928 when AL Smith, q Catho-
lie, was defeated by Herbert
Hoover.
Senator johnson said Demo-
Gratis are responsible for oil
men receiving the 27ia per
cent depletion allowance, and
a majority Of the Democratic
controlled Congress is against
changing the allowance.
The Democratic platform
calls for q review of several
depletion allowances. Vice
President Nixon. the G. o. P.
nominee, has said he will not
change the allowance. It is an
important issue in this on-
producing State.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
President Speaks
tonight Over N
From Philadelphia
By the Associated Press

President Eisenhower jumps
into the home stretch politick-
ing tonight with a Philadelphia
speech in which he says he will
"try to clear the air" in the
presidential campaign.
He addresses a dinner spon-
sored by the Nixon for Presl-
dent Committee of Pennsyl-
vania. A delayed telecast will
carry his speech to the Nation.
1t will be seen in Washington
at 10 pm. on WMAL-TV, Chan
mel 7.
The Presidents talk tonight
will be major bid for support
Of the Nixon-Lodge ticket. 1t
will be his third political ap-
pearance Of the campaign.
His earlier campaigning was
on October S, when he ap-
peared on a television program
with a group of women cam
paign workers. and on Septem-
ber 20, when he spoke in Chi
cago at a G. o. P. Embarrassing
dinner. That talk was carried
by closed-circuit TV to similar
Republican dinners in other
parts Of the country.
Mr.. Eisenhower has an ad-
dress scheduled in New York
City next Wednesday with Mr..
Nixon and there are indications
that still others may be added
in the campaigns homestretch.
Presidential Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said today
that Mr.. Eisenhower's sched-
ule is completely fluid between
now and the election" This
apparently means that Mr..
Eisenhower is ready to 60
wherever Mr.. Nixon'S campaign
managers think he can do the
most good.
Mr.. Eisenhower will leave
Washington for Philadelphia
in the presidential plane COL
umbine III at 4:10 pm, EDIT.
He is due at Philadelphia Ma
tional Airport around S pm
in time to motor through down.
town Philadelphia during the
evening rush hour.
Evening star., 1960-10-28

RICHMOND, oct. % (AP) /.
-Virginia's Democratic cam
paign manager says he must
conclude House Speaker E.
Blackburn Moore's request for
Q pledge that no Negroes will
be named Federal judges in
the South "iS a political ma
neuver to fan the racial
question, rather than a sim
cere attempt to secure infor-
nation"
William C. Battles comment
yesterday came in reply to q
letter made public Wednesday
in which Mr.. Moore expressed
concern over numerous state
ments made by Senator Ken
nedy that II elected President
he will appoint Negroes as
Federal district judges"
Mr.. Moore is a close friend
and political associate of Sem
ator Byrd, Democrat Of Vir-
ginia. Like the Virginia Dem
ocratic organization leader, he
has maintained a silence is
golden" policy in the presiden-
tial campaign.
In his reply, Mr.. Battle re-
minded Mr.. Moore all judicial
appointments must be con-
firmed by the Senate, which
he said historically has refused
to confirm appointments that
are personally Objectionable to
the affected members.
81. for one" Mr.. Battle
added, have sufficient conf
dence in the members of the
United States Senate from
Virginia and the South to be-
lieve that they would take the
Evening star., 1960-10-28

relief Of human suffering and
the burning hope that from the
ashes Of that war we might
bring an enduring peace"
Yesterday marked the end Of
President Eisenhower'S mon
political" tour of the Nation
during the last 10 days. He
is scheduled to make a political
speech in behalf of the Nixon
Lodge ticket in Philadelphia
tonight.
Greeted by Almond
On hand to welcome the
President at the airport was
Gov. Almond, an active cam
paigner for the Kennedy John
son ticket.
The encounter between the
President and Gov. Almond
was brief.
Gov. Almond soon drifted
away from the party as Mr..
Eisenhower shook hands with
Senator Byrd and other men,
bers Of the greeting party. The
Governor boarded his National
Guard plane to fly back to
Richmond. almost before the
Eisenhower party had left the
field.
On the 12-mile drive into
Staunton the Presidents party
turned of the Valley pike at
Mount Sidney to visit the
girlhood home of his mother,
Ida Elizabeth Slower, which
he had not seen since 1924.
Its good to come back and
hear people say Stanton (the
pronunciation of Staunton) in
stead of "Stawnton," the Presi-
dent smiled.
Speaks at College
After touring his mothers
home, a frame farmhouse in
the country. the President
planted a liberty tree" q white
pine sapling, in the yard.
The party drove through the
grounds of Augusta Military
Academy, where his mothers
brother once was an instructor
before visiting Woodrow Will
sons birthplace here.
After his tour of the Wilson
shrine. Mr.. Eisenhower came tc
Mary Baldwin College to make
his speech in the downtown
section of Staunton.
At a luncheon following his
speech. the President was giver
a toast by Walter S. Robertson
his former Undersecretary Of
State for Far Eastern Affairs
who is a leader in the Virgins
Democrats for Nixon-Lodge.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
Irish U. N. Official
Dies in Como Crush

LEOPOLDVnI.E, the Congo,
Oct. % (AP).-Col. Justin Mac
Carthy, Irish deputy chief Of
staff Of the United Nations
force in the Congo, was killed
in an automobile accident in
Leopoldville early today.
Col. MacCarthy, IS, was mar
ried and had q 10-year-old son.
He came here from serving on
the mixed Israeli-Jordanian
armistice commission In Jeru-
salem.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
MuIoyon Premier
Leaves on. Tour.
BY the Associated Press

Prime Minister Tunku Abdul
Rahman of Malaga ended a
three-day visit in the Capital
today and set out on a cross
country tour. He left with as
surance of United States moral
support in his effort to keep
peace in Southeast Asia.
The 58-year-old Malayan
leader was given a 19-gun
salute and full military honors
on his departure for Pittsburgh
aboard an Air Force plane.
From Pittsburgh he will go
to San Francisco, Akron and
New York. He will sail for
Britain aboard the liner Bre-
men on November 6.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
SPIES

Continued From First Page
party was going on for his
6-year old son. Hirsch was
alone in his four-room apart
ment in a fashionable section
of Greenwich Village.
Melekh, who came to the
United States in 1855, resided
with his wife, Trina, and their
two children-the boy, Mikail,
and a daughter, Marina, q
years old.
A stubby man with gray hair
and horn-rimmed glasses,
Melekh-handcuffed as he was
taken into FBI headquarterS-I
muttered: I'VE were well pre-
pared we were well pre-
pared"
At another point he said, ut
Just shows everybody is ready" ~
He did not elaborate.
In his job at the U. NJ.
Melekh earned $1,000 a year.
The indictment against him
said he also was known as Peter
Stephens and as GYPSY"
Hirsch, said also to have
used the name John Gilmore,
was picked up while his wife
and daughter were out walking.
Hirsch and his family had
lived in the apartment for the
past 10 years. One tenant
told of the arrest Of the short,
stocky Hirsch-said incredu-
lousy: HE was the incest guy
in the building"
In addition to being charged
with espionage, both men also
are charged with failure to-
register with the State Depart
ment as agents Of q foreign
government.
According to FBI Chief j.
Edgar Hoover, Melekh made
contact with an unidentified
Chicago resident through Hirsch
In October, 1858. Melekh,
Hoover said, subsequently met
his intended informant secretly
in Chicago, New York and
Newark, N. J.
The intelligence data sought,
the FBI said, included q map
of Chicago showing military
installations and aerial photo
graphs of the city, which Me-
lekh indicated were to be used
for Soviet bombing purposes" :"
$4,000 Bail
. Melekh and Hirsch were
held in $4,000 bail after ar
raignment before Federal Judge
Lloyd Mcmahon. A hearing
was set for November 3.
If convicted, each man could
be sentenced to q maximum of
IS years in prison and fined
$25,000. Since the alleged crime
was not committed during war
time, the death penalty is not
involved.
Melekh's seizure was the
first actual arrest Of a Soviet
member Of the U. N. staff, al
though charges frequently have
been made that the Russians
were using the U. N. as an
espionage base.
The third man in the current
case, the FBI said, is Kirill s
Doronkin, formerly a film edi.
tor in the radio and visual di-
vision Of the Office of public in
formation at the U. N.
u. S. Asked Dismissal
y In January of 1859, the FB.
said, the United States mission
at the U. N. asked Dag Ham
rnarSkjold, secretary general. tG
dismiss Doronkin because O
his activities "in obtaining ae
rial photographs of the Chicago
area"
Doronkin was not re-em
ployed after his contract term
Evening star., 1960-10-28

1CAldOOA 0JA0s oalds
I'VE both share a num-
Der of similaritieS in background
and viewpoints"
Senator Byrd, in presenting
the President. said: Through
my association with President
Eisenhower personally and as
a member of the Finance and
Armed Services Committees. !
can vouch for his views :"
Silent on Kennedy
Senator Byrd has remained
silent in the presidential cam
paign, q silence which in 1852
and 1856 helped swing vir-
ginia's IL electoral votes to the
Republican column.
President Eisenhower OBJ
served that the careers Of Sen
ator Byrd and himself "even-
tually converged across the
lines Of party policies to wage
q campaign as allies against a
com mon enemy, excessive
costs in Government. I am
proud to have been able to
fight for fiscal responsibility,
shoulder to shoulder with your
senior Senator"
At this point he departed
from his prepared text to put
in a good word for Virginia
Senator A. Willis Robertson,
who Is running for reelection
on November 8. but without
Republican opposition.
Harry Byrd's integrity,
craftsmanship and character
have earned for him the re-
spect Of those dedicated to
sound Government" President
Eisenhower said. II salute this
legislative warrior, and de-
voutly hope that he may con-
tinue to trot up old Rag Noun
tain which he apparently does
to condition himself for serv-
ice in the Senate"
Praises President
Senator Byrd, who dis
avowed Adlai Stevenson in the
1852 campaign against Mr..
Eisenhower and who was silent
in the 1856 contest, told the
assembled throng:
"As President, acting for
peace, he terminated the Ko-
rean war. During eight years
Of perilous times throughout
the world, he has kept the
faith; he has preserved the
peace without surrender OF
principle. This, even his Bit
terest critics cannot Ques-
"AS characteristic of Wilson
] have observed in Gen. Eisen-
hover the immediate desire fol
Evening star., 1960-10-28
Eisenhower and Byrd
Exchange Compliments
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star stan Writer

STAUNTON Va. Oct. 2s-virginans today pondered the
npoca aspects Of President Esenhowers appearance
here after he exchanged praises with Senator Byrd States
Democratic chieftain
Speaking before crowd estimated at from 1000
yesterday President Eisenhower introduced by
Evening star., 1960-10-28
e6th Nation in WHO

GENEVA. Oct. % (AP).-
The Republic Of the Congo, the
former French colony, became
the s6th member Of the United
Nations World Health Organi-
zation yesterday.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
BY AMELIA YOUNG
Star Stan Writer

Grown Prince Harald Of
Norway had his homecoming
party last night.
It wasn't billed that way,
Of course, but the 6-to-8
o'clock reception given for
him by Norwegian Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Paul Koht
turned into something of a
reunion for the young prince
and WaShingtonianS who
knew him when.
The 23-year-old heir to
the throne of Norway lived
at Pook's Hill estate near
Bethesda, Md, from his
third to his eighth year. He
and his mother, the late
Crown Princess Martha, and
his sisters were spending the
war years here.
At the party last night the
Prince. in Washington on a
four-day unofficial visit, said
he recognized some" of the
guests. "Oh, yes. yes!" he ex-
claimed when a Mrs. David
Davies greeted him and said:
II was Miss Helen Edwards,
the music teacher at White
hall Country Day School
when you were in the second
grade"
Mrs. Davies, who didn't
teach him music but did
serve occasionally as the
substitute teacher for his
class, said he was "a little
serious boy" not mischeivous
as far as, she can recall.
"Quiet, yes, but very affable
and friendly with the other
students" she added.
The Prince arrived here
Thursday evening and has
been sightseeing almost
steadily since. II don't re-
member as much as I
thought I would. 1 suppose
it has changed a great DEAL"
He hasn't been back to the
site of the Pook's Hill estate,
"and I don't want to go"
he said. He was told that
the house was torn down to
make way for a development
and the Prince explained.
he'd rather not spoil his
memory of it.
Prince Harald is a tall.
handsome young man with
dark blond hair combed
straight back. light blue eyes
and a wide, easy smile. He
wore a grey pinstripe suit for
the party.
Mrs. WILDER Brucker ar
rived with her husband, the
Secretary of the Army, and
with all her camera equip
ment. Appraising the Prince
from a distance, sne said, Il
want to get HIM with my
telescope lens" And she did
The Chief of Naval Opera
tions, Admiral Arleigh Burke.
made the royal visitor laugh
when he told him: I'm not
sure we christened the En-
terprise (the new nuclear-
powered aircraft carrier)
properly today. It's so big
I think perhaps we should
have christened both ends" I"
When two pretty young
girls came, rather self-con-
sciously, through the line,
the Prince gave them a for
NAL and very brief greeting
But he shot a fast sidelong
glance after them as they
walked across the room.
American dignitaries who
turned out, in addition tt
the Bruckers and the Burkes
were Chief Justice Warren
who pleased the Prince wher
he said his father was borr
in Norway; Secretary O.
Agriculture Benson; Sec
retary of Commerce Mueller
Assistant Secretary of Stat
G. Lewis Jones; Justice Ton
Clark and his wife, ant
Evening star., 1960-09-25

State Department officials,
among them Mr.. Ivan White
of the Bureau of European
Affairs; ranking members of
the Embassy and their wives;
the Episcopal Bishop of
Washington and Mrs. An.
gus Dun, and members of the
Exchequer here with Mr..
Lloyd for the World Bank
meeting opening tomorrow.
In the last group was Mr..
Chain Raphael, head Of the
British treasury's informa-
ton division. who also hap
pens to be the writer "Joce-
lyn Davey."
Mr.. Raphael, alias Mr..
Davey. is the author of what
he calls a peculiar kind Of
thriller" a book titled "A
Capitol Offense" about a
murder in the British En-
bassy here. which received a
good deal of favorable atten-
ton when it was published
in America several years ago.
Now he's written a sequel,
"a Touch of Stage Fright, /"
also set in the British En-
bassy and in "a kind of Fire
Island off New York" The
new book was published in
England yesterday.
Its just a happy coin
cidence that I'm at the scene
of my crime on the day of
it's publication" said Mr..
Raphael.