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Evening star., 1961-05-02
BY JACK JONAS
Star Staff Writer

A decided difference of opin-
ion about American cuisine de-
veloped here when six European
travel agents gathered to give
their impressions of travel in
the United States.
Il have never" said Waldo
mar Fast-Boston take note
had so fine baked beans as in
Washington"
Mr.. Fast, a German of hearty
appetite, comes from Hamburg,
whence another American del
icacy takes its name.
But the discerning palate of
France was sadly offended, not
so much by the food as by the
manner in which it is taken.
"a Frenchman doesn't eat
just to feed" said Wilhelm
Barth, manager of a Paris
travel agency. For him, it is a
ceremony. You must make more
of a ceremony of your food"
In this international dispute,
Sweden exerted moderating
influence. Jan Liljegren, a
Stockholm agent, said despite
the fact that when he once
complained the soup was late
Evening star., 1961-05-02
Democrats
In Maryland
Name Gross

Harry Troth Gross, Balti-
more lawyer, has been named
temporary chairman of the
Maryland Democratic Party.
He replaces Attorney Gen.
eral Thomas B. Finan, who re-
signed effective yesterday.
Mr.. Finan said Mr.. Gross,
who has served as legal counsel
to the State Central Committee
for several years, agreed to take
the Craftsmanship temporarily.
Party officials are talking to
all county committees before
selecting a permanent chair
man. Mr.. Finan said it may
be several months before a
permanent chairman is named.
Mr.. Gross told party officials
he would serve only as protein
chairman and that he would
not be a candidate for the Job
on a permanent basis.
Mr.. Finan said the selection
of Mr.. Gross was made unani-
mously by Gov. TaweS, Ma
tional Committeeman Michael
Birmingham, National Com
mitteewoman Mildred Otenasek
and himself.
Mr.. Gross was a law partner
of the late Philip Perlman, for
mer Solicitor General of the
United States.
1t was reported that DR..
Clarence Long, Johns Hopkins
University professor who lives
in Baltimore County, has
strong backing as the perma-
nent replacement for Mr..
Finan. However, Mr.. Birming-
ham, also a resident of Balti-
more County. repeatedly is cool
toward DR.. Long,
Evening star., 1961-05-02
D. G. Leaders Absence
Hit at Liquor Hearing

Mr.. st. Germain and Mr..
Multer, obviously in disagree
ment with the Commissioners
view, questioned Mr.. Kneipp
closely on his personal views
about liquor regulation.
Speaking for himself, Mr.
Kneipp said that if you believe
in the free enterprise system"
there should be an absolute
minimum Of control.
Some Rules Seen Vital
Then, any individual of good
character should be allowed to
open a store, Mr.. Multer sug-
gested. Mr.. Kneipp admitted
that a certain amount of con-
troll is necessary but said he
saw nothing economically
wrong" with allowing people to
go into business and trying to
make a go of it. In this way
the public interest is best
served. he said.
Mr.. st. Germain said that
Mr.. Kneipp's testimony was
very unusual" He said he was
shocked" by the District Com
missioners' attitude.
Mr.. Multer said, I'm Just as
disappointed as you that the
Commissioners were not here. "
Testimony was heard from
Representatives of two factions
in the Washington liquor busi-
ness.
Hilliard Schulberg, executive
director of the D. C. Retail
Liquor Dealers Association,
strongly supported the bill. He
produced several advertise
ments from Washington news
papers which he called "the
most vicious type of price ad-
vertising."
Paul A. Porter, an attorney
on behalf of a number of in
dependent liquor dealers, said
the bill represents a bold and
obvious attempt to destroy
price competition among retail
liquor dealers in the District" d"
Evening star., 1961-05-02

Members of a House District
subcommittee today sharply
criticized the District Commits
sioners for failing to appear at
a hearing on a bill to prohibit
the advertising of liquor prices
in Washington.
The bill, sponsored by Rep
resentative Multer, Democrat
of New York, was attacked by
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert F. Kneipp who repre-
sented the Commissioners.
Mr.. Kneipp said the Com
missioners decided it would not
be "in the public interest" to
forbid advertisement of such
prices.
This would benefit one seq
ment of the industry, he said.
to the detriment of the pub
lie as a whole. AS q result of
prohibition of liquor price ad-
vertising, those dealers who
competitively keep the prices
low would be at a disadvantage.
he said.
See Price Increase
Thus, the overall effect of
the prohibition would be that
prices would rise. hurting the
consumer, he declared.
Under questioning by Mr..
Multer, chairman of the sub
committee, Mr.. Kneipp said the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board members favored the bill
because it would lead to more
orderly marketing" of liquor in
the District. The Commission
ers, however, rejected the ABC
recommendation, he said.
This aroused Mr.. Multer as
we'll as Representative st. Ger
main, DEM ocrat of Rhode
Island.
Mr.. Multer said it is obvious
there is a conflict between the
Commissioners and the ABC
board and that it will be up to
Congress to "solve" it. He in
dicated his solution would be
support of his own pill.
Evening star., 1961-05-02
Judge Sends
McGee Back
ToHospitul

Chief District Court Judge
David A. Pine today refused
to release Paul c. MCGEE pend
in trial on a robbery charge
because of a reasonable in
ference" MCGEE has a mental
! illness.
The judge ordered that the
22-year-old former part-time
student at American Univer-
sity must return to St. Eliza
beths Hospital for further
care and treatment" despite
provisions of Federal law which
require that a person accused
.of a non-capital offense be
permitted bail pending trial.
MCGEE, of Larchmont. N. Y,
is charged with robbery, as
sault with intent to kill, as
sault on a police officer and
carrying a deadly weapon.
Police said he held up the
Apex Theater here on Novem-
ber IA. taking $3.50 before ex-
changing shots with Police Pvt
Alfred L. Black. 26, and
slightly wounding him.
Judge Pine said he recognizes
that Federal law governing the
right to bail provides no eX-
ceptions in non-capital cases
but he said he feels the law
makers did not envision the
situation which we have in the
District of Columbia in respect
to insanity"
Young MCGEE was sent to
the hospital at the request OF
the Government to be given a
m tai examination. Last
Wednesday the hospital re-
ported MCGEE is now mentally
competent to stand trial, but
added that he was suffering
from a mental illness at the
time of the holdup and that
the crime was a product of
this illness, if he committed 1t
at all.
Yesterday, the judge ordered
that MCGEE would have to be
released on $4,000 bond as re-
quested by his lawyer, Sidney
Sachs.
Assistant United States At
torney Frederick Smithson op-
posed this request because he
said the hospital report I'M
plies MCGEE is still suffering
from a mental illness.
The judge then decided to
hold another hearing today.
The judge relied for authority
on District law which sets up
procedure for giving defendants
mental examinations befor e
trial. This law allows the court
to commit a defendant to st.
Elizabeths "for examination
and observation and for care
and treatment, if such is nee
essary."
II believe that this statute,
having been enacted since the
adoption of the rule govern
ing bail bond), gives me, under
the unusual circumstances of
this case, the right to send
(McGee) back for continued
care and treatment which OBJ
viously he is in need Of" Judge
Pine said.
Evening star., 1961-05-02

aids for teen-agers and films
used to illustrate planning for
such neighborhood projects.
I'VE have the information" she
said. Give us the chance to
give you help If you need it,"
The more than 200 who
braved last nights rain to see
the speakers appeared to leave
the meeting secure that no one
was going to be driven out Of
his home because he had too
little money for major repairs
in the near future. There
seemed to everyone's Satisfac-
ton that enough stimulation
to get the ball rolling had been
aroused.
Evening star., 1961-05-02

area, you must give us a greater
Evening star., 1961-05-02

JUST THEN Mr.. Namias
came on the telephone and
interrupted the reverie. Per-
haps that was just as well.
He was both receptive and
hopeful to the idea and
saw no certainty of conflict
between prediction and con-
troll.
Weather modification so
far has been confined to
raising the temperature of
orchards with fires, produc-
ing smog and seeding clouds
to cause rain as they pass
over mountain ranges" he
said.
with all the break
throughS of our time there is
no reason that man should
not think big about weather.
But first he must have much
more information for pre-
diction. He won't know the
effect of his interference
until he knows what was go
ing to happen if he did not
interfere.
stopping a storm as it
crosses Bering Strait would
have tremendous effect on
the weather of this continent
if we knew how to stop the
storm.
Man will have to think
real big. These are tremend-
Gus forces. 1t has been esti-
mated that it would take the
explosions of 500 hydrogen
bombs a minute to equal the
force of one hurricane"
His 30-day prediction: A
cool wet May.
Evening star., 1961-05-02
Durham Rule
Conflict Aired
By Senators
Hearing Is Held
On Criminals Sent
To St. Elizubeths
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

A Senate hearing today on
the rights Of accused criminals
confined by courts to st. Eliza
beths Hospital moved inevitably
into conflicting opinions on
the Durham rule.
This decision of the United
States Court of Appeals holds
that defendants are not guilty
If their crimes are products of
mental diseases or defects.
In the course of the hear
ing before the Constitutional
Rights Subcommittee. Chair
man Erwin adopted legal argu-
ments against DR.. Winifred
Overholser in urging modifica-
ton of the Durham rule. Sen
ator Erwin, Democrat of North
Carolina, is a former judge.
DR.. Overholser is superintend-
ent Of st. Elizabeths Hospital.
Il doubt that we will ever
have a rule of insanity in
courts acceptable to both the
professions of law and of medi-
cine" Senator Erwin said.
Two Standards Sought
"AS lawyers, we look for a
rule to which we can make
persons legally accountable by
tests. AS a doctor, you look
for a rule recognizing mental
illness, regardless Of the form
it takes" the Senator told the
hospital superintendent.
Senator Erwin suggested that
a defendant whose crime stems
from a mental disease, to be
found not guilty, must lack
substantial capacity to appre-
clate the criminality of his
conduct or to conform his con-
duct to law"
DR.. Overholser insisted that
this definition was mo more
clear or precise than its prede-
cessors."
But there was apparent close
agreement between Senator Err
win ard Oliver Gasch, former
United States Attorney for the
District, also a witness.
The hearings were concerned
chiefly with a charge by the
American Civil Liberties Union
and local lawyers that manda-
tory commitment of persons ac-
quilted under the Durham rule
is a "deprivation of liberty"
Denial of Right Seen
Such defendants are denied
any opportunity to show they
no longer are mentally i'll at
the time of their commitment,
Lawrence Speiser, director of
the Washington office of the
liberties union, warned.
Commitment. under present
law, is based on a faulty prem
ise-that insanity established
by the court at the time of the
crime continues to the time of
commitment-according to Mr..
Speiser.
DR.. Overholser, who counter
ed that both the commitment
law and the Durham ruling
were workable, gave this sum-
mary of commitments since
1855:
OF PAT committed, 159 per-
sons still are confined and SO
are out of st. Elizabeths.
Of the 88 not in the hospital,
A have been released uncon-
ditionally, 81 released condi-
tionally, Is had escaped, 6
were ordered freed by courts
on habeas corpus motions with
out the recommendations of
doctors, and l died.
Evening star., 1961-05-02
2D.C.Youths Killed
As Auto Overturns
Out of Control,
Car Nearly Hits
Purklund Home

Two Southeast Washington
youths were killed when their
car overturned several times on
Pennsylvania avenue extended
near District Heights, Md, last
night.
The dead youths were Joseph
E. Reidy, jr., IT, of 1908 Nash
place S. E.. and Andrew M. Ell
gin, II, of 1921 Bay street Sc,
one of triplets.
They died within minutes of
each other at Casualty Hos
pital here about three hours
after the accident at Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland avenues in
the Parkland area of Prince
Georges County. The hospital
said they had multiple injuries.
A third youth, Michael T.
Stickley, II, of 2901 Nelson
street Sc, escaped with rela-
lively minor injuries. He was
reported in good condition at
the hospital today with bruises
and abrasions and possible head
injuries.
Flung From Car
All three were thrown from
the car after it careened out
OF control about 8:15 pm, ac-
cording to Prince Georges
County police.
The car, driven by young
Reidy, was owned by his father,
Police Pvt. Rodney Brewer
reported. All three were 60
ing to Maryland for a snack
after having been to Chamber
Lain High School in Washington
to work on the school yearbook.
The Elgin and Stickley boys
were students there.
Police said the car was
headed east on dual-lane Penn
Sylvanla avenue when it went
out of control on the wet high
way. 1t rolled over two traffic
islands and cut across the front
lawn of Herman L. Pulaski of
2l4 Maryland avenue, Parkland.
police said.
HaltS Near House
The car halted Upright on
IFS wheels just three feet from
che side of Mr.. Pulaski's home.
Mr.. Pulaski, his wife and
daughter, Judy, Is, were watch
irg television at the time. They
heard the crash and rushed
to the door to see the wrecked
car and passengers on the
ground.
Mrs. Pulaski said her hus-
band took a blanket outside to
help the youths while she
called for help.
1T was terrible" Mrs.
Pulaski said.
Mrs. Doris A. Stickley. moth
er OF the injured youth, said
her son and the Elgin boy were
both interested in photography
and young Reidy was visit
ing her son.
The Elgin youth, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles B. Elgin,
leaves two triplet brothers,
John and Robert; an older
brother, Charles. of 1928 @
street Sc, and two sisters.
Sharon and Mrs. Robert Emer-
son.
The Reidy boy, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph E. Reidy, was
a junior at Mackin High School,
a Catholic school at 1921 v
street NV, after transferring
there this year from Gonzaga
High School.
Evening star., 1961-05-02
Community Gets Expert Advice
On How Not to Become q SIum
Questions Answered

area, you must give us a greater
voice.
Questions Answered
IF you're not organized into
civic groups, he added, start
organizing now. You must be
well-informed and we want to
get your ideas. This whole
study will be telling us what
role your community is going
to play in the Districts fu-
ture."
Stressing the health Of the
family, Mrs. Ruth Wenzel, an
educator in the Department Of
Health, told the group Of pro-
grams given by nurses, specific
Evening star., 1961-05-02

WITH THE HELP of an
IBM TOT all-transistor COM
puter, Mr.. Namias is making
a six-month forecast. This is
not published. The bureau is
not yet ready to get that far
out on the limb.
But he makes a 30-day
forecast public on the first
and fifteenth of every
month. He has been pretty
successful through the win
ter. He predicted snow and
storms and Subnormal cold.
Yesterday being the first
of May, he was holed up in
a closed room with the tele-
phone cut off working on his
prediction when the Rambler
was trying to get through to
him.
There is bound to be con-
flict in the future between
the weather controllers and
the weather predicters, the
Rambler reflected in his re-
verie. He imagined a tele-
phone conversation some
thing like this:
Weather Forecaster to
Weather Controller in a hurt
tone: You might have given
me advance notice that you
were going to seed that No. S
cold air mass as it crossed
the Rockies. That sure loused
up my six-month prediction.
We've had only an inch Of
rain in a month where I pre-
dicted four inches"
Weather Controllers:
Sorry, chum. 1t was a top
level decision but I'll take
full responsibility. We were
able to dump the rain con-
tent on the fringe wheat
lands of Montana, the
Dakotas, Nebraska and Kan
sas. I'm told it's going to re-
suit in a bumper crop"
Weather Forecaster: you
can have the responsibility.
The wheat surplus was bad
enough before your med
ding. And you denied needed
rain to the Great Lakes
States with their varied crops
and orchards and vineyards.
This means the Administra-
ton won't carry that area in
the November elections. The
top level boys won't save you.
Heads are going to roll"
Evening star., 1961-05-02
The
Rambler
. . Foresees
Weather HussIe
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

We are coming along too
fast.
The Rambler barely gets
used to the idea that with
the help of data from all
over the'world and the light
ming calculation of a giant
computer man can predict
the weather for months
ahead.
Then he is told that we
should not be satisfied with
that. Man should control the
weather. Far too many lives
have been lost and property
destroyed by tornadoeS, hur-
ricanes and typhoons. They
should be eliminated.
Furthermore, the old adage
that it never rains but it
pourS is all too true. Rain
should be encouraged to fall
in the right places in benefi-
cial quantities and not cause
floods and SwampS and un-
necessary erosion.
1t has been reliably re-
ported tn at Francis W.
Reichelderfer, chief of the
Weather Bureau, is a little
disturbed by all this.
That's understandable. It's
bad enough to be responsible
for the weather predictions.
Just think of being respon-
sible for the weather itself.
The Rambler thought of
all this and more while wait
ing on the telephone to be
connected with Jerome
NamiaS, who heads the ex-
tended forecasting work at
Suitland.
Evening star., 1961-05-02
By WILLIAM BASHAM
Star Staff Writer

A battery of District Govern
ment experts on urban renewal
problems made its first contact
last night with citizens of a
Northeast area slated for Con
servation activities"
1T was a better start with a
community" said Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner Thomas
K. Fullerton, than calling up
%h a phrase such as slum clear
ance. The situation isn't that
desperate"
But the area, located in the
14th precinct, is marked for
close liaison over the next
two or three years with repre-
sentatives of the Districts
housing, public health and
planning divisions.
The statements weren't very
dramatic. Get proper recepta-
cles for your trash and garbage.
If you have rats, don't blame
the District, call the District,
and we'll have advice on how
to correct the problem" These
were the words of Tudor Strang,
deputy superintendent of the
Districts housing division.
Slides Shown
Mr.. Strang showed slides of
neglected yards, fences, housing
fixtures and garages. Some of
the slides evoked chuckles. II
hear that" said Mr.. Strang.
Perhaps you are familiar with
these spots. They were taken in
your neighborhoods."
Bernard Sewell, supervising
director Of the adult education
program, told the audience
what might prove helpful, much
as it has in the Adams-Morgan
project in Northwest Washing
ton. This includes carpentry
and home repair instruction in
general" said Mr.. Sewell. "And
if you're interested we also
cover interior decorating, up
holstery, making clothes, low
cost cooking, personal groom
ing and speech. The listeners
buzzed with renewed interest.
Financing Cited
please don't get the wrong
idea" said John S. Crocker,
from the Office of Urban Re-
newal. This concept of re-
newal changed in 1855. Before" "
he said, I'VE had the idea of
total demolition, then rebuild.
Now we want to preserve what
we can with demolition held as
a last resort"
Also present at the meeting
in Miller Junior High School
at Forty-ninth and Brooks
streets NE, was Donald Bo-
zarth, chief of urban renewal
for the National Capital Plan
ming Commission, who said,
Because this is a major study
, 1961-10-31

To Amend Chapter 2, Title 20, Virgin Islands Code,
relating to Emergency Housing
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Is
lands:
SECTION /. Section 2O3, Chapter 2, Title 29, Vir-
gin Islands Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 203 (a. Through the Office Of the Gov
ernor, all executive departments, boards and other agen-
cies shall cooperate in the preparation OF plans, con-
struction and maintenance OF buildings, and adnlnlstra-
ton of emergency housing to be made available for the
accommodation Of persons or families living IN homes
unfit for human habitation, or who are dispossessed
from, or obliged to vacate premises in circumstances
where:
"a such eviction is ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction;
~ the tenant voluntarily surrenders possession
OF the premises upon the request OF the owner or person
entitled to possession of the premises upon the request
Of the owner or person entitled to possession, and such
eviction is ordered or request made upon lawfully re-
cognized grounds other than those specified in sections
$40 la) 80 and $40 (a) "a Of Title %: or with law by a
governmental authority, department or agency author
lzed by lied by law to SO order.
1908 o.. In cases where the person or family re
ferred to i in the foregoing subsection owns fee simple
title. to land on which a home may be constructed, pro-
visions may be made, with the approval OF the Governor
for the construction or erection of an adequate building
on said land, under the Emergency Housing Program
to be paid for by said person or family in accordance
with rules and regulations promulgated by the Cover
nor which shall include such matters as financing, Sc
curity, and other safeguardsf6 provided, that no build
ing SO constructed by the Government shall be sold for
less actual cost, including all necessary charges; and
provided further, that a period not exceeding twenty
five years shall be allowed for full payment Of the pur-
chase price"
SECTIOI 2. There is hereby appropriated from
available balances in the Treasury. Of the Virgin Islands
for the fiscal year July 1, 1861 to June 80, 1862, the sum
Of One Hundred Thousand ($100,00O Dollars to be de-
posted in the Emergency Housing Fund to be expended
for the objects and purposes Of the Emergency Housing
Program, Provided, that $4,000 Of this appropriation
shall be expended for emergency housing on the Island
of Saint Croix, and $4,000 shall be expended for emer-
gency housing on the Island Of Saint Thomas.
DR.. ANDUZE YEA
MR.. DE LUGO ............... Absent
MR.. mi YEA
, 1961-10-31

ok AVIS ##. h
MR.. LAWAETZ YEA
MR.. MADURO YEA
MRS. MILLIN YEA
MR.. YEA
MR.. OTTLEY YEA
MR.. REESE YEA
BILL No. 1417
FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF HI UNITED STATES
Regular Session
Farming in the Virgin Islands; to Establish a Revolving
Fund Wod this Purpose, and for Other Purposes.
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Is
lands:
SECTION /. In order to improve the economy and
combat the rising cost Of living in the Virgin Islands,
there is hereby created in the Department Of Agriculture
and Labor a fund which shall be known as The Revolv-
ing Fund for Loans to Farmers and Fishermen in the
Virgin Islands. !" This Fund shall be used exclusively to
provide loans to Farmers and Fishermen.
SECTION 2. Loans shall be granted to residents
of the Virgin Islands who engage wholly or partially in
farming and/or fishing for their livelihood for the pur-
chase Of equipment, supplies and implements used in
fishing and farming and to otherwise promote these in
dustries in the Virgin Islands; Provided, that the interest
rate in such loans shall not be higher than 4 percent
per annum.
SECTION 3. The loans made under this Act shall
be in such amounts, shall be secured, and shall be re-
paid within such periods as specified in regulations pre-
scribed by the Commissioner Of Agriculture and Labor
with the approval of the Governor; Provided, that no
loan shall exceed $500 to any individual. Said equations
shall also define farmers and fishermen who art eligible
for saidloans, in accordance with the purpose Of this Act.
SECTION 4. The sum Of Twenty-Five Thousand
1885, 00 Dollars is hereby transferred from the General
Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands to the Re
volving Fund for Loans to Farmers and Fishermen in
the Virgin Islands, created in this Act, effective as of
July l, 1861.
DR.. ANDUZ YEA
MIR. DE LUGO .. Absent
MR.. GOMEZ YEA
MR.. GUADALUPE E