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Gecessor. In effect. it provides
that no Federal statute should
be construed as prohibiting
interception or divulgence under
court order in States with wire
tap statutes. 1t reserves to the
States their traditional role in
local law enforcement.
The Justice Department IA
vors a proviso that copies of
States judicial orders authoriz-
ing overlapping should be filed
in Washington so that the de-
partment will know the extent
of overlapping activity and
which taps are legal.
Mr.. Kennedy emphasized in
his magazine interview that it
was essential that the penalty
for indiscriminate wiretapping
be greatly stiffened-including
overlapping by law enforcement
officers.
The greatest divergence be-
tween the present Justice De-
partment position and his past
attitude deals with whether he
should have the right to au-
thorize taps without court order.
1t was explained that the pres
ent Justice Department thinking
is that in national security and
kidnapping cases, the need for
speed and prevention of leaks
as well as the delicate inter-
national questions which might
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Attorney General Firm
ForWiretop Legislation

involving national security and
kidnapIng, and the pertinent
parts of what is learned
through the taps could be used
as evidence in court. Since
President Roosevelt authorized
Attorney General Robert Jack
son to permit overlapping N
national security cases. the
FBI has been doing it, but the
evidence cannot now be di-
vulged in court.
3. In cases of other serious
Federal crimes, a double check
would be maintained over Wire
tapping. First, the Attorney
General would have to approve
the request and. second, it
could only be done on the basis
of a court order after a show
ing of probable cause to believe
that a crime were involved.
The evidence thus obtained
could be used in court.
4. States which now have
laws on the books permitting
wiretapping by law enforce
ment officers would be per-
mitted to use the evidence in
court proceedings but here
again, the overlapping would
have to be authorized by the
court. Some States presently do
not have the court approval
requirement.
The State proposal is the
Heating bill which also was
indorsed by Mr.. Kennedy's pre-
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Travel Funds
Raise Voted

The high cost of travel caused
the House today to vote in
creases in expense allowances
for Government civilian en-
ployeS travelling on official
business.
The most important among
10 changes in the bill approved
by the House would raise from
$12 to SIC the maximum per
diem allowance. The S12 maxi
mum has been in effect since
1855.
The bill was passed on a
voice vote. 1t goes to the Sem
ate which in 1859 failed to act
on a similar House measure.
Representative Hoffman, Re-
publican of Michigan. ranking
minority member of the House
Government Operations Com
mittee, led an almost lone at
tack on the bill. He contended
that most Of the proposed revi-
sions in mileage and expense
allowances were unjustified and
merely were lust another way
of spending the Governments
money"
Other provisions in the bill
would increase from $25 to $50
the maximum allowance for
official travellers authorized to
be paid on an actual expense
basis, increase from 10 cents to
IL cents a mile in the allowance
for employees who use their
own automobiles for official
business and authorize Govern
ment pyament of parking fees
incurred by employees while
using their own vehicles for
official purposes.
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House Asks OAS
Hit Cuba Trade
By the Associated Press

The House, by a 401-2 vote,
has adopted a resolution urging
the Organization of American
States to impose economic
sanctions on Cuba.
The resolution, which goes to
the Senate, describes the Cuba
of Prime Minister Fidel Castro
as "a base and staging area for
Communist subversive activity
throughout the hempisphere."
The resolution is an express
sion Of opinion having no legal
force.
1t also calls the Cuban gov
ernment "a clear and present
danger to the spread of political
liberty, economic development
and social progress through all
the republics of the hemi-
sphere"
Only Representatives Ko-
walski. Democrat of Connecti-
cut and Hoffman, Republican
of Michigan, voted against the
resolution yesterday.
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
House Groups Concern Grows
On Being Outbid for Scientists

objections, Chairman Monroney
and other subcommittee n,em-
bers seemed favorably inclined
toward the bill.
Il +
NEW HIRES The Civil
Service Commission estimates
that 3O5,0O0 Government en-
ployes will be hired during the
fiscal year starting July l..
These would replace employees
leaving because of normal per-
sonnel turnover. Incidentally,
the csc says that the turn
over rate in Government is now
Is per cent a year, an i'm
provement over several years
ago when it was II per cent.
INCREASED MINIM U M
w AGE ASKED President
Kennedy has been asked to
order a Government wide policy
insuring that all Federal en-
ployes get at least $1.15 an
hour in September and $1.25
an hour two years later, as re-
Gently guaranteed most Ameri-
can workers in industry.
James Campbell, president of
the American Federation of
Government Employees, noted in
a letter to Mr.. Kennedy that
in many cases Federal laundry
workers, food service employees
and some custodial workers
only make 81 an hour.
Although Government en-
lployes do not come under the
Fair Labor Standards Act
which Congress has just amend
ed and Mr.. Kennedy signed
into law to provide the $1.15
and ultimate $1.25 an houl
minimum for industry work
ers, Mr.. Campbell said it was
the moral obligation of the
Government to pay at least tht
same minimum wage to its EN-.
DlOyes.
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Johnson told him India could
sometimes be of help in devel-
oping such countries.
India has received 1894 bill
lion in aid from the United
States. 1t runs small aid pro-
grams of its own and as Mr..
Nehru reminded reporters, has
provided hundreds of tech
nicianS and teachers to less
developed nations.
Mr.. Nehru said the Geneva
conference on Laos was not
mentioned.
The Prime Minister added
he has no plans now for going
outside India. Some Indian
newspapers had speculated
Mr.. johnson was bringing an
invitation from Mr.. Kennedy
for talks, possibly in Europe
next month. Mr.. Nehru said
there was no specific invitation
for him to meet Mr.. Kennedy.
Meets PraSad
Before the meeting in Mr..
Nehru's office, Mr.. Johnson
went nearby to call on Presi-
dent Rajendra Prasad.
II have spent the most men,
orable few minutes of my life
since my arrival here" Mr..
johnson told Mr.. PraSad.
Meanwhile, the Vice Presi-
dents wife. Lady Bird, visited
with Mr.. Nehru's only child,
Mrs. Indira Gandhi who serves
as hostess for the widowed
Prime Minister.
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ing peace and stability in
Southeast Asia"
On other points the two lead
erS:
Re-Stated their confidence
in the United Nations. declared
the negotiation of a nuclear
test ban treaty with effective
measures for inspection was a
basic step toward disarmament,
agreed that such projects as
the organization for economic
cooperation and development
and the development assistance
group would enable the two
countries to coordinate their
policies of aid to underdevelop-
ed nations, and emphasized
their interest in promoting en-
ployment and expanding world
trade.
Evening star., 1961-05-18
Senate Defeat
Seen for Rider
On School Aid

A authenticated move to
insure segregated schools a
share of Federal aid to educa-
ton funds appeared headed
for defeat today as the Sem
ate entered it's third day of
debate on the key adminiStra-
ton measure.
Senator Metcalf. Democrat
of Montana. the man South
erners had hoped would spon-
sor the move, today declined to
do so.
He said he would support
the principle of the rider
drafted by Senator Talmadge,
Democrat of Georgia. to pre-
vent Federal officials from
withholding aid-to-education
money from any State for any
reason.
But Senator Metcalf said, II
don't feel strongly enough
about it to say I would offer
the amendment myself"
Senator Talmadge plans to
offer the amendment, but Sen
ator Metcalf said, II doubt If
it will be approved"
Yesterday, Southern Demo-
Gratis believed they had won
administration support for the
T aim adge amendment, but
Senator Metcalf said today he
had received no request from
the administration to spon-
Sor it.
House managers of the school
bill warned yesterday that in
clusion of the Talmadge pro-
vision in the bill might kill its
chance of passage on their side
Of the Capitol.
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KENNEDY
KENNEDY
U. S., Conodion Aims
Citedin Communicate

Continued From First Page
tion of the Latin American
peoples"
Mr.. Diefenbaker assured Mr..
Kennedy of Canada's Con
hnued and increasing interest
in inter- American affairs"
The statement referring to
Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro
was something Mr.. Kennedy
had sought in his trip to Ot-
tawa-his first outside the
United States since his inaugu-
ration. Canada previously had
exhibited less concern than the
United States over the potential
menace of Mr.. Castro's link
with the Soviet Union to the
entire Western Hemisphere.
AS for Mr.. Kennedy's call for
a beefing up Of NATO's conven-
tional and nuclear power, the
two leaders said: 1T is more
than ever necessary that the
strength and unity Of NATO
be reinforced"
They omitted any mention of
specific increases by Canada or
other NATO governments to
the alliances defense forces,
but did assert that a strong
defense must be maintained
until effective disarmament
measures can be secured under
proper safeguards"
Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Diefen-
baker reaffirmed their desire
for negotiating at Geneva "a
truly independent and neutral
Laos" Both Canada and the
United States and participating
in the Laos conference at Cen
eva and Canada is a member of
the three-nation commission
assigned to supervise a cease
fire between Communists and
pro-Western royalistS in Laos
itself.
Mr.. Diefenbaker and Mr..
Kennedy agreed that effective
control machinery represents
- key element in a settlement
of the Laos situation and an
essential ingredient in achiev-
Evening star., 1961-05-18
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Even the predominantly con-
servative House Appropriations
Committee has expressed seri-
Gus concern over the difficulty
the Government is having COM
peting on a salary basis with
industry for the services of top
scientists and professional per-
Sonnel.
In reporting the 1862 Health,
Education and Welfare and La
Dor Departments money bill,
the House committee said it
was deeply disturbed over the
problem of the National InSti-
tutes of Health in recruiting
and retaining scientists of the
highest caliber." The NTH
problem is similar to that faced
by many of the departments
and agencies in Government.
The committee said that NH
"finds itself in a critical posi-
ton in the competition for out
standing talent with institu-
tions that can offer far better
remuneration, often including
unrestricted opportunities for
private practice and conSulta-
ton" It praised NIH's record
as outstanding and said it was
urgent that it maintain the ex-
cellent caliber Of its staff.
The House group noted that
"offers received by senior sci
entists at NH have ranged as
high as $4,000 a year and Of
fers in the $20,000-$30, ,00O
range are common" The top
salary that NH and other
Government agencies can offer
is $4,000 a year and even the
number of these top-salary jobs
is limited.
1t asked the administration
to give serious consideration
to the problem and to make
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JOHNSON

Continued From First Page
Nehru's advice on the common
effort to eliminate poverty and
disease and improve education
throughout the world.
Mr.. Nehru said Mr.. johnson
broadly in a courteous way
said he would like such counsel
as we could give about helping
undeveloped countries"
Asked if Laos specifically was
mentioned, Mr.. Nehru said Mr..
Evening star., 1961-05-18

suitable recommendations
shortly to the appropriate con-
gressional committees" In ef-
feet, the House committee is
inviting the administration to
propose salary increase legis-
lation.
OPPOSED - The Kennedy
administration has opposed the
bill to liberalize postal employe
longevity pay benefits.
In testimony before a Senate
Civil Service subcommittee, the
Budget Bureau, Civil Service
Commission and the Post Of
flee Department said the legis-
lation would be an indirect"
pay raise to postal workers who
only last July received an 8.4
per cent salary increase; would
be too costly 1853 million a
year,. and would be inequitable
to these postal workers who
wouldn't qualify for longevity
pay raises.
William c. Doherty, pres!-
dent of the National Associa-
ton of Letter. Carriers, dis
puted the administrators $50
million a year cost estimate,
declaring the estimate was
skyrocketed and blown all out
Of proportion" He said the
annual cost would be closer to
$50 million. Furthermore Mr.
Doherty said, the proposed
longevity liberalization woulc
merely give postal workers the
same longevity increases that
classified employees now re.
ceive. He said the present
longevity pay provisions fol
postal workers are antiquatec
and destroy incentive, because
most workers are in "dead-end'
jobs with no chances of pro.
motions.
Despite the administration
Evening star., 1961-05-18
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

Attorney General Robert F..
Kennedy made it clear today
that he wants overlapping leg
islation.
He said the statement given
to the Senate Judiciary's Con-
Stitutional Rights Subcommit-
tee by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Herbert ]. Miller, jr., last
Thursday was the Justice De-
partment position on pending
legislation.
The question arose because
of views expressed by Mr.. Ken
nedy in a magazine interview
in March. Mr.. Kennedy was
quoted in the interview as say
ing wiretapping should only be
done with the authority OF a
Federal judge and only in cases
of major crimes.
Broader Authority
The Justice Department po-
sition, as voiced by Mr.. Miller,
goes further. 1t would broaden
the authority to permit taps
and the types of crimes covered
II fully support the position
expressed by Mr.. Miller" the
Attorney General declared. mfr
Miller gave my statement. The
magazine article said I was
going to study the question. ]
have studied it,"
He asserted that anyone who
analyzed the statement given
by Mr.. Miller would be i'm
pressed by the Justice Depart
ment's concern with the prob
lem and the number Of safe
guards it proposed to limit the
use of wiretapping.
This was not easy, by any
MEANS" Mr.. Kennedy said
1T is a problem area thai
causes concern to people. But
this is our best judgment Of
how it should be handled"
He said legislation favored
by the Justice Department per.
mitS States to take action they
have always taken in the past
but with added safeguards.
AS for Federal use Of wire
tapping, the Attorney Genera
said legislation favored by the
Justice Department allows III
to follow certain procedure!
now in effect and to use the
information in court"
The Departments View
This is the position which
Mr.. Kennedy is backing:
l. Unauthorized wiretappinG
would be made a Federal crime
Under present Federal law
anybody can wiretap. Tht
violation is in divulging in
formation gained through in.
tercepting calls.
2. The Attorney Genera
himself would have the right tt
authorize wiretapping in case.
Evening star., 1961-03-17
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Mrs: Guest las Star Guest;
No Peep Out Of Lady Bird

perform the Philippine Riga
doom dance at an annual
celebration. 1t took her three
years to get Chip to do 1t,
said Avis.
HENRY BRANDON, whose
fascinating book, LAS We
Are" hits the stands today,
was wreathed in smiles. He
already had heard that next
weeks Saturday Review of
Literature is giving it a
favorable review. 1t covers
absorbing and revealing con-
versations with II famous
people from John F. Kennedy
and Richard Nixon, and
Marlyn Monroe and Arthur
Miller to James Thurber and
Peter Ustinov. All first ap-
peared in the London Sum-
day Times.
Mrs. Harry Labouisse,
Paul Galloway, Elizabeth and
Charles Willis, DorcaS Har-
din, Mazda Richmond. Harry
CoVington and Hardinge
Scholle were others who
dropped by Lily Guests
Georgetown house that is
charmingly adorned with
modern art. Two of her
paintings are by Washington
artistS-one by Bill Walton,
whom I knew painted, and
one by Lady Caccia. wife of
the British Ambassador,
whom l didn't know painted.
A panorama landscape and
very well done. it's the first
picture inside the front door.
Mrs. Oates Letter gave a
dinner for the four judges
last night: National Gallery
director John Walker gave
a luncheon today. and Mr..
and Mrs. Orme Wilson will
honor them and John Gut
man. judge of the finals,
after the additions are over
tomorrow afternoon.
Speaking of opera stars,
the great soprano Tebaldi
asked for a room at the State
Department yesterday in
which she could practise four
hours before singing at the
Italian Centennial celebra-
ton! Since she was due to
appear at 1l:15 am, she
asked if the room Ohe old
State auditorium could be
opened at 7 am.
4 =
MRS. LYNDON JOHNSON,
nOIlOr guest yesterday at a
luncheon given by Mrs.
Heisbourg. wife of the Lux
embourg Ambs sssador, didn't
say a word about the CLAM
orouS private dance she had
attended at the White House
the night before.
The II women at the party
covered everything in their
conversation from the per-
feet crime 60 spirituallsm and
automatic writing, but Lady
Bird gave nary a peep about
the most glamorous to-do
given at 1900 Pennsylvania
Evening star., 1961-03-17
BY BETTY BEALE
Star Staff Writer

Opera star Blanche The
bonn was distressed to hear
yesterday that the National
Cultural Center project here
is moving at a snail's pace.
The famed mezzo soprano
said the new Metropolitan
Opera House in Lincoln Cen
ter, New York, should be
ready in 1868. Were it not
being built, she would have
had to retire from the COM
pany as soon as she no
longer could maneuver a foot
into the antiquated basin in
the mezzo dressing room.
That's the only bathing
equipment there, explained
the amusing singer at Mrs.
Polk Guests cocktail party
yesterday.
Fresh from a 1lVe-day
music seminar with foreign
visitors in Williamsburg, Miss
Thebom said outsiders don't
think of Washington as hav-
ing good music without an
opera house, this despite the
fine quality of the Opera
Society of Washington, two
symphony orcheStras, cham
ber music, etc.
THE FIRST WOMAN
SINGER to go into Com
munist Russia-she appeared
at the Bolshoi in 1957-said
she had never sung before
more knoWledgeable audi
enceS. She could tell by their
reaction, their instant aware
ness of every difficult pas
sage and different treat
ment. 1t was definitely heady
to the performer.
Here to judge the semi
finals of the Metropolitan
Opera additions this after
noon, Miss Thebom and
Howard Hook, national audi
ton chairman, said last
years winner, 23-year-old
Teresa Stratas from Mont
real, was given a Met con-
tract right off, has sung lead
roles throughout this winter,
and has also sung at Covent
Garden in London.
To give you an idea what
these additions can do for
the talented singer who used
to spend years getting a
chance to be heard, in the
six years they have been
held, five winners have been
given Met contracts.
Mrs. Chip Bohlen dropped
by at the party, which also
honored Miss Theodate john
son, publisher Of Musical
America magazine, and Bliss
Hebert, opera society man
ager, both of whom are also
judges. One look at Avis
Bohlen and Miss Thebom
recalled the time in the
Philippines when she saw
Ambassador and Mrs. Bohlen
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avenue in over two decades.
She was probably thinking
about it though, when she
said how much she adored
dancing. And she may have
even had in mind that twirl
with Pierre Salinger when
she said she wished Lyndon
would learn the new Latin
dances. BY new, said Mrs. j.,
she meant such things as the
Samba which they had yet to
dance together.
IF YOU'RE ONE OF
THOSE WOMEN who thinks
she can't go anywhere until
she has a new spring bonnet,
forget it. Some of the chic
est women in Washington at
tended the French Embassy
luncheon Wednesday, the
first party there since the
fire and seven out Of the IL
were hatleSs.
In honor of Nine. Chaban-
Delmas, wife of the president
of the French Assembly,
Nine. Alphand's guests in
cluded Mrs. Mike Monroney,
Mrs. Stuart Symington, Mrs.
John Sherman Cooper, Mrs.
Kent Legare, Mrs. Ceci
Carusi, Nine. Jean Claude
Winckler, Nine. Pierre Pelen,
Nine. Pierre Somone. and the
hostess niece, Doriane Mer-
enda.
Following a menu of
"oeufs cocotte, poule au pot
tomato, vegetables, fromages,
Chicken in the pot) sauce
tarte aux fraises," we took a
tour of the embassy all the
way to the now "charcoaled"
attic to see the devastation
of the fire, which was con-
siderable.
Nine. Chaban-Delmas was
enormously impressed when
she heard that delicate
china figurines, like the
white swans that surrounded
the table centerpiece of
white and yellow tulips. had
been scrubbed clean of the
black smoke oil with tooth
brush and detergent by Mary
Ellen Monroney. That the
wives of the embassy staff
pitched in to clean up the
mess, she thought perfectly
normal. But how many
women in France, she asked
praising the generous friend
illness of Americans, would
do that kind of household
work in a friends mansion.
Evening star., 1961-03-17
Runnnoge Sale

All Souls Episcopal Church
will hold an annual rum
mage sale from 9 am. to 6
pm. orrow at the
church. Women's coats, suits.
hats and shoes, children's
clothing and sweaters, and
mems clothing will be on
sale.
Evening star., 1961-11-26
Couple 7 ellis Fascinating
Story of American Toys

than to hope for toys and
sweets on Christmas morn
ing, and if they played, they
played discreetly, doubtless
with a rich sense of iniquity.
The attitude toward fun,
even for youngsters, was
neatly capsuled in a diary
of the times. Reflecting on
his childhood, the author
wrote: ''I was a very naughty
boy, much given to play"
From this auStere begin
ming, America has developed
into a nation that now
spends a billion and a half
dollars yearly on toys for it's
youngsters.
Progress
The story of its progress
sion from one extreme to
another is the subject of a
new and timely book titled
Toys in America" written
by Marshall and Inez Nc
Clintock for the Public At
fairs Press.
The 480-page volume is
more spell-binding and more
comprehensive than its low
key name suggests. AS the
authors point out, toys and
games are accurate mirrors
of the adult world" In tell
ing the story of the toy in
dustry in this country, they
have written what is actually
a social history of the most
palatable kind.
The McClintocks spent
three years in research and
travelled over 10000 miles,
visiting scores of toy manu-
facturers, libraries, mu-
seums, historical societies
and private collectors. The
book shows it. Every chapter
is jam-packed with fascinat-
ing stuff.
Starting with the Ameri-
can Indians, whose most
popular game was lacrosse,
Evening star., 1961-11-26
BY AMELIA YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Back in the early 1600s,
when America was first
getting settled, December 25
was just another workday.
The Puritans of New Eng
land looked upon Christmas
as a "wonton Bacchanalian
feast" and anyone who dared
to revel was subject to a
fiye-shilling fine.
The children of the Puri-
tan settlers knew better
Evening star., 1961-11-26
CHRISTMAS
DECOR

Celebrations in the coming hoIi-
doy season will be sometimes rev.
,erent, sometimes eoy. It's q period
of legends ond lights, green's, trim
'mings and trees, all eoiIy adorned
in tribute to the birth of Christ.
For more details, see the story
by Star Stoff Writer Mary l..
Vaughan, on Page E-22.