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Evening star., 1961-05-26
Fec Change
Hits a Snag
BY the Associated Press

The House Government OPP
erations Committee has rejected
President Kennedy's plan to
give the Federal Communica-
tions Commission chairman
more power.
House action on the rejection
is expected within two weeks.
The committee acted yester-
day.
At the same time. the COM
mittee approved similar reor-
ganization plans for three
other regulatory agencies-the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission, the Federal Trade
Commission and the Civil Aero
nauticS Board.
All four plans become ef-
fective June 26 unless either
Senate or House votes disap-
proval before then. This is
likely in the case Of the FEC
since the rejection resolution
can be called up for a House
vote at any time by any mem
Der of the Government Opera
tions Committee.
In general. the four reorgani-
zation plans would give agency
chairman more authority tc
assign personnel. They also
would delegate to individual
commissioners or staff person
mel some duties now assigned
to the full commission.
Opposition to the FEC plan
has come from several direc-
tions: Democratic and Republi'
can House leaders. the FEC
itself, and the radio and tele-
vision industry.
The industry evidently op'
poses any plan that would give
more power to FEC Chairman
Newton M. Minow.
In a scathing speech severa,
weeks ago. Mr.. Minow indicted
the television industry for what
he termed mediocre program
ming. He threatened to ex-
anime closely the renewal
licenses Of stations that do net
have enough programs in the
public interest. A cry Of cen
sorship" came from the in.
duStry,
Evening star., 1961-05-26

screaming at him. Slavek ap-
peared in knee breecheS and no
shirt and shouted You stole
cherries from the tree
II was standing in a ditch 10
yards away. The boy cried out,
I did not do it. am innocent.
"Eichmann was on the bal
cony. He and Slavek talked
about what was to be done with
the boy.
Then Eichmann came down,
wearing SIS uniform trousers
and an ordinary shirt. Eich-
mann and Slavek dragged the
boy into a toolshed and shut the
door.
Screams, Thuds, Kicks
81 heard awful screams, the
sounds of terrible beating,
thuds, kicks. 1t lasted about 10
or Is minutes"
Eichmann Game out first,
the witness continued.
His shirt had blood stains
on it. He was disheveled and
looked tired. AS he walked past
I heard him mutter 'superflu-
Gus garbage people
II drew the conclusion he
had taken an active part in
the beating. When he entered
the shed he was dressed prop
erly.
"A few minutes later, Slavek
came out and shouted for the
driver. They entered the shed
again and dragged the body of
the boy out. There were no
signs of life. 1t was not a
human figure any more. His
face was swollen and bloody.
His limbs were torn"
Deitl, the driver, and Slavek
put the body under the seat
of an amphibiouS vehicle
parked in front of the villa.
They drove off.
The driver returned later
and said, I threw the sinking
corpse into the Danube. And
your fate will be the same"
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Stevenson Named
Father of the Year

NEW YORK, May 26 (AP).-
Adlai E. Stevenson, who has
three sons, one grandson and
two granddaughters, was picked
yesterday as the National Father
Of the year.
The National Fathers Day
Committee said Mr.. Stevenson
was honored for his "forceful
and eloquent presentation Of
our country's position on key
issues before the United Ma
tions."
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Mental Patient
PIunqes to Death

A 44-year-old patient at
Spring Grove State Hospital
in Catonsville, Md. was killed
yesterday in a 100-foot plunge
from the Calvert Street Bridge.
Police said the body of Miss
Ruth Churchman was found
on Beach drive beneath the
bridge.
Miss Churchman, formerly of
507 Chillum road, Hyattsville,
had left the hospital for a
weeks visit with her sister at
the Chillum road address.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Jim Bishop: Reporter"
Brings You
Good Writing With
the dash of
Damon Runyon

Readers who appreciate good writing are
invariably delighted by jim Bishops COL
umn in The Star. Jim Bishops ability to
make peoples dreams, humor and heart
aches come alive has made him one of
Americas most popular authors. You
have probably read or read about his
works, "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" and
"The Day Christ Died"
In Jim Bishop: Reporter" you will find
stories about people, places and events of
yesterday, today and tomorrow. Laced
with humor and pathos, his stories pro-
vide sparkling relief from the heavy news
of the day. If you enjoy the qualities of
surprise and dash, you'll enjoy reading
Jim Bishop: Reporter" every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday on the Feature
Page of
Evening star., 1961-05-26

huge Revolutionary Defense
Corps" started a mass deten-
tion OF all persons suspected OF
being even indifferent to the
revolutionary cause. The de-
tentions were triggered by the
air attack of April IS. Caught
in the roundup, and in many
cases unknown to Cuban in
telligence. were thousands oi
the anti-Castro underground
The Revolutionary Defense
Corps"-made up OF civilian
militiamen and women. military
intelligence agents. the Secret
Service and volunteer informers
organized on a city block by
block system-reportedly acted
on a plan drafted by Alberto
Bayo. Self-styled general in the
Spanish Republican Army. One
eyed. stocky, 62-year-old Mr.
Bayo trained the Castro forces
in Mexico for the 1856 invasion
Of Cuba that led to the custer
Of Fulgencio Batista.
Lost Millions in Cash
I'VE lost millions Of dollars
in cash and equipment" the
imprisoned underground leader
told this reporter. Hundreds
of us could also lose our lives
If Fidel decides to start execu-
tions again"
While at La Cabana Prison
inmates told me executions
ceased April 18 after the firing
squads cut down seven accused
counter-revolutionaries. In thil
group was Humberto Sori Mar.
in, Premier Castro's exministel
of agriculture. a lawyer who
was the presiding judge during
the first military trials Of Ba.
tista army officers in 1859. Pris.
oners at La Cabana said thi.
group Of seven also included
a man executed by mistake
an occurrence not difficult tt
believe under the hopelessly
jammed. confused conditions ir
the military prison.
Blames Own Side for Arrest
The underground leader who
talked with me was arrested 9
month before the April invasion
He bitterly blamed an anti
Castro radio station for his
arrest. This station on Swan
Island has had close links with
the United States Central In
telligence Agency.
This station paid tribute
to me by name for helping ex-
lies get out of Cuba clandes-
timely" he said. That tipped
off G-2 and I was finally
trapped"
Radio Swan was considered
so discredited by the Castro
government that its newscasts
were often played back to the
public in Havana.
Under the difficult and dan
gerous pre-invasion conditions
it was difficult to determine
If. any unity existed among the
many underground factions
known to be operating against
Premier Castro.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Retreat Parade Set
For Mai. Gen. Huins

A retreat parade honoring
Maj. Gen. Peter Conover Hains
III, on his retirement will be
held at pm. Wednesday at
Fort Meade. Gen. Hains has
81 years Army service.
More than 1,100 troops will
participate in the parade which
will include a 13-gun salute
and an aircraft fly-over. Music
will be provided by the Second
United States Army Band.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
President Signs
FHALegisIotion
By the Associated Press

- NA4S EASoONAoNC0 EEGaG
President Kennedy has signed
into law an emergency resolu.
ton raising the mortgage in.
surance authority of FILA by 81
billion.
The agency, which insure!
thousands of home loan mort.
cages annually, is bumpinG
against the present $37, ,784, ,O00,,
900 ceiling on its authority.
The resolution was rushed
through Congress last week anc
signed by Mr.. Kennedy yester.
day.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
BY ROBERT BERRELLEZ
Associated Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK. May rs. "A
leader Of the Cuban under
ground sat in a Havana prison,
bitter and weeping.
If we ever overthrow Fidel,
we'll shoot the invaders as
traitors. he declared. They
destroyed our counter-revolu-
tionary organization by not
telling us they were coming"
Thus did one of Fidel Castro's
enemies vent his desperate
anger on a band of a thousand
invaders who came to save Cuba
and. in the view of many un-
derground fighters. betrayed
their comrades,
Many underground members
were caught in the mass round
up OF Cuban citizens in mid
April, Immediately after the pre-
invasion bombing of the coun-
try's main airfields. The pris-
oner, a 22-year-old Cuban and
former student at Texas AIM
was a top-ranking officer in one
of the many underground fac
tions that might eventually have
oVerthroWn Castro.
25O,OOO Believed Held
Chagrin swept the under
ground after the detention of a
conservatively estimated 250,-
900 people at the height of the
invasion scare. I was among
those thousands and spent rs
days in two prisons until my
release May II. Thousands
were still imprisoned when ]
left Cuba last Friday.
I'VE weren't told when the
invaSion was coming" the un-
derground leader said. 1T now
seems every American newspa-
perman knew the exact day
and hour. But why weren't we
told?"
In Miami, five days ago
an American newsman confideo
he had been invited to joir
the invading forces two days
before they struck Cuba's South
Central Coast. He declined tc
go.
The counter revolutionary
leader in Havana, asked If he
meant an invasion would have
succeeded If the underground
had received advance word OF
an attack. said chances were
good with a larger invading
force.
Roundup Before Invasion
The invasion, early on the
morning of April IT, came two
days after Premier Castro's
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Reds Denied Visus

SANTIAGO. Chile. May 2e
(AP). - The government an
nounced yesterday it will not
grant visas to delegates from
Soviet Russia and Red China
who planned to attend the Ma
tional Farmers Congress OPEN
ing here Sunday. The reason
given was that the meeting will
be political, and Chile does not
want foreigners participating
in such activities.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

started Eichmann has been
accused mainly of high-level
direction of the NaZi slaughter
of 6 million Jews.
Abraham Gordon, now q
guard at copper processing
plant in Israel, was a youth
of Is to II when he worked
on tank traps and gun en-
placements in the gardens of
the villa Eichmann conScripted
for his Budapest headquarters
in 1914.
1T was the first murder
ever saw" Mr.. Gordon said.
Later I saw many"
Youth Believed Innocent
The witness said Eichmann
and his bodyguard, Slavek, beat
a Jewish youth of 16 or II
named Shalomon. to death for
stealing cherries from a nearby
orchard.
I'VE never believed he did
steal any," Mr.. Gordon said.
.Cross-examined by defense
counsel Robert Servatius, Mr.
Gordon refused to bulge from
his story.
Mr.. Gordons story drew the
prosecution case against Eich-
mann in Hungary near a
close-the climax point for both
the state and the defense-be-
cause it was in Hungary that
the Gestapo bureaucrat took
personal command in the field
Of Jewish affairs" While
Eichmann was there in the
summer of 1914, Hungary's
10000 Jews, the last big group
left in Europe, were deported to
the death camps.
Youth is Accused
Mr.. Gordon said he worked in
q group Of Is Jews in the Eich-
mann garden and observed the
murder. He testified:
"One day I heard screams
and Eichmann's driver, Deitl
walked up to a Jewish boy
named Shalomon. shouting ano
Evening star., 1961-05-26
KIon-Hoting Truman
Hates Birchers More

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 20
(AP).-If he had to make a
choice, Harry Truman appar-
emily would take the Ku Klux
Klan over the controversial,
ultra-conservative John Birch
Society.
The Ku Klux Klan is a
much better organization and
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Bar Group Officer
To Get Law Books

Donald HI Dalton, first vice
president of the Bar Associa-
ton of the District Of Colum-
bia, will present Denver Gra-
ham, dean of the Delta Theta
Phi law fraternity, a history
of English law by Tollock and
Maitland, a rare collection,
which recently was republished
for the Lawyers Literary Club.
The fraternity will meet for
cocktails and dinner at Aldo's
Cafe at 6 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

end a five-day-old strike or
the Chilean waterfront.
This called for a IL per cent
pay increase and other bene-
fits. However, there was nc
immediate resumption of the
work Of loading and unloading
ships.
The strike. which affected
all ports from africa in the
north to Punta Arenas in the
south, was one of a group OF
strikes affecting 10000 work.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Strike Poet Reached

SANTIAGO. Chile. May 26
(AP).-Labor Minister Hugo
Galvez announced a compro-
mise agreement was reached
with the Confederation of
Maritime Workers yesterday to
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Witness Lays Murder
To Eichmonn in Person

JERUSALEM, May 26 (AP).-A 35-year-old Hungarian
Jew into slave labor testified today that he saw Adolf
Echmann take part Jewish youth accused
of stealing cherries the Gestapo chiefs garden
The eyewitness account had the impact of thundercap
ON the hacked courtroom weeks since the trial
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Scientist Eyes Difficulty
In Return From Moon

outer space. The two-day coma
ference opened this morning.
The lunar expedition is a far
advanced part of a NASA prof.
ect called Apollo. Before it can
take place, Mr.. Low explained,
the earlier manned program,
Project Mercury, must be COM
pleted and Apollo flights around
the earth and around the moon
must be successfully carried out.
New Techniques Needed
To send a three-man team to
the moon-not "a man" as
President Kennedy said yester-
day-will involve techniques as
yet unprotected. The goal set
by the President requires the
country to perfect these techni-
ques to high degree of reli-
ability in the next seven or
eight years.
In discussing a moon flight,
Mr.. Low showed protector
slides illustrating concepts of
what the hardware would look
like. The basic rocket to blast
a team off the earth would be
a Nova multi-million pound
booster half as tall as the
Washington Monument and
weighing several thousand tons.
What would come back to earth
would be a three-man capsule
about the shape of Astronaut
Alan Shepard's space vehich
and not much bigger.
After describing the Apollo
voyage to the moon, Mr.. Low
summed up the return voyage
in these words:
Difficult Task Seen
THE preparations for
takeoff will require major ad-
vancementS over today's opera
tional procedures. All the
equipment for the takeoff must
be prepared. erected and
checked out by the three men
in the space craft.
When we consider that each
current launching from Cape
Canaveral involves directly
hundreds of people on the
launch pad. in the blockhouse,
and in the control centers, and
indirectly involves thousands
more at the checkout and
tracking facilities, it becomes
clear that the lunar takeoff by
three men will be a difficult
task indeed"
The conference on peaceful
uses has attracted several hun
dred top figures in Govern
ment. science and industry to
this city. Although the date
was set several weeks ago, tim
ing for the conference turned
out to be ideal in view Of Presi-
dent Kennedy'S message yes
terday.
Little else has been talked Of
here since conferees began ar
irving yesterday afternoon.
Formal sessions continue
through tomorrow evening.
with a banquet tonight at
which NASA administrator
Jamse E. Webb is expected to
lay out in some detail revised
plans for carrying out Mr..
Kennedy's newly accelerated
space policy.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Anti-Costroites View
Revolt as BetroyoI

Robert Berrellez was orested BY
cubon intelligence osents April II
in Havana os on invasion force hit
the beach on Cubo's south coost.
He spent the next "a weeks in
Cubon prisons poeked with FideI
costro's enemies. who spoke TO him
freely.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

hOunu-Up BEFORE Invasion
The invasion, early on the
morning of April II, came two
days after Premier Castro's
Evening star., 1961-07-17
By the Associated Press

Sworn reports filed with the
Government show that Team
sters Union membership under
President Jamo 2 Hoffa ac-
tually is lowe se it was four
years ago under AIS predeces-
sor, Dave Beck.
At the unions recent con-
vention at Miami Beach. Fla,
Mr.. Hoffa and other Team
SterS' officers reported a fast
growing union membership top
ping IL million in November,
1860. with an annual average
Of about is million.
Membership continues to
grow" the convention was
told, because basically ours is
healthy union, our officers
and business agents are mill
tant. and our rank-and-file is
solid"
Financial reports that all
unions are required to file with
the Labor Department indicate
a somewhat different story.
Like other unions, Teamsters
membership has been dented
by elimination of jobs through
automation.
The Labor Department re-
ports show that, in 1857, when
Beck headed the union, the
Teamsters had an annual aver
age membership of 1,565,071.
Under Mr.. Hoffa the total
Evening star., 1961-07-17
Drop in Membership
Shown by Teomsters

slid to 1,417.531 in 1858 during
the height Of the Senate Rack
cts Committee hearings regard
ing the Teamsters. Member
ship climbed back somewhat to
/ 1,487,10 in 1859 but dropped
back a bit again to 1,481, lat
in 1860.
The Teamsters remain, how
ever, the Nations largest single
union.
TeamSters' membership hits
it's high point every year in No
vember when employment in
canneries increases seasonally
as crops are harvested.
Mr.. Hoffa took over from
Beck in late 1857 after the lat
ter was shown to have used
several hundred thousand dol
lars of Teamsters funds for his
own purposes. Beck is appeal
ing two convictions in connec-
tion with the scandals. Mr..
Hoffa recently was reelected to
a new five-year term.
Evening star., 1961-07-17
Busy Week Confronts
Kennedy on Return

Representative to the Organiza-
ton of American States and
Robert Woodward as Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-
American Affairs.
Mr.. Kennedy's Air Force jet
took off from Otis Air Force
Base near Hyannis Port, Mass,
at 8:20 am.
He went Immediately to his
office after his helicopter
landed on the White House
lawn at 10::39 am.
Heavy overcast forced the
President to pass up his usual
helicopter hop from Hyannis
Port to Otis. Instead, Mr.. Ken
nedy made the 20-mile trip by
automobile.
Some 200 persons were on
hand to see the President off.
A forgotten notebook held up
the flight for a few moments.
After the ramp mad been rolled
away and the door closed, Air
Force men in the plane re-
opened it to ask for the note
book. left in the car used by
the President. An Air Force
officer got the book and tossed
it aboard but he said he didn't
know whether it was Mr.. Ken
nedy's.
Late this week Secretary of
Evening star., 1961-07-17

Defense Mcnamara is due to re-
port to Mr.. Kennedy on
whether the armed forces need
snoring up in the light of the
Berlin crisis and Soviet Premier
khrushchev'S decision to in
crease military spending.
After attending II am. mass
at st. Francis Xavier Church in
Hyannis with Mrs. Kennedy
yesterday, the President inter-
rupted his restful week end to
confer by phone with his top
diplomatic. military and secur-
ity advisers.
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
niger gave no details, but left
no doubt that national Sc
curity affairs figured import
antly in the talks.
among InOSe Mr.. kennedy
had on the phone were Secre-
tary of State Rusk, Mr.. Nc
Namara and McGeorge Bundy,
presidential assistant for ma
tional security affairs.
Rain and gloomy weather
kept Mr.. Kennedy inside his
seaside home most of the week
end.
Mrs. Kennedy and the two
Kennedy children, Caroline, 8,
and John, jr., eight months.
plan to remain in Hyannis Port
for most of the summer, with
the President committing for
most week ends.
Evening star., 1961-07-17
Wrong Man Cited
In Fraud Case

NEW YORK, July II (AP).-
A Massachusetts, man was er-
roneously identified by the
Government as being involved
in a stock fraud, says United
States Attorney Robert M.
Morgenthau.
Mr.. Morgenthau said an AL
bert Wood Moore of University
lane, Manchester, Mass, was
named last Friday with 25
others as a defendant in a
fraud conspiracy case involving
stock of the United Dye Corp,
Inc.
Mr.. Morgenthau announced
yesterday that Mr.. Moore was
not connected in any way with
the case. He said a check
would be made to ascertain the
correct name of the man in
volved.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission in Washington was
responsible for the mistake, Mr..
Morgenthau said.
He said the SEC provided
the name and address of the
Massachusetts man cited in the
Federal grand jury indictment
and linked him with one of
seven corporate defendants
G. F. RothSchild, a broker
dealer of AZ Broadway, New
York.
Mr.. Morgenthau said the
Albert Wood Moore of Man
chester said he once worked
for a brokerage firm named L.
F. Rothschild. And Mr.. Nor
genthau said this firm also has
no connection with the case
here.
Evening star., 1961-07-17

chiefly to the fact that June is
contract renegotiation month.
Last month, when contracts
again were renegotiated, only
312 man days of work were
lost, Mr.. Goldberg said.
Mr.. Goldberg reported that
labor relations committees have
been set up at the 81 missile
sites under commission juris-
diction.
He said the committees have
dealt with a large number of
labor problems, including those
of work jurisdiction and assign
ment, grievances, non-union
employees and alleged ureco-
nomic work practices.
The secretary said the COM
mittees have been outstand-
ingly successful in preventing
work stoppageS."
He reported that interna-
tional unions have been "ex-
tremely cooperative"
Evening star., 1961-07-17
NLRB Switch
Put TO Senate
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy's plan to
reorganize the National Labor
Relations Board won a first
round victory today in the Sen
ate Government Operations
Committee.
BY a 6-3 vote the committee
went on record as opposed to a
move to veto the plan.
The plan, which would allow
the NLRB to delegate its func-
ton to individual members or to
subordinates in an effort to
speed its work, now goes to the
Senate. The vote there is Sched-
uled for Wednesday.
Mr.. Kennedy has a 500 rec
ord up to now on his reorgan-
ization plans which automati-
cally go into effect unless We
toed by either the Senate or
House within 60 days after they
are submitted.
Congress has vetoed his pro-
poSals to reorganize the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission
and the Federal Trade Com
mission and Civil Aeronautics
Board.
All five plans are generally
similar in allowing delegation
Of functions. to relieve the full
boards of duties they now must
perform. The idea is to allow
them more time to consider
important policy matters.
The Senate vote this week
will be on a resolution spon-
sored by Senator Dirksen, Re-
publican of Illinois, G. o. P.
leader, to veto the NLRB
plan. Senator Dirksen con-
tends it would defeat its own
purposes and place too much
authority in the hands of NLRB
Chairman Frank w. McCulloch.
Evening star., 1961-07-17

days of work lost in June
equaled only a little over l per-
cent of the time lost a year
earlier.
Mr.. Goldberg said the COM
mission has obtained no-strike
and no-lockout pledges from
both labor and management.
Il think this record is con-
crete testimony of the desire
of labor and management to
cooperate in making sure that
work on our missiles and space
programs goes forward uninter-
rupted," Mr.. Goldberg wrote
the President.
He said during 1860 a total
of $4,000 man days of work
were lost because of strikes at
missile and space sites. That's
an average of over 1000 man
days a month. In June, 1860,
26.217 man days were lost in
work stoppages. He explained
the high June total was due
Evening star., 1961-07-17
Senator Cooper
Faces Operation
By the Associated Press

Senator Cooper, Republican
of Kentucky, entered Washing
ton Hospital Center today for
removal of a bladder stone.
The Senator was hospital
lied several days last week for
X-rayS which confirmed the
presence of the stone. He is
expected to be in the hospital
about 10 days.