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Evening star., 1961-01-27

Plants Of an area may be
almost certain indicators Of
ore deposits under the soil.
This has led to the new
science of botanical prospect
ing. developed chiefly in Eu-
rope. according to a report
to the American Association
for the Advancement Of
Science by DR.. Helen L. Can
non Of the United States
Geological Survey.
In some cases, she points
out, presence Of certain ele-
ments under the earth pro-
duces easily recognized alb
normal vegetation growth.
Also certain plants are known
to require. or thrive on.
presence of various minerals,
such as copper or iron.
Development Of the plant
prospecting technique, she
says may lead to great time
and money savings in search
for ores. Russians now re-
quire that a botanist accom-
pany all prospecting expedi-
tions in unknown territory.
Boron Spurs Growth
For example, on ground
rich in boron, many plants
are two to three times their
normal size and have a spher-
ical shape and larger. greener
leaves than normal. Some
acquire an abnormal creep
ing habit.
Striking changes in plants
growing over oil deposits
have been shown to be due to
bitumen In the soil. Such
changes include giganticlsm
in 20 known species and ab-
Evening star., 1961-01-27
PARIS.

GA1S4O'
In girding its loinS to fight
the battle Of the dollar, the
new American administration
will find that it has powerful
friends and allies on its side.
Not only can Western Eu-
rope be counted on to take
a sympathetic view Of any
steps to deal with the balance
of payments and gold prob
lem of the United States. A
strong probability is that the
European countries them
selves will soon propose prac-
tical collective measures de-
signed to provide long-term
protection for the value Of
the dollar.
One Of the more unfortu-
nate results Of the recent
Anderson-Dillon mission to
Germany was to create the
impression that Europe as a
whole was not particularly
impressed by the danger Of
the dollar deficit. The Ger
man refusal to shoulder a
large part of the cost Of keep
ing American troops abroad
was widely taken as a sign
Of indifference about the
problem itself. The failure to
find immediate financial re-
lief has led to unjustified
pessimism about the willing
ness of our allies to Coop
crate in stemming the drain
on Fort Knox.
In fact, however, even be-
fore former Treasury Secre-
tary Anderson arrived, q
great deal of worried con-
sultation had been going on
to find ways and means OF
helping out. Since then the
problem of saving the dollar
has become one Of the pri-
mary concerns Of every Eu-
ropean finance minister.
Dollar Vital to Europe
This is not, Of course, q
question Of sweet charity
Europe has come to realize
that Americas problem i,
also its own. Since the dollar
is today the standard cur.
rency of the Western world
the economy of Europe de.
pends almost as much as thai
of the United States on The
dollars buying power. In.
deed, the whole effort of tht
West in maintaining it
economic growth and meeting
the Communist challenge II
the underdeveloped areas o.
the world may we'll depenc
on finding a collective cur
for the dollar drain.
Devaluation - the mos
drastic cure - would be ,
calamity to most Of oul
allies. Although European
economists admit that reduc
ing the value Of the dollal
would be q quick way o
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

reader get answer BY mail question q fact by
Evening star., 1961-06-06

as have the other measures in
the past.
In the latest issue of the
associations journal, Preston
c. King, a member of the COM
mittee charged with drafting a
compromise, has objected to
the necessity for the board of
directors to approve choices OF
the judicial selections commit
tee.
Charles H. Mayor, another
committee member, suggested
that the new proposal should
provide that the names of those
recommended be made public.
Those who favor secrecy ar
que that this saves embarrass-
ment for those recommended
yet not actually appointed by
the White House. Those favor
ing publicity feel, that making
names public will act as an
incentive to the judicial Sc
lections committee to see that
well qualified lawyers are
chosen. Y
Evening star., 1961-06-06
TruiiIIo Successors Bid
Seen Holding Action

Secret Police Chief Abbes Gar
cia to be ruthless fanatics. quite
capable of using anti-Ameri-
canism to mask a pro-Commu-
nit line in the hemisphere.
Cites Reports Of Brutality
In private conversations yes
terday, Arturo Morales Carrion,
the United States delegate or
the sanctions committee" pro-
duced further reports of alleged
police brutality in the Domini-
can Republic.
In its session last evening
the committee also heard tele-
grams read from exiles in San
Juan, Puerto Rico, warning
that Dominican citizens still
are being held in political pri-
sons and others are denied exit
from the country.
After a decision OF the special
OAS foreign ministers meeting
at San Jose, Costa Rica, last
August. all members Of the
OAS broke diplomatic relations
with the Trujillo regime and
applied partial economic sane
tions. The United States re-
fused to give the Dominican
Republic any part Of the Gu
ban sugar quota after it was
cut last July.
Among Latin American
countries Venezuela had taken
the lead in condemning the
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Reformed Churches
Elect Stated Clerk

BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa,
June 6 (AP).-Dr. Marion dc
Velder, pastor of Central Re-
formed Church, Grand Rapids
Mich, yesterday was elected
stated clerk of the General
Synod Of Reformed Churches
in America.
DR.. de Velder succeeds Mr.,
James Hoffman, who is re-
firing after 10 years In the
administrative post.
Some 500 delegates repre-
senting a church membership
of $4,000 across the country
also decided to expand the
job of stated clerk. DR.. de
Velder will be the church's Of
ficial representative at meet
ingS of the National and World
Council of Churches, and at
the Reformed and Presbyteri-
an Alliance. He also will super
wise administrative RESPONSE
bilitieS at national headquar-
ters in New York.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Hartman Hits
Lack Of Truce

GENEVA, June 6 (AP).-
United States Ambassador w.
Averell Hartman today ac-
cused pro- Communist forces of
violating the cease fire in Laos.
He refused to talk about a long
term settlement until the
shooting stops.
Mr.. Hartman told the a.
nation conference on Laos:
"The chairman of the Coun-
Gil of Ministers of the Soviet
Union and our President have
agreed that the condition OF
an effective cease fire should
be met. We trust this under
standing will be promptly
translated into action, here in
Geneva and in Laos"
The United States has long
insisted on a permanent cease
fire in Laos before talking
about long term political
agreements.
Earlier, France asked that
truce teams get full freedom
to look into violations.
"The cease fire is a question
of substance" Ambassador Jean
Chauvel told the 14-nation
conference on Laos.
He said it was good to know
that President Kennedy and
Premier Khrushchev have re-
affirmed the Importance of the
work of the conference.
Mr.. Chauvel called for a full
report on military activity in
Laos. Decisions Of truce teams
should be made by majority
vote. he said, and if there is
a difference of opinion the con-
ference should get both a ma
jority and minority report.
India is chairman of the
commission that controls the
truce teams. Canada and
Communist Poland are the
other members.
Evening star., 1961-06-06

NEW YORK, June 6 (AP).-
Former President Harry S
Truman today advised two
young Northerners interested ir
Southern d e Sc greg alton tt
sweep your own yard first"
"It's eager beavers who cause
all the trouble" Mr.. Truman
commented to newsmen on his
morning stroll. Mine times out
of ten their own back yard
needs cleaning worse. They
give me a pain in the neck"
Joined in Stroll
The two antisegregationists
had Joined in the walk. They
said they were Joel Geier, %
of Chicago, national secretary
of the Young Peoples Socialist
League, and Thalia Syraco-
puloS, 10, of Akron, Ohio.
Mr.. Geier told Mr.. Truman
they were affiliated with a
group conducting a sit-in in the
New York office of American
Broadcasting Paramount The
aters, Inc, in an effort to de-
segregate Austin, Tex, movie
theaters.
"Oh," said Mr.. Truman.
you mean interfering with
somebody's business and hoping
to get a little publicity out Of
it,"
Mr.. Truman continued:
Sweep your own yard first.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
7More Freedom
Riders jailed at
Jackson, Miss.

JACKSON, Miss, June 6
(AP).-Seven more Freedom
Riders quickly landed in jail
here today after a new attack
on MissiSSippi's segregation
laws.
The group-two Negroes and
five whites-were jailed for
breach of peace - the same
charges used to jail 65 earlier
FREEDOM Riders. Authorities
maintained the breach of
peace charge has nothing to
do with segregation, but the
Mississippi Legislature ap-
proved the statute last year
with an anti-integration label.
Today's group came by bus
from New Orleans. Their ar
rival was uneventful, except
for their speedy arrest.
Meanwhile, the first fly-in
to test "Jim Crow" barriers
was expected later today. The
|integrationists were scheduled
to leave st. Louis for jackson
via a regularly scheduled Delta
Airlines flight.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Man, "a, Dies
OF Auto Injuries

A 64-year-old man struck by
a car on May IL died yesterday
afternoon in Freedmans Hospi-
tai where he had been taken
with head injuries.
Grant Phillip of 2719 Georgia
avenue NV, was struck at
about $50 pm. on May IL
while crossing the street in the
2800 block of Georgia avenue
by a car driven by Charles A.
McCane. 81, Of 1907 Irving
street NE, a teacher at D. c,
Teachers College.
No inquest date has been
set and no charges have been
placed according to Detective
William B. Ferris, of the acci-
dent investigation unit.
Evening star., 1961-06-06

the publicity question up to a
majority vote of the associa-
tion'S board of directors.
In previous years the organ
ization's judicial selections
committee has decided on rec
concentrations for filling va
cant judgeships, then passed
them on to the Justice Depart
ment for consideration without
releasing the names Of those
being recommended.
Controversy Stirred
The Selections Committee
has stirred the ire Of members
who feel the recommendations
should be made public.
Last November an associa-
ton committee came up with a
proposal that, in effect, would
continue this procedure. How
ever, this suggested amend
ment to the bylaws was
tabled. A second effort to
resolve the, conflict failed in
December when heavy SHOWS
prevented a quorum from
showing up at a meeting.
The proposed amendment
was again tabled in February
and last March the organiza-
tion membership was unable to
come up with the required vote
of approval on any one of six
proposals. .
A new proposal will be on
the agenda when the member
ship meets at 8 pm. next Tues
day at the Mayflower Hotel.
Compromise Drafted
This calls for a seven-mem-
ber committee elected by the
association Board of Directors.
After the committee comes up
with recommendations the
Board of Directors is then left
to decide whether or not they
should be made public.
However, this compromise is
expected to run into opposition
Evening star., 1961-06-06
DC. Bar Seeks Accord
On Judeeship Publicity

The District Bar Association will try next Tuesday for
fifth time to resolve conflict publicity about bar
ciaon recommendations for filling vacant udgeshps
The latest proposal calling for amendment organ
izaons bylaws attempts to resolve the conflict by leaving
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Warts Are Token
OFF Johnson's S Fingers
By the Associated Press

Vice President Johnson has
two bandaged fingers to show
where doctors removed several
wart-like growths.,
He told reporters yesterday
that the growths were some
thing like warts or callouSes'
and were easily burned off.
The bandaged digits were the
right index fingers and third
finger Of his left hand.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Youth Tells
0fNegroFight

TRINITY, N. c., June 6 (AP)
"A 20-year-old white grill op'
orator, who had been missing
since a fight between white anc
Negro youths last night, walked
into his home here today, SafC
except for welts on his back anc
arms.
Robert Paris said he hac
been involved in the fight. but
finally fled from the group
hiding under a house some zoe
yards away. He told authori-
ties that while heTwaS under the
building he became unconscious
and when he came to day was
breaking.
The husky, 190-pound Paris
said that at one time during the
fight he was on the bottom OF
the pile. II didn't see anything
but Negroes" he said. II took
off,"
He told police that during
the fight a bunch of Negroes
got him to the ground and beat
him with leather belts, making
the welts on his arms and back
When he regained conscious
ness he walked home.
The youth said that three
Negroes came into the grill yes
terday morning. He said he
usually gives them something
to drink to take out, passing II
through a take-out window.
He related to Randolph
County officers that as the Ne
groeS were leaving, some white
boys hanging around said
something to the Negroes. John
Mcpherson, owner Of the grill,
then told the Negro boys they
would have to leave before
trouble started, young Paris
related.
AS they were leaving, the
youth said. one Of the Negroes
told him, "I'll see you tonight. Z"
And, he added, they did"
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Union Seeks to Buy
T ronsit Firm Stock

NEW YORK, June 6 (AP)
The Ira ansport Workers
Union plans to pay a big fare
81 million-in order to have
a say on who sits in the drivers
seat of the Fifth Avenue Coach
Lines, Inc.
TWU President Michael j.
Quill announced yesterday the
union hopes to acquire voting
control of 81 million of the
company'S stock through in
veStment of union funds and
stock purchases by union men,
berS. y
10 Give Voice to Union
Purpose of the move, Mr..
Quill said, is to- give the union
a voice in a stockholders bat
tie for control of the company,
largest privately owned transit
system in the Nation. It oper-
ates a number of routes in
addition to those on Fifth ave-
nue.t
The TWU already has bought
some stock, the union presi-
dent said, but he declined to
say show much.
Union members will be asked
to buy stock at a "save-your-
job" meeting of Fifth Avenue
Coach employees tonight.
Mr.. Quill said he believes
this is the first time a union
has bought stock in a transit
company. -.-
He declared that no matter
who wins the stockholders
fight "the layoff of one en-
ploye by any group of these
greedy stock manipulators will
force us to strike the entire
system on the grounds Of vio-
lation of contract"
The fiery Irish-born labor
leader noted that, at present
market prices, 81 million of
Fifth Avenue Coach stock
would give the union voting
rights to nearly $4,000 shares.
mot Taking Sides"
A group headed by Harry
Weinberg of Scranton, Pa, is
challenging the present Fifth
Avenue management for con-
troll in the courts. The group,
through the Dal-Tran Service
Co. of Dallas, claims the
present management is ellie
gally perpetuating itself" in
office.
Dal-Tran, which says it owns
$4,000 shares of the company's
stock, charges mismanagement
and has sued in State Supreme
Court to ouSt or curb the
present officers.
Mr.. Quill said his union is
Evening star., 1961-06-06

present Dominican government
as a replica of the old. It wa!
an alleged plot by TrujillC
against the life of Venezuelan
President Betancourt which
lead to the voting Of sanctions
in San Jose.
Venezuelan Purpose
Yesterday Venezuelan Am
bassador Mayobre circulated a
harsh note in the OAS, declar-
ing that those sanctions should
be continued.
1t served notice Venezuels
would introduce proposals ir
the council Of the OAS Il
change the Dominican regime
through supervised free elec-
tions, liberation of political
prisoners and allowing politi-
cal exiles to return.
The number of these exiles-
who live mostly in Puerto Rice
currently is set at 10000.
The Venezuelan note, how
ever, was not discussed at the
meetings of the sanctions
committee" yesterday. The
feeling here no wis that all
further action on the Domini-
can Republic must await find
ings Of the special act-finding
subcommittee.
Members of the Fact Finding
Committee are Panama, the
United States, Argentina, Mex
leo and Uruguay.
The seven nation Inter-
American Peace Committee is
composed of representatives of
Panama, Brazil, Chile, Ecua-
dor, Honduras, Mexico and the
United States.
Evening star., 1961-06-06

mot taking sides" in the stock
holders fight and does not
plan to buy control of the COM
.pany and its subsidiaries.
The object of the proposed
stock purchase, he said, is to
give the union a voice in stock
holders meetings. He esti-
mated it will take about two
weeks to buy as much stock as
the union wants.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Rockefeller Enters
Jersey Campaign

CAMDEN, N. j., June 6 (AP) .
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of
New York says the guberna-
torial election in New Jersey
next November will have a sig
nificant bearing on the fortunes
of the Republican Party in
1862.
Gov. Rockefeller, who will be
seeking reelection in 1862,
campaigned in Camden County
last night for James P. Mitch
ell, the former Secretary of
Labor who is the G. o. P. candi-
date for Governor of New Jer-
sey. Gov. Rockefeller made his
first political speech outside
his home State since last No
vember's presidential election.
Evening star., 1961-06-06
By GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

The consensus in Pan-Amer-
ican diplomatic circles Is that
the successors of aSsassinated
Dominican Dictator Rafael
Trujillo have acted shrewdly in
offering to cooperate with ar
on-the-spot investigation BY
the Organization of American
States.
They have won time to sta.
bilize the precarious domestic
situation before any new in.
ternational onslaught from the
hemisphere, these sources be-
lieve.
The special sanctions COM
mittee" Of the OAS appointed
a five-man subcommittee last
evening to go to the Dominican
Republic on Thursday morn
ing. Member nations are The
United States, Panama, Mex
leo, Argentina and Uruguay.
The committees mission is
to report back as to wheth-
er sanctions imposed earlier
against the brutal Trujillo re-
gime should be maintained, in
creased or eliminated.
VIII Await Reports
Diplomats here are adopting
q wait-and-see attitude toward
peace overtureS of the Domini-
can leaders.
President Joaquin Balaguin
has limited that free elections
scheduled for next May may be
cited as the basis for readmit-
ting the Dominican Republic
to the good graces of the Or
ganization Of American States.
Rafael Trujillo, jr., son Of
the dead dictator and new
head Of the armed forces, has
claimed friendship for the
United States and denied per-
SiStent charges of wide-scale re-
preston against opposition ele-
mentS.
Dominican Official Here
United States and Latin
American diplomats see the
sudden arrival yesterday of Do
minican Foreign Minister Por-
firio Herrera Baez at OAS
headquarters as part of this
holding action" by the new
government.
Mr.. Herrera Baez amiably as
Sured the seven-member "sanc-
tions committee" that the Do
minican government would well
come and cooperate with the
special fact-finding committee.
The United States and sew
eral Latin American countries
proposed this committee as a
means Of stopping a wholesale
breakdown against liberal ele-
ments opposing the new gov
ernment.
Diplomats at the OAS note
that leading elements of the old
regime have taken over in this
new government. The Ameri-
can representatives particularly
blieve Rafael Trujillo, jr.. and
Evening star., 1961-06-06
Eager Beavers Give
Truman Pain in Neck

In New York, Boston and Chi
cago they take a hypocritica,
approach to this thing. There
are places in New York, Boston
and Chicago where Jews or Ne
groes can't enter"
Mr.. Truman said all the the
aters in st. Louis and Kansas
City, in his home State of Mis-.
souri,, had been integrated.
1--WE did it by common sense
and good WILL" he said. "That's
the way it should be-"
Evening star., 1961-05-31

understanding to lessen the
chance of miscalculation" by
the Soviet leader.
IF we can reach a greater
understanding on the question
of (nuclear) testing and dis
armament, perhaps on Laos,
perhaps on general matters
which divide u.s." he said. Il
think that it would make it
easier for us to look forward
with hope for the future"
In the late afternoon Mr..
Kennedy was to place q wreath
on the tomb Of Frances Un-
known Soldier at the Arch of
Triumph. A state dinner at
the Elysee Palace tops off the
crowded first-day schedule.
Mr.. Kennedy's main pur-
poses in coming to France,
United States officials said,
were to get acquainted with
Gen. de Gaulle, to promote
greater unity within the At
lantic Alliance, and to seek
common policies on disputes
between Russia and the West.
Mr.. Kennedy has previously
conferred in Washington with
British Prime Minister Mac
milan and German Chancel-
lor Adenauer.
Evening star., 1961-05-31
DE GAULLE TEXT
Friendship Stressed
In Warm Greetinq

President of the United States
which assure you here the
warmest possible friendship,
the difficult circumstances in
which the world finds itself
and which weigh upon our two
countries to concert their &C
tions, and finally the fact that
at our sides is the gracious
Nine. Kennedy.
On your arrival in this land
of France, which has never
known Americans other than
as allies and friends, it is with
JOY that I extend to you and to
the United States the very COR
dial salute of France.
Evening star., 1961-05-31

ficial-packed Citroens, a dis
play of French automoLive
might which succeeded in keep
ing the press which trailed the
rear from watching the re-
action of Parisians to the
handsome young couple from
across the sea.
As they entered the gates Of
the city at II o'clock. a 1Gl-
gun salute started to boom. A
banner greeted them at the
Avenue General LeClerc, which
said Welcome Jack and
Jackie"
The crowds deepened as the
procession reached the Latin
Quarter. President Kennedy
waved to them, and President
de Gaulle gave his characteris-
tic. back-pushing salute.
Confetti Shower
At the Rue de Rivoli in the
heart Of Paris business section,
a shower Of confetti fell on
them.
When they arrived at the
Place de st. Jeanne dare, the
patron saint Of France with
whom Gen. de Gaulle so
strongly identifies himself, the
first wave of the medieval
Splendor which has now en-
quilted Mr.. Kennedy. surged
forward. Three hundre d
Evening star., 1961-05-31

a fanfare of bugles from more
Republican Guards, at the
Palais d'Elysee, the French
White House, where everyone
sat down to lunch and to
marshall those first impress
Sions which are so important
in these meetings.
Across the street the people
Of Paris were registering their
own first impressions of the
young man from America. He
was declared by a little gather
ing interviewed by American
correspondents in primitive
French to be "sympathique,
energetique, souple." They were
Unexpectedly defensive about
the cult Of Mrs. Kennedy which
has sprung up in this city
which loves lovely women.
Direct Line Home
In the midst of all the cere-
mony, the lesser members OF
the New Frontier team are
getting into the French swing
Of things and at the same time
keeping in touch with the
store.
In the magnificent marble
reception room of the Hotel
Crillon on the Place de la
Concorde, there is a direct line
to the White House where they
Evening star., 1961-05-31

gratefully talk American to
headquarters about the visit.
The Kennedy men are learn
ing to heft heavyweight French
telephones. Their pockets sag
under the portentous French
hotel keys, which weigh ap-
proximately as much as a West
Virginia miners pick.
They are learning to cope
with the intricate multiple con-
trolls which loom over the deer
bathtubs Of Paris. They are
trying out their high schoo
French on patient gendarmeS
and they are finding it is easier
to explain the education bill
than to try to fathom the new
system Of French money
especially since they never un-
derstood the old.
KennedyS on TV
Last night over a nation
wide television program, pre-
pared especially for them, the
President and Mrs. Kennedy
expressed their pleasure to be
coming here. Mrs. Kennedy
conducted her part of the pro.
ceeding entirely in French. Hel
accent, the French judged with
their vaunted objectivity, wa.
accurate" which is, of course
several cuts below the "flaw.