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Evening star., 1961-07-10
Prober Claims
He Quit Before
He Was Fired
By the Associated Press

Did the chief of staff of a
House Labor subcommittee
studying the effect of imports
quit or was he ousted by the
chairman?
Representative Dent, Demo-
crat of Pennsylvania, subcom-
mittee head, said Saturday he
asked for and received the res
ignation of the staff chief,
Stanley Metzger. But Mr..
Metzger. a law professor at
George Washington University,
said he quit on his own initia-
tive.
Both men acknowledged a
policy difference between them
on tariffs. Mr.. Metzger favors a
liberal approach on imports.
Mr.. Dent and most other sub
committee members take the
position tariffs should be
geared to protect unemployed
Americans.
Evening star., 1961-07-10

ter that landed and unloaded
a cargo Of rockets.
One novelty was a giant hell
copter capable of hauling 180
men. 1t appeared carrying a
wooden house under its belly
and landed it on the field. The
house was about the size of a
large car trailer in the United
States.
The Soviets spiced up their
show with a flypast of Is hell
copters each carrying a trapeze
on which sat pretty girl each
dressed in the national costume
of one of the IS Soviet re-
publics.
Another crowd-pleasing fea-
ture was a mass drop of 900
men with brightly colored para
chutes.
Air Marshal Konstantin Ver-
shinin who directed the show
said in an aviation day article
in the Communist party news
paper Pravda that many of the
Soviet air forces jets have no
equal in the world for speed,
altitude and flight range.
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SHIP

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ports in the East African
colony.
Mozambique is largely under
military control and Portugal
has been pouring troops into
the country to prevent a ma
tionalist uprising like that rag
ing in the sister colony of
Angola.
The transport ran into a
storm off the mouth of the
Linde River, 10 miles south of
Quelimane on the coast Of
Mozambique. High winds and
heavy seas blew the ship onto
sandbar within sight of the
beach.
Radio messages received in
Beira said an explosion in the
forward hold touched off a fire.
The flames ragged out of con-
troll and a series of explosions
apparently among munitions
aboard-followed.
Carried Tractors
A tug raced from Beira but
could not get across the sand
bar to reach the burning ship.
Portuguese military planes
picked up many of the injured.
however. and flew them to
hospitals in Beira.
Difficult communications and
censorship controls imposed by
Portuguese authorities delayed
word Of the disaster getting
out.
The Save was reported to
have carried a cargo including
tractors, automobiles and a
thousand cases Of beer.
The Lusitania news agency
said there was a blast in the
engine room while rescue YES
sells were trying to take off the
passengers. The ship was re-
ported to have split in two,
Gaping holes appeared in the
sides. Metal twisted in the heat
/ of the flames that followed.
Four persons were seen mo-
mentarily hanging on the prov.
Four others clutched a cable
dangling from the ship. 1t was
not learned what happened to
them.
Evening star., 1961-07-10

the Soviet air force paraded a
spectacular array of new craft
at Moscow's Tushino airfield.
Western experts watching the
show-first the Russians have
staged since 1958-said the
United States has nothing to
match several of the entries, in
cluding a jet fighter that can
light up a liquid rocket engine
booster in flight to gain a. tre-
mendous rate of climb.
Impressive Show"
The most spectacular attrac-
tion shown publicly for the first
time was a delta wing bomber
the announcer said had a speed
several times that of sound.
The plane looked bigger than
the eight-engine United States
Evening star., 1961-07-10

B-52 and had four jets, two on
the wing tips and two inboard
below the wings.
Western air attaches showed
keen interest in a flypast of
10 heavy superSonic bombers
which also made their first pub
lie appearance. This new
models two engines were
mounted on the rear atop the
long, slender fuselage. 1t had
high swept wings and was COM
parable in size to the United
States B-5s, whose publicly ad-
mitted speed is $500 miles per
hour.
"A very impressive show" {"
said the United States air
attache, Col. Melvin Nielsen.
ITS evident the Russians have
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shown, demonstrated to us
what we had hitherto believed, "
Mr.. Gilpatric said. Previous
statements by Soviet Premier
Khrushchev that he was drop
ping bombs and relying on
missiles were never accepted as
true. Mr.. Gilpatric said.
The present United States
program will provide for
manned bombers through this
decade, he said. By the end of
the 1960s, he said, this country
will still have 600 B-52s, 100
supersonic B-58s and possible
some smaller Bats. Also, the
1000 -mile-an-hour BIO is un-
der development.
Pentagon experts said today
that the number of Soviet
bombers actually would not af-
feet the future need for Ameri-
can bombers. The number of
American bombers is deter
mined by the number of targets
which it is anticipated must be
hit by bombers rather than by
missiles.
For some time there will be
too few missiles to make the
major contribution to any war.
Even when they are plentiful
they will not be able to find
hidden or mobile enemy mis-
SileS or clear up missed targets
Manned bombers will do this
job.
The Army looked at the So
Wet changes as confirmation
that the Army should be ex-
panded by at least $4,000 men
Quick Action Asked
Senator Robertson asked Mr.
Gilpatric to move fast on his
review. He suggested that mimi
mum defense needs be met be-
fore Congress finished work on
less important, domestic ap-
preparation bills.
Mr.. Mcnamara indicated thai
this country is not anxious tc
resume the arms race. Nothing
Evening star., 1961-07-10

which has developed in the
United States or the free world
calls for increased militarism,
he said.
"On the contrary, the United
States has demonstrated at the
Geneva disarmament talks its
desire to tighten. not add to
the burden Of armament and
to world tensions.
However the fact that the
Soviet Union proposes to in
crease its military spending
cannot e overlooked" Mr.. Gill
patric added.
AS of June /, American mill
tary manpower totaled 2,472,-
895 men-856,233 Army. 620.-
405 Navy. 176,847 Marine and
819,410 Air Force.
RevisiOns Inescapable
The two previous defense
budget revisions, Mr.. Nc
Namara said, were inescapable
in the face of the aggressive
atmosphere In the East and
nearer at home" This ap-
parently was a reference tc
Laos, Wet Nam and Cuba.
But" he added, "the step.
up in American power was not
accompanied by comments that
marked Premier Khruschev's
announcement Saturday thai
he was increasing Soviet mill.
tary expenditures in the cur.
rent year by 1913 per cent.
In a closed society where
officials do not report in detail
to the peoples representatives
one can only guess at the &C.
curacy of the announced Soviet
figures.
Would Add to '62 Figure
/ Pentagon sources said earlier
that any new spending required
will be added to the fiscal 1876:
budget request - which ha!
cleared the House and is nov
before the Senate Appropria'
tions Committee.
Ordinarily budget changes
would be left for the next fisca
year request. now under prepa'
ration in the Pentagon.
President Kennedy asked fol
$43.4 billion in new money fol
the fiscal year which starteC
July Ian increase of almos
So billion over the Eisenhowel
request. The House last month
voted $43.18 billion.
Mr.. Gipatric asked the Ap
preparations subcommittee to
day to restore $78,564,000 of tn
House cut.
He also asked that Hous
restrictions on advertising b!
defense contractors be modified
to permit them to use defens'
contract money for ads to re
cruit personnel, obtain scare,
items or dispose Of surplus
materials.
Evening star., 1961-07-10

but in view of the Districts
limited finances, the cost of
about $l2 million which will
result in additional capacity of
only about 1875 beds con-
vinced the committee to defer
this item to a more auspicious
time in the Districts financial
cycle"
Other highlightS of today's
report, by departments:
POlice-Allowed were only 81
new policemen out of a re-
quested ITO. But a $4,000 item
was permitted to finance a
total of so man-dog teams for
the Canine Corps. Recon-
mended. also, was an additional
inspector for the force.
Executive Office - Denied
were funds to be paid members
of various boards which per-
form functions other than
advisory, such as the Board of
Medical Examiners.
But the committee allowed
a $50,000 contribution by the
District to the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee of the
Board of Trade to promote
tourist trade. The House COM
mittee stated, however, that
the money could not be spent
unless Board of Trade members
raise $250,000 on their own.
Fire Department Cut
Fire Department-An item
of 100000, requested by the
Commissioners to finance the
operation of the Board of Police
and Fire Surgeons, was
dropped. Another $50, 900, orig
inally budgeted for medical
services procured from medical
personnel outside the District
Government, also was deleted.
The committee directed that
the medical facilities of Dis
trict General Hospital be used
instead.
Health and Welfare-Recom-
mended for both departments
was a total of $62 million. Cut
from the Health Departments
budget was $l.4 million. Au-
thorized was an increase to
$50 per INDECENT patient treated
at private hospitals.
Welfare's budget was cut by
ST million, but SIG million was
allowed to enable the depart
ment to handle a so per cent
increase in the public assistance
case load.
"Reflectorized" Tags
Highways and Traffic
Knocked out was a $150,00O
item for expansion of the city'S
tree care program. Approved
however, was a $74,000 item to
finance the cost of reflector
lied" license tags. The COM
mittee said the use of such tags
would provide an added safety
measure. The Commissioners
are authorized to charge ar
additional so cents per set fol
such tags.
Sanitary Engineering DE.
MED was a request by the White
House for a Federal payment
of 81 million to cover an ex-
panded snow removal program
Other reductions in the capt.
tai outlay program included:
i Postponement Of an addition
to Eliot Junior High School;
denial of construction funds
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SALLY

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in love with the late Max Otto
Koischwitz, a naturalized Amer
lean who had returned to Ger
many.
She said it was for Koi-
schwitz, a one-time Hunter
College IN. " professor, that
Evening star., 1961-07-10
New Soviet Planes Held Unmatched by U. S.

MOSCOW July 10 (AP)-The Soviet Union showed off
its air might yesterday in dazzling display that struck
Western diplomats gesture designed to strengthen
Kremln demands on Berlin.
Premier KhruShchev and Cosmonaut Yur Gagarin
watched side by side along with crowd of $4,000 while
Evening star., 1961-07-10
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their property could be valued
and taxed at a higher rate"
City officials were told to
study practices in other large
cities and report in January.
Generally, city departments
Jared we'll at the hands of the
subcommittee. There were no
drastic slashes in programs
despite the city's delicate finan-
cial condition.
The major change in the
operation Of the city recon-
mended by the committee in
wolves the school system. The
committee directed that stu
dents attending Hine Junior
High School, repeatedly de-
scribed as an "eyesore," be sent
elsewhere.
Boundary Changes Asked
The committee directed
school officials to change the
boundary lines of Randall and
Jefferson Junior High Schools
so they could absorb the trans
fer Of pupils from Hine.
Meanwhile, the 81 students
now enrolled at the expert
mental Boys Junior-Seniol
High School at Randall should
be transferred to the modern
wing of Hine, constructed in
1928, the committee said.
This procedure" the COM
mittee reported. would restore
the 300 pupil places which have
been assigned to the Boys
School and would increase the
capacity of Randall to ap-
proximately 1921, thereby
enabling Randall and Jefferson
Schools to handle the student
population of Hine :"
The Boys Junior-Senio
High was set up by school Of
ficials several years ago in ar
attempt to help problem
students.
AmidOn Praised
The committee also refused g
further reduction in the pupil.
teacher ratio for the city's ele-
mentary schools. School Off.
cials had hoped to reduce the
ratio from 31.3 to /, to 30.6 to /
The long-sought goal is sc
pupils to one teacher.
Traditionally, the committee
has refused to allow school Of
ficials to hire more teachers i.
it meant raising the numbel
of part-time classes.
But the committee praiseC
the school systems "Amidor
plan," in which School Supt
Carl F. Hansen is attempting
a return to the teaching o
fundamentals" The commit
tee said it was impressed
with the Amidon concept ant
directed that 1000, which
otherwise would have been re
turned to the District treasury
be used in the program.
The major slash in tn,
capital outlay construction
program came with the denia
of a proposed program to con
solidate facilities at Distric
General Hospital.
"The Committee" the repor
reads, was rather reluctant t.
delete the consolidation projec
Evening star., 1961-10-27
EUDORA WELTY SPEAKS:
Novelist Not q Socio|ogist'

of her strong, deceptively sim
pie stories to the boundaries OF
Mississippi, where she has lived
most Of her 50 years. But the
subject is universal.
"a writer must know his SUBJ
ject to make it vivid enough tc
come true" Miss Welty said.
There must be a sharp TO-
cusing of your mind and feel
ings to make your writing gen.
eral," she said. You can't write
vaguely"
Miss Welty has no theories
on writing. She said she writes
only because she likes writing
II wouldn't do it otherwise,
she said. Its such hard work. "
Miss Welty said the Satisfac-
ton of writing is in having
made something objective that
has some worth as art"
Miss Welty said she hopes
soon to complete her first work
in five years. She said it would
be "comical," about "a lot of
people in the country in Mis-
sissippi.
IT write mostly in snatch
time just at present" she said.
But when I'm working on
something it's in my head all
the time-like a pack on my
back"
Evening star., 1961-10-27
BY T. w TIRANA
Star staff Writer

Eudora Welty, an author
from Mississippi. refuses to let
the troubles of a changing
world encroach in her writ
ing upon her views of human
beings.
"A fiction writer is not a
sociologist." she said today be-
fore a reading of her work at
the Institute of Contemporary
Arts.
In fiction you treat people
as single human beings" she
said, adding:
That doesn't mean you are
blind to the world"
Miss Welty, winner Of the
HowellS Medal given by the
American Academy every five
years for "the most distin-
guiShed work of American fic-
tion," said her field of study
is human beings in relation
to other human beings. HUI
man feelings, she said, are not
affected by the outside world.
Miss Welty, tall. tranquil
looking woman with a quiet
Southern accent, said there is
a quality peculiar to writer's
Evening star., 1961-10-27
ELM DISEASE
SHOWS DECREASE
IN D. C.. AREA

A significant drop in
Dutch elm disease in Wash
,ington area elm trees has
been reported by National
Capital Parks.
DR.. Horace V. Wester,
parks pathologist, said that
420 cases of the disease
were reported this year in
the District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia. as
compared to 719 listed in
1860.
The 1861 report on Dutch
elm disease showed that
only II cases appeared in
the jurisdiction Of Ma
tional Capital Parks, SO in
Virginia, AZ in Maryland
and the remaining 271
cases in the District.
DR.. Wester said the cause
for the drop is not known.
He said it might be attrib-
uted to weather conditions
affecting the transmission
of the disease or a drop in
the disease-carrying beetle
population.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
District Man
Gets Picusso
or$81,OOO

One of Pablo Picasso's most
outstanding blue period" paint
ings, the Cafe de la Rotonde, u
has been bought for $8l 900 by
David Lloyd Kreeger, Washing
ton insurance executive.
Mr.. Kreeger acquired the
work at a Parke Bernet Gallery
auction in New York, a sale
that paralleled the 80th BIRTH
day Of the famed artist.
1t will become a part Of a
growing collection at his home,
1901 Fessenden street NV.
provided Mrs. Kreeger agrees
with her husbands judgment.
She exercises veto powers
over all our paintings" Mr.,
Kreeger said. She has very
high standards and deserves
credit for building the collec-
ton.
But she liked the colors in
the reproduction, and 1 think
the chances are $3.50 she will
want to keep the PicaSso."
Mr.. Kreeger said both he and
his wife feel this painting
should be made available for
everyone to see. Last summer
they had a Renoir. Monet and
Van Gogh exhibited at the Ma
tional Gallery. and now have
two American works at the
Corcoran.
He considered he got good
price" on the Picasso, a paint
ing hard to come by. 1t was
a part Of the collection of
Adolphe A. Juviler, a New York
industrialiSt. The entire sale
brought $l,089,775.
Mr.. Kreeger is senior vice
president and general counsel
Of the Government Employees
Insurance Co.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
CITY FATHERS
FINALLY ENDORSE
UGF CAMPAIGN

The District Commits
sioners finally have got
ten around to indorSing
the United Givers Fund
campaign.
The campaign, which
ends about November Is,
was launched October 2.
But because of a number
Of delays. it was not until
yesterday that a Commits
sioners' ceremony was held
in support of the fund
drive.
Commissioner John B.
Duncan handed out a
proclamation urging the
wholehearted support Of
every resident of the Ma
tion's Capital for the
campaign.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

condemned additional con-
struction on both projects
without further consid-
GRAFTON.
At the same session, David
E. Finley. chairman Of the Fine
Arts Commission. disclosed
that the FAC is withholding
Endorsement of the depressed
trench" E street expreSsway.
In a third move, the North
west Committee for Transpor-
tation Planning called for a
moratorium" on any further
freeway construction OF street
widening, in a special 50-page
study released today.
The citizens group. originally
organized two years ago to
oppose a Wisconsin corridor
freeway that has now been
postponed by legislation. today
urged that four Inner Loop
projects being studies by the
National Capital Planning Com
mission be put on the shelf.
Previously, the Fine Arts
Commission reiterated opposi-
ton to the Inner Loop. and the
American Institute OF Archi-
tectS' Committee on the Ma
tional Capital urged rail-tranSit
priority to reduce the need for
in-town expressways.
In each case, the organiza =
tions commended the National
Capital Planning Commission
for recently deciding to re-
study the Inner Loop system.
At yesterdays session Of the
committee Of 100 on the Fed
eral City, FAC Chairman Finley
said his agency believes the
E street expreSsway would be
destructive" to an area of
major governmental buildings.
While not a part of the Inner
Loop. it represents major ex-
pressway.
Fear Traffic Volume
I'VE feel a depressed road
way. such as is being planned.
will not only be destructive Of
the E Street Mall" he said,
but would direct too great a
volume of traffic past the
White House"
Mr.. Finley said the commits
sion expressed appreciation"
of a plan Of Mrs. Chloethiel
Woodard Smith to make the ex-
pressway more acceptable. but
that members opposed the de
Evening star., 1961-10-27
New Trial
Requested
By Williams

/ Dallas o. Williams, convicted
of second-degree murder Tues
day, has asked for a new trial.
alleging the judge preJudiced
his case by rebuking a psyche
logiSt before the jury.
| The request was one of three
motions filed today by court
appointed attorney, James J.
Laughlin, in efforts to head
off a prison sentence. Williams
was saved from the electric
chair by the second degree
finding.
Mr.. Laughlin also asked for
a judgment of acqWttal by rea-
son of insanity despite the
jury's verdict and for a mental
examination to see whether
Williams should go to a hos
pital rather than a prison.
Williams charged with first
degree murder, was con-
victed in the fatal shooting
March Is of two gas station
attendants. His main defense
was insanity. Under District
law, an insane person is not
responsible for his crimes.
Williams, 46. known as the
Bad Man of Swampoodle," ,"
has a police record covering 20
years and has been in and out
of mental hospitals here re-
peatedly since 1947.
The request for a new trial is
based largely on a ruling yes
terday in another case by the
United States Court of Appeals
approving expert testimony by
qualified psychologists in crimi-
nal cases about a defendants
mental condition.
At Williams trial. the Judge
denied DR.. Margaret Ives, chief
psychologist at St. EliZabeths
Hospital, an opportunity to
testify as to whether she be-
lieved Williams had brain dam
age. Mr.. Laughlin said the
statements by Judge Edward M.
Curran held the witness up to
ridicule.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Bus Firms Fear Cost
Rise in Added Service

/ A spokesman for D. c. Trans
it said today that a proposed
regulation requiring bus CON-
panies to provide sufficient
service to cut down the number
Of standing passengers during
rush hours will increase his
company's costs.
Attorneys for other area
transit companies also indicat-
ed that all the companies will
be faced with higher operating
costs if the regulation is put
through.
Isaac B. Goad, transportation
director for D. C. Transit, said
that increased costs Of opera
tions on Saturday alone under
the proposed regulation would
amount to 100000 annually.
The reaction to the proposal
came at a public hearing called
by the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Commission.
The transit commissions en-
gineering staff has recon-
mended that a busload stand
ard be established to provide
greater comfort for passengers
and therefore make mass tran
sit more attractive to riders.
The proposed standard is
this:
During weekday rush hours
6 am. to 9 am. and 3 pm. to
$50 p.m.-the number OF
standing passengers at buses
heaviest load points on routes
should be no more than 40 per
cent of the number of seats
during any 15-minute period.
This would mean that on ST.
seat buses about 20 passengers
would be permitted to stand.
and on 44-seat buses about II
standees would be permitted.
The number of standees could
be as high as so per cent of
the number of seats on air
conditioned buses.
During weekday non-rush
Evening star., 1961-10-27

sometimes but we were skating
on thin ice." he said.
Nearby Designations
A list released yesterday by
Mr.. Funk showed 81 roads in
Montgomery and 80 in Prince
Georges designated as snow
routes. These cover nearly all
Of the State road system in the
two counties. officials said.
In addition. Joseph Kordella,
Montgomery public works di-
rector. said his county will des-
ignate other local roads as
emergency snow routes under
special authority granted the
county. He said these also will
be posted with red and white
signs similar to the State signs.
Mr.. Kordella had some mis-
givings about possible over
tapping of effort when the
District of Columbia, the State
and Montgomery all set about
declaring emergency conditions.
But Major Conroy assured him
that all were working toward
the same goal-"getting the
motorists home and getting the
snow off the roads"
Authority Overweight
Mr.. Buscher said another bill
passed at the last legislative
session gives any county the
right to impose its own weight
and speed limits on vehicles on
any road damaged by weather.
The limits, which would be va
lid for a 60-day period, would
be to minimize further road
damage.
A third bill authorizes coun-
ties and municipalities to bor-
row money through the State
Roads Commission to repair
major damage caused by Sc
we're or unforeseen weather con-
ditions."