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Evening star., 1961-12-14
NLRB UphoIds
Firing Of Unionist
Tordy in Dues
BY the Associated Press

The National Labor Relations
Board held yesterday that a
union may request an employer
to fire a worker who Is delin-
quent in his union dues even If
the worker subsequently pays
his dues.
Overturning a previous NLRB
decision, the board ruled 4 to 0
that a belated payment of dues,
after the request for discharge,
does not forestall a valid dis
missal under a union security
contract.
The decision specifically dealt
with a case involving the Gen.
eral Motors Packard Electric
Division and its plant at Warren,
Ohio, and the International
Union of Electrical Workers,
AFL-CIO.
The NLRB. reversing a 1855
finding known as the aluminium
workers rule. dismissed unfair
labor charges against the COM
pany and the union.
NLRB said yesterday the alu-
minum workers rule, which held
that worker could not be fired
If he paid his dues prior to the
discharge, was at odds with
congressional purpose of per-
mitting union shop agreements
requiring union membership as
a condition of employment.
Evening star., 1961-12-14
Incompetency
Rules Out Trial

Chief District Court Judge
Matthew F. MCGUIRE has ruled
that Nathaniel H. Jones. 81, of
the 500 block Of E street NE,
is mentally incompetent to
stand trial at the present time
on a murder charge.
Judge Mcclure yesterday
ordered Jones committed to st.
Elizabeths Hospital. Assistant
United States Attorney Thomas
M. O'Malley said that the Gov
ernment did not oppose the in
competency finding.
Jones was indicted for first
degree murder in the January
4 fatal shooting Of James L.
Stroman. %, at the victims s
home at 1015 Florida avenue
NE. after an argument.
In a letter to the court, DR..
Winfred Overholster, superin-
tendent of st. Elizabeth Hospi-
tai, said Jones was mentally Ill
and is considered incompetent
to participate in his own de-
fense.
Evening star., 1961-12-14

VLlC OllIVSu OCdGco IdIlSlSQ oil
the issue of suspension of nu-
clear weapons tests.
After the vote. Soviet Del
egate Valerian A. Zorin read
an official statement from his
government accusing the West
ern powers of seeking to wreck
resumed negotiations in Gen.
eva on a test ban treaty.
Mr.. Zorin said that in view
of resumed United States un-
derground tests and the West
ern rejection of Soviet pro-
posals in Geneva, the Soviet
Union is impelled to take the
decision to hold nuclear weap-
ons tests to keep the de-
fense capacity of the country
at the proper level"
Arthur Dean, United States
delegate who took part in the
Geneva talks, attacked Mr.
Zorin's statement as clearly out
OF order and cynical"
Mr.. Dean accused the Soviets
of violating the old moratorium
on tests with its last series. in
Guiding the 50-plus megaton
blast,
He said the Soviet offer for
a new moratorium without
controls lis a setback for in
ternational negotiations. The
present proposal of the Soviet
Union is absolutely nothing"
In what amounted to a rare
Evening star., 1961-12-14
Dominican Mobs Force
u. S. Office to Close
SANTO DOMINGO, Domini.

SANTO DOMINGO, Domini-
can Republic. Dec. IA (AP).-
The United States Consulate S
vixa section was shut down to-
day after an anti-American
demonstration by leftist youths
reused by rumors that former
Trujillo henchmen were seek
ing visas to flee to the United
States.
Shouting Yankee go home"
the angry mobs yesterday tried
to attack three American Con-
sulate officials who escaped by
running for their cars.
The United States Consulate
said it was forced to close its
downtown visa office indefi-
nitely because it was impos-
sible to work under such dis
orderly conditions.
Castro AgitatOrs
Yesterdays anti American
riot was the second in two
days be teen-agers whipped
into a frenzy by agitators
known to include admirers of
Cuba's Fidel Castro.
A gang smashed into the
consulate on Tuesday and tried
to assault four Dominicans
seeking visas whom they ac-
cused of being informers for
slain dictator Rafael L. Tru-
jillo.
The mob yesterday threat
ened United States Consul Ma
thias j. Ortwein. Vice Consul
John Spillane and Visa Sec
ton Chief George Belcher with
iron rods and rocks but the
Americans made a hasty get
away under police cover with
out being hurt.
A woman passerby was
wounded accidentally by police
who fired shots over the heads
of the demonstrators and dis
persed them with tear gas and
noice bombs.
NewSmen Jeered
The crowd massed again in
front Of the Radio Corp. of
America office and jeered
newsmen inside. On youth
with a club struck the camera
of AP Photographer Jim Bour-
Evening star., 1961-12-14
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Several Choices Given Kennedy
For Early Pay Raise Decision

iStic enough to know that Con-
gresS will approve some kind
of a Federal and postal pay
raise next year.
They feel that, since this is
the case. it would be wise for
the administration to take the
lead and get the kind of pay
raise that accomplishes the
most in bringing Government
salaries up to parity with in
dustry in many key jobs. The
administration also wants to
raise Executive Pay Act salaries
cabinet officers, agency heads,
etc.
On the other hand. Presi-
dent Kennedy recently told the
AFL-CIO that labor should use
restraint in seeking pay raises
from industry during the next
few years to combat initiation.
If the administration proposes
sizable Federal pay raises
especially in a cumulative
fashion over a three-year
period it would be the signal
for labor generally to seek pay
raises in industry,
Then. too, President Ken
nedy intends to present a bal
anced budget to Congress and
a pay raise would make that
difficult to achieve.
This is one reason some ot
the Presidents advisers feel that
an installment-plan pay raise
would spread the cost over q
period of three years. It would
also be based on the compar-
ability concept but on a grad.
ual basis.
In any event, should the ad-
ministration propose pay raises
to Congress, it will seek a
larger percentage increase fol
the middle and upper salary
grades.
But the political facts of life
are that Congress will not per.
nit lower-salaried classified
and postal workers to be slight.
ed in the matter of pay, anc
it's problematical whether il
will agree to giving higher,
salaried employees a larger per.
centage raise.
The administrations posi-
ton is plain. 1t is most anxious
Evening star., 1961-12-14
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy within
the next 10 days is expected
to decide what position the
administration will take re-
garding its Federal pay raise
proposals to Congress next
year.
The alternatives placed be-
fore the President by his top
advisers are these:
l. A compatibility pay raise
bill based on current Bureau
Of Labor Statistics industry pay
figures, which would give some
what sizable increases to en-
eineers, scientists, executives
and professional people in Gov
ernment, and which would give
about a 5 per cent raise to
iower-grade classified employees
and postal workers. The Classi-
fication Act ceiling would be
raised to $4,000 or $4,000.
2, A gradual pay raise which
would be spread out over
a three-year period. with en-
ployes getting salary raises
once a year for three straight
years. Under such a system
lower grade classified and pos
tai employees would get an
initial pay raise of about 5 pei
cent and slight increases for
each of the next two years
Those in the middle and upper
brackets would get more sizable
raises.
!. 3. A modest overall classi-
fled and postal employe pay
raise, with more flexibility
given the Government by Con-
gress to readjust salaries to 6
more competitive basis with
comparable industry pay. This
would enable the Government
to adjust pay upward for key
personnel, in addition to what.
ever overall pay raise is given
within more flexible authority
given it by Congress.
4. No recommendation by
the President to Congress or
pay raises, leaving it up tt
Congress to take the initiative
on what it will do.
n y
PAY RAISE CERTAIN-Ad
ministration officials are real
Evening star., 1961-12-14

to raise the pay of key per-
sonnel such as scientists, en-
gineers. administrators and
professional people. In order to
do this. it is willing to go
along with a modest raise for
lower-grade classified employees
and postal workers. even
though it feels that in many
cases these employees salaries
compare favorably with COM
parable industry jobs.
4 y
POSITION OF CONGRESS
Whatever the administra-
tion's proposal or lack of pro-
posal, Congress appears ready
to take action on Federal pay
raises next year.
There are indications that
Congress will be agreeable to
an overhaul of the Federal pay
structure as part of the pay
raise.
However. the chances appear
remote that Congress would
buy any proposal for a three
year graduated pay raise. Con-
gress in all likelihood would
not want to commit itself for a
three year period, since it
wouldn't know what the eco
nomic and budgetary condi-
tions will be during that pc
riod of time.
AS for the employe unions,
they might go for a two-year
deal in which they would get
successive pay raises. But it's
unlikely that they will support
a three-year deal. At best pay
raises for postal workers and
lower-grade classified imployes
over a three-year period would
be 9 or 10 per cent.
However, the history of Fed
eral pay riases shows they oc-
cur practically every two years
Since Federal and postal pay
raises have averaged at least
712 per cent, this means that
should this pattern prevail next
year, they would receive a Il
per cent increase at least over
present pay by 1864 lone ir
1862 and another in 1864.
A three-year installment.
pin type of pay raise woulc
only give them a 9 or 10 pei
cent pay raise at best by 1864
Evening star., 1961-12-14
Actress Asks Divorce

LOS ANGELES, Dec. ID
lAP) Movie Actress Rhonda
Fleming is suing Actor Lang
Jeffries for divorce. The suit
filed yesterday, accuses Mr.
JeffrieS of extreme cruelty
Both are 81. They were married
April 30, 1860, and separated
last September Is.
Evening star., 1961-12-14
Gen. Van Fleet
Lauds Spirit Of
Citizen-SoIdier

Gen. James A. Van Fleet re-
ported to President Kennedy
today that the spirit Of the
Citizen soldiers" called to ac-
tive duty in the Berlin crisis is
magnificent"
Gen. Van Fleet, former COM
mander Of American forces in
Korea who was called out of
retirement a few weeks ago as
a part-time consultant to
Army Secretary Stair, said he
had visited half a dozen camps
where National Guard and Re
serve units called up are train
ing.
After his conference with the
President, he told newsmen
that he found the morale of
the units and individuals sex
tremely high" reflecting "the
readiness of Americans to
answer the call Of the Presi-
dent"
Complaints insignificant"
Asked about complaints re-
ported by some newspapers
from these camps. Gen. Van
Fleet said the complainers were
insignificant and not repre-
sentative of the majority.
There always will be some
complaints" he said. IF there
aren't, it isn't a good unit"
But he said the things COM
planned about have been small
and insignificant" and have
been taken care Of.
On the whole. he reported
that the quality of the Ma
tional Guard and Reserve units
called up this year sis far
above" those mobilized for
World War II and the Korean
War.
Some Shortages
He conceded that there are
some shortages of modern
equipment and supplies-"that
is a question of money-but
said, II found no shortage Of
equipment that affects the
present training"
Asked if the units called up
are combat ready now, he re-
piled. "Of course not that is
why they are there, to be made
combat ready"
But he said he expects thu
32d and 49th National Guard
Divisions to be combat ready
by February.
The 32d Division from Wis
consin has figured in some
rews stories as the source of
many complaints about condi-
tions at Fort Lewis, Wash.
where it is training. Gen. Van
Fleet was asked about a state
ment by Representative Dixon
ski, Republican of Wisconsin,
supporting those complaints.
He said the Congressman
made a statement before he
visited Fort Lewis and then
modified it after going there.
Secretary Stahr accompanied
Gen. Van Fleet on his visit to
the White House.
Gen. Van Fleet said the Pres
ident and Mr.. Stahr want him
to visit the National Guard and
reserve training sites again,
and he plans to do so after
the first of the year.
He also said he has inspected
the special training for guer-
rilla and anti-guerrila warfare
at Fort Bragg, N. c.. and re-
ported it magnificent"
Evening star., 1961-12-14
III. N. Unit Backs Plan
OF U. S., Reds on Arms

UNITED NATIONS N. Y. Dec. IA (AP) The United Ma
uos main political committee approved unanimously last night
joint SoVlet-United States proposal setting
nation body to ngdeadocked disarmament
tons.
But Immediately after that Soviet Union and
Evening star., 1961-10-29
By CLARE CRAWFORD
Contributing Writer

home" she reports. But everyone is CO.
operative. l explain UGF and, judging by
my experience in last years campaign.
will manage to collect about $25 In most
instances. people contribute at their
offices which is what UGF wants"
What does all this have to do with
the 100000 or so people watching the
Mechlings starting their day2
Well, the UGF wanted an attractive,
well-to-do family with five children to
make a movie contrasting their pleasant
life with the plight of family of the same
size in need of help from the fund. The
family dependent on aid from various
UGF agencies would have problems
ranging from Juvenile delinquency to
cerebral palsy. The Mechlings we're a
perfect match-even the ages of the chill
dren were the same for just such a fam
lily on the UGF rolls.
Mrs. Mechling, being a dedicated
UGFer was willing. But how would her
husband like having all those people
watching his every move in the morn
ing?
Tom was very nice about it." says
Mrs. Mechling.
Now MY other Family" cO-starring
the Sseven Meetings and their UGF
counterparts. is being shown to civic
and social organizations, in business
establishments and on home television
screens. And before the drive ends,
UGF officials estimate, more than 3OO,-
600 will have seen il.
A lot of people are getting to know
the Mechlings and, much more impor-
tant, what the United Givers Fund means
to the i'll, the disabled. the disturbed
and the destitute throughout the Metro
politan Area.
Il isn't hard to rsod the mind -ond
heoh-of the little girl on this
Yeors UGf poster. u need help," you
con olmost hear her soy. "Pleoss?"
The Arizona post., 1961-11-10
Well Lighted Areas
AidJohnny's sStudies

Johnny can't read what Johnny can't see and yet
IN surprising number of homes study facilities for
school children nadequatey or improperly lighted
Not only the simple seeing" benefits of good light
ng Out IT'S decorative and comfort aspects receiving
increasing attention. particularly from builders of total
Electric Medallion Homes who include provision
tor good lighting in order qualify their houses for this
coveted quality award
A well-Panned, welllghted study center helps pre-
vent eeStrain encourages good posture and aids con-
cenraton and you just such desirable setting
recommended by General Electric lighting experts, BY
mounting two wal! lamps above the Students desk Cen
ter the shades (Which should g. at the top in
depth and 10 at the bottom) approximately 3O' apart
Is above the top of the desk and II" back from the
front of the desk
Evening star., 1961-01-02
Missouri Picked
To Win in Bowl
On Seventh Try
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Staf Writer

MIAMI, Jan. 2.-The Navy
and Missouri football teams
were set to launch the new
year in exciting fashion today,
each determined to give the
other a headache to rival any
nursed and coddled in yester-
days Nationwide morning
after miseries.
The players did not partici-
pate in any New Years eve
partying. They hoped to do
their celebrating before 10000
spectators, including President
elect Kennedy, in the 9th
Orange Bowl classic.
Millions of other fans
tplanned to watch on television.
(The game, starting at pm,
was scheduled for showing in
Washington over, WTOP-90
Nays Fourth Bowl
The Tigers, whose only regu-
lar-season loss was reversed
because Kansas used an ineli-
gible player, were favored by Z
points to come off with their
first bowl victory. They came
out on the losing end in six
previous tries-twice in the
Orange, twice in the Gator.
once in the Sugar and once in
the Cotton Bowl.
This was Navy's fourth bowl
appearance. The Middies tied
Washington in the 1924 Rose
Bowl, beat Mississippi in the
1855 Sugar Bowl and defeated
Rice in the 1858 Cotton Bowl.
The Tigers, who were rated
No. / in the country just be-
fore their loss to Kansas, were
: knocked down to fifth place in
the last Associated Press list,
one notch below the team they
were favored to beat today.
Playing their last college
games were a number Of men
on both sides, but none was
leaving the scene with more
fanfare than Navy's Joe Bel
!, limo, the Nations most publi-
, cized and most-honored player.
Scores Reveal Little
The All America halfback
with the inexplicable power Of
eluding sure looking traps
again carried Navy's chief
hopes for victory. He broke
Navy's all-time rushing record
with 834 yards this season and
was the main reason the Mid
dies were able to get through
with a 9-1 mark. Navy lost to
Duke after leading. 100, at
the half. and the Middies just
See ORANGE, Page A-2s
Evening star., 1961-01-02
Middies Battling Averages;
Gophers, Defend Pedestal
Sugar Bowl Ends Jinxes;;
Cotton Gets Philosophers

DALLAS, Jan. q (AP).-The
25th Cotton Bowl game. with
Duke meeting Arkansas. went
on today as the kind OF
spectacle that Coach Bill Muir
ray of Duke says is typical Of
college football. -,
Murray is q philosopher as
well as the producer Of top
football teams. In paying trib-
ute to Arkansas as playing
nearer 100 per cent than any
team he had seen this season,
he said:
MY analysis Of Arkansas is
the same as my analysis OF
today's college football as I see
it. Colleges play the game with
emotion and to the hilt.
College football Is the greatest
spectacle today, because you
have two groups dedicated to
a job"
Game Put on Spot
Duke, the Atlantic Coast
Conference champion, came
here determined to make up
for more or less putting the
Cotton Bowl on the spot. The
Blue Devils lost their last game
of the season to UCLA in
humiliating fashion-and on
television to boot. That was
after they had been picked for
the Dallas post-season classic.
Arkansas, the Southwest Con-
ference champion. is seeking its
second bowl game in a row
Git beat Georgia Tech, lat, in
the Gator Bowl in 1850. 1t was
trying to win its first Cotton
Bowl game in three tries.
| Coach Frank Broyles OF
Arkansas also had some philos-
ophy Of football, although he
dealt more with the technical
aspects Of the game. Murray
had talked about Arkansas
"quickness," and Broyles ex-
planned that he worked hard on
this development. 1t was neces-
sary, he commented, to his
type Of defense.
Stunt on Defense
1--WE never line up in the same
defense twice in a row." ne
explained. "Our defense is all
stunts. To stunt you must be
quick. The quicker men usually
are smaller. We have some
big boys who can't move. but
we don't play them"
Broyles thus was revealing
why Duke outweighed the Ra-
zorbacks in today's game. The
Blue Devils boasted a "a
pounds-per-man advantage in
the line and 10 pounds per man
overall. Whether those big
fellows could move fast enough
See COTTON, Page AIS
Evening star., 1961-01-02
Houston Takes Lead
Ex-Grid Star Dies
OF Heart Attack

SHEBOYGAN. Wis. Jan. 2
(AP). - Merwin w. (Swede)
Swenson, 60, vice president and
general manager Of the Gen
eral Box Co. Of Sheboygan
collapsed and died Saturday
night during a party held to
mark his retirement earlier in
the day.
Swenson played professional
football with the Chicago Car
dinals from 1924 to 1927 after
starring for Dartmouth in 1928.
He was past president Of the
Wisconsin Chamber Of Com
merce and was a member OF
the War Labor Board in World
War II.
His death was attributed to
a heart attack.
Evening star., 1961-01-02
CLICKS ON THIRD DOWN
BIondo Clutch Passes
Give Oilers AFL Title

HOUSTON, Jan. 2 tAP.-
The Houston Oilers are the first
champions Of the American
Football League, thanks to the
third-down passes Of George
Blanda and an out-of-char-
acter pass defense.
Blanda threw three touch
down passes and the Oiler pass
defense was amazing as Hous-
ton took the championship yes
terday with a 24-16 victory
over the Los Angeles Chargers
before a crowd of 32,183.
While Blanda's effectiveness
on third down triggered the
Oiler offense, the Houston de-
tense was handing Jack Kemp,
the leagues No. paSser, his
first touchdown shutout In five
games.
All Of Blanda's touchdowns
came on third down, as did IL
Of his l6 competitions. The
competitions were. good for 301
yards and all but 48 yards came
on third-down plays.
Kemp Completes 81
Kemp had thrown six touch
downs in two regular season
games against the Oilers, who
won the Eastern Division title
despite the leakiest pass de-
fense in the league. Kemp's 81
competitions yesterday were
good for III yards but this was
well below the 276.7-yard aver.
age Houston had allowed in Il
regular season games.
1T was our best defensive
game Of the season." sale
Blanda, who spent 10 year.
with the Chicago Bears before
retiring" two years ago.
Game officials thought play
was too rough in spots. Secono
and fourth-quarter fist fight.
caused three players - Hogar
Wharton and Julian Spence o.
Houston and Maury Schleichel
of Los Angeles-to be ordered
from the game.
Houston Takes Lead
Blanda did not get the Ollie
offense under way until tn
second quarter, by which tim,
Los Angeles had grabbed q g.
lead on field goals Of 3S and 2
yards by Ben Agajanian.
Drives Of ,83 and so yard
put Houston in front, 10-I
with Blanda passing II yard
Evening star., 1961-01-02

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2
(AP).-When the final gun
sounds In today's Sugar Bowl
football duel between Missis-
sippi and Rice. more than one
jinx will have been busted
regardless Of who wins.
Kickoff time for the 27th an
nual post-season classic is 2
PIN. washington time). with
partly cloudy skies and 60-de-
gree temperature forecast for
the contest. A crowd Of 10000
and q coast-to- coast television
(NBC) audience will watch
the game.
Perhaps the biggest obstacle
on the record books facing Jass
Neely's Rice Owls is Ole Miss
record against Southwest Con-
ference teams In bowl play.
Take Three Of Four
The Rebels, Southeastern
Conference champions, faced q
Southwest team for the fourth
time in a bowl battle. The Reb-
els have come out on top ir
the three previous encounters
They beat Texas Christian in
the l948 Delta Bowl at Mem
phis, edged the Horned Frogs
again in the 1856 Cotton Bowl
and stomped Texas in the 1853
Sugar Bowl.
On the other hand, no South
eastern team ever has beaten
Rice in post-season play. The
Owls have q 5-1 bowl recorc
which includes defeats Of Ten.
nessee and Alabama. their only
Southeastern opponents.
But Coach Johnny Vaught'i
chances of directing Ole Mis-!
to another bowl title appear
pretty good. Even the odds.
makers think so, with tht
Rebels q 12-point favorite
Earlier the betting fraternity
had the SEC champs picked BY
10 points.
Seeks Fifth Straight
Mississippi is going after 1T
fifth straight post-season VIC
tory, with successive decisions
in the 1856 Cotton, 1858 anC
1860 Sugar and 1858 Gatol
Bowls tucked under its belt.
But the last Sugar Bow
titlist to return to New Orlean!
to defend its crown was Louisi'
ana State. And everybody
remembers how Mississippi
trimmed the Bayou Bengals
21-0, last year.
Rice. runnerup for the 1861
Southwest crown, can draw
solace in the thought that per.
centagewise its fellow confer
ence teams have the best Sugar
Bowl record.
Evening star., 1961-01-02
STATISTICS

to Dave Smith for a touch
down and then kicking an 18-
yard field goal. With nine Sec
onds left in the half. a 19-yard
punt by Houston's Charlie Mil
stead went out Of bounds on
the Oiler 81. Agajanian re-
turned for a 27-yard kick that
cut the Oiler halftime edge to
1919.
Billy Cannon, the Heisman
Trophy winner from Louisiana
State. returned the second half
kickoff AZ yards to the Hous-
ton As. It took the Oilers 10
players to move in front. 17-9.
with Blanda passing to Bill
Groman for the final Z yards.
Kemp then teamed with
See AFL. Page A-22