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Evening star., 1961-01-04
Depressed Areas Bill
No. ! on Senate List

He said extensive hearings will
not be needed because q full
record has been built tIp a. to
the problems Of regions with
chronic high unemployment.
Bills similar to Senator
Douglas proposal were intro
duced in the Houshe yesterday
and more are expected. Sponsors
of the legislation said the
Setnate probably would act first.
Headed Task Force
The Illinois Senator headed
a task force set up last month
by Mr.. Kennedy to make recon-
mendations on how to bring re-
covery to communities suffering
from prolonged economic de-
preston.
This group made numerous
proposals but it was agreed
passage of the Douglas bill
would get top priority.
The bill is to carry these
main provisions:
500 million in loan funds
to build new plants in indus
trial areas.
500 million in loans for
plants in rural areas. ~
$100 million in loans for pub
lie facilities such as water sys-
TENS needed to attract new
industries.
SIS million in Federal grants
for public facilities in com.
munities so hard hit that they
could not repay loans.
$40 million for retraining of
workers to qualify them for new
liobs.
| $4.5 million for technical as
sistance such as studies to de-
termine the economic potential
of a distressed area.
The principal new feature in
the 1861 measure, as compared
with past versions, will be a
ceiling of $50 million on outlays
under each of the three loans
programs in the first year.
Evening star., 1961-01-04
Democrats Bill Bars
2 Eisenhower Pensions

A Democratic leader spon.
soring a move to restore tc
President Eisenhower his rank
of five-star general said today
the proposed legislation would
not permit Mr.. Eisenhower tc
draw two pensions after leav-
ing the White House.
Mr.. Eisenhower resigned
from his lifetime rank as a
general Of the Army when he
became the Republican presi-
Dental candidate in 1852.
The backer explained the
proposed legislation after Rep
resentative Gross, Republican
of Iowa, criticized what he
said is a quiet move under way
which could allow the Presi-
dent two pensions.
The leader, who said he did
not want to be quoted by name
until he clears the legislation
with other congressional
figures, said there was mo in
tention" for Mr.. Eisenhower to
receive two pensions.
Would Have Choice
Under the proposed bill, the
President would simply be re-
stored to his five-star rank.
He would be given the option
of taking the $2O,7OO pay of a
fve-star general, with its as
sistantS and Office space, or
the $4,000 presidential pension
and an amount for expenses
which has been authorized for
all former Presidents.
Mr.. Eisenhower, who has
Evening star., 1961-01-04
Engineers Elect
Admiral ThieIe

Rear Admiral Edward H.
Thiele, engineer in chief of the
Coast Guard and a District
resident until his appointment
to the Coast Guard Academy in
1924, has been elected presi-
dent of the American Society
Of Naval Engineers.
The third Coast Guard en-
gineer to hold the Office, Ad-
miral Thiele succeeds Rear Ad-
miral Robert E. Cronin, USN.
Installation ceremonies will
be held at a dinner meeting of
the organization at 6 pm. to-
day at the Statler Hilton Hotel.
Evening star., 1961-01-04

only Is more days in ONCE, has
confided to friends he would
like to have his five-star rank
restored since he has spent
most of his life in the Army
The lifetime rank for the top
World War II commanders was
authorized by Congress after
the war. While technically on
active duty, the five-star COM
manders are in effect in retire.
ment except when given spe-
cific assignments.
Mr.. Gross commented about
the move in a report to resi-
dents of his district.
No Need Seen
Il am not opposed to restor-
ing Mr.. Eisenhower's rank as q
general Of the Army and thus
restoring his military retire.
ment compensation" Mr.. Gross
said.
But I am opposed to giving
him both military retirement
and presidential pension. He
has contributed not q single
dime to either of these pension
programs, and he is not in need
of the fancy trimmings that 60
with both.
The taxpayers of this coun-
try have been more than kind
to Eisenhower. They gave him
a tremendous windfall when he
was given preferential treat
ment on the income from his
book, Crusade in Europe This
was reported to have netted
him some three-quarters of q
million dollars. He has a we'll
stocked farm near Gettysburg"
Evening star., 1961-01-04
By the Associated Press

The Senate Democratic lead
ership has decided to give the
coveted rs. /" number to the
depressed areas bill and try to
drive 1t through to early pas
sage.
This means the measure
high on President-elect Ken-
nedy's legislative list for the
1861 session-will be officially
considered the first Senate bill
introduced this year.
Actually, dozens of meas
ures probably will be tossed in
on the first bill introduction
day, which may come later this
week or next.
The Senate depressed areas
bill, to be offered again by
Senator Douglas, Democrat of
Illinois, will be almost identi-
cal with the $339.5 million
measure that passed the Senate
in the last Congress. A
trimmed-down version later
was killed by a veto Of Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Ceilings Provided
However, it was learned tha'
ceilings will be put on flrst-yeal
expenditures in the 1861 version
to hold down the impact on thu
initial budget of the Kennedy
administration.
This indicates that the in,
coming President is giving clost
attention to the cost of welfare
and economic programs he ad,
vocated in his campaign Jas
fall.
Kennedy sttaff memberi
worked with Senator Douglas
aides in drafting the new bill
The ceilings will operate il
such a way that the first-yeal
cost of the legislation, up tt
June 80, 1862, is not expected
to exceed $l00 million.
Senator Douglas told a re.
porter that a Banking subcom
mittee he heads will be ready tt
go ahead promptly with the bill
Evening star., 1961-01-04
LIP RECORD CLEARANCE

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Evening star., 1961-01-15
BY VILLA POE WILSON
contributing Writer

When the new administra-
ton takes over at the White
House on Friday. Miss Le-
titia Baldrige win become
the 12th woman to occupy
the post Of social secretary.
And already there is specu-
lation as to whether pretty
"Tish" Baldrige might
join the ranks OF several Of
her predecessors who married
during their White House
careers.
Prominent among these Is
Mrs. James e. Helm who can
claim the longest service as
White House social secre-
tary, including six years with
the second Mrs. Wilson, more
than q dozen years with Mrs.
Franklin d. Roosevelt and
four years with Mrs. Harry s.
Truman.
President Wilson and his
beautiful bride, the former
Edith Boiling Gait, took much
interest in the engagement
OF her social secretary. then
Evening star., 1961-01-15

Miss Edith Benham, to the
distinguished naval officer
James z. Helm.
When Admiral Helm was
given command Of the Mare
Island Navy Yard, President
and Mrs. Wilson gave q fare
well tea for the couple In
their private drawing room
on the second floor Of the
White House. The marriage
Of Miss Benham and Admiral
Helm took place before the
end Of the Wilson admins
tration.
Presidential Matchmaker
Genial President William
Howard Taft claimed credit
as q matchmaker when Mrs.
Taft's social secretary. Miss
Alice 8. Blech. married White
House naval aide, 1t. Rich
ard wainwright.
The Tafts attended the
wedding and Mrs. Taft even
contributed the something
old" for good luck--a rare
old lace handkerchief. Miss
Blech's successor was tall
slender Miss Katherine Let :
terman.
Miss Isabella Hagner. q
member Of an old Washing
ton family, became the very
first White House social sec
retary when she was assigned
from the office Of the Third
Assistant Secretary Of State
to assist Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt with her corre-
spondence and other social
mdLJcIS.
Miss Hagner returned to
the White House as the social
secretary Of the first Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson. It was
during this period that she
became engaged to Mr.. Nor
man James Of Baltimore.
The wedding took place
shortly after Mrs. Wilson'S
death.
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones.
the Presidents cousin, as
sumed the social tasks for
the widower President and
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Social Secretaries Share
The White House Spotlight

his daughter, Miss Margaret
Wilson, until his marriage to
Mrs. Gait.
Mrs. Warren g. Harding
chose Miss Laura Harlan.
daughter Of an associate
justice Of the United States
Supreme Court as her social
secretary. When President
Harding died and Calvin
Coolidge became President.
Mrs. Coolidge retained Miss
Harlan.
Diplomacy
However. petite pretty Miss
Mary Randolph had an equal
position on the secretarial
staff. Mrs. Coolidge proved
herself q true diplomat In
her relations with the two.
She would ask Miss Harlan
to pour tea at one end of the
table and Miss Randolph to
pour coffee at the other.
And which secretary OUT
ranked which was never
determined.
Miss Randolph remained at
the post for q time after
Mrs. Herbert Hoover became
First Lady. Then Miss Ruth
Fessler, who had been in Mr..
Hoover's office when he was
Secretary Of Commerce, was
appointed social secretary.
President and Mrs. Hoover
gave a gala luncheon and q
reception in the East Room
. for Miss Fessler shortly be-
fore her marriage to Mr..
Robert Lipman Of California
(Which took place at the
home Of her sister here. The
reception was not called q
shower, but the hosts and
guests brought gifts which
were arranged on q long
table In front Of the triple
windows In the East Room.
Other Secretaries
There have been q number
Of secretaries Of First Ladies
not listed as social secre-
taries. For example, Mrs.
Hoover's staff also included
Miss Mildred Hail who was
the secretary in charge Of
matters connected with the
Girl Scouts Of which Mrs.
Hoover was national presi-
dent.
Before the end Of the
Hoover administration, Miss
Hall wore the ring Of Mr..
Thomas Allen Campbell, son
Of a former Governor Of Ari-
zona. The marriage took
place In Palo Alto. Calf, with
former President and Mrs.
Hoover as hosts at the we'd
ding reception and their son
Allan as best man.
Also in Mrs. Hoover's secre-
tariat was Mrs. Gertrude L.
Bowman. now with the Re-
publican National Committee.
And in the Inauguration
year Of 1861 some of the
limelight that beats on the
Executive Mansion will play
on the presiding genius Of
Mrs. Kennedy's social sane
tum.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
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and another six are now study
ing there. In all since 1854
the United States has trained
more than 800 Asians in atomic
science fields.
Concentrate on Electricity
In Japan, the most highly in
duStrialized nation in Asia, a
compact United States re-
search plant went into opera
ton in 1859. Japan's physicists
are concentrating particularly
on nuclear methods of ener-
ating electricity because most
Of the country's coal and all
its oil has to be imported and
industrial power demands are
outstripping supply.
Thailand, which. like the
Philippines, South Vietnam
and Formosa, will soon have
a United States-donated re-
search plant, is already using
one form of atom based energy.
At Bangkok's famous snake
farm, which distillS life-saving
serum from snake venom, meat
containing harmless, imported
radioactive iodine is being led
| to cobraS and other highly
poisonous types.
Venom extracted from these
snakes after iSotope dinners
contains a radioactive label"
This makes the venom easily
traceable when injected into
laboratory animals in tests de-
signed to trace its action on
snake bite victims and thus i'm
prove Serums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Nixon Getting Caught in Middle

fore, may fairly be described
as problems Mr.. Nixon never
made and could not have
avoided.
What he could have avoid
ed, however, was his recent
unwiSe criticism of Presi-
dent Kennedy's dispatch of
of 1900 additional American
troops to crisis Berlin.
For this bipartisan presi-
tential decision was support
ed to the hilt by the Republi-
can leaders in Congress
and almost certainly by the
country as we'll. Thus for the
first time in years Mr.. Nixon
has put a foot seriously
wrong in foreign policy.
Moreover, he has to some eX-
tent alienated himself from
powerful Congressional Re
publicans whose full-hearted
support. because of all his
other difficulties, he will in
creaSingly need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Russian and United States troops battle Berlin with
water and tear That's all right, Just be
sure you keep the situation fluid.
There's question the New Frontier picked this country
up and got it moving again-but which way?
Dick Nixon shoots a hole n-one There go the Repubi-
aga-savng hot five iron that country club
vote.
Russia eXplodes another big They're working
bomb When it expodeS, instead of mushroom
Russia, they get another pile of barbed wire
One candidate for mayor of New York says leading
opponent gentleman The fellow called him worthless
lying, incompetent scoundre-and didn't have the
courtesy to mention his
One fellow boasts he's completely free of prejudice He
dscrimnates against of creed
color.
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A Moral Issue Bellies NeutroIs

tors Of Germany. Despite all
the pious words about 'liqui-
dating colonialism wherever
it exists" not a word was
spoken or written at the Bel
grade conference in favor Of
liberating the East German
people from the colonial yoke
imposed upon them by Mos
COW.
Also, despite all the many
words denouncing nuclear
tests, the action of the
Soviet government in reSum-
ing such tests in the atmoS-
phere was CLOSED over.
The conclusion is in
escapable that most of the
so-called "non-aligned" ma
tons are not idealistic but
materialiStic, that they will
play the West against the
East and vice versa in order
to get funds. AS between
right and wrong, there can
be no neutrality. Countries
like Sweden and Switzerland,
which Stunned the Belgrade
conference. are neutral, too,
but only in the sense that
they stay out of international
disputes on the political
front. Their newspapers,
however, are far from neu-
trail, and the sharpest
denunciation of Premier
Khrushchev's policy in re-
Stunning nuclear tests in the
air has come from Swedish
and Swiss newspapers.
The "non-aligned" may
have thought they would
gain prestige by the Belgrade
conference. In truth, they
have lost the respect of
many other governments.
For most of the group Of
non aligned" now are con-
sidered aligned" with the
position of Moscow, though
processing not to accept its
doctrines. The Belgrade
group seems to be willing to
equate the evils of agrees
sion-aS evidenced in the
Berlin issue-with the heroic
efforts of the West to pre-
serve peace and save the
mont aligned" nations them
selves from being enslaved.
Copyright, 1860
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
DAVID LAWRENCE

Maybe the 25 so-called
nonaligned nations thought
they were building up their
prestige by their summit con-
ference just held at Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, but the truth is
they gave the world an ex-
ample of why double-dealing
doesn't pay.
This group of nations can
hardly be called neutral. for
they do take a position on
issues which affect them di-
rectly. They cannot truly de-
scribe themselves as nom
aligned because they have for
the most part sought favors,
financial and otherwise, from
both sides-the East and the
West.
The Is nations sought to
give the impression that they
are not only against war but
have become the chief expo
nents of all that is good and
virtuouS in international re-
lationS. The sad fact is, how
ever, that when the Soviet
Union broke faith with the
world and abandoned its
pledges that it would not re-
sumo nuclear tests unless the
West did so first, the voices
of protest from the mon
aligned" group were soft and
almost inaudible. 1t was in
deed proof that they were
aligned" with the Soviets.
For they failed to denounce
the steps taken by Moscow
three nuclear tests in the
air-during the very time the
"non-aligned" nations were
actually in conference at
Belgrade.
Former President Truman,
who is by no means inarticu-
late on these matters, put it
this way:
The only thing that
pleaSeS me is the jolt the
neutralists got. They got
what's coming to them. They
ought to take sides with the
free world if they're going
to survive. They're free now
because we made them free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
Church Agency
Post Is Filled

Hugh D. Farley, former head
of the United States aid pro-
gram in Korea, has been named
executive director of the
Church World Service.
Mr.. Farley of 49O1 Dorset
avenue. Chevy Chase, Md,
succeeds retired Methodist
Bishop Frederick B. Newell of
New York as head of the in
terdenominational relief agency.
Also active in United States
aid programs in Lebanon, Mr..
Farley is a former official of
the International Cooperation
Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Drawbacks of California Governorshir
Viewed as Balancing ADVANTAGES

Richard M. Nixon is being
damagingly caught in the
middle as a 1864 Republican
presidential possibility by
some circumstances he could
have controlled and by some
he could not have controlled.
His greatest problem is that
though he is out of national
power he retains the heavy
responsibilities of national
party leadership. This will not
be solved even if he gives in
at last to G. o. P. pressure in
California and agrees to run
for Governor there next year.
For even a Richard Nixon
firmly in that office would be
a long way from the center
of national decision making
and, for that matter, of ma
tional headline making. 1t is
a curious fact, if neither a
rational nor fair one, that
the Governor of even so pow
erful a Western State as Cal
ifornia is too far West" to
exercise the degree of influ-
ence both on party and ma
tional decisions that auto
matically goes to the Cover
nor of a big Eastern State
in this case, Nelson Rookie
Teller of New York.
Mr.. Nixon as Governor of
California, in short, still
would not carry the power
necessary fully to carry out
his responsibilities as titular
national head Of the G. o. P.
Those who talked to him pri
vately during his recent visit
to Washington have no doubt
he is aware of this illogical
but nevertheless real circum-
stance.
This is one of the reasons
for his long hesitations-
Should I or shouldn't I?"-
about making the race for
Governor.
His second greatest prob
lem is the sharpening squeeze
being put upon him by his
two rivals for the 1864 presi-
Dental nomination-Senator
Barry Goldwater Of Arizona
in the G. o. P. rightwing and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
Soft Stand on Berlin and NucIeor Blasts
Believed LOSING Them Much Respect

The Russians didn't do that.
All the satellites they Cthe
RuSsians) took after World
War II are slave states now.
You name one that isn't"
The conference of the
"non-aligned" was, however,
a useful event in one respect.
1t exposed the hypocrisy of
the "uncommitted" nations.
They are "uncommitted" pri-
marily because they want to
derive benefits from both
sides-the East and the West.
But when the subsidies and
donations and grants are
added up, it will be found
that these nations got many
times more from the United
States and its allies than
from the Russians.
The impression made here
by the Belgrade conference
is painful one. Officials in
Washington were shocked to
note that, in the resolutions
adopted, there was no de-
nunciation of the Soviets for
resuming nuclear tests in the
air. Despite all the talk by
Nehru of India about the i'm
portance of preserving peace,
he himself was restrained in
his comments.
The mission Of President
Sukarno of Indonesia and
President, Keita of Mali, in
coming to Washington on a
special trip to persuade Pres
ident Kennedy to negotiate
with Nikita KhruShchev at a
sum nit" conference, is
something OF an antlcllmaX.
Here was a group of ma
tons which profess to be
against war and especially
against colonialism. Yet they
fail to stand up to the big
gest practitioner of colonial
ism in the modern world
the Soviet Union. If ever a
moral issue has presented it.
self to challenge the peace
loving elements of the whole
world, it is in the Berlin is
sue-especially in the fate Of
the people of the divided sec
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Gov. Rockefeller in the left
wing.
Gov. Rockefeller-to whom
is now falling some of that
plain political luck which
once went to Mr.. Nixon-is
moving up mainly because
the Democrats in New York
City are handing power to
him. Their savage intra-
party primary fight for the
mayoralty nomination there
hurts any and all Democrats,
including themselves, and
helps only Gov. Rockefeller.
Senator Goldwater, for his
part, is making Roadway
against Mr.. Nixon largely be-
cause of the basic differences
in their political positions.
True, the Senator as of now
cannot be said to control any
very large part of the Re-
publican Party. But what he
does control-the Republican
rightwing - he controls alb
solutely and without the
shadow of a rival anywhere.
It is all his. Mr.. Nixon is in
the always difficult position
of any moderate, a position
that never attracts much
desperately enthusiastic and
fighting support. however
sound it may be.
Already, for example, Mr..
Goldwater is able to hold Mr..
Nixon'S feet to the fire by
saying that if Mr.. Nixon
runs for Governor Of Cali
fornia this ought to take him
out as a presidential candi-
date in 1854. For Mr.. Nixon
this is an awkward sugges-
ton to reply to. assuming he
does decide to run in Cali
fornia. If he says he agrees
with the Senator he is not
necessarily out of 1t for Pres
ident; but he is at least very
embarrassed. If he doesn't
agree, his California opposi-
ton will begin to charge him
with using the governorship
only as ambitions stepping
stone.
All these problems, there