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Evening star., 1961-02-28
BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star staff Writer

The American Medical As
sociation said today the Ken
nedy administration health
care plan would mean Govern
ment control Of hospitals
socialism by any definition. "
Secretary Ribicoff Of the
Department Of Health. Educa-
ton and Welfare rejected the
charge and suggested tn at
ANA officials read the bill''
President Kennedy. has pro-
posed.
The exchange was the first
of many expected between the
doctors organization and the
administration over the con-
troversial proposal to provide
limited health benefits to all
social security recipients over
IS.
DR.. r. j. L. Blasingame,
executive vice president Of the
ANA, touched off the contro-
versy with q statement that
it is sheer sophistry" for Mr..
Kennedy to claim his program
would guarantee patients free
choice Of hospitals and doctors,
DR.. Blasingame said Mr..
Ribicoff admitted in a recent
news conference that only those
hospitals agreeing to abide by
rules and regulations he sets
down would be available to
patients.
"These measures" the ANA
spokesman contended, would
empower the HEW Secretary
to interfere with hospital oper-
ations in all manners Of ways,
including the setting of 'rea-
sonable' charges. Government
control Of hospitals-socialism
by any definition-would be
effectively established"
Mr.. Ribicoff replied: MAY
I suggest DR.. Blasingame read
the bill. 1t speaks for itself.
Each patient has his own
choice. His relationship with
his doctor is not touched"
The proposal President Ken
nedy advanced offers no pay
to doctors and specifi-
cally prohibits interference by
any Federal official in the
practice of medicine.
1t provides for freedom OF
Evening star., 1961-02-28
BiIIAsksA Aid
ToEnIoree
GWHospitoI.

House Democratic Leader
McC Cormack asked Congress
yesterday to make George
Washington University Hos
pital eligible for $2.5 million IN
Federal aid for a proposed ad-
dition and renovation.
He introduced a bill he
said was Immediately and
urgently" necessary. The meas,
ure would amend the Hospital
Center Act, which provided for
construction Of hospital facil:,
tiles in the District. :
Mr.. Mccormack said the pro-.
posed addition to the CIV
hospital would enable the In
stitution Ito keep pace with.
the health and patient care
needs Of q rapidly expanding
and ever-changing community
to prepare more well-Quahfied
young physicians to help fill
the medical requirements Of q.
growing Nation, and to main.
tain research so essential to
progress in medicine"
Mr.. Mccormack recalled that
the present George Washing
ton University Hospital was
built under wartime construc-
ton conditions and limited to
400 beds. He said this resulted
in inadequate provisions for lee
ture halls. classrooms, labora-
tories and offices.
He said that hospital Off
cials estimate that IS to 30 neV
beds are needed to establish
q specialized university CEN
tered pediatric service. Further
needs. he said, include space
for a d equate administrative
offices. expanded laboratories,
expansion Of the physical medi-
cine department, relocation and
expansion of emergency facili-
ties, a addition al conference
rooms. additional kitchen and
dining facilities, storage rooms
and for the laundry and phar-
macy.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Committee OKs
Clark and Miller
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee yesterday approved
unanimously President Ken
nedy's nominations of William
r. Clark and Herbert ]. Miller
jr.. to be assistant attorneys
general.
Mr.. Clark, 80, son of Justice
Tom Clark of the Supreme
Court, has been practicing law
in Dallas, Tex. A Democrat, he
is to head the Lands Division
in the Justice Department.
Mr.. Miller, 81, a Washington
ID. c. attorney and a Republi-
can. is to head the Criminal
Division. He has been serving
as an attorney for the Board
of Monitors named by a Federal
district court here to police
affairs Of the Teamsters Union.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

cials have two locations in mind
for its new units. the northeast
corner Of the base from the
main gate north to the trailer
lot. and the southwest side in
the area Of the old hospital.
Private Contractors
A base spokesman said there
currently are 118 three-bed-
room apartments and 96 trailer
lots for noncommissioned Off
GERS. For officers there are 100
fourplex apartment units, 1S
duplex units and 16 farm
type" houses. But the four.
plexes are to be converted into
go dulexes, he said.
The Capehart housing units
are to be built by private con-
tractors under federally guar
anteed mortgages. -.
The committee also approved
a proposal Of Representative
Lankford, Democrat Of Mary.
land, to authorize 1,799, 900 for
construction Of a 500-man bar
racks for stewards mates at the
Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Mr.. Lankford. a committee
member, said that at a closed
meeting yesterday the commit
tee voted to add his proposal.
The Lankford amendment
also would authorize $4,000
for construction Of a port d.
rector's office and a small boats
control offices at the Academy.
The committee last week ap-
proved an authorization of
$7,730,000 for rehabilitation Of
Bancroft Hall and construction
Of two new housing wings for
the Midshipmen.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Peace Corps Proposal
Is Sent to White House

would be no more than $40
million. No one connected with
the project, however, believes
more than q fraction Of that
amount is needed in the next
few months.
Mr.. ReuSs will wait for White
House approval before intro
ducing his proposals. He hopes
they will become an admins
tration bill introduced stimuli
taneously In both the House oi
Representatives and the Senate
Meanwhile President Ken
nedy already has given hii
brother . In law. r. Sargent
Shriver, the task Of mobilizine
a peace corps" For the last
three weeks he and experts
commandeered from agencies
throughout the Government
have centered their efforts ir
the ICA Building across Lafay.
cite Square from the White
House.
Mr.. ReusS has had requests
from a dozen Representatives
to co-sponsor the peace corps
legislation. 1t Is believed that
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
Of Minnesota, and Senator Neu.
berger, Democrat of Oregon
would introduce the legislation
In the Senate.
Senator Humphrey, the Sen.
ate's majority whip, and Mrs
Neuberger's late husband, Sen.
ator Richard Neuberger, .wert
early proponents of the "peacl
corps" idea in the Senate.
Administrative Question
The trickiest questions ap'
pear to be the exact admins
tration and recruitment OF tht
corps. Most Of the preparator!
work has proceeded through
the ICA, and Mr.. Reuss' pro
poSalS look toward centerinI
much Of the corps in that
agency.
But the report Of the eight
man panel from the Colorado
State University Resea q re
Foundation under DR.. Maurict
L. AlbertSon recommends /,
separate agency within tn,
overall foreign aid program
Mr.. Shriver'S group is said II
be in broad agreement will
this report, although its atti
tude toward that particula
recommendation is still un
determined.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

Structlon Authorization Bill.
Thus the committee overruled
the Budget Bureau, which had
asked for only 2,025 units, in
cluding SIS for the Washington
area.
Under the legislation as ap-
proved by the committee, Fort
Belvoir is to receive $50 units,
Fort Myer 525. and Andrews
800. The Budget Bureau had
asked only for the units for
Fort Myer.
May House Couples
Fort Belvoir now has three
villages Of 6lS military housing
units built under the Capehart
program. q post spokesman
said. He said the post planned
to build the new homes in pre-
selected areas. generally where
units already exist, but that the
District Engineer must make
the final decision. Married Of
ficers and enlisted men may live
in the homes, he added.
According to an official for
the Military District of Wash
ington, the new units at Fort
Myer are to be built in the
North Area, where there now
are 80 substandard units which
eventually will come down. The
new units are to house non
commissioned officers.
In the south area, there are
seven large apartment build
ings of 668 units, but these will
be razed as the national ceme-
terry is expanded, the spokes-
man said. Some Of the resi-
dents of these apartments. will
be moved to the new units in
the north area.
Andrews Air Force Base Off
Evening star., 1961-02-28
=
Germicide for Phones

NEW YORK - An aerosol
germicide for use on telephones
has been developed by q New
! York company. It is said to be,
effective up to six days.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Committee Clears 1,075
MiIitoryHousing Units

The House Armed Services Committee approved con-
sucon Of LOTS military housing units for three area mill
tary installations =,
The houses planned Fort Belvo Fort Myer and An
drews Air Force Base Of units approved by
the committee Yesterday Of the Military Con-
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Senators Ask
Navy 10 Bar
SuspectFirm
BY the Associated Press

. The Senate Investigations
Subcommittee demanded today
that the Navy avoid giving any
more Government contracts to
a company whose president
pleaded the Fifth Amendment
In refusing to answer questions.
The company is the Metro
Marine Industries, Inc, oi
Brooklyn, N. Y, purportedly
headed by Sigmund Pehel.
Mr.. Pehel refused last week
to give the subcommittee any
information about his multi
million dollar contracts with
the Nays Military Sea Trans
port Service. He also refused
to tell whether a $1,000 check
issued by one Of his firms in
1857 was used as q payoff to
an Internal Revenue Service
agent whose name has not been
made public.
The subcommittee has been
investigating alleged payoffs
and petty graft influence deals
involving MSTS personnel.
Another Takes 5th
Ralph Masters. former busi-
ness associate of Mr.. Pehel
also invoked the Fifth Amend
ment about the $4,000 check
when he was called as a sur
prise witness today.
Mr.. Masters testified he Is
a former vice president oi
Pehel Industries, Inc, oi
Brooklyn, which Mr.. Pehe.
headed.
He refused, however, to an.
swer any questions about thu
So. 1000 check which was issueC
by Pehel Industries on Decem.
ber l6, 1857. over the signature,
Of Mr.. Pehel and Mr.. Masters
Mr.. Masters said he now il
unemployed, and has nothinG
to do with Metro Marine, &
purported successor to Pehe
Industries. Pehel Industries /.
reported to be defun net.
Donald F. ODonnell, sub.
committee counsel, told Chair
man Mcclellan, Democrat o.
Arkansas, he already ha.
checked and learned that Metre
Marine holds no Navy con
tracts. Senator Mcclellan
promptly instructed Mr.. O'Don
nell to ask the Navy to ba,
Metro Marine from its list O
companies eligible to bid 70.
Government contracts.
Kickbacks Charged
Senator Mcclellan accusec
Mr.. Masters of having takel
more than $4,000 in kickbacki
from subcontractors whill
working for Projects Construc
ton Co. Of Brooklyn beforI
becoming associated with Pehel
Mr.. Masters said he accepted
the money under an assumed
name to conceal the payment
from his employer. but refuseC
to call the payments kickbacks
The subcommittee turneC
then to its previously an
nounced plan to explore tn,
reasons for the destruction O
some MSTS contract records.
A spokesman said the record
are wanted as evidence in tn,
hearings on alleged payoffs II
MSTS personnel.
MSTS has informed the sub.
committee that many Of its files
concerning contracts handled
by the suspected employees have
been destroyed. but that q mis-.
take rather than any intent tC
cover up was to blame.
Senator Mcclellan called Off
cials of MSTS and Of tht
Navy's Bureau Of Ships to ex'
plain under oath just what die
happen.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
1000 at First

At the most, the initial num-
ber is not expected to exceed
1000 young men and women.
At the minimum rate of 5000
per head estimated by the COL
orado report, the total amount
Evening star., 1961-02-28
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Evening star., 1961-02-28
Needs Firm Ground"

It Is pointed out that PreSi-
dent Kennedy does not need
specific congressional authori-
Zation to use some unobligated
foreign technical aid funds or
the contingency fund appropri-
ated last June.
But congressional approval
Of a pilot scheme at this stage
would put him on firmer
ground for the next fiscal year
when he must get money for
incorporating the peace corps
into the standing foreign aid
program.
The terms Of Mr.. ReuSs'
1stop gap" proposals are gen.
eral. They would leave to the
Presidents discretion both the
number recruited for the initial
scheme and its administration
In line with the thinking OF
the Colorado report and that
Of the Kennedy administration,
the proposals make no refer
ence to draft exemption for
two-year service In the corps.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

In response to a White
House request. Representative
Reuss, Democrat Of Wisconsin,
has sent President Kennedy
draft legislation for a peace
corps" Of youth to aid under
developed countries.
Mr.. ReusS said the proposals,
which went to the White House
yesterday, follow generally the
lines Of the comprehensive
report on the peace corps
released yesterday by the Colo
RADIO State University Research
Foundation.
The aim Of the legislation
would be to aid inauguration
Of a pilot scheme during the
remaining four months Of this
fiscal year ending June 80. The
bill would approve the Presi-
dents use Of uncommitted
foreign aid funds for that
purpose.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

1859 VOLKsWAGEN
Sun Roof: Low Mileage
SP. 3-5216
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05

Of the organization will col
lect all contributions from
those who have contacted
the shop requesting this
service.
Cake on Display
Sunday, September 10,
there will be a large cake in
the form of the new hospital
displayed in the main lobby
Of the hospital. The follow
ing day the patients will re-
ceive a piece of the cake,
baked by the Dietary De-
partment, on their diet trays.
The Thrift Shop will be
opened officially at 10 am.
next Tuesday by Mayor Mann
with TWIG President Mrs.
c. ]. Murphy and vice-preS-
identS Mrs. Charles Beat
ley and Mrs. James Gilbert
in attendance. The first child
born in the Alexandria Hos
pital after the shops OPEN
ing will receive a silver orange
juice cup as a gift from the
TWIG.
The shop will remain open
until 4 pm. except Saturday
when it will close at 2 pm.
The shop will be closed on
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05

and Mr.. Roger Leithead Of
Atlanta.
The bride was graduated
from Miss Hewitts Glasses
in New York and attended
st. Lawrence University. She
was presented in 1858 at the
Scarsdale Holly Ball and
also at the Debutante As
semblies at the Waldorf As
toria in New York. The
bridegroom was graduated
in 1860 from st. Lawrence
University where he was a
member of Alpha Tau Omega
Fraternity and also the Scab-
bard and Blade.
After a wedding trip to
Florida and the West Indies,
the couple will reside in Ell
Paso, Tex, where 1t. john
ston presently is stationed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05
Lincoln
Chair
On Exhibit

A chair from Abraham
Lincoln's home, given by him
to the famous Civil War
photographer, Mathew Brady,
for the latter's Washington
studio, will be exhibited at
the Antique Show and Sale
to be held by the Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase, Md,
Inc, September IL, Is and IA.
The antique show will
take place at the club house
from IL am. to 10 pm. each
day.
There will be booths for
dealers from out of State and
among the antiques they will
display are a pine frame-on-
frame blanket chest with
bracket feet and original
hardware, q mahogany Hep
plewhite dropleaf table, a
9-Spindle Windsor chair dated
1910, Canton and Rose me-
dalton ware, a Chinese
Caromandel screen, old pew
ter, old English and Early
American furniture, old
prints, coats of arms, print
tives, fireplace equipment and
glass and jewelry.
The Lincoln chair to be dis
played is being lent by its
owner, Mrs. William Pattison.
During the show days sand
wicheS and coffee will be
served from noon to 2 pm.
and tea from 8 to 5 pm.
All proceeds from the show
will be used for the clubs
welfare projects. Last year
$s,721 was Melted for this
purpose.
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First Lady
Water Skis

HYANNIS PORT. Mass,
Sept. 5 (AP).-Jacqueline
Kennedy spent an active
Labor Day week end with
the President, and got in
some water skiing.
President Kennedy flies
back to Washington today
but the First Lady is remain
ing in Hyannis Port. Presi-
dent Kennedy is expected to
return next week end for
another stay at his Cape Cod
summer home.
The President and First
Lady eruised Nantucket
Sound each weekend after
noon. Sunday, Mrs. Ken
nedy donned a rubber skin
diving suit for a little water
skiing.
For about 10 minutes she
whipped around the choppy
water behind the Speedboat
Caroline K.
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WIG Thrift Shop
Opening Next Week

To mark the opening of
the TWIG Thrift Shop in
Alexandria next Tuesday,
September 10 through 16 has
been proclaimed TWIG
Thrift Shop Week by Mayor
Frank E. Mann and the City
Council of Alexandria.
The weeks activities will
eliminate Saturday, Sep
TENDER Is, with the presen-
tation Of a check for the
purchase Of a piece of equip
ment to be used at the Alex
andria Hospital, financed by
proceeds from the shop.
To Buy Equipment
TWIG, the Junior Auxiliary
Of the Alexandria Hospital,
will operate the shop at 1107
King street for the purpose
of buying equipment for the
hospital. Over the past 81
years, since its founding, the
organization has given over
$4,000 toward outfitting the
hospital.
In addition to this, it has
provided scholarships in the
School Of Nursing as we'll as
nursing care to those who
could not afford it.
The Thrift Shop will rely
on donations for all it's mer-
chandiSe. Anyone with out
grown clothing or unused
household articles may con-
tribute them by calling the
hospital. Thursday of Thrift
Shop Week will be known as
Pickup Day, when members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05
Melinda Leitheud Is Wed

was maid Of honor. Bridal
attendants included Mrs.
William Lyon Hughes of
Oklahoma City, also a sister
of the bride; Mrs. Roger
Leithead of Atlanta, and the
Misses Mary Louise Doty of
Chicago, Patricia SanderSon
of Great Neck, N. Y, and
Joan Rapp and Diana Dibble
of ScarSdale.
1t. George Johnston Of
Twenty-Five Palms. Calf,
was best man for his brother.
Ushers were Mr.. Robert
Zavell of Harrison, N. Y,
1t. Richard Haight Of
Jacksonville, N. c., Mr.. Will
ton Cogswell Of Boston,
1t. Charles MacVean Of
Ithaca, N. Y, Mr.. Thomas
Vickery of Ridgewood, N. Y,
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By FRED GOLDEN
Associated Press Staff Writer

GOSHEN, Vt.-Too many
cooks never spoiled Elsie
MaSterton's broth.
That's because she relies
on the best cook she knows
herself.
A spunky and talented
gal, Elsie is owner and chef
Of a famed country inn nes-
tied in the beautiful Green
Mountains - Blueberry Hill
Farm.
She's the author of three
books, a skilled amateur ar
fist, a public speaker, moth
er Of three young daughters
and producer of $4,000 jars
Of BURBERRY jam a year.
Her story also has an ele-
ment Of pathoS and heroism.
She's struggled with cancer
and won.
Time to Write
Elsie discusses the ups and
downs Of her activity-packed
life in her latest book, loft
My Toes!"
Born and reared in New
ark, N. j., Elsie was a city
gal-and a pretty sophisti-
Gated one, too-until her
marriage IL years ago to
John MaSterton, a New
York lawyer. She had thrived
on the hubbub of Manhat-
tan-restaurants, the thea
ter, cocktail parties.
But John, a ski enthusiast,
came across a thousand-acre
farm in Vermont, including
a mountain. and decided to
develop it into a ski area.
A Long Wait
They lovingly cleared a
number of ski trails on their
mountain - Blueberry Hill
and then the Mastertons
waited for the first heavy
SHOWS, the kind Vermonters
always boast about, and the
accompanying carloads of
skiers.
For three seasons, they
waited.
I'VE became very, very,
very poor" Elsie recalls. I'VE
watched every penny. Our
debts were monumental"
Furthermore, their first
daughter, Lucinda, was on
the way.
In desperation, the Mas
tertonS decided to turn their
property into a summer inn.
Both, however, abhorred the
standard version of the
mountain hotel with it's
planned activities and for
mality.
Instead, they planned
Blueberry Hill Farm, a re-
treat with the motto Moth
ing whatever to do" The
food was to be "Lucullan"-
of brilliant, gourmet equality
with Elsie as chef.
Elsie, whose culinary tall
ents didn't go beyond turn
ing on the coffee pot, gobbIed
up all available information
from cookbooks, newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Barry T.
Leithead Of Scarsdale, N. Y.
announce the marriage of
their daughter Melinda to
1t. Robert Dryden Johnston,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bulwer-
Lytton Johnston of Ridge
wood, N. j.
The wedding took place
Friday at the Church of St.
James the Less in Scarsdale.
Officiating at the double ring
ceremony were the Very Rev.
Alfred Hardman of Atlanta,
Ga. rector of St. Phillips
Cathedral in Atlanta, assisted
by the Rev. George Kempsell,
rector of st. James the Less.
A reception followed at the
Scarsdale Woman's Club.
Miss Winifred Leithead of
New York, sister of the bride,
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Pastor to Be
Speaker

At the regular monthly
meeting Of the Lutheran
Business and Professional
Women at $50 pm. Thurs
day, the Rev. John S. Damn,
associate pastor Of Grace
Lutheran Church in Teaneck,
N. j., will be guess speaker.
His topic will be Chris
tian Education in Germany"
DR.. Damn studied last year
under a Fulbright Scholar
ship in Erlangen, Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05
The Chef Couldn't
Cook-ot First

and magazine articles, her
Vermont neighborS, even her
guests. She also culled her
memory for all the fine
foods she had tasted in res
taurantS during her Man.
haitian whirl.
Profits by Mistakes
Slowly she learned. MY
mistakes were colossal in the
beginning" she says. Later,
they were less disastrous"
AS her cooking skills null
tiplied, so did the guests. She
even wrote a cookbook which
sold $4,000 copies.
An amateur cook, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, wrote her
how delighted he was with it.
Later her knack for max
ing delectable BURBERRY jam
turned into a mail-order bus
mess. On her jam mailing
list is another politician
gastronome-Harry S. Tru-
man.
However, the Mastertons'
luck hasn't always been good.
Their attempt to open a win
ter version of Burberry Hill
on the Florida Keys ended
in bankruptcy - again be-
cause of consistently bad
weather.
Private Battle
And Elsie found she had
cancer of thea breast. An
operation caught the disease
in time, but Elsie was long
overcoming her mental an
guiSh.
Now, though, she dis
cuSSes the operation frank
ly. She has returned to her
vigorous way Of life, includ-
ing participation in local
school affairs. She hopes to
begin a novel soon.
John. too, is involved in
public life. He represents the
town Of Goshen (about IS
voters in the Vermont leg
islature.
"Of course, no one who
wasn't born here can ever
hope to be fully accepted in
Vermont" Elsie says.
But for 'suntanners' (the
hooking Vermont expression
for settlers from out of
State) we've gone further
than most"
In the understatement of
their Vermont neighbors,
"Yep, they have"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-05
Attend Theuter

Mr.. and Mrs. Irving H. Hahn
were recent visitors to New
York City, where they attended
a performance of Carnival" at
the Imperial Theatre.