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Evening star., 1961-01-06

Legislation to grant Presi-
dent-elect Kennedy broad
powers to reorganize executive
departments started through
Congress today.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
Of Arkansas, introduced the
bill. It will be routed through
his Government Operations
Committee.
Through use Of these powers,
Mr.. Kennedy could create a
new department of urban af-
fairs. But doubt has been cast
on the immediate establish
ment Of such a department to
handle metropolitan problems
by persons in Congress and
some persons close to the Presi-
dent-elect.
The Mcclellan bill is pat
termed after previous reorgani-
zation authorizations that have
expired. The President could
propose reorganization plans
subject to congressional veto
within go days.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
By the Associat ted Press

Senator Dirksen, Republican
of Illinois, says Republican
Senators will thoroughly ex-
plore" the views of Chester
Bowles on China policy when
his nomination to be Under
secretary Of State reaches the
Senate.
Senator Dirksen, the Repub-
lican floor leader, said in an
interview that there could be
some votes against" Mr.. Bowles
confirmation.
It appears that one will be
that of Senator Cotton, Repub-
lican of New Hampshire, who
told reporters yesterday:
II couldn't bring myself to
vote for his confirmation.
may well actively oppose him in
the Senate"
Senator Cotton's colleague
from New Hampshire, Senator
Bridges, the chairman of the
Senate G. o. P. Policy Com
mittee, said that some of Mr..
Bowles' past statements might
involve the United States in
recognition of Red China and
IN admitting it to the United
Nations"
President-elect Kennedy has
announced he will nominate
Mr.. Bowles, former Governor
and ex-Democratic Represen-
tative from Connecticut to the
No. 2 post In the State De-
partment.
Senator Dirksen said that
when the Bowles nomination is
received the Republicans will
seek IAN answer to what his
views are and the course he
intends to pursue"
Mr.. Bowles is expected to be
given a hearing before the
Foreign Relations Committee
after the committee questions
Dean Rusk, Mr.. Kennedy's
choice for Secretary Of State.
Senator Aiken. Republican OF
Vermont. a member of the COM
mittee. said he does not antici-
pate "any serious effort to
block the Bowles appointment"
but expects some Of the ap-
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Builder McShoin
Obtains IreIund's
Killarney Lakes

John McShain, the Philadel-
phia contractor who has erected
an impressive number of build
ings in the Washington area,
has taken over 23.500 acres in
County Kerry, Ireland.
Mr.. McShain said about 49,
600 acres of the property con-
sist Of the beautiful Lakes Of
Killarney. On the $500 acres
OF Irish ground are the 200
year-old Killarney House, Ross
Castle and the ancient abbeys
OF st. Finian and Muckross.
The estate was given by grant
to the Kenmore family by
Queen Elizabeth / in 1887. The
last heir sold the property to
an 11-man American syndicate,
including Mr.. McShain, in 1857,
for $240,000. Mr.. McShain
said he has bought out the rest
of the syndicate for "a great
deal more than that"
Mr.. McShain, whose parents
came from Londonderry in
Northern Ireland, said he goes
to Ireland several times a year
and plans to spend a lot of
time on his new property.
Among projects he has built
here are the Pentagon, Ma
tional Airport. the General
Services Administration, the
new State Department, the
Shrine Of the Immaculate Con-
ception, the Jefferson Memo
rial, the Naval Medical Center
and the National Institutes of
Health. He also rebuilt the
White House.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Chou Hits j. ).
Policy on Laos

RANGooN. Burma, Jan. 6
(AP). - Red China's Premier
Chou En-lai today urged
peace loving countries and
people to take urgent meas
ures' to stop what he called
coloniahst aggression in Laos.
Addressing a rally of 10000
at Rangoon's sports stadium,
Mr.. Chou accused "the forces
of colonialism" Of committing
flagrant intervention in the in
ternal affairs Of other coun-
tries. frantically creating in
ternational tension and STEP
ping up arms expansion and
war preparations"
His chief target obviously
the United States, Mr.. Chou
said:
1--WE sympathize with and
support the Laotian people in
their just struggle against for
eign Intervention, for peace
and neutrality. national inde-
pendence and the unity Of
their motherland."
1t was his first mention Of the
Laotian crisis since his arrival
Monday for q week long good
will visit and ratification of the
Chinese-Burmese border treaty.
Mr.. Chou claimed a victory
for the principles Of peaceful
coexistence in the settlement Of
the six-year frontier dispute be-
tween China and this small
neutralist nation.
There was no public reaction
from Burmese officials to Mr..
Chou's reference to Laos. Their
policy apparently has been to
avoid injecting. if possible. any
grim note in their friendship
with China" week.
Addressing the rally before
Mr.. Chou, host Prime Minister
U Nu described the border
treaty as "a worthy example
directed toward the peace and
prosperity Of the world"
Evening star., 1961-01-06


Kennedy administration to
jerk the economy out Of Its
present tagging pace.
Specifically. the union chiefs
proposed that Senator Ken
nedy be empowered to trigger
an income tax cut into effect
II the rate Of unemployment
to the work force increases
from its present ga per cent
level to z per cent or more.
This could easily happen this
winter with the. idle, now over
4 million, expected to top 5
million.
Meanwhile, the National
Planning Association, a nom
profit. nonpolitical organiza-
ton, proposed a series Of poll
cies aimed at eliminating re-
cessionS and giving American
economic growth . strong
boost upward.
Under the AFL-CIO plan
everybody would get a $40 a
week reduction in his withhold
ing tax payment for q 10-week
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Contract Awarded
For Museum Wing

The George Hyman Con-
struction Co. today was
awarded a '$7,748,000 contract
to construct a new east wing
for the Smithsonian Institu-
tion's Museum of Natural His
tory History here and to mod
ernize the existing building.
The General Services Ad-
ministration said the contract
includes installation of air-con-
ditioning equipment through
out the enlarged museum. The
work is to be completed by the
spring of 1868.
Evening star., 1961-01-06

period. This means everyone
would have an extra 500 to
spend.
George Meany, AFL-CIO
president, said in outlining the
proposal that the plan would
put $500 million a week, or IS
billion over the 10lweek period,
into hands of consumers.
The AFL-CIO program sor
1861 includes such Kennedy
favored proposals as aid to
depressed areas. housing and
urban renewal. Federal aid to
education, a higher and ex-
tended minimum wage and So
cial security health benefits for
the aged.
But the labor union program
also includes broadened unem-
ployment insurance, tax revi-
sion, public works, changed
monetary policies, revised la
Dor relations laws and civil
rights legislation.
Evening star., 1961-01-06

unite for victory in 1862"
I'VE will have time for them, y
Mr.. Morton said, after we
make Charlie Halleck the
Speaker and pick up five or six
seats in the Senate.
If we don't pick up seats in
80, we might have to peddle
the presidential nomination in
'64."
Senator Morton agreed to
stay on at the party helm in.
definitely after leaders Of all
factions united in a resolution
praising him.
New Yorker Offers Motion
The motion asking the Ken
lucky Senator to continue his
service was introduced by
George L. Hinman. New York
committeeman and a spokes-
man for Gov. Nelson A. Rookie
feller. 1t was supported by
Mrs. Emery johnson of Arizona
Senator Goldwater's home
State. and by Mrs. Patricia
Reilly Hit of California, Vice
President Nixon's State. 1t was
adopted unanimously.
Senator Morton named Fred
C. Scribner of Maine. currently
Undersecretary Of Treasury, as
general counsel of the Repub-
lican National Committee, re-
placing Meade Alcorn Of Con-
necticut, who resigned.
Mr.. Scribner. a close friend
Of Mr.. Nixon, has been men
toned as a possible successor
to Senator Morton when and
if he leaves the Craftsmanship.
The Republican leaders of
the House and Senate pledged
to work closely with the ma
tional committee is presenting
the Republican position on
policy matters to the electorate.
Weekly conferences between
Senate Minority Leader Dirk
sen. House Minority Leader
Halleck and committee off,
cials to hammer out a Republi-
can Party line" are being
planned. an informant said.
blind Opposition" Avoided
In their talks to the commit
tee this morning Senator Dirk
sen and Mr.. Halleck said they
would avoid what the latter
called blind opposition" to
Kennedy administration meas
ures. The emphasis, Senator
Dirksen said, will be on pre-
senting sound Republican alter
natives to the Democratic
backed measures.
The national committee
played host at luncheon today
at the Sheraton-Park Hotel to
President Eisenhower. Tonight,
Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
will entertain the committee at
the Columbia Country Club.
In his speech this morning,
Senator Morton said the G.. o. P
was in remarkably good shape
for a party which had lost a
major election.
"Our party did not suffer
reputation of its record" he
said. but instead shattered the
hopes of the Democrats for a
clear-cut mandate"
Senator Morton said Repub-
licans must concentrate on
strengthening party organiza-
ton, rather than searching for
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Airport Opening
Put Off to 1862

The Federal Aviation Agency
has set an April-July, 1862,
date for opening of Dulles In
ternational Airport near Chan
tilly, Va.
Original target date for open
ing of the big civil jet base was
revised the time variously from
"early" 1861, but weather and
construction bottlenecks have
mid-1961 to late 1861.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
ECONOMIC
Report Suggests
Flexible Budget

such a reduction for one or two
six month or three month
periods beyond 1861.
But it emphasized that "at
this time it would be urgently
important to make sure that
any tax cut was clearly a tenn
lporary one"
His report emphasized thai
Americas current balance oi
payments position. with GOLD
flowing abroad. puts some
restraint on programs thai
otherwise could be pushed tx
promote recovery at home.
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sites and junior colleges ac-
commodate a million new stu
dents in the next five years,
the task force urged legisla-
tion providing $3.50 million in
grants. and $3.50 million in
loans to help provide facilities.
These would be flrst-year costs.
In succeeding years, the task
force said, this phase Of the
educational program will re-
quire increasing sums. Grants
would be provided on a match
ing basis. that is. Federal funds
would account for only half the
total outlay.
S. For the college housing
loan program. already in opera
ton 10 years. the task force
recommends that Congress be
asked for. an immediate in
crease in loan authorization of
$3.50 million to meet needs OF
the present fiscal year ending
next June 30.
Beyond that, it proposes that
Mr.. Kennedy ask $1.4 billion
increase in the loan authorize.
tion to be spread over four
years.
The group also proposed
Federal aid to the States in
construction educational tele-
vision networks.
Advisory Unit Sought
Among recommended ad-
ministrative actions, it urged
establishment Of a Presidents S
advisory committee on educa-
ton and gifts to educational
institutions.
Mr.. Kennedy had no imme-
diate comment on the task
force report. But it follows in
general some of the positions
he himself took during the
campaign.
He recommended, for exam
pie, doubling the amount
spent on education. He urged
an emergency program to sup
port school construction, in
crease teacher pay, and expand
scholarships and research.
He said that he intended to
strive for a goal Of making a
college education available to
every young man and woman
with the talent to pursue it.
Pierre Salinger, the Presi-
dent-elect's press secretary,
said Mr.. Kennedy will be re-
ceiving reports Of special task
forces on still other issues in
Washington tomorrow.
The education report was one
Of four put in Mt. Kennedy's S
hands today. He received from
Adolf Berle. former Undersec-
retary Of State, a report on
Latin America, Mr.. Salinger
said this would not be made
public as 1t contains certain
material Of a confidential ma
ture." He said 1t was correct
to assume material on Cuba
was included.
The other reports received
today were on housing and
urban affairs, and on interna-
tional exchanes Of persons de-
signed to promote better under
standing. There was a posi-
bility that the housing report
would be made public tonight.
Mr.. Salinger also reported to-
day that Mr.. Kennedy has ac-
cepted an invitation to address
the Massachusetts, Legislature
Monday.
The President-elect sched-
uled a conference before leav-
ing for Washington with Roy
Wilkins, executive director of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, who recently had voiced
criticism Of. Mr.. Kennedy on
the civil rights ISSUE
Mr.. Kennedy yesterday called
for cooperation on the farm
problem at a conference with
leaders of IA national farm Or
ganizations. They agreed on
plans for an all-day working
conference to be held at the
Agriculture Depart m e n t in
Washington on January 26 to
seek a broad consensus" Of
agreement on farm program
goals.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Republicans Set Sights
On '62 House Victory
BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star Stan Writer

Displaying unity and optimism, the Republican National
Committee today set its sights winning control of the
House in 1862 the first step back White House
Members of the committee meeting for the first time
the election cheered G. o. P Chairman Thruson Mortons
plea to postpone power politics personalities and
Evening star., 1961-01-06
HEW Official to Speak

Edward Foss Wilson, Assist
ant of Health, Education and
Welfare. will speak on "A Lay
mans Look at Religion" in
Chapel Hall Of Gallaudet Col
lege at 7 pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
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COntlnue0 FROM FfSt rage
els Of activity far below our
true potential"
Conceding that imitation still
may be q threat, the report
stressed that this "problemati-
cal fear" should not stop meas
ures to promote high employ
ment and effective real growth. "
If 1t should turn out that
prices and wages creep upward
before the high employment
goal is reached, DR.. Samuelson
said new approaches" will be
needed to meet the challenge
without invoking direct gov
ernmental controls on wages
and prices.
He said the problem should
be met head-on but not "by
Government alone" should ar
infiationary trend develop
again. This seemed to suggest
voluntary cooperative action
by labor and management to
hold down prices and wages
Neither labor, nor manage
ment, nor the consumer can
gain from an increase In price
tags" he warned.
Among first line Of de.
fense" measures to boost the
economy "even If the current
recession turns out to be one
that can be reversed by next
summer" the Samuelson report
said that pledged expenditure
programs that are desired for
their own sake should be
pushed hard"
Points Suggested
It suggested:
. /. An increase in the foreign
aid deserves high priority in
a period like this one"
2. Education programs in
cluding funds for school con-
struction, teachers salaries,
increased loans for college
dormitories, should be vigor-
ously pushed"
8. Urban renewal programs,
including slum clearance and
improvement Of transportation
facilities, should come high
on the policy agenda."
4. Expansion of unemploy-
ment compensation benefits.
S. Acceleration of useful
public works programs" such
as water resources, highways,
post Office construction, public
building construction and mill
tary construction.
6. Stimulation Of residential
housing through such actions
as lower interest rate on home
modernization loans and low
ering the mortgage interest
rate to AZ per cent.
DR.. Samuelson said the first
line" steps recommended were
based upon a perhaps opti-
mistic" assumption that the
gross national product will
turn upward by mid-year, with
the economy running at about
3 per cent above the present
rate by the end of 1861.
Would Be Prepared
But he warned that it would
be only wise to prepare for q
worse outlook, with unemploy-
ment rising from the present
per cent Of the labor force tc
perhaps beyond 712 per cent
corporate profits sinking still
lower and the stock market
sagging.
If the recession should keep
getting worse, he suggested:
"A temporary reduction II,
tax rates on individual incomes
can be a powerful weapon
against recession. Congress
could legislate. for example, q
cut Of 3 or 4 percentage points
in the tax rate applicable tc
every income class, to take eff.
feet Immediately under oul
withholding system in March
or April and to continue unit
the end Of the year."
1t would be highly desirable,
the report added. for Congress
to introduce greater flexibility
into tax rates by granting the
President authority to continue
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Payroll Tax Cut Urged
If JobIess Rolls Grow
= THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. G. Fndey, January s. 1861
By the Associated Press

Organized labor advocates cutting payroll Withholding
taxes as quick prod to the Nations purchasing
unemployment gets much worse.
The plan spelled out by AFL-CIO leaders yesterday
part Of 90 point program recommended incoming
Evening star., 1961-03-12

ties: heavy positively-charged
protons, light negatively =
charged electrons and weight
less bundles of pure energy
called photons.
Too Many Particles?
AS atom smashers came to
be built, starting with Ernest
Lawrence's tiny cyclotron a
generation ago, the number of
fundamental particles" grew.
Now there are about 80, and
scientists are wondering wheth-
er there are more, or whether
this embarrassment of riches is
just imagined and the true
number Of fundamental par
ticles is smaller.
Many physicists believe the
80 fundamental particles are
simply too numerous for an
otherwise well ordered universe.
They remember what the 14th-
century English philosopher
monk, William of Ockham,
said: Entities should not be
multiplied beyond what is nec-
essary." Thirty particles seem
unnecessary to a well-ordered
Evening star., 1961-03-12

PAOoa4Cd1ly, IIlc OLdn1OTQ 1WO-
Mile Linear Electron Accele-
rator."
More than 500 million will
be spent over six years to get
THE Monster" ready for op-
GRAFTON. When the last bolt is
frightened and the last circuit
installed, science will have a
new tool with which to probe
ultimate physical reality.
Project M has been hanging
fire for several years. The most
recent delay came last year
when Congress, reluctant to OBJ
ligate $l00 million plus, yet
disinclined to shelve a scien-
tifically promising project, gave
a So million TRANSMISSION in the
form of study funds to keep
Project M just barely alive.
2-MiIe AcceIeratOr
Scientifically, Project M can
be classified as a "high-energy
physics machine" AS such, it
is in the same category as atom
smashers large and small now
in operation in many parts of
the world.
Less broadly, Project M is
categorized as a linear accele-
rator, as opposed to a cyclic ac-
cellerator. This means it op-
crates by speeding atomic part
icles along a straight line,
rather than round and round a
circle.
Still more precisely, Project
M Is a linear electron accel-
orator, as opposed to a proton
or heavy-ion accelerator. This
means that the particles it
pushes along the straight line
are tiny. negatively charged
electrons, rather than larger
Evening star., 1961-03-12

universe, they say: hence, un-
der Ockham's rule further re-
search should be bound to re-
duce the number.
Obviously, if progress is to
be made in high-energy physi-
cal research, there is no point
In building a machine which
will simply duplicate work be-
ing done elsewhere. But a new
device as expensive as Project
M must fill a large existing
gap. What gap will Project M
fill?
AS explained by DR.. William
Kirk. Stanford physicist on the
Project M staff, there are five
groups of vital experiments
that cannot presently be done,
but which will be possible once
"The Monster" is in operation.
These involve such tasks as
looking" into the heart of a
proton. the simplest atomic nu-
cleus, to measure its tiny size
and examine it's structure.
IcOnOcIastic Studies
Also on the list of expert
ments is a series of studies
aimed at tearing down the ba-
sic laws of nuclear physics as
they are now understood, if
that is possible. This is just
another step in the scientific
iconoclaSm by which nuclear
physicists years ago demolished
the basic laws" of Newtonian
mechanics.
There may be a distance in
nature - less than a l0-tril-
lionth of an inch, let's say-at
which ordinary laws of nature
don't apply" DR.. Kirk specu-
lateS. The Monster will help
him test this speculation.
So much for why the accele-
rator. Now, why Stanford? AS
DR.. Kirk explains it, Stanford
has long been active in the
construction Of linear electron
acceleratorS, and even now op-
crates the biggest one in the
country-a 1-billion-volt, 31O.
foot machine called the STAN
ford Mark III.
Project M is simply a plan
to build 80 Mark Ills, hook
them together end to end and
see what comes down the q
mile tube, impelled at nearly
the speed of light by the force
of 10 billion volts.
Tomorrow: How Project MI
will be built and how 1t will
work.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
First Of Two Articles

positively charged protons, OF
the even more massive charged
atoms of substances like nitro
gen or carbon.
And to pin Project M down
ultimately, it is a 2-mile ac-
celerator. This means that the
straight line down which Prof.
ect M will speed its electrons
will be 2 miles (actualIy, 10000
feet) long. AS such, it is des-
tined to be one of the seven sci
entific wonders of the world,
from standpoints both of size
and Of precision workmanship
True Nature Is Object
But why a 2-mile accelerator?
What is it likely to discover?
The classic answer is that if
its designers knew what it
would discover, they wouldn't
have to build it. The reason
for this is that the heart of
the atom is not like the heart
Of a guinea pig or of a great
city. Ordinary rules do not
apply in the atoms tiny world,
where a standard unit of area
a hundred-trillion- -trillionth of
a square inch in extent is called
a barn" because it is so big.
But Project Ms designers
and the rest of the world of SCI
ence, which watches with in
terest-know what they hope
to find: A clue to the true
nature of things.
The scientists view of the
inside of an atom, earlier this
century, revealed three enti-
Evening star., 1961-03-12

Johns Hospital in this South
Central Texas city, but all
patients were removed without
injury.
The fire broke out shortly
before noon in the engine room
Evening star., 1961-03-12

and smoke poured through the
hospital through air-condition-
ing ducts. Ambulances and pri-
vate cars evacuated 20 patients
to an annex of the hospital,
about a mile away.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
M FOR MONSTER
Stanford Set to Build
2-MiIe Atom Smosher
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

Congress gives the go-ahead work will this year
on one OF the most exciting scientific and engineering projects
ever conceived by
:. AT Stanford University it is known Project MN
Tor monster On Capitol Hill and at the Atomic Energy
missions headquarters in Germantown Nd called
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Texas Hospital
Swept by Fire

TAYLOR, Tex, Mar. IL (AP)
"A major fire ragged through
Evening star., 1961-03-12

The two-story, 44-bed hospi-
tai unit on fire was for general
survey and medical patients.
Cause of the fire was not
Immediately learned.