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Evening star., 1961-02-13

Theme Taken
For PurIey

Paraphrasing a part Of Pres
ident Kennedy's inaugural ad-
dress, the Sixteenth National
Conference on Citizenship will
meet here next fall with the
theme, What Can We. AS Cit
izens. Do For Our Country?"
The theme was the nearly
unanimous choice Of the con-
ference's planning committee,
which met here yesterday. The
committee hopes the President
will expound a bit more on the
theme during the conference.
He will be invited to speak at
the conference opening. at a
ceremony at the Washington
Monument or at the annual
dinner.
Carl D. Hyatt. executive d.
rector Of the conference. said
here yesterday that the monu-
ment ceremony will be held on
Constitution Day, September
II, the third day Of the five
day conference.
Governors Of the Thirteen
Original States will be invited
to lay wreaths at the monu-
ment. Conference officials are
also asking the United States
District Court here to permit q
naturalization ceremony at the
monument.
1t is believed that this would
be the first naturalization on 9
Sunday in the District.
Seventy members Of the
planning committee met yes
terday at the Statler- Hilton
Hotel, which will also be the
conference headquarters.
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Evening star., 1961-02-13

that If we are to have three
great academies where youths
are trained to kill, we should
at least have one place where
they are trained to save lives"
Mr.. Herbert hopes the acad-
emy will be the outstanding
accomplishment Of my career" "
The bill was referred to the
House Armed Services Com
mittee, headed by Representa-
tive Vinson. Democrat Of Geor-
gia. Mr.. Hebert said the chair
man has promised me full
and complete corporation and
support in this endeaver."
Hearings Previously Held
Hearings were held on a SIM
liar bill in the 80th Congress.
Other features Of the bill:
The academy would be head
ed by a commandant and a
deputy commandant, appointed
by the Secretary Of Defense.
One would be a doctor, the
other a dentist.
Students who failed to grad
uate after one or more years
Of training would have to pay
the cost Of the training II, aft
erward, they became licensed
to practice medicine or den
tistry.
Students would be paid an
allowance Of 500 per month
and would be furnished quar-
ters, subsistence and other ex-
penses.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Ex-RoyuI Butler
Posts Bond in
Florida Crash

DANA, Fla. Feb. 13 (AP) -
Princess Margaret's one-time
butler, Thomas Patrick Cronin
has been arrested for leaving
the scene Of an accident. But
police aren't sure that Mr.,
Cronin was driving the car.
They arrested his compan-
ion. 27-year-old Dolores Mae
Supanich Of Hollywood. Fla,
yesterday for careless operation
OF a motor vehicle, causing an
accident.
The charge against Mr.. Cro-
min, 40, was lodged by DOM
mick Rapone, 81. of Garden
City. N. Y. the driver Of the
other car in the crash.
II can't swear that anyone
was driving the car" said
Officer Mike Ricci. who inves-
tigated. We'll let the judge
decide"
Mr.. Cronin and Miss Su-
panich were released until
court Friday. Mr.. Cronin's bail
was $7s.
Mr.. Ricci said the Supanich-
Cronin car was making a u
turn out Of the parking lot at
a restaurant just across from
the Dania Jai Alai Fronton,
where a Spanish-type pari-
ball game is played and
where Mr.. Cronin is employed
as q butler. The car rammed
Mr.. Rapone's car Just outside
the lot.
After the crash, Mr.. Ricci
said. Mr.. Cronin calmly climbed
out Of the car and walked away.
He was arrested in the restau-
rant.
Evening star., 1961-02-13

staff, tracking and data branch
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; Knox T. Mill
sapS, executive director, Air
Force Office Of Scientific Re-
search, and cheif scientist, Air
Force Research Division; Wolf
gang e. Moekel, chief of the
electromagnetic Propulsion
Branch Of the National Aero
nautic and Space Administra-
tion, Bay Village, Ohio.
Only Mr.. Moekel Is not from
the Washington area.
The Flemming Awards pro-
gram was originated by the
Jaycees to recognize men under
40 in the Federal service who
have performed outstanding
and meritorious work as United
States Civil Service employees,
Various agencies nominated SO
men this year.
The awards were named for
Arthur S. Flemming, former
chairman Of the Civil Service
Commission. Mr.. Flemming re-
Gently retired as Secretary of
Health, Education and Well
fare.
The judges who selected the
ten men were: c. r. Smith,
president. American Airlines;
Donald S. Bittinger, president,
Washington Gas Light Co.:
Louis johnson, former Secre-
tary Of Defense, and senior
partner, Steptoe and johnson;
l.. S. Miller, executive vice
president. American Telephone
and Telegraph Co.; and Will
fred j, Mcneil. president, the
Grace Eine.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
10 Young Men Receive
Arthur FIemming Prize

The Washington D. c. Junior
Chamber Of Commerce today
named the 10 winners in the
18th annual Arthur s. Flem-
ming Awards Program for out
standing young men in Gov
ernment service.
Nine are Washington area
residents.
Five Of the men honored are
In the scientific or technical
field, and five are career en-
ployes in the administrative or
executive field.
Associate Justice Tom Clark
Of the Supreme Court will speak
at an awards luncheon at which
the men will be honored at
1890 pm. Thursday at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel, according
to Lou Moses, preSideAt Of the
D. C. Jaycees.
AAES CCh "A14lCIo dIcs
Administrative: Berl I. Bern
hard, acting director, Commits
sion on Civil Rights; Robert
D. Gidel. assistant director of
the Bureau of Labor Standards;
George Cabot Lodge, Assistant
Secretary Of Labor; Bradley H.
Patterson, jr., former Assistant
cabinet secretary, the White
House, and now with the Bu-
reau Of the Budget; and Ken
meth L. Rabidoux, assistant di-
rector Of the real estate branch
OF the q. s. Post Office De-
partment.
Technical: Ernest Amber,
supervising physicist, Bureau
Of Standards; Harry D. Holm
gren, physicist, US. Naval Re-
search Laboratory; Joseph w.
Siry. chief, theory and analysis-
Evening star., 1961-02-13
ADVERTISEMENT
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new KIND OF Pipe
so DAYS FREE?

Chicago Especially prin.
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you've ever had about pipe
smoking. E. A. Carey, a business
man, who discovered it, guar
antees it to smoke cool and mild
hour after hour, day after day,
without rest, without bite, Bit
terness or goo.
To prove it to readers, he'll
send you a pipe to smoke at his
risk. Just send postal for COM
plete trial offer. Write to: E. A.
Carey, 1920 Sunnyside Ave-,
dept. BIB. Chicago 40, Ill.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
To Head Lawyers

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Feb.
13 (AP)-Emanuel Emroch OF
Richmond was named presi-
dent-elect Of the Virginia Trial
Lawyers Association at the Sec
ond annual seminar Of the as
Sociation Saturday.
Evening star., 1961-02-13

GIlhG CCOCI al CIuPlOyCo IIOW nave
life insurance coverage. The
additional coverage would be
optional on the employees part.
VA is hopeful that large
group coverage Of its employees
would result in low enough
premiums to make worth while
the purchase of additional life
insurance by its employees.
Under such a plan, no ad-
ditional legislation by Congress
would be required. The en-
ployes would pay the entire
premiums of the additional in
surance.
There has been legislation
sponsored in Congress to give
Federal employees the option to
purchase additional life insur-
ance coverage under the Gov
ernment employe life insur-
ance program by paying added
premiums. However, the Civil
Service Commission is opposed
to the bill on the ground that
it would jeopardize the pres
ent Government employe life
insurance fund.
Even though the Government
would not pay any share Of the
additional premiums, the csc
declares that the optional fea-
ture of the program would re-
suit in older employees buying
more insurance in much great
er numbers than younger en-
ployes, thereby jeopardizing the
solvency Of the fund.
Consequently VA is taking
the lead in trying to get addi-
tional bargain life insurance
coverage for its employees with
out depending on any new laws.
SPLENDID RECORD-Inci-
dentally, Civil Service Commits
sion officials and Government
employe leaders are in agree
ment that the Veterans Admin
istration has one Of the most
outstanding personnel programs
in Government.
Under the leadership Of VA
Personnel Director Edward Sill
herman, the VA has followed a
progressive and constructive
policy in personnel relations.
Besides benefiting VA employees.
it has also paid off in the way
of greater efficiency and. econ
omy in the agency's operations.
VAS personnel program is so
good that some other depart
ments and agencies have adopt
ed some Of VAS personnel poll
cies.
DOOR LEFT OPEN - AL
though declining to attend
merger talks proposed by the
National Association Of Letter
Clerks and the National Postal
Union. Che National Federation
of Post Office Clerks left the
door open for future talks.
Roy Hallbeck, president Of
the NFPOC, whose group is
now in the process Of merging
with the National Postal Trans.
port Association and the United
National Association Of Post
Office Craftsmen. said his
merged organization would be
glad to talk merger with the
NALC and the NPU once the
consolidation Of his own group
was achieved.
Thus, the prospect Of one
big postal union with a COM
bined membership in excess Of
300. 900, is a definite possibility
within the next few years.
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY -
Should the one big postal union
merger occur. don't be sur
prised If the American Fedora
tion Of Government Employees
and the National Federation Of
Federal E Employees eventually
consolidate.
The AFGE has proposed such
a merger several times but
the NFFE has turned 1t down.
But times change. And should
the postal groups merge into
one giant union, the AFGE and
the NFFE would then as a
matter OF necessity have to
consider merging into one big
Federal employe union along
with several other Government
Evening star., 1961-02-13
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Borgoin Insurance
Is New Aim. of VA
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Veterans Administration is negotiating with life insurance
companies to it obtain bargain group life
for its employees Other Federal agencies may adopt
similar plans II VA negotiations prove successful.
The life insurance would be in addition the coverage
that Federal employees have under Government epoye
Evening star., 1961-02-13
F FederoI Fund Asked
For Medical Academy

A bill to establish an Armed
Forces Medical Academy" In
the Washington area was sub
mitted to Congress today.
Author Of the bill is Repre-
sentative Hebert, Democrat of
Louisiana. He has estimated
the cost Of the academy at $50
million initially.
The academy-to be located
in the vicinity Of the Bethesda
Naval Hospital and the Ma
tional Institutes of Health
would have an enrolment Of
approximately 500 medical and
$50 dental students. Gradu-
ates would serve under the di-
rection Of the Secretary Of De-
fense" for a minimum Of seven
years.
Mr.. Hebert said the academy
would be a primary source of
doctors and dentists for the
armed forces and the Public
Health Service and would re-
lieve the strain on civilian
medical schools.
Life-Saving Aim
The 20-year veteran Of Con-
gresS said the academy "is not
socialized or federalized medi-
cine, to which I am vigorously
and emphatically opposed. It
is, on the contrary, one Of
many measures to prevent such
a development"
II firmly believe" he added.
Evening star., 1961-02-13

Cooler again saturday. Pre-
cipitation mostly as rain about
Thursday or Friday will total
one-third to one-half inch.
Road ConditionS-AAA
West District Of Columbia to Penn
Slippery in sPots TO ne sSe vest ss rTPsaslsf PennsSf
clear; U. s.. 40 west to Ohio. slippery
e slippery in spots; U. s. 50 west to
hishgSy IVA. 1t. $500. Richmond S south
and D. C. to Charlottesville, clear.
North and East: d. c. TO Delaware
Memorial Bridge; mostly clear. few
slippery spots; New Jersey turnpike,
HarrisburS' Pa, slippery to slippery
In spots.
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. shens
sndosh clear at HarperS Ferry.
The Sun and the Moon
Sun today -- 7:ds Elisi s.m. b:4s sess t.m.
sun tomorow-- 7:gI am. 5:44 pm.
MoSn %St6%oSS. sSSsS rSts Sso mT., - soo .Tn.d pm
on u hour after sunset.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and 6eodetic Survey
u,,u Today Tomorrow
Low ------- 1883 am. I'm. G:2 G:Ss am. am.
High ------- $50 pm. 7:2S pm.
Low ------- 1880 pm. l:46 pm.
For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points subtract times indicated
Annapolis, 3H hours; Bloody point
Light. AZ hours, Colonial Beach. 8
Island, ga hours: Point Lookout, w
hours.
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Life-Saving Aim
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy tonight, low in mid 30s.
Variable cloudiness tomorrow;
warmer.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy to-
night, low 80 to 40. Variable
cloudiness; warmer, high in
40s except near so in south
eastern portion.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and
not as cool tonight, low in upper
30s. Variable cloudinesS and
warmer tomorrow, high mostly
in sos in north and near so in
south.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Variable winds will
become south to southwest 10
to IS knots tonight and shift
to northwest 10 to 20 knots
tomorrow. Mostly cloudy.
Chance Of fog again tonight
lowering visibility to less than
mile, but improving to 8 miles
tomorrow.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
For District and Vicinity
February 14-18
Temperatures will average !
to I degrees above normal high
Of Is and low Of 20. Warmer
tomorrow and cooler Wednes-
day. Warmer by Friday and
Evening star., 1961-02-13
Temperatures in Various Cities

Record Temperatures for the Year
Hiehest SO on January 9.
Lowest on February Q.
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Protecting Mr.. UdoH

Secretary Of the Interior Udall has
made his explanation Of the letter
soliciting money from oil men for the
Democrats, and mailed out ostensibly
in his behalf. The explanation hardly
calls for comment, since it speaks rather
revealingly for itself. Even so, 1t might
oe pointed out that the letter was dated
April S, 1861, with a notation indicating
that carbon copy had been sent to Mr..
Udall, and that the explanation was not
forthcoming until May 2, 1861, when
Reporter Peter Edison got hold of copy
and published it in the Washington
Daily News.
The thing that intrigues us, however,
Is this explanatory comment from Mr..
Udall: II can take care of Republicans,
but protect me from my friends" We
are beginning to. think that what Mr..
Udall really needs is protection, not from
Republicans or from his friends, but
from Mr.. Udall.
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Compassionate c. A. B.

The occasional references to COM
passion among the New Frontiersmen
seem confirmed by proposal advanced,
somewhat hesitantly, by the Civil
Aeronautics Board. Robert Murphy, vice
chairman of the board, has invited the
domestic airline industry to submit its
views and advice on the idea of granting
female passengers higher baggage
allowance than the current 40 pounds.
Mr.. Murphy, who sounds like an
understanding realist, points out that
the average weight of the girls them
selves is less than that of accompanying
husbands, and that the big, new planes
can carry more luggage anyway. But his
most practical acknowledgement is
simply that the ladies need more
luggage, or at least they always show
up at the airport with more. This is
not news, of course, to the husbands
who have viewed with sheer horror the
pile of suitcaSes, cosmetic cases, over
night bags, hat-boxes, umbrellas and
extra coats that end up on the fight
scales.
In submitting his "feeler" on the
new, proposal, Mr.. Murphy did touch
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Psychological Burden

James E. Webb, chief Of the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space Admins
tration, apparently is disturbed by the
excessively voluminous advance pub
hc1ty on Project Mercury's impending
manned Suborbital fight. Accordingly,
he has issued statement that seems
to us to be worth quoting in full. 1t
follows:
For more than two years now the United
States has moved forward with its Mercury
Manned Space Flight Program. This pro-
gram from its inception has been operated
in the belief that the public has a right to
know what this country is doing in the space
field. The press has had full access to the
program. This has been so because we operate
N democratic society where our failures
are known as well as our successes.
think the press and the public should be
aware that this frequently places serious
psychological burden on the United States
al over the world. If any one flight is delayed
or is not a success, every detail is completely
reported and is contrasted to the Soviet space
effort, the events of which do not become
L matter of public record until a success is
achieved. The recent Soviet flight was already
successfully in progress before announced, and
neither details nor the scientific data collected
are yet available.
NASA has not attempted to encourage
press coverage of the first Mercury -Redstone
manned flight. 1t has responded to press and
5elevision requests, with the result that over
100 representatives of the press, radio and TV
are now at Cape Canaveral
Our first manned space flight Is an
important milestone in the progress of our
space effort. but we must keep the perspective
hat each flight is but one of the many mile
stones we must pass Some will completely
ucceed In every respect some partially, and
jorne will fail.
From all Of them will come mastery Of
he vast new, space environment on which so
much Of our future depends.
We agree with what we understand
20 be the reasons for Mr. Webb's concern.
The problem is complex, however, and
coping with it in free society like ours
"a society that makes virtue of what
sometimes seems to be the vice of talk
ing too much, too loudly and too openly
is difficult In the extreme. Never
Sheless it is problem of first impor-
5ance, and perhaps 1t can best be
approached, initially, through serious
consultations between NASA and rep
resentatives Of the press, using that
term in its broad sense
True, solutions have been sought in
The past in matters of this sort without
much success. Even so the search must
continue in an effort to reconcile the
requirements of national security and
prestige with what has come to be called
too loosely, we think-"the peoples
right to know"
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Rehumonizinq Cities

In his sermon to the American
Institute Of Architects the other day
on the ills and sorrows of American
cities, there was little that Lewis Num-
ford has not said before. There was a
good deal, all the same. which bears
repeating.
For who can dispute that cities are
becoming more livable for automobiles
than for people, that too many Of our
vast urban renewal projects are pro-
ducing "blankness and boredom" that,
as far as the human enjoyment Of cities
is concerned, "too often, under the
illusion that they have assisted in an
urban birth, the planners and the
architects have actually performed a
hySterectomy?"
1t is Mr.. Mumfords complaint, well
established by now, that urban renewal
must place more stress on the human
scale" In rebuilding cities. Cities, he
pleads, are not dependent upon ostenta-
tion, but need small informal spaces
in which human contacts can be made"
just as "the great boulevards Of Paris
needed the cafe to translate the large
scale order of movement into the
intimate order of repose, converse
ton and human stimulation"
These are thoughts that deserve to
be dwelt on. and 1t is some satisfaction
to know that In Washington the
"humanizing" of urban renewal Is a
major element at least in the planning
of such vital projects as the Southwest
waterfront and the revitalization of the
central business district. The proof, of
course, will be in the performance, and
the question is whether enough tools
are available to do the Job.
This latter point was the essence Of
second interesting contribution at the
Ala meeting, made by Bruno zevi, an
Italian disciple" of Mr.. Mumford. Mr..
Zevi notifies us that cities in Europe,
too, are going from bad to worse, and
he proposes, in the spirit of the day,
new kind of Peace Corps" made up Of
architects and city designers to develop
specific ideas and methods" for making
cities more livable. Why not? Like all
philosophers, Mr.. Mumford tends to
make the achievement of his ideals
sound too easy. And while this does no
violence to his thesis it frequently offers
all too little guidance for us poor NOR
tails (poor, in more ways than one)
to follow.
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Dual Government?

I read with much interest
Reporter Lawson's well-writ-
ten account Of the recent
Fairfax County budget hear
ing Evening Star, April 25) q.
Harley Williams was quoted
as saying that the majority
Of the county supervisors
have become so afraid Of the
school machine that they
have permitted a dual gov
ernment to develop under the
school superintendent and
school board. I believe Mr..
Williams is right; this has
been my thinking for some
time. The school administra-
ton does. indeed. have a
well-organized machine and
one has only to listen to the
parrot-like PTA endorse
mentS Of O school budget, no
matter how expensive it may
be, to be convinced.
1t Is a rather sad state Of
affairs and 1t looks to me
like the supervisors. instead
Of being in the county saddle,
are just trotting along hold
ing to the stirrup.
VIM. T. LOvelace.
Evening star., 1961-05-03

be fair to ask whether Diego
Aguila de Monteverde has
given sufficient thought to
whether his statements might
further weaken the stand that
must be taken in order to
maintain freedom in this
country and in all other
countries not yet gobbled up
by the Communists.
There is one thing that we
must keep in mind: The
Roosevelt era differs vastly
from the Eisenhower and
Kennedy era as far as the
concert Of nations is con-
cerned. We must also remem-
Der the dignity Of any one Of
the nations, including the
United States of America.
There must be a limit to the
vilifications of one Castro,
who, incidentally, is no re-
specter Of the Charter of the
Organization Of American
States. Why is it that Monte
verde failed to make due note
Of that part Of Article 13 of
the Treaty Of Bogota which
reads: a.. respecting at the
same time the principle of
universal morality and Of
human rights" In this con-
nection, let us ask what ex-
cuSeS we can find for Castro
that would outweigh his be-
trayal Of his own country,
now, essentially, a Russian
satellite and q danger to all
Inter- American states. In the
same connection we must also
ask whether the time has
come to slap down the traitor
and tyrant in question and
ask for the unqualified sup
port of all other Latin Ameri-
can states and of those
within Cuba who claim the
right to be free-all in the
name of human and of ma
tional dignity. Let us not for
get that in the last analysis
the Communists are engaging
us in an unprecedented war,
a real and ugly about war.
a Oscar E. MOIlarl.
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Frank r. JeHeff

In this confused world
where the public mind is en-
crossed with reports of wars,
rebellions and polite II
changes, one is likely to for
get that all these events will
only become incidents in his
tory. High character Of an
individual and his works will
remain as a constant guide
for the future.
Such was the self-effacing
character Of the late Frank
r. Jelleff, who Willingly
shared his success with his
fellow citizens.
I know that I am one Of
many who have sought his
aid for worthy causes: none,
I am sure, have even been
refused.
I salute his memory; would
that there were many more
like him.
Charles 8. Dewey.
Evening star., 1961-05-03
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKINS 81
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE
reader get Of


Q. Do health authorities
recommend that windows be
open or closed when you
sleep?-W. M.
A. 1t depends on the indi-
vidual and what he is used
to. according to the United
States Public Health Service.
Elderly people, infants and
persons with respiratory all
ments probably should not
sleep in an extra cold room.
However, to most persons
damp night air is not harm
full, nor is there any risk of
lack Of oxygen from sleeping
in a closed room, If they
prefer to do so.