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Evening star., 1961-02-28
Clash Arises
AT Hearing on
'RecoVeNBiI|'
BY J. A. O'LEARY
star staff Writer

Republicans and Democrats
on a Senate Banking Subcom-
mittee clashed sharply today
over the need for President
Kennedy's 1895 million de-
pressed area bill.
Republican Senators Bennett
of Utah and Bush of Connecti-
cut argued that the new pro-
gram would duplicete what the
Small Business Administration
and several oSher agencies al
ready are trying to do, bat with
softer loans.
Senator Douglas, Democrat of
Illinois. replied that %he Eisen-
hover administration agreed to
set up the Development Loan
Fund to mike sof5 loans to
underdeveloped areas in other
parts Of the world and asked: /:
do you want to be more
generous to the Turks, IranianS
and Iraquis than you are to de-
pressed areas of our own coun-
try?"
Bennett Makes RetOrt
Senator Bennett retorted that
II Congress is going to change
existing law governing repay
ment Of debts to the Govern
ment it should apply the change
uniformly and not exempt only
the new depressed area loans.
The controversy developed
while Agriculture Secretary
Freeman was testifying on how
the new bill would apply to
rural as well as depressed in
dustrial areas. The argument
among subcommittee members
continued so long. that Mr..
Freeman missed a noon air.
plane on which he had a reser-
vation.
When Chairman Douglas
apologized for delaying him,
Mr.. Freeman replied:
That's all right ON the
New Frontier business comes
first"
Night Session Possible
The subcommittee was to
hear Com merce Secretary
Hodges and Labor Secretary
Goldberg later today. Four
spokeSmen for private organi-
cations also were waiting to
testify and Senator Douglas
was considering q night session
to complete the hearings.
Senator JavitS, Republican of
New York, told Mr.. Freeman
he is a supporter Of a new de-
pressed areas program, but in
sisted that it was not clear
whether there would be dupli-
cation in the Agriculture De-
partment between the new
and an existing rural
development Setup. Mr.. Free
man assured him the two would
be meShed together.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Senate Unit Opposes
Machine Tools to Reds

the tools could be put to mill
tary use.
The report by the Security
Committee is expected to state
that the machines are of a hirh
strategic Importance, and verv
important to the Soviet war
machine. 1t is understood that
the committee will state that
the machines cannot be pur-
chased in Europe or else the
Soviet Union would have done
SO.
Commerce officials have said
that the Bryant Co. was first
asked more than q year ago by
an italian company under con.
tract to the Soviet Union to
allow 1t to build the machinery
in Italy under 0 license from
Bryant.
The company decided that
rather than have italian labor
make the machinery for sale
to the Soviet Union, It preferred
to make 1t itself, giving work to
its own employees.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Star Staff Writer


The Senate Internal Security
Committee was expected to ask
Commerce Secretary Hodges
today to revoke q license
authorizing shipment of SIS
million worth of precision ma
chine tools to che Soviet
Union.
A committee spokesman said
a report-based on several
weeks of testimony by experts
in the machine and ball bear
ing field-will state that the
machines in question cannot
be purchased anywhere else in
the world. and could help the
Soviet Unions missile pro-
gram.
The report is expected to be
made public later this week.
Business for u. 8.
Earlier this month, the Com
merce Secretary had authorized
the shipment on the grounds
that the Soviet Union could
buy the machines-used in the
manufacture of ball bearings
in Western Europe and the
United States might as well
get the business.
At the urging Of the Internal
Security Committee, however,
Secretary Hodges on February
81 asked the manufacturer, the
Bryant Chucking & Grinding
Co. Of Springfield, VT, not to
ship the machines until the
committee had made its report
to him. The company agreed.
Legally. Commerce Depart
ment authorities state, the.
company at this time could
ship the machines whenever it
wanted. The Secretary would
have to revoke its license to
prevent the shipment.
The committees report can
only be advisory. since by law
only the Commerce Secretary
has the power to issue or re-
woke licenses.
License Once Held Up
An export license for the
machines was first sought last
year, but was held up after the
Defense Department claimed
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Kennedy Names
Kissinqer to Post
By the Associated Press

President Kennedy has named
Harvard Professor Henry A
KiSsinger a part-time consult.
ant on national security prob
lens.
MIR. KiSsinger win work on
specific questions on which the
White House asks his views.
A resident Of Belmont, Mass,
Mr.. Kissinger is a.. He has
written and done research In
the field Of nuclear weapons
and foreign policy and as a
consultant with the Govern
ment's weapons systems evalu-
alton group since 1857.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

to this day for some time. And
it's an understaternent to say
that I'm happy. However, we've
tried to play down the first
aspect"
Referring to .ast weeks sue
cessful laun' ling of an un-
manned Co. ,ule atop an Atlas
missile, E i. Glenn said that
flight, ? 4 all it proved, was
much lore important to Prof.
ect , ercury than the name Of
the first ticket.
Nor does 1t change the i'm
prtance Of our whole group OF
seven. We have continually
thought Of ourselves as q sew
en-man team. The nearer we
got to launch day. the more
important each member of the
team becomes"
The four astronauts not
chosen for the first test will be
eligible for later. perhaps even
more ambitious, space missions,
Compares Shots
Actually the second, third
and fourth flights may accom-
phsh far more scientifically
than the first flight does" Col.
Glenn commented.
THAT first mission Is going
to be q sort Of oh, gee whiE,
look at me, here I am NAV
type Of deal. The second flight,
once q man has been briefed
on what to expect. should ac-
compliSh Q lot more"
Whether the next capsule
will be manned is being de-
termined now by space agency
officials studying data from
the last Redstone test, which
boosted Ham. the space chimp,
on a successful 156-mile- high
flight. Because Of a couple Of
minor problems which cropped
on that shot. the decision may
be to fly another chimp first.
The rigorous training the
aStronautS have undergone at
various test centers across the
country has upset normal fam
lily life. I've spent so much
time on the road" Col. Glenn
said. that I've had to be re-
to my wife and two
kids"
His wife is the former Anna
Caster Of New Con-
cord. The children are John
David, IA, and Carolyn, l3. Mrs.
hearing in Arlington,
Va. Of her husbands selection
Said: That's really fine news,
really thrilling"
Col. Glenn has trimmed
down from 208 to 1853 pounds
since his space flight training
began 20 months ago. Running
Two miles each day on the |
'andy beach south Of Cape
canaveral when he Is here
helps keep him in shape. He
llso enjoys water skiing and
0oating.
Like the other space candi- |
Evening star., 1961-02-28
PTA to See Drumu

The Drama Wing of the De-
partment Of Speech and ORA
matte Art of the University OF
Maryland will present a play
entitled What Did I DoP" at
8 pm. Thursday to the PTA
meeting Of Lynnbrook EIemen-
tary School in Bethesda, Md,
in the school auditorium.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

dates, he watches as many mis-
sile launchings as possible at
the cape.
THE more familiar you are
with the shots" he says, the
less awesome they seem. But
I don't think they'll ever stop
being impressive, particularly
II you think yourself sitting
there on top Of the rocket watt
ing to be shot into space"
Tomorrow: Virgil Grissom.)
Evening star., 1961-02-28

~~~---~-~~-~-~~-
to the cramped, bell-shaped
capsule. He'll wiggle through
the entrance hatch and settle
into a couch fitted to every
contour Of his body.
The hatch will close. and his
earphones will buzz as the
ccuntdown progresses on. the
63-foot Redstone rocket be-
meath him.
When the seconds tick away
to zero he will feel a tremen-
dous jolt as the powerful engine
ignites, then lifts him upward.
If all goes right. the capsule
will hurtle lis miles high and
land 900 miles down the At
lantic tracking range 16 min
uteS after blaStoff. Peak speed
will be 1900 miles an hour.
Three Men Chosen
This young space pilot wiz
become the man Of the ho' d.
His name will be recordeS N
headlines and history boo
The glory will go to one Of
three men-John H Herschel
Glenn, jr., Virgil Ivan Grissom
or Alan Bartlett Shepard, jr.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration has Sc
lected this trio to train for the
United States first manned
suborbital flight, expected in
April or May. All are brilliant
men. skilled test pilots and ex-
traordinary physical specimens.
Glenn Is Oldest
The oldest. most experienced
Of the group, is 1t. Col. Glenn,
39-year-old Marine from New
Concord, Ohio.
Like Air Force Capt. Grissom
and Navy Comdr. Shepard, Col.
Glenn is an expert at wringing
the bugs out Of all types Of
aircraft.
He has chalked up more than
5,l00 hours flying time, 1900
in jets. He flew SO fighter
bomber missions in the Pacific
in World War II and 100 mis-
sions in Korea. cunning down
three Communists MICS near
the Yalu River in the last nine
days Of fighting. He holds five
Distinguished Flying Crosses
and an Air Medal with 18
clusters.
In 1857 he became the first
man to fly supersonically from
Los Angeles to New York, COW
ering the distance in 8 hours
% minutes in an F8U jet. CHS
face later became familiar to
television viewers when he won
S25,000 on a quiz program,
Name That Tune.')
Last week, the number of
astronauts' prepping for the
first manned flight was, cut
from seven to three and Col.
Glenn-a powerful athletic type
with close-cropped reddish hair
and green eyes-found himself |
a step closer to new adventure. |
Wouldn't Trade Places
II wouldn't trade places with |
any guy In the world" he said
at a news conference which
followed that announcement.
We've been looking forward
Evening star., 1961-02-28
THREE FOR SPACE
Glenn Wouldn't Trade
Rocket Ride Ticket
By HOWARD BENEDICT
Associated Press staff Writer

CAPE CANAvERAL, Fla, Feb.
28.-In the gray dawn one day
this spring-if all goes accord
ing to plan-a good-looking
young man will walk across the
concrete deck Of Launch Pad
26A with the bright lights Of
this spaceport cleaning on his
silver space suit.
He'll climb the criss-croSsing
stairs of q red and white tower
Evening star., 1961-02-02
RALPH McGILL
Time for Us to Start Thinkino

These are utterly unaware Of
the regions where men and
women in the thousands have
been unemployed for as long
as two years. Television can
be most helpful by picturing
the closed mines, the empty
plants. the lines Of those
seeking surplus food. But
only writer's. and primarily
newspaper writers, colum-
nists, editorialists, reporters,
can tell the whole story, the
deep inward meaning to the
nation and our people. It will
always be necessary to write
and print the news. But 1t
seems to me that now journ-
alism will be unwise much
longer to offer 1t in the old
terms Of what, where and
when. More than ever we
have a secular need for what
the Book Of Common Prayer
describes as the true and
lively word"
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Will Wait and See
On Khrushchev Visit

@. Mr.. President, as you
know. Adlai Stevenson said the
other day 1t was his guess that
you would be happy to meet
with Khrushchev If he should
come to this country for the
U.N. session. I wonder. was he
correct in his guess, that you
would be happy to meet with
Khrushchev?
A. AS Gov. Stevenson said
or Ambassador Stevenson said
Il had not discussed the mat
ter with him. I have no idea
whether Mr.. Khrushchev is
coming to the United States or
not. There has been no indi-
cation, either publicly or pri-
vately, that he is planning a
visit to the United States.
Therefore. think 1t would be
appropriate to wait in regard
to what plans we might have
in our seeing him. and it would
be more appropriate to wait
until we have some idea
whether he is going to come
or not.
@. Mr.. President. could you
tell US something of the rea-
soning and the background of
the apparent restrictions on
the RB-47 flyers in publicly
discussing their experiences in
Russia? We get the impression
from the Pentagon that this
blackout on any public inter-
view or discussion Of the two
flyers is to be more or less an
indefinite thing. Now we are
told at the Pentagon that this
is in the national interest.
First, I wonder II you could
tell us why it is in the national
interest, and secondly. what
personal feelings you have in
the matter on the reasoning
behind this decision to keep
these men quiet.
A. I will say when they finish
their short leave, and when
they have been debriefed by
the Air Force, and the Air
Force has had an opportunity
! to have conversations with
them. as far as I am concerned
I would be glad to have them
talk to the press. Therefore,
I would assume they would be
available to the press as soon
aS that WAS over
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Reeves Sworn In
AS Special Aide
To President

Frank D. Reeves, 44-year-
old Negro attorney, was sworn
in yesterday as a special as
sistant to President Kennedy.
Herbert L. Miller, assistant
executive clerk in the White
House, administered the oath
Of office to Mr.. Reeves.
Mr.. Reeves was appointed
a special assistant Tuesday in
a sudden switch Of plans after
having been slated for ap-
pointment as a District Com
missioner.
Walter N. Tobriner, attor-
ney and president Of the Dis
trict Board of Education, was
named instead to the Board
Of Commissioners.
The White House has re-
fuse comment on speculation
that Mr.. Reeves might still be
appointed q District Com
missioner when the term oi
Robert e. Mclaughlin. now
president Of the board, ex-
pires next June 80.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Speaker Viewed as Leading for President,
As the Chairman Backs Conservatives

they do not consider them
selves spokesmen for "one-
third of a Nation" that Is ILL
fed. ill-clothed and ill-housed.
If they had to choose one
word to describe themselves
it would probably be contem-
porary. Most Of them served
in World War II; they married
and started their families in
the postwar period. They
don't really care what caused
the depression Of the '30s and
whether Herbert Hoover was
right or wrong. Most of them
have done very well individ-
ually: they are neither mis-
fits nor theoreticianS.
What they think they see
clearly are the problems Of
the space age, the changes
wrought by the stampede to
the cities, the altered role Of
the United States amid the
rise Of new nations in Asia
and Africa and the different
social patterns Of the times.
About all these things they
think something must be
done. and they are ready to
make the effort.
Their indictment Of the
Smith, Halleck alliance-and
any parent should under
stand its that 1t is old
fashioned. They are ready
to accept compromise tech
niques, but they are deter
mined not to stand still while
Judge Smith, Representative
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Budget Estimates
Called Generous

@. Mr.. President, will you
ask for the same new revenues
that Mr.. Eisenhower asked for
in his budget message?
A. I will. 1t is a fact, as I
suggested in the state of the
Union address, that some Of
those proposals are generously
estimated. For example, be-
lieve that the Presidents
budget calls for a 5000 million
deficit in the Post Office. I
think the Presidents budget
calls for revenue action by the
Congress of $843 million. In
view Of the fact that Congress
has been reluctant in the past,
I think we have to consider
carefully whether we could ex-
pect a Congress to ever vote
Evening star., 1961-02-02
TeIevision, Newspapers and Others Told
Plain Description of Events Isn't Enough

reporter. It is too formidable
a force in communication to
slip into bad habits. That
the sins noted are committed
by but q few is true. It Is
equally true Of newspapers.
responsibility and laziness
Of mind and body are the
product Of q small portion
Of the American press.
For newspapers, it seems
to me, with the scenes of
the Inauguration in mind, 1t
is necessary to eliminate a
great deal of the what" from
the traditional journalism
school axiom that a good
story tells what, where and
when. Insofar as major news
events are concerned, people
today pretty generally know
what happened and where.
They have just looked at it
in the process Of happening.
But television will never
be able to tell, as will news
papers, the why" Of things.
The magnificent techniques
Of television reveal the phys
ical details. The more able
commentators talk intelli-
gently and attractively about
them. But what about the
mental, spiritual and deeper
human details and meanings?
What are the great forces
which now move US to rev.
olutionary change? All Of a
sudden, for example, the
senior citizens, the men and
women over so who must
work for a living, are q ma
jor economic and social
problem. Television can do
q fine service Of showing us
the new machines of auto
nation, the computers, the
physical shortcuts which
eliminate many tasks once
performed by human beings.
But only writer's can discuss,
interpret and dig into the
great psychology, the heart
ache, the humanity behind
the most excellent Of docu-
mentaries.
There are vast areas Of our
country which feel only slight
depression in their economy.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Contest of Royburn and Smith

Clarence Brown Of Ohio and
Representative William Col
mer Of Mississippi decide
what is best.
Their vehicle Is the Demo-
cratic Party by reason of the
voters choice on November 8
last. Because President Ken
nedy and the Democrats won,
the pace will be swifter than
had the then Vice President
Nixon and Republicans pre-
vailed. But no informed OBJ
server believes Mr.. Nixon
would have stood still, either,
and allowed q Smith Halleck
alliance to dictate his prog
reSs.
It may be that the emo
tional bias Of the country
remains with the elders who
have suffered q reverse In the
House. II so, 1t is the Presi-
dents problem to stir an
emotional tide in his favor
and that he has made q start
in this direction seems clear.
Soundings Of public opinion
indicate the President is in
spring confidence in many
places where his candidacy
was not popular.
Nothing he proposes seems
at present likely to impair
that confidence. He decided,
somewhat belatedly, that the
Rules Committee was in his
way and worked to change
1t. The legislation he has in
mind is moderate, however,
and so is his tone in the ini-
tial victory he has won.
Evening star., 1961-02-02
Speeches by Officials
Should Coordinate

@. Mr.. President, this may
be a corollary question. but
your administration has indi-
Gated that 1t expects officers
Of the military on active duty
to support in their public state
ments or at least not to be
hostile to the foreign policy
of your administration.
Does this project itself into
other areas? What about the
Atomic Energy Commission,
and I am talking about econ
omistS working for the execu-
tive branch who may have diff
ferences about economic policy?
A. I think that the procedure
which we have established is
a traditional one. and I think
that the Eisenhower admin
istration made, according to
the announcements have
seen, over 65 known efforts to
make sure that speeches by
members Of the military were
in accordance with the general
objective of American foreign
policy.
I think we are going to con-
tinue to do that. II q we'll
known, high-ranking military
figure makes a speech, which
affects foreign policy or pos
sible military policy, I think
that the people and the coun-
tries abroad have a right to
expect that that speech repre-
sents the opinion Of the Ma
tional Government.
Now, the speech Of Admiral
Burke which raised this ques-
tion-when the speech was
drafted Admiral Burke may
not have known, nor did any oi
us, whether these flyers woul6
be released, for example, and
therefore, there is some value
in co-ordinating statements
made by high ranking, respon-
sible officials involving national
Evening star., 1961-02-02
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

chmpanzee survives 400-mle rocket ride in space.
There be evolution argument in outer The first
human astronau will concede he's directly assembled from
monkeys.
Pckings getting tough for the administration
that it's appointing officials who prove they went
to college that played Harvard.
coalition Of Texas Sam Rayburn and Boston's Ken
nedy smashes the of the House Rules Committee The
White House is proud of Rayburn it's calling him the
Shamrock of the Alamo.
Democrats praise administration officials as able,
alert In fact, people think the Kennedy team
is almost good enough to beat the family.
Taking office Brazs President Quadros says his
t in sad shape He read President Kennedys speech-and
decided to go him one worse
Evening star., 1961-02-02
DORIS FLEESON

Conflict Of any kind is
most readily dramatized in
personal terms, hence the
tendency to translate the
House Rules Committee battle
into Q fight between the old
bulls-Speaker Rayburn and
Rules Chairman Smith-for
leadership Of the flock.
The Speaker is 70; Mr..
Smith is n. Their styles are
very different. Where the
Speaker Is tough and out
spoken, Judge Smith is meek
and deprecatory.
Their conception Of their
roles is different, too. The
Speaker believes he il obliged
to lead for the elected Pred-
dent Of the United States.
Judge Smith thinks that any
thing goes in the effort to
keep this country in the
conservative path, no matter
what the voters decree in q
presidential election.
Therein lies their real diff
ference and the issue on
which the country will have
to take a stand.
President Kennedy and his
new young team are by no
means as liberal as Judge
Smith and the business COM
munity which brought tre-
mendous pressure on the
House to follow him would
have the country believe.
They are not New Dealers;
Evening star., 1961-02-02
RALPH McGIEL

This is a friendly note to
schools of journalism, news
papers, magazines. and news
paper and television people.
titled start thinking"
President Kennedy's sue
cess with q televised news
conference means there will
be more Of them. Nor Is that
all. It is clearly indicated
there should be more of them.
What we desperately need in
this country is more COM
munication with Govern
ment. This is particularly
true in the field Of foreign
affairs and the more complex
domestic ones.
A selfish, special interest
attitude might protest against
televisirg the presidential
answers to news questions.
But so long as they are news
queries put by accredited re-
porters, such a view is unten-
able. The televised conferences
are a good thing for the
country. This is the more
true because President Ken
nedy has so sound a COM
mand Of the English Ian
guage and possesses so much
diplomatic tact. The Kennedy
conferences will multiply
communication between the
Government and the people.
And that is one Of those
S0hsummationS devoutly to
be wished.
Television must do some
thinking. In q few instances
its responsibility has been
showing. In the racial dis
turbances at Little Rock, New
Orleans and Athens, Ga,
there were T'V crews which
encouraged demonstrations.
What competitive television
is up against is that If the
clinched fist, the flung curse.
the te-distorted face, are
missed, then, for competi-
tion's sake, all these must
somehow be repeated.
Television can't be asking
rioters If they will please do
that over again any more
than they can ask for re-
peats at conferences. 1t must
take It's chances like a good