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forward toward these detectives.
Next, The Task Force explained
why it did not include ''termina-
ton" a major objective. AT the
hearings held by the Task Force it
was clear that the Indians were
seeing Termination lurking be-
hind every rock and every tree. |
agree with the Task Force that our
goal is maximum development.
When we reach that goal, termina-
ton will have disappeared as anis-
sue.
On numerous occasions | have
stated my purpose to improve ad-
ministration at the re serva ton
level. After all, the reason for the
Bureaus existence ought to be the
improvement of India n life. We
should send our best people to the
reservations--people who can plan
and work with Indians, understand
them, and be understood by them.
We may have to raise the pay of
such people, and we shalltryto find
ways of keeping such people in a job
they are doing we'll, instead of re-
warding them by moving them to
another agency where salaries are
bigger because it has more en-
ployees and spends more money.
The superintendent at small ag-
ency, with adequate staff and meag-
er Indian resources may be facing
a tougher job than the man at the
big agency, with more money, more
staff, more resources. In short, |
see the main reason for the area
offices and the Central Office to be
the Improvement of r. SerVa tion
administration, and that means i'm
provement in the lives of the In
dams. My ambition is to see an ac-
tion program moving forward in
each Indian community.
Next, | shall talk briefly about
the land problem. firmly believe
that the Indians land ba Sc is essen
tial to a sound economic future. |
intend to support Indian effort to
hold their la nds, and even to &C
quire more land where they need
it and can use it productivity.
Everybody has heard of the
heirship problem, which has caused
thousands of acres of Indian land
to lie idle, and many more thous-
ands to be used less productivity
than they could be. Several bills
have been introduc ed in the present
Congress on this subject. Accord
ing to the Senate Committees re-
port on heirship, there are about
1000 tracts, worth $3.50, 600, 900
in heirship status. If we can achieve
a workable law, and then proceed
vigorously, we can change mater
tally the economic situation of
many tribes.
The need for funds to lend to the
tribes was one of the factors in
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serve three main purposes: Il it
would be non-pa rtisan group
which would give the Secretaryad-
vice and Information: ~ both as a
board and as individuals, it would
help to spread accurate informa-
ton to the public about Indians and
the Bureaus operations; and ~
because its members would serve
staggered terms, it would be con-
tinuing body and would have sta
bilizing influence on Bureau pol
icies. 1t would be my hope that the
Board would prevent such violent
changes in policies as have some
times occurred in the pa st with
each new administration.
On
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education and the allied services
of welfare, vocational training, and
relocation. BY way of showing the
rapid growth and completely of the
Bureaus operations, let me point
out that in Else a ! 1852, just ten
years ago, the total appropriation
to the Bureau, including the medi-
cal work, was sos, zoo, 900. In the
field of educ alton there have been
rapid changes of policy during
those years. agree with the Task
Force that an independent study of
Indian education should be made,
and shall ask the Commi ssioner
to explore ways and means of max
ing such study.
Finally, one other piece of leg
islation sugge by the Task
Force was sent to the Congress but
no action was taken in this session.
This is bill to establish an Advis-
DRY Board on Indian Affairs, to be
compo sed of not more than fifteen
leaders, both Indian and n-Indian,
in various fields. In approving this
recommendation, it has been my
thought that such board would
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another legislative propos sal which
the Department. sent to the Cong
ress, to remove the $40, OOO, 600
ceiling on the oanfund established
by the Indian Reorganization Act.
The Congress did not agree to re-
move the ceiling, but it vote to
raise it to $40, 600, 900. We are now
seeking the appropriation of apart
of this increase. More money is
needed in the Revolving Loan Fund
for all sorts of purposes.
Of the $14O. 600, 600 which the
Bureau requested Congress to ap-
propriate for this fiscal year, al
most exactly $4,000. 900 was for
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Secretary Speaks to BIA Employees

The following is the text of a
talk made to employees of the Blu
reau of Indian Affairs by Secretary
of the Interior Stewart Udall on
September 26, 1861.
The appointment of newCom-
missioner provides a special OPP
portunity to talk to you about the
administration policies with res
pect to American Indians. | have
asked all of the Bureaus employ
ees here in Wa shington to come to
this meeting because want you to
know what these policies are. lhaVe
asked you because know that al
most every one of you has some
share incarrying out policies, or in
applying the policies to particular
cases or situations. Whatever you
may be doing, even if you do not
realize it at the moment, is sure to
involve or affect policy. 1t may be
the selection of personnel, tn e al
lotment of appropriated funds,
the approval of lease, the sale of
an allotment of land, the release OF
tribal funds, even simple letter
answering a request for informant
ion--any one of these may be an ex-
preston of policy.
For some months past, if have
been correctly informed, there has
been an undercurrent of expeCta-
ton in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
| can understand that. Fir t you
had new administration, with a
new Secretary and a new Assistant
Secretary, whose opinions, meth
DDS and convictions you have not
known. Then, there has been the
Task Force, and one of its mem
berS is the new commi sSioner. You
have every reason to expect that
he will, with my support, put into
effect as rapidly as possible, those
Task Force recommendation
which can be handled by admins
trative action. Some of you may not
have had a chance to read the Task
Force report. Therefore, | want to
comment now on the more impor-
tant recommendations, SO that you
will understand VIII a changes will
be made and what the new policies
are.
Let me say fir ST that fully con-
cur in the three basic detectives
which the Task Force has stated:
~ maximum Indian economic self
sufficiency: ~ full participation of
Indians in American life; and ~
equal citizenship privileges and
responsibilities for India The
Task Force said truly that aid from
the Indian community is crucial to
the achievement of tn G e objec-
tives. Indian aid and support must
be secured before projects or pro-
grams are commenced. Indians can
retain their tribal identities n d
much of their culture while moving
Evening star., 1961-08-18
U. S. Attorneys
Office Praised
By Judge Pine

District Courts outgoing chief
Judge has praised the work of
the United States Attorneys
office here for the "untiring
efforts" of its staff members
in speeding up justice.
The praise is contained in a
letter written by Chief Judge
David A. Pine to United States
Attorney David c. Acheson.
The Judge, who is retiring as
chief Judge next month, said he
feels a large part of the credit
for maintaining a current court
calendar should go to the prose-
cutors, who are efficient, dedi-
Gated public servants who fight
their cases hard"
Replying to Judge Pine, Mr.,
heson acknowledged the
judges generous comments
and expressed the admiration
of himself and his staff for the
model efficiency and fairness
Judge Pine has shown during
! his two years as chief judge.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Dodd Sees War Risk
In Weak West Stand

Berlin within the next few days
to see what the Communists
have done there.
2. All shipments of machine
tools and chemical processing
equipment to the Soviet bloc
should be ended.
8. The American Ambas-
sadors to the Soviet satellite
countries should be called
home for an indefinite period.
4. The United States should
prepare to take the Berlin is
sue before the United Nations
and charge that the border
sealing is a threat to world
peace.
S. The United States should
resume underground nuclear
tests unless the Soviet Union
abandons it's insistence on a
veto right in proposals for nu-
clear disarmament.
Evening star., 1961-08-18

A Democratic Senator Just
back from Berlin today said
that the weak and toothless"
allied response to the sealing
of the East Berlin border would
encourage further provocations
by the Kremlin and increase
the risk o. war.
Senator Dodd of Connecticut
told the Senate the tone of the
Western protest note would
strengthen Soviet Premier
Khrushchev's belief that the
West will chicken out if he
pushes things to the brink of
a showdown"
The Senator said he had
learned "on the very highest
authority" while in Europe
that Mr.. Khrushchev docs not
take our declarations on Ber-
lin seriously. He is convinced
that the United States is di-
vided, that the NATO alliance
is divided, that the West talks
big but acts little"
Senator Dodd urged that five
steps be taken Immediately to
persuade the Kremlin that we
do have the will and the capac-
ity for decisive action"
| /. Journalists from all over
the world should be airlifted to
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Minton Suffers
Cerebral Attack

NEW ALBANY, Ind, CAP).-
Sherman Minton, 70-year-old
retired United States Supreme
Court Justice, was reported
resting comfortably today after
suffering a cerebral hemor-
rhage.
Justice Minton was listed in
very critical condition at St
Edwards Hospital, where he
was stricken last night. He hao
been in the hospital for treat
ment for a broken ankle anc
had been scheduled to have
the cast changed today.
Justice Minton suffered 6
heart attack at his home II
New Albany almost two years
ago. Before he injured hi
ankle he had been using a cant
Evening star., 1961-08-18

reconsider his announced de-
cision to retire.
Mr.. Walter informed Dem
ocratic Party leaders in his dis
trict - Pennsylvania 18th -
late last year that he did not
intend to run again in 1862.
In January, just after the
opening of the 87th Congress,
he said he was sticking to his
decision, which he attributed
to health-an asthmatic con-
dition which he said bothers
him in a damp climate like
Washington's.
An office aide reported, how
ever, that Mr.. Walter recently
underwent a complete physical
examination at Georgetown
University Hospital and was
given a clean bill of health.
The asthmatic condition is be-
ing treated with new type o1
inhaler.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Woman Kills
Husband, ;
Children, Self.

ATLANTA, Aug. 18 (AP).-
A mound of empty pistol bullets,
police reported. gave mute evi-
dence that a petite Dekalb
County housewife shot and
killed her sleeping family and
then fatally wounded herself.
Mrs. Lummie Jean Kick
lighter Richardson died early
last night. about II hours after
her husband and three chill
dren. ranging in age from 6
months to 312 years, we're slain
in their beds, each shot several
times.
The 28-year-old daughter of
a South Georgia minister was
found on the floor of the mas
ter bedroom of the trim, ranch
style home. a bullet wound in
the roof of her mouth and a
.22-caliber pistol nearby.
Investigating officers said a
mound of empty shells was
found in the bathroom, indicat-
ing Mrs. Richardson went from
bed to bed, shooting her hus-
band, James C. Richardson, 35,
and the children, Elizabeth, S
months; James Stanley, 2, and
Martha Katherene, 312, going
to the bathroom to reload the
pistol.
The tragedy was discovered
yesterday when Mr.. Richard
son, an analyst for an oil COM
pany, failed to report for work.
Mr.. Richardson. with 10
wounds in the head, was found
on the bed in the master bed
room. James Stanley was
found in the middle bedroom
with six wounds in the head
and neck.
In the same room, each shot
several times in the head and
neck, were Elizabeth, a pacifier
still in her mouth, and Martha
Katherene. Detectives B. F.
Corley and c. w. Potts said
there was some evidence the
older girl was disturbed by the
shots and aroused before she
died.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
BOARD DECISION
IS BUILDING UP
TO BIG HEADACHE

CAMDEN, N. j., (AP).
The Cam en- County
Elections Board has re-
fused to buy its employees
any more aspirin.
One board m e m b er,
George Stoolman, declared,
IF our employees need all
these headache pills, then
they shouldn't be working
here. They ought to be in
hospitals"
The board bought $500
aspirin last year for its 20
full-time employees.
Evening star., 1961-08-18

to walk because of a circula-
tory ailment in his legs.
A Democrat, he was appoint
ed to the Supreme Court in
1949 by President Truman, who
had been his close friend and
seatmate when both were in
the Senate. He retired in 1856.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Letters Urge
Walter to Stuy
Work to Be Assigned
BY the Associated PT4ss

BY the Associated PT4ss
Signs are beginning to point
to the possibility that Rep
resentative Walter, 81, Demo-
crat of Pennsylvania, may seek
another term in Congress
after all.
An aide said thousands of
letters have been received from
all parts of the country asking
the veteran House member to
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Small Motor Fire
Arouses Wide Area

Sirens were sounding through
out a large segment of outer
Prince Georges County last
night for a small fire at the
county courthouse.
The fire, about 9:O5 pm, was
in an electric motor in the
basement at Upper Marlboro.
The county fire board said
it dispatched seven fire COM
panies.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Navy to Add Carrier,
AZ Ships in BuiIdup

been earmarked for decomis-
sioning, will be kept in service
and new ships delivered.
A large percentage of the
noncombat type ships joining
the fleet or being retained are
conventional troop and cargo
carrying craft. The buildup
will mean more helicopters and
planes, more listening buoys
and acquisition of terpedoes
for finding and killing sub
marines.
Work to Be Assigned
Both Navy and private ship
yards, geographically dis
persed," will do the de-moth-
balling. The Navy says it is not
ready to announce where the
work will be assigued.
In another military develop
ment yesterday:
The Air Training Command
said it was stepping up the
number of officers undergoing
training and had abandoned a
! planned 15,O00-man cutback in
the number of enlisted men to
be trained. The announcement
was made at Randolph Air
Force Base in Texas.
Also, the Chicago Sun Times
said the United States, France
and Britain may send tanks
and armored vehicles to Berlin
as a sign they won't be pushed
out of the city.
The paper said in a Wash
ington dispatch that, if the
move is carried out, perhaps
100 tanks would be added to
the Western front in Berlin.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
By the Associated Press

The Navy intends to add AZ
shipS-including a new attack
carrier-to its operating fleet
by next Summer.
The buildup program, an
nounced yesterday, reflects an
effort by the service to in
crease readiness for conven-
tional warfare. The ship in
crease goes hand in hand with
a planned increase in Navy
personnel, announced earlier
in the week.
The AZ ships will boost the
fleet from 819 to 861 by june
80. the end of the 1862 fiscal
year. Of the new total, 38G
will be warships and 479 trans
port, support and other non
combat types.
The Navy will use three
methods to build up: Cd II
will retain in service ship;
that otherwise would be de-
commissioned because of age,
(2) it will bring others out Of
mothballs; (3) it will add new
ships to be delivered during
the year.
Service Extended
Last Monday, the Navy an.
nounced it will keep 26,8OC
men and officers in service
who would otherwise be leav
ing. They will stay on from
six months to a year.
The ship program includes {
Is per cent increase in ship
used to transport amphibiou!
forces. Twenty-Five of thest
ships will come out of moth
balls.
The additional attack car,
rier will mean II of these ship
on active duty.
Also, two troop carrying
submarines. the Perch and Sci
Lion, will come out of retire
ment. Once attack submarines
they are diesel-powered boat
designed for ferrying frogmel
and other reconnaissance ant
demolition experts to enem,
beaches.
The antisubmarine warfar
force will be boosted. TIL
present nine carriers used il
the operation of hunter-k -kille
aircraft will be increased t,
10. Six destroyer-type anti
submarine ships, which hat
Evening star., 1961-06-11

frequent visits of her daugh-
ter Anna and the long
awaited visit Of her confess
sor, Father j. A. Walter,
whom she requested to see
three long months before. She
did not know, however, that
in order to get the pass to
see her, Father Walter had
had to promise Secretary
Stanton that he would keep
silent regarding Mrs. Sur
rats innocence.
Twenty-Five years later,
when he thought prejudices
had died down enough for
people to Judge clearly,
Father Walter broke that 81
lence in a public address. Re-
calling her last moments be-
fore going to the scaffold, he
declared: "It was at this time
that she made clearly and
distinctly the solemn declara-
ton of her innocence. She
said to me in the presence
of several officers, Father, I
wish to say something I re-
piled, Well, what is it, my
child?' That I am innocent
were her exact words. My
reply was, You may say so
if you wish, but it will do
no good These words were
spoken as she stood on the
verge of eternity, and were
the last confession of an in
nocent woman"
Two years later in 1867,
Mrs. Surratt was tried
again" at the trial of her
son, John Surratt, who had
been in Canada during the
conspiracy trial and after
that fled to Europe where he
was subsequently captured
by United States agents. It
was not conclusively shown
that Surratt was in Wash
ington the night of the as
sassination, the case was
mol pressed, and Surratt
went free.
This time, the trial was in
a civil court, and for the
first time, it was brought
out that five Of the nine
judges had sent a clemency
plea to President johnson
asking for commutation OF
Mrs. Surratt's sentence to
life Imprisonment on the
ground of her sex and age.
The President claimed he had
never seen the petition. This
cast suspicion on Secretary
Stanton and Judge Advocate
General Joseph Holt, but
their completely was never
proved as there was also a
doubt that perhaps the Pres
ident had seen the petition.
On one point, the histori-
ans all agree-that the free
ing Of the son was a vindi.
cation of the mothers in
nocence.
Next Week: The Wives Of Leaders
Evening star., 1961-06-11
By DOLORES PHILLIPS

MIDDLEBURG, Va. The
Loudoun County Hospital,
which needs every penny it
can lay its hands on to
support its new wing and
its older layout, will get the
net proceeds from the
Loudoun Pony and Junior
Show, which takes over
Middleburg's Glenwood Race
Course next Friday and
Saturday.
Supposedly the largest
horse show in America
catering to the younger
riders, this show draws to
Glenwood's walking paddock
the cream of aspiring ex-
hibitors, while not forgetting
local youngsters.
A local pony champion
ship, and reserve, the Robert
T. Corbell Challenge Trophy,
will be awarded on Friday
to a Loudoun County pony
which amasses the most
points. Two owners have two
legs on the trophy, which
has to be won three times
by the same owner before
it can be taken home for
keeps. Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin,
jr.'s, Craven Bantam won 1t
in 1866 and in 1858, and
Wendy Whitney's Tinker
Bell won it in 1856 and last
year.
Trophies
The grandchampionship Of
the show, the Pinocchio
Challenge Trophy, to be
awarded at shows end on
Saturday, is being donated
by Miss Bobbie Gardner,
whose Moonbeam retired the
Capital Airlines Challenge
Trophy in 1860. Mr.. and
Mrs. James H. Jenkins, jr.,
of Leesburg donate tn e
trophy to the pony jumper
champion, the Arthur God
freys give the Loudoun Hos
pital Challenge trophy for
Junior Corinthian Hunters,
and the Ladies Board Of the
Loudoun Hospital donates a
Challenge trophy to the win
ner Of the breeding division.
Officers Of the show are
Mrs. Edgar ]. Orme, jr.,
president; DR.. James T.
jackson and Mr.. s. H. r.
Fred, vice presidents; Mrs.
Michael Smithwick, show
manager; Mrs. George Tener,
assistant manager; Mr.. Will
liam F. Peach, secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. Harry Wan
ner, recording secretary, and
Evening star., 1961-06-11
CIRCLANG THE COUNTRYSIDE
Show to Aid Hospital

MIR. Wanner, chairman of
the advertising committee.
Mrs. Henry Fairfax and Mrs.
Henry Loomis are taking
care Of donations.
Judges this year will be
Mr.. Frank Worrell. Mrs. VIII
liam Kaye, Miss Toni Brewer
and Mrs. Clark Melville. Ad-
mission is nominal and
lunch can be bought at the
stand that feeds the hungry
Middleburg racemeet crowds.
The Wind
James Jenkins, who was
almost blown out of his box
the Friday night that the
Goose Greek Polo Club
christened its new arena be-
hind the, Goose Creek
Country Club feels, as vice
president Of the polo club
and president Of Goose
Greek, that it was an i'll
wind that blew everybody
some good.
The storm came UP at the
end Of the first game be-
tween Goose Greek and War
renton but it never needed
the players. Spectators evac-
uated into their cars and
some of them, from the
Washington area, dashed
home in the teeth Of a wind
that tore down the heavy
wooden sign at the entrance
to the tree-lined road lead
ing to the enormous, pro-
fessional arena.
Most of the hundreds of
polo guests returned to the
boxes and stands to watch
the second, spectacular game
between the Brandywine
Club and the high-g o al
Goose Greek Club. Old pros,
who knew their polo, were
mighty pleased at the cali
ber Of play during this last
game.
After the game, subscrib-
ers and boxholders went
back to the Goose Creek
Evening star., 1961-06-11
WOMEN OF THE CIVIL WAR
Mystery Still Surrounds Two

daughter Of the one-time
Governor of Maryland,
a member Of the Pro-
testant branch of that "a
nous Maryland family.
From girlhood she showed a
developing intellect and in
her teens became her fathers
secretary, often drafting his
speeches and papers.
Although she was no raw.
ing beauty, Anna possessed
a tiny figure, a charming
personality and wit that
drew people to her like a
magnet. BY the time she'd
reached her early 40s her
political writings and her
social entree had made her
one of Washington'S most
influential women.
But how influential was
Miss Carroll? Did she have
such entree to the White
House that she could see
Lincoln without appoint
ment, meet with his Cabinet
officers on the most intimate
affairs Of State?
There was no doubt Of her
influence. Through her fam
lily connections and the con-
facts she made through her
political work, she moved in
the Capitals highest circles.
She knew the political lead
ers of the day.
She was as astute q con-
versationaliSt as she was q
writer. When her old friend,
John Breckenridge of Ken
tucky. got up in the Senate
and denounced Lincoln as a
demagogue wh) had assumed
unconstitutional war powers
unto himself, Anna let go
with a fiery diatribe that
brought her to the attention
of the President and the
War Department. She was
engaged by the Government
to write q paper for the
President enlarging on the
views she had stated and
explaining the Presidents
war powers under the Con-
stitution.
1t Is at this juncture that
biographers and historians
come to a parting Of the
ways, the former claiming
that this marked the begin
ming of Miss Carroll's work
ing association with Presi-
dent Lincoln and her ''unof-
ficial" cabinet status, the
latter asserting that official
records and correspondence
do not bear this out.
Her Position
Miss Carroll states her own
position in the several
claims she made to Congress
for 20 years after the war
seeking the compensation she
had been promised for her
services. Her insistance she
was the author Of the Ten
neSsee River campaign plan
was an important element Of
the claim.
In her 1874 brief, she ex-
plains that under an agree
ment with the War Depart
ment to write in aid of the
Union" she was sent to the
West in the autumn Of 81
to study the condition Of af-