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Evening star., 1961-02-06
Seoul Pay Protested

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 6
(AP).-About 800 Korean en-
ployes of United States armed
forces stationed here demon
strated for an hour yesterday
demanding pay increases and
improved working conditions.
The demonstrators want a min
imum monthly wage Of S38.
compared with the $18 now
paid.
Evening star., 1961-02-06

clothes, he said he had been
staying in waterfront hotels.
The plane, a North American
T28-B valued at $4,000
crashed and burned about $50
pm. in a muddy cornfield near
the mouth Of the Choptank
River.
An extensive search by some
100 persons turned up only q
parachute and some clothing
See PILOT, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-02-06
GRADES ARE AIDED
BY HANDWRITING

PENMANSHIP is q major key TO
good srodes. Dr.. Leslie J, Mason
reports in the sixth Of his series on
improving high school and college
grodes. He gives six cosy steps
toword better handwriting on Pose
BIG.
JOHN F. KENNEDY is not the
first President ottrocted TO the Vir-
sinio countryside as O cushion
osoinst the risors Of office. Dolores
Phillips. contributing writer re-
minds readers thot Madison, Mon
roe, Washington ond mony other
Presidents retreoted to the oreo.
The second port Of her series, THE
MiddIeburs Story" is on Page B-6.
Evening star., 1961-02-06


Victoria in 1873 when Ruther-
ford B. Hayes was President.
The White House, in report
ing what it called the most
interesting discovery" said Mrs
Kennedy felt that the desk
with its connection with the
sea would perfectly compliment
the naval battle scenes and
model Of the Constitution,
which she had already secured
at her husbands suggestion
for his office.
Mrs. Kennedy said q White
House press release, has been
going through all the rooms,
from attic to basement" and
found the historic desk In the
basement broa dcast room
rarely used as such since for
Evening star., 1961-02-06
President Using Desk
Wife Spied in Basement

President Kennedy is using a
massive richly carved desk made
in the last century from timbers
Of the H.M.S. Resolute and re-
discovered by his exploring wife
in the White House basement.
The desk was presented to
the United States by Queen
Evening star., 1961-02-06
4 Get Antitrust Jail Sentences
8 Companies
Fined Total
Of $235,OOO
Westinghouse, GE
And Six Others
Plead Guilty

PHILADELP LA, Feb. 8
(AP).-Eight Of the country's
largest electrical companies.
General Electric and Westing-
house among them, drew fines
totaling $235, 900 today on the
first two Of 20 Federal indict-
mentS charging bid rigging and
price fixing in violation Of
antitrust laws.
Three General Electric exec
utives and a Westinghouse vice
president were sentenced to jail
for 80 days-one Of the few
times in history that antitrust
case defendants were ordered
imprisoned. Fines against 18
individual defendants totaled
$4,000.
Chief Judge j. Cullen Ganey
in United States District Court.
methodically disposing Of mass
pleas Of guilty or nolo conten-
dere (no defense). said the
case-involving 20 giant elec-
trical firms-was "a shocking
indictment Of a vast segment
Of our economy" He said the
defendants Knocked the image"
Of the Nations free enterprise
system.
Involved Equipment Sales
The first two counts involved
the sale of power transformer
equipment and power switch.
gear equipment.
The defendant companies all
pleaded guilty.
Westinghouse was fined $40,-
900 on the transformer count
and $25, 900 on the switchgear
count; General Electric $4,000
on the first and $4,000 on the
second; Allis- Chalmers $25,000
on the first and $4,000 on the
second.
In the power transformer
case, McGraw-Edison was fined
$40, 900: Moloney Electric Co..
$4,000, and Wagner Electric,
$4,000.
In the switchgear case, Fed
eral Pacific was fined $1,000
and LITE Circuit Breaker Co.
$4,000.
Jail Terms Given
Given jail terms in the power
transformer case were j. H.
Chiles of Pittsburgh, a West
inghouse vice president, and
W. S. CHM, Schenectady, N. T..
a General Electric vice presi-
dent. Lewis j. Burger. Fort
Wayne, Ind, former manager
Of GEES power switchgear di-
vision, and George E. BurenS,
a GE vice president who pre-
ceded Mr.. Burger as head OF
the switchgear division, were
ordered jailed on the second
count.
Mr.. Chiles was also fined
$4,000; Mr.. CHM $4,000; Mr.
Burger $4,000, and Mr.. Burens
$4,000.
Judge Ganey delayed the
start of the Jail terms until
next Monday.
On the power transformer in
See ANTITRUST, Page At
Evening star., 1961-02-06
Anti-Recession
Offered
ByPresident
Would Extend
JobIess Benefits,
Aid Needy Childrer
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
star staff Writer

star Staff Writer
President Kennedy submitted
proposed bills to Congress to-
day to carry out two Of the
anti recession measures he
recommended in his economic
message last Thursday.
One bill would permit three
million jobless workers to re-
ceive additional benefits to-
falling about $3.50 million
through o temporary program
providing compensation to
workers who have exhausted
their State benefits.
The second bill would au-
thorize temporary financial help
to needy children Of unemployed
parents.
Tomorrow, the White House
said, Mr.. Kennedy will hand
over to Congress q legislative
formula for boosting the ma
tional minimum wage from
81 to $1.15 Immediately, and
to $1.25 within two years.
Mr.. Kennedy also has sug-
gested that minimum wage COW
erage be extended 20 several
million workers now without It.
Need Cited A
In letters to Speaker Rayburr
and Vice President johnson
transmitting the proposed Job.
less legislation, Mr.. Kennedy
said there is pressing need fol
prompt enactment of botf
measures.
He noted that 5.4 millior
workers were jobless in Janu'
ary, with about 3.4 millior
receiving unemployment com
pensation and another 500,00(
already having exhausted theil
benefits.
The President said eXhauS.
ton Of unemployment benefit
shuts off any purchasing powel
for the jobless and thus ha'
a serious impact ION the eco
nomic health Of the entirl
economy" as well as on tn
worker and his family.
The President. in his eco
nomic message, said that unde
the Federal program Of aid t,
dependent children, need,
children are eligible for aid
their parents are dead, disable'
or family deserters. He woul'
extend eligibility to children o
needy unemployed workers.
Benefits Ended for Many
In some cases now, he said
unemployment benefits Of par
ents of these children have beel
exhausted, and in others sucl
benefits are not enough to NEE
the needs Of a large family.
The temporary extension o
unemployment benefits woult
equal one-half-up to a maxi
mum of l3 weeks-of the dura
ton currently provided by tn
State.
The overall maximum woult
be limited to 80 weeks.
Mr.. Kennedy said in his mes
sage to Congress last Tuesda!
that the money for the extr'
unemployment benefits woult
come from the Government
general revenues. Later, he said
it would be repaid in full from
increased insurance contribu
tions paid by employers. Th'
President proposed that the ia,
base for insurance contribution
be boosted from $4,000 II
$4,000 annually for eacl
worker.
Evening star., 1961-02-06
New Snowstorm Hits
Nations Central Area
Three Freight Truins DeruiIed
By Heavy Downfall in Texas
BY the Associated Press

Snow spread across the central section of the Nation
today png up foot in depth the Texas Pan
handle. .. ...-
The new snow extended from Minnesota to Northern
Arkansas Falls of to inches expected in sections
of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois.
The heavy snow Yesterday in the panhandle area oi
Evening star., 1961-02-06


remedies, he said in q special
PoFtiol Text Of Message. Pose Al
message, the Government must
peck away with a variety Of
limited but potentially signifi-
cant actions.
He included proposals to re-
duce the duty-free allowance
for tourists and to raise in
terest rates paid to foreign
governments that deposit or
invest their dollars here.
Mr.. Kennedy ernphatically
rejected drastic measures to re-
duce the deficit in the United
States balance Of payments
He said the United States
must not raise tariffs to pro-
tectionist levels, or block legit.
innate investment abroad, OF
pull back from overseas COM
mitments, or devalue the dol
lar.
Not Panicky
Large deficits in the United
States balance Of payments
have resulted in q heavy drair
Of gold from Government
stocks and have to some de.
gree shaken confidence in thC
soundness of the dollar. In ar
effort to encourage a calm
attack on the problem. the
President told Congress: "Oul
situation is one that justifie.
concern but not panic OF
alarm"
He expressed confidence thai
the deficit problem "can bt
met by forceful and timely
legislative and executive &C
ton"
The balance of payments il
a ledger of United States
transactions with the rest o.
the world. On the plus side ar
receipts from exports. earn.
ings Of American investment
abroad, repayments of loan
and other income from for
eign sources. On the minus
side are payments for imports
overseas military spending
foreign-aid grants and loans
investments abroad and othe
outlays.
When outlays abroad by tn
Government and individual
exceed income from abroaC
there is a deficit in the bal
ance Of payments. Foreigner
may hold onto the excess dol
lars they receive from tn
United States-usually depos
iting them in American bank
or investing them in short
term securities-or they ma
buy gold. Directly or indirect
ly, much of this gold come
out Of United States Govern
ment stocks.
Big deficits and increasin
losses Of gold cause and re
See PAYMENTS, Page A
Evening star., 1961-02-06
Problems With Soviet
Formidable, Rusk Says
Secretary Notes Release Of z Flyers,
But Sees Rood Ahead Far From Clear
BY EARL I'll. VOSS
Star Staff Writer

Secretary Of State Rusk today foresaw serious days and
hard work ahead in relations with the Soviet Union
The Kremn's release Of the two Jailed RB-47 flyers
removed troublesome problem in relations with the Soviet
Union he acknowledged But he said should not suppose
that administration changed mood in words used
Evening star., 1961-02-06
TIE A/E Full Report
''6 "6NSHGN. on Pess Al

District and notwithstanding cloudy to-
night, low IS. Cloudy tomorrow, snow or
sleet probable. High and low Of last "A
hours: High, 80. at pm. yesterday; low.
II. at 6:55 am. today.
Evening star., 1961-02-06
Kennedy Message Urges
LEGISLATION to Aid Dollar
Varied Proposals
Offered, But No
Drastic Actions
By LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy. counsel
ing against panic or alarm. -
told Congress today the dol
lars international ailments
can be cured by actions to
strengthen the domestic econ
omy and boost exports.
To reinforce these basic
remedies. he said in q special
Evening star., 1961-02-06

Picture on Pose AS
, 1961-12-09
Pictures Filmed In
Virgin Islunds 10 Be
Shown on NBC-TV

Telewsion audiences in the
United States will see two
NBC-TV 81, 2, 3, CO." shows
filmed recently in the Virgin
Islands, associate producer Ju-
Illus Kinney has informed the
Y. l.. Department of Commerce.
One of the top-rated Sunday
night shows, with an audience
of 2O,O0O,0O0, these shows are
scheduled for January 7 & IA.
Telescopes of these will be
sent to st. Thomas for local
showing.
Originally one show had
been planned, basedon present
day st. Thomas and as it was
in the 18th century when pi-
rates dominated the area.
In the course of producing
this show, actors and techni-
clans were SO impressed with
our underwater vistas that a
second show on SCUBA diving
was prepared on the spot by
writer-director John Fuller
and photographed in the wa
tiers around st. Thomas and st.
John.
, 1961-12-09
Citizens Association
To Discuss Hurvey
Aluminium Plunt Here

The st. Croix Citizens AS.
ISOLATION will hold a public
meeting on Wednesday night:
December 13, 1861 at the Chris
tiansted High School auditor
ium for the purpose of discus
sing the proposed Harvey Alu-
minum plant being construct
ed in st. Croix.
According to Mrs. Nora Am
rift, President of the organiza-
ton, There is not too much
known for or against this pro-
ject, therefore the public, all
of st. Croix adults, are asked
to attend this important meet
ing, where everyone can air
his and her views construc-
lively"
Everyone is urged to attend.
, 1961-12-09

factors in the life cycle of the
Texas fever tick to be worked
out, facts applicable not alone
to the Virgin Islands, but to
the entire cattle industry Of
the Southeastern United
States.
DR.. Hayes felt that if we
could use the Virgin Islands
as an area of experimentation
on this very important prob
lem a great service would be
Continued on Page Al
, 1961-12-09
Two Injured in Auto
Accident On North
Side Road Lost Night

Two persons were injured,
one seriously, in an auto acct
dent on the Northside Road at
7:50 last night.
According to a police report
Lionel Emanuel was heading
west in his Ford sedan when
in the vicinity of the road lead
ing to Judith's Fancy he swer-
we'd to avoid hitting a dog;
the car skedded and crashed
into a car driven by Mrs. Flor
ence Sloan, which was head
ed east.
Patrolman ]. Williams, who
lives near by and is on leave,
Communicated a passing car
md rushed Mrs. Sloan to the
hospital.
Mrs. Sloan was treated and
detained; Mr.. Emanuel was in
jured, but not serious. He was
charged with reckless driving.
, 1961-12-09
Hearings Scheduled
" Wage Bourd Is
Postponed to Dec. Is

Hearings Of the Virgin IS
lands Wage Board which was
scheduled to be held on'the Is,
has been changed to December
Is, 1861 at 1000 am. at Govern
ment House in St. Croix, a re-
lease from that office an
nounced today.
, 1961-12-09
Abandon q
Drunk, Article Says

The following news story
comes from
Japan - Having had too much
to drink, carpenter Yoshishige
>Ota asked his two drinking
companions to escort him part
Of the way home.
LET me alone" he mumbled
as. the trio staggered across a
railway crossing. His compan-
ions obliged and went their
way.
Ota passed out on the tracks
and a passing train killed him.
A local court has now SEN
fenced Hideo Okaide to two
years hard labor and Satonari
Kanazawa to Is months for
causing death by abandoning
a person in a state of Temporal
ny illness due to advanced in
toxication."
When a person succumbs to
the Influence Of liquor, it is the
responsibility Of his friends to
care for him until he regains
control of himself, the court
ruled, explaining that a drunk
is a sick man and abandoning
him is a criminal offense.
, 1961-12-09
U. S. Wildlife Officials
Discuss Fever Tick
Eradication Proqrum

DR.. Frank Hayes, Director
of the Southeastern Coopera-
tive Wildlife Disease Program
of the University of Georgia,
School of Veterinary Medi-
cine, accompanied by DR.. C..
w. Watson, Federal Aid SUI
pervisor Of Fish and Wildlife
Service and George Seaman,
Wildlife Biologist of the Vir-
gin Islands, met with Cover
nor Ralph Paiewonsky to dis
cuss a Texas fever tick eradi-
cation program on November
18th, last.
DR.. Hayes, DR.. Watson and
Mr.. Seaman met with Louis
E. Brown, Commissioner OF
Agriculture and Labor and on
December l, a group of cattle
men and others interested in
the tick program met at the
Federal Agricultural Research
Station at Bethlehem. Senator
Frits Lawaetz was also present.
A lively discussion covering
the many aspects Of tick con-
troll in relation to deer, goats
and sheep took place.
DR.. Hayes took great pains
to point out that there are
still several very important
, 1961-12-09
Herbert ]. Sugden,
Appointed to Food
For Peuce Council

"a 6S0CS ~OO14C44
Council Provides Support
for UnitedNations Freedom
From Hunger Campaign
The White House has advis-
ed that Herbert ]. Sugden, a
resident of st. Croix, has been
appointed to the Presidents
Food For Peace Council.
Mr.. Sugden attended the
Peddie School, Yale Univer-
sity, and Harvard Law School.
He was a former sales and
merchandising executive of
the Ralston Purina Co. and the
former President Of Sugden
Feed Co. During World War II
he served as an officer in the
Naval Air Force receiving two
concentrations. He is also
author of "Siege of the ST.
Lawrence"
Mr.. Sugden has spent a con-
siderable amount Of time liv-
ing and studying business and
economic conditions in Africa,
Europe and Asia. He served in
the General Inaugural Com
mittee for Inauguration of Pre-
sident John F. Kennedy and
Vice President Lynden B.
Johnson. He is also a member
of the Board of Advisors of
ST. Johns School.
Mr.. Sugden has just return
ed from Denver, Colorado
where he attended the first
Conference of the Food For
Peace Council. He spent sew
eral days in Washington con-
ferring with several members
of the White House staff and
the United Nations staff.
staff and the United Nations
staff.
The Food for Peace Council
is charged with the task Of
providing support for the Free
dom From Hunger Campaign
of the United Nations. This is
a cooperative undertaking by
both developed and underde-
veloped countries for seeking
more permanent solutions to
the underlying causes of hung
er and malnutrition.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Mansfield Seeks Action
On Fi|ibuster Curbs

motion to table this. q move
which requires a vote without
further talk.
II this succeeds. as most Sem
ators believe it will, then the
Anderson-Morton propose
would arise.
SOutherners Quiet
So far Southern Senators
have done relatively little talk
ing on the floor.
If they feared defeat they
could keep the Senate meeting
for long hours before an actual
vote under past rules.
But a series Of advisory rul-
ings by Vice President Nixon,
presiding officer of the Senate.
would permit a simple majority
of the Senate to force q test
If these rulings are upheld.
Senator Mansfield indicated
the decisive votes probably
would come on these points.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Why every person who wears eyeglasses
should visit Sterling Opticars
Contact Lens
Information
Center

Every person who wears eyeglasses should
pay at least one visit to Sterling Opticals
Contact Lens Information Center. The largest
contact lens facility in the Washington area,
it has but one primary function-to help you
answer your questions on contact lenses.
Sterling also invites anyone who owns con-
facts and is not wearing them to visit the
Center - regardless of where or when they
obtained their lenses.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
House Rules
Reform Issue
Sill Unso|yed
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Stan Writer


Search for an acceptable an
swer to the House Rules Com.
mittee reform" question
threatened yesterday to dras
on almost to Inauguration Day
January 20.
Despite hard work and com.
promise suggestions from vari.
GUS quarters, Democratic lead
ers repeatedly have not vel
worked out a satisfactory ar
rangement.
They are not yet ready, how
ever. to push a last-resort move
to purge" Representative Col
mer. Democrat of Mississippi
from the committee that holds
a life-or-death power over
legislation.
See Enough Votes
They count on enough votes
in the Democratic Committee
on Committees and in a caucus
of all House Democrats to drop
the conservative Mr.. Conner
from the l2-member rules
group.
Action Uncertain
Authoritative sources said
yesterday that a meeting oi
the committee on committees
consisting of Is Ways anc
Means Committee Democrats
who assign D I'm ocrats tt
other committees, seems more
and more unlikely for another
week or So" The committed
on committees has marked timt
without being called into ses.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

called yesterday that another
Mississippian, the late Repre-
sentative John Rankin. was
dropped from the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi-
ties in 1949 mainly because he
supported Senator Thurmond
Of South Carolina as Ofxiecrat
nominee against President Tru-
man.
In that instance, however.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

the Senate Democratic caucus,
he was selected to preside over
its meetings.
The opposition to this move,
which was proposed by his
admiring successor. Senator
Mansfield of Montana, did not
cause the slightest blush in
Mr.. Johnson's cheek. He dis
missed the diSsidents as being
Of the same stripe as those
who opposed his nomination
for the vice presidency in Los
Angeles last July. Generally
= he regards such liberals as
people who don't do much
harm and don't do much
good" He regards the victory
Of the Kennedy Johnson
ticket as ample vindication.
Count the COOnskins"
Besides, a long background
In legislative councils has con-
ditioned him not so much to
follow the fine points of an
argument as to wait for the
final score, an attitude he con-
stantly publicized during the
campaign, when he said. "It's
time to count the coonskins
on the WALL"
The constitutional question
OF whether. an officer Of the
executive branch should preside
over q legislative gathering does
not detain him. The Constitu-
ton requires him to preside
over the entire Senate. Thus
to question his right as No. 2
man in his party to preside
over meetings of Democratic
members is. in his view, merely
10 qulbble, according to his
friends.
He is said to feel that If lie
acts as presiding officer of the
caucus he, will give Senate Ma
jority Leader Mansfield a freer
hand to speak as an advocate
on specific measures.
No one knows exactly what
the dynamic ex-majority leader
will make of the new post
which, under the Constitution
requires him to do only two
things: To preside over the
Senate and to vote in case OF
q tie.
He is inaccessible to the press
these days. but it can be said
that he does not expect to fol-
low the pattern set by Vice
President Nixon; who took a
minimum role in Senate affairs
Evening star., 1961-01-08

and who was primarily a White
House man, representing the
President and establishing him
self as q likely successor.
Mr.. johnson is not expected
to devote himself seriously to
the Grover Whelan aspects of
the post. such as greeting for
eign notables.
Nor will he model himself
after the late genial Weep"
Alben Barkley, a great story
teller and after dinner speaker.
Nor after Henry Wallace, who
made a number of speeches,
one of which. at least. was re-
pudiated by the then President
Roosevelt.
From present indications, it
seems that Mr.. johnson regards
his honor Of presiding over
party caucuses as an educa-
tional opportunity which will
enable him to reflect Senate
views to the President, just as
his presence in Cabinet and Ma
tional Security Council meet
ings will help him to pass on
to Democratic Senator's the
White House point of view on
Legislative matters.
No Oblivion Seeker
But Mr.. Johnson will be more
than q go-between. Already he
has collected q number Of pres
tigious executive appointments,
having been named chairman
of the National AeronauticS and
Space Council and Of the Pres
ident's Government Contracts
Committee.
Whatever he makes Of the
ambiguous post for which he
ran against advice of his
friends. Mr.. johnson will surely
not use it as a passport to
oblivion. When he took the
job of Senate majority leader,
he was warned that he was
counting obScurity, If not politi-
cal death. Instead, he made
himself an almost legendary
figure Of power and persuasion
He will probably be unlike
any other Vice President in
history. Even now. however,
it is certain that he will 60
down in history for more than
Thomas G. Marshall, President
Wilson'S Vice President, who
lives only because he said,
What this country needs Is
a good five-cent cigar"
Evening star., 1961-01-08
BY the Associated Press

Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield called yesterday for
a showdown this week in the
Senate dispute over proposals
to change the rules to make it
easier to end filibusters.
He said he expects action Of
some sort by Tuesday.
I'VE may have to come in
early and stay late in the eve
ming to reach decisions by next
week." Senator Mansfiel d
added.
Meanwhile, efforts at a COM
promise that would permit
three-fifths of the Senator'S
voting to limit debate appeared
to be gaining strength. Under
present rules, the assent OF
two-thirds Of those voting Is
needed to cut of extended de-
bate. There are 100 Senators
IN all.
Senator AndersOn's Stand
Senator Anderson, Democrat
Of New Mexico, said I'VE are
trying to get all those who IA
vor a change in the rule under
one tent"
Working with Senator An
derson for the three-fifths pro-
posal is. Senator Morton, Re-
publican Of Kentucky, chair
man of the Republican Nation
al Committee.
The first test probably will
come on proposals by Senators
Kuchel, Republican of Califor-
MIA, and Humphrey. Democrat
Of Minnesota, and numerous
others. for ending debate by
a simple majority of the full
Senate, or 81 Senators.
Any Senator could offer Q