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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-07-14

The highest temperature ever re-
corded in the Virgin Islands was
80 degrees, and the lowest SIS de-
grees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
Kennedy Thanks Panel
Named to Mental Study

tons can be submitted by at
least a year from now.
Mr.. Kennedy said the attack
on mental retardation will not
be merely a national effort,
but that the panel will try to
coordinate research and re-
suits in this country with other
governments.
Makes Lives Easier
He said he believes that the
work undertaken by the panel
members can make easier the
lives OF many, many thousands
Of people"
George Tartan. superintend-
ent and medical director of the
Pacific States Hospital in Po-
mona, Calf, is vice chairman
of the panel.
Members from Washington
and the nearby area include
Judge David Bazelon, of the
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia;
DR.. Reginald Spencer Lourie,
director of the Department of
Psychiatry at Children's Hos
pital here; Msgr. Elmer Behr-
mann, director of the Depart
ment of Special Education of
the National Catholic Educa-
ton Association, and DR.. Ed
ward Davens, deputy director
of the Maryland Department
of Health, Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
Clay Reoffirms
Berlin Stund

BERLIN. Oct. H8 (AP).-
Gen. LuciuS D. Clay. President
Kennedy's personal representa-
tive in Berlin, said yesterday
Berlin's link with the West Is
the key to its freedom.
I'VE have as little intention
of handing over that key as
we have of abandoning West
Berlin ITSELF" he told an audi
ence celebrating America Day
at the Berlin Industrial Fair.
Gen. Clay said the wall
around West Berlin demon
strates that the free movement
of persons. goods and informa-
ton is irreconcilable with a
Communist system.
Both the Americans and the
Russians are well aware that
such free movement between
Berlin and the West is the key
to the city's freedom, Gen. Clay
said.
West Berlin and the key
to West Berlin will be defended
until a united and free Berlin
can take its place among the
great cities Of the world" he
added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
Kekkonen Begins
7 our of Country
BY the Associated Pres

President Urho Kekkonen of
Finland left Washington today
and described his two-day visit
with President Kennedy as "a
great experience l will never
forget"
MY talks with President
Kennedy made a deep impress
sion on me; they were most
interesting. pleasant and in
formal" Mr.. Kekkonen told
Secretary of State RuSk. who
went to the airport to see him
off on a flight to New York to
start a tour of the United
States.
Mr.. Rusk told Mr.. Kekkonen
that, during his 15-day tour of
the United States, he will see
many evidences of the close
ties between the two countries,
including many Firms who are
among our finest citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
French, British
Chiefs 10 Talk

LONDON, Oct. 18 APP
President de Gaulle of France
has agreed to meet Prime Min
lister Macmillan in London,
probably late in November. for
talks on world affairs, British
informants said today.
The French leader is ex-
pected to be Mr.. Macmillan's
guest at the Prime Minister'S
country home at Birch Grove.
Sussex. Their meeting will be
the occasion for a frank ex-
animation of differences in
their approach to the question
of Berlin and Germany.
Mr.. Macmillan. in close sup
port of President Kennedy's
position. wants TO seek ways
of opening negotiations with
the Russians on Berlin. Gen.
de Gaulle takes the view the
Western stand may be weak
ened by any rush to negotiate
with the Russians. He feels
that since the Russians Great
ed the crisis it is up to them
to ease the situation. to quit
threatening and to provide an
acceptable basis of discussion.
Only last week Gen. de
Gaulle's personal Intervention
blocked a conference Of sem
Tor Western diplomats in Lon
don. They were to have met
tomorrow to consider and for
mulate a Western negotiating
position.
When Mr.. Macmillan and
Gen. de Gaulle meet they are
expected also to dwell on Brit
aims application to join the
six-month European Common
Market which. France leads.
Neither Mr. Macmillan's Of
flee nor the Foreign Office
would comment officially on
the report that Gen. de Gaulle
will be coming here. But an
authorized British source said
it was so. o..
Mr.. Macmillan last met Gen.
de Gaulle in January in France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
U. N. Advisers Named

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y,
Oct. Is (AP).-Ambassador
Adlai E. Stevenson announced
yesterday the appointment of
George Meany, president of the
AFL-CIO. and Walter p.
Reuther, president of the United
Auto Workers. as special ad-
visers to the United States del
egation to the U. N. General
Assembly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18

President Kennedy today
thanked members of his Panel
on Mental Retardation for I'M
dertaking a new attack on
what he called one of the most
heart-rending' Affections.
The panel of "a. headed by
DR.. Leonard Mayo, executive
director Of the. Association for
the Aid of Crippled Children in
New York, was named by the
President to chart a program
seeking ways to prevent and
improve treatment of mental
retardation.
This is a matter that I
think should be brought out
into the sunlight and given a
national commitment" Mr..
Kennedy told the group as
sembled on the porch outside
his office.
Panel Will Report
While his formal statement
announcing the panel said it
will report its recommendations
on or before December 81 of
next year, the President sug-
gested to DR.. Mayo today that
it would be better not to wait
that long.
DR.. Mayo told him that the
group will "try to have some
thing before them" adding that
be believes some recommended
Evening star., 1961-05-26
.Morgoret's First Baby
Not in Line fora Title

LONDON, May 26 (AP).-Princess Margarets first baby
due in the fall won't have title although fifth in line for the
throne unless Queen Elizabeth changes things.
Under British law the child will take the untitled status Of
its father Antony Armstrong former society photog
rapher unless its mother is made peeress
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Half Billion in Latin Aid
Cleared by Congress

Williams and his supporters by
adopting, 4l-26. substitute Ian
guage approved early in the
day by the House, providing
that none Of the money can be
loaned or reloaned at interest
rates considered to be excess
sive by the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank or higher than
the legal rate Of interest of the
country in which the loan is
made"
Final passage Of the bill was
by voice vote.
The House passed the COM
promise measure by a virtually
unanimous voice vote after
little discussion. In passing its
original bill the House defeated
the interest limitation by a
voice vote also.
Senator Williams, who spon-
sored the interest limitation,
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Mrs. Hucks
Is Sentenced
Jail Term

Sally Hucks, former chief
telephone operator at the
Woodner Hotel, was sentenced
to serve from 20 months to five
years in Jail for perjury and
conspiracy to obstruct a Senate
investigation of the Teamsters
Union.
The sentence was handed
down by District Court Judge
Edward A. Tamm. Mrs. Hucks
SiX-weeks trial ended in her
conviction on April, IS.
She had been charged with
conspiring to obStruct the Sen
ate Labor RacketS Committee
Investigation of the Teamsters
Union. She also was charged
with lying to the committee in
April, 1859, when she said that
she did not own a mink coat.
She had also been accused
Of attempting to influence wit
neSses who testified before a
grand jury which handed down
the indictment against her.
Judge Tamm today continued
to an unsettled date the SEN
fencing Of a co-defendant in
the case, Moss Herman, a New
York TeamSter, who had been
convicted of the conspiracy
count and Of one count Of OBJ
structing the committee inves-
tigation of the Tesmsters and
its president, James r. Hoffa.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Jean Mccarthy
Reported Making
Marriage Plans

NEW YORK, May 26 (AP)-
Jean Mccarthy, widow of Sen
ator Joseph Mccarthy. was re-
ported today to be planning to
marry G. Joseph Minetti, 4
member of the Civil Aero
nauticS Board.
Mr.. Minetti was quoted by
the New York Post as saying
the couple had not set a we'd
ding date but that 1T may be
Soon."
Mrs. Mccarthy is SO, MIR
Minetti SO. He was said to have
been her frequent eScolt ir
Washington for more than a
year.
Mr.. Minetti, q Brooklyn law.
yer, is a Democrat. Mrs. Nc
Carthy's late husband, the Sen,
ator from Wisconsin, was a
Republican.
Five months before Senator
McCarthy's death, in 1857, he
and his wife adopted a daugh-
ter who is now 4.
Mr.. Minetti formerly was
New York City Commissioner
of Marine and Aviation, and
later a member of the city's
former Board Of TranSporta-
ton. President Eisenhower first
appointed him a member Of the
Federal Maritime Board and
then, in 1856, to the CAB post.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

have stayed out Of the public
argument.
The pressure for a showdown
has not slackened, however.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

commoner. Their son would be-
come a peer on his mothers
death. A daughter would have
the title of Lady.
Britons were thrilled by the
news that the Princess is going
to raise a family, learning of
it just a little more than a
year after she surprised them
by marrying a commoner.
Margaret will be 81 when the
baby arrives, probably in Oc-
tober or November. Her BIRTH
day is August 81.
That's late for a British
princess to start having babies
Queen Elizabeth was 81 when
she had Prince Charles, heir to
the throne. Margaret's mother.
Queen Mother Elizabeth, was
26 when she had her first. And
Queen Victoria was a grand
mother at 40.
News Of the coming royal
event dominated the front pages
of British newspapers, radio
and television newscasts and
talk in the pubs.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Patent Office
Unit May Move

The Patent Offices trade
mark examining operation and
its board Of appeals may be
moved from the Department of
Commerce Building to space in
the Disc Building, 1901 K street
NV.
David L. Ladd, commissioner
OF Patents, announced the pro
posed move" in a speech pre-
pared for delivery today in New
York before the Patents Com
mittee of the National ASSocia-
ton of Manufacturers.
In exchange for "a, 900 square
feet of space we would ac-
quire $4,000 square feet of air.
conditioned space" Mr.. Ladd
said.
The space in the Commerce
Building will be used for the
new agency for distressed areas.
A check at the Patent office
here disclosed that the move is
planned as early as July and
will involve up to $50 persons.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

told the Senate that rates
charged in some South Amer
ican countries sometimes run
as high as IL, IS or even 20
per cent.
The ceiling was opposed by
State and Treasury Department
officials who argued it is i'm
practical and too rigid.
The program originally was
advanced under the Eisenhower
administration and was taken
over by President Kennedy as
a major starting point for his
alliance for progress" for
Latin America.
The legislation calls for the
$500 million to be put into
lending programs for economic
projects intended to improve
living standards in Latin Amer
ica. OF the $500 million, 1894
million would go to the Inter
national Development Bank,
$l00 million to the Interna-
tional Cooperation Admins
tration and So million to the
Organization Of Am erica a n
States.
Evening star., 1961-05-26
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

men during testimony on the
missiles. planes and ships au-
thorization bill.
Gen. Lemnitzer apparently
has not decided whether to fol-
low the urging Of his colleagues
and bring about a showdown.
Bill of Particulars
The bill Of particulars senior
generals and admirals would
like him to present Mr.. Nc
Namara includes these points,
according to Pentagon sources:
Highly placed civilians are
said to have been making de-
ciSions on strategy and tactics
without proper consultation
with the Joint Chiefs. In i'm
portant instances, it is asserted,
the service of the Chiefs has
been ignored and the military
leaders have been committed in
some areas to defense plans
that the Chiefs contend are not
practicable.
Also, Pentagon civilians, and
Central Intelligence Agency,
State Department and White
House officials are said to have
involved the Chiefs in the Gu
ban fiaSco in such a way that
the Chiefs have taken the blame
without having been able to
control the tactics of the land
ing.
Another complaint is that
civilians have improperly gone
to the staff of the Joint Chiefs
for study papers without deal
ing through the chiefs.
Of course there always have
been differences between mill
tary men and civilian officials.
On several occasions in the
past, a Joint Chiefs chairman
has protested a civilian ruling
by telling the Secretary of De-
fense he will appeal directly to
the White House. On each oc-
casion, it is reported. the Secre-
tary made a satisfactory ad-
Evening star., 1961-05-26

of influential active and re-
tired generals and admirals
are urging Gen. Lyman L.
Lemnitzer. chairman Of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, to pro-
test to President Kennedy.
The civilians, for their part,
express dissatisfaction with the
quality and the speed of work
done by the officers. They say
that in the face Of the appar-
ent inability of the military to
solve pressing national defense
problems, the civilians must
step in.
Reports of friction between
the military and top civilians
are beginning to worry some
key Congressman. Chairman
Vinson of the House Armed
Services Committee, told the
Army, Navy, Air Force Journal
an influential but unofficial
voice of the services-that re-
cent stories in the Journal, The
Star and Newsweek magazine
led him to send an inquiry to
Mr.. Mcnamara.
By-PaSsing Forbidden
He pointed out that the 1858
reorganization act forbids the
by-passing of the Chiefs of
Staff by Defense Department
civilians. He said he was wor-
ried and alarmed by reports
that civilians are taking over
military functions and that the
services feel they are being
downgraded by new moves to
cut service secretaries out of
the chain of command.
Mr.. VinSon said he is starting
his own investigation of the
complaints.
Mr.. VinSon was quoted as be-
ing determined that the Sec
retarieS Of the Army, Navy and
Air Force must not be forced
out of the Defense Department
chain of command"
The ranking Republican on
the Armed Services Committee,
Representative Arends of Illi-
nois, is reported to feel that
tight civilian control may have
kept the committee from hear
ing the free opinions of military
Evening star., 1961-05-26

justment without the Presi-
dents being brought in.
To the chiefs, this is their
most powerful weapon Of pro-
test, although Pentagon off,
cials say this path Of appeal is
only custom, not a legal right.
The new administrations de-
sire for speed, military men
say, has led the new civilians
to bypass or overrule their
proper military advisers.
For instance. it is alleged,
a top civilian will order mem
bers of the Joint Staff to study
a problem. The officers will
do some preliminary work and
then the civilian will take the
project back, make his decision
and say the Joint Staff has
approved it. According to reg
ulations, the chiefs themselves
must order studies and then
approve them before the civil
ian officials can have the in
formation.
The civilians have their side
of the story, too. They say they
have merely forced some deci-
sions on policy which should
have been made some time ago
by the military men. They
picture the chiefs as solving
a problem typically by splitting
the money. responsibility or
blame evenly among the three
services.
Also, civilian officials say,
military men often fail to
base their recommendations on
realities of policy.
Military men reply that if
the procedure Of the chiefs is
too cumbersome, then the law
and the regulations should be
changed. They believe that if
the President is told about the
civilian-military conflict he will
order either that proper chan
nels be used or that they be
changed in an orderly fashion.
Gen. IRmnitZer himself will
not talk about the problem.
Civilian defense officials also
decline to comment on the rec
ord. Mr.. Mcnamara is re-
ported to have told questioners
that no reports of military un-
rest have reached him.
The three Chiefs of Staff
Evening star., 1961-05-26
By the Associated Press

The Senate has passed and
sent to President Kennedy a
bill appropriating $500 million
to help launch a vast Latin
American economic and social
development program.
The measure also carries an
additional S100 million for loans
to help Chile's recovery from
last Mays earthquakes.
The bill was approved yes
terday over the vehement pro-
test of Senator Williams, Dem
ocrat of Delaware. He argued
against elimination Of a CELL
ing of 8 per cent on the interest
rates that can be charged un-
der the program to the ulti-
mate tin-American borrower.
The Senate overrode Senator
Evening star., 1961-05-26
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

6LAE SbdIL WElteE
New steps have been taken
by Kennedy administrators to
remove career agency and de-
partmental regional directors
jobs from civil service coverage
and place them under political
patronage.
The latest agencies to ask
the Civil Service Commission
to approve these changes are
the Commerce Department and
the Small Business Admins
tration. Previously the Post
Office Department asked per-
mission to place its Is regional
directors in an excepted sched-
ule.
The csc already has turned
down the SBA request that its
IS regional directors jobs be
placed in political schedule A.
The csc is expected to turn
down the Commerce Depart
ment's request that it's 33 re-
gional directors throughout the
country be removed from civil
service. incidentally, the Eisen-
hover administration made a
similar request in regard to the
33 Commerce regional director
jobs and was turned down by
the commission.
AS for the Post office De-
partment, the csc is hoping
that postal officials will with
draw the request. Actually,
most of the IS reginal direc-
tors, all of whom were ap-
pointed by former Postmaster
General Summerfield, have
agreed to retire or take other
assignments.
The commission feels there is
some merit to Postmaster Gen.
eral Days contention that
many Of the postal regional di-
rectors were appointed to their
present jobs because Of polit-
ical considerations.
But the csc also feels that
as in the case Of Commerce
SBA and any other agency
that may make similar re-
Evening star., 1961-05-26

quests, to remove regional di-
rector jobs from civil service
would be a blow to the merit
system and to civil service en-
ployes everywhere who work
under the direction of the va
rious regional offices.
NEW NAVY BOSS-Rear Ad-
miral Martin j. Lawrence will
be the new boss Of the Navy's
354, 900 civilian employees. Ad-
miral Lawrence has been named
as the new chief of the Navy's
Office Of Industrial Relations
which is in direct charge ot
Nays civilian workers.
Admiral Lawrence is Sc and
for the past few years has been
assistant chief of the Bureau
of Ships for field activities. He
has had considerable expert
ence in a variety of assignments
in Washington. He also was
commander Of Mare Island
installation in California and
planning officer and assistant
to the industrial manager OF
the Long Beach (Calif.) Navy
Shipyard. Admiral Lawrence
takes over his new duties or
June 30.
He succeeds Rear Admiral
Robert Cronin, who will retire
Admiral Cronin did a good jot
and was we'll liked and re-
spected by employe leaders who
dealt with him on various per-
sonnel matters.
Il =
INCREASED ANNUITIES-
1t appears that chances are
remote this year for legislation
to increase the annuities oi
retired Federal workers
Chances would appear to be
much better next year, which
happens to be an election year
Meanwhile, Congress seems sci
this year to make permanent
the 10 per cent annuity increase
enacted on a temporary basis
in 1858.
4
AUSTERITY-Some of Presi-
Evening star., 1961-05-26

herself rank in the first four
places.
If she wants to. the Queen
could
/. Confer a peerage on Mr..
Armstrong-Jones. Then a boy
would inherit his fathers title;
a girl would take the title of
Lady.
2. Ennoble the child itself.
3. Make Margaret a peeresS
in her own right. Mr.. Arm
strong Jones would remain a
Evening star., 1961-05-26
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Patronage Status Is Sought Again
For Departmental Regional Chiefs

dent Kennedy's statements in
his special message to Congress
yesterday were aimed at Gov
eminent employees.
Mr.. Kennedy stressed that the
Government cannot afford . :.
a high turnover Of key person.
mel" involved in the space and
other vital defense and scien-
tific programs. He also called
on more Americans with vitally
needed talents to serve in the
Federal civil service.
The President reiterated his
request for a postal rate in
crease to end the postal deficit
and coupled this with an appeal
to Congress to adopt prudent
fiscal standards and Ito refrain
from adding funds to programs,
desirable as they may be-"
DOHERTY HONORED-Key
members Of Congress, Postmas-
ter General Day and top labor
officials attended a testimonial
dinner given this week in honor
of William Doherty, president
of the National Association of
Letter Carriers. The dinner was
sponsored by the AFL-CIO Gov
eminent Employees Council.
Vice President johnson sent a
message extolling Mr.. Doherty
as true labor statesman.
#& &&
RATIFIED The Controller
General has issued regulations
carrying out the decision of the
Court Of Claims reported here
a month or so ago, which re-
moves the $4,000 dual limita-
ton restriction for retired mill
tary reservists in Government
civilian jobs who retired under
the Disability Retirement Act
Of 1899. Also the lifting Of the
restriction applies to a handful
of Federal employees who we're
in the Army Of the United
States without components and
had been ruled subject to the
dual compensation law.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

Margaret is a royal princess
but not a peeress. Only the
children or grandchildren Of a
sovereign are born prince or
princess, and children Of a
sovereign's daughter are ex-
empt.
Cyril Francis HankinSon, edi-
tor Of Debrett's Peerage. said
he could not recall a commoner
ranking as high as fifth in the
royal succession. The Queens
three children and Margaret
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Civilians and Military
In Pentogon Struggle
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Staff Writer

struggle for power between military civilian officials
bubbng in the Pentagon result Defense Secretary
McNamaras frm-handed operation of his department.
Military Mr. McNamara's civilian "whiz kids"
encroacng Of military strategy and tactics and
that showdown with the Secretary necessary number
Evening star., 1961-05-30
The Negro in Washington
Chapter Ix-Oreunizutions Trying to Improve the Race
Find Apathy and Ignorance of Their Efforts Problem

There are, Of course, many influential
Negroes who are listened to when they
have something to say. These people have
many views on what the Negro needs and
wants. But they are united on one basic
goal: Equal opportunity.
To many Negroes, the most important
opportunity is the chance to compete for
a good job solely on the basis of ability.
In its simplest FORM that's really what the
fight for civil rights and integration
means.
Certainly, equality in education is i'm
portant, Negroes will say. But more impor-
tant is the job. They argue this way:
If the Negro can get decent job his
standard of living will rise. He won't be
forced to live in slums. He'll be in better
position to send his children through COL
lege And he'll be able to provide more
stable home environment.
Negroes maintain that in the Nations
Capital today this opportunity is still
limited. This, they say, is one of the
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