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Politics.:
As Usual

A friend Of Interior Secre-
tary Udal solicited the oil and
gas industry here, in the Sec
retary'S name, to buy S100-a-
plate tickets to the Democratic
JefferSOn-JacksOn Day dinner
May II. Mr.. Udall said he was
appalled," and had asked that
the letter be withdrawn.
"All officials must act with un-
wavering integrity. absolute i'm
partiality and complete devotion
to the public interest.
This principle must be followed
not only in reality but in appear
ance. For the basis of effective
Government is public confidence,
and that confidence is endan-
gered when ethical standards
falter or appear to falter."
This was President Kennedy's
stern demand of his New From
tiersmen as set forth in a message
he sent to Congress on conflict
of-intereSt laws 10 days ago.
He, of course, had no idea that
within five days one of his closest
advisers, a member of his Cabi-
net, would become publicly in
volved in an unpleasant incident
which would cause people to
measure this mans action against
the Kennedy ethical conduct
rule.
Interior Secretary Udall, who is
considered by the Republicans to
be the administrations "hatchet-
man." is the cause of the acute
embarrassment now being sus-
tanned by the White House.
Mr.. Udall exercises important
powers affecting the oil and gas
industry. Decisions he makes can
Continued on Page ca
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Preliminary ceaSe-fire talks
began in Laos Friday between
the Royal LaOtian government
Of Prince BOun Gum and repre-
Sentatives Of the pro- Communist
?athet Lao. But in neighbOring
South Wet Nam, Communist
guerrilla activity was increasing.
The forces of the Pathet Lao
were in no hurry last week to halt
their steady gains against Gen.
Phoumi NoSavan's government
troops in northern and central
Laos. Although the Soviet Union
and Britain had agreed on an i'm
mediate cease fire as a preliminary
step to a 14-nation conference, the
Pathet Laos delay in complying
brought extra high-level confer
ences at the White House and the
possibility of direct United States
intervention.
President Kennedy flew back by
helicopter from his weekend re-
treat at Middleburg Sunday after
noon for an emergency session on
Laos with his State Department
and Pentagon advisers. But the
next day the shooting in Laos had
dwindled to a few sporadic bursts.
and Tuesday the Hanoi Radio. in
Communist North Wet Nam.
broadcast an order to the Pathet
Lao to cease firing at 8 am.
Wednesday.
Prince Souvanna Phouma, nell
tralist former Premier who ha6
been ouSted by the pro-Western,
United States-backed Nosavsn
forces. called for an immediate
political conference of all factions
and parties in confused Laos. But
the Vientiane government Of Boun
Oum rejected discussion Of politl-
cal questions until a hard-and-fast
cease fire was agreed upon and
representatives of the re-estab-
lished International Control Com
mission we're on the scene to su-
perVise 1t,
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Bourguibo:
A Visitor

President Habib BOurguiba Of
Tunisia paid a state visit to
Washington last week and pre-
dicted that negotiations between
France and the Algerian Ma
tiOnalists will begin shortly and
will succeed.
A veteran in the struggle for
independence in his own nation,
President Bourguiba has been ac-
tive as a good neighbor" in the
effort to end the long Algerian
rebellion and find a formula for
self determination in that North
African province. Since he is
trusted by both the French and
Evening star., 1961-05-07

via Social Security and Federal
aid to education.
In another area, Congress last
week did something it probably
will do only rarely this year: 1t
gave Mr.. Kennedy more than he
asked.
Both Houses passed and sent to
him a measure calling for the
appointment of 70 new Federal
judges. He had asked for SO.
This amounted to hard, parti-
san political gamble by the Dem
ocrats. They had refused to ap-
prove an Eisenhower-requeSted
measure for more judges in the
last session on the chance that
a Democrat would win the White
House in November. They won
on both counts.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
The Meaning

The fact that our major space
shots have been open for all to
see has caused some Americans
to fret over the consequences of
failure. We have had failures.
And we still trail the Russians.
Fridays flight. however. may
cause a change in attitude on the
part Of those who have pointed out
that the Russians seem to benefit
by hiding their failures and pub
licizing only their successes.
President Kennedy indicated
that while he was not particularly
happy with the present way OF
handling information on our space
efforts he accepted it as the better
of the two. He told his news con-
ference following Shepard's feat:
IT have not got the answer
to the question Of the publicity
buildup. We are not responsible.
At least we're making every effort
not to be responsible for encourag-
ing a press concentration of this
event, because quite obviously II
we fail we're Inundated here and
around the world.
But in a free society If news
paperman asks to be represented
and to come then he can come.
So I think everyone ought to
understand that we're not going to
do what the Russians did or be
secret and Just hail our successes.
I'VE all recognize that our fail
ureS are going to be publicized as
we'll as our successes and there
isn't anything that anyone can do
about it or should"
1.-THE President might have OBJ
served, too. that our system is
strong enough to enable us to
carry on our space program with
out cutting into the civilian econ
omy. There are no shortages of
meat or shoes here.l
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Renewed Effort

But. as Mr.. Kennedy counseled.
this is no time to rest on our
laurels. In a statement hailing
the Mercury success, he said:
This is an historic milestone
in our own exploration into space.
But America still needs to work
with the utmost speed and vigor
in the further development of
our space program.
"Today's flight should provide
incentive to everyone in our Ma
ton concerned with this program
to redouble their efforts in this
vital field"
The President told reporters
later what he planned to do:
I'VE are going to make a sub
stantially larger effort in space"
He added that he would ask Con-
gress for more money to make
this possible.
Congress is not likely to deny
him any reasonable request in this
area. Then, we citizens can do
our part-pay the taxes to fl
nance it.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Congress-:
Wage Measure

Congress last week passed an
administration Unsupported mini
mum wage bill and q measure
adding 73 new Federal judges.
When the House rejected the
administrations minimum wage
bill by single vote late in March
and then passed highly watered-
Evening star., 1961-05-07

down version, Senator Douglas
remarked:
I'VE may have lost a battle, but
not the war by a long sight"
Last week. the Illinois Democrat
was proved largely right. The
House accepted compromise bill
which came rather close to the
one first advanced by the admin
istration and approved by the
Senate.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
A Lift to Free World Morale

Navy Comdr. Alan B. Shepard,
jr., on Friday became Americas
first Spaceman as he rode q
RedstOne rocket to a height of
lis miles on a perfect 15-min-
ute, 30O-mile flight over the At
lantic Ocean from Cape Canav-
eral, Fla.
Less than a month ago, the So
Wet Union announced that it had
sent a man into orbit of the earth
and landed him successfully.
Although no one from the free
side Of the Iron Curtain saw either
the launching or the landing, it
was, as described, major
achievement.
1t perhaps should have, but
somehow didn't quite take the
edge off our own first and
lesser attempt to put a man into
space and bring him back alive.
And so, when the Redstone
rocket, with Comdr. Shepard
aboard in the Mercury capsule.
rose from its pad wreathed in
liquid oxygen fumes, the prayers,
hopes and anxieties of the Navy
mans family, fellow astronauts
and the Project Mercury team
were duplicated in the more than
IA million homes where viewers
were huddled around television
sets.
The tension lasted for the 15-
minute rocket ride. although,
from the start, everything func-
toned perfectly. In fact, the ten
sion did not fully subside until
Comdr. Shepard was safely aboard
the aircraft carrier Lake Cham
plain, having been deposited there
by a Marine helicopter which
plucked him from the Atlantic.
The relief across the country
was monumental; the JOY calm
at first and then rather exultant.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Cuba:
Clearly Red

FideI Castro last Monday
May Day. made it clear that
Cuba is now "a socialist state"
and the State Department de-
clared the next day that Cuba
is fuli-fledged member of the
Communist bloc.
Revolutionary Cuba. right off
the United States doorstep, now
belongs to world communism.
That is what the State Depart
ment said flatly in response to.
Fidel Castro's May Day marathon,
in which he identified his coun-
try with socialism. "the first So
cialist revolution in the Americas"
An estimated 100000 Cubans
acclaimed the bewhiskered Castro
and his close aides, and roared
mol" when he shouted to the
crowd do you need elections?"
The parade lasted many hours,
with militiamen wearing red neck
erchiefs and bearing familiar
Marxist banners cheering Castro
and damning the United States as
an "imperialist aggressor.
Mr.. Castro's address, so long
that May Day stretched into the
small hours of Tuesday, was
couched in his usual hate-Yan-
KEGS phrases. He repeated his Of
fer to discuss outstanding differ
ences with the United States, but
emphasized that he would not talk
about his form of government.
I'VE have as much right to
complain about a capitalist, i'm
perialist regime ninety miles from
our coast as he president Ken
nedy) has to complain about a
socialist regime ninety miles from
Evening star., 1961-05-07

have done 1t in the fierce light
of full publicity"
The shot on Friday, q prelude
to the more difficult task of
placing a man into orbit Of the
earth-difficult because Of our
lack of a more reliable booster
gave Americas space program
a welcome and timely boost in
morale.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Deports Priests

The Premier announced that all
foreign Roman Catholic priests
Continued on Page Ga
Evening star., 1961-05-07

The Week in Perspective
EDWIN TRIBBLE, Editor
Fred Theroux, Foreign
L. Edgar Prina, National
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lantic after his spectacular space
shot.
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tired to their rooms. In the passageway,
DR.. Coebbels, Bormann and few 9TH
ers waited. In a few moments a revolver
shot was heard. They waited for Sec
Ond, but there was only silence. After
a decent interval they entered the
Fuehrer's quarters. They found the
body of Adolf Hitler sprawled ON the
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to the emergency exit Of the bunker.
While the oil to provide the fire for
the Viking funeral was being collected,
Hitler, having done with his last meal.
fetched Eva Braun for another and
final farewell to his most intimate
cOllabOratOrs. :.
They finished their farewells and re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-25

H.. The hour for Adolf Hitler to
carry out his resolve had come. About
2:3O pm, Erich Kempka, the Fuehrer's
chauffeur, received an order to deliver
Immediately 200 liters of gasoline to
the Chancellery garden. Kempka man.
aged to collect some $50 liters and
with the help of three men carried it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-25
AlEG.al !!
CasOlias for q TihiAg JansEoI. i.

sofa dripping blood. He had shot him
self in the mouth. At his side lay Eva
Braun. Two revolvers had tumbled to
the floor, but the bride had not used
hers. She had swallowed poison.
1t was $3.50 pm. on Monday, April
80, l945, ten days after Adolf Hitler's
fifty-sixth birthday, and twelve years
and three months to day since he had
become Chancellor of Germany and
had instituted the Third Reich. 1t
would survive him but week.
Lest Of slse FWehVer
The Viking funeral followed. There
were no words spoken; the only sound
was the roar of Russian shells exploding
in the garden of the Chancellery and
ON the shattered walls around it. Hit
ler's valet, SIS. Sturmbannfuehrer
Heinz Linge, and an orderly carried
out the Fuehrer's body, wrapped in an
Army field-gray blanket which con-
cealed the shattered face: Eva Braun's
death had been cleaner, there was no
blood, and Bormann carried out her
body just as it was to the passage.
-. The corpses were carried up to
the garden and during lull in the
bOmbardment placed in a shell hole
and ignited with gasoline. The mourn
ers, headed by Coebbels and BOrmann,
withdrew to the shelter of the emer-
gency exit and as the flames mounted
stood at attention and raised their
right hands in a farewell Nazi salute.
1t was brief ceremony, for Red Army
shells began to spatter the garden again
and the survivors retired to the safety
of the bunker, leaving the gasoline-fed
flames to complete the work of eradi-
eating the last earthly remains of Adolf
Hitler and his wife. -"
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Evening star., 1961-10-22

a cameraman for 25 years in
and out of the service, has
visited friends in Maine off and
on for nearly half Of those
years. The scene, near Var
mouth, he says has always
fascinated me, especially since
it has a solidly honest New
England eminence, with the
towering elm trees throwing
shadows on old pine buildings
sitting alone in a wide bit Of
countryside. I have passed it
many times-sometimeS at a
distance, sometimes close aboard
and have never failed to be
impressed by its simple gran
deur."
Mrs. Caller, as a volunteer
member Of the Arlington AMI
NAL Welfare League, has en-
ioyed ample opportunity to
see and photograph animals.
her favorite subjects, naturally.
In every postmaster season,
unwanted ducklings are brought
into the Arlington animal shell
ter by droves, 1t was one of
these she couldn't resist, and
took home. The duckling. to
show his gratitude, posed fetch
ingly in basin of water. Now
in full feather. it is enjoying
the good life on a farm pond
near Mclean, Va.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
More Troops Sail

LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 81
(AP).-The liner Vera Cruz
sailed today for Angola with
$500 Portuguese soldiers to re-
inforce garrisons and relieve
troops who have been fighting
rebels in the West African ter
ritory.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
8 Grand Prizes Awarded
In Star Snapshot Contest

One day last fall a perky
little 6-year-old hoped atop 6
retaining wall along Skyline
Drive and started swapping pic.
lures with her box camera.
Her father, a veteran lens.
man never without his owr
more sophisticated camera
quickly went into action.
The picture he took of his
daughter won a 500 Savings
Bond for B. L. Ford, a Boy
Scout executive, Of 6406 Gull
road Sc.
The bond was one of eight
grand prizes awarded today in
The Stars 1861 Amateur Snap
shot Contest. Grand prizes OF
500 bonds were awarded in
each Of four categories Of color
while S25 bonds were given tor
winners in four classes of black
and-white photography.
Cover Picture
Mr.. Ford's shot of Kathy =
now Z and still taking pictures
at work on the Skyline wall
decorateS the cover of today's
issue Of SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine. The seven other tor
snapshots also are reproduced
in the magazine. Winning con.
testants. in addition to Mr.
Ford. who won in Glass A
Babies and Children, are:
Glass b Color (Activities) -
Mrs. Gerri Loehr, 5000 Kipline
parkway Sc.
Class C Color (Scenes and
Still Life)-Paul ]. Hyman
1901 South Courthouse road
Arlington.
Class d Color (Animal Life
Hugh D. Wingard, 4607 Con
necticut avenue.
Class A (black and white) -
Miss Marvina M. Munct
5397 Quincy street, Cheverly.
Class B (black and white) -
George w. Lynn, jr.. 173
North TWenty-first road. Ar
lington.
Glass c (black and white)-
Rear Admiral Elmer E. Duvall
CUSN, retired, Westcheste
Apartments.
Class d (black and white =
Mrs. Eileen Caller, 1851 Vaca.
ton lane, Arlington.
Winners to Compete
The eight grand prizewin
ners will compete tomorrow il
the 23d Annual Newspaper
Snapshot Awards. More thar
500 entries from all over th(
Nation, representing contest!
similar to The Stars, will bt
judged in Explorers Hall o.
the National Geographic So,
ciety.
The panel of judges consists
of Gilbert M. GroSvenor, for.
merly an assistant illustration!
editor of the National Geo
graphic Magazine and now al
editorial staff member oi
Newspaper Snapshot Awards
Arthur Rothstein, technical di-
rector of Look Magazines pho.
tographic department; Jon Alb.
bot. New York photo-illustratol
and color specialist; Irving
Desfor, photography columnist
for Associated Press Newsfea-
lures, and Peter J. Braal. man
Evening star., 1961-10-22

ager of the photoilluStraitons
division of Eastman Kodak Co.
All the entries in the national
contest will be on display in
Explorers Hall for the next
two weeks.
The Stars contest judges
this year had to sift through
more than $500 photographs
to come up with the eight
deemed best. The figure rep
resents a SO per cent increase
over the number Of 1860 en-
tries. More than 4,300 of these
were color transparencies and
prints, as opposed to only 1900
color shots a year ago.
Stories Behind Photos
This years prize winning
| photos came about this way:
/ Mrs. Loehr and her husband,
1t. Col. Willis r. Loehr Of
Andrews Air Force Base. with
their daughter Sharon. IL,
were vacationing last fall. At
a rustic spot near Dorset. VT,
Col. Loehr, a long-term camera
devotee. figured Sharon would
make a bright subject for q
fall color study. Fastening a
special closeup lens on his
camera, he put himself into
a rather grotesque position to
get his shot. Mrs. Loehr. whose
four years of picture-taking
has developed her own eye for
subjects. calmly photographed
her red = sweatered husband
concentrating on his own red
sweatered subject unbeknowr
to either.
Mr.. Hyman and his wife
Helen we're on their honey
moon in the Bahamas Islands
On a sightseeing tour aboarc
a catamaran. both were at.
tracted by a lighthouse stand.
ing starkly white against shore
and sky. Mr.. Lyman. a staff
assistant in the Defense De.
partment whose hobby ha.
been photography for l3 years
did something about it. Dodg.
. ing past other passengers or
che sailing vessel. ne made il
to the pilot wheel in time tc
use it as a frame for his light
house.
Sought Better Shot
Gulls? Every photographer
has taken pictures of those
What I was after" explain.
Mr.. Wingard, an accountant
was that always better gul
shot. My wife had been tryine
to lure a gull by throwing It'd
bits into the air when. suddenly
a whole group jetted in with g
swoop. I was ready and wait
ing" Mr.. Wingard has beer
making shots Of gulls and in
Vulnerable other subjects fol
nearly 40 years.
Miss Munich, a Defense De-
partment analyst who does heI
own Photographic development
in the kitchen, has two favorite
cousins, Kim Miller, 2, and
Teresa Bemis, S. Miss Munich
brought her camera into play
on a spring day when the girls
we're having special fun play
ing dancing games on a Wood
stock (VaO lawn.
New England Scene
! Mr.. Lynn, a Navy Depart
ment employe who has been
interested in photography fol
only 18 months, spotted his
prizewinner one evening al
home when his 17-year-olc
daughter Sharon and the fam.
lily cat, Pepper, settled down
together for a snooze on the
sofa.
Admiral Duvall, who has been
Evening star., 1961-10-22
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The simple Diener with "a years of Sales and SeN
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savings you And Carpet made with Au hos always
been big seller Dienes You will find only Nationally Advertised
copetng Dienes prices you afford puy Remember
for the best at DIENERS!
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Evening star., 1961-01-20

the key to everything that fol-
lows. Critics. who have seen
the film. can endorse the plea.
It is one of the most varied
programs ever that is being
planned for ANTA's 1851 AS
sembly in New York, February
5-8. Many elements Of
which will relate to building
audience. !. Speaking Of
which. it is interesting to note
that Arena Stage in its first
three productions this year has
set a new attendance record.
With still another due at
the end of the present offering,
"Six Characters in Search Of an
Author. {. 1t was selling out
until the snow began to fall
yesterday afternoon. AS
usual. the theater staff began
to wonder. Alexandria's
Little Theater steps into the
hmelight on January 20, with
the laying of the cornerstone
Of its new theater building. {.
Special invitations have been
Evening star., 1961-01-20

ment::" 11:45 am. 1:35. 3:35,
$3.50. 1880, 9:35 and 11:15 pm.
Town-"The World of Suzie
Wong" I2:05, 2:30, 5, 1880,
9:45 pm. and 1905 am.
Trans-Lux -" THE Wackiest
Ship in the Army; II am,
1850. 2:40, 4:40. $50. 800 and
10 pm.
Uptown-"The Alamo; $3.50
pm.
warner-"spartacus; 2 and
BIS pm.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Times Of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage-"Six Charac-
ters in Search Of an Author;
$3.50 pm.
National Theater - "Midgie
Purvis"; $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - "The Sum
downers;" 1:25. 4:05. 6:45 and
$3.50 pm.
Apex - General Della Ro-
vere::" 1:20. 4:05, $3.50 and
s:35 pm.
Capitol = "where the Boys
Are:" 1850 am. 1:50, $50,
$50. 7:50 and $3.50 pm.
Dupont-"Never on Sunday
l, 2:50. 4:40. $3.50. s:25 and
1918 pm.
Keith's - Facts of Life; y
II am, l:10, 3:25. $40, T:5o
and 1910 pm.
Macarthur - make Mine
Mink" 2, $3.50. 5:45. 7:50 and
9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - "The sun
downers:;" 1880 an. 2, 4::3O
$3.50 and $3.50 pm.
Ontario - "The Grass Il
Greener;" 1885. $40, 5:45. 1850
and 10 pm.
Palace - Marriage Go.
Round::" 1855 am, 1:50, $3.50
5:45, 7:45 and Gas pm.
Playhouse - "The Lovers; y
1880 am, 2:25, 5:25 and S:2C
pm. Hiroshima, Mon Amour
/. 3:55. 6:55 and 9:45 pm.
Plaza - Love by Appoint
Evening star., 1961-01-20

excitement over a new Dowling
ct al musical. called "The Hap
piest Girl in the World" Ly-
|sistrata Is the girl, true to the
distant ancestor imagined by
Aristophanes in that she stops
wars by having wives 60 on
strike - marital strike. you
know.
The richest role IN the play,
maybe even more so than the
heroiness according to Mr..
Lotto. will be that played by
Cyril Ritchard. He acts six
characters, each Of them q diff
Iferent male assigned to arhi.
|trate the strike which Lysis.
|trata has called so effectively.
For one salary?" someone
asked MIR. Lotto.
For one salary" he replied
in a tone that suggested it
recognized the amount Of work
Mr.. Ritchard viii be doing.
sThe Happiest Girl in the
World" will open around April
i, and Mr.. Lotto is hopeful
that In its MY Unfair Lady,
ish" way, it will be the years
top musical.
It coluld be, considering that
the original has been running
for some "a centuries. Off and
on, of course. A
AS small, private get-togeth-
ers should not. this one had no
guest list. no name shoppers,
no climbers. Only fun.
FURTHERMORE: What
with the holiday movies still'
flourishing-and O competitive
affair called the Inaugural CO.
ing on-theater managements
stood pat this week. With
the exception Of "Spartacus" at
the Stanley-Warner. :. Next
week. however. when things are
calmer. including the weather,
there win be several openings.
OF one Of these, Village
Of the Damned" at Loew's Cap
itol, the management deems a
special plea in order. This
is that no one arrive late and
thus miss the first five minutes,
Evening star., 1961-01-20

issued to the "once There Was
a Russian" company which will
be arriving that day for its
fortnight at the National The
ater. ;.
"Once Upon a Mattress, "
originally booked for q date at
the National this season, will
not be coming after all. It
will get as close as Ford's in
Baltimore, however. >. This
the week of February 6.