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Evening star., 1961-12-07
LABOR'S ROLE

III IneSe enQeaVOrS, tne et
forts and cooperation of or.
ganized labor have been essen
tial. Permit me to cite a few
examples:
Cd First. I can unequivocally
state that all phases Of oul
missile program are now or
or ahead of schedule as q
result Of your unprecedented
cooperation in giving me q
voluntary mo strike" pledge
at our missile and space sites
Had the number of man days
lost because Of work stoppages
at these sites continued at their
previous rate. this Nation Icould
not face the future with such
confidence in its own strength
On behalf of all Americans,
thank you and congratulate
you.
t2) Secondly. we have for the
first time a presidential ad-
visory committee on labor.
management policy which
instead of breaking up in bit.
terness and frustration-has
recognized the responsibilities
which all Of us have for achiev-
ing higher growth rate, a com
petitive posture in world mar
kets, and increased price sta.
bility and human well-being.
am not looking for a pale
unaminity of view from this
important committee-but an
looking for their constructive
advice and counsel. If each seq.
ment Of our society were tC
pursue only its own goals, we
would soon have no society al
all. But with responsibility
comes progress-as your owr
history so dramatically shows
Labor's Role Cited
80 Third, the AFL-CIO has
strengthened the cause oi
freedom around the world BY
strengthening the free unior
movements of other countries
1t is not surprising that so many
of the new political leaders ir
Asia, Africa and Latin Americs
began their careers as labor
leaders. 1t is not surprising
that in many of these coun-
tries the single most dynamic
and democratic force for change
has been the forces of organ.
lied labor. And it is not sur.
prising to find that so many
OF these organizations have beer
nurtured and encouraged BY
material and moral support
from the greatest free labor
movement in the world.
"a Finally, I want to take
this opportunity to express my
personal thanks to the AFL-
C1O for its tireless support OF
my legislative program in this
last long long session of the
Congress. We may not have
agreed on every tactic. We may
not have achieved every goal
But we can take some satis-
faction in TIE passage of the
SIPS minimum wage, with the
first expanded coverage in his
tory-from the passage of the
area redevelopment bill to hell
those long neglected commu-
mites with chronic unemploy-
ment-from the passage of 8
water pollution bill and ar
unprecedented housing bill
both Of them far stronger thar
those which had previously
been vetoed-and from the pas.
sage Of numerous other bills
improving social security, tenn.
porary unemployment com.
pensation, aid to the dependent
children Of the unemployed
and meeting other essentia
MAIDS
Evening star., 1961-12-07
THE MANPOWER
BUDGET

But it is not enough to helE
those who are not working
Our success as a Natior
depends upon our ability tc
make sure that more men anc
women are working. I have
pledged a balanced Federal
budget for the coming fiscal
year. But equally important is
a balanced manpower budget
Four million unemployed men
and women is as deplorable
a deficit as any deficit OF
dollars. And there is only one
place to balance the man.
power budget-at full employ
ment. For men hard at work
are taxpayers-men out OF
work are tax users. And the
best way to balance the ma
tional dollar budget is to
balance the manpower budget
at full employment.
I want to stress briefly six
areas that need our attention
If the manpower budget is tc
be balanced:
! Cd First, we must give
special attention to the employ
ment outlook for young people
Twenty-Six million will be
crowding into the labor market
in the next ten years. This
ought to be a tremendous
asset-for we have many tasks
that require many talents.
i But today there are already
million young Americans under
the age of Is who are both out
of school and out of work. Mil.
lions of others are leaving
school before completing theil
educationS, destined to fall into
the same harsh patterns of the
unframed. the unskilled anc
eventually the unemployed. Il
is for these reasons that 1 have
asked the Congress to pass 8
new youth employment oppor.
tunities act-to guide thesc
youthful hands toward con,
structive work instead of idle
habits or mischief. It's equally
important. if our young people
are to be we'll trained, and il
they are to be inspired to fin
ish their studies, that the Con.
gresS enact Federal aid for pub
lie school construction anc
teachers salaries. To handicar
our Nations youth is to handi.
cap our Nations future. Let us
instead invest in our youth
and see that investment pay
off in the future.
AIitS "dStc VI "OTheTS
(2) Secondly, we need a pro.
gram to train and refrain un.
employed or under employed
workers in new SkillS and in new
positions. I have seen unem.
ployed textile workers in Massa
chusetts standing idle on the
streets while great new elec-
tronics companies were adver.
tiSing for men. I have seer
the waste of able-bodied lner
in West Virginia who have dus
coal all their lives, and who
can only sit and wait and hope
for the mines to some day re.
open. We can use these men
they want to work-and the
least we can do is show then
how and where to work.
90 The third group requir,
ing attention, if we are to bal
ance our manpower budget
consists of our minority citizens
Too often they are the last tt
be hired and the first to b.
fired. Too often they lack tn
equal education or the equal op,
portunity to do the kind Of jol
they could otherwise do. Thi
kind of discrimination makes
no sense at all.
1t is blot on our democracy
| and a drag on our economy
The policies of this admins,
Evening star., 1961-12-07
ECONOMIC
PROGRESS

Those Of us who fought for
many years to secure this legis-
lation-to get this country NOV
, 1961-08-23
BID SALE

1854 FORD Flatbed dump truck
1857 CHEVROLET pickup truck
We will be accepting sealed bids
until September is, 1861 for the
trucks. Both vehicles are in work
ing condition and may be seen in
rear of Merwin Hardware Store.
Send all bids to ROB'T L. MER-
WIN & CO, INC, Frederiksted,
st. Croix. We reserve the right
to decline any or all bids.
81 20 Sept.
, 1961-08-23
CALL Q BIDS

Sealed bids, IN quadruplicate
will be received at the Depart
ment Of Property and Procure
ment, Division of Procure
ment, Christiansted, ST. Croix
until hoo AM. August %,
1861.
Automobile, Light Weight
4 door Sedan Compact car
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any i~nformality
in bids, and unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any.
item in the bid.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision Of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, st. Croix, U. S. Vir-
gin Islands.
MARIO LEWIS
Commissioner Of Property
and Procurement
Per:
Alphonso RomneY
District Supervisor
2l-22-23
, 1961-08-23

terpool, 2. Petersen, r. R.
Harley, Leonard Joshua
(Manager), Henry Frazer,
II. Banks. and "A. Grant.
Considerable correspond
ence has been forwarded to
Government officials and
prominent citizens for the
forthcoming visit of the
team.
They plan to return about
September Is.
, 1961-08-23
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
cate, will be received at the
Dept. of Property & Procure
ment. Divi ion Of Procure
ment. CHI ssiansted. ST, Crolx,
until loo A. M. September
/, 1861.
, 1961-08-23
Groceries
Scientific Supplies
Hand DishWashing
Powder, Etc.
CRUSHED STONE

The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any i~nformality
IN bids, and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any
item in the bid.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St, Croix, Virgin
Islands.
MARIO LEWIS
Commits ioner Of Property
and Procurement
Per:
Alphe nse RcmneY
district Supervisor
21-22-2S
Evening star., 1961-02-15

II days earlier in sawdust
pile near Fredericksburg, Va.
In asking for the directed
acquittal. Defense Counsel Will
liam J. O'Donnell said yeSter-
day in the crowded courtroom
The Government has net
shown any substantial evidence
from which the jury could find
beyond reasonable doubt that
Mrs. Jackson and her daughter
were alive when transported in
interstate commerce from Vir-
ginia to Maryland; therefore
the Federal courts nave no
jurisdiction in this case"
The defense move for a di-
rected verdict was made after
testimony yesterday by Frank
H. TuozZo and his wife, Mrs
June Tuozzo, Of Laurel. Md,
implicated ReeS in a gun-point
abduction similar to the Jack
son family's disappearance.
The trial is now IN its fourth
week and is not expected to go
to the jury until sometime next
week.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Frisky the Boxer Hell ps
Win Verdict on Bite

to bite" and should have kept
him under better control.
Mrs. Garrett, who sued for
$4,000, was bitten on the waist
during a visit to Mr.. Bridgers'
home and suffered a badly
gashed arm while pushing the
heavy dog away, Judge Reeves
was told.
The judge. after observing
Frisky and hearing he played
with children in the BridgerS'
home. found there was no
evidence the dog had been
vicious before and ruled Mr..
BridgerS did not have notice
his boxer might bite.
Every dog is entitled to one
bite" Judge Reeves said. To
day. this dog had his day in
court. He'd better behave him.
self from now on"
Evening star., 1961-02-15

A handsome boxer named
Frisky had his day in Munich
pal Court today. He i'm
pressed the Judge, who ruled
for his master in a dog-bite
case.
Il wanted to see how the dog
acted" said Judge Mildred E.
Reeves. The judge. who had
ordered the dog produced in
court, said she might have de-
cided the boxer was vicious If
he had snapped and snarled."
But Frisky didn't. The man
told him to sit and he sat. "
said Judge Reeves. so ap-
parently, he's responsive"
Hes a frisky dog, but he's
not vicious" said Fred C. Sacks,
attorney for the boxers owner,
James A. Bridgers, Govern
ment worker, of 9l0 Webster
street NV.
The issue before the judge
was whether Mr.. Bridgers knew
last April that his 60-pound
boxer might bite. The plaintiff,
Mrs. Mae Garrett, a department
store worker, of 1127 Sumner
road Sc, alleged Mr.. Bridgers
knew his dog had a tendency
Evening star., 1961-02-15
State, County OK Plan
For Assoteogue Bridge

until May /, 1865. State Roads
Commission officials said tolls
would not be feasible before
then because revenue would not
be sufficient to pay for opera
ton of toll gates. 1t is also
believed a free bridge would
spur building and development
on the island.
Isle % Miles Long
The lack of a bridge to the
23-mile-long island in the At
lantic has been a bone Of con-
tention since Leon Ackerman.
a Washington real estate man.
began selling lots there in the
early 1950s.
Approximately 5000 persons
own lots on the island, whose
only present connection with
the mainland is by ferry. The
State also is planning an ocean
front park on ASsateague but
currently is involved in legal
entanglements over title to the
property it seeks to condemn.
William E. Green of Snow
Hill, retired heating contrac-
tor who long has fought for
development of the island by a
public authority. still was not
satisfied with the bridge agree
ment.
He said it promises nothing
more than "piecemeal develop
ment." The entire island
should be developed with roads,
sewers and other Improvements.
in addition to a bridge, Mr..
Green said.
Operations OF such an au-
thority would be financed
through issuance Of revenue
bonds. Mr.. Green said he would
again petition the Legislature
to consider the authority plan.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
RIA Heads Seek
Speedup in S.W.

Representatives Of the Re-
development Land Agency to-
morrow will go to New York to
meet with William Zeckendorf
in an effort to speed up his
Southwest redevelopment prof.
ect.
John R. Searles, jr.. director,
and Gordon E. Howard, deputy
director Of the RIA. will rep
resent the agency at the meet
ing with Mr.. Zeckendorf,
president Of Webb & Knapp.
Mr.. Searles said the expediting
effort was prompted by Presi-
dent Kennedy's request to cities
generally to do all they can
to speed up their urban re-
newal programs.
Evening star., 1961-02-15

resolution to the House.
The amendment, already ap-
proved by a 26-2 vote in the
Tennessee Senate, now is being
routed through Mr.. Hanover's
committee and the Finance
Committee in the lower house.
Question Of Expense Raised
Mr.. Hanover explained that
its sponsor, Senator Lewis
Taliferro. had chosen this
method of dealing with the
amendment because he under
stood there would be some
State expense in setting up the
election machinery for the Dis
trict. If this view prevails. the
amendment would require ap-
proval in a State referendum at
the next general election two
years from now
There was a good possibility,
however, that the procedure
for handling the amendment
could be changed to send the
resolution through the Judici-
ary Committee alone and avoid
referendum. Suffrage spon-
SOrS in WaShiDpOn see no need
for any State expenses.
Should 38 States ratify the
amendment. it would become
the law of the land. Then
Congress would set up the elec-
ton machinery, which District
leaders expect would be fl
nanced locally.
Il always have felt myself
that granting citizens of the
Nations Capital the right to
vote in national elections would
be a fine thing" Mr.. Hanover
said.
Mr.. Hanover's committee,
with 80 members. handles
about 10 per cent OF all bills
processed in the lower house Of
the Tennessee Legislature.
Sponsors of bills may call up
their proposals for considera-
Evening star., 1961-02-15
BILL WOULD MEMORABLE
LINCOLNS ARMY SUBSTITUTE

If all goes well in Congress this year. the memory
OF j. Summerfield Staples will be suitably enshrined in
Stroudsburg, Pa
Staples career in the Union Army seemed finished
after medical discharge. But his to fame
when he again volunteered his services which paid
Tor by Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln following the
patriotic practice of prominent-and draft-exempt-
citizens of the time.
There used to be plaque commemorating Staples
on the bridge between Stroudsburg and East Soudsburg
IN Staples home territory But the bridge washed
out in 1855.
Representative Walter. Democrat of Pennsylvania,
has introduced bill by which the Interior Department
would erect fitting monument to President Lncolns
Army substitute in the Stroudsburg area
Evening star., 1961-02-15
By ROBERT J. LEWIS
Star Stan Writer

Washington's success with
neighborhood restoration in
spired legislative proposals this
week to encourage such work
all over the country, Repre-
sentative Kearns. Republican
of Pennsylvania, said today.
The Pennsylvania intro
duced a bill Monday which
would allow homeowners to
deduct Iemodeling costs from
income tax returns just as land
lords do.
1t also would allow acceler-
ated depreciation "as an in
centive to home restoration"
Mr. Kearns mentioned five
Washington areas he said have
demonstrated the effectiveness
of private restoration work.
Sees Broad Progress
This legislation would assist
people all over the country to
do what individual homeoWners
have done in Washington-in
successfully reclaiming, at no
cost to the Government, whole
areas, such as Georgetown,
Foggy Bottom, the Kalorama
Triangle, Mount Pleasant Viii
lage and Capitol Hill, from
advanced stages of decay and
)bSolcScence," he said.
IF this kind Of work can be
extended, the whole country
will benefit. Tax incentives
IAN help spread this move
nent," he continued.
Another measure introduced
by the Pennsylvania drew
criticism today from John R.
Searles, executive director of
Evening star., 1961-02-15
The
Rambler
Experiences
Resurrection
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

~ ONOASNNG 4AEANANGD
What a wonderful after
noon was yesterday.
The Rambler experienced
1t to the hilt.
He walked down PennSyl-
vania avenue on his way to
the Press Club, no overocat,
no sweater, jacket open.
breathing happily not only
through his nostrils but
through his pores.
The afternoon sun was
higher at 8 than it ever has
been this year.
1t will be hard to believe
but the only problem on the
Avenue was dust. There
wasn't a trace of snow or ice
on the pavement.
The snow was still deep
around the Sherman statue
in front of the Treasury. And
once he turned into the
shade of Fourteenth street,
the Rambler was in winter
again. But the sunshine was
glorious and heart-warming
and promising while it last
ed.
All the way down the Ave-
hue the Rambler was wreS-
Ting with his problem. 1t
seems he always has a prob
lem.
This nice woman tele-
phoned him several weeks
before. 1t wasn't the first
time. We have something in
common, and she has given
him heart. She likes the
column.
Evening star., 1961-02-15

ton during any committee
meeting. The committee meets
almost every day.
The amendment, ratified by
l9 State Legislatures, would
permit Washington residents to
vote for President and Vice
President. Suffrage sponsors
organized in a Citizens Com
mittee for a Presidential Vote
here have been concerned about
Tennessee because its LegiSla-
ture, with a March l8 adjourn
ment. is among the first to ad-
iourn this year.
Considered Key State
Also, Tennessee is considered
a key State, since it conceivably
could influence Legislatures in
other border States to ratify.
Democrats control the lower
house. 1919. Speaking for Sey-
eral Republican members. Ten
nessee Representative J. Ken
meth Porter, a member CT the
Judiciary Committee. queried
District Republicans last week
about the amendment.
He was told by Republican
State Committee Chairman Carl
Shipley in a letter dated Feb
ruary l3 that 1T is extremely
important to our organization
in the District that this amend
ment be ratified as soon as pos
sible and your help will bC
greatly appreciated
Evening star., 1961-02-15
CITIES AND PEOPLE
Restoration Measures
Modelled on District

Washington's Redevelopment
Land Agency.
This bill would prevent urban
renewal agencies from acquir-
ing or demolishing housing that
is not "Substandard."
mo redevelopment agency in
the country could operate if
this proposal were enacted"
Mr.. SearleS said.
Would Assist individuals
Under the legislation, owners
of substandard housing in
project areas would be "en-
couraged and assisted by the
local public agency to under
take and carry out such re-
habilitation and restoration
themselves.
In case the owners failed to
do so, the bill would permit re-
development agencies to buy
and repair the properties when
that type Of work is desirable
and appropriate"
In sharp disagreement, MI.
Searles commented:
The whole renewal program
is based on replanning and re-
developing entire areas.
OBVIOUSLY, you save anything
you can for salvage purposes,
but in the creation of a new
neighborhood it may be neces-
sary to remove certain accept
able houses"
He said that replanning
neighborhoods under urban re-
newal programs often means
closing streets and providing
necessary open spaces, and
that under the Kearns legisla-
ton such work would be impos-
Sible.
Evening star., 1961-02-15

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Is (AP)
Worcester County and State
officials have agreed on q plan
to build a long sought bridge
to Assateague Island and keep
it toll-free for the first three
years of operation.
Gov. Tawes announced the
agreement today and said leg
islation to implement the plan
will be introduced this week
by Senator John L. Sanford
Democrat of Worcester, with
full backing of other local Of
ficialS.
Construction of the SIS mil
lion concrete span across Sine
puxent Bay is expected to begin
this year if the legislation is
approved. 1t will require l8
months for completion.
Under the financing plan
announced by Gov. TaWes, the
State would float a 100000
bond issue as part of its capital
Improvements program. The
State Roads Commission would
pick up an additional $500,000.
Isles Taxes Would Rise
Worcester County would issue
$275,0 900 worth of bonds, financ-
ing them with a 90-Cent in
crease in the real estate tax
on property on AsSeateague
Island. The tax rate in the
rest of the county would not
be affected.
In addition, the county has
agreed to build approximately
$l7l,000 worth of approach
roads to the span, which it
would finance through bonds,
to be redeemed with its share
of State gasoline and motor
vehicle tax revenue.
Tolls would not be imposed
Evening star., 1961-02-15
DriiVersFaCe
Extension OF
Point System
District Officials
Meet Tomorrow
On New Offenses
BY DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Writer

A proposal to increase the
number Of offenses for which
traffic points are assessed is
being considered by top Dis
trict officials.
The revision would charge
points to a number Of offenses
that apparently involve driving
but are not now classed as
moving violations.
Court and police officials will
meet with Motor Vehicle Di-
rector George A. England at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Mu-
nicipal Center to discuss the
situation.
Mr.. England said the group
will discuss offenses such as
driving without windshield
wipers, driving without bumpers
and leaving a car unattended
with the motor running.
No Points Issued
These are three of 35 So
called additional offenses that
are in a gray area between
moving violations and parking
violations. At present, no points
are assessed for them.
When a motorist now is tick
eted. for example, for driving
across a lawn or operating a
commercial vehicle in a park,
the offense is handled by the
Central Violations Bureau.
An official said the bureau
does not assess points and does
not keep an offense record for
individual drivers. Moving vio-
ations. on the other hand. are
handled by precinct stations
and points are assessed.
Officials Invited
Invited to attend tomorrow S
meeting are Clark F. King,
Assistant Corporation Counsel;
Municipal Court Clerk Walter
Bramhall and Central Viola
tions Bureau Chief Wallace D..
Cummins.
Also, Deputy Police Chief
William j. Liverman and
Joseph C. Chicherio, deputy
management officer with the
Department Of General Ad-
ministration.
Under the Districts point
system, licenses are suspended
when a driver accumulates
eight points and revoked when
an operator gets IL points.
Mr.. England said revision of
the point system to include
some of the additional offenseS
could be done as a matter of
Interpretation without requir-
ing action Of the District Com
miSSionerS.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
THE RAMBLER'S only diff

THE RANIBLER'S only diff
ficulty is with telephone
numbers. There is a scheme
of things in the arrangement
of the letters of the alphabet
to make words, but none at
all in the sequence of num-
bers in the telephone book.
For a time he carried a
little pocket magnifying glass
for this purpose. But, Of
course, he lost that.
Now he merely dials Ali
and gets information. Before
he has had a chance to eX-
plain that he is farsighted
and would be able to find the
number in the book except
for the fact that this tele-
phone booth is very cramped,
she has given him The num-
ber.
No, reading is out, even
under the most favorable
conditions. He once wrote a
talk on Mark Twain for the
PenWomen of Northern Vir-
ginia. He kept it down to less
than 5000 Words-40 minutes
and read it through twice
aloud to his poor long suffer
ing daughter.
He failed to figure on the
Virginia PenWomen's love of
past. He found himself in a
darkened room with a lectern
lighted by two candles. He
had to throw the speech
aside and pitch it from mem
ory-that helped.
All this went through his
mind as he walked down the
Avenue into glorious sun
shine. Something had to be
done about this problem.
This was the eve of the day
today on which the talk
was to be made.
Then he remembered her
suggestion. She had said:
why don't you talk about
the little town where you and
grew up. That's what l
hoped you would talk about"
And that it shall be.