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Evening star., 1961-07-21
UAR NutionuIizes
Banks, Insurance

CAIRO, July 81 (AP).-Pres-
ident Nasser last night nation
allied all banks and insurance
companies in the United Arab
Republic.
A presidential decree said the
naturalization is another step
forward in the nations Social
ist program.
Seventy-five banks and in
surance firms in Egypt and 90
more in the Syrian region of
the UAR are affected, the de-
cree stated.
Col. Nassau also decreed a
progressive income tax that
rises to 80 per cent on incomes
exceeding 10000 pounds ($2s,-
700) a year in the Egyptian
provinces. In addition he placed
a ceiling of $4,000 ($14,25O on
incomes of company employees
and directed that net profits of
companies must be divided
rs per cent to shareholders and
Is per cent to employees.
Last month President Mas
sar nationalized the nations
cotton export industry.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
House Committee Approval Due
On Batch Of EmpIoye Bills Aug. 3

area. The board announced it
will soon make a prevailing
rate survey of the printing in
duStry in the Washington area,
which is a prelude to adjusting
the wages of Government en-
ployes involved.
Il y \
HISS BILL-A Senate Civil
Service subcommittee headed
by Senator Clark, Democrat of
Pennsylvania, will hold a hear
ing Wednesday on the House.
approved bill to amend the So
called Hiss Act. The bill would
permit the payment of annui-
ties to Government personnel
convicted of felonies against
the Government, except in
cases which involved national
security. Senate passage is pre-
dicted by the sponsors.
APPROVED A Senate Ju-
dietary Subcommittee has ap-
proved with amendments the
House-approved bill to protect
Government employe drivers
of Federal vehicles from civil
suits arising from accidents.
The full committee has not yet
acted. The amendments would
give plaintiffs the option of
suing the Government in State
courts instead of Federal
courts.
1t was such amendments that
caused President Eisenhower to
veto the bill on the ground that
it set an undesirable precedent
of making the Federal Govern
ment the defendant in State
courts. Postal and Federal en-
ploye leaders are trying to per-
Suade the Kennedy administra :
ton to accept these amend
ments which are insisted upon
by the Southern members of
the Senate group.
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HAMPTON APPROVED
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee quickly approved the
nomination of Robert Hamp-
ton as the Republican member
of the Civil Service Commits
sion. Final Senate approval is
expected within the next few
days. During the brief hearing
yesterday. both Democratic and
Republican members of the
Senate committee praised Mr..
Hampton's record in Govern
ment and lauded his appoint
ment to the csc.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Veteran Is Fined
$50 for Disrupting
BiruciuI Meetinq

FRASER, Mich, July 20
(AP).-Edward A. Kelly, 35,
World War II veteran, was
convicted Of disorderly conduct
last night for his actions at a
bi-racial meeting July g.
Justice Of the Peace Walter
Steffens fined Mr.. Kelly $50
and suspended sentence for Mr..
Kelly'S waving of the Ameri-
can flag and his demand for a
pledge Of allegiance from the
audience.
The court session lasted
about four hours and finished
shortly before midnight.
Police said Mr.. Kelly, father
of three children. disrupted a
of the Macomb Uni
tartan Universalist Fellowship
attended by representatives Of
the Congress of Racial Equal
ity. -
Mr.. Kelly said at the time
that he felt the group had mo
respect for the American flag"
Justice SteffenS passed SEN
tence after a consultation with
Mr.. Kelly and his counsel. He
said he impressed on Kelly the
right of all Americans to free
assembly.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Truman Backs
Election Shift
BY the Associated Press

Former President Truman Is
in a position most unusual for
HMM full agreement with a
couple of Republican national
chairmen. He-and they-want
to change the presidential elec-
ton system to clip the wings
Of the big cities.
Mr.. Truman would have two
electors chosen at large in each
State and the remainder picked
by congressional districts, to
offset "the emergence of the
big cities into political over
balance"
Adoption of a similar district
plan recently was urged by the
Republican national chairman
Representative Miller OF New
York, and his immediate pre-
decessor, Senator Morton OF
Kentucky.
Mr.. Truman's views are set
forth in a letter to Senator Ke-
fauver, chairman of a Senate
Judiciary subcommittee that
recently completed hearings on
proposed constitutional amend
ments to overhaul the electoral
college system.
In the letter, made public by
Senator Kefauver yesterday,
Mr.. Truman wrote that "the
problem we face today is that
Of the emergence of the big
cities into political overbalance,
with the threat Of imposing
their choices on the rest of the
country
He said the plan he sub
mitted was designed Ito offset
such encroachment by the big
cities"
The only other living ex-
Presidents, Dwight D. Eisen-
hover and Herbert Hoover, pre-
viouSly had written Senator Ke-
fauver in support of improv-
ing the present system but
without favoring any particu-
lar plan.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
ICC Gets Much Advice
On nBusSegregotionBon

arate service areas for whites
and Negroes. He said discrimi-
nation was found at terminals
in Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Mr.. Kennedy said that "in-
asmuch as the survey was lin
tied to an observation of posted
signs it reveals only such dis
elimination as was blatant and
open"
He said the ICC has authority
to go ahead with the order
under discrimination decisions
of the past several years.
Mr.. Gallon told the ICC that
Mr.. Kennedy seeks to further
encroach upon the personal and
property rights of the citizens
OF this State, even over and be-
yond that now permitted by any
order, decree. or decision of our
State or Federal judiciary, in
cluding the Supreme Court of
the United States"
graphs of bus terminal facilities
The Alabama official said the
majority of both the white and
Negro races prefer to enjoy
mutually voluntary separation"
in travel facilities, and he pro-
posed that signs stating what
he called this constitutional"
right be posted in bus facilities.
Evening star., 1961-07-21

Col. Hagen said he knew of in
stances where borrowers
thought they were paying 6 or
z per cent on loans when the
actual annual rate was 10 to 81
per cent.
Credit in America was de-
Scribed as a labyrinth Of con-
fusion, misStatement and math-
ematical chicanery" by James
w. Grant, manager and assist
ant treasurer of the Depart
ment of Justice Federal EN-
ployeS Credit Union here.
Il have had an experienced
agent of the FBI assure me that
the proposed financing of his
automobile would cost him 4
per cent interest, and then, to
his amazement, we checked the
proposed figures and found
that it was over 20 per cent
when computed on a simple
annual interest basis" Mr..
Grant testified.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Correspondents
Elect EurI Xoss

The Department of State
Correspondents Association
yesterday elected Earl H. VOss
OF The Star president for the
1961-62 term.
He succeeds John R. Gibson
OF The Wall Street Journal.
Stewart HemSley of United
Press international was elected
vice president and Endre Mar
Evening star., 1961-07-21

finding out what 1t costs to
borrow money.
"A maze of miSinformation
and fancy figure work" con-
fronts a borrower today, said
1t. Col. Willard J. Hagen, man.
ager of the Andrews Air Force
Base Credit Union.
He and other credit union
representatives backed q pro-
posed bill that would require a
statement of total finance
charges and the annual inter-
est rate on all consumer in
stallment purchases.
Essential Information
"It's hard for us to under
stand why any ethical lender
would want to deny his Gus.
toner this essential informa-
tion," said Julius Stone, chair
man Of the Legal and Legisla-
tive Committee of the Credit
Union National Association
East Boston, Mass. ...
The director of the AFL-CIC
department of legislation, An.
drew j. Biemiller. asked:
IF those who oppose this bill
have nothing to hide-as they
so often assert-why do they
insist on hiding it?"
He said, There is simply NJ
excuse for a buyer not to be
told the cost Of his purchase
including that share of the
cost that represents interest
and so-called service charges
for credit.
Cases of Airmen
1T seems indisputable thai
finance charges are in many
instances a good deal higher
than they need to be. :"
Citing cases of young airmen
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Marion Davies
Condition Improves

HOLLYWOOD. July 81 (AP) =.
Marion Davies. the former
actress. hospitalized nearly rine
weeks with osteomyelitis of the
jaw, was reported improved
last night.
Her illness was complicated in
late June by a fall in which she
broke her hip. But an associate
said Miss Davies. 81, now is
feeling better.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

The House Civil Service
Committee has set August 3
for an executive session at
which it is expected to ap-
prove a flock of Federal en-
ploye bills.
Some of the bills now being
handled by subcommittee and
which are expected to be clear
ed for full committee approval
at the August 3 date are those
to give higher initial cash in
creases to employees on pro-
motion to higher grades,
strengthen the civil service re-
tirement fund and increase the
number of super grade and
other high salary jobs in Gov
ernment.
However, any action on such
Senate-approved bills as the
increased life insurance and
liberalized postal pay longevity
benefits will not take place at
least until after August 8. This
also applies to the Senate Civil
Service Committee approved
bill to permit retirement on
full annuities at age SIS after
30 wears service.
No subcommittee have been
appointed yet on these bills
and none are expected to be
named before the August 8
meeting.
The committees failure yes
terday to approve the adminjs-
tration's strongly sought postal
rate increase bill may also ad-
verSely affect the Senate-ap-
proved bills. The committee
scheduled it's next postal rate
meeting August II, TOO late to
do the controversial postal rate
measure any good this year.
since the Senate Civil Service
Committee has shown no in
tention to take up the bill
even should it pass the House,
Chairman Murray of the
House group, who strongly fav-
ors the postal rate bill, may be
inclined to take his time about
appointing subcommittee on
such bills as the liberalizeo
postal longevity pay benefits
increased life insurance and 30
year retirement. Mr.. Murray
= previously has said he favors
the increased life insurance bill
Evening star., 1961-07-21

but the outlook on that and
the other Senate-approved
measures is uncertain at the
moment.
PROUD RECORD-The Ma
tional Rural Letter Carriers AS
sociation is UNDERSTANDABLE
proud of its achievement in Sc
curing 100 per cent member
ship status. The group has
more than 1.5O0 members, in
Guiding some retirees. which is
more than the total number of
rural routes in the country.
YES, IT'S TRUE - Army,
Navy and Air Force give some
of their employees wine allow
ances, special transportation
allowances and permits women
employees with babies a half
hour off in the morning and
afternoon to nurse them.
We hasten to add that the
employees involved are foreign
nationals employed by the De-
fense Department. For example,
time off for baby nursing is
allowed in Korea. The wine al
lowance is given-where else?
in France. The idea is to fol-
low the prevailing employment
practices in the various coun-
tries. Americans employed over
seas do not get these benefits.
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NFFE COUNCIL-The exc
cutive council of the National
Federation of Federal Employees
will meet here in a series of
sessions starting next Thurs
day, it has been announced by
NFFE President Vaux Owen
The council will discuss pend
ing employ legislation in Con-
gress, the Presidents Task
Force committee on labor
management in Government
and plans for membership
growth.
\
PAY ADJUSTMENTS Pay
raises are in store for about
5000 Government employees ir
printing and reproduction jot
classificationS positions under
the jurisdiction of the In.
terdepartmeAtal LithographiC
Wage Board. They are en-
ployed by IS various Fedora.
agencies in the Washington
Evening star., 1961-07-21
New PeniciIIin Pill
Seen Widely Useful

LONDON, July 81 (AP). -
British doctors have developed
a new penicillin that can be
taken as a pill and is effective
against a wide variety of
diseases.
The British Medical Journal
said the drug. Penbritin, has
proved effective against food
poisoning, influenza -complica-
tions, secondary effects of
pneumonia. wound infections
and blood poisoning.
Evening star., 1961-07-21

house bordering the gaping hole
was consumed by flames licking
up from the cave-in. The l2-
unit building toppled into. the
cavern. 1t had been evacuated
before 1t caught fire.
Traffic on adjacent U. S.
Highway 101 was backed up for
miles.
A water main broke and
flooded a portion of the fire at
the cave-in. But hydrants be-
came useless and firemen had
to pump water from nearby
swimming pools.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
By the Associated Press

The Interstate Commerce
Commission has received a wide
variety of advice about what it
could or should do to outlaw
all forms Of racial segregation on
interstate buses and terminals.
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy, who asked for a gen.
eral deSegregation order in late
May, said segregation practices
existing in some areas cannot
be tolerated" He submitted a
Photographic survey made by
the FBI in June in support of
his position.
But Alabama Attorney Cen
eral Macdonald Gallon, con-
tended that the Kennedy
proposal goes beyind court
decisions and is illegal in it
concept and completely un-
workable"
The Congress of Racial
Equality, a sponsor of Freedom
Riders in the South, said there
was ample factual basis" for
the ICC to take action. The
group proposed stiff penalties
where segregation practices
persist.
Buslines Protest
Some small bus companies
protested that the plan would
be damaging to their opera
tions.
: All the statements we're sub
mitted in response to an ICC
invitation for comment on the
proposed order. Oral argu-
ment on the Kennedy request
for a general order is sched-
uled for August is.
The Kennedy brief included
a letter from Secretary Of De-
fense Mcnamara. He said racial
discrimination had created
difficulties for Negro armed
services personnel travelling
about the country and adversely
affected their morale.
Mr.. Kennedy also asked the
ICC to note that Secretary of
State Rusk has publicly sup
ported the proposed desegrega-
tion order. saying racial Incl
dents create difficulties in
United States foreign relations.
4 Segregation Persists
The United States Attorney
General said the FBI's June
survey covered 294 bus ter
minals in II States and showed
that open racial segregation
persists" in 81 terminals in
IL States.
He submitted 1913 photo
graphs of bus termina facilities
carrying signs designating sep
Evening star., 1961-07-21

ton Of the Associated Press
secretary-treasurer.
Elected to the executive COM
mittee were E. w. Kenworthy
OF The New York Times, Muir
rey Marder Of the Washing
ton Post: H. r. Vohra of The
Times of India; Pierre Durel
OF the French News Agency;
Bill Downs of the Columbia
Broadcasting System; Edward
Weintal of Newsweek and Rob-
ert Young Of the Chicago Tri-
bune.
Evening star., 1961-07-21

believe the timber Shorings may
have been deliberately set
aflame by juveniles.
Thousands gathered to watch
scores Of firemen battle the
wind-whipped blaze as flames
shot out 100 feet.
Fireman Fred Kinsler, A, had
parked his auxiliary fire truck
over the tunnel 800 yards from
the northern tunnel exit when
heat caused Lincoln avenue to
crack and cave in. Mr.. Kinsler
and his truck plummeted 40 feet
to the floor of the burning
tunnel.
Minutes later an apartment
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Death Toll From Charleston Flood
Rises to 1o; More Bodies Are Found

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July
81 (AP).-Bodies Of two more
Nctims-a boy and a girl
were recovered today, raising
,to-19 the death toll from the
flash flood which devastated
ravine neighborhoods on the
edge Of Charleston.
The bodies were not immedi-
ately identified. However,
those still missing had included
two more children of the Harry
Null family. Bodies of two
Null children were recovered
yesterday.
Meanwhile, Gov. w. w. Bar
ron led a party of officials today
nn=a tour of the water-wrecked
and mud-caked neighborhoods
hit by the flood late Wednes-
day and early yesterday.
Gov. Barron'S party included
Office of Civil and Defense Mo-
bilization officials who will make
recommendations as to Federal
disaster aid. The Governor
has asked President Kennedy
to declare the stricken sections
a disaster area.
Snakes Washed From Hills
The flood followed a record
downpour of more than 5
inches Of rain in 4 hours
Wednesday night.
More rain today-1a-inch in
l hour-hampered the search
somewhat, but skies cleared
later. Another hazard was
snakes washed down into the
ravines from the surrounding
wooded hills. i
Survivors were returning to
the debris clogged neighbor-
hoods to begin putting their
homes-those that were not
wrecked-back in order.
>"Oh, my God. think that's
our house. I think I see some
of the things we brought back
from Germany" said John
GivenS, jr.. 18.
He was looking at a pile of
wreckage in the Garrison ave-
nue. section. Young GivenS'
mother and cousin died in
the flood and his sister was
injured. He is the son of an
Air Force man. The family
recently returned from Ger
many and the father is now
stationed in Idaho.
Food Trucked In
For Is hours yesterday and
early today. the State Welfare
Department trucked food to the
stricken sections from the
State surplus commod tiles
warehouse. Local grocers, bak-
ers and dairieS donated food,
milk and bread to supplement
the surplus commodities.
State and local health de-
partments set ur free clinics
to give typhoid shots. State
Health Director N. H. Dyer
requisitioned additional sup
plies of typhoid and tetanus
vaccine. Residents in some Sec
tionS were advised to boil their
drinking water because Of the
possibility of contamination. {
DR.. Dyer said, however. there (
is no reason to expect an epi-
uenic.
- Help From a Distance ,
Mayor John Shanklin re- |
ported that offers of vehicles
and equipment had come from
as far away as Dallas. Tex.
1T makes you feel good"
said the Mayor, Ito find out
how everybody is pulling to- ,
gether in this time Of need"
United Fuel Gas Co. said 80
homes were so badly damaged
by the flood that natural gas
service cannot be restored at
present. In all. nearly 600 GUS
toners were without gas until
last night and today.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Credit BiIIHeorino
Is Told of 9796 Rate
BY the Associated Press

An Air Force credit union official told Senate sub
committee yesterday of serviceman who unknowngy paid
an interest rate of 81 per cent loan
Other witnesses claimed credit practices full of pitfalls
and said trained FBI agent has trouble
Evening star., 1961-07-21
Dirksen will Leave
Hospital Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen will be discharged
from Bethesda Naval Hospital
tomorrow morning, an aide
said today.
Senator Dirksen, suffering
from a flareup of a peptic ulcer.
was said to have responded
to treatment nicely" He prob
ably will return to his Senate
duties next week. Senator Dirk
sen was. hoSpitalized last
Thursday.
Evening star., 1961-07-21
BIozing Tunnel Falls In,
Consumes Apartments

SAN RAFAEL. Calf, July 81 (AP)-A burning railroad
tunnel collapsed last night swallowing apartment house
and plunging fireman to flaming death
The fire broke out late yesterday midway the 2000oot
Northwestern Pacific freight tunnel through Hill
northern San Rafael 20 miles north Francisco Police
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diplomats to question the Soviet
meaning of appropriate" and
guarantees" Does Premier ,Khru-
shchev. for instance, want the
West to sign formal treaties with
East Germany or would he be
content with a working agreement
between West and East German
administrators.
BY guarantee" would the So
Wet government affiX its own seal
to such protection. or would it
leave it up to the East Germans.
These are vital questions. and
upon the Russian answers de-
Ponds the success of future nego-
tiations. Mr.. Cromyko repeatedly
has been quite vague in his an
swers, but Western diplomats be-
lieve that in the next two or three
weeks, more concrete basis for
talks may be established.
A settlement of the German
and Berlin issues is important to
Mr.. Khrushchev Tor more than
the traditional historical fear of
a strong Germany. With the Com
munist Party scheduled to hold
a congress later this month, he
probably wants the peace treaty
to prove to his fellow Communist
politicians that he has not slack
ened in the drive to bury capt.
talism" without war.
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its periodic Shuffles. The most i'm
portant result is that Mr.. NaSser
has suffered an incalculable loss
of prestige; his concept of Cairo
led Arab union has been shattered.
The detection of Syria should
ease the military pressure on Is
rael, pinned in by Egypt and Syria;
it also should reduce political pres
sure on jordan and Lebanon to
join with Mr.. Nasser.
Two other JAR enemies in the
Middle East-TurKey and Irac-
will welcome the revolt, as will
other countries. also endangered
by NasSer's Middle East i'm
perialiSm.
Syria's new government, headed
by law professor Mahmoun al
Kuzbari. faces a difficult road
ahead. 1t will have to answer
charges that the revolt was i'm
perialist" inspired, and it will have
to deal firmly with the under
ground Communists who may try
to regain their old influnce.
Moreover, Syria may face threats
from Iraq's Kassim who has been
trying to peddle his brand of So
cialism in competition with MI.
Nasser. And there is no reason to
suppose that Egypt will not try to
lure Syria back to the fold.
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Congress-:
Trouble Ahead?

The first session Of the S7th
Congress adjourned early
Wednesday after passing sew
eral money bills, including one
for foreign aid tOtaling nearly
S3.9 billion.
One of the marriage counSelor's
cardinal rules for quarreling part
ners goes something like this:
After a fight. kiss and make
up quickly; don't part in anger"
Last week. the House did more
than reject such advice. 1t passed
a money bill the Senate bitterly
opposed. departed town and left
their colleagues in the upper
chamber stammering in frustrated
anger and severely wounded dig
nifty.
The bill in question was one for
supplemental appropriations of
$l.l billion for various agencies
of Government. 1t contained a
ban on "backdoor spending" or
direct Treasury borrowing, which
the Senate had vigorously fought.
Nevertheless, at 4:20 am. Wednes-
day, the House passed the measure
and adjourned sine die.
When the Senate was informed
of this action a steady roar of
angry, bipartisan denunciations
was directed at the House. Some
Continued on Page c.
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Syria:
Success

Syria broke away from the
three-ye old United Arab Re-
public last week after a one
day revolt led by It's military
officers. Egypt's President Mas
ser acknowledged the success
full revolt by calling off his mill
tary forces.
Situated on the eastern shore
of the Mediterranean, Syria for
centuries has served as a Middle
Eastern bridge, linking Asia Minor
with Arabia and Egypt.
AS a result, Syria has long been
priced by its neighbors' who have
fought for influence there: like
the rest of the Middle East, Syria
has experienced the effects of
colonialiSm and its by-product,
nationalism.
Syria was conquered by Egypt's
ruling Mamelukes in 1891 and