davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-09-24

object to Senate consideration
of a 81 billion supplemental ap-
preparation bill ended earlier
hopes that Congress would be
able to adjourn late last night
or early today until next Janu-
airy.
Still other complications de-
veloped because of continuing
disagreement on the foreign aid
appropriation bill and a realiza-
ton that the Senate still had
too much unfinished work to
handle even at an all night
session.
Despite the collapse of the
week end adjournment drive,
the Senate and House managed
to complete action on several
important bills.
The House and then the
Senate agreed to a conference
report creating a United
States Arms Control and Dis
armament Agency and sent it
on to the President. The House
adopted the compromise on a
251-50 vote despite some COM
plants that the word dis
armament" should not appear
in the title of the new agency.
/ Unexpected Turn
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman Morgan, Democrat
Of Pennsylvania, declared that
use of this word did not mean
that this country "has any in
tention of throwing away its
arms in the face of world crisis
or threats or will undertake any
unilateral disarmament"
The Senate concurred with
the House, 41-31. in a compro-
mise bill regulating admission
of Mexican farm labor for
seasonal jobs in the United
States, rejecting the argument
of a small group of Senators
for a higher wage floor for the
migrant.
The Senate situation took an
unexpected turn late yester-
day when Finance Committee
Chairman Byrd, Democrat of
Virginia. criticized Democratic
Senators Douglas of Illinois and
Gore of Tennessee for their
dissent from a committee rec
ommendation for Senate pass
age of a House bill on the
du ont-General Motors stock
diveStiture.
Another Issue
Senator Byrd complained
that the two Senators made an
"untruthful and personal re-
Election" on him by charging
that the committee hastily re-
ported out the bill at an eve
ming meeting.
The Senate debated the du-
Pont bill until 6:23 pm. and
then quit for the week end. AS
the pending business when the
Senate reconvenes at noon TO-
morrow, the measure appar-
entity stands a much improved
chance Of passage perhaps on
Tuesday.
Several Senators remarked
See CONGRESS, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-09-24

major change of American pol
icy toward Germany might
complicate the talks in prog
ress here between Secretary of
State Rusk and Russian For
eign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
In the preliminary buildup
to negotiations, the speculation
about serious concessions,
spanked by the reports, is re-
garded, to say the least, as
premature.
At the same time, United
States spokesmen in issuing
disclaimers, leave themselves in
a strange and somewhat absurd
position.
On the one hand they have
described as highly inaccu-
rate" the reports of statements
made in Berlin by a high
American Official presum-
ably Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
In the next breath, however,
they firmly deny any knowl-
edge of what, if anything, ac-
tually was said or who said it.
Unpalatable, Vague
According to the accounts of
all the major news agencies,
the unnamed high official is
said to have delivered himself
of a considerable amount of
unpalatable though somewhat
vague advice to the West Ger
mans in the course of a recep-
tion in Berlin Friday.
Among other things, he is
supposed to have told them
that they should accept the
reality" of the existence of
two German states and sug-
gested their chances of reunit-
ing Germany would be i'm
proved by talking to the East
Germans" instead of ignoring
them.
On another point, he is re-
ported to have touched on the
problem of Allied dealings with
the East German authorities
after the signing of a separate
peace treaty between Russia
and the Pankow regime. At this
time, the source is quoted as
having said, There may be
some form of dealings neces-
sary with East Germany"
Perhaps the strangest thing
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Election Bill
For D. f. Gets
Senate OK
Conference Report
Is Due for Vote
In House Tomorrow
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

Legislation to set up the
first presidential elections in
the history of the District
passed the Senate last night.
Senate District Committee
Chairman Bible, Democrat of
Nevada, brought about the ac-
ton by asking clearance of a
conference report on the bill.
The House was expected to
consider the historic suffrage
proposal tomorrow.
Conferees settled differences
in conflicting Senate and House
bills by deciding voters should
be admitted to the polls at the
age of 81 after having lived in
the District for at least one year
prior to election day.
Absentee Voting
Broad absentee voting was
recommended "a House con-
cession. But absentee registra-
ton would be allowed only for
persons physically unable to
register in person, or military
and civilian government per-
sonnel and families stationed
overseas.
II believe this bill satisfies
the obligation imposed on Con-
gress by the 23d Amendment
to the Constitution, granting
citizens Of the District the right
to vote for President and Vice
President" Senator Bible said
on the floor.
One more than the required
'three-quarters of the States
last March ratified the 23d
Amendment guaranteeing the
vote. Congress submitted the
reform amendment to the
States in 1860, climaxing q
campaign Of a century by
The Star.
Hearings Pledged
Senator Bible said the Miller
amendment had merit. But
District committeeman never
had considered it. Hearings
will be held next year on the
proposal. Chairman Bible
promised.
1t Is similar. in principle, to
residence reforms urged for the
whole country in constitutional
amendments sponsored by
Democratic Senator Kefauver
of Tennessee and Republican
Senator Keating of New York.
Senator Bible praised con-
ferees, the Senate District Com
mittee members and the Sen
ate for having done their work
we'll" He said he had every
hope that Congress would en-
act the bill into law before ad-
journment.
Voting policies recommended
by conferees are not inconSiSt-
ent with procedures already
tested in the majority of States,
according to Senator Bible. He
predicted that the ratifying
States would be proud of the
job Congress has done in this
most important area of grant,
ing the long overdue privilege
of suffrage to residents Of the
Nations Capital"
The greatest compromise in
See VOTE, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Clay Denies
. j. 5. Shift on
German Policy
But He Advised
Facing Up to Foet
OF East Germany

BERLIN, Sept. % (AP).-
Gen. LuciuS D. Clay, President
Kennedy's special envoy to Ber-
lin. asserted today there has
been no change in United
States policy on Germany and
that the West is determined to
maintain its rights in divided
Berlin.
At the same time it was dis
closed that Gen. Clay had ad-
vised West Germany to face up
to the reality Of Communist
East Germany.
Gen. Clay came out with the
advice yesterday in a private
talk with reporters and West
Berlin publishers. He insisted
that he should not be quoted,
but the story created such a
furor in Western political cir
cles that his name quickly be-
came connected with it.
The general called in report
ers today to issue a statement
declaring there has been no
change in United States policy
and no change was announced
by a United States spokesman
in Berlin"
Package Proposal Seen
Informed sources said it is
clear that the United States has
not made any decision at this
stage to give any recognition to
the East German Communist
regime. But the new line taken
by Gen. Clay apparently was
intended to set the stage for a
Western package proposal in
forthcoming negotiations with
Russia on Berlin.
Such a proposal may seek to
trade some limited recognition
of East Germany for a formal
confirmation by both the So
viets and East Germans of
Western rights in Berlin and
on the access routes to the iso-
lated city.
A proposal of this nature
would constitute a major con-
cession intended to safeguard
the freedom of West Berlin.
Informants said the United
States Government evidently |
believed West Germany would |
have to be prepared for any
such fundamental change in
the Western position.
Base of Policy
Western policy since the war |
has been based on the princi- |
pie that the East German re-
gime is illegal and that there
can be no official dealings with |
it.
Gen. Clay's talk with report
ers yesterday was described as a
background briefing. More than
100 Western newsmen, includ-
ing several West Berlin publish
ers, attended the Commute
session at Gen. Clay's lakeside |
residence in the fashionable
WanSee district of West Berlin. |
Gen. Clay talked freely Of !
the United States view of forth |
coming negotiations with the
Soviet Union. on the under
standing that his remarks
would not be attributed to him. |
In the subsequent uproar over
what he had said, one West
Berlin newspaper (TagesSpie-
See BERLIN, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-09-24
u. N. Aides Are Silent
On Berlin Switch
Reports Effect on Rusk- -Gromyko
Talks Concerns U. S. Officials
By CROSBY S. MOVES
Star Staff Writer

UNITED NATIONS N. Y, Sept. 23-American officials
here eacng with tghtpped recence to reports from
Germany that the United States be changing its attitude
toward dealing with East German authorities the question
of to Berlin and German reunfication.
There is obviously that these reports of
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Senate Reposses Bill
For DC. Impocted Aid
Morse Plans FiIibuster if House
Rejects Revenue Appropriation
By JOHN McKELWAY
Star Staff writar

The Districts $13 million revenue bill handled like
hot potato late yesterday the Senate passed for the
second time nSas many days the conference report
and dumped it in the lap of the House
Another stiff fight the bill expected in the
House. which Friday the bill back conference by
Evening star., 1961-09-24

vote of 159 to 142. The House
was expected to consider the
measure tomorrow.
Yesterday morning, the Sec
ond conference was held. Con-
Evening star., 1961-09-24
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Staff Writer

Secretary of Defense McNa-
mara belives strongly that the
military Improvements made
by this administration should
convince anyone that the
United States will defend West
Berlin with all the weapons
it has. including nuclear arms.
That's his answer to charges
that the administration does
not seem to be fully determined
to use the big nuclear weapons
whenever they are needed.
Senator Margaret Chase
Smith. Republican of Maine,
told the Senate last week that
Russian Premier Khrushchev
may be particularly belligerent
at this time because the United
States has been concentrating
on non-nuclear weapons.
1--WE have a decided nuclear
capability advantage over
Khrushchev and he knows it.
But he is confident we won't
use it for he sees us turning to
emphasis on conventional weap-
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Zoo Bill Lifts Burden From D. c.
Toxpoyer. Poss AIS
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Also SUNDAY, The Stor Mosozine;
This Week Mosozine, Tv Moso-
zine, Comic Section ond Heeht's
Home Foshion Trends TobIoid.
Index of Subjects
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Senate Disputes Stall
Adjournment Drive
House Frets
AS Key Bill
Action Loes
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Staff Writer

Congress abandoned all hope
of adjourning last night. Lead
erS said that disputes over big
appropriation bills and some
ruffled Democratic Senatorial
feelings on the du Pont tax bill
might prolong the session deep
into this week.
A report that Senator Prouty,
Republican of Vermont, would
Tox Cuts Not Likely in Lower Income
Brackets. Poee As
3 Senotors Bottle, Moke Up Over
Du Pont Bill "Slur." Pose A-s
Evening star., 1961-09-24
LeMay Comments

On the same day Senator
Smith spoke in the Senate, Air
Force Chief of Staff Curtis
LeMay was asked at the Air
Force Association convention
in Philadelphia if he thought
the build-up of non-nuclear
Evening star., 1961-09-24
THE WEATAEp. Full Report
on Pose b.

District and vicinity-Mostly sunny and
rather hot today, high near co. Tonight
fair and warm, low SO. Tomorrow fair
and continued rather hot.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Knowles Recommendation
Good News For Full
Resource Utilization

ulation of flow throughout the year
for pollution abatement, Improvement
of fish habitat are some of the addi-
tional benefits.
cat dam like Knowles recreation
would be an important item. When
these are added to the benefits used
in the old formula, economic FEAST
bility of the Knowles project will
undoubtedly improve considerably.
eff a restudy of inflated reloca-
ton cost estimates of the Paradise
alternative is made, it too may be-
come feasible when all benefits are
taken into consideration" Mrs. Lo-
gan said.
The National Committeewoman and
Mrs. Norma Keil, president of the
Democratic Women's Clubs, are on
q swing through central and eastern
Montana, attending regional meetings
of the clubs. Mrs. Keil will discuss
organizational matters while Mrs.
Logan will conduct workshop on
the Importance of adequate support
for education in Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Two TubIoids
Launched By
Conservatives

Two new political tabloids ap-
peared simultaneously on the Mon
tana scene last week, with first Of
April dateline, both expressing the
radical conservative viewpoint. One
comes from Sidney in eastern Mon
tana and is called THE VIGILANT
CITIZEN. The other from Missoula
in western Montana is called THE
MONTANA CHRISTIAN CONSERV-
ATIVE.
There is little of local color in
the first issue of the VIGILANT CITI-
ZEN. and the editor, who signs him
self X. Adams, states the paper will
come out as often as financial circum-
stances permit.
Adams says in bold-face box in
Continued On Page Three)
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HELEN "A - General r.. e..
Itschner's recommendation that
Knowles Dam be included for
construction as part of the
Corps of Engineers Major
Water Plan for the Columbia
Basin is good news to all who
support full development of
our nations resources in the interest
of the people,, Mrs. Frances Logan,
Charlo, Democratic National Com
mitteewoman, said in a prepared
statement Wednesday, following pub
LEGATION of the Corps report.
Gwen as the last dam added after
Canadian storage, Knowles proves to
be economically feasible. This is under
the Engineers old feasibility formula
which takes into account only some
of the benefits, the lady Democratic
leader who is also secretary of the
Committee for Paradise Dam, con-
tinued.
president Kennedy, in his Natural
Resources message to the Congress,
Feb. %, said he would instruct the
Director of the Budget to develop
new feasibility formula, including all
the many benefits to be derived from
multi-purpose projects, Mrs. Logan
recalled. "This is in line with recon-
of the Senate Select Com
mittee on Water Resources which re-
Gently completed the most exhaustive
study ever made of the nations water
needs. Industrial use, recreation, reg
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Accident Prevention Stressed Af
Rural Safety Meeting tuesday

The semi-annual meeting of the
Montana Rural Safety Committee in
the Senate chamber Tuesday focused
on the states terrible safety record.
The newly-elected chairman. George
E. Wenstrom of the Industrial Acct
dent Boards Safety Department, not
ing our 46th rank in the nation, re-
marked: eff our attitude is so bad in
safety what are we doing in the other
activities of life?"
Only Alaska exceeds us as being
the worst in automobile hazardness.
We are 48th in on-the-job accidents
and 33rd in home accidents.
In the past, the committee has been
trying to work with established state
wide organizations through their
safety programs, but this winter they
have sought to set up county safety
committees. One has been started in
Pondera county.
Going on the premise that safety is
the exchange of ideas and that the
state level committee can best oper-
ate as an information exchange point,
the success of safety programs lies
with the county groups.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Governor Charges
Board Of Education
Action >M-Advised'

Gov. Donald Nutter Wednesday
| labelled as "ill-advised" the State
Board of Education decision to per-
nit University Unit presidents con-
tracts of up to three years duration.
In so doing, the Governor was par
ticularly critical of three board mem
bers, George Lund, 15-year member
of the board; Mrs. r. HI. Petro, a
board member for IL years, and DIR.
Earl Hall, four-year board member.
Nutter said that it is of Consider
able concern" to him that these three
members "who voted for the option
type contract were members of the
University Budget Committee that
recommended and urged adoption of
University budget approximately
eight and one-half million dollars in
excess of that of the preceding BIZ
ennium"
These three members, he charged,
accepted obviously without deter
mining real needs" the original re-
quests from the units, Sin making
their recommendation to the entire
board Other members of the
board relied on the judgment of these
three. That such confidence was mis-
placed" he contended, twas ably
demonstrated by the fact that the
elected representatives of the people
reduced the general fund appropria-
ton for the University SYSTEM" in
accordance with Nutter's recommen-
dations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
NUtter Publicly Blesses
Montunu's Top Bircher

Governor Nutter this week
said he is going to study" in
formation on the John Birch
Society, and has given public
blessing to his political cam
paign helper, Math Dasinger
of Sidney, self-confessed state
co-ordinator of the Birchers.
Nutter says it is all right ito belong
to any society so long as it is not
Communist. The Governor of Mon
tana would ''be alarmed if this were
a Communist group, but it is an anti
Communist organization, apparently
he is quoted as saying.
The newest on-the-go -in-and-out-
of-Helena Governor had not taken
time to look at letter from Rep.
Charles Cerovski of Fergus county
urging him to use his influence in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14

we might uncover So & 3 tnat
would make a three-y x ,ntract
undesirable.
New members of the board said
they needed time" to "better ac-
quaint themselves with the situation"
Doering stated he was more in
terested in students than the political
overtoneso of the move to offer con-
tracts of more than one year.
Mr.. Lund charged back at Doering,
saying he resented the implication
that there is politics involved.
Doering backed up, and full
fledged interchange was avoided
by the argument being taken up by
other members of the board.
The Glendive member, Mr.. Mullen
dore, took the same approach as Nut
ter and Doering-that they didn't
know enough about the job and
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
TO COOPERATE WITH
YOUTH GROUPS

A main objective of the committee
is to cooperate with youth groups.
1t was recalled that Immediately after
a basketball game one of the baton
twirlers was killed in an accident.
Perhaps it would have been better
to have an interesting demonstration
of first aid or fire prevention to make
a safety awareness at the halftime
rather than the baton
twiddling.
G. John Hausken, lab statistician,
reported that experience refunds in
agriculture and logging are small, but
in agriculture, for the first time in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Jack Is Hungry Again!

Brace yourselvesfor another pockepcng job by experts
Jack Corette Montana this that
for all its superior profmang ability it wants for the
natural you captive customers consume.
Exact details how much of it will take satisfy
the New Jersey outfits appetite this time have not been revealed
of pressme However the MONTANA STANDARD reports
that will be the neighborhood of the 81 to as cent
increases approved for the utility by the Public Service Com
mission in 1858 following fveminute discussion by PSC
members of the rate applications merits.
We will have ENTHUSIASTICALLY this subject
the unfods all its whereaes whereo and other
fancy gobbledegook, before the attempting to
consummate this latest gouge of Montana utility patronHB
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Nutter Slapped Down
Board Moves To End Unrest
On University Unit Cumpuses

Four of the six presidents of the University System asked
the Board of Regents Tuesday, expression of
confidence chief administrators unrest the
the students and the faculty end The
plea by the presidents the closing minutes of the April
Board meeting in charged atmosphere indicating that
pressions Of confidence the administrators might que
the campuses the stormy
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14

times anoad OF IL yet.
Governor Nutter, smarting from
what is considered a major defeat,
sailed out of the meeting without
waiting to complete his job as chair
man of the board. Nutter, who was
flying to Hardin soon after the board
meeting was already in orbit when
the board voted 6-5 against his stated
stand that he was not in favor of
giving the presidents the option of
one, two or three-year contracts.
1t was the last item on the agenda
of the Board of Regents. The item
was hiring of the presidents at stated
salaries, and George Lund, Reserve,
presented the motion. 1t passed unan-
imously. All presidents were re-hired
with some increases in pay.
1t was the second motion on
which Nutter and his advocates
made an issue. Lund moved the
presidents "be offered, at their
option, a contract for one, two or
three years..
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
CEROvSKI URGES GOVERNOR
TO ACT

Dasinger was making his statement
at the same time the press of Mon
tana was receiving letter from
Cerovsh asking the Governor Ito use
the tremendously impressive and eff
fective moral force of your office
to call upon John Birch members in
Montana to stand up and be counted
The Governors shrug ging-it-off
attitude toward the recent unmask-
ing of what many national Republi-
can figures fear a menace to our
free society did nothing to ALLEVIATE
the affections of his supporters in
the Birchian ranks.
While the head of the Republican
party in Montana makes soothing
sounds concerning this group, nation
wide alarm is still being expressed.
Marquis Childs in a recent column
discounted the merits of congressional
investigation because of the obvious
bias of the committee that would
undertake the job and secondly
Childs said:
laws and Investigations are no
guarantee of Americas heritage of
freedom. AS champions of that heri-
tage have said over the years, if it
does not exist in understanding and
dedication in the minds and the hearts
of the people then it will be destroyed.
RECALLS RISE OF HITLER
''That is the lesson of William
Shirer's powerful, best-selling The
Rise and the Fall of the Third Reich.
Comfortable Germans chung to the
belief that Hitler's end-the extermi-
nation of communism-justified his
And as the means got more
CONTINUED On Page Four)
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1--WE might uncover so
would make a three-y
11ndesirablav
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
Organization, Work,
Paid Off In Powder
River County

A Note In Passing: From 1919
until 1860, only seven Democrats
had been elected for any office in
Powder River county. In 1860,
three of the four Democrats on the
ballot were victorious, thanks to
your help. Let's work for 100 per
cent in 1962!-POWDER RIVER
DEMOCRAT.
That organization and hard work,
it should be noted, produced the
FIRST Democratic senator Powder
River county has had since it was
established in 1919-Milo Cook
who made splendid record in his
initial session in the upper house.
EDITOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14
They Can Have Him

Harry L. Burns, former
stormy petrol on the High
way Commission, has public
ly announced he has made
application for membership
in the John Birch Society.