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Evening star., 1961-02-23
Smith Declines Post
As Envoy to Swiss

Parsons, an Assistant Secretary
Of State, as Ambassador to
Sweden.
U. Alexis johnson, now
United States Ambassador to
Thailand, is expected to sue
ceed Mr.. Parsons in the assist
ant Secretaryship.
Japan Post
Diplomatic sources also said
Mr.. Kennedy is going ahead
with the nomination Of Har-
ward Prof. Edwin o. Reischauer
as Ambassador to Japan. Mr..
Reischauer was born in Japan,
heads Harvard's center Of Far
Eastern Studies, speaks Japa-
nese fluently and is married to
o Japanese woman.
Mr.. Reischauer, 81, has Sug-
gested q second look at the
question Of recognizing Com
munist China, and adoption OF
a policy that would LAY the
foundations for q relationship
with the Chinese which Right
give US some leverage in the
war Of ideas. -"
Mr.. Parsons, a 54-year-old
career diplomat. has been In
charge Of Far Eastern affairs
since 1859. He has served In
various Oriental capitals in
cluding q stint in Tokyo as
counselor and later as minister
Evening star., 1961-02-23

implanted on Algerian soil. A
diplomatic paper cannot de-
termine the detstiny Of popu-
lations who have never con-
stituted q state or q nation"
The independent Paris Jour
expressed concern about the
recent increase in rebl military
activity along tn Eastern and
Western frontiers Of Algeria.
isn't this q sign Of awaken
ing among rebel elements hos
tile to regotiation?" the paper
asked. This uncertainty COM
mands prudence"
In Algiers, Echo de'Alger,
which usually reflects the
thinking Of the extreme right
wing European element in AL
geria. said peace prospects de-
pend on whether Washington
and Moscow can agree on an
Algerian. settlement, or on the
contrary If the dramatic AL
gerian problem will instead pro-
woke anew the East-Wes
battle"
Mr.. Bourguiba, who is un-
dergoing treatment for a throat
ailment in q clinic near Zurich,
will meet with Gen. de Gaulle
Monday In the presidential
chateau at Rambouillet, about
80 miles southwest Of Paris. It
will be the first meeting for the
two men.
Evening star., 1961-02-23

and Nyasaland are protector
ateS under governors and leg
tSlative councils responsible to
the British Grown.
Sir Edgar has thrown his full
support behind the Welensky
regime in the current fight and
has called for cutting British
strings, on the Rhodesias as
soon as possible.
The official newspaper Of
South Africa's government
joined today in the condemns
tion Of British policy in Rho.
desia. ,
''It is no use talking about
danger originating in Moscow
the danger coming from
London is at least as great, I"
the Johannesburg Transvaler
said.
] The newspaper called on al
whites in Southern Africa to
stop feuding and close ranks.
Evening star., 1961-02-23
TwoMore Ambassadors,
Postal Officer Chosen

she has been legal counsel for
the House Education Commit
tees Subcommittee on Safety
and Compensation. Her new
post pays $16,530 a year.
Mayor Telles. a 45-year-old
native Of El Paso, was elected
Mayor in 1857, becoming the
first INSTRUMENTATION to
head any major city. He was
reelected in 1859 without op-
position. The White House
said Mr.. Tells was the first
Mexic a MA m erican to be
named to an ambassadorial
post in this administration.
Mr.. Brown, Al, attended
Georgetown University Foreign
Service school and Joined the
Foreign Service in 1887, as a
vice consul. He has served at
posts in Mexico. Ireland. Co
lombia, Thailand and Portugal,
He currently Is Deputy Assist
ant Secretary Of State for Per-
sonnel.
Evening star., 1961-02-23
U. 5. SET Back
On Laos Unity
By the Associated Press

The United States suffered
two serious setbacks today In
its efforts to arrange for peace
in Laos on terms Of unity and
neutrality. The double blow
very likely means that WASH
ington will face increasing pres
sure from other countries to
agree to an international con-
ference on Laos as demanded
consistently by Russia and Red
China.
At the moment the Kennedy
administration feels that the
conference would be used by
the Rds to stall any settlement
while they strengthen their po-
Sition in rebel Lao territory.
The double blow reported In
news dispatches from Phnom
PENN:
/. The government Of Cam
bodia rejected a proposal by
King Savang Vathana Of Laos
for creation Of a neutral ma
tions commission to help end
the Lao civil war. Cambodian
reaction to the plan. which had
all-out United States support,
had been regarded here as the
key to its success as q practical
way Of peacemaking. Cam
bodia proposed instead an in
ternational conference Of the
type this country has been try
ing to avoid.
2. Prince Souvanna Phouma,
one-time neutralist Premier Of
Laos who still has strong Com.
munist support and recogni-
ton, arrived at the headuuart-
ers Of pro- Communist rebels In
the Lao city Of Xieng Khouang.
His presence there Is in line
with an evident Communist
plan to build up q rebel gov
ernment in opposition to the
government Of Premier Boun
Oum at Vientiane.
United States officials regard
Souvanna Phouma as anti
American since he blameS the
United States for the downfall
Of, his neutralist regime in
December. But he Is not re-
garded as a Communist and
there had been hope here that
other Western governments
could persuade him not to
identify himself with the rebel
regime.
The rebel and pro-Commu-
mist forces have Soviet sup
port. The Boun Gum regime
has United States support.
Britain and France have been
far less enthusiastic than the
United States about q strong
Western stand in defense Of
the country II the Communists
force the issue to a showdown.
Evening star., 1961-02-23

were being carried out by the
Macmillan government.
The Welensky government
imposed an emergency ban on
export Of all funds from the
Federation, The outflow has
risen to an estimated E25 mil
lion (S70 million) In recent
months because Of the growing
political uncertainty.
= Sir Roy called the fedora
ton Parliament into emergency
session tomorrow in Salisbury
the federal capital in Southern
Rhodesia, to outline his cam
paign to check the "tide OF
African nationalism" sweeping
over Britain's biggest remain
ing foothold in Africa.
Southern Rhodesia, whose
100000 Europeans dominate
the federation, is d self gov
erning colony with its own
Prime Minister. Sir Edgar
Whitehead. Northern Rhodesis
Evening star., 1961-02-23
Tribal Chiefs
Back British ;
On Rho!desia

LUsAKA. Northern Rhodesia,
Feb. % (AP) African tribal
chiefs today backed q British
plan to give the Negroes OF
Northern Rhodesia more politi-
cal freedom as the white mi
nority threatened to demand
independence to preserve white
supremacy in the royal pro-
tectorate.
Sir Roy Welensky, Prime
Minister Of the Central African
Federation that links Northern
and Southern Rhodesia and
Nyasaland, was reported ready
to call a general election ask
ing for a mandate to break all
ties with the crown.
Troops were held In readiness
but fears Of any immediate
outburst of racial strife in
Northern Rhodesia subsidized
after Is tribal chiefs approved
the proposed British reforms
and appealed to the Africans to
remain calm. The chiefs, rep
resenting all the tribes in the
territory, expressed grave con-
cern. however, at the troop
mobilization ordered by Sir
Roy after he rejected the pro-
posed new constitution for
Northern Rhodesia.
Agree on Plan
While still holding to the view
that Africans should dominate
the administrative council that
governs Northern Rhodesia. the
chiefs agreed to 60 along with
the British plan as an interim
Evening star., 1961-02-23

President Kennedy announced
three more appointments today
He said he will name former
Representative Reva Beck Bo-
some. Democrat Of Utah. as
judicial officer for the Post
Office Department; Mayor
Raymond Telles Of Fl Paso,
Tex, as Ambassador to Costa
Rica; Aaron s. Brown, q career
Foreign Service officer; as Am
baSsador to Nicaragua.
The President also sent his
first proposed amendment to
the fiscal 1862 Federal budget
to the House, asking q reduction
of $12 million in the proposed
Post Office budget Of $605, ,600,-
900.
The reduction. 1t was ex-
planned. was made possible by
an expected smaller cost in
mail transportation because Of
the use Of trucks rather than
railways.
Mr.. Kennedy held q lengthy
conference during the morn
ing with his brother, Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy,
and ]. Edgar Hoover, director
Of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger would not dis
close what was DISCUSSED.
Another caller today was
Representative Powell Of New
York, chairman Of the House
Education and Labor Com
mittee.
Mrs. Bosone, q former high
school teacher and city Judge
was elected to the House In
l949. The first woman from
Utah elected to Congress, she
served two terms. Since 1857
Evening star., 1961-02-23

measure offering some political
advances for Africans.
Sir Ray, however, was ada
mant in his opposition to any,
thing promising black rule in
any part Of the federation and
also insisted the territory,s
white minority would not per-
NIT any breakup Of the fedora
[tion, as the African aationaliSts
lof Northern Rhodesia and
INyasaland have been demand
ing.
The African National Party
of Southern Rhodesia warned
that II Sir Ray proclaims the
! federation independent. it
would take "resolute and un-
precedented measures" The
warning issued in a statement
did not say what the African
leaders had in mind.
Macmillan Determined
In London, Prime Minister
Macmillan's government an
nounced its determination to
press forward with the new
constitution for Northern Rho
desia while acknowledging the
program Is "fraught with
danger"
Commonwealth Secretary
Duncan Sandys charged the
250-pcund Sir Roy, a one
time prize fighter and former
trade union official, had failed
to provide the kind Of leader
ship needed in the sprawling
territory south of the Congo
in these changing times.
Mr.. Sandys and Colonial
Secretary lain Macleod sug-
gested in the House Of Com
mons that Sir Roy was whip
ping UP racial tension in the
Federation, where Africans out
number whites, 8 million to
about 100000. The opposition
Labor Party, while agreeing
with the need for reforms in
Africa, criticized the way they
Evening star., 1961-02-23
De GouIIe, Bourguibo
To Confer on AIqerio

PARIS, Feb. % (AP).-
French newspapers today eau
tiously welcomed the sched-
uling Of talks on Algeria Mon
day between President Charles
de Gaulle and Tunisian Presi-
dent Habib Bourguiba.
Editorial writer's interpreted
the agreement to meet as q
sign that both France and the
Algerian rebels wish q settle
ment. They pointed out, how
ever, that much caution must
be, exercised to avoid dangers
such as have arisen in the
Congo.
B0urguiba Acceptable
Officially. Mr.. Bourguiba is
not presenting himself as a
referee. Instead, Tunisian Of
ficials said. he will act as a
ficials said, he will act as
a friendly buffer" between
France and the rebel regime to
explore the possibility Of get
ting direct peace talks started.
Both France and the pro-
visional rebel government pub
licly disclaim the thought Of
third party interference in set
tlement Of the rebellion. But
both sides realize that Mr..
Bourguiba, who has Gen. de
Gaulle's confidence and also is
host to the rebel headquarters
in Tunis, is well placed to in
terpret the sentiments of each
side to the other.
The liberal Paris Combat
warned that lit will be diff
cult for Algeria to escape de-
velopments which have oc-
Cured in the Congo"
Concern Expressed
Referring to the / million
European and 9 million Moslem
inhabitants Of Algeria, the
paper said: lone just doesn't
wipe away the two communities
Evening star., 1961-02-23
Lectures Scheduled

D. L. s. B. Leakey, noted an
thropologist who recently un-
earthed in Africa the bones Of
the oldest man-like creature
ever fouAd-the 800, ,000-year-
old zinjenthropus Boisei-will
present illustrated lectures Of
his latest discoveries on Ma
tional Geographic Society pro-
grams at 4:45 and $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in Constitution Hall.
Evening star., 1961-02-23
Ethel Mermun
Has First GrundchiId

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Feb. % (AP).-Actress Ethel
Norman became a grandmother
last week end with the birth of
g daughter to Mrs. William L.
Geary Of Colorado Springs.
The singers granddaughter
Barbara Jeanne Geary, Z
pounds 5 ounces, was born Sat-
urday at Penrose Hospital.
Mrs. Geary is the former
Ethel Norman Six. She and
Mr.. Geary were married MAY q
in Juarez, Mexico. He is a stu
dent at Colorado College and Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. ], W.
Geary Of Wayne, Pa.
Evening star., 1961-02-23
BY the Associated Press

~ sho AceoS49tSo 1kNoo
Earl Z. T. Smith, Palm Beach
financier, has asked President
Kennedy to withdraw his name
as Ambassador to Switzerland.
He thus got Mr.. Kennedy off
q diplomatic hook.
Mr.. Smiths appointment,
never formally announced, was
criticized strongly in the Swiss
press. It drew some adverse
comment at home, too.
A Republican. Mr.. Smith was
Ambassador to Cuba in the
Eisenhower administration un-
til Just after Fidel Castro took
over. He was quickly replaced
there by . career diplomat.
There was criticism that Mr..
Smith was too friendly with
Fulgencio Batista, the dictator
Mr.. Castro overthrew.
Since the United States broke
diplomatic relations with Cuba
recently, the Swiss have been
handling United States inter-
ests in Havana at United States
request. Much Of the Swiss
criticism apparently centered
on this factor-that the new
appointment Of Mr.. Smith
might cause embarrassment
and difficulty in carrying out
these duties for the United
States.
ID" Surprise Appointment
Mr.. Smiths appointment to
Havana was regarded as o po-
litical appointment. During his
election campaign. Mr.. Ken
nAdy often struck out at poll
tical payoffs in the naming Of
ambassadors.
There was some surprise
when it became known that Mr..
Smith was Mr.. Kennedy's choice
for the Swiss post,
But Mr.. Smith Is a longtime
friend and neighbor Of the
Kennedy family at Palm Beach.
While vacationing there before
taking office, Mr.. Kennedy
played golf with Mr.. Smith
several times.
Friends Of Mr.. Smith have
advanced the argument that an
ambassador must necessarily
establish close and friendly re-
lations with the government Of
the country where he Is serv-
ing, as Mr.. Smith did with Mr..
BatiSta.
Last week several members
Of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee let 1t be known that
they thought q happier choice
could be made for the Swiss
post. but there was no open op-
position.
Not Openly Opposed
The Swiss government did
not openly oppose Mr.. Smith
either, but its cabinet delayed
approval Of him and made it
clear it would rather have some
one else. Anbassadorial nomi-
nations are never submitted to
the Senate until the host gov
erTlment has indicated the
nominee is welcome.
All this presented Mr.. Ken
nedy with a rather tricky prob
lem. If he Withdrew Mr.. Smiths
name himself. he would have
risked charges that he knuckled
under to MI. Castro's dis
pleasure.
But Mr.. Smith provided the
graceful way out by his an
rlOuncement last night at his
Florida home. He said he asked
the White House to withdraw
his name because Of the con-
troversy that has been stimu-
lated"
Mr.. Kennedy said in a state
rnent II nominated Mr.. Smith
because I felt he had the quail
tiles to be an effective repre-
sentative Of our country. It is
stin my view. I therefore ac-
cept his decision with real
regret. I hope that at some
future time he can be again
OF service to our country"
Meanwhile, Mr.. Kennedy re-
pertedly has picked ]. Graham
Evening star., 1961-09-01
FAA Names
Monogerfor
Dulles Field

William E. Cullinan, jr., a
nationally known airport de-
signer, has been named man.
ager of the new Dulles Inter-
national Airport.
The Federal Aviation Agency
said Mr.. Cullinan. now district
airport engineer for the FAA
in Portland, Me-, is expected
to arrive here within the next
two weeks.
Although the new jet air
port at Chantilly, Va, is not
scheduled to go into operation
until the fall of 1862, Mr.. Cul-
Imam was named manager now
to set up the organization
needed as it nears completion.
Described by N. E. Halaby,
FAA administrator, as an ex-
pert in sthe field of airport
management and engineering,
Mr.. Cullinan is a former di-
rector of the Bureau of Avia-
ton for the State of New York
and a former director of the
Federal aid airports program
in a 15-State area of the North
east.
He Joined the old Civil
Aeronautics Administration in
1910 as associate airport en-
gineer in Boston and has been
associated with Federal avia-
ton programs ever since.
Mr.. Cullinan will serve as
Dulles manager under G. Ward
Hobbs, director of the Bureau
of National Capital Airports.
Evening star., 1961-09-01
TAKOMA PARK ISSUE
Illness Blamed on 7 rees

wanted shade on the Sharpe
front lawn.
Yesterday; Mrs. Sharp e
called in the Montgomery
County Health Department
after earlier phone calls to
city officials failed to satisfy
her. In all, Mrs. Sharpe's calls
brought a county health in
spector, a medical student on a
county training program, Mr..
Rhodes and the deputy city
public works director.
Their decision: The trees
were healthy specimens and
couldn't be removed without a
lot of red tape and lots Of
special permission.
when I talked to Mr..
Rhodes on the phone" Mrs.
Sharpe said, "he reacted as if
I committed a crime by even
thinking of having the trees
removed"
Mrs. Sharpe, whose husband
works for the National In
stitutes of Health, said she is
considering a direct appeal to
the city council. She said the
inspectors had not been
sympathetic" and even hinted
that maybe she should move to
a dryer climate.
Evening star., 1961-09-01

mission from the city council
and the state forestry depart
ment.
Besides, we're proud of our
trees out here" said Mr..
Rhodes, a retired Coast Guard
captain. I'm all past cases here
we have convinced the people
who wanted the trees down that
the other residents of the city
have something to say about
it. And for as long as I can
remember they have been saying
they want trees in their streets. "
To this, Mrs. Sharpe had one
comment. "All I want to know
is whether the people really be-
lieve that two trees are more
important than a persons
health"
Mrs. Sharpe said she has suf-
fered from an allergy ever since
she moved to Takoma Park five
years ago. 1t wasn't until about
two months ago that doctors
discovered she's allergic to mold.
Mrs. Sharpe said the shade
trees on and near her property
keep the sun from drying up
water in the ground.
But the two maple trees on
city property still cast their un-
Evening star., 1961-09-01
City Foot PotroImen Start to Carry
Two-Woy Radios First in U.S..

States are watching to see how
Washington'S $13,500 system
compares with New York's.
The New York system is used
in Central Park to call patrol
men but they cannot answer
back.
Here's one way the District
system may pay off:
In a dark alley, a patrolman
finds a door to store is open.
No longer will he have to de-
eide whether to enter the store
alone or to risk a getaway by
going to a signal box to call for
aid.
The police system is an adap-
tation of a paging system used
to keep contact with executives
in large factories and physicians
in hospitals. Its broadcastS are
sent through an antenna atop
the Municipal Center, the home
of the first precinct.
Evening star., 1961-09-01

Takoma Park, a city with
particular pride in its tree
shaded streets, found itself
yesterday in a running battle
with one citizen who is deter
mined to cast more sunlight
on the subject.
The citizen, Mrs. Thomas A.
Sharpe of 119 Sherman ave-
nue., has told city health and
public works officials that two
city trees in front of her home
must be removed for health
reasons. Mrs. Sharpe showed
officials a physicians certifi-
cate which said she was suffer-
ing from an allergy caused by
mold.
According to Mrs. Sharpe,
the trees shade her property,
moisture remains in the soil,
creates mold, and she suffers
allergic effects.
To the Mortified officials,
Mrs. Sharpe'S demand for
removal of the trees bordered
on the sacrilegious.
Earl K. Rhodes, city public
works director, said as far as
he was concerned the trees
were healthy and could not be
removed without special per-
Evening star., 1961-09-01

DIR. ERICKSON
turned out to be a very af-
fable scientist, glad to i'm
part any information he had
on the subject.
"A council of my fellow
physicians recently decided
that I should take off IS
pounds" he said. "I've taken
off a." He looked about as
fat as Fred AStaire.
He is five feet, eleven. He
was 1876, he is now 171-one
pound to go.
Il did it by giving up eat
ing nights. I do a lot of work,
either at home or here. I
would go to the icebox.
There's a very interesting
icebox here. I think it helped
my work, but there was no
doubt about it, I was getting
to be too heavy"
"The caloric scale means
everything. Keep measuring
your caloric intake. There
are a lot of calories in a
watermelon.
Some years ago the late
DR.. Lawrence H. Newburgh,
a brilliant intern at the
University of Michigan's
medical school and hospital
at Ann Arbor, demonstrated
that man is almost a ma
chine operating on calories.
HE measured intake and
measured the body heat re-
sulting and the elimination.
If the caloric output was
less than the intake, the diff
ference was retained as in
creased weight. If it was vice
versa, there was a loss.
Before that we thought
that there was a great diff
ference in the way food af-
fected individuals.
"A study is being made
along these lines out here at
the Arthritic Institute. I
think you'd find it interest
ing"
That's for another day.
Evening star., 1961-09-01
By WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

Take me to your leader" 4"
yelled a fellow policeman as six
District patrolmen-wired from
heel to shirt front-set out on
their beats today.
Emitting occasional Shrill,
electronic tones, they drew
puzzled Stares as they walked
downtown beats stretching from
Fifteenth and F to Third and
Eye streets NV.
This was a police first-the
first used by walking patrolmen
in the United States of two-way
radios permitting instant con-
tact with their precinct head
quarters. The patrolmen were
Evening star., 1961-09-01
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