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Evening star., 1961-09-01
Car Strikes
. Police Auto,
Two Hurt

A park policeman who had
Just stopped motorist on the
Baltimore Washington park =
way near Fort Meade early to-
day was seriously injured when
another car crashed into the
police cruiser.
The injured policeman was
Pvt. Edward B. CutShaw, %, of
Y702 District Heights parkway,
District Heights, Md.
He was taken to Prince
Georges General Hospital with
head and chest injuries and
transferred to the Washington
Hospital Center.
A Fort Meade soldier, driver
of the car which rammed the
police car, suffered a cut chin
and was taken to the Army hos
pital at Fort Meade. Park po-
lice identified him as Specialist
4/c Allen N. Boerger, 81.
The impact knocked the po-
lice vehicle into the rear of
the halted car, police reported.
Pvt. Cutshaw was standing
outside the latter car, check
ing the registration of its
driver, Army Specialist 4/c
Howard B. Burke of Fort
Myer, Va, when the Boerger
car came along, police said.
The Virginia soldier escaped
injury.
The accident occurred near
State Route 80 in the Annap-
oils junction area about 3 am.
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Mochen Wants Probe
Of Arrest at Accident

A Prince Georges County
member Of the Maryland House
Of Delegates today demanded
a full investigation of his >"ar-
rest" when he went to the
scene Of an auto accident in
volving his hister and her hus-
band.
Hervey G. Machen said that
when he arrived at the accident
in University Park about mid
night to ask what had hap
pened. he was placed under
arrest.
THE officer said I was inter-
fering with his making out the
report and was under arrest
for disorderly conduct" MIR
Machen said.
The Delegate said he was
taken to the county police SUBJ
station in HyattSville in a po-
lice cruiser but released after
a So minute wait with nc
charge formally filed.
The accident occurred wher
the lawmakers sister. Mrs. Mel!
M. Peterson. Al, of 6427 Coles.
villeroad, University Park, was
driving about a block from hel
home with her daughter, Kath.
ryn, IL, according to County
Police Pvt. c.. P. Peterson inc
relation).
Mrs. Peterson struck a parked
car in the front, proceeded
down the block, turned around
returned and struck the car ir
the rear, police said.
The occupant of the parked
car was identified by police as
a Silver Spring woman. Sitting
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next to her was Mr.. Peterson,
police said.
Mr.. Machen said:
Il identified myself as an
attorney and before I could say
my name or anything else I
was arrested"
Mr.. Machen said several
times he asked the station SER
geant to charge him so he
could leave.
Il did not trade on my po-
sition in the House (of Dele
gates)," Mr.. Machen said.
Mr.. Machen said he did not
know why his sister and her
husband were in different cars.
Evening star., 1961-09-01
BACKING TRUCK
HURTS BOY, 6

A 6-year -old Fairfax County
boy was injured last night
when a truck hit him while
backing up to make a delivery
In the Baileys Crossroads area.
T The boy, Forrest Payne Of
6011-A Rock Spring avenue,
was reported in fair condition
at Fairfax Hospital. His hip,
pelvis and left leg were broken.
Fairfax County police said
the truck driver, William P.
Wills, of the $500 block of
Seventh street NV, did not
hear the warning shouts of a
co-worker who was helping to
guide the van-type truck as it
backed in the 5000 block of
Rock Spring avenue, police
said.
The driver was not charged.
Evening star., 1961-09-01

The January-through-June
tally of serious crimes in the
District this year showed a
percentage increase well above
the national crime rate, accord
ing to half-year statistics re-
leased today by the Justice De-
partment.
Crimes in the Nations cities
with a population of $4,000 or
over increased by 7 per cent in
the first six months of 1861,
as compared to the first half
Of 1860, FBI Director ]. Edgar
Hoover disclosed.
The FBI'S Uniform Crime
Reports showed, however, that
in Washington, serious crimes
including murder. forcible
rape, aggravated assault, bur-
glary, robbery, larceny of $50
or more and car theft-rose in
the same period by IL per cent
over 1960's half-year total.
Figures for the District re-
flected the net increase in the
number of crimes in all cate
gories. Despite the increase
crimes in two categorieS-rape
and aggravated asSault-de-
creased, by 1874 per cent and
SIS per cent, respectively.
10 Fewer Rapes
City police reported SIS rape
cases here through June. 1C
less than the number reported
in the first half of 1860. Ag-
gravated assaults dropped from
1.493 to 1.410.
Totals in the other categories
of crime here and the per-
GENTLE rise in each we're:
Murder (including nom
negligent manslaughteD, from
40 to 46, 1871.
Robbery, 496 to 678. 36.7Fo.
Burglary. 2.166. to 2,5l5,
1917.
Larceny $3.50 or over), l,051
to 1888, 1897.
Auto theft, 995 to 1,161, 1879
Both the District and the
National crime rate increase
however, were less than the
crime surge reported one year
ago-the increase in total
crimes in the first six months
Of 1860 over the same period
in 1859.
One year ago, the FBI crime
index indicated a half-year
increase of nine per cent in
the United States. 1871 per
cent in the District.
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Serious District Crime
Tops National Increase

In the District last year, the
FBI report showed an ia
per cent increase in serious
crimes in the first three months
of 1860. The rise reached the
1871 per cent level by the end
of June. 1860. But, earlier this
year, Washington's totals for
all of 1860 showed an increase
over 1859 of only about 8.5 per
cent.
The FBI report for the first
half of 1861 declared that for
the first time since 1859 there
was a Nationwide decrease in
one category-the number of
forcible rapes dropped / per
cent.
Arlington Increase
FBI Director Hoover said he
considered the overall percent
age rise. q per cent? sub
stantial" but noted that the
rate of crime increase was less
abrupt in the April-May-June
quarter than in the first quar-
ter of the year.
In addition, the report stated
that the net 7 per cent rise in
city crime was the smallest
percentage rise in a year-and-
a-half.
Serious crimes in nearby
Arlington the only other
Washington Metropolitan Area
| jurisdiction listed in the report
rose from 1876 in the first
six months of 1860 to 914 in
1961-an increase CT about 242
per cent. One year ago, serious
crimes in Arlington had in
creased by 1853 per cent over
the previous halt-year period.
In Baltimore, the report said,
the number Of crimes through
June 80 of this year increased
by rs per cent over the cor
responding period of 1860.
Evening star., 1961-09-01

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Evening star., 1961-09-01

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Evening star., 1961-09-01

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the manufacture of U. S. Navy shoes . sturdy,
comfortable, and a wonderful buy at this price.
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Soles and Goodyear welt construction Leather
quarter lining and welting. High test rubber heels
Sizes to IL in the group.
Evening star., 1961-04-13
Carver Fire Cited
In Demand for
Alarm Systems

The recent Carver School fire
prompted the North Washington
Council of Citizens Associations
last night to urge immediate
installation of alarm systems in
schools and other public build
ings in the District.
The group requested the
District Commissioners to seek
emergency funds for alarms and
appropriate security measures.
In addition, they moved to
explore the possibility of hold
ing parents legally responsible
for vandalism by their children.
Later in the meeting Mrs.
Angie Kavruck, a delegate from
the Shepherd Park Citizens
Association, complained that
Eastern avenue between Six
teenth street and Georgia ave-
nue NV. had been recently
classified as an arterial street
without consulting of inform
ing the residents. The group
felt East-West highway should
bear the commercial traffic and
moved for repeal of the Eastern
avenue classification.
Joseph Lapiana. the presi-
dent, conducted the meeting in
the sixth police precinct sta
tion, 1851 Nicholson street NV.
Evening star., 1961-04-13
U-2 Pilots Wife
Disappointed at
Lack of News

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga, April
13 (AP).-A statement by
President Kennedy turned out
to be another disappointment
for Mrs. Barbara Powers, 27-
year-old wife of the U-2 pilot
shot down over Russia last
May.
Before the Presidents news
conference yesterday, it had
been rumored that Francis
Gary Powers would be released
from Viadimire prison near
Moscow on May l, a year after
his reconnaissance plane was
downed inside the Soviet Union.
The President said he had
no such information.
Il have been disappointed
before when other rumors
proved incorrect" Mrs. Powers
said.
In Norton, Va, the U-2
pilots father. Oliver Powers
quietly closed his shoe shop
and went to his home at near
by Pound, Va, after the Pres
ident's statement.
Earlier. the elder Powers had
announced that sin all prob
ability theye would be q report
concerning the release of his
son.
Evening star., 1961-04-13
KENNEDY URGES
POLIO SHOTS
FOR ALL IN u. S.

President Kennedy has
called on 80 million unvac-
cinated Americans to get
their shots before the po-
lilo season begins.
At his news conference
yesterday, Mr.. Kennedy
noted that the day marked
the 10th anniversary of
the death Of Americas
most noted polio sufferer.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He
pointed out 1t also was the
anniversary of the Salk
polio vaccine's release for
public use in 1855.
Ninety million Ameri-
cans have been immunized
against polio by this mi
raculous drug" the Presi-
dent said. But he pointed
out that more than 80 mil
lions still are not pro-
tected, including 4.8 mil
lion children, "the major
ity of them under 5 years
years Of age"
Il hope that the renewed
drive this spring and sum-
mer to provide vaccination
for all Americans, and par
ticularly those who are
young, will have the whole
hearted support Of every
parent" Mr.. Kennedy said.
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will catch up with Russia and
perhaps surpass Russia in thi;
field?
A. Well, the Soviet Union
gained an important advantage
by securing these large boost
ers, which were able to put ur
greater weights, and that ad-
vantage is going to be with
them for some time. However
tired anybody may be, and nc
one is more tired than I am, il
is.a fact that it is going to take
some time.
I think we have to recognize
it. They secured large boosters
which have led to their being
first in sputnik, and led to their
first putting their man in
space. We are, I hope, going
to be able to carry out our
efforts with due regard to the
problem OF the life Of the men
involved this year. But we are
behind.
1 am sure that they are
making a concentrated effort
to stay ahead. We have pro-
vided additional emphasis on
Saturn, we have provided addi-
tional emphasis on Rover. We
are attempting to improve
other systems which will give
us a stronger position, all OF
which are very expensive. and
all of which involve billions OF
dollars.
So that in answer to your
question, as I said in my state
of-the- Union message, tn G
news will be worse before IL
is better. and it will be some
time before we catch up
Evening star., 1961-04-13
Southeast U. S.
Battered by Rain
And Tornudoes
By the Associated pr.,,

Violent weather hit the
Southeast yesterday, with heavy
rain and tornadoes in a storm
belt from the Tennessee Valley
INTO the South Atlantic States.
Wet, sluShy snow dampened
Western Pennsylvania last
night, with up to 4 inches in
Somerset, Cambria and Bed
ford Counties. Snowplows were
ordered into service in the area,
including the Pennsylvania
turnpike. Rain splashed across
central and eastern parts of
the State.
Tornadoes struck four COM
munities in South Carolina
yesterday, injuring at least q
dozen persons, while twisters
also were reported in Florida
and Georgia. Wind gusts OF
100 miles an hour were re-
ported by the Coast Guard
station at Isle of Palms neal
Columbia, S. C.
Property damage In the
three States was widespread
but not severe.
At the same time, torrentiaI
rains produced flash floods ir
South Alabama. Twelve fam
lilies had to be hurried from
lowlands around Mobile after
more than 4 inches of rain fell
in half day.
At Walterboro, S. c., a doze1
people were treated for minol
injuries in a series of three OF
more small tornadoes striking
in Colleton County. The mos
seriously hurt were the fivt
members of the Joe Dicke
family whose trailer home wa!
bounced so yards by the wind
Also lashed by the wind
were areas near Folly Beach
Charleston, S. c.; Alma anC
Savannah, Ga, and Lake City
Fla.
Evening star., 1961-04-13

yesterday, Well-lnformed off,
cials agreed today, even though
his direct emphasis was on the
things the United States will
not do against the Castro re-
! gime.
Mr.. Kennedy flatly ruled out
direct intervention in Cuba by
American armed forces under
any conditions. He said this
Government will do everything
it possibly can to make sure
that no Americans are involved
in fighting inside Cuba. He
said he would be opposed tc
mounting any offensive"-in
these exact terms-against
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro
from this country.
Some Help Possible
But he carefully refrained
from froWnlng on financial and
material assistance by Ameri-
cans to anti-Castro, anti
Batista CubanS plotting a revo-
luton in this country to over
throw the pro Communist
Castro regime.
He made clear that he thinks
that Mr.. Castro is acting like
a Communist whether he i:
actually a member of the party
or not.
Side-stepping a direct answer
to a question asking whether
there is any bar to giving arm.
and other aid to anti-Castrc
Evening star., 1961-04-13
AGENCIES
Continued From First Page

AIM VI o4AO(OA OoOAOll' a "AAASS
House "overSeer" of all regu-
latory agencies, changes in
tenure of office in various
commissions, and presidential
sponsorship of a code Of ethics
for Government personnel.
White House sources said thai
there has been an effort to
concentrate on the most urgent
and least controversial changes
in Government regulation.
Seeks Coordination
The Presidents message notec
that he has initiated programs
for informal coordination o.
national policy in aviation ano
ALLEGATION of the radio spec.
trum, and criticized the "iror
curtains" which he said are
drawn between regulatory agen-
cies operating in the same gen
eral area.
Their concern Is only with
the particular segment of the
Industry over which they have
been given jurisdiction, rather
than its inter-relation to the
whole" he said.
In regard to increased powers
of chairmen in the individual
commissions, the message said
Congress and the President
should "fix responsibility for tht
overall operation of an agency
on an individual rather than'or
a group or a committee where
responsibility can too easily be
diSsipated."
Mr.. Kennedy said that this
is a continuation of a move.
ment begun in a series of re-
Organization plans proposed by
President Truman in 1850. Ir
several cases Congress failed to
approve those plans, White
House sources noted. Mr.. Ken
nedy said he will shortly send
a series of similar recommended
tions to Capitol Hill.
Anticipating any ruffled
feathers in Congress about the
independence of the regulatory
agencies. the President stressed
that strengthening the man
agerial authority Of the chair
men would in no way impinge
upon policy-making powers OF
the commissioners.
Each chairman should be
made responsible, subject to
statutory requirements, for the
form of his agency's organiza-
ton, so as to enable it effec-
lively to dispatch the business
before it," the message said
That power would include re-
view of the agency budget and
distribution, Of appropriated
funds, it added.
In the performance of these
managerial duties the chair
man should be responsible to
the President and serve as
chairman at his pleasure, as
is explicitly provided with re-
gard to several of the major
agencies" the message read.
Stresses High Quality
/ But the President also noted
that mo amount Of reorgani-
zation or new procedure car
be effective without, or SUBJ
stitute for, high quality per.
sonnel in charge Of these agen-
cies."
The FPC is the only regu.
latory agency which the Presi.
dent singled out with specific
recommendations for immedi-
ate new legislation. He said
that some 1000 natural gas
rate increase proposals are
pending before the commission
and that under existing law
many go into effect pending
future commission review.
This incredible backlog o1
cases." the message said, con.
sisting frequently Of rate in.
creases piled upon rate in
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creases. involves hundreds OF
millions of dollars deemed
ultimately refundable to the
consumer"
To get this administrative
log jam moving" the President
recommended that small indi-
vidual producers who are re-
sponsible for only 10 per cent
OF natural gas production
should be exempted from rate
regulation; and applications fol
certain types of new gas pipe
line construction should not
have to come before the FPC.
In addition. he said, the ex-
pansion Of the commission to
seven members and delegation
OF minor decisions to small
panels Of subordinates would
allow the FPC to divide itself
into two or three separate
panels to deal with electricity
and gas cases.
Bill in House
Officials at the White House
noted that Representative Har-
ris, Democrat of Arkansas
already has introduced a bill
for expanding the FPC, and
that the administration will
support the main thrust" OF
his proposals.
They also said the President's s
recommendations will second
Representative Harris pro-
posalS to make clear that the
President has the power to re-
move Jerome Kuykendall. q
controversial Eisenhower ap-
pointee, from Craftsmanship of
the FPC. President Kennedy
has already indicated he would
like to appoint Joseph Swidler,
his own recent nominee, as
FPC chairman.
The Presidents message also
supported recent recommenda-
tions Of the Senate Subcom-
mittee on Administrative Prac-
tice and Procedure under
Senator Carroll. Democrat of
Colorado. that natural gas con-
sumerS be protected by having
rate increases deposited in
escrow for return should the
FPC later disapprove them.
Mr.. Kennedy said that the
new Administrative Conference
of the United States will be
headed by IAN illustriouS jurist
and a distinguished council of
lawyers and other experts from
the administrative agencies of
this Government, the bar and
university faculties"
Linked to Justice
Its organization will be
largely modelled upon the Judi
cial Conference Of the United
States which since 1922 has
been effective in unifying the
Federal judicial system, the
President said.
The Department Of Justice
will provide the Administra-
tive Conference with a secre-
tariat, enabling it to become
a day-to-day forum for con-
Germ with our many admins
trative problems" the Presi-
dent said.
White House officials con-
firmed that Judge E. Barrett
Prettyman of the Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Co
lumbia Circuit will be ap-
pointed chairman of the con-
ference. He has been working
on such a conference since
1949.
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ACHESON

Continued From First Page
shall be the duty of attorneys
to take congressional citations
Iof contempt before grand
juries. But general law allows
attorneys discretion to file
either information or indict-
ments, both of which have the
same effect in law.
Politically. a greater stigma
generally attaches to indict-
ments.
The controversy stems from
Evening star., 1961-04-13


20. Mr.. President, in your
talks with Prime Minister Mac
milan, did you come to some
common understanding on the
best way to handle the prob
lem Of Red China and in the
United Nations next fall?
A. We discussed the problem
We also discussed the different
differing approach which the
United States has followed. We
discussed the problem of the
admission Of Red China; we
also discussed the problem thai
there was a difference of ap-
proach between the British anc
ourselves. I made it very clear
Evening star., 1961-04-13

a case in which the director of
the Port Authority of New York
was cited for contempt for re-
fusing to testify before a con-
greSsional committee last year.
He was acting under orders of
New York Gov. Rockefeller and
New Jersey Gov. Meyner.
United States Attorney
Oliver Gasch, whom Mr.. Ache
son would succeed, agreed after
a Justice Department confer
ence to take the case into court
on an information rather than
through the grand jury.
This is in line with the Eli
senhower administrations view
that depriving United States
attorneys of discretion in the
use of informations or indict-
mentS would subject the execu-
tive department to control by
the legislative branch in con-
tradiction of the separation-of-
powers principle.
District Court here handles
all contempt cases. The fact
that Mr.. Acheson is the son
of Dean Acheson, who con-
tinues to be a close political
adviser to President Kennedy,
no doubt figured in the hear
ing, too.
Political Angle Noted
AS for the Hatch Act, sena-
tor Carroll said committeeman
wanted to be certain that po-
litical influence does not af-
feet operations of the Justice
Department, parent agency of
the Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION and other offices.
Attorney General Robert
Kennedy has made it absolute
ly clear that he will engage in
no political activities" Senator
Carroll stressed. But committee
members think Mr.. Acheson's
personal views on the separa-
tion of politics from police pow
erS of the state should be on
record.
Mr.. Acheon is 80 years old.
Mr.. Gasch plans to stay in Of
flee until the Acheson nomina-
ton is confirmed and then will
resign to join the District law
firm of Craghill, Aiello and
Craghill.
Evening star., 1961-04-13
President Bars Fighting
By Americans in Cubo
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
star staff Writer

President Kennedy trying to keep the door sup
port any by democratic Cubans to overthrow the
Castro regime in Cuba that do not involve Americans in
actual fighting.
This significant between the lines meaning of the
Presidents remarks about his press late
Evening star., 1961-04-13
Medical Seminar

The District of Columbia
Society of Medical Technolo-
gists will hold its 14th annual
spring seminar from 9 am.
to 6 pm. Saturday at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.