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Evening star., 1961-05-06
Award Honors
Miss Gutenberg

Miss Miriam Gutenberg. who
covers the Department of JUS
tice and the Supreme Court for
The Star, last night was hon.
ored by the University Of Wis
consin for distinguished service
in journalism.
She was cited as "a percep-
tive and courageous reporter
deeply cognizant of the public
service function Of the Ameri-
can newspaper"
Miss Gutenberg, a 1885 grad
uate of Wisconsin. won a Pull
itzer Prize last year for a series
of articles exposing a used car
racket here. The veteran inves-
tigative reporter also has
received reporting awards from
the Better Business Bureau,
the Washington Newspaper
Guild and the National Home
Improvement Council.
Other awards made in Madi-
son. Wis. last night by the uni
versity were to Wallace Meyer
chairman Of the board OF
Reincke. Meyer and Finn, ano
Prof. Chiffon R. Bush, executive
head OF the Department OF
Communication and Journal
ism at Stanford University
Carl Steiger Of Oshkosh. presi'
dent of the Board Of Regents
presented the awards at the
1861 Journalism Institutes Ban
quet in the Cuba Club.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Nixon AssoiIs Kennedy
On Cuban Adventure

and introduced Mr.. Nixon as
a former President.
But it didn't matter. AS Mr..
Nixon himself said, it was as
warm a welcome as he got at
any time during the campaign.
Illinois Count Recalled
John F. Kennedy won Illi-
nois by a scant $500 votes.
And many Republicans claim
this margin came on allegedly
stolen votes in Chicago.
Mr.. Nixon said he has often
been asked why he didn't con-
test this election. He said he
hadn't because it would take a
year and a half to get a court
decision.
mo responsible candidate
for President" Mr.. Nixon said,
could under such circum-
stances insist on a recount"
/ But he soon turned to the
Cuban situation, and a quick
review of the Kennedy admin.
istration.
/ A voice from the balcony
cried, Give 'em hell, Dick!"
And Nixon said:
THE first 100 days have set
a record for the number OF
words and scarcity of deeds
that's unequalled."
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Cuban Picture Not All Black

ment is the revival of the
moribund Foreign Intelli-
gence Advisory Board. set up
by President Eisenhower but
never very active at its mis-
sion, to take a look at the
far-flung activities of the
CIA and other intelligence
gathering agencies.
Still another is the realiza-
tion, in important quarters.
that while intelligence agen-
cies such as CIA need deep
dark secrecy in their opera
tions they can all too easily
get out of hand. When the
supersleuths begin to make
their own policy and to con-
duct international operations
on their own, they begin to
become government within
a government and can COM
pletely cancel the work of the
State Department and the
Foreign Service missions
abroad.
During World War II, in
certain key Nazi German en-
bassieS in acknowledgement
countries. the Gestapo men,
although covered" by ordi-
nary diplomatic appoint
ments, did not report to the
ambassador or chief of mis-
sion. but instead reported di-
rectly to their superiors in
Berlin. Thus at least some
ambassadors. responsible for
conducting policy and prac-
tice in sensitive spots. were
neutralized by the cloak-and-
dagger boys assigned to their
staffs but not under their
control.
There is some indication
that this situation has come
to exist in our own diplomatic
establishment. If the Cuban
fiasco showed it up, then in
the last analysis perhaps
Cuba was a good thing in
deed.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Many yCIoinn
Extra Pay
For JobIess
BY the Associated Press

More than three-quarters of
a million unemployed workers
have filed claims for extra un-
employment benefits.
This report from the Labor
Department yesterday came
three weeks after a new law
took effect extending up to 13
additional weeks benefits for
jobless after their regular un-
employment payments run out.
The legislation was one of
President Kennedy's major
anti-recession measures.
Nearly half the claims for
extra benefits through April
90 came from six States: Cali
fornia with 10000. Michigan
64,l00, Pennsylvania 62.5O0,
Ohio 81 500, New York 58,400
and Illinois 10000.
At the same time, the de-
partment's Bureau of Employ
ment Security said the number
receiving regular unemploy-
ment compensation dropped for
the ninth straight week in the
week ended April %. The totai
declined by 113.500 to 2.7 nil
lion.
Reporting declines in bene-
ficiaries were A States and the
District Of Columbia and Puer-
to Rico. New employment ano
construction. plus a stepup in
auto production. were pointed
to as reasons for the decline.
New claims for regular un-
employment benefits-pointing
to new unemployment-dipp
by $500 to 31l.900 during the
week ended April 90.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

All, the life of the astronaut Steak for breakfast,
private chair-and when the works all
done free week end ropc isle 1000 miles from the
lawnmower
Bob Kennedy will make civil rights speech in Georgia.
It's his contribution to the Civil War cenenniaa re-enact-
ment of Sherman's march.
The United States is making tremendous scientific
progress watching all the TV shows first
shot almost every citizen count to ten-backwards
The anatomy: Toe nais-What women trim short to
fngernail polish.
Yale Republican takes comfort these days in the
thought the Kennedy administration may be the
thing Harvard will never be able to live down.
Evening star., 1961-05-06

Closer coordination between
Montgomery County's planners
and educators was urged yes
terday after a policy meeting
of the county council and the
school board.
Harold F. Breimyer. board
of education president, said that
advance purchase of school
sites, designed to fit in with
community development, will
be accelerated in the near future
to provide 100 additional loca-
tions, supplementing the II
already owned by the school
board for future construction.
Asked to make as estimate
on how many tracts would be
purchased each year, Mr.
Briemyer said it might take a
decade to acquire the entire
100. His comments we're made
at a press conference In Rock
Vile.
A major necessity. he en-
phasized, is closer communica-
ton with the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission when master
plans are drawn,
lone practice of the plan
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Closer Planning Link
Urqed on Schools Sites

ming commission" Mr.. Breimyer
said. prevents our conforming
entirely to a master plan to
realize the full advantage of
advanced site acquisition. 1t is
the commissions custom to
give some suburban areas a
zoning classification that ap-
pears to us to be less than the
most likely ultimate density.
I'VE simply cannot shift our
site program as easily as an
areas zoning can be changed.
Not only are too few sites
purchased if we underestimate
the density of an area, but we
are in grave danger of buying
wrong ones"
Mr.. Breimyer expressed the
school boards willingness to
participate in closer co-ordina-
ton. and urged that small
groups representing various
county committees meet every
two weeks to offer advice on
school sites.
He recommended that the
Maryland State Roads Com
mission and the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
be represented by voting mem
bers.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Russia Heads U. N.
NutionuIism PROPOSAL

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
May 6 (AP) The Soviet Union
proposed yesterday that the
U. N. General Assembly affirm
that nations have the right Ito
freely carry out nationaliza-
ton" appropriation and other
measures for strengthening
their sovereignty over their ma
tural wealth.
Soviet Delegate Valentin I,
Sapozhnikov introduced the
resolution in the nine-nation
U. N. Commission on Perma-
nent Sovereignty over Natural
Resources. He did not men
ton compensation.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Gore Is Out
As Adviser
On Test Ban
Ry the Associatsd Press

Vice President johnson has
eaSed out Senator Gore. Demo-
crat of Tennessee. as a Senate
delegate-adviser at the Geneva
negotiations for a treaty BAN
ming testing of nuclear weapons.
Mr.. johnson dropped Sena-
tor Gore by exercising his
power. as presiding officer of
the Senate. to appoint the Sen
ate delegate-adviserS. He by
passed Senate Majority Leader
Mansfield, Democrat of Mon
tana, in doing so.
Mr.. johnson has picked Sen.
ators Sparkman, Democrat of
Alabama, a member of the SEN
ate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, and Anderson, Democrat
of New Mexico, from the Joint
Senate-HouSe Committee on
Atomic Energy. to replace Sen
ator Gore. Senator Gore is a
member of both committees.
Senator Gore told a reporter
yesterday he has not been ad-
vised officially of his replace
ment, but got the news from
Senator Hickenlooper. Republi-
can of Iowa, with whom he
served at Geneva, and who is
continuing as the top Repub-
lican delegate adviser.
Il have not had the slightest
indication President Kennedy
had any part in this" Senator
Gore said.
But Senator Gore, who pro-
tested when Senator Mansfield
invited Vice President johnson
to preside over Democratic eau
cases at the opening Of the ses-
sion, made clear that he
thought the decision should
have been left up to Senator
Mansfield. rather than the mo.
2 man in the executive branch
of the Government.
1T really is not important
whether l continued as a dele
e-adviser to the conference
at Geneva" Senator Gore said.
But it is important that the
Senate, through is own chosen
leaders, perform the functions
that belong to the Senate"
Evening star., 1961-05-06

for life insurance with several
companies.
The finance center paid the
premiums for each of about
1,70O authorized insurance pol
icies, although the money was
not actually withheld from the
soldiers pay checks.
Three persons arrested by the
FBI April "a, when the alleged
conspiracy first was disclosed,
were not indicted.
Mr.. Melangton said the grand
jury concluded that Sergt.
Kenneth Thomas. Fort Dix,
N. j., and two women civilian
employees at Fort Dix, Miss
Joyce L. Powell and Miss Helen
E. Gee. were unwilling victims
of a plot.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Robt. Kennedy Warns
1IEnforce RoceL Laws

started token racial integration
with the admission OF two
Negro students.
The diSturbanc noes were
quelled by State authorities and
the two have since attended
classes without incident.
In a reference to this, Mr..
Kennedy said that the voices
crying force were overridden
by the voices pleading for
reason"
And for this" he added. II
pay my respects to your Gov
ernor, your Legislature and
most particularly to you, the
students and faculty. You
are the wave of the future-not
thos who cry panic. For the
country's future you will and
must prevail"
Mr.. Kennedy said. The
problem between the white and
colored people is a problem for
all sections of the United
States. And as I have said.
believe there has been a great
deal of hypocrisy in dealing
with it.
financial leaders from the
East who deplore discrimina-
ton in the South belong to in
stitutions where no Negroes or
Jews are allowed and their
children attend private schools
where no Negro students are
enrolled, Mr.. Kennedy said.
Union officials criticize
Southern leaders and yet prac-
tice discrimination within their
unions. Government officials
belong to private clubs in
Washington where Negroes in
cluding ambassadors are not
welcome even at mealtime.
My firm belief is that if we
are to make progress in this
area-if we are to be truly
great as a Nation. then we
must make sure that nobody is
denied an opportunity because
of race, creed or color"
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Lesson of Laos for the Free World
Called Need for Guerrilla Force

Keeping them in an inoper-
able condition would be fairly
simple.
Laos must be either a
jungle guerrilla action, or one
involving the ultimate weap-
on. Laotian rebels are guer-
rillas. They are assisted by
perhaps 1000 of the same
such troops who defeated the
French at Dien Bien Phu.
Communist Wet Mans 300,-
900 men were ready. The Red
Chinese had a half-million
they could have employed
had we attempted, and made,
a landing.
What we now see is that
If the nuclear weapons are
not going to be used, we must
develop a whole new army
and Marine Corps division
which can operate as mobile
guerrillas.
This was the old issue on
which Gen. Jim Gavin and
others left the army. They
believed in the need for con-
ventional troops provided
with special training and
made highly mobile. AS early
as 1910 Jumping Jim" used
to sit around and muse about
Nathan Bedford Forests
theories of fast-moving fire
power. 1t was Gen. Gavin
who put into the works the
development of helicopter
troop movements. 1t was he
who began banging desks and
asking for troop carriers
such as we now have in the
Hercules-and such as event.
ually we will possess in larger
straight Jets. His ideas fit
the needs in Laos. A highly
trained unit, equipped with
all possible fire power, in
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Peru-Ecuudor
Dispute Renews

QUITO, Ecuador, May 6 (AP)
Minister Jose
Ricardo Chiriboga announced
last night that two Peruvian
launches machine-gunned an
Ecuadorean boat in the Jambeli
Straits, an international body
of water near Guayaquil Bay
The incident was the latest
flareup in a long border dispute
between the two South Amer
lean countries.
The foreign minister said he
would protest to Peruvian au-
thorities against this new
violation of the elemental rules
of international law" once he
has more information about it
Evening star., 1961-05-06
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Some Things Learned in Invasion Fiosco
Believed Likely to Help in Lonq Run

grave miscalculation. based
on what must have been a
whole series of grave miscal-
culations. But the thing is
over. and there is a lot of
evidence that the President
has learned a great deal from
it. There will certainly be.
within months. important
designations or retirementS
in the Kennedy adminiStra-
tion-the bad advisers" will
have to go, because they are
the really responsible people.
Mr.. Kennedy demonstrated
his usual political acumen
when he swiftly acted to dis
tribute national responsible
ity, aside from his own, which
he shouldered, among other
members of his administra-
tion and among Republican
leaders. In doing this, per-
hapS he also managed to
quiet down an aroused public
reaction which was all for
sending the Marine Corps,
the Army, the Navy and the
Air Force into Cuba to end
the Communist tinged ad-
venture of the bearded die
tator.
There are other visible and
welcome results to be found
in the wreckage of the Cuban
failures. For one thing, the
need for a thorough restudy
of United States relations
with Latin America has been
apparently recognized. be-
latedly, in Congress as we'll
as in the executive depart
ments. The House speedily
approved the $500 million bill
for economic aid to the ma
tions south of the Rio
Grande.
Another favorable develop
Evening star., 1961-05-06

1t is being pointed out, not
without considerable logic.
that the serious blunder of
the administration and of
President Kennedy himself
in the Cuban fiaSco may turn
out to be a blessing in the
long run.
If this reasoning appears
to be superficial. it must be
remembered that the Presi-
dent does not have a record
that indicates he can be
fooled twice on the same
trick. There is little doubt
that he has learned a great
deal from the sorry business
of the haphazard invasion"
that turned out to be a tragic
sacrifice of brave Cubans and
a major blow to American
prestige throughout the
world.
He has taken, courageous
~. the full responsibility for
the decision that sent a half
trained, relatively small ex-
pedition ashore at a beach in
Cuba that was obviously very
poorly chosen. The whole
scheme, as is we'll known by
this time, was cooked up al
most a year ago, and nur-
tured by the Central Intelli-
gence Agency. The final de-
Cision to permit the business
to be carried out was made
by Mr.. Kennedy only after
the arrangement had pro-
greSSed too far almost to be
called off. In addition, Cas-
tro's military situation was
known to be getting better
with the arrival of Soviet air.
craft and trained Cuban pi-
lots.
In retrospect. the whole af-
fair appears to have been a
Evening star., 1961-05-06

CHICAGO. May 6 (AP).-
Richard M. Nixon didn't wait
long to yank off his gloves and
get down to political bare
knuckles.
Yesterday the former Vice
President broke the silence he
has kept since the election, and
repeatedly he hammered on this
theme:
President Kennedy pulled a
boner in the way he handled
the Cuban situation. Putting
it bluntly," Mr.. Nixon said,
I'VE should not start things un-
less we are prepared to finish
them"
Now come the domestic is
sues, although he doubtless will
continue to bring up Cuba in
each of his talks.
Farm Talk Set
Mr.. Nixon will speak on the
farm problem at a Republican
fund raising dinner in Des
Moines tonight, and then wind
UP his tour with speeches in
Detroit and Columbus on Tues
day and Wednesday.
It was like old times on the
campaign trail last night.
The Republican Citize n
League of Illinois has just been
organized to build up the
G. o. P. here. The new Nc
Cormick Place Theater was
filled with 5000 cheering spec
tators, with 500 to 600 unable
to get in.
Everything looked as if 1860
was already forgotten-and all
eyes were on 1864.
Even the stage decorations
carried out this theme.
On the backdrop were q
huge United States flag and
large portraits Of Abraham
Lincoln and Richard M. Nixon
Charles F. Carpenter, IL
linois secretary of st t e
brought the big crowd ur
whooping as he presented Mr.
Nixon as an example of "hoW
a great man can lose with
dignity and courage-and wir
the hearts of the people"
Mr.. Carpenter then goofec
Evening star., 1961-05-06

the foremost spokesman for
American public school educa-
ton.
1T is a foregone conclusion"
one association officer said,
that we will be disagreeing
with the NEA often"
The statement was based on
MEAS strong stand in favor Of
Federal aid to education.
After deciding to jump into
the national scene, the school
board group voted overwhelm-
ingly to:
/. Oppose Federal aid to ed
ucation because 1T would be
naive to think that it will not
mean Government control"
2. Oppose any broadening OF
the National Defense Education
Act. which. among other things,
provides Government scholar
ships.
3. Oppose Senate and House
bills giving aid to States for
educational television.
Choice Of Textbooks
4. Oppose further Federal aid
Of any kind until the associa- :
ton could determine the posi-
ton of each of the State
School Board Associations"
5. Insure that choice Of text
books in the Nations schools
remain a local and State
matter.
In defeat of Federal aid
resolutions, a few delegations
including the one from the
District-took a beating.
District School Board Presi-
dent Wesley S. Williams, sup
ported by School Board Mem
ber Louise S. Steele, argued
strongly for Federal aid legisla-
ton because we need the
money" They also argued that
impacted area funds. paid to
many school boards for years
have not meant Federal con-
troll.
Among those voting against
Federal aid we're the Maryland
and Virginia delegations. They
also based their arguments or
the threat of Government in
tervention in local school mat.
ters.
The delegates were DR.. Bar
nard Joy of Arlington and Viii.
liam Gravatt of Blackstone
Va, and DR.. Richard D. Wiegle
of Annapolis, and Mrs. Frances
Dodson, Charles County, Md.
Evening star., 1961-05-06

ATHENS, Ga, May 6 CAP)
Speaking at a campus once
struck by riots protesting in
tegration, Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy told a Deep
South audience today he will
enforce civil rights laws Wig
orously.
Making his first major ad-
dress as Attorney General. the
Presidents brother made an
appeal as well as a warning
In a talk prepared for a
law school observance Spon-
sored by the University of
Georgia Law School, Mr.. Ken
nedy said:
You may ask, will we en-
force the civil rights statutes?
THE answer is: Yes, we
will.
Mr.. Kennedy added:
I'VE will not threaten, we
will try to help. We will not
persecute. we will prosecute.
I'VE will not make or in
terpret the laws. We shall en-
force them - vigorously. with
out regional bias or political
slant.
"All this we intend to do.
But all the high rhetoric on
law day about the noble man.
sions of the law; all the high
sounding speeches about lib
erty and justice, are meaning
less unless people-you and I
breathe meaning and force
into It,"
Sees Opportunity
Mr.. Kennedy said the South.
perhaps more than any other
section of the country, has been
given the opportunity, chal-
lenge and responsibility of
demonstrating America at its
greatest-at its full potential
of liberty under law"
He spoke on a campus where
rioting occurred last January
when the University of Georgia
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Getting Ready for Brush Fires

cluding nuclear weapons if
specified, could be dropped
for a strike. Before the enc
my hit back they could be
lifted out and put down
again at a distant point.
But, there is no need for
crying over spilled plans.
But now, years later, there
is a move to provide this
country with enough such
conventional forces to fight
in unconventional places.
Laos was, in the harsh
light of pragmatic reality. a
bad commitment. But his
tory may not say so. Laos
may fall, like the ripe plum
of legend, into Khrushchev's
lap. But when it will, none
may be sure. The odds favor
such a drop. Peiping is close.
Communist Wet Nam is
closer. There will next be
guerrilla action in north
Thailand if Communist plans
develop as anticipated.
There may be a way to
fight back. We will need
some time for this. Maybe
we'll get it. We are pledged,
realistically, to defend free
dom where there is a will to
have it. There was no such
will in Laos. There is some
of it in Thailand. Laotians
would not have welcomed
American intervention. The
Thailanders hope it won't
come to that. But, presently,
they have a will to be free
and a small army which
knows jungle fighting. The
outlook is not good, and for
the moment, at least, there
is no way to make it better.
But we could not have put
troops in Laos without wor-
sening what was already bad
enough.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Library to Show
Film on Eskimos

The Alexandria Public Lii
brary will present "Nanook of
the North" a film on Eskimos,
from 7:30 to $50 o'clock
Wednesday evening in the AL
exandria Room.
The film concerns the family
and community structure Of
Eskimos and shows them as
they hunt, fish, construct shell
ters and struggle for survival.
Evening star., 1961-05-06
Red Chino Air Link

HONG KONG, May 6 CAP)
first commercial air link
between Red China and the
non-CommuniSt world is ex-
pected to be established within
six months when Air Ceylon
starts flying between Colombo
and the South China City of
Canton.
Evening star., 1961-05-06

preparation OF false documents,
and one was accused of aiding
and abetting the scheme by
placing fraudulent forms in
Army channels.
Philip R. Melangton. jr., as
sistant United States attorney,
identified the three accused of
preparing the documents as
Zebbie Dee Overstreet, Elba.
Ala. vice president of the Druid
Insurance Co.; Charles A. Lor-
ing. Smithville, Tenn, and
John Kayser, Jacksonville, Fla.
Charles E. Berling, 40. In
dianapolis. a former civilian
employe at the finance center,
was accused of placing the
forms in Army channels.
One Not Arrested
Mr.. Melangton said all those
indicted have been arrested
except James T. Howell, Co.
lumbia, S. c., an insurance
agency owner.
The maximum penalty on
each count would be a $4,000
fine and five years in prison.
Mr.. Melangton said the Army
finance center paid S82,876.70
in fraudulent insurance preml-
ums to various insurance COM
panieS in a 16-month period
ending last month.
He said the companies paid
from three to nine times the
actual value of the initial pre-
NUNS to agents who allegedly
were part of the plot. He said
the actual cash paid TO agents
ranged from a minimum of
$250,000 to $600.000."
FOrgeries Reported
Mr.. Melangton said fictitious
servicemen's names, forgeries of
actual Servicemen's signatures
and the Use of trickery to OBJ
tain true signatures were used