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Evening star., 1961-12-22
II Die, 7 Live
In JET Crash

ANKARA, Turkey. Dec. %
(AP). - A British Comet-4 jet
airlirer crashed and burned
shortly after taking off from
Angara airport last night, kill
ing q of the "a persons aboard
-Four Americans were among
the seven survivors. 1t was be-
lieved they were the only
Americans aboard.
All the survivors were sitting
in a rear section of the cabin
that came through the crash
almost intact. Another woman
was pulled from the section
alive but died today in the
hospital.
Some airport employees said
the Comet blew up 500 feet
above the runway, but the air.
line denied an explosion pre-
ceded the crash. Officials said
the plane got up to about 30C
feet, lost altitude, plunged tc
the ground less than two miles
from the runway and went ur
in flames.
The British European Air.
ways jet was flying from Lon
don to Tel Aviv, Israel. It had
made stopovers in Rome
Athens, Istanbul and Ankara.
The Americans pulled alive
from the wreckage were Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Joseph Gold
man. believed to be from Ros-
lyn Heights, Long Island, N. Y:
Doris Mae Freudenberger OF
Bethlehem, Pa, a teacher in
the United States Armed Forces
School in Turkey who was fly
ing to Cyprus and Israel for a
Christmas vacation, and Arnold
Hoffman. whose address was
not Immediately known.
All suffered burns and shock
but the airline said their
chances of recovery were good
Another survivor was Col
Joseph Kadir, air attache at
the Israeli Embassy in Ankara
Pilot Lives Few Minutes
Rescue workers said the pilot,
Capt. Kenneth Ruddlesin. 49,
lived for a few minutes after
the crackup but died before
they could pull him from the
cockpit. The six other men,
bers of the crew also periShed.
The crash was the second in
volving a Comet-4, fourth ver-
sion of the first jet airliner, in
less than a month but only the
second major crash for the
plane since it was put into serv-
ice in 1855. An Argentine air.
liner Comet crashed in Sac
Paulo. Brazil, November. "a,
killing all So persons aboard.
Britain's Comet made its de-
but in 1858 but the Comet l
was grounded the following year
when two mysteriously disin-
tegrated in flight off Italy, TAX
ing SO lives. Metal fatigue was
blamed for these crashes.
The plane was redesigned
after millions of dollars was
spent on research and Comet-4
emerged to become the first
| jet airliner on the transatlantic
route in 1858.
Evening star., 1961-12-22
PIT 7Oo-CHAPTER6 6
Patrols Target: Shadows in Night

over he turned to John Mag
uire, who. as the radioman. was
always standing at his right
hand in the cockpit, and he
said. ASK that guy what's 60
ing on up there"
There was an explosion near
by.
Tell him they nearly hit u.s."
1t. Kennedy shouted.
A confusing exchange of mes
sages followed. One of the ply
pilots said he would call his
partner off Eand leave. Then
Radioman Mcguire picked up a
report that q Japanese float
plane was in the area. These
Zeros on pontoons were dreaded
above all by the motor torpedo
boat sailors. PIT 109's predica-
ment was simply too precari-
Gus for anyone aboard to toll
crate.
Tell them that we'll fire
at the next plane that comes
over U.S." 1t. Kennedy in
structed the radioman.
That broke up the party
all right" John Mcguire re-
called afterward.
The typical PIT night patrol
was an almost absurdly intang-
ible form of warfare. The op-
Grafton was conducted on dark
waters against black outlines
Of islands. Barges deliberately
moved close to the islands and
when fired upon ducked up a
stream or successfully sought
invisibility beneath overhang-
ing trees. They seldom ap-
peared to PIT shippers as more
than vague shapes in the dis
tance.
At one moment a skipper
would see a shape, then he
would not see a shape. and in
the end he would not be sure
a shape had been there at all
Sometimes he fired at a real
barge; at other times he tore
the night apart shooting at
shadows. The very uncertainty
Of what lurked ahead in the
dark strained the nerves, and
rarely did a skipper enjoy any
great satisfaction of triumph
because the effect of his bull
let's on the target was seldom
known. On top of all the other
difficulties there was the haz-
ard that the distant shape
might be another PIT boat.
When at last the first pale
glow of dawn would awaken be-
yond Wana Wana, the boats
would be heading back to the
base again. The men would feel
comparatively safe once more
and when they nosed past Lum-
beri to welcoming cheers from
the beach their spirits would
soar. Then as the day. so SIM
liar to the one before, wore
on and thoughts of approach
ing night drowned the exub-
erance of the sunrise. men
would grow serious again. Ten
sion would begin to rise, and
they would feel heavy and tired
Tomorrow: PIT 109 suffers
enemy attack for the first time,
Copyright. 1861. New York;
Herald Tribune Ine)
Evening star., 1961-12-22
Chavez to Leuye
Hospital for Holiday
BY the Associated Press


Senator Chavez. Democrat OF
New Mexico, plans to leave the
hospital to spend Christmas
with his family at their home
here.
An aide said the Senator is
looking fine and has gained
some weight. He is in the clin-
ical center of the National In
stitutes for Health for treat
ment following a throat opera
ton.
The Senator is expected to
return to the hospital Christ
mas night.
Evening star., 1961-12-22
Conservutionists Elect
River Basin Official

Carl Johnson, deputy direc-
tor of the Interstate Commits
sion on the Potomac River Ba-
sin, has been elected chairman
of the Washington chapter, Soil
Conservation Society of Ameri-
ca.
The local chapter is ham
ding arrangements for the
society's annual four-day ma
tional meeting to start August
26 in the Sheraton-Par Hotel
Evening star., 1961-12-22
Legal Action
Against Reds
Due in January
THE EVENING STAR A.
Washington, D. c. r,
Friday, December ~, 1861
BY the Associated Press

The Justice Department says
1t will take action next month
against members of the United
States Communist Party.
The announcement came yes
terday after Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy returned to
Washington from West Palm
Beach, Fla, where his father
lies seriously i'll, to map the
Governments next move
against the Communist Party,
its officers and its members.
Mr.. Kennedy went back to
Florida last night.
Attention now was focused on
about 10000 party members. A
December 20 deadline passed
without any Of them register
ing as agents of the Soviet
Union as required by the In
ternal Security Act.
Stiff Penalties Set
The act carries stiff penal
ties for noncompliance: Up to
$4,000 and five years in prison
for each day of violation.
Mr.. Kennedy conferred for
40 minutes with his top aides
yesterday-D equity Attorney
General White, Solicitor Cen
eral Archibald Cox and Assist
ant Attorney General Walter
Yeagley-on what one official
described as many complex
problems" involved in registra-
ton procedures under the act.
These provisions were upheld
by the Supreme Court only last
June after a 10-year legal battle
between the Government and
the Communist Party.
Just what action the Justice
Department plans to undertake
next month was not spelled out.
Third Deadline Passed
However, department spokes-
men have explained that there
is an elaborate procedure to be
followed. Each party member
must be accused formally be-
fore the Subversive Activities
Control Board of belonging to
the party. The board then
must order each individual to
register. This order is subject
to court review.
The registration deadline for
party members was
the third set for the Com
The party itself was
to register by Novem-
ber 20. When it failed to regis
ter, its officers were required
to register by November 80.
When the officers failed to
comply, a deadline was set for
the party members.
A Federal grand jury in
Washington returned a 12-
count indictment against the
party December l for failure to
register. The trial date is Feb
ruary /.
Evening star., 1961-12-22

east 1t is enclosed by the lesser
islands, small oblongs and cir
cles of coconut palms bursting
like skyrockets above dense fol-
iage. Outside these islands flows
Blanche Channel, the main axis
of the waterways in thiss i'm
mediate vicinity of the Sol
onions. Across it lies New Geor-
gia, where soldiers and Marines
were then fighting a cruel bat
tie to wrest the Munda air
strip from the Japanese. 1t is
512 miles from Munda to Rem
dova Harbor.
In spite of their journey Of
some 10 hours from the Rus
sells, 1t. John F. Kennedy and
his crew were ordered out on
patrol their first night at Rem
dova. From then on through
the fateful events of August
their destiny was to lie within
an elongated triangle Of coral
reefs. islands and salt water,
less than so miles in length.
Roughly within the triangle
also were the two focal points
of Japanese resistance in the
area. which affected all local
military activity. One of these
was the Munda airstrip, before
which the Japanese were giving
ground ditch by ditch. The
other lay north of Munda,
across Kula Gulf. on the east
ern side of Kolombangara Is
land. There, at Villa Planta-
ton. the enemy had an air.
strip and base. If they were
to have any hope of retaining
a foothold in the Western Sol
onions now the japanese had
to retain Villa. and they were
making a desperate effort to
do so.
Mission: Starve Out Villa
From their great base at Ra-
baul they moved men and sup
plies at night down along New
Georgia Sound, renowned
among American airmen and
sailors since Guadalcanal days
as "the Slot" From the Slot
reinforcements bound for Villa
would turn south into Vella
Gulf between Vella Lavella and
K oil ON bangara and then
through Blackett Strait to their
destination. Generally the men
and supplies were carried on
motorized barges, but frequent
ly the Japanese would attempt
a much heavier reinforcement |
Evening star., 1961-12-22
Defense Chief
Called Unfair
To Reserves
BY the Associated Press

The Reserve Officers Associa-
ton has accused Secretary of
Defense Mcnamara of not deal
ing fairly with the Nations Re-
servists and their families.
The accusation came in a
broad attack the association
directed yesterday at the Pen
tagon on Reserve matters.
There has been obvious
downgrading of the Reserve
consideration at all levels" the
association said. 1t also con-
tended the Pentagon reaches
decisions on the Reserves "by
mysterious methods not shared
with the American people or
even with the Congress"
Later, the Defense Depart
ment commented in a state
ment that it is fully convinced
of the Importance and the Ca
pabilities of the Reserve system
and the indispensable contribu-
ton" it makes to the Nations
defense.
Praised by Mcnamara
"As recently as last week,
after inspecting Reserve COM
ponents in France, Secretary of
Defense Mcnamara described
their magnificent response to
the Presidents call to duty as
typical of the performance of
the Reservists," the Defense De-
partment said.
The associations statement
asserted that:
l. Mr.. Mcnamara has per-
mitted to go unchallenged
many public misconceptions"
about the Reserve program and
that this threatens to under
mine the morale of Reserve
units.
2. The Defense Department
has failed to understand the
broader aspects of the Reserve
program and abolished the Of
fices in each service of the
Assistant Secretary for Reserve
and Personnel Affairs.
Confusion Seen
The association said Mr.. Nc
Namara should be the first to
present in proper perspective
the Nations reservists and to
deal fairly with them, their
families and their regulations"
He has not seen fit to do so,
the association said.
1t added that Congress eau
toned Mr.. Mcnamara against
calling up reservists with long
active duty service who were
no members of drilling units.
This advice was agreed to
and promptly discarded by the
Secretary of Defense" the as
sociation said. THE reserves
have been confused, and the
press has been confused"
Evening star., 1961-12-22

This is the sixth in q series Of l8
articles based on the book "PT l0e
John +. Kennedy in World War
H." published by the MeGrow Hill
Book Co., Inc, New York.
Evening star., 1961-12-22
BY ROBERT J. DONOVAN

Rendova Harbor Is a body
of calm blue water roughly a
mile wide and 2 miles long.
formed by Rendova proper and
a line of lesser islands fes-
tooned across its northern tip.
On the south the harbor is
sealed off by a mountain wall
of jungle on Rendova. To the
northwest the harbor looks out
across reefs to the Solomon
Sea. On the east and north
Evening star., 1961-12-22
JOVIAL SOVIET ENVOY WISHES
EVERYBODY A HAPPY 1862
BY the Assoeia ted Press

Soviet Ambassador Mkhal Menshikov says he hopes
the new year will bring settlement of most II not all
of the problems between East and West. g
The Ambassador in a jovial mood as he spoke
with reporters yesterday after what he described as
routine call on Acting Secretary of State George w.
Ball.
Il take this opportunity to give my best wishes to
all the American people," the white haired envoy said
Let the coming year be peaceful year Let it be a
year OF better understanding and friendship between the
peoples of our two countries"
Asked If he had any proposal to make to achieve
this. Mr.. Menshkov replied I'VE have made many pro-
posals."
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Friendship Group
Decides Not to
Push Rezonino

The Friendship Citizens AS
sociation decided last night not
to push for changes in coming
regulations in its section of the
District.
Since 1858, Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV. from Tenley circle to
the District line has been
strip" zoned; that is, large
strips of land are set aside for
commercial property alone,
rather than commercial build
ings being spotted here and
there.
The question of changing the
zoning regulations arose on the
suggestion that new, handsome
commercial structures could be
used to replace blighted houses
in the area.
However, the association de-
cided it would not be wise to
rezone "juSt to get rid of a
bad house." To do so, it con-
tinued would only open the
area to unsolicited and un-
wanted commercial enterprises
Evening star., 1961-09-26

ward Wilson headed General
Electric and the two Charles
E. Wilson's were frequently con-
fused. To distinguish between
them, one was referred to as
Engine Charlie" and the other
as Electric Charlie"
With Mr.. Wilson's retirement
the whirl ceased. Mr.. Wilson
lived quietly in suburban
Bloomfield Hills and MAIN
tanned a small office at his
sons automobile showroom.
Much of his time was spent at
the Louisiana plantation at
Wilson, near Baton Rouge,
where he died.
In 1859 he suffered a mild
heart attack.
Since returning to private
life he had pursued a pet hobby
of cattle breeding and had
prize winning dairy herds both
in Michigan and in the South.
Survivors include Mrs. Wilson,
six children, three sons and
three daughters.
He was an Episcopalian and
a member of the society of
Automotive Engineers, the
Detroit Club, the Bloomfield
Country Club and the Bloom
field Open Hunt Club.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

whose presence would do more
visual harm than a blighted
house.
Earlier. Thomas F. Airis,
deputy director of the District
Department of Highways and
Traffic, addressed the associa-
ton.
Queried about the status of
Route 24O from Maryland into
Evening star., 1961-09-26

them do it their way. Some
what inelegantly, he elabo-
rated: II mean it is like trying
to tell someone how to suck an
egg. You give him a job and
let him go and suck it his way"
His motto was II cooperate
with the inevitable"
Wife Chided President
After President Eisenhower
had taken issue with him for
saying some men joined the
National Guard during the Ko-
rean war to dodge the draft,
Mrs. Wilson took the unusual
action of chiding the President.
She said the latter's critical
remarks at his news conference
were "uncalled for"
Il think the President should
have stood back of Mr.. Will
son." said Mrs. Wilson, who had
been the Secretary'S wife since
the days when he was earning
$40 a week. Il think you need
a little pat on the back once
in a while. Mr.. Wilson has been
trying to do a good job, and I
think he has done a good Job. "
Before Mrs. Wilson's inter-
view was published, Mr.. Wilson
had been called to the White
House. When he left, he was
asked if he had a statement.
Mr.. Wilson replied: This is
not my dunghill. Anything to
be announced somebody else
ought to announce.
No Precedent for Failure
There was no precedent for
failure in Mr.. Wilson's career.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

the District, Mr.. Airis could
only say that a consulting en-
gineer is to be hired by the
District to look into that and
other problems connected with
future area super-roads.
The meeting was held at the
Columbia Federal Savings and
Loan Association Building, 5301
Wisconsin avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

Born in Minerva, Ohio, near
Cleveland. July 18, 1890, he was
the son of school teachers and
education to him was "a matter
of family pride" He justified
that pride by graduating from
high school at IS. He COM
pleted his four-year engineer
ing course at Carnegie Institute
of Technology in three years.
Upon graduation he went to
work for Westinghouse as a
student apprentice at 18 cents
an hour and remained with
that company for a decade. At
%, Mr.. Wilson designed the
first Westinghouse auto starter.
He fell in love with Jessie Ann
Curtis, an $8-a-week stenog-
rapher, and they married in
September, 1912.
At % he was hired away
from Westinghouse by Remy
Electric Co., a General Motors
subsidiary, to become chief en-
gineer and sales manager for
an engineering design program
which put Remy (later Delco-
Remy) back on its financial
feet.
GM President at 50
In 1888 he was brought to
Detroit as GINS youngest .(38)
vice president. In 1941, after
the late william Knudsen came
to Washington as the Nations
defenSe-production expediter,
Mr.. Wilson became. at so, pres
ident of GIN. He held the post
IL years.
While he was president of
General Motors, Charles Ed
Evening star., 1961-09-26
WILSON
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Continued From First rage
engineering, graduating from
Carnegie Tech at 19. But he
made his name in the world as
a manager of men.
Upon being named president
Of General Motors in January,
1941, he told an interviewer:
II believed in education; I
believed in work and produc-
tion-to do something always
fascinated me, and 1 always
thought it worthwhile to get
along with people. I lived at a
very favorable time. I saw the
country develop in an indus
trial and productive way"
Ran GIN IL Years
Mr.. Wilson ran General
Motors for Ii years. Under his
leadership the giant automo-
bile company was converted
into the worlds biggest produc-
er of war material. From l941
through 1945 it delivered more
than $40 billion in war equip
ment to the United States and
its allies.
With the coming of peace
Mr.. Wilson returned the COM
pany to full scale auto pro-
duction in record time.
The world at large, however,
knew him best during his ten
ure in Washington. From a
public relations point of view,
no cabinet officer ever got off
to a worse start.
The $581 ,100-a-year captain
of industry flew into Washing
ton to accept the job as Pres
ident Eisenhower's Secretary of
Defense and promptly got into
a free-for-all headline row
with his colleagues and the
Senate. With a stubborness
new to the Capitol. he fought
the law which unequivocally
required that he get rid of his
39,470 shares of General Mo-
tors stock before taking office.
CartooniSts had a field day
with his unruly grey thatch
and his round, heavy jowled
face-which, at the time, gen.
orally bore an expression of
outrage.
Hearings Haunted Him
When the former GIN pres
ident, under an Eisenhower
ultimatum, agreed to dispose
of his stock. the Senate con-
firmed him. But the confirma-
ton hearings lived to haunt
him throughout his Pentagon
tenure. His purported remark
that what was good for Cen
eral Motors was Good for the
country" (which he denied
saying) was oft repeated.
1t developed that the remark
as it leaked out of the meeting
had been twisted. What he ac-
tually said was: For years I
thought what was good for our
country was good for General
Motors, and vice versa"
He came with the conviction,
as he told his predecessor, Rob-
ert A. Lovett, that the secretary
Evening star., 1961-09-26
WILSON
GIN Head Learned
Politics Hard Woy

ship was 80 per cent admins
tration, 10 per cent politics. He
soon discovered, as Mr.. Lovett
told him he would, that, in
Washington, every job is pri-
marily political.
Mr.. Wilson was in hot water
on Capitol Hill again within a
matter Of months. He slashed
SIS billion from Air Force spend
ing.
In the prolonged hearings
that followed, he denied that
economy was his chief objec-
tive. But, in defending his
cuts, he suffered from a draw
back common to production
men. He was not as slick
tongued as some of his critics.
Dared to Risk Failure.
It was characteristic that
Mr.. Wilson's confirmation trou-
bles and the forced sale of his
stock fired him with great.
angry determination to be a
successful secretary. He told
the Senate Armed Services
Committee: ITO some degree,
Il am now riSking a failure in
my old age :. I am either
going to make good on this job
or get sick"
But this determination did
not always keep him out of hot
water. He had a knack of say
ing the wrong thing, in the
wrong way, at the wrong time.
He laughingly called himself a
charter member of the Foot
in-the- Mouth Club" For a
time he was wont to comment
on any subject even though he
had not been filled in on it.
But he improved as time went
on and his public relations
improved.
A Senate committee asked
him once why certain book
keeping procedures had not
produced particular results. He
replied that a new system had
been put into operation and
trying to make the rules retro
active is like trying to make
birth control retroactive. You
can't do it,"
"NOt HOuSebrOken"
Another time a Senator who
had been sharply needing the
Defense Secretary remarked
that he had no bitterness to-
ward him and that everybody
makes mistakes"
Mr.. Wilson squirmed a little,
then said meekly: Apparently
I'm not housebroken."
He once said that in dealing
with people under him he ad-
vised what he wanted and let
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Status Quo Wins

BIG HORN, Wyo. (AP).-
Federal plans for a new Post
Office building here have been
shelved. Reason: Big Horn
residents prefer to keep the
Post office right where it is
in the grocery store.
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following the name cards and
strings, through the other entang.
ling strings, to the gift packages.
CAROLS. Singing carols to
piano, radio or record accompani.
ment is a favorite Christmas
Day pastime. For larger groups,
a variation on this is to have a
"carol mixer"
Using several carols, give ev.
eryone the name of a Christmas
carol. Each person walks around
the room humming the assigned
carol, and listening for others
humming the same tune. Those
with the same melody band to-
gether in a group.
Then each group sings its Sc
lection for the others = and as
a finale, all groups sing their
separate carols at the same time.
ARTISTS MARCH. Have each
person pin a card or sheet OF
blank paper on the person in
front of him. The leader starts a
single-file march around the
room to Christmas music.
Drawing Renders
While marching, each person
struggles to draw a reindeer, or
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Impromptu Xmas
Parties Can Be Fun

Parties on Christmas Day are
not only fun, they're almost in
eyitablel The family gets toge-
Their, neighbors drop in, other
friends arrive to deliver gifts
and greetings and, suddenly. it's
a party.
For groups large or small, par
ties planned or impromptu, the
editors of The Book of Know
ledge suggests these entertaining
ideas.
Exchanging gifts: Attach each
gift card to a long string. then
fasten the string TO the gift pack
age. Make a gifts chimney from
cardboard covered with Christ
mas wrapping paper. or cover a
round contained such as a waste
basket.
Finding the Gifts
Place the gifts in the fireplace
and have guests or members of
the family find their gifts by