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Evening star., 1961-02-12
Prince Georges
Offers X-Ruys

The Prince Georges County
tuberculosis Association will
offer free chest X-rays to per-
sons over 1S during this week.
The schedule Of the mobile
X-ray unit follows:
Tomorrow - Morningside
Skyline Shopping Center, Suit
land road, / to 8 pm.
Tuesday - seabrook Drug
Store. Lanham and Severn
road, l to 8 pm.
Wednesday-East Riverdale,
Safeway Store on Kenilworth
avenue. to 8 pm.
Neutrality-suspicious. Shop
ping Center, to 8 pm.
Friday-Bladensburg Shop
ping Center, l to 8 pm.
Saturday - BladenSbure
Shopping Center. 10 am. to s
pm.
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per 500 of assessable property
value in lower Montgomery
County, one-half per cent in
upper Montgomery County and
one half cent in Prince Georges
County.
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Maryland Planners Ask
Merit Pay Increases

the 1862 budget is destined for
land purchases.
This program" he reported,
reflects the need for the pur-
chase of parks before the cost
becomes prohibitive."
SIS Million for Land
In Montgomery County. SIS
million will be spent for land
in the Upper Rock Creek Valley
and $50,0OO for sites in the
upper county. About 100000
is earmarked for purchases in
Prince Georges County.
Major projects in existing
parks will include q $4,000
community building in the
Stoneybrook recreation center
Wheaton; q $230.000 extension
of Beach drive from Cedar lane
to Grosvenor lane in Bethesda;
tennis courts at various loca-
tions which will cost $45,000;
improvements totaling $4,000
in the Wheaton Regional Park;
and $4,000 worth Of improve
ments at various Prince Georges
County centers.
Mr.. Nicholson also reported
the commission Is planning
vigorous fight for increased
Capper-Cramton Act Fedora
funds for development oi
Montgomery valley parks. The
commission intends to rally It,
forces behind a bill by Senator
Beall. Republican of Maryland
which would increase authori'
zation for such grants from
SIS million to $4.5 million anc
for loans from SO million to 5!
million.
The House Appropriation
Committee last year turneC
down a $2.2 million request TO
park land funds in suburban
! Maryland and Virginia.
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Privute Fund Pays
For Snow Removal

Residents Of Triton court In
NARROW Heights. Md, discour-
aged because Prince Georges
County snow removal equip
ment never got around to them,
took up a collection among
themselves and paid q private
firm to clean UP their street.
The families along the block
long court collected $50. Yes
terday they called the Silver
Hill Gravel Co. to clear the
street Of more than q foot Of
sluSh and snow drifts three feet
deep in spots.
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Parks Commission Urqes
$28.5 Million for Maryland

Montgomery County at a cost
of $16 million and 7,l6S acres
ing $12.5 million. 1t also out
lines future plans for Zoning,
transportation, land use and
water resources.
Under the program, major
new parks would be created
along Henson and PiScataway
Creeks in Prince Georges County
and Little Paint Branch, Paint
Branch, Northwest Branch,
Upper Rock Greek and North
Branch in Montgomery County.
He said that financing the
commissions programs would
require a tax increase Of l cent
Evening star., 1961-02-12
Staying Guilt
Admitted in
Suicide Note

A Colesville man who killed
himself o week ago assumed
blame for the February 3 mur-
der on Connecticut Avenue Of
a young KenSington woman In
q note found in his car, Mont
gomery County police said yes
terday.
Detective 1t. F. P. Thrai!kill
said the note was found be-
hind the sun visor Of the car
in which Charles Irwin Curtis,
SO, shot himself as police
closed in on him on East West
highway near Jones Bridge
road.
Expressed RemOrse"
The detective said that in
the note, written In ink on a
notebook page, Curtis "ex.
pressed remorse". for the death
Of Miss Eleanor A. Lawrence,
81, q National Cancer Institute
clerk who was shot In the head
while putting tire chains on
her auto in the 10000 block of
Connecticut avenue. Kensing-
ton during last Fridays snow
storm.
The undated message gave
no reason for the murder-sui-
eide. and furnished no addi-
tional details. the officer said.
He would not reveal the text.
"It implied that he was sorry
for what happened, but that it
had to be that way and he is
to blame for it ALL" 1t. Thrail.
kill said.
Tests Not Definite
The lieutenant said also that
balliStics tests were unable to
prove definitely that Miss
Lawrence was shot with the
same weapon Curtis used to kill
himself. The .38 caliber Slugs
were too badly mangled, he
said.
Curtis. who was married and
lived at 1914 Mills avenue,
Colesville, had known Miss
Lawrence for five or six years
They shared an interest in the
raising and exhibition Of prize
bulldogs.
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Merit pay increases for all
eligible employees was proposed
yesterday by the Maryland
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
The proposal was included
in a 81 million budget for 1862,
which is 81 million higher than
the current commission pro-
gram.
Executive Director Jesse F..
Nicholson said most of the
increase was requested for ur-
gently needed park lands in
Montgomery and Primo e
Georges Counties.
He observed, however, that
merit pay was a major factor
in the Staff's request for an in
crease of $3.50, 900 for planning.
Average S Pct.
AL employees below the level
Of department heads would be
eligible for such raises, he said.
The commission employs some
290 persons, about so per cent
Of them park maintenance
men.
The raises, which will be-
come effective May If ap-
proved. will average about S
per cent. They would affect
every one from laborers to
planning engineers. The sal
aries would range from $2,641
to $13,9l4 a year.
Consideration for such in
creases will be based on ability
and seniority. Mr.. Nicholson
said.
He also revealed plans to
raise the salaries of department
heads $1,000 a year. They
would then range from $11,500
to $16.500. according to the
official.
Mr.. Nicholson emphasized
however, that 4S per cent OF
Evening star., 1961-02-12
By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star Staff Writer


A $2S.5 million five-year plan
to quadruple suburban Mary
land parklands was unveiled
yesterday by the Maryland
NationalC Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The long-range plan, which
would largely be financed by
bon dsales, and repaid by taxes,
was submitted to the Com
mission in the 1862 budget
by JesSee F. Nicholson, execu-
tive director of the agency.
The proposal calls for the
purchase of 12,451 acres in
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Puncuke Dinner

The annual pancake and
sausage dinner Of the Methodist
Men Of Colesville Methodist
Church. 50 Glenmont road. Sill
yer Spring, will be held from
4:30 to 8 pm. Tuesday in the
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lper S1UU Oh ASSeSSaDIe property
value in lower Montgomery
County. one-half per cent in
upper Montgomery County and
one-half cent in Prince Georges
County.
Increase Sought
Residents Of lower Montgom-
cry County now pay park, Spe-
cial and administrative taxes
for commission activities total
ling 1914 cents while the upper
county pays 8 cents and Prince
Georges 151a cents.
Mr.. Nicholson said the COM
mission wants the power to
raise those taxes eventually by
two cents, although only the
proposed one cent increase is
being considered now.
The agency also wants to ex-
tend the lower metropolitan
district into most or all Of the
10th (Potomac). 4th (Rock-
ville), 5th (ColeSville) and 9th
(Olney) election districts, Mr..
Nicholson said. The official
added that he hoped the entire
county would be included in
the single district within four
to six years.
| Such an extension he said,
would make it easier to pur-
chase new park land in those
areas before more housing de-
velopmentS cause an increase
in prices.
The budget also sketched the
commissions long-range OBJ
jectives:
One major activity, Mr..
Nicholson reported, will be to
extend the agency's master
plan to include areas which
have come into commission
Jurisdiction since 1857. He
added that completion Of a
second major project. q revised
master plan Of highways. was
expected at about the end Of
the year.
Other Projects Listed
Other projects will include:
l. A study Of transportation
needs and solutions in Coop
Grafton with the National Cap
ital Transit Agency.
2. A survey Of land uses.
! 3. A survey of water re.
sources in Montgomery Coun.
ty. in cooperation with Mary
land and Federal agencies.
4. A master plan Of the need
for health centers in Mont
gomery County.
5. Master planning for the
Paint Branch and Seneca
Greek watersheds and the Ian.
ham, Damascus, Silver Spring
Hyattsville. College Park. Suit.
land and Germantown areas.
Hearings on the budget pro.
posals are scheduled at 8 pm.
March Is, in the HyattsvillC
Armory and at 8 pm, March
IA, in the Commission Build.
ing, 87S7 Georgia avenue. Sill.
yer Spring.
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Compact Appealed

BALTIMORE. Feb. II (AP).
"A notice Of appeal was filed
today from q Baltimore circuit
court decree upholding validity
of the Potomac River compacs
between Maryland and Viz.
ginia.
The appeal to the States
highest court was made by Hy.
man A. PreSsman, Baltimore
lawyer representing 100 South
ern Maryland watermen who
oppose the compact aimed ct
establishing bi-State control
over fishery problems on the
river.
Mr.. Pressman will ask 9
Maryland court Of appeals re.
view Of a 37-page opinion BY
Judge AnSelm Sodaro holding
that the compact was legally
adopted by voters Of Maryland
last November and that its pro.
visions were valid and consti.
tutional.
Evening star., 1961-02-12

catum, is a long feathery plant
frequently used in aquaria. It
is native to Europe and Asia.
Evening star., 1961-06-25
Tractors:
Disagreement

The Tractors for Freedom
Committee decided on Friday to
disband and return all contri-
buttons after Cuban Dictator
Fidel Castro rejected its final
offer Of 500 farm tractors for
1,214 rebel prisoners.
While speaking of captured rebel
prisoners and the role Of the
United States Government in the
abortive Cuban invasion" Fidel
Castro said on May IT:
Let them (the United States)
send 500 bulldozers and we will
return them (the prisoners) .
Let them be exchanged for bull
dozers, which we need for agri-
culture . The tractors must be
of the tread-type, not with rubber
tires. They must be good for clear
ing roads and for construction. I"
Five days later, after a "Trac-
tors for Freedom Committee" had
been formed at the behest Of Pres
ident Kennedy, the leaders Of the
group, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, DR..
Milton Eisenhower and Walter
Reuther, held a news conference
to report on its discussions with
a 10-man prisoner team which
had come from Cuba to negotiate
on the swap,
Evening star., 1961-06-25
Original Demands

Mr.. Reuther reported that Cas-
tro wanted an improved D-8 Cat
erpillar tractor or one of compa-
rable size-"a very heavy tractor"
He announced, however, that the
committee would send a technical
team to Cuba to discuss the type
and size tractors best suited for
the islands agricultural needs and
added:
But we make it clear . that
If they still insist upon heavy
equipment which we feel does not
relate to their basic agricultural
needs, we still are committed to
carry out the delivery of the trac-
tors required to gain the freedom
of the 1914 freedom fighters now
interned there"
There followed further negotia-
tions and controversy, with Castro
injecting an alternative plan for
swapping his prisoners for pa
triots" in North American, Span
ish and Dominican Republic jails.
The Committee decided to offer
the Cuban leader 500 farm-type
machines, costing a total of $2.5-
So million. He rejected this and
demanded $28 million worth if the
Committee insisted on small trac-
tors. Five hundred heavy-duty
Evening star., 1961-06-25

a result, world war was by no
means impossible.
Today, many Of these fears
seem to have been greatly exag-
gerated. They were not: they
were real and immediate at the
time. The contrast, today, is testi-
mony to the effectiveness of the
rescue operation.
The Elements Involved
The q. N. was not alone in that
operation. The CIA had an impor-
tant hand in it. So did British,
French and Belgian operatives
and money-though many believe
these latter delayed the solution
rather than promoted it.
What the U. N. did which the
West probably could not have done
was to persuade the Gizenga and
Kasavubu factions to fight out
their differences in the political
arena instead of the battlefield;
to persuade Ghana, Guinea and
the UAR to keep hands off, at
least for the time being; to neu-
tralize undesirable Belgian mill
tary and political influences; to
block civil war by direct interven-
ton; and to provide stabilizing
advice from personnel who could
not be suspected of self-serving.
In a word, the u. N. took over
the Congo as trusteeship-always
Evening star., 1961-06-25
Court:
On Evidence

The Supreme Court, reversing
its 1949 decision, ruled on Mon
day that the Constitution fOrbids
the use of illegally seized evil
dence in State criminal trials.
Since 1914, illegally seized evi-
dence has been forbidden in Fed
eral courts under the requirements
of the Fourth Amendment.
This rule of exclusion, however,
did not apply to State criminal
courts and the Supreme Court,
in Wolf v. Colorado, underscored
this fact in 1949.
At that time, 20 of the 48 States
admitted illegally seized evidence,
such as might be obtained without
a search warrant or through a
wiretap. AS of early last week, the
figure was down to "a of so States.
Then came the historic. 5 to 4
decision on Monday, in the case
of Mapp v. Ohio, eliminating the
long-standing difference between
the rules of State and Federal
courts.
It was one of the most impor-
tant limitations ever imposed on
State criminal procedures by the
Supreme Court and its effects in
"a States, including New York, will
be wide-ranging.
The high court issued two other
major rulings on Monday.
Q BY 9 to o, it struck down a pro-
vision of the Maryland ConStitu-
ton which compelled office
holders to declare belief in God.
The ground: 1t was a religious test
which invaded the individuals
right to religious freedom.
o A majority of five held that a
man compelled to join a railway
union may prevent the union from
spending his dues for political
purposes which he opposes.
Evening star., 1961-06-25
On School Aid

Second, the administrations 40
year, no-down-payment mortgage
plan for madeleine families
was dropped. A provision requiring
at least a 8 per cent down pay
ment on mortgages running UP
to IS years was adopted.
Life was not entirely beautiful
for Mr.. Kennedy in Congress last
week.
In addition to continuing and
confusing fights over the educa-
tion bill, with its private-paro-
chial school headache, and foreign
aid, the Senate rejected plan to
reorganize the Securities and Ex-
change Commission.
The House earlier had vetoed
reorganization of the Federal
Communications Commission.
Disappointing to the President,
but downright CALLING to his Re-
publican Secretary of the Treas
ury; Douglas Dillon, the House
Post Office Committee rejected. 10
to 9, the administrations pro-
posed increases in postal rates Cn-
cluding 5 cents for first-claSs
maiD.
The rise would have added $741
million in revenues. The Kennedy
fiscal 1862 budget, already out of
kilter, is heading for a minimum
deficit Of 81 billion.
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Progress in Congo Impressive for U. N.
NueIeor Separation

April squelched Tshombe and
turned the tide when other coun-
tries were pulling out of the U. N.
force, threatening its collapse.
o New governments in Belgium
and In the United States. Their
predecessors both had taken, in
private, a tough anti-Hammar-
skiold line. and Kasavubu had
reflected it.
Q Assistance from the UAR and
the Sudan in denying Soviet sup
plies a channel to the Congo.
The cost of the Congo opera
ton has been formidable-and
not merely in money. It has
taken q terrible toll on the office
of the Secretary General and on
his personal effectiveness in other
areas.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev,
furious at the setback Russia has
suffered, has laShed out at Mr..
Hammarskjold and at the u. N.
as q whole. The full effect Of
this attack has yet to be felt.
Thus it remains to be seen
whether the U. N. will emerge
stronger or weaker as net re-
suit Of rescuing the Congo. But
the Congolese, at least. will long
have reason to be grateful for
the u. N.
Evening star., 1961-06-25

Mass appeal TV programs have
reached the absolute bottom. 1t
can't get any worse. If there is
any change, it will have to be for
the better. . Never before in
history have writer's been paid so
much for writing so badly. -. The
money is lovely. You can make
$1,000 a week by lunchtime.
David Davidson, chairman Of the Writ
ers Guild. at an FEC hearing IN New
York.
There has been a growing feel
ing that the problems Of foreign
affairs have become so compli-
Gated that the private citizen
cannot be expected to understand
them, much less make a positive
contribution to their resolution.
Concurrently, there has been a
surfeit of demands that Wash
ington officials should develop
bold, new, imaginative policies
and plans. This is tantamount
to asking that those eminently
Evening star., 1961-06-25
Quotations of the Week

desirable ends should be achieved
in a vacuum. That Is not only
undesirable, 1t is impossible. We
do not have a government OF ex-
perts, and If we were to try to
form one it would be utterly dis
astrous to the whole concept OF
democracy to which we are deeply
committed. The expert has an
essential but nonetheless a sub
ordinate role TO play; he can ad-
wise, but he cannot take the place
of political leadership. By its
very nature, political leadership
loses its effectiveness unless there
is a significant degree Of public
consensus behind proposals for
action. Many a novel and con-
structive idea. possibly conceived
by experts but responsibility for
which was accepted by a polit-
ical leader, has come to nought
for lack Of intelligent popular sup
port.
Henry NJ. wriston. THE AGE Of Revolu-
tion," Foreign Affairs, July, 1851.
Evening star., 1961-06-25
Johnson DIDN'T HELP
u. S. Moves Stir Pakistan

President Ayub Khan, who has
been an ardent supporter Of mill
tary alliance with the West, has
released an account Of his inter-
view to an American newspaper.
In it, he had sharply reacted to a
United States Government inquiry
whether American arms were used
in the tribal area, along the
Afghan border, recently. He de-
clared: "At times our American
friends seem to question our right
even to defend our territory or to
take such action as will bring
about security" He will tell Wash
ington this in July.
This opened the path for Others.
The Karachi Dawn, which reflects
the governments views, said:
"The Pakistan military alliance
with the United States means
according to United States rep
resentatives-that Pakistanis have
undertaken to offer themselves as
cannon fodder on the Americans
own enemies. But Pakistanis have
no right to use such arms and
equipment against their own
enemies closer to their own bor-
ders." Several leaders have asked
that Pakistan leave the CENTO
and the SEATO.
Under the 1854 Mutual Security
Pact. Pakistan is bound to get
prior agreement" Of the United
States when the military assist
ance is used for purposes other
than those for which it was fur
nished."
On Economic Aid
Meanwhile, there appears to be
difference Of opinion within the
Pakistan cabinet on the issue OF
accepting economic aid. While In
dustries Minister Abul Kasem
Khan has announced that II the
Soviet government offered aid for
Pakistan's second plan, it would
be seriously considered and ex-
amined," Finance Minister Shoaib
has declared that he will not
welcome Russian aid as believe
in free enterprise and will much
rather deal with the West"
Perhaps to capitalize on Paki-
stan present disappointment with
Western aid, Russian Ambassador
Kapitsa has issued q statement
that Pakistan would get "the most
favored conditions and co-opera-
ton in all fields If it withdrew
from anti-Soviet pacts and pur-
sued a policy Of nonalignment."
The words neutral" and "neu-
trality," which were until recently
made synonymous with double
dealing, hypocrisy and fenceman-
ship, are now being clothed with
respectability in Pakistan. Attor-
ney General Nazir Ahmed last
week openly emphasized the need
for neutrality in world affairs to
preserve peace.
There may not be any drastic
change in Pakistan's foreign pol
icy in the immediate future. But
the new trends in thinking are not
without significance.
Evening star., 1961-06-25
The National Scene

tractors would cost about $2S mil
lion.
Charges Made
On Friday. this unhappy busi-
ness Of dealing for human freedom
was ended.
The Committee angrily accused
Castro of failing ITO keep his END
of the bargain" and reneging on
"his offer to exchange 500 tractors
for the lives of some 1900 Cuban
freedom fighters"
Castro, for his part, declared
that the Committee "lieS in saying
Cuba has changed its original posi-
ton" He said the final Committee
offer was ridiculous and had mo
other purpose but to break off the
negotiations and blame the Cuban
Government for II"
The Committee now will return
the nearly 10000 unopened let
tiers, most Of which it is believed
contain contributions, to the send
ers.
The tractors -for-prisoners deal
has been under heavy attack in
the United States as capitulation
to blackmail by a dictator. Some
critics said it would violate the
Logan Act forbidding private citi-
zens to deal with a foreign gov
vernment.
There was also a feeling among
some observers that the committee
was happy to wash its hands of
the entire affair.
Evening star., 1961-06-25
Ayub Khon's Reaction

subcommittee. Ultimate fate
uncertain.
Medical care for the aged:
House committee promises. hear
ings; no action in Senate. Pass
age unlikely this year.
Social security changes: Passed
by House, pending in Senate.
Passage highly probable.
Foreign aid: Pending In both
houses. Passage is certain, but
not in full amount Of $4.S billion.
Tax revision: Pending in House,
no action In Senate. Passage
doubtful this year.
Omnibus farm bill: Pending in
both houses, Passage uncertain.
Evening star., 1961-06-25
By WILLIAM r. FRYE
Contributing Writer

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.-The
first anniversary of the Congo's
independence this week will come
at a time Of remarkable upturn
in the fortunes of that unhappy
land.
Amidst so many setbacks for
the West-Laos. Cuba, the nuclear
test ban and others-it is a real
relief to have some good news, at
long last, from the Congo.
Convocation of Parliament by
President Kasavubu is one very
important symptom Of the. i'm
provement. Return Of UN troops
to the critical supply port of Ma
tadi is another. Incipient recon-
ciliation between Leopoldville and
Stanleyville (the latter the heart
of Lumumba territory is still an
other.
Only Katanga remains a STUN
bling block, and even there, signs
point to return to the fold.
1t is. Of course, much too early
to write off the Congo crisis as
solved. The country is too mer-
curial, and tribal rivalries lie too
close to the surface. for long
range stability. Bankruptcy lies
too dangerously near.
But by comparison with a year
ago, the tranformation is dra-
matte.