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Evening star., 1961-05-09
TV BOSSES GET
TIPS ON WHAT'S
WORTH SEEING

Television executives
were told today they should
spend an entire day in
front Of their TV screen
watching their own sta
tons programs.
Il can assure you that
you will observe a vast
waSteland," the adviser
went on.
You will see a process
sion of game shows. vio-
lence, audience participa-
ton shows, formula COM
edies about totally unbe-
lieveable families, blood and
thunder. mayhem, violence,
sadism, murder, Western
badmen, Western good
men, private eyes. gang
sters. more violence and
cartoons.
And endlessly. CONNER
cials - many screaming,
cajoling and offending.
And most of all boredom.
True you will see a few
things you will enjoy-but
they will be very. very few"
The man giving the ad-
vice? Newton M. Minow,
chairman Of the Federal
Communications Commits
sion.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Cause Not Fixed
In Mine Disaster
BY the Associated Press

Federal investigators today
blamed the deaths Of % In
diana coal miners last March
on a gas explosion touched off
by an electric spark or an open
flame.
But the final report prepared
by the Bureau of Mines officials
left open the possibility that
smoking by miners may have
played a part in the under
ground explosion.
Smoking underground evil
IDENTIFY was common practice
in the Viking mine Of the Vik-
ing Coal Corp. near Terre
Haute. Ind, where the % men
died, the report said.
Evening star., 1961-05-09

been elected editor of The
Fed" publication of Local 14O,
National Federation of Post
Office Clerks. Government.
Printing Office has given
meritorious suggestion awards
to James Barnhart, Clarence
Branson, Daniel Butts, Ethel
Clark, Richard Cooper, Dewey
Entrekin, Charles Geyer, Will
lard King, jr., Frank Luckel,
jr., William Mulholland, Fred
Richter. Edward Wallace and
Hugh Young. James Poole,
a 4l-year-old Negro Federal
careerist with 10 years service,
has been appointed to the new
ly created job of assistant to
the Civil Service Commissions
director of college relations
and recruitment. Fort Bel
vOir has given incentive awards
to Robert Madden, Charles
Scozzie. Baldwin Moss, Vincent
Lee, John Grabski, Victor
Coles, Mrs. Susan Lindsey and
William Yehle. Samuel
Sperling Of the Public Health
Service has received a superior
performan ance award. .
Treasury's Bureau Of Customs
has given 30-year awards to
William Brownold, Robert Nc
Intyre; 20-year awards to
Marie Kahler, Frank Gatchell;
and a 15-year award to George
Heidbreder. Army Finance
and Accounts Office has
given the following awards:
Superior performance, Ida
Breazeal; outstanding perform
ance. Catherine Cdrran, Mark
Sliney, William Spittle; bene-
ficial suggestions. Lydia Dulin
and Isobel Riefenberg .
Federal Employees Union No. 2,
National Federation of Federal
Employees, has elected the fol-
lowing members to its board of
representatives: Robert Brad
ley, Veterans Administration;
Glen Gordon, General Account
ing Offices; Grant Olson,
Commerce; Warder Page. Navy;
Charles Prisk. Public Roads;
Mrs. Mary Quigley, Smithson-
ian, and Viola Schantz,
Interior.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Surprising 94% ofU.S. Employees
!: Hold Social Security Cards

the General Accounting Office,
the legislative fright arm" of
Congress. GAO would increase
its present Is super-grade jobs
to 40. Meanwhile, the House
unit has taken no action yet
on hearings on the administra-
tion's request for 801 additional
super-grade and other high
salaried jobs for the entire
Government service. In fact,
no bill has yet been introduced
to carry out the request.
80 -
ANNUITY INCREASE - A
move is developing in Congress
to raise the annuities of retired
Government workers. A number
of bills have been sponsored,
the latest Of which Is HR-6855
by Representative Morrison,
Democrat of Louisiana, ranking
member of the House Civil
Service Committee.
The Morrison bill would in
crease by 20 per cent that por-
ton Of an annual annuity
under $4,000 and 10 per cent
in the annuity over $4,000. Also,
the bill provides for automatic
annuity increases in the future
whenever there is a pay in
crease for active employees.
y y \ y
WORK MEASUREMENT
Effective July /, the Post Office
Department will modify its
work measurement syste m
which has been under sharp
criticism from postal employe
unions which charged it was
being used as a speed-up SyS-
tenn.
The modification provides
that the individual work meas
urement of postal office clerks
will be reduced to a frequency
of one week in every four weeks
instead Of on a continuous
basis.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP. - In
teriOr's Geological Survey has
given 40-year service awards to
Jesse Arnold, Wilmot Bradley
Richard Morris, Arthur Baker
and 30-year awards to Allen
Hely, Henry Cowling, Sherman
Jackson, Anton Navratil, w
Wallace Brannock, William
Gamble, Lola Hudson, Owen
Kenney, Concetta Leonetti
Franklin May, Kiguma Murata
John Odell and H. Cecil Spicer
Ed Seidell Of Agricultural
Marketing Service has received
an outstanding performance
: award. 9m Rosenberg hal
Evening star., 1961-05-09
BrozzoviIIe Airport
To Be Open to U. N.

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
May 8 (AP).-A United Ma
tionS spokesman said yesterday
President Able Fulbert Of
Youlou Of the Congo Republic
has assured Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold that he
had ordered restrictions re-
moved from U. N. aircraft at
Brazzaville Airport.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

.Ninety-four per cent Of all
Government employees have So
cial security numbers.
Despite the fact that Federal
employees do not come under
social security as such and are
covered instead by civil service
retirement, the vast majority
Of them have social security
cards as a result of previous
outside employment or present
part-time employment in jobs
covered by social security.
The high percentage came as
a great surprise to Civil Service
Commission officials who re-
Gently made the survey.
It could have considerable
significance for Federal en-
ployes. The fact that most of
them already are registered
under social security could IA
cilitate and make easier any
coordination or addition of
benefits.
For one thing, it could expe-
dite legislation to give Federal
employees added benefits under
social security that they don't
have now. For example. fam
lily survivorship protection for
the families of deceased Gov
ernment workers who die with
less than five years Of Federal
service. At present these fam
lilies are not entitled to any
benefits.
Also. an interchange Of
credits for maximum civil serv-
ice retirement and social secur-
ity coverage when employees
come into the Government or
leave it for industry. is a legis-
lative possibility. Also, there
are bills to permit optional ad-
ditional social security cover
age for Federal workers.
OF course, most Government
employe groups are opposed to
combining social security with
the civil service retirement
system fearing that this would
be a threat to the continuance
of CS retirement benefits. But
there is a trend among employe
leaders now in favor of sup
Elemental or co-ordinated So
cial security coverage If the
civil service retirement system
and its benefits remain inde-
pendent.
4
SUPER GRADES AP'
POVED-A House Civil Servict
subSQmmittee has approved /!
addit onal Super-grade jobs TO
Evening star., 1961-05-09

taste is as low as some Of you
assume"
The FEC boss said he also
was deeply concerned with
concentration Of power in the
hands Of the networks"
AS a result of the networks
power, too many local stations
have forgone any efforts at
local programing too many
local stations operate with one
hand on the network switch
and the other on a movie
protector"
RapS Violence
Mr.. Minow told the broad
casters they have misuSed their
influence over children.
There are some fine chill
dren's shows, but they are
drowned out in the massive
doses of cartoons, violence, and
more violence. Must these be
your trademarks?" he asked.
He said he would do all he
could to help promote educa-
tional television.
Educational television has
an enormous contribution to
make to the future, and I in
tend to give it a hand all the
way. If there is not a nation
wide educational television sys-
TEN in this country. it will not
be the fault of the FEC" he
said.
He promised the audience
that there would be no direct
Evening star., 1961-05-09

INFLOW warned the Nv leaders
that In the past licenses were
often renewed pro forma. I
say to you how, renewal will
not be pro forma in the future.
There is nothing permanent or
sacred about a broadcast
license"
When a renewal is due for
a hearing at the end of three
years, Mr.. Minow said he in
tended wherever possible to
hold a well-advertised public
hearing, right in the community
you have promised to serve. I
want the people who own the
air and the homes that tele-
vision enters to tell you and
the FEC what's been going on.
II want the people-if they
are truely interested in the
service you give them-to make
notes. document cases, tell us
the facts" he said.
He spoke at a luncheon meet
ing of the 39th annual conven-
tion Of the National Association
Of BroadcaSters.
Questions TV Taste"
Mr.. Minow-who heads the
seven-man FEC which he jok-
ingly called the Seven Un-
touchables" said he did not
believe present. programing is
aimed accurately at the public
taste.
II believe in the peoples good
sense and good taste, and I am
not convinced that the peoples
Evening star., 1961-05-09

would go mainly for loans, with
some grants. to help the other
South American countries i'm
prove their living standards in
the fields of housing, health
and education.
The existence Of the Castro
regime in Cuba. with close ties
to Communist Russia, has given
new impetus to the American
aid program for other Latin
American countries, which
originated with the Eisenhower
administration.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Bridges Fights
Aid 10 Reds
'CaptiVes'
BY ]. A. O'LEARY
Star Staff Writer

Senator Bridges, Republican
of New Hampshire, launched !
what appeared to be a hopeless
fight today against President
Kennedy'S requests for more
leeway in extending economic
aid to captive peoples behind
the Iron Curtain.
One purpose of the bill is to
give the President discretionary
power to use Polish currency
obtained by the United States
from the sale Of surplus crops
to extend economic aid to the
Polish people.
1t might also be used to ex-
tend economic aid to some of
the newly independent coun-
tries of Africa.
To give Mr.. Kennedy this
discretion requires passage Of
a bill amending the Battle Act,
which seeks to prevent Ameri-
can foreign aid from going to
Communist dominated coun-
tries.
The bill makes it clear that
the Presidents new authority
could not be used for military
aid. nor to help Russia itself.
Red China. North Korea or
North Wet Nam.
Dirksen Backs Request
Although he plans to take
the Senate floor against the
bill, Senator Bridges admitted
the outlook for preventing its
passage is dim.
Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen Of Illinois told a re-
porter he is going along with
the administrations request. He
pointed out that the new
authority is only discretionary
and can be used only if it is
found to be in the interest of
the security Of the United
States.
| Senator Bridges said he
believes this new authority will
not help the unfortunate
people living in Communist
dominated countries, but will
assist only the present regimes
Of these countries and
strengthen the puppet leaders
who take their orders from
Moscow.
II want to help the victims
Of Communist aggression Just
as much as any member of this
body" said Senator Bridges,
but I want to be sure the peo-
pie, and not their Red oppres-
sors, receive our assistance. II
we allow ourselves to pump aid
to puppet governments under
Red control. we are simply
easing the economic pressure
on Moscow at the expense Of
American taxpayers.
THE Communist bloc has al
ready grown to Frankenstein
dimensions, and I hardly think
this is the time for US to begin
feeding the monster vitamin
pills.
Latin Aid Bill Up
OF this total, $100 million
would be to help Chile recover
from disastrous earthquakes Of
1860.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield also hopes to win
Senate passage today Of a bill,
already approved by the House,
appropriating $500 million for
economic aid to Latin America.
Evening star., 1961-05-09

censorship Of programs, since
he was "unalterably opposed to
governmental censorship"
Television's fare will have to
be improved. he said, by the
time international television
comes into being.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
FEC Chief Promises
NLicense Checkups

Newton N. Minow new chairman Of the Federal Com
mnicatons Commission told the Nations elevson executives
today that he would hold public hearings when
licenses for renewal TO find out stations have been
serving the public interest.
In his first public address since assuming office,
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Rees Murder Trial Jury
Ready for Testimony

connective engineer: Charles D.
Ttgnall, 4s, an insurance man;
Samuel j. Aiken, SO, o mill
wright.
Also Frank p. Dusgan. "a, a
merchant; Hilton j. Hicks, IS,
q steelworker; Garland j.
Rhyme. IS. a printing press
man; Milbourne Huh, IS, an
agricultural agent: Vance L.
Markwood. 40, q truck driver.
The four alternates are
Charles B. Magruder, 70, O re-
tired accountant; Lawrence G..
Denton, 80, an inspector; Mrs.
Laurne M. Butler, 80, and Pat
rick j: Kinsella, 81, q mainte-
nance man. 30
Federal Judge Roszel c..
Thomson dismissed the jury
and alternates after they were
sworn yesterday before the
heavy snow in Baltimore. He
warned the jurors not to talk
about the case, not to read
about 1t In the newspapers and
not to come to any conclusion
about the guilt or innocence of
the defendant.
The Government. which has
about 30 witnesses lined up to
testify, indicated some Of them
would take the stand by Mon
day afternoon. The case is ex-
pected to take another two
weeks.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Democratic Vote
Slated in County

A special election to fill Dem
ocratic vacancies in Montgom-
cry County precincts has been
scheduled for March 8, a party
official reported yesterday.
Mrs. George T. Brown, vice
chairman Of the Democratic
County Central Committee,
said the date was set at q meet
ing Of the Democratic State
Central Committee and pre-
cinct chairmen on Tuesday.
The election will be confined
to about q dozen precincts, she
said, in which the posts Of
chairman and vice chairman
are vacant.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

whole weight Of my office be-
hind It,"
Under the Northrop.Pine
bill. Baltimore County and
Baltimore City would get four
more seats each in the House,
Montgomery and Prince g
Georges three each, Anne Arun-
del, two. and Hartford. Howard,
Charles and st. Marys Coun-
ties. one each. The Hess bill
would give q similar distribu-
ton but would add another
delegate for Cecil County.
Packing to BE Opposed
Under the Northrop-Pine bill
the new member would be
elected after approval Of the
plan by the voters. Under the
Hess bill. the Governor would
appoint the new members as
soon as voter approval had
been given. presumably before
his term expires at the end Of
1862.
I'VE will vigorously oppose
any move to pack the House of
Delegates with Democrats" Mr..
Rinehart said.
Admittedly our representa-
ton In the General Assembly
Is meager, but I shall request
them to fight this thing as
vigorously as they can," Mr..
Rinehart said.
The Republicans have only
ten members in the 152-mem-
Der General Assembly.
The Senate Judicial Proceed
ings Committee has set a near
ing for 1890 am. wednesday
on reapportionment legislati
Several plans other than the
Northrop-Pine and Hess bills
have been introduced.
Other legislative develop
ments included:
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Drive for Industry

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. ~ (AP)
Leaders in business and COM
merce organized yesterday to
give Maryland's move for more
industry a push.
Representatives Of the States
railroads, utilities, the Mary
land Port Authority, the
Washington Board Of Trade
and the Baltimore Association
Of Commerce formed O new
group to be called the Mary
land Industrial Development
Association.
A. E. Baker, manager Of the
Economic Development Com
mittee Of the Metropolitan
Washington Board Of Trade
was named chairman.
Mr.. Baker said the new Or
ganization would undertake
cooperative action on Mary
lands industrial, opportunities
and mutually beneficial prof.
ects.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Presidential Primary
Ban Awaits ! owes' Nod

General Assembly from doing
business with the State. 1
Teeth Into Bill
Mr.. CoSs said his bill would
put teeth into our largely in
effective lobbyists control pro-
cedure."
The conflict Of interests bill
would forbid, for example, the
current practice Of legislators
in writing insurance for the
State and to handle condemna-
ton cases for the State Roads
Commission.
The other bill would require
that all lobbyists who appear
before executive agencies and
the General Assembly register
with the State. Now only those
working with the legislature
have to register.
The bill also would establish
q new State agency to enforce
the laws and to examine finan.
cial reports on lobbyists. Il
would require that. lobbyists be
paid on a salary basis rather
than on a contingency arrange.
ment to eliminate the practice
Of paying what the employing
agency feels is the monetary
value Of the lobbyists work or
q particular bill.
It also would require thai
organizations having lobbyists
report on whether their posi-.
tions on legislation were deter.
mined by general membership
votes, board Of directors actions
or individual decisions.
The House Ways and Means
Committee yesterday approved
over the opposition of the
chairman, q bill to give the
House more representation on
the Legislative Council. The
bill. introduced by Delegate
Carlton r. Sickles, Democrat oi
Prince Georges. would give the
House six more members on
the influential study group. II
now is composed of 10 Sen
ators and 10 House members.
Another bill introduced yes
terday by Mr.. Sickles and Her.
vey G. Machen, Democrat of
Prince Georges. would prohibit
the use Of professional strike
breakers in labor disputes.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
BY 9 Star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 27.-A
plan to reapportion the House
OF Delegates by adding 20 ol
81 new Democrats was called
a "swindle" today by Republi-
can State Chairman D. Eldred
Rinehart.
Coy. Tawes indicated yester-
day that he is giving serious
consideration to backing O COM
bination Of two reapportion-
ment bills which have been In
troduced In the General Assem-
bly,.
~One introduced by Senator's
Howard s. Northrop. Democrat
Of Montgomery. and James A.
Pine. Democrat Of Baltimore
County. would add 20 new
members to the House. The
other, introduced by Delegate
w. Dale Hess, Democrat Of
Hartford. would add 81 MEM
bers but would give the Gov
ernor authority to appoint the
new members before the 1864
elections - assuring that they
would all be Democrats.
=
Governor Still Considers
After Q conference with the
two Senators yesterday, it was
reported that the Governor had
given the green light to the
Northrop-Pine bill but had in
dicated he would like to see 1t
amended with. the Hess ap-
pointment provision.
The Governor said after the
meeting that he has not finally
made up his mind what reap
portionment plan to support,
but that he probably would do
so within q few days. He said
he then would throw the
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Maryland Reopportionment Plan
Adding Democrats Hit as 'SwindIe'

Budget - Controller Louis
Goldstein testified that the
proposed removal Of tax stamps
from liquor bottles might cost
the State 50 million.
Bills-Legislation to outlaw
hiring Of strikehreakers and
abolish capital punishment
was among major bills intro
duced.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
BY JERRY O'LEARY, JR.
Star stan Writer

BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.-A
jury Of IL men and one woman
has been selected In the kid
nap-murder trial of Melvin D
Rees. jr., in Federal court here
beginning Monday.
The panel, plus four alter
mates. were selected yesterday
after two days Of the trial. The
32-year-old Hyattsville musi-
clan is being tried for the
kidnap-murder Of two members
Of the Carroll jackson family
The prosecutors. Assistan,
United States Attorneys H
Russell Smouse and Robert E
Cahill, said the Government
will outline It's case against the
tall. lanky defendant when the
weekend recess ends at 10 am
Monday. It is believed the
court-appointed defense attor-
neys, William ]. Evans and
William J. ODonnelI., also will
make opening statements.
Rees, q former University OF
Maryland student, Is accused
of abducting Mrs. Mildred
jackson Of Apple Grove, Va,
and her 5-year-old daughter
Susan. on January II, 1859 and
killing them. Their bodies
were found three months later
in a shallow grave in Anne
Arundel County, Md, although
they had been kidnapped many
miles away in the vicinity OF
Bumpass. Va, near their home
Killed at the same time were
Mr.. jackson, a 29-year-old
truck driver, and their other
daughter, Janet, 10 months
The infant and the father were
found dead in the woods near
Fredericksburg, Va. Virginia
has charged Rees with their
Staying.
Foreman Of the jury is
Charles A. Conner. 40, a sales
manager for Inland Steel Prod
uctS Co.. in Baltimore. The
other jurors are Joseph Diener,
Sc, a retired club manager; +;
Harry L. Carver, SO, q retired
Agriculture Department en-
ploye; Mrs. Naomi r. Smith,
q 47-year-old housewife: Thom-
as e. Colson. IS, q retired To-
Evening star., 1961-01-27
MARYLAND BRIEFS
Legislators
Get. Bill to
Halt Sit-Ins
By . star staff writer

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Jan. 27.-
A bill aimed at stopping sit-ins
by Negroes was introduced In
the General Assembly today.
The bill. by State Senator
John L. Sanford, Democrat of
Worcester. would make 1t a
crime to "conspire, confederate
or combine with another or
others to go upon or re-
main upon the lands. buildings
or premises Of another" after
having been forbidden to do
so by the owner.
The bill provides . penalty
Of up to IL months in prison
or up to $1,000 In fines or
both.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
BY PAUL HOPE
star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 27.-A bill
to abolish the Maryland presi-
Dental primary is resting on
Gov. Tawes' desk. waiting foI
an opinion from the chief ex-
ecutive.
Drafted by State Senator
Mary L. Mock, Democrat OF
Wicomico; and q close friend
Of the Governor, the bill will
be introduced If the Governor
gives the go-ahead.
Gov. Tawes said last sum-
mer that he favored aboliShine
the presidential primary. but
he apparently is hesitatine
now because Of the possible
misinterpretation Of such q
move.
President Kennedy entered
the Maryland primary last
year, originally against the
wishes Of Gov. Tawes who
wanted the State delegation to
60 to the Democratic conven-
ton uncommitted. Later, Gov
Tawes gave his support to Mr.,
Kennedy and the Senator won
the primary by q large margin.
Disadvantage Seen
Under Maryland's presiden-
tial primary law. the conven-
ton delegation is committed tc
vote for the winner until it Is
clear that he has no chance tc
gain the nomination. Some
Democratic leaders have fell
this places the Maryland del
egation at a disadvantage II
convention maneuverings.
The Governor stumped the
State for President Kennedy
after he was nominated and
reportedly Is hesitating on the
bill to abolish the primary be-
cause 1t might be interpreted
as q slap at the President,
State House sources say there
is about . $3.50 chance that
1t will be introduced.
On another legislative mat
ter. Delegate Charles w. Coss,
Democrat Of Washington
County. said he is having legis-
lation prepared to impose strin-
gent controls on lobbyists and
Ito prohibit members Of the
Evening star., 1961-01-27
YMCA' Dinner Set

The Prince Georges County
YMCA will hold its 18th annual
father and son dinner at 6:15
pm. tomorrow at Kent Junior
High School, Palmer Park, Md.