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venture on the beltway should
find the routes they now fol-
low more passable.
Some of the Industrial en-
terprises, such as research and
development firms, winch the
suburban counties co9et al
ready have established faciIi=
ties near the heltway The
counties are confident that its
completion sMilI bring many
more. Existing businesses are
surveying new markets be-
cause in terms of time, for In
stance, Fairfax will be much
nearer Baltimore and Mont
gomery much nearer Richmond
Few Difficulties
Even the value Of residential
property along the highway is
expected to rise, for many en-
ployes will find that by living
near it they can be relatively
far away from their place of
work, but still reach it COM
paratively quickly.
Mr.. Burroughs reports that
Virginia has encountered few
unexpected difficulties in build
ing its $40 million portion of
the beltway. Conversion of the
swampland into uSable right
of way is time-consuming and
will require another 13 months.
A landslide a week ago resulted
in demolition of six 30-foot
pillars built for an overpass.
But otherwise, the most
serious reversal occurred yes
terday when Mr.. Burroughs
knocked the gas tank off his
car while trying. to traverse
part of the, beltways which is
not yet as polished as all of
it eventually viii be.
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Girls Directing 7 roffic
Liquor Hearing Told

the bus stopped at N street
because it was in hurry.
The Rev. Joseph F. sCohalan,
treasurer of Georgetown Uni
versity, and the Rev. T. Byron
Collins, vice president in charge
Of business matters at the uni
Ivefsity, confirmed that George
town had agreed to talk with
Father Casey to help Richard
j., McCooey obtain a license
permitting the sale Of spirits
at his restaurant.
Mr.. McCooey's restaurant
will cost $350,000. 1t is or
property owned by the univer.
sity.
Groups Join Fight
Mr.. Hensel. is one of three
residents in the. neighborhooc
attempting to block the license
They are supported by more
than a dozen other residents
and by both Georgetown citi-
zens organizations.
Mr.. Hensel and H. Alexander
Smith, jr., of 1916 Prospect
street are both graduates o.
Princeton University and say
they use the Nassau Inn there
The 1889 restaurant is to bt
patterned after the Nassau
Inn. They said. however, thai
the Nassau is in commercial
district and not in a residential
area.
Miss Emily Brown of 351(
o street NV. told the boarc
that buses picked up children
on N street. a point within 40I
feet of the restaurant. She sale
she frequently saw the buse
when she walked her dog il
the afternoon.
Father Casey, said that an
other doorway outside the 400
foot limit is the main en-
trance.
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THIS, HE SUGGESTED,
would give the legal re-
searchers no difficulty. After
studying the legislative his
tory they would report that
when it passed the tax meas
ure, Congress did not mean
horses, it meant the most
numerous of farm animals,
which were now ducks.
(There had been a great in
crease in ducks during pre-
vious years..
So ducks would be taxed
instead of horses and lest
there should be some mis-
giving among the laity at
this construction, it might
be necessary to arrange an
annual ceremonial, say a
parade of ducks down Penn
sylvania avenue wearing
saddles and stirrups and led
by brides.
Julius Lazrus, president of
the BenruS Watch Co., ap-
peared in opposition, He
pointed out that no -so-called
electronic movements have
been imported into the
United States to date.
"The only watch con-
tanning a movement not
regulated by a balance wheel
and hairSpring currently
being marketed is produced
in this country by the Bulova
Watch Co."
Many other devices are
under development, he said
both in this country and
abroad. mo one can predict
exactly what kind of device
will be utilized to regulate
the popular priced watch
movement five or 10 years
from now"
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Georges County and vice versa
In Alexandria, where there is
no sales tax, merchants are
hopeful of attracting Maryland
patrons. During rush hours,
some trucks may be siphoned
from Route l into the new
bridge. However, until Mary
land connects the bridge to the
Baltimore parkway, they prob
ably will not be too numerous
In!tially, the strip between
Route so and Shirley highway
primarily will serve local traf-
fic and motorists who need tc
travel between the northwest
section of Northern Virginia
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The board hearing testimony
on a liquor license application
for the 1889 Restaurant was
told today that a nun stationed
two girls this morning to turn
away children trying to use the
N street entrance to the pa
rochial school of Holy Trinity
Roman Catholic Church.
This entrance to the school
is within 400 feet of the 178s
Restaurant being prepared at
Thirty-sixth and Prospect
streets NV. 80.
Opponents of the license
claimed the N street entrance
is the main entrance to the
school. District law bars ABC
licenses to establishments with
main. entrances within 400 feet
of the street main entrance
of a school
HenseI Testifies
One of the opponents. H
Struye Hensel, Assistant Secre.
ltafy of Defense in the Eisen.
hover administration, said hi
went to observe traffic at the
school this morning. There
upon, he said, a nun stationed
the two girls.
Mr.. Hensel told the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board thai
the Rev. Martin j. Casey
pastor of Holy Trinity. met 6
school bus that stopped at tht
N street entrance and made
it move on.
Attorney j. e. Bindeman
speaking for the 1789 appli'
cants, cross-examined Mr.. Hen.
sci but did not challenge hi
observations Of the nun anC
Father Casey.
Father Casey, however, sale
he always met the children
when they arrived. He saiC
Evening star., 1961-11-30
By ROBERT ]. LEWIS
= Star Staff Writer

The recently dormant battle
against Government plans to
demolish a large part of the
west side of Lafayette Square
has been reopened by the in
fluential Committee of 100 on
the Federal City.
Under a program, of the Cen
eral Services Administration,
the land would be part of a
site for new building to house
presidential executive offices.
The committees action fol-
lows recent reports that the
White House is not entirely
satisfied that razing present
small-scale buildings is in the
best interests of the appearance
of the Lafayette Square neigh
borhood.
"Small Expense"
In a report at its meeting
yesterday, the Committee of
100 said restoration of the
squares west side could be
undertaken by the Government
at very small expense"
Such restoration would leave
a sizable site of Government
owned land behind it on Seven
teenth street for the White
House executive offices, the re-
port said.
The small buildings on La
| Ifayette Square could be useful
for Government purposes" the
report said, and would form a
facade on the square for the
Seventeenth street building.
I'VE have reason to believe
that we shall receive very in
fluential backing for this re-
storation," the ommitt e e
Stated.
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than most metropolitan areas.
A House Government Opera
ltions Subcommittee is exam
lining a bill which would set
up an office of director of
relocation and decentralization
planning" in the White House
The bills author, Represent
atiye ReuSS, Democrat of Wis
censin, feels Washington could
easily suffocate in its problems
LOT growth if some decentraliza-
ton is not effected in the
future.
/ Praises District
But Mr.. Springer, an unex-
lpected witness, today ques.
ltfoned whether decentralization
Twas good government He addeo
THAT he felt the location ol
expansion of Government agen.
Ecies should. be determined by
leach agency instead of by tht
White House.
"I've Travelled around tht
country" Mr.. Springer con.
tinued, ito the big cities ot
New York and Chicago anc
ILos Angeles, and I'm convinced
| Washington is doing a far bet
ter Job on all these problems
with the possible exception Of
schools.
Decentralization is no solu-
tion," he said. He explained
that the District Committee was
continually examining all the
problems, such as traffic and
sewage disposal, which worry
EMr. Reuss. Mr.. Springer said
that through continued plan
ming the city can meet these
problems and added that its
growth was a healthy thing"
Mr.. Reuss described Mr..
Springer's statement as "a
thoughtful contribution and
commented he was also inter-
ested in making certain that
Washington will be the most
llovely and charming city in the
Icountry."
Representative Brooks. Dem
ncfat Of Texas. chairman Of the
lcommittee. expressed skepti-
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THE NUMBER OF JEWELS

THE NUMBER OF JEWELS
is very important in the
American public idea of the
value of watches. Dark ru-
mors used to be circulated
that watchmakers had been
known to feloniouSly remove
and pocket jewels from Gus
toners watches.
There is a story of one
careful lady who insisted on
standing by and watching
while the repair man opened
her watch and cleaned the
works.
She needn't have been so
concerned. The jewels are
synthetic Sapphires and
worth about 4 cents each.
However, they're impor-
tant in the tariff schedule. A
17-iewel watch movement
pays a duty Of $2.25; one
with 18 or more jewels,
S10.75. This difference of
$3.50 is a very important one.
AS for the problem pre-
sented by this new quality
watch that contains fewer
wheels and therefore needs
fewer jewels for bearings,
the Tariff Commission staff
seems to have solved it in
this way:
They hold that "the clear
intent of Congress-" a phrase
lawyers use when they have
made up their minds, was
not to base the rates on
jewels but on value. These
watches cost more than most
conventional watches ($185
to $3.50 for a mans wrist
watch and the rates of the
proposed sch edule are
higher.
1t was reminiscent of the
solution of a similar problem
in Thurman Arnold's Folk
lore of Capitalism" Arnold
suggested a situation in
which a tax on horses had
become unsatisfactory be-
cause the auto, truck and
tractor had eliminated
horses on the farm.
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Opposes
DecentroIizing Of
Federal Agencies
Cupitul Meeting Growth Problem
By PIonninq, Luwmoker Holds
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star Staff Writer

The Washington pictured today as holding It's
against big city problems hearings on bill to decen
tralize Federal agencies continued
Representative Springer, Republican of Illinois and
Der of the House District Committee criticized the bill
said the Washington meeting its growing pains better
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Soviet Position

AS sketched by Mr.. Menshikov,
and as elaborated on by other
Soviet spokesmen, the Russians
state:
The West and the Soviet Union
should sign separate peace trea-
ties with East and West Ger
manys.
The West and the Soviet Union
should agree on ending the oc-
cupation of Berlin and establish
West Berlin as free CITY," pre-
sumably under U. N. supervision.
If the West agrees to these
terms, the Soviet Union will guar
antee the rights of access to West
Berlin. If not, the Soviet Union
will sign a unilateral peace treaty
with the East Germans, and - n
over to them control of these
vital links.
In his speech, Mr.. Menshikov
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Prospects

Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Macmil-
Ian will discuss where the West
should go from here. With
Frances agreement that explora-
tory talks should be held, the West
can again search for some "give"
in the Soviet position.
Presumably, if the Soviet Un-
ion makes concrete proposals to
reduce tensions rather than to in
crease them, Britain and the
United States would ask France to
join in negotiations with the Rus
slams. World pressure would make
it very difficult for France to
continue its boycott.
If Mr.. Khrushchev continues
last weeks hard" policy, then
prospects for negotiations are dim.
If he switches as he does reg
ularly to a soft" policy, then
prospects for a foreign ministers
conference will be bright.
At the moment, the threat OF
war has receded - mainly because
the previous six-month deadline
was removed by Mr.. Khrushchev
in october.
AS experience has shown, how
ever, the Soviet Union can fan
the flames overnight. That is why
Western leaders continue to warn
of the dangerous situation in
Germany and its threat to the
world peace.
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Labor:
Policies Set

The AFL-CIO concluded It's
convention last week after re.
jecting the Presidents plea for
restraint on wage. demands,
agreeing to . new formula for
handling jurisdictiOnal disputes
and STRENGTHENING its machinery
for fighting internal racial bias.
Both President Kennedy and
his Labor Secretary, Arthur Gold
berg, went to Florida to address
the convention of the AFL-CIO,
the Nations largest labor organi-
cation, with a membership of
more than 1875 million.
Both made a plea for union
restraint in the pursuit of higher
wages, though neither, perhaps,
stated his position on the matter
with particular vigor. AS a matter
of fact, Mr.. Goldberg asserted
that there was plenty of room"
for wage increases to eliminate
inequities and as a reward to
higher productivity by the worker.
On Tuesday, a few days after
the Kennedy and Goldberg ap-
pearances, Big Labor made it's re-
ply to the White House. One lead
ing newspaper reported it this
way:
Organized labor rejected to-
day President Kennedy's plea for
voluntary restraint in collective
bargaining and called instead for
higher wages and shorter hours"
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Opposition Here

In the United States, the Ka-
tanga fighting has aroused con-
siderable opposition to the State
Department and the United Ma
tions. Republican Party Chair
man Miller joined the bipartisan
chorus condemning the action
and United States support Of it.
Some groups notably the Amer
leans for Democratic Action
have supported the United States
stand.
The fact that the United States
is the only big power to support
the U. N. with material-giant
air transports-has gained it con-
siderable support in underdevel-
oped countries which by and large
have considered Katanga as a
vestige Of imperialism. The Amer
ican support has quieted Soviet
propaganda guns which long have
attacked Katanga'S secession.
BY the end Of the week, U. N.
troops seemed to have the upper
hand, militarily. Swedish, Irish
and Indian forces had taken
strategic control of most Of Elisa
bethville, forcing Mr.. Tshombe
to evacuate the city.
Mr.. Tshombe had sent a note
to President Kennedy on Thurs
day night asking for help in ar
ranging a cease-fire, but yester-
day, he issued a statement saying
that Katanga would fight to the
end.
With his forces on the often
sive, Acting Secretary General
U Thant said the U. N. would
not agree to cease fire until
it had accomplished all the Sc
curity Council objectives. Pre-
sumably, the fighting could stop
through one Of two ways:
A military defeat Of the Ka-
tanga forces, or agreement by
Mr.. Tshombe to negotiate his
differences with Mr.. Adoula and
accept the Council demands.
The United States was work.
ing in the Congo to arrange a
meeting Of the two men. but
there were disagreements as to
where the conformation should
take place. Mr.. Adoula wanted
Leopoldville, Mr.. Tshombe, some
neutral spot.
The U. N. says it does not want
to destroy Katanga. but if Mr..
Tshombe refuses to yield, the
U. N. may end up in the un-
desirable role Of an occupying
power, enforcing a settlement.
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Rosy Report

Curiously, on the same day Mr..
Gilpatric met the press, Gen.
James A. Van Fleet called on Mr..
Kennedy after an inspection of
six training camps and made this
rosy report:
The spirit (of the citizen
soldier units) is magnificent :.
Morale is extremely high . The
Reserve Forces Act has proven
of great benefit to all National
Guard and Reserve units. I would
not change it,"
4 The White House had no COM
ment on either Mr.. Gilpatric's
comments or on what Gen. Van
Fleet reported.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon was
preparing to recommend changes
in the current program which
calls for drill pay for 100000 Ma
tional Guardsmen and 100000
Army reserviStS.
The betting was that the Guard,
much more potent politically
the Governors Of 27 States have
divisions and appoint the top Of
ficers - would remain relatively
untouched, but that the 10 Army
Reserve divisions face elimination
or sharp cutbacks. Either course
could set off still another major
fight in Congress next year,
The matter of long-range plan
ming for Reserve forces was only
one manifestation of ferment and
change in the military establish
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Widening Issues in the Conqo

United States and United Ma
tiOns officials last week sought
to arrange q meeting between
Katanga President Noise Tsh-
Ombe and COngOlese Premier
Cyrille Adoula, and thus end
the fighting between Katanga
and the United Nations.
In recent years, only the Suez
invasion and the Hungarian up
rising have aroused so much
worldwide concern as the fight
ing between the secessionist prov
ince of Katanga and the forces
of the United Nations. ...
On the government level, 1t
has led to a split between the
United States and many of its
allies. 1t has pitted conservative
against liberal. and has inspired
heated discussion about the U. N
proper role.
In Asia and Africa, 1t has
gained support for the United Ma
tions and the United States; in
much Of Europe. considerable dis
trust of American and U. N. mo-
tives. In the United States. it
has become political issue. with
speakers from both parties join
ing in attacks on the State De-
partment.
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More Trouble

The theological split within
the Communist bloc was height
ened last week as the Soviet
Union broke off diplomatic re-
latiOns with Albania.
The 22nd Communist Party
Congress should have been one,
of Moscow's typical propaganda.
circuSeS.
Party leaders had drawn up a.
program for the next 20 years,
and economists had compiled i'm
presSive figures to prove the "su-,
periority' of the Communist sys-,
TEN.
For some reason-still not al,
together clear - Premier Khru-
shchev chose this public con-
greSS, however, to reveal the
sharp riffs within the Communist
system.
Much of his attack was against
the Molotov-led "StalinistS" who.
had opposed Nr. Khrushchev's
domestic reforms. Of more sig
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Evening star., 1961-12-17
u. S. Reoffirmed

This protective" move was not
needed, however, for when the
actual vote was recorded, the
United States position was reaf-
firmed, 48-37. with 10 abstentions.
Last year, the vote was 1924 with
% abstentions, and the year be-
fore, 44-29, with abstentions.
While it is hard to document,
many officials have said privately
that one reason Red China did so
poorly this year was the Soviet
Unions unenthusiastic support for
her membership. A more concen-
trated effort by Peking's neighbor,
they felt, might have gained a few
more votes.
In another U. N. action. the
United States and the Soviet
Union agreed on the composition
of disarmament conference-18
nations to be, picked on a geo.
graphic basis. This ended months
of haggling over the size of the
body. Agreement over a controlled
disarmament treaty, however, will
be quite another matter.
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The Complaints

There was a good deal of COM
planning on the part of a small
minority of these citizen soldiers
the Army said, and no one was
disputing it, that fewer than l
per cent of those called were dis
gruntled - publicly. Some Con-
gressmen and newspapers were
bombarded with tales of mad
equate housing, equipment and
planning.
But the compainers had strident
voices and prolific ball-point
pens. A major lament, posed gen.
orally by non-unit Army reservists
assigned as filters" was capsul-
lied in the sardonic question:
why me?"
This was not the whole story,
Of course. Hanson Baldwin. mill
tary analyst of the New York
Times, wrote:
international political consid-
erations, the decentralization in
the Pentagon, faulty procedures
in the Army and tardineSS in the
ALLEGATION Of funds accounted in
part for the relative slowness and
confusion Of the early phases of
the mobilization"
Mr.. Gilpatric cited another rea-
son for the Pentagon's unhappi-
ness with the Gallup and it could
be taken as an implied criticism Of
Army training. He said:
Il just don't think our reservists
have oriented themselves to the
thought that they are called up
to prevent a fight rather than to
fight"
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Western Position

Faced with these demands. the
West had two obvious choices: To
reason with the Russians to try to
avoid showdown, or to stand
firm and resist any change in the
status quo.
A showdown could come, the
West says, if the Russians turn
over control of access routes to the
East German government, and if
the East Germans interfere with
Western traffic.
The United States and Great
Britain both believe that Mr..
Khrushchev does not want war
over Berlin, and is therefore
amenable to reason. The Ameri-
can-BritiSh view is to find out
how he proposes to guarantee"
the freedom and safety of West
Berlin if he signs a unilateral
peace treaty with East Germany.
The West has said that it would
do nothing if the Soviet Union
and East Germany sign such a
pact, but would object with force
if its war-won occupation rights
are threatened.
There is also Western agreement
not to recognize a permanent di-
vision of Germany. Such a divi-
sion. it is felt. would only lead to
eventual instability in Central
Europe, encouraging some future
German leader to seek reuniting
of his country by force, or by a
deal with the Soviet Union.
France believes the Russians
are bluffing on Berlin, and that
talks only can weaken the West
ern position. President deGaulle
wants no talks until the Russians
propose something more reason
able" leading, perhaps, to a Ger
many united by free elections.
At last weeks foreign ministers
conference, these differences were
discussed at length. and in the
NAT0 conference, they again re-
ceive' "'"-e 'rutiny. In both con-
ferences, Gne french stood alone
but their vote is of paramount i'm
portance to the Western alliance.
Not wanting to -publicize
the split, the delegates agreed"
Evening star., 1961-12-17

more carefully discussed than the
six-monthS old Berlin crisis.
This crisis-inStigated by Pre-
mier Khrushchev on June 4-has
been roundly discussed in previous
chiefs-of Estate talks, ambassado-
rial conferences, and foreign min
listers meetings, to say nothing of
being continuously discussed in
the world press.
So far there is no indication
that the Soviet Union has altered
its original demands in way that
will be acceptable to the West.
Nor is there any sign that the
West has agreed itself on how
best to deal with the Soviet pro-
posals.
From time to time, there have
been optimistic reports about So
Wet willingness" to talk, about
Premier Khrushchev's desire to
avoid war, and about possible
East-West compromise measures.
DeVelOpmenCS last week, at least,
indicated that the situation hardly
has changed since last spring.
These developments included:
. In a press club speech, Ambas-
Sador Menshikov reiterated his
country'S demands. Nowhere in
his address, presumably cleared
by Moscow, did he show any sign
of compromise or "softness."
. The Western foreign ministers
met on Monday and Tuesday, and
then participated in a regular
meeting of the NATO ministers.
France continued to object to
United States-British proposals
for negotiations with the Rus
slams. Agreement was reached,
however, reluctantly by the
French, on allowing British and
American diplomats to continue
making diplomatic "feelers" to
the Soviet Union.