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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29
Political Notes

GOVERNOR j. WILLARD TAWES is a
Democrat. He is a good Democrat. And he
was raised in the tradition that he should do
what is best for the Party = his Party. But
something stronger may change his mind in
1862
Mr.. Tawes was one of the most popular
men in public office before he was elected
Governor. He served many terms as Comp
troller and ran up good record. AS mat
ter of fact, he was so popular that the Re
publicans did not run anyone against him in
one or two elections He held the same
position in the State as Clayton Watkins has
held here in the County Republicans did not
put anyone up against the popular Clerk of
the Circuit Court. Had they done so in one
election it is safe to assume that Mr.. Wat
kins would have been defeated All local
Democrats lost that year of the Charter and
Republican coalition
II seems too bad in way that Governor
Tawes' popularity has taken such a plunge.
Many Of his friends do not believe there is
time for him to recover the loss Of political
prestige he has suffered during the first two
and half years as Governor In order to be
reelected. The latest Hooker polls, we under.
stand shows drastic drop in the Govern
ment's popularity.
There isn't much doubt that he could
get the Democratic nomination, but one won
ders if Tawes would consent to go through
a knock-down primary fight if such fight
might leave the way open for a Republican
to go into the top Executive Office in Mary
land
1t is reasonable to assume that George
Hooker, close advisor and longtime beer
spokesman. will do everything in his power
to get his Governor" back for another term.
Mr.. Hooker has thoroughly enjoyed the power
that has been his since Governor Tawes took
office And no one is naive enough to be-
lieve he won't pull out all of the political
shoppers at his command to see that ]. Mil
lard is nominated and then reelected.
However, the man in Annapolis may have
an idea of his own on this subject.
BLAIR LEE, III, did not announce for
the us. Senate without going into all polit.
ical angles. Furthermore, it is almost sure
fact that he has a political ace in the hole
that none of his enemies can combat.
1t is known in State Democratic circles
that Congressman and Mrs. Danny Brewster
would like to stay in Washington but would
prefer to be called Senator and Mrs Brewster
Both of the Brewsters are young and
handsome. Both are quite social. AS mat.
ter of fact, at a recent White House Coffee
Mrs. Jack Kennedy, wife of the President,
exclaimed, why Danny" She was recalling
the days when both of them rode in the vari.
Gus local Hunts. And when the President
shook hands with the Maryland Congressman
he said: II understand from my wife that
you are quite horseman"
Look for an announcement that Dan
Brewster is no longer associated with the
law firm of Brewster, Boone, etc. of Towson,
Md. However, Brewster's personal friends
say he may be about year too late in re-
moving himself from the law firm. His law
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-29

Spencer characterized as "the
great political superstition" of
current democratic processes,
"the divine right of parlia.
ments"), our written Constitu-
ton eliminates the occasion for
secession of a minority to attain
independence and freedom"
An overall sovereignty is thus
sustained with the consent of
the governed. E Pluribus Unum!
United we stand; divided we
fall. Alden Potter
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Service Personnel

An Army sergeant whom l
work with in the 9Th u. S.
Army Corps Office in Austin,
Tex, showed me a letter from
Evening star., 1961-03-28
PrOteStuntS,
Jews Divide
On Schools

NEW YORK, Mar. % (AP)
The Protestant Council Of
the City of New York and
Agudath Israel Of America. q
national Orthodox Jewish Or
ganization. take opposite sides
on the question Of Govern
ment aid to church-Supported
schools.
The Protestant council, in a
Statement Of principle" sent
yesterday to the clergy of its
1,700 member churches in 81
denominations, expressed "vig-
orus" opposition to Govern
ment aid.
The Jewish organization said
Federal and State aid would
help the Jewish day school
movement (Yeshiva).
To deny tax-paying Ameri.
can citizens of the Orthodox
Jewish faith the benefit Of
their taxes justly due to their
children is q discrimination
with is not in accordance with
American ideals" the Jewish
statement said.
The Protestant council urged
its ministers to use their pull
pits to make it clear that the
council is against "the subsidy
in any form by Federal or State
government Of non-public
elementary and secondary
schools"
Evening star., 1961-03-28

Miller said, "who felt you
gained anything by calling
meetings that end up with one
Republican criticizing another
Republican"
Tough Decision Likely
The New Yorker conceded
that he had some worries about
adding the duties of the chair
manShip to those Of a Congress
man, and said that, for that
reason, he hoped the party
could find another person who
could take the chairmanship
on a full-tirne basis.
II the National COMMITTEES
were to choose him, Mr.. Miller
said, he would serve out his
current term in the House and
then decide before the 1861
election whether he could con-
tinue to hold both his con-
gressional seat and the chair
manship.
eat some point, I'm afraid, @
very rough decision would have
to be faced, but ! wouldn't risk
doing a poor job in the House
or at the committee just ,iY
order to hold both positions
he said.
Evening star., 1961-03-28
Senators Study Bill
For Single Adoption

A Senate subcommittee today
completed hearings on q bill
which would enable Municipal
Court to slice through q legal
tangle in an adoption case.
The case, as told to Senator
Hartke, Democrat of Indiana,
involves a woman separated
from her husband who wants
to adopt legally a 7-year-old
boy who has been living with
her for most of his life.
The Domestic r Relations S
Branch of Municipal Court is
restricted from hearing the
adoption case because the hus-
band is no longer resident of
the District. The bill, intro
duced by Senator Morse, DEM
ocrat of Oregon, would give
Municipal Court Jurisdiction in
the case.
Glenn e. Harris of the Dis
trict's Legal Aid Bureau testi-
Evening star., 1961-03-28

ator Hartke's Judiciary Com
committee of the District Com
mittee included one to raise
the jurisdictional amount for
the Small Claims and Concilia-
tion Branch Of Municipal Court
from $50 to $50. The measure
would allow more litigants to
take advantage Of that branch
of the court.
Chief Municipal Court Judge
John l.. Smith testified for the
bill.
Another bill screened by the
subcommittee would exempt
the District government from
paying fees In any court Of the
District.
Evening star., 1961-03-28

fled in support Of the bill, also
backed by the District Com
missioners.
Mr.. Harris said the woman
wants to be. recognized as the
mother of the child in the
eyes of the law" but is caught
on the horns Of q dilemma"
Lewis Ferrell. representing
the Washington Bar Associa-
ton, also appeared to support
the legislation.
Other bills cleared by SEN
Evening star., 1961-03-28
Piuf Performances
Cancelled -by Illness

PARIS, Mar. % (AP). -
Edith Piaf. husky voiced French
songstress, was unable to ap-
pear last night for the first
time since her comeback last
December after two years ILL
ness.
Voiceless and sick with the
grippe, she was forced to dis
appoint an audience Of 1900
at the big Olympia Music Hall.
Evening star., 1961-03-28
MiIIerSees PortyChief
As q Muscle Builder
BY DAVID s. BRODER
star staff Writer

Representative William e.
Miller Of New York, a leading
prospect for the job Of Repub-
lican national chairman, said
today he thinks the new party
leader should concentrate on
building orgaliizational muscle
and leave policy pronounce
mentS to others.
! The 47-year-old Buffalo
area Congressman, one Of four
or five men mentioned as a
successor to Chairman Thrus-
ton B. Morton, who is resign
ing in June. said in an inter-
view that he would accept the
craftsmanship, "if there is no
one else that everyone can
agree on and If my election
would lead to q harmonious
transfer Of authority"
Mr.. Miller conceded that he
had some worries about taking
on the added duty, but said he
would either quit the chair
manShip in 1862 or give up his
House seat II he became con-
vinced he could not handle
both.
Others Mentioned
Mr.. Miller's name has
cropped up frequently in spec
ulation about the chairman
ship, along with Ray C. Bliss,
the Ohio chairman; former
Secretary Of Interior Fred Sea-
ton: former Undersecretary of
Treasury Fred Scribner; and
former Postmaster General Ar.
thur Summerfield.
The black-haired, fast-talk-
ing Representative has won
wide commentator in party
circles for his work as the head
Of the Republican Congression-
al Campaign Committee tn e
last two years. The 1860 elec-
ton was the first since 1916
in which a party gained House
seats "a for the Republicans
- without winning the presi-
dency.
Though MIR. Miller com e S
from New York State and is
repeatedly acceptable as ma
tional chairman to Gov. Nell
son A. Rockefeller, he backed
former Vice President Nixon
for the Republican nomina-
tion last year at a time Mr..
Rockefeller was still in the
running. He also has close per-
Sonal ties with Senator Gold
water, Republican of Arizona,
the third major possibility for
the 1864 @. o. p. nomination.
Some Criticism Of Views
However, talk Of his selec-
tion to head the party organi-
zation has drawn criticism
from some Republicans who
complain that his views are
too conservative and who think
the party should have a full
time chairman.
Asked about his political
views, Mr.. Miller said: I'm
not . liberal. certainly, but
recognize it's 1861. What
ever my personal philosophy,
don't think the Republican
chairman should use his posi-
ton to enunciate his views as
the party's stand"
Mr.. Miller said he regarded
the Craftsmanship as a "tech-
nical operation, concerned with
muscle-building, strengthing
the organization - and, Incl
dentally. raising funds for these
purposes.
Il think the party's elected
officeholders - the Senators
Representatives and Governors
can take care Of the policy
making" he added.
Mr.. Miller said he was op-
posed to a suggestion from Sen.
ator Keating, Republican o.
New York. for creation of ar
All-Republican Committee, in.
cluding Governors and Con
greSsmen, to discuss G. o. P
policy positions.
II have never been one" Mr.
Evening star., 1961-03-28
Administration
Scales Down
Pay Bill Aims
BY LEE M. COIN
Star staff Writer

The Kennedy administration
today indorsed a scaled-down
minimum wage bill in a bid for
Senate action soon after the
Easter recess.
Senator Mcnamara, Demo-
crat of Michigan, introduced
the compromise bill, which still
faces stiff Republican opposi-
ton.
A coalition of Republicans
and conservative Southern
Democrats defeated the admin
istration in a minimum wage
test last week in the House.
The new administration bill
would\raise the minimum wage
for 23.9 million workers now
covered from 81 an hour to $1.25
over a 2S-month period. It
would extend coverage to A.
013,000 workers who now are
excluded, starting them at 81
an hour and raising them to
rs in three additional annual
steps.
Overtime Provided For
Newly covered workers would
receive premium pay for over
time beyond 40 hours q week
in the fourth year.
The administrations new
bill would cover 100000 fewer
workers than its original pro-
poSal. Accounting for 288. .000
Of this reduced coveraee is a
provision exempting individual
retail stores with gross annual
sales below $250,0OO. even If
these stores are branches Of
large chains. @
Other, lesser concessions are
designed to eliminate relatively
minor controversies without
changing the legislation's basic
principles.
The Senate Labor Committee
agreed today to postpone ac-
ton on minimum wage legis-
lation until April IL. At that
time, committee Democrats and
Republicans agreed, an effort
will be made to complete &C.
ton in one day.
Mansfield Optimistic
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield predicted at the
White House today that fina
congressional action on mini.
mum wage legislation will bC
satisfactory to President Ken.
nedy.
Senator Mansfield said HI
believed the Senate could pas
q minimum wage bill by Apri
Is along the lines requested b.
MIR. Kennedy.
The House last week passes
a bill that would raise the wag'
floor for workers now covered
to $1.15 an hour, and woulc
; extend coverage to about l.
million workers in retail chainl
with five or more stores in two
) or more States, Newly, coveres
workers would get q $1-an-hou
minimum wage without over
time pay.
In the House, the admins,
! tration was defeated despite it
offer of a compromise bill tina
. would have been even narrow
er than the McNamara pro
posal. New coverage under tn
: House compromise would hav,
been about the same as in thu
McNamara bill. but newly Gov
i cred workers would have re
ceived only 81 an hour withou
future increases or overtime
i Administration forces arr
hopeful that q roll-call vote IL
the House on a conference sub.
J stitute would reverse las
weeks 186-185 teller vote de.
feating the administration
compromise bill.
Evening star., 1961-03-28
Senate Gets Treaty

President Kennedy yesterday
sent to the Senate for ratifi-
cation q United States treaty
with Brazil dealing with extra
dition matters. Representatives
Of the two nations signed the
treaty last January 13.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Scout Monument
Site Is Approved

The Boy Scouts of America
seem to have united at last all
the knots which had kept them
from putting up their monu-
ment in Washington.
The National Capital Plan
ming Commission yesterday ap-
proved the placing of a 30-foot
monument on the eaSt-weSt
axis Of the Ellipse, on ground
just across the street from the
EllipSe itself. T. Sutton Jett,
representing the National Cap
ital Parks, indicated this site
would be all right with his
agency also.
The Fine Arts Commission at
its last meeting recommended
the site approved today. The
monument, under this agree
ment by the Government agen-
cies, can be placed either on
the east or west side of the road
going around the Ellipse.
The Boy Scouts originally
asked for a site in the Ellipse
grounds near Fifteenth street
and Constitution avenue NV.
but are expected to settle for
the location agreed upon today
The monument consists Of three
figures representing q Boy
Scout, manhood and woman
hood.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Bon on ControcePtives
Unenforced, Court old

traceptive devices. but mo one
can buy them for any legiti-
mate purpose"
The court completed hearing
arguments on an appeal brought
by DR.. c. Lee Buxton of Yale
Medical School and two mar
ried women patients, who con-
tend the State laws violate
constitutional rights. DR.. Bux-
ton said the life Of one of the
women patents might be en-
dangered by another preg-
nancy, and the other patient
has had three mentally def
cient children who soon died.
Justice Frankfurter asked
Mr.. Cannon if there had ever
been a prosecution under the
laws that led to a trial and
conviction. Mr.. Cannon said
there had never been such a
trial.
Later questioning indicated
the court might not make a
final ruling until after such a
trial and interpretations by the
State Supreme Court on actual
operation of the law.
I'm Short" Justice Frankfurt
ter said. "you can't think of a
situation where a doctor could
be prosecuted without proving
use had been made of his ad-
vice. You can't prove. use, be-
cause a husband and wife may
not testify against each other
in Connecticut"
Your observation is prob
ably correct" said Mr.. Can
non.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Spaak Rues
Trend in u. n.

PARIS, Mar. 3 (AP).-Paul-
Henri Spaak. retiring secretary
general Of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, expressed
disillusionment today about the
role being played by the United
Nations.
"The path that it is follow
ing diSturbs me-" said Mr..
Spaak, president Of the q. N.
Assembly in 1916. "It will soon
be an organization having
nothing in common with the
original organization set up In
San Francisco"
Mr.. Spaak said what people
now dared to say" in the
United Nations was "outra-
geous." He listed these other
points:
The Security Council allows
any country to be heard and
sometimes seats 20 or 80 in q
meeting;
The charter principle that
there should be no interference
in members internal affairs
Is no longer respected. Can't
the new nations see the danger?
Mr.. Spaak asked.
He spoke during a farewell
appearance at a luncheon of
the foreign press in Paris. He
is returning to Belgium to re-
enter politics as head OF the
Socialist Party.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
BerIeConfers
With Quadros

RIO DE JANEIRo, Brazil,
Mar. 8 (AP).-Adolf A. Berle.
jr., chief of President Kennedy's
Latin American task force, said
today his first meeting with
President Janio Quadros was
pleasant.
"They didn't throw any bricks
at each other" one United
States official said of the
two-hour conference last night
between the veteran United
States diplomat and the vola-
tile Brazilian chief Of state.
Mr.. Berle declined to give
any details of their talk at
BraSilia, but the United States
Embassy said Mr.. Berle had
planned to discuss general
issues with special emphasis on
economic and financial matters.
Mr.. Kennedy is said to have
offered Mr.. Quadros 500 mil
lion in credit to ease Brazil's
serious financial difficulties.
Mr.. Quadros has not said
whether he would accept, but
Clemente Mariani, his Finance
Minister, is going to Washing
ton later this month.
Mr.. Quadros has been steer
ing Brazilian foreign policy
toward moderate neutralism
during his few weeks in office.
Mr.. Berle, 66, a former Am
bassador to Brazil, met with
Mr.. Quadros a day later than
planned. Each was to travel to
Brasilia from Rio de Janeiro
Wednesday. but heavy lain
made the capital inaccessible.
Mr.. Berle is scheduled to re-
turn to Washington tomorrow,
ending a scouting mission that
took him to Venezuela and
Colombia.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
By the Associated Press

The Federal Communications
Commission will ask Congress
to pass . law to force tele-
vision manufacturers to build
sets that can receive all TV
channels.
Most standard TV sets now
are built to receive only very
high frequency (VHF chan
nels, with only a few equipped
to bring in ultra high fire.
quency (UHF) channels as
well.
FEC Chairman Frederick w.
Ford testified yesterday at a
Senate hearing that We've got
to have all-channel receivers
In the hands of the public for
educational television to get
off the ground" He also said
it was necessary for full ex-
pansion Of commercial tele-
vision.
He said one reason there has
not been more use Of the 26S
UHF channels reserved for ed
ucational broadcasting is be-
cause so few sets can receive
the programs. Another, he
said, is lack of money in local
communities to build stations
for educational TV.
The Interstate Commerce
Committee is holding hearings
on a bill to authorize grants
of 81 million to every State
to build and equip educational
stations.
Mr.. Ford told the committee
the FEC is preparing a bill
.for submission to Congress
that would ban from inter-
state shipment any TV set moi
equipped to receive UFIF as
well as WIFI broadcasts.
He said manufacturers have
not done this voluntarily and
"the evidence is that they
Evening star., 1961-03-03
$4,000 Bond Set
For 7 in Assault

Rufus Brown, jr., 10, Of the
200 block of Tenth street Sc.
and Ronald Fuller. 10, of the
HOO block Of Fourth street
NE. were held for the grand
jury on rape charges yester-
day in Municipal Court.
Judge George D. Nelson set
bond at $4,000 each for the
youths. arrested last week after
a 26-year-old woman told
police she was raped by five
teen-agers in an alley in the
100 block Of Tennessee ave-
nue. NE.
Police said two other teen
ayers have been apprehended
and are being held for action by
juvenile authorities. The fifth
boy has not been located yet.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
CIupp Confirmed
For REA Post
BY the Associated Press

Norman M. Clapp Of Wiscon-
sin won Senate confirmation
today as administrator Of the
Rural Electrification Admins
;tration.
: Two other appointments by
President Kennedy also won
similar clearance:
Aubrey j. Wagner of Ten
.neSSee to be a director Of the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
; Col. Jackson Graham of the
Army Engineer Corps to be a
member Of the Mississippi
River Commission.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Injunction
Sought in
Airline Row

The Flight Engineers Inter-
national Association yesterday
asked District Court to block
an election order by the Ma
tional Mediation Board. which
the engineers fear may elimi-
nate their union.
At issue was the controversy
which resulted in a wildcat
strike of flight engineers across
the country last week.
In the complaint the engi-
neers objected to a Mediation
Board order of February
paving the way for an election
among United Airline flight
engineers which was requested
by the Airline Pilots Associa-
ton. The court papers filed
yesterday said the election
could result in the designation
of the ALPA as bargaining
agent for the flight engineers
thus depriving the engineers
."of rights to be represented by
an organization of their own
election and dedicated to theil
own interests"
President Kennedy has set VI
a fact-finding board to investi.
gate the controversy as it ap.
plies to the six airlines affected
by the strike, but this presi.
Dental board would not con.
Germ itself directly with thC
situation as it applies to United
engineers.
Yesterdays complaint charged
that the mediation board i!
acting on the basis Of an i'm.
proper report presented by 6
board committee. The unior
charged that the committeC
conclusion that the pilots have
a community of interest with
the flight engineers in negoiat.
ing with management is a falst
conclusion.
The flight engineers unior
therefore asked the court tc
enjoin the mediation boarc
from taking action and to en-.
join the ALPA and United Air.
lines from taking action thai
would lead to representation o.
the flight engineers by thu
ALPA.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Goodwill Shops
Name Director

Richard A. Nelson Of San
Diego, Calf, has been named
as the new executive director
Of Davis Memorial Goodwill
Industries, a rehabilitation
center for the handicapped in
Washington.
Mr.. Nelson, who recently re-
tired as president Of. the Mel
SON. Thomas office equipment
firm on the West Coast, has
been active in the Goodwill In
dustries movement since 1e47.
He is the retiring president of
Evening star., 1961-03-03
FCCWonts Legislation
ForAII-ChonneI TVSets

won't unless something Of this
sort Is DONE"
He estimated that equipping
sets to receive all channels
would add perhaps $40 or a
little more on a mass produc-
tion basis" to the cost Of a set.
Committee Chairman Mag
nuson, Democrat Of Washing
ton. promised prompt consid-
Grafton for the FEC proposal.