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Evening star., 1961-01-20
Court Denies
enneSSee =
Eviction PIeu

CINCINNATI, Jan. 20 (AP).
"A Federal court today re-
fused to advance from Febru-
airy 20 a hearing on a tempo
rary injunction which prevents
46 Haywood County eTennes-
see) landowners from termi-
mating contracts with share-
croppers.
The landowners. in asking
quicker action on January 16,
said the injunction "is para
lying farming arrangements
for the 1861 cotton crop.
The sharecroppers are Me-
groes. The Justice Department
claimed the Negroes were. be-
ing evicted from their homes
because they registered to vote
in the 1860 election.
All contracts between land.
owners and sharecroppers ordi.
narily expire on December 81. :.
In refusing to advance this
hearing, the Sixth District
Court of Appeals said a special
convocation would not serve I'd
expedite the determination 81
the issues involved. The court
will 60 into regular session Feb.
ruary 6.
The court also rejected a re!
quest that attorneys be allowed
to file typewriter briefs, in,
stead Of printer briefs, to savl
time. .
Judge Lester L. Cecil, wha
signed the ruling today, said
counsel should be able to gel
printed briefs ready befor.s
February 20.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Khrushchev Pledges
Better Living Standards

to coordinate scientific develop
mentS with farm management.
Previously the ministry had
been largely administrative.
To solve machinery problems
Of state and collective farms
the party committee authorized
establishment of a special gov
ernment agency to act as in
termediary between the farm
machinery industry and the
farms. The committee also ap-
proved establishment of a state
procurement agency to be re-
sponsible for procurement of all
agricultural products.
The committees communique
disclosed that Russia's wheat
crop in 1860 was 13l million
metric tons above the 1859 mil
lion tons produced in 1859 but
short Of the l41.2 million tons
produced in 1858.
Milk and meat also increased
slightly over 1859, but the lat
ter particularly fell below the
target.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Russion Charge
OfHoIting Tojnker
Denied by U. S.
BY the Associated Press

The United States yester-
day rejected a Soviet protest
that American Navy ships had
wrongfully stopped q Russian
tanker near Cuba.
In a note delivered to the
Soviet Embassy. the United
States said the American craft
did no more than exchange
routine Identification signals
with the Red tanker and at no
time came closer than 312 miles.
Russia had protested the in
cident, involving the Russian
tanker Sverdlovsk, which oc-
Cured January Is.
United States officials said
their check showed neither the
American nor the Soviet ships
changed course or speed as they
passed in the Caribbean waters
south of Cuba. The American
ships were headed for the
United States base at Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba. The Rus
sian tanker was presumably
carrying oil to Cuba.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
KENNEDYS ONLY QUOTATIONS
BOTH TAKEN FROM THE BIBLE
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy used two quotations in his in
augural address. both from the Bible.
The first came in this paragraph: LET both sides
unite to heed in all OF the earth the command of
Isaiah-to undo the heavy burdens. (and) let the
oppressed 60 free"
The words are in the Book of Isaiah 58:6-"Is not
this the fast that have chosen? To loose the bands of
wckedness to undo the heavy burdens and to let the
oppressed go free, and that We break every yoke?"
The second quotation came when Mr. Kennedy said
the American people summoned to bear the burden
OF long twilight struggle year in and year out rejoicing
in hope patient in trbulation :. :"
The Book of Romans 1912 says: Rejoicing in hope
patient in tribulation continuing instant prayer"
Evening star., 1961-01-20

in Saranac Lake, N. Y. and the
Lake Placid News.
+ Mr.. Rostow, A, well known
as an expert on international
economics, now is professor OF
economic history at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy.
He will serve in the White
House as deputy to George
Bundy, dean of. the faculty Of
arts and sciences at Harvard
University. who was named
previously as Mr.. Kennedy's
assistant in the field of Ma
tional security affairs.
Mr.. Kennedy made clear at
the time he appointed Mr..
Bundy that this was a first
step to streamlining National
Security Council procedures.
His naming of. Mr.. Rostow as
deputy to Mr.. Bundy was a
new indication of the impor-
tance Mr.. Kennedy attaches
the work Of co-ordinating op-
erations of all Government
agencies concerned in national
security affairs.
A native of New York City
and a 1885 Yale graduate, Mr..
Rostow went from Yale to OK
ford as a Rhodes Scholar and
later served as an oxford Pro-
fessor of American History. He
has been at NIT since 1850.
During World War II he
served with the OSS. He
worked with the State Depart
ment in 1945.
Mr.. Rostow published two
books last year-"Stages Of
Economic Growth" and 1.-THE
United States in the World
Arena"
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Let Kennedy
Ask, Trumon
Ready to Act
By the Associated Press

Former President Truman
said today he has told Presi-
dent Kennedy he will do what
ever Mr.. Kennedy wants him
to do.
Mr.. Truman, who put aside
his customary walking news
conference because "it's too
damn cold" conferred with Mr..
Kennedy privately for about IS
minutes yesterday at Mr.. Ken
nedy's Georgetown home.
Mr.. Truman said he did not
offer Mr.. Kennedy any advice
during their conversation, but
II let him know that / will do
anything officially that he
wants me to do" he added.
advice is the cheapest thing
in the world" Mr.. Truman said,
land nobody listens to you
anyhow.
Kennedy will have to speak
for himself and I am sure he
will"
Mr.. Truman described Mr..
Kennedy as brilliant and a
mice. decent young man." and
added:
He knows the history of
Government as we'll as anyone
I've met and that includes me-"
Il am an old retired farmer
now n years DID," Mr.. Truman
continued. II am old enough
to know better but I am willing
to serve in any capacity Ken
nedy wants me to-"
II want his administration
to be an outstanding success" !"
he added.
AS for the four years ahead,
Mr.. Truman said Mr.. Kennedy
is young enough to stand the
gaff. Kennedy's election has
not gone to his head. That's
remarkable. I know. I've been
through it."
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Council to Combat
Blue Cross Abuse

BALTIMORE, Jan. 20 (AP).
The Maryland Hospital Coun-
Gil is planning to combat
alleged irregularities in Blue
Cross services.
The council said in a report
yesterday it feels violations by
Blue Cross subscribers. doctors
or hospitals, have been exag-
gerated, but it promised to "use
its full influence" in checking
existing abuse.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
100 STRANDED
HOURS ON TRAIN

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 20
(AP) More than 100 persons
were stranded for more than
nine hours early today when
the Lehigh Valley Railroads
Maple Leaf stalled in deep
snow near Lehigh Town, Pa.
Railroad officials blamed
diesel trouble and Is to 18
inches Of new snow for the long
delay.
The Maple Leaf is one of the
few passenger trains which still
run between New York City
and Buffalo. A railroad spokes-
man said the train had more
passengers than usual because
of the New York Central shut
down and bad weather which
crippled air travel.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
SUFFRAGE
Continued From First Pas

Continued From First Page
tional elections for the first
time in history.
The McClatchy newspapers OF
California - the Sacramento
Bee, Fresno Bee and Modesto
Bee-urged the State legislators
"to correct the national injus-
tice" in the Nations Capital.
The plea came just before
New York voted to follow
Hawaii, Massachusetts, and New
Jersey in ratifying the vote
reform.
Citizens Of U. s.
Shortly before the seth
Congress recessed last summer
1t completed legislation on q
proposed amendment to the
Constitution Of the United
States to give citizens of the
District Of Columbia the right
to vote in presidential and
vice presidential contests" the
editorials explained.
1T may sound absurd that
they do not have that right.
For do they not pay Federal
taxes? And do not their youth
serve in the armed forces? And
are they not, as truly as Cali
fornians, citizens Of the United
States?" readers were asked.
ut is a strange anomaly that
these voteless Americans live in
the very city chosen by our
forefathers to be the Capital OF
a Nation dedicated to democ-
racy and justice"
In North Carolina, the Hen
derson Daily Dispatch assured
its readers that the amendment
would interfere with no States
rights.
The Register Guard branded
the voteless status Of Washing
ton citizens as "a blot on the
conscience Of the American
people that must be erased"
Editors urged the Oregon leg
islature to pass the amendment
promptly.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Cubs Born in Zoo

DUNSTABLE, England, Jan.
20 (AP) Sonia and Nanouk,
a pair Of Polar bears, have
produced two cubs-the first
born in captivity in Britain to
live. Whipsnade ZOO officials
won't know the infants sex
until the parents leave their
Information den in another
month or so.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
TRAFFIC
Thousands Leove
Autos in Storm

this morning, at least on the
main roads.
It was particularly bad
wherever there were hills, such
as East West highway between
Silver Spring and Bethesda
last night. A police dispatcher
said it took motorists six and
seven hours to get home using
that route and that many mo-
torists simply left their cars,
went to nearby homes and were
invited to stay for the night.
The nearby residents also pre-
pared coffee and took 1t out to
motorists stranded in their
cars-so much, said one police
man, that ''it was more than
we could drink"
Cars and trucks were halted
completely last night on such
Virginia thoroughfares as U. S.
Route 1, Shirley highway and
Arlington boulevard. In Mary
land, the Baltimore Washing
ton parkway traffic was halted
for a while last night, but was
reported moving today. U. s.
Route /, especially at hill sec
tions at Elkridge and Savage,
was clogged by tractor-trailers.
In the more rural areas, many
side roads were reported blocked
completely this morning be-
cause of snowdrifts.
Airport Carries On
Although motor traffic was
at a standstill at times in the
Nations Capital, National Air
port was relatively unaffected
by the snowstorin. Director Lu-
cius Burton said the instrument
runway was closed briefly about
8 pm. to permit snowplows to
clear a path for incoming
planes.
Mr.. Burton said yesterday S
storm was not as bad, in its ef-
feet on air travel. as the snow
of December II. Sixteen flights
were diverted to Richmond dur
ing the night.
Meanwhile, Maryland and
Virginia were hard hit by the
storm and the Charles Town
race track in West Virginia re-
manned closed today for the
fourth time in its 32-day meet
ing because Of the 10 inches of
snow which fell there.
Man Killed in Maryland
Maryland State police at
tributed one fatal accident to-
the storm. They said the
victim was Luther G. Collins
Of Baltimore, who was struck
by a car on the Baltimore
Washington parkway after he
stopped to help another
motoriSt.
In another mishap. q four
place plane piloted by George
Banko of Euclid. Ohio, crash
landed on a farm near Cumber-
land, Md. while trying to find
his way to Friendship Airport
during the storm. While being
treated at Cumberland Me-
mortal Hospital. Mr.. Banko
said he was blinded by the
snow.
Evening star., 1961-01-20

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Evening star., 1961-01-20
.4More Named
To KeyPosts
Under Kennedy

-Four appointments-to key
jobs in the State Department,
Budget Bureau and the White
House staff-in the new Demo-
cratic administration were an
nounced on the eve Of John F.
Kennedy's Inauguration today.
Mr.. Kennedy named Comdr.
Tazwell T. Shepard, jr.. 40, as
his naval aide, and Robert c.
Turner, SO. an Indiana Uni
versity professor, as an assist
ant director Of the Budget
Bureau.
The two other appointments
had been widely forecast
Roger w. Tubby, as Assistant
Secretary Of State for Public
Affairs, and Walt w. Rostow
as Deputy Special Assistant to
the President for Security
Affairs.
Comdr. Shepard, a native of
Mobile, Ala, and an Annapolis
graduate, was awarded the
Navy Cross for his service
aboard a cruiser in the battle
Of Guadalcanal during World
War II.
His last assignment was as
operations officer aboard the
USS Essex.
With Truman
Mr.. Turner, professor OF
business economics and public
policy at Indiana University's
School Of Business, served as
a member of former President
Truman's Council of Economic
Advisers in 1928.
During World War II hi
worked in the War Production
Board. He served on the White
House staff after the end oi
the war until 1948. He has beer
lat Indiana University since
l948 except for the 1925;
service in Washington.
Mr.. TuPby. SO. veteran news.
paperman and Government
public information officer, will
replace Andrew Berding as the
top State Department officia
in charge of news and Other
public information activities oi
the department. E
He was former President
Truman's last press secretary
after serving two years as as.
sistant press secretary to Mr.
Turman.
He was a press officer in thu
State Department from 1945 t.
1949, and served before that a.
director OF information for the
Foreign Economic Administra.
ton.
On National Committee
Since early in the 1860 elec-
Etion campaign, Mr.. Tubby has
been press relations director
for the Democratic National
Committee. He served as press
secretary to Adlai Stevenson
during his 1856 presidential
campaign.
Mr.. Tubby is co-publisher oi
the Adrionack Daily Enterprise
Evening star., 1961-01-20

MO0COW, jail. ~ NAFJ -
Premier Khrushchev says the
Soviet Union will begin SPEND
ing more money for agriculture
and consumer goods to raise
the living standards of the
Russian people.
His speech. delivered Tuesday
before the central committee of
the Communist Party. was re-
leased today by Tass, the Soviet
news agency.
The committee approved his
call for q major reorganization
Of the management Of the ma
tion's farm program. with in
creased emphasis on scientific
methods.
Mr.. Khrushchev said the
Soviet Union is now in a new
stage of historic development,
the comprehensive building of
a Communist society.
Country More Powerful
"Our country now has such
a powerful industry. such
mighty defenses, that it can,
without detriment to the
further development of indus
try and the strengthening OF
defenses. allocate more funds
for the development Of agricul-
ture, for increasing the output
of consumer goods. for further
raising the living standards OF
the Soviet people," he told the
committee.
The Premier declared So
Wet agriculture, whose short
comings he repeatedly assailed
at the committee meetings
must have a more solid scien-
tific foundation. Specifically
he said:
I'VE must have a strict Law
on seed production. Husbandry
must SOW the best zoned vari-
cites of seed"
The committee approved the
recommendation he made ir
his speech for setting up ar
agency to speed machinery ano
fertilizer to state and collective
farms. Speakers at the COM
mittee sessions frequently y
blamed lack Of machinery fol
harvest falldowns.
Irrigation Proposed
The committee also called
for a new plan for irrigatine
millions of acres Of farmland
to offset setbacks from drought
The committee declared in a
resolution that "big shortcom-
ings and mistakes in leadership
of agriculture were made" with
the result that production fell
in some instances below the
minimum schedules set in the
seven-year plan with which
Russia hopes to overtake United
States per capita production.
The resolution reflected Mr.
Khrushchev's blasts during the
committee sessions at farm
leaders, whom he accused OF
juggling figures to conceal
DEFICIENCIES and inventing ex-
cuses. The Soviet premier
charged the culprits with de-
ceiving the state and demanded
that they be ousted from the
party and brought to trial.
The committee resolution
called for a sweeping reorgan-
ization Of the Agriculture Min
istry and declared it should
concentrate on improving the
work done by research institu-
tions. The government already
has replaced Agriculture Min
lister Vladimir Matskevich by
Alexander Olshevsky, a leading
agricultural scientist. The gov
ernment announced last week
that the ministry would be re-
organized from top to bottom
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Tieup Worsens
In New York

frightened its grip on New Yorl
State and New England toda,
as snow. ice and bitter cole
brought new hardship for thu
horde Of commuters forced Il
use buses and private autos.
Emergency negotiations spon
sored by Gov. Rockefeller re-
cessed at 2 am. with no prog
ress in efforts to settle tht
harbor strike that caused tht
rail paralysis. The talks wer'
renewed at the Governors Of
flee at 10 am.
Gov. Rockefeller Cancelled
plans to attend the Kenned.
Inauguration so he could NEE
with the negotiators and Fed
eral mediators.
The Governor said the tieuI
was getting close to catastro-
phtc proportions"
He stepped into the picture
yesterday, announcing thai
around-the-clock efforts to.
ward settlement would be made
The 1l-day-old strike has az
fected 100000 commuters, mos
of whom have been using othel
transportation between the cit!
and their homes in the New
York State-New jersey Connec'
ticut metropolitan area.
The strike has shut dowl
most of the operations Of tn,
New York Central and New
Haven railroads. Long -distancI
service has been Cancelled IL
addition to service for 40,00I
commuters on the Central ant
10000 on the Pennsylvania
Also hit are 10000 New Jersey
Manhattan commuters VIII,
used railroad ferryboats.
Heavy economic losses are be-
ing suffered in the area.
Railroad workers are not OF
strike. The vast tieup spawned
from q strike Of 664 crewmen o.
tugboats and ferryboats Of II
railroads that operate in thu
harbor. They are members oi
three marine unions.
Picket Lines HOnOred
Employees of the New Yorl
Central and New Haven rail.
roads have refused to cross thu
thin picket lines Of the strikers
And as the picketing spread the
rail tieup grew.
A job security clause for 8
new contract is the principal is.
sue in the dispute.
The New York Central com
pletely shut down its operations
at Buffalo today. A compan!
spokesman said Cleveland prob
ably will be the systems East
ern terminus during the tieup
The freight yard at Buffalo
previously the Eastern terminus
was unnamed.
The Central said its Bostor
& Albany Division also wouls
be shut down.
At Cleveland. the Centra
scheduled abbreviated runs fol
five trains today to provid,
service for six States in it
western district following tn,
Buffalo shutdown.
Also hit by the Central tieur
were some branch lines run
ming into Pennsylvania and tn,
Central's West Shore r. r. Di.
vision running between Wee
hawken, N. j., and Albany.
The New Haven Railroad an.
nounced a further abandon.
ment Of service. It had quit 1T
service between New York, Bos'
ton and Springfield, Mass, OF
Wednesday night. The onl!
trains now running are in tn,
Boston and Providence, r. I.
Communication areas.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Some Movement Today

Police in nearby Maryland
and Virginia areas reported
that traffic on most roads was
at a virtual standstill during
homeward-bound hours last
night but that. traffie-what
there w#E Of twas moving
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Ambulances Hampered

Ambulances had great diff.
Guilty moving through the con.
gested traffic. One ambulance
driver was seen driving his
vehicle over the sidewalk or
Massachusetts, avenue NV. ir
a desperate attempt to get 9
patient to the hospital.
One woman gave birth to a
baby in a station wagon stuck
in traffic at Fourteenth street
and New York avenue NV
Police and firemen assisted ir
the delivery after a call for ar
ambulance was delayed.
While numerous minor auto.
mobile accidents occurred or
the slippery streets, police re-
ported there were no major
accidents or large fires.
On Rock Creek parkway three
men walked from one stalled
car to another with a portable
battery charger. They were
getting 81 or more each time
they charged a battery
Evening star., 1961-01-20

lmmutatlOn areas
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Poland Offers Palaces
On Easy Credit Terms

WARSAW. July 7 (AP). =
Who wants a palace? In
Communist Poland discrim-
mating castle dwellers may
choose from a wide selection
of Gothic, Baroque and Renais-
sance styles, with or without
towers, ramparts or dungeons.
The government even offers
prospective tenants easy finan-
cial terms for remodeling any
of the 600 castles and palaces
it has available.
The former residences of
Poland's nobility are a drug on
the market these days-a per-
picking headache in a country
where most Poles live two or
more to a room and many fam
lilies dream of their own one
or two room apartment.
Poland'S Communist regime
has converted most of the
property Of the Polish aristoc-
racy into rest homes, schools,
hotels. houses of culture and
museums.
But 600 castles and palaces,
containing many thousands of
rooms, are still standing empty
and neglected.
The Polish Council of Min
listers last December attempted
to solve the problem by order
ing all ministries to review
their building plans and to try
to find some use for a recon-
verted palace.
At the same time, the coun-
Gil granted a credit to the Min
istry of Culture and Art for
Evening star., 1961-07-07
VAOpposes
Reopening of
GI Insurance
By the Associated Press

The Veterans Administration
says if World War II veterans
are given another chance to
take out National Service Life
Insurance it will put the Gov
ernment in competition with
private enterprise in a big way.
VA spokesman yesterday told
the Senate Finance Committee
a bill to reopen NSLI ranks fol
veterans who passed it up the
first time also could lead to a
heavy new financial burden on
the Government.
Senator Russell B. Long
Democrat of Louisiana, chief
sponsor of the bill, asked ii
this represented President Ken
nedy's stand on his bill.
D. C. Knapp, a VA attorney
said he had no information as
to the Presidents views, but he
spoke for VA Administrator
John S. Gleason, jr. Mr.. Knapp
added that he understood the
Budget Bureau, a White House
agency, also would oppose the
bill.
Veterans groups testified ir
favor of the bill, while private
insurance companies were
against it.
The Senate has passed Sen
ator Longs proposal four time:
but it always has died in the
House. This time the Finance
Committee plans to tack it onto
a House-passed bill to raist
Veterans disability pensions.
Evening star., 1961-07-07

rebuilding and maintenance
work on some Of the old build
ings.
The ministries don't appear
to be too enthusiastic about
building socialism in the homes
of the prewar elite. In recent
months work has begun on only
"a stately palaces with the
government treasury financing
up to Is per cent of the costs
and various state institutions
paying the rest.
The remainder of the un-
wanted real estate is falling
into advanced stages of dilap-
idation and decay. Among
these:
The castle of the ancient
Polish Piast dynasty in Lubiaz
formerly Leubus) in Lower
Silesia. now a warehouse for
discarded books.
The 18th century Water
! Palace" in Wojnowice formerly
| Wohnwitz) whose walls rise
grandly from the surface of a
lake.
The 400-room castle of the
Hovhberg family in the hills of
Upper .Silesia at KSiaz (for-
merly FuerstensteinD where
Hitler once decided to build a
fortified headquarters.
Most of these architectural
marvels were only slightly dam
aged during the war but it
would take many millions of
dollars to restore them to their
! former splendor.