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Evening star., 1961-01-12
Central in Black,
Burs Dividend

NEW YORK, Jan. IL (AP)-
The New York Central Railroad
reported today that 1860 opera
tions yielded a profit but an
nounced no dividend will be
paid for the first quarter of
1861.
For the first II months, the
railroad had a net loss of
$2,089,210. December results
were good enough to boost re-
suits for the entire year into
the black despite devastating
winter weather." the company
said.
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COTTON

NEW YORK, Jan. l2 tAP).-Cotton
futures were irregular TODAY. Current
crop months sagged on hedging and
liquidation. However, offerings were
well absorbed through trade buying
A Memphis SPOT firm was credited with
buying about 1000 bales Of nearby
March.
Newlcrop months advanced on COM
mission house demand. reflecting Senti-
ment that the new administration will
favor higher price supports for cotton.
Late-afternoon prices were 80 cents
0 bale lower to so cents higher than
the previous close. March 81 80. May
30 AS and July 1924.
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DIVIDENDS

By the Associated Press
Pc Stk. Of Pay
Rate ried Record able
REGULAR
Bell 4 Howell m 10 @ 7.l7 81
Midwest Piping .37s Q IN 2-ls
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Furnished by the Associated Press
Stocks Sales
and zoos Net
dividends (est.) High Low 7:2o chg.
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ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK. Jan 12 AP) P).-The
New York Stock Exchange reported to-
day these odd-lot transactions BY prin-
cipal dealers for January Il: Pur-
42s.9S6 shares including 1910 shares
sold short.
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D. C.. SECURITIES

Mergenthaler Lino-5 at ssss. o5 at
s 60 At 4. ss' S. 80 = Z. as ss ss 5S at tqS ST. e.
Pot Eiec Pwr comW35 at 331s. As at
337s, 25 at 33ss, 100 at 3374,, 25
at 337s. Is at "a, 5 at 3334, 20 at
1894, 10 at 33ss, Is at 1884,:
Wash Gas 1t com-4 at SAX, 25
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Annual Tour Set
For April Date

Mrs. James L. Houghteling.
Mrs. John Foster Dulles,
Mrs. Thomas C. Kinkaid,
Mrs. Adrian s. Fisher, Mrs.
Emers Bigelow. Mrs.
Thomas C. Matthews, Mrs.
Henry Blach, Mrs. Paul H.
Nitze, Mrs. Arthur Radford,
Mrs. Homer Gruenther, Mrs.
Harold H. Burton. Mrs. Eric
Johnston, Mrs. William L.
Breese and Mrs. Richard 3.
Wathen.
Also. Mrs. Hubert Chanler.
Mrs. william F. Newton,
Mrs. Julian L. Schley. Mrs.
Gertrude Case, Mrs. James
M. Byrne, Mrs. Edward r.
Finkenstaedt. Mrs. Richard
T. Mcdonnell, Mrs. James 8.
Taylor and Mrs. Carroll d.
Kearns.
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Engagement
Announced

Mrs. Alben w. Barkley an
nounces the engagement Of
her daughter. Mrs. Jane Had
ley Tr1itt, to Mr.. Matthew
White Perry. jr.. son Of DR..
and Mrs. Perry.
The hride-to-he was grad
uated from Holton-Arnas and
attended the University Of
Wisconsin. Mr.. Perry was
graduated from st. Adams
and Princeton University and
IL now attending law school
at the University Of vir-
ginia.
Mrs. Truitt is also the
daughter Of the late Mr..
Carleton w. Hadley of st.
Louis and the tep-daughter
Of the late Vice President of
the United States and Sem
ator from Kentucky, Alben
w. Barkley.
No date has been set for
the wedding.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

The goth annual House
and Embassy tour for the
benefit of the Washington
Home for Incurables will be
held from 2 until 6:15 pm.
on April 8.
Included on the tour win
be the Embassies Of Great
Britain. Germany. Denmark,
Belgium and Iran. and the
homes Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Y, Wheeler II. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Parke
Howle Brady. Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Cafritz. Miss Elisa
beth Hopghton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles e. Rhetts.
Mrs. William 8. Farr, tour
committee chairman, en-
tertained committee members
at tea at 4 pm. Wednesday
at her Chevy Chase home.
Committee members are
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the history Of her own family.
Her forebears played q part
in the pioneer days Of Texas
and a great uncle, who fought
with Gen. Sam Houston,
also signed the Texas Decla-
ration Of Independence.
Her many interests range
from football and records to
books and politics.
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Lynda Bird johnson
Is AzoIeo Queen

Miss Lynda Bird johnson.
daughter Of Vice President
and Mrs. Lyndon johnson,
has been chosen as Queen
Azalea VIII for the Interna-
tional Azalea Festival to be
held In Norfolk, Va. April
l0-l6..
The event, which annually
salutes countries Of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
also win celebrate the 50th
anniversary Of Naval avia-
ton. according to an an
nouncement by Norfolk's
Mayor w. Fred Duckworth
and Norfolk Chamber Of
Commerce President Frank
Batten.
The Supreme Allied Com
mand. Atlantic, NATo head
quarters, and the worlds
large concentration Of Naval
Installations are both located
In the Virginia seaport.
Queen Lynda Bird visited
the Azalea Gardens last sum-
mer with her mother and
younger sister. Lucy Baines,
and expressed her hope that
she would be able to attend
the festival. At the time she
was unaware that she would
be invited to reign over fes-
tivities. During the cere-
monial week she will be
attended by princesses from
each Of the other IL NATO
countries.
A student at the National
Cathedral School for Girls
here, she lists history as her
fayorite subject. but 1t can be
ancient or modern history or
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Meeting Set

Work for the Montgomery
County Cancer Society win
occupy the members Of the
community services section
OF the Junior Woman's Club
OF Chevy Chase on Wednes-
day at $3.50 am. The meet
ing win be held at the home
OF Mrs. Chester Pflieger.
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Business Meetino

The Woman's Club Of
Woodside win hold Q business
meeting at noon Wednesday
Ct the home Of Mrs. Ralph
Sherman. Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Escopee Found
Under Farmhouse

Montgomery County police
discovered a 21-year-old es-
capee from the Petersburg (va.)
Federal Reformatory hiding
beneath q farmhouse floor, Of
ficers reported.
Detective Thomas Thear
said the man, Linwood Price,
alias Linwood Farmhouse, 81
of Gaithersburg, had concealed
himself in the Etchison CMdD
house from December 80 until
he was found Thursday. Ac-
cording to police. he escaped
on December 20 after serving
three-and-a-half years Of q
six-year term for car theft.
A tipster notified police Of
his whereabouts. He was held
in the Montgomery County
jail, Rockville, on a forgery
charge. No date has been set
for a trial.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Socialists Ask Boudouin
To Hasten Reforms

BRUSSELS, Jan. IA (AP) -
King Baudouin today received
a Socialist appeal for greater
autonomy for Belgium's French
and Flemish-speaking commu-
mites.
Baudouin received q delega-
ton of five French-speaking
Walloon leaders as the Grip
pling Socialist strike against
the governments austerity
program went into its 26th day
Joseph Martel, Socialist vice
president Of the Belgian House
said the appeal presented to
the King was adopted yester-
day at Namur by a meeting Of
all Walloon Socialist-elected
representatives.
Mr.. Martel said the appeal
called the attention of the
King to the necessity Of new
economic reforms that alone
would create the possibility OF
Evening star., 1961-01-14

District and vicinity-Rainy
tonight, low about 40. Clear
ing and turning colder tomor-
row.
Virginia-Rain over the en-
tire State by this evening, con-
tinuing tonight with heavy
local showers along the eastern
mountain slopes. Low tenn
peratures tonight near so along
the coast to about SO in the
west. Clearing tomorrow with
high temperatures in the 40s
in the west and the SOS in the
east. Colder by tomorrow
night.
Maryland-Cloudy and rainy
tonight, with a mixture OF
snow and rain in the noun
tains. Low temperatures to-
night will be around 80 in the
west and up to SO along the
coast. Rain ending tomorrow
followed by a clearing trend
in the east and continuing
snow flurries in the west. High
temperatures tomorrow will
range from the 30s in the west
to near so in the east. Colder
tomorrow night.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small craft warn
ings we're displayed at II am.
today for increasing easterly
winds which will hit Is to Is
Evening star., 1961-01-14

knots by midnight. Winds
shifting to northerly tonight
and reaching 20 to 80 knots
tomorrow. Cloudy. rainy and
foggy tonight. clearing tomor-
row. Visibility 2 to 6 miles and
frequently less than l mile in
fog patches. Improving visi-
bility tomorrow.
Road Conditions-AAA-To
West-District Of Columbia TO Pam
sylvania turnpike. clear; Pennsylvania
turnpike, clear: Ohio turnpike. clear;
U: s. 30 west to Ohio. clear: U. 8, 80
South;.U. S. to Richmond, clear;
clear: Richmond south. clear: District
Of Columbia to ChaIlottesville, clear.
bia N0tsa to Del peiaEsTe Memorial p f sPidse.
clear: New Jersey turnpike. foggy, 35-
utility trailers: New England. clear;
District OF Columbia to Harrisburg.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight --- 32 Noon ---- As
am. - % 4 pm. AS
& am. - 27 8 pm, 1900 40
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, So, on January 9.
Lowest, %, on January 10.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High 5:11 am. 6.ll am.
Low - 1852 q m.
High - 5:46 pm. 6.44 pm.
Low 1907 pm, 1.04 p m.
For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above:
Annapolis, 3H hours: Bloody Point
Light, 4ha hours; Colonial Beach,
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Robbery Suspect
Leaps to Liberty,
Another Is Held

A robbery suspect who fled
the hard way-a leap from the
third-floor window Of fifth
precinct headquarters - was
still on the loose today, but
police have nabbed what they
say is an accomplice.
The suspect. Robert Oden,
jr.. Is. Of the 500 block Of Four
teenth street Sc. had been
left alone for less than a min
ute in the detectives room of
the precinct station last night
after two policemen arrested
him at an attempted street
robbery scene.
Oden was being questioned
by Pvts. John w. Lynch and
Manuel E. Kane, who arrested
him, and Detective Earl Kel-
ley. The suspect went out the
window when two Of them left
the room and the third went
into an adjoining office.
He was arrested in the 400
block Of Fourteenth street
Sc. when Pvts. Kane and
Lynch saw two men beating
Elmer Mccain, ~, Of 1920 D
street Sc.
Early today. police arrested
Joseph E. Dyson. 81, Of the
1900 block Of c street Sc,
and charged him with assault
with intent to rob. He was
found in the 400 block Of
Fourteenth street Sc. -
Evening star., 1961-01-14

new investments in the two
communities"
e.. Meanwhile, the Antwerp So
cialist paper Volksgazet pub
lished an appeal from the re-
gional Socialist trade unions
calling on all workers in the
Antwerp and Ghent areas in
the north to resume work Mon
day. =,
Now that the vote on the
(austerity) bill has been
passed." the paper said, "the
situation has been modified"
The bill passed the House Of
Representatives yesterday but
must still clear the Senate.
The Socialist ordered the
strike in protest against the
bill. raising taxes and tighten
ing social welfare expenditures
to balance the budget. hard hit
by loss Of the Congo. The So
cialists say workers would be
hardest hit by the measure.
British Grant Loan
The British treasury an
nounced in London it is grant,
ing an application Of the giant
trades union congress to make
an interest free loan Of $4,000
pounds C$140.000 to the strik-
ing Belgian Federation Of La
Dor which sought the loan to
relieve distress among strikers
families.
A similar application from
the British Transport and
General Workers Union to
make a 10000 pound 1884, ,000)
loan to the Belgian Transport
Workers Union was also al
lowed.
Government approval was
necessary under currency regu-
lationS to permit money to be
sent out Of Britain.
Strike Still Effective
The strike still is being sup
ported in the Walloon part of
the nation, and particularly in
the Liege. Charleroi and Mons
districts in the south, although
signs toward a resumption of
work are noticeable even in
those areas.
! In the Flemish part Of the
nation, where Antwerp and its
port are particularly affected,
everything points to a general
resumption Of work by Monday.
The first railway link for
several weeks between Mons
and Brussels. was made today
Evening star., 1961-01-14

a Warsaw-based spy ring un-
covered in Britain this week.
Australian authorities said
the Zielinski request was not
linked to the spy case. but they
clamped a security lid on the
diplomats reasons for seeking
haven and kept his where
ahouts a secret.
Mr.. Menzies' announcement
said DR.. Zielinski had also
sought asylum for his wife
Marta and their children Vic
tor, II. and Marta, IL.
The most notable political
detection in Australia was that
Of Vladimir Petrov. a secretary
at the Soviet Embassy in Can
berra and undercover member
Of the Soviet secret police. who
won political asylum in 1854.
Mr.. Petrov made disclosures
that covered not only Russian
espionage in Australia but else
where and were of value to
security services in a number
Of free world nations.
The Zielinski announcement
came just one week after Brit
ish intelligence agents arrested
five persons at the Naval Re-
search Base in Portland where
many top secret American
anti-submarine devices are be-
ing tested.
Later, British police raided
Evening star., 1961-01-14
11Victims' Mother
Died Before Fire;
Husband Is Held

MONTREAL, Jan. IA (AP).
-Pathologists today continued
their study of bodies taken
from the Abel Vosburgh shack
to try to determine further
details Of how Mrs. Vosburgh
and II Of her Is children died.
Police said yesterday the
pathologists have learned that
Mrs. Vosburgh, 43, was dead
before the start of the fire
that leveled the shack near the
Vermont border at Noyan, Que
beck, December 20.
The cause of her death was
not determined.
Her husband, a 63-year-old
unemployed laborer. is being
held by provincial police here
pending further investigations.
He was the fires only survivor.
Four other children were not
IN the shack.
Josaphat Brunei, director Of
the Quebec provincial police.
said the pathologists' report
showed the children were alive
when the fire started. Smoke
had been in their lungs, he
said, but none was in Mrs. Vos-
burgh's lungs.
The remains of the victims
were exhumed by police Thurs
day for examination by pathol-
ogiStS.
Evening star., 1961-01-14

human 1erLlllZaLlon IN q test
tube repeatedly and had kept
one embryo alive 20 days.
DR.. Daniele Petrucci, 80
year-old head of the Bologna
scientific team, said the embryo
had been destroyed because it
became deformed as it grew.
Raimondo Manzini, director
Of L'Osservatore Romano, said
in an editorial that the church's
opposition to artificial insemi-
nation of a woman applied as
well to test tube experiments.
God surrounded the act Of
creation Of a human being with
most supreme assistances Of
love, nature and conscience" "
Mr.. Manzini said. "It would
be monstrous to violate these
conditions"
I'VE cannot be happy about
this possibility" the paper
said. "the possibility Of men
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Gypsy Rose Lee
San juan Show
Booed by Mob

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Jan.
IA (AP).-A jeering mob booed
theater goers and tossed stink
bombs last night as picketing
of "Auntie Name" and its
mainland cast continued for
the fourth straight evening.
Police arrested seven pickets
parading outside the Tapia
Theater where the San Juan
Festival production Is playing
They were released later. A
competing vaudeville show
planned by the Puerto Rican
Association Of Actors and Tech
nicians protesting Producer
Barry Yellen's employment of
an all-United States cast failed
to go on. Police banned it
after actors failed to obtain q
permit for the show. e
More than 5000 persons had
jammed the nearby plaza for
the scheduled vaudeville show.
Most Of them remained, booing
anyone entering or leaving the
Tapia Theater.
Two stink bombs were thrown
into the theater lobby but
failed to 60 off. Police did not
catch the throwers.
Police expressed apprehen-
sion about tonight's per-
formanc when many United
States sailors are expected to
arrive for shore leave. About
1900 men are here in connec-
ton with the United States
Navy's Caribbean maneuvers.
The Yellen production star
ring Gypsy Rose Lee is playing
to capacity houses despite the
demonstrations.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Dulles Collection
Of Papers Set Up

NEW YORK, Jan. IA (AP).
Union Theological Seminary
has established "the John
Foster Dulles collection on the
C h ur ch and international
order"
Writings and other docu-
ments pertaining to the sub
ject by the Secretary of State
will be housed in the semi
Inary's library.
Mr.. Dulles, a Presbyterian,
was a lay leader in movements
leading to the formation Of
the national and world coun-
ellis Of churches, interdenom-
national bodies representing
most Protestant and Orthodox
churches.
The Rev. DR.. Henry P. Van
Dusen, seminary president, said
yesterday that acquisition Of
the materials is being partly
financed by royalties from
1.-THE Spiritual Legacy Of John
Foster Dulles: Selections From
His Articles and Addresses"
The book, edited by DR.. Van
Dusen, was published last May
on the first anniversary Of Mr..
Dulles death.
Evening star., 1961-01-14

deviating from the pattern set
forth by nature. The attempt
to make things functional out
side their natural environment
is an act which must be judged
first Of all from a moral stand
point, before a scientific one" 3"
The paper aimed criticism at
Italian press reports Of the Bo-
logna experiment which first
appeared in the pro-Commu-
mist Rome newspaper Paese
Sera.
mo matter what might be
the limits Of the Bologna ex-
pertinent" L'Osservatore said,
the hasty campaign Of a we'll
known sector Of the press is
full Of dangers"
DR.. Petrucci. an expert on
human fertility, Is q Roman
Catholic. -... .-.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
AII-Indiun Reuctor

BOMBAY, India, Jan. "A
(AP).-An atomic reactor en-
tirely designed and erected by
an Indian engineer has started
functioning, India's Atomic
Energy Commission, said to-
day. The reactor is at from
bay, Is miles from Bombay,
where two other reactors
built with foreign assistance
are working.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Rebel Lists Terms

VlENI1ANE, Laos, Jan. IA
(AP).-Rebel Capt. Kong lie Is
quoted by a French corre-
spondent as saying he would
agree to reactiviation of the
International Control Commits
sion for Laos only on condition
it deal exclusively with neu-
tralist Prince Souvanna Phou-
ma and not the rightist gov
ernment of Prince Boun Oum.
The commission has been
made up of India, Canada and
Communist Poland.
Roger Favar, Paris Match
correspondent who flew to
Kong Les new headquarters
at Xieng Khouang City last
Tuesday, returned yesterday in
a French government Dakota
sent from Paris to evacuate SO
French citizens from the rebel
occupied region.
The plane, however, returned
with only seven French men,
bers Of a military mission. Mr..
Favar said the Pathet Lao, in
breach of an agreement, de-
tained the plane for IL hours
and did not allow other evac-
uees inside the airport.
Mr.. Favar said Xieng
Khouang appeared very well
fortified and Kong lie and
Pathet Lao were working hand
in hand.
The correspondent said there
were always at least 8 to 10
Soviet planes at the airport
and a couple in the air.
Every morning what ap-
peared to be q United States
Jet flew over the area. Mr..
Favar said, and Kong lie con-
firmed that it was an Ameri-
can plane.
Evening star., 1961-01-14

| Wang Vleng, q reDel-nelu Vlllage
midway between Vientiane, the
administrative capital. and Lu-
ang Prabang.
I'VE will keep driving until
we link up. the commander,
Col. Kouprasith Abhat, said in
an interview. II hope to take
Wang Vieng in two days -
sooner if there is no major re-
sistance.
80 Miles to Go
. Col. Kouprasith's force is
now within 80 rugged road
miles Of Wang Vieng. About As
road miles of rough mountain
terrain separate Wang Vieng
from the government column
moving south from Luang Pra-
bang.
It took Kouprasith's men
more than three weeks to cover
the rs miles from Vientiane to
Ban Hin Heup. but the drive
appears to be gathering mo-
mentum.
A promised major offensive
against strategic Plaine des
Jarres In rebel-held Xieng
Khouang Province to the east
hinges on a union between Col.
Kouprasith's men and the col
umn moving south from Luang
Prabang.
Northern Thrust Due
Government forces massing
south Of Xieng Khouang are
expected to strike north as soon
as the two columns join for a
strike from the west.
Col. Krouprasith said, 1--WE
tried to work out a negotiated
settlement with the Commu-
nists but we found it does not
work"
Pointing to wounded soldiers
being airlifted out. he added:
I'VE are really fighting the
Communists now"
Col. Kouprasith referred to
pro- Communist paratroop Capt.
Kong Les troops and Pathet
Lao guerrilla allies who are be-
ing aided and supported by
Communist North Wet Nam
and other members of the Com
munist bloc.
Fight Is Heated
The battle for this village
astride the Nam Lik River was
fierce.
Col. Kouprasith's men fought
their way into it Wednesday
Evening star., 1961-01-14

a Polish freighter docked in
London. The British Govern
ment repeatedly warned all
commonwealth countries to
guard against spies from War
saw.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Test Tube Experiments
On Life Hit by Vatican

VATICAN CITY, Jan. IA (Ap)-The Vatican Newspaper
Romano the Roman Catholic Church opposes
attempts to produce human life through test experiments
or other unnatural
The paper expressed this view yesterday in commenting
claims by team Of Italian scientists that they had achieved
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Pole Defects in Sydney,
Tie to Spy Ring Hinted

CANBERRA. Australia. JAM IA AP)-Prime Minister
Robert G. Menzes announced today Dr. Ryzard zensk for
the Polish consul general in Sydney
has applied for political asylum and Ausralias consent
The announcement touched off speculation whether DR..
Zens able information help track down
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Laos Columns Approach
Linkup Against Rebels

BAN HIN HEUP Laos. Jan. IA AP).-A government col
un has the Nam Lk River and driven
on beyond former rebel toward nkup with royal
troops marching south Prabang the royal capital
The force reached point miles north Of
Ban Hin Hep late pushing steadily toward
Evening star., 1961-01-14

The Pathet Lao recaptured 1t
Thursday noon, but were driven
out in a heavy fire fight later in
the day. The guerrillas threw
much Of their gear into the
river as they fled.
Government artillery pounded
retreating Pathet Lao, units
from the river bank last night.
Col. Kouprasith said two
forces were about equal In
strength. but he had artillery
and airpower. American-made
T-6 trainer fighters are sup
porting the operation. Helicop-
ters are flying in food and am
munition and removing the
wounded.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

hours: Deale. 4h hours: solomons
Island, ga hours, and Point Lookout, |
ia hours.
Evening star., 1961-01-14
Fight Is Heated

The battle for this village
astride the Nam Lik River was
fierce.
Col. Kouprasith's men fought
their way into it Wednesday.
Evening star., 1961-05-23

Cuban Intermediates thought
these conditions acceptable to
Mr.. Castro. Mr.. Reuther en-
phasized the committee was
not interested in receiving lust
any 1900 Cuban prisoners, "
but wanted all those included
in the invasion.
Uncertain on Tractors
The Cubans said Mr.. Castro,
when giving them their instruc-
tions on Saturday, said that six
or seven prisoners were war
criminals" and would not be
released. War criminal" is
standard Castro terminology
for offivers who committed
atrocities under ex-dictator
Batista.
The American committee
obviously was confused yester-
day about the kind of tractors
Mr.. Castro requires.
Mr.. Reuther said the prin-
cipal tractors demanded were
Super D-8 International Har.
vester bulldozers with heavy
caterpillar treads. They cost
about $4,000. the most expen-
sive tractor made.
Mr.. Reuther admitted the
committee was committed Il
sending whatever tractors Mr.
Castro desires.