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Evening star., 1962-01-24
Kennedy Planning
Visit With Father

President Kennedy plans to
fly to Palm Beach, Fla, late
tomorrow for a weekend visit
with his father who is recu-
perating from a stroke. the
White House announced today.
The President, accompanied
by Mrs. Kennedy and their
two children, plans to stay in
Palm Beach until Monday at
the home of his father, Joseph
P. Kennedy.
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
niger said the President ex-
poets to pay a visit Saturday
to King Saud of Saudi Arabia,
who is convalescing at a hotel
in Palm Beach after undergo
ing an operation in Boston re-
Gently.
The Presidents father is re-
ported substantially improved
from the effects of the stroke
he suffered December 10 which
left him speechless and his
right side paralyZed.
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leaders have agreed the Senate
floor leader for the 30-day ses-
sion will be Senator James A.
Pine, Democrat of Baltimore
County.
The vacancy was caused by
the appointment of Edward S.
Northrop, Montgomery County
Democrat, as a new Federal
judge.
There also is a prestige post
to be filled in the House during
the next session. Jerome Rob-
inson, speaker pro tenn from
Baltimore's 4th district, was
named a municipal judge after
the 1861 session.
Among the possibilities men
toned for speaker pro TEN are
Delegates Marvin Mandel,
Democrat of Baltimore; Dale
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eoNFERENCE '~%' ~'''~~> -
U. S. Hopes to Eliminate Idea
Of Confusion Among Delegates
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the conference action without
question would include the min
imum requirement laid down by
Secretary RuSk; an emphatic
declaration that communism in
Cuba is incompatible with the
inter-American system.
The most dramatic break in
the conference came yesterday
when representatives of Guate-
mala, Ell Salvador, Panama,
Honduras and Nicaragua after
a two-hour meeting said they
would drop their demand for
mandatory sanctions if the pro-
posal for ousting Cuba from
GAS bodies is accepted.
Shelve Sanctions Move
This change conceded with
the United States decision that
the Argentine compromise Of
fers the best way to isolate
Cuban communism without
pushing for the sanctions
which might split the inter-
American system wide open.
AS explained to the United
States delegates and other dip
lomats, the Argentine plan is:
/. A collective declaration
that Cuban communism is
incompatible with the inter-
American system.
2. Therefore, the present Gu
ban government can no longer
be considered representative of
the Cuban people.
8. If the Castro government
does not break its ties with
the Communist bloc in a maxi
mum of so days, it should be
suspended from participation
in the main OAS organs.
Some Vague Aspects
This would include the OAS
council and the Inter-American
Defense Boarde.in Washington,
but exclude-for humanitarian
reasons - the Pan American
health organization and others.
The proposal has vaguer as
poets not acceptable to the
United States. These are. that
the conference should establish
a committee to investigate the
complicated legal aspects of
the Cuban suspension, and con-
vene another inter-American
conference to change the Gu
ban suspension" to "exclu-
sion."
United States officials argue
that this procedure would in
volve amending the OAS char
ter to make this conference
decision final, and they con-
tend that would take years.
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MUZZLING PROBE
STATEMENTS
BEING REVIEWED

A Senate subcommittee
investigating charges that
military leaders have been
muzzled has discovered
that statements by Defense
witnesses it has called are
being reviewed by the
Pentagon.
This was revealed yes
terday when the subcom-
mittee sought some wit
nesses to testify when
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke,
retired Chief of Naval
Operations, was unable to
return until Thursday for
questioning because of an
engagement in New York.
A call to the Pentagon
brought the statement that
two witnesSes-Gen. l.. L.
Lemnitzer, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff, and
1t. Gen. Arthur G. Tru-
deau, chief of Army re-
search and Development
were available.
Their statements, the
Pentagon is reported to
have said. had been pre-
pared and reviewed.
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@. 0. P. Hit
In 'Smeur'of
Gov. Brown

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. "a
(AP Roger Kent, California
Democratic chairman, says the
Republicans have issued a con-
fidential directive calling on all
G. o. P. county committees to
make public tomorrow noon a
canned resolution" charging
Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown
with gross incompetence. Gov.
Brown is a Democrat.
Mr.. Kent told a news con-
ference yesterday he was very
happy to pull out the rug on an
attempt at a fraudulent trick
on California editors"
In Los Angeles, Julius A.
Leetham, G. o. P. county chair
man, said it was true that he
dispatched January l6, to each
Republican county chairman in
California, "a form of model
resolution or report concerning
the Brown administration to be
released in various counties on
January 25."
Mr.. Kent declared the draft
resolution, in the form of a
15-count indictment of Gov.
Browns record, attacked the
Democratic Governor in "bitter
personal terms" and was "the
start of a campaign of smear
and fear against Brown"
Mr.. Kent said the campaign
tactic was "the kind you can
expect" from Richard M. Nixon,
seeking the Republican nom
lnation to oppose Gov. Brown
in the 1862 governorship race.
At Los Angeles, a Nixon
spokesman said of Mr.. Kent's
charge:
mo one connected with Mr..
Nixon's office, including Mr..
Nixon himself, has been con-
suited (about Mr.. Leetham's
letter.. At this time we have
not received a copy nor seen
one and therefore cannot COM
ment on it,"
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Hess. Democrat of Hartford,
and E. Homer White, jr., DEM
ocrat of Wicomico.
More thought than Usual
may be given to selection of a
speaker pro TEN for a>3O-day
session. The speakership itself
will be open next year since the
incumbent, Perry o. wilkinson,
lis running for Congress.
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the point when he said recently

the point when he said recently
that "the military have the
right and necessity to express
their educated views on some
of the great problems that face
us around the world"
Gen. Trudeau said he was
responsible for a program that
spends more than 81 billion a
year and one that demands
close ties not only with in
dustry and science but also
with the American people upon
whose active support and
awareness Of current dangers
largely depend our national
survival and the success of our
defense efforts"
For this reason, he said he
had made many speeches
(more than so last year, ac-
cording to a Pentagon COUNT
to explain the need for the
defense effort.
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Floor Leader
bSoughtby
Hartford Man

BALTIMORE, Jan. "a (AP)
Senator William S. James,
Democrat of Hartford, says he
is campaigning among his COL
leagues for selection as ma
jority floor leader during the
legislature next month.
The James candidacy means
there is at least a token con-
test on for the leadership.
The word has been out that
Gov. Tawes and other political
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MERGER
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World War I air ace who is
chairman of the board and
chairman Of the Executive
Committee of Eastern.
An Eastern Air Lines spokes-
man said only that Capt.
Rickenbacker would continue
to hold those posts as long as
Eastern remained an entity.
The merger would be another
step in the quickening scram-
BILE to tie together competing
transportation lines in an effort
to pull out of a financial
morass.
United Air Lines and heavily
in debt Capital Airlines merged
last May, making surviving
United the biggest of the do
meStic carriers. On the rail
front, the New York Central
and Pennsylvania system S
agreed last week to merge.
Other proposed combinations
are being pushed.
The II trunk air carriers lost
an aggregate of about 80 MIL
lion in 1861. Eastern went
deeply in the red while Ameri-
can earned $6.8 million.
Mr.. Smith said Mr.. MacIntyre
jointly announced that the aim
of the merger was to provide a
stronger system which can
survive today's financial crisis,
meet its obligations to the pub
lie and cope with the techno-
logical demands of the future" I"
They estimated savings of $50
million a year could be effected
by eliminating duplicating
flights and other services and
by better utilization of equip
ment and facilities. Details
have not been worked out.
Charles w. Tillinghast, presi-
dent of Trans World Airlines,
commented that merging of the
biggest east-west carrier (Amer-
ican and the biggest north
south carrier (Eastern) might
"aggravate competitive imbal-
ances and thus increase rather
than diminish the problems of
the remainder of the industry" "
Before Eastern chose Ameri-
can as a partner, there had
been preliminary TWA-Eastern
merger talks. And there has
been talk of a possible TWA
merger with Northeast Airlines,
which is struggling to stay
ahead of it's creditors.
Howard Hughes, who owns
78 per cent of TWAS stock, has
indicated that if he is success.
ful in obtaining control oi
Northeast, he will endeavor to
effect consolidation of the two
airlines. Mr.. Hughes TWA
stock is now in a voting trust
The merger terms provide
that Eastern stockholders
would receive for each Eastern
share held 1.3 shares of Ameri-
can, plus warrants good fol
five years to purchase an ad-
ditional one-third share o1
American at $28 a share.
American, now No. q in size
behind United, basically is g
transcontinental line but also
serves points in the Midwest
border, Middle-Atlantic anc
New England States and intc
the Southwest as far as Dallas
Fort Worth.
Fourth-ranked Eastern I
routes are concentrated mainly
along the Eastern Seaboard
1t also flies northwest t.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, south
west to Dallas-Fort Worth, tt
Miami, Fla, Bermuda, Puerto
Rico and Mexico City.
The lines serve 80 cities il
common.
In Washington, Chairman
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ment his speeches had been
censored.
Senator Case suggested that
the subcommittee should call
on the State Department to
disclose this information.
1--WE certainly will call on the
State Department in the course
of these matters as far as am
concerned" said Chairman
Stennis, Democrat of Missis-
sippi.
Policy reviews, the subcom-
mittee was told, are conducted
under the direction of Deputy
Secretary of Public Affairs.
Mr.. Kendall asked if the gen.
eral considered it possible for
a military speaker who did not
have his remarks reviewed to
say something that might
damage the national interest.
Gen. Trudeau said this was
entirely possible" and added !:
IF he didn't he would be the
only element Of the popula-
ton" who does not make a
mistake. But, he added, "this
is not a thing that has made
nations rise and fall"
Mindful of Duty
He said that he was always
mindful of a soldiers duty and
did not question the policies
and decisions of higher govern
mental authority.
Il do not recall ever offic-
tally protesting changes in my
speeches." he continued in his
statement. Il studied them
seeking guidance relative to
preparation of my future
speeches. AS I could determine
it, I applied it, but I still con-
tinued fortnight expression oi
the things deeply believed in
In essence, in this regard,
limited myself. This is in
keeping with my soldiers faith
and my sense of duty.
Gen. Trudeau testified that
he saw little difference between
the present administration and
the last in reviewing proceed
ures, despite the change in top
level officials.
He said he knew of no mil
itary officer who questions the
principle of civilian control
over the military or the au-
thority and responsibility of the
Secretary of Defense and high
er officials to review statements
and speeches for policy and
propriety.
Need for Speeches
But he emphasized that there
is a need for public speeches
by civilian and military officials
within the framework Of ma
tional policy and the best in
terest of our country"
In this connection he said
President Kennedy indorsed
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CoIornbians
.Urge0AS TO
Punish Cuba

PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay,
Jan. "a (AP) A leader of the
drive for stern punishment of
Ffdel Castro's regime warned
the hemisphere today some ma
tions may intervene in Cuba
on their own unless the Organi-
zation of American States acts
forcefully.
The warning was delivered
by Columbia, sponsor CT the
resolutions which produced the
Punte Del Este conference of
inter- American foreign minis
terS on Cuban communism.
General debate opened a few
hours after Latin Americas
two most powerful nations, Ar
gentina and Brazil, joined in a
common front proposing hemi-
spheric coexistence with Cuba
while condemning Castro for
embracing communism.
Break Demanded
Opening the debate, Colon
bian Foreign Minister Jose
Joaquin Caicedo Castrilla de-
manded a collective economic
and diplomatic break with
Cuba by all 20 nations sitting
in judgment here. His call was
echoed by Guatemala.
Mr.. Caicedo did not say
which nations might intervene
in Cuba. Countries such as Co.
lombia and the Central Ameri-
can nations have felt heavy
pressure from Castro Com
munist infiltration tactics.
Referring to Cuba's fall into
the Soviet bloc, Mr.. Caicedo
said:
There exists a danger that
the belligerence and agrees
siveness of the Castro regime
against the American states en-
courages a reaction that, if the
inter-American system does not
act in time, may destroy the
principle of nonintervention. "
Mexican Foreign Minister
Manuel Tello told the gathering
"it seems undoubtedly that
there is incompatibility be-
tween the Organization Of
American States and the politi-
cal Marxist-Leninist" Cuban
regime. He said his delegation
will work unreservedly toward
solution Of "the difficult situa-
ton we are facing"
Mexico Against Sanctions
Mexico is one of the larger
nations firmly against invok-
ing sanctions and the only OAS
member joining Cuba in voting
against calling this conference.
Other critics of the idea alb
stained.
Mr.. Tello said Castro's proc
lamation of Marxism-L -Leninism
for Cuba introduced a new
political element into the hem
isphere - it was the first time
in history that an American
government embraced a totally
alien system.
The Colombian stand ex-
pressed feelings of a group,
including the United States,
which seeks the strongest poss-
ible action against Castro. The
speech won prolonged applause
from the delegates, many of
whom have been working for
milder action.
Guatemala's foreign minis
ter, Jesus linda Murillo, de-
nounced Cuban ties with the
Soviet Union and Red China
and called the current OAS
attitude suicidal.
He contended it is farcical
to talk about the principle OF
selR determination with regard
to Cuba, a Communist state.
Guatemala, a target of Cuban
attacks, provided one of the
training grounds for the anti
Castro force which staged the
Inflated bay of pigs invasion
of Cuba last April.
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INQUIRY
INQUIRY
Inconsistencies Cited
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his speeches of world COM
munism' to "Sino-Soviet COM
munism." The general said
that if it is IAN anathema for
one reason or another" to use
the expression world commu-
nism this should be spelled
out in regulations.
Gen. Trudeau cited instances
of deletions suggested or Or
dered by the State Department
and in a summary of some of
the changes prepared for the
subcommittee it was brought
out that this statement in a
speech last october was de-
leted entirely:
II believe that if we sur
render certain of our rights
today, then inevitably, and
soon, we shall lose what rights
remain"
The deletion was a manda-
tory one made by the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Public Affairs with
State Department concurrence,
the records showed.
NO Policy Matter
Gen. Trudeau was reminded
that Mr.. Mcnamara had sug-
gested that statements involv-
ing foreign policy should be
left to the President, the Secre,
tary of State and officials of
the State Department.
Communism is not a matter
of policy" Gen. Trudeau said.
Communism is a problem .
I'm not suggesting what we
should do about it,"
Gen. Trudeau, former Chief
of Army Intelligence and one
of the military's most prolific
speechmakers, cited as one ex-
ample of State Department CEN
sorship a November 10, 1859,
speech before the American
Ordnance Association here in
Washington.
Ignored Suggestions
He said the department sug-
geSted that he should not say,
"The tenets of Marx and
Engels and Lenin are as firm
a part of the Communist doc
trine as when they were an
nounced."
The general quoted the State
Departments comment to this
suggested change as being:
"They (the Communists)
have jettisoned many of these
tenets, unfortunately, because
tenets were retarding indus
trial expansion"
Gen. Trudeau said he did not
follow this suggestion and left
the remark in his speech.
In the same speech Gen
Trudeau said he ran into one
mandatory change when he
was not permitted to say:
"The' three Sputnik satellites
lend substance to Communist
claims (of an intercontinental
ballistic missile) and theil
lunar probe should clinct
them"
He quoted the State Depart
ment's comment on this mand-
atory change as:
Policy is to separate military
from scientific achievement OF
USSR. 1t is much easier fol
Soviets to hit the moon than
to hit the Pentagon. Such re-
marks tend to frighten oul
friends"
In response to a request by
Subcommittee Counsel James
Kendall for his frank opinion
on the need for policy review
of speeches, Gen. Trudeau sale
the question of security re.
quireS some review.
But he questioned policy re.
views at lower echelons which
might "vitiate, Intentionally OF
unintentionally," what the
speaker might want to say.
The general said the review
should be operated through
military channels and not "by
someone in the civilian hier-
archy."
Questioned by Case
Gen. Trudeau, responding to
questions by Senator Francis
Case Renuhlican of South na
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Child Centers
On First Lody's
Indian Itinerary

NEW DELHI, India, Jan. "a
(AP). - Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy plans to visit child well
fare and medical centers on a
three-week tour of India in
March, informed sources said
today.
The tour will include both
sightseeing and visits to in
stitutions. including those as
sisted by American money.
The wife of the United States
President and her sister, Prin-
cess Lee Radziwill, are sched-
uled to arrive in New Delhi on
March 2 and leave March 81
for PakiStan,
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Questioned by Case

Gen. Trudeau, responding to-
questions by Senator Francis
Case, Republican Of South Da-
kota, said he did not know at
what level in the State Depart
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In Washington, Aziz Ahmed,
Pakistani Ambassador to the
United States said Mrs. Ken
nedy is planning to attend the
annual horse show at Lahore.
Mrs. Kennedy has twice de-
ferred a visit to Pakistan and
India.
Evening star., 1962-01-24

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Evening star., 1962-05-06
Aid for GWETA

1t is too early as yet to know the
degree to which Channel 26-Washing-
tons still-new educational television
station-will benefit from the program
Of Federal assistance just signed into
law by President Kennedy. There is no
doubt, however, that Channel 26 is
eminently qualified for fair share of
the $S2 million in grants for facilities
and equipment which Congress COM
mendably has authorized to assist in
the expansion and improvement of edu-
cational TV throughout the Nation.
This new medium of public service is
still in its embryonic stage. Channel 26,
like most Of the 81 other educational
stations now in existence, will have no
difficulty demonstrating the need for
liberal ALLEGATION Of the grant money.
Participation in the grant program,
however, will require local matching
funds. This means that the Greater
Washington Educational Television As
sociation will have to turn to the WASH
ington community for assistance, which
we hope is forthcoming. The growing
popularity Of both It's daytime in
school programs and its adult programs
in the evening are evidence Of the
value Of Channel 26 as a community
project.
Evening star., 1962-05-06
Weak in the Knees

District Engineer Commissioner
Clarke, who also is chairman of the
District Zoning Commission, had two
valid reasons for opposing the weak
kneed resolution by which a majority
OF the commission once again has post
poned final decision on rezoning pro-
poSalS for the Watergate Towne project
in Foggy Bottom
First, he disagreed with the Zoning
Commissions recommendation that the
developers Of the $500-million project
should attempt to adapt their plans to
a height limitation in the neighborhood
of 80 feet instead of 130 feet. Second,
he argued that the commission, having
taken its stand on height, should have
told the developers what other stand
ards Of design would be acceptable if
this requirement were met He was right
on both counts.
In our opinion there is no real sub
stance to the esthetic objections raised
primarily by the Fine Arts Commission
and CONTRARY to the vote of its mem
bers) by the chairman of the National
Capital Planning Commission. These
opponents, in fact, would prefer to see
no private development on the site of
the project, located on the Rock Creek
and Potomac Parkway at Virginia ave-
nue. NV. But If the land, for which the
sponsors of the Watergate project re-
portedly paid several million dollars, is
not used as the sponsors propose, it prob
ably will be used for some other private
purpose. And the likelihood is that the
result of some other use would be far
less Of an asset to the city.
The Zoning Commission action is
clouded by hints Of pressure from the
White House. Specifically, it is reported
that an unidentified White House Off
cial expressed opposition to the 130-
foot height proposal in discussion with
Zoning Commission member District
Commissioner Tobriner) before it acted
on Thursday. If this position has been
taken by the President, which we doubt,
1t Of course would carry considerable
weight with the District Commissioners,
who constitute a majority on the Zon-
ing Commission. If, however, it was ex-
pressed by some White House assistant
who was persuaded to do so by the op-
ponents of the project, it is not entitled
to serious consideration.
According to spokesman for the
Italian-based firm, insistence on a 90
foot height. restriction would kill the
project. If this is so, the zoning Com
mission, before rejecting the 13O-foot
request, should be prepared to justify
its action with something more than
a bow to behind-the-scene political
preSSureS.