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much-amended bill last month
Representative Howard w
Smith. Democrat of Virginia
warned his colleagues that III
you don't pass this bill thert
will be none"
Mr.. Hoeven also made cleal
that the bill would get no Re-
publican votes if it were greatly
changed or if Democratic lead.
ers gave any sign of support
ing the Senate's strict controls
Some G. o. P. Support
The 229-163 vote included
1919 Democrats and 80 Repub-
licans for the bill and 1875 Re-
publicans and 81 Democrat.
against it. The administration
bill last month was rejected by
a combination Of 167 Republi-
cans and 48 Democrats, while
only one Republican sided with
204 Democrats for it.
Several Democratic as vel
as Republican members tried
unSuccessfully to amend the
bill which contained a new pro-
vision for payments to dairy
farmers who voluntarily re-
duce milk production and con-
tinued present provisions fol
voluntary reduction Of wheat
and corn acreage production in
return for price supports.
Representative James Roose-
welt, Democrat Of California
proposed that price supports on
all crops end December 81
1868, to benefit consumers. His
amendment lost, 107-74.
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By the Assoeiated Prom

The House Appropriations
Committee approved new funds
today for the Agriculture De-
partment and asserted that
"for the first time in the his
tory Of man, the terror OF
famine has been replaced by
the problems of feast"
The $5.477.092,5o0 approved
is $s77. 500, 500 less than Pres
ident Kennedy requested and
$500, 947 900 less than was ap-
.propriated last year. Some OF
the cuts were in the bookkeep-
ing category, and others may
be restored in part when the
House considers the commit
tees action on Tuesday
The money in the bill is fol
use during the fiscal year that
started July /.
More than half Of the total
was for the Commodity Credit
Corporation. which operates
many big farm programs. in
GLIDING crop storage and price
support activities. Another large
chunk was earmarked for for
eign assistance programs in
volving sales and barter Of sur.
plus commodities. More thar
$500 million of the committee!
cuts were in the CCC and for.
eign programs.
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Estes Attorneys Got Clear Warning
Against 'Subterfuges,' Probers Told

Mattox replied. II know how
you tie somebody down when
you take after them"
New findings in the Mar
shall case were revealed by
Homer Garrison. jr.. director Of
the Texas Department of public
Safety. in a letter to Subcom-
mittee Chairman Mcclellan
Democrat Of Arkansas. released
yesterday.
After a brief subcommittee
inquiry last week into the Mar
shall death Senator Mcclellan
had said it was an obvious
conclusion that the Agriculture
Department official could moi
have shot himself five times
with a .22-caliber bolt action
rifle.
Mr.. Garrison wrote that ar
autopsy. conducted a few weeks
ago, revealed a near-letha'
amount of carbon monoxide ir
Mr.. Marshall's body and a seri.
Gus brain injury. The Texa.
official also said three Of the
five bullet wounds in Mr.. Mar.
shall's left abdomen had beer
incapacitating and that he
died quickly from interna,
hemorrhaging."
Comments Amuse Senators
Senator Mcclellan disclosed
findings of the Texas Official
after Mr.. Garrison released ir
Texas a letter to Judge John
M. Barron at Franklin, saying
the investigation of Mr.. Mar
shall's death was being pur.
sued. Judge Barron directed q
recent Texas grand jury in
quiry which was ended abruptly
with the suicide verdict left un-
changed.
In his appearance before the
subcommittee yesterday, Mr.
Mattox gave the investigating
Senators little opportunity to
question him about the meet
ing. A fast-talking, former Ok
lahoma football player, he took
up more than two hours de-
Tending himself, attacking Sec
rotary Freeman and relating
often to the amusement Of the
Senators, what he did on his
January visit here with Estes.
He spoke so rapidly that
sometimes he got mixed-up on
his dates.
Coming to Washington as
a country boy, it's a little Diff
ficult," Mr.. Mattox explained.
You'll go back with q lot
of country on you" Senator
Mcclellan told him. 1T doesn't
all come Off"
At one point. Senator Nc
Clellan told the witness: You're
talking so fast I am not sure
you know what you are say
ing" Mr.. Mattox testified that
he turned down suggestions to
see Agriculture Department Of
ficials on behalf of Estes. II
have never represented Billie
Sol Estes" he declared. I'VE
haven't gotten along too well
in our community"
Mr.. Mattox testified that he
Estes and Mr.. Dennison arrived
January II and stayed at the
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Mr.. Mattox said this dis
turbed Dennison very much"
as a number of displaced farm
ers in East Texas already had
been signed up to transfer their
cotton allotments to land they
were ostensibly buying from
Estes. The new regulations re-
ferred to by Mr.. Allen involved
the signing Of a form, which
said there were no side agree
ments.
Mr.. Mattox said the Estes at
torney argued with Mr.. Allen
about the change in regula-
tons.
Did he get the job done?"
asked Senator Mundt, Repub-
lican of South Dakota.
mo. he didn't get the Job
DONE" Mr.. Mattox replied.
Disputes Witness
He also testified that, at a
meeting on January 25. 1861,
at Fort Stockton, Tex, of
county committeeman and field
men, Mr.. Marshall listed a
number of steps that should
be taken to see that transfers
of cotton allotments were legal.
He disputed the testimony given
yesterday by Henry Carder, a
field man, that Mr.. Marshall at
the meeting rescinded earlier
instructions regarding a hard
line to be taken on the trans
fer of cotton allotments.
Mr.. Mattox appeared before
the subcommittee for the second
day after accusing Secretary Of
Agriculture Freeman yesterday
Of passing the buck in the
Estes scandal.
Under questioning by Sena-
tor Erwin, Democrat of North
Carolina. Mr.. Mattox insisted
that his visit to Washington
last January with Estes and Mr..
Dennison had no connection
with cotton allotment matters.
AS Senator Erwin pressed his
questioning, he said to Mr..
Mattox, IT don't want to tie
you down. :"
We'll. Senator, you're going
to have to prove that" Mr..
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BY CECIL HOLLAND
star Staff Writer

Senate investigators heard
testimony today that attorneys
for Billie Sol Estes received a
clear warning against any
"Subterfuges" In the Pecos
(Tex0 operators cotton allot-
naent deals.
The testimony was given by
William P. Mattox Of Pecos,
who was fired by the Agricul-
ture Department as vice chair
man of the Reeves County
committee after it was dis
closed that Estes paid his hotel
bill and plane fare on an eight
day visit to Washington last
January.
Mr.. Mattox, who vehemently
denied ever helping Estes on
his cotton allotment transfers,
told the Senate Special Investi-
cations Subcommittee the
warning was given during a
meeting with the late Henry
H. Marshall at College Station,
Tex. last January IT.
Mr.. Mattox testified that he
arranged a conference with Mr..
Marshal. program specialist in
Texas, at the request Of John
Dennison Of PecoS. Estes at
torney. He said Mr.. Dennison
told him he wanted to find out
how to write q contract by
which eminent domain cotton
allotmentS could be transferred
to acreage held by Estes in
West Texas.
Warned on Subterfuge
The witness said Mr.. Mar
shall. who was found shot to
death under mysterious cir
cumstances on June 3, 1861,
made it very clear" what Mr..
Dennison should put into the
contracts and warned him
against any attempts at sub
terfuge.
Since then the Estes con-
tracts have been held invalid
by the Agriculture Department
and more than 5000 acres of
cotton allotments which he
held have been Cancelled. The
allotments involve acreage
taken out Of production because
Of public projects.
Mr.. Mattox supported testi-
mony previously given by j.
Taylor Allen, who was then the
Agriculture Departments
Southwest Area director and
who was present at the meeting.
The question Of what was
said at the meeting is consid-
cred by the subcommittee as
a vital issue in determining
whether Estes received favored
treatment from the Agriculture |
Department. ia.
Told Of Regulations
Mr.. Mattox said Mr.. Allen
told Mr.. Dennison that new
regulations had been prepared
in an effort to see that no side
agreements were involved in
the transfer Of cotton allot-
mentS which would. in effect.
amount merely to the sale of
such allotments.
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New Farm Bill
Faces Possible
Senate SnarI
By ROBERT X. WALSH
star staff Writer

A this-or-nothing farm bill
from the House struggled today
/ for life in the Senate.
Without enthusiasm or ans
amendment the House voted
229 to 1853 last night for the
measure much milder than the
mandatory controls proposal il
rejected 215-205 June 81.
The so-called compromise bill
would continue and somewhat
revise the 1861 voluntary acre
age reduction and Government
payments law relating to wheat
and feed grains.
This new House bill immedi.
ately ran into a parliamentary
political and personal thicket II
the Senate. The Senate earlier
this year adopted, 1888, thu
administrations recommends
tons for strict controls.
Ellender Angered
Senate Agriculture Commit
tee Chairman Ellender. Demo
crat Of Louisiana, and other
were angered because the Houst
committee shelved the Senat,
bill after reporting out tn
modified bill as a substitute fol
the House bill defeated las
month.
This maneuver put the Sen
ate in the position of having
to accept the new House bill
practically as is or to re-pas'
its own strict controls bill. i
the Senate revives the admin
istration plan the whole thinI
probably would go to a House.
Senate conference.
House debate yesterday anc
the Democratic Republican
combination supporting the
new bill indicated that the
House never would accept 6
Conference Committee bill con.
tanning mandatory controls
particularly on feed grains such
as corn.
Private Agreement
Some Senators agreed pri'
vately with House members
who sprinkled yesterdays de.
bate with descriptions Of the
new bill as being a last chance
second-bes half-a-loaf-bu
better-than-none, or better.
than Benson's." Those Sena.
tors said this view might result
in Senate passage Of the House
bill rather than enact no farm
bill at all this election year.
Defeat Of the compromise
bill. House Agriculture Com
mittee Chairman Cooley, DEM
ocrat Of North Carolina, in
sisted, would not only end al
prospect Of passing any farm
bill this year but also would
mean going back to the 1855
law. That legislation enacted
by a Democratic controlled
Congress but advocated by
former Agriculture Secretary
Benson allowed unlimited pro-
duction and high price sup
ports. Mr.. Cooley and other.
contended that the 1858 Law
was mainly resonsible for huge
farm SURPRISES currently cost
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Sheraton-Park Hotel. On the
next day at a visit to the Of
flee Of Senator Marlborough,
Democrat Of Texas, he testi-
fled that the three Of them had
lunch with formerAssistantSec-
Rotary of Labor Jerry Holleman
Mr.. Holleman resigned after ii
was disclosed he had accepted
q 1000 gift from Estes.
Mr.. Mattox said the lunch
con discussion concerned the
problems of the braceroS Mex
lean farm workers. and that
"Holleman and ! tied up, and
tied up good"
He said Estes and Mr.. Den
nison took little part in the
discussion but that he learned
later the Pecos operator and
Mr.. Holleman were friends Of
long standing and drank from
the same wine bottle ir
church" AS Senator's looked
up startled Mr.. Mattox ex-
planned that he meant both Of
them belonged. to the Church
Of Christ.
Deceased From Department
He said Emery E. Jacobs, who
resigned from the Agriculture
Department after charges that
he had accepted gifts from Es.
ties. came to the hotel that
night for dinner. He referred
to the former official as RED
Jacobs, who has now been de-
ceased from the department"
Senator Mcclellan, Interrupt
ting, said, you've been de-
ceased too," and Mr.. MattoX
agreed WIN grin.
When others interpoSed ques-
tions, Mr.. Mattox said, Let me
finish my Washington visit; let
me get back to Pecos."
He related that Estes gave
a party at the hotel during
their stay here. 1T was the
first time I ever saw Estes
serve drinks" the witness said
land I enjoyed myself very
much" Four or five Congress-
men who went unnamed turned
up for the dinner, and also
Cliff Carter, one Of Vice PreSi-
dent Johnson's aides, the wit
ness said.
Mr.. Mattox, questioned by
Senator Mcclellan, said that
while Estes paid his plane and
hotel bill, that he paid a lot
Of bills, too. He said these in
cluded taxi fares and added:
when we had dinner for 10,
Estes could never find his bill
fold, and I paid for that"
In a matter Of fact way. Mr..
Mattox said he received $500 or
$700 from Marcus Dincler, a
Pecos farmer. before leaving for
Washington. II don't know how
much it was" he testified. II
Just put'it in my billfold and
I don't know how much I had"
When asked why he needed
so much money II Estes paid
his plane fare and hotel bill
Mr.. Mattox replied: Il spent a
! lot Of money feeding people"
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ing the Government almost So
billion a year.
Agriculture Secretary Free
man did not rejoice in the
watered-down bill from the
House but he told newSmen in
Chicago last night that House
passage of anything in con-
neetion with agriculture is an
accomplishment"
Mr.. Freeman as well as
President Kennedy came in for
heavy criticism by House Re-
publicans, including Represen-
tative Hoeven of Iowa, the Ag-
riculture Committees ranking
G.. o. P. member who supported
the new bill.
Calling attention to Mr..
Freeman's news conference as
sertion last Wednesday that
Republicans played politics
with the farm problem. Mr..
Hoeven said he regretted that
the Agriculture Secretary blew
his top" He added that such
poor public relations probably
caused some House Republicans
to vote against the new bill yes
terday.
Gross Goes Along
Representative Dole, Repub-
lican Of Kansas. suggested that
Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Freeman
cool off at Hyannis Port this
week end and take some tran
quilizers.
Much Of the House sentiment
on the new bill yesterday was
summed up by Representative
Gross. Republican Of Iowa, in
announcing that I'm going to
hold my nose and vote for It,"
Democratic leaders made
clear from the outset that they
would support no amendments,
even ones they ordinarily would
favor. They obviously did not
want to run the risk of having
the bill share the fate Of the
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CuroIinion Picked

E. Wayne Weant, Greensboro,
IN. c. textile and apparel
executive. was sworn in yester-
day as Deputy Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce for Domestic
Affairs.
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GrOmyko Sees
Wide Hope in
Laos Accord

GENEVA, July 20 CAP)-
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko declared today the Soviet
Union regards the Laos treaty
as a guarantee Of peace in
Southeast Asia "and not only
in that region"
Looking a bit tired, Mr.. Gro
myko landed here two hours
ahead Of United States Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk to take
part in the 14-nation treaty
signing and another round of
big power talks on Berlin and
disarmament.
He said the Laos accord
would definitely establish the
jungle kingdom as a united;
independent and neutral ma
ton"
A large gathering of diplo-
mats, including United States
Ambassador Averell Hartman,
were at the airport as Mr.. Gro
myko's Soviet turboprop jet
landed.
Blunt Exchanges
Peering through horn-rimmed
glasses at the prepared state
ment, Mr.. Gromyko said the
Laos agreement proves that II
the interested states really
want to understand each other
on questions which divide them,
they can accomplish it." -
The Soviet diplomat noted q
series of setbacks which had
kept the Laotian pot boiling
over the last IA months. He
said most of the obstacles had
been artificial and put up by
forces which cared little for
the national interest of the La
otian people"
"All that is past now, how
ever" Mr.. Gromyko concluded.
The American and Russian
diplomatic chiefs appeared set
for some blunt face-to-face ex-
changes on other cold war
issues. .
Laos neutralist Premier,
Prince Souvanna Phouma, in a
brief arrival statement said he
believed the example of Laos
could be one that could help
solve other international prob
lens in the same manner"
Canadian Foreign Secretary
Howard Green, arriving about
the same time, said he thought
the Laotian settlement will be
very helpful in world affairs"
Improved Detection
Canada is one Of the mem
bers Of the international Con-
troll Commission charged with
supervising experimentation Of
the settlement.
The United States said again
today it may modify its posi-
ton on nuclear test ban con-
trolls if such a change Is found
to be justified by new scientific
findings. United States AmbaS-
sador Arthur H. Dean made the
statement in the American
BritiSh-Soviet test ban sub
committee Of the 17-nation dis
armament talks.
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LESS THAN YOU'D THINK
Don't pass this one up cause it looks expensive

If you make $168 week, you can own it.
The ColoniaPs far bigger than any row or twin
we've ever seen-and more luxurious, too.
Look-a front porch -.
And center hail.
And 22-foot living ROOM.
And family ROOM.
And kitchen full of appliances.
And dining ROOM.
And laundry ROOM.
And three bedrooms 90.
And two baths.
And powder ROOM.
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And every bits air conditioned -.
And garage.
And landscaping
And it's only half hour from the Capitol
Come take good look at it. To move in, you'll
only need $3.50 in cash. Your monthly payments
will be $132 including everything principal
interest taxes insurance the works.
The furnished Exhibit homes open today, and
every day, TIL 9 Pm. on Route $50, next to the
Beair Shopping Center While you're here look
at all the other houses too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-20

To BELAIR FROM WASHINGTON Take any road to the
Washington Annapolis Expressway John Hanson
Highway Route SOY. Leave at interchange marked BAL
tmore" Drive miles North on Route to Route $50.
Turn left on Route 45O Drive miles to Beair Exhibit
Open daily til o clock.
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that buying stocks at inflated
levels in anticipation of further
initiation was stupid. Long age
the hot = hot gla NOR issues
started to get cold under the
increasing pressure Of the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
missions investigation, the
knowledge that the SECS probe
would uncover appalling in
stances of unethical actions as
well as illegal manipulation in
the sale of new stock issues to
the public.
This is the real Unconditional
tale of the now unglamorized
glamor stocks.
Nevertheless, the straight
fact also is that the way Mr..
Kennedy interviewed in the steel
crisis and the masSiveneSs of
his intervention intensified the
stock price decline.
1t is obvious to any one who
will hear and read that there
has been a mounting uneasineSS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10

among responsible business
men about the long-term i'm
plications Of Kennedy's act. No
person who understands what
has made the United States so
powerful and prosperous a ma
ton can afford to Shrug off the
imperative need for clarified
ton Of the Kennedy admins
tration's relationships with the
business community now.
When a man of Henry Ford's
background as an independ-
ent warns. II fear that the
enormous power that can be
mustered by a determined and
reSourceful president might be
used increasingly to impose in
formal, but nonetheless direct,
controls on the legitimate &C.
tons of business and, possibly,
Of labor" it is time for Mr..
Kennedy to think through what
he can do to allay that fear.
When even economists who
are staunchly liberal Democrats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10

crease and the spreading fears
since then that the adminiStra-
ton Is anti businessl
Primarily responsible for the
collapse Of these glamor stocks
was the plain fact that in 1861
they were bid up to incredibly
unrealiStic prices by greedy
SPECTATORS confident there al
ways would be one more sucker
left to bail them out when they
sold. The entire market was
pushed to such Enthusiastically
overpriced levels in late 1861
that, months ago. hard-headed
pros at home and abroad began
unloading, moving into tax
exempt bonds, Government
securities, cash in the bank.
Long before Mr.. Kennedy's
attack on the steel price in
crease, it was no secret in in
formed circles that the major
postwar initiation was dead and
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Security Bank
Elects Koontz,
'mL
Huntington

Security Bank today an
nounced the election of Robert
K. Koontz, jr., as executive vice
president and director, and
Carl E. Huntington as a di-
rector.
Mr.. Koontz previously had
been a vice president and ad-
visory board member of the
National Bank Of Washington.
The announcement was made
by F. G.. Addison, jr., board
chairman Of Security.
Both men are veteran bank
ing officials here. Mr.. Koontz
began his career with the Ana
costa Bank in 1888 and rose to
the post of assistant vice presi-
dent in 1916. He left in 1859 to
become vice president Of the
Sarasota Bank & Trust Co. in
Sarasota, Fla, returning the
following year as vice president
of Anacostia National Bank.
The latter merged subse-
quently with the National Bank
Of Washington, now third larg-
est in the District in terms Of
deposits.
: A native of Washington, Mr.
Koontz Is a graduate of the
University Of Wisconsin School
of Banking. He assumes his
new post June IS.
Mr.. Huntington has been
with Security Bank during his
entire career, beginning in
1880. He is a graduate. of the
Rutgers University Graduate
School Of Banking. The new
director is also manager of Sc
curity'S offices at 1910 K
street NV.
Security Bank ranked as sew
=enth largest in Washington on
: the bank call of March rs, with
: deposits exceeding SAL million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington o. c. R.Resmaee G&@~L@ ELS
June 10, 1862 S9SuhSSSE SNOSGS

OF course. the President
isn't "anti-business"l He haf
made abundantly clear thai
he wants to be remembered a.
a President who led the United
States to new heights of might
prosperity and greatness, moi
one who undermined it by In
viting an era of vicious conflict
between government and bust.
ness.
Words Of reinsurance to the
business community aren't
enough in view of the extent
of today's MISUNDERSTANDING
and fears. There are plenty OF
things the President can do
and the time to do them is now
distributed 1862. by the Hall
Syndicate, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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plead with the President to
recognize that American in
dustry is in a rising profit
squeeze and something must
be done to ease the squeeze. it
is time for the President to call
in these economists and ask
what can be done to case the
squeeze.
When, almost to a man, bust
nesSmen unite to urge Congress
to reject a bill the administra-
ton has designed to give them
tax relief. it is time for Mr..
Kennedy to figure out ways he
can retreat gracefully. compro-
mise and lay the basis for the
sort Of tax relief that will be
welcomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10
YOUR MONEYS WORTH
Reossure Business,
President Is Urged
By SYLVIA PORTER

list of stocks. including Polaroid
and Texas Instruments, which
were off from So to 81 per cent,
After them came a third list,
dominated by National Cash
Register, International Business
Machines and Zenith. which
were off 40 10 As per cent.
An observer simply cannot
blame a crackup of such vio-
lence on President Kennedy's
crushing Of the steel price in