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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-14
BY JACK BELL
Associated Press staff Writer

President Kennedy is de-
pending on an uncertain Con-
greSs and an uneasy economy
to carry the Democrats through
to victory in the November
congressional elections.
By choosing in his televised
report to the Nation last night
to delay the effectiveness of a
tax reduction until January !,
Mr.. Kennedy has placed a
political bet on a wavering
economy he said is at a high
point but has failed to achieve
the heights he hoped it would
attain.
BY calling on Congress for
almost impossible production
before the September adjourn
ment he said is in prospect, the
President is giving his Repub-
lican and Southern Democratic
critics added incentive to work
toward a stalemate. He plans
to campaign for Democrats who
will back his programs.
Quick Cut Opposed
Mr.. Kennedy conceded the
present tax system is a drag
on business and individual in
centive. He called for the right
kind of a tax cut at the right
time, linked to the closing OF
loopholes through which Fed
eral revenues are seeping. But
he said that in view of the
July. indices which recorded a
reserve of strength in the econ
ony.. there is no need for
quick tax reduction.
The President thus frosted
a tax cut cake. But he put it
under glass until January l in
stead of offering the November
voters a toothsome slice.
Mr.. Kennedy said if he is
wrong about the need for a
quick reduction he would not
hesitate to call Congress back
to remedy the situation. But
there was a strong air of dis
belief among the legislators
that, once they adjourn, he
would summon them back dur
ing the campaign.
AS an alternative, Mr.. Ken
needy renewed his appeal for
action in Congress on some
proposals that even he OBJ
viously does not expect to pass
and on others which he has
reliable assurance he will get
in some form.
Wants Tax Credit
The President said he wants
a 7 per cent tax credit for new
business plant investment
which Congress now seems to
be disposed to give him-if it
can find time to act on it along
with the maze of other priority,
must and would ike-to-have
legislation he has suggested.
Without spelling out details,
Mr.. Kennedy called again for
final passage of a Senate
approved bill which would offer
SIG billion in new public works
which would have to go
through the time-consuming
process of specific appropria-
lions. And he asked again for
5000 million in authority for
him to start almost any kind
of job-producing spending
project he chooses if a recess
sion threatens.
The House has pared the bill
to the 5000 million authority.
Prospects for final COMPRESSION
al approval are no more than
$3.50.
Mr.. Kennedy repeated his ap-
peal for enactment of what the
administration now calls a
youth opportunities" bill. This
is modernized version of the
old Civilian Conservation Corps.
1t has not seen. and is unlikely
to see, any action in either
house.
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SECRETARIAL.

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Evening star., 1962-08-29
Playing 1t Cool on Fall Campaign

somewhat astonishing con-
clusion and claim. This is
that Mr.. Kennedy could han
die Gov. Rockefeller with ease
in the decisive urban centers
Of the Nation-quite possibly
easier than he could handle
Mr.. Nixon. However wrong
this idea may be, it Is un-
doubtedly encouraged around
the White House.
Thus, the fact that Mr..
Kennedy's interest in Cali
fornia really lies more in
those bonus House seats than
in Gov. Brown in no way
rejects the latent power Of
Mr.. Nixon. Nor does it imply
any run-out on Gov. Brown.
Rather, it is based on two
theories:
l. In 1862, the overriding
necessity for the President is
to alter the face Of Congress
Leaving it to later to think
very much about 1864. 2.
Anyhow, Mr.. Nixon would
find it difficult to make a
direct presidential challenge
in 1864 even should he make
it for Governor Of California
He would have a lot on his
plate at home and would be
likely to withhold his second
thrust for the Presidency to
some point beyond 1864.
Evening star., 1962-08-29
SchwengeI Heads
New U. S. Capitol
Historical Society

Representative Schwengel,
Republican Of Iowa, was elect
ed president Of the newly Or
ganized United Ctates Capitol
Historical Society yesterday.
Other officers elected are:
Mrs. Lillian Kessell Of the Cap
itol architects office, secretary;
Victor Birely Of Birely g. Co.,
Washington investment firm
treasurer, and five vice preSi-
dents: Sen ator Humphrey
Democrat Of Minnesota; Rep
resentative Marguerite Church
Republican Of Illinois; Melvin
M. Payne, executive vice presi-
dent and secretary of the Ma
tional Geographic Society; his
torian Allan Nevins, and Car
Haverlin. president of Broad
cast Music Corp. Of New York
Senator Hayden Of Arizons
was named honorary chairman
Of the board of trustees.
DR.. Richard H. Rowland
Evening star., 1962-08-29

curator Of civil history at the
Smithsonian Institution. re-
ported. as chairman Of the
Plans and Programs Commit
tee. on the society's top-priority
projects.
First and most important, he
said, should be the Capitol
Guidebook, similar to but mot
a repetition or copy Of the
White House booklet"
The glidebook could be put
out within a year, he said, and
would probably cost about
$3.50, 900 for the initial print
ing Of 250,000 copies. This
figure would include, he said,
the hiring Of a professional
staff administrator, historian
and clerical help-to supervise
production.
After the guidebook, DR.
Rowland said, a documentary
film costing items Of thou
sands" should be q major goal
Of the society.
DR.. Rowland said when these
projects are completed. the So
ciety could turn to the re-
Punishment Of various rooms
In the Capitol.
Evening star., 1962-08-29
Kennedy Believed Intending Big Effort
For Areas Where Gains Offset Risk

than has been the old. 1t is
his belief that poSSibly-just
posSibly-this can be done
on these assumptions: Reap
portionment has reduced the
number Of conservative Old
South Democratic seats in
Congress while giving new
seats to the Far West. The
Presidents central hope is
that he can help turn these
new seats to New Frontier
Democrats and thus strike
a double blow for things like
medical care and urban re-
newal.
OF all the so States, Cali
fornia offers the richest lode
of possibilities, and it is mere
that the true heart of the
presidential effort almost
certainly will be made.
Specifically, the Presi-
dents main purpose will be
to help the sitting Democratic
Governor, Pat Brown, defeat
Republican challenger Rich
ard Nixon. Many Nixon
haters automatically and
joyouSly assume that this is
a kind of holy and ultimate
Kennedy objective. Actually,
Mr.. Kennedy-himself no
Nixon-hater if also surely no
Nixon well-wisher-will be
more interested in those new
House seats in California.
This does not mean that
the White House denies any
possible menace from a pos
sible Nixon presidential can
didacy in 1864, or necessarily
shares the conviction Of many
Democrats that the real"
danger to Mr.. Kennedy in
1864 we'll be Nelson Rockefel-
Ter Of New York. Confidential
polls taken by Democratic
forces and made available to
the President have offered a
Evening star., 1962-08-29
WILLIAM S. WHITE

Emotional cries from the
more passionate New From
tiersmen picture President
Kennedy as afire with jealous
desire to go shouting and
leaping all over the country
in this falls congressional
campaign.
The truth, however, is that
the President is still playing
it cool as he ponders both
the perils and the opportuni-
ties Of a massive personal in
tervention in the contest.
At the moment, the actual
position stands this way: Be-
yond doubt, he will intervene
in those areas where the
chance Of significant gain is
worth the very substantial
risk involved. But it is likely
that before he even thinks Of
committing himself to an all
out national effort he will
make one or two more pre-
liminary and "non-political"
trips to test the national cli-
mate. A prudent swimmer
puts a toe into unknown wa
ters before plunging in head
first.
Mr.. Kennedy is well aware
that history discourages any
notion that any President
can safely go out and tell
any large section Of the peo-
pie how to vote in Senate
and House races. The latest
evidence was supplied by
President Eisenhower who.
despite enormous personal
popularity, was singularly un-
able to convince the people to
vote his way in congressional
elections.
Mr.. Kennedy, on the other
hand, Is certain that some
thing ought to be done-if it
can be done-to make the
new Congress more hospita-
BILE to his domestic program
Evening star., 1962-08-29
Private Enterprise TeIstor Operation
Called Strong Answer to Reds

military purposes. Aluminium
plants and synthetic-rubber
plants which cost many mil
lions were sold for relatively
low prices to private COM
panies, some Of which there
by got their chance to be-
come big and successful COM
petitors of existing companies
in the same line of business.
The new measure, which
has gone through both
Houses and shortly will be
signed by a sympathetic
President, gives the public an
opportunity to invest in the
new corporation. Only half
the stock is to be held by the
American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. - otherwise
known as "the Bell System"
and by other communica-
tions companies. The other
half Of the stock Is to be sold
to private investors at 500
a share.
The communications COM
panies will elect a third Of
the board Of directors, and
the private investors will pick
a third. The remaining third
will be designated by the
Federal Government-a very
helpful method of keeping
the Government posted on
matters that come under the
heading of Government
regulation, such as the fixing
Of rates to the public. Mono
poly Is regulated in America
where 1t touches the matter
of rates to be paid by the
public. Private companies are
allowed what Is designated as
a fair return" on invested
capital, but the public inter-
est is safeguarded against
inordinate profit-making.
The communications COM
panies, such as A T & T, the
Radio Corporation Of America
and the Western Union Co.
all Of which ere privately
owned-have managed under
this plan to make Americas
communications facilities the
very best in the world. While
the Bell System is the largest
of the telephone systems,
there are 3.040 independent
telephone companies in vari-
Gus parts Of the United
States owning is per cent of
all telephones.
The Bell System, moreover.
like the others in the COM
munications business. is not
owned by a single interest.
1t has more than 90 million
stockholders, and more than
Evening star., 1962-08-29
DAVID LAWRENCE
Victory for Peoples Capitalism

350,000 Of these are employees
Of the company.
In the last 20 years, the
Bell System has earned for
the Government Of the
United States in taxes a
total Of SOS billion and for
State and local governments
a total Of $7.3 billion. This
is the highest record Of tax
money contributed by any
corporation in the world.
In other countries, where
government ownership pre-
walls, the service to the pub
lie is, by comparison, very
poor. A private company has
the incentive Of profit
making to spur 1t on to
efficiency. Government
operated projects are devoid
Of such motive, and this is
often revealed as q serious
weakness.
The new TelStar project
may or may not yield profits
to the investors. There is no
certainty that communica-
ton to other points on earth
through outer space will be as
economical as by cables under
the seas or by radio through
the atmosphere. But that is
why the name "riSk capital"
has arisen. Investors do take
risks, but they may be re-
warded with good profits If
the enterprises are success
full.
Efficiency Of service and
good dividends usually have
been a characteristic Of prl-
vate enterprise, and today
there are many millions of
citizens who have put their
savings into enterprises Of all
kinds. This is peoples
capitalism" and, despite the
TRADES by Nikita Khrushchev
and other Communists who
inveigh constantly against
"capitalistic" countries, the
system has proved success
full in bringing the maximum
good to the maximum num-
ber Of people.
copyright, 1862
Evening star., 1962-08-29
British Guiunu Bank
Robbed of $4,000

GEORGETOWN, British
Guiana, Aug. 90 (AP) -Four
masked men held up a Royal
Bank of Canada cashier yes
terday and got away with
SIP, 900, police said.
The bandits entered the bank
just as the money was about
to be transferred to Mackenzie.
a bauxite mining town 65 miles
up the Demarara River, and
forced the cashier at gunpoint
to hand over the money. They
escaped in a car.
Evening star., 1962-08-29
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ode to DR.. Edward Teller who says Red China will be
nuisance" with A-bombs: We can't dispute thee Doctor
Teller thou utrascientfc feler But this know should
China blow, Wen sure be before we're weller
Living costs hit high Shoppers guide: If it's too
expensive buy anyway Tomorrow it may be exoritant.
Ted Kennedy debates Ed Mccormack Tv. In
Massachusetts, there only two classes of Democrats
Ready for Teddy steady for Eddie.
Evening star., 1962-08-29

Peoples capitalism" has
Just won q significant VIC
tory In the United States. It
is a triumph that negates the
very basis Of Soviet commu-
nism.
For the Congress Of the
United States, by an over
whelming vote and with the
support Of the President, has
Just given q private corpo-
ration the opportunity to de-
velop q communications busi-
ness through Telstar and
other satellites In outer space.
Had the vote in Congress
gone the other way, the Com
muniStS would have gloated.
For, in the Soviet Union,
everything is owned by the
government. The SovietS are
taught that only the govern
ment can really perform eco
noniic tasks and that q sys-
tenn Of private profit Is wrong.
In the United States, by
the latest vote in Congress
on the bill that provides regu-
lation' for the whole Telstar
operation as far as commu-
nications are concerned, pri-
vate enterprise is selected be-
cause it is experienced, more
efficient and better trained
through its talented personnel
to do an effective job.
Some Of the champions Of
Government ownership In
their recent speeches in both
Houses Of Congress declared
that, since the project was so
big and since 1t might involve
relations with other govern
ments in the making of COM
munications agreements, the
task should be wholly in the
hands Of the American Gov
eminent. The argument was
made also that. since the
Government had spent q
good deal Of money in de-
veloping the vehicle used to
launch the Telstar satellite,
the people" should own the
whole communications pro-
ject.
But there are many things
in America for which the
Government has at one time
or another spent large sums,
and yet this has not led to
Government ownership. Also.
the Government once owned
most Of the land in the West,
but 1t virtually gave away
homesteads to attract set
tiers. Likewise. during war
time, enormous plants were
built that became obsolete for
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26
BY ELY Bradley

(budgeD document without the
availability of either detailed
background or data"
Questioned as to why PTA's
and civic groups, according to
PAS, are often better informed
on school fund needs than he
is, County Manager Mason
Butcher blames it on a lack of
adequately trained budget
analysts who can practically
live with the School Board and
be prepared to explain the
thinking and policy decisions
which have gone before budget
requests"
The cOunty's present single
budget analyst, Butcher added,
Cannot possibly be an expert
i'm all the areas from which
we get fund requests"
He said it is conceivable"
that the county could use as
many as four or five budget
examiners, each specializing in
an individual area such as the
School Board, public works, lib
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26
Paving Bid
Accepted
By Rockville

A low bid of S31,115 just $1S5
below City Engineer John
Gray's estimate, was accepted
by the city out of a total of
four bids submitted for the
Smooth Seal" paving of 80
Rockville streets within the
next 25 days.
The bid represented a unit
price of $3.50 per ton compared
to last years $3.50 per ton
price. Work has already start
ed on the streets involved and
city forces are raising the metal
fittings around street openings
to accommodate the additional
half to three-quarter inch of as
phalt compound that will
smooth and preserve the road
ways.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26

made mistakes" in his question:
ing. That's the mark of a large
man." he commented.
Mrs. Ats fiery denunciation
of the Commission hearing in
cluded references to mot one,
but two unfriendly prosecu-
tors" and statement that ''hu-
man relations suffered a real
setback there"
She said she and "many
other people in the county"
were shocked and outraged"
at both attorneys questioning,
and asked:
who would dare ask a white
person as to what his motives
were for going to one restau-
rant rather than another?"
These witnesses s had no
friendly counsel at ALL" she OBJ
served. "It was very much like
a court procedure without any
attorney for the defense, and
many of us simply can't under.
stand why commission mem.
bers didn't interfere at a couple
of points"
Commission m mber Carl
Coleman of Silver Spring said
he was inclined to agree that
mo rules of law and evidence
prevailed" at the hearing and
questioned whether "too much
irrelevant material" was
brought into testimony.
Fellow member Richard Coop.
erman of Rockville, however,
said he found it helpful to have
"as much detail as was pre-.
Sented."
Il feel SincOff did a very
good job OF getting informa-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26

ton for us in making our de-
cisiOn."
Following its open meeting,
Commission members went into
executive session to discuss two
items: Progress on their re-
quest that attorney Barbee have
Crivella agree to serve orderly
customers unfortunately in
the future, under threat of a
cease and desist" order from
the Commission and possible
criminal prosecution. Also, re-
ceipt of a formal complaint
from Peace Corps director Ser
geant Shriver on behalf of sew
eral Negro trainees refused
service recently at the Country
Corner Inn near Olney.
BY mid-week, County Attor-
ney Alfred E. Carter had been
unable to secure the agreement
from Barbee and Crivella.
1t was unofficially reported,
however, that Carter had been
instructed to issue a deadline ul-
timatum to Barbee for submis-
sion of the stipulation.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26
Human Relations
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Continued from Page AID
refuse service to persons be-
cause of race, color, religion or
national origin.
Mrs. Williams was joined in
her unofficial protest to the
c. m m ssion this week by
Phineas Indritz, 1725 Dublin dr.,
Silver Spring, representative
of the Democratic Practices
Committee, and a private citi.
zen, Mrs. Franz L. Alt, 8718
Reading rd., Silver Spring.
Both were sharply critical of
the questioning of the Negro
complainants by assistan n
county attorney Richard ]. Sin.
coff and Crivella's attorney, AL.
ger Y. Barbee.
Although it is Sincoff's role
to bring out facts of the case
on the Commissions behalf,
Indritz declared Sincoff "ques-
toned the last four or five wit
nesses so agressively that Bar
bee didn't have to bother with
them"
ITS not the function of the
county attorney or the Com
mission to explore the justi-
ficatiOn for refusing service.
That's the job of the defense
attorney" Indritz said.
mo Negro in this county,
after witnessing or hearing the
way that session was conducted,
will want to go into any place
and ask for service unless he is
willing to go through the kind
of ordeal those people did up
there" he added heatedly.
IndritZ told the Commission
Sincoff later admitted he
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26

raries and recreation and health
and welfare.
An example of where school
board council communications
broke down was seen this spring
in Butchers sensational finding
of a SIS million "error" in
anticipated teacher salary esti.
mates submitted by school budg-
ct officials which proved to
be no such error but the product
of a difference of agreement
between the two bodies on
school board and county-esti.
mated base pay figures.
Turning to other areas of con.
cern between the two bodies,
PAS finds major difficulties al.
so exist in the area of school
planning despite appointment
of a site selection committee
representing the school board,
the county, the park and plan.
ming commission and the sani.
tary commission - and in edu.
cational supporting services.
Of the last, PAS says, a "sig.
nificant savings" might be eff
fected by joint purchasing and
merging of equipment and per-
Sonnel needs.
The way out of the COun.
ellis school budget control
predicament, PAS feels, is
along neither of two direct
routes available but in a con-
tinuation of the present setup
with qualifications and clar-
ification of relationships be-
tween the council and Board
of Education"
1t discards the two alterna-
tives of abolishing the elected
School Board in favor of ap-
pointments "highly desir-
able" but politically impractical
- and legal separation of the
School Board from the county
government, giving it authority
to levy and collect its own
taxes and bear the brunt of its
Fiscal and other actions"
The second alternative
probably merits only pass
ing consideration" says PAS,
because "there seems to be
enough concern about the ris-
ing school tax rate to desire
a continuation of the respOn-
sibility of the County Council
for overall fiscal affairs of
the County,"
AS if to keep this rising
school tax in the public eye,
PAS recommends the printing
of two distinct tax bills - one
for school taxes and the other
for all other purposes - and
specifies the county should pre-
pare and mail them.
This way, evidently, if the
Council has lost control OF
school expenditures it can duck
the rap a mite.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26
Mrs. Offutt Leaves
Estate of $500

made over 100 bequests to
friends and relatives and in
memory of those who were
friends" of her deceased chill
dren. The bequests ranged
from $50 to one of $4,000.
The bulk of her estate, how
ever, went to her faithful SER
want" Mrs. Rose Cooper, daugh-
ter of a slave once owned by
Mrs. Offutt's father, Lemuel
Clements; Sisters of Visitation
in Georgetown, st. Marys Cath
olic Church in Rockville; and to
the Christ Child Society for
benefit of the societys conva-
lescent home on Edison la.
To Mrs. Cooper, who had
served her devotedly for 60
years, Mrs. Offutt left the in.
come from a $4,000 trust
fund; $4,000 in cash; and set up
an additional $1,000 fund to be
paid at the rate of SIS a month
until Mrs. Cooper begins to re-
ceive income from the $4,000
trust.
Upon the death of Mrs. Coop.
er, the will provides that $4,000
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26
l-Way Ordered
On Crawford DIR.

A traffic order passed by the
Rockville Mayor and Council
Monday night establishes one
way traffic on Crawford DIR. at
the request of property owners
on the street. Traffic will be
permitted to move in an easter
ly direction only between
Ardennes and Atlantic aves.
This will siphon off some of
the traffic now entering Viers
Mill rd. at a stop sign into At
lantic ave-, protected by a traf-
fic light at Viers Mill rd.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-07-26

beused to endow a room at st.
Margaret Mary's Home for
aged women and that "such
room be used by some home
less, elderly woman, preferably
relative or friend of someone
from Montgomery County"