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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

selected by a competition
among NVBA's architect
members.
Designed as a focal point
for the building industry in
its area, the building will in
clude a library complete with
all area building codes, maps.
soil information and coming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

1t is Yeonas policy that every home in every
nrunty Ue build shall reflect credit on our good name.
STEPHEN c. YEONAS, President
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Virsinio Builders
Buying Building Site

The Northern Virginia
Builders Association has sec
ured a contract of sale on a
three-acre site on Route 7 at
Tyson's Corner where it plans
to erect its own office build
ing.
The association said it plans
for construction in 1864 fol-
lowing a design that will be
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District Contracts 9
Down in April

Contracts for future con-
struction in the District
awarded during April totaled
$15.014,000 to show a IS per
cent drop from April, 1861,
E.. H. Keefe of the F. w.
Dodge Corp. has reported.
A breakdown of the total
showed residential W or k
totaling $3,666,000 had in
creased IA per cent from the
previous April, nonresident
tial contracts at $2,843, 900
had dropped 70 per cent, and
heavy engineering contracts
at $8,505,000 were up "a per
cent.
During the first four
months of the year, total
contracts were $108,117, 900,
up IL per cent from the
comparable period of la st
year.
Residential contracts for
the January-April period
amounted to SAL, 178,000 to
show a 800 per cent gain;
non-residential at $48,832,-
900 were down IS per cent,
and heavy engineering con-
tracts at $18,107 900 were up
As per cent.
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Burke Is Named
To Advisory Council

E. J. (Jim) Burke, jr., has
been appointed to the Federal
Savings and Loan Advisory
Council to serve during 1862,
Joseph p. McMurray, chair
man of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board, has an
nounced
Mr.. Burke is immediate
past president of the National
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

work of the Zeckendorf
Property Corp. an urban de-
velopment affiliate of Webb
& Knapp.
He has been with the firm
since 1859 and was made an
assistant vice president in
March. 1861. He became
project manager of the
Southwest Washington oper-
alton succeeding william L.
SlaytOn who was named COM
missioner of the Urban Re-
newal Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09
Ryon Promotes
Harvey CoIeman

Harvey r. Coleman has
been raised to executive vice
president of the Thomas H.
Ryon Co., Thomas III. RyOn
announced this week.
Mr.. Coleman, a member Of
the firm for the last nine
years, will direct overall &C
tivities Of the company which
Specializes in apartment and
commercial construction and
syndication.
The company presently has
more than $50 apartment
units under construction at
six different locations in the
District and another 300 in
planning stages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-09

Association Of Home Builders
and operates his own home
building and land develop
ment firm in San Antonio,
Texas.
The Council is a statutory
advisory group to the Home
Loan Bank Board.
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dent of Webb & Knapp, Inc.
William Zeckendorf, chair
man. announced this week.
Mr.. Downing is project
manager of the Southwest
Washington redevelopment
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$23, 800 to $26,5O0

buying certainly
without conditioning
to make final choice without first seeing the so
location difficult duplicate appraisers
to be the Northern
Virginia This
The exterior designs potential interiors
features renmen that
enjoyed on the opening a
Evening star., 1962-05-06

bill to provide SIS billion over
five years to enable colleges and
universities to build classrooms,
libraries and laboratories. The bill
calls for so per cent in grants and
40 per cent in loans.
Those concerned with higher
education point out that q de-
partment Of education and scien-
tific research would inevitably at
tract more high caliber personnel
than Is possible for the Office Of
Education and they report this
step as urgent and essential.
Cabinet Ronk Prestige
Officials in the Office of Edu-
cation stress that departmental
status would enable education
problems to be given greater at
tention by both the White House
and the Budget Bureau. In addi-
ton, cabinet rank would make
possible a better and more equal
working relationship with such
other Government departments,
as State, Defense, Labor and Agri-
culture which have their own edu-
cation programs both In the do
mestic and international area.
The success of the education
program Of the National Science
Foundation in developing a new
and revolutionary curriculum in
science and mathematics for our
schools is cited as evidence Of
what could be done in other dis
ciplines such as the humanities
by an upgraded Office Of Educa-
ton. They urge that more stress
should be laid on the substance
of education. Top scientists assert
that too much emphasis has been
placed on scientific education and
not enough on the Importance Of
the humanities even to train sci-
entists properly. 1t is pointed out
that Federal leadership should be
made available to State education
commissions to help raise national
standards to overcome present in
equalities in the United States.
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Foubus Running

Elsewhere on the political front.
Gov. Orval E. Faubus changed
his mind and announced his can
didacy for an unprecedented fifth
term In Arkansas. He VIII oppose
former Gov. Sid McMath and
Representative Dale Afford, q fell
low segregationist.
In Massachusetts. the Presi-
dents youngest brother. Edward
M. Kennedy, and House Speaker
McCormack's nephew, Attorney
General Edward J. Mccormack, jf.,
were reported in virtual dead
lock for convention Endorsement
for the Democratic nomination
for the Senate. The convention
meets in Springfield June 30.
And in Texas, signs pointed to
a run-off after yesterdays bitterly
contested Democratic primary for
Governor. The top candidates,
with votes still uncounted. APP
peared to be Gov. Price Daniel
and John B. Connally, .jr.. for
mer Secretary Of the Navy and
a close associate Of Vice President
johnson. Both are regarded as
conservatives.
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Campaign Promises
/ he Same in Cunudo

fare state goes on, the struc-
ture has been reared to impress
siye heights over the last quarter
century, with unemployment in
surance, old age pensions. old age
assistance, blind pensions, disability
pensions, family allowances and
hospital insurance. Over the years
coverage Of jobless insurance has
been broadened, and all benefits
have been increased this year,
for example, the old age. blind
ness and disability benefits were
boosted by $40 to $65 q month.
Children Included
While the administration has
not yet made public any details
of its plan for the treasury to
pay all or part Of everybody's
medical bills, the other parties
are presenting more concrete pro-
posals to the voters.
The Liberals declare that "All
Canadians should be able to get
health care at the time they
need it without the anxious fear
Of bills they cannot afford. The
Liberal plan, with an estimated
first-year cost of 5000 millions,
would pay in full the medical
bills Of children up to 16. most
retired persons, and the unem-
ployed. Others would pay their
own bills UP to "a low annual
cost" with the government pick
ing UP the rest of the tab. If any.
Socialist Proerom
The New Democrats, a socialist
party. would "redistribute the
existing burden" Of medical costs
from the sick to the well with
out, they claim, any additional
burden on the taxpayer. The
socialist plan would provide all
residents with free" medical,
surgical, obstetrical, psychiatric,
optical and dental care, and
free" drugs and glasses. No
cost estimate has been made
public. Apparently to forestall
opposition by doctors. the social
lists promise mo interference with
the practice Of medicine"
Under the Social Credit Party's
plan, all persons over IS. and all
those incapacitated, would be
guaranteed complete health COW
erage.
The voters choice is clear.
What is not clear is which party
is most likely to implement
health insurance without further
delays.
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Seosickness'

American and Soviet space sci-
entists are trying to determine the
Importance Of this "seasickness,"
which apparently was caused by
weightlessness. because it could
answer the question as to whether
man will be able to make really
long space flights, or even the
four-day run to the moon, safely
and effectively.
Mai. Titov's word Of caution on
this point was interesting. He
said:
"At the present time 1t would
be highly ill-advised to assume
that the problem Of ghtlessness
has been understood"
This could mean the Russians,
like we, are still long way from
the moon.
Mai. Titov, accompanied by his
wife, was taken on tour Of the
city by Col. and Mrs. Glenn and
then had a 15-minute visit with
Mr.. Kennedy at the White House.
From his performances at two
news conferences. 1t would appear
that one Of Mai. Titov's principal
missions on his visit to the United
States is to make propaganda
pleas for disarmament"
As one reporter observed, the
majors skill ct giving mon
answers" to reporters questions
made it clear that he is not going
to reveal very much about his own
flight or Of Soviet space plans In
general during his stay in the
United States.
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Allotment Scheme

It is charged that Mr.. Estes,
limited by the Government as to
the number Of acres he could
plant, devised q plan under which
he sought to transfer to his West
Texas operating area certain
allotments granted to farmers in
other sections and States whose
farms were being cut up or elimi-
mated because Of highway and
dam construction and the like.
This provoked q Department Of
Agriculture investigation. Subse-
quently Mr.. Estes was fined
$4,000 for planting 285 acres
more than his original allotment
this having nothing to do with
the more than 5000 acres he OBJ
tanned through his transfer
scheme. Still later, he was ap-
pointed by Agriculture Secretary
Freeman to be a member Of the
National Cotton Advisory Com
mittee.
The DEPARTMENTS investigation,
which was completed last October,
Is secret. During the course Of
it, one investigating official was
found shot to death in Texas with
four slugs from pump gun. The
county sheriff called 1t a suicide.
AS the scandal grew and
charges Of department favoritism
to Mr.. Estes rolled up out Of
Texas, Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen and House Republican
Leader Halleck called for an "all-
out" congressional investigation.
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Probe Started

Senator Dirksen asserted that
apparently the lid Is on" al
though Senator McClellar's COM
mittee Is looking into the matter
and Mr.. Freeman, who has denied
favoritism to Mr.. Estes, has called
in the FBI. He said that former
President Eisenhower, during
whose administration Mr.. Estes
questionable practices began. had
backed the Republican leader
ships call for . thorough inquiry,
regardless Of who might be in
volved.
Meanwhile, the Senate last week
spent another week listening to
Southern opponents Of the admin
istration's bill to bar unfair
literacy tests as q requirement for
voting in Federal elections.
Majority Leader Mansfield an
nounced that he would file o petit
tion on Monday TO cut off debate.
A vote on cloture, to come on
Evening star., 1962-05-06

ond printing of 20, 900 and another
OF $4,000. making a total Of 60, 900.
The publishers are not sure how
many copies have been sold but
they have been going, it was said,
at the rate Of about 5000 q week.
I'VE are pleased" q publishers
representative told The Star.
When Senator Barry Goldwater
Republican of Arizona) goes
around telling people they should
read The Liberal Papers, it sells
books"
Representative Roosevelt, DEM
ocrat Of California, who wrote the
foreword. ridiculed the idea that
those connected with the project
should disavow what the authors
said.
1T is perfectly clear" Mr.. Roose-
welt said in an interview, "the
authors spoke for themselves.
AS for the Republican attacks,
he added: "It is a ridiculous
thing to be campaigning against
a book"
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Following are the votes Of Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
members Of Congress on major
roll calls last week: /.
HOUSE
HR S031. Authorize the Federal
Communications Commission to
require television set manufacture
ers to equip all sets TO receive the
20 ultra high frequency channels
in addition to the IL very high
frequency channels most existing
sets currently pick up. Passed
27e-e0: r 90-7l: D 1878 (ND
1916; SD 6S-l3). May Q. A yea"
was q vote supporting the Presi-
dents position.
FoR: Brewster, Falicn, Priedel. Garmstz.
,k. Lan,kford. .s, peMsc,ssass q MMsryllanSS: MarylanS:
Downing, osry. Har0ss Harrison, smith,
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The 6. o. P. Attack

Mr.. Roosevelt doubted that the
book would have sold 5000 copies
in five years If the Republicans
had not attacked it.
A larger issue concerned Repre-.
sentative Kastenmeir. Democrat
Of Wisconsin, one of the sponsors
Of the project. This was the
questions Of whether in the politi-
cal climate Of the country there
can be an intellectual discussion
Of varying and controversial points
Of view, as Great Britain seems to
do without partisan reverbera-
tions.
The unfortunate feature about
the nature Of the attention given
The Liberal Papers," said Mr..
Kastenmeier, 'is to discourage
members Of Congress from exam
lining q wide range Of points Of
view on a given subject. Members
of Congress. I believe, have such a
responsibility"
The Liberal Project" as it was
known, Is no longer in business. Mr..
Roosevelt said it functioned only
in loose form for one year. Five
Of its 10 members. all freshmen
Representatives, were defeated in
the 1860 election. A projected sec
ond volume on domestic policies Is
not likely to appear. according to
MFR. Roosevelt and others. Politics
and literary pursuits, the Demo-
cratic Congressman have discov-
cred. are different things and
hardly ever do the twain meet.
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Mayor Unwilling

But the Mayor, who wants to
be q United States Senator and
is likely to try In 1864 against
Republican Senator Kenneth
Heating. decided that he had Q
great unfinished job to do in the
city in, the next couple years and
that there were several other
Democrats who could defeat Mr..
Rockefeller.
While few may agree with him.
his decision sent the party leader
ship casting about for candi-
date.
Last week, the hunt began in
earnest. At the same time, 9 can
didate to oppose Senator Jacob
A. Javits, who is standing for re-
election, also was being sought.
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THE NATIONAL SCENE.

The Mayor visited the White
House Monday night to talk over
the situation with Mr.. Kennedy.
The President has had nothing
publicly to say about the meet
ing; Mr.. Wagner would say only
that the matter was discussed
broadly and no choices were made.
Before he arrived in Washing
ton, however, q list Of three
gubernatorial possibilities and two
for the Senate was made known
to reporters.
For Governor, there were Paul
r. Screvane, President Of the City
Council; James A. Farley. former
Postmaster General, and Deputy
Mayor Edward c. Cavanagh. jr.
For the Senate-and here came
the surprises, were: DR.. Bunche.
United Nations Undersecretary for
Special Political Affairs, and Ed
ward r. Murrow, former radio
TV commentator and now head
Of the United States Information
Agency,
Evening star., 1962-05-06
LATEST SUGGESTION
Chances for Department Of Education

sion that has developed over the
role Of the Federal Government
in education, the fact is that it
has been rapidly increasing dur
ing the last decade. Today the
Office of Education, though it
employs only 1,l60 people Gas of
December 81, 196D out of q total
of 72,871 in HEW. actually is re-
sponsible for the current spend
ing Of some $3.50 million. The en-
tire Department of Labor only
spends a little over $500 million.
During the Eisenhower admins
tration the Office Of Education
doubled in size and In expenditure
Actually there are fewer employees
in the Office of Education than in
the office Of the Secretary of
HEw.
AS Secretary Ribicoff indicated,
and as the personnel and expendi-
ture figures bear out Gin HEW ap-
proximately SIS billion is paid out
annually for old age and survivors
insurance, plus more than an
other billion for health), the Of
flee Of Education is the tail that
doesn't wag the dog. For example,
when super-grades are allocated
to HEW, the Office of Education
invariably ends up with the small
est number because Of its relative
size despite the fact that its re-
sponsibilitieS require top grade
policy officials who can command
respect throughout the country
and among State education au-
thorities in directing existing Fed
eral education programs.
Possible Transfers
For these reasons many In the
Government and Congress who
have studied the problems Of
HEW would support the view that
health and social security might
well be transferred out Of this de-
partment. The Public Health
Service with some 10000 employees
is so firmly established with the
public and so ardently backed by
Congress that it could easily OPP
crate as q separate agency. So
cial security, which employs near
ly $4,000 people, might be more
properly located In the Depart
ment Of Labor.
Under such a reorganization no
new cabinet department would be
required to create the department
of education and scientific re-
search. AS was clearly evident dur
ing the unsuccessful effort to
form a department Of urban. af-
fairs early this year, Congress
basically opposes new depart
ments anyway.
What then are the arguments
pro and con for such a depart
ment?
The advocates argue as follows:
Leading educators, especially
those concerned with the colleges
and universities, are convinced
that more Federal money viii in
evitably be appropriated for high
er education during the next few
years. Even the economy minded
House passed on January 80 a
Evening star., 1962-05-06
Politics.:
Worm-Up

The 1862 edition of Politics,
U. s. A." began taking flrmer
shape last week rs the name
Of DIR. Ralph ]. Bunche was
put forth as q possible Demo-
cratic Senatorial candidate from
New York; Texans voted In pri-
maries yesterday and races
warmed up in Arkansas and
Massachusetts.
Mayor Robert Wagner was re-
elected in New York City last
year by a very substantial margin,
his plurality running to about
100000 votes.
He had the support Of the So
called reform" Democrats and
also Of the Liberal Party, a left
of-center organization which had
tipped the balance in several
previous contests.
In winning. however. little was
accomplished in the way Of heal
ing the deep internal riffs in the
Democratic Party in the State and
city. This has provoked a serious
problem for the Mayor and the
new Democratic leaders because
the Governorship IS up for grabs
this year and the Republican in
cumbent, Nelson A. Rockefeller, is
regarded as most formidable op-
ponent.
The Mayor. apparently has de-
cided that, for him. discretion Is
the better part Of valor. He has
taken himself out Of gubernatorial
contention with o ''final and ir-
revocable decision"
He did this although President
Kennedy, according to the experts,
wanted the Mayor, as the strong
est potential candidate. to battle
Gov. Rockefeller in order to cut
him down before the 1864 presi-
dental campaign. The theory ad-
vanced was this: The Mayor
might beat the Governor. but even
If he lost he probably would be
able to trim the Rockefeller
plurality TO O figure below that
the Republican leader recorded in
1858. This would make him less
of q threat for the White House.
Evening star., 1962-05-06
BY GERALD WARTNG
Contributing Writer

- OTTAWA - There's a cynical
saying in Canadian politics that
:every major advance in social
welfare legislation should be good
for two elections: The first when
it's promised, and the second when
ITS achieved.
:. There's another saying that
the voters are more enthralled
by the music Of promises made
than by panegyrics Of promises
Skept:
Thus the acme. Of the politi-
clans art is to keep a promise
alive over two or more elections
"a remarkable feat when you
consider the elections are nor
tnally four to five years apart.
But Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker is now leading his Con-
servative Party into its third
election on promises to give the
people American-type contribu-
tory social security, and a sys-
tenn Of national health insurance
akin to, although not identical
with, state medicine" in Great
Britain.
.r.. The Prime Minister sat" on
the social security plan through
out his entire second term, from
1853 to the present. First it
was given an indefinite hoist by
being referred to a royal commits
sion for study and recommends
tions. Then for a couple Of
years after the royal commission
reported, the administration
studied" the report. Finally it
announced it world proceed with
legislation during the last Par
fament-but Mr.. Diefenbaker cut
Parliament's life short on April
10 for an election June 10 and
nothing was done about the So
cial security proposals. However,
the Prime Minister promises that
action win be taken if his govern
r1ent is returned to office.
HeoIth Insurance
Similarly with health insur-
ance. The royal commission on
health care that Mr.. Diefenbaker
appointed last year still hasn't
presented its report, and so
naturally the administration
could not proceed with legislation
during the recent session of Par
iiament. But Conservative poll
ticians can promise health in
surance on an If, as and when
basis, and they are SO doing.
But however haltingly the con-
struction of the Canadian well
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Continued From Page E-1
maximum total thrust Of 1872 mil
lion pounds.
(The Atlas, which propelled Col.
Glenn into space. is a one-and-a-
half stage rocket, with three en-
gines having q total thrust Of $685.
900 pounds.)
. He manually controlled his
1O.340-pound craft on the second
and seventh orbits and carried
enough food, water, oxygen and
other supplies for To-day trip.
Beginning with the fourth orbit,
but particularly in the sixth and
seventh. he felt "giddy and nause-
ous," with sensations resembling
"seaSickness." The feeling abated
by the time he landed back on
earth.