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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
Groups Urge
Extended Aid

Six organizations have asked
the District Commissioners to
urge that public assistance be
extended to needy children of
unemployed parents here.
They also urged the city
heads to press for restoration
of last falls cuts in public as
sistance grants to large fami-
lies and provide three social
service units to help rehabili-
tate "multi-problem" families
beng supported under the cur
rent aid to dependent children
program.
The organizations are D. c.
eague of Women Voters, Wash
ington Urban League, National
Association of Social Workers,
D. c. Council of United Church
Women, National Council of
Jewish Women and Archdi-
ocesan Council of Catholic
Women.
The House cut out the city's
request to extend ADO relief
to youngsters of unemployed
families. and another request
for partial restoration of cuts
in grants to large families.
The resolution contends that
the cuts in grants have caused
substantial hardship" and will
have "long-term detrimental
effects on the children"
Congress passed a one-year
extension of aid to dependent
children to cover families of
the unemployed last year, and
the House has authorized an
other five-year extension of the
national program this year.
THE needs Of children Of
the unemployed in the District
do not differ from the needs
of those elsewhere" the resolu-
ton contends. Funds must
therefore be provided to allow
the District to participate dur
ing the coming year in this
program"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
Dead Borber's Shop
Yields Hidden Fortune

University of Oregon Medical
School. A check Of records
there, however, showed no
trace of Mr.. Dema.
Mrs. Mary Lowry. q longtime
friend, said Mr.. Dema told her
he fled Russia into China be-
fore coming to the United
States in 1927.
Stacks Of letters written in
Spanish and Russian were
found on a counter in the bar
Der shop. Some from South
America were addressed to "Dr.
Prokopy Dema."
Served as Intern
On August I, 1914, st. Luke's
Hospital here accepted Mr..
Dema as an intern because Of
his Leningrad degree. The hos
pital reported he departed six
months later and, his training
was found insufficient"
He also had applied to the
State Board of Medical Exam
liners to take a physicians ex-
animation. Mr.. Dema told them
his diploma had gone down
with a japanese ship torpedoed
/ in 1910.
The board learned the ship
went to the bottom in early
1914 and denied the applica-
ton.
In 1948 Mr.. Dema rented the
barber shop for $50 a month.
He repaired clocks and watches
in his off hours.
Attorney Wood said Mr. Dema
for a period was excited about
the arrival of a beautiful woman
from Mexico who was going to
marry him. But she left with
out him, Mr.. Wood said.
Investigators are certain Of
at least one thing: Mr.. Dema
did not make the $111,000 from
the SIPS he charged for each
haircut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
Space Probe
Set for Year
Of Quiet Sun
BY the Associated Press

An army Of American scien-
lists is preparing for a high
powered research effort in the
Year Of the Quiet Sun" in
1964-5.
They plan to coordinate
their efforts with those of sci
|entistS in most other countries
for an unprecedented study of
the sun. interplanetary space,
the earth's atmosphere and
the earth's surface at q time
when the sun will be under
going one Of its periodic inter-
walls Of comparative quiet
that is, relatively free Of sun
spot activity.
Research instruments will
range from space probes head
ing for Mars and Venus to spe-
cial buoys submerged in the
Pacific Ocean.
SO Nations
The worldwide research eff
fort is to be known as "the
International Year Of the
Quiet Sum-" which will be
shortened to "IQSY." Scien-
lists of SO nations indicate
they'll participate.
Information Of value In
weather forecasting, in pre-
dieting atmospheric Interior
ences with radio communica-
lions, and In coping with the
potential radiation hazards OF
space flight is expected to come
out Of the study.
The American research ef.
fort will range literally from
pole to pole, with a number o.
key studies being programmed
for laboratories located In some
OF the widest areas Of Ant.
arctica.
From the campus of Dart.
mouth College in New Hamp.
shire to Cactus Peak, Calf, anc
from Medicine Hat, Canada, tt
lonely outposts in the South
Pacific, teams Of American OF
other scientists will make spe.
cial studies Of such things a:
behavior Of the inonoSphere,
cosmic rays; geomagnetism; the
aurorae; high altitude air cur
rents; solar flares.
Special rockets will be de.
ployed at spots as remote al
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
ready to be shot aloft at times
Of occasional solar eruptions.
Rockets and balloons will
strew aluminium foil at high al
titudes in tricky studies Of the
winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07

Carpenter said it found out the
cost was $122,813.
The bridge and tunnel dis
trict refused to reimburse the
contractor. The Princess Anne
Circuit Court dismissed the suit
and then Carpenter asked the
State high court to review the
case. The court has not said
whether it will hear it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7
(AP).-A torpedoed ship, a
beautiful woman, disputed
medical degrees and Sill, 900
found in the Little America
barber shop added up today
to the mystery Of Who was
Prokopy Dema?"
Mr.. Dema died Of a heart
attack in a downtown theater
Sunday. known to his friends
as Peter. a barber in his COS.
had $2.37 in his pockets, the
coroner reported.
Yesterday three city inveSti-
gators found $111,000 in the
back room of his barber shop
among cartons Of medicine,
old magazines and inSideS of
clocks and watches.
Under a carton-heaped mat
tress, they found $4,000 in
cash. Another $4,000 was
scattered around in cigar boxes
and envelopes. A bank book
showed an account Of $4,000,
Authorities have no clue as to
how Mr.. .Dema amaSSed the
huge sum.
HAY Picture
Attorney Lysle Wood is one
Of two persons who has any
background on Mr.. Demand
it is hazy in many spots.
Mr.. Wood was told by Mr.,
Dema that he was born in
Juneau, Alaska, on February
IA, 1901, of Finnish parents
who returned to Finland six
months later.
Mr.. Dema displayed a diploma
dated 1920 and said he had
attended the University Of Len
ingrad in return for q pledge
to stay for 10 years in Russia
as a doctor.
But the barber also told the
attorney that he had been i'm
priSoned while practicing medi-
cine after graduation from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07

Answers: 1-G; 81; 3-H; "A;
sc; 6-E; IF; 81; ed; lob.
Like to play word games?
William Morris has chosen 10
of his trickiest word games and
puzzles for family, party or
solitaire play. For your copy
Of his pamphlet, simply send a
self-addressed. stamped enve-
lope plus 10 cents for handling
to William Morris, TOP Ten
Word Games" in care Of The
Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
Huge Cr0SSbeans


Workmen encountered unex-
pected huge" crossbeams and
transverse bulkheads "of mas
sive proportions" in Scooping
out the sand with which the
Mayo had been weighted.
Dynamite was used to blow
out the beams and bulkheadS
and the sand finally was re-
moved.
The Mayo wouldn't float or
drag.
Carpenter said then a large
propeller shaft alley was found.
It also was found that the Mayo
had a false bottom eight feet
from the bottom of the keel
entirely filled with tens of
thousands of cubic feet of
sand. -"
Torpedo Resistant Design
Carpenter researched ship
building archives and found
that 1.-THE Mayo was planned
as a self-propelled steamship
and was constructed Of ex-
tremely heavy timbers and
bolts as part of a World War
I program, being designed to
be torpedo-resistant."
The job, begun in August
1857 wasn't completed until
July 1858. Instead of a profit,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton S.
Hunter, ST., of 124 North
Wayne street, Arlington,
have celebrated their 5Oth
wedding anniversary. Mr..
Hunter is a retired
plumber. They have five
children, six grand
children, and one great
granddaughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
WORD GAME
Find AZ or more words in
LIMITLE SIS

meaning "boundless, not re-
stricted." Average mark is Al
words; time limit, As minutes.
Rules of the game: l. Words must be
Of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
s." such as bats" cats" are not
used. 8. Only one form of q word
is used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer to SWEETMEAT
same, safe, settee, seem. seat. seam,
seta, SEINE, smew, stew, stet, steam,
stem. state, sweet, swan. swat, sweat,
waste, west, ease, east, esteem, estate,
tameS, taste, tate, tease, teams, teens,
test, teat, tesla, tweet, mates mast,
matte, meat, mesa, mete, meets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07

The portion Of the barge
above water was burned off
But the contractor wondered
why the bolts removed from
this portion alone weighed 29
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30
lila Leader
Hits Senate
Investigation

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 (AP).-
Senate investigators began
probing today into the Maine-
to-Texas strike Of $4,000 dock
workers. The president of the
striking union Immediately at
tackled the investigation as
"harassment."
Investigators from the SEN
ate Investigations Subcommit-
tee OF Senator John L. McClel-
Ian, Democrat OF Arkansas.
came here to talk with union
leaders in the middle of efforts
by Secretary OF Labor w. VIII
lard Writ to end the paralyz-
ing walkout.
Capt. william v. Bradley,
president OF the international
Longshoremen's Assoc iation,
said bluntly that the Labor Sec
rotary has priority on our
time"
I'VE feel this is a form OF
harassment," the union leader
added, and II comes at a very
bad time" when both the ship
pers and union are trying TO
end the strike.
His remarks were provoked
by conferences the committee
investigators had set I'D with
him; Thomas Gleason, lila vice
president, and Anthony Anas-
tasia, another lila vice presi-
dent and brother OF Albert
Anastasia, a gang leader slain
In 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30

under-nutrition and associated
disease and death, birth con-
troll, to reduce the birth rate,
is looked upon as one of the
most pressing of the unsolved
problems for the health and
welfare Of the population"
There is but a single, one
sentence reference to popula-
ton problems in the final YER
sion Of the report:
while availability of broadly
acceptable birth control tech
niques is an operational neces-
sity for any successful program
Of population control, their APP
plication involves a constella-
ton Of other issues of great
completely and of a social
rather a scientific character. A"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30

JuSted annually to attain and
keep parity with industry pay.
This was approved by Congress.
Consequently, the outlook is
bright for Government salaries
to keep pace with industry in
the future and to avoid the
lags which have kept Federal
pay below par in past years.
Another administration
inflated move which became
law this year assures Federal
workers of maintaining their
purchasing power after they re-
tire. From now on, Federal re-
tirement annuities will be au-
tomatically adjusted to meet
rising living costs.
President Kennedy's executive
order giving official bargaining
rights TO Government employe
unions In their dealings with
Federal agencies marks a new
concept in Government service.
A new era OF labor-manage-
ment relations in Government
is expected, with employees and
their union representatives hav-
ing q greater role in determin-
ing their working conditions
and policies involving their en-
ployment.
President Kennedy also es-
tablished appeals and grievance
procedures rights for Govern
ment employees in their agen-
cies. This also is a new con-
cept in Government. Until now,
employees had no appeal or
grievance procedures guar
anteed them at the agency
level.
In addition. non-veterans In
Government for the first time
now have the right TO appeal
TO the Civil Service Commits
sion from adverse agency ac-
tons, as a result Of action by
Mr. Kennedy. Veterans have al
ways had this right.
A better break for minority
groups In securing Federal en-
ployment and advancing
through promotions TO some OF
the better Jobs has resulted
from Mr.. Kennedy's creation OF
the Presidents Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity
Those who thought the Presi-
dent was paying only lip-service
70 this program we're soon set
straight. Under the leadership
Of Vice President johnson, the
Presidents committee has done
much TO eliminate discrimina-
ton In Government and give
members Of minority groups
greater opportunities for APP
! pointments and promotions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30

have significant effects on
interest rates, availability of
money and credit, and eco
nomic activity generally. It
would be the Federal Reserves
first move TO tighten policy
since recovery from the 1960-6l
recession started early in 1861.
Tight policies restrict the
supply Of money in the econ
omy and the availability of
credit, and tend to raise inter-
est rates. The effect can be
to restrain economic activity.
Present Policy Moderate
Although critics disagree, the
Federal Reserve contends that
it has maintained relatively
easy monetary policies during
the past couple of years. Easy
policies keep ample supplies of
money and credit available,
tend to hold interest rates
down and are designed to slim
ulate economic activity.
The Federal Reserve influ-
ences the supply Of money and
credit, and So the level Of inter-
est rates, In several ways, in
GLIDING open market oper-
atoms.
BY purchasing Treasury bills,
notes and bonds on the open
market, the Federal Reserve
increases the supply of money
and credit. BY selling Treasury
securities. the Federal Reserve
decreases the supply Of money
and credit, nnsiua rtHu,,n ga,
One reflection Of these oper-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Kennedy's Acts, Mays Guidance
Produce Top Gains for ivfIService

Women in Government also
are benefiting from actions by
the Kennedy administration.
Mr.. Kennedy set UP the
Presidents Commission on the
Status of Women to eradicate
discrimination because of sex
both in Federal and outside en-
ployment. He also directed the
csc to take steps to end this
kind of discrimination In Gov
eminent.
Even though the Presidents
Commission won't make its re-
port and recommendations I'M
til sometime next year, action
already has been taken by the
csc TO end discrimination
against women In many cases.
Back In 1894, the Attorney
General at that time ruled that
an 1871 law gave Federal agen-
cies the right TO specify men
only In using civil service Job
registers to fill Job vacancies.
Thus, for many years more
than 90 per cent OF the better
Jobs in Government we're linn
tied to men because agencies
specifically requested them.
However, Attorney General
Robert Kennedy. at the request
Of the csc. reviewed the 1884
decision Of his predecessor and
overruled 1t. The result is that
agencies can no longer specify
men only" for a Job unless
they submit a sufficiently COM
Polling reason 10 satisfy the
csc. The result is that In more
than 95 per cent OF agency re-
quests for Job eligibles that
now reach the csc there Is
no distinction made between
the sexes.
On the debit side OF the led
ger. the csc still tends TO IA
vor conformism among Govern
ment personne people, favoring
those with the "ivory tower"
approach 10 personnel matters
over those with fresh new
ideas.
And In one case, the csc
forced the demotion OF one Of
the Governments best person.
mel men because he showed a
copy Of the administrators
pay reform plan 10 a news
paperman.
Also, the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. with the
backing Of the Kennedy admin
istration. has put the pressure
on top career employees 10 pur-
chase 800 tickets 10 Demo-
cratic Embarrassing affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30
Soviet Premier,
GomuIku Meet

MOSCOW. Dec. 20 (AP).-
Premier Khrushchev has had
two days Of secret talks In Kiev
with a Polish group headed by
Communist Chief Wladyslaw
Gomulka, Tass disclosed today.
The Soviet news agency did not
say what the talks were about,
but reported the atmosphere
was cordial.
Mr.. Gomulka arrived in Kiev
Thursday on an unofficial visit.
After conferences Thursday and
Friday he returned home today
with Poland's Premier. Josef
Cyrankiewicz, and a Politburo
member, zenon Kliszko.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30
INTERPRETIVE REPORT.
-------- INTERPRETIVE REP0RT-------
Birth Control Report Issued;
Editing Obscures Purpose

current research in the field
of birth and population control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30

ations and indicator Of policy
is the level Of net free reserves
This is the potential unused
lending capacity Of banks in the
Federal Reserve system. Net free
reserves are influenced mainly
by private activity, but the
Federal Reserve nudges the
totals up and down.
Recent low levels Of net free
reserves, together with other
bits of evidence. have aroused
suspicion among experts that
the Federal Reserve may be
tightening monetary policies.
Net free reserves have aver
aged about $500 million a day
through much of this year, but
have declined substantially dur
ing the past month or so. The
daily average dropped to 1886
million during the week ended
December rs. from 1851 million
the week before.
Distortion Possible
Weekly figures can be dis
torted by special circumstances,
but the long-term trend also is
down. Net free reserves aver
aged $3l5 million daily during
the four weeks ended December
rs. That was the lowest average
for any four-week period since
1860.
December in some ways Is a
peculiar month economically, so
1t will be necessary to wait for
developments in January before
making a clear-cut Judgment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30

current research in the field
of birth and population control.
Panel Is Formed
Among their first steps was
formation Of a 19-man ad-
visory panel, persons described
in yesterdays report as "long
associated with research, re-
search administration and &C
ton programs" in this field.
The draft Of the NH report
sent to the advisers in Sep
TENDER, 1861, contained this
statement:
ut is the unanimous judg-
ment Of the persons consulted
in the preparation of this sur
vey that research and research
support in the area of birth
and population control are only
IA fraction of what they should
be, when measured by the
urgency Of the medical and
public health problem
The draft report estimated
the gap" in research In this
area at $12 million a year
almost the same as the State
Department figure.
Though the final version Of
the report issued yesterday
mentioned the contributions of
the expert advisers and listed
their names, it made no refer
ence to their unanimous judg-
ment on the inadequacy of
existing research.
DR.. Thomas Kennedy, assist
ant to the director of NTH for
scientific and technical tnfor-
nation, said the recommended
ton had been eliminated
because 1t was mot germane"
to the substance of the report.
Sees Special Interests"
He said many of the consult
ants represented special inter-
est groups" He insisted, I'VE
have had no indications from
the normal scientific channels
that there is need for increased
expenditures by NH in this
area"
The elimination Of the rec
concentration for an increase in
fertility research was the chief
change in the report. But there
we're many others that altered
the tone Of the entire document.
For example, the draft shown
the consultantS in September,
1861, gave this justification for
birth-control research:
Birth control is of medical
Importance. There are disease
conditions in which preg-
nancy and childbirth can Sc
verely strain the mothers
health resources. Prevention Of
pregnancy could be as impor-
tant to her as prevention Of
contraction of some infectious
disease that might kill.
There are other conditions
where pregnancy, If permitted
to occur. would bring with it a
high degree Of risk for the
child -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

The year 1862 was a memoir
able one for Government en-
ployes.
No previous year has pro-
duced so many gains for
Federal and postal workers as
this year just ending.
Major credit for the great
advancements made belong to
President Kennedy and to
Chairman John Macy Of the
Civil Service Commission.
President Kennedy has done
more to improve the Govern
ment civil service and as a re-
suit the public service itslef
than any other president since
the enactment Of the civil serv-
ice law in 1888. And Mr.. Macy
has proved himself to be one
OF the finest chairmen in csc
history.
What the Kennedy admins
tration has done is take the
leadership in strengthening the
Federal civil service by liberaliz-
ing its benefits, making more
equitable its employment poll
cies, and providing a Frame
work for the future TO assure
that the Government service
is a truly progressive one.
Mistakes Overshadowed
Some mistakes have been
made. Of course. But this is
only natural when an ad-
ministration is trying out new
concepts never attempted be-
fore in Government. But the
accomplishments have greatly
overshadowed any mistakes
that might have been made.
Mr.. Kennedy showed q keen
awareness Of the problems OF
the civil service as soon as he
took office. He stressed this in
in his first State-of-th I'm
ion speech TO Congress and pro-
ceeded from there. The Presi-
dent realized that, especially
In these critical times, the
Government must become a
progressive employer In order
70 attract and retain the best
possible people in the Federal
service.
LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS
President Kennedy became the
first president in history TO
advocate pay raises for Federal
workers.
But he went further than
that. He proposed a pay COM
parability system whereby Gov
eminent salaries would be adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-30
Seen Legitimate Goal

prevention Of pregnancy is
a legitimate medical objective
and the methods for achieving
it require the same research at
tention as other methods in
preventive medicine require
and are entitled to-"
BY contrast, the final version
Of the report said only:
1.-THE pressures and objec-
tiveS for research on birth and
population control are some
what different from those in
volved in other types of bio
research. The problem
requiring solution is not one
of physical disease"
Speaking of the objective of
research on family planning
techniqueS, the September,
1861, version of the report said
it was proper to seek Ito make
them simpler, more effective
in use, more acceptable to the
user and to bring them more
nearly within the reach Of
families of limited means. 1t
is a matter of public concern
that the very best in effective
preventive methodology be
available to those threatened
with Illness"
On the same subject, the
final version Of the report said:
There would seem to be
little doubt that effective con-
traceptive techniques are avail
able. A research program to
find new techniques which
would be less expensive, or
aesthetically, religiously or
culturally more acceptable or
less prone to failure by reason
Of human error is not all OBJ
jective toward which the NH
has a planned effort
Population Problem
The September, 1861, version
Of the report had this to say on
the population problem and its
bearing on fertility research:
I'm some countries in a
shrinking world, birth control
takes on a greatly added i'm
portance. Chronic under-nutri-
ton brings with II a greater
susceptibility to disease and a
shorter life span. In countries
where the food supply Is not
sufficient to prevent widespread