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Evening star., 1962-01-24
WATCHING THE WORLD
Bv CROSBY s MOVES
Power Gar on the Rise in Italy
Foreign Correspondent Of The stor

bier, there are millions Of
Italians who take pride in
his success in making Italy's
voice heard and respected
within the Western commu-
nifty of nations.
Indeed Mr.. Mattel repre-
sents to a degree that some
times distresses foreign diplo-
mats most of the national
complexes and resentments
that form the political char
acter of Italy today. Once
snubbed and ignored by ma
jor Western oil producers
known locally as the seven
Sisters"-he has now launched
himself - and his country
on a search for oil that has
produced serious political and
economic reperc ussions
Throughout the Western
world. His most recent blow
in a continuing offensive
against Western oil compa-
nieS is a deal with Russia for
IL million tons of oil over a
four-year period. which
threatens to unbalance the
whole price structure of the
Western oil industry.
Not Always Congenial
In short, so far as the West
is concerned, Mr.. Matters
voice has not always been
a particularly congenial one.
At times, Western diplomats
have asked themselves with
some apprehension just how
far the fuel czar's power
really extends and to what
extent he has power to COM
nit the Italian government
to policies which are against
the interests of the commu-
nifty as a whole.
Answers on this point are
not entirely clear. Western
diplomats have the impress
sion that on some occasions
notably in his recent oper-
atlonS in Iran-Mr. Mattel
has been called to heel by
Premier Fanfani and limits
have been imposed on his
free-wheeling economic buc-
caneering.
If so, neither Mr.. Mattel
himself nor most Italians
seem to feel that a serious
roadblock has been put in
his way. Whatever changes
on the political scene may be
in store, he seems certain
to play an increasingly dom
inant role in Italian affairs.
And If this role is not en-
tirely to the taste of some
OF 1taly's friends, Mr.. Mattel
has a standard and typical
rejoinder:
I am an Italian, and don't
you forget it."
Evening star., 1962-01-24

recently left Ghana, then in
the present conditions of
Togo it would be necessary to
house them in refugee camps.
j. b. KOranteng.
Assistant Education Alta
che, Embassy of Ghana.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry i0riterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSd-
tion. Those not used will be
returned only ,Dhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
KIDS LETTERS TO PRESI-

NAOO LIE i EMS 1O PKESl =
DENT KENNEDY. Selected
by Bill Adler, illustrations
by Louis Darling. 100 pages.
(William Morrow & Co.;
$2.500 80
1t all depends, I suppose,
on how one feels about the
utterances of babes other
than ones own. There are
those for whom the naivete
of children's sayings is the
incarnation of wisdom and
those for whom it is merely
the natural result of lack of
experience and limited rea-
Soning power.
Bill Adler, a member of the
New York City Youth Board
who offers here a selection Of
letters to the White House
by "pre-teen-age youngsters, "
belongs to the former school.
So much so that all but its
most extreme adherents will
find his predatory material
cloying out of proportion to
the modest space it occupies:
After reading these letters
of advice to the President"
says the introduction to one
section, you may wonder if
you have been missing a good
bet all these years-and even
think that perhaps the next
time you need some advice
you should really turn to your
children"
But what about the letters
themselves, allegedly typical
of the thousands the PreSi-
dent receives?
TOO MANY of them are
the kind of thing a dyspeptic
adult might contrive by way
of would-be satire: II have SO
pen pals. If you write to me
I will have ST." Or: Dear Mr..
President I know this won't
seem very important to you
but it really means a lot to
me. I would like a week dedi-
Gated to my favorite singer,
his name is Jackie Wilson. He
sings rock and roll"
It is hard to bring these
into accord with Mr.. Adler's
remark that these letters . {.
express a sense of duty, a
feeling of patriotism and an
interest in our Government
which should make us proud
of America and very. very
heartened about the America
of tomorrow"
A youngster who wants
permission to cut down some
trees to make a ball field
writes the President. A dan
gerous sign of reliance on
Washington? More likely an
expression of the obvious fact
that below a certain age the
complexities of federalism are
impenetrable.
A few of the letters are
very funny indeed. There is
the youngSter whose note
consists of one sentence:
"W hat mistakes did Mr..
Nixon make?" And another
who is more frank than flat
tering: Would you please
sent me your autograph. I
need it for a scavenger hunt"
There are letters that re-
mind us that it is too early
for the affluent society to
claim the conquest of pow
erty: "I am 8 years old. Will
you please send me a bicycle.
I have never own one. My
parent is not able to get me
one. Please Kennedy. Send me
a bike. One day I am going
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Capitol Luxury

Funds for a subway to
connect the House with the
additional House Office Build
ing have been requested in
the Presidents budget.
This subway is to cost about
$2.9 million!
Shoes are cheaper than
that!.. VIM. C.. Fahey
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Relief for All

President Kennedy seems
determined to give out sor
relief whether it is needed,
wanted or not. Seems to me
like waking a patient to give
him a sleeping pill.
w. A. Power, jr.
Evening star., 1962-01-24
ROME.

ROME.
No discussion about the
state of affairs in Italy -
present or future-can go on
for more than a few minutes
without mention of the name
Of Enrico Mattel.
1t is a strange phenom-
enon. Mr.. Mattel is head
of no political party and
holds no elective office in the
Italian government. And yet,
as the boss Of Italy's state
owned power and fuel monop-
oily, known as Eni, Enrico
Mattel is unquestionably the
most powerful political fig
ure in the country today.
He is something of a
phenomenon himself. AS one
observer put it: "If he had
lived in America at the end
OF the last century he would
have provided plenty of COM
petition for the Rockefellers,
the Goulds and the Wander
bilts.: Mattel is a kind of
m o d ern robber baron who
uses public funds to build
his personal empire"
Undoubtedly, much of Mr..
Matters power can be ex-
planned in terms of his own
enormous ability. Appointed
after the war to liquidate
Mussolini'S cumbersome state
power monopoly, Mr.. Mat
tets reaction was character
istic. Instead of liquidating
anything, the new power
car set himself with furious
energy to the task of making
it work. The big break came
with important discoveries
of natural gas in the Po VAL
ley. And in the space of a
few years Mr.. Mattel found
himself at the head of a
vast and vital enterprise
providing power that spanked
Italy's booming industry re-
covery.
A Political Ideal
In a power-hungry coun-
try such as Italy, this would
do much to explain Mr.. Mat
tets growing Importance on
the political scene. In the
eyes of millions of Italians he
a lSo represented something
of a political ideal.
The son of a poor family
with background both anti
Fascist and anti Communist,
Mr.. Mattel represents above
all a violent kind of economic
nationaliSm. Today a few
political purists may grumble
about his high-handed meth
odS or the highly individual
istic way that he disposes of
virtually unlimited public
funds. But for every grum-
Evening star., 1962-01-24
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

A. reader can get an answer, by
mail, to any question OF fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 635 street NV. WASHINGTON
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Evening star., 1962-11-19

RESULTS YESTERDAY
Dallas. "a; Denver. 3.
Houston, 81; Boston, II.
Buffalo, 10: Oakland, 8.
(Only games Scheduled0
GAMES THURSDAY
New York at Denver.
GAMES FRIDAY
Buffalo at Boston.
GAMES SUNDAY
San Giego at Houston.
Oakland at Dallas.
Evening star., 1962-11-19
By FRANCIS STANN

Navy's guy, Wayne Hardin, apparently
incenSed the Southern Gals to such an ex-
tent by suggesting unfair practices on the
field that use cohorts confidently pre-
dicted an annihilation of the Middies out
of spite. Yet it developed into a close
game and the only difference seemed to be
a guy named Willie Brown, who sped Sc
yards on a touchdown run.
So many Of California's heroes seemed
to be named Willie-MayS, Davis, Brown,
ct al. But this is beside the point, which
is that Hardin, whatever he was trying to
do didn't, although he made close thing
of it.
RETURNING TO THE LOCAL scene,
which is becoming an increasingly dismal
picture (perhaps the season should have
ended a month ago., the practicing psy-
chologist at College Park wasn't entirely
successful Saturday.
BY way of building up his troops mo-
rale Tom Nugent proclaimed the Terrapins
the best team ever coached" That was
INTENDED, no doubt, as way Of getting
Maryland "up" for Clemson Nor was
Nugent uttering any loose opinion, it might
be added, because he's coached some good
teams. Both at Maryland and at Florida
State.
But Nugent conveniently was over
looking the fact that he hasn't much in
the way of pass-catching ends, among
other shortages, and it must have been
with red face that he accepted Clemsons
l7-14 victory. After leading, 14-0
&&
WHAT is DISTURBING - not here,
Heaven knows, but at College Parks that
Nugents teams haven't been winning the
Big Ones-or at least the games they want
to win. The Terps now may be counted as
dead as far as the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence title is concerned and doubly dead as
far as major bowl ambitions.
Somewhere, somehow, Maryland hasn't
been able to reach potential, and this is
matter which Nugent will have to concern
himself with between the time the snow
falls and the leaves begin to break out
And, now, what do you know about
Notre Dame? 1t was all set up-Joe Ku-
harich must go. Yet over the last three
weeks the Irish have licked Navy, Pitt and
North Carolina. Good, reSounding victories,
too.
The entire business of ranking teams
is one of personal opinion, and there is no
way of foretelling what one might do on
any given Saturday. After all, these are
just college teams. Come January /, when
the bowls are filled, chances are you'll see
the old familiar names-Alabama, Okla
home, Mississippi etc.
Evening star., 1962-11-19
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Evening star., 1962-11-19

ATLANTA. Nov. 19 (AP).-
Alabama Coach Paul (Bear)
Bryant, by reputation a con-
servative architect of football
defense, pulled out all the stops
in the manner of a riverboat
gambler in a vain effort to
beat Georgia Tech.
And the Bear was quick to
admit that three of the CANDLES
which backfired were his ideas.
Tech wrapped a bushel of re-
venge into a 7-6 upset here
Saturday that snapped Ala
bama's victory string at 10
games and halted an unbeaten
string of 26 for the Crimson
Tide.
Two of the three decisions
were mistakes, Bryant said, and
handicapped his defending ma
tional champions considerably,
but he stoutly defended the
gamble for two points after Ala
bama's fourth-period touch
down.
81 had no hesitation" Bry-
ant asserted. I'D do it again.
We came here to win"
Bryant said going for a first
down at midfield late in the
first quarter was a mistake. A
quarterback sneak on fourth
Evening star., 1962-11-19
Weird Windup |mperiIs Redskins Position
NOT THE BEARS DAY
Conservative Bryant
Turns Gambler in Vain

down missed by inches, and
Tech took possession.
Il thought we could make
it, but that was the wrong time
to try to make a yard"
Coach Bobby Dodd Of Geor-
gia Tech agreed.
I'm a situation like that, you
haven't accomplished much If
you make the first down." Dodd
said. You're still a long way
from the goal line. Alabama
could have punted and had us
backed up near our goal. AS
it turned out, we got field po-
sition, and we scored in that
quarter"
The other error, Bryant said,
was his decision to pass on
first down at Techs IA with
about a minute left to play in
stead of going for a field goal.
Tech intercepted and ran out
the clock.
I'VE should have run two
quarterback sneaks and then
kicked a field goal" Bryant
admitted.
Dodd declined to comment
directly on the Alabama con-
version attempt, but he recalled
earlier statements he had made
on the subject.
I'VE just don't think like
some other coaches do on the
two-point conversion" he said.
Il know we have enough
trouble scoring from the 3 with
four downs, much less just one,
so we don't try it,"
Evening star., 1962-11-19

One minute and At seconds
were left and all was still not
lost. Elmore, despite a low pass
from center, got off a punt to
PittSburgh's "a. This time
Browns 36-yard pass to Mack,
and Dick Hoak's 9-yard run set
the stage for Michaels' game
winning 23-yard field goal.
The Redskins expected trouble
from Michaels, and he began
giving it to them with a 81
yard 3-pointer late in the first
period. He missed from the
same distance in the second
period and from the 36-yarc
Evening star., 1962-11-19
WIN LOSE OR DRAW
How utiIe 1t Seems
To Rank College Teams
Frustrating Afternoon

BY NOW 1T MUST RE-OCCUR to those
designated, dedicated and wholly naive
persons who attempt to rank major college
football teams just how foolish and futile
is the whole idea. Careful bub, some of
'em are friends and work in the same shop).
But, consider. Alabama went unbeaten
for so long that even the natives couldn't
remember the last team to beat the Tide.
But just as Paul Bryant'S crew achieved
the No. spot, after being damned for
playing weak schedule, Georgia Tech
scored 7-6 upset
Where will that put Alabama when this
weeks votes are counted? Northwestern
plummeted from No. to No. after having
the poor taste to lose to Wisconsin. For a
while Texas was in the top position, but
the LonghornS got tied by Rice and when
last noted were in fifth place.
The toppling of a giant (Alabama)
normally suggests that No in the land
will move up. That would be Southern
California, which is 30 and testifying to a
possible resurgence of West Coast football.
But the Trojans just barely licked Navy
Saturday, 1875, and the Middies are those
who were well clobbered by Penn State,
Notre Dame and Syracuse, who ran up al
most 100 points among 'em in those three
games.
NAVY VERSUS ARMY, less than two
weeks away, could be puzzler if one takes
these matters seriously Both have looked
embarrasSingly weak on occasion-Army
notably against Michigan, Oklahoma State
and, more recently, Pitt. Navy, you know
about. Up and down.
1t was rough Saturday on coaches, it
may be noted Army and Alabama, for
instance, might have settled for tie games
but chose to go for broke Rather than be
fouled up with TT score against Pitt
(Which Navy had beaten, 32-9) ArmyS Paul
Dietzel dictated a two-point effort after the
Cadets had made their third period score
Didn't work.
Bryant made approximately the same
decision in the final quarter against Geor-
gia Tech. He gambled on an 81 victory
for 'Bama instead of TT deadlock (Geor-
gia Tech already had lost twice and was
tied once) and was thwarted.
COACHES ALMOST CONSTANTLY
seem to be confusing and compounding the
efforts of the pollsters with their own per-
sistent brand of psychology. 1t is of the
homemade or basement type; strictly self
taught This penchant certainly does Moth
ing to decrease the job that faces the peo-
pie who think they can rank teams in
proper order.
Evening star., 1962-11-19
STATISTICS

first down that would have
clinched the game but lost 4
yards.
Evening star., 1962-11-19

1T put the Redskins in a helluva
Ihole-on their own 3-yard line.
Anderson, who was later in
jured, had replaced Doug FL
more as the kicker, and got
the ball out to his own 43. At
this point Brown suddenly be-
gan to Sizzle. Passes for IA and
13 yards to Preston Carpenter
helped move the ball deep into
Redskin territory, and Brown
then whipped a 21-yard touch
down pass to Red Mack in the
end zone. That made it 21-13.
The Redskins second stroke
Of misfortune followed immedi-
ately. Lou Michaels, a left
footer, booted a low kickoff that
evolved into slider" as James
tried to field it. The nimble
Redskin lost traction on the
slippery field, muffed the pig
skin, retrieved it on his own
5-yard line and got back to
the 8 before a host of Steelers
engulfed him. Anderson in
jured his right leg going after
a pass on this series of downs,
and Elmore'S subsequent punt
went to the Redskins 43.
Brown Connects
Again it was Brown to Car
penter for % and then 9 yards,
before the onetime Chicago
Bears" quarterback nailed Dial
with a 23-yard scoring pitch.
Three minutes and As seconds
of the game remained, and the
Steelers still needed a score, any
kind of score, to pull it out.
The Redskins were tired but
not panicky. They started on
their own 19-yard line, where
Mitchell planted the kickoff
Snead tried a pass to Bobby
that was almost intercepted by
Dick Haley, a former Redskin.
His second try was a we'll
conceived screen pass to Don
Bosseler, who took the ball
with three blockers in front of
him. A first down seemed GER
tain, and four more downs
might have allowed the Red
skins to escape. But Big Daddy
Lipscomb diagnosed the play
correctly and instead of making
a beeline for Snead, as he nor
mally would, he turned and
brought down Bosseler for q
4-yard loss.
Evening star., 1962-11-19

WASHINGTON o Z IA 0-21
PITTSBURGH 3 3 0 17--23
Evening star., 1962-11-19

opened on an auspicious note
when Leroy Jackson, who put
in a few licks, got a first down
on his own 81 when Tom Belts
interfered on a pass. But three
plays later Anderson tipped a
pass intended for himself, and
Clendon Thomas grabbed it
for the Steelers on the Wash
ington At. .
This wasn't necessarily dam
aging, but the Redskins Claude
Crabb made a sensational in
Perception of a pass Brown in
tended for Buddy Dial on third
down. 1t was a breathtaking
play, but without a good kicker
Evening star., 1962-11-19

Pitt-FG, Michaels 81.
Wash. - Cunningham 10, pass from
Snead (Khayat kick.
Pitt-FG, Michaels 10.
Wash.-Anoerson as, pass from Snead
(Khayat kick.
Wash.-Barnes 80, run (Khayat kick
Pitt. = Mack 20, pass from Brown
tMichaels kick.
Pitt--Dial 9, pass from Brown tMich-
aels gick).
Pitt-FG. Michaels "a.
Attendance. 2l,23l.
Evening star., 1962-11-19
AFL Standings

EAsTEN DIVISION
Evening star., 1962-11-19

flrst down that would have
clinched the game but lost 4
yards.
Frustrating Afternoon
Frustrating? There is no word
to describe it. To make matters
worse, it happened before hun
dreds of friends and neighbors
of Coach Bill McPeak and a
half dozen Redskins who come
from the Pittsburgh area.
The defeat might have been
averted if the usually reliable
Bob Khayat hadn't missed an
11-yard field-goal try early in
the game. In fact, the Missis-
sippian missed twice, the first
from 36 yards out.
AS a consequence, a 32-yard
touchdown run by Billy Barnes,
Bill Anderson's first touchdown
in two years on a 46-yard throw
from Norman Snead, and Jim
CBobo) Cunningham's specta-
cular diving catch for a 9-yard
score, also from Snead. went
down the drain.
Trouble With Timing
1t was little consolation to
Barnes that his 79 yards on 16
carries was his best effort of
the season. Ditto for Anderson,
his teams leading receiver with
81 yards on four eceptions.
With Bobby Mitchell unable
to shift into his anticipated
"overdrive," and Dick James re-
placing ailing Fred Dugan at
the wide end, Snead had trouble
with his timing. The Deacon
picked up ITS yards, and the
two touchdowns, on 10 COM
pletions in 80 attempts.
The Redskins also had two
big defensive guns on the bench
with injuries-Linebackers Bob
Pellegrini and Gorden Kelley
although they couldn't have
done any better than Allen
Miller and Gene Cronin.
The fatal fourth period even
Evening star., 1962-11-19

line in the third. But he also
kicked one from the 19-yard
line near the end of the half,
cutting the Redskins margin at
intermjsSiOn to 7-6. 1t turned
out to be a big one.
Evening star., 1962-11-19
SteeIers' Victory
Puts Club 2 Back
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer

Smash 100 mirrors, walk
under an archway of ladders
and let litter of coal black
cats cross your path and you
wouldn't be half as unlucky
as the Redskins were yester-
day in losing a last-gasp, 1881
decision to the Steelers at
Pittsburgh.
After taking command of the
game in the third period, the
Redskins blew a 15-point lead
in the fourth quarter as a COM
bination of fantastic events,
their own mistakes and a fight
ing rally by the Steelers turned
the tide and thrilled the crowd
of 21,231.
Despite the setback, Wash
ington retained second place
with a 5-3-2 record. However,
it fell two games behind New
York (8-2) with only four to
play, and thus took a lot of
the edge off Sundays game
with the Giants in D. C. Sta
dium. In addition, the Steelers
pulled into a virtual tie with
Washington for second place,
and Cleveland is only a half
game behind.
TurnabOut Needed
Washington now has lost
three of its last four games and
must do a rapid turnabout to
stay in the race for second
place, much less the Eastern
title.
What happened yesterday on
the rain-slicked surface of
Forbes Field shouldn't happen
to your worst enemy. A series
OF almost unbelievably weird
events paved the way for the
SteelerS' II point, fourth pc
riod splurge that brought them
their third straight victory.
Items:
The Redskins knocked out
Bobby Layne, who was having
an off-day, in the final period,
and Ed Brown came in and
passed 'em dizzy.
They intercepted one of
Browns passes and put them
selves in a hole they couldn't
get out of for the lack of a
long-distance punter.
They pulled off a screen pass
that should have gone for a
Evening star., 1962-11-19
NIL Standings
WESTERN DIVISION

RESULTS YESTERDAY
Pittsburgh, %; Washington, 21.
Green Bay, II; Baltimore, l3.
Chicago, "a; Dallas, SO.
Detroit, II: Minnesota, g.
New York, 10; Philadelphia, IA.
Cleveland, 3S; st. Louis, IA
San Francisco, "a; Los Angeles, II
GAMES THURSDAY
Green Bay at Detroit.
GAMES SUNDAY
New York at Washington.
Chicago at Baltimore.
Dallas at Philadelphia.
Los Angeles at Minnesota.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland.
San Francisco at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

closed a severe blow on Mr..
MarShalrS head.
DR.. JachimSzyk said all five
bullets entered from the front
and came from a gun very close
to the body. District Attorney
Bryan Russ had said earlier
there was a possibility one shot
hit Mr.. Marshall in the back.
Mr.. Marshall, So, was found
dead on his farm near here. AS
an investigator for the State
Agriculture Sterilization and
Conservation Office, Mr.. Mar
shall had checked cotton acre
age allotments held by Estes.
The Agriculture Department
since has ruled that Estes held
the allotmentS illegally.
The inquest verdict five days
after Mr.. Marshall's death was
suicide.
Capt. Clint Peoples said he
would call in every Texas
Ranger necessary for the re-
opened investigation.
County grand jurors who be-
gan inquiring into Mr.. Mar
shall's death four days ago
recessed until Monday, when
they hope to hear DR.. Jachi-
mczk and William Elliott of
Temple. Tex, an Agriculture
Department investigator. The
grand jury will decide then
whether to demand a complete
file on Estes cotton allotments.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Jury FoiIs to Link
Suicide to Estes

: CHICAGO. May rs (AP).-A
.coroner's jury decided yester-
day an official Of a corporation
that did business with Billie Sol
Estes killed himself while tenn
porarily insane.
No inquest testimony devel-
oped that might link the victim,
Howard Pratt, 81, with the
Texas case. His widow told of
marital discord and his lawyer
declared Mr.. Pratt did not know
Estes.
sMr. Pratt was found dead of
carbon monoxide poisoning yes
terday in his station wagon in
q parking lot of the Commercial
Solvents Corp. A piece of flex-
ible metal tubing ran from the
engine exhaust pipe through a
rear window of the car.
= .Mr. FTatt was manager Of the
Chicago office of Commercial
Solvents. The corporation sup
pied fertilizer to Estes, who
has been charged with fraud in
Texas and is under investiga-
tion by FeSeral and State Off
Gals.