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SUMMIT

area. and my presence at g
meeting in Geneva would ad-
vance that cause, of course
would CO."
Disarmament experts later
said they were not aware Of
any specific requirements the
President had in mind, for in
ternational inspection or Other
measures, as direct conditions
for his attending a summit
meeting on disarmament.
Rather, they said, the West
would look for a combination
of items on which there coulc
be East-West agreement which
would make a substantial diff
ference" in the arms race, and
in the political atmosphere of
the moment.
Berlin Still Issue
One leading expert said he
believes that a halt in the
spread of nuclear weapons,
which might alter some NATO
plans, would not be sufficient
to attract Western heads of
government to Geneva If Soviet
harassment in the Berlin area
continued.
The Western five envision a
general disarmament confer
ence which would proceed on
three levels. The levels are
seen as an indication the West
hopes to break up the I'M
18-nation committee
into at least three subcommit-
tees.
One would deal with total
disarmament.
A second subcommittee
would seek a big first step. to-
ward total disarmament, mean
ing "the widest measure of
disarmament which would be
supplemented at the earliest
possible time"
A third subcommittee would
seek a small first step, perhaps
not involving any measure of
disarmament, which
would materially improve in
ternational security and the
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lations. The Finnish constitu-
ton explicitly designates the
President as the arbiter Of
foreign policy.
Mr.. Kekkonen was widely
credited by the Finnish people
with preserving the nations
independence and neutrality
after the Russians put the heat
on this republic late last year
He was visiting in the United
States when the Russians
launched a diplomatic drive
on Scandinavia. On October
80 Moscow requested consulta-
tons with Finland on Joint
defense measures against what
the Soviet Union called re-
viving German militarism.
Talked To Khrushchev
On returning home, the Fin
nish leader travelled 2,340 miles
by car, train and jet plane to
confer with Premier Khru-
shchev in Siberia.
Mr.. Kekkonen told Mr..
Khrushchev the military talks
requested by the Russians
would provoke greater tension
in the Baltic area.
Mr.. Khrushchev agreed to
postpone the military negotia-
lions, apparently on Mr.. Kek-
konen's assurances that there
would be no change in Finnish
foreign policy.
Mr.. Kekkonen returned home
a hero-a man who had per-
suaded the Soviet leader to
back away.
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HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. Is
(AP). - President Urho Kek-
konen, staunch advocate OF
Finnish neutrality in the cold
war, was reelected to a second
term today, as expected.
The tall, 61-year-old Presi-
dent won 1919 votes in the 300
member electoral college on the
first ballot.
He showed under the Com
mun!st candidate, Paavo Alto,
who got 81 votes and Social
Democrat Rafael Paasio who
got 81. Emil Skog, the candidate
of the Social Democratic OPP
position (splinter) group, re-
ceived 2 votes.
Neutrality Preserved
Mr.. Kekkonen's majority was
the largest in any presidential
election since the end Of World
War II.
Under his leadership, Finland
can be expected to continue it's
tight-rope neutrality in the
cold war. His policy is to main
tain cordial relations with the
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MERCURY
Continued From Page Al

OOHtkuucu from rage A.
with an attempt to launch)
we must do so with the reali-
cation that we may have to call
it off in the late hours of the
morning as we did on January
o."
Rock Bottom" Weather
The January launching at
tempt was the only one in
which the countdown got far
enough along that Col. Glenn
was actually in the space cap
Sule. He spent four hours in the
little craft before weather con-
ditions forced a postponement
Mr.. Amman said that gen.
eral weather conditions are "at
rock bottom" here and in the
Atlantic in February land
aren't much better in March. "
Probably only about one day
in three, on the average, at
this time of year would be
suitable for a launching at
tempt, he said.
AS yesterday. Col. Glenn was
awakened in his quarters at
Hangar 8 shortly after mid
night and was told he could
go back to sleep. He was rep
resented as being disappointed
but showing mo signs of
anxiety"
Everything is still go but
the weather" he was quoted
as saying. when we get the
weather we will CO."
Tension Building Up
Although Col. Glenn may not
be showing "anxiety"-a term
with a rather precise medical
meaning-there is little doubt
that tension is beginning to
build up in him. 1t. Col. STAN
ley c. White, chief doctor on
the astronaut team, said frank
ly yesterday that repeated de-
lays of this sort are not good
for a man in a rough job like
Col. Glenn'S.
That's why we send him up
to Arlington every chance we
get-to let the tension ease UP
for a WHILE" Col. White said.
Col. Glenn's home is at 1888
North Harrison street in the
Washington suburb. The last
time he was there was the week
end of February 4, a week after
his long wait in the Mercury
capsule on Pad IA on the morn
ing of January 81.
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Arabian Monarch
Reaches Madrid

MADRID, Spain, Feb. Is
(AP).- King Saud Of Saudi
Arabia arrived today by plane
from New York. He will 60 to
Malaga tomorrow to convalesce
from recent surgical treatment
in Boston.
The Spanish chief of state.
Gen. Francisco Franco. his en-
tire government and all am
bassadors of Arab countries in
Madrid were on hand to meet
the King at the airport.
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SUMMIT
NucIeor Inspection
Still U. S. Objective

prospects for further disarma-
ment progress"
1t Is In this third level that
the points Of possible agree
ment are most likely to appear
that could justify an 18-nation
summit conference, Western
experts believe.
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Area Church Women
Convene Tomorrow

Mrs. Williams S. Perrell, i'm
mediate past national president
of United Church Women, will
address the United Church
Women National Capital Area
annual assembly at 1890 am.
tomorrow in Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H streets
NV.
Officers for the coming year
will be elected at. the meeting
Mrs. j. Edward Kider, president
will preside.
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Hiker Hurts-Thumb

ESBJERG, Denmark, Feb. Is
(AP) "A hitch-hiker was hos
pitalized after a car ran into
his thumb and broke it. Police
said he apparently stuck the
digit out too far.
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Might Be Biosed

BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP).-
The Judge said he was sorry
but he had to disquaIlfy Mrs
Tillie Cheiffetz as a Juror in
a recent accident trial. Her sor
was one of the attorneys.
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japan, West Germany
Strengthen 7 rode Ties

BONN, Feb. IS (NANA). -
Japan is forging close trading
links with West Germany, the
prelude to an about Japanese
trade drive in Western Europe.
Some of West Germany's
largest industrial firms have
signed agreements to exchange
technical and trade information
with japanese firms.
The Japanese are pressing a
high-voltage sales promotion
campaign in this country,
aimed at boosting by at least
IL per cent japanese exports to
Germany in 1862.
Thriving Japanese CONNER
cial colonies are taking root
in West German trade centers,
especially in Dusseldorf and
Hamburg. There are So Japa-
nese families in Dusseldorf.
There are plans to list Japa-
nese bonds and possibly stocks
on the exchanges in DueSsel-
dorf and Frankfurt, part of an
effort to attract German CAPT.
tai to Japan.
The city of Osaka is nego-
tiating with a West German
banking consortium, including
Deutsche bank, for a $50 mil
lion loan to improve its harbor.
Joint Corporations
And there are plans to Or
ganize joint German-Japanese
corporations to assist economic
development in Southeast Asia
and possibly Africa.
West Germany's response to
Japanese commercial overtures
is perhaps remarkable in view
of the increasing Japanese trad
ing preSSureS being exerted
upon this country.
Japanese textiles, optics, and
electronics undersell West Ger
man counterpart products even
on the domestic German mar
ket. A German foreign office
official, tracing the Japanese
trading upsurge, admitted, 81
would like to buy Japanese
binoculars. They're quite good
and much cheaper than ours
But. of course, in my position
it wouldn't do"
This attitude is shared by
Germans, generally, according
to a public opinion survey. No
longer are Japanese wares ap-
praised as shoddy limitations
Forty per cent of those polled
agreed that Japanese products
were of excellent quality.
The Japanese currently are
manufacturing about 55 per
cent of the worlds sewing ma
chimes, and Japanese exports
have cut heavily into German
sales.
Shipbuilding, Too
Japanese shipbuilders are in
hot competition with the Ger
mans, who have slipped. to
third place in tonnage totals
(behind Japan and Britain.
Even Japanese steelmakers
are expanding at a prodigiouS
pace. Ruhr steel firms are as
SiSting the ,JaDaneSe with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-06
YOUR MONEYS WORTH
If Not Tax Cut,
What's Ahead?

If this session of Congress
fails to enact tax reduction leg
islation, what lies ahead?
A period of "standstill" in
the economy. Describe it as a
pause" or "lull" or near stag
nation" or sluggish expan-
sion" or a "disappointingly
slow rate of growth" or a
'leveling off" or a slide up" or
modest improvement" or "fal-
tering advance" or "doldrums
at a high level" or a plateau
at a high level" or a "loss of
momentum" Whatever it's
called, the pattern is one of
"standstill" after II months OF
mild advance.
Standing still-even at the
highest levels ever - would
mean we're falling back.
The labor force is growing
rapidly year after year and
unless the economy also grows
rapidly, the jobs won't be
available for those entering the
job market for the first time
and for those whose jobs are
erased by automation.
Under these conditions, the
unemployment rate -whi C h
hasn't fallen even near to the
5 per cent level. much less
dropped to the 4 per cent rate
considered "tolerable" - would
be climbing steadily again.
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Earnings

Creole Petroleum Corp. in 6
months ended June 80 earned
$119,019,000 or $1.53 a share
VS.. $123,835, 900 or $1.60 in 1861
period.
General Dynamics Corp. in 6
months ended June 30 earned
$22, 844 AIT or 1929 a share VS..
a loss of $55,674,379 in the 1861
period.
United States BOrax g. Chem
ical to 9 months ended June
80 earned $5,337,218 or SLIT a
share VS.. $4,573,117 or SO cents
in 1861 period.
Crucible Steel Co. in 6 months
ended June 80 earned 81, 1866, 900
or SLOT a share VS.. a loss of
81 ,495,00 in 1861 period.
Bucyrus-Erie Co. in 3 months
ended June 80 earned $685.
688 or $1.03 a share VS.. 1885,
773 or 70 cents in 1861 period.
Other earnings included:
For q Months Ended June 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-06
/. BY SYLVIA PORTER

In many industries too, there
is both excess and obsolete
plant capacity and a pause
would mean profits would be
steady or declining.
At the same time, the deficit
in the Federal budget would
rise, for the simple reason that
paychecks and profits would not
be producing sufficient taxes
to cover the spending built into
the budget.
The logic of the above argu-
ment lies in one key question:
where is the stimulus to come
from that would lift the econ
omy out of its present state of
Standstill?
The stimulus won't come from
rising spending by the Federal
Government States or cities.
The biggest rate of rise in
Federal Government spending
is behind us: it gave the econ
omy strength in 1861. State and
local spending is still rising but
not at a pace that would add real
thrust to the economy either
Government spending can't be
counted on.
The stimulus won't come from
rising spending by businessmen
on plants and equipment. On
the contrary, this is the weak
spot.
The most recent government
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Goodyear to Supply
J. {. Penney Tires

The J. C. Penney Co. today
announced it has selected
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
as its Supplier of private brand
tires.
The national retailing chain,
with six stores in the Washing
ton area, plans to introduce its
own brand of tires and other
auto accessories early next
year.
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Getting There
Can Be Costly!
ON WHEELS
rhe NationaI safetx CounciI

The National Safety Council
has toted up the Nations traf-
fic accident bill for l96l-$6.9
billion.
Appalling as it is, the statis-
teal story told in the Councils
1862 Accident Facts carries a
fragment Of hope. The preface
of the 97-page booklet admits
that accident statistics have
been defined as single human
tragedy multiplied to the point
Of indifference.
But it also says the statistics
tell q story "of lives saved and
injuries averted because of
sound safety programs"
Looking at the cold, black
figures, 1t seems surprising
that in view Of the enormity
of auto travel, the Nation was
lucky to get off with a 500 bill
lion bill.
In travelling 735 billion miles
during 1861, the automobile
was responsible for $4,000 ia
talities-a one per cent drop
from 1860. There were 20 times
as many traffic deaths in 1861
than in 1910, but there were
also more than 100 times as
many vehicles on the high
ways, travelling farther and
faster.
The book, available at $1.85
a single copy through the Ma
tional Safety Council at 425
North Michigan ave-, Chicago
IL, also has a breakdown on
accidents Of all kinds in the
Nation last year.
As for your chances in an
automobile, it figures out the
averages.
If you drive 1000 miles q
year, there is one chance in II
that you will have a property
damage accident: one in ITO OF
having one involving injury
and one in 1000 of having q
fatal accident.
If your mileage goes I'D tc
$4,000 annually. the chances Of
property damage is one in
four; in personal injury, one
in 35 and in a fatality, one ir
300.
Pontiac was In town last
week with some of the happiest
men in the country.
E. M. Estes, General Motor,
vice president and general man.
ager Of the Pontiac division
and Frank v. Bridge, genera
sales manager, came down with
a CAREFUL Of smiles over the
national sales picture but with
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GRASS ROOTS UNDERSTANDING
Pennsy-CentroI Merger Boosters
Take Story to Public With Skill

benefits for employees. national
security. freight shippers. the
public and the national inter-
est.
AS many as so persons at
tended a few Of the dinners
Mr.. Campbell said. He said
most meetings were coffee and
doughnut or soft drink affairs
some in railroad office cars
parked at the depot.
Calls were made on a few
State governors.
Cost Worthy in Time
There was nothing flamboy-
ant" a Pennsy official said
Both roads said no expense
figures were assembled, and
that cost mainly was in time
Of employees who were on the
payroll anyway.
The role Of Hill & Knowl-
ton, the public relations firm
was described as a co-ordinat-
ing one needed because the two
railroads, although going all
out for union, remain separate
entities.
Government hearings on the
merger. which its proponents
say will yield savings Of $75
million a year before taxes,
will begin August 20 in Wash
ington.
Under hearing procedures
details of proposed abandon
ments, consultations and the
like had to be circulated by
July 20.
Railroad brotherhoods and
the Transport Workers Union
which claims 10000 non
operating employees on the
Pennsy, are fighting the
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survey of business spending
plans in May indicated bust
neSsmen had not increased
their programs above the eight
per cent increase they sched-
uled in February. The latest
McGraw-Hill survey in June,
after the stock market crack
up and the steel fracas, indi-
Gated businessmen were not
cutting back on plans to invest
but neither were they expand
ing their programs. The new
liberalized depreciation sched-
ules should prop business in
vestments in factories and
equipment but there are no
signs now of any significant
squirt in this vital area.
Nor will the stimulus come
from rising spending by con-
sumers for goods and services,
according to present signs.
Consumers have been the
mainstay of the economy so
far - and spending on autos
has been the brightest spot in
the picture. But the rise in
consumer incomes is now slow
ing and there is nothing to in
dictate any sudden shift up
ward. There also is no evidence
in the surveys of consumers to
suggest an abrupt change in
their plans to buy steadily but
not enthusiastically. The big
gest rate of rise in consumer
spending seems behind us too.
These are the three areas of
spending. If none can be
counted on to give the economy
a new lift. where could the
stimulus come from?
There is nowhere for it to
come from except a tax reduc-
ton.
! Distributed 1862, by The Hall syndi-
cate, Inc. AL Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-06
Profits Are Called
Essential for Jobs

Only profit or the expecta-
ton Of profit can secure the
investment money that pro-
vides jobs that are an essential
part Of national progress and
htg her standards of living,
warned Leslie B. Worthington,
president of United States Steel
Corp, Saturday night.
Addressing a 50th anniver-
sary dinner of the company's
Michigan Limestone Division
at Rogers City, Mich, Mr.. Wor-
Ellington said capital has to
provide Herculean tasks, such
as inducing people to channel
risk capital into business VEN
lures.
Many people have some
how got the idea that there is
little, if any, connection be-
tween business success and
profits" he said. There is far
too much MISUNDERSTANDING,
among far too many people,
about the essential role of prof
its in business, their general
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-06
BY ROGER LANE
CAP) Financial Writer

NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-The
Pennsylvania and New York
Central Railroads. nursing
along a proposed merger. feel
they have succeeded in a cam
paign for grass roots under
standing" of the project.
One of the fruits. said Doug
lass Campbell, a Central vice
president, has been a batch of
resolutions from city govern
ment and business and service
groups endorsing the merger.
There's no question-we've
gained a very measurable in
crease in public understanding
The reaction was very good, "
said a Pennsy spokesman. He,
too, said resolutions were COM
ing in.
In the latter part Of July, the
two railroads dispatched teams
of emissaries to nearly 40 East
ern and Midwest cities for
luncheons, conferences, coffee
breaks and dinners with local
community leaders.
Plans Outlined
The merger imact was out
lined-plans for charging or
abandoning yards, terminals.
repair and warehousing facili-
ties in each locality. and their
probable job, tax and other
economic and service ramifica-
tons.
With them, the teams took
brochures and pamphlets drawn
I'D by a large New York public
relations firm, arguing merger
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Area Food Volume
5 Pct. Above Year Ano

Sales in the Washington area
food service industry were
more than 5 per cent above
a year ago in three months
ended June 80, reported the
Restaurant Association of Met
ropolitan Washington.
The survey included chain
operations, drive-ins, inplant
feeding and cafeterias in addi-
ton to individually owned res
taurantS, the association said.
An increase in tourists and
larger family expenditures for
eating out were major factors,
said John S. Cockrell, execu-
tive vice president of the asso-
citation. The survey also showed
that food costs and labor costs
have remained about the same
in 1862 as in 1861.
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merger. contending it win cost
over $4,000 jobs.
The companies, which say
about $500 jobs viii be wiped
out, sought, in spreading their
side Of the story, to counterfeit
union efforts begun several
months ago but carried on in
quieter, less concentrated fash
ion with little fanfare.
Protest Cited
Merger plans Of some other
railroads have run into pro-
tests from local and state Off
Gals, chambers Of commerce,
shippers and other local In
tereSts.
In some places like Altoona,
Pa, a major division point on
the Pennsy, and Albany, N. Y,
on the Central, the Pennsy-
Central merger boosters told a
story Of major spending, ex-
banded operations and more
jobs.
The amalgamation plan calls
for construction Of q $19.7
million new electronic classifi-
cation yard at Selkirk, N. Y,
outside Albany. In others, such
as East Rochester, N. Y, and
Terre Haute. Ind, the tidings
were gloomy.
A Pennsy spokesman said in
such locations the attitudes
ranged from "non-commital'
to a resigned that's the way
the cookie crumbles" accept
ance.
81 wouldn't say we ran into
hostility anywhere, he said
1--WE told basically a good story
and told it to the right people
in straightforward fashion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-06
BY CHARLES YARsRoUcH

only q fragment Of information
on the 1855, is which are due
in the showrooms in early Oc-
tober-an understandable reti-
cence.
Sharing the steady increase
in sales, Pontiac had a SO per
cent increase over 1861 during
the first six months; Is cur
rently holding a 81 per cent
increase over last year-biggeSt
hike in the industry.
Some Of Mr.. Estes concise
observations:
On too much horsepower
Every customer can have what
he wants. It is economy versus
performance"
On breaking loose from the
agreement not to take part in
stock car racing: We're not
in the race business"
On performance: There's
nothing as unsafe as an under
powered car on a throughway."
On the 1868 outlook: "Sales
in 1862 were a great surprise
to US and 1868 should be COM
parable in volume because Of
the population increase, the
increase in suburban families
and the growing trend toward
more two-car families.
Pontiac sales in e. M. KrO-
tines Washington zone (parts
Of four States) are 81 per cent
over last year, three points
over the national gain.
The Sports Car Club Of Amer
ica's rally to the picnic and
field trials" is set for next
Sunday at wildwood Manor
shopping center, Old George
town road and Route $40, Be-
thesda. with the first car off
at IL am.
The Clubs August meeting is
a week from today, 8 pm, at
the Westview shopping center,
Baltimore. at 8 pm.
The Corvette Clubs board of
directors meets at 8 pm, Au-
gust IA at the Shentons, 4522
Amherst lane, Bethesda.
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Equipment Expanded
By Darby PRINTING

Rufus H. Darby Printing Co.
today announced a major
expansion program in its plant
at Twenty-fourth and Douglas
streets NE.
The first of three new Off
set presses has been installed,
and second will be added be-
fore the end of this month.
A third is scheduled for de-
livery in 1868.
President E. B. Hundley said
the new equipment will increase
C capacity substantially and
speed up deliveries.
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Leading Italian Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Reply
Statement From DIR. LAMBERT Zanardi
on Behalf of Pharmindustria Association of ItaIv

ARTICLES have recently appeared in the American
and European press claiming purchase by Italian phar-
maceuca firms of allegedly illegally obtained "know-
how" concerning certain broad spectrum antbiotics
These articles tend dscredt the entire Italian phar
maceutical industry and its research organizations
"As president of the Pharmindustria Association
which represents the most important Italian pharma
ceutical manufacturers reject and depore this attack
aimed at the Italian pharmaceutical industry as whole
intend to establish that each member of this associa
ton rejects the accusation of using or having used nor
nation received derived from irregular sources in
the development of their own productivity
"Pharmindusria has for many years been fighting in