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Evening star., 1962-03-07
Bill 10 Enlarge
House Cleared
By Rules Unit

The bill to increase the size
Of the House by three members
took a new and brighter lease
on life today when the Rules
Committee cleared it for House
consideration tomorrow.
The measure, however, goes
to the House under a procedure
allowing amendments that con-
ceivably could raise the mem
bership total far above the 43S
set in the bill.
Speaker Mccormack, who
had favored a non-amendment
rule, said he hopes the House
will approve the bill without
change. Other Democratic
leaders voiced increased conf
dence that enough members of
both parties will vote against
amendments.
The leadership strategy re-
portedly Is to try to defeat all
amendment proposals while the
House sits as a committee of
the whole and the votes of
individual members are not
recorded.
3 States Would Benefit
The bill would enable Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania and
Missouri each to retain one
seat lost because of 1860 Fed
eral census population changes.
The fact that the Rules
Committee finally acted on the
bill, even with an open rule,
was regarded by sponsors as
q hopeful sign that the House
would accept it. The measure
had been awaiting action in
the committee for several
weeks.
An earlier reported agree
ment between Democratic and
Republican leaders to support
the three-member increase ap-
parently turned out to be less
firm than expected.
Representative O'Neill, Dem
ocrat of Massachusetts,, made
the formal motion at the Rules
Committees closed meeting to-
day to report out the bill for
only one hour of general de-
bate, but with opportunities for
amendments. Chairman Smith,
Democrat of Virginia, told re-
porters, the committees voice
vote was unanimous. He said
he might vote for the bill |
and would not be too surprised
If it were passed.
Reduction Sought
While awaiting Rules Com
mittee action, Representative
HoSmer, Republican of Califor-
MIA, announced he was intro
ducing a bill to reduce the size
of the House to 200. He ex-
planned that he was open to
persuasion as to whether the
House should have a somewhat |
larger number than 200. He said |
he offered his bill as the basis
for extensive study rather than
expedient or political consid-
Grafton.
The purpose should be to set |
a total ito get the work of the
House done efficiently, provide
adequate representation of the
electorate, and promote eco
nomical operation" Mr.. Hosmer
said. .
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adequate pay raise" this year.
He pledged his strong efforts
to achieve this.
More than 700 NPU delegates
from all parts Of the country
are attending the pay raise
rally. A similar pay raise rally
this week is being held by the
NALC with more than 1000
delegates attending.
Senator Humphrey told the
NPU rally at the Washington
Hotel: President Kennedy
won't turn his back on you. He
has been your friend for too
long"
Alluding to the postal en-
.ploye groups dissatisfaction at
the administrations postal pay
raise proposals, Senator Hum
phrey declared:
you have friends in this
administration. You have
friends in the Congress. They
will do justice by you.
you will get a fair and
legitimate pay raise that you
properly deserve"
Senator Humphrey predicted
the pay raise for postal work.
erS and lower-salaried Federal
employees would be greater than
initially proposed by the ad-
ministration by declaring: "The
raise will be a whole lot better
than first advocated"
The Minnesotan expressed
his support of the Presidents
overall pay-reform plan which
would give substantial pay
raises to upper-bracket en-
ployes, but declared it was es-
sential t hat lower salaried
workers also be given adequate
raises.
In predicting that Congress
would take care of them, Sen
ator Humphrey said President
Kennedy won't veto any rea-
sonable and equitable pay
raise"
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STRUGGLE AND FIGHT
Representative Morrison, Dem
ocrat of Louisiana, sponsor OF
the IA per cent average postal
employe pay raise bill being
sponsored by most of the postal
employe unions, pledged an all
out fight to get his bill en-
acted.
l Mr.. Morrison, ranking ma
Evening star., 1962-03-07
BY the Associated Press

= The Securities and Exchange
Commission told Congress to-
day a high level of public in
terest in the stock markets
"has offered a fertile field for
unscrupulous operators and
promoters"
It said that, "to counter
fraudulent and other illegal
practices" it initiated 80 in
junction suits, 126 criminal
convictions and revoked the
registrations of SIS brokerage
firms in the 1861 fiscal year.
The commission said the
number Of injunctions sought
was a record while the number
of individuals convicted of vio-
lating the securities laws
was. greater than at any time
since the earliest days of the
SEC. The agency was estab-
lished in 1884.
New Peak in Activity
Reporting to Congress on its
activities in the IL months
ended last June 80, the SEC
said activity in the security
markets Of the Nation con-
,tinued to increase and reached
a new peak in fiscal year 1861"
1t said nearly 2 billion shares
of stock having a market value
Of $57 billion changed hands.
"These figures reflect a
marked growth of public par
ticipation in the securities
markets." the report said. It
noted there was an influx of
a large number of new and
presumably inexperienced in-
vestors into the markets"
This development, it said, at
tracted the attention of fringe
operators and manipulators.
During fiscal 1861, the SEC
said, it conducted more market
qulzzes than in any previous
year. These informal investi-
cations of suspicious price
Evening star., 1962-03-07
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

The Justice Department has
decided against appealing the
District Court verdict which
upheld the right of Govern
rnent employees to write and
petition their members of
Congress about grievances.
Thus, the right of Federal
workers to write and petition
members of Congress is beyond
question or challenge.
The case involved a civilian
employe at the Marine Corps
Base at Barstow, Calf, who
was fired for writing his con-
gresham to complain of work.
ing conditions. The employe
was ordered reinstated by
District Court Judge Alexander
Holtzoff.
Judge Holtzoff said Federal
employees have the absolute
right to write and petition
members of Congress and do
not have to secure permission
first of their Superiors before
doing so. Furthermore, Judge
Holtzoff said, the circulating
, of petitions could be done on
Government time as long as
serious work production prob
lens did not exist.
The Justice Department sew
eral weeks ago filed notice
of an intent to appeal. But the
appeal was dropped on the
order of Solicitor General
Archibald Cox.
There's also a suspicion that
Attorney General Robert Ken
nedy was involved in the deci-
sion to drop the appeal. 1t is
reliably reported that Mr..
Kennedy felt at the outset that
the employe never should have
been 1lreQ.
Incidentally. the case was
financed by the American Fed
Grafton of Government En-
ployes as part Of its legal rights
fund. Attorney Edward Mer-
rigan handled the case.
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ADEQUATE PAY RAISE
PREDICTED - Senator Hum.
phrey, Democrat of Minnesota
the Senate Majority Whip, has
told the National Postal Unior
pay raise rally that postal anc
Federal employees will get al
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

During the past million years, al
least four ice advances have oc-
CURED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
VICTIM OF LIGHTNING
! Blind Boy Can See Again

and give him a few pointers
on the use Of an improvised
pool cue.
Bill has also improvised a
baseball and throws it at tar
gets in his hospital room to
keep his arm in shape for the
time when he can return to
the sandlot diamond in Ell Do
RADIO.
The boy has been in Houston
three weeks with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Brad
ley, and has had one operation
on each eye. He will return
in the fall to have another
operation on each eye and
then learn to wear contact
lenses. His vision may be as
good as ever, doctors say.
He probably will leave for
home today, but he hopes to
see a Colts game if possible.
He received one of his
greatest thrills the second night
he was in Houston when Aspro-
monte told him that if he hit
a home run it would be dedi-
Gated to Bill Bradley. Aspro-
monte got his home run.
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and the question Of how Vice
President johnson will rule on
the right of the Senate to adopt
new rules at the start of a
session without waiting for q
committee report.
The House has already
passed q satellite bill differing
in some details from the Sen
ate version. There is a good
chance that the House will &C
cept the Senate bill without
asking for a conference, be-
cause If a conference report
had to be brought back to The
Senate. the debate limitation
adopted yesterday would no
longer apply.
Under those circumstances
the liberals could start another
long fight to block final action
this year, and might succeed.
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat Of Arkansas, in charge of
the legislation In the House,
would not say today what
course the will recommend to
the House until he sees the
form in which the bill passes
the Senate. But he indicated
the changes made thus far
were not serious.
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which led to the back. A.. . We
opened it. They ordered us to
get in the back of the truck
THE man dressed as a police
man and another man Joined
the two with the guns and
they tied us up and made US
lie down on the floor.
They took our keys and
opened the back door and threw
some of the money bags to
another person, who put them
into a car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
African Ambush
Frees 3 Coptives

BULAWAYO, Southern Rho
desia, Aug. Is (AP).-About go
Africans yesterday ambushed
q police patrol and freed three
suspects held for questioning
in connection with a wave of
arson in the Lupani area, Of
ficials said yesterday.
Four policemen in the patrol
believed to have been unarmed
offered no resistance and the
Africans disappeared into the
bush with the three suspects
Strong contingents Of police
meanwhile left Bulawayo and
Salisbury for Lupani, where
nine schools and a courthouse
have been fireswept.
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SATELLITE
SATELLITE
Leadership Pushes
BiIItoQ Quick Approval
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publicans for putting what he
called the "guillotine" OF cloture
on the Senate because the pro-
vided "a votes to 20 on the
Democratic side to shut off
debate.
Then, noting that Republic
can Senators Goldwater of Ari-
IONA and Tower Of Texas had
voted against cloture, Senator
Marlborough got q laugh by re-
marking. l"I am glad to see
there are q couple Of good lib
erals over there" Senator Gold
water joined in the laughter.
The civil rights issue arose
In the form Of an amendment
sponsored by Senator'S Morse,
and Clark, Democrat of Penn
sylvania, to require the satellite
corporation and all companies
making contracts with it to
avoid racial discrimination in
employment.
Senator Morse sought to
make 1t difficult for Vice Presi-
dent johnson to rule it is not
germane by pointing out that
the Vice President is chairman
of the commission to eliminate
racial discrimination in Gov
eminent contracts.
The bipartisan coalition of
more than 20 Democrats and
Republicans backing the ad-
ministration in support of Gre
ating q private corporation to
develop the satellite commune
cation system demonstrated
yesterday that they will be able
to vote down all efforts of be-
tween Is and 20 liberal Dem
oerats to amend the bill.
sTne cloture rule now limits
each Senator to one hour of
speaking time until the bill
disposed Of, and guarantees a
final vote. But the liberals
could keep the fight going the
rest Of this week if they called
UP all of the more than 100
amendments they had intro
duced before the gag rule was
adopted.
Some of the liberals indicated
today. however. they intend
only to make o record on their
more important amendments.
After q Senator has used up his
hour he can still have his col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
SOUTH STAYS AWAY
Senate Gags Those People

against cloture as for IA years
he has been against cloture as
q friend Of the South.
You wouldn't do it for the
NAACP," he cried. why do
you want to do it for AT&T?"
The debate was otherwise
undistinguished, marked main
ly by incessant gavel rapping
on the part Of Vice President
johnson in the chair, and an
unsuccessful attempt on the
part of Senator Gore to clear
the floor of the thickly cluster
ing aides in the chamber.
1t was early evident that it
was the people who were not
there who would determine
the vote. When the name of
Senator Byrd, Democrat of
Virginia, was called, and he
did not answer, Senator Doug
las raised his shaggy head like
a bear seeming danger.
Senator Byrd never did show
up, although he had recessed
a Senate Finance Committee
hearing an hour before be-
cause, as he explained, "a very
important vote was coming up
in the Senate"
Senator Byrd's colleague,
Senator Robertson. was another
stay-away. So were Demo-
cratic Senators Fulbright and
Mcclellan of Arkansas. Hayden
of Arizona, and Jordan Of
North Carolina all known
enemies of cloture.
All the Southerners present,
except for the two from Florida,
voted against cloture, and saw
themselves defeated, for once,
without regret, 63-27.
Afterwards. as is his custom
after a victory. Senator Dirk
sen, the Republican leader who
had delivered his side only two
short, drifted up to the gallery
to talk things over with the
press. What funny thing, he
was asked, did he think had
happened to Senator Byrd on
his way to the forum.
What does happen to peo-
ple?" Senator Dirksen asked
himself. II start for my office
and any number of people stop
me - some who want auto
graphs. some who want tc
visit"
"Or, perhaps" he said
throwing back his curly head
you meet a man who wants
to sell you a horse. You can't
close a horse trade in a matter
Of minutes. Scores of people
l.. . What if someone came up
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leagues call up remaining
amendments for q vote.
The leaders, who are now in
full control of time, decided to
speed up the procedure by NOV
ing to table amendments as fast
as they are offered. A motion
to table is not debatable, and
in a few hours yesterday they
tabled five liberal attempts To
alter the private enterprise
plan.
The first to 60 down was the
Government ownership substi-
tute Of Senator Morse which
would have given ownership OF
the satellites to the National
Aeronautic and Space Admin
istration. with authority to let
private companies operate them
under lease. This was tabled
TAILS.
One result Of invoking cloture
yesterday may be to make 1t
harder for the liberals to put
through a new rule in January
allowing less than two-thirds to
shut off debate in the future.
Although the liberals have
advocated a new rule to make
1t easier to break filibusters,
many Of them voted against
using even the present rule
yesterday because they happen
to oppose the satellite bill.
Up to now. these liberals have
been able to argue that a new
rule was needed because for IS
years it had been impossible to
get two-thirds to curb debate,
Now the conservatives, includ-
ing Southern Democrats, will
be in a position to argue in
January that a new rule Is not
necessary because the present
one worked on the satellite bill.
Senator Clark. leading ad-
vocate of new rules to speed
up Senate procedure. left his
liberal associates yesterday to
support cloture and admitted
that its adoption will make it
somewhat more difficult to put
through new rules in January.
He does not believe it will be
a decisive factor, however
pointing out that q number of
other developments will deter
mine what happens in January.
He said these include the out
come Of the November elections
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

for hours at Randolph police
headquarters.
Mr.. Schema, SO, is from Ever
EFT, and Mr.. Barrett, 81, is from
Mansfield.
Description of the gang was
sparse. One man who welded
a submachine gun was described
as a six-footer, well built, with
horn-rimmed glasses. The man
in the police officers uniform
was smaller.
Officials said the money sent
by the banks formerly was
shipped by a private armored
car. However, about three
weeks ago. Central Cape Cod
banks began a new system OF
shipping their unneeded cash
to the Federal Reserve Bank
through the Post Office, paying
a premium based on the
amount in the shipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

HOUSTON. Tex. Aug. Is.
CAP.-Bill Bradley, 9, blind
since he was struck by light
ming in his home town. FL
Dorado, Ark. last April. can
see again.
One of the things Bill wants
to take a look at as soon as
possible is the Houston Colts
Baseball team Of the National
League. Bill. a baseball player
himself, was struck by lightning
as he tried out for second base
on a Junior pee wee team.
His eyes were scared and
cataracts formed over them,
making it impossible for him to
recognize his parents. He could
distinguish light from dark
ness, but could not distinguish
colors. He could only see large,
blurred pictures.
Bill was presented at a press
conference yesterday and dem
onstrated his recovered sight
about 40 or so per cent of
normal with thick glasses-by
drawing q picture and writing
his name on a blackboard.
joey Amalfitano and Bob
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
Passes
Building Bill
For Military
BY the Associated Press

The House has passed and,
sent to the Senate a $780,
TAI 900 military construction
bill after deleting from it the
$40.15 million asked for new
.housing for military depend
ents overseas.
The appropriation measure,
passed yesterday by a voice
vote, earmarks SAB million
more for military construction
than was approved last year.
However. it is almost $225 mill
lion less than the Kennedy ad-
ministration had requested.
The House also authorized
the use of unexpended balances
of construction funds from the
last fiscal year, giving the mils
itary services a total of $2.71
billion for construction in the
current fiscal year.
The House eliminated the
money asked for new housing
ovreSeaS on grounds that the
action would reduce the I'M
favorable balance Of United
States payments and cut the
outflow of gold abroad.
Several cuts in housekeeping
eategories, such as officers
clubs and post exchanges, also
were made. :
The biggest single item is the
1929 million for expansion and
modernization Of missile facil-
tiles for all three services. {
Almost two thirds of the
money-s882. 722. 000-is tick
eted for Air Force construction
projects. The Army would get
$2l2.477.500 the Navy $221.>
349, 500. and the Defense De-
partment and unified agencies
S53,192 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

to Senator Byrd and asked him
about taxes on foreign subsidi-
airy holdings? That would have
taken hours to explain.
1t took Senator Mcclellan
only a second to explain why
he hadn't appeared.
Il would never vote for clot-
ure," he said. But I wasn't 60
ing to help those people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

senate Antitrust and Monopoly
subcommittee, was asking for
secret information that would
damage them If it got into the
hands Of American and foreign
competitors.
Disclosure Of such informa-
ton would give foreign steel
mills an enormous competitive
advantage in the American
market and undermine the Ma
tion's free competitive system, /"
said Bethlehem.
Similar Position
Similar stands were taken by
three other Steelmakers. They
also commended the subcommit-
tees request was illegal.
Senator Kefauver denied the
Information would slip out and
said that eight other steel COM
panies including United States
Steel, have agreed to supply
the data although expressing
strong objections"
However. Senator Kefauver
said he told the companies who
agreed to supply the informa-
ton that they need not produce
1t until the question Of COM
pliance by the non-complying
companies has been finally de-
termined."
He announced he would force
a showdown by asking the SUBJ
committee to vote contempt
citations against the baking
four companies.
Safeguards Pledged
The contempt action would
require approval of the parent
Judiciary Committee and the
full Senate. Then it would be
referred to the Justice Depart
ment for a decision on whether
to present the case to a grand
jury. ..
Each company was asked by
the subcommittee to return
missionaries on its methods
Of computing prices. In turn the
steel firms we're promised that
the data would be guarded SO
that it would not leak out.
To do this, the subcommittee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
BY MARY McGRORY
star Staff Writer

Ordinarily. the question Of a
vote on cloture presents no
problem to the Southern
Senator.
Cloture, which shuts off de-
bate, invades the seemingly
sacred right Of the Southern
Senator to speak his fill against
such detestable Yankee notions
as civil rights legislation.
Yesterdays vote on cloture.
however. was a little different.
The anti-cloture forces were
made up almost entirely of peo-
pie who are usually for it.
Besides. the liberals who have
been filibustering against the
satellite bill included in their
number several Democrats who
are known to the Southern wing
Of the party as those people. "
Those people" cannot be ex-
actly defined or numbered.
Generally speaking. they are
Of the liberal persuasion. the
kind who tack civil rights
amendments onto other legis-
lation, frequently attempt to
buck the Southern dominated
committee system. and cannot
see that while filibustering on
civil rights bills is a constitu-
tional duty. filibuStering on the
satellite bill is simply obstruct-
ing the Senate.
Among those people" were
both Senators from Tennessee
Gore and Kefauver - long
since written off by their Dixie
brethren as renegades; Senator
Douglas, Democrat of Illinois,
who often engages and enrageS
the Southern captain, Senator
Russell, Democrat of Georgia,
in debate; and Senator Morse,
Democrat of Oregon, whose
tendency to regard himself as
the center Of any situation is
looked at askance by Southern
ers. who move with a kind OF
corporate anonymity which
they regard as senatorial good
form.
So yesterdays vote was not
preceded by the usual South
ern missionary work among
Republicans and Western
Democrats-the practice which
has paid off so well that clo-
ture was not voted for 81 years
And when the Senate gath
cred at noon, the only Southern
voice raised on the floor was
that of Senator Long. Demo
crat of Louisiana, who, as ar
enemy of the satellite bill, was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
Senate CIoture Vote
BY the Associated Press

Here is the 63-to-27 roll call
vote by which the Senate yes
terday invoked its cloture rule
to limit further debate on the
communications satellite bill
IA two-thirds majority was re-
Quired).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
Took More Bags Out

The car drove, off and a
man dressed as a policeman
started driving the mail truck
off with us in it. ! don't know
how far we went, but when we
stopped again one Of the men
got out and took some more
money bags and put them in
another car.
Then they drove some more
and made a third stop and re-
Ipeated the same procedure with
another man leaving the truck.
I'VE then drove a long time
before they stopped at the
Route 128 and % intersection
Tin the Randolph Quincy line)
Then they all got out Of the
truck and took the remaining
money bags into q fourth car
and drove off.
IT don't know how much
money they got but we knew
we had over q million dollars.
We waited until we heard the
car drive away. Then we I'M
tied each other"
The other guard was william
F. Barrett.
Two Men Questioned
The robbery occurred at 8
pm. It was about 10 pm.
when Mr.. Schema and Mr.. Bar
rett reached q telephone to
notify police.
The two men were questioned