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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
Drug Firm Sued
For $780,
By Mer/2o Users

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IL
(AP).-A firm which sought to
market the birth-deforming
drug thalidomide in the United
States has been sued for ST.
050,000 in connection with a
second, experimental drug.
Named defendant in the suit
filed yesterday in San Fran
cisco Superior Court is the
Richardson -Merrell Co., Gin
cinnati (Ohio) firm with sales
offices here. 1t is the parent
company of William S. Merrell
& Co., which makes the drug,
called MER/29.
omplainants, and the
amounts they seek:
Edwin B. Miller, Littleton,
Colo, vice president of En-
cyclopedia Britannica in charge
of Western operations. $780,
900; DR.. Philip K. Allen, Chula
Vista, Calf, a dermatologist,
100000; and Walter j. Phil
lips. Seattle, an importer,
.$250,000.
They charged Richardson
Merrell and two subsidiaries
negligently and knowingly
caused them to suffer eye cata-
racts and a variety of other
nerve, muscle and tissue dam
age by marketing MER /29.
The drug, now withdrawn
from the market, originally was
marketed as an aid in reducing
blood choleSterol levels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
MOVE
Workers Shocked
By News of Change

(his father is an INVALID live
with him.
These are career employees
the Air Force is moving out
and you just can't pick up peo-
pie and shunt them about. If
we don't go. the Air Force will
be losing years of accumulated
knowledge and experience" he
added.
MY family won't CO." said q
50-year-old clerk -typist with 20
years service, who is the sole
support of her family. Her hus-
band is disabled and they have
four children.
If we don't go and stay here
we are out of a job" added a
personnel clerk. She is 40 years
old with IS years service.
The employees have deter
mined that their average length
of service is Is years, with many
Of them having 20 years serv-
ice. An estimated rs per cent
of the employees are women
Some of them are widows with
children. One woman said some
of the wives have incomes
greater than those of their hus-
bands.
For families in this situa-
ton. a move to Texas would be
a disaster, she said. The
family income would be cut in
half"
I'VE simply don't want to
go to Texas to work or to
live" added another clerk, ap-
parently about to lose her job.
Most of us have children al
most ready for high school OF
already there and it will be a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12

The Democrats have labeled
it a tactic of desperation, a
mark of the return of his old
no-holds- barred ca m pa g n
manager, Murray Chotiner. or
an attempt to exploit the ma
tional disquiet over the Com
munist takeover in Cuba.
It seems to be simpler than
that.
At the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee meeting in
September, he mentioned in
passing his intentions in regard
to Fifth Amendment orators
on State campuses, and in the
words of one observer, "the
place fell to pieces"
Mr.. Nixon, as much as any
politician in America, is slave
to audience reaction. He does
not always touch on this ex-
posed nerve of his native State,
He made no mention Of it.
for instance, to the California
Real Estate Association in San
Francisco. nor in a speech on
the courthouse steps of San
Rafael, across the bay. In
Downey, however, where the
John Birch Society flourishes,
he did, and they loved it.
Puzzling Reaction
Just why Californians should
be. so obsessed with the subject
of domestic communism is
puzzling.
The State is beautiful. pros
porous and so inviting that
almost everyone wants to live
here. The latest figures show
that is people per minute cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12

tremendous handicap to uproot
the family and start all over
again."
The employees point out that
because their jobs are a "func-
tional transfer" they will lose
Civil Service status for other
appointments if they remain
in Washington. They will lose
retention and humping rights,
they argued. Some of them
suggested that their Jobs be
frozen until they can be placed
in some other agency.
Their civil service rights
have been violated anyway,
they said, because their Lodge
1892 of the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees
was not informed of the an
ticipated move. James C.
johnson, president of the
lodge. has taken the matter
to the national organization.
Meanwhile. the employees are
organizing their own campaign
to save their jobs. Those who
live in Maryland and Virginia
are contracting their Senators
and Representatives. And they
driving with an expired license
are circulating a petition pro-
testing the job shift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12

LOS ANGELES, Oct. IL
(AP). - Edmund G. (Pat)
Brown accused Richard M.
Nixon last night of. using John
Birch Society techniques and
ignoring real State problems to
exploit the Communist
issue in California.
The Democratic chief execu-
tive said he's running ahead of
his Republican gubernatorial
opponent because I'm talking
sense and my opponent is talk
ing nonsense"
In remarks at a $100-a-plate
banquet at the Hollywood Pal
ladium, Gov. Brown declared:
II find it strange that my OPP
ponent should repudiate the
John Birch Society even as he
follows its primer for political
action.
1T is a John Birch technique
to question the loyalty of
teachers-to impose censorship
on textbooks-to ride rough
shod over the democratic
process. My opponents dis
avowal of the radical Right
would be more convincing if he
would stop following its party
line"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
Donovan Waiting in Miami
For Castro Word on Coptives

with Cuban officials about half
a dozen times.
1--WE made q concrete offer
to DR.. Castro. We believe 1t
represented the maximum the
committee can offer for the
liberation of the prisoners with
the confident belief there is a
reasonable chance of deciding
the matter" Mr.. Donovan said.
Negotiations have not broken
down. There are some points
that have not been settled"
Mr.. Donovan went on, but he
refused to elaborate on the
points of difference.
Mr.. Donovan, who is a Demo-
cratic candidate for the Sen
ate seat Of Republican Senator
Jacob Javits Of New York, said
Mr.. Castro has not been paid the
estimated 50 million promised
by the Families Committee last
April for release of go sick and
wounded prisoners.
1.-THE obligations Of the COM
mittee are distinguishable
from my work." Mr.. Donovan
explained. He had no connec-
ticn with the committee when
the first release was arranged
after protracted negotiations
with Mr.. Castro.
He said his offer to Mr.. Castro
did not include one dollar of
cash, Just medicines, drugs and
baby foods. The offer. he said,
is considered as a gift from
the American people to the
Cuban people in recognition Of
the children, the sick and the
elderly.
I'm always optimistic and
I'm not ready to abandon this"
Mr.. Donovan said. II will stay
in Miami for the next day or
two because I have an infection
from bursitis that needs treat
ment. But I will be available on
call"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
COMMUNISM FIRES VOTERS
Nixon Digs Up Magic Word

its borders to share in its good
life. San Francisco is so fair
q city that not even Nikita
Khrushchev could find any
fault in it.
Mr.. Nixon. who has gained
and suffered more from his
espousal of the issue. appar-
emily thinks that the majority
Of Californians are conserva-
tive Democrats, whose natural
conservatism is accumulated by
the left-wing extremism that
has always been vocal here.
Less Fear in North
In the North, the fear is less
gripping. A businessman in San
Rafael who stood in the rain to
hear Mr.. Nixon speak and an
nounced his intention to vote
for him, was surprised to hear
that he was fighting commu-
nism in his fight against Gov.
Brown.
"Oh, is he talking about that
AGAIN." he asked.
But 400 miles down the coast,
a dry goods store manager said
he thought finances, not sub
versives, was the issue.
At Downey, several members
Of a large and enthusiastic au-
dience expressed their approval.
1--WE have more Communists
here than in any other State"
said a stout matron. Look at
the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee riots in San
Francisco. And we have all
that gangster element coming
in here from the East and I'm
sure the Communists are right
in with them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
Athletic Glasses Set
At Jewish Center

The Jewish Community Cen
ter of Greater Washington is
accepting registrations for
classes beginning Wednesday,
in wrestling, tumbling, tram
polin and swimming.
The classes, to be held Sun
day afternoons. are part of the
organizations youth fitness
program. The center is located
at 1929 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
Brown Accuses Nixon
Of Using Birch Tactics

On the eve of Mr.. Nixon's
election to Congress in 1916,
Gov. Brown charged, "anony-
nous telephone callers spread
the word that his Democratic
opponent was a Communist.
1T was one Of the most
shameful tactics in the history
of California politics." Gov.
Brown said. And a victorious
Mr.. Nixon was the first to
deny all knowledge Of it
Last week end, the Republi-
can State Central Committee
met in Los Angeles. Mr.. Nixon
was present. And among the
literature given to members
was a Embellishments
Dynasty in California
ut calls me and other Demo-
cratic leaders of this State
Communist sympathizers.' ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
CONGRESS
Three Major Bills
Are Still PENDING

Written, Democrat Of Mis-
siSsippi.
The leaders finally persuaded
these two men to compromise
their differences, and that bill
went to President Kennedy last
night with it's total raised to
about $5.4 billion.
Then the leaders discovered
that two other strong men were
trying to see which could fig
uratively pin the others
shoulders to a legislative mat.
The principals in this re-
naming contest are Senator
Kerr, Democrat Of Oklahoma,
handling the river and flood
control bill for the Senate, and
Representative ward w
Smith, Democrat of Virginia,
chairman of the powerful
House Rules Committee. Mr..
Smith reflects the viewpoint Of
House members who think the
Senate added too much to the
omnibus bill.
Agreement Likely
The battle between Senator
Kerr and Mr.. Smith comes close
to bringing the immovable body
against the irresistible force.
But the general desire to save
as many of the public works
projects as possible is likely
to bring an agreement.
In breaking the agricultural
bill deadlock yesterday, Senator
Russell won his fight to retain
funds for six research labora-
tory projects at Sidney, Mont;
Mandan, N. OAK; Watkinsville.
Ga; Tucson, Ariz.; Byron, Ca;
and Carbonate, Ill.
But he had to give up on a
proposed peanut marketing
facility at Dawson, Ga. The
Senate also accepted about IS
million instead of $25 million
for farm research, and agreed
to restore a cut it had made
in Commodity Credit Corp.
funds.
The Senate late yesterday
completed action on the $2.2
billion Federal-aid highway
program for 1864 and 1865, and
sent it to the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12

Gary Powers for Soviet Spy
Rudolf Abel also said emphat-
Iically that he is not represent
ing the United States Govern
ment. His clients are the men,
bers of the Families Committee.
he insisted.
Conference with Justice
He said he did not intend to
talk with President Kennedy or
any other high United States
official about the Stalemate in
negotiations but pointed out
that the President and
the State Department have
openly declared sympathy for
the prisoners.
Il conferred. with the De-
partment of Justice to deter
mine that our efforts to ar
range the release of the prison.
ers would not transgress Fed
eral law" Mr.. Donovan said.
The Government granted the
Families Committee a tax ex-
emption for the funds raised
on behalf of the prisoners, he
explained. The committee has
retained the New York public
relations and Embarrassing
firm of John Price Jones, Inc,
for $4,000 to help with the eff
fort to raise the $62 million Mr..
Castro originally demanded for
release of the men of Assault
Brigade 2506. Contributions
and names of contributors
eventually will have to be re-
ported, under the law, to both
the Federal Government and
New York State.
Mr.. Donovan brushed aside
questions about how much
money the committee had or
what offer he had made to
Mr.. Castro. He declined to dis
cusS any aspects Of the bargain
ing except to say he had met
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
BY JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
Star staff Writer

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. ,12.-James
B. Donovan, suffering from 9
painfully infected shoulder. wa:
in seclusion in Miami today
waiting for Fidel Castro to de-
eide whether to accept his
maximum offer" of medicines
drugs and baby food in ex-
change for release Of the Ills
prisoners of the Bay of Pigs
invasion.
The New York lawyer told a
press conference at Miami
International Airport late yes
terday he hoped to hear from
the bearded ruler of Commu-
mist Cuba within 48 hours.
The balding attorney said
mo" when asked whether the
ransom included any cash, food
or medical supplies possessed by
the United States Government.
Cites Committee Effort
He declared the Cuban Fam
lilies Committee, representing
relatives of the unsuccessful in
vading force, had labored for
many months to make the Of
fer. He reminded his inter-
viewers that the committee had
received pledges of $26 million
several months ago and added
that the pledges came not only
from private individuals in
North and South America but
also from large corporations on
those continents.
No United States property,
either in the form of surplus
food or Stock-piled medicines,
is involved in the ransom nego-
tiations, Mr.. Donovan insisted.
And he said there was no
cash involved in the offer.
The man who negotiated the
exchange of U-2 Pilot Francis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
CHARTER
Continued Frorn Pare A.

COntlnucu from rage Al
sion that has kept the County
election board from certifying
charter referendum petitions.
Appellate judges said one in
valid name on a petition re-
quires that all others on the
sheet must be proven genuine
and bona fide. No method was
prescribed.
Appeals were noted by Will
liam L. Rigoli, attorney for the
election board, and John w.
Mitchell, attorney in the tax
payers suit.
Judge Parker ruled last
Thursday the appellate decision
also applies to the Prince
Georges County charter ref.
erendum petition.
Theodore L. Manga, CHIEF
charter counsel. yester day
called on Election Board clerks
to vouch for the validity Of
other names on petitions the
board said it could not count
because of the appellate deci.
sion. The board earlier sale
4,278 of the 1928 names were
valid.
Mrs. Alta Beall, an election
clerk, went through a batch
of petitions pinpointing which
names she said checked Out
against voter registration books
She and other clerks, however
said they had no way Of know
ing If each individual on the
petitions actually signed his
own name.
lures. Whereupon Judge Parker
ruled charterites had proven
the burden thrust on them By
the appellate court.
Mr.. Mitchell disagreed, de-
claring that clerks merely have
said petition names matched
those on registration books
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
KennedyPI Fight
Aooinst Red Aid Ban

Mr.. Kennedy didn't let the
Objectionable provision keep
him from signing the Ira de
Expansion Act which he said
should bring "a dynamic new
era of growth" to the Ameri-
can economy and the rest of
the free world.
1t gives him broader author
ity than ever to cut tariffs on
imports from countries which
give reciprocal concessions to
American exports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
CONGRESS
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Continued From rage Al
fights for reelection have al
ready gone home to mend their
political fences, and if the ses-
sion does not end today or
tomorrow the leaders may have
trouble producing a quorum.
A roll call in the House ye3-
terday showed 258 out of 435
members present. The Senate
was down so close to the 81 re-
quired for a quorum that it has
Studiously avoided roll call
votes for several days.
Most of the projects in the
rivers and harbors bill would
not be started this year, so
little would be lost if this meas
ure died.
Interrupts Campaign
But it is not likely to die
because getting these projects
approved less than a month
before election day is important
to many members of Congress.
For example, Senator Morton,
Republican of Kentucky, up for
reelection this year, hurried
back to Washington yesterday,
announcing he had interrupted
his campaign to try to keep the
Devils Jump project for Nc
Creary County. KY, in the river
and harbor bill.
And Senator Church, Demo-
crat of Idaho, also up for re-
election, served notice he would
speak at length if the Bruces
Eddy project in his State is
dropped.
The House and Senate con-
ferees on the river, harbor and
flood control bill met at 10 am.
in another effort to settle their
differences.
Congressional leaders h.a We
been plagued in the closing
days of this session by endur-
ance contests between influen-
tial men in both houses.
For several days it was a
power struggle between con-
ferees on the IS billion agricul-
tural appropriation bill, led by
Senator Russell, Democrat OF
Georgia, and Representative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12.-
Everybody here, including
Richard M. Nixon. who brought
it up, insists that communism
is not a major issue in Mr..
Nixon's campaign against Gov.
Edmund G.. {Pat) Brown.
1t is merely the one that sets
audiences on fire.
Mr.. Nixon is handling his
old theme with extreme wari-
ness. He has narrowed it to a
promise to bar from State
supported campuses speakers
who have taken the Fifth
Amendment.
But it is enough.
Revives Image
Mention of the danger from
within has revived the image
Of the old aggressive. fighting
Nixon. It has quoted fears Of
the Republican politicians that
he would wage once again what
they CONTEMPORARY call his
"Pablum" campaign Of 1860.
1t has treasured and rallied
the far rightists both in and
out of the John Birch Society.
Mr.. Nixon's right-wing oppo-
nent in the G. o. P. primary,
Joseph Shell, has shared three
platforms with him. Mr.. Nixon
has, of course, nothing to lose
from the liberals.
When Mr.. Nixon mentions
high taxes, the high crime rate.
the need for the death penalty
for narcotics peddlers, the i'm
portance of local responsibility,
he gets applause.
When he says as he did last
night at a rally in Downey
High School, near Los Angeles.
that he shares with j. Edgar
Hoover a belief in the import
ance of an effective program
for dealing with communism
at home, he gets cheers.
At a televised debate in San
Francisco on Monday. Re-
publican National Committee
man Joseph Martin was asked
about the threat of communism
from within.
II think it has been some
what exaggerated" he said.
But Mr.. Martin, in common
with other members Of the Re-
publican high command, is
content that Mr.. Nixon has
raised the issue.
Concerned About Subversives
An issues poll showed that
AZ per cent OF the voters, many
of them Catholic Democrats,
were concerned about subver-
sives. Sixty-seven per cent of
the voters favor the Francis
Amendment, a severely repres-
sive measure designed to give
informers a free hand. Mr..
Nixon is opposed to the amend
ment.
Mr.. Nixon's delicate new ap-
proach to the question that
launched him in public life and
brought him to the gates of
the White House has been the
subject Of much speculation in
political circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
MOVE
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reclassified about six months
after the move and this, they
are afraid. will mean a reduc-
ton in grade with the CORE
spending pay cut following two
years later.
Rose the Hard Way
This functional transfer
means taking at least $500, 900
a year in salaries from the Dis
trlct," said the group-appointed
spokesman for the civilian en-
ployes. rs this the penalty we
have to pay for a career in the
civil service?
Most of us have come up
through the ranks the hard
way and the Air Force is not
interested enough to talk 10
those of us involved. All of our
futures are at stake. The Ali
Force has handled this in a
very negative way"
None of the employees saio
! they wanted to follow their
Washington jobs to Texas.
II can't CO." said Miss Susan
ma McCullum, a 40-year -old
clerk typiSt with IA years serv-
ice. Il have dependent parents
I just purchased a house about
IS months ago and would loose
money if I had to sell it,"
II would have to go alone II
I went" remarked Guy Tatum
44-year-old supervisor in the
military personnel section. sr
Tatum's wife works in private
industry. They have two chill
dre His dependent parents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
Symphony on Way

MOSCOW, Oct. IL CAP) -
The Leningrad Philharmonic
Symphony left Leningrad by
plane today for a six-week tour
of the United States and Can
ada, the Soviet news agency
TaSs reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-12
Oh, for q Nickname

LAWRENCE, Kans., Oct. IL
(AP). - The foreign student
with the longest name at the
University of Kansas is a fresh
man in aerospace engineering
from India. He Is Anantha-
krishnan Ananthanarayanan.
Evening star., 1962-12-27
Answsr "a nNnMAroIrs

cast, onto, onus. oust. nAos. noma
nous, mast, mason, manus. moon
moot. most. monas, mounts. moat
mont, means must, amounts, anus
unmast, unto, smut, snout, soon. SCOT
soma. stoa. stoma. stun. stun.
Evening star., 1962-12-27
WORD GAME
BEETLE BAILEY
DR.. KILDARE
ON STAGE
Dick Brooks
Find 40 or more words in
METEORIZE

meaning ito vaporize." Average
mark is "a words. time limit,
80 minutes.
Evening star., 1962-12-27

Rules Of the gnme: /. Words must be
OF four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters By the addition Of
IS" such as bats" eats" are not
used. 3. Only one form Of . word is
used. 4. Proper names ere not used.
Evening star., 1962-01-07
5000 Extra Riot Police
Restrain Paris Reds

PARIS, Jan. 6 (AP) Tightly
checked by police, severa,
thousand Communists demon.
strated in a drizzling rain today
against the rightist Secret Army
that is campaigning to keep
Algeria French. FasciSm in gen.
eral was denounced.
Five thousand special riot
police-helmeted and tough
augmented Paris strong reg
ular force in curbing the dem
onstrators and barricading
them from the square in front
Of Communist Party headquar-
tiers where they wanted to meet.
Milling Reds, many of them
teen-agers, jeered police and
shouted slogans against the
underground followers of exiled
Gen. Raoul Salan who are fight
ing President de Gaulle'S plan
for self-determination in
Algeria.
Death to the asSassins!" !"
they shouted. The Secret
Army shall not pass"
But there was no violence
and no arrests were reported.
The Communist hierarchy
called the demonstration to pro-
test the machine cunning of a
guard at the party headquar-
terS, Thursday night, a shoot
Ing 1t blamed on the Secret
Army. The guard was severely
wounded.
The Communists won a VIC
tory Of sorts, for any appear
ance en- masSe was forbidden
by law. They got out in the
streets and made known their
sentiments.
The lack Of violence led some
to speculate that the Commu-
nists had been ordered by party
leaders not to provoke the
police. And the police were un-
usually mild in their behavior
stolidly ignoring youths who
leaned against the barricades
to shout slogans.
Mayor Makes Plea
Demonstrators began to drift
away after Auguste Gillot,
Communist Mayor of the near
by suburb of st. Denis, climbed
a table outside a cafe and told
them to go home.
I'VE have demonstrated and
1t is now over" Mr.. Gillot said.
I'VE did not come here to fight
the police, We came here to
demonstrate against the Secret
Army and fascism. We have
done So."