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Evening star., 1962-01-26

the White House. They ex-
pect no difficulty in putting it
promptly before the House.
They differ, however, as to
whether it would get through
the House.
House Republican Policy Com
niittee Chairman Byrnes and
other G. o. P. leaders are conf
dent the plan will be disap-
proved. But they want an
opportunity to knock down
any idea that their opposition
involves racial or provincial
considerations. They want a
chance to argue in House de-
bate that the proposal involves
bad public policy, unwarranted
bureaucracy and a danger to
States and local communities.
Democratic sponsors in the
House indicate they also would
welcome a clear-cut test vote
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Dominicuns Act
On Rodriguez

SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 26
(AP).-District Attorney Ulises
Vargas Tavarez submitted a list
of accusations to a lower court
today as a first step to bring
former Gen. Pedro Rodriguez
Echavarria to trial.
The former army chief, who
attempted to impose a military
controlled junta on the Do
minican Republic last week, is
Under arrest.
Not all the accusations are
related to the attempted coup.
One charges him with COM
plicity in the death of 13 per-
sons. Details were not given.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Meeting Planned
By SteeIworkers

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26 (AP)
Leaders of the United Steel
workers Union meet in Pitts
burgh early next month, pre-
sumably to formulate 1862 steel
industry contract demands.
The 34-man executive board
will convene February SIS, and
the 170-Inember wage policy
committee February 7.
Union officials refused to
state the purpose of the meet
ings. However, labor observers
said it seemed evident the only
reason could be to discuss up
coming negotiations. r3
The unions contracts with
basic steel producers expire
June 80. No date has been set
for the start of bargaining.
Evening star., 1962-01-26

of his long week end away
from the high-pressure at
mosphere of the White House
Press Secretary Pierre Salin-
ger said Mr.. Kennedy had nc
appointments, aside from his
usual intelligence briefings
Capt. Tazewell Shepard, the
Presidents naval aide, was or
hand for that purpose.
After arriving at dusk yes
terday, Mr.. Kennedy was
driven straight to the beach
front home of his parents to see
for himself how his father is
progressing. Former Ambassa-
dor Joseph P. Kennedy, 73, suf-
fered a stroke on December 19
He is understood to be i'm
proving, but there has been nc
recent word on the extent OF
his recovery. 10 NF
The President had not seen
his father since January S
when he returned to Washing
ton after spending the Christ
mas season here. He has re-
ceived regular reports in the
meantime. e. ~ Yy
Mrs. Kennedy and the chill
dren, Caroline, 4, and John, jr.
IA months, arrived here with
the President.
The jet ride from Washing
ton was a frolic for Caroline
and John, who left their mother
and father to themselves in the
forward compartment and
roamed the main cabin.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Kennedy Expected to Submit Bill
For Federal Union Dues Checkoff

ably on turnover, union leaders
feel their total membership will
grow by leaps and bounds.
4 i y
CHANGES - Representative
Granahan, Democrat of Penn
sylvania. has lost her district
in the reshuffling Of Pennsyl-
vania's congressional districts
and consequently isn't expected
back in Congress next year.
Mrs. Granahan has been one
of the strongest and most ef-
fective champions of Federal
and postal workers on the
House Civil Service Committee
Her departure would be a great
loss to Federal employees every
where.
Representative Corbett, Re-
publican of Pennsylvania, the
ranking minority member Of the
House Civil Service Committee
whose future was in doubt as
a result of the Pennsylvania
redistricting fight, will retain
his district. This is good news
for Government workers, since
the extremely able Mr.. Corbett
has long been a great strength
to the cause of Federal employe
legislation.
Il
PAY APPEAL-William Do
herty, president of the Nationa,
Association of Letter Carriers
met yesterday with Labor Sec
retary Goldberg and urged that
the administration support
more liberal pay raises for pos
tai workers and lower-salariec
Federal classified employees
than it is preparing to propose
to Congress.
Mr.. Doherty declared that
the administration must fine
a way to do considerably more
than it is proposing for Amer.
ica's man on the street.-the
letter carrier" He also said il
was "inconceivable" that lower.
salaried Federal classified EN-.
ployes should be virtually ig.
nored in the administration.
pay plan. There would be M
pay raises for grades l and
and the lowest step of grade 8
and only slight raises for grades
4 and 5.
! Mr.. Doherty added, "The Ma,
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Politics Seen
In New Memo

A House Republican has
charged the Kennedy admins
tration with trying to inject
politics into the civil service
system.
Representative Widnall o1
New Jersey said the admins
tration sis trying to make q
Democratic precinct out of ev-
cry Federal office building"
Mr.. Widnall referred to q
story in The Stars Federal
Spotlight column on Wednes-
day which reported that the
administration has issued a
memo to Government career
lists telling them they are ex-
pected to make speeches advo-
eating and defending admin
istration policies and laws.
The memorandum cautioned
careerists against strictly po-
litical participation, but said
it is their positive obligation
to explain and defend laws anc
programs, as we'll as to explain
to interested groups" the ad-
ministration'S position on pro-
posed legislation.
Mr.. Widnall said this would
skirt the Hatch Act" which
bars political activities by Fed
eral workers.
THE Hatch Act was passed
to prevent this type of Govern
ment campaigning" Mr.. Wild
nall declared. IF this is al
lowed to happen, the integrity
ed reputation of Government
v ould suffer irreparable loss,'
he added.
Mr.. Widnall asked President
Kennedy to rescind this new
policy in order to protect the
careers of Government civil
servants who have devoted
their careers" to the Federal
service.
ITO direct Government en-
ployes to skirt the Hatch Act
is a travesty on the American
Government" Mr.. Wldna II
said.
Administration officials said
the order was issued as a guide
line to Federal career officials
as to what they can and can
not do. They declared that the
order specifically forbids par
tisan political activity.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy soon will
send to Congress a legislative
proposal to allow the volun-
tary automatic union dues
checkoff system for the Gov
ernment service.
The Civil Service Commits
sion has just completed a draft
of the proposed bill and it
now goes to the Budget Bureau
and the White House for fl
nal clearance.
Mr.. Kennedy is considered
certain to propose such a bill
to Congress, since this was one
of the recommendations of his
task force on labor-manage-
ment in Government to which
he gave his approval. All the
other proposals were incor-
porated into his labor-manage-
ment executive order, but the
one on dues checkoff requires
legislation by Congress.
Under Mr.. Kennedy's forth
coming proposal to Congress,
agencies would be required to
deduct from an employees
salary his monthly union dues
if the employe authorized it.
The extra administrative
costs to the Government of this
automatic dues checkoff would
be paid by the various Govern
ment and postal employe un-
ions. The cost of this service
charge" would be determined
by the President after consulta-
tion with the agencies.
The automatic dues checkofi
system would be a great boon
to Government employee un-
ions. It would help tremendous
ly in cutting down the large
turnover in Federal employe
union memberships, which oc-
ours in great part because en-
ployes fall behind in their dues
and then decide to drop out.
The rate of new members ir
the various Government EN-.
ploye unions has always beer
quite high, but much of this
has always been offset by thu
large turnover in membership
Consequently. with an automa
tic union dues checkoff system
expected to cut down consider.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Political and Racial Factors
Sharpen Urban Affairs Fight

the expense Of the individual
States" a
Opponents note that a score
of bills have been introduced
to create new cabinet depart
ments ranging from a Depart
ment of Peace to a Department
of Urbiculture and a Depart
ment of Public Relations.
They attack the present pro-
posal as another manifesto
tion of the perennial urge to
classify problems as outstrip-
ping the capacity of State and
local governments and to Gre
ate new Federal departments
to handle them. They cited
the Department of Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare which was
created in 1858 with $1,000 en-
ployes. It has more than 63,-
900 today and spends $3.8 bill
lion a year as compared with
$l.9 billion at the start.
They complain that the new
plan is so vague that it leaves
the door wide open for mush-
rooming of a Department of
Urban Affairs and Housing to
take over transportation, wa
ter supply, welfare and many
other problems currently ham
died by other Federal depart
ments.
At the outset, the proposed
new department would include
the Federal Housing and Home
Finance Administration, the
Public Housing Administration
and possibly the Federal Ma
tional Mortgage Association.
Calls Department Essential
Representative Fascell, Dem
ocrat Of Florida, principal
House sponsor of the plan,
holds that the expansion and
problems of urban areas are
so evident and complex that
creation Of a cabinet rank de-
partment is essential ito main
tain the general welfare and Sc
curity of the Nation and the
health and living standards of
the people"
He declared he is not worried
that the proposed department
will get out of hand. He en-
phasizes that Sat no time could
it get any bigger or do any
more than Congress specifically
wants"
Evening star., 1962-01-26
, BY the Associated pysss

You may be doing a little
extra arithmetic. when yol
make out your income tax re.
turn for 963-Eand the Treas.
ury may be $500 million richer
without having hit the honest
taxpayer any harder.
This is the prospect held Out
by the Treasury and the House
Ways and Means, Committee
which yesterday ordered draft.
ing of a new tax code provision
for withholding of income ta1
on dividends and interest.
The principle is the same al
Withholding on wages, now ar
old story. The procedure woulc
be a bit different. If the plar
eventually is approved by Con.
gress, it will work like this:
Say you have a savings ac-
count that pays you $50 interest
a year. The bank or savings
and loan association would pay
you only $40 $50 per cent oi
$500 and it would send to ths
Treasury $40 go per cent o.
$500.
n
Statement Optional
1t wouldn't have to give you
a statement although il
might. But you could assume
that, whenever you received
interest or dividends, ar
amount equivalent to one
fourth of what you actually
got had been placed to your
tax credit with the Treasury.
So, making out your income
tax return two years from now
you would enter the full $5C
with your income, but take
credit for $40 tax already paid
The Treasury strongly favors
the plan, saying huge amounts
in dividends and interest now
are not reported. The commit.
tee yesterday put it into the
draft of an interim tax reform
bill, still to be voted on as g
whole.
The bill includes also provi-
sions for quick refunds of with.
held income and dividends tc
persons sure they owe no taz
and for withholding exemptions
on interest, but not dividends
for children and the aged.
Back Business Expense
The committee also put into
it's catch-all bill:
Language intended to make
it clear, despite court decisions
that travel to Washington or q
State capital or other place
where a legislative committee is
conducting hearings can be de.
Quoted as a business expense by
a businessman supporting OF
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Dividend Withholding
Put in in House Tax Bill

opposing legislation that affects
his income. as,
Provisions for straightening
out the taxation of patronage
dividends distributed by CO.
operatives. The general prin-
'ciple is that the cooperative
may deduct such dividends, but
the patron must pay on them.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

and a chance to clarity and
defend the Presidents proposal
on its merits.
A reorganization plan Of this
kind would take effect auto
matically after so days unless
specifically voted down by
House or Senate. The issue
could be brought to the House
floor in a disapproval resolu-
ton reported out by the Gov
ernment Operations Com
mittee.
Most Democrats on tn at
committee are understood to
favor establishment of the new
department with cabinet rank
They nevertheless would not
prevent a disapproval resolu-
tion from going to the House
floor for a decision.
Even if the committee re-
fused to act within 10 days, any
member of the House could call
up a disapproval resolution as
a privileged matter on the
House floor.
This could not be blocked
by the Rules Committee which
last Wednesday voted &c
against sending an Urban At
fairs Department bill to the
House.
Informal surveys forecast
House disapproval of the re-
organization plan because of a
strong combination of Republi-
cans, Southern Democrats and
conservative members from
rural districts. Democratic
leaders probably would not be
broken-hearted by such a set
back. They would regard it
as likely to work to the ad-
ministration's advantage and
to help Democratic congress
sional candidates in November
elections in urban areas.
Hearing Scratched Surface
House rules allow 10 hours
Of general debate on reorgan-
ization plans. The current rec
ord is five hours, set last year
in debate on a National Labor
Relations Board reorganization
plan.
A possible preview of any
forthcoming House debate on
an Urban Affairs Department
plan was provided at the Rules
Committee hearing this week.
Robert c. Weaver, President
Kennedy's choice to head the
proposed new department and
thus the first Negro who might
sit in the cabinet was not
mentioned. Nor was there much
discussion Of strictly political
considerations in setting up
such a department dealing with
big city matters.
Numerous matters dealing
with basic policy and admin
istrative need were mentioned.
These merely scratched the
surface but showed that any
House debate could rise far
above personal or political
levels.
Fear Centralized Power
Mr.. Byrnes and other critics
Of the Inflated bill and the
pending reorganization plan
charge fundamentally that
these are "a dangerous at
tempt to centralize more power
in the Federal Government at
Evening star., 1962-01-26
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Staff Writer

Political sectional and racial aspects Of President Ken
nedys proposal Department of Urban Affairs and Housing
added to the congressional controversy the plan
House Democratic Republican leaders say they would
welcome showdown vote and ulscae debate the pros
the reorganization plan to be submitted by
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Fo.fesees
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Large Surplus. III
Possible in '63
By LEE M. COIN
star Staff Writer


The Kennedy administration
may propose a big budget sur.
plus next January If the econ.
omy continues rising strongly
Budget Director David E. Bel
told Congress today.
In testimony before the
Senate House Economic Com
mittee, Mr.. Bell said the bulge
submitted last week calls for {
surplus of only $463 million be.
cause a bigger one might de-
press the economy.
The outlook for this year, h,
said, is for a strong recovery
from the recession but not &
boom"
II it apears a year from nov
that 1868 will see a continuing
strong upturn. he said, it would
be appropriate to plan a "siz.
able" surplus and a "substan.
tial" retirement of the public
debt.
Second Witness
MIR. Bell was the second wit
ness in the committees hear.
ings on President Kenncdy's
Economic Report, submitted
last Monday.
The hearing was dominated
by debate over the administra-
tion's policy of planning budget
deficits to combat recessions
Senators Bush, Republican o1
Connecticut, and Proxmire
Democrat of Wisconsin, pro-
tested the administrations re-
lance on Federal spending anG
deficits to stimulate the econ
omy.
While agreeing that budget
surpluses are appropriate ir
prosperous times, Mr.. Bel
maintained that it would be
self defeating" and futile
for the Government to try tt
balance the budget every year
When the economy slows
down, he said, tax revenues de.
cline. To balance the budget
when this happens, he con-
tinues, would necessitate deer
spending cuts.
Aggravation Seen
BY reducing expenditures, Mr.
Bell said, the Government
would further depress the econ
omy, and tax revenues woulc
fall still lower. Thus, he said
attempts to balance the budget
every year would aggravate re.
ceSsionS and at the same time
would fail to produce needed
revenues.
Walter w. Heller, chairman
of the Presidents Council ot
Economic Advisers, said yester.
day that the public debt is les.
Of a problem now than it wa!
soon after World War II, al.
though it is pushing $500 bill
lion. " .
AS the debt has grown, Mr.
Heller said, the economy hal
expanded even faster, so the
debt now is a smaller proper.
ton of the Nations total pro.
duction of goods and services
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Kennedy Visits Father
On Leisure|y End

PALM BEACH, Fla JAN 26 (AP).-Presdent Kennedy set
for eisuey week visiting today with his convaescing
father.
With the presidential yacht Honey Fitz Lake Worth.
which Beach, boating seemed be the only
entry Kennedy program for the first full day
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Fear Centralized Power

Mr.. Byrnes and other critics
OF the Inflated bill and the
pending reorganization plan
charge fundamentally that
these are "a dangerous at
tempt to centralize more power
in the Federal Government at
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Bo+oon Survivors
Observes Bird
Anniversary
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page u
flee; Rodolfo T. Ramac, Marcelo
Porras, P. Abiles, Alex L lanto,
Jose Calugas, board of directors.
Others were Florention Cent
"a. club advisor; Teofilo Lao, R.
S. Villa, judges advocate; Silvino
Balmores, historian and admin
stratiVe officer; Marcelo Porras,
chaplain; F. Caceres, sgt-at-arms
and security officer; Christie
Rebusit, public relations officer;
Bruno Mainar, supply and mess
officer; Felipe Dumlao, publicity
officer; R. Lobo, A. Anderson, T.
Cortez, l. Gentolizo, membership
committee.
Philippines Consul General Es-
tela R Suit, the guest of honor
of the evening, paid tribute to
the survivors of Bataan and Cor
regld0r tor their courage and
sacrifices.
''In the face of another crisis"
the consul general said, 'let us
get inspiration from them. They
may be getting old, but their
spirit is still young"
Consul General Suit also asked
the audience to have faith in the
Govern ment of the United
States.
Lescum della Cruz was the able
master of ceremonies of the eve
ming. Dancing followed the brief
pro gra m. Refreshments were
served.
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member; Consul General Suit; Copt Ubono Quonce, AUS
etired Alex Lono board member Mark San Diego board
member; Capt. Mariana SuIt Rodofo Romoo, board member
back row, order Chrstu Rebus odiutont; MorceIo
Porros chopIon Francisco Yumone, supply officer; Aeosto
Timbong board membe Bruno Mono Judge advocates Capt
Floenino Cenzo AUS (etired) club odver Svno Bolmore
historian and administrative officer. (MuhoIIond Photo
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October II the clubs anniversary dance at Washington
Hail. Posing with Consul General Eselo R. Suit and Capt.
Suit the officers ubove phoo) front reading from
left Copt Lecum della Cruz, u s. Army (ered master of
ceremonies of the evening; Ted Aeto commonde
Sergio Aieto junior vice commondei Tmoeo Cortez board
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Evening star., 1962-05-08

for .cloture, to be voted on al
noon tomorrow, they will not
go On with the fight.
Even If a majority supports
cloture it will not clear the
way for action on the bill be-
cause to be effective cloture
must carry by a vote of two
Thirds Of those present.
Senator Robertson, Demo-
crat Of Virginia, told reporters
I'VE have a good chance of get
ting q majority against cloture.
His statement was more opti.
mistic than an earlier forecast
by Senator Russell, Democrat
Of Georgia. who merely ex'
pressed confidence that clotur,
would fail to get the required
two-thirds. a vG
Senator Robertson said thert
are three Senator's still LISTED
as doubtful, and If they gC
against cloture there would b
q majority against 1t.
If, on the other hand. a ma.
jotity supports cloture the bat
tie would go on at least until
the end Of this week.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield has said that If q
majority supports cloture he
would then move to table his
own motion to take up the lit
eracy bill, and urge supporters
of. the bill to vote against
tapling. ..ar
This would be a device In.
tended to show that the Senate
would pass the literaey bill L
it could get a vote on the mer'
its of the issue.
There was some speculation
Evening star., 1962-05-08
INTERPRETIVE REPORT.
Texas New Political Star

medical care. disarmament and
many other issues"
Another liberal. Maury Nav
erick. jr.. Of San Antonio, COM
mented that The liberals are
getting awful nervous. The
impression is getting around
that the White House just
doesn't care. A substantial por-
ton of ConnaIly's leadership
is made up Of people who
fought President Kennedy
tooth and toenail. I Just can't
believe people like Ted Soren-
sen and Arthur Schlesinger
don't realize this"
Vice President Johnson's
stakes in the gubernatorial race
are judged here to be enormous.
To a degree that is astonishing
to a Washington visitor. Texas
politicians of every variety
seem to accept as true the
rumors that Mr.. Johnson. is
in danger Of being dumped
from the national ticket in 1864
Kennedys "COId -BIOOded"
One longtime associate Of
the Vice President, explaining
privately why Mr.. johnson per-
mitted, If he did not actually
encourage, Mr.. Connally to en-
ter the race, said:
"You know how cold-blooded
the Kennedys are. If they de-
cided they didn't need Johnson
again in 1864, they would drop
him without a second thought.
But if John Connally is Gov
ernor Of Texas and tells Bobby
Kennedy, You won't carry
Texas \ without Lyndon I
think that would make them
hesitate. After all, this is the
fifth biggest bloc Of votes in
the electoral college"
If the Peril from which Mr..
Connally's election would res
cue Mr.. johnson seems largely
theoretical, the threat his vic
tory would pose to both Re-
publicans and liberal Democrats
is, altogether real
Both Camps Damaged
These two groups have mus
tered considerable strength in
their effort to remake Texas
into a two-party State, with
liberals predominant in the
Democratic column and con-
servatives in the Republican.