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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
EAST BERLIN EXCURSION
IA Refugees Flee in Hijocked Boat

BERLIN, June 8 (AP).-
Bringing a baby with them, Is
young East Germans hijacked
a 386-ton river excursion boat
early today and escaped to
freedom under a hail Of ma
chine-gun bullets.
East German police, firing
from a watch tower, a pier, a
bridge and a patrol boat,
pumped over 200 bullets into
the fleeing vessel. Nobody was
hurt.
West Berlin police fired 10
shots back at the East Germans
to check their fire. The boat,
the Friedrich Wolf, was riddled
and there were bullet marks on
buildings on the West Berlin
shore.
The escapes included eight
men, all employees of East Ber-
Inns white fleet" of excursion
boats, five women and one
couples 5-month-old boy. The
adults, all about 80 or under,
told police they had been plan
ming the escape for a week.
Last night the men in the
group went aboard the Fried
rich Wolf at her mooring be-
side the River Spree and began
drinking with her captain and
engineer. When the two were
off guard, they jumped them
and tied them up.
Under cover of darkness they
spirited their women and the
baby aboard. Then at dawn the
men got the two-deck boat
moving.
They swung into the Spree
and headed toward the center
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Hawaii Brucinq
For Ship Strike

HONOLULU, June 8 (AP) -
Honolulu piers are TANNED
with the heaviest influx Of
cargo in history. Island mer-
chants are Stockpiling for a
possible resumption of the West
Coast shipping strike June 90.
All space for conventional
cargo is booked to capacity,
harbor officials said. A spokes-
man for Castle & Cooke ter
minals estimated the heavy
cargo flow is so per cent above
normal.
Hawaii was caught short on
staples and some construction
materials when three maritime
unions struck in mid-March
against the Pacific Maritime
Association.
The merchant fleet went back
to work for an 80-day cooling
off period, directed by a Taft
Hartley law Injunction. The
injunction expires June 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

Mr.. Manuel was discharged
after a day-long subcommittee
wrangle behind closed doors
yesterday. Democratic mem
bers spoke of a breach of
ethics"
Hits Chairman Fountain
Mr.. Manuel also had harsh
words for the subcommittee,
headed by Representative L. H.
Fountain. Democrat of North
Carolina, which he called a
"one-party operation"
Mr.. Manuel brought in Vice
President Johnson's name in
this connection.
He said Carl j. Miller, an
Agriculture Department en-
ploye, told him that Estes on
January rs, 1861, invoked the
names Of Mr.. Johnson and Mr..
Rayburn when trying to pres
sure him.
But when Mr.. Miller took
the stand in open hearings last
week. Mr.. Manuel said, he men,
toned Mr.. Rayburn and Sena.
tor Marlborough. Democrat Of
Texas. but not Mr.. johnson.
Mr.. Manuel said he accosteC
Mr.. Miller afterward and re,
minded him he had previousl!
mentioned Mr.. johnson t,
him. HE admitted this ant
seemed remorseful, but he of
See ESTES, Page A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Kennedy Asks Tax Cut
Next Year, Not Now

recommendations to Congress
this year for action In 1868.
But Mr.. Kennedy did leave
himself room for a change ir
policy later this year, if the
economy falters Unexpectedly
If that happens, he implied
the administration may con-
slider emergency tax reductions
to take effect this year.
Next years tax bill, the
President said, would provide
for a net tax reduction-with
cuts exceeding increases. He
declined to estimate the amount
of the reduction. High Off
Gals are thinking in terms of
reducing the total tax take by
between 50 billion and S. bill
lion.
The President emphasized
that he will act whenever it
seems necessary to give the
economy a lift.
There is no need for this
country to stand helpleSsly by
and watch a recovery run out
of gas" he said. Prodding
Congress for prompt action on
pending legislation. he added:
1--WE have a program to boost
it (the economy and I hope
that all those who are con-
cerned about their stocks or
their profits or their jobs will
help us get action on this pro-
gram"
No decisions have been made
See ECONOMIC, Page AS
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advantages and handicap of be.
ing the nephew Of the Speaker
of the House.
While Mr.. Mccormack Il
publicly claiming victory, hi
discouraged supporters private
ly concede that their ranks
have been preached. In theil
sixth-floor headquarters, theil
delegate-counter has been re-
ceiving a steady stream of calls
from the monitors that have
been assigned to nursemaid
each delegation.
"They can't buck the power
Of the President" said a Nc
Cormack lieutenant. They're
heading for the hills"
Eddie's last-minute charges
that Teddy has voted only for
Kennedys since he was 81 have
failed to catch fire.
Teddy was nettled at press
conference queries as to his
voting record. When one re-
porter asked why he had failed
to vote by absentee ballot, in
1866 for Adlai Stevenson,
Teddy, impatiently tapping his
foot, simply ignored the ques-
ton.
Teddy denied emphatically at
his own news session rumors
that income tax Investigations,
deportation proceedings and
promises of poSt-mastershipS
were being used to swing dele
gates into his camp. Mr.. Ed
die specifically mentioned SO
poStmastershipS left untitled.
Teddy answered that such
charges insult the integrity
of Mccormack supporters.
Eddie charges pressure and
"arm-twisting" have been used
to lure his delegates. He said
See CONVENTION, Page Az
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aboard the Friedrich Wolf sud-
denly swung left and rammed
the boat into the entrance of
the Landwehr Canal-Western
territory.
The escapes, moving quickly
in twos and threes, sprang
ashore. They flung themselves
to the ground to escape the
whipping bullets. When the
West Berlin police fired, the
Vopos checked their fire.
The whole thing was over in
20 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Welfare Rolls
Here Reduced
$3.50 of Studied
Cases Are Cut
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

Sixty-six per cent of District
welfare cases selected for 6
check on possible cheating
have been dropped from relief
rolls.
These final findings of a con.
occasionally ordered investiga-
ton indicate the District may
be paying more than Sc million
each year to mothers illegally
drawing public aid for depend
ent children.
Overpayments of thai
amount could build at least si1
elementary schools. They woulC
finance more than a dozen
branch libraries.
This unofficial estimate Of
relief given ineligible mothers
is based on a projection of the
investigation findings in a ram
dom sampling of $50 cases OF
aid to dependent children here
Shea Defers Estimates
Welfare Director Gerard
Shea declined to give cost es-
Inmates. He will have the ex-
act figures ready for Senate
hearings on the District budget
probably next month.
1t would be impossible to
make an annual savings ap-
preaching Sc million. Costs OF
paying investigators to track
down freeloaders, if cheating
shown in the sampling held
across the board, would be
enormous.
Mr.. Shea's report to Senator
Robert Byrd, Democrat of West
Virginia, this morning was lin
tied to a summary of action
taken on the $50 cases investi-
gated by both Federal and Dis
trict officials since last Novem-
Der.
A final decision is still
awaited on five cases, but as
Sistance has been suspended
Reasons for Reduction
Of 275 closed cases, 1873, or SO
per cent, were dropped because
investigators found recipients
either did not need welfare OF
were able to support themselves
or be supported privately. The
rolls were purged of 43 cases, OF
16 per cent, before investigators
got to them. Most of these
mothers voluntarily Withdrew
Ninety-four cases, OF "a per
cent, represent real need and
public assistance is being con-
tinued.
The investigation ended as
the General Accounting Office
reported major deficiencies
See WELFARE. Page At
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by invoking the names OF the
late House Speaker Sam Ray
burn and Vice President john
son. but that Mr.. Johnson's
name was not brought into pub
lie testimony.
Mr.. Manuel added, this in
cident points up the way this
investigation is being distorted
and the truth suppressed
either because of shoddy prep
aration, or a willingness to
cover up"
Refers to Discussion
Mr.. Manuel said another in
cident involves a discussion by
the subcommittee in closed
session of how to deal with
testimony which would impli-
cate certain members of Con-
gress and at least one very
nlgn ranking administration
official"
Mr.. Manuel said, The testi-
mony, taken in executive ses-
sion, related to a list of indi-
viduals to whom Estes allegedly
sent gifts in the form Of money
orders"
He said it was against this
background that he decided, "aS
a matter Of conscience and duty
to the public" to give a conf.
dental Agriculture Department
report on the Estes case to {
newspaper reporter.
It was for this action tina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

The boats captain and en-
gineer were allowed to get the
boat under way and return to
East Berlin.
Police disclosed the group
made a similar unsuccessful at
tempt to escape a week ago.
They sailed one of the excur-
sion boats down the Spree, but
at the moment they should have
turned into the canal, their
passage was blocked by a pass
ing barge. So they had to turn
around and go back to East
Berlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

embittered aide Of Edward j
McC ormack, Teddy's rival, said
Mixed blessing? Who's hi
kidding? I wish my name was
Kennedy"
At issue at this State Dem
ocratic convention is the party's
Endorsement for United State:
Senator. Party chieftains will
put in a full day before making
their big decision, probably late
tonight.
TriumphaI Entrance
Teddy made a triumphal en-
trance into the city, piped into
the convention hotel by an
Elks band. He stepped into
a forest of signs that said,
HE can do more for Massa-
chuseCts."
Lining the steps Of the hotel
was a band of girls in blue
dresses with red sashes and red
Kennedy hats. Teddy was
hoisted to the top Of a Ken
nedy Car and promised: "Vic-
tory tomorrow, victory in the
primary and victory in the
election"
AS he inched his way up
the stairs the Kennedy girls
squealed, as for his older
brother, and determined old
ladies clawed their way through
the mob to touch him. They
came away with the glazed look
common to those who have
made contact with a Kennedy.
Teddy made his mixed bless
ing" remark at a press confer
ence he called in a hotel 10
miles away just before he
stormed the city. To most peo-
pie who heard him it sounded
like a man who has inherited
a million dollars complaining
about the inheritance tax. Ted
dy explained.
1T is an advantage" he
said, because it has exposed
me to public issues and to peo-
pie who have made policy and
1t has given me a unique back
ground. But my brothers, my
father and my grandfather have
set such exceedingly high stand
ards Of conduct by which I am
measured"
Nobody around here seemed
to be measuring him against
anybody but his opponent, who
has not been asked about the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

of Berlin, making for the point
where the left bank of the
river becomes the border be-
tween East and West Berlin.
Posts of Vopos-EaSt Ger
man police-opened fire.
A Vopo on a pier in mid
stream fired with a Tommy
gun.
Vopos on the Oberbaum
Bridge, some 300 yards away,
also fired.
Racing the engines at their
top speed of 10 knots, the men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
BiddIe Pushes
FDR Memorial
Urges House Unit
Approve Slabs


The controversy over a me-
mortal to Franklin D. Roosevelt
today went into a new round
before a House subcommittee.
Hearings on a bill which
would enable the Roosevelt
Memorial Commission to pro-
coed with construction Of the
memorial in West Potomac
Park opened with committee
members receiving testimony
from witnesses who damned
and praised the design.
Francis Biddle, chairman of
the memorial commission, told
members of the subcommittee
that without their approval Of
the legislation there would be
little hope Of raising some "a
million from the public to con-
Struct the eight-Slabbed me-
mortal to the late President.
Backs Architects
The legislation would author
ize an appropriation of 5000, 900
to enable the commission to
proceed with Embarrassing ac-
tivitieS.
Mr.. Biddle, former attorney
general, told the subcommittee
the commission could raise the
money and added that Labor
leaders, who got so much from
Roosevelt during his admin
istration, are all enthusiastic"
about contributing to the me-
mortal.
Mr.. Biddle emphasized that
See MEMORIAL, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Estes Cover-Up Charged
By Fired House Prober
6. o. P. Counsel Accuses Committee
Of Suppressinq Truth on Officials

Robert E. Manuel, dismissed Republican counsel to
House investigating subcommittee charged today the groups
inquiry into the Billie Sol Estes sis being istorted-and
the truth suppressed"
In statement, Mr.. Manuel quoted Agriculture De-
partmen official saying Estes personally pressured him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

taxes should be enacted next
year, retroactive to January !,
1868, he told a news conference
yesterday.
In the meantime, he said,
Congress can help to boost
the economy by acting prompt
ly on administration legislation
now pending, including a lin
tied tax revision bill designed
to encourage business invest
ment.
The President thus rejected
the advice of some high-rank-
ing administration officials
who favor tax cuts now. He up
held the prevailing administra-
ton view that it will be suffi-
cient to send tax reduction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Die Visits Hungary

BUDAPEST, June 8 (AP).-
Prime Minister Manadou Dia
of Senegal is scheduled to pay
an official visit here June 81
at the invitation OF Hungary's
Premier JanoS Kadar, news
agencies report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy is disap-
pointed at the economy's per-
Torrance, but he is not worried
enough to stimulate activity
with emergency tax cuts this
year.
Across-the- board reductions
Of personal and corporation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
WHO'S HE KIDDING?
Teddy Says Kennedys
Have Troubles, Too
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 8-It'S not all roses to be
the brother of the President you believe the
who is
Teddy Kennedy called it "a mixed blessing" here
yesterday
The minuses are not Immediately apparent, and one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

Graduation dominates the
teen-uge world this month.
Com m e neement exercises
will be held next week ct
most Of the Washington
ureu's public schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Mr.. KHRUSHCHEV
DROPS A BOMB

PREMIER KHRUSHcHEV dropped
q bombsheII in the Supreme Soviet
when he disclosed thot on Ameri-
con plane, the one flown by W
Pilot Cory Powers. had been shot
down in Russia. Todoy's instoIlment
Of the l4-port series on the w
offoir reveals whot happened next
on Poee Az.
Hove The Stor Delivered to
Your Home Daily and Sunday
Dial Lincoln $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

Teen Editor Daniel Poole
compiled q complete listing
Of graduation exercises in
the District of Columbia as
we'll as neurby Maryland and
Virginia. The second part
of this schedule appears on
the TEEN PAGES
In Today'S Star
Page BE-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Ralph Denies Estes
Asked Any Favors
Says He Got
No Clothing
From Texun
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

James T. Ralph. who was
fired as Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, today told House
Investigators that he never re-
ceived clothing from Billie Sol
Estes. the indicted West Texas
financier. and that Estes never
asked him for help in any Ag-
riculture Department business.
Mr.. Ralph was the first Of
the three Agriculture Depart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Senate Group
Votes Record
Defense Funds
Committee Boosts
House Measure
To $48.4 Billion
BY ]. A. OLEARY
Star staff Writer

A record peacetime defense
budget of $48,4 billion was ap-
proved today by the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
1t is $589.7 million more than
the House allowed and SIS
billion above appropriations
for the past year. The full
committee approved without
change recommendations of a
subcommittee headed by Sena-
tore Robertson. Democrat OF
Virginia, which would:
/. Give the Air Force the
full amount of $491 million it
wanted to develop the RS-70
bomber with a complete weap-
onS system, as against only
$171 million In the Presidents
budget.
2. Require the Defense De-
partment to maintain the Ma
tional Guard at 100000 men
and the Army Reserve at 3O0,-
900. The budget had proposed
a reduction in the Army Re-
serve to 275,000 and in the
National Guard to 367, 900.
Congress, Executive Disagree
For several years Congress,
land the executive branch have
been at odds over how fasr
money should be spent to de.
velop the new bomber plane
formerly called the BIO, ant
now designated the RS-70.
|, Although there is no languag
in the bill that would com
pei the administration to spent
the full amount allowed TO
this new bomber, the commit,
tee report urges Defense Sec
rotary Mcnamara to spend /
all 80 we will have q fully
developed weapons system tc
replace the presently opera
tional long-range bombers, the
last Of which will be delivered
to the Air Force in the fall of
this year."
ia Vote on Plane
The vote in committee on the
RS-70 increase was TIA. 1t is
expected to be the most contro-
versial issue when the bill is
taken up in the Senate Tues
day.
The committee report cites
the testimony of Gen. Curtis
E. LIE May, Air Force chief of
staff, that the RS-70 program
already has been delayed four
years. The committee adds that
failure to spend the full amount
will result in an additional year
of delay.
Senator Robertson said the
funds restored to maintain the
National Guard and Army Re-
serve at present strength will
not prevent the Pentagon from
reorganizing these contingents
to get rid of obsolete units.
But the committee recon-
mended that in any reorgan-
ization, the number and geo.
graphical location Of existing
units be maintained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

Cotton Deols. Pooe AS
ment officials who have left
the department in the wake
of the Estes scandals to appear
before the House Inter- Govern
mental Relations Subcom-
mittee.
He also said for the first
time that at the time he made
telephone calls on Estes credit
card he did not know that the
card belonged to Estes.
Reason for Firing
The three telephone calls were
given as the immediate reason
for his being fired by Secretary
of Agriculture Freeman last
month.
He said his assistant, William
Morris, who has also been fired
by the department, gave him
the number of the credit card
February Is. 1862, when Secre-
tary Freeman demanded that
he resign as Assistant Secretary
Of Agriculture and gave him six
days to find another job.
He said in his dazed condi-
ton he did not ask his trusted
assistant" whose credit card he
was using to make ong-distancs
calls for another job.
Later, he told Mr.. Morris he
wanted to settle up and it was
then that he learned the card
belonged to Estes.
He said Mr.. Morris since has
said that he told Mr.. Ralph and
his wife that it was Estes credit
card but neither he nor his wife
remembers it.
Reviews Dealings
1t was also Mr.. Morris, he
testified, who first told him
that Estes was "a very impor-
tant, very influential man who
knew a lot of influential people
in Washington and was a large
contributor to the party"
Under questioning, Mr.. Ralph
reviewed all his dealings with
Estes.
He said he had received two
500 money orders from Estes
which he told his assistant, Mr..
to turn in as contribu-
tons to the Democratic Party.
He said he did not return
the money orders to Estes be-
cause he did not want money
orders with his and Estes
names on them to be. stored
in the Post Office
files. He said he wrote the Sec
rotary a memo about the Estes
contribution to the party.
Tried on Suits
He acknowledged trying on
suits in Estes company at Me
man-Marcus, the fashionable
store in Dallas, but
he said he had no intention
either of buying the suits or
See RALPH, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

MorshoII coIIed on Ally Of Estes in
Cotton Deols. Poee AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08

Text Of Kennedy's Comments on the
Economy. Poss AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-08
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Clear tonight, low in
the COS. Continued fair and pleasant to-
morrow. High, 30. at pm. today; low,
81, ct 5 am. today.
Full Report On Pose 81
Evening star., 1962-12-02
Say 1t With Gifts By
Shulton, Yardley, Matchabelli

A. Old Spice Gift Set for thot
speciol monl Shove, Stick
Deodoront. Mems Cologne and
After Shove lotion in hond-
some red eift. box.
B. Old Spice TroveIer for
men. After Shove Lotion and
Stick Deodoront in pock-eosy
plostic contoineF. a Rm%
c. Sproy Coloenes in jewel
like floeons thot sproy fro
gronce ot the flick of O finger.
friendship Gorden" in scvlp-
tUred emerold and gold floeon;
"Eork Americon Old Spice"
in scUlptUFed gold and sop
phire flocon; "Desert Flower"
in seUIptUred gold and white
flocon. z.00%
Oh prices plus sox
Evening star., 1962-12-02
9. M0@SWE0d
3PT@Y eoIoWmo
by pvlnee
MmaemlDOnnl.

900 measured spToys Of
frogronee at her finger
tips in this enomel and
Furnished bross con-
toineVl wind Song;
"Strodovori" or BE-
loved. Yks
prices plus sox
konn's ToilssTies Street Floos.
Both Stores
Evening star., 1962-12-02

A toilored bow binds 10
gether h~o popvIor COM
ponions "a Wind Song"
ond ''Strodovori" Cologne
Porfvmee. A.@@$
Evening star., 1962-12-02

u. Sweet 8eemsim0mss For
s0F From Y@rdl0Yg
DUsting powder ond cologne set newly Gift
boxed. AvoiIoble in Red Roses, Lavender,
April Wo'ets S.OOeo Bond Street S.TS*.
The Nome nugget., 1962-01-29
George Markham Named Sanitarian
 For Nome District

The State Division of Public Health announces the appoint ment of George R. Markham as District Sanitarian for the Nome Kotzebue area, with the office in Nome.
 MT. Markham, 39, brings to the State years in the field of pub lie health. He holds his bachelors and masters degrees in biological sciences. He also is a registered professional sanitarian.
 Mir. Markham will be filling the position vacated by the transfer of Harry Carter to the Kodiak District. The responsibilities of position cover the entire field Of environmental health and the ad- ministration of the sanitation aide program in west coast villages. Services associated with this re- sponsibility include the interpre- tation of aide policies and techni- ques in 28 villages and advisory assistance for g aides in the west coast area.
 The sanitarian will be working closely with other state, local and village health groups toward inn proved methods or communicable disease control. These coopera- tive efforts are carried on with the Public Health nurses and other professions.
 Tn addition, he will be inter- preting the state administrative code as it applies to public water supplies, waste disposal, food, drug and cosmetics, restaurant, food stores and markets, bakeries, water pollution, tourist accom- modations, pathological health, public buildings, and dairy pro- ducts industry.
 MT. Carter is here to orient ! the new sanitarian in his work in Nome and help get the new of- flee organized as it has been va l cant for several months. MT |ll Markham is due to arrive today