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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
THE w AFFAIR
By DAVID WISE and
THOMAS b. ROSS

The letter from East Germany
bore the usual return address:
Eisenacher straSse, No. %,
Leipzig.
In his law office at 16l VIII
liam street, overlooking the
East River, 10 floors above the
This Is the 18th Of n articles con-
densed from the book. THE W
AFFAIR. which tells the story be-
hind the most explosive espionage
eose Of the 10th century. Copyright
1862, by DoVid Wise and Thomos
B. Ross. Published in New York by
Rondom House, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Cape Gets Goat
Droped in CoIors
Of Rebel Banner

HYANNIS, Mass, June 16
(AP).-A goat wearing the
colors of the Confederacy ar
rived today from Little Rock.
Ark. 1t was turned over to the
Massachusetts, Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to AMI
mails and taken to the SPCA's
animal shelter at nearby Cen
terville.
The three-year-old goat was
sent by Malcolm G. Taylor of
Little Rock at an expense Of
$60.40. 1t was addressed to
Freedom Riders North" in
care of Barnstable Selectman
E. Thomas Murphy.
MSPCA agent Donald Mathi-
son said the 140-pound male
would be taken to a farm in
Methuen as soon as Mr.. Muir
phys written permission is OBJ
tanned.
The goat arrived by truck
from Providence. r. l., in a
crate painted red, white and
gray for the colors in the Con-
federate flag. Included was a
certificate from the Arkansas
Livestock Sanitation Board.
A segregationist group in Lit
| tie Rock said it sent the goat
to provide a barbecue for Ne
groes who had been given "re-
verse freedom rides" to Hy-
anniS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
ChiIdren's Swim
Program Begins

The District Red Cross, in CO.
operation with the District
Recreation Department and
Government Services, Inc, will
begin its annual free children's
learn-to-swim program tomor-
row.
Youngsters from seven
through IA may enroll at the
public pool or playground
nearest their homes for the
program. Glasses will be held
from 8 to 10 am. Monday
through Friday at the follow
ing pools: , s.,..
AnacoStia, Sixteenth street
Sc, at the Anacostia River;
Banneker. Georgia avenue and
Euclid street NV; East Po-
tomac Park, Hams Point off
Fourteenth street NV; Fran
els, Twenty-fifth and N streets
NV; Georgetown, Thirty
fourth street and Volta place
NV; Rosedale, Seventeenth
and Rosedale streets NE, and
Takoma, Fifth and Van Buren,
streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Luuten TO Lead
Reciprocity Club

Herman @. Lauten win sue
coed Martin A. Cook as presi-
dent Of the Reciprocity Club Of
Washington.
Mr.. Lauten. vice president
and trust officer Of National
Savings and Trust Co., lives at
4444 Brandywine street NV.
Other new officers are James
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star staff Writer

If the heavily Federal-em-
ploye-populated nearby Mary
land 9Th district is any critic
rion, Government workers
aren't particularly anxious for
more freedom to engage in po-
litical activities.
Some Government employe
groups-particularly the postal
unions-have been waging Q
campaign to modify or repeal
the Hatch Act to give Govern
ment workers greater freedom
Of political activity.
However, a poll taken among
voters, a large number of them
Federal workers, in the 9Th
district shows not too much
sentiment in favor of this.
The poll was taken by Rep
resentative Matthias, Republic
can of Maryland, and the po-
litical activity question was one
Of those asked.
To the question, DO you
think Federal employees should
be permitted to engage in po-
litical activities" A per cent
said yes, 40 per cent said no,
and 16 per cent did not venture
an opinion.
Asked if Government work.
ers should be permitted unre-
strained political activity in
municipal and county elections
only, 80 per cent said yes. IS
per cent no, and 26 per cent
were noncommittal.
Asked If Government workers
should be permitted to engage
freely in all elections-local
State and national, "a per cent
said yes, As per cent no, and q
per cent had no opinion.
This may reflect the fear'
of Government employees that 4
they were permitted to engage
freely in partisan political &C
tivities, they would be jeopar'
dizing their jobs. Many EN-
ployes feel that repeal or dras
tic weakening Of the Hatch Ac
would result in a return of tn
spoils system and a weakening
Of the merit system, with al
overturn of employees every tim
q new administration took of
flee.
Furthermore, they feel the
would be subjected to pressur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
-AP wirephoto

lived alone for nine days in a
house that has been provided
for him in the Dahlem section.
Mr.. Donovan's Soviet contact
was Ivan Shishkin, the second
secretary Of the Russian En-
bassy, who was suspected of
being the Soviet espionage chief
Of Western Europe.
Tailed by Cousin
Once the Russians produced
a woman who purported to be
HELEN Abel" Mr.. Donovan,
after speaking to her, was con-
WINGED she was a German char
acter actress made up for the
part. He also met a huge man
introduced as Abel's Cousin
Drews."
The hulking, silent Cousin
Drews" tailed Mr.. Donovan
wherever he went in East
Berlin. To Mr.. Donovan he ap-
peared to be Of Slavic rather
than German origin.
Each day, after Mr.. Donovan
returned from East Berlin and
his dealings with Mr.. Shishkfn,
he would dial q special phone
number and say: Jim D. is
back" He then went to the
crowded Golden City bar at the
Hilton Hotel. There his CIA
contact would drift in and re-
ceive Mr.. Donovan's report or
the days developments. The
report was then cabled to the
White House.
On Tuesday, February 6, Mr.
Wilkinson called the warden In
Atlanta again and instructed
him to move Abel to New York
Mr.. wilkinson and Noah L.
Aldredge, chief of custodial
service of the Bureau of Prisons
took a train to New York that
afternoon and checked into the
Henry Hudson Hotel to wait.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
9Th District Poll Shows Employees
Are Cool to Modifying Hatch Act

tional Association Of Postmas-
tiers; James Robbins, president,
Federal Government Account
ants Association, and r. D.
Blakeslee, chairman Of Legis-
lative Committee, Patent Of
flee Society.
REMINDER - Federal en-
ployes are reminded by Gen
eral Services Administration to
use the special rush-hour ex-
press bus service starting to-
morrow in order to reduce
Washington's traffic conges-
ton and relieve parking prob
lens. Other express routes will
start July 2 and a number of
other routes previously were
put in service. GSA officials
feel that if Government work
ers intellectually cooperate,
the new system will do much
to solve current problems.
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BROADCAST-This reporter
and John Cramer Of the News
will interview William Doherty,
president of the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers, at
1890 this afternoon on radio
station WAVA 780 Kc0.
CAREER TRAINING
AWARDS-Federal career en-
ployes Of great potential will
receive training under a pro-
gram to be instituted next year
at Princeton University. Six to
10 employees will be selected for
the first program and univer-
sity officials said that even
tually they hoped to have Is
Federal employees in the an
nual program.
The employees will attend
Princeton's Woodrow Viii S O n
School of Public and Interna-
tional Affairs for a nine-month
course. They will continue to
receive their regular Federal
salaries plus living expenses in
Guiding a furnished apartment.
The various Government agen-
cies will nominate candidates
for the program.
4 y
! STATE DEPT. CHANGE
Ernest Belts, deputy personnel
director of the State Depart
ment, will become director of
the departments budget office.
No successor to Mr.. Belts has
been announced. w..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

A. Wiley, first vice president;
Frank Frantz, second vice
president; j. Arthur Walters.
treasurer; J. Robert Walsh. re-
'cording secretary; Sterling
Parks. corresponding secretary;
Richard Gatti.4 sergeant at
arms; and Rev. william A.
Beal. chaplain.
Six directors elected for q
two-year term are Kent Dyer.
Jerry HySong, Dr. r. c. Kirch-
ner, Klon Row. Dewitt Took
and Schell Hoye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
U. S. to Hold Seminar
For Student Workers

A summer seminar for 5000
college age students working on
temporary jobs in Washington
was announced by the White
House yesterday.
The seminar will get under
way Wednesday at 10 am.
when President Kennedy will
welcome the students on the
White House lawn.
1t will run through August
%, with Vice President john
son. Chief Justice Warren, Sec
Rotary of State Rusk and other
top Government officials adj
dressing periodic meetings OF
the students in Constitution
Hall.
In a message contained in a
kit prepared for the partici-
pating students, the President
said he hoped some tired old
myths" about Government serv-
ice win be exploded for the
students during their summer
work here.
Lauds Workers
"You may have been told,
for example, that Government
workers are clock-watchers,"
the President said. You will
soon find that the vast major
ity of them are dedicated not
to their paychecks but to the
job to be done.
"You may have heard that
Government positions involve
nothing but plodding routine
tasks; you will see some of the
most exciting, interesting work
in the world being done here.
You may have read that public
servants are unimaginative, Sc
curity-seeking. uncreative,
skilled only at the techniques
of empire building; you will
quickly discover that we have
far more than our share of
lively minds. endowed with
vigor and courage"
The President said that he
will look forward to having
these students when they leave
next fall serve as missionaries,
explaining Government service
and attacking the cloud of
prejudice and suspicion which
still enshrouds so much of what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

van a $4,000 fee, which Mr..
Donovan had pledged to three
universities.
When he asked for the fee,
Abel said, Write to my wife in
Leipzig"
Mr.. Donovan did, and CORE
spondence began between 16l
William street and No. % Else
nacher strasse.
Exchange Is Suggested
Then, to 161 william street,
came the letter Of May 8, 1861,
in which Mrs. Abel" suggested
an exchange for Mr.. Powers.
AS each letter had arrived
from HELEN Abel" it was re-
layed by Mr.. Donovan to Mr..
Houston. The CHA prepared the
answer for Mrs. Abel" and
mailed the letter back to New
York. where Mr.. Donovan sent
it off to Leipzig.
In November, the CHA APP
proved a draft of a letter to
HELEN Abel" agreeing fatty
10 a swap. ~ AT e 8
Z The first week in January.
1862. Mr.. Donovan's bag was
packed and he was itching for
word from the CHA to fly to
Berlin.
Finally, late in January, Mr.
Donovan received authority.
The attorney flew to London
telling his wife he was off on 6
business trip. On February
he flew to West Berlin. ~ !
The same day, the warder
at Atlanta received a telephone
call from Washington. Fred T
Wilkinson, assistant director Of
prisons of the Department OF
Justice, instructed him to-. be
sure Abel had preSentable
clothing, because he might be
brought to New York fol
routine questioning.
In West Berlin, Mr.. Donovan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

by their bosses to make party
contributions, ETC., which would
also weaken their job security
whenever a new political adj
ministration took office.
, The Hatch Act is not perfect
by any means. The Civil Service
Commission as well as employe
leaders are agreed that the law
should be modified, for ex-
ample, to give the CSC discre-
ton in waving a penalty
against an employe when the
violation is minor or uninten-
tional. At the present time the
minimum penalty is a manda-
tory 90-day suspension,
Also, there is considerable
support for legislation to stress
the positive effects of the Hatch
Act. Too often the present law
stresses VIII at Government
workers cannot do, rather than
what they can do. For instance.
employees can contribute money
to the party of their choice, be-
long to political organizations
(although they can't be Off
cers), attend political rallies,
etc.
y
MILESTONE-The American
Federation Of Government EN-
tployes announces that for the
first time in its history it has
hit the 100000 membership
mark. Actually, AFGE mem
bership rose to 100000 thi:
month.
AFGE officials confidently
predict that the AFGE withir
the next five years will become
the biggest Government en-
ploye union-postal or other
wise-in the Federal service.
+ y =
PAY LINEUP-Here is the
list Of witnesses that will ap-
pear this week before the House
Civil Service Committee on it
Federal pay raise hearings:
Tuesday: George Warfel
president, National Association
of Special Delivery Messengers
Russell Stephens, president
American Federation of Tech
meal Engineers; Ashby Smith
president, National Alliance o
Postal Employees, and Tomm!
} Vaughn, president, Nationa
League of Postmasters.
Thursday: Andrew Biemiller
, legislative director, AFL-CIO
John Snyder, president, No
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

goes on here and so many Of
us who work here"
He added that he hoped some
would be inspired to return
here when their studies are
over "to join us in carrying
forward the public's business. "
Planned For Insight
The White House said the
program was originated as a
means of giving the students
an insight into the workings
Of other branches of the Gov
eminent than those in which
they are employed.
Arrangement have been made
for those who cannot get into
Constitution Hall to watch the
proceedings on closed circuit
television in the Interdepart-
mental Auditorium. The entire
program viii be teleyised by the
National Educational TeIevi-
sion and Radio Center. 1t win
be carried on the center's fall
program by So affiliated sta
lions.
The first seminar will be held
at IL am. Wednesday with Mrs.
Katie Lcuchheim of the State
Department and Budget Direc-
tor David e. Bell discussing,
THE Executive Branch of the
Government"
Speakers Listed
other programs, all at 10
am, and the speakers will be:
June 26-Chief Justice War
rem, The Judicial Branch of
the Government"
July l0-Speaker Mccormack
and Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield, THE Legislative
Branch of the Government"
July 24-NeKton N. Minow,
chairman of the Federal Com
munications Commission, and
Robert Weaver, head of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency, THE Role of Independ-
ent Agencies in the Govern
ment."
August 14-Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy and Senator
Mcclellan, Democrat of Arkan-
sas, Responsible Government
Investigation. t.--.. ,--
August al Secretary .oi
State Rusk and Edward r
Murrow, director of the United
States Information Agency
American Foreign Operation.
Vice President johnson will
be the final speaker on Aug.
ust %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
THE w AFFAIR @
Spy Swap Moneuvers Reach Climax

nv - sOO GILL; "CAAACoA0y
February Z. Abel got dressed
and was quietly removed from
his cell at Atlanta in the Gus
tody Of Earl Peck, senior officer
at the prison.
The other passengers aboard
the commercial jet liner that
left Atlanta at 200 am. for
Idlewild paid no particular at
tention to the husky man and
his thinner companion who
seemed always to stay by his
side.
Powers on Move
Abel landed at Idlewild at
4:30 am. and was taken by car
directly to detention head
quarters.
On Thursday evening Mr.
Powers was on his way from
Moscow to Berlin.
In New York, two cars left
the Henry Hudson Hotel at
2:15 pm. and drove south to
the detention headquarters.
do you want to go home?'
Mr.. wilkinson asked the Soviet
spy.
YES" Abel replied.
Soon they arrived at Mcguire
Air Force Base, New Jersey
Abel, Mr.. Aldredge, Mr.. Wilkin-
son and a CHA man boarded a
C-118 Constellation.
The four men dined on steak
over the Atlantic. Abel did not
sleep. He read the New York
papers and a paperback book
The prison officials took turns
sitting with Abel. They feared
he perhaps really did not want
to 60 back and face Moscow
and might try suicide.
AS dawn broke, the four mer
whom circumstance had thrown
together admired the sunrise.
/ MIG Circles Plane
As the plane droned through
the air corridor to Berlin, Abel
appeared to know exactly
where he was. A MIG fighter
rose and circled the plane but
did not buzz it.
On Friday, February 8. the
plane landed at its destina-
tion-Tempelhof Airport, Ber-
lin. Abel was transported to a
cell at Andrews Army Base.
Berlin. Two guards were as
signed, one or the other to
keep Abel under observation
at all times. All Of the spy's
clothes were taken away and
he was given pajamas-after
the strings had been removed
from them.
The same day, Mr.. Donovan
went to East Berlin for one
! final meeting with Mr.. Shish-
kin to work out last-minute
details Of the exchange. II
will meet you at $3.50 am" Mr.
Shishkin told him as the meet
ing ended, lat the Glienicker
Bridge"
The span separated the
American sector Of West Berlin
, from East Germany.
Cars Approach Bridge
! Just after dawn Saturday
/ two cars eased to within 81
yards of the bridge. Mr.. Dono'
, van, and the CHA man, whit
> was called Murphy" got on
! and began walking to the cen
ter Of the bridge, at 500 am
Each camp stood facing thu
: other across the white line.
= At $3.50 am, Cousin DrewS
I crossed the line and identified
e Abel. Murphy" who once hac
. served as a flyer with Mr.
Powers and knew him, crossed
!. over and identified the u:
pilot.
Mr.. Donovan watched Abe
for the last time as he walkec
over the line and disappeared
into the group Of Sovier
civilians.
The sun was just breaking
through the mist over the Have
as Francis Gary Powers stepped
across the six-inch white line
Tomorrow: A Summing UI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17


shaded canyons Of lower Man
haitian, James Donovan tore 1t
open carefully.
He was not disappointed. The
signature read:
HELEN Abel"
Mr.. Donovan scanned the
letter. and his eyes opened
wide.
He did not know that 1t was
the beginning Of a trail that
would lead him to East Berlin,
to the murky edges Of the Iron
Curtain, in an adventure that
would rival THE Third Man"
The letter was dated May 8,
1861.
Thinking over the question
-. :" HELEN Abel wrote, IT re-
membered Of the letter sent to
my husband last year by the
father Of the pilot Powers. I
have not read 1t. but If I am
not mistaken. he suggested to
my husband that some mutual
actions be taken to help his son
and my husband be released"
Mrs. Abel" went on in the
letter to seek Mr.. Donovan's
advice. Would an exchange be
possible?
Mr.. Donovan put it in an en-
velope, as he had the others,
and addressed it to Lawrence
r. Houston, Central Intelligence
Agency. Washington, D. c.
The letter was the key move
In q strange game that had
opened almost the moment U-2
pilot Francis Gary Powers was
captured near Sverdlovsk.
Swap Is Objective
The object Of the game was
to swap Mr.. Powers for the
alleged husband Of HELEN
Abel"-Rudolf Ivanovich Abel,
the Soviet master spy then serv-
ing a sentence of 30 years in
Federal prison.
The balding, hawk-faced So
Wet spy had posed for nine
years as an artist-photogra-
pher in Brooklyn. He had sent
back military and defense Sc
crets to Moscow, using all the
arcane tools of his profession
a secret radio transmitter, code
books, hollowed-oi1t coins and
cuff links for transmitting mi
crofilms.
Abel, the Understanding spy
ever caught in the United
States, was convicted Of espio-
mage in october. 1857, despite
q brilliant defense by Mr.. DON
ovan, his court-appointed at
torney. t
The Soviet spy was sent to
Atlanta Penitentiary.
At the time Of the trial, Mr.
Donovan had goneAto CHA Di-
rector Alien w. Dulles, a close
friend who had a high regard
for him.
do you have any Americans
you might want to swap for
Abel?" Mr.. Donovan had asked.
mo Americans" Mr.. Dulles
answered.
Abel had promised Mr.. Dono-
, 1962-07-28
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN STANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
cHRISTIANSTED. ST. CRoIX
OF PROPERTY AND PROCUREMENT
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids in quadruplicate for furnishing dual purpose
Awnings and Hurricane Shutters, manufactured from aluminium,
for the former Grammar School Gallery Third Floor, Department
of Social Welfare, Chritiansted, st. Croix, VI, until August 10,
1862, in the Department of Property & Procurement, Christian.
sted, St Croix. US Virgin Islands.
Copies of Invitation to bid may be obtained from the Dept.
of Property & Procurement, Chrishansted, st. Croix, US. Virgin
Islands.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid or certified
check in the amount of SO Of the total bid.
The Government of the Virgin Islands reserved the right to
select the successful contractor or to refuse all bids or to pursue
any other course which may be in the best interest of the Virgin
Islands, and the decision of the Government shall be final
Commissioner Of Properly a&& aPTocurement
MARIO w
Per:
ALPHoNSE RoMNEY
District Supervisor
, 1962-07-28
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CONSTRUCTION O H a. A
CHARLOTTE ST. THOMAS, RI ISLANDS

SO4No11GOS14O4N ~ a INV Ia
AMALE ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS
Sealed bids in single copy for furnishing all labor, equip
ment, and materials and performing all work for the project
described herein will be received until 100 AM, Friday
August 81, 1862 in the Department of Property and Procure
ment and then publicly opened.
Information regarding bidding material, bid guarantee
and bonds, drawings and specifications and other contract
documents are open for public Inspections at the Office of the
Division Of Procurment, Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Is
lands; and at the Office of the COMMISSIONS, Department Of
Public Works, Charlotte Amalie, ST. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Is
lands; at the office of the Public Works Advisor, Office of
Territories, Room 6543, Interior Building, Washington I. c.;
at the office Of Praeger-Kavangh 126 East 38th Street, New
York 16, NY.
Plans and specifications may be procured from the Con
tracing Officer Division of Procurement, Charlotte Amalie
or from the Office Of Praeger-Kavangh, New York, on pay
ment of $4,000 per set. Payment shall be only by certified
check payable to the Government Of the Virgin Islands and
are not r~efundable.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certified cheek or bid
bond in the amount of $50 of the total bid.
The Government of the Virgin Islands reserves the right
to select the successful Contractor or to refuse all bids or to
pursue any other course which may be in the best interest Of
the Government of the Virgin Islands, and the decision of the
Government shall be final
, 1962-07-28
Sincerely,
MARIO LEWIS
Commissioner
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF UNITED sTATEs
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARY
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. THOMAS
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION

It being within the province of my office, ], the undersigned,
CYRIL E. KING, Government Secretary of the Virgin Islands,
being satisfied by due proof, hereby certify that consent by the
stockholders to the dissolution of the domestic corporation known
by the firm name and style of CONSOLIDATED DISTILLERS,
INC, has been filed with this office in accordance with law, pur-
suant to Section $500 of Title 13, Virgin Islands Code.
I do further certify that, pursuant to consent to dissolution
thus filed, CONSOLIDATED DISTILLERS, INC, is hereby dis
solved, pursuant to Section 2836d), Title 10, Virgin Islands Code,
subject to the lawful fulfilment of the requirements of Sections
$500 and (o, 285 and 2a6 of Title 10, Virgin Islands Code, and
other applicable law.
And I do further certify that a duplicate originaT0f this Ger
tficate of Dissolution has been filed in the Office Of the Deputy
Clerk of the District Court a. Christansted, ST. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, / have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the Government Of the Virgin Islands to
be affixed at Charlotte Amalie, ST. Thomas, Virgin Islands, this
thirteenth day of July, AID, 1862.
(sEAL
CYRIL E. KING
Government Secretary
&C: Deputy Clerk Of the District Court
Deputy Collector of Customs