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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

BALTIMORE. Mar. % (AP)
Arson was indicated today as
the cause of a North Baltimore
apartment fire-one of two
major blazes here last night
that claimed the lives of five
children.
There wasn't anything there
that could have started it &C
cidentally," said Capt. John v.
Magruther Of the fire depart
ment's arson squad.
The apartment building
caught fire minutes before
flames erupted in a three
block-long railroad repair shop
In South Baltimore. Altogether,
Is alarms were sounded.
After inspecting a basement
storage room where the apart
ment fire was believed to have
started, Capt. Magruther said
he had found no electrical wir-
ing or combustible materials in
the room.
Children Trapped
The dead children, members
Of one family. were trapped on
the top floor of the four story
dwelling.
Clifford Hicks, their father,
identified them in Maryland
General Hospital. Dead were
Evangeline. 2; Leon, 8; Brenda,
6; Gwendolyn, 7, and Harry. 10.
Their mother. Mrs. Ethel
Hicks, So, and two other chill
dren, Clifford. jr. S, and
Anthony, is months, reached a
ledge of the apartment build
ing. and firemen rescued them.
Firemen said the children
apparently had tried to escape
through windows but were too
short to open them.
The six-alarm house fire
started in the basement of the
old building, shot up a STAIR
well, ate away the roof and
reached nearby houses.
- Critically Hurt
Cornelius Presley, 4, an &C.
cupant Of the structure next
to- the Hicks apartment build
ings which the fire all but de-
stroyed, was in critical condi-
ton in Provident Hospital.
The other blaze brought four
dozen pieces of equipment to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
Freud Indictment
Of Suchmun Killed

An indictment charging Rob-
ert F. Suchman, "a, president
of the Commercial Savings &
Loan Association of Baltimore
with mail fraud was dismissed
today in Baltimore Federal
Court by Judge R. Dorsey
Watkins.
Judge Watkins ruled after
nearly three hours of argu-
ments that the charge against
Mr.. Suchman by the United
States attorneys office was
insufficient" and contained
defects"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

planned of being sick, Bruce
checked them and gave them
appropriate medicine. the sher-
if said.
He said If the prisoners
needed a prescription, Bruce
would phone a doctor, who
would order the medicine.
Sheriff Ball said he fired
Bruce on February IS after he
failed to report for work for
about two weeks. He added a
local doctor started taking jail
calls January 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Mar. 23.-Gov
Tawes signed a bill today which
will tighten regulations on the
sale of stocks and bonds in
Maryland.
The new law, which will take
effect on June /, is aimed at
stopping brokers and statesmen
from peddljng questionable Sc
curities to the public and max
ing Misrepresentation about
the value of the securities.
A new division of securities
will be set up in the Attorney
Generals office to administer
the law. Registration of all
securities will be required be-
fore they can be sold in Mary
land.
The Governor also signed a
bill which would make it
tougher for citizens to upset
legislation passed by the Gen.
eral Assembly.
Goes to Voters
The bill. which must be ap-
proved by the voters in No
vember before it can take eff
feet, will increase the number
of signatures required for plac-
ing a bill on referendum. The
present requirement is 10000
signatures, but the bill would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
Maryland, U. S. Orders
Hit Bank in Bahamas

A double-barreled breakdown
against the Dollar Industrial
Bank, Ltd, of Nassau, has been
launched by the State of Mary
land and the Post Office
Department.
In separate orders legal au-
thoritieS moved to choke off
operations of the Bahamas
based bank which seeks mail
deposits, they said. through
advertisements offering tropical
vacations and guarantees of 5
per cent dividends.
These were the actions taken:
/. Attorney General Thomas
B. Finan of Maryland issued a
permanent order against the
bank, its insuring firm, Amer
lean Reserve Insurance Co.,
and Stanley Borgenight, identi-
fled as an officer of Dollar
Industrial. from doing business
in the State.
Public Held Injured
His order was based on what
he called an "irreparable pub
lie injury" resulting from con-
tinued sales and promotion of
its stock and other certificates
and its seeking of savings &C
counts.
Assistant Attorney General
Robert S. Bourbon, in charge
of preparing cases under Mary
lands blue sky" securities laws,
said the order followed a tenn
porary cease-and-desist direc-
tive issued March 5. Dollar In
dustrial and others named in
the order failed to appear at
a March 20 hearing to contest
it.
2. The Post Office issued a
directive to poStmasters halt
ing the delivery Of letters to the
bank and returning them to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

senders with the word, "fraudu-
lent" marked on them.
In addition, postal authorities
barred the sending of postal
money orders to the bank and
instructed officials to return
any money orders to their send
erS.
The order was issued by Reva
Beck Bosone, judicial officer of
the Post Office, after "satisfac-
tory evidence" had been pre-
sented to the department to
warrant the action, she said.
Hearing in New York
Mr.. Bourbon said that a
hearing in connection with
Dollar Industrial's operations in
New York also has been sched-
uled for April 10 by Attorney
General Louis Lefkowitz who
secured permission for it from
the New York Supreme Court.
Louis j. Doyle, general coun-
sci for the Post Office, said the
departments order was based
not only on evidence gathered
in connection with Dollar In
dustrial's offer. but on letters
from reputable bankers in the
country who criticized it's fl
nancial basis.
Senator Beall, Republican of
Maryland, criticized the opera
tons of the bank on the SEN
ate floor in a speech January
10. He said then that it's opera
tors as well as the banks in
surer, were connected" with
the Security Financial Insur-
ance Corp.
Security Financial is the only
private insurer of State char
tered savings and loan associa-
tionS in Maryland. During a
battle in 1861 in the Maryland
General Assembly over a bill
affecting Security Financial's
operations, a David Vine was
identified as head of two Cana
dian firms owning most of It's
stock.
Applies to Vine
The Post Office order against
Dollar Industrial also applied
to David Vine, vice president"
of the bank.
Meanwhile, on another saw
ingS and loan front, attorneys
for the State and for the
Phoenix Savings and Loan AS
ISOLATION stockholders yester-
day agreed on plan for re-
organizing the firm.
The Baltimore firm, the first
to be closed under Maryland's
new regulatory laws last year,
has been in conservatorship
since last July 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

Rainy WeaherWth mountain
the Mississippi westward the Pacific Southern
Texas North Dakota and Minnesota 1t will
Valley the Southern States Rockies and
the Central Plains-AP WirephOO Map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

Record Temperatures for the Year
Hlghest, "a, on February 5.
Lowest 8, on January II.
Tide Tables
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

VUIHISheu by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High ------- 9:15 am. 9:45 am,
Low ---- 1852 am. 4:22 am
hlgn ------ 9:37 pm. 1919 pm
Low AIS pm. 4:53 pm
For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points sub tract times Indicated
Bloody Point Light. 41a hours; Colonial
Beach. 8 hours; Deale 4Ia hours: Sol
out. ~ hours.
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun. today SOY am 6.23 n m
Sun tomorrow 6:06 am. 1924 pm
Moon, today S:40pm. 1882 am
:, Automobile lights must be turned or
"a hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

Tide Tables
FURNISHED BY the United States Goa
and CJeodetic SurvevO
Evening star., 1962-09-01
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

W. Willard Wrtz is the Secretary of Labor-and all
gags banned about the cabinet taking him for better
for Wirtz.
Congressman will have swimming pool in the new
House office building The swimming will be segregated,
Republicans in tank suits Kennedy Democrats in whe-tie
and tails
Bill Writ, the Labor Secretary. is former law
of Adla Stevenson Adai has law partners
this administration than Chester Bowles has memories
Soviet technicians swarmjng into Cuba embracing
their Castro comrades with the greeting Long time,
SEIZE"
Politics changing Instead of the old snokefed
they pick the candidate around carton of Merecal
President Kennedy has problems Brother Teddy loses
in Massachusetts,. the Kennedy prestige suffers. Teddy
wins theren be three Kennedy images in Washington to keep
in repair
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Error to Give House
I'd Shot at Works Bill

The measure, as passed by
the House, would authorize an
immediate $9O0-million public
works program as a make-work
project. This version amended
a Senate-passed bill calling for
a $750-million outlay this year
and standby power for the
President to use another $3.50
million next year if necessary
to head off a recession.
The idea was for the Senate
to accept the House version and
whip the bill to the President
rather than risk a compromise
which would have to go through
both branches and perhaps get
lost in the adjournment STAN
pede.
The Senate can correct the
oversight by amendment, but
that will force the measure
back into the House where a
single objection can channel ii
to the Rules Committee, then
back to the House floor if the
committee gives it clearance.
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Bankrupt Bid Set
On Ex-Estes Aide

LUBBOCK, Tex, Sept. /
(AP) United States Commits
Sioner Frank r. Murray has set
September 20 as the date on
which he would accept bids on
the assets of the bankrupt
estate of Coleman D. McSpad-
den, one-time Billie Sol Estes
associate.
Mr.. Murray said yesterday he
would accept bids on "any or
all" of the McSpadden assets.
Before the creditors hearing
recessed until Tuesday, Nc
Spadden said he had posses
sions worth $365, ,485. He asked
to be released from bankruptcy
proceedings, but his creditors
opposed the request.
Creditors have filed 267
claims, totaling more than Sc
million against him. A sched-
ule filed at yesterdays hearing
listed McSpadden's assets as
$3.4 million.
Evening star., 1962-09-01

inspired the Communist
Manifesto. There were YES
tiges of this situation as late
as the 1930s. The story Of
human degradation and ex-
ploitation in the coal mines
of America is one of the
ugliest written in the annals
of mans inhumanity to man.
Excess breeds excesSes.
Today there are charges
that labor has too much
power. There are those who
insist that labor has a mo-
nopoly. This is not true in
the literal sense. Organized
labor membership shrinks. A
majority of those who work
are not members of unions.
1t is true that the major pro-
ductive and transportation
forces of America are organ
ized. But it is not wisdom to
try to move against this fact
under antitrust, or monop-
oily laws. This sort of ap-
proach does not fit into the
climate and conditions of the
closing years of the goth
century. The extreme con-
Servatives who insist on this
course are blind to the in
evitable results of such op-
pressive measures.
The fact that old men,
still living, worked and ex-
perienced the objectionable
conditions Of another gen.
Grafton is too fresh in the
conscience of this country to
provide support for excesseS
in another direction.
But there must be some &C
tion to unfreeze the attitudes
Of those who want to move
against labor as a monopoly
and those who angrily deny
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Senate Backs
BohIen for
Paris Post
BY the Associated Press

The Senate has confirmed
the nomination of Charles E.
(Chip) Bohlen, career foreign
service officer, to be AmbasSa-
dor to Paris.
Mr.. Bohlen, one-time am
baSSador to Moscow, who has
been serving as a special assist
ant to Secretary of State Rusk
as an adviser on the Soviet
Union, will succeed Gen. James
M. Gavin. Gen. Gavin is re-
signing to return to private
business.
Senate action on President
Kennedy's nomination of Mr.
Bohlen to the Paris post
which received a favorable re,
port from the Foreign Rela
tions Committee on August II
had been held up at the re
quest OF Senator Thurmono
Democrat of South Carolina
Senator Thurnhond, a stronl
critic of State Department pol,
icy in the cold war, did no
state the reasons for his OBJ.
lection.
Last night, Senate Demo
cratic Leader Mansfield called
up the nomination without ad-
vance notice. He announced
that Senator Thurmond, not
on the floor at the time, wished
to be recorded as opposed tc
the veteran diplomats con-
firmation.
The Senate went on TO con-
firm Mr.. Bohlen by voice vote
without debate.
Evening star., 1962-09-01
BROWN
Remorse With the Morning News

to death, along with 1000
others; his brother died in
a bombing raid. The sons
of both had died in the
armies Of Hitler.
Yet the two widows were
not Saddened for all time by
the terrible toll the Commu-
nists and Nazis had taken
from them in loved ones
and a country brought to
shame. They have bright.
eager faces and since the last
flames were put out in the
rubble of Munich they have
devoted their lives to the
rebirth of their Fatherland,
that it may hold its head
high among the nations once
again. Theirs has been the
task of aiding thousands of
escapes over the last IT
years in the same little town
just outside Munich, Dachau.
For Dachau has served a
humanitarian purpose since
the days when the camp on
its outskirts was an incin-
orator for Hitler's victims.
1t is here, in the vast bar
rack like houses tn at the
victims of Nikita Khrush-
chev's atrocities come for
Succor. An irony?
And then we bid "auf
WiederSehen" and go our
way along the winding roads
until We see a sign: Beware.
East German Border 4 Kill
ometers." We look across the
rolling pastures where COWS
lazily Craze and try to imag-
inc how such a beautiful,
countryside could possibly be
made into the hell that is
East Germany, only a little
more than two miles away.
An American jeep patrol
stops to warn us not to turn
left; we might cross over ac-
cidentally. Having protests"
in mind, We obeyed, content
ing ourselves with watching
the American helicopters
hovering over the dividing
line between freedom and
hell.
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Nouh's Ark Clues
Found on Arurut

LONDON, Sept. l PA
team Of American archaeolo-
gistS looking for the remains of
Noah's Ark reported yesterday
several pieces of wood, appar-
emily part of a giant boat, have
been found $4,000 feet up the
slopes of Mount Ararat in
Eastern Turkey.
The wood, discovered by a
Turkish major, is now in San
Francisco. 1t is hoped within
three months to establish its
age.
George Vandeman, chairman
of the American-based Archae-
illogical Research Foundation
told a news conference here he
hoped to know for certain
within three years whether Of
not the Ark is on the mountain
The evidence suggested the
pieces of wood came from 9
boat about two-thirds the size o.
the British Cunard Liner Queer
Mary. The Queen Mary i.
1,019 feet long, 118 feet wide
Evening star., 1962-09-01

GARMIS H PARTEN-
KIRCHEN.-It was Sunday
morning and the guests were
enjoying a late breakfast in
the sunny breakfast room. of
the small family-style hotel
in the Bavarian Alps. The
West Germ an newspaper
Frankfurter Allg meine
rested on the tables Of sew
eral guests, all German ex-
cept for two Italian families.
We, too, had a copy of the
paper. On the front page was
the story of the 18-year-old
East German youth who had
been shot while trying to flee
to freedom. He had fallen at
the Berlin wall and had died
after crying there in agony
for an hour. The West Ger
man police could not cross a
few feet of forbidden terri
tory to pick him up.
This happened in the
American sector and the
story went on to say that the
American commanding Off
Ger had warned his Soviet
opposite number that the
Reds must stop this type Of
brutality or suffer the conse-
quenceS. A spokesman for the
American command later
amplified the strong state
ment by saying that if such
atrocities continued a sharp
protest would be sent from
Washington to Moscow.
AS we sat in the peaceful,
serene vacation atmosphere.
we looked around at fellow
diners also reading the morn
ing paper. What could be
the thoughts behind their i'm
passive faces? What could
they think of a great Amer
lea which had so thoroughly
defeated the foul-mouthed
Hitler? America, the un-
daunted and fearless cham
pion of Four Freedoms all
over the world now fearing
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Brighter Students
Oppose Shelters,
Tests Indicate

ST. LOUIS, Sept. / (AP).-
A test of almost 1000 junior
ard high school students
showed that the strongest op-
position to fallout shelters
comes from those students
who are the best informed" a
psychologist reports.
DR.. Milton Schwebel. in a
report to be given today, says
there is a clear relationship
between rejecting shelters as
being of any kind of practical
value, and the age and bright
ness of the students.
THE higher grades and the
brig hter, better Uniformed
classes of students at all levels
tended to oppose the shelter
program. They saw about as
little value in the shelters a.
most scientists do"
DR.. Schwebel, of New York
University, was to present hi:
paper at an American Psyche.
logical Association convention
being attended by more thar
10000 psychologists.
Evening star., 1962-09-01
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

The Senate'S long mVeStlga-
ton of Billie Sol Estes pointed
toward a close today. with the
Pecos (TexO operator sched-
uled to appear in a hearing on
September IL.
This was announced by
Chairman Mcclellan of the
Senate Investigations Subcom-
mittee yesterday as Undersec-
retary of Agriculture Charles S.
Murphy completed his testi-
mony.
MIR. Murphy apparently came
through an ordeal of 212 days
of testimony with his position
as the Agriculture Departments
No. 2 man intact. But there was
sharp partisan disagreement
over his role in the Estes scam
dal-and whether Estes received
favored treatment from the
department.
Faces 6 Indictments
Senator Mcclellan said Estes
will appear at a public hearing
a week from Wednesday, start
ing at $3.50 am. What he will
say. If anything, remains to be
seen. Since Estes faces six in
dictments on fraud and other
charges, his attorney, John
Cofer of Austin, Tex, sought in
vain to have him excused from
appearing at all.
John Dennison and Richard
Naylor, Pecos attorneys who
handled Estes cotton allotment
transactions, will be questioned
by the subcommittee when
hearings are resumed next
Wednesday after the Labor Day
recess. This will be the 33rd
day of hearings.
After Mr.. Murphy vigorously
denied that any favoritism had
been shown Estes, two Demo-
cratic members of the sub
committee came to his defense.
They also defended the Agri-
culture Department.
Senator Muskie of Maine
listed nine actions taken by
the department, including some
of the decisions that brought
the Undersecretary under fire,
as making it more difficult for
Estes in his cotton deals. These
included orders strengthening
regulations, the investigation Of
Estes, and various orders can
ceiling the Pecos operators cot
ton allotmentS.
ALI these actions, Senator
Muskie said, were inconsistent
with any intention or design to
favor Estes. When Senator
Muskie remarked that there
seemed to be some differences
of opinion over whether Mr..
Murphy had made an honest
decision suspending the can
collation. for a time, the Under
secretary broke in:
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Catholic Publicity Head
Quits on Council Eve

The Very Rev. Msgr. John E.
Kelly resined yesterday as di-
rector of the Bureau Of Infor-
nation, National Catholic We'll
fare Conference. a post he has
held for seven years.
The formal announcement
made no mention of reasons
given in a Chicago Daily News
story for the resignation-that
Vatican regulations for news
men covering the Second Vati-
can Ecumenical Council ir
Rome October IL are too strin-
gent.
Msgr. Kelly was not avail
able for comment on the story
the Associated Press said
NCWC sources said he was IN
a retreat somewhere in New
Jersey. Charles ]. Bauer, a
Catholic layman and former
Dayton, Ohio. newsman, will
fill Father Kelly'S job here
until a successor is named. He
also would not comment on the
Daily News story.
The Daily News story said
his resignation was indicative
of growing tension between
two points of view in the
church concerning the free
flow of information to the
public"
Msgr. Kelly is returning to
his home diocese of Trenton,
N. j., for assignment to parish
work there.
Last week the Rochester,
N. Y, native was honored by
t he Religious Heritage OF
America with its 1862 Award in
Religious Communications. The
citation said he served with
distinction in the field of reli-
gious information" and as
editor of The Church and
Communications Arts has made
outstanding contributions to
public relations and informa-
ton techniques within the
church.
The bureau MSgr. Kelly
headed supplies press, radio
television and other media ot
mass communications. except
the Catholic press, with data
on Catholic activities.
In 1850, 1860 and 1861 Msgr
Kelly conducted national semi
mars for priests, religious anc
laity throughout the country.
A graduate of st. Bonaven.
ture University, 1886, and oi
the Seminary of Our Lady o1
Angels. Niagara University
1910. he was ordained in 1910
He served in the Diocese o.
Trenton from 1940-48 ant
Evening star., 1962-09-01
BY the Associated Press

Because of a clerical error,
the administrations big public
works bill must again run
through a hostile gantlet in
the House.
Early this week, the measure
passed the House after a hard
battle. But instead of heading
for the Presidents desk next
week, as sponsors hoped, it
must make the House trip
again.
The error was in references
to sections in an amendment.
Someone failed to change A "9''
to A 49," thereby raising a
question Of the designation of
authority.
Representative Blatnik,
Democrat of Minnesota, the
bills sponsor. tried yesterday
to correct the error by unani-
nous consent of the Congress
men. But Representative Cross
Republican of Iowa, blocked the
move.
Evening star., 1962-09-01
Closed Minds: Closed Industries

that labor must rethink its
position in the light of the
reality Of today's world.
The labor force shrinks.
The productive economy
moves slowly. The richest ma
ton in the world is graveIy
concerned about its dollar.
The machines of Asia and
Europe daily hum louder and
louder in our ears. New ma
tions appear. Empires fade.
Colonialism becomes obSo-
lete. So do machines and
jobs. The airline industry
experiences strife and loss be-
cause men who hold obsolete
jobs demand they be re-
tanned.
The Secretary of Labor
convinces some that the al
tentative is not a strike and
a shutdown, but a rational
procedure slowly to eliminate
the no-longer-needed jobs SO
that the human beings who
hold them do not suffer. One
union local, badly led, holds
out, insisting that things be
kept just as they always have
BEEN. Here is a poverty. Of
ideas. I,
The railroads are in danger
of being shut down. An old.
fashioned muscle contest Is
crawling to an end. A part of
this struggle (but only a
part) is a refusal to face the
fact that some jobs can no
longer be justified.
The right to strike is un-
denied. But the power of men
to avoid disasters also is un-
denied. Open minds can pre-
vent closed industries. The
urgent requirement Of our
time and the new conditions
is that labor. management
and the public discover al
ternatives to folly and disas-
ter.
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