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D. Halls Still Borred
ToSegregoted Groups

part of the Commissioners
opens facilities to any organ
ization regardless of its men,
bership restrictions or goals
This would be in facilities such
as the District Building OF
Municipal Center.
Copies of the policy state
ment were sent to the Board
of Library Trustees. the Board
of Education and other agen-
cies as well as the Recreation
Board, with the suggestion a
similar policy be adopted.
Meeting permits for after
school, non-education sessions
in school buildings and for
some other public buildings are
issued by recreation officials
After the statement was is
sued last month, the Commits
sioners were told by Recreation
Director Milo Christensen that
the boards policy has been
against issuing permits to seq
Iregated groups.
But also at that time. Mr
Waters said that though he
could not speak for the entire
board, but only for himself
he believed "it would be chaotic
to have one practice in the Dis
trict Building" and one or more
other policies for other NUM-
cipal buildings.
Until the Recreation Board
acts. however, its former policy
remains in effect.
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year to enlarge a permanent
staff Of welfare Investigators.
The report released today
came from Controller General
Joseph Campbell, who has as
signed his investigators to work
with the District staff.
1--WE discussed with the We'll
fare Director CMr. Shea) the
need for action on the remain
ing Sc cases for which the field
investigations have been COM
pleted we were assured by
the director that his division
would arrive at final determi-
nations on all cases within two
weeks after the completion of
all field Investigations" Mr..
Campbell wrote Senator Byrd,
in the report.
The 158 cases studied by
the Federal investigators were
chosen from 280 cases selected
at random by the Welfare De-
partment for a thorough check
last November.
Mr.. Campbell assured the
Senator that his field investi-
cations could be completed on
all 280 by May Is. These studies
relate to aid for mothers Of
dependent children.
Senator Byrd said he hoped
additional findings on other
categorieS of public assistance
also would be available before
Senate hearings begin on the
District budget.
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BY RUPERT WEIGH
Star Staff Writer

The District Recreation Board
is continuing to bar segregated
groups from using its facilities
even though the Commission
ers adopted an open-door policy
last month for buildings di-
rectly under their administra-
ton.
After the Commissioners
change of policy it was said
the issue would be brought
UP at yesterdays Recreation
Board meeting to determine
whether or not the board would
conform with the new policy.
However, the subject was not
brought up. After the meeting,
Chairman w. H. Waters, jr.,
told a reporter the policy state
ment had been received by the
board and had been taken
under advisement. Although
Mr.. Waters said it was con-
ceivable' some action might be
taken on the statement "in the
future" he said, I'VE have no
matters before us now which
would be in conflict with the
commissioners policy"
He added that "the CommiS-
sioners sometimes make de-
cisions for political motives,
but this board does not get in
volved with politics.
! The policy change on the
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BETHLEHEM DOES
QUICK REVERSE
ON STEEL PRICE

U. S. Steel's decision last
night to raise the price of
its product apparently
caused a quick change in
the thinking of the rival
Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Yesterday afternoon
Bethlehem President Ed
mund F. Martin told stock
holders, There shouldn't
be any price rise. We
shouldn't do anything to
increase our costs if we
are to survive. We have
more competition both do
meStically and from foreign
firms. We should be
trying to reduce the price
of steel if at all possible"
Today Bethlehem an
nounced it was increasing
its prices an average of
3.5 per cent.
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Steel Shares
Send Market Up

NEW YORK. April II (AP) -
Steel company shares led stock
market prices higher today.
The general advance. amid
the weeks heaviest trading.
was set off by the first boost
in prices by the steel industry
in four years.
United States Steel Corp. the
Nations No. l Steelmaker and
customary industry leader. set
the pace after the close yes
terday. Bethlehem fell into
line.
Steel company stocks held
gains of 81 to 50 a share al
noon. about half the increase
they showed at the start of
trading. Fractional gains were
general in most other sections
Of the market.
United States Steel opened
with a jump of S2.75 on a big
block of $4,000 shares but then
settled back to a rise of Sl.38
at S69.38 a share.
Bethlehem. the Nations No.
, steel company. was up Sl.13
at the start and then sold off
to s42.38 a share or up rs cents
from yesterdays close.
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4 Major Steel Firms
Raise Their Prices
Leaders Here Shocked
At Increase in Steel

A price increase by United
States Steel has brought a
shocked reaction from the
White House and key members
of Congress.
1t will be the target of a
blast from President Kennedy
himself before the day is out.
The increase, averaging Sc
a ton of steel, was announced
by the company yesterday, Just
a few hours before it became
effective. Finished steel has
been selling for an average of
a little more than $3.50 a ton.
United States Steels action
was followed today with similar
moves by three more big pro-
ducers. Bethlehem Steel, the
country's second largest pro-
ducer, and Republic Steel, the
third largest, announced they
were increasing their prices for
rolled steel products by 3.5 per
cent. Jones & Laughlin an
nounced it would raise its prices
but withheld details.
Mr.. Kennedy was preparing
a special statement which An
drew T. Hatcher. associate press
secretary said, would reflect
the Presidents temper"
Mr.. Hatcher disclosed that
Roger M. Blough, chairman of
the board of United States
Steel, informed the President
of the price increase action in
a 55-minute conference at the
White House yesterday evening
The press secretary refused
to disclose any details of that
meeting.
Asked about reports that the
President was hopping mad
Mr.. Hatcher said he would
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Teachers Strike Hits
Schools in New York

being watched in G. o. P. anc
|; Democratic circles.
Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.
Wagner. who may be a candi-
date against him for Governor
this fall. have been blaming
each other for the situation.
Clash on Aid Funds
The Mayor contends the
State has short t-changed" the
city in financial aid, with the
result that the city is unable
to deal with the teachers pay
demands. Mr.. Rockefeller con-
tends the aid this year is
greater than ever and that the
Mayor is a buck passer."
The strike was the first on
such large scale to hit the
city's school system. The fed
Grafton sponsored one-day
demonstration November T.,
1860, in its fight for recogni-
ton as bargaining agent for
the teachers, but the schools
remained open.
Teacher salaries range from
$4,000 to $500 a year. with
bonuses for special categories.
The union is seeking to make
it S5.400 to $4,000 a year, plus
bonuses.
The situation in the first
hours after the school bells
rang today was highly con-
fused with no accurate figures
of just how many teachers
were off the job.
Charles Cogen, the union
president, called the walkout
highly effective and said he
believed it would be wise to
close the schools to prevent
disorder in them.
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Shah Greeted
BYPresident
Ruin Forces 's%
Welcome Indoors

The Shah Of Iran and hi
empress received a hearty red.
carpet welcome from President
and Mrs. Kennedy this noon ir
a cavernous hangar at Wash
ington National Airport tc
which the festivities were trans
ferred because Of rain.
Fanfares Of trumpets rang
tn erafters, and each shot of
the 21-gun salute hit the back
of the hangar with a second
report almost as sharp as the
original.
The brief remarks of welcome
by the President and the Shah's
reply were garbled by the
echoes. Few of the spectators
understood the exchange.
In The Rain
In a street outside the
hangar, out of sight of the
President and the Shah, about
so Iranian students walked
silently in a circle, carrying
signs demanding representative
government in Iran: the release
of some 400 students and
several professors reported to be
held in Iranian jailS, and re-
validatio nof passports Of
Iranian students in the United
States.
The President had stepped
into the rain to shake hands
with the Shah. and Empress
Farah. Mrs. Kennedy gave the
Empress a bouquet of red roses
as the party reached the end
of the hangar.
After the review of the honor
guard, the President compli-
mented Shah Pahlavi on Trans
unbroken centuries of national
sovereignty and on his efforts
See SHAH, Page AS
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NEW YORK. April II (AP)
More than half the city!
10000 Schoolteachers struck
today for more pay. Glasses
were disrupted and many unruly
children ran wild.
The Board of Education said
that more than $4,000 teachers
had not reported for duty.
A number of the city's $40
schools, with a million pupils,
closed for lack of classroom
supervision. The strikers urged
that all be closed for the pro-
lection of pupils and property"
Boys freed from discipline
got into wild meleeS at some
schools and tossed articles from
school windows. Many who left
school pounded parked automo-
biles and tossed rocks and eggs.
Police Surround Schools
Some $1,000 of the teachers
are members of the striking
United Federation of Teachers.
which is bargaining agent for
all. Many nonmembers needed
picket lines set up by the
strikers.
Heavy police guards ringed
the schools. They reported 4.300
pickets were marching at sos
schools.
The teachers walked out
despite the States Condon-
Wadlin Act, which provides for
dismissal of public employees
who strike.
Possible impact Of the strike
on the political fortunes of
Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller and Democratic
Mayor Robert F. Wagner was
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prefer not to answer that ques-
ton in advance Of Mr.. Ken
nedy's own press conference
today.
Mr.. Hatcher said the Presl-
dent would open the press con-
ference with a statement that
would reflect his temper"
United States Steel said il
needed higher profits to invest
in more efficient plants. and
See STEEL, Page At
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has been characterized by a
leSSening of Soviet pressure for
an early change in the status
Of West Berlin, by a recent stop
of Soviet haraSSmentS in the
air corridors to the city and by
an improvement in relations
between the United States and
Soviet military missions in
Germany.
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wanted to express his conf.
dence in Welfare Director Ger.
ard M. Shea.
His Endorsement Of Mr.. She's
comes at a time when the vel.
fare director is under heavy
attack by some segmentS o1
the community that hold hin
responsible for the freeloadinE
by relief recipients.
Today's report was the fourth
released by Senator Byrd, Dem
ocrat of West Virginia, anG
Representative hatcher of Ken
lucky, Democrat chairman o1
Congressional Appropriations
Subcommittee for the District
The first report found in
eligibles in So per cent of cases
investigated, the second in sc
per cent and the third in 81
per cent.
Percentages Holding
The percentages are holding
even although the total num-
ber of cases investigated among
280 selected initially increases
with each report.
Today, Federal investigators
have finished checking 158 of
the 280 cases. Of the 1853, Dis
trict Welfare administrators
have reviewed 90. They elm
mated So, or Sc per cent of the
80 cases from the relief rolls
and continued assistance to 40
I find the results starting"
Senator Byrd said, "but I would
like to express my confidence in
Mr.. Shea. I think Mr.. Shea.
while he has been surprised by
the results of the investigation,
honestly and sincerely wants to
see the investigation fairly and
effectively carried out"
The Senator said he was
convinced that Mr.. Shea was
trying to do a good, middle-of- +
the-road job in the midst OF
tremendous pressure.
Fault in Department
ut seems to me that the fault
for this shocking percentage OF
ineligible recipients lies not
with welfare regulations but
with persons in the welfare
department whose responsibility
it is to see that the regulations
are followed" he added
It was understood that Sena-
tor Byrd had been given infor-
nation by persons whose judg-
ment he respected that high
welfare officials under Mr.
Shea needed to be checked by
congressional watchdogs.
The Senator said he had an
idea that the mechanics" of
the Welfare Department were
unwieldly.
There may be too much
paperwork and not enough
talking with welfare recipients
Social workers may have to cut
down on paperwork and visit
more often with their people, u
Senator Byrd said.
Both Senator Byrd and Mr.
hatcher said that if ineligible
percentages hold, more money
may have to be granted next
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Princes Go VISITING

FRANKFURT. any,
April IL (AP).-Prince Philip
of Great Britain and his 49,
year-old son, Prince Charles,
arrived today for a visit in West
Germany.
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The stock and investment
market is in q highly con-
fusine phose at present.
Washington investors ore
watching the market deveI-
opments and business trends
more closely thon ever
before.
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Hold Boost
Justified by
Rising Costs

PITT SBURGH H, April II
/ (AP).-Three major steel pro-
ducers followed the lead Of
United States Steel Corp. today
and announced price increases.
| Bethlehem Steel Co., the Ma
| tons second largest producer,
said it will raise the price of its
rolled steel products by 3.5 per
cent, effective tomorrow.
Republic Steel Corp. also an
nounced an increase in the
prices of its steel mill products
averaging about 3i2 per cent,
or three-tenthS of a cent a
pound.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp,
the fourth biggest producer also
announced a price increase.
but details were not available
Immediately.
Bethlehem said the increase
will affect a wide range of
steel products in the high ton
mage category classified as
rolled steel. Included in the
category are basic steel products
for the automotive industry.
Price Rise Defended
Meanwhile. the president Of
Reynolds Metals Co. a leader
in the aluminium field, said the
U. S. Steel increase is justified.
Richard S. Reynolds, jr.. said.
LAS 1 have pointed out many
times. industry cannot continue
to have rising costs without
increasing prices"
The price increase by U. S.
Steel, the Nations largest pro-
ducer, was announced yester-
day a few hours before it took
e. effect. 1t added an average Of
Sc to the cost of a ton of fin
ished steel, which has been
selling for a little more than
$3.50.
U. S. Steel customarily sets
the pattern for prices in the
steel industry.
Steel prices have an effect
! on prices in the auto. cOnstruc-
ton and appliance industries,
all big steel users.
The increase came less than
a week after United States
Steel and 10 other big firms
signed new two-year labor con-
tracts with the United Steel
workers to take effect July /.
Those pacts. granting a 10
cent-an-hour package increase
to each basic SteelWOrker, were
hailed by President Kennedy as
responsible and non-inflation-
ary, adhering to the Presidents
plea for an early, initiation
airy steel settlement.
Reaction to Squeeze"
President Leslie B. Worthing-
ton of U. S. Steel said the price
increase was necessary because
of continuing coSt-price
squeeze on profits since 1858.
He said these costs have con-
tinued to rise without even con-
sidering higher labor costs after
July l under the new contracts.
Mr.. Worthington described
the increase as modest,
amounting to about three
See PRICE, Page AS
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Byrd Supports Shea
In FreeIooding Probe
New Report Diseloses .cheuting'
Continues in 56% Of Cuses
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

Federal investigators have found that cheating Dis
ct welfare rolls continuing in about Sc per cent of the
cases checked.
Despite these findings Senator Robert Byrd chairman
of the subcommittee conducting the investigation said he
Evening star., 1962-04-11

Financial Editor Donald B.
HodIey's column follows day
to-day developments on the
local and notionol scene in
the business section.
In Today'S Star
Page Bis
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out books See the third Of series
by outhors soIutins National Libroy
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Weather Forecast

district and vicinity-Rain early tonight,
low in mid-40S. Tomorrow will be cloudy
and continued cool. High, 10, at AIS
pm. yesterday; low, 4S, at pm. today.
Full Report on Pose BIZ
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GEMINl
Two-Mon Missions
Next Step to Moon

earth and nearby orbital space
stations.
Flying Test Beds
Others think its workhorse
role is more likely to be that
assumed, closer to the ground,
by the TX" series of expert
mental rocket planes. After
finishing the investigations for
which they were designed, the
tx" planes have done yeomen
service as flying test beds"
for more advanced scientific
and engineering projects.
And finally, in assessing the
future prospects for Gemini
there is no overlooking its mill
tary potential. Any manned
craft that can seek out and
approach q friendly" object
In space can do the same to a
hostile" one. So far as is
known, Gemini is presently the
only American program for
manned orbital rendezvous.
But all of this is a matter of
counting chickens that will not
even begin to hatch for an
other 10 to 20 months at the
earliest. A closeup look at the
eggs from which these chickens
are likely to come might be
somewhat more profitable.
Tomorrow: "The Machinery
for Gemini."
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agreement but made Roadway
toward one on safeguards for
food shipments from the three
British Commonwealth ma
tons.
The council, representing
West Germany. France, Italy.
The Netherlands, Belgium and
Luxembourg. had discussed the
problem earlier without British
negotiators and agreed on a
common viewpoint. The French,
however. differed with the
others on exports Of New Zea-
land dairy products.
Later, the council met with
the British negotiators and
conference sources reported
considerable progress had been
made toward a settlem en- t
through which Britain could
become a Common Market
member without jeopardiztng
the trade Of its Commonwealth
members.
The Council and the British
negotiators earlier reached
agreement on one concession
providing for reasonable ex-
port opportunities" for the
three Commonwealth members.
The British delegation. head
ed by Edward Heath, Britain's
Lord Privy Seal, held what one
delegate said may be a deci-
sive conformation of the Brit
ish and Common Market view
points"
The six failed to reach agree
ment on a special guarantee for
New Zealand dairy exports, to
Britain after Britain becomes
a member. Ninety per cent of
New Zealand dairy produce is
exported to Britain.
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stock would be sold to COM
munlcatoins companies such
as the American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. and half to the
general public, with each group
OF stockholders electing six d.
rectors. The President would
appoint three directors.
Opponents contend this would
be "a gigantic giveaway" of the
Governments investment in
the space program and create
a private monopoly that would
be dominated by AT&T.
Senator Morse said that al
though he insists the satellite
system must be owned and con-
trolled by the Government, he
is perfectly willing to con-
slider working out a lease or a
license" with AT&T, RCA, or
any other communications
company.
Control of it must be kept
IN the United States Govern
ment and administered through
the State Department." Senator
Morse said.
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o"IleTSIllp ana OPP
Grafton, they are not committed
to Government operation.
They are among a small
band OF Democratic Senators
who blocked with a five-day
fllibuster a move to call the
bill up for Senate action last
week. A temporary truce was
reached last Wednesday with
an agreement to send the
measure to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee for fur
ther study.
Under the agreement, the
bill is to be taken up in the
Senate again next Friday and
Senator Morse has threatened
to renew hte filibuster then.
Senator Morse, interviewed
by Senator Clark on a radio
and television program tapped
Tor Pennsylvania stations prior
to the truce agreement, said
were up against a steamroller
here"
; Il think that eventually the
majority can win this fight,
and probably will win this
fight. but at a terrific cost
Senator Morse said. They're
going to win this fight at the
cost of ill-feeling, not only in
the Senate but in the country"
Morse Cites Support
1.-THE American people are
beginning to see through this"
Senator Morse claimed, report
ing this shows in kilograms he
is receiving. He added they are
running 9 to l in support of his
position.
The administration measure
already passed by the House
provides for a private, Govern
ment-regulated corporation to
own and operate the United
States portion of a projected
system of global communica-
tons using satellites as relay
stations.
Half Of the corporations