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BUSINESS
BRIEFS

New-Car Registrations in first
quarter totaled 1887, 40, indi-
eating q 1862 total of SIS to
Z million. March registrations
were Gil .072, and an April total
of 645. 900 was indicated.-R. L.
Polk q Co.
Building Permits in 200 cities
in the first quarter totaled
$1.771,3 ,363,271. down 4.59 from
the 1861 quarter. = Dun &
Bradstreet.
Sylvania Electric Products
will resume production Of color
television picture tubes; dis
continued in 1857, to be avail
able next year.
Masters, Inc, has begun con-
struction of q 0,000-square-
foot discount department store
in Miami.
Earnings
United States Lines in 1861
earned $11,T01, ,668 or 1885 a
share VS.. $8,009, sci or $4.55 In
1860. The 1861 profit included
1881, ,609 excess of insurance
proceeds over book value of a
lost ship.
Duke Power Co. in year ended
March 81 earned $28, ,124, ,022 or
$2.35 q share VS.. $25, 500, ISL or
$2.19 a year earlier.
United States BOrax g. Chem
ical Corp. in s months ended
March 81 earned So, ,78S, 200 or
SO cents q share VS.. 50, ,7S2, ,718
or So cents in 1960-61 period,
Great Western Sugar Co. in
year ended February 2S earned
So, ,305, ,450 or $4.03 a share VS..
$6,07l $50 or $2.79 in preceding
year.
Others earnings included:
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Towes Outlines Gains
-,
Of Maryland Economy
At Bonkers' Meetino

ATLANTIC CITY, N j., May (AP).-Gov. Tawes told
Maryland bankers today that the economy State
rants qualification for the and optimism for the
future"
Most Of the indicators commonly used by economists and
others points unmistakaby to that conclusion"
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OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished by the Ma.
tiolal Association OF SECURITIES Dealers
which locally active securities could have
been bought or sold at ! pm. Monday,
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D. c. Area OutbuiIds
Baltimore EnVirons

censed by the New York Pro-
duce Exchange.
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saving, money-back offer.
Evening star., 1962-12-24
BY GEORGE ARFELD
Associated Press staff Writer

HAVANA. Dec. 24.-Fidel
Castro was quoted today as
saying he'll let mothers OF
freed Bay Of Pigs prisoners Join
their sons in the United States
even II they lack visas.
The Prime Minister appeared
In an expansive mood as he
jestingly proclaimed a 24-hour
state OF peace" with the
United States.
Mr. Castro went TO the docks
TO watch the unloading OF
medicines and food sent as
ransom for the lib prisoners.
About $40 million worth OF
goods landed within "a hours.
and Cuban longshoremen and
Red Cross crews worked side
by-side TO speed the unloading
The newspaper Revolution
quoted Mr.. Castro as saying he
would not oppose the departure
OF women relatives Of the re-
leased prisoners.
Mr.. Castro said they could
leave even II they didn't have
a visa, but the newspaper said
he reminded them of DIFF
they'd nave with the
Kennedy government"
Cuban relatives we're kept
from seeing the men leave. But
many drank champagne toasts
TO the health and future OF
the prisoners in the Unitea
States.
AS the swap Of l,li3 invasion
captives for food and medicine
began yesterday. Mr.. Castro
drove unannounced 10 the dock
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Castro Reported Promising
To Let Kin Join Ex-Captives

ever is done for friendship is
useful"
The African Pilot steamed
into Havana harbor at 2:05
pm. yesterday after taking on
a Cuban pilot and four Cuban
Red Cross officials. Not long
afterward, the airlift OF prison.
ers TO the United States got
under way. and Havana rela-
tives Of the captives we're
certain their 10 months OF
anguish were ended.
We're UP In the Clouds" a
mother Of one Of the prisoners
told a reporter by telephone.
I'VE are all drinking French
champagne"
MY only regret" another
mother said. "is that I could
not embrace my son before he
left" She had not seen him in
seven months. A crowd tried
10 see the captives as they we're
leaving Principe Prison, but Of
ficials interfered.
About rs trucks rolled up TO
the fortress prison and carried
the 900 prisoners held there 10
the military airport.
Others held on the Isle OF
Pines off Cubas south coast
were flown 10 the airport.
Cuban officials promised TO
try TO unload the African Pilots
l l,400-ton cargo in "a hours.
I'VE know you want 10 20
back for Christmas so well
work as fast as possible" an
official said.
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oners with him at the Isle of
Pines, he said.
He appealed for action to
gain their release.
IF United States tax money
can be used to pay $50 million
to free CubanS, shouldn't we
consider whether these Ameri-
cans also deserve some atten-
tion?" Mr.. MARITIME asked.
He suggested that a commit
tee be formed, like that which
exiles organized in the cam
paign to free lib Bay of Pigs
prisoners.
One woman, Martha ONeil
Of Atlanta, is in a political
prison, Mr.. Marino said. She
was sentenced to nine years for
counter revolutionary activity
and has served two years and
two months, he said.
Mr.. MARITIME said the follow
ing Americans were in the Isle
of Pines prison:
Tommy l.. Baker, Columbus,
Ga; James L. Baker, Franklin
vile, N. c.; George R. Beck,
Boston; Leslie Bradley, New
York City; Daniel Carswell,
Syracuse, N. Y; Eustis Dam
brunt, Baltimore.
Also, Rafael del Pine, Miami:
John r. Gentle, Toledo, Ohio;
Donald Joe Green, Dothan,
Ala; Peter John Lambton, no
hometown listed; Richard Peco-
raro and Leonard L. Schmidt,
both of Chicago; Edmund Ia
ransky, Boston; Austin F.
Young, Miami, and Alberto
Sanchez and Dario Prohias
Bello, Puerto Ricans.
All have been in prison about
three years.
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where the freighter African
Pilot was unloading the $ll
million down payment on the
deal.
The bearded Cuban leader
showed only casual interest In
the food and medicine. but he
declared the one-day state OF
peace" in good-natured jesting
with the skipper OF the vessel
and personally escorted a group
Of Americans on a tour Of Ha-
vana.
The fast-driving motorcade
paused at a big apartment de-
velopment so Mr.. Castro could
point out 10 the visitors a low
rent product OF his revolution.
Driving by government build
ings, Mr.. Castro confided: II
don't like bureaucracy" Grant
ing q wish OF one Of the party,
Mr.. Castro conducted the
Americans 10 the home Of the
late Ernest Hemingway and
through the narrow streets OF
old Havana.
In the party were e. Barrett
Prettyman, jr., a Washington
attorney who supervised part
OF the shipping operation: for
mer United States Surgeon
General Leonard A. Scheele: :
the African Pilots skipper.
Capt. Alfred Boerum, and this
correspondent.
Clasping the Americans
shoulders, Mr.. Castro joShed
with them, declaring whatever
you want Is yours" and what
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Freed Priest Recalls
Secret Mass in Jail

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. "a (AP).
Il celebrated mass last Christ
mas, but it was one of the
poorest since the birth Of
Christ.
On the 23rd of December, by
the grace of God, I had a most
fortunate visit. A relative of
one of the prisoners came to
see me in the jail in Havana,
and she brought with her a
small bit of wine, hidden in a
capsule. the sort they use in
medicine.
The following day, at mid
night, after posting a guard
to make sure prison authori-
ties didn't catch us, we silently
said mass. There were 800 Of
us in the cell. We used a table
for an altar. I had no robes,
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Russian Plane
Is Off Course

MIAMI. Fla, Dec. "a (AP)-
United States Jet fighters in
tercepted a Russian turbo-prop
passenger plane about so miles
east OF Palm Beach Saturday.
a United States officials said
today.
F-i02 fighters scrambled
from Homestead Air Force
Base late In the afternoon when
radar screens reported an un-
known object. the North Amer
ican Air Defense Command
said.
The TUil4 transport. which
holds ITO to 900 passengers.
was 65 miles off course and 81
minutes late when II was
spotted.
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tions were acceptable, which
were not. A flow chart had been
worked out for c channelin G
pledges.
Internal Revenue attorneys
were making individual rulings.
Sometimes, they refused to &C
cept the evaluations proposed
by the manufacturers. A key
moment of decision came when
one manufacturers contribu-
ton would force him to lose
money unless Internal Revenue
allowed him to use a subsidi-
ary company's charitable de-
duction. The manufacturer had
offered a million dollars worth
of a high-priority drug. 1t was
vitality needed for the cause,
but the manufacturer had said
he would not contribute unless
he got the tax favor.
1t was a tough decision to
make but Mr.. Rogovin turned
him down. The manufacturer
decided to take his loss and
make the contribution. Manu-
facturerS who saw this as an
opportunity to dump goods they
couldn't sell were in the minor
ity and got nowhere.
December lin Washington,
the Red Cross now had it's
top-level disaster experts in full
operation and the goods were
beginning to roll. Internal Rev.
enue handed down an eight page
tax ruling to cover as many drug
industry problems as possible.
And Mr.. Katzenbach cleared
the antitrust hurdle with a
narrow ruling designed for the
emergency.
In New York, Mr.. Oberdorfer
recruited Robert Knight, who
had recently returned to pri-
vate practice after serving as
general counsel of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Knight was to head
the New York team of volun-
teer lawyers. He dropped every
thing and went to work. In the
speeches he started making to
industry groups, he always
pointed out that he was a Re-
publican but that this was a
bipartisan effort.
With Mr.. Knight now on the
team, Mr.. Oberdorfer and Mr..
Donovan met with the boards
of both the Manufacturing
Chemists Association and the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association. At the conclusion
of the PIMA meeting, the presi-
dent Of one company handed
Mr.. Donovan a pledge for one
million dollars worth of drugs
to be delivered on seven days
notice.
CAB Rules
December IL - The pace was
quickening. The Washington
team Of volunteers negotiated
the airlift Of prisoners after
the Civil Aeronautics Board
handed down a ruling in two
hours permitting airlines to do
nate their planes to haul pri-
soners and freight. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission
made a Similar ruling for the
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railroads. Internal Revenue
made its tax ruling for the
transportation industry but II
wasn't as favorable as the
manufacturers had received
Under existing law, only out
of-pocket expenses could be de-
Quoted as charitable contribu-
tions. That didn't stop the air.
lines and railroads and later
the trucks. They started pledg-
ing their facilities.
The President told a press
conference he was "sympathet-
ic" with the volunteer efforts
This was the assurance the
contributing companies wanted
December 13-The Air Force
and the immigration Service
conferred at the command post
on how the home-for- Christ
mas mission would be COM
pleted. Opa-Locka Airport was
chosen as the reception point
for the freight, and Homestead
Air Force Base as the place
where the prisoners would land
Associate Commissioner of I'm
migration Mario Noto went to
Florida to coordinate the re-
ception of the prisoners.
Assurance Needed
BY this time, Mr.. Donovan
was deep in another problem
He needed some way to assure
Castro that the rest of the
goods would be delivered aftel
the release of the prisoners. He
had recruited Henry Harfield
author of the leading treatise
on letters of credit, and III
wanted to talk 1t over with Jus.
tice officials and the Red Cross
A letter of credit would guar
antee a money payment if the
goods were not delivered a.
promised.
December IA - In New York
the Attorney General met with
the proprietary drug manufac-
turers to tell them the Gov
ernment'S position, while Mr.
Knight for the volunteers and
Mrs. Rogovin for the Govern
ment were comforting with the
manufacturers Of medical sup
plies.
In Washington, officials and
volunteers came to grips with
the letter of credit problem.
What was sought was a letter
of credit from a Canadian bank
since the Castro government
had dealings there.
Mr.. Katzenbach, who had
taught international CONNER
cial transactions before he
went to the Justice Depart
ment; Mr.. Harfield and Henry
T. Rathbun, a PIMA attorney,
flew to Montreal to talk with
bank officials. Mr.. Katzenbach,
in addition to his expertise
in the field, was to give the Ca
nadianS assurance that grant,
ing a letter Of credit would
not be inimical to American
foreign policy.
The Canadians said they
wouldn't issue such a letter Of
credit unless American banks
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U. S. and Russia Trying
To End Talks on Cubo

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
Dec. "a (AP).-United States
and Soviet representatives were
seeking to wind up their ne
gotiations on Cuba today.
They met for 212 hours yes
terday but a United States
spokesman reported no pro-
gress. He also said no future
have been scheduled
so far. They have been meet
ing for two months.
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placeQ Dy NlkOlal L. FedOrenkO,
now Soviet Ambassador to
Japan.
Mr.. Zorin has been over
Shadowed in the talks here
by Deputy Foreign Minister
VASTLY v. Kuznetsov, regarded
among WesternerS as following
a softer line.
Mr.. Kutnetsov was the host
at today's session. He met with
United States Deputy Chef
Delegate Charles w. yost and
John j. McCloy, chairman of
President Kennedy's co-ordi-
mating committee on Cuba.
United States Chief Delegate
Adlai E. Stevenson predicted at
a news conference Friday that
the negotiations, stemming
from the October missile crisis,
would be finished before Christ
mas.
He said the United States
then was waiting to hear the
Soviet preference between two
methods it had offered for
reaching a conclusion.
Possible Action
Mr.. Stevenson did not define
the alternatives, but he said
both would involve the filing of
statements or documents with
U: N. Secretary General U
Thant.
Other sources said one idea
was that the Soviet Union and
the United States should give
Mr.. Thant statements of the
points on which they had agreed
another plan was to give Mr..
Thant copies of Mr.. Kennedy's
and Premier Khrushchey's let
ters OF October 27 and % en-
oodying the basic agreement.
In either case, Cuba also was
expected to file a statement. IL
was supposed that Mr.. Thant
then would circulate all the
papers as official documents of
the Security Council.
Mr.. zorin. before the news OF
MS replacement was known. had
indicated he felt there should
be a Security Council meeting
to give a formal touch TO United
States-Soviet agreement.
There was no indication he
has changed his mind about
that. But at a late hour yes
terday, U, N. officials said the
Soviet delegation had not made
any request for such a meeting.
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Crucial Days

This is the day-by-day chro-
noloey Of how the answer was
found and the mission carried
out:
November 30 - The Attorney
General asked Louis Oberdorf-
er. the head Of his Tax Division
TO look into the tax conse-
quences of contributing goods
TO the cause. Was II, feasible
under existing tax laws for
companies TO get tax deduc-
ton for gifts OF drugs and food
without wrecking their year-end
balance sheets2
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Law Is Studied

That afternoon, Mr.. Ober-
dorfer met with Treasury and
State Department officials in
the office OF Deputy Attorney
General Nicholas deb. Katzen-
bach, who had once spent two
years In prison camp himself
The men did some rough calcu-
lations, discussed the law and
came UP with a tentative con-
clusion.
Under Internal Revenue reg
ulations. companies could con-
tribute up TO 5 per cent Of their
taxable income and could carry
forward gifts over the 5 per
cent for two years. In otheI
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The following wos written for the
Associoted Press by one OF the
three Roman cothoIie priests among
the lib Cubon invasion prisoners
held in Cubo since April, 1861.
and we kept our voices down.
But we had the wine.
The next day, friends visited
and several people in the cell
supplied Cuban folk music. We
were allowed to have music.
I was able to celebrate only
two masses. That one and the
following Easter, also after the
relative of a prisoner came to
visit with a capsule of wine.
rFow that I'm home, I'm not
sure what my future plans will
be, but I hope to say mass
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1962-12-24
ZOrin Overshadowed

The site was the headquarters
Of the Soviet delegation, whose
chief. Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian A. Zorin, is being re-
Evening star., 1962-12-24
Effort Pushed to Free
% Americans in Cuba

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. "a (AP).-
Intensified efforts to free %
American prisoners in Cuba
will now be made according
to American Red Cross Vice
President Ramone S. Eaton.
1T is possible that, when
this deal is concluded, freeing
Of the Americans may be added
to it." Mr.. Eaton said yester-
day. He supervised collection
and shipment Of the ransom
supplies.
Mr.. Eaton did not elaborate
but said the matter Of ransom
ing the Americans had not
been discussed with Cuban
officials.
Has Been Negotiating
He reported the Red Cross
has negotiated for some time
seeking their release land will
continue to do so with renewed
effort"
The Red Cross has not been
permitted to see the Americans
Mr.. Eaton said.
Swiss Embassy representa-
tives who have visited them
reported their condition is not
good, he added.
Mr.. Eaton declined to iden-
tify the Americans.
Appeals for Action
John MARITIME, a Miami Beach
electronics engineer freed by
Fidel Castro last October, said
in an interview that he knew
of II Americans-one of them
a woman-in Cuban jails. Six
teen of them we're fellow pris-
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Red Cross Checks

up 10 now, the Red Cross had
stayed out Of 1t on the ground
that 1t could not get involved
In what appeared to be a po-
litical matter. But the project
had taken on a humanitarian
cast. Through the Cuban Red
Cross. officials here had some
idea Of prisoner conditions,
Then. too, the project pre-
sented an opportunity to help
the Cuban people with needed
food and medicine. The Red
Cross promised an answer
within "a hours.
December 6-Red Cross OFF,
cials checked with the Depart
ment OF Health. Education and
Welfare and were assured the
prisoners would be taken care
OF when they reached Miami.
They checked with the I'M
migration and Naturalization
Service, with the State Depart
ment. with the White House
Everywhere, Government Off
cials reported the project had
the sympathetic support Of the
Government. More money was
involved In terms Of goods than
the Red Cross had ever handled
before. The Red Cross agreed
TO take on the assignment.
December 7 - Attorney
General Kennedy held his prom
ised meeting with the pharma-
ceutical manufacturers. He told
them how he had become in
terested because OF what he
had learned Of the valor OF the
prisoners, how infeasible II was
for the Government TO get in
volved, how important that the
men be rescued.
He told Of some Cubans who
had escaped from the battle
field and had drifted for sew
eral days In an open boat.
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Some died on the way. When
they were finally rescued, he
said, the survivors talked only
of how they wanted to go back
and bring freedom to their
country.
GO-Ahead Signal
Before the PIMA officers left
the Attorney General that day
the president, Eugene Beesley
said he would inform men,
bers Of the association and So
licit their help.
That was the go-ahead sig
nal. Mr.. Oberdorfer had a pretty
good idea of what lay ahead
He assigned his first assistant
John B. Jones, to work with
him, and designated his Sec
ond assistant, Richard M. Rob-
erts, to run the Tax Division
effective Immediately. At the
same time, he warned Mr.
Donovan to expect a deluge of
questions from the drug COM
panieS, wanting to know how
they could help and asking for
rulings.
Mr.Donovan recruited John
Nolan from the local law firm
of Steptoe and johnson. Mr.
Nolan started calling drug
companies in Mr.. Donovan's
name and realized in a hurry
that he needed more help
Three more local lawyers were
added to the team-E. Barrett
Prettyman, jr., from Hogan
and Harrison; John Douglas ot
Covington and Burling and
Ray RaSsenberger.
December S-The Justice De.
partment's team grew too. Dor
Coppock, assistant commits.
sioner of the immigration anC
Naturalization Service ir
charge of enforcement, was
called in. So was Joseph F
Dolan, Assistant Deputy At
torney General.
No FavOrs Offered
December 9-Attorney Gen.
eral Kennedy held a Sunday
meeting with the food manu-
facturers. Again, he explained
that whether the manufactur-
ers contributed or not depended
upon their own willingness
and their tax position, that
whether or not they contri-
buted was not a matter Of Gov
ernment concern. In other
words, they could expect no
favors for contributing and no
retribution for not contribut-
ing. He recognized that many
OF the companies had charit-
able commitments that should
not be jeopardized.
December 10 - The COM
mand post was now in opera
ton in Mr.. Oberdorfer's office.
A battery Of telephones was
moved in. The volunteer attor-
neys were calling drug and food
companies in Mr.. Donovan's
name. Volunteer doctors sup
piled by the Red Cross were
analyzing the drug list, telling
manufacturers which substitu-
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van had to have a doctor to
explain the American list.
Mr.. Katzenbach called DR..
Leonard A. Scheele, former Sur
geon General of the United
States Public Health Service at
7:45 pm. At 8 pm. DR.. Scheele
was on a jet to Miami. He spent
the rest of the night going over
the drug list.
December 20 - Accompanied
by DR.. Scheele, Mr.. Donovan re-
turned to his negotiations. At
the command post in Washing
ton, the kinks we're being ironed
out. Mr.. Prettyman, now repre-
senting Mr.. Donovan at the
freight unloading in Florida, re-
ported a problem of clearing
cough syrup with narcotics. Mr..
Katzenbach took that one to
the Commissioner Of Narcotics.
At Homestead Air Base. Mr..
Motto Of immigration called in
to report the results Of a "dry
run" with the Federal and
county health officials, the port
receptionists. the Red Cross
workers and all the others who
would be on the scene when the
prisoners arrived.
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Donovan Gets Documents

That was the complicated fl
nancial key TO open the door OF
Mr.. Castro's prison. Mr.. ober-
dorfer promptly flew TO Miami
to hand the copy 10 Mr.. Dono-
van.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Donovan had
raised another problem. Cas-
tro's technicians didn't recog-
nize the American names Of the
drugs, weren't sure substitu-
tions were acceptable. Mr.. Dom
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Donovan Reports

December 2l - Just before
noon. Mr.. Donovan called to say
that at his next meeting with
Mr.. Castro and his aides he
would present a form OF agree
ment TO be signed. The long
awaited letter of credit had
been delivered shortly before
noon 10 the Cuban Purchasing
Agent In Montreal by the Ca
madam bank and this was con-
firmed by the Cuban represen-
tative Of the Montreal Bank.
At $40 pm, Mr.. Donovan
made his report TO the Cuban
Families Committee In Miami.
Mission accomplished.
A few days before the end.
when II was still touch and 20
whether Operation Habeas
Corpus" would succeed. the At
torney General talked briefly TO
a reporter on the understand
Ing that nothing he said would
be used until after the men we're
out.
What he said seemed to ex-
plain why the Government men
worked around the clock beside
the volunteers.
THE prisoners" he said, ARE
part OF a struggle all around
the world In which we and they
are equally involved. We think
we should do everything we can
TO help them"