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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
British Cut
Bank Rate
Again to so

LONDON, Mar. % (AP).-
Britain cut the official bank
rate again today, lowering it
half a per cent to S per cent.
This move" said Bank Of
England spokesman. sis a re-
Election of the continued
strength of sterling"
The bank rate determines
the interest charges on loans
throughout the country and the
sterling bloc. 1t last was low
cred March 8 by half a per
cent.
This was the fourth reduc-
ton since the government
boosted the rate from S to 7
per cent during a financial
crisis last July.
BY coming back to per cent,
Prime Minister Macmillan's
financial experts expect to give
an added flip to sales and
spending and generally ease
clamps on the home economy.
The bank rate is the rate of
interest for loans charged by
the vernm e n t-controlled
Bank Of England. 1t affects
all types of industrial and con-
sumner credit arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22

secretary OF Cne Air FOfce 10
spend an extra 1920 million on
development of the controver-
sial 2,000-mile-an-hour plane.
AS approved, the bill merely
authorizes" the Pentagon to
spend the money. This is the
sort of language which Mr..
Vinson, Democrat of Georgia,
said was ignored by the De-
Tense Department 13 times in
the past six years.
President Kennedy, in answer
to a press conference question
yesterday, said that there was
no winner and no loser" in the
dispute. Neither Congress nor
the Executive should try to
push its powers in a direct
clash, he said. I'm a country
where the Constitution gives di-
vided responsibilities, we have
to attempt to adjust the
strong feelings of both sides"
he added.
In exchange for the softening
of the bill, Mr.. Vinson exacted
a pledge from Secretary of De-
Tense Mcnamara and President
Kennedy that the Pentagon
will make a new study of the
RS-70-mder close supervision
of Mr.. Wilson'S committee -
and then decide if more money
should be spent.
The amount of possible add
ed spending on Mr.. Mcnamara
mind apparently is only a small
fraction of the amount author.
lied by the House. Mr.. Nc.
Namara asked for $17l million
for the plane, the prototypC
of which is scheduled to fly il
December.
Recent closed testimony b,
one of Mr.. McNamara's top of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Congress Sees
'Hard-Se||' by
KennedyAides
BY JACK BELL
Associated Press staff Writer

Efforts of President Ken
nedy's Cabinet to sell the ad-
ministratlon's legislative pro-
gram to congressional employees
came in for criticism today.
A orestige-packed campaign
has found nearly all of the
Cabinet members from Secre-
tary o. State Rusk on down
the line subjecting themselves
to questioning by sdministra-
tive assistants, legislative clerks
and committee staff members
of both parties at unadvertised
meetings.
The Presidents brother, At
torney General Robert F.. Ken
nedy, for example, has briefed
staff assistants of ell members
of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee on the operations of his
department as well as on the
administrations program.
Administration leaders de-
scribe these off-the-record
sessions as merely informative.
But Republicans and some
Democratic critics thought they
detected an effort to influence
the men and women who advise
them.
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Dem
ocrat of Virginia, who opposes
some portions of the Kennedy
program, said he had ordered
his assistants not to attend
when Secretary of Welfare
Ribicoff met with aides of
Senators who are members of
the Senate Finance Committee.
Senator Byrd heads the COM
mittee, to which tax, trade,
medical care and other impor-
tant bills usually are assigned.
THE President certainly is
CACI V1Al6 LllOIllo- pICoouLS W
get his measures across" Sen
ator Byrd said. Il have never
seen anything quite like it in
my 90 years in the Senate"
Senator Heating, Republican
of New York, said in a separate
interview he had permitted
assistants in his office to at
tend sessions at which Mr..
RuSk, Secretary of the Treasury
Dillon, Secretary of Agriculture
Freeman and Postmaster Gen.
eral Day have presided.
1T looks like they were put
ting on a hard SELL" Senator
Heating commented. But 1
will endeavor to evaluate in
my own way the information
gathered by my assistants at
these meetings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
500 PLANNING
Freedom Ride

BALTIMORE, Mar. % (AP)
500 persons will par
ticipate in a mass freedom ride
in Maryland on March 81, the
Civic Interest Group of Mary
land said yesterday.
Leo Burroughs, jr., publicity
chairman of GIG, said the
group will demonstrate in towns
on the Western and Eastern
Shores to protest restaurant
segregation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
MOTHER MAKES A DECISION
ON WHICH CHILD TO SAVE

BEDFORD VILLAGE NJ Y. (AP)-If you had been
Mrs. June Swenson, what would you have done?
One daughter was lost beneath the waters of
pond Another had just been pulled from the pond and
was lying motionlesS the ground.
Would you search for the child who lost? Or
would you attempt artificial respiration the child be-
side you?
Mrs Swenson had this nghtmarish decision to make
yesterday.
She decided to choose what she could see She gave
artificial respiration to daughter JEAN g. whom she had
just dragged from the pond Soon the little girl began
to respond with gaspng breaths.
Mrs SWenson carried Jean to her home, about 80
yards from the pond and telephoned for help police
resce squad arrived and quickly recovered the body of
daughter Susan, s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Byrd Asks Halt
To StockpiIing
By the Associated Press

Senator Harry F. Byrd, Dem
ocrat of Virginia, says the
Government is adding to the
stockpile of strategic materials
it already has in excess.
Long-term contracts, some
of which run to 1868, are re-
Sponsible for the mounting
supplies, Senator Byrd said
yesterday. He called for re-
negotiation of the contracts
and a halt to deliveries.
That would seem to me to
be a much more logical course
to follow than to continue pur-
chaSes and have to sell the
materials off later" he said.
Senator Byrd's Senate House
Committee on Reduction of
NonesSentiai Expenditures gets
monthly reports on the status
of the stockpile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Traffic FutuIity
Ruled Accidental

The traffic death March IA
Of a 71-year-old pedestrian yes
terday was ruled accidental by
a District coroner's jury.
Sperio LOOMS of 2737 Devon
shire place NV, was fatally
injured as he crossed Sixteenth
street NV. about 60 feet north
of Nicholson street. Detective
Lurty Houff of the Accident In
vestigation Unit, testified there
had been no indication of speed
on the part of the driver, Leon
ard A. Woynoski, Is, 1901 Man
chester road, Silver Spring.
Detective Houff testified Mr..
LOOMS was crossing in the mid
die of the block and Mr.. Woy-
noski did not see him in time
to avoid hitting him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Reserves Get
Kennedy Plea
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy has asked
Reservists who may be engaged
in hum drum" military duty
/ to remember there is always
an inequity in life"
In an eloquent reply to a
reporters question at his NEWS
conference yesterday, the Pres
ident once again sought to ex-
plain why more than $4,000
National Guardsmen and Re
servistS were modified last fall
and why they are still on &C
tive duty.
The assembled newsmen had
heard before the reasons for
the Gallup: The crisis in Ber-
lin and the threats in South
east Asia. And. once again, MIR.
Kennedy said I'VE will release
them at the first possible date
consistent with our national Sc
curity."
Then, Mr.. Kennedy con-
tinued somberly, as if talking
to the Reservists directly:
9" There is always an in
equity in life. Some men are
killed in war and some men
are wounded, and some men
never leave the country, and
some men are stationed in the
Antarctic and some are sta
toned in San Francisco.
1T is very hard in military
or personal life to assure COM
plete equality. Life is unfair,
Some people are sick and
others are we'll.
g. I do hope that these
people recognize that they are
fulfilling a valuable function,
and that they will feel, however
hum drum it is, and how much
their life is disturbed and the
years have been yanked out OF
it, they will have the satisfac-
ton afterwards of feeling that
they contributed Importantly
to the security of their families
and their country and at a
significant time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22

ficials before a House commit
tee, a congressional source re-
vealed today, indicated that Mr..
Mcnamara believes that any
additional money spent would
not exceed $40 million to $50
million.
AS finally passed, the bill
authorized $l3 billion for ships,
planes and missiles for the fis-
cal year starting July l. All
the controversy conferred ON the
RS-70, although the House also
added SIS million for Army air.
craft, $31 million for Army mis-
siles, $2.8 million for Navy ships
and $40 million for Air Force
ICBMs.
The White House wanted to
avoid test of the conStitu-
tional power of Congress to
direct" an action. Mr.. Vinson
visited President Kennedy Tues
day night in an effort to work
out a compromise. He was
told, it is said, that the Pen
tagon would not spend the add
ed money anyhow unless un-
expected progress were made in
radar research and that if Mr..
Vinson backed down, his views,
particularly on the RS-70,
would get much closer atten-
ton in the future.
In his letter to Mr.. Vinson
Mr.. Kennedy expressed pro
foundest respect" for Mr.. Vim
son and said it is incumbent
upon the Executive to give
every possible consideration ir
, such matters to the views Of
Congres5." But he added:
Il must insist on the full
! powers and discretion of my
. office"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22

able member of the cabinet,
the dictator OF Defense"
Not one voice was raised in
defense of the Secretary of
Defense. Hardly a harsh word
was spoken against Chairman
Vinson, or his favorite plane
No one from the President
down to the House page-boys
wishes to antagonize Mr.. Vim
son. Bismarck could have taken
lessons in autocracy from him
He eats Defense Secretaries for
lunch, and members of his
committee fear to speak in his
presence.
Attempts we're made to de-
scribe the outcome of veSter-
days constitutional engage
ment as a victory for Uncle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Worlds Fair Exhibits
May Be Seen Here

A preview of some Seattle
Worlds Fair exhibits is on view
in the main window of the
Hecht Co. at Seventh and F
streets NV.
The preview, which opened
yesterday, will continue through
March 81. The Fair will be
opened by President Kennedy
April 81 and continue through
October 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
BY MARY McGRORY
star Staff Writer

The House Of Representatives
wants it clearly understood
that while Secretary Of De-
Tense Mcnamara has won his
fight on the RS-70, he has
lost it's affections.
The 403-0 vote yesterday rep
resented defeat for one of its
own, Chairman Vinson of the
Armed Services Committee, but
the House avenged Mr.. Vinson
by trying to drum Mr.. Nc
Namara out of the human race.
The Secretary Of Defense.
an eminently practical man,
may prefer votes to the ex-
pressions of tender regard that
were heaped on his adversary.
He'll Not Be Happy
Still, if he is human, which
speakers in yesterdays debate
loudly doubted, he will not be
made happy by reading his
notices in the Congressional
Record, which call him "a
thinking machine" and a man
who attempts to play God.
Il would rather" said Rep
resentative Wilson, Republican
of California, with feeling, put
my faith in a bunch of Carl
Vinson than in all the punches
Mcnamara can put on his
IBM machines"
Representative Gubser, Re
publican of California, described
the Secretary, whose incan-
descent intelligence has caused
him to be rated the most valu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Bonn Aide Sees President,
Fovors East Europe Ties

West German establishment
of normal diplomatic relations
with East European countries
has become a topic for discus
sion on the highest levels of
the Kennedy administration
this week with the visit here
of Erich Mende. leader of the
Free Democratic Party in the
Federal Republic.
Mr.. Mende, slated to become
vice chancellor of West Ger
many if Chancellor Adenauer
retires before 1865 as he re-
portedly has promised, spent
an hour and Is minutes with
President Kennedy at the White
House Monday.
Diplomatic Ties Urged
High American officials have
quietly been urging West Ger
man officials to establish dip
lomatic relations with the
Communist countries of Gen.
trail Europe.
In an interview yesterday.
. Mr.. Mende said his party ia
I; vors diplomatic relations with
Poland, Czechoslovakia and
Hungary first.
Poland was the first victim
of Nazi aggression" he said,
land we have a moral obliga-
ton for restitution. His party
advocates exchanging ambas-
( sailors with all Communist ma
tons in Europe, including Ro-
mania, Bulgaria and Yugo-
! Slavia, Mr.. Mende said.
! The Free Democratic Party
which Mr.. Mende leads now
holds five cabinet posts in a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Cambridge Gets
First Tuna Curqo

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Mar. %
(AP).-A 400-ton consignment
of tuna arrived in Cambridge
yesterday aboard the Japanese
freighter "Banshu Maru."
1t is the first of the sched-
uled monthly shipments for the
Dorchester County community's
newest industry, the Maryland
Tuna Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22

coalition government with Mr.
Ademauer's Christian Demo-
cratic Union. 1t was Mr.. Mende
who last fall withheld FDP sup
port for a proposed CDU-FDP
coalition in an unsuccessful at
tempt to replace Mr.. Adenauer
with the CDU's No. 2 leader,
Ludwig Erhard.
Has Chancellor's Pledge
Chancellor Adenauer, now ap-
preaching his 87th year would
be 80 if he were to serve until
the next general election in
1865. Mr.. Mende repeatedly OBJ
tanned the Chancellor's written
pledge to step down during a
specified span of time before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
Kennedy
Faith in Party
Chiefs on Hill
BY GARRETT d. HORNER
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy says Dem
ocratic leaders of the Senate
and House have been very
faithful and I think they are
doing the best they can"
The President made this
comment when asked at a press
conference yesterday about
what a reporter said was a
belief in some circles that
certain congressional leaders
in your party are more prone
to negotiate the terms Of sur
render even before they start
fighting for your program"
Mr.. Kennedy says he thinks
1--WE have secured the passage
Of important legislation al
ready" and that congressional
committees are moving ahead
in other areas.
Rejecting arguments that his
program to tie medical care for
the aged to social security
would be "the opening wedge
for socialized medicine" the
President says he believes the
medical care program lis going
to be adopted"
Sees Good Choice
II believe it has a good
chance this year." adding that
if not passed this year he thinks
it will be in the future because
sit is in the economic as we'll
as the social interests of people
of our country"
The argument that such a
program would lead to social
lied medicine is 1.-THE oldest
type of argument in the world ~
Mr.. Kennedy said. The old
tactic, he explained, is that
when a case is lost, to argue
that it is all right here but
what is it going to mean for
the future" He added that I'M
der that argument there never
would have been any progress
on social legislation in this
country.
In discussing important legis-
lation already passed by Con-
gress, the President said both
the Senate and House have
passed good bills on higher edu-
cation. He said he hoped the
conference to reconcile differ
ences in the measures will re-
suit in keeping "the best fea-
lures" of both bills and not
their worst features.
Limit on Aid
One reporter asked Mr.. Ken
nedy why the United States
up to our necks in surplus
cannot ship much greater
amounts of surplus food abroad
to help feed hungry people in
other countries.
Mr.. Kennedy noted that the
United States is spending bill
lions of dollars on it's agricul-
tural program and more bill
lions on foreign economic aid,
but there is a financial limit
to how much it can spend.
The reason for not doing
more is 1.-The limitation of avail
able funds" he said. He
added that this food has to be
bought, and it has to be ap-
propriated for and it has to
come out of the taxpayers of
the United States. We do an
awful lot"
Inc PreSlQent cOntraSted the
record of the United States in
this regard to other countries,
including those with surplus
farm production.
In response to another CUES
ton, the President said Ameri-
can military officials had de-
cided that efficiency at present
of a mobile system of moving
missiles around on the rail-
roads was not sufficiently
demonstrated to warrant de-
velopment of such a program
rather than developing hard
ened sites for missiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
81 Heroes to Be Topic

Civil War winners of the
Congressional Medal of Honor
will be discussed in a public
program at 2 pm. Sunday at
the Lincoln Museum. 511 Tenth
street NV. by 1t. Col. Wesley
F. McPheron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22

the next general election cam
paign.
President Kennedy's plan for
establishing an International
Western rights of access to
West Berlin drew warm sup
port from Mr.. Mende. He &C
knowledged that the Soviet
Union already has rejected the
idea, but I don't believe we
have heard their last word, !"
he said.
Endorses agents Theory"
The FDP leader also indorsed
the agents theory" first ad-
vanced by the late Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles in
1858.
If KhruShchev concludes a
separate treaty with EAST
German Communist Party boss
Walter) Ulbricht, this will re-
quire Of the West a realistic
evaluation of the power situa-
tion," Mr.. Mende believes. If
Ulbricht took over inspection
of travel papers, his officers
could be treated as agents of
the Soviet Union and we could
avoid de jure recognition of
East Germany"
Mr. Mende has no objection
to de facto recognition of East
Germany.
The Adenauer government
has avoided diplomatic rela-
lions behind the Iron Curtain,
except in Moscow, because it
would place two German am
bassadors in each East Euro
pean capital and thereby tend
to recognize the division of
Germany into two states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
MORAL VICTORY
THEY'RE All for Vinson

Carl, or "the Admiral" or the
Old Swamp Fox" as he is
variously known.
Representative Hebert, DEM
ocrat of Louisiana, said the
vote would reflect the "coun-
try's confidence in Mr.. Vinson
and in the BIO"
Vinson Is Unhappy
Mr.. Wilson'S demeanor, how
ever, suggested Napoleon at
Waterloo rather more than
Nelson at Trafalgar.
Efforts to court-martial Mr..
Mcnamara for INSTRUMENTATION
to so great a man while in
dorsing his policies did not
cheer up Mr.. Vinson notice.
ably.
He did not brighten when
Representative Stratton, Dem
ocrat of New York, said, THE
committee has won its point.
Congress has won its point.
The Secretary wants to spend
$171 million on something his
computers say is useless"
All agreed that Chairman
Vinson had done the splendid
thing in climbing down from
directing" the Secretary Of
Defense" to spend $491 million
on the RS-70 to authorizing"
him to do so. The Secretary's
contribution to the compromise
in offering to make study was
not so we'll received.
Said Representative Becker
Republican of New York, 1--WE
know this is an old legislative
trick-When you want to get
rid of something you make a
study"
Gross Bats Chairman
Still Chairman Vinson was
getting all the best of it-none
failed to make scathing refer
ence to "the computing ma
chimes of the Pentagon"-unt;l
Representative Gross, Republi-
can of Iowa, went to the well
of the House and boldly baited
Chairman Vinson to his face
so unusual a circumstance that
some beholders expected the
roof to fall in.
The Armed Services Com
mittee voted unanimously tc
direct the Secretary of Defense
to spend $491 million on the
BIO" he said, as if he didn't
know that no member of that
body votes against the chair
man.
Now it is authorizing him
to do so. Why? Because Mr.
Vinson trod the primrose path
last night to the White House
Something happened. All the
signals are changed. I went
to the dictionary. Direct is
absolute. Authorize is discre-
tionary.
&C.. What kind of compromise
are we engaged in? What kind
of fight did the Armed Serv-
ices Committee win? We the
members of Congress have beer
misled, not deliberately, but we
have been misled."
This was the only dissent in
the tributes to the chairman
and as a matter of fact, except
for the trifling matter of the
vote, the only setback of the
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
RS-70 Fight Is Over
With Winner in Doubt
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Staff Writer

The question of who won" the RS-70 bomber COM
promise still being by Congressman Defense
Department officials today.
The House approved the authorization bill unanimously
yesterday after Chairman Vnson of the
ices Committee agreed to drop the directing" the
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Mdrston-Bo

Col. AnSon Marston, USA
retired, and Mrs. Marston
of Omaha, Nebr., announce
the engagement of their
daughter Alice Virginia to 1t.
Keith R. Barney, tr.. USAR,
son of Maj. Gen. Keith Bar
ney, USA Cretired), and Mrs.
Barney of Arlington. A July
Z wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Tonis-Snyder

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Tanis
of Sioux City, Iowa, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter. Barbara Lou,
to Mr.. Stephen Neal Snyder
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
Snyder of Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Ginsburo-
Woynberq

Mrs. Fruma Ginsburg an
nounces the engagement of
her daughter Rita Marilyn to
Mr.. Leon Morris Waynberg,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Waynberg of Mount Rainier,
Md. The bride-elect is also
the daughter of the late DR..
Carl Ginsburg. An August
wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Cush-Cronin

Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Cash of Woodlawn Heights,
Nd. announce the engage
ment of their daughter
Wanda Lee to Mr.. William
Maurice Cronin, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James F. Cronin of
District Heights, Md. An Au-
gust wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Hynun-SiIberberq

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hy-
man announce the engage
ment of their daughter Ruth
to Mr.. Bill Silberberg, jr., son
OF Mrs. Silberberg of Silver
Spring, and the late Mr.. Sill
berberg.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Keefer-U

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard E.
Keefer of Springfield, Md,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Sheila Marie
to Mr.. Rolf F. Ungert, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Ungert Of
Frankfurt. Germany. A Sep
tember 8 wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Antilu-Phipps

Mr.. and Mrs. Heimo An
tia of Bladensburg, Md, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Joyce Lee to
Mr.. Robert PhippS, son of
Mr.. William Phipps of Brock
ton, Mass. A June wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
RosenfeId- -PoImur

Mr.. and Mrs. Myer Rosen-
field of Silver Spring an
nource the engagement of
their daughter Beverly Elaine
to Mr.. Norman Carl Polmar,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. David
w. Polmar of Silver Spring.
A November wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
BoorOm-luuQ

Col. o. D. Boorom, USA
(retired). and Mrs. Boorom
of West HyattSville, Md, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Bette to Mr..
Owen B. Laug, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Edwin P. Laug of Kens-
ington. An October wedding
is planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
WiIIis-Frunce

Mr.. and Mrs. William Olin
Willis of Ridley Park, Pa, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Dorothy to Mr..
Carroll Edward France, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. France
of Hagerstown, Md. A fall
wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1962-05-20
Spring-Ookes

Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm R.
Spring of Arlington announce
the engagement of their
daughter Jane Ann to Mr..
George Smith Oakes, jr., son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Oakes, ST.,
of Bloomsbury, N. J. A late
July wedding is planned.