davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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that 1t loses all but a fraction
of its radioactivity by the time
products like butter and cheese
are sold and consumed. Milk
levels were also reduced by US
ing stored feed (from which
the radioactivity had already
virtually disappeare0 for cows
whose milk would be sold fresh
The higher iodine levels in
Utah and nearby States were
blamed on nuclear testing by
the United States in Nevada
Minnesota and Iowa's dairy in
dustries are ready to take &C
ton like that in Utah If their
levels should continue to rise
Other States are developing
plans.
The Utah action was taken
when the average concentra-
ton of iodine 131 in milk sam
Piles averaged $50 micromicro-
curies per liter in July. This
relatively high level caused the
total micromicrocuries for the
year, figuring a liter of milk a
Evening star., 1962-08-17
lnnuendo in the Humphrey Probe

transactions the Government
made for this purpose, the
H q ma contracts involved
the most efficient use Of the
least Government money, Ell
ther per pound Of nickel
bought or per pound Of ca
pacity created, and it Is sure
ly one Of the comparatively
few cases where every cent
Of its expenditures have al
ready been fully repaid to
the Government with inter-
est"
Mr.. Humphrey. in his
statement to the committee,
said the Hanna company
had realized a net profit of
SIS million over the seven
year period involved and
that the Government not
only will have acquired its
Hanna-produced nickel at a
price below the market price
today, but it has also re-
ceived from the same opera
ton income taxes of $5.8
million, withholding taxes of
So million from the employees
of the nickel company, and
approximately 81 million for
power from the Bonneville
Dam. On transactions to-
falling 1928 million as Of
April /, 1861. Mr.. Humphrey
testified under oath that
Hanna's profit Of SIS mil
lion amounts to less than 8
per cent over the entire sew
en-year period.
But the facts probably will
never catch up with the in
nuendo. differences of i'm
proper conduct will persist,
and that's why the so-called
liberals" have always made
a good point when they ar
gued against Government by
innuendo or guilt by asso-
ciation." especially in con-
gressional investigations. Un-
fortunately, however, the po-
litical urge is often stronger
than the sense Of justice.
Maybe that's why so many
Of the liberals" who are
Democrats are strangely ST.
lent today while regulations
are damaged and implica-
tions of improper conduct
are leveled against men Of
integrity who happen to be
of the opposite political par
ty.
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Another Defeat Foreseen for Party
Still Tryinq to Form State Ticket
DORIS FLEESON

NEW YORK - New York
Democrats are still busy with
their slide rules trying to
work out a ticket to oppose
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
and Senator Jacob Javits this
fall. One observer explains
that they are looking for the
best man, Just so he is jew
ish.
The outlook is for one Of
those wide-open conventions
next month which are so
democratic in theory and a
donnybrook in practice. The
almost-sure result will be not
only another election defeat
but a build-up for the lead
ing Republican presidential
contender in 1864.
President K e nnedy can
with truth contend that he
tried to give light and lead
ing but was rebuffed. Yet he
is not wholly free from
blame. He has confused the
picture by putting some i'm
mediate support in the House
of Representatives ahead of
the long-term effort by re-
form Democrats to build a
new and creative organiza-
ton within the city and
State.
For many years the bor-
ough bosses have regarded
House seats as personal pa
tronage and filled them ac-
cordingly. Occasionally, this
has resulted in effective
Congressman who took the
job seriously, but too often
it has meant Tuesday to
Thursday members whose
own staffs we're political
rather than legislative.
The outstanding example is
Representative Charles Buck
ley, the Bronx boss in name
only since Mayor Robert
Wagner shellacked him in
his own borough in the
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Publicity Tactics Against Ex-Secretory
Are Criticized as Unjust Politics

press. This correspondent
called attention to the un-
fairness Of it several weeks
ago in these dispatches.
But what are the facts in
the case of George Hum
phrey? Early in 1858 he told
a congressional committee,
which had before 1t the ques-
ton Of confirming him as
Secretary of the Treasury,
that he had been connected
with the M. A. Hanna Co.
of Clevela d, which had
made a contract with the
Government. He was not
asked by a single member of
the committee to sell his
holdings, for there would be
no way he could dispose of
his assets and still be COM
pletely detached from poSsi-
BILE Government action. AS
he pointed out, at the 1853
hearing, even the cash that
he might derive from the
sale of his stock in the nickel
company would have had to
be deposited in the banks
and would draw interest, and
it could theoretically be ar
gued that the Treasury De-
partment has much to do
with the fixing of interest
rates.
So Mr.. Humphrey in
structed his associates and
his subordinates in the
Treasury never to take up
with him any matter that
related to the Hanna COM
pany's contract with the
Government to make nickel
for airplanes and for other
national defense purposes.
The Government needed the
nickel and the Hanna COM
pany had the facilities to
make it otherwise, it would
have had to be obtained in
Cuba or Canada. Mr.. Hum
phrey declares that he was,
himself. very much opposed
to his company's taking on
the contract, because of the
risks involved, and said so at
the time.
Mr.. Humphrey, in his testi-
mony this week, moreover
declared that "of all the
Evening star., 1962-08-17
DAVID LAWRENCE

It's just too bad that
George Humphrey, former
Secretary of the Treasury,
isn't or hasn't been a Com
munist sympathizer. If he
had been, the so-called lib
eralS would today be crying
out that publicity through
the devices of innuendo and
guilt by association" was
being employed by a congress
sional committee to defame
the personal integrity and
public record of a witness.
There probably would even
be demands that the investi-
eating committee be "abol-
ished."
But Mr.. Humphrey, who is
not a Fifth Amendment
taker," has just appeared be-
fore a Senate investigating
committee at his own request
and has given comprehensive
data about the M. A. Hanna
Co., which he headed before
he entered the Eisenhower
cabinet and with which the
United States Government,
during the Truman admin
stration, negotiated a con-
tract. He declares that the
Government benefited and
today stands to make money
out of the whole transaction.
Will the lengthy statement
made to the committee by
Mr.. Humphrey ever get
enough distribution to offset
the innuendoes that were
given to the press of the
country prior to the hear
ing?
The current congressional
inquiry on stockpiling of
strategic materials was un-
dertaken with the public en-
couragement of the Presi-
dent. Perhaps it was an ef-
fort to overcome the unfa-
vorable publicity arising in
connection with the Billie
Sol Estes case in which. in
cidentally, there's been a
good deal Of unjustified in
nuendo, too, about the in
tegrity of various officials of
the Kennedy administration
whose names have been ban
died about loosely in the
Evening star., 1962-08-17
Registry Urged
For Rockwell as
Foreign Agent
BY the Associated Press

A New York Congressman
wants the Justice Department
to require George Lincoln
Rockwell, head Of the Ameri--
can Nazi Party, to register as
a foreign agent.
Representative Halpern, Re-
publican Of New York, wrote
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy yesterday that Mr..
Rockwell, on his recent trip to
England. signed an agreement
at tswold establishing q
"Nazi Internationale" to pro-
mote nazism in various ma
tionS.
Mr.. Halpern said Mr.. Rock.
well. like all other foreign
agents. should be required to
register as such.
He also reminded Mr.. Ken
nedy that the Attorney Gen.
erals list of subversive organi-
Zations does not include the
American Nazi Party.
Mr.. Rockwell's headquarters
are in Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1962-08-17

servative Democrats, not all
from the South.
Liberal Democrats tried hard
to save the Senate insurance
program by forcing a roll call
vote. They were defeated by the
rules and members with no de-
sire to be on the record fol
diminishing veterans benefits
in an election year.
Some See Double Loss
Some members who took
issue with the league approach
ventured that the House would
lose the veterans compensation
bill as well as the insurance bill
by yesterdays vote.
The House has another parli-
amentary weapon now, how
ever. If the Senate refuses to
pass the compensation mea-
sure. the House can refuse to
go to conference to settle diff
ferences in the insurance bills.
Earlier, at a Rules Committee
hearing. Mr.. league agreed he
Evening star., 1962-08-17

a oay OF parliamentary ma
neuvering.
Members were advised by
Representative league, Demo-
crat Of Texas, that they were
voting not so much for the in
surance as for q separate bill
to raise by 9 per cent payments
to veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities.
Latter Bill Stuck in Senate
This veterans compensation
bill Is stuck in the Senate. The
House passed 1t last year
But Senator Long, Democrat
OF Louisiana, has blocked a
Senate vote. He will continue
to object until the House sends
the Senate the insurance bill,
according to Mr.. league, chair
man of the House Veterans
Affairs Committee.
The Representatives and the
Senator have been at logger
heads for four years over the
two veterans benefit bills.
Mr.. league was supported
mostly by Republicans and con-
Evening star., 1962-08-17

The Senate Finance Com
mittee has completed -four
weeks of hearings on President
Kennedy's trade expansion bill
with most members indicating
support for its general princi-
Piles.
However. it appeared likely
that the bill is in for some
changes in the closed-door ses-
sions which will start on it next
Tuesday.
Chairman Harry F. Byrd
Democrat of Virginia, told q
reporter yesterday he was high
ly doubtful his committee could
complete its votes on the House
passed measure next week.
This would mean that II
would be close to Labor Day
before the group could send II
to the floor.
This bill Is becoming more
controversial all the time" Sem
ator Byrd said. "I believe many
Evening star., 1962-08-17

was being "blackmailed" to rec
ommend the broader insurance
bill.
Senior Minority Committee
man Ayres, Republican of Ohio,
said the bill, in Senate form,
never would be called to a
House vote but for the Jasmine
manner in which it was han
died in the other body"
Eligible to apply for Govern
ment insurance under the
House bill would be disabled
veterans who served between
October 8. 1910, and January /
1857. They would have a year
to enroll. Maximum benefits
would be $4,000. There would
be no dividends.
Uninsurable Privately
The aim Of the bill is Il
promise insurance to veteran.
who are uninsurable by private
companies by reason of in.
turies caused by service tt
their country. The program
would be open to veteran.
whose disabilities were only re-
Gently discovered, If they car
be traced to service duty.
Cleared for House floor ac-
ton. probably in about two
weeks, was the United Nations
bond bill. The Rules Commit
tee granted five hours of de-
bate time, more than the
Foreign Affairs Committee
wanted. Critics should have a
chance to examine the far
reaching foreign policy" pro-
posal, Rules Committee mem
bers decided.
Evening star., 1962-08-17
Outlook for New York Democrats

that area a concentrated
dose of personal appeal and
a program. President Kenne-
dy goes west this week end,
perhaps with similar intent,
but his tour will be brief
and his program for the
West is almost nonexistent.
A recent conference of
Western party leaders made
headlines because one Of
them incautiously attacked
j. Edgar Hoover and was
promptly rebuked by the At
torney General. But the i'm
portant news was their dis
satisfaction with the way
things we're going in Wash
ington and presidential in
ability to get things moving.
Evening star., 1962-08-17
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Russian bulletin: Golden Eagle will receive the
Order of Lenn After ALL he went and got Falcon before
he could defect.
If you think times aren't tough, just remember that
Jacquelne Kennedy forced to take Caroline
Italy to escape the high cost of American babysers
Electricians strike the u s. moon-rocket project Well
at least you can't them of moonlighting
Reaction to Kenneys decision against quick tax cut
was instantaneous Four Boston promptly held I'D
mail truck and made off with SIS million in tax-free
money
One Democrat boasts he a true patriot in the
Billie Sol Estes It's true he tried Billie some
more cotton - but only so Billie could make his
money by not growing cotton on it.
Evening star., 1962-08-17

mayoralty campaign last fall.
But the President feels he
needs Mr.. Buckley and Mr..
Buckley's House friends, so
the mayor is inhibited from
wholehearted support of the
anti-Buckley forces this year.
The situation is conducive
to Republican complacency,
but Governor Rockefeller.
plainly cycling 1864, has not
relaxed. He will be on the
boardwalks of Coney Island
and assorted beaches again
this week end, displaying his
celebrated smile and cast
iron digestion.
What he wants, of course,
is a plurality so staggering
that his critics in the party
will be intimidated. 1t repre-
sentS also respectful atten-
ton to a certain loss of pres
tige suffered as a result Of
his divorce and pedestrian
conduct of the States af-
fairs.
Democratic polls show the
loss clearly, and this nor
mally would create great
good humor at the organiZa-
ton level. In st d. uncer-
tainty and crankiness reign
as the trial balloons are i'm
pulsively launched and as
quickly fail.
Republican hopes for
House upSets are high, and
it, is possible that a Rookie
feller Javits sweep might
produce a few. The opinion
now is that the party ratio
will not substantially change.
even if President Kennedy
came to the State often and
made a great effort.
Baked by Southern con-
servative domination of the
standing committees in Con-
gress during the first New
Deal years. President Roose-
welt turned westward, giving
Evening star., 1962-08-17
GI Insurance Reopener
Limited in House Vote

The House has voted reopen Government insurance
some 8 million veterans disabled because Of in World
War II or the Korean conflict.
standing vote OF l24 to 81 rejected bill extend
ing insurance benefits to all veterans between 1910 and
1857 Some l6 million could be covered broader bill
The House agreed limited yesterday after
Evening star., 1962-08-17
.86#' TEAR !El!lS

NEicHeoRHooD HAHN STORES OPEN ToNIcHT* .14th {
"44s3 CONN., 1918 18th "MARLOW HGTS *sllVER SPRING
aPRINCE GEORGES PLAZA ALEXANDRIA CLARENDON
Evening star., 1962-08-17
sport coats

Eagle, PetroceIIi and other fomous-for-
fashion names from regular stock. Reeu-
lor 35. to e5. " priee---l7.5o to 47.5o
Evening star., 1962-04-13

at a special meeting Of the State
Central Committee which he
has scheduled in Richmond
April %.
A move to GUST Mr.. Potter as
State chairman last year was
begun by the Page County
G. o. P. chairman. I. r. DoHl
of LuraE He claimed Mr.. Pot
ter was too busy at the ma
tional level to devote the proper
time to building a strong party
organization in Virginia. The
State committee then gave Mr..
Potter a vote of confidence.
While his letter doesn't men,
ton it, Mr.. Potter early this
year became vice president and
director of the Thomas F. Mains
Corp, a national real estate
syndicate based in Richmond,
the Associated Press reported.
Among those who have beer
mentioned as a possible sue
cesSor as Virginia chairman are
Jack Middleton of The Plains,
Horace E. Henderson Of Nc
Lean, L. S. Parsons. jr.. of Nor
folk, Clyde Pearson and Lin
wood Holton of Roanoke, and
Walter Gambill of Richmond.
Evening star., 1962-04-13
VPI Celebrates
goth Anniversary

BLACKsBURG. Va. April Is
(SpeciaD Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute celebrated its Goth
anniversary today at a convoca-
ton ceremony followed by a
military review Of the institutes
corps Of cadets.
V. c. pat Jones. Civil War
historian, delivered the con-
vocation address, The First
Ninety Years"
Two Washingtonian's we're
among u VPI alumni cited for
"meritorious service and out
standing contributions TO their
profession, their Nation and
their Alma Mater"
The two are BENJAMIN NJ.
McKelway, editor Of The Wash
ington Evening Star. and Cyrus
Hanklns, a business executive
and consulting engineer.
Evening star., 1962-04-13
Sosscer Says Rivals
Twist County Picture

machine rule by the organiza- =
tion of Mr.. SasScer, a former
United States Representative.
Gov. Tawes and members of
his Statewide ticket praised
the SaSscer organization and
county officials at stops across
the county.
Gov. Tawes called Prince
Georges a "bulwark of democ-
racy" and said he was grateful
to the local organization"
State Controller Louis L.
Goldstein. running for re-
election on the Tawes ticket,
said at the courthouse rally
that the government Of Prince
Georges is in good hands, in
dedicated hands"
House of Delegates Speaker
Perry o. Wilkinson, a member
Of the SasScer organization, is
running on the Tawes ticket
for Representative at large.
His opponent, Delegate Carlton
w. SickleS, also of Prince
Georges, has been indorsed by
the Independent Democrats.
Evening star., 1962-04-13

peals fails to rule on the 1860
bond issue before final council
action on the city budget on
May IA or if the court should
hand down an adverse decision,
Mr.. HALEY said.
Councilman Charles J. He'd
etniemi also emphasized the
advertised tax rate increase
was authorized for discussion
purposes only"
Not a single member of the
council had any thought of
putting through the full
amount of the increase" he
said.
The reason the tax increase
was advertised at $2.42, Mr..
Hedetniemi said. is because the
figure can be cut back, but if
the tax were advertised at a
figure too low. it could not be
increased without readvertising
again. The council will hold a
public hearing on the budget
May IA.
Evening star., 1962-04-13
Train Kills
Of
Commissury

An employe of the Army COM
missary at Cameron Station
Alexandria, was killed yester-
day when struck by a train near
his home in Remington, Va.
He was George Dewey Cook
81, a member of the sales store
force since l945 who had
roomed in the 1900 block OF
Prince street, Alexandria, COM
muted to his home on week
ends, according to a commiSsary
spokesman.
The Fauquier County sher-
ifs office in Warrenton re-
ported that Mr.. Cook was struck
by Washington-bound passen-
ger train about 800 am.
The sheriff's office said Mr.,
Cook carried no Identification
but had about Sl,04l in cur
rency. wrapped in a plastic bag
in his possession when he was
killed.
Mr.. Cook had been on sick
leave for three weeks and was
due to return TO work next
Tuesday. the commissary
spokesman said. He was sched-
uled to retire next year.
He leaves a wife and two
daughters in Remington.
Evening star., 1962-04-13
Mayor Reossures City
Against 83% Tax Rise

Falls Church Mayor Charles
NJ. HALEY said today no one
can expect the City Council will
pass anything resembling the
80 per cent tax hike and ST.
743,000 city budget" given a
first reading by the council
Monday night.
AS passed on its first reading,
the proposed budget carried a
tax increase of S2.42 on both
real estate and personal prop
erty taxes. Current rates are
S292 per S100 assessed value
Of real estate and 81 per S100
assessed value of personal prop
erty.
OF the total proposed tax in
crease, Mr.. HALEY noted, S1.36
would produce revenue for a
100000 addition to the high
school. Funds for the project
were originally included in a
$l.2 million bond issue tied up
in litigation since 1860.
Mr.. HALEY explained that the
budget included all proposals
submitted to city manager
Lewis 2. Johnston from all Of
ficial bodies, such as the School
Board, and from individual city
councilmen.
AS a result, a first reading
of any city budget is essentially
for legal purposes only. Mr..
HALEY said, and in no way
commits the councilmen to
final approval Of any given
figure.
The inclusion of the S4O8 900
school fund gives the council
leeway for future action if the
Virginia Supreme Court of Ap-
Evening star., 1962-04-13
z Sentenced
In Gambling
Stamp Case

BALTIMORE. April 13.-
Two WashingtonianS were
given jail sentences and fineG
in Federal court today on
charges of conducting book
making operations without
purchasing a $50 Federal gam
bliag tax stamp.
Sentenced were Orion T.
Whiting. SIS. of the 1900 block
of Hamlin street NE, a law
school graduate. and Mrs
Lucretia M. Killings, AZ, OF
the 1900 block of U street
NV, who holds a bachelors
degree in business administra-
ton, police said.
Judge w. Calvin Chesnut
sentenced Whiting, described
by police as the leader of q
$5, ,000-a-day gambling opera
ton. to one year in prison and
fined him $4,000.
The judge sentenced Mrs
Killings to 18l days in prison
and fined her $1,000.
They were found guilty by
a jury last summer.
They were arrested in June
of 1860 by Internal Revenue
agents in a building near the
intersection of Leland road
and Grain highway in Prince
Georges County.
Their attorney, T. Emmett
Mckenzie of Washington, tolo
the court the defendants would
appeal.
Evening star., 1962-04-13
Potter Quits as Chairman
Of Virginia Republicans

!. Lee Potter today announced
his resignation as chairman of
the Republican State Central
Committee of Virginia.
The 52-year-old Arlington
businessman said it was caused
by increasing demands imposed
by his duties as director of the
Southern division of the Re-
publican National Committee.
He reported that because the
G. o. P. is intensifying its eff
forts to win voters throughout
the South, he will have to travel
frequently before the fall con-
greSsional elections.
Mr.. Potter has been the
leader Of his party in Virginia
since 1856.
Since 1857, he also has di-
rected Operation Dixie" which
has been credited with helping
make the Republican party an
influential political factor in
some parts of the South.
Republican prospects in the
South look particularly good
this year." Mr.. Potter declared.
I'VE have an excellent op-
portunity to win a number of
Evening star., 1962-04-13
jamestown Settlers
Kin to Speak at Fete

JAMESTOWN. Va. April l3
(AP).-A descendant of early
jamestown settlers will speak
at the annual jamestown Day
ceremonies on the island Sun
day, May 13.
He is the Rev. Peyton Will
liams. rector of Christ and ST
Luke's Church in Norfolk. The
ceremonies have been held an
nually since 1896.
Evening star., 1962-04-13

LanSdale G. SasScer, ST.,
lashed out yesterday at the in
surgent Democratic group
which is trying to upset the
control of his organization over
the Prince Georges County
Government.
We're all right if we can
get the true picture across, !"
Mr.. Sasscer told reporters dur
ing a tour by the Taws-for-
Governor campaign caravan.
He said the opposition is doing
a lot Of twisting of things"
During a talk at the court
house in Upper Marlboro, Mr..
SasScer said the organization
ticket has to "offSet the adverse,
slanted, distorted, unfair pub
licity from the insurgent
group"
The insurgents, who call
themselves the Independent
Democrats, have fielded a full
slate Of candidates for county
offices and for the General
Assembly. They are campaign
ing against what they call