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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
PROTESTS TAKEN
TO WHITE HOUSE

Four Washington Negro
churchmen yesterday delivered
petitions to the White House
protesting the arrest of DR..
Martin Luther King and other
desegregation demonstrators
this week in Albany, Ga.
While the four ministers con-
ferred with presidential aides,
a delegation of so ministers
representing the Baptist Minis
tiers Conference, the Washing
ton Ministerial Association,
the Council of Churches and
the Methodist Ministers Con-
ference waited outside the
White House in silent prayer.
The petitions urged the
President to "act swiftly so
that others who oppose full
freedom for all of our citizens
will be discouraged from re-
peating this debacle."
The Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy,
area representative of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, led the four-man
delegation. which conferred
with Lee White, an assistant
presidential counsel, and As
sistant Press Secretary Andrew
T. Hatcher.
I'VE feel we had a very in
teresting and fruitful exchange
OF views" Mr.. Fauntroy told
reporters.
Over the week end. the petit
tons had been signed by some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

was led by a Negro who identi-
fled himself as Albert L. Dunn.
Those in the group prayed and
sang 1--WE Shall Overcome" be-
fore Police Chief Prichett told
them:
Either go or 60 to jail"
Mr.. Dunn then asked Chief
Pritchett;
"A prayer and a song will
create a disturbance in Amer
leap"
$50 Are Jailed
The demonstrators included
a New York white woman
identified as Elizabeth Wyck-
off, a free lance writer. The
arrests swelled to more than
$50 the number jailed in less
than two weeks.
During the opening session
of the Albany court hearing
the police chief testified that
three mass marches last De-
cember attracted large crowds
of spectators and created a
tense, explosive situation.
TN my opinion, it was q
tense situation where disorders
could have erupted," Chief
Pritchett said. IF any little
incident happened. there would
have been serious disorders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
Rosen.Harris
Lead in Bridge
BY ALFRED SHERWOOD
Bridge columnist Of The Star.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 81. -
Mrs. Shirlee Harris Of Houston
Tex. and Edward L. Rosen OF
Chicago took the lead yester-
day after two sessions of the
four-session contest for the life
master pair championship of
the American Contract Bridge
Leagues Summer Turnament.
The leading scores we're:
!. Mrs. Harris and Mr.,
Rosen, 848 points.
2. Ira Rubin, Fairlawn, N. j.,
and Philip FeldeSman, New
York, 842.
3. Douglas Drury, San Fran
cisco, and Peter Fender, Sausa-
Ito, Calf, 1914.
4. Mrs. Dorothy Hayden,
Hastings-on-Hudson N. Y, and
Jay Becker. New York, 789.
5. Alex Tschekaloff, Los An
geleS, ana Harold Culver, Long
Beach, Calf, 777h.
Charles H. Goren of New
York who had as his partner
Mrs. Helen Sobel, failed to
qualify for the two final ses-
sions. scheduled for this after
noon and tomorrow afternoon
Israel Cohen and Mrs. Terry
Michaels lead the Washington
contingent going into today's
session.
After three sessions of the
mixed team championship, Sid
ney Silodor of PHILADELPHIA
Norman Kay of Merchantyille
N. j.; Margaret Wager of At
lanta and Sylvia Stein of De-
troit, led with $3.50 points.
Eric Murray Of Toronto.
Charles Coon of Boston, Agnes
Gordon Of Buffalo and Mrs
Morris Portugal of Los Angeles
were second with 21.43 points.
Third were Hermine Barron
Of Los Angeles, Peter Fender of
Sausalito, Israel Cohen and
Terry Michaeles of Washington
and Mike Michaels of Miami
Beach, with 21.35 points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

issued checks without Mr..
Hartnett's approval, and had
otherwise sought to take over
the duties of the unions Secre-
tary-treasurer.
The suit further charged that
Mr.. Carey had interfered with
prosecution Of a union aide in
Puerto Rico for alleged misap-
preparation Of some $4,000.
Mr.. Carey said that, until he
had an opportunity to examine
MIR. Hartnett's court complaint,
he had only this to say:
ut is unfortunate that Mr..
Hartnett has violated time
honored trade union principles
by taking his complaint on an
internal union problem outside
union ranks. I do not intend to
discuss this in the press"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
Local Actor Group
To PIuy Boy Friend

The Harmony House Players
will present The Boy Friend, T"
a spool Of the Roaring Twen-
ties, at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the Watergate Barge.
The show by a local theater
group will star Carolyn Phelps
as Polly and Charles Donovan
as Tony, with Thomas Conway
directing. The Watergate Sum-
mer Symphony Orchestra will
be led by Nicholas Pappas.
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and postal worker pay raise
bill. The group has held four
previous meetings and appears
ready to take final action.
i i
NVESTIGATIVE AGENTS
Internal Revenue Service
Lodge Al, American Federation
OF Government Employees,
wants Congress to change the
law for Government investiga-
tive agents who are eligible for
retirement at age so after 20
years service. At present, the
prior military service Of these
employees is not counted toward
their 20 years service. The
AFGE unit wants this military
service counted.
AGENCY GLEANINGS-Wil-
liam j. Flanagan, director of
personnel Of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board, died last
week The National Fedora
ton Of Federal Employees yes
terday moved into its new ma
tional headquarters building at
1887 H street NV. The NFFE
Will occupy the first two floo, s
OF its new quarters and rent out
the remaining three floors
Hubert P. Hoy of the Govern
ment Printing Office has been
elected chairman Of the GPO
composing division scale COM
mlttee The Public Health
Services division of Indian
health has given a s0-year
service award to George Read,
and 20-year service awards to
Lawrence Reese, Mrs. Grace
Souther, Mrs. Betty Feldman,
Mrs. Elsie Feist and Mrs. Elsie
Harper. Lois Shore received a
superior performance award
The Civil Service Commission
has announced an examination
for engineering craftsmen,
$500 to 1886 a year, for duty
with the Potomac River Naval
Command -. Leonard Skubal,
chief of the Office Of Emer-
gency Paintings economic sta
bilization division, has received
the agency's highest award
the distinguished service award
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
TWAS Unit
Backs Cuts

KANSAS CITY, July 81 (AP)
Flight engineers employed by
Trans World Airlines have ap-
proved a plan to reduce tour
man cockpit crews Of Jet air.
liners to three.
The plan drew approval from
80 per cent of the TWA chapter
Of the Flight Engineers Inter-
national Association in a mail
ballot. The votes were counted
last night.
Flight engineers on Pan
American Always approved a
similar plan last week. Engi-
neers are on strike against
Eastern Air Lines over the same
issue.
Secretary of Labor Goldberg
helped draw up the agreement
which averted a TWA strike
last month.
The agreement gives the en-
gineers priority over pilots to
one Of the three crew seats,
providing the engineers take
certain pilot qualification train
ing.
The plan also calls for a
week OF bargaining on economic
phases of a new contract, such
as wages and hours, severance
pay and vacations.
DR.. Nathan p. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin pro-
lessor, will be a special medi-
ator and will decide any issues
still unsettled after the week Of
bargaining. No date has been
set for the negotiations.
In New York. meanwhile, the
Transport Workers Union
threatened a strike Friday Of
10000 ground employees against
Pan American World Anyways.
But Government officials said
the union was prevented by
law from striking before August
"a and that a strike could be
put off another so days by
presidential action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Won't Modify Veteran Preference,
CSC Assures Military Groups

the Naval Ordnance Plant at
Louisville, KY, on presentation
of evidence that it represented
the majority of the employees
there.
Instead the commandant
there ordered an election by
employees to determine whether
the lam unit should be given
exclusive recognition.
Navy officials said there
wasn't satisfactory evidence
presented by the union at the
plant to justify granting exclu-
Sive recognition without an
election. The Presidents order
states that agencies and in
Stallations may grant exclusive
recognition on presentation Of
satisfactory evidence without
the need of a vote.
= = -
CAMPAIGN ISSUE? - Re-
publicans in Congress say they
feel they have a real good cam
paign issue this year in the
100000 rise in Federal employ
ment since Mr.. Kennedy took
office q year ago January. Fur
thermore the contemplated
addition of another 10000 en-
ployes to the Federal payroll
during the next year is more
grist for the campaign mill, Re-
publicans say.
Consequently, Government
employees can be expected tc
hear a lot about the swollen
Federal payroll" and demands
for job cuts on the campaign
hustings during this years con-
greSSional elections.
/ =
PAY-The Senate filibuster
on the satellite communica-
tions bill prevented the Senate
Civil Service Committee yes
terday from winding up its
hearings on Government and
postal employe pay raise leg
islation. The windup hearing
has been rescheduled for next
Tuesday.
Meanwhile. the House Civil
Service Committee meets again
in executive session today in
an effort to report a Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
ThaIidonlide
Suspected in
Infant'sDeath
By ths Assoelated Prem

New York City has reported
what may be the Nations first
infant death involving the drug
Thalidomide. suspected Grip
pier Of newborn babies.
As this and other develop
ments were recorded yester-
day. the American Medical
Association launched compre-
hensive research to try to de-
termine what the sedative-
acting drug does to unborn in
fants
Meanwhile, q congressional
hearing was scheduled for to-
morrow to look into what one
Senator called indications of
Serious communication weak
neSses" involving information
on the drugs suspected Grip
pling power.
The hearing announcement
came on the heels Of a report
by the Food and Drug Admins
tration that Thalidomide pills
had been distributed to doctors
in 80 States and the District
OF Columbia. They were not
sold commercially.
Lived 40 Minutes
In one Of those States, the
New York City Health Depart
ment said. q 37-year-old
Queens woman, who repeatedly
took 90 Thalidomide pills be-
fore and during pregnancy,
gave birth July 81 to a de-
formed baby which lived only
about 40 minutes.
THE tragic case In Queens
highlights the hazard of the
pills." said the acting city
health commissioner, Dr..
George James.
DR.. James said the woman,
whose deformed baby died, had
taken thalidomide on the ad-
vice Of a Park avenue psychia-
trist, DR.. Richard H. Hoffman.
Dr.. James added that DR..
Hoffman prescribed the drug
for so Of his patients, and that
at least Q dozen other physi-
clans in the city had admins
tered thalidomide to 200 addi-
tional New Workers..
With the exception of the
unidentified Queens woman.
DR.. James said that $50 far none
of the patients we have found
were pregnant during medical
ton"
Given as Sedative
DR.. Hoffman. who said he
had ordered the thalidomide
from pharmacy in Germany,
explained that he had given
the drug to the Queens woman
as q sedative.
Her pregnancy cit was to be
her first child was not antici-
pated," the psychiatrist said.
She was addicted to barbitu-
rates. I prescribed thalido-
mide because I wanted to get
her off them (the sleep-induc-
ing barbiturate pills)."
DR.. Hoffman said he found
the drug worked effectively as
a sedative except in pregnant
women. When he learned the
Queens woman was pregnant,
he said, he stopped admins
tering the drug, produced I'M
der the trade name Of contag-
en-. He explained further:
by that time, the news had
come from Germany about the
dangers Of contagen's thalido-
mide base. I learned about 1t
when I tried to recorder the
drug from my German sup
pliers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star Staff Writer

The Civil Sevice Commission
has assured military organiza-
tons it has no intention of
proposing legislation to Con-
gress to modify veterans pref
erence in Government reduc-
tions-in-force. 49,.
The commission already has
sent to Capitol Hill a bill which
would end veterans preference
for those with six or more con-
tinuous yeas of military serv-
ice who enter Government
civilian service in the future.
This is part of its proposals
for revision of the dual COM
pensation laws.
This led to fears among
veterans in Government that
the csc would follow up with
legislative proposals to modify
the absolute job retention
rights that veterans have over
all non-veterans in their cate
CORY in Government reduc-
tions-in-force programs.
Non-veteran groups have
sought such legislation for
years and have even taken the
battle to the Supreme Court
where they were turned down.
However, the csc informed
veteran and military groups
that it had no plans to seek
legislation from Congress that
would give non veterans
stronger job retention rights
in competing against veterans
in Government job layoffs.
NAVY ACCUSED District
Lodge No. A, the Federal en-
ploye branch of the Interna-
tional Association of Machin-
lists, has accused the Navy De-
partment of anti-labor bias.
William Ryan, president OF
District A. declared that Navy
officials intend to impede and
sabotage" the spirit Of Presi-
dent Kennedy'S executive order
on Government labor-manage-
ment. Mr.. Ryan objected tc
the Nays refusal to give his
union exclusive recognition al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

5000 persons at church services
and at a mass rally held late
Sunday in the Bible Way
Church here.
kilograms signed by leaders
Of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, the Congress of Racial
E Equality. the Washington
branch of the Non-Violent Ac-
ton Group and SCLC were dis
patched yesterday both to
President Kennedy and Attor-
ney General Robert F. Ken
needy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
J Enter Space Field

LONDON. Australia, Brit
tain, France. West Germany,
Belgium, Italy, and the Meth
erlands have embarked on a
$500 million, five-year program
to develop q European space
satellite launcher. Tests will be
held In Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
Roods forCuttIe

CANBERRA. - Australia is
spending Sill 100000 on a / ,O00-
mile farm-to-market road sys-
tenn in Queensland to transport
beef cattle in better condition.
The United States is Australia S
chief consumer for beef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

the drug blamed for the birth.
Of thousands Of malformec
children in Europe. Australls
and Canada.
Yesterday. Judge Yale Nc.
Fate of State Superior Court
rejected a plea by the Fink
bines and Good Samaritan Hos
pital of Phoenix to sanction an
abortion.
This morning, in a statement
released by hospital administrs-
tor Stephen Morris, Mr.. Fink
bine said:
Despite medical and PSYCHE
atric opinion in the case, the
courts have refused to con-
firm that the recommended
treatment would be within the
framework of the law.
There have been repeated
published suggestions of prose-
cution Of this case and since
we and our physicians do not
wish to undertake a solution
that might be considered out
side the framework of the law
we have concluded to seek help
in a more favorable legal cli-
mate. :"
Preparations to Leave
Mr.. Finkbine couldn't be
reached for further comment,
but Mr.. Morris said the couple
had started making prepara-
tons to leave. He said, how
ever, he understood the Fink
bines had not decided on their
destination.
All so States prohibit abor-
tons. Arizona and some others
allow exceptions only II the
life of the mother in endan-
gered.
The Finkbines' suit, in which
Good Samaritan Hospital
Joined, contended an abortion
was necessary to preserve Mrs.
Finkbine's health and save her
life.
In rejecting the suit, Judge
McFate dismissed the Maricopa
(Phoenix) County Attorney
and the Arizona attorney gen.
eral as defendants, ruling that
a legal controversy did not
exist.
He noted that both officials
had stated in court that If the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

by Negroes had been very
expensive"
Chief Pritchett resumed the
stand in the second day of a
court fight over the city'S at
tempt to ban such activity
permanently.
A total of about 1,100 arrests
have been made since mass
protests broke out last Deem
Der. Chief Pritchett testified.
This begins the third week
Of a 24-hour alert" he said.
1T is depriving my men of
their rights to be home with
their families"
Sees Increased Hazard
Testimony elected from the
police chief was aimed at prov
ing the city's contention that
marches and other mass acti-
ity created the hazard Of mob
violence and deprived a ma
jority of residents of adequate
police protection.
Chief Pritchett told OF
rocks and bottles being tossed
by Negro crowds at church rail-
lies and said his policemen had
been spit on, cursed at and
abused in many ways"
MY instructions to my Of
ficers were, regardless OF
whether they were spit on or
otherwise insulted, to meet vio-
lence with nonviolence." he
said.
He said special classes were
conducted to condition the
men for such situations.
Because of what he called
evident tension, Chief Pritchett
testified that State troopers
were summoned to aid his men
and the National Guard was
alerted last December.
BOdyguards Assigned
The police chief said two de-
tectives were permanently as
signed as bodyguards to Int
grafton Leader Martin Luther
King. jr.
II felt If anything happened
to him it would cause the Ne
groes to come up in arms and
there is no doubt we would
have had mob violence" he
testified.
Mayor Asa D. Kelley. jr.,
planned to take a hand in
questioning witnesses at the
hearing.
Mayor Kelley, a practicing
attorney, is one of three city
officials requesting a perma-
nent injunction after a tenn
porary order was lifted in a
series of legal maneuvers by
defendants in the case.
The hearing opened yester-
day with Federal District Court
Judge j. Robert Elliott ruling
he had jurisdiction in the case.
Defendants Include King
Defendants include the Rev.
r. King, who was taken from a
Jail cell for the hearing.
Fifteen Negroes and a white
woman were arrested and
joined the Rev. DR.. King behind
bars after a surprise prayer
demonstration in front of City
Hall following the court session
Prayer meetings expressing
sympathy with the Albany
Negroes were staged in New
York, Baltimore and Hartford,
Conn, and petitions protesting
the arrest of DR.. King and other
leaders were presented to the
White House.
The A1hanV demonstration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

facts of the case were pre-
sented, lie. that Mrs. Finkbine'i
life was in danger, there would
be no ground for prosecution.
Ruling of Judge
"As a person, this judge is
impelled to grant a hearing, "
Judge McFate said. AS q
Judge, I cannot do it."
Mr.. Finkbine's reference to
Suggestions of prosecution
apparently referred to a state
ment Sunday by Deputy County
Attorney Felix Gordon. He said
his office could prosecute even
if Superior Court should de-
eide that the abortion fell
within the law.
Judge McFate allowed the
plaintiffs 10 days to amend
their complaint, but attorney
Walter Cheifetz said there was
no time for that.
Mrs. Finkbine's doctors feel
that time to have the abortion
safely is running out. She has
been pregnant two and a half
months.
The couples decision to leave
the State followed a conference
Of hospital authorities, doctors
and lawyers.
Action Evaluated
I'VE are trying to interpret
the action that was taken by
the court and evaluate this
against our previous course Of
action" Administrator Morris
said last night. I'VE hope to
prove to ourselves beyond any
reasonable doubt that this is
justifiable medically and it is
within the framework of the
law Of the State"
Mrs. Finkbine, better known
here as Miss Sherri," star of
"Romper Room" q children's
television show, did not attend
yesterdays hearing. Her doc
tor has ordered her to remain
in seclusion.
Mrs. Finkbine got the thalid-
omide from her husband. He
obtained the drug last summer
while chaperoning a group Of
high school students through
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
AIbony(Go. Chief Cites
Costs of RocioI Dispute

ALBANY Ca July 81 (AP)-Overtime pay for policemen
24hour alert cost the city than $4,000 during
height Of racial troubles in the last three weeks
Police Chief Laurie Pritche testified at court hearing
today that marches and other antsegegaon activities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
Couple Plans Abortion
Despite Courts Denial

PHOENIX, Ariz, July 81 CAP).-Mr. and Mrs Robert L.
Fnkbine determined to prevent the birth child they
win be maormed said today they viii leave Arizona seek
abortion
Mrs Fnkbin S0yearold mother of four that early
her pregnancy she took tanquers containing hadomde
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
Schools Began in l842

SANTIAGO.-Chile'S public
school system, dating from
1912. Is the oldest in Latin
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

OUR POLICY AND HOW
IT PROTECTS you
Well give you O better fire buy,
brond for brand, line for line,
uny duy Of the week or we'll
refund your money promptly.
Joe Granville
Reg. Trade Mark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
NO-HITTER MAY BE ECLLPSED
Koufox Has Chance to 7 CD
FeIIer's Strikeout Record

LOS ANGELES, July 2 (AP) .
That no-hitter Sandy Kou-
fax pitched Saturday night
may turn out to be only his
second greatest achievement
this year.
At the rate he's going the
26-year-old Dodger lefthander
stands a good chance of turn
ing a trick far more extraordi-
nary than holding the New
York Nets hitless for nine
innings.
More than 100 no-hitters
have been pitched in the major
leagues since 1900, but few
pitchers have ever even ap-
preached Bob Feller's record
for strikeoutS in a single sea-
son.
Koufax could break that rec
ord this year.
Teller - the only major
Lacquer besides Koufax to fan
ID in one game-Set the one
season strikeout record in 1916.
In 37l innings he famed 348.
With the 1862 season ex-
actly half over for the Dodgers,
Koufax has struck out 1873 In
1908 innings. If he can match
these figures in the second
half of the season, he'll finish
with 366 strikeoutS. And he
won't have pitched as many
innings as Teller did for Cleve-
land in 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING biased on IT'S or more at
bats)-T. Davis Los Angeles, 1897;
p. Alou, San Francisco, 1888; Mu-
siaL, st. Louis, $50; H. Aaron. Mil
vaukee, 1928: Altman, Chicago, 1927.
RUNs-wills, Los Angeles, 65; Mays,
San. Francisco, SO: H. Aaron, Mil
waukee, 81; Williams, Chicago, SO;
T. Davis, Los Angeles, 81.
RUNS BATTED INT. Davis. Los
50: Il. Aaron. MiiTsukee, Is: cepedS'
San Fransicso, "a; Robinson, Gin
cinnati. go.
HIST. Davis, Los Angeles, ITO:
Flood. st. Louis. 1903; Groat, Pitts
bursh, l02: Williams. Chicago, -101
II. Aaron, Milwaukee and Mays
and Cepeda, San Francisco, 90.
Mays, San Francisco, 81; Brock,
Chicago. and Virdon and Skinner.
Pittsburgh, 10.
TRRLES-Ranew, Houston. 8; T.
Davis, Los Angeles, and Yirdon,
Pittsburgh, 4; Brock and williams,
Chicago, and Fairly, Los Angeles, 8.
HOME RUNS-Bsnks, Chicago, and
Houston, 10; H. Aaron, Milwaukee,
and Cepeda, San Francisco, IS.
STOLEN BASES-Wills, Los Angeles,
AZ; w. Davis, Los Angeles, and
JavteI, st. Louis, 10; Taylor. Phila-
delphia, IA: Mays, San Francisco, ID.
PITCHING biased on five or more de-
cisionsl-Roebuck Los Angeles, SO,
1000; Purkey, Cincinnati. 1871, .92e
San Francisco, So 500; Face, Pitts
burgh, and Larsen, San Francisco,
Al. 800.
STRIKEOUTS-Koufax, Los Angeles,
1S4: Drysdale, Los Angeles, ia;
Gibson. st. Louis, 101; O'Dell. San
Francisco, 95: Farrell, Houston, SO.