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pected to be one Of the major
recommendations Of the sub.
committee in it eventual re-
port. It also probably will have
some tart comments on bu.
reaucrats who administer the
Nations farm program.
While Mr.. Murphy, who made
some of the key decisions In
the Estes case. emerged from
the hearings with his position
apparently in no danger, Others
in the department have mol
Jared so well.
According to the testimony
in the hearings, some Of them
showed little imagination, vigor
or understanding In dealing
with what turned out to be the
Kennedy administrations most
embarrassing domestic prob
lem.
So the reports persist: There
will be some changes in the de-
partment as a result Of the
Estes case.
Evening star., 1962-09-02

order for them to designate
their spouses for retirement
benefits. The present 21a per
cent reduction on the first
$2,400 in annuities and 10 per
cent above $2,400 that employees
now must take would be re-
vised to a 21a per cent reduc-
ton on the first $500 in an
nuities and 10 per cent above
that.
Also an automatic designa-
ton Of a spouse for survivor
ship benefits is contained in
the legislation.
OTHER BILLS-There are
other bills pending in Congress
that have some chances OF
passage.
Among them is the Hatch
Act modification measure
which would enable the Civil
Service Commission to waive
the minimum 90-day suspen-
sion penalty in case Of minor
or .unintentional political vio-
lations and instead merely
:eprimand or warn the employe.
Another is the bill to assure
back pay and other benefits to
Government workers unjustly
or improperly removed from
the job.
Retirement credit for past
State service financed by Fed
eral funds and valuation OF
unintentional overpayments to
Government workers are other
bills on which some action has
been taken.
No chance is seen for the bill
to permit retirement on full
annuities after 80 years oi
service at age IS.
The same holds true fol
bills to overhaul the dual COM
pensation law and to provide q
union dues checkoff system.
| =
SIGNED-President Ken
nedy has signed into law (P. L
87-6lD the bill which provides
for turning over 10 the Federal
employe life inSurance fund
ANY unclaimed amounts Of in
surance.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
3 Major Benefit Bills, Possibly
More, Headed for Passage

units of insuranre is manda-
tory. The additional revenues
will be at the same rates as the
present insurance.
\
RETIREMENT-A third bill
headed for enactment this year
will increase the annuities of
retired Federal employees and
their survivors, effective jan
uary !, 1868.
The Senate Civil Service
Committees bill provides for a
5 per cent increase, while the
House Civil Service Committee
provides 10 per cent. Best guess
is that a compromise will re-
suit in a rs per cent raise for
retirees.
Also, the House committee
bill provides that surviving
widows of retireeS who served
20 years in Government will
receive at least a $l20-a-year
increase.
The legislation approved by
both House and Senate COM
mittees also provides auto
matte annuity adjustments in
the future whenever the cost OF
living advances by 8 per cent.
1t also removes the present
$4,104 ceiling limitation on an
nuity increases.
The legislation also contains
liberalized retirement features
for present Federal workers.
1t provides a sliding scale OF
annuity increases for Federal
employees who retire within the
next five years. Under this pro-
vision, those retiring in 1865
would get a 4 per cent higher
annuity than they would other
wise get; those retiring in 1864
would get 3 per cent more
those retiring in 1865 would gel
2 per cent more. and those re-
tiring in 1866 would get / pei
cent more.
1t also increases the survi-
Worship annuity Of survivors Of
deceased retirees from the pres
ent so per cent to SIS per cent
1t decreases the amount OF
annuity reduction employees
have to Ike on retirement in
Evening star., 1962-09-02

ment insisted the radiation
holds no menace to the man
in-space program.
THE new radiation belt
clearly lies above the path Of
currently manned flights and
1t will not constitute any haz-
ard to manned satellite launch
ings that we have planned in
the near future" a joint state
ment by the Acc and the Pen
tagon said.
The nuclear blast left behind
a substantial and greater-than-
anticipated increase in the in
tensity Of the more distant nat
ural Van Allen radiation belt,
the announcement said.
1t added, in effect, that this
result is not fully understood
and that the whole phenome-
non is under careful continu-
ing study.
New Belt Disappearing
Another result was to create
a more-or-less new belt below
the Van Allen belt, but this
seems to be disappearing as ex-
pected, the statement said.
The new communication,
satellite Telstar has not suf-
fered any apparent damage
the agencies said. In fact, the
statement added, Telstar has
sent back data which permit
ted more detailed determine
ton Of the distribution and in.
tensity Of this radiation belt.
The announcement yesterday
said the communications sys-
TENS in three satellites hac
been knocked out completely.
They are Transit Alb and it:
companion satellite TRAAC
launched simultaneously las
November Is to help set up ar
all weather navigational sys-
TEN, and the United States
launched British scientific sat
elite Ariel.
British Protests Recalled
It was somewhat ironic that
the British satellite Ariel should
have been one Of those knocked
out. From Britain had come the
strongest advance protests
against the July 9 high-altitude
test on primarily scientific
grounds-as contrasted with
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Pre-SchooI Signing

Registration for the Lafay-
cite Pre-School will be held
from 10 am. until noon and /
to 3 pm, Thursday, at the La
fayette Field House. Thirty
third and Patterson streets
NV. Children must be at least
8 years old by November / of
this year to enter the cooper
ative nursery school.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Two Moneuvers to Settle
Fate of fNenus Spocecroft

this maneuver is completed and
the gyros have again stabilized
Mariner, another radio signal
viii work other Jets to push the
crafts nose down about 91a
degrees, After this, Mariner viii
be in the proper attitude but
will not be travelling at the
proper speed to intercept Venus.
The indispensable speed cor
recting operation is saved for
last. A small motor at the rear
Of the craft viii add 6S miles
an hour to Mariners velocity
Of $3.50 m.p.h. relative to earth.
This / per cent increase in
speed, accomplished by q 80
second burst Of rocket power.
is expected to correct some
thing more than 90 per cent Of
the error in Mariners current
course.
After mid-course correction,
the crafts sun and earth seek
ers re-establish their earlier
links and the directional an
tenna will be turned on again.
II all three maneuvers-roll,
pitch and velocity-are carried
out with absolute precision,
Mariner will scoot past Venus
at a distance Of 10000 miles
sometime on December Il.
While seeking perfection. JPL
scientists say they will be salts
fled with any approach closer
than IS, 900 miles.
Mid Course Correction
without the mid-course cor
rection. Mariner would stay on
a trajectory that would cause
1t to miss Venus by an amount
about equal to the moons dis
tance from the earth.
Such a gap would prevent
two vital instruments from
gathering important data. One
is designed to probe Venus
surface with radio microwaves
and the other to examine the
planets cloud layer in the in
fra-red light region.
All other experiments aboard
the spacecraft are designed to
work in interplanetary space
during Mariners 190-million-
mile voyage. A JPL spokesman
said this week end that all
these instruments are working
well.
The interplanetary instru-
ments include one to detect
magnetic fields both in deep
space and near Venus, counters
to measure intensity and guam
tity Of high energy particles, a
cosmic dust detector and a
spectrometer to gauge the flow
OF electrified gas from the sun.
Only about 40 pounds of
Mariners total weight is scien-
tific Instrumentation. The rest
is structural electronic guidance
material.
Evening star., 1962-09-02

the spacecraft and signals to
it are passing through a less
powerful non-directional "om-
.ni-antenna" which radiates its
energy in all directions. This
sort Of link, JPL scientists say,
is sufficient while Mariner is
fairly close to earth. but use
less at ranges reckoned in the
dozens Of millions Of miles.
Once the antenna manuever
has been completed, Mariner
will be tiled" firmly to the
earth and sun by two invisible
bonds Of energy. The craft has
been locked on to the sun since
shortly after it was launched
early last monday. 1t derives
its power supply from sunlight
striking solar panels which
transform light into electricity.
Correction Of Maneuver
The sunlight link with the
sun and the radio link with the
earth will keep Mariners posi-
ton in space and will prepare
the craft for the vital course
of correction Of maneuver
scheduled for 8:34 pm. (EDT).
tomorrow when the craft Is Is
million miles from the earth.
Shortly before this time, a
directional antenna will be
moved away from the rear end
of the 10-foot-long craft in
preparation for a brief burst of
rocket power.
Stabilizing gyroscopes aboard
the 447-pound craft will be
turned on and brought to full
speed spin before the correction
maneuvers start. These will
keep Mariner from getting out
of control at a crucial moment.
Huge electronic computers at
Pasadena, 130 miles west of
Goldstone, will make last
minute checks and then will
feed the necessary corrective
data to the desert facility for
transmission to the spacecraft.
AS Of last night, it appeared
that Mariner would be put on
the proper course by this Sc
quence of eventS-the sequence,
says one JPL official, of "an-
other launching:
Will Stabilize Mariner
Radio signals will actuate
small jets of pressurized gas to
roll the space craft on it's long
axis through 1873 degrees of arc.
A Aka,1f fE ,,.fn,rfae lak1r aRk1,
Evening star., 1962-09-02
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

Investigating Senators hope
to complete their prolonged
Billie Sol Estes hearings in two
weeks. But there is little likeli-
hood they will reach any formal
findings until after the Novem-
Der elections.
The reasons for this are two
fold. One is the time element
involved in digesting the mas
sive record that has been COM
piled in the investigation
Members Of the Senate Investi-
cations Subcommittee are in no
mood to daily in Washington
in an election year over this
chore.
The other reason is strictly
political. From its beginning
the Estes case, with its charges
Of a major scandal in the Ken
nedy administration, has had
major political overtones.
Subcomm mittee members
themselves already have re-
vealed partisan disagreement
over whether the indicted Pecos
(Tex0 financier received any
favored treatment from the
Agriculture Department.
This in itself would preclude
any immediate chance of the
subcommittee reaching any
substantial agreement on its
conclusions. This gives the
members persuasive reasons for
delaying a report.
Estes to Appear
For all intents and purposes
the investigation ended with
the appearance Of Charles s..
Murphy. Undersecretary Of Ag-
riculture, as a witness. Addi-
tional witnesses will be heard
this week and Estes himself is
scheduled to appear on Sep
tember IL.
Barring something unfore-
seen, the record has been made.
The investigators. while try
ing hard, have been unable to
show conclusively that Estes,
the flamboyant, gift-giving
West Texas wheeler-dealer, re-
ceived favors in the depart
Evening star., 1962-09-02
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

This is turning out to be a
banner year for Federal en-
ployes as far as legislation Is
concerned.
AT least three important bills
are assured of enactment and
there could be more.
Heading the list, Of course,
Is the pay raise legislation for
Federal classified and postal
workers.
The total two-phase increase
Is expected to range from 8 to
II per cent for Federal en-
pioyes and about II per cent
for postal workers. The first
phase Of the increase will be
effective this October l and
the second phase on January /,
1854. The pay bill also con-
tains many other features such
as an annual pay review by a
presidential committee. This is
expected to have the effect of
keeping Federal salaries more
comparable with industry pay
than they have been in the
past.
The pay bill also contains
such features as a guarantee of
a cash increase Of at least two
within-steps on promotion to a
higher grade, merit within
grade promotions, more salary
fixing authority for Federal
jobs, etc.
LIFE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
important bill headed for en-
actment this year increases the
amount of life insurance held
by Government workers under
the Government life insurance
program.
The amount Of insurance will
be increased $1,000 for those
earning less than $4,000 q
year and $4,000 for those earn
ing more than $4,000. Fur
thermore. these additional
Units Of insurance will not be
subject to reduction at age 65
or when an employe retires
after that age as is now the
case.
Purchase of the additional
Evening star., 1962-09-02
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

Success failure of the Mariner Venus probe will be
determined by two delicate
1.5-mllion-mle gulf of space this week end.
The maneuvers involve turning highly directonal
antenna which will Mariners radio nkage with
earth for the rest of its long Venus making
Evening star., 1962-09-02
New H-BIost Belt Stops
Doto From 3 Satellites
BY the Associated Press

radiation belt created by the United States
high-atitude hydrogen bomb explosion July is much
stronger than anticipated and persist for
Confirming this yesterday the Government said transmits
ons from three United States satellites have been knocked out
the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Depart
Evening star., 1962-09-02

three precise course corrections
to bring the spacecraft to with
in 10000 miles Of the bright
planet.
If the maneuvers are success
full only an unlikely breakdown
of radio communications can
spoil the mission Of Mariner
20. If the manuevers fail, so
does the mission.
The outcome Of this situa-
ton is in the heads Of scien-
fists at the Jet Propulsion
laboratory in California. The
lab, an installation Of the Ma
tional Areonautics and Space
Administration, is in charge Of
Americas unnamed lunar and
planetary probes.
First Of the two crucial op-
erations is scheduled for l:53
am. CEDT) tomorrow. Project
managers at Pasadena viii
flash the word to a lonely spot
| in the California desert where
two huge dish-type antennas
are probing the sky. From this
facility at Goldstone q signal
will be sent to the spacecraft.
then about IA million miles
away.
Speed Of Light
It will take almost eight Sec
onds for the signal. travelling at
a 10000 miles a second, the
speed of light. to catch UP with
Mariner. On getting the sig
nal, Mariner will start rolling
on its long axis. searching the
sky with a light sensitive an
tenna for the sunlight disc OF
earth. Mariner may pick up
the moon instead and it will
be up to scientists on earth
to determine this and tell the
space craft to try again.
1t is expected the search for
earth will take about a half
an hour, after which d dish
shaped antenna-a smaller YER
an hour, after which a dish
will be pointed toward the
mother planet.
DirectiOnaI Antenna
AS the earth moves around
on its axis once every "a hours,
Goldstone will fall out Of range
of the spacecraft. Two SINH
lar antennas are operating in
South Africa and Australia, so
situated that at least one dish
will have the spacecraft always
in view.
Prior to deployment Of the
directional antenna, data from
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Madz7s/


Monday, oil our
stores ore on holiday
for Labor Day.
Tuesday, extra shop.
ping hours for you.
Our Washington Store
will be open till 900
pm. Chevy Chase,
Wheaton Plozo, 7
Corners and Alex
ondrio till 9:3o.
Tuesday through
Saturday, enjoy In
formal Modelling dur
ing luncheon in the
Tea Room. Daily
1900 noon TO 200
p.m., except Sotur-
doY. 1890 TO 2:3o.
Saturday, TO our Les
lie Foy Fall Wardrobe
Foshion Show. It's
especially for you
who ore THE typical
American size." 1880
o.m. and 200 p.m.,
with informal model
ing between HOO
,ond 500. Misses
Dresses, 3rd Floor,
Washington.
Saturday, q Teen
Fashion Show starring
our fashions for Gloss.
time U.S.A9 ot our
Wheaton Plaza Store
auditorium at ll:00
am. Teen Board
members will model,
as we'll as other area
teens.
Saturday, at 800,
the Teen Fashion
Show will be re-
peoted at our Chevy
Chase Store Parking
Lot. So pick the fine
and place that suits
you better.
Saturday, Informal
Modelling, doyIong, Of
Hawaiian Sun Fosh-
ions. Washington,
Chevy Chase, Wheo-
ton PIozo, 7 Corners
and Alexandria.
This Week, enroll
for "Stitch II with
Bridget" TO learn to
sew the professional
way. Bridget Moeinn,
we'll director
of the Bishop Method
Sewing Schools,
teaches three courses.
At the Washington
Store, q lo-week bosic
sewing course starts
September 10, and q
6-week couturier
course, September
20. At Wheoton Plozo,
the bosic course starts
the 18th. For detoils,
come TO any of our
pottern departments
or coll 793-76oo. Fee
for the bosic course is
1900; for the eoU-
turier course, 1000.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Changes Predicted

Senator Mcclellan expressed
the same view and said steps
should be taken to bring some
discipline and efficiency into
the sprawling organization.
A reorganization of the de-
partment, therefore, is ex-
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Holiday Spurs
Mass Exodus

Spurred on by that "last
chance" feeling that tradition
ally makes the Labor Day week
end the summers most labor
ious,, determined relaxation
seekers left Washington a vir-
tual ghost town for the three
day holiday.
A few bargain-seekers stayed
around long enough TO shop for
end -of-Summer specials at the
big stores, but by noon yester-
day only a comparative hand
full of wilted tourists, mad dogs
and Engishmen ventured out
in the blazing downtown sun.
The natives who stayed at
home prudently retreated to
air-conditioned apartments or
tree-Shaded backyards.
Those who deserted WASH
ington's asphalt frying pan for
the fire of the ocean resorts
made their big leap Friday
afternoon and evening. At the
height Of the exodus Friday
evening, cars were backed UP
two miles on the western side
Of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
as thousands Of perspirine
vacationers inched bumper-to-
bumper across the two-lane
span.
All for 4 Degrees
Those who made 1t all the
way to the Atlantic resorts
we're able to fill their exhaust
clogged lungs with sea air in
relatively cool temperatures
80 degrees, compared with the
city's high of "a.
At the Chesapeake Bay
beaches, the high was 90.
Motorists who went in the
opposite direction, to the Blue
Ridge Mountains, were re-
warded with temperatures nc
higher than 80 or IS along the
Skyline Drive.
The weather man forecast
continuing hot, humid weather
throughout the week end fol-
all but the western part oi
Maryland, where partly cloudy
skies were expected to bring
occasional showers.
Long-distance traveller,
jammed Washington Nationa
Airport yesterday afternoon
anxious to get to their des.
tinations before the Air Force.
third annual Exercise Sky
Shield" cleared the skies oi
civilian planes for the greater
part OF Cooay.
Military Takes to Air
Beginning at 8 p. m, EDIT
today all commercial and pri.
vate aircraft in the United
States and Canada will bt
grounded (including flights
that would not have reached
their destinations before tn,
deadline).
More than 1900 Jet inter
ceptors and bombers will takt
part in the two-nation exer.
else over a 14-million-square
mile area, as the North Amer,
ican Air Defense Commando
manned fighters and missile!
try to defend the continent
from a mock attack by Stra.
tegic Air Command bombers
Meanwhile, on the ground
the annual battle was shaping
up against a real danger-tht
highway accident toll.
One community, Winches
ter, Va, was carrying on al
intensive campaign to cut
traffic deaths over the Labor
Day week end. A marathon
radio broadcast reminding mo.
torists to take it easy wa
being staged by a local radio
station, and a free coffet
stand was set up by the Jun.
ior Chamber of Commerce fol
truckers passing through the
city at night.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Little Kingdoms

6uL one CulpTlL IldS DecI
turned UP. This is the Agri-
culture Department itself. Il
has been revealed as a vast
bureaucratic morass which
Senator Mundt, Republican Of
South Dakota, described as "a
hopeless case Of inefficiency.'
The department has about
100000 full-time employees. II
functions through 16 separate
agencies which. the hearings
revealed. are little kingdoms in
themselves.
In the department, 1t seems
the left hand never knew what
the right was doing. In the
Estes case. for example, there
we're three separate investiga.
tons going on at the same
time. those involved in one moi
knowing that the others wert
in progress.
AS the Senate investigation
got under way. Paul Kamerick
Ia subcommittee investigator
and the first witness, testified
that as a result of the inquiry
the Senators might want to
recommend a drastic overhaul
ing Of the department. His
view has proved prophetic.
At last Thursdays hearing,
Senator Jackson. Democrat of
Washington, said the investi-
CATION had disclosed "a real
need for a drastic reorganiza-
ton" of the department.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
INTERPRETIVE REPORT-
Delay Seen in Estes Findings

ment that could be attributed
to venality.
As Chairman Mcclellan,
Democrat Of Arkansas. said at
the windup Of Mr.. Murphy's
testimony. the hearings have
not produced "the scandal that
some expected and some hoped
for"
Evening star., 1962-09-02
WIN STABILIZE Mariner

Radio signals will actuate
small jets of pressurized gas to
roll the space craft on its long
axis through 1873 degrees of arc.
About is minutes later, after
Evening star., 1962-05-03

Finely tailored pinchpeated draperies in two Of the
most wanted fabrics. Made so inches wide to the
pair and So inches long Frosted rayon satin in white
and pastels. Textured rayon in distinctive floral
modern or abstract prints Clip various pairs together
for picture windows!
Same Style made "a inches long pairs for $11
Not shown TOureIle' abstract print 6S inches long,
for SO; S4 inches long, for Sill.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
3 Guordion Employees
Will Not Fiqht SEC

sci for the SECS Division OF
Trading and Exchanges, said
the stipulations leave only
Guardians president, Earl j.
Lombard Of Gaithersburg, con-
testing the SEC charges. He is
scheduled to be called as an
adverse witness by the SEC at
the resumption Of a hearing
on the charges at l pm. to-
morrow.
Yesterday the president OF
the Wyoming Nuclear Corp.
one of the firms whose stock
was involved in the allegedly
fraudulent sales by Guardian,
testified for the Government
that certain pictures Of ura-
MUM mines used in sales lit
erature by Guardian were not
his company's mines. Bernard
Blender Of Lander, Wyo., also
said his corporation never has
done any active mining, nor
does it now intend to do any,
Evening star., 1962-05-03

ban League, presented q brief
review Of the agency's programs
and said 1861 was q good year
for the Urban League"
The league, he emphasized,
bases its program on service to
the community. He said that
about about half of the leagues
500, 900 budget last year was
raised from sources outside
Washington.
Elected as new members Of
the leagues board Of directors
last night were Joseph A. Beav-
ers, business representative
for Local 200 Of the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees Union,
AFL-CTO, James Castiglia, in
surance executive and president
of the Touchdown Club; the
Rev. Theodore H. Palmquist,
minister of the Foundry Meth
odist Church; Carl T. Rowan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary Of
State for Public Affairs; Mrs.
James E. Scott, and Tighe
Woods, real estate man.
Mortimer c. Lebowitz Is
president Of the Washington
Urban League Mrs. Lewis Terry
was chairman Of the annual
dinner committee.