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Evening star., 1962-04-22

the world for insects which,
strangely enough, have chosen
mans side in the bug war.
AS DR.. Byerly reported:
I'VE are searching in the Ar
gentine for a beetle to attack
the alligator weed. We have es-
tabliShed a moth that attacks
the tansy ragwort and a moth
that affects the scotch broom.
How effective they will be we
do not know :"
An Australian beetle, he con-
tinued, has racked up a good
score against the klamath
weed in California. But moth
ing, so far, has volunteered to
go in against the Halogeton
root.
The bug war is not without
its guerrilla tactics. A pretty
dirty. if brilliant, trick has been
pulled on the gypsy moth. DR..
Byerly tells of it in testimony:
This is female gypsy moth.
She does not go anywhere. She
just sits and waits. But she
usually does not have to wait
long because Of the female sex
attraction. The scent of the
female, I am told, draws a
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Police Plan
Talks With
Mrs. Powers

Washington homicide detec-
tives plan to interview Mrs.
Barbara Powers, who is report
ed recovering rapidly after be-
ing hospitalized Friday in an
unconscious condition.
A Georgetown University
Hospital official said that Mrs.
Powers, wife of Francis Gary
Powers. U-2 pilot, is now in
satisfactory condition, but will
remain in the hospital for an
other day or two to receive
further diagnoStic tests.
When Mrs. Powers was first
taken to the hospital, Police
1t. Nelson Hickey of the sew
enth precinct said. investigat-
ing officers we're told she was
beinr treated for an overdose
of approximately % nembutal
tablets. barbiturate drug.
This report was recorded at
the precinct.
However. hospital officials
said she was suffering from
an acute gaStrointeStinal up
set" Mrs. Powers condition
was described as very serious"
when she was admitted.
Since Mr.. Powers was re-
leased from Russian prison
last February. the couple has
been living at Hunting Towers
in Alexandria. Mr.. Powers has
resumed duties with the Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency.
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hearing. when the Congress-
men must have had the feeling
that something was crawling
up the backs of their necks, one
finds the awful truth burst
ing forth.
Representative Written,
Democrat of Mississippi, is re-
corded as saying-presumably
with a slight tremor in his
voice:
Someone. it may have been
Mark Twain, said that, if in
sects were the size of mali. man
would soon be extinct because
insects can Jump so many times
their length and eat so many
times their weight they
don't have to be much bigger
than they actually are to
eradicate men unless We are on
constant guard and make an
annual investment in the hun
dreds of millions of dollars"
And a man from Agriculture
commented, If man didn't
have the vital spark Of intel
ligence. he would have lost the
battle to the insects long ago."
Evening star., 1962-04-22
The HILL PEOPLE
Hot War or Cold Wor-Aqrcu|ture' s Buq War Goes On

Gov. Pat Brown. So goes the
war.
But there have been other
dark developments.
The American cockroach has
finally been incriminated as a
possible vector of the poultry
grapeworm.
This" agriculture scientists
reported, lis the first record of
cockroach serving as a vector
of the grapeworm, and indi-
Gates that the study of other
insects that inhabit poultry
yards may lead to the discov-
cry of other vectors :"
But while the cockroach was
incriminated, it was not eradi-
cated-it should be mentioned.
1t also turns out that not
one but several species of
"leafhoppers" are able to
transmit the phony peach virus
disease of peaches. The war is
frustrating.
But if it isn't one thing, it's
another. It's the weed!
DR.. T. c. Byerly, deputy ad-
ministrator for farm research,
told committee members that
people are scouting throughout
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Candidates
ToCompoign
In D. 6. Area

With less than three and a
half weeks left in Maryland's
primary campaign, top Demo-
cratic faction leaders are max
ing plans to invade the Wash
ington suburban area.
George P. Mahoney, candi-
date for Governor, will be in St.
Marys County tomorrow
Charles County on Tuesday,
Calvert and Anne Arundel on
Wednesday and in Anne Arun-
del on Thursday.
Gov. TaweS, seeking renom-
ination, will address a meeting
at the Cow Palace, West
Friendship. Howard County at
8 pm. Wednesday.
Gov. Tawes has set aside
Friday for a full day of cam
paigning in Montg cry
County. Mr.. Mahoney will con-
duct a oe-leather campaign
in Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties most of the
following week.
Democratic congressional
candidate William P. Allen of
Bethesda, will take to the air in
his campaign for support in the
western counties of the 9th
congressional district. Mr.. Allen
and his wife will fly out of
Montgomery County Airpark
tomorrow for a hop to Allegany
County.
Also tomorrow morning, the
Democrats for Progress faction
in Montgomery County will
sponsor an egg hunt for chill
dren of its candidates at the
home of William F. Hickey.
State senatorial candidate, 1701
Dennis avenue, Silver Spring.
James P. Gleason of Silver
Spring, candidate for the Re-
publican senatorial nomination,
will speak to the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce at College
Park at $50 pm. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1962-04-22

cials said. 1t was a court build
ing from 1873 to 1852.
A plan by former Commits
sioner Robert E. Mclaughlin to
move city hall from the District
Building to the Old Courthouse
fell through. The cost of re-
modelling the building, which
went up in 1920, for the Com
missioners' headquarters was a
major factor in shelving this
proposal.
RemOdeling Work
The cost of fixing up the
building for general office use
will be substantially less than
for the city hall remodeling
work, Schuyler Lowe, head Of
the city's Department of Gen
eral Administration, explained.
The General Services Ad-
ministration had approved the
building transfer request made
by Mr.. Mclaughlin. The GSA
approval still stands for the
new office use plan, officials
said.
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l remember he stayed all night
at Providence Hospital where
the baby was born. He was
bursting with pride. He gave
cigars to everyone there-ever
the women"
But it was different story
when Phyllis, who will be q
year old next Saturday, was
born. The couple had been
separated a month when Mrs.
JarmanS learned she was preg-
nant again. The marriage had
broken up because JarmanS
said he was in love with an
other woman. His love for still
another woman was cited as
the motive for a plan to murder
several unknown to him so he
could eventually kill his wife
with impunity.
Il didn't know what I was
going to do" Mrs. Jarmans
said. Il didn't want him to
come back if he loved that girl.
When l told him 1 was preg-
nant he said that was my tough
luck. My mother and father
paid all the hospital bills"
Went To Florida
Support payments agreed to
under 2 legal separation in Au-
gust, 1860, were sporadic, she
said.
Jarmans went to Florida
after the marriage broke up.
While there. he wrote to Mrs.
Gardiner. telling her he realized
he had made IAN unforgivable
mistake" by skirt chasing" No
one had ever been better to
him, he said.
Jarmans spent 80 days in st.
Elizabeths Hospital for obServa-
toin after being arrested in a
wild auto chase. He was re-
leased February 26. given a sus-
pended sentence after pleading
guilty to unauthorized use Of
the automobile. and placed on
three-years' probation.
HE called me up the day he
got out of st. Elizabeths." Mrs.
Jarmans said. He said. Guess
See JARMANS, Page B-3
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Hodges to Speak

Commerce Secretary Hodges
will address a meeting of the
D. c. Society of Professional
Engineers tomorrow. He will
speak on engineering aspects of
his departments work at the
8 pm. meeting at the National
Housing Center, 1925 L street
NV.
Evening star., 1962-04-22

CIVIC group, the Committee Tor
Preserving the Potomac, ac-
cusing Sheriff Taylor of con-
flict of interest.
Samuel E. Neel is chairman
of the committee, which plans
to mobilize public opinion
against the project on the
Merrywood estate throughout
the Washington area.
The project, approved by a
5 to 2 vote by the county super
viSors Wednesday, calls for con-
struction Of the apartment on
the estate on Route 1913 near
the George Washington Me-
mortal Parkway.
The Merrywood Estate, girl
hood home of Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy, was sold by her STEP
father. Hugh D. Auchincloss, to
Washington area developer
Sheldon Magazine.
The Committee for Prcserv-
ing the Potomac charged that
Sheriff Taylor's part in the re-
zoning of the Merrywood estate
presents basic conflict of in
terest in local government"
Sheriff Was Broker
Noting that the sheriff act
ed as broker in the land sale.
the committee asserted that
the sheriff sis in a position to
exert tremendous pressure in
favor of the granting of a zon-
ing application"
Regardless of whether or
not this pressure has actually
been applied. it is inconsis-
tent with the philosophy Of
good practice in local govern
ment to have the county sheriff
participating in the dual roles
evident here" the committee
said.
Sheriff Taylor. asked to COM
ment on the statement, said he
had mo intention of resigning
and, of course, I will seek re-
election"
"I will under no condition
permit the self-appointed lead
ers of pressure groups to die
tate policies pertaining to my
office, my home or any busi-
ness transaction that does not
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Wife of Slayer Suspect
Says, Now IHote Him
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

Il have no feelings for him hate him If he
that defenseless he couldn't love his children
how it hurts them"
Nineeenye VicEy describing her re-
action to her husband Harry Franklin Jarmans IT, charged
Evening star., 1962-04-22

FRIDAY with the knife murder
of a 65-year-old woman, Mrs
Olive Minard.
Jarmans, who is 20, told po-
lice he stabbed the elderly wild
ow he didn't even know as one
step in plan to eventually
murder his wife.
A teen-age marriage both
families tried to stop is a fac
tor in the marriage that ended
in disaster.
I'VE did everything to keep
them apart. and his mother
did. too," Mrs. Joseph B. Gar
diner, Mrs. Jarmans' mother,
recalled. Mrs. JarmanS and her
two children are living with her
parents at 1902 @ street Sc.
Asked Advice
The young woman tele-
phoned her mother in a dra-
matte moment at the inquest
Friday to ask her advice be-
fore telling a coroner's jury of
threats with a knife from her
husband earlier last week and
his statement-which she dis
missed at first with a scOrnful
laugh-that he had killed Mrs.
Minard.
Mrs. Jarmans, in an inter-
view yesterday. agreed that
their extreme youth had a lot
to do with the failure of their
But the future looked fine to
Grace Victoria Gardiner when
she married Butch Jarmans on
April 4. 1858, at Mount Calvary
Catholic Church in Forrestville,
Md.
I'VE had a real big wedding"
she recalled. I'VE lived with
my father and mother until
after our little boy was born
a year and half later. We had
an apartment in the basement.
Everything was fine. We didn't
even have very many fights"
Romance Faded
Butch loved frankie" Mrs.
Gardiner said. He washed his
diapers and bottles, and took
Evening star., 1962-04-22
District Revenue
Boost Faces Test
Before Senate
Pressure Is Expected
On U. S. Fund Formula
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedys Federal payment formula for the
District faces technical barrier the Senate
Parliamentary problems loom time when the District
Commissioners the formula means of meeting
pay raises Congress expects to pass this session
The formula would let the United States Treasurer pay the
Evening star., 1962-04-22

interfere with my duties a.
sheriff" he said.
The sheriff, who is serving
his fourth term, said the com.
mittee m m b ers' "apparen
misunderstanding of the con,
flict of interest law is leading
them to make wild and unwar.
ranted allegations which are
without any basis Of fact"
He said he would leave his
political future in the hands
Of the voters of the county and
the city of Falls Church "rath-
er than small, selfish pressure
groups"
Yesterday the supervisors
denied a suggestion by the Nc
Lean Citizens Association that
they were under extraordinary
pressure" when they granted
the zoning for three History
apartment buildings.
The supervisors said they were
subject to no more pressure
than is usual for a controver-
sial Zoning.
Called Not Unusual
Supervisor Stuart DeBell, who
voted to approve the project,
said he didn't feel he was sub
ject to any unusual pressure.
Mrs. Anne wilkins, vice
chairman of the board, said
that pressures involved were
mo more than usual from
either side from a controversial
application" Mrs. Wilkins
Joined board chairman William
H. Moss in opposing the appli-
cation.
Supervisors Robert c. Gotten
and John Parrish said they had
not received pressure from
either side.
Supervisor A. Claiborne Leigh,
who represents Mclean and
who moved that the application
be approved, said he had re-
ceived about 300 letters and
postcards from citizens of the
area, almost all of which were
in opposition to the develop
ment.
Evening star., 1962-04-22

House if the House did not OBJ
Ject. If the House registered
no objection. the Senate could
pass the bill But the formula
then would run the risk of
dying on a single point of order
in the House.
The requirement that all
bills to raise revenue originate
in the House does not deny
the Senate the right to origi-
nate appropriation bills" the
Library Of Congress opinion
said 1t based its argument.
in part, on House judiciary
Committee reports Of the l800S.
Tradition Is Strict
But. attorneys warned, while
the Senate has been permitted
to initiate special revenue bills
for specific purposes, the House
always has originated general
appropriation bills.
Although identical home rule
bills have been introduced in
the House. no hearings have
been scheduled by the House
District Committee. Tradition
ally. this committee has been
opposed to any form of home
rule.
If the bill survived the
Senate, it would still be re-
ferred to the House District
Committee.
Home rule sponsors in the
House will try to discharge the
bill from the House District
Committee if no hearings are
held in the near few weeks.
Radical Proposal
The new formula fixes the
District payment on the basis
of Federal plant ownership
and employment plus costs of
furnishing the Federal Govern
ment water and sewer service.
If passed. the formula would
set up this procedure:
The Commissioners would
ask the Treasurer by February
l for payment. This request
would be examined by the Cen
eral Services Administration,
the Civil Service Commission
and the United States Employ
ment Service.
The GSA would clear the
request for the Secretary Of the
Treasury. Then the Secretary
would order payment to the
District on or before Sep
tember /.
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Old Courthouse Sought
Ford. Office Use

District officials are asking
that the Old Courthouse on
Judiciary Square be returned to
the city government this sum-
mer.
The entire building is needed
for city government offices, &C
cording to officials.
The District would like to
get full occupancy of the build
ing by July l.
The Old Courthouse, the Dis
trict's original city hall, now is
occupied by the Selective Serv-
ice System. The General Serv-
ices Administration is looking
for new quarters for the Selec-
tive Service workers.
Juvenile Court
A number of city depart
ments would be given space in
the building, on Indiana ave-
nue. NV. across from the
Municipal Center, under the
latest plans. Part of the build
ing would be occupied by the
staff of the recently expanded
Juvenile Court.
1t is likely that the entire
building eventually will be
taken over by the courts, off
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Mclean Zoning Foes
Seek Sheriffs Custer

Controversy SIC million apartment project planned
for the Potomac riverfront eruped yesterday
demand from citizens that Fairfax County Sheriff
Taylor resign for his part broker in the sale of
Edward p Morgan television commentator and a
resident of Mclean released statement from the newly
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Cities
o'dRepk
What Is
Great?
By ROBERT ]. LEWIS

SAASoS PO"SAo away again.
when the man in the
house and the men on the
hill see eye to eye, laws are
made. But any citizen is
free to disobey them if he
goes to yet another white
structure, quite near the hill,
and can persuade five of the
nine men who sit there to
agree with him"
-
THAT'S THE WAY Wash
ington looks-and the way
the American democracy
seems to work-through the
eyes of Aubrey Menen, a
most persuasive journalist
and writer of books.
Without seeming to try
very hard, Mr.. Menen is
easily the star of the recent
issue of Holiday Magazine
entirely devoted to trying to
explain our National Capital.
His impressions and flashes
Of understanding are sculp-
tured in language at once
provocative and urbane-
and they are, for the most
part, right on target.
Washington is the cap
ital city of a country that
has never quite made up its
mind that it wants one," he
decides at the outset.
All WaShington'S virtues
and faults, he believes, can
be attributed to the trust
the Founding Fathers placed
in law, and to the suspicious
they directed toward men
who wanted to govern.
"They wrote these Suspi-
cionS into the Constitution,
and into the heart of every
American down to this day.
The Americans believe the
price Of liberty is eternal
vigilance, particularly over
the people who are supposed
to protect it.
"They believe in cutting
statesmen down to size. They
have done the same with
Washington D. c."
And then he adds, as a
clincher:
"In the system of checks
and balances that safeguard
the liberties of the American
people, Washington has been
so heavily checked that it
scarcely counts at all. The
very look of the city bears
this out"
READING MR.. MENEN'S
most diSarming and sympa-
thetic essay is pure delight.
Though London born, he
casts a jaundiced eye on the
imperial spirit, going out of
his way to make clear that
the liberty which America
shares with the India of his
origin is more to his taste
than is the world of berib-
boned viceroyS.
("I have seen many great
moments in other capitals.
In London I have seen a
king, surrounded by robed
peers, open his Parliament
with antique and solemn
ritual.)
("In New Delhi, I have
seen a viceroy, magnificently
beribboned, Spt ak to princes
as a headmaster speaks to
boys. In Rome, I have seen
a Pope crowned. But I have
never seen anything like
what happened on Cap
itol Hill. What I saw was a
cool, skeptical democracy at
work, and I wish more
strangers like myself could
see it. They would under
stand the American people
very much better, as I did")
WHO COULD ASK for a
more eloquent reflection of
a mans faith in political de-
mocracy?
Yet a few questions should
be asked, for Mr.. Menen
seems to have doubts that
democracy and great art are
compatible, and seems to
suggest that beauty and ty-
ranny go hand in hand. For
he writes:
"While Americans remain
free men, I think they will
never allow Washington to
become a great CITY,"
What do you mean, Mr..
Menen, by great? Do you
mean imperial? Do you mean
democratic? Do you mean
old? Or do you mean beauti-
full?
And now, Mr.. Menen, will
you please rewrite that SEN
tence to make it clearer?
Evening star., 1962-04-22

.
by Congress in one initial au-
thoriZation act. Yields are eSti-
mated from SAL to S48 million
annually.
The current payment is $50
million. This helps cover total
District expenses, creeping to-
ward $500 million this year.
New Formula Approved
Senate District Committee
men like the new formula.
written by the President into
his District home rule bill. Both
friends and foes of home rule
supported the formula at Sen
ate hearings. Senate passage
generally has been assumed.
The committee should act on
the home rule package soon
after Easter.
The only apparent stumbling
block to Senate passage is a
formidable one - the United
States Constitution.
The Constitution says rev.
enue meaureS must originate in
the House.
The formula is not a rev.
enue, in the traditional sense.
A revenue measure is a budget.
The Federal payment now is
part of the city budget. The
formula would change the Fed
eral payment to a Treasury
Department computation with
in guide lines set by Congress.
Plan Questioned
Two questions occurred to
Senate Committee aides: Is the
formula a revenue measure?
Does the Constitution prohibit
the Senate from acting first?
Senate District Committee
Chairman Bible asked Library
of Congress lawyers for guild
ance.
His answer to the first ques-
ton was that it was "arguable"
whether the formula was so
different from the customary
payment of District appropria-
tions that it was not a general
: revenue measure.
Even as a special measure
: the formula, if passed by the
Senate, could be killed by the
objection of a single House
member.
In other words, congreSsion-
al lawyers said, the Senate
could initiate action reserved
by the Constitution to the
Evening star., 1962-04-22
Romance Faded

Butch loved Frankie" Mrs.
Gardiner said. He washed his
diapers and bottles. and took
him for walks in his stroller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06

Miss Rachel Carson, au-
thoress of the best seller. ISL
lent Spring." which has start
ed o controversy on what eff
fects pesticides have on life,
answered her critics In q talk
yesterday before members Of
the Women's National Press
Club.
"Is industry becoming a
screen through which facts
must filter so that the hard,
uncomfortable truths are kept
back, and only the harmless
morsels allowed to filter
through" asked Miss Carson.
The speaker followed by
saying 81 know that many
thoughtful scientists are
deeply disturbed that their
organizations are becoming
fronts for industry.
more than one scientist
has raised q disturbing ques-
tion-whether O spirit Of Ly-
senkoism may be developing
In America today--the phil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Rachel Carson Is Speaker

osophy that perverted and de-
stroyed the science of gene
tics in Russia and even infil'
trated all that nations agri-
cultural sciences"
Concluding, Miss Carson
stated, But there the tailor
ing-the screening Of basic
truth is done, not to suit a
party line-but to accommo-
date the short-term gain. to
serve the gods of profit and
production"
Miss Carson cited several
cases where the use of chem
icals supposedly for good had
proven disastrous. One such
instance she stated where in
vestigations are under way,
is that in the years 1859 to
1861, 873 planes used for
busting crops crashed. and
1856 pilots died.
The Investigations, accord
ing to Miss Carson, are to
see what effect the chem
icals. accumulated over q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06

the Glenns, Kennedys and
Robert Frost. also bears this
inscription from the poet:
"Regardfully yours, Robert
Frost
Pouring at the 4 pm. tea
were Mrs. Arthur Schlesinger,
jr., and Mrs. Byron White.
Mrs. Angler Biddle Duke was
among the small group Of
guests in her first public APP
pearance since the arrival Of
Angler, jr.
In addition to cabinet
wives Mrs. Dean Rusk, Mrs.
Stewart Udall, Mrs. Orville
Freeman. Mrs. w. Willard
Writ, and Mrs. Edward Gud-
eman, wife of the acting Sec
rotary of Commerce-others
attending were Mrs. Roland
Evans, Mrs. Paul B. Fay, jr.,
wife of the Under Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. George
w. Anderson, jr., wife of the
Chief of Naval Operations.
Other Guests
other guests included: Mrs.
Edwin o. Reischauer. wife Of
the United States Ambassa-
dor to Japan; Mrs. Koichiro
Asakai, wife of the Japanese
Ambassador: and the six
wives of the Japanese cabi-
net Mrs. Masayoshi Ohira,
Mrs. Kakuei Tanaka, Mrs.
Seishi Shigemasa, Mrs. Hail
me Fukuda. Mrs. Takeo Oha-
shi and Mrs. Kiichi Miyaza'
wa.
Mrs. Miyazawa and Mrs.
Rusk shared in common the
experience of having attended
a United es-Japanese
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long term. had on the pilots.
Miss Carson was introduced
by club President Patty Cav
in as Silver Springs Joan Of
Arc: Among those seated at
the head table were Repre-
sentative Kenneth Roberts.
Undersecretary Of Interior
James Kennedy Carr and
Commissioner of the Food
and Drug Administration
George P. Larrick.