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Assn. and the American Ord
nance Assn.
Controversial Subject
The reimbursement of re-
search expenses has been q con-
troversial subject among Fed
eral agencies. The Govern
ment's policy of encouraging
both applied and basic research
has led the Pentagon to share
costs on contractor sponsored
research projects.
This policy is working well
with large firms who have ex-
tensive laboratories. It is being
adjusted to encourage small
firms to enter this joint ef-
fort. Defense officials are fear
full the Budget Bureau may
jeopardize this new plan that
is being tested on a trial basis,
Bidding and proposal expense
is a large item when firms are
seeking space, atomic, and new
weapon projects. Even prepar-
ing proposals for subcontracts
for these projects is expensive
The Budget Bureau is
reported considering a to 2
per cent allowance for such
costs. Industry does not like
the idea. They would like to
have fewer proposals solicited
and at Government expense.
Federal agencies often make
contracts with divisions or iso-
lated plants of large firms. How
much Of the home office ex-
.pense is chargeable to the con-
tract is always controversial.
The Budget Bureau is recon-
sidering its first proposed rule
that did not please other Fed
eral agencies or industry.
Protests by industry against
limiting allowances to $25, 900
for salaries have caused tn e
Budget Bureau to reconsider
this plan. 1t may not be in
the first executive order.
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BY BEN PHLEGAR


DETROIT, Sept. I3. - The
man who has an extra $4,000
or 5000 for q car is being
given a wider choice for 1858
by American auto manufacture
ers than at any time in recent
years.
The Stutz Bearcat. the Cord
and the Auburn - these were
personal cars. But the trend
faded. The young men of the
l920s and the 193os grew old
er. gained family responsible
ties and had to settle for fam
lily cars, or even station wagons.
Now, young or old, if you've
got the money. the choice is
here. The leader in this par
ticular reSurgence has been
Ford's Thunderbird, introduced
in the fall of 1854. Ford sold
1884 THIRDS that year; 81, ,033
last year.
Three Competitors
But the Bird isn't flying
alone. General Motors, Chrys-
Ter and now Studebaker all will
offer personal cars in the lux
ury bracket for 1868.
And the buyer will have q
choice Of performance or lux
ury-or both.
Chevrolet has redeSigned It's
Corvette for the first time since
1858 and will offer q sport
coupe along with the converti.
BILE.
While the Thunderbirc
moved into the volume class
Corvette stayed with limited
production and sought to estab.
liSh a sports car image. By
now the Corvette is a recog.
nized competition sports car
with a $50 horsepower engine
and fuel injection. But the
new sports coupe also offers
power steering. power brake.
and an automatic transmission
Studebaker will be aiming di.
rectly at the Corvette market
with its new Avanti, which has
been timed in excess of 17C
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BY ALLEN M. SMYTHE
Contributing Writer

New uniform cost rules for
payments to federal contrac-
tors are being drafted by the
, Budget Bureau for White
House approval. The cost items
in the first executive order may
{ be research, bidding and pro-
poSal expense. home office ex-
pense, and some degree of
salary limitation.
, The new order would apply
to all Federal agencies VIII O
tissue cost-reimbursement types
Of contracts and be particular
ly applicable to the Defense
Department, the Atomic Energy
Commission. and the National
Aeronautical and Space
Agency.
2 These three agencies have
negotiated contracts that total
!. over SIG billion. Their rules
: vary on the allowability of
many cost items.
In Progress a Year
The Budget Bureau, which
serves as the Presidents ad-
visor on Federal spending, has
been quietly writing new pro-
posed unified cost allowance
. rules for the Pentagon, Acc,
and NASA for. nearly a year.
The Budget Bureaus first
plan was to draft a complete
new set Of cost rules. Discus
sion was held with "a few
selected trade associations.
chiefly auditing groups. Larger
business groups soon protested
and the plan now is to change
the rules gradually.
Industry protests have also
forced the Budget Bureau to
consult with more trade groups
interested in space and defense
contracts. These include tn e
Electronic Industries Assn;
the Aerospace Industries Assn,
the Automobile Manufacturers
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Personal Car Choice
Widens in '63 Market

miles per hour with its option
al, supercharged engine.
Not everybody wants to
drive that fast" admits Stude-
baker President Sherwood Eg-
bert. but everyone likes the
feel of a winner"
The Avanti was designed for
road use, as well as speed. and
has all of the luxury touches.
More direct Thunderbird
competition is expected to come
from the General Motors triple
threat Buick Riviera, Oldsmo-
bile Starfire and Pontiac Grand
Prix. And later this year Chrys-
Ter will introduce its 300J.
Riviera Is New
The Riviera is all new fol-
1868 and is alone with separate
wheelbase size and exterior
styling. The Starfire and
Grand Prix, both new models
in 1862. are variations of the
standard Olds and Pontiac.
The Riviera will push luxury
at the start. later will add q
hot big engine and four speed
manual transmission.
The Thunderbird has made
an all-out bid for luxury and
has never tried to pass itself
off as a hot car. In some cir
cles it is known as the "olc
mans sports car" 1t is the
only Ford Division car with
out a stick shift.
Oldsmobile sold $4,000 Star
fires in the 1862 model year
and General Manager Jack
Wolfram, asked about what ht
was doing to meet the compe-
tition of the T-bird and Riviera
replied, II think the question
should be, What are they do
ing to answer us?'"
Prices have not been an.
nounced. Last year the Star.
fire sold for $4,131 in the hard
top model and $4,744 as q
convertible. The Thunderbirc
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Budget Bureau Charts
Unified Cost Rules
Controversial Subject

Assn. and the American Ord
nance Assn.
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YOUR MONEYS WORTH
Return to SchooI,
Dropouts Warned

Return to school," urge q
President Kennedy in his La
Dor Day message to the youth
Of the Nation, thereby putting
the White House behind the
accelerating drive to convince
Americas youngsters that they
must stay in school until they
gain the education and skillc
essential to fill today's jobs.
But a potential dropout, Of
q young man or woman who
already has quit school, vel
might ask for more than ex-
hortation, more than even 9
warning from the President
that returning to school may
mean the difference between
possible hardship and unem-
ployment or a fruitful life"
In this and Sundays col
umn. I'll submit the why" and
what" Make q record of these
facts, no matter who you are
for in your neighborhood may
be a young person whose en-
tire life you can benefit by re-
citing them.
Here's the why,
In the l960s, overall en-
ployment is scheduled to rise
about 20 per cent, but unskilled
workers always will face the
threat of unemployment as jobs
are eliminated by automation
This summer, while the gen.
eral unemployment rate has
ranged under 6 per cent, the
rate among the unSkilled has
been II per cent. Among the
100000 who were graduated
from high school in June. 1861
and didn't 60 on to college. the
unemployment rate last October
was l8 per cent. Among the
350.000 youngsters of 16 to "a
who quit elementary or high
school between January ano
mid October. 1861, the unem-
ployment rate in the fall was
81 per cent.
You need a high school di.
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September II, 1864
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ranged from s4,321 to $3.50 for
the fancy two passenger model.
There is no reason to expect
the figures to be less for 1858.
Evening star., 1962-09-13

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tempt to list all items that are
in short supply in Cuban markets,
for they include almost everything
except gasoline and lubricants. But
let me remind you again that
shortage doesn't necessarily repre-
sent q famine.
Some very serious aspects are
appearing. Perhaps the most
serious so far as the future Of
the island is concerned lies in
transportation. While trucks from
Russia and Poland can be seen
in numbers, most Of them now are
used for military purposes. Private
automobiles and motor buses grow
older and weaker each year. Re-
placement parts arrive in a tiny
trickle and in many vital areas
do not arrive at all.
Still, the streets are almost as
busy as they we're in Cuba's
prosperous heyday. Automobiles
confiscated from weather. citi-
zens, especially from those who
have left for the United States,
are being pressed into jitney serv-
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also saw Russian military trucks
in large numbers.
But what he said also contained
q lot Of falsehood. For one thing,
other Communist countries still
face many shortages Of their own.
These apparently are far from
solution and until they are thereu
be precious little for export to the
new Communist land in the Carib-
bean.
Mr.. Castro has fabricated a
world of stories in a failing effort
to retain the popular support he
had before he announced a plan
to Communize the island. One Of
these, recently heard, bears on this
subject.
The Russians, according to this
tale, are completing the first OF
a great fleet of trans-oceanic
atomic freightships. These will be
able to cross from the USSR to
Cuba in IA days and will i'm
mediately end all Cuba's shortages.
One reason these now exist, &C
cording to the story, is that so
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thusiasm. But when I sat down
to order, the complete dinner
menu was frog legs and macaroni!
No daiquiris, either!
The fact that this once great
eating place has been reduced to
such wretched fare is important
only as it reflects a national con-
dition: Cuban larders, which three
short years ago bulged with the
worlds best foods, wines and
spirits, have been so depleted that
only bare necessities remain.
Shortages appear in homes and
in restaurants. But it should be
noted that while the old abun-
dance is gone, there still is enough
food to maintain a fair standard
of living, a better standard, as
the Communists will tell you over
and over again, than many Gu
banos knew in capitalist times"
Hints of Old Luxury
In restaurants, one meat or fish
dish usually is available. But there
are times when a vegetable
omelette must suffice. In the gay
Havana night clubs, however, and
in some of the government hotels
in the interior. you'll still find
hints of the old luxury.
In homes, conditions appear to
be considerably more serious. Still,
if the present rate Of rationing
can be continued, no one will
starve. The same shortages ap-
pear. If a family has meat once
in 10 days it is lucky. Milk is
restricted to a half-cup a day per
person in a family Of four. There's
almost no butter-many Cubans
haven't seen it in weeks. Citrus
fruits are short, so are all types
of fats.
Mr.. Castro announced his ra-
tioning plan while I was in
Havana. People with whom
talked felt it would be an i'm
provement over conditions as they
had been.
A good Communist housewife
told me that, two days previously.
she and q friend had heard that
a certain store was to get sup
ply Of meat. They went to the
store at 2:30 a.m.-and found a
long line already waiting. They
stood in the line until well past
noon, when 1t was announced thai
every shred Of the meat had beer
sold.
I learned of similar experiences
in other fields. Shoes are very
hard to find. One downtown dealer
whose shelves had been bare fol
weeks, finally received a short sup.
ply of canvas sneakers. Lines
formed at his door hours before
opening time. By 10 o'clock his
shelves were bare again.
Shortages and Fomines
It would be futile even to at
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hour in fringe benefits and pro-
viding no general pay rise.
With 1885 Gripping 116-day
steel strike fresh In mind and the
problems Of getting the economy
moving and Of strengthening in
dustry's ability to compete with
foreign producers still to be solved.
President Kennedy early this year
made a firm decision in one area
Of collective bargaining.
He determined to use the power
and prestige of his office to head
off any new steel strike when
the present contract expires on
June 80. One logical move would
be to get management and labor
to begin bargaining at an early
date. The President prevailed
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On the matter of steel prices,
most observers believe that the
industry. while 1t may decide on
some "selective" increases for
special items. will not rush into
a general rise.
For one thing. a price rise
would make it even more difficult
to compete with foreign producers
and the export markets Of the
American steel industry have been
shrinking. For another. it would
hurt in the industry's effort to
fight off competition at hoSSk
from other materials, such as
aluminium and concrete. Thirdly,
the pressure from Washington
against any "inflationary" In
creases would be severe.
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The Mind of Asia
Seen in Pokiston

face during Carnival in Rio, none
of the bathing-beauty. confetti
tossing atmosphere Of Florida,
Geneva, or the French Riviera.
The people Just strolled and
talked. In dance halls, men sat
in rows Of chairs and watched
belly dancers do their oriental
version of the twist. The men
seemed to pass judgment like Of
ficials at a county fair. classify
ing them as mediocre, satisfactory,
good or sizzling according to the
ball bearings in their hips. Plain
tive strings and woodwinds walled
and walled and walled.
Akin to the Middle East
Ramadan is observed through
out the Moslem world. President
Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia had
a try at stamping it out, because
of its terrific drain on the energy
and efficiency of people who need
every ounce Of stamina to con-
quer their dreadful poverty. He
failed.
Pakistan is culturally and
spiritually akin to the Middle East.
Urdu script even looks like Arabic.
The Persians and Mongols ruled
the Indian subcontinent for hun
dreds of years before the British
arrived, and left lasting heritage.
As in the Arab world, one sees
here the veil, the headdress, the
simple stone villa, the grazing
herds. My taxi to the airport was
stopped on a main highway by
a herd of goats with purple ears
a herd Of goats with purple ears
In case anyone is wondering, ]
am not a drinking man. 1t pre-
sumably was dye in lieu Of q
branding iron.
One occasionally sees came
drawing a cart. The people are
friendly and gregarious, ap.
pently caring little about any in.
ternational issue except Kashmil
"a subject on which they art
explosively emotional.
United Nation Secretary-Gen'
eral U Thant told me before
left that the principal value o
my trip would be to learn NOR,
of the mind of Asia" It Is ,
mind absorbed with clothes. will
housing, with bread-to replac
the rags, the corrugated-tin huts
the hunger Of today.
Progress toward a decent lif
is slow. Ramadan is a kind o
outlet for Illustration. It is tim
to forget a little.
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Prodded Again

When the talks hit snag some
weeks ago and both sides agreed
to break them off until May l,
Mr.. Kennedy again prodded them
back to the conference table.
Last week his efforts, and the
good sense exhibited by both the
companies and the union, paid off.
An essentially non-inflationary
agreement has been reached, one
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to produce quick and relatively
modest contract agreements.
As for the steel industry itself,
a signed pact will doubtless mean
a halt in the buildup Of inven-
tories by users Of steel as protec-
ton against a strike and the work.
ing off of such higher-than-
normal inventories which already
exist.
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The National Scene

which would grant no general pay
increase, but which would add
about 10 cents an hour to fringe
benefits, such as supplemental
unemployment aid, more liberal
vacations and higher pensions.
After one year, negotiations could
be reopened on the subject OF
wages and certain other items.
Yesterday the Steelworkers
policy committees gave their final
approval to the proposal, which
already had been cleared by the
companies.
What is the impact Of the early
settlement in steel? Most OBJ
servers look for the acministra-
ton to apply the same heavy and
early pressure in other industries
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Renewed Criticism Of Federal Reserve Boards Role

such as happened during the
campaign of 1860, the Fund would
not have on hand enough hard
currency" resources to meet the
United States need.
For this reason there is now
before the Congress legislation to
permit the United States to enter
into mulitlateral standby agree
ment" discussed last September
at the Funds annual meeting in
Vienna. Under that agreement
the chief industrial countries
undertake to lend the INF their
own currencies to support the
currency of any one Of their
number which might be subjected
to a temporary balance-of-pay-
ments strain.
According to Federal Reserve
Chairman William Nice. Martin,
this is like a crutch for the dollar
land we ought to have all the
crutches we can have"
Sterilization Fund
Meanwhile, the United States
Treasury has been using its 28-
year-old sterilization fund to OPP
crate in foreign currencies for the
support Of the dollar. 1t has been
using German, Italian and Swiss
currencies for this purpose.
Here Is how it works. Suppose
mass of private capital is
taken out Of accounts with Amer
lean commercial banks and moved
into Germany, for example. The
owners Of the capital in effect
sell dollars and buy deutSche-
marks. The supply Of dollars is
increased on the world market;
that of deutschemarks is dimin-
ished. The quotation for the
dollar tends to drop; that for the
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German unit, to rise. Then more
speculation Is stimulated.
But If the Treasury's stabiliza-
ton fund can step in and sell
deutschemarkS for dollars, the
exchange rates tend to be stabil-
lied. The market is Gained. This
has been done in recent months.
But the Treasury's sterilization
fund is much too small for the
possible needs in today's world. To
build it up would require a big
congressional appropriation or
else big borrowing by the Treas
ury, which has trouble living with
in the debt limit as it is.
The Exehonee Rote
Therefore, it was decided that
the Federal Reserve System, which
in fact creates dollars, should
enter the foreign exchange mar
kets to stabilize the exchange rate
for our currency abroad. The sys-
tenn has vast resources on which
it may draw. 1t can buy or
borrow foreign currencies in quiet
times and sell them for dollars
whenever the dollar weakens.
When Mr.. Martin disclosed the
new policy in a hearing. he was
sharply criticized by some Demo-
cratic congressman. who think
the system should first have come
to the Congress for authorization.
While the system thinks it has the
power it is using, those Congress-
men disagree.
Thus Representative Reuss,
Democrat of Wisconsin, called
the policy "a usurpation Of the
powers of Congress" done by the
board independently of the Pres
ident or the Secretary of the
Treasury"
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A British Report
On u. S. Tensions

because Britain, in order to save
dollars, prepared to end the i'm
portation of American apples and
to buy tobacco from Southeast
Europe, it was the Foreign Office
that saw the possible impact on
the forthcoming Presidential cleo
tionS.
Secretary Hull, however, was
less understanding when Britain,
in an endeavour to salvage two
thirds of the already meager meat
ration, made a deal with the
principal supplier. the Argentine.
Mr.. Hull contemptuously said it
was one designed "for petty COM
mercial advantages of long term
bargain with a fascist govern
ment."
One for Historians
It is a book that historians
will be consulting long after the
commentators have put 1t back
on the shelves. Even today some
reviewers in England are telling
their readers that Roosevelt is
depicted as ignorant. superficial
and at times tricky: Cordell Hull
is seen to have no sense Of pro-
portion; Admiral Leahy was sus-
picious of Britain's presumed OBJ
jectives, and he distrusted
Churchill"
One thing that does emerge is
that Gen. de Gaulle's only sup
port during his pilgrimages to
Washington for help in rebuilding
France came from the Foreign
Office, where Sir Alexander Cado-
gan, the permanent under secre-
tary, exercised a calming influ-
ence in days when disaster was
seen by the Allies.
It is claimed that the French
leader met with determined an
tipathy from both Roosevelt and
Mr.. Hull, and that there was even
a section of the State Depart
IIleIlI duVOCdIlIlS q 4COuNOAOAA VA
the territories of Metropolitan
France.
Criticism of Dovies
Neither the American nor the
British Ambassadors to Moscow
come out uncriticized. Joseph E.
Davies is shown as working over
time to appease Stain long after
Russia had already gobbled up
more than a fair share Of the
Yalta cake. Sir Stafford Grips
seemingly behaved like a prima
donna when he dilly- dallied after
being advised to go straight to
Stain to advise him that he was
being double-crossed by Hitler.
What more the actual docu-
ments in the archives could re-
veal is something reserved for flu
ture generations.
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ice as requirements for buses,
which are wearing out. Former
house maids have been trained to
drive these cars along established
routes and to pick up passengers
at 10 cents a head. They travel
only specified routes.
THE United States thought we
were over a barrel when supplies
of crude oil were cut off from
gasoline plants here" one Of these
lads told me. 1--WE didn't have a
day of real gasoline shortage as
a result. Russia, our great and
good friend, stepped in i'm
mediately and sent tankers racing
to our assistance. She'll do the
same when we call for motor We
hicles. In fact. she's already de-
livering all the trucks we can
USE"
Gasoline Found Plentiful
What he said had some truth
in it. Travelled 1900 kilometers
about the island; found gasoline
and oil plentiful everywhere. I
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rather persistent deficit in those
transactions. A variety Of steps
have been taken-short Of cutting
down our foreign aid programs
to strengthen our position in the
world economy and shore up the
dollar. But the administration
realizes that the problem Is far
from licked.
Today the French franc, the
Italian Ira, the German D-mark
and even until lately Japan'S
yen-and, Of course. the Swiss
franc-are firmer than the dollar.
In the years after World War II