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or halt investigational
use on humans If earlier labor
atory and animal tests ARE in
adequate to support a conclu-
sion that it is reasonably safe"
The proposed regulations
come in the wake Of what some
consider a close. call in the
investigational use of thalido-
mide, a sleeping pill believed
to cause infant malformations.
Thalidomide never was cleared
for general use but was distrib-
uted to about 1900 physicians
in this country for investiga-
tional use.
Drug companies and other
interested persons have so days
to comment on the proposed
regulations. Final regulations
will not be issued until these
comments have been con-
sidered.
| Require Adequate Tests
The new regulation would
require that the FDA be given
full details on the distribution
Of drugs for Investigations and
that these clinical investiga-
tons come only after adequate
laboratory and animal tests
for safety.
The clinical investigations
themselves would have to be
planned properly and carried
out by qualified investigators.
The FDA would have to be in
formed fully during the prog
resS of the Investigations.
Special assurances of safety
would be required before a
drug is used on infants or
pregnant women.
The regulations also would
bar the drug manufacturer
from labelling, advertising or
issuing public relations state
ments or news releases that
represent the drug to be safe
or useful during the investiga-
ton. The manufacturer would
not be permitted unduly to dis
seminate the drug for investi-
gational use without making
real attempts to get the drug
licensed.
Curb Distribution
The last two sections of the
regulations apparently are de-
signed to prevent drugs dis
tributed for investigational use
from becoming commercial in
everything but name. A third
section also strikes at this prac-
tice:
THE sponsor shall not COM
mercially distribute nor test
market the drug until a new
drug application has become
effective"
Present regulations require
that drugs used in clinical tests
on humans be labeled for in
vestigational use only and that
manufacturers keep records Of
distribution. The regulations
now in effect also require that
the investigators have adequate
facilities and that their names
be made available to FDA on
request.
But present regulations do
not require either that FDA be
told that a new drug is being
tested or that FDA get subSe-
quent reports on this test use.
The proposed regulations would
tighten these areas.
Data Required
The drug manufacturer,
under the new regulations,
would be required to get a
signed statement from each in
veStgiator telling his educa-
ton, teaching and research ex-
See DRUGS, PAGE Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09

have an effect on the comput-
er's design"
Andrew Hobokan, the Space
Agency's technical manager for
Gemini at the Mcdonnell Air
craft plant where the space
craft is being made, gives an
engineers precise feel for the
tricky and vital job of the COM
puter at the start of re-entry:
This computer," he said.
has a set of stored equations
in it. Its memory is updated
to provide an exact time for
retrofire and a predicted point
of re-entry.
1.-THE computer then senses
the thrust provided by the
See GEMINI, Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09

Mothers Hove Been Lying To Get
Relief. Committee Told. Poee B-l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09

loves Urges Tighter Maryland Drug
Lows. Pose 3D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09
THE SANDWICH
DO-IT-YOURSELF

LORD MoNTAGU, the Eoh of
Sandwich. the reputed inventor Of
the sondwieh, couldn't hove en-
visioned anything like the variety
Of sandwiches described in todoys
Food Section, Pose d..
Hove The Stor Delivered
Dolly and Sunday
Diol Lincoln $1,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09

Americas next extraordinary venture
in space will be Project Gemini.
This is the fifth Of o series Of six
articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09

Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Scattered thunder
showers this evening. followed by clearing
and cooler, low in the middle Cos. Fair
and cooler tomorrow with lower humidity.
High, 70, at 2 pm. today; low, SO, at 6:45
am. today. pm. relative humidity. 70
per cent.
Full Report on PCes b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-24
Why an @~sticker
won't stick on a lemon

Al Used Cars are very special breed Of used Only
those which rank high among the radenS chosen by
your Ford Dealer for the careful processing that will
eventually make them into Al Used Cars. An AL Used
Car must clearly demonstrate its superior qualities to
specialists in the used ed-he used cars that do not
up to the strict standards they set are rejected
This means that when you buy AL Used Car you're
not likely to inherit other peoples problems!
Evening star., 1962-08-05
Once l27 Pounds

Other reliable sources. how
ever, indicate the Presidents
pressure is close to his normal
level of 112 over 80.
He apparently still gets cor
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Human Tests
Seen VituI by
DR.. Kelsey

Drugs must continue to be
tested in human beings, DR.
Frances o. Kelsey believes.
At q TAPPING session for
WTOP-TV's City Side, the
medical officer who blocked
the sale of thalidomide said,
IT don't believe there is any
other way to test a drug"
In the last analysis" she
said, data on the safety and
effectiveness Of drugs can come
only in clinical tests with hu-
man beings"
In some cases, she continued.
humans may be the only ami
NAL species to be aided or hurt
by a chemical product. 49,
THE difficulty" she said,
"is to assure that all prelim-
mary tests have been done well
before human tests are begun. "
The effects of thalidomide
did not show up in conven-
tional animal tests. she has
pointed out.
The taped interview with DR..
Kelsey will be broadcast at
noon today.
Evening star., 1962-08-05

favor of action early next year
when a new Congress takes
ever.
The novel argument being
advanced stems from a pro-
vision in a pending measure
to give salary boosts to postal
employees and classified Civil
Service workers.
S71ie DiiE due for passSge i
this year, says that the high
est annual pay Of classified,
or Civil Service, employees shall
at no time exceed the annual
salary of a member Of Con-
gresS.
Senators and Representa-
tives now receive annual pay
of $22,500. :
The pending bill would raise
the pay Of top Civil Service EN-
ployes to $22,500 Immediately
and to $24.5o0 next July /, pro-
yided that the latter figure
doesn't break through the con-
gressional salary scale.
Congress may not let such q
block pay raises which
many contend are in order for
the classified employees. So 1t
likely will raise its own pay.
The figure frequently men
toned in congressional cloak
rooms is $4,000 a year for the
lawmakers, although some
members feel $35, 900 would be
Evening star., 1962-08-05

tragedy Of birth deformities In
the United States"
The other five Federal Of
ficials to receive the award
Tuesday had been announced
some time ago. They are Lie
wellyn z. Thompson. career Dip
lomat returning Monday from
five years service as American
Ambassador in MOSCOW; j.
Stanley Baughman. president
Of the Federal National Mort
gage Association; Robert r,
Gilruth, director Of the Manned
Spacecraft Center Of the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration; DR.. Donald E.
GREGG. chief Of the department
of cardio-respiratory diseases
Walter Reed Army Institute Of
Research, and Waldo K. Lyon
head of the Submarine and
Arctic Research Branch, Navy
Electronics Laboratory, Sa n
Diego, Calf.
Evening star., 1962-08-05
Maine Island
Is sKennedy's
Hideowoy

BRISTOL. Maine. Aug. 4
(AP).-A little island off the
Maine coast, stepped in history
dating back to the earliest Co.
lonial times, provides the rest
full setting in which President
Kennedy plans to spend the
week end Of August 10 to12 as
the guest Of former heavyweight
boxing champion Gene Tunney,
The tree-covered, rock-bound
Tunney summer estate, Johns
Island, stands in the middle OF
Johns Bay, about half a mile
off shore between Pemaquid
Beach and South Bristol. Mr.
Tunney's two-story wooden
house, at which Mr.. Kennedy
and some friends will stay, is
nestled among spruce and pine
growth close to the water.
White House Press Secretary
Pieffe ssltuges said M. Tun-
ney, d friend 6f the Kennedy
family, would be away and
would turn the house over to
the President for the week end
He did not identify those who
would accompany the Presi-
dent.
Solitude Is the keynote here
where Mo Tunney has spent
summer vacations since the late
Of his ring career.
Evening star., 1962-08-05
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Enactment Of Pay Increase Seen
Despite Presidents Veto Threat

the way for tying the pay and
rate bills together, if necessary.
Pay raise legislation def
nitely will be acted on by both
the House and Senate this year,
but final enactment probably
won't come before sometime in
September, about the time
when Congress prepares to
adjourn.
PARTY - Representative
Broyhill, Republican of Vir-
ginia, is giving a party at his
home Thursday evening in
honor of William Doherty,
president of the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers. Mr..
Doherty is retiring next month.
- -
THANKS DUE-Incidentally,
Government employees in the
middle and upper brackets owe
the letter carriers and other
postal unions a strong vote of
thanks for the sizable pay
raises voted them in the House
Civil Service Committee bill.
1t isn't that the postal en-
ploye leaders are altruistic. It
was simply their feeling that
if the House committee voted
the large pay raises for Fed
eral executives and professional
employees that were so strongly
sought by President Kennedy
as part of his Federal pay re-
form plan, then the President
would be agreeable to q more
adequate pay raise for postal
workers in order to secure his
objectives. AS a result, the past
few weeks saw the strange
spectacle Of postal employe
leaders convincing unenthusi-
astic members Of the House
Civil Service Committee to vote
whopping big raises for Gov
ernment classified employees in
the middle and upper brackets.
Some members candidly ac-
knowledged that they voted for
these large classified employe
pay raises to accommodate the
postal employe leaders and
help assure a bigger pay raise
for letter carriers and postal
clerks. a.,
Evening star., 1962-08-05

youngsters swimming along
side.
1t was mid-afternoon wher
the Marlin returned to the
Kennedy pier, but it was there
only long enough to land the
elder Mr.. Kennedy.
Enjoys Swim
The yacht then moved out to
the end of a long breakwater
anchored again, and the PreSi-
dent once more went for q
swim. The sky had cleared and
the sun was warm.
After another hour, the Mar
| lin headed out into Nantucket
Sound and a fishing line was
put over to troll a mile of
Squall Island. Press observers
didn't see any fish caught.
1t was about five hours
after the start when the Presi-
dent finally went ashore to re-
turn to his home.
During the tripsa ahIinher oa
emit passed close to the Mar.
lin, and most OF them waved
! to the President, and got ar
answering wave in return.
The First Lady water skiieC
in a secluded cove of Lewis Bay
and others Of the family grouT
skiied later off the Hyannil
Port breakwater.
Evening star., 1962-08-05
| Dr.. Kelsey
| ToGet Medal
| From Kennedy
By . star staff Writer

HYANNIS PORT. Mass, Aug.
4.-Dr. Frances o. Kelsey, the
woman doctor credited by
President Kennedy with pre-
venting major American trag-
edy of birth deformitieS by
keeping the drug thalidomide
off the market in this country,
will receive from the President
Tuesday the Governments
highest award for a civilian
employe.
Mr.. Kennedy announced from
his weekend vacation head
quarters here today that he
was adding DR.. Kelsey to a list
of five Government officials
due to receive the Presidents
Award for Distinguished Fed
eral Civilian Service in q White
House ceremony at noon Tues
day.
The citation for the gold
medal award to DR.. Kelsey
praises her high ability and
steadfast confidence in her pro-
feSsional decision" in withhold
ing Federal Food and Drug
Administration approval for
commercial marketing Of tha-
lidomide.
Thalidomide, q new sedative
developed in Germany, was dis
tributed by the American man.
ufacturers only to doctors in
the United States for expert
mental use. 1t was, withdrawn
even for that purpose after
being blamed for births of
numerous malformed babies to
women in Europe who had
taken it during pregnancy.
The White House announce
ment Of the Tuesday award to
DR.. Kelsey said her action in
resisting pressure for approval
of the marketing Of thali-
domide has prevented a major
Evening star., 1962-08-05

that will be satisfactory to all
concerned and become law.
The House committees bill
may be modified somewhat be-
fore final enactment by Con-
gress, but not drastically.
Il y +
"GRATUITOUS INSULT" -
Flushed with victory after his
6.6 to "a per cent pay raise bill
/ for Federal and postal workers
was approved by the House
Civil Service Committee, Rep
Iresentative Morrison, Democrat
of Louisiana, offered an amend
ment to direct Chairman Tom
Murray to seek Immediately
a rule from the House Rules
Committee to bring the bill up
for House action. If not. then
the ranking majority member
- Mr.. Morrison - would be
authorized to seek the rule, the
amendment provided.
Mr.. Morrison's request
shocked the committee mem
bers. They may not always
agree with Mr.. Murray, but
they respect him. Representa-
tive Gross. Republican of Iowa,
said he felt it was a gratuitous
insult to the integrity of Mr..
Murray. The amendment was
then unanimously defeated, not
even Mr.. Morrison voting for
/ it.
ABOUT A MONTH AWAY
1t probably will be a month
before the House acts on the
pay bill.
1t will take about two weeks
Tor the House Civil Service
Committees staff to write the
report accompanying the bill.
Chairman Murray then prob
ably will take his time in seek
ing a rule from the House Rules
Committee, although in the
end he will do so. He always
has in the past.
On the Senate side, it prob
ably will be several weeks be-
fore the Senate Civil Service
Committee reports its pay bill.
The committee probably will
first wait until it completes
Its postal rate hearings, to pave
Evening star., 1962-08-05

ticosteroids by mouth to insure
optimum adrenal coverage.
After the now much pubh-
cized World War II adventure
in the Solomons. Mr., Kennedy
at age '26 was down to 127
pounds and suffering from ex-
haustion. This led to malaria,
which fingered for seven years,
and then to an adrenal insult
ficiency. which was diagnosed
later.
In 1860. the Kennedy doctors
contended that tests indicated
Mr.. Kennedy's adrenal func-
ton was normal but conceded
he would continue to take cor
ticosteroids by mouth as a
safeguard.
A year ago, DR.. Janet Travell,
the White House doctor, said
the President still had a
mild" adrenal insufficiency.
The President no longer gets
novoeaine injections for his
back. The major therapy is ex-
ercises prescribed by DR.. Hans
Kraus Of New York.
The exercises involve sit-ups,
push-ups and pull-ups. done
every day about ! PM, fol-
lowed by q swim.
DR.. Kraus visits the White
House about once a month to
check his patient.
Mr.. Kennedy sprained his
back on May 16. 1861, planting
a tree in Canada. For a time
he was on crutches, limped up
stairs. and was carried into
planes. DR.. Travell called in
DR.. Kraus, who started the
successful exercise therapy.
Evening star., 1962-08-05
Russio Rutifies Pact

PARIS, Aug. 4 (AP).-Russia
has ratified formally an inter-
national convention against
discrimination in education,
drafted two years ago by the
United Nations Education, Sci
entific and, Cultural Organiza-
tion. The convention pledges
signers to prevent discrimina-
ton in education on grounds of
race, color, sex, language or
religion.
Evening star., 1962-08-05
Newest PoIuris Sub
Launched in Xirqinid

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Aug.
4 (AP).-The Nations newest
Polaris missile submarine went
down the ways here today.
The James Monroe, fifth
Polaris sub to be built at the
Virginia yard, was launched
after a construction record Of
IL months and four days.
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison, jr.,
of Virginia was the principal
speaker at the launching of the
submarine, 18th in Americas
series of Polaris misSile-firing
vessels.
Evening star., 1962-08-05

more appropriate. Either
amount would preserve the ira
ditional spread between the
pay Of the men who make the
laws and the employees who
help administer them.
Supporters of the drive for
bigger paychecks for Congress-
men Justify their bdsltiS By
citing the fact that the leeis!
lators haven't had a pay raise
since 1855, although the cost oi
living has gone up since then
Evening star., 1962-08-05
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Federal and postal employe
pay raise legislation stfil faces
some obstacles. but all indica-
tions are that a salary bill will
be enacted into law this year
The biggest barrier facing
the bill approved by the House
Civil Service Committee is the
prediction by administration
officials that it faces a veto by
President Kennedy if some OF
its provisions aren't modified
However, there are a number
of things in the bill that are
strongly desired by Mr.. Ken
riedy and administration Off
cials, such as an annual Gov
eminent salary review system
more flexibility in within-grade
promotions, authority to pay
above the top-of- -the-grade in
shortage category jobs, etc.
Also, the President and his
advisers are well aware that
they will not secure enactment
Of their long sought postal rate
increase bill if the pay bill Is
vetoed. In fact, there is q
move in the Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee to tie the pay
bill onto the postal rate meas
ure.
Another factor favoring the
signing of a pay bill into law
is political. The more than 2.5
million Federal and postal
workers compose a siZable vot-
ing bloc, not to mention the
millions of other voters in their
families. Consequently, in the
November elections, a pay veto
could cause many diSgruntled
Federal and postal workers to
vote Republican and reduce or
even help overturn the Demo-
cratic majorities in Congress
The Democratic leadership in
Congress is aware Of this fact
as is President Kennedy.
Consequently, there is every
reason to believe that the
Democratic leadership in Con.
gress and President Kennedy
will agree in advance on the
tspC,r.ot r7y raise legi@latior
Evening star., 1962-08-05

try'S Ch1ef Executive, Mr.. Ken
nedy has missed only one day
on the job as q result Of his
health. The day was June %,
1861. when he woke up with 9
sore throat, q flushed face and
a temperature Of 101.6.
The illness was diagnosed as
q virus and was treated with
penicillin.
Despite the pain Of recurring
back trouble, the President has
not missed any working time as
a result Of his troubles with his
lower spine.
His Aching Back
In his press conference last
Wednesday Mr.. Kennedy wa
asked how his aching back
was. He replied, at depends or
the weather, political and 9TH
erwise." Then he added that hi
felt very good at the moment.
The Presidents weight nov
is at his normal level, IL;
pounds. It was 172 at the early
period Of his presidential cam
paign in late 1850 and downstC
165 when he entered the White
House. BY the end Of his firsi
year in office, his weight had
gone up to $50. A moderate
diet brought it down to normal
The Presidents height is Z
feet.
The White House refuses tc
disclose such medical details
as the Presidents blood pres
sure or the medication he cur
rently is taking.
Evening star., 1962-08-05
Physical Theropy;Pu
Kennedy Back in Shope.
By DAVID BARNETT

President Kennedy is in such good shape that gone
back to what Press Secretary Pierre Sanger calls strenuous
exercise $500 -
months President expects to discard the small
brace be has been wearing TO support
But win be "a while" before he attempts to play golf
BY strenuous exercise Mr. Salnger said he meant sailing
and swimming,
than is months in the job as the coun-
Evening star., 1962-08-05
More Pay for Congress
Held Fovored on Hill
BY the Associated Press

Sentiment is building among Congress members to vote
themselves pay raise Not do the argument would
penaze other Government workers farther down the official
ladder.
This being congressional election nothing likely
be done in 1852 but there is talk in the coakrooms in
Evening star., 1962-08-05
Kennedy Has Busy Day
About Nantucket Sound

. HYANNIS PORT, Mass, Aug
A (AP). - President Kennedy
and members of his family
spent a long afternoon afloat
today on Nantucket Sound and
Lewis Bay.
The President went SWIM
ming twice. He played in the
water with his 4-year-old
daughter Caroline and other
Kennedy small fry. went on a
picnic and tried out one Of the
better fishing areas.
: The day started when the
President drove from the sum-
n1er White House on Squaw
Island to call on his father,
Joseph P. Kennedy, about a
mile away. '~s
7, Romps with Dog
E Then he drove to the Hyan-
MS Port Golf Club with Caro-
line ahd1ief tittIe yReiSn ter
rter, C1sfli1 Hana aathe1 and
daugllts phyed Nwhlle wftfi
the dog and talked.
Then it was back to the
shore and aboard his sloor
Victura, with Caroline as the
only passenger and a young
student summer employe, DON
aid Hurley, as crew for a sail
off the Hyanni5 Port shore.
The President and other
Kennedys. including his faith
ei. then boarded Joseph Ken
Rkdy's 52-foot yacht, Marlin.
for a cruise.
'As fog crept in the Marlin
returned away from the open
sound to seek the clearer
weather in Lewis Bay.
= Other Kennedys Joined them,
on the Victura and on another
family boat, the Restovus.
They picnicked and swan
off Egg Island, remaining un-
til the rising tide began to
wash over the sand spit. The
President swan ashore and
back to the Marlin with Caro-
line in tow and two other
Evening star., 1962-09-26
No Rivers-Horbors Bill
Seen as Windup Neors

flattering designation. They
describe the measure as Q ira
ditional legislative authoriza-
ton for legitimate and neces-
sary public works.
The bill this year. as In the
past, would provide no funds.
Il would make eligible for
eventual construction q speci-
fled list Of projects for river,
harbor and navigation improve
ments, flood control. beach ero-
sion prevention, hurricane pro-
lection and similar undertak-
ings. The money would be
voted in subsequent public
works appropriation bills.
An objection by Representa-
tive Gross, Republican Of Iowa,
prevented Public Works SUBJ
committees from meeting yes
terday afternoon while the
House was In session.
This followed q flare-up at q
closed meeting when q subcom-
mittee majority tried to insert
several controversial items in
the bill. The vote was chal-
lenged because it came q few
Evening star., 1962-09-26
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star staff Writer

A fighting and frustrated
House Public Works Committee
faces the unusual prospect to-
day Of seeing Congress ad-
iourn In an election year with
out passing a rivers and har-
bors authorization bill.
COMMITTEES Democrats raced
against time and considerable
Republican opposition. Several
Republicans predicted no bill
would come out of committee
this year or that in any event
1t would not get through the
House and Senate before the
session ends.
They contendec Congress has
done more than enough along
the public works line this year.
They noted that q $4.6 billion
public works appropriation bill
was passed by the House last
month and awaits Senate ac-
ton. They also observed that
Congress earlier this month
gave President Kennedy o 5000
million public works speed.up
authorization.
The omnibus rivers and har-
bors and flood control author
ization bill usually has materi-
allied every two years or so.
It sometimes has been called
pork barrel" legislation be-
cause 1t offers q wide range of
construction projects in most
States and many congressional
districts.
Its sponsors decry that un-
Evening star., 1962-09-26

to how soon the fun committee
would act and whether It would
be able to agree on sending q
bill to the House.
In 1859 and 1860 the House
and Senate produced a bill with
more than 100 projects amount
ing to q total cost Of about
1925 million.