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shows, nearly SIS billion Of it
coming from the sale of stock.
The $1.5-billion figure, says
Mr.. Patman. suggests that
many foundations have become
a vehicle for trading in securi-
ties and lodging the capital
gain tax"
His report details a transas-
ton whereby the Morgan Guar
anty Trust Co. of New York
and the Chemical Bank New
York Trust Co. in 1861 estab-
hShed foundations whose sole
assets were shares in the Dis
count Corp, q New York dealer
IN Government securities and
other financial paper.
Estate Tax Avoided
Both foundations soon sold
all their shares of stock-one
less than three weeks after it
was formed. Both have filed
for tax exemption.
II the two banks had sold
the shares directly. the report
says, they would have had to
pay a capital gain tax on gains
OF over 50 million"
The report stresses that I'M
Ger present law such transac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22

A lightweight oII-wooI tropieoI2 or 3-button -
models with modified noturoI shoulder "a
jocket {. . plain or PIeoted trousers. Wide III
range of solid colors. Extra longs included.
Natural Shoulder models ovaiIobIe. ~
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tons to Justify their tax exemp-
ton and adds "the scarcity of
information and the lack of
supervision has made it impos-
sible for the Treasury to de-
termine the extent Of loss to
the Federal Treasury on foun-
dalton operations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
London Censor Firm
On Revue Sketch Ban

LONDON, July 81 (AP). -
The Lord Chamberlain today
refused to reverse his decision
to cut five sketches about
President Kennedy and his
family from an American re-
vue, 1.-THE Premise" opening
next week.
The management Of the show
said President Kennedy's Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Laos Peace Pact Approved;
Rusk Warns Red Chino

GENEVA, July 81 (AP).-The
14-nation Laotian conference
formally approved today a
treaty declaring Laos independ-
emit and neutral. The United
States and Red China ex-
changed words on keeping the
peace in the area.
Chen vi, Red China's foreign
minister, asserted that the
United States is perpetuating
armed Intervention in South
Wet Nam, Laos neighbor. He
added that there is no justifi-
cation for American forces be-
ing in Thailand.
Similar accusations wer
voiced by Ung Van Khiem
Communist North Wet Mans
foreign minister.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
countered that the treaty must
be scrupulouSly observed in
order to unity Laos and to seal
off its borders from any nation
that would use it as q base
for aggression.
This was an obvious refer
ence to Communist infiltration
into South Wet Nam and Thai
land from Laos. South Wet Nam
insists infiltration Of Wet Cong
Communist guerrillas from
Laos has increased since the
formation of a Laotian coali-
ton government.
Rusk Objects
Mr.. Rusk objected strongly
to distortions of fact" in some
Of the Communist speeches. He
made clear that in signing the
treaty the United States does
not imply recognition Of all
signers, meaning Red China
and North Wet Nam.
An international control
commission from India, Can
ada and Poland viii observe
compliance with the treaty pro- I
visions, which include with
drawal Of foreign troops from
Laos within IS days. The
United States has military ad-
visers there, and the North Wet
Nam Communists have 10000
troops there whose presence
has never been acknowledged.
Defense Minister Krishna /
Menon Of India and Foreign
Minister Adam Rapacki of Pol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Mexico Builds Rouds

MEXICO CITY, July 81 (AP).
The government says it soon
will ask bids on construction of
326 miles Of new highways.
The cost has been estimated at
$64 million.
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SEE Foundations Checked

The study is based on infor-
nation obtained from 522 tax
exempt foundations-a cross
section of the 1924 in exist
ence at the end of 1960-cov-
ering the years 1951-1960.
Included among the 522 are
such giants as the Ford and
Rockefeller Foundations and
small ones with annual incomes
of only a few thousand dollars.
No such intensive investiga-
ton of foundations has ever
been undertaken before, Mr..
Patman says, and getting the
information in many cases was
a struggle. In II instances sub
poenas were used.
The total 10-year income of
the $40 foundations was slight
Ily over 81 billion, the study
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Halt kUrged
On Foundation
Tax Exemption
By the Associated Press


exemption to foundations until
the laws covering them are
frightened was urged by Repre-
sentative Patman, Democrat of
Texas, yesterday, on the basis
of a congressional study.
Mr.. Patman, who is conduct
ing the inquiry, said findings so
far indicate laxness by the In
ternal Revenue Service and vio-
lations Of Treasury Department
regulations by foundations.
Mr.. Patman sees the founda-
tons as "far more dangerous
than anything that has hap
pened in the past in the way Of
concentration of economic
power"
He reports tax-exempt foun-
dations are important factors
in the operation of major COM
panies engaged in almost every
kind Of business.
Further study is needed. he
said, to determine whether they
are entitled to tax-exempt sta
tus, in the light of their activ-
tiles, which he says include
stock transactions, m oney-
lending operations and partic-
ipation in proxy fights for con-
troll of corporations.
Mr.. Patman plans to report
to the House tomorrow on the
first phase Of the study, which
began last fall and is contin-
uing. He is chairman Of a spe-
cial committee on small buSi-
ness, which has authorized the
investigation, and is in line to
become chairman of the House
Banking and Currency Com
mittee next session.
Evening star., 1962-12-25

Given with purchases in our
D. c. ond neurby MoNlond :
cnd Virginia stores, except
tounsoin purchases ond
in MoNlund. eisoretfes and.
eertoiH Fair Trode items.
Evening star., 1962-12-25

$2.oo Hand Cream $I.oo

Moisturizes owoy drYness. softens
owoY roUehness. soothes oWoy
choppine. Helps guord oaoinst
harsh winter weotheE.
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TouhyPredicts
Steady Year at
C&0 Meetinq

W HI T E S UL P H U R
SPRINGS, w. Va, Mar. %
(AP). - Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway stockholders we're told
today by President Walter j.
Tuohy that the business out
look for the year is good.
Barring any extended work
stoppages or general business
fall-off," he said, I'VE see moth
ing so affecting Gao earnings
as to disturb the existing di-
vidend rate"
The rate is ST. a quarter and
81 a year.
Mr. Tuohy, addressing the
stockholders annual meeting at
the C&O's resort here, said that
both coal and merchandise
freight revenues are up IA per
cent over last year"
1.-The year-to-d date totals of
piggyback trailers handled rep
resent a gain of nearly 100 per
cent over the same months last
year." he added.
Stockholders from q States
and Canada came here aboard
special trains from the East
and West and were greeted at
the morning meeting by West
Virginia Gov. w. w. Barron.
A number of Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad stockholders, in
cluding Gov. Barron, BIO
President Jervise Langdon, jr.,
and other BIO officials, at
tended the meeting since the
C&O and BIO seek Inter-
state Commerce Commission
approval of their merger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
FOUR TYPES
OF PIANOS AND
PRICE RANGES

The four types Of pianos
and their range in price:
Spinet: $3.50 inches tall,
price about $3.50 to 81, 200.
Console: 40-44 inches
tall, about $700 to $1,750.
Studio: Used chiefly by
schools and teachers, about
$3.50 to $1,750. All above
three types are $3.50 inches
wide.
Grand: ensured in
length, they are Apartment
a feet 7 inches, Baby Is
feet / inch), Medium Is
feet 7 inches, Living Room
Is feet 10 inches, Semi
concert q feet and Con-
cert g feet. Price range
$l.700 to $500.
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product has more devotees
than any other instrument.
Music is enjoying a boom,
with instrument sales topping
$500 million.
21.3 Million Play Piano
There are now 2l.3 million
Americans who play the piano.
Guitarists run second with 5
million, followed by 80 million
amateurs who can produce
notes from the violin, cello,
viola or bass, according to the
American Music Conference.
There are even 100000 players
of the recorder, a somewhat
esoteric instrument resembline
a flute.
Riding the crest of postwar
prosperity, new piano sales
have risen from 148, 900 in 1851
to l86,400 last year. More than
% per cent of all American
families now own pianos, says
the National Piano Manufac-
turers Association.
Here in Washington, the rush
to the suburbs has spurred the
used piano market. THE old
upright may have been a mon
ster in the living room, but it's
back in style for the rumpus
room downstairs - usually
painted some crazy color" ex-
plains one retailer.
Smaller Sizes Popular Here
BY far the most popular in
Washington and nationally are
the small spinets and slightly
taller consoles, accounting for
some 80 per cent of new piano
sales.
This is very much an apart
ment CITY," explains Vernon
Satterly, manager of Jordan's
piano department. People are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
BY TRUMAN r.. TEMPLE
Star Staff Writer

A State Department official
who recently returned to Wash
ington after IL years absence
overseas was puzzled by the
dearth of classified ads for old
upright pianos.
"Why, they used to give them
away if you'd pay the hauling
charge" he complained. Nov
people want $50 or $500, and
they seem to be as scarce as
hens teeth"
The voyager had stumbled
upon an economic fact that has
the entire musical industry
wreathed in smiles. and espe-
cially the piano makers, whose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
Smiths Transfer Plans
Alexandria Warehouses

Smiths Transfer & Storage
Co. will build four warehouses
on a 6l2-acre tract in Alexan-
dria in a further expansion of
its Washington area facilities,
President Arthur Clarendon
Smith, jr,, announced today.
Representing an outlay of be-
tween 100000 and $500, 900, in
Guiding land, buildings and
equipment, the Alexandria ware
houses will have 10000 square
feet of space each, a total of
10000 square feet.
They will be located on Edsal
road close to the new circum-
ferential highway. Mr.. Smith
said company vans will be able
to go from the Kensington
warehouse to the Alexandria
facilities in less than haitian
hour when the circumferential
is completed.
The Alexandria project is
another step in a board eXpan-
sion program and will raise the
total company outlay for the
last 10 years to around SIS mil
lion. Early in the decade, the
company spend $250,OOO on
District facilities a nd about
four years ago spent another
$150,000 on a warehouse and
store in Arlington. Last year
it completed two warehouses
and four stores in Kensington,
Md, costing 100000.
The Alexandria warehouses
will serve a fast-growing sec
ton of Northern Virginia. They
will be a valuable addition to
nine warehouses serving Mary
land and the District of Co.
lumbia.
Mr.. Smith said his company
is very optimistic about the
growth of Washington and rec
ognizes that it stands fourth
among the Nations cities in
its growth rate. 1t is only ex-
ceeded by Los Angeles, Miami
and Phoenix, Ariz., he said.
The new warehouses will be
constructed of brick and &C.
ment. The one-story buildings
will have three heights and will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23

ahead of cherry in the last fiv
years.
There is little dispute among
professionals that Steinway en-
joys the greatest status among
pianos, though the price scars
to $500 for a nine foot grand
Steinway & Sons of Long
Island City have never &C
counted for more than 4 per
cent of the United States mar
ket-but the firm provides in
strumentS for 80 per cent of all
concerts.
When Van Cliburn, for ex-
ample, played here in 1858, he
liked the particular SteinWay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
METALS

NEW YORK, Mar. % tAPD. - spo
nonferrouS metal prices today: copper
81 cents a pound, Connecticut Valley
Lead 9l2 cents a pound, New York
Zinc II cents a pound. East St. Louis
Tin asa a pound, New York For,
eign silver 1.0l u per troy ounce, New
York Pittsburgh scrap steel No. !
heavy was quoted by Iron Age al
30 .00-33. 90.
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emodel so much that he bought
it on the spot.
Despite milady's inner tur.
MOL over which wood to select
the tone of the piano she buys
has nothing to do with the Wis
ible facade. 1t comes from
wires and a hidden sounding
board usually made of North
ern Sitka spruce from the
Adirondacks and New England
The longer the wires are, the
better the sound. In fact
Steinway refuses to make a
spinet at all. Its cheapest
model is a console, several
inches taller.
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ahead of cherry in the last veoel much that he bought
thnc nnt
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be served by special pallet vans.
Pallet storage vaults will be
sealed in the customers homes
and will be delivered to the
warehouses with a minimum of
handling. Special racks will be
provided for upholstered fur
niture and rugs will be indi-
vidually wrapped and moth
PROCEED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
WheIon and Sun Roy
Negotiating Merger

NEW YORK, Mar. % (AP) -
Charles Green, chairman OF
United Whelan Corp, drug
store chain, said today the
company is negotiating a mer-
ger with consolidated Sun Ray
Drug Co. of Philadelphia.
He said officers of the two
companies have agreed on
terms and conditions and that
the proposal will be submitted
to their directors. The terms
were not disclosed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
OVER COUNTER

!. Following prices furnished by the Ma
honal Association of Securities Dealers
IN Washington represent the range within
winch locally active securities could have
been bought or sold at ! pm. Friday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
TALKING OF BUSINESS
Piano Sales Ride the Crest osMusic
Enjoys $500 Million Boom in u. S.

mostly interested in the small
er models, due to lack of space
and frequent moves overseas.
In other cities where the pop
ulation is more stable, grand
pianos sell better"
Since a piano is what the
economists call a deferrable ex-
penditure, it's the first item to
be hit by recession. But de-
spite the impact of TV on rec
reation habits, in the past dec
ade piano sales are at their
highest level since the golden
era of the 1920S.
Even the player piano,
knocked clear out of the mar
ket 80 years ago by the advent
OF radio and a worldwide de-
preston, is making comeback.
Russell Leonard, manager of
Campbell'S piano department
here, says a revival has been
under way for three or four
years.
People are buying them for
the rec room and even the liv-
ing room." he added. The store
stocks several hundred music
rolls, offering nostalgia oldies
such as "Nola" and Poor But
terfly" along with twist tunes
and rock n roll.
Walnut Moves Up
Another trend in Washing
ton involves wood styles. A
few years ago Campbell's use to
sell five mahogany pianos to
every walnut one. Now the
ratio is exactly reversed" said
Mr.. Leonard, mostly due to
the influence of furniture man.
ufacturers and use of brighter
colors in homes" kits Music
Co. here also reports walnut
is highly popular, moving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-23
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK tAP)-Noon over the coun-
ter u. S. Government Treasury bonds,
bid, asked, net change and yield for Fri.
Evening star., 1962-11-04
Miller Charges
US Departments
Suppress News

Edward T. Miller, Republi-
can candidate for the United
States Senate in Maryland,
criticized the Democratic ad-
ministration yesterday for at
tempting to gag sources of
Government news"
He said congressional action
may be necessary to loosen the
flow of news from governmental
agencies.
"The strength Of our Nation
is based on an informed citi-
zenry and any curtailment of
legitimate news about our Gov
ernment's operations is a step
toward the type of totalitarian
controls which dictatorial rulers
invariably use to Subjugate O.
free people," he said.
He criticized the Defense and
State Departments for, "restric-
tionS imposed on the issuance
of news. just before an elec-
ton which will require citizens
to have the fullest possible
knowledge of what their gov
ernment is doing in order to
vote intelligently."
Evening star., 1962-11-04
SuIem Physician
Held in Abortion

ROANOKE, Va, Nov. 8 (AP)
"A prominent Salem physi-
clan, DR.. Albert j. Russo, has
been charged with performing
a criminal abortion, Common
wealth's Attorney Ed Richard
son said yesterday.
Mr.. Richardson issued a war
rant for DR.. Russo's arrest after
a Roanoke County Circuit court
grand jury returned a true bill
certifying the charge.
Judge Fred Hoback set bond
at $4,000. DR.. Russo posted the
bond befort a Salem justice of
the peace yesterday.
The indictment says DIR. Rus
so "unlawfully, feloniously and
wilfully" performed an abor-
ton on a Roanoke woman last
April. Police said the woman,
who is married and has two
children, is in a Roanoke hos
pital suffering from complica-
tions resulting from the alleged
opperation.
Evening star., 1962-11-04
Judges to Hear
Gov. Harrison

RICHMOND, Nov. 8 (AP).-
Gov. Harrison viii speak here
November 9 at the first annual
meeting of the judicial con-
ference of Virginia for courts
not of record.
The one-day conference
opens at 8 am. Tuesday. On
the program, besides Gov. Har-
rison's address at the banquet
session, are talks by State Su-
preme Court Justice John w.
Eggleston, State Senator Will
liam B. Spong, jr.; Assistant
Attorney General Robert D.
McIlwaine III, State Auditor j.
Gordon Bennett, and Judge
Willis v. Fentress of Norfolk's
Civil Justice Court.
Evening star., 1962-11-04
BeItsViIIe
Center Work
Begin

Work starts next month to
convert the 80-acre Beltsville
Recreation Center in Prince
Georges County to a small
sized version of Wheaton Re
gional Park in Montgomery
County.
The Maryland National Cap
ital Park and Planning Com
mission, which maintains a
9,000-acre park system in both
counties, made the announce
ment yesterday.
The commission said also
that work starts next month
in the 27-acre Oxon Run Rec
reation Center adjacent to
Naylor road and Suitland park
way in the southern end of
Prince Georges.
The Beltsville Center extends
from Sellman road to Steph-
anie street, west of Baltimore
boulevard. Development will in
clude athletic fields, tennis
courts, a 10-acre lake for fish
ing and boating, overnig h t
camp sites, hiking trails, picnic
areas, a community building
and parking facilities.
The commission plans to in
stall additional parking areas,
tennis courts, a maintenance
building and more playground
equipment at Oxon Run Park.
On park acquisition, the COM
mission announced approval Of
a contract to buy 26 acres as a
local park in M orr in gside,
Prince Georges, for about $140,-
900. The new park is situated
at the end of Marianne drive,
near the Capital Beltway.
Evening star., 1962-11-04

a monolithic dictatorship out of
the County Council"
The CAP tabloid, which re-
served its most violent attacks
for the school board, was called
"a "shoddy technique" written
Ito inflame rather than in
FORM" by Harold F. Breimyer
a school board member running
for reelection.
Mr.. Breimyer said that Mont
gomery's school record is one
of the best.
'ViciOus Sheets"
The 13 ministers. saying they
were motivated by moral in
dignation," denounced the liter
ature distributed by CAP as
"one of the most vicious hate
sheets ever to have originated
and circulated here"
IF the unethical tactics used
by CAP should prove success
full in this campaign, we fear
the extremes to which such ex-
treme groups could stoop in
the future" the ministers said
in a Joint statement.
Those issuing it were the Rev.
A n drew Lee Gum, Grace
Methodist Church; the Rev.
Thomas B. Allen, st. Luke's
Episcopal Church; the Rev.
Robert zoerheide, Cedar Lane
Evening star., 1962-11-04
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. C. AA&nA A.4~ B-5
November 4, 1862 AVASAaO %lS0 &k

Unitarian Church; the Rev.
Grover c. Rieger, Bethesda
Congregational Church; the
Rev. Custer Cromwell, Rock
vile Methodist Church, the Rev.
Frank Foster, Gaithersburg
Baptist Church, and Rev.
Thomas Brooks, Jerusalem
Methodist Church.
Also. the Rev. Robert DoSs,
Rockville Unitarian Church;
Evening star., 1962-11-04

multi million dollar school
building program.
The program has been enve-
loped in controversy since last
Spring when its former direc-
tor, Thomas G. Dodd, charged
the school administration had
accepted substandard work
from contractors.
Although another construc-
tion director and an independ-
ent engineer subsequently con-
formed many Of the charges,
the school board did not reply
to them until September.
School Board Removal
Some Of the County Board
members believe responsibility
for overseeing construction
should be shifted to the De-
partment of Public Works to
restore public confidence with
out which future bond issues
may be in jeopardy.
In kilograms to the supervi-
sors, the PTA leaders declared:
Even if there were evidence
today of maladministration on
Evening star., 1962-11-04

the part of the School Board,
there is no evidence that school
construction under county au-
thority would be any less costly
or any more efficient.
Where elected officials con-
troll school money, there is an
ever-present danger that some
future Board of Supervisors
might use the school construc-
ton program to further polit-
ical ambition, subordinating
the needs Of children to the
expediencies Of the hour.
This executive committee
feels sure that the County
Council of PTAs would view the
greatest alarm any move to ar
bitrarily discharge from office
present School Board members
if such a move is designed to
accomplish the transfer of the
construction program. ="
Seeks Qualified Direction
Vice-chairman Ann wilkins
of the Board of Supervisors
said that the kilograms implied
the supervisors want to deprive
school authorities Of the right
to plan and locate new schools.
obviously, those charged
with the responsibility of edu-
eating the children must be in
a position to determine what
facilities are needed and when, I"
she said.
what has been suggested
is that the execution of the
plans be turned over to the
public works department under
the supervision of qualified en-
gineers. The problems seem to
be in the inspection and super
vision of construction which I
personally feel could be done
better by the public works de-
partment."
Mrs. wilkins added that she
cannot, imagine a better place
for control of public funds than
in the hands of elected officials
who can be replaced at the next
election if they do not handle
the funds properly"
School Board members are
appointed and serve at the
pleasure of the supervisors.
Evening star., 1962-11-04
Virginia Executive
Indicted for Murder

APPOMATTOX, Va, Nov. 3
(AP) &C. Lewis McDearmon,
prominent Appomattox Oil Co,
executive, was indicted on a
charge of murder yesterday by
a special seven-man Appomat-
tox Circuit Grand Jury.
McDearmon is charged with
the fatal shooting September
81 of Morton Lewis Ferguson,
a Lynchburg real estate man
and grandson of the late Sen
ator Samuel Ferguson. The
shooting occurred in the drive
way at the McDearmon home.
Evening star., 1962-11-04
Deer 'SpotIightine'
Brings Fines for 5

MOOREFIELD, w. Va, Nov.
8 tSpeciaD Since the opening
Of the deer season in Hardy
County, w. Va, on October 13,
eight men have been fined a
total OF. $646.50 for spotlight
ing" deer.
Sergt. Bard Townsend, Con-
servation Commission officer of
Hardy County, made the re-
port. He described Spotlight
ing" as the practice of blind
ing deer with a strong light
and then shooting them.