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Evening star., 1963-09-18

high time he made his support
of Prime Minister Nehru's neu-
trail India explicit before it
into the waiting arms of
the West.
Though speculation on Mr..
Khrushchev's motives can
range far and wide. his most
probable obiectives were to (1)
encourage developments divert
ing attention from his own un-
settled Sino- Russian and Sino-
Mongolian borders, 20 con-
solidate his future chances of
regaining control of China's
strategic and mineral-rich Sim
kiang province and CD pin
down the allegiance of India S
Communist party, the only ma
jor Asian Communist party still
loyal to Moscow.
Within India itself, the
Khrushchev-Nehru correspond
ence seems to have set off a
chain of events that have yet
to run their course.
Ever since China's massive
Himalayan invasion staggered
India last winter, Prime Minis
ter Nehru, until late July. hao
an impression of being swept
along by his government, not
of leading 1t. Able conserva.
tive members Of his cabinet
Finance Minister Moraji Desa
See INDIA, Page A.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
PARTY BLOWS THE WHISTLE
Reds Shuck Books on Corn

then it beomes clear why this
literature is gathering dust"
Kommunist asks "how can
a corn farmer read more than
a thousand books on corn in
five years?" And in 1862 at
the height of Premier Khru
shchev's campaign TO grow
corn two books on corn we're
published every three days, it
says.
In one store alone, Mos
knigi MOSCOW books" there
are more than 900 titles about
corn. And all these books are
similar as two drops Of water
TO each other"
Some Of the titles:
For a Great Corn" "A
Powerful Culture" "Corn--An
Outstanding Fodder Crop"
"Coln and Sugar Beets." and
Corn Has Come to Trans
baikal."
Not only are the publishing
houses to blame but som e
authors, II seems, haze been
offering "one and the same
book" TO different houses and
receiving royalties from them
all.
Evening star., 1963-09-18

respond to current events and
problems in the field of agri-
culture, publish books on one
and the same topic"
"The book market" the arti-
Gle says, "is flooded by parallel
publications which duplicate
each other"
Kommunist listed several
painful examples which in
dicated that in their enthusi-
asm TO stir up collective
farmers, the editors often lost
their sense Of balance.
I'm the past five years, the
different houses published TAG
books on pig breeding, 667 on
poultry farming, Ito on cattle
raising, LOTS on corn, ALB on
fertilizer, and TOO on questions
of work and productivity" 1t
noted.
In addition, there were hun
dreds OF books on rabbit
breeding, ck-raising, and cul-
tivation Of fodder beans, ETC."
"At first glance 1t seems
good" the journal says
But when 1t is discovered that
the books resemble each other
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Four-Fifths of Senate
Now Pledged to Treaty

spection were unwarranted
but said he had to follow his
own conscience and added,
Thank God, I am not afraid
to stand alone"
Senator Russell revealed at
the end of his speech that he
expects to reach an agreement
with Chairman Fulbright of
the Foreign Relations Com
mittee on a modified version
of his amendment to the
resolution of ratification to
make sure that any future
changes in the treaty will be
brought back for the Senate's
approval.
The Russell amendment, al
though regarded as unneces-
sary by the administration, is
the only one that has a chance
of commanding substantial
support. And if he and Sen
ator Fulbright agree on a
compromise, it may be ac-
cepted without a formal vote
Il hope that we shall be
See TREATY, Page "A
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Negro Leaders to See
Kennedy on Alabama

ers to send troops into Bir-
mingham. Such reports came
from Birmingham earlier in
the week.
The President has been asked
to set aside Sunday as a day
of national mourning for the
bombing victims.
The appeal by Assistant Sem
ate Majority Leader Humphrey
and other Senators conceded
with announcement by the
Congress Of Racial Equality in
New York that 100 OF its chap
ters have been requested to
stage similar observances Sum-
day.
The 10 chairmen of last
months march on Washington
also issued a statement in New
York saying:
I'm response TO pleas from
the beleaguered Negroes in
Birmingham. we are calling
upon all Americans to observe
this Sunday as a day Of mourn
ing"
And in Washington the en-
See KENNEDY, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-09-18
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy will meet
at the White House tomorrow
with seven Negro leaders on
the Birmingham racial situa-
tion.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said the meet
ing was requested by the Bir-
mingham leaders last Monday
after four Negro children were
killed in the dynamiting of a
Negro church there.
In a telegram, the Negro
leaders said that, owing to the
tragedy of the bombing and
"the extreme tension that grips
the city and the State" they
felt the need of IAN immediate
conference with the President. !"
Mr.. Salinger said the meet
ing was arranged through the
Justice Department, which has
been keeping in close touch
with the Birmingham situa-
ton.
The group who will see the
President will include five
Negro leaders from Birming-
ham and the Rev. Martin
Luther King, jr., chairman OF
the Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, and his
deputy. the Rev. Ralph d.
Abernathy.
Those coming from Birming-
ham will be the Rev. Fred L,
Shuttlesworth. chairman OF
the Alabama Human Rights
Commission; A. @. CASTOR,
Birmingham businessm a n
whose home and motel have
been the target Of bombings;
the Rev. j. l.. Ware, a Bir-
mingham minister: DR.. Lucius
Pitts, president Of Miles COL
lege, and Bishop H. I. Muir
Gibson.
Mr.. Salinger said the White
House has not received any
requests from the Negro lead
Evening star., 1963-09-18
BY BERNARD GwERTZMAN
star staff Writer

For years Soviet printing
houses have been blithely pub
fishing thousands of books that
no one reads.
Now, like other economic
wastrels. they are feeling the
whiplash of Communist Party
criticism.
The latest issue Of Kommu-
mist, the official journal Of the
Central Committee of the party,
pointed out that in the book
publishing business, "irrespon-
sibility rules"
And most guilty, said the
journal, is the specialized
branch responsible for books
about agriculture.
Instead OF one agriculture
printing house, there are 20
central and more than 100
local and republican firms, the
article notes. All these houses
can publish what they want
so long as the correct party
line is followed.
And all Of them, striving to
Evening star., 1963-09-18
A Dead City"

One of the city's few liberals
calls Birmingham a dead
city"
Another lawyer says what
the town lacks is leadership.
1t will drift along just as it
has unless there Is some
assertion of real leadership, +"
he says.
He claims Albert Boutwell,,
the new mayor elected on a
platform pledging to bring
Birmingham out Of its racial
wilderness, is weak as water" T"
Negro leaders say their
people are getting Short on
patience and harder to keep in
check.
"All over the Nation the
white man smiles like he means
yes but he means hell no, "
says a Negro minister.
But while the Negro Is
shocked, outraged and dis
gusted, he still is not without
hope" said another Negro
leader, the Rev. Fred L.
Shuttlesworth.
The Rev. A. D. King, a Negro
whose home was bombed last
May, said the Negroes of
Birmingham live with a
peculiar sort of fear, a short
of hopeless state not knowing
where to turn next"
If the Negroes don't know
Evening star., 1963-09-18
BRITISH PRINTER ACTS TO HALT
THE FREE FLOW or TDEARS'

FEATHERSToNE, England tAP) Charles Harris
printer announced today the formation Of the Society
for the Protection Of the Letter r.
Membership, he says is open TO anyone who promises
TO complain whenever British Broadcasting Corp an
nouncers use when they shouldn't fail 10 sound
one when they should.
What happens, he explained, is that announcers
throw an into such phrases aw-abding" and make
1t 'law-rabiding."
Then they drop the linking in "cover-up" and
make IL "covah-up"
II the society succeeds he will form another for the
protection Of the difference between who and whom
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Tito Starts Tour
Of Latin Countries

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia.
Sept. l8 (AP) President Tito
left today for a tour of Latin
American countries to seek new
partners for trade and the
cause of nonalignment. He
and his wife Jovanka are using
a chartered jet DC-8.
After visits to Brazil, Bolivia,
Chile and Mexico, they will fly
to Washington for an Informal
meeting Of Marshal Tito with
President Kennedy on October
II and later 60 on to New
York, where he will address the
United Nations General AS
sembly.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
WHAT COMES NEXT?
Birmingham Buries Its Dead

hotel dining room and says
he wouldn't object to Negroes
eating in the same room.
But he wouldn't say so pub
licly because he doesn't want
Ito get mixed up in it." He
went to yesterdays funeral,
though, to show that we don't
condone this kind of violence" +"
A steel company executive
says Birmingham is not a
Southern town but more like
the towns of the old West
where arguments were settled
with a gun.
He makes the point that Bir-
mingham, not founded until
after the Civil War, has no
heritage but is trying to find
one.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Cuban Guns Miss

HAVANA, Sept. 18 (AP).-
Anti-aircraft guns fired for
five minutes last night at an
unidentified plane along the
coast near Havana. Witnesses
said the twin-engine plane
flew out to sea as soon as the
batteries opened up. There
was no indication it was hit.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Leaves Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept.
1S (AP). -. Mrs. Nina Khru-
shchev. wife of the Soviet
Premier, left Hungary yester-
day after a visit made at the
invitation of the Hungarian
party chief and Premier, Janos
Kadar, the news agency, MTI,
reported.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
KennedyBacks
Economy View
Talk Set Tonight
On Tux-Cut Pleu
BY LEE M. COHN
Star staff Writer

Congress received further
today that President
Kennedy will try to hold down
Federal spending if taxes are
cut.
Representative Mills. Demo-
crat of Arkansas, read a letter
to the House Rules Committee
in which the President praised
Mr.. Mills declaration Sunday
that the Government should
rely on tax reductions instead
of increased spending to boost
the economy.
Mr.. Mills had said I'VE do
not intend to try to go along
both roads at the same time. =
This statement, the President
wrote. should be convincing to
members of Congress, and ]
subscribe to it,"
Mr.. Mills, chairman Of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, read the letter during
a Rules Committee hearing. He
asked the committee to clear
the tax reduction and reform
bill for House action next week
The President. in a further
bid for support of his $11 bill
lion tax reduction program, has
scheduled a radio-television ad-
dress to the Nation for Z
o'clock tonight. 1t will be car
ried by all networks.
Some Members Skeptical
Some members of the Rules
Committee were skeptical about
the assurances of a spending
hold-down.
Chairman Smith, Democrat
of Virginia, called Mr.. Mills
statement "a pious hope"
While the President talks
about spending restraints, Mr..
Smith said, he continues pro-
posing new spending programs.
Representative Brown of
Ohio, the committees top
ranking Republican, told Mr.
Mills: II don't have quite the
faith and confidence that you
have" He added:
"I'd feel a lot safer about it
If you were director of the
The Ohioan also said he
See TAXES, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-09-18

where TO turn, neither do the
white people who condemn the
bombings and the violence and
the racial turmoil.
Meanwhile, the city buries its
dead.
Yesterday, it was Carol Rosa
mond Robertson, IA, who was
borne to st. Johns A. M. E..
Church in a gray casket COW
cred with red roses and white
carnations. Her own church,
the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church, could not be used for
the service. It was still shat
tered from the bomb that took
her life.
1t was a restrained funeral
service, although about 1000
people were present.
Four girls insoft green and
white dresses sang. Members
Of the Parker High School Band
were there in uniforms for the
funeral of their classmate who
had played the clarinet In the
band.
Several ministers spoke ano
caustioned Negroes not to seek
revenge.
Walk In Calmness
I'VE pray that in the midst
Of this confused city thou viii
bring us the capacity to walk
with thee in calmness," prayed
the Rev. c. e. Thomas.
He prayed that the young
girls death may not have beer
in vain and that it might
"hasten the day that justice
shall run down like righteous
ness in a mighty stream"
To the family Of the victim
Mr.. Shuttlesworth said, "You
by your loss have paid another
inStallment on that precious
thing called freedom"
I'VE are here" he said, "be-
cause the society in which We
live has not made safe the
streets we walk, the homes we
live in nor the churches where
we worship"
He said it is a society that
"allows children to be blown
to pieces rather than turn evil
men out Of office"
But, he said. "this darkness
will not last forever"
A long procession followed
Carols body to Shadow Lawn
Memorial Park.
| Today, Birmingham will
bury three more children.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Jakarta Mob Fires
Britain's EMBASSY
And Sacks Offices
Riot by Foes
Of Malaysia
Lusts Hours
BY TONY ESCODA
Associated Press Staff Writer


ia mob of 10000 Indo-
nesian demonstrators protest.
ing creation of anti -Commu-
mist Malaysia looted and set
fire to the British Embassy and
attacked homes of Embassy
personnel today. The three
story Embassy was left a
burned-out shell.
The Union Jack was ripped
from its staff, torn and burned.
Flames broke out of a third
floor balcony window in the
modern, three-story chancery
building and spread throughout
the structure. Squads of rioters
methodically sacked the build
ing, tossing out papers and
furniture and burning them on
the Embassy lawn.
Nineteen cars we're set afire--
nine inside the Embassy COM
pound and at least 10 outside
and the odor of burning rubber
filled the air. One car was that
of British Ambassador Andrew
G. Gilchrist. The Ambassador
and Embassy PERSONA were
safe.
Embassy Left a Hulk
The concrete Embassy build
ing was a Scared hulk after
burning three hours. The
British Cricket Club, in a
fashionable residential section.
was set on fire.
Unofficial reports from else
where in the city said gangs Of
rioters swept through sections
known to be inhabited by Brit
ish Embassy personnel and
pillaged the homes. Witnesses
said that in some instances
furniture and household goods
we're stacked on the sidewalks
and burned.
A diplomatic source said one
British home that was at
tackled was close to the resi-
dence of Indonesia's Defense
Minister and armed forces
chief, Gen. Abdul Harris Nasu-
ton.
Hard-core rioters continued
to sack the Embassy building
even as it burned. Traffic was
snarled for miles as police
stood and looked on.
Mob Seizes Fire Trucks
Three times fire trucks inched
their way through the crowds.
but were stopped by demon
strators before they reached the
Embassy. Two of the trucks
were taken over by the rioters.
A hook-and-ladder unit was
used to help scale the front
wall Of the Embassy, enabling
rioters TO pry loose the British
coat Of arms from atop the
third floor.
The ladder was also used as
a means to tie an Indonesian
flag to the top of the Embassy
compounds main flagpole.
These acts were greeted by
cheers and clapping from the
crowd.
AS darkness set in the crowd
began to thin and a fire engine
made its way through the
compound and trained its hoses
on the still-burning building.
Worse Than Suez Riots
longtime residents said it
was the worst case of mob vio-
lence here in their memory,
surprising the 1856 riots pro-
testing the Suez crisis during
which the French and Brit
ish Embassies we're assaulted.
The rioting lacked the ban
ner waving, slogan chanting
See MALAYSIA, Page A-4
Evening star., 1963-09-18
DiVorceeSIain
IMPAIRMENT
AT Arlington
Body Of Women
Pentugon Worker
Found in Buthtub

An attractive brunette di-
vorcee, partly-clad, today was
found dead in the bathtub of
her apartment in the River
House, 1900 South Joyce street,
Arlington, police reported.
The woman, identified as Mrs.
Dee Ann Shangle, 90, was "def-
initely" called a victim of foul
play, according to DR.. Stephen
Sheehy, county coroner.
Mrs. Shangle's body was dis
covered about noon in the third
floor apartment by a River
House employe who used a pass
a pass ey to enter.
Detectives said Mrs. Shangle
lay on her back in the tub,
her face submerged beneath the
bloody water and one leg hang
ing over the side. DR.. Sheehy
said his first examination did
not disclose the source of the
blood or the cause of her death
and scheduled an autopsy for
this afternoon at Arlington
Hospital.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Pledges by Khrushchev
Bolster Nehru's Policy
Exchange Of Letters Follows Collapse
Of Sino-Soviet PurIey in Moscow
By RICHARD CRITCHFIELD
Star Special Writer

NEW DELHI, Sept l8.-An until-now undiScloSed
change of letters between Prime Minister Jawahara Nehru
and Soviet Premier Nkita Khrushchev in late June and
early July may be the key to recent events in India
The exchange, according to usually reliable Indian
took place lust after the collapse Of SnoSovet talks
Evening star., 1963-09-18
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept.
18.-Birmingham is burying
her dead and trying to figure
out what to do next.
Birmingham, a city used to
violence, is shocked and dis
mayed over the bombing that
snuffed out the lives of four
Negro children attending Sun
2 Boys Charged in Killing Of Bimins-
ham Negro. Pose A-l0
~--~-~-~-~-------~-
day school three days ago and
the fatal shooting of two more
teen-age Negroes.
But from the cab driver to
city hall, no one seems to know
what to do about it.
An eerie sort of quiet has
settled over the city.
At night the streets are al
most deserted save for city po-
lice patrols and a few mischief
makers.
Patrol Cars Line Curb
Dozens of State highway pa
troll cars, Confederate flags
emblazoned on their bumpers.
lire the curbs outside of ho-
tells. National Guardsmen are
standing by in the Armory.
Business is reported off. An
airline stewardess surveys a
near empty plane landing at
Birmingham and says not
many people are roming in
these days.
Everyone seems to be wait
ing for something else to hap
pen.
And while everyone seems
able to find plenty of people
to blame for what already has
happened, little else apparent
ly is being done.
Negro leaders blame Gov.
George Wallace for creating a
climate that encouraged such
violence. A taxi driver blames
President Kennedy and Mar
tin Luther King, jr. A lawyer
blames everybody.
A businessman just returned
from the funeral of a l4-year-
old bombing victim sits in a
Evening star., 1963-09-18

in Moscow, publication of
Peking's 60-000-word diatribe
against Mr.. Khrushchev and
Chinese President Liu Shao-
chi's successful friend-winning
mission among Southeast Asia's
Communists.
In the letters, Premier
Khrushchev Cd promised con-
tinued support for Mr.. Nehru's
government, provided it ad-
hered to its moderate socialism
and nonalignment and did not
get too close to the West, and
90 offered a firm commitment
of alternative military aid
against China should the West
limit further assistance.
The most important note, ac-
cording to these sources, was
repeatedly dated June "a and
constituted a firm pledge to de-
liver the second half Of a
promised squadron of MIG
21s to India. It also included
a declaration from Mr..
Khrushchev, who had hedged
for six months. to proceed rap
idly with the proposed Soviet
built factory so India could
manufacture its own MIG su-
personic fighters.
Probable obiectives
In essence, Mr.. Khrushchev
apparently decided Soviet diff
ferences with China we're ir-
Evening star., 1963-09-18
DIONNE CUNTS
SOUND OFF

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRLS Is
the picture the Dionns quintu-
plets Of conodo paint Of life with
their fother in o $4,000 "eostls.
Revelations by the four still living
ore the subject Of q story on
Pose c-l.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
while we suffer moral
pongs over the Buddhist re-
preston in Wet Nam. we
condone much worse repres-
sions in the West African
'repubEc' of Ghono."

columnist Richard Wilson
examines the difficulties in
imposing moral judgments
on regimes which serve
American interests.
Page A-23
Evening star., 1963-09-18
BY ]. A. OTEARY
Star staff Writer

The Senate stood better than
4 to l in favor of the partial
nuclear test-ban treaty today,
as Senators Miller, Republican
of Iowa, and Dominick, Repub-
lican of Colorado, raised to 81
the number of members to
declare for it.
Thirteen Senators are still
listed against ratification of the
treaty. leaving only six Sena-
tors still classed as undecided.
Indications are that the
treaty will pick up several more
supporters before the roll is
called, probably early next
week. One informed source
in the Senate said there is
only a $3.50 chance of acting
this week.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Bible Adds Name

Senator Bible, Democrat of
Nevada, became the 10th sup
porter when he arose in the
Senate late yesterday to take
himself off the doubtful list.
Although Chairman Russell
of the Senate Armed Services
Committee delivered a strong
attack on the treaty yesterday,
he recognized that the stage
was already set for overwhelm-
ing approval and he did not
expect to stem the tide.
He said he hoped his fears
that it is folly" to trust the
Russians without on-site in
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Listed as Clerk

"A WOAIhLl VI LIl6 SAME IldIu6
is listed as a legal clerk with
the Accounting and Finance
section of the Department of
the Air Force in the Pentagon.
An office spokesman said she
had just been transferred to
the job from another Pentagon
post.
The victim was clad in a !
dress and brassiere. Her dress
was pulled up around her waist
and she wore no stockings or
underclothing, according to DR..
Sheehy.
Detectives said her pants
were found on the floor in an
other room of apartment B-303
of the building. A pair of Japa-
nese thong slippers also was
found on the floor.
A card table in a dressing
room beside the bathroom was
overturned, police said.
Time Is Uncertain
DR.. Sheehy said rigor mortis
had already set in when the
discovery was made but he was
not Immediately able to esti-.
mate how long the woman had
been dead. He said the fact that
she lay in the tub, half-filled
with water, may have affected
the rate with which rigor mortis
set in.
Mrs. Shangle, according to
police, had been living in the
apartment since last winter.
She repeatedly has two children
who live in Tennessee.
Her divorced husband was
identified by her office as
James Shangle of Alexandria,
an employe of the Navy's
Bureau Of Ships.
A neighbor, Mrs. Bernice Nc
Reynolds, said she believed Mrs.
Shangle lived alone. She de-
scribed Mrs. Shangle as ex-
tremely attractive.
Mrs. Shangle was at her job
in the Pentagon yesterday and
appeared to be in good spirits,
according to people in her Of
flee.
Put Furniture on Sale
Reporters were told she mad
placed a notice on the bulletin
board in the laundry room of
River House offering to sell
virtually all of her furniture.
The notice was there yeSter-
day, residents said, but today it
had disappeared.
The victim was born in YoSt,
Utah, October Is, 1888, rec
ords disclosed, and her maiden
name was Meacham. She had
been an enlisted woman in the
Marine Corps before applying
for her Pentagon job on May
3, 1868.
She was described as being
S feet 5 inches tall. weighing
100 pounds, with black hair
and brown eyes.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Mostly cloudy to-
night, low near 81. Considerable cloudi-
ness tomorrow, high in the upper 7Os.
High, 10, at 2 pm. today; low, 63, at 2:30
am. today.
Full Report on Pose B-4
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Probable obisctives

In essence, Mr.. Khrushchev
apparently decided Soviet diff
ferences with China were ir-
reconcilable and that it was