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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Vast Building
Project Urged.
For Schools
Attack on Space
Problem Proposed
By D. c. Officials
BY DAN GOTTLIEB
Star staff Writer

Recommendations for a vastly
increased emphasis on school
construction during the next
six fiscal years will be placed
before the District Commits
sioners next week.
In contrast to the 80 per
cent Of general fund projects
allocated to new school facili-
ties in the l963-6S six-year
public works plan approved by
the Commissioners, the recon-
mendations will call for more
than so per cent for schools.
The Department of General
Administration will make the
recommendation which Is ex-
pected to include about $40 mil
lion for schools or approximately
81 percent Of the $137 million in
general fund projects. The
Commissioners Planning Ad-
visory Council also is expected
to recommend projects that
would amount to so to SO per
cent Of the $137 million.
Space Problem Critical
I'VE think the school space
problem is critical" declared
Frank Wolfsheimer, council
chairman.
He said the council had to
cut down on such items as
separation of storm sewers
from the regular sewer system
and recreation facilities in
order to boost the school total.
Final dollar amounts to be
recommended by the council
are still being calculated.
Mr.. Wolfsheimer said the
District school administrations
request will still be cut down
by the council. I'VE save about
100000 on each junior high
school by eliminating shop
cloSsrooms." the chairman said.
Although the council felt
that vocational training facili-
ties are important, it said they
should be concentrated at the
high school level.
The six-year plans are used
by the Commissioners as guide
lines in drawing up their capt.
tai fund budgets from year to
year. Departmental requests for
the 1964-69 plan total about
1921 million exclusive of high
way projects.
Sixteen New Schools
The school administrations
request calls for construction of
16 new schools in the six-year
period. This would include ad-
ditional new schools as well as
requirements for old buildings.
Mr.. Wolfsheimer said that
the increased emphasis on
schools was not the result of
the current publicity on school
problems, but q "long-range
thing"
I'VE figure there is no ad-
vantage in putting off to 1867
or 1858 what Is needed now.
1t isn't going to cost any less"
The Department Of General
Administration is expected to
call for an even higher per-
centage Of school construction
during the first two years Of
the plan: About SIS million
of $40 million in 1864 and SIS
million Of $25 million in 1865.
The commissioners are ten
tatively scheduled to hear the
rec o m m endations next
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Clear Indication

Although he never has ex-
cluded the possibility Of split
ting the reforms out OF the
tax package. he had not until
today indicated so clearly that
he would be willing to do so II
Congress insisted.
II reforms are killed, he said,
the rate reductions should be
revised to hold the revenue loss
to about $40 billion. He warned
against reducing taxes by less
than $40 billion because it
would be q mistake to bring
forth a mouse" when the Ma
ton needs substantial tax re-
auctions.
II taxes are not reduced, the
President said, a recession will
cause heavy losses Of Jobs and
See ECONOMIC, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Four U. S. Flyers Killed
In Cuba, Dirksen Says

action to verify the reports that
four fliers were downed.
But he said the information
has not been checked with
either the Defense Department
or the Central Intelligence
Agency.
He said the names Of the
flyers will be available when a
summary of his report is made
public, possibly later this week.
A Pentagon spokesman, asked
about Senator Dirksen's report,
said I'm not aware" that four
Americans died in tie Bay of
Pigs invasion.
II have not been able to sub
stantiate 1t so far" he said,
adding that the matter still
was being checked within the
Defense Department.
The Republican leader said
the four flyers we're shot down
in invasion planes which did
not carry United States mark
ings. He gave no details but
presumably they were in B-26
bombers downed by jet trainers
inherited by Fidel Castro from
the overthrow Batista regime.
TO Talk With Stennls
News stories at the time mem
toned that one United States
civilian flyer might have been
shot down. This report later
was labeled erroneous.
Senator Dirksen said he
plans to discuss his findings
with Senator Stennis. Demo-
crat of Mississippi, chairman
of the Senate's Preparedness
Subcommittee.
A subcommittee inquiry into
the current military strength
Of Soviet dominated Cuba is ex-
pected to get under way this
week. Senator Stennis has in
dicated he regards the 1861
invasion as spilled milk" to
which the group would not be
justified in devoting much time
See CUBA, Page "A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Not Checked With CHA

Other than to report the be-
lief that four American lives
were lost, he declined to discuss
the evidence he has assembled.
Some Of 1t came from par
Elephants in the invasion and
some from United States mill
tary personnel operating in the
area at the time.
Senator Dirksen later told re-
porters his staff has taken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
1877 Cleared
By High Court
In Race Protest
Ruling on Arrests
In South CuroIinu
Cites Constitution
BY DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Writer

The Supreme Court today
reversed breach of the peace
convictions of 1877 Negro stu
dents who dem onstrated
against segregation outside
South Carolina's State House
in Columbia.
The court, in an 81 decision,
said the convictions infringed
the Negroes constitutional
rights of free speech. free as
Sembly and freedom to petit
ton for redress Of grievances.
The majority opinion was
delivered by Justice Stewart,
who said the circumstances in
the case reflect an exercise of
the basic constitutional rights
in their most pristine and
classic form"
Justice Clark, who dissented,
said the demonstration went
beyond the passive activity per-
mitted under the First Amend
ment and that the arrests &C.
Cured only after law enforce
ment officials decided that a
dangerous disturbance" was
imminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
BY JACK BELL
Associated Press Staff Writer

Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen said today he has I'M
covered evidence that four
American flyers were killed in
the abortive 1861 invasion Of
Cuba.
Senator Dirksen said in an
interview he has completed a
one-man inquiry into the Bay
of Pigs disaster and Is ready
to turn his findings over TO
Senate investigators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Paraded, Sang

Justice Stewart said the pur-
pose Of the demonstration was
to submit a protest to the citi-
zens Of South Carolina and
the legislature over discrimina-
ton against Negroes and to
seek repeal Of State laws limit
ing Negro privileges.
At the Capitol, where the
legislature was In session, the
students paraded with anti
segregation placards. sang re-
ligious songs and the National
Anthem.
During the demonstration.
See COURT, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Would Drop Reform Plan

Tax cuts are so urgent, the
President said during a ques-
ton period after his speech,
that he would II necessary
abandon his proposals for reve-
INCREASING tax reforms.
A questioner had suggested
that the controversial reform
proposals might delay tax re-
auctions.
Mr.. Kennedy replied: "I
agree that nothing should
stand in the way Of tax re-
duction this year. The first
priority is to get q bill this
year. Whatever is necessary
to get that bill. / would sup
port"
The President has proposed
tax reductions totaling Sl3.s
billion over three years, partly
offset by reforms to raise s3.3
billion. for a net cut Of 500
billion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
encouragement Seen

Today's decision, while deal
ing only with the facts of the
South Carolina incident, never
theless provides a measure of
encouragement for Negroes in
their efforts to crack segrega-
ton barriers.
The court last term threw out
other breach-of- the-peace con-
victions Of Negroes in the South
for lack Of evidence. This argu-
ment was made in today's case,
but the High Court by-passed it
in basing its opinion on LIST
Amendment rights.
The high court has under
advisement a package Of sit-in
cases argued last November in
which similar free speech and
expression arguments were
made BY the demonstrators.
The demonstration in today's
case occurred on March 2,
1861, when Negro students
from Columbia Is. c. high
schools and Benedict College
gathered at a church and or
gained the protest march to
the State Capitol grounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Kennedy Prediction:
Tax Cut or Slump
Recession
Seen Unless
Plan Passes
BY LEE NJ. COIN
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy today pre-
dicted a recession will hit the
economy before long II Con-
gress fails to cut taxes
promptly.
He neither predicted q re-
cession this year nor excluded
Portal Text Of President kennedy's
Address. Pass AS
the possibility, saying only that
the country will, in the not
too distant future, be struck by
its fifth postwar recession" II
the taxes are not cut.
The President made his fore
cast-more somber than any of
his previous remarks on the
economy-in a speech to a
symposium on economic growth
sponsored by the American
Bankers Association. Some 300
leaders Of industry, finance.
labor. government, education
and agriculture are attending
the meeting at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Weather Report

District and vicinity-Clear tonight, with
lowest around 20 degrees. Tomorrow sunny,
rather windy and cold, highest in the 20s:
High, SO, at pm. Low, 26, at A'A5 am.
today.
Full Report on POss "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
THE POWER OF FAITH

ASK, and 1t shall be giUen unto vou; seek, ard ne
shall find; knock and 1t shall be opened unto you"
Matthew ~
Kei Wan Yin, an interpreter in an American mis-
sion, wanted to 60 to school in America, but was
told it was impossible for her to get visa. She
had only had 212 years of English education and
could not qualify as an exchange student or for a
fellowship grant Kei Wan Yin did have faith. Half
way around the world, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Leonard Rus
sell Of Roy, Utah. learned of Kei Vans overwhelm-
ing desire through q missionary. With their help
and the help of missionaries and officials who
moved by Kei Wan Yin's taith her dream came true.
Before going to Utah, Kei Wan wrote letter to Mrs.
RUSSELL "Someday If have that day, know 1 viii
try my best to help others as you and they have
done to me because think that is the way for me
to repay your kindness" Miss Yin is with the Rus
sells in Utah today continuing her education.-By
Wood Ishmael, AP NewsfeatureS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
St. Luke's Guild
Reflects Juquet

St. Luke's Guild. an organ
iZation Of area Catholic phySi-
clans, announced today the re-
election Of DR.. Paul ?. Jaquet
as president.
Other officers reelected in
clude Peter Lombard. vice pres
ident. and Robert H. Parrot
secretary-treaSurer. Eleete d
governors were John r. Cava-
naugh. Thomas E. Curtain.
Leo I. Donovan. James J. Fos-
ter, Margaret Nicholson. Mel
choir r. r. Savarese and
Mitchell w. SpellEau.
The guild will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday at the D. c. Medi-
cal Society Building. 17l8 NJ
street NV. Wallace Werble a
drug research expert will speak
on Ethical Aspects Of the 1862
Drug Laws and Their Impact
on Medicine and Research"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
Williams Scores
Control of News

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 10
tAP)-United States Senator
John J. Williams, Republican
Of Delaware. said last night the
exercise Of the peoples right TO
know Is the only way TO keep
corruption out OF Government.
He addressed a Joint banquet
OF the Maryland-Delaware Press
Association. the Delmarva Press
Association and the Chesapeake
Associated Press group.
Senator Williams said he Is
much disturbed by what he
termed the trend In recent
years toward a view that the
Government has the right TO
control the news.
He accused the Kennedy adj
ministration OF trying 10 con-
troll news OF the Presidents tax
message and OF a report on en-
ployment made Just before the
election last November by Sec
rotary Of Labor Writ.
Senator williams charged
that advance copies Of the Pres
ident's tax message we're not
sent 10 critics OF the admins
tration. resulting In nothing but
favorable comment after deliv-
cry OF the message because
critics had had no time q
study II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
Train Wreck
Blamed on
Bad Track

The buckling Of an insecure
track was blamed by Govern
ment investigators yesterday
for the Pennsylvania Railroad
accident in which 10 persons
we're killed last July % near
Harrisburg, Pa.
Another l02 were injured in
the derailment OF five cars OF
a train carrying baseball fans
TO a game in Philadelphia.
A three-member panel OF the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion said the track did not have
enough ballast and rail an
chors. AS a result. 1t said. the
track buckled from expansion
in the 83-degree temperature
Of the sunny July day.
Ballast is the material
usually crushed stone. gravel,
cinder. or burned clay-placed
on the roadbed. Anchors are
metal clamps attached TO the
underside Of the rail every 5
or 8 feet.
The ice investigators said
the train was travelling 70 miles
an hour at the time Of the
accident at Steelton, Pa. This
Is 3 miles an hour under the
speed limit set by the railroad.
At hearings last August in
Harrisburg. the train engineer
told ice investigators the track
In the vicinity Of the accident
was horizontally buckled in a
weaving pattern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
BY JULES WHOEVER
Contributing Writer

Morality in the military serv-
ices-painted by the dime nov
ell and the movies as fast and
loose-actually is in a better
state today than it is in civil
liam life, according to the
armed forces No. SKY pilot. A"
Mai. Gen. Robert p. Taylor.
chairman Of the Armed Forces
ChaplainS Board and chief
chaplain Of the Air Force, says
such civilian plaques as major
crime and juvenile delinquency
are only minor problems in the
three services.
The biggest single headache
for military chaplains today,
he says, is getting organized
religious life to the men who
guard and operate the distant
and dispersed electronic out
posts of the missile age.
Because small contingents of
men are being stationed at
such posts as early warning
radar lines and at remote mis-
le-firing sites, the demand
for chaplains is steadily in
creaSing, he says.
There is no serious morale
problem at these isolated
points. Gen. Taylor contends.
but the men need an organized
religious life to help them
through their difficult tour of
duty outside the mainstream of
civilian life.
In such places as South Wet
Nam, Korea and other cold war
fronts. the military's ranking
chaplain says. there is adequate
religious counseling and guild
ance. At a recent meeting Of
American chaplains stationed
In the Far East. Gen. Taylor
reports, the consensus was that
morale and self discipline
among United States troops is
good.
"Of course. 1t is true the cold
war is presenting a special
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
Brothers Facing
Death Appeal to
Supreme Court

Appeals were filed yesterday
in the United States Supreme
Court for two Montgomery
County brothers who face
death sentences in the rape Of
"a l6-year-old girl in 1861.
Attorney Hal Witt Of WASH
ington filed the appeals on be-
half Of John Giles. %. and his
brother James. 20. who we're
convicted Of rape In Mont
gomery County Circuit Court
in December Of 1861. The
youths are Negroes and the
girl Is white.
Mr.. Wits appeal challenged
the eonstitutionality Of the
Maryland court system which
permits a jury TO interpret law
as well as decide the facts Of
a case.
The death sentences Of the
Spencerville youths were af-
firmed by the Maryland Court
Of Appeals last July.
A third youth charged in the
case. Joseph johnson. IT,, "a.
also Of Spencerville. was SEN
fenced 10 death in Anne Arun-
del County Circuit Court last
November. He has filed an ap-
peal with the Maryland Court
Of Appeals.
The death sentences prompt
ed a group Of Montgomery
County citizens 10 form the
Giles-Johnson Defense Com
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
Morals in the Military
Good, Chaplain Says

moral and spiritual problem TO
our men by separation from
their families in peacetime at
great personal and emotional
cost" the general, a Southern
Baptist minister, says.
But whenever families are
separated. moral problems aris-
ing, from domestic difficulties
are bound to arise. We have
about the same ratio of split
families as we experience any
time the male member has TO
be away from home. in mill
tary or civilian life"
The problem of bringing re-
ligious life to Americans serv-
ing in remote places is causing
the chaplains as we'll as other
military leaders TO rely on mod
ern technology to do their Job.
To augment the labors OF
l,l50 Air Force. 1.150 Army and
800 Navy chaplains, the latest
techniques in audio visual
presentation are being incor-
porated into their work.
Religious services and moral
education training are being
put on tape and film for world
wide distribution.
Every Monday night in
Washington. a chaplain records
a service that is quickly dis
patched to military posts
around the globe for Sunday
use. UNCONVENTIONAL groups
contribute films Of their own
that also are distributed widely
| A team Of three chaplain
specialists helps research and
write the services dynamic
and moral leadership" courses
at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala,
InaL are sent 10 most remote
military posts as we'll as those
in the States. Audio visual
aides. including lectures by top
service generals. are used ex-
tensively.
AS an indication Of the chap
lains' participation in burgeon-
ing technology, a research team
is developing for them a port
able electronic organ that will
replace the old reed organ that
has been used in the past.
There's nothing old-fash-
Toned bout religion in the
military today" the Air Forces
chief OF chaplains says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
NEWS OF MUSIC
First Night Shows Up
Flows in Barber

quality that dominated the
show. The wild Hastings on
an empty stage succeeded pretty
well in binding the audience,
but they did not add to the
pleasure Of the evening.
1t was hard to believe that the
same society had mounted, with
tremendous success, a work so
difficult as Ravel's "L'Enfant
ct les SortilegeS."
Even Helen Vanni, one OF the
most brilliant young sopranos
in the business today, and well
remembered here for a magnif-
icent job as the composer in
the Opera Society's 1862 Ari-
adne, was something Of a dis
appointment. This, feel, was
a matter Of miscasting. She
sang her set-pieces well enough,
but she was nevertheless a
strangely ineffective Rosina.
The productions biggest as
sets, aside from Mr.. Prey, were
Donald Gramm and Lee Cass.
Mr.. Gramm is a truly great
operate bass, and even though
Bartolo is not exactly down his
alley, to hear him in the part
was a JOY. A Joy also was Mr..
CaSs' Basilio. although am
not at all sure that his red
stockings and outlandish get-up
did not make a stronger i'm
preston on the audience than
his expert singing and acting.
Marlena Kleinman, David
Clatworthy and Mel Smith were
adequate in lesser roles.
OF course, the show will shake
down some in the repeats to-
morrow and Monday, especially
the roughness of the orchestra.
but I fear 1t has so many built
in defects that it must be writ
ten off as one of the Opera
Society's few out-and-out fail
ures.
Oh we'll Won can't win 'eno all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
N Bible Students
Meet Tomorrow

Two Bible experts viii con-
duct a class for television Bible
students tomorrow at 2:30 pm.
at the Washington Hebrew
Congregation. Maeomb street
and Massachusetts, avenue
NV.
Edward w. Bauman. inStruc-
tor Of the wAGAL telecourse
AN Introduction to the Old
Testament" and Rabbi Rich
ard Seaman. Of the congrega-
ton. win participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
Red Tulk Slated

The third In a series Of lee
lures on communism sponsored
by Central Methodist Church,
420l North Fairfax drive Ar
lington will be held at 8 pm
tomorrow. william c. Sullivan
a Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton assistant director. will
speak on Communism and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
I.F. Stone to Lecture

Members Of the Adult and
Young Adult classes Of the
University of Life sessions at
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, 900 Massachusetts, av-
enue NV. viii hear magazine
writer I. F. Stone speak on "A
Need for q Christian Foreign
Policy" He will lecture at 1880
pm. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16

The Opera Society last night
unveiled its final production of
the 1925 season at LiSner
Auditorium. an uncut version
in Italian-much longer than
the one customarily seen-of
Rossini's hardy perennial, THE
Barber Of Seville"
1t also unveiled a fast-rising
luminary in the world Of song.
the German baritone Hermann
Prey, who sang the part OF Fig
arc.
Mr.. Prey's superb recordings
have preceded him on his pres
ent concert tour Of the United
States. They show him TO be
a heder singer of the highest
attainmentS. There are even
those who consider him the
first serious contender for Die
trich Fischer ieskau's throne
both as recitalist and as Opera
singer.
His operate debut in Wash
ington has thus been eagerly
awaited.
Yesterdays performance con.
fHmed the impression that thi!
32-year-old baritone is a sensi.
tive artist and q first-ratC
singer. Hsi voice Is not ar
exceptionally big one. but 1t /:
completely true, wonderfully
expressive and beautifully con-
trolled. And he is a handsome
figure Of a man who moves well
and easily on the stage.
Nevertheless. I did not feel
that Figaro was a role parti-
cularly well suited to his con-
siderable talents.
Subtlety is Mr.. Prey's forte
and there is no premium or
this particular quality in RoS-
sini'S fast-moving and bump
tious piece. Mr.. Prey is moi
especially effective as a clever
clown. and as a consequence
he tends to be overshadowed
by the crowd-catching horse
play Of the Bartolo- BasiliC
team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-16
Minstrel Event
Set in GreenbeIt

The third edition OF the
Mowatt Minstrel and Revue
will be staged on February %
and 20 by so residents OF
Greenbelt. College Park. Hyatt
tsville and Beltsville. Md
The show is being sponsored
by the Mowatt Methodist
Church In Greenbelt 70 raise
funds for the Church World
Service
The two-hour program will
feature a 40-member minstrel
chorus, directed by Flo orp-
wood
Two town mayors will be In
the show They are. Mayor
Joseph Lilly OF Hyattsyille and
Mayor Francis White OF Green
belt.