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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-25
AFL-CIO Lobby Puts
Pressure on CONGRESS
By NEIL GILBRIDE
Associated Press Staff Writer

Among the forces maneuver-
ing behind Congress in the cur
rent fight over tax cut and
civil rights legislation, one of
the most powerful is the ALL
CLIO.
There's no secret about it."
says Andrew j. Biemiller, chief
lobbyist for the House of La
bor."
The giant organization,
through Mr.. Biemiller's legis-
lative department and its Com
mittee on Political Education
(COPE), admits to spending UP
to 81 million in an election
year. The money is spent in
backing candidates who will ia
vor the kind of legislation Ia
Dor wants.
But its real power lies in the
hands Of the 1875 million voters
who work under the banner of
the AFL-CIO and its affiliates.
Right now, Mr.. Biemiller said
in an interview today. the ALL
C1O is using its weight to seek:
/. THE strongest civil rights
bill we can get our hands on,
including a fair employment
provision :. and giving the At
torney General the power to
step into these (raciaD situa-
tons in the South"
2. "An immediate tax cut .
with more money in the lower
brackets and less for the cor
porations-we feel they've got
enough"
Mr.. Biemiller, hand-picked
by AFL-CIO President George
Meany seven years ago to run
the legislative department,
rates his labor lobby as "the
most effective" on Capitol Hill.
But it's not a Job for anna
Tours" he added.
A former Democratic Con-
gresham from Milwaukee, Mr..
Biemiller was a union organ
izer in the 1930s before enter
ing politics. He has been both
minority and majority leader
Of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Mr.. Biemiller said the ALL
CLOS lobbying operations are
run on three principles laid
down by Mr.. Meany: Don't
beg; don't threaten; don't as
sumo you are always 100 per
cent right"
The basic structure underly-
ing Mr.. Biemiller's operations
is a committee of about two
dozen top labor leaders appoint
ed by Mr.. Meany who meet
once a week to coordinate
their efforts.
The only labor group Mr..
Biemiller won't work with is
the Transfers Union, expelled
from the AFL-CIO on corrup-
ton charges in 1857.
1--WE don't want any part of
the Transfers" Mr.. Biemiller
said.
After the weekly Monday
meetings to coordinate ALL
CLIO lobbying efforts, labor men
fan out over Capitol Hill with
Mr.. Biemiller calling most of
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Edwin Sorenson,
Consultunt to
Defense Agency

Edwin D. Sorenson, 43, q
civilian consultant to an Army
contingent in the Defense In
telligence Agency for the last
Is years, died yesterday in
Georgetown Hospital after .
sudden illness.
Born in Findlay, Ohio, Mr..
Sorenson received an ABB. Ge-
gree from Dennison University
in l947 and did graduate work
at Ohio State University.
During World War II he
served on the general staff OF
the War Department.
He then was employed as q
research analyst for the Air
Force.
In 1850 he took .he post for
the eastern division, Army
military capabilities contingent
OF the Defense intelligence
Agency.
He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Nancy Sorenson, Of 504S South
Twenty-second street, Arling-
ton; three children, Elizabeth,
Karen and Dennis, and his
mother, Mrs. Henry Fuller Of
Phoenix, Ariz.
Services will be at the Wheat
ley Funeral Home, 1900 Brad
dock road, Alexandria, at 2
pm. tomorrow with burial at
National Memorial Park Gene
terry, Falls Church.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Proposal to Tax
Apartment Units
Gains at Hearings

Legislation to put apartment
owners in the same tax statu.
as homeowners was unopposeC
te hearings that closed yester-
day before a House District
subcommittee.
The bill would call for tax.
alton Of individual apartment
units, privately owned. Now
such owners make tax arrange
ments through the selling cor
poration.
The apartment buildings
would be shown on horizontal
subdivision plats" in city rec
ords just as homes are LOCATED
in land tracts.
This is q new and growing
idea in the United Statesmen
because such property did not
exist under English common
law" Joseph C, Murray. Of the
Washington Board of Realtors
testified. He said ancient
Greeks and Romans established
such rules, however. for their
urban dwellers.
The aim Of the bill is, in
short, to subdivide buildings
and building stories to place
individual units on land records
as land tracts now are divided
into subdivision lots, for the
record.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Cooper Practices
For Emergencies
On 22-Orbit Flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
May 8 (AP). With his sched-
uled launching date only one
week away, Astronaut Leroy
Gordon Cooper. jr., climbed
into a procedures trainer yes
terday and practiceG a poets of
his countdown and flight.
A major purpose of the
stimulation, in which the as
tronaut wore his silver space
suit, was to check the track
ing network.
The 36-year-old Air Force
major also practiced for pos
sible emergency situations
which could evelop during the
flight.
Mai. Cooper is scheduled to
ride an Atlas rocket into orbit
next Tuesday on the longest
planned United States man-in
space flight to date. II all goes
right. he will circle the globe
% times in "a hours, landing
In the Pacific OcLsn.
Mercury Astronauts Alan
Shepard, the backup pilot;
Walter M. Schirra, jr., and
Donald K. Slayton had sup
port roles in yesterdays exer-
else, which officials termed sue
cessful. Observers included the
nine-man team Of new Gemini-
Apollo astronauts and five
pilots training in the Air
Forces Dyna-Soar manned
space program.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Francis {. James Dies;
FBIAgent, War Veteran

Francis E. James, AZ, a spe-
cial agent and headquarters
supervisor for the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation, died Mon
day in Bethesda Naval Hospital
after a long illness.
A native of Newark, N. j.,
Mr.. James began his FBI serv-
ice in 1912 as a clerk. He
was appointed a special agent
on February %, 1943.
During the following IA years,
he served at FBI offices in
Des Moines, Iowa; Memphis,
Tenn; Charlotte, N. c.; New
York City; Omaha. Neb., and
Mason City, Iowa. From 1914
to l946, he served in the Marine
Corps, being discharged as a
second lieutenant.
He was commended on sew
eral occasions by FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover for his capa-
city to handle large amounts
Of investigative and supervisory
work.
Before joining the bureau
Mr.. James received a bachelor
of science degree In social
studies at Seaton Hall College
in South Orange, N. ]. In
Washington, he studied law at
George Washington University.
He was appointed a super
visor at FBI headquarters in
1857.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Pearl
M. James, Of AIS Waterford
road. Silver Spring. the home
address; four children, Francis.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Students to Serve
AS Leaders in
Recreation Plan

The Area P Board Of the
Commissioners Youth Council
announced a summer program
today that would utilize junior
and senior high school stu.
dents as leaders In recreation
programs for younger children
The demonstration project
called THE Pied Pipers Of Area
p" will extend from June "a
to August 6. Mrs. Jessye C
Harshaw, staff adviser to Area
P, said she hopes to enlist the
services Of 100 junior high anc
high school students as vol
unteers.
The older students will work
with elementary school chill
dren between the ages Of I
and 13. The recreation pro-
gram will be set up on a block
basis under supervision Of two
adults in each block.
The Recreation Department
will train the Pied Pipers in
three work shops to be held at
Sprinearn High School on May
25, June and June 8. The
Pied Pipers will wear Robin
Hood hats.
The project was the idea of
Mrs. Harshaw, who will SUPER
wise the program aided by three
volunteers. Mrs. Margaret
Stewart. Raymond Garner and
Lester Tyler.
The Pied Pipers are expected
to spend from two to four hours
each day supervising recrea-
ton in Fairgrounds. schools
churches and blocked-oft
streets.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Review Is Denied
In Prince Georges
Zoninq Action

A citizens attempt to secure
judicial review of a coming
action by the Prince Georges
County Commissioners has been
rejected in Circuit Court.
The citizens, Robert P. Smith,
Simon M. Pristoop and Julian
C. Holmes, were seeking re-
view of action by the Com
missioners last November when
they adopted coming classifica-
tions for 100 square miles in
Southe ern Prince Georges
County.
In February, Circuit Court
Judge Roscoe H. Parker ruled
against the citizens, saying
their petition for appeal had
not been properly filed and
that they we're ineligible to
appeal because none of the
three owned property in the
area in question.
The citizens appealed his
ruling in April before a panel
of three judges. The three,
Judges John B. Gray, jr.,
William B.. Bowie and Ralph w.
Powers, ruled yesterday that
the citizens were not aggrieved
parties.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Col. l. c. Wilson
Retired Veteran
Of Two Wars

Col. Leroy Clark Wilson, USA
(retired). 66, an infantry vet
eran Of World War II and the
Korean War. died yesterday at
Walter Reed Hospital Of heart
and lung illnesses.
Col. Wilson was born in
Chattanooga, Tenn. He was
graduated from West Point in
1917.
During World War II, Col.
Wilton served in the South Pa
cific and was awarded the Le-
gion Of Merit.
He retired in 1854 and made
his home at 47l3 Yuma street
NV.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy R., Of the home ad-
dress and two sons, Army Mai.
Drake Wilson and Mai. Robert
M. Wilson, both instructors at
West Point.
Services will be at 9 am. Fri
day in the Fort Myer Chapel
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Falls Church
School Paw
Protested

The Falls Church Education
Association, a teachers organi-
zation, has told the Falls
Church School Board that il
is dissatisfied" with the
boards decision not to raise
the pay scale this year.
The salary schedule ranges
from $4,000 to $4,000 in IL
steps for teachers holding
B. A. degrees. Proposed for
1854 are a few minor in
creaSes for teachers with more
than six years experience. but
the overall pay scale remains
unchanged.
In a letter released to the
Board last night, the FCEA
said that teacher pay is still
far below that of other pro-
fessions. The group noted that
1t was false economy" to trim
the school budget by holding
the line on teacher pay be-
cause Falls Church would no
longer be competitive with-the
school systems of neighboring
jurisdictions.
The FCEA said further
that a cost-of-living increase,
higher social security pay
ments, and a longer school
year due to the addition of
"Snow days" meant that last
years pay raise was virtually
Cancelled out.
The School Board acknowl-
edged the complaint but took
no formal action.
Evening star., 1963-05-08

fenSe Materials Procurement
Agency in London and ther
served as Deputy Undersecre-
tary for transportation in the
Commerce Department until
December, 1856.
Born in Williamstown, Kans.
he graduated from Oakland
Polytechnic College. Beginning
as a clerk on the Southern
Pacific Railroad, he advanced
to supervisor Of transportation
From 1925 to 1929 he wa.
vice president and genera
manager Of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad, he advanced to
supervisor of transportation.
From 1925 to 1929 he was
vice president and general
manager Of the Alaska Steam
ship Co. before joining Trans
continental & Western. Later
he became chairman of the
board of the johnson Motor
Lines. Inc.
Besides his business posts,
Gen. Wilson carried on parallel
careers as an Army officer and
a public servant. He served as
a captain in the Army Signal
Corps during World War and
as a brigadier general in the
Transportation Corps in World
War II.
From 1947 to 1949 he was q
member of the Kansas State
Legislature.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Alexandra Exhibit
Of Photos PIunned

Works by Alexandria amateur
and professional photographers
will be displayed in City Hall
by the art show committee of
the Old Town Civic Association
from June 8 through August
"a.
Three jurors will select the
black and white and color
prints to be displayed. Securely
mounted entries should be TAX
en- to city halls Market Alley
entrance between 8 and IL am.
June 8. Entry blanks will be
available next week at the
Alexandria public library or the
information desk at city hall.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Renewal Project
Hearings Set

The District Commissioners
set public hearing dates yester-
day on the Adams-Morgan and
Northwest No. urban renewal
plans.
The dates set for the Adams
Morgan plan are June l3 and
IA, starting at 10 a. m. both
days In room 500 Of the District
Building.
A one-day hearing on North
west No. / is slated for 10
am. on June 20 in the same
room.
The hearing dates we're rec
commended by Engineer Com
missioner Frederick J. Clarke.
The Washington Planning
and Housing Association wrote
TO the District Commissioners
last week urging that hearings
be called on these two projects.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Personal Files Closed
On County Job Seekers

The Montgomery County
Council yesterday stampe
CLOSED" on all personal files
pertaining to candidates fol
council appointments to gov
ernment. judicial, and advisory
posts.
In a 5-to-2 vote that ended
sharp debate, the council de-
cided that only formal applica-
tions and biographical data
would be available to the pub
lie.
The action was prompted by
an inquiry last week by Mrs.
Helen Scharf, a former school
board member and now in the
county planning association.
She asked about looking at
council files on candidates for
three appointments to Peoples
Court judgeships.
Councilwoman Kathryn E.
Diggs, the most outSpoken foe
of open files, said the request
was "unwarranted" and one to
which she was "unalterably op-
posed"
Not Public
These letters are personal,
private communications and
not public record" Miss Diggs
declared.
Councilman John H. Hiser
said newspapers usually carry
Evening star., 1963-05-08

that the bill be put on the
ballot for a referendum in
1864.
The bill, passed with the
backing of Gov. Tawes at the
last session of the General AS
sembly, would give Mr.. Sickles
a district consisting of his
home county of Prince Georges
and the usually Democratic
counties of Charles and st.
Marys.
II feel kind of sad, signing
this" Mr.. Sickles said, "be-
cause this is an ideal district
for me. But that's not the
question"
Similar Plan Rejected
The question, according to
the freshman Representative, is
that the voters rejected sim
liar districting proposal at the
polls last November because it
failed to give equal representa-
ton to suburban areas.
Mr.. Lankford, who represents
the largest district in Maryland
and the fifth largest In the Ma
Evening star., 1963-05-08
D. c. Podiutry Group
Chooses Officers

The District OF Columbia
Podiatry Society held It's annual
election yesterday at the Shore
ham Hotel with the following
results:
DR.. jerome Shapiro, presi-
dent; Or. Alvin Sollod, presi-
dent-elect; Or. Jerome Mayer
vice president; DR.. Selwyn
Bottinick, secrctary-treasurer;
Or. 4 Morris Selby, executive
board member; Or. Charles
Turchin, national delegate; Dr.
Harry Hoffman, alternate ma
tional delegate.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Chinese Reds Try
To Influence Indians

NEW DELHI, May 8 APP
The Chinese Communists ap-
parently tried to indoctrinate
some of their Indian Army pris-
oners from the border war, De-
fense Minister Y. B. Chavar
tol : Parliament yesterday.
Mr.. Chavan said 81 officer
prisoners who returned last
week had been taken on a tour
of China, and the intention
must have been indoctrination.
Counter efforts are being
taken to de-indoctrinate the
officers he added.
Evening star., 1963-05-08

tion. said the Governors plan
would give him relief, but would
not equitably redistrict the
State. Maryland became en-
titled to an eighth Representa-
tive after the 1860 census.
Mr.. Lankford said that he
had suggested to several State
lawmakers during the session
that a better solution would be
to Great the new 9th district
Mr.. Sickles' district - from
Prince Georges and a portion Of
Montgomery County.
THAT would have given re-
lief Of both the present 5th
and 9Th districts" he said,
but most lawmakers we're OPP
posed to cutting across county
lines"
Both legislators, at a press
conference on Capitol Hill, said
they realized it would be very
difficult to get a fair redistrict-
ing bill through the Legisla-
ture."
23,SO0 Must Sign
The petition drive to get the
latest redistricting attempt on
the ballot next year was spear
headed by the League Of Women
Voters and the State Republi-
can organization. The petition
signed by the Representatives
today, however, was not ldenti-
fable as being distributed by
the league or the Republicans.
The league has pledged to
get the 23,800 petition sigma
lures necessary for a referen-
dunn, and has launched a cam
paign in most sections of the
State.
During a successful drive last
year, the league petitioned a
similar redistricting bill to
referendum and succeeded in
defeating it at the polls by
about 10000 votes.
Evening star., 1963-05-08

jr.; Sheila, Susan and Patricia. /.
Of the home; his. mother, Mrs.
Jane c. James, Of Manasquan,
N. j.: a brother, Hugh P. James
Of Livingston, N. j., and two
sisters, Mrs. John j. Herman
Of Clark, N. j., and Mrs. Ronald
]. Ducey Of East Syracuse, N. Y
A requiem mass will be said
at 10 am. tomorrow in st.
Bernadette's Catholic Church
at 10 University boulevard east,
Silver Spring. Burial will be
in Gate Of Heaven Cemetery,
Wheaton.
Evening star., 1963-05-08

biographical data about candi-
dates so there was no need fol-
the public to get it from coun-
Gil files.
In voting against the motion
he and Miss Diggs stood for all
files being closed while the
other five council members felt
that at least the applications
themselves should be available
for public scrutiny.
Councilman Thomas M. Will
son said letters or comment or
certain candidates could be
pretty strong" and should not
be a matter for all to see.
Open Files Asked
Councilmen Grover K. Wal
ker and Jerry T. Williams, the
lone holdover Democrat men,
bers, felt all the files should
continue to be open.
Il haven't seen things in
those files I'd consider conf
dential," Mr.. Walker said.
Speaking in favor of open
files, Mrs. Mary A. Hepburn
noted that confidential mat
ters are discussed in closed
meetings"
Questioned later. Council
President John A. Floyd said
ground rules probably would
have to be drawn later about
publicizing Endorsements giver
candidates by such groups as
the bar and civic associations
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Maryland U. Singers
To Tour Near East
BY the Associated Press

Selection of the University of
Maryland madrigal group for a
State Department cultural pro-
gram in the Near East was an
nounced yesterday by Senator
Beall, Republican Of Maryland.
He said the group will travel
under the new State Depart
ment cultural program sched-
uled to get under way next
spring. The announcement did
not include an itinerary of the
tour.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Gen. Thomas B. Wilson, 20,
Transportation Specialist

Brig. Gen. Thomas Bayne
Wilson, 10, USA Reserve, one
Of the Nations top transporta.
ton specialists. died today al
his home in Carmel Valley
Calf, after undergoing surgery
Gen. Wilson was a former
board chairman Of Transcon-
tinental & Western Air, Inc,
which later became Trans
World Airlines.
From 1852 to 1855 he was
regional director for the De-
Evening star., 1963-05-08
SickIes, Lonkford Sign
Petition on Redistrictino
BY WILLIAM DUKE
Star staff Writer

Representative Sickles Maryands Democratic Congress-
n-at-arge, today turned his back bill which would
have given him IAN ideal district" in which for
election.
Along with Representative Landlord Democrat of Mary
lands Fifth District Mr. Sickes signed petition requesting
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Lou Johnson

CORAL GABLES, Fla, May
g AP).-Lou johnson. 81, a
pioneer in the development Of
the outboard and founder Of
johnson Motors Co. of Wau-
kegan, H.. died Monday. Mr..
johnson and q brother, Harry,
built the first johnson motor
when they were teen-agers in
Effingham, Ill. He retired in
1885 after the firm was alb
sorbed by Outboard Marine a.
Manufacturing Co.
Evening star., 1963-05-08
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair
and slightly warmer tonight,
low in the mid Cos. Mostly
sunny and warm tomorrow.
Maryland-Fair and warmer
tonight. low in the sos in the
mountains and so to SIS else
where. Mostly sunny and warm
tomorrow, highs 78 to "a in the
mountains and in the upper
80s elsewhere.
Virginia-Fair and warmer
tonight, lows in the sos in the
mountains and in the COS else
where. Mostly sunny and warm
tomorrow. highs rs to 80 in the
mountains and in the upper
80s elsewhere.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Southwest at 10 TO
Is knots tonight will increase
TO Is TO 25 knots tomorrow.
Fair weather. Visibility over
aiaI,k v,,iiag
Evening star., 1963-05-08
Not Public

widely scattered Thunderstorm
ers will be followed by cooler
weather Friday and an in
creasingly warmer week end.
Monday temperatures will drop
slightly again. Widely scat
tered, light shower activity
tomorrow and again Sunday
will average less than one
quarter inch.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 50 Noon 80
am 81 ann "a
sam. 50 Sp.m 80
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 50, on April ~.
Lowest, 3, on January "a
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and 0eodetie Survey
Evening star., 1963-05-08

For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points subtract times Indicated
Bloody Point Light. 4a hours. Colo.
nial Beach, Q hours: Deale, az hours:
Solomons Island. ga hours Point
Lookout, IA houTs
Evening star., 1963-05-08
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
Washington and Vicinity
May 8-I3

Temperatures will average
about two TO five degrees above
the normal high and low for
Washington OF 73 and SO.
Warm weather tomorrow with
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