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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-29
D.C.Set 10 Ban
Housing Bias
Action to Follow
Congress Windup

The long-delayed anti-dis-
elimination housing order for
Washington is expected to be
issued by the District Commits
sioners Tuesday if Congress ad-
journs tomorrow.
The fair housing order had
been expected last week but the
Commissioners deferred action
when Congress failed to adjourn
as expected.
Walter N. Tobriner, president
of the District Board Of Com
missioners, promised last sum-
mer that the Commissioners
would adopt a regulation ban
ming housing discrimination
If Congress did not act in this
field during its current session.
Congress has not passed o
fair housing law for the Dis
trict or taken any action to
block issuance of such a regula-
ton by the Commissioners.
Drafting of the order by the
city governments legal office
has now been virtually COM
.pleted.
One question still In doubt is
See HOUSING, Page AS
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pe-Orthodox Meeting
Seen After s Centuries

VATICAN CITY, Dec. %
(AP).-The first meeting in
five centuries between leaders
of the Roman Catholic and
Orthodox Churches became a
virtual certainty today as Pope
Paul VI conferred-and likely
prayed-with an emissary from
the Patriarch of Constantine
pie.
Both the Roman Catholic
Pontiff and Patriarch Athena
goras l of Constantinople Us
tanbuD appeared committed to
a summit encounter in the
Holy Land. Pope Paul begins
his three-day pilgrimage there
a week from today.
The meeting here between
the Pope and the Patriarch's
envoy, Metropolitan Athenago-
ras of Thiatiron. was in itself
historic. 1t marked the first
visit to Rome by an official
representative of the patriarch
ate of Constantinopel since
the Schism between Orthodox
and Roman Catholicism in
1472.
A Vatican communique said
the Metropolitan had esta-
blished contact with the Holy
Father (the Pope) and his
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Jitters Ease
In Cyprus
Turkey Denies She
Sent More Jets

NICOSIA. Cyprus, Dec. %
(AP).- Invasion filters ebbed
across troubled-plagued Cyprus
today, though three jet fighters
with Turkish markings again
buzzed Nicosia.
Clearly marked with the
Turkish insignia, the planes
roared over the capital just
above the rooftops about
am, then headed north toward
Turkey.
The filters had arisen from
rumors last night that two
flotillas of Turkeys warships
we're closing in on this Medi-
terranean island, where at least
so persons have been killed in
communal fighting between
Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
But the vessels never
reached Cyprus.
In Ankara, Turkeys Foreign
Ministry denied that any
Turkish planes have been
dispatched over Cyprus since
"a warning flight" was made
Christmas Day.
The ministry declared no
other Turkish flights have been
sent over Cyprus since the
Christmas Eve cease-fire agree
ment and that no Turkish
ships have entered the island
Republics territorial waters at
any time. The ministry de-
clared reports they have, issued
by certain quarters with aims
very well known to u.s." are
totally untrue.
Radio Ankara said four
Turkish warshipS reached the
Turkish port of Iskenderun at
noon, joining a Turkish fleet
already there. Iskenderun is
100 miles northeast of Cyprus.
The United Nations Security
See CYPRUS, Page AS
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Moons Eclipse
To Be Visible
Early Monday

The big celestial show tomor-
row is q total eclipse of the
moon, visible throughout
much of the Western hemi-
sphere.
The Lunar eclipse, which will
be visible in the Washington
area and throughout North
America and along the West
coast of South America, bar
ring clouds, will enter its first
phase here at 3:25 am.
The Rev. Francis Heyden,
director of Georgetown Univer-
sity's Observatory. said the
moon will begin to enter It's
darkest phase at AIS am.
BY 5:28 am, 1t will be COM
pletely in the earth's shadow
and viii show a deep saffron
color, Father Heyden said. It
will remain so until SAT am.
Washingtonians viii not see
the moon leave the earth's
shadow as the spectacle will be
blotted out by sunrise and
moonset at 7:22 am. The
eclipse will be over at 1850 am.
Father Heyden said total
moon eclipSes occur about
twice q year on the average but
are not visible that often In
populated areas.
Lunar eclipses take place
when the earth is exactly
between the sun and moon,
casting the moon in the earth's
shadow.
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BIocken the Gunboots,
GAO Persuodes Novy

sentS a significant, and prob
ably surprising, victory. They
have been trying to get the
Navy to issue black shoes like
all the other services ever
since 1857. with marked lack
of success.
Earlier this year, even the
proud Marine Corps bowed to
the Standardization decree and
dropped its long cherished dark
brown shoes. Only the Navy
stood firm for brown shoes, at
a cost to the Defense Depart
ment of $158.000 extra a year,
according to GAO estimates
Last week, in desperation,
Mr.. Campbell appealed to
Congress to bring the Navy in
to line. He sent the lawmakers
a report entitled Unnecessary
See SHOES, Page AZ
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Department of Defense, Atomic
Energy Commission, Agricul-
ture Department, Post Office
Department and Veterans
Administration.
Some increases will be shown
in requests for the Peace
Corps, Health, Education and
Welfare Department, the Labor
Department and for the space
program.
The final figures will reveal
what may be the dominant
characteristic of the johnson
administration:
Savings, wherever possible,
will be applied to programs
designed to meet human needs.
Thus. when he ordered the
cuts, Mr.. johnson explained
these were ito help Grandma
and Junior" The President
meant he was responding to
the demands for programs
directed toward human needs
health, education, manpower
retraining and the eradication
of poverty.
After the Budget Bureaus
review and the elimination of
many requests for additional
funds, 81 appeals from its
decisions were pending in
September. All have melted
away.
Some of the reductions hit at
offices directly under the
President. His Council of Eco
nomic Advisers asked for two
more staff people. The request
was disapproved.
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JOHNSON AT WORK
Closeup of New President Cutting Budget

After the final tributes to
the slain President, work on
next years budget began in
earnest.
Mr.. Johnson held frequent
meetings with Mr.. Gordon and
his assistants. The budget
experts were impressed with
the new Presidents familiarity
with Government operations
and his understanding of the
intricacies of budget-making.
One of those who participant
ed in the conferences said Mr..
johnson seemed to have been
in the White House for a year
instead of only four weeks. and
added: 1T seemed incredible to
U.S." The President, it was said,
was making the decisions,
pretty much by himself"
On December II, Mr.. John
son at a cabinet meeting.
ordered another review by the
departments and agencies for
further reduction. This resulted
in the so-called BLACK Friday"
order.
BY the time the President
took off for a Christmas visit
to his Texas ranch. the budget
was pretty well closed as far as
total figures were concerned
and Mr.. Gordon prepared to
relax for the first time in weeks.
AS he was about to leave his
office, the telephone rang.
It was the President calling
from his plane en- route to
Texas. He wanted q memoran-
dunn on manpower.
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While he has been in office
less than six weeks, Mr.. john
son can claim the new budget
as largely his own.
He began work on it two
days after assuming office.
When he returned to Washing
ton after the Dallas tragedy,
the President was working four
doors down the hall from the
budget directors office.
With the new President
immersed in the problems of
the transition of the Govern
ment, Mr.. Gordon wondered
how he could convey to him
the near urgency of the budget
situation.
Finally he sat down and in
longhand wrote out a short
memorandum to the President.
It was typed and delivered to
Mr.. johnson.
In it Mr.. Gordon stressed the
legislative situation, the critical
stage of the budget-making
process, and the tough sched-
ule that would have to be
followed for the President to
review and affirm the esti-
mates that had been reached.
On Sunday, November "a,
Mr.. Gordon was notified that
Mr.. Johnson wanted to see him
at 6 pm. For an hour they
went over the figures and the
President was assured there
was enough time for him to
make the budget conform to
his desires.
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Picture on Pose B-l

down, pedestrians at the foot
of the Lincoln Memorial win
have an unobstructed view of
the Washington Monument.
The razing of the structures
will restore much of the orig
inal concept of the Rejecting
Pool, which is supposed to re-
fleet the length of the shaft
Of the Washington Monument.
Washington residents have
campaigned for decades to re-
move the tempoS, and there
have been several premature
announcements of their de-
parture. But this time the Gen.
eral Services Administration
has gone too far to back down,
and bids are to be opened by
the agency tomorrow.
Actually, the three-quarters
of a mile tempos, because the
buildings are interconnected,
are counted as only seven
buildings.
An eighth building scheduled
to be included in the razing
contract is the old Fisheries
Building and its annex, on the
north side of independence
avenue S.W. between Sixth and
Seventh streets.
The Fisheries Building was
built in 1855 as an armory for
the District militia, served as a
hospital during the Civil War.
In the 1S70s it became q home
See TEMPOS, Page Az
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JOHNSON AT WORK

possible and cutting back on
Government employment.
Many were unhappy. One
official was reported to have
said bitterly that if the Budget
Bureau had been asked to pass
on the number of the Apostles,
it would have reduced their
number from IL to 10. The
reply was that in the review.
Mr.. johnson would have cut
the number to eight.
What next years budget will
be, the President will disclose
on January 81. While expendi-
lures will be up, the number Of
Federal employees is expected to
be lower.
Instead of the $4,000 more
workers which the departments
and agencies originally request
ed, by June 80, 1864, there will
be an estimated net reduction
of from 500 to 1000 employees.
Overall, the President is
reported to have reduced "fi-
nal" Budget Bureau requests
by about 50 billion-a cut
similar to the one the late
President Kennedy made a
year ago when he got the
final" Budget Bureaus rec
ommendation. Included in
the 50 billion cut in the $500
million reduction from the
BLACK Friday order" and
another decrease of $3.50
million which Mr.. johnson
mentioned Friday in telling of
a $3.50 million decrease.
The new budget will reflect
reductions in spending for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-29
BY DAVID BRAATEN
star staff Writer

After six years of defensive
maneuvering and evasion &C
ton, the Navy appears to have
struck its colors in the Battle
Of the Eight-and-a-half Sea.
The color involved is brown,
and the surrender includes not
only S1a C, but all sizes from
IA to ice.
Years of determined assault
from the General Accounting
Office have finally taken their
toll Of the Nays gunboatS. The
admiralS have agreed to stop
issuing brown dress shoes to
Navy officers, despite the dan
ger to morale that such a
move poses.
For Comptroller General JOS
eph Campbell and his men at
the GAO, the agreement repre-
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ment (of West Germany hope
that a further easing of the
situation for the people in both
parts of the city should be
achieved"
He was referring to a remark
made by East German Deputy
Premier Alexander Abusch in
an interview with a Communist
newspaper that his regime was
willing to talk about the extern
sion of the visiting period.
The East-West agreement
included only those West
Berliners who have close rela-
tives in the Soviet sector.
West Berlin officials indicat-
ed that in future talks Western
negotiators would try to obtain
! See WALL, Page Az
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They were responding to what
Government people are calling
the BLACK Friday order"
This was a memorandum
sent out by Mr.. Gordon on the
day before calling on depart
ments and agencies to review
their budgets and come up
with new estimates of savings
in money and personnel.
It was close to midnight
when Mr.. Gordon took the last
call. He totaled up the figures
and then YEARLY went home.
At z O'Clock the next morn
ing, as the budget director, still
sleepy-eyed, was struggling to
get a leg into his trousers, the
telephone rang.
On the line was President
johnson. He wanted the fig
ures. He got them quickly:
$500 million and 10000 jobs.
The figures underscored the
new Presidents seriousness
about holding down the 1866
Federal budget as much as
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Thaw in Cold War
Doubtful Erhard
Cautions johnson
But New Moves
Are Not Barred ,
Press Aides Soy
By GARRETT ID. HORNER
Star staff Writer

JOHNSON CITY, Tex. Dec.
28.-President johnson today
got from West German Chan
cellor Ludwig Erhard a mot
very encouraging" assessment
of the prospects for any gen.
eral thawing of the cold war.
The two leaders, meeting at
the Presidents LBJ Ranch near
here, kept the door open to
continued diplomatic probing
of the Soviet Union in efforts
to lessen East-West tensions,
however.
Mr.. Erhard's press spokes-
man, Karl Gunther Won Hase,
said the Chancellor sees the
prospects as mot very en-
couraging" in view of dis
couraging responses by the
East to Western approaches in
the past.
1T is just a realistic assess
ment of what has happened so
far. It covers the past but GER
tainly does not block the fu-
ture," he said.
Backs New Approaches
This statement was inter-
preted by some newsmen as
throwing cold water on the
idea of further approaches by
the West to the East. The Ger
man spokesman emphasized,
however, that I'VE always go
along with exploration in this
field. There is nothing
from our side against any ex-
ploration."
Asked if Mr.. Erhard did not
consider conclusion of a nu-
clear test ban treaty with the
Soviet encouraging. he said.
You have not only to look at
the test ban treaty. but at
what happened afterwards,
such as blocking the Auto
balm" He referred to Soviet
harassment of allied conveys
into West Berlin.
White House Secretary Pierre
Salinger clarified the discus
sion by noting that Mr.. Err
hard's assessment was pretty
much in the context of the
Berlin problem and German
unification" rather than over
all East-West relations.
Mr.. Salinger also told a re-
porter, who said Mr.. Won Hase's
report left an impression of a
difference of opinion, that
you wouldn't be wronger."
Viewpoints Vary
(The East West relations
phases of the conference, as
summarized in the Salinger-
Won Hase briefing got varying
interpretations, the Associated
Press said. These led to hurried
efforts by United States off,
Gals tonight to spread assur-
ances that everything that took
place between Mr.. johnson and
Mr.. Erhard and their advisers
confirms an American impress
sion that Germany Is going
to be more flexible under
Erhard than it was under Kon-
rad Adenauer in this field.
Zone official said Mr.. Erhard
See JOHNSON, Page A-4
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collaborators for a possible
Holy Land meeting between
the Pontiff and Patriarch
Athenagoras."
1t was the first time that the
Vatican had mentioned such a
possibility in an Official commu-
nique. Sources here said it was
unlikely that the Vatican
would have referred to a meet
ing if it had serious reason to
think it would not take place.
Patriarch Athenagoras still
has not announced definitely
that he is going to the Holy
Land. He has asked other
Orthodox Church leaders to
See POPE, Page AS
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36-Inch Snowfall
Ties Up Jupun Traffic

TOKYO, Dec. % (AP).-A
two-day snowfall, totaling SO
inches in some places, dis
rupted train and bus service in
west coast areas of Japan to-
day. Twenty one passenger
trains and 81 freight trains
were cancelled in northern
Honshu and others ran up to
51a hours behind schedule.
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tenth street and Constitution
and independence avenues.
Also definitely scheduled for
razing are all these tempos on
the south side of the Rejecting
Pool, between the Lincoln Me-
mortal, Seventeenth street and
independence avenue.
When the tempos are torn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-29

BerllnerS their tlrSt
Christmas family reunion in
two years.
So far 100000 West Berlin
ers have visited relatives in
East Berlin, the official East
German news agency. Adm,
reported. Altogether 100000
permits for one-day visits have
been issued. the agency said.
About $4,000 West Berliners,
the highest total for a single
day so far, crossed over into
East Berlin since this morning
Adm added. AS usual, they
were all due back by midnight.
The permits are good only
for eastward trips as was clear
Christmas Day when East
German border guards fatally
shot a youth trying to flee to
the West.
Despite the tragedy, a West
Berlin spokesman said, "tht
Senate west Berlin govern
menD and the federal govern.
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Scranton Is Sure
Of Ability, Keeps
Open to Draft
Says Republicans Should Pick
Best Man, Not Best Candidate
BY DAVID s. BRODER
star staff Writer

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec 2S-Gov William W. Scranton,
expressing confidence in his ability to handle the job
said today the Republican Party should nominate the
who would make the best President not just the best cand
date.
The Governor, who disclosed last week that he has
promised former President Eisenhower to think deeply
about entering the battle for the G. p nomination said
the decision the party sandardbearer should be made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-29
u. S. Will Roze "a Mile
Of Tempos on Mall
Offices Near Monument, Rejecting Pool
To Be Wrecked; Bids Open Tomorrow
BY LEE FLOR
star staff Writer

Bids for razng complex of World War II tempos that
sprawl almost three-quarters of mile along The Mall
to be opened tomorrow.
The tempo long considered eyesore and disgrace for
Washington include all those barrackske buildings the
west side of the Washington Monument between it, Seven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-29

at the Republican convention
next July-and the choice
should not necessarily be the
man who wins the most pri-
maries.
situations change from the
primaries to the convention, 4"
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he said, land we have certainly
had them changing in the last
year."
In a copyrighted ON THE
RECORD interview with re-
porters for The Star, the De-
troit News, the Newark News
and the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch, Gov. Scranton said his
reluctance to become an
avowed contender docs not
mean I do not have confidence
in myself"
Il feel I could do the job and
/ am confident ! have enough
ability to do 1t well" he said.
Won't File Disclaimer
The 46-year-old Pennsylvani-
an. an increasingly discussed
dark horse presidential posi-
bility, also:
/. Disclosed he will allow his
name to go into the Oregon
presidential primary next May
rather than file an affidavit
disclaiming any interest in the
presidency. The Oregon law
permits the Secretary of State
to enter names of prominently
mentioned Presidential POSSIBLE
tiles, unless they file state
ments refusing to accept nomi-
nation.
2. Suggested the trend to
increasing Capitalization of
government could be reversed
by giving States exclusive
authority to levy some $13
billion a year Of excise taxes on
cigarettes, gasoline and other
products. With this money, he
said, the States could take over
many Federal programs in the
fields OF housing. urban renew
al and aid to the unemployed.
8. Supported pending civil
rights legislation. including
new laws to protect equal
access to public accommoda-
tons, but criticized the "hypoc-
risy" of the Democratic ad-
ministration's handling of the
issue.
4. Said he would support an
increased American military
effort in South Wet Nam ii
authorities are satisfied the
new government is a re-
sponsible one"
S. Said he believed foreign
military aid "is very important
to our national defense" and
should be continued. but eco
nomic aid programs should b.
re-examined to assure they are
really benefiting "the people
who are underprivileged."
6. Said he believed as Ions
See SCRANTON, Page Al
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TOday's Star

Also Sunday, The Stor Magazine;
This Week Musozine; TV Moso-
zine. color comic section, Woodward
6 Lothrop TobIoid; ond Lonsburoh's
White Sale Grovure Section.
SpecioI Today
Former Postmaster General ].
Edword Doy tukes q shorp- eyed look
at the difference between Federal
economy ond penny -pinehins. Pose
"a
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Berlin Ready to Discuss
Extension of VISITING
Officials in Both East and West
Hope to Keep Wall Gutes Open

BERLIN, Dec % (AP)-German officials in both parts
of this divided city voiced readiness today discuss
ing past the January deadne the agreement permitting
West BerinerS to visit behind the Communist-bu wall
Both sides expressed the hope they could keep open the
holes in the wall which allowed hundreds of thousands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-29
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

On December IS, Budget
Director Kermit Gordon sat
late in his office.
From time to time he took
telephone calls. On a pad he
scrubbed some figures.
The calls were coming from
departmen It's and agencies.
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Text Of Interview Poss ca
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Erhord Moy Minimize Aspects Of We'll
Posses Pase AS
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SAC Bosses Torssted in Economy
Prosrom. AZ
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Weather Forecast

District and vicinity Some eloudinesS.
mostly fair and cold today. high in the
low sos. Tonight. fair. low about 20. To-
morrow. some cloudiness, mostly fair and
cold. high In the middle sos. Yesterdays
high, SO. at Sis am; low, %. at TAO am.
Full Report On Pass c-6
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rated Berliners their first
istmas family reunion in
years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-28

tory WOman's Club held its
annual spring luncheon at Olney
Inn May is and elected the
following new officers: Mrs.
EImore Chatham, president;
Mrs. John Lacey, first vice pres
ident; Mrs. Frank Berulis, sec
Ond vice president; Mrs. Ira
Mullis, recording secretary;
Mrs. Robert Newton, CORE
spending secretary; and Mrs.
william Vann, treasurer.
SisterhOOd MCJC
The Sisterhood of Montgom.
cry County Jewish Community,
held its annual Installation
Thursday at the MCJC center.
Mrs. Harry Koenick was rein
stalled as president.
WOman's Club Of Chevy Chase
The club voted an honorary
membership to Mrs. George A.
Finch, club president from
1885. She is the 10th past
president so hOnored in the