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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

for the government at large
profits.
Mr.. Perez Jimenez has failed
to produce evidence that he
paid income tax in Venezuela
during this period. He had
three separate bank accounts
in Venezuela, but never de-
posted more than / Venezuelan
Bolivar (about IS cents) in
each, his accusers say.
Mr.. Perez Jimenez, in a coun-
ter-attack against extradition,
has called the embezzlement
charges a pretext by his politi-
cal enemies to get him back
to Venezuela. He has hired a
Miami public relations firm,
taken full page ads in news
papers around the Country,
and found support among sew
eral conservative members of
the House of Representatives.
In a speech on the floor of
the House on February 7, Rep
resentative Cramer, Republican
of Florida, unleashed a bitter
attack on the unreliable" Be-
tancourt government, an d
noted with irony that the i'm
prisoned ANTI Communist"
and ro-American" Mr.. Perez
Jimenez had been given a
medal and welcomed to this
Country by President Eisen-
hover in 1854.
Three-PrOnged Attack
The Perez Jimenez counter
attack has three main prongs:
/. That he is being denied
writ of habeas corpus, and is
being held without bail in the
Miami jail. Judge William A.
McRae suspended bail in De-
cember when the United States
Court of Appeals upheld the
earlier court ruling in favor of
extraditing Mr.. Perez Jimenez.
2. That a gross conflict of
interest" is being tolerated by
the Kennedy administration in
order to get rid Of the former
dictator. The claim is that Dean
Acheson, as a trusted policy
making adviser Of the admin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
Pressure Is on Rusk in Fiqht
Over Perez Jimenez Return

istration" and senior partner
in Covington a. Burling, the
law firm which the Venezuelan
government has retained to
handle the case is In a position
to influence the final State De-
partment decision in favor Of
his client.
3. That Mr.. Perez Jimenez
will not get a fair trial In
Venezuela by his hated political
rival, President Betancourt, and
that he will be executed on
his return.
For their part, partisans of
President Betancourk and pro-
moters of the extradition have
answers for all these charges.
Bail for 3 Years
First, they note that Mr.
Perez Jimenez was free on bail
for over three years, and dur
ing part Of that time he was
even allowed to leave Florida
for periodic visits to New York.
Judge McRae, they contend,
suspended the 100000 bail
when the case had gone far
enough to couse fears that
Mr.. Perez Jimenez might flee
the country to escape extradi-
ton. The Judge acted on an
assertion by the Justice De-
partment that their agents
could not guarantee complete
surveillance of the wealthy
alien in his Florida habitat.
Second, they emphatically
deny that Mr.. Acheson has
anything to do with the case.
l. 1t Is not true, the lawyers say,
that he has been handling the
prosecution.
Third, Venezuelan officials
led by Mr.. Betancourt him.
self during his recent visit here
-vehemently deny that Vene-
zuelan justice is managed.
They point out that Venezuela
has not had any death penalty
since the middle of the 10Th
century, and that under Vene-
zuelan law the most that the
former dictator can get for
embezzlement is 80 years.
Supreme Court Trial
In answering q question at
a National Press Club luncheon
here President Betancourt
pointed out that Mr.. Perez
Jimenez will be tried by the
Supreme Court. none Of whose
members has been appointed
by him. He noted that two
would-be assassins who failed
in their attempt to assissinate
him in 1860 and who have
confessed their guilt are still
alive and being legally pros
ecuted.
In private these defenders of
extradition contend that the
United States Government can
not claim its answering sup
port for the kind of liberal
democracy President Betan-
court represents in Latin
America and then turn around
and deny extradition because
of doubts about Venezuelan
justice.
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CRIME
Continued From Page A.

18N
or CLOSING over facts" Mr..
Mcmillan said. and added:
I'm my judgment, the crime
problem involves providing
these actions which will give
the maximum immediate pro-
lection for life and property to
the citizens of the District, for
those performing the functions
of the Government, and for the
millions of visitors to the Ma
tons Capital.
Says Schools Must Aid
Admittedly, this protection
is only part of the solution.
Long-range efforts must be
planned for delinquency pre-
vention, for the preparation Of
youth for participation in a
law-abiding community, for
rehabilitation programs and
facilities, and for community
wide awakening of citizen re-
sponsibility to assist in en-
forcement of laws.
Schools, churches, public
and private organizations and
their facilities must be a part
Of the long range attack. The
coordination of these latter
agencies should not delay the
actions which will improve
public protection"
The bills proposed by Mr.,
Tobriner, president Of the
Board of Commissioners
would:
/. Restrict the shipment Of
weapons into the District. "A
Senate Judiciary subcommittee
has been looking into the i'm
pact Of mail-order gun sales
on Washington and other big
cities)
2. Require a license for pos
session OF a pistol or revolver
This requirement, which would
be similar TO New York's Sui
Ivan law. also was backed al
the conference by District
Court Judge Alexander Holtz-
off.
3. Activate the police reserve
These men would be used u
relieve the regular police al
ceremonies and occasions which
are not deemed OF an emer-
gency nature"
4. Tighten the city's anti
lettering law. which is aimed
mainly at Juvenile delinquency
prevention. This amendment
would bring parents into court
for the Juveniles second Of
tense, rather than tha current
third offense provision.
S. Amend the Mallory rule
so that a confession otherwise
admissible would not be denied
admission in evidence simply
because OF q delay between ar
rest and arraignment, The NAL
lory court decision threw Out
a confession because Of the
time lag between arrest and
court arraignment.
The Commissioners have or.
dered an end TO arrests for In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
Museum to Exhibit
5000 Germun Books

The Museum OF Natural His
tory will open a new exhibit
&C Contemporary German
Books on March IL. It vii,
run through March 20 at the
museum, Tenth street anc
Constitution avenue NV.
The collection includes about
5000 books and gives a survey
OF German book production
since 1868 when another SINH
lar exhibit toured the United
States.
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atives slipped through the
guarded doors bearing coffee,
sandwiches and cigarettes. Now
the embattled students have
worked out shifts whereby so
remain in the building at all
times and others can get out
to sleep at home or eat in near
by restaurants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

The long drawn-out extradi-
ton fight over former Vene-
.zuelan dictator Marcos Perez
Jimenez is heading for what
may be an explosive climax
here.
BY early March Mr.. Perez
Jimenez's lawyers are expected
to file a final appeal for Su-
'preme Court review of the case.
For the time being, he remains
in a Miami jail. He has been
there since last December when
the United States Court of APP
peals upheld a lower court YER
dict in favor of extradition.
But no matter what happens
the final decision is up to the
Secretary of State. Under the
exuadition treaty with Vene-
zuela dating back to 1920, the
courts only decide whether the
defendant is liable for extra
dition under any of the crimes
enumerated in the treaty.
Battle on Decision
A first-class political battle
is shaping up over what Sec
rotary of State Rusk's decision
should be. If he decides to
hand Mr.. Perez Jimenez over
to the Venezuelan government
of President Romulo Betan-
court, it will be the first time
that the United States has per-
United extradition of a former
head of state.
Mr.. Perez Jimenez ruled Ven
ezuela with an iron hand for
almost ten years from l948
to 1858 when he was over
thrown.
President Betancourt wants
to try the former general in
Venezuela on charges of en-
bezzling millions Of dollars
from the Venezuelan govern
ment - a crime which is in
ciuded in the extradition treaty.
The case has dragged on
through one United States court
after another for over three
and one half years. In Is vol
umes of testimony and EVIL
dence begun in August 1859 the
Venezuelan government has
convinced judges at each level
of the court system that Mr..
Perez Jimenez did embezzle
government funds.
Through documents, lawyers
of the Venezuelan government
put his current fortune at APP
proximately $13 million on pa
per alone. They have a deposit
slip showing a single deposit Of
81 million in the New York
National City Bank during his
presidency.
Shared in Profits
They have produced further
proof that Mr.. Perez Jimenez
had a secret 20 per cent share
in a corporation run by his
Minister Of Economics, and
whose sole business was build |
ing lavish resorts and hotels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24
CUBA

Continued From Page Al
other way to destroy the Cas-
tro regime quickly.
Evidence Lacking
It is the view Of the two
leaders that the situation is so
delicate they ought not to try
to back Mr.. Kennedy into a
corner where he might be
forced by political circum-
stances to reject some possibly
worthwhile proposal or might
feel he had to adopt a risky
course because Of public clam
or for it.
But they complain they can
find no evidence of long-range
administration policy for deal
ing with Cuba that goes beyond
Mr.. Kennedy's reported windup
statement at the White House
briefing that well do the best
we can"
Secretary of Defense Nc
Namara outlined to the Senate
Armed Services Committee Fri
day the administrations long
range plans on Cuba and
Chairman Russell, Democrat
Of Georgia, expressed general
satisfaction with them. He re-
fused to say what they are.
The Republican leaders re-
gard as tenuous Mr.. Krush-
chev's promise to withdraw
some of the 1900 troops re-
naming in Cuba.
Combat Strength Questioned
Some Of them said they
brought away from the White
House briefing the impression
that the Withdrawals probably
would not include combat
ready troops the Russians have
on the island. These are be-
lieved to number 5000 to 5000.
Some Of the Republicans
reported also that, so far as
they can learn, the administra-
ton does not have any assess
ment Of the number Of Czech
oslovakian, Polish - and even
Communist Chinese - troops
and technical workers who may
be in Cuba.
Few, If any, Republicans in
Congress share the optimistic
view Of Vice President johnson
that Russia already has lost It's
gamble to extend the Commu-
mist empire into the Western
Hemisphere.
See Soviet Gains
Mr.. johnson said in q speech
prepared for a Wichita Falls
Tex, audience that the SovietS
"gamhled greatly and they
lost" in what he described as q
desperate attempt Ito extend
their armed empire across the
oceans to the Western Hemis-
phere."
The general Republican view
is that. as matters stand, the
Soviets have won a foothold In
the hemisphere and 1t will take
some firm action TO get them
out. They want Mr.. Kennedy
to decide what that action will
be.
Vice President johnson said
that the year 1862 is likely II
be pinpointed "as one Of de-
cisive turning points In the
cold war and Of the whole Ions
struggle between freedom anc
tyranny"
After the Cuban failure, he
said, "the Russian Communist;
turned back to an empire ir
which-for the first time since
communism came into exist
ence they found their owr
leadership and control defiec
and challenged by the Chinese
Communists. And the whole
myth Of Communist unity ex-
ploded."
Evening star., 1963-09-19

Willard Van Valkenburgh
who was jailed for one hour
on election night November 7
1861. after he tried to put his
own ballot in a ballot box ir
Alexandria, reached a last
minute settlement today with
three election judges he hao
sued for $150,000.
The suit was dismissed in ar
order signed by Oren r. Lewis
Alexandria District Court
Judge, and agreed to by attor-
neys Howard w. Smith, jr., rep
resenting the three women
election judges; Albert ]. Ahern
jr., representing Mr.. Van VAL
kenburgh, and Robert L. Watt
assistant city attorney.
The settlement was an
nounced at II am, one hour
after the case was to go before
a jury.
According to the order, the
city has agreed to expunge
from his files, to the extent
permissible by law, all records
in its possession reflecting the
arrest and commitment" of Mr.
Van Valkenburgh."
Also, one of the election
judges, Mrs. Dorothy McMur-
ray, agreed to drop her $25, ,00C
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Alexandra Voting Suit
Is Settled Out of Court

counter suit. against Mr.. Van
Valkenburgh and he agreed to
drop his suit against the judges
and the city.
Mr.. Van Valkenburgh claimed
in his suit that Mrs. McMurray
tried to stop him from putting
his ballot in the box at the
Charles Barrett School polling
place and that his hand "col-
lided" with hers. Later that Cay,
police arrested him and took
him to the polling place, where
he was sentenced by the judges
to an hour in Jail. e.,
He was sentenced under a
seldom enforced Virginia law
forbidding voters to put their
own ballots in the box. 2
Mr.. Ahern said after the set
tlement that his primary in
terest was in erasing the arrest
record and money was a sec-
on6ary consideration.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

cry planners 80 days to file {
list of their real estate interests
With the agency's executive
director.
The list would include own.
ership or any interest in any
real estate In the two counties
any affiliation with a corpora
ton dealing In real estate anc
any participation in real estate
transactions.
1.-THE resolution was proposed
By Mrs. Caroline Freeland oi
Montgomery, after j. Newton
Brewer, jr., also of Montgomery
and planning commission vice
Chairman, issued a notarized
statement declaring the real
estate interests of himself and
his wife. They consist of the
Brewer home and Mrs. Brewers
one-half interest in land jointly
owned with her brother.
t'I am sick and tired of
rumors about conflicts of in
tereSt and I want this settled
once and for ALL" Mr.. Brewer
said.
s''I think it's necessary we all
do this" Mrs. Freeland said
IN making her motion.
: John B. Lauer of Prince
Georges Immediately ques-
toned the legality of the reso-
lution, and said it should be
deferred SO he could check
1t out and possibly make a
few changes"
Mr.. Lauer insisted on post
ponement even after Mrs.
Freeland emphasized her reso-
luton pertained only to the
five Montgomery members.
But she said she would like
approval of both five-member
boards.
) 1--WE are a State agency and
maybe the attorney general
should look at this first" Mr..
Lauer said.
Everett r. Jones, another
Montgomery member. sub
nitted, a code Of ethics as an
amendment, but his motion
died after Mr.. Brewer noted
the code carried no penalty
for violation.
Presidential cabinet men,
bers sell their stocks in corpo-
rations, so I don't see why
we can't at least list our in
Mr.. Brewer added.
: State law now requires men,
bers to declare any financial
interest in matters under dis
and to abstain from
voting in such cases. Mrs. Free
Evening star., 1963-09-19
RapeSuspect
EIudes Pursuit

Fairfax County Police yes
terday sighted the man they
believe raped a 21-year-olc
housewife near Franconia or
September 6, but lost his trail
in a wooded area near Lorton
Chief William L. Durrer said
a plainclothesman spotted the
man as he was about to break
into a home yesterday morn
ing. The officer gave chase
but lost the suspect in woods
bordering the house, he said
Police dogs were unable to pick
UP the suspects scent.
A later search Of the yard
turned up the mans shoes, ac-
cording to the chief. Mai. Dur
rer said they matched casts
taken of footprints left by the
rapist two weeks ago.
The house where the chase
started yesterday had been
broken into twice during recent
months, the chief said. 1t is
located near the Richmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad tracks, between the
tracks and Shirley Highway.
Fairfax police have checked
out a steady stream of calls
from residents who think they
have spotted the attacker. Maj.
Durrer said that a special Is
man detail will continue to
comb the area.
Police are seeking a Negro
in his twenties, who is 5 feet 8
inches tall and weighs about
$50 pounds. He is supposed to
have a bullet wound on one of
his thumbs.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD
Star Staff Writer


MANASSAS PARK. Va.
Sept. ia ruling by the coun.
ty school board that children
living on public transportation
lines may no longer ride
school buses has stirred up 9
horne e t's nest In this Prince
William County community.
Parents are threatening tt
take their complaint to the
Governors office in Richmond
and the Manassas Park Council
has named one Of its members
Theodore Mclean, to work
with parents in an effort to up.
set the school board ruling.
The board ruled last week
that children living in areas
served by satisfactory public
transportation facilities would
not be eligible to ride school
buses.
1t said that, in its opinion,
the areas now being served by
satisfactory" public bus facili-
ties are the towns Of Manassas
Park and nearby Manassas,
the county seat.
School Supt. Stuart M. Be-
vile said the school board long
has had a policy Of not hauling
children in school buses within
town limits. He said, for exam
pie, that tudents attending
Osbourn High School in Ma
nassas and living within the
town limits have never been
allowed to ride school buses.
Mr.. Beville said, however,
that children living in corporate
towns and attending schools
over a mile from their homes
outside corporate limits have
b n provided transportation
on school buses. The school
board, he said, has always
maintained a one-mile cutoff
point, and heretofore all the
children living beyond this dis
tance have been provided with
transportation.
The school bus restrictions
affected the residents of Ma
n assas S Park when sch OILS
opened earlier this month,
while Manassas parents will
not feel the effects Of the ban
until the new Marsteller Junior
High School, just outside town,
opens next month.
Parents in Manassas Park
charge that the school boards
ruling has saddled them with a
double school tax burden. They
point out that they must pay
the same school taxes as par
entS In other areas where
school transportation is provid-
ed, plus public transportation
charges If their children are to
ride to school.
The Prince William Trans
portation Co., a new bus service
operating in the Manassas and
Manassas Park areas, has set a
charge Of IL cents per trip or
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Curb on School Buses Stirs
Protests in Manassas Park

They said that walking in the
community is dangerous, be-
cause there are no sidewalks.
Mr.. Beville said the board, In
adopting its ruling curtailing
bus service, was following 6 a
pattern which has been set in
some urban Virginia communi-
ties.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
NEW HOLTON-ARMS SCHOOL OPEN
Strong Protest Raised
To GreenbeIt Project

Prince Georges County resi-.
dents yesterday voiced oppo-
sition to a high-rise apartment
complex next to the proposed
Greenbelt National Park.
James F. Vance OF the Prince
Georges Civic Federation ear
lier had tried to stop the public
hearing on the project be-
cause he said a refusal of the
Maryland National Capitol
Park and Planning Commission
to furnish him with copies OF
technical staff reports violated
due process of law.
Mr.. Vance had asked the
planning commission to furnish
him with copies of all technical
Statt reports on coming
changes. James Hennessey,
assistant planning engineer for
the commission, told a reporter
that the request was unreason-
able because the staff would
have to be expanded greatly to
handle the paper work involved
in such requests.
However, Mr.. Hennessey said
that the commission, in ac-
cordance with a 1868 Mary
land law would honor requests
on specific coming cases.
The six-hour meeting before
the Prince Georges County
Commissioners in Upper Marl-
boro almost was halted when
Lionel L. Lockhart, the COM
miSsioners' associate counsel,
said they would either have to
rule that the law was valid or
"close up shop right now"
The high rise complex Oh a
Evening star., 1963-09-19

"a cents per day for junior
high students, and ten cents
per trip or 20 cents per day fol-
elementary students.
Parents ompalin ed that
some junior high students must
walk as far as two-and-a-hali
miles to school if they do not
want to ride the public buses
Evening star., 1963-09-19

V-shaped tract of land belong
ing to Carl j. Jaeger, jr., which
extends into Greenbelt Ma.
tional Park, would have high
rise apartments on one half Of
the 1855 acres, town houses or
about 10 acres and six-story
apartments on about 20 acres
This proposal was approved
by the Prince Georges County
Planning Board. The property
is on the eastern side of Kenil-
worth avenue opposite its inter-
section with Patapsco street
and about 1900 feet south o1
Greenbelt roaG.i The plot pre-
viously had been zoned fol
rural residential homes.
Mr.. Vance, charging that the
rezoning would seriously jeop-
ardize the development of this
park for public purposes, said
Greenbelt Goes not need any
additional apartment buildings
for the next SO years.
Greenbelt Mayor Francis H
White said that the plot is a
half mile from the Springfield
Lake Apartments, which will
bring 12,500 people into Green
belt.
A letter from Robert M
Mangan, deputy assistant Sec
Iretary of the Interior, was in
troduced by Mr.. Vance.
Mr.. Mangan, speaking of the
park, said that such a devel-
opment as would be likely
under the high-rise zone, es-
Ipecially apartment buildings
rising above the forest, would
be a serious intrusion into a
significant function Of the
park"
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Submarine Veterans

The Submarine Veterans of
World War II will meet at 8
pm. tomorrow at the Fairfax
American Legion Hall. The
Auxiliary win meet at the same
time.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

lands resolution would serve
as a cross-check, enumerating
members interests before they
might be involved in cases be-
fore the planning board.
Mr.. Lauer sald that since the
matter was not on the agenda,
as requested after discus
sion two weeks ago, it should
not be taken up. He was told
1t was left off the agenda be-
cause two members would be
absent, Donald E. Gingery of
Montgomery and William j.
Stevens of Prince Georges, also
the commission chairman.
Mrs. Virginia Wiltbank of
Prince Georges argued that it
was up to the county govern
ments to discover conflicts of
interest when appointing per-
sons to the commission. Two
others from Prince Georges,
John L. PyleS and John A.
Scheibel, said that while they
had nothing to hide, they felt
no action should be taken until
all 10 members were present.
Resolution Withdrawn
To end the wrangling, Mrs.
Freeland withdrew her resolu-
ton, and indicated the Mont
gomery board would pass it at
a meeting October /.
Were not asking for this
(resolution); we're not guilty
(of conflicts" Mr.. Lauer said.
1--WE had a real estate IL
cense since 1851, but have not
made any deals since I've been
on the commission" Mr.. Lauer
said later.
The conflict issue stemmed
FROM a Montgomery County
Citizens Planning Association
letter to the county council last
month suggesting that it con-.
slider dismissing Mr.. Gingery
because he is a director of the
Seaboard Land Co. The firm is
suing the commission over the
failure to approve a
subdivision plan.
Council members indicated
the planning board should
handle the matter. Mr.. Gingery
had said earlier that he has
not acted as a planner on cases
involving Seaboard.
B. Huston McCeney, COM
mission counsel, said later he
did not think board members
could be bound by the resolu-
ton because laws governing the
agency do not give 1t authority
to legislate on the conduct of
its members.