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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-19
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star Staff Writer

SNeA SNeAA VAASSA
Negroes demanding their
rights in the United States
have much in common with
Latin American masses seek
ing more freedom, an Alliance
for Progress official said last
night.
The two groups demand
fun d a m e n ia lily the same
thing-their rights. They de-
mand to be served" They
want Ito become genuinely
integrated into the life of the
nation which now they
merely populate but which is
not really theirs" said Am
bassador Teodoro Moscoso.
United States Co-ordinator
for the Alliance for Progress.
Specifically, these vast
masses demand-some more
consciously than others - a
role in shaping the destiny of
their respective countries"
Mr.. MoscoSo said. "They are
tired of sitting on the side
lines while others make the
decisions that govern the lives
of ALL"
The State Department Of
ficial addressed a dinner held
at the Sheraton-Park Hotel
in connection with the OPEN
ing of the 18th anniversary
conference of the National
Council of Women of the
United States and Interna-
tional Council Of Women.
800 Attend
Conference sessions, which
open tomorrow, will continue
through June 30. About 600
women are attending, from
most of the 40 countries
which have councils affiliated
with the international organ
ization.
United States Negroes and
Latin American masses both
seek the right to vote, to at
tend a school or university to
which talent entities them,
"the right Of a piece Of soil
or to a decent life on the
farm of the landlord, the
right to q modest but decent
home in which to bring up
the family" Mr.. Moscoso de.
clared.
What they want, he sug-
gested, can be summarized
in a word, "dignidad" in
Spanish, and in English the
dignity Of the individual.
The issue can also be
posed in one word here and
in Latin America, he said
'integration. Here and in
other industrialized coun-
tries it is a question Of inte-
grating into the national life
large or small minority
groups.
Quest for Freedom
I'm Latin America - and
in other underdeveloped re-
gions-the problem is to
integrate the majority of
peoples into the life of
countries whose very names
are sometimes unknown to
people living within their
borders"
There is a rising demand,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-19
Moscoso Sees Lotins
fAIso ASKING Riqhts

he continued, "for the salts
faction not only Of social
and economic aspirations,
but of the quest for the en-
joyment of freedoms that
now mean little or nothing
in practice to so many mil
lions of our own people"
items of millions of men
and women in our countries
demand to be recognized
(and) to be involved in the
process Of rebuilding their
countries and making them
better communities" Mr..
MoscoSo told the group.
This demand will not
cease, but will become
louder from year to year." he
predicted.
"And it will be met" he
declared-either by dema-
gogues which the people may
decide to follow in despera-
ton only to end up in de-
spair, or through a program
such as the Alliance for
Progress.
Either all the people will
ride first class to the future
or they will overturn the
train" the official said.
Asks Help
Mr.. Moscoso urged the
women in his audience, most
Of whom were from Western
Hemisphere nations, to help
the Alliance for Progress by
establishing some form of re-
gional Latin American or
ganization with which this
country's Agency for Inter-
national Development can
work to make the Alliance
for Progress more effective.
The program has made
some encouraging begin
nings" in two years of life,
but not enough, he said.
None Of the advances in
physical construction, eco
nomic growth and social
progress will be meaningful
unless Latin American coun-
tries find a way to involve
increasingly broad strata of
their populations in the very
process of rebuilding their
societies."
This evening the National
Council Of Women of the
United States will give a re-
ception and buffet supper
for all the conference dele
gates in the Presidential
Ballroom Of the Hotel Stat
Ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-19
Retirement
Fete Set

Mr.. Harry N. Weigandt
will be honored at a retire.
ment dinner to be given at
Evans Farm Inn Monday.
The party will begin at $3.50
and dinner is planned for
1880 pm.
Hosts will be his associates
In the Farmers Cooperative
Service of the Department OF
Agriculture from which he is
retiring after 48 years in
Government service.
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Subway Strike Voted
Unless Pact Is Made

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 (AP).-
Members of Michael j. Quilts
Transport Workers Union have
voted to strike the city's sub
way and bus lines five hours
after the stroke of the New
Year unless a contract settle
ment is reached before then.
The TWU prepared for
another round of negotiations
today with he city's transit
authority. Mr.. Quill, the TWU
president, has made this same
threat biennially since 1855
without calling a strike.
This time, however, he as
sured 5000 TWU members at
the strike-vote meeting yester-
day: Before any contract is
signed, We'll make a breakdown
on the shorter work week."
Mayor Robert F. Wagner flew
back to the city last night
from a football game in Chic
ago and said he would person.
ally take part in today's tran
sit negotiations, as the situs-
ton dictated.
David L. Cole, chairman Of
Evening star., 1963-12-30
MOTEL INTERESTS SOLD
Astronauts Cash In Profits

COCOA BEACH, Fla, Dec
30 (AP).-The Nations seven
original astronauts have sold
their interest in luxury motel
near Cape Kennedy. nearly
doubling their money, their at
torney reported today.
c. Leo DeOrsey, the I'm
salaried lawyer, said he and
the astronauts originally in
vested more than 100000 in
the SIG million Cape Colony
Inn and convention hall in CO.
Goa Beach. Each of the astro-
nauts invested about $500 and
the remainder was his, Mr..
DeOorsey reported.
He said the eight sold their
shares to the moteps ia jority
Stockholder, Miami Attorney w.
T. Rose, on December Is. He
did not disclose the full selling
price but said each of the astro-
nauts received $13,500 for their
stock. He said Mr.. Rose made
a down payment, with the re-
mainder due in April.
Evening star., 1963-12-30

positive than indicated by a
report from his press spokes-
man Saturday night that he
found the record of Soviet re-
sponses to Western efforts to
ease tensions mot very en-
couraging."
In the Joint communique. the
only German reservation tc
continued probes of the Soviet
Union was that nothing should
be done to perpetuate the divi-
sion Of Germany. This is ir
line with long-standing Amer
ican policy.
Mr.. Johnson and his guest
put their feelings in palmer
language in remarks at a bar.
becue the President gave yes.
terday afternoon to introduce
Mr.. Erhard to some Of his
Texas friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Erhard said he and the
President formed a common
judgment" on East West rela-
See ERHARD, A-4
Evening star., 1963-12-30

seemed to get weaker.
They were holding hands.
Finally. you could tell they
were dead.
SIT was the most tragic thing
in the world, to see those people
there and know they weren't
going to make it.
IF those ladders had Just
been long enough"
Ladders Not Long Enough
Fire department ladders
could not reach upper floors
in the history structure. Most
Of the guests escaped down
stairways inside the building.
Two other occupants of the
smoke filled hotel had a mar
row escape.
1--WE saw a woman fall past
our window" said Yates Pal
mer, 25, Of Valdese, NC. HI
and David Loughlin. also Is, o.
Valdese, were on the l1th floor
"She was trying to climt
down a rope made of sheets,
said Mr.. Palmer.
'I think the sheets broke.
1--WE never been so scared in
my life. It's the first time ]
ever had the feeling that was
Evening star., 1963-12-30

The motel opened on June
l, 1862.
Mr.. DeOrsey said the deci-
sion to sell was a reluctant one
and indicated it stemmed from
newspaper and magazine criti-
ciSm of the astronauts' involve
ment in a commercial venture
near the Cape Kennedy rocket
launching base.
Its a good investment, and
we'd like to keep it," he said.
THE National Aeronautics and
Space Administration did not
think it was a good thing for
us to stay in. So we felt that,
if it's distasteful to the boss,
let's get out"
He said he felt the space
agency was pushed into its po-
sition by press criticism, which
he termed unfounded.
There was nothing wrong
with the boys investment in
the motel" Mr.. Dorsey said.
II deny that our position with
Evening star., 1963-12-30
8 Reported Lost
In Ship Collision

COPENHAGEN, D ark,
Dec. 80 (AP).-Eight crewmen
Of the French Freighter Capt.
taine Louis Malbert we're re-
ported drowned or missing
early today after the ship COL
lided in a thick fog with a
Danish tanker and sank.
The Danish naval command
reported Danish, Swedish and
Soviet vessels had picked up 10
survivors from the 4,261-ton
freighter. The ships owners
said the ship carried a crew of
27.
The tanker. the 12,410-ton
RoSborg, escaped with minor
damage and sent out two boats
to help in the rescue effort.
Both boats disappeared in
the fog but the Danish sailors
later were reported safe.
The collision occurred in the
K attegat Sound between
Sweden and Denmark.
Evening star., 1963-12-30

Wagner's Transit Labor Board
said of yesterdays session
There was no movement a
all in there"
Mr.. Quill, emerging from 6
caucus of the AFL-CIO union
commented: THE Transit Au-
thority played their old re-
cording:: No money"
The union leader has de.
manded a four-day, 32-houl
work week and a IS per cent
pay raise for his $4,000 mem.
bers on subway and bus jobs
The Transit Authority, which
carries about four million peo-
pie daily on those lines, has
repeatedly refused to make
any concession on the union
proposal.
A strike conceivably could
leave thousands of late home
going New Years Eve cele-
orators stranded without mass
public transportation. But the
first real impact Of such a
strike would not be felt until
the Thursday morning rush
to work.
Evening star., 1963-12-30

NASA helped gain other busi.
ness for the motel"
The lawyer said the group
plans to retain its interest in
a Washington Cd. c. apart
ment project. Oak Crest Gar
dens, which it invested in at
about the same time the mo-
tel deal was made.
The money invested by the
astronauts was part of a re-
ported 100000 they received
from a magazine for exclusive
rights to their personal stories.
The seven original astro-
nauts (there now are 800 are
Navy 1t. Comdr. Malcolm
Scott Carpenter; Air Force
Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper, jr.;
Marine 1t. Col. John H. Glenn,
jr.; Air Force Mai. Virgil I.
GriSsom, Navy Comdr. Walter
M. Schirra; Navy Comdr. Alan
B. Shepard. Jr., and civilian
Donald K. Slayton. All but Mr..
Slayton have made space
flights.
Evening star., 1963-12-30

going to die. Smoke was COM
ing out the windows four floors
down. filling up the room.
David and I took turns
breathing out the window.
Then ! knew I only had
about a minute left. so we
finally decided to go out the
window"
They had a rope Of sheets
and bedSpreadS but decided
against using it after the
woman fell past the window.
Instead. they made a shorter
rope of blankets.
I'VE climbed out and scaled
the wall down to the 10th floor
1--WE stayed there about Is
minutes. Then the firemen leo
us out"
A retired Air Force colonel
C. r. Wells of Leesburg, Fla.
led his wife and two sons tc
safety.
I'VE felt our way down q
couple Of flights of stairs ano
kept opening doors until we
found one we could gel
through. I threw a chair
through a glass door and we
] climbed out" Col. Wells said
Evening star., 1963-12-30

The House ratified the con-
ference agreement on the for
eign aid bill on Christmas eve,
after which most of its men,
bers went home. A handful of
House members had to stay in
Washington, however. to join
the Senate in bringing the
session to a formal close today.
1t will be one of the Short
est recesses on record, with the
1864 session due to start on
See CONGRESS, Page A-4
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Khrushchev Expects
Accord With u. S.
Foreign Aid Passes Senate;
Way Clear for Adjournment

the Senate was called back to-
day, not to accommodate Sem
ator Morse. but to satisfy a
desire by President johnson
that the bill be completed this
year.
81 have every good wish for
the new President, but I re-
spectfully suggest that we
should control the conduct of
business at this end of Perm
sylvania avenue" said Senator
Hruska.
Evening star., 1963-12-30
BY RICHARD CRITCHFIELD

Special to The Star
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30.-The
most serious crisis in India
Pakistan relations since the
United Nations cease fire ended
the year-long war over Kash-
mir Is years ago has erupted.
In a strong display of re-
ligious feeling, more than 140,-
900 Muslims marched, wailing
and weeping, in Kashmir's cap
ital of Srinagar yesterday. They
were mourning the theft Thurs
day night of a sacred hair OF
Islam's Prophet Mohammed
from Srinagar's Hazratbal
mosque.
The hair was kept as a relic
in the Srinagar shrine since
the Moghuls ruled India 900
years ago. 1t was removed from
a glass case after thieves sawed
through massive hinges and a
double lock in what is sus-
pected by informed sources here
to have been a well-planned
conspiracy.
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Corpsmen in ThuiIund

BANGKOK, Dec. 80 (AP)-
The seventh group Of Ameri-
can Peace Corps volunteers
20 men and four women-is due
in Thailand this week. A gov
ernment announcement said
the group would assist COM
munity development and set
tlement programs.
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Russian Sees
Relaxation
OF Tensions

MOSCOW, Dec. 80 CAP).-
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
said today there are reasonable
prospects for agreement be-
tween the United States and
the Soviet Union in 1864 on "a
broad range of measures aimed
at slowing down the arms race
and further alleviating interna-
tional tensions.
Replying to questions sub
mitted by Henry Shapiro Of
United Press International, Mr..
Khrushchev said such mea-
sures include:
Reductions in the armed
forces of states. cuts in mill
tary spending, the signing of a
nonaggression pact between
the North Atlantic Alliance
and the Communist Warsaw
Pact nations, agreement not to
disseminate nuclear weapons
and establishment of zones free
from nuclear weapons.
He also called for reduction
nf foreign forces on foreigp
territories.
Published by TasS
Mr.. Khrushchev's replies to
Mr.. Shapiro's questions were
published by Tass, the Soviet
news agency.
The Premier said the Soviet
people are entering 1854 with
grandiose plans of peaceful
construction, and the Ameri-
can people, we believe, do not,
want war either" He contin-
ued:
THE stated intention of the
new President of the United
States, Lyndon johnson, to-
continue in foreign affairs the
policy Of peaceful settlement Of
international | problems, of
improving relations with the,
Soviet Union and calling a halt
to the cold war, has been met
with qualification in this coun-
try. We. too, are in favor of
this.
I'm the coming year." Mr..
Khrushchev declared, I'VE want
to see the development Of J
relations of peaceful co-opera- /
ton, good neighborliness and
friendship between the peoples
of the United States and the
Soviet Union. -.
Decisive Change Seen
IF the efforts of our two
countries and of other statesI
are united in the interests Of
peace. then the coming year of
1864 can undoubtedly become a
year of decisive change for the
better in the entire interna-
tional situation.
ITO ensure peace means to
strengthen peaceful coexistence
of states with different social,
political systems.
THE Soviet Union is pre-
pared to consider any proposals
that might promote the devel-
opment of good neighbor rela-
tions between the Soviet Union
and the United States"
Mr.. Khrushchev also sug-
geSted an effort be made to
See KHRUSHCHEV, A-4
Evening star., 1963-12-30
- INTERPRETATION -
Relics Theft Revives
Indio-Pokiston Dispute

after riotous crowds Saturday
set fire to two movie theaters,
two hotels, a police station,
fire trucks and several cars.
Most of the property set
ablaze belongs to former Kash-
mir Premier Bakshi Ghulam
Mohammed and his family. Mr.,
Bakshi. after ruling Kashmir
with an iron hand for a de-
cade, was ouSted by Prime Min
lister Nehru last August, but
widespread resentment against
his flagrantly corrupt regime
still is widespread in Kashmir.
When one of Mr.. Bakshi's
cousins attempted to calm the
crowd Saturday, he was at
tackled and his car set on fire.
The nine men arrested so
far include Mohiuddin Kara,
founder of the pro-Pakistan
Political Conference Party who
led Saturdays rally to mourn
the sacred hairs theft.
Evening star., 1963-12-30

Barbecue Honos Erhord. Pose BE-
tives and to open discussion on
possibilities that might exist"
as a "step forward"
The West German Chancel-
lor and the President wound
up their conferences at Mr..
Johnson's LBJ ranch near here
late yesterday. Then Mr.. Err
hard flew by helicopter to
Bergstrom Air Force Base, near
Austin. and held a press con-
ference there before taking off
in a jet plane for home.
His attitude toward new
moves seeking a further thaw
in the cold war appeared more
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Erhord, johnson Agree
On Moves for Peace
To Explore New Avenues, Ideus';
Express Hope for Soviet Response
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
Star staff Writer

JOHNSON CITY, Tex, Dec 30.-An agreement to explore
new and ideas" in effort TO improve rela-
tons between the Western allies and the Soviet bloc has
emerged from two days of talks between President johnson
and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard.
The two leaders said in joint communique yesterday
Evening star., 1963-12-30
EYEWITNESS STORY
Man, Wife at Window
Die Holding Hands

JACKSONVILLE, Flar Dec. 80 (AP).-A man and
woman leaning the sill of Othfloor window of
the Roosevelt Hotel Black smoke poured around them
They appeared to be gaspng for BREATH related Dr.
Jack Mohr of Lumberon N c. who watched from fifth
floor window.
They stayed there for about 80 minutes and they
Evening star., 1963-12-30
GALLERY ENDS
YEAR OF MUSIC

THE YEARS MUSIC at the
NotiOnoI GoIIery ended last night
with q recital by young Dutch
eeIlist. At the Mclean Arts
Center. Rosolind Whitney, a
mezzo- soprono, presented a re-
eitol. and at the Washington
Cathedral, the Cathedral Choir Of
Men and Boys sove q choral
eVensong service Of onthems and
eorols. Reviews Of the three per-
formonees ore on Pose A-9.
Have The Star Delivered
Dolly and Sunday
Phone Lincoln 5000
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Probe Pushed
In Hotel Fire
Fatal 10 Il
Dramatic Rescues
Mark Disaster
AT Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Dec.
80 (AP).-Ashes and blackened
debris in the Hotel Roosevelt's
once-grand ballroom held the
secret as Investigators today
probed the cause of a fire that
left 81 dead and 66 injured.
Flames burst out yesterday
morning in or around the main
floor ballroom, sending heavy
smoke and deadly gases upward
through the 12-story, 300-room
hotel-packed with 500 Gator
Bowl weekend guests.
Nineteen victims were as
phyxiated-choked by smoke
and fumes.
The other two dead were a
woman who fell from a make.
shift bedsheet rope and an as
sistant fire chief who suffered
a heart attack as he helped
evacuate guests and employees.
Only, the cool efficiency Of
firemen and dramatic reScues
by Navy helicopters Of guests
who fled to the roof averted
q worse tragedy.
The fashionable hotel on
Adams street near Main was
packed with guests, many here
for Gator Bowl week festivities
which ended Saturday night.
Out Of Reach Of Ladders
Most of the deaths occurred
above the eighth floor, agoniz-
ingly out of reach of the city's
two 100-foot aerial ladder
trucks.
Among those rescued were
Miss America of 1864, Donna
Axum of El Dorado, Ark. The
21-year-old beauty and her
cNaperon, Lucille Previti, were
hospitalized overnight. They
suffered smoke inhalation.
Miss Axum, smiling from q
hospital bed, said all she took
with her when she fed In pa
jamas, slippers and q beaver
coat were two pocketbooxs
and my crown"
Business executives were
among the dead. They included
James Jackson Swick, SO,
owner president Of Copeland
Sausage Co. His wife, Lorena
Eaker Rena) Swick, 81, also
was killed.
The Swicks. Of Alachua, Fla.
had stayed in town after at
tending the Gator Bowl game.
Another executive among the
dead was Wade Hildinger of
Buffalo, N. Y, vice president
for sales Of National Gypsum
Co.
inspected hecently
Mayor Hayden Burns, COM
missioner of the police and fire
departments, said city fire
marshals inspected the hotel
within the last 10 days and
found it complied with all fire |
safety rules.
There is no negligence In
volved in this fire in any way"
the Mayor said. I'VE know that |
the origin was in the ceiling |
of the ballroom, but the cause |
has not yet been determined"
William H. Johnston, who
bought the Roosevelt in 1860
from the Meyer hotel chain and
spent 81 million renovating the
37-year-old structure, said "the
hotel was as fireproof as you
can get building. 1t Is a sad
thing that those people didn't
stay in their rooms"
THE smoke just built up and
See FIRE, Az
Evening star., 1963-12-30
Decision IsDue
YGO|dwater
Friday Verdict Set
On Presidency Bid

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 80
(AP).-S Senator Barry Gold
water will announce Friday
whether he will seek the Re-
publican presidential nomina-
ton in 1864.
Senator Goldwater made his
plan known today in tele-
grams to numerous supporters
throughout the country.
The Senator was not avail
able for comment, and his Ari-
zona aide, Paul Sexson, would
not elaborate.
The telegram read:
From time to time during
the past year, I have discussed
with countless Republicans like
yourself our two-party system
and our individual RESPONSE
bility to this concept.
Because we share a mutual
belief in this regard, I want
you to know that on January
3, I am asking some of the
leaders of the Republican Party
in Arizona to meet with me
at noon at my home in Phoenix
to hear my decision regarding
1854"
Others Possible
Others tabled as possible
candidates include Pennsyl-
vania Gov. William Scranton
Michigan Gov. George Romney
former Vice President Richard
M. Nixon and Henry Cabot
Lodge, the 1860 COP. vice
presidential nominee and cur
rently Ambassador to South
Wet Nam. Harold E. Stassen,
former Minnesota Governor
and Eisenhower administration
official, has said he would seek
the nomination.
Senator Goldwater is recu-
perating at his suburban
Phoenix home from surgery
performed on his right heel in
Washington shortly before
Christmas.
Is Front Runner
Yesterday, after appearing at
city hall dedication ceremonies
in Prescott, Ariz., he said he
planned to remain in seclusion
in Phoenix until Saturday,
when he would return to Wash
ington.
Senator Goldwater, who will
be SIS on Wednesday, has been
the G. o. P. front-runner ever
since Gov. Rockefeller's divorce
and subsequent remsrriage.
But his stock among some
Republicans dropped after the
assassination of President Ken
nedy put Lyndon B. johnson
into the presidency. Many OBJ
servers felt it struck at Sena-
tor Goldwater's popularity in
the South because Mr.. john
son is q Texan.
Evening star., 1963-12-30

that they continue to hope
that this effort Of the West
ern powers will meet a con-
structive response from the
Soviet Union"
Mr.. Erhard described the
readiness to take new initia-