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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-09

Since the case can stin be
appealed. It would be impro-
er to discuss the State De-
partment's decision to re-
move Otto r. Otepka as its
chief security civilizations Of
ficer. He was charged with
giving confidential docu-
ments and other unauthorized
assistance to the Senate In.
ternal Security Subcommit-
tee.
There are two larger Is
sues. however. which deserve
public attention. quite apart
from Mr.. Otepka's case. They
concern the security ar
rangements Of the State De-
partment, and the limits
beyond which q congress
sional committee should not
go in its relations with that
department.
Dean AcheSon has admit
ted that the executive order
passed In the Truman ad-
ministration led to avoidabIe
personal tragedies In the en-
forcement Of security regllla-
tons. This order was passed
during the decentralization
produced by the Mccarthy
period. Even q man with Mr..
Acheson's sense Of fairness.
and his devotion to the State
Department. could not al
ways resist unjust and unfair
presSures. The same unhappy
tale was repeated under Mr..
Dulles tenure as Secretary
OF State, som e times with
even more grievous results.
Change in Temper
By the time Mr.. Herter be-
came Secretary the fever of
suspicion and intolerance
had pretty wen abated. It
was no longer popular or ex-
pedient to explain the diff
cultieS of American policy by
the random accusation that a
Communist spy or q Commu-
mist dupe had crept into q
position Of power in the
State Department.
During this bad period, It
became clear to q large num-
Der Of Americans that the
State Department could new
er function effectively II its
ambassadors and officials
had to work In fear Of q con-
gresSional post-m ortem. In
the nature of things, Con-
greSs would interest itself
only In those situation S
where mistakes had been
made or where it was posi-
bic to turn an investigation
to political advantage. 1t was
necessary therefore to avoid
a congressional policy Of
harasSment If q frank and
comprehensive debate was to
mark the shaping Of policy
in the State Department.
But the recognition of this
sound principle does not end
the matter. It does not, for
example, dispose Of the Sem
ate Internal Security 8 u b =
committee. That COMMITTEES
has been given q mandate by
Congress to ask detailed and
searching questions Of t h G
executive branch. 1t is def
nitely not an intruder when
1t questions members Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR.

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used t1iH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-09

william M. johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
Kennedy's Yacht
Yields to Sails

HYANNIS PORT, Mass, Aug.
81 (AP). - President Kennedy
ran into a nautical traffic Jam
today and had to loaf around
while his yacht made way for
10 sailboats.
He, Mrs. Kennedy, daughter
Caroline and a party Of friends
were returning from an after
noon cruise aboard the presi-
dental yacht Honey Fitz when
the Is sailboatS and the Honey
Fitz arrived simultaneously at
a narrow channel between
Lewis Bay and Nantucket
Sound.
The rules Of the sea required
the yacht to make way for the
sailing craft.
Earlier, while the Honey Fitz
anchored in Lewis Bay, Mr..
Kennedy and Caroline went for
a swim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01

Vice President ohnson leaves
Washington tomorrow on a
15,000-mile mission to talk
trade and friendship with the
Prime Ministers of Sweden,
Finland, Norway, Denmark, Ice
land and Greenland.
The State Department said
Mr.. johnson would make more
than 40 speeches on the tour
before returning on September
10.
It gave no dates, bus Of
flcial sources listed this as his
probable schedule:
Arrive Stockholm September
3 and stay in Sweden until
September 6; Finland, Septem-
Der clio: Norway, September
1913; Denmark, September 49,
l6: Iceland, September 1917
and Greenland, September IT.
10.
In a prepared statement, the
department described purposes
Of the long trip in these words
Discussions are expected tc
center primarily around the
effect that New World trade
patterns will have on Scandi-
navia.
The trip will express the
friendship Of the United States
and pay tribute to the Scan
dinavian people for their many
accomplishments"
The announcement said Mrs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01

Nehru Kennedy communica-
ton which Indian officials said
had been sent this week end.
The moves within Congress
to block United States aid in
building the Indian plant had
been seen as dealing a severe
blow to the morale of Indian
leaders.
midas third five-year plan
has been reported tagging, be-
cause of unforeseen military
spending needed against the
Red Chinese and because Of
bottleneckS in the Indian pro-
duction of transport, power
and steel.
Steel production is at this
point 2 million tons short of
the 1860 goal of 6 million tons
a year. India spends 5000 mil
lion yearly in scarce foreign
exchange for steel imports.
Also, the possibility of a Rus
sian offer on the Bokaro prof.
ect has been raised by foreign
observers in India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
Man Shot Dead F.,
Neiqhbor Held

A Northeast Washington
man was shot and killed yes
terday by a neighbor during an
argument, police reported.
The dead man was Willie
Miller, 48, Of the 1900 block of
F street. Held on a murder
charge was Willie Lee Gaines,
SO, of the same address.
Gaines told police he and the
victim were arguing in the
hallway when Mr.. Miller at
tackled him with a knife. Police
said Gaines told them he shot
Mr.. Miller with a .22-caliber
revolver, killing him instantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
Kennedy Fights Slash in Aid

the annual struggle over the
dollar amounts of foreign aic
as a legislative numbers game
This years initial proposal Of
$40 billion was submitted with
a purpose of retaining a mini
mum of SAL billion after the
game, a sum that has since
been Endorsed by the Clay
Committee, the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, and the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Confronting the new House
figure of $3.5 billion, the ad-
ministration is directing its
anguish and hopes at the SO
members who espouse foreign
aid but voted for the cut. Little
can be done with the 1876 who
consistently oppose the whole
program.
SO Are Pivotal
The effort now is to persuade
the pivotal SO, particularly
their leader, Minority Leader
Charles Halleck, that they
erred in supporting the pro-
gram without also supporting q
level of expenditures approved
by all those who have made q
close and responsible review OF
the requirements.
This is almost completely a
task Of Presidential persuasion
since foreign aid has never en-
joyed any basic support beyond
that which exists for a Presi-
dents conduct of foreign pol
icy. Mr.. Kennedy is adamant
on the need for SAL billion and
he will struggle hard to obtain
it in the weeks ahead.
tCopyright, 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
johnson Off Tomorrow
On 6-Country Mission

johnson and their daughter,
Lynda Bird Johnson, will &C
company the Vice President on
the goodwill tour.
Mr.. johnson, the department
said. will visit United States
military personnel stationed in
allied countries and address
students and labor and bust
ness groups, in addition to
visiting with the families Of
the heads of state in each Of
the five countries.
Sweden will be Mr.. Johnson's
first stop on the tour, the an
nouncement said, with an ad-
dress planned at a civic dinner
in Goteborg, among other &C
tivities.
In Finland. he will visit Ro-
vaniemi, at the Arctic Circle,
to meet the people Of Lapland.
In Helsinki he will address an
American Day" dinner spon-
sored by Finnish-American So
cieties.
In Norway, he will visit the
fishing village Of Bodo, above
the Arctic Circle and address
the student body Of the Univer-
sity Of Oslo.
In Denmark the Vice Presi-
dent will speak to the National
Student Association in Copen-
hagen.
In Iceland Mr.. johnson will
visit the site OF the worlds first
parliament at Thingvellir and
address the public on the cam.
pus Of the University Of Rey.
kjavik.
In Greenland he will inspect
United States radar and all
defenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy appealed
yesterday to businessmen to
back prompt tax-cut legislation
and cautioned IF we quarrel
over every sentence, the book
will never be written"
Mr.. Kennedy set forth his
views on taxes, the balance of
aymen is, prices and equal
economic opportunities in an
article in Nations Business, the
magazine of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
He reported some improve
ment in the b alanc e-of-pay-
ments problem but asked bust
ness to exert still more efforts
Ito raise exports.
The President said no gener-
al price increase in justifiable,
asserting current prices can
not be looked upon as a floor
let alone as a Springboard for
higher prices in the future"
Common Aims" Listed
The article said, in part:
members of the busin e S S
community play a vital role in
maintaining and building the
strength of the American econ
omy - in converting its great
potential into higher standards
of living and free world leader
ship.
1T Is to this community
guided by the free play of mar
ket forces but responsive to the
national interest-that I adj
dress these thoughts on what
b usine ss can do, and what
Government and business can
do together, to achieve these
common aims:
Getting our economy back
to maximum operation,
"Spe ding our rate of
growth,
Improving our competitive
position in world markets,
Avoiding initiation, and
"Equalizing opportunity for
all.
These are the aims all Of us
share. Each group in our eco
nomy has a responsibility to
take actions to help a chieve
them-and in so doing to help
America and help themselves.
TAXES
Although the prese ex-
pansion, now in its 30th month,
has reversed the postwar trend
Of ever-shorter expansions and
more frequent recessions, and
has generated solid gains-a 10
per cent growth in real output,
a 81 per cent rise in industrial
production, a Is per cent rise
in personal income, a 80 per
cent rise in corporate profits
both unemployment and idle
capacity remain far too high.
THE drag Of in a dequate
markets has slowed our eco
nomic growth in recent years.
This drag will not fall away
simply because we wish it so.
In part this drag consists of
what you and I know is a bur-.
denome tax system born of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01

Psince June, 1862, by a Federal
prisoner, a member of La Cosa
Nostra' since 1888, has corrob-
grated and embellished tn e
facts developed by the FBI as
early as 1861 which disclosed
the makeup of this gangland
horde.
LAS is evident from a look
at the old-blooded and ruth
less operations of such a
group" Mr.. Hoover added in
his latest statement, organic
ed crime" today is an appalling
| threat to our democratic prin-
ciples. Through their unlawful
dealings-thievery, gambling,
usury, extortion, bribery, black
mail and murder-underworld
gangs have grown into a domi-
mating force on the national
I
'Drive Must Be Accelerated"
Recent disclosures in the
fight against organized crime
serve. in a larger degree. to
magnify the enormous task
which lies ahead. To know the
identities of underworld bosses
and the intricate composition
and operations Of their ia
miles and regimes is, OF
course, not enough.
The concerted drive by Fed
eral and local authorities must
be accelerates and it must be
enthusiastically supported by
public spirited citizens in every
community. e"
/ Some published accounts, in
Guiding the Associated Press
story of yesterday, had inter-
preted the word magnify" in
the dictionary definition of Ito
make greater, intensity" and
had said Mr.. Hoover felt the
publicity about Valachi would
make the fight against organiz-
ed crime more difficult.
1t was these interpretations
which prompted the Justice
Department spokesman to COM
ment that Mr.. Hoover's re-
marks had been "misinter-
preted."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01

Justice Department spokesman
said:
Mr.. Hoover'S purpose was to
advise law enforcement officers
that the recent disclosures
about Cosa Nostra had clearly
demonstrated the magnitude Of
the task ahead in combating
organized crime and rack
eteering."
The Associated Press re-
ported yesterday that Mr..
Hoover had said recent dis
closures about the Nation
wide crime syndicate known
as CoSa Nostra will make the
, fight against it more difficult.
The story went on to say
- that the FBI Director thus
publicly evaluated for the first
time the published disclosure
that Joseph Valachi, 33-year
member of the Grim syndicate,
had spilled to Federal agents
many of its operating secrets
of cooperative law enforce
and named its chieftainS.
Strong Arm of Crime
Mr.. Hoover, in his message
in The Law Enforcement Bull
letin, said in part that, I'm
recent weeks NATIONWIDE at
tention has been focused on
the inner workings of a SIMS
ter criminal syndicate known
as La Cosa Nostra.' This fed
Grafton of professional rack
eteers is a strong arm of or
? ganized crime in America
The relentless determination
% of cooperative law enforce
[. ment is beginning to close the
. circle of secrecy protecting
= this unholy alliance :"
Mr.. Hoover noted that in a
message in the Law Enforce
ment Bulletin in January 1852
he had said a successful pene-
tration at that time was being
made into the "innermost
sanctum of the criminal deity,
an action which was creating
an uneasy stir among profess
sional vice lords"
In his latest message in the
Bulletin, Mr.. Hoover said "in-
formation furnished to the FBl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
BY CHARLES BARTLETT
Star Special Writer

The administration is seek
ing its recourse to the House
rebuff on foreign aid with ar
earnestness that underscores
the policymakers' reliance on
aid as a prime instrument OF
foreign policy.
Concern in the White House
over the deep cut in the au-
thorization has been sufficient
to prompt the President to
consider a broadcast appeal for
support of the program. He
had previously planned a SINH
lar appeal on behalf of his tax
proposals and is obliged now
since two broadcasts would be
impractical, to weigh the prior
tiles.
Just as tax reduction is the
basis of Mr.. Kennedy's hopes
to meet the problems of the
tagging economy, unemploy-
ment and Negro unrest, foreign
aid is the essence of the effort
20 resist Communist encroach.
ment. The opposition to foreign
aid by many of the most mill.
tant anti-Communists is an in.
congruity which the White
House would dearly love to sci
straight by public education.
Delicate Matter
The difficulty with this edu,
eating task is that officials arr
in h ibite d by the delicacy O
their dealings with foreign gov
ernments from publicly ack
nowledging the practical lever
age which they exert through
the aid grants. 1t is impossible
for an official to declare for
mally that this country's assis
lance averts the collapse of tn
Jordanian government and tn
descent Of the Middle East int,
chaos or that it accomplishe
the ability Of the fragil
Asian governments along tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
Kennedy Urges Businessmen
To Back ax-Cut Legislation

if the productivity gains are
not dissipated in fruitless spi-
rails Of rapidly rising wages
chasing higher prices, and vice
versa.
"If the overall level of prices
is not to rise, price increases on
some products and service
must be matched by price de-
creases in others. Such increas-
es and decreases are a neces-
sary and desirable part of a
free market economy.
But what is unnecessary
and undesirable is a general
rise in prices. Current prices
cannot be looked upon as a
floor-let alone as a spring
board for higher prices in the
future. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
Princess in Greece

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 81
(AP). - Princess Margaret,
younger sister of Britain's
Queen Elizabeth, arrived here
by air today with her husband,
Lord Snowdon, for a 15-day
holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
PIANO ROLL BLUES
Coso Nostro Remarks
By Hoover Clarified
BY the Associated Press

Justice department spokesman said last night statement
by Edgar Hoover the Cosa Nora mobser ring has been
misinterpreted"
Hoover director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
made his remarks in the latest issue of the FBI Law Enforce
ment Bulletin.
In simplifying his comments about misinterpreation the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
OF VIEW

soviet ana Chinese perlpherieS.
1t would be indiscreet to assert
that aid is the in due e m n
which secures the strategic ne
ceSSity of United States bases
in countries like Portugal,
Spain, Morocco, and Ethiopia.
Officials cannot acknowledge
that aid is being used in places
like Indonesia and Afghanis-
tan, where the anti-W e tern
spirit is strong, as a foot-in-
the-door against the day when
more friendly forces may rise
to dominance. 1t is awkward to
explain that the grants, most
of them small, to the new Afri-
can countries, are aimed at
easing the re-establishment of
relationships with the Euro
pean powers, who have been
and will continue to be their
principal benefactors.
Force In Diplomacy
The policy-makers consider
aid the only force of diplomacy
that will accelerate the accep-
lance of in Internal reforms in
countries like Brazil and Peru
Proddings from Washington to
take the stabilizing steps that
will lessen the prospects for
communism mean little with
out this tangible persuasion
The money does not buy
friends and it does not always
as in the present case of South
Wet Nam. achieve persuasion
but it is the best, and in some
cases. the only persuasive force
available.
Congress has come to regard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
YOUNG
ON VACATION

Joseph Young is on va
cation. His Federal Spot
light column will resume on
September 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
India Reported
Dropping Bid
For Steel Aid
BY EARL II. VOSS
Star Staff Writer

India has dropped its request
that the United States provide
economic aid in construction
of the Bokaro steel plant, it
was reported in Washington
last night.
Prime Minister Nehru has
written President Kennedy ask
ing that the United States
abandon its plans for helping
to build the huge, SIS billion
steel-producing complex, the
Times of India has reported.
Indian sources in Washington
confirmed the report, but high
American officials said mo
formal action" has been taken
yet.
Both Senate and House
committees have been the
scenes of strong attacks
against the administrators
proposal for helping to build
the plant, mainly because ii
would be under Indian govern
ment rather than private con-
troll.
"FOrestall The Inevitable"
midas dramatic decision to
spurn American aid repeatedly
was taken to "forestall the in
evitable," and to save India
time in seeking alternative aid.
1t is considered possible that
Indian leaders hoped to diSarm
critics within that country who
have complained that India is
moving too close to the United
States in seeking military aid
against Red China.
Another factor was said to
be American advice for con-
struction of the steel plant,
expected to lead to large ex-
penseS for India, more than
her own economic planners
consider to be justified.
Both President Kennedy and
his new ambassador to India,
Chester Bowles, have favored
the Bokaro project, but Con-
gresS has objected to India
plan for government control OF
the plant.
Gen CIay's Position
President Kennedy'S Advis-
DRY Committee on Foreign Aid
headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay,
indicated it would oppose the
project if it were destined fol-
the so-called public sector, u
within government control.
American officials have &C
knowledged there has been a
furry of cables between New
Delhi and Washington on the
Bokaro project, but so far, they
said, mo formal action has
been taken at this point"
These officials, however,
may not have been aware of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01

war and initiation. The tax pro-
gram have recommended can
tighten the drag on growth:
This action-tax reduction
and reform-would spur output
and investment. 1t reflects a
conscious decision to stimulate
the economy chiefly through
private rather than public
channels, to give meric a n
business the opportunity and
the responsibility, of meeting
the needs of the American eco
nomy and all its citizens.
But tax revision has not yet
been enacted. There exists
no magic tax policy that will
fully satisfy everyone and every
interest-yet prompt action on
tax relief and reform will bene-
fit us all. If we quarrel over ev-
cry sentence, the book will new
er be written. The full support
of the business community for
pr ompt and appropriate tax
action is urgently needed. ..
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
our balance-of- payments
position has been a source OF
continuing concern. Here, too,
we have made progress. But
the times d lem an e d even
greater progress and even
greater effort.
I'm our tax and monetary
policies, in our international
monetary arrangements, in our
rigorous dollar-c onservin g
measures in aid and defense,
and in our export credit and
expansion programs-b u t.
tressed by the strong new mea-
sures announced in July-we
are making a major effort to
bring the u. s. balance of pay
m ents into equilibrium. But
again, there is a role that only
you can play.
THE trade expansion act
and the forthcoming tariff ne
gotiations with the European
Economic Community and 9TH
er nations are opening a new
era of world trade and interna-
tional business opportunity.
The time has come to seize
these opportunities, to seek out
the potentials that lie in for
eign markets.
II urge you-and the pros
.pect for new profits urges
you-to redouble your own ex-
port efforts. e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
PRICES

our remarkable wholesale
price stability in the past five
years, while prices in most 9TH
er industrial countries were ris-
ing substantially, has given us
a solid base for an improved
international competitive posi-
ton.
Investment to reduce costs
and improve products and
measures to advance the skill
and productivity of our workers
will further strengthen our
competitive position-but only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-01
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

THE achievement of full
employment and of a faster
rate of economic growth will be
of prime Importance in giving
substance to equal opportuni-
ty.' But beyond this, you, as
businessmen, can play a lead
ing role in giving all Americans
q direct chance to share in the
creation of a stronger economy
and in the fruits of that econo-
my. 1 ask Of all of us that
we judge each other not as
white or nonwhite but as Amer
leans, and in so doing expand
our markets, increase our pro-
ductivity and strengthen our
Nation.