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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
HEADLINE PERSONALITY
McLendon Stresses
Political Integrity

GREENSBORO, N. c.. Nov.
IA AP).-Lennox Polk McLen-
don is a big. square-bullt
man who believes in political
integrity.
Mr.. McLendon. a 73-year-old
Greensboro attorney whose
first love was agricultural re-
search, was named yesterday
as a special counsel for the in
vestigation of the business in
terestS Of Robert G. Bobby
Baker, former Senate majority
secretary.
(Mr. McLendon is a brother
Of DR.. Preston A. McLendon Of
4607 Western avenue NV, a
Washington pediatrician and
member of the District School
Board.D
In the 1930s, Mr.. McLendon
managed the successful cam
paign of J. c. B. Ehringhaus in
a bitter North Carolina guber-
material race.
Rejected Offer
Gov. Ehringhaus offered Mr..
McLendon a seat on the State
Supreme Court. Mr.. McLendon,
then in his 40s and politically
ambitious, rejected the offer.
"One reason I gave was that
people would accuse me Of &C.
cepting a payoff for managing
the Governors campaign" he
recalled a few years ago.
Later, he served as Mayor of
Chapel Hill, member Of the
North Carolina General Assem-
bly,; a member of several State
commissions on public welfare,
education and administration
of justice, and president of the
North Carooina Bar ASsocia-
ton.
In 1860, at an age when
many men begin slowing down.
Mr.. McLendon, a Wadesboro
CNs c. native, accepted ap-
pointment as chairman Of the
State board Of higher educa-
ton.
Mr.. McLendon will take more
than so years Of experience as
a trial and corporation lawyer
into the Baker investigation. |
He is the senior member Of the |
McLendon, Brim, Holderness &
Brooks law firm in Greensboro. |
Country Lawyer"
Despite his success in law,
Mr.. McLendon's lf-descrip-
ton goes like this: Il am a
country lawyer to begin with. I
have conducted general prac-
tice Of law in my State"
AS a student at North Carroll
ma, State College, he dreamed
of getting a degree in agricul-
ture and becoming a research
scientist.
But a college English teacher
convinced him his field was
law.
II had picked up a pocketful
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denied last summer any con-
nection with the tapping Of Mr..
.Otepka's phone.
In his letter notifying the
State Department Of his desire
for a hearing. Mr.. Otepka
charged that Mr.. Reilly, was
guilty Of "a breach of depart
mental regulations and a vio-
lation of a Federal statute
Mr.. Reilly admitted to the
subcommittee last week that
he had directed a subordinate
to tap Mr.. Otepka's telephone
but said no conversations we're
intercepted.
Mr.. Otepka said the case
against me was to a large ex-
tent built by John F. Reilly,
either personally or through
others under his immediate d.
rection and control 1t has
lnow been established that in
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ployes have involved conflicts
of interest.
We're going to carry out
the direction of the Senate res
olution authorizing the probe)
and if it carries to some person
it will be followed there" said
Senator Jordan. He said that
if any of these persons turned
out to be Senators, the lead
would be followed.
Mr.. McLendon said he in
terpreted the Senate resolution
to mean that the Senate has
found there is probable cause
to believe that the public con-
science has been violated by
one or more Of its own officers
or employees :" He pledged
to direct the investigation
with thoroughness, objectivity
and fairness E"
Senator Williams, who has
been conducting his own one
man investigation Of Mr..
Bakers financial dealings, told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14

FULL NAME - Lennon Polk
Mclendon.
CLAIM TO FAME-Nomed spe-
eiol counsel to the Senote Rules
Committee for the inyestieo-
tion Of Robert 6. Bobby
Baker.
H0ME-Greensboro, N. {.
BlRTHDAY-Februory II, 1890.
EDUcATloN-Pee Dee Institute.
North coroIino Stote College,
and University Of North Cor
olino.
JOBS - Member Of the North
coroIino General Assembly;
major in the Army Of oeeupo-
tion in Europe in 1919 otter
serving as q Iieutenont in the
Notionol Guord on the Mexicon
border in 1916; solicitor for the
10th Judicial District in North
CorOlino; choimon Of the
North coroIino Board Of Edu-
cotton and later Stote Board Of
Higher Education; ehoirmon Of
the Commission on the North
Coholino Stote Department Of
Justice; member Of the Stote
Probation Commission; senior
member Of the low firm Of
MeLendon, Brim, Holdemess
8 Brooks.
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100 More Held
In Chester Strife

CHESTER, Pa. Nov. IA tAP)
Police arrested more than
100 demonstrators-both Negro
and white-today on charges Of
trying to block entrance at the
predominantly Negro Franklin
School by locking arms.
The demonstrators are pro-
testing alleged overcrowding
and substandard conditions at
the school. Authorities, how
ever. reopened the school after
it had been closed for two days.
Today's arrests brought to
more than 258 the number of
arrests on charges of disorderly
conduct and malicious mischief
in racial strife here. Several of
those arrested said they were
students from nearby Swarth-
more College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Otepka Requests Hearing,
Asks Lie Test for Accusers

his overzealous attempts to
build a case against me. Reilly
was guilty Of serious miscon-
duct, and that he thereafter
testified untruthfully under
oath when questioned about his
improper activities.
Unworthy Of Belief"
Mr.. Reilly and Mr.. Hill have
been placed on administrative
leave with pay while the State
Department considers what to
do about their reversal Of
testimony before the subcom-
mittee.
IN view Of the circum-
stances" Mr.. Otepka said in
his letter of appeal, Il re-
spectfully submit that Reilly
and BeliSle are unworthy Of
belief and that any findings
against me based upon their
testimony or upon evidence
produced by them cannot and
should not stand.
81 submit further that this
entire proceeding is tainted and
vitiated by the improper &C
tivitieS and the untruthfulneSs
of these men, so that prosecu-
ton of any charges in which
they are involved would deny
me due process of law"
Mr.. Otepka charged that Mr..
Reilly did not act in good
faith" in seeking his dismissal.
ION the contrary" Mr..
Otepka said, his action was
prompted by personal bias,
prejudice and malice and by a
desire to punish me for telling
the truth to the Senate sub
committee, and thereby en-
barrassing Mr.. Reilly. The pur-
pose of the charges was not to
protect the interest of the Gov
eminent. but rather to shield
Mr.. Reilly"
Denies Clipping Papers
The demand that his supe-
riors take lie tests came in
connection with charges that
Mr.. Otepka had clipped classifi-
cation labels from certain docu-
ments on security-risk cases.
Mr.. Otepka has denied he
clipped the documents and also
rejected the "insinuation" of
the State Department that he
had turned over the clipped
documents to the chief counsel
of the Senate subcommittee,
j. G. Sourwine.
Il respectfully suggest that
to assist in the resolution of
this matter of the clipped docu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14

Greensboro firm Of McLendon,
Brim, HolderneSs and Brooks.
Senator Jordan said Mr.,
McLendon didn't seek the post
but agreed to serve at the Sem
ator's request.
Mr.. McLendon said at a
press conference yesterday that
he will begin devoting full time
to the investigation as soon as
he winds up some legal COM
mitments in NORTH Carolina.
He said he would start part
time work with the committee
Immediately.
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ments all Of the individuals
who had access to the docu-
ments should submit to a
polygraph Gle detector) test,
to be administered by q COM
petent and impartial e. aminer, I"
Mr.. Otepka said.
II shall be glad to submit
TO such a test"
Calls for IS
He asked that 80 State De-
partment employees be made
available to the hearing officer
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who viii take testimony on the
Otepka appeal.
Mr.. Otepka will continue
on the departments payroll
throughout the appeal proce-
dures.
Mr.. Reilly, Mr.. Belisle and
Mr.. Hill were called to testify
today before the Senate sub
committee to expand on their
letters of last week acknowledge
ing they were involved in the
attaching Of an eavesdropping
device to Mr.. Otepka's tele-
phone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14

to increase interest rates on
foreign aid loans.
He failed, Al to Al, to require
that 2 per cent be collected
from the start of a loan. Under
present law the interest rate is
three-fourths of one per cent.
The House bill follows tn
Gruening amendment. But the
Senate bill allows the lower in
terest rate to continue for the
first five years of a loan before
going up to 2 per cent.
If, as seems likely, the bill
passes the Senate with a total
of $3.7 billion, the two houses
are expected to compromise on
a ceiling of $50 billion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
IMPORTER DENIES
BAKER WAS PAID

The president OF a Chicago
meat importing firm today de-
MED published reports that
commissions have been paid by
or through him to Robert @.
Bobby Baker, former secre-
tary to the Senate majority.
William Kentor, head Of the
Packers Provision Co., said no
money has ever been paid Mr..
Baker or Mr.. Bakers law firm,
and that he has never met,
correspondent or spoken with
him."
Mr.. Kentor said his firm has
done about 81 million worth of
business with the Haitian
American Meat g. Provision Co.
of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, since
January of this year.
Washington sources said yes
teTday that Mr.. Baker and pos
sibly others share a half-cent
commission on each pound OF
meat the Chicago firm imports
1t also was learned that the
Justice Department is investi-
eating alleged use of influence
by Mr.. Baker on behalf of the
Haitian firm.
Dallas Tie Reported
A New York newspaper re-
ported today that Haitian
American Vice President Mar
shall F. Dancy said Mr.. Baker
is still being paid "a finders
fee," that it is being handled
by the Murchison family ir
Dallas through Mr.. Kentor.
Mr.. Dancy and Clint w
Murchison we're not available
for comment.
The former president o
Haitian-American, Gordon 3
Duval, has said the Murchisonl
we're among the money part
ners" who bank-rolled tn
establishment of the compaIr
in 1858.
The firm struggled along
until the fall of 1861 when il
won the United States approva
to export its meat products
to the United States and Puertt
Rico.
Pressure Denied
To gain that approval, thu
firm had to meet standard
established by the United State
Department of Agriculture. Tit
departments director Of meat
inspection, DR.. c. H. Pals, sait
there was no indication of an!
preSsures on the department
to speed up certification.
The Haitian firm exports
most of its products to Puerto
; Rico, where it first did bust
; ness with the Borinquen Mea
Packing Co., Inc, of San Juan
That association was termi-
mated in January and Haitian.
: doing business with Mr.. Ken
tors company, which maintains
: a branch office in San Juan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Infant Dies in Fire
Near Wurrenton

WARRENTON, Va, Nov. IA
(SpeciaD An infant died in a
house fire near here yesterday.
The victim was Eloise Lor-
raine Tibbs, 2la-month-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ju-
NOUS Tibbs, who lived in the
Greenville community of Fau-
quier County a few miles from
Warrenton.
Officials said the fire started
while Mrs. Tibbs was out get
ting wood. When she returned,
her home was in flames and
the baby could not be rescued.
Four other children were saved,
however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28
Moroccan Sees
u. S. as Neutral

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Oct. % (AP). - An Algerian
special envoy said today Mo-
rocco is trying to drag the
United States into the Mo-
roccan-Algerian war.
Mohammed Yazid, sent here
by President Ahmed Ben Bella
10 days ago, said his impression
after talks with United States
officials was the United States
win remain neutral.
II ask myself how neutral, T"
Mr.. Yazid told a news confer
ence, "but up until now there
is no suspicion that the United
States will intervene"
He talked with reporters af-
ter seeing United Nations Sec
retary-general U Thant. He
said that he told Mr.. Thant
Algeria hopes a four-nation
African conference beginning
tomorrow Maili will settle the
dispute.
II told the secretary-general
that my government is hoping
that an African solution will
be achieved there" Mr.. Yazid
said. Our position is that this
Is an African problem that has
to be solved between Africans
and that, is why we don't ask
U. N. intervention a, 4-e
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had not had any contacts with
persons from the Soviet bloc.
Her relatives, who used to live
in East Germany, have made
their way to the West, the AS
ISOLATED Press reported.
A spokesman at the West
German Embassy here said the
woman's husband was attached
to a military unit Of the West
German Federal Ministry of
Defense here.
"Her misbehavior resulted In
their being recalled" the Ger
man spokesman said. I'VE only
know they were suddenly called
back and questioned in Bonn
by the Federal Ministry Of De-
tense. Her behavior was not UP
to the standards of people who
should be members Of the Fed
eral forces"
The Army sergeant. accord
ing to the embassy spokesman.
is now living in Cologne and
his estranged wife is with her
mother outside Cologne. A d.
vorce Is pending.
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COURT
Woman Now StuteIess
Wins Review of Law

but records later showed the
sentence as a year and a day.
Referring to the case. the
high court said the lower
courts error in tightening the
sentence in the absence Of the
defendent was so plain
that it should have been dealt
with by the Court of Appeals,
even though it had not been
alleged as error"
Justice Clark, joined by JUS
tees Harlan and Stewart, dis
scented. They said the courts
action made the sentencing
matter IAN appealable error
even though 1t has never been
called to the attention of the
trial court"
2. Refused to review the rul-
ing of the United States 5th
Circuit Court in New Orleans
that required Mobile, Ala, to
start desegregation of its public
schools last month.
Two teen-age Negroes en-
tered Murphy High School on
September 10 after National
Guardsmen sent by Gov. George
c. Wallace to block Indignation
were federalized. Justice Black
in August had denied a stay
Of the 5th Circuits Indignation
order.
8. Agreed to hear the case of
an Alabama Negro, facing a
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while he was filming the sui
eide with NBC cameraman An
drew Pearson. Mr.. Robinson
wrenched free and was pulled
into a black government lin
CUISINE which had just driven
opposite him. It carried him
and another Western newsman
to safety.
Inside we're a high govern
ment official and a woman, Mr..
Robinson said. They were cry
ing in sympathy with the
monk" he said. The official
was not identified.
Three American newsmen,
including two NBC men, were
beaten by police at the last
suicide by a monk after they
refused to surrender films of
the death.
The seven u. N. investigators
met yesterday with pro-gov-
eminent Buddhists at An Quang
Pagoda about the time the
monk made his sacrifice. They
conferred with the acting
patriarch Of the Wet Namese
BuddhistS and Dieu Hue, moth
er Of DR.. Buu Hoi, South Wet
Mans observer at the United
Nations.
Dieu Hue. a nun. had once
threatened to commit suicide
herself in protest against the
regime.
The meetings were private.
A U. N. spokesman declined to
say what was discussed.
The U. N. mission was in
vited to South Wet Nam by
the Saigon government after
the Buddhist issue went to the
General Assembly. The gov
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WET NAM
u. N. Mission Sees
Diem Buddhist Foes

eminent has said the Bud.
dhiSts are being used By the
Communists in an effort %
disrupt the governments war
effort against the Communist
guerTillaS.
In Bangkok, meanwhile, the
United States commander in
the Pacific. Admiral Harry D.
Felt, said the war in Wet Nam
was progressing satisfactor-
lily. -..- ~.
Admiral Felt was in the cap
ital Of Thailand for q two-day
meeting Of military advisers Of
the Southeast Asia Treaty Or.
ganization. He told newsmen:
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conferred with some Of the Re-
publicans favoring the stronger
bill and believed they also were
holding their lines. He added
that the coalition did not in
tend to be obstructionist and
might be willing to accept
changes in the pending bill so
long as it retained its present
basic provisions.
s Opinions Divided -
Representative McCulloch Of
Ohio, ranking Republican on
the committee, was known to
have spent several hours yes
terday and again today con-
ferring not only with his
@. o. P. colleagues and House
Republican Hallack, but also
with Justice Department Off
cials. - fi'"S . : s-.f2g
He would not comment In de-
tan on those conversations and
negotiations but said he felt a
bit more encouraged than he
did a week ago. He and Com
mittee Chairman Celler were
leading the move in the COM
mittee to obtain a middle
ground measure.
Another Republican member
of the committee, Representa-
tive Meader Of Michigan, said
today he saw no sign Of real
progress toward a compromise.
He explained that, from an
he could observe, the lines of
the liberals and the moderates
in both parties seemed to be
frozen even more than they
were last week. He said that,
II the committee voted out the
pending strong bill. he proba-
bly, would not only file a mi
nority report but introduce q
civil rights bill Of his own in
the hope Of getting later COM
mittee consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-28

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who was born in Yugoslavia,
entered the United States on a
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needed to show continuous resi-
dence since then to qualify for
possible permanent residence
status.
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Reds Seek Oil in Cubu

NEW YORK-Between $50
and 800 Soviet biologists and
engineers are searching for oil
in Cuba, according to United
States petroleum industry re-
ports.
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death sentence in the killing
of a white man, who claims he
did not have a chance to show
Negroes were Systematically ex-
.cluded from the grand jury and
trial jury in his case.
4. Refused to review a ruling
UNFOLDING the right of the Air
Force to refuse, on grounds Of
executive privilege, a former
officers request for all the in
formation in an aircraft acct
dent investigation report.
The former officer, Jack S.
Machin, was seriously injured
in a BIS crash and sued a
propeller manufacturing firm.
The Air Force said disclosure
Of certain investigative infor-
nation obtained confidentially
would impede air safety pro-
grams.
To Examine Merger Case
5. Agreed to examine a lower
court ruling that anti-mon-
opoly laws were not violated by
the acquisition by Continental
Can Co. Of the Hazel-Atlas
Glass Co. Of West Virginia in
1856.
The Government, in appeal
ing a dismissal of its antitrust
complaint, asked the high court
to review a finding that the
evidence failed to show the
merger would substantially les
sen competition in the food
canning container field.
6. Agreed to review a ruling
that an alien seaman facing
deportation interrupted his
continuous residence in the
United States when he made a
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two young sons, an extension Of
her passport. That November
she was served with q certifi-
cate Of loss of nationality.
She said in court papers that
German authorities have given
her a temporary Identification
card as a stateleSs person. She
said she feels herself to be an
American and insists on her
status"
The Supreme Court last year
agreed to rule on her case. But
then, without reaching a de-
cision, it sent the case back for
a ruling on the constitutional
issue by a special three-judge
United States District Court
panel here.
Statute Upheld, 81
The ree-judge court. vot-
ing 2 to /, upheld the statute.
Judge Burnita S. Matthews
wrote the majority opinion. She
was Joined by Judge Richmond
B. Keech. Circuit Judge Charles
Fahy dissented.
Judge Matthews, citing ex-
tensive legislative and diplo-
matte history, concluded that
the statute must be upheld as
"a constitutional exercise by
Congress Of its power to regu-
late foreign affairs"
Congress, in enacting this
Legislation, did not aim at pun
ishing persons coming within
its purview. but at lessening
friction and controversies in
our relations with other ma
tions," she said.
Judge Fahy, in his dissent,
said the Supreme Court has
refused to uphold summary loss
of citizenship for native-born
Americans who desert the
armed forces or leave the
country in wartime to avoid
being drafted for military serv-
ice.
He said the right to nation
atty is q fundamental right
and the citizenship loss section
"iS violative OF due process Of
law in that it unfairly dis
eliminates against the natural
lied citizens"
The Government did not OBJ
ject to a high court review of
today's case. In papers filed
earlier with the court, it said
LOGS persons lost their citizen
ship under the section in a
single recent 12-month period.
Other Actions
In other actions today, the
Supreme Court:
l. Called upon lower Federal
courts to use their broad
powers of supervision" to cor
rect obvious errors in criminal
cases on direct appeals, rather
than leave the parties to court
clogging collateral proceedings
aimed at correcting the same
errors.
The high court delivered
this message in an unsigned
order summarily reversing a
lower courts Judgment deny
ing correction of an EXCESSIVE
sentence. The judge imposed
a one-year sentence in court,