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Evening star., 1963-09-30
The
Rambler
Pulls
Through
BY JOHN McKELWAY
I wonder what he's like.

probably a member of Sub
urbia, married, two or three
children, Split-level, power
mower, beagle, eye-level
oven, disposal, washer but
no dryer, two old cars, just
feeling his way in the Justice
Department.
1t must have been much
harder on him, the initial
shock mean.
With me, there was no
pain. Only a suspicion which
fingered too long and grad
ually hardened into a knot
Of black fear.
He must have realized ap-
proXimately when it all
started. I would imagine he
could pin point the month,
possibly the week. I only
knew that things had looked
different towards the end of
Spring-or was it the be-
ginning of summer?
Most of us, I guess, learn
quite early in life that swell
ing, in most cases, and in
most areas, is a warning sign
that, as an example, the big
toe is malfunctioning. Swell
ing follows sprainS, bee
stings, nasal congestion and
any Stoppage in tear ducts.
We are all conditioned
by mothers, maiden aunts,
kindergarten teachers-to be
on the lookout for swollen
areas and to report these
promptly.
And I judge this is why
he found out first.
SHRINKAGE, AS 1T WAS
in my case, is an entirely
different matter. Not too
much is known about it and
I think most mothers and
auntS and kindergarten
teachers - even doctors -
much prefer to deal with
swellings. I certainly would.
They demand immediate at
tention. But with Shrinkage,
it is so imperceptible, for
awhile at least, you can never
be sure and so you keep it to
yourself and, well, it turns
into a knot of black fear.
AS I've said, I don't know
exactly when it all began.
But I was positive, after a
time, I was seeing more of
my Adams apple whenever
I was clothed and confronted
with a mirror.
Then I began to notice my
neck. 1t rose out of the COL
lar of my shirts loosely, like
a straw in a soft drink
bottle.
I tied my tie tighter and
tighter but the twin tips
of my collar stood straight
out, as if in a breeze, point
ing dead ahead.
Of course, I concluded my
neck was shrinking - a
strange, exotic disease per-
hapS which, in its terminal
stage, would reduce the chief
support of my head to the
consistency of a spaghetti
noodle.
My friend-he'S out there
somewhere-must have ex-
perienced several uncomfort-.
able days at the office. He
might have noticed a per-
manent blush about his face,
a thickening in his throat
and some difficulty in talk
ing.
The change in our lives
was subtle, at first, so that
1t did not dominate our
thoughts. We were not preoc-
cupied, so to speak. I think,
in those first few weeks, we
hoped it would all go away.
EVENTUALLY, HE moved
first. Our tastes ran parallel
and this is haSicallY what
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having delivered such a mes
sage, saying:
II have no intention Of mix
ing into the governments
business. I'm here as the ma
jority leader (of the Christian
Democratic Union), and not as
a cabinet member. ! did not
talk about the submarines"
Later Mr.. Won Brentano said
West Germany will continue its
efforts to bring Britain into
the Common Market.
In a speech prepared for a
National Press Club luncheon,
he also said he had found some
concern here over the recently
concluded German -Fren c h
pact, concern which I sim
cerely regret"
The treaty between Chancel-
lor X. Adenauer and Frances
President de Gaulle Is solely
aimed at creating genuine and
lasting friendship in place Of
tension and national rivalries, I"
Mr.. Won Brentano said.
The pact with France, he
stressed. does not affect his
country's relations with the
Atlantic Alliance.
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ever possible 70 cut travel costs.
-
OTHER COMPLAINTS-The
House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee on the 1864 fiscal In
terror bill also had these COM
plants:
/. Too many Government
employees are being authorized
by their agencies to attend
professional meetings. 1t said
Federal employee attendance at
such meetings, at which the
Government pays all expenses
including travel. is often Eek
cessive."
2. Too many Government
scientists, engineers and other
professional personnel are being
used In administrative and
clerical-type Jobs instead Of
concentrating on their special
ties. This Is particularly seri-
GUS because the Government
already is complaining Of a
shortage Of engineers, scientists
and other professional per-
sonnet.
Committee members said In
some cases scientists, engineers
and other professional person.
mel are used TO type reports
and do a lot Of clerical work
that any grade. 3, 4 or can
do"
3. Employment is growing
too rapidly In Government.
4. Also, there are too many
employees in the Washington
headquarters offices Of agencies
in relation 10 the number Of
employees In the field.
5. Too many employees are
engaged In personnel work, in
ratio 10 the total number OF
employees In an agency. in a
number OF instances.
8. The maximum SIC a day
travel allowance and IL cents
mileage rate for Government
employees should be lowered by
agencies in some cases, de-
pending on the area and the
costs.
The subcommittee also urged
greater absorption by Federal
agencies OF last years pay raise
and the second phase Of the
raise starting January 1,
through greater personnel and
other economies. Agencies al
ready have been ordered by the
Budget Bureau 10 absorb AZ
per cent OF the costs.
REMINDER - Civil Service
Commission Chairman John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22

REMINDER - Civil Service
Commission Chairman John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star staff Writer

Imagine the feelings Of a
pbwerful chairman Of q House
Appropriations Subcommittee
wals travelling air coach when
hsrsees 10 or is Government
employees riding in the first
class section Of the plane.
That Earring experience hap
pened to Representative Mi
chAel Kirwan. Democrat OF
ono, chairman Of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee
on the 1854 Interior Depart
ment bill. The hearings were
released today.
Mr.. Kirwan cited the Incl
dent to demand that all Gov
eminent departments and agen-
ciea require their employees on
official travel TO fly coach or
tourist class, except in situa-
tions where nothing but first
class travel is available.
ar. Kirwan recounted at the
hearings:
."On q trip awhile back, I
was travelling second class. but
I. Identified 10 or is Govern
meift personnel who were up
front where there is $50 TO 500
difference in the fare.
Now. you multiply that by
all the employees travelling for
the Government, and no won-
dee the taxpayer Is bowling.
and he has a howl coming. II
ssh right for somebody who
has money; for instance. II
private industry wants to let
one of their men travel first
Glass. that Is their business.
But there Is no need for
travelling first class on an air.
plane when you are going 10
be on IL only 3 or 4 hours"
Chastened Interior officials
promised q breakdown 10 pre-
vent first-class air travel by
their employees. except when no
other transportation Is avail
able. Some Government de-
pertments and agencies have
Issued regulations and enforced
them 10 limit air travel by
itssemployes 10 coach or tourist
class wherever possible. Others
have not.
However. the strong interest
Ia the matter by the House
Appropriations Committee.
which controls the purse
Strings OF all agencies. is ex-
pected 10 prod the laggard de-
partments and agencies into
banning first-class travel wher-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
POINT OF VIEW
What Should be Secret?

leagues aren't about to tell q
competitor their experiences
There has been a public con-
troversy about "overkill," the
charge that the United States
already has enough nucleaI
weapons to kill everyone several
times over. There are no news
releases on overkill, no public
speeches by responsible Off
Gals.
The whole subject is CLASH
fled because 1t involves oui
plans to hit enemy targets dur.
ing a war.
Yet, 1t would seem that the
taxpayers should know whether
their money is being used To
buy too many A-Bombs.
Some Of the proper Pentagor
officials did believe that the
public had a right to know
about overkill, so a high Off
cial was assigned to tell q re-
porter some of the details OF
nuclear-war targeting.
None of the information he
gave was Of value to the enemy
in the opinion Of the officials
involved, but almost everything
he told was contained in docu-
ments carrying the highest
classification.
He divulged classified infor-
nation, but he did not give
away any vital secrets.
Norl.- ally, the classified In
formation going to q reporter
falls into this category. Almost
every Pentagon conversation
touches on it. Many stories con-
tain this kind of information.
But there are other kinds OF
stories.
Some months ago a Govern
ment official gave Star reporters
some of the information the
Atomic Energy Commission had
learned about the new series of
Russian atomic tests. The Off
cial said that the Russians
knew. so why shouldn't the
Americans?
The reporter did not attempt
to answer the question them
selves; they took the question
and the information they hal
to officials who were compe-
tent to answer. The officials
recommended that some of the
information be suppressed, and
that advice was followed.
About a week after the trun-
Gated story was printed, the
Acc put virtually the same ma
terial into a press handout.
Soon after, a Defense De-
partment lawyer invited me to
his office to answer questions
about the story, which carried
this reporters name and that
of Earl H. Voss, the Stars State
Department reporter.
The lawyer said that tn,
person who gave us the infor-
nation was a traitor" and was
"disloyal" to his Government.
In fact. he continued, anyone
who would pass on classified in
formation was disloyal.
Then, to prove that the story
did contain classified informa-
ton. he read from a report
analyzing the story.
The report was stamped "Se-
cret" in large red letters.
Obviously. the man who gave
the original information
thought he was doing right,
Just as the lawyer did when he
read the classified document.
But where they right? And
what should the reporters have
done with the information?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Purse Strings Chairman in Coach
While Employees Fly First Class

Macy has sent Defense Secre-
tary Mcnamara q reminder
that Government civilian en-
ployes UP through Grade IA are
entitled to compensation for
overtime work. MIR. Macy acted
on the request of Representa-
tive Broyhill, Republican Of
Virginia. who disclosed a situa-
ton at the Defense Depart
ment where civilian employees
worked long hours Of overtime
and were not paid for it.
It's likely that II Defense
doesn't pay them. the employees
will seek reimbursement from
the General Accounting Office
and the United States Court
of Claims.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP De-
Tense Communications Agency
needs a mathematical statistic
ian, grade IL TO 10. Call Maui
rice Ronayne. oxford 4-l672
:. Goddard Space Flight Gen.
ter needs clerk-stenographers
grades 3 to 5; and clerk-typists,
grades 3 and 4. Send form SIS
TO personnel officer, at God
dard. Greenbelt, Md. Ben
jamin Zvolanek has been ap-
pointed chief Of personnel OPP
erations division OF the Federal
Aviation Agency . Govern
ment employe union detectives
under the Governments new
labor management program
will be discussed by James
Campbell. former president OF
the American Federation OF
Government Employees and now
special assistant 10 AFGE
president John Griner. at the
meeting OF the Federal Confer
ence on Employee MANAGEMENT
Relations at 8 am. Tuesday in
room li9 Of the Veterans Ad-
ministration building ~.
What We Have Learned from
leadership Research - It's
Meaning TO Administrators
will be discussed by the Ma
tional Capital Chapter OF the
American Society for Public
Administration at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday at the Brookings
Institution auditorium. Partic-
ipating will be Or. Carroll
Shartle OF Defense Department;
Joseph Robertson OF Agricul-
ture and q. Lyle Belsley Of Of
flee for Emergency Planning.
Cecil ooode Of Budget Bureau
Is chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
By the Associated Press

Russia and the United States
will open a new round Of ex-
MIGRATORY talks on Berlin here
Tuesday afternoon. the State
Department disclosed today.
Participating in that meet
ing will be Secretary of State
Rusk and Soviet Ambassador
Anatoly Dobrynin.
Press officer Lincoln White
said the appointment had been
made after Mr.. Rusk's return
to his office yesterday from the
United States Central Amer
lean presidential conference in
Costa Rica.
The Soviet government initi-
ally suggested the new talks.
The last series broke down in
October Just before the Cuban
crisis developed.
Mr.. White said the purpose
of the talks Is to see whether
East West negotiations on Ber-
In are possible.
Probes and negotiations dat
ing back to the end Of Worlc
War II have failed to produces
any Berlin solution and Wash.
ington officials are pessimistiC
about the prospects now.
Some authorities think 1t Il
possible that Soviet Premier
Khrushchev may wish to stir
up new trouble by pressing I'M
acceptable demands on the
West.
Russia proposed In late jan
uhry that exploratory talks be
reopened. The United States
sfter consultation with Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
III. S. and Russia to Start
New Talks on Berlin

France and West Germany.
agreed on February rs. Last
Monday, the Soviet Foreign Of
flee told the Embassy in Mos
COW it was ready to begin the
discussions in the near future.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr..
Dobrynin telephoned United
States Ambassador Llewellyn
Thompson, Mr.. Rusk's top ad-
wiser on Soviet policy matters,
and said he had received in
structions and was ready to be-
gin the exchanges. The call
led to scheduling of next weeks
meeting.
Former West German For
eign Minister Heinrich Won
Brentano, meanwhile, discussed
problems of the Atlantic ALI
ance, including the setting up
of a multi-national atomic
force for NATO. with President
Kennedy at the White House.
II underlined again our in
tention to participate in this
project, and to share in the
responsibility" Mr.. Won Bren-
tano said.
A reporter asked him to COM
ment on a news dispatch from
Bonn that said the West Ger
man government has decided
against using surface vessels
In the Kennedy proposed null
tilateral force, and would prefer
nuclear-powered submarines
instead. The dispatch said
Mr.. Won Brentano was believed
TO have carried this message
to Washington.
The German leader denied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star staff Writer

A secret document was once
read TO this reporter by a De-
tense Department lawyer who
was investigating security
leaks"
Another time 1t was q Secre-
tary Of Defense who read from
q top-secret document.
In fact, almost everyone in
the Pentagon who talks to re-
porters. even casually. at some
time or other gives out infor-
nation contained in a CLASH
fled document.
This Is not to say that all
of these officials and officers
are irresponsible. On the con-
trary, in disclosing classified
material. they were doing their
jobs properly as they saw them
This situation is cited here to
point up the extraordinarily
difficult problem facing wit
nesses in the current House
Government Information SUBJ
committee investigation of the
Pentagon and the press.
Pentagon officials, who will
begin testifying Monday. may
say that the problem can be
solved by keeping reporters
away from classified material,
But this won't work.
Reporters and editors will
tend to claim that officials are
classifying too many documents
and depriving the public of in
formation that rightly belongs
to the public. But this does not
offer the complete answer
either.
The trouble is that no one
can say just what should be
kept secret and what shouldn't.
For instance, take this ex-
ample (drawn necessarily from
personal experience since COL
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about a particular intelligence
operation.
How could that mishap have
been prevented? Neither the Of
ficial nor the reporter involved
In the unfortunate incident
realized what he was doing. Mel
ther tighter classification rules
nor more freedom Of informa-
ton could have helped.
AS with the whole leaked Sc
cretS" business. there is no easy
answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22

That Is one for worriers about
the Pentagon and It's press re-
lations to ponder.
Other stories have announced
policy changes before the off,
cials were ready or have told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22
Gonzogu Breakfast

Gonzaga College High School
will hold its 14th annual
Patterson communion break
fast at 9:15 am. March 81, at
the Presidential Arms. 1920 @
street NV, at which Father
Gustave Weigel, ST., q Wood
stock College professor Of the
ology, will speak on the ecu
menical movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-22

The ploeins Of our personal
interests oheod Of consideration
OF the welfare Of others, 10 Q
very bad Characteristic and 10
condemned BY the Scriptures,
os shown In Marx Oh. 9 v IS
" any mon desire 10 be first
the some shell be last OF oil,
and ssFvont Of oil. " Truly Christ
set the exompls for oil mon
kind when Ne ssvs His oil on
Calvary. We. 10 be good Chris
tions must put God first. others
second end ourselves lost 10 be
Of our best for God. This type
OF living will produce reel psoes
OF soul end happiness here on
earth end In the end on en-
ternol Feword In heaven. To
find Gods poth 10 Testing pseee
and happiness reed your Bibls,
PROV dolly end offend church
FesuloFly. As stronss as 70 moy
seem, this living foE God end
Others produce greet soul sotis-
toetlon, thot the world knows
little about. Coll ~. $4,000
Tor q free non-seeterion Bible
Reading Guide 10 help you form
"a -
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some story in a way calculated
to put officials in a poor light.
These are embarrasSments.
too, but they do not damage
the national security.
How 10 Prevent II?
Undoubtedly some stories
have hurt security--altho
this writer personally has heard
of only one. In that case Q
careless official and an I'M
knowing reporter combined to
tell the Russians too much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
Robert Kennedy
To See Teachers

Attorney General Kennedy
will meet at noon Tuesday with
10 District elementary school
teachers who have been chosen
to attend a special month-long
seminar in New York next
month.
The teachers were selected TO
participate In the program at
the Bank Street College Of Ed
ucation which recently re-
ceived a grant from the Presi-
dents Committee on Juvenile
Delinquency 10 conduct a semi
mar on some Of the problems
which are causing juvenile de-
linquency.
The program will cover ele-
mentary school guidance and
techniques u remedial reading
and offer seminars on the
problems Of Indignation and
studies on special problems in
curriculum planning In racially
mixed and culturally deprived
neighborhoods.
Also participating In the
meeting will be District School
Supt. Carl F. Hansen and DR..
Charles Long Of the Bank
Street College Of Education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
Doctor Is Sent
ToAged Home

CLEVELAND, June 20 tAP)
Judge william K. Thomas
sent q 76-year-old plastic sur
geon to live in q home for the
aged today and suggested the
passage Of legislation to compel
professional men to pass
periodic mental and physical
examinations.
The surgeon Is DR.. Arthur w.
Laird Of Cleveland Heights, in
whose office q Is year old
woman died December 8. DR..
Laird was indicted for man.
slaughter In the death of Mrs.
William E. Dileno Of Highland
Heights. who died on the oper-
ating table. The coroner said an
overdose Of q local anesthetic
caused the death.
The manslaughter charge was
dropped for lack Of evidence,
but DR.. Laird pleaded guilty a
month ago to two charges Of
narcotic violations.
Judge Thomas put him on
probation for five years but laid
down two conditions the
elderly doctor stay in a home
for the aged and that he not
practice medicine in any form
whatever.
DR.. Laird, who has been stay
ing in q rest home at Millers-
burg pending sentencing, al
ready has given up his medical
license.
The Judge noted that New
York State requires judges to
pass examinations after they
reach 10 and suggested that
there is merit In broadening
such a requirement TO apply to
all professions at all ages.
THE public is entitled to
protection from q practitioner
who by reason Of mental or
physical incompetence should
not be engaging in the practice
OF his profession" the Judge
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
Scientists to Fly
Over Cunudu to,
Study Eclipse

A group Of scientists will fly
over Canada's Northwest Ter
ritory on July 20 for a l44-
second glimpse Of o total eclipse
Of the sun.
Those In the washington
area may see an 50 per cent
eclipse Of the sun starting at
4:42 pm. (EDT) and ending at
$3.50 PM. with the maximum
eclipse coming at $3.50 pm.
The scientists 620-nl,p phi.
DC-S Jet. provided by Delta
Airlines, win carry special in
struments to gather informa-
ton on the suns corona and
C hrom osphere and on the
earth's upper atmosphere. All
seats on one side Of the plane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

DR.. Varona, who was the
councils guiding force despite
lack Of any title, could not be
reached for comment.
DR.. Maceo's resignation was
his first public utterance since
the Cuban refugee physician
was named titular council pres
ident. He Is a grandson of q
10th Century Cuban liberation
hero of the same name.
DR.. Maceo tartly wrote the
council. II have stressed several
times the need for discretion
among council members.
THE resumption Of state
ments has caused trouble for
Cubans who are fighting in the
underground"
He said his concern "for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

The Federal Government has
been indirectly substituting con-
cessionaires in national parks,
Comptroller General Joseph
Campbell charged yesterday.
In a report to the Senate
and House Of Representatives,
he recommended:
That the Interior Depart
ment stop reducing franchise
fees to concessionaires who
promise to make improvements
on Government owned prop
erty. Mr.. Campbell said this
practice, initiated in 1854,
clearly violates United States
law.
That Interior Secretary
Udall should promptly under
take to negotiate an adjust
ment In the franchise fees TO
an amount commensurate with
the business opportunities
granted concessionaires.
Financial Reports Urged
That from now, on, conces-
sionaires should be required to
submit certified financial In
formation before their con-
tracts are renewed or renego-
tiated.
And that concessionaires'
preferential rights to operate
in park areas should be granted
only If they agree to provide
the needed facilities required
by the Government.
In his report. Mr.. Campbell
said that unless franchise fees
are changed, the National Park
Service will continue to in
directly substitute concession
aires activities with moneys
that should have been de-
posted into the Treasury"
Under present policy, most
large concessionaires - who
provide visitors facilities are
charged franchise fees usually
consisting Of a flat fee plus
a percentage of gross receipts.
Privileges Stressed
Mr.. Campbell added that his
review Of Park Service policy
towards concessionaires did not
show the businessmen were
operating in a profitless bust
ness.
He pointed out that among
the privileges granted them is
that to conduct business in a
nationally advertised public at