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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-17

up with the ace of spades.
Wouldn't you?
Still, you know perfectly well
that most players would play q
low spade from dummy at the
first trick. And there would 60
the game and rubber.
East wins the first trick with
the king Of spades and returns
a spade to force out dummy's
ace. Of you let West win the
second spade trick he continues
with a third spade.)
West gets in with the king of
clubs in time to defeat the con-
tract with the rest Of the
spades.
Dangerous Case
Let's consider the first trick
to see where the danger lies.
We're not worried about a 4-3
spade break; we can afford to
lose three spades and one club.
We're worried only about the
chance Of a So spade break.
This means that East has
two spades. Presumably East
has a spade honor, since West
would lead the king If he had
five spades headed by K-Q-10.
Which spade honor does East
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-17

holdP He may have Xxx. OK.
or l0-x.
1t is correct to play low from
dummy at the first trick II
East has 10-x of spades. But If
East has Xxx or OK. you must
play dummy's ace Of spades at
once. The odds are 81 in favor
Of playing the ace.
If you take the first trick
with the ace Of spades the suit
is blocked. When West gets his
club trick he cannot run the
spades.
Remember the possibility Of
blocking the suit whenever you
have AK opposite J-x-x or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-17

AK opposite almost any foul
cards. Take the ace at once.
Daily Question
Partner opens with / no
trump (l6 to 10 points,, and
the next player passes. You
hold:
AXIS VQJ1O63 01O985 %72
What do you say?
Answer: Bid two hearts. You
cannot quite afford a try for
game, but you'll be happy to
accept an invitation by partner.
He will bid again If he has a
good heart fit and maximum
values for his no-trump bid.
(Copyright, 1868, Gen. Features Corp)
Evening star., 1963-09-18
WeukIey Promoted
To Vice Admiral

President Kennedy today
nominated Rear Admiral
Charles E. Weakley for promo
ton to Vice Admiral. Admiral
Weakley, now Assistant Chief
Of Naval Operations, will be-
come commander of anti-sub-
marine warfare with the At
lantic Fleet, succeeding Vice
Admiral Edmund B. Taylor
who is being reassigned.
The President also nom-
mated Brig. Gen. Walter P
Leber as a member of the Mis-
sissippi River Commission. He
will succeed Brig. Gen. Robert
F. Seedlock, who is being re.
assigned.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Womon-in-Spuce
Idea Is Rejected

The United States space
agency has no plans to follow
Russia's lead in sending a
woman into space.
Russians hurt their program
by flying a girl" Robert R.
Gilruth, director of the Manned
Space Flight Center told the
National Rocket Club in a
question and answer session
yesterday. This represented a
diversion of their program, Just
as it would be a diversion from
ours"
AS for American moon plans,
Mr.. Gilruth declined to be
pinned down on a more precise
time for landing a man on
the moon, saying only he hoped
it would be in this decade.
The task, however, will be at
least 10 times more difficult
than was Project Mercury, the
orbiting of man around the
earth, he said.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
U. S. Strategy Sound,
Rostow Assures Bonn

dedicated solely to resisting
communism.
mo nation has a greater
stake in the success of a COL
lective policy in the West, or
more capacity to give it sub
stance" Mr.. Rostow declared.
Germans postwar security,
prosperity. domestic tranquility
and growing stature on the
worlG scene are rooted in that
policy"
Mr.. RoStow suggested Ger
many can assume a role of
leadership in the era now
opening, presumably by using
trade TO open up Eastern Gu
rope.
Mr.. Rostcw held out hope
that West Germany can re-es-
tablisn its interrupted relations
with all Communist Eastern
Euripe, including East Ger
many.
West German Foreign Minis
ter Gerhard Schroeder arrives
| in Washington tomorrow for a
week end of consultations be-
fore going on to New York to
monitor Soviet-American talks
at the foreign minister level.
He has an appointment to see
President Kennedy Tuesday.
Takes Issue With France
Without mentioning France
by name, Mr.. Rostow frequent
ly took issue with Gen. de
Gaulle's policy.
I'VE can see nothing but dan
ger to us ALL" he warned, "if
Europe should separate itself
from the United States or If it
should regard its great pros
perity and the recent easing
of tensions with Moscow as an
occasion in which old fashioned
nationalism can again be given
free rein."
Evening star., 1963-09-18
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star staff Writer

The Senate Investigations
Subcommittee's long awaited
organized crime hearings, with
Joseph Valachi as the key wit
ness, will open next Tuesday,
Chairman Mcclellan announced
today.
Valachi, the mobster turned
informer, who has given Federal
authorities an inside look at
the secret crime network known
as Cosa Nostra, will probably
appear on the second day Of
the hearings.
The leadoff witness will be
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy, who has hailed VAL
achi's disclosures as a major
intelligence breakthrough" in
the Federal war against organ
lied crime.
The subcommittee's investi-
cation is expected to focus on
the illegal international traffic
in narcotics, but both Attorney
General Kennedy and Valachi
will cover other ramifications
of organized crime.
Police to Testify
Senator Mcclellan said the
testimony of Valachi will be
supplemented and expanded by
testimony from a number OF
Federal and local law enforce
ment officials from New York
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Crime Probers to Hear
VoIochi Next Tuesday

Boston, Chicago, Detroit and
other areas.
"These witnesses" said
Chairman Mcclellan, ARE ex-
pected to lend credence to
portions Of Valachi's evidence.
Mr.. Kennedy's testimony is
likely to focus on the legisla
ton needed to curb the activi-
ties of the criminal hierarchy
expected to be described by
Valechi and the other sched-
uled witnesses.
Wiretapping Proposal
One legislative proposal that
the Attorney General Is ex-
pected to urge strongly is a
Federal wiretapping bill.
Valachi, presently under life
sentence for murder, was
tagged by Chairman McClel-
Ian as "a former member Of
a highly secret network Of
criminals whose identity is
known only to each other ano
which is called Cosa Nostra.
The hearings are expected
to last approximately three
weeks and include testimony
from about 20 witnesses. Chie1
Subcommittee Counsel Jerome
| S. Alderman said Valachi has
"a fabulous memory" and i
expected to name many names
of ranking mobsters in the
criminal network. particularly
! in New York.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Police Seek Pony
Stolen From Form

HILLSBORO. Va, Sept. l8
have broadcast a l3.
State lookout for a 6-yearzo zold
gray pony reported stolen Sep
tember 3 from the farm OF
Edward c. Montgomery.
Mr.. Montgomery, a United
Airlines pilot, said the i'm
ported purebred Welsh animal
is valued at $500. Loudoun po-
lice have been searching for the
pony but have found no trace
Evening star., 1963-09-18

United Nations to cease to
exist. He said any decision
on South Africas membership
in the United Nations would
depend on the circumstances
applying at the time,
There has been speculation
in this country that if She
U. N. General Assembly acted
strongly against South Africa'S
apartheid policies. the govefn-
ment might decide to quit
rather than accept expulsion.
Mr.. Louw said it would be a
blow to the United States if
, the United Nations ceased to
Evening star., 1963-09-18

exist because "she used this
body as an instrument in her
foreign policy"
Acknowledging that nom
white states play a dominat-
ing role at many international
organizations, Mr.. Louw said
there are a few non-white
states which are well dis
posed toward this country"
He said he had given instruc-
tions to South African dele
gates at the U. N. General As
sembly to talk to non-white
delegates whenever they
thought some good would come
of it.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
South African
Blasts u. N. as
Tool of u. S.

SOMERSET STRAND, South
Africa, Sept. 18 (AP).-For-
eign Minister Eric Louw said
today dissolution of the United
Nations would be a blessing
for South Africa and certain
other countries"
Mr.. Louw told the ruling
National Party's Cape Congress
it was not impossible for the
Evening star., 1963-09-18

The pony, according to Mr..
Montgomery, was grazing,
along with her yearing colt and
five other ponies and horses,
in a pasture bordering on
Route 9, which leads to the
Charles Town and Shenandoah
Downs race tracks in West Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. Montgomery said he dis
covered the latch on the gate
leading into the pasture had
been broken and retied by a
string. He added that the pony.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
By EARL II. VOSS
Star Staff Writer


One of President Kennedy's
top foreign policy planners to-
day appealed to West Germany
to stand by the United States
strategy for collective Western
action.
State Department Planner
Walt w. Rostow, in a speech
at the University of Dayton
treasured West Germany of the
continuing American interest
in peaceful Identification of the
two Germanys, East and West
This is an objective, some ex-
perts in Washington suggest
that Bonn may now be tempted
to press more vigorously, anc
perhaps with less regard to the
United States lead.
The Soviet Unions increas-
ing distractions in the East
including border incidents with
the Chinese Communists ir
Sinkiang Province and Siberia
eventually may be taken as ar
opportunity for West Germany
to press for identification.
West Germany, 1t is beint
suggested also may be tempted
to break out of the policyy Of 9
closely integrated NATO, aftel
the fashion of Gen. de Gaulle''
France.
The U. S. Strategy
The United States strategy i
to maintain, and ever
strengthen, the unity of tn,
West while the once-mono
lithic Communist world expert
ences a diffusion of power.
President de Gaulle favors
pluralistic world with create
independence for all nations
including those now boun'
closely to the worlds two grea
nuclear powers, the Unite'
States and the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Rostow argued, in hi
speech that West Germans bes
option still lies in close coop
eratin with the Atlantic com
munity, not in unilateral &C
tions in a loose association
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Juveniles Seen Armino
With MoiI-Order Guns

/ The subcommittee has been
told that a handful of these
firms, located in the Los
Angeles area, account for a
sizable portion of the mail
order gun business throughout
the country.
Senator Dodd, however, to-
day said that these firms are
running into competition with
similar business springing up
in other sections of the country
1t. Pena, field supervisor of
the Robbery Division in the
Los Angeles Police Depart
ment's Detective Bureau, en-
phasized that the crime prob
lem is not with the Legitimate
gun dealers"
The distinction, he said, is
that the legitimate dealer, un-
like the mail-order firm, does
not engage in sensational ad-
vertisements and does not rely
on cheap foreign imports sold
Iinexpensively.
The detective added that the
legitimate firm also keeps gun
records in line with Federal
and local laws, and is anxious
to cooperate with police.
Among the cases mentioned
today by Lieut.. Pena were a
number Of armed robberies and
vicious murders committed by
Evening star., 1963-01-30

A Los Angeles detective tes-
titled before a Senate subcom-
mittee today that juvenile
gangs are diScarding knives
clubs and other homemade
weapons in favor of guns pur-
chased by mail order.
The police officer, 1t. Man.
uel Pena, said that in the past
gangs fought with knives, clubs
and chains.
But 1t. Pena told the Senate
Judiciary's Juvenile delinquency
Subcommittee, these weapons
are paSSe now"
The subcommittee chairman,
Senator Dodd. Democrat Of
Connecticut. said earlier that
the mail order traffic in guns
is a major problem in WASH
ington and other big cities.
Senator Dodd said that an
investigation by his subcom-
mittee has shown that the
weapons are going to excon-
victs. juveniles and mental de-
fectives, among others. He re-
ported that corrective legisla-
ton is being drafted,
At today's hearing, 1t. Pena
estimated that the firms spe-
cializing in the mail-order gun
sales probably are selling a half
million or more weapons each
year.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Cooper Flight
In April 10 End
NercuryOrbits

Project Mercury, the first
American manned space effort
will end in April unless some-
thing unforeseen happens on
the next flight.
This was affirmed today by
space administration officials
in the wake Of reports that a
three-day space flight is being
planned following the April
mission of Astronaut Leroy
Gordon Cooper.
At a briefing on the fiscal
1864 space budget earlier this
month, associate space admin
istrator Robert C. Seamans an
nounced the agency's determin-
alton to end the $500 million
Mercury program with the
Cooper flight.
He said that while additional
space capsules and booster
rockets are available, subse-
uuent flights would be at
tempted only If Maj. Cooper's
mission produces some ques-
tionable results.
Mai. Cooper is expected to
remain in orbit about 33 hours
nearly four times as long as
the longest American flight to
date, but only about one-third
the duration of the longest
Russian flight.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said
today that the decision an
nounced by DR.. Seamans still
holds good. 1--WE are always
backing up our plans" a
spokesman said. "and the space
flight people have been asked
to look at additional missions.
Missions of durations up to
three days are under study, the
agency said. A spokesman &C.
knowledged that If a three-day
mission we're to be undertaken
additional oxygen supplies
would have to be loaded aboard
the Mercury capsule.
For every pound of oxygen
added, a pound of useful scien-
tific instruments would have tc
be removed.
A mission of three days du-
ration in a capsule originally
designed for flights no longer
than % hours probably would
yield virtually no additiona
scientific data except that re-
lating to the physical condition
OF the astronaut.
Evening star., 1963-01-30

States and its partners in
Western Europe are not with
out resources to press ahead
with the development Of a
strong Atlantic partnership"
Morse Comments
Anybody can reconsider a
mistake" said Senator Morse,
Democrat of Oregon. II hone
De Gaulle will. If he does not,
the alternative may be just
to let the general go 1t alone in
his defenses.
I'VE don't need to stay in
Europe to protect the United
States. They need us more than
we need them"
Senator Sparkman, Democrat
of Alabama, said the French
blow need not be disastrous" "
IF necessary" Senator
Sparkman told reporters, II
believe the United Kingdom,
the United States and Canada
could form a very effective
trade bloc"
But Senator Sparkman said
he would prefer one big COM
munity with Britain as a mem
ber because Britain belongs as
part Of Europe"
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield clung to the hope
that there is stiu time to reach
an accommodation for Britain
to enter the Common Market" /"
Hopes Door Isn't Shut
Il don't think we should as
sumo as yet that the Common
Market door has been slammed
in Britain's face" Senator
Mansfield added. If it has, he
said, the division in the West
.ern alliance would lead to a
further breakup Of the strength
we all must have"
Senator Sparkman observed
that there may be some "ul-
innate hope-who knows what
may happen in one or two or
five years?"
Senator Symington, Demo-
crat of Missouri, said the
United States and Britain have
worked to maintain France as
a great nation. He said he is
beginning to worry whether
Gen. de Gaulle is more in
terested in short-term pros
perity for France than long,
term free world solidarity and
security"
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Park, School
HdssIe Flares
BY PETER MASLEY
Star Staff Writer

The Prince Georges County
school board is at odds with
the Maryland-N National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
over who's to be king of the
mountain" on top of a 16-acre
hill in Calverton.
At the moment, the commits
sion is king because 1t holds an
option to buy nine acres on
the level top of the hill for
$4,100 an acre.
1t wants to put a ball field
and park up there.
The school board wants IN
build an elementary school on
the hill but because of the com
mission option finds itself left
with seven sloping acres which
1t estimates would cost $4,000
10 grade before construction.
Originally the wooded land
was set aside last fall by Mary-
land Community Developers
Inc. for a park-school in the
center Of Calverton, an area
planned for TOO single-familv
houses, 1900 apartments and a
shopping center near Beltsville
The school board thought it
would negotiate with the
planners for division of the
land into areas best suited 10
their separate purposes.
However. w. Carroll Beatty.
board chairman. charged YES
terday that there's been no CO.
operation at all. They arbi-
trarily picked the best land"
IF we can't shame them into
cooperating on this one." he
said. Il don't want any more
JOINT park and school projects"
On the other hand, the COM
mission official who negotiated
with the developer for the land
said Il don't think they've been
left with a terribly bad piecs
OF land. This whole site is q
good Site" said Lawrence Man
uel, chief park engineer.
He suggested that possibly
they could design a school 10
III the topography OF the
land"
The hillside slope is 5Is 10
8 per cent grade, he said. 1--WE
can't put a ball field on a s
per cent grade" Mr.. Manuel
said.
He added that the commits
sion can save money II II buys
land that is relatively flat. The
commission does all II can TO
cooperate with the school
board, he said.
/ In a park-school arrange
ment, Thomas S. Gwynn.
ir, assistant superintendent OF
schools, explained, the board
builds the school, along with
sanitary facilities, storage area
and community meeting room
for the park.
I'm turn" he said, they
spend part Of their budget buy
ing a certain number OF acres
for the playground and park"
After discussing the situation
yesterday. Mr.. Beatty asked Mr..
Gwynn to negotiate with the
planning commission 10 make
a proper adjustment"
Evening star., 1963-01-30

three juvenile gangs in Los
Angeles.
Another witness, Sergt.
George Carr, also of the Los
Angeles Police Department,
outlined the business operation
Of four firms in his area that
deal in mail order gun sales.
The testimony indicated that
the interstate gun shipments
have become a multi-million
dollar business in this country.
The subcommittee plans TO
resume its hearings in a week
or two.
Evening star., 1963-01-30

lof Great Britain's admission
to the European Common
Market a jolt to Western Eu-
ropes economic stability.
But in their comments, most
agreed with Chairman Full
bright of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee that 1.-THE
temporary alteration of one
member Of the Western COM
munity, though deeply disap-
pointing, is not fatal"
While French illusions run
their course" Senator Fulbright
said in a statement, "the United
Evening star., 1963-01-30
-INTERPRETW EPORT--
De GauIIe Drive to Get u. S.
Out Of Europe Held Possible

and India. For many years,
they all had special economic
relations with Britain based on
a preferential tariff system.
So long as it appeared that
Britain was going into the
Common Market they were
faced with the eventual loss Of
this special trade treatment ana
with the problem Of readjusting
all their economic relationships
including trade ties with the
United States.
Now the Commonwealth coun-
tries will have to change their
plans again. And so 1t may
bring changes-so far unpre-
dictable - in United States
trade planning.
Kennedy Has Authority
Through legislation enacted
by Congress last year President
Kennedy is armed with far
reaching authority to negotiate
United States tariff reductions
in return for tariff cuts by the
Common Market countries. The
administration is especially
concerned about keeping Euro
pean markets competitively
open to American farm prod
ucts.
One immediate effect Of
Britain's exclusion from the
European community is that
the British market for United
States farm products will not
be put behind the Common
Markets tariff barriers. This
means that the British market
will remain open to American
agricultural export on the same
basis as now.
Mr.. Kennedy's central power
under the tariff cutting law is
to negotiate reductions up to
SO per cent of present tariff
levels. The law also authorizes
him to eliminate tariffs on
goods for which the United
States and the Common Market
account for 80 per cent of the
world trade.
If Britain had gone into the
European community it would
have meant that many varie-
ties or goods would have met
the 80 per cent requirement.
With Britain out, however,
this condition will not be met
in most cases, United States
officials say.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Staff Writer

The crucial question being
debated in Washington today
is whether French President
de Gaulle will follow up hi:
Common Market defeat oi
Great Britain with a campaign
to break Western Europe's closs
ties with the United States.
Gen. de Gaulle's veto yester-
day of Britain's bid for mem
bership in the market is re-
garded here as a severe setback
to the United States campaign
for increasing unity within the
whole NATO alliance.
But a drive by Gen. de Gaullt
to split Europe from the
United States-or as one au.
thority put it Ito get the United
States out Of Europe"-coulc
be little short of disastrous.
The question of what Gen
de Gaulle will do next is one
OF several troubling United
States leaders in the aftermath
of the Brussels showdown.
u. S. to Go Ahead
The official policy line taker
by administration informant,
is that the United States in
tends to go ahead with a broac
program for reducing trade
barriers, including tariff nego-
tiations with the six-natior
Common Market.
The administration also in.
tends to carry forward plans
for formation of a NATO nu-
clear striking force built around
the Polaris submarine missile
But officials said today tha'
until the dust settles it is diff.
ficult for them to see exactly
the best way to proceed. Re.
portedly officials will hold of
any action for a few days tC
watch the repercussions.
Administration officials rule
out. for the time being at least
any sort of retaliatOry actior
against France.
Urgency Indicated
The White House had NJ
formal comment but the ur,
gency felt was portrayed by {
last-minute appeal from Sec.
retary Of State Rusk to Ger.
hard Schroeder, the West Ger.
man Foreign Minister. In 6
Evening star., 1963-01-30
General Takes Post

LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 80
(AP). - Gen. Venancio Des-
landes, dismissed last Septem-
ber as governor general of the
revolt-torn Portuguese African
territory of Angola, has taken
on new duties as Assistant
Secretary of National Defense