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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Mcmillan Expresses Skepticism
About District Crime Low Coins

precedent for the States x
claim Federal compensation,
The House chairman has
made himself personally UNI
available to reporters through
out this session Of Congress.
AssaiIs DR.. Hansen
The transcript of the last
crime hearing also revealed
these exchanges:
Mr.. Mcmillan scored School
Superintendent Carl Hansen
for a finding of the Committee
staff that 125 classrooms were
vacant and that 7 buildings
were used for administration.
The Superintendent said that
he would check that.
About $50 million spent In
the last Z years for new school
buildings here Is q better build
ing average than other cities
Of this size have experienced,
Mr.. Mcmillan noted. DR.. Han
son said this was certainly
true" but that enrolment con-
tinues to increase at the rate
of about 5000 per year.
Represents tive Williams,
Democrat Of Mississippi, re-
minded the Superintendent
that the House District Com
mittee in 1856 had asked for
disciplinary measures now
sought by DR.. Hansen. Yet, this
committee investigation was
sought to be discredited not
only by you. but BY the local
press and others. who appar-
entity closed their eyes to the
problem Of the Schools" Mr.
Williams said.
Report Held Incomplete
Supt. Hansen said he felt the
House committee report hac
tended to be incomplete. But
he denied that he had ever saic
that disciplinary problems die
not exist in local schools.
DR.. Hansen said the mos
important thing that the joint
committees could do for the
school system was to under
stand that schools cannot dc
the total job Of character build.
ing for children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Crucial Slots Vote
Slated Indianapolis
Aquosco, Nd, Girl Dies
Of Injuries in Cor Crash

A l6-year-old Aquasco CMd)
girl, whose right leg was am
putated after a car jumped the
curb and hurled her and her
mother through q downtown
store window Saturday, died
early yesterday at Casualty
Hospital.
The fatally injured girl was
Margaret N. Ransom. Her
nother, Mrs. Jeanette H. RAN
som, a.. who lost both legs in
the accident, Is still listed In
critical condition at George
Washington University Hos
pital. A hospital spokesman
said she has q good chance"
of surviving.
The Ransoms were struck by
q car driven by Mrs. Virginia
L. Tensohert, SO. Of 622 Mis-
sissippi avenue Sc, who told
police she was backing into a
parking space In front Of the
Church Of the Epiphany at
ll3l7 @ street NV. when she
accidentally stepped on the ac-
celerator instead of the brake.
The car backed over the curb
and struck the mother and
daughter before smashing into
the window Of Garrison's Toy
and Novelty store at 1915 @
street NV.
The dead girls father, Gene
Ransom, and her 12-year-old
brother, Preston, managed To
dodge the car. The Ransoms
were window shopping on Their
way to the Church Of the
Epiphany where Margaret took
organ and piano lessons and
Preston. piano lessons.
Mrs. Tenschert was charged
with failure TO give full time
and attention to her driving
and with backing over a side
walk. She was released on
bond.
Margaret, who would have
been is years old in q month
was a sophomore at Notre Dame
High School in Bryantown
Md. She sang in the choir o
st. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Aquasco where she was
member. She had planned h
be q nurse.
Margaret was also active Il
the church youth group an
was q member Of the Gil
: Scouts.
y Services viii be at 10 an
i Wednesday at the Lee Funert
e Home, at Fourth street an
: Massachusetts, avenue NE
Burial viii be in Fort Lincol
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Heads Scout Drive

George A. Garrett. former
American Ambassador to Ire
land. has been appointed
chairman Of the Foundations
and Leadership Gifts Division
Of the So million Boy Scout
Capital Campaign. The APP
pointment was announced by
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN,
retired, general chairman of
the campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
Grand Jury
To Look at
Bride Charge
Bya star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 10 The
crucial vote on Maryland,s
laundering anti-slots legisla-
ton doomed today as author
tiles prepared to have a grand
jury look into bribery charges
which have overshadowed the
gambling issue.
Gov. Tawes' administration.
which fell two votes short last
Wednesday Of winning passage
for the controversial measure,
was optimistic about having
enough support today when
the legislation comes UP for re-
consideration.
It was to be taken UP at an
afternoon session after q week.
end recess.
Delegate Clarence Mitchell,
III, rocked the Assembly last
Thursday, when he told the
House he had been offered $500
to vote against the slot ma
chine bill. It would outlaw the
gambling machines over q five
year period in the four South
ern Maryland counties where
they are now legal.
To Call Delegates
Marvin H. Anderson. Anne
Arundel States Attorney, said
today that several General AS
semhly delegates will be called
before q county grand jury to
be queried about the alleged
bribery offer.
I'VE hope TO see If any dele
gates we call have any per.
sonal knowledge about Mr.,
Afitchell's charge" Mr.. Ander-
son said.
The States Attorney did not
specify who would be called, or
when, but indicated the grand
jury would look into the matter
within the next few weeks.
Annapolis, where the State
Capitol is located, also is the
! county seat of Anne Arundel
County.
Over the week end, 1t was
disclosed that Delegate Mitch
ell, who is a Negro, had told
some Prince Georges County
delegates of the bride offer be-
fore he made his speech on the
House floor. They said they
advised him to make the charge
: public.
Delegates who said Mr..
Mitchell had discussed the
, matter with them are william
j. Goodman, Royal Hart, Dem
mis- H. Marshall, and Edward
T. Conroy.
Telephone Offers
i Two of them, Mr.. Hart and
. Mr.. Marshall, also reported
, that they had received tele-
phone calls telling them $50, 900
was available to help beat legis-
lation outlawing multiple odds
pinball machines In Prince
Georges County. sF
Mr.. Hart said he had received
two anonymous telephone calls.
each from women. in reference
to the anti-pinball machine
measure proposed for his
county. He said he believed the
first call came from an alarm
list" and the second one from q
crank"
Both calls. received in mid
See SLOTS. Page B-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18


SINCE CHATTING with
Mrs. Kuniansky, a pleasant,
intelligent housewife, The
Rambler has tried TO picture
the thief.
Is 1t a quiet little woman
who lives alone in some hot,
drab apartment?
Or q member OF a garden
club seeking recognition2
Or a pillar Of the COM
munity who has tried for
years, and failed, in the priv
acy Of his home, TO achieve
what Mrs. Kuniansky did.
Maybe the arrest will take
place, say Easter morning.
right after church. The
thief might be nabbed COM
ing down the steps by q ring
Of policemen.
And as she is bundled into
the wagon, the suspect hides
her face from the photog-
raphers - with her brand
new Easter bonnet.
No dwarf Ivy plant Is
worth that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
DOCTOR REPORTS
AGAIN URGED

The Districts Motor Vehicles
Department win renew its re-
quest that doctors report ILL.,
nesses that may hinder a
patients driving ability.
Director George A. England
said today the move is an out
growth Of an accident Satur-
day when q car driven by q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

discussed this matter with q
sufficient number Of House
members to know that they will
not vote for any Federal pay
ment increase under the pres
ent circumstances"
On crime: 9. I was hoping
that these meetings would
prove to be a stepping stone to
some worthwhile legislation.
However, this seems to be i'm
possible since some Of the press
and other news media have
confused the public by criti-
Ching the House District Com
mittee about revenue matters
which have not even been dis
cussed, when it should have
been trying to assist in solving
the crime problem we have
here in the Nations Capital"
Major bills discussed at joint
sessions would have prevented
barring confessions obtained
between arrest and arraign-
ment, and permitted police to
question suspects and material
witnesses under court orders,
without arrests.
Justice Study Under Way
The confession and suspect
proposals still are under study"
in the Justice Department. The
Commissioners have submitted
the material witness bin to
Congress.
It was understood that JUS
tice still considers the advisa-
bility of the proposals before
the department as an open
question. Some observers spec
ulated that Mr.. Mcmillan may
have decided against co-operat-
ing with President Kennedy's
fiscal policies after the ad-
ministration delayed crime bills
favored by the House District
Committee Chairman.
Mr.. Mcmillan has claimed
through spokesman that he
found reluctance In the House
to accept the Presidents FORM
ulas (for payment equal "a
taxes the Federal Government
would pay the city II taxable)
on grounds that IL would set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

Representative Mcmillan
Democrat Of South Carolina,
was clearly disappointed with
the work of Joint Senate House
District Committee meetings on
crime at the last closed session
March 4.
House Committee Chairman
Mcmillan said today he doubted
that either worthwhile" crime
Legislation or any Federal pay
ment increase to the District
would clear this Congress.
He blamed some newspaper
reporters and other news media
for having "done everything
possible to confuse the subject
under discussion by contracting
certain Senators and Commits
sioners in an effort to confuse
them and the public"
Mr.. Mcmillan excluded The
Star from what appeared
otherwise to be almost a
blanket condemnation Of news
media in Washington.
Keyed TO Fiscal Study
It was understood That Mr..
Mcmillan was disturbed pri-
marty because he wanted anti
crime bills considered before
study was given the Districts
fiscal problems.
Both are important, he be-
lieved. But each should be
handled separately, not stimuli
taneously, to assure appropriate
attention, the Chairman re-
portedly thought.
Widespread press comments
on the difference between
Chairman Mcmillan and Presi-
dent Kennedy on Federal aid
to the District jeopardized. in
Mr.. McMillan's mind, not only
the proposed Federal payments
and loans but also bills 10
strengthen the hand Of local
police.
Voices Disappointment
What he said at the final
March 4 meeting Of both Com
mittees was more blunt. how.
ever.
On the Federal payment: q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

was quite proud OF the plant.
She had accomplished some
thing rare and highly spe-
cialized In the field Of gar
dening.
1t sat inside In her kitchen
window. 1t resembled a min
iature, equisite, spreading
tree. It was q great source Of
pleasure to her when she
peeled or washed dishes.
With continued, painstak-
ing care, she could keep the
plant growing indefinitely.
The Japanese had handed
down similar plants for gen.
erations.
After seven years, the
plant was about four inches
high and about six inches
wide. Its leaves were about
half-an-inch across.
Ivy, under normal condi-
tons, in the same period,
would have raced up the side
of a'three-story house.
On March Z, Mrs. Kunian-
sky's ivy plant rested proud
ly in the middle Of an ex-
hibit, staged by the Hyatts-
vile Horticulture Society, al
the flower show at the
Armory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18
The
Rambler
Wonders
Who Stole II
By John McKELwAY

About seven years ago,
Mrs. Sidney Kuniansky of
Annandale, Va, picked up
on the floor Of the District
Armory, at the annual flow
er show, a small cutting
from an ivy plant.
Mrs. Kuniansky, the
mother of three and mar
ried to a Government chem
ical engineer, set out TO grow
a dwarf ivy plant by a meth
cd used for centuries by the
Japanese-something called
''bonsai" in which the
growth of a plant or tree Is
controlled by delicate and
skillful pruning.
She worked on the plant
each day-much as a man
might build a ship in a bot
tie in spare time. Once when
a helpful maid fortified the
plant - which should not
have been done-Mrs. Ku-
niansky painfully watered
the plant and flushed from
the earth what to her was
as bad as poison.
To control the growth. she
would flick off a bud with
her finger after a careful
examination each day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18


THE FOLLOWING SUN
DAY it was stolen. It has
never been found.
1T was told on the tele-
phone it had been stolen, !"
Mrs. Kuniansky said the
other day. ''The woman who
was in charge of the exhibit,
Mrs. Fisher, was quite upset.
I tried to calm her down.
But after I hung up, ! start
ed to cry. I hadn't realized
how much it had meant to
me, until then.
"Then I was burned up
and I'm still burning.
1.-THE plant is fireplace
able. There is nothing like it
anywhere and you think
about all the time and loving
care that went into bringing
it up.
IF 1t ever turns up In a
show could spot 1t immedi-
ately. It's my guess that some
connoisseur took it, probably
slipped 1t into one Of the
shopping bags they were
passing out at the Armory
that day. 1t was small
enough.
IT don't think I want to
prosecute. Whoever took 1t
could Just leave 1t some
where, maybe at some police
station. I Just want 1t back.
If I found out where 1t was,
maybe / would do something,
"You know its sort Of
funny. About two or three
months ago several bonsai
plants were stolen from the
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Some Of those plants,
think, we're over 100 years
old.
II guess maybe my plant
was worth $24 TO 500 but
how do you place a value or
something like that2" Mrs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-18

What he said at the final
March 4 meeting Of both Com
mittees was more blunt. how
ever.
on the Federal payment: Il
Evening star., 1963-04-02
WORLD NEWS
Lobster Arbitration
Is Sought by France

PARIS. April 2 (AP). -
France has asked the Inter-
national Court of Justice at the
Hague to put a little quiet pres
sure on Brazil to submit their
lobster war to arbitration.
A Foreign Ministry COM
munique said President Charles
de Gaulle's government wrote
to the international bureau OF
the permanent court of arbi-
tration after Brazil brushed
aside French suggestions for
arbitration.
The communique said the
French asked the bureau to
recall to the Brazilian govern
ment that this court is open
to it."
Brazil in February threat
ened half a dozen French lob
ster boats fishing off Brazil.
France dispatched a destroyer
to the scene, but the trawlers
and the destroyer finally left.
France contends her trawlers
have the right under an inter-
national convention to take
Holsters off Brazil. Brazil argues
that the convention does not
apply to Holsters.
Evening star., 1963-04-02

spurred a vote registration
drive. OF Leflore County's
6,400 registered voters, only 470
are Negroes.
Wants to Hear Both Sides
Judge Clayton. who took
time out during a car theft
trial in Federal Court at Aber-
deem to hear the Justice
Department request, said 1t
was mot sufficient to warrant
trampling on the rights" of
Greenwood and Leflore County
officials. He said he wanted to
hear both sides Of the case.
II detest any action on the
part Of anyone which interfere
in any way with any right Of
any persons. This includes
the right to register and the
right to vote" Judge Clayton
said.
But, he added. the Green
wood and Leflore officials also
had the right to present their
side of the story.
Police dispersed two mass
by Negroes on the
courthouse last week. Eleven
were arrested in one demon
stration. Eight drew Jail terms.
The Government wants them
released.
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Alien Population
Up in Southwest
BY the Associated Press

The alien population is grow
ing in the Southwest and fall
ing off in most others areas,
except for Florida with its large
influx of Cubans, the Justice
Department reports.
1t said 3,236,684 aliens re-
ported their addresses to the
immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service this year. This is
l07,9l9 more than last year.
California had the biggest
total, as usual, with 710,419
aliens, followed by New York
with 600,468. Mexican ma
tionals. with 589,870, continue
to dominate the list, with Ca
nadians second at 358,220. Ma
tionals Of the United Kingdom,
Germany, Cuba, and Italy each
take more than 100000
Evening star., 1963-04-02

ister with l8 machine-gun bull
lets last night, then fired an
other shot into his head.
The guard was undergoing
interrogation. Governme e n t
sources said they did not know
his motive nor could they iden-
tify him.
A terse government commu-
nique merely said Mr., QUINN
was shot "by an unknown
person"
In Washington Recently
Mr., Quinim'S wife, wounded
in both legs. was In a coma
from loss of blood.
Mr.. QUINN visited Washing
ington five weeks ago, with King
Savang Vathana and Premier
Souvanna Phouma on their
tour to thank SignerS of the
Geneva agreement that guar
anteed Laotian neutrality.
Mr.. QUINN had entered the
coalition government as a
member of Prince Souvanna's
neutralist party. But in the past
10 months he had drawn closer
and closer to the pro-Commu-
mist Pathet Lao and had be-
come highly controversial.
The field commander of the
neutraliSt army, Col. Ketsana
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Red Rocket Boost

MOSCOW, April 2 (AP). -
The Soviet army newspaper
Krasnaya Zvesda (Red Starr
claimed today Soviet rockets
and missiles are much more
powerful and more accurate
than American ones. 1t dis
puted what it said were West
ern claims that the American
lag is less now than 1t has been.
The newspaper rem lin d e d
readers that Premier Khru-
shchev said in 1859 that one
Soviet plant alone was pro-
ducing $50 rockets with nuclear
warheads a year. More than
three years have passed since
then" said the paper, "anc
our industry has certainly not
been standing still but de-
veloping rapidly all this time.
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Transit Bills
Backers Seek
Labor Support
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

Senate supporters of Presi'
dent Kennedy's $500 millior
mass transit program today
were attempting to reach 9
compromise with organized
labor on the bill now facing
a close Senate vote.
The position Of the AFL-
CIO could be decisive.
A poll by the Democrats in
dicated the vote might be So
to 48 for the three-year grants
to help buy transit equipment
in urban areas.
Republicans, meeting in full
conference this morning,
could muster less than 10 votes
for the first Kennedy spending
program to come before the
Senate. Minority Leader Dirk
sen of Illinois indicated an
amendment satisfactory to
labor might win clearance.
Guarantees Sought
An AFL-CIO spokesman
said today labor wants guar
anteeSs that private transit
employees would be given new
jobs by any public operator,
aided by Federal funds, If dis
placed. The legislation should
also make Federal grants con-
ditional on opportunities for
workers to be paid for neces-
sary job retraining and to con-
tinue collective bargaining,
he said.
Senator Mcnamara, Demo-
crat of Michigan, a labor
champion, repeatedly is draft
ing a compromise 10 be intro
duced today. 1t will not give
labor leaders all the specifics
they demand, it was under
stood.
But proponents Of the ad-
ministration bill have made
some headway with labor Off
cials who support the President
by arguing that the transit
legislation, as the first Ken
nedy spending proposal to be
tested in the Senate, must be
passed.
Many Amendments
Senator Williams, Democrat
of New Jersey, is managing the
debate this afternoon. He is
willing to accept some, but
ready to reject most, of the
score of amendments filed
through the day.
They come from both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans who
claim the Federal Government
is moving into a local area in
what will become a billion
dollar bonanza.
Evening star., 1963-04-02

pheui Changsavang, was assas-
sinated.
Information Minister Phoum
Vongvichit, the leading Pathet
Lao in the cabinet, told re-
porters Mr.. Quinim's assassi-
nation was "a premeditated
coup prepared by foreigners
who wanted to get rid of
QUINN because he was follow
ing the policy of a true neu-
traliSt."
Governor of Sam Neua
United States officials in
Washington took the view that
the assassination could inten-
sify seriously the feud in
Prince Souvanna's government,
a shaky coalition of right
wingers, neutralists and pro-
Communists whose factions
never have been able to agree
on any action of Importance.
I'm Washington, State De-
partment Press Officer Lincoln
White noted the assassination
was the third killing of a Lao
tian official since February.
This "deplorable" act, Mr..
White said, docs nothing to
advance the fundamental OBJ
jectives of the Geneva accords,
namely to bring about unity
and peace in Laos"
The United States has ex-
pressed condolences to the Lao
tian government and to Mr..
Quinim'S widow
Half Chinese, Mr.. QUINN
was born to a merchant fam
lily but gained quaSi-royal sta
tus when made a ward of
Prince Souvanna's S family.
He studied Law Ii Wet Nam,
worked as a civil servant and
as a result Of Souvanna'S spon-
sorship became Governor of
Sam Neua Province in North
ern Laos in 1945, holding the
post for 10 years.
Evening star., 1963-04-02
; Cups of Coffee
Is Daily Average
By the Associated Press

Average coffee consumption
in the United States is three
cups every "a hours for everyone
10 or more years old,
So said the Organization Of
American States yesterday in
announcing that April IT will
be proclaimed Coffee Day." 1t
comes during observance Of
Pan American Week.
The OAS said total United
States consumption is AL mil
lion cups a day.
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Mississippi Police Halt
New March of Neqroes

GREENWOOD, Miss, April
(AP).-Police acted quickly to.
day to break up a march Of
about 100 Negroes seeking tC
register to vote in this delta
town.
City police halted a mass
march about two blocks from
its origin and ordered the
marcherS to disperse in smaller
groups.
1t was the latest of several
demonstrations by the Negroes
seeking to register.
Negro Comedian Dick Greg
ory, who flew here to speak at
a vote registration rally, ap-
peared in the crowd but took
no active part.
Mr.. Gregory told the rally
last night he would join Ne
groes going to the Leflore
County Courthouse to take reg
istration tests.
Clash of Views
Police Chief Curtis Larry told
the marchers, I'VE have told
you we will not interfere with
genuine application to regis
ter. but you cannot proceed
with groups this large through
the business district"
Charles McDew, Student Nom
Violent Co-ordinating Commit
tee worker, told Chief Larry.
you are interfering with right
of assembly and association"
The Negroes dispersed and
walked and rode to the court
house in smaller groups.
Mr.. Gregory told newsmen
he was at Greenwood to apply
for an auto license plate and
he would leave for Clarksdale
for a rally tonight.
Yesterday, a Federal Judge
rejected a Justice Department
request for an immediate court
order barring interference In
the situation.
United States District Judge
Claude Clayton Of Tupelo plans
a hearing on the matter Thurs
day at Greenville, Miss.
This city of $4,000 has been
stirred by racial unrest. Ne
groes, who outnumber white
persons nearly 2 to 1, have
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Lotins Open TuIks

BOGOTA, Colombia, April 2
(AP).-A week-long, nine-na-
ton conference to chart the
course of a Latin American
free-trade area patterned after
the European Common Market
opened here last night. For
eign Minister Jose Antonio
Montalvo called for 'co-opera-
ton rather than competition" +"
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Jukurtu Aid PLEDGED

JAKARTA, April 2 (AP).-
Soviet Defense Minister Rodion
Malinovsky pledged today that
the Soviet Union will continue
to provide military assistance
to Indonesia without strings.
Marshal Malinovsky is on a
To-day tour of the country.
Evening star., 1963-04-02
Many Amendments
Films on Gurdenino

Four color films on garden
ing, landscaping and floral ar
rangement will be presented at
an adult film program at 7:30
pm. Wednesday at the Alex
andria Library.