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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02
THE POLITICAL MILL
No Quiet Along the Hudson
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Brooklyn in that election
gave Mr.. Kennedy an edge
over Mr.. Nixon of 319,0l4
votes. In 1862, when Mayor
Wagner and the Kennedys
stirred UP the political jungle
by thTusting Mr.. Morgen-
thau into the gubernatorial
race, over the protests of the
party organization, their
candidate carried Brooklyn
by fewer than 10000 votes.
And Mr.. Morgenthau car
ried New York City by only
39,922. II the city had rolled
UP a normal" Democratic
majority - around 100000
votes-Mr. Rockefeller would
have been defeated.
Could Have Lost State
If Gov. Rockefeller had
been the Presidents opponent
IN 1860 instead Of Mr.. Nixon,
1t is entirely conceivable that
Mr.. Kennedy would have lost
the State--and some Of the
other States he carried in
the industrial East. With
Gov. Rockefeller as an OPP
ponent next year, the Presi5
dent will have great need of
New York and other big in
dustrial States like Pennsyl-
vania, Michigan and New
York, all Of which elected
Republican Governors in
1862. Mr.. Kennedy may, too,
need some Southern States
where he is not too popular
today. New York. however,
is the great gamble. OF the
five Democrats elected Presi-
dent since the Civil War,
three Of them had New York
with them.
During the last 20 years,
Republicans have held the
governorship Of New York 10
years. They hold it today. In
that period there have been
five presidential elections.
only two of which the
Republicans won. On both
these occasions. the Republi-
cans carried New York. So
New York may be said to be
a sine qua non for the COP.
next year in the presidential
race. If the Republican can
didate is Republican Gov.
Rockefeller, the contest
should be hard fought. 1t is
not clear yet who the winner
would be.
Just why is Mayor Wagner
stirring up the Brooklyn
Democrats? He wants to
harden his control over city
and State Democratic poll
tics. 1t is not yet clear
whether he will seek a sena-
torial nomination to run
against Republican Senator
Kenneth B. Heating, or
will get out Of the political
wars. or even seek a fourth
election as Mayor in 1865. He
may face Representative
Samuel Stratton in q race
for the senatorial nominal
ton. And even If the Mayor
wins such a nomination, he
still will have to face Senator
Keating-and Senator Keatu
ing has been gaining strength
since his 1858 victory. His
chief lieutenant. Mr.. Scra.
vane, may wish to run for
Mayor - II Mr.. Wagner
doesn't. And Mr.. Steingut.
the Brooklyn leader. might
decide that City Controller
Abraham Beanie, a Brooklyn
man. would make a good sue
cessor to Mr.. Wagner, and
block Mr.. Scravane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02
Mallory Champion

One might search far and wide
without finding pledge more super
fluous than that given this week by
Senator Wayne Morse, of Oregon. The
Senator told his colleagues that 81 shall
strenuously oppose any change whatso-
eyer IN the Mallory rule" This, in our
judgment, is roughly comparable to d
pledge from Horatius to the Romans
that he would strenuously defend the
bridge. After all-what else2 If Horatius
had fallen back, or If Senator Morse
should sheathe his pro-Mallory sword,
who would be left to defend the people
and Stay the dragons?
The Mallory rule has its main impact
and its principal adverse effect on law
enforcement in the Nations Capital. A
test case on this question is shaping up
IN the Senator's home State of Oregon.
But as Of now the Oregon courts do not
outlaw voluntary confession merely
because there has been delay in ar
raigning the criminal. Yet the Oregon
Senator will strenuously resist any
change in the Federal rule which, merely
because of delay in arraignment, has
freed rapists and killers in the Nations
Capital.
+, In his remarks the other day,
Senator Morse said he would not yield
to pressure" Of police department
Who has said that he should? He in
yoked the pre-Revolutionary specter of
the British Crown, police-state methods
and the "tyrannical fashion" Of the
Kings officers. Doubtless these are, or
were, awesome instrumentalities. But
what have they to do with the Mallory
rule and 1868?
The proposed change in the Mallory
rule would provide that a voluntary
confession shall not be held inadmissible
at a trial merely because Of a reasonable
delay in arraigning the person who made
the confession. This is all that 1t would
do. 1t would not revive the Star Cham
Der. It would not establish tyranny In
this country. 1t would not license the
Kings agents to torture citizens and
extort confessions from them. Everyone,
er almost everyone, knows this to be So
The proposed change would simply
establish In the city of Washington the
same criminal law which prevails in the
States. A confession which Is voluntary
could be used as evidence. A confession
which is coerced or which, for some
other reason, is involuntary, could not
be used.
In 1858 law to this effect passed
the House and almost passed the Senate.
1t died on point Of order in the Senate
at 4:l0 am. on the closing Sunday
morning of the session.
Senator Morse did not raise the
point Of order. He had, however, been
active in organizing small group of
'.'liberal" Senators to talk the Mallory
change bill to death in that last night.
In this connection, a friendly writer
described Senator Morse as follows: "A
fighting liberal Of the last-ditch variety
who is one Of the Senate's champion
filibusterers :"
This is buzzling We had thought
that the champion filibusterers came
from the South and that they we're
illiberal, not liberal. But, on second
thought, this Characterization Of Sena-
tor Morse may make as much sense as
the ban in the Nations Capital on volun-
tary confessions which would be ad-
missible in the States, including the
State Of Oregon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tpiH be
returned only Dhen accom- :
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02

roots Just as 1t is reaching
a point Of full return on
time, money. effort, and pro-
fessional know-how invested.
Frederick ID. Eddy.
Professor Of French,
Georgetown University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02

Four major fields will be
covered by United State S
ships assigned to the Inter-
national Indian Ocean Sur
vey this year. The craft will
represent the Navy. the Ma
tional Science Foundation,
the Bureau Of Commercial
Fisheries and the Weather
Bureau.
The first field. according
to a report, concerns itself
with the problems Of why
there is an ocean basin In
the first place. what are the
forces that have shaped and
are continuing to shape the
basin, how the basin of the
Indian Ocean is dissimilar to
other ocean basins, and what
are the resemblances between
this piece of the earth's crust
and any other. The tech
niques used in attempting to
answer these questions will
be employed on expeditions
to be sent out by the Scripps
Institution Of Oceanography,
Lamont Geological Observa-
tory, Stanford University and
Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution"
Other Major Fields
The second broad area Of
investigation involves chemi-
cal and physical description
OF Indian Ocean waters and
study Of their motions. The
techniques used will involve
sampling Of the water In
Predetermined patterns with
respect to both horizontal
and vertical distribution.
There will be precise meas
urement Of water tempera-
lures, chemical analysis Of
water samples, and determi-
nation Of current flow at
various depths by all possible
means. All participating
United States ships will be
equipped for such water sam
pling. Current flow will be
the particular interest Of the
University Of Rhode Island.
Third major field Of
American interests Is the liv-
ing populations. plant and
animal, OF the Indian Ocean.
All United States ships will
be equipped 10 sample plank
ton and 10 observe surface
biological phenomena. Some
will measure primary produc-
tivity. One Stanford Unlver-
Sity vessel will concentrate
on biological and physiologi-
cal studies OF island groups
and other shallow water
areas.
The fourth main area Of
research, according 10 the
announcement, Is concerned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02

II the Republicans need q
Moses to lead them out of
a political desert in Cali
fornia, the Democrats are in
a similar fix in New York.
All Of which may have q
heavy bearing on the presi-
Dental race Of 1854, when
President Kennedy will be
seeking a second term in the
White House. To put Mr..
Kennedy across a winner
New York's electoral votes,
still the largest of all the
States. may be vital.
The Kennedy administra-
ton. despite its talk Of
hands off," was effective in
the overthrow of the regular
Democratic organization in
the State against which
Mayor Robert F. Wagner
won denomination for a
third term. Mr.. Wagner
was the hope Of the Kennedy
administration to get the
Democratic Party moving in
New York. Apparently he
still Is. although, with Ken
nedy backing. Mayor Wag-
ner dragooned the Demo-
cratic State Convention Of
1862 into giving its guber-
Material nomination to
United States District Attor-
ney Robert M. Morgenthau.
The effort was to defeat Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, q lead
ing candidate for the Re-
publican presidential norni-
nation next year. 1t proved
Q mistake.
Now, it appears, Mayor
Wagner is engaged in another
dragooning project-this time
in Brooklyn (Kings County,
the biggest borough in New
York City and the biggest
Democratic county in the
country. According to reports,
he is asking the custer of
Stanley Steingut, Brooklyn
Democratic county leader.
Mr.. Steingut was elected
county leader by a vote of
rs to 10. Mr.. Wagner has
been telling the district party
leaders, however, that Mr..
Steingut must go-although
the rs district leaders who
elected him represent districts
which provide the big Demo-
cratic vote among the Negroes
and the Jews. Mr.. Wagner
and Council President Paul
Scravane, 1t is reported, are
purging the Steingut men on
the city payroll and substi-
tuting followers Of Assembly,
man Anthony Travia - Mr..
Wagner's candidate to take
over the Brooklyn leadership
from Mr.. Steingut.
Brooklyn Vote Important
This might be considered a
trivial affair were it not for
the fact that the Brooklyn
vote plays such a large part
in Statewide elections. To
tear the Democrats apart in
that borough viii not do any
candidate good on the DEM
ocratic ticket, including the
candidate for President, in
the 1864 elections.
Brooklyn's place in the
Democratic picture in New
York State politics is shown
in the election results in 1860
and 1862. When President
Kennedy carried the State
over former Vice President
Nixon in 1860 his margin of
victory was 383.666 votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02

John M. Duzak
Member, ITU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-02
Research Animal Bill

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

signed to eliminate the lost
leader" items offered as bar
gain inducements by the high
volume cut-rate liquor stores.
In the way of a substitute,
subcommittee members agreed
on a requirement that bargain
liquor ads include the number
of bottles available at the sale
price. The store also would be
prohibited from limiting the
number of bargain price bottles
to the customer.
The bill also carries a new
ban on false advertisements
The ABC Board would have
the authority to take away a
license after a citation of an
advertisement violation.
Other provisions OF the bill
include:
/. Extension OF stand-up
drinking privileges to hotels
and clubs.
2. Inclusion Of champagne
in the definition OF light
wines" to permit its sale or
Sundays.
3. Permission for restaurants
and hotels to extend credit
for cocktail orders. Except fol-
special credit card arrange
ments the city's current Law
limits this credit to beer ano
light wine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
Liquor Law Revision
Gets Booking in House

A bill to revise the Districts
liquor law, including tougher
requirements for bargain sale
advertisements, was approved
today by a House District sub
committee.
The measure also would take
the City's Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board out from under
control of the Commissioners
and make 1t an independent
agency.
The measure was endorsed
today by the subcommittee
headed by Representative Multi
er, Democrat of New York, dur
ing an executive session.
One subcommittee member,
Representative Springer, Re-
publican Of Illinois, opposed sew
eral sections of the bill, in
Guiding the provision making
the ABC Board independent.
Mr.. Springer will renew his
fight when the bill comes be-
fore the full House District
Committee.
Missing in the current YER,
sion is a requirement, carried
when the measure was intro
duced by Mr.. Multers setting {
minimum price for retail liquo
store sales. This requirement
which was stricken by the sub
committee during its series o
sessions on the bill, was de
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
TRAGEDY AT GAO
Suspect EIuded Arrest

policemen, 1--WE got the sus-
pect."
Terrell was taken to the
station house by the police
men who answered the call but
was released because there was
no probable cause to believe he
had committed any crime. The
sidewalk is public space, police
pointed out, and mere suspi-
cion is not sufficient grounds
for arrest under the no-inves-
tigative-arrests rule.
Friday morning, Mr.. and
Mrs. Watson went to Court OF
General Sessions again TO dis
cuss the HOUSEKEEPING and the
lettering. An assistant United
States attorney thereupon drew
up a new warrant based on
the threats Terrell was said
TO have made against Mrs.
Watson last May.
The warrant was sent to the
sixth precinct because Terrell's
address was listed in that area
in the 400 block of Gallatin
street NV. The warrant was
assigned to scout car but
the crew was unable to locate
Terrell at either the Gallatin
street address or another home
in the precinct. The suspect,
II turned out, has no fixed
address.
Monday worning at 8 o'clock
the warrant was turned over
to plainclothes detectives to
serve. Fifteen minutes later.
Terrell walked into Mrs. Wat
sons office In the busy Govern
ment building. Ten minutes
later she lay dead on the floor.
Terrell is charged with hon.
icide and awaits an inquest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

A House District subcommit-
tee chairman today headed
along an approach to the prob
lem of foreign chanceries in
Washington different from
that proposed in a Senate
passed bill.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Multer, Demo-
crat of New York, is exploring
the merits of permitting for
eign nations to open chanceries
in residential areas under GER
tain restrictions.
The legislation passed by the
Senate, on the other hand,
would ban the offices of for
eign countries from the city's
residential areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
Ex-Lieutenunt
Accused in
Death

Detectives have filed a homi-
eide charge against Roy E.
Rountree, 81, a former Army
officer, in the death of his wife
Lois, SO, yesterday in their
apartment at 1888 Columbia
road NV.
Homicide squad detectives
said Mrs. Rountree's body was
examined by District Coroner
Richard L. Whelton yesterday
at the apartment.
Police said an autopsy dis
closed that Mrs. Rountree's
death was caused by head in
juries. She had suffered a brain
hemorrhage, cerebral contu-
sions, bruises on her face, frac-
tured ribs and a fractured
breastbone, the coroner said.
Her husband, a former Army
first lieutenant, telephoned
DR.. Aloysius Connolly yester-
day morning, stating that his
wife appeared to be in a dia-
bette coma, police said. He told
detectives he had slapped her
in an attempt to revive her
after she fell out OF bed.
The coroner's report indi-
Gated that Mrs. Rountree had
been dead six TO eight hours
when police reached the apart
ment In answer TO a call from
DR.. Connolly. shortly before
noon yesterday. The husband
had told police Of his Army
service and was first listed as
a retired lieutenant colonel.
An inquest in the case has
been scheduled for Friday.
The husband appeared today
before United States Commls-
sioner Sam Werlich on a
charge Of second degree MUIR
der.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11

scrutiny of a veteran auction
buyer.
When she asked how she
could bid she was told you
have to get a paddle" with
which the buyer signals his
bid. With a sigh she went
downstairs to get her paddle
and wait out the bidding for
the French clock.
Although a SIS deposit had
been made by all entering the
theater, to bar the mere
non-buying curious, the rich
mingled with the poor. A be-
wildered gray-haired lady who
had bought the wrought iron
lights in the mems smoker
seemed astonished when the
auctioneer told her the buyer
would have to remove them.
A businessman, Alvin Ep-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
POWDER ROOM INVADED
Bnc-a-Brac Auctioned at CAPITOL
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Staff Writer

At II am. today, as Loew'S
Capitol began to come apart
under the auctioneer'S gavel,
$50 people were already there
to buy.
Some raced up the stairs to
the second floor balcony, like
late arrivals at opening night,
when they heard the auctioneer
start his staccato bidding spiel.
For the first time in her his
tory, the DuBarry Room went
co-educational as auction hunt
ers crowded to bid for vanity
mirrors and marble tables.
Items ranged from a mid
18th Century clock and Sevres
vases-eyed by horn-rimmed
antique dealers from New York
to a looking smoking
lamp from the mems smoker
that went for $11.
The coveted mid-18th CEN
fury clock went for $1,000 to
Judge and Mrs. Lester Kraft.
of Chevy Chase, Md. Asked if
he got a bargain on the clock,
the most expensive item in the
auction, Mr.. Kraft, who is the
president of the National Art
Academy at 1853 r street NV,
shrugged his shoulders and
said, Il don't know. My wife
and I collect French period
pieces and 1 think the prices
today are very high. For ex-
ample, that French table with
the pictures of either Louis XIV
or XVI on it is cracked, and
that went for $685."
The final crowd estimate was
$50 persons, who came to look
and bid on approximately 300
items.
DR.. M. D. Handmacher, a
Shirlington VA optometriSt,
with several partners bought
the Capitol lock, stock and bar
rel to auction individual items.
Before today's auction, he had
already unloaded the stage
equipment to the University of
Maryland, and $4,000 worth of
chandeliers and elegant sofas
to restaurateur Blackie Anger
of Blackie's House of Beef.
Now that I've got them, I
don't know what I'll do with
the chandeliers" said Blackie
looking up at them from the
second floor balcony. II also
bought those huge cigarette
urns. I'm going to build a bar"
Film Star Ilona Massey,
whose movies were once viewed
on the now empty stage, in
spected the theater with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
March Cost
To D. 6. Put
At$163,794

Demonstrators who marched
on Washington for jobs and
freedom August % cost the city
$163,79 Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat of West Virginia, disclosed
yesterday.
The Senator, who heads an
Appropriations Subcommittee
due to consider the District
budget next week, released a
breakdown of expenses Of the
march in seven departments.
Earlier, he said marchers
themselves should contribute to
unusual expenses imposed on
the city by the demonstration
The burden should not be met
by local taxpayers, he said.
But the Senator had no COM
ment on how the actual costs
should be divided except to say
that the issue would be aired
at budget hearings.
The item is the kind often
noted by District Commission
erS to show that many mu-
nicipal services are demanded
simply because this is the Ma
TONS Capital, rather than a
Metropolitan center.
The Byrd tally showed that
the fire department spent
$15,901; corrections, $3,145;
sanitary engineering, $18,731;
highways, $11,357; police.
$99,250; health, Sl3,369. and
the National Guard, $2,041.
The $163,794 total did not
include $4,000 for box lunches
for police.
More than a dozen officers
became i'll after eating sand
Wiches and salads furnished in
boxes during the march. The
District may not pay for the
spoiled food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
THE NAME HAPPY" was

THE NAME HAPPY" was
coined years back by a room
mate at boarding school who
could not stand the name
II arriet." Happy can't
stand 1t either)
Today, Mrs. Bradley, the
public figure, is mildly con-
cerned she might be confused
with another Happy. But
such are the trials Of those
seeking office. Her husband
is a Washington lawyer and
not the Governor Of New
York.
Happy's platform, she
says, is to bring honesty to
the booming county. She's
against urban sprawl ana
com mercialism In the
Dranesville district. She's out
to fight spot coming.
In Happy's wake, the
Rambler wondered what it
would be like If he was an
old, entrenched politician out
in one Of the counties and
forced to deal with a bright,
energetic young lady, stir
ring up all the suburbanites
telling them it was time fol
a change.
Poor guy. Might even have
to give a few "coffees" him.
self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11

must first obtain enabling leg
iSlation from the Legislatures
of Virginia and Maryland, Mr..
Pickens said. If the charter
is granted by Congress, the
group could not use any Fed
eral funds without the author
ization of the two State Legis-
latures, he said.
Called Super government
Councilman Timothy j. SWEET
said that by rejecting the
charter, Alexandria would
stand with Montgomery County
and that's good company"
Montgomery County with
drew its membership in the
metro agency last February.
Councilman James M. Dun
can supported Mr.. Pickens'
argument that the charter rep
resentS a form of "Super-gov-
eminent"
Councilmen Duncan, SWEET
and James T. Luckett sup
ported Mr.. Pickens' motion to
reject the proposed charter.
Mayor Mann, Vice Mayor Eu-
gene w. Zimmerman and new
ly elected Councilman Nicholas
A. ColaSanto opposed it.
Called Disappointing
A spokesman for the metro
agency said afterwards that
the action was very disap-
pointing"
In Fairfax County the board
defeated a motion by Mr.. Moss
to delay its Endorsement pend
ing a ruling by the Virginia
attorney general on whether
the county could take part in
a federally chartered group
without legislative permission.
| Mr.. Moss said a Federal
charter for the c. o. G. would
be the first step toward q
super-government. The next
thing will be to do away with
the Regional Planning Coun-
Gill;" he charged.
Board Chairman A. Clai-
borne Leigh described the
scramble between the two
regional agencies as "a COM
petition between frogs to see
! Whose pond will be the largest. /"