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Evening star., 1963-04-28

second trial that he was not
living with DR.. Schmitt, in view
of the reversal of the divorce
decree. He said 1t was his in
tention to remarry her when
the divorce became final.
Married Seven Years
Both Mr.. Reynolds and DR.
Schmitt were reported in Eu-
rope and unavailable for COM
ment on their plans.
Mr.. Reynolds and his third
wife lived together seven years
in half a dozen homes he
maintained after their mar
riage. He filed for divorce in
August, 1859, while Mrs. Rey-
noldS was visiting in Paris.
He charged her with cruelty,
wastefulness and extravaganza
and said his health was threat
ened because of constant nag
ging.
Mrs. Reynolds denied all
charges. including one that her
husband feared for his life be-
cause she carried q knife in
her belt. She said the knife
was used to cut flowers. She
said Mr.. Reynolds drank heavily
and made worse a lung all
ment from which he suffered.
She also said he set up q Sc
million trust fund for her, then
revoked it.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
Titan II Missile
Called Success

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf, April 81 (AP).-A
mighty Titan II missile SCARED
out over the Pacific Ocean to-
Gay in what the Air Force de-
scribed as the first successful
West Coast firing of the mis-
Sile from its bomb-proof silo.
Today's silo launching was
the second at Vandenberg. The
first test last February ended
when the 103-foot missile ex-
ploded less than a minute after
launching.
Today's target was an area
near Wake Island, about 1900
miles down the Pacific missile
range.
An Air Force spokesman
said preliminary information
indicated the shot was q COM
plete success.
He said the re-entry vehicle
landed in the pre-selected tar
get area.
The two-stage Titan II mis-
sile, the most powerful In the
Nations arsenal, uses liquid
propellants. The propellants
are kept in the missile tanks
ready for instant launching
from underground. concrete
silos.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
Appendicitis FutuI
To Byrd Grandson

John Duncan Byrd. 10-year-
old grandson Of H. c. "Curly'
Byrd. president emeritus Of the
University Of Maryland. died
Friday in Prince Georges
General Hospital after an op-
Grafton for appendicitis.
His father Is H. c. Byrd, r.,
College Park postmaster. His
mother is an elementary school
teacher.
The youngster win be buried
Tuesday In Arlington National
Cemetery after services at st
Andrews Episcopal Church,
College Park.
In addition TO his parents
and grandfather, chairman OF
the Maryland Tidewater Fish
cries Commission. the boy Is
survived by q brother. Harry
c. III, his paternal grand
mother. and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Y
Williford, Cleveland. Miss. the
maternal grandparents.
Evening star., 1963-04-28

courage dlSSidentS elsewhere in
the union.
If the Teamsters lose, rebel
lion may spread and the ALL
CIO may support widespread
raids on Mr.. Hoffa's member
ship.
In advance Of the voting,
the outlook was for a close
election-with the odds favor
ing the Teamsters slightly.
Challenged by "The Voice"
The challenger is a rebel
group called The Voice of the
Teamsters Democratic Organic
ing Committee. The Voice, as
it is known, is trying to wrest
representation rights away
from Teamster Locals lot, 470,
3l2 and 33l.
The key local is 107, one of
the biggest and most important
units in the 1.5-million-mem-
ber Teamsters Union. 1t is
headed by Raymond Cohen, an
international trustee of the
Teamsters and, at least until
recently, one Of Mr.. Hoffa's
key lieutenants.
The Voice surprised the
Teamsters last November by
making a good showing in a
representation election ordered
by the National Labor Relations
Board. The Teamster locals
won with 1870 votes to the
Voices 3,274. Another 392 bal
lots were challenged.
Violence Nullified Election
The NLRB nullified the No
vember election on grounds
Evening star., 1963-04-28

that the voting was distorted
by TeamSter violence. vandal-
ism and threats. The new elec-
ton ordered by the NLRB
started last Thursday and will
end today.
Mr.. Hoffa set up headquar-
ters in Philadelphia months
ago to run the campaign
against the Voice. He has tried
to meet some rank-and-file
complaints by cutting Mr.. Co.
hens salary, improving proc
esSing of grievances and in
stituting other reforms.
The Teamster president, put
ting his prestige on the line,
has overshadowed Mr.. Cohen
in the election campaign. Mr..
Cohen is under indictment on
charges that he misused union
funds.
The AFL-CIO, which ex-
PEELED the Teamsters on cor
ruption charges, has helped
the Voice with money and
manpower. Several AFL-CIO
affiliates also have joined the
Voice campaign, notably the
Communications Workers of
America. The CWA recently
repulsed a Teamster raid on
1900 members employed by
the Western Electric Co.
Leaders of the Voice intend
TO steer their members into
the AFL-CIO If they win the
election. The Voice could be-
come the nucleus Of an ALL
CIO trucking union If the la
Dor federation decided to wage
war on the Teamsters.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
REYNOLDS Sd Wife Gets
81 Million Settlement

ATLANTA, April 81 (AP).-
Wealthy r. ]. Reynolds and
his third wife settled their Bit
ter, four-year divorce fight to-
day in a surprising agree
ment that gave Mrs. Reynolds
more than 50 million in ali
mony and legally severed their
marriage.
The settlement came nearly
one year after a second jury
verdict had given Mr.. Reynolds
a divorce and denied Mrs. Rey-
nolds any alimony or attorneys
fees. An appeal Of the divorce
verdict was withdrawn as her
part Of the bargain.
The tobacco fortune heir is
not well and "his physical well
being requires that a halt be
brought to litigation between
the couple said his attorney,
William H. Schroeder, jr. Of At
lanta.
His third wife, Muriel Mar
ston Reynolds Of New York
and formerly Of Toronto, Can
ada, received a cash payment
of $681 ESQ and will get $780,
900 q year over the next 20
years. She already had received
payments of $94,072 and $177,-
301 under court orders. She had
sought $6 million alimony.
Under the agreement, E.
Smythe Gambrell, Atlanta at
torney for the 44-year-old Mrs.
Reynolds, and his partners re-
ceived $500.000 for legal serv-
ices.
Mr.. Reynolds, 81, also agreed
to keep intact a 81 million
trust fund established in favor
Of Mrs. Reynolds a nd her
mother from which they re-
ceive about $4,000 annually
for life. Mr.. Reynolds wealth
was estimated at $25 million.
Mrs. Reynolds, who lives in
a Park avenue apartment in
New York, came to Atlanta
for the settlement.
II am grateful for the under
standing Of the people. the Su-
preme Court Of Georgia and
for the remitting labors of my
lawyers, she said.
Two Verdicts Reversed
Mr.. Schroeder said Mr.. Rey-
nolds' position In the lengthy
dispute had been vindicated
by two jury verdicts in his
favor. Both verdicts were re-
versed by the Georgia Supreme
Court. A motion for a third
trial was dismissed under the
agreement.
Mr.. Reynolds married O.
fourth time, after the first de-
cree was granted, TO DR.. Anne
Marie Schmitt of Germany. The
appeals filed by Mrs. Reynolds
termed this marriage adulter-
Gus.
The fourth marriage was
performed aboard a luxury
liner in the China Sea in
March, 1861. Court testimony
showed 1t followed receipt of
a cable from Mr.. Reynolds at
torney. advising him a new
trial had been denied Mrs.
Reynolds and that there was
no legal impediment to remar-
riage right now"
Mr.. Reynolds testified at the
Evening star., 1963-04-28

ATLANTA, April ~ (AP)-
College-age groups of negroes
and white persons sought serv-
Ice In seven downtown Atlanta
restaurants today but were re-
fused. The sit-ins we're organ
lied by the committee on appeal
for human rights.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
Hoffo Power at Stake
In Locals Vote Todoy
BY LEE M. COHN
Star Staff Writer

James r. Hofa's prestige power face a crucial test
IN Philadelphia union election today.
At stake is the allegiance of 5000 drivers and
housemen who members of Mr. Hoffas Teamsters
Union He has been trying for months put down a
belon in their ranks
II the Teamsters win the election the result will dis
Evening star., 1963-04-26
7:l5 and GAS pm.

7.l5 and 9:45 pm.
Dupont - Seven Capital
Sins; l, sos. Sis. 7:25 and
$40 pm.
Keith's - THE Misfits";
1l:l5 am, 3:36 and 1850 pm.
THE Apartment; 1:25, $40,
and 9:55 pm.
MacArthur-"Playboy of the
Western World; 1880 and 9;45
pm.
Metropolitan - Giant: II
am, 2:20, $40 and 9:05 pm.
Palace - Miracle Of the
White Stations; 1880 am,
las, 3:25. $3.50, 7:30. $3.50 pm.
OntariO-"Lawrence of Ara
bia"; Q and Sis pm.
Playhouse David and
Lisa; 1880, 2:25, AIS, $40,
8 and 9:55 pm.
Piazza Stranger Knocks;
IL, l:40, 3:20, S. $40, 8:25 and
1905 pm.
TOwn-"To Kill a Mocking
Evening star., 1963-04-26

If there was a compelling
intensity or realism in Jack
Gelber's off-Broadway play,
THE Connection" 1--WE didn't
see it,. you'd never know 1t
from the inept, self-conscious
film translation now at the
Stanton Art theater. Gelber's
one-scene study of drug addicts
in a squalid tenement emerges
with its major values and al
legorical overtones diminished
and its minor ones-the music
and incidental characters, in
cluding a cockroach-enhanced
In fact, the music played by
the Negro addicts is the best
single thing about the film and
Is really too good to believe,
adding another note Of incredi-
bility to a story which begins
with the preposterous premise
that q documentary film-mak-
er has persuaded the addicts
and the connection" (pusher)
to appear in a movie he's max
ing about them.
Bill Redfield, the director is
Evening star., 1963-04-26

CENTRE Feirlins,on Shop. Center
Tt 6.lnoo Free PorLiro
~ 1yp r..Gv ;C5 All = the E, EE,YmilyaayIAcKIE EYmilyayIAcK
AsrSs A.s SnsSEoEo5tSGYA EeoEo5tSGATE PEeR, esoSpITptSRHY SEpREY
lHEPg6RNs aRoMAN Holiday"
Evening star., 1963-04-26

Bird; 1920, 2:55. $3.50, 8, 1920
pm. and 1885 am.
Trans-Lux - THE Birds:
1925 am, 12:45. $40. 5:35. 8
and 1920 pm.
Evening star., 1963-04-26

Hurst Is certainly Elspeth
March as the Widow Quin who
pits experience against Pegeen
Mikes virginia. appeal in the
competition for the Playboy.
Also superb are Mall McGinnis
as the gruff father whose skull
Christy Dashed; Liam Redmond
as Pegeen Mixes guzzling old
sire; and Michael OBriain
Gaelic, eh?) as Pegeen's terri
fled suitor who finds himself
the Playboy's rival.
There's an engaging musical
score by Sean Oriada to back
up that Of Synge's language in
THE Playboy," but 1t cannot
compare with the latter in its
melodic wonder.
THE Playboy Of the Western
World" is the first government
subsidized Irish film. 1t is in
conceivable that there will not
be many others with all that
immortal Irish writing clamor-
ing to be put on the screen by
the Irish themselves.
BULLETIN BOARD: "Medea
in Africa" q relocation Of
Euripides play, will be the
fourth and final production of
the l962-63 Howard University
Players season. 1t opened
last night at Ira Aldridge the
ater, with performances sched-
uled also for tonight, tomorrow
and May 1-3 inclusive. DR..
owen Dodson directs. "An-
other Appomattox." winning
play in the Civil War Centen-
nial playwriting contest, will be
presented at the Arts Club on
May 2. -. . The play. the work
of J. Randolph, will be directed
by Meg Gleason. Chicago's
Second City revue, Looking for
the Action" a hit earlier in
New York, has just become an
other in London. The Eng
lish critics compare 1t with
Beyond the Fringe" the
height Of praise.
Evening star., 1963-04-26
The Dis-Connection

as midcast as a Boy Scout In
q burleSQue house. Believable
performances. by Garry Good
row (Ernie). James Anderson
(Sam) and Barbara WincheS-
ter as a pathetic old woman
who fears death are wasted.
The four-letter words which
resulted in the films being
banned in several localities are
really rather mild and in con-
text; even the scene in which
an addict gives himself a fix
is little more than another
wretched interlude.
Kids should try to keep their
parents away from this one.
Bernie Harrison
Evening star., 1963-04-26
"PLAYBoY OF THE WESTERN

woRLD,d q Janus Films release Of
a .Brendan Smith-Denis O'Dell-
"a c9Hs Rvisp nsnin baoS prSoopStlon' dlreesea
play by Hurst from the play by
John Millington Synge; music BY
Sean Oriada, Al the Macarthur
TheateT.
Evening star., 1963-04-26
WHERE
AND WHEN
Stage
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
Nati0nal-"Milk and Honey;
$3.50 pm.
Arena Stage-"Othello": $3.50
pm.
Washington Theater Club
"Brecht on Brecht"; 8: 80 pm.
Catholic University =" "Jubi-
lee: $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador l:25.
5 and 8:35 pm.
Appetite Longest Day;
$3.50 pm.
Capital - Mine Hours to
Rama; 1l:45 am, 2:l6. 4:45.
Evening star., 1963-04-26


Irish's first reaction to Synge'S
work was one Of fury, leading
to a riot when it was presented
In Dublin in 1907.
Since then the Irish have
understood that the play was
a paean to their zest for life,
their great talent for turning
joylessnesS into JOY and for
attaining whimsical ecstacies
which enable the playboy to
"pity God himself" as Synge
allows his hero to say.
Now, a group Of enormously
gifted Irish players can, and
have, turned THE Playboy"
into a film which realizes the
infinite riches Of Synge satiri-
cal wit. The group is led By
Siobhan McKenna who turned
UP in all her auburn-halred
glory for the opening Of the
picture last night at the Nc
Arthur theater.
What Miss McKenna and
her associate Irish prove is
that THE Playboy" is close
to the funniest farce-comedy
ever written in so-called Eng
lish. And, correlatively, in a
west county setting. Mayo to
be exact, Synge's fable finds
the eerie beauty Of landscape
that must have influenced its
writing, but which has always
been missing in the play on
the stage.
II moviegoers find 1t takes
some extra listening to catch
the exquisite rhythms Of this
22-karat Irish "Playboy," 1t is
worth the effort.
This, after all, is the defini-
tive version Of the story Of
Christy Mahon, the handsome,
sniveling farm boy who bashes
the skull Of his bullying father
and finds himself suddenly a
great hero Of the countryside.
1t is no end difficult to be a
heroic patricide but under the
goading worship Of the colleens.
the admiring jealousy Of males
his own age, and the sudden
respect Of his elders Of both
sexes Christy gives it a guffaw-
ing try.
Naturally, the idolatry to
which he is most responsive is
that Of such a self-sufficient
girl of his own age as Pegeen
Mike, Synge's heroine played
by Miss McKenna. Their ro-
nance, rustic, bumbling. but
inspiring is one Of the great
affairs Of farce literature. 1t
rs also one Of the great acting
tests Of Goth century drama,
unsurprisingly met by Miss
McKenna but delightfully."- met
by Gary Raymond.
Raymond, son Of a Galway
mother and an English gypsy
father, Is not only the ideally
handsome playboy but adapta-
BILE to the mercurially merry
shifts Of mood that the role
demands.
! Synge, to be sure, was no
= dramatist to be content with
any merely partial portrait of
Irish country life. His minor
characters are splendidly sub
.stantial playmates for his hero
and heroine. So they are played
by so many others in the cast
. Of the film shot on a lonely.
lovely spot in Mayo.
b Memorable among these in
the tempestuously paced film
e., directed by Brian Desmond
Evening star., 1963-04-26
Films of More Than Routine Merit

TUWS OI WORE IHUH NOuIHe W1GTH
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?"-Bette Davis
Joan Crawford in q cheerfuly grisy horror story.
"THE MIRACLE WORKER"-Oscar winners Patty Duke and
Anne Bancroft Helen Keller and dedicated teacher.
"BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ"-But Lancaster In q fine
portrayal Of q real-life prison story.
"SON OF FLUBBER"-SOme further zany Walt Disney ad-
ventures Of Fred MacMurays absent professor
Evening star., 1963-04-26
THE PASSING SHOW
Synge's Satire Sings
In M'Arthur 'PIoyboy'
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

The English language has rarely made such yrcaly lovely
and hilarious music in John Mngton Synges THE Play
boy Of the Western World"
He used of to tell story Of the Irish the
counties whom he found to be the most endearngy and
mad humans the face Of well the globe The
Evening star., 1963-04-26
Capitol. HILL o., 20. Ave, Sc.

FAIRrAY FaIdss, Vo. ca. 5'as0S
"0 Free Porkina
JsssAsIs IsssA,s n, PpEEss5SSSHTE pEsSSH CONDITION"
Evening star., 1963-04-26

rnI nNV 1s3s osofpio Ave. NV.
sv.VNt NO. I.4lSl "A. $500
Maria Elena MARQUES. "cANTiNELAs
sun Spsn . 70 70 ON. nv Monday % ana Tu,sdsy TS
AcoeAnA -LibsrtId Leblanc. At TOO
and 1900 pm.
Evening star., 1963-04-26

Uptown - How the West
Was Won; $3.50 pm.
Warner-"The Ugly Ameri-
can: 1905. 2:3o. $3.50. tbs
and 9:40 pm.
Evening star., 1963-04-26

EnEyMRE1T OR. 4-6loo
- Free Perkins
JUMBO" DORIS DAY. 700. s:ao.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

school was only two miles from
his home while the Perkins school
was four miles away.
Cobbs asked that his two chill
dren be allowed to attend the all
white Mary l.. Michael Jr. High
and tn Govenfe Ier II
school. They are presently attend
ing the Nichols erkins combina-
ton grade-high school for Ne
grOes.
Two earlier suits seeking de-
segregation of Biloxi public
Schools have been appealed to the
us. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
at New Orleans after being dis
missed by us. Dist. Judge Sid
ney Mize. One was filed by the
Justice Department and the
other by parents Of Is Negro stu
dents.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21
Negroes File
Suit To Enter
White School

BILOXI CUPID - S. Sgt. James
W. Tyree and T. Sgt. Harold ].
Cobbs. Negro non-commissioned
officers at Keesler Air Force
Base. have requested transfers
for their children to all-white pub
lie schools here.
The Negro Sergeants submitted
their applications for transfers
to the Biloxi school board Mon
day night. The board has set Sept.
30 for hearing on the applica-
tiOnS.
Tyree, the father of three, re-
quested his children be transfer
red from Perkins school TO the
all-white Lopez school. He said at
tendance at Perkins, an all-Ne-
gro school, was detrimental to
the health, morale and welfare of
his children who are in the first.
fourth and sixth grades.
Tyree also claimed the Lopez
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21
MEMS DAY AT PINE
GROVE

The 5th Annual Mems Day
Program for Pine Grove Male
Choir has been set for Sun
day, October 6. Participants
will include, MesSrs Merry
Veals, Tommie Ransom, Spen-
Ger HouSeworth, Robert Wells.
Hal Veals, Robert Irving. Of
ficers of the group are: Messrs
Arthur Kelly, President; Wal
ter Walker, Vice; CORDOBA
Wells, Secretary. The Rev. r.
l.. Robinson is pastor. Various
churches have been invited to
share in the program.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Miss Louise Salone, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mamie Bell Mos
ley, has returned from St.
Louis, Mo-, where she has
been visiting aunts and uncles.
She is a junior in high school
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

last week by plane, after she
had spent the entire summer
vacationing in the home of
her sisters and brothers in
Wisconsin. She is nov enroll
ed in school ut Utica, jr. Col
lege, where she is a senior
in high school.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Fat Utica, Jr. College, Utica,
Miss.
For Up-To-Dare Dinners and
refreshments be sure to visit
rs Cafe on Utica Street, ope-
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Mrs. o. L. Jasper, Reporter
The following churches held
their regular services Sunday,
September Is: Friendship M.
B. Church, Rev. c. l.. West,
Pastor; Kingsley Chapel Meth.
odist Church, Rev. Oscar A.
Rogers, pastor.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21
enjoyable trip, including sight
seeing in Canada.

The Sylvarena Sunday
School Union Convention will
convene with Mt. Zion Sun
day School the 5th Saturday
and Sunday in September.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

rated by Mrs. Nerissa G.
Smith.
Buy the Mississippi Eenter-
prise from Vernon Jasper and
keep up to date on the news.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Sunday School opened Sun
day morning with the Supt.
in charge. The classes were
taught by Sis. Willie E. Smith,
Bro. ]. d. Rawls and Sis. b.
l.. Smith and reviewed by the
Supt., Bro. M. c. Lamb. Dele
gates chosen to represent the
Sunday School in the Sylvia
rena Sunday School Union
Conv@tion at Mt. Zion, were:
Sis. Annie M. Stapleton, Bro.
M. c. Lamb and Bro. Glen
Anderson.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Miss Lottie M. Bowman,
daughter of Mrs. Bertha Bow
man, returned to the city on
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Mrs. L. V. Sims returned
home Sunday night from visit
ing her son and family, Mr..
and Mrs. James Sims, in Du-
luth, Mimi. She reported an
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

on last weekend for Memphis,
Tennessee where she will visit
relatives and friends.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Tie Sylvarena Usher Board
held its monthly meeting with
the president, Bro. U. w. An
derson, presiding. After trans
acting their regular business,
delegates were chosen to rep
resent the Board in the Usher
Union at Pine Grove M. B..
Church, D'Lo, Miss, Sunday,
as follows: Sis. Bertha Lee
Smith, Sis. Annie Mae Stple-
ton and Bro. u. w. Ander-
son.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

The Quartet Singing Con-
vention was held at Sylverena
M. B. Church, Saturday night.
The session opened with the
President, Rev. jenkins, pre-
siding. Many groups were
represented. Total offering
was $127. 90.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Mrs. Alta Davis left the city
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

The Jr. Choir monthly
meeting opened with the presi-
dent, Sis. B. L. Smith, presid-
ing. Offering was 3.85.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Smith
were proud to have their
nephew, Mr.. John c. Watkins
home from Germany and Mr..
William Holtzclaw, Jr., Los
Angeles, California, visit them
Friday. They also visited Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Johnson.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-09-21
SyIvoreno News
Miss Willie Edna Smith,
Agent

MIR. John 7. Anderson left
Thursday to attend school at
Tougaloo College.
Evening star., 1963-05-29
Stocks Higher;
Stee|s, Autos
Lead Advance

NEW YORK (AP).-Steels,
motors and other industrials
moved higher in moderate trad
ing early this afternoon to give
the stock market a fairly sub
stantial gain.
The quiet trading was nor
NAL for a pre-holiday session.
Even a cut in refined sugar
prices while a congressional
investigation into the recent
leap in sugar prices was start
ing did not disturb the sugar
stocks. Most Of them showed
moderate gains.
Chrysler jumped more than
a point. General Motors, yes
terday's most active gamer
added a fraction.
American Crystal Sugar and
South Puerto Rico Sugar
gained a point or so. Frac-
tional advances were made by
American Sugar. Holly Sugar
and Central Aguirre.
IBM spurted more than 3,
Two-point gains were scored by
Texas Instruments and Polaroid
Up a point or so were such
stocks as Xerox, Burroughs,
Electronic Associates, Litton
Industries and U. S. Smelling
American stock Exchange
prices moved irregularly higher
in moderate trading.
Corporate bonds edged high
er. Governments we're off
slightly.
Evening star., 1963-05-29
HODGES PREDICTS
So BILLION JUMP
IN I'd QUARTER

Secretary Of Commerce
Hodges predicted an ex-
pansion in the Nations
economy of about So bill
lion in the April = June
quarter.
Such an expansion would
equal that Of the first
quarter this year, when
gross national product rose
to an annual rate Of $572
billion.
Mr.. Hodges told a news
conference yesterday that
widespread gains in the
economy characterized the
April business picture.
He said there were
notable increases in the
durable goods sector and
particularly sharp advances
in steel production. new
orders for durable goods
and Hon-farm housing.
Looking into the future,
and assuming the Kennedy
tax program Is enacted
this year, Mr.. Hodges fore
saw a $3.50 billion GIMP
some time in the 1968-70
period. He said an increase
is indicated Of about 6 per
cent annually until 1865
and a growth of 4 per cent
a year thereafter.