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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
BY CROSBY 8. MOVES

European Correspondent Of The Star
ROME. May 1.-The elections
In italy have resulted in an un-
expected defeat for Premier
Fanfani's Christian Democrats
whose causes can only be
guessed at and whose effects
may not be felt for some time
The reason for this rather
vague result Is that defeats in
Italian politics are rarely de-
cisive. In spite Of their set
back, the Christian Democrats
have emerged from the cleo
ton still by far the most pow
erful single party in italy, sup
ported by nearly 40 per cent
Of the electorate. AS every
one knew would be the case,
Premier Fanfani's party will
continue to govern the country
Big Communist Vote
And yet, the defeat was real
enough. BY losing nearly 4
per cent Of the popular vote
since the last election in 1858
Mr.. Fanfani has astounded the
experts and placed his own
political future in possible jeop-
ardy. Equally Surprising-anc
most distressing from the Pre-
mier's point Of view-the Com.
munist Party increased 1t,
strength, capturing for the frs
time more than Is per cent
Of the total vote.
Another point Of discomfort
for Premier Fanfani was thai
the Liberals, who had wageC
. vigorous campaign against
the government and its policies
doubled their percentage Of the
popular vote. In Italy the Lib.
erals are q conservative, free.
trade party, strongly opposed
to Premier Fanfani's left-lean'
ing tendencies.
The gains and losses amonl
the smaller parties, though II
some cases spectacular, will no
greatly affect the political line
UP Of the new Parliament. TIL,
most significant of these result
were for the Social Democrats
who scored important gains
and the Socialists, who cam,
close to holding their previoui
percentage Of the vote.
Referendum on Fanfani
To Q very large extent, tn
vote has been considered as
kind Of popular referendum 70
Mr.. Fanfani's leftiSt policies
The issue was drawn last yea.
when the Premier broke will
his traditional right-wing allie
and formed o government witt
Social Democrats and Repubn
cans with Socialist support
This move divided both tn,
Socialists and the Christian
Democrats deeply and rouse,
powerful opposition among tn,
extremist wings Of both partie,
The results Of this "referen
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INTERPRETIVE REPORT

dunn" are most certainly not
all that Premier Fanfani might
have wished.
The Christian Democrats ap-
pear to have lost votes both to
the Liberals on the right and
Socialists on the left. The
Communists have gained from
the Socialist left and very prob
ably also from the Monarch
lists.
Socialists Hold Own
The most hopeful aspect Of
the vote as the experts here see
it, is that the Socialists in gen.
eral held their own. If they had
sustained serious losses. it Is
quite probable that the expert
ment of the opening to the
left" would have come to an un-
timely end.
As it is, this appears I'M
likely despite the disappointing
results Of the election. 1t would
be difficult, to say the least
for the government to reverse
its present alliance with the
left. 1t would also be contrary
to an almost universal political
trend in Europe today.
At the same time, some ex.
perts believe that the Christian
Democrats will have to TAKE
some action as q result Of theil
defeat. If it proves impractical
to change the policy. it might
be possible to replace the man
Premier Fanfani, adroit anS
forceful politician that he is
will need all his skill in thu
coming months to Withstand
the inevitable pressureS within
his own party to replace him.
The Communist Gains
The other most surprising
feature Of the election - thu
gains of the Communist Party
lis not easily explained.
No one apparently is NOR,
surprised by this result thar
the Communists themselves
who waged by most estimates
singularly lackluster and de-
fensive campaign. That tn
Communists should increasI
their strength at o time Of gen
eral prosperity and politica
stability is against all the rule
Of the game.
At any rate, o general vote
shift to the left is not at al
what the government has hat
In mind. The whole point o
its compact with the Socialist
has been to isolate and weaker
) the Communists.
How, then, can the Commu
mist gains be explained?
The answer undoubtedly Lie
in o combination Of many i'm
ponderables which affected tn
outcome Of the overall vote.
The movement Of population
since 1858 from the south t
the industrialized north an
from the countryside to tn
Towns undoubtedly played
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Church Meeting

A meeting Of the Royal Am
bassadors Of the Central Bap-
fist Church In Bladensburg
Nd, will be held at $3.50 pm
Saturday at the home Of Frank
Mel onald, SCOT Fairwood road
Hyattsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01
Films at LibuN

The Alexandria Library will
show two color films. Location
Niagara" and New York, New
York." at 1880 pm. next
Wednesday at TIT Queen Street.
Alexandria, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-01

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Evening star., 1963-02-12
Transit Plan Backed
ByMontgomery Group

The National Capital Trans
portation Agency's mass transit
plan was indorsed last night
by the Montgomery County Civ
ic Federation over the objec-
tions Of a District highway Of
ficial who is a member of the
organization.
While opposing proposals to
use buses on Little Falls park
way, the federation said the
plan provides a basis for an
adequate and feasible rapid
transit system" 1t urged the
agency to propose a complete
feeder" system to move people
to transit lines in suburban
areas.
Albert Grant, a delegate from
Rosemary Hills Civic Associa-
ton and chief of the District
Highway Departments Office
OF Program and Planning,
questioned Meta methods and
asked the federation to delay
Evening star., 1963-02-12

90 Leave disposal of any spe-
cial funds resulting from such
determination to the WMATC,
Handling Of the case by the
P. U. C. was opposed by D. C.
Transit on the grounds that
the WMATC has sole and ex-
elusive jurisdiction over the
fares, regulations and prac-
tices" Of the company. Other
reasons cited by Transit were
l. The WMATC is familiar
with the company's operations;
that the p. U. C. is not because
1t has had an entire change of
membership since the 1860
order.
2. The WMATC is handling
the company's present appi-
cation for a fare increase and
duplication and confusion"
would result If the same issues
were reviewed for prior periods
by another agency.
3. All the questions posed by
the Appeals Courts ruling ARE
now under consideration by the
WMATC, although for a diff
ferent period of time"
The P. U. c., while suggesting
first that 1t take jurisdiction,
said that this could be granted
without prejudice to the right
Of the WMATC to take over the
proceeding. The latter has
the option of doing this under
the basic law setting up the
area body. the P. U. c. noted.
Evening star., 1963-02-12
Building Height Limit
In Old Town BoIked

The Alexandria Planning
Commission last night rejected
efforts = at least temporarily
to limit the height of new
buildings in the historic area
of the city.
After several hours of heated
arguments between business
men and residents of the his
toric Old Town district, the
commission first turned down a
compromise move in the issue
that has split the community.
Then the commission voted,
80, to recommend that the
City Council return the pro-
posed restricting ordinance to
the commission for reconsid-
Grafton in connection with a
general review of the building
height restrictions contained in
the coming ordinance"
81 Feet High
The action apparently re-
quires the council to muster a
three-fourths vote to override
the commission by approving or
disappearing the ordinance.
The limitation was suggested
by the Old Town Civic Associ-
Evening star., 1963-02-12
Court Studies Variety
Of Bus Fare Plans

Judgment, the court asked for
the views Of the appellants,
Attorneys Leonard N. Bebchick
and Leonard S. Goodman of
D. c. Transit and Of the
p. U. c. The main step recon-
mended by each party were:
The appellants - ID ROLL
back the fare by order of the
Appeals Court, (2) Count the
excess nickles collected since
the fare increase March 6,
l96O CD Establish a fare
payers fund for holding off
future fare increases and en-
abling fare reductions. The
latter two steps would be han
died by the lower District
Court.
leave Fares"
D. c. Transit-(D Leave
fares as are. (2) Send the
matter to the WMATC for re-
view and any order necessary
in the light Of the Courts
ruling.
P. U. CD Leave the fares
as are. (2) Send the matter
back to 1t for q determination
Of any excess fares collected.
Evening star., 1963-02-12

alton last month in the face
of developers plans to erect
high-rise office buildings on
North Washington street. It
would restrict buildings to So
feet high in a vast downtown
area, including the main ar
terry, Washington street.
Commission member Henry
s. Brooks suggested the COM
promise to exempt Washington
street north of Pendleton street
and south of the Woodrow Will
son Bridge underpass from the
height limitation.
Col. Brooks is also a member
of the Alexandria Board of
Architectural Review, which
has been under fire since it ap-
proved preliminary plans last
month for an eight-s. Dry office
building at Montgomery and
North Washington streets. Un-
der his compromise, the pro-
posed building site would lie
outside the historic district for
limitation purposes.
The architectural board to-
morrow is to consider plans by
GILMAN Robert v. New to con-
struct a nine-story building
Evening star., 1963-02-12

action until comments on the
plan are submitted to the Pres
ident by Federal and local gov
ernment agencies.
Noting that the report on the
Meta plan by the federation's
Public Utilities Committee rec
commended a transit system ball
anced between highways, ex-
press buses and rapid transit.
Mr.. Grant declared that the
Meta would devote $788 mill
lion for rail transit and "a mil
lion for express buses. ..
After his motion to delay
action was defeated, Mr.. Grant
proposed to amend the original
resolution, transferring the in
dorsement from the Meta plan
to the concept Of a balanced
transportation system" and
on the agency TO pro-
pose a more adequate" high
way, express bus and feeder
system. This, too. was voted
down.
Evening star., 1963-02-12
BY DAN GOTTLIEB
? Star Staff Writer

Remedies ranging from q
rollback Of D. C. Transit Sys-
TENS cash bus fare to 20 cents
to allowing the present rs
cent fare to remain while a
regulatory body conducts a re-
view were proposed late yester-
day to the United States Court
Of Appeals.
There was a sharp difference
in the three proposals given
to the court as to whether the
courts, the District Public
Utilities Commission or the
Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Commission be given
the job of putting into effect
the Appeals Court ruling Of
January 81.
Views Asked
In that ruling, two WASH
ington transit riders won a 5-4
decision that the p. U. C.'s
1860 order allowing the 25-cent
fare must be set aside," but
the court did not rule what
was to take its place.
To assist 1t in arriving at a
Evening star., 1963-02-12

next to his historic Lloyd
House. If Col. Brooks motion
had been accepted, the building
would have come under the 62-
foot restriction. The New Build
ing is "one of the main points
of opposition" attorney j.
Thorpe Richards told the COM
mission.
Ordinance Needed
Col. Brooks said the archi-
tectural board feels strongly
that a height restriction is
necessary for the protection of
the Old and Historic Alexan-
dria District" but the board
cannot limit height without an
ordinance.
Member William B. Hurd
warned that If the compromise
were rejected it would place the
council under the three -fourths
requirement for approval and
would probably mean sudden
death" to the proposal.
The compromise was defeat
ed by a 3-2 vote. with Chair
man Everett C. Weitzell, Wal
lace G. Perry and Norman v.
Cockrell in opposition. Vice
Chairman Roy C. Bragg was
absent.
Mr.. Hurd then offered the
successful motion for restudy
He was supported by Col.
Brooks and Mr.. Weitzell.
Evening star., 1963-02-12
THE EVENING STAR

Washington, D. c.
Tuesdoy, February II, 1868
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05

from Foreign Minister Lothian
Bolz Of East Germany, pro-
posed that the two Germanys
conclude an agreement which
would include Remuneration of
force in any form and recogniz-
ing existing borders. The lat
ter Is a point the West Ger
mans ardently oppose.
The two German states also
would pledge to prohibit test
ing, production or acquisition
Of nuclear arms.
Furthermore, the two Ger
man states should put into ef-
feet an arms stop, and pledge
not to increase their military
expenditures. They should then
reach further agreement on
measures OF disarmament" MIR.
Bolz's message continued.
Mr.. STEELE said Mr.. Bolz'
message should be treated as q
document from an organization
which does not represent a le-
I gal government and added:
we have no obligation 10
sponsor 1t for submission as q
conferences document"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05
Arlington Youth.
Gone Five Duys,
Is Found Safe

The parents Of Dennis Cor.
don Pennington, Is, Of Airing
ton. missing since Sunday, are
flying to Harrisburg, Pa, II
pick him up and return home
after he was found unframed
early today in a laundromat.
Harrisburg had been the
home Of the family until last
year when they moved to Ar
lington.
According to Detective Sergt,
Russell Runyon Of the Airing
ton police, Dennis, who lives
ct 2504 North Eleventh street,
Arlington, had been in Har-
risburg since Monday after
noon when he arrived on q bus
from Washington. Harrisburg
police located him at the laun-
dromat today.
Dennis left home ct 1850
am. Sunday to deliver candy
in the neighborhood and did
not return. He was last seen
early Monday in q service sta
ton at Wilson boulevard and
Cleveland street. Police had
broadcast q 13-State lookout
for the boy.
The boy. a student at STRAIT
ford Junior High School, was
described by police as in good
shape" Police said he told
them he came to Harrisburg
"just to look around the old
neighborhood." His parents are
MIR. and Mrs. John H. Pen
nington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05

had better try hard to prevent
such developments in the fu-
ture.
Throughout the hemisphere
I have seen evidence that this
lesson Of the Cuban experience
is ever more widely appreci-
ated."
Mr.. Rusk added that Mr..
Castro's stature In the hemi-
sphere has shrunk further
in the past six months.
He said the Alliance for
Progress has broad political
support" in many Latin Amer
lean countries.
Finally" Mr.. Rusk said, 81
would recall that in the show
down last October the hemi-
sphere stood united. In the
hour of crisis, every member
of the Organization Of Amer
lean States supported what had
to be done"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05
Home Rule Bill Seen
By @. 0. P. as Insincere

District Republicans today
attacked President Kennedy's
mayor-city council bill for the
District as politically designed,
The administration h o m G
rule proposal ignores o BIZ
partisan compromise already
accepted by supporters in both
the Senate and House, Repub-
lican Chairman Carl Shipley
said.
The Kennedy bill is not
based on any sincere hope for
the bipartisan support abso-
lutely necessary for passage,
Mr.. Shipley added. 1T pleaseI
the extreme left OF both the
Republican and Democratic
Parties.
1T suits Southern Demo.
crats. who oppose home rule
because they know II cannot
clear Congress-" he declared.
Elected Mayor Asked
President Kennedy asked fol
an elected mayor and sever
councilmen, nominated b,
wards, but elected at large
Voting age would be 10.
The District Republican
chairman said the @. o. p
home rule supporters hac
agreed last year with Demo.
Gratis. led by Representative
udal Democrat OF Arizona, or
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HOUSE

Continued From Page AL
the Pest Office Department Sec
ton Of the bill.
Denies Lay-0ff Charge
A 2l2-l24 vote defeated ar
amendment sponsored by Rep.
resentative Morrison, Democrat
Of Louisiana, and supported
mainly by Democrats. MrIMor.
rison and others contended the
sol million reduction woule
force the department to lay Of
at least 5000 employees. He saie
IL would seriously hinder II no.
stop some postal services, in.
GLIDING Saturday delivery O
mail.
Representative Gary. Virgins
Democrat who headed the Ap'
preparations subcommittee II
charge Of the bill, denied tina
the cut would cause such cur,
tailment or lay.offs. He ncteG
that the s5.ssT .o2s. 900 bill, de.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05
Store Thieves Get
$1,000 Without
Setting Off AIurm

More than 5000 was stolen
from a liquor store safe in
Northeast Washington last.
might by thieves who narrowly
missed activating q burglar
alarm, ninth precinct police
reported. =
The theft was discovered at
8 am. today by Dean Smeal,
owner Of the Greyhound Liquor
Store at 1851 New York
avenue NE.
Precinct Capt. John w.
Trotter said two or more safe
crackers entered the one -story
package store building by chop
ping q hole through its roof.
In the process. he said, one Of
the intruders brushed against,
and bent, q burglar alarm wire
but not with sufficient force
to sound the alarm. q
After penetrating the roof,
1.-THE thieves peeled back q metal,
ceiling partition and dropped
down to the top Of a walk-in
beer refrigerator. Police said
the front Of the safe was pried.
off. apparently by experienced
safecrackers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05

spite les overall cut Of almost
$3.50 million, would give the
Post Office Department almost
1928 million more than it re-
ceived for the current fiscal
year. He noted that the Post
Office budget cut was little
more than one per cent.
Mr.. Gary declared the cuts
would not affect any present
employees and would not block
scheduled in-grade pay In
creases previously provided by
law.
Representative Pillion Of New
York. ranking Republican on
the subcommittee, agreed with
Mr.. Gary but contended that
the bill should have been cut
still more.
Postal Chiefs Letter
Mr.. Morrison read a letter
from Postmaster General Day
urging approval Of the request
ed total. Mr.. Morrison said the
letter showed that the depart
ment would have to consider
curtailment Of jobs as well as
various services II Congress
voted the cuts.
The unsuccessful amendment
offered by Mr.. Morrison was
the only move to change the
bills items up or down. The
House, however. engaged in q
lively discussion before up
holding Appropriations Com
mittee refusal to grant a Sec
ret Service request for ,35
additional agents for protec-
ton of the Vice President and
his family. The bin as passed
by the House would provide
about $4,000 for an eddi-
tional 10 agents.
Speaker Mccormack tool
part in the debate by empha.
sizing that Vice President John.
son neither desired nor request.
ed the Secret Service protection
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DIsARM

Continued From Page AL
tween Washington and the
Kremlin was q feature Of the
original American proposals
for q general disarmament
treaty.
Separate Action Urged
The United States last year
suggested 1t should be consid-
cred separately from the dis
armament treaty, boggfne
down an East West stalemate.
Mr.. Tsarapkin said each side
should guarantee that material
passed over the Red line would
be forwarded at once to "the
responsible government or
gans." This presumably meant
that the red line could be
made 10 establish direct con-
tact, in case OF emergency, be-
tween President Kennedy and
Premier Khrushchev.
Earlier, Mr.. Tasarapkin
passed along an East German
proposal for a friendship pact
between East and West Ger
many as an initial step to Q
nonaggression treaty between
the Atlantic Alliance and the
Communist Warsaw Treaty
bloc. This Is an old gambit. re-
jected in the past by West
Germany.
The proposal. in the form Of
a message to the conference
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BruziI Grants
Nisu'to BidouIt

LISBON. Portugal, April s
(AP).-Brazil granted an entry
visa to anti-Gaullist leader
Georges Bidault today on CON-
dition that he abstain from
political activity. 3;
The former French Premier
agreed to refrain from his cam i
paign to unSeat President de-
Gaulle during his stay in Brazil,
a spokesman for the Brazilian
Embassy said. z
Mr.. Bidault entered Portugal
under an assumed name March
26 after leaving West Germany
voluntarily. He had turned down,
an offer from the Bavarian. {
government to grant him /,
asylum on condition that he Z
drop his political activities. A
warrant Is out for him in
France.
The Brazilian spokesman said
Mr.. Bidault called on Ambas- !.
sador Francisco Negrao Delima,
at noon. /.
MFR. Bidault and his secretary :,
then returned to their hideout,
somewhere in the outskirts Of
Lisbon. 1t Is understood they
win leave by plane In the next,
few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-05

Canadian acceptance of the
nuclear warheads America
wants placed on the two squad
rons Of Bomarcs In Ontario
and Quebec. But when Defense
Secretary McNamara's dam
aging statement on the anti
aircraft missiles came out last
week. Mr.. Pearson backtracked
and began saying. "the Bomarc
Is not a Liberal weapon"
Now he is torn. AT one stop
yesterday, he argued for arm
ing them with nuclear war;
heads. 'If we're going to be
10 decoy because we have them
there now, at least let's not
be sitting ducks" he said.
But at another stop, he took
the opposite tack, blaming
Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker for, taking four years
to realize what we knew all
along, that this was a useless
weapon.
Some Major Points
If he is on the defensive
about Bomarcs. Mr.. Pearson Is
making telling points against
his opponent on four other
points: IS; rsl
1. The need for stable, active
government. Mr.. Pearson
argues that only the Liberals
have a chance to win q clear
majority of Parliament's 265
seats and give the country re-
lief from frequent, inconclusive
elections He promises "the
most productive so days Of the
legislation in Canada's history
II his party is given a majority.
y. The need for strengthen
ing confederation between
French and British Canada
Again, Mr.. Pearson argues the
Liberals are the only party
with a tradition and appeal
broad enough to begin the task
of reconciliation that clearly
confronts any new Canadian
government. ~
8. The need to combat I'M
employment, still running over
a per cent, despite the i'm
provements In virtually every
other sector Of the Canadian
economy during the past year.
4. The need to improve re-
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lations with Canada's tradi-
tional partners, the United
States and Britain. Mr.. Pear
sons promise is to confer with
Prime Minister Macmillan and
President Kennedy within
weeks Of taking command OF
the government.
He draws his greatest APP
plause when he condemns Mr..
Difenbaker for s'alienatink.
our best friends In the world"
and for making irrational
charges that are quoted with
approval in every Communist
paper in the world" even in
Elliot Lake. which has special
reason for bitterness against.
the United States. he was,
cheered for saying, I'VE. cam
not solve any OF our problems
by sniping at the Americans"