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Evening star., 1963-09-27
CAMBRIDGE ..
NAACPopposes Plea
For Boycott at Polls

rector in Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware, denounced
the boycott as a "self-defeat-
ing tactic" and declared that
Negroes should cooperate with
white citizens to pass the
amendment.
Deprecating the role of the
NAACP in the civil rights
struggle in Cambridge, Mrs
Richardson said it had contrib
uted only $3.50 in the past three
years. Also urging Negroes to
Shun the polls, Reginald Rob-
inson, field representative OF
the Student Nom Violent Co.
ordinating Committee said:
THE vote can be a dangerous
thing if you don't know what
you are doing with it."
The rally, reluctantly sane
toned by the National Guard
which continues to occupy
Cambridge, attracted an esti-
mated 200 people, about a
fourth of whom were children
or teen-agerS
At the height of civil rights
demonstrations in June and
July, such a gathering ordinar-
lily brought between 300 and
400 participants.
However, those present last
night greeted Mrs. Richardson's S
declarations with cheers, and
the size of the crowd may have
been diminished by the diff
Guilty the committee had in
finding a place to meet.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
WELFARE
Byrd Scores Shifts
OF Two Officials

GS-8 to a GS-7, with a $500
annual reduction, Mr.. Brewer
told the Senator.
Senator Byrd today called
the Commissioners attention to
a telegram he sent to them
when the surplus food story
broke, urging that Mr.. Olsavsky,
Mr.. Popkin and another en-
ploye be suspended until the in
veStigation was completed.
The third employe, William
Sharpe, later resigned under
charges" Mr.. Brewer said.
Mr.. Brewer told Mr.. Sharpe
he had violated the regulation
prohibiting collusion with re-
cipients in any way. Mr..
Brewer said he acted within
is minutes after receiving the
investigators report.
you say final facts show
Popkin and Olsavsky not culpa.
BILE. Certainly 1t did develop
that Sharpe was culpable, I"
Senator Byrd said.
Commissioner Walter N.
Tobriner declared, There is a
nice balance you have to reach
between justice to the individu-
al and justice to the Govern
ment. Unless you have a prima
facie case, it is an injustice to
the individual. The public
doesn't make the distinction
between suspension and dis
missal.
Il share the responsibility
for nonsuspension. This is the
way I felt at the time,' he
said.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
6. P. Opposes
Guiunu Freedom
By the Associated Press

by tne ASSOcldteu fTeSS
The Senate House Republican
leadership wants the admins
tration to use its influence to
halt British plans to give Brit
ish Guiana its full independ-
ence this year.
Another Communist take
over of a Latin American
country is imminent" the top
Republican command on Capt.
tol Hill said yesterday in a
Joint statement, "and only the
most persuasive diplomacy by
the United States can prevent
1t.
THE country is British
Guiana, a crown colony which
is scheduled to be given its full
independence by Great Britain
by the end of the year. We
feel present conditions compel
us to oppose such a course"
The statement was issued
after a conference of the
G. o. P. group.
Evening star., 1963-09-27

tentative is a rate increase"
he said.
Under present rates, the COM
pany's petition to the P. U. C.
contends, the rate of profit on
investment will drop to about
5 per cent by next year. This
compared to the 6.25 per cent
rate the P. U. C. found war
ranted when it granted the
company an increase in 1854.
The company is asking for 8
per cent.
Costs Rise
Mr.. Washington said that,
earlier this year, the company's
profit rate had climbed to about
To per cent, according to P. U.
C. calculations.
Since then the company has
increased wages and invest
ment. the P. U. C. chairman
noted.
The proposed rates would in
crease C&P's local calling rev.
enue from the approximately
100000 phones it serves in the
District by about sos million
annually. The company's local
calling revenue for 1868 is ex-
pected to reach $50 million, a
spokesman said.
Today'S request does not con-
Germ long-distance rates.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
WELFARE
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for the surplus food program
placed partly in the public as.
siStance division, and partly
under welfare's controller.
District officials last nigh
defended reaSsignment of tn,
two men, stating that the in
veStigation had never showed
fraud or dishonesty on theil
part.
John Olsavsky, former sur.
plus food manager, has been as.
signed to the field administraD
ton office for welfare institu'
tions, where he is in charge Of
excess property distribution.
Harold Popkin, his former as.
sistant, is now a budget ana.
lyst in the central office.
Mr.. Olsaveky's job is a new
one, while Mr.. Popkin is filling
a vacancy.
Byrd DisapprOves
g.. II personally cannot applaud
the action taken," Senator
Byrd said. when an opera
tion is as grossly deficient as
the surplus food division, it is
unwise to create a position for
the individual responsible fol
the deficient operation for
which he was transferred"
Mr.. Brewer replied:
Il take responsibility, Mr.
Chairman. The former man.
ager (Mr. Olsavsky) didn't per-
form at maximum efficiency
but perhaps he didn't have
enough support from manage
ment. There was no evidence
that he or Mr.. Popkin engaged
in any fraudulent activity"
DO you feel a position should
be created for some one who
has demonstrated incompetence
to this degree?" Senator Byrd
asked.
"Out of Control"
Mr.. Brewer said Mr.. Olsav-
sky had been responsible for
Initiation of the service, and
it got under way rapidly and
correctly" There was no ques-
tion that it got out of control
later. he said.
We'll, Mr.. Brewer, the COM
mittee certainly cannot look
with approval on this sort of
operation" Senator Byrd said.
Such activities are a discredit
to the department"
Turning TO Commissioner
John B. Duncan, who is re-
Sponsible for welfare matters
in the city, Senator Byrd said.
Mr.. Duncan, I assume you
approved of the action taken?"
Mr.. Duncan said there was
no indication of dishonesty on
the employees part, although
their Judgment was not good,
The position Mr.. Olsavsky now
fills very likely would have
been created anyway he said.
This seemed a fairer solution
under the circumstances, pro-
viding the employees didn't show
further poor judgment in the
future" he added.
Mr.. Olsavsky was dropped
from a GS-11 to a GS-9, with
no reduction in salary, and Mr..
Popkin was reduced from a
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ented," said a young student
today on the steps Of the main
building.
Behind him and his small
group a homemade banner with
the Spanish slogan "Out With
the Yankees" flapped from
a portico as If to symbolic
Communist infiltration" the
new regime claims was the rea-
son for overthrowing the con-
stitutional government Of Mr..
Bosch.
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for his own protection a n d
prison authorities agreed.
Four days later, Valachi went
on, when he got out of "the
hole" he went back to the
same cell.
II didn't want to get out of
the hole" he said. Il know
I'm a dead duck. It's just like
going into a police station to
inform. The members know it. :"
Buddies "TOO Friendly"
He said he figured he Just
had to do the best he could
to stay alive.
The next day, when he met
his former buddies in the prison
yard, he noticed a difference
in their attitude. Where they
had been giving him the cold
shoulder, they were now
friendly-too friendly.
One Of them, Johnny Dio,
the New York racketeer, re-
marked that Valachi had got
ten out of solitary too late to
take a shower, but could take
one tomorrow.
II knew 1t was a setup,"
Valachi said. He looked up
at the sky. He didn't have the
nerve to look me in the face.
So I didn't take a shower !
didn't need"
AS a life-Saving measure, he
said. he promised to kill Agueci
for Genovese. He explained that
he had no intention Of doing
it. but used it as a stall. He
couldn't be killed while he was
taking his time to kill Agueci
Slugs Man With Pipe
But his fear grew.
Then, in the prison yard. as
he was passing a construction
site, he saw ahead of him the
man he thought was tagged as
his executioner. Joe DiPalermo
He said he grabbed a lead
pipe from a construction site
and hit the man three times
hard.
He wouldn't give UP his lead
pipe until he got to the asso-
ciate wardens office, he said
for fear he would be killed
even under escort Of prison
guards.
1t was in the warden's office
that he first learned he hao
killed a stranger, and not some-
one who was sent TO kill him.
Sees Victims Picture
The victim was identified a,
Joe Saupp.
Valachi said he learned this
when the associate warder
handed him a picture and sale
that's the guy you hit" Their
he handed him another photo.
graph and said this is the guy
YOU intended to hit"
Valachi said. You car
imagine how I felt. I said lock
me up. / sank in my chair.
slumped."
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Russian Sales
Blamed in Drop
Of Gold Price

LONDON, Sept. 27 (AP).-'
The price Of gold on the free
British bullion exchange
dropped more than half a cent
an ounce today in the wake OF
reports that the Soviet Union
is selling off supplies of the
metal to raise hard cash for
badly needed imports Of wheat
Normally, gold price move
mentS on the free exchange
are measured in eighths or
quarters Of a cent.
But the price this morning
was marked down from
$35.0725 an ounce to $35.O658,
a fall of ST of a cent. The
price fell is cents yesterday
overall. The price on the
British exchange has now
declined 4 cents an ounce
since the end of August.
The world official price of
gold-that is. what the United
States is prepared to pay for
its $35 an ounce.
Because of poor crops, the
Soviet has recently gone into
the international wheat mar
ket in a big way. notably with
a deal to buy $500 million
worth of wheat and wheat
flour from Canada during the
next year.
1t is believed the USSR also
may seek to buy a part of the
huge American wheat surplus
in an attempt to supply its
population with bread.
The London Times said to-
day the Soviets were believed
to have offered approximately
40 tons of gold for sale so far
this week, most of it through
dealers in Paris.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Tito Fund Ban Asked

Use Of Federal funds to pro-
vide travel or entertainment
for Marshal Tito OF Yugoslavia
on his trip to the United States
would be barred under a meas
ure proposed In Congress yes
terday by Representative Bow.
Republican OF Ohio.
Evening star., 1963-09-27

ADVERTISEMENT
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act the amendment if 1t is tc
survive, have been counting
upon substantial support from
Negro voters.
They have received it from
the NAACP and the clergy who
have appealed from the pulpits
for passage of the amendment
and who have made the
churches organizational centers
for efforts to attract a large
vote.
Mrs. Richardson and hel
committee, until Wednesday
officially remained Indifferent
to the referendum, contendine
Negroes should not be forced
to vote for rights that are con
stitutionally theirs and that
cannot be bestowed or with
drawn at the Whim of the
white majority.
However, the committee last
month did join in the drive to
register Negroes and. until
Wednesday, it had done MOTH
ing to diSsuade them from vot-
ing.
Mrs. Richardson charged last
night that the amendment is q
shabby travesty which, even II
passed, is certain to be made
Intellectual by challenges in the
courts.
II think it is a ridiculous
effort, a charade, to go to the
polls and vote for something
that will be Cancelled out"
Called Self-Defeating
Concerning the refusal of
the ministers to let her con-
duct a rally in one of the
churches, she said:
Apparently, the ministers
do not believe that this is a
democratic society and that
every side should be heard"
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Juanita Mitchell of the Mary
land NAACP sent a telegram
TO Mrs. Richardson deploring
the boycott and accusing her
of IAN unfortunate attempt to
divide" the Negro community.
Philip Savage, NAACP di-
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fewer Wet Cong attacks and
more government patrols.
AS President Kennedy'S chief
military advisers toured the
country, the people of South
Wet Nam went to the polls to
elect a new 123-member Ma
tional Assembly.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Why help
the Reds win
the cold war?

Senator Heating, who was so
right about Soviet missiles in
Cuba, says that our export of
strategic supplies is "helping
communists in their drive for
world domination!" In
shocking expose in October
Readers Digest, he shows
that our State and Commerce
Departments are licensing
such shipments.
Read the 3 steps which Sen.
Heating believes we must take
to stop this suicidal export
trade. Get October Readers
Digest on sale.
Evening star., 1963-09-27
CRIME
VoIochi Tells of Start
In Coso Nostro Mob

$50 to 500 members even
though he is in prison.
When Genovese proposed
sharing his cell, Valachi went
on, II told him if you want me
to come over, I'll come. How
could I say no to him. He was
the boss"
Before getting into specifics
Of Valachi's story, the Senators
asked him about his early life
and the composition of the
crime syndicate.
TeStifying softly at first and
then with greater confidence,
Valachi said he left public
school in the seventh grade.
He volunteered that he also
went to school in Sing Sing
prison.
His first job, he said, was as
captain on a scow. Asked how
long he worked before he
turned to crime, he said, about
a year." He was 16 at the time.
Chairman Mcclellan posed
the key question:
Are you a member of any
secret organization that is ded-
icated to or whose business
is to pursue crime and to pro-
tect its members?"
Eyes I am," Valachi said,
and then added. "Or I was"
He testified that he had be-
come member of Cosa Nostra
in 1880. although reluctantly
at first.
$50 to 500 in Family"
VaAchi estimated the Vito
noveSe family" had
between $50 and 500 members
or soldiers" in the organiza-
tion. In his immediate group,
he said, there were about 80
under one lieutenant. He said
the Genovese family never met
as a whole but his particular
group had a dinner every
Christmas.
Members of the family get
to know each other as they 20
along" he explained. "A men,
ber will introduce a new mem
ber as a friend Of ours That
means he's a member. If he's
not a member, he will be in
troduced as a friend of mine
That was the difference. It was
a CODE"
Valachi said he did not apply
for membership. In his case.
he said, there was some
trouble going on and I was
approached"
Refused to Join at First
He said he refused to join
at first because he had been
warned by an old-timer he
had met in Sing Sing that il
"you argue with a Sicilian
you've known for 20 years he
would turn against you"
THE old-timer put some fear
in me, but then I was assured
that it wasn't that way any
longer. When they explained
the difference to me, then 4
agreed to join"
He testified that he had
gone into his own business and
earned his own money, and he
quickly made it clear he wasn't
talking about legitimate busi-
ness, He mentioned pinball
machines, slot machines, some
thing called contracting in the
dress business" and he volun-
teered that during the war he
sold ration stamps.
Chairman Mcclellan had said .
in advance of the hearing that |
more than 80 per cent of what
Valachi is ready to tell will be
made public. The remainder is
already known to the Senators,
but is being kept secret in the
public interest, Senator
Mcclellan announced.
Valachi. now go, New York
born son Of Italian immigrants,
has a record of arrests for rob-
berry, extortion. burglary, gam
bling and narcotics dating back
to 1918. He was serving two
sentences for narcotics con-
spiracy-one a l5-year term,
the other for 20 years-when he
killed the fellow prisoner at
Atlanta.
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earth in June of 1862. HI
mistakenly thought the mar
had been designated as hi
executioner Valachi explained
Genovese went too far
Valachi insisted. He implied
that it was out of style to xii,
members of the crime syndi-
cate in prison, though he saic
Genovese had ordered the kill
ing of a potential witness
against him, in New York'S
Raymond street jail.
wouldn't Last 5 Minutes
AS for his own future,
Valachi told the Senators with
out a tremor, IF I went back
to prison, I wouldn't last for
5 minutes"
He emphasized Genovese's
far-reaching power-a power
which he thinks has gone to
the boss head-and made 1t
clear he believes that when
Genovese orders a killing the
SOLDIERS" of the organization
do his bidding.
He said Genovese finds a
way of legalizing it," when he
wants to get rid of anybody.
Calmly and with an appear
ance of merely being helpful,
the convicted murderer said, Il
happen to know Of Vito's power.
He not only has the power in
our family, he also controls the
Gambino family and the
Lucchese family"
Terms Explained
When the committee wanted
to know what Valachi meant by
"legalizing" murder, Valachi
explained that he meant legal
izing it among ourselves
within the crime syndicate he
called Cosa Nostra or. in
English, "our thing" or "our
family"
He testified that when he
returned to Atlanta Peniten-
tiary, after receiving his second
long sentence for narcotics
conspiracy, Vito told me about
Tony Bender" BY that time
Bender had disappeared and
was believed dead.
"Vito told me it was the best
thing that could have hap
pened to Tony because Tony
couldn't take it like. you and 1.
I looked at him. I thought he
was going to tell me Tony was
an informer.
"He's a Sick Guy"
II said, what do you mean?
He said, well, you know, he's
a sick guy-like he couldn't
take a long prison sentence,
so it was the best thing that
could have happened"
Valachi said disappearance"
meant, lin our language, that
Genovese had ordered his
death"
He testified that Genovese
asked him if he wanted to be-
come his cellmate at Atlanta.
He said Genovese expected to
get out soon. since an appeal
in his case was pending.
Genovese, serving a 15-year
term for narcotics conspiracy,
lost the appeal and since has
taken his case to the Supreme
Court. He repeatedly still con-
trolls an underworld army Of
Evening star., 1963-09-27

fewer Wet Cong attacks and
more government patrols.
AS President Kennedy's chief
military advisers toured the
country, the people of South
Wet Nam went to the polls to
elect new 123-member Ma
tional Assembly.
SlOsheS Through Mud
Mr.. Mcnamara slosh e d
through red mud at a montag-
nard tribal village today to
check on the war effort against
communist guerrillas. He saw
dark = skinned jungle people
filing into the village to vote in
a nationwide election of a new
national assembly. Many of the
men were clad only n lioncloths
and shirts. Some of the women
were barebreaSted.
Mr.. Mcnamara and Gen.
Taylor put in an early morn
ing to nightfall second day on
their survey mission.
No Political Opposition
Results of the election were
expected to have no influence
on the authoritarian policies of
President Diem and his brother,
Ngo Dinh Nhu, the Presidents S
chief adviser. The Assembly
has had virtually rubber stamp
status since Mr.. Diem started
ruling by decree in 1861 under
a state of emergency. And all
the candidates were members
of Mr.. Diem's National Revolu-
tionary Movement or support
ers of the government.
THE concept Of a loyal op-
position is alien to the form of
government here" one top
American diplomat commented.
I'VE tend to make light of
these elections" another Amer
ican observer said. But they
are democracy of a rudimen-
tary sort. This is better than
nothing"
Mr.. Nhu put himself forward
as a candidate for the first
time. running as an "inde-
pendent" 1t is expected that
he will be named president of
the assembly. His reasons for
seeking elective office were not
known.
Mrs. Nhu Answers Lodge
Mr.. Mus politically power
full wife, who acts as first lady
for the bachelor president, was
an independent" candidate
for reelection to the Assem-
bly,. Both she and her husband
were unopposed.
From Rome, where she is on
a world tour, Mrs. Nhu replied
tartly to United States Ambas-
sador Henry Cabot Lodges
criticism yesterday of her at
tack Sunday on United States
junior officers in Wet Nam.
Mrs. Nhu had called the Of
ficers irresponsible little
soldiers of fortune" who forced
their seniors into following a
confused policy. Mr.. Lodge said
her remark were cruel and
shocking and pointed out,
these junior officers are risk
ing their lives every day"
The beauteous Wet Namese,
intercepted as she left a Rome
beauty parlor with a new piled
up hairdo. enlarged her pre-
vious criticism. She said
South Wet Nam, with a
population of only ID million
people and a tight control due
to war. cannot always prevent
infiltration and sabotage in the
ranks of its officials.
1T is normal that the United
States, with a population of
hundreds of millions and may
be a looser control, can find
certain adventures and sabo-
teurs among their junior Of
ficials who do not hesitate to
betray the official policy of
their government"
Evening star., 1963-09-27
Confused Students

These students are neither
particularly anti-Yankee nor
pro- Communist. They are Just
confused.
"All Of us are against this
takeover." a boy in green said
But we do not know what to
do.
"All our leaders are in hid
ing, all classes have heen sus-
pended. and no one knows what
is happening"
To Judge by this attitude and
the superficial calm OF the city
not To mention the unorgan-
lied countryside which gave
Mr. Bosch his huge majority in
free elections last December
the new government Is in for q
tough teething period in the
days ahead.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-03-14

trict 8, Ryan's Glade and Red
House.
Lucy Jane Rohrer and husband
to Ralph Calandrella and wife,
1880 acres Of land in district g.
johnson.
Simon D, Beachy and others to
Usrvey c. Bender and wife, IS
acres of land and buildings in dis
trict IL. Bittinger.
Joseph D. Arnold and wife to
David f. Sewers and wife, l lot
and buildings in district 10, Kitz-
miller.
Mary R. Shank to Chester L.
Evans and wife l lot in district
10.
]. Wade Bolyard and wife to
Carlos B. Bo,yard and wife. 1884
acres of land and buildings in dis
trict IA, west Oakland.
j. Wade Bolyard and wife to
John f. Lilley and wife, .S74 of an
acre of land in district IA
A building permit also was
sought by Oakland Radio Station,
for broadcasting station on the
Swallow Falls road, district IA.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-03-14
Legislature Enacts
Civil Marriage Bill

The legislature put it up to Gov.
TaWes Monday night whether
Maryland would join other states
in permitting marriages 20 be per-
formed by laymen
The House of Delegates voted
1926 to complete action on bill
removing Maryland as the last
state which required al weddings
to be solemnizcd by a clergyman.
Tine bin sent TO the governor
authorizes circuit court Judges to
designate personnel in the clerks
office to officiatc at weddings in
addition to clergymen.
The House judiciary committee
earlier in the session had voted
an unfavorable report to the
Eill. Ii was rcconsidercd and car
riCd