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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
U.N Aide Forced to Permit Cuban Aid;
U. S. Faces Dilemma as Full Member

out a stage by-stage operation
providing in the first place
for only five U. N. staff mem
bers. The stage really was
being set for a showdown and
possibly eventual abandon
ment OF the project. Hoffman
previously had found many
reasons not 10 implement the
plan: congressional consid-
Grafton of U. N. appropria-
tionS, the American elections.
the Cuban crisis and so on.
After exhausting his store
of excuses for delay. Hoff-
man finally decided he was
forced TO act but he mis-
judged the timing and was
engulfed In the new wave of
anxiety about Russian troops
in Cuba.
The result was a serious
political embarrassment for
the Kennedy administration.
President Kennedy's thin ex-
PLANTATION that no American
dollars were going into this
project did not help. The
special fund has barrels full
Of foreign currencies and will
use them in Cuba, but the
fact remains that the United
States contributes 40 per
cent Of the funds resources.
Consequently this Govern
ment is battling Cuba eco
nomically with all the
strength Of its right hand
while the left hand gently
supports the Soviet farm
technicians sent to the
castro government. Nor Is the
farm program the only in
stance. We are helping sup
port also fisheries and ma
larial control projects in
Cuba through the U. N.
Moreover. we are involved
In 289 worldwide projects.
mostly to survey economic
possibilities in the "uncom-
mitted" nations including
Egypt. Afghanistan and
India, calling for total out
lays Of $257 million by the
u. N.
Political considerations are
supposed to be sternly ex-
cluded in making the grants.
Only objections to the feas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
News BIackout and the Public

gaining in this country is a
sense Of responsibility and
restraint by both sides, not
merely an effort by one side
or the other to break those
who sit across the bargaining
table from them.
1T is clear in the case Of
the New York newspaper
strike that the local Of the
international Typographical
Union and its president, Ber-
tram Powers, insofar as any
one can understand his posi-
ton, are attempting to i'm
pose a settlement which could
shut down several newspapers
in New York and throw
thousands out of work. Col
lective bargaining has failed.
The most intensive mediation
has failed. This is a situa-
ton which is bad for the I'M
ion movement all over the
country, bad for the newspa-
per arrangements and bad
for the New York citizens,
more than five million Of
them, who are newspaper
readers"
But the President came up
with no recommendation to
Congress. He Just called for
independent determination"
on a voluntary basis, and
said he could see no alterna-
tive. Today existing law
doesn't really permit ire
sponSible bargaining or fail
ure Ito bargain in good
faith" Yet the Department
of Justice apparently is
afraid to proceed against a
labor monopoly. The admin
iStration is beholden to the
labor unions for the money
that they have contributed
in political campaigns and
for the votes lined up for can
didateS Of the Democratic
party in the elections Of
1860 and 1862.
Compulsory arbitration or
wage-and-price control I'M
der a biased administration
would not solve the problem.
If, however, court judges, in
stead Of labor or manage
ment partisans, were APP
pointed as arbitrator, there
could be effective arbitration
which. though distasteful.
might prove better than the
present state of anarchy In
the national economy.
copyright. 1963)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Castro is bracketng First he cuts off the after
dinner Havana cigar and now he's trying to take the
before dinner shrimp cocktail.
The Western alliance is in such sad shape they say
JFKs secretary Evelyn Lincoln tries new typewriter
ribbons this way: Now is the time for all good parties
come to the aid of the man"
Then there the taxpayer who mailed back his
income forms bank-and sent along his charga-p plate
JFK contended in so that our prestige couldn't be
lower. He's fixed that and will "a on the theme
that it could be lower-and probably will be.
They're calling Treasury Boss Dillons fiscal plan the
pray as-you-go program.
They the next astronaut shot will be so accurate
the Coast Guard will stand by to fish him Of Bob
nedy's swimming pool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25

SIM declined comment today
on the case.
Lawrence S. Lesser, a Wash
ington associate of Mr.. Nicer,
introduced him to the court.
Judge MCGUIRE permitted the
introduction but quipped:
You have already been in
troduce here in other ways-I
read your book, the best-sell-
ing my Life in Court)."
Mr.. Cassini, the younger
brother Of Oleg Cassini, high
fashioned dress designer, has
denied the Governments
charges.
Writing under the name of
Cholly Knickerbocker, Mr.. Cas-
sini's gossip column appears in
the New York Journal-American
and other newspapers. The
Journal-American gave him,
at his request, a leave of alb
sence pending outcome of the
case.
Mr.. Nicer said he expected
the trial to take four to six
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25

ment had maintained that the
local ordinance infringed their
rights to equal protection of
the law and due process solely
on the arbitrary grounds Of
sex"
They contended that the or
dinance improperly overlooked
questions of their employees
qualifications, fitness or abil-
ity." The city, which opposed
their appeal to the Supreme
Court, said the city fathers had
been faced with a particular
evil" and had merely taken
necessary steps to stamp it out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Kennedy may
think he evened things up
when he denounced the cir
responsibility" of Bertram
Powers, head of the printers
union, in New York City's
newspaper strike. 1t will be
recalled that, when Mr.. Ken
nedy asSailed Roger Blough
and the steel executives in
April, 1862, as defying the
public interest" many
critics said he would never
undertake to give equal
treatment TO a labor execu-
tive. But how far does the
parallel go?
The President convened a
Federal grand jury and used
the contracting power Of the
Defense Department as a
means of coercing steel exec
utives not to go along with
the proposed price increase.
Will Mr.. Kennedy attempt
to do anything at all in the
legislative or judicial field
against a labor-union mon
opoly that endeavors to fix
wage costs in a metropolitan
area and set the pattern for
other cities in the country?
The Department of Justice
could certainly investigate
what has happened in the
New York newspaper strike.
The President could press for
a law that would prohibit
labor-union monopolies, Just
as industrial monopolies and
price-fixing are forbidden.
If Congress passed such a
law, it would then really
"even things up"
The labor monopoly scam
dial has not been acted on for
several reasons. One is that
politicians are afraid of the
labor vote. They ignore, how
ever, the non-labor vote-the
large number of victims who
would rise to support a Pres
ident or a Congress that sin
cerely believed in equal
rights" Another reason is
that the American people
have not been given the
facts. A comprehensive inves-
tigation by a congressional
committee is needed to tell
the people they are living
under a labor-union dicta-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
RICHARD WILSON

Paul HOFFMAN Is IN the I'M
comfortable position Of any
American United Nations Of
fetal. He Is required to sub
ordinate. in his official work,
his basic and emotional
Americanism to the broader
interests of the world organ
ization.
Whether or not Hoffman
denies this, 1t is q fact that,
torn between instructive
Americanism and his duties
as a United Nations official,
he stalled and stalled and
stalled on a U. N. grant to
Cuba. Under the pressure OF
the governing council Of the
U. N. Special Fund" Of
which he is director. Hoff-
man finally could stall no
more.
He moved to put into OPP
Grafton, by slow stages Of his
own deviSing, a grant involv-
ing an initial outlay Of $780,
900 mot In United States
currency for agricultural
studies in Cuba. These stu
dies were aimed at finding
an alternative to Cuba's one
crop sugar economy. The re-
suits of the studies might
have had an economic effect
in five years. 10 years, or
maybe not for SO years.
The grant was authorized,
over United States objection,
in May, 1861. 1t is a five-year
project under the Food and
Agriculture Organization call
ing for a U, N. contribution
of $l,l57,600, matched by a
Cuban government contribu-
ton Of 81 ,878, 900. The United
States officially complained
about this project, but stood
no chance against opinion in
a governing council which in
cluded Sweden, the USSR,
France, Great Britain. Ar
gentina, Egypt. Ghana, ia
pan, India, Mexico, Pakistan,
Holland, Italy and Yugo-
slavia. Only Guatemala gave
lip-service to the United
States objection.
Hoffman. called by Cuba
to account to the general
secretariat Of U Thant for a
policy Of no action, worked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Strike Seen Pointing Need for Probe
Of All Labor Movement by Congress

torship which depends on
tactics of violence and intim-
idation to keep workers from
crossing a picket line.
Why should a group of
union leaders in an industry
be able to close down all the
plants and factories while
the American people are de-
prived of needed goods and
services? Why should a ma
tional labor union be per-
mitted to use a $l7-million-
a-year strike fund to enable
printers to collect total bene-
fits Of Sis a week from all
sources while other strikers
in weaker unions cannot re-
sumo work and have to sub
sist on unemployment COM
pensation of $50 a week?
Every individual has a
right to work or refrain from
work. But no two individuals
have a basic right to conspire
together with others to bring
about a work stoppage and
consequent economic loss to
other citizens. The Constitu-
ton, under the commerce
clause, gives Congress the
right to legislate on the sub
ject.
Labor leaders will not like
such suggestions, but, if these
leaders are realistic, they will
perceive that perhaps labor
union relationships have seen
their heyday in America.
Either the Government will
step in with restrictive laws
or else Congress will be COM
PEELED to set up a Govern
m n t = controlled economy.
Few will like it, but this
formula is the lesser of two
evils. For the free-enterprise
system cannot survive under
labor-union monopolies-nor
can labor unions be per-
mitted to run the country
President Kennedy has
pointed up the dangers. He
said in a prepared statement
read at his news conference
last week:
THE New York newspa-
per strike is now in its 18th
day. The situation has long
since passed the point of
public liberation. The es-
sence Of free collective bar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Guam Nominee OKd
BY the Associated Pres

The Senate Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee today
approved the nomination Of
Manuel F. L. Guerrero to be
Governor of Guam. The nomi-
nation goes now 10 the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25

have benefited from the pro-
gram"
Senator Clark, Democrat OF
Pennsylvania, another morning
session speaker, told the con-
ference that "the almighty
dollar-not human intelligence
is shaping our metropolitan
growth" He said 1t will take
another 80 years 10 clean up
the mess our Rrandfathers
made Of the cities"
More than 500 State and
municipal public housing Of
ficials are attending the meet
ing which ends tonight with
a banquet and speech by Sem
ator Williams, Democrat Of
New Jersey.
nUEnTNCEaaUwyn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
No other like it in the ,oorld"

Widely discussed throughout the world,
the famous statue honorins Andrew
Jackson which stands across the street
from the White House, is indeed unique.
Designed and executed by self-tausht
sculptor Clark Mills, the statue drew count
less thousands of viewers in it's early days
as the First equestrian statue in the world
to be seH-poised on its hind feet and the
First equestrian statue to be nodded and
cast in the United States.
Cast from British cannon captured during
the War of 1872, the figure was considered
so outstanding that Clark Mills was COM
missioned by the cities of New Orleans
and Nashville to cast duplicates for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Homes Default
Help IsAsked
By CLARENCE HUNTER
Star Staff Writer

Senator Sparkman, Democrat
of Alabama, suggested today
that the Federal Housing Adj
ministration show more SYM
pathy toward homeowners who
are in default on their mort
cages. ..
The chairman of the Senate
Housing Subcommittee was one
of several speakers at a morn
ing session of the National
Housing Conference at the
Statler Hilton Hotel. He also
suggested that home mortgage
lenders take more risks but that
they do it with our eyes open
and with the proper reserves
to meet expected contingent
cies."
Reports FILA Pledge
"In 1859, a forbearance pro-
vision was written into the law
authorizing the FILA to work
out arrangements with = the
mortgages and the mortgagor
in hardship and deserving cases
to hold off foreclosures" Sem
ator Sparkman said. This pro-
vision is not very effective and,
in fact, we have evidence of
trigger-happy mortgages who
hardly give the defaulted bor-
rover a chance before taking
away his home through fore
closure"
Senator Sparkman said FILA
officials have promised to take
corrective action on this mat
ter. He said he was suggesting
also that the FILA. the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, the
Veterans Administration and
the Farmers Home Administra-
ton develop new techniques
for analyzing credit risks in
the mortgage underwriting
field.
II have been convinced for
a long time that mortgage
underwriting is an inexact
science which has worked over
the years only because lenders
were not taking any real risks"
the Alabama Senator said.
%. Times have changed and
no longer can the mortgage
lenders get away with loose
underwriting practices and con-
tinue to serve the needs Of the
mass market which is now
more than ever their principal
market"
Senator Sparkman said he
hoped that a reported increase
in foreclosures would not cause
FILA TO panic and reverse its
policy Of using the FILA insur-
ance system TO help provide
decent housing for moderate
income families. He said FILA
officials have assured him that
the 1862 Housing Act liberah-
cation of terms was not an i'm
portant factor in the upturn Of
foreclosures.
Sees Defaults as Few
To-day some small per cent
perhaps one-half OF one per
cent-are in default and have
lost their homes he said. 1T
is this group that has stirred
some OF our conservative
friends 10 say told you so.
II isn't that the number is so
large. but attention has been
directed 10 II because II is al
most double the number under
conditions prevailing In recent
years. No mention is made Of
the 99.6 per cent who are MAX
ing their payments and who
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05
Montana Eagles
Favor Kennedy
Mediocre Plan

Montana State Aerie, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, at its recent con-
vention in Helena, went on record in
favor of providing program of hos
pital insurance under Sociel Security,
such as proposed by the Kennedy Adj
ministration.
The Eagles resolution is as fol-
lows:
Whereas the Fraternal Order of
Eagles has in the past been the leader
in promoting such humanitarian prof.
ects as old-age assistance, social Sc
curity, workmen's compensation, jobs
over 40, and other worthwhile legis-
lation for the good of the people; and
Whereas we appeal to go on rec
ord in favor of the mediocre bill under
social security: Now, therefore, be it
"RESOLVED, That the Montana
State Aerie, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, go on record as favoring the
adoption as law of the medicare bill
under social security and that copy
of this resolution be forwarded to the
Grand Aerie Convention and to the
Senators and Representative of the
State of Montana"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05

The other evening | had occasion
to participate in an open meeting of
the John Birch Society in Cut Bank.
1t was an amazing experience. From
Vic Overcast, co-ordinator of the
Birch Society in Montana and Wyo-
ming, came nothing either new or
unexpected. From the film clip of
Robert Welch, the same was true.
The meat of the evening came from
the question and answer period. 1t
is upon this portion of the evening
that | would like to dwell in some
detail.
Overcast, in his role as patriot
for profit, said over and over again
that the John Birch Society was not
secret organization. While doing so,
he stated several times that the mem
bership lists could not be divulged,
that members names were not open
to the public and similar statements
in answer to questions that had any
thing to do with intimate knowledge
of the Society, its aims, goals and
organization.
He refused to name the men,
bers of the John Birch Society who
were, in his words to a New York
TIMES reporter, holding elected
and appointed positions in Mon
tana's state government. He de-
clined also to name any Democrat
who is, at the same time, member
of the Birch Society. In a most
telling exchange between Fred Bar
rett, Democratic State Chairman,
and Overcast, Overcast refused to
name the Democratic legislator
who, in his words, was Commu-
mist and served with Mr.. Barrett
in the State Legislature.
There were several college students
n attendance, who to this day remain
Unknown to me, who asked questions
hat were significant in content and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05

fronted with a question of some sig
nificance.
The young student-Ov I'M
questionably feels the student was a
victim of liberal professors and
thereby, by virtue of the Birch men
tality, proves conclusively the theory
that educators are dupes of the Conn
munists- would not be assuaged and
repeated the question. Overcash's re-
joinder was that he had never found
Robert WEIGH to be wrong, so he
would continue to accept his analysis
of the state of the world and those
persons in that world.
The key to the appeal of the lunacy
that is the John Birch Society may
we'll lie here. Overcash's motivation
may be the money and prestige that
is his only if he is in the vanguard
of those few elect who will protect
the United States from perdition,
in the form of Communists,
dupes of the Communists, or mis-
guided liberals, to use phrase that
he appeared to relish. Those who
know Overcast argue that these fac
tors prestige and money-explain
good deal of his motivation.
see page 4
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05
ARA, APW, Provide Jobs
For Unemployed Workers

WASHINGTON, D. C.-More
than $31a million have been
spent in Montana to put men
to work on A community and
resource Improvement projects
under the Accelerated Public
Works program, according to
an Area Redevelopment Ad-
ministration report to Montana
Senators Mike Mansfield and
Lee Metcalf.
The Accelerated Public Works Act
was passed by Congress last fall to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05
Miles City Man
Named Intern to
Senator MefcuIf

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(Special)
jerome (Jerry) Cate, "a, of Miles
City, has been named as the third
Senate intern in the program estab-
lished by Senator Lee Metcalf in 1861.
Cate, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
G. Cate of Miles City, is 1861 grad
uate of Carroll College, Helena. He
previously attended Sacred Heart
grade and high school Of Miles City.
An honor student, Cate was elected
to Delta Epsilon Sigma, national
scholastic honor society, and was
named as an outstanding student by
"Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities.
For the past two years, Cate has
been studying at Georgetown Uni
versity Law School here.
Metcalf's intern program brings
can outstanding young Montanan of
demonstrated interest and ability" to
Washington for years work in the
Senator's office. The first Montana
internship went to Larry Petit of
Lewistown. Cate will succeed Dick
Warden, Montana State University
graduate and former state editor of
the Great Falls Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05
Buttin, EngIes Hit On Stands
Against Programs to Aid Job|ess

Montana's Republican party
chairman, Mel Engles, has
Shown his true colors in his
recent Incorporate and ire
sponsible charges against a
program to help spur industrial
development and create jobs
for people out of work through
no fault of their own," State Demo
Chairman Fred Barrett charged late
last week. ANA
Barrett directed his remarks against
the COP chairman, who earlier tried
to defend Rep. James F. Battin's vote
against an expansion in the Area Re-
development program. Barrett noted
that the Senate, on Tuesday of last
week, overwhelmingly voted Eyes" for
this program, thereby giving Battin
an opportunity to vote for the best
interests of Montana.
The Democratic chairman chal-
lenged Engles to tell the people of
Montana whether. the Republican
party also stands behind Mr.. Battin's
first vote against the Area Redevelop-
ment program in 1861 and his two
votes against the accelerated public
works program
Barrett recalled that he originally
had said that Battin turned his back
on the unemployed in Montana by his
vote against the expansion of the
Area Redevelopment program. Maybe
[ should modify that statement to
include the Republican State Chair
man too"
Barrett said the eastern district
congressman, the only Republican in
Montana's four-man congressional
delegation, has voted wrong" on
nearly every proposal by the Admin
stration to help put our unemployed
citizens back to work.
81 wish MIR. Battin would explain
to the people of Montana-particu-
Iarly those who have been aided by
these programs-whyh he has con-
sistently voted against the Area Re-
development and Accelerated Pub
lie Works programs" said Barrett.
The Democratic Chairman pointed
out that many Montana counties, in
Guiding all or parts of 16 in the east
ern district of Montana, have been
designated as redevelopment areas
eligible to participate in the ARA
md APW programs.
He said all, or parts, of the follow j
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-07-05

BaDcOcK would nave Cne average
voter believe that in the first two
years of the Nutter-Babcock Admin
istration the General Fund has gone
from a $4.5 million deficit accumu.
lated under Republican Gov. Hugo
Aronson, to a healthy surplus of 3d..
253,718.38 as of June 80.
The bleak black and. white fig
ures in State Treasurer Edna Hin
mans ledger do not bear out the
rose-colored picture Babcock pre-
scented Montana people earlier this
week.
Anyone familiar with the General
Fund balance knows that it has little
or nothing to do with the fiscal sound
ness of the state but indicates only
the rate of flow of money through
the Treasury. The only gauge of fiscal
soundness is to study the condition
of the SURPRISES.
A review of Republican money
policy over the past 10 years shows
that $10,000,000 has vanished from
the states u. S. Treasury Bond in
vestment 1t used to be $20,000,000
and is now $1O,00O,0O0. The Deposi-
tory Board has authorized Treasurer
Human to deplete this investment to
$7,OO0,0OO if the need arises. This
investment yields interest to the