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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
EYEWITNESS
Battle Of Saigon
Began Friday Noon

servicemen, wearing civilian
clothes, from wandering the
downtown streets and looking
In on restaurants and bars.
BY midnight fires had brok-
en- out. Heavy Smelling contin-
ued in scattered areas. A lead
ing hotel went on serving
meals. with the head waiter at
one explaining to newly arrived
guests that some Of the help
had left so service might be a
little slow.
Bombardment of the presi-
Dental guard headquarters in
ere sed at 3:25 AM. Loud
blasts could be heard in various
parts of the city. Then there
were lapses Of silence. Only an
occasional cruising taxi or 9
wandering cycle driver ap-
peared In the streets.
At 4 AM. the main assault
on the palace began. Tanks
moved toward the palace from
nearby streets. Foo soldiers
ran across broad avenues anc
slipped into the S h a dows OF
buildings. Tank guns and NOR
tars sounded off, along with
machine guns. TracerS, red and
yellow, appeare d in the sky
Heavy action moved closer to
the palace. On the roofs OF
arby buildings, spectators
Topped down as small-arms
fire whizzed by. Muzzle flashes
appeared over a wide area.
The esidential guard
fought back doggedly, but at
6:37 AM. a white flag fluttered
from the south wing of the
battered palace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

The Senate Rules Committee
will meet informally tomorrow
to interview a former FBl
agent as candidate for the job
OF investigating the financial
affairs Of Robert G. Bobby
Baker.
sChairman Jordan has been
authorized TO hire an investiga-
tor for the committee investi-
cation Of the former secretary
Of theSenate Democratic Ma
jority but he said yesterday he
wanted the committee to make
the selection.
The committee chairman
said he also plans to consult
tomorrow with Controller Gen.
eral Joseph Campbell to borrow
General AccountingOffic per
sonnet for the investigation.
If an investigator is chosen
Senator Jordan has indicated
the first witnesses in the Bake
case will be called to a closed
committee session wednesday
Comments on Party Girls
These are the witnesses lined
up by Senator Williams, Repub-
lican Of Delaware, who had
been conducting his own inves-
tigation before the Senate vot-
ed to direct the Rules Commit
tee to investigate business ac-
tivities of present and past
Senate employees.
Asked If he plans to call any
Of the party girls who report
edly have visited the Southwest
home owned by Mr.. Baker and
used by his former secretary
Senator Jordan replied:
"I haven't had any evidence
about call girls except hearsay
I expect we are going to get d.
rect evidence. But call-girl evil
dence will not be brought In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

Baker as the mice kid who
used to bring my paper-one OF
the most hkeable boys you ever
saw" Mr.. Mcdaniel thinks
Bobby was Just trying to make
money and there's nothin 6
wrong with that"
Bobby's first real job was at
the drug store operated by Bird
Lewis where he started out as q
soda jerk.
Bobby was always more
mature than his years." said
Mr.. Lewis. HE knew every
body and made it his business
to know everybody. He didn't
serve long at the fountain. 1t
wasn't long before he knew
everything in the store. He was
front man and did everything
except fill prescriptions"
BOBBY worked in the drug
store the summer he was Is,
just before he went to WASH
ington as a Senate page.
A clipping from a Charlotte
IN. c. paper quoted Bobby as
saying during an interview last
March: "I've had a fantastic
run of luck. I always seemed to
be coming along at Just the
right time"
The article quoted Bobby as
saying he had his future plans
all laid out: He was to work
nine more years in the Senate
and retire after 80 years serv-
ice. Then he would 60 back to
Pickens, establish a law prac-
tice and run for governor when
he was so. He will be IS on No
vember IL.
If his luck seems to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Baker: Few in Pickens Knew Of Business Activities

Now Bobby Baker-everyone
in Pickens calls him Bobby
has resigned from his Senate
post amid accusations that he
used his office to promote his
own business interests. The
Senate Rules Committee Is in
veStigating his activities.
But If there is anyone in
Pickens who Is condemning the
favorite son, he isn't saying so
openly.
Librarian Defends Bobby
In this town Of about 1000.
named for q Revolutionary
War general and located in the
South Carolina highlands once
inhabited by the CherokeeS, the
residents pride themselves on
loyalty to their community and
their people.
The Blue Ridge Mountains
rise sharply Just a few miles to
the west of town, but the peo-
pie here resent any implication
that Pickens is a backwoodS
mountain town.
Don't you say anything
against Bobby" said the Pick
ems librarian, Mrs. julius E.
Boggs, a gray-haired, little wi
dow with a soft voice, who
didn't like it because a maya
zine described Bobby as a
mountain boy"
I'VE don't think Bobby has
done anything wrong" she
said. why don't they inveSti-
gate some of the other people |
up there in Washington? I al
ways thought washington was
such a beautiful city, but the
things we hear about it any,
more I don't have as much
respect for it as 1 used to.
S e ms like evrything is
crooked up there"
County Clerk of Court E. P.
Mcdaniel remembers Bobby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
ENGLISH kits?
SCOTS MAY FIND
TRADEMARK GONE

LONDON (AP).-Tailor
and Cutter-an authority
on mems clothes-has adj
vocated the kilt as a ma
tional dress for the British
male. In its main editorial,
the magazine said yester-
day:
Its far too good just
for Scotsmen. Since the
invention of the bicycle.
and the wide interbreeding
which it made possible,
there are few British fami-
lies untouched by Scottish
blood. A general apprecia-
ton Of this fact could lead
us to the adoption of the
kilt as the national dress
which Britain as an island
entity has too long lacked"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

of them came from Senate IN
vestigators.
Political Shenanigans
Another Pickens resident
who thinks there may be some
political shenanigans benin d
the Baker affair is State Sena-
tor Earle Morris, jr., a banker
who was Bobby's boyhood
friend, claSSmate and fellow
Boy Scout.
Senator Morris remembered
Bobby as an average student
who was energetic, enthu-
siastic and sold himself to
those he met" He said Bobby
was the first 9Th grader to be
elected cheerleader by the high
school student body.
He said eheerleader was the
only thing Bobby ever ran for
but that he talked to him occa-
sionally about coming back %
Pickens someday and running
for Governor.
II don't know how Bob by
made his money but he has al
ways been open and frank. I
assume his associates and
members of the Senate knew
a bout his business activities.
Senator Kerr (Oklahoma DEM
ocrat who died last year, used
to advise him on financial in
veStments," Mr.. Morris said.
Owns Few Bank Shares
Mr.. Morris, Dwight Holder
and a local lawyer founded the
Bank Of Pickens. One source
said Bobby owns a few
shares" in the bank.
Tom Nicely. a volunteer fire
man. said the boys at the fire.
house were talking about the
Baker affair the other night
and concluded that Bobby will
come out of it all right.
CAS- long as he don't owe the
Government anything-like in
come taxi don't believe they
can do anything with him." said
Mr.. Nelly. 81 think he was just
trying to make some money.
Everybody does that"
Police Chief Wesley Stone
wished he had Bobby's money.
He pointed out that Bobby and
his wife were m king more
than $4,000 a year in their
Government jobs and he didn't
figure with that kind of money
Bobby would have to do any
thing wrong.
Chief Stone leaned on a
parking meter and said: Most
people down here think Bobby
outsmarted them up there ami
they flared up at him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Continued Prom Page Al

Continued From Page Al
who sometimes talked about
coming back home and running
for governor.
They were proud Of him as
be moved up the ladder from
page boy to the influential post
Of secretary Of the Senate
Democratic majority.
In 1858 they had q Bobby
Baker Day and gave him q pla-
que. Senator Smathers. Demo-
erat of Florida, was on hand. A
former South Carolina Senator,
Charles E. Daniels. described
Bobby as the third Senator
from South Carolina" And
Lyndon johnson, then Senate
majority leader, sent a teleg-
ram saying that members Of
the Senate lean heavily on him
and he should be considered as
one of the outstanding Ameri-
cans"
- Praised by Johnson
5During the 1860 campaign
when the LBJ special was
steaming through Dixie, Mr..
Johnson stopped long enough
for a side excursion by bus to
Pickens County. Bobby was the
majordomo Of the johnson
campaign train.
The vice presidential candi-
date made a speech at Rocky
Bottom, a Pickens County
m e citing place in the noun
tains, and told the folks he
wished he could stay "and
white a while"
It was Just a year before that
Mr.. johnson had praised Bobby
on the floor of the Seante, des-
cribing him as hardworking
young man who truly serves
his country, and 1 consider him
one Of my most trusted, most
loyal and most competent
friends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

was organized in 1853. Twenty
five investors including Bobby
Baker. put up $4,000 to buy
1ls acres and get the project
started. Bobby Is listed in court
records as I0/157 owner, which
indicates he put up $4,000.
'He's StIn My Friend"
The list Of investors reads
like q who's who Of the north
western area Of South Carroll
ma. One Of them Is Clement r.
Haynesworth, jr., q Judge OF
the United States Court Of APP
peals for the Fourth District.
Mr.. Holder said he organized
the investing group and he
doubts that many Of them even
know who the others are. He
said the project is just getting
started and no dividends have
been paid yet.
II don't think Bobby Baker
has even seen It," said Mr.. Hol-
der. Il asked him If he wanted
to buy in. Bob Baker has been
my friend for nealy IS wears
and he's still my friend. All Of
his dealings with me have been
above board. Never one time has
he even suggested doing any
thing not perfectly honest"
Another of Bobby's local ven-
lures was the Credit Bureau Of
Easley.
His sister, Mrs. Betty Chap
man, said the bureau was
starte d by a group Of msr-
chants In 1858 and then two
men from Georgia took it over
Mrs. Chapman worked for
/ them.
Bobby got it through Just a
chance remark" she said. Zone
day he asked me how business
was and I told him it was fol
sale. He asked me how much
they wanted and I told him ]
would find out. He bought It.
Bobby always has been wild
for business ventures. guess
that's his downfall"
Baker Sold Firm in 1851
Records at the courthouse
show that Bobby. his wife Do
rothy and Mrs. Chapman In
corporated the bureau in Octo-
Der 1854 ito engage in the OPP
Grafton of a credit bureau, and
a general insurance agency and
real estate business"
Mrs. Chapman said she and
her husband bought the bust
ness from Bobby in 1861. 1--WE
are the sole owners and Bobby
doesn't have anythin g to do
with it now" she said.
Lettered on a window of the
second floor office is Robert
@. B a ker. attorney" Mrs
Chapman said her brother had
the sign painted about the time
he got his law degree but never
used the office for any legal
practice. She said the window
which contains an air condi-
toner, is hard to get to" 50
they never bothered to take off
the sign which is hidden from
the street by an awning.
Mrs. Chapman said she
didn't know Bobby was In
volved in the Blue Ridge Devel-
opment Corp. until the credit
bureau was asked to run q
check on the company after all
of the publicity about her
brother. She said the bllrealj
received several requests for
information and indicated one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

was appointed poStmasteI
when the form er postmaster
retired IN 1860 when the Re-
publicans were In the White
House"
He also points out that Pick
ems post office. opened in 1860,
was built during the Republi-
can administration.
Were simple people," said
Mr.. Baker. II can't understand
this character assassination In
the papers. We feel he has
done nothing wrong. If he has
done wrong he's man enough
to take the consequences. All
We ask is that they treat Bobby
fairly"
Many Pickens residents i'm
ply that politics is behind the
whole thing.
One Of them Is Dwight Hol.
der who turned down the page
boy job and now Is one Of Pick
ems most prominent business
men.
Mr.. Holder thinks there Is
validity in the reports that the
White House is using the Bob
by Baker affair as part of q
plan to dump Vice President
johnson from the ticket next
year.
Land Spectator
One Of Bobby's local business
activities Is the Blue Ridge De-
velopment Corp. which was
chartered in 1855 by Dwight
Holder. Harold Holder and an.
other man who has since died
In September 1855, the cor.
poration bought a tract just
outside Pickens for $10,500. By
1857 Bobby had acquired ar
interest in the firm and BY
1859 a business transaction
listed him as president.
Mr.. Holder said Bobby ha,
bought majority interest in the
corporation and that the land is
being held primarily for specu-
lative purposes. He said the
tract. which is in a developing
area, contains about 80 acres.
The firm has built on two
lots, on one a single family re-
sidence and on the other q du-
pick, and has sold about q
half-dozen lots on which the
buyers have built houses.
Mr.. Holder said he and Bob
by put money into the corpora
ton to pay for installation Of a
central water system. He said
he collects the rent on the
house and apartments and uses
1t to pay off the money they
borrowed to build them.
Investor in Cemetery Firm
Mr.. Holder said the corpo-
rate records are kept in WASH
ington and he describes the
firm as relatively inactive anc
one that hasn't made them any
money yet.
Bobby also is an investor ir
, Greenville Memorial Gardens
a cemetery venture organized
by Mr.. Holder and Richard O.
Herbert Of Anderson, s. C.
Greenville is one Of several
perpetual care cemeteries being
developed in three Southern
States by Souther C EN- etery
Consultants, a firm organized b.
Mr.. Herbert and Mr.. Holder
The cemeteries are owned by
individual corporations and
Southern c m etery Consul
! tants handle sales and man.
agement.
! Greenville Memorial Gardens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

was official host to US. He took
US places visitors could not get
in ordinarily"
Sitting In the modestly fur
nished but comfortable home
where he and his wife reared
their eight children. Postmast-
er Ernest Baker, 81, said he
couldn't understand what all
the fuss is about.
II don't know anythin g
about Bobby's business affairs,
but I do know he has been the
most thoughtful. considerable
son anyone ever had" he said.
1T he investments he made,
wise or mwise. were his own
business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

taken q turn for the worse
lately, 1t was running strong In
1942 when he got the chance to
go to Washington.
The late Senator Burnet
Maybank Of South CAROLYN
had asked Harold Helder, a
promin ent Pickens resident
who managed his campaign in
that area. to recommend some
one for Senate page.
Mr.. Holders son. Dwight,
didn't want it. The Bakers. all
10 Of them, lived across the
street and were good friends Of
the Holders. Mr.. Holder asked
Mr.. Baker If Bobby wanted the
page job. Bobby did.
II was scared to DEATH" Bob
by told h is Charlotte newspa-
per interviewer last March. Il
had never been out Of Pickens
before. I remember, I took the
train from Easley to
Greensville one Saturday just
so I could say I'd ridden the
train before"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Bobby Baker Don't Give Up

One of Bobby's tie achers,
Miss Lu ellie Hallum, heard
that the new pake was home
sick in Washington. She sent
him a note telling him TO keep
his chin UP.
Miss Hallum, who described
him as a cooperative and
pleasant student" said he
wrote a note back saying:
Bobby Baker don't give up"
Miss Hallum said that when
student groups came to Wash.
ington from Pickens Bobby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Praised by Parents

Bobby was the oldest Of the
B kers' four sons and four
daughters. Mr.. Baker said the
FOUNDER children looked upon
Bobby as their ideal and cal
ways looked forward to the
times he would be home"
The picture described by Mr.
Baker and his wife, who can
barely get around on crutches
since suffering a stroke II
years ago, Is one of an atten-
tive son, a son who remem-
bered birthdays and Mother.
Day. who brought his parent.
to Washington frequently, who
took them to the best restau.
rants and the stage plays, whC
got good seats for them al
presidential inaugurals and bal
games, who introduced them Il
important people.
"He was never ashamed of III
or his HON e town," said Mr.
Baker. zone Of the highlighti
Of my life was when Bobby in,
troduced me to Vice Presiden
Alben Barley and he told m,
a couple of his famous countr!
Jokes"
Mr.. Baker said he had heart
reports that people were sayinl
he got the Pickens postmaster
ship because of Bobby's in
fluence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03
Career Postal EmpIOye

"If there ever was q career
post office employee, I'm It," he
said. II started out as a letter
carrier in 1929, was promoted
to clerk in 1899, was made assis-
tant postmaster in 1912 and
, 1963-09-25
De Lugo
Continued from page y.

|belous sheet, att the expense
Tof the taxpayers, is done with
the full knowledge Of the
President Of the Legislature
Senator de Lugo charged. He
Ialso charged that the Presi
dent Of the Legislature open
" encouraged employees Of
representatives who are not
the Legislature to show dis
respect for any of the peoples
members Of the Unity bloc.
Senator de Lugo said that
among those who participated
in the publication Of the Nor
tar Pestie in the st. Croix
office Of the Legislature on
tuesday, September "A, were
Warren Brown, Executive
Secretary of the Legislature
of the Virgin Islands, who is
also President Of the Unity
Party, Senator Randall james,
NE#fEEA1A
Eric Carroll, James Bennsf>.
son, Heinrich McAlphin and
Leroy Arnold.
The Senator stated that on
numerous occasions these and
Eother abuses have been called
ito the attention of Senator
Earle Ottley, President Of the
Legislature, for corrective ac-
toin. However, the requests
and rights of five of the ele-
ven representatives Of the PEG
, 1963-09-25

pie of the Virgin Islands have
been contemptuously ignor-
ed" the Senator concluded.
, 1963-09-25
ANSWERS TO
YESTERDAYS
CROSSWORD

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WED, SEED, TART, SEE.
Vertical
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Evening star., 1963-05-26

half dozen years later. Arthur Doves
Movement" of 1911, is pure abstrac-
tiOn of color and shape. Decades ago,
Dove was also making "assemblageS,"
out of such odd items as bird nests and
pieces of bamboo, a form of art which
became the last word about two years
ago and is heavily represented in the
Pop Art repertory. The difference is
that Dove assembled objects with taste
and strong sense of composition.
The New Tradition" reminds US
all-and unfortunately, we needed the
reminder-that American artists from
the turn of the century on did develop
a new form of art on the whole inde-
pendently of Europe.
The most controversial single pic
ture in the show is Peter Blume's
South of Scranton" facing page). Now
owned by the Metropolitan, the picture
won the top prize in the 1884 Carnegie
international and brought a storm of
protest against the artist and the insti-
Evening star., 1963-05-26

tuition. Actually, the picture is based
on the early Renaissance device of
combining in one scene events which
in life were separated in time.
Giotto, for example, would picture
a pilgrim on his journey, meeting var
ious animals, and arriving at his desti-
nation, as if the subject we're four or
five people placed at different points
on winding path. Blume did the same.
The picture is recollection of an auto
mobile drive the artist made from
Scranton, Pa, to Charleston, S. c. Com
bined in single view are the Pennsyl-
vania Stag heaps and coal mines, vii
lage street en- route, the broad expanse
of Charleston harbor and sailors exer-
cising on vessel in the foreground.
Obviously. no one could take in all
these different details in single view,
but then, that's one of the advantages
Of art over life.
The New Tradition" will be at the
Corcoran through June 2.
Evening star., 1963-05-26

TXCEPT for such amiable frivOlitieS
u as the Pop Art show at the Wash
ingtOn Gallery of Modern Art, the
weight of the American art season now
drawing to a close has been toward a
re-examination of the past of modern
art. Of all the second looks -Kandin-
sky, the Armory Show revived, and
others none has been more stimulat-
ing, more of an eye-Opener, than "The
New Tradition" the major spring ex-
hibition at Corcoran Gallery of Art
Subtitled Modern Americans Be-
fore 1910" the 100 paintings and sculp-
lures demonstrate conclusively that
modern art has been around in Ameri-
ca a long time, well before the 1918
Armory Show, which is popularly sup
posed to have introduced American
artists to new ways Of art
A John Marin painting Of 1903, one
of series called The Weehawken Sc
quence," is as abstract as anything that
Kandinsky in Europe was to do some
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