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St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-11

Everett LuOmA self with the
Democratic Party rather than the
Republican Party. The manager
said that this did not make any
difference; the fact of community
participation was all that mat
tered.
This is only one Of many ways
that major corporations can main
tain control over local politics.
This store recognized that even
though this individual would be
active in the Democratic Party
rather than the Republican Party,
he would never forget that he is
employed by this department store.
Any decision he would make while
in politics would be made with his
own personal advancement in his
job in mind.
There are other more subtle
ways in which local political power
is kept in the hands of the corpora
tions. The news media simply re-
fuses to pubIcize certain news
items. What news broadcast, for
instance, publicized the fact that
the proposed expansion of Bell
Telephone Co.'S office building will
actually lose money for the city
because the Bell Telephone Co.
does not have to pay city taxes
because of state law. 1t is taking
over two businesses which did pay
city taxes.
Political power is also kept in
the hands of the major corpora
tions because of the basic charac-
teristics of the two major political
parties. The major corporations
are nationwide disciplined political
entities, whereas the political part
les, through which the worker
would get representation, are pure
Iy local with no discipline beyond
the local scene. The net effect
is that the poor are made to pay
the major share of the cost of local
government.
This becomes more clear when
one looks at map of Minneapolis
and its over forty suburban COM
munities. 1t must be understood
that certain economic interests
have a stake in donating large
sums of money to elect represen-
tatives in all these communities
and then playing one against the
other to their own advantage. 1t
is for this reason that General
Hospital will eventually close-a
fact that can only hurt the poor.
Minneapolis and st. Paul must
in turn compete with other cities
for favors from these corporations.
A high rate of unemployment in
all communities makes all cities
desire to have these corporations
settle in their own particular areas.
Refusal of these corporations to
settle within certain communities
means not only unemployment but
also a loss in property taxes to the
city. Therefore cities sell land to
major corporations at a fraction
of the actual value of the land
The lower loop development
within Minneapolis is a case in
point. First, beginning of the de-
velopment was not permitted until
architects, contractors, and banks,
were satisfied that it was to their
advantage.
When these forces were satis-
fled, the city bought the land and
demolished the buildings at total
cost of $23 million to the taxpayers
of the city. Then in order to get
the wealthy interests to build on
these seventeen square blocks, it
was sold to these corporations for
only $6.5 million.
In effect the lower loop area
therefore represents a gift of $16.5
million by the small businesses and
homeowners to the corporations
that are building on the land.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-11
FRANKLY SPEAKING
BY Everett Luoma

Several years ago, a friend of
mine applied for position as man
agerial trainee Of a large depart
ment store in Minneapolis. After
being interviewed, the personnel
manager told him that anyone who
becomes a managerial trainee with
in this department store Is required
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-11

abbreviated account of Congress-
man Powell's memorable speech
page 4, column 8, April 4, 1868
Recorder-Spokesman Papers) con-
cludes Negroes in the audi
ence knew :. what Powell preach
ed was true and they responded
with thunderous applause"
Amen. - Sincerely, John M. Cul-
yer, April 5, 1868.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-11

Supreme Court school desegregation decision Gold
water wants the South's emerging COP to take a
more extreme position in behalf of segregation
than the DiSiecrats-to as Republicans take over
as the saviour of white supremacy mantle in the
South.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-11
DRY POINTS
BY FRED GRAM

Strange are the ways Of social
evolution. The indeterminate sent
ence, conceived as an instrument
for salvaging damaged personal
tiles, is now principally a device
for making institutional space
available for more of the same.
The defense budget, basically a
defense against our enemies, is
now principally devise for keep
ing the economy going.
Senate Passes $750-Million Bill
for Transit Aid" - Minneapolis
Tribune. Senate Passes $375-Mil-
lion Transit Aid Biu'-St. Paul
Pioner Press. So what's three or
four hundred millions among COM
petitors?
The job retraining program is
showing up as an inadequate an
swer to the problem Of automa-
ton. Those pig-headed statisticians
insist on making the retrained
statistic just as big as all the
others in their unemployment
tables.
What's happening in Russia
must be the biggest thing since
the Revolution, the evidence being
that the Russians are no longer
afraid Of the police and the art
critics.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-11

to be active in
local and civic
affairs.
My friend then
told the manager
that in that case
the store may not
wish to employ
him because he
tends to ally him
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Lee Denounces Year 1000 Plan;
Cites Proposals 'Dumoge, Danger

Jerome p Pickard, research di-
rector Of the Urban Land In
stitute OF Washington, who said
that population density OF the
10 corridor cities 1t proposes
would not be as high as the
Districts in 1860.
He pointed out that almost
equal numbers Of employed
people who live in Montgomery
work there and in the District.
and added: There is more TO
the relationship Of our subur-
ban area TO Washington than
simply work. II is an integral
part of the National Capital re-
gion - a fact which should
always be borne In mind In
planning for the future"
The problem OF housing for
-income families was raised
by the Rev. j. Wiley Prugh.
president OF Suburban Mary
land Fair Housing. Inc.
Under the Year 1000 plan,
he said. at least one Negro COM
munity. Ken-Gar in Kensing-
ton, is wiped out by park and
commercial coming " Others. he
added, -. are likely 10 dis
apcar"
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Maryland Unit System
Faces est in Court

given the rural areas a domi-
nant voice in the selection of
party candidates for Statewide
offices for more than so years,
Each county and each of Balti-
more's six legislative districts
have a unit vote equal to the
number of representatives 1t
has in the General Assembly
The bill to abolish the unit
vote had sailed through the
House of Delegates by an over
whelming vote earlier. But that
was when the lawmakers
thought it was an administra-
ton measure.
High Cost of Living
Meanwhile, members of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee worked themselves into
a lather yesterday over Hyman
A. Pressman, the high cost Of
living, the Baltimore City elec-
tionS and two barber bills.
The high cost of living away
from home is not covered by
the $40 a day the legislators
get for expenses during Cen
eral Assembly sessions, many
Maryland lawmakers are COM
planning. They would like to
increase 1t to $50.
But the shadow of Mr.. Press
man. self-appointed watchdog
over governmental affairs,
hung over a subcommittee pom
dering the matter yesterday.
Mr.. Pressman, who is running
for controller in Baltimore, has
threatened to file a taxpayers
suit if the expense allowance
is raised. His threat of a suit
helped kill plans to increase
the allowance four years ago.
II would not have any heSi-
fancy to ask for the increase
If the members want it," Ways
and Means Committee Chair
man Marvin Mandell, Democrat
of Baltimore City, said, "but l
would hate to see Pressman
use it in his campaign as a
political football. He'll use it
as an issue whether he's right
or wrong"
Mr.. Mandell told Mr.. Blades
to confer with members of the
Senate and see what the senti-
ment is in the upper chamber
on the proposed increase.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee couldn't make up its
mind about the barber bills
either.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Hops Free
On Bail After
Conviction

BALTIMORE, Feb. IA (AP)
Stewart B. Hops, San Fran
cisco millionaire, is free under
$4,000 bond today following
his conviction yesterday of mail
fraud.
A jury of seven women and
five men deliberated 4 hours
and so minutes before finding
him guilty on two counts.
Thank heavens for appeal, "
the 58-year-old insurance man
said as he left the courtroom
yesterday in the company, OF
three attorneys.
Hops had been accused in
a Federal indictment of mailing
false financial information into
Maryland concerning Interna-
tional Guaranty and Insurance
Co. OF Tangier, Morocco. The
firm sought to insure deposits
Of Maryland savings and loan
firms.
Much Of the testimony dur
ing the four-week trial centered
around Hopps' control Of the
Tangier firm. The Government
tried to show that Hops ran
the company from his San
Francisco office and that the
firm had no real assets with
which to insure savings and
loan depositors.
Testimony indicated that
International's first major pre-
miums came from Chicago in
terests when savings and loan
firms operated by c. Oran
Mensik we're required to get
insurance TO continue opera
tions. Mensik. a Chicago fl
nancier, also is under Federal
Indictment here.
Maximum sentence for each
offense on which Hops was
convicted is five years in prison
and a $1,000 fine.
Evening star., 1963-02-14

in this country before" The
danger and the damage" OF
the proposal, which has not
been adopted, is that It is TO-
cused on the center OF WASH
ington. he said,
Specific areas that It ig-
nores, he said. are between Wis
consin avenue NV. and Mac
Arthur boulevard. and Georgia
avenue as a traffic artery.
Turning on rapid rail tran
sit lines along existing raiload
tracks from the District into
MONTGOMERY and Prince
Georges Counties, he said that
they would take all residents
down 10 Union Station.
This is not a population
that you can force into sub
ways" he added. "They won't
use them just because they're
told TO use them"
Among the opponents we're
a number OF farmers. including
Harry Leet OF Gaithersburg
who charged the plan was de-
signed solely TO sustain a
rapid transit system In the
District OF Columbia" i"
Supporting the plan was Or.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
BY PETER MASLEY
Star staff Writer

4. Brooke Lee, longtime
Montgomey County Democrat
ic Party leader, bitterly at
tackled the Year 1000 plan last
night and called for "our gov
ernment TO stand up and fight
for the people OF this county"
Mr.. Lee was one Of a ma
jority OF witnesses who spoke
against the far-reaching plan
In a hearing at Richard Mont
gomery High School in Rock
vile. Other opponents agreed
with his charges that the plan
is focused on Washington and
around rapid rail transit.
Addressing himself TO the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commis-
sion. he said. II urge you TO
protect the people OF this coun-
~ and Prince Georges County
from the effect that this plan
would have on them II II were
adopted"
The plan itself. he charged, Is
a set OF "unproven proposals
such as have never appeared
Evening star., 1963-02-14
BY PAUL HOPE
star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. IA
Maryland's unit system of vot-
ing in party primaries faced a
court test today after a bill
to abolish it was turned down
in the General Assembly.
The bill ran into a wall OF
rural resistance in the State
Senate yesterday and was de-
feated by a vote of 1918.
Royce Hanson, president of
the Maryland Committee for
Fair Representation, said his
organization will seek to have
the system thrown out by the
courts.
The committee filed suit last
year to invalidate the unit
rule but let the litigation lie
dormant in hopes the General
Assembly would abolish the
system without further court
action.
THE State Senate again
demonstrated that it is out of
touch with constitutional and
political realities" Mr.. Hanson.
who lives in Montgomery
County said. Our House of
Lords has done it again. We
now have to reactivate our
suit"
Only Two States
Maryland and Georgia are
the only States which have the
unit system of voting in party
primaries. The Georgia system
has been ruled unconstitutional
by a Federal court, but the
decision has been appealed to
the Supreme Court.
Maryland's unit system has
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Price-Fixinq
Fines Set in
School Sales

PHILADEL PHIA, Feb. IA
(AP) Eight companies and IL
individuals were fined today a
total of $132,O00 in United
States District Court on charges
Of violating Federal antitrust
laws in the sale of school
supplies in Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland.
Judge John w. Lord, jr., re-
jected a Government request to
send 10 of the individual de-
PENDANTS to jail. The Govern
ment had requested a suspended
sentence for the 18th.
Judge Lord, prior to imposing
the fines-$88, 900 on the COM
panies and $4,000 on the indi-
vidualS, said he did not consider
the case one of price gouging
because he felt "all of the
defendants had considerable
competition from hundreds OF
companies"
The Government had charged
the defendants had fixed prices
and rigged bids in the sales of
school supplies-such as pencils,
eraSerS and writing paper-in
a conspiracy it contended
stretched back 10 years.
The defendants last Novem-
ber all pleaded no defense.
The companies and their
fines:
Kurtz Bros, Clearfield, Pa,
Sl5,000; Kurtz Bros. Eastern
Division, Inc, of Berwyn, Pa,
$4,000; tt-Buchanan Co.,
Philadelphia, $4,000; L. B.
Herr & Sons, Lancaster, Pa,
$1,000; Roberts and Meek, Inc.
Harrisburg, Pa, $1,000! j. L.
Hamett Co.. Cambridge, Mass,
S32,500; A. and c. Co., Balti-
more. Md, $500, and Paul M.
Adams Co., Baltimore, Md.
$4,000.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
TaWes Checks
Anti-SIots Bill;
Action Near

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. IA (AP)
Gov. Tawes went over the
administrations proposed slot
machine ban with his legis-
lative leaders today with indi-
cations it would be introduced
|. in the House of Delegates to-
morrow.
He received the long awaited
bill from Attorney General
Thomas B. Finan late yester-
day. 1t repeatedly calls for
removal of slots over a three
year period.
A Baltimore City Delegate,
meanwhile, indicated he will
join the slots sweepstakes by
calling for local voting on
whether they should stay.
Delegate Ernest Young,
Democrat of Baltimores 4th
district, said he will introduce
a bill subjecting ali types of
gambling, whether existent or
future, to public referendum.
Slot machines now are legal
by local laws in Anne Arundel,
st. Mary'S, Charles and CAL
vert Counties.
Delegate Gerald Siegel, DEM
ocrat of Baltimore's 5th dis
trict. already has introduced a
bill that would repeal outright
the slot machine laws in the
four counties.
Il believe we ought to let
the people decide If they want
to keep them,' said Mr.. Young
in explaining his referendum
idea.
Mr.. Young said people eise-
where should have the oppor-
tunity also to decide If they
want slot machines or other
types of gambling such as pir~
ball machines and lotteries.
His bill would authorize ref
erendums in every county and
the six districts of Baltimore
on gambling laws.
If people want a demoral-
lzed state, why not let them
have it?" he reasoned.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Assateague Public Authority
Again Urged on Legislators

. ANNAPOLIS, Feb. IA (AP).
The Maryland Legislature
was petitioned yesterday for
the fifth straight year to
create a public authority to
supervise an orderly develop
ment of Assateague Island.
The petitioner was w. E.
Green of Snow Hill. q retired
heating contractor who has
tried since 1855 to get an au-
thority bill through the Legis-
lature affecting the. 23-mile
island south of ocean City.
= The House Of Delegates
passed such a measure in 1855
and again in 1857, but it was
killed in the Senate by former
Senator Ralph Mason OF
Worcester.
State Wide Measure
Since 1859, Mr.. Green has
put the bill in as a Statewide
measure by petition. a right
guaranteed every citizen "for
redress of grievances" by the
Maryland constitution.
Illness prevented Mr.. Green
from personally appearing with
his petition yesterday. 1t was
handed to House Speaker A.
Gordon Boone, Democrat of
Baltimore County, by Mr..
Green's wife.
She was accompanied to the
Legislature by officials of the
Federated Garden Clubs Of
Maryland, who expressed in
,terest in the proposal as q
conservation measure.
The garden club leaders in
.cluding Mrs. Wilmer Fell Davis
of fredericksburg, chairman Of
District / which includes all
clubs on the Eastern Shore;
Mrs. Paul Cohen Of Snow Hill,
legislative chairman Of District
/, and Mrs. Winfield T. Nichols
Of Denton, secretary of the
Caroline County Club.
Assateague Island has been
a bone of contention for the
Legislature since the early
l950s, when a Washington real
estate promoter began selling
lots there for residential use.
But only a few scattered homes
have been built on the sand
spit, which frequently is under
water after a heavy rainstorm
or tidal storm.
Bridge Approved
The Legislature last year
finally approved construction
of a SIS million bridge from
the Worcester County main
land to the island, which can
now be reached only by boat.
The State plans to build a
540-acre park there and is
presently negotiating for pri-
vate land purchases on the
ocean front to complete the
park.
Only / mile of the park
would be along the ocean front.
The rest would remain in pri-
vate hands under present State
plans.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Boord-SchooI Lioison
Raped in Montgomery

factions. but for different rec
sons.
The majority implied that
they possibly could have cut
more than the $732, ,9O5 which
was sliced from the school
superintendent's recommended
tions. The budget, however, is
still higher than last years
record $50.5 million budget.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
NAZI TOLD TO SIZED UNIFORM
BEFORE u. OF VIRGINIA TALK

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, (AP),-George Lincoln
Rockwell has been told by the University of Virginia
that he must shed both his Naz uniform and his follow
ers before making a scheduled speech here tonight.
Rockwell is the second of two controversial figures
invited to speak the John Randolph Society," student
conservative group American Communist Gus Hall
spoke last week.
The university, which disapproved of the invitations
to Rockwell and Hall, announced yesterday a list Of
special regulations to insure that order and decorum
will prevail" at the talk tonight
No uniformed persons will be allowed in Cabell Hall.
site OF Rockwels Speech except university police and
those authorized by the Army's Judge Advocate Gen
erals school the ROTC commander.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
ADDED SPECIAL!
PECAN ROLL, SLICED

A chevy delicious
treot for the whole
family. Buy several =
pounds now, OF this
special price
The Hreht Co-Coody Sbop,-AI
Evening star., 1963-02-14
PeII Dinner Speaker

Senator Claiborne Pell, DEM
ocrat Of Rhode Island, will be
the main speaker at the Young
Democrats annual Jefferson
Jackson Day dinner dance at
1880 pm. Saturday at Prince
Georges Country Club. Land
over, Md.
Evening star., 1963-02-14

depreciation of part Of an or
dinance under which the board
was set up four years ago.
Relative Size"
The board specifically re-
ferred to a statement that it
shall not consider the) rela-
tive size Of building or struc-
ture and shall not make
any requirement except for the
purpose Of developments obvi-
ously incongrous to the old and
historic aspect Of the surround
ingS. :"
The board said 1t will ask
Mr.. Williams whether this pro-
vision empowers the members
to restrict height irrespective
of design quality"
Mr.. Montague protested the
deferral on the grounds that
Mr.. New had been told that
the board was not asking him
to reduce the height Of his
building.
Spirited Debate
Spirited debate was heard by
the board as Mr.. New yester-
day submitted his latest pro-
poSal.
The Chamber Of Commerce
and Retail Merchants Associa-
ton enthusiastically urged ap-
proval of the design. arguing
that economic health Of Alex
andria depends upon attraction
of newcomers.
But the Old Town Civic AS
sociation, The Historic Alexan-
dria Foundation, The Alexan-
dria Association. and the Motor
and Taxpayers League all de-
clared that the building would
do violence to the historic
character Of the old part Of
the city and would be utterly
incompatible with the ordi-
nance intended to preserve ar
chitecture Of the past.
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Pierce Mill Bridge
Due to Open Monday

The Pierce Mill bridge over
Rock Greek will reopen for
traffic by Monday If weather
permits rebuilding and re-
surfacing work. the District
Highway Department said to-
day.
Replacement Of rotted tim
bers began last Sunday and
asphalt resurfacing is sched-
uled for Saturday, according to
Richard D. Wallace, deputy di-
rector for construction and
maintenance.
Evening star., 1963-02-14

The Hceht co.-condy sbop,-An 5 Store,
Evening star., 1963-02-14
Alexandria Unit Defers
New Building Decision

The Alexandria Board of Ar
chitectural Review announced
today 1t is deferring action on
a controversial l0-story modern
building in the city's historic
district until it gets advice from
the City Council and City At
torney.
The board voted four to three
for the deferral. with one mem
ber, Frank c. Montague, regis
tering strong protest.
The office building is planned
by oil man Robert ", New next
to the historic Lloyd House he
restored at 220 North Washing
ton street.
Last month, the board re-
jected a Colonial nine
story building at the site and
suggested that Mr.. New resub-
NIT a design "in better propor-
ton and more appropriate as
a contemporary setting for the
Lloyd House."
SpIit-Level Structure
The plan submitted to the
Board yesterday calls for an
L-shaped concrete, glass and
metal building, with a 10-story
level on Washington street and
a six-story level behind Lloyd
House.
In a brief announcement to-
day, the board said 1t will await
advice from the council con-
corning a proposed ordinance
to restrict the height of build
ings to 81 feet in the "Old
Town and Historic Alexandria
District" which includes WASH
ington street.
The ordinance was considered
Tuesday by the Planning COM
mission, which voted to ask the
council for time to study the
issue.
The architectural board also
said 1t will ask City Attorney
V. Floyd williams for an in