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Evening star., 1963-01-10
Mrs. Van Kirk, 2o,
Former Resident

Mrs. Robert w. Van Kirk,
20, who worked at the Ford
Foundations Resources for the
Future office in New York, died
Monday at her New York home
of a cerebral thrombosis.
Born in New York, she came
to this area as a child, attended
John Quincy Adams school here
and was graduated from Mount
Vernon High School, where she
won a Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution gold medal for
a paper on the history of Fair
fax County.
The former Martha Ran
sopher, she was graduated
from the University of Mary
land in 1855 and lived for sew
eral years at 37O5 Buckman
road, Alexandria, with her hus-
band. an attorney, who survives
her in New York.
She also leaves two children.
Jane, 2, and Margaret, four
months; her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Ransopher of Man.
haitian, Kans. and six brothers
and sisters.
Services we're to be held at
2 pm. today at Pohick Episco-
pal Church, is miles south of
Alexandria. Burial will be in
Pohick Church Yard.
Evening star., 1963-01-10

were Lawrence Speiser, director
OF the Washington American
Civil Liberties Union. and Will
liam B. Ball, executive director
and counsel for the Pennsyl-
vania Catholic Welfare Com
mittee.
Bishop Dun explained that
the controversial decision in the
New York prayer case grew
more from the massive growth
OF the United States population
and the growth OF the Jewish
community" than from ANY
perversity on the part Of the
Supreme Court"
The problem is not so much
including prayers In schools. he
said. as maintaining "A religious
feeling In an increasingly neu-
trail or secular state"
The discussion was the first
OF five public affairs debates
sponsored by the Democratic
precincts and backed by the
international Union Of Electri-
cal Workers, About 30 persons
attended the session at the Dis
trict Building.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Romos Antonini, "a,
Puerto Ricun Speaker

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan.
10 (AP).-Ernesto Ramos An
tonini, GA, speaker of the Puer-
to Rican House of Representa-
tives, died of a heart attack
yesterday in his home.
Mr.. Ramos Antonini, a men,
Der of the House since 1932,
was a founder of the Popular
Democratic Party headed by
Gov, Luis Munoz Marin and
was one of Gov. Munoz' closest
associates. He welded consid-
cradle influence in obtaining
passage last November of a
resolution asking the United
States Congress for a plebiscite
on the islands political future.
He also was instrumental in
the passage Of many Of Puerto
Rico's labor laws.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
tonight with lowest in the
middle 30s. Continued cloudy
tomorrow but turning colder
with some rain likely in the
afternoon or evening.
Maryland-Cloudy with some
chance Of rain in the noun
tains tonight, lowest in the 30s.
Cloudy tomorrow and turning
colder with rain or snow in the
mountains and rain by after
noon or evening east Of the
mountains.
Virginia-Cloudy with some
rain likely in the southwest TO-
night. lowest 35 TO 40 in the
north. Cloudy with occasional
rain tomorrow and turning
colder with rain possibly be-
coming mixed with snow in the
mountains.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Southwest winds IS
to 20 knots tonight shifting to-
morrow 10 northerly winds at
10 TO 20 knots in the north.
Cloudy tonight with some rain
Evening star., 1963-01-10
DC. Youth Hitby Glass
In Ole Miss Disorder

OXFORD, Miss, Jan. 10
(AP) A new incident Of minor
violence at the University of
Mississippi has been reported
in the midst Of a Federal grand
jury investigation into rioting
on the school campus three
months ago.
William Jordan Temple of
Washington, D. c., was hit by
flying glass last night after a
soft drink bottle was thrown
through a transom into his dor
room. Young Temple
once sat with James H. Mere.
dith. who shattered the uni
Versity's segregation barrier,
a meal in the school
cafeteria.
A freshman, Mr.. Temple was
nit on the forehead by flying
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Gladys Matthews,
Charity Devotee

Mrs. Gladys H. Matthews, 65,
whose works of charity included
supporting two Korean orphans
for many years, died Monday
at Arlington Hospital after a
short illness.
She leaves her son Samuel
and two grandchildren, all OF
1922 Marc drive, Falls Church;
two sisters. Mrs. Leo Shirk of
Whittier, Calf, and Mrs. John
Klep of Boynton Beach, Fla,
al nd her brother, Wendell
Heaton Of Tallahassee, Fla.
Memorial services will be at
2 pm. tomorrow at Pershing
Drive Christian Church, Per-
shing drive and North High
land street, Arlington, of which
Mrs. Matthews was a member
Evening star., 1963-01-10
A. Chester FIother, sr.,
Broker, Dies at IS

A. Chester Flather, ST., rs, a
stockbroker and retired naval
officer, died Wednesday at
Bethesda Naval Hospital after
IA heart attack.
Born here, Mr.. Flather spent
40 years in the security and
brokerage business.
His naval career Included
service in both World Wars.
He retired In l946 as a captain.
He was graduated from
Georgetown University Law
School, was admitted to the
District bar and served during
the 1920s as an officer Of the
American Security and Trust
Co., helping to set up its new
business department in 1921.
Five years later, Mr.. Flather
joined the @. M. P. Murphy
Co., a securities firm, and
served as office manager until
the firm dissolved In 1898. Mr..
Flather then joined Auchin-
Gloss, Parker g. Redpath. with
which he was associated until
he died.
A former member of the
Chevy Chase Club, Mr.. Flather
belonged to the Metropolitan
and Rotary Clubs.
His wife, the former Kate
Du Bose, died in 1854. He
leaves his son. A. Chester
Flather, jr., and a grand
daughter at 4339 Garfield
street NV, where he lived.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Roosevelt to Ask
Committee Shift
By the Associated Press

Representative Roosevelt,
Democrat of California, says he
will introduce a resolution pro-
viding for the House Judiciary
Committee to take over the
jurisdiction Of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi-
ties.
Mr.. Roosevelt also told the
House yesterday that Repre-
sentative Walter, Democrat OF
Pennsylvania, chairman Of the
Committee on Un American
Activities, had agreed to help
bring the resolution to the floor
Of the House so that members
could work their will.
THAT is all / can reason
ably expect" Mr.. Roosevelt told
a reporter. II can't expect a
chairman Of a standing COM
mittee to want to vote himself
out of his position"
Evening star., 1963-01-10

This concert by three mem
bers of Maryland University's
music faculty drew quite a re-
spectacle crowd by area uni
versity standards. 1t was a pro-
gram quite without compro-
misses, good. solid chamber
music all the way.
AS the initial concert event
in a new hall, the evening
proved something. Dance bands
will fare much better there,
but first impressions of that
kind are quickly gotten over,
the ear being a marvelously
adaptable instrument.
The trio worked together very
well. Tuning problems bothered
the violin, and the cellist's in
Strument was a strange one
borrowed for the occasion. But
he produced beautiful sound
with it. The baby grand piano
produced less than Robert Par
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Sydney H. Snopp.
ICC Examiner;
Virginia Native

Sydney Harnsberger Snapp,
81, a deacon of Westminster
Presbyterian Church in Alex
andria, died Tuesday at his
home. 6l4 Crestwood drive,
Alexandria, Of heart attack.
He also served his church as
assistant treasurer.
A traffic rate examiner with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission since the late l940s,
Mr.. Snapp belonged to the
Masons' Five Point Club at
ICC. He also belonged to Kena
Temple of the Shrine in Alex
andria.
He was born and educated
in Elkton, Va, and came here
in 1910 and served with the
War and Agriculture Depart
ments before joining the ICC.
Mr.. Snapp leaves his wife,
Nancy, Of the home address:
his mother, Mrs. Kate w.
Snapp. Of Elkton, Va; his
brother, Robert J. Snapp Of
Aiken. S. c., and sisters, Mrs.
William ]. Bond Of Lake Park,
Fla, and Mrs. Howard l.. Jones
Of 1880 North Vernon street,
Arlington.
Services will be at 10 am.
tomorrow at the Everly-Wheat-
ley Funeral Home, 1900 West
Braddock road, Alexandria.
Burial will be in Elkton.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
NEWS OF MUSIC
Faculty Trio Draws
Respectable Crowd

ris desired from it, and what
came back from the hall to the
platform stage could not have
been very heartening to the
players.
All these difficulties were
surmounted in a highly pro-
feSsional way. The lengthy
Brahms had its songful mo-
mentS, though there were others
when the machine failed to
make it into overdrive in the
accepted manner, but the total
effect was pleasant.
The most stylish moments of
the evening came in the Ravel
trio which brought the con-
cert to a close. Some beauti-
ful cello solo work, an excellent
duet between cello and violin.
and some inspiring keyboard
playing made the performance
the evenings high spot.
Concerts like this always
serve to remind one of the mu-
sical riches in the areas five
university music departments.
Though they perform for the
most part only for their own
families, as it were, presenting
regular series of on-campus re-
citalS, the aggregate impact in
any given season is most i'm
preSSiVe.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Bishop Dun Discusses
Prayer Ban in Panel

Retired Episcopalian Bishop
Angus Dun last night predicted
a growth In the American
parochial school system be-
cause OF the restrictive prac-
tiees going on In our courts"
He referred 10 the Supreme
Courts 1862 decision declaring
a 22-word New York school
prayer unconstitutional and
said that In light OF distinct
separation Of church and state,
its up 10 parents how much
children will be isolated from
positive religious influence"
The best alternative 10 keep
ing children isolated from re-
ligious influences. he said, was
the shared time" method OF
voluntary religious instruction
In a shared time program, pub
lie school pupils attend classes
In religion at nearby churches.
The bishop spoke at the
Community Forum,
which had a three-man panel
to debate Religion in the Pub
lie Schools" The other speakers
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Mrs. Mary Quinn, Secretary
At Science Foundation

Mrs. Mary Quinn, Al, a Sec
retary at the National Science
Foundation and mother of four,
died Tuesday at Casualty Hos
pital of a cerebral hemorrhage
after suffering a fall that
morning as she went to work
She came here four years ago
from North Billerica, Mass,
and had worked at the Founda-
tion since March, 1861. She
had served as secretary to the
personnel director, and in the
Science Resources Planning Of
flee at the Foundation.
Mrs. Quinn's hobbies we're
sewing, dressmaking and gar
dening. She was a member of
st. Anthony's Catholic Church.
Born in East Billerica, Mass,
Mrs. Quinn was graduated in
1889 from Howe High School
there and from Bradshaw Busi-
ness College in Lowell, Mass.
She also had attended George
Washington University here.
She leaves her husband, Wal
Evening star., 1963-01-10

Ter M, a supervisor in charge
of purchasing stores with
American Airlines, and four
children. Walter NJ, jr., l8,
Kevin G., IA, Kathleen E., 8,
and Sharon E., IL, all of the
family address, 812 hardwood
road, Falls Church; her moth
er, Mrs. Lillith Gardner, and
sister, Mrs. Victoria Showers,
both of Old Saybrook, Conn;
two brothers, Richard C. Gard
ner of East Billerica and Nor
man Victor of Lowell, and two
other sisters, Mrs. Hazel F.
Dremoie of Boston and Mrs.
Marian G. Chambers of Pana-
ma City, Fla.
Two foundation o-workers
will sing in the choir at the
mass at 9:15 am. tomorrow at
st. Anthony's Church, 6494
Glen Carlyn road, Falls
Church. Burial will be in Ar
lington Gem etery. Murphy's
Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Eastern Water Pollution
May Get Priority in Senate

"conServationist." He observed
that he probably is more of a
consistent public power sup
porter than was Senator Kerr.
IF it comes to conserving our
n atural resources or doing
nothing, I'd be for giving public
power a chance" he said.
Western influence on the
committee will be at its lowest
ebb in a generation. While
others undoubtedly will take
the places Of Senators Chavez
and Kerr, there are only three
remaining Democratic West
erners on the panel: Senators
Gruening Of Alaska, Moss of
Utah and Metcalf of Montana.
The senior Republican is Sen
ator Fong Of Hawaii.
Evening star., 1963-01-10

glass but was not believed seri-
ously hurt.
Mr.. Temple, lS, is the son
Of Mrs. Eleanor j. Temple
of 301 @ street S.W.
After Mr.. Temple and about
eight others Joined Mr.. Mere
dith in the cafeteria several
weeks ago, Mr.. Temples room
was wrecked. Black paint was
rubbed on the doors and walls
Room Was Wrecked
Mr.. Meredith ate in the cafe
terra last night and university
students, who have all but ig-
nored him for the last several
weeks. renewed table-pounding
demonstrations. Another group
of students collected outside,
but Mr.. Meredith left through
a rear door for his dormitory.
The 29-year-old Negro an
nounced Monday he would
leave the university after the
current semester ends if the
climate did not change.
The grand jury took testimo-
ny from several students yes
terday. A second group OF stu
dents was questioned by a Jus
tice Department attorney and
told they may be called before
the grand jury later.
Charges Awaited
The Justice Department pre-
sumably will present TO the
current session of the grand
jury its charges against at
least IL persons arrested after
the riots, including form r
Army Maj. Gen. Edwin A.
Walker.
The riots followed the en-
trance on the campus Of Mr..
Meredith, the first Negro know
ingly admitted to Mississippi.
The university announced
yesterday 1t has received an
application from a Negro for
admittance to the law school.
The application was sent in
several months ago but is still
pending because the applicant
doesn't have a bachelors de-
gree, officials said. The school
does not process applications
for law school unless the appli-
cant has a degree. The appli-
cant was not identified.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
Mrs. Crocker, 7o,
Retired EmpIoye
At Agriculture

Mrs. Monica T. Crocker. 79
retired Department of Agri-
culture employe, died Tuesday
at Doctors Hospital after a
short illness.
Born near London, England
Mrs. Crocker was educated IN
private schools and was first
married to Fred Perkins, who
was killed during World War 1.
She later married Sidney
Crocker, a building contractor
He died in 1910.
Mrs. Crocker came here in
1885 to work in the old Re-
settlement Administration and
later transferred to the De-
partment of Agriculture's S
training division. She retired
from the training divisions
personnel office in January,
1858.
A few months later, she &C
cepted a part-tme job with the
Welfare and Recreation Asso-
citation Of the Agriculture De-
partment, where she remained
until about a year ago.
Mrs. Crocker, who lived at
1929 Columbia road NV,
leaves two nephews, Cyril and
Lawrence Johnston, both of
London.
Requiem mass will be said
at 10 am. Saturday at Shrine
of the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth
street and Park road NV
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-01-10

For hiEh and low tides At the fol-
!oEinE points subtract times Indicated
ilom the above; Annapolis. 3i4 hours,
Beach, = hours. Deale, 4ia hours, Sol
mons Island. ga hours Point Look
out, "a hours
Evening star., 1963-01-10
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

University of Maryland Faculty
Trio (Joel J, Berman, violin; Erwin
Klinkon, cello; Robert Paris, piano.
Student Union Ballroom, University
OF Maryland Program, Vitebsk
O929D, Copland Trio in c, Op.
81. Brahms: Trio, Ravel.
Evening star., 1963-01-10

thing else. An Oklahoma news
paper once said Of a Kerr
project that 1t starts nowhere
and ends in q suburb of the
same place"
The WesternerS dominated
the committee during the 30
plus years when Western needs
were at their peak. Dust bowls
were plaguing the farmers, ir-
rigation was just coming into
its own and power dams were
needed to harness water for
electricity.
But in the last decade, the
heavily populated East has
found itself facing a problem
Of increased water consumption
by people and industry and in
creasingly polluted waters.
Senator Kerr recognized the
problem two years ago by nam
ing a special committee OF
Senators to investigate the
Nations water conservation
needs.
The committee filed a volu-
minous report calling for ur-
gent attention to the water
problems Of the Central and
Eastern States. 1t may we'll
be the springboard for Public
Works Committee attention in
the new Congress.
No Foe Of Reclamation
In an interview, Senator
Mcnamara took pains to note
that he is not a foe of West
ern reclamation and power
projects.
Measure for measure, I
think the committee did an ex-
cellent job in the past" he
said.
He I'd d d. however. that
Great Lakes harbors on the st.
Lawrence Seaway, pollution
problems in Michigan and else
will get continuing" at
tention from the committee in
the new Congress.
The 68-year-old former labor
official described himself as a
Evening star., 1963-01-10

Monday at Gawler's Chapel,
Wisconsin avenue and Harrison
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-01-10
BY J. F. TER HORST


North American Newspaper Alliance
For the first time in years,
the critical water pollution
problems of the Eastern half
OF the Nation may get priority
attention from the Senate
Public Works Committee.
And Western reclamation
and dam projects-the pets of
past years-will come under
closer scrutiny than ever
before.
The changing emphasis is
due to the death of two pow
erful Westerners on one of the
Senate's most potent commit
tees-Chairman Dennis Cha
Veg, Democrat Of New Mexico,
and Senator Robert Kerr of
Oklahoma, ranking Democrat
and "uncrowned king" of the
Senate.
In line for the Craftsmanship
is Senator Mcnamara of Mich
igan, an outSpoken Democratic
liberal, a friend of public
power projects and a long time
advocate of improving water
ways. harbors and the water
supplies Of the densely popu-
lated States.
Western interests will feel
the loss Of Senators Chavez
and Kerr in other ways as
well.
From Eastern States
Besides Senator Mcnamara,
all Democratic and Republican
senior members Of the Public
Works Committee will be from
States east of the Mississippi:
Democrats Randolph of West
Virginia. Young Of Ohio and
Muskie Of Maine, and Repub-
licanS Cooper of Kentucky,
Scott of Pennsylvania and
Prouty of Vermont.
Senators Chavez and Kerr,
through their long tenure in
the Senate. made certain that
Western public works projects
took precedence over every
Evening star., 1963-01-10
AAA Road Conditions
A. OF = AM. To-day


west-District Of Columbia to Penn
Sylvania turnpike, clear. Pennsylvania
turnpike, clear. Ohio turnpike, clear
y. 8. 40 west to Ohio, clear. u g. so
west to Ohio. clear. u. 8. 90 through
West Virginia clear
SOuth-Shirley highway and U. 8. l
TO Richmond, clear. Richmond south,
clear District Of Columbia to Char
lotteSyille, clear.
North and East-Distriet Of Columbia
20 Bafyis6urS Pa, clear. HarEisburg
Columbia TO Delaware Memorial Bridge.
clear. New Jersey turnpike to New
York City clear. New England. clear.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls. Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 32 Noon AZ
am, 33 4p.m. ~ 30
sam. 1885, 80 SPIN. SO
Record Temperatures fer the Year
Highest, ~ on January ..
Lowest IL. on January /.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED BY the United States
Coast and GeOdetie SuryeY
To-day Tomorrow
Evening star., 1963-01-10

likely by tomorrow afternoon.
Visibility to 10 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-17
u. S. Tries
To Bar Strike
OF Porters
BY the Associated Fress

Federal mediators continued
last ditch efforts yesterday to
head off a strike Friday of
sleeping car porters that would
affect most major railroads in
the Nation.
The AFL-CIO Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters an
nounced last Friday it would
call a strike after midnight
Thursday. Federal strike delay
ing machinery has been ex-
hausted in the dispute over
wages and hours of work.
Some 1000 porters are in
volved in the labor dispute
with the Pullman Car Co.,
owned by SO railroads, and
several other lines that have
their own sleeping cars.
The porters presently work a
205-hour month, about 40
hours per week. A presidential
emergency board recommended
this be trimmed to 100 hours.
but the porters seek a l73-hour
month, or about 40 hours per
week.
The union also seeks wage
increases of Is cents an hour.
The top wage now is $430 a
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-17
INTERPRETIVE REPORT.
NATO Pledges Are a Worry

the coming months and took
the sting out Of a missunder-
standing with French President
de Gaulle over the question of
a visit.
1t encouraged the idea OF
diplomatic pause" in East
West negotiations at q time
when virtually everyone with
the exception of the British is
opposed to any major initia-
tives from the West.
Above all it provided an
excuse for not facing up to the
very serious problems and
diSagreements that divided the
NATO alliance itself.
In a way, Mr.. Johnson's
message has Jared the min
listers out of the comfortable
notion that they could safely
ignore sticky issues here and
that there would be plenty of
time to do something about
them.
Even in his formal asur-
ance to the alliance Mr.. john
son managed to convey the i'm
preston that conflicts are very
real and that the United States
has in no way changed its
attitudes with its change in
Presidents.
In pledging to keep six
American divisions in Europe
80 long as they are needed"
Mr.. johnson went out of his
way to make it clear that this
American contribution was to a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-17
By CROSBY S. MOVES

Foreign Correspondent OF Inc Ster
PARIS, Dec. 17.-At a NATc
meeting where everyone 4
trying hard to reaSsure every
one else, the reassurances
themselves are oddly disquiet-
ing.
In a strange, perverse way
this is true even Of the aSsur-
ances from President johnson
that he will concentrate or
foreign affairs ahead of domes.
tic issues during his stay in the
White House. This word was
passed along by Secretary Of
State Rusk in the course of his
opening statement to the
council yesterday.
NATO ministers. of course
understand the point that Mr.
johnson was trying to gel
across. They agree with Presi-
dend Kennedy's remark that
although domestic policy may
win elections, foreign problems
could result in "the incinera-
ton of the world"-and should
therefore come first.
And yet the assumption that
Mr.. johnson, at least for the
time being. would in fact have
to concentrate primarily or
domestic problems was highly
convenient.
1t explained, among Other
things, why it would be unrea-
sonable to expect the new
President to come to Europe in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-17
Kenyo, in U. N. Debut,
Backs Chino, Hits West

representation to the Peoples
Republic of China in the inter-
ests of world peace.
The Assembly last night
called on all U. N. members to
step up an arms embargo and
other pressure against South
Africa in another effort to
force an end to race segrega-
ton policies there.
The vote was 1902 (South
Africa and Portugal against
with no abStentions. Eleven
countries were absent.
A companion measure asked
Secretary General U Thant to
muster aid through interna-
tional agencies for families of
persons jailed for their opposi-
ton to the South African
governments policies. 1t was
adopted, 99-2 South Africa
and Portugal, with no Austen
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-17

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y,
Dec. II (AP) Immediately
after gaining admission to the
United Nations yesterday Ken
va jumped into cold-war issues.
1t supported Red China for
U. N. membership and spoke
for elimination of Western
military bases abroad.
The East African nation said
Africa demands an end to
support for Portuguese coloni-
alistS and the white regime in
South Africa.
Oginga Odinga, Minister of
Home Affairs, addressed the
General Assembly just after his
country was admitted as the
18th member. Kenya became
independent last Thursday.
Zanzibar also was admitted
yesterday as the 10TH member.
I'm particular" Mr.. Odinga
said, Il appeal to the Govern
ment of the United States to
abandon its policy of denying