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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
U. S. Reducing Force
Of Bombers in Britain

action announced today is not
in conflict with President Ken
nedy's statement at a news
conference last week about
maintaining United state s
combat strength in Europe.
An estimated 1850 military
personnel are involved in the
airplane reductions in Britain.
Overall, there are about U.s.
900 American military men in
Britain and about $1,000 Of
their dependents.
Return Two Bases
The two bases to be returned
to the Raj are Fairford in
Worcestershire and Greenham
Common in Berkshire.
The Strategic Air Com
mand's BAT operations in
Britain will be consolidated
into two other bases, Brize
Norton and Upper Hayford in
Oxfordshire.
The United States will in
activate the 420th Air Refuel-
ing Squadron at Sculthorpe in
Norfolk, England. The United
States Air Force will continue
to use that base, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
The Senate's Brief Moment of Truth

floor. Senator Dodd paid the
usual tribute to Senator
Mansfield's kindness, gentle
ness and understanding, but
he confessed he was lonesome
for the strong hand of Vice
President johnson, who he
said had conducted the Sen
ate like an orchestra.
Then he said the Senate
was "beset by scandals" a
reference to the Bobby Baker
affair, which most Senators
would prefer to ignore, on
the grounds that Bobby has
resigned and the whole cpl
Sode is past history. Senator
Dodd did not go so far as to
say he was esome for
Bobby, the peerless majority
secretary, alt h ugh many
See SENATE, Page A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
UGF Passes 800
Of Goal in Drive

The United Givers Fund to-
day hit 92.72 per cent of the
$8.3 million goal.
The drive, which closes No
vember 10, has raised $685.
GIT to date. This is more than
100000 ahead of last year at
this time.
The Montgomery County Di-
vision went over the top today
with 101.5 per cent of a S1T5,-
GAS quota. The Building and
Construction Division now
stands at ia per cent of a
quota of $4,000. The Govern
ment Division has raised 1885
per cent of its quota of $780,
900. This is S4,024, 1903, but UGF
leaders target for the Govern
ment Division is $4.250,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
By MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

The Senate was the last to
know, or at least the last to
talk about it. Now. however,
the cat is out of the bag.
Senator Dodd, Democrat of
Connecticut, was the in
former. He said he thinks
there's som e Thin g wrong
with the Senate, that the
long session Is "a fiasco" and
the present scenes "a sham
bles."
The Senator got approx
mately the treatment usually
melted out to informers,
maybe not quite so rough as
Liam O'Flaherty's Gyppo No
Ian, but along those lines.
And the treatment had its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
Rusk Hits Congress
On Foreign Aid Cuts
Baker Stock Holdings Held
Kew to Million Net Worth

$3.50 on the loan and that it
was to buy more stock in
MGIC.
The Dallas loan. dated Oc-
tober "a, 1861, did not originally
show that Mr.. Baker put up any
of the collateral. The security
was shown as 1000 shares of
MGIC put UP by Mr.. Thompson
and 500 shares of MGIC put up
by each Of the following !:
Thomas Webb. jr, a Washing
ton representative Of the Clint
Murchison interests and mem
Der Of the board of D. c.
Transit; Francis Law, who
shares offices with Mr.. Webb
at 1880 K street NV: Robert
Comstock and Ken Curtis. Mr..
Thompson also put up 1000
shares of Tecon, a Murchison
interest.
Other Indebtedness
In connection with the Dallas
loan, Mr.. Baker reported later
that he owed $156,300, backed
up by 1898 shares of MGIC.
Since the total Of pledged
MGIC stock amounts to more
than Mr.. Baker ever claimed
he owned, it Is obvious that
some of the collateral must
have been freed by loans being
paid off or refinanced.
The loans in which MGIC
stock was used as collateral d.
not represent all of Mr.. Bakers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
Britain to Buy Meat

BUENoS AIRES, Nov. 8 (AP).
Argentine officials opened
talks this week with a British
delegation on future meat sales
to Britain, a foreign office
spokesman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08

Indebtedness. Mr.. and Mrs,
Baker and Serv-U Corp. signed
jointly as borrowers of $746,000
from the Fraternity Federal
Savings and Loan Association,
Baltimore, on March Is. 1868,
The mortgage loan was secured
by the Carousel Motel property,
which was sold by the Bakers
and their partners to Serv-U
on February Is, 1868.
Rapid Growth
Another loan indicates that
Mr.. Bakers MGIC holdings
and other properties we're all
tied up when he needed ready
cash. The Small Business Ad-
ministration gave Mr.. Baker
and his partners in the
Carousel Motel a $54.400 dis
aster loan on May 4. 1862, after
the March, 1862. storm dam
aged the Ocean City property
The presumption that Mr.
Bakers stock holdings are
frozen as loan collateral. how
ever, interests the Senate in
vestigators less than the fac
that he had the stock to usC
as collateral for such STABLE
loans.
The growth of Mr.. Bakers
personal fortunes parallels the
growth of MGIC, a Milwaukee.
based company which started
See BAKER, Page A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
Ketcham Rules
Against Shift
OIL Juveniles
U. S. Institutions
Held Unsuitable
For Rehabilitation
BY DONALD ID. HIRZEL
star staff Writer

Star staff Writer
Judge Orm w. Ketcham to-
day ruled in District Juvenile
Court that two Federal institu-
tons where IL Washington boys
were transferred from the Ma
tional Training School for Boys
are not appropriate places of
confinement for them.
The judge ordered four of the
boys sent to the Receiving
Home, where they will remain
until their 18th birthdays; four
to the Children's Center at
Laurel, Nd; one to the District
General Hospital for mental
observation and another to be
held for action by Maryland
police. One youth had already
been waived for trial as an
adult on new charges.
The II boys were returned to
the Receiving Home last month
from Ashland and Petersburg
for a series Of hearings held by
the judge last week.
Courtroom Crowded
Judge Ketcham today said:
II find that neither the Fed
eral Correctional Institution at
Ashland. KY. nor the Federal
Reformatory at Petersburg, Va,
as they are presently constitut-
ed. Is a suitable and appro-
pirate institution for the con-
finement Of juveniles commit
ted under the Juvenile Court
Act"
The Judge read a 19-page
opinion to the crowded court
room on the legality of the
transfers by the Federal Bureau
Of Prisons.
In his decision. the judge said
he sincerely hopes that my
decision in this case will be ac-
cepted and followed by the
Bureau of Prisons and by my
colleagues on the Juvenile
Court bench :"
Different Procedures Cited
If they do not accept this
decision, he continued. perhaps
the legal dilemma will be re-
solved in an appellate court at
the earliest possible time.
He said he based his decision
on the fact that juveniles do
not receive due process" of
law as prescribed for adult
courts.
He said the operation of the
Juvenile Court is "non-crimi-
nal" and that its dispositions
are rehabilitative and in the
best interest Of the child,
rather than punitive.
"In fact. this principle is
the legal backbone Of the legal
constitutionality of all Ameri-
can juvenile court legislation.
If, after such juvenile proceed
ing, the juvenile can, by the
discretionary act Of an execu-
tive officer, be transferred to
a place of penal servitude, the
entire claim of the Juvenile
Court becomes a hyprocritical
mockery."
I'm such circumstances, those
interested in the welfare of
children might better urge the
abolition of the Juvenile Court
than seek its Improvement" he
said.
The last point he brought
UP in his finding was that
juveniles should not be per-
mitted to be housed with adult
criminals as the IL were after
their transfers to Ashland and
Petersburg.
The judge then took up each
case. In cases where the
youth was reaching or nearing
his 18th birthday, he sent him
to the Receiving Home. There
were four of these. The youths
See JUVENILE, Page "A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
JEWELS WORTH 81 MILLION
STOLEN OFF NEW YORK TRUCK

NEW YORK CAP)-Jewery estimated TO be worth
million dollars was stolen today from truck Man
haitian street.
Police said the robbers in carrying out the crime,
handcuffed four inside the truck The four were
employed by the AAA Jewelry Messenger Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
BY the Associated Press

The United States will cut It's
BAT Jet bomber force in Britain
by 10 planes and turn over two
British bases to the Royal Air
Force by next July /, the De-
tense Department announced
today.
At the same time. the Penta-
gon said, a squadron of %
KB-50 tanker airplanes for air
refueling will be returned to the
United States. The statement
said "these are no longer re-
quired for United States air
operations from Europe.
The Pentagon said this will
mean no decrease of United
States nuclear power in Europe.
1t said the action is "a part
of the gradual change in the
composition Of the United
States strategic force structure,
as operational Polaris and land
based missiles increase rapidly
In numbers"
The reduction of 10 jet BATS
in Britain will leave 80 of the
bombers in the United King
dom and Spain, the Pentagon
said.
600 Remain
The United States has been
gradually getting rid of the
aging Bats since 1859 and
now has about 600 remaining
out of a one-time force Of
about twice that number.
A Defense Department
spokesman indicated that the
80 Bats left after the an
nounced reduction probably
will be scaled down gradually.
The Government long ago
made plain it planned to re-
duce the BAT bomber force
overseas as more modern
weapons, such as Polaris SUBJ
marines and United States
based missiles, became opera
tional.
The Pentagon said in re-
spouse to questions that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
u. S. Policy
Legislation
IsDepLored
BY EARL H. VOSS
Star staff Writer

Secretary Of State Rusk said
today he is deeply concerned
about the tendency in Con-
gress to legislate foreign policy
as it might apply to special
situations or special countries"
In his first news conference
since August 16. Mr.. Rusk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08


strongly supported the admin
!stration foreign aid program
which is being cut back on the
Senate floor.
The Senate has voted restric-
tons on aid to Yugoslavia. the
United Arab Republic, Indonesia
and nations that interfere with
United States fishermen.
Congress, ne said, is trying
to legislate the United States
attitude toward particular
countries, but 1t is the Presi-
dent and not Congress who can
deal with aid problems on a
day-to-day basis.
Calls for FIexibiIity
TT is not possible for the
Congress to anticipate In adj
vance what the circumstances
are going 10 De in any given
situation" Mr.. Rusk said.
The President is the one
whom the country will hold re-
sponsible If things 60 wrong.
So l am very much concerned
about the loss Of flexibility."
He said he hopes Congress
will mot try to legilate In de-
tail about the application Of
an aid program to a particular
country"
Large. dangerous questions
still confront the United States
in the world. he said.
If this country spends $50
billion a year on defense, the
Secretary said, he does not see
why the Nation cannot spend
10 per cent Of that to achieve
foreign policy detectives with
out war.
Hopeful on Wet Nam
Discussing the situation in
South Wet Nam, Mr.. Rusk said
the military coup last week had
produced a possibility for
greater unity among the Wet
Namese. He said he hopes the
political and military leader
ship will be able to rally the
country to get on with winning
the war against the Commu-
mist Wet Cong guerrillas.
Russia's three recent inter-
ruptions Of American troop
conveys in the Berlin corridor,
he said, are puzzling. He noted
that both Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev and the Western allies,
take a serious view of the Incl
dents because they might lead
to nuclear war.
Access Is Fundamental
Allied access to West Berlin
is utterly fundamental, Mr..
Rusk said. Details of the argu-
ment over access rights, he
acknowledged, sometimes may
look like an elaborate minuet,
but the underlying point is the
Western interest in preserving
its position.
Mr.. Rusk said he would be
prepared to meet with the
Latin American foreign min
listers if there were consensus
among them that they should
consult about further steps to
strengthen constitutional proc
esses in their countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08

For mony months runners have cir.
eulotsd in Soison Of eoneentroticr
comps IN which political opponents Of
President Nso Dinh Diems dictosor.
ship were held--ond tortured. Mosl
Of the political prisoners have been
released since Mr.. Diem's overthrow,
and this dispatch reports the stop
told by one Of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08

Miss Dong and another aunt
fled while Miss Dong's mother
was still in a Red jail.
The terror came to Miss
Dong in South Wet Nam at S
am. Friday in the house she
shares with her aunt. It was
the police.
There were five of them"
she said. They searched the
house, checked my Identified
ton, then led me to a jeep out
side and blindfolded me. There
was another girl in the jeep
also arrested.
Pictures Destroyed
THE jeep stopped after
about 10 minutes. Then we
rode on another 10 minutes
They told us to get out. There
was grass under my feet, and
was sure we were outside the
city.
I'VE were taken into a room
at ground level. I was ordered
not to take off the blindfold OF
talk to the other prisoners.
found out later there were six
men and seven girls including
myself in the room, all young
A girl whispered to me, asking
If I had any documents. 1 whis-
pered back that in my handbag
I had two pictures of one Of
the monks who burned himself
to death.
"This girl found the pictures
in my bag and somehow de-
stroyed them without being no.
ticed.
After waiting about an
hour. a man called for me and
led me into an office. He took
the blindfold off me. He and
were the only ones in the room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
Collateral Listed

A loan of 100000 from the
American Security & Trust Co,
here, backed by 1886 shares Of
MGIC stock.
A loan of $25O,O00 from the
First National Bank of Dallas.
to the Bakers and Robert
Thompson. a member of the
board of directors of the Dallas
Cowboys of the National Foot
said he and Mr.. Baker went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
A BUDDHIsTs ORDEAL
Girl Tells Tale Of Torture

There were two desks 1dd a
bench between them. Next to
the bench was a can Of filthy
water.
The man C h arged that ]
have bee n bringing Buddhist
documents to the British EN-
bassy. to foreign correspon-
dents. to the United Nations
mission, and to the United
States Information Service. !
denied this and said the CORES
pondents were using other
sources to get their informa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
BY MIRIAM oTTENBURG
Star staff Writer


Senate investigators view
Robert G. Bobby Bakers
holdings in q booming Mil
waukee mortgage insurance
company as the keystone of his
financial empire and the basis
of a net worth he once esti-
mated at more than a million
dollars.
This is one reason why Chair
man B. Everett Jordan Of the
Senate Rules Committee indi-
Gated today that the committee
will go far beyond already
lpublicized transactions in the
same stock which Melted a
$4,000 profit for the former
secretary Of the Senate Demo-
cratic majority who has re-
signed his $20.000-a-year post.
OF wider interest to the COM
mittee is the fact that Mr..
Baker last year reported own
ership of 1857 shares in the
company, the Mortgage Guar
anty Insurance Corp. The
stock reached a high Of $51
last year and has been as high
as $54 a share.
Senator Jordan reve aled
earlier that a major part of
the material furnished the
committee by Senator John j.
Williams, Republican of Della
ware. dealt with Mr.. Bakers
stock interest in MGIC.
Conducting Own Probe
Senator williams, who had
been conducting his own in
vestigation of Mr.. Bakers fl
nancial interests before the
Rules Committee was directed
to investigate, declined to COM
ment on the nature of the ma
terial he has turned over to
the committee.
/ The reason why the Rules
Committee Is expected to focus
on Mr.. Bakers MGIC transac-
tons appears to hinge on these
factors:
/. Mr.. Baker arranged to
buy MGIC stock two weeks
before the stocks registration
became effective with the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
mission.
] 2. The stock acquisition came
at a time when the Treasury
Department had told the In
ternal Revenue Service to re-
view an earlier unfavorable
tax ruling involving MGIC.
! 3. Mr.. Bakers subsequent
acquisitions of MGIC stock
were used as collateral for six
figure loans in Texas, Okla
homa and the District.
Likely Questions
These are the questions in
vestigators are likely to ex-
plore: Did Mr.. Baker have adj
vance knowledge that the SEC
registration would become eff
fective shortly and that the
Internal Revenue Service would
reverse itself? How did he ac-
quire a fortune in the stock?
In whose name was the stock
registered at various times?
Various financial statements
acquired by investigators in
dictate the Importance of MGIC
stock in the financial affairs
of Mr.. Baker. The use of MGIC
stock as collateral was reported
in these Baker transactions:
A loan of 100000 by the
Fidelity National Bank & Trust
Co. of Oklahoma City, backed
by 9,273 shares of MGIC and
other stock. Robert S. Kerr,
jr.. son of the late Senator
; Robert S. Kerr, is a director
of Fidelity National and a
member of its executive COM
! mittee.
Collateral Listed
A loan of 100000 from the
American Security & Trust Co.
here, backed by 1886 shares of
MGIC stock.
A loan of $250.000 from the
First National Bank of Dallas,
to the Bakers and Robert
Thompson. a member of the
: board of directors of the Dallas
: Cowboys of the National Foot
said he and Mr.. Baker went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08

Hove The Stor Delivered
Dolly and Sunday
Phone Lincoln 5000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
Torture Begins

"He also asked If I knew a
monk named Thich Than h
Nhan, and where he was. I ad-
mitted having seen him before
the pa godas were raided on
August 81. Actually, my aunt
and / had given him refuge for
several nights after the raids,
but I did not admit that. The
man said Thich Thanh Nhan
was an important Buddhist un-
derground leader who had
masterminded the burning OF
monks.
Then he charged that I was
a Communist. He said I would
be tortured if I would not ad-
NIT all these things and tell
them where the monk was.
refused.
Then two more men came
in. They made me sit on the
bench and stripped me. They
made me lie down, and one
tied my hands behind the
bench while the other tied my
feet and hips down.
They put a cloth over my
nose and mouth" Miss Dong
continued, her voice shaking
They poured water from the
can over the cloth, and I felt
myself drowning. One Of the
men struck his fists into my
sides, and another slapped my
cheeks. I screamed when they
See TORTURE, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
BOUNCING TEEN
HAS NEW TWIST

TO MARGIE SIMS, q twist isn't
just q dance. It's also q tricky
moneuver on her backyard trom-
poline, where she hopes to bounce
her woy into the 1868 oIympies.
For the story. see todoy's TEEN
on Poee BIZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08

Senote Votes to Ban Aid to Tito and
Nosser. Poss AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Partly cloudy to-
night. low near a.. Fair tomorrow, high in
SOS. High today. SO. at pm, low. So.
at pm.
Full Report On Poss B-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-08

Congress, ne said. is trying
to legislate the United States
attitude toward particular
countries, but 1t is the Presi-
dent and not Congress who can
deal with aid problems on a
day-to-day basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
BY GEORGE w. CAKES
Star Special Writer

Z liberals Of both parties In
d, Congress are convinced on the
basis of their mail and personal
contacts that q majority Of the
voters support them on new civil
rights legislation, but so far there
has been little that might be
called public pressure.
Public sentiment is Just be-
ginning to build up" according
to Senator Humphrey, Demo-
cratic whip and leader Of the
Senate's liberals.
A sampling Of opinion among
civil rights proponents in both
Houses last week indicated that,
although members who have re-
Gently been in their home States
, and districts report deep and
widespread concern" over the ra-
cial conflict and strife that has
spread throughout the country,
views seem TO be crystallizing
more among Senators and Con-
gressmen than among the voters.
"This Is one issue where for once
Congress may be ahead Of the
people," In the opinion Of Rep
resentative Thompson, Democrat
Of New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

commercial transatlantic flights
would bypass Shannon. However,
because of the shannon Plan,
this jet-stripped airport does a
heavy cargo business. Incongru-
ouSly enough, Irish International
Airlines has the highest passen-
ger load factor of any trans
Atlantic carrier.
The sardonic humor of the
Irishman comes out when he
deals with the English and Amer
leans. Some English cross the
Irish Sea expecting to find q roll
licking minstrel lad who wears a
shamrock in his lapel. Actually
the Irishman does not hate the
Englishman, at least as q per-
son. On the other hand, he does
not particularly admire his gov
eminent. Conservative or Labor.
Actually he has something of a
grudging respect for the English;
and indeed the stuffy British
way Of carrying on business is
much in evidence in Ireland. Dur
ing World War II more than
$4,000 Irishmen voluntarily left
their own country to enlist in
the British armed forces, or at a
time when neutral Ireland main
tanned diplomatic relations with
Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
BY HUGH MULLIGAN
Associated Press Staff Writer


NEW ROSS, Ireland.-They'll
line the roads for miles around
to- greet the Yankee boy when
President John Fitzgerald Ken
nedy makes a sentimental jour-
7ley to the home of his ancestors
here this week.
BY train and bus, car and bicy-
Gle, jaunting car and shanks
mare, they'll come to welcome the
man whom the Cork weekly Ex-
aminer has called the greatest
public figure to visit Ireland since
st. Patrick.
A crowd of upwards Of $4,000 is
expected down on the quayside
at New Ross Harbor. where great
, grandfather Patrick Kennedy
boarded a ship 100 years ago to
seek his fortune in the bright
new lands beyond the sea.
Don't ask where a town Of less
than 5000 gets $4,000 people
from, but they're coming from as
far away as Donegal In the north
and the wild Kerry Coast in the
west. Chalk it up to Irish gre
gariousness. their love of really
big blast and the incredible popu-
larity of President Kennedy in
the auld sod.
~ A country which dances a Jig
every time a retired New York
cop comes back for look around
can be pardoned for blowing its
cobeen at the prospect of one Of
its far-flung emigrant sons COM
ing back as President of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
Visitors From U. S.

The lean-faced retired British
general, now living in Wexford,
had a few words on the subject.
1.-THE best fighting soldiers Eng
land has ever had are the Irish
and the Ghurkas. The Irishman
likes to advance, even under heavy
fire, but give him the order to
dig in and hold a position and
he gets bored"
Many Americans visit Ireland
hoping to find the Irishman liv-
ing up to the likeness he, the
American, has either created or
had passed on to him. His con-
cept is q man 10 feet tall, who
carries q stout blackthorn stick,