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Evening star., 1963-02-09
Judge Ponders
Cuban Ransom

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 8 l(AP) -
A Federal judge says the flow
of ransom to Fidel Castro may
be illegal, and indicates he may
take steps to find out If 1t is.
United States District Judge
Emett c. Choate made his re-
marks in rejecting a petition
er's contention yesterday that
shipment Of food and drugs
from this country to Cuba is
treason.
While Judge Choate was dis
cussing the legality Of ransom
payments, more than 100 new
refugees, including some with
United States citizenship, were
reaching Miami by airlift that
took $4,000 pounds or ransom
to Havana.
Judge Choate gave plaintiff
Douglas r. Voorhees, and three
defendants 10 days to submit
briefs on whether Judge Choate
has Jurisdiction to rule on Mr..
Voorhees, petition to halt con-
tinuing deliveries Of $50 million
in goods as payment for lib
Cuba invasion prisoners freed
by Premier Castro last Decem-
Der.
Cites Logan Act
Mr.. voorhees, has tried sew
eral times to block the ransom
deal. He contends that individ-
uals engaged in 1t violate the
Logan Act that forbids private
citizens to negotiate with for
eign governments.
Judge Choate said the deal
would be a clear violation of
the act If conducted by indi-
viduals. But. he said there's
no question the Governments
in It,"
THE question here" said
Judge Choate, els: Does our
executive branch have au-
thority to pay tax money for
ransom2 The other question
is: Should our citizens be per-
mitted to finance Castro on a
voluntary basis?"
Judge Choate asked. How
would we stop this situation II
it continues? This is a seri-
Gus thing. 1t concerns every
one. We must determine
whether this is a voluntary ef-
fort or a Government effort.
IF I do not have jurisdic-
ton, I can and might myself
refer it to the grand jury"
Judge Choate. a 72-year-old
Republican, made one ruling ir
yesterdays hearing. He rejected
Mr.. Voorhees, contention thai
treason was invoked in thu
ransom issue.
The Judge said the fact thai
the United States broke diplo'
matte relations with Cuba doe,
not make Cuba legally al
enemy nation.
But, he said, "Cuba is a yer!
hostile country. This does in
volve payment to a hostil,
country"
II don't think anybody woulC
deny that the trainers OF ou
Constitution would not havl
paid the ransom" the judg'
said.
Tried Citizens Arrest
Mr.. Voorhees,. a Miami real
tor, once unsuccessfully at
tempted a citizens arrest o
civilian ransom negotiators, ant
last December he was arresteC
after trying to throw a pack
age OF ransom cargo-medica
supplies-off a dock. Charge
OF disorderly conduct wer,
dropped.
Mr.. Voorhees, petition nance
as defendants Wilbur Morrison
vice president OF Pan American
World Airways which has flowr
goods TO Cuba; Judge Hender'
am upinY, t1raeident NJ inng.
Evening star., 1963-02-09
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

morrow. Cloudy tonight and to-
morrow with visibility at 8 to
10 miles.
Evening star., 1963-02-09
CUBA

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said Mr.. Kennedy told Mr..
Oduber that he hopes for reso-
luton Of the Cuban situation
before his visit to Costa Rica,
March IS to 20.
The President plans to meet
then with the presidents of the
Middle American republics.
Following his talk with Mr..
Kennedy. Mr.. Oduber said that
what to do about the mess in
Cuba" will be q major topic OF
he Costa Rica conference.
1.-THE Soviet military penetra-
ton into Cuba, and thus into
the Caribbean, is something
that, by the insistance Of the
six countries Of Mid-America,
must be discussed at the San
Jose meeting" Mr.. Oduber said.
The question Of Soviet power
in Cuba was discussed again
yesterday by Senator Heating
and John A. McCone, director
of the Central Intelligence
agency.
Evening star., 1963-02-09
Tide Tables

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and oeodetie survey
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Fixed Is Tickets,
Prosecutor Suys;
Then Resigns

DENVER, Oct. 10 CAP). -
Denver's chief Municipal Court
prosecutor admitted yesterday
that he has had at least Is OF
his own parking tickets dis
missed in the last AZ months;
then he resigned.
The prosecutor, Dewitt For
seyth. 81, said he slipped the
tickets in with other persons
tickets he had certified should
be dismissed. He said he did
not mention their presence to
Judge william H. Burnett, who
presides over the court. -
The Rocky Mountain News
said the situation was uneov-
cred and reported to the mayor
by Del w. Harding. City Hall
reporter for the paper.
Mayor Tom Currigan called
Mr.. Forseyth'S actions q serious
breach Of public faith and con-
fidence. He said punishment
"of some magnitude" was likely
and would be left up to City
Attorney Max zall, who Is out
Of town until October %.
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when 1 told my wife I had
been selected, she said no
astronaut could have a name
like Schweickart," he said.
In addition to Mai. Aldrin,
the Air Force officers are Capt.
William A. Anders, 80, Of Albu-
querque. N. Mex; Capt. Dom
F. Eisele, 33, of Kirkland Air
Force Base, N. Mex, and four
Edwards Air Force Base (CahfD
test pilots-Capt. Charles A.
Bassett, 81: Capt. Michael Col
Inns, 80; Capt. Theodore C..
Freeman, 33, and Capt. David
R. Scott, 81.
Capt. Collins, father of three
children. is a former Washing
ton area resident. His father
was the late Maj. Gen. James
L. Collins and a nephew of Gen.
]. Lawton Collins, former Army
Chief of Staff. His mother lives
at 2l26 Connecticut ave. N.W0
MRS. Collins said her son
had been very anxious to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
ANCIENT DISASTER CHANGED
EARL OF HOME TO HUME

NEW YORK (NANA) Why does the Earl of Home
the man who has been tapped Britan's new Prime
Minister. pronounce his name Hume" to rhyme with
fume?
1t all goes back to the Battle OF Flodden Field on
September o. 1913 Until that day. the Earls of Home
pronounced their names to rhyme with Rome.
1t was at Fodden Field that the third Earl of Home
tried to rally his dsorganiZed Scottish troops by the Gus
tomary shouting Of the family name "Homel Homel
Home!"
The soldiers. so the story goes. misunderstood the
battle cry abandoned the field and headed home. The
English forces under the Earl of Surrey rumphed and
James " Of Scotland was slain
To prevent this misunderstanding from occurring
again, the pronunciation OF Home was changed to
Hume" and the 14th Earl of Home follows 1t to this
day.
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against $500 million in the
House bill.
For military aid, $I.3 billion
as compared to the request for
$1.4 billion, and the House fig
ure Of 81 billion.
For the Alliance for Progress,
the Senators allowed the full
$3.50 million requested as
against $3.50 millio n in the
House bill.
For supporting assistance,
$500 million as against the re-
quest Of $435 million and the
House figure Of $3.50 million.
For the Presidents emergen-
cy contingent fund, SITS mil
lion as against $500 million re-
quested and $3.50 million in the
House.
There are other smaller
items for which the House and
Senate arrived at different fig
ures.
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named an astronaut and I'm
pleased he has been chosen"
Capt. Collins was graduated
from st. Adams School in 1915
and from West Point in 1922
The advanced pilot training
base at Andrews now has sup
piled Is Of the 80 astronauts.
New Navy members of the
team are 1t. Alan L. Bean, 81,
of Jacksonville, Fla; 1t. Roger
B. Chaffee, %. Of Fairborn
Ohio, and 1t. Eugene A. Ger
nan 90, and 1t. Comdr. Rich
ard F. Gordon. jr., "a, both OF
the United States Navy post
graduate school at Monterey,
Calf.
Joining 1t. Col. John H
Glenn, jr., AZ, as the only Ma
rines among the 80 was Capt
Clifton c. Williams, jr., 81, 9
test pilot at Quantico. Va.
Capt. Williams-alSo the
teams first and only bachelor
was the last to be asked by
newsmen why he had volun-
teered.
What the other Is have said
boils down to a pioneering
spirit of trying to know the
unknown" Capt. williams said
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AID

Continued From Page Al
and not less than 2 per cent
thereafter.
The q m e n d m emit also re-
quires that repayment Of the
loan start after five years and
be completed in 80 years from
that date. This will make the
overall loan period IS years,
instead Of the 40 years now
possible.
The committee will say In its
report that these are minimum
rates. and that the
terms should be renegotiated as
q country becomes able to pay
more than the minimum.
The bill also contains a
Morse amendment aim d al
military juntas that overthrow
elected governments In Latin
America. But it would give the
President some discretion ir
deciding whether American aic
should be withdrawn from such
military governments.
Another amendment adopted
yesterday at the request o.
Senator Bartlett, Democrat o.
Alaska, would add fish to the
list Of products which may bt
sold to foreign countries FOL
local currencies when they are
In surplus.
Here is how the more impor.
tant phases of the aid program
Jared:
For development loans thu
Senators allowed the full
81, 060, 100000 asked for q.
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Youth Gets Jail
In Assault on Kin

An 18-year-old boy received
q sentence Of 100 days in Jail in
the Court Of General Sessions
yesterday on an assault charge
after he was found guilty OF
striking his grandmother in the
right eye with a cinder block.
The woman, Mrs. Alice
Moon, So, Of the 200 block OF
Ascot place NE, had the eye
r IN owed at the Washington
Hospital Center.
The boy is Richard K. Brock
Of the same address. The Incl
dent took place on October 10
when the two got into an argu-
ment at the home.
The youth claim e d Mrs
Moon struck him with a
broomstick and that he picked
up the cinder block and threw
it at her in self-defense. After
the mishap the boy and a
friend drove the grandmother
to the hospital.
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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

Tonight, fair, low in the low
sos. Fair and warm tomorrow,
high in the low 80s.
Maryland-Fair in the in
terror and considerable cloudi-
ness with low fog along the
coast tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 4S to 81, cooler
in the mountains. Tomorrow's
high 76 to 50 except "a to 70
along the coast.
Virginia-Fair in the interior
with considerable fog and
cloudiness along the coast
through tomorrow. Low tonight
in the sos. High tomorrow 76 to
80 except 10 to IS near the
coast.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Variable winds 5 to
10 knots, mostly northeast,
through tomorrow. Fair ex-
cept considerable fog and
cloudineSs to the south. Visi-
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BoiIey Denies
Postal Purge List

John Bailey, National Demo-
cratic Committee charm a n,
says he is not aware of any
purge list to remove postal off,
Gals who were considered close
to former Postmaster General
j. Edward Day.
The Star reported yesterday
that someone In the Democrat
ic National Committeeman
Mr.. Bailey-made a telephone
call to the Post Office Depart
ment listing the names Of top
officials to be removed.
Mr.. Bailey said he knows of
no such list and that staff
members Of the committee also
deny such knowledge. He said
he had questioned the staff
members and that they all had
denied it.
Mr.. Gronouski POSTMASTER
General John Gronouski Is
running his own department
and 1t would be presumptious
for US to interfere" Mr.. Bailey
declared. II want to be very
emphatic in stating that we are
doing nothing to interfere"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Won'tAppeoI
Conviction,
Boykin Says
BY the Associated Press

Former Representative Boy
kin, Democrat of Alabama. will
pay the $4,000 fine imposed
on him by a Federal judge on
conflict of interest and con-
spiracy charges, his lawyer said
yesterday.
The lawyer, Edward Bennett
Williams, said Boykin made
his decision not to appeal be:
cause of health reasons.
HE didn't want to prolong
the litigation" Mr.. williams
said. 1T was on his doctors
advice"
Boykin, 70. was released from
Georgetown University Hospital
Monday and has returned to
Alabama. He had been hos
pitalized since suffering a heart
attack September 26.
Mr.. Villains said Boykin's
decision does not represent an
admission that he is guilty.
Boykin was convicted In
June with former Representa-
tive Thomas F. Johnson, Demo-
crat of Maryland; j. Kenneth
Edlin, a savings and loan as.
ISOLATION operator. and Edlin'
aide. William Lee Robinson.
Johnson and Boykin, whose
28-year career in the House
ended in January after being
defeated in last years primar-
les, were accused Of taking
payments from Edlin and Rob-
inson in an unsuccessful at
tempt to get the Justice De
partment to dismiss a mai
fraud indictment against Ed
lin.
Johnson was defeated in his
bid for reelection last fall.
Johnson. Edlin and Robinson
have all filed notices Of appeal
johnson was sentenced to siz
months in prison and fined
$4,000; Edlin received one year
and was fined $4,000, and Rob-
inson got six months.
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Poles Urge Sointhood
For Auschwitz Martyr

WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 10
(AP). - Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski. Roman Catholic
primate Of Poland. applied to
Pope Paul vi for canonization
Of three Polish saints and beati-
fication of four others during
his audience with the Pope this
week. The Cardinals Warsaw
office issued a communique to
this effect today.
Among the new Polish saints
proposed is Franciscan Father
Maximilain Kobe, murdered in
Auschwitz concentration camp.
Father Kobe gave his life vol
UNFAIRLY for another Nazi pris-
oner, a father of four SEN
fenced to be shot as an ex-
ample.
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College SpeciaIties Are Key Items
In Selection of IA New Astronauts

HOUSTON, Tex. Oct. 10
(APD.-The Nation has IA new
aStronauts and their collegiate
training broadens the capabih-
ties of the United States space
team. The manned space craft
center here boosted its moon
shot manpower pool yesterday
to 80 astronauts.
All is of the astronauts Sc
leeted in 1859 and 1862 are ex-
perienced test pilots, but only
eight Of the new IA hold test
pilot certificates.
The other six are experienced
Jet pilots who are specialists in
such areas as physics. radia-
ton effects, reliability engi-
neering and stratoSpheric ra-
dance.
The emphasis was on OPP
irrational pilots as opposed to
experimental test pilots" said
Mai. Donald K. Slayton, CO.
ordinator of astronaut affairs.
9Th Contingent Planned
The enlarged space team
now has its first doctor of sci
ence, soon will have another,
and the space craft center may
add physical scientists to the
team in late 1865.
A fourth contingent Of astro-
nauts is planned then. an an
nouncement said, and the Ma
tional Academy of Science and
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration are CO.
operating in establishing cri-
terra for aStronaut scientists.
Various scientific groups have
encouraged the National Aero
nautics and Space AdminiStra-
ton to permit q geologist or
similar scientist to participate
in the moon shots that are a
United States objective by 1910.
The first DIR. Astronaut" is
Edwin E. Aldrin, jr, an Air
Force major from Glen Ridge,
N. j., with 1900 hours Of jet
flying time.
The decorate thesis written
by Mai. Aldrin. 80, at Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Tech
nology earlier this year. was
on manned orbital rendezvous
"a space maneuver that will
figure prominently in the two
man Gemini and three-man
Apollo moon shots that are to 4
follow the now completed solo
flights Of Project Mercury.
Report February 3
r. Walter Cunningham, 81,
. Santa Monica (Calif0 civilian
who Is q captain in the Marine
Air Reserve. is completing work
on q decorate in physics at the
University of California at Los
Angeles.
Mai. Slayton said Mai.
Aldrin, Mr.. Cunningham and
the IL other new selectees will
report for duty February 8 at
NASA's space craft center here,
the training base for astronauts.
They will be integrated into
the rest of the group" Maj |
Slayton said. II wouldn't expect
any of them to fly the first
Gemini mission but they will be
on other Gemini flights"
Maj. Slayton said the aver
age age of the new group is 30,
compared to 32.5 for the 1862
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5000 on Strike
Los ANGELES, Oct. l9 (AF

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (AP) .
"A strike Of 5000 Southern
California workers against the
General Telephone Co. went
into effect at 1901 am. today
when management failed to
reach a contract agreement
with the AFL-CIO Communica-
ton Workers of America. Picket
ing began at scattered offices
at midnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
French Cot Goes
Into Spuce and Back

PARIS, Oct. 10 (AP). - A
French rocket hurtled q cat
into space and 1t landed safely
by parachute. the French De-
tense Ministry announced. =.
The ministry said instru
ments to record the cat's brain
functioning had operated
throughout the quick trip yes
terday and that results had
been recorded by telemetry. The
rocket was. launched at the
French Sahara base ct Ham
maguir.
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PrOspecfsRise
For Solution
In Ship Tieup

OTTAWA, Oct. 10 CAP)-
Eleventh-hour talks between
Washington and Ottawa raised
the prospect today Of placing
Canada's feuding maritime
unions under United States
backed private, rather than
Federal, trusteeship.
The negotiations were
pressed as Hal c. Banks Ca
madam Seafarers International
Union CSIUD. prime target of
the trusteeship legislation.
threatened to cripple Canadian
shipping with q walkout and
protest march on Ottawa.
Prime Minister Lester B.
Pearson said last night that
he hoped to achieve q private
arrangement" In the next day
or two. He did not 80 into
details.
Royal Assent
The plan to place all five
of Canada's maritime unions
under Federal trusteeShip re-
ceived royal assent last night
but the government held of
invoking the law designed to
rid Great Lakes shipping Of
labor violence.
Mr.. Pearson told the House
of Commons the government
was aware of the danger thai
might be caused" by enforcing
the Federal plan. But hC
warned that the government
would not be inundated BY
q threatened STU strike and
would not postpone Fedora
control indefinitely.
STU members began tying uI
their vessels yesterday and
others were scheduled TO fol-
low today In response TO the
unions call for O protest march
on the capital Monday.
STU Seafarers man mort
than 95 per cent Of all Cana.
dian-flag vessels.
Mr.. Pearson condemned the
STU action but expressed hope
"of an early and successful
conclusion" to proposals for
the private trusteeship cur
rently being negotiated via
telephone conversations be-
tween United States Labor Sec
rotary willard Writ In Wash
ington and Canadian officials
United States Government
officials and American labor
unions favor the private trus
teeShip plan. The STU has in
dicated 1t would prefer private
to Federal trusteeShip.
United States officials oppose
the Federal plan because Of the
SIU's affiliation with the ALL
CLIO In the United States.
The Canadian government
plan would have placed the STU
and four other Canadian mari
time unions under the absolute
control Of Federal trustees fol
three years.
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called at the Prime Minister'S
residence shortly after 9 am.
Mr.. Butler was closeted with
Lord Home for Just over an
hour. When he left. he declined
to say whether Lord Home had
succeeded in winning his and
Mr.. Maudling's support.
Minutes later Lord Home
emerged and told waiting news
men:
mo comment until I have
seen the Queen. I am going
to see her now"
Asked whether he thought
Mr.. Butler would continue as
. cabinet member. Lord Home
said, Il viii be saying things
later. but not now"
Lord Home is the first mem
Der OF the peerage to become
Prime Minister since the Mar
guess Of Salisbury in 1895.
Lord Home. invited by the
Queen yesterday to succeed Mr.
Macmillan. mustered all the
powers Of his persuasion he
used in three years as Foreign
Secretary to rally the rebellious
Tories around him.
Cabinet members were split
sharply over Mr.. Macmillan's
recommendation to the Queen
that Lord Home succeed him
Some had argued that Mr.,
Butler, who was passed over
for the post seven years age
when Mr.. Macmillan was Sc.
lected, should be named to lead
the Tories against the Labor
ties.
In the meeting with the
Queen. Lord Home was re.
ceived in the audience chamber
overlooking the sunlit gardens
Of the palace.
q. 8. Music Heard
While they talked, q military
band played music for q chang
ing Of the guards In the palace
forecourt. The repertoire In
cluded selections from the
American musical Oklahoma !"
Lord Home emerged at 10
minutes past noon, smiling
broadly. He waved to a scat
tering of spectators, climbed
into his car and was driven
out through the palace gates
Although Lord Homes NOM
ination had resulted in prob
ably the fiercest infightine
among Conservative members
this century, observers had
thought that he would win the
post because Of fears that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
BRITISH
Home to Drop Title,
Take Commons Sect

Queen might dissolve Parlia-
ment.
When he arrived back at No.
10 Downing street, Lord Home
declined TO answer specific
questions from newsmen, but
after opening the door he
turned around and said:
I'VE are going to work to-
gether to win the next election. "
He waved to a small
cheering crowd and smilingly
posed for news photographers
and television cameras.
Among the Conferees
In his talks at No. 10 this
morning before reporting the
successful organization Of a
cabinet TO the Queen, Lord
Home saw Housing Minister
Sir Keith Joseph. Secretary of
State for Scotland Michael
Noble and Education Minister
Sir Edward Boyle In addition
to Mr.. Maudling and Mr..
Butler.
Some Conservative leaders
doubt that the reedy-voiced,
frail-looking and until recently
politically obscure l4th Earl of
Home is q strong enough OPP
ponent to confront Labor Party
Leader Harold Wilson in the
general elections.
Storm Whipped Up
Conservative opposition to
Lord Home conferred in the
party's progressive wing. His
selection also whipped up a
storm elsewhere In Britain.
LaboritieS and Communists
led the criticism, calling the
selection IAN affront to democ-
racy an insult to the
nation Aristocratic rule. -
Anthony Wedgwood Benn, q
Laborite legislator who gave up
q title to serve in the House OF
Commons, said: This is an
other vivid example Of the anti
democratic influences Of the
hereditary system in our ma
tional life"
The independent London
Times called the appointment
"a gamble"
From pro-Home Conserva-
tives. messages Of congratula-
tons poured in. Lord Avon, who
as Anthony Eden was Mr.. Mac
millan's predecessor as Prime
Minister, said Lord Homes
qualities Of "firmneSs and dis
erection" would serve him well
and the nation as we'll as Prime
Minister"