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Evening star., 1963-01-13
Future Vague

He turned up yesterday morn
ing in Ndola, a town on the North
ern Rhodesia border. 1t was not
clear what his intentions we're.
He had three courses of action:
/. Retire from politics and emf
crate to Belgium or some friendly
African country such as South
ern Rhodesia or South Africa.
2. Return to Katanga secretly
and take command again of his
stronghold Of Kolwezi for a last
ditch stand that might include a
"scorched earth" policy.
8. Return to Elizabethville for
talks with U. N. and Central
Congo officials on uniting Ka-
tanga to the Congo.
In Ndola yesterday. Mr..
Tshombe indicated that he would
return to Kolwezi, but Mr..
Tshombe thrives on such threats.
Whether he would actually risk a
devastating struggle with the
U. N, and actually blow up the
valuable mines in Kolwezi is an
other question. 1t is very possi-
BILE he will use his position in
Ndola as a wedge to bargain with
the U. N. and Leopoldville.
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Still Leader

AS much as the U. N. consid-
ers him the "bete noir" of the
Congo, Mr.. Tshombe was still the
undisputed leader of Katanga. In
tegration of southern Katanga
with the rest of the Congo would
be quite difficult without this
shrewd president, who also is a
descendent of the leaders of the
Lunda tribe, the predominant
tribe in south Katanga.
1t is hardly likely that Mr..
Tshombe will retire from the
political scene. Most likely, he
will search for some policy that
will provide him and his peo-
pie with the best share of the
Katanga wealth.
He had returned to Elisabeth
vile early last week after Bel
gian and British consulS in Kol-
wezi persuaded him it was mad
ness to fight to the end. He was
in Kolwezi-his last major out
post, where his troops have plant
ed explosives in the copper mines
and the valuable Kolwezi dam.
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Labor:
No Optimism

Pressures mounted last week
for White House action to halt
the 22-day-Old strike Of East
and Gulf coast docks.
Rotund, cigar-smoking George
Meany, head Of the AFL-CIO.
was called to the White House
by President Kennedy on Friday
morning for a discussion Of the
damaging shutdown of ports on
the East and Gulf coasts brought
on by the strike of $4,000 long
shoremen.
When he emerged from the
meeting, Mr.. Meany could fine
no optimism to voice. He said
simply that there is no solution
to the walkout in sight and that
Mr.. Kennedy would be making a
statement on the matter.
The Kennedy statement is ex-
pected tomorrow in the Presi-
dents State-of-the- Union mes
sage. Whether he will ask for
new legislation to provide him
more effective tools in labor sit
uations endangering the health,
welfare and safety Of the Nation,
as rumored, remains to be seen.
But the pressure on him to take
some kind of action to halt the
dock strike has been mounting.
Strike losses now exceed $40O
million. More than 500 ocean-go-
ing ships are tied up from Maine
to Texas. Last week, the United
States Lines Cancelled a Carib-
bean cruise for its superliner the
United States. In addition to the
10000 dockers, 10000 non-strik-
ing seamen and truckers have
been made idle by the walkout.
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Republicans:
New Trend

Representative Ford Of Mich
igan was elected chairman of
the House Republican Confer
ence on Tuesday, replacing Rep
resentative HOeven of Iowa.
-Four years ago, the majority of
the Republican membership in the
House, restive and looking for
more vigorous leadership, dumped
the veteran Joe Martin of Massa-
chusetts and elected Representa-
tive Charles Halleck as party
chief.
AS a partisan fighter, Charlie
Halleck has been tough and able.
He has often helped forge a sue
cessful conservative coalition
with Southern Democrats to de-
feat or water down liberal legis-
lation.
But If Mr.. Halleck has few
peers as an oppositionist where
welfare measures are concerned,
1t must be said that many mem
bers OF his own party, particu-
larly those Of the younger gener-
alton. have increasingly felt that
something more is needed If
successful image Of the Republi-
can Party is to be presented TO
the Nation.
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On Cork Shoppers

But not all of the bills are a.
dull-sounding or as broadly ap-
pealing. Take one introduced by
Representative Price for example.
He wants to establish permanent
firing squads for National ceme-
teries. Or ponder Representative
Burke's measure to provide for
the temporary suspension Of the
duty on cork shoppers. Represent
ative Guber for his part has a bill
providing for a National Spelling
Commission to reform the spellingI
Of English words and to publish
an official United States Diction-l
ary.
There are men and measures
who never give up, but the man
who perhaps most deserves an A.
for effort is Representative Fino.
For the sixth straight Congress,
beginning with the SD in jan
uary, 1858, the New Yorker has
offered a bill to establish q ma
tional lottery. The odds being
what they are, he'll probably be
doing it again in 1865.
Many of the early-bird bills, Of
course, will be filed and forgot
ten. The measures that will get
priority will be the ones consti-
tuting the Presidents legislative
program. Mr.. Kennedy will make
known its broad outlines when he
delivers his State 1.-The Union
message to a Joint session Of Con-
gress tomorrow.
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Eost-West::
CordioHties

Premier KhruShchev an
nOunced that he would head the
Soviet delegation to the East
German Communist Party Con-
gress which cOnvenes Tuesday.
At Secretary of State Rusk's
luncheon last week for Moscow
bound Vastly v. Kuznetsov, ref
erences were made" "a depart
ment official said later-"to the
hope that we are entering into a
period in which some outstanding
problems might be solved. Both
sides expressed hope that this was
the case"
The official carefully avoided
mentioning specific reasons for
the hope" for most likely, Mr..
Kuznetsov, the Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister, and Mr.. Rusk were
speaking only in diplomatic gen.
eralities. Mr.. Kuznetsov had been
the chief negotiator for the So
Wet side in the just-completed
Cuban negotiations, and his visit
at President Kennedy's invitation
was an informal one.
But the cordiality shown Mr..
KuznetSov was indicative of the
generally balmy state of Soviet
American relations for the last
two and a half months - or
ever since Premier Khrushchev
agreed to back down in Cuba.
During this cold-war interlude,
both Washington and Moscow
have seemed more concerned With
problems within their own alli-
ances than with the major East
West issues.
Moscow's friction with Peking
and Tirana and Washington'S
problems with London and Paris,
however, have not diminished the
official concern with solving the
ever-dangerous Berlin issue or Of
Continued on Page C-2
Evening star., 1963-01-13
Legislation:
Flood Tide

More than 1000 new hills
were introduced In the House
last week.
The opening Of a new Congress
always brings a torrent OF bills
cascading into the legislative hop
pers. In fact. a casual observer
OF the Capitol Hill scene could
easily reach the conclusion that
lawmakers, while Congress is in
recess. do little but write new
measures for what they consider
TO be the betterment OF Nation
and constituent.
The 88th, a glimpse through
last weeks issues OF the Congress
sional Record will show. is no ex-
ception. The more than 1000 bills
which were introduced during the
week came In the House alone
The Senate agreed 10 hold up It's
own little cascade until after the
Presidents State OF the Union
message tomorrow.
The bill which received the No. /
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Easier Sailing

1t is reasonable to assume that
the l5-man group. with an 8 to 7
liberal" edge. may facilitate the
flow of whatever welfare legisla-
ton comes to Rules. But it does
not necessarily mean that the
House will then approve such
controversial items as medicare
through social security, tax cuts
and reform or Federal aid TO edu-
cation.
In the case of two OF the above
mentioned measures -medicare
and tax cuts and reform-the
Kennedy administrators major
problem will be to get them ap-
proved by the House Ways and
Means Committee. This group,
like Rules. is headed by a South
erner-Representative Mills OF Ar
kansas who has opposed medi-
cal aid through social security
and who has independent views
on the matter of tax reductions
and reforms.
Ways and Means in the last
Congress was dominated by con-
servatives. There are two vacan-
cies TO be filled. however Repre-
sentative Bass of Tennessee is one
likely choice and he is said TO
favor the administration ap-
proach TO medicare. Mr.. Landrum.
another leading candidate, re-
portedly has opposed putting
medical aid under social security.
But he is now being discreetiy
quiet about the matter.
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Leaders on Notice

Was the rather spontaneous
uprising Of the younger Republi-
cans a move against Mr.. Halleck
personally?
Mr.. Hoeven, the victim in the
case, is convinced that 1t was.
They weren't just after me-" he
told reporters. They're after
Arends and Halleck. too"
other observers are not so sure.
Certainly, no move against either
Of these strongly entrenched lead
ers would be likely before 1864.
Meanwhile, they both are on no.
tice and both are expected to
bend a little in the circumstances.
What kind of minority party
strategy do the younger Republi-
cans propose?
Representative Goodell, 36, OF
New York said in an interview on
Thursday that the group favors a
policy Of more alternatives"-
that is. 1t wants TO meet more Of
President Kennedy's legislative
recommendations with counter
proposals rather than with mere
head-on opposition.
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Criticism of u. N.

This view is echoed by seq
ments of American public opin-
ion-including several Congress-
men-but the United States Gov
ernment holds that unification is
vital to preventing the complete
collapse of the Congo's moderate
government in Leopoldville, head
ed by Cyrille Adoula.
Washington fears that a more
radical government might call for
Soviet support, and bring cold war
tensions to the heart of Africa.
Officials here also point to the
U. MS growing financial woes in
the Congo even though the
United States has contributed
considerable amounts of money
and aid into the U. N. operation.
U Thant has not been free of
criticism. He has led what often
seems personal vendetta against
Mr.. TShombe, and his announce
ments from New York have
been ambiguous. Ralph Bunche,
the undersecretary, was sent to
the Congo last week end on a
coordination mission" but has
already returned-his work un-
clear Basically, the U. Ms pa
tience-meaning the Asian-Afri-
can bloc's-waS growing razor
thin, and a showdown was likely
unless Mr.. Tshombe acceded to
the various plans put forth.
Mainly, he must agree to some
share-the-wealth scheme, inte-
crate his army with Leopold
ville's, and agree to giving up
much of his sovereignty to the
central government.
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role in the Congo. Presently,
U. N. forces are acting not as
mediators or defenders-the ac-
cepted function of the U. N-but
as participants on one side of a
civil war.
They are doing what Leopold
vile would have liked to have
done If it had the resources. This
has antagonized many people in
Europe especially in Britain,
France, and Belgium. Britain and
Belgium have no particular love
for Mr.. Tshombe, and his 81
month secession, and indeed, have
been trying their best to per-
suade him to accede to unifica-
ton. But they object to the
U. Ms military mission, asserting
it is out of character for the U. N.
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More Persuasion?

Mr.. Kennedy has exhausted the
legal remedies under the Taft
Hartley Act. The strike was re-
sumed after an 80-day cooling
off period. But the President has
not yet fully directed his with
ering, informal powers of persua-
sion-so evident in the steel price
rise episode last year - on the
deadlocked shippers and dockers.
He may try this before seeking
tough new legislation, which, at
any rate, probably could not be
pushed through Congress very
rapidly.
Meanwhile, the other strike
which has given a heartache and
a headache TO New York City, the
shutdown Of It's newspapers by the
International typographical
Union. went into It's seth day yes
terday with the end not yet in
sight
There was a development last
week, however. the impact OF
which. while difficult TO assess at
this point, may be considerable. A
three-iudge panel, appointed by
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Mayor
Robert Wagner and Labor Secre-
tary W. Willard wirtz, issued
their findings on Friday after q
fiye-day study
The panel strongly censured
the printers union. accusing II OF
shutting down the newspapers
with a SIS million total daily
circulation and then sitting
back to await their surrender 10
contract demands In the face OF
possible extinction due TO finan-
cial losses.
The question OF wage increases
over a two-year period Is the
principal one dividing the con-
tending parties. The publishers
have offered a s9.2O-a- week pack
age and the printers are formal
~ asking s3s.
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UP controversial issues and gen.
eral policies. 1t corresponds to the
Democratic Caucus, whose chair
man is Representative Walter of
Pennsylvania.
Although the battle between the
older and younger G. o. P. House
members is not theological Mr..
Ford, like Gov. Nelson A. Rookie
feller of New York, objects to Ia
bels, but he is regarded as a mod
erate-conservative - it has had
this effect:
1t assures the younger men
more of voice in party councils
and decisions and may encour-
age them to set their sights on
placing. two years hence, one of
their rank in the post now held
by Representative Arends of Illi-
nois, the minority whip and a
hold over from the days of the
Martin leadership.
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tive Landrum Of Georgia to the
Ways and Means Committee.
Whether Mr.. Landrum will get the
post will be known early this
week when committee assignments
are made. 1t seems clear, how
ever, that the Georgians will get
something In 1861, they voted 8
to 2 against enlarging Rules;
this time they voted 10 to 0 in
favor.
. The plea for a 15-man COM
mittee by the e-popular-t than
ever Mr.. Kennedy over Nation
wide television.
o The feeling by some members
of Congress that the l5-man Rules
Committee in the last Congress
did not mean a flood Of liberal
legislation to the floor. Further
more, all is members were re-
elected and are virtually certain
to be renamed to the group.
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The Policy

Once in Elisabethville, Mr..
Tshombe probably noted that the
U. N. had taken complete charge,
and was bringing Central Congo
officials down from Leopoldville
to administer affairs. This must
have both frightened and angered
him. After token reconciliation on
Thursday (Which freed him from
house arrest) Mr.. Tshombe made
his escape.
Mr.. Tshombe may also hope
that as long as he refuses to ca
pitulate, he can swing world
opinion to his side. He is helped
by the U. MS clearly ambiguous
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designation, courtesy Of Speaker
Mccormack, was one which would
establish a conservation corps for
youths age l6 to 81.
Many Of the new measures seek
higher individual income tax ex-
emptions; elimination of Federal
excise taxes; liberalization of vet
erans' benefits and social secu-
rity payments: new bars to dis
elimination; a balanced Federal
budget and protection of postal
patrons from obscene matter in
the mails.
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The Prospect

II Mr. Landrum is appointed TO
Ways and Means II could suggest
that Cd the administration has
won him over on medicare or 90
that II needs more than the
switch OF two votes In the COM
mittee 10 get It's bill on this sub
ject approved. In the latter case.
his vote would not be crucial.
Thus, the meaningfulness OF
the administrations opening day
victory" In the House Rules
fight-in which. II should be
pointed out, II simply maintained
the status quo-may be more ap-
parent after the membership Of
Ways and Means has been de-
termined.
on the Senate side last week,
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Coming Laws
MisuppIied,
Lawyer Says

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. IL CAP)
Laws under which slot ma
chimes are operated in Anne
Arundel County never were in.
tended to legalize gambling, At.
torney Rufus King told thu
Court Of Appeals yesterday.
Mr.. King represented /.
Anne Arundel County residents
who asked the court to declare
slots and commercial bingo lille.
gal in the county. The resi-.
dents appealed to the high
court after Circuit Court Judge
James Magill ruled against
them.
Three acts in question give
the county commissioners au-
thority to license amusement
devices.
Mr.. King also challenged the
constitutionality of the laws
saying they conflict with a pro-
vision of the Maryland Consti.
tuition which prohibits authori.
cation of lottery grants.
If the court were to rule the
laws unconstitutional, this also
would have the effect of max.
ing machines illegal in Charles
st. Marys and Calvert Coun.
ties, since these counties oper.
ate under similar statutes.
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FIJI Preparing
Putuxent Report

BALTIMORE Dec. IL (AP)
The FBI says it is preparing
a report for the Justice Depart
ment on an investigation 1t
made at Patuxent Institution
where defective delinquents are
sent.
The Investigation was
prompted by complaints Of two
prisoners that night guards
had harraSsed them. The pris-
oners said guards had broken
or confiscated personal proper
ty during shakedowns.
The FBIs interest was in
possible violation of the prison.
ers' civil rights.
A Baltimore agent would not
disclose the nature of the re-
port, but he said it would be
forwarded to the Justice De-
partment's civil rights section.
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Fuirfux Women,
Hit by Car, Dies

A Fairfax County woman
who was struck by a car in
Alexandria last Sunday died at
Alexandria Hospital at 2:35
a m. today. police reported.
The woman, Mrs. Agnes
Stokes, Sc, of Baileys Cross.
roads. was lying in the street
at South Washington anc
Wolfe streets when she wa:
struck by a car driven BY
Lawrence H. Kyle. jr., rs, Of
Fort Eustis, police said.
1t. Kyle said he did moi
know he had hit anyone be-
cause 1t was dark and raining
police said. Mrs. Stokes was
dragged beneath his car for a
short distance until a taxicat
driver saw her and stopped
him, police said.
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Retarded Group
Elects President

z. Paul Benoit, Of 1000 Con-
ii place. Silver Spring, has
been elected president of the
Foundation for Mentally Re-
tarded and Handicapped Chill
dren of the Chesapeake Dis
trict, Civitan International,
Inc.
DR.. Benoit succeeds Wallace
A. Smith. of Silver Spring.
In other action, the Founda-
TONS board of directors voted
$4,000 to help Civitan clubs in
the Tidewater area of Virginia
maintain a camp for retarded
children; approved $4,000 for
Camp Kentan, a similar camp
at Annapolis sponsored by Civil
tan and the Joseph P. Kenne-
dy, Jr. Foundation: voted So
900 toward the building of a
pre- school center for the re-
tarded in Richmond; and voted
$1,000 toward establishment of
a sheltered occupation work.
shop in Staunton, Va.
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Man Convicted
Of Murder, Arson
In Wife's Death

NORFOLK, Dec. IL AP)-
Charles Oscar Williams, 48, &C
cused Of making a human
torch of his wife by throwing
gasoline on her as their three
children watched, was found
guilty today of first-degree
murder and arson.
Corporation Court Judge H
Lawrence Bullock deferred sem
fencing pending a probation Of
ficer's report.
Williams, a Negro, was
charged with throwing gasoline
on his estranged wife, Mary, in
her home October 19. She died
November 5.
Commemorative Attorney
Alfred w. Whitehurst told the
court that Williams went to his
wife's home with a jar of gaso-
line and after summoning her
to the kitchen, threw the gaso-
line on her as she passed q
lighted gas stove.
The couples three children
were in the kitchen. Mr.. White
hurst said. Mrs. Williams, her
clothing aflame, ran out Of the
house.
Defense Attorney Sterline
Walker told the court that Will
liamS visited his wife frequent
ly, and that on the night OF
october 10 he had carried
gasoline to the house to clean
the sprocket of his sons bicy-
Gle.
Mr.. Walker said Williams
and his wife argued because
she had not prepared a meal
for him, that in the heat of the
argument he threw gasoline on
her and that it was ignited ac-
cidentally by the stove.
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TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy and colder tonight. low
in the upper 20s. Variable
cloudiness tomorrow. high
around 40.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. drizzle
or light rain this evening, low
in the 30S. Tomorrow, mostly
cloudy and cold, high in the
low 40s. Chance of light snow
in the mountains by evening.
Virginia-Partly cloudy to-
night. low in the 30s. Variable
Cloudiness and cold tomorrow
high in the 40s.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-NorthweSt to west
winds 10 or Is knots tonight,
partly cloudy with 5 to 10 mile
visibility. Southwest winds in
creasing to 10 to 20 knots
tomorrow, partly cloudy.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and muddy al Great Falls. Shenandoah
clear at HaTpers Ferry.
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Mason COLLEGE
To Fete Finley
On Retirement

DR.. John N. G. Finley, retir-
ing director Of the George Ma
son College Of the University OF
Virginia, and Mrs. Finley will
be honored at a reception at
pm. December 20 at the uni
versity's Northern Virginia Gen.
ter, 1908 North Randolph
street, Arlington.
Dean E. Brundage, the GEN.
ter's director, has invited sever
al hundred of DR.. Finley's asSo-
ciates since he came here from
Charlottesville in 1850 to or
ganize the center under the
university's extension division.
DR.. Finley served as the CEN
lter's director until 1860, mean
while organizing George Mason
Junior College in 1857. On Mr.
Brundage's appointment in
1860 as center director, DR.
Finley devoted full time to
heading the new college and
developing plans for its expan-
sion and building program.
Completion of the first build
ingS on a campus donated by
Fairfax City is now set for Sep
TENDER, 1864, with classroom
space for double the present
enrolment of I'll students.
Among guests invited to the
reception are DR.. Edgar F,
Shannon, jr., president of the
University of Virginia, other
officials of the university and
DR.. Robert H. Reed, who sue
ceeds DR.. Finley at George Ma
son.
DR.. Finley's retirement is eff
fective December 30. He and
Mrs. Finley expect to travel
abroad next spring. They plan
to maintain their apartment at
1915 Martha Gusts drive, Alex
andria. where they will collab-
crate on writing in the field
of higher education. Mrs. Fin
ley, psychologist in-chief for
the Montgomery County School
board for IL years, formerly
served on the university's
Charlottesville faculty, as did
DIR. Finley.
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Silver Hill Road
To Be Discussed

Citizens from the Silver Hill
area Of Prince Georges County
will meet at the Suitland Sem
Tor High School tonight to dis
cusS a long-sought improve
ment of Silver Hill road in the
vicinity of the school.
A number of State and coun-
ty officials are expected at the
g pm. meeting sponsored by
the high schools Parent
Teacher Student Association.
They include LanSdale G.
Clagett, a member of the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion who lives in the county;
County Public Works Director
John Marburger, and County
Commissioners Robert Sutphin
and NJ. Bayne Brooke.