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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
ftItPAY, JUNE 1», 1»M
Democrats Plan Fight
In Senate for Bigger
Income Tax Benefits
By Robert K. Walsh
Democrats disclosed today
they will wage a Senate floor
fight to amend the administra- ;
tion's $1.5 billion tax revision
bill by a SIOO increase in per- |
sonal exemptions or by allowing
each taxpayer a S2O annual
credit.
This plan was outlined by i
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, as the Senate prepared j
for debate, probably next week,
on the 875-page measure, re
ported out late yesterday by the
finance committee.
Senator George and other
Democrats on the committee had
considered trying to have the
bill reported out with additional
income tax relief for individuals.
They decided instead to make
the attempt in the Senate itself.
;
Predicts Approval.
Senator Millikin, Republican
of Colorado, the . committee
chairman, predicted the Senate
would accept the bill about as
reported. The measure, giving
tax relief to several million in
dividuals and corporations, was
passed by the House almost two
months ago. As approved by the
Senate committee remained
substantially in line with the j
House version and with recom
mendations of the Eisenhower
administration.
Besides providing tax cuts
totaling approximately $1,477,-
000,000 for individuals, as com
pared with $1,370,000,000 in the ;
House version, the bill would j
continue for one year the 52 per
cent income tax rate on cotpova- ;
tions. That rate otherwise would
drop automatically to 47 per
cent. The one-year extension
would enable the administra
tion to obtain $1.2 billion in
revenue and thus help to offset
the drop in individual income
tax receipts.
Prefers S2O Credit Plan.
• Senator George said he per
sonally would prefer the S2O tax
credit proposal. He announced,
however, an amendment to in
crease personal income tax ex
emptions from the present S6OO
to S7OO would be offered first.
This would lesult in a $2.4 bil
lion reduction in individual in- j
come tax revenue.
The Georgian and several of
his Democratic colleagues orig
inally suggested that exemp
tions be boosted from S6OO to
SBOO this year and to SI,OOO next
year and thereafter. • That
would have meant a $4.5 billion
tax cut this year, and almost $8
billion annually thereafter.
The White House has con
tended the Government could
not stand such revenue losses at
this time. A $4 billion deficit
already is expected for the fiscal
year beginning July 1.
Senator George said the SIOO
exemption Increase amendment
will be offered as a substitute for
one of the most controversial
provisions in the bill. That is
the section aimed at easing dou
ble taxation of dividends which
corporations distribute to stock
holders. Democrats i general
have attacked that privision as
a boon to the wealthy.
If this amendment is defeated,
Senator George explained, he
will offer the S2O tax credit
amendment. Committee staff
experts have estimated that this
plan would cause a revenue drop
of about $1,250,000,000 a year.
First Revision in 70 Years.
The bill awaiting Senate de
bate has been described as the
first real revision of the internal
revenue laws in more than 70
years. Its House sponsor, Rep
resentative Reed, Republican, of
New York, called it essentially a
tax reform measure. He defended
it as giving tax relief about
equally to individuals and
businesses.
Besides the provision concern
ing taxation of corporate divi
dends, one of the most important
and controversial changes would
permit faster write-offs on busi- .
ness outlays for plant expansion
and modernization.
Before reporting out the bill
yesterday the Senate committee
eliminated a House provision
that would have enabled single,
widowed or legally separated,
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Clear
tonight, with low in the mid-50s.
Tomorrow fair, with little
change in temperature.
Maryland—Clear and cool to
night, with low 48-56. Tomor
row fair and somewhat warmer.
Virginia—Fair tonight, with j
low 48 i -56 in west and 56-62 in
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also will be present over the Northern Rockies and Northern ,
Pacific Coastal Plain. Temperatures will rise over the North
east and Northwest, while warm weather will continue over the
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OUTDOOR PRESS CONFERENCE—Secretary of Defense Wilson took time out to give news
men a briefing after the second annual defense problems conference of 110 civilian officials,
generals and admirals at the Marine training center at Quantico, Va. —AP Photo.
: — i
Reds Ease Control
On East Germany
By the Associated Press
LONDON, June 19.—The Rus
sians announced today they ai;e
giving .the Germans in the So
viet Zone a freer hand in run
ning their own affairs and are
abolishing the Soviet High Com
missioner’s office in Berlin.
Western officials in Berlin said
Sergei Dengin, Soviet represen
tative there since June, 1950,
w T as leaving to take up a new
post. He paid his farewell visits
| yesterday.
A Moscow radio English-lan
guage broadcast said the number
of Soviet personnel in East Ger
many was being reduced by two
thirds. This was being carried
out, the broadcast said, “in ac
cordance with the decision of the
Soviet government to establish
with the German Republic re
lations similar to those main
tained with other sovereign
states.”
Moscow said the offices of the
Soviet High Commissioner were
beihg abolished in the districts
of Rostock, Schwerin, Neubran
denburg, Frankfurt-Oder, Cott
bus, Potsdam, Dresden, Leipsig,
Halle, Erfurt, Karl Marx-Stadt,
Suhl, Gera and Magdeburg.
1
Junior C. of C. Elects
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
July 19 (#*). —E. Lamar Buckner,
32, of Ogden, Utah, today was
elected president of the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce after five ballots and a
record 12 hours of voting. He
defeated W. L. (Jack) Howard,
35, of Monroe, La. The ballot
ing ended the 34th annual con
| vention.
persons to take advantage of full
income-splitting benefits in tax
returns.
The committee also struck out
a proposed special tax rate of 58
per cent on foreign earnings of
! United States corporations.
Members said, however, that the
dispute was mainly on details
and that the provision might be
I restored by the Senate.
Among other provisions re
maining in the bill was the move
to make April 15 instead of
March 15 the annual income tax
filing deadline. Many of the tax
changes would take effect as of
last January 1. The corporate
income tax rate automatically
dropped from 52 to 47 per cent
last April 1, but the one-year
extension in the pending bill
would bepetroative to that date.
east portions. Tomorrow fair
and somewhat warmer.
Wind—Gentle and variable
tonight.
River Report.
(Prom U. S Engineers i
Potomac River cloudy ot Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
| cloudy at Harpers Perry.
Humidity.
ißeadings Washington National Airport.)
Yesterday— Pci. Today— Pet.
! Noon 54 Midnight 75 I
4 p.m. 57 K am. 71
5 p m. _ 58 JO am. 51 j
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Quantico
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launching of the Nautilus,
I world’s first nuclear-powered
submarine; (3) the “Project
Castle” hydrogen bomb tests by
the United States in the Mar
shall Islands this spring: and (4) j
the May Day air show over Mos
cow, where the Russians dem- |
onstrated jet bombers “more or
less comparable” to the Amer
ican B-47 medium and B-52
heavy bomber.
Mr. Quarles commented:
“While the second and third
of these must be rated as great
achievements, reflecting great
credit on the scientists, engineers
and industries responsible for
; their accomplishment, we must
conclude that on balance our
technical position vis-avis the
Soviets is less than it was a year
ago.”
Radford Explains.
IrT telling of difficulties in de
fense planning, Admiral Rad
ford said:
“We cannot be certain that the
next war will be a long drawn
out affair, and that we will en
joy a protracted period for a
vast mobilization of our military
reserves.
“Neither can we be certain
that the next war will be only
a short, violently destructive as
, fair. Nor can we forecast pre
cisely the year and the amount
of maximum danger
“Hence, we are in a position
where we have to place greater
reliance on combat-ready forces
in being.”
Admiral Radford said that this
nuclear age is “synonymous with
the evolution of atomic plenty
and mammoth destructive power, i
a power which staggers one's
imagination.”
But he added:
“On the other hand, I reject
I the concept that atomic power is.
| by itself, adequate to meet all our
military security needs. We can
not afford to rely exclusively on
one weapon, or on one service, or
anticipate one kind of war. nor
should we fail to maintain Army,
Navy, Air Force and Marine
forces adequate for national
security.”
President, Nixon Arrive.
The President, a former five
l star general who is always ready
for a chance to get back in fam
iliar military surroundings, drove
here from the White House at
11:43 a.m. He was accompanied
by Vice President Nixon.
Gen. Eisenhower expected to
spend the remainder of the day
at the conference and drive back
to Washington over the fast 35-
mile route late tonight.
The Marine Corps turned out
for the welcoming ceremony its
Record Temperature* Thi* Tear.
Highest, 90, on June 1.1.
Lowest, 13, on January 23.
High and Low of Last 24 Hours.
High. 72. at 5:45 p.m.
Low, 55. at 5:15 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High l():40a.m. 11:23 a.m.
Low 5:05 a m. 5:4; a.m.
High 11 :lop.m. 11:55 pm.
Low —5:43 p.m. 6:21p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
I Sun, today 5:42 8:30
i Sun. tomorrow 5:42 8:37
Moon, today 11:20 p.m. 8:30 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-halt hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation m inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1054. Avg. Record.
January 2.30 3.38 7.83 '37
February 0.85 3.00 ti.B4 ’B4
March , 3.47 3.05 8.84 'Ol
April 3.30 3.30 0.13 'BO
1 May 2.98 3.71 10.00 ’53
i June 0.43 3.07 10.04 ’OO
! Juiv 4.40 10.03 'BO
'August 435 14 41 '2B
September 300 17 45 '34
! October 2.91 8.81 '37
November 2.71 7.18 ’77
December 3.09 7.56 01
Temperature* In Variaua Cities.
H. L. H. L.
Albanv , 80 48 Key West... 80 79
Albuquerque 00 72 Knoxville 88 .0
Anchorage 70 4; Little Rock- 00 75
Atlanta 70 04 Louisville 94 04
Atlantic City 04 52 Memphis '.'4 74
Baltimore 74 48 Miami 80 .8
Billings 73 40 Milwaukee 01 73
Birmingham 87 08 Minneapolis 74 01
Bismarck 77 58 Montgomery 8, .1
Boise .. 73 4!) New Orleans h,< 73
Boston 77 63 New York 79 58
Buffalo 85 50 Norfolk 70 03
Burlington. TO 50 Oklahoma C. 02 71
Charleston . 80 08 Omaha 02 <U
Charlotte . 74 63 Philadelphia 7. n 5
Cheyenne 60 54 Phoenix 100 <2
Chicago . 80 75 Pittsburgh 7 a 52
Cincinnati.. 93 67 P'tland. Me. 84 on
Cleveland.. 78 62 P tland. Or. 09 50
Columbus.. 8,1 62 Raleigh 74 fio
Dallas „ . 96 76 Richmond.. 7.1 53
Denver T__ 67 51 St. Louis 99 70
Des Moines. 93 7a San Antonio 94 74
Detroit 81 66 San Diego 73 62
. Duluth . 64 48 8. Francisco «7 62
Port Worth. 85 77 Savannah 85 67
Houston 91 76 Seattle 64 M
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Familiar Role - - -
fx-GM Chief Takes
Chance on Cadillac
By the Associated Press
QUANTICO. Va., June 19.
—Charles E. Wilson is taking
a chance on a product he
use to make.
The Defense chief, former
president of General Motors
Corp., bought tickets on a
Cadillac, being conducted at
this Marine Corps base
where a Defense conference
is being held. The raffle is
for benefit of a Navy relief
organization.
usual smartly trained troops to
parade before the Commander
in-Chief tanned and trimly
tailored men with the sharp
alertness of experienced fighters.
Special Pains on Timetable.
Remembering an embarrass
ing moment last year, Marine
Corps commanders and the De
fense officials took special pains
in setting up a timetable.
A year ago, when the Presi
dent visited the annual confer
! ence, there were last minute
changes in his schedule. His car
sped into -the Marine base and
drew up before the quarters of
Lt. ( Gen. Clifton B. Cates, com
mandant of the Marine Corps
schools, where, there was no one
home except a doorman The
welcoming committee meanwhile
was racing frantically back
from the base entrance three
miles away, where the Presi
dent’s car had whisked by
minutes before.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
was official host at a luncheon
i to which it was expected the,
! President would speak infor
-1 mally. Late in the afternoon—
after golf—the .President' was
! invited to an outdoor barbeque.
Reservist Plan Offered.
Yesterday John M. Hannah,
Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Manpower, outlined a plan
to draft men into the reserves
to create a 3-million-man pool
of trained fighters ready to go
in case of war.
Mr. Hannah said the plan,
which resembled the universal
military training program pre
viously received coolly in Con
gress, is now being studied by the
National Security Council.
As Mr. Hannah described it,
; the new program would call for
drafting men to meet • require
ments of Army, Navy. Marine
and Air Force reserve units. In
duction of men into the compul
i sory reserve, Mr. Hannah said,
“might well be done by lot by
the local draft boards.” Youths
could be selected for this duty
at 18*2, when they become liable
for military service.
Two groups of reservists would
be set up:
1 — a “first line” reserve com
posed of men and units in train
ing and ready for duty in emer
gencies.
2 A “selectively callable re
* serve” of men with military ex
perience and special skills needed
in a sudden mobilization.
Reserve draftees would under
go four months active training,
then revert to civilian status but
be obligated for reserve training
for another seven years and eight
months.
Mr. Hannah said the plan
“contemplates the continuation
of selective service . . . for an in
definite period.” He said the
proposal has beep forwarded to
the White House and is under
study by the National Security
Council.
Stuart Named to Head
Aircraft Service Group
By the Associated Prass
Harold C.,Stuart, Washington
attorney and former Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force, has
been elected president of the
Aircraft Service Association.
The organization, with head
quarters here, represents air
craft and engine overhaul-modi
fication and service companies.
Mr. Stuart succeeded Thomas
Wolfe, \ president of Pacific Air
-1 motive Corp., Burbank, Calif.,
who was elected chairman of
1 the board.
Internal Tensions
Kindle McCarthyism,
Federalists Are Told
Fear of world anarchy has led
to tensions in the United States
which provided a suitable cli
mate for McCarthyism. the
opening session of the United
World Federalists’ eighth annual
general assembly was told yes
terday.
Some 300 delegates to the
three-day assembly at the Stat
ler Hotel heard Norman Cousins,
retiring president of the Feder
alists make this statement yes
terday. The group calls itself a
nonpartisan, non-profit organ
ization for support and strength
ening of the United Nations.
Mr. Cousins described 'tht
world as in the middle of an
armaments race for “weapons ol
absolute destruction.”
Lack of Agency Cited.
World antagonisms, he added
have increased through lack of i
world agency with powers to deal
with tensions.
» This situation, which has seer
two wars since the close of World
War 11, he declared, has led tc
increasing internal tensions ir
the United States. These interna]
tensions have provided a suitable
climate for the growth of Mc-
Carthyism, Mr.' Cousins said.
'f’his, he said, leads to a direct
connection between the TV pro
gram (the Army-McCarthj
hearing) and our program. Mr
Cousins, in addition to his post
with the Federalists, is editor ol
the Saturday Review.
At a banquet tonight the as
sembly will hear a speech
by Dr. Frank P. Graham,
United Nations Security Council
mediator for India and Pakistan,
and former United States Sena
tor and president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Stanley Goes to Chicago
RICHMOND, June 19 (/P). —
Gov. Stanley yesterday left bs
train for Chicago and the annual
furniture showings now going on
The 63-year-old Governor oper
ates the Stanley Furniture Co. at
Stanleytown, Henry County.
Hearing
(Continued From Fii'st Page.)
Michigan, has said he will pro
pose dismissal from Govern
ment service “of those employes
who played top roles” on both
the McCarthy and Army side ol
the controversy. He charged thal
testimony of witnesses on botl
sides “Was saturated with state
ments which were not truthfu
and which might constitute per
jury . . .’
j Senator Potter had nothins
more to say after the Democratu
demand for a staff “houseclean
| ing.” An aide indicated, how
ever, the Senator may : hav<
some specific proposals on Mon
day when the subcommittee, un
; der Acting Chairman Mundt
holds its next executive session.
The only difference in person
nel between the group which
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Cost of Hearing Won't Come
, From Funds for Red Probes
T
Nobody knows just yet how
much the Army-McCarthy hear
ings actually cost the Senate In
j vestigations subcommittee, but
one thing seems certain—the
money won’t come out of funds
' needed for the investigation of
e Communists.
1 This charge was raised fre
-1 j quently by Senator McCarthy
. | during the 36 days of hearings.
: The Wisconsin Republican as
-1 serted that the investigation of
B , his feud with the Army was
~ j using up appropriations granted
>• j by the Senate to hunt Reds.
Actually, however, subcommit
■ ; tee members agreed when the
a hearings began that expenses
“ | would be paid out of the regular
' : budget, and that then they
! would ask the Senate to grant a
e , special supplemental appropria
n j tion to make up the difference,
if The subcommittee was voted
$207,000 by the Senate earlier
this year. A carryover of $7,000
, from last year brought its oper
a
L 1 held the Army-McCarthy inquiry
and the regular group is that
n Senator Dworshak, Republican,
d j of Idaho, moved in as a substi
-0 i tute for Senator McCarthy, who
n was a principal, or a “defend
j ! ant,” in the investigation,
e The subcommittee under Sen
- j ator Mundt, and without Sen
ator McCarthy, met yesterday
, t to discuss preliminary details
; of drafting a report to Congress.
y | Another meeting will be held
r. i Monday morning after the spe
;t | cial committee counsel, Ray H.
if Jenkins, returns from his Knox-
I ville (Tenn.) home.
. | Senator Mundt said it was
q hoped Mr. Jenkins “can be pre
i,: vailed upon” to put together a
il 1 synopsis >of the nearly 2 million
i, i words of Army-McCarthy testi
mony. This would include only
. the pertinent testimony and the
i “pros and cons” of the prin
j cipal points in controversy, de
signed to make the report-writ
ing easier.
While both Democrats and
y Republicans expressed belief they
il, can reach an “area of agreement”
i. on some phases of the bitter row,
- there was virtually no hope they
t could agree on a single report,
: including recommendations for
action. There probably will be
one or more dissents.
I But the subcommittee under
; Senator Mundt does not have the
I power to hire or fire members of
l_ the regular staff. That can only
■ be done under the chairmanship
IS of Senator McCarthy. The
h- Mundt group, however, can make
'I j recommendations along that
t' line. .
Democrat*’ Two Points.
The Democrats, with Senator
•_ McClellan of Arkansas as chief
j spokesman, said that among the
g things to be cleared up quickly
,c before any futher hearings are
i- held are:
- ! 1. What to do about two mem
e bers of the McCarthy subcom
i- mittee staff of 25 persons who,
i- he said, failed to receive secu
t, rity clearance from the Defense
Department to handle secret
i- documents.
h Senator McClellan refused to
-
r | ating total to $214,000. This fl»-
-1 ure was approved by a near
•! unanimous vote, with only Sen
- 11 ator Fulbright, Democrat, of >
: Arkansas, voting no.
* Ok request for supplemental
t funds is likely to reopen the bit
ter Senate debate on the sub
. committee’s value which flared
j at the time the $214,000 was ap
. proved. This time other Senators
-1 may join Senator Fulbright as a
r result of the hearings,
s Subcommittee staff members
11 said the biggest charge of the
, 36-day, marathon will probably ■
. be for copies of the 7.423-page
»j transcript furnished by the Al- i
5 .derson Reporting Co. The sub
r | committee will also be billed for
t special telephone and micro
i phone service in the Senate cau
cus room, and for the room and
board of a few of the 30 wit-!
1 nesses who appeared. It will also j
r pay the retainers of Special l
3 Counsel Ray H. Jenkins and
- three assistants.
_ = j
y | name the two staff employes,'
t but he said clearance had- been
„ requested for thefh more than a
-1 year ago.
5 Senator Mundt said today he
• i would “second” any move by |
1 Senator McClellan asking the
- Pentagon "to take up these cases
and say ‘ves or ‘no’ ” on the
y publications for security clear
s ances.
'• J 2. What to do about “threats j
1 i that have been made by mem
bers of the staff—l will say al- |
:. leged threats—in an attempt to;
- intimidate members of the com- |
mittee” during the hearing.
s Senator McClellan revealed he
- ! had received a “threat,” although
t, i he said he did not take it seri
i ously. He also pointed out that
-! it was charged Roy M. Cohn,
Y ; regular committee counsel, >
e threatened to “get” Senator
. ; Jackson. Democrat, of Washing
. ! ton. Mr. Cohn denied it.
Plea to White House.
! ■ ■
j | The Democrats also called on |
Y the White House to take imme
> diate and appropriate action
against any of the Army prin
. The principals were Army Sec
” retary Stevens and his chief
e i counsel, John G. Adams. It
! might possibly include Struve
Hensel, assistant Secretary of
Defense, dismissed as a principal
j on a party-line vote of the sub
y committee.
p Senators McClellan, Jackson
e and Symington, Democrat, of
e Missouri, demanded an immedi
t ate Justice Department inquiry
to find out if any perjury was 1
committed at the hearing and,
if so, to bring swift criminal
action.
e | At Justice, a spokesman said,
„ criminal division lawyers re
g ceived daily transcripts of the
hearing and are looking intp the
possibility of court action.
Senator McCarthy has an- j
i, nounced a series of new Commu
. nist investigations, including one
s of the-, super-secret Central In
t telligence Agency. The Senator's
| plans will run hard into the
3 i demand for a staff shakeup.
Dirksen Attributes
Hearing Audience to
Fear of Communism
Senator Dirksen said last
night it was the fear of com
munism that caused millions to
i time in the Army-McCarthy
: hearings in recent weeks.
The Illinois Republican, dis
cussing fear as a motivating fac
j tor in self-preservation and a
factor in efforts to preserve the
Amreican way of life, asked an
audience of manufacturers at a
dinner meeting:
“Why do you think, for 36
days, there' was a tremendous
overflow of people at the Mc-
Carthy hearings . . . ?”
“We were dealing with an
overall ideological question of
I communism ... a jeopardizing,
i menacing force which is a threat
i to their country.’ 7
It was the only reference
Senator Dirksen, a member of
i the Senate Investigations Sub
] committee, made to the lengthy
i investigation during a speech
before the Lawnmower Institute
! in the Mayflower Hotel.
He described the daily crowd
! ing ot the hearing room and
the millions of video and radio
listeners as “one of the most
impressive things about the
hearings.”
Senator Dirksen’s main topic
was the business outlook for the
future. He said there is every
reason to have confidence in
future economic stability for
I America.
i “We’ve done a phenomenal
i job of adjusting,” he declared.
“There’s a revival of conserva
tive opinion and judgment m
this country,” bringing about a
reversal of a trend toward Social
ism. he added.
37 Senators Oppose
Paid TV Hearings
By tht Aisociated Pr»n
In the wake of the widely
televised Army-McCarthy inves
tigation. 37 Republican and
Democratic Senators have
moved to bar commercial spon
sorship of TV coverage of future
Senate liearings.
Senator Bennett, Republican,
of Utah announced introduction
of the resolution in a Senate
| speech yesterday.
None of the eight Senators
who took part in the McCarthy
hearings were among sponsors
: of Senator Bennett's resolution.
! Senator Bennett said “what
could and should have been done
in 10 or 15 days” took 36 days
j partly because "the unseen but
very real demands of the vast
audience . . . forced participants
to answer every innuendo and
counterattack with the introduc
tion of many irrelevant but
1 newsy side issues. . . .”
; Senator Bennett said he feels
the televising of hearings takes
away their fact-finding value
and that “protracted hearings
would place premium on
demagoguery and reward brish
i ness.”