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Lawmakers See
Need for Veto in
Transit Setup
Wolverton Urges
Appeal for Public
On Fare Structure
By HECTOR McLEAN
Sharp warnings against letting
the proposed Washington Met
ropolitan Transit Authority op
erate without veto of some
superior power were voiced today
by members of the House Com
merce Committee.
The criticism of the authority
as proposed by the District Com
missioners came in the second
day of hearings on the bill by
the House group's Transportation
Subcommittee, headed by Rep
resentative Harris, Democrat of
Arkansas.
Representative Wolverton, Re
publican of New Jersey, ranking
minority member of the full
committee and its former chair
man. warned that self-regulating
authorities like the Pennsyl
vania-New Jersey agency, the
New York Port Authority and
the one proposed by the District
Commissioners “run wild.”
"1 wouldn’t want to see it in
flicted on the people of the Dis
trict.” he said.
Sees Fare Danger
Mr. Wolverton declared it is
“very disastrous” to let such an
authority set fares without giving
the people a chance to appeal to
the courts or to some outside
agency.
The burden ol defending the
measure as drafted by the Dis
trict Commissioners was borne
by Commissioner Samuel Spen
cer, who underwent nearly two
hours of grtieling questioning by
more than half a dozen members
of the subcommittee.
The measure would set up the
Authi rity as an independent “in
strumentality” of the District to
operate transit throughout the
Metropolitan area, setting its
own fares and levels of service. !
Extensive questioning was
aimed at the basic nature of the
proposed authority and whether
it should be a Federal agency,
with a board of directors ap
pointed by the President, or a
District agency, with the board
named by the District Commis
sioners.
Budget Bureau Advice
Under questioning by Repre
sentatives Hlnshaw of California
and Hale of Maine, both Re
publicans. Mr. Spencer conceded
that the Commissioners had pro
posed that the authority be made
a District agency as a result of
advice from the Budget Bureau
and of other Federal depart
ments.
The Commissioners’ bill as first
submitted to the Budget Bureau
would have made the authority
a Federal agency.
Mr. Hinshaw and Mr. Wolver
ton demanded to know where
members of the public could ap
peal from decisions of the au
thority.
There is no such appeal. Mr.
Spencer contended, 'arguing that
the appointment of "leading citi
zens” would guard against aibi
trary actions by the authority
Sees Revenue Loss
Representative Dolliver, Re
publican of lowa, warned that
exempting the authority from
taxes paid by the Capital Transit
Co., is “going to deplete the reve
nues of the District very seri
ously.” He pointed out that the
company had paid about til mil
lion in taxes to the District over
the last 10 years, and about $lO
million to the Federal Govern
ment.
“What,” Mr. Dolliver asked,
"is the thinking of the Commis
sioners with respect to replacing
this income? Are you going to
come to Congress for that?”
Mr. Spencer insisted that the
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Mrs. Luce Reaches
U. Sl With Toothache
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 UP).—
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce
came home from Italy today with
a toothache.
An abcess caused so much
•welling of her left jaw that she
asked airport photographers not
to make any pictures. Within
10 minutes of ner arrival she was
on her way to her dentist.
After obtaining treatment she
will begin making preparations
for the United States visit of
Italian President Giovanni Gron
chi He leaves for this country
next Sunday, and Mrs. Luce wiil
take part in his tour while here.
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Quizzed on Transit
Home Rule Bill
Action Sought
Discharge Petition
Is Filed in House
By HAROLD B. ROGERS
Representative Staggers, Dem
ocrat of West Virginia, today
filed in the House a discharge
petition to force to the House '
floor a Senate-passed bill for ,
Washington home rule.
The measure has been bottled I
up in the House District Com
mittee, which in previous years ,
has been able to prevent such ■
Senate bills from reaching de- .
bate and action on the House !
floor. |
Mr. Staggers put his name on t
the discharge petition shortly !
before noon in the office of the?
House Clerk. The paper then
was filed in the House, where i
it is now available for signa
tures by other home rule advo
cates among the 435 members
of the body.
218 Signers Needed
Mr. Staggers said he hoped
’several signatures will be added
to his document before the
House adjourns today. To pave
the way for final action by the
House to bring the home rule
bill to the floor, a total of 218
signatures of House members
will be required After that,
however, further action by the
House will be required to com
plete the procedure and force
the bill to the floor.
In a statement issued as hr
filed his discharge petition. Mr
Staggers said “I believe the ma
jority of Representatives abhor;
flagrant denial of democracy to,
local Washington. Both the:
Democratic Party platform and
the Republican Party platform
indorse self-government for
Washington. President Eisen- :
hower has urged Congress to
pass such legislation. Former
President Truman also supported
the legislation.”
Recalling that voteless resi
dents of this city at every op
portunity given them have asked
for restoration of self-govern
ment. Mr. Staggers declared
"Congress should grant our Na-l
tion’s Capital the means to
, become a proud example of!
democracy to our country»and
to the world.”
Would Bypass Rules Unit
The procedure followed by
Mr. Staggers, if approved by 218
| House members and in further
votes by a majority, would by
pass the Rules Committee.
The home-rule bill which j
: passed the Senate last June pro
vides for an elected city council,
an elected Mayor, an elected
M school board and an elected non
voting delegate to the House. I
Hammer Attack on Family
Jails Jobless Plumber
An unemployed plumber was
accused today of a hammer as
sault on his wife and stepdaugh
ter in their home and on a
- neighbor who sought to assist
: him after he had subsequently
i wrecked his car.
Fairfax County police found
i the man, Guy Vincent Lucas. 37,
: of Davidson road. McLean, Va..
. sleeping in a parked car behind
i a McLean filling station 4Vi
; hours after the attack.
In Arlington Hospital was his
wife, Mrs Margaret Lucas. 34.
: suffering from a fractured skull.
Her condition was described as|
fair.
’i Wife Says She Was Asleep
1 At the hospital Mrs. Lucas said
she was asleep at home, holding
their 8-month-old son, Reese
1 Victor, when she was struck on
the head.
”1 managed to get to my feet
and turn on the light,” she said
"I saw he had a hammer and
tried to call for help. He hit me
several times with the hammer
and his fists before Barbara Ann:
ran across the street for help.”
Before she reached the neigh
bor's home and police were called,
the stepdaughter, Barbara Ann
Thome. 12. was struck once with
the hammer. .
The hospital took four stitches
in the head of the stepdaughter
Neighbor Hit Over Eye
Twelve stitches were needed to
close a wound over the left eye
of William Thomas Oheen, about
50. the neighbor on Davidson
road. Both the girl and Mr.
Gheen were released from the
hospital.
Fairfax Sergt. John Wahl said
WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1956-136 PAGES.
Bulganin Gills on Reds ]
To Lead in Atomic Age i
Claims Soviet Union Is Far Ahead .
In Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy
Moscow, Feb. 21 (/P).— Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin today
called on his party to use atomic energy to achieve victory
for communism. .
He claimed that the Soviet Union was ahead of all countries
in peaceful uses of atomic energy and urged his audience at the
20th Communist Party Congress to keep this lead.
Marshal Bulganin formally introduced the sixth five-year
plan and assured the delegates
that collective leadership of the
party would continue.
“If the 18th century was the
age of steam.” Marshal Bulganin
said, “the 20th century—the age
of electricity—is becoming the
age of atomic energy which har
bors unlimited potentialities for
the development*of productive
forces.
Must Keep Lead
“We Communists must fully
place the greatest discovery of
the 20th century—atomic energy
—at the service of .. . the cause
of building communism. In the
peaceful uses of atomic energy
our Country is ahead of other!
countries. This lead we must
keep in the future as well."
He said that observance of
rules of the Communist Central
Committee would “insure the
party from grave blunders and;
guarantee us new victories in the
building of communism.”
The government chief, who;
shares the brightest spotlight:
with Party Boss Nikita S. Khru
shchev, appeared to be reassur
ing the 20th Congress of the
party that there is not now and
will not be a struggle for per
sonal power behind the Kreffilln
walls.
Marshal Bulganin urged the
Congress to approve the new
Arlington Compromise
Added to Moncure Bill i
Amended to Allow County Board r
To Appoint School Unit Members !
By ALEX R. PRESTON
Bl*r Staff Correspondent
RICHMOND, Feb. 21—A House committee today unani
mously reported the Moncure bill with a compromise amend
ment from the Arlington delegation providing that the county's i
School Board shall be appointed by the County Board in the?
future. 1
The Privileges and Elections Committee unanimously,
rejected an amendment by the
chief patron. Stafford Delegate
Frank P. Moncure, to remove alii
five ot the elected Incumbents
'on June 30.
Instead, under the compromise,
all of the elected members will
be allowed to serve out their
terms. The County Board will
1 select their successors or fill any
vacancies that may occur in the
meantime
The effective date is important
because the present County
Board is split 3-2. with the
minority generally favorable to
the present School Board. The
term of County Board Member
George M. Rowzee. jr., a critic j
jjof the School Board, expires this
year.
No ScTiool Board terms expire
this year.
Charter Amendment Okayed
The basic intent of Mr. Mon
cure was carried out; that is. to
abolish the election method. An
other amendment by Delegate
Stuart B. Wheatley of Danville,
which flatly prohibits any county
oi city in Virginia from electing
a school board, also was approved
by the committee.
Significance of this is that un-j
der a city charter available to
he learned Lucas, who has been
unemployed since Christmas,
went home at 11 o'clock last
night after an evening of drink
ing.
According to Lucas, his wife
and -stepdaughter "tumped on
him." Details were confuseo, but;
police accused Lucas of first at
lacking his wife with a ine- j
chanlcs hammer, then striking,
his stepdaughter before leaving'
the house.
Car Lands in Ditch
He drove his car away, but!
a few minutes later landed in
a dltcn.
That was when Mr. Gheen.
attempting to help Lucas, got
into trouble, Sergt. Wahl said
For nis trouble he ended up at
the hospital.
Before police could get there.
Lucas disappeared. A police
lookout put the entire force
on his trail, and at 3:30 a.m
he was found asleep In the car
He was charged with felonious
assault on Mr. Gheen after the
latter left the hospital to swear
out the warrant.
Accused of Earlier Assaults
Several months ago. Mrs. Lucas
cnarged her husband with simple
assault and he was placed under
a $250 peace bond. On February
11 he again was charged with
simple assault, but last Friday
'Trial Justice J. Mason Grove
i dismissed the charges after Mrs.
: Lucas admitted she had swung
, the first blow.
i Mrs. Lucas testified her hus
band grabbed her and one of
: her two sons by a former mar
riage and butted their heads
I [together.
five-year plan for a big boost 1
in industrial production. ,
The Premier said the success,
of the five-year plan depended '
on a fundamentally correct pol- 1
: icy in all fields. i
He praised Mr. Khrushchev’s
references to the peaceful co- j
existence of socialist and capital-:)
Ist systems and the form of tran-. j
sition to socialism in various:]
countries. L
He said Mr. Khrushchev’s re- .
port was "permeated with a deep s
and firm confidence in the tri- i
, umph of the great cause for i
| which we are working, the cause
; of communism.” ij
This is especially true, he said,;,
because the cult of the individual,
(such as prevailed under Stalin)
no longer enters the party's work. s
Collective Leadership • ji
i There has been considerable:'
speculation about relations’!
among the top leaders who one (
i by one have stood up at this con
ference to emphasize that power;
is shared among the members ol
the presidium and the Central t
Committee. Marshal Bulganin r
Isaid: , ji
“The fruitfulness of the Cen- (
tral Committee’s work over re- \
cent years Is due to Its undeviat- t
lng observance of . . . collective
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Arlington the School Board could
be elected
j Under the charter, Arlington i
residents Could vote on two ques
tions: Whether to incorporate :
and, if so. whether the School i
Board would be appointed by *he I
City Council or elected by the i
people.
The Wheatley amendment thus
closes- the last avenue by which
Arlington or any other county
or city in the State could name
a school board by direct vote of
the people.
Bill Strongly Backed
The Moncure bill was intro
duced with strong backing. It
had a total of 37 out of the 100
House members as sponsors.
The Stafford lawmaker, in a
brief presentation, told the com
mittee simply, "The object of
this bill is to remove from the
voters of Arlington County the
right to elect their school board.
Critics of the legislation have
charged it is a punitive measure
against the school board which
announced about a month ago it
plans to integrate some county
schools in September, if per- :
mitted to do so by State law.
Mr. Moncure also told the
committee, "In addition, ’ our
purpose was to terminate the
present school board on June 30
I contacted the Attorney Gen
;eral. who expressed some doubt
that my bill would do this. !,
i “He prepared an amendment;
which specifically provides that
the terms will end on June 3(1 ”j
Fenwick Offers Compromise
Arlington State Senator
Charles R. Fenwick offered the
compromise plan in behalf of the
delegation.
"We are in the unusual posi-:
, tion of having a bill directed 1
[against us with Rieat support
behind it. from elsewhere in the;
State,” he said. "It is our desire
ito have this matter amicably ad
justed."
His view was supported by
Delegates Harrison Mann. Kath
ryn Stone and William Winston,
also of Arlington.
Mr. Moncure told the com
mittee: "The amendment offered
by Mr. Fenwick is directly in
contradiction to the wishes of
thousands of people In Arling
ton County that I say we speak;
for. I ask you to reject that
amendment." *
Mr. Fenwick replied that Ar-j
llngton citizens voted in favor of !
an elected school board in 1947
by better than 2-1. Five years
[ later when the same question;
came up, he added, the people;
voted 26,000 to 2.700 In favor of
electing the board
"The thousands of people Mr ;
: Moncure claims to speak for ap
parently were not present Inj
’ 1952,” Mr. Fenwick said.
The Moncure amendment was
unanimously
Hiroshima Asks A-Ban
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Feb. 21
UP). The world’s first atom
bombed city has set up an
agency to work for a ban on
thermonuclear weapons. Fifteen
[ hundred persons attended the
first meeting.
2 Lawyers Balk
At Inquiry on
Red Affiliation
Accused by Fuchs,
Ex-NLRB Employes
Use sth Amendment
By L. EDGAR PRINA
Two former National Labor
Relations Board attorneys today
refused to say whether they had
been members of the Communist!
Party while on the Federal pay-i
roll in the 1830 s and ’4os.
Joseph Robison, an attorney
for the American Jewish Con
gress, told the House Un-Amer
ican Activities Committee that
he was not now a Red but he
declined, on grounds of possible
seif-incrimination, to discuss his
affiliations while an employe of
the NLRB from 1837 to Decem
ber, 1846.
The second witness, Martin
Kurasch. an attorney for the
Development Corporation for
Israel, invoked the Fifth Amend
ment when asked if he were now
a Communist. He told the com
mittee not to draw any infer
jences from his reply.
: "I’ll draw any inference I
please.” Chairman Walter. Dem
ocrat of Pennsylvania, retorted.
Linked to Red Cell
Both Mr. Robison and Mr.
Kurasch were identified as one
time fellow-members of a Com
munist underground cell In the
NLRB by Herbert Fuchs last De
cember. Mr. Fuchs, who recently
was dropped as a law professor
by American University, was so
licitor for the NLRB when he
quit the Government In October.
1848 He said he was a member
of the Communist Party from
1934 to 1946.
Mr. Robison refused to tell
the committee whether he had
informed the American Jewish
Congress of any affiliation with
the Communist Party.
The witness. 43. acknowledged
that he had answered in the
negative a question on a Federal
employment form on whether he
had ever belonged to an organi
zation dedicated to the over
throw of the Government by
force and violence.
When asked by committee
counsel Richard Arens ’'was
that a truthful answer,” he re
plied:
“I invoke the Fifth Amend
ment.”
’Left Government In 1948
Mr. Kurasch. 42, Os New York,
said he worked for NLRB from
1937 to 1941 and then succes
sively worked for the Rural Elec
trification Administration. War
Labor Board and the Office of*
the Housing Expediter. He tes
tified that he left the Govern
ment in 1948.
The witness invoked the Fifth
Amendment to all questions con
cerning his alleged Communist
affiliation and associations.
Two others called to testify
later today were Washington
Attorney David Rein and Allan
Rosenberg of Boston.
Mr. Rein is well known here
because of frequent appearances
as counsel in cases before the
Federal courts and at congres
sional hearings.
He Invoked the Fifth Amend
ment in 1953 when asked by the
Senate Internal Security sub
committee whether he had ever
bern a Communist. He worked
for the NLRB from 1938 to 1942
and again from 1945 to 1946
U. S. Weather Balloon
Crosses Two Oceans
TOKYO, Feb. 21 (Ah.—"By far
the most successful” of the
United States Navy weather bal
loons launched from Japan sank
in the Atlantic off Europe Mon-
Iday after zigzagging across the
Pacific. Canada, the United
States and Mexico, the Navy said.
Russia has accused the United
:States of using balloons for mili
tary reconnaissance. The Navy
said its spheres carry no photo
graphic equipment.
Royalty to Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 21 (Ah
King Frederik IX and Queen In
grid of Denmark plan to visit
Greenland in the spring after an
! April state tour of Ice and.
This Is Straight From Horse's Mouth:
We Don't Know Why He Chews Wood
DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 21 (/P).— j
Prof. Carroll E. Howell said to
day he doesn’t think sawing be
tween the front teeth of horses
will stop them from chewir.y
wood. ,
Nor does he believe feeding:
them salt will stop them He
jonce fed horses up to l a 4 pounds;
a day and they still chewed on:
j fence posts and mangers
The University of California j
animal husbandry professor has
ireceived a good stack ot mail;
since he lectured on why-horses!
chew wood, and—as he admitted
at a farm and home conference
last month —“We don’t know
exactly, yet.”
He figures maybe they're juH,
bored.
Suggestions have come all the
way from Devonshire, England.
But sitting at his desk behind:
a glass door lettered ’Horses."
the professor Just shook his head
and said:
G. O. P. Set to Back
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‘MB, FIRST’ SITS ALONE—W. Townsend Raplee of
;j 1446 Rhode Island avenue N.W, came out earlier
than usual to be No. 1 in line for pick of the 99-cent
typewriters. It’s the fourth year he has been the
first in line to enter the United Typewriter Co.’s
store at 813 Fourteenth Street N.W. on Washington’s
Birthday.—Star Staff Photo.
Fair Holiday Weather Due
In Wake of Snow Flurries
i Just to be sure you don’t get
■ out the lawnmower quite yet.
the weather handed parts of the
r Washington area a few snow
i flurries today.
i But sunny skies later today
and tomorrow gave promise for
tomorrow's holiday outlook. The
-temperature was headed for
-about 42 today: 28 tonight.
The forecast mean s good, but
■ snappy weather for those com
: memorating the First Presi
dent’s birthday with appro
• priate exercises and also the
I kind of day which should boost
!to record peaks the annual
birthday sales.
It is an official holiday of an,
unusual kind for area residents.
Federal and District offices will
take a holiday, and so will
schools, and banks except in
. Alexandria. But for half a day
at least, the stores will resemble
the Christmas rush at its fast-.
! est tempo.
Tarade Tomorrow
I; Observances for the 224th an
; niversary of Washington’s birth
will center in Alexandria. A
, banquet at 6:45 p.m. this eve
ning touches off the celebration
which will conclude with a pa
rade along George Washington
Memorial boulevard at 2:30 p.m.
tomorrow.
Veterans and patriotic organ
izations have scheduled many
Mother events, and at 11 a.m. to-:
i morrow the Oldest Inhabitants;
will continue its traditional
"I don't think there's one that <
I haven’t already tried.” t
He hasn’t tried sawing between 1
teeth. He won't, either, because 1
he is sure that would make a
horse's mouth so sore he couldn't i
even chew oats. 1
A Sacramento man wrote that
his father used to saw between 1
a horse's teeth with a fine saw i
and "that used to stop them." t
A similar suggestion came from \
! Windsor. Ontario t
The advice from England said i
: horses chew wood because "to (
their delight it tastes salty, so
they go on chewing in the hope i
that they will find some more 1
salt.” , l
“No doubt the acid in redwood
is what the horse is after to kill t
worms,” a man from Santa <
Paula. Calif , wrote. <
“A certain amount of sifted 1
: wood ashes” added to a horse’s t
food will stop chewing, the pro
lessor was told from Vlroqua.s
iWis. The Portland Oregonianu
Metropolitan
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birthday meeting at the Old
Union Engine House
Extra police will be on hand
•to cope with what may be thei
greatest crowds ever to come
downtown for the mammoth
sales day. Department stores will
open at 9 and 9:30 ajn. and re
main open until 1 or 1:30 p.m..
’ and many specialty shops will
open earlier and close later.
This year many stores jumped
the gun on the bargain day by
offering Monday and Tuesday
specials as well.
Annual Pilgrimage
It may have been tnis that
got W. Townsend Raplee, 59. of
1446 Rhode Island avenue N.W..
{ in the mood earlier for his an
nual pilgrimage to the United
liTypewriter Co., 813 Fourteenth
l street N W.
; For the fourth straight year.;
Mr. Raplee was first in line in
quest of one of the five 99-cent
typewriters offered annually by
'the company to the first five.
This time he made it to the;
barrier at 6:35 p.m. yesterday,i
, 37 hours and 25 minutes before
the sales begin.
j A clerk in Army Ordnance at
the Pentagon. Mr. Raplee picks
1 up one of the typewriters each
yeai. Why?
"I just like to be ’Mr. First,’ ”1
he said.
But this may be Mr. Raplee’s
last stand He recently married
and Mrs. Raplee has threatened
; to put her foot down after this
[year.
editorialized that "horses have;
too much leisure since machines
have taken over much of their
burden" and observed that:
"A lot of people spend their
increased leisure with an equal
lack of purpose."
A woman from Halethorpe,
Md, advised Prof. Howell to
make a tea of wood chips and
add it to a horse's drinking
water. Powdered resin, "like
they put on a violin bow.” will
work, a man from Corpus
Christi, Tex., suggested.
"Horses chew wood so as to
get the grain out of It," Prof. ,
Howell was told from Waynes
boro, Pa.
But the professor even pushes
aside an offered sample of 25
different kinds of mixed min-!
erals. "just as mother nature
laid them down In pre-historic
times, layer upon layer."
He's inclined to think, after
a 20-ycar study: "They get bored
and then they develop a habit.”!
Broad Inquiry
Now Proposed
By Democrats
By J. A. O’LEAKY
The Senate Republican Policy
Committee is expected to take
the final step today to clear the
way for a sweeping investiga
tion by a new bipartisan commit
tee into lobbying and campaign
contributions as proposed late
yesterday by the Democratic Pol
icy Committee.
Since Republican Leader
Knowland of California was one
of the first to urge this approach,
in preference to an inquiry by
a Democratic - controlled Elec
tions subcommittee, there is
every reason to believe the Re
publican policy-makers will go
along.
Senator Gore, Democrat of
Tennessee, who would have
headed the inquiry by the
smaller Elections Subcommittee,
said he had no commitment he
would be appointed to the larger
investigating body, but his selec
tion is likely.
Senator Gore said he would
ask the Rules Committee not to
act on the $300,000 budget the
Elections Subcommittee recom
mended yesterday in view of the
leadership decision to have a
special committee conduct the
inquiry.
Neff Hearings Postponed
Meanwhile, the George com
mittee inquiring into the Case-
Neff $2,500 campaign contribu
tion postponed further hearings
until next Tuesday, amid indi
cations this committee will ask
to have its life extended for a
week or 10 days. Its present au
thority would expire March 1.
Chairman George said the de
lay is occasioned by other en
gagements of committee mem
bers, and to give counsel time
to examine records and docu
ments.
Senator George said the com
mittee expects to recall John M.
Neff and Elmer Patman, the
lawyers for the Superior Oil Co.,
who handled the $2,500 contri
bution which Senator Case. Re
publican of Bouth Dakota, re
jected.
Asked if the remaining hear
ings would involve any contribu
tions not already mentioned in
the hearings, Senator George
said: “I don’t know. The exam
ination of certain documentary
evidence will determine that.”
Would “Cover Waterfront”
Democratic Leader Johnson of
Texas indicated that the Senate
would be asked within a lew
days to pass a resolution setting
up the new committee and cloth
ing it with power broad enough
to "cover the waterfront,” as l»e
expressed it.
The Democratic leader also
suggested that the inquiry may
lead to an overhauling of both
Continued on Page A-6, Col. I
JOHNSON GALLOPS
INTO LOBBY QUIZ
In emphasizing how thor
oughly he wants the Sen
ate to investigate lobbying
through the proposed nSw
bipartisan committee. Sen
ate Democratic Leader
Johnson of Texas today told
reporters:
"You will have to saddle
your hordes and put on your
) spurs if you are going to
keep up with Johnson on
flag, mother and corrup
tion." *
THE OLD PLOWBOY
STARTS A FIGHT
BEST SELLER—On The Slor’i Feo
lure Page, Mac Hyman’i hilarious
"No Time lor Sergeants," rollicks on
os Will Stockdale gets into a tight.
See page B-21.
LENTEN REFLECTIONS—John A.
Potterson, jr., ol the Chesapeake b
Potomac Telephone Co., cites the
Babylon captivity of Daniel os one ot
his Biblical inspirations. Another ot
the lenten series is on page A-27.
CIA VALUE?—Members of Con
gress not on committees having con
tact with Central Intelligence want to
know if the country is getting its
money's worth out of the agency. Tho
lost of a series on the CIA is on
page A-11.
WOMEN IN POLITICS—Port-fimo
work os political precinct workers
may well launch hundreds of women
into aspirations lor yeor-'round work.
The ’’its" of the situation ore investi
gated by Trudy Howard today in the
first of o series, "Tllk About
Careers," on page D-9.
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Classified C-6-19 Music A-44
Comics B-24-25[Obituary A 30
Editorial A-24;Rodio-TV $-22-23
Edit'l Articles A-25 Sports C-l-6
Feature Page B-21 Woman s
Financial A-34-35 Section D-l-44
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