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House Group
Slates Inquiry
On D.C. Tuition
Loss of $384,715
To City Is Seen
In Non-Payment
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Stiff Writer
An investigation aimed at
recovering more than $300,000
In tuition from nonresident
school children in the District
today was scheduled by the
House District Committee.
At the request of Represent
ative Broyhill, Republican of
Virginia, Subcommittee Chair
man Matthews, Democrat of
Florida, agreed to hold hear
ings between sessions of Con
gress. Testimony will be taken
on a bill sponsored by Mr.
Broyhill to require tuition from
all children in District schools
who are not living with guard
ians or parents.
Current law demands pay
ment if children live here “for
the purpose of attending
school.”
Law Called Vague
‘‘The existing law is too vague
to be strictly enforced,” Mr.
Broyhill explained. “School of
ficials have complained that it
is difficult to determine whether
children are complying with
the letter of the law.”
A preliminary survey by com
mittee staff aide Leonard Hilder
showed that this year some
1.645 non-resident children are
going to school here but only
114 are paying tuition. Thus
1.531 youngsters, or 93 per cent
of all non-residents, are at
tending classes tuition-free at
the expense of District and
Federal taxpayers, the report
showed. Mr. Hilder estimated
the cost of lax enforcement at
$384,715 of potential tuition
income.
A major weakness in the pres
ent system is that certificates
of residence are judged by
hundreds of different persons,
including home-room teachers,
class advisers and principals,
according to Mr. Hilder.
Situation Clouded
Representative Broyhill ad
ded that there seemed to be no
way of checking the validity of
a teacher’s finding, even if that
teacher has been lax in judging
a child’s home situation. The
picture is further clouded by
doubtful parentage of some
See TUITION, Page A-6
5,000 Block Off
U. S. Embassy
In South Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Aug. 24 (AP).
—Some 5,000 sitdown strikers
blocked the entrances of the
United States Embassy for four
hours today, demanding that
the United States prevent
repatriation of Koreans from
Japan to Communist North
Korea.
No one could leave or enter
the embassy. A dozen police
appeared at one time but were
surrounded by demonstrators
and could not move. Later
another half dozen mounted
police tried to disperse the
demonstration with similar re
sults.
The demonstrators made no
attempt to enter the embassy
compound, but they blocked the
main and side entrances.
The sitdowners finally yielded
after a 10-minute scuffle with
a 50-man police squad backed
up by firemen.
The incident resulted in a
verbal protest by Embassy
Counselor Sam P. Gilstrap,
acting for vacationing Am
bassador Walter Dowling.
Despite South Korean pro
tests and threats of action,
Japan and North Korea have
agreed to begin the repatria
tion in October.
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The new Senators from Hawaii, Republican Hiram L. Fong (left) and
Democrat Oren E. Long, shake hands on the Senate steps at the Capitol
today before entering to take their oaths of office.—AP Photo.
Incomes Here
Up 4% in Year
Per Capita 28%
Over U. S. Average
The District scored a 4 per
cent per capita increase in
personal income last year over
1957, well over the national i
average, the Commerce De
partment said today.
The departments Office of
Business Economics said the
District per capita income for
1958 stood at $2,634, or 28 per
cent above the national aver
age of $2,057.
This compared to a D. C.
per capita Income of $2,537 in
1957. The 1958 figure again
puts the District in the high
est (above $2,500) per capita
income areas of the Nation.
Also in this category are Con
necticut < $2,817), Delaware
($2,760). California ($2,559),
New Jersey $2,521) and New
York ($2,585).
Total personal income for
District residents last year
was $2,173,000,000, as against
$2,080,000,000 in 1957, a 2 per
cent increase.
Maryland Shows Rise
Maryland showed a 2 per
cent increase in its per capita
income, with $2,221 in 1958 as
against $2,184 in 1957. And
Virginia was reported as having
a 1 per cent increase, with a
per capita income of $1,674
last year. The figure was $1,657
in 1957.
Maryland per capita income
was 8 per cent above the na
tional average. Virginia’s was
19 per cent below the national
average.
Total personal income in
Maryland and Virginia last
year was reported at $6,323,-
000,000 and $1,657,000,000, re
spectively, each a 4 per cent
increase over the 1957 totals.
The Commerce Department
reported that personal income
was up in all States but four
last year, but that consumer
price increases offset some of
the real purchasing power.
Southeast Leads Gains
For the country as a whole,
personal income totaled $356
billion in 1958, up $8.5 billion,
or 2 per cent from 1957.
Allowing for consumer price
rises, the department said,
"more than half the States
show gains in real income. In
a dozen others, real purchasing
power was about the same as
in 1957, and elsewhere declines
ranged from a slight amount
to 7 per cent.
The department's annual
summary showed that the big
gest personal income gains
were scored in Southeastern
United States, where the total
1958 figure was $2 billion above
1957.
The Great Lakes area, cen
ter of the 1957-58 recession,
reported an income drop of
$550 million.
Japan Eyes Missiles
TOKYO, Aug. 24 (AP).—
Japan plans to ask the United
States to train about 125 offi
cers and men in handling of
the Nike-Ajax ground-to-air
missiles next year, the news
paper Asahi reported today.
After two years of training, the
Japanese will return to Japan
with the missile* to forna- one
missile battalion, report
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V > J V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
Three From Hawaii
Sworn in Congress
Fong Outlucks Long for 5 Vi Years
In Senate, Inouye Takes House Oath
Bv the AueeUted Bren
Two Senators and one Representative—Hawaii’s first
congressional delegation as the 50th State—took the oath of
office today.
Senators Oren E. Long, Democrat, and Iram L. Fong,
i Republican, took the oath in the Senate while Representative
Daniel K. Inouye, Democrat, was sworn in during brief
ceremonies in the House.
Senator Fong twice outlucked Senator Long and won
both the title of senior Senator
from Hawaii and a 5Vi-year
term.
Senator Long, in a separate
drawing, drew a 3'/z-year term.
Vice President Nixon admin
istered the oath of office to
the two Senators.
Democratic Leader Johnson
escorted Senator Long to the
House Loses Lost Delegate After 159
Years. Page A-7.
rostrum while Senator Fong
was accompanied by Republi
can Leader Dirksen.
In the House Mr. Inouye,
34-year-old World War II hero
who lost his right 3rm fighting
in Italy, raised his left hand
and took the oath as it was
administered by Speaker Ray
bum. He was escorted to the
rostrum by Democratic Leader
McCormack.
Long Gets Office Choice
The coins were flipped in the
office of Felton M. Johnston,
secretary of the Senate. The two
new Senators went to Mr. John
ston’s office after having walked
over to the Capitol from their
offices and had their pictures
taken together on the Senate
steps. Their offices, one above
I the other, are in the New Sen
ate Office Building.
Senator Long, since he was
a former Governor of Hawaii,
was accorded first choice of of
fices and took a second-floor
suite of five offices, originally
intended for Vice President
Nixon. However, Mr. Nixon de
cided not to take the suite, thus
leaving it vacant.
Senator Fong got a suite on
the first floor, directly below
Senator Long’s suite.
Senator Fong, a 42-year-old
rags-to-riches millionaire, is
the first person of Chinese de
scent to be elected to Congress.
Two Girls Slash Selves,
Fake Report of Attack
.Two teen-age girls who
slashed their own arms, legs
and clothing with a razor
blade to make it appear they
had been attacked were ac
cused today of making a false
report to cover up an all-night
escapade away from home.
The girls left Mount Rainier
about 2:30 p.m. yesterday and
their whereabouts was un
known until 4 a.m. today when
they staggered into a Green
belt home saying they had
been assaulted, according to
Prince Georges County detec
tive Sergt. Ralph Bond.
After questioning by police,
the girls admitted they used a
razor on themselves, Sergt.
Bond said. He quoted them as
saying they had been drJing
WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1959—38 PAGES
Mr. Inouye is of Japanese de
scent.
The purpose of the coin-toss
ing between the Senators is to
keep the Senate membership
divided into thirds as nearly
as possible so that one' third
of the Senators will come up
for election each two years.
Fong Keeps Sonvenir
After the coin flipping Mr.
Johnston offered the Senators
the silver dollar, dated 1922,
as a souvenir. Senator Fong
claimed it “for my daughter.”
Mr. Johnston then produced
a second dollar which he pre
sented Senator Long as a sou
venir. Both Senators insisted
on repaying Mr. Johnston with
paper dollars.
Offices of both new Senators,
as well as that of Mr. Inouye,
were jammed with visitors,
well-wishers, and exotic flow
ers for this day of the new
State’s getting full representa
tion in Congress.
Aides to Senator Fong pre
sented orchid leis to Hawaiian
friends.
Here to watch the swearing
in ceremonies were Mrs. Long
and Mrs. Fong. So also were
the four Fong children—Hi
ram, jr., 19; Rodney, 16. and
Merie-Ellen and Marvin-Alien,
11, twins.
100 Senators Now
With Hawaii now the 50th
State, the Senate for the first
time will have a membership
of 100. The House will have its
largest number of seats—437.
Today’s drawing was the sec
ond time this session that Sen
ators have drawn lots for this
purpose. Some months ago
Democratic Senators E. L. Bart
lett and Ernest Gruening of the
See HAWAII, Page A-6
around the area “with several
men whose names they could
not remember.” During the
ride, they went as far as Alex
andria, police said.
The girls, 15 and 16 years
old, were let out of a car at
Greenbelt, police said. Their
cuts were treated at Prince
Georges General Hospital and
they were released to their
parents pending Juvenile court
action.
Each was charged with being
a juvenile delinquent by mak
ing a false report to police,
Sergt. Bond said. He said the
younger girl lives in Mount
Rainier and already is on pro
bation, and the older girl was
visiting from her home in
Indian Head, Md.
Cut All Funds 1 Pet.
For Roads, Gore Asks
House Leaders
Move to Act
On Housing Bill
Banking Unit Gets
Measure, Expected
To Meet Tomorrow
House Democratic leaders
moved today for action on the
$1 billion housing bill that has
remained on the Speaker's desk
since Senate passage August
18.
Speaker Rayburn this after
noon referred the bill >to the
Rights Battle in Sanote May Slow
Ajournmcnt. Page A-5.
Banking and Currency Com
mittee. He told reporters the
committee probably would meet
tomorrow to consider the new
version passed by the Senate.
71-72, after failing to override
President Eisenhower’s veto of
a considerably broader bill.
Several Influential Democrats
on the committee are known to
be dissatisfied with the Senate
bill. Other members indicated,
however, that It probably would
be accepted without major
change and sent to President
Eisenhower shortly before Con
gress adjourns.
Rules Hurdle Seen
Teh bill, if reported out by
j the Banking and Currency
Committee, would still face a
i formidable hurdle in the House
Rules Committee.
There were reports that;
House leaders might try to by
pass the Rules Committee by
bringing up a housing bill un
der suspension of the rules.
This would require a two-thirds
majority vote for House pas
sage. limit debate to 40 minutes,
and permit no amendments.
Some Republican leaders
have complained that the Sen
;ate bill still contains at least
1 three “invitations to another
veto.” It would provide for
some public housing, slum j
clearance, and college housing
! progams opposed by theadmin
istdation in the vetoed bill.
Stay On, Johnson Says
Senate Majority Leader
Johnson, meanwhile, today re
peated that Congress will stay
in session as long as necessary
to finish Its work.
There has been talk that
Congress will try to adjourn
about Labor Day. Senator
Johnson said it is impossible
to predict when Congress will
adjourn.
He said Congress should re
main long enough to permit
consideration of legislation on
labor reform, housing, civil
rights, highways, surplus food
disposal, water pollution
foreign aid. He emphasized
that he was not pledging pas
sage of all this legislation.
Senators OK
School Fund
Compromise
By the Aeeociated Preei
The Senate Education Sub
committee today approved a
compromise bill proposing a $1
billion, two-year program of
Federal grants to the States
for school construction.
The measure would put up
the money at a rate of SSOO
million a year starting in the
current fiscal year, on a
matched-fund basis.
The compromise bill, spon
sored by Senator McNamara.
Democrat of Michigan, and
other Senators, now goes to the
Senate Labor and Public Wel
fare Committee for further
consideration.
Senator McNamara released
a statement predicting early
approval by the full commit
tee, the subcommittee’s parent
group.
The bill calls for distribution
of the money under a formula
-considering the wealth and
population of each State in de
termining how much it would
get.
Committee aides said the
formula would work out to
cover a range of >,wo Federal
dollars for each State-local
dollar in the poorer States, up
to two State-local dollars for
each Federal dollar in the
richer ones.
“Conversations which I have
had with members of the full
committee have assured me
that the bill will be favorably
reported after consideration.”
Senator McNamara’s statement
said.
Unlike a Democratic-spon
sored House bill, the McNa
mara bill would not aßow use
of of its grants to pay
salaries.
TURMOIL IN THE CARIBBEAN
Cuban Experts See
Castro Upset Likely
By JOHN V. HORNER
Star Staff Writer
The anti-American dictatorship established by Fidel
Castro to satisfy his personal whims is almost certainly
headed for destruction.
That is the consensus of many responsible observers in
and outside of Cuba who are flabbergasted by brash doings
of the inexperienced young revolutionary premier.
A large number of those interviewed on the subject—men
and women in politics, the pro
fessions and business—are con
vinced it is merely a question
of how long Mr. Castro can last.
Some predict the demise of
his government within six
months. Others give him a
year; sdtne, two years or more.
People in Havana are even
speculating—in strictest pri
vacy, to be sure—on how the
Castro era will end. You can
get bets, if you try, that he'll
be overthrown in a coup d’etet,
or that he will be the victim
of an assassin, a possibility he
suggested in public.
Batista Support Remains
It is surprising, in view of
the extensive spy networks
maintained by the revolution
aries, that so much discussion
takes place on these subjects,
even privately. It can be taken
as an indication of the grow
ing disenchantment with Fidel
Castro.
There still remains a size
able group of citizens loyal to
! former President Fulgencio Ba-
President Hasn't Set
Khrushchev's Greeting
The White House took' pains
today to deny that President
Eisenhower has decided against
meeting Nikita S. Khrushchev
at National Airport when the
Soviet Premier arrives for his
mid-September visit.
Showing irritation at pub
lished reports quoting an
unnamed State Department
spokesman. White House Press
Secretary James S. Hagerty
said Mr. Eisenhower has not
made a decision on this or
other protocol details involv
ing Mr. Khrushchev’s stay in
Washington.
The reports said that the
Soviet Premier would be re
garded as a head of govern
ment instead of a chief of
state. This normally would
mean that he would be met
by Vice President Nixon in
stead of Mr. Eisenhower and
would be relegated to second
class treatment in some other
details, such as receiving a 19-
gun salute instead of 21 guns.
Hagerty Will Tell
“When the President tells me
what he is going to do, I will be
very happy to make the an
nouncement.
“I would think any details on
what Mr. Khrushchev does in
Washington would come from
just one place—right here,”
said Mr. Hagerty testily.
President Eisenhower was
holding a round of conferences
with top aides today in advance
of his scheduled Wednesday de
parture on a 10-day European
trip that will take him to Bonn,
London and Paris for meetings
with Western leaders.
He was to confer this after
noon with Secretary of State
Herter, Deputy Undersecretary
Livingston Merchant and Un
dersecretary Robert Murphy.
He scheduled a news conference
for 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.
Mr. Eisenhower ended his in
terruped, 17-day Gettysburg va
Special German Auto
Built for Eisenhower
BONN.-GERMANY, Aug. 24
(AP).—At least one interna
tional crisis has been resolved.
They’re building a new car
for President Elsenhower and
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
to ride in Wednesday when
they drive from the airport
into Bonn.
Mr. Adenauer wanted to use
his own Mercedes, but its top
wouldn’t come down so Mr.
Eisenhower could stand up and
wave at the crowds along the
18-mile route.
Mr. Adenauer’s back seat
also holds only two persons and
room is needed for a third, an
interpreter, since' neither the
President nor the Chancellor
speak the other’s language.
And the seat beside the driver
must be reserved for a Secret
Service agent.
And nowhere in West Ger
many’s booming automobile in
dustry could jan open car be
found with seating
Metropolitan
Edition
Homa Dalivarid:'^';*
This is the second of six articles by
Mr. Horner based on on intensive
personal survey of the Caribbean
trouble spots. Other articles will
deol with the Dominican Republic,
Haiti and Venezuela. The sixth will
sum up Mrs. Horner's impressions.
tista, the personable but money
mad dictator toppled by Castro
revolutionaries January 1. But
the vast majority of Cubans
tired of Gen. Batista and were
glad to see him kicked out.
In the flush of a spectacular
victory against unbelievable
odds, Mr. Castro proved not
only a hero to the young people
and the peasants who support
ed him, but to many from the
1 middle classes and some from
the highest level of society.
Substantial citizens who had
not helped him with the cam
-1 paign against Gen. Batista
found him acceptable on the
1 basis of his democratic pro
nouncements. They offered to
. help him.
i Wealthy citizens quickly
See CARIBBEAN, Page A-7
cation and returned to the
White House last night.
Mr. Khrushchev comes here
September 15 for a 13-day,
seven-city tour of the United
States. Mr. Eisenhower will
visit Russia later in the fall.
The earlier reports said Mr.
Khrushchev also could miss:
1. An official ceremonial pro
cession to the President’s “guest
house.” That means the route
would not be decked with
American, Soviet and District
of Columbia flags, for instance,
and Government workers would
not be likely to get time off to
line the route.
2. An official dinner at the
White House. He could get an
official lunch instead. This is
optional, however, and actual
plans are for a White House
dinner on the night of his ar
rival.
Dinner for President?
If Mr. Khrushchev were
greeted as a government head
instead of a chief of state, he
could in turn take things a bit
easier. He would not, for ex
ample, have to give a dinner
for Mr. Eisenhower in return.
However, diplomatic sources
expect Mr. Khrushchev will
serve up a full-course dinner
for the President the next
night.
A third ceremonial meal,
usually tendered by the Secre
tary of State or the Vice Presi
dent. is apparently out because
of shortness of time. Mr.
Khrushchev will be in the Cap
ital only two days before set
ting off on a week’s tour qf
the country and on his gecond
day here the National Press
Club has him booked for lunch.
Mr. Eisenhower has offered
Mr. Khrushchev the use of
Blair House, the Government
guest house across Pennsyl
vania avenue from the White
See KHRUSHCHEV, Page A-6
space. Then the call went out
to Fritz Koenecke, general di
rector of Daimler-Benz, which
makes the Mercedes.
“I’ll solve your problems.” he
said. ‘‘l'll have a car built for
you.”
Engineers at the firm’s big
Stuttgart plant started with
the 1959 model of the Mercedes
300, their biggest product. They
designed a model without a
roof so Mr. Eisenhower can
stand to his heart’s content.
Then they reduced the uphol
stery on either side of the back
seat, providing space for the
third man.
As a final innovation, they
installed hand grips so Mr.
Eisenhower while standing will
have something to hang onto.
The weather bureau said
Wednesday evening would be
dry and warm. But the car
presumably could ]*> fitted
with a sliding canvaAoof.
New York Stock Markets, Page A-17
Senator Hits
Any Raise
In Gas Tax
Senator Gore, Democrat of
Tennessee, today proposed
that all fiscal 1960 appropria
tions be reduced by 1 per cent
and the money used to finance
the interstate highway pro
gram.
He opposed any Federal tax
increase to pay for the pro
gram.
In a speech prepared for the
Senate. Senator Gore, co-au
thor of the 1956 Highway Act,
warned the roads program
could collapse without con
gressional action.
The Senator said that a gas
tax increase would foist an un
fair burden on highway users.
They already are paying direct
excise taxes each year which
exceed by $1.5 billion amounts
devoted to highways, he said.
Sees Solution
Senator Gore, a member of
both the Senate Public Works
and Finance Committees,
claimed that the apppropria
tions cutback could resolve the
highway dilemma alone, or
could be combined with two
other methods.
One would be a direct appro
priation from the Treasury’s
general fund to the Highway
Trust Fund or a channeling of
more highway user taxes to the
trust fund. The other would be
additional taxes.
Key House Democrats, mean
while, planned to meet later
today to work out a plan to
finance the highway program,
which will come to a stop un
less new money is provided.
A new compromise on the
hot issue of raising the Federal
gasoline tax is reported in the
works. This would involve a
‘/a-cent increase in the cur
rent 3-cents-a-gallon gas tax,
instead of a 1-cent increase as
in a proposal before the House
Ways and Means Committee.
President Eisenhower has
asked for a l’/2-cent increase,
and no diversion of other taxes
to the highway program.
Meeting Set Today
Democratic members of the
Public Works Committee will
meet today to try to agree on a
plan also satisfactory to the
tax-writing Ways and Means
Committee. If tney succeed, a
full committee meeting to
ratify the plan is likely in a
day or two.
Speaker Rayburn planned to
attend the closed caucus of
Public Works Committee Dem
ocrats. He indicated to re
porters that he would insist on
acceptance of the Ways and
Means Committee recommen
dation for a 1-cent increase in
the Federal gas tax.
Mr. Rayburn recalled that
he voiced opposition early this
Pear to President Eisenhower’s
proposal for a lVi-cent in
crease. He said he still op
poses such a boost but has
come to the conclusion that
some smaller increase will be
See HIGHWAYS, Page A-7
Quake Jolts Coast
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24
(AP).—An earthquake rattled
windows yesterday in parts of
Los Angeles and Orange Coun
ties. Residents in Fullerton,
Anaheim. East Whittier, Po
mona and Covina reported feel
ing the jolt. There was no
damage.
PLUM FRITTERS
ARE A DELICACY
FRESH FLUMS ore plentiful now,
ond they ore especially delectabla
when mode into fritters. Star Food
Editor Violet Faulkner explains her
recipe for plum fritters today on
Page B-6.
A FIRST EDITION of Longfel
low's "Evangeline” may be worth
up to $75. Van Allen Bradley tells
how to identify she rare volume in
his column, "Gold in Your Attic,"
today on the Feature Page, B-9.
THE STAR'S YEARLY SERIES of
pre-season stories on area high
school football teams begins today
in the Sports Section. Squad pros
pects at Bethesdo-Chevy Chase and
Walter Johnson ore dealt with to
day, on Page A-12.
Guide for Readers
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Classified Y-10-16 Obituary B-4
Comics B-17-19 Sports A-12-15
Crossword B-19 TV-Radio B-8
Editoriol Woman's
Articles A-9 Section B-6-7
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