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THE EVENING STAR
Wathlngton, 0. C., Thurtday, November J, 1959
HESS
Store Aide Admits
Posing os Officer
Continued From First Pace
• number of programs, he said,
including the Today and To
night shows and Person to Per
son. He made no reference to
any payments In connection
with these "plugs,” but said
the Hess store worked through
New York public relations firms
which made a specialty of this
type of "free advertising.”
The department stor? spent
thousands of dollars on this
form of "public relations" and
piomootion over a 10-year pe
riod. Mr. Levine said, but he
could not give the committee
a more exact estimate of the
payments involved.
Yesterday Max Hess, presi
dent of the store, testified it
was his "common practice" to
pay for getting his store adver
tised on shows sponsored by
others and said he himself once
appeared on the Katt Smith and
Dunninger shows for which he
made payments to a New York
public relations office.
The merchant testified that
he had made payments of sl,-
000 each to Jack O’Brian of
the New York Journal Ameri
can and Columnist Bob Con
sidine. He said he made the
payment to Mr. Considine when
"he came up to the store” but
did not know whether he had
written anything.”
No Plugs. Considine Says
Mr. Considine. a Hearst syn
dicated columnist, said at his
home in New York that he had
once mentioned Mr. Hess’
store but that "it had nothing
to do with plugs.”
Mr. Considine said:
"I mentioned Hess’ store in
(tele of my columns in what I
considered a newsworthy way,
Just as I've mentioned Sak’s
Fifth Avenue and Gimbels and
Other newsworthy stores or or
ganizations that I’ve heard of.
On that particular occasion
when I was in Allentown I
mentioned what an attractive
arrangement the city had in
placing flowers around lamp
posts. mentioned that Mr. Hess’
store had an interesting dis
play of exotic foods like that
hi the S. S. Pierce store in Bos
ton. I also called on the local
paper canning my column. I
make many public appearances
of that nature all over the
country. I’m happy to mention
any item of interest that is
.newsworthy. It had nothing to
do with plugs.”
The New York Journal
American quoted Subcommittee
Counsel Lishman as saying Mr.
O’Brian’s fee was not paid ior
putting any plug about Mr
Bess in his column.
"No other conclusion should
be drawn because none exists ”
Mr. Lishman said in a state
ment.
.He said Mr. O’Brian "has
given our staff considerable
help in all phases of this in
vestigation.”
"It was O’Brian who put us'
on the* trail of the SIO,OOO Max
Hess payoff to the $64,000
question,” -Mr. Lishman con
tinued.
“He told our investigators
CAREFUL LISTENER
Boy, 4, Saves Father
Caught in Corn Picker
GREENSBORO. Md.. Nov. 5
-<AP' .—A 4-year-old boy’s abil
ity to follow instructions to the
letter probably saved his father
from serious injury yesterday.
Robert Edwards, a farmer j
near this Caroline County com
munity, had his hand caught
4n a corn picker he was oper
ating. Jle shouted to his small
son. Jimmy, who was playing
Wheaton Area
Deer Is Killed;
Rammed Fence
A deer which roamed into
the residential area near Whea
ton last night was killed when
it crashed into a backyard fence
■t 2311 Plyers Mill road.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marchi
were surprised this morning
when a neighbor told them the
deer was lying against their |
fence.
They called the Montgomery
County Animal Shelter, which
In turn gave the deer to police.
A shelter spokesman said the
deer died of a broken neck. The
buck weighed between 150 and
200 pounds
According to the shelter, a
deer had been seen several
times in recent days in the
Wheaton area.
Policeman Fined
For Non-Report
Second Precinct Pvt. James
S. Phelps was fined $l5O today
by a police trial board for fail
ing to report his suspicions
about a shoeshine parlor on
his beat.
Phelps, a member of the
force since 1950, pleaded guilty
to conduct unbecoming an
officer and failing to obey a
police order.
The policeman said he walked
Into the shoeshine shop at 2
a.m. because the lights were on
in a back room. He said he
felt the place might be a blind
for after-hours liquor sales.
Later, when Phelp's superiors
were told he had been seen
there, they checked precinct
books and found no report by
the patrolman.
at the very start that he had
appeared on a television show
sponsored by Hess Bros, four
years ago,” Mr. Lishman said,
“and that Max Hess might try
to some unusual signifi
cance on an old Incident that
has nothing whatever to do
with this Investigation.’”
Gets Long Grilling
Mr. Hess was subjected to a
long grilling after the subcom
mittee received testimony from
Kenneth Holier and Mr. Gott
ilieb about the payments that
enabled Mr. HofTer to get on
The $64,000 question.
Mr. HofTer lost out on the
'third question about baseball
when he could not identify
“Old Reliable” as one-time
Yankee star Tommy Henrich.
He testified that he was prom
ised a Cadillac or $4,000 by Mr.
Hess but never received either
and after he once mentioned
this was fired on Christmas
eve. 1956.
Mr. Gottlieb said he acted on
i Mr. Hess’ Instructions in mak
jing the payments to Mr.
! Schwartz, $5,000 before the
Holler appearance and $5,000
afterwards, all in SSO and SIOO
i bills given him by the mer
chant. He said Mr. Hess made
,the arrangements on a tele
phone call in his presence to
'Mr. Schwartz in New York.
Can’t Recall CaU
Mr. Hess insisted he could
not remember any telephone
call of this kind and said ar
rangements were made either
by Mr. Gottlieb or his public
relations man. Max Levine,
whose testimony was scheduled
as a part of the windup session.
The merchant said he was
happy with the results of
iHoffer's appearance and that
I the practice—deplored by the
subcommittee members was
"considered as a business
today.”
When Mr. Lishman suggested
that under New York laws it
was "commercial bribery” and
"a fraud,” Mr. Hess appeared
undisturbed and commented:
“I think it’s a terrific thing
for a little business to get on
a network show.”
S3O Million Business
His business, he disclosed
under questioning, grosses about
S3O million a year,
i “Would you do it again?”
asked Representative Rogers.
Democrat of Texas.
“I'd like to get the chance,”
Mr. Hess replied.
Under questioning by Mr
Bennett, the merchant said he
paid in cash because "this was
the way I was told it had to
be done.” He said he took the
money from his personal funds
kept in a safe at the store—
slo,ooo to $12,000 in a chunk.
He also disclosed that he had
paid an extra $5,000 in con
nection with getting his em
ploye on the $64,000 show, the
payment going to a New York
public relations office which ar
ranged the interview which he
employes from time to time.
on the wagon, to climb up on
the ignition.
His father then sent Jimmy
onto the seat and turned off
the tractor and turn off the
switch.
Jimmy’s little legs -hardly
reached, but he made it up
to the house to tell his mother
what had happened.
While Mrs. Edwards ran to
her husband, a visitor, Marie
Deaner, ran to a neighbor’s
house and telephone for help.
The Edwards’ phone was out
of order.
Volunteer firemen were un
able to free Mr. Edwards’ hand
even by taking off some bolts
and trying to bend the pincing
bars with a crowbar. A welder
was called to bum off the bars
with a blowtorch.
His hand freed, Mr. Edwards
found it apparently was only
j badly bruised.
Indian Students
Berate Red China
NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 5
<AP). —More than 400 Indian
, students demonstrated near
i the Red Chinese Embassy to
i day against recent Communist
1 intrusions on territory Claimed
I by India.
The demonstrations were
part of a nation-wide student
“throw back the aggressors
day.”
Members of the All-Indian
RED ATOMIC EXPERTS IGNORE
BID TO ADDRESS SCIENTISTS
They will still be welcome if they show up, but the
American Nuclear Society has abandoned plans for a
special session featuring Soviet atomic experts. Reason:
Failure of the Russians to RBVP.
The society, meeting at the Sheraton-Park Hotel
yesterday, today and tomorrow, invited the Russians to
any or all of the sessions. The Soviet group, headed by
Atomic Energy Chief Vasily S. Yemelyanov, is touring
nuclear centers in the United States.
The invitation included a proposal that the Soviet
scientists address their American colleagues at a special
session tonight if they wished to.
Dr. George Weil. Washington nuclear consultant and
general chairman of the meeting, said today:
"The ANS has had no reply from the Russian scien
tists. We have therefore canceled plans for a special
session. ... Os course, our invitation to them to attend
regular sessions of the ANS winter meeting still stands."
I* \ ‘ k '
A . oife. .. fey,, I »55
Mrs. Amy Marie Reilly of 4000 Massachusetts avenue N.W. sits in car at
Seventeenth and I streets N.W. after she lost control of the automobile
and knocked down a maple tree which in turn struck three pedestrians.
—Star Staff Photo.
3 Women Hurt
In Freak Crash
Three women pedestrians
were injured yesterday in a
bizarre accident when a tree,
knocked down by a careening
i automobile, struck them as they
waited on a Northwest Wash
ington sidewalk.
The injured are:
Mrs. Margaret Graling, 53, of
4000 Cathedral avenue N.W.,
treated for deep cuts and shock
at Georgetown University Hos
pital.
Mrs. Mildred Downing. 44, of
4623 South Thirty-sixth street,
Arlington. Va., treated for cuts.
Mrs. Velma Biel, 55, of 2122
Massachusetts avenue N.W.,
treated and X-rayed for hip in
juries.
The women, police said, were
standing at the comer of
Seventeenth and I streets N.W
about noon when a woman
! driver mistook her gas pedal for
the brake and lost control of
her car.
Mrs. Amy Marie Reilly, 54,
of 4000 Massachusetts avenue
N.W. was shifting behind the
, wheel vacated by her husband
! Thomas at 1700 I street N.W.
when she lost control of the
1 car. •
Mr. Reilly told police he
was getting out of the car
| when the car surged forward.
It hit a cab driven by Alfred
1 Harris, 26, of 358 Burbank
street S.E., then hopped a curb
and went 50 feet where it
knocked down a maple tree
and demolished a bus sign.
The car then stopped and
passersby rushed to the aid of
the women pedestrians who
were knocked down by the tree
branches.
Pinball Radio
Trial Ends
In Hung Jury
By the Associated Pres*
A United States District
Court jury trying Vincent J.
Marcello of New Orleans was
unable to agree on a verdict
yesterday and was dismissed
from further deliberation.
Assistant United States At
torney James T. Dowd said the!
Government will ask for a new;
trial “as soon as we can get it l
on the docket—l hope within!
the next 10 days.”
Defense Attorney Jack Was- j
serman said he regarded the,
hung jury as a “moral victory j
for Marcello as the Govern
ment was unable to prove its!
case.”
The jury received the case
more than 28 hours ago and
had spent about 10 hours in
actual deliberation when it was
dismissed by United States Dis
trict Judge Charles F. Mc-
Laughlin.
Mr. Marcello was accused of
giving the Federal Communica
tions Commission false infor
mation in 1957 when he applied
for a two-way radio communi
cations system for the Jeffer
son Music Co., a pinball and
jukebox concern operating in
the New Orleans area.
When the jury of six men
and six women failed to reach
a verdict Tuesday, the judge
ordered an overnight suspen
sion.
Students Congress burned Chi
nese magazines, shouted anti-
Chinese slogans and announced
their determination to die for
India if necessary in driving
the Chinese from frontier
areas.
CARS
Reputable Dealers
Not Hard to Find
Continued From First Page
cal dealers use "bait” advertis
ing to get you on their lot. They
advertise a car at less than
prevailing rates to attract cus
tomers, but that car has al
ways been sold before you get
there. Then, they switch you
to another car. This is called
“bait and switch” advertising.
Avoid dealers who give the
impression of offering "repos
sessed” cars at bargain prices.
The tact that a car is reposses
sed doesn’t make it better or
cheaper than any other used
car. In fact, legitimate used car
dealers say they do not adver
tise repossessed cars because
they are no bargain at any
price.
Beware $1 Down
Be wary of $1 down promises.
If you plan to get your car
financed, you can’t do it for $1
down. One way or another,
you're going to have to raise
about one-third of the car’s
value before it can be financed.
Don’t buy a car if you don’t
have that kind of down pay
ment and don’t borrow in order
to meet the down payment. If
you do, you’ll have to pay off
two loans at once—no matter
what the dealer may tell you
while he's selling.
Insist that you try out the
car yourself on a test run be
fore agreeing to buy it. And
don’t sign anything before you
make that trial drive—even if
the driver tells you the paper
is Just for insurance purposes
or to keep you from being
picked up by police.
Don’t sign a contract without
reading it. As law enforcement
officers say repeatedly, “Once
he signs, he’s on his own. No
thing can be done. He’s had it.”
All Blanks Filled
Be sure that every blank Is
filled in—either with a figure
or the word “none.” A thin line
through a blank or an X can
easily be turned into figures
you don’t want.
Don’t make a down pay
ment until you know what all
the charges will be. A legitimate
dealer ’will return the down
payment if he can’t get the;
balance financed. An unscrupu
lous dealer—no matter what
he tells you in advance —will
not return the down payment,
if he can’t get the contract
financed on the down payment
you have offered, he will insist
that you borrow more or accept
a beat-up car you don’t want.
Don’t be misled by small
monthly payments. The finance
company will only finance the
loan for a specified period, de
pending on the age of the car.
To keep the loan within that
period and pacify you with
small monthly payments, the
dealer will either require a
large “pick-up payment” with
in a few days or add a “balloon
payment”— a large lump sum
—after you’ve been making
payments for two years.
Read All Papers
Read all the papers you are
asked to sign—even if you’re
| told they’re simply duplicates
;of the original. If the copies
have not been filled in when
you sign, any one of them can
be written into a new and more
costly contract. Or you may be
signing a mortgage on your
home.
Don’t trust verbal guarantees.
One man was told he would be
given three new tires. He wound
up by paying for them himself.
Don’t trust figures on a sepa
rate unsigned sheet. They don't
mean a thing unless they ap
pear on your contract.
Don't authorize lifs, health
and accident insurance unless
you want to buy it from the
insurance company represented
by the dealer or the finance
company. You don’t have to
take it from him. You may get
it cheaper elsewhere and you
may not need as much cover
age as he provides.
Exact Copy
Don’t sign your name or
initials in the margin on the
side of the contract unless it’s
immediately after something
already written there. An un
scrupulous dealer can stick in
an extra "pick-up payment” if
he has the space to do it.
Don’t sign the contract if the
price is different from the one
quoted or if the payments are
, not what you agreed to. Be
CALL BRINGS HELP
ON CAR PROBLEM
If you have a specific
complaint against a used
car dealer and wish help
with your problem, call the
District’s license enforce
ment branch. NA 8-6000,
extension 3265.
sure the contract specifies what
the dealer is supposed to do
and what you are able to do.
Insist on an exact copy of
the contract before you leave
the used car lot. Don’t let the
dealer put you off by saying he
left it in the glove compartment
or will mail it later. Look over
the copy before you take the
car off the lot and be sure it
is an exact copy of what you
agreed to.
Always have some one with
you who can also read, write
and understand. Don't let the
"close-out man” get your wit
ness out of the room at the
crucial moment. If you have
been gypped and want the
dealer prosecuted, it’s only your
word against his written con
tract unless you have a witness
to back up your side of the
story.
Tomorrow: The Advertising ’’Boit.”
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Red Concession
On A-Test Ban
Now Doubted
By EARL H. VOSB
■tor Staff Writer
American officials now believe
the Soviet Union has not made
an important concession In the
nuclear-test-ban negotiations at
Geneva after all.
Instead, they Indicated today,
Moscow has proposed a sham
which would purport to meet
the 10-month American-Britlsh
demand while actually avoid
ing It.
Last Tuesday, Soviet Delegate
Semyon K. Tsarapkin appeared
finally to have agreed that new
technical Information showing
increased difficulties in detect
ing underground tests of nuc
lear weapons should be studied
at an experts conference.
Differ on Inspections
Officials first assumed the So
viet Union would be prepared
to relate the experts' findings
to the annual limits Premier
Khrushchev proposes setting on
the number of investigations of
suspicious underground shots to
be permitted In each country.
Up to now Moscow has In
sisted the annual limit should
be set without regard to the
new scientific data. Premier
Khrushchev has spoken as if
four or five Inspections a year
in the Soviet Union ought to be
enough. United States officials
have never set a figure, but
acknowledge they feel inspec
tions would have to range
somewhere between 30 and 100
per year.
A closer reading of Mr.
Tsarapkin’s new proposal
shows, however, that the Soviet
Union still is not prepared to
base the proposed annual limit
on the new data gleaned by the
United States from its October,
1958, series of underground nu
clear tests in Nevada.
Asks "Agreed Quota”
He wants to set up terms of
reference for the experts’ Con
ference which would preclude
applying the new knowledge in
setting an annual quota.
He proposed Tuesday, offi
cials here reported, that the
; experts should consider "tech
nical criteria which should be
the basis for carrying out on
site inspections within an
agreed quota.”
In the usage of the year-old
(Conference, "criteria” refers
only to seismograph readings
of underground disturbances,
not to other data the United
States has brought forward.
“In the course of their work,”
Mr. Tsarapkin said, “the ex
perts might consider various
technical data relating to the
development of the criteria,”
American officials irisist that
any agreed annual quota for
on-the-site inspections must be
based not on seismic criteria
HALO BY PHOTO
A chandelier provides a halo for Canadian
Prime Minister Diefenbaker in this photo
graph taken at the Progressive Conservative
convention in Toronto.—AP Wirephoto.
alone, but on an estimated
number of underground dis
turbances per year.
They complain that the em
phasis has been placed on
“criteria” rather than the
broader term, “data,” which
would cover the full range of
new American findings on
the difficulties of detecting
cheaters.
United States Ambassador
James J. Wadsworth is expect
ed to make a counter-proposal
suggesting broader terms of
reference for the experts’ con
ference. There is some doubt
that the meeting can now be
convened by November 16, as
the Soviet Union proposes, or
be concluded in the suggested
two-week period. •
President Eisenhower, at his
news conference yesterday, re
flected cautious optimism in
reacting to the new Tsarapkin
proposal.
In itself it is "not necessarily
an advance,” the President
said, “but it does show a will
ingness to discuss the thing in
conference and possibly this
whole matter can be now dis
cussed a little bit more in
telligently than it was when
there was denial that the road
toward agreement is really be
set with every kind of technical
obstacle and difficulty that you
can imagine.”
He appeared, however, to
have accepted the Russian an
nouncement as a broader pro
posal than it is now considered.
He said: "The whole matter
of this business of tests seems
to have got a net impetus by
the Russian statement the
other day saying that they were
ready to discuss, in confer
ence, all of these technical dif
ficulties and the technical im
plications of attempting to find
out and identifying . . . under
surface disturbances and ex
plosions.”
Mr. Eisenhower also indi
cated he may be thinking of
declaring a unilateral ban on
nuclear, tests in the atmos
phere. But American officials
said later they knew of no
plan for such a unilateral dec
laration.
“We have implied, at least,”
the President told reporters,
“or I have forgotten, maybe we
have stated,, that we will not
renew unilaterally the tests
that have anything to do with
the atmosphere.”