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A-6 THE EVENING STAR WasAingtan, D. C., Tuesday, November IT, 1959 TEAMSTERS Monitors Plan Quick Knockout of Hoffa Continued From First Page Mr. Hoffa, in Miami for a meeting of the Southern Con-! ference of Teamsters, said he was “disappointed" by the Su preme Court ruling. "We will live up to it.” he said, “re •erving the right to weigh each order as it comes. If it is in accordance with our constitu tion we will abide by it. Other wise, we will go to the courts to present our views as against theirs (the monitors’) for a decision.” Can Appeal Orders When the Teamsters refuse ' to comply with a recommenda tion by the monitors, the mon itors appeal to District Judge 1 F. Dickinson Letts for enforce ment. Judge Letts established the monitorship in January, 1958. The Teamsters can ap peal orders issued by Judge Letts. Legal maneuvers thus could i retard the monitors’ cleanup campaign. But yesterday’s de cision by the Supreme Court I left the union little basis for future appeals. The three-man board of i monitors was appointed under ; Possible Sabotage Seen In Locomotive's Wild Run NEWARK. N. J., Nov. 17 (AP).i —The Jersey Central Railroad i says its runaway locomotive i may have been sent off dellb- i erately by some one trying to i sabotage the line. The FBI also said it had en- < tered the case to determine if ’ there had been any violation of a Federal train wreck statute, j After an investigation a Cen tral spokesman said yesterday: “It looks like some one mali ciously sent the engine off. It’s extremely unlikely the engine could get going by itself." The 123-ton diesel-electric engine slid out of the Central yard in Jersey City Thursday night with no one aboard and highballed 22 miles down the tracks toward the Jersey shore! before it was intercepted. i An engineer mounted a sec- ] ond locomotive in Perth Amboy, I dashed ahead of the runaway i locomotive, allowed it to catch i up to him and hook on and : then braked his engine to a ’ halt. ,! The State Public Utility I Commission also investigated the case and Ralph Fusco, com mission president, said the throttle on the engine was wide open and the brakes were on. , “It looks like the train crew left the train properly,” the ‘ Central spokesman said. Sev- , eral procedures have to be . taken before the locomotive j begins to move, the spokesman , said. 2 ADENAUER Continued From First Page ® to treat the West German j leader warily. It criticized both West German economic and , rearmament policies. ; The London Times, however, c said Mr. Adenauer “can count j on good will and a genuine de-, t sire for understanding.” It said s chances of the conference end- < in g on a constructive note are t "much better than seemed pos- r Bible a few months ago.” Topics expected to dominate r the conference—in addition to s British-German relations—are c the proposed summit meeting I with Soviet Premier Nikita s Khrushchev and possible trade ‘ rivalry in Europe between the British-led group known as the I “outer seven” and the six- £ nation common market that s includes West Germany. ( Relations between the British c and West German governments 1 reached a postwar low early I this year. ’ British newspapers, and offi- - cials privately, charged Mr. Adenauer with being stubbornly inflexible and trying to block Mr. Macmillan’s efforts to im prove relations between the West and Russia. There was also talk that Mr. Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle were ganging up on , Britain in an effort to reduce ; her influence on the European ( continent. , Officials in Bonn were highly ■ critical of the British, accusing j Mr. Macmillan of going soft , toward tne Russians and being willing to abandon West Berlin , and the long-standing allied . aim of German reunification. , Mr. Adenauer even publicly ac- ( cused British officials he called them “wire pullers”—of j inspiring an anti - German campaign in the British press. t Disengagement Opposed 1 Mr Adenauer now has re-! ( ceived assurances from Mr. , Macmillan that Britain willl. continue to support the allied . position in West Berlin and will 1 , oppose any idea of “disengag- , ing" Western and Communist' forces in Western Europe. The Prime Minister also re- , cently dropped the idea of a qujck summit conference, bow ing to French and West Ger man desires for a slowdown in the timetable. Mr. Adenauer on his part has recently praised Mr. Macmil lan’s leadership and policies. Although Mr. Macmillan has arranged a warm welcome for Mr. Adenauer, there are few public appearances on the/ Chancellor’s program. Appar ently neither government has forgotten the chilly reception! the British last year gave to, Theodor Huess, then the West! German President, on his state! vis|t. a compromise decree in a lawsuit by rebel Teamsters who tried to bar Mr. Hoffa from of fice. The compromise let him take office as “provisional” president, under supervision by the monitors. If Mr. Hoffa disobeys clean up orders by Judge Letts, he. will risk prosecution for con-! tempt of court and consequent removal from office. Will Hold Convention After the monitors complete their job. the Teamsters will hold a convention to elect of ficers and revise the union con stitution. The board of moni tors will be dissolved after the convention. If Mr. Hoffa is expelled from the union, he will be ineligible to run for re-election. In the meantime, the moni tors intend to bar Mr. Hoffa from running for re-election as president of Local 299, De troit. They interpret the Teamster constitution as for bidding the national president to hold any other job. Mr. Hoffa was nominated by ac clamation for the Local 299 presidency last week. The last would have been to engage the electric traction motors—which actually move the train—with the diesel en gine. The spokesman could give no explanation why someone would want to sabotage the railroad. “You can never tell what people will do,” he said. Parenthood Group Hailed Dr. Seth R. Brooks, chairman of the clergy committee of the Planned Parenthood Associa tion of the District, today hailed the formation of a clergyman’s national advisory committee. He called it a "giant step for ward in expressing the growing community of interest shared by Planned Parenthood and major religious groups in en couraging responsible parent ! hood.” Formation of the new na tional committee, headed by Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike of California, was announced in New York this week at the 39th annual meeting of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, with which the local family planning organi zation is affiliated. Dr. Brooks said the 18-rnan national group, like its local counterpart, reflects "the strong support for family planning among major Protestant and Jewish denominations.” In announcing the new com.; mittee. Bishop Pike said it would work to obtain adequate contraceptive counseling for all American couples to help solve the world’s “population explo sion” and to assist Roman Catholics “in finding family planning methods which are morally acceptable to them.” One function of this com mittee, he said, will be to "help secure the incorporation of contraceptive counseling and prescription in maternal health services throughout the United States.” He said there is “an urgent public need” for couples in adequately trained in child spacing techniques to have ac cess to medically supervised contraceptive services in public health departments, tax-sup. ported hospitals and clinics and welfare agencies. Toys for Tots Collections to Begin Nov. 23 The Marine Corps Reserve’s annual Christmas collection of “Toys for Tots” will begin No vember 23, Lt. Col. Wayne F. Sanford, commander of the 13th Infantry Division of the Marine Corps Reserve an nounced today. Barrels decorated with Santa Clauses will be placed in 70 Shell Oil stations in the Wash ington Metropolitan area. Other collections will be made at the Navy Annex and at other se lected spots. Col. Sanford said the Toys for Tots project has the sanc tion of the Christmas Bureau of the Health and Welfare Council of the National Capi tal Area, and is co-ordmated with regional Christmas bu reaus covering the District of Columbia, Arlington. Alexan dria, Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties. All toys collected in a certain county will be distributed in that county, Col. Sanford said. De Gaulle Visit To Canada Seen OTTAWA, Nov. 17 (AP).— President Charles de Gaulle of ! France will probably visit Can ada next year. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker said today. Mr. Diefenbaker was ques tioned by newsmen about a ! Paris report that Gen. de , Gaulle is planning to visit ! President Eisenhower in Wash ington next spring and might visit Canada afterward. '"Mr' ■ V I iB f JI Coast Guard personnel transfer from an am- crash of a National Airlines plane in the Gulf Shibian plane to a cutter in an effort to identify of Mexico. The plane carried 42 persons, all of le nine bodies recovered yesterday from the whom were lost.—AP Wirephoto. Victim of Plane Crash Native of Silver Spring One of the 42 victims of yes terday’s airliner crash in the Gulf of Mexico was a former Silver Spring man whose great grandfather once was a mem ber of Congress from Cali -1 fornia. He was Frank M. Page, 34, a native of the suburban Mary land community who moved to Florida after his marriage nine years ago. His home was in Winter Park, Fla. Mr. Page was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Page of 613 Mississippi avenue, Silver Spring, where he lived until he married the former Virginia Ann Flanigan, also of Silver Spring. A father of four children, Mr. Page went to Florida to com plete his education after at -1 tending the University of Mary land for two years. He was graduated from the University of Miami and previously had 1 ; attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. 1 Was on Business Trip , He was on a business trip for 1 the Crosse & Blackwell Co.| when the plane went down. He! had worked for the company for three years and was in 1 charge of distribution of fruit 1 j juices in his area of Florida. 1 Mr. Page’s family has lived 1 in the Silver Spring and Forest 1 Glen area since his great grand- ' father, the late Horace F.:' Page, came to Washington to I, serVe in Congress before the ‘ turn of the century. The former ’ * family home once was a large farm along Georgia avenue just north of Forest Glen road, now * developed with homes. 1 Mr. Page was a veteran of ( . , Bomber Crashes Wreckage Sighted PARSONS, Tenn., Nov. 17 (AP).—A B-47 bomber crashed in a rugged, wooded area near this West Tennessee town today, i and Decatur County Sheriff Ola , Duck said a military helicopter 1 had spotted the wreckage I The sheriff said first radio I reports he had from the heli- < copter said there were no signs of life around the plane The ’ B-47 normally carries a crew 1 of three. Its home bas<* was not determined immediately. 1 The crash site, about 55 miles east of Jackson, Tenn., is al- , most inaccessible by road. State j and military rescue crews were ( moving overland from the , nearest roads to the scene, a , few miles west of the Tennes- . see River. Sheriff Duck said .t might, take several hours to reach the < crash site through heavy wood- < land and brush. 1 i 10 Take 'Fifth 7 at Probe Os Puerto Rico Reds NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (APi Ten hostile witnesses have re fused to tell a congressional hearing whether they have played any part in Communist activities among Puerto Ricans. A House Un-American Ac tivities Subcommittee opened a hearing here yesterday. The hearing moves to San Juan later in the week. Representative Gordon Scherer, Republican of Ohio, a member of the subcommittee, answered charges from some witnesses that Puerto Rico is oppressed by mainland Ameri cans by declaring that he and other members of Congress are ready to vote for Puerto Rico’s independence. Mr. Scherer added, however, that “80 per cent of the Puerto Ricans don’t want independ ence.” Such independence, he said, would save the United States and New York City a lot of money. Conspirators Blamed The subcommittee’s chair man. Representative William M. Tuck, Democrat of Virginia, emphasized that "the over whelming majority of Puerto Ricans are loyal and patriotic.” He said Communist power stemmed from “disciplined con spirators.” One witness, Jorge W. May sonet-Hernandez, 47, declared that Puerto 1 ■ ill FRANK M PAGE (1943 Photo) Army infantry duty In World War II and was wounded by mortar shell fragments in Germany near the close of the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Father Retired Worker Mr. Page s father is retired from the Washington City Post Office. He and Mrs. Page had gone to Fayetteville, Ark., a month ago to visit a daugh ter, Mrs. Wilson Kimbrough, whose husband is a professor at the University of Arkansas. When they received word oj Mr. Page’s death, they left immediately for Gulfport. Miss., according to two aunts here. Miss Mildred Page and Miss Jane Page of 2584-B Holman avenue, Forest Glen. Mr. Page’s body is expected to be returned here for funeral services. Mikoyan Flying To Mexico City MOSCOW. Nov. 17 (AP).— Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan left Moscow by air for Mexico City today to open the Soviet trade and scientific exhibition shown earlier this year in New York. He will be the highest rank ing Soviet official ever to visit Latin America. Mr. Mikoyan will stop over tonight in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This will be Mr. Mikoyan's second brief visit in Canada. Last winter his plane developed engine trouble over the Atlantic southeast of Nova Scotia en route from the United States, and he stayed overnight at Argentia, Newfoundland. The Soviet Ambassador to Canada. Amasasp Aroutunian, described the stop in Halifax as a rest stop. have a right to “fight for lib erty." He said "force and vio lence are determined by cir cumstances and by the position of reaction.” Mr. Maysonet - Hernandez, who took the Fifth Amendment to avoid saying whether he was labor secretary of the Munici pal Communist Party of San Juan, said “the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a screen under which Puerto Rico is run as a colony.” Admits Addressing Rally Another witness, Armando Roman, 54, who took the Fifth Amendment to avoid saying whether he had been executive secretary of the New York Puerto Rican organization of the Communist Party, admitted addressing a rally here Novem ber 6. He refused to say who sponsored the rally. ’ Other witnesses were Jesus Colon, 58. a columnist on the Worker, a Communist news paper here; Felix Ojeda-Ruiz, 56. who was among Communist leaders arrested in San Juan in 1954; William Norman, 57, Russian-born former state sec retary of the Communist Party: Stanley L. Weiss, 29, who re fused to say if he had traveled to Puerto Rico; Ramon Acevedo, Victor Agosto, 37; Michael Crenovich, 34, and Angel Rene Torres, 31. Jr THFRF /S ENGLISH, AND THE ENGLISH USED BY CONGRESS By the Auoelited Pres* Justice Frankfurter says the Supreme Court must base its decisions on what Congress intended to say— not what it did say when passing a law. Dissenting from the court's 6-3 decision that a taxpayer can't be subjected to two penalties for failure to file a declaration of esti mated tax, Justice Frank furter wrote yesterday: “The court’s task is to construe not English but congressional English. Our problem is not what do ordinary English words mean, but what did Con gress mean them to mean. . . . Here we have the most persuasive kind of evidence that Congress did not mean the language in contro versy, however plain it may 11 be to the ordinary user of r English, to have the ordi , I nary meaning.” , I I Court Rules Out i Penalty for Failing ■ To'Guess 1 Income By the Anoclated Preu The Supreme Court ruled ■ that a taxpayer who fails to file a declaration of estimated ; tax cannot be penalized for Substantially under-estimating his tax as well as for the fail- ! ure to file. This rejected the view of the' I Internal Revenue Service that a non-flier is subject to both I penalties. The service contend ed that failure to file a declara tion was the same as declaring no income. The high court’s 6-3 decision yesterday sustained the United States Circuit Court in Cin cinnati in the case of Fred N. Acker, A Cleveland attorney. Justice Whittaker, who wrote ■ the mapority opinion, said tax : laws failed to contain any ex i pressed or necessarily implied provision or language “to au- I thorize the treatment of a tax ) payer’s failure to file a declara tion of estimated tax as, or the ■ equivalent of, a declaration c estimating his tax to be zero.” Justice Frankfurter dissented 7 and was joined by Justices ■! Clark and Harlan. The United States Tax Court 5 has gone along with the view ■ of the Revenue Service. I ■ Four Nations' ; Doctors Join To Help Boy ACCRA, Ghana. Nov. 17(AP).| —Four brain surgeons from four nations joined last night in an attempt to save the life of an 8-year-old Israeli boy in jured in a car crash. Ram Katz, son of an Israeli engineer working for the Ghana government, suffered head injuries in the accident! Saturday. A woman died in the acci i dent. She was identified as the j boy’s mother Dina. At Ram’s bedside were Prof.' Harden Ashkensasi of Tel i Aviv, Dr. Michel Feld of Paris, Dr. Harvey Jackson, a British i Royal Air Force surgeon from i London, and a United States ■ Navy surgeon identified as Lt. J Comdr. Altman, from a United States Navy base in Morocco. Shortly after the accident an Israeli Embassy radio operator in Accra contacted ham oper ators in Jerusalem and Green ! ville, S. C„ and requested help. Arrangements were made in Israel, the United States, Brit ; ain and France to fly the four surgeons to Accra. Soon after their arrival Is ’ raelis said the doctors decided to wait 36 hours before operat !ing. ! A bulletin reported that Ram. who was partially para lyzed, had improved somewhat. Triton Starts Trials NEWPORT. R. 1., Nov. 17 (AP).—The submarine Triton, newest and largest of the I Navy’s atomic-powered under i sea craft, is scheduled to begin a series of daily sea trials today. The Triton arrived yesterday for a four-day stay. Taylor Sees Limited War Cost Leveling NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (AP).— Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor says a policy of stressing conven tional fighting forces rather than nuclear weapons in mili tary budgeting would raise costs 30 per cent. But eventually the costs could be brought back to pres ent levels by reducing outlays for nuclear weapons, bombers and intercontinental missiles, says the retired Army Chief of Staff. Gov. Taylor criticized what he called overemphasis on nuclear weapons in defense planning in a recent magazine article. Retired Gen. James A. Van Fleet retorted that Gen. Tay lor's proposals would double j defense costs. Gen. Taylor an swered Gen. Van Fleet yester day at a news conference. Gen. Taylor said his plan would mean a defense budget of $55 billion instead of the present $4O billion. But, he added, within a few years the cost of planning more for little wars than for massive nuclear retaliation would be brought back to the present budget level. — BROMWELLS SINCE 1873 YV' l .VL Happens to a fireside with this added touch of elegance . . . here is new charm now available in finishes and styles for every home. Five sizes to fit any fireplace from 14 95 the SMART STYLING: For Early American Provincial or Con- 6 temporary decorating schemes. Polished or antique copper, CURTAINS: Built-in contour polished or antique brass curtain sets available for all All black. the TUDQR Available in sizes CUSTOM SIZES Oe'all Hood length AVAILABLE 32 '' 38 " 44 " 50 " S 6" For opening up to - 1 —. SINCE 1873 D. L. BROMWELL, Inc. 710 12th ST. N.W. (2 dooks above gi RE. 7-1803 t WORLD'S LARGEST SELECTION OF FIREPLACE EQUIPMENT Probers Study Hoffa's Role in Union Bonding The Senate Rackets Com mittee staff is investigating reports that James R. Hoffa has given some of his friends the inside track in obtaining lucrative bonding business from the Teamsters Union. Findings .of the investiga tion are scheduled for public release soon, perhaps today. The committee has concluded hearings but the staff is con ducting some investigations while wrapping up its work. January 31 is the committee’s expiration date. The committee learned re cently that the Summit Fi delity and Surety Co. is in line to write bonds for Teamster of ficials. The labor reform law passed by Congress this year requires bonds for officials who handle union money or prop erty. May Forgo Business But the chairman of Summit said his firm may pass up the Teamsters business because of adverse publicity. Allan S. Blank of Chicago said “the present feeling it that we won’t write the busi- MT REASONS ■ FOR^ SAVING ■ VACATION NEW CAR FUTURE TAXES BUSINESS ENTERPRISE And Liberal Dividends Four Times A Year Will Increase Your Savings 8?7300 ■ Oldest JI« 1 I 111 1111 Illi Itl Sarinft nnri i,onn I ness.” the Associated Press re ported. Earlier, A. J. Bianchi, presi dent of Summit, estimated his company would obtain about $200,000 m revenue from Teamsters’ business. Most of of the sum would be used to reinsure the bonds, reducing Summit's profits, he said. “The business is strictly le gitimate.” Mr. Bianchi stated. He also denied his company was favored in obtaining the bonding account. “We were the first people to go after the business,” he said. Summit is bonding officials in other unions besides the Teamsters, Mr. Bianchi said. Reported Dorfman Associate According to investigators, Sol C. Schwartz is secretary ' treasurer of Summit’s Illinois office. Mr. Schwartz reportedly lis an associate of Allen Dorf man. Rackets Committee hear ings produced testimony that Mr. Dorfman, a friend of Mr. Hoff a,, overcharged the Team sters by about $1.5 million on union insurance programs. Another Summit officials, Irwin S. Weiner, also report edly is an associate of Mr. Dorfman. In addition, the investigators have turned up allegations that officials of Summit have under world connections. In Chicago, Mr. Schwartz ! denied that Mr. Hoffa, presi j dent of the Teamsters, had solicited bonding business for Summit. He said Summit sent out its own soliciting letters, AP reported.