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Today: International Travel Section for 1960—Section H THE WEATHER: .ItSTz District and vicinity—Considerable cloudi ness today with the high near 42. Cloudy and not as cold tonight with the low near 32. Cloudy with a chance of rain tomor row. Winds light and variable. 108th Year. No. 59. Phon. LI. 3-5000★★★★ WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1960—234 PAGES Judges Seek Longer Terms In Traffic Cases Would Increase Maximum Penalty To Ninety Days By SAM EASTMAN Star Staff Wrltar The maximum jail term for a wide range of District traffic offenses would be raised from 10 up to 90 days under pro posed legislation being drafted by the city. This move toward tougher court penalties was recommend ed by the Municipal Court judges. In line with the District's traffic act, the general penalty clause in the city’s traffic regu lations limits jail sentences to 10 days. This section covers any violation of a Commissioners’ traffic rule which does not carry a specific penalty. For the most part, the catch all clause applies to the less serious violations. The proposed legislation would allow the Commissioners to lift the jail term to 90 days for such offenses as colliding, passing stop signs and signals, failure to give full time and attention to driving, failure to yield the right of way. driving the wrong way on a one-way street, and all parking viola tions. Such offenses as drunken and reckless driving carry specific jail and fine provisions and therefore do not fall under the general provision. The general clause also per mits a maximum fine of $3OO. This would not be changed. If this fine were increased, offi cials explained, it would put the traffic cases in a category where the defendant could de mand a jury trial. The bill being drafted would raise also the maximum 10- day term, to 90 days, for cer tain driver permit offenses in volving misrepresentation and alterations. The Municipal Court judges I were asked for recommenda tions on regulations or legis lation needed in the traffic field. In response, they offered the proposals for the higher: jail terms to “assist the court in promoting traffic enforce-' ment.” 16th St. Attacker Robs Capitol Aide Wilma A. Pulsipher. 26, a congressional secretary, told po lice a Negro purse snatcher choked her, threw her to the ground and robbed her of $3 last night near her apartment at 2120 Sixteenth street N.W. Miss Pulsipher, secretary to Representative Dixon, Repub lican of Utah, said the attack took place about 8:15 p.m. She was at the corner of Sixteenth and Belmont streets N.W. when her assailant approached from behind. Grabbing her around the neck and throwing her to the ground, he forced her to drop her purse and several packages. He snatched up the purse and ran west on Belmont street. Miss Pulsipher said. The congressional secretary said her assailant was about 22 years old and 5 feet 11 inches tall. He wore a light-colored topcoat and a Robin Hood type hat. Cuban Trade Pact Ratified by Soviet LONDON. Feb. 27 (AP>.— The Supreme Soviet’s Pre sidium ratified today the Soviet-Cuban trade and credit agreement signed February 13 in Havana. Moscow Radio re ported. The agreements on goods ex changes and payments and on the extension of credit by tha Soviet Union to the Cuban government, were signed during Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan's recent visit to Cuba. HOME HUNTING? SEE TODAY'S STAR CLASSIFIED SECTION You Will Find Over 700 homes to choose from in every price range. SHOP THE STAR FIRST BEFORE YOU BUY W Sunday Star —S J WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION HSfP JK MSI cMI Iw <7 Bl" » hr m MkZS j n ■ r iiiji. <. w * ■ z. **■ ; x r jyWMKRJr J#/ / < - .. x. .. X Princess Margaret and her fiance, Antony Armstrong-Jones, pose happily with her dog at the royal lodge in Windsor, England.—AP Wirephoto via radio from London. ISSUE: FEATHERBEDDING Work Rules Dispute Splits Rails, Unions By GEORGE WILSON • Star Staff Writer The lone railroad worker flicking chromium switches high up in the tower overlooking the sprawling Potomac Yards is symbolic. With one flick of his finger, this man does the work formerly done by 12 men. The fact that he can do it— and do it faster and easier—will be at the heart of manage- ! ment-labor discussions next I month on whether work rules ifor running the Nation’s rail roads should be changed. He alone controls the freight cars as they roll unattached off the man-made hill called "the hump.” A locomotive pushes the cars up the hump and then lets them roll down the track by themselves toward the 39 parallel sets of track. Each set holds cars of the same destination. If the towerman thinks a car is rolling from the hump too fast, he flicks a switch on his control board. There is a hiss, like a cleaner’s presser, as com pressed air pushes a brake shoe lon the track against the wheels of the rolling car. In the old days, a brakeman (Would have slowed down the car by hopping onto its rear deck and turning the wheel controlling the hand brake. Switches Flicked in Tower As the cars roll toward the 39 sets of track, the towerman flicks another switch on his board. This motion throws the switch in the rails far below him. Again, in the old days, a sweating switchman would have thrown the switch by hand on the track. In contrast, the towerman does all this work sitting at a black panel the size of a card table. He sorts the free rolling freight cars with the ease of a card player playing solitaire. Eventually, a locomotive will couple into the tracks of cars headed for Birmingham —for U. S. Breakfast Best, French Chefs Advised PARIS, Feb. 27 (AP). French chefs rule supreme at lunch and dinner but the Americans and English are kings at the breakfast table, a Paris expert sadly reported to his countrymen today. Dr. Andre Soubiran, writing in the weekly magazine Jours de France, advised Frenchmen to give up their frugal habits at the breakfast table. The way he described it, the average Frenchman starts the day by gulping a cup of scorch ing hot coffee. A real gourmet adds a hot roll. That's all. Then. the Frenchman catches up by consuming a lunch that would floor an Anglo-Saxon, the doctor said. While the lunch might be a ■ gastronomical delight, it has ■ the effect over the years of ; giving Frenchmen that wide i spread complaint, "a crisis of the liver." Such habits are dangerous to health in the fast-paced 20th century, Dr. Soubiran asserts. e Manogement and labor hav« been fighting for months over whether railroad work rules should be changed. Manogement claims many rules amount to "feather bedding”—pay for work not done or not needed. The unions claim the rules ore necessary to assure safety on the railroad. Representatives of the opposing forces are expected to sit down in Chicago next month to negotiate on the work rules. This is the first of three articles on featherbedding, on issue which may prompt a strike on the Na tion's railroads. example—and pull them south ward. Other locomotives will hook onto the cars standing on tracks reserved for other des tinations and. with a creak and snap, start them rolling south. This process continues day and night, week in and week out. on the 520 acres of track making up the Potomac Yards —the major coastal rail link between the North and South. The man In the tower sym bolizes the new way of working on the railroad. In a word, it’s automation. Railroad management wants to use more towers, fewer men. The railroad brotherhoods, un derstandably. want to protect the jobs of their 800,000 mem bers. Railroad jobs already are in sharp decline. The Association of American Railroads, the management group, says jobs have disap- See FEATHERBEDDING, A-8 “It is in England and in America that one knows how to prepare a man or a woman for a day's work with an ap propriate first meal,” he added. He recommended that Frenchman make the acquaint ance of a kippered herring at breakfast, or maybe even pan cakes with syrup or ham and eggs. If this is too much for traditional Frenchmen, he ad vocated a soft boiled egg. Then, he said. Frenchmen would be less inclined toward those copious lunches that re sult, among other things, in a sharp increase in afternoon motor accidents when over loaded drivers make their way back to work. Frenchmen must not despair at these necessary changes, the doctor said: “There will always remain dinner, at which you can take your revenge against the 20th century and remind yourself that France remains the na tion of gourmets.” I Princess, Beau Pose, Giggle 2 Retreat to Lodge For Week End LONDON. Feb. 27 (AP>.— Amid speculation in royal circles o fa wedding this spring. Princess Margaret posed for engagement pictures today with her society photographer sweet heart. The Princess and gay, easy going Anthony Armstrong- \ Jones giggled as photographers demanded pose after pose at the royal lodge at nearby Wind sor. Margaret was careful to hold her hands so that her new en gagement ring showed to good ; advantage. It is a large ruby, set in gold and surrounded by diamonds arranged in the shape 1 of a flower. Queen Mother Supervises Supervising things happily, and getting into some of the pictures herself, was Queen Mother Elizabeth, whose an nouncement of the engagement last night startled and de lighted Britain. The secret had been well I kept. Almost no one suspected that the young man who nad won recognition as one of Brit ain’s best society photographers also had won Margaret’s heart. She and Mr. Armstrong- Jones are staying with the Queen Mother over the week , end at the royal lodge, a cozy : house of stone and stucco about 30 miles west of London. The only intrusion, by ap ,pointment, was by the photog ! raphers. First there were pictures In- I side. Then the Princess and Mr Armstrong-Jones were pho tographed many times strolling arm-in-arm and holding hands. No Hint of Wedding Date The Queen Mother gave no hint of a wedding date in an-i nouncing the engagement. Royal circles said they were sure the wedding will be in spring or early summer for a good reason. In August, Margaret will be- See MARGARET, Page A-8 SPECIAL TODAY.’ . Choice by Hullabaloo, As Stevenson Sees It ADLAI STEVENSON ATTACKS political campaigning os it exists today as a hardship on candidates voters and country. For the thought provoking ideas of a man who has been there himself, see "Choice by Hullabaloo" on Page 8 of This Week. CAMERA FANS FACE a bright future in the '6os with coming re finements in the world of photog raphy. For what lies ahead for the picture-takers, see Alexander J. Wedderburn's "Camera Angles" on the Hobby Poge today on Page H-16. CASE OF THE MISSING JUDGE presents a problem for Congress as well as for Chicago police and the FBI. For Miriam Ottenberg's account of the first disappearance of a Federal iudge in American history, see Page F-3. North Stirring Unrest, Russell Tells Senate President Flies To Andes Spa With Frondizi Rest, Private Talks Slated in Week End Away From Crowds BARILOCHE, Argentina, Feb. 27 <AP>.—President Eisenhower took a break today from the hot weather and cheering crowds that have greeted him on his South American tour. He flew to this picturesque re sort in the Andes with Argen tine President Arturo Frondizi. then quickly got in four holes of golf. Tomorrow he will hold private talks with Mr. Frondizi. On his arrival in Bariloche, in a lake-studded mountain setting, Mr. Eisenhower told officials and residents he was grateful for the opportunity for rest and relaxation and "for the warmth of your welcome.” Full facilities for fishing, golfing, sightseeing, talking and just loafing were available at this half-way point on the President’s four-nation good will trip. Lauds Host at Dinner The temperature was a balmy 66 when he arrived and he lost no time getting to the golf course. He played four holes, walking a total of about 1,300 yards, with his son. Maj. John Eisenhower. Presidential Press I Secretary James C. Hagerty ; and German Nunez, the club professional. Mr. Eisenhower left the i courset at 7:30 p.m. to dress I : for the black tie dinner he gave for Mr. Frondizi. Mr Eisenhower, in a toast at the dinner, told Mr. Fron dizi: ■j “Each hour of the few days i I have been in your company has added to my deep respect for your efforts to stab ilize your economy, your deter- I mination to develop your na . i tion soundly in ways that would I benefit all the people, and the evident progress you are mak- I ing What I have seen reflects I the wisdom of a freely elected i government, a dedicated and energetic leader, and the cou rage of an independent peo- . Pie.” i Plane Bucks Severe Storm Mr. Hagerty announced that ■ Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Fron . dizi will hold private talks at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. Eisen- I hower has no other scheduled I activities for the day and is ex- See EISENHOWER, Page A-6 Dodd Is Stricken At Party Dinner MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 27 (AP).—Senator Dodd, Dem ocrat of Connecticut was stricken during a $lOO-a-plate Democratic dinner tonight. A hotel physician adminis- I tered first aid to the 53-year • old Senator after he was ; helped from the head table to . an adjoining sitting room. He , was ordered to bed and his i condition was reported as 1 "satisfactory.” Senator Dodd went to the dinner after attending a gath ering at Birch State Park near Fort Lauderdale for a picnic and a round of speeches by candidates for the Florida Democratic nomination for I governor. SOPHIA LOREN REVEALS her method of eating spaghetti and Travel Editor Jock Jonas talks about advance planning for the big trip today in The Star's big International Travel Section. i NEW MARINE CORPS BOSS says the Marines are turning out a bet ter product than ever. For a profile of Gen. David M. Shoup mild mannered, bespectacled but tough at noils—see Page 6 of Sunday, The Star Magazine. Racial Protests Spread In South, 100 Arrested Negro Woman Injured in Alabama; Demonstrations in Many Cities By the Associated Press A young Negro woman was hit with a miniature base ball bat and more than 100 persons arrested yesterday as violence erupted in the South where Negroes are pressing their campaign for equal service at lunch counters. Student demonstrations and picketing occurred in sev eral Southern cities and at Madison, Wis. Pickets for a racial equality group continued their march in front of two Wool worth stores in Washington. No incidents were reported at the stores, which maintain nonsegregated lunch counters, police said. Negro college students marched through the down town section of Hampton, Va.. in protest against segregated food service, and about 140 Negro students walked into the Petersbrg (Va.) Public Library in protest against segregated library facilities. Negro Women Injured There were no incidents at Hampton. The library at Peters burg was closed at 12:45 p.m., 15 minutes earlier than usual on Saturday after small groups of Negroes had entered the (library at intervals, starting at 111:30 a.m. Montgomery, Ala., was the Does a First Marriage 'Domesticate' for Next? By BETTY MILES Star Staff Writer ’ Since 87 per cent of divorced Americans remarry, the coun try is operating a type of trial marriage system, with the first marriage domesticating the parties and the second reaping the benefits, a family sociol ogist believes. Dr. Reuben Hill, writing l.u’ the 1960 White House Confer ence on Children and Youth, adds: “The remarriage rate is good evidence that the high rate of divorce in our society con stitutes no repudiation of marriage itself.” Dr. Hill is one of 33 experts contributing to the three volume publication, “The Na tion’s Children,” produced as study inaterial for the 7,000 delegates who will attend the 1960 White House Conference here March 27 to April 2. Dr. Eli Ginzberg. professor of economics at Columbia Uni versity. is editor of the vol umes. The first, “The Family and Social Change,” was re | leased yesterday. Dr. Hill is director of the 'Minnesota Family Study Cen ter and professor of sociology! Here's Why a Woman Buys'Girlie' Magazines A dignified Arlington woman has been buying some question able literature recently. In shops, she has furtively picked up “girlie”’ magazines and asked clerks to wrap them so no one would see what she was carrying. Mrs. Leone Buchholz, former member of the Arlington Coun ty Board, a leader in numerous civic organizations, has en dured frequent embarrassment to further a movement to purge nearby Virginia of objection able publications. Organized as the Northern Virginia Citizens for Decent Literature, more than 700 churches. PTA and civic groups have established a watch to defend children from obscene materials. Housewives, businessmen and retired military officers are checking magazine racks and forwarding suspect publica tions to a standards commit tee. When a periodical is judged lewd, a committee representative shows it to the store owner and requests that he stop selling it. Indecent material sent through the mails is being col lected for postal authorities and legislative committees. Speakers have been trained to alert parents to the nature and enormity of the problem, which has grown in propor tion in recent years. Mrs. Buchholz agrees that sometimes an ill-defined border separates innocently risque magazines or authentic litera ture from the purposefully lewd. /rw // / ~ ‘ scene of the racial incident - Involving the Negro woman, i Christine Stovall, about 22. The woman said she brushed against a white man as they ; were crossing crowded Dexter . avenue, Montgomery’s main , thoroughfare, and the man I called her a derogatory name ) and pushed her to the pave ! ment. r She got up and shoved him. I One of about 25 white men who were carrying small baseball bats in paper sacks rushed up from behind and struck the t woman on the head. The blow , drew blood, but she was not knocked unconscious. i About a dozen white persons s and Negroes scuffled briefly > after the incident and then dis » appeared in the gathering crowd. Police were standing !’ See DEMONSTRATIONS, A-13 ,at the University of Minne sota. “Marriage has never been more popular; about 70 per cent of the population between the ages of 14 to 90 were mar ried in 1958.” he declares. Most of the 18 per cent who were single eventually would marry, he notes. Eight per cent were widowed, 3 per cent separated, and “only 2 per cent were in divorced status.” Dr. Hill observes, “Americans have indeed been very legal in their channeling of the sex drive in wedlock. They have had low rates of illegal co habitation, concubinage is un heard of. and common law unions are rare.” Yet the country has one of the highest rates of change of married partners of any West ern civilization, he says. “Our form of marriage (has been called) serial polygamy," he adds. “You may wish to reverse it and call it brittle monogamy.” Dr. Hill notes that a British social scientist commented. "You Americans talk a lot about divorce, but in Europe we worry See FAMILIES, Page A-12 BL Ji MRS, LEONE BUCHHOLZ But she and her colleagues declare that the material which most alarms them is so fla grantly corrupt that no healthy person can doubt its danger to children. She says that most proprie tors have co-operated with the campaign and that many were ignorant of the contents of pe riodicals they were selling. Some dealers, though, have been defiant, asserting they will stop selling the objectionable publications -only when they are banned in the District. “It certainly is not an attrac tive nor a pleasant task to have to wade through this stuff.’ Mrs. Buchholz says. "But if we do not fight it. the consequences to our children will be far less pleasant." Teen-Agers Can Be Terrific See TEEN Appearing Today After Page H-10 20 CENTS ! Racial Strife Danger Cited By Georgian By J. A. O’LEARY Star Staff Writer The Senate jumped into its marathon civil rights debate in earnest yesterday with a charge by Senator Russell, leader of the Southern forces, that current race unrest in the South is being directed from the North and is part of the effort to promote support for a new civil rights law. 1 The Georgia Democrat said the invasion by Negro youths of lunch counters and other public places where segrega tion is practiced was directed from New York City. He ap pealed to the press, religious leaders and spokesmen for Negro groups to denounce activities which he said migfit i "start a race riot.” Senator Russell made his charge of Northern agitation in the South at an unusual Saturday Senate session that set the stage for the opening tomorrow of a ‘round-the-clock civil rights battle. Marathon Session Set The Saturday session was recessed at 5:45 p.m. with a last minute reminder from Democratic Leader Johnson to his colleagues to remember next week's schedule in ar ranging any appointments. Senator Johnson also I changed the meeting time for tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon to enable several committees to meet before the marathon ses sion begins. Once the Senate meets, no committee can con vene without unanimous con sent. As the debate got under way. informal polls indicated Senate t leaders do not yet have the votes to apply the anti-filibuster cloture rule. May Invoke Cloture Supporters of a new civil rights law hope, however, that the pressure of a week or two of day-and-night sessions coupled with a shutdown of all work on other legislation, will change enough votes to produce the required two-thirds for cloture. Unless cloture can be invoked at some stage of the battle, there is no assurance it will be possible to wear down the Southern opponents to clear the way for action on the bill, a seven-point administration pro posal dealing with voting rights, schools and job discrimination See RIGHTS, Page A-13 Census in 85 Nations UNITED NATIONS. Feb. 27 •AP). Census takers are knocking on doors in 85 coun tries and territories this year as part of the 1960 United Na tions world census program, the U. N. statistical office re ports. Today's Star Sect. A News Sect. B D. C. Area News Sect. C Women s Sect. E Cl ssified Sect. F Editorial Sec G . Sports Sect. H Travel, Amusements TEEN Teen Tabloid TeleVue TV Magazine Sunday Star Magazine' This Week Magazine Comic Section . Comics Index of Subjects Sect. Page Art H ... 14 Books H 17 Bridge . 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