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THE WEATHER:
District and vicinity—Rain tonight, low
about 40. Clearing and colder tomorrow.
High and low for the last 24 hours: High,
51, at 3 pm. yesterday; low, 32, at 5 am.
today.
109th Year.
Caslro Hints
At Softer Line
Under Kennedy
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But Also Implies
$ He May Demand
# Guantanamo Bay
HAVANA, Jan. 14 (AP).
Prime Minister Fidel Castro has
extended Cuba’s waning inva
sion alert from January 18 to
January 20, the day President
elect Kennedy takes office.
Mr. Castro hinted last night
at a labor rally that he wants
a reconciliation with the United
States after President Eisen
hower leaves the White House
but that the United States
Navy base at Guantanamo Bay
might be his asking price.
Mr. Castro said Cuban coast
defenses will still maintain
"vigilance” after Mr. Kennedy
is inaugurated. The full-scale
alert, now in its 19th day, ap
parently will be called off.
There were signs fewer Cu
bans were being detailed to
watch the sea for an invasion
which the Prime Minister de
clared would come from the
United States during Mr. Ei
senhower's administration.
Some armed units were with
drawn from atop buildings and
along Havana’s seafront
30,000 on Hand
President Osvaldo Dorticos
told the rally, which had been
advertised as a victory celebra
tion over an invasion that never
came: "The battle against the
invader has been won.”
About 30,000 persons, a small
crowd considering a week-long
government effort to whip up
enthusiasm, turned out to hear
Mr. Castro.
He seemed to expect the two
year battle with the United
States would be laid aside the
instant Mr. Kennedy takes of
fice. But he indicated he also
wants changes in policies in
Washington.
"We have ’no points of fric
tion with the incoming govern
ment,” Mr. Castro declared,
’since all industries, all mines
and all banks are ours.
"The only problem is Guan
tanamo and we are in no hurry
about that base. It’s their
headache because after break
ing relations (with Cuba) the
position of the United States
before world opinion is unten
able as regards the base.”
Expects “Rectifying”
He added that the Kennedy
administration “must rectify"
the United States position re
garding Cuba’s revolutionary
regime in the best interests of
the United States, Cuba and the
world.
“Prom the very first mo
ment," he said, the Kennedy
administration will "have to de
termine what to do in respect to
war criminals, foreign merce
naries and military instructors.”
This apparently referred to
reports that the United States
has financed a big air base in
Guatemala and provided in
structors for troops alleged to
be training to attack Cuba.
This base he termed a "hot;
potato” for the Kennedy ad
ministration.
Mr. Castro made an oblique
reference to help from the
Soviet Union’s missile forces if
Cuba is attacked.
"Our people will resist for i
the length of time necessary so .
that over the heads of the ag
gressors will fall apocalyptic
lightning that could signify
their disappearance from the
earth,” he declared.
Press Attacks Go On
The government - controlled
press continued attacking
United States possession of
Guantanamo.
It charged yesterday that a
Cuban worker at the base,
Manuel Prieto Gomez, 39, was
tortured by United States Navy '
officers in an attempt to make •
him confess to spying. i
The Navy said Mr. Prieto 1
Gomez was seized trying to ‘
leave the base with payroll 1
records and was detained for
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Soviet Defeat
Seen on Congo
U. N. Is Expected
To Reject Charges
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y„
Jan. 14 (AP).—Diplomats pre
dicted today that the United
Nations Security council would
refuse to indorse Soviet. Afri
can and Asian charges of Bel
gian intervention in the Congo.
They forecast defeat for a
resolution that said Belgium
violated its international trus
teeship over Ruanda-Urundi by
letting Col. Joseph D. Mobutu’s
Congolese Army use the terri
tory as the base for a January
1 raid on troops holding the
Congo's Kivu Province for pro
posed Premier Patrice Lumum
ba.
Ceylon. Liberia and the Un
ited Arab Republic introduced
the resolution yesterday on the
second day of the latest Congo
debate. The Security Council is
considering g Soviet complaint
that Belgium helped organize
the raid with assistance from
United Nations Secretary-Gen
eral Dag Hammerskjold —a
charge Belgium has denied.
Support Seen Weak
The diplomats said the reso
lution would fall far short of
I the seven votes needed for its
adoption in the 11-nation
council. They said only the
Soviet Union and the sponsors
would vote for it and the other
members would either abstain
or vote against it.
In reply to protests from Mr.
Hammarskjold, Belgium has
explained that Col. Mobutu’s
soldiers flew into Ruanda-
See U. N.» Page A-14
Freed Briefly,
Lumumba Is
Held Again
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo,
Jan. 14 (AP). The United
Nations reported Patrice Lu
mumba is under guard today
after a brief spell of liberty
during yesterday's army mutiny
at Thysville army camp.
The firebrand ex-Premier
was temporarily freed during
Lumumba Men Return to Kivu.
Rage A-14
a pay-day riot—setting Leo
poldville agog with anticipa
tion that he was on his way
back to power.
Some reports said President
Joseph Kasavubu and Col. Jo
seph Mobutu were arrested
during the mutiny but released.
The two leaders visited the
camp yesterday morning but
by last night they both were
back in the capital.
Congolese officials said the
situation at Thysville is now
calm.
News that Mr. Lumumba was
still captive quieted the wave
of excitement and fear that
rolled across the capital yes
terday.
But there still is widespread
belief that he will be out of his
prison and back in the political
arena before very long.
The round-table conference
at which Congolese politicians
hope to attain some form of
national unity is set for Janu
ary 25. Belief is widespread in
political circles that no unity
can be reached without Mr.
Lumumba in the picture.
W Moeninn Sftaf
V J V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
Khrushchev Denounces
Butter Deal Trickery
Angered by Order Forcing Farmers
To Buy in Open Market to Fill Quotas
MOSCOW, Jan. 14 (AP).—Premier Khrushchev demands
that Communist leaders who fake agricultural production
figures be expelled from the party and put on trial.
Pursuing his angry denunciation of trickery in sta
tistics during the current meeting of the Communist Party
Central Committee, Mr. Khrushchev forced a party chief of
the little mountain republie.
of Khirgis in Central Asia to
admit that one of his minis
ters obliged collective farmers
to buy butter off the open
market to fill their quotas.
With a strong show of an
ger. Mr. Khrushchev declared
that Communists “must be
chased from the party” for
faking production figures.
‘"Hiey are not Communists,”
he declared, "but sneaks. They
must be thrown out of the
party and brought to court.” '
Blasts Regional Chief
The Premier’s angry outburst
was directed at both M. I.
Rassakov, first secretary of the
Khirgis Central Committee. 1
and a former regional party
chief named Isaev. 1
Mr. Rassakov said that Mr. 1
Isaev “forced a director of
collective farms to buy butter ;
in the stores and turn it over ,
to fulfill pledges to the state ,
for dairy products.” ,
Mr. Rassakov declared the I
man had been expelled from
the party and ousted as mini- 1
ster of the interior of Khirgis.
To a line of biting questions ,
from Mr. Khrushchev, Mr. Ras- 1
sakov admitted that he knew ;
what Isaev was doing long be- |
fore the man was fired. He 1
admitted that even after he (
knew of the affair he appointed ,
Mr. Isaev Interior minister.
“Apparently the best punish- 1
ment for a man who has com- <
mitted a crime is to name him 1
a minister,” cried Mr. Khru- <
shchev.
"We are gravely at fault 1
there,” said Mr. Rassakov. I
'I Told You So 7 Buttons
Banned for Inaugural
Charles Hughes was like a
kid, surrounded by his Ken
nedy buttons, pennants, brace
lets, periscopes, balloons and
ribbons.
As executive director of'the
Inaugural Concession Com
mittee, one of his jobs is ap
proving the souvenirs vendors
will hawk during inaugural
week.
“Look at this,” said Mr.
Hughes, fingering a plastic
container with a hand-painted
White House on top. It
opened to reveal a combination
pill box and glass.
Vendors and their items
have been pouring into Wash
ington all week long. They
have to be checked as licensed
vendors and then Mr. Hughes
has to approve their wares.
“This is the type of thing we
didn’t approve,” he said, reach
ing into a desk and pulling out
a large button with Kennedy,
the White House and the words
“I Told You So.”
“See if they’re in acceptable
good taste, reasonably good
quality, fairly priced,” said
Mr. Hughes, who has been so
busy he’s skipped a haircut two
weeks running. He hopes to
fit this in between the mad
WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1961-36 PAGES
the Villas Province of Cuba. The man kneeling
in front (second from right) is identified as
a priest, Father Francisco.—AP Wirephoto.
"Indeed, we named him mini
ster.”
"That is putting the wolf in
the sheep pen,” said Mr.
Khrushchev.
Deplores Cattle Drives
Earlier, Mr. Khrushchev ac
cuased Nikolai Podgorny, Pre
mier of the Ukraine, and mem
ber of the party Presidum, of
letting half the republic’s corn
crop be stolen for fodder be
fore it could be harvested.
“You will pay,” Mr. Khru
shchev declared.
Yesterday, he interrupted G.
I. Voronov, secretary of the
regional party committee at
Orenburg, who was reporting
on long cattle drives on the
borders on the virgin lands near
Kazakhstan.
“I cannot understand," Mr.
Khrushchev broke in. "what
difference it would make where
a cow is killed. Why is it neces
sary to drag her 500 or 1,000
kilometers? Cattle which cover
hundreds of kilometers lose
weight.”
Mr. Voronov had already sug
gested building regional slaugh
ter houses and using railroads.
But he was quick to agree with
the Soviet Premier. "It is neces
sary to put an end to such lack
of culture,” the regional chief
said.
Press reports of the meeting
also indicated that the problem
of boosting output is taking
first place over more theoretical
questions.
The Communist Party chief
of the Turkmen Soviet Repub-
See KHRUSHCHEV, Page A-14
dash of 500 or so vendors ex
pected by this week end.
“You know, a lot of people
make a living this way,” said the
young Democratic lawyer,
wistfully looking as if a vendor's
Job would be the job to have at
this time. "They come from all
over the country and go to all
the events—the Rose Bowl,
fairs, baseball games.”
A fast-filling board showed
the approved items: A paper
cup with a folksy "Coffee with
Kennedy.” canes, derbies, peri
scopes ("those will come in
handy for looking over the
crowd”), balloons and bracelets
with “Kennedy” on them.
Another problem of the Con
cession Committee, headed by
Joseph L. Rauh, jr„ and Mrs.
Ernest K. Lindley, is who will
sell you that hot dog or two or
three.
"Stands have to be up so
we can approve them. They can
only sell on Friday. We have a
fixed menu and prices,” Mr.
Hughes went on.
Coffee, specified to be in an
8-ounce paper container, will
go for 20 cents; hot chocolate
and hot dogs for 25; soft drinks
for 20; French fries 15; dough
nuts 10, and hamburger* 35.
Soviet Rocket
Mystifies U. S.
Scientists Puzzled
By Pacific Object
By th* AMoelated Prea*
A mystery object sighted
speeding from the Soviet Union
toward the Pacific continued to
puzzle American scientists
today.
No new trace of the object
was reported from United
States Pacific outposts. And a
Russian expert in Moscow
termed reports of the sighting
“pure invention.”
An Air Force radar station
at Shemya Island, Alaska, de
tected the object yesterday
passing in a southeasterly di
rection. The Shemya radar
was reported to have tracked
the object for about six min
utes.
Early today the Air Force
said it still had not determined
what the object was—a long
range missile or a space vehicle.
No Further Report*
At midmoming a Pentagon
spokesman said “there have
been no further visual or radar
| reports” and nothing about a
splash of an object into the
ocean.
Officials declined to say at
what speed the object appeared
to be traveling—which could
indicate whether it was a mis
sile or a space vehicle launch, i
In defense quarters, there
was some impression that it
might have been a missile shot
which fell short. On the other
hand, some believe that it
could have been a booster,
dropping off from a vehicle.
The belief seemed to be that
the Shemya radar did detect
something. A few weeks ago,
the Ballistic Missile Early
Warning System at Thule.
Greenland, detected what was
believed momentarily to be an
unidentified object. Before any
military alert was ordered, it
was discovered that the radar
had detected the moon.
Long-Range Radar
Last night’s announcement
that the Shemya radar had
sighted an object was the first
official confirmation that one
of the long-range radar sys
tems was in operation in the
Aleutians. There had been
unofficial reports about the
See ROCKET, Page A-14
Grounded Sub Freed
LONDON, Jan. 14 (AP).—
Britain’s newest and best sub
marine, the Oberon, recovered
her dignity last night. Two
Royal Naval ships and a tug
hauled her free in the Firth
of Clyde, where she went
aground Thursday with seven
officers and 65 men aboard.
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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low, closing price and net change of
the moat active stocks for the week:
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Stude Pack 301.300 o'/. 7 7’4+
Ling Temco 288.300 314* 2544 30’4 + 54.
Std Oil NJ 273.300 434* 41’. 42 - '*
Certain-teed 263.400 20'« 24V» 25’«- 4*
Royal Dutch 213,200 36'. 341. 36'/« + 2>s
Sperry Rand 183,200 23’4 22'/. 23'. + I'4
Gen Motors 165.100 43 42'. 4244 +4.
Ampex Corp 163,700 24 21’. 22'4 unc.
Westinghse El 162.900 50 45'4 47'*-!’*
Am Motors 162,500 183. 17 s . 18'.+ '/.
Brunswick 156,200 4»'4 46’■ 46’. r
Fairb Whit 144,400 8”. 711 I’/. +P.
Beth steel 135,200 44'4 42'4 423. 3.
Case Co 134,900 IP4 »’/. 1084+g
Boeing Alrp 121,500 40'4 38'A 39’4 +1
Ford Motor 120,600 70'4 664* 694. + 3
Gen Tel AEI 120.100 20'4 27'4 27',.- Vi
El Paso NG 116,300 30'4 27’. 30'4 + 2'4
Alumin Ltd 113,600 34'4 324* 34 +l'4
Losing Governors
Get Top U. S. Jobs
Paying $20,000
U. S. Citizens
Barred From
Gold Abroad
Must Sell Holdings;
Order Is Designed
To Halt Drain
By the Associated Preaa
The United States, in a new
effort to halt the drain on its
gold reserves, today barred
United States citizens and firms
overseas from holding gold or
gold securities deposited
abroad.
The White House, in an
nouncing the order, said
American holders of gold over
seas will be given “a reasonable
period of time until June 1,
1961, to dispose of their hold
ings.”
The order, signed by Presi
dent Eisenhower, was another
step aimed at halting the drain
of American-owned gold re
sulting from the imbalance of
payments between United
States exports and imports.
It is known that American
speculators have been buying
gold bullion on the Toronto
and London markets.
Contributed to Outflow
To the extent that Ameri
cans have been buying gold In
London, they contributed in
' some measure to the recent
heavy outflow of gold.
In order to keep the London
market price at a level just
t above the official United States
I price of 835 an ounse. the
! Treasury has approved gold
sales in that market by the
Bank of England. In turn, the
bank has purchased gold from
the United States to make up
for the amounts sold on the
market in this price-pegging'
operation.
Foreigners purchased about j
82 billion worth of United'
States gold during 1960 and
have bought about 8200 million
worth so far this year. The
United States gold supply is at
a 21-year low of $17.6 billion.
Could Aid Price Situation
While the amount of gold
owned abroad by Americans is
not known, the forced sale of
this bullion could be expected
to help hold down the market,
price.
The White House said in a
statement:
“It is not believed that a i
large amount of gold is being
held abroad in this manner.
However, since individuals and
enterprises subject to the juris
diction of the United States
are not permitted to hold gold
in the United States, it is
reasonable to prohibit such
holdings abroad for purchases
generally represent an outflow
in the United States balance
of payments.
“The prohibition of such
holdings also underlines the
fact that gold today represents
principally a means of settling
international payments be
tween individual foreign coun
tries.”
Schweitzer, 86 Today,
Stops Work Only Briefly
LAMBARENE, Gabon, Jan. 14
(AP).—Dr. Albert Schweitzer
today quietly observed his 86th
birthday, interrupting work at
his jungle hospital only long
enough to open presents and
read a sheaf of greetings.
The nobel prize-winning
medical missionary, philoso
pher and musician brushed
aside any fuss, and asked for
only a quiet day with his staff
and patients.
But his admirers in many
parts of the world saw to it
several weeks ago that the day
would not be forgotten. Pres
ents and greetings have flowed
into Lambarene and more are
expected.
Among presents were those
brought by a group of followers,
mostly from America, who
visited Dr. Schweitzer in late
December and early January.
One present was a battery
operated radio which will pick
up stations around the world.
Dr.. Schweitzer immediately
turned on the radio to hear
some music.
Another gift was a finely
tailored white suitcoat made in
Chicago. Dr. Schweitzer likes
to wear a white coat while
playing the organ.
Also among his presents were
cases of drugs for the hospital
he founded in this equatorial
region in 1913, two big sacks
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HERSCHEL LOVELESS
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Ga. U. Awaits
Two Negroes
Steps to Prevent
Violence Promised
ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 14 (AP).
—Students and faculty mem
bers at the University of
Georgia today anxiously
awaited a second test of in
tegration in an atmosphere of
mingled apprehension and re
assurance.
The grim memory of recent
rioting was' offset to a degree
by a promise from Gov. Er
nest Vandiver that he would’
provide any forces necessary
to prevent a new outbreak of
violence.
At the same time, the Gov
ernor warned that law en
forcement officials of great ex
perience had informed him
that "tinder-box conditions
exist.”
In turn, university officials
said they would act swiftly to
prevent any demonstrations
when Charlayne A. Hunter,
18, and Hamilton E. Holmes,
19, return to the campus.
The two Atlanta Negro stu
dents were ordered readmitted
by a Federal judge in Macon
who warned that no action
must be taken to expel them.
See GEORGIA, Page A-14
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DR. ALBERT SCHWEITZER
—AP Wirephoto
of apples unobtainable in Lam
barene, and many books.
Among the recent group of
visitors was Dr. Herbert M.
Philips of Chicago, president
of the Albert Schweitzer Edu
cational Foundation.
Dr. Schweitzer appeared in
good health and plans a trip
to Europe this year.
Dr. Schweitzer, a native of
Alsace, won the Nobel Peace
Prize for 1952, for his work in
"promoting brotherhood among
people.”
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Two Democrats
Are Selected
By Kennedy
By GARNETT D. HORNER
Star Staff Writer
PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 14.
—Two former Democratic Gov- <
emors who lost their bid for 1
office to Republicans last No
vember were given $20,000-a
-year Federal jobs by President- :
elect Kennedy today.
Mr. Kennedy appointed:
George Docking, 56, who was
defeated for re-election as Gov
ernor of Kansas by Republican
John Anderson, as a director
of the Export-Import Bank.
Herschel Loveless, 49, who
lost his bid for election as lowa
Senator to Republican Jack
Miller, to be a member of the
Federal Renegotiation Board.
Both men had been elected
in 1956.
Reported imminent, mean
while, is an announcement
naming Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., presi
dent of West Virginia Univer
sity, as Secretary of the Army.
Docking a Banker
Mr. Docking, a 1925 graduate
of the University of Kansas, is
a banker by profession. He be
came a vice president of the
First National Bank of Law
rence, Kans., in 1937, and was
president of the bank until he
was elected Governor. He also
was treasurer of the Kansas
Public Service Co.
He will succeed Hawthorne
Arey as a director of the Ex
port-Import Bank.
Mr. Loveless, a railroad of
ficial and business executive
before he entered politics, will
' succeed Donald Ross as a mem
ber of the board charged with
renegotiating defense contracts
when necessary to eliminate
excessive profits.
Mr. Loveless was employed
by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railroad from 1927
until 1939 and by the John
Morrell Co. in 1944-47. He
served as mayor of Ottumwa.
lowa, from 1944 until 1953. In
1954 he became owner of the
Municipal Equipment Co. In
Ottumwa.
The President-elect, in his
final days at the seaside home
of his father before his inaugu
ration next Friday, scheduled a
luncheon conference today with
Vice President-elect Johnson.
Johnson See* Missile*
Mr. Johnson, who will head
the President’s Space Advisory
Council, was said to be in Flor
ida mainly for a visit to the
missile testing center at Cape
Canaveral, Fla., which he made
yesterday.
It was assumed Mr. Kennedy
and his Vice President-elect
would discuss steps being con
sidered to accelerate the Na
tion's space program. But
Pierre Salinger, Mr. Kennedy's
press secretary, said the lunch
was mainly “social.”
In a steady flow of appoint
ments, the President-elect was
attempting to fill the bulk of
key jobs in his administration
before he moves into the White
House.
He announced last night that
John S. Gleason jr., 45. a vice
president of the First National
See KENNEDY, Page A-3
Eisenhower Rests
At Camp David
THURMONT, Md., Jan. 14
(AP). —President Eisenhower
relaxed today in the seclusion
of Camp David, his Catoctin
Mountain hideaway near here.
Mr. Eisenhower flew by heli
copter to Camp David late yes
terday for a final visit before
leaving the White House Friday,
In addition to rest and re
laxation, Mr. Eisenhower
planned to get in some work on
his farewell radio-TV talk to
the Nation Tuesday night.
He plans to return to Wash
ington tomorrow.
CHURCHES MARK
INAUGURATION
SPECIAL SERVICES marking the
inauguration of President-elect Ken
nedy will be held in many area
churches this week. For a complete
schedule of services see Page A-6.
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