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Heading in opposite directions, two black
necked swans glide past each other on the pond
at the Washington Zoo. They are new arrivals
Trusty Gets
Contraband,
Probe Begun
BALTIMORE. Jan. 15 (AP).
—State Prison Supt. James W. ,
Curran has ordered a full police
Investigation of the reported
passing of contraband in Balti
more to a trusty of the House j ’
of Correction in Jessup. 1
A woman acting for the
Maryland Crime Investigating <
Committee was reported to ,
have passed a pint of whisky i
and five medicinal inhalers to |
the trusty yesterday as a truck <
from the prison loaded produce j
at a Baltimore market. i
The committee’s managing
director, Alvin J. T. Zumbrun, 1
said he arranged the trap to ,
show that more serions contra- s
band such as marihuana or ,
heroin could be smuggled into ,
Maryland prisons. He said the ,
inhalers—containing mephen- j
termine—are used by prisoners
*‘to get high on.”
Mr. Zumbrun said the young
woman engaged one of two ,
trusties on the truck in con- ,
versation before passing him a i
brown paper bag containing <
the whisky and inhalers. Under ;
Instruction from Mr. Zumbrun, ,
she then went to a telephone
immediately and called Supt.
Curran to tell him the contra- <
band had been passed.
The articles were found on ,
the truck when it returned toll
Jessup and the two prisoners ]
were segregated until the in- (
vestigation is completed. .
Supt. Curran said he‘has a ;
bill to make it unlawful to give ,
prisoners contraband, which
he hopes will be introduced in ,
the Maryland General As- ,
sembly.
; I
Kiwanians Install
In Silver Spring
Harland F. Brownfield, of 515
East Melbourne avenue. Silver
Spring, Md., was installed as
the president of the Kiwanis
Club of Silver Spring at a re-j;
cent luncheon of the club.
Mr. Brownfield is a 30-year
member of the Bell Telephone;
system and has been employed
by the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. at Silver Spring
since 1937. 1
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR . '
Pre-inaugural Features
Highlight The Sunday Star I
JFK AIRS VIEW§ ON TEN PROBLEMS—In This Week
Magazine, the President-elect answers 10 major
questions that face the Nation on the eve of his
Inauguration. In SUNDAY, The Star Magazine, via
on-the-spot artist sketches, you’re given the story
about “The Night John F. Kennedy, jr.. Was Born”;
Frances Lide writes on "Our Versatile First Lady-to-
Be”; and, for a picture study of Mr. Kennedy's
headwear, read “Hat Styles for the Head Man.”
THE SUNDAY STAR’S CIVIL WAR STORY—A century
ago, Alabama and Florida seceded from the Union.
An account of the secessions as reported by The
Star 100 years ago appears in SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine. In addition, a description of what Wash
ington was like in January, 1861, is given In the same
magazine.
FOR TV FANS— Ethel Merman, who’ll be seen in tele
vision’s “The Gershwin Years,” is this Sunday’s big
feature in The Star’s TV Magazine, which brings you
more pages of color, as well as much more program
information. *
TEENS AND CULTURE— Does the rock-and-roll gen
eration also like the high-brow arts, such as classi
cal music, drama and ballet? To find out, the Mont
gomery County Arts Center this year started an
experimental cultural program just for teen-agers.
For a report, see TEEN Magazine.
Phone Lincoln 3-5000 for Home Delivery
THE EVENING STAR
Wathingtan, D. C., Saturday, January 14, 1961
YOU GO YOUR WAY . . .
Two Governors Oppose
Proposed Sewage Plant
By JAMES B. ROWLAND
Stir Bt»tf Writer ’ I
Two Governors and national conservation groups lent
support last night to Southern Prince Georges County residents
fighting a proposed sewage treatment plant at Mockley Point
on the south shore of Piscataway Bay.
Major arguments were for a zoning plan to precede a
sewage plant, or for its location further south where Matta-
woman Creek flows into the
Potomac River at Indian Head. ,
Conservation spokesmen j
claimed the $2.2 million plant ]
would show up as an eyesore
from Mount Vernon. More ,
than 300 persons jammed a ]
courtroom and adjoining halls j
for the four-hour hearing in <
Upper Marlboro. .
The hearing was held by the I
Washington Suburban Sani- 1
tary Commission, which will
study the testimony before <
making a decision on one of 1
three sites along the south 1
bay shore opposite Fort Wash- <
ington. <
Opposed by Governor
Robert J. McLeod, chief en- 1
gineer for the WSSC, said the
plant initially would serve 10.-
000 persons but be expandable
to accommodate up to 180,000
residents, as is predicted for
the Piscataway basin for the
year 2000.
Letters from Gov. Tawes and
Gov. Almond were read by
Hugh B. Marsh of Fairfax, a
member of the Board of Vis
itors of Mount Vernon. The
Maryland Governor asked that
consideration be given other :
sites and expressed hope “some
alternative plan may be de
vised.”
Gov. Almond wrote that the 1
plant would have a vital effect
on both Virginia and the Na
tion. He asked that the plant
be built further inland or in
some other area.
T. Sutton Jett, associate su
perintendent of the National
Park Service, read a statement
from the director, Conrad L. '
'Wirth, saying the area should
be part of a Capital regional
park. He said:
“The preservation of this 1
area would be a logical and
I important extension of the
considerable investment the
| Federal Government and the
States of Maryland and Vir
ginia have already made to
ward the preservation of these
historic environs in the devel- 1
from South America and probably are still con
fused by Washington’s traffic.—Star Staff
Photo by Francis Routt.
opment of the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway and
Fort Washington."
Spencer M. Smith, secretary
of the Citizens Committee on
Natural Resources, said the
project would inundate historic
sites going back to Maryland’s
settlement in 1632, and ground
that has produced proof of hab
itation 5.000 years ago.
Willard E. Brown, exeuctive
committee member of the the
National Park Association,
termed the plant “an ugly and
otherwise objectionable utility.”
Charles C. Wall, director of
Mount Vernon, said he could
not believe a public body would
destroy the shoreline.
“Our visitors today thrill to
the same view that George
Washington and his visitors
had.” Mr. Wall said.
Fifty-one persons spoke either
for themselves or 14 organiza
tions against the project, while
proponents had 10 speakers
with four organizations rep
resented.
'New District Urged
Speakers for the Calvert
Manor Association urged legis
lative creation of a new sani
tary district with a plant at
Mattawoman Creek. Landown
ers would be assessed an over
head sewer tax. Mr. McLeod
said this overland route would
require another $2 million.
William J. Harris, jr., of
Moyaone Reserve, said orderly
development is the critical
problem. The plant would bring
immediate pressure for high
density and industrial develop
ment since there is no zoning
plan, he said.
Other speakers produced
charts showing how wind direc
tions in a previous five-year
period would have brought sew
age plant odors Inland. Several
citizens living near the District
plant at Blue Plains testified
to odors they endure. Mr. Mc-
Leod noted that plant handles
about 240 million gallons a day.
Delegate Hervey G. Machen.
Democrat of Prince Georges,
said afterwards he would not
like to see a plant go in where
there was so much opposition.
Gas Tax Revenue Up
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 14 (AP)—
Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein
announced yesterday that net
collections from Maryland’s
gasoline tax totaled $28,345,-
237 for the first half of the
fiscal year. The collections were
$1,233,843 higher than for the
same period last fiscal year.
Free Buses From Hotels
To Take Guests to Ball
Now you’ll be able to go to
the ball in a bus.
Edward H. Foley, Inaugural
Committee chairman, says free
bus transportation will be
provided from downtown hotels
to the Armory the night of the
Inaugural Hall, January 20.
Mr. Foley, at a press confer
ence yesterday, said a second
room the Cotillion will
be used to accommodate those
attending, the ball at the Shera
ton-Park Hotel.
There will be three separate
locations for the ball the
Armory, the Mayflower Hotel
and the Sheraton-Park. Presi
dent-elect Kennedy and his of
ficial party will go to each, in
cluding both rooms at the
Sheraton-Park.
Mr. Foley, In his final press
conference before the inaugura
tion, reported that the Housing
Water Tank
Poses Puzzle
On Zoning
The Prince Georges County
Commissioners yesterday found
themselves without a category.
The probelm at hand was
how to zone a 600.000-gallon
water tank designed to serve
Belair, the mammoth sub
division on the late William
Woodward's estate near Bowie,
Md., now under construction by
William J. Levitt & Sons.
T. Hammond Welsh, jr.,
attorney for the developer,
appeared before the commis
sioners in Hyattsville to request
a special exception for the
pump house, storage tank and
sewage treatment tanks pro
posed for a 32-acre Levitt
owned tract. The whole plant is
planned to be leased eventu
ally to the city of Bowie, or to
another public authority.
Robert B. Mathias, the
' board's attorney, pointed out
that there was no precedent
for either an exception or a
zoning category in such an in
stance, because no similar
operation ever had been pro
posed in Prince Georges.
The commissioners expressed
some doubt that it fell in the
province of a special exception
and suggested that perhaps
the Levitt firm should apply
for a zoning change to either
commercial or industrial.
An hour more of discussion
finally resulted in a decision by
the board to take the complex
matter under advisement,
pending conferences with the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission and the Maryland
Health Department.
In other business, the board
denied an application by the
National Development Corp, to
1 change the zoning of five acres
at the corner of Landover road
and John Hanson highway,
center.
Cheverly, for a shopping
Representatives of the town
of Cheverly and the Cheverly
Manor ’ Citizens Association
opposed the change, main
taining that there already are
1 five neighborhood shopping
centers within a four-mile
1 radius.
FREE TICKETS SET
FOR INAUGURAL
Standee tickets for the
inaugural swearing-in
ceremony at the east front
of the Capitol on Friday
will be available through
i Senators. Congressmen, the
; Inaugural Committee and
> the Democratic National
Committee.
! The 23 000 tickets, which
! are free, are now being
! printed.
Committee has placed 1&.000
persons for the inaugural period.
He said the guaranty fund
now stands at $1,214,413. by far
the largest of any inauguration.
He. said the committee hopes
to leave from $25,000 to $50,000
to the next inaugural commit
tee and also donate “a sub
stantial sum” to charity.
The chairman announced
that a pre-inaugural review,
featuring the military’s out
standing bands, choral groups
and drill teams, will be held at
8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Uline
Arena, third and M. streets N.E.
Tickets for the 90-minute
review will be issued through
members of Congress.
Meanwhile, the Inaugural
Religious Observance Subcom
mittee issued a statement today
calling on all Americans to
offer special prayers on Inau
guration Day.
Architect Hits
Alexandria's
Urbanßenewal
A
Plans Don't Keep
Auto in Its Place,
Expert Comments
By JOHN NEARY
Star Staff Writer
Alexandria’s urban renewal
planning has been sharply at
tacked by a nationally known
Washington architect.
The city's renewal plan, still
in what its author calls the
"concept” stage, doesn't do
enough to keep the automobile
in its place, the architect,
Charles Goodman, said yester
day.
“Pedestrian walkways.” said
Mr. Goodman, designer of
Washington’s River Park Co
operative, "would reorient the
city life and create a much
more dynamic place to live.”
At this point the plan's only
planned pedestrian mall is
shown at King and Pitt streets,
in the heart of the city's busi
ness district.
Without more, the Washing
ton architect said, the plan
lacks a “20th century approach
to planning.”
Mr. Goodman accused the
city of a dangerous uncertainty
about what the area will look
like when it’s finished, despite
the good intentions of planners.
Provisions Cited
“It’s all very well to have a
bunch of architects come in
and work up a plan—and then
have developers come in and
do what they damn please,” he
said.
Martin Smith, the city’s ur
ban renewal director, and other
top city officials have said con
tractual provisions would bind
developers to adhering to city
planners’ ideas.
Mr. Goodman, however, said
the guarantees should have
been made "in writing" before
planning got to the current
stage.
Without solid guarantees. Mr.
Goodman said, developers might
lure the city away from its
original intentions with high
cash offers for land.
Unless a clear decision is
made on whether land prices
or design proposals will deter
mine which developer gets re
newal work, Mr. Goodman said,
uncertainty “discourages peo
ple like myself” from partici
pating in planning.
Mr. Goodman was among
more than two dozen architects
and engineers invited by Mr.
Smith to discuss ways of bring
ing architects into the planning.
Denies Readiness
David Rosenthal, an Alexan
dria architect, asked whether
the plan weren’t complete
enough at this point to ask
for specific proposals by de
velopers.
Mr. Smith said he felt it
still needed further architec
tural studies, and asked for pro
fessional comments.
Mr. Goodman accused Mr.
Smith of wanting no more
from the professional men than
"surface decorations” to the.
concept.
"I walk in there and find
the guy's got a plan all done,
and wants us to back him up,”
he said afterward, “I say nuts.
"Architecture is planning—
not putting decorations on
things without relating them to
their environment.”
Fire Razes Home,
Sleeping Man Dies
NEWBURG, Md., Jan. 14
(Special*.—An elderly Charles
County man was fatally burned
last night when he apparently
failed to awaken after his
frame house was set afire by
an overheated wood stove,
Maryland State police report.
Police identified the victim
as John Garnet Thompson, 86,
who lived alone in a house on
the farm of Andrew Lawrence,
in Newburg. The house was
bruned nearly to the ground
when firemen arrived and the
victim’s body was found in
the ashes, police said.
Memorial Designers
Lay Row to Pictures
The designers of the Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt memorial
declared last night that there
is nothing wrong with their
proposal—just with the pic
tures of it.
The prize-winning design is
the result of a team project
headed by William F. Pedersen
and Bradford S. Tilney, New
York architects, who said their
design has “suffered public
criticism because of poor se
lection of pictures used by the
press.”
However, the memorial com
mission itself released the pic
tures which have received the
major play in the public press.
The controversy began last
month when the design was
selected by memorial officials
who held a national competi
tion which drew nearly 600
entries. At that time, the late
President's son, Representative
James Roosevelt, Democrat of
California, commented that
the design "was a good, deal
more modernistic than my
father would have approved
of.” He was the first of a
growing number of persons to
voice criticism of the design.
Last night, the two archi
tects attended a preview show
ing of the winning design at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Maryland to Ratify
District Amendment
Tydings Bill Proposes
Fund Insurance Control
* Measure Seen Directed at Firm
Having Politicians Among Officers
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 14.—A bill which would require an in
surance company organized by Baltimore County political lead
ers to change its method of operations has been introduced
in the Legislature.
The bill, introduced by Delegate Joseph D. Tydings, Demo
crat of Harford, is aimed at the Security Financial Insurance
Corp., which has three State
legislators and the Maryland
Democratic national commit
teeman among its officers and
directors.
The firm was set up in 1959
to insure accounts of savings
and loan associations. It is the
only State-chartered company
doing such business, according
to a spokesman in the State
Insurance Department.
Mr. Tydings’ bill would pro
hibit the firm, or any other
insurance company, from in
suring accounts of any single
savings and loan company in
excess of 10 per cent of the
insuring firm’s assets.
Assets Reported
John H. Coppage, deputy in
surance commissioner for
Maryland, said the depart
ment’s latest records on Se
curity Financial Insurance
Corp, show that the firm had
assets of $500,000 and was in
suring accounts totaling $3O
million.
The 10 per cent limitation
under Mr. Tydings’ bill would
mean the firm could insure
only $50,000 in any single
savings and loan company un
less the "risk" in excess of that
amount were distributed to
other Insurance companies
through reinsurance. "Rein
surance” means that one com
pany writes the insurance but
distributaes part of the risk to
other companies.
Most of the $3O million worth
of accounts insured by Security
Financial Insurance Corp, would
represent single risks in excess
of the 10 per cent limitation of
$5 County Auto Tax
Sought by Montgomery
Montgomery County has
asked the Legislature for per
mission to tax all motor vehi
cles in the county $5 a year
beginning June 1.
Alfred H. Carter, county at
torney, forwarded copies of
the proposal to members of the
county delegation in Annap
olis yesterday.
Members of the delegation
had told him, he said, that
Almond to Attend
Little Inaugural
Ball in Arlington
Virginia’s Gov. Almond will
be among those attending the
Little Inaugural Ball in Ar
lington next Friday.
The affair at Arlington Tow
ers is sponsored by the Arling
ton Young Democrats, the Citi
zens for Kennedy-Johnson of
Northern Virginia, and the Ar
lington Democratic Executive
Committee. Its purpose is to
raise additional money for the
Democratic National Committee
and to serve as a celebration
outlet for those unable to at
tend the main Inaugural Balls
in Washington.
Instigators of the Little In
augural Ball idea are State
Senator Charles R. Fenwick,
10th District Democratic Com
mittee chairman, and Delegate
Harrison Mann, member of the
county’s Democratic State Cen
tral Committee.
President-elect Kennedy also
has been invited, provided he
has time after attending the
three main balls in Washing
ton, the sponsors announced.
Along with the $50,000 prize
design, the Corcoran exhibit
includes the six finalists and
22 honorable mention designs.
"This was one of the most
perfect competitions I’ve ever
had anything to do with,” Mr.
Pedersen said. “It’s a shame
. . . uninformed critics, most
of whom haven't even seen the
scale models of the design . . .
are using uncomplimentary
newspaper photos to judge the
artistic quality of the design.”
Mr. Pedersen's co-worker, Mr.
Tilney, said the controversy did
not detract from his enthusiasm
for the design.
"Coneroversy shows great
public interest,” Mr. Tilney
said. "Everyone should have
his say about a proposed na
tional memorial."
The site for the proposed
memorial is a 66-acre tract in
West Potomac Park between
Independence avenue and the
Inlet Bridge. The competition
specified that the memorial
must conform with the sur
rounding memorials and monu
ments.
The architects estimate the
cost of the structure at more
than $4 million. The memorial
commission plans to raise most
of the funds through public
subscription.
the Tydings bill, Mr. Coppage
said.
If the bill is adopted, the
firm would have to reinsure a
large part of the % risks it now
has assumed, Mr. Tydings said.
A large part of the premiums
would go to the reinsuring
firms.
Report on Officers
President of Security Finan
' cial is Charles F. Culver, Demo
cratic Delegate from Baltimore
■ County, according to records of
1 the Insurance Department. Roy
' N. Staten, also a State Delegate,
is executive vice president, and
Claude Hanley, former State
insurance commissioner, is
’ treaseurer. A. Gordon Boone,
Democratic floor leader of the
’ House of Delegates, and Mi
i chael Birmingham, Democratic
I national committeeman and a
. resident of Baltimore County,
i are directors.
Mr. Coppage said the Legis
t lative Council had been asked
[ to support a bill similar to the
> one Mr. Tydings introduced
. but it referred the matter to
the Banking and Insurance
; Committee, headed by Mr.
> Tydings.
; Mr. Coppage said the bill has
. the backing of the State insur
. ance commissioner. He said Mr.
t Tydings’ committee has ap-
> proved the measure.
Mr. Coppage said the pur
i pose of the legislation is to
> make sure that insurance com
-1 panies do not take on such big
! risks that their ability to pay
I oft is endangered.
prospects for passage were
good. He said that even if the
Legislature were to grant such
permission, the county would
not consider such an ordinance
until public hearings are held.
AAA Opposes Plan
There were signs, however,
that such an ordinance would
be strongly opposed.
Washington I. Cleveland, sec
retary of the District division
of the American Automobile
Association, said that organi
zation's suburban Maryland ad
visory board was strongly
against "any State legislation
which would grant authority to
Montgomery County to Impose
additional taxes on motorists.
"Highway user taxes are
properly the function and au
thority of the State,” he said.
“To delegate such taxing pow
er to counties would result not
only in unreasonably high tax
es upon the motorist but also
would diminish much-needed
State highway user tax funds
designated for highway pur
poses.”
Although Virginia cities and
counties collect a local motor
vehicle tax, there is at present
no such arrangement in Mary
land, Mr. Carter said.
$700,000 Income Seen
The levy, if approved, would
be expected to raise about
$700,000 a year, according to
the attorney. The proposed li
cense tax would cover some
140,000 cars, buses and trucks
now registered in the county.
The proposal is an attempt
by the county to open up a new
source of revenue. Except for
a 2-cents-a-pack cigarette tax,
the counties fund-raising pow
er is virtually limited to a prop
erty levy.
"This is an attempt to shift
some of the burden of county
services from a straight prop
erty tSx to other, areas,” Mr.
Carter declaed.
The State of Maryland now
taxes passenger cars from $l5
to $23 a year, depending on
size, and trucks from $l7 to
$250.
U. S. Real Estate Here
Put at $746 Million
The Government’s vast hold
ings in the District of Colum
bia—ranging from the White
House to parkland—are worth
$746 million, according to a re
port released today.
This Federal Investment Is
greater than that in some en
tire States. For example, it
is almost triple the value of
all the Federal property in Wis
consin.
The House Government Op
erations Committee reported
that the $746 million consists
of 11,242 acres of land worth
$l3O million and 2,269 buildings
and related facilities valued at
$616 million.
Property on Capitol Hill was
estimated to be worth $386 mil
lion, with the Capitol and Sen
ate and Hous Office Buildings
valued at $lO9 million. The
land on the Hill, totaling 161
Vote Bills Get
Okay in Both »
House, Senate
Maryland was well on the
way today to becoming the
fourth State to ratify the con
stitutional amendment promis
ing Washington citizens a vote
in national elections.
A proposal to legalize voting
in presidential and vice presi
dential elections here was ap
proved yesterday by both
houses of the Maryland Gen
eral Assembly.
The only action needed now
for formal ratification is for one
house to agree to the wording
of the amendment cleared by
the other.
Hawaii, Massachusetts and
New Jersey, in that order, al
ready have ratified.
Others Lining Up
That leaves 34 State indorse
ments required to make the
vote reform a part of the law
of the land. Supporters re
portedly are making progress
in the Legislatures of New
York, Wisconsin, Washington,
Vermont and West Virginia.
Forty-seven Legislatures meet
in 1961.
At Annapolis, the Maryland
House of Delegates passed the
amendment, 108-0. There was
only one dissenting vote in the
Senate. One other Senator de
clined to vote.
Senator Robert P. Dean,
Democrat of Queen Annes, said
he was against ratification on
the ground that it would lead
to eventual home rule for the
District.
Senator Frank E. Shipley,
Democrat of Howard, declined
to vote with the comment that
he thought "our forefathers
knew what they were doing
when they set the District up
without a vote.”
Both Democratic Gov. Tawes
and Republican Senator Beall
of Maryland urged passage.
Speedy Ratification
The measure was speeded as
fast as procedures would allow
through the committees and
floor of the Legislature.
Senator Randolph, Democrat
of West Virginia, planned to
travel to West Virginia this
week end to consult personally
with State leaders there about
the amendment. As one of the
strongest supporters of the
proposal in Congress last year.
Senator Randolph is anxious
that his own State be among
the first to affirm the right
to vote in Washington.
Os the 47 Legislatures con
vening in 1961, all but five now
are in session. Nevada will
meet Monday. Due to sit later
are Legislatures of North Car
olina, beginning February 8;
Florida, April 4: Louisiana,
May 8, and Alabama, May 2.
Both nonpartisan and po
litical efforts to guide the
amendment are being co
ordinated in Washington
through the Citizens Commit
tee for a presidential vote,
headed by F. Elwood Davis.
CLEANUP PLEA
SHIFTS TRASH
INTO STREETS
When Distict Govern
ment officials launched a
drive Thursday urging
people to clean up their
property, they didn’t mean
the trash should be dumped
in streets and alleys.
William A. Xanten. su
perintendent of the Divi
sion of Sanitation, said
yesterday that many per
sons had been throwing
their trash on public prop
erty.
The clean-up drive is to
make the Federal city as
presentable as possible for
the inauguration next Fri
day.
"We want the people to
clean their yards out,” Mr.
Xanten said, “but if they
throw their trash in the
streets with the sand (left
over from the snowstorm
last month), we’ll never get •
it- all cleaned up.”
Mr. Xanten requested
that raked-up leaves and
other refuse be put out in
cans or baskets for the reg
ular trash collection.
acres, was said to be worth $23
million.
Chairman Dawson, Democrat
of Illinois, of the House com
mittee said much of the prop
erty in the District is recorded
on the Federal books “at a mere
fraction of its true worth." For
instance, the 18 acres around
the White House are recorded
as worth $l,OOO.
Even with such unrealistic
values, the committee’s report
shows the United States has a
gigantic real estate empire in
the United States and overseas.
The Government owns 779
million acres of land worth $76
billion and buildings and other
property worth $2OO billion.
The House committee said its
report on Federal holdings at
the end of fiscal 1960 repre
sents a $lO billion increase over
those recorded in the previous
fiscal year.