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A panoramic view of a family of bears and their
cum fascinates 4-year-old Alice Taylor, of 124
North Carolina avenue S.E. and her sister
Laura, 2. They’re looking at the National
Geographic Society’s exhwit of 275 wildlife
Reds Rebuffed
ByU.N.Vofe
Move to Censure
Belgium Foils
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y„
Jan. IB (AP).—The Soviet
Union and thro* Asian-African
nations failed today to gain
United Nation* Security Coun
cil censure of Belgium for al
leged intervention in the
Congo.
Valerian A. Zorin, Soviet
deputy foreign minister, imme
diately told the Council he con
sidered the issue should be
brought before the 99-nation
General Assembly. But he did
not say wliethe- he would re
quest such action before the
Assembly resumes its regular
session in March.
Only the Soviet Union, Li
beria, Ceylon and the United
Arab Republic voted for a reso
lution that would have found
Belgium guilty of violating
its trusteeship over Ruanda-
Urundl.
Hammarskjold Speaks
The resolution submitted by
the three Asian-African na
tions sought such action on
the grounds that Belgium per
mitted Congo troops of Col.
Joseph Mobutu to use the ter
ritory as a base for a raid
January 1 on troops in Kivu
Province who support deposed
Premier Patrice Lumumba.
All other members of the 11-
nation Council abstained—the
United States, Britain, France,
Nationalist China, Chile, Ecua
dor and Turkey. Seven affir
mative votes were required.
Secretary General Dag Ham
marskjold spoke briefly just
before the vote. He had been
accused by the Soviet Union
of racial bias in carrying out
U.N. operations in the Congo,
and with helping the Belgians
take action against the Lu
mumba forces.
Alm of Distrust Seen
Mr. Hammarskjold declared
that the charges were raised by
the Soviet Union for the pur
pose of trying to sow distrust
between Congo officials and
U. N. personnel.
The secretary general, who
flew back from Africa to attend
See U. N„ Page A-3
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THE CALL OF THE WILD
Harrison Enters Race
For Virginia Governor
By ALEX R. PRESTON
■tar Staff Wrlwr
LAWRENCEVILLE, Va„ Jan.
lie—Virginia Attorney General
Albertis 8. Harrison. Jr M stat
ing his firm opposition to a
sales tax and pledging support
to a puldie school system, to
night formally announced as a
candidate for Governor.
He will face Lt. Gov. A. E. 8.
Stephens of Smithfield, who
announced on November 13 his
Intention to seek the Demo
cratic nomination for Goveror
in the July primary.
Mr. Harrison, 54, and Mr.
Stephens, 60, are contesting for
the seat to be vacated next
January by Gov. Almond, who
cannot succeed himself.
The Attorney General dis
closed his plan to resign from
that office on April 1, “or
sooner,** he added, “should my
campaign-related activities in
terfere or prevent me from dis
charging the duties of the of
fice fully and completely.’*
r Sees Fiscal Gains
The tone of his address
i seemed to put him dose to the
■ Almond freedom -of - choice
. plan of school operation but
■ against a sales tax Which the
I Governor recommended—with
i out success—to the 1960 Legis
l lature.
Addressing a banquet at the
■ Brunswick high school, Mr.
: Harrison said: “As most of you
, know, I have consistently op-
■ posed and discouraged the im
. position of a sales tax. I have
never felt that we were faced
, with the emergency that would
. justify this additional burden
L on the taxpayers of the state.”
i Mr. Harrison said he saw no
; immediate threat to Virginia's
, financial picture, pointing out
j that revenues exceed estimates
. each year. At the end of the
last fiscal year—June, 1960
the surplus stood at 135.9 mil
lion, he said.
■ Mr. Harrison announced
, what he said was “the biggest
Electrical Anaesthesia
Praised as Success
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 14
(AP).—A team of surgeons at
the University of Mississippi
Medical Center used electricity
today to anesthetize a woman
as simply as turning on an
electric light.
Within a minute after the
switch was turned off follow
ing the operation, the woman
awoke and expressed no dis
comfort. In addition, she had
no .nausea and was returned
immediately to her room in
stead of to a recovery room,
where she ordinarily would
have spent considerable time
under constant supervision.
Hospital authorities said the
use of the electrical anesthesia
was the first in the nation, and
possibly in the world. The
surgery was an abdominal
operation.
The use of electrical anesthe
sia was developed at the center
after four years of research
under a grant from the Depart
ment of the Army, which is
particularly interested because
of the equipment's potential
She Sunday Shir
WITH DAILY EVENING piTION
photos opening tomorrow in Explorer’s Hall at
the society, Sixteenth and M streets N.W. Most
of the photographs and paintings are in full
color.—-Star Staff Photo Dy Francis Routt
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’ ALBERTIS 8. HARRISON, Jr.
r decision of my life” at the
' 30th annual stockholders meet
' ing of the Farmers & Merchants
' bank, of which he is a founder
and vice president.
“I do not agree,” he said,
“with those who maintain that
s Virginia has failed to meet its
! obligations in providing public
‘ services. Os course, all that is
' desirable has not been done,
1 but that is not the proper cri
' terion. The test is essential
* needs, and these needs have
been met.” **
B
Need Js Criterion
1 A short time later he added
- this qualification: "Frankly, at
* this time we cannot predict
? what emergencies may arise,
* and the extent of the demands
1 thA may be made on State gov-
J eminent in the future . Until
this picture is clearer, it would
) be dangerous for Virginia to
b use its last tax source.”,
£ Once a sales tax is imposed,
’ he warned, “it will be perma-
- nent and will go in only one di
‘ rection and that is up.”
His pledge to support a public
1 school system came in that part
t See HARRISON, Fage A-6
for operations under combat
conditions.
The system—costing $l50 —
works like this: An oscillator,
or frequency generator, provides
700 cycles of current through
an amplifier, which is connected
to the patient’s temples by
electrodes the size of half
dollars.
Within 30 to 60 seconds after
the switch Is thrown, the
patient is asleep and the oper
ation may begin. The patient
remains unconscious as long as
the current is on and wakes up
within 30 to 60 seconds after
the current is turned off.
A hospital spokesman said
a 700-cycle signal —compared
with 60 cycles used in house
current —was chosen after
months of research on dogs
and monkeys.
Using electical anesthesia
means the patient is awake
almost immediately after the
operation and may begin car
ing for himself instead of
having to spend hours in a
recovery room under constant
supervision. Nausea and other
after-effects are absent.
WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 15, 1961—234 PAGES
Foreign Gold
Buying Barred
U. S. Sets Ban
To Cut Losses
By Ui« AnocUMS Pr«M
President Eisenhower, in a
new demonstration of official
concern over the Nation’s gold
problem, yesterday tarred
Americans from hoarding gold
abroad.
United States citizens and
firms no longer will be per
mitted to buy foreign gold
either directly or Indirectly.
Those who already own such
gold will have until June 1 to
dispose of their holdings.
The surprise move was ex
pected to help the Govern
ment’s effort to stem the heavy
flow of gold from the United
States. However, officials de
clined to be specific about the
possible effect because there
are no statistics on the amount
of foreign gold owned by
Americans.
Ever since 1933, Americans
have been prohibited from own
ing gold in the United States.
Until today, they had been able
to own gold abroad so long as
they didn’t bring it into the
country.
Treasury officials said Mr.
Eisenhower’s move was designed
to "tidy up” the gold regula
tions and block this loophole.
Mr. Elsenhower acted by sign
ing an executive order.
Officials said the question of
gold hoarding abroad has be
come significant because of the
publicity about the gold situa
tion and Increased promotional
efforts here by sellers of foreign
gold.
The-White House announce
ment said "it is not believed
that a large amount of gold is
See GOLD, Page A-6
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This Week Magazine, TV Magazine
and Comic Section.
Index of Subjects
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Books C 5
Bridge D 5
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Records D 4
Schools D 6
Science Calendar F 8
Sports ...F—..l-7
Stamps, Coins ....D 5
TEEN ..D After 6
Television Listings .. TV Magazine
Travel B. 6-7
Week in Perspective C 1
Kennedy Picks Stahr
As Secretary of Army
Party Leaders
Here Io Have
Patronage Say
Kennedy to Hear
D. C. Democrats*
Advice on Posts
By GRACE BASSETT
■tar *tsS Writer
President-elect Kennedy Is
prepared to follow all recom
mendations of District Demo
cratic Party leaders for ap
pointments to municipal 'and
court posts in the Nation’s
Capital.
At stake are at least 12 Jobs
for Washington policymakers
and Judges with an average
salary of more than 118,000
annually. No doubt more va
cancies will lead to further ap
pointments by the new Presi
dent before he leaves office.
Mr. Kennedy has agreed to
disregard pressures for out-of
city appointees to the Federal
bench here should the Demo
cratic Central Committee sup
port local candidates.
Bobby Agrees
This arrangement rests on
the tacit agreement of Robert
Kennedy, Attorney General
designate. The brother of the
President-elect will recommend
names of Federal law enforce
ment officers and Judges to
the White House, as have pre
vious chiefs of the Justice De
partment. But he reportedly
sympathizes with the Presi
dent-elect’s determination to
respect th* District party or
ganization.
So, the Justice Department
proposals can be expected to
be in line with the wishes of
local Democrats, too.
Among choice positions Pres
ident-elect Kennedy is almost
sure to fill this year are:
Three Municipal Court Judge
ships now held by Mary Barlow
and Andrew Howard, whose
terms have expired, and Joseph
M. Ryan, Jr., a recess appointee.
Salaries are $17,500 each.
The chief judegship of the
Municipal Court of Appeals,
vacant since the death of
Judge Leo Rover, salary 819,000.
$22,504 Judgeship
The District Court judgeship
vacant since the death of Judge
James W. Morris with a salary
of $22,500.
United States Attorney and
United States Marshal incum
bents Oliver Gasch and Dudley
Skinker, technically may con
tinue, but traditionally these
officers offer to resign with
changing administrations. Sal
aries are about $20,000 for the
attorney and from $13,730 to
$15,000 for the marshal
Two District Commissioners,
salaried at $19,000 each are on
the list. Robert E. McLaughlin
intends to serve out his term
ending in May, and Mark Sul
livan, Jr., has said he will resign
when his successor is named.
There are two Public Utilities
Commissioners, who may or
may not resign, but will if they
follow the unspoken political
See PATRONAGE, Page A-6
Today’s Star
INAUGURAL FEATURES high
light todoy'z Star. Frezident-elect
Kennedy reveali hit plans for
action against 10 problems he feels
tho United States must lick in tho
'6os in on exclusive interview on
Fage 6 of This Week Magazine,
which also features a color portrait
of the Kennedy family on its cover.
SUNDAY, The Star Magazine, con
tains three more unusual features
on the Kennedy!. Nat Youngblood
sketches Mr. Kennedy in the crisis
of becoming a new father in "The
Night John F. Kennedy, jr.. Was
Born" on Fage 1, 2 and 6 of the
magazine. The Inauguration itself
will be not just one event but 62
of them. The what, when and where
of each event is listed in The Star's
Inaugural Calendar—l96l, on Fage
H-1.
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA
seceded from the Union a century
ago and The Star reported the
ominous pattern of secession to its
readers then. Tho accounts appear
again, with a description of Wash
ington in January, 1861, on Fage
12 of SUNDAY, The Star Magazine.
MAJOR HOT-SFOT in tho new
administration will be occupied by
Robert McNamara, Defense Secre
tary-designate. For the seventh in
stallment in Tho Star's series of
profiles on members of tho Kennedy
cabinet Me Fage C-3.
WHAT'S NEW IN BOATING for
1961? Charles Covell, outdoor editor
of The Star, tells about tho many
"firsts" in the 51st National Motor
Boat Show in two pages of stories
end pictures on Fagos F-4 and F-5.
New Estimates Indicate
Missile Gap Is No More
Last Year's Predictions Unjustified,
But Soviet Lead May Yet Materialize
By RICHARD FRYKLUND
■tar BtaS Writer
New national intelligence estimates of Soviet missile pro
duction indicates the "missile gap” may have disappeared.
The controversial gap may yet come, but intelligence
officers say they cannot find enough evidence of Russian
ICBM production to say confidently whether the 50-100
combat-ready Soviet missiles
predicted a year ago for this
time were built.
Military Intelligence circles
have been arguing for several
weeks over a new national in
telligence estimate of future
Soviet missile strength. Con
gress always asks for such esti
mates to support the military
budget.
The difficult fact this year,
however, is that there simply
is not enough evidence of So
viet accomplishments to make
a firm prediction either that
there will be a missile gap or
that last year’s worries were
unfounded.
Some officers say the United
States must assume the enemy
is building the missiles it is
capable of producing and act
to defend itself accordingly.
Others say it is more reason
able to assume the Russians
did not and will not build the
missiles predicted a year ago,
and that our own missile plans
should be adjusted sharply
downward.
President Eisenhower, in the
Arts, Science Leaders
Invited by Kennedys
President-elect Kennedy, in a
move certain to be applauded
by intellectuals throughout the
country, last night invited 155
leading men and women in the
arts, sciences and humanities
to attend his Inauguration.
Among those Mr. Kennedy
Invited were Ernest Heming
way, William Faulkner, Robert
Othtr Inaugural Storios on Fogo 8-1
Frost, Carl Sandburg, John
Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams
and Thornton Wilder.
Mr. Kennedy, in a telegram
to each person, said:
"During our forthcoming ad
ministration we hope to seek a
productive relationship with
our writers, artists, composers,
philosophers, scientists and
heads of cultural institutions.
“As a beginning, in recog
nition of their importance, may
we extend to you our most cor
dial Invitation to attend the
inaugural ceremonies in Wash
ington on January 19 and 20.”
Cummings Invited
The telegram was also signed
by Mrs. Kennedy.
Poets invited included Archi
bald MacLeish, E. E. Cum
mings, Marianne Moore, Con
rad Aiken and W. H. Auden.
It was understood that the
invitation includes hotel ac
commodations.
In the field of drama, Arthur
Miller and William Inge also
received invitations. Jacques
Barzun, Edmund Wilson, John
Hersey and Walter Lippmann
were invited in the field of gen
eral literature.
Among the artists, composers
and conductors who were asked
to attend were Edward Hopper,
Paul Hindemith, Igor Stravin
sky, Leonard Bernstein, Fritz
Movers Will Be Busy
During Inaugural Rites
By CECIL HOLLAND
■tar Staff Writer
When President Eisenhower
walks through the White
House doors nxet Friday for
his ride to the Capitol with
President - elect Kennedy, he
will be leaving for good his
home of eight years.
A little more than two
hours later the new President
and his wife Jacqueline will
walk through the same doors
as the new tenants of 1600
Pennsylvania avenue.
While the inauguration cere
monies are going on at the
Capitol, all the Eisenhower be
longings will be removed. If
the "big switch” goes off with
its traditional efficiency, no
trace of their tenancy will be
left behind in the way of per
sonal effects.
Eight years ago Harry S.
Truman and Mrs. Truman
went from the inauguration of
President Eisenhower to the
Georgetown home of Dean
Acheson for a farewell lunch-
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i
i first public tlpoff of the new
intelligence dilemma, tenta
i tively took the side of The "no
I missile gap” faction, but he
, did not draw the conclusion
i that our missile plans should
, be changed.
The Eisenhower comment
was in one sentence of Thurs
day's state-of-the-Union mes
sage. "The ‘bomber gap* of
several years ago was always
a fiction, and the ‘missile gap*
shows every sign of being the
same," he told Congress.
There was no elaboration.
The only conclusion he drew
was that **we must not return
to the ‘crash-program* psy
chology of the past when each
new feint by the Communists
was responded to in panic.”
Neither the White House nor
Pentagon has had any com
ment on the remark since.
Over the past two years,
however, the "missile gap”—
the difference between the
number of combat missiles
Russia and the United States
has—has been the center of a
See MISSILE, Page A-6
Reiner, Eugene Ormandy a: Id
Charles Munch.
From the humanities, the
list included Ralph Bunche,
Judge Learned Hand, Dean
Roscoe Pound and George
Kennan.
D. C. Group Invited '
In addition, directors of
Washington cultural institu
tions were Invited. These in
cluded L. Quincy Mumford,
Leonard Carmichael, Hermann
W. Williams, jr.. Duncan Phil
lips. Harold Spivacke, Howard
Mitchell, Archibald G. Wenley,
Huntington Calms, John Walk
er, John 8. Thatcher.
Also, Caryl-P. Haskins, Louis
B. Wright, Richard Bales, Rob
ert Richman, Zelda Fichandler,
Richard Eberhart, Gerson
Nordlinger, Jr., Paul Callaway
and L. Corrin Strong.
The Invitation list was chosen
by a special committee work
ing with the President-elect’s
office. Those invited were
chosen as representing “the
most creative, eminent and
world-renowned in their fields."
Korea Sending Cards
To Allied Veterans
SEOUL. Korea, Jan. 14 (AP).
—Special friendship cards will
be sent to 300,000 allied soldiers
who served here in the Korean
war. The International Cul
ture and Friendship Associa
tion and the Korean Commu
nications Ministry are working
up a list of veterans’ addresses
in 16 nations, including the
United States. They plan to
send the cards as a good will
gesture.
eon. Later in the afternoon
they took a train to their In
dependence (Mo.) home.
In similar fashion, the Pres
ident and Mrs. Eisenhower will
attend a luncheon at the F
Street Club given by Lewis L.
Strauss, who has been one of
the retiring President's top ad
visers. Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon and retiring cabinet of
ficers also will attend.
Afterwards Mr. and Mrs.
Eisenhower will go to their
Gettysburg home. A bit of
hunting 1q Georgia and a holi
day at Palm Springs, Calif.,
will help ease Mr. Eisenhower’s
transition from public to pri
vate life.
The President-elect and Mrs.
Kennedy will have only a few
minutes in their new home
Friday afternoon before they
move to the reviewing stand in
front for the inaugural parade.
They will dine out that evening
and visit the round of inau
gural balls and then return to
See SWITCH, Page A-6
ETHEL MERMAN
SINGS GERSHWIN
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University j
President '
Gets Post
By GARNETT D. HORNER
■tar atari Writar
PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 14;
—President-elect Kennedy to
day completed his Pentagon
civilian high command by:
choosing Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., 1
president of West Virginia Uni
versity, to be Secretary of th»
Army.
An Army combat officer in
World War n, Mr. Stahr, whs
Fursonality Skatch of Army Secretary-:
detignate. Faga A-w
Is 44, served during the Ko
rean conflict as a special as
sistant to the then Secretary
of the Army, Frank Pace. Ai
one-time Rhodes scholar, h«
is a former dean of the Uni-4,
versity of Kentucky law school
and a former vice chancellor!
of the University of
The appointment was an 4
nounced after the Presidents
elect conferred with Vice PresS
ident-elect Johnson on action
planned early in the new adJ
ministration to step up Amer
ica’s space program.
Mr. Johnson also reported to?
the President-elect on a brief-'
ing he got from officials a8
the missile test center at Cape
Canaveral, Fla., this morning)
on what appeared to be a new-
Soviet missile shot or space
probe over the Pacific.
Names Burkhardt, Too
Mr. Kennedy moved forward
at the same time toward com
pleting the lineup for second
and third level positions in his
administration that will come
into power next Friday noon.
He announced these other
appointments during the day
and evening:
Robert J. Burkhardt, Jr., 44,
former executive secretary to
New Jersey Gov. Robert B.
Meyner and executive director
of the Voters Registration
Committee during the Ken
nedy-Johnson election, cgm-l
paign, to be Assistant Post
master General for facilities.
George Docking, 46, Demo
cratic Governor of Kansas for
the last fdur years, who waa
defeated for re-election last.
November, to be a director of'
the Export-Import Bank.
, Herschel Loveless, 49, an-f
other Democrat who lost his
race for re-election as Gover
nor of lowa, as a member of
the Renegotiation Board,
charged with preventing excess!
profits on defense contracts.
The President-elect was ln«
formed in advance of President!
Eisenhower’s order today tarJ
ring Americans from holding
any gold abroad.
Pierre Salinger, his press secJ
See KENNEDY, Page
Soviet Rocket
'Mystery' Is
Unsolved
Sr the Aaeocltted Preu ,
Russia's mystery rocket in.
the Pacific—if it is that—is
still a mystery as far as th*
United States is concerned.
Here’s the story so far:
Friday night an Air Force
radar station at Shemya Island,
Alaska, reported detecting a
missile-like object streaking
out of Russia southeastwam
over the Pacific Ocean.
The station said it couldn’t
tell whether it was a long
range missile or an attempt at
some Soviet space feat.
Hours later the Pentagon
said there had been no further
reports.
Viktor Bazikln, director of
the Moscow planetarium,
snorted that the whole thing
was "pure Invention.”
At Palm Beach, Fla., Presi
dent-elect Kennedy got a
briefing on it yesterday from
Vice President-elect Johnson,
who in turn had been briefed
by officials during a tour of
Cape Canaveral earlier in th*
day.
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
inger had no details and gave
the impression he hadn’t been
filled in himself.
At Fort Monmouth, N. J., a
spokesman for the Astro Ob
servation Center said. “If there
is something up there, it can’t
be transmitting or else some
one would have heard it by
now.”
That seemed to rule out a
new satellite, since experi
mental space vehicles usually
send back radio signals.
One indication that the Rus
sians might be testing a long
range missile in the Pacific, as
they have done before, was
that three Russian observation
ships were sighted earlier last
week heading for the usual
Soviet target area. But they
would not have reached the
target area by Friday night.