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Weather Forecast District and vicinity—Scattered showers developing this evening, ending tonight. Low in the mld-60s. Partly cloudy and cooler tomorrow. Today’s high, 86, at noon; low, 68, at 6:45 am. Full Report or Poge A-2 111th Year. No. 236. Phone LI. 3-5000 Kennedy Push For Rail Peace Formula Seen Compulsory Arbitration Bill Draws Support By LEE M. COHN Star Stiff Writer The Kennedy administration fears legislation to arbitrate i the railroad labor dispute will set a bad precedent, but prob ably will support the bill as the only way to prevent a Na tion-wide rail strike next Thursday. Compulsory arbitration, op posed on principle by Presi- 1 dent Kennedy and Labor Sec retary Wirtz, is the key to an ' emergency anti-strike bill ap- 1 proved yesterday by the Sen- ] ate Commerce Committee. Democratic leaders hope the ' Senate will pass the bill Mon- ' day. The House Commerce Committee is scheduled to clear the bill Monday and the tight timetable calls for House pas- i sage Wednesday. But the leadership cannot be , sure Congress will complete ac tion on the legislation before the deadline of 12:01 a.m. next : Thursday. That’s when the railroads plan to put job-cutting work rules Into effect. The five un- : ions representing 200,000 train operating employes intend to strike as soon as the new rules become effective. No Postponement Planned Chairman Magnuson. Demo crat of Washington, and other members of the Senate Com merce Committee expressed hope that the railroads will postpone the showdown a few days if the deadline finds Con gress still working on anti strike legislation. Management spokesmen, commenting on the suggestion, said the railroads do not plan any postponement. Neverthe less, many observers expect the railroads to delay action on work rules if anti-strike legis lation is near enactment Wednesday night. , The railroads withheld im mediate comment on the bill, but are expected to endorse it with reservations. • Union lead ers denounced the bill as "com pulsory arbitration, and in vio lation of all tenets of free collective bargaining.” The strike deadline is one minute after midnight of the day when 100,000 or more civil rights demonstrators will stage a march on Washington. Union spokesmen said their side would be willing to operate trains, under existing work rales, to help transport demon strators out of town after the march. Management spokesmen re , jected the idea of stretching the deadline to help handle the ex odus of demonstrators. Other Avenues Dim Legislation is the only real hope for preventing a strike, high-ranking administrative of ficials said. They said there is almost no chance for a volun tary negotiated settlement of the four-year dispute before Congress acts. Secretary Wirtz has sched uled no more negotiating ses sions. The bill approved unanimous ly by the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday would preserve the status quo during arbitration proceedings and See RAILS, Page A-9 Honor for Truman DETROIT, Aug. 24 (AP).— The American Veterans of World War II and Korea (AMVETS) will install a mem orial carillion in the Harry S. Truman Library at Independ ence, Mo., AMVETS National Commander Don Spagnolo an nounced yesterday. It will be dedicated to former President Truman. What luxurious facilities can we expect from a resi dential community of tomor row that few country clubs have today? Heal Estate Editor Daniel Poole describes a futuristic community now being devel oped on Potomac River shores. Page B-l Wje Wiling Shir J vWITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L-Z Foreign Aid Becomes Major Policy Issue Kennedy Assails Slash in House As Dangerous and Irresponsible By ROBERT K. WALSH Star Staff Writer Foreign aid shaped up as an intense political dispute anti sharper policy Issue today because of House slashes which President Kennedy denounced as "short-sighted, irresponsible and dangerously partisan.” Reductions which the House voted, 222 to 188, yesterday before sending the foreign aid authorization bill to the Senate amounted to at least $585 mil lion for the current fiscal year. This reduced the bill’s total from $4,087,075,000 to $3,502.- 075,000. The new authorization is $1 billion below President Kennedy’s revised request of several months ago. Originally Mr. Kennedy rec ommended $4.9 billion. He trimmed this to $4.5 billion aft er an advisory report from a committee headed by Gen. Lu cius D. Clay. Then the House Foreign Affairs Committee re duced that request by another $438 million. See Reversal in Senate House Democratic leaders said they were sure the Senate would reverse most of the House cuts engineered by ReptAicans with the help of many Southern Democrats. The Senate prob ably will not take up the bill until early October. . Senate Republican Leader Dirksen predicted, however, the Senate may sustain the House cuts. "The overriding thing behind 1 the House’s action is that we have been giving assistance of some kind tor 19 years at an investment of more than SIOO billion and the country is get ting fed up on foreign aid,” the Illinois Senator said. Cite Growing Concern Another House battle is in prospect because the authoriza tion bill merely set a ceiling for money to be provided in a latter appropriation bill. From all accounts the House Appropriations Committee in tends to propose considerably less than the $3.5 billion maxi- Students Assume Lead In Drive Against Diem SAIGON, Viet Nam, Aug. 24 (AP).—Viet Namese students acted today to spearhead a growing protest move against President Ngo Dinh Diem’s re gime, now functioning on a strongly military basis. With most Buddhist leaders under arrest, the students took over leadership of the anti government campaign. They called for a general student strike in the capital and backed up the call with two demon strations at Saigon University. Students in Hue, where the Buddhist crisis exploded May 8 with raids on a Buddhist tem ple, went on strike last week. A government official ex pressed the regime's concern over the mounting student movement. He said “the stu dents could develop into one of our most sensitive issues.” Leaflets Denounce Diem Leaflets denouncing what was called President Diem’s “brutal and dishonest regime” and de manding his resignation were being circulated over the signa ture of a so-called youth group for the defense of Buddhism. A student leader said several students were arrested yester day after armored car was 1 used to break up a street I meeting. Today’s demonstrations in the capital violated martial law in effect since Wednesday. The students acclaimed ex- Foreign Minister Vu Van Mau as their hero in one jostling, cheering display by more than 1,000 demonstrators at the law faculty building, a demonstra tion that police did not inter fere with. But nearly a score of trucks carrying police poured into the area as 500 students gathered at the science faculty building TREASURE IN A CROCK Gold Coin Cache Is Dug Up SALEM, Ohio. Aug. 24 AP). —"lt got dark and we had to quit. We plan to go back and dig some more tomorrow." That's what Mrs. Owen Glass burn, a minister's wife, said after a crock containing gold coins with a face value of $655 was unearthed yesterday on her husband’s property here. The coins—ss, $lO and S2O denominations were found with the aid of a bulldozer be longing to a neighbor of Mr. and Mrs. Oail Hutchinson, who rent the property. The site of the cache was a shed that Mr Glasaburn had tom down. The coins were in a rusty metal box inside the crock, which was about a foot underground. "The book price of the coins ** WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1963—32 PAGES House Roll Coll Vote on Foreign Aid Cut. Poge A-2 Text of Kennedy Statement on House Action. Page A-2 mum voted by the House yes terday. Post mortems as well as con fusion lingered today as to the actual extent and eventual ef fect of the successful G. O. P move in the House. The setback to administration forces was widely attributed not merely to a combination of Republicans and Southern Democratic con servatives but also to increasing Nationwide concern about for eign aid programs. Friday absenteeism and any shortcomings in Democratic leadership apparently played only a comparatively small part in the severe blow to the Ken nedy administration. Os the 434 members currently in the House, 410 voted on roll calls yesterday to reduce money items and to pass the bill. Democratic managers had fought off numerous attempts earlier this week to cut money authorizations and seriously curb presidential authority in handling foreign aid programs. President Kennedy, at a spe cial news session late yester day, blamed Republicans es pecially for “a shocking and thoughtless partisan attack.” Grim-faced and obviously angry, the President went be fore microphones and televi sion cameras at the White House shortly after the House passed the bill. "This cut,” he said, “will critically affect our strength at a time when the forces of See AID, Page A-2 to urge their dean to resign. The meeting was broken up without incident when soldiers, secret police, city police and firemen moved onto the campus. Mau Resigned in Protest Mr. Mau, who shaved his head like a Buddhist monk’s and resigned in protest against government policies toward Buddhists, told his hearers that a faculty delegation called on President Diem yesterday to demand the release of more than 1,000 Buddhist monks nuns and students arrested since martial law was pro claimed. For more than an hour, the milling students clustered around Mr. Mau, shouting and applauding, often drowning out his words. Armed troops and police See VIET NAM, Page A-2 3 Disarm Guards, Flee East Berlin BERLIN, Aug. 24 (AP).— Three East Berliners over powered two Communist border guards, stripped them of their submachine guns and escaped to West Berlin, reliable sources said today. One of the Red guards re covered his weapon and fired after the refugees, but missed. The escape was made last night. Several hours later, a young East German crawled through the barbed wire in the south ern outskirts of the city border ing on East Germany where there is no wall. He reached 1 West Berlin safely but suffered barbed wire cuts on one leg. is a minimum of $2,175,” said Mrs. Glassburn, a coin collec tor. “The oldest coin is a S2O gold piece—with an 1850 date on it. The latest is a $5 gold piece dated 1905.” “It was a thrilling experi ence," said Mr. Glassburn, who is minister of the Pirst Priend’s Church in Alliance. “But it didn't compare with the thrill I'got 30 years ago when I dis covered Jesus Christ as My Lord and Saviour.” The coins were turned over to the custody of the police, temporarily. It was the second unearth ing of treasure in Ohio in a week. More than a half mil lion dollars in United States currency was dug up at the Altman mills feed plant near Large Escape Shaft Drilled Z - 4 Toward 2Trapped inMine mW tfw A fF’ - '-It ■■■r Z atl.J BBC! •J®*™ -■ . Hands of rescue workers are raised to tell the operator of a rescue drill to stop his machine because the bit has broken through to two Red China Hit By Khrushchev Fight With Soviets If Called 'Stupid' SULIT, Yugoslavia, Aug. 24 (AP).—Soviet Premier Khrush chev today denounced Red China’s fight with the Soviet; bloc as "stupid.” He indicated that Yugoslavia is ready for closer economic ties with the Soviet camp. Speaking to workers at the Split shipyard after leaving President Tito’s yacht for a sight-seeing visit to this tourist jammed Dalmatian city, the Soviet leader said Mr. Tito had expressed to him “readi ness to participate in the divi sion of labor now in progress among socialist countries.” One of Mr. Khrushchev’s main aims on his current trip to Yugoslavia is seen as forging stronger economic and party ties with President Tito, who broke away from Moscow in 1948 to pursue his own inde pendent kind of communism. In a speech earlier this week Mr. Tito indicated he was not thinking of letting Yugoslavia become a full-fledged' Soviet satellite again. Both leaders have gotten in frequent blows this week against Peking in the deepen ing ideological struggle between Red China and other Com munist countries. Speaking to the shipyard workers, Mr. Khrushchev de nounced Peking’s opposition to Moscow’s softer approach. He said the fight made the West think communism was weakening. “The more we dispute among socialist countries the more the capitalist countries will get the impression we are weaker," he said. "Thir is stupid, stupid.” He defended Soviet moves to shorten working hours and increase salaries, saying ma terial well being was necessary to “nourish the freedom of spirit of man.” In an aside to Western news men, Mr. Khrushchev said: "We will overtake you by better organization of production. This does not mean thar I will personally take a shovel and bury you.” Troy. It belonged to Russell Stacy Altman, the late owner of the plant. News stories of the Altman find prompted the Glassburns to look for the hidden coins, Mrs. Glassburn said. “When we bought the house.” Mrs. Glassburn said, “the owner said kind of quiet-like that a man who used to live there had buried gold in the bam and gone to California. When he came back, the seller said, he lost his bearings and couldn’t find the gold. The man told a relative about it on his death bed, according to the seller.” Mrs. Glassburn said the coins may have been buried in the early 19305, when the United States switched from the gold standard to silver. DRAMA INSIDE MINE . We Could Feel the Air' HAZLETON, Pa., Aug. 24 (AP).—Here is a partial tran- J script of conversation yester- ’ day and last night between David Fellin and Henry Throne, the two trapped miners, and rescue workers. ( As a 12-inch bit bored an escape hole through the final 8 feet into the area where the men are located, rescuers re- 1 mained in contact with the ; miners. DRILLER: “Do you see it J (the drill). ... Do you see it?” I FELLIN: “We haven’t a' glimpse yet. Can you go very, j very slowly?” DRILLER: “You bet your life, Dave. How's it look?” FELLIN: "It’s coming right over our heads. Wait a while and we’ll figure it out.” (The drill rumbled as it neared the pocket.) FELLIN: “Stop! Stop!” Norway Premier Quits, Lyng to Pick Cabinet OSLO, Norway, Aug. 24 (AP), Socialist Premier Einar Oerhardsen formally tendered his resignation to King Olav V today and the monarch called on John Lyng, Conservative party leader, to form a new cabinet. Mr. Oerhardsen was ousted last night by a 76-74 no confidence vote in Parlia ment. A coalition government friendly to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is expected to be completed by Monday. Mr. Lyng, a 58-year-old dis trict court judge, is the floor leader of the Cohservative Party in the Storting (Parlia ment). As a student he was a Rad ical Socialist, but he says he should not be held to account for opinions he had before he was 20. Mr. Lyng said he has had little difficulty in lining up ministers for the non-Socialist I cabinet coalition of Conserva tives, Agrarians, liberals and members of the Christian People’s Party. He said the new cabinet will honor parliament's decisions and Norway's foreign policy commitments. Norway is a member of NATO Mr. Oerhardsen! ouster came after four days of bitter debate about the way the government handled the dis aster in which 21 men died last November 5 in a state-owned coal mine in Spitsbergen. Mr. Oerhardsen's party com manded 74 votes in the 150- member parliament. Nobody Votes No LANAGAN. Mo., Aug. 24 (AP). —There wasn’t a single no vote as a 129.000 general obligation bond issue to finance a city water works was approved. 128-0, in a special election yes terday. miners trapped 300 feet underground near Hazleton, Pa. for more than a week.—AP Wirephoto. GORDON SMITH (Deputy State Secretary of Mines): "How about it, Dave? A little more?” FELLIN: "Yes, a little more.” SMITH: “Here it goes." FELLIN: “There’s a slight crack.” SMITH: “Any dust?” FELLIN: “No, but we could feel the air.” j FELLIN: “I can see the drill!! Hold it! That’s enough! It’s through.” SMITH: Did you miners hear that? The hole is through!” (Last night, a television camera descended and the two men were warned to turn their backs to protect their eyes from the glare of the lights attached to the cam era. Rescuers and newsmen saw pictures of the trapped miners on the screen.) ELWOOD TITO, communi cation operator: "As soon as Ranged against him were the 74 votes of the ndh-Socialist parties—plus the two votes of the Radical Socialist People's Party, which is anti-NATO. Those two votes spelled the de feat of the Socialist cabinet and marked an end to 28 years of Socialist party rule in Nor way. including the World War II period when it operated in London as a government-in exile. The radical Socialists an nounced. however, that they voted with the other Ger hardsen foes only to topple the premier and that there will be no further co-operation. Drilling fi f , ■ -I I Original 4-Inch I iJfea. I ***** 1* | 4 Inch Hol* Being Drilled To Bova j U L > jESMwjjqjgpl • rIP • Third 12-Inch Hole J HMLf ttochti Fellin . Wg And Throne I //f /9k FtlllfS D9od End Tunnel THRONE Bova frogged Hart ] The diagram shows how rescuers finally suc ceeded in drilling a hole to two of the three trapped miners. (A) and (B) mark previous unsuccessful attempts.—AP Wirephoto Chart. Amiuemeata B-t-t Churchea A-*-* CtaMfflod A-U-lt Comics B-10-11 Crossword B-10 Editorial A-4 Editorial Articles A-> Home Delivered: Doily and Sunday, per month, 2.25 you see it coming through, give . me a yell.” felt,tn- "The light is about 25 feet up the hole.” (The lowering of the camera was slowed.) FELLIN (about five minutes - later): “I think I see it. Take |it easy, it's coming through.” (A tense moment occurred I when the camera apparently jammed in the 12-inch hole.) FELLIN: “Take up the slack ■ a little bit. Hold it, too much. ’ Down slow, come down.” FELLIN (a moment later): ' “I'm bringing it down here. It’s stuck in the hole.” (The camera was freed. Throne was asked if the camera was facing him. At first he said no, that it was facing the speaker). Throne added: “It’s turning around now. It's looking at Day. Now it's looking at me.” “Watch the Birdie” s At one point during the ad justments of the picture. Tito told the men: “We are going to try something different to night. So just wait until we get instructions.” FELLIN: "AU right—we'll wait here.” (Tito asked Fellin to wave his hands in front of the e camera.) FELLIN: “I am waving.” f (Tito then asked Fellin to s shine the light on his face and I warned him to be careful. “It 2; may hurt your eyes ”) t FELLIN: “It doesn’t hurt our s eyes. We are used to light.” . TITO: “Get your face about I 12 inches from the mirror (the n eye of the camera) and smile. . Watch the birdie.” (The two television sets, one -for officials and rescue workers y and the other for newsmen -and spectators, had no sound e —but the images of the trap e ped men flashed across the screen.) Guide for Readers Loot and Found A-2 Obituaries B-U Real Estate B-l-T Society-Home A U Sports A-18-U TV-Radio B-ll Weather A-2 10-Story Rig, 26-lnch Bit Being Used HAZLETON, Pa. Aug. 24 (AP).—The escape hole to two of the three trapped coal miners was enlarged to 26 inches for a depth of 38 feet today, crews then held up the boring while experts inspected the shaft before deciding on the next step. Gordon Smith, assistant State secretary of mines, said they might continue for a little way at the 26-inch width, but one driller said he thought this was as deep as they would go with this bit. The drillers pulled the 26- inch bit out of the ground for I the inspection. This was just before noon. Interuption Planned The plans, as laid down in advance of the start of the en larging work, called for the 26- inch drilling to stop around the 35 or 45 foot level. At that time, the experts were to decide whether to go on from this point with a drill slightly smaller—24 inches in diameter—or a 17-inch drill. The hole is 12 inches in dia meter the rest of the way. The best estimate of those in charge was that it would be early tomorrow night—assum ing no delays—before Henry Throne, 28, and David Fellin, 58, can be brought the 331 feet to the surface. Trapped 11 Days They and Louis Bova, 42, have been trapped for 11 days | —since a cave-in at 9 a m. Au > gust 13. Mr. Bova, last re ported heard from on Tuesday, is separated from the others by above 25 feet of debris. A 4-inch hole is being drilled in his direction by another rig simultaneously with enlarge ment of the escape hole. The giant drill enlarging the escape hole is as tall as a 10- story building. It is capable of cutting a 48-inch hole through solid rock or, as it did yester day just before breaking into the Throne-Fellin cubicle, operating so delicately that it advances a half-inch at a time. Talk With Two Men As its roar pierced the silent dawn this morning, rescue workers got in touch with Mr. Fellin and Mr. Throne over the 6-inch lifeline hole—completed last Sunday—through which food and supplies have been lowered. "How are you today?” asked Art Joyce, a State mine in spector. "I’m all right.” Mr. Fellin answered. ■ "How’s the plug, all right?” “Yeh, fine.” Helped Install Plug That is the plug that Mr. Fellin and Mr. Throne helped the rescue crews install at the bottom of the 12-inch shaft during the night. It’r purpose ’ is to prevent suffocating dust and injury-causing rubble from falling into the shaft during drilling. “How long’s it going to be?” “ Mr. Fellin asked. "It won’t be long now." said See MINERS, Page A-9 I II 1 Russians Protest Treaty Curb MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (AP).— The Soviet government dis closed tonight it has protested against the refusal of the United States and Britain to recognize East Germany's sig nature on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. The government newspaper Izvestia said protest notes were handed to the United States and British governments yes terday. The Soviet declaration was in reply to notes sent by Brit ain and the United States on August 16. in which it was stated that although East Ger many had signed the treaty, this could in no way be con strued as recognition of the East German regime by the Western powers. OUTSIDERS SEE LORTON SHOW THE TALENT SHOW st Lorton Reformatory was opened up yeiter day to tn outside audience of rela tives at th* urging of th* Protestant chaplain. Th* story of th* re action of th* inmates end the authorities it told on Page A-6. 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