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No. 318. Phone LI. 3-5000 *** B WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 —72 PAGES
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President Kennedy hands his son a jeweled
Black Watch dirk presented to him earlier
during an appearance of the Scottish regiment’s
pipes, drums and dancers on the White House
Unarmed Gl Is Wounded
In Ambush by Korean Reds
SEOUL. Korea, Nov. 14 (AP).
—The United Nations Com
mand accused Communist
North Korea today of a double
cross ambush of eight unarmed
United States and South
Korean soldiers in the demili
tarised zone. One American
was wounded and a South
Korean captain was presumed
dead.
The U. N. Command said the
Communists trapped the tiny
unit and fired about 1,000
rounds in about four hours
yesterday afternoon. Seven men
escaped only after darkness
fell.
North Korea was advised in
221 Safeways Struck
As Driver Talks Fail
Truck drivers from the
Teamster's Union went on
strike at 8 am. today against
221 Safeway stores in the Wash
ington area after last-minute
efforts to negotiate a new con
tract failed.
A Safeway spokesman said
the stores would remain open
“as long as they have mer
chandise.”
Picketing started almost at
once at the Safeway distribu
tion center in Landover, Md.
It is expected to spread to the
individual retail stores by Sat
urday,
Meanwhile, company spokes
men and a union negotiating
team are scheduled to meet at
6 p.m. today with James Hol
den of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service to try
to settle the dispute.
At the request of Mr. Holden,
the union named a 15-man
Negotiating Committee with
authority to negotiate and set
tle on a new contract. The old
labor contract with Local 639
of the Teamsters Union expired
October 31.
Intensive negotiations, which
had been going on since the
old contract expired, broke off
last night. The Teamsters In
ternational Union issued strike
authorization for the local.
Mr. Holden said that, under
an agreement between the com
pany and the union, the com-
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advance that the two Ameri
can and six South Koreans
were going into the zone to
check border markings, a U. N.
spokesman said, and each man
wore a yellow arm band identi
fying him as being on “au
thorized business.”
Leader Also Hospitalized
The South Korean, seriously
wounded, was left behind when
the rest of the group plunged
into an icy river and hid be
neath its bank until dark.
The wounded American, an
enlisted man, was shot in the
thigh but got away. His iden-
pany will be given 36 hours,
starting at 8 am., to move
such perishables as meat, milk
and bread from its distribution
j center to the stores.
The union drivers will de
' liver this food to the stores,
in accordance with the agree
ment.
A company spokesman said
that the pasteurizing equip
ment in the Lucerne Dairy,
operated by Safeway, already
has been shut down. Only al
ready processed milk will be
moved, the spokesman said.
The contract dispute centers
on the length of the contract,
wages and holidays.
The union membership has
rejected a management offer of
a three-year contract with
hourly pay raises of 43‘/a cents
for meat-truck drivers, 42 cents
for other drivers, 40 1 /2 cents
for loaders and 39 cents for
■ helpers.
The proposed contract also
included an increase in the
night differential of 1 cent,
from 13 to 14 cents an hour,
and three weeks of vacation
after eight years, instead of
after 10 years.
The union has asked for a
two-year contract with an
hourly pay raise of 56 cents
for every one—3l cents the
first year and 25 the second.
The union also has asked
for a night differential of 22
cents an hour, four weeks of
1 vacation after 15 years and two
extra holidays a year.
Hourly pay scales under the
old contract were: Meat truck
drivers, $2.91; other drivers,
See SAFEWAY, Page A-6
New Post Opened
LONDON, Nov. 14 (AP).—
The Salvation Army has opened
a new £1 million ($2.8 million)
international headquarters here
featuring 24-hour-a-day service
for persons in trouble.
U. S. PLANS 40 PER CENT CUT
IN EUROPE TRANSPORT PLANES
By the Associated Press
The United States will make a 40 per cent cut by
next July in the number of tactical air transport
squadrons based in Europe, the Defense Department an
nounced today.
The Pentagon said the change, which will bring three
squadrons back to the United States, stems from the
progressive build-up of United States airlift capability,
which has almost doubled since 1960.
The action was taken after North Atlantic Treaty
Organization authorities were informed, the Pentagon said.
Instead of five squadrons totaling 76 turboprop C-130
transports and prop-driven C-125 planes in Western
Europe, the Air Force will have three squadrons totaling
44 planes at Evreux, France, and Rhein Main Air Base
in Germany.
grounds. Daughter Caroline is at the President’s
shoulder and British Ambassador Sir David
Ormsby Gore is in the background. (See story
on Page B-6.) —AP Photo.
tity was withheld until his
family was notified.
The other American. Lt. Col.
Alphus R. Clark, 43, of Leven
worth, Kans., also was hos
pitalized, suffering from shock
and exposure. As senior mem
ber of a U. N. joint observa
tion team for the demilitarized
zone, he was the leader of the
group.
The shooting occurred about
60 miles northeast of Seoul,
on the ncrth bank of a branch
of the Han River—sometimes
called the Pukhan.
Three Americans and a South
Korean were killed in August
farther west along the front
in a rash of Communist at
tacks on United States units.
The front lines had been quiet
since then.
Col. Clark’s mission was to
check border markings that
divide the zone into North and
South Korean halves. The
zone, about 3,000 yards wide,
was established across the
Korean peninsula by the 1953 j
armistice to keep the Com
munist and U. N. armies apart.
A U. N. spokesman gave this
account of the incident:
The inspection team had
been in the zone about two
hours when the Communists,
hidden in thick underbrush
and grass, opened fire from
about 150 yards away.
Col. Clark and his men ran
for the river, seeking cover.
The South Korean captain
1 couldn’t make it.
i Communist automatic weap
ons kept up the fire but the
Reds didn’t charge the river
bank.
A small boat started across
the river to pick up the party
as scheduled but the Reds
fired at that. too. The boat
crew abandoned it.
When darkness fell—early,
as it does this time of year
in Central Korea—the boat
was recovered and the small
party tumbled in and crossed
the river to the U. N. lines.
They were numbed by the cold
and exhausted.
The U. N. command was ex
pected to call a meeting of the
' military Armistice Commission
| to lodge a strong protest. Rep
resentatives of the U. N. com
; mand in Panmunjom, the com
! mission’s headquarters, de
manded that the South Korean
: I captain be returned although
: he was presumed dead.
A U. N. spokesman said that
the attack was unprovoked.
North Korean and U. N. troops
often see each other on op
(posite sides of the white tape
that divides the demilitarized
one. The number ot men per
■ nitted in the zone at one time
I is limited by the armistice
agreement, which also bans
1 automatic weapons such as
i those the U. N. said were fired
I at Col. Clark's group.
None in Senate
Tied Io Baker
Jordan Denies Any
Have Been Named
By PAUL HOPE
Star Statt Writer
Senator B. Everett Jordan,
Democrat of North Carolina,
said today that no Senators
have been implicated so far in
the investigation of Robert 0.1
(Bobby) Baker, former Senate
majority secretary.
Senator Jordan, chairman of
the investigating committee,
said, however, that the inquiry
will be followed wherever it
leads and that if this includes
Senators, their connection with
any Baker dealings will be
examined.
Asked if any Senators had
been mentioned in connection
with Mr. Baker's affairs. Sena
tor Jordan said, "Certainly
not.”
Senator John J. Williams,
Republican of Delaware,
brought new evidence before
the committee at a closed ses
sion today, but he declined to
disclose what it was. He would
not comment on reports that
he was prepared to mention
the names of two Senators, but
Chairman Jordan emphatically
denied that Senator Williams
had implicated any Senators.
Haitian Matter Raised
Senator Jordan indicated
that Senator Williams offered
some material on Mr. Baker's
reported connection with a
Haitian meat company.
The Justice Department is
investigating reports that Mr.
Baker is receiving commissions
on exports of meat from the
Haitian firm to the United
States and Puerto Rico.
Senator Jordan announced 1
that Lennox Polk McLendon.,
73-year-old North Carolina
lawyer, was confirmed unani
mously as general counsel for
the committee inquiry. His sal
ary will be $17,305 per year.
At the suggestion of the Re
publican minority on the com
mittee, Burkett Van Kirk, 34.
was named associate counsel.
Mr. Van Kirk, of Lincoln, Nebr.,
has served a year as minority
i counsel for the committee on
Privileges and Elections.
Before Rules Committee
The Senate Rules Committee
has been charged with investi
gating whether financial or
business interests of any pres
ent or former officers or em-
See BAKER, Page A-4
Volcanic Eruption
Reported Off Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov.
14 (AP).—An underwater vol
canic eruption near the Vest
mannaeyjar Islands was re
ported today.
The Iceland state radio said
as far as was known there was
no danger to the inhabitants
of the islands, which lie off the
southern coast of Iceland. A
fishing boat reported seeing the
eruption this morning.
Kennan to Teach
PRINCETON, N. J„ Nov. 14
(AP).—George F. Kennan, for
mer United States Ambassador
to the Soviet Union and Yugo
slavia. will teach Russian his
tory at Princeton University
starting next fall, the university
announced yesterday.
Kennedy Hits Reds
On Spy' Case Arrest
PRESIDENT WARY
Mrs. Smith "Formidable'
By MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer
The town’s No. 1 political
commentator, John F. Ken
nedy, hit on the very word
most politicians use when
speaking of Margaret Chase
Smith. Republican Senator
from Maine, and possible presi
dential candidate.
“Formidable,” he called her.
Chivalry prompted the Presi
dent to question the use of
such a word in connection with
such a lady, but everyone knew
he was not being merely gal
lant when he said he "would
not look forward” to cam
paigning against her.
Flair for Suspense
Senator Smith, a great one
for keeping her own counsel,
refuses to say exactly what she
had in mind when she hinted
two weeks ago that she was
fingering her hat with an idea
of throwing it in the ring.
She has revealed a consid
erable flair for building up
suspense about her intentions;
she never, for instance, lets
anybody know in advance how
she’s going to vote on the tough
issues in the Senate.
And with an artful feminist
cast, she has said she will con
fide her plans to the Women’s
National Press Club, a local
group that has suffered much
from the unkindness of men,
on December 5.
Meanwhile her cryptic utter
ance has accomplished a great
deal. She made it the very day
that Oov. Rockefeller made his
long-heralded announcement of
his candidacy, and thus cut
deep into his headlines.
Waiting for Word
She also stayed the hand of
Maine’s Republican Governor.
{John H. Reed, who had been
leaning towards Gov. Rocke
feller. Since Mrs. Smith spoke
up, he’s decided he ought to
wait a while.
She has caused considerable
consternation, even hand
wringing, in both the Rocke
feller and Goldwater camps. If
she enters the New Hampshire
primary, as she has said she
might, all bets are off.
Senator Goldwater has been
rated the favorite by as high
as 3-to-l in the Granite State.
But his most hopeful partisans
are unwilling to guess what
would happen if trim. tart. Mrs.
Smith, a neighbor from Maine,
and a personification of the
New England virtues of punc
tuality, thrift and terseness
were to campaign against the
Arizona Senator.
Ideologically, she and the
conservative hero have been
worlds apart. The only issue
where they were united in re
cent memory was on the nu
clear test-ban treaty which
both rejected. Mrs. Smith’s
previous voting record was so
liberal that in one of her cam
paigns her enemies felt con
strained to point out that it
did not differ materially from
that of Vito Marcantonio, for
mer leftist Congressman from
New York.
Significantly, Mrs. Smith
did ndt support Senator Gold
water in his test-ban treaty
amendment which would make
acceptance contingent on the
removal of Soviet troops from
Cuba. She’s that way, inde
pendent.
Because of her liberal vot
ing record, she could possibly
harm Gov. Rockefeller more.
‘ALARM CLOCK' STOLEN
Citizenry All Steamed Up
ATLANTA, Nov. 14 (AP).—
Whatever happened to Georgia
Tech’s alarm clock steam whis
tle?
It was retired to some quiet
spot by “The Magnificent Sev
en,” according to an anony
mous letter which purported to
tell how it was done.
The whistle, which was acti
vated by 150 pounds of steam,
was reported stolen from its 7-
inch steel base about two weeks
ago.
And it was no easy accom
plishment, says the letter
which an unidentified youth
handed a watchman at the
Atlanta Constitution last night.
The letter, signed “The Mag
nificent Seven,” told how seven
Tech students were involved.
Inclosed was a photograph of
the steam whistle, its brass pol
ished brightly and sporting ex
tra accessories—a pair of eye
glasses and a cigarette, symbols
of its retirement.
“The whistle was severed
early Thursday morning (Oc
tober 31) by seven well-re-
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SENATOR SMITH
Kennedy Opponent?
Rockefeller staff people say ;
wistfully that maybe she!
would draw off conservative
women, in a show of feminine
solidarity, from the Goldwater J
vote.
But both sides agree that
you never know what a woman j
will do. and they agree where.
Mrs. Smith could cause the
most mischief is among her
own sex. The President dis-1
creetly did not address him-j
self to this particular phase
of the question. Women’s
groups have been flooding her 1
office with manifestations of
encouragement and approval.
Kennedy Tells Congress
Aid Cut Is a 'Mistake'
By J. A. O’LEARY
Star Staff Writer
President Kennedy warned
Congress today it is depriving
him of an essential and im
portant weapon in the conduct
of foreign policy by the deep
cuts it is making in his $4.5
billion foreign aid bill.
As he spoke at his news con
ference the Senate had whit-,
tied the authorization down to
about $3.7 billion, only slightly |
more than the $3.5 billion
voted by the House, and
with the prospect that the fol
low-up appropriation bill will
be cut still further.
Mr. Kennedy, in angry tones,
called this “the worst attack”
that has been made on the
program since it began with
the Marshall Plan in 1947.
“A Great Mistake’’
“It is a great mistake,” the'
President added.
Mr. Kennedy explained that
some of the difficulty is due
to the difference in “where
the President sits and where
the Senators sit.” He acknowl
edged that Congress has the
right to say how much will be
appropriated each year and
added, “I have never ques
tioned that right.”
“On the other hand, the
President has the responsibility
for foreign policy,” he contin
ued, pointing out that if there
are failures in foreign policy
anywhere in the world the |
blame is not placed on any
Senator, but on the President.’
Mr. Kennedy emphasized
that his predecessors since 1947
and some of those now being i
El
THE WHISTLE
—AP Wirephoto
hearsed and well-equipped
I Tech students,” said the letter.
■I “The operation was ham
■ pered by the steam and hot
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There are those who say that
what Mrs. Smith really wants
is the vice-presidential nomina
tion. For scoffers who main
tained she would never go on
a ticket with Senator Gold
water, she got up on the Sen
ate floor Wednesday and pro
tested her friendship for him.
Such is her reputation for
thorny independence that no
body from either camp or the
National Committee has dared
to approach her to inquire
what she really proposes to do.
Lady Wth a Lamp
The only people who have
been made happly by her mys
terious and tantalizing hints
are Republicans who simply
cannot face a choice limited
to Senator Goldwater and Gov.
Rockefeller. To those in the
Nation and in New Hampshire
who think there has to be
somebody else, she is like Flor
ence Nightingale or Clara Bar
ton. a lady with a lamp in a
dark situation.
They say with pleasure that
Mrs. Smith, at very little ex
pense and exertion to herself,
could so muddy the waters in
New Hampshire it would be
impossible to tell who is New
Hampshire’s favorite.
Mrs. Smith, who will be 66
next month, is mum.
“You will notice.” said a New
England colleague, "that she
is not displeased by the atten
tion.”
! mentioned for the presidency
have all recognized the im
portance of foreign aid.
Rockfeller Mentioned
He singled out Gov. Rocke
feller of New York, an avowed
candidate for the Republican
nomination, as being among
those who share his view, but
he did not mention Senator
Goldwater of Arizona, the
i front-runner for the Republi
can nomination.
Senator Goldwater has called
for even deeper cuts in the
program.
| A reporter inquired what the
effect would be if Congres
sional opposition should reach
the point where the program
might be terminated.
Mr. Kennedy said he could
not “imagine Congress being so
unwise.”
He reminded Congress that
the ideological struggle in the
world is not over and he doea!
not think it will be over possi
bly in this century. Continua
tion of the program is essential
to the conduct of foreign policy,
he said, and he predicted that
whoever may succeed him in
the White House will recog-!
nize that it must be continued.
Amount Relatively Small
Mr. Kennedy emphasized
that the amount involved is
small in relation to the gross
national product. He called!
attention to the amounts Con
gress appropriates for atomic i
energy and for the space pro-1
gram and asked if at the same;
time it wants to deny the Presi
dent the foreign aid which is
See AID, Page A-4
water which was continually 1
erupting from the whistle dur
ing the operation.”
The letter said the whistle p
was removed by two students ‘
while the others acted as se- | *
curity men. |
"Needless to say, there were ,
seven close calls. However, the ,
mission was accomplished suc
cessfully in less than half an (
hour and we returned to bed
happy in the thought that we ■
would not be rudely awakened
at 5 'til 8 by the ear-splitting
whistle," the letter said.
But their elation may be
short lived.
An Atlanta businessman said
the whistle was better than an
alarm clock, so he is taking ap
propriate action.
L. W. Robert, who heads a
nationally known architectural
firm, said he will donate SI,OOO
to Tech to buy a new whistle.
“Since somebody has taken it
away, I’ve been oversleeping,”
i said Mr. Robert. “I’m going to
give the thousand so Tech can
replace the whistle.” -
10 Cents
Terms Action
On Professor
Unwarranted
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Star Stall Writer
President Kennedy today
called the arrest of Prof.
Frederick C. Barghoom of Yale
on espionage charges “unwar
ranted and unjustified.” He
warned that it could have “a
most serious effect” on Soviet-
American relations.
Returning several times to
the Barghoom incident, Mr.
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Kennedy told his news con
ference that the noted scholar
on Soviet affairs “was not on
an intelligence mission of any
kind” in Russia.
He warned that unless Prof.
Barghoom is released "there is
no sense in having a program ’
of cultural exchanges. Prof.
Barghoom was on a tourist
trip to Russia when he was
arrested several days ago. The
Soviet government did not an
nounce his detention until
Tuesday.
Negotiations Called Off
Shortly before today’s con
ference, the State Department
announced that it was calling
| off talks set to begin next week
in Moscow on a new cultural
exchange agreement.
The indefinite postponement
stemmed directly from the
Barghoom affair which has
now touched off a "cultural
crisis” that seems rapidly to be
expanding into serious diplo
matic conflict.
Already, the arrest of the
52-year-old bachelor has led to
angry protests from leaders
and groups in the academic and
scholarly worlds. Mr. Kennedy
noted that he had received
many communications from
them.
Georgetown Cancellation
Georgetown University this
morning abruptly canceled a
roundtable discussion in which
a group of visiting Soviet in
tellectuals were to speak this
afternoon. A spokesman said
the concellation was agreed to
by the Russians and was made ;
in light of the arrest of Prof.’
Barghoom in Moscow.
A spokesman for the Uni
versity of Maryland said the"
scheduled visit of the Soviet
visitors to its campus tomor
row was now under discussion,
and "probably would be can
celed.”
President Kennedy said the
United States “is deeply con
cerned” about the Barghoom
case and noted that several
protests already have been
made to the Soviet government,
both here and in Moscow.
Professor Praised
He said he was also disturbed
by the fact that “he was held
for a number of days without
, the United States being in
formed of it, and that the
United States officials in the
Soviet Union have not had an
opportunity to visit with him.”
Praising the Yale professor,
Mr. Kennedy said "he is a dis-
See CULTURE, Page A-6
Two Gls Injured
By Saigon Bomb
SAIGON. Viet Nam, Nov. 14
■APi.—A powerful bomb was
hurled into an open-air case
on Saigon’s main entertain
ment street last night and two
American servicemen were
I critically wounded.
The Imperial Case, a corner
: establishment with sides open
to the street, was wrecked.
The two wounded Americans
were carried to the sidewalk
and given first aid. They re
ceived head wounds. Two wait
ers also were wounded.
One of the wounded service
men was believed to have been
a United States Embassy Ma
rine guard.
Their names were not dis
closed.
NEW LOOK
FOR BERRIES
THE CRANBERRY has come a long
way from the days when it was used
by Indian women to odd zest to
pemmicon. For some new ideas in
cranberry recipes, see Food Editor
Violet Faulkner’s column on Page
C-l.
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