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Fate of Imprisoned Pilots Could on Next Diplomatic Move Depend ..Moscow -UPD- The fate of Irtnrtisoned U.S. RB47 pilots John McKone and Freeman djpstead may well depend on hoj Washington and Moscow play the next moves in their diplomatic chess game, ""Those boys may get free If f "Washington just doesn't rock the boat for a while," iid-one diplomatic observer here just after the Kremlin Sew Year's Eve reception at Which Premier Nikita Khru shchev, toasting the hope for Setter relations with the Ken nedy administration, Indicated he'd be willing to forget the V incident as far as the new president was concerned. 1 According to that cautious diplomatic view, it means a minimum of newspaper drum seating for speedy action is clearly impossible and a min finum of public statements re enforcing the old positions and Rimming down the flexibility qf maneuver. i Notably, on the Soviet side, ft has been months since press $r public statments have re peated the old claims that Mc jone and Omstead will stand f ial. I In fact, the case has been mentioned sparingly and ap parently is being allowed to tnk out quietly from the pub c spotlight - possibly to ease tjie job of getting off the hook in the future. t ((The U. S. claims the RB47 as shot down over the Bar ants Sea last July). While the concern in the United States over the slow pace of the RB47 case is un derstandable, diplomats 1 n Moscow feel that often the only way to get anything from the Soviets is to match them at their own game of patience and firmness. There is considerable diplo matic opinion in Moscow that little by little the Soviets are trying to move toward some face-saving solution to the RB47 case. This opinion holds that Washington's job is not pub licly to keep the Kremlin leaders in a corner on the question, but discreetly to find out how far the Soviets are willing to go and for what price. It was recalled, for instance, that Khrushchev, who had banked much of his foreign policy on an attempt to pro mote a personal friendship with ex-President Eisenhow er, kept the door open after the U2 incident for Eisenhow er to disclaim responsibility. In the diplomatic shambles that followed Elsenhower's ac ceptance of such responsibil ity, Khrushchev often made the point that for reasons of prestige as leader of a mighty state, he could not meet the President without an apology, Khrushchev's offer to bury the U2 incident as far as Pres ident John F. Kennedy and the United Nations are con cerned was viewed here as Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins (Register tnd Tribune Syndicate, 1961) lolo Flight for an Over-Anxioui Youngiler S Most of the time, when the opening in the tree showed bright, the little squirrel ana ljis brother slept, but the time be had looked out, It was a onderful sight. Out there was "outside," the place where mother went each night when the round opening show' el , black. Then, one night, Hist after she left, the young- fler again crawled up and &oked out into a forest bullied it yellow moonlight; a perfect night for flying squirrels. s Of course, mother knew when her offspring should Venture out into the outer world, and so far she had not given her consent. So the yixlous little one, being an Tenants Change, But White House Help Keep Jobs : Washington - 0JP1I - Butlers, rSaids, cooks, doormen and ljpttlewashers at the White Ijouse generally keep their Jpbs even though First Fam ilies come and go. J Some of those on the do mestic staff of 25 have been In their present posts since the days when Franklin D. Roosevelt presided in the ex ecutive mansion. Chief Usher J. B. West, the nj angcr of the domestics maintenance men and Harden ers ai 1600 Pennsylvania ave stystthat traditionally there is ndt much turnover during agshjit in administrations. Biit this matter is left en tfreli to Mrs. John F. Ken nedys the Incoming first lady, Oie (White House help Is ex tjnpted from civil service job protection regulations. i Hdwevcr, no occupants of tile many pillared mansion want; to be without experi enced servants to help wel come- visiting royalty and HeadfTof state in style, "fakes Yesri "It takes years just to learn hpwjto open the front door," slid bne veteran who has had su clrjse look at White House dolns under the Eisenhower administration. Wat, who became chief ujher In 1956, has served 20 Tnr In the usher's office. He said there are five butlers, five nalds, three cooks, two kitchen helpers, five house men nd five doormen on the white House domestic staff Eaph one works a 40-hour Week and that is why it's fccessary to have three cooks, vest explained, I The President and his wife radltionally bring in their vn personal servants - maid nd valet. In the Kennedys' case, they probably will bring along a governess for 3-year- iold Caroline and a nurse for young John F. Jr. A list of trained waiters, tiers, pantrymen and kitch en assistants is kept handy fir state dinners or other oc casions, when extra help Is rfecessaVM. J For a cinner of 100, for ex ample, an additional 10 or $1 servant would ba hired, j obedient squirrel, waited, al though every fibre of his body cried out for a. trip to the out side. Little Conception Of course he, like so many of us, had little conception of the hazards that await boy or squirrel when once they leave home -nest. Mother squirrel seemed to know she had a problem child, an eager beaver, a young one without judgment but with a firm de termination. Because he seemed so ad vanced, and so Impatient, she decided to start his training. One night when the moon was full she permitted him to leave the nest. He crawled out on a nearby limb. His great, soft brown eyes sur veyed the moonlighted forest. Mother launched herself on a downward slant, just to show him how it was done. She scampered back to his side. He thought he as ready. He had the idea he could step off, spread his legs and sail grace fully through the air to the base of a nearby tree; climb it, and again launch himself, thereby traveling across the forest. He could foresee no problem at all. By some wild reasoning, Mother knew her child was a show-off." She . also must have known that folks like that usually "get their come uppance." But, she thought, It's the only way he'll ever learn. She resigned herself to whatever will be, will be, and gave the little guy the signal to "take off." Sickening Sideslip He confidently leaped off the limb; set his legs in what he thought was a graceful position. Inside of five feet he was In trouble. He lost his balance, and began a sicken ing sideslip. Attempting to right himself, he missed a large tree limb by Inches. Suddenly he realized he was going too fust, and at too sleep a slant. In fact he was com pletely out of control. He crashed headlong into a tree - not the one he was aiming for. Stunned and bruised, with his breath knocked from him, he lay in a crumbled heap on the forest floor. By the time he regained his breath Mother was beside him. Slowly she climbed the home tree, junior painfully followed her. Sheepishly, the little guy crawled back Into the round opening in the tree trunk. Even a show-off flying squir rel began to realize that In experience and disregard for parental advice can, and often does, result In a bruised nose. Crude 07 Produces Variety of Products Tulsa, Okla.-IUPII-Tho ma- or products made from crude oil are gasoline, kerosene. light and heavy fuel oils, lub ricating oils, wax, asphalt and coke, the Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association says. In 19S0, the average 42-gal- n barrel f crude (reduced 18 8 aWW teU.e, j).7 gallons rt lfett text til, 4.1 allons of heavy furl oil mid .8 gallons of kerosene. The remaining 7.1 gallons lnV.ita ed the other pctrcftft n) ducts. costing the Soviets little polit ically despite its importance as a gesture of willingness to Improve relations with the new President. The earlier Soviet demand for an apology regarding the U2 was clearly aimed at Eisenhower. It would be asking for the moon and out of character for the Kremlin's current "we want to be friends with Ken nedy" policy to insist that the new President humble him self for actions of the preced ing administration. Also the U2 propaganda value already has been milked for just about all it is worth. It is doubtful if the Soviets figure they have much to gain by a future rehashing of the issue. And by now it is a stale affair in the United Nations. McKone and Omstead are still held incommunicado here with no contact by American officials yet permitted. In Cold Storage Diplomats here estimated that as far as any concrete de cision goes, the case simply is In cold storage until Kennedy takes over. Khrushchev's g e st u r e to bury the U2 incident was in terpreted by westerners here as a preliminary Kremlin ma neuver, with wider implica tions than the RB47 case alone. For one thing, it clears from the Soviet side one technical hurdle to a possible meeting with Kennedy at which the whole range of East-West problems could be discunssed Eisenhower refused a meet ing with Khrushchev before the release of the RB47 pilots. Kennedy so far is uncom mitted, but it is not excluded that the Soviets would use the RB47 pilots as a bargaining tool for the attainment of such an encounter. Due to the disputed facts of the shooting down of the bomber, the Soviets might ac tually gain more by releasing the men for some suitable counter-concession than by bringing them to trial. But the men are too valu able as a' diplomatic chess piece to throw away for noth ing or as a gesture unless the Kremlin knows exactly what it could expect in return. Periodic State Department notes and consistent oral re minders by American embassy officials here have kept quiet, but steady, pressure on the So viets for the release of Mc Kone and Omstead, But for the moment, the two men have no alternative but to wait and hope. effete MK's Friend Manhandled By M-BR-RMAN SMITH Wl White House Reporter Washington -(UPD- Backstairs at the White House: Leaving the Inaugural ball at the district armory the oth er after-midnight, President Kennedy spotted a friend In the crowd, waved to him and motioned the man to come to the side of his White House limousine. The man moved at the pres- Idents behest, only to be leaped upon by four burly metropolitan policemen who gave the President's friend a brief but spirited pushing around before Kennedy called out of the limousine window. Almost as though they had been cheated, the police slow ly released the man who then talked with Kennedy for four or five minutes. As the Pres ident drove away, he called to the man, "I want you to come see me." The friend quickly disappeared in the crowd and his name thus was lost to his tory. . The above incident is rather unimportant by itself, but it does point up an interesting situation with the new Pres ident. First, he is a most in formal man. Secondly, he has worked around Washington for 14 years and naturally has a number of friends here. The police would be well-advised-and this goes for the White House police and the Secret Service, too-to take it easy until they can learn something about the Presi dent's large circle of friends and acquaintances. Kennedy has an aversion to seeing anyone roughed up be cause of his presence. This was distinctly true during the campaign. He notices things like this. And one additional bit of unsolicited advice to those as signed to the protection of the new President: Fellows, you'll simply have to do your job and take it easy, too. A hard order, to be sure, but if you want to avoid complications, always remember: This man likes to talk with people. He intends to keep doing it and you're buying trouble if you think he can be bent to your concepts of security and iso lated in the manner of former President Eisenhower when he was in public. It was 3 a.m. the dawning after Inauguration and the President still was at the Georgetown home of column ist Joseph Alsop, reliving the exciting day with such old friends as Earl E. T. Smith, the former Ambassador to Cuba, and his wife, actress Florence Pritchard, and Mrs. John Fell and her family from Palm Beach. Mrs. Fell, incidentally, is one of the more amazing grandmothers of our time. She's probably in her late 40s or early 50s and has the stat uesque looks of a starlet. Ter rific golfer, too. v The narrow street outside Alsop's DumbartonPlace home was choked with White House, Secret Service, police jnd press association automobiles. Down the snowy street tramped an obviously irate man who trumpeted to police that he was "an owner," ap parently of a nearby house. Choking with rage, he re ported that on the average of every week or two he received a parking ticket on his car right in front of his own home and here before his eyes was a veritable fleet of cars in vio lation of every known regula tion. "What," 'he shouted, "Is go ing on around here?" BILL PASSES HOUSE Salem-flJPD-A bill setting out means for a candidate to with draw his name from elections has passed the House. Cost of Hospital Care Has Dropped Salt Lake City - lUPIl-Tha president of the American Pharmaceutical A s s o elation says the cost of a stay in the hospital is less than it was in 1940. Ronald Robertson, Spokane, Wash., says that's because new drugs have shortended periods of hospitalization or even make it unnecessary. An example, Robertson, points out, is pneumonia cases. The ailment used to mean an automatic two-week confine ment in a hospital. Now many cases are cared for in the) home. OA IS tggy MINUTE n' LYNN'S Choice Grade Fill Your Freezer with Dependable Quality Foods This Weekend at These Special Prices MEATS Personally Owned and Operated usda choice USDA Choice Beef CHUCK A Tr 7 Bone Chuck Roast roast ill "r 57: USDA Choice and Lean, Tender Round Bone Roast O 7 u lb. Pure Fresh GROUND BEEF J) A 0)C 3 lbs. I17 You Can Really Taste the Difference KING OF THE OVEN USDA CHOICE BEEF USDA CHOICE ROAST fyl STEAK OA PLATE Boiling Beef lb. 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