curt Order for Reapportionment Irks Alabama Governor
ir Force Captain Denies Givina
Information To East Germany
Wiesbaden, GermanjMUPD-A
U S. Air Force captain today
denied he gave defense infor
mation to East Germany
while in East Berlin in 1980.
Capt. Joseph P. Kauffman,
43, tpld an eight-man military
court trying him, "I did not
answer any questions about
Uie security of the United
States."
Kauffman is accused of
passing secrets to Communist
East German agents and
agreeing to work for the Com
munists. Kauffman took the stand in
his own behalf as the trial en
tered its second week to de
scribe his activities after leav
ing Sonderstrom Air Base,
Greenland, on Sept. 23, I960,
for a vacation before report
ing to a new assignment in
California.
He said he did not know
there were restrictions on tra
the .U.S. forces and bought
a train ticket without difficulty.
"About one hour out of
Hamburg three individuals in
gray uniforms entered the
train and asked me for my
passport," he said, "t showed
them my orders, which is a
passport for military people,
but they took me off at the
next stop."
Kauffman said he was tak
en to what appeared to be a
police station where he wait
ed two-and-a-half hours. No
body questioned him. He later
was taken to a house where a
uniformed man introduced
himself as the local comman
dant, he said.
"I objected to my treatment
and told him I was merely
traveling to Berlin on leave,"
Kauffman said. "He said he
had to contact somebody on
this and left."
Kauffman said he spent the
night in a chair and the next
introduced himself as a
teacher of philosophy" escort
ed him in a car to a "two story
stucco building enclosed by a
high fence."
"As we arrived, a woman
and a slim individual entered
the house with us. J was led
into a room with the heavy set
man and the slinj individual
and they posed a number of
questions to me through the
woman interpreter," he said.
"The subjects of inquiry in
cluded what I thought of the
President of the United States,
what the feeling of the people
was toward the President,
how many aircraft we had at
Sonderstrom Air Base and
what our mission was in
Greenland."
Kauffman said he only an
swered questions "concerning
my name, rank and serial
number."
Foreign Briefs
AMERICAN CARGO SHIP ON FIRE
Beirut, Lebanon-IUPII-The 7-240-ton American-owned cargo
ship Theopan. carrying a cargo of coconuts to Beirut, caught
fire outside the harbor here Sunday night. There was no
report of injuries to crewmen.
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ANDREI GROMYKO IN YUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade-UPll-Soviel Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko
arrived today by plane from Moscow for an official visit
to Yugoslavia and talks with government officials.
INDONESIANS DIE OF FOOD SHORTAGES
Jakarta, Indonesia-Wll-Seventy persons have died from
food shorteges caused by a long drought preceded and fol
lowed by floods in a district in West Java since February,
Indonesia's official Anlara news agency reported.
Montgomery, Ala.-fflPD-Gov.
John Patterson, bridling at
court demands for quick ac
tion, will decide this week
whether to call the legisla
ture into special session to re
apportion legislative strength.
A three-judge federal court
Saturday gave the legislature
until July 16 to grant city
voters more representation or
threatened to do the job
itself.
First Court Demand
It was the first such court
demand to result from the
U. S. Supreme Court's histor
ic decision March 26 that
federal courts could take jur
isdiction in reapportionment
cases. Previously such cases
had been considered political
matters-and thus outside the
domain of the courts.
' In a ruling which could
set a nationwide pattern in
such cases, the court took note
of the fact that the Alabama
constitution requires readjust
ing legislative strength every
10 years, but that no such
action had been taken in 60
years. However, the court re
fused a Tcqucst to require
action before the May 1 Dem
ocratic primary.
The court ruling caught I holding a special session to
Patterson in Latin America, ward off court action,
at the tail end of a 15-day; The Alabama legislature
trade mission, and Alabama
in the midst of a lively gov
ernor's race. It quickly over
shadowed the campaign ora
tory. On his arrival home Sun
day, Patterson quickly voiced
stern objections to the court's
order. He said he would call
legislators into special ses
sion "only If I truly want to
do this myself."
Special Session Costly
"I don't like for the federal
courts to dictate state policy.
And as long as I'm governor,
they will not dictate it. I
don't like to act under threat
of duress of federal courts."
He said the court apparent
ly failed to consider that a
special session would cost the
state at least $500,000. But
he told newsmen he would
confer with top aides and de
cide within the week what to
do.
The court decree did not
take Alabama officials by sur-
prise. Before leaving for
Latin America, Patterson had
been polling state politicians
to see what they thought ol
has not been reapportioned
since the adoption of the con
stitution of 1901 and there
have been repeated attempts
at reapportionment by big
city lawmakers.
Patterson's administration
last year backed a plan to ex
pand the 105-seat House and
the 35-scat Senate to give
representation to larger coun
ties. But when this plan failed,
14 citizens from Birmingham
-largest metropolitan area in
the state-brought suit in fed
eral courts.
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EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOWNTOWN TOKYO
Tokyo-iUPIi-A mild earthquake shook downtown Tokyo
tonight. There were no immediate reports of damage.
CUBAN IN MOSCOW FOR LENIN MEETING
Havana-iUPI-Juan Marinello, a Cuban communist leader
who recently was appointed dean of Havana university, flew
to Moscow yesterday for the annual meeting of the Lenin
Peace Prise committee of which he is a member.
JETS PAY HOMAGE TO LEONARDO DA VINCI
Vinci, Italy (UPI) A squadron of jets Sunday roared over
the small stone house where Leonardo da Vinci was born
April 15. 1452, to mark the birth anniversary of the genius
who believed man would learn to fly.
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Washington - HOT - A House
Armed Services subcommit
tee was cast in the role of a
judge today as it prepared
to begin hearings on a con
troversial plan to cut down
the size of the National Guard
and the Reserves.
The first scheduled witness
is Carlisle P. Runge, assistant
secretary of defense for man
power and personnel.
The subcommittee headed
by Rep. F. Edward Hebert
(D-La.) stands between the
Pentagon and the powerful
forces arrayed in behalf of the
guard. These include the Na
tional Guard association, a
number of slate governors
and some members of Con
gress.
At issue is an administra
tion plan to eliminate four
Guard and four Reserve di
visions and trim the size of
the Guard from 400,000 men
to 367,000 men.
The National Guard As
sociation, through its presi
dent, retired Maj. Gen. Wil
liam H. Harrison Jr., has ac
cused the Pentagon of de
liberately campaigning to
downgrade civilian forces and
planning complete distruction
of the Guard.
The subcommittee also in
tends to investigate a charge
that 28 per cent of the Re
servists in 17 selected units
involved in last fall's mobili
zation were assigned positions
for which they had not been
trained.
Other congressional news:
Estes: Chairman Harold
Cooley (D-N.C.) plans to dis
cuss with other members
whether the House Agri
clulture Committee should
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public and U. S. Steel. Weak
ness in this group follows the
back down on steel prices by
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announced across - the board
price hikes.
Motors firmed and Du Pont
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somewhat higher chemical
section. Among the oils. Ohio
and Amerada added roughly
1 each.
Drugs, electronics, rails, en
tertainments, metals, building
supplies and foods all display
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look into the dealings of In
dicted Texas farm tycoon
Billie Sol Estes. Cooley said
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Estes' relations with the Agri
culture department. :
Stockpile: Senate stockpile '
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ings today into profits on de
ferred sales of copper to the
national stockpile in the mid
1950s. Four officials of the
General Services Administrat
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testify before the Senate
Armed Services' subcommit
tee, headed by Sen. Stuart
Symington (D-Mo.).
Discharges: Rep. Florence
P. Dv yer (D-N. J.) asked De
fense Secretary Robert S. Mc
Namara today to make it
easier for Reservists called up
during , the Berlin crisis to
get hardship disciiargges. Mrs.
Dwyer, in a letter to Mc
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the consideration of hard
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Morse Reports on
OAS Conference
Corvallis - "Letting com
munism rot in Cuba" will do
the cause of democray "much
more good" in Lalin America
than a Cuba martyred by
"Yankee aggression," Sen.
Wayne Morse said recently in
an address at Oregon State
university.
Moorse thus tookissue with
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith
(R.-Me.), who in a recent
speech said that the fact that
the United States has not
mounted a massive, all-out
military invasion of Cuba is
tlie "core" and the "heart" of
U. S. difficulties in Latin
America.
Senator Morse was the main
speaker at the concluding ses
sion of a three-day "Latin
American in Revolution" pro
gram at OSU, sponsored by
the university's School of Hu
manities and Social Sciences.
He reported on the recent Or
ganization of American States
(OAS) conference at Punta
del Eslc, Uruguary, at which
he was one of President Ken
nedy's representatives.
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