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AltltlVlCS I'OK COUKT Christine Kccler, 22, looking very
glamorous, arrives at Marylebone Magistrate's Court in London
to face conspiracy and perjury charges. She is accused with
three defendants of framing Aloysius (Lucky) Gordon of assault
ing her. (UPI)
Widows, Minors, May Be
Eligible for Pensions
PORTLAND Many Oregon I phasis on the fact that many
widows and minor children of , minor children of deceased vet-
deceased veterans are unaware
of a change in the law which
now entitles them to Veterans
Administration pension, accord
ing to R. J. Novotny, Portland
VA regional office manager.
Prior to July 1, 1060, widows
and minor children of World
War 11 m- Korean Conflict vet
erans were eligible for pension
only if the veteran had a defin
itely ascertainable service-connected
disability at the time of
his death. This is no longer the
only point of eligibility.
Briefly, the pension require
ments now are:
A. The deceased veteran-husband
must have had at least 90
days of service, part during
wartime, unless discharged
sooner for scrvic-connectcd dis
ability, or he was receiving or
was entitled to receive compen
sation or retirement pay fur a
wartime service-connected dis
ability, and, in all cases, had
been discharged under condi
tions oilier (linn dishonorable.
Income Nolcd
B. Tho widow's or child's in
come is not more than $1,800
annually (or widow with a child
or children of the veteran, not
more than $:i,0OO annually) and
she is not the possessor of an
rslato so large that it is reason
able to look to that estate for
support.
Novotny placed special rm-
erans whose mothers have re
married are slill eligible for the
pension even though their moth
ers are not. Since the widow
has changed her name and. in
most cases, her address as well,
it is difficult for the VA to
contact her to explain the rights
of the children. If the children
are still under 18 years of age,
or under 21 years and attending
school, they may be eligible for
pension under the new law, he
said.
Widows or poisons having
custody of minor children of
deceased veterans of World War
II or the Korean Conflict, who
applied for pensions prior In
July 1, 191)0, and were found
ineligible, should reapply under
the new law, Novotny said, if
they believe their income may
be wilhin prescribed limits.
Long Delay Seen
In Desegregation
Near Army Bases
By AL KL'KTTMOK i Fort Benning, some steps have
L'PI Correspondent been taken toward desegregation
The Defense Department is , Dut they have not reached ho
getting ready to collect some tcls, taverns and many rccrea
massive data on a very ticklish tjon facilities. Adequate off-base
racial discrimina-j housing also might pose a jnob-
situation
lion in the cilies and towns near
military bases. Just what will
be done with the information is
not yet clear.
The Pentagon announced it is
asking military base command
ers for the data so il can formu
laic "future policy." The drive
is part of Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara's project
to halt off-base discrimination
against the thousands of Negro
servicemen on d u t y at U. S.
bases.
In a directive last July, Mc
N'amara asked commanders to
consider declaring off limits any
establishment or comm unity
that discriminates against Negro
servicemen. But the order speci
fied that the civilian secretary
of the service involved would
have lo approve the final off
limits decision.
New Directive Issued
This week, a new directive
was disclosed wherein base
commanders will be asked lo
assemble a complete situation
report for the Pentagon.
Questionnaires that must he
returned by Nov. 8 will include
such information as school, rec
reation and housing conditions
for Negroes. They also ask for
a description of "local customs"
lhat discourage volunlary off
base association between Negro
and white military personnel.-
A spokesman in the Third
Army Headquarters, which has
charge of many large Southern
Army bases, said the request
for racial information apparent
ly had not been distributed so
far.
A Pentagon spokesman con
firmed lhat, so far as the Army
is conevcrned, the directive still
has not been distributed.
The fact is there is a great
deal of segregation practiced in
towns near some of the Dixie
bases. But just how this will be
evaluated by the military is
purely speculative as of now.
Atlanta, for example, probably
would get by. Many of its thea
ters, hotels, restaurants and rec
reation places are open lo all.
Some Slops Taken
At Columbus, Ga., home of
lem.
Al Anniston, Ala., where Fort
McClellan is located, only the
local library has been integrat
ed. That was done after two
Negroes who came for books
were beaten.
Whatever is done by the De
fense Department to make fa
cilities equally available to all
the nation's armed forces, the
final decision probably will be
delayed for at least several
months. Even then, cases ap
parently will be handled on an
individual basis following spe
cific charges of discrimination.
Already there has been strong
reaction in one Louisiana Par
ish against the Pentagon anti
discrimination plan. At the re
quest of Plaquemines Parish
President Leandcr H. Pc.ret Sr..
the parish council voted lo bar
uniformed servicemen from bars
and lounges and asked civilians
lo boycott the naval air slation
located in the parish.
Wage Increases
Getting Smaller
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Union-negotiatcd
wage increases in
major collective bargaining
agreements have been getting
smaller ever since 1957, Labor
Department figures showed to
day. A new study by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics indicated
lhat Ihe average wage boost in
l!Ki2 was eight cents an hour
compared with a minimum of
10 eenls an hour in the 1955-57
period.
Although (he department did
not give any reasons for the
drop-off in bargaining gains,
many labor economists believe
it reflects the higher unemploy
ment rates of Ihe past five
years.
Workers arc not as militant
about seeking pay increases in
such a period, these economists
reason, but are more concerned
about preserving job security.
Northwest Democrats Assured
Chinese Won't Get U.S. Wheat
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON - President
Kennedy has told Northwest
congressional Democrats that a
sale of Amer
ican wheat to
I Russia would
not be followed
t by similar Iran-1 Duncan iD.0re.)
a saciions w 1 1 n
public reaction, which Congress i Congrcsswoman May tends
often reflects. I to agree wtih her constituents
The three Pacific Northwest wno oppose the deal. She joined
members of the agriculture j n other Republicans from
committees were split on the is-1 wheat districts in sending Ken
sue itself and their reading of j netjy a wjre raising questions
public sentiment. They are Sen. ! aD0Ut the proposal.
Neuberger, Rep. Catherine May -why get the Soviets off the
(K-v,asn.). ana nep. nuue.i u. h k, . k .
Rep. Duncan said he person
ally was undecided about the
Red China.
They discussed
aboard I Si !' 'he d"' 1"
president's hel
the (light between Tacoma and
Tongue Point, Ore., last Friday
when Kennedy was accom
panied by Oregon and Washing
ton congressional Democrats
during the Pacific Northwest
leg of his western speaking
tour.
Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D
Ore.) brought up the wheat is
sue, which provoked a general
discussion. Generally, the con
gressional group assured t h e
president the wheat deal with
Russia would be popular in the
Northwest, especially in the
wheat growing areas.
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson ID
Wash.) asked whether a wheat
sale to Russia wouldn't lead
inevitably to selling wheat to
China.
"The president, as quick as a
flash, said, 'No, it wouldn't
because we recognize Russia
and we don't recognize Red
China'," reported one of the
participants in the discussion.
Kennedy's delay in deciding
whether to approve the sale of
wheat to Russia was taken as
an indication of his desire to
test public sentiment first. If
there was little question that he
had Ihe authority to approve
the wheat deal, there was some
question whether he had public
opinion on his side.
Sense of Participation
The device for gauging public
opinion was to send several cab
inet members to meet with the
foreign affairs and agriculture
committees of Congress. This
gave Congress a sense of partic
ipation in the decision and gave
the administration a sense of
Ihpv turned ud suceested that
growers and the grain trade issue, but he indicated he
leaned toward favoring the deal.
number of private citizens op-1 He 0Dscrved wr)iy tnat evi.
Pse " 1 dence of support from the wheat
Congrcsswoman May of Yak- bdt con(iicts with conservative
ima said she received 30 to 40 j views about bejng tough wjtn
letters and telegrams thus tar, Russjaa view most prevalent
an oppusuu iu M.-IUUB in farm areas.
"The ideological difference
vanishes rather rapidly when
the dollar appears," said Duncan.
Russia. She said she hadn't re
ceived a single request from a
wheat grower favoring it. Rep.
Walt Horan, Wenatchee Repub
lican, who represents another
wheat district, reported he
hadn't received any communi
ques one way or the other. I
Telephone Survey '
Mrs. Neuberger and Cong
ressman Duncan had both
heard from an Oregon wheat
grower, Allen Tom of The
Dalles, who reported he had
taken a telephone survey of
nine large wheat growers in
eastern Oregon. Tom reported
that they were universally for .
the wheat deal. Only one at
tached a reservation that
none of it be transshipped to
Cuba. i
Mrs. Neuberger's attitude lo-1
ward the proposal is that "It's
wonderful." She said she has
been talking in favor of it with
administration officials for two
years. i
The Senator said she thinks
the reason that the conservative :
American Farm Bureau isn't I
fighting the proposal is that,
having persuaded the wheat
growers lo reject Ihe admin- i
i8tration's wheat program in the 1
spring referendum, the Farm
Bureau fears farmer reaction
unless something happens to al
ter the natural consequences of j
that decision. She thinks unload-'
ing a portion of the wheat sur
plus would take the Farm
Bureau off the hook. i
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