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DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY," NOVEMBER 2, 1967 is Smile's as ii as the (f7AlP0HL 4 C--rTTrriii I i Finder of Huge Diamond Flies Here By THOMAS PUGH Flashing a 601-carat smile and nattily attired in a dark blue suit and bright green tie, the former owner of the world's seventh largest diamond arrived here yesterday from his native Lesotho, in southern Africa, where the huge rock was found, for a two- week hirl in Fun City. By TED LEWIS Washington, Nov. 1 President Johnson long- ago lost control of the 90th Congress, so when the White House proposes that 20, 30 or 40 more bills be passed before this 1967 session ends it amounts to nothing- more than a wishful hope without real meaning-. What is important is whether this Congress will do better for Lyndon in presidential 1968 than it has in the past. And at this reading, the outlook is most gloomy.

Every sign indicates that one of the estimating1 that the stones cut from it will bring "well over $1 million." Ernestine found the stone May 26 while sifting Petrus Ramoboa, 43, bounded off a plane at Kennedy Airport at 2 p.m., followed by his plump, gravel on a small claim owned by her husband and others in Lesotho, the former British colony of Basutoland, which became an independent black-ruled kingdom in October 1966. Ramoboa reportedly got half of the initial price tag of $302,400. His cash worth prior to the find was $4. Waiting for the family at the airport were reelection burdens the president must bear is the failure of the 90th Congress to respond to his legislative proposals. Some LBJ zealots have, of course, dared to suggest that Johnson could use Congress as a whipping boy, blame it for not responding to his Great Society and spending and taxing pro LBJ Is Going To the Big Race Without a Whip Winston's son, Ronald, with a big black limousine, 1 and Sen.

E. D. Letete, Lesotho delegate to the UN; first secretary to the Lesotho Embassy in Wash ington, M. Molapo. and the wife of the ambassador, Mrs.

A. S. Mohale. Two Suitcases Are Misplaced Going through customs, there was a delay when posals. The idea is that Johnson could copy Harry Truman on this congressional issue.

Truman won in 1948 in great measure by blasting the 80th Congress as a do-nothing legislative body. But Truman's scorn was piled on a Congress wholly under Republican control. The division Ramoboa discovered that two of his suitcases were misplaced during the flight from Johannesburg I via London. But he was still flashing the big smile when reporters crowded around to ask how it felt to be rich and in New York. He answered: "Very nice! Very "Do you feel pretty important?" somebody asked and Ramoboa answered: "Yes, I'm a big man now." i His wife was carrying five high-crowned straw hats, called mokorotlos, and Ramoboa put one on.

i Reporters were told the hat is "worn by dignitar-: ies in Lesotho, and appears on the flag of the kingdom. Daughter to Have Medical Examination I Ramoboa was wearing a hooded car coat and his wife was wearing black fur coat over her i green dress. I She wore a white hat. During their visit here YD in the House was z-jo 10 cb, in the Senate, 51 to 45. By no possible sane reasoning could Johnson condemn the 00th Congress as "do nothing." The Democrats control the House, 247 to 186, the Senate, 64 to 36.

Oh sure, he could blast the Republican minority's voting record, but in the process he could not evade the lineup of Democrats particularly those from the South who joined with the GOP opposition to foul up administration legislation. He cannot slur Southern Democrats without risking the loss of Dixie states in the 1968 election. And there is every early indication he needs every electoral vote he can get his hands on to win a second term. NEWS oho to by Mel Fmfcelstein uverv nice to be here. Pitrtis Ramoboa: It's fhv wife, Ernestine, who found the diamond, and their daughter will have medical examinations and their ailing daughter, Maria.

20. treatment She was taken by wheelchair from the plane to the limousine. They are here as the guests of Fifth Ave. The family will stay at the Summit. Todav jeweler Harry "tt mston.

He bought the pale brown they will attend a press conference at Winston's diamond, larger than a golf ball, for $649,600, office, 718 Fifth Ave. AskNJ. Pwk-W-Iip Terminal There remains then only one way for the president to find that a recalcitrant Congress has presented him with any sort of issue. This is simply to appeal in his campaign for election of more Democrats generally so he Harry Truman different situation in '48 STj 'WUKIM I Ljl A S30 million all-purpose passenger terminal in North Bergen, N.J., where commuters could leave their cars, then zip to Penn Station in two and a half minutes for 10 cents, was proposed j-esterday by the American Commuters ifcCAUCUS' tm id. i 1 Association.

I- I trial areas north of the city, Mitzner said. He also suggested that a rail line could be constructed from terminal to a proposed harness track at Secaucus, giving horse racing fans from Long Island and New York City a direct route to the grandstand. Stimulant for Meadows The proposed terminal would provide parking, bus and train service and a rapid run to Manhattan which would relieve congestion at the Lincoln Tunnel, according to Bernard M. Mitzner, association president. Sees Lincoln Tunnel Relief Mitzner told a news conference that the Manhattan zip service NEW fslh STA- Mitzner predicted the proposed would have a "workable majority" in a second term.

And point out how much he. was able to do when the 89th Congress was functioning. He had about the same Senate majority in the previous Congress as he does now. But in the House there were 47 more Democrats. Those votes for the administration's side were lost in the mid-term 1966 Congressional elections.

And ever since November 1966, Johnson has acted as if he wanted to get back at the voters for cutting down his congressional majority. Doesn't Calf tie Signals Like He Used To Increasingly especially in the last few months the President has left the impression that what this Congress does has ceased to be his personal responsibility. It was a lot different in He railed almost every signal on vote-maneuvering in House and Senate. The phone line to his legislative lieutenants was constantly busy with LBJ on one end and his congressional operatives on the other. Such White House lobbying this year has been desultory and ineffectual.

It has been as if the administration was disinterested in congressional victories. As a result, there has been speculation that the president did not deep down inside want his anti-inflation tax increase voted. This was simply because he never appeared to be making a wheeling and dealing, all-out effort to get it enacted. His failure to use all his powers of persuasion, to put his prestige strongly on the line on this and other issues therefore added to the congressional impression that the president had only mild interest in what this Congress produced. This estimate is probably erroneous so far as Johnson's legislative intentions on vital legislation is concerned.

But there is no argument that the- President has handled this Congress as if he didn't want to challenge it to follow him or else. Popularity Polls Show Emphatic Decline It is possible the White House decided from the start that there was a strong anti-Johnson title in Congress and that there was no would use existing Pennsylvania terminal would stimulate develop- Railroad tracks unJer the Hudson i v. I ment in the North Jersey mea- Jtiver, and cost as little as ten on 15 cents a ride. dows. The terminal worid alo pro-) The association, headquartered wide much-needed bus and rail at Middletown, lists about 2,500 service for commuters traveling commuters as members.

It has no from south of Newark ta indus- salaried personnel. NEWS Map by Staff Artist would make North Proposal Bergen and Penn Station terminals of commuter system via existing railroad tracks. Okay a Bonus lor New Theaters Continued from page 3) other at the site of Loew's Capitol Theater at 51st St. and Broadway. In other matters, the commission voted to approve a $10.8 million capital budget amendment to finance construction of a second building at the Science Museum in Flushing Meadow Park but not without second thoughts.

tually cost the city $6 million. The second building, estimated at the S10.8 million figure, will house primarily a $3 million exhibit promised by the Atomic Energy Commission. Later in the day, both Mayor Lindsay and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher issued statements in which they concurred with the commission's criticism of the original museum building. Lindsay said the commission's remarks would be given every consideration prior to the start of construction. use bucking it.

It can similarly he argued that the anti-Johnson stance 'n1y developed significant dimensions in the last few months, when the popularity polls showed an emphatic decline in LBJ's standing. Where the basin similarity exists on the apolitical problem of Congress, as faced by Truman 20 years ago and Johnson now, is that in case the incumbent President was in serious political trouble. In Truman's case, the 80th Republican Congress supplied a tempting new issue. In the best book yet written on the Truman administration Truman Presidency" by Cabell Phillips, McMillan publishers) reference is made to a memorandum supplied by a political strategy board headed by Clark Clifford. That memorandum said: "This election (that of 1948) can only be won by bold and daring steps calculated to reverse the powerful trend now running against us." Therefore, it was proposed that attention be focused "on the rotten record of the 80th Congress." Clark Clifford is still around as an unofficial White House adviser.

But smart as he is, he scarcely can propose that Johnson consider trying to focus public attention on the record of the present Demncratif-controllerl It may turn out to be but it will be Democratic votes that make it so. Approve Museum Addition The original Science Museum building at the site of the World's Fair is "an unworkable facility that has only limited value," the commission said, and the city has been "'saddled with a totally inadequate building, which had poorly designed exhibit space, which was an accoustical nightmare and which had a long and unattractive ramp entry." building was estimated at $3.5 million, hut even Review Board Moves The Police Department announced yesterday that its Civilian Complaint Review Board has moved its office from 201 Park Ave. South to 200 Park Ave. South at 17th St. The old office had to.

be, vacated when the Jease NtyVS chcto by Seymour Waiiy Commissioner Beverly Moss Spatt dissents with report. expired..