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Evening star., 1949-12-24
j. 5. Refuses 10 Use Funds
Of ERP for Arms Program
By Dorothy THOMPSON
By the Assoeiafsd Press

The United States has turned
down proposals that it use GER
tain Marshall Plan funds to pay
some expenses Of American arms
aid to Atlantic pact countries.
Government officials said sew
cral Western European govern
ments had suggested in discus
sions with the State Department
that Marshall Plan counterpart
money might be used for the up
keep OF American military mis-
sions under the arms program.
The United States decided
against that on grounds that Eu-
ropean economic recovery should
not be mixed with the $1,000.-
600, 900 rearming program.
Such q move. 1t was feared,
would play into the hands Of
Communist critics who have re-
peatedly assailed the Marshall
Plan q IN American militaristic
scheme for turning Europe into
. future battle-ground.
The counterpart fund Is made
up Of money set aside BY each
Marshall Plan country In It's own
surrency to match the contribu-
tions it gets In dollar aid under
the recovery program. >
Evening star., 1949-12-24
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
SATURDAY, DEcEMsEk

Then Engineer Henry L. Lee,
who has been Santa the year.
round to Grace since 1946, climbed
back to his job, careful not to
damage the red suit lent for the
occasion by the Salvation Army.
Behind he left q new checked
dress, a gayly decorated tree, a
doctors kit, a giant Christmas
card and nearly $500 to add to
her $2,673 trust fund-the fund
that is going to pay in time for
her artificial arms and education.
And he also left still smiling
Grace, slowly, happily waving her
right stump in farewell.
Santa opened the throttle. eased
the powerful diesel ahead and,
with large smile, waved back.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Special Courses 10 Brief
Doctors on Atom Injuries
BY the Assseiafsd Press

The Atomic Energy Commis-
sion will sponsor courses In which
doctors will be taught how to treat
persons who suffer atomic In
juries in any future war.
Selected physicians win be
given one-week courses, the COM
mission announced yesterday.
They In turn win pass on the
knowledge to doctors, dentists and
nurses In their home areas.
The first Of the courses will be
held in March at the Argonne Ma
tional Laboratory. Chicago; the
atomic energy project ut the Uni-
yersity Of Rochester, Rochester.
N. Y, and Western Reserve Uni
versity School Of Medicine, Cleve-
land. Later In the spring. courses
will be offered at the atomic
energy project at the University
Of California at Los Angeles; the
University Of Utah School Of
Medicine, Salt Lake City; the
University Of Alabama School Of
Medicine, Birmingham and Johns
Hopkins School Of Medicine.
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Developments hinted
In Reufher Shootinqs;
Bomb Inquiry Pushed
~ The Associated Press

DETROIT, Dec. 24.-The FB1
and Detroit police today pushed
their investigation into the bomb
plot against headquarters Of the
CIO United Auto Workers while
the county prosecutor reported a
new development" in the shoot
ings Of Walter and Victor Reuther.
Wayne (Detroit) County's pros
ecutor, Gerald X. OBrien, men
toned the Developments" in the
attempted assassinations of the
Reuther brothers. but refused even
to hint at what he meant.
Walter Reuther is president Of
the UAW and Victor Reuther is
an official Of the union. In the
plot against union headquarters,
a dynamite bomb. which failed to
explode. was planted ut 4 doorway
Tuesday night.
reign Of Terror" Charged.
The bomb inquiry moved on to-
day in the wake Of . strategy
meeting yesterday Of top State.
county and city law enforcement
officers.
The group met for two hours to
map a drive on what Mr.. OBrien
called "a reign Of terror" I'VE
can't discuss details of the in
vestigation at present." he said.
But" he added. there have been
new developments In the Reuther
shootings."
The FBI was reported to have
checked the police records ON both
the attempted dynamiting and the
attacks on the Reuthers in l948
and 194e. The three incidents
are generally believed to be re-
lated.
Threatening Letter Examined.
In the absence Of evidence Of
Federal law violations. the FBI
did not enter either Of the Reuther
cases even in the face Of = re-
quest from the United States
Senate.
However. Attorney General Nc.
Grath ordered the FBI into the
Evening star., 1949-12-24

bomb plot under statutes protect
ing civil rights and other laws.
The FBI also was said to have
examined q threatening letter sent
recently to Detroit's AFL Bus and
Streetcar Drivers Union.
Among those present at yester-
days police strategy meeting were
State Police Commissioner Donald
s. Leonard and Harold Cranef1eld,
UAW attorney.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Frozen Body Of Boy, IS,
Found After 6-Duy Hunt
" the Assoeio,sd Press

By the Asseeiotsd Press
BAKERSFIELD, Calf, Dec. "a.
The frozen body Of 15-year-old
James Camp, object of a six-day
search, was found sprawled in a
mountain canyon yesterday.
The boy was within 2 miles Of
Weldon Ranch, headquarters for
$50 searchers who had been comb
ing the Tehachapi Mountain area
Of Kelso Valley. He was about II
miles from the point where he left
six companions on a snow party
Sunday afternoon.
The youth apparently became
exhausted and froze to death early
yesterday when the temperature
dropped to about is degrees.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
This Changing World
Reports of Russian Warship Building
Give Pause to u. S. Policy on Navy

whose economy depends on world
trade must be prepared to pro-
tect that trade by means OF naval
action. Thus the British built
their empire and their hold on
world commerce behind the pro-
tective screen of the Royal Navy.
The United States, too, made it.
self a leading naval power when,
after the turn of the century. 1t
came to have a great stake in for
eign markets.
Protection Of Commerce.
If the British now have laid up
most Of their navy and the United
States has done the same to al
most as great an extent, it was
because neither had any reason
to fear hostile action from the
other. II Russia, however, intends
to 60 into the foreign markets in
a big way to challenge Western
control, it must be prepared to
protect that commerce. The de-
cision to build a powerful navy
would be one sign of some inten-
tion in this direction.
The American and British fleets
have been laid up on the theory
that there was no prospective hos
tile fleet for them to fight. The
French navy has never recovered
from the effects of the war and
the Italians lost practically all
of theirs. Japan, once one Of
the three top naval powers, no
longer has even a vestige Of a
navy. So until the Russians came
along it looked like American
British control Of the seas would
go unchallenged, except for the
submarine danger.
American and British intelli-
gence will busy itself now with
the. problem of determining just
how far Russia is going with its
construction Of battleships and
aircraft carriers. The Russians
have working for them some of
Germany's best naval architects
as well as leading German naval
tacticians. It Is not likely that
they will overlook any possibility
Of using this talent to the full
est.
As Admiral Forrest Sherman,
Chief Of Naval Operations, made
clear. aircraft carriers remain the
heart and soul Of American naval
task forces. and are being laid up
only because Of lack of funds to
operate them. The Russian de-
velopments may force q high-level
reconsideration Of strategic poll
cies with. respect to the role the
Navy might be expected to take
in any future war and 4 reallo-
cation Of funds now.
It Is possible that the Navy once
again will be given the primary
mission Of seeking out and de-
stroying the enemy fleet. and that
mine-laying, anti-submarine &C.
ton and transportation will be
relegated to their traditional sub
ordinate positions.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

well ouPPi1Co
with what 1t
takes to make
q Merry Christ
m a s. Th q t
doesn't apply to
every citizen,
Of course: a
few millions are
without 10 BIS
an d millions
more are nnd-
ing life rough,
for one reason
or another, but
+ n a naf{nna1
average Of we'll
Evening star., 1949-12-24

INTO locus some
new. and per-
haps highly i'm
portant devel-
opments in So
Wet policy to-
ward the rest
Of the world.
II, as We are
given to UNDER
stand, Russia
in en- ds to
c h q l ! e n G e
American Su-
premacy on the
seas as we'll as
under and above
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Santa Stops Train 10 Bring
Gifts 10 Girl Without Hands
By the Assoeiotsd Press

~ '''e '<ss0Sto'so 7 Tsss
LOVEJOY, Ca, Dec. 24.-The
spirit Of Christmas stopped a train
yesterday at the home of the little
girl who has only stumps for arms.
And Santa himself, beaming
and with bundles, climbed from
the cab of the fast Atlanta -Savan-
nah train to make the world
little bit brighter for 5-year-old
Grace Purcell.
Grace, absolutely speechless.
watched with silent wonder, but
she smiled-and that was enough
for Santa,
Evening star., 1949-12-24

being Is about as high as 1t ever
has been.
That's how it is in this country,
in stark contrast to most any
other country you can name. But
it doesn't seem to make us
happy and perhaps it shouldn't.
Perhaps we haven't any right to
be happy in the midst Of world
wide distress, even though We can
or do assure ourselves that no
blame attaches to US for the Ills
of the rest Of the world. That
is something impossible for hui
mans. lacking divine wisdom. to
know.
State Of Unease.
In any case, we don't seem to
be happy, but to be living in q
state Of uneaSe. We don't feel
secure, either as individuals or as
q Nation, and we want to feel
secure. \
The urge for personal security,
we are being told. however, is q
shameful thing. It destroys in
itiative and enterprise, the quail
tiles that have made us q great
people. Better. we are told, to be
filed with enterprise plus beer
and hotdogs than to be yearning
for security plus champagne and
caviar. Some Of those who tell
US this have security and cham
payne and caviar, 50 they must
know. But they haven't yet con-
vinced everybody and the reach
for security continues. Old age
pensions are still in demand.
That's how 1t is on the personal
plane. And now the same question
is being raised on the national
plane.
Some Of us have thought for q
long time that our pre-occupa-
ton with defense measures, our
preparations for . possible war,
might bring to pass the very thing
we wish to prevent. We've
doubted the capacity to think
clearly while obsessed with fear.
We've hated to see 80 great . part
Of our resources, that could be
used for constructive purposes,
laid aside for some future de-
structive use: have wanted to see
more, Of our wealth devoted to
the development Of q country in
which every citizen could have
reason to be utterly and unques-
tioningly loyal. That. We have
thought, would make US . people
nobody ever would pick q quarrel
with and so we would have ma
tional security. Also, we would
have the means to provide per-
sonal security. Pensions, perhaps.
Fearful Felix's Call Tune.
Things have not been working
out quite that way. The fearful
folks have called the tune and
the tune has continued to be
military security. We may nbe
Evening star., 1949-12-24
By Constantine Bro,Un

Reports that Russia now is en-
gagged In building a surface navy
as well as an undersea fleet Of
perhaps 1000 submarines bring
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Rv L0peU MeHeft

Not enough peace on earth. Not
enough good will toward men.
Aside from those tive shortages,
this one country seems fairly
Evening star., 1949-12-24

Both Hashemite Jordan. whose
Arab Legion troops hold the Ole
City of Jerusale'n, and Israel
which occupies the New City, have
said they will not accept inter.
naturalization.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Abdu||ah Says He Will Fight
U, n. Plan for Jerusalem
~ the Assoeiotsd Press

CAIRO, Egypt. Dec. 24.-An
Arab news agency dispatch last
night from Amman, Hashemite
Jordan, quoted King Abdullah as
saying he will fight any attempt
to enforce the United Nations in
Standardization OF Jerusalem.
The King spoke earlier yester-
day at a luncheon given him by
the Amman municipality. The
dispatch quoted him as saying:
Il refuse any form Of interna-
tionalization. I promise you I
shall resist it and fight back
against those who would attempt
to put it through. I shall win
or de-"
Evening star., 1949-12-24
A GREETING To
The CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

On the High Holidays the faith Of Israel the Ministerial
Uno representing the Protestant clergy the Washington community
and and creed have extended the children
~ their profound expression Of spiritual conradesh In the
spirit Rabbi in Israel bring the Ministerial Union and
the Christian clergy and aiy Of city, prayeru greetings
In the past week the children of the faith
Hanukah the light the hrom Of the Mac
cbee who than thousand for religious lib
erty against tyranny struggle against the forces Of
darkness that make possible for keep burning tho
faith the altar Israel the torch raised
high sar Maabees Of that bazed the trail OF
light coming Christianity for their spiritual strength and
struggle rededcaon faced the forces of religious
dcdence within and intolerance without the vision Of the democratic
state Of free would never have been born.
you gather Day your souls before the
Almighty joined with the quest for
peace earth good WILL and lives reconasd with
the fellow citizens this blessed land the will for the good that makes
possible world of good will We for Gods blessing to the Chris
an churches of community and all Of the Christian faith every
where oppressor without have be-
maevonce who have truly
shared the worlds and who have been the living witness OF our
h To JUSTLY love and to walk humb with thy
God"
May Christian and w in this festival season OF
light that will together free citizens Of this good land the
hope Of the world high sacred torch pe the darkness
Now that God His wisdom has mankind into the orbit tiny
community that the blind that all men on the face OF
the earth neghors that He shall give the strength to
rise great that the individual every
where shall his endowed naenabe rights guarded by
neghbors who will live brothers.
RABBI NORMAN GERSTENFELD
Minister Of THE WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION
THURSDAY N:m
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Evening star., 1949-07-07

|Pauw University in Indiana. Thel1
-dvenced education, adding up tc
a string of degrees, has been sup.
Elementary. For example, as ar
English expert with a layman's
viewpoint, Mrs. Lilienthal has
been able to help her husband
interpret his scientific information
to the public. The flow of speeches
and articles is evidence of their
effective teamwork.
In the atomic field. however
H,Irc. Lilienthal steers away from
everything tinged with security
She has no curiosity to probe
those secrets, because she just
doesn't want that kind Of re-
sponsibility unnecessarily on her
shoulders, or accidentally slipping
from her tongue.
It's a weight, of course. for any,
body bowed down with the secrets
sought by the world, and she has
noticed an increasing strain on her
husband. So, if Mr.. Lilienthal has
restless nights" or moody, alb
stract evenings" his wife just
blames it on the atom and the
related problems and controversies.
We've lived together Is years,
and we've never had any diff
Guilty." she explains smilingly. 80,
I can't blame his moods on any
domestic situation. understand
don't ask questions.
Mild-mannered, poised, Helen
Evening star., 1949-07-07

to learn to take it, although some
of 1t is not very well founded"
Mr.. Lilienthal, manager Of the
Tennessee Valley Authority for 13
years, was in the thick of the
utility fight. AS chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, he
has been a storm center under
investigation for alleged "in-
credible mismanagement" on Cap
itol Hill. Questions also have been
raised about possible Communist
influence within the commission.
Admits Occasional Errors.
If Senator Hickenlooper, Repub-
lican, of Iowa, should ask Mrs.
Lilienthal. she could tell him q
thing or two about her husbands
Evening star., 1949-07-07

| Lillenthal takes IN stride all the
turmoil surrounding her husband
She speaks calmly about the cur
rent congressional investigation
She displays a natural serenity
which has been strengthened by
the years.
Mrs. Lilienthal was born Helen
Lamb in McAlester, Indian terri
tory. She grew up in Perry, Okla.
but after the death Of her father
the family moved to Mrs. Lamb
native Indiana.
Helen received a degree from De
Pauw University, returned to Perry
to teach English. Later, she went
to Radcliffe for her masters, while
her future husband was finishing
at Harvard Law School. The cou-
pie was married in September
1923, at the family home in Craw-
fordsville, Ind.
Have Two Children.
The Lilienthals have two chill
dren: Nancy, "a, an economist
who on August 7 will marry Bel
gian-born Sylvan Bromberger, re-
Gently granted a fellowship at the
University of Southern California.
and David, jr., 81, Harvard grad
uate, an editor of the Harvard
Crimson, who launches his jour-
nalistic career with the st. Louis
Post dispatch.
The Lilienthals purchased their
own home here recently. It's q
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Mrs. LiIienthoI Takes Turmoil
Around Husband in Her Stride

talent for management. She
stresses his devotion to demo-
cratic principles" She points to
his ability to work with people and
to take into consideration tn,
points of view.
In any such vast operation IN
volving thousands of people. Mrs
Lilienthal says, you can find
isolated instances of poor admins
tration, occasional errors in judg'
ment. A pioneering job. such as
the atomic commission, likewise
requires considerable trial ano
error" She adds, you must look
at the whole picture"
There are compensatiohs tc
public service, however. the Lili-
enthals have found. Stauncf
champions compete with the sharp
critics. The numerous defenses OF
Mr.. Lilienthal, including that from
President Truman. provide the
real reward for one trying to dc
a good job" according to his wife
Mr.. and Mrs. Lilienthal met or
blind date as freshmen at d.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
.ovely old brlck-and -shlngle house

lovely old brlck-and-s -shlngle house
secluded on a dead-end street and
backing into wooded park.
I chatted with Mrs. Lilienthal
in the rear garden of their home
just before they moved in. Against
the background Of hammers and
swishing paint brushes, she was
as unperturbed as If everything
had been shipshape.
This is characteristic. Whether
she is involved in a domestic or
official upheaval. she maintains
her natural calm. Her blue eyes
glow with serenity and intelligence
She is medium size and has nice
features framed by black hair
slightly touched with gray.
The Lilienthal family always has
Evening star., 1949-07-07
By MoIvino Stephenson

North AmerIcon Newspopef AIIIones
After so many years on the pan
of public controversy, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Lilienthal have de-
veloped rather thick skim
However, Mrs. Lilienthal says
pointedly: II don't believe many
people enjoy a lot of innuendoes
thrown at them" Criticism, she
says, is one thing, and you have
Evening star., 1949-07-07

had great times together. Mr.. an
Mrs. Lilienthal specialize on gar
dening as a hobby. Mr.. Lilienthal
and daughter Nancy like to have
horses. Mrs. Lilienthal, however,
does not share their enthusiasm
for riding. With characteristic
humor, she quotes an anonymous
Englishman's definition Of a horse:
"An animal dangerous at either
end and uncomfortable In the
middle"
Evening star., 1949-07-07

Turkeys Ramandag region,
where oil was discovered in 1948,
now is producing more than 500
barrels a day, Istanbul reports.
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Johnson Bars Arms Aid.
For Any Nation Having
Communist in Cabinet.
BY the Associoted Press

Secretary of Defense johnson
has promised the Senate that any
Western European nation that has
a Communist cabinet member will
get no arms aid or military secrets
from his department.
This was disclosed in a report
on Mr.. Johnson's testimony be-
fore the Senate Appropriations
Committee hearings on the for
eign aid program. The commit
tee published the report yester-
day.
At closed hearing. Senator
Wherry, Republican. of Nebraska
said:
1T worries me. We are giving
them (Atlantic pact nations)
secret information that is vital
in our defense. I say if one of
these countries has Communist
in its cabinet, is it entitled to this
aid?"
Mr.. Johnson replied: IF we
are dealing with a Communist at
any stage in this program. you
may have my assurance there will
be no disclosure made to him.
Il will even come back and
talk to this committee about stop
ping aid that has to go through
such a channel"
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Cache Of Mariijjuana,
Drug Suspect Seized

Additional gains in the District
breakdown on the drug traffic
were reported today with the find
ing of $2,25o worth of mariiuana
and the arrest of another suspect,
the 34th hauled in this week. :.
The marijuana was contained
in nine bags found on the grounds
of the Soldiers Home by one of
the residents. One hundred
empty heroin and cocaine cap
sules were resting in the same
clump of bushes.
Police theorized the goods were
cached there in haste by some one
fearful he would be caught in the
raids by Federal narcotics agents
and District police. There was
enough marijuana in the sacks to
roll $500 cigarettes which cur
rently cost so cents each, police
said.
The 34th person arrested was
Albert Braxter, 26, colored, a
painter of the 1900 block of Fourth
street NV. He was picked up on
one OF the IS warrants issued be-
fore the raids and was charged
with violating the Harrison Mar
cotics Act.
Evening star., 1949-10-22
Churchill Sees Threat
To Peace if Draft Ends
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON. Oct. 22.-Winston
Churchill said last night that an
economy inspired end to Brit
aims peacetime military draft
would cut chances of maintaining
world peace and would strike
deadly blow" at American-Brit-
ish defense cooperation.
Speaking at a reunion OF 1000
desert rat" veterans of the Bat
tie of Ell Alamein, where Field
Marshal Erwin Rommels Nazi
troops first tasted major defeat.
Mr.. Churchill said:
1T is my conviction that to
make such a change at this time
would be deeply injurious to the
strength of Britain and would re-
duce our chances of maintaining
what we all deSire-the peace of
the world"
An end to peacetime conscrip-
ton has been suggested recently
to the Labor government as one
way to cut government expenses
and help Britain through her cur
rent economic crisis.
The wartime Prime Minister,
who. now leads the Conservative
opposition in Parliament, said he
had told Prime Minister Attlee his
party would support the govern
ment fully in maintaining con-
Scription.