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them that until you are 40 you
can do anything and that after
40 you should take a 2-mile walk
every day and you might live to
be 66-his age.
1t was a perfect morning for a
walk. cloudless with just a bit of
chill in the air.
M. Truman wore a plain blue
suit and a gray hat. He swung
a cane and occasionally spoke to
Secret Service agents, photog-
raphers and newsmen. But
neither he nor any one else dur
ing the Commute walk men
toned yesterdays attempted as
sassination.
At one point, the President
greeted Associated Press Photog-
rapher Henry l.. Griffin with a
broad smile and the remark that
Mr.. Griffin wouldn't have to worry
about falling off a plane on this
trip. Mr.. Griffin was injured when
he fell from the open door of a
plane at the Kansas City Airport
last year while accompanying the
President on one of his frequent
trips.
Speaks to W0rkmen.
The President spoke to workmen
along the curb at one place and
waved at Secret Service men in
the automobile.
Apparently in excellent spirits
he laughingly scolded newsmen
and photographers about disre-
garding traffic lights while he him
self stood on the curb waiting for
the lights to change.
Mr.. Truman's refusal to worry
about the attempt on his life was
not a pose assumed overnight. He
was "the calmest person in the
place" Immediately after the at
tack on Blair House, according to
Charles G. Ross, the President S
press secretary.
Mr.. Ross said the President was
stretched out on his bed in his
underwear. taking an afternoon
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nap, when the shooting outsid
his door awakened him.
Ordered Back From Window.


his door awakened him.
Ordered Back From Window.
Mr.. Truman jumped out of bed
and rushed to window-open
because of the unusual heat
yesterday-from where he saw a
man lying on the Blair House
steps and great confusion all
around.
A policeman on the street saw
the President standing there and
shouted "get back, get back"
The President did as he was
told, but dressed as fast as he
could to hurry downstairs and
find out what it was all about.
He took time to reassure Mrs.
Truman, who came into his room
quite upset." Mr.. Ross said.
When the President went down.
stairs, Mr.. Ross asked him if he
wanted to keep an appointment to
speak at a 3 o'clock ceremony NJ
Arlington Cemetery, dedicating a
statue of the late British Field
Marshal Sir John Dill.
why, of course" Mr.. Truman
replied.
The President stayed in the
house long enough to learn what
had happened and express his
concern about the wounded po-
licemen.
Then he left Blair House by a
rear entrance, and got into his
limousine for the ride to Arlington
Cemetery. His car was flanked
by an unusually heavy guard.
Secret Servicemen, sitting and
standing. filled an open car that
trailed him. The whole party was
surrounded by motorcycle police.
Fifteen minutes or more before
the President reached the ceme-
terry, word of the shooting got
to the Secret Service detail al
ready on duty there. There were
quiet but unhurried conferences
in whispers as the news was
passed around. Army officers in
charge of Military Police on duty
around the area were notified.
But most of the 600 or so dig
nitaries attending the ceremony
knew nothing at the time about
Evening star., 1950-11-02

bled down into the street, shout
ing:
Help me! I am blind"
Tears Stream Down Face.
Tears streamed down his face
from the effects of the gas.
Police officers stepped up quick
ly and seized Albizu Campos and
his bodyguard. The prisoners were
bundled into a police car ano
rushed off to headquarters.
Albizu Campos has figured ir
the Nationalist Party's long rec
ord of violence since 1881. The
party was founded in 1928.
The party leader was tried with
seven other Nationalists in 1896
with plotting to overthrow United
States Government rule in Puerto
Rico and was sentenced to 10
years in prison. Representative
Vito Marcantonio, American La
Dor Party representative from
New York City. was among those
who actively tried to get him out
of prison.
Not until 1943 was Albizu re-
leased, however, on four years
probation,
Evening star., 1950-11-02
Hitch-Hike Hunt

Rev. John Nickels, vicar of st.
Mary. kensington, London, and a
friend recently left by air to hitch
hike across America, telling of the
bombing of the church, in an ef-
fort to raise $4,000 for it's resto-
ration.
Evening star., 1950-11-02
Another Red Officer Dies

MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (P.-The
death of Rear Admiral Vladimir
Petrovsky, a veteran of 81 years
service in the Soviet Navy, was
announced today. Admiral Petrov-
sky, 48, rose from the ranks. He
held a responsible post in the
defense of Leningrad during
World War II.
Evening star., 1950-11-02
dill Statue Unveiled
By Truman, Marshall
As Symbol Of Unity

A new green bronze statue of
man on a horse stands in Arling-
ton Cemetery today as symbol of
British-American understanding.
This meaning of the memorial
to British Field Marshal Sir John
Dill was emphasized by President
Truman and Secretary of Defense
Marshall when the statue of him
astride horse was unveiled yes
terday afternoon.
Mr.. Truman said the statue was
memorial not only to man but
also to the remarkable Anglo
American relationship" that led to
victory in World War II and must
be maintained to win the peace.
Gen. Marshall said the memo-
rial to the great EngliShman"
commentaries "the vast impor-
tance of that harmony of purpose
between Great Britain and the
United States which is so essential
to our security and the peace of
the world in the years to come"
Praised by Ambassador.
In similar vein, British Ambas-
sador Sir Oliver Franks said "the
rider on his horse reminds
us all that in the future as well
as in the past the close associa-
ton of the United States and
Britain. of the English-speaking
peoples of the world and their
friends. is the one sure defense of
freedom.
Sir John Dill was the senior
British representative on the
Combined Chiefs of Staff here
during World War II. Gen.
Marshall credited him with prob
ably greater influence than any
other individual in welding to-
gether the military forces of our
two countries"
Sir John died here late in 1914.
Congress passed a special resolu-
ton permitting him to be buried
in Arlington Cemetery. Gen.
Marshall and other wartime as
soclates started the movement to-
erect memorial to him, culimi-
mating in the ceremony yesterday
Unveiled by Marshall.
Before the President and high
military and diplomatic leaders of
Britain and the United States
Gen. Marshall unveiled the statue
atop Sir Johns grave at the inter-
section Of Roosevelt and Grant
avenues in the cemetery.
Winding up the ceremony. Mr.
Truman said he welcomed the op-
portunity to remind my coun-
trymen that maintenance of per-
feet understanding between the
peoples of Great Britain and the
United States is of the greatest
Importance to the peace of the
world"
Sir Johns purity of character"
and directness of purpose en-
deared him to all his American
associates and inspired great trust
the President said. adding solemn
ly that such trust is "the greatest
thing that can come to any man" =
Calls Peace Only Goal.
10 achieve world peace, the
President emphasized, there must
be between peoples of the world
the same kind of understanding
that Sir John helped to cement
between his country and the
United States. He added that
peace sis all we want"
In addition to Sir Johns daugh-
ter and wife, among those present
were:
Britain's wartime foreign min
lister, Anthony Eden; Fleet Ad-
miral Ernest King, Secretary of
State Acheson. Lord Fraser, first
sea lord of the British Admiralty:
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hoyt
Vandenberg, British Air Chief
Marshall Sir Charles Pirie, British
Economic Minister Emanuel Shin
well. Fild Marshall Sir William
Slim and former British Air Force
Chief Lord Tedder.
Evening star., 1950-11-02
Full independence
lis Goal Of NationaIisfs
lin Puerto Rico

The attempted assassination Of
President Truman by two Puerto
Rican fanatics brings into sharper
focus issues and deep resentment
in the small Caribbean Island that
are little understood by people in
the United States.
The two Puerto Ricans who
moved in on the Blair House with.
guns blazing-Oscar Collazo and
Griselio Torresola are both
members of the Nationalist Party.
The party, formed in 1928.
wants complete independence for
Puerto Rico and regards the
United States as an "interloper. -"
While small in numbers, 1t is
made up Of men, some we'll edu-
Gated, who are fanatical in their
zeal and may have responded in
recent years to influences Of the
Communists.
The extent, if any, that commu-
nism has played a part in the
movement and events leading up
to the attempt on President Tru-
mans life is one thing, it may
be certain, that will be fully ex-'
plored in the island itself and in
New York's Harlem area where
zoo, 900 to 100000 Puerto Ricans.
are said to reside.
Heritage of Hatred.
The party's heritage of hatred
for the United States goes back
into the islands troubled history
before this country wrested it
from Spain following the Spanish.
American War. Under Spanish,
rule more than 80 per cent of the
people were illiterate, 90 per cent
of the children were not in school
and the islands death rate was
35 per 1000.
American efforts over the span
of nearly so years have brought
many improvements to the island.
Sanitation measures reduced the
death rate so remarkably that the
population doubled in so years.
nliteracy figures have dropped to-
31.5 per cent and increased en-
ployment opportunities have been
afforded the island people.
While Puerto Rico is possess
sion Of the United States, it has
been given a large measure of
political independence over its
own affairs. It elects it's own
legislature and recently, for the.
first time, elected its own gov
ernor-a post formerly filled by
appointment by the President Of,
the United States. :
All this, however, has not salts,
fed the Nationalist Party. Its.
members said that Puerto Rico
legally is not possession of the
United States and should be COM
pletely free. They cling to this
position despite the fact that a
vast majority of the island people.
have expressed themselves against
complete independence and are,
lASPOA VS0 W bCI4CfC SUCI1 d
move, if carried out, would spell
economic disaster.
Membership Small.
i The Nationalist Party is said to
be composed of only few hun
dred members. possibly no more
than 1900 But it has nurtured
the seeds of nationalism sown by
the liberation from Spain and
from time to time have figured
in violence in the island of 2
million persons. Y.
The party's leader is Pedro
Albizu Campos, a graduate Of
Harvard, and the 63-year-old son
Of a Spanish merchant and a
Puerto Rican Negro working
woman. Persons who know him
say he blames his bitterness on
racial discrimination he says he
has suffered. !
Evening star., 1950-11-02

matter what our political differ
ences may be-" he commented.
Il do hope that in all fairness
the action of two madmen will
not be used to instigate hatred or
discrimination against the Puerto
Rican people. Certainly the &C
tions Of one or two individuals
should not be held against a peo-
pie who are good citizens of our
community here in New York"
Stassen Deplores> Attack.
Harold E. Stassen, former Re-
publican Governor of Minnesota
and now president of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, called the
attack "a terrible thing" Gov.
Driscoll of New Jersey described
the attack as "a terrible catas-
trophe" and added that there is
no room in this country for such
barbarity."
Gov. James E. Folsom of Ala
bama, telegraphed the President:
1--WE in Alabama are thankful
that a great American and a
great Democrat has been spared
from those who would destroy our
American system of government. +"
From Missouri's Gov. Forrest
Smith came this message:
s"All Missourians rejoice that the
|alertness of the guards at Blair
House in thwarting an attempt on
your life today. Ours is a wish
for continued good health and
devotion to the cause of peace
Throughout the world and the
strengthening of democracy at
home"
Senator Myers, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania declared that if a
link can be found between Com
muniSts and the attempt on Mr..
Truman's life, every Communist
should be put behind barbed wire"
He asserted that "only maniacs
Or Communists could possibly con-
slider such thing as the attack"
He added that he had no knowl-
edge that Communists were i'm
plicated.
Warns About Traitors.
American Legion National
Comdr. Erie Cooke, jr.. said:
THE shocking news of the as
sault should alert all loyal Amer
leans that there are among us
traitors who would not only de-
stroy the Government by force
and violence, but who would re-
sort to attempted murder of the
Chief Executive as a means to
that end"
From foreign countries came
messages that included Italian
Premier Alcide de Gasperi's "fer-
vent hope for the continuation of
President Truman's work for
peace which the civilized peoples
are watching with confident
hope" President Luigi Einaudi of
Italy sent a similar message.
President Eurico Dutra of Brazil
cabled congratulations that your
precious life was providentially
preserved
Prime Minister Robert G. Men
zies Of Australia cabled Mr.. Tru-
man that "the Australian govern
ment. Parliament and people re-
joice in your escape and abhor
the attack upon you"
Evening star., 1950-11-02
Puerto Rico
Continued From First Page.)

lContlnueQ from flrSC Fage.)
Union of Workers, Saez Coraies.
Gov. Luis Munoz Marin says the
union is a Communist front.
Pablo M. Garcia Rodriguez, son
Of the executive vice president of
the Sugar Producers Association.
The police say Garcia is a Com
muniSt.
Governor Gables Truman.
Mr.. Munoz said he has cabled
President Truman, notifying him
that Albizu Campos has been ar
rested.
The police did not have to fire
a shot as the revolutionaries STUN
bled down from their second floor
hideout. their faces streaked with
tears from the gas. There had
been some desultory firing before
that. but no shots were exchanged
as the capture took place.
San Juan holed up for the emer-
geney. Residents of the city and
of nearby Puerto de Deira were
warned not to leave their homes.
Government Offices were closed.
TRAFFIC was halted and the few
cars abroad during the day were
checked by National Guardsmo
The passengers were searched.
Mr.. Munoz said last night he
was more certain now than ever
before that the Communists took
part in the Nationalist uprising
which cost at least 80 lives earlier
this week.
People Indignant.
"We are real glad that the
criminal attempt Con President
Truman) failed" the governor
said in statement. This makes
me more certain that there is in
some way a connection between
these criminal nationalist acts of
the last few days and the COM
munist policy in the world"
Mr.. Munoz said the people of
this island were profoundly
indignant at this criminal at
tempt" and would feel highly
shamed if we did not know that
those carrying out these acts
constitute a very small minority
or our people"
Among the Nationalists ar
rested in the roundup was Elio
Torresola, brother of Griselio
Torresola, the would-be assassin
slain in Washington in the at
tack on the President. Elio was
captured at Jayuya. a town
south of San Juan which was
badly battered in this weeks re-
bellion while it was a Nationalist
stronghold.
It was also reported that Tor
resola's sister, Doris, was among
those captured after the siege on
Albizu Campos' home. She was
reported taken to a hospital with
leg wound, apparently received
earlier in the week, since there
were no casualties when the Ma
tionalists surrendered.
Eyewitness Account of Siege.
An eyewitness described the final
stages of the siege this way.
At 3:05 am, police car rolled
up, loud speaker blaring from
it. Behind the police were gov
ernment troops. Through the
loud speaker the police told Albizu
Campos they had orders to take
him. They warned him to give
up peacefully.
The warning was repeated three
times in 10 minutes.
After the first warning, small
bomb was hurled from the Albizu
home and then some explosions
were heard. Police fired some
shots against the house and some
shots were heard from the house
Then all fell silent again.
A few minutes later the police
stove hole in the house with a
grenade. It hit a door on the
second floor where Albizu was
hiding. The police then lobed
in tear gas bambs.
A white towel, tied to a broom
stick, presentlyappeared in sec
ond floor window. It wasa flag of
surrender. Albizu Campos STUN
Evening star., 1950-11-02

Three tablespoons of butter
added to a quart of skim milk
will make it virtually the same
as a quart of whole milk.
, 1950-01-27
to another woman?

A. Difference is shown to one
person by giving her name first
with a rising infection of THE
voice, and saying the second name
in a lower tone.
@. What should be on the lunch
con table when the guests are
seated?
A. The service plates, silver,
water glasses, bread and butter
plates, and napkins
, 1950-01-27
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by Roberta Lee

@. What is the correct wording
of an invitation to a home we'd
ding?
A. Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith
requests the honor of your pre-
sence at the marriage Of their
daughter, Margaret Anne, to Mr..
Frederick Barnes on Tuesday, the
fourth, Of April, at four o'clock.
Twenty-tw West End Avenue.
oTq
G. How can one show, defereAoe
to a woman when introducing her
, 1950-01-27
AUCTION NOTICE

AT the request of Almeric L. Christian, ESQ. attorney for and
on behalf OF Jerome Leo Hazelhurst, Executor of the estate
OF August R. Bisserup, deceased, the Vendue Director will sell
at public auction
The household Furniture and personal effects
belonging to the said estate on
SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY. 1850 at ESQ .. M
at the former residence Of the deceased
No. 81 King Street in Christiansted
The conditions of the auction will be read at the time of
the sale. but the articles may be inspected beforehand by in
.qulry OF the Executor or his aforementioned attorney
The Vendue Direcor's Office, Christiansted, St. Croix
10th January A. D. 1850.
D. c. CANEGATA
Vendue Director
Fee: $500
Say Two dollars
&C.
, 1950-01-27
CARD OF THANKS

Through this medium I toish
Q fhahk the many friends y
acquaintance tDho expressed
Evening star., 1950-07-15

Don't hoard. The fighting in
Korea has created no food short
age and none is in immediate
prospect. Let's be sensible. Don't
hoard.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
WeIforeStoteD DeboteC Continues
Today at u. of Virqiniu PurIey

Senator after his historical docu-
mentation, that this discussion
should establish both the legiti-
mate American paternity of the
doctrine that it is proper for our
Government to concern itself with
human welfare and that it is con-
stitutional for it to spend money
in furtherance of these ends"
He pictured the welfare state as
a bulwark against Marxism. rather
than an offspring of it.
$50 far from being in the Marx
ist tradition" he said, "this is
one Of the very factors which has
helped to give the lie to his pre-
dictions Of an inevitable class
struggle.
Because the state has con-
cerned itself with the troubles and
difficulties Of average people who
have little property and low in
comes. it has helped to win and
retain their loyalty and devotion
to the domestic principles which
though under attack in most OF
the world, stand firm in America. y
Evening star., 1950-07-15

IlcCSSSdTy, HOW
ever, to tell some of the people
in other parts of the world
Through the Voice of America
and other means of communica-
ton our Government will do what
it can in that respect.
The North Korean radio is heard
by our monitors broadcasting a
voice said to be that Of a cap
tured U. S. Army officer, a Wis
consin boy, denouncing our inter-
vention in Korea and calling on
the United States to take her
hands off Korea as soon as she
can" Americans can only believe
that either the voice was faxed
or that, If it was authentic, the
officer was responding to unbear-
able torture. Eventually our Gov
ernment may obtain the truth
and give it to the world or as
much of the world as it can reach.
Deception VS.. Truth.
The same radio describes our
"beastly imperialist American sol
diers" being marched as prisoners
through the streets of Pyongyang
the North Korean capital. We car
hope that in time the radio lis
teners will get a truer picture OF
the American troops, through the
propaganda of truth, with which
we are battling the propaganda
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Maryland Fire Kills
Mother and Child, ;.

A mother and her 3-year-old
son were fatally burned yesterday
in a fire which destroyed their
two-story frame house on Route
301, near Waldorf, Md.
The child, Melvin Louis Hurd,
colored, was pronounced dead at
the scene. His mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Hurd, %, died this morning
at Freedmen's Hospital.
State police said the fire started
from an exploding oil stove.
Neighbors told police they saw
smoke coming from the Hurd
house at 4 pm. A few seconds
later Mrs. Hurd ran out of the
house and across a field, her
clothing in flames.
The neighbors covered her with
blankets while two motorists noti-
fed State police after making fu-
tile attempts to save the child
Mrs. Hurd told neighbors she ha6
led the child from the kitchen
but that he broke from her grasp
and ran back into the burning
house.
Volunteer fire companies from
La Plata, Clinton, Accokeek
Morningside and Marlboro re-
sponded but the fire was out OF
control when they arrived.
Mrs. Hurd's husband, Albert
Hurd. was not at home.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
BY the Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
15.-The merits and shortcomings
of the so-called welfare state were
to be discussed further here to-
day at the University of Virginia S
Institute of Public Affairs.
Individual freedom and the
general welfare-are they COM
patible?" was to be debated by a
panel headed by John j. Corson,
assistant manager of the Wash
ington Post.
Senator Douglas, Democrat, of
Illinois credited some prominent
early Virginians with being the
parents of the welfare state idea
in a talk here last night.
Jefferson, Mason and the
younger Madison were the men
whose concepts of social legisla-
ton were closer to the welfare
state than those of Marx and
Lenin, the Senator said. And he
noted that Lincoln spoke of a
government "for the people"
"I hope, therefore" said the
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Union Methodist Church
Youth Groups Services

The Union Methodist youth
groups will conduct a service to-
morrow evening at Great Falls, in
cooperation with a West-End
Youth program. The Western
Presbyterian, Concordia Lutheran
and Union Methodist churches
have adopted a combined COM
munity program which includes
this youth activity meeting about
four times year.
The program will be from 8 to
$3.50 pm. The groups will leave
the church at 3 pm. Recreation,
fellowship, evening meal and wor-
ship will be arranged by the diff
ferent churches.
DR.. John c. MILAN, district
superintendent of the West WASH
ington District of the Methodist
Church will speak at 1880 pm.
The public Is invited.
The Rev. Edward B. Lewis,
minister at Union church, will use
as his subject Sunday at IL am,
Facing a Threatening Disaster. /"