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Red4nspied Terrorism Carefully Organized Business in

by design. Here. where the cold
war has reached an advanced
stage, I found that terrorism was
merely another arm of politics.
practiced alongside the formal
forms Of international diplomacy.
There have been numerous cases
recently of restaurants being
bombed. with perhaps a woman
diner killed and a couple of
patrons injured. I investigated
these first.
Bomb Is Dun Letter
What I found requires a little
background explanation. The
Communist regime that has set
itself up in the hills at Wet Min,
and which is warning against the
United States-recognized anti
Communist regime called the Wet
Namh. needs money. arms and
food. The areas occupied by the
Communists are poor or barren.
So the Moscow-educated leader
OF the Wet Min, Ho Chi-min, de-
vised a regular tax program. He
made believe that he was in
factual control Of all Indo- China
and set up his tax system on that
basis. Then he sent out his COL
lectors. The hand grenades
tossed into restaurants were
usually just reminders that the
proprietors had failed to make a
payment.
The beauty Of this system,
from the police state yiewpoint is
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Within its boundaries are great
stores of oil. essential to modern
war as well as to peacetime econ
omy. In the opinion of many,
RuSsia's own oil reserves not only
are on the borderline of made
quacy, they are also in the Cau-
casus dangerously close to attack
If Turkey and the Middle East are
safely in the hands of Russia S
enemies. Russian occupation of
the Middle East would outflank
Turkey, protect her Caucasus area
land make available the tremendous
reserves of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia.
The front door. invitingly open,
to Russian movement into the
Middle East is Iran. Militarily
weak and politically insecure, Iran
has been prodded and goaded con-
stantly by Moscow in the postwar
years. With occasional support in
words from the United States, the
Teheran government has repelled
the Russian pressures. Today it's
government is probably more
strongly pro- Western than at any
time since the end of World War
II. Its Shah. a recent visitor to
the United States, is clearly pro-
American. Its Foreign Minister,
Hussein Ala, is former Ambassa-
dor to the United States. Its Pre-
mier is a strongly anti-Communist
soldier, Gen. Hal Ali Razmara.
But Iran has a Communist
Party, Tudeh, outlawed by gov
ernment decree in February, 194s,
although alive and alert to any
opportunity to capitalize on the
political and social weaknesses in
herent in the country.
Militarily, the course of devel-
opments is toward the West but
progress has been slow and thus
FAR slight. An American military
mission has been training and re-
organizing the Iranian forces since
1943. In 1948, the United States
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their frank position, as they ex-
planned it to me. Fantastic as it
sounds. they are not sure which
side we are on, in practice.
The natives have to live here.
They are not sure, either. what
concessions made abroad may
take the floor from out the anti
Communist campaign in Indo-
China. or to what extent Red
China will be allowed to strength
en- the Communist regime it and
Moscow have recognized in Indo-
China.
The hand grenades thrown into
a home, the bullet fired into q
fathers stomach, are warnings OF
what happens to those who don't
go along with party" require
ments.
Terrorists Trained
found the vernacular press
running anti-French stories, anti
American news, but nothing to
which Moscow might take excep-
ton. Are all these reporters and
editors Communists? Not at all.
They just want to stay alive;
they and their families. The Wet
Min radio had attacked two edi-
tors just before they were recently
killed, accusing one in particular
Of being pro-American. That is
the arch-heresy wherever the
cold war operates nowadays. 1t
doesn't mean only supporting
America; 1t means not attacking
America. So, as with the tax syss
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the Middle East countries are at
odds among themselves and lack
ing in both military and political
strength. Saudi Arabia is prob
ably most friendly toward the
United States but it has no mill
tary power. Egypt already has
declared hands-of policy with
regard to East VS.. West in Korea.
Iraq is disgruntled and resistant
to British influence. Syria has
gone through one crisis after an
other in recent months and would
provide no resistance to Russian
penetration. Jordan and Israel
have military strength of proven
fortitude but small capacity.
Evening star., 1950-07-09
By Ciorke Beech

Communism has been losing
strength in many parts of the
world for about two years.
In nearly every country where
free elections have been held,
the number of Communist Office
holders has been whitfield down.
Well informed Washington
officials say the number of Com
munists in the Atlantic pact
nations has declined about 10
per cent in the past nine
months. In Italy the decline
was 20 per cent. In Greece,
where there were about 400, 900
Communists in 1947, official
sources indicate the Red line is
considerably thinner.
Trade Unions Opposed
Trade unions, all over Europe
and the United States, have been
swinging away from Communist
leadership.
This was shown strikingly in
France in the social security
system election on June 8. Both
organized and unorganized
workers throughout the nation,
about 8 million of them, went
to the polls to vote for the
worker representatives on the
social security councils.
Communist candidates, mem
bers of the General Labor Con-
federation (CGT). polled only
Ats per cent of the vote out
side Of Paris and its suburbs.
In the 1947 election, they had
polled SO per cent. In Paris the
vote was 81 per cent for the
Communists. compared to 59.7
In 1947.
Communists in the Ruhr
polled only SIS per cent of the
votes in an election this month,
compared with IA per cent in
1947, although they still man.
aged to hold on to IL legislative
seats.
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Portions of this front, for ex-
ample Western Europe and Tur-
key, are relatively strong and
committed to whatever further
phases of anti Communist resist
ance may develop. Other posi-
tions, for example Southeast Asia
represent soft spots where in
ternal warfare already is under
way over the catalytic issue of
communism. Indo- China and
Malaga are most deeply troubled
and considerable French and Brit
ish military strength already is
preoccupied in these spots.
Outbreak of the Korean war,
while it has jeopsrdized the
troubled peace. has served to
strengthen, on the map at least,
the line Of opposition to Soviet
Russia. It has, In the first in
stance, established the decision
that Southern Korea is to be con-
sidered an outpost and foothold
for the West on the upper Asiatic
coastline. It has served to draw
Formosa behind this front. It
has served. through the medium
Of the United Nations, to draw
India and Pakistan, two coun-
tries Of great population, consid-
cradle resources and even military
potential, more positively to the
side Of the Western world.
Weakness Emphasized
It has served also to emphasize,
however, the softest of the soft
points in this great arc. the Middle
East.
Inclosed within a rough triangle
extending from the Russian Ira
nian border to Saudi Arabia and
across to Egypt. this land mass
contains rich stakes. Through the
centuries it has been considered
a military crossroads vital to any
strategy Of global conflict. I'm
portant first as a tramping ground
for armies and later for its Suez
waterway between Europe and
Asia, 1t is no less significant today
as an area for air operations.
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The Western powers have little
or nothing in the near neighbor-
hood. An American airbase at
Saudi Arabia, is not q
combat operation. A more i'm
portant American airbaSe Is in
at Mehalla, near TripoIi
on the North African Mediter-
ranean coast. The British have
an airbase at Ell Adem on the
Cyrenaican coast and naval in
at Tobruk and Ben
ghasi. Cyprus is a listening out
post with air and naval potentiali-
ties but also with political
troubles. None Of these represent
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Legislative seats have been
taken away from Communists in
country after country. Latest
was Belgium. In elections there
early in June only 10 Commu-
nists won seats in the National
Legislature. Before the elec-
ton they had held II seats. In
the 1916 election they won %
seats.
In Italy, where there was .,
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strength in being and all might
be neutralized or knocked out by
quick attack.
AS it happens, all of the Middle
East is more basically fearful and
antagonistic toward Communist
Russia than toward the Western
powers, but the Soviet could move
in with relative ease. If and when
they do, and there is more for
them to gain in the Middle East
than in Korea or Southeast Asia,
it would require long and fearful
effort to dislodge them.
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seats in Parliament. In Sweden
the Communists lost seven of
their 18 seats in the 1948 elec-
ton. In Denmark, in municipal
elections last February, Com
munists got only 4 per cent of
the total vote, compared to TT
per cent in 1916.
In Great Britain's recent
election the two Communist
members Of the House Of om-
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mons lost their seats-and so
did five members generally re-
garded as fellow travellers. In
the Netherlands election in
1948 the Communists won eight
seats in the lower house, COM
pared to 10 In 1916.
Early returns in the recent
japanese election indicated that
two of the three Communists
who were up for election r the
Evening star., 1950-07-09

great upsurge of communism
after the war. the party has
been losing ground since the
election in April, 1948, when
they were badly defeated. Since
then elections have been held
in 522 communes, and the Reds
have lost IS of those they pre-
viously had controlled
In Norway last October the
Communists lost all of their II
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Middle Most Vulnerable Spot Pro Western Front Facing Reds
Soviet Military Penetration
Of Iran Simple to Accomplish
! Teheron Government Has RepeIIed Russion
Pressure With u S. Verbal Support, but
Oil Reserves Are an Attractive Goal
By John c. Henry

The most disturbing in the proWesern front
facing Soviet Russia today is in the Middle East.
From Norway to Koreaby Western Europe
key India Paksan Southeast Asia to and
Southern front of strengths weaknesses
represents strategy Communist
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extended credit Of $26 million to
Iran for purchase of surplus
World War II American military
equipment. Under the United
States military assistance program
of 1949. Iran shared with Korea
and the Philippines in a $27.6 mil
lion military assistance program.
In the arms aid authorization bill
unanimously passed by the Senate
on June 80, Iran is to share with
Greece and Turkey in another
$131.5 million. Henry F. Grady.
newly appointed Ambassador to
Iran, arrived in that country dur
ing the past week with the speed
ing OF arms aid high on his agenda
of duties.
Little to Stop Reds
But time may not permit. Rus
sian military penetration of Iran
in the near future could hardly be
slowed down and Communist po-
litical activity could have a power
full resurgence in support of or
even without such an invasion.
Behind Iran is a further vacu-
um OF military and political
strength. Teeming with disaffect-
ed peoples who are puzzled and
angry with the United States for
its policies in the Palestine issue,
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Weapons U. S. Destroyed
Would Be Valuable Now
Enough Equipment Was Thrown Awuy
To Outfit Armies of Those Nations
Which Side With Us in Critical Period
By Constantine Brown

around only unforeseen
anything would be
hide heads the done repeatedly for the past
four years.
tandngwere hosannahs for the millennium which
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See TERRORISTS, Page C-5.)
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Television omorrow Saturday. September 80. 1850

WMM-, the 1885, Acrobat
football pedcuuns Football
WUe-aN, VS..
vs.. williams.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

FIN Stations
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am. to 9 pm.
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$50 an. to 2 am
WBUz-FM-s6.1 Me-, Channel 2t4.
7:3o an. to 1870 an. and
4 pm. to 9 pm.
WASH-FM-s7.1 Me-, Channel 7is.
4:3o to ii pm.
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6 am to midnight.
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7 am. to ! am.
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6 am. to pm
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Fam. to midnight.
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9 am. to midnight
Evening star., 1950-09-29

1000, WMAL, WRC, WEAN,
WTOP-Community Chest Show of
1850: President Harry S. Truman,
Lionel Barrymore, Bob Hope, Bing
Crosby, Dennis Day, Kirk Douglas
and Ronald and Bonita Colman
participate in the kickoff OF the
Community Chests of America
Drive for 1850.
1880, WRC-First Piano Quartet:
The Quartet offers Liszt's 'Rakoczy
March," Bach's prelude and Fugue
in c Minor" Waltz of the Flowers"
from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker
Ballet" and Chopin's "Waltz in E
Minor"
TELEVISION TODAY.
7:45, WMAL - This Week in
Sports: Highlights on film of the
Michigan State-Oregon State and
the Southern Methodist Georgia
football games.
$3.50, WNBW--We, the People: ST.
lent picture star William Furnum
and humorist Harry Hershfield are
among Dan Seymour's guests.
800, WTOP-Magnavox Theater:
Francis L. Sullivan stars in Richard
Harding Davis TN the Fog"
$3.50, WNBW-The Big Story: Re-
porter Jack Allen, formerly of The
Evening Star receives the Big Story
award.
1000, WMAL-Penthouse Party:
Orchestra leader Woody Herman
and Broadway Producer Vincent
Freedley appear.
1000, WNBW-Greatest Fights of
the Century: Film highHghts of the
Barney Ross-Billy Petrolle bout of
January, 1884. F.
1000, WTOP-Star of the Fam
lily: Comedian Joey Adams and Mrs.
Fiorello La Guardia are special
guests.
11:15, WMAL-World Series Re
view: Lefty" Gomez, former
Yankee pitching star, and AL Schact
participate in a discussion of the
forthcoming World Series.
OF PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE
Plans for Jack Benny's television
debut have progressed from the
rumor stage to the point where CHS
is ready with an announcement.
Mr.. Benny, says the network, will
do four hour-long shows during this
coming season, the first on October
20 and the others following at eight
week intervals. The guest on the
first show will be Dinah Shore. The
comedian will fly to New York i'm
mediately after his October % radio
program for week of rehearsals
and will return thereafter to do all
of the shows ''live" from the New
York studios. The formal, accord
ing to the CHS announcement, will
combine some of the elements of
his air show with variety show
technique" Members of the radio
troupe will take part In the TV
shows. The Benny television pro-
grams will be directed by Dick
Linkroum, who was program direc-
tor here at WTOP before he went
to New York and TV.
| A special variety program titled
The Welcome Wagon" with Garry
Moore as master of ceremonies, will
be on the CHS TV network tomor-
row night at 8. The welcome will
be for II affiliated stations which
are joining the web through new
coaXial cable facilities.
Xavier Cugat may have felt occa-
sionally that he was surrounded
with wire recorders during his re-
cent stay at the Statler Embassy
Room. Mr.. G. will be interviewed,
in absentia by recording, tomorrow
at 1905 am. on VOLS "Your
High School Hit Parade" and Sun
day at 5 pm. on WAX.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

Evening news broadcast, di-
rect from The Stars news
room, Monday through Friday
over Stations WMAL and
WMAL-FM; 6 pm.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
HighIiehts
Of odoy's
Programs
RADIO TO-DAY.

6:45, WTOP - Lowell Thomas:
William S. Paley is special guest on
Lowell Thomas Goth anniversary
broadcast.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-03
Kent Tomato Contest
Yields Running High
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the contest. There are two divis-
ions in the club; one for farms
with from three to eight acres, and
the other for over eight acres. He
pointed out that when the returns
are all in, about rs growers are
expected to have over ten tons to
the acre.
Members of the Delaware Ten
Ton Tomato Committee are: Wal
ter AXE, Wyoming; William E. Tar
bell, Dover; C. Fred Fifer, WyOm-
ing; William C. Sloan, Georgetown; /;
Clinton Hastings, Bridgeville; Lee
Noble, Preston, Maryland; Freder-
lex w. Haas, Middletown; Harvey
Cole, Middletown; Gilbert Perry,
Middletown; Guy LOckerman, Mid
dletown; Edward Schabinger, New
ark; Robert F. Stevens, Newark ;
Eugene P. Brasher, Newark.
Haas stated further that records
of the different cultural practices
used by those in the contest were
being kept. When coupled with the
results of work done at the Della
ware Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, these will form the basis fol
further recommendations on grow
! ing tomatoes.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-03
SELBYVILLE
By Mrs. Kathryn Browne

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ritchie of
New York visited his mother, Mrs.
Carrie Ritchie and son Elton of
town, and his sister and family, Mr..
and Mrs. George dupont of Berlin
and other relatives in Snow Hill
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Conn Scott spent
from Sunday until Tuesday in New
York attending the Furniture Mar
ket.
Mrs. Rosa Hudman of German
town, Pa, spent a few days last
week with her mother, Mrs. Min
erva Pepper.
Edward Daye visited his sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill Lynch in Frankford on Sun
day.
Mrs. Donald Simpler left on Sat
urday evening to go to Morgan
town, w. Va, to visit her daughter
and son-in-law and new grand
daughter until Friday of this week.
Mrs. Clayton Ringler and daugh-
ter returned home from the Pen
insula General Hospital, Salisbury
on Saturday. Mother and baby are
doing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Baylis and
family of Wilmington visited heI
father, c. L. McCabe, Sr., and
other relatives from Friday unit
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-03

Medford King spent the weekend
with relatives in Ardmore, Pa.
Last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Draper and Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
Hazard attended the Navy-South-
ern California football game in Bal
timore
Vickie Hazard was the weekend
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter c.
Adkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Dutton
entertained George A. Hirons Of
Phila., on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Koppel and
son Eddie and Mrs. Clara KOppel
spent Saturday IN Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ponder spent
the weekend in Phila.
Mrs. VIM. r. Wilkins has return
ed to her home after spending sew
eral days with Mrs. Carrie Burris
in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester E. Glen
daniel celebrated their 25th we'd
ding anniversary on Sunday, Octo-
Der 29. They entertained the fol-
lowing guests at turkey dinner on
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Earl w. King
Emily Clendaniel, Of Preston; Mar
tina Clendaniel, Of West Chester
Charles Fisher Of Chester; and
Mrs. Mary Quig Of LeWes. Evening
ing callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les T. Vent and Medford King.
s Mrs. and Mrs. Alfred Short of
Chester, Pa, were the weekend Visi-
tors of his sister, Mrs. Earl Reed.
On Sunday they attended the home
coming services at the st. Johns
Methodist church.
New c0mmers to Milton are cor
daily invited to visit the Milton
Public Library. On the shelves can
be found an array Of fiction and
non fiction books. Mrs. Agnes HaZ-
Zard pres, is doing a remarkable
work in bringing to the reading
public all the monthly selected best
sellers. You will also find the libr-
Rrians on duty to be friendly anC
glad to give you any information
desired. Hours begin on Wednes-
day at 12-1 (for the cOnvience oi
the school children) and 7-9 p. m.
Saturday "a and 10.
The WSCS Of Goshen Methods
Church, Milton will hold a turkey
supper and bazaar on Thursday
November 2nd from 4:3O to 1880 p
M in the Fellowship Hall.
The w. S. G. S. Of Reynolds
Church will meet Thursday even
ing, November 8, at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Donovan
Everybody is cordially invited t.
attend.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-03
MILTON
By
Walter w. Crouch
Phone
Milton 4sS5

The annual Home coming and an
niversary will be held at, the Rey-
molds Methodist Church on Sunday,
November 5th at 3 p. m. Guest
speaker for the celebration will be
the Rev. VIM. O. Hackett Of George
town. Appropriate music will be
furnished by Miss Mary Hunt, SOLO
list Of Georgetown and Robert Tay-
lor bandleader Of Georgetown High.
The Rev. Milton R. Elliott, Pas
tor Of Grace Methodist Church has
announced that Sunday services
will be conducted by guests speak
ers. Visiting minister for the NOR
ming worship viii be the Rev. C..
w. Strickland, retired, Of RehOboth
The evening services will be de-
livered by Silas Dukes layman Of
laurel
Members Of Grace Church held
their halloween party on Thurs
day evening in the Social Hall. A
number Of adults as well as youth
attended the social hour. Prizes
were awarded to the masked par
elephants and following the games
refreshments were served.
Mrs. Ann Welch held a party for
the primary Sunday School class
from z to $3.50 on the same evening
After playing games, singing songs
and receiving awards, ice cream
and cookies were served the tots.
Please keep in mind the forth.
coming turkey supper to be served
by the WSCS Of Grace Church on
Saturday evening, November 18th
Serving will begin at $50. Tickets
are now on sale, and can be pur.
chased from members Of the or
ganization or their husbands.
Last Tuesday evening Mrs. EliZ.
abeth jefferson celebrated her 88tI
birthday. She was guest Of honor al
a dinner given by her son, Mr.. VIM
Jefferson in Lewes. All of Mrs. JEFF
fedson's children and families were
present which included: Mr.. anC
Mrs. VIM. Jefferson, Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest M. jefferson, Mrs. Virginia
Clifton and Mr.. and Mrs John Spic.
er. Several of her grandchildren
and great grand children were also
present Mrs. Rebecca Johnson fol
several years a neighbOr of Mrs
Jefferson was also present. On Sun.
day the above guests were also en-.
tertained at dinner by Mr.. and Mrs
John Spicer near Lewes.
Mrs. William Walls has sold hel
home on Broad Street to Mr.. anC
Mrs Alfred Gross Of Washington
Heights. N J, Mr.. Cross is employ,
ey by the Portland Hosiery Mills O
Milton. The new purchasers will
take occupancy about December
1st.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Leigh
ton LOckerman visited their dau
ghter Margaret Ann student Uni
versity of Delaware in Nework.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Vent ant
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-03
Israel Tries New
Building Material

HAIFA, Israel - (P0 = Lime
and siliceous dune sand which are
ample here and available at low
cost, will be used for the local
production of "YtOng," a building
material invented and used in Swe-
den.
"Ytong" is said to combine the
strength of concrete with low ther-
NAL conductivity. Invented in 1920
by the well-knOwn Swedish archi-
tect DR.. Axel Erikson, it was hith-
erto unknown in the Middle East.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-03

Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Law and son, Donald
Law, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend at their summer home on
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Wells of Will
mington visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
dali Hudson from Saturday until
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ethel Walker and Miss Ma
rie Evans were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Walkers daughter
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pep
per and daughter Wilma Lee at
Wililamsville.