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free countries of Asia, the Middle
East and other underdeveloped
areas as indicating lack Of in
terest In program on which they
have been putting very great
hopes" he said.
Mr.. Acheson argued before the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee for the proposed program
OF American technical aid tc
raise production methods and liv-
ing standards in backward areas
of the world.
The Senate group is consider
ing the proposal at a time when
Mr.. Acheson is reported to be
trying to draw Great Britain and
France into a united front against
the spread Of communism ir
Asia.
Figure Is Careful Estimate.
Mr.. Acheson told the Senators
that the $45 million figure is q
careful estimate of what is needed
for the II months beginning July
l.: He said any cut would "seri-
ously handicap the undertaking
OF specific activities which car
be effectively organized during
the coming year."
Mr.. Acheson said the program
by strengthening the free nations
OF Asia and other underdevelopec
areas. would be a security meas.
ure. for the United States anc
therefore IAN essential arm of oul
foreign policy"
But "our foreign policy is not
based on security alone" he con.
tinued in a prepared statement
I'VE have never been satisfied
merely to resist threat-of COM
munism or any other ism. Oul
policy Is broader than this. 1t Il
essentially constructive.
Would Benefit u. s.
t'It is based on the assumption
that in the world today our owr
welfare is closely related to that ot
other peoples. We can participate
in this kind Of a program because
it serves both the interest of Other
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ment late yesterday. the Speaker
sharply chastised his colleagues
for messing into the private ma
tional affairs" of other countries.
He told press conference that
even II the House reverses itself
before passing the $3.3 billion
foreign aid bill. the temporary
adoption of the Irish amendment
has done this country great
harm" in the present world situa-
ton.
Further Gripping Threatened.
The Speaker lashed out at the
Irish amendment as the foreign
aid bill faced the threat of fur
ther Gripping amendments.
Among other proposals which
may be voted on before final
passage are:
/. A similar amendment 10 stop
aid to Britain unless she bans
shipment of arms to Arab states
surrounding Israel.
2. Efforts to reduce or eliminate
the $45 million to start President
Truman's Point Four program Of
technical help to under-developed
areas Of the world.
3. A Republican move to cut
another $3.50 million from the
ECA program In the form OF a
carry-over not spent this year.
The House already has cut the
new ECA fund from $3.50, ,000,-
900 to s2.7Q0, ,000,0 900.
When reporters made their daily
call on the Speaker at noon, he
began by announcing that what
he was about to say regarding
the Irish amendment was ION
the record"
Called "Merrilly Unfortunate"
Il think it is not going to
be adopted (finally)," he began.
II think It's adoption in the Com
mittee Of the Whole yesterday was
terribly unfortunate, and whether
or not We vote it out, as hope
we will, the adoption of it yester-
day has done us great harm in
the world situation.
We've got all we can do with
out messing into the private ma
tional affairs Of other countries"
Mr.. Rayburn also predicted the
House would reconsider its adop-
ton yesterday Of a farm block
amendment requiring ECA to
spend 81 billion for agricultural
products in the United States only.
He said he Is not as concerned
over that as over the Irish amend
ment, but still thinks 1t should 60
out.
All amendments made in this
preliminary process known as
Committee of the Whole are ten
tative, since they are subject to a
separate roll call vote before final
passage.
The Irish amendment went
into the bill Unexpectedly and in
playful mood late yesterday aft
ernoon, with q majority of the
membership not voting. 1t is sub
ject to a roll call before final
passage. The teller vote was 90
to Sc.
Would Withhold S6S7 Million.
Sponsored by Representative
Fogarty, Democrat, of Rhode Is
land, it's effect would be to with
hold Britain's $687 million share
Of the $2.7 billion now in the bill
for Marshall plan aid next year.
unless the partition of Ireland is
ended. Southern Ireland has be-
come a free republic, but the six
Northern counties of Ulster are
still a part of the British COM
monwealth.
Earlier yesterday the farm bloc
dealt the administration another
setback by putting through, 119
(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-3J
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Il and I alone am responsible"
was dramatic statement of his
admission to the court of inquiry
that recommended the general
courts-martial for the captain and
two Of his officers.
Amounts to Apology.
His statement accepting sole
responsibility amounted to an
apology for his initial attitude
after the grounding that he
felt deserted on the bridge of his
ship in so far as aid and advice
from his team of officers was con-
cerned.
The mental shock which &C
companied the grounding, the
nervous strain placed upon me in
the salvage operations and my
resulting weakened physical con-
dition unfortunately initiated
against clear thinking as regards
my personal position" he said.
80 Needless to say I am
sorry that clarity of thought and
purpose was not achieved earlier.
' I very much regret the
harm that has been done to others
by the grounding of the ship"
Capt. Brown, who commanded
the Mighty Mo" when she ran
aground on Chesapeake Bay
shoal January IT. pleaded guilty
to each of three charges and four
specifications.
The action of the former skip
per Of the 45,0oo-ton battleship
came shortly after he was ar
raigned before a general court
martial convened to try him.
Four Admirals on Court.
Several minutes earlier he had
stood before the court, composed
OF four rear admirals and three
captains, and heard the judge ad-
vocate read these charges:
1. Through negligence suf-
fering a vessel of the Navy to be
stranded"
2. Through negligence suffer-
ing a vessel of the Navy to be
hazarded."
3. Neglect of duty"
Seven specifications had been
drawn by the convening authority
to support the three charges but
three Of the specifications were
nolle pressed will not be prose-
cuted. it was announced at the
opening Of court today.
Became Skipper in December.
Punishment usually imposed
upon an officer convicted of
charges of negligence and neglect
Of duty In the grounding of a
ship is reduction in numbers.
This means a lowering of his
oAl WIG 4NofJ D
list. 1t usually has a most ad-
verse effect upon a senior officer
In that 1t normally prevents his
attaining flag rank.
The 47-year-old officer was
relieved as commanding officer of
the Missouri shortly after the YES
sci was ref1oated February 1.
Capt. Brown became skipper of
the Nations only active battleship
last December. The Missouri was
the first capital ship he had COM
manded and the first ship of any
type he had skippered since 1943.
The charges against him were
drawn by Rear Admiral Allan E..
Smith, who had convened the
court of inquiry and who ordered
Capt. Brown and two other officers
of the Missouri to stand trial by
(See MISSOURI PAGE A-21
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Cut in Point.Four Fund
Twill Spoil U. 5. Efforts
In Asia, Acheson Says
Secretary Tells Senators
Move Would Indicate
Lack of Interest in East
BY the Associated Press

Secretary Of State Acheson told
Congress today that any cut in the
S45 million asked in President
Truman's "point-four" program
would have unfortunate results on
efforts to check communism in
Asia.
1T would undoubtedly be in
terpreted by the peoples of the
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difficulty in recruiting block cap
tains. Precinct commanders said
the officers frequently had to visit
several houses before they could
find a citizen willing to distribute
and collect the ballots within a
week.
In the fifth precinct four pri-
Yates and a corporal were given
the task of selecting block cap
tains.
Mrs. J. c. Jenkins. "a. of 327
East Capitol street was the first
block captain recruited by Pvt.
Eugene Hedrick.
I'm not in favor Of daylight
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Skipper Of Mo-
Pleads Guilty 10
Negligence
MY Orders Put Ship
Aground Brown Tells
Norfolk Court-MurtioI
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Mar. 30.-Capt
William D. Brown threw himself
on the mercy of a Navy court
martial today by pleading guilty to
negligence and neglect Of duty in
the grounding of the battleship
Missouri.
Il am not concerned with the
legal technicalities of my posi-
tion," the 47-year-old former
skipper told the court. II only
recognize that I was responsible
for the safe navigation of the ship
My orders put the ship aground
Capt. Browns statement to the
court at the opening of his trial
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--AP Photo.
War II and once after the war,
He had been designated as premier
for fourth time by the President
(See BLUM. Page A-4.)
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Clear, Cool Weather Forecast
For Cherry Blossom Festival
Temperature Due
To Climb to Upper
Sos by Saturday

Sunny skies are expected to
hold for the next three days. but
low temperatures probably will
add up to something short of ideal
weather for the Cherry Blossom
Festival this week end. the Wealth
er Bureau reported today.
The mercury dropped to 81 de-
grees at SAB am. today and ac-
Picture Of Cherry Blossom
Pineesses. Pose As
cording to the Weather Bureau
will dip to % degrees in the city
and ~ in the suburbs tonight.
By Saturday. temperatures
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Rayburn Assai|s
Irish Rider in
Foreign Aid Bill
Chostises Colleagues
For Messing Into
Other Nations Affair:
By J. A. O'Leory

Speaker Rayburn today pre-
dicted the House will reverse it's
vote banning economic aid to
Britain until all of Ireland is
united.
Obviously angered by the sur
prise adoption of the Irish amend
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u. 5. Radio Successes ia Reich Force
Soviet Reply. Poss A-74
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Picture OF Start OF Recruiting for
PoiI-tokers. Page Az
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Picture Of Capt. Brown Before Court
MortioI. L.
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tsee WEATHER, Page A-sD
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Senator Mccarthy PIons Speech About
Owen Lottimore. Pogs A.
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tSee FIRINGs, Page A-5o
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(See LEE. Page A-3D
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(See ACHESON. Page A-3D
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(See FOREIGN AID, Page ABB
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Vinson Plans "Strons Speech" for More
Air Defense. Page Al
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tSee MISSOURI, Page A-3.>
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(See POOLS, Page A-4.)
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(See DAYLIGHT, Page A-4)
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An Associated Press Newspop
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24

bidder for cash at the courthouse
door in Hillsboro, North Carolina, at
noon, on the cath day Of March, 1850,
the property conveyed in said deed Of
trust, the same lying and being in
the Court of Orange, and more par
ticularly described IS follows, to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at
point 70 feet from the intersection Of
Lloyd Street and a branch running
Northwest, said point being on the
North side of Lloyd Street; thence
along and with Lot No. in North
western direction, North 25 degrees
80 West 1873 feet to a point at the
branch; thence along with land Of
Willie Roberts, North 6 degrees East
95 feet to a point in Temple Flocks'
land; thence along with Temple
Flocks' land 20 feet to point; thence
along with Lot No. 1, South 25 de-
grees 80 East 225 feet to the North
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24

side of Lloyd Street; thence along the
North side Of Lloyd Street, South "a
degrees SO' West, so feet TO the point
+ beginning. Same being Lot No. 2
as shown on map Of property Of
Mutual Building and Loan Association
Of Durham, made May 25, 1910 by J..
Ralph Weaver, RS.
SECOND TRACT: For description,
reference is made to Deed Of L. J..
Phipps, Comm, and M. A. Abernathy
to Audrey Neville and Lawrence
Neville dated June 27, 1941 and re-
corded in Deed Book 116, at page
354, in the Office of the Register of
Deeds of Orange County, N. C.
THIS SALE will remain open for
ten days to receive increase bids, rs
required by law.
This 21st day of February, 1850.
]. ]. Henderson, Trustee.
M. Hugh Thompson, Attorney.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24
Hundreds of Athletes to Perform Tomorrow
In 18th Southern Conference Indoor Games

The University's track team
will be the defending champion
at the 18th annual Southern
Conference Indoor Games to-
morrow in Woollen gymnasium.
The Tar Heels viii again be led
by the sensational Bill Adams,
who set a new record last year
by taking five first places. Mary
land and Duke are expected to
be Carolina's sternest chal-
lengers.
The preliminary events, to
which admission is free, will
begin at 1870 Pm. and will con-
tinue throughout the afternoon.
The big show will open at z
Pm. Admission, by reserved
seat ticket, is $1.5O. Tickets are
ON sale now at the box Office at
the gym.
There will be competition in
conference, non conference,
scholastic, and freshman divi-
sions. Hundreds of athletes from
all over the Southeast will take
part.
In preparation for the meet,
the interior of the big gym is
being transformed by workmen
Under the supervision SUI viSiooii4 6f Robert
A. Fetzer, the University's ath-
letic director; chairman of the
Southern Conference track COM
mittee, and founder of the indoor
games. The big portable banked
running track is being set up
and pits and runways for the
Jumpers and vaulters are being
installed. There will be 1000
seats. The usual sell-out crowd is
expected.
Three meet records were set
in last years games. Adams
established two of them in the
high jump and the low hurdles
and the Maryland relay team the
other in the one-mile relay. To
morrow Albans will be shooting
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24

at his marks. Defending cham
pions in divisional competition
will be Georgia Tech, non-con-
ference; Maryland, freshman,
and George Washington high
school of Alexander, Va, schol-
astic.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24
TRUSTEE SALE OF LAND
State of North Carolina
County of Orange

State of North Carolina
County of Orange
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the
power of sale contained in a certain
deed of trust executed by James
Lawrence Neville and Audrey D.
Neville dated the Gath day of July,
1912, and recorded IN Book Of Mort
cages 81, at page 125, in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Wake
County, North Carolina, default hav-
ing been made in the payment of the
indebtedness thereby secured and said
deed of trust being by the terms
thereof subject to foreclosure, the
undersigned trustee will offer for
sale at public auction to the highest
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24
Mrs. Warren Gives Talks

Mrs. j. A. Warren went to
Raleigh Monday afternoon to ad-
dress the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Edenton
street Methodist church. Monday
evening she addressed a similar
meeting in Mebane.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24
ExECUTRIX' NOTICE
North Carolina
Orange County

North Carolina
Orange County
The undersigned, having qualified
as executrix Of the estate of Carl
Reinhold Walter Boettcher, deceased,
late Of Orange County, this is to no.
tify all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned on or before the Gath
day OF February, 1861, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov-
cry. All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
This the 24th day of February, 1860.
Emile Boettcher.
Carrboro, NJ. C.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24
WiIdlife Club Meeting

The Orange County Wildlife
Club will meet at 8 o'clock this
friday evening at the Chapel
Hill Town Hall.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-02-24
Miss Taylor Returns to Va.

Miss Martha Taylor, who was
here on a visit to her parents,
Col. and Mrs. Thomas F. Taylor,
has returned to Roanoke, Va,
where she is director of Girl
Scouts.
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Introduction to AIeer Hiss ImpressedRedAgent;
Both Porried Questions on Soviet Connections

! hard" Next evening I met the
Fields again and they were eager
to tell me that I had made a
terrific hit" with Alger.
! And that is the whole story.
Whether Noel and Hiss formally
discussed the problem that had
brought us together I do not know.
After I had reported on the
Washington trip in great detail
to Fred in New York, he asked
me to give him a full account in
writing. He was noncommital
when I said I thought Hiss would
now keep "hands off," Obviously
he was disturbed by the whole
unorthodox procedure in what
looked like competition between
two Soviet organizations.
/ Several days later, and ahead of
our scheduled rendezvous, Fred
phoned me to join him for lunch.
AS usual I started out two hours
earlier and took a series of taxis
and buses to shake off any posi-
BILE surveillance. I arrived at my
destination, the Tip Toe Inn on
West Eighty-siXth street, COM
pletely Clean" as the technical
phrase has it.
Told to Forget Hiss.
Fred looked grave. When he
was excited he was inclined to
pronounce III" the Russian way,
as &C."
This man Giss," he whispered,
looking around to make sure there
were no eavesdroppers. you must
forget him! But forget! Never
7 mention him - not to Noel or
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understood each other too we'll to
need preliminaries.
II understand you're meddling
in my affairs" I said.
Alger grinned mot at all.
Aren't you the famous girl who's
meddling in my affairs?" Then he
added, looking at me through mar
rowed eyes, What IS your ap-
paratus anyhow"
Hiss Seemed in Strong Position.
Now Alger," I said. you should
know better than that. I wouldn't t
ask YOU that kind of question.
| At this he laughed. We'll. we'll
see, who will win," he said.
To which I replied, "You know
I'm a woman, and women gener-
ally win in such situations"
Not that I believed this. On the
contrary, he seemed to me in the
stronger position, if he cared to
use his advantage. But I sensed
from his manner that he would
step aside. Then one of us-I can
not recall who. but the words are
crystal clear in my memory
summed up the argument: well
whoever wins, we are working
for the same boss, that's what
matters"
Made Terrific Hit With AIger.'
Hiss left before did. The Fields
were pleased that I liked thei1
friend SO much. I recall asking
Hertha what kind of wife Hiss
had. Il don't think you would
have liked her, Hede," Mrs. Field
answered. "She is bright, but yer,
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too, on one of my courier jour-
neys. On this occasion I intro
duced them to Ludwig, who
thought them "neurotic weak
lings." This may explain why Noel
apparently ended up in Gen
Krivitsky's orbit.
Isaac Don Levine Quoted.
According to an article by Isaac
Don Levine, ant t'-CCrnuunist edi-
tor, KrivitsEs told him in 1877
that Nor Field had been one OF
his American sources in Geneva.
and thai this relationship exist
ed fully two years before Krivitsky
came to the United States
Even Fields mother did her bit
for the cause, though she probably
had little conception of what il
was all about. Paul sent her to
NaZi Germany, where she bravely
and ably made contacts with the
Communist underground. Person
ally I did not see Noel and his
wife again until 1933-in Mos
COW.
Field made news again, from an
astonishing angle. in connection
with the recent Rajk trial in Red
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4 Spied for StoIin-'
Thirteenth of q SerieS.J
By Hede Messing
As Told TO Eugene lyons


NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-On the
witness stand at the recent trial
of Alger Hiss, I was able to give
a lucid account of my one meet
ing with the defendant. despite
the fact that on other matters
my memory was not always so
sharp.
This was not at all remarkable.
The episode had been of sur
passing Importance to me and to
the espionage network with
which I worked. I had seen it
with my minds eye through the
years as I watched Alger Hiss
climb to prominence in the
American Government, by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's side at Yalta, in
a commanding post at the
launching of the United Nations
in San Francisco, as president of
the Carnegie Peace Foundation.
came to the dinner with Noel
and Mrs. Field and Hiss in late
1885, all tensed for a battle,
rather scared of the unknown
competitor. What followed was
therefore acutely stamped on my
mind. The fact, moreover, is that
I was enormously impressed by
the slender, highly intelligent
young man. Both in looks and in
his manner he seemed to me a
lot like Paul Massing, my hus-
band.
Hiss Charm Cleared Atmosphere.
At the dinner table we talked
politics, and I could not always
keep pace with the clever Hiss
and Noel. I recall that after a
tense start the atmosphere mel
lowed. Alger's charm and wit
somehow cleansed the atmosphere
of the expected embarrassment.
Later, standing by a window in the
Field apartment, Hiss and I had
the brief but decisive talk that has
figured in the headlines.
l could not dream, OF course,
that one day every remembered
word would be weighed, denied,
argued. I have repeated it SO often
to the FBI, the grand jury, in
court-that it has become like a
scene in a play. But when it hap
pened it was simply conversa-
tion between two new friends who
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Hertha or Paul, understand?
You've never seen him. You and
I also will never speak of him"
I understood, of course. There
had apparently been a reprimand,
and these were urgent instruc-
tions. Somehow Fred's warning
riveted the Hiss meeting that
much more firmly in my memory.
When Noel or Hertha subsequent
ly referred to Alger, as they did
occasionally. I clammed up and
pretended to be disinterested.
In my dealings with Noel there
after it was taken for granted that
he was attached to my apparatus
and in time would begin to func-
ton. The very existence of an
other apparatus which had hidden
for his help was tacitly avoided.
Fields Move Was Blow to Outfit.
He had been offered a post in
the disarmament section of the
League of Nations and was anx-
ious to accept it. There, he argued,
he could be far more useful to the
cause than in his limited State
Department job. Moreover. he
could work without any compli-
eating doubts about loyalty to his
country.
On advice from Moscow, as I
felt sure, Fred asked me to go
back to Washington again and
again to induce Noel to stay put.
But his mind was made UP. Early
in 1886 he and Hertha moved to
Geneva. 1t was a blow to the
pride of our New York group.
After all our work, the Switzer-
land network would get the bene-
fit.
Paul visited the Fields several
times in their chalet on the out
skirts of Geneva. I called on them,
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Budapest. He was named by wit
nesses as a wartime agent of the
United States Intelligence who
had induced Rajk to serve as an
"imperialist spy for Tito and
the West. There may be a grain
of fact in this fantasy. At the
time when the United States and
the U S. s. r. were or the same
side of no-man's land, i. is possible
that Soviet and American agents
in Geneva co-operated on some
projects against Hitler Germany,
the common enemy.
In his congressional testimony
on August 27, 1948. Whitaker
Chambers declared that Alger Hiss
had made number of attempts
to draw Field in, only to discover
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. b
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4,

that Field was connected with an
other apparatus" At another ses-
sion he testified that Hiss had
told him about a meeting with
myself and Field on this issue;
and that he, Chambers, had re-
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ported the incident to j. Peters.
a Comintern espionage chief. Pc
ters it was who ruled that Field
be relinquished to me.
All the pieces fit perfectly.
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