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Evening star., 1950-10-13
BeItsviIIe Crash Injuries
Trooper, Other Driver

A Maryland State trooper and
a Hyattsville man were injured
today in an accident involving a
police scout car on the Baltimore
boulevard at Beltsville.
Trooper Arthur Plummer. who
was driving the scout car, and
Addison Lee Lewis. 56, of 5501
Fortieth avenue, Hyattsville, who
was driving the other automobile,
were taken to Leland Memorial
Hospital for treatment of severe
face and head cuts. Trooper
Plummer was released after treat
ment and Mr.. Lewis was admitted
for observation.
Police said Mr.. Lewis was max
ing a left-hand turn from the
boulevard and the scout car was
headed in the opposite direction
Damage to Mr.. Lewis car was
estimated at 1000 and the scout
cars at $500.
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Balkan Group Urges U. N.
To Step Into Island Dispute
By the Associated Press

ATHENS, Oct. 13.-The United
Nations Special Committee on the
Balkans said yesterday it has
asked the General Assembly to
intervene in a new dispute be-
tween Greece and neighboring
Bulgaria over a tiny island in the
Evros River dividing the two
countries.
In a special release the COM
mittee supported Greek charges
that Bulgarian workers, under the
protection of Bulgarian armed
forces. were trying to divert the
course of the boundary river.
Greek and Bulgarian troops
clashed there briefly three weeks
ago after the Greeks claimed the
BulgarS tried to build a dam on
the Greek side of the river. The
Greek press predicted further
clashes would occur if the Bull
gars continued their "provoca-
tive" action.
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Indo-Chinu
Continued From First Page.


French air force, in strength, was
covering the delicate and ur-
gent" withdrawal operation.
The operation. he said, was sim
liar to the withdrawing move
ment of the Caobang garrison
which resulted in a disastrous en-
circlement for the French. This
time. however, the terrain was
less difficult, the spokesman added
A security silence blanketed the
details of the Thatkhe withdrawal
The French did not reveal the
strength of the garrison or what
forces might be covering the re-
treat.
The spokesman said, however
that the garrison had to pass
several dangerous points at which
the terrain was ideal for ambush
The most critical spot on the
withdrawal route is at the noun
Caln pass OF Lungnal, 1O miles
northwest of Nacham.
Wet Mimi Strength Greater.
The difficult frontier fighting
has become even riskier foI
French Legionnaires and colonial
troops because of the increased
strength of the Wet Mini. Rein
forcements invite suicide if they
try to break through the encircling
Wet Mini to rescue the attacked
column.
The appointment by the French
government of Gen. Pierre de la
Tour as advisor to the Wet
Namese (pro-French Indo- Chi
nese) army is interpreted here as
part of the effort to speed up the
organization of a strong Wet
Evening star., 1950-10-13
France Is Reported
Urging U. 5. 10 Speed
Arms for Indo-China
By the Associated Press

France was reported today to
have made an urgent appeal for a
speedup of American arms deliv-
cries to French troops battling the
Communists in Indo-C China.
Diplomats said the request was
made to Secretary of Defense
Marshall in a note from French
Defense Minister Jules Moch. now
in this country to seek arms aid
The French, these diplomats
told reporters, urged not only
faster movement of scheduled
shipments but also a change in
future deliveries to include more
light bombers, artillery, small
landing craft and military We
hicles.
This development came as Mr.
Moch and French Finance Minis
ter Maurice Petsche met at the
State Department with Secretary
Marshall, Secretary of State Ache
son and Secretary of Treasury
Snyder. ~.
To Ask sS77O Million.
The two French ministers were
accompanied by a 15-man French
delegation.
The French. diplomats said,
plan to submit a request for about
$770 million to enable France to
double defense outlays in 1851.
The plea for faster shipments of
arms to Indo-China repeatedly is
based on the hope of bolstering
the firepower of the $50 900 French
troops there before Communist
armies are able to launch an ex-
pected new drive in two or three
weeks.
The French defense chief was
expected to assure Secretaries
Acheson and Snyder that French
forces. aided by loyal native units,
will be able to check the Commu-
nists without troop reinforcements
from any other Western country if
arms shipments are speeded up.
U. S. Would Help Pay.
Mr.. Moch and Mr.. Petsche, it
was learned, also will submit plans
for increasing Frances defense
allocationS to the Indo- Chinese
conflict from around $3.50 million
in 1850 to about $3.50 million in
Evening star., 1950-10-13

Namese national army. Events
along the frontier have disclosed
the critical need of the French
for more forces.
The French yesterday an
nounced retirement also from Thai
Nguyen, major Wet Mini base
they seized only two weeks before.
Thai Nguyen is about 80 miles
southwest of Langson, a little for
ward of the area where the
French are speeding construction
of network of permanent forti-
f1cations.
The deepening threat along the
northern frontier, the French say.
is a result of Chinese Communist
aid to Ho Chi Minis Wet Mini
rebels. Hos regime is backed by
Red China and Russia.
His men repeatedly straggle
into China as motley guerrilla
bands-and march back a few
months later as we'll fed, well
trained units with new uniforms.
small arms and sl1pplies
Evening star., 1950-10-13

everyone who takes the tests
fails"
The Navy. like the other Gov
ernment agencies, offers Grade
GS-2 to applicants just out OF
high school and GS-3 ($2.600-
t$3, 1900 or GS-4 ($2,875-$3,355) to
experienced stenographers. Grade
Is jobs are usually filled by pro-
motion, and there are enough
secretaries with civil service sta
tus to fill higher-paying jobs.
The Navy has the most elab'
crate organization of all the mil
itary services for recruiting work.
ers outside Washington. Person
mel teams are operating in New
England. New York State, Penn.
sylvania, Tennessee. Ohio. Min
nesota, Illinois and Wisconsin, ac'
cording to Mrs. Jacobson.
Joseph S. Mawson. employment
-ordinator for the Army De.
partment, said his agency's out.
Of town recruiting is limited u
parts Of Pennsylvania. He salc
there is a shortage of help but
like Mrs. Jacobsen. he believes
the present situation is mot tot
acute"
A-BOmb Among Fears.
Army personnel teams have hac
some difficulty, Mr.. MaWson said
because jobs are available neal
home. Many who are interested
decide not to come to Washing
ton because they fear the higr
cost of living or the atomic bomb
The Army Department can use
about 200 Grade 3 and 4 STEM
ographers and about 100 Grade {
| and 3 typists. 1t is also looking
for SO male teletypists and 40 te
so tabulating machine operators
The Air Force, most decen-
traliZed of the three military
services, is depending on its es-
tablished recruiting stations anC
bases to get the comparatively
few girls needed in their Office
here. Like the Navy and TIN
Army, much of the AF civilian
employment has been in installa-
tions outside Washington.
Despite the heavy demand fol
stenographers and typists, per.
sonnel directors report that wom-
en- over 35 are often hard to place
at the same salary as younger
and sometimes less proficient
girls. They agree, however, thai
chances are improving for Older
women.
Evening star., 1950-10-13

1851, provided the United States
and other Atlantic pact nations
help foot the bill. French officials
assume the United States would
bear sizeable part of the added
expense.
The increased French spending
in Indo- China is part of an over
all French defense budget of
around $2,450. 100000 which Mr..
Moch and Mr.. Petsche will submit
for American approval, officials
said.
A defense budget of this size
would more than double Frances
defense spending for this year and
would call for at least $750 million
in financial help from the United
States and other Atlantic pact ma
tions.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
PIeven Studies Revisiens
In Troop Dispositions

PARIS, Oct. 13 P.-Premier
Rene Pleven held a top-level
strategy conference yesterday to
study possible revision of troop
dispositions in North Indo- China,
where the French have suffered
serious setbacks at the hands of
Communicated Wet Mini.
The Premier met with Jean Le-
tourneau, minister for relations
with the Indo-Chinese govern
ments; Francois Mitterand, min
lister for Overseas France; Max
Lejeune. secretary of state for the
land forces. and a group Of mill
tary experts.
Evening star., 1950-10-13

The Importance Of we'll Uniformed
citizens in making any reform
government plan work in Fairfax
County was emphasized last night
by David Lawrence, Washington
writer and a member of a former
county government study COM
mission.
Speaking at a meeting in the
Tauxemont area, south of Alex
andria, Mr.. Lawrence said that
a change in government is essen
tial for the future development of
the county
He said that both the county
manager and the county executive
forms offer advantages, but de-
Evening star., 1950-10-13

the county manager and the coun-
ty executive plans is the method
in which supervisors are elected
and in the way in which powers
are granted the county admins
trative officer. Under the execu-
tive form supervisors would be
elected by districts. as they now
are, while under the other form
supervisors would be elected at
large.
"The important point" Mr..
Lawrence said, 'is to vote for a
change in government in the No
vember 7 referendum. BY all
means vote Eyes" on the first
question, no matter whether you
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Miners Aid Program
Broadened 10 Include
Widows and Children

John L. Lewis today completed
his United Mine Workers welfare
program by announcing that hos
pital and maintenance benefits
will be paid to miners, older
widows and dependent children of
deceased union members.
The new program, estimated to
cost more than 50 million a
month, completes the program of
benefits to come out of the $120-
million-a-year UNIV welfare and
retirement fund. The fund is
supported by the mine operators
who now pay 80 cents a ton on
their coal output.
officials of the fund refused to
say whether the new schedule of
benefits had been approved by the
operators. However, Mr.. Lewis
and the UNIV now have complete
control Of the money.
Fund Exhausted Year Ago.
The fund was exhausted a year
ago when Mr.. Lewis and the other
trustees paid out in benefits more
than 500 million in one year.
The fund take was increased from
20 to 80 cents a ton in the con-
tract Mr.. Lewis made with the
operators last March after long
and bitter strike.
Other benefits had been re-
inStated prior to the new ones
made public today. They include
500 monthly pensions, in addition
to Federal old age benefits; $1,000
death benefits and limited medical
and hospital care for disabled
miners.
Not All Benefits Restored.
Even with the new benefits, all
of the free services and benefits
which the miners and their fam
lilies received before suspension Of
payments last year have not been
restored. Dental, mental, obstet-
rical care and free drug prescrip-
tions are still missing from the
schedule.
Trustees have placed admin
istration of the huge fund under
an entirely new system this year
and the miners and their depend
ants have had to re-qualify in
order to receive any benefits.
New Benefits Listed.
Here are the new fund benefits
announced today:
l. Cash benefits for posthumous
maintenance of miners widows
over so years old and dependent
children, amounting to $40
month for an eligible child living
with a widowed mother and $40
additional for each dependent
child under 18 years or incapaci-
tated. Widows so or older with
no dependent children get $50.
2. Present hospital and medical
service for UMWA members, wives
and children under 18 is extended
to include widows and dependent
children of deceased miners and
to adult dependents of living
miners, limited for the latter to
so days of disqualification a year.
8. Disability benefits for men
from IS to so or for those who
have been disabled at least five
years. The benefits are $50 a
month with an additional $40 for
wife and each child under lS or
incapacitated person living with
a miner.
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clared the executive form provides
certain projections not included in
the manager plan.
"It would be much easier under
the manager form for a political
machine to take over the county,
Mr.. Lawrence said. II am sur
prised that more people have not
realized this"
He said that redistricting the
county was an issue apart from
the present reform move If the
magisterial districts should be
changed, he said, members Of the
Board of Supervisors still should
be elected by districts.
The principal difference between
Evening star., 1950-10-13

vote for manager or executive"
Mr.. Lawrence said much of the
fear of a change in Government
form comes from an unawareness
on the part of the people Of the
many advantages to be gained
by having responsible govern
ment head.
He said a competent admins
traitor will "spur along" the Board
of Supervisors, relieving it Of
many routine matters it now must
graple with.
In order for any form to work
properly in the county. he said,
there must be well informed
citizens behind it. ..
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Bradley
Continued From First Page.)

vent war from happening for 10
years and build up our strength
-. we may be able to prevent war
from happening at ALL"
Calls Korea Acid Test.
He described Korea as "the acid
test in the Orient" and said that
It showed that our defenses must
be ready to meet such attacks
and even larger ones-if Com
munists are ever going to be dis
couraged from attacking helpless
people and deferred from war"
The general did not say how
much money would be needed for
those forces ultimately. but he
said that he had asked q group
Of Detroit industrialists recently
if they would be willing to face
an annual bill of $50 billion to $40
billion for defense if it were neces-
sary." High defense sources have
disclosed that the defense budget
for the current year likely would
approach $40 billion with a larger
sum necessary in 1852.
Gen. Bradley said the topic OF
defense costs came up at a De-
troit dinner three weeks ago at
tended by men "who represented
a sizable part Of our industry"
Willing to Cut Profits.
He quoted them as replying:
eyes, we will do with fewer
profits, if we have to Well give
you anything America honestly
needs. and we will pay the bill il
you can give us assurance that
this is the best way to peace-and
If not peace. to saving our skins.
He added that the reaction
greatly heartened and encour-
aged me-"
Gen. Bradley recorded his views
before leaving to accompany Mr.
Truman on a 6,500-mile fight for
talks with Gen. Macarthur.
Weapons Appraised.
A military-scientiSt team of ex-
perts is preparing an appraisal
Of the weapons used in Korea.
This probably will mean that
for the first time the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff and the Defense Depart
ment's Research and Development
Board will get some cold answers
on such questions as:
/. How do the new American
tanks perform under actual bat
tie conditions?
2. The new 3.5-inch super
bazooka.
8. Have the recoilless guns, de-
veloped since World War II
measured up to expectations OF
are there defects to be mastered?
4. Who is right in the continu-
ing argument over the adequacy
and efficiency of air support fol-
ground troops and the complex
system of control needed for such
close-in air support?
S. How have jet-powered air.
craft worked out for close-in sup
port? Should specialized jet types
be developed for this work?
Evening star., 1950-10-13

tack last night
in a New York
restaurant.
The national
ly known econ
omist, on leave
in New York for
several weeks,
had undergone
an operation for
an old leg all
ment in a New
York hospital
and appeared to
be recovering g
rapidly.
kKr C1;l oo~n
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Roosevelt Supporters
Are Seeking Truman 5
Personal Assistance
Continued From First Page)

NSO1lGl1luCu T1Ok1k L IL ob dSC.(
paign, the Roosevelt camp and the
camp of Mrs. Helen Gahagan
Douglas, who is seeking election
as Senator against Republican
Representative Richard M. Nixon,
are strongly urging that President
Truman. when he returns to San
Francisco from his meeting with
Gen. Macarthur in the Pacific,
take some step to aid their candi-
dacies while he is in the State.
The dictum from the White
House SO far has been that the
Presidents visit-and the address
he will make to the American
people while here-shall be strictly
non-partisan.
This, in the opinion of Roose-
velt and Douglas leaders, if it
results in no pat on the back for
the Democratic gubernatorial and
senatorial candidates, will be
widely seized on by the California
Republicans as a distinct snub to
both Mr.. Roosevelt and Mrs. Doug
las-in fact, a body blow to both
their chances.
Some of their more explosive
supporters are saying that even ii
the bipartisan attitude for the
Presidents meeting here is die
tated by the State Department
there may be an underlying old
resentment of Mr.. Truman against
Mr.. Roosevelt because in 1948 he
wanted to draft Gen. Eisenhower
to run for President in place OF
Mr.. Truman.
From an official high in the
management of the Democratic
National Committee, however, has
come suggestion that the Presi-
dents dramatic flight to the Pa
cific to discuss the war in Korea
and kindred subjects with Gen.
Macarthur will provide a great
lift to the chances of Democratic
candidates everywhere, including
California. This. according to the
official, will mark turning point
in the tide of the campaign in
favor of the Democrats.
The S64 Question.
Further, it is urged that so far
as the California situation is con-
cerned, the Truman administra-
ton has already given its bless
ing to both Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Douglas by sending Vice
President Barkley here. He
praised both of them to the skies.
when he spoke during his recent
visit to the State.
The $64 question in the guber-
Material campaign has been: VIII
the Roosevelt name, plus cer-
tain similarity of Mr.. Roosevelt
to his father carry James Roose-
velt to victory?
This writer journeyed out to
Vallejo, a town some 80 miles
from San Francisco, to hear Mr..
Roosevelt address a luncheon
given in his honor.
shut my eyes. and there was
that man" again, that voice, !"
a little less experienced, a little
younger. but nevertheless with the
intonations and infections, voice
promising better things for more
people in most persuasive fashion.
In personal appearance. however,
although there is family resem-
blance, James Roosevelt is not a
replica of his father. He has his
| fathers height, but he is lean and
sinewy. He has a bald spot on
top of his head, which President
Roosevelt never had. He has the
Roosevelt friendly attitude and
warmth when he is meeting peo-
pie and talking to them.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Provdo Cites Victories
BY Wet Mimi Forces

MOSCOW, Oct. 13 R.-The
Communist Party newspaper
PraVda today claimed important
victories by Wet Nam (Viet Minh)
forces over the French in Indo-
China.
A Shanghai dispatch from the
Soviet news agency Tass said that,
in seven days of fighting ending
october 8, Wet Mini forces an
initiated four French battalions
and good part of another regi-
ment.
The dispatch also announced
the recapture of the former key
Wet Mini base of Thai Nguyen
in North Indo-China.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Lens Discovery

BERLIN.-John Kepler, a Ge er-
man scientist who lived in the 17th
Century. was the first person to
demonstrate that concave lenses
correct nearsightedness and con-
vex lenses rectify farsightedness.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Everett Johnston Coil,
Planning Executive,
Dies Of Heart Attack

Everett Johnston Coil, 43, execu-
tive director of the National Plan
ming Association here since 1887
collapsed and died of a heart at
Evening star., 1950-10-13
japanese Gifts to Zoo

japanese children have sent as
gifts to the Alipore Zoo. Calcutta,
India, two bear cubs and two
giant japanese salamanders, said
to be "the largest of living am
phibians."
Evening star., 1950-10-13
College Park PTA to Meet

The Parent Teachers ASsocia-
tion Of College Park School will
meet at 8 pm. Monday in the
school auditorium.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Many Failing Tests.
CONTINUED From First Page.)

"The standards are lower than
they have been," Mrs. Jacobsen
said, "but even then only one out
of four applicants can pass the
intelligence and proficiency tests
we give. There are days when
Evening star., 1950-12-20

TAILOR SHOP-CLEANING
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superb location; large lot MRS
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1886 or 1888. -21
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| HoUsES-sALE-Mp. tcont.
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TWO-FAMHY DIJpI,EX

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