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Evening star., 1951-01-27
Cantata Composer Wanted
AS VioIator Of Parole
BY the Associated Press

LANSING. Mich, Jan. 81
The State of Michigan wants can
tata composer and ex-convict
Frank Grandstaf as a parole vio-
lator.
The one time Tennessee life
termer who got a pardon as an
habitual criminal after writing a
cantata in prison allegedly has
failed to keep in touch with parole
officers.
Since his pardon, Grandstaff
has appeared on radio and tele-
vision and is now arranging for
the filming of his life.
The Michigan parole is in con-
nection with a stolen property
conviction which antedated his
Tennessee prison sentence. Grand
staff was pardoned in Tennessee
last month.
At Fort Wayne, Ind, Grand
staff's wife promised he would get
in touch with Michigan officials.
She said he was in Chicago.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Charlie Mccarthy Chokes Up
AS He Visits Triple Amputee

1t took a hero to do it. but
for the first time in his wooden
existence. Charlie Mccarthy
couldn't think of a word to say.
The occasion was a special per-
formance by Edgar Bergen and
members of his radio show in
the amputee and orthopedic ward
at Walter Reed Hospital yesterday
afternoon.
Charlie and the cast finished
their general performance at the
hospital, and the cast went to
meet Corpl. Angel M. Gomez. %,
triple amputee, and his ward
mates.
The radio group gathered
around Corpl. Gomez for the
benefit of photographers.
Say something. Charlie" one
of the photographers said. But
Charlie was speechless at last.
Mr.. Bergen, Charlie, his shy
friend, Mortimer Snerd. and Prof.
Urcil living put on a good show
for the boys, with the assistance
of Singer Nancy Reed, Accordion
ist Dick Bailey and Mr.. Bergen's
announcer, Bill Baldwin.
The lack of speech that Charlie
felt wasn't restricted to him. He
and the other persons in the
room with Corpl. Gomez knew
that, in the corporal, they had
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Porotroop Veteran Dies
After Friendly TussIe
BY the Assoeioted Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. 81
Samuel G. Logan of Adamsville,
Ala. came through many para
chute jumps without a single in
Jury during four years as a para
trooper in World War II.
But a fall during friendly
wrestling match near his home
January 13 proved fatal yester-
day. The 30-year-old coal miner
died at Kennedy Veterans Hos
pital Of q head injury.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
SchooIboy Cited as Hero
By Carnegie Commission
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27.-An
18-year-old schoolboy, who swan
through icy waters to get help for
nine skaters marooned on an ice
foe, was among IL persons cited
for heroism yesterday by the Car
negie Hero Fund Commission.
The schoolboy is James G.
Moses of Huron, Ohio. An ice
foe broke loose the night of Feb
ruary 81, 1949, and carried Moses
and a skating party quarter mile
from the Huron shore into Lake
Erie.
Telling others to be calm, young
Moses plunged into the water,
reached shore. then ran quarter
mile through snow to summon aid.
Men in boats finally rescued the
nine marooned skaters.
Recognized posthumously was
9-year-old Theodore Palaia of
Chester, Pa, who lost his life in
1947 while trying to save 6-year-
old playmate William j. Devices
from drowning.
Others who died in rescue at
tempts cited by the commission
were Maxim c. Bergeron, 81
Waterloo, Canada: James D. Null
ford. 81, Rochester, N. Y, and
Herbert G.. Piercy, 81, Sydney
Nova Scotia.
Other medals for heroic acts
went to Peter Cheschi, 38. Milford
Mass; Theodore r. Woolis, So
Clay, N. Y; John L. Harrison, Al.
Montgomeryville, Pa; Peter Ru-
mohr, SO, Inwood, Iowa; Harvey c,
Whips, "a, Aitken, Mimi; Har-
rison L. Kelley, 81, Hedrick, Iowa,
and William j. Graham, Al, Sgd
ney. Nova Scotia.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Sacrifices Demanded
By Att|ee in Building
Defense Against Reds
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 27.-Prime Min
lister Attlee called last night for
great exertions and serious sacri-
fees to speed new and bigger de-
fense program against the threat
of Russian imperialism.
He was preparing public opin-
ion for an announcement in the
House of Commons Monday of the
new program which may call for
defense spending of up to f5 bill
lion ($l4 billion in the next two
to three years.
Included in the program is a
plan for a Gallup of 100000 to
100000 armed forces reservists for
short periods of training next
summer.
"Way Of Life Is in Danger"
1T will not only demand sacri-
flee and effort from the country
as a whole, but from the indi-
vidual people in all our varied
walks Of life," Mr.. Attlee said at
Labor Party gathering at Forest
Hill in Southeast London.
He added:
Our way of life is in danger.
Our happiness and the happiness
and future of our children are in
danger: and it is both our priv
lege and our duty to be ready to
defend them If they are attacked" /"
Mr.. Attlee accused Russia of
maintaining "a vast military ma
chino spread out over its neigh
bors' territories as well as its own"
He asserted Russia docs not
want the world to solve its prob
lens. does not want things to
settle down" He added:
Its policy seems rather to be
to foment trouble.
Inheritors of Cars.
"The present rulers of Russia
are the inheritors of Russian i'm
perialism. The old Russian en-
pire was essentially expansionist.
At intervals she was checked, but
when favorable opportunity oc-
CURED the pressure began again.
THE Soviet Union today" Mr..
Attlee said, has ITS active divi-
sions with supporting artillery
These divisions include mechan-
lied and tank divisions comprising
$4,000 tanks"
Evening star., 1951-01-27

meta man in the true sense OF
the word.
Corpl. Gomez has a good left
arm. His other one was ampu-
tated above the elbow. Both OF
his legs were amputated well
above the knees.
1t happened on November II
Corpl. Gomez said, while he was
serving as a machine-gunner ir
the 1st Cavalry Division about
40 miles below the Yalu River
between Korea and Manchuria.
Early in the morning" he said
"the rifle company. ahead of us
was surprised by the enemy. ]
shot up more than 10 ammuni-
ton cases, and the gun was sc
hot it burned my hands. Later
they told me a mortar shell hit
me-"
Corpl. Gomez entered Walter
Reed on December 4. Since then
nurses and hospital workers said
he has never complained.
A native of Aivonito, Puerto
Rico, Corpl. Gomez was living in
Baltimore at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. Anna Maria Reverb
when he enlisted in the Army in
1948. Mrs. Reverb was at the
hospital with Corpl. Gomez.
Corpl. Gomez is looking forward
to June. when his mother will
come from Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
BY the Assoeioied Press

RUTLAND, VT. Jan. 27.-A
young Air Force private is en-
route to his station in Cheyenne,
Wyo., today after his release from
% days of what a judge said
was illegal imprisonment"
Pvt. Charles Williams, 18,
Ravena, N. Y, was freed yester-
day when Superior Court Judge
Benjamin Hulburt granted a
habeas corpus petition.
Pvt. Williams was locked up
January 4 because he was unable
to post a $4,000 bond in connec-
ton with damage suits in that
amount arising from an automo-
bile accident.
Judge Hulburt ruled the United
States Code specifically exempts
enlisted men from being arrested
on a civil process.
Pvt. Williams problems arose
on December 80 when his car COL
lided with an auto driven by John
Phillips Of Rutland. Mr.. Phillips
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Schumacher Still Cold
To Reurmument Plans
By the Associated Press

HEIDELBERG. Germany, Jan.
27.-Kurt Schumacher. West Ger
man Socialist leader, says he has
not been sold on German rearma-
ment, despite Gen. Eisenhower's
visit to Germany.
MY answer is still no, until
the Germans are assured equal
chances, equal risks and equal
sacrifices" DR.. Schumacher told
a party rally last night.
The Socialist Party has been
one of the f1rmest opponets of
West Germany's contributing
troops to Western European de-
fense forces.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Judge Frees Private Locked Up
For 22 Days After Auto Wreck

and his two passengers sued the
airman for damages totaling
$4,000.
Under Vermont law, Pvt. Will
liams had to post a $4,000 bond
or its equivalent in Vermont
property.
Pvt. Williams was driving a
New York-registered automobile
but was carrying no auto accident
insurance. Since he was unin-
sured, the plaintiffs attorneys
sought and were granted a body
writ-as provided by law-which
would have enabled them to keep
Pvt. Williams in Jail until the
trial.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
hired Attorney Joseph F. Radigan
to represent Pvt. Williams.
Immediately after his release
the airman headed for his sta
ton at Fort Francis E. Warren,
where, he said. he hopes his su-
periors won't deal too harshly
with his enforced absence.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Hoover's India Visit Recalled

national applicant. But they
did.
India is suffering a serious
famine. Famine is endemic in
that country. It has been worse
than the plague since India won
its independence. The New Del
hi administration is inexperi-
enced and inefficient.
Russia has vast surpluses of
wheat and other cereals. But
the Moscow regime, unlike our
rotten capitalistic govern
ment," believes only in cash
and carry. The fact that India
has complied with the Krem-
Inns wishes by jamming the
U. N. machinery has not per-
suaded the Red dictators to
offer a helping hand.
Famines produce rebellions,
which are fertile ground for
Communist conspirators. Mr..
Nehru, made confident by the
State Departments past acqui-
escence in his attitude, has
asked for 5000 million worth of
food grains, to be paid for by
the American taxpayer. He and
his advisers believed that the
American government could
not see people go hungry be-
cause of the Indian govern
ment's anti-American behav-
ior.
Mr.. Nehru remembered that
in 1920 we helped the Bolshe-
vik government, which we had
not recognized. to stave off
famine in Russia. With that
precedent in mind, he felt he
could obstruct the machinery
of the U. N. and stiil obtain
whatever he needed from the
United States.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committees shelving of the In
dian request should be an eye
opener to Mr.. Nehru.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Lowell MeIett:
Concerning Ninoitz Commission
Investigators of Investigations Will
Find Themselves Being Investigated

investigations, seeking to find
a firm basis for national policy
on that troublesome subject.
But first, their own qualiflca-
ton as investigators is certain to
be investigated by political ex-
perts. 1t will be contrary to
precedent if this investigation
doesn't kick up an unpleasant
ruckus. Senator Mccarthy still
fourishes along with the ism"
named for him.
The new commission can go
right to work, of course. regard
less of congressional opinion,
but the effectiveness of it's work
will be greatly affected by the
atmosphere surrounding it. And
the atmosphere won't be too
good if anything that seems in
the least deleterious can be dug
up concerning any one of the
distinguished eight.
Some day, however, the COM
mission will conclude it's studies
and make a report. My guess Is
that it will be impelled to say,
among other things, something
Evening star., 1951-01-27
U.S. Seen Stockpi|;ng A-Bombs
For Use as Tactical Weapons

TINT had a destructive force
equivalent to about 1900 tons.)
However. the question of
whether atomic bombs could be
used now for offsetting superior
enemy manpower, as in the in
stance of Korea, is not a simple
military matter of the sufficiency
of the stock pile or ability to
deliver the bombs on the emy.
1t is involved in international
policies, moral and political con-
siderations and the long-debated
question of whether Russia might
seize upon use of the bomb in
Korea to enter the war with re-
taliatory atomic attacks. Those
questions arose originally out of
possible use of the bomb against
civilian populations in industrial
target cities (strategic bombing)
Whether they would be equally
valid in the case of A-bomb use
against enemy military forces in
the field (tactical bombing) is an
unresolved question.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
u. 5. Urged 10 Build
Fast New Troopships
BY the Associated Press

The American Legion was told
today that the United States
should build many fast new troop
transports in preparation for the
potential deadliness of submarine
warfare.
Frazer A. Bailey, president OF
the National Federation of Amer
ican Shipping, said Congress
should match, in passenger-ves-
sci construction. the $3.50 million
program it recently authorized for
the building of some so fast 60
knots or better) freighters.
In an address prepared for de-
livery to the Legion's National Sc
curity Commission, Mr.. Bailey
said the United States has only
33 vessels - privately-owned pas
senger ships as we'll as Govern
ment-owned transports in service
and in reserve-with speeds of 18
knots or better. At the start of
World War II, he said, there were
81.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Dorothy Thompson:
DorothY 7hon7pson:
Soviet Note Near U|tinnotum
Objective Is to Draw France and Western Europe
Away From Alliance With United States

In periods Of acute tension
which may lead to war. the
object of diplomacy is honestly
to pursue a solution from which
all concerned will benefit.
This is not appeasement. Ap-
peasement is the REIMBURSEMENT
of ones own security in the
hope of avoiding war by political
surrender.
Pacification assumes the pos
sibility of solution in which
all legitimate interests are pro-
tected. When either or both
opponents have finally rejected
such a possibility, war is i'm
minent.
In their relations with the
Soviet Union, Western leaders
apparently expect that di-
plomacy can be frozen for a
period during which the West
can redress the imbalance of
military power to the point
where it can negotiate on equal
terms. or present its own con-
ditions. During this period, all
proposals from the Soviets,
especially insofar as they con-
Germ Europe, are to be rejected
or avoided. Western Germany
is to be rearmed, regardless of
Soviet objections, and counter
proposals rejected.
This attitude was formulated
in a recent dispatch from Lon
don reporting Western reaction
to recent Soviet diplomacy.
The West, it was reported, OBJ
serves that Soviet diplomacy
aims to prevent the remilitariza-
ton of Western Germany. Then
follow these remarks:
I'm exchange for non-mili-
tarization of Western Germany,
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Lowell MeHett:

If you were suspicious per-
son you might suspect that
some top-level Republican lead
ers resent the Presidents selec-
ton of Fleet Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz to head the new non
partisan commission on inter-
nal security. This would be be-
cause the man who commanded
the Pacific fleet in World War
II is himself above suspicion.
He is>not subject to attack. not
even by Senator Mccarthy. At
least, he is not believed to be.
And that means that he is no
asset to the kind of campaign
the leaders apparently desire to
carry on until the 1852 election.
First responses to the Presi-
dents announcement indicated
this. mo comment for the pres
ent," said Senator Taft. Floor
Leader Wherry said the same.
House Leader Martin said he'd
like to see the names of the
eight other members before he
made any comment. Various
others said the same.
The eight other members
have now been named and they
appear to be an irreproachable
lot, but it will be strange II
among them one or two can
not be found to serve as whip
ping boys. The President
thought he had picked a man
invulnerable to political attack
when he named Seth Richard
son, veteran Republican work.
horse, to head the new Sub
versive Activities Control Board,
created by the McCarran Act.
But it seems that Mr.. Rich
ardson is himself suspected of
disloyalty-disloyalty, that is.
to the Republican Party. In his
earlier job. chairman of the
Presidents Loyalty Review
Board, he had failed to find the
Federal Government honey
combed with Communist cells.
So now he is suspected of bias
and prejudice, although not
the kind Of bias and prejudice
he was formally accused of this
week by attorneys for the
Communist Party.
The Nimitz Commission mem
bers will investigate the whole
subject Of security and loyalty
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Bombing Manchuria
Wouldn't Stop Reds
In Korea, Boyle Says
BY The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27.-
Bombing Manchuria might pre-
cipitate World War III but prob
ably would not defeat the Chinese
Reds in Korea, Associated Press
War Correspondent Hal Boyle said
yesterday.
Returning to the United States
after six months Of frontline re-
porting, Mr.. Boyle explained that
the Chinese invaders relied almost
exclusively on manpower and that
air attack had proved insufficient
against men in the wild, broken
terrain of Korea.
Even artillery cannot NOV down
the enemy as effectively as in
more open country, he added.
Hide in Ravines.
Bases mean less to the Chinese
than to an Occidental army and
men with rif1es-or with back
packs of supplies-hide success
fully under every bush and in
every ravine, Mr.. Boyle said.
The current fading back of the
Chinese armies in South Korea
may very possibly be explained
on political grounds, Mr.. Boyle
commented.
At any rate, he said, that is the
opinion of most American soldiers.
They feel that military phases Of
the war are about over; that the
Chinese still can. push the United
Nations army out of Korea If they
are willing to pay the price in
blood, but that the Chinese are
angling for a victory by some
cheaper means, the correspondent
declared.
View of Troops Cited.
Mr.. Boyle, who won the Pulitzer
prize for his reporting in Europe
during World War II, added that
men and officers of the United
Nations forces were pretty gen.
orally agreed that against a de-
termined Chinese drive, they could
stay in Korea only with large re-
Inducements which are not in
prospect.
Mr.. Boyle reported morale of the
CT was basically good. but was
being hurt by apparent indecision
on military policy in Korea.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Muil Encounters DeIuy

ASHFIELD. Mass, Jan. 27 (P).
This Berkshire Hills town has
but 933 residents and Postmaster
Leo j. Melanson knows every one
of them. But he was stumped
when a card came addressed to
Mrs. c. B. Guilford. Then he
noticed the card was mailed in
Washington, D. c., November IL,
1917. He learned later Mrs. Gull
ford died several years ago.
Evening star., 1951-01-27

the Allies believe the Russians
may offer the Western Powers
genuine demilitarization of
Eastern Germany, open to in
spection. They believe Russia
may even throw in an Austrian
peace treaty. But . if the
West renounces German
troops there can be no ef-
fective military force in West
ern Europe. A neutralized Ger
many :. would make it possible
for Soviet troops to take Ger
many whenever they are ordered
to move"
Now, Soviet troops can take
Germany tomorrow morning.
And the assumption in this
Western attitude is that the
Soviet Union will go on allow
ing every diplomatic overture
to be rejected until the time
when the Soviets will them
selves be put on the defensive.
I submit that this notion can
not be entertained by common
sense. I submit that to persist
in it will divide the European
peoples and put the Soviets in
a position to take over Europe
on the ground of treaty viola
ton and rejection of every
overture.
The Soviet note to France is
perilously near an ultimatum.
But it is still not an ultimatum.
1t is couched in offensive Ian
guage that can be partially dis
counted as. apparently, the only
language Communists know how
to speak. Its objective Ger
tainly includes intent to divide
the West, and draw France and
continental Europe away from
the United States. But so much
Evening star., 1951-01-27

like the following taken from
Alan Barth's excellent new book,
THE Loyalty of Free Men:
Security is never an absolute.
It is attained in it's optimum
state not when all risk has been
excluded, but when risk has been
brought into rational balance
with the ends which security is
supposed to serve. The govern
ment of a free people must take
certain chances for the sake of
maintaining freedom, which
the government of a police state
avoids because it holds freedom
to be of no value"
That has been the true Amer
ican political philosophy from
the beginning, the philosophy
on which this Nation was found
ed and on which it has grown
great. Unhappily it is being
consistently disregarded today,
making 1t necessary for a citi-
zen's committee to rediscover
and reiterate it before it Is too
late.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Mt. Lomington Erupts
8 Times in 10 Minutes
BY the Associated Press

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 27.-
Eight new eruptions occurred
within 10 minutes today at Mount
Lamington, East New Guinea VOL
cano, whose blasts killed an esti-
mated 1000 persons last week end.
G. A. Taylor, government vol-
cano expert, said the new erup-
tions were caused by gases and
there appeared to be no immedi-
ate danger.
Reports from New Guinea said
all natives had been removed
from within a 16-mile radius Of
the belching mountain.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
By Elton c. Foy


Is the United States now stock
ing up enough atom bombs so
they could be used as battlefield
weapons instead of being hus-
banded for use only on vitality
important target cities OF an
enemy?
There seems to be accumulating
evidence pointing in that direction
although no one has announced
any official figures regarding the
top secret size of the A-bomb
stockpile.
This includes some new and
interesting, If oblique. references
by men who should be quite quail
ified as authorities-including
President Truman and David Lii
ienthal, former chairman Of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
Tucked away in the budget
message the President sent to
Congress earlier this month was
a little line about "industrial-type
production of weapons of the
latest approved design" That
gave a distinct impression that no
longer is it necessary virtually to
handmade each atom bomb from
an Inadequate supply of raw ma
terials.
Lilienthal Writes Of Use.
Then there is Mr.. LilienthaPs
discussion in the current issue OF
Golfers magazine about the ma
tional "fxation on the big
A-bomb" with little interest in
"any lesser or more limited kind
of warfare" than the mass-de-
struction use of the weapon.
Mr.. Lilienthal speaks of "the
very real usefulness of atomic
bombs so engineered that they
could be used in the field for the
function that artillery is now
used, or by air drops in support
of our own or against enemy
troops, or to destroy particular
military targets such as oil fields,
marshaling yards and ports OF
entry and supply"
Then there was the reference
last fall by Gen. Bradley. chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
to- the atomic bomb having def
mite application as tactical
weapon supporting ground troop"
He said in that role it could be
used for defense of Western Eu-
rope. It is significant that Gen.
Bradley didn't project that idea
to some years hence. He spoke
of Western European defense, an
existing problem.
Actually, a considerable amount
of detailed study already has been
given to use of A-bombs on a bat
tlefront.
Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin. a
member of the Weapons System
Evaluation Group of the Defense
Department, recently made a
comparison of the effect of an
A-bomb and conventional artil-
lery barrage. Writing for TIE
publication Armed Forces Jouf-
nal" Gen Gavin figured that:
approximately 5000 medium
artillery shells per square mile,
over a 3 to square mile erea
with a much heavier concentration
in the center of the area than
on the fringes, makes a reason
able comparison with the Model
T bomb"
(The Model T atomic bomb is
like the early type used on Hiro-
shima, which while IL had the
potential energy Of 10000 tons Of