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Evening star., 1951-08-16
Truman Doubts
Russia Can Upset
Plans on Jap Pact

President Truman said to-
day he does not think Russia
or anybody else can upset ar
rangements for concluding a
peace treaty with Japan at
San Francisco next month.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
lister Andrei Gromyko, who
will head the Russian delega-
tion to the conference, plans
to stop here en- route to San
Francisco from Moscow. Asked
at his news conference today
if he would see Mr.. Gromyko
here, the President said he
would be most happy to if the
Soviet official wanted to see
him.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Naphtha Plant Blast
Kills 7, Injuries 13 al
ESQ Louisiana Unit
Tanks Burn, Rail Cars
Upset by Explosion
In Baton Rouge Area
BY the Asseeiaied Pres.

BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 16.-
"a giant explosion ripped through
a naphtha treating plant at Essc
Standard Oil Company's refinery
at $50 am. (CST) here today.
Two persons were reported killed
and 13 injured.
Witnesses said house windows
were shattered in areas leading to
the 1,100-acre ESQ refinery on
the Mississippi River bank in
northern Baton Rouge.
The dead were not identified i'm
mediately.
A thick tower of black smoke
scared from a fiercely burning
area Of five or six gasoline storage
tanks at the naphtha treating
plant.
Plant officials were unable to
give the cause.
Burning Tanks Demolished.
Most of the burning tanks were
demolished. ESQ flremen were
fighting the fuel-fed flames. Sew
eral railroad freight cars were
reported turned over by the blast.
Plant officials said the naphtha
plant is complex system of tanks
and agitators that purify gasoline
with chemicals.
The ESQ plant hospitafreported
eight injured, three seriously.
Three more were taken to Our
Lady of the Lake Sanitarium and
two to the Baton Rouge General
Hospital.
One of the injured, Everett
Mitchell, said he was knocked fiat
at the naptha unit by the explo-
sion.
Il had no idea of what hap
pened." he said as he was treated
for an eye injury.
"All I know is I got up running
and then went back later to help
turn off some valves and turn on
some water suction pumps" he
said.
Rolls on Ground.
E. A. Dumas, slightly injured,
said he was working in an Office
about 300 yards from the explo-
sion scene. He said he thought
the blast originated In one o. the
gasoline storage tanks.
Another worker, Joe v. Blades,
said one of the seriously injured,
B. B. Forman, 81, was rescued
after workers saw him rolling
along the ground to escape in
tense heat in the blast area.
The ESQ plant hospital listed
the following eight injured:
B. B. Forman. -verett Mitcnel,
E. A. Dumas, C. Stafford, r. j.
Percy, Percy Henry, Julian Jack
son and a man whose last name
was believed to be Carmine.
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitari-
um admitted from the plant G. C.
Arnold, Bernard Cannon and John
Brooks.
The two injured at the Baton
Rouge General Hospital were not
identified.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Russian Admiral Dies:
Death Termed Sudden
BY the Asseeiaied Press

MOSCOW. Aug. 16.-The Soviet
navy paper Red Fleet today re-
ported the death of Rear Admiral
Ivan Velichko, 46. The newspaper
said his death was sudden.
Velichko was described as prin-
cipal of the naval political school,
a good organizer and demanding
commander
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Polish Official Given
Asylum in West Reich
Denounces Red Rule
KremIin Made Homeland
A Slave Colony Aide
In Foreign Office Says
By Daniel De Luce
AsSoeioted Press Eoreion CoErespondent

FRANKFURT. Germany, Aug.
16.-A young official of the Polish
Foreign Ministry won political
asylum in West Germany today
and denounced the Kremlin for
turning his homeland into a
Soviet slave colony"
The refugee-29-year-old Bogu-
slaw Borowicz. who was granted
asylum after appealing to Allied
occupation authorities here-de-
clared that Poland now is no more
than a huge prison.
All the rights and freedoms of
Polish citizenship have been
trampled by handful of War;
saw dictators who take orders
from their Kremlin masters" he
said.
Through bloody police state
methods they have forced over 80
per cent of our country into the
aggressive plans and desires for
world conflict of the Soviet Polit-
buro."
Edited Frankfurt Weekly.
The dark-haired six-foot refu-
Igee until recently was chief edi-
tor of Wiadomosci Polskie, a
weekly newspaper issued in Frank
Ifurt under the auspices of the
Polish Red Cross, but controlled
and financed by the Warsaw For
Ieign Ministry.
Mr.. Borowicz, who joined the
Polish United Workers Com
Imunist) Party in 1947, has been
i'm charge of the weekly for the
past two years.
''The aim of Viadomosci Polskie
was to serve as organ for COM
munistic and anti-West propa-
'ganda among Polish displaced
persons, Mr.. Borowicz said in an
interview.
THE directives relayed from
the Foreign Ministry by the Polish
military mission in Berlin were to
glorify conditions of life in 'peo-
piles Poland and decry life in
Western Germany" he said. "The
publication also served as a means
to contact individuals for COL
lection of information on Allied
military forces, the activities of
Polish political emigres and the
activities of dps unfriendly to the
Warsaw regime.
Under the protection of diplo-
matte immunity, Polish Foreign
Ministry employees recruited agents
and informers from among the
German population and the DPS.
The information gained was used
against the Allied occupation au-
thorities and the federal German
government at Bonn"
Latest of Detection Series.
Mr.. Borowicz's case is the latest
in series of spectacular defec-
tions from Polish Communist rule.
Twelve Polish sailors who mu-
TIMED on a minesweeper in the
Baltic have been granted asylum
in Sweden. although the Polish |
(See REFIJGEE Page AA) !
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Chambers Names }
As Reds Active in
Pacific Institute
Barnes. Field, Dueeon
Accused in Testimony
Before Senate Group

Whitaker Chambers, admitted
former Soviet espionage agent
here, today named three persons
active in the Institute of Pacific
Relations as members of the Com
munist underground while he was
active in the movement.
In sworn testimony before the
Senate Internal Security Sub
committee, Mr.. Chambers said
they were:
Joseph Barnes, former secretary
of the Institutes American coun-
Gil, foreign correspondent and
high official during World War II
of the Office of War Information.
Mr.. Barnes is now Connected with
a New York publishing firm.
Frederick Vanderbilt Field,
leftish New York millionaire and
also a former secretary of the
American council of the Institute.
The late Lawrence Duggan, one
time State Department official
who plunged to his death from a
New York office building about
three years ago.
Testifies at Public Hearing.
Mr.. Chambers gave his testi-
mony as the Senate subcommittee
continued public hearings seek
ing to show that Communists
worked through the institute to
influence American policy in the
Far East. The institute is a priv
ate research organization estab-
lished about 25 years ago for OBJ
Ijective study of Far Eastern af-
fairs.
Robert Morris, the subcommit-
tee counsel, pointed out that Mr.
Chambers was the fourth witness
in the Senate inquiry who has
named Mr.. Barnes as having been
connected with the Communist
Party. He added that he thought
the testimony was necessary since
"Mr. Barnes has continued to
deny" that he was ever a member
of the Communist Party.
Mr.. Chambers, who exposed AL
ger Hiss, former State Department
official, as member of a Soviet
underground spy ring here, and
who testified in Hiss perjury trial
in New York shared the spotlight
in today's hearing with another
witness, who also named several
persons connected with the in
stltute as one-time members of
the Communist Party.
Several Others Accused.
This witness was William Mar
tin Canning, who testified that he
was until recently a member of
the staff of Xavier College in Gin
cinnati.
Mr.. Canning said he joined the
Communist Party in early 1896
while a student at City College of
New York and left the party in
1898.
He named Lawrence Rossinger,
(See SECURITY Page A-4)
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Bulletins
Job, Leave Cut Passes

The Senate this afternoon
passed and sent to the White
House for President Truman's
signature the independent Of
fees bill, which cuts Govern
ment employees leave to 20 days
and reduces Federal personnel
funds by 10 per cent.
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Banker Held in SHORTAGE
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa, (P).
The FBI today arrested Presi-
dent L. r.. Schlekat of the Par
nassus National Bank and
charged him with looting the
bank of $6OO,OO0 in the past is
years.
Earlier Story on Page B-17A
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Jap Pact Accord
Final, U. 5. Note
Warns Russia
Defense Agreement
With Philippines Is
Ready for Signing
BY Gornett D. Homer

The United States today warned
Russia against trying to change
the terms of a japanese peace
treaty scheduled for signing ad
San Francisco next month.
In formal note delivered in
Moscow today, the Russians were
>----~------
Text Of United Stotes and Philippine De-
Tense Treoty. Poee A-l0
"lIlesoP Jopon Poet Rejected in Advonce
by Communist China. Poqe A-3
told that the conference opening
in San Francisco September "is
not a conference to reopen negoti-l
IationS on the terms of peace" but
ito conclude a treaty ION the
terms" of text made public later
yesterday.
The State Department made
public the text of the note to
Moscow a few hours after an
nouncing agreement with the
Philippines on a mutual defense
treaty.
The Philippines pact and a SIM
liar United States Australia New
Zealand defense alliance are
scheduled for signing at San Fran
Evening star., 1951-08-16

feed given chickens and hogs,
produced quicker and better gains.
But so far as is known, the expert
ment with fish is an accident. No
Evening star., 1951-08-16

in the stream. One of Virginia S
most beautiful rivers was barren.
Then, the Water Control Board
stepped into the picture, demand
Evening star., 1951-08-16
.Extradition Possible
For Americans Linked
To 0SS Murder
Ex-lieutenunt Denies
Accusation in Mystery
Staying of U. S. Major
By John A Giles

The bizarre deuce of spades
Staying of an American cloak
and-dagger officer behind enemy
lines in Italy seven years ago has
been solved, the Defense Depart
ment said yesterday.
And the possibility arose today
that the Italian government.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Buffer Problem
Given 10 Truce
Subcommittee
Full Sessions Off
While Small Group
Seeks Solution
BY the Associated Press

MUNSAN, Korea, Aug. 10
Armistice negotiators diverted
truce talks into new phase to-
day in an effort to break their
three-week- -old controversy.
They created a subcommittee to
try informally to solve the prob
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Grand Jury Here Starts Probe
Old. C.-Mary|and Gaming Tieup;
NeIsont to Be Among Top Targets
Barrett, Police
Officials Called
As Witnesses

A District grand jury today
launched a sweeping investigation
into reports of multi-million dol
lar District of Columbia Maryland
gambling operations, police bribery
and "tipoffs."
Charles E. Nelson of Ritchie,
Md, self described gentleman
Evening star., 1951-08-16

Text Of Settlement Giving Story Of SIoyine
OF OSS Major. Poge AS
Evening star., 1951-08-16

Chang kidnop Figure Assumes Key Role
in Truce Negotiations. Pose "A
Koreon Republic Army to Begin New Type
Retroining Next Week. Paee 40
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(See CRIME, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-08-16

(see SECURITY, Page A-4)
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Continued on Page A-4, Col. S.
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Weather Forecast

Cloudy. humid, high 90. Thundershowers
late today. Fair tonight, low 10. Tomor-
row, fair, cooler. Full report on Page
Evening star., 1951-08-16

(see BLACK MARKET, Pig. AS
Evening star., 1951-08-16

(see FISH, Page A4s.)
Evening star., 1951-08-16
Guide for Readers

An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1951-08-16

Continued on Page "A, Col. ~
Evening star., 1951-08-16

Late New York Markets. Poee Alb
Evening star., 1951-04-30
UMBRELLAS

at rainy Udy SdVII1So3 V0V
regularly 1905 to 1850 "
Spring rains will be welcomed with open
umbrellas if yours is from this
collection. Acetate royons and nyIons
:. s. fashion Ieodine imported handles
of carved wood, bone, Ieother and
Plostics . long or short styles. Some
umbrellas with matching cases.
W6L-UmbreIos, First Floor a
:. . oIso Bethesdo-Chey Chase
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Leisure fashions, 200

savings priced regularly SOS to S95
Such comfortable, corefree fobrics as sueor-dot
housecoot or brunch coot pucker sheer in graceful
peiqnoir sleek broodcIoth and cotton print in
doshing corousef coot Assorted sizes and coors
from II to 20 in the group
W6L-NeeIioees, Third Floor
:. also Bethesda Chevy Chase
Evening star., 1951-04-30
NYLON slips,l

made to sell for S9s very special ! SO
Miss Youth Form ods beautiful white nyon crepe into
slips that ponper feminine spirits. So easy to care
for :. prettily trimmed with nyIon Ioce and
net cut with stroeht skirt that will not ride up.
Sizes 81 to 40.
WGL-Costume Slips Third Floor
also Bethesdo-Chevy Chase and The Pentoeon
Evening star., 1951-04-30
PAJAMA ensembles

Cool shortie pajamas and coat / VA
regularly SOS
smooth royon crepe bra top Poiomo shorts and
matching eoot to either robe as tntyPe-
mood nehtshirt Scroll print white, pink or blue
Sizes 81 to SO. Other shorte pojon,os and
coots in cotton seersucker. each 2.95
WGL-Lneere, Third Floor
also Bethesda o-Chevy Chase
Evening star., 1951-04-30
NYLON triCOt Lingerie

GRACEFUL SLIPS in white, pink peach that ovshed
with nyon oce at top and hem. Sizes 81 to 40 Would
sell in regular stock, 795 and 8.95 --.---------585
GOWNS -. practical beyond belief pretty as your
loveliest dream nyIon tricot in cssorted luscious
colors Sizes 81 to 40 Would regularly sell for l2.o5
985
BRIEFS with elastic woistbond and egbond White
pink, blue Small, medium, oree Regularly ZOO,
WGl-Knt Underwear Third Floor
Evening star., 1951-04-30
smart new HANDBAGS
at BIG savings

spring materials and coIors linens in postes and
high fashion tones white plastic grained like pque
or plain dramatic dark royon foiIIes 49,. ~
sporty saddle feathers :. soft Iombskins =. X.9O
frome box or shoulder styles. Regularly S co. ~
sports bags and dress bags stows in box and sotche
styles dressy dark corde bags in frame and swoeeer
type dusky foes. Regularly 7.95 -----------595
handsome corde bags in black, brown or navy :.
sotche or swogger styles with Upper fastening
Would sell in regular stock, 1925 5--------------895
Add 2O96 Federal tax
W6L-Leothereoods, First Floor
also BethesdoChevy Chase and Pentoeon
Evening star., 1951-04-30
JUNIORS
exciting cOttOns
,:::;:;;; :::;::;;;'; IS; glamour at 1925

Best start for fine know Of lots of cottons
like these in imported tissue enehoms pima voies and
crisp broodcoth Lovely prints and plain poses Sketched
balloon sleeve darling stoffer preshrnk sheerite voe
touched with rhinestones Sizes 9 to IS.
W5L-Junior Misses Apparel, Fourth Floor
also do-Chey Chase and The Pentoeon
popular HAT BAR hats would sell regularly
SOS and 605
W6L-Hot Bars, First and Second Floors
also The Pentoeon
Evening star., 1951-04-30
costume JEWELRY,

would sell in stock, 500 to 500 4
One Of kind pieces to make costume voriey
more than ever practical wardrobe stretcher.
Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pins
rhinestones, coIored stones silver and gold
tone metoIs Wise buys for yourself or expected
gift giving
(Also 800 pieces from two famed
manufacturers at Y price . :. main store only
Pin Shown at right -------------.--------
Add 2Oo6 Federal tax
WGL-Costume Jewey, First Floor
-. also Bethesda Chevy Chase 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-03-24
The Negro Road

We shall never to cry out against the injustice
that being heaped upon the Negroes OF nation. Re-
Gently in Miami. Florida. We the city by
automobile Our driver. at one point commented fol-
lows:
You Will notice that all Of the stores until we get to the
next corner, are operated by white owners. When we
the intersection Will notice that every store
Will be operated with Negro help
We drove for al least mile through this section and
saw district black in segregation Our driver referred
10 il a. MiamiS niger town.
Later We drove through all of Miami Beach and was
advised that Negroes can be in Miami Beach throughout
the day but the rule is that they be there after
nightfall
Our driver must have known what he was talking
about because ne has lived in Miami for the past twenty
years. Our eyes did deceive us and the Negro
section IA Miami appeared something akin concen
tration camp.
We did not inquire further whether Negroes are per
mtled N Miami Beach after shutdown but nevertheless
We failed TO see during twelve day stay there single
uushy lace during the evening hours.
Justice mas been long hard road for the American
Negro lie still beign kicked about in shameless man
ner by those who still adhere the concept of white p
premacy. We note some Improvement however md rar
maps ere long the Negroes road will take sharp turn 10
the right 'N'i -
On our return trip from Miami to Chicago. We had
auons on the Southwnd the crack streamliner Of
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad In the dining car for dr.
We noticed wel-dressed Negro worr m sAa.ed :. - ~
back i'eu a. her. ohe smiled
inn erowsm IS at last disappearing on the vs trans
poIIayon system OF the United States as result ~ re
cent United States Supreme Court decision IT, - -
S u hehtucky and other southern institutions ~ 49,
td ate l1"ered the bars and accepting Negro
because OF Supreme Court decision @'so
a ,he Justice that Is due the Negro will ro+ ta 80
I Dy white arsocracy then more Sunra,o S
gregatlon in its form - "iPi"g out Sc
me Negroes road is turning 10 the riobt IT,, :, ,
-Dulcher orkman March 1871
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-03-24
BOOK
REVIEW

NEW YORK (CNS)-Ihere Is
nothing quite like His Eye Is
On The Sparrow. the life story
OF osr great Ethel Waters, who,
in the past two years has made
magnificent and lucrative
comeback 10 the stage and
screen
So unusual is this story that
If has been already suggested
10 book buyers as truly q book
OF the year" For Miss Waters
as one critic puts il. survived
dozen catastrophes that
would have killed off whole
armies of the bowling and be-
wildered heroes who march
through the cadenced agencies
of so many recent novels.
When Miss Waters was born
in the slums OF Chester. near
Philadelphia. unwanted and I'M
loved. her future was not spec
tacularly bright And there IS
nothing IN the whole desperate
catalogue OF mans inhumanitics
that contemporary novelistS force
their characteristics land invite
their ieaders) TO share, that she
did not face in the years thst
followed. the years she describes
in His Eye Is On The Sparrow
with Elizabethan candor. But she
fought on"
One Of her pet stories comes
when she was on board the lie
de France. Her fellow passen-
gers ignored her under her
married name. But as soon as
she appeared al the ships con-
cert as Ethel Waters. they be-
gan buzzing.
Where have you been. Miss
Wafels?' they wanted 10 known
Why ladies haven't been hid
ing anywhere" she said I've
been on the deck every day in
my chair Bat none OF you spoke
to nc. Yet I'm the very same
person was yesterday | have
the same face sarne body, and
same color"
Indeed. His Eye Is On The
Sparrow" is fascinating book.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-03-24
4th Term as President

PHILADELPHIA (SpeciaD =
Robert J. Callaghan has been re-
elected president OF the Catholic
lnterracial Council here for a
fourth term. il was announced
mere. Mr. Callaghan is also chair
man Of the Philadelphia Fair En-
ployment Practices Commission
and . member OF the City Char
ie- Commission.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-03-24
EAif tor Ia I $


EDITORS NOTE With the advent of Taste s,,na..
ol,mn "A womans Slant" by Alice Theresa Dehi IN h,
Gan Catholic weekly Carch sis5 is significan, in ,b,
,sses ,ha, Our Savior died TO resurrected h,,ir.
an mankind regardless or origin. creed
poiudice is Never "A nice thing. We atholies
- fn are the objects of prejudice the part Of oA
,obt RI be especially tolerant of any minority ur
~ should this tolerance be merely negative attird
uniting up" with particular person or situation
Rather il should be positive expression Of the s
al love which we feel for all brothers in Chris
Evidentlv however. couple of CatholiO women
-. no fact that we are all sisters under Se skin VIII
thv we're after ding recent dinner sponsored by Gil
oI; ORGANIZATION Mrs CD. who witnessed the ncdsl
writes thus:
o,ber dav, Not for myself, but for the proniDl
catholic ladies who made fuss at the dinner given
our Catholic group, simply because two Colored wone
were seated at the table. They complained N
chairman and had their places changed
Mavbe I'm wrong but TO me these women are hypI
critics They say one thing-and then do something ex
They perform certain good works OF Catho Action ba
then they turn around and nully them by their prejud
and racial discrimination. thought the word cathoK
meant universa-embracing all men of all races What's
wrong with people anyway!
The Basic Fault is the failure of many TO realize wat
is meant by the Mystical Body of Christ. We only i've
ip service TO our belief Oh yes say that all arr
eGual-but lust don't ask me sit next who's.
skin happens to be darker than mine. Sure Coored chi
dren have right TO Catholic educationbut don't put
hem n desk beside my youngsters In the parish school
-. Prejudice burs persons vision. that he cannd
Christ in his fellow man, be he yellow red, or black
Yet Christ died to all men-not just the airskinnd
He didn't say Going therefore. teach W all white 1s
tons Nor did he commend US to Love thy white neigh
Dor as myself.
When speaking of the racial question many persons
confuse emotional love and the true love which Is act
OF the will. The Wills actions based on knowledge
presented to it by the intellect The intellect guided
by reason-whereas prejudice, which means literally pre-
Judging. has absolutely no basis in
Do you ever watch chlldr0n-white and Coored :
at playa The very young ones at least show no dsrm
nation It's only after they've been indoctrnaed nat
by their supposedly Christian elders that they become pre-
JUDGED.
The next time you tempted to raise an eyebrow
or pull aside your skirts at the proximity OF person
another race. perhaps it will help you to recall hes
words-'Body, Soul Temple of the Holy Ghost You an
ne Cor she) nodded from the clay received YOU
souls from deliberate acts by the God and ther
dwells within you both the Holy Spirit.
And since there will be no separate heaven IN tn
next llfe We should become accustomed to assocaln
with all races and colors now, lest find place
ourselves upon departing from this life.
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