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Evening star., 1951-09-02
Mccarthy Should Give
Data 10 Grand Jury,
Benton Suggests
By Cecil HoIIond


A proposal by Senator McCar-
thy, Republican, of Wisconsin, for
a jury decision on his charges of
communism in the State Depart
ment yesterday brought a Sena-
torial request for a Justice Depart
ment opinion on a District grand
jury investigation.
The request was made by Sena-
tor Benton, Democrat, Of Con-
necticut, to Attorney General
McGrath.
/ Senator Benton said that Senator
Mccarthy repeatedly has con-
tended that he has evidence of
disloyalty of some State Depart
ment employees and asked the At
torney General:
1T is or is it not an indicated
procedure for Senator Mccarthy
to present his evidence to United
States Attorney George Morris
Fay, Of the District of Columbia.
for presentation to any grand jury
sitting in the District?"
Mccarthy TOO Busy"
Senator Mccarthy brushed aside
the Benton letter with short
cauStic comment:
I'm much too busy to bother
reading or answering the tripe
put out by Connecticut's odd little
mental midget"
! Senator Benton's renewal of his
feud with Senator Mccarthy was
brought about by the Wisconsin
Republicans speech before the
Veterans of Foreign Wars conven-
tion in New York last week In
that speech. Senator Mccarthy
again attacked United States AM
bassad DOR -at-large Phillip e. Jes-
sup, and proposed jury trial to
decide whether his charges were
right or wrong.
In his speech, Senator Mccarthy
offered to resign from the Senate
If jury decided his charges un-
founded. He added the condition
that the motley crew" in the
State Department resign if his
charges were upheld. After the
speech. Senator Mccarthy told
reporters he knew of no way to
obtain jury verdict on his
charges.
"One-Man Grand jury"
In his letter to Mr.. McGrath,
Senator Benton said:
1T seems to me that Senator
Mccarthy here constitutes him.
self a one-man grand jury with
power to indict. Now that Sena-
tor Mccarthy has brought up the
question Of jury. want to raise
questions with you about judicial
procedure.
Senator Benton pointed out
that the 1851 General Appropria-
tions Act provides for a fine and
imprisonment for any person ac-
lcepting employment or salary from
the Government who advocates
or is member of an organiza-
tion advocating the overthrow of
this Government.
I He then said that Senator Nc
lCarthy repeatedly has contended
he has evidence of disloyalty in
the State Department.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
EmpIoye Journal Hits
irresponsible Batting
OF State Department
By Gornett D. Horner

Current batting" of the State
Department is shaking morale Of
it's employees and soaring away
new talent. according to the For
eign Service Journal.
The journal. unofficial spokes-
man for departmental and foreign
service employees as the monthly
publication of the American For
eign Service Association, asserts
in an editorial in its current is
sue that the cost of "irrespon-
sible" charges against the depart
ment is "too high"
There is no quarrel" says the
editorial, with those who would
seek to improve quality and per-
formance of the department and
the Foreign Service.
But what we do decry is
the presumptive charge of treas~n
and disloyalty and the whole cost
ly procedure of wholesale black
ening of the motives. loyalties and
regulations of devoted public SER
wants"
when this last is conducted
for vicious and partisan purposes.
we call it batting" and protest it
as far too costly sport in these
perilous times"
Among the too high" costs
cited are:
/. Morale cannot be main-
tanned in an atmosphere of sus-
picions, interrogations and the
general assumption that an en-
ploye is guilty until thrice or more
times proven innocent. Especially
is this so when the charges are
usually anonymous and often
contradictory The person so
besmirched can never obtain full
Iretribution, nor can the Govern
ment regain the full value of his
services"
2. The toll among talented
young men and women needed for
training as diplomats Of the flu
ture "who are frightened away by
the sort of hatchet work which
seems on the way to becoming
accepted as commonplace"
8. The danger that Foreign
Service officers in the field will
pull their punches" in reports to
the department for fear an OBJ
jective report might be used
against them in some "unscru-
lplous attack" later.
4. THE cost to the Nation Of
lack of confidence in its State
Department at a moment when
external relations are paramount
considerations :. -
Evening star., 1951-09-02

check in Brooklyn branch Of the
National City Bank.
AS she headed for the door. the
teller discovered the check was
drawn on the Brooklyn Trust Co.,
which recently merged with the
Manufacturers Trust Co.
He tried to get her to give back
the money and take the check tt
IA Manufacturers Trust branch
down the street. but she woulc
have none of it.
Policeman Intervenes.
Patrolman Louis De Lucia in
tervened and Miss Havelock
slapped his face. De Lucia ar
rested her for assault and load
ing her into a patrol wagon, took
her to night court. There she was
paroled until the next day
Next day she didn't show up
and her friends and neighbors re-
ported she hadn't been home all
night.
Magistrate Vernon c. Riddick
was pretty irked at officialdom
when the case came before him
and told police to turn the town
inside out if necessary to find her
and allay her fears.
After she was found this
morning by a passerby, she NUT
tered and Sobbed about her
church and her bank account.
God will pudge them" she
cried. They don't know
Evening star., 1951-09-02
5 Soldiers and Cabman
Hurt in Virginia Crash
BY the Assoeioisd Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
Five soldiers and a taxi driver
were reported in serious condition
today in a Fredericksburg hospi-
tai after a head-on collision near
here last night.
State police said the taxi and
the soldiers sedan crashed eight
miles north of Fredericksburg at
a curve on U. S. Route /. Police
said the soldiers were stationed at
Fort Bragg, N. C.
The taxi driver was Donald c
Bowman Of Blackstone. Mr.. Bow
man suffered two broken legs and
face cuts.
The soldiers were Paul Peteosky,
the driver, who suffered two bro
ken legs and possible internal in
Ijuries; Donald McCtbbin, multi
pie cuts. a possible fracture Of the
right hand and possible internal
injuries; Joseph HON, possible
head injury and cuts; Robert Sine
possible internal injuries. and Ed
die Sherman, possible internal In
juries.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Arlington Treasurer
Board Head Continue Feud

Mrs. Florence Cannon. Airing
ton County Board Chairman, yes
terday criticized Treasurer John
Locke Green for depositing coun-
ty funds in banks outside the coun-
ty: The treasurer admits deposits
are made outside the. county but
disputes the amount of money
involved. Mrs. Cannon says il
is more than 81 million.
Meanwhile Mr.. Green says he
will post an armed guard in his
Office to prevent his campaign
posters from being torn down
Mrs. Cannon was successful in
sponsoring a resolution setting
board policy as opposed to cam
paign literature being posted in
the courthouse.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Two Chang Officials,
Recall Home,
Withhold ! Funds i Data
By The Assoeioted Press

Two Chinese Nationalist mill
tary officials fighting recall to
Formosa we're reported today to
be withholding funds and records
from a general sent to take over
their government purchasing job.
The two are Air Force 1t. Gen.
Mao Pang -Chu and Col. Hsiang
Wet -Hsian, his executive assistant.
Gen. Mao, in this country since
wartime, was in charge of buying
supplies for the Nationalist air
force.
The Nationalist government 10
days ago, charged him with fail
ing to account for $l9.4 million
of official funds. filed other cEarg-
les against him and Col. Hsiang,
and ordered both to return home.
Through their American attor-
neys, both have denied the charges
as completely false" They said
the allegations were retaliation for
charges Gen. Mao himself had
made that certain Chinese off,
cials in Formosa were misusing
or seeking to misuse official
funds"
Gen. Mao and Col. Hsiang said
that intrigue was going on against
them in their home government,
land indicated tl1sr woDld fight
vigorously any Efforts to force
thor return - Fonmnsa
American officials and Chinese
tembassy aides told reporter they
understood that Gen. Mao has
retained control of funds and
records Of his former Office, and
has refused to turn them over
to another general sent from For
mosa This is Mai. Gen. Yu Ia
Wei, who arrived a week ago.
The Embassy said Gen. Yu is
Evening star., 1951-09-02

.ployes in the Crusade for Free
dom, of which Gen. Lucius Clay
is national chairman. Assistant
Secretary of Treasury Edward F..
Bartlett is co-chairman Of the
Federal employe division of the
campaign. The campaign which
opens this week seeks to enroll
Government workers and 25 mil
lion other Americans in the Cru
sade for Freedom.
~ y
AWARDS Cash awards for
meritorious suggestions have been
made to the following employees
of st. Elizabeths Hospital: Frieda
Axen, Berger M. Bankston, Jack
l.. Barnes, Clifton Davis. Aloysius
M. Gallagher, Charles v. Hemm,
Earl A. Hinzman, Stephney j.
KeySer, George Landman. Chaun-
cey H. Patterson. Harry w. Slant,
Willye L. Thompson, and Mary
L. Thornhill. Meritorious salary
increases were given to Norma w.
Brownlee and Clarence H. Lang
ley, and outstanding performance
rating was awarded to Eva M.
SaltZ.
INTERNAL REVENUE-The fol-
lowing Internal Revenue Bureau
employees who are retiring have
received special awards for long
and meritorius service: Mrs. Hill
ma H. Alber, Allen M. Laster, Mrs,
Matte H. Smelling, Bessie Sawyer
Clark, Vada Ann Hall, Henry R.
Linfoot, Daniel A. Porter, Ralph
A. Smith, Mary Josephine Lyons,
and Lillian L. Mcdonnell. The
awards were presented by Com
missioner John B. Dunlap.
ARMY-Mrs. Loyola M. Coyne
an attorney in the Office of the
Chief of Army Engineers has re-
tired after 80 years of Govern
ment service.
fBe sure to read the Federal
Spotlight column in The Star
sir days a tUeek and listen to the
Spotlight radio broadcast at
6:15 Pm. every Saturday ouer
WMAL.J
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Taft Bolks at FORCING
Toft-Hortiey Law
On Other Notions

Senator Taft, co-author of
the Taft-Hartley Act. objects
to imposing conditions of that
legislation on European coun-
tries.
The Ohioan said so in OPP
posing ali amendment which
would require European coun-
tries sharing in the foreign
aid program to wipe out Com
munist dominated unions.
Senator Taft said the pro-
poSal amounted to an effort
to impose "a Sherman anti
trust law in every country in
Europe. and also a Taft Hart
ley law"
Evening star., 1951-09-02
More Water for County

IN A SIS million addition to the
water supply lines in Montgomery
County increases the, water avail
able to suburban Montgomery
communities by 40 million gallons
"a day. The line was inaugurated
last week after 10 months install
lation work the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
said.
Bids will be received September
10 to $6.4 million in bonds for
Iexpansion of water facilities in
Prince Georges County and con-
struction of dam and reservoir
on the Patuxent River at Rocky
Gorge.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

Senate argument late Friday
night, in the 81 billion authorize
ton for military and economic
aid.
Connally of the Foreign Relations
Committee. floor manager for the
bill. They argued this meant un-
due meddling in other nations
affairs.
Senator Benton's amendment
would direct that the foreign aid
funds be used to discourage busi-
ross r, nopolieS and cartels and
to encourage free labor unions
and collective bargaining in
Europe.
He told the Senate there is very
little competition in business in
Europe and monopolistic opera
tions had held down living stand
ards and fed "the flames of So
cialism and Communism"
"Some Old MOnopolies."
THE same old monopolieS and
cartels are operating in Europe
today" he said, with the same
old goals of charging as much as
the traffic will bear. limiting pro-
duction if this helps get higher
prices, and paying as low wages
as possible
Many European industrial lead
erS prefer to deal with Com
munist labor leaders, he said. be-
cause they will sell out their
workers at the drop of a hats
Senator Taft challenged the
proposal as "a most outrageous
interference with the internal
affairs of other nations"
Senator ConnAIly said it would
be perfectly improper" to put
the directive in the aid bill in
tended to help other nations.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Aid Bill Amendment
Hits MonopoIies and
Red Labor Unions
By the As.eeiu,ed Pres.

Some European nations may
be asked to get rid of Communist
dominated labor unions and cap
italistic business monopolies in
order to share in the United
States foreign aid program.
An amendment asking these ac-
tions was inserted, after an angry
A combination of younger Dem
ocratS and Republicans, led by
Senator Benton. Democrat, of
Connecticut, inserted the provi-
sion by a So to 81 vote.
The action was taken over the
opposition of Senator Taft, Re-
publican, of Ohio, and Chairman
Evening star., 1951-09-02
War on Communism
Costs u. 5. 5 Times
More Than Allies Pay
BY she Associated Press

The United States is spending
between five and six times as
much on defense this fiscal year
as its Western European allies in
the fight against Communism.
This country also is using a
much larger share of its total in
come for the defense effort, and
officials predict it probably will
continue to do SO for many years
to come.
A Senate committee explained
that Europe is much poorer. and
said defense spending cannot be
increased too much because it
might lead to chaotic condi-
tions which breed Communism.
The figures on comparative
spending were before the Senate
as it approved the $7.286,250 600
foreign aid bill.
$46.6 Billion Is Estimate.
Actual defense spending by the
United States for the fiscal year
that began July 1, now is esti-
mated at $46 billion out of total
government outlays of $68 billion.
The Senate was told the defense
cost was a little more than IA per
cent of an estimated gross nat
ional product" of $3.50 billion. The
figure represents the value of all
goods, services, etc.. produced dur
ing the year.
Eight European nations that are
members of the North Atlantic
Pact will spend $7,981 900, 900 on
defense during the year, Senate
reports showed.
This Is 7.6 percent of their COM
bined gross national product" of
$104. .802, 200. 900.
Actual appropriations for de-
fense by the United States will run
much larger than the spending. A
bill now pending before Senate
committee calls for $50 billion just
for the armed services. 1t does not
include funds for atomic energy,
military construction and numer-
Gus other defense costs.
Spending Lags on Some Items.
1t is much larger than spending
estimates because ships. aircraft.
tanks and many other items re-
.quire considerable time for COM
pletion when final costs are paid.
The United States has more
than doubled its defense outlays
since the Korean war started in
June last year. And most experts
say they will run along at an
annual rate of $50 billion or more
for the years ahead.
The eight European nations
also have stepped UP military
spending compared with pre-
Korea days, but at lesser rate.
Greece and Turkey, subject to
possible Soviet aggression, have
used from 80 to 40 per cent of
their annual budgets" for defense
during the past six years. a re-
port by the Senate Foreign Re-
.latienS Committee said. 1t did
not list the actual total in dollars.
The report offered these esti-
mates of the percentage of the
gross national product devoted
to defense expenditures:
Belgium-Luxembourg Al per
cent: Denmark, 2.7; France. 9.3;
Italy, ST; Netherlands, ga; Nor
way, At; Portugal, 2.3; United
Kingdom, 8.8. Total for Europe.
I7.6; Canada, 8.3; United States.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

east portion in the morning. High
in the mid-70s, cooler tonight.
Tomorrow, rather cloudy and con-
tinued cool.
Virginia = Mostly cloudy and
cooler with some light rain on the
coast. High in the mid-70's north
portion. 80-85 in the south. To-
Evening star., 1951-09-02
The Weather Here rrd Over the Nation

District Of Columbia - Cloudy
and cooler with some chance of
light rain this morning. High of
rs today; low tonight of IS. To-
morrow. rather cloudy and con-
tinued cool.
Maryland-Cloudy and consid-
erably cooler with some drizzle
Evening star., 1951-09-02
X-Ruy Society to Meet

The Society of Registered X-ray
Technicians Of Washington will
hear Herbert F. Fox Of the Picker
X-ray Corp. at its first regular
meeting Of the season at 8 pm.
Tuesday in the Medical Society
Building, 1718 M street NV.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Back to School

More than $4,000 Arlington and
Fairfax school children will re-
port for classes Tuesday morning
An additional 5000 will report to
school on Thursday in Alexandria
Other Washington area schools
will open their doors to thousands
more youngsters on September 10.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Nominating Convention
Tuesday

Thirteen Arlington residents
will be introduced to d School
Board Nominating convention at
Washington-Lee High School
Tuesday night. The next night
six will be selected to run for
the three seats in the November
election.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

OANAA ~ " = "
Committee. an
gered because
the S e n a t e
bypassed his
group in han
ding the legiS-
lation. has re-
fused to go to
the conference.
But most mem
bers Of his
committee ia
vor the gradu-
ated leave plan
and are trying
tn ropvjnro Mr.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
The Federal Spotlight
13 to 26-Doy Graduated Leave
lis Still Aim of EnpIoye Groups
By Joseph Young

2O-day annual system for the Governments
classified board employees has failed to still the hopes
that the 3to26 days graduated leave system
eventually will supersede it law
graduated plan already Senate approval
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Conference Site Picked

GREELEY. Colo. Sept. / (P.-
The National Conference of Edu-
cational Administrators today
chose Penn State College as the
site of their 1852 meetings.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

a special assistant to Ambassador
Wellington Koo and has been put
in charge of a new system of
centralized procurement of al
Nationalist military supplies, in
.cluding purchases Of the Air
Force.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

and only needs acquleScence OF
the House Civil Service Commits
tee to send it to House-Senate
Chairman Murray of the House
Evening star., 1951-09-02

Showers and hundershowers will occAr in rather
band from the Dakotas OlthWesWard through Central
Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys the South Atlantic Coast
Scattered showers and hundeshOwers in for the
Gulf Coast and the Texas Panhandle Rain and drizzle
slated the central part of the Middle Atlantic Coast North
quadrant Of the country will toward cooler weather
Atlantic States will continue hot and humid Little tenn
perature change expected elsewhere. ZAP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

This edition contains This
Week Magazine OF rs pages, a.
10-page comic section and I6
pages of rotoerGDure.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

morrow, rather cloudy and cooler
in the south.
Wind: Southeast at seven miles
an hour at 1918 pm.
River Report. : s
tFrom U 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear Il
Humidity
tReadinss at the WASHINGTON Airport)
Yesterday Pct. Yesterday Pct
Noon 63 & p.m II
4 pm. 81 10 pm. 81
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High. 30, at 4:15 pm.
Low. II, at $40 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90 on June 2.
Lowest IL on February 8.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by U. s. Coast and Geodetic
Evening star., 1951-09-02
SECTION C
General News, FinoncioI,

SECTION D.
Society, Women's Clubs,
J. Classified Advertising.
Society News. Pages D-1-4
Women's Clubs. Pages Dr.
Readers Clearing House. Page D-4
Classified Advertising.
Pages E-5-18
Evening star., 1951-05-06
By Ray Folk.
Norih American Newspaper Alliance

T. rs
TOKYO, May 5.-The craze
to learn English is sweeping
Japan. "Neko mo shakushmi mo
eigo wo naraitai" is on every ones
lips here and. freely translated,
means people from all walks Of
life want to learn English"
During the war, the Japanese
government curtailed the study of
English in all its secondary and
higher institutions of learning.
Particularly was this true in girls
high schools where only an hour
IA week was allocated to English.
Formerly four to five hours a
week of this subject was taught
in prewar days.
However since the end of
World War II and the start of
the American occupation, the
rage to learn English has swept
the country. Even 3-year-old
tots have learned to say Hello!
American!" whenever they see
any one who looks like foreigner.
Words like hello" good morn
ing" "good-by," thank you"
"GI," ETC., have become common.
There are at present 1S English
conversation schools in Tokyo
Evening star., 1951-05-06
Japanese Of All Ages Learn
English in 78 Tokyo Schools

alone - all established since
the termination of the war. Some
have big enrollments Of more
rnan 1000, while others may have
200 students or less
Maesaki. principal Of a leading
conversation school in Tokyo, who
is a University of Washington
graduate and a Nisei, gave me ar
outline Of his school. the Liberty
Institute" located on Ginza
Tokyo's main thoroughfare.
"There are many types of stu.
dents, ages ranging from II up tt
65. They come from all walks oi
life. There was one man who useo
to take three hours to come te
Tokyo and attend class from hi;
home in the country. There are
even college professors and di-
rectors of big business firms sit
ting side by side with Junior high
school children and shop girls ano
office girls, trying to solve the in
tricacies Of the English jargon."
Evening star., 1951-05-06
|Run-0ff Primary Plan
Debated in Virginia
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May
I5.-The proposal for a run-off
primary in Virginia got quail
fled nod of approval and blast OF
opposition today from two speak
Iers at the University Of Virginia
Robert Whitehead, Nelson
County delegate generally re-
lgarded as the leading anti-organ-
Iization candidate for Governor in
1858, observed that he was in
favor of the idea-with reserva-
tions.
But a Republican leader-Ste-
lphen D. Timberlake, of Staun-
ton-declared he was opposed te
such a set-up.
Whitehead, Timberlake anC
William Stands Meacham, asso-
ciate editor of the Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot, spoke on voting
problems before the twenty fourth
annual meeting of the Virginia
Social Science Association.
All three agreed that the poll
tax should be repealed as pre-
requisite to voting in the State.
Evening star., 1951-05-06
Prince William Board
Sets S738,592 Budget
speeiaI pispateh 10 me stor


MANASSAS, Va, May 5.-A
budget of $73S,5s2 for 1951-52 was
approved by the Prince William
County Board of Supervisors this
week after a public hearing at
the County Court House.
The tax levy was increased from
$3.50 to $3.50 and the merchants S
capital levy was set at 81 for
each 500 valuation.
Last years total budget amount
ed to $502,734. The increase in
the new budget is due to a levy
of SO cents to provide a capital
outlay of $97,00 for school con-
struction and a levy of 10 cents
to provide a capital outlay OF
I$19.500 towards the construction