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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

Southern England where no amount
of cultivation could possibly increase
the yield of Conservative seats-Sur-
rey, Sussex, Wessex and Devon lex
Guiding the great seaport towns. 1t
is in the marginal areas that the
Tories will, no doubt, concentrate
their heaviest fire. In 1850 Labor'S
heaviest losses were around the big
towns, such as Middlesex, where they
fell by 8la per cent. Probably, despite
the gains already made, some of the
Conservatives brightest hopes will
be here. It was reasonably surmised
in 1850 that in these areas it was
the relapse of the black-coated
worker that cost Labor so dear.
In the adjacent London boroughs
there are II Labor seats which may
fairly be described as marginal. In
Liverpool there are two. in Birming-
ham two more. Promising, perhaps,
is Edinburgh, where two Labor seats
are held by majorities smaller than
the 1850 Liberal vote, though in Glas-
gov the same holds true for two
Conservatives.
Lancashire Is Hot Spot
Of the great electoral regions of
England, Lancashire, the Palat to
of phenomenal turnouts, must e. lie
the greatest endeavor. There II La
Dor seats fall within my definition
of marginal, and 10 of those are
held by majoritieS smaller than the
last Liberal vote. After 1850, the Con-
servatives tended to exaggerate the
damage they sustained through Lib
eral intervention. Since then, how
ever, Liberal opinion has, I suspect,
taken on an increasingly anti-Labor
tinge. With their intervention scaled
down from ATS to perhaps about
$50 candidates, there will be a lot
Of seats in which the Liberal vote
will almost certainly swell the Tory
total. The distribution of those $50
candidates may reasonably be mat
ter of vital concern.
To conquer or defend those and
similar territories does either side
posses weapons that are at all an
improvement on those employed in
1850? The Conservative organization
then put up as competent perform
ance as any one could reasonably
wish. At its best it compelled the adj
miration of connoisSeurs. Labor,
though good, was probably, inferior.
Transport House readily admits, for
example, that 1t failed on the organ
ization of the postal vote and thinks
this may have lost 10 seats. An in.
creased agency staff might also helB
Labor in some marginal constituent
cies. The political broadcasts of the
party leaders will almost certainly
count for more than printed mani
festos or constituency meetings. II
an election fought on issues similar
to those of the last produces a
smaller poll. the Conservatives will
probably profit. But 1950's "a per
cent turnout strongly suggests that
neither rain, nor lack of thrills nor
surfeit of oratory can keep the Brit
ish voter from his appointed polling
station.
observer Foreign News serSAes)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
British Elections
Riddle of October Is Has No Parallel
On Which to Base q Practical Prophecy
By H. 6. Nicholas
Author of "1h. British General Election of 1850"

There is no parallel in British his
tory for government appealing to
the electorate with majority of only
II over its principal rival and only
five over all other parties with one
Labor and two Conservative seats
vacant. But equally there is no pre-
cedent for Prime Minister Attlee's
tenacious retention of Office for 10
months longer than all the post
election prophets of February, 1850,
allowed him. The silence of history
and the volubility of prophecy COM
bine to enjoin caution upon any po-
litical augur who seeks to read in ad-
vance the riddle of October Is. =
In one respect, this should be an
easier election to forecast than the
last as one may reasonably have a
greater confidence in the public
opinion polls. The clouds of Sus-
picion after their inglorious perform
ance in the U. S. A. in 1948, have
largely been dispelled. They proved
surprisingly accurate last time
The latest figures of the two lead
ing regular polling organizations, the
News Chronicles and the Daily Ex-
press poll collected on the eve of Mr..
Attlee's announcement, both give the
Conservatives a lead-49 per cent to
Labor'S 80 percent in the first; 81 "
per cent to 38 per cent in ths. second.
At no time in the two months breced-
ing the 1850 election was the gap be-
tween the parties anything like this.
Polls taken at the outset of the 1850
campaign revealed a Conservative
lead of only about 3 per cent News
Chronicle) and per cent (ExpresS.
Labor Needs More Votes
In other words. Labor's 1850 cleo
ton campaign only pulled the Tory
lead down by about to per cent.
No doubt this campaign will repeat
the pattern of the last in rallying
procurement waverers and whip
ping the don't knows" back into line.
There exists a statistical bias in
the electoral system. as a result of
which Labor will normally require
approximately 2 per cent more popu-
lar vote than the Conservatives in
order to win an equivalent number
of seats. This is the result of the
concentration of much of the Labor
vote in oversize" constituencies
like County Durham.
In 1850 the swing" produced by
the election, or the average of the
Conservative gain and the Labor loss,
was 3.3 per cent over the country.
In terms of seats. this was reflected in
a loss to Labor of 80 and a gain to
the Tories of IS. A generous discount
must be made to allow for the effects
of redistribution. If, on october Is,
a further swing of only 2 per cent
should occur, it would give the Con-
servatives a majority of about so over
Labor-by current standards per-
fectly adequate working figure.
There are some areas which will
certainly contribute nothing needed
to get the Conservatives into the
promised land. There are areas of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

The long, legal skein tangled by
one of the Nations major air dis
aster here % months ago, appears
headed for unsnaring in court this
winter.
Even the problem of jurisdiction
still hangs over the Potomac shore
crash of war surplus fighter plane
piloted by Capt. Eric Rios Bridoux,
Bolivia's chief of civil aviation, and
an Eastern Airlines DC-4.
Fifty-f1ve persons died when the
fighter sliced through the fuselage of
the transport in the approaches to
National Airport.
Only Capt. Rios survived.
Lawsuits trailed him from his Alex
andria hospital bed, doubling and
trebling in number after the Civil
Aeronautics Board officially blamed
the Bolivian for the crash.
Ries Sued, Too
Capt. Ric= answered with law
suit of his own-a 100000 demand
from Eastern Airlines-in which he
not only denied blame but placed it
upon the commercial liner.
Then he left the country.
Even his two attorneys. Frederick
A. Thuee and Gerald P. O'Grady,
were unable to contact him, and by
the. time the CAB had opened its
hearing, both attorneys had dropped
from that phase of it. % because
they were unable to obtain even a
deposition from Capt. Rios and CD
for lack of a financial retainer OF
understanding. ,a #s tenao
Later, the two lawyers received
court permission to drop the legal
aspects. ..o1ssa
Two weeks ago the Bolivian EN-
bassy called the attorneys and hand
ed them a check for. q compromise
settlement.
In return. Attorneys Thuee and
o'Grady handed over all their files
and their active interest-in the Rios
case. The Embassy. later would only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

The Importance of the Mediter-
ranean to the defense of the West
was pointed up. when members of
the North Atlantic Alliance accepted
Turkey and Greece into their fold at
the meeting in Ottawa.
Earlier the United States made
concession to the essential strategic
needs of the Western coalition by
starting direct conversations with
Spain. These conversations will re-
suit in an allowance" to that country
of some $500 million to improve the
armament of its 100000 men under
arms, rehabilitate its lines Of COM
munication and modernize its anti
Quated equipment. The 80 or 40 air.
fields in Spain and in Spanish Moroc-
co will be built in all probability by
the United States, with the Spanish
government offering some kind of as
sistance In the shape of labor.
There were strong objections by
Denmark and Norway to inclusion Of
Turkey and Greece under the al
lance. The official reasons offered by
the Danish and Norwegian govern
ments were that the two Mediter-
ranean nations have been the target
Of Moscow's expansion for a long
time. They are sensitive strategic
areas and more likely to be attacked
than the rest of the NATO countries.
Under the existing treaty. an attack
against any member of the Western
coalition must be considered as an
attack against all. Hence, the Nor
Wegian and Danish governments felt
that they were taking undue risks of
getting into war which concerned
their people very little.
American officials pointed out that
the United States already had taken
o definite stand that Russia should
not interfere with the sovereignty Of
either of these Near Eastern coun-
tries. The representatives Of the
other Allies were reminded that in
October. 1945. the American Gov
eminent gave a solemn warning to
Moscow not to interfere with Turkey.
1t happened when the Kremlin in
sisted on bilateral conversations with
Ankara to settle the status Of the
BosphoruS and the Dardanelles
Straits. Ankara objected to such
bilateral discussions and when it was
presented with a near ultimatum,"
referred the matter to Washington.
The American Government forwarded
probably the strongest note ever sent
to Moscow and the Kremlin dropped
the matter.
No Regional Coalition
The idea that the Western Euro
pean countries could resist a Red
onslaught by themselves without as
sistance of the Mediterranean nations
is militarily untenable. They were
made to realize at Ottawa that the
coalition to resist the Reds cannot be
regional. 1t is no longer a ques-
ton of the defense of Western Europe
but the defense of all free nations
in the world. Geographically, ali free
Europe and North Africa must form
unit with Americas help.
The question of the inclusion O.
Spain had been touched on lightly a
earlier meetings between the foreign
ministers of France, Britain and tn
United States. Secretary of Stat
Acheson is reported to have pointe,
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Dulles Sees Rideway
On Japanese Treaty
By The Asseeissed Press.

TOKYO, April 17.-John Foster
Dulles conferred with 1t. Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway today for
about four hours. Presumably the
special Ambassador and Gen.
Ridgway talked about the progress
Of peace treaty for Japan.
Gen. Ridgway is Gen. MacAr-
thurs successor as Allied supreme
commander.
Earlier. Mr.. Dulles treasured the
japanese of United States deter
|mination to seek q speedy treaty
He said he came to Japan to dis
Icuss its status and the program
for the days ahead"
Mr.. Dulles and Gen. Ridgway
will talk tomorrow morning with
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida
The Prime Minister was scheduled
to make his first formal call on
Gen. Ridgway tonight.
In statement obviously aimed
to quiet japanese fears that Gen
MacArthur's firing might delay the
treaty. Mr.. Dulles praised both
Gen. Macarthur and his successor
He said Gen. Ridgway would carry
out the occupation policies in the
same high tradition as Gen
Macarthur.
He said President Truman and
Gen. Macarthur both still backed
the program Of a speedy treaty
for Japan.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Man Quizzed in Attack
|0n Woman Cab Driver
BY she Assoeiessd Press

EASToN. Md, April 17.-Police
had a 26-year -old colored man
under questioning today about a
rape attack on.a 32-year-old white
woman cab driver from Denton
yesterday afternoon.
State stroopers and Harry E.
Clark, Talbot County States at
torney, said the man might be
moved from the Eastern Shore.
Clark said the man, also from
Denton, was arrested last night
about five hours after the attack.
He had slipped into the crowd of
800 armed possemen searching for
the attacker.
Mr.. Clark identified the victim
as the mother Of two children and
wife Of a:Denton taxicab operator.
AS Mrs. Clark outlined the story:
| The man hailed her at New
Bridge and asked to go to Easton.
Later he directed her to drive
down a side road and threatened
to kill her. She slowed down. He
jumped out q back door of the
car and opened the front door,
grabbing her by the neck. Then
he showed her into the woods and
attacked her.
She promised not to divulge the
attack il. he would try to get the
car back on the road and let her
Igo. He went back to the car and
she went through the woods to a
house.
Later she was treated at Easten
Memorial Hospital for cuts and
shock.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Artery Surgery Gives Mother
Prospects for Normal Life
Warned by Physicians
She Would Die by 80
Unless Operated On

Surgery has brought a normal
life expectancy to o young Alex
andria mother who faced death
within five years.
Mrs. William M. Wiley. IS. wife
of an airline clerk, was shocked
when doctors told her two years
ago she would die by the age OF
80 unless she had q major oper-
alton. ,c,se~;
Expecting q child. she, e,was in
formed her body's main blood, ves-
sci was nearly blocked. creating
abnormal pressure above, and cut
ting the blood flow dangerously
below. &C..
Fearful, Mrs. Wiley postponed
the operation. Her daughter.
now II months old. was delivered
by Caesarian section. ~
On February 23, she went on the
operating table at George Wash
ington University Hospital. Sur
geons cut away quarter-inch Sec
ton Of narrowed artery and tied
the normal sections together.
Not only has the surgery given
her what doctors say will be a
normal longevity, but 1t has given
her for the first time q normal
daily life. Mrs. Wiley always un-
til now has been restricted by
high blood pressure. ss
Doctors now say her condition
is excellent. rus
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Office Space Offers
To U. s. Fall Short

The Government, cramped for
Office space in the District area,
has been offered only 381, ,066
square feet Of space in response to
an advertisement for 400, 900
square feet, it was disclosed today.
The General Services Admins
tration, which suffers the Govern
r1ent's space headaches. said seven
space. offerings were made. 1t
WiM inspect the properties to see If
the space offered it suitable.
It also asked for. isl. 600 square
feet Of warehouse space. and re-
ceiyed only one offer of $4,000
square feet from the Capital Tran
sits 90. for a former power plant
|at Wisconsin avenue and K street
NV. Rent was put at. SIS ,00o
Ia year. - - .s 49, +, $. .. !.
The offers of ONCE space. Civ.
ing Y annuals rentals. were al
follows:
Portland Building, ll29 Ver-
mont avenuesN.W.. 3l,0a6. square
feet, $69, ,409. Benjamin Franklin
Building. Third street and Indiana
avenue NV, 100000 square feet
$29S, 800: New Coloniat 1otei. 115t
Fifteenth street NV, $4,000
square feet, $177.0 600; building d
I512 Ninth street N.W.. sc, ,0Df
square feet, $20.250: 1929 Twesa-
tieth street NV, $4,000 square
feet. 100000: building on upper
Connecticut avenue NV, address
not given, 49,970 square feet
$150,0o0; Columbia Apartments
1401 Girard street NV. $4,000
square feet, $7S,750. &
Evening star., 1951-04-17
International Red Army
Reported Sci for Korea
Rx The As,eeinied Pre,s j

TAIPEH, Formosa, April IT "A
high Nationalist official today
asserted Russia and Red China
have agreed secretly to unleash
a huge international Communist
army in Korea,
Russia. he said. would supply
200 tanks, 500 warplanes and
about 80 submarines. and Soviet
satellite nations would send troops.
The charge was made by H. p.
Tseng. member of Chang Kai-
shek's powerful 16-man Central
Reform Committee.
Tseng said the secret agreement
came at o February conference
lin Mukden attended by Mao TIE
|tung. Red Chinese leader, and top
Soviet officials.
Evening star., 1951-04-17


Mr.. Passman, however, declares
that his bill is more reasonable
since it would give Federal work.
ers 20 days leave year, instead
Of the Is days proposed by the
Vursell and league bills.
Mr.. Passman. who also is a
member Of the House Appropria-
tionS Committee. feels that his
bill has a much better chance
of passage. He declares he intends
to put up a terrific fight to see
that it becomes law.
If the House Civil Service Com
mittee, to which the bill was re-
ferred, does not act on it in a
reasonable time, Mr.. Passman said
he would circulate a discharge
petition to get the bill out of the
committee and onto the House
floor for a vote. It takes the sig
natures Of two-thirds Of the 435
House membership to discharge
Ia bill from committee.
-Four weeks vacation is fair
enough for any one and far more
than private industry workers
get" Mr.. Passman said. At the
same time, he said he was opposed
to a 48-hour work week for Gov
lernment employees as advocated by
Mr.. league.
Mr.. Passman said he favored
giving postal workers 20 days an
Inual leave also. At the present
time, postal employees get 15 days.
u Il II Il
WEEP AS GUEST-Vice Presi-
dent Barkley will be the featured
speaker at the AFL Government
Employees Councils dinner in
honor Of Robert Ramspeck on
May 3 in the Hotel Statler. A
limited number of tickets for the
public will be available for the
dinner honoring the Civil Service
Commissions new chairman.
Thomas Walters, Executive 1890,
is In charge Of tickets.
+ + y
RE TIREM MENT-There's in
creased talk among members of
the Senate Civil Service subcom-
mittee handling the liberalized re-
tirement bill about splitting the
legislation into two separate meas
ureS. .4-..e.
One bill would contain new
benefits for present. Federal en-
|ployes. including liberalized sur
vivorship insurance benefits and
slightly increased annuity bene-
fits upon retirement, while the
other bill would provide for an
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Third Meeting of Groups
May Be Held Today
BY ths Asseeioied Prsss

American and British officials
are planning to continue their
talks on the Iranian oil crisis,
which Trans Ambassador at Lon
don denounced yesterday as "in-
reference"
officials said a third meeting
had been proposed for yesterday
between groups headed by Sir
Oliver Franks. the British Ambas-
sador. and Assistant Secretary Of
State George C. McGhee. but
plans fell through. It may be
held today. st
The conferees got together
twice last week to work out a
common policy to meet uncer-
tainties resulting from the vote
in the Iranian Parliament OF ma
tionalize one of the, principal
sources of the oil used by Western
Europe. The American and Brit
ish position is that this involves
no meddling Id fran's affairs, as
charged by Iranian Ambassador
Ali Soheily. $50 ~ t+s~..s-e
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Kirk Plans Vocation

MOSCOW. April II (P.-United
States Ambassador Alan G.. Kirk
conferred today with Deputy For
eign Minister ". A. Zorin on a
trip the American envoy Is plan
ming with Mrs. Kirk and several
members Of the embassy. They
plan to spend about a week in|
the Georgian 9. 8. n. as q spring
vacation.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Arlington Is Voting
On School Bond Issue,
Approval Expected

Favorable skies were bringing
Arlington voters to the polls in
moderate numbers. today to de-
eide whether to authorize a $4,-
S75,000 school construction bond
issue. -,
Until polls close at s pm. the
Weather Bureau promises mostly
sunny conditions with some cloud
mess and slightly brisk winds.
The referendum got of to q slow
start at 6 am. Few wefe waiting
when election officials unlocked
voting machines in school base
ments and fire houses in the coun-
tvs 81 precincts.
Most of those who voted early
were men. Housewives and moth
ers are expected to take over later
in the day and make up q large
proportion of the total vote when
balloting ends.
Approval Predicted.
About half Of the bond issue will
be used for a new Wakefield
Junior-Senior High School for
1,400 pupils in South Arlington.
There is only one high school for
white children in the northern
section Of the county now.
Three new schools with q total
of 80 rooms and additions to
others. as well as remodeling and
site acquisitions, would take up
the balance of the funds.
It would be surprise to nearly
every one if the issue fails to
carry. There has been no organ
lied opposition to the bonds while
there has been considerable or
ganized and individual support.
This is in contrast to sentiment
last November when a $7,450, 900
bond issue was narrowly defeated.
That question lost by a vote of
7.450 in favor and 1880 against.
Committee Now Reviews Plans.
Then. charges were made that
the school administration was
making too elaborate plans for It's
buildings by including unnecessary
architectural frills. Basic class
room space was more urgently
needed, it was argued.
Since then. however, the School
Board has appointed an advisory
committee of county business and
professional men, including repre-
sentatives of the building, plumb
ing, electrical and allied industries.
This committee now reviews con-
struction plans of the School
Board.
Today is the third time Airing
ton has used voting machines, and
although the turnout was only
moderate. voters appeared to be
getting more accustomed to the
devices since they spent less time
in the curtained enclosure. Then,
too, there was only the question
OF school bonds with a vote of
either yes or. mo" to be re-
corded. ss
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Iran Assures Britain
OF Oil, but Labels
Talks as MeddIinq
BY the Asseeiaisd Press.

LONDON, April 17.-Iran as
sured Britain last night that her
oil still would 60 to the British
after naturalization Of the Per-
sian industry, but said that British
and American talks now underway
on the Iranian oil situation con-
stituted interference in the coun-
try's affairs.
Oficials of the United States
and Britain said, however, that
they would continue their talks
seeking a common policy toward
Iranian plans to nationalize the
oil heldS at present worked by the
British-controlled Anglo-Iranian
Oil Co. and Britain's major source
Of supply.
Trans Ambassador to Britain,
Ali Soheily, in an official state
ment last night assured the Brit
lsh that Persia had no intention
of giving the oil. to any other
country nor to deprive Britain Of
its use" Westerners had feared
the product of nationalized in
iustry might flow instead to Rus
sia, Trans neighbor on the north.
But he added: "The 'explora-
tory oil talks between British
and American representatives in
Washington can not have any
validity for Persia and are consid-
cred by the Persians to be in
reference in their affairs.
The statement said repeated
attempts" to obtain for Iran q
""just share of the oil profits and
an honorable and equitable part
in the control and administration"
OF the industry had not met with
that spirit Of partnership and
farsighted cooperation so essen
tial to the smooth working Of a
national enterprise Of this caliber. +"
The ambassador bitterly denied
reports that Communists had pro-
voked the naturalization move
ment, which he termed "a purely
nationalistic sequence Of social
evolution"