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than $4,000 in an envelope. This
was said to be pay-ofI money for
the previous days numbers hits.
Cooper served several days of
his two jail terms, but most of the
term. was suspended by Judge
Hugh Reid when a medical check
up revealed Cooper had tubercu-
loSis.
Detective Runyon said he asked
Cooper If he had obtained a gam
bling tax stamp as required by
Federal law. He said Cooper an
SWered he had not,
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Banking Group Clears
ArIinoton Bond Sale

The Voluntary Credit Restraint
Committee today reversed its
stand and approved Arlington
County's plan to sell $882 900 in
bonds for parks and Fairgrounds.
The action was taken in New
York where Arlington officials had
gone before the committee to ap-
peal its previous decision.
The committee. which consists
of five banking and insurance
men, was set UP under the De-
fenSe Production Act of 1850 to
combat imitation. Its opinions are
advisory but are usually followed
closely by financial houses.
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Legislator viii Look
Into Basis for sec "
Free Phone Policy
By the Assoeieted Press

RICHMOND. Jan. 4.-The Rich
mond News Leader said today
State Senator Harry c. Stuart
plans to 'look into the necessity
for the constitutional provision"
under which members of the State
Corporation Commission receive
free telephone service in Virginia.
Senator Stuart. reached by tele-
phone at his home in Russell
County. expressed surprise that
the State constitution contained
such a provision" the News Lead
er said. He is chairman of the
Senate's General Laws Committee,
:, Senator Stuart said he intended
no reflection on members Of the
sec and held them "in very high
regard"
Other Free Services Listed.
The fact that sec members get
free service on private calls made
to any point in Virginia was
brought out during a hearing be-
fore the sec on a rate increase
request of the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co.. The COM
missionerS also receive free train
and bus transportation and free
Western Union telegraph facilities
in the State.
sec members explained yester-
day that apparently trainers of
the 1902 Virginia Constitution per-
mitted the commission members
to accept utility services gratis to
free them of any financial interest
In corporations under their con-
troll.
The News Leader also quoted
Delegate ]. Randolph Tucker, jr.,
Of Richmond, as saying he
thought the reasons existing in
1901 and 1902 for such a consti-
tutional provision do not exist
today" However. he questioned
whether the expenditure that
would be involved in amending
the constitution would be justified.
Battle Sees Nothing WRONG.
Gov. Battle said yesterday he
found nothing questionable in the
extension of free service to sec
members.
Ralph T. Caterall, a member of
the commission. said that he and
Commissioner H. Lester Hooker
and w. Marshall King were in
agreement that the commission
specifically exempted the corpora
ton commission members and
officers from its ban against ac-
cepting free utilities service to
divorce them from any personal
financial interest in the compa-
MES.
Says Payment Is Interest"
Mr.. Caterall reasoned that al
subscription by an sec member
to telephone service or the pay
ment for transportation on buses
or trains would constitute a per-
sonal financial interest in the
company involved.
Members of the commissioni
emphasized that they are barred
from owning stock or otherwise
having a financial interest in COM
panies under commission regula-
ton. ~
Commissioner Hooker, who has
been a member of the sec for 26I
years. said the custom of accept
ing free phone and transportation
services had been in vogue by the
commission ever since he had been
q member of the body. Its pro-
priety has not been Questioned
during his membership on the
body, he added.
c. & P. also extends free service
to some of its top officials and
directors and allows discounts tol
some 10000 employees, ministers
and charitable groups. /
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lceive more serious and detailed
consideration.
| While the group has not yet
reached final decisions on all OF
the proposals it will make, it is
known that some of them will in
Ivolve changing the Governments
reduction n-force procedures,
changing certain aspects of fixing
the salaries of Government en-
Iployes, revising promotion pro-
grams and many other aspects of
civil service.
The proposals will receive the
serious attention of Congress. In
some aspects. the findings are ex-
Ipected to be similar to those of
the Hoover group.
The proposals that win the
favor of the full Senate Civil
Service Committee probably will
be the subject of hearings and
subsequent action by the COM
lmittee.
4 X y \
AFGE-The executive council
lof the AFL American Federation
Iof Government Employees today
begins its semiannual meeting
lat AFL national headquarters.
Headed by James Campbell, ma
tional president, the group will
map the unions 1852 legislative
program that it will try to have
Congress enact. BY and large,
the program is similar to that of
the AFL Government Employees
Council, of which it is a member,
which was detailed here yesterday
MIR. Campbell said his union
definitely feels that further con-
Lsideration by Congress of another
pay adjustment to meet the con-
tinued soaring cost of living is
in order"
However, the AFGE, like most
other Federal worker groups, is
expected to exert the greatest
efforts on legislation to increase
annuities for retired employees and
to boost survivorship insurance
benefits for families of Federal
employees who die; to obtain un-
employment compensation bene-
fits for Government workers, and
to increase overtime benefits.
The pay raise issue won't be for
gotten, but the truth is that the
prospects for another Federal pay
raise this year are not good. The
strategy of the employe groups
Twill be to press for other bene-
fits and then, of the situation be-
comes more favorable, to see what
fcan be done about a pay ad-
ljuStment.
WORKDAY - Tomorrow is a
workday in Government, and any
employe who doesn't show up will
have the time deducted from his
1852 annual leave.
Some employees who had over
90 days annual leave had asked
If they could use one of these days
tomorrow, without touching their
1852 leave. They based their re-
quest on the fact that last Mon
day, December 81, was a holiday
in Government. and, therefore,
they did not have the opportunity
to use their annual leave. How
ever, the Civil Service Commission
has ruled these employees are just
tout Of luck. It's a tough break
for the employees, but the commits
sion says the law will not allow
this.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Ma
tional Association of Retired Civil
Employees will hold it's monthly
Injecting at 2 pm. tomorrow in
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lby former FBI
agent Melvin
IPurvis, has been
making extern
Isive studies dur
ing the past
six months and
is now ready to
make its recon-
|nle n d a tion n s.
The group feels
that by making
the proposals
one by one in
stead of all at
once, the issues
raised can rp-
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MurieI GuiIbuuIt Dies

MONTREAL, Jan. 4 (P.-Mrs.
Julien Major, %, better known to
thousands of French speaking
stage and radio fans as Muriel
Guilbault, was found dead in the
bathroom of her park avenue
home last night. An inquest was
ordered.
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Seeks Funds

Fairfax County will try to get
a larger share of State road funds,
limited power to regulate public
utilities and authority to control
speed limits on secondary roads
when the Virginia General Assem-
bly, meets next week.
The proposals were agreed to by
State Senator John A. K. Dono-
van and Delegate Edwin Lynch of
Fairfax during a meeting with the
county's Board of Supervisors last
night.
Earlier, the County Sch hool
Board urged the two men to seek
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New Polio Radio

Prince Georges County police
now have a powerful new radio
voice.
Radio waves leave a police an
tenna atop a huge water tower at
Suitland and emerge from scout
car radios with twice the volume
produced by the old system.
One of the chief advantages
of the new system is the lack OF
wires between the Upper Marl-
boro and Suitland transmitters
and thus no Interruptions caused
by line failures.
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the New National Museum. For
mer r Representa- t i've Maurice
Thatcher Of Kentucky will be the
speaker. s.. George H. Jones, as
sistant budget officer at Treasury
Department. is retiring after 33
years Of Federal service. Mr..
Jones has an excellent record.
About $50 land bank appraisers
with the Farm Credit Administra-
tion are being denied the recent
Federal pay raises because Of Gov
ernment red tape. The Civil
Service Commission has recon-
mended that they be placed in the
classified service which would give
them the raise but their agency
has objected to placing them in
this category. Two long time
employees at Mount Alto Veterans
Administration Hospital have re-
tired. They are Mrs. Jane r.
Dunham and Mrs. Catherine
Franks. -. Three new top civilian
scientific jobs have been created
at the Naval Ordnance Labora-
tory. Those appointed were DR..
G. K. Hartmann, associate tech
nical director for research; D. E.
Marlowe, associate technical di-
rector for engineering, and P. j,
Martini, assistant technical direc-
tor for personnel and technical
services. Also Capt j. I. Cone,
U. S. NJ, has been appointed as
Slstant commander, to serve di-
rectly under Rear Admiral w. G,
SCHNEIDER, commander.
fBe sure to listen In to
Joseph Young's Federal Spot
light radio broadcast at 6:f5
pm. eUery Saturday ouer Sta
ton WMAL.)
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Morocco Rouds System

FEz, Morocco.-Morocco's road
system totals about $4,000 miles,
less than 5000 of which is per-
manently open to traffic.
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The Federal Spotlight
Drastic Civil Service Changes
To Be Urged by Senate Probers
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

series OF recommendations widespread
phase of the civil system be made BY the Senate
this month. -
proposals viii made at regular intervals during this
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The eastern half Of the country will have rain freezing
rain, seet tonight Rain is forecast
Valley States and Lower Mississippi Valley
Of Texas Snow freezing rain expected in Western Texas
the Central Plains States The
will have generally fair weather except snow
in mountainous sections. There will be little temperature
change except for minor section Southwest
will be coder ZAP Wirephoto.
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session Of Congress and are ex-
pected to be as sweeping in their
approach as were the Hoover
Commissions recommendations.
The investigating staff, headed
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Maryland and Virginia
in Brief------
News in Brief

ian appropriation Of $40 million
from the State literary loan fund
for school construction.
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Record TemDeratures This Year.
Highest, 81, on January 1.
Lowest, 81, on January 4.
High and Low Of LAST "a Hours.
High. 40, at 4:05 pm.
Low. 81, at $50 am
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The Sun and

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 7:2S 4:50
Sun, tomorrow 7:2S 500 |
Moon. today 1l:44 am I2:Of A m
Automobile lights must be turned on |
one-half hour after sunset |
ffztf
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area normals are AZ degrees high
and 26 degrees low. Will be warm
er tomorrow. cooler Sunday and
warmer Tuesday. Rain tomorrow,
Monday and Wednesday totaling
one inch.
River Report.
(Ffom u. s. Engineers,)
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy at
Humidity
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Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
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'. Monthly Mon preeipitaticn IA inches in tn
Evening star., 1952-11-30
Enter the Neutral

Then India, who pictures herself
as a third force in the cold war.
offered a compromise. The Indian
plan would settle the prisoner prob
lem by bringing all POWs to a de-
militarized zone, freeing those who
wanted to return home and detain-
ing those left until a Far East
political conference could decide
their fate. The proposal repeatedly
had been cleared with the Chinese
Communists. There was new hope
in the U. N. for a settlement.
But Britain and America split
over the Indian resolution. The
United States delegation said it
could not support the Indian plan
unless it was made clear that
prisoners reluctant to return home
would be permitted to settle quickly
in some free country. other tech
nical amendments were asked.
Then, early last week, India Of
fered to modify her own proposal
to specify that United Nations
commission would take over the
unrepatriated prisoners if the po-
litical commission could not agree.
That didn't satisfy the United
States. There was no time limit.
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H1HE EYES of the world were
on Korea last week as Ameri-
cans and foreigners alike watched
some hopefully, some cynically,
some fearfully-for the next move
of a observation-disclosures on a
mission not of war but Of peace.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's supposed
plan to have Thanksgiving dinner
with the troops did not come of.
But there were unmistakable signs
that he was rushing toward the
date he made with destiny when,
during the presidential campaign,
he promised to go to Korea II
elected.
No one-least of all President
elect Eisenhower - seemed very
sanguine that his visit to the war
torn peninsula would result in
immediate peace. But some OBJ
servers, far from being hopeful,
were worried by the slight posi-
bility that it might. Such sudden
breaking out of peace, they feared,
might herald a new peace offensive
by Russia designed to lull the free
world into disastrously false
sense of security. At the weeks
end, however, no such phony Soviet
dove appeared to be Tapping Its
wings.
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Hagerty, former Albany corre-
spondent for the New York Times
and former press secretary to Gov.
Dewey, has been serving in this
capacity since Gen. Eisenhower
nomination. He is the son of an
other Times political writer, James
A. Hagerty.
Wilton B. Persons, Sc, of Ala
bama, retired Army officer, to be
Special Assistant to the President
on legislative matters. AS a major
general, Persons served at Chief Of
Legislative Liaison for the Army
while Gen. Eisenhower was Chief
Of Staff. One of the best-known
military men in the legislative cor
ridors, Gen. Persons has had vast
experience in testifying on pending
legislation.
Fridoy
Thomas E. Stephens, 49, New
York lawyer, to be special counsel
to the President. Mr.. Stephens
formerly was a political adviser to
Gov. Dewey. He has served Gen.
Eisenhower as appointments Sec
retary.
DR.. Gabriel Hauge, 38, New York
economist, to be administrative
assistant to the President for liaison
with Government agencies on for
eign and domestic economic mat
ters. DR.. Hauge, an editor of Busi-
ness Week Magazine, was research
chief in the Eisenhower campaign.
Saturday
Henry Cabot Lodge. so. Republic
can Senator from Massachusetts,
defeated for reelection last No
vember 4, to be head of the United
States mission to the United Ma
tions. One of Eisenhower's early
and most staunch supporters for
the presidency, Senator Lodge has
a reputation as an internationaliSt
In the liberal wing of the Republi-
can party.
Emmett j. Hughes, 81, magazine
editor and campaign speech writer
for Eisenhower, to be an adminis-
trative assistant to the President.
He will prepare speeches and re-
ports for the President. Mr.. Hughes
was press attache at the American
Embassy in Madrid from 1912 to
1916.
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Ike's Week
ME WORLD FORUM which |;

THE WORLD FORUM which last
l. week debated India's formula
for peace came under the scrutiny
of the President-elect for the first
time.
Greeted at the door of the United
Nations by Secretary General Tryg-
We Lie, Gen. Eisenhower made a
quick tour of the big international
enclave on Manhattan's midtown
east side. Some of the things he
saw appeared to surprise the
PreSident-elect, and among the
most surprising was the presence
at U. N. headquarters of the bril-
liant American Negro, Ralph
Bunche.
When he learned that DR.. Bunche
was at the U. N. as an international
civil servant instead of a member
of the United States delegation,
Gen. Eisenhower laughingly asked:
"How the hell can America afford
to let you do that?"
The incoming Chief Executive
knew talent when he saw it, as
he proved further last week in
selection of key members OF his
administration.
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Czech Trials
THE CZECH purge trials ended

THE CZECH purge trials ended
= neatly on schedule and pre-
cisely according to the scenario.
The IA defendants confessed with
the same eagerness associated with
past Communist "show" trials. The
defense lawyers conceded that all
charges had been proved. Sem
fencing was quick: Death for II
prisoners, life Imprisonment for
the other three.
The facts were simple. There were
left only the why's"
Identity of the defendants made
clear one reason for the trials. All
but one were high-ranking men,
berS of the Rudolf SlanSky faction
of the Czech government. Slansky
had been secretary general of the
Czech Communist Party. His group
had long been involved IN a struggle
for power with the group led by
President Klement Cottwald. OBJ
viously the Kremlin had decided
that the Gottwald faction could
serve Russia better. So Slansky and
his IL government and party lieu
tenants were "liquidated'
The only non -Slanskyite on trial
was former Foreign Minister Vladi-
mir Clements, who apparently
just happened to be handy. Gle
mentis had been purged by Slansky
in 1949 in another struggle for
power. He had languished in jail
until he was brought out two weeks
ago to stand trial with the men
who had ruined him.
Anti-Semitic Aspect
Another reason for the trial was
demonstrated in the anti-Semitism
of the charges. Nine of the IA de-
PENDANTS were described in the in
dictment as being "of Jewish ORR
gin,' and all were charged with
"Zionism" and with taking part in
a huge "Jewish-capitalistic" plot to
undermine the Czech Communist
government.
Anti-Semitism has not been un-
common in Slavic countries, but
this was the first time a Commu-
mist Party had made anti-Semitism
a'major official policy. Mar.v Jews
have been prominent in Communist
governments.
The new Czech line on Jews
seemed to benefit the Kremlin mas
ters in these ways: A new scape-
goat was provided to bear the blame
for everything that was wrong in
Czechoslovakia-the same Jewish
Continued on Page AIS, Column 81
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Ike and Korea

NTO ONE knew for certain when
IN President elect Eisenhower
would leave for Korea. That was
as it should be. The trip would
be dangerous enough at best; to
advertise it like a whistle-stop tour
would only be to invite trouble.
The very uncertainty caused ru-
NOR to run rampant all week long.
The hottest report was that Ike
would eat turkey with the troops.
Unusual security measures under
way in Korea seemed to lend Gre
dence to the report.
But come Thanksgiving Day, the
President-elect was in the bosom
of his family at Morningside drive,
carving a 25-pound gobbler for his
wife, his daughter-in-law and three
grandchildren. And his appoint
ment book for the rest Of the week
was pretty well filled with the kind
of dates even President-elect must
keep.
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Problem for Ike

Gen. Eisenhower, during his COM
paign, said he thought more use
ought to be made of South Korean
troops. One thing certain to come
out of his trip to Korea will be a
clearer understanding Of the prob
lens inherent in training and de-
ploying South Koreans.
The President-elect appears to
have no idea of withdrawing Amer
ican forces from the peninsula-at
least until it is certain that other
troops can hold back the Red tide.
He is unlikely to make any snap
decisions about Korea, either on
the scene or Immediately after he
returns.
The big danger in Korea, in fact,
is not in anything the President
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IroncIod Security

The Secret Service and the mill
tary went their quiet way In build
ing a security screen around the
incoming Chief Executives journey.
In Korea, meanwhile, there was
nothing quiet about what President
syngman Rhee's rough, tough gov
ernment was doing. His security
police went into the cities and VIII
lages and rounded up "unreliables.
The jails were quickly filled with
people who might or might not be
plotting harm to Gen. Eisenhower,
but who would be better on behind
bars during the visit.
How much of a festival the South
Koreans would be allowed to make
of President-elect Eisenhower's visit
remained problematical. But just
to be on the safe side, the Koreans
strung bunting and broke out flags,
hung banners of greeting and in
general whooped it up for their
distinguished visitor.
Reaction to the trip continued to
be mixed in the United States.
Many people felt that If any one
could make progress in Korea, Gen.
Eisenhower was the man. Others
doubted that much good would
come of the trip, but saw it as
chance for Ike to see first hand
critical area he really knew very
little about. And third group were
frankly worried, believing with
Adlai Stevenson that the answer to
Korea lies not in Seoul but in Mos
COW, and feeling that the game was
so dangerous as not to be worth
the candle.
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to Candidate Eisenhower during the
campaign. Gov. Adams will be
Gen. Eisenhower's top White House
assistant-a sort of board chair
man." co-ordinating the business of
the Presidents Office.
Ezra Taft Benson, So, of Utah,
long time leader in farmer move
ments, to be Secretary of Agricul-
ture.
Tuesday
Arthur E. Summerfield, So, of
Michigan, chairman OF the Repub-
lican National Committee, to be
Postmaster General. Mr.. Summer
fields appointment marks a return
to the tried and true political sys-
tenn of giving the Post Office job to
the operating head of the party.
Oveta Culp Hobby, At, OF Texas,
former head of the Women's Army
Corps, to be Federal Security Ad-
miniStrator. A Houston newspaper
publisher and a Democrat tor Ike
in the last election), Mrs. Hobby
will have seat at the cabinet table
but not actual cabinet rank.
Ivy Baker Priest, At, CT Utah, as
sistant chairman of the Republi-
can National Committee, to be
Treasurer of the United States. Mrs.
Priest called her appointment "a
larger recognition of women'S avail
able contribution to government.
e. :" She succeeds another woman,
Georgia Neese Clark.
Wednesday
Arthur H. Vandenberg, jr., As, of
Michigan, to be Secretary to the
President. Son of the late Senator
from Michigan, Mr.. Vandenberg has
had broad experience as an admin
istrative assistant in Government.
He has long been booster of Gen.
Eisenhower.
William P. Rogers, 80, of Be-
thesda, Md, veteran congressional
counsel, to be Deputy Attorney
General under Herbert Brownell,
who was appointed over a week
ago. Mr.. Rogers mas headed such
Senate inquiries as the one into
five per cent" influence peddling.
Thursday
James c. Hagerty, 43. Of New
York, veteran newspaperman, to be
Presidential Press Secretary. Mr..
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elect may do, but in ways the Rus
slams might use his visit to- make
propaganda. The Kremlin has DEM
onstrated repeatedly las it did in
the United Nations last week-see
below that it can turn the spigot
of peace off and on with great
facility.
Possible Peoce Offensive
Since, in situations where the
Kremlin is involved, anything is
possible, it is entirely conceivable
that Russia might use the Eisen-
hover visit as an excuse to launch
a peace offensive. A legitimate
question is: Where would we be
left if Moscow should decide to call
off the Korean war?
In the worldwide context Of
Kremlin planning, the question of
our pulling out of Korea with the
cessation of hostilities would be of
secondary Importance. The primary
Importance would lie in the matter
of what we would do elsewhere.
With Russia waving an olive
branch, would we revert to the time
honored American practice of "busi-
ness as usual?" Or would we keep
our guard up and wait for the next
Kremlin move-a move that might
take an agonizingly long time in
coming?
A switch in the party line is only
as far in the future as the next
edition of Prada. So Russia's sabre
rattling performance in the United
Nations last week does not make
these questions as academic as they
might seem at first glance.