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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-24

ANE GOOD guess boosted q shy
u A-Sear-old sailor, Gerard J..Blier,
an tine way up tine Nays chain OF
command from Amman third class to
eauEafn of the Coral Sea. newest OF the
neeTs 46M0-to aircraft carriers.
Spurred ON by the success Of radio
and TV mystery gfye-away programs,
TIM Skfpper. Capt James Z. Russell OF
Seartfe. decided to tighten the tension
off heavy operations during long months
at SEA ON Mediterranean sweep with
n ennfesN for the ships more than
ann enlisted men II worked this way:
Each evening fur nearly three weeks a
NEW cine was broadcast over the
earrier'S nudspeakerS as to the identity
af am officer aboard, who was referred
TN as tine "NGESterY Officer" During this
time iii wasn't unusual for sailors to
Stun every officer from skipper to ensign
tD eheck ON some detail Of the officers
background which might link up with
n cine At tine end of the time, each
MAN tnak his pick and the winner
trrued out to be Amman Gerard, who
had Hnked up couple Of clues about
Evening star., 1952-12-27
1900 Left Homeless
by Fire in Korea Civ
By the Asseeiated Pres.

TAEGU. Korea. Dec. 27.-A pre-
dawn fire, famed by wind, de-
stroyed more than three down.
town city blocks today. leaving
about 1000 Koreans homeless.
Four American soldiers, who
helped battle the blaze, were
treated for cuts and burns. Three
Korean civilians were injured, one
seriously.
Scores of American and Korean
firefighters brought the two-hour
blaze under control. For a time,
flames threatened to engulf fuel
oil supplies at a 5th Air Force
depot.
Three United States Army bull
dozers kept the fire from spread
ing by cutting a fire lane around
the three-block area. The blaze
repeatedly started in a soap fac
tory.
The Army said many Koreans
driven from their homes had to
be restrained from rushing back
into the roaring flames to save
their possessions.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Lemay TO Go 10 Miami
In Missing Wife 'sCase
BY the Assoeioted Press

MONTREAL, Dec. 27.-Georges
Lemay, a Montreal real estate
man whose wife, Hugette. dis
appeared in the Florida Keys last
January 4. said today he would
fly to Miami and place himself
at the disposal of authorities
there.
Mr.. Lemay was informed by
telephone of the death yester-
day of James o. Barker. who as
deputy sheriff of Marathon. Fla,
investigated Mrs. Lemay's dis
appearance.
Mr.. Barker. a former chief of
Miami detectives and a promi-
nent figure in the famous 1943
Oakes murder trial in Nassau
Bahama Islands, was shot and
killed by his son.
Previously, Mr.. Lemay had re-
fused to go to Miami to answer
questions about his wife's diSap-
pearance until MIR. Barker was out
of Office.
Mr.. Barkers son, James, jr.
said his father was shot to death
in a struggle while the elder
Barker was "hopped up on dope
John Tyler. chief of the Dade
County sheIiff's criminal bureau
of investigation, said "the evil
dence points to the truthfulness
of the boys statement" and in
dicated justifiable homicide.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

The spectators were sur
prised. however, to find that
instead of the rough treatment
fugitives from justice are ex-
pected to get from the gen.
darmes, the prefect and the
others were very deferential to
this man who was escorted into
the office of monsieur lie chef
de gare. 1t was Mr.. Pinay who
was taken to the telephone to
talk with the President of
France, who begged him to give
up his pursuit of speckled trout
and come Immediately to Paris
to form a new ministry with
as many new faces as he could
possibly find.
Mr.. Pinay accepted, although
he felt he would establish a
new record by remaining in
Office less than "a hours. He
spoke bluntly to Parliament,
whose members had to approve
him and his cabinet. He told
them he didn't give a rap
whether he was Premier or not.
He was approved. and to the
establishment of those who pre-
dicted that the little man would
not remain in Office long, he
stayed until last Tuesday.
Whether Mr.. Pinay resigned
because of the difficulties he
could not foresee when he tried
to bring some order in the cha
otto fiscal system of France or
for other reasons will soon be
seen.
The Plnay. ministry had be-
come really shaky since last
summer when he and his loyal
co-worker, Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman. signed the
treaty of Bonn which provided
for the organization of IL Ger
man divisions to be incorporated
into the European army. Mr..
Pinay wanted to honor his sig
nature but met with strong re-
sistance from his rambunctious
Parliament.
When it was obvious that Mr..
Pinay might be overthrown,
the National Assembly was ad-
journed until October. He and
Mr.. Schuman hoped that this
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Lowell MeHett:

How much can one man keep
in his head? How much can
Gen. Ike, our President-elect?
The question occurs on reading
day after day the list of his
callers, come to consult with
him, which means to give him
their views as to what he should
do about whatever it is they are
most interested in.
They give him advice, much
of it good no doubt, some of it
not, but mostly they give him
information they are sure he
needs to have if he is to have a
successful administration. With
occasional exceptions. these are
men who have reason to know
what they are talking about.
specialists in their fields, eX-
perienced in the problems the
new President will face.
The question is how much he
can take in and retain. His head
must hang heavy at the end of
the day.
A luncheon guest during the
past week was Herbert Hoover,
former President. 1t was an
nounced they discussed Govern
ment reorganization and other
things. Although John Foster
Dulles, soon to be Secretary of
State, was present, it is unlikely
the discussion included foreign
policy. The differences there are
too great to be taken up in a
meeting that lasted only an
hour and a half, with some of
the time devoted to food. The
presence also of Arthur S. Flem-
Evening star., 1952-12-27

cooling time would give Par
lament time for some serious
thought and the members would
return in a more constructive
frame of mind. Instead they
came back even more deter
mined to sabotage the Paris
pact.
Mr.. Pinay was considered a
political dead duck in October
when he outdid the most in
veterate nationalist in the AS
sembly in order to avoid a de-
bate on foreign affairs and a
vote of non-confldence in For
eign Minister Schuman, which
would force his resignation On
a major international issue, He
made headlines and won the ap-
plause of parliamentarians by
slapping America in the face
and rejecting with much pub
licity diplomatic note pre-
sented to him by Ambassador
James Dunn. Thus his motion
to postpone the debates on in
ternational issues and replace
them with discussions on the
budget and fiscal laws was &C
cepted.
When Mr.. Pinay resigned
Tuesday because the chamber
did not want to further burden
the taxpayers who owe, but
seldom pay, taxes. he was on less
dangerous ground for Frances
future policies. He had avoided
formal rejection of the Paris
agreement and went out on a
routine matter.
Whether Pinay will resume
his fishing trip. interrupted nine
months ago, or whether he
eventually will try his hand
again is one of those question
marks which nobody can an
sWer.
One thing appears probable:
That if Mr.. Pinay is really
convinced that the ratification
of the Bonn and Paris treaties
is a political impossibility, he
will not eventually resume the
position as head of the French
government but will let some
body else take over that thank
less job.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Constantine Brown:
Will Pinoy Make Another Try?
French Premier Probably Won't Leave His Tonne Works Again
If Approval of Bonn und Purs Pdcts Seems impossible

After establishing an unprec-
edented record in Frances post
war politics-nine months in
oftlce-Premier Antoine Pinay
resigned without waiting to be
kicked out by the National
Assembly.
Mr.. Pinay is a politician of the
type rarely seen in France. He
does not care whether he stays
IN power, and actually belongs to
no particular party. He calls
himself lust a Frenchman de-
voutly devoted to the welfare of
his country"
He did not resign his senatorial
seat during the war when Mar
shal Petain was the head of the
truncated French republic, be-
cause he believed that all
Frenchmen should do their best
to preserve whatever of France
could be saved.
For this crime" Mr.. Pinay
was deprived of his civil rights
after the liberation. But these
were restored to him and he
was reelected by his constit-
uentS. who had never lost faith
in this man. the head of a rel
atively small tannery which had
been in business for more than
a century.
After one of those perennial
cabinet crises, President Vincent
Auriol tired of shuff1ing and
reShuffling the pack of political
cards and always finding the
same jokers, decided to appeal
to this relatively unknown but
eminently honest and patriotic
citizen. That was last spring.
Mr.. Pinay was on the way to
a three-week fishing trip. At
a small railway station between
Lyon and Paris the express
train was stopped on orders
from the prefect. The few per-
sons present in the early morn
ing hours saw the prefect him.
self. the head of the gendarmes
and some secret service men
rush to sleeper and bring out
a pint-size individual with a
little mustache. They thought
the authorities had made a
pinch and caught some much
wanted criminal.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Lowell MeHett:
What q President Should Know
One After Another the Experts Are Telling Eisenhower
And Not Least of Them, Former President Hoover

quarters to fear that the gen.
eral as President may become
the victim of his subordinates.
Accustomed all his Army life
to make decisions on recon-
mendations that have come up
to him through channels" the
fear is that he may rely on
the same system as President.
Mr.. Hoover could tell him how
dangerously that might work.
He could tell him that being
head of this great sprawling
democracy bears no more re-
semblance to being the head
of an army than it has to be-
ing head of well, say General
Motors. Cabinet officials are
not lieutenants, in any real
sense. Pursuing their duties,
they tend to become mavericks.
Mr.. Hoover should know. He
was an exceptional Secretary
OF Commerce, but definitely a
maverick who followed his own
judgment.
But the one most important
thing any former President
could tell the man now taking
over is that a successful presi-
dencv is more than a matter Of
organization. History could tell
him the same thing. Offering as
evidence the number of great
Presidents who were not good
administrators. Great and far
reaching decisions sometimes
must be made in the lonely
hours of the night and fire.
quently without the benefit of
what. in the Army. they call
paper work.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
French Premier Tries
To Form Coalition
By the Associoted Press

PARIS, Dec. 27.-Premier-d -desig-
nate Jacques Soustelle worked
feverishly today to round up
enough supporters to form a new
government around Gen. Charles
de Gaulle's right-wing French
Rally Party.
But the tough, ambitious young
De Gaulist gave up hope of giving
President Vincent Auriol a def
note yes-or-no answer by tonight
He said he would announce his
decision tomorrow afternoon.
Although he was reported to
have won cautious support from
a few independents. Mr.. Soustelle
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Prince Georges Man Killed
In Dance Hall Fight for Gun

A spectator was shot to death
in a Prince Georges County dance
hall early today, police reported.
The victim was Robert Lee
Peaks, A, colored, of Glenarden
Md.
County Detective Sergt. Earl
Huber said James Otis Tyree, %
colored. also of Glenarden, has
been charged with murder. Sergt
Huber traced the killing to Tyree
through witnesses descriptions.
He said Tyree tried to force his
way into Marshalls dance hall
on the Collington- Queen Anne
road. He was carrying a shotgun,
|Sergt. Huber said the gun went
of when five men tried to wrest
the weapon from him. Mr.. Peaks
was shot in the back as he tried
to get away from the struggle.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Only Arnistices Possible in u. NJ?
Division in Assembly Over Israeli and Korean Wars Means
There Can Be Neither Victory Nor Peace if 1t to Live
Dorothy Thompson:

AS the year ends. another
move for peace has failed
Israels attempt to persuade
the Arab states to open nego-
tiations and end the cold war
they have imposed on the jew
ish state ever since suspension
of armed hostilities.
The condition of neither war
nor peace is the present rep
resentative phase of a possible
hundred years war. beginning
in 1914. We have, in Korea. a
new kind of war, waged under
the charter of the United Ma
tions. The U. N. does not.
however, as an entirety, accept
the fact of the aggression. One
group of it's members insists
that the U. N. forces, though
backed by a large majority Of
member states. are the aggres-
sors. The war is, therefore,
fought by one part of the U. N,
pledged to peace, against an
other part, equally pledged to
peace.
In such a war victory is pre-
cluded if it involves engaging
the real protagonists, the U. MS
two most powerful states. For
the war would not then be
fought to preserve the U. N. but
to destroy it, as the U. NJ, a
system of collective security"
would be equally destroyed if
the U. N. forces were to quit in
the first test of U. N. doctrine.
Therefore, there can. logically.
be neither victory nor peace.
but only armistice, if the U. N.
is to live.
Armistice. however, does not
end war. 1t merely suspends
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Dream of HoIdup
Saves $1,000 Cash
For Western Union
By the Assoeiated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-
Stephen Stolarski, A. clerk in a
Western Union Office here,
dreamed he was a victim of q
holdup.
So when he came to work last
night he took $1,000 in daytime
receipts and deposited them. The
"hunch" was timely.
Two hours later a pistol-carry-
ing robber demanded "the big
stuff" Mr.. Stolarski turned over
$500 in cash-all late receipts.
1t was the second time Mr.
Stolarski was the victim of a
holdup. The first time, too, back
in May. 1850. the robbery followed
Ia dream. )
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Two Crewmen Killed
In Freight Train Wreck
BY the Asseeioted Press

EPHRATA, Wash, Dec. a.
The engine and six cars of a
Northern Pacific freight train
were derailed on a branch line
near here early today in a blind
ing snowstorm. First reports were
that two members Of the crew
were killed.
Deputy Sheriff AL Boyd said the
storm and deep drifts clogging
roads to the scene about IS miles
southeast Of here had prevented
rescue party from reaching the
wreck more than three hours
later.
Cause Of the derailment has not
been determined.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Tito Obtains BACKING
In Split With Vatican
BY the Associated Press

BELGRADE. Dec. 27.-Yugo-
slavias Parliament formally and
unanimously ratified today the
decision by Premier Marshal
ITito's Communist government to
break off diplomatic relations
with the Vatican because of q
Ichurch- state dispute.
The action came as aides OF
Msgr. Silvio Oddi, the Vatican's
Charge d'Affaires, were packing
his luggage in preparation for de-
parture tonight for Rome.
In advance of the vote. PetaI
Stambolic, Prime Minister of the
Serbian Republic and a power ir
the central administration. de-
nounced Vatican activities in gen.
leral and the recent designation Of
Archbishop Alojzijc Stepinac as
a new member of the College oi
Cardinals in particular.
Parliament also:
l. Approved a national budget
Iof $763 million. Most Of the
money is earmarked for defense
The local republics bear the ex.
pense of much of the ordinary
government administration.
; 2. Adopted new cradle-to-the-
Evening star., 1952-12-27
U. 5. May Ease Curbs
|0n New Gas Service;
Little Effect Seen Here

Government restrictions on ex-
Ipansion of natural gas service for
home heating may be removed
soon in the District and in all
other areas of the country still
under controls.
In the District, however, the
relaxation already granted has
been SO helpful that complete lift
ing of the Governments ban of
August, 1851, will not affect the
situation here very much.
Says Easing Is Adequate.
This was the position taken
today by Everett j. Boothby, pres
ident of the Washington Gas
Light Co. He said the permission
granted by the Government last
April for $3.50 new installations
here has been adequate for our
extensions in the District"
Virginia and Maryland were not
affected by the Federal action,
because these States regulatory
bodies took action to conserve gas.
The Petroleum Administration
for Defense limited at the new
relaxation in the spring, in re-
porting on a survey of the natural
gas situation.
The report said the agency
hopes to lift the curbs just as
soon as defense needs for them
pass and this date, we believe,
is not too far in the future"
The order of August, 1851,
limited the number of new do
mestic customers in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island. Delaware,
the District of Columbia and parts
of Michigan. 1t also required
PAD authority for the addition of
new industrial consumers.
Later Gave Permission.
The Washington Gas Light Co.
asked PAD for complete lifting of
the order. PAD refused to lift
the order, but later granted the
gas company here permission to
go ahead with installation of the
Evening star., 1952-12-27

ming, former member of the
Civil Service Commission, would
indicate Government reorgan-
ization was the principal topic.
That's a big topic. Conceiv-
ably the former President Of
fered in concentrated form the
basic lessons he learned during
II years of Government service,
including eight as Secretary OF
Commerce. Likewise what he
discovered in his efforts to OBJ
tain enactment of the recon-
mendations of the Commission
on Government Reorganization.
authorized by Congress and
headed by Mr.. Hoover. What
he discovered. of course. was
that the key TO any major i'm
provement in Government or
ganization is Congress.
The most striking example
he could offer, whether or not
Gen Eisenhower could find it
palatable, would be the Hoover
Commission proposal to trans
fer public works, such as river
control, from the Army Engi-
neers to a civilian agency. No
witness before the congressional
committees on this subject was
so impressive as the former
President, himself an engineer.
None made clearer the need, in
the name of economy, to break
up the political alliance between
the Army Engineers and the
pork-barrel statesmen. Nothing
has yet been done about it, of
course.
There is a disposition in some
Evening star., 1952-12-27

armed hostilities in preparation
for another outbreak or the
pursuance Of the war by other
means. Thus it appears that
the U. N. can start wars, but
never end them.
Israel owes its legal creation
to the U. N. which partitioned
Palestine. against the solid op-
position of the Arab world. Of
which Palestine was a part.
The decision led to a war which
the Jews won, and during which
they extended the frontiers
originally assigned them. The
fighting ended in an armistice.
But the war did not end, nor
has the U. N. proved competent
to uphold its own resolutions.
deal with the consequences of
its initial act, or bring about
peace. Six Arab states, all, like
Israel. members of the U. NJ,
continue officially at war with
Israel. a war which takes the
form of a complete economic
and diplomatic blockade.
These states do not recognize
Israel, or trade with her. The
economic consequences, minor
to the Arab states, are ap-
palling for Israel. Her future,
within her present boundaries,
can be assured even for her ex-
listing population only by in
dustrialization. But that re-
quireS fuel and markets.
There is no coal or oil in
Israel. Yet. though Israel lies
in a world fuel center. not a
tanker enters her ports from
the Persian Gulf or Red Sea,
and no pipeline crosses her land
frontiers from her fuel-abun-
Evening star., 1952-12-27

dant neighbors. Israel can fuel
her industries with Venezuelan
oil only at an artificial rise in
cost Of products, which, any
how, cannot find markets in
Europe. against European COM
petitors. but is not dependent
upon her. Thus her opponents
wage war by strangulation.
AS in Korea, the war Is be-
tween U. N. members. and the
great powers are divided, the
Soviet Union supporting the
Arabs and the United States
pro-Israel but not daring
further to ALLEVIATE an area of
the most vital economic and
Strategical Importance. which
is allied, furthermore, in the
Arab-Asian bloc.
An overwhelming majority of
U. N. members resolved" that
the Arabs should negotiate with
Israel. but the resolution is
utterly without effect, for the
deadlock cannot be broken
except at the risk of a great war,
and destruction of the U. N.
The question is whether the
U. N. is really an instrument for
peace, or for perpetual inde-
ciSive wars; whether it is an
instrument of order or of an
archy; and whether any states
should be allowed to vote on
measures involving other states.
unless they are simultaneously
committed to support the con-
sequences. The U. N. may be a
world town meeting. but that Is
a different thing from a system
OF collective security.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Statue in Japan Honors
American for Disease Work

The city of Kurume. Japan. has
erected a bronze statue to Col
George w. Hunter. Army Medical
Corps. who directed a study which
eventually eliminated schistosomi-
asis in and around the city.
Schistosomiasis is disease
carried by certain species of snails.
Working with the Smithsonian
Institution here, Col. Hunter was
able to find the species. Live
snails were flown to the National
Museum and were identified by r.
Tucker Abbott of the Smithsonian
staff.
The disease-carrying snails were
eliminated over a 534-acre rice
growing area near Kurume at a
cost of about $4,000. In the past,
it was estimated, the snails had
caused a loss in wages to rice field
workers equivalent to 81 million.
Only one snail species in Japan
carries the blood f1uke, a small
parasite worm that lodges in the
human liver and, in severe cases,
causes death.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

facilities the firm estimated ii
could handle.
At the time the permission was
granted by PAD. Mr.. Boothby ex-
Iplained that if the restrictions had
mot been in effect from August to
April, the installations probably
would have been double the 3,45O
figure. During the eight-month
Interval when all restrictions were
in effect. builders had to make
other plans for heating.
With the advance indication of
the lifting of the restrictions,
however, this drawback should not
exist in the planning of homes to
be erected in the coming season.
At the time Of the August, 1851,
order the Home Builders Associa-
ton asserted the ban on gas heat
ing in new homes would add $500
to the cost of building-a state
ment challenged by sellers of oil
equipment.
PAD Calls Supply Enough.
PAD said its survey showed the
supply will be sufficient to meet
peak demands this winter in most
natural-gas-served areas of the
Nation, barring severe cold
weather.
Demand for gas is increasing
Utilities are planning expansion
programs to help meet some of
the increased demand.
PAD estimated that if all poten-
tial customers are to be served,
another l billion cubic feet would
be needed in lines next winter,
IL billion more in 1954-55 and
almost 3 billion additional in
1886.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

John roster Dulles says Ike will be glad
crete peace proposals from Stain doesn't
want generates enough of it's own
to worry about.
While IN America, Churchill will Barney
Baruch Churchill enves Baruchhe the only
can sralghen out the world without leaving his
Government economists that had the biggest
mas shopping record The sold
that it'll be July before them all exchanged
World diplomats gmmer of hope in Salns
peace offers There's always the chance that
Joe might have to out and purge himself.
Insiders say that Eisenhower will agricultural
vsoy committee The idea with outrageousy
expensive Fair Deal farm subsidy
1ke cabinet officers instructed to clear appoint
mentS with Republican Senator'S After ALL the
have right to know in advance which their
old friends of Gov Dewey.