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Evening star., 1952-05-20
|Grand Jury Indicts
Man in ; HoIdups
OF Same Cleaner

A man was indicted yesterday on
charges Of robbing a cleaning
establishment three times within
five weeks.
He is John T. Taylor, 26, CO.
lored, of the 1900 block OF
Wyoming avenue NV. According
to the indictment, the three rob-
berries netted him a total of $92
On each occasion, the money
was obtained from Miss Teresa
C. Barry, %, manager of the
Dickey's cleaning establishment
at "a Rhode Island avenue NV
Police quoted Miss Barry as say
ing that in the first robbery, or
March 10. Taylor handed her q
note demanding the money. The
note said he had a gun, Miss
Barry told police. She handed
over $50, police said.
Then, on March q, Taylor al
Ilegedly appeared at the establish
ment and displayed a knife. He
obtained $18 at that time, the
indictment charged.
He showed up again on Apri,
Is and got $22 without displaying
any weapon, it is charged.
Accused BY Waitress.
In another indictment yester-
day. Harold E. Sealock, "a, of the
4800 block of Byers avenue, Bou-
levard Heights, Md, was accused
of assault with intent to rape a
31-year-old waitress in her base
ment apartment in the 1900 block
OF Fort Davis place Sc. on April
5. The woman was quoted by
police as saying her assailant, q
stranger to her, awakened hel
and struck her in the face. He
ran, she said, after she screamed
Police arrested Sealock two days
later.
In another sex case, Earl Peter
sen, 81, colored. was indicted or
a charge Of performing an un.
natural sex act with a 40-year-olt
colored woman. Police quoted thu
woman as saying the defendant
forced her, at pistol point, to &C.
company him to his room in thu
100 block of New Jersey avenue
NV. Petersen also was indicted
on a charge of assault with &
dangerous weapon in which h,
is accused of firing at a taxicat
driver.
A youth and man were in.
dicted on a charge of robbing {
taxicab driver while he was asleer
in his taxicab. They are Eldridgt
Brown, 18, of the 1900 block O.
Evening star., 1952-05-20

Corcoran street NV, and Leigh
ton c. Smith. 26. of the 1900 block
Iof T street NV, both colored.
Awakened by Policeman.
The taxicab driver, Joseph T.
Carneal. 80. Of the 210O block of
R street NV, did not know he
had been robbed until awakened
by a policeman. it was said. He
then discovered his watch and
some $25 was missing. Meanwhile,
police said, the officer had become
suspicious and questioned the two
defendants. obtaining their ad-
dresses. The two were arrested
after it had been found the taxi
cab driver had been robbed. The
watch was recovered, police said.
Bernard Stewart. 81. colored,
was indicted on a charge Of break
ling into his fathers home in the
100 block of Stanton terrace Sc.
Police quoted the father, Elmer B.
Stewart, as saying that, sometime
previously, he had ordered the son
to move from the premises.
Frank L. Johnson, 81, colored,
of the 400 block of Third street
NV, was indicted on a charge of
Stealing 1894 last April 10 from
the Veterans Administration while
working there as a clerk in the
cashiers Office.
Two Indicted In Lottery.
Two men were indicted on
charges Of operating a numbers
lottery. selling numbers chances
and possession of numbers slips.
They were Clifton r. Payne, SO,
of the 800 block Of First street
NV, and Harry Brown. so, Of the
200 block Of Morton street NV,
both colored.
Joseph H. Sisney. q. colored,
lof the 3700 block of Hayes street
NE. was indicted on narcotic
charges. The indictment accuses
him of selling a mixture contain
ing a narcotic, quinine and milk
sugar.
The indictments were among a
total Of 81 returned by q grand
jury before Chief Judge Bolitha j.
Laws Of District Court.
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Evening star., 1952-05-20
Handicapped Contest
To Begin Next Week

A contest for outstanding
achievement by handicapped chill
|dren will begin next week under
the sponsorship of the Reciprocity
Club Of Washington.
Lloyd B. Ankeny. president. said
the program will be held "in the
interests Of encouragement of the
handicapped child"
James S. Beattie has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the operat-
ing committee. Application blanks
will be sent out to schools and
|children'S organizations.
Evening star., 1952-05-20

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superior iob-for superior girls with poiss, per-
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Evening star., 1952-05-20

Corcoran street NV. and Leigh
ton c. Smith. 26. of the 1900 block
of T street NV, both colored.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
H-Bomb

A MERICANS AS A GROUP stack
~ up as the most inventive and
least secretive people on earth. At
a cost of 81 billion and countless
man-years of work, Americans de-
veloped the atomic bomb-only to
have vital secrets of its manufac-
ture slip into the hands of Soviet
spies.
Last week, with the specter of an
even more hellish weapon-the
hydrogen bomb = overshadowing
the world picture, it looked as If
the American people still had not
learned the oldest copybook maxim
of all: Silence is golden. Something
had happened at Eniwetok early
this month, and already the whole
world knew good deal more than
1t had any business knowing.
The first hint that something out
OF the ordinary had occurred in the
Evening star., 1952-11-23

During formal presentation of the
plan Wednesday, Indian Delegate
v. K. Krishna Menon attempted
clarification of some of the dis
puted points. He said that lit will
be the responsibility of the United
Nations to look after" reluctant
prisoners. And the repatriation
commission, he assured the Cen
eral Assembly. would really work.
Menon said then that India would
not object to suitable amendments
to the plan.
British Support.
On Thursday, British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, just after
talk with President-elect Eisen-
hover, gave strong support to
India's plan, as clarified" He
asked, however, that it be amended
to specify that the U. NJ, not a Far
East political conference, would
care for prisoners unwilling to go
home.
The corridors were buzzing on
Friday. This time the word was
that the United States, Britain,
Canada, Australia, Colombia, Den
mark, France and Turkey would
back 1ndia's formula If 1t were
modified along lines suggested by
Eden.
But yesterday the first definite
Soviet reaction was felt-and it
slapped like a wet towel across
the faces of the cautiously opti-
mistic delegates. The Moscow ra-
dio was scornfully critical of the
Indian plan. 1t was just a rehash
of the American stand against
forced repatriation, the Red radio
charged
There was immediate concern
that the chance for peace was
slipping away. American Delegate
Ernest Gross was sent by Secre-
tary of State Acheson to confer
with Eden and British Minister Of
State Selwyn Lloyd. They talked
for an hour. Eden said that "clar-
ification" of the Indian proposal
obviously was making the peace
bid more uncertain of success. He
urged that the Western nations
forget about amendments and back
the plan as it stood. Gross said
that was impossible; America could
not support the proposal unless it
spelled out a voluntary repatria-
ton plan.
Eden replied that Britain had
decided to drop its request for
amendments and would support
the original Indian plan. The
meeting broke up.
The United States Immediately
called special conference for to-
day of the other 20 nations which
had joined as co-sponsors of the
American resolution on Korea. An
American delegate said we would
try to convince those countries that
our stand was right.
The British-American split and
the hostile reaction of Russia made
hopes bit dim for q quick settle
ment in Korea.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Review Of The Week: Eisenhower Gets Down to Cases

in Greece last week was a step
toward stability in that strife
ridden country and a step toward
friendship for America.
1t was a contest between three
major groups: Papagos' Greek
Rally, party of the center and
right; the EDA, pro- Communist
and anti-American, and the coali-
ton of former Premier Nicholas
Plastiras' Progressive Union and
Sophocles Venizelos' Liberals, rep
resenting the left and center.
The coalition and the Greek
Rally were both pro-American, but
United States diplomats did not
keep secret the fact they liked the
Greek Rally better. Papagos was
considered to be tougher toward
Communists and a stronger leader.
For the first time since the war,
winners were determined by major
1ty vote. The complex proportional
representation system used pre-
viously, which had encouraged
splinter parties and led to insta-
bility in the Greek government,
was dropped .-
Papagos' party carried so per
cent OF the popular vote and won
238 OF the 300 seats in the Chamber
of Deputies, according to unofficial
returns. The coalition won SO per
cent of the popular vote and 81
seats. The EDA took 10 per cent of
the vote, but won no seats.
His solid victory should give
Papagos an excellent chance to
hold a government together for a
full four-year term.
He Immediately announced a
drastic program of reforms, in
cluding government economy, lower
taxes for low-income groups and
higher taxes for the wealthy and
development of natural resources.
His foreign policy, he said, would
be tied to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

agreement had been reached with
respect to one: Extension of the
Reorganization Act, which other
wise would expire April /. This law
permits the President to abolish or
regroup governmental agencies,
subject to congressional veto. Obvi-
ously Eisenhower will need time
to formulate any organizational
shufling he may have in mind.
Other subjects discussed included
these: Senator Taft's idea for post
poning changes in Government
policy in the fields of social
security, health, housing and well
fare. pending study by specially
appointed commission; extension
of direct economic controls; tax
revision; extension of the reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act; Taft Hartley
amendment.
On these subjects, Taft said, no
positive conclusions had been
y sreached. But, he Indicated, he
would be back.
Another important visitor
Wednesday was Senator Wiley,
Republican, of Wisconsin who is
slated to head the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee OF the upper legfs-
1ative chamber. Wiley has been
serving as a member of our U. N.
delegation. Gen. Eisenhower told
the Senator he supports the prin-
ciple upon which the present
administration has insisted in the
Korean negotiations-that there
should be no forcible repatriation
of POWs who wish to remain on
our side of the lines.
Cobinet Selections
On Thursday, true to his promise
that he would get the transition
process off to fast start by naming
his cabinet and other principal
assistants as quickly as possible,
Eisenhower announced the filling
Of three top positions. Here we're
his choices:
For Secretary of State, John
Foster Dulles of New York, 64, law
yer, longtime foreign policy ad-
wiser to the Democratic State De-
partment and to the Republican
Party, former United States Sena-
tor, seasoned u. N. negotiator,
participant at key conferences
abroad, architect of the japanese
peace treaty.
For Secretary Of Defense, Charles
Erwin Wilson of Michigan, 81, in
dustrialist, engineer, president of
General Motors Corp. Not to be
confused with Charles Edward Will
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Indio's Formula

India S Formula
Of all the settlements for the
Korean prisoner of war problem
offered in the U. NJ, the one pre-
sented last week by India carried
the greatest initial hope for sue
cess. The Indian plan was impor-
tant not for any particular inge-
nuity it displayed, but because it
presumably had been checked in
formally with the Communists and
because India is a cold-war "neu-
trar' that Russia would like to
impress.
Here was the Indian proposal:
Force shall not be used to return
prisoners to their homes.
All prisoners shall be turned
over to a Repatriation Commission,
made up of representatives of
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Sweden
and Switzerland, at some demili-
tarized zone.
Prisoners shall be free to return
to their homelands at'once.
If there is disagreement in the
commission, final decision shall rest
with an umpire agreed upon by all
members of the commission, or by
the U. N. General Assembly If the
commission cannot agree upon an
umpire.
If, after 80 days, some prisoners
have not chosen to return to their
homelands, their disposition shall
be referred to the political con-
ference which has already been
agreed upon in the truce talks.
Copies of the long awaited Indian
plan were distributed informally
Monday. Reaction was mixed.
Many small countries liked it.
Britain seemed cautiously favorable.
Russia was non-committal. Ameri-
can delegates said they did not
like it as it stood.
In huddled groups in the lounges
and corridors of the General AS
sembly Building, United States dele
gates explained to other members
that they had two objections.
First. the Indian proposal seemed
to leave the prisoners in captivity
if they did not want to return to
their homes. Second, parts of the
proposal were technically unwork-
able. The four member repatria-
ton commission, for instance,
would likely split along East-West
lines and produce a deadlock that
could be broken only through the
uncertain umpire" method.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

listening to Mr.. Acheson. Topics
which are known or believed to
have been covered in the discussion
are these:
/. The Korean war, particularly
with regard to the American stand
against forcible repatriation of
prisoners of war held by us who
do not wish to return to their
homeland.
2. European problems, including
German rearmament, the tension
caused in France by the prospect
of that rearmament and the eco
nomic difficulties of Britain, France
and other European allies.
3. Developments in the atomic
weapons field, especially the impli-
cations of recent experiments with
the hydrogen bomb.
4. Indo-C China, and ithe dilemma
which will confront rs If the French
ind themselves no longer able to-
bear the burden OF the war there
without our help.
S. Iran, and the question of how
to keep that country out of the
Communist fold by negotiating an
agreement on the marketing of
Iranian oil.
6. South Africa, and the effect
that racial difficulties there may
have in touchy and strategic India,
many of whose nationals are South
African residents.
Reservations and Assurances
A statement issued after the
White House conference emphasized
two points. First, while availing
himself of the opportunity to learn
all he could about the problems
that lay ahead, Gen. Eisenhower
was in no way assuming RESPONSE
bility for any acts of the outgoing
administration during the interreg-
mum period. But, secondly, an I'M
portant purpose of the meeting had
been to reassure worried world
as to the future course OF America.
The President and the general
expressed a mutual hope that their
talk would be "of great value to the
stability of our country and to the
favorable progress of international
affairs"
On his way back to the airport,
Eisenhower stopped off with Sec
retary Lovett in the familiar pre-
cincts of the Pentagon, where the
Joint Chiefs of Staff gave the
President-elect As minutes of In
tensive orientation on overseas
military developments, theater by
theater. Then, at 4:40 pm, Ike
took off for New York.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

mid-Pacific came fortnight ago. A
Los Angeles newspaper published
excerpts of letter from Eniwetok
describing a fearsome explosion
which destroyed an entire island.
1t was quite scoop.
The tight-hpped Atomic Energy
Commission refused to comment on
the report. More letters reached
print. Still Acc kept silent as spec
ulation grew about the possibility
that a hydrogen bomb had been
touched of.
Finally last Sunday afternoon,
Acc Chairman Gordon Dean issued
a 174-word statement confirming
that something new had been added
to the Atomic Age. The tip-off came
in this sentence:
I'm furtherance of the Presidents
announcement of January 81, 1850,
the test program included expert
ments contributing to thermonu-
clear weapons research"
The Presidents 1850 announce
ment concerned plans to develop
the hydrogen bomb. "Thermonu-
clear" the adjective used by Mr..
Dean, describes the process by
which-theoretically, at least-the
heat of the suns center can be re-
leased in veritable hell on earth.
This week, Government investi-
gators were looking into the ques-
ton of how and why security at
Eniwetok slipped. Chairman Dean
spoke of disciplinary action or
prosecution" Iowa's Senator Hick-
enlooper, who will head the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee in the
Republican 83d Congress, also ex-
pressed interest in the leaks.
If such security lapses as this
were deplorable-not to say danger
ous-they also were understands
able. It took some 1000 men to
run the recent Eniwetok test. And,
Continued on Page A-24. Col. L.,
Evening star., 1952-11-23
In Washington

Ike looked cheerful, tanned and
relaxed, as he boarded his chartered
Constellation Tuesday morning for
q three-and-one-half hour visit to
the Nations Capital. That after
noon, when he returned to the air.
ship to continue his flight to New
York, the generals mien struck
observers variously as SERIOUS"
grim" and ''brusque." It might
have been the strain of meeting
face-to-face with a man who had
described him, a few weeks before,
as mot fit to be trusted with the
great office of President" at
whom Eisenhower himself had
aimed some cutting epithets. On
the other hand, as Truman limited
Friday, Ike may have learned few
unpalatable truths in Washington
and gained an imminent sense of
the crushing responsibility he must
prepare to assume.
The crowd which greeted the
general on his circuitous drive from
National Airport to the White
House was not as large as had been
expected. Police Chief Murray
generously estimated it at 100000.
Perhaps the fact that the tour was
televised had a moderating effect
on attendance. But the sidewalk
audience made up in enthusiasm
what it lacked in size. Eisenhower
smiled and waved his appreciation
from the back seat of a salmon pink
topless Cadillac.
Stroined Meeting
The front door of the White
House had received fresh coat of
paint on Monday and Ike posed
briefly for photographers in front
of it. Then he was ushered in.
Two minutes later. he was face-to-
face with the man from whom he
is to take over the toughest job
on earth.
Eisenhower and Truman were
Evening star., 1952-11-23

alone 20 minutes, and full details
of that meeting probably will not
be known until one or the other
writes his memoirs. Shortly after
they met, however, one photogra-
pher representing the combined
press (the A. P.'s Harvey Georges)
was allowed to enter Mr.. Truman's
Office. The atmosphere was not
sociable; the camera man found his
subjects deep in an unSmiling
discussion which continued while he
made a couple of shots. At last,
Georges put the question: "Mr.
Presidents, may I have a hand
shake?"
The ice broke. Truman and
Eisenhower, obeying orders, both
grinned broadly. CAS- soon as saw
the Presidents teeth in my finder"
Georges reported, Il let CO."
Business Session
At 2:15 pm. the President and
the President-elect walked into the
adjoining cabinet room, where top
administration aides were to brief
Ike and his advisers on major for
eign policy problems that will con-
front them. On the Presidents
side of the table sat Secretary of
State Acheson. Secretary of Defense
Lovett, Secretary Of the Treasury
Snyder and Mutual Security Ad-
ministrator Hartman. On Eisen-
hower's side were Senator Lodge,
who is handling interim haison for
him in the fields of foreign policy
and defense, and Joseph M. Dodge,
the Detroit banker who is sitting
in for the new administration on
the preparation of the next budget.
Again, details of the conference
must remain secret until some one
who was in the room starts talking.
It is clear, however, that Eisenhower
and his men were there to listen.
They probably did most of their
Evening star., 1952-11-23
r Asst WEEK, Gen. Eisenhower

r Asst WEEK, Gen. Eisenhower
IL started getting down to cases.
It was a time for preparing the
ticklish transition between the old
administration and the new. 1t
was time for taking stock of the
future-for laying wishful thoughts
and campaign promises beside hard
facts of life and seeing how they
fitted. 1t was a time for starting
to gather together the men who
will serve as Ike's staff during the
coming four years-for designing
the machine and figuring out how
it is going to run and to what
destination.
It was a big week for the Presi-
dent-elect. But the time for prep
aration was short and the projected
Korean trip made it shorter still.
Between now and Inauguration,
there would be no more golf1ng in
the Georgia sun.
Evening star., 1952-11-23

son of General Electric, former
director of the Office of Defense
Mobilization, no relation.
. For Secretary of the Interior,
Douglas Mckay of Oregon, SO.
businessman, State Governor, a
strong supporter of Sound" river
development programs in the Pa
cif1c Northwest and elsewhere.
More Announcements
Next day, Ike was out with three
more announcements:
. For Attorney General, Herbert
Brownell, jr., of New York, 48, law
yer, former Republican National
Committee chairman, manager of
Governor Dewey's presidential cam
paigns, member of the State Legis-
lature for five terms.
For Secretary of the Treasury,
George Magoffin Humphrey of
Ohio, 81, industrialist and lawyer,
president of the M. A. Hanna Co.,
which handles iron ore; formerly
chairman of the Commerce Depart
ment's Business Advisory Council
and of ECA's Industrial Advisory
Committee.
. For Mutual Security Administra-
tor, not a cabinet post, Harold
Edward StasSen of Minnesota, As,
lawyer and "boy wonder politician,
president of the University of
Pennsylvania, former Governor of
Minnesota, delegate to the San
Francisco Conference which estab-
liShed the U. N.
sDown the Middle
At weeks end, four cabinet posts
remained to be filled: Labor, Com
merce, Agriculture and Post Office.
On balance, the group lined up
somewhere around halfway be-
tween the Old Guard and the
Young Turks. None of the ap-
pointees so far announced, with the
possible exception of Humphrey,
was particularly close to Senator
Taft, personally or politically. None,
on the other hand, would be un-
acceptable to the Ohio Senator.
The list contained no giants; but
neithersdid any of the choices seem
really weak. Ike Eisenhower was
playing it down the middle.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
The u, NJ. War

While United Nations delegates
continued delicate negotiations
over Korea, men still were losing
their lives, and prisoners still were
being taken at the backgrounds.
It was routine week in the war.
Perhaps it was colder and rainier
than recent months, but the misery
of the weather was balanced by
letup in the fighting. Communiques
told Of air strikes against power
plants and munitions dumps, dog
fights between jets--in which the
500th MIG of the war was shot
down-and ground action on the
central and western fronts.
There was probing in the Tri-
angle Hill-Sniper Ridge sector, but
no significant amounts of ground
changed hands. There were new
attacks by Red troops in the west,
just above Seoul The allied lines
held.