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Evening star., 1952-06-21
Lowell MeHett:
Lowell MeIIett:
Still Safer to Be q Senator
Also Less Expensive, Utah Farm Bureau Leorns-Cour
Awards Damages for Libel Based on Senate Speech

It has just cost the. Utah
Farm Bureau $4,000 in DAM
ages plus a considerable amount
in legal expenses to learn what
you'd have thought it didn't
need to learn. This is that other
citizens cannot be as irrespon-
Sible as a United States Sena-
tor without paying for the
privilege. The United States
Court of Appeals has upheld a
district courts award of damages
against the Utah Farm Bureau
for having circulated the alle-
cation that a rival organiza-
ton. the National Farmers
Union, is communist domina-
ted"
In spreading this charge dur
ing the congressional cam
paign of 1850 the Utah Farm
Bureau leaned heavily on a
speech made by Senator Styles
Bridges of New Hampshire. 1t
did the same in defending itself
against the damage suit. But.
said the appellate court, "the
appellants can claim no condi-
tional privilege from a refer
ence to the Bridges speech If
the statement is libelous per Sc"
The Bridges speech was made
In the Senate in September.
1850. The Senator was careful
not to call the Farmers Union
a Communist organization in
80 many words. II believe" he
said, lit could be said that my
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Political Days Appear Numbered
Btons Worried Over ChurchiIs Health and Lack Of Pep;
View With Much Uneosness the Rising Power of Left Wing

West cannot defeat, in a military
way, the U. S. S. r. and her 900
million vaSSalS. America. in his
opinion, is loud-mouthed, juve-
nile in international affairs, and
believes that it's enormous wealth
alone could defeat the strong
military and air forces of the
Reds. He says frankly that
Britain and the Western Euro
pean countries are backing the
wrong horse and that the sooner
they realize their situation and
change it, the better it will pe
for the whole world. A rolicy of
neutrality in the present glgan-
tic world conflict, Mr.. Bevsn
says, would keep the devasta-
tions of another world war away
from Western Europe, and only
his recipe can achieve this. He
is not in the least interested IN
what happens to the United
States.
Mr.. Bevan has a solution fer
everything. The Korean war.
in his opinion, could be ended
in "a hours if the West agreed
to give the Chinese Communists
full recognition by seating them
in the United Nations and with
drawing all support from Chang
Kai-shek. A settlement of the
war in o-China could be
reached by withdrawing all
French troops and letting the
Wet Mini and Wet Nam fight
it out by themselves. For the
crisis in Europe he also has a
remedy: Conference between
the Western powers and Russia
to settle the German problem
by common agreement. There
must be give and take on all
sides. But Germany must be
reunited and allowed to regain
her sovereignty, without, how
ever, becoming a member of
either the Western or the East
ern group Of powers.
Mr.. Churchill recognizes the
fallacy of the Bevanite cure-all
pills for international ailments.
But whereas a few years ago
he would have repudiated them
with typical Churchillian vigor,
today he hardly answers them.
He no longer has the appeal
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Canton Is Hit Hard
|By Red China Drive
On Private Enterprise
By the Assoeioied Press

HONG KONG, June 21.- Red
China's campaign against private
enterprise has boomeranged
against them in Canton, Com
muniSt sources indicated today.
So many factories and firms
were driven to the wall that thou
sands were thrown out of work.
This in turn affected the once
busy waterfront. now crowded by
hundreds of idle stevedores.
The Reds are now trying to
shift the jobless back to their
home villages in an effort to ease
the unemployment burden on the
city.
The Communist reports say the
Reds ordered 1000 workers and
their 1900 dependents to leave
the city by June 6. Another batch
of 1000 workers and 1000 de-
pendents was ordered out of Can
ton by June Is.
Canton is also graphing with a
tserious unemployment pool of at
least 10000 in the textile, build
ing trades and chemical industries.
To ease this situation, firms en-
ploying four persons must hire
at least one more, larger firms
must add even more new names
to their payrollS.
At the peak Of the Govern
ment'S drive against private in
dustry, the firms were heavily
penalized in the form of back tax
levies and fines. The cost was
so great that many were forced to
liquidate their stocks to pay UP.
That, in turn, threw thousands out
of work.
The Communist newspaper Nan
Fang Jihpao blames part of Che
waterfront unemployment prob
lem on an increase in the number
OF dockWorkers since the Reds took
over in 1949. Another report says
many Of the stevedores are coun-
try people who fled to the city to
escape the Communist land re-
| form in 1851.
Evening star., 1952-06-21

he had in the past when there
was a world crisis. And because
of his negative reactions, the
people in the United Kingdom
say poor old Winnie is too old to
fight and too Victorian in his
approaches. The fact that the
British people have been forced
to live an even more austere
life than under the Labor regime
at the same time that economic
conditions have deteriorated
gravely does not help his own
or the Conservative Party's
popularity.
Britain is close to bankruptcy
and unemployment is greater
than it was a year ago. The
efforts of the Conservative gov
eminent to honor it's commit
ments to the NATO are costly
to an almost empty treasury.
They are also unpopular with
the rank and file who hear MIR.
Bevan say that the billions spent
on rearmament could be used
more gainfully in a continued
effort for economic rehabilita-
ton. But the strongest appeal
the fiery labor leader has with
the people is his argument that
these expenditures are super
fluous because military force
will not be used unless Britain
and her European associates
adopt. at the bidding of Ameri-
ca. an aggressive policy toward
the U. S. S. r.
Observers just returned from
the United Kingdom say that
Mr.. Churchill's political days
are numbered and that there
is a $3.50 chance that he will
be overthrown before the end
of the year. The new elections
will bring the Bevan Laborites
into office. And more important,
the Conservative Party risks a
complete eclipse, just like that
of the Liberals after the death
of Lloyd George. Today the
party is alive. thanks only to
the remaining radiance of Mr..
Churchill's past. But should the
grand old mans health prevent
his active continuance in poll
tics, the Laborites will become
the dominant party in Britain.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Price Index TumbIes
las Potato Cost Falls
By the Associated Press

A leveling off of booming potato
prices has brought a sharp drop
in the Governments wholesale
price index. 1t fell four-tenthS
of l per cent during the week
ending June II.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
index stood at ILL., per cent of
the 1947-49 average. That was
3.3 per cent under January, 1851,
when wage and price controls
went into effect.
Potato prices scared when con-
trolls were removed two weeks ago
in an effort to end a potato short
age. But in the week ending
June II, the Government report
ed yesterday, prices fell as much
as AZ per cent in some localities.
There also were price drops in
livestock, poultry, meats, eggs and
hides. On the upside were some
fresh fruits and vegetables, man
ufactured animal feeds. inedible
fats and oils and some textiles.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Boycott Dims Chance
|0f Rhee Compromise
BY the Associated Press

PUSAN. Korea, June 21.-
Thirty-eight anti administration
members boycotted the National
Assembly today. dimming chances
for a compromise of South Ko-
rea's political crisis before Mon
days showdown date.
The constitution calls for the
assembly to elect a President by
Monday.
The 38 members of the Demo-
cratic Nationalist Party said they
would not return until President
ISyngman Rhee lifts martial law
and releases II assembly oppo-
|nents under arrest. The closed
general court-martial of seven of
the assemblymen is in recess un-
til Monday.
The boycott makes its virtually
impossible to pass a compromise
amendment to the constitution
The compromise calls for popular
election of the President and a
two-house legislature. both de-
|manded by Rhee, plus certain
Legislative controls over the cab
linet.
Ninety-eight assemblymen dis
cussed the compromise today. but
action was impossible. Passage
requires 122 votes, a two-thirds
majority.
Evening star., 1952-06-21

statement is considered in con-
nection with the Bridges speech,
as it was intended and would
have been understood by the
readers of the letter and en-
closure, the language relating
to the Farmers Union was fair
comment in the public interest
and conditionally privileged. It
is said that Senator Bridges
speech on the public activities
of the Farmers Union would
have been privileged if given
outside the protection of the
Senate floor, and the statement
of the defendants was equally
privileged because it was in ef-
feet only a repetition of the
Bridges speech. If the pub
liShed statement is libelous as a
matter of law, it is no defense
that it was repeated from an
other source"
So it is established once again
that in matters of this kind it
is safer to be Senator. Safer,
and less expensive. All it cost
the Senator was his time. He
didn't even have to write the
speech. During the trial it was
established that others had COL
lected the material, shown it
to him and then drafted it in
its final form. A man named
McManus testified that he had
outlined the speech to the Sem
ator, "documented" it and that,
IL mean We-Wrote the final
draft"
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Peiping Reds Charge
U. 5. Planes Dropped
Germs on Prisoners
BY the Assoeiofed Press

TOKYO. June 21.-Peipine
Radio charged today American
planes have dropped germ bombs
on prison camps in North Korea
holding American and other
United Nations prisoners.
The Communist broadcast said
one American soldier was infected
by the germs. It said he is un-
der medical treatment at a POW
hospital.
The broadcast said American
planes have bombed and Strafed
prison camps in North Korea sey-
|eral times. 1t denied a charge
by Allied truce delegates that the
Reds failed to mark several
camps so they could be identified
from the air.
Peiping said Allied planes
stepped up their brutality" by
dropping bombs filled with germ
laden ants" over Communist
POW Camp No. 3 at Chonchang
and Camp No. Z at Unsi June 6.
The broadcast said Gales G..
Pixley, an American prisoner in
Camp No. 3 who helped extermi-
nate infectious ants" was in
fected and hospitalized.
The United States Army here
said a Pfc. Gales G. Pixley of
the I'd Division was captured by
the Communists. His home ad-
dress was unavailable.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Constantine Brown:

Prime Minister Churchill's
age and Indifferent health are
worrying many Britons who
look with much uneasineSs at
the rising power of the left
wing LaboriteS. These BritonS
realize that the return to Of
flee Of the Conservatives-even
with their present flimsy ma
jority-was due exclusively to
the personality of old Winnie.
But in eight months of Office
the Conservatives have not been
able to cope with the unbelieva-
ably complex questions which
confront the British nation.
Mr.. Churchill has lost his pep;
his associates in the government
do not stand up to the stand
ards required by the present
world crisis. and Mr.. Churchill'S
principal lieutenant, Anthony
Eden-who is in line for the
Prime Ministry and leadership
OF the party-is regarded as a
lightweight by the British
people.
In the Labor Party such
middle of he-roaders as Glenn
ent Attlee and Herbert Morrison
are being eclipsed by the virile
and driving new "Star," Aneurin
Bevan. who speaks his mind
forcefully and clearly. Mr.. Bevan
IS only in his early SOS and has
eSpoused the cause of neutralism,
popular in Britain and on COM
tinental Europe. He is against
the Moscow type of Commu-
niSm, but he also is against
rearmament or any other form
OF. military and diplomatic CO.
operation with the West which
might conceivably lead to a
war with the U. S. S. r. The Red
imperialism is gaining. accord
ing to his views, by what he
calls "the useless saber ratings
of the Americans and their pres
ent associates. He claims to be
a realist and his speeches, are
appealing not only to the vast
majority of the Laborites and
Socialists but to the man in the
street.
Mr.. Bevan maintains that the
present armament efforts of the
Evening star., 1952-06-21

evidence will demonstrate that
leadership of the Farmers
Union has attempted to turn
that organization into a Com
munist front. I am not going to
make that charge. I am going
to let the evidence speak for
itself. There are many honest
and sincere people in the Farm
ers' Union. Many State leaders
Of unquestioned loyalty and in
tegrity have, as I will show,
fought f1ercely against the ele-
ment which would make the
Farmers Union a front organi-
zation."
With this beautiful bit of
double talk for an introduction,
the Senator spoke for some
hours. His speech and hot re-
buttals offered by Senators
Humphrey and LANCER used up
most of the Senate's day.
Running for reelection in
Utah was Representative Walter
Granger. The Farm Bureau op-
posed him. In a mimeographed
letter, distributed with copies of
Bridges speech, it asserted,
Representative Granger has
exhibited his evident animosity
toward farm organizations, ex-
cept the Communist-dominated
Farmers Union"
Said the appellate court, con-
f1rming the lower court, "They
(the defendants) take the po-
sition that when the challenged
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Jordan May Dethrone
King Unless He Takes
Schizophrenia Cure
By the Assoeiated Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 21.-
Government officials in Jordan are
growing increasingly worried over
the mental illness Of King Talal.
who so far has not followed advice
to enter a Swiss mental clinic or
return home. Dispatches today
from Amman, the Jordan capital,
said he may be deposed if he con-
tinues to disregard government in
StructionS.
Prime Minister Tewf1k Abul
Huda leaves for Switzerland to-
morrow in a final attempt to rea-
son with the monarch, suffering
from Schizophrenia split per-
Sonality. Four government repre-
Sentatives have already visited
Talal without being able to per-
Suade him to take treatment or
return to Jordan.
Hope for Recovery.
The Prime Minister'S mission
was said to be a last-ditch effort
to retain the throne for Talal. Un-
der Jordan's constitution, Parlia-
ment may depose a king If he is
proved insane. While there is lit
tie doubt about the Kings i'm
sanity now there is still. theoreti-
cally, hope for his recovery. So
long as this hope lasts, Parlia-
ment will not act.
Abul Huda has great influence
over the ailing king and if he fails,
it is felt in Amman. no one else
can hope to succeed.
If Talal rejects his prime min
ister's advice. he will probably be
depoSed and his son, Crown Prince
,1ussein, now a student in England,
will be proclaimed king. A regency
would be formed to rule until the
king becomes Of age. next May 2.
A regency now is ruling for Talal,
who assembled the throne after his
father. King Abdullah. was assas-
Sinated in Jerusalem last year.
Says He Will Return.
King Talal sent message to his
government yesterday that he in
tended to return to Jordan, but
his failure to mention an exact
time left most informed circles In
Amman skeptical.
Two weeks ago the king made
Q similar announcement and moth
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Driver Is Severely Cut
lin Crash With Parked Car

A 26-year-old man suffered
severe cuts today when he appar-
emily fell asleep while driving and
his car collided with a parked car
on New Hampshire avenue near
Decatur street NV. police re-
|ported.
Ramon P. Martinez, a plumber
|of 1910 Madison street NV, was
admitted to Casualty Hospital
with cuts on the knees and face
and internal injuries. The parked
auto is owned by Frances B. Lang
don, 4813 Third street NV.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
May Restored 10 Standing
As Lawyer in Kentucky
BY the Assoeiofed Press

FRANKFORT, KY, June 21.-
Former Congressman A. j. May,
convicted of wartime fraud, was
restored to his standing as a law
yer yesterday.
The Court of Appeals overrode
Ia recommendation against rein
statement by the State Board of
Bar Commissioners. The court
said the commissioners had ac-
Icepted as true affidavits that May
has been "a man of excellent
character" since his release from
prison.
The order commented that cit
lis not in keeping with Christian
principles" to deny him another
lchance.
May, now II. was convicted of
accepting $4,000 in bribes from
munition makers Henry and Muir
ray Carson for his influence as
chairman of the House Military
Affairs Committee in awarding
contracts. The Carson brothers
and May got two-year sentences.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Highest Greek Medal
Awarded to Van Fleet
BY the Associated Press

WITH UNITED STATES Sd
INFANTRY DIVISION IN KO-
REA, June 21.-Gen. James A
Van Fleet, United States 9th
Army commander. today was
awarded the highest Greek mil
itary decoration-the DiStin-
guished Medal of Honor.
The presentation was made by
1t. Gen. ThrasivouloS Tsakalotos,
chief of the Greek army general
staff. He is visiting the Greek
expeditionary forces attached to
the Sd Infantry Division.
Gen. Van Fleet headed the
American military advisory group
in Greece before coming to
Korea.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Fi|ipinos Help GIs
RepeI Chinese Attack
In Korea Hill Battle
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea, June 21.-Tough
Filipino infantrymen using bay
onets and grenades today blunted
the initial thrust of a beefed-up
Chinese regiment attacking on a
three-mile sector in Western Ko-
rea. -
The Filipinos and American
45th Division infantrymen beat
back charge after charge in five
hours of savage night fighting to
force the Chinese to withdraw.
Objective of the Reds was
T-Bone Hill. defended by the Phil
ippines 10Th Battalion combat
team and nearby key peaks west
of Chorwon.
Enemy Artillery Fire Heavy.
The Reds threw tanks and
artillery into the battle. An esti-
mated 5000 to 1000 Chinese foot
soldiers smashed against Allied
positions.
More than 5000 rounds Of Com
munist artillery and mortar fire
pounded into U. N. positions. 1t
was one of the heaviest barrages
OF the war on single sector.
In the early stages of the fight
some Allied units were cut off.
They battled the Reds hand-to-
lhand and threw them back.
Before dawn the mauled Chi
neSe had enough. They began to
pull back
The 9th Army said the Reds
suffered $50 killed and about $50
wounded. This raised to more
than 5000 Communist casualties
in bloody fighting for the key
hills.
Jet Bagged Over Pyongyang.
American casualties were not
announced.
American Sabre jet pilots re-
ported they shot down a Russian.
built jet over Pyongyang, the
North Korean capital. Two pilots,
First Lieut.. Donald A. Mclean Of
Rochester. N. Y. and 1t. William
D. Engle of Noedesha, Kans.,
shared credit for the kill. the first
for each.
Five American fighter -bombers
reported heavily damaging five
Red tanks northeast of Kumsong.
on the east central front. Second
1t. Edward L. Traweek of Green
wood, Miss. said he laid a couple
OF bombs right among the tanks.
United States 5th Air Force
headquarters said Allied planes
shot down or damaged eight Red
planes during the past week. with
only two UN. plane losses.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Blind Youth browns
Week After Graduation
,y the Associoted Press

GREENFIELD, Mass. June 81.
John Hawthorne, jr.. 18 of Mil
lers Falls, who was graduated last
week from Perkins Institution
and Massachusetts, School for the
Blind. drowned yesterday in Green
Pond, Lake Pleasant.
Girls sitting on shore, not know
ing he was blind. thought he was
Joking when he yelled for direc-
tions to land as he swan 80 feet
out.
He sank in Is feet of water.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Philip Ill With Cold

LONDON. June 81 (P).-Philip
Duke of Edinburgh, has a bad
cold and must stay indoors several
days, Buckingham Palace an
nounced today. The Duke is al
Windsor Palace with his wife
Queen Elizabeth II.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Poultry Cooperative Elects

LURAY. Va. June 21 (R.-
Harold Eek Of Jerey. N. H., was
elected president of the Northeast
ern Poultry and Egg Marketing
Cooperative at a business man
agement conference here yester-
day.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Miss Ball Expects Boby

HOLLYWOOD. June 81 (P.-
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz yes
terday announced through their
publicist that they are expecting
their second child in January.
Evening star., 1952-06-21

ing came Of it. The kings cable
was in reply to an urgent message
from Abul Huda, who apparently
considered the reply unsatisfactory
and therefore planned his depar-
ture for Switzerland tomorrow.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Stop, Look and Listen

CHICAGO.-Motor-vehicl &C.
cidents at railway crossings last
year resulted in 1880 deaths and
7,840 other injuries.
Evening star., 1952-06-21
Penny Arcade Destroyed
By Fire at colchester
By The Associoted Press

COLCHESTER, Md, June 81.
Fire burned out the penny ar
cade and other parts Of the
amusement park at this Eastern
Shore summer resort.
COLCHESTER is a popular sum-
mer resort. Excursion boats run
to COLCHESTER from Baltimore
niohtIv
Evening star., 1952-09-25
Cardinal Bars Tolerance
In Spain, Minister Says
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-The
Rev. Paul E. Freed, Baptist min
lister of Greensboro. N. c.. arrived
by plane yesterday from Spain
and said religious freedom is be-
ing denied Spanish Protestants.
He blamed the influence of Car
dinal Segura. archbishop of Sc
vile, and others he said are seek
ing to drag people back into the
Dark Ages"
Mr.. Freed said he spent three
weeks in Spain in an unofficial
capacity to determine the Spanish
governments official attitude on
religious freedom.
He said he had been invited to
make the trip by United States
Representatives and Senators, but
refused to identify them.
He said he presented memo
randum on the question to Span
ish Foreign Minister Alberto Mar
tin Artajo.
The Foreign Minister replied, in
essence, that. according to Spanish
law, the government cannot give
Evening star., 1952-09-25

Police yesterday picked up the
third suspect in a purse-snatching
case after setting a trap in a
Northeast used car lot.
Arrested was Harrison Charles
Parker, jr.. %. of the 6100 block of
River road, Bethesda. Police said
the colored youth may be the man
sought in connection with the rob-
berry of Mrs. Mary E. Laudick. IS,
of 4550 Connecticut avenue NV.
Her purse was snatched by three
men last Tuesday as she walked
outside her home.
Police had information today
that Parker would pick up a de-
post he had made on a car. When
Parker picked up the deposit, po-
Evening star., 1952-09-25
Baltimore Official Asks II ferries Can Be Leased

could not lease the ferries because
the law requires they be sold or
otherwise disposed Of.
Mr.. Price said several council
men favored obtaining the boats
to be used in a -harbor ferry
system. He said they were in
terested in either buying or leas-
ing them, but preferred leasing
them.
The Chesapeake Bay ferry sys-
tenn became obsolete with the
completion Of the bay bridge last
July. The ferries are being
readied for sale.
Evening star., 1952-09-25
By the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. IS. The
president of the Baltimore City
Council has asked the State
Roads Commission if it would
lease the idle Chesapeake Bay
ferries to the city-if it could.
Arthur B. Price said he would
await an answer to his query be-
fore deciding If a taxpayers suit
should be brought to court test
to decide if the State can lease
the boats rather than sell them.
Attorney General Hall Ham
|mond'S Office has said the State
Evening star., 1952-09-25
Third Purse Theft Suspect Seized in Trap Set by Police

lice picked up Parker at the used
car lot.
Two other suspects. Raymond
Martin, 81, and James E. Lewis, 18
both colored, were arrested last
Wednesday.
The men will appear in Munich
pal Court later today for arraign-
ment.
Evening star., 1952-09-25
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