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Evening star., 1952-06-04

And more than 100000 postal
workers, most of them in the
lower salary brackets, who live
from paycheck to paycheck. al
ready have missed out on their
pay this week. At best, their pay
checks will be from three to four
days late.
Chairman Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee sought
to have the House act today but
this move failed because of lack of
a quorum.
These postal workers are hard
working and conscientious. To
deny them their pay was a shabby
way for Congress to show its
appreciation of their loyal service
to the American public.
Fortunately, most other Fed
eral departments and agencies
don't have their paydays until
next week. Thus, most Federal
workers were spared a payless
payday. Employees in several
agencies. among them the Small
Defense Plants Administration
and the Railroad Retirement
Board, were not so fortunate and
have missed a payday.
The entire situation could have
been avoided. if the Senate had
approved the House-passed emer-
gency resolution that would have
permitted regular paydays while
the third supplemental bill con-
tanning the funds was tied up in
conference.
Over a month ago, the House
for this contingency by
approving the emergency resolu-
ton. But the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee, for reasons best
known to itself, refused to act on
the resolution.
X i ~
ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT-
Lack of a quorum forced the
House Civil Service Committee to
cancel its closed session yesterday
on the Little Wagner Act bill. The
group will meet again Friday to
vote on the measure, which would
require agencies to deal with en-
ploye unions on all personnel
matters, and grievances.
\ r \ \
PROMOTIONS-AS soon as the
third supplemental money bill
becomes law-and this should be
within the next few days-the
Civil Service Commission is ex-
pected to issue regulations con-
corning the new promotion policy
in Government.
The bill contains the new mod
if1ed Whitten amendments, which
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Hospital HEARINGS Set

A closed session to hear COM
plants of eight women employees
of the Prince Georges General
Hospital, Cheverly,, will be held
by the county commissioners at 2
pm. Friday at the hospital.
Commissioner Edward j. Wa
ters said six women have indi-
Gated they will resign this month.
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ing to save a
second drown
ing boy.
Both Joshua
Wilson, Is, coll
ored. of 507 G
street Sc. and
the econd
playmate, Ar
mold L, Nero. 8,
colored, 916
Third street
Sc. W e r e
dro W ne d in
about 20 feet of
water OF the
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Nuzi Returns to Arqentino

FRANKFURT, Germany, June 4
P).-Maj. Gen. Adolf Galland,
German World War III hero. left
last night for Argentina, where he
is adviser to that country's air
ministry. He had spent eight
weeks here on what he said was q
private visit. Gen. Galland is
credited with shooting down 104
Allied planes,
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SpeIImon in Italy

NAPLES. Italy, June 4 (P-
The American ship Constitution
arrived here today with an Amer
ican pilgrimage of more than 600
Roman Catholics led by Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of
! New York,
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vanished. Final
enactment by
the House and
Senate is re-
garded as a
mere formality
and should take
pl ace tomor-
row.
For the last
W e Elk or so
Federal e m :
ployes h a v e
been subjected
to a severe case
of jitters re-
garding their
Evening star., 1952-06-04
The Federal Spotlight
Senate Could Have Prevented
Current Poyless Poydoys
The Fedeful Spotlight
By Joseph Young

payless payday situation involving Government employees
could avoided easily Congress-
sight, Federal officials say.
The blamed but the have prevented
the situation it had wanted to
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Auto Registrations
Here Drop Despite
National Increase

Motor ehicle registrations
gained throughout the country last
Iyear-except in the District.
According to figures released by
the Bureau of Public Roads today.
2,750, 900 more cars were registered
in the United States in 1851 than
in 1850. But in Washington, the
total dropped 3,642.
The total registration here last
year was 1885, while in 1850
there were 194,958 registrations,
according to the bureau. The fig
ures given out by the District De-
Ipartment of Vehicles and, Traffic
are different, but they RlsO show
Ia decrease. The 1rafiic 1eraft-
lment said it had registered POI, :
Ig37 from April / to December 81.
1880. and .197,049 last year--a
drop Of 3,943.
Moving Seen as Reason.
Traffic Director George e. Ke-
Ineipp said he believes the decrease
was caused by Washington resi-
dents moving into nearby Mary
land and Virginia. He also said
there may be cars owned and op-
Grated by District residents who
have bought Virginia tags because
thew were cheaner
Mr.. Keneipp said the police
are now conducting a crack
down on all cars parked over
night on the city streets and
bearing Virginia and Maryland.
tags. They are notifying between
IS and so car owners every day
to explain why they have tags
from other Jurisdictions and con-
tinue to park every night on
Washington streets.
Gas Sales Soar.
Throughout the Nation motor
vehicle operators paid total State
taxes Of $1,803, ,802 900 on 3S, ,304,-
398, 900 gallons of motor fuel in
1851. This was an increase of
2,576. $4,000 gallons over the total
used in the previous year.
+ The average State tax on motor
fuel was 4.74 cents a gallon. State
gasoline taxes last year ranged
from 2 cents a gallon in Missouri
to cents in Louisiana. u
Evening star., 1952-06-04
School Wing Authorized

Fairfax County's first high
school for colored students, to be
built at Merrifield, will have an
elementary school wing, the Coun-
ty School Board has decided.
The board also directed School
Supt. w. T. Woodson to include
in plans for a proposed new bond
issue recommendations for a new
elementary school for colored
children in the Baileys Crossroads
Mount Pleasant area.
Evening star., 1952-06-04
Intervention Souoht

The Arlington Civic Federation
last night authorized its Execu-
tive Committee to. consider the
feasibility Of intervening in the
case now before the Virginia
Court Of Appeals which would
exclude Federal employees from
serving on the County Board. The
case is set for hearing June 10.
Voting to send $10O to defray
expenses if necessary. the fedora
ton directed that a letter be sent
to Arhngton's State legislators
cooperation to- correct
this most disgracefM situation at
the earliest opportunity" if the
court upholds the. decision of Cir
cult Court Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy.
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A 15-year-old boy who had just
saved the life Of drowning play
mate yesterday afternoon lost his
own life a few minutes later try
Evening star., 1952-06-04

IUUI UI EIISt
street Sc, In the Anacostia River.
. Police said witnesses told them
hat the boys, who apparently
we're playing hockey from school.
Evening star., 1952-06-04

Of course, now that House
Senate conferees have agreed on
the third supplemental bill, the
threat of payless paydays has
Evening star., 1952-06-04
River Report.

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. SS, on April 23
Lowest. l5. on January 80.
High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High. 90. at $50 pm.
Low, 66, at 6:15 am.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast a
f. GAndofir \
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Precipitati tiOn.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1952-06-04

Lovely 'Shy" Model
With Free Boutonnieres
for Every Man
Mary jane Hoyes,
former Miss Woshino-
ton, will be in our 9l0
18th St. Store Thurs
doy II AN. to 3
Pm. to pin o flower
on ou. Come in!
Evening star., 1952-06-04

The Sun and \
Evening star., 1952-06-09
New Enemy Trick Seen in Korea
Alexander Rushed to Area Check on Intelligence Doto
Churchill Moy Revomp Policy After Viscount Reports
Constantine Brown:

Viscount Field Marshal Alex
ander has been rushed to Japan
and Korea by the British gov
ernment because of the nature
of information which London is
reported to have received from
its still excellent military intel
ligence services in the Far East.
The cryptic statement made
recently by Prime Minister Win
Ston Churchill that he con-
Sidered the situation in Korea
as very grave was based on re-
liable information the War De-
partment had received regarding
the intentions of the Reds,
rather than on facts known gen.
orally to the public. This in
formation. it is reliably reported
here. consists Of the fact that
even If the United Nations COM
mand decided to surrender all
prisoners, no armistice is In
sight.
Gen. Nam II, the spokesman
of the enemy, is said to have an
other trick up his sleeve. In
the unlikely event that we
yielded to the enemy's demands
on the matter of prisoners OF
war. Nam intends to raise the
question Of germ and poison gas
warfare although this is not on
the agenda prepared at Pam
munjom several months ago.
The Reds are prepared to de-
mand formal pledge that the
United Nations will not employ
germ warfare again. Naturally
our representatives cannot give
such a guarantee or even dis
cuss it. The Communist propa-
ganda would make important
capital of it and point out that
our acceptance of such terms
proves that we have used germs
in Korea. The enemy has been
blaring for a long time through
all available channels through
out the world that America has
been indulging in archaeological
warfare. When Gen. Matthew
Ridgway arrived in Paris he
was greeted with Communist
posters describing him as Gen.
Microbe."
Psychological warfare experts
have been trying to guess the
reason for these totally un-
founded outbursts which ex-
tended from the 38th Parallel
to the English Channel. There
are two assumptions: Cd the
Chinese wanted to explain to
their people that the use of
germs was the reason they had
not thrown the Allied forces
into the sea as they had boasteG
they would do: and (2) Mos
COW and her satellites wanted
to lay the basis for their own
use Of that type of prohibited
war methods by accusing us of
having employed it first.
Both assumptions sounded
Evening star., 1952-06-09
OOVQ EQN7eICe
New Germany Contrasts With Old
Private Talks With Government and Opposition Lead
Reveal impression of Deep Gratitude to America

10. Hatred and bitterness
toward Soviet Russia has been
growing. The millions of Ger
man prisoners who have come
back from Russia have been
telling stories of atrocities and
cruel treatment worse than
anything ever experienced by
prisoners of war anywhere in
the world-far exceeding in
brutality anything the Hitlerites
did. The lack of freedom in the
Soviet zone in East Germany
has sent millions of refugees
into West Germany-a financial
problem. by the way, that is
causing the German govern
ment plenty Of headaches.
II. The economic position of
Germany, with increased pro-
duction and renewed energy, is
better than has been expected.
With such a big segment of the
productive economy still in
Russian hands and with an
enormous burden of debt, how
ever. the new Republic-whose
spokesmen say frankly they
want to pay the debts but on
scaled-down basis-cannot see
any satisfactory way out except
through a five or six billion dol
lar international loan of 20 to
30 years duration. This is one
way they hope to pay off war
claims, including those to the
Jews whose homes and busi-
nesses were conflscated by the
Hitler regime. The cabinet Off
cials say they are anxious to
make restitution to the Jews,
and there is much discussion
here over the determined efforts
OF the President and the Chan
cellor of the Republic to give
such debts priority of repay
ment over all other debts.
IL. Germany is far from
either economic or political
stability. With a friendly hand,
however. from not only the
United States but from France
and Britain. she can work into
a place in Europe which, with
the rest of the western coun-
tries. will counterbalance any
future Soviet position of power.
When that happens. the eco
nomic burden on the American
people will be less than it is
today, but the days of complete
relief from the financial load
America is carrying now in Eu-
rope are years, not months,
away.
Evening star., 1952-06-09
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Taft forces grab ndianas vote fixing $500 filing
for delegates This exciting The Taft people
keep lap ahead of e-and jumps sheriff
Of California the c. convention thought
he'd carefbut along he must have
accidentally dropped plaitude.
President Truman named honorary Ozark hbiy
true hlby artist is fellow who
without numbering to-s the only one
he's
Gen Ike go anywhere world to meet Stain
necessary Tor peace kes getting to be true candda-he will
ing to go anywhere to meet anybody if necessary.
Ike IN New York again opposes Federal FEPC with enforce
ment powers. Goodbye Broadway! Hello Texas!
President Truman the world against new
Russia Even Russia looking
communismwhere they'll do anything somebody
Evening star., 1952-06-09
Doris Fleeson:
Doris Fleeson:
Temptation for Taft Is Obvious
Strong-WI|ed Men Republican Committee Stroqqinq
Into Chicago in Subdued Mood for the Clash Ahead

CHICAGO. June 9.-The
stage is being set for a historic
Republican convention by a
group Of strong willed men,
harshly divided between two
presidential candidates. but
needing each other to win the
victory they feel is almost with
in their grasp.
They are the arrangements
committee of the Republican
National Committee. They are
struggling into Chicago in a
very subdued mood and no
wonder. The strain on their
Self-control and good sense is
obvious.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
hackers are outnumbered in the
committee about 60-40. They
say only, but they say it Sternly.
that they intend to get a fair
deal for their man.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, because
he is the favorite of the COM
mittee majority, has the capa-
bility Of mounting a steam roller
as his father did before him
in 1912 and letting it roll.
With victory so nearly within
his grasp, the temptations are
obvious.
There are deterrents, too, of
course. One is the example of
1912, when the defeated Theo-
dore Roosevelt bolted and the
Democrats won the election.
Another is that a steam roller
this time must operate in full
view of the television cameras,
hence Of the American people.
who will make the final decision.
Key figures in the conven-
ton struggle will be the tempo
rary and permanent chairman
and the keynoter. In modern
times the keynoter and tempo
rary chairman have been one
job; some Taft people now are
suggesting that this is q custom
which could be broken.
They are not admitting it,
but what they want is Gen.
Douglas Macarthur for key
noter. Since the general is so
aggressively for Senator Taft,
the Eisenhower people will
Evening star., 1952-06-09

certainly veto him as temporary
chairman making vital rulings
on the delegate contests that
may decide the neck-and-neck
Taft-Eisenhower race.
Unquestionably Macarthur is
q compelling orator and a Re
publican hero. Even so. the
Eisenhower camp will remember
that he has deliberately at
tackled the candidacy of Sen
ator Taft's foe. It is doubtful,
too, If anyone can undertake to
promise anything about what
Gen. Macarthur will say in a
speech.
A few Taft supporters want
to be a little more prudent for
their own candidates sake. A
convention too greatly moved by
a Macarthur speaking only in
his own right, banned from TAX
ing sides as between candidates,
might have too much appeal and
q speak for yourself" emotion
might be created.
Arguments will be presented
that Gen. Macarthur should ad-
dress the convention, but not
until after a candidate is NOM
mated.
The Eisenhower supporters
will ask for convention officers
who put the party above any
candidate. They will not sug-
gest names. but they will try
hard to veto some unless this
qualification is met to their
satisfaction.
Because Of present tensions.
it has been urged upon the
committee that a governor,
preferably a Westerner. far re-
moved from Washington, and
uncommitted to a candidate, be
keynoter and temporary chair
man. Gov. Howard Pyle Of
Arizona is said to fill the bill
nicely.
The trouble is that the con-
centrated power rests chiefly in
the one job of temporary chair
man. He will make the decisive
rulings: he therefore is q hard
man to fashion a trade around.
He will have great latitude
in his rulings. There is much
conversation here about former
rules and the "built-in Gus
toms" of conventions. The fact
is that political parties in Amer
lea, like Topsy, just growed.
They have no statutory author
Evening star., 1952-06-09

almost approximates pacifisn1.
1t is felt that everything short
of appeasement should be tried
to bring about an agreement
with Soviet Russia.
4. The same sentiment that
is exhibited by the French So
cialists exists here in the op-
position Socialists-that there
must be an effort to negotiate
with Russia in a four-power
conference, If for no other rea-
son than to satisfy public opin-
ion in Germany that every
means of achieving peace by
negotiation has been exhausted.
S. Unless there is some recog-
milton Of this underlying senti-
ment-which may or may not
have been intensified by Com
munist intrigue-the European
Defense Treaty will not be rati-
fled here except with reserva-
tions that safeguard the Ger
man viewpoint on rearmament.
6. Rearmament is being
fought by Socialists as a road
block to domestic progress and
better housing somewhat the
same line that Bevan and the
British Socialists take. It is an
argument that can only be met
by demonstrating again and
again that the real roadblock to
peace is being erected by Soviet
Russia.
z. If Germany eventually
participates in a European de-
fense plan, it will have to be
under circumstances that grant
her more freedom Of action as a
sovereign nation than a con-
tinuation of her existence as
virtually an occupied country.
8. The presence of 100000
Germans in the Soviet zone Of
East Germany is a SOLDERING in
fluence on many West Germans.
who honestly fear that the
establishment Of several Ger
man divisions. even in a Euro
pean defense army, will pro-
woke Russia and harden the
Soviet attitude toward the re-
tllrn 0f East GnrYoa nv m tba
nation.
9. There is no danger of any
RusSian-German alliance now
or in the future if the present
Communist regime stays in
power in Moscow. Likewise,
there is no danger of either
Communism or Fascism coming
back here if the Republic is
given the moral support from
the West that it deserves to get.
Evening star., 1952-06-09

plausible. However, the reports
received in London that the
Chinese-Korean high command
hopes to trick us into an indi-
rect admission of having used
meteorological warfare as a
price of a ceaSe-fire agreement
seems now a more likely ex-
PLANTATION.
According to information
cleaned out Of Peiping and
other Chinese Communist politi-
cal centers the Chinese Reds
don't particularly care how
many prisoners of war are re-
turned. They would all be
executed or sent to forced labor
camps in any event. The in
sistence on this point was
prompted only by the need of
the Red high command to gain
time enough to obtain a COM
plete military advantage. Thus
far they have succeeded.
The enemy's forces have been
raised from a shaky and motley
crew of 100000 men last June
to twice that number at the end
of May. About 80 per cent Of
this new force is Chinese. These
troops had to be brought to the
battlefront from the far corners
of China. For instance, the
22d Army Corps-30,0O0 men
under Gen. Tao Shih-yueh-
was brought to the Yalu River
from the Sinkiang Province.
Another army of about $4,000
men was brought from Shensi
and Kansu.
The Chinese Communists are
not short of manpower. The
best estimates place the number
of men under arms at about
5 million. But well-trained elite
troops were needed along the
Yalu River and inside North
Korea. The best Red divisions
Evening star., 1952-06-09
David Lowrence:

BONN, Germany. June g.
Lengthy talks here with officials
of the government and the lead
ers of the opposition parties. as
well as with high American Off
cials. tend to crystalline agree
ment on at least one point-the
new Germany of today is far
different from the old and
would like to take its place in
the society of nations as full
f1edged, sovereign member will
ing to accept it's share of the
obligations of a peaceful Europe.
This correspondent talked
privately with President Heuss
of the Federal Republic, with
Chancellor Adenauer and mem
bers of the government coali-
ton. with DR.. Schumacher, op-
position leader. and with various
. members Of his party. as well as
with trade-union spokesmen
and the two cabinet members
in charge Of finance and eco
nomics. Impressions gained
from these conferences may be
summarized thus:
/. There is deep appreciation
of what the United States has
done to help postwar Germany,
sand Chancellor Adenauer went
so far as to say that history
would record that, by helping
Europe to its feet. America has
done one of the most generous
acts in the whole chronicle Of
human society.
2. There is unrest among the
masses due to unsettled eco
nomic conditions and poor hous-
ing. as many of the bombed
areas have not yet been re-
stored. This sentiment is being
exploited by political dema-
gogueS and can lead to a dis
tortion of German foreign
policy by clever manipulators of
campaign strategy who know
how to emphasize domestic is
sues at the expense of foreign
questions. The present govern
ment majority is slender and
the elections next year are
feared by the government men,
bers Of Parliament as likely to
go against them unless the
economic situation is then well
in hand.
3. Germany as a whole has
been persuaded by American
indoctrination activities and by
the terrible defeat administered
IN the war that dictatorship and
militarism lead to war. The basic
feeling in Germany against war
Evening star., 1952-06-09

had been smashed up In last
years U. N. counter-offensive.
The enemy started armistice ne
gotiations as blind to reorgan-
ize his badly mauled forces. It
was a repetition of a trick used
in 1916 after the Communist
defeat at the hands of the Ma
tionalists at Changchun, when
the well-meaning Gen. George
c. Marshall ordered cease-flre
for both antagonists. The Reds
broke it as soon as it was con-
venient. Unfortunately we did
not learn from the experience Of
Chang Kai-shek's Nationalist
forces.
The trip of Viscount Alex
ander to Korea was initiated by
Mr.. Churchill who. according
to some optimistic speculations.
is anxious to have a firsthand
report from his trusted Secre-
tary Of War in order to revamp.
if possible, Britain's present Far
Eastern policies.
Churchill has continued,
against his better judgment, the
policy Of friendship toward the
Peiping government inaugurated
by his predecessor. Prime Min
lister Clement Attlee. During
his visit to Washington last
winter, Churchill realized it
would be best for the interests
of Britain and America to
change it. But faced by a stern
opposition in the House of Com
mons he gave up. He feared
an explosion from his opponents.
charging that he had sold out
to the Yanks. Should Viscount
Alexander provide him with
tangible evidence of how mis-
guided this policy has been, it
is possible that the British
Prime Minister may have SUM-
cient arguments to reverse his
predecessor.
Evening star., 1952-06-09

Yes. Accounts are insured up to $4,000 by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Evening star., 1952-06-09

ity; each convention has no life
beyond its own.
Hence. the temptation for the
tacticians to bull ahead and
stand On the accomplished fact,
with all its attendant risks
when the people finally render
judgment. -...