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Evening star., 1952-05-26
Ban on The Miracle,
Italian Film, Upset
By Supreme Court
Socrileeious Conclusion
Of New York Censor
Held No Cause to Act

The Supreme Court today held
unanimously that a motion pic
ture film cannot be legally banned
on the basis of a censor's con-
clusion that it is sacrilegious.
It reversed a New York State
ban on the picture THE Miracle
produced by Roberto Rossellini.
That ban was ordered last year
when the State Board of Regents
declared that the Italian film as
sociated sacred beliefs with
"drunkness, seduction, mockery
and lewdneSs."
The movie, which was shown in
Washington without incident, was
attacked particularly by Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Catholic
Archbishop of New York.
Justice Clark read the courts
opinion.
Beyond States Interest.
From the standpoint of free
dom of speech and the press" the
opinion stated, "it is enough to
point out that the State has no
Legitimate interest in protecting
any or all religions froms views
distasteful to them which is suf-
ficiently to justify prior restraints
on the expression of those views.
1T is not the business of Gov
ernment in our Nation to sup
press real or imagined attacks
upon a particular religious doc
trine, whether they appear in pub
lications, speeches Of motion pic
lures.
Obscenity Charge Different.
"Since the term 'sacrilegious' i.
the sole standard under attack
here, it is not necessary for us
to decide. for example, whether q
State may censor motion pitcures
under a clearly-drawn statute de-
signed and applied to prevent the
showing Of obscene films. That
ills a very different question from
the one now before us. We hold
Ionly that. under the first and four
Iteenth amendments. a State may
mot ban a film on the basis of q
.|censor's conclusion that 1t is sac
Irilegious."
Joseph Burstyn, Inc, distributor
tof the film, appealed to the Su
Ipreme Court when the ban on tht
lf1lm was upheld by New Yorl
courts. The distributor described
the movie as the story of a simple.
minded woman who learns shs
is with child and imagines it wa!
conceived Immediately.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Picture on Pose AZ


Of Police Inspector Albert I. Bull
lock last week, set a hearing for
Inspector Beach Wednesday morn
ling.
1t will be the third appearance
of Inspector Beach before the
crime probers. This one, like the
other two. will be closed. But the
committee may decide to release
his testimony, as was done in the
Bullock case.
Inspector Beach first went be-
fore the committee in January.
He requested and was granted q
lprivate hearing.
Questioned About Checks.
Early in April he spent another
Is minutes with the probers.
When he emerged he was red
faced and in testy mood. Later,
he told reporters he was ques-
toned about some personal
checks he gave members of his
family.
On the latter occasion, Inspec-
tor Beach was accompanied by
Inspector Robert S. Bryant, assist
ant superintendent of police. Po-
lice Chief Robert v. Murray said
Inspector Bryant had been sent
along as an official observer.
Maj. Murray suspended Inspec-
tor Bullock last Friday because
in the Senate testimony he and
his wife did not account for
$4,000 in their possession over a
period of 80 months. The chief
said then all other policemen who
could not explain how they OBJ
tanned large amounts of money
would face suspension.
Presumably, Inspector Beach
will be given opportunity to ex-
plain his police financial question:
naire to the crime committee.
Once Headed Gambling Squad.
Inspector Beach has figured
prominently in police news. He
has commanded several precincts
and once headed a special gam
bling squad.
He was transferred from the
first precinct to the sixth after
an incident at the Variety Club,
and was questioned by the Davis
House Committee two years ago
in connection with an allegation
that Gambler Emmitt Warning
called ex-Police Chief Robert J..
Barrett "the boss"
He commanded the second pre-.
cinct before promotion to in
spector.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Slash in Foreign Aid
CANDLES on Destiny,
ConnaIIy Tells Senate
Texon Opens Debate as
G.O.P.Southern Coalition
Drives for Funds Cut
By J. A. O'LeoY

Chairman Connally Of the For
eign Relations Committee today
warned the Senate that drastic
cuts in foreign aid would mean
gambling with the Nations des-
tiny.
AS the Texas Democrat opened
Senate debate on the $6.9 billion
bill reported by his committee, 8
coalition was organizing to cut II
to about $6.5 billion. A similar
coalition in the House went fur
ther last week by passing a bill
which authorized only SOL bill
lion.
Senator Connally is making
what probably will be his last
major fight in "a years on CapitoI
Hill. He is retiring from the
Senate at the end of this session
Highlights Of Speech.
Highlights of his speech were
The Russians have indicated re-
Gently they are more alarmed over
the growing strength Of Western
Europe than they are encouraged
by the deficit in this country:
budget.
The committee cut 81 billion
from the Presidents $40 billion
request, but agreed with Gen
Eisenhower that any cut material
lily greater might endanger thu
military buildup essential Il
United States security.
Another war is not likely in tn,
foreseeable future, but only be.
cause Of the growing strength O.
the United States and her allies
The pending bill is based or
meeting the goal of so division.
and 1000 aircraft in the Western
European defense system this year
If the funds are cut too deeply
Europe will not have the incentive
to raise additional divisions "tG
be armed with broomsticks.
The foreign aid bill is no more
q "give away" program than j.
this country's own defense budget
Emphasizes Support.
Senator Connally also empha.
sized the Importance of the ST.:
billion for defense support fol
Western Europe, as distinguished
from the $3.6 billion for direct
military equipment. The defenst
support money is used to operats
(See FOREIGN AID. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Jet Bomber,
Another Plane
collide in Air
BY the Assoeioted Press

NORFOLK, Va, May 26.-A B.
As four-engined jet bomber and
another plane collided in flight
and crashed three miles east OF
Franklin today, state troopers re-
ported.
Franklin is in Southampton
County, about 40 miles southwest
of Norfolk.
Wreckage was scattered over a
wide area and four bodies were
found. the troopers said.
They reported the second plane
was believed also to have been q
B-45.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Mexico Crash Kills rs
On Way 10 Political Rally
BY The Associated Press

CHONOMAS, Mexico, May 26.-
IA truck loaded with political sup
!porters of anti-government presi.
dental candidates overturned yes
terday. killing 26 men and injur-
ing q others.
The party was en- route from
Huatusco. on the east coast, to 9
campaign meeting in the noun
tain town of Cordoba. Survivors
said the vehicle slid into a ditch
ion a curve and turned over.
It was the fifth accident in each
LOT which more than 20 person.
were killed on Mexican roads thi.
year.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Tommy MonviIIe PIons
His Ninth Marriage
BY the Associated Press

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, May
l26.-Tomr1y Manville and dancer
writer Anita Roddy-E Eden said last
night they plan to marry. It will
be his ninth marriage and her
first.
The eighth wife Of the asbestos
heir, Georgina Campbell Manville.
was killed last April 26 in an auto
mobile accident.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Five AssembIymen
| Arrested in Koreu
By fhe A.socioted Pre.s

PUSAN. Korea, May 26.-Soutl
Korean military police today ar
rested five national assemblymen
One was accused Of killing {
South Korean Army captain, but
charges against the other foul
were not disclosed.
Vice Chairman Kim Dong Suns
lof the assembly said Severa
other asSemblymen were beinl
sought. He did not announce thu
charges.
The assembly failed to meet
today for lack Of a quorum.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Power Lobby Scored
By Truman in Talk;
May Order Inquiry
Declares His Regime
Is Not Corrupt; Cites
Teapot Dome Scandal
By Joseph A. Fox

PRESIDENT truman To-Day 0e-
nounced the propaganda" car
ried on by the private power
monopoly" and threatened a JUS
tice Department investigation to
determine if there was any viola
ton of the Corrupt Practices Act
involved in the industry's opera
tionS.
In a vigorous 15-minute extern
IporaneouS talk to an electric con-
sumers' conference at the Willard
Hotel. the President told repre-
senatives Of farm, labor and con-
sumer groups that the power
industry is spending millions OF
dollars to poison the minds OF
the people"
Mr.. Truman also declared there
is mo such thing" as corruption
in Government and attacked op-
position charges to the contrary
Mentions Teapot Dome.
He conceded there had beer
derelictions at the lower levels, but
he declared that in the Repub.
lican era, the corruption reached
right to the top" He explained
he was talking about the Teapot
Dome scandals.
Mr.. Truman also reasserted hi.
intention of going to the people
with "the facts. Sometime soor
when the whistle-stop campaign
starts, I am going to go out ano
give you all the facts on the power
situation" he said.
And he said that another sub.
ject for the back-platform drive
would be the fight over getting
Judge James P. McGranery con-
f1rmed as Attorney General.
The President didn't mention
Judge McGranery by name but
brought that particular issue into
his talk when he said that he
thought he would have his new
Attorney General look at the pos
|sibilities that the power lobby
had violated the Corrupt Practices
Act
And had some trouble getting
an Attorney General" he jibed as
mis- audience laughed.
Full Page Spreads Cited.
The President said the power
industry paid as high as $17.00(
for a full page ad in Life maga-
zine and $4,000 for a similar
spread in the Saturday Evening
Post.
He even accused the industry
|of attempting to work through
the church organizations and Boy
Scouts and likened this attempt
to influence the mass mind" as
he called it. to the operations o1
Karl Marx and Hitler.
Declaring that he favors pri-
|vate ownership. Mr.. Truman de-
|clared. Il don't object to the
power companies making a profit
but I do object to them skinning
the life out Of the people"
Mr.. Truman was preceded in
his attack by Senator Hill, Dem
ocrat. of Alabama. who charged
the electric power lobby is
'swarming the lobbies of the Cap
itol and crowding the committee
rooms"
1.-THE private power lobby that
we licked so often and, some have
imagined, so thoroughly, is back
in greater force than ever" he
asserted. To-day the lobby has
a raft Of new allies and 1t is
waging all-out war"
Evening star., 1952-05-26
5-Doy Koje Riot in September
With 100 Casualties Reported
IS Killed in Bottle of Red and Anti-Red
Factions for Control of Enclosures

Iago had they wanted to. They
still are forging weapons but the
time has passed when the Reds
could gain control outside their
compounds, he said.
The United States 64th Field
Hospital was established on Koje
July 2. It's records show AIS
prisoner deaths-115 from POW
brutality. 122 from gunshot
wounds and 17S from natural
causes.
There are $50 prisoner graves
in Koje cemetery, but records OF
POW deaths before July are not
available.
In one incident last September
"a POW court tried, convicted and
executed Is prisoners. Nine bodies
had been burned before camp of :
f1cials learned of the killings and
sent troops to recover the re-
naming bodies.
Pusan Camp Under Control.
The chief medical officer at the
Pusan camp. 1t. Col. Philip j.
Noel, Louisville, said authorities
had complete control over the
enclosure.
Gen. Boatner told newly arrived
combat-wise Canadian and Brit
ish troops on Koje that U. N
guards now could control prison
ers outside the islands II POW
compounds.
But inside the compounds
housing $4,000 North Korean and
Icaptives - die-hard Communists
still rule.
About two weeks ago, the POW's
could have crashed their barbed.
wire Enclosures. They would have
suffered hundreds of casualties
but probably could have taker
over the island If they hac
wanted"
Within each compound thu
Reds have weapons and vel
organized military system. The
Communist leaders drill their mer
even hold small scale military
tactics using dummy rifles or club.
for mock bayonet drill.
It also is suspected that the
prisoners have stocks Of gasoline
useful for making homemade FIRE
bombs-known in World War d
las "Molotov cocktails"
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Spaniel Receivers $100
Lost Since Autumn
BY the Associated Press

DECATUR. Ill.,, May 26.-J. A..
Good lost a billfold containing
500 and important personal pa
pers last fall. A search of his
neighborhood and newspaper ad-
vertisements yielded nothing.
Yesterday Mr.. Goods young
cocker spaniel trotted up to his
owner with the billfold in his
mouth. Mr.. Good said the money
and the papers were still there
but a bit soggy. There was no
clue as to where the billfold had
henn
Evening star., 1952-05-26

Picture on Po9e A-3
POW casualties. including IS
killed by prisoners. United Ma
tions guards wounded IA with
gunfire and % with bayonets,
quelling the riots.
Bloody September was concen-
trated from September 16 to the
night of the Goth. Veterans say
savage fighting erupted inside the
compounds for control.
POWS BarbarOus.
United Nations hospital officials
say Red POWS treat each other
with such barbarity that they
have killed more prisoners than
have Allied guards in suppress
ing three POW riots announced
this year.
Camp officials concede they do
not have control inside the barbed
wire Enclosures. Red leaders have
organized prisoners into a crude
but disciplined army, equipped
with stones, club and weapons
fashioned from cans and metal
bars. They also have pistols and
rifles seized from guards in riots
or bought from civilians.
At least lis prisoners have died
from brutal beatings, hangings
or torture in clashes between die
hard Communists and anti-Com-
munists within the barbed wire
Enclosures. hospital records show
Guard suppressing three riots
in this U. N. POW camp killed 81
1t. Col. S. M. Gelenger, Flint
Mich, head Of the hospital, said
bodies Of prisoners slain within
the compounds often are not
recovered for days.
Could Have Seized Island.
Brig. Gen. Hayden L. Boatne1
said the POWs could have cap
tured the island about two weeks
Evening star., 1952-05-26
U. S. Wheat Goes to Pokistun

NEW DELHI, India, May 26
|R.-Four cargoes of India hound
wheat from the United States have
been diverted to Pakistan to tide
over a food crisis there, Deputy
Food Minister D. p. Karmarkar
told Parliament today. {,
Evening star., 1952-05-26

chamber Of the upper house of
the German Parliament-to watch
the 40-minute ceremony that
marked a dramatic; milestone in
the unceasing struggle between
the Western powers and the So
Wet Union over Germany.
There was little jubilation over
the signing in Western Germany
where all nine states of the West
ern Federal Republic turned
down a government request to
close the schools and make the
day a holiday.
Seated in red leather chairs al
a gray. velvet-draped table were
British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden, French Foreign Min
lister Robert Schuman. United
States Secretary of State Dear
Acheson and West German Chan.
cellor Konrad Adenauer. They
[put their signatures 20 times te
the documents in the peace con.
tract. aimed at bringing 48 NIL.
lion Germans west of the irol
curtain into the Western com
munity Of nations on a basis o1
equality.
Parliamentary Consent Needed.
But the ministers were careful
to stress that the documents neee
final approval of their parlia.
ments before the contract can b,
made more than a scrap of paper
A companion act-the European
army treaty to be signed in Pari.
tomorrow-needs similar ratifica.
ton. This would bring 400, ,O0t
Germans into a million-m man, six.
nation army.
The shadow of a scowling Sovie
Union and the realization tha
their homeland remains divided
gave Germans little to cheel
about. There were predictions il
the West German press that tn,
contract might be rejected by tn,
French and the West German
Parliament, where Socialist op.
position to signing has been mos
bitter.
After the ceremony the foul
ministers met with newspapermer
and declared both the peace con.
tract and the European treaty
have the preservation of peace ane
freedom as their aims. At time.
they appeared to be speaking di.
rectly to Moscow when they de.
clared their unanimous goal wa.
to unite all Germany by peaceful
means.
Moscow has charged that tn,
West is sealing division of Ger
many and sowing the seeds O
World War III.
Acheson Regrets Split.
| Mr.. Acheson said "the unhapp,
fact is that Germany is still di
Ivided. The United States regret
deeply the absence of those part
of Germany in the East. It woul'
have been a joyful feeling if the.
were represented here"
He said that since the war tn
Western powers had worked t,
establish freedom Throughout
Germany.
"The goal will not have beel
reached until there is German
unity in freedom and the Unite,
States will continue to work alonl
this line" he added.
i Mr.. Acheson offered congratula
|tionS to West Germany on behal
of President Truman.
Mr.. AcheSon said the thre
Western powers were "welcomin,
a new partner" in an agreemen
lof great Importance to all fou
countries.
i Mr.. Eden's remarks were SINH
lar. Mr.. Schuman called the con
tract a cornerstone of European
Incorporation.
| DR.. Adenauer said I'VE German
win become free to take par
| (See GERMANY. Page A-31
Evening star., 1952-05-26

PARIS, May 26 R.-French
government bonds went on sale
Just like postage stamps today as
Premier Antoine Pinay's 700-bil-
lllion-franc ($2 billion loanxwas
Launched.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Keep Up With the News
While on Vacation

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Of all types Of news while you're owoy
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Evening star., 1952-05-26

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Evening star., 1952-05-26
West Germany
And Allies Sign
aceContract
Ratification Needed
By PurIiuments to
Make 1t Effective
BY the Associates Press

BONN, Germany. May 26.-The
United States, Britain and France
today signed a peace contract with
Western Germany and then well
coined their former enemy as a
new partner in the fight for
peace and freedom"
Approximately 500 persons
crowded into Bundesratsaal-
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Beach Is Called
Again bySenate
Crime Probers
Third Appearance
Of Police Inspector
Scheduled Wednesday
By John V. Horner

Police Inspector Beverly c.
Beach was recalled suddenly to-
day to testify before the Senate
Crime Committee on his personal
finances.
The committee. whose dis
closures resulted in the suspension
Evening star., 1952-05-26

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Evening star., 1952-05-26
By the Associated Press

KOJE ISLAND Korea, May 26
Informed sources said today
Communist and anti-Red prison
ers of war battled each other for
control of barbed wire POW in
closures for five riotous days in
what Koje veterans call Bloody
September"
The five-day struggle-not yet
officially announced-caused 100
Evening star., 1952-05-26

Digest Of Germon Peace Contract.
Poee A. Il
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Coon's Wrist Fractured

Outfielder Gil Coan will be
lost to the Mats for At least
three weeks, it was learned to-
day when X-rays disclosed that
he suffered q fractured left wrist
in the second game Of yester-
days double header with the
Athletics. The injury was in
CURED when C0an made . diving
attempt 10 catch Skeetee Kell's
double to left field In the Eighth
inning.
Evening star., 1952-05-26

(See HIGHWAYS. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Late News
Bulletins
Gas Tax Bill Voted

The House today passed and
sent to the Senate q bill raising
the Districts gasoline tax BY
penny to 5 cents . gallon. By
. roll call vote Of $50 to "a the
House defeated an amendment
which would have continued
permanently the present Accent
levy.
Evening star., 1952-05-26

(See TRANSIT RADIO. Page Az.
Evening star., 1952-05-26
Bio French Bond Sale On

(See FOREIGN AID. Page Az
Evening star., 1952-05-26

An Associated Press Newspop
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Picture on Poee A-3
Evening star., 1952-05-26

Partly cloudy, chance Of brief shower
today; fair tonight. low of 81. Tomorrow
fair. less humid. Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1952-02-22
Membership Of Shriners
Reported al AII-Time Hiqh

Robert Gardiner Wilson jr.. i'm
perial potentate Of North Ameri-
can Shriners, told members of the
Almas Temple last night that the
national membership Of Shrine
chapters is at an all-time high.
Mr.. Wilson. judge Of the probate
court Of Boston. making his Of
ficial visit to the Washington
temple said national membership
in the 164 temples jumped from
S06,00o in 1s41 to $500 in 1851
Earlier yesterday. he addressed
o. luncheon given In his honor by
the Sphinx Club, also in the
temple.
Evening star., 1952-02-22
Albemurie Feeders Elect

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb
I22 tSpeciaD Joseph Stephens
of Ivy, has been reelected presi-
dent of the Albemarle Feeder Cali
Association. Larned d. Randolph
Iof North Carolina and County
Agent T. o. Scott were returned
to office as vice president and
lsecretary, respectively.
Evening star., 1952-02-22
Hearing Set Next Friday on Bullock Evidence Study

Next Friday was scheduled yes
terday as the date for hearing on
Ia petition by the Commissioners
for permission to inspect grand
Jury evidence concerning Police
inspector Albert I. Bullock In the
Charles E. Nelson gambling case.
The city heads want to see
whether the evidence revealed
|dereliction of duty on the part of
inspector Bullock In his capacity
Evening star., 1952-02-22
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Evening star., 1952-02-22

fore the grand Jury, but during
the trial Of the 16 persons in
|dicted, Judge Kirkland directed
the petit jury to acquit Inspector
Bullock.
Application for retirement oil
|hte police officer. who was granted
leave, was submitted last weei
ION his 55th birthday. the mini
mum retirement age. He has
completed 80 years as a police
man. The application is pending
Evening star., 1952-02-22

as a policeman, and a supervisory
official Of the Metropolitan Police
Department..
At a hearing on the petition
Monday, Judge James r. Kirk
land suggested that formal papers
be filed affording Inspector Bull
lock an opportunity to oppose the
petition.
The police officer became a de-
fendant in the gambling conspi-
racy case after he appeared be-
Evening star., 1952-02-22
Wallace Beery Estote
Settles Paternity Suit
By the Asseeioted Press

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 22.-Su-
perior Court has approved a $780,
$50 settlement in the suit of a for
mer movie bit player. Mrs. Gloria
Schumm. against the estate OF
Wallace Beery. She claimed the
screen actor was the father Of her
4-year-old son Johann.
The settlement was made with
out the administrators Of the $2,-
220.l5o estate admitting that the
actor was the child's father.
Evening star., 1952-02-22
Brotherhood Aword To Be Made Monduy

A committee Of prominent
Silver Spring citizens viii an
nounce their choice for recipient
Of the Montgomery County B'nai
Birth third annual Brotherhood
award at q meeting Monday in
the Stone House Inn. Four
Corners.
The winner is to be chosen by
this group: Or. Peter Lombard,
Evening star., 1952-02-22

president Of the Silver Spring
|Kiwanis Club, cfairmen: the Rev
Arthur Lanman. past president oil
the Silver Spring Ministers AS
|sociation; Miss Geneva Olds, a
business woman; Gilbert Cunec
of the Knights Of Columbus and
Rabbi Julius Rosenthal Of the
Montgomery County Jewish Com
munity Center.
Evening star., 1952-02-22

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