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Evening star., 1952-05-31
Kansas City Cadet Named
Honor Man at West Point
By fhs Associated Press

WEST POINT. N. Y. May 81
Cadet 1t. Harry L. Van Trees, jr.,
81, of Kansas City. Mo-, was
named yesterday as honor man
of the United States Military
Academy 1852 graduating class.
Cadet Van Trees four-year
academic record at the Point
placed him at the head of the
529 cadets who will be graduated
Tuesday.
During his first three years. he
won academic awards in mathe-
matics, military topography and
graphics. physics. chemistry, elec-
tricity and mechanics.
He is to be commissioned End
lieutenant, armor. in the United
States Army.
A Military Academy Band con-
cert opened the colorful June
Week" program yesterday.
It was followed by a full dress
review parade, the first of series
to be held during the week.
Cadet dances last night rounded
out the first days activities.
Athletic events will feature to-
days program; tomorrow will be
Baccalaureate Day.
The superintendent's annual
reception for the graduating class
and guests will be held tomorrow
afternoon.
Evening star., 1952-05-31

each needs at least 200 more.
This would be enough to enable
a clever compromiser to do his
stuff. if he had a candidate.
Earlier in the year. before the
ruckus got so rugged, there was
much talk Of Gov. Earl Warren
as the ideal compromise candi-
date. He seemed made to order.
A Republican able to carry Cali
fornia with one hand tied be-
hind him, Notwithstanding the
States Democratic majority, he
was ready and willing-in fact.
an avowed candidate.
For some reason, however, his
candidacy hasn't caught on. The
trouble may be that, since hun
dreds of thousands of them
habitually vote for him, he can
not bring himself to hate DEM
ocratS hard enough. Or that he
is just too reasonable a man at
a time when reason is out the
window.
For instance, When u. s.
News and World Report asked
him If he thought the President
was right in firing Macarthur,
he replied i:
Il wouldn't comment on that.
That's water over the dam. The
President had a right to do so.
Whether he acted wisely is for
history to determine. AS some
one once said, no matter how
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Chile SET 10 Resume
Copper Shipments
BY the Associofed Press

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 81
The Central Bank of Chile an
nounced last night that copper
shipments to the United States
will be resumed after a stoppage
Of nearly a month because of a
price dispute.
Chile, major overseas copper
source for the United States, sup
plies about a third Of Americas s
needs.
The Chilean government an
nounced last week that a settle
ment had been reached in which
United States officials agreed to
lift their 27.5 cent ceiling price on
imported copper. No details were
given on a new price. but news
papers here speculated it would be
about IS cents.
Sales to the United States were
halted May 2 when Chile broke
off a year-old agreement to ship
80 per cent of her copper output
to the United States at the fixed
price of 27.5 cents. Chilean au-
thorities threatened to dump ii
all on the free world market where
prices had been running as high
as so cents.
The American Government
heSitated at first to raise its price
limit because a higher rate would
be out of line with the price OF
copper produced at home. The
anti-inflation lid on domestic cop
per is 24la cents a pound.
Settlement of a wage dispute
between miners and the United
States-owned Anaconda Copper
Mining Co. also was announced
by the Government last night. The
workers will get higher wages
longer vacations, family allow
anceS and other benefits.
Evening star., 1952-05-31

enter the affray with minimum
confidence Of success. The Allied
diplomats were lured by the Red
peace dove, however. and the
offensive ordered cancelled by
Washington with the full con.
currence of the United Nations
headquarters in New York.
The favorable conditions for
Allied arms no longer exist to-
day. In the 10 months Of
armistice talks. the Muscovites
rushed from the west a large
number of troops, including
tank divisions, and greatly in
creased their air force with
modern jet planes and built up
their aviation gasoline supplies.
For the first time since the con-
flict between East and West
began in the Far East. the
enemy has a positive superiority
over the free nations forces.
Had the military been left
alone, we might have brought
the Korean police action" to a
successful conclusion by taking
a necessary calculated risk. At
present, the best we can do is
to resist the onslaughts of the
enemy, as Gems. Mark Clark and
James Van Fleet confidently ex-
pect. This means that we will
be able to remain on the defen-
sive-a strategy which has never
been successful in military
operations, unless it was a
waiting strategy while offensive
powers were built up in the rear.
And there is no indication
that we are preparing ourselves
at home for such eventuality.
We did this for some time
against Japan in the last war.
But then we were in a full war
mobilization when all the Ma
tion's economic and industrial
capabilities were placed at the
disposal of the armed services.
This is not the case now. The
manufacture of consumers
goods still takes precedence over
the production of the sinews of
war.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Lowell MeHett:
Warren Is Just Too Reasonable
Porty Needs Compromise Candidate to Save Itself,
But Californian Doesn't Hate Democrats Enouoh

Some important Republicans
now share my fear-if fear is
the word-that the party is in
a fair way to defeat itself again
this year. They agree that the
battle between the Taft and
Eisenhower forces has engen-
dered bitterness likely to last
long beyond the convention
week. AS Senator Mundt of
South Dakota expresses it,
MANY of the followers of the
candidate who loses may kind of
sit on their hands and let the
parade go by. instead of pitch
ing in to help elect the nom
inee."
In such a situation you might
expect the masterminds of the
party to be at work on a COM
promise-on the development of
dark horse acceptable to both
factions. Aside from the fact
that there doesn't seem to be
any such animal, all or most of
the masterminds happen to be
up to their necks in the fight for
either Taft or Eisenhower.
On paper a compromise seems
possible enough. The positive
strength of the two candidates
right now is about equal. Each
has in the neighborhood of 400
delegates, pledged, instructed or
otherwise committed. Each, of
course, claims many more, and
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Armed Guards Watch
Potato Festival Spuds
BY the Associoted Press

ELIZABETH CITY, N. c.. May
31.-Armed sentries kept watch
over four tons of potatoes piled
on the Elizabeth City courthouse
lawn last night.
The potatoes occupy the fea-
tured role in today's annual
Potato Festival here.
A late season threatened to
leave the festival without a potato
to its name. But through the CO.
operation of growers and ware
housemen the potatoes arrived in
time to be served as French fries
today-free of charge. The short
age prompted officials to arrange
for a National Guard company to
stand watch over the potatoes
until they were processed for
cooking.
Festival attractions, such as a
20-band parade, two-day speed
boat regatta and a State cham
pionShip baton twirling contest
will honor King Potato.
Evening star., 1952-05-31

not destroyed the ro-electric
plants in North Korea, south Of
the Yalu River. which provide
most of the current for the arms
factories.
When members of Congress
ask our military men in execu-
tive session why this is happen
ing, they are answered that such
decisions are made at the
political level" that is to say
by diplomats, and the military
men can do nothing but follow
their civilian superiors' direc-
tives.
One senior officer who testi-
fled recently in executive ses-
sion before a Senate committee
gave this answer when he was
questioned about the practical
side of this matter: IT don't
know whether this is a wrong
war at the wrong time in the
wrong place. But I do know
that it is cockeyed."
What appears to worry our
British friends as much as it
worries our military men is the
significant buildup Of the Soviet
forces in Siberia behind the
screen of the faxed cease fire
parleys.
The British general staff
which keeps in close touch with
our plans knew that Gen.
Matthew Ridgway was ready to
take advantage of the enemy
weakness in Korea and had
planned a major offensive for
last June. They also know that
in view of the deterioration of
the Chinese-Korean armies
after their temporary successes
over us this action would have
led us back to the Yalu River
without much trouble, in condi-
tions far better than in the fall
of 1850.
The fear Of Soviet direct in
tervention in Korea was ex-
tremely limited because the
Russians did not have suffi-
cient ground and air force to
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Truman Due 10 Ask
Senate for Quick 0kay
OF German Pacts
BY the Associoted Press

President Truman is expected to
ask the Senate early next week
for quick approval of two agree
mentS which would link Western
Germany with the Allies in
Europe.
Secretary of State Acheson was
met by the President at National
Airport when he returned from
Europe yesterday. Mr.. Truman
congratulated Mr.. Acheson on his
accomplishments in helping wind
up a West German peace con-
tract and European defense
treaty.
The President and his chief
diplomat repeatedly are hopeful
the Senate will speedily ratify
the peace pact and proposed
amendment extending North At
lantic Treaty guarantees to West
ern Germany. This would set the
pace for European parliaments.
Secretary Acheson participated
in meetings involving (a) the
peace contract, (b) the treaty ex-
tension and (c) military al
lance between Western Germany
and five other European nations.
Mr.. Acheson signed the first two
but simply observed signing of
the third since the United States
was not directly concerned.
Full Report Monday.
The Secretary expects to give
President Truman a full report
Monday and. later that day, meet
with congressional Foreign At
fairs Committees. He is sched-
uled to make q radio-television
report to the Nation Monday
night.
The President and Secretary
Acheson. meanwhile, are con-
fronted with the problem of what
counter measures to take If the
Russians build up their bitter op-
position to the new West German
plans to the point Of clamping
down a new Berlin blockade or
vitality reducing East-West COM
munications in Germany.
A new Berlin airlift is known
to be under consideration, if nee
eSsary, and some officials have
privately suggested that a show
of aerial strength as an evidence
Evening star., 1952-05-31
|0iI Strike Cost Nation
so Million Barrels Of
Petroleum Products
BY the Associated Pres.

With the oil strike all but over,
leaders of the petroleum industry
are taking stock to learn effects
of the month-long shutdown.
Here's the picture they find:
About IS per cent of the total
refining capacity of the Nation
was closed down. Total loss of
refined petroleum products
amounted to approximately so
million barrels.
Overall stocks of refined prod
uctS were approximately 230 mil
lion barrels on April q. as the
strikes broke out at refineries
scattered throughout the Nation.
The drain on these stocks during
the strike period was about 1.6
million barrels daily.
No Price Increase Expected.
The strike was ended just in
time to prevent serious effects in
many ways. Production at the
wells had been trimmed, but with
storage capacities of crude oil
filling UP all the way back to the
welihead. drastic curtailment OF
Crude production was in prospect.
Except for scattered localities,
mostly in the Midwest, there was
no gasoline shortage for motor
lists. Continuation of the strike
Ia few more days would have
greatly aggravated this situation
Settlement of the strike with
a l5-cent hourly pay increase for
workers will not cause a price
rise to consumers of petroleum
products. Labor accounts for only
about 7 per cent of the cost of
these commodities, and the oil
companies are absorbing the pay
boost.
Most serious immediate effect
of the shutdown was on output of
aviation gasoline. The loss was
estimated at 70 million barrels
daily.
Military demands were fully
met.
Aviation Gas Supply Short.
The ban against use of aviation
gasoline for pleasure and sports
flying is to be lifted Tuesday. At
the same time, the curtailment
of aviation gasoline for CONNER
cial and private business planes
is to be removed. The cutback
amounted to approximately 20
per cent. Aviation gasoline will
continue in short supply for the
foreseeable future.
A long-range adverse effect OF
the strike is expected in regard
to supplies of heating and indus
trial fuel oils along the Atlantic
Seaboard.
Even with refineries going back
to full operations, the heavy loss
of production in these commodi-
ties may cause serious shortages
at least locally throughout the
East, when next winters heating
season begins. The Petroleum Ad-
ministration for Defense is watch
ling that phase of the picture
closely and will set up local com
mittees to help solve shortages
when they appear imminent.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Another Sky Flash
StartIes Northwest
By the A,.oe;o.ed p,...

VANCOUVER. British Colum-
bia. May 31.-Another spectacu-
larly brilliant fash has startled
residents of the Pacific Northwest,
some of whom said it had the
characteristics Of a meteorite.
The spark-trailing visitor was
seen at 1886 am. yesterday from
as far south as Seattle to points
beyond the Canadian border, 100
miles to the north.
Capt. Mickey Milliken, Trans
Canada Airlines pilot flying from
Victoria to Vancouver said, "It
seemed to explode right along
side me and scared my pants OF. !"
Ken st. John at the Vancouver
Airport tower logged it as q
bright orange object with d
greenish halo j. very bright
seemed to be o meteorite."
A United Airlines pilot. John
Cordell. said he was IS miles
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Indians End Ship Strike
As Embassy Intervenes
ey fhe As,ocioted Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, May 81.
The Intervention of a repre-
sentative from the Indian En-
baSsy in Washington has resulted
In the end of q 24-hour strike by
SO Indian Seamen.
The walkout began Thursday
when the men from the British
freighter John Lyras complained
they weren't given enough CLOTH
ing and food and accused Capt. j,
Stubb of violating agreements
signed six months ago in Bombay.
ALI differences were ironed out,
however. following mediation Of
the dispute by Bahadur Singh Of
the Indian Embassy.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Americans Troining
lndonesio Air Force
BY The Asseeiuted Press

BANDUNG. West Java.-Amer-
leans and Hollanders are teaching
young IndoneSians the tricks Of
modern warfare. Oficers and men
of the Netherlands military mis-
sion in Indonesia work on the
Indonesian army while q group
of Il American civilian flight in
structors train the 1iedgling In
doneSian air force.
About 100 cadets have become
qualified military pilots since the
American instructors started their
work in February. 1851.
The Americans teach the men
how to handle such United States
made products as the Piper Cub,
the Harvard trainer and finally
the B-25 bomber and Mustang
fighter. q
Evening star., 1952-05-31
De Gasperi's S Party
Claims Victories in
4,073 Of 7,22O Towns
BY The Associated Press

ROME, May 31.-Premier Alcide
De Gasperi's Christian Democrats
won control of 4,073 of Italy's
1920 towns and cities in the
1951-52 local elections. the party
said today.
Out of 2,465 municipalities
which voted last Sunday and
Monday, the party captured 1855
to $50 for the Communist bloc
and $50 for local and rightist
tickets.
The party figures. published by
its newspaper, II Popolo, did not
detail the victories of the Fascist
Monarchisf far right which swept
elections in Naples. home of the
Atlantic Pact southern command;
Bari. key Adriatic port city, and
four other provincial capitals.
The local elections were held in
three sections, with voting in ap-
proximately one-third of the
municipalities each time. The
first two elections were held in
May and June Of 1851.
A startling show of ballot
strength doomed the neo-Fascist
Italian Social movement to third
place among the nations political
parties.
Parliament Elections Next April.
The results, which underscored
a growing division of power in
Italy's anti Communist parties,
took on added Importance because
of the coming parliamentary elec-
tions next April. Premier De
Gasperi's party now has an abso-
lutte majority in the Chamber of
Deputies.
Forty-eight hours after the polls
closed Monday, the chamber be-
gan consideration of q Senate
approved measure which would
give the courts power to dissolve
MSI.
Breaking down the results of the
Sunday Monday municipal voting,
the Christian Democrats said they
gained 246 towns and cities while
the number of Communist-ruled
municipalities remained station
Iary.
More Statistics on Voting.
Out of the nations 1920 mu-
inequalities, the Christian Demo-
Gratis control 4,073 to 1902 for the
Communists and 1,345 held by
local or rightist parties, The
christian Democrats also claimed
to have won control of 30 per
cent Of the provincial councils
elected in 70 provinces in the
three same elections. In an addi-
|tional % per cent. the Christian
Democrats and allied democratic
parties hold majorities. Com
munists and their Socialist allies
control 81 per cent Of the pro-
vincial councils.
The popular vote totals in the
city elections are yet to be tabu-
lated. The Christian Democrats,
however, claimed that in the pro-
vincial council elections in 70
mainland provinces and balloting
i'm 325 Sicilian towns and Trieste,
the party polled 8.725.471 votes.
It gave the Communist total as
4 4,974,843 and the pro- Communist
Socialists 3.074,440. These figures
would give the Red bloc an over
all vote of 8.048,283, or 677. 1853
less than in the De Gasperi party.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
BY the Assoeioted Press

BRUNSWICK, Ca. May 31.-A
sailor who wanted to fly but was
bounded by bullets from a sheriff S
posses lay in City Hospital under
guard today.
County Police Chief o. E. Burch
identified him as Navy Airman
j. A. Dowdy, who listed his next
of kin as a sister. Marlene Dowdy
Iof Everett, Mass.
Dowdy, who was shot yester-
day-he said it was his 10th birth
days in fairly good condition.
He is given a good chance of re-
|covery-and answering charges of
burglary and assault with intent
to murder.
Two teen-agers visited the
Brunswick Air Park Thursday
might and surprised a man beside
a private plane that had been
rolled out to a gasoline pump. The
prowler fired a couple of wild
shots at the boys, then roared
away in q car.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Doctors Reported Advising
Premier Stain 10 Retire
By the Associofed Press

MUNICH, Germany, May 81
Radio Free Europe said last night
Generalissimo Stain has been ad-
vised by his doctors to retire from
all his posts in view Of his rapidly
failing health.
The radio, privately financed
American station broadcasting to
countries behind the iron curtain.
also said Stalin's possible retire
|ment has stirred bitter strife in
Russia for the choice Of his sue
|ceSsor.
Radio Free Europe, which claims
good contacts in Eastern Europe.
did not give any source for its in
formation.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
5000 to Strike Monday
At Two Carpet Plants .
BY the Associoied Press

AMSTERDAM. N. Y. May 81
More than 5000 textile workers
are scheduled to strike Monday at
the Bigelow- Sanford and Mohawk
carpet plants here.
Fred r. Kronenberger. business
agent of Locals / and 489 of the
CIO Textile Workers Union Of
America. announced the strike
plans yesterday. He said the union
had failed to reach a satisfactory
agreement" with the two firms.
The unions contracts expire at
midnight tomorrow. Both plants
were closed for the Memorial Day
week end.
Evening star., 1952-05-31

south Of the Canadian border
when it appeared with "a bril-
liant blush light. I have seen
longer trails behind meteorites
but never such blush fash"
An object believed to be q
|meteorite exploded over or near
the north end of Seattle in the
early morning of May II. Other
recent reports of such visitors
have been received from Eastern
Washington. Oregon and North
western California.
Evening star., 1952-05-31
Ana Pouker's Fall From Favor
May Be Beginning of the End

Ana Pauker was by repute close
enough to Stalin-she repeatedly
could phone the Kremlin, ask for
Stain, and be sure of getting his
she could not be per.
removed from Red pow
er without the assent of Moscow.
If she is through. her fall might
point to shifts in the sands of
Kremlin politics.
The Bucharest reports said Va
sile Luca. former finance minister
and a Moscow-trained Communist.
and Teohari Georgescu, vice
premier and minister of interior,
were among six others booted with
Mrs. Pauker from the Romanian
Politburo.
A new nine-man Politburo was
announced.
Petru Groza, the rich Transyl-
vanian landowner who is leader Of
the Ploughman's Front Party, re-
mained as puppet premier.
The Man to Watch.
Emil BodnaraS, mystery man
with Moscow training, apparently
remained as defense minister. He
is often named, by those who have
been close to Romania Com
munist affairs, as the man to
watch.
In the dialectic language OF
communism, 1t was announced
that Luca had "lost the class feel
ing" and fallen into other errors;
Georgescu was accused of "rightist
mistakes" and sympathy toward
Lucas tendencies.
Georgescu occupied a hot gov
ernment seat as Minister of In
terror. That means police minister
responsible for ferreting cut
anti Communist or deviatioEist
thinking and acts. His disgrace
would indicate that someone
thinks too many wrong" thoughts
are at large in Romania.
Ana Pauker is Jewish. If she
has fallen for good, it will add to
rumors circulating for years that
anti-SemitiSm-an old Russian
traits slowly mastering the
Soviet regime.
q After a stormy and jail-ridden
career in Bucharest, Mrs. Pauker
and her husband. an engineer.
went to Russia in the early sos
in exchange for Romanian prison.
erS held by the Communists.
lulu Manu-, the Romanian
peasant leader, defended her at
one trial when no other lawyer
would touch her.
In 1947 the regime in which
Ana Pauker held high office in
Romania sentenced Manu- to life
in prison. Almost nothing has
been heard of the frail old man
since. Romanian friends of the
writer assume Manu- is dead.
Ana Pauker climbed rapidly
through Soviet schools and hier-
archy. reputedly becoming q
Soviet citizen and a member Of
the international Politburo.
During World War II she was
given charge of Russia's Roma.
nian prisoner of war. Mrs. Pauker
formed them into a Communist
brigade and led them back to
conquered Romania as praeto-
rian guard for the Communist
regime.