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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Truman Says
He Ran m'48
ToFoiExperts
BY The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Feb. Harry
S. Truman said today he would
have retired from the Presidency
four years earlier if the experts
hadn't predicted he couldn't win
the election-and there had been
better prospects for world peace.
The ex-President. who always
has taken great pride in his abil-
ity to fight it out in political
campaigns-and win-said in an
interview today he simply had
to go out and show them"
A lot of people, he said. had
the mistaken impression he
didn't have chance to win the
Presidency on his own.
But there was another factor
too, he said. That was the fall
ure of Russia to live up to agree
mentS aimed toward peace in the
world. If Stain had lived up to
his agreements, Mr.. Truman
said, the paramount goal of his
administration could have been
reached before the 1913 election.
This goal, the former President
said, was a peaceful world.
But even If Mr.. Truman's hope
for peace had been reached, he
probably would have run for the
Presidency.
That other matter-the people
who wrote him OF as beaten be-
fore he started-was an equal
consideration, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Clare Boothe Luce Is Named
u. S. Ambassador to Italy
Senators Indicate
They Will Confirm
Her for Rome Post

President Eisenhower yester-
day named Clare Boothe Luce
to be Ambassador to ITALY.
Senators indicated they will
confirm the nomination of the
sharp-tongued blond who has
sparkled as playwright. novelist,
magazine writer, Congresswoman
and wife of Henry r. Luce, pub
Usher of Life. Time and Fortune
magazines.
Mrs. Luce, the 49-year-old
granddaughter of a Baptist min
lister and a convert to Catholic
ism. would be the first American
woman to be Ambassador to
major nation and the first
woman Ambassador In Rome.
Gen. Eisenhower. in announc-
ing that he will nominate Mrs.
Luce for the Rome post, said he
will ask Ellsworth Bunker, the
present United States Ambassa-
dor to Italy. to stay on the job
for the present. This indicated
Mr.. Bunker will remain in Rome
until after the Italian elections
In April or May.
Second Woman Ambassador.
The only previous woman Am
bassador is Mrs. Eugene An
derson, now assigned to Den
mark. Mrs. Perle Mesta is Min
lister to Luxembourg. The only
other woman American min
listers have been Mrs. Ruth
BryanNO Owen Rhode in Denmark.
and Mrs. j. Borden Hartman in
Norway before World War II.
Thee members of the SEN
ate Foreign Relations Commit
tee told reporters they liked Mrs.
Luce'S selection.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
of Alabama, said, "she is very
able person. see no reason why
she shouldn't be confirmed"
Senator Ferguson, Republican,
of Michigan, said she will make
very fine ambasSadoreSs."
Senator Fulbright, Democrat,
of Arkansas. called Mrs. Luce "a
very able and intelligent
woman" Her appointment, he
said, is "a very interesting one"
Calls It Great Honor.
Mrs. Luce, reached at her
Ridgef1eld Comm home, said
only that "It is a great honor
and privilege to be nominated"
In Italy, some circles have ex-
pressed apprehension over the
reception Mrs. Luce might get in
the Latin country where women
play only a small part in public
affairs. In recent weeks, how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

ever, Italian newspapers have
been running articles about Mrs.
Luce and potential objections
seem to have been overcome.
AS a playwright, Mrs. Luce had
hits in THE Women" kiss the
Boys Goodbye" and Margin for
Error. I"
Between 1912 and 1916, she
twice was elected to the House
from Connecticut's 4th district.
She sponsored legislation to do
away with discrimination against
certain immigrants, and to pre-
vent racial discrimination in the
armed forces.
Mrs. Luce campaigned for Gen.
Eisenhower.
She was born April 10, 1908,
in New York City. At the age of
IS. she married George THttle
Brokaw. New York financier who
died in 1888. The marriage ended
in divorce in 1929.
She went on the staff of
Vogue at $40 a week. BY 1888 she
was managing editor of Vanity
Fair. Two years later she mar
ried Mr.. Luce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Hoover in Miami Hospital
With Virus Infection
BY The Assoeiosed Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. IT,
Former President Herbert Hoover
went to a hospital tonight with a
virus infection but his secretary
said it was purely precaution-
airy measure and he expected to
be out tomorrow or Monday.
The former President arrived
today aboard his yacht and
anchored at the Flamingo Hotel.
He took a nap and when he
awoke, his secretary said. he
called a doctor and the physician
said he was suffering from a
virus infection.
Dr.. Nicholas A. Tierney. Mi
ami Beach physician, said the
former President was suffering
from influenza but added his
condition is mot serious"
He was taken to st. Francis
Hospital and the hospital said
later he was In 'sfair' condition.
DR.. Tierney said Hoover's visit
to the hospital was 20 precau-
| ti0nary measure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
100000 Singers Sung
Out Of House and Home
BY the Associated Pres,

GAINESVILLE. Fla, Feb. T.
A yellow jacket nest 10 feet high
and 31a feet in diameter, the
largest ever found in Florida.
now is museum piece.
University of Florida entomol-
ogists chloroformed the nest.
sawed the stump on which it
was built in Lafayette County,
cut it into sections and loaded it
on two trucks yesterday. No one
was stung although hundreds of
yellow jackets were buzzing
around.
DR.. A. N. TiSSot of the univer-
sity's Agricultural Experiment
Station found 20 levels of combs
in the structure. He estimated
that when 1t was fully inhabited
it housed probably a quarter of a
million yellow jackets.
One section Of the nest was
placed in the Florida State Mu-
scum here and the other In the
Florida Geological Society Mu-
scum at Tallahassee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
BY the Associated Press

or me Associoteo Press
BROWNSVILLE, Md, Feb. 7.
The escape of prisoner from
a prison ward touched off riot
tonight at the Brownsville State
Mental Hospital for Negroes.
Anne Arundel County police
and State troopers rushed to the
hospital with tear gas equip
ment.
At 1880 PM. the hospital
switchboard operator reported
the officers still were being held
at bay on the steps Of the max
imum security ward" known as
the &C" building.
Knotted bed sheets hung from
a window on the second floor,
where the trouble was concen-
trated.
A policeman on the highway
told q passerby one prisoner had
escaped and run him down If
you see him."
This place is really a mess,
the switchboard operator said.
Anne Arundel County police
said they sent IL squad cars with
officers equipped with tear gas
to the scene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

who were lost almost three days
in the inky blackneSs of Trout
cave told what happens when
despair replaces hope.
Harry c. Breeder, jr., 20, of
2215 Hall place NV, an cleo
tronicS technician and amateur
cave explorer. blended his story
with that of his companion, Ken
meth Steiner. 10, of 1886 w place
NV, a Potomac Electric Power
Co., meter tester.
Thank God you're here" they
told rescuers. "We had given up
hope"
The two left Washington
Wednesday on a cave hunting
expedition. Mr.. Breeder had
taken a week of, his compan-
ion was merely using UP time
until he is drafted.
Clothing Too Light.
Rolling up into the Alleghenies
at the Trout escarpment three
miles south Of Franklin in Pen
dleton County, they spotted the
entrance to Trout cave, parked
their car and started in what
they intended as only a brief
exploration.
One of them said they had
been looking "for a cave and we
had heard about this one. We
saw the entrance and: decided
to go up and look around, but
we didn't intend exploring it.
1--WE got inside about a 100
yards when something went
wrong with the flashlight," Mr..
Breeder said.
IT tried to fix it, but 1t was
too dark. 1t was black as black
can be. The cave is marked
with arrows, we knew that. But
without a light, what can you
do?"
They didn't dare move with
out holding on to each other.
Neither of them panicked. One
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Tax Increase
In D. {. Likely,
Donohue Says
City Heads Seek
New Revenue
For Public Works

New taxes are likely for Dis
trict residents as city expendi-
lures increase out Of proportion
to revenue, Commissioner F. Jo-
seph Donohue said last night.
He said during his weekly ra-
dio broadcast over Station
WWDC that the city heads have
been discussing additional reve-
nue. sources in connection with
the proposed $3.50 million public
works program. He added later
that new taxes would be needed
in the next few years anyway.
Asked whether the city might
be subjected to higher real es-
tate or sales levies, Mr.. Donoiaue
said such increases might have
dangerous repercussions." The
new taxes also would be apart
from the water and sewer charge
increases proposed in connection
with the public works program.
he said.
Less Service or More Money.
1--WE have been thinking Of
some ways of increasing the rev.
enue without too much increas-
ing the tax burden on the people
of the District" he declared.
He said that increasing city
expenditures would require either
less service or more money Be-
ginning in 1855, he said, t il
anticipated that the normal in
crease in expenditures will ex-
coed the normal increase in
revenue
Thus, whether the public
works program is approved or
not, new revenue for the general
fund will be needed, he said.
Displeasure Indicated.
District Budget Officer Walter
Fowler has warned that the city
faces financial shortages in tho
next 10 years.
He sent a summary to Chair.
man Case of the Senate District
Committee last week in which
he said that by the end of fiscal
1862, the District would face a
deficit of more than 500 million
in the general fund account.
The budget officers action
without their knowledge brought
indications of displeasure from
Mr.. Donohue and General Ad.
ministration Director Schuyler
Lowe.
But Mr.. Lowe conceded that
the budget officers figures may
be close to the final computa-
lions now being prepared by Mr..
Loves Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
DC. Men Tell of Cave Ordeal:
Cold, Not Hunger, Gets You
Pair Rescued After ; Days in Darkness;
Auto Gives Clue to West Virginia Seurchers

had a watch with a luminous
dial and with that as their only
indication of day or night, they
tried to remain in, one place at
night and move only in the day.
time in the hope of seeing a
ray of daylight.
AS they CROPPED through the
darkness, they held hands, hop
ing that If one fell toward one
of the pits the other could hold
him back. Neither fell. they
said. ~
At 1890 am. today, a search
party headed by Ole B. Dalen.
81. ex-Army mountain trooper.
rounded a turn in the 15-foot-
high passageWay, followed calls
for help and turned their lights
up to a ledge near the ceiling.
"All we could see were two
pairs of eyes staring out of the
darkness" Mr.. Dalen said later
Men Played it Smart.
The two men had worked
themselves up on a sloping ledge
and had crawled to a point where
nothing was in front of them
but space. In the darkness, they
dared not even attempt to re-
trace their crawling steps.
TT was the smartest thing
they could have done" a veteran
psychologist said. stay put. ,
Had they wandered aimlessly. 9
thorough search of the cave
could have required more thar
two days, one of the rescue party
explained.
"It isn't dangerous-except II
the dark"
MIR. Breeder and Mr.. Sternel
were covered from head to foot
with black. sooty deposits which
| (COntinIIed on page A-6 Col. IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Proposal for Election
OF School Board
Wins P1A Support
With Half of Vote In,
Plan Is Leading By
Margin Of 3 to z
By jones 6. Deone

A proposal to elect Washing
tons Board of Education is roll
ing up unexpected support
among District Parent Teacher
Associations.
The District Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, central or
ganization of white PTAs. asked
its 64-member groups to vote on
the idea. With half the returns
in, election is leading over the
present method of picking board
members-appointment by Dis
trict Court judges-by a margin
of 8 to 2.
Only one association so far
has backed a third alternative
appointment by the District
Commissioners. And that group,
the Grant School PTA. over
whelmingly backed election pro-
vided the District obtains home
rule.
Is Favor Election.
The present tally, as reported
by presidents or principals: Is
for election; IL for retaining the
judges CO with some modifica-
tom; / for the Commissioners
with possible election later; 81
undecided. The Star was unable
to obtain reports from two
groups.
The PTA congress sent its
QUESTIONABLE to member groups
last October in the midst Of the
furore caused by School Board
Member Robert r.. Faulkner's
charges of socialism in the
schools. Some critics at that
time were demanding Mr.. Faux
ner's resignation.
The PTA organization made
no comment on Mr.. Faulkner.
but it asked parents to vote
whether it should ask Congress
to change the way board mem
bers are selected.
Some groups favoring con-
tinued appointments by the
Judges have asked for changes.
One suggested change is that
a citizens committee should draw
up a specific set of standards to
be followed by the judges. An
other is that a civic committee
should submit lists of nominees,
from which the judges then
would make their selection.
How Groups Voted.
Here are the associations which
told The Star they favor change
to elections: Kramer and Taft
Junior Highs and the following
elementary schools: Hearst, Jack
son, Brookland, Truesdell, Key.
Hyde, Kimball, KingSman,
Health, Patterson, Simon, Adams.
Beers, Stanton, Raymond and
Woodbridge.
These associations favored re-
tanning the judges: Hine Junior
High and the following elemen-
tary schools: Emery, Blair, Blu
chanan, Ketcham. Randle High
lands, Noyes, Bunker Hill, Lang
don, Keene- Rudolph, Whittier
and Burroughs. The last three
said stricter standards should
be set up, however.
Janney PTA, after failing to
decide either way, asked the
PTA Congress to set up a COM
-mittee to make a thorough study
of the question. Barnard PTA
also asked for more information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Old Horpers Ferry
Faces Bright Future

GHOST TOWN INTO MEMO
RlAl?-History strides the streets
Of Horpers Ferry, where John Brown
mode bis roid. For years the sleepy
river town was satisfied with its his.
torie role. Nov things ore different.
The oseo is going to become our
newest national monument project.
Story on Pose AT.
BASEBALL FAN-The wifesof the
Attorney General Of the United States
puts baseball high on her list Of
interests. Stor Staff Writer lsobeIIs
Shelton pFofiles Mrs. Herbert Brown-
ell on Page d. in the first Of Q
series Of nine articles about cobinet
wives.
Complete Index. Poge Az
Radio ~. Progroms. Pages Els
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Israeli Squotters Stir
Incident With Arobs
BY The Assoeiossd Press

JERUSALEM. Feb. Z. A
homeless Israeli group from a
refugee camp took up squatter
quarters today in an empty Arab
college building in the no-man's-
land between Jordan and Israel.
The Israeli civilians, who said
they, were protesting a lack of
proper housing In Israel, created
an international incident
Jordani officials called the
sq,iatting an open act of agrees
sion by Israel and protested to
the United Nations truce mis-
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Lute News
Bulletin
Tug Strike End Seen

NEW YORK, Feb. Z R.-
Prospects for a settlement in
the Seven-day-old strike Of
$500 tugboat men appeared
near tonight as the union an
nOunced it had drastically
reduced its demands.
Earlier Story on A-32.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

tee chairman, without attempt
ing to forecast in any way what
the Eisenhower Administration
intends doing, urged a United
Nations blockade to stop ship
mentS of war materials to the
Chinese Reds while they continue
their war of aggression in Korea.
He said he believed blockade
of the China coast could be
maintained by United States
naval forces alone, but added
he would prefer to see Britain
and France join in such a block
ade.
Effect on War Questioned.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
of Alabama, demanded that the
administration let Congress in
on its plans. He said he isn't
necessarily opposed to a block
ade, but he wants to know if it
would be an act of war, if the
United States should undertake
it alone, and what would be the
consequences.
Senator Knowland declared he
did not believe that a blockade
of the China coast would be as
likely to broaden" the war as
would a continued policy which
permits the Reds to build up
their war supplies.
Chairman Dewey Short Of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee argued in separate inter-
view that blockade, instead Of
widening and frightening the
war, would shorten and conf1ne
1t and save lives"
Dulles to Be Called.
Chairman H. Alexander Smith
of Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee has promised to
call Secretary of State Dulles
before his group for questioning
about administration plans as
soon as the Secretary returns
from Europe.
II think we are less apt to
broaden the war if we don't per-
NIT Red China to keep building
up it's supply Dumps" Senator
Smith said.
Senator Sparkman noted that
Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
commander of the Pacific Fleet,
had been quoted as telling Mr..
Shorts House committee that
the United States is in a position
to put a blockade in force If
President Eisenhower decides on
one.
There are a number Of ques-
tions that arise about such a
move" the Alabama Senator
said.
Other Measures Considered.
Mr.. Short said be believes Gen.
Eisenhower and the military
leaders have considered several
measures short of about shoot
ing war that would bring pres
sure on the Communists" to end
the Korean stalemate.
Among possible moves he
listed increased rearmament of
the Chinese Nationalist and
more use of other Asian troops,
as well as a naval blockade.
Secretary Of State Dulles Is
known to have felt strongly for
a long time that a series of
(See BLOCKADE. Page A-4l
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
BY Joseph B. Byrnes
Stor Stoff Correspondent

FRANKLIN, w. Va, Feb. T.
Pray?
"Of course I prayed. I prayed
plenty!"
From warm hotel beds here
tonight, two Washington men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

Trout Cave Is Rock Lobyrinth Of Small
Rooms and Passages. Poee All
Pictures on Page ALI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Know|ond Asks u. n. Blockade
Of Red Chino Coast as Support
For Move Grows in CONGRESS
Senator Spurkmon
Wants Legislators
Told of Plans
By Gould Lincoln

Support for a blockade of Red
China'S coast as a second. step
to help break the stalemate in
Korea, developed yesterday on
Capitol Hill as a Democratic
Senator called on the administra-
ton to tell Congress whether it
plans such action.
Senator KnowIand of Califor-
mia, Republican Policy Commit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Tear Gas Ends
Brownsville
Hospital Riot
BULLETIN

Speeioi Dispatch TO The Stor
BROWNSVILLE. Md.-Riot-
ing inmates of the State Men
t.. Hospital for Negroes were
quelled near midnight after
guards and police broke
through a doorway and lobbed
teargas bombs into their ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

British Paper Coils First Acts Of
Eisenhower Disastrous" Page A
Hong Kong Worries Lest Reds Launch
Formoso Reprisols. Poge AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

Continued on Page AS, Col. -
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(See BLOCKADE, Page A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

(See CONGRESS. Page A-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

Mostly sunny today with high near
So. Low tonight about 80. Tomorrow, fair
and milder. Gull report on Page A-2)
Temperatures Yesterday.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
BT VIVIAN BROWN
AP Nezysfeafures


Girls will be girls over all the
cOuntry-when it comes to boys
they want them chivalrOus.
The Queen Bees may stand
shoulder to shoulder with boys on
buses, work side by side with them,
and match their wits on debating
teams. But when it comes to dat
ing, the swains had better realize
that girls want to be treated as
weak sisters. They'd rather date
a courteous boy than the handsom-
est guy in their set.
Take 17-year-Old Rita, formerly
of California, and now of New York
When Rita lived on the west coast
she had lots of group dates. But
the boys were different. For one
thing they were not quite so gal
liant. Says she:
1T is strange to find boys in the
East who open doors for you, carry
your books and packages, guide
you across the street and always
walk next to the curb. Out west
girls are sort of on their own with
boys. They don't make an effort
to impress a girl"
Rita thinks maybe that is be-
cause life is more casual in the
sunny climate. Sports clothes are
in order most of the time and no
body dresses up. Even for dances
blue jeans and casual clothes are
worn. But here she has been amaZ-
ed that boys call for you in their
best-pressed suits, shined shoes
starched collar and tie. Says Rita
THE boys are just as nice back
there. But they haven't learned
how to be polite to girls. 1t is more
fun going out with a boy who
dresses up because it makes you
feel important"
This point of view seems pretty
consistent, judging from mail.
bag of information garnered from
date-bait damsels around the cOun.
try. Here's what they look for il
their dates:
l. A boy who asks where yOu
want to go when he takes you out
(And if he doesn't have much
money gives you a choice OF
places within his means without
boring you with his pOverty-strick.
en- purse.)
2. One who calls for you in {
neat outfit suitable to the occasion
Not rig he's just played baseball
football or hockey in.)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13

8. A fellow who doesn't object
to meeting your family. (And
doesn't say "I'll wait outside
when invited into the hOuse.)
4. A guy who is willing to bring
you home from the party at the
time your parents have set. (And
who doesn't insist on parking in
some lonely spot when you are
anxious to be home on time.)
5. A sensible driver who doesn't
try to burn up the roads with his
old jalOpy. (And is cOnsiderate
enough 10 keep his car clean so
that your gown will not be oil
smeared and diTty.)
6. A faithful escort who sees
that you enjoy yourself wherever
he takes you. (And doesn't ditch
you when he sees the girl he
wishes he could have dated.)
Z. A good dancer who manages
to keep in time with the music.
(And doesn't insist on being an
exhibitiOnist on the dance floor
making a fool of ven, tOO.)
8. A cOnversatiOnalist who is
eager to hear your opinions. CWhC
doesn't yammer away about things
you are not interested in