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Evening star., 1953-09-24
Police Department
Study Awaits Choice
OF District Members

A joint survey of the Police
Department by the Washington
Criminal Justice Association, po-
lice experts and Districts man
agement office will get underway
as soon as the Commissioners
name the city representatives.
The Criminal Justice Associa-
tion's Board of Directors agreed
yesterday to participate in the
survey with Edward j. Flynn, the
associations managing director,
as chairman. Mr. Flynn said
they would get started as soon as
he knows with whom he will
work.
The Police Department, said
Mr.. Flynn, has gone a long way
in the last year, but he is opti-
mistic that further improve
ments can be made. He par
ticularly mentioned more uni
form precinct administration.
Mr.. Flynn said the committee
will study adequacy of personnel
selection, training and distribu-
tion of police, morale, inspection,
retirement of personnel, possibly
crime detection techniques, crime
reports, community relations and
equipment.
The survey was first recon-
mended by the Senate District
Committee after its crime in
vestigation last year. 1t was
indorsed by Police Chief Robert
V. Murray and the Commits
sloners asked the Criminal JUS
tice Association to undertake it,
That association said it would
need $4,000 to $4,000 to do a
comprehensive job, but it was
unable to raise that sum or get
public funds. The decision to
have the survey made jointly
with city employees was the COM
promise which the board of the
association agreed to yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Loyalty and the Constitution
Why Will Witness Refuse Frank and Unqualified
Answer to Questions Dealing With His Loyalty?

ton and authority of the
United States Constitution.
have heard the charge of
intimidation of witnesses, but
have yet to see it in a COM
mittee hearing. ! have, how
ever. seen many committees
subjected to the baldest eff
frontery and insult by wit
neSses who not only refuse to
answer questions put to them,
but who take refuge behind
the fifth amendment on the
most absurd grounds.
For example. and there could
be many such examples, I
have seen a witness refuse to
identify his own signature on
an oath of allegiance to the
United States. signed by him
20 years ago-on the ground
that to so identify it would be
to "incriminate him." Others
have gone to equally fantastic
limits to refuse truthful an
swers to factual questions. re-
fusing to admit they even
knew people with whom they
once openly associated in
friendly contact. Probably this
technique was brought to its
highest development at the
time Hiss found it necessary
to examine dentures of Whit
taker Chambers in trying to
decide If he had ever known
him.
To me, the witness who re-
fuses frank and unqualified
answers to proper questions
dealing with his loyalty to our
Government might we'll be
contrasted to the soldier boy
who is ordered to go forward
in battle and who goes bravely
to meet a foe who would
destroy him. Which of the
two, in the eyes of a free
people. is the more honorable?
Which of the two is the more
deserving of the precious her.
itage of life in a free and inde-
pendent nation?
The constitutional guaran-
tees which protect the inno-
cent are among the great
glories of our land. / say, may
they never cease to bulwark
and strengthen our democratic
way OF life. 3
But as one who has looked
with more than careful Scru-
tiny at the evidences of sub
versive conspiracy against the
American democracy, ! have
this to say; Let us recognize
those who demur at honest
and frank statements of their
loyalty and love for this Ma
ton, and let us ask ourselves
II the attitude which they
take is what we sent our Army
to Korea to defend.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Doris FIeeson-

NAPLES, Sept. 24.-With
the growing strength of Tur-
key at the Dardanelles and
the Bosporus, and agreements
about to be signed with Spain
for bases at the other end of
the Mediterranean, the allied
command of Southern Europe
feels no pain.
This is the southern flank of
NATO. Its job is to co-ordi-
nate allied land, sea and air
power in the Mediterranean.
1t is also supposed to put
enough power there to.dampen
any Russian temptations to-,
ward Middle East adventures.
The hard core of strength
of this particular headquarters
at Naples is the United States
Navy. There are other COM
mands in the area, including
a British unit under Lord
Mountbatten, who had his
headquarters at Malta. The
Italians have furnished some
land forces, who are under the
direction of one of their own
generals. Air power in the
area has also been expanding
under the direction of Gen.
David M. Schlatter.
These units have done con-
siderable maneuvering since
the headquarters was estab-
lished in 1851. They are now
working on plans for a new
Evening star., 1953-09-24

Hence the need for inces-
sant-and flexible - planning
and practicing.
Naples reports that CO.
operation with the Italians has
been pleasant and complete
and that Italy's political
troubles have not been re-
flected in their situation.
They naturally wish she could
do more. They insist that,
properly led, the Italians make
soldiers and sailors equal to
the best.
Americans in the area have
not been bothered by any of
the "Yank, go home" incidents
which are currently a feature
of the French scene. Although
they are still very numerous
and pre-empt scarce housing,
Americans are apparently not
resented at all here. Also the
initiation which has made a
French assignment so expen-
sive for the United States mill
tary has hit Italy in much less
degree, so that one source of
friction prominent in France
is removed.
Naples itself remains Naples
as the 5th Army saw it for
so leng-dirty and noisy be-
yond description but incredibly
beautiful, too.
ReleaSed by the Bell Syndicate. Inc
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever

Ike promises the AFL defects the Hartley
law For instance Ike believes that almost plumber should
be regarded as unfair labor practice.
Reports Russias oued Police crop
the world Nobody will be surprised up
seasons first flying best McCarthys
wedding
Vice President Nixon off better than expected in his
before the Federation
of in piece
The Nations bankers ndorse the Eisenhower
policies The bankers feel that Ike
termto put the country in shape afford
The Government reports that the living
to record high Republicans higher
ngand you've got to admit that by standard living
higher.
Canadian Foreign Minister Pearson appeals
diplomacy at the u N It's shame the delegates
such fuss getting nowhere in go
secret session and reach decent diplomatic mpasse.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

tary Humphrey anticipates the
possibility of having to bor-
row beyond the present legal
debt limit and has sought,
unsucceSsfully thus far. to
have the limit raised by Con-
gresS.
There's plenty of money in
the country, if the Secretary
could just get his hands on
it. Fifteen hundred Democrats
paid 500 apiece to eat with
Adlai Stevenson the other eve
ming, 5000 Republicans to eat
with President Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
637 Virginians Listed
AS Dead in Korean War
BY the ASsoeioisd Press

RICHMOND, Sept. "a. "A
total of 637 Virginians are known
to have died in Korea, either in
combat or from accidents or ILL
ness. the Virginia Military Dis
trict said yesterday.
The list. a spokesman said, is
complete insofar as has been
reported to u.s." He said, how
ever, that he doubted that more
than one or two other deaths
had occurred among State serv-
icemen in Korea.
Among the cities, Norfolk suf-
fered the heaviest casualties. As,
followed by Richmond with AZ.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Speeder Learns
Trooper in Private
ICorCan ArrestH Him
By the Associoted Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. "a
-Eighteen-year -old Daniel Ross
Daley of State Line, Pa, didn't
know the motorist he was racing
on U. S. IL was a State trooper
in his private car.
The mistake cost him $25 in
Magistrates Court yesterday.
Trooper Glen Bowman said he
was driving south of Hagerstown
when he tried to pass the cal
driven by Daley. He said the
youth speeded up, but he man.
aged to get by. Seconds later
he said, the youth whipped by
him, motioning for a race.
There was some argument be-
tween the two about whether
Bowman could make an arrest
while driving a private car. He
could.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

Committee on Internal Secu-
rity I have no hesitation in
stating that the full extent OF
the Communist conspiracy af-
fecting this country has not
been revealed and brought
into the open, and continues
to be a potential danger to the
security of this Nation. ] have
been criticized by some for
drawing parallel between
fighting Communist penetra-,
ton with military force in
Korea and attempting to root
out and expose the presence of
precisely the same Communist
drive for world power within
the framework Of our own So
cial order. The most virulent
of these detractors are fond of
the charge that congressional
committees are engaged in
witch hunts" but the cold
fact of Subversive conspiracy
continues Notwithstanding, and
must be coped with.
The. battle against Commu-
nists at home and abroad can
not be separately compart-
mented in our thinking. It is
one and the same.
What we have seen in Korea,
considering the country as an
entity, is the end product of a
nation assaulted from within
and without by dedicated
agents of an old tyranny in a
new form. The same cunning
and ruthless direction has been
given strategically entrenched
fanatics in this country and
for the same ultimate objective
as that secured in Korea,
namely, the final destruction
of a free peoples sovereignty.
Which brings us to the fun
damental question of how does
a nation conceived in the
broadest freedom and based
upon the most exacting con-
stitutional guarantees protect
itself against insidious elements
which would use these very
projections as a shield behind
which to attack our free in
stitutlons.
/ disagree with those who
contend that it is not the
proper province for elected
representatives of the American
people to investigate threats
to our national security, for
it is our duty to guard this
Nation at all times. And I re-
ject, totally, the oft-heard but
nebulously validated accusa-
ton that American citizens are
somehow being mistreated if
asked to swear under oath
whether they are loyal or dis
loyal to their Government.
Every witness before a Gov
eminent committee has a right
to counsel and to the protec-
Evening star., 1953-09-24
David Lawrence

Government by headline
seems to be a rather painful
experience sometimes-if one
sympathizes at all with the
people in business, industry
and finance who have the day
lights scared out of them by a
speech by the President of the
United States which they read
in the morning papers, only to
be followed in the afternoon
papers by a prompt reinsurance
from the, Secretary of the
Treasury that there was really
no cause for alarm.
The sequence of events and
the facts thereon are in
teresting to examine as an
example of how jitters are
often produced in the business
community.
On Monday afternoon of this
week-several hours before
President Eisenhower was
scheduled to deliver his address
in Boston over the radio and
television-copies were made
available at the White House to
all members Of the press. There
was ample opportunity to read
the text and discover, some
where along about the middle
of the address, a startling
paragraph which spoke of how
the enemy was equipped with
the most terrible weapons of
destruction" and warning the
world that for America there
is no sacrifice-no labor, no
tax, no Service-too hard for
US to bear to support logical
and necessary defense of our
freedom"
What did this mean? The
reporters had plenty of time to
ask the President both before
and after he delivered the
speech whether it meant that
the scheduled repeal of certain
tax rates on January l next
had been decided against by
the administration or whether
these tax reductions all of a
sudden had become matters of
doubt and conjecture.
But no such information was
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Lowell MeHett-
Fear of Sales Tax Doesn't Die
Secretary Humphreys Speech to Bankers Read in Light
Of Presidents Boston Address Wakes People Wonder

Said the President at Boston
Monday night: There is no
sacrif1ce-no labor, no tax, no
service-too hard for us to
bear to support a logical and
necessary defense of our free
dom"
The one word that caught
the country's attention was
the word tax
Said the Secretary of the
Treasury, addressing the Amer
ican Bankers Association in
Washington Tuesday: The
excess profits tax will expire
on December 81 and there will
be no request for renewal from
this administration. At the
same time an average 10 per
cent reduction in individual
income taxes is scheduled to
go into effect, and it will be-
come effective"
The bankers cheered, while
they wondered They Won
dered. like other people, what
the President had in r1ind.
Secretary Humphreys words
reassured them as to the taxes
TO be abolished, but left them
guessing as to the taxes
to come. And the President
himself, in his brief remarks
to the bankers, did not eluci-
date.
So the opinion grows that
the administration is seriously
considering asking the people
to accept a national sales tax,
as proposed by the National
Association of Manufacturers
and the United States Cham
Der. of Commerce. Secretary
Humphrey has admitted that a
sales tax is being considered,
but has not said how seriously.
He has said only that his ex-
perts are studying such a tax
as one of about 40 tax pro-
posals in their search for some
means of raising needed reve-
nue.. Nobody. however, has
given a name to any other tax
capable of producing the bill
lions now obtained by the ex-
cess profits tax and that 10
per cent Of the income tax.
Cynical observers of the
Treasury'S struggle with the
problem believe that what the
Evening star., 1953-09-24
A Busy Beaver

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. P.-A
beaver looked on the huge dam
at Lake Wappapello with admir-
ing eyes, but was disturbed by a
sizable gap near the center of
the dam. Army engineers had to
call in conservation agents to
thWart the beavers plans. The
animal, a perfectionist, was
telling trees and floating them
into position to plug up the dam S
spillWaY.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Blood Donors Feted

CHARIOT TESVILLE, Va,
Sept. "a (SpeciaD About a
dozen local men and women
who have contributed a gallon
or more blood to the Red Cross
blood program will be guests
OF honor tonight at the annual
meeting of the Albemarle
County chapter of the Red Cross
at the Monticello Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

Constantine BroDn is on
DacGtion. His guest columntSt
for today is Senator Herman
Welker, Republican, OF Idaho.
iUho contrasts "loyalty" be-
fore congressional Investigating
committees t0ith loyalty before
enemy gu1tfre.l
Evening star., 1953-11-06
The New York City Vote

The job of being Mayor of New York City
Is one Of the most demanding in American
public life. And so it is that the mayoralty
election in New York inevitably holds more
than local interest and significance.
AS generally predicted, young Bob Wagner,
son of one of the New Deals pioneers and fore
most champions, was elected Mayor of New York
on Tuesday with 1881 per cent of the total vote
cast. Mr.. Wagner ran as a Democrat, spon-
sored by the Tammany Hall Democratic organ
ization. He had important support from
organized labor, particularly New York City
CIO leader Mike Quill, and from New Deal
Fair Deal group that included Senator Lehman
Representative Franklin Roosevelt, jr, and
Averell Hartman. His two principal opponents,
Harold Riegelman running as Republican,
and Rudolph HALEY. running as Liberal
Independent, accounted for 51.23 per cent OF
the vote cast, and the post-eection analysts
point out that only the unWillingneSS of these
two opposition factions to agree fusion"
candidate permitted the Democrats and Tam
many Hall to recapture the city'S top post.
Followers of Mr.. Wagner have been quick
to interpret his victory as ringing Endorsement
of political liberalism" and predictions already
have been made that it heralds New York
State swing to the Democratic column next
year. perhaps with Representative Roosevelt
moving up to the governorShip and larger
Democratic delegation coming to the House of
Representatives. A case can be made to support
this reasoning but it is possible, also, to find
some flaws in it. Mr.. Riegelman, for example,
came close to the highest straight Republican
vote ever won by a New York mayoralty candi-
date and Mr.. HALEY made the best showing
ever registered by a Liberal Party mayoralty
candidate. Furthermore, while the Lehman
Roosevelt-Harriman group does wear the label
of political liberalism, the same claim hardly
can be made successfully by Tammany Hall.
AS far as the labor support is concerned, Mr..
Wagner gained it by making some unqualified
promises along lines asked by Mr.. Quill and
Evening star., 1953-11-06
Protests on Rezoninq Case

The Star article October % on the
rezoning hearing for Branchville was
one-Sided in favor of Alfred Smith.
who seeks to build an electronics plant
and research laboratory. A distorted i'm
preston of the situation of the home
owners was given. This case is too i'm
portant to allow unfavorable press no.
tices to stand without comment and
thereby prejudice the fight of the
threatened homeowners.
The article does not emphasize that
we are fighting proposal for industrial
rezoning rather than opposing one par
ticular plant. We do not want any fac
tory in the middle of our housing de-
velopment. Our community is built of
homes; it is wrong place for indus
try. We have maintained this policy
publicly for years in previous hearings
with prior success.
Mrs. Donald NJ. Urner.
After reading your story entitled,
"Hyattsville zoning Decision Delayed
at Noisy Hearing" one can't help feel
ing it's all in the point of view.
Actually, as the hearing progressed,
it was typically American to me that
there was so much laughter and so few
JeerS. The courteous attention granted
Mr.. Smith and his lawyer in the pres
entation of their case (Which is some
what at variance with your reporters
Interpretation of evepts), even when
the long pauses between question and
answer were most trying, especially to
those of us packed three and four deep
standing around the room, spoke we'll
for the character of the crowd.
I have read The Star for many years
and always believed could rely on the
accuracy of its reporting, but when it
comes to its Interpretation of events,
can you blame me if wonder?
Irene L. Bartlett.
"Jeers, sneers and cheers"-thus be-
gins your highly unfiattering article. 1t
gives to what was actually an orderly
gathering the appearance of an unor-
ganiZed mob.
The people assembled to oppose the
petition for rezoning listened atten-
lively and quietly to the polished law
yer of Mr.. Smith while he presented his
case. Considering that they have been
upset for weeks, that they are afraid for
the safety of their children, that they
are worried over the depreciation of the
value of their homes, that they feel that
they have been sold down the river by
some of their duly elected representa-
tives and that they are concerned over
the deterioration in the character of
their neighborhood, the restraint of
these people was admirable
F. c. Johnston.
Editors note: What constitutes an
orderly hearing is, as Reader Bartlett
points out, a point of view." There
Evening star., 1953-11-06
This and That :.

The semi-education which many
Americans receive leads them to draw
up hard and fast classif1cations too
early.
In music, for instance, they are de-
termined that nothing they do not
like" can be good, and therefore moth
ing they like can be bad.
If for some reason or other they
think they like symphony music of the
old classic school, then they forever
turn up their noses at popular music.
They need to be re-educated, for hon.
est popular music is basic music, be-
loved by such eminent classicists as
Beethoven, Bach and Brahms.
In fact, there is not great musician
who has not turned to popular music
call it folk music, if you please-for
essential themes.
Even more, they get from this basic
music some Of the vitality which seems
to go with the people. Every one
knows how plenty leads to sloth, etc.
1t is much the same in the musical
world.
The modern composer who has at
his fingertips the whole range of the
worlds music will not work too hard at
creation of his own themes.
We believe this accounts for the
aridity of much of their work and is
why the modern American audience
does not like too we'll the work of some
of the rnoderniSt Americans.
1t is not musical snobbery. by any
means. What the listeners resent, al
though they never may have thought
the thing out. is that these modernS
have. themselves. adopted a sort Of
Evening star., 1953-11-06
School Affuirs

We would like to express our appre-
citation to The Star for attention to
school and recreation affairs in the
past.
We would like, also, to urge your
newspaper to give the widest possible
publicity to notices of public hearings,
school board meetings, and PTA meet
ingS, and all matters affecting the well
fare of our children. We feel strongly
that parent participation in all affairs
relating to our school system, Recrea-
tion Department, and community life,
such as efforts to combat juvenile de-
l1nquency, is vitality important, now
more than ever before. Wide coverage
OF these matters is necessary to compel
the attention of parents. Parents can
become an effective force in providing
desirable educational and recreational
opportunities for our children only if
they know where and how and when to
act. The newspaper is the most posi-
tive way of disseminating this informa-
ton.
Tracy C. Jameson,
Corresponding Secretary, Executive
Committee, John Quincy Adams
Parent-Teacher Association.
Evening star., 1953-11-06
Reorganization in Agriculture

While the test of time will be required
before final judgment safely can be passed on
Secretary of Agriculture Benson's reorganiza-
ton of his department, it is interesting that
only one aspect of his plan has aroused any
measurable amount of controversy. That has
been the elimination of the seven regional Of
fees of the Soil Conservation Service and the
transfer of many of their functions to State
offices.
In that controversy, which promises to
continue even though the reorganization order
is now effective, there has been generated more
heat than light Mr. Benson has charged his
critics with issuing misleading and unfounded
statements" and he has expressly denied some
of the charges of destructive intent directed at
him. He has, for example, denied any plan to
consolidate the SCS with the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service or to turn over to the latter
service any of the functions which have been
carried on by the Soil Conservation Service. He
has denied likewise any plan to contract with
the land-grant colleges for technical assistance
to the soil conservation districts.
Certainly, in the face of these unqualified
denialS-on points which seem to have aroused
the greatest criticism-there appears little
ground for an unrelenting antagonism to the
Benson plan. Soil conservation has become an
important part of governmental responsibility
in the field of agriculture and the Secretary has
stated his aWarenesS of it's Importance in terms
of preserving the national resources. On two
occasions former President Hoover, foremost
authority on organization of the executive
branch of the Government, has indorsed the
Benson proposals It has been demonstrated
that the congressional representatives from
agricultural States are exceedingly vigilant in
protecting the interests of their districts and
any showing of actual damage to such an
important program as soil conservation surely
would lead to corrective action. In the mean
time, the best means of determining the real
effects of the reorganization would be to accept
it and observe it in practice.