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Senate is expected to act as deci-
sively this week.
Admiral Arthur Radford, who
was expected to have rough going
in his bid for the Craftsmanship
of the Joint Chiefs, satisfied the
committee that he was no longer
Fancy Dan. The admiral had
been a leader of the Navy's fight
against the B-36 and the Air
Forces long-range bombing pro-
gram in 1949. Gen. Bradley at
that time called the Radford group
Fancy Dams" who refused to hit
the line unless they could call the
signals. In turn, Admiral Rad
ford called the B-36 a billion.
dollar blunder."
Last week the admiral told Sem
ators that the long-range bombing
picture had changed and that he
had changed, too. There have
been developments and improve
ments in materials which naturally
cause me to modify some of my
positions" he said. He probably
referred to new long-range air.
craft and improved flying and
fighting gadgets.
Senator Symington, Secretary Of
the Air Force during the B-36
controversy and no friend of the
Radford group, smiled broadly at
the admiral's testimony and joined
the rest of the committee in ap-
proving him.
The other Joint Chiefs were
approved after perfunctory exam
ination. They were Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway as Army Chief of STAFF,
Admiral Robert B. Carney as Chief
of Naval Operations and Gen.
Nathan F. Twining as Air Force
Chief of Staff.
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/ French Crisis

WHEN A FRENCH cabinet
w falls" as did the Mayer
government 10 days ago, the Ma
tional Assembly usually remains
secure in its job. Not days work
need be wasted nor a days wage
be forfeited by Frances 627 law
makers. Therefore the Deputies
have little to lose personally by
INDUCING their Gallo inclination
to vote the government out.
Many Frenchmen have held that
if the Parliament were dissolved
each time a government fell, then
the Deputies would think twice
before voting mo confidence"
French politicians do not enjoy
the trouble, expense and risk of
running for reelection any more
than do their American counter
parts.
Paul Reynaud, one of the many
ex-Premiers of France, tried last
week to put a little more of the
burden of a fallen government on
the Deputies.
Time for a Change?
M. Reynaud had been asked by
President Auriol to attempt to
form government. But before he
would make the try, M. Reynaud
decided to change the constitution.
Under the postwar constitution,
a falling cabinet may not dissolve
a Parliament that is less than 10
months old. And, even after the
Is months of assured life, the
Parliament may be dissolved only
after two mo confidence" votes.
M. Reynaud told the Assembly
he would put government to-
gether only if the constitution
were amended to provide that one
formal vote of no confidence dur
ing the first Is months of cabinet
not an Assembly-would auto
matically dissolve the Assembly.
This, he said, would assure that
each Deputy would vote against
the government only on the most
serious issues. It would in effect
give each new Premier a good
chance to stay in Office for 10
months. Since the war the record
has been IL months, "a days; the
average, four months, 20 days; the
shortest, three days.
But M. Reynaud failed.
That left France still without
Premier to attend the Bermuda
Big Three Conference. And with
out some reform such as the one
recommended by M. Reynaud, any
new Premier, when he is found,
would have no assurance he was
speaking at Bermuda with long
term voice of authority.
The following day President
Auriol asked Pierre Mendes-
France to make the next bid for
a new government. M. Mendes-
France, a left-of-center politician,
has not before been active in
cabinet, but he has stood usually
for a relaxation of the arms bur-
den on France. He went about
the job of drawing up a program,
but observers were not betting
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Red Strategy

CINCE the post-Stalin peace
~ offensive" was launched with
great fanfare by the Communists,
the free world has studied every
Soviet move and statement in an
attempt to find out what the
Reds are really up to. Do they
want peace so they can have a
period of domestic tranquility,
handy for the consolidation of
new regime? Or is the cry of
peace" just another smoke
screen? And if so, what is it
designed to hide?
AS last weeks events unfolded
it became increasingly likely that
the peace bid was a blind to con-
ceal a Red strategic move which
had been announced publicly last
fall.
The announcement of that pol
icy was made by Stain himself in
q magazine article Just prior to
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Espionage
THE QUESTION of how low a

THE QUESTION of how low a
- government can sink in its
relations with other countries APP
peared last week to have been
answered for all time.
The credentials OF Christache
Zambeti, First Secretary of the
Romanian Legation here, were
returned to the Legation by the
State Department with blunt or
ders that Zambeti get out of the
country. His offense: All attempt
to blackmail an American citizen
into committing Communist es-
pionage against the United States.
zambeti's weapon was a particu-
larly cruel one. Mr.. and Mrs.
Valeriu GeorgeScu are naturalized
Americans. Their two sons, left
behind when their parents made
a business trip to the United
States in 1946, are still Romanian
citizens. According to Mr..
Georgescu, Zambeti gave a clear
cut guild pro quo: If you want to
see your sons again, spy on your
adopted country.
The soul-searching to which the
Georgescus we're put could have
provided the plot of top-notch
psychological novel. Finally they
made their decision. In the words
of the distraught father:
II have sworn allegiance to the
United States Constitution, Gov
eminent and flag, and I mean to
maintain it."
Mr.. GeorgesGu informed the
State Department of what had
happened. The order declaring
Zambeti persona non grata fol-
lowed.
The letter throwing Zambeti
out of the country was delivered
by State Department courier to
the Romanian Legation between
9:15 and $50 Tuesday morning.
1t directed his immediate de-
parture." He left by plane on
Friday afternoon, claiming he was
framed.
The incident was over by mid
week, as far as international di-
plomacy was concerned. But the
tragedy of the Georgescus was not
over. One question remained to
be answered: What will happen
to their sons, Constantin, 10, and
Peter, IA?
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Defense
DURING THE EARLY weeks of
~ his administration, when de-

DURING THE EARLY weeks of
~ his administration, when de-
Tense officials were trying to
squeeze billions out of the armed
services budget, President Eisen-
hover assured the Nation that he
himself would make the final deci-
sion on the question: How much
can be cut with safety?
When the new military budget
was revealed by Secretary of De-
tense Wilson three weeks ago, IS
billion had been chopped from the
Truman estimate of money needed
for the Air Force. Other branches
were cut~in lesser proportions.
But the 30 per cent cut in the
Air Force set off accusations on
Capitol Hill that the Nation would
be left weak in the face of Russia's
expanding air armada. Air strength
would be less than former Presi-
dent Truman had planned for
during the coming two years. And
by July, 1855, the expansion pro-
gram would level off at 100 wings,
rather than 143 envisioned by Mr..
Truman.
There were demands that Gen.
Eisenhower give his personal
assurance" that the new budget
did not mean inadequate defense.
Last week the President gave that
assurance. At his regular press
conference he said he did not be-
lieve the defense savings would
jeopardize the safety of the coun-
try. The budget would, he said,
give the Nation the greatest
measure of strength over. the years.
Dissension among Pentagon
brass over the cuts was attributed
by the President to the soldiers
natural inclination to strive for
absolute security-which Is i'm
possible to attain.
Gen. Eisenhower's word probably
would be enough to carry his
budget through Congress. But a
number of vocal Democrats were
still expected to charge that the
Presidents calculated risk had not
been accurately calculated.
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Dulles Travels

A MERICA'S well-traveled Secre-
"A tary of State completed his
swing through the Middle East last
week. His three-week trip had
taken Secretary Dulles and his
travelling companion, Mutual Sc
curity Director Stassen, through
the Arab nations, India, Pakistan,
Turkey, Greece and Libya. It was,
he said, a look and listen" tour.
Mr.. Dulles started the week in
PakiStan. He listened to an out
line of the country'S troubles
tmostly economic), and assured
the government America would
help where it could. To underscore
the Secretary's words, Senate Re-
publican leadership at the same
time announced that a bill would
be introduced to lend Pakistan
l million tons of wheat to ease
her food shortage and avert an
expected famine. The wheat
would come from Government
surplus.
Mr.. Dulles also explained Amer
ica's aims in the Middle East:
One, establishment of a system of
collective security so that Asians
would not have to call on Western
help to resist aggression, and, two.
an end to any meddling in the
affairs of Asian governments.
In Turkey, Secretary Dulles in
spected troops about to sail for
Korea. He announced at the same
time that it was not time to invite
Yugoslavia into the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. Turkey,
Greece and .Yugoslavia have
mutual defense pact. Turkey and
Greece are in NATO. The Secre-
tary said Yugoslavia would be
integrated less formally into Eu-
ropean defense plans, however.
Back home, Mr.. Dulles said the
trip had laid "a new foundation
for friendship" He would, he
added, give details to the Nation
later.
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Noe. 0. P. Rift

Here in America, Senator Taft's
outspoken expression of non-con-
fidence in the United Nations-and
= the United States foreign policy
set by his own Republican admin
istration-served mainly to pro-
vide President Eisenhower with
golden opportunity to rebuff the
ex-Mr. Republican and at the same
time boost the generals prestige
at home and abroad.
Europe at first caught its breath,
afraid that Gen. Eisenhower would
defer once more to the legislative
branch with which he insists on
cooperating. But the Presidents
quick remuneration of any plan to
forsake our allies quickly cleared
the air.
No Sign of Brock
There was no sign of Taft
Eisenhower break as a result of
this open disagreement on funda-
mental foreign policy. Senator
Taft seemed to get a certain lift
out of thinking how his statement
would "shock a good many people
who still believe in the United Ma
TONS" But at the same time he
urged upon his audience tolerance
of those who are trying their best
to conduct our foreign affairs"
Nor was there any move from
Senator Taft's direction to organize
a revolt on Capitol Hill against the
United Nations or this country's
Korea policy. At the end of the
week, Senator Taft was trying to
show that there was a difference
between his personal opinions,
expressed in his Cincinnati speech,
and his conduct as Senate majority
leader.
To Gen. Eisenhower, who tends
to run the presidency as he would
run a military staff, it must have
been like having his top general
go over the hill. But, so far at
least, there was no hint Of a
mutiny on the staff.
In any event, the next move in
the Korean chess game was up to
Mao Tse-tung and his Communist
advisers in Peiping and Moscow.
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Ships

A STATE DEPARTMENT ex-
"A PLANTATION of Senator McCar.
thy's charges that British mer-
chant ships had transported
Chinese Communist soldiers in
the Far East in 1851 and 1852 left
much of the dispute still unre-
solved. The State Department
produced the names and the re-
ported owners of the ships in
volved. They were the Mirimar.
owned by Wheelock, Marden g.
Co., Ltd, of Hong Kong, and the
Perico, registered to Wallem g. Co.,
Ltd, also Of Hong Kong.
British Ambassador Sir Roger
Makins said here, however, that
both ships were under Panama
MAN registry when the reported
incidents took place and that the
British government therefore had
no control over them. There also
were reports from Hong Kong
that the ships had been confis-
Gated by the Chinese Reds and
we're not under control even Of
their nominal British owners
The British government was in.
vestigating further. Meanwhile.
Ambassador Makins said that the
facts established so far should not
be used to infer that Britain was
aiding the Chinese Communist
Army. Senator Mundt, however,
called for some tough British ac-
ton to curb blood traffic with the
enemy"
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Provdo

First, the Communist Party
newspaper Pravda printed what
were taken to be official comments
on recent diplomatic steps in Eu-
rope It said the Bermuda con-
ference was a danger to world
peace in that it could line up the
United States, Britain and France
in "colluSive" front against
Russia; that the American view
that Russia should show good
faith" in performing specific deeds
was rejected; that Russia could
not help out in Korea and Austria
because the StalemateS there were
caused by the United States, and
that a European settlement OF
East-West differences could be
reached only after the question of
German unity was settled.
The following day Russia for
mally rejected the allied request
to resume negotiations on an
Austrian peace treaty. Talks on
the treaty broke down February
9, 1852, after 260 fruitless ses-
sions. The Reds said last week
that there was no reason to be-
lieve that resumption of the
talks would bring agreement
The two Russian statements
were particularly disappointing to
Britain, where hopes for at least
a partial settlement ofO cold-war
problems had been high.
Resumption of the old Red in
tractability when the peace chips
were down made an early Big
Four conference.-the best move
in diplomacy from the British
point of vieW-much less attrac-
tive.
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Korea Pouts

The reluctance of the Republic
of Korea to agree to an armistice
along the present battle line is
not hard to understand. Koreans
remember the last temporary"
division of their country, after
VI Day. It lasted for nearly five
years, until the North Koreans
decided to take things into their
own hands and obliterate it. Now
the South Koreans fear that any
new temporary" line dividing the
country would harden like the one
splitting East and West Germany.
ROK Objections
Here are the specific South Ko-
rean objections to the latest truce
plan:
. It amounts to capitulation to
the Reds, because "pro-Commu-
mist" India, said to be one of the
proposed members on the 5-power
prisoner commission, would vote
with Poland and Czechoslovakia.
. The Republic of Korea was not
consulted on the terms of the pro-
posal, as the other leading par
Elephants in the Korean b war
apparently were.
. The plan does not provide for
unification. of North and South
Korea. (The original agenda for
an armistice-under which the
Panmunjom talks are proceeding
never listed unification as
condition to a truce9
. No provision is made for I'M
mediate release of North Korean
prisoners held by the United
Nations.
. More Communist troopS-from
; Poland and Czechoslovakia-would
be allowed to enter South Korea
to guard the prisoners who do
not now want to go home. (The
South Korean Foreign Minister
said, "Our country will fight troops
from such countries."0
The Korean Ambassador here,
DR.. You Chan Yang, has been re-
peating most of these objections
monotonously ever since the truce
talks began nearly % months ago.
Last week, however, with the
world press taking a more opti-
mistic view OF the possibilities of
reaching an arnistice, the Korean
protestations were getting a big
ger play.
No Compromiser
AS the London Times recalls, Mr..
Rhee has never been a man of
compromise. The 1913 Cairo declar-
ton that sin due course Korea
shall become free and indepen-
dent" wasn't good enough for him.
He objected to the "in due course"
It Is doubtful, however, that
President Rhee would be rash
enough to carry out his threat of
fighting on if a truce actually
were reached. He has been a fiery
patriot all his life, but he has
swallowed his fierce Korean pride
before. Carrying his plan to its
conclusion, he would lose U. N.
support by continuing the fight,
and eventually would be overrun
by the Communists.
President Eisenhower attitude,
expressed at his press conference
last Thursday, is to cross the
bridge of Korean circumstances
when he comes to it. He said he
saw no hope of settling all world
problems in one fell sVoop, so he
favored a Step-by-Step approach.
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ain and the United States had
one good defense already planned
the Bermuda conference. The
parley will give the. Big Three
chance to cement their relations
and consider their next move Wis
avis Russia.
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Review Of The Week. Another Climax Builds Up in Korea

TN WASHINGTON, Peiping, Seoul,
Il Delhi and Cincinnati last week
events built up for a new climax
at Panmunjom tonight. At 10
this evening, our time, Commu-
mist and United Nations nego-
tiatorS seeking an armiStice in the
almost 3-year-old Korean war, 81;
down again in the truce shack just
below the 38th Parallel.
The Reds will have had a week
to study another United Nations
f1nal-f1nal proposal for stopping
the fighting in Korea. This latest
U. N. scheme was classified top
secret until President Syngman
Rhee and his stubborn band of
Korean compatriots last week
spilled the beans in violent out
bursts against the plans "capitu-
lation" to the Communists. The
South Koreans again announced
a go-it-alone policy if a truce is
signed; they said their Is divisions
will fight on rather than accept
a divided Korea with Chinese
Communists on North Korean soil.
Later in the week, South Korea
spelled it out little more plainly.
Acting Prime Minister Pyun Yung
Tai said the ROK army would re-
siSt any landing of neutral" troops
intent on policing prisoner Of war
camps during a truce. Other rum
bles from the ROKs indicated they
were well and truly fed up with
the allies, the negotiations and the
war in general.
loft vs.. Eisenhower
While the Koreans were letting
off steam, Americas No. 2 Repub-
lican enunciated his own go-it-
alone policy. Senator Taft, in a
speech read by his son IN Cincin-
natl Tuesday evening, asserted
that the United States would be
better off to pull out of all peace
negotiations If the current at
tempt fails. He also urged that
we withdraw from all United Ma
tons actions in the Far East and
pursue an independent policy. The
U. N, he said, is ineffective against
aggresSorS.
The next day President Eisen-
hover bluntly disagreed with the
Ohio Senator-more bluntly than
he disagreed even in the pre-nom-
ination period a year ago. The
President reasserted his rock
bottom fundamental that Coop
Grafton with our allies is necessary,
and added that once the United
States casts it's lot with it's friends
it must stick by them through the
irritations that go naturally with
joint effort.
Scont Influence
While both Rllee and Taft had
muddied the waters, their diSsents
were expected to have little influ-
ence on the United Nations stand,
no matter what happens at Pan
munjom tonight. ROK troops
draw their rationS and equipment
from the United States, and in
any showdown could not carry on
long without that help. AS for
Senator Taft, he just does not con-
troll enough votes on Capitol Hill
to challenge President Eisen-
hover on the issue of withdrawing
from the United Nations.
President Rhee merely seemed
to be building up the strongest
possible bargaining position in
case a truce does materialiZe
What Senator Taft was up to was
less clear, unless he was simply
INDUCING his noted trait OF speak
ing his mind-a trait which he
has suppressed with unexpected
success in the four months Gen.
Eisenhower has been President.
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the Bolshevik Congress in Mos
COW. The Congress later echoed
the theme, which was this: The
Western allies are troubled by
inherent differences in interests
and policies. The Communists
can exploit these differences and
divide the West. @ 4< A.
The events since Stains death
have been consistent with this
policy of division and have been
inconsistent with real policy Of
peace. The developments of last
week pointed up this fact.
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Joint Chiefs

It was clear last week that the
President would have his own way
on a new team" for the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. All nominees
cleared the Senate Armed Services
Committee unanimously. The full
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Obviously, the President wants
Korean truce first. Then he will
address himself fully to the prob
lem of Syngman Rhee.
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heavily on his chance for confir-
nation.
Evening star., 1953-05-17
Home From South

Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Ward of
Damascus have returned from a
three weeks vacation in the
South. They spent two weeks in
Fort Lauderdale with Mrs.
Wards parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ..
T. Wells, and then went on to
Franklin, Tenn, where they vis-
tied Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lanier.
They returned home through
Martinsburg, w Va, and ac-
companying them home rom
there was Mrs. Wards aunt,
Mrs. C.. II. Via.
Evening star., 1953-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Julius an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Ellen to Mr.. Simon
Atlas. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Atlas.
Miss julius attends the Uni
versity of Maryland and is a
member of Phi Sigma Sigma
Sorority. The prospective BRIDE
groom also is a student at the
University of Maryland and is
affiliated with Tau Epsilon Phi
Fraternity.
The wedding will take place in
the fall.
Evening star., 1953-05-17
The former
Miss Faye p. Overt0n.

Miss Faye +. OvertOn.
Miss Faye Patterson Overton,
daughter of Mrs. Fay Lutz Over
ton of Shelby, NC. and Mr..
Dulphin Henry Overton of Fay
etteville. N. c., became the bride
on May Is of DR.. Robert Basye
Webb, jr. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Webb of Virginia
Beach.
The ceremony took place in the
Lincoln Chapel of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church. DR..
George M. Docherty officiated at
the ceremony. There was a re-
ception at the Kennedy-Warren
after which DR.. and Mrs. Webb
left on wedding trip to New
York. They will reside in Takoma
Park, Md.
Evening star., 1953-05-22
Many Join Hands to RenewLhe
For Korea Boy Who Lost Legs

Injection, gave him q place to eat
and sleep. Sergt. Douglas con-
tacted:
The Army Orthopedic Clinic in
Pusan. Thanks to Capt. James
N. Galway. San Francisco, and
Sergt Richard E. GormanSon,
Tacoma. Wash, Song soon had
new artificial legs. When Capt.
Galway returned to the United
States he contacted:
Bishop Fulton j. Sheen, who
forwarded to the Right Rev.
Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, direc-
tor of Boys Town, Capt. Calway's
request lat Song be admitted to
Boys Town. Congressional leg
islation helped make that pos
Sible. But there remained the
problem of paying Songs way.
Into the picture stepped:
The Pusan Masonic Club.
American servicemen, officers
and civilians pitched in and
quickly collected $40O. The
Maryknoll Sisters in Pusan made
Song a new suit.
AS a final surprise. Maj. John
Rutchkosky. Silver Spring, Md,
now in charge of the Orthopedic
Laboratory, gave Song a new set
of limbs.