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Evening star., 1953-04-24
Arrest of Six Newsmen
In Ecuador Reported
By the Associated Press

PANAMA, April 23.-Ecua-
dorean sources here said yester-
day six opposition newspaper
men in Guayaquil have been
imprisoned.
The six are connected with
the opposition dailies Nacion
and La Hora. whose plants
recently were attacked by mobs.
The newspapermen were identi-
fed as Simon Canarte, David
Huerta, Francisco Huerta, Rem
don Hugo Huerta, Justine
Cornejo, and man named
Aveillano. Charges against them
were not leared.
Evening star., 1953-04-24
Joint Chiefs Approved
Plan to Cut Supply Lines

Hoping this basic decision
might still be changed, I made
recommendations including
among others air bombardment
Of military installations north
of the Yalu which were being
actively employed against us.
naval blockade Of the coast
of China to cut of enemy
supplies. and the utilization Of
Nationalist China troops avail
able on FormoSa. ..
These recommendations were
actually approved by the Joint
Evening star., 1953-04-24
Dear Senator Byrd:

Dear Senator Byrd:
Thank you for your note OF
the 18th inquiring as to my
views with reference to certain
testimony before the Senate
subcommittee investigating the
shortage of ammunition in
Korea. For the sake of his
torical accuracy, I am very glad
to give you my comments on
the points you have raised.
I was never consulted di-
rectly or indirectly with refer
ence to the supply program
under discussion. It's scope and
volume. its appropriations and
production schedules were pre-
pared solely by Washington
authorities, the function of my
command being limited en-
tirely to routine reporting of
my needs and necessities.
Under such circumstances.
the labored effort made by the
former Secretary of the Army
to create without the slightest
foundation of realism some
sort of relationship between
me and the ammunition short
age in Korea during the last
two years since I left there, is
completely fantastic.
Evening star., 1953-04-24
Mccarthy Pressing
For Pentagon Files on
Secret Data 10 Writer
BY the Associated Press


Senator Mccarthy, Republican
Of Wisconsin. was fighting today
against at least temporary re-
lection of his demand for Penta-
gon files on a Washington COL
umnist he says obtained but
didn't publish some top secret
documents.
Senator Mccarthy made pub
lie yesterday letter to Attorney
General Brownell reporting that
Secretary of Defense Wilson's
general counsel has refused to
hand over the files pending an
opinion from MI. Brownell.
The letter, urging the Attor-
ney General to speed a decision,
did not name the columniSt.
sounds Crazy" to Pearson.
Columnist Drew Pearson, de-
claring that Senator McCarthy's
letter sounds crazy to me-" said.
when asked, that he did not
know whether Senator Mccarthy
was referring to him.
Over the past couple of years
Senator Mccarthy has charged
that Mr.. Pearson gained improp-
er access to Pentagon secrets.
In letter announced January
II, 1851, the Army told Senator
Mccarthy it was investigating to
determine how Mr.. Pearson was
able to quote in his columns the
contents of some Of its secret
coded cables.
MI. Pearson said he has heard
nothing of the case since then.
Senator McCarthys letter to
Mr.. Brownell suggested tartly
that one reason for the Demo-
Gratis defeat in the 1852 elec-
tionsNwas their invoking secrecy
rules ! to protect crooks and
Communists in the Govern
ment."
II am sure you will agree with
me that the same pattern must
not and will not be followed by
this new administration" the
letter added.
Wonders at Use of Data.
Senator McCarthy's letter said
the columnist involved was "ex-
pending time and money to OBJ
tain secret material and then
used only an infinitesimal frac-
ton of it in his column" He
contended this raised the very
disturbing question of what he
was doing with the balance"
Newsmen customarily gather
as much information as they
can. publishing whatever portion
they consider newsworthy.
Pentagon officials about year
ago tapped telephone lines to
locate the columnist's leak"
Senator Mccarthy said. and
made wire recordings of an
Army civilian employe reading
top secret material to this COL |
umnist's legman treporterD-I
material which never did appear
in his column but which would |
be of tremendous value to the |
enemy"
The civilian resigned at the
Army's request. Senator Nc
Carthy said, but the Justice De-
partment has refused to present
the case to the grand jury be-
cause courts refuse to accept any
evidence gained by phone tap
ping.
Senator McCarthy's letter said
he was planning to ask his Sen
ate Investigations subcommittee
to study whether the laws deal
ing with evidence by wire tap
ping should be changed.
Evening star., 1953-04-24
War With Stronger Foe
Was Unforeseen

At this time a new war with
this much more formidable foe
was not foreseen. Neither the
State Department through its
diplomatic listening posts
abroad, nor the Central INTEL
ligence Agency to whom a field
Evening star., 1953-04-24
Text of Macarthur Letter on Ammunition SHORTAGE

Following is the tert of Gen.
Douglas MGcArthur's letter in
response to Senator Byrd's re-
quest for comment on teSti-
mony relating to charges of
a M m unition shortages in
Korea:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Oregon Women
Set Pin Meet

PORTLAND, Greg Nov. 4-The
fourth annual Oregon Nisei Wo-
mems Invitational Handicap Bowl
ing Tournament sanctioned by the
WHO is set for Saturday and Sun
dav Dec 5 and 6. at East Side
Bowl 1920 S E. 35 Place. The teams
and doubles will be scheduled Sat-
urday and the singles and mixed
doubles on Sunday Part of the
mixed doubles squad will compete
Saturday morning.
All participants must be WHO
members and their averages must
be certified by the league secretary.
Entries in this tourney must use the
highest known average for 15 or
more games in any one sanctioned
league during the 1853 season as OF
Nov |. If less than Is games were
bowled BY them this season. the
girls are requested to use their
highest average last season. Handi-
cap will be two-thirds of 100. and 50
pins will be the limit per game.
The mixed doubles event. how
ever will be scratch test.
All entries (s4.5O per EVENT. must
be mailed by midnight. Nov. IA. to
co-chairman Shu Kiyokawa. 1885,
sW Third Ave, Portland 1 Greg
The other co-chairman is Aki Shi-
ra;ebi
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
LATE SPORTS...
Yaguchi Cops Midway Bowls Sweeps

TACOMA Wash, 4-Nako Yaguch smooth-roling Nise
bowling tough Nisei Commercial lea
place Midway Bowls 1870 and Under Tourna
for the sxgame stint
and that plus the 54pn spot
proved to be prize of 1925
Two other high the money They were
Frank Nomyama third place Tets Tamak
who earned 500 fourth place
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
BOWLING SCORES

columbia Greenhousei2)-Loyal
Maekawa 412, Yamasaki 452 K. O.
TAM 400 S Otani 44o. Nakamichi
1855; goth O-Maf 424 Eng 437,
Chan S79. R Wong 424. P. Wong
486.
Team Five (2)-Kan 495, Chin
Alb Dummy 354. Lam sos. Bahia
sol; Jackson O-Tokunaga 439,
Suzuki AS. Osawa AL. Kosugi 1855
Ishino 449.
Imanish (2)-Kosai 1888, Demise
Asa Kato Alb. Furukawa 478, Full
ia 1855; Franklin D-Yutani 454
Onishi 1896. Fujihira 513. Yanagiha-
ra 438 Nakano 481
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Hironaka Gains Berth in Idaho Finals

Greg 4shs Hronaka star bowler for jacket &
Rogers N entry in the Idaho State
Bowling championship Poateo after recent three
qualification Bowl here Hronaka aver
372 points the Peterson system
year match championship tourna-
will qualify to send bowler to the ma
5onal tourney
Three in the rooff were George
Hircnaka 1874 o. Min Nakanua Yauda 24 AZ
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Irish Squad Faces
Jefferson Sunday

The Fighting Irish coached by
George Wilson and assisted by
Chuck Kinoshita will meet Jeffer-
son Park in a playoff for the Anne
rican Conference Little" football
championship at 80 p m. this Sun
day Nov 8, at Lincoln Park. Both
teams have five victories and one
tie to their records
Last Sunday. the Irish walloped
the Southwest Hornets. 800 and
Jefferson Park dumped West Seat
tie $50
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Six Qualify for Second Alley Rolloff

wanna and TAX Shibuya with 2939
and 2 936 respectively we're among
30 qualifiers,
And In the women's group. the
Is uualifiers included Lois Yut .2,O40;
Kazzie Yokoyama .981; Carol Da-
ty, e69. and YoYo Konishi. 1858
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
NCE. Meeting

Meeting of all team captains in
the Nisei Commercial league will be
called at p m. next Tuesday. Nov
10 in Main Bowl it was announced
today by Fred Takagi.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04

Five Nisei and one Chinese adj
vanced to the second rolloff to find
out who will represent Seattle in
the national match-game bowling
championships in Chicago next
January.
In the mems division. Kenny O.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
r Nisei Industrial League

West Coast Printing CT. Shi-
mizu 1853 N. Shimizu 343, S. Degu-
chi 4O8 Shigaya 463. Kuwahara
482. Bush Garden Q-Seko 424, K.
Ishimitsu 428 Kawachi $40, Tanaka
444 K Kuwahara 4O4
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Veiohtlifter Named for Sullivan Award

SAN FRANCISCO Calf Nov 4-Tommy Kono outstanding sa-
champion has been nominal
ted by the Pacific Sullivan Award
Konos with nominations from As o.
the districts at in Washington DC
81 to 90
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Synkoa Plans Hop
And Open House


Synkoa Alumni Homecoming
Dance-the 9th annual-will be
semi-formal affair, and it will be
held from pm. to II midnight on
Friday. Nov 20. in the American
Legion hall Seventh and Universe
ty. The public is invited to attend
The teen-age Continentals, led by
Chip" Sakura will furnish the mu-
sic.
Synkoa's Open House for alumni
group members and the general
public will be from $50 to 7:30 p m
Saturday. Nov. 81 at the house,
Ais 18th Ave. NE.
,<o.<>~E>->c-1orI>~ <7~~2r>e..>~-D,.1
Q CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kind expressions
of sympathy and lovely floral
wreaths at the time of our recent
bereavement
-Fujita family
-
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-11-04
Kinrey Cites Cue Championship Corners

1.-Two rising Japanese players ka-
tsu figure strong aspants for cham
pcnshp billiard championship tournament &C
ording to Knrey Matsuyama veteran uminary
Evening star., 1953-09-24
u. S. Navy Guards Allied Flank
Mediterranean SetuP, Now Under Fechteer, Provides
Hard Core of NATO Strength in Southern Europe

demonstration this fall of their
joint might, in which lessons
learned in Korea will play a
prominent part.
Generally speaking, how
ever, this is a Navy show and
the Navy. in the person of the
new commander here, Admiral
William Fechteler, asserts that
the situation is we'll in hand.
Admiral Fechteler is the
ex-Chief of Naval Operations
whose term was broken in two
by President Eisenhower un-
der pressure from Republican
congressional leaders for
whole new Joint Chiefs of Staff
to resurvey Truman defense
planning. At first bitter, Ad-
miral Fechteler consented to
come here to replace Admiral
Robert B. Carney, who re-
placed him in Washington.
He is away from the spot
light but he has plenty to do.
The Naples command was
started as a protective flank
for SHAPE in Paris, but it
must always consider that the
Russians may decide to forget
about the traditional invasion
route into Western Europe and
start from the Black Sea. Then
it will no longer be the side
show but the main tent.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
D. {. Assumes Payments
For Bonding Policemen

The District now is paying the
premiums on bonds for all mem.
bers of the Metropolitan Police
Department. The new plan went
into effect at midnight Tues.
day.
The fidelity bond covers 2,071
persons. All civilian employees of
the police department will have
to pay their own premiums, if
they are required to be bonded.
The bond was issued by the
Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. at
the rate of $3.50 per $1,000. The
District will pay the company
about SIS 900 q year in premiums.
Every member of the police
force, except some OF the higher
officials, are bonded for $1,000.
A few in the higher ranks are
bonded for $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-09-24

/ the functions. personnel, records
and facilities of the old Office of
public information under the
direction and control of Mr..
Seaton.
Centralized Control Seen.
1t also continued in effect all
memoranda, directives and dele
cations of authority. This led to
some speculation that an old
directive issued by the first
Secretary of Defense, James
ForreStal, which centralized all
public information activities
under his Office and was de-
signed to eliminate inter- service
feuding would be revived and
strengthened.
Since it was issued in 1949 the
Army. Navy and Air Force have
slowly rebuilt their organizations
but some centralized control is
still in effect.
c. Hershey School is now act
ing director of Defense Depart
ment public information. Last
week he succeeded Andrew
Berding, who became assistant
director of the United States
Information Agency.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Defense Information
Activities Are Put
In Seaton' S CHARGE

Secretary of Defense Wilson
has placed his departments
public information activities un-
der Assistant Secretary Fred A
Seaton. who also has charge OF
legislative liaison.
Mr.. Seaton. a native of Wash
ington who was educated in
Kansas and graduated from
Kansas State College, is an ex-
perienced newspaper publishe,
in the Midwest. He also filled
out the term of the late Senator
Kenneth S. Wherry. Republican
of Nebraska, and was an adviser
to Gen. Eisenhower during the
campaign last fall.
The issuance of the directive
changing the Defense Depart
ment's public information office
was not unexpected.
Two Possible Reasons.
However, there were two
views as to the reasons for its
issuance: One was that Mr..
Wilson wanted to shunt such
activities aside since heretofore
the assistant to the secretary
for such matters had reported
directly to him. The other was
that Mr.. Wilson wanted to take
advantage of Mr. Seaton's ex-
perience and ability and that
the order would mean an i'm
provement of relations with the
public media.
1t is known that Mr.. Wilson
and Deputy Secretary of Defense
Roger M. Kyes have been con-
cerned about the poor press they
have received from time to time.
Mr.. Kyes, now on a European
inspection trip, has been actively
studying the setup for some time
and any drastic reorganization,
if any, is expected to await his
return.
Mr.. Wilson's order placed all
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Phone Union Accepts
Maryland Pact, Talks
Resume in Virginia

Further talks on wage agree
ments for telephone employees
were scheduled in Richmond to-
day along lines similar to those
on which an agreement was
reached in Maryland last night.
The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. in Virginia has
offered union employees approx
mately the same raises as those
accepted in Baltimore by the
CLOS Communications Workers.
Negotiations in Richmond
were to be renewed today after
Tuesdays 12-hour strike that
ended when labor and manage
ment agreed to. get together for
another try at working out a
peaceful settlement.
The company is offering week.
ly wage increases ranging from
81 to $3.50. while the union seeks
boosts of from 81 so to So. Other
points at issue are the unions
demands for placing 81 towns in
higher wage categories, and
shortening the time in which
workers can reach higher pay
classif1cations.
The telephone company in
Baltimore announced last night
that agreement had been reached
to give $3.50 to $3.50 wage
boosts to 4,300 maintenance, re-
pair and clerical workers in
Maryland.
The company<pointed out that
the increase would be reflected
in higher rates.
The wage agreement was con-
flrmed by j. Lawrence Monog-
han, union representative. He
said members had accepted the
new terms to replace an agree
ment which expired July %.
Telephone bills probably will
be higher in the Washington area
also, following Tuesdays settle
ment with 1000 employees in the
District and nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
The latter agreement involved
District employees as we'll as
operators in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties and all
workers in Arlington, Alexandria
and Falls Church.
Evening star., 1953-09-24
By Senotor Hermon WeIker

SSuStW bhStub0u "SbNSb
The return of the manned
and tortured survivors of Com
munist captivity in the prison
camps of North Korea has.
according to the accounts Of
some commentators. shocked
the civilized world"
Perhaps it has. But judging
from the continued represen-
tations of many Of our So
called allies and Judging from
much of the 'business-as-
usual" attitude in this country,
it would probably be lot more
accurate to say that those who
have principally been Mortified
by this evidence of neo-sav-
agery have been the families
and relatives of those who were
made to suffer.
To a great extent, it must be
candidly stated that events Of
the past few years involving
butchery of American boys
have shocked the Nation as a
whole very little. The war in
Korea became a thing embar-
rassingly present on the eve
ming front page, but something
that could be dismissed with
bored glance.
The ominous reports of
Communist growth to formi-
dable control of atomic energy
have had about as much i'm
pact as the monotonous casu-
atty lists reported from Korea.
There has, in short, been a
strange and constant apathy
to the reality of an implacable
Red hatred of the free world
and it's institutions, and this
apathy has made itself felt in
more and more ways.
With every evidence of world
communism's continued deter
nlination to subjugate man
kind always before us, it has
seemed especially remarkable
to me that Americans have
been very little shocked at the
multiplicity of occasions on
which individuals questioned
before congressional investl-
eating committees have re-
fused to say whether or not
they are loyal to the United
States Government. Instead,
there has been widespread crit
icism of the committees them
selves and of the persons who
compose their membership.
AS a member of the Senate
Evening star., 1953-09-24

experts are really searching for
is another name for the highly
unpopular sales tax or for some
manner of imposing it that
will not annoy the electorate
too greatly in the coming elec-
ton year. But they say, a
sales tax under any other
name will smell no sweeter.
Labor organizations and at
least one farmers organization
have been engaged in cam
paign of education on the sub
ject ever since the proposal
was first offered by NAM. So.
too, has the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. No new ar
guments against the tax are
being presented. 1t is analyzed,
as always. as the tax that hits
the poor the hardest and the
well-to-do most lightly. New
figures on the cost of living,
just issued by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, fit nicely into
this campaign.
Most mindful of the taX's
unpopularity, naturally, are
members of Congress. Such
conservatives as Chairman
Millikin of the Senate FL
nance Committee and Sena-
tor Wiley of Wisconsin have
indicated their belief that
Congress won't touch it. 1T
would fall heaviest on folks in
the lowest income brackets
and in an unfair manner"
says Wiley. Conservative Dem
ocrats. represented by Sena-
tor George of Georgia, say
they will be surprised if Sec
retary Humphrey comes up
with such a proposal.
Then in the House there is
the redoubtable Daniel Reed.
chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee. He is dead
set against a sales tax. Heroic
efforts were required by
Speaker Martin and Floor
Leader Halleck last summer
to defeat Reed on the excess
profits tax repeal and income
tax reduction. They will hardly
enjoy engaging him on the
sales tax.
But the Treasury is going
to need the money and it must
come from somewhere. Secre-
Evening star., 1953-09-24
Jitters in the Business World
Businessmen Had the Doylights Scared Out Of Them
BY President, Only to Be Reossured by Humphrey

obtained for the morning
papers. either because the re-
porters didn't ask the PreSi-
dent or because the White
House staff didn't find out his
views for the reporters. if they
did present such queries.
Actually. Gen. Eisenhower
must have been talking OF
what he would recommend to
Congress if the Soviets forced
America and the free world
into a war. During a world war,
of course, everybody knows
there is. hardly a limit on taxes
or controls. If Gen. Eisen-
hover had anything else but
such a theoretical emergency
in mind when he spoke in Bos-
ton, it certainly was unknown
to any member of his cabinet.
Now let's switch to Wash
ington. The Secretary of the
Treasury. George Humphrey.
for several days had been work
ing on a speech he was to de-
liver on Tuesday of this week
before the annual convention
of the American Bankers AS.
sociation. On Monday eve
ming, like a dutiful cabinet Of
flcer, he interrupted his labor
on his own speech and. with
his aides surrounding him at
his home, watched and heard
the President on television.
Nothing that the President
said seemed to Mr.. Humphrey
afterward to be in conflict with
what he himself intended to
say the next morning on taxes.
and he wasn't at all conscious
of any reason to revise that
section of his address to the
bankers.
But the next morning, when
Secretary Humphrey read the
newspapers and saw the head
lines emphasizing the doubt
that had been raised by the
Presidents reference to taxes,
he was surprised. He was sure
Gen. Eisenhower had not in
tended to create any such
doubts about the tax program
for next January. But he de-
cided to call the President
Evening star., 1953-09-24

anyway and read to him over
the telephone the tax section
of his proposed speech to the
American Bankers Association.
The President approved the
passage at once and told the
Secretary the speech was right
on the button. It will be re-
called that the Secretary en-
phasized to the bankers that
the planned reductions for
January ! were the same as
had been announced weeks
ago. The Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning head
lines displayed Mr.. Hum
phrey's prediction of tax re-
ductions-Which would not
have been front-page news but
for the doubts expressed in
Tuesday mornings papers. The
stock market, instead of TAX
ing a nosedive Tuesday after
noon, actually started upward.
1t appears that the Presi-
dent himself was somewhat
surprised, too, by the head
lines about his Boston speech,
because he was talking only
about the extent of the Sacri-
flee that would be made If a
war crisis developed. If that
information had been obtained
by the press on Monday, some
nervous hours for the busi-
nessmen of America would
have been avoided. And may
be if the matter had been
drawn to the Presidents at
tention early Monday evening
he might have clarified the
paragraph in question SO that
it would not have been the
subject Of a Nation wide ap-
prehenSion-that the whole
fiscal program was being radi-
cally altered and that some
new and unforeseen emergency
had arisen.
Such are the mercurial as
poets of news-gathering around
a President of the United
States day by day-and, alas,
it has always been that way.
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