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Evening star., 1953-03-05
Astin to Address Group

The District chapter Of the
Science technology Group. Spe-
cial Libraries Association, will
met at 8 o'clock tonight in the
east lecture room, National Ru-
reau Of Standards. DR.. A. ".
Astin. bureau director. will speak.
Evening star., 1953-03-05

Highland School, Wheaton, Md.
Arthur E. Tiemann. guest
speaker, on "Relativity, Religion,
Judaism" $3.50 pm.
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ADVERTISEMENT
Washington, D. c.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1853

ADVERTISEMENT. A
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MoInourished Boy Dies at Is;
Doom Inevitable, Coroner Says

Eddie Murphy. 16, who entered
Gallinger Hospital Saturday as
a malnutrition case, died at 1855
am. today.
Capt. Richard J. Felber of the
homicide squad assigned Detec-
tive Sergt. Robert E. Talbot to
make a full report on the case.
Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald issued temporary GER
tificate of death due to natural
causes. He said the boy suffered
from acute military tuberculosis
of the brain, lungs and abdomen.
DR.. Macdonald said the emaci-
ated boy weighed only So pounds
and was doomed to die even had
his grandmother, Mrs. Ora
Murphy Of TOT I street s. E.,
removed him to the hospital
earlier.
Mrs. Murphy said he had eaten
only a little oatmeal, two slices
Of bread and had drunk a bit of
milk in the week before she de-
cided he needed hospite elization.
Evening star., 1953-04-07
By james (. Roper

Frederick j. Schlink, technical
director of Consumers Research,
Inc, said today that his limited
tests indicate battery additives
are no good and that goes, in
his opinion, for the much dis
puted chemical, AD-X2.
AD-X2 is the brand name for
an additive that provoked a SCI
entif1c dispute and contributed
to the custer of DR.. Allen v.
AStin as difector of the Bureau
of Standards.
The Bureau of Standards
found that AD-X2 did not i'm
prove batteries used under nor
NAL conditions. The Senate
Small Business Committee says
tests by the Massachusetts In
,stitute of Technology indicate
that the additive is helpful.
Cited as Custer Reason.
Secretary Of Commerce Weeks
cited this dispute as one reason
for dismissing DR.. Astin and ac-
cusing the Bureau of Standards
of being mot objective enough"
in testing AD-X2.
Mr.. Schlink told The Star by
Evening star., 1953-04-07
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, April 7.-George
Edward Grammer today was
sentenced to hang for the "al-
most perfect" Staying of his wife
last summer so he could marry a
pretty United Nations stenogra-
pher in New York.
Judge Herman M. Moser, who
convicted Grammer of flrst-
degree murder after a sensa-
tional trial last October, said
Grammer mot only proceeded by
a cunning scheme to murder his
wife but also developed a das-
tardly plan to make her death
look accidental"
Mrs. Grammer, former Balti-
more nurse who had come here
from New York to help care for
her dying father. was found dead
in her sedan after it had ca
reened down a hill at the north
east edge of Baltimore last Au-
gust 20.
Despicable', Says Judge.
Her husband, evidence at the
trial showed, had spent a week
earlier in the month at Chicago
with Miss Mathilda Mizibrocki,
a u. N. secretary from Canada,
and they had talked of marri-
age.
Judge Moser, who heard the
evidence without a jury at Gram
mer's request, said it was one
of the most atrocious and despic-
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Red Cross Reaches
81 Per Cent Of Goal

The Metropolitan Area Red
Cross fund campaign today had
reached 81 per cent of it's 81, $751; :
600 goal.
Originally scheduled to end
April l, the national drive has
been extended "indefinitely-and
will be carried on until we raise
the necessary funds" a spokes-
man said. The Washington area
drive has been extended to April
10.
The Red Cross explains it had
to increase its goal this year for
two reasons:
/, A Governmental request that
the Red Gross assume responsible
ity for the collection of additional
blood supplies to assure as much
gamma globulin as possible for
the fight against paralytic polio.
The Red Cross also has assumed
responsibility for seeing that the
blood is processed for production
Of the gamma globulin.
2. The military services asked
the Red Cross to expand its rec
reational facilities for military
personnel overseas. This cost Is
estimated ut about 81 milli0p.
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Gronn1er Sentenced to Hdnq
For Baltimore Wife Murder

able killings recently perpetrated
by a man from that strata of
society where resort to this
method of solving marital prob
lens is neither common nor ex-
pected."
Grammer still may take his
fight for life to the State Court
of Appeals in Annapolis. This
is almost automatic under cap
ital punishment cases. If he fails
there. he also may appeal to the
Governor for executive clemency.
Gov. McKeldin has not per-
mitted an execution of the death
sentence since he took Office
early in 1851.
Court Rejects Life Term.
Grammer, SO. was personnel
manager for a mines and metals
firm in New York. He grew up
in Baltimore and the couple had
two daughters.
Judge Moser said ,Grammer,
''by his wanton and careless dis
regard for others, has forfeited
his right to live in the commit
nifty among his fellow men"
It would not do, the judge
said, to sentence him to life
imprisonment. because a man
sentenced to life can get out
Of prison in Is years if he be-
haveS himself.
Judge Moser said Grammer
would be sufficiently astute to
comply with all the rules in Or
der to win early freedom"
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town Hospital. where a surgeon
operated in an attempt to save
his life. He died, however, about
2 am.
The youth entered st. Johns
as a freshman last fall and was
regarded as a good student. He
also was a promising basketball
player. He was a member of a
championship basketball squad
while attending St. Michael's
School in Silver Spring and won
several trophies. His brother-in-
law, Thomas Manning, is the St.
Michael's coach.
A Washington native, he is
survived by two older sisters in
addition to his parents. His
father is assistant chief of the
loan guarantee program at the
Veterans Administration.
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Consumers Research Calls
Battery AdditWe No Good
Astin Custer Is Corrosive to Science
Director Says; Morse to Demand Probe

telephone from Washington,
N. j., that the independent Con-
sumers Research tested AD-X2
in "a very limited fashion," He
developed no evidence that the
chemical, when added to a bat
tery's fluids. improved operation
of the battery.
ut had an effect, of course"
Mr.. Schlink said. II could add
bean soup to a battery and there
would be an effect. The question
is whether the effect was good.
I have complete confidence in
the Bureau of Standards report
that there was no good effect" I"
Condemns Firing.
Mr.. Schlink, referring to the
unexpected dismissal Of DR.. AS
tin, said: Never has there been
an incident so corrosive to SCI
ence."
He predicted "every scientific
organization in the country" will
pass resolutions condemning the
Commerce Departments ham
ding of the affair.
Senator Morse, independent,
of Oregon planned to introduce
(See ASTIN. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-04-07
RedsHoIdFHe,
Marines Save
Wounded Man
BY the Associoted Press

PANMUNJOM, Korea, April 7.
"A badly wounded Puerto Rican
Marine was rescued from no.
mans land early today after
Chinese soldiers carried him part
way to United Nations lines and
called for American Marines to
come get him.
Four Marines and Navy
chaplain walked into no-man's
land and picked up the wounded
Puerto Rican while a squad of
COMMUNIST soldiers stood nearby.
The Chinese left him on a
stretcher, lying in a Korean
cemetery. He was clad only in
long winter underwear and
sweater.
Promise Not to Fire.
Then Communist loudspeak-
er doomed out:
Attention all officers and
men:
I'VE have one of your wounded.
"Send two men as soon as pos
Sible forward of your left flank
position. Everything was done
for him that was possible. We
will allow you to come as far as
the def1lade area without firing
on you"
A reinforced Marine squad
started Immediately. Pfc. Hector
S. Echabarria of Santurce, Puer-
to Rico. called to the wounded
man and asked in Spanish if he
could walk.
The wounded marine, although
hit in the back and stomach,
waved and started toward the
Allied lines.
He collapsed twice on the way
to where the Marines had paused
along the wire line.
Given AbsOlutiOn.
Father Robert Brengartner of
Lakewood, Ohio, called to the
man to pray.
AS he approached the wire, the
priest gave him absolution.
The, first time the wounded
man collapsed I'd 1t. Kenneth
Clifford of Brooklyn yelled "Oh
hell! let's go get him!" and
leaped the wire with his men.
The Chinese soldiers covered
the graveyard area but did not
fire.
Others in the rescue group
were Corpl. Daryl Jues. Rapid
City, s. D., and Tech. Sergt. Rob-
ert Donahue of Norwich. Conn.
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Eisenhower Says
Troops Face Long
Stay After Truce

President Eisenhower said
today that even if an armis-
tice comes in Korea, "our
men and those of our allies
will have to stay in that
region quite a while"
The President made the
statement to leaders of the
United Defense Fund. His
remarks followed this White
House statement indicating
encouragement over talks at
Panmunjom:
"The President and the
Government of the United
States are of course follow
ing the negotiations very
closely. Every act and deed
leading to a humanitarian
exchange of wounded and i'll
prisoners of war is encour-
aging"
Evening star., 1953-04-07

plans are completed. Civilian
war internees will be included.
The senior allied liaison officer,
Rear Admiral John C. Daniel,
said the Communist attitude "is
very favorable at this point"
and developments were "encour-
aging"
Hopeful for Truce.
Negotiations at Panmunjom
went so smoothly today observ-
ers here voiced hope the talks
will pave the way to a Korean
truce. Total talking time was
SO minutes.
Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho, head
of the Red liaison team, said the
nine-point plan submitted by
Admiral Daniel yesterday should
be the basis for the swap. He
said the Communists agree to
roughly half of it-including all
Of the key joints.
The Communists agreed to the
following points of Admiral DAN
iel's plan:
l. Exchange of all sick and
wounded prisoners, including
those with minor disabilities
along with the seriously injured.
This means direct repatriation
to their homelands of all pris-
onerS, including those who, under
the Geneva convention of 1949,
would otherwise be sent to neu-
tral countries.
2. Panmunjom will be the ex-
change point.
Figures to Be EXCHANGED.
3. Both sides will report the
number of sick and wounded to
be traded. and break the figures
down by nationality.
4. The prisoners to be ex-
(See TRUCE, Page A-3J .
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Hurting Wire Fencing Foil
Kills Silver Spring Youth, IS
Tip FIicked by Friend
In PIoy Pierces Head;
Operation Futile

A 15-year-old Silver Spring
boy died early today after a toy
fencing foil pierced his head in
a freak accident last night.
The youth. Thomas Sweeney,
was student at st. Johns Col
lege High School here. His par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j.
Sweeney, 1915 East-West high
way, Silver Spring.
Young Thomas was struck
when the 212- foot wire foil broke
loose as it was being whipped
about by a friend, Walter Smith,
is, of 1909 Sherwood road, Sill
yer Spring.
Foil Tossed 10 or IL Feet.
The foil sped 10 or IL feet
from the spot where the Smith
youth was standing, and the end
which had broken from the hilt
entered Thomas head just above
the right ear.
The accident occurred about
9 pm, in the 1000 block of Noyes
drive in Silver Spring. Thomas,
the Smith youth and a COM
panion came upon another group
Of youngsters who were playing
with two foilS.
Thomas and the Smith youth
borrowed them and first reports
said the two were sparring when
Thomas was injured. But Mr..
Sweeney later said this was not
the case.
Surgery Proves Futile.
Thomas fell to the ground and
was taken unconscious to George
Evening star., 1953-04-07
D. c. Churches Elect
Officers for Year

CHURCH ELECTIONS FOR YEAR
All the Protestant Episcopal churches
in the Washington oreo select their
new vestrymen and other offieioIs the
Mondoy after Eoster. For the results
Of lost nights elections see Poee At.
MATS TV ScHEDULE-The dote.
on which you con woteh the ball
game from your living room ore an
nouneed todoy. For the complete
list OF dotes, teens, ,,o.ne ono owoy
comes and doy or night comes TO be
teIevised. turn to Pose Ais.
MENUS FOR sPRIN6-soIods are
the most popular foods for spring
meols. For new recipes and some ideos
for popping up old ones, see story by
Food Editor Violet Foulkner on Poee
re
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The boy rejected other food Of
fered him, Mrs. Murphy said.
The boy had suffered convul-
sions from birth and was aban-
doned by his parents at an early
age, police learned. However.
they said, investigations thus far
had shown no malicious intent
of neglect.
Police learned the boy had been
living in a small home with 10
other persons, including four
brothers and sisters of his mother.
and four nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Murphy told them their
sole income was a $74.40 monthly
pension check, SIS Of which went
for rent.
She said Eddie's mother, Julie
Hubbard. was living in Phila-
delphia and had seen the boy
twice briefly in the last year.
When Eddie appeared to be
failing a week ago, Mrs. Murphy
wrote his mother to assist, she
said, but received no reply. It
was then she decided to take the
boy to the hospital. 4
Evening star., 1953-04-07
BrowneI Appeals
To Senate 10 Defeat
Treaty-Making Curbs
Official Warns Members
They May Have to Share
Powers With House
By J. A. O'Leory

Attorney General Herbert
Brownell warned the Senate to-
day that it may wind up sharing
its exclusive treaty making power
with the House in all cases if
it adopts pending changes in
the Constitution.
The pending constitutional
amendments are intended to re-
quire treaties to be supported
by an act Of both Houses only
when a treaty regulates the do
mestic life of American citizens
But Mr.. Brownell suggested to
the Senators that in actual
practice it might become routine
to submit all treaties for some
form Of House approval to pro-
tect them against legal attack.
Browneli Backs Dulles.
The Attorney General, testi-
flying before the Senate Judiciary
Committee. backed up the testi-
mony of Secretary of State Dulles
yesterday that the proposed
changes are unnecessary and
damaging"
Senator Bricker. Republican,
of Ohio, chief sponsor of the
treaty changes. predicted today,
however, that the Judiciary
Committee will approve a con-
stitutional amendment over the
administrations opposition. He
said the Dulles testimony had
only made him more determined
to advocate the changes.
Mr.. Brownell testified that "our
position in the world is relatively
as fraught with peril as it was
for the Nation newly launched
under the Constitution in 1889"
Stresses Need for Friends.
"On every hand" said Mr..
Brownlel. I'VE have need for
friends and allieS-the old who
have dealt securely with us in the
past, the new who can rely upon
the example of the past. think
it Is against the best interests
of the country to infiexibly re-
duce the tried and proven means,
or to disSipate our responsibility
and authority for meeting the
worldwide issues which affect
the welfare of the United States"
Senator Bricker's prediction
was strengthened by the fact
that IL of the Is members of
the committee are among the "a
Senators sponsoring the Bricker
proposal. The hearings will con-
tinue for the rest of this week
before any action is taken.
Asked if the testimony of Mr..
Dulles had changed his mind,
Senator Bricker replied:
mot by a long shot. 1t has
(See TREATIES, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Adenauer Pledges
German Partnership
In Fight for Freedom
Top U. S. Officials Gree,
Chancellor on Arrival
Here for Conferences
By Gornett D. Homer

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
of West Germany today pledged
his government to be a "help-
full partner" of the United States
in efforts to lead mankind to
freedom"
DR.. Adenauer, the first Ger
man government chief ever to
visit the United States. arrived
at National Airport at 1920
am, and went directly to the
White House for an hour-long
conference with President Eisen-
hover and Secretary of state
Dulles.
Vice President Nixon extended
the 77-year-old German states
man a heartfelt welcome" on
behalf of Gen. Eisenhower.
Terming it a great tragedy
that the German and American
peoples had been torn asunder
in conflict" twice within recent
decades, Mr.. Nixon said he is
confident that now we are en-
tering a new era of peace and
friendship between our two peo-
pies"
Dulles Praises Leadership.
Secretary Dulles, joining in the
official welcome to DR.. Adenauer,
said the world can be grateful
for West Germany's contribu-
tion under his leadership toward
forming indispensable unity and
strength" in Europe.
DR.. Adenauer proclaimed that
the German people now are ION
the side of freedom and the side
of right and justice for all ma
tions."
Above all. he said he wanted
to thank the American people for
the help they have given Ger
many during recent years in a
spirit of humanitarian sympathy.
"This we never shall forget"
he said. 1--WE will be your help
full partner on the grave and diff
f1cult road on which the United
States is leading mankind to
freedom"
Top Officials Present.
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey, Mutual Security Di-
rector Harold E. Stassen and AS
sistant Secretary of Defense
Nash, representing Secretary
Wilson. were among the Govern
ment officials greeting DR.. Ade-
nauer.
Gen. Eisenhower'S personal
plane. the Columbine, flew DR..
Adenauer here from New York,
where he arrived yesterday.
American officials hope the
Chancellor's visit may &lelp
smooth the way for early socn-
pletion of the European defense
community project. Mr.. Dulles
(See ADENAUER, Page A-6.)
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Reds Ask j. ).
To Drop Probe
0fGerm Charge
Zorin Urges in U. N.
Thot America Rutify
Geneva Provision
BY the Associoted Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
April Russia appealed to the
United States today to drop it's
demand for an impartial inves-
tigation of Communist charges
that American troops waged
germ warfare in Korea.
Soviet Delegate Valerian 70
rim told the United Nations CO.
nation Political Committee there
was mo need for the committee
to consider the details" of the
charges now. He urged, instead,
that the United States fatify
the Geneva Convention against
meteorological warfare and in
dicated that such action would
close the incident so far as Rus
Sia is concerned.
Mr.. Zorin began his speech by
saying the Soviet government
was fully alive to the circum-
stances" during which the de-
bate on an American demand for
the investigation of the charges
was taking place. This was con-
Sidered by U. N. observers to be
reference to truce negotiations
progressing at Panmunjom.
Keeps Speech Short.
He expressed surprise tinged
with regret" that the United
States had reacted so vigorously
against the charges, briefly re-
viewed Red evidence" in one
of the shortest speeches the So
Wet Union has ever made on
a major international issue and
then called for an end to COM
mittee discussion of the subject.
Mr.. zorin added, however, that
"a negative answer or an evasive
one" from the United States
"Will not satisfy U.S."
IF the United States presses
its proposal" Mr.. Zorin said,
''the Soviet Union cannot agree"
to such an impartial investiga-
ton, since the United States has
opposed the presence here of
Communist Chinese and North
Korean authorities to present
their side of the case.
Mr.. Zorin said agreement by
the United States to ratify the
Geneva agreement would con-
stitute the best proof of it's in
tentionS to ban meteorological
warfare and its intention not to
use it in the future" Russia is
one of the AZ countries which
have ratified the agreement.
Ratification Opposed Earlier.
The United States has said
previously that it has no inten-
ton of ratifying the convention
because it is not enforcible.
Estate Department officials
said the United States signed
the convention in 1949, but
that it has not been ratified
by the Senate. It was under
stood that efforts for ratif1ca-
tion had not been pressed be-
cause of concern that Senate
800 IT NJ pooo A-2N
Evening star., 1953-04-07
Human Rights
Group Praised
By Eisenhower
Message to U.N. Unit
Apparently Conflicts
With Dulles Remarks
By Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower today be-
spoke need for new approach
to the development of a human
rights conscience in all areas of
the world" as he expressed a
deep personal interest" in the
work of the United Nations Com
mission on Human Rights. His
sentiments were carried in a
message to the opening session of
the organization in Geneva.
The Presidents message came
"a hours after Secretary of State
Dulles told a Senate judiciary
Subcommittee that the Eisen-
hover administration would not
become a party to treaties on
human rights and the political
rights of women now being
drafted by the commission.
Secretary Dulles had charged
that recent years had seen a
tendency to effectuate reforms
through treaty making and that
it was for this reason the ad-
miniStration would not sign the
human rights pacts. but will con-
tinue to work for these goals
through education and per-
SuaSion.
There was nothing in the
Presidents message to reconcile
the seeming conflict between his
praise of the human rights pro-
gram and Secretary Dulles
statement.
Asks Positive Programs.
Gen. Eisenhower's message
today pointed out that the
United States and other mem
bers of the U. N. have pledged
themselves to promote universal
respect for human rights and he
said that he has asked Mrs. Os-
wald B. Lord, new representa-
tive of the United States on the
Human Rights Commission, ito
present positive U. N. action pro-
grams to the commission which
we feel will contribute" to the
advancement of human rights
throughout the world.
The Presidents message said
in part:
I'm these days OF international
tension and strain, it is encour-
aging to know that the members
of the Commission on Human
Rights are working to develop
effective programs to promote
human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all people and all
nations throughout the world.
Basic Cause Of World Ills.
Unfortunately, in too many
areas Of the world today, there
is subjugation of peoples by
totalitarian governments which
have no respect for the dignity
OF the human person. This
denial Of the freedom Of peoples,
the continued disregard of hu-
man rights, is a basic cause of
instability and discomfort in the
world today.
For these reasons, the work
of the Commission on Human
Rights assumes greater impor-
tance and meaning. For these
reasons also, there is need for a
new approach to the develop
ment of a human rights con-
science in all areas of the world.
I have accordingly asked Mrs.
Lord to present positive U. N.
action programs to the commits
sion which we feel with contrib
ute to that recognition of human
rights and fundamental free
doms which people are seeking
throughout the world"