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Evening star., 1953-03-06
By Katherine M. Brooks

and Mrs. Butler. Their hosts
were the British Ambassador and
Lady Makins who entertained in
the handsome and imposing
British Embassy on Massachu-
sets avenue.
It is a British custom never
to give lists of their guests at
any entertainment but on special
occasions. such as last evening,
those top ranking in the COM
pany are announced. Among
those dining with the distin-
guished visitors from the British
Isles were the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Dulles and Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs.
Humphrey.
Lunch Parties
Earlier yesterday the two Brit
ish officials. accompanied by
Ambassador Makins, were guests
of the National Press Club at
luncheon. The ladies, Mrs. Eden,
Mrs. Butler and Lady Makins
had lunch at the National Gal
lery of Art where the Director
and Mrs. David Edward Finley
acted as hosts. Both Mrs. Eden
and Mrs. Butler are deeply in
terested in art galleries and
their contents and elected to
have a "look-See" at those of
this Capital while their hus-
bands were busy with confer
ences and mems parties.
Today the ladies motored to
Annapolis where they w"re
guests at luncheon of Maryland's
Governor and Mrs. McKeldin.
Luncheon was served in the
historic Governors Mansion. The
visitors thought they might stop
Evening star., 1953-03-06

President Eisenhower was host
at luncheon today, entertaining
for British Foreign Minister An
thony Eden and Chancellor of
the British Exchequer Richard
A. Butler. British Ambassador
Sir Roger MakinS was included
in the company and others were
Secretary of State Dulles. Secre-
tary of the Treasury Humphrey.
Secretary of Defense Wilson and
Director of Mutual Security Har-
old E. Stassen.
Senators Walter F.. George,
Theodore F. Green. Robert A.
Taft, Alexander Wiley, Eugene
D Milliken and Lyndon B. john
son were there and also Assistant
to the President Sherman Ad-
ans. From the Lower House
were Representatives Sam Ray
burn, James P. Richards Charles
A. Halleck and Robert B.
Chipperf1eld.
Undersecretary of State Smith
was included and also United
States Ambassador designate to
England Winthrop w. Aldrich.
Deputy to the Secretary of the
Treasury w. Randolph Burgess.
former United States Ambassa-
dor to London Lewis w. Douglas
and Administrative Assistant to
the President Gabriel Hauge.
No intimation of what early
spring blossoms were used on
the table in the State dining
room was given from the White
House. Not even a whisper about
Baker fern.
Dinner at Embassy
Foreign Minister and Mrs.
Eden shared honors at dinner
last evening with Chancellor
Evening star., 1953-03-06

Van Fleet Week reached a
high point last evening when
the outSpoken, tall, goodlook-
ing retiring commander of
Korea climaxed a day of testi-
flying before the Senate Armed
Services Committee with a re-
ception at the Korean En-
bassy in honor of himself and
his very lovely wife.
The Korean Ambassador
and Nine Yang entertained
four-starred Gen. and Mrs.
James A. Van Fleet at a Z to
9 black tie party that served
as a cocktail gathering for
some, a bounteous supper for
others. Standing in the re-
ceiving line with them in the
Ambassadors residence on
Sheridan Circle was an impor-
tant Korean visitor, Foreign
Minister Y. T. Pyun.
: The vigorous, southern
voiced commander had warm
greetings for many who went
down the line.
For pleased Greek Ambas-
sador AthanaSe Politis, he had
an actual and a figurative pat
on the back. THE Koreans" !"
he said, "are the Greeks of the
Pacific"
For Mrs. Maxwell Taylor,
wife of the general who sue
ceeded him in Korea, he and
his wife had significant hand
shakes and time out for a
group pose for the flashing
photo bulbs.
Gen. Van Fleet was asked
about the apparent incon-
sistency between the stories of
his testimony before the House
committee on Wednesday and
the Senate committee yeSter-
day. He was reported as hav-
ing said to the former that
our army in Korea was the
best equipped in history with
no serious lack; to the latter
that there had been a con-
tinous serious shortage of am
munition.
He answered to the effect
that there was more to his
House testimony than report
ed, i.e.-Scme qualifications;
that he had meant that
ours was the best-equipped
Shutdown army" Il speak
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Fla, the generals home town.
for a reception. following
which they will come back to
; Washington where the Army
commander will have business
until March 81. After that
they expect to retire in Florida
and do some fishing.
Earlier yesterday Gen. Van
Fleet was feted at a luncheon
in the Vandenberg Room in
the Senate given by the en-
tire Florida delegation. Rank
ing hosts were Senators Hol-
land and Smathers Of Florida.
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stierne. Representative and
Mrs. Dewey Short, Mrs. Clark.
the mother of Gen. Mark
Clark; and Mrs. Jock Clark,
the wife of the commander of
the 7th Fleet now in Formosan
waters.
Gen. and Mrs. Van Fleet
will go up to West Point to-
morrow to stop overnight.
then to New York for an
overnight stop and the general,
if not his wife, will spend most
of next week here. On the
18th they go down to Barlow,
Evening star., 1953-03-06
Exclusively Yours
Betty Beole

Van Fleets Honored at Korean Embassy
General Comments on Hill Testimony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01

AS A COUNTRY BOY TRYING
TO SET ALONG IN THE CITY
BILL, You'll JUST HAZE TO
FORGET ABOUT STEAKS CHOPS
AND PLENTY or GUTTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Lynn Parsons
Is Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. James L. G.
Parsons of Kansas City, Mo-.
formerly of Washington, have
announced the engagement Of
their daughter Sally Lynn to
Mr.. Barber c. Palmer. jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer of Silver
Spring, Md.
Miss Parsons is a graduate Of
st. Lukes Hospital School Of
Nursing in Richmond, Va. The
bridegroom elect is a senior at
the George Washington Uni
versity School of Medicine and
a member of Phi Chi Medical
Fraternity. He is a graduate of
Dartmouth College and a mem
Der of Gamma Delta Chi.
The date for the wedding has
been set for August 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
ProctOrs Hosts
At Bay View

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond B.
Proctor of Westmoreland street,
Falls Church, entertained this
week end at Bay View, their
summer home on Chesapeake
Bay, the Troop Program Section,
Office of the Adjutant General.
Guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. Coulter, jr.; Mrs. Ev-
elyn NeWberry, Mrs. Joan Walls.
Mrs. Milee Newberry, Mrs. Alma
Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Marable, Mrs. Dorothy Webb,
Mrs. Gladys Lansdowne and the
Misses Alice Junkin, Helen Ag-
new, Marion Thompson, Mar
garet Walker, Leila Blocker,
Eta Mae Rosengrant, Joan
MaddeS and Susan NeWberry.
Also present were Messrs. Robert
Balangee, Leroy Henexson, and
David Newberry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Miss Lamont
Bride-EIect

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick F. La
mont of Trenton, N. j., announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Roberta Mary to Mr.. Charles
Douglas Redding. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Red
ding, jr., of Hampton, Va.
Miss Lamont and Mr.. Redding
are both graduates Of the Col
lege of William and Mary in
Williamsburg, Va. The BRIDE
elect is presently employed by
the United States Government
and Mr.. Redding is with the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company.
A fall wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
-Southall Photo.

ton Hall and was graduated
from Holton-Arms School and
Cornell University, where she was
a member of the Kappa Alpha
Theta Sorority. She is a pro-
visional member of the Junior
League.
Mr.. Kidder received his bach
elor and master degrees at Har-
ward University. He served with
the Army Signal Corps during
World War II.
The wedding will take place
at Christ Church in Georgetown
in the early part of September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09

Mrs. Ralph Frederick Skyl-
stead announces the engagement
of her daughter Elise Page to
Mr.. Nathaniel Remington Kid
der, son of Mrs. Ray N. Kidder of
Philadelphia, Pa, and the late
Mr.. Kidder. Miss Skylstead. is
the daughter of the late 1t.
Comdr. Skylstead, U. S. N.
The bride-elect attended Guns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. I. L. Murphy
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Patricia Anne
to Seaman George Ernest Nc
Nab. He is the son of Mr.. George
McNab of Washington, D. c.
The bride-elect is employed
by the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. Seaman McNab
is now serving on the U. S. S.
Weiss in San Francisco.
A wedding is planned after
Seaman McNab is released from
the Navy next wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Bridqe Hostesses

Mrs. Harry Burpee and Mrs.
Alan Read of La Plata were host
esseS at a bridge and canasta
party at the Hawthorne Country
Club on Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1953-01-12
Constantine Brown:

Frances latest Premier, Rene
Mayer, is expected to pay us
a visit some time in February.
provided his cabinet is ap-
proved by the National As
sembly and continues to re-
ceive its support.
Most observers in Paris are
certain that the new French
cabinet. after the dropping
of Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman. will be approved by
the Assembly, although by a
somewhat smaller majority
than that given Mayer him
self last week. Schuman was
a brilliant but too interna-
tionally minded diplomat for
the taste Of the average
Frenchman.
The satisfaction that France
has a government once more is
dimmed, insofar as our Gov
ernment is concerned, by the
commitments given by the new
premier to his Gaullist sup
porters to revise and renego-
tiate the European army pact.
This means. in effect, that the
creation of a German army of
IL divisions to strengthen the
meager electives of the NATO
remains still a distant dream.
Gen. Eisenhower put himself
on record while supreme COM
mander at SHAPE that the in
clusion of such a German force
was indispensable to the sue
cess of the Allied forces in
Western Europe. Gen. Mat
thew Ridgway, the present
supreme commander, has re-
peatedly expressed the. same
thought in even stronger Ian
guage.
Inc circumstances under
which the former cabinet of
Antoine Pinay fell lent Gre
dence to the suspicious of some
American observers that he
wanted to fall in order to avoid
a showdown with an uncon-
trollable Parliament which is
definitely opposed to even a
token Iearmament Of Ger
many.
There may be some very
plausible arguments from the
assembly's point of view why
it wishes to revise the treaty
of Paris. But so far as this
Evening star., 1953-01-12
Doris FIeeson:
Doris FLeeson
Mccarthy Threatens u. S. Aide
The Shape Of Things to Come for Government Employees
Revealed in His Letter to Assistont Navy Secretory

The shape of things to come
for Government servants whose
duties bring them into contact
with the affairs of Senator
Joseph r. Mccarthy has now
appeared plainly at the Penta-
gon over the Senator's sigma
ture.
Reporters naturally had
sought to acquire all the facts
relating to the Mccarthy
World War II medals. the Air
Medal and the Distinguished
Flying Cross with clusters, fol-
lowing the Spotlighted cere-
mony of award in the Sena-
tors Office. They ascertained
that:
/. The Senator, a Marine
veteran, had received the only
two Navy medals available
upon application by the poten-
tial recipient. 2. The Senator
had so applied. 8. The Marine
Corps would not Substantiate
the full number of combat
missions required for the Nc
Carthy DFC and records fur
nished by him had been largely
accepted as proof.
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air John F. Floberg,
a personal Truman appointee.
approved the awards giving the
Senator the benefit of every
doubt. He was still explain
ing himself to Democrats when
he received the following let
ter dated January 2, 1858. the
day before Republicans or
ganized the Senate:
UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. John F. Floberg,
Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy,
Dear Sir:
A number Of reports have
come to me that you have been
displaying classified material
to unauthorized personnel
especially over the past week.
This is to inform you that
am aware of the situation and
you will be held fully account
able.
Evening star., 1953-01-12

equities when the 1851 Act was
being considered.
Most glaring is the extrava-
CANT depletion allowance for
the oil-producting industry,
271a per cent. That was first
imposed in 1925 during the
last Republican regime and
has been kept sacrosanct since
by oils tremendous political
power with both parties de-
spite reiterated appeals by the
Treasury Department, which
considers Is per cent ample.
In the 1851 act, Congress not
only retained this lavish allow
ance for oil, which operates
as a fiat deduction before
taxes, but added a whole new
list of minerals for which a
percentage depletion allowance
was provided-sand, gravel,
slate, stone (including pumice
and scoria) brick and tile clay,
shale, granite, marble-and
oyster and clam shell.
Inequities exist likewise in
gift and estate taxes, the cap
ital gains tax, family partner
ship arrangements, splitting
income between husband and
wife, in provisions for creating
Evening star., 1953-01-12
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Ike names Gen. Bedel Smith Trumans intelligence chief.
undersecreary of state Gen. Smith harbored of
Truman regimes top ncudng its Republicans
The Air Force declines to cancel display of jet apower
the inauguration despite protests The appropriate
for Republican Notwithstanding makes
getting back faster where it started from.
CIO President Walter Reuther companies
must raise by March pre-
dced-Ike will start out with three strikes him.
LeCompte of voting
the of Representatives would up
Congre-peritting much swfer completion of the deficit
John Eisenhower flies home from Korea for his
Inauguration major slightly embarrassed He'd like
discuss military secrets at family dnner-but it's little diff
cult with of those politicians around.
hasn't decided about ending
Ike knows they worked fine under the Democrats
almost everybody had enough left to get them to the polls
to vote Republican,
Republican senators go York for a showdown
patronage with Eisenhower About the only
track of all the corporation executives named to
Federal jobs is to look the to which stocks have
Evening star., 1953-01-12

impression by showing that his
weapons are double-edged.
The arbitrary tone of the
Senator's letter together with
these implications, have been
the topic of some serious high
level conferences about main
tanning departmental morale
within the Government.
Two other departments,
Justice and the Treasury.
have some hot Mccarthy
papers also-the record of the
Senate subcommittee which
dug into the Senator's finances.
Decisions regarding them must
inevitably be made by the new
Attorney General, Herbert
Brownell, and the new Secre-
tary of the Treasury, George
Humphrey, acting for the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue.
They now have at least a
general idea of what to expect
if, as and when. Their own
stats will be watching as well
as the public.
The problem is seen as espe-
cially grave in the matter of
the civil service and career
officials. Political appointees
like Mr.. Floberg are better able
to protect themselves and have
other means of livelihood.
White House and Democratic
indignation generally over the
Mccarthy medals centered on
their timing. It was suggested
to Mr.. Floberg, whose political
education has developed rather
massively the past fortnight,
that he might well have mis-
laid that particular piece of
paper until President Truman
had left Office.
All agreed that the medals
were automatic, as the Navy
said, in fact, McCarthy's two
are widely known as arith-
metic awards. Democrats felt
only that If Mccarthy were to
be decorated, the privilege
might well have been passed
to a Republican administra-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-01-12
Clearing Up the Fiscal Mess
1t Twill Take Long Time to Get All the Basic Data
. Needed to Stroighten Out Government Finances
David Lowrence:

The American people voted
for a change-and it is not
too early to say that they are
really going to get it. But
they might as well be pre-
pared for the news that, for
reasons best known to the Tru-
man Administration, it may
take at least IL months to un-
cover the extent of the hidden
commitments and entangle-
ments which constitute the
So-called washington Mess"
The Eisenhower leadership
already, by its selection of
personnel and announcements
of policy, has indicated a sub
stantial change is coming in
many major programs. But
on the most important prob
lem of all-getting America
on a sound fiscal basis-it is
doubtful whether all the nee
esSary facts will be available
for at least a year.
Before the washington
Mess" can be cleaned up, the
new Administration will have
to find out just how extensive
it is. Thus, when President
Truman submits a budget to
Congress and announces it to
the public, there is no way of
knowing by reading his mes
sage what were the motivat-
ing forces and influences that
caused certain items to be-
come imbedded in the budget.
It took the Truman bureau
Gratis more than six months to
prepare the budget announced
this week. Also, for the last
20 years many items were ap-
proved which have been accu-
mulating as a part of every
annual budget and have not
been seriously questioned.
When Mr.. Truman says de-
family that the budget cannot
be materially reduced or a
balance achieved right away,
he is merely expressing his
unwavering support for GER
tain spending policies which
the new administration will
not embrace at all.
Evening star., 1953-01-12

scope Of its spending and to
advise the States and cities
what their responsibilities are,
it is apparent that the Fed
eral laws which authorize the
spending of money for any
and all purposes need revision.
Money is still being spent every
year to carry out laws passed
a hundred years ago. These are
not questioned because Con-
gress by statute has specified
certain Federal activities.
If in the next IL months the
fiscal mess" in Washington
can be cleared up to the ex-
tent at least of advising Con-
gress as to the facts about the
Federal responsibility and
what spending should be ter
minated. a remarkable job will
have been done. Many items
in the budget every year are
worth WHILE" but they con-
stitute luxuries today in the
face of heavy military ex-
penses.
There are Democrats in Con-
gress who will exhibit impa-
tience and try to convey the
impression that campaign
pledges are usually fulfilled
within a week or two after
Inauguration Day, but the
American people, as the facts
about the several "messes" in
Washington are revealed in
the next few months, will be
happy indeed if by the end Of
one year their newly elected
officials will have obtained all
the basic information on Gov
ernment finances. Then the
next three years can be de-
voted to a reversal of the
spending habit that started in
1888 and which has never
abated since. Small wonder
that a Democratic President
says the budget can't be cut
he really believes it because
many items in the budget, in
Guiding some so-called military
items, have become sacrosanct
during the last 20 years. They
will lose that sacredness in the
coming Administration.
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Evening star., 1953-01-12
Thon1os [. Stokes:
Time for ak Law Revision
Test Neors for Congress and the New Administration
In the Opportunity to Amend Unjust Legislation

porations as well as virtually
all excise tax increases i'm
posed by the 1851 Act expire
March 81, next year.
Whether to let the excess
profits tax and the tax in
creases expire, which would
mean a substantial tax reduc-
tion in itself, or whether to re-
tain them is a question that
is particularly vexing. This
is because the budget. which
will show a 500 billion deficit
at the end Of the current fiscal
year June 80, is under extra
strain with an actual increased
outlay for the defense program
under previous commitments.
Expiration Of all these taxes
on schedule would entail a
revenue loss Of So billion next
year and about So billion an
uudlly CIerea1Cer.
Republicans express hope Of
q tax reduction, but want first
to see what economies they can
achieve. One means of bridg-
ing. the gap would be to close
loopholes in the tax laws. That
not only would bring added
revenue to help solve the
budget-tax dilemma. but also
would inject overdue justice in
the tax structure to provide for
equal sacrifice in our security
program. It was estimated
that up to S. billion could be
added to our revenues by clos
ing tax loopholes by a group in
the Senate which tried, in
vain, to eliminate these in
Evening star., 1953-01-12

For 20 years now the drive
has been to spend and spend.
Whatever the political or social
justification for an appropria-
ton, the New Deal and Fair
Deal Administrations came up
every year with the statement
that nothing could be cut and
that taxes should be raised.
With customary cynicism, the
successive Democratic Ad-
ministrations challenged Con-
gress to do the cutting, know
ing full well it wasn't equipped
to do it. Even with the con-
solidation of appropriation
committees in recent years, the
members cannot possibly learn
the facts Of budget life in the
course of any congressional
session.
Only the executive branch Of
the Government can really cut
a budget. The surgery has to
be performed months and
months ahead Of the presenta-
tion of a budget to Congress.
when the items are up for pre-
liminary consideration. Much
more important is the decision
as to spending policy as a
whole.
Strange as it may seem, there
has never been a formal def
milton Of the Federal func-
ton. The idea seems to have
grown up that the Federal
function includes everything
for which Federal money can
be spent and for which the
taxpayer will supply the reve-
nue.. The taxpayer is helpless
to protest and, while in recent
years various taxpayer asso-
Citations have arisen to ques-
ton Federal expenditures, no
commission or board has been
set up to advise Congress on
the limits of the Federal func-
ton. The Eisenhower group
and some members Of Con-
gress are talking about setting
up such a commission. It is
long overdue.
But even without the studies
that some day will enable
Congress to set a limit on the
Evening star., 1953-01-12
Mayer Faces Some Questions
Frances Latest Premier Will Have to Answer Critics
Here in February as Patience Is Strained

preparedness which could prove
dangerous if the Muscovites
should decide on aggression in
the near future.
Throughout the last eight
months since the signing of the
treaty providing for creation Of
a Western German military
force the American Govern
ment has displayed a great
deal of patience and UNDER
standing of the problems Of
our French friends.
The announcement from
Paris that the treaty will now
have to be presented to the
assembly, for study, revision
and renegotiations has created
more than the usual uneasi-
ness to the incoming adminis-
tration. It means under the
best circumstances many more
months of delay and nobody
can foresee what the agree
ment will look like when it
comes out of the hands of the
French Parliament.
In the meantime the re-
lations between France and
Germany have deteriorated
since the Saar affair. So long
as the Pan European" Foreign
Minister Schuman was in
Office, Germany's Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer could main
tain himself in power despite
a growing opposition from
the Socialists and the extreme
Nationalists inside and out
side the Bundestag. His al
ready weakened position is
likely to become more shaky
in the coming months.
And if Adenauer is over
thrown there is no telling
which way Western Germany
may go. The possibility of an
understanding with the U. s.
S. r. on the basis of the So
Wet offer of March 4, 1852.
cannot be discounted.
Mayer certainly will have Q
friendly reception when he
comes to Washington. but
some very pertinent questions
will be put to him. He will
have to give some very
definite assurances for greater
cooperation to obtain the
increased financial military
assistance which France ex-
poets from this country.