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Evening star., 1953-11-28
Missionary Says Reds
Tied String 10 His Nose
By the Associated Press

HONG KONG, Nov. ga
Canadian Roman Catholic Mis-
sionary said today his Chinese
Communist jailers once tied a
string to his nose and led him
around like an animal in an at
tempt to make him confess he
was a spy.
The priest, Rev. Antonio
Bonin, SO. of Lanoraie, Quebec
reached Hong Kong this week
after the Communists finally ex-
PEELED him from North China
A fellow missionary, Rev.
Alphonse Caouette, Al, of st,
Jerome de Matane, Quebec, who
arrived with him, had not been
arrested until ordered out of the
country this month.
Father Bonin said the string
in-nose episode occurred al
Paichungtze, Manchuria, where
he had been imprisoned in
February, 1948. He said he was
clubbed and spat on so many
times he often felt like a beast
but refused to confess"
For three months in 1852, he
added, he was denied water tc
wash his hands and face with
the result that he now is suffer.
ing from skin complaints. Al.
though in greatly weakened
condition, he is now recovering
his health,
Evening star., 1953-11-28
BY the ASsoeiotsd Press

LONDON. Nov. 28.-Prime
Minister Churchill slipped away
last night to the annual singsong
at his old school, Harrow.
The Prime Minister. who turns
79 next Monday, joined 582 Har-
row students in singing the songs
of his boyhood with gusto.
Much of the time the Songbook
lay unopened on his lap as he
sang from memory. Once or
twice he furtively removed his
spectacles to brush away tear.
A special verse was sung in his
honor. It went:
while in this fight to guard
the right
"Our country you defend, sir.
Here grim and gay we mean
to stay
"And stick it to the end, sir"
Tapping his foot to the music,
"the old boy" beamed his de-
light. and then made a little
speech.
1T is astonishing how quickly
time seems to CO." he said. re-
calling how he started coming
Evening star., 1953-11-28

unusually short period between
Thanksgiving and Christmas
and consequently a short sea-
son of Christmas shopping,
which always began after the
Thanksgiving holiday. Now,
they said, while Thanksgiving
is commonly regarded as a re-
ligious festival, there was moth
ing sacred about the date.
From the time the Pilgrims
celebrated their first bountiful
harvest and so established the
custom, the date had varied
greatly in different parts of
the country. influenced by the
time of harvest. The first pres
idential proclamation. suggest
ing a date. they said, had
been issued by Andrew john
son after the Civil War. Pres
ident johnson had picked the
last Thursday in November
and since then his successors
had followed his example.
80 the two visitors Won
dered if President Roosevelt
would consider proclaiming
the fourth Thursday of No
vember as the date that year
instead of the last Thursday.
That would give the merchants
an additional week of shopping
and the newspapers an addi-
tional week of Christmas ad-
vertising. they explained. It
would help business generally,
they thought, and would pro-
duce additional employment.
There was plenty of unemploy-
ment that year.
We'll, the assistant pre-
sented the proposal to. the
President. The President said
it didn't sound unreasonable,
assuming the facts as stated
were correct. The assistant
was directed to check them;
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Business Group Poses
Questions on Public Works

The Federation of Business
mems Associations wants to
know what part of the new
water and sewer facilities to be
built under the Districts $305
million public works program
would serve areas outside the
District.
This question about the pro-
posed program was contained in
a letter received by the District
Commissioners today. It came
from Benjamin Striner, chair
man of the federation's Fiscal
Relations Committee.
The federation also asked for
additional information on the
cost of the program.
1t wanted to know what the
annual interest would be on the
proposed $l53 million loan by
the Federal Government. 1t
asked for an estimate of the an
nual maintenance costs of the
proposed improvements.
Also requested was informa-
ton on the total capital outlays
during the last 10 years and an
estimate of the annual cash
needs for capital outlays after
the 10-year improvement pro-
gram is completed.
Evening star., 1953-11-28

also to ascertain whether any
religious anniversaries or
church dates would be affected
and whether labor organiza-
tions agreed that employment
would be increased. The in
quiries were made and the
replies seemed to support the
proposal completely. The Pres
ident agreed to carry it out.
If I were you,' the assist
ant told him, I'd be careful
how I made the announce
ment. I'd make it at a press
conference and explain where
the idea originated, at the
same time giving the boys and
girls a little historical review
of Thanksgiving, with special
attention to the matter of the
date
But the President didn't do
that. He made the announce
ment, without explanation,
one day while On a boat trip
to Campobello. Well, you know
what happened. All hell broke
loose! A lot of Governors de-
clared their States would stick
to the sacred date, the last
Thursday of the month. Edi-
torial writer's declared their
newspapers in opposition to
the alleged sacrilege. The re-
tailers tried to- take the Presi-
dent off the hook, but it was
too late. Too many Governors
and newspapers had COM
mitted themselves. And that's
how it was.
There's one thing more to
be told. however. A year or so
later Congress, by joint resolu-
ton, declared Thanksgiving a
legal holiday-to be celebrated
on the fourth Thursday of
November!"
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Soviet Attempt to Sway France
Vote of Confidence Given loneI Is Attributed to Hope
That at Bermuda He Can Arrange 4-Power Porey

those of Prime Minister
Churchill to convince President
Eisenhower of the urgent ne
ceSsity of a get-together with
Premier Malenkov at an early
date. The French will support
the British in trying to over
come President Eisenhower's
"stubbornness."
Our Chief Executive has in
sisted in the past that at a
Big Four meeting there must
be a definite agenda to pre-
vent the Russians from wan
dering all over the diplomatic
lot. He has also demanded
that the U. S. S. r. give the
free world some concrete
proof Of good will and genuine
desire for peace. Neither
France nor Britain thinks that
such demands are proper or
conducive to an understanding
to end the cold war.
Nobody in France likes the
NATO except the men in the
cabinet who have frequently
used the vast sums which have
heretofore come from the
United States to fill the holes
in the perennially unbalanced
budget.
This anti-NATO feeling is
nationwide. 1t is based on two
major factors: Cd The war
WEAKNESS Of the French peo-
pie who prefer everything these
days to fighting even for their
own freedom; and CD the al
most neurotic fear that if
Germany is rearmed by the
allies and accepted into the
concert of Western nations
she will soon become the DOM
inant power in Europe. These
factors lead to the acceptance
by the French people of the
Soviet thesis that the NATO is
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Lowell MeHett-
The Time F. =. RS Foot S|iDDed
Recalling the RumPus hat followed His Changing the Date
Of Thanksgiving; He Failed to Explain Whose Idea TWAS

Speaking of Thanksgiv-
Ing" said Old-Timer when he
had eaten all he could hold,
tell me. how did F.D.R. hap
pen to pull that awful boner
back in 1888. or maybe it was
'39? You know, the time when
he tried to change the date
of Thanksgiving Day and
kicked up all that confusion,
with some States observing
one day and some States an
other and some, I seem to re-
member, both days. Boy, his
foot certainly slipped that
time. How'd it happen?"
Just the way you said"
You mean-?"
His foot slipped. He didn't
handle the thing with the
usual Roosevelt skill. It's never
been printed, but here's what
happened: One day early in
the fall of that year one of the
Presidents anonymous assist
ants received a telephone call
from Fred Lazarus in Colum-
bus, Ohio. Fred was the head
of a big department store
there and another in Cincin-
natl. And he was president
of a national organization of
retailers. He asked the assist
ant if he would talk to two
friends of his if they came to
Washington. One, he said,
represented the retail mer-
chants of Ohio and the other
the publishers of Ohio. He
was told to send them along
and in due time they ap-
peared.
They said they wanted to
talk about Thanksgiving Day.
That year it was due to fall
on the 30th of November,
which was the last Thursday
Of the month; which meant an
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Constantine Brown

The latest Soviet note sug-
costing. in appearance, a four
power conference is full of
BOBBY traps, according to those
who are studying it in Wash
ington.
1t required serious thought
before it was agreed that in
fact it was another diplomatic
Molotov cocktail" to influence
the thinking of our French
allies.
The main weakness of the
NATO consists less in it's
numerical inferiority COM
pared with the forces east of
the Elbe River than in the lack
of enthusiasm of its members
in Western Europe to make
it into an effective military
alliance.
For the last 18 months
France. the so-called pivot of
the NATO in Europe, has been
turning its head toward the
east to see the slightest indica-
tion of good will from the
Kremlin. The French parlia-
mentarians and vast majority
of the population are not look
ing for the outStretched Soviet
hand; they would be perfectly
happy with an outstretched
little finger.
The vote of confidence given
Premier Laniel is not inter-
preted in Washington as
sign that the National Assem-
bly, might ratify the European
Defense Community in the
near future. 1t is considered
as gesture toward the present
cabinet to permit M. Laniel to
attend the Bermuda conference
on December 4.
The French Premier is ex-
pected to join his efforts to
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Former Communist
Kept as Police Chief
For the Present
By the Associated Press

MILFORD, N. H., Nov. 28.-
Police Chief Oliver G.. William
son, self-described Communist
from 1886 to 1943, will be re-
tained "for the present" by the
Board of Selectmen.
The decision last night fol-
lowed a stormy session attended
by some 800 persons. This
Southern New Hampshire town
has a population of 1000.
Charles P. Hayward, chair
man of the three-man board, said
the selectmen's position was the
same. This is not so urgent
that it cannot wait from one
day to the, next" he said.
Has Attorneys Assurance.
Mr.. Hayward said he saw no
haste because II have been as
sured. by Attorney General Louis
C. Wyman that if any of Chief
Williamson's testimony given
under oath shows he was dis
loyal to the town, State or Ma
ton in the past 10 years, that
he, Mr.. Wyman, would notify
the selectmen."
He indicated that if such in
formation is forthcoming, the
board will take prompt action
Chief Williamson was asked
many questions as more than 20
persons spoke at the regular
weekly selectmen's meeting.
UnmOved by Testimony.
He answered mo" to a ques-
ton by John Kartsock if he
came forward because of the
recent testimony of William H.
Teto, SO, of AShby, Mass, who
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

The Russians think it's that the Big Four meet at
to decide whether become the Big Big
Three again
Republican Senator BeaI Agriculture Secretary
sons ghost writer's Sabotagng him. Beal figures
not even Republican could hurt himself that much without
outside help
Attorney General Browne asks the Supreme ban
segregation in the schools Th will stimulate the
movement in the South-every Republican who can
will be running back to the Democrats.
Premier 25-244 vote of confidence from the
French Assembly. With margin like that, fellow
safe in making long-range plans for the week end
The Big Three prepare meet in Bermuda. Diplomats
picked the island for its location Not
and Paris-and too close to Joe Mccarthy.
The allies consider Russias proposal Big con-
ference We're whether Russia discuss world
before after the Kores conference breaks
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Confidence Man Cons
Self Right Out Of Jail
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Nov. ga sus-
pected confidence man "conned"
himself right out of Jail yes
terday.
James Briggs, 80, arrested last
october Is as a fugitive from
grand larceny charges in Newark,
N. j., and Detroit, was missed
yesterday at city prison. Author
tiles said this is what happened:
The prison keeper received
$500 bail for Herbert Brown, 10,
Briggs cellmate. At 3 am. the
keeper called out to Brown to
get ready to leave.
A few minutes later a voice
replied. Ready" Shortly after
a prisoner walked off. 1t was
Briggs.
officials said they are investi-
eating to determine whether
Brown-held on an unlawful
entry charge-was asleep at the
time or if he let Briggs leave
in his place.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
BY the Associoted Press

The chairman of a House sub
committee charges that Ameri-
can wage earners were "misled"
for nearly 18 years into believ-
ing they had iron-clad rights to
Government old-age insurance
benefits.
Representative Curtis, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska said last night
that people who have been con-
tributing regularly to the pro-
gram via payroll deductions ac-
tually are not protected by writ
ten contracts or policies such as
they would get from private
firms and that Congress can
change provisions of the law
whenever it sees fit to do so.
Mr.. Curtis Ways and Means
subcommittee completed two
weeks of hearings on the social
security system, with former So
cial Security Commissioner Ar
thur J. Altmeyer as final witness.
Mr.. Altmeyer debated the issue
with Mr.. Curtis and Subcommit-
tee Counsel Robert H. Winn for
seven hours in a hearing that
erupted more than once into
verbal rows.
Democratic Repre- Sentatives
Dingell of Michigan and Eber-
harter of Pennsylvania inter-
rupted the testimony at frequent
intervals to protest questioning
methods used by Mr.. Winn and
Mr.. Curtis.
At the close of the hearing
that ran into the evening, Mr..
Curtis told Mr.. Altmeyer that
agencies under his direction dur
ing the Roosevelt and Truman
Administrations repeatedly told
the people of the country that
they had insurance"
The NebraSkan said "a number
of people were misled," includ-
ing himself. He said he used to
think the Government had a
contractual obligation to fulfill
(Social security benefits"
Holds 6 Out of 10 Ineligible.
He said that when the Eisen-
hover administration took over
last winter, 80 million people
were contributing to the pro-
gram through payroll taxes, but
that s out of 10 persons are in
eligible for one reason or an
other.
Mr.. Curtis predicted that this
Congress will write some good
social security legislation"
MI. Altmeyer, an architect of
the program that began in 1885,
acknowledged the absence of
actual policies or contracts, but
he contended that ''the full faith
and credit" of the United States
lies behind the social security
rights created by law.
Mr.. Curtis and Mr.. Winn put
into the record letters they said
were from people who claim loss
of benefits under changes Con-
gress has already made.
| After the hearing Mr., Altmeyer
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Movie Couple Fights
.S120,631 Tax Claim

Movie hero, Randolph Scott
and his wife, Patricia. have APP
pealed to the United States Tax
Court in a dispute over $129,631
in back taxes, it was disclosed to-
day.
The Internal Revenue Service
is trying to collect the money
from the couple for additional
income taxes for 1916 through
1949.
Tax collectors refused to let
the SCOTS deduct certain ward
robe expenses, bad debts and
stock losses. The tax collectors
also sought to make the couple
pay full income taxes on certain
movie profits which the SCOTS
contend should be taxed as capi-
tai gains. The Tax Court will de-
eide the dispute.
The argument over movie pro-
fits arose from the production Of
abilene Town" a film made by
Guild Productions, Inc. The
SCOTS helped organize the COM
pany in 1914, made the one pic
ture. and liquidated the firm.
The SCOTS contend that the pro-
fits thus became taxable as capi-
tai gains.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Red MIG Pilot Paid
100000 by Allies
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Nov. 28.-A North
Korean airman who turned a
Communist MIG jet over to the
Allies has been paid a $100, 900
reward.
The money was presented to
Senior 1t. No Kun Sok, who
landed his Russian-built fighter
at South Korean air base last
summer and was granted asylum.
The Air Force said the pilot
asked that a trust fund be set
up to cover his educational eX-
penses in the United States and
to support his mother in South
Korea.
Shortly before the armistice
was signed, Gen. Mark w. Clark,
then United Nations commander
offered 100000 to the first
Communist pilot to bring a MIG
Is to an allied airfield and $50,-
600 for subsequent MICS. The
offer was withdrawn after No
Kun Sok's flight. He said he
did not know of the offer until
after he landed at an allied air.
port.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Beer Hunter Burely
Escapes With Life
BY the Assoeioted Press

BLOSSBURG, Pa. Nov. "a
Robert Milheim. 25, of Wood
Ridge, N. j.. didn't shoot any
thing on his bear-hunting trip.
but he:
/. Became separated from his
companions and got lost in q
dense fog.
2. Wandered to the edge of a
20-foot cliff and toppled over.
3. Lighted fire to get warm
and his trousers caught fire.
4. Was found by hs friends
just as he was about to step into
a bear trap.
Evening star., 1953-11-28

a potentially aggressive or
ganization created by America
to fight the U. S. S. r. in the
West. This Muscovite sophis-
try is finding increasing sup
port in France among the
masses as well as in the Ma
tional Assembly.
The belief that Frances
well-being and future glory lie
in close association with the
U. S. S. r. and her satellites
is taking deep root among the
French people. This is shown
in the fact that no govern
ment, regardless of how COM
petent it may be, can remain
in power any length of time if
it supports the actual strength
ening of the NATO. They
don't want to accept a greater
effort to strengthen that de-
fense organization and at the
same time balk at the sugges-
ton of letting Germany rearm.
The vote of confidence given
to M. Laniel merely enables
France to attend the Bermuda
conference where the French
parliamentarians hope that
President Eisenhower can be
placed in a position where he
will have to accept a Big -Four
conference.
The French feel strongly
that an end of the cold war
even if it were of a temporary
nature-would relieve Western
Europe of the necessity of
continuing the NATO's efforts
to become an effective force.
This would mean that France
would not have to increase her
contingents and. more impor-
tant, there would be no further
need for a rearmament Of
Western Germany.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Wage Farmers MisIed 78 Years
On Social Security, Curtis Says

commented to reporters that So
cial security is insurance because
contributions are paid into CEN
trail fund for a beneficiary and
that benefits are paid out "re-
lated to income loss as a
result of specific hazard-old
age, unemployment, sickness or
disability"
Calls Order Surprise.
Tension started with the DEM
ocrats complaining that Mr.. Alt
meyer had been subpoenaed and
that they were not consulted.
MI. Altmeyer said the order to
appear came as a surprise be-
cause he said he had offered to
testify at the appropriate time.
Don't rap that damn thing
at me-" Mr.. Dingell snapped on
one occasion when Mr.. Curtis
banged his gavel.
Mr.. Curtis angrily accused Mr..
Dingell and Mr.. Eberharter of
"harassing" him and Mr.. Winn.
The Democrats charged Mr.. Cur
tis with "broWbeating" the
witness.
Toward the end, Mr.. Altmeyer
told Mr.. Winn that he was do
ing more to destroy the conf
dence of the American people in
this system than anybody else
except the chairman of this
committee.
Mr.. Curtis, who has repeatedly
referred to his group as a fact
finding" body, told reporters
after the hearing that it probably
will come up with some broad,
basic recommendations" to the
full House Ways and Means
Committee after the Christmas
holidays.
Evening star., 1953-11-28

recently described himself as an
informer for the FBI while a
Communist.
Mr.. Teto told Senator Nc
Carthy at Boston hearing last
week on Communist infiltration
into Massachusetts, industrial
plants that he knew of a Red
cell operating at Fitchburg
(MaSS.) General Electric Co.
plant in 1912 and 1943.
Chief Williamson told Mr..
Wyman that he worked at the
F'itchburg plant in 1912 and 1943
while a member of the Commu-
mist Party but knew of no other
Communists there.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Churchill Joins School Chums
In Singing Songs of Boyhood

back for the singsong in 1910, at
the rather tragic moment in our
fortunes"
Nov trials and tests of many
kinds impend upon u.s." he said.
Il do not think myself that they
will be of the same kind as those
which we have just gone through.
I have the feeling that the
problems of Britain will never
theless be more trying in many
ways"
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Aged in the Wood

DANVIILE, Pa. (P.-An ang-
Ter and his son pulled a hollow
log from the creek for flrewood.
Hearing splashing inside, the
fishermen reached into the log
and pulled out one 11-inch black
bass and one 10-inch bass.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Politics Barred for Army

Cadets of PakiStan's Military
Academy at Kakul were warned
by the Governor General, Ghu-
lam Mohammad. that the army
must keep out of politics.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
RESORTS.
LAKE WORTH, FLA.
GUILE STREAM HOTEL
Lake Worth. Tx

Lake Worth, Florido
person, two to = room, with private bath
and all three meals In Main Dinlns
Room. S3 double room. Write. wire Or
, 1953-09-01


are these ~Tsuckerssp Why hard working men and women,
~ianitorss domestics, club stewards and such who fitch hams,
steaks, Holsters, liquor etc, from their jobs to bring as Of
ferings to their professional friend" just to be able to say,
mani stayed up all night playing poker with DOCTOR
BLANK undoubtedly he lost" sors@DOC an me killed 2
fifth of Old Overot Las night" if Zenoby the rooming
house mistress can include a couple Of doctors Of lawyers
wives names on her guest list when she entertains, she has
arrived, socially, but definitely
THESE ARE thspeopIe, poor souls, who are account
able for our professional men becoming stuffed shirts look
ing down their snooty proboss At the non-professionals who
refuse to buy his boring society. Dfsgustngly class con
scious they ostracise and draw into clicks and clans that they
consider the holy Of holes. Actually their conversation le-
vel jssfgeneraly poker, liquor and women. They have very
little. interest in national current events. If You invite them
into your, home, they make ike oxes in q parlor, their man
ners are atrocious and their language not much better than
4 gutter snpe;s.
TMAKEs4 no difference, however, # they are unccuth,
immoral, pmethical Or unscrupulous-With q HANDLE, they
are accepted and glorified. This veneraioh Of the probes
sional man is one Of the weak and ridiculous spots Of min
!orftys groups. Our youths observe the glamor, wealth and
hero-worship, all due to a HANDLE and naturally are blind
ed to all other means Of lvIhood. Our boys should be en-
fcouraged to give consideration to the trades, agriculture and
business as a future. The sooner this silly boot-hcking Of the
HANDLE CROWD is stopped the sooner we are going to
have better lawyers. doctors and yes ministers, and a bet
ter balanced society. Few mortals can stand excess heroS
Worship. They lose their perspective and their sense Of
values.
AGNES RsBOBORE