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Evening star., 1953-11-29
Army Leaders Want
u P0Ws With Reds
Labeled Deserters
By John A. Giles


The consensus among top
Army officers is that the % SOL
dierS who were captured in Ko-
rea and who have refused to re-
turn should be dropped from the
rolls as deSerterS.
But, officials who disclosed
this yesterday emphasized that
no final decision as to their dis
position had been made.
The pay and allowances OF the
% prisoners of war is now going
to their next of kin and even
tually some decision must be
made as to this situation. Their
enltstments have expired. Tech
nically they are on leave status.
Problem Called Unique.
1T is problem we have never
had to face before" one general
commented. "You can't court
martial them because YOU
haven't got them. You can't give
them orders because, under the
truce agreement. you can't
coerce them"
Under the agreement, the In
dian Army, which is conducting
the prisoner exchange and the
talks with captives who have an
nounced their intentions not to
return to their homeland. can
declare the latter civilians. Then.
presumably, they would take UP
residence either in North Korea,
Communist China or Russia.
But the problem remains with
the Army as to how to dispose
OF them on service records.
Corpl. Edward S. Dickinson of
Big Stone Gap, Va, at first an
nounced his intention of remain
ing with the Reds but later
changed his mind and has re-
turned. After an examination
at Walter Reed General Hospital
he returned to his home. He
now is on 80 days leave and the
Army has not announced any
new assignment for him.
An even tougher decision faces
the Air Force and Marine Corps
in the cases Of personnel who
gave in to torture and made false
confessions for Communist prop
agandists. It may be months be-
fore the scrutiny for each case
is completed. AS yet no overall
decision has been reached.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
has said every effort to investi-
gate and establish what hap
pened to these men while they
were prisoners" would be made.
Following this inquiry, Mr.. Will
son and his advisers will lay
down a principle to be followed
by the services in such cases.
Air Force officials expressed
the fear the cases Of the fliers
who were forced to sign confess
Evening star., 1953-11-29

freezing weather until they were
exhausted.
Captain Tells of Shooting.
Capt. John H. Brewer, Okla
homa City, Okla, told of the
shooting of six American pris-
oners in a group held in a Ko-
rean house near Naedae October
13, 1850. Capt. Brewer had gone
with driver to pick up supplies
and had been ambushed with
other Americans.
AS the U. N. forces came closer,
the North Koreans decided they
had to flee. They fired on the
prisoners in the house as they
left. Brewer said he fell fiat when
the firing began. One bullet hit
one of his legs. Then a number
of rounds hit the concrete wall
just above his face, knocking
concrete down on him. sHe lay in
the same position all night and
then made his way back to his
outfit.
Another of the five Americans
who survived that shooting was
Corpl. Frederick c. Hermann
of Brooklyn, N. Y. He also fell
quickly when the firing began.
Communist Chinese were re-
ported to have killed three Brit
ish and five Belgian soldiers
April %. 1851. Two of the British
were shot in the back of the head
and one Belgian was shot or
bayoneted in the back. All the
bodies indicated death was
caused by small arms fire. The
report said the Chinese be-
came frightened when American
fighter planes began dropping
napalm bombs.
Forced Out in Cold.
Corpl. Dorland F. Guinter lad
dress not fgiven was a prisoner
of war in a camp at Pyoktong.
He said seven copies of a maga-
zines called peoples China"
were distributed to the group in
his room and later the Chinese
wanted them back. Only two
were returned.
"The remaining books were
either thrown away or retained
for latrine paper" Corpl. GUM
ter reported. About thirty min
utes later two Chinese came
Evening star., 1953-11-29
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Mostly
sunny and rather cold, with high
near A today. Low tonight
about 30. Tomorrow. consider
able cloudiness with little change
in temperature.
Maryland and Virginia-MoStly
sunny and continued cold. with
high 40 to 48 today. Not so cold
In western areas tonight. To-
morrow considerable cloudineSS.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

little change in temperature,
with rain or snow possible in the
mountains.
Wind-North and northwest,
5-8 miles per hour.
River Report.
(From u. S. Engineers
Potomac River cloudy al Harpers
Ferry and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenan-
doah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity
iReadings Washington National Airport
Yesterday Pct. 4 pm. 6S
Noon g. pm "a
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Atrocities
Continued From First Page.)

out to them, but we. didn't, !"
Clifford said in his affidavit.
What do you mean put your
hand out?" he was asked.
We'll, I mean shake hands
with them and things like that, :"
he replied. They seemed to
want you to walk over and
shake hands, but we didn't do it.
They usually came out and
shook your hand"
The United States charged
during U. N. debate on germ
warfare allegations that Russian
soldiers master-minded interro-
cations of American personnel.
Pfc. Clifford survived the mas
Sacre of prisoners outside a
tunnel while the Reds were flee
ing north before the Americans
in 1850. He said the prisoners
were taken from a train which
Lad stopped in the tunnel be-
cause of Allied air raids and were
told they would be fed. He said
he was sitting in trench when
someone yelled They're shoot
ing at u.s." He jumped down
down with a bunch of other
soldiers and was hit three times.
but was not badly wounded. He
played dead when the Reds came
along and hit him with a rifle
butt to- see if he had been killed.
There was SO bodies found in
that trench.
He said he did what he could
to help other survivors and then
fled the trench with four men.
Later they saw two North Ko-
rean officers coming toward
them. o-
"Started Praying"
eve just laid down and
started praying, the four of us,
without making a sound" Pfc.
Clifford said. II didn't look up
or do anything because my back
was facing them, but they
didn't see U.S."
Other survivors of the tunnel
massacre who told their stories
in the report filed here were
Pvt. Roy G. Sutterf1eld, Cameron,
w. Va; Pfc. Vlador w. John,
Milwaukee. Wis, and Pvt. John
Erwin Martin, Ferndale, Mich.
Another case was the north
ward death march from Seoul
to Pyongyang. This began Sep
tember 26, 1850, and ended Oc-
tober 10, 1850. 1t began with
376 men and ended with 296.
1t. Alexander G.. Makarounis,
Lowell, Mass, told of men black
ening out from sheer exhaustion
and prisoners being shot as they
Jagged behind. Pvt. Walter R.
Whitcomb. Buffalo. N. Y, cor
roborated 1t. Makarounis' state
ment,
Al Slain in Ravine.
The first case listed in the re-
port said Al American soldiers
were slain in a ravine as they
stood bound together. A North
Korean prisoner of war who was
a member of the contingent that
Evening star., 1953-11-29
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where in the District, nearby
Maryland or Virginia.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
U. S. Firm Wins Tax Cuse

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. % (P).
The Chilean Supreme Court
today upheld a ruling that the
government must return 5 mil
lion pesos ($25,000) in taxes to
the Braden Copper Co., a sub
sidiary of the Kennecott Copper
Corp. The court held the taxes
should not have been levied.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

Record Temperatures This Year.
Hishest, 100, on Aug. 81 and Sept 6
Lowest, 80. on March .
High and Low of Last 24 Hours.
High. Al. at ?:40 pm.
Low. 81, at 4:4o am
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Sunday, November 2S, 1875

This edition also contains
This Week Magazine OF 40
pages, a 12-pGge comic section
and 81 pages OF rotogrnuure.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

preGc. ed the Great Lakes region
and Upper Mississippi Valley although southern Lakes region
experience rain mixed Showers
slated for Northern Rockies higher elevations
of Central Rockies Rain in store North Pacific
States 1t will continue cold in Northeast trend
Is due for Tennessee Valley and South Atlantic States
-AP WirephOtO Map.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Young on Vacation

Joseph Young is on vaca-
ton. The Federal Spotlight
column will be resumed on
his return on December 8.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
The Sun and Moon.

Sun, today 7:0Sa.m AZ nm
Sun. tomorrow - 7:01 am. 4:46 I'm.
Moon. todav 1895 m 1856 O. m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Most Milk Pusteurized

CHICAGO.-More than 80 per
cent of the milk sold in cities Of
100000 or more population, is a
pasteurized product.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Tide Table

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Gaodatjo
Evening star., 1953-05-11
By Charles E. TroceWeN

couldn't write. He specialized on get
ting his material over the phone. Then
do you know what he would do? He
would 60 downstairs, get on the phone.
and in an excited voice telephone his
story in as if he had just managed to
get the facts.
Another artful dodge is to rush in,
open q typewriter, insert paper, put q
name or initials in the left-hand cor
ner, then shuck of coat, put glasses in
the desk
Then evaporate for an hour or two.
Where Is so and so? Nobody knows.
"But he is around here some place"
they reply, looking at all the evidence.
Yes, Myrtle, the best thing you can
do Is to mind your own business.
Your bosses are not as dumb as they
look, or as you may think them.
Give them time, and they will see
that little lead bar. It may take time,
because at heart they are decent men,
and do not want to find anything like
that in their own organization.
You may have to wait little to see
your friends scheme swept away, but
in the meantime you can have all the
fun of a little private shopping. since
you seem to be snoop at heart.
Then. when the big blewup comes,
what . time you win havel
Evening star., 1953-05-11
By DonoId MiehoeI Rouh

@ OMEBODY once described John l..
- Lewis majestic oratorical gift this
way:
"He can use his voice like a police
mans billy or like monk at prisons
He can talk an assemblage into state
of eruption. He can translate group
of people into a pageant Of misery and
back again"
The Great Gargoyle Of American
Labor" let no one down on that score
when he recently appeared face to face
with Senator Taft before the Senate
Labor Committee on proposed changes
in the Taft-Hartley Act.
Brandishing a species of rhetoric
more Anglo than Saxon. the leviathan
messiah of the Nations 100000 mine
Doomed John Lewellyn Lewis: 1.-THE
Taft Hartley Act should in its entirety
oe repealed, cast aside and held for
naught .. !. Even If clothed in amend
ments as varied as the colors Of Joseph's
coat, this act will remain a thorn and
q spear in the side of American labor" I"
Thoroughly worked up, Mr.. Lewis
continued: "The Taft-Hartley Act is q
fat from the throne Of predatory in
terests of this country acting through
their manservantS who have Seduced
and beguiled Congress in anger and
i ste to commit this crime and atrocity
on free America. want no iron
collar around my neck like Saxon
thrall."
Once again, the bellicose labor leader
who has def1ed Presidents had spoken
in the cadenced tones of a biblical
prophet. a giant of a man convinced
that his Is the voice Of untarniShed
rectitude.
Whether you like him or not, there
seems little doubt that the 73-year -old
United Mine Workers chieftain has
made. Churchill a profound i'm
preston on the American public as q
kind Of unruly genius throughout a
career that spans "a tempestuous years.
He is the spiritual leader Of "those who
toll in the bowels Of the earth," to
borrow one Of his recurrent phrases
The impact he makes Is partly result
OF his bulldog tenacity, his utter lack
Of fear. his extraordinary capacity for
self-dramatization and a sometimes
astigmatic chauviniSm regarding prin-
ciples Of unionism.
That Mr. Lewis is an unconScionable
ham actor is less an indictment than
q tribute. for it is because, and not in
spite of, his man-of-destiny postures
that he has won his celebrity. Not long
ago the trombone voiced UNIV head
mordantly struck out at mine operators
whom he accused of stealing milk
from the mouths of his miners babies.
This philippe is but an extension of
a semantical form developed back in
the early 20s that cynical observers
dubbed the "crust Of bread" technique.
Here's a tear-jerking sample from a
speech he made in 1925 when he won
the anthracite strike:
Evening star., 1953-05-11
Day Of Repurotion
Ideas Unlimited.

Bishop Sheen on his telecast paid
tribute to President Eisenhower as
man of deep religious convictions and
abiding faith in God. He recalled that
on Inauguration day Mr.. Eisenhower
had committed to the providence of
God the deStinies of the American peo-
pie and his own destiny. The bishop
then went on to quote, from Lincoln'S
Second Inaugural, a passage calling
upon the Nation to implore Gods mercy
for the horrible evil represented by the
Civil War. The immortal Lincoln then
admonished the American people to do
penance and to offer reparation to the
majesty of God whom they had so
offended.
Drawing the parallel between that
time and the crucial world situation of
today, Bishop Sheen stated emphati-
cally that we cannot 'salve our con-
science by laying all the blame for the
evil plight of the world upon the Com
munists. No indeed! We are by no
means blameless. for we have forgotten
God.
AS a means of insuring world peace
without waging war, Bishop Sheen ex-
horted his audience to ocer prayer
and penance, and asked that we write
to the President, requesting he pro-
claim a National Day Of Reparation.
I pray that he will do so.
Father John Lennon.
Evening star., 1953-05-11

"There the shanties lean over as If
intoxicated by the smoke of fumes of
the mine dumps. Some of the
windows are wide open to flies, which
can feast nearby on garbage and an.
Swer the family dinner call in double
quick time"
The Nations coal-mine operators
again felt the lash of Mr.. Lewis fiery
tongue in speech here in 1947 when,
sounding like Emile Zola, jeremiah
and Daniel Webster rolled into
one. he hoisted a few hefty
petards: Acknowledgement. cupidity
and wanton neglect in a period
Of IA years have made dead %, 900
mine workers. We accuse that in
the same period management and
stockholders . violently mangled,
crushed and shattered the bodies of
1,004, 900 mine workers.
AS The Stars White House corre-
spondent, Joseph A. Fox. once put it, Mr..
Lewis can turn phrase that would
make mule-skinner envious. He once
hoped on 1886 Republican presidential
candidate ALT Landon as a friend of
the DUPONT interests, charging that
If we are forced into depressions again,
the plutocrats and the Bourbons of this
country will find themselves confronted
by the long-repreSSed anguish and the
unloosed anger of mighty people"
The same mighty people" had little
use for Mr.. Lewis in 1946 when he
Evening star., 1953-05-11
ALEXANDRIA, VA.


Dear Sir:
II went through high school and col
1ege, but they missed teaching me so
many things.
"We have fellow in our Office who
has little bar Of lead.
HE takes the phone of the hook.
places his lead bar across the pins. and
then makes out that he is talking to
some one.
II have seen him do this for as much
as 10 to Is minutes at time.
HE seems to have fooled every one
but me. am so close that I cannot
fail to see him, but he sort of dares me
to say anything.
Should say anything?
"He will say, 'Yes-yeS-no-uh huh
and then listen patiently.
"At times he will write vigorously on
a pad, but later when I am watching
him he tears up that he has written.
II even got the pieces out Of the
waste basket once when he had gone to
lunch, but even after put them to-
gether again couldn't make out much,
because he had crossed it all out with
lines drawn over and beyond each line
in the writing. understand that this
Is a criminal trick. I read about it
once In detective story magazine.
DO you think should turn this guy
In, or what?
Evening star., 1953-05-11
Arlington School Politics

School politics, like any other brand,
Is puzzling to those who can see only
in straight line. Being one Of these,
have been mystified by the purpose
behind the unnecessarily bitter attack
upon the Arlington County Board and
its budget committee over a proposed
reduction in the school budget, espe-
cially since Board Chairman Peck has
let it be known that all of the recon-
mendations will not be followed.
Even q political novice would realize
that to antagonize the county board
might result in greater cuts. These
Non-Partisans are not novices and, as
now see the picture, this campaign
Of villif1cation becomes one Of the
cheapest maneuvers they have yet at
tempted.
If court order Of removal against
three school board members is upheld,
four new members will be elected next
November. Thea school board is the
last Non-Partisan stronghold. Their
determination to hold it knows no
bounds. If, as is extremely likely, the
Arlington Independent Movement en-
ters the school race without interfer-
ence from the two national parties,
we will have a clean, two-way race be-
tween conservative and liberal elements
similar to last years county board con-
test. The Non-Partisans know they
have no chance in this event.
Now, If were Non-Partisan leader
fighting for survival, should try to
muddy the waters; first, by trying to
goad the county board into unwise
action: second. by using this mistake
to rouse parents to fighting pitch. Such
a campaign might succeed and it is
about the only chance our starry-eye
disciples of Hopkins and Wallace have
left.
am convinced, therefore, that the
school politicians deliberately have set
about scuttling the school budget as
their last hope of retaining control.
Better Schools" long ago graduated
from crusade to political slogan and
many Of those who initiated the better
schools movement have long since given
up In disgust. Ernest Holcomb, chair
man of the Budget Committee. is a
veteran campaigner for good schools
and perhaps our most capable budget
analyst. Arlington parents need have
no fears about his conclusions.
Evening star., 1953-05-11
This and That

"He isn't bothering me, Of course, but
in our business If he doesn't do 1t, the
rest of us have to, and 1t doesn't sit very
well. especially when I know what he
is doing.
"I guess I will turn him in sometime,
but don't know exactly how to do 1t
without getting myself involved.
what do you think?
"Yours truly, M. j."
We think, Myrtle. you should mind
your own business.
Every establishment has q few
dodgers.
Usually, in time. they catch them
selves up.
That is the best way to handle them.
Let them hang themselves. It may
take little longer, but mostly it works
out very effectively.
Dodgers, trimmers, short change art
lists
These vie with plain crooks and those
who prefer to soldier their way through
life. ("Soldiering" is an old term. now
happily going out, since the art Of the
soldier has come to take in every young
man,
Every business establishment has
few who for one reason or other do not
choose to work, at least not in the regu-
lar way.
Knew q man once who could get but
Evening star., 1953-05-11
1t Must Follow the Law

Reiterated demands in Congress for an
indefinite postponement of scheduled proceed
ings by the Public Utilities Commission on the
fare-raise application of the Capital Transit
Company apparently are in conflict with the
law governing local rate-making. When Con-
greSS created the commission 1t directed it to
follow an orderly course in all such cases. The
wording of the statute indicates that Congress
intended that the commission should have no
discretion about receiving and acting upon
petitions for fare increases. Any other attitude
by the agency might we'll subject it to charges
of arbitrary and capriciouS handling Of the
publc's business.
The section OF the District Code under
which the commission operates in such issues
as higher fares for the much criticized Capital
Transit Company states: upon receiving such
application for new rates. the commission
shall fix time and place for hearing and give
such notice to the interested parties as shall
be proper and reasonable" The commission,
therefore, was following usual procedure under
the law when, despite numerous suggestions"
from the Capitol for delay, it received Capital
TranSit'S application and fixed reasonable"
date for the holding of public hearings. The
date announced is June 3. The commission
received the transit petition more than a
month ago-on April 8. The company is eager
to have the case expedited. The commission
properly considered the public interest how
ever, and has allowed 60-day interval during
which witnesses may prepare for the hearings.
But to have ignored the company's request for
prompt action and to have postponed the hear
ingS until some very indefinite time in the
future when Congress gets around to making
its own Investigations of transit operations
would have been highly irregular, If not legally
challengeable.
. AS a matter Of fact, there are so many
legislative proposals pending on the subject Of
the Capital Transit Company in particular and
Of public transportation in general that the
outlook for final enactment Of any Of them Is
quite uncertain. If and when an inquiry into
these matters is authorized, it will be many
months before Investigations can be completed
and reports prepared. 1t would be unreason-
able to expect the commission to twiddle its
thumbs all this while in public transit matters.
Congress is UNDERSTANDABLE concerned over
developments in the transit field here-espe-
cially with respect to repeated dividend splitting
by a company pleading poverty and gradually
curtailing services. A thorough study of the
company's affairs would be salutary and en-
tightening. Meanwhile however, the Public
Utilities Commission must go ahead with its
law-impoSed responsibility of making its own
studies, conducting hearings and making deci-
petition. It is the duty of Congress to let the
commission go about its task free from improper
preSsures and unfair criticism.