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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
Swedish Prince in Florida

MIAMI Fla, Feb. 10. R.-
Prince Wilhelm, brother of King
Gustav of Sweden, arrived last
night by plane from Peru en-
route to Bimini. an island in the
Bahamas. for three or four
weeks of fishing. From Bimini
he plans to go to Cuba and then
to Panama before returning to
Sweden,
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Pope's Health Gaining,
Toking Up Duties Slowly
BY the Associated Press

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 49,
L'Osservatore Romano said to-
day the Pope's health is steadily
improving.
But the Vatican newspaper
said the Pontiff's private physi-
clan, De. Ricardo Galeazzi-Lisi,
has advised a prudent and
gradual return" to activity.
Therefore. said L'Osservatore,
the Pontiff will not yet resume
the full rhythm of his tasks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
u. 5. 10 Pay for Trip
Abroad for LAWYER
Of Accused Spies

James Toomey, attorney for
one of two former soldiers &C
cused of spying for Russia, today
was granted court permission to
go abroad at Government ex-
pense to obtain dispositions from
witnesses.
At the same time, steps were
taken to legalize possible i'm
position of the death sentence
against the defendants, Kurt L.
Ponger and Otto Verber.
The original trial date of April
Is was postponed until April 20.
This will give the prosecution.
according to Assistant United
States Attorney William Hitz,
time to prepare list of prospec-
tive jurors and Government wit
neSses for defense attorneys.
Under the rules such material
must be turned over to the de-
Tense in cases involving the
death penalty.
Charged With Conspiracy.
Verber and Ponger are under
a two indictment charging
them with conspiring with Yuri
Novikov, former second secre-
tarv Of the Soviet Embassy, to
turn over vital American defense
information. Both defendants
are Austrian born and were at
tending Viennese educational in
situations under the CT bill of
rights when they we're arrested
and flown back here for arraign-
ment. as
Under the first count of the
indictment. which charges con-
spiracy to transmit defense data.
the defendants face a maximum
sentence Of 80 years imprison-
ment or death.
Travel at u. S. Expense.
Federal Judge Alexander
Holtzod, in the q. s. District
Court for the District Of Column
bia, granted the motion of Mr..
Toomey that he take deposit
tons in Austria at Government
expense. Mr.. Toomey repre-
sents Ponger, but will act abroad
in behalf also of Verber. whose
lawyer is Rodger Robb.
Mr.. Toomey said that some of
his witnesses would testify that
the defendants had been engaged
in compiling Photographic es-
says for sale to legitimate publ
cations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
Senate Group Hears
Conflicting Views on
Treaty Control Act
By J. A. o'Leory

A warning that the United
States may slip into world gov
eminent indirectly through
United Nations international
agreements unless the treaty
making power is curbed by a
constitutional amendment was
sounded today by organizations
supporting such an amendment.
A Senate Judiciary subcom-
mittee heard conflicting testi-
mony on the need for the
amendment of Senator Bricker,
Republican. of Ohio, which
would require Congress to pass
enabling acts before any treaty
would enable an international
organization to control domestic
affairs in this country.
Witnesses supporting the
amendment were Frank B. Ober
of the American Bar Association,
Mrs. James C. Lucas of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, Mrs. Enid H. Girls
void of the National Economic
Council and Mrs. Merwyn Fenner.
Bar Group Opposes.
On the other side, was the
New York City Bar Association,
represented by Dana Converse
Backus and Theodore Pearson.
The New York lawyers argued
that a constitutional amend
ment would place so many i'm
pediments on the conduct of
foreign affairs "aS to constitute
a grave threat to our chances of
survival in the modern world. I"
Mr.. Ober said there has been
discussion in the U. N. of a gov
eminent of human rights and a
proposed international Criminal
Court. He said tentative drafts
eliminate trial by jury and
would permit the trial of Amer
lean citizens overseas.
Mr.. Ober said if the American
people want world government
they can agree to it by a con-
stitutional amendment but
should not drift into it through
international agreements.
Opposing the Bricker plan,
Mr.. Backus argued that if it had
been in the Constitution, the
United States could not have put
forward the Baruch plan for in
ternational inspection of atomic
bomb supplies because tn at
would imply inspection of facili-
ties in America as we'll as in
Russia.
Alaska Attack Cited.
AS another example of the
danger in the proposed amend
ment, Mr.. Backus said:
"Let us suppose that an en-
envy is invading Alaska and
Canadian motorized division is
being rushed to our aid from
Nova Scotia. To take advantage
OF our road network, the division
is routed along U. S. 20. south
Of the Great Lakes, under agree
ment with our President. An
ordinary Canadian. citizen, in
taking such a trip, could not
bring along a pistol without a
license from various States,
would not be permitted to go
through red lights and could
not exceed speed limits. Neither
could the Canadian Army, be-
cause the executive agreement,
even If authorized, would not
have effect as internal law un-
til the time-consuming business
Of further congressional legisla-
ton could be taken care Of.
Meanwhile, the invader would be
rolling south without such i'm
pediments.
Supporters of the amendment
argued, however, that many of
the proposed international move
ments in the U. N. seek to regu-
late purely domestic problems.
such as health. human rights
and working conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
Alemun Reaches Puris

PARIS, Feb. 10 (R.-Forme1
President Miguel Aleman OF
Mexico arrived here today by
plane from New York with a
party Of five fellow -countrymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
ResettIement Proposed

The Philippine government
has proposed a large resettle-
ment program in Luzon to i'm
prove agricultural productivity
and relieve Manila's population
pressure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
Antarctic PIuns Criticized

Australia's announced inten-
ton Of installing military base
in Antarctica is causing critical
comment in Chile and Argentina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-19
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Evening star., 1953-01-04
Quesonooes Give Stain Just One More Propaganda Outlet

before that there is no objection to
a meeting" with President Truman
at mutually suitable place.
This Stain letter made an unusual
splash in the United States. Congress
was impressed. But President Truman
said only that he would be glad to
meet with Stalin-in Washington.
StoIin's Second Answer
The ms correspondent, upon hear
ing of Mr.. Truman's reaction, sent
second letter to the Soviet Premier.
Would Stain come to Washington?
Here is the Soviet dictator's reply:
II thank President Truman for the
invitation. To visit Washington
has long been my desire, which I
expressed to President Roosevelt at
one time in Yalta and to President
Truman in Potsdam. regret that at
present am deprived of the pos
sibility of carrying out this desire Of
mine, since doctors strongly object
to my taking any long journey, espe-
cially by air or sea. (Stalin was 50 at
the time). The government of the
Soviet Union would welcome the
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and their availability as diet supple
ments is under way.
At Beltsville, DR.. Millard j. Horn,
protein chemist, has this to say:
We've been hard at work the last
two years in studies of the nutritive
values of cooked foods and vegetable
foods as sources of protejns. The
amino acids get so tied up the body
can't digest them. We're running
literally hundreds of experiments in
an attempt to find the answer"
In their pure form. the synthetic
aminOS are nauseous dose. and have
had to be fed to hospital patients
by tube to bypass the taste buds.
This is not to deny the tremendous
potential value to the world of the
development of commercial amino
acids as dietary aid. AS research
continues, undoubtedly the technical
problems will be conquered. and the
complexities of distribution could be
solved through U. N. agencies.
But just as vitamins or plankton,
the minute animals from the sea,
haven't answered the world food
problem, neither does it seem logical
that one-shot amino pills are going
to put hundreds Of millions of people
on their nutritional feet today, to-
morrow or the next day.
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Amino Acids Are Long From Curing World Food Shortage

lation-are in this unhappy category.
Obviously, were it possible to add
a tiny amount of the vital amino
acids to staple foods in their process
ing inestimable benefits would accrue
to the human race. But it's not that
simple.
Home Made Breed
The teeming millions suffering
from the greatest protein deficiency
don't run around to the corner store
for loaf Of bread as we do. They
get their proteins from unmilled
rice or cassava roots, or something
else out of the backyard. Further
more. the greatest dietary def1cien-
cies, according to the FAC, exist in
countries where the average income
per person is less than $1O0 a year.
Plainly, an increase of even 81 a
year would wreck the budget of q
Ubangi housewife.
Scientifically, it is questionable
that amino acids in synthetic form
are ready for commercial use. Right
here in the Washington area, at the
Agricultural Research Center of the
Department of Agriculture at Belts
vile, Md, and the Naval Medical Re-
search Institute at Bethesda, Md,
continuous research into the aminos
Evening star., 1953-01-04

When topflight industrial chem
list told the Nations leading scientists
last week that low-cost chemicals
could virtually double the worlds
protein food supply, food researchers
reacted as if a flying saucer had
popped out of one of their test tubes.
They did not doubt the potential
value of synthetic amino acids, the
protein building blocks that exist
naturally in certain foods. But the
implication of DR.. Nestor w. Flodin's
talk, made before the Association
for the Advancement of Science at
st. Louis, that amino research had
progressed to the point of providing
a protein panacea for all the world.
impresses the nutrition experts as a
little more than premature.
Even were the synthetic aminos
ready to be wrapped UP in pill form
or produced commercially as ad-
ditives for food staples such as bread,
there would remain a complex and
gigantic problem of getting such en-
riched foods to millions upon mil
lions of protein-deficient people in
remote areas of the world.
The respect with which DR.. Flodin's
remarks were received by his col
leagues and the press, however, is an
encouraging sign of progress in pub
Evening star., 1953-01-04

company this by q companion pro.
gram to decentralize Federal employ
ment throughout the United States.
BY such means an important step
would be taken to secure the defense
of the Capital against future enemy
attack, and important segments Of
the Government would be returned
to the people.
Triangle Development
With the removal of temporary
buildings it should be possible to
complete the Triangle development
> and round out the plans for the CEN
tral area of the city. No adequate
plans for such operations exist at
the present time, and those once pre-
pared require extensive moderniza-
ton. Not more Offices but more
parking garages are required. Any
new buildings that are needed here
need not be designed as they were
25 years ago in order to contribute
to the general character Of the
Triangle.
Washington's ceremonial "core" is
certainly the or)en plaza between the
Department of Commerce and the
Willard Hotel. Now cluttered by nom
descript frame structures, this space
invites bold yet popular treatment.
one formal enough to qualify it for
its ceremonial function but one which
also recognizes its relationship to
Evening star., 1953-01-04

ming Of the capital city. Restoration
Of proper space standards would mean
better working conditions, more
space per employe within buildings.
as well as chance for public build
ings to function as they were de-
signed to function. A major contribu-
ton would be made to the solution
of central area parking and traffic
problems. The waste and hazard OF
temporary and flammable structures
would be eliminated.
To accomplish this. Congress
should set a top ceiling for Federal
employment in the central area Of
the Capital Of about 100000 en-
ployes. This should be a congenial
task for an administration dedicated
to efficiency and economy in Gov
ernment, and a spectacular earnest
of its determination to wash back the
waves of bureaucratic encroachment.
It would probably be impossible to
obtain such net reductions in public
employment-of the order of about
10000 jobs. What would be done
with the employees who would be
required to transact the public busi-
ness? They are not needed in the
central city. Congress should adopt
some program for the dispersal Of
public Offices to sites well outside
the built-up section of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area; and ac-
Evening star., 1953-01-04

Presidents visit. :. A conference
could be arranged in Moscow, Len
ingrad, or Kaliningrad, Odessa or
Yalta. If, however, these pro-
posals should meet with the Presi-
dents objections, a meeting could be
arranged in Poland or Czechoslo-
vakia."
Secretary of State Acheson and Mr..
Truman scotched the plan, however.
by explaining that the United States
wanted all nations concerned to be
present at any such conference to
end the cold war.
Three Yeor Silence
For over three years, Stain replied
to no queries. Then, last April he an
swered questions put to him by
group of American newspaper and
radio executives. He was still hopeful
for a meeting with Truman, but
little less optimistic about it. Stain
said he did not think third world
war was closer than it had been two
or three years ago; that a meeting
Of the heads of the great powers
possibly would be beneficial; that
he considered the moment opportune
for unifying Germany (the European
community was about to take West
ern Germany into military alli-
ance), and that peaceful co-exist-
ence :. (of communism and capi-
taliSm) =. is fully possible, given
the mutual desire to cooperate"
Some Old Tune
The most recent message followed
the same pattern. War between the
United States and the Soviet Union
is not inevitable, Stain said. He
would favor a meeting with the new
Eisenhower administration. and he
would cooperate in new diplomatic
approach to end the Korean war
because the U. s. s. r. is interested
in ending the war in Korea"
President-elect Eisenhower replied
through the press that Stain should
be more specific, and observed that
diplomatic channels are always open
for such overtures.
The recurrent themes in most Of
these Stain letters have been the
Kremlin's desire for peace and hope
for a two-power meeting.
It hardly need be recalled that
while Stain was writing his plati-
tudinous letters to American newsmen
his Kremlin lieutenantS were follow
ing such peaceful" pursuits as build
ing a North Korean army and
launching it on an attack against
South Korea; obstructing efforts at
world disarmament: organizing an
army in Eastern Germany: develop
ing a worldwide espionage net and
building q roll of subversives in
country after country. preparing for
the day Of Red revolution.
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lie recognition Of the acute world
food problem.
The potential Importance of amino
acids in bringing the world food sup
ply up to normal may be easily
understood by a simple appraisal of
proteins and protein deficiencies.
Proteins are the very stuff Of life.
Some 56 per cent of humans body
weight, exclusive of water, is protein.
The material of brain and muscle,
protoplasm and germ cells, Is pro-
vided by proteins.
Proteins Affect Growth
Protein deficiencies result in re-
tarded growth, deficiencies in de-
velopment of muscles, and lowered
resistance to infections.
Carbohydrates and fats are es-
sential to proper nutrition, too, but
they cannot provide proteins for the
simple reason that they contain only
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Pro-
teins have these elements plus nitro
gen, and nitrogen is the key to pro-
tein success.
Meat, milk. eggs and seed crops,
such as cereals or beans, provide
proteins naturally for man. Without
them. he obtains no nitrogen to build
tissues.
Components Of protein are the
Evening star., 1953-01-04
By Toylor Williams

amino acids. Eight of these, methio-
nine, lysine, threonine, trypotophan,
leucine, isoleucine, valine and pheny-
lalanine, are considered essential to
human nutrition. The first four list
ed, according to DR.. Flodin, are the
most vital, and can be manufactured
synthetically.
Much of the world is in a bad
way in respect to its supply Of pro-
teins, the Second World Food Survey
reports. It points out that where
protein is low. a deficit of energy
supplying calories also exists, for
most high-protein foods are rich in
other nutrients.
Persons who get less than Is grams
of animal proteins each day have an
inadequate diet. The survey shows
that So per cent of the worlds popu-
lation today is receiving less than
Is grams a day of animal protein,
Is per cent from Is to 80 grams a
day, and only II per cent more than
80 grams daily.
The greatest sufferers from pro-
tein deficiencies live in Asia. Africa.
the West Indies, Central and South
America, and in large areas of Eu-
rope. Roughly half billion people
about quarter Of the earth's popu-
Evening star., 1953-01-04
BY Earl n. Voss

restricted trade and exchange Of
travellers, students. newsmen and
scientific information. Stain said he
thought the Wallace letter would be
a good and fruitful basis" for Rus
sian-American talks. His fulsome
reply failed to convince our State
Department. Wallace Immediately
denounced the department for re-
buffing "a real and definite offer" to
find ways and means of ending the
cold war;"
In late January, I949. during the
Berlin blockade, the International
News Service learned that Stain was
ready to answer a few more questions.
Kingsbury Smith sent him four quer-
les. and received a reply three days
later. The Soviet Premier said he
would be glad to issue joint declara-
ton with the United States that the
two countries "have no intention Of
resorting to war against one another;
that ("naturally") he favored gen.
eral disarmament; that he saw mo
obstacle" to lifting the Berlin block
ade, and that he had already stated
Evening star., 1953-01-04

Newsmen, politicians and other
public-spirited citizens who pride
themselves on their enterprise are
letting very few weeks go by with
out sending at least one set Of queries
to Joseph Stain, the oracle Of the
Kremlin. His slant on world affairs
however many times we may have
heard it before-still rates Page One
whenever it Is enunciated.
Stain answers few question
naires. But since he never holds press
conferences, there is always much
excitement over his replies. The
question-and-answer exchanges are
widely publicized on both sides OF the
Iron Curtain. On the Western side.
q rash of speculation accompanies
the Kremlin effusions. And always
an Interior motive is looked for.
Four More Answers
Latest to hit the jackpot was James
Reston of the New York Times. Mr..
Reston submitted four questions
through the Soviet Ambassador at
Washington about the middle Of last
month. It suited Stains sense OF
timing to reply to the Reston queries
in the form of what amounted to a
special Christmas message to the
western world. What he said was
that the Kremlin wants peace and
that he would like to meet with the
President of the United states to dis
cuss ways and means for peace.
He had said this before. So far.
President Truman has insisted on
having all the principal Western
powers represented at any peace"
conference. This time Stalin's needle
was jabbed in the direction Of the
incoming President Eisenhower.
If United States President were
to yield to Stalin's pressure for such
a two-power confab, the Kremlin's
stated aim of splitting the West
would be wen begun. Proof Of this
fact can be found in Prime Minister
Churchill's swift reaction to Stalin'S
bid for a two-power meeting. The
British leader announced Immediately
after the Stain story broke that ne
was coming here to see both the old
and new Presidents. London reports
added that Churchill would demand a
full voice for the British common
wealth at any big-power conference.
Postwar Phenomenon
Stalin's questionnaire answering
pimmick is largely postwar phe-
nomenon. One Of the first times
1t was used was in September, 1946.
Alexander Werth, Moscow corre-
spondent for the Sunday Times OF
London, asked the Soviet Premier q
series Of questions about the then
new atomic bomb. Stain indicated
that he did not rate A-bombs Is
Evening star., 1953-01-04
By Frederick Gutheim

(Mr. Guthein is assistant to the
erecutive director of the American
Institute of Architects. The fol-
lowing article, slightly abridged
from its original form, is reprinted
from the January issue OF the in
Stitute,s Journal by permission OF
the copyright o1DnerSJ
When President Eisenhower drives
from the Capitol to the White House
on the afternoon Of January 20, he
will get flrst-hand view of 'the mess
in Washington physical as well
as a moral or political mess. From
Capitol Hill he can see the ranks Of
drab temporary buildings lining the
Mall, some of them dating from the
First World War. AS he traverSes our
greatest national parade route-the
background of international news
photography. films and televiSion-
the new President will be seen against
the incompleted Triangle develop
ment, with its incongruouS granite
Post Office Building, the obsolete Dis
trict Building. and its gaping public
eyesore of cinder parking lot facing
the Department of Commerce. Where
the parade turns at the Treasury
Building, it passes more temporary
buildings cluttering the public parks
and destroying the traditional cere-
monial core of the city. Arriving
finally at the White House, the new
President will find a building recently
renovated but far from completely
equipped to serve as his home for the
next four years. To clean up this
mess, to make good the shortages,
mistakes and omissions of the past
20 years, will be a part of the
job President Eisenhower has shoul-
dered.
The "mess in Washington" is the
result of two decades of depression,
emergency, war, postwar readjust-
ment and another national emer-
gency. It is the result Of 20 years
of improvisations, temporary solu-
tions, patching up and compromise.
But how we got into the mess is less
important than recognizing that we
are in one, and realizing the impor-
tance Of getting out.
Other 'Messes'
Nor is "the mess" limited to the
parts Of the city which are Of first
Importance to the Nation. Behind
the imperial facades are the slums Of
the city which must be torn down
and redeVeloped. Washington suffers
from the shortages Of school build
tngs, hospitals, libraries and other
public facilities that exist in all rap
idly expanding cities It is tormented
by traffic jams, parking problems.
and the obsolescence Of thousands Of
buildings as the result Of the impact