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Evening star., 1953-03-18

respect to the Soviet personnel
responsible for the attack. and
asks for information concerning
measures adopted by Soviet
authorities to prevent a recur-
renee of incidents of this kind"
The American protest made
clear the plane was at least Is
miles from the nearest Soviet
territory when attacked.
Meanwhile, the Air Force made
it clear it will continue to fly
its worldwide missions despite
Russia's shooting challenge to
the use of air space over inter-
national waters Of the North Pa
cific.
Military officials also let it be
known that the Pentagon had
talked down q State Department
suggestion to postpone any pub
lie announcement Of the Incl
dent.
An Air Force spokesman said
(See PROTEST. Page Aid
Evening star., 1953-03-18
By fi,e Associotsd Press

GALLUP. N. Mex. Mar. 18.-
The old gods are talking in the
mountains.
To them and their people, the
Navajo, have come the white
men searching for uranium-the
metal of war.
And while blasts from atomic
explosions light up Nevada skies.
the fearful Navajo are preparing
to appease the gods from whose
mountain homes the war-metal
was torn.
Navajo nature gods provide
for their people. But the things
of nature must not be wasted.
And they must be taken with
the proper courteous ceremonies
Of thanks.
Uranium has brought unex-
pected wealth to the tribe.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Justice Department
Silent on Firings;
State StudiesCuts
Wave of DismissuIs
Of Lawyers Reported;
Officials Won't Talk

The Justice Department press
section said today that it may
have a statement later this week
or early next" on a wave of fir
ings which has repeatedly re-
suited in the dismissal of a num-
ber of department attorneys who
are holdovers from the Truman
Administration.
At the same time the State
Department clamped a tight lid
on reported revisions in Truman
Administration budget estimates
which are believed to call for a
considerable reduction in en-
ployes.
Justice Department officials
have declined to discuss the mat
ter. All available information
comes from those receiving pink
slips, or their friends.
One report, not confirmed, is
that possible 20 firings have been
ordered in the criminal division,
with a like number in claims and
antitrust. Several hundred at
torneyS in the department are
non-civil service.
Silence Ordered.
Some department officials ia
miliar with the revised figures
who could be reached by a Star
reporter said they had been in
structed not to answer the re-
porter's questions on the matter.
Apparently the intention is to
keep from the public any in
formation about how much econ
omy is being planned in the
State Department until the
White House announces the plan.
Meanwhile, rumors about vary
ing numbers of employees due to
be fired under the economy pro-
gram are floating around the de-
partment with no accurate in
formation to explain them.
1t was learned from officials
who apparently had not been
told Of the secrecy order that all
offices in the department were
asked yesterday to submit by
Friday an estimate of the num-
bers of employees they would
have to lay off under planned
budget cuts.
Firings Presumed
Officials said it was presumed
there would have to be some re-
duction in force. Normal attri-
ton from not filling vacancies
also would help they said.
Secretary of State Dulles has
been quoted as saying he hoped
to cut the State Department
staff in half. 1t is presumed this
great reduction would depend,
however, on separating the
Voice of America and other in
ternational information agencies
from the department.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Navajo to Appeose Old Gods
For Uranium Lost to A-Bomb

But to the mountain dwellings
Of the talking god and his
brother, the calling god. it
brought mutilations as uranium
hungry miners bored into the
barren hills.
In the sacred Lukachukia
Mountains Of Eastern Arizona,
the Navajo heard the disturbed
voice of the Ye-ei. the souls Of
the living mountains.
They have scheduled q "bless-
ing way" or "hozhooji," one Of
the most sacred of Navajo cere-
monies to placate the aroused
spirits.
Like most Indian ceremonies,
it won't be held by the white
mans calendar. When the moon
is full. the blue Lukachukai
peaks will hear the all-night
chants Of the penitent Navajo,
Evening star., 1953-03-18
District EmpIoye Dies
AT Wheel, Car Hits Tree

A plumbing inspector for the
District government was fatally
stricken, apparently with a heart
attack, while driving his car on
Georgia avenue at Buchanan
street today.
He was Thomas Costa, 81, of
10314 Pierce drive, Silver Spring,
Md. His car went out of control
and hit a tree.
Police believe he felt i'll, made
a U-turn around a Streetcar
platform and headed back home.
But he had gone only few hun
dred feet when the car went out
Of control.
He was pronounced dead at
10:40 am. The body was taken
to the morgue.
Mr.. Costa is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Millie Costa, and
three sons, Thomas Costa, jr.,
who lives with his mother: VIII
liam M. Costa. 20. of 1929 S
street Sc. and John Costa. 5406
Twenty first avenue, Avondale
terrace. Md. There also are four
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
new secretary geueraI.
Secret Huddle Opened
Over Successor to Lie

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y,
Mar. 18 B.-Top-ranking dele
gates Of the Big Five countries
went into a secret huddle today
in an attempt to break q grow
ing deadlock over choosing a
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Panidt.
India'S chief delegate. told news
men she is available. She said
she had noted reports the Rus
slams might accept her If she
were nominated. She said that
after seeing those reports some
body should nominate her, but
that the Russians had not ap-
preached her and she did not
know what would happen.
Valerian A. Zorin, Soviet dele
gate, went into the room first.
He was followed by Henri Hoppe
not of France, Sir Gladwyn Jebb
Of Britain, Henry Cabot Lodge,
jr., of the United States. and T.
F. Tsiang of Nationalist China.
The Russians repeatedly are
going to stall off any decision
until Andrei Y. Vishinsky, their
new permanent delegate, arrives
from Moscow.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Taft Says 81 Billion
Spending Reduction
May Balance Budget
Lowest Estimate. Yet;
Half Would Come Off
Military Appropriation
Rx me Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Taft
said today a 81 billion cut
in former President Truman's
spending estimates may be
enough to balance the Federal
budget in the year beginning
July !.
Senator Taft said he believes
that from $11a to 50 billion can
be whacked OF the cost Of civilian
activities but the remainder will
have to come OF the military
program.
His budget balancing estimates
are much lower than those pre-
viously made by other congress
Sional leaders.
Mr.. Truman estimated that
during the fiscal year the Gov
eminent will pay out $78 billion,
about $40 billion more than ex-
pected revenues. But Senator
Taft said he doubts expenditures
will rise much, if any, above the
present annual rate Of about $72
billion.
LOvett Report Is Cautious.
He said if that $72 billion level
can be taken as a starting point
and if spending can be cut 81
billion below that, it would bal
ance the budget.
In his final report as Secretary
Of Defense in former President
Truman's cabinet, Robert A.
Lovett cautioned the new ad-
ministration not to cut the Tru-
man military budget. He said it
represents "the best Judgment of
the amounts necessary" to con-
tinue current combat readiness.
The report was made public yes
terday.
Senator Taft said that when
Defense Secretary Wilson esti-
mates military retrenchments it
should be possible for congress
Sional leaders to draft an over
all program on taxes and SPEND
ing.
The Ohioan opposes a move by
Representative Reed, Repub-
lican, Of New York to advance
to July / a 10-per-cent cut in
income taxes that otherwise
would become effective next
January /. Senator Taft says
the resultant loss of revenue
would make it that much more
difficult to balance the budget.
$14O Billion Unspent Balance.
when we get all of the figures
in, then we can lay a program
before Congress and say to the
members, Here is what has to
be done If you want to balance
the budget" Senator Taft said.
Until that time, there isn't
much value in arguing about the
matter"
The Committee on Reduction
Of Nonessential Expenditures re-
ported today that expenditures in
the last half Of the 1852 calendar
year totaled $35.5 billion, but said
$38 billion might be spent in the
current six-month period, or a
total Of $573.5 billion for the fls-
cal year.
The committee said that when
the fiscal year ends June 80, the
Government will have $40 bil-
lion Of unspent balances In ap-
preparations and authorizations
approved by Congress.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Middle East Notions
InfiItroted by Reds

PATTERN FOR coNoUEsT-Mos.
COW is sweet ticking the Arob motions
and quietly putting Reds into key
positions. How this is being done 10
told BY Associated Press Foreign News
AnoIyst WiI!iom [. Ryon in the first
Of three articles on the woys Of com.
munism. Poge 40.
BUSY BURGLAR-The eose Of a
busy burglar, suspected in 100 bur.
9Iories and sentenced for term com
poroble to only one housebreokins, Is
outlined BY Stor StoH Reporter Miriam
Gutenberg on pose AIS. Police were
unhappy with the sentence.
QUIET TELEPHoNES-The pres.
room ot the Office Of Price StobiIizo-
tion once wos busy pIoce. The hush
thot hos follen with the cessation Of
OPS work is described on poee AIS.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Atom-BIosted House Stands,
But Its People Are Dead
A-Bomb Test Shows
Basic Safety Steps
HCought in Blast
By the Associoted Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Mar.
18.-The nuclear explosion
at Yucca Basin pointed up
basic precautions for civil
ianS caught in an atomic
blast. experts reported today.
/. If caught in a car, open
the windows and crouch
down as far as possible on
the seat or floor.
2. If in a house. the base
ment is the best place to be.
A solid concrete basement is
the best protection. Some
sort Of bomb shelter in the
basement will increase the
chance of survival.
3. If caught in the open,
lie fiat on the ground. Keep
face down.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
By the Associated Press

An unprecedented check Of
the Nations gold and silver and
coin has ended and, a Treasury
official said today, everything
is there"
That was a short report from
Leland Howard, Assistant Direc-
tor Of the Mint, on a big sub
ject: Nearly $23 billion worth Of
gold at Fort Knox. KY. and else
where, plus 50 billion worth of
silver bullion and about 1901
million worth Of coin not in cir
culation.
One shortage did turn up dur
ing an audit Of the books Of the
former Treasurer Of the United
States, a woman Democrat.
Don't look for a congressional
investigation, though.
The missing sum was only SO,
the Government got it back, and
the rest of the $32,410.2 $780,
786.1O2s is right where the for
mer treasurer, Mrs. Georgia
Neese Clark Gray, said it would
be.
Receipt Is Forwarded.
So the Treasury is sending Mrs.
Gray a receipt from her Repub-
lican successor, Mrs. Ivy Baker
prioSt and avervh0dv is hannv
All this checkup was inspired
by the recent change in admin
iStration.
A committee appointed jointly
by former Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder and new Re-
publican Secretary Humphrey
looked into accounting and
guarding methods and found
they included "every feasible
safeguard" But it suggested
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Cherry Trees Muy Blossom
And Fude Before Festival

around the Tidal Basin will
make some showing this week
end and be IN full bloom by the
middle Of next week" BY April
8, opening day of the festival,
he said, all will probably be gone,
although he promised the park
staff will employ every possible
measure" to hold them on the
trees.
In past years, the blossoms
have reached their peak as early
as March 90 and as late as April
is. They retain their blooms
from one week to 10 days.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

Harry Thompson, acting super
intendent Of National Capital
Parks, held out a dismal prospect
today for Washington's hopeful
Cherry Blossom Festival pro-
moterS-there'll be blossoms, all
right, but they probably won't
stay around long enough to do
the festival any good.
In fact, Mr.. Thompson said,
II present temperatures averag-
ing 5 to 6 degrees above normal.
continue during the next f1ve
lays, the single e-dower trees
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Picture on Pose A-3.

and heard another jet crash the
sound barrier.
Britain trotted out it's hottest
military aircraft for inspection
by Tito, who is anxious to get
similar planes for the Yugoslav
air force.
The collision occurred during
tight formation flying by Me-
teorS. Twenty-four jets in all
were involved. AS four of the
Meteors were changing position
one ran into the tail Of another.
The wreckage fell six miles away
from this Royal Air Force air
field in Cambridgeshire.
Leaps Up in Horror.
When the Meteors returned to
land, Tito saluted the planes in
tribute to the dead pilots.
The accident wiped the Mar
shal's usual wide smile from his
face. He leaped up in horror as
the planes came together. Later
he was pale and disturbed as he
entered the officers mess for a
pre-arranged luncheon.
It was the second incident Of
its kind Tito has witnessed since
he left his homeland to pay an
official visit to Britain. Six days
ago, while he was en- route here,
three British. naval aircraft
crashed off Gibraltar. -Four men
were listed as missing and pre-
Eumed dead in that accident.
Visibility 1000 Feet.
Visibility was down to about
1000 feet at the time Of the
crash. The scattered wreckage
of the Meteors sent flames and
smoke hundreds Of feet into
the air.
A Raj officer said that before
the flying began Tito twice had
asked to cancel the display be-
cause of the weather. After the
crash he turned to Lord Tedder,
marshal of the Raj, and said:
please, do not have any more"
But Squadron Leader Neville
Duke-one Of Britain's hottest,
best-known pilotS-already had
taken up a cleaning Hawker
Hunter into the heavy overcast.
Sonic Barrier Crashed.
Then Mr.. Duke came roaring
down. AS his engines screamed
he pushed past the speed Of
sound. Tito, who had started
for his car, thinking the display
was over, stopped and looked up.
Three sharp bangs and a whine
signaled that Mr.. Duke had
broken the barrier again.
The planes that collided here
each carried only one pilot. AS
the formation few past Tito, the
pilots from their open cockpits
each gave an eyes left to the
Yugoslav.
Tito. who has some insight
into Russia's air might, showed
keen interest in British equip
ment and flying techniques.
Commons Visit Scheduled.
He was scheduled to pay an
informal visit to the House of
Commons, with Prime Minister
Churchill and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden as his hosts.
The Yugoslav chief and his
Foreign Minister, Koca Popovic,
had a two-hour conference with
Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Eden last
night at 10 Downing street.
The discussion was said to
have ranged over the whole field
of strategy in the cold war with
Russia, especially in light of the
recent death of Josef Stain.
The talks will be resumed to-
morrow, when the four leaders
are expected to get down to cases
on future British military and
economic aid to YugoSlavia.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
] 900 Homeless in Floods

CATANIA, Sicily. Mar. 10 up.
Wind and rain abated in
flooded Eastern Sicily today and
authorities estimated that 1000
persons have been left homeless.
Flood waters of several rivers
still are surging over the Catania
lowlandS. a
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Ban Is Lifted
On Voice. Use
Of Red Material
Some Communist
Articles Permitted
Under New Directive
BY Gornett D. Homer

The State Department today
announced relaxation Of its
month-old ban against the use
of any Communist material in
propaganda to permit use of
such material wherever that
may be done to expose Commu-
mist propaganda and refute
Communist lies"
Lincoln White, State Depart
ment press officer, announced
Mundt Soys Probes Will Bring Stronger
Operation Of Voice. Poee AIS
that a new directive on this
subject was issued yesterday for
the Voice of America and other
international information activ-
tiles.
He refused to make the direc-
tive itself public and replied,
mo comment" to many questions
asked him about it.
NCduS StdtcmcHts
Mr.. White read reporters this
statement:
"The department has issued o
new directive regarding the use
Of Communist material in its in
formation program.
This new directive permits
the use of such materials wher-
ever that may be done to expose
Communist propaganda or refute
Communist lies.
"The directive, however, pre-
vents the use of such material in
a manner to lend undue empha-
sis to Communist personalities
and/or their statements.
"Our overseas libraries will
continue to have reputable and
responsible United States Pc
riodicals and books, but the
work of all Communist authors
have been banned.
"Any publication which con-
tinually publishes Communist
propaganda will be banned"
Signed by McCardle.
The new directive was signed
by Carl w. McCardle, Assistant
Secretary of State for Public AZ
fairs, acting for Secretary of
State Dulles.
It replaces one of February 10
which banned the use Of any
material from Communist, fell
low traveller, etc." sources under
any circumstances by any media
of the International Informa-
tion Administration.
The February 19 ban had
Cancelled an earlier directive
which had been criticized py
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin, whose Senate In
vestigating subcommittee is in
veStigating the Voice of America.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Senators Set Hearing
On Rover Nomination

The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee today scheduled a public
hearing for March Is at 10 am.
on President Eisenhower's nomi-
nation of Leo A. Rover to be
United States attorney for the
District.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

those dummies which were lucky
enough to have been placed in
basement shelters before the
blast. These might have sur
vived if, as real people would
have tried to do. they had found
some way of escaping from the
house without receiving a lethal
dose of radiation.
The house was $500 feet from
the site of the explosion. That's
just about the distance from the
Capitol to the White House.
Reporters and civil defense
observers who had hoped to
enter "houSe No. 2" following
the detonation of yesterdays
nuclear device were thwarted by
the wind. The great radioactive
cloud which rose from the ex-
plosion was blown directly across
this test house. dropping suffici-
ent quantities Of deadly dust to
make even a brief visit too
dangerous for the uninitiate.
Relates Grim Story.
Two hours after the deto-
nation, however, such a visit was
made to the house by the
Atomic Energy Commissions DR..
Robert L. Corsbie. DR.. Corsbie,
who spent Is hurried minutes in
the structure with two other Of
flcials. received a dose of radi-
alton sufficiently high to prevent
him from taking part in further
exploration of the test site dur
ing the next several days. He
brought back the story, however
"a grim one.
Here is what he told reporters
on this return to News Mob.
The clapboard and fra m e
structure had been Jared loose
from its foundations, as the
white paint on its front scared
in the atom blast. Most of the
f1rst-story floors sagged on bro
ken joists. The plaster was
cracked on the walls and about
10 per cent of it had fallen from
the ceiling. All the windows but
one had been smashed, and most
of the glass had blown inward,
where it Uttered the floor.
Roof Beams Splintered.
The damage was greatest on
the upper story. Roof beams on
the front (bomb site) side were
Splintered and rafters had been
pulled away from the ridge poll.
And the dummies? Most of
those which had occupied the
living room and dining room lay
on the floor amid glass frag-
ments and broken furniture.
Several Of the mannequins were
damaged-some lying smashed
under overturned tables and
chairs.
At first excessive radiation
prevented DR.. Corsbie from going
upstairs to check on the condi-
tion of the pretty wax blond who
had smiled so sweetly in her
sleep in the master bedroom.
Later in the day. however, he
was able to visit the sleeping
beauty. She was all right, he
found-but all the bedclothes
had been stripped away by the
blast.
DR.. Corsbie particularly noted
that Venetian blinds which had
been down at the time Of the
detonation provided no protec-
tion against flying glass from
the windows. The blinds them
selves. he said, had flown apart
under the conclusion; pieces of
them were scattered all about.
The architectural expert
summed up his impression of
damage to the house in these
words:
This was major structural
damage. It was greater than
had anticipated. Appreciably
greater"
The house. he said. could be
made habitable again only with
important repairs.
In this typical American
home" only the basement had
Evening star., 1953-03-18

can house" they occupied, we're
among hundreds of objects sub
jected to experimentation in
yesterdays atomic test blast.
It will be many weeks before
officials can piece together the
full picture of what happened to
these objects in a few soaring
seconds Of the ST. Patrick's Day
dawn.
Occupants Probably Dead"
This much can be said at the
moment: It is probable that all
occupants of experimental
house No. e." specially built to
show what the atom can do, are
dead" All, that is, except for
Evening star., 1953-03-18
u. S. Demands Moscow Punish
Siberian Attackers of B-5O
Lodges Stiff Protest on PIone Skirmish;
Air Force to Continue Worldwide Flights

The United States today
lodged a vigorous protest" in
Moscow against the attack by a
Soviet fighter on an American
Air Force B-50 weather plane
off the Kamchatha peninsula
Sunday.
Lincoln White, State Depart
ment press officer, announced
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Dutch Envoy in Moscow

MOSCOW, Mar. 18 R.-
Teixeira de Mattos. the new
Dutch Ambassador to Moscow,
arrived by plane yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

that the protest was sent to the
Soviet Foreign Office this morn
ing by Jacob D. Beam, charge
d'affaireS of the American EN-
basSy in Moscow.
Mr.. White said the note
vigorously protests the action
of the Soviet aircraft" He
added that it informs Moscow
the United States expects to be
informed at an early date of the
disciplinary action taken with
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Tito Sees Crash
Of Jets Ki|I2
British Pilots
YugosIov Leader,
Shaken, Then Hears
Sonic Barrier Pierced
By the As.oeiated Press

DUXFORD, England, Mar. 18.
Two British jet fighters COL
lided today before the Mortified
gaze of President Marshal Tito,
killing both pilots.
Then the shaken Yugoslav
leader. for the first time, saw