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Evening star., 1953-07-11
District Jail Keys
Stolen From Guard
Recovered in Cell

Visions of a break from the
District Jail were short-lived last
week, when a bunch of keys
stolen from a guard was re.
covered.
A guard at the Jail had tus-
sic with one of the prisoners in
a cellblock. After the guard sub
dued the man, he found his keys
were missing from his belt. He
notified the superintendent's Of
flee, and a search was begun i'm.
mediately.
None of the prisoners admitted
picking up the keys which had
fallen to the floor. and a guard
force was called on to make a
search of the cellblock. The keys
were found hidden in the cell Of
one Of the inmates.
Jail officials said the prisoners
would not have been able to get
outside the Jail with the keys but
that they probably could have
escaped from the cellblock.
News of the key hunt was made
public in the Personnel News,
published by the Department Of
Corrections.
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months seemed certain of prompt
and overwhelming approval in
the Senate next week. Republican
Leader Knowland said it would
get high priority on the floor.
The long and bitter battle in
the House ended when 38 Re-
publicans, 38 Democrats and one
Independent voted against the
extension bill but were over
whelmed by combination of 169
Republicans and 1856 Democrats.
The final vote came after a
recommittal motion was defeated
275 to 1877. In that test, 10 Re-
publicans and 108 Democrats
sought to send the measure back
to the Ways and Means Com
mittee with instructions to re-
port out a substitute aimed at
easing the tax position of new
businesses.
This proposed amendment. Of
fered by Representative Camp,
Democrat, of Georgia, would
have given to companies organ
lied since 1916 the same base
period on which older and
usually larger corporations COM
puted their excess profits tax
liability.
Chairman Reed, oldest Repub-
lican in point of service in Con-
gress. managed to pick up i'm
pressive support among Repub-
licans as well as Democrats,
despite the comparative lack of
numbers.
Among Republicans siding
with him against the extension
were Representatives Brown of
Ohio, Bishop of Illinois, Busbey
of Illinois, Chairman Clipper
field of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, Chairman Wolcott of the
Banking Committee, Hoffman of
Michigan. Small of Maryland.
and Velde of Illinois as we'll as
Ways and Means Committee.
Democrats who voted against ex-
tension included Representative
Smith of Virginia, ranking
minority member of the Rules
Committee.
Triumph for White House?
But the final vote more than
made good the prediction Of Mr..
Evening star., 1953-07-11
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

0usted Russian Police Boss Beria Stains
closest friends he's getting closer to him every
Both the State Department the Intelligence
Agency boast that they Bera Russia
intelligence
administration in the world except the they work for
The House the profits tax-to
after in business circles the Republicans
Ben Hogan wins the British open golf It's great
for American golf They're saying of famous
that he's first war, first peace and
of his country clubmen
Adla Stevenson noting Berias fall says
he's glad he's not in politics in Russia Speaking of missing
heads you'll recall that Adai the who put his
heads in basket.
Ike flies to Texas confer the drought
stand why should be water-he thought
just given them the whole Gulf Of Mexico.
Evening star., 1953-07-11
Chance Seen 10 Save
Ship Grounded al Pusan
By the A,,osiaied Press

PUSAN, Korea. July 11.-A
Navy salvage oficer who boarded
the broken Cornhusker Mariner
last night said today he was
confident the ship can be
saved,
Officials had feared the $13
million freighter would break up
in rough weather and sink in
IS feet of water.
The new 564-foot vessel was
pounded against rocks in outer
Pusan harbor during a severe
storm early Tuesday. +
Workers are removing cargo
and pumping out one Of three
flooded holds.
A Pusan army port official said
a pinnacle rock sticking up into
one hold probably would have
to be dynamited. He added that
the vessel could perhaps be taken
off the rocks in two or four weeks
if the weather remains favor
able.
Evening star., 1953-07-11
'AD-X2 Submarine
Battery Claims
Upheld, Thye Says

Chairman Thye of the Senate
Small Business Committee said
today a staff investigation at the
New London Comm Naval Base
confirmed that battery additive
AD-X2 apparently reduced gas
sing Of a cell in a submarine
battery.
The Navy, Senator Thye said,
is continuing the test with the
controversial additive.
Committee Counsel Robert
ForSythe and a committee aide,
Blake O'Connor, visited New
London after the committee
heard Norman Goodwin, an
AD-X2 salesman, describe "amaz-
ing" results with the additive at
New London. Mr.. Goodwin said
the chemical reduced gassing
and popped up a sub battery.
"The investigation by the
committee staff confirmed the
testimony" Senator Thye said.
Evening star., 1953-07-11
Foreign Military Aid
And Defense Budget
Unification Urged
By J. A. o'leory

Senator Ferguson, Republican
Of Michigan, said today he is
looking for a way to put foreign
military spending into this
country's own Defense appropri-
alton bill in the interest of econ
omy and efficiency.
Of the $5.1 billion" Foreign
Aid authorization agreed upon
yesterday by House and Senate
conferees for the 1854 fiscal year.
nearly $4.5 billion1is for military
programs. leaving about 5000
million for economic and tech
nical assistance to other coop
Grating nations.
Senator Ferguson, chairman
of the Appropriations subcom-
mittee now working on this
country's own $34.4 billion de-
fense budget for. the next IL
months. said he is confident the
military equipment to be ordered
for the allies out of the $4.5 bill
lion in the Foreign Aid bill could
be handled, more efficiently if
handled as part of the Defense
bill.
Sees Parliamentary Obstacles.
This would narrow the sep
arate Foreign Aid appropriation
bill down to the economic assist
ance programs.
Senator Ferguson said he may
run into parliamentary obstacles
in trying to combine all the mill
tary spending this year, since the
House is handling the foreign
and domestic defense budgets
separately. Under these con-
ditions, the Senate might have
to suspend its rules by a two
thirds vote to combine them.
But Senator Ferguson said he
is studying the possibility of ac-
complishing the change at the
earliest possible time.
Meanwhile, Treasury Secre-
tary Humphrey told the Senate
Appropriations Committee yes
terday afternoon he believes the
United States can afford the
Evening star., 1953-07-11
Constantine Brown:
Now Is the Time for West to Act
Bero's Fall From Grace Gives the Free World Chance
To End the Nightmare Which Has Been Long With Us

The Washington conference
of foreign ministers, which was
intended merely to straighten
out differences of views be-
tween the Big Three, may IN
the light of the latest develop
mentS in Moscow become one
of the most crucial diplomatic
meetings in many years.
The arrest and prospective
trial and hanging of Comrade
Lavrenti Beria are regarded
here as positive indication that
the Kremlin is in the throeS Of
serious convulsionS. The battle
for supremacy follows the
usual dictatorial pattern:
Peace and superficial quiet
soon after the death of Stain
to give time to the members of
the triumvirate to plot and
intrigue against each other.
Then suddenly, one of the
three becomes a traitor to the
state and a public enemy and
is on the way to the gallows.
Nobody can feel the slightest
sentiment or pity for Beria. He
has been as ruthless as his
close friend and colleague. the
unlamented GeStapo leader
Himmler. The only difference
between the two is that Beria
sent hundreds of thousands
more to their death and mil
lions more to concentration
camps because he had a wider
field of activity. Himmler con-
trolled at the height of Nazi
power only about 100 million
Souls-Beria had Jurisdiction
over nearly 800 million.
It is conjectured by students
Of Russia that Beria was ready
to blow up the triumvirate and
plunge Moscow and Leningrad
into a blood bath. In a regime
where espionage and treason
are political currency it is
not surprising that somebody
slipped the news to Georgi
Malenkov who wasted no time
in arresting the former MVD
chief and strong arm of Josef
Stain.
OF course. Beria could have
been aSSassinated and gotten
out of the way in a less spec
tacular manner. But that
would not have helped Malen-
kov's political future. He
needs a spectacular trial with
confessions from Beria and his
crowd that they were paid
Evening star., 1953-07-11

Halleck that the extension would
be approved three to one. The
outcome was a major triumph
for the White House and the
Republican House leadership
over Chairman Reed, who long
fought against bringing the bill
to the House floor.
II have made the fight in the
interest of principle and a
healthy economy" Mr.. Reed said
when the last vote was counted,
1T was a good fight. Unfortun-
ately, and the minority who
supported me are not the only
losers. The action of the House
in extending the tax is a serious
defeat for the American people" I"
Mr.. Reed predicted that his
tory will vindicate the effort I
have made in the interest of the
people and my Nation" He de-
clared that if the excess profits
tax extension had been rejected
and the levy allowed to remain
dead as Of June 30, Congress
would have enacted his bill for
an II per cent individual income
tax cut on that date instead of
next December 81.
For the time being" the 7s-
year-old member concluded. II
shall be content with a clear con-
science and thankful that God
gave me the stamina and endur-
ance to fight for the right as I
saw the right. Perhaps if it is
His will. there will come another
day and another battle which
will win for the American people
the tax relief they so richly de-
sire and will earn for American
business the elimination of un-
sound tax policies that retard
their economic growth"
Mr.. Halleck, who bore the
brunt of the House battle yester-
day in behalf Of the tax extern
sion, contended that the issue
simply was the fiscal stability
which President Eisenhower
strives to achieve by working to-
ward q balanced budget before
cutting taxes.
Evening star., 1953-07-11

world is focused exclusively
on the satellite countries and
the U.S.S.R. where the situa-
ton has become unprece-
dentedly critical.
Despite the denials from the
puppet governments. the wind
of rebellion is blowing through
out all the subjected nations
from the Danube to the Wis.
tula. The fall from grace Of
Beria is necessarily affecting
the chiefs of secret police in
every satellite state. These
men may now be less willing
to use the heavy hand against
the insurgents than they were
only a week ago. The so-called
softer policies adopted by the
puppet rulers are obviously
bringing no results. They are
all discredited with the masses
which realize that their pres
ent kindness" is due to fear.
Thus we may expect in the
near future more strikes and
bloody uprisings.
The convulsions in Moscow
cannot be compared with the
purges by Stain in 1896. Sta
lin was firmly alone in the sad
die when he struck and elm
mated all conceivable oppo-
sition. Malenkov is in an en-
tirely different situation but
obviously is attempting to
emulate Stain. Whether he
will be successful remains to be
seen. But in a dictatorship
there are many more individu-
ais who are anxious to fish in
troubled waters than in a de-
mocracy where political power
is attained by popular vote.
Malenkov, lacking the prestige
of his two predecessors, Lenin
and Stain. has rocky road
ahead.
The conditions in the satel-
lite countries and in the
U. S. S. r. offer the free ma
tions of the world an un-
expected chance to put an end
to the nightmare which has
pestered the world for more
than two decades.
The foreign ministers Of
the three most influential
countries in the free world
have now the opportunity to
formulate at their meeting in
Washington policies which may
mark a milestone in the history
of the world.
Evening star., 1953-07-11
Lowell MeHett::

Representatives of State la
Dor organizations, State farm
ers' organizations and the
States of Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ington and Montana have just
been slapped down in a
surprising manner by the
Federal Power Commission.
Organized as the National
Hells Canyon Association, they
have intervened in the COM
missions hearing on the appli-
cation of the Idaho Power Co.
for dam sites on the Snake
River. They have taken this
action as a result of Interior
Secretary McKay's withdrawal
of his departments interven-
tion and his abandonment of
the departments long-planned
Hells Canyon project on that
river. Having had only a few
weeks IN which to prepare for
their participation, they asked
the commission for a 90-day
extension of time. The COM
mission has refused the re-
quest. It announced that the
hearing will be recessed for a
time later and the Hells Can
yon Association would then be
permitted to present a case for
the Federal project. This, of
course, does not serve the pur-
pose of the association, which
is to compel a thorough legal
and engineering examination
of the Idaho Power Co.'S pro-
posal.
For the association, Girard
Davidson, former Assistant In
terror Secretary, now practic-
ing law in Portland, Ore, pro-
Evening star., 1953-07-11
Bill 10 Cut Movie Tax
Up Next in House as
Profits Levy Passes
By Robert K. Walsh

The House. having swished an
excess profits tax extension bill
to the Senate to raise $500 mil
lion. today faced a fight next
week on a tax bill that would lose
between $100 and 5000 million.
Ways and Means Committee
Chairman Reed assured the
House that he harbored no bit
terneSS over the smashing 325-to-
II defeat, he suffered on passage
of the tax extension measure
sought by President Eisenhower.
AS the members wound up five
hours of talk on the bill and an
unsuccessful motion to return it
to committee, they learned that
the Rules Committee probably
would clear early next week a
bill reported out by Mr.. Reeds
committee to remove the 20 per
cent Federal admissions tax on
motion picture theaters. Repub-
lican Floor Leader Halleck said
this excise bill, in such an event,
would be called up in the House
before the end of the week.
Demand for More Cuts
Despite opposition of the
Treasury Department. the Ways
and Means Committee earlier
yesterday reported out the movie
admissions tax bill by @ to 3
vote. Some House Republican
leaders, although sympathetic
with the idea of some tax relief
in that entertainment field. said
they feared a flood of demands
for immediate cuts in other ex-
ciseS. They wondered whether
Mr.. Reeds committee would re-
port out a batch of them not
withStanding the hoped-for Au-
gust l adjournment Of Congress.
Meanwhile, the bill to con-
tinue the excess profits tax for six
Evening star., 1953-07-11
New Row Over 4e||s CQnvon
Power Commission Refusal to Give Public Representatives
Time in Which to Prepare Case Causes Angry Protest

describe and explain this pub
lie interest is not participating
in these hearings. ! refer, of
course, to the Secretary of the
Interior, Mr.. Douglas Mckay.
On account Of his default it
falls upon us to attempt to rep
resent the public interest in a
field which is specifically in
his charge.
THE present Secretary of
the Interior is not only failing
to fulfill this function, but he
has placed great obstacles in
the way of the commission at
a time when the commission
should have the resources Of
his department. The
Secretary has issued a public
statement declaring his own
bias in the case. Thereafter
any employe of the Interior
Department who might, with
his expert, knowledge, appear
in support of the Federal
project developed by his own
department. would do so
knowing he was testifying in
contradiction to his chiefs
prejudice.
THE Secretary took his
stand in opposition to every
report the expert technicians
of his department have ever
made. And. in effect, he took
it in such a way as to insulate
these experts from this COM
mission. Should the commits
sion subpoena and question
them it would hear reluctant
and fearful witnesses. testify
ing with their boss looking
over their shoulders and scru-
tiniZing their words"
Evening star., 1953-07-11

pending foreign aid program, be-
cause the day has not yet come
when 1t can be abandoned.
Hopes for End Of Aid.
He expressed the hope, how
ever, that I'VE are at the end
or very near the end" of eco
nomic aid, which he said repre-
sents between $500 million and
$500 million Of the pending $5.1
billion bill.
Both as q citizen and because
Of my responsibilities at the
Treasury, I shall earnestly well
come the day when international
tensions lessen, and the burden
of preparedness can be light
ened," said Secretary Humphrey.
But that day has not yet come,
and it would be imprudent to
think that It is imminent merely
because OF the developments of
the recent past.
I'm fact, instead of indicating
lesSened activity upon our part.
the developments Of the last few
days would seem to warrant the
hope that even intensified efforts
on our part might be productive
of earlier accomplishment of our
objectives than we had even
dared hope"
Opposes General Cut.
In response to a question by
Senator DirkSen, Republican, of
Illinois, Mr.. Humphrey said lit
would be foolish to just lop of
81 billion" from the $5.1 billion
authorization. ...
But when Chairman Bridges
asked him if he has examined
the program sufficiently to say
that each figure is the ir-
reducible minimum" Secretary
Humphrey replied:
mo, Senator, / couldn't say
that, to the dollar"
Senator Margaret Chase
Smith, Republican, of Maine,
also expressed the view tnat
military spending ought to be
under one head. Senator Smith
said the committee has no way
Of knowing the extent to which
transfers have been made from
the Mutual Security program for
other military requirements.
The conference agreement on
the foreign aid authorization
Evening star., 1953-07-11

tested bitterly but in vain. He
pointed out that Idaho Powers
original application was filed
six years ago and that the
company had been granted
one extension after another
since that time. No immediate
emergency, he said, has been
shown to Justify the present
effort to jam the company's
project through.
Secretary Mckay, said Da-
wilson, has refused to let de-
partment lawyers, who have
worked on the case for six
years, participate in the hear
ings and has prevented con-
sulta tion with department
technicianS who have worked
on the engineering and eco
nomic phases for many years.
And now" said Davidson,
"the commission refuses to
allow any one else who is will
ing to represent the public in
terest to prepare the case that
was to have been made by
the department. We can
reach but one conclusion: The
commission does not want the
public interest represented"
Earlier in the week, Mrs.
Oracle Pfost, Congresswoman
from Idaho. appeared before
the commission to present a
number of petitions by Idaho
citizens in favor of the Hells
Canyon project. She likewise
paid her respects to Secretary
Mckay. Declaring the public's
interest is self-evident, she
said:
"Yet the official best able to
Evening star., 1953-07-11

program will be called up for ap.
proval in the House Monday.
and in the Senate a day or two
later.
Senator Dirksen told the com.
mittee yesterday that before the
hearings end. he wants to in
quire further into some Of the
detailed projects under the tech
nical assistance program. He
said he had reports that the
Government is planning to SUBJ
sidize shoemakers in Uganda. in
Central Africa. and that they
also have hired anthropologiStS
to make studies in some places.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-16
FATHER HIGGINS
LinlitIess Future For ALL

tory of the United States. Ag-
gressive and absolutely fearless
in fighting for the rights of la
or, he is, at the same time, deep
ly conscious of labor'S response
bility TO the nation as a whole
and TO the emerging world com
Liunity.
First Things First
AS former Secretary of Labor
Martin Durkin phrased it in
nominating Meany for the preSi-
dency of the AFI.. he is a man
who puts his God. his family, and
the country before his union
and, as Durkin very appropriate
ly added. that's the way it should
be. The country is indeed very
fortunate TO have man like
that at the helm of its largest
and most powerful trade union
federation at a critical period in
world history when labor's in
fluence for veal or woe is po-
tentially greater than ever be-
fore,
To say that the AFL is cur
largest and most powerful labor
organization is not 10 belittIs the
importance OF the clo. The cio
is q going concern with a special
importance ell its own. In spite
the feet that its membership
is only half as large as that of
the AFL, the cIo II must be
remembered exercises or is in .
position TO exercise a dispropor-
fiof ate influence, relatively
speskins, in the field Of eoIlee-
! tive hsrasining.
Equal Partners
If the above estimate of the
CLOS disproportionate influence
in the field of collective bar
gaining is reasonably valid. the
: ALL in our opinion would be
we'll advised, for practical as
we'll as for ethical reasons, to
treat the CI0 as an equal part
ner working in a common cause
for substantially the same OBJ
jectives, Any attempt on the part
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-16

The price Of pack Of cigarettes suddenly seems
Of critical importance II has consistently evoked
panied expression from the buyer who has 10
break bill to meet IL and ii has ANNOYED the
person whose pocketehsnge did not include the
necessary coins 10 obtain a pack from vending
machine.
But now il Is revealed in new light II is not
flatterlng light. II is the average amount given
BY American Catholics on Mission sunday. The
price Of pack Of cigarettes appears then as
the measure OF The average Catholics concern for
these many souls the one billion and one hundred
million persons who do not know Christ their Saw
iour 1t seems to be the measure OF his faith hope
and charity. II also looks like tragedy for a tire
mendous number OF souls.
Perhaps We have been overmpresSed by the
great strides in mission activity, too happy that
there are hundred thousand missioners now, and
As thousand mission schools
Perhaps we are too iubant that 90 million per-
sons received relief from their pains Of poverty from
Catholic missions last year Now We should picture
10 ourselves The long long line Of afflicted confused
souls ll0n000000 of them 10 whom We must send
the message of Christ lest they perish
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-10-16

Even as recently as the enc of
World War II. the AFL was be-
ing written off, prematurely, by
some students of the American
labor movement as an ultra-con-
serVative and slightly foSsilized
organization whose future was
behind il.
The ALL convention in ST..
Louis--by all odds one of the
most Important trade union con-
ventions in recent Yesrs--demon-
Sfrated that these earlier proph-
seies about the decline or de-
mise of the AFL were worse
than premature; they were COM
pletely unwarrsnted. The AFL
convened in 81. Louis during
the week Of September 20 with
= membership almost twice as
large as that OF the clio and. un-
der the extraordinarily capable
leadership of its new president.
George MesnY. gave every indi-
cation of being a highly progress
i've organization with q limitless
future ahead OF il.
President Meany is the man
Of the year in the American la
Dor movement. Great things can
be expected of him A man of
considerable intelligence and
sterling character, he gives prom
Use of developing into one of the
greatest labor leaders in the his