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Antique and Charming

Antique and Charming
Forestville, Fairfax Co.. Virsinia
Situated on q lovely high, IO-acre
site with fine shade trees fronting
on black-top road. Fine spring for
development US water supply. fish
pond or swimming pool. The house
Is of log and frame construction.
with massive stone chimney. Fire
bedroom. Center hall. Structurally
sound, in need Of modernization.
Adaptable to enlargement into q
real show place. Price. S14.95O.
HERMAN E. GASCH g. SON
500 Woodward Bldg. ma. S-1254
Sat. and Sun. Call Daleview 5-9152.
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WAREHOUSES FOR SALE
SILVER SPRING

SILVER SPRING
buildinS, az approx. .Sss ESQ sa.-ft. SftifsOoy fOoyy
space. Concrete. floor. Truck drive-in
door. Suitable for contractors once
and shop. warehouse. retail whole
sales. or light mfg. etc. Price. S26,-
800. Prompt possession: Call
10. $1,000 REALTORS 9 TIL .
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32O-ACRE FARM
HOOD, VIRGINIA

U66,OVV- C1 1k1O
This 32O-acre farm 600
acres under cultivation-l3O
acres in excel. pasture, 100
acres In salable timber), is
located near Madison, Va,
about 30 miles s.w. of Wash,
D. c. There Is . 5-bedrm.
frame farmhouse with unfin-
ished bath; mod. kit, and sew
eral fireplaces. There are
barns, 8 chicken houses,
large pig sites, one 4-room
frame tenant house end one
3-room log cabin. There Is
ample water. This is worth
investigating If you are a =,
farmer. Exclusive with
EBNER r. DUNCAN co
REALTORS AND INsURORs
BIG PRINCE ST. XII. 0-353l
Private Parking Lot for Clients
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PROP. FOR SALE
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BUY NOW

BUY NOW
This 2-bedrm.. tiled-bath home, all
hardwood floors. has large liy. and
handicapped lot 50x100. Anchor
fenced; complete bsmt.: near
schools. shopping and transp.; in
nearby Falls Church; $1,000 down.
Call Mr.. Pastor.
Pastor & Young, ST. 3-1500'
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$50, DOWN. $50 MO. buys crude
S.rm. S.s house ! acre; on hard road
cleo: immed. possession; ii 75n
WILLIAM A. COOKE. Louisa, Va,
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can never complain they don't know
what's going on. He keeps in
touch, and is always available for
consultation. Problems don't bother
him. He strips of the ramif1cations
and contradictions and sets about
solving them-generally by tele-
phone. He has four telephones on
his desk and likes to keep them all
in full play.
A Doy With Lyndon
He starts his day at home at 1880
with round Of calls to a circle of
colleagues like Symington, Russell,
Smathers and Stennis. At his Office.
which he reaches about 8. visitors
watch him nervously juggling
phones, using an inhalator (not
benzedrine), striding around, loom
ing over them. If by any chance
his advice is not taken in good part,
the visitor is not allowed to leave
until he has been won back. john
son just keeps talking until he is re-
assured that no offense has been
taken.
johnson drives himself, and his
staff at a Furnishing pace. He is also
impatient and demanding. His
wrath, which is often aroused by
small things. has something of the
power of an acetylene torch. When
Johnson starts to say in a certain
tone, $50 you're q cGin't-do man"
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By John A. Giles

favorable-ftn report in his life.
Representative Yates, Democrat,
Of Illinois recently told the House
that a four-star admiral put the
following comment in the brilliant
engineers service jacket:
This man has done more for the
Navy from an engineering point Of
view than any other officer"
High public praise for the cap
tain's ability also came from the late
Senator Brien Mcmahon. who
headed the Joint Congressional
Committee on Atomic Energy; Acc
Chairman Gordon Dean. DR.. Law
renee B. Hafstad, director Of Aces
reactor division, and former Sec
retary Of the Navy Dan Kimball.
Capt. Rickover is classified
EDO" which means his assign
ments are concerned only with en-
gineering duties. Line" officers
comprise the largest proportion of
admirals and command the ships
and stations. The board made its
selections for EDO admirals from
men in that category and, as Capt.
Rickover says. I'm not in COM
. petition with line admirals."
II the board decided against Capt.
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A Big Texos Type Shows the Experts How IFS Done

It means bad trouble for some one.
, At these times IL has been said OF
him in the Texas idiom that he Is
powerful outspoken." He deplores
any passing of the time Of day. He Z
calls this "conferencing" and any
indulgence around the Office, even
after hours, evokes frown and q
calldown. At the same time he
pays his staff high wages, gives
them generous gifts and in trouble
shows them every kindness. He has
kept several of them with him for
IA years. II
Stoff Round the Clock
johnson favors organization. Every
incoming telephone call is cata-
logued. Periodically, he gets tense
about his mail-which comes in at
a rate of about four or five
hundred letters q day-and once
tried putting his staff on q 24-hour
shift. 1t didn't work.
johnson has come a long way
from his poor farm boyhood in
johnson City. He relishes his new
authority and the perquisites OF of
flee. He likes wearing monogrammeo
silk shirts and using such expen-
sive gadgetS as trick cigarette light.
ers. He retains his great pride in
the family name and relatives al
ways find him generous. He does
all his relaxing at little farm just
outside johnson City, where as a boy
he Inundated his aristocratic mother
by advertising himself as available
for shoeshining.
He has gone ahead as steadily
as an engine on track His achieves
ments at San Marcos Teachers Col.
lege are still legend. He in
terrupted his career in the House
to join the Navy in 1912, the
first Congressman to enter the serv.
ice, While he was away his wife,
Lady Bird" whom he had courted
with his usual urgency and dispatch
in 1884, ran the Office. Lady Bird,
who is a charmer, has helped him all
the way along. particularly In his
last and toughest fight. In this
primary, he at one time trailed by
$4,000 votes. At that juncture---
when a less determined man might
have thrown in the towel-Johnson
used his favorite expression for
darkest times, "The baby chewed up
the ticket" and went back in the
ring.
He doesn't brood over his 87-vote
squeak through in 1948. He's .
practical politician and no Hamlet.
It was enough, in fact, So votes more
than enough. He's happy to be Civ
ing the Democratic Party in the
Senate the drive and skill and the
genius for compromise that Is so
sorely needed. And he loves his
work. It has so many rewards. He
tells about the Senator whose face
fell when Johnson got the leader
ship. The Senator asked for q
choice committee assignment. Ale
though his seniority did not entitle
him to it, his ability did. and john
son got it for him.
II had lunch with him the other
day mused Johnson. HE still
doesn't like me. But he's finding
it damned hard to hate me"
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little specific instruction in the fine
points of practical politics. He was
born political. He had scarcely ar
rived as Representative Dick Kle-
burg's secretary. when he got him.
self elected speaker Of "the Little
Congress-" an organization of con-
gressional secretaries. His campaign
method was simple and character
istic: He just went out and rounded
up the laggards.
Later, johnson gave up his job as
secretary-and $50 week in pay
to become a House door-boy, a posi-
ton which enabled him to learn the
names, faces and dispositions of
House members. It was one of those
cool moves the average young man
would never have thought of. Later,
as freshman Senator, he never
made the mistake of antagonizing
his elders by getting too much per-
sonal publicity via radio and tele-
vision.
First Among Ten
His first campaign for Congress
in 1887 was against field of ten.
He won the spotlight by advocating
al-out New Deal support, even the
controversial court-packing plan.
He won the election, too. In his
subsequent six terms, he worked
what seemed like "a hours a day.
Preparedness became dominant
consideration with him. When it
came time for the fight for the To-
group Air Force, he waded in with
a vengeance. Senator Symington of
Missouri, then Air Force Secretary,
recalls admiringly Johnson's instinc-
tive knowledge of how much pressure
was needed in given situation. He
asked johnson about a certain
dubious Representative.
You just hold knife to his belly
and he won't give you any trouble"
said johnson. He was right.
Being won over by johnson is q
rather overwhelming experience.
The full treatment is an incredibly
potent mixture Of persuasion, badg-
ering. f1attery. threats, reminders of
past favors and future advantages.
1t accounts for Johnson's enor-
nous effectiveness in q small
room with a small group. On the
Senate floor he lis rarely heard. In
1850, he made his most notable
speech when he rose up to ask If
this was "the hour Of our Nations
twilight" It was perfectly timed
to the country's mood of discour-
agement over Korea and brought
him an avalanche Of mail.
Senators who work with johnson
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powered super aircraft carrier In
the future.
A Uranium Mine
From all public appearances the
Navy had struck q uranium mine in
Capt. Rickover and there were
frequent predictions that he was an
officer to watch in the atomic age
ahead.
But last July, a Navy selection
board met to Gull over captains for
promotion to rear admiral. Capt.
Rickover's name was among those
considered-but he was not recon-
mended to the President for promo
ton. It was the second time such
a board of senior admiralS had con-
sidered the captain and passed him
over. Under Navy regulations. there
fore, he is scheduled for retirement
June 80.
Why did the Navy fails to promote
its top atomic scientist?
Was it because Of the man him
self?
Or does the Observation-Disclosures
after long hearings and much con-
greSsional debate in 1916 and since
adopted in most respects by the Army.
and Air Force-preclude the reward
Of such scientists in uniform as Capt.
Rickover?
The captain and several members
Of Congress are asking the same
questions.
Unorthodox Toctics
There is no question that Capt.
Rickover, in proving his point that
the atomic propulsion program really
would work, reSorted to methods
many a cruSty old seadog would con-
slider unorthodox. He fought with
out stint for his projects and his
small staff. He argued with his
superiors and by-passed the ''chain
Of command" He ignored protocol
and stepped on important toes. As
q result. Capt. Rickoyer ended
up with almost unlimited authority
to proceed with his project. He also
acquired q number Of enemies along
the way.
A selection board is required to
review the entire record of q naval
officer from ensign to present rank.
It did so with Capt. Rickover,
whose last 10 years have been sen
sationaL And the captain stoutly
maintains his entire record has been
good. that he never rsceiypd an un-
4 81 7 L Z i y
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Is 1t the Man the Law That's Wrong in Rckover Case?

Rickover because Of lack Of tact
in dealing with others-and some
line admirals privately indicate
1t may have-that fact will not
be known. For. as Mr.. Yates said,
only God and the nine admirals
comprising the board know the an
swer, for the proceedings of selec-
tions boards are veiled as the most
vital military secret"
Support From KimboII
Mr.. Kimball said before he left
Office last month that he wanted
Capt. Rickover promoted to rear adj
miral. But even the firm handed
Kimball, with long experience in
naval administration, preferred not
to put pressure on the powerful hier-
archy Of selection boards and the
Bureau Of Naval Personnel.
The secretary admitted he could
have sent the selections list back
for reconsideration II he had not ap-
proved Of it but he said he did not
believe civilian ofiicial should in-
terfere unless - big injustice" was
being done.
while / am not completely salts
fed with the Navy promotion sys-
TEN, I don't know q way to write q
better one" he declared. adding that
the admirals who sit on the boards
know these people al their military
lives
Like q Fraternity
Mr.. Kimball may have put his nm
ger on the answer In his last re-
mark. For the boards can be like
high school and college fraternities
and other private clubs. The ofi-
GERS selected are members Of the
club.
Rick isn't" In the opinion Of one
high-ranking admiral. It was prob
able. as Senator Mcmahon said, that
he rubs some people the wrong
way"
There also appears to have been
resentment on the part Of some
about the amount Of publicity the
captain received. Most admirals.
particularly those IN the submarine
service. traditionally shy away from
publicity. Already there appears to
have started program Of reWrit-
ing history to put things back In
their proper perspective. Two re-
cent articlek IN Bureau Oe ships
+ E e ~ / & Il
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Bones has been twowheres and
amt been nowhereS," said Cecil.
Johnson's prestige In Washing
ton, where such adroitness is priced,
is not matched in Texas. In the
last election, 1948, he squeezed
through by 81 votes out of / million
ballots. According to colleagues in
the Lone Star State delegation. he is
the most radical" man Texas ever
sent to Washington. But by strict
liberal standards, specifically on
labor, civil rights and tidelands leg
islation, he falls far short. Yet he
was a protege of the late Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Red or Dixieerot?
I'm a Communist in Texas and q
Dixiecrat in Washington" he says.
In 1852, he stood firm with the
: Stevenson forces in Texas. He has
not allowed this to ALLEVIATE him
from other Texas Democratic bolt
ers. Gov. Allen ShiverS. a lead
ing pro-Ike Democrat frequently
mentioned as Johnson's opposition
in 1854, came to Washington last
week and received every indication
Of Johnson's favor and friendship.
Johnson's genius for scenting out
areas of agreement between bris-
tling dissenters was illustrated
through the fact that as chairman
of the politically sensitive Senate
Preparedness Committee he man
aged to bring out A unanimous re-
ports. He had the same reputation
in the House when he served on the
Naval Affairs Clater Armed Serv-
ices) Committee run by the auto
cratic Carl Vinson of Georgia.
johnson had no trouble there, q
colleague remembers, because he
quickly became very well informed
not only about naval affairs but
also about Chairman Vinson.
People, Not Books
johnson has always been willing
to learn from older and wiser men.
He prefers to learn from people
rather than books anyway. In the
House he enjoyed the sponsorship
of the longtime Speaker. Sam Ray
burn. who had served in the Texas
Legislature with Johnson's father.
Never a day goes by that they don't
consult. In the Senate he has
profited by the guidance Of his idol.
Senator Richard Russell, who is
generally considered the most pow
erful man In the Senate, and whose
support was a critical factor in
Johnson's election to Democratic
leadership.
From the first, johnson needed
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journals on the atomic propulsion
program failed even to mention
Capt. Rickover.
But regardless of whether the
captain rubbed the traditionaliSts
the wrong way-aS will most men
with scientific bentA-and regard
less Of the publicity, the case
opens to question whether men
Of the Rickover type can ever be
promoted under the present system.
What disturbs the atomic scien-
lists. as Senator Jackson. Democrat.
of Washington pointed out, is that
the Navy has not been able to make
an exception to traditionaliSm in
Capt. Rickover's case in .order to
embrace an outstanding atomic ex-
pert in its highest councils.
Spot Promotion Possible
The President, If he SO desired,
could spot Capt. Rickover to ad-
nairal at any time. But there has
been no indication from the White
House that Gen. Eisenhower is plan
ming to do so.
The Senate Armed Services Com
mittee. which has not approved the
last choices Of the selection board,
could bounce the list back into the
lap Of the Navy until it came back
with Capt. Rickover's name on it.
Mr.. Yates has asked the Senator'S
to 60 into the matter thoroughly.
Mr.. Yates also has proposed the
following changes in the promotion
system:
/. The appointment by the Presi-
dent Of three civilians from en-
gineering and scientific fields to
serve with three line admirals and
three engineering officers in pass
ing on promotions Of EDOs to
admiral.
2. The requirement that q steno-
graphic report Of all selection board
proceedings be kept and made avail
able to authorized officials and
legislators.
;. The granting to the Secre-
taries Of Navy and Defense Of the
right to recommend promotions.
Meanwhile as so often happens
Capt. Rickover and several menu
bers Of his small band Of eager
beaver scientists In uniform have
received offers from private busi-
mess ct many times their service
salAriesS
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Los Alamos and Savannah River
occur much more frequently.
Committeeman, naturally, are not
scientists, but it would be safe to
say within the joint committee is
contained more information on.
atomic energy than could be found
anywhere else in the world.
Certainly the committee acquires
and makes use of more top-secret
information than any other con-
gressional body. Apart from the
classified progress reports which
the Atomic Energy Commission reg
ularly transmits, the joint commits
tee receives and often originates .
great volume of secret papers COW
ering all phases of the program.
Intimate touch is kept with the
Defense establishment, the State
and Justice Departments, Central
Intelligence Agency, the FBI and
National Security Council.
The groups standard of security
vigilance is kept high through
around -the-clock armed guard over
the committee Offices in the Capitol.
and through appropriate use Of
vaults. safes. sound d-prooflng. elec-
tronic devices, exclusion areas. rigid
FBI investigation of stan personnel
and other safeguards.
A Watchdog Unit
It. can be said that both the com.
mission and the Joint COMMITTEES
run the atomic energy program. thus
the layman and the scientist com. !
bine to make 1t effective. One COM /,
mittee member explained:
with the hve Atomic Energy
Commissioners empowered to award
contracts, select construction sites
and spend hundreds Of millions OF !
dollars such as to directly affect all
Of us. it is no wonder that Congress
has created its own watchdog COM
mittee. veSting that committee with
the right Of access to all the facts
and the moral duty to speak out II
and when an alarm needs to be
sounded" X
It is evident that the members
Of the committee, laymen though 4
they are, have vast daily consider
alton that no other normal person
has to wrestle with. For instance: I,
Since from a strict legal viewpoint, I
the committee has only the right to-
be fully and currently informed. =.
should it accept the information
furnished 1t and express no opinion i
concerning it-even though 1t ap.t
pears the commission and the Dee
Tense Department may be on the
brink Of q mistake?
Or should it take q position before.
a far-reacl1ing issue Is decided. thus
assuming--at least In o moral
sense part responsibility for ths
consequences? "
Members Of the committee gener-
ally believe they should assume such
responsibility, and have Ia many
matters done so.
But the groups record Il not one
Of captious arrogation Of authority.
Nor-fortunately for the country
has it harbored popoffs whose care.
less words might tip our hand to
other searchers after atomic secrets.
Still. the problems the unit faces are
extremely weighty.
Perhaps that is why the TIVE
candidates. while willing. are not
overly enthusiastic about taking on
the Job. n
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Sixteen months ago news of tran
scendent Importance trickled out Of
the Pentagon, the Atomic Energy
Commission and Groton, Conn. The
Navy was starting to build the
worlds first known atomic Subma-
rire, a submarine with a cruising
range that would be limited only by
the human ability of her crew to re-
main aboard.
And from behind the Aces lead
curtain of security emerged the fig
ure of a slim, Sparrow-faced naval
officer invariably dressed in civilian
clothes.
Capt. Hyman George Rickover,
the reports said, had inch-by-inch
won ground over the Pentagon ira
ditionalists and persuaded the die
hard battleship and carrier admirals
that his pet project not only was
feasible but marked turning point
In naval warfare.
Wiry, beady- y-eyed and frugal, Capt.
Rickover was hailed in one dis
patch as a man who may be des-
tined to go down in naval history as
the man who exerted as much in
f1uence on naval Shipbuilding as
Robert Fulton"
Mysterious Bond
He ruled small, mysterious band
whose comings and goings from
their obscure Offices In Building T-3
on Constitution avenue we're
watched closely by FBI men. His
was a bright. cool, calculating
mind"-in the words of an admiral
who finished Annapolis several years
after Capt. Rlckover did in 1922
and he wanted only associates who
would put their very hearts and
souls into the atom sub program.
Military protocol was not prereQ-
uisite In the captains shop.
The 52-year-old officer scientists
triumph was complete after years of
warfare against naval indifference.
1t had begun after World War II
when other officers were more in
terested in catching their breath
than In preparing for new war.
A 50 billion budget for shipbuilding
contained $40 million for construc-
ton of an atomic submarine.
The first atom sub was named the
Nautilus-an appropriately Jules
Vernish name for q Jules Vernish
vessel. A second, the Sea Wolf.
soon was announced. The Navy
laid out plans for building an atom
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Atomic 81 nj Energy +. ] =
Deadlock Between the Two Houses Stynnies
Selection of Crucial Groups Chairman
By Bert Kemmerer

OS'N
With organization of the 83d Con-
gress q long accomplished fact, one
highly important craftsmanship, that
Of the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy, remains vacant.
Five executive sessions of this Sem
ate-House group, which significantly
shuns headlines and klieg lights
have been held within the last two
weeks. Many ballots were taken at
these meetings.
The vote of the 18-man group was
identical each time: Eight for Sena-
tor Hickenlooper of Iowa and eight
for Representative Cole of New. York.
The two hopefuls did not attend the
meetings.
Conflicting Theories
The stubborn deadlock stems from
two conflicting theories on the or
ganization and operation of the
committee:
The House members say it is
only fair for the Craftsmanship to
rotate between the Senate and
House, since it is a Joint commit
tee. They want Representative
this time because a Senator headed
it last time.
The Senate members favor keep
ing the craftsmanship in the hands
of Senators, since their political life
expectancy at the beginning of any
term is thrice that Of House men,
bers. And in the atomic energy
business. Senators contend, contin-
uity is vital
There is no provision in Public
Law 585 of 1916, which set up the
committee, for selection of chair
man.
The Atomic Energy Committee
deviateS sharply from the pattern
of all others in Congress. The Nc
Mahon Act for the control of atomic
energy requires the committee to
make continuing studies Of the
activities Of the Atomic Energy
Commission and of problems relating
to the development, use. and control
Of atomic energy"
The commission, in turn, is re-
Quired to keep the committee fully
and currently informed"
Long Struggle
The quiet but heated contest for
the committee Craftsmanship has
existed for q matter Of months. Only
since the beginning of the new
Congress, however. has the fight
come into public notice.
The acting chairman is Repre-
sentative Durham Of North Carolina.
Q Democrat who took over when
Senator Mcmahon Of Connecticut
died last summer. He is not in the
running now, owing to his party
affiliation.
"A key to the prestige Of the Atomic
Energy Committee undoubtedly Is
in its sself-containment."
In conformance with secrecy re-
quirements. about three quarters of
the hundreds Of meetings held to
date have been executive. Testimony
Of virtually all ranking Government
oficials. scientists and military
brass, in any way connected with
atomic energy has been heard.
And at least once each year,
committee members or stan repre-
sentatives inspect each field install
1ation Of the commission. Of which
there are scores. Trips to such
major sites as Hanford. Oak Ridge,