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Evening star., 1953-08-25
Constontine Brown
Runnors Of French Coup d'Etot
Many Feel That Ever-Present Chaotic Conditions
Are Prelude to Last Trial for Present System

is being only partially obeyed-
the Communist CGT is making
every effort to widen the
strikes and make the matter a
political one.
M. Laniel had to recede from
his position which brought
about the disastrous walkouts.
The terms of his settlement"
last week with the non-Com-
munist unions were a badly
kept secret. It is now known
that he assured the leaders
that he would not press his
economy measures at this
time; promised to raise the
wages of workers in the ma
tionalized industries; and while
he remained adamant about
not paying the wages lost dur
ing the strike, he agreed to
allow employees to make up
their losses by working over
time.
Unofficial estimates place the
losses caused so far by the
strikes at more than $3.50 mil
lion.
When Premier Laniel de-
cided to face the wrath of the
unions by ordering drastic
economies he was convinced
that otherwise his country was
going into bankruptcy. After
nearly three weeks of tribula-
tionS during which time France
made a sorry spectacle of it
self and the important tourist
industry lost heavily, thus add
ing to the country's economic
plight, M. Laniel finds himself
in the same inSoluble financial
situation as early this month
when he decided to make a
show of strength. Not only is
he faced with the same heavy
deficit but also with an added
substantial loss of normal
revenue due to the effects of
an economic stagnation caused
by the events of the last three
weeks.
Moreover, the confidence
which existed in some quar-
ters that France had found a
strong man in the person of
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Some released American prisoners Korea they be-
came progressves progressive used to be fellow who
helped those the side of the racks-now it's just
fellow who helps those the wrong side
The American Bar Association holds its diamond jubilee
convention. Lawyers aren't doing we'll
minration Businessmen don't bother hire lawyers
more-hey just down to Washington get
selves.
politically muddled United States
sevicemen. The Arabs the Yank
their native monopoly getting mad the French
that fashions
terrible BY the time husband buy
new SERIES
it to visit him in prison.
Republican Senator Ives predicts Southern Senators will
fbuster his FEPC bill year. You tell
look a tell you
date when he won't get anywhere.
Army WACS have their weight well
distributed little less around the waist gls-and little
above the
Evening star., 1953-08-25

the Americans for Democratic
Action said it was congress
sional report which needed a
wider distribution.
One wonders if the Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action
now will buy from the Gov
ernment Printing Office-at a
cost of only a few cents a copy
about 100000 copies of the
Senate subcommittee report
which tells the story of the
Soviet spy rings inside the
American Government. The
ADA claims to be anti-Com-
muniSt. SO this affords it an
opportunity to strike a blow at
Communists in America.
This is an important report
for the ADA to distribute also
because that organization has
been making. as one of its
principal arguments, the point
that the FBI can handle the
Communist problem by itself
and that it isn't necessary for
the investigating committees
of Congress to do what they
have been doing about it. Incl
dentally, there is movement
afoot to get various national
organizations to adopt resolu-
tions declaring that congress
sional committees are "in-
Vading" the executive branch
of the Government. Already
the AFL Teachers Union has.
adopted one of those resolu-
tions. and a group of so-called
liberals in the American Bar
Association is this week at
tempting to press for passage
of a similar resolution.
The new report from the
Internal Security Committee,
however, gives chapter and
verse on the record of the FBI
in calling attention to the
presence of Alger Hiss and
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Constantine Brown

Rumblings that something
sensational in the shape of a
military coup d'etat may occur
in France this fall have been
current for some time. Amer
lean observers in Paris and the
provinces have paid little at
tention to them because in re-
cent years France has been in
a perennial crisis and the Wild
est kind of rumors could be
heard in Partisan salons as
we'll as in "bistros" and market
places.
Coups d'etat are seldom
talked beforehand, and in any
event since Gen. Charles de
Gaulle failed to make himself
into a popular hero nobody
can see what military figure
could have sufficient strength
to head such a dangerous
move. The Nnly French Off
Ger who could have appealed
to the masses and especially
to- the army and the middle
classes was the swashbuckling
and very able Gen. de Lattre
de Tassigny. But he died last
year.
The reports that something
drastic" may occur in France
soon are now accepted with
caution, but also with feeling
that there may be more in
them than meets the eye. The
near chaos in which the coun-
try has been plunged by the
nearly three -week-old strikes,
the desperate plight of the
treasury and the growing diff
ficulties that France is en-
countering in North Africa and
do-China add up to the SEN
timent that the present polit-
ical system is facing it's last
trial.
Premier Laniel's efforts to
show himself strong and in
tractable by placing the inter-
ests of France ahead of those
of the labor unions have failed
diSmally. While he succeeded
in inducing the nom -Commu-
mist unions to order their men
back to work-an order which
Evening star., 1953-08-25
uste for Popcorn
Trups Utah Girl
By the Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25.-
Sherry Adams taste for popcorn
may never be the same.
The 8-year-old caught her
hand in a popcorn vending ma
chine.
Neither her parents nor en-
ployes Of the store could free
her.
So police were called. They
dismantled the machine.
Sherry suffered a badly lac
Grated left thumb. She was
given first aid and released to
her family physician.
Evening star., 1953-08-25

that time. That was an atti-
tude he proposed to correct.
The battery additive incident
offered him his opportunity.
Disregarding its insignificance
when measured against the
immense and far-reaching
operations of the Bureau of
Standards-or perhaps having
no appreciation Of these opera
tions-he told DR.. Astin he
would have to go. He prob
ably was filled with innocent
surprise by the reaction that
followed.
Now that he has obtained
DR.. Astin's agreement to re-
main, because, as he says, Il
am convinced that it is in the
best interests of the bureau
and the public" it is clear
that some good has resulted
from his original heavy-hand-
ed bungling. For one thing.
the Secretary has learned
something about the most i'm
portant bureau attached to
his department. For another
he has given the whole Eisen-
hover administration a better
appreciation of the vital part
now played in American Gov
ernment by disinterested, nom
political experts of many kinds.
1t is likely to be long time
before any cabinet member
blunders into a mess similar
to that precipitated by Mr.
Weeks.
And, conceivably. the Sec
retary will be a bit careful
in the discharge of the one
particular responsibility he
has lifted from the bureau
directors shoulders tn HE ou,,,
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Dovid Lawrence

For nearly three years a
Senate subcommittee and it's
staff have worked intenSively
to piece together the facts con-
corning the Communist con-
spiracy which has been actively
at work inside the United
States Government during the
Roosevelt and Truman admin
tstrations. Now the final report
Is ready for the public to read,
but how are the American peo-
pie going to know about it?
The newspapers have
printed accurate though brief
summaries, but the report it
self, with excerpts from sworn
testimony, has to be read in
full to get the real picture of
how far some American citizens
have gone to betray their own
country.
The Senate subcommittee it
self can make available only
about $4,000 copies. and these
will be furnished free as long
as they last to any one who
writes to the Internal Security
Committee, Room 413, Senate
Office Building, Washington,
D. C..
But such a limited distribu-
tion cannot begin to be effec-
tive. Not long ago the Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action,
a radical organization which
has been waging a fight against
Senator Mccarthy. announced
that it would distribute free
100000 copies of a Senate
subcommittee report concern
ing alleged financial irregulari-
ties by the Wisconsin Senator
in income tax matters. The
report itself is full of innuendo
but offers no proof of it's
charges and is plainly polit-
ical document. Nevertheless,
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Lowell WeHett-
Lowell MeNett-
Mr.. Weeks Observation-Disclosures
Escapes From Bureau Of Standards Embarrassment With
EVoIuotion Of Commercial Products in His Own Hands

In Washington and in the
world of science the fact that
Commerce Secretary Weeks
has been forced by popular
protest to eat crow in the
matter of the Bureau of
Standards is cause of gen.
eral satisfaction. And the
fact that he pretends to like
it is a cause of general amuse-
ment. Overlooked is the fact
that. despite the reinstatement
OF DR.. Allen v. AStin as di-
rector of the bureau. Secre-
tary Weeks emerges with the
thing he apparently wanted
in the first place.
He will be the one to deter
mine what commercial prod
ucts shall be tested by the
bureau and what action shall
be taken as a result of such
tests. Commercial products,
such as battery additives for
example, will not be left at the
mercy Of DR.. Astin or any
other cold-blooded scientist.
Secretary Weeks has not re-
tracted his statement, made at
at the time Of the famous
firing, that DR.. Astin was in
clined to ignore the play of the
market in determining whether
q given product possessed the
qualities claimed for it. He
has simply taken from the
director of the bureau the
responsibility for such evalua-
tions.
A recommendation of the
committee of scientists who
have studied the bureaus
functions and operations en-
Evening star., 1953-08-25

ables the Secretary to do this
gracefully. This committee,
says the Secretary, will rec
ommend that all non-tech-
nical policy and procedural
matters on commercial prod
uct evaluation at the bureau
be made the responsibility of
the Secretary of Commerce
and that the directors respon-
sibility be limited to the tech
nical area. I agree with this
recommendation and shall i'm
plement it,"
This doubtless is eminently
agreeable to the director of
the bureau. The evaluation of
commercial products, at the
request of other Government
agencies, has been a minor
function of the big establish
ment and something of a
nuisance. Manufacturers of
products found wanting are
inclined to howl and to see
their Congressman. Now they
will only need to see Mr.. Weeks.
CThey know he will be mind
full of the "play of the mar
ket.D ,.
The whole unhappy incident,
now concluded with the Secre-
tary'S remarkable statement
that DR.. Astin ''is from here
on a member of my team"
throws an interesting light on
Mr.. Weeks thinking. Like
many other businessmen, he
seems obsessed with the notion
that the American Government
had for 20 years been unfriend-
~ to business, despite the
steadily increasing prosperity
eniOVed bV business during
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Atomic Information
Ample for America,
Acc Member Says
BY the Associated Press

Eugene M. Zuckert, a member
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion, says "We are giving the
American people all the elements
of information they really need"
about the atomic energy pro-
gram.
: Mr.. Zuckert, appearing last
night on an MBS radio program.
said he does not share the view
often expressed that more atomic
information should be made
available. To disclose more at
present, he said, would help a
potential enemy.
He said he disagrees with
former Acc Chairman Gordon
Dean, who has said Americans
should know more about the
United States atomic program
and about Soviet atomic capa-
bilities.
Comedies Russian Advance.
"The essential thing for the
man in the street to know" Mr..
Zuckert said, ''is that there are
weapons available to an enemy
which could create mass destruc-
ton to our cities"
Questioners noted that the
commission has said both this
country and Russia have pro-
duced explosions with thermonu-
clear reactions-the scientists
term for the fusion process of
the hydrogen bomb-but has not
said fatty that either nation has
detonated an H-bomb.
From the standpoint Of ma
tional security it doesn't matter
Evening star., 1953-08-25
6,665 Hospitals in U. S.

CHICAGO.-The 6,665 regis
tered hospitals in the United
States had a capacity of 1,541,515
beds and a total of 18,914,847
admissions in 1952-one new pa
tient every 1.6 seconds, an all.
time record.
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Oldest Stute HospituI

RICHMOND.-The State hos
pital for the insane located in
Williamsburg. Va, is believed to
be the oldest such institution
which is publicly supported,
within the United States.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Corning Undecided
On |ntegration Plan

School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing today said he is not yet
ready to present recommended
tions on school integration to
the Board of Education.
At the same time, both he and
Board President c. Melvin
Sharpe also said no decision has
yet been made on when to hold
a meeting with civic leaders on
the same subject.
The School Board recently de-
cided to invite civic leaders to
present their views on the me-
chanics Of ending racial segre-
cation. in case the action is
ordered by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Sharpe said today DR..
Corning should have an oppor-
tunity to present his own views
to the board first. The board
president said he had understood
the superintendent would present
an outline at next Wednesdays
board meeting. DR.. Corning,
however. said he has no plans to
do so.
Mr.. Sharpe said he would de-
eide with DR.. Corning when to
set the meeting with civic lead
ers. They will be asked to sub
NIT their views in writing, he
said.
Both Mr.. Sharpe and DR..
Corning have been sick recently,
slowing down preparations for
the session.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Soviet Embassy Aide
Accused in Spy Plot
Leaving Tomorrow

Yuri v. Novikov, second secre-
tary in the Soviet Embassy here
accused of directing a spy plot,
will comply with a State Depart
ment demand and leave the
United States tomorrow, it was
learned today.
The Associated Press reported
from New York that Novikov is
scheduled to leave Idlewild Air
port at 1870 pm. tomorrow
aboard a Sabena Airlines plane
for Brussels.
He was named co-conspirator.
but not a defendant, in the case
Of two American former soldiers
indicted on charges that they
attempted to get United States
intelligence reports for the Soviet.
The pair of ex-servicemen,
Otto Verber and Kurt Ponger,
were flown here and arraigned
yesterday. They are to answer
charges Monday in the United
States District Court for the
District of Columbia and are
being held under $4,000 bail
each.
In another development,
meanwhile. United States agents
working on the Spy-sing case
in Vienna announced the arrest
for questioning of Vienna
born British woman working for
the United States Army. She
was identified as Mrs. Theresa
Harris. 80.
Novikov, who is in his early
30s, has been a member of the
Soviet staff in this country for
three years. He was declared
personna non-grata. or person.
ally unacceptable, by the State
Department. Such an action
leaves diplomats no recourse but
to leave the country affected.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Two Sabre JETS Duel
Eiqht MICS and Down
One in Unequal Fight
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Jan. 1.-Two United
States Sabre jet pilots fought
twisting, running air duel with
eight Communist MIG jets today
and said they shot down one in
the blazing unequal battle.
The Sabres picked the fight.
They jumped the eight MICS at
$4,000 feet over Northwest Korea.
In Tokyo. the Air Force dis
closed two B-29 Superforts were
shot down by Red night fighters
during the week and that 13
MICS were destroyed as against
no Sabres
Australian twin-jet Meteors
roared out in the morning hours
against Communist supply vehi-
cles A low overcast held down
the number of flights but the
Aussies reported at least five
tIuCkS destroyed.
SabreS Unscathed 3 Weeks.
The 5th Air Force said its
Sabre sharpshooters gunned 13
MICS to flaming death in the
week ended yesterday without
losing a single plane in air COM
bat. But Communist. ground
gunners shot down five allied
warplanes, the 5th said, and
three planes were lost to other
causes. presumably mechanical
failure.
The weeks jet battles erupted
as allied warplanes mounted
their biggest strikes since mid
summer. They pounded and
blasted the vital Sinanju trans
port hub in almost around-the-
clock raids.
1t was the third straight week
that the Sabres emerged un-
scathed from battles with Red
China's touted Russian built
MICS.
B-29 Superforts last night
rained 80 tons of bombs on two
enemy supply areas near Chasan,
north of Pyongyang.
Temperatures Below Zero.
Allied tank guns fired from
fixed positions all across the CEN
trail front Iron triangle" sector
yesterday. The tank gunners
said their shelling demolished or
damaged 81 Communist bunkers
and nine gun positions.
Ground action flared across
the frigid battle front last night
and early today. the 9th Army
reported. Temperatures fell be-
low zero all along the line.
Communist troops assaulted
Pinpoint Hill. Rocky Point and
Finger Ridge on the east-cen-
trail front. In the west, the
Chinese threw about 80 men in
a brief assault on a hill in the
Little Nori sector.
All the Red probes were driven
back, the 9th Army said.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Broad Red Hunt in Schools
Is Opposed by Scherer
By the Associoted Press

Representative Scherer. Re-
publican, of Ohio, newly chosen
member of the House Un-
ican Activities Committee, said
yesterday he is opposed to a
widespread Red-hunt in Amer
ican universities.
II feel most universities should
be permitted to set their own
houses in ORDER" he told a re-
porter.
Representative Velde. Repub-
lican, Illinois, slated to be chair
man of the committee. has an
nounced plans to investigate
Red influences in United States
institutions of higher learning.
Mr.. Scherer, a Cincinnati law
yer. also said he feels the COM
mittee should take definite steps
to clear the innocent whose
names may be brought up in
committee hearings.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Wreck
Continued From First Page J

Pennsylvania Railroad electric
locomotive on the basement level
will begin Immediately after the
visitors have departed.
Meanwhile, plans were being
completed for at least two and
possibly three Federal investi-
cations into the devastating &C
cident in which over 40 persons
were injured.
Most of the injuries were light.
however, and only three of those
hurt remain in hospitals.
A public hearing will open
before the Senate Commerce
Committee at 10 am. Wednes-
day. Another hearing will be
held by the ICC January 26.
House Inquiry Considered.
The House Commerce Com
mittee is considering the pos
sibility of holding hearings on
the wreck. Several members of
the committee visited the scene
yesterday. A decision on the
House action will be made next
week.
The engineer of the wrecked
train, Harry w. Brewer, 81, a
veteran of 35 years experience.
will return to duty this afternoon
after a brief rest at his home
in Philadelphia.
A doctor examined Mr.. Brewer
after the accident and advised
him to rest for a day or two.
Mr.. Brewer will be at the con-
trolls of the Congressional when
it leaves Washington for New
York at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
He is scheduled to return to-
morrow morning with the Fed
eral Express. which originates
in Boston. The wrecked train
also was running as the Federal
Express.
Mrs. Brewer told a reporter
that her husband told her when
he returned home after the ac-
cident:
Mother, I stuck to my post
and did what I thought the rail-
road and my passengers wanted
me to do. And I got out of my
cab by myself. No one helped
me"
The giant locomotive had
crashed through the concrete
and steel floor of the concourse,
coming to rest in the basement
with its forward section resting
part way up the wall of the
waiting room section of the sta
ton.
Yesterday the locomotive was
pulled back from the wall to
bring it fiat on the basement
floor. The locomotive will be
cut into sections after the in
auguration. A temporary ramp
will be constructed to allow the
selections to be towed onto the
tracks outside.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Virginia Couple
off for California
By Motor Scooter
By the Associoted Press

BURKEVILLE. Va, Jan. IT,
A young Burkeville couple took
off for California today-in two
motor ScooterS.
Larry and Betty Mertsching
hope to make the 4,300-mile
trip from this Nottoway County
community in 80 days. Larry. Is,
was discharged from the Army
yesterday at nearby Camp
Pickett.
The scooters will have side
cars, which, among other things,
will carry a gasoline stove. a
portable icebox, lanterns, sleep
ing bags, portable radio and a
camera.
There also will be a place tor
the third member of the family
BABY" the pet cat.
The Mertschings hope to get
civil service jobs and settle at
Oakland, Calf.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Japan Is Assured
u. ). Will Protect
Il With Air Power
BY the Associoted Press

TOKYO. Jan. ia United
States Air Force spokesman said
today that defense of Japan is
a mission of highest priority"
The United States has ordered
all steps necessary toward that
end.
Maj. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey,
commander of the Japan Air De-
tense Force, told japanese news
men at his Nagoya headquar-
ters, that American air power
would protect these islands lin
accordance with the agreement
between the United States and
Japan
In Washington, it was an
nounced that the United States
had replied formally to Japan
that Gen. Mark Clark, United
States Far Eastern commander,
had been instructed to take "all
possible and necessary measures"
to repel any foreign aircraft over
Japanese territory.
United States Ambassador
Robert Murphy and Foreign
Minister Katsuo Okazaki pub
lished an exchange of notes to-
day which gave backing for
American airpower Ito take all
possible measures necessary to
repel all such violations.
The phrase "all possible meas
ures necessary means authorize
ton to shoot down any Russian
plane if its pilot baked at land
ing after being caught over Jap
anese territory.
Neither the Japanese nor
American notes mentioned the
Russians by name, but Russian
planes are the only foreign
planes reported flying over ia
pans northernmost Hokkaido
Island, 6 miles from the Soviet
Kurile Islands.
Evening star., 1953-01-17
Bowling Alleys to Be Moved
From White House Basement

Preparing the White House
Executive Office for Gen. Eisen-
hower's big staff is going to
mean the end of bowling activi-
ties there.
The two alleys built in the
basement of the West Wing in
1947 are to be moved, possibly
to the Naval Gun Factory, which
already has some alleys.
The White House alleys have
been used by White House po-
lice-they have three teams, one
of which usually led the league
Secret Service men, stenogra-
pliers, messengers and groups
from the mail room and the
garage. They'll have to move
their league elsewhere or dis
band.
The alleys were the suggestion
of President Truman in 1947,
when he noticed a long, narrow
space in the basement filled with
dead files. He decided bowling
alleys would provide recreation