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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Spring in St. Mays
Brinqs Garden Tours

BEAUTY BUDDING-choteloines
Of MoryIonds historic houses ore hov-
ing their flower beds reodied for
the coming House and Gorden Pill
Srimose. Star Stoff Writer George
Kennedy and Photographer John
MueiIer's report on the homes and
sordsns Of St. Morys County is on
Psse ABS.
END OF AN ERA-Fronces Perkins,
the first American woman eobinet
member and one Of the Lost OF the
New Dealers in the Government, is
retiring from the Civil Service Com.
mission. Although she is 10, she
hos on octive eoreer oheod Of her.
Joseph Young, The Stor's civil service
eoIumnist. tells obout it on Pose Az.
THE MATS OF 1854 picture
Of cIork 6nffith's current ball teom
es they will toke the field in tomor-
rows opener oppeers on Pose c-3.
Complete Index, Pose AZ
Iodio- TV, Proeroms, Poges E-4-S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Liquor Store Owner
Escapes Death as
Bandits Gun Jams
Proprietor Fights off
z HoIdup Men Who
Flee in Red Sedan

A 55-year-old Northeast liquor
store proprietor fought off two
holdup men last night, narrowly
escaping possible death when a
gun held by one of the bandits
damned.
Benjamin Barkin, owner of
Macs Liquor Store, 407 Rhode
Island avenue NE, told police
he was first approached by a
colored youth about IT, who
asked for a pint of whisky.
He said the teenager was &C
companied by taller man about
81 who pulled a revolver out of
his pocket when the youngster
was denied service because of
his age.
Gun Fails to Go OFF.
"This is a stickup," the gun
toter said. He told his compan-
ion to empty the cash register.
Mr.. Barkin said the 17-year-old
took a brown paper bag from
his pocket, apparently intending
to fill it with money.
The store owner kicked the
younger man. knocking him
away from the register, he said.
The gunman pointed his weapon
at him, Mr.. Barkin said, and
pulled frantically at the trigger,
but the gun failed to fire.
Mr.. Barkin GRABBED an ink we'll
and threw it at the older man.
Both then ran from the store,
Mr.. Barkin reported to police.
He said he chased them for sew
eral block but lost them.
Third Acts As Lookout.
He said a third man, whom he
believed worked in conjunction
with the two. remained outside
as a lookout.
Witnesses told police the trio
used red Ford sedan parked
two blocks away for an escape
car.
The teen-ager wore light
colored horn trimmed glasses, no
hat, and an Eisenhower jacket.
His companion wore a dark blue
overcoat and a dark cap. Mr..
Barkin could give no description
of the third man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Eisenhower Invites
48 State Governors
To Conference Here
Executives to Receive
First Hand Picture of
Problems Facing U. S.

President Eisenhower yester-
day invited the 48 State Cover
nors to a conference May and
on national and world prob
lens.
The President wrote the Gov
errors that cabinet members
and other high officials will give
them "a first-hand picture of
the present state of the world
and the role of the United
States in it"
State chief executives will be
briefed on current develop
ments in the field of interna-
tional relations, the American
defense effort, the problems of
national security, and an analy-
sis of our fiscal policies as re-
lated thereto"
First Session of Its Type.
The Governors were asked to
take part in the discussions of
various problems facing the Ma
ton. White House Press Secre-
tary James c. Hagerty said that
so far as he knew it was the first
conference of the type ever call
ed here.
The conference will be held
in the room of the old State
Department building. opposite
the White House, where Gen.
Eisenhower holds his news con-
ferences.
Gen. Eisenhower will open the
meeting at 10 am. May 4. The
Governors will lunch with him
in the White House that day.
There will be additional sessions
during the afternoon and fol-
lowing morning.
Gen. Eisenhower informed the
Governors there would be con
fidential discussions relating to
problems facing America and the
free world in these most difficult
times"
Urges Vigorous Support.
I'm these critical times" the
President wrote, IAN occasion
which offers the prospect OF
Americas leaders, State and ma
tional, working side by side to
give the United States enlight-
ened leadership warrants vigor-
Gus support. I am firmly con-
WINGED that this conference will
produce a better understanding
of the need which I feel for the
full cooperation of each OF you
in dealing with the variety OF
problems which confront the
Nation"
Gen. Eisenhower yesterday
also accepted an invitation to
speak at two $100-a-plate din
ners to be held May by the
New York State Republican or
ganiZation.
The dinners will be held at the
Waldorf-AStoria and Astor Ho-
tells. Mr.. Hagerty said it will
be the first time New York Re-
publicans ever have held two
Embarrassing dinners. and Gen.
Eisenhower will speak at both.
Also for the first time, the
State organization will split the
proceeds of the dinners with the
Republican National Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

crown on the pretty blond head
of Miss Janet Kay Bailey, 49,
year-old student from Akron,
Ohio. as the spectators ap-
plauded.
1t was the high point of the
official festival celebration,
though no pink blooms graced
the boughs of Japanese CHEEKY
trees around the Tidal Basin.
The blossoms reached their peak
two weeks ago and faded before
the festival got underway We'd
nesday.
Nevertheless. the visiting
throng liked the entertainment
and another crowd waited hope
fully for a repeat performance
today.
Rain Likely Today.
The pageant is scheduled to be
reproduced at 2 pm. but the
Weather Bureau had a gloomy
forecast for the tourists. The
forecasters said clouds over
Washington were expected to in
crease in density this morning.
They admitted that rain is in
prospect this afternoon. The
temperature, however, will be
mild, ranging from 48 to so de-
grees, the bureau said.
The entire festival program is
re-scheduled today with two ex-
ceptions. Instead of Mrs. Eisen-
hover. movie actress Gloria De
Haven will crown the Queen.
Also, the water carnival pre-
ceding the pageant will be
shortened. 1t will begin on the
Tidal Basin at 1890 pm.
Inspector Mark Raspberry,
chief of Park Police, estimated
yesterdays festival crowd at
$4,000. This compared with U.s.
900 who turned out a year ago,
when the cherry trees were
blooming.
Spectators Enthusiastic.
The spectators yesterday were
enthusiastic. Mrs. Eisenhower
and members of her party were
applauded frequently.
Mrs. Eisenhower wore a smart
black silk faille suit, elbow
length pink gloves and a chic
white straw pancake hat, adorned
with pink cabbage roses. She
wore pearl earrings and choker.
Mrs. Eisenhower was accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. John
Doud, and by Mrs. Mary Jane
McCaffree. a member of her
staff.
The pageant, called Spring is
a Wonderful Thing" featured
songs by Roy Roberts and Ann
Brazinski, the Army Band Glee
Club. music by Sam Jack Kauf-
mans Orchestra. dancing by the
National Ballet, under direction
Of Leon Fokine, and acrobatics
by the .Kanazawa Trio.
The Four Aces, a quartet
which recored the theme song
for the festival, proved a popular
attraction before the princesses
from all States and Territories
were introduced by their military
escorts.
Miss Iris Ann Fitch, the Dis
trict princess, received an ovation
for several solos, including a
song of welcome in her official
capacity as festival hostess.
Allen Zee produced the pageant.
Frank Weakley, festival chair
man for the Greater National
Capital Committee, presided.
The Army Band gave a festival
concert last night at the Tidal
Basin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12


as the 68-year-old organization
OF Washington newspaper cor
respondents put the Nations
political leaders on the griddle.
Secretary Dulles and his aides
finally dug up something but
to Senator McCarthy's anguish
it turned out to be only a COL
lection of old fossils that once
belonged to Dean Acheson.
Members Of the Eisenhower
millionaire" cabinet, in keeping
with their transformation from
riches to rags" in Washington,
gathered around a hobo jungle
campfire to talk and sing about
their troubles, but found a bit
of consolation in having "a
plumber round the house" in
the person of Secretary of Labor
Durkin.
Democrats we're also scared
as, for example of former Presi-
dent Truman. they sailed for a
luxury cruise on the good ship
Loyal Opposition. They all liked
Ike so well they decided to stay
aboard indefinitely - especially
the postmaSters and other
Democratic officeholders who
could not be fired because of the
wonderful civil service"
In another Gridiron Skit, the
locker room of the Burning
Tree Country Club was revealed
as the secret hideout of WASH
(COntinued on Page Az. Col ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Notionolists Ruid Isle

HONG KONG. April II (P).-
The independent but pro-
Nationalist newspaper Wah Kin
Vat Pc said today Nationalist
seaborne guerrillas captured 40
Communist soldiers and four mo-
tor junks in a raid April 5 on
tiny island off Kuangtung
nr0vinco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Festival Queen
Crowned as
$1,000 Cheer
Mrs. Eisenhower
Wins Ovation;
Ruin Due Today

A crowd of $4,000, mostly
visitors, cheered Mrs. Eisenhower
and the queen of the Cherry
Blossom Festival yesterday at a
brilliant pageant staged at the
Jefferson Memorial.
In perfect spring weather, Mrs.
Eisenhower placed the queens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
By J. A. O'Leory

Senator Mccarthy. Republic
can, of Wisconsin last night
sought the aid of Harold E. Stas-
sen, Mutual Security director, in
his efforts to get more shipown-
ers to agree voluntarily to stop
carrying supplies to Red China
or between Soviet block nations.
Mr.. Stassen lost no time in
diSpatching to the Wisconsin
Senator a friendly reply, with
the Salutation, Dear joe" Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

asleep and that she had no in
tention of waking him. She said
she knew nothing of the scuffle
between the sportsman and the
trooper.
Indicted in 1945.
MacPhail, also a former part
owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers,
and Cincinnati Reds baseball
teams. was in trouble in the Free
State in the spring of 1945.
On that occasion he was in
dicted for slapping the chief tele-
phone operator at the Bel Air
exchange and for using abusive
language because he could not
get call to New York completed.
Charges were withdrawn sew
eral months later after MacPhail
publicly apologized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

Pictures Of Festival Queen Being Crowned
and Crowd. Poee Ala
>Troffie Inches Along os Influx Of Visitors
Reoches Peck Here. Pooe Ala
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

The scientists wrote condi-
tional letters Of resignation.
Scientists Hit Weeks HondIins Of Astin
Dismissal. Poqe A-3
Most said they will stay on the
job only if Congress and the
Commerce Department reafirm
their faith in the integrity of the
Bureau of Standards.
If the designations material
lied. they would wreck-at least
temporarily-a major portion of
the bureaus work, especially on
defense projects.
One unit devoted to the most
critical defense work would be
virtually wiped out.
Reasons Unexplained.
The scientists are angry be-
cause they feel that the circum-
stances of DR.. AStin's custer re-
fleet on the integrity of the
bureau and the men who work
for it.
Secretary of Commerce Weeks
fired DR.. Astin primarily on
grounds that the bureau was
biased against a battery additive,
AD-X2. Secretary Weeks said
he had other reasons, too, for
firing Dr.. Astin, but has not ex-
planned them.
At the end of this week, DR..
Astin goes of the payroll of the
bureau where he has worked for
% years.
DR.. Astin and his section
chiefs have urged all bureau en-
ployes to continue their work. So
far, no designations have become
effective. Most of the men
threatening to leave say they
will stay until they see what Con-
gress and Secretary Weeks do at
a forthcoming investigation of
the battery dispute.
Asks Public Apology.
One scientist wrote that he
would leave unless Secretary
Weeks issued a public apology to
DR.. Astin. Other scientists in
sisted that DR.. Astin be retained
as bureau director. But most said
only that they wanted the
bureaus integrity reestablished.
The Bureau of Standards, es-
tablished in 1901 to help Gov
eminent and private industry,
now devotes IS per cent of it's
work to defense subjects. During
the last war, it contributed i'm
portantly to the atomic bomb,
proximity fuses, guided missiles
and other developments. The
bureau still works intensively on
these subjects.
Bureau officials trying to hold
their stats together have ap-
pealed to the scientists patriot
ism. But they say every Govern
ment scientist could get more
money in private industry
sometimes several times as much
and have stayed at the bu-
reau partly because of the pres
tige the positions offer. This
group of scientists feels that if
Secretary Weeks charges against
DR.. Astin and the bureau are
allowed to stick, much of the
prestige of a bureau job will dis
appear.
Evidence Is Cited.
The Bureau of Standards
twice has reported that AD-X2
is useless for popping up aging
batteries used for such ordinary
purposes as starting automobile
engines An independent study
by the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology found that ADJ
X2. when added to a battery'S
fluid, did increase the efficiency
Of the battery under some cir
cumstances. M. l. T. refrained
from recommending whether
AD-X2 should be bought by car
owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12


of full scale armistice talks. sus-
pended October 8. The Red liai-
son officers yesterday proposed
a renewal of the talks. The U.
N. command has not yet replied.
In the trade, 600 Allies. in
GLIDING 100 Americans, will be
exchanged for $500 sick and
wounded North Korean and Chi
nese Reds.
The allies have announced
they would be ready to start the
transfer within 70 hours after
the Reds say they are. indicat-
ing the trade could begin We'd
nesday at the earliest.
The Communist proposals for
resumption Of full-scale talks
were under study in Tokyo by
the U. N. Far East commander.
Gen. Mark Clark and 1t. Gen.
William K. Harrison. senior ar
mistice delegate.
Gen. Clark's public informa-
ton officer in Tokyo said it was
not known If the general would
give his answer at the next meet
ing of high ranking liaison off,
GERS or hold it up several days.
No liaison officer meeting was
scheduled for today.
Peiping Calls for Talks.
(The Communist Peiping ra-
dio, heard in Tokyo, said, THE
eyes Of all peace-loving people
in the world are on Panmun-
JON to see if the American
Government has good faith
for an armistice in Korea" It
added: 1.-The crucial test of
this sincerity is the immediate
resumption of the armistice
negotiations to settle the en-
tire POW (prisoner of war;
question:
The quick agreement on sick
and wounded and a new Red
proposal submitted Friday ap-
peared to meet the allied re-
(See TRUCE Page A-4D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
BY the Associated Press

The Atomic Energy Commits
sion announced last night that
two private firms will conduct
year-long study to determine
how soon nuclear power can be
used in industry.
The announcement that nego-
tiationS for such a survey were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Man Who Turns On
Gas While People
Sleep Is Hunted
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BERKELEY, Calf, April IL
Police are hunting a man who
sneaks into houses at night and
turns on the gas jets.
Because he strikes at the same
hour and shows no inclination to
rob, police fear they may have
a maniac on their hands.
So far the man has struck
three times, the last this morn
ing. Each time he blew out the
pilot light in the stove and
turned on the Jets.
Two victims were awakened
by the intruder, police said, and
another slept near an open win
dow and escaped i'll effects.
z Die in Blasted Ship
COPENHAGEN. April II (P.
"A wartime mine or bomb sank
the 135-ton Danish motorship
Hylletoft in the Limefjord.
Northern Jutland. this afternoon,
killing the skipper and the first
mate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Pact Signed;
Could Be Step
Toward Peace
Red Liuison Officers
Propose. Renewal
Of Full Talks

MUNSAN, Sunday, April "a
The U. N. command and the
Reds today agreed to start q
pre-armistice exchange of sick
and wounded prisoners of war
at Panmunjom on April 20.
The agreement to exchange
disabled POWS was signed at
Panmunjom yesterday by liaison
officers of both sides.
A successful exchange could be
the first step toward resumption
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

SHOCk IoS vegas. rage 40
completed was a big step forward
in the Aces policy of modifying
its 10-year monopoly and invit-
ing private enterprise into the
atomic energy field.
President Eisenhower, soon
after taking Office in January.
listed peacetime use of nuclear
power as a goal of his admin
iStration.
The Acc said that, during
1853, the Pioneer Service g.
Engineering Co. of Chicago and
the Foster Wheeler Corp. of New
York will study ways and means
of building nuclear power re-
actors. the so-called atomic
furnace"
All costs, the Acc said, will
be borne by the two companies.
which will be given limited &C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Mccarthy Aids Dulles
As 'Super-Secretary'
In Gridiron Sketch
Foreign Policy Search
Ribbed as Newsmen Put
Politicians on GriddIe

Secretary of State Dulles, with
some unsolicited help from
Super Secretary" Joe Nc
Carthy, led a State Department
archaeological expedition in
search of a new Republican for
eign policy last night at the
spring dinner of the Gridiron
Club at the Hotel Statler.
The State Department Skit
was one of the highlights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

South Koreons Knock Reds OF Hill
Asoin; Sobres Bog 3 MICS. Poee A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

Scientists Hit Weeks HondIns of Astin
DISMISSED. Poge A-3
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Fifth Atomic BIost Of the Yeor Foiis to
Shock Los Veeos. Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

List Of Invited Guests for the Gridiron
Dinner. Pooe AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Over SO Scientists Threaten
To Quit Bureau in Astin Row.;
Move Would Hit Major Work
Custer Is Reflection
On Integrity Of
Agency, They Soy
By james {. Roper

More than so scientists have
threatened to quit the Bureau
of Standards, it was learned last
night.
The action resulted from the
dismissal of DR.. Allen V. Astin
as bureau director.
The scientists wrote condi-
tional letters of resignation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

Continued on Page AS, Col. -
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of full scale armistice talks, sus-
pended October 8. The Red liai-
son officers yesterday proposed
a renewal of the talks. The U.
N. command has not yet replied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Weather Forecast

Increasing cloudiness with rain in the
afternoon and high of near so. Gull
report on Page A-2D
Temperatures Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12

(See TRUCE Page A-4D
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Foreign Aid Money
Hearings Will Open
In Senate Tomorrow
ByJ. A. O'Leor

Although House and Senate
conferees have not agreed on, the
scope Of the foreign aid program
for next year, the Senate Appro-
priations Committee will start
open hearings tomorrow on the
amount Of money to be appro-
priated.
The Senate has voted to au-
thorize $5.3 billion and the
House $40 billion. The con-
ferees are expected to split the
difference, but even if they do
the figure they agree on will be
only a ceiling. Members of both
houses have predicted freely
that the Appropriation Commit
tees will allow substantially less
than $5 billion.
Stassen to Testify.
Mutual Security Director Stas-
sen will be the first witness be-
fore the Senate Appropriations
Committee tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the conferees on
the authorization bill met again
this morning to resume delib-
erations which failed to bring
agreement on any major differ
ences yesterday.
The main points at issue in
the conference are:
/. The House amendment
which would deprive Western
Europe Of about 81 billion of
military aid unless six nations
on the continent ratify the
treaty providing for a unified
army. The Senate wants to give
President Eisenhower discre-
tionary authority to spend or
withhold the 81 billion.
Farm Surpluses at Issue
2. The Senate amendment al
lowing the Appropriations Com
mittee to earmark part of the
military aid money for the sale
Of farm surpluses to co-operat-
ing countries. The foreign cur
rencies received in exchange
would be used to place orders
for military equipment overseas.
Chairman Wiley of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
said the conferees, in two ses-
sions yesterday marched around
Robin Hoods barn IA times
without getting anywhere" He
said officials of the State and
Agriculture Departments would
be asked to attend today's con-
ference to explain the effects of
the two controversial amend
ments.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Way Is Found to Use
Discarded Blood Cells

CHICAGO. - Red blood cells
thrown away in the production
OF blood plasma each year con-
tain enough protein to supply
nourishment for 100000 persons
for a period of 10 days. A re-
Gently developed method enables
the protein to be saved.
The processed blood cells have
been given to about so patients
suffering from shock and burns.
Results indicate the substance is
satisfactory as a plasma substi-
tute. Scientists hope it will have
great value in emergencies.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Unit Celebrates

The Supervising Architects Of
flee Of the General Services Ad-
ministration last night celebrated
its 117th anniversary with a din
ner in the Olney Inn, Olney, Md.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Cement Output Doubles

CANBERRA.-Cement produc-
ton has nearly doubled in Aus
tralia since World War II. In
1944-45 production totaled 694.-
153 tons. Latest figures for the
industry show production in
1950-61 amounted to 1924, 800
fnns
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-12-04
Cotnr11iscarv To
Cfose On Dec. 81

The last day of business for the
sales commissary Of Erie Ord
nance Depot, which has been in
continuous operation since its Or
iginal opening in June of 1918,
will be Dec 81.
A major controversial issue, the
closing of a number of commits
saries throughout the country has
been ordered by the Department
of Defense.
A tentative closing date of Oct.
81 for the Erie Ordnance Depot
sales commissary was changed to
the end of the year closing.
The possibility Of the closing of
Erie's commissary was reported
last August when it was one of
So selected for study by the Gen
eral Accounting Office, Washing
ton, as there was doubt about the
reasons for their existence as they
were located in heavily populated
areas where personnel could shop
reasonably at civilian stores, it was
explained.
At the present time, the Erie
sales commissary has 113 permi'
card holders, or customers. These
] include the Is military and civil