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Evening star., 1953-03-17
Modern
Marriage
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

It was a good thing the real
parents Of the baby backed down
when, in order to settle the dis
pute over whose child it was.
King Solomon proposed to cut
it in two and give half to each
party. This would have settled
the case. all right. but it would
have ruined the baby.
Parents who rush into di-
vorce. however, do not display
the compassion for their chill
dren that moved the real mother
in the case before Solomon.
"Cut the child in half" they
cry. Each of us will take half"
In effect. that is what those
six months with him -and-six-
months -with-her" divorce decree
clauses really mean.
Mrs. A. isn't able to under
stand this. She writes, MY
husband and I are getting a di-
vorce, and above all I want to
consider the welfare of our g.
year-old son."
I'll interrupt you right here.
Mrs. A.. to say that I don't be-
lieve you! If you wanted above
all to consider the welfare of
your son, you wouldn't get a di-
vorce. You'd go to work and
straighten out your marital diff
ficulties. Now go on with the
story.)
my husband and I have had
our difficulties, but I must admit
that he has been q good father,
and Junior is intensely devoted
to him. My lawyer says the
court will give me possession of
the boy without any question,
but I wonder if should really
ask for this. I know every child
needs two parents-you don't
need to tell me that, DR.. Pope
noe. Do you think it would be
better if agreed that his father
should have him for half of each
year while I took him the other
half?"
No, I don't, Mrs. A. You are
proposing, in effect, that each
parent take half of a child, and
that is no more q. satisfactory
solution than it was in Solomon's
case. A child needs home. You
are deliberately depriving him
of the home that he needs-and
from your lengthy letter I con-
clude that the divorce is entirely
unnecessary. But if he can't
have the home that he needs,
he ought to have some kind of a
home, instead of half a home.
In any case (and there are
unfortunately hundreds of thou
sands of them), it is important
that the child have a very clear
and definite understanding as to
where his home is, so that he
can put down as many r0OCS as
possible. He should feel unmis-
takably that his home is in one
particular place, and that when
he is away from that he is away
from home. He may be away
from home a great deal; he may
enjoy himself thoroughly away
from home; but he has as much
feeling of security as possible
because he knows he has a home
and he knows exactly where it
is. From this point of view an
inferior home may be better for
the child than two or three very
superior places to live, none of
which he can consider as his
real home.
Evening star., 1953-03-17
CIubGiven
Sculpture
OF truman

The Woman's National Demo-
cratic Club received a bust Of
former President Truman yes
terday from Mrs. India Edwards,
vice chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, who pre-
dicted that Mr.. Truman would go
down in history as one Of the
Nations greatest Chief Execu-
tiveS.
The presentation was made to
the club president, Mrs. Charles
F. Brannan, at the groups
weekly luncheon at its headquar-
ters on New Hampshire avenue
NV.
On hand for the ceremony was
Sculptor Felix w. de Weldon,
who executed a bronze bust,
given to President Truman short
ly after his Inauguration in 1949.
At that time, Mr.. de Weldon
gave the plaster cast to Mrs.
Edwards.
Mrs. Edwards explained that
she was making the presentation
to the club as an indefinite loan.
The sculpture has had a place of
honor in her Maryland home
which she is now selling, she said.
And until she buys another house
eff that should ever happen
she thought the Democratic
women'S clubhouse was the most
appropriate place for its display.
Mrs. Edwards also made an in
formal address at the luncheon
session, discussing, among other
things. the recent integration of
the women's division in the DEM
ocratic National Committee.
She hailed the move as a
"great step forward" in giving
women a chance to participate
in policy making on a National
level more than ever before. She
predicted that the Republicans,
who always follow u.s." will do
the same thing in five or six
years.
II feel very happy about this
integration," Mrs. Edwards de-
clared. 1T was the thing that
needed to be done in this year of
1858. And I think it's going to
pay Off"
The Eisenhower administra-
tion's failure to seat a woman
delegate in the United Nations
General Assembly also came in
for comment from the speaker.
"Just naming a woman CMrs.
Oswald B. LorO as representa-
tive on the U. N. Commission on
Human Rights is not giving
women sufficient representation
in the U. H." she declared.
Guests at the head table in
cluded Mrs. de Weldon and Mrs.
Andrew Gray, the former Geor-
gia Neese Clark who, until re-
Gently. was Treasurer of the
United States.
On Thursday, Mrs. Carolyn
Hagner Shaw, publisher Of the
Social List of Washington, will
speak at a club luncheon honor
ing the States of Florida, Geor-
gia and South Carolina. Mrs.
Spessard L. Holland is chairman
of the event.
Evening star., 1953-03-17
tWCA Luncheon
Slated Thursduv

Pyo Wook Han. Counselor Of
the Korean Embassy. will discuss
the cultural background Of his
country at the world fellowship
luncheon of the Washington
YWCA on Thursday at the
association headquarters. Seven
teenth and K streets NV.
The speaker, who also has
served as a delegate to the Unit
ed Nations, was educated at
Christian University in Seoul and
at Syracuse. Harvard and the
University of Michigan.
The luncheon is open to the
public. Reservations may be
made by calling the information
desk of the YWCA by tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-03-17
Sisterhood to Meet

Mrs. Harry L. RoSenbaum of
Roanoke, Va. former president
of the National Federation of
Temple SisterhoodS. District No.
8, will be the guest speaker at a
meeting honoring the Sisterhood
Sabbath to be held at 8:15 pm.
Friday at the washington He
brew Congregation.
At present Mrs. RoSenbaum is
president Of the Permanent
Youth Commission Of Roanoke
and is Religious Extension Chair
man OF District No. 8. NFTS.
A reception will be held i'm
E1ediately after Temple services.
Evening star., 1953-03-17

versity of Maryland, American
University and Wilson Teachers
College.
Mrs. Karl A. Theme, Kappa
Alpha Theta, is chairman of the
Panhellenic Scholarship Com
mittee.
. Alumnae Of Is national social
sororites are represented by two
members each in the Washington
Panhellenic Association. Mrs.
John c. Lang of Kappa Delta is
president.
Evening star., 1953-03-17
OAR Anniversary

The President Monroe Chapter
Of the OAR will celebrate it's 42d
anniversary at a st. Patrick's
Day meeting at 8 o'clock tonight
at the home of Miss Cornelia
Hamilton, 1861 Langley court,
Mclean Gardens.
Evening star., 1953-03-17

you a list Of the symptoms of
eye strain.
If you would like to have my
leaflet which gives you makeup
suggestions for the woman who
wears glasses send a stamped.
self lf-addressed envelope with
your request for leaflet No. IS
Looking Straight and Pretty"
to Josephine Lowman in care
of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Kenny Says He'll Testify
At Jersey Crime Hearing
M the Associofed Presi

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. S.
Mayor John. v. Kenny of Jersey
City today told Superior Court
he definitely would testify to-
morrow before the New Jersey
Law Enforcement Council.
Mayor Kenny was sworn and
took the stand at the request of
Richard j. Congleton, counsel
for the enforcement group
Asked by his lawyer. 7. James
Tumulty. if he intended to ap-
pear, the Mayor replied:
''Oh, definitely. Definitely"
Mr.. Kenny was ordered to
appear in Superior Court today
after he refused to testify last
Monday at the Law Enforcement
Councils first public hearing on
waterfront crime.
At the outset of today's show
cause hearing, Mr.. Tumulty said
the Mayor had instructed his
lawyers he wants to testify even
though Mr.. Tumulty said I'VE
hold that the body is illegally
constituted"
However" Mr.. Tumulty
added, "the Mayor will appear
and will testify. If proceedings
go in a fair manner, we feel that
all the testimony will be taken. y
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Ridgway Criticizes
West's Slow Bui|dup
By the Associuted Press

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
Allied Powers in Europe, Jan. 8.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said
today a Soviet attack in the next
IL or 18 months would inf1ict
grievous blows on the West, "but
I don't believe we would be de-
feated."
Nevertheless, the SHAPE COM
mander told a news conference
the progress of the Western
military buildup is "far from
satisfactory in view of the ac-
cepted estimates of the enemy's
capabilities" He added:
SHAPES mission remains un-
changed-to defend all our peo-
pies and all our land. It's this
problem viewed against the
background of the potential en-
emy's capabilities today that
gives such urgency to insure So
luton if that dread issue should
be forced upon u.s."
Gen. Ridgway said SHAPE
has another mission in backing
up the West in diplomatic dis
cuSSions.
'In the fight NATO is making
for peace by peaceful means, it
Is of vital Importance that our
political authorities shall have
their voices in negotiations be-
tween the East and West. backed
up by the only force which
potential aggresSors recognize. ~
he said.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Greenberg Ordered
Taken 10 Richmond
BY the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.-Jerome
Mayo Greenberg, one-time Gov
ernment scientist charged with
falsely denying he once was a
Communist, today was ordered
removed to Richmond for pros
ecution.
The 30-year-old Greenberg was
arrested here by FBI agents De-
cember 80 after a Richmond
grand jury handed down an
indictment few hours before
the statute of limitations on the
charge was due to expire.
He appeared before United
States Commissioner Ernes st
Volkart on December 81 on a
telegraphic warrant and was
freed in $4,000 bail until today's
removal hearing, when the
formal indictment was pre-
sented to him. The bail, in the
form of Government bonds, was
continued.
Greenberg will not enter plea
until called for an arraignment
by the Federal Court in Rich
mond.
Greenberg was here on a
Christmas holiday from Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute in
Troy, N. Y, where he has been
an assistant professor in the
physics department since last
September.
The indictment charges Green
berg, once employed as physi-
cist by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics at
Langley Field, Va, denied to a
Federal agent in December, 1945,
that he ever had been a Com
munist Party member.
The Indictment contends that
he was a party member in Balti-
more in 1943. Greenberg is a
graduate of oJhns Hopkins Uni
verSity, in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Ground Is Broken
For Catholic School

Ground was broken for the
new $3.50, 900 combination school,
auditorium and convent of the
Catholic Church of the Little
Flower yesterday in the 5700
block of Massachusetts, avenue.
The ceremony was conducted
by the Rev. Edward j. O'Brien,
pastor since 1948.
Among those taking part were
George Morris Fay, former Unit
ed States attorney; Joseph E.
Sheehy. Charles H. Maher, John
T. Kent, Benjamin E. Talbot.
jr., and Joseph T. Geuting, jr.,
members of the Building Fund
Executive Committee
Also. Henry Needham, presi-
dent of the Holy Name Society:
Mrs. Charles johnson, prefect of
the Ladies Sodality, and Bernard
F. Kelly, building fund CAM
paign manager.
The structure is expected to
be completed in August. The
auditorium will be used as a
church, replacing the chapel in
Glen Echo which is too small
to accommodate the rapidly
growing parish.
Philip Hubert Frohman, Wash
ington Cathedral architect, de-
signed the Colonial type struc-
ture.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
$100 Million in PineuppIes

HONOLULU.-Sale of Hawai-
ian pineapples and juice for the
1851 fiscal year was valued at
an estimated 500 million.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Three D. {. Area Officers
FIGURE in Smith Trial

Three men from the Washing
ton area figure in the Tokyo
trial Of Mrs. Dorothy Kruger
Smith on charges of numbering
her husband, Col. Aubrey Smith.
Brig. Gen. Adam Richmond,
USA Cretired), 63, of 125 Glen
brooke road, Bethesda, and San
Antonio, Tex. is one Of the three
officers defending Mrs. Smith
before the court martial board.
Gen. Richmond. who retired
in 1947, was with the Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Office here from
1925 until his retirement except
for a three-year tour of duty
in Panama during the early
193Os.
Associated Press dispatches
list Col. L. A. Vickery, of 102
West Maple road, Linthicum
Heights. Md. as a member of
the court martial board.
Another Washington area Off
Ger, Brig. Gen. Gerson K. Heiss,
Sc, formerly Of Arlington, Va.
was cut from the board after
he was challenged by defense
counsel. Gen. HeiSs was sta
toned here from 1888 until 1850
except for two years in North
Africa during World War II.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
immigration Report
|WiII Be Studied on
Merits, Truman Says

President Truman today de-
Tended the report Of his special
Commission Of immigration and
Naturalization as a valuable
and objective contribution" and
one which should receive "the
most serious consideration on its
merits"
The lengthy report, issued last
week, called for the scrapping of
the new McCarran-Walter I'M
migration Act and the overhaul
ing of the basic philosophy and
major provisions of the immigra-
ton and naturalization system.
The co-author Of the new law,
Senator McCarran of Nevada.
bitterly assailed the report as
''leftist" and absurd" He said
that if reflected left-wing think
ing and he attacked several
members of the commission per-
Sonally.
Given Signed Copy.
Mr.. Truman issued his state
ment in connection, with a visit
Of commission members in which
they gave him a signed copy Of
their report. The commission is
headed by Philip B. Perlman,
former Solicitor General.
Bills already have been intro
duced in Congress designed to
carry out some of the recon-
mendations of the committee for
overhauling the McCarran Act.
"It is to be regretted" Mr..
Truman stated in connection
with the attack by Senator Nc
Carran. "that persons who dis
agree with the findings of the
commission have resorted to per-
sonal vituperation and slander of
it's members and it's executive
director.
"Such politically motivated at
tacks have, unfortunately, be-
come all too common in contro-
verSies over issues of great public
Importance. In this case, these
attacks are particularly unwar-
ranted and reprehensible."
"Smear" Charged.
Earlier, Mr.. Perlman charged
that Senator McCarran wan
tonly smeared" leaders of three
religious faiths in his "intem-
perate" attack on the commits
sion report.
Mr.. Perlman said the Senator's
attack was a graphic illustra-
ton" Of what is wrong with the
law.
1.-THE Senator cannot make a
reasoned defense of an act which
embodies so much discrimination
and prejudice" Mr.. Perlman
added.
He said that among those
Sen. McCarran had "smeared"
were spiritual and lay leaders
of the Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish faiths who were repre-
sented on his commission.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Maid Quotes Col. Smiths Wife
As Glad She Stabbed Him
Daughter of Retired
Gen. Kruger Goes
On 7 riuI in Tokyo
By the Associuted Press

TOKYO. Jan. 5.-A Japanese
maid testified today that Doro-
thy Kruger Smith brandished
kitchen knife over her dying
husband and cried:
I'm so glad I did i'll"
Mrs. Smith. daughter of re-
tired Gen. Walter Kruger of
World War II fame, is being
tried by a United States Army
court martial on a charge of
numbering Col. Aubrey Smith in
their Tokyo home the night of
October 3.
The maid, Shigeko Tani, %,
testified she wrested a foot-long
hunting knife from Mrs. Smith
and hid it in a downstairs liv-
ing room. She said Col. Smith
was stabbed with the hunting
knife.
Defendant Weeps.
Miss Tani, speaking in Japa-
neSe, told the nine-member
American court:
She ran back to the Smiths
bedroom and found Mrs. Smith
holding small kitchen knife
over the bleeding colonel in his
bed.
Mrs. Smith had the knife in
her right hand and the colonel
was holding Mrs. Smiths right
wrist.
Mrs. Smith wept frequently at
today's opening session. Twice
she broke down in sobs. She is
40 and the mother of two.
She almost collapsed when
she caught a glimpse of a gro
tesque, after death photograph
of the colonel which the prose-
cution offered in evidence. At
that time she sobbed:
"Oh, no!-It couldn't be. They
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Longshoremen Back on Job;
Picketinq Tactics Relaxed

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Normal
lougShore work was resumed at
New York piers today after
striking dock specialists relaxed
picketing tactics which had
threatened an East Coast ship
ping tieup.
Cessation of picketing-with a
few exceptions-was ordered by
the strikers after an eight-hour
session with Federal mediators
had failed early today to bring
about a settlement of the dis
pute.
Hundreds of longshoremen
went to work at their usual time
this morning. Weighing and
sampling of bulk cargoes was
not undertaken Immediately by
the striking specialists.
The mediators said the union
agreed to go back to work pend
ing arbitration of the wage and
contract dispute but that the
employers rejected arbitration.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
JobIess Chicago Man
Survives 14-FIoor Lean
By the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-An unem-
ployed laborer leaped from a
14th-hoor fire escape early to-
day, said police, who quoted him
as saying, "I1l do it again if I
live"
The laborer. Alexis Vladimer
Grekoff, 80, landed on the roof
of a parked automobile after
plunging from the fire escape
of the YMCA Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
House Group Arronges
Probe of Air Crdshes

The House Armed Services
Committee today arranged to
open public hearings tomorrow
on a series Of military air crashes
In Alaska and the Northwestern
part of the United States.
This was the first investigation
scheduled by the new Republican
Congress. The committee hasn't
organized yet and specific wit
nesses have not been lined up,
but committee officials said the
hearing will open at 10 am.
Evening star., 1953-01-05

wouldn't do that! Oh, help!"
The courtroom was ordered
cleared for five minutes until
she could regain her composure.
Her attorney. 1t. Col. Howard
S. Levie of New York, gave her
smelling salts.
Shudders on Seeing Knife.
Mrs. Smith shuddered when a
wicked-looking hunting knife
was introduced. Her eyes filled
with tears when a 17-year-old
boy, son of a major and friend
of the Smith family, testified.
He said he heard Mrs. Smith tell
her husband, two weeks before
the Staying, "some day I'm going
to kill you."
The maid testified she found
the hunting knife and gave it
to Mrs. Smith two days before
Col. Smith was stabbed.
Miss Tani, a cool and COM
posed witness, said Col. Smith.
45-year-old chief of the plans
and operations division of the
logistics section of the United
States Far East headquarters,
told her he had been stabbed
by his wife.
just before the trial recessed
for the day the maid testified
Mrs. Smith drank heavily.
Overruled on Challenge.
Col. Levie lost an initial at
tempt to have the case dismissed
on grounds that the Army court
did not have jurisdiction. He
contended jurisdiction lay with
the Japanese courts. His motion
was overruled.
Under the United States
Japan administrative agreement,
American non-military personnel
are subject to trial by the jap
anese when they commit crimes.
Dependents of Army personnel
are not included in that cate
CORY. Col. Levie argued unsuc-
ceSsfully that Mrs. Smith was no
longer a dependent of an Army
officer after her husband died.
Mrs. Smith is charged with
premeditated murder. for which
the maximum penalty is death
and the alternate penalty is life
Imprisonment. 1t. Col. w, H. H.
Jones. attorney for the prosecu-
ton, declined comment when
asked whether the death penalty
would be asked.
Before the trial. Mrs. Smith
was under observation in an
Army hospital. The defense has
indicated it would challenge an
Army boards finding that Mrs.
Smith was able to distinguish
right from wrong.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
SpeIImun in Formoso

TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. 5. (4).
Francis Cardinal Spellman,
Archbishop of New York, ar
rived today at this Chinese Ma
tionalist island after his tour Of
allied military installations and
hospitals in Korea and Japan.
He flew here from Okinawa en-
route home via Europe. He
planned to visit President Chang
Kai-Shek tonight.
Evening star., 1953-01-05
Anti-Jewish PURGE
Seen as East Germans
Charge 7 Ex-0fficia|s
By the Assoeiated Press


BERLIN, Jan. 5.-East Ger
man Communists have charged
two former high Red officials
with anti-party activities, indi-
eating a long-expected anti
Jewish purge trial may be in the
offing.
The ruling Socialist Unity
(Communist) Party yesterday
announced passage Of a resolu-
tion that amounted to an indict-
ment against Paul Merker, ex-
Politburo member, and Kurt
Mueller. long-missing No. West
German Red, both of whom are
believed to be in East Zone
prisons.
Mueller was accused of "Trot-
skyite" actions and Merker with
being connected with American
Jewish financial circles" It was
announced that the complaints
against the two are based on
lessons" learned from the re-
cent trial in Czechoslovakia of
Rudolf Slansky, a Jew who was
the former Red boss Of the coun-
try. He was executed along with
10 colleagues, seven of them
Jewish.
"SabOteurs" Assailed.
The references by the East
German Reds to the Slansky
purge trial and the charges OF
pro Zionism against Merker
pointed toward a possible repeat
performance here of the anti
Jewish drive in neighboring
Czechoslovakia.
The party resolution assailed
a number Of "saboteurs" in such
a manner as to indicate a big
dock of defendants already may
be prepared.
The resolution charged that
Mueller had been in contact
with Trotzkyists at the time he
was deputy chairman Of the
West German Communist patty
and member of the Bonn Parlia-
ment. He was accused also of
working with the British secret
service in opposing Red party
policies.
Mueller disappeared on a visit
to the Soviet zone more than
three years ago. Some time
after the virtual kidnapping, the
East German government an
nounced he was under arrest on
charges of being a secret foreign
agent. He was never brought to
public trial.
Eisler May Be Involved.
Merker, who was eased out of
Red Party councils here almost
two years ago, was accused of
demanding postwar compensa-
ton for Nazi-confiscated Jewish
property and favoring other
Zionist policies.
His name has cropped up in
the East press as another
Slansky' the last few weeks, and
German circles said he was slated
for eventual trial.
One Of the Trotzkyists Mueller
was charged with contracting was
Ruth Fischer-sister Of Gerhart
Eisler, a Jew deposed recently as
East German propaganda chief
Observers speculated that the
coming trial may in some way
involve Eisler, whose job was
abolished January l without any
announcement as to his future.
It has been widely rumored that
he is listed for purging. However
he is scheduled to address a mass
meeting in East Germany tomor-
row, along with other Communist
leaders.