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Evening star., 1953-08-19
irons Dangerous Come

In commenting upon your recent edi-
torial, Trans Dangerous Game"
should like to point out that the Soviet
"ominous bid for rapproachement with
Iran" is nothing new: nor has there
been any lack of determination or
power to refuse it, Please remember
that in 1916 Iran withstood Soviet mill
tary aggression and a strong Commu-
mist separatist movement which had
carved out whole province, and came
out victorious. No doubt the United
Nations gave her moral support but,
in contrast, when one realizes that the
United States had to pour hundreds of
millions of dollars into Greece to ward
off a far less significant encroach-
ment, one has to give more credit to
the Iranian determination than you do.
Nevertheless, it is a dangerous game
and even the Persian genius for sur
vival may reach a breaking point.
The whole affair would not be so
tragic if it were not so unnecessary.
The oil dispute, which is the cause of
all this, has been solved in all points
save one. The British have accepted
Trans right to nationalize the oil. The
Iranians have accepted to pay the Brit
iSh for the assets of their company
They have further consented to accept
the arbitration of the World Court as to
the monetary value of these assets.
However, John Bull has prevented the
solution by doggedly insisting on one
more point, namely, that Iran pay for
all the profits which would have come
to the British company for the next
40 years had the oil not been nation
allied. The British must know that
this is most unreasonable in the light
of their acceptance of naturalization,
but they want to save face, a trait
which is not monopoly of the people
of Asia.
The British are playing dangerous
game in exposing this most vital part
of the world to the Soviet menace by
insisting upon this point. The United
States is playing a more dangerous
game by taking sides in this face-Sav-
ing game and thereby rapidly losing
her place as an impartial and friendly
arbiter in this dispute.
Yahya Armaj JAM,
Professor, Manchester College.
st. Paul, MINI.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Italian Stopgop

Although Italy has managed to replace the
fallen De Gasperi government with new one
headed by Giuseppe Pella, it is still in state
of great political uncertainty, with no assurance
that it will not have to search for another
Premier and cabinet in matter of days or
weeks.
Premier Pela, highly competent man of
81, is distinguished Christian Democrat. He
has been the brains behind Italys postwar
financial recovery, and he has organized an
impressive cabinet made up largely of ad-
ministrative and policy-making experts. Despite
this, however, there is little or no chance that
his government will last very long. Indeed,
because of the political realities confronting
him, he has announced that he will resign by
October 81.
Meanwhile if he remains in Office that long,
Premier PeIa will play merely a stopgap or
caretaker'S role, doing nothing about such
major issues as ratification of the European
Defense Community treaty. His main objec-
tive will be to push through routine but neceS-
Sary legislation and to win parliamentary ap-
proval for the new budget, which must be
adopted by the end of October. That is the
most he hopes to accomplish, and there is no
certainty that he will have the time even to
do that.
In such situation, Italy obviously cannot
All it can do is hope for the best-namely, that
the Pella cabinet will survive until October 81
and that by that time partisan pickering and
bitterness will have been greatly reduced and
that the formation of more permanent gov
ernment will be possible. Another factor that
could help to that end would be Qualification
of the international picture by coming events
like the West German elections.
OF course, from the standpoint of political
stability what Italy needs most of all is restora
ton of the middle-of-the-r coalition that
existed before the June elections-a coalition
in which the predominant Christian Democrats
would once again have the full cooperation
of the Liberals, Republicans and moderate
Socialists. without that it is difficult to see
how there can be anything but chaos
breeding succession of short-lived governments
in Rome.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Honoring Rochombeou

QuaS-Official groups in eight States are CO.
operating in project designed to rescue from
oblivion the commander of the French troops
sent to aid George Washington in the final
phases of the Revolutionary War. His name
was Jean Baptiste Donation de Vimeur, Comte
de Rochambeau. He was born in Vendome in
France in 1725 and died at Thore in 1907 In
tended for the church, he became a soldier only
by accident but nevertheless qualified sufh-
GENTLY for a military career to be entrusted
with troop of cavalry at 18. By 1761, when he
was merely 36, he had won the epauletS of
brigadier general Papers in the Library of
Congress show that he arrived off Newport,
Rhode Island, July II, 1880, with $500 men in
40 vessels The French and the American
forces finally were united at White Plains, New
York, July S, 1881 Meanwhile, Comte de Grasse
was bringing fleet to the Chesapeake.
What followed is familiar history. Wash
ington and Rochambeau led their men south
to meet Lafayette and Saint-Simon at Will
liamsburg, Virginia. The British, encamped at
Yorktown, were besieged successfully, and Corn
wallis surrendered, october 10, 1881 Rocham
beau returned to France in January, 1888,
suitably feted" prior to his departure. His
administrative military career was resumed,
and he was created marshal in 1871. During
the Terror he was imprisoned and might have
been guillotined had not the death of Robes
pierre conveniently stopped the slaughter.
Napoleon honored the old veteran with the
Legion of Honor. In America there are monu-
mentS to him here in the Capital and at Newport
and his portrait has been reproduced on
postage stamp.
The current movement in Rochambeau'S
behalf contemplates the appropriate marking
of the roads over which he travelled 172 years
ago-a good idea.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Slight Misunderstanding

The State Departments policy, or lack of
policy, concerning our course of action if the
Korean political conference should collapse
holds promise of serious embarrassment.
There has already been certain muddying
of the waters. For example, Syngman Rhee told
the u S. News & World Report that he believes
the United States would give "tacit approval
if South Korea should walk out of the con-
ference before the 9O-day trial period has
elapsed. President Rhee was also asked
whether the United States would reopen hos
tilites if the conference fails and he wishes
to try unifying Korea by force. To this he
replied Il believe the United States will resume
the fight in order to accomplish the common
objective, because the United States honor and
future security will be at stake. You know
the United States is honor bound to reunify
Korea, since the United States is one of the
nations that created the 38th Parallel"
Mr.. Rhee is almost certainly deluding him
self If he really thinks the United States is
going to resume the fight in an effort to unity
Korea by force. Perhaps this is not altogether
his fault, for our official comments on our
future course of action have been ambiguous
to say the least. For instance, Assistant Sec
retary of State Walter S. Robertson, who
handled the negotiations with President Rhee,
has said that the United States hasn't mapped
us to walk out of the peace talks. And he also
said that we have not agreed-which leaves
the inference that we have not refused-to aid
Mr.. Rhee in resuming the battle unless the
Communists breach the truce.
If the fact of the matter is that we have no
plan or program in mind in event the peace
talks collapse, that at least, is understandable.
1t would be better, certainly, if we could see
three months into the future and form at least
a tentative plan of action for dealing with
whatever contingency might arise. The future
of the Korean peace talks is wholly unpredict-
able, however, and so it may be necessary to
play more or less by ear. But it hardly can
be said that it is necessary to leave Mr.. Rhee
in the dark as to whether we intend to join
him in renewal of the fighting in quest of
united Korea. In all probability, there is no
such intention. And if this is the caSe Mr..
Rhee ought to be told as much. Certainly he
should not be permitted, without challenge, to
make public estimates of our intentions which
have no basis in fact, and which can lead later
on to accusations of bad faith.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Wakefield

Old fashioned fowers and shrubs and
priceless bor
Still flourish here WI1ere Washington
1UGS born:
In the kitchen still the old four -iOheeler
clocks
Are keeping time. Old plotters still
ddorn,
Aboue the fireplace; herbs hang on the
rack
Just as they did tDhen Washington
liUed there,
and the old sun-di1l, Natures almanac,
Has on its edge these words, almost
prayer:
"A place of rose and thyme and scented
earth,
A place the 1Uorld forgot,
But here matchleSs foUer came TO
birth;
Time paused and blessed the spot"
Inez Sheldon Tyler
Evening star., 1953-08-19

flood. Geologists say the history of the
earth before mankind appeared is
sequence of upheavals which submerged
continents and thrust ocean bottoms
into the air. 1t may be that Atlantis
is the most recent of the series and SO
still fingers in our racial memory.
Today rescue teams are moving
through the hills above Argostolion,
trying to coax terrified men and women
into temporary shelters. A thousand
of their kinsmen are dead, hundred
thousand homeless. The rumblingS of
the earth below have subsidized into
feeble mutterings. But the whisperingS
of an ancient myth may haunt us with
greater poignancy, now that we have
heard again the terrible loud voice of
nature.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Was the recent treaty between the
United States and Japan drafted in
English and Japanse?-A. o.
A. The treaty had been drafted in
English nearly year before the peace
conference, at which the official Ian
guages were English, French, Russian
and Spanish. A japanese version Of
the treaty. prepared by the Japanese
Foreign Office, was checked by an ex-
pert and accepted as a conference
document.
@. In fitting a shoe, how much space
should be allowed between the tips Of
the toes and the end of the shoe?-R. z.
A. In the armed forces the allowance
is "a in. (the width of the thumb) be-
tween the tip of the big toe and the end
of the shoe. The shoe should be fitted
with the weight of the body on the foot.
@. How many war veterans are living
at preSent?-L. E. w.
A. The Veterans Administration says
that as of March 81. 1858, there were
15432 900 World War II veterans; s.
$4,000 World War and 1925 900 vet
erans of other wars and the Regular
Ests bliShment.
@ How long was the Wright BROTH
ers' plane in actual use?-E. j.
A. The plane made four brief flights
altogether, the first flight. of 120 it..
lasting IL seconds. 1t was wrecked
after the fourth flight when it made
852 feet in SO seconds against a strong
wind In 1928 the famous plane was
rebuilt.
@. When were small pennies Of the
present size first minted?-E.K.
A. In 1857. The first ones were OF
Flying Eagle design. Earlier pennies
were much larger in size.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to any
question OF fact by either writing The Evening
Star Information Bureau, 1900 ] street NV,
Washington 3 d. c.. and inclosing 3 cents re-
turn postage or by telephonng ST 3-7363.
Evening star., 1953-08-19

Pen-nameS may be used if letters carry
aOriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-12-03
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Evening star., 1953-11-25

partment denied a charge by
Senator Mccarthy that a de-
partment loyalty board had
cleared Wheeler in 1945. At the
time, Press Officer Lincoln White
said Wheeler was "only tempo
rarily" on the department pay
roll in 1945. Mr.. White said this
was two years before the Truman
loyalty checkup began, and
added that Wheeler was never
cleared by any board.
On May 25, 1850, Senator
Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire, told the Senate that
Wheeler had attacked "the war
policy of American imperialism. I"
A brother, Donald Nevin
Wheeler, last week was accused
by Attorney General Brownell of
once having been a Soviet spy
suspect. Donald Wheeler, now
a dairy farmer at Sequin, Wash,
denied the charge.
Evening star., 1953-11-25

Mr.. Cohn passed on to other
subjects without inquiring spe-
officially if the witness had re-
ceived documents and informa-
ton from Fort Monmouth.
The witness also refused to say
whether in March. 1858, he had
discussed espionage with Joseph
Levitsky, a former Signal Corps
and Federal Telecommunications
employe.
MI. Levitsky, a witness at yes
terday's hearing, was mentioned
by Senator Mccarthy in his
speech last night as having re-
fused on grounds of possible self
lncrimination to say whether he
had engaged in a conspiracy to
permit espionage.
After the appearance of Mr..
Hyman and DR.. Grundfest, SEN
ator Mccarthy recessed the
hearing until after the Thanks
giving week end. He said they
would be resumed here Monday
Evening star., 1953-11-25

Sponsible- quarter which has any
question whatever about Mr.
Pearson's total and vigorous
loyalty to the traditions of the
free world.
Holds Probe Appropriate.
At the same time, the Secre-
tary made it clear that he has
no objection to attempts by
Congress to hear Mr.. Gouzenko's
testimony.
Il think it is entirely appro-
pirate for congressional COM
mittees to make inquiries of this
sort through the regular depart
ment of Government which
deals with foreign countries" he
said. Il think it is appropriate
that we should have transmitted
their requests to the Canadian
government. I think it is an
orderly way in which to proceed.
Naturally" he continued,
"the Canadian government will
make its responses as a wholly
independent, sovereign govern
ment, which has it's own rights
to defend. as we would defend
our own rights under like cir
cumStanceS. :"
The Toronto Telegram yester-
day accused Col. Robert R. Nc
Cormick, publisher Of the Chi
cago Tribune, of manipulating
the strings" of what it called the
smear campaign" against Mr..
Pearson.
In Chicago, Col. Mccormick
declined to comment on the Tel
egram's editorial, but the Trib-
une wrote editorially that Mr..
Pearson land his followers in
the pinko set" are trying ito
turn the facts inside out +.
Just how bad and dangerous the
Pearson pinko set may prove to
be is something that Americans
do not know, but the more the
matter is agitated, the more it
will come to life
Mr.. Pearson termed that edi-
torial completely false and mis-
leading"
Evening star., 1953-11-25
By Cecil Holland
Star Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-A
witness before Senator Nc
Carthy's investigating subcom-
mittee refused at a televised
public hearing here today to
say whether he was engaged in
espionage and whether as re-
Gently as last month he asked
persons working at Fort Mon
mouth, N. j., to supply him with
classified Army information.
The witness was Harry Hyman,
81, of New York.
Senator Mccarthy said the
subcommittee has testimony
from a number Of witnesses
under oath that Mr.. Hyman is
IAN undercover spy for the
Communists"
After the witness had re-
fused to answer dozens of ques-
tions on grounds of possible
self determination, Senator Nc
Carthy said:
1--WE have here today what
appears to be one of the most
active Communist spies we've
run down to date"
Calls Hearing an "Outrage."
While refusing to answer the
questions, MI. Hyman, a stocky
individual wearing horn-rimmed
glasses, protested that the hear
ing was Outrageous" He said
the hearings were for a "po-
litical and not a legislative pur-
pose" and said at one point,
"I've not committed any crime" !"
Another witness as Senator
Mccarthy pursued the investi-
cation of suspected espionage
at the Arny's Fort Monmouth
radar research center was Prof.
Harry Grundfest. who identified
himself as an associate professor
of neurology at Columbia Uni
versity for the last eight years.
Prof. Grundfest refused to
tell the subcommittee whether
he was Communist while
working for 18 months in the
mid-1840s at the Squier Lab
oratory at Fort Monmouth. He
seid he was a senior psychologist
engaged in research on the et-
fects of climatic conditions.
| Prof. Grundfest also refused
to say whether he was a Com
munist when he was engaged
earlier at Princeton University
on another Government research
project involving reproduction of
the physical effects of wounds.
Denies Committing Espionage.
Prof. Grundfest declared, I've
committed no espionage"
Senator Mccarthy demanded
to know if he had discussed
classified work he was doing with
members of the Communist
Party.
The professor replied that he
had never discussed his work
with individuals who were not
authorized to have the informa-
ton. But when pressed by Sen
ator Mccarthy he refused on
Evening star., 1953-11-25

as "a completely untruthful at
tack upon me-
Senator Mccarthy said the
former Democratic administra-
ton was crawling with Commu-
nists."
He charged that Mr.. Truman
while Senator and vice pres
ldential candidate - intervened
against the dismissal from Gov
ernment service of George Shaw
Wheeler, who later deserted to
communism.
Senator Mccarthy said that
after Mr.. Truman became Pres
ident. Wheeler was reinstated,
although he had been dismissed
as a Communist.
Senator Mccarthy said of the
former President:
AS an individual, he is of no
more Importance than any other
individual who has been repudi-
ated by an overwhelming vote of
the American people. Truman
ism, however, becomes an issue
insofar as it is embraced by the
Democratic Party"
Defines "Trumanism."
Senator Mccarthy said Mr..
Truman's definition OF Nc
Carthyism was identical word
for word, comma for comma,
with the definition adopted by
the Communist Daily Worker,
which originated the term"
Then, returning to the theme,
Senator Mccarthy added:
"Trumanism can perhaps best
be defined as the placing of your
political party above the interest
of the country. regardless of how
much the country is damaged
thereby.
1T is the theory that no matter
how great the wrong, it is right
if it helps your political party.
"Trumanism In effect says to
the head of a household that if
you catch a criminal looting your
safe, kidnapping your children
and attacking your wife. do not
dare turn the spotlight on him,
or get rough with him. or call for
the police, because if you do. the
criminal will have you arrested
for disturbing the peace"
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Witness Won't Reply to Quiz
On Efforts to Get Rodor Data

grounds of possible self-incrimi-
nation to say whether he had dis
cusSed his work with members of
the Communist Party,
Senator Mccarthy and Roy M.
Cohn, chief counsel of the sub
committee, fired a flock of ques-
tions at Mr.. Hyman and almost
always got back a refusal to
answer.
Up until October 81, 1851. it
was brought out, Mr.. Hyman
was engaged on Signal Corps
work at the Federal Telecom-
munications Laboratory at Tut
ley N. j.
Refuses to Reply on Calls.
Reading apparently from tele-
phone records. Senator Nc
Carthy asked the witness if he
had made scores of telephone
calls to Army and Air Force in
stallationS and private compan-
les doing Government work in
the North New Jersey area for
more than two years.
The places included Fort Mon
mouth, Federal Telecommunica-
tionS. the air rocket testing sta
tion. at Lake Denmark in North
ern New Jersey and Electronics
Research Associates, Inc, at
North Caldwell, N. j.
In each instance the witness
declined to answer.
Are you engaged m espio-
nage?" Senator Mccarthy asked.
Mr.. Hyman declined to answer
and launched into an attack on
the subcommittee's jurisdiction.
up to and including the pres
ent month, have you been COM
municating with people at the
F. deral Telecommunications
Laboratory and at the Evans
Laboratory at Fort Monmouth?"
Mr.. Cohn asked.
BalkS on EmplOye Contacts.
When the witness refused
again to answer, Mr.. Cohn pur-
sued the questioning by asking
if Mr. Hyman sought last month
to get Fort Monmouth employees
to supply him with secret infor-
nation.
Baked again by the witness,
Evening star., 1953-11-25

stones left at the front door of
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
M. Terry 1924 Williamsburg
boulevard, over the week end.
Police believe it was the work
of Juvenile pranksters.
Two other smaller stones.
bearing the letter "H," also were
left at the Terry home and po-
lice had not determined whether
they also came from Oakwood
Cemetery, which is on East
Broad street near Seven Corners.
Under Virginia law, the max
imum penalty for unauthorized
removal of cemetery markers is
six months in jail and $100
fine. The maximum penalty for
unauthorized entry into a ceme-
terry at night is a $25 fine for
treSpaSSing.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Southern Maryland
Electric Coop Asks
Decrease in Rates
By the Associated Pres.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.-
The Maryland Public Serv-
ice Commission yesterday
was asked by a Southern
Maryland utility for per-
mission to reduce its rates.
The firm, Southern Mary
land Electric Cooperative,
Inc, serving all or parts of
Calvert, Prince Georges, st.
Marys and Charles Counties
wants to reduce rates on all
classes of service. The
changes would decrease
revenue by about $4,000 or
5 per cent annually.
Evening star., 1953-11-25
Wheeler Was u. S. EmpIoye
Before Joining Red Czechs
Mccarthy Says
Trumun Attacked,
His Dismissal

George Shaw Wheeler, named
by Senator Mccarthy in his
speech last night as a Com
munist agent" is former Gov
ernment employe who sought
asylum for himself and his fam
lily in Communist Czechoslovakia
on April Z, 1850.
The Wisconsin Senator charged
in his speech that in 1914 former
President Truman. then a
United States Senator, inter-
vened with the Civil Service
Commission when the commits
sion declared Wheeler to be unfit
for Federal service because of
his membership in the Com
munist Party" The Senator
said Mr.. Truman denounced the
commission lin strongest Ian
guage" for its procedure in dis
missing Wheeler. After Mr.. Tru-
man became President, the Sen
ator added. "the Civil Service
Commission reversed itself and
ordered Wheeler reinstated."
Wheeler, native of Tacoma.
Wash, and graduate of Reed
College in Portland. Ore, worked
for the Government from 1898
to 1912. He was employed sue
cessively by the Labor Depart
ment, the War Production Board,
the State Department and the
United States Military Govern
ment in Germany. He was dis
missed from the military gov
ernment in 1947 and went to
Prague, Czechoslovakia, where
he taught economics until 1850
when he sought asylum with the
Czechs after denouncing the
United States.
On May Is. 1850. the State De-
Evening star., 1953-11-25
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