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Evening star., 1953-04-22
Paris Calm on Eve of NATO Meetino

The main problem is how to
keep steam behind the defense
buildup once the element of
fear and the awareness of COM
mon danger are no longer de-
cisive. The necessity of putting
NATO on a long range basis
rather than an emergency basis
has long been foreseen. It is
idle to deny. however, that the
Russian tack is forcing q shift
of gears before NATO's momen-
tum has reached q safe level.
Delegates at the coming meet
ing will still be talking in terms
of military requirements and eco
nomic capabilities, but the big
job will be gauging political fac
tors in light of new developments.
There is no doubt that within
the NATO countries there is po-
tential power to continue the
drive for q strong democratic
world. The most important
question now is whether the will
can be found to make the neces-
sary sacrifices. The answer to
be hammered out in the course
Of this meeting will measure the
success or failure Of NATO in
the coming year.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Bridges Calls for Full Report
On Reported POW Brutality
State and Defense Aides to Give Details
As Demand Mounts for Protest to Reds

Chairman Bridges of the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
today called in State and Defense
Department officials to give "all
available information" on re-
ported brutality against allied
war prisoners in Korea.
Atrocity stories told by re-
turned prisoners prompted de-
mandS in Congress for sharp pro-
tests to the Communists and
renewed efforts to inspect enemy
stockades.
Senator Bridges cited the
mounting tales of horror coming
out of Tokyo and Korea and
declared:
This Nation cannot tolerate
such carryings-on, and I trust
that we will not do So"
Senator Bridges announced
that Acting Secretary of State
Walter Bedell Smith and his top
advisers will be heard at 2:30
pm. Defense Department rep
resentativeS will appear at $50
pm.
Both meetings will be closed to
avoid any interference with the
delicate situation in Korea,
where the exchange of prisoners
is going on.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, April pa govern
ment prosecutor said today that
John Christie had confessed to
strangling his wife Ito put her
to sleep" and to struggles with
three other women whose bodies
were found in Christie's house
of murder on London'S drab
Noting Hill.
Christie. SIS, mild-mannered
clerk, blinked through his horn
trimmed Spectacles as prosecutor
John F. Claxton disclosed in a
courtroom for the first time
Christie'S own account of what
took place in the apartment
whose walls and floor hid the
bodies of four women. Remains
Of two others, still unidentified,
were unearthed in the garden
behind the house.
Christie is charged with the
murder of the four found in the
apartment. He was arrested
March 81 in the climax to a
manhunt that rivaled the search
for the dread Jack the Ripper.
Bodies Finders on Stand.
Testimony of other witnesses
who found the bodies was heard.
After six hours Magistrate Clyde
Wilson recessed the hearing
until next Wednesday, when ad-
ditional witnesses will take the
stand.
Claxton gave a picture of a
Sex-crazed killer who gaSsed or
half-strangled his victims before
hiding their bodies. He said the
Evening star., 1953-04-22
President Asks $3.7 Million
For Laurel Center Project
Funds Sought for New Industrial
Home School for CoIored Children

A $3.7 million request for the
proposed new Industrial Home
School for Colored Children near
Laurel was added by President
Eisenhower today to the Dis
trict's 1854 appropriation re-
quest. now under consideration
at the Capitol.
In all. the President submitted
a supplemental request carrying
$4,031,775 for the year beginning
July /.
The $3.7 million would pay
for structures to house a COM
bined replacement for the old
Industrial Home School for Col
ored Girls and the Industrial
Home School for Colored Chill
dren.
Other Units in Center.
This unit would be part of
the proposed Children'S Center
at Laurel. Other units include
the District Training School,
now existing, and the Industrial
Home School (for whites) now
under construction.
The new request will raise
proposed public welfare expendi-
lures in the next fiscal year to
50, ,494, 900.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
By Crosby S. Noyes
Stor SfoH Correspondent

PARIS, April 22.-The North
Atlantic Council headed into it's
most important meeting today
in an atmosphere of calm that
seemed almost like indifference.
The Palais de Chaillot, where
conferences of top NATO minis
ters will take place in the next
three days was all but deserted.
Only a few workers wandered
about, stringing wires and tack
ing up flags Of the IA NATO ma
tionS.
The first brieflng for corre-
Spondents has been scheduled by
NATO Secretary General Lord
Ismay late this afternoon. There
is little to indicate that before
the week end the fate of NATO
and the security of the free world
may be decided.
NATO's top brass is arriving
on every plane and ship to find
this city basking in a most re-
laxed brand of spring fever.
American officials turned out
earlier than usual this morning
to meet Secretary OF State
Dulles and Mutual Security Di-
rector Stassen on their arrival
Evening star., 1953-04-22

at Orly Field after a fight from
Washington. Ceremonies were
brief.
On his departure from Ma
tional Airport in Washington
Mr.. Dulles had made his coun-
try's position clear: The United
States will seek to promote
common sense" long range
Western defense planning which
will maintain economic stability
along with military strength. He
warned that there must be no
relaxation of effort or any weak
ening of NATO defenses because
OF Russian peace moves.
The Secretary's statement
emphasized here the great
changes since the last council
meeting in december and point
ed up the fact that this meet
ing is more than an occasion
to rephrase the usual declara-
tions of solidarity and determi-
nation. It may not be featured
in official communiques, but no
one here doubts that NATO is
facing the most critical chal-
lenge of its brief history. The
main question is how to frame
the response of the free world
to the latest Soviet peace Of
fenSive.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
NIT Professor Admits
Being Red Until 'R
By the Assoeiated Pres.

William T. Martin, head of the
mathematics departme ent at
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. testified today he was
a member of the Communist
Party from 1888 until the sum-
mer of 1916.
He told the House Committee
on Un- American Activities that
he was member of a Red cell
at NIT which consisted largely
of professors.
Among them, he said, were
Norman LevinSon and Isadore
Amdur. also present members OF
the NIT faculty.
Committee aides said Levinson
and Amdur would be called for
testimony later today.
Martin also named as men,
bers of the Red group: Dirk J.
Struik, a professor who was fired
from the NIT faculty after he
refused to answer questions by
the House group as to whether
he had Communist connections;
p. E. Blaisdell and A. M. Colbert,
The 42-year-old witness said
he associated with other Com
munist members in the Boston
area.
One of these, he said. was
Wendell H. Furry, physics pro-
fessor at Harvard. Furry recent
ly told the committee he has not
been a member of the party
since March, 1851. but he re-
fused to answer questions as to
whether he had any connection
before that date.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

votes in favor of the pending
bill to establish State ownership
when a showdown is reached.
Tabling of the substitute will not
shut off debate on the bill itself,
but will show how the Senate
stands.
The majority leader also an
nounced the Senate will quit for
the night as soon as the substi-
tute is voted on.
Many Objected to Timing.
Senator Taft had said earlier
today he might wait until to-
morrow or Friday TO seek the
test vote, because many Senators
objected to the timing of a vote
tonight.
Moves to invoke cloture, which
would limit each Senator to one
hour, and around-the-clock ses-
sions to wear out the opposition
still are being held in the back
ground as potential weapons to
force disposition of the issue.
Predicts Administration Aid.
Meanwhile, Senator Taft pre-
dicted the Eisenhower admins
tration will go along with con-
gresSional leaders in support of
the State ownership plan, which
the President supported in his
campaign last year.
Senator Taft made the fore
cast in commenting on a letter
Is Senators who opposed the bill
sent to the President yesterday,
asking him to state his position
on features of the bill the oppo-
nents claim were objected to by
some of his own cabinet.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

The President also asked for
an increase of $303,575 for
operating expenses for Gallinger
Hospital and the Upshur Street
tuberculosis Hospital. 1t would
increase to $5.918.575 the appro-
priations for those two institu-
tions for the next year.
The additional funds would go
largely for increased nursing per-
sonnel. The President also asked
for $37.700 to reopen public con-
venience stations at Ninth and
K streets NV. and in the 1900
block of E street NV.
Cut for Traffic Office.
The new supplemental bill also
provides for a decrease of SILL
500 in the Office of Vehicles
and Traffic, due to changes in
the 1854 auto tags.
The Office of the Corporation
Counsel would get $4,000 to pay
for promotions for the corpora
ton counsel and his principal as
sistant.
The President also asked for
$48, $50 to take care of budget
changes in the Office of Clerk of
the House and for $3.50, 900 for
Jurors fees this year.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
British StrongIer Confesses
Numbering 4, Hiding Bodies

prisoner confessed killing his
wife, Ethel Christie, on Decem-
ber IA, but declared the three
other women died in struggles
after they had picked quarrels
with him. Mrs. Christie's body
was found under the floor.
The bodies of three other wom-
en- were walled up in an alcove.
They were Hectorina MacLen-
nan, Kathleen Maloney and Rita
Nelson-all in their mid-20S
and well known in Noting Hill
night spots.
"Put Wife to Sleep"
Claxton gave this as Christie's
statement:
"On December IA I was awak-
ened at about 8:15 am. I sat
up and saw that my wife ap-
peared to be convulsive. I could
not bear to see her so. 1 got a
stocking. and tied it around her
neck to put her to Sleep"
Christie left the body of his
wife in the bed for two or three
days before burying it under the
living room floor. He sold his
wife's ring for 81 shillings-a
little more than $5-because he
was out of work. explaining:
II took it off her finger as
keepsake, but sold it when I
hadn't got enough money to get
food"
His meeting with Miss Ma
loney, as recounted by Claxton:
"A drunken woman stood in
front of me and demanded a
pound for me to take her around
the corner. I said I was not
interested. She said she would
scream and say I had interfered
with her if I didn't give it to
her." \
Had Tea, Put Her in AIcOve.
Christie claimed she followed
him home, still demanding
money.
'I tried to get her out and
she picked up a frying pan and
hit me. closed with her and
there was a struggle and she fell
back on a chair. I don't re-
member what happened but I
must have gone haywire.
after that I believe I had
cup of tea and went to bed. In
the morning I must have put
her in the alcove. I don't re-
member doing it. I slung her
clothes in the bedroom"
Claxton said Christie told how
he met Miss Nelson in a Noting
Hill cafe. She came to look over
his fiat with the idea Of rent
ing it.
while in the nat, she made
suggestions that she would visit
me for a few days. I was rather
annoyed and told her it didn't
interest me. She started fighting.
IT am very quiet and avoid
fighting. must have put her
In the alcove straightaway."
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Cost Of Living Rises
Slightly, Reversing
3-Month Decline
Fractional Increase
Just Under Record
Set in November
By the Associated Press

The Government reported to-
day that living costs edged up
fractionally between mid -Febru-
ary and mid-March. This re-
versed a three month downward
trend.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
said its consumers price index
rose tWo-tenths of l per cent over
the month. This brought the
index to 1885.
The index uses average prices
of 1919 as a base of 100.
The living cost level is pres
emily only about one-haf of /
per cent off the record estab-
lished last November when the
index was 114.3.
Little Change Since Fall.
Actually living costs have re-
manned stable and changed very
little since last fall.
Moreover, the bureau reported
today that removal of Govern
ment price and wage controls has
had little effect on retail prices
into April"
Summing up the price situa-
ton, the bureau said:
There were sizable increases
(after controls were ended in
the retail prices of cigarettes,
coffee, gasoline and fuel oil, but
no important cost of living items
were affected at that time. The
groups which are predominently
service groups have continued to
edge upward, but food, apparel
and house furnishings are gen.
orally lower than a year ago."
Food Prices Up Slightly.
Reporting on the price changes
between February and March,
the bureau said the only sizable
one came in its 'other goods and
services" category. This CATCH
all class includes such varied
items as costs of tobacco prod
uctS and legal services.
Food prices rose two-tenthS of
l per cent, led by increases in
prices of eggs, coffee and Short
ening. Food prices average a
bit higher in % of 46 cities sur
veyed.
After reaching the record 114.3
per cent last November, the in
dex in December dropped to
114.1, in January to 1889 and
in February to 1884.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Spring Returns 10 City;
High Of 10 Due Today

An elusive spring came back
to the District area today as
Maryland and Virginia fruit
growers settled down to figure
their losses from harsh weather
since the week end.
Early rising motorists in some
spots in Washington had to
scrape light frost from their
windShields this mroning, but
the forecaSter predicted that a
sunny day would send the mer-
curry to a high of around 10.
Tonight will be fair with a
low temperature of about As and
tomorrow the clear weather will
continue. It will be warmer to-
morrow.
Fruit losses varied from place
to place. The early varieties of
apples and peaches in low-lying
regions were the hardest hit.
Later varieties, better able to
stand the low temperatures Of
Monday night and last night,
were only slightly damaged.
At Hancock, Md, Charles Dun
bar, University of Maryland
horticulturist. said he has mo
hopes at all for any peach crop"
in that area, Apples, he said,
have been greatly thinned by
the unreasonable cold.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

Senator Bridges did not make
clear whether this would be the
beginning of full-scale investi-
cation of alleged mistreatment
of Allied prisoners. But he said !:
1--WE want to find out at the
earliest possible moment from
the State Department whether
adequate representation is being
made to the Communists on the
matter. And we want to know
precisely what steps this Gov
ernment will take"
Along the same line Senators
Cooper, Republican. of Kentucky,
and Mansfield, Democrat, of
Montana. said hopes for a real
settlement in Korea had been
dimmed by the reported failure
Of the Reds to return all sick and
injured Americans in their hands.
II think in any dealings with
the Communists we must hope
for the best but expect the worst,
and the latter seems to be what
we are getting, Senator Mans
field said.
Chairman Short of the House
Armed Services Committee said
the Communists should be made
(See PROTESTS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Argentine Arrests -Four
u. ). Cotton Firm Men
By the Assoeioted Press

BUENOS AIRES, April o.
The United States embassy said
today four United States en-
ployes of Anderson Clayton &
Co., Texas cotton brokers, had
been arrested in northern Argen-
tina.
The men were arrested in Re-
sistencia, in the tropical, cotton
growing province, President Pc
ron. They included Jesse A.
Root, the manager of the firm s
operations in Argentina, an
American employe living in Ar
gentina, and two visiting Off
cials from the company's head
quarters in Houston.
Communications from Re-
Sistencia gave no indication of
the reason for the arrests. The
embassy learned of the incident
last night. Kenneth Yearns,
United States Consul General,
left by plane for Resistencia to
investigate.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
President Cancels Plans
To See Game Tomorrow

President Eisenhower has
changed his mind about attend
ing tomorrow's game between the
Washington Nationals and the
Philadelphia Athletics, the White
House announced today.
Gen. Eisenhower had said he
would go to tomorrow's game
after he had decided it would
be impossible for him to throw
out the first ball at the Mats
opener April 13.
The delay in staging the
opener, however, made it pos
sible for him to be present last
Thursday and as long as he had
attended that game he decided
not to do a repeat performance
tomorrow, Press Secretary James
c. Hagerty said.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Tide|ands Test
Vote Tonight
Sought by Taft
Motion to SheIve
Substitute Bill
Will Come Up
By J. A. O'Leory

Majority Leader Taft an
nounced today he will seek a
test vote in the Senate at 7::3O
o'clock this evening on the issue
of Federal versus State owner
ship of oil-rich submerged coastal
lands.
The vote will come on a mo-
tion to table the Anderson sub
stitute providing for Federal
ownership, with 37.5 per cent of
the leasing revenues going to the
States. Senator Taft forecast
defeat for the proposed substi-
tute.
Senator Taft also predicted
there will be a majority of 20
Evening star., 1953-04-22
RiverdoIe Shelters
A Booming Business

ERco'S BUSY-Militoy needs keep
1000 skilled workmen on the Ensi-
neerins Research Corporation poyrolI.
The story Of ERGO, by Stoff Writer
Hugh Humphrey-port Of The Stor's
expanded business eoverose-oppeors
on Pose A-24 todoy.
GARDEN OF AGES-The Woshins-
ton Cothedrors All HoIIows Guild will
sell herbs. ivy and flowers from the
fomed Bishops Gorden for more funds
TO help mointoin the sorden. The
story, by Betty Miles. is on Pose B-5.
MARINES OR BUsT-An ospiron.
to the Marine Corps lost ~ pounds in
few weeks TO moke the entry weight
and get in the Corps. For news of
Riehord c. August and the oreos
other sevieemen, see Pose Az.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Anti-FHibuster Rule
Reported FovorobIy
By Senate Group

A new rule to make it
easier to break filibusterS
was reported favorably by
the Senate Rules Committee
today.
It would allow tWo-thirds
of the Senators present
and voting" to shut off de-
date. The present rule re-
quires two-thirds of the en-
tire membership, or 64.
The amendment has no
direct bearing on the cur
rent fight over the SUBJ
merged lands bill, because
that will be disposed of be-
fore the Senate acts on the
change in rules.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
BeIvoir Traffic to Halt
For Parachute Drops
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, April o.
All traffic on U. S. Route l and
the Shirley highway near Fort
Belvoir will be halted for 10 min
utes at 1923 am. tomorrow.
The Army plans to parachute
a large amount of heavy equip
ment from planes to a field at
Fort Belvoir and, fearing that
some Of it may miss the mark,
doesn't want to take any chances
that an automobile will be hit.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
; Daylight Time Bills
Sent 10 House Group;
Action Due Friday
All Would Be Permanent;
District Still Has Chance
To Reset Clocks Sunday
By Harold B. Rogers

Three different bills for
permanent daylight saving time
in Washington each summer
were sent to the House District
Committee today by its judiciary
subcommittee without recon-
mendation."
Chairman Simpson of the full
committee, called a meeting of
his 25-member group for 10 am.
Friday to take action on the
issue.
Despite the fact that the Dis
trict Committee sometime ago
rejected a previous daylight time
bill for this summer only, the
committee is expected to- con-
slider the three new measures.
This development raised fresh
prospects for Washington to re-
set its clocks next Sunday when
all major cities Of the East will
go on daylight time.
3 Bills Outlined.
The three bills sent to the full
committee today are:
l. The Senate-passed measure
sponsored by Chairman Case of
the Senate District Committee to
give the District Commissioners
authority to establish daylight
time her every summer pro-
vided two of three major cities in
the East reset their clocks. These
cities are Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York.
2. A bill sponsored by Repre-
sentative Broyhill. Republican,
of Virginia to give the President
power to order daylight time in
the District every summer.
3. Legislation by Representa-
tive Klein, Democrat, of New
York to give the Commissioners
permanent authority to order
the clocks reset every summer.
Rent Control Action Deferred.
This Klein bill differs from the
measure also sponsored by the
same legislator which was re-
jected by the House District
Committee earlier. The disap-
proved bill would have given the
Commissioners authority for this
summer only.
Meantime the Judiciary sub
committee, headed by Repre-
sentative O'Hara, Republican, of
Minnesota took no action on
pending proposals to extend Dis
trict rent control beyond it's
termination April 80.
Mr.. O'Hara said his unit took
no action because there was no
bill pending for this purpose.
Mr.. O'Hara said members of his
group were almost unanimously
against any extension of District
curbs on rent.
The Commissioners recently
reaffirmed a position taken by
Evening star., 1953-04-22

lantic Council which begins here
tomorrow and which accordingly
will decide on a highly restricted
increase in NATO forces for the
immediate future.
For the end of 1853 it is ex-
pected to agree on an increase
of 10 divisions in the force of
so divisions which were called
for by the end of 1858.
Shift in U. S. Position.
For the United States this
stretchout appears necessary to
justify the curtailment of mill
tary and economic aid to Europe
which the Eisenhower admins
tration now contemplates. The
total aid bill is expected to be
cut from $7.5 billion to Sc billion.
and much of this cut will affect
Europe.
For the British, stretchout is
an old story. They have been
preaching it since last summer,
both on the grounds of economic
necessity and on the theory that
a crash" defense program is
wasteful and unnecessary.
The new American position,
which Secretary Of State Dulles
is prepared to expound in the
council meeting, constitutes a
departure from the previous
American view that the NATO
nations must aim at a danger
date" in 1855 or 1856.
A-Bomb Time Met.
According to the theory pre-
viously held by the United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff, this date
would coincide with the moment
at which the Soviet Union would
have enough A-bombs to coun-
ter the American atomic threat.
The theory was that the NATO
powers must have enough ortho-
dox ground and air forces to de-
fend free Europe when the
United States atomic threat
ceased to have decisive deterrent
power.
Even before the change in ad-
ministration the State Depart
ment, as distinct from the Pen
tagon. was inclined to agree with
the British view that a crash
program aimed at 1855 might be
economically dangerous and mil
itarily unnecessary.
Although its original argu-
ments still appear to hold wa
ter. the Pentagon seems to have
given way to the British view.