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Evening star., 1953-12-28
Swedish Best Seller Gives
Grim Truths on Atomic War

using a 36-round automatic in
stead.
It is in civil defense, how
ever. backed by booklets such
as "If War Comes :" that
Sweden is way ahead Of other
less-neutral nations.
In organizing her civil defense
Sweden is leaving nothing to
chance. All citizens Of both
sexes, from the age Of Is until
IS, have to undergo compulsory
training in civil defense. Only
servicemen and military reserv-
lists are exempted from this COM
pulsory training. The training
period Is at present 60 hours
a year. OF these, IL hours are
lectures, and the rest practical
training with the branch to
which the trainee has been as
signed.
In the more general field.
Sweden is building atomic shell
ters that will provide refuge for
100000 people. and has already
placed underground a conSid-
cradle number of her factories.
Underground airfields and bases
for jet planes, purchased by the
Swedish Air Force, are another
feature of Sweden's prepared
ness.
Shelter Hewed Out Of Rock.
An enormous atomic shelter
has been hewed out of granite
rock in the center of Stockholm.
It will offer refuge for 10000
citizens of Sweden's crowded
capital.
South of Stockholm are new
underground plants, where Ii
quid oxygen. essential for the
manufacture of rockets, is being
produced along with various i'm
portant instruments. The plant
is in a cave, blasted out of
granite, with q feet of solid
granite rock between the caves
ceiling and the ground above.
To protect workers from falling
rocks, the walls and the ceiling
have been lined with concrete
reinforced with iron ore.
Steel gates, capable of with
standing an atomic blast, close
the cave entrance, which is sit
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Thomas L. Stokes.
Dewey Rouses the Democrats
Governors Hartford Speech Has Antogonized
The Party in Conqress-And Toft Republicans, Too

cerpts, are like the red rag
waved before the bull.
The Dewey speech may, in
deed, turn out to have been
a costly venture for the Presi-
dent since the administrations
reliance upon Democrats at the
coming session may involve
more than foreign policy, in
which area they supplied win
ming votes last session. It may
well extend into the realm Of
domestic affairs because, in his
effort to appeal to Democrats.
independents and labor, the
President has espoused issues
which arouse no great SYM
pathy among many Republi.
cans in CongreSs-Social secur-
ity expansion. increase Of the
minimum wage, increase OF
unemployment benefits. These
are New Dealish and Fair Deal
ish in complexion.
Aside from claims by DEM
ocrats that the Hartford
speech showed that the Brown
ell attack on ex-President Tru-
man via Harry Dexter White
was Dewey-inspired, they dis
covered also the same Zine"
on Korea that President Eisen-
hover took in last years cam
paign when he blamed Korea
on Truman blunders, an attack
that finally drove Mr.. Truman
to the biting personal attacks
on Gen. Eisenhower on his
cross-country campaign tour.
Gov. Dewey put it this way:
Three and q half years ago,
as the inevitable result Of ter
rible blunders by the Truman
administration. the Commu-
: nistS attacked in Korea. Then
the Governor added these
touches. or touch-ups:
whenever anybody men
tions the words Truman and
hDemocrats to you. for the rest
Evening star., 1953-12-28

at Hartford, Conn. They pro-
fess to find in it evidence OF
the continued influence OF
Gov. Dewey on the Eisen-
hover administration, includ-
ing substantiation of their
suspicion that he was behind
a maneuver that rankles very
much with them-the Brownell
attack on ex-President Tru-
man in the Harry Dexter
White case. This was seen in
the New York Governors
staunch defense at Hartford of
the Attorney Generals exploit.
For their purposes. Demo-
Gratis also see in the Dewey
speech a way to get at the
President. still too popular for
most to attack directly, by
identifying Gov. Dewey as the
real guiding genius politically
of the Eisenhower administra-
ton. You may expect some
pot-shotting by Democrats on
that score. and with double
meaning. for they know how
the Dewey influence is resented
by the conservative or Taft
wing of the Republican Party,
which happens to be pre-
dominant in Congress.
The extent to which DEM
ocratic leaders. particularly in
the Senate, count upon Gov.
Dewey's Hartford speech be-
coming an melting force may
be inferred from the fact that
it is now being distributed to
every Democratic Senator by
the Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee. and
with certain portions under
lined. among them the Cover
nor's injunction to his audi
ence: Remember that the
words Truman and Democrat
mean diplomatic failure. mill
tary failure. death and trag-.
\ edy." That. and other ex-
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Democrats Are Included d-Out
Eisenhower Has Paid No Attention Whoteve
To the Only Technical Minority in Congress
n Whatever

It must be remembered also
that Senator Taft operated
most effectively to win coali-
ton support or opposition dur
ing a period when the Demo-
cratic leadership was in Mid
west hands largely receptive to
the Truman influence. Now
both the minority leader and
whip, Senators johnson OF
Texas and Clements Of Ken
lucky have that Southern kin
folk appeal themselves and
they have not been slow to-
utilize it.
At the same time that the
President has sharpened the
partisan struggle over his pro-
gram, he has acted to blur the
lines of difference within his
own party. There is nothing
in his program for the extrem-
lists of either G. o. P. faction.
If anything. the dang. rests
in a moderation which. subject
to the inevitable compromises
of the legislative process, will
make extremely tepid cam
paign material.
President Eisenhower'S per-
sonal prestige in the country is
still high. AS the Congress re-
turns to Washington, this Is
universally reported together
with misgivings about the
economic situation. Some
Democrats are talking OF Civ
ing battle the instant the gavel
falls to open the session, but
the general impression is that
any such effort would fail.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Doris FIeeson-

Despite the fact that his
House majority is a mere
handful and that the next
Senate will include 48 Demo-
Gratis, Al Republicans and one
extremely bitter Independent.
President Eisenhower has not
made the slightest gesture Of
Cancellation toward the mi
nority as he prepares for the
election year struggles in Con-
gress.
Democrats report that they
cannot find a single one of
their number who has been
approached directly or irdi-
rectly or who has had a sign
of personal friendship from the
President during the weeks he
has been building his program.
Perhaps naively, some of them
are a little surprised by so rig
orous an attitude on the part
of the general who achieved
fame under their auspices.
Certainly the Presidents be-
havior represents a considered
and extremely important po-
litical decision. Within the
White House the finger is put
on Presidential Assistant Sher-
man Adams of New Hamp-
shire. Veteran congressional
Republicans say they were not
consulted. Some of them are
Just as glad since they intend
to reserve considerable free
dom of action for themselves
next year.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

SIS, ,172, 900 and in 1852 of Duff's
Baking Mix Division for $685.
900. The FTC held that evi-
dence received in earlier hear
ings established prima facie
case that the effect of the merg-
ers might be substantially to
lessen competition or tend to
create a monopoly"
Pillsbury will have a chance
to refute or explain that evidence
when the hearing is resumed.
The Minneapolis concern is the
country's second largest -four
miller.
In what an FTC spokesman
called a major policy decision.
the commission held that the
complaint was Improperly dis
missed" by Hearing Examiner
Everett F. Haycraft, on Pills
bury's motion at the close Of the
prosecutions case. Chairman
Edward F. Howrey wrote the
opion.
In Minneapolis President Paul
s. Gerot of Pillsbury Mills said
the acquisition of the two COM
panies was entirely lawful and
we shall now proceed to prove
that in making them we did not
violate the law"
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Thonos [. Stokes

If you had to pick the single
person who had most to do
with the nomination of Dwight
D. Eisenhower on the Repub-
lican ticket-that is, outside
the general, himSelf-you
probably would light on Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New
York.
You would be moved by a
variety of reasons-his influ-
ence as titular leader Of the
Republican Party and twice its
candidate for President; his
control of the biggest State
delegation in the convention;
his recognized political know
how and. as important per-
haps as any other factor. his
enlistment for help in direct
ing the Eisenhower nomina-
ton campaign Of Herbert
>Brownell. jr., his own man Fri
day in three nominating con-
ventions and two presidential
campaigns. For that, Mr..
Brownell now is Attorney Gen.
eral.
But, paradoxically, not yet
a year after President Eisen-
hower's entrance into the
White House, . there are signs
that the same Gov. Dewey
may have worked himself into
q liability of no small conse-
quence to the Eisenhower ad-
ministration in one fairly i'm
portant quarter in the coming
session of an almost evenly
divided Congress.
That is with Democrats in
Congress upon whom the
President must rely again, as
last session, for needed votes
on crucial issues. Democrats in
Congress are hopping mad at
Gov. Dewey because Of his
bitter and vengeful TRADE at
them and former President
Truman In his recent speech
Evening star., 1953-12-28

from the north at any mo-
ment.
1t is true that President
Eisenhower has said that any
such aggression would be met
with retaliatory blows by
American naval and air power,
but the Communists know this
is an empty threat. They are
well aware that American sea
power and air power didn't
prevent the crossing of the
Yalu River into North Korea
by a million Chinese Commu-
nists. nor drive them out of
North Korea - they are still
there. Besides. Great Britain
is on record as opposing any
future operations beyond the
Yalu against the enemy bases.
Without permission to conduct
a strategic air campaign
against such bases. air power
is not decisive, as three years
of war in Korea have tragically
revealed.
Is there any other possible
explanation for Gen. Eisen-
hower's move? The only one
that makes sense is that the
United States is anticipating
shortly an appeal from the
South Korean government for
money and supplies to train
and equip more divisions of
its own to replace the Ameri-
cans. At present the Korean
government has 18 divisions of
about $4,000 men each at the
front and, together with its
support troops, has about TOO
600 men in all under arms
1t costs America about $1,000
a year to support one of its
own men in uniform. whereas
Korea can do it for about a
twentieth of that amount.
What South Korea needs Is
about 1,250.000 men under
arms to maintain the armistice
line. and if that should cost
the United States somewhere
about $315 million a year, it
would be inexpensive insurance
in maintaining the frontier
of freedom" in the Far East.
Also, all American ground
troops then could come home.
If the purpose Of the Eisen-
hover announcement is to
pave the way for a build-up
of the Korean army. and if
this is soon made plain to the
Evening star., 1953-12-28
By Fred Manor
North Amerieon Newspaper Allianee.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 28.-All
Sweden is reading-and talking
about-a truly sensational "best
seller" published by the govern
ment, with an introduction
signed by the King and the
Prime Minister. The booklet is
titled IF War Comes. =" And
a copy has been delivered to
every family in the country.
Says the booklet: IF war
comes. your towns and villages
will be set on fire and blind
ing flash may be the first In
dication of an atomic explosion.
An attack from the air may.
in fact. be your first warning
that war has broken out"
There is the warning-and
Sweden is a neutral country.
Neutrality, however, as far as
Sweden goes, snot just a state
of mind but a Give" policy which
appreciates that. in actual fact,
there might be very little neu-
trality possible in any new war.
There are few governments in
Europe today which would dare
to give their people such un-
palatable atomic truths as the
Swedish government is pouring
out every day. Nor is it just
a matter Of words. Neutral
Sweden is far and away the most
prepared" country in the world.
One Task Is to Fight.
Young Swedes do only 10
months in the armed services.
but in every moment of those
10 months the slogan is rammed
into them the fact that the sol-
dier has only one task-"to
fight!" There is hardly any
drill-little more than Is min
utes a day-and the Swedes
have discarded the rifle and are
Evening star., 1953-12-28

negotiations are inadvisable or
necessarily fruitless. It does
suggest that no one should
enter into them with Soviet
leaders without q clear idea
and plan Of exactly what one :.
will exchange for what. The
Western tendency has always
been to approach Soviet lead
ers in an atmosphere Of good
will. whenever Soviet words
suddenly became conciliatory !:
and to enter such conferences
inadequately prepared and
with their own counsels di-
vided.
One should never demand
from the U. s. S. r. Cor any
other state) what one would
not be willing to grant II one
were in that states security
position. But one should not
entertain Soviet propositions
that the Soviets would not
dream Of accepting II they
were in the Western position.
Since the first Soviet note on
Germany in the summer OF
1852. the Soviets have in.
creased. not diminished, their
terms.
One should never take any
thing for granted in any agree
ment. or assume that its spirit
will be honored. =
Everything bearing a Soviet
signature must be spelled out
in specific and precise detail.
If, for instance, the Soviets
should concede free elections
in Germany. the exact proce-
dures for preparing, conduct-
ing. and supervising those
elections and checking the re-
suits must be scrupulously de-,
fined without the slightest pos
sibility of their terms being
misunderstood, nisinterpreted.
or misapplied.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

Carthy, Republican. Of Wiscon-
sin, chairman of a Senate inves-
tigating committee, was a "Re-
publican problem" He also re-
ferred to the Senator as an
American problam," and con-
ceded that Senator Mccarthy
had made headway in some
parts of the country.
Mr.. Mitchell predicted big
Democratic gains in the 1854
congressional election. but said
it was too early to make specific
claims.
Mr.. Mitchell said the Dem
ocrats should hold their minority
position in Congress and give the
Eisenhower administration op-
portunity for leadership.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
PiI|sbury 10 Face
Action on Mergers
By the Assoc,oied Pres,

BY the AssoeIoted Press
In its first decision under a
1850 anti-merger law, the Fed
eral Trade Commission has ruled
that Pillsbury Mills. Inc, must
face anti : trust proceedings
arising from its purchase of two
competitor firms.
The commission reversed its
own hearing examiner, who had
dismissed the complaint attack
ing Pillsbury's purchase in 1851
of the Ballard & Ballard Co. for
Evening star., 1953-12-28
White Case Hurt
Party, Mitchell Says
BY the Assoeiated Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Demo-
cratic National Chairman Steph-
en- A. Mitchell said yesterday his
party lost ground in Illinois dur
ing 1853 and was hurt generally
by the Harry Dexter White case
revelations.
In a television interview on
WNAB-TV Mr.. Mitchell admitted
frankly that the White case "has
hurt the Democratic Party" The
FBI reported White. Treasury
Department official in the Tru-
man administration, was a Sc
curity risk.
Speaking of Republican VIC
tories in judicial elections in
Cook County and in the Rock
Island Supreme Court district,
Mr.. Mitchell said:
81 think these recent elections
in Illinois have been rather dis
couraging to the Democratic
party. They concern me very
much. I think we have lost
ground.
Mr.. Mitchell said Senator Nc
uated at the end of a long,
curving tunnel. Numerous, clev-
erly devised air tunnels bring
fresh air into the cave, and may
also he used aS emergency exits
Evening star., 1953-12-28


Of your lives remember that
those words are synonymous
with Americans dying. thou
sand Of miles from home, be-
cause they did not have am
munition to defend themselves.
Remember that the words Tru-
man and Democrat mean bum
Cling our country into war and
the lack of courage or the ca
pacity either to win the war
or to win a truce"
It's not hard to see why
those are fighting words" to
Democrats.
Evening star., 1953-08-24
CoLoRED-DowNING ST. NE, 13o(
COLORED - WOODBRIDGE g.

room semidet. brick: conv. to shop
YARD; low down payment; reasonable
Mr.. KstZ, IA. 9-1109. MARSHALL
j. WAPLE CO. Realtor, 1924 14th
AZ pnnS
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BUSINESS PROP. FOR SALE
ExCELLENT IOCATIoNao~oo :

LOCATION-2Oxeo. l.
ell on lot. 61x14S Plenty OF park
ting. Central Ice. Price is right 3.
A CASSATT. 222S Wilson Blvd,
IA. 5-6234. 27s
ANACOSTIA-Pract. new bldg. and
lse. parking lot. suitable for most
any business; 1st and 2nd Com
mercial; $150,000. Write BOX So
S, Star. 40
VEGETABLE STANDS az in New
Center Market for sale by OWNER
due to other interests. Me. S-7I62
or ewes LIZ. 2-6427. -26
Evening star., 1953-08-24
HOUSES SALIVA. Cont. }
LANGLEY

For discriminating buyers-White
brick rambler; 1-acre knoll. beaut
shrubbery: 30-ft liv. rm. with f1repl.
full din. rm, 3 lge. bedrmS.. 2 tiled
baths, .mopel-metal kit, disposal
diShwasher, stove, refgr., screened
porch. fiagstone terrace, clubroom
Sep. bldg. brick, 20x30, used as ..
car gar, with apt. of Nv. rm., bed
nm, kit. and bath above. Priced
$50 900: immed. poss. BY appoint.
ment only. E. H. IRWIN, IA. T-522a
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peter i. hagan

MT. RAINIER AREA
Lge. det. 2-story, 6-rm. and batl
home, full bsmt., oil h.-w.h.; cony
churches, shopping: fare bus zone
public and parochial schools; price
Sl2.50n; $4,000 cash. balance ap
prox. S12 mo.
SPANISH RAMBLER
Lge liv. rm. with fireplace, Q twiI
sized bedrms, lge. bright kit, ful
basement with knotty pine rec. rm
S13.50O; terms
peter j. hagan
UN. 1855. UN. 4-19S5. WA. 7-1e57
Evening star., 1953-08-24
OFFICES 6 STUDIOS FOR RENT
FINANCIAL DISTRICT-Suites to
bldg. I129 Vermont ave. Call ST.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT-suites, to
BLDG 112s Vermont ave. Call ST.
OuP0NT CIRCIH ONCE bldg, 1919
Conn; ave: ofices available. AID.
EVANS BUILDING 1920 New York
ave. n.w.-Available Immediately
rooms appS to PEs Ss' RoprR sSo5p r.
TiEs Evans Bniidina ME-. 81 io7.
BOOTHS FOR RENT in Beauty shop.
colored. 2004- 18th st. NV. AID.
sIR Is4fI: tfAsE q Il; nfFIdf 11IoS5; S,a r224o4
by present tenant into rms, n. -to-
ceiling partitions. top half glass,
floors .csrpeted. many built-in. wall
drspes air eonS passtiosy nnew new
furn.; opt, leased to June 80. 1855;
immed. poss Call ST 3-1110. 90
OFFICE SPACE on street floor in
Ring. Bldg, containing approx. $50
psrrtitiqningg ,go,,1 Installed q, 70 suit ten
business Sai Can MRS MRS. aUfcaisoS. fS5insy5S:
FOR LAWYER, . rooms in law suite.
building: switchboard and recep-
zionist service. splendid library IA.
cilitieS. Box 1SO-R. Star. 80
ARLINGTON once space for rent;
Wilson blvd: $50. Phone IA. 7-O519.
Monday. "a
$500 SO. FT., 1st-foor space. ample
free parking, on buxline. well-suited
for insurance Co, or other large ors
COHEN CO, ia. 2-I661.
2,0OO-SQ. FT. st-h. space Plus am-
pie free parking, on busline, 81 SO
So. It. ALBERT II. COHEN CO.
ia. 2-l66I
CONTINUED on Next Pass.J
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.

cash. Six rooms
basement. Fenced. Payments less
them rent. $10.950. UN. 4-3375.
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BETHESDA FDGEMOOR.,

CLOSE IN. SECLUDED
Spacious, charming, center-hall red
brick Colonial with all lge. rooms.
On wide lot 200-ft. deep. three big
bedrms., 2 baths. on md f.; huge
screened porch, 2-car garage; sur
rounding homes are comparable and
much more costly. Office open It'll 2.
Town & Suburban. EN-. 2-9400
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ALEX, VA.-6-rm. brick row house;
good cond.. nice yd... flowers, picket
MR.. OLSON, WO. 6-7O29.
N. by owner-3-bedrm
2-bath rambler; a dream kit. porch
full bsmt. JE. 3-9794 pr
CHESTERBROOK bed
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KENTLAND-S750 cash. Six rooms
basement. Fenced. Payments less
them rent. $10,950. UN. 4-3375.
MISUNDERSTANDING. 3 yrs. old.
ar5pse bpseieas asposa ns soS Sako o eSie.s Presd
right. Reas. down pay't. bal. like
rent. JOHN H. JOHNSON. WA
RADIANT VALLEY -bedrm. brick
det.. metal kit, washer, side porch.
$4,000. WA. 1882.
WEST HYATTSVILLE-New. 3-bed.
room room n rsm6ers, ie,c,, rearing 1, comnDletioni
plete de luxe kitchen, full bsmt
| large lots, Priced to sell at S14,90C
lone brick, at S15, 800, For further
details; call THE PERRY BOSWELL
POssEssioN WITH DEPOSIT on thi.
near .shopping. and schools Owner
already moved out of town, mus
sell at once. ASKING ,s10,95o with
Don't miss this opportunity to gel
BOSWELL CO. WA. $500. 80
AVAILABLE SEPT. 1.-two -bedrm
brick bungalow. prewar; Oil h;-w.h
eT Gepase ovn rfmSdsed $40 ,SoT1G0 lot
S1i 900 Jo. $3.50. GS4
81 800 DOWN--6-rm. Colonial, elec.
kit. garbage disposal, dishwasher
newly dec; vac: peri. loc. JOHN H.
JOHNSON. WA. T-5050. "a
$l",950-Sl.50o down. Ss5 mo-; :
ST Il ,a5O-S2. .450 down. : bedrms.
brk.. bsmt.. din. rm.; $73 mo. Hy-
attsyille, BREHME CO.. JU., s-5s5s
$l2, 99O-S1 800 down; 3-bedrm. .brk
FsH rambler: = GE all-elec; kit lse;; leys
$I5 5,95O-Assume A. trust. Beaut
brk. home in University Hills
BREHME CO, ,JU. s-5s5s.
f.sf din rm Ssms' porch IS Er yd PsT-
MoDhkS sTGhME s.sEbRM s3ii 81 q hon HONE, newly
derSrated r,cn INSIDE Dc ao0 and out; % FENCED
So ,OOO-S6O5 WALKER MILL RID
S.E.-6-rm. frame. q acre. basmt.
3i2 mi. d. c.: cleo, tel. view, nc
bath: OWNER. 10. S-5673.
WEST HYATTSVILLE
QUEENS CHAPEL MANOR
Three be bsdrms and, and den. full g. b;mt, m t,
trees. side porch, lied bath. lge
de luxe kit. gas &C. heat. JIM
shingle Cape, Cod; nr. schools.
transp. and shopping: immed. oc-
loan. OWNER. UN. 4-7354. "a
4 BEDROOMS FULL BATHS
Brick; built-in garage. only. 2 yrs
old. in beautiful Cedar Valley Sc;
$4,000 %S3: 600 down. J. M MEDLEY 20
CD : :. -
4-Bedroom Brick Rambler
Attractive brick rambler on lovely
corner lot. full basement. gas &C
heat; quick possession. Only $15.-
500: call Mr.. Blackwood. LA
Roger Moss. Ho. e-so2o
2125 R. I. Ave. NE. pa
ATTRAC, CAPE COD with garage, on
lla acres. Must be seen to be ap-
OPEN SAT-. AND SUN.
Dir: Over So. Capitol Bridge. west
on Military hwy, IT. on Branch ave,
turn rt. at 1st Shell Station past
Clinton, 3rd house on, left
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JU. 5-1100 -23
SCHOOL STARTS SOON
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