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Evening star., 1953-08-25
Wheat

Continued From First Page.)
tary of Agriculture Benson as
follows:
1T is my firm belief that a
statement from you outlining the
Commodity Credit Corps sales
policy and analyzing the overall
wheat situation would do more
to reverse the disastrous drop in
wheat prices than any other ac-
ton which the Government
could undertake at this time"
Senator Young said his office
has learned that total wheat sup
plies for the 1853 crop year ap-
proximate 1.75O.00O,OOO bushels,
of which $50 million is carry
over.
The Senator estimated 700
million will be needed for do
mestic use and 800 million for
export. He said this means a
carry-over of something over $50
million bushels next July unless
exports increase.
Continuing, Senator Young
wrote:
However, CCC today owns 412
million bushels. Your depart
ment estimates unofncially that
500 to 600 million bushels from
this years crop will go under the
Government loan. From this, it
appears that approximately l
billion bushels will be under
Government loan or in Govern
ment hands within short time.
This leaves only about 750 mil
lion bushels of free wheat to
fulfill export and domestic de-
mands of at least l billion
bushels"
Two Possible Courses.
The Senator said this means
exporters and domestic users will
have to obtain ESQ million bush
els either by direct purchase
from the CCC or by paying a
high enough price to attract
stocks from the loan.
In view Of this set of figures,
the Senator said the CCC is in
a strong position to force market
prices of wheat to the loan level.
He pointed out that under the
law, the CCC cannot sell wheat
at present prices for domes-
tic use.
Senator Young said the Ques-
tion now is whether the $50
million bushels needed during
this crop year are to be drawn
from CCC stocks at loan prices
or better. or whether the CCC is
to sell that amount at current
market prices or lower to meet
total needs.
He said the CCC would have
$100 million by following the
first course and thereby help
farmers who are being forced to-
day to market their wheat at
cut-rate prices because they can
not obtain storage.
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Sought
In Killing Of Girl, IA,
In Massachusetts,
BY the Assoeiated Press

SOMERVILLE, Mass, Aug. IS.
"A 25-year-old very pretty"
stenographer was sought today
for questioning in the Staying of
14-year-old Mary Di Rocco,
whose bullet-punctured, slashed
and partially burned body was
found in the cellar of her home
yesterday.
Police identified the girl they
are seeking as Miss Mildred Nc
Donald, an employe of the State
Unemployment Compensation
Division.
They said she kept company
with Joseph Di Rocco, IS, the
victims brother, for about three
years until he married another
girl last April.
Five Slugs Enter Body.
Medical Examiner Andrew D.
Guthrie said five slugs from a
.22-caliber target pistol entered
the Di Rocco girls body-in, the
heart, the head, jaw, abdomen
and left wrist.
In addition, he said there was
a slash on the girls throat as
if made by a razor or a sharp
knife.
Heavy motor oil had been
poured over the girls body and
newspapers and magazine,
placed around the girl, had been
set ablaze.
Police said the motor oil did
not catch fire because it burns
only under extremely high tenn
perature.
The burning papers caused
only a slight scorch on the girls
side before the fire was extin-
guished by Robert Di Rocco, II,
another of the victims brothers.
who was attracted to the cellar
by the smell Of smoke when he
arrived home.
Chatted With StenOgrapher.
Robert said he passed Miss Nc
Donald on his front steps and
chatted a few minutes before he
entered his family'S modest two
family house.
He said she was just leaving
the house and appeared calm as
she STROBE away.
Angelo Di Rocco, the slain
girls father, said he went home
to lunch and found Miss McDon-
aid there with his daughter.
He told police he asked Miss
Mcdonald what she was doing
there and said she replied: II
just came over for a while"
The father said he advised her
to leave and that she answered:
I'll go after I have another
cigaret."
He said he then left to return
to his job as a truck driver. He
said his wife was out shopping
at the time.
Niece of Councilman.
The slain girl was a niece Of
Gabriel Piemonte, Boston City
councilman and former presi-
dent of the council who served
as mayor when the city's chief
executive was out of town.
Police said discovery of a sixth
.22-caliber slug in the m 4 tress
of a bedroom leads them 10 be-
lieve the attack on the girl began
in the apartment and that she
was slain from point blank range
when she ran to the cellar.
Evening star., 1953-08-25
13 Sentenced in Israel
For Terrorist Acts
By the Assoe;oted Press

SARAFAND ARMY BASE,
Israel, Aug. 25.-An Israeli spe-
cial military court sentenced 13
persons, including two young
girls, to prison today after con-
victing them on charges of COM
mitting terrorist acts.
The heaviest sentence, IL
years, was imposed on Shimon
Bechar. who escaped from Jail
and was tried in absentia.
Yaffa Dromit and her fiance,
Zeev Badian, were sentenced to
four years each. Another girl,
Cyla Magori-Cohen, sister of a
member of the Israeli Parlia-
ment, and a youth. Aliahu Maj
jov. received one year each.
Other sentences ranged from
3 to 10 years.
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Dalton of 6. O. p. Joins
Foes of Gas Tax Increase

RICHMOND. Va. Aug. IS (P.
Republican Gubernatorial Can
didate Ted Dalton of Radford
has joined other legislators in
opposing any attempt to boost
the gasoline tax in Virginia.
Mr.. Dalton, a State Senator,
said Virginia could solve its
highway problems without any
great difficulty if the Federal
Government would relinquish it's
2-cent share of the gasoline tax
collected in the Old Dominion.
The State and Federal tax on
gasoline in Virginia is 8 cents.
Six cents of this sum is State
tax. The Washington Star
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Youth browns SHOWING OFF

DETROIT. Aug. 25 (P}.-zane
Potters, 10, was boasting to the
small fry yesterday about how
long he could stay under water.
To convince the Skeptical, he
shed his clothes, dived into the
Detroit River and was drowned,
police reported.
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Road
Continued From First PageJ

sisted that the Highway Depart
ment have the power to make
certain they do not interfere
with the Old Dominion's free
road systems. He said he feels
there are only two possible
areas" for tollS-the Richmond
Petersburg area and the Wash
ington vicinity.
Wilbur Smith & Associates
last month completed a survey
of the MISUNDERSTANDING
area, and recommended a toll
highway be built between the
two cities. The proposed 35.3-
mile stretch, to cost an estimated
S57.2 million, would relieve one
of the most dangerouSly-con-
Rested parts of U. S. Route /. The
Highway Commission has voted
to urge that this toll route be
built by an authority set up by
the State.
Belt Highway.
At least one proposed route in
the Washington area is known to
be under study by the Smith
group as a possible toll facility.
The route is a long-planned Cir
cumferential highway. Beginning
at the Shirley highway near
Springfield, it would loop across
country in one direction to con-
meet with a proposed Potomac
crossing at Cabin John, and in
the opposite direction to connect
with a proposed Potomac bridge
at Alexandria.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission, it was learned. also
is thinking of the proposed Cabin
John Bridge in terms of tolls.
Maryland's 12-year highway pro-
gram proposes to bring a west
leg Of Route 240-the Washing
ton National Pike-as far as
Cabin John. But officials said
there is no money in sight for a
bridge at that point unless it
could be toll crossing.
Joint traffic studies centering
around that possibility. it was
learned, have just been made by
Maryland and Virginia authori-
ties. They are being analyzed,
Maryland officials said, to see
whether the bridge would sup
port toll traffic.
The presence of several free
river crossings over the Potomac
into Washington makes the
question of toll routes especially
ticklish, officials pointed out. The
big question facing the Smith
group is to determine whether
a faSt-moving toll route would
attract enough motorists to
justify its heavy costs.
Functions Outlined.
Robert Barkley, engineer in
charge Of the study here. said it
has four main functions. The
first is the toll possibility. The
second covers major improve
mentS to existing free highways.
The third covers traffic control
and other measures to get more
out of existing roads. The last
covers ways to finance the i'm
provementS.
Mr.. Barkley said his group has
spent months going over many
previous Washington area pro-
posalS. and studying traffic data
supplied by the Highway Depart
ment. From Offices in Alexandria,
the group now is making studies
of its own. The consultant staff
also has conferred with most of
the areas highway and plan
ming officials.
Planning groups, most notably
the National Capital Planning
Commission and the North
ern Virginia Regional Planning
Commission. view the proposed
circumferential highway as the
areas No. l need. They argue
that routes distributing traffic
around Washington and from
one suburban point to another
deserve higher priority than di-
Evening star., 1953-08-25

disclosed Sunday that a legis-
lative study group will recon-
mend q 1-cent advancement to
make the State tax Z cents per
gallon and give the State High
way Department more money for
the States primary roads.
Mr.. Dalton said the State
Highway Department wouldn't
be so pinched for money if the
State could obtain all cents Of
the present tax.
Evening star., 1953-08-25
Greek Bus Crush Kills Six

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 25 (4l.
"A bus jammed with passengers
ran out of control and crashed
into a ravine on the island of
Mitylene today, killing six per-
sons and injurlng 21.
Evening star., 1953-08-25

sippi, polling 10000 votes to
167 900 for the Democratic NOM
inee, Adlai E. Stevenson.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Wife Dies After Stabbing;
Man Charged With Murder

A Silver Spring father Of eight
was charged with murder yes
terday in the death of his wife,
Montgomery County police re-
ported.
Held without bond in Rock
vile jail was George w. John
son. 80. colored, whose address
was listed as Box 90, Norwood
road, police said. ~.
Police reported Johnson's wife
Martha, 80, was stabbed in the
chest with a screw driver during
an argument October 6. She
stayed at Suburban Hospital for
five days and then was dis
charged. police reported.
Last Friday, the woman re-
turned to the hospital COM
planning that her chest hurt.
Police said she died on the oper-
ating table Saturday.
DR.. Frank j. BorSchart, Mont
gomery County medical exam
iner, said an autopsy disclosed
she had died Of collapsed lungs
resulting from the stabbing.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
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Evening star., 1953-10-26
'Dickenson Says He Delayed
His Return to Gather Evidence

repatriated "if they have proper
explanations"
Communist Cores p o n d e n t
Wilfred Burchett distributed a
long MISUNDERSTANDING the
United States of violating human
freedom and being reactionary-
to American newsmen when the
% Americans were turned over
to Indian custody. He said it
was signed by all the Americans.
Corpl. Dickinson said it was
true, that he and the others did
sign the statement. But, he said,
he was not sure what the state
ment said.
'We were required to sign it, :"
he said. They read something
to us. I'm not sure whether 1t
was what we signed. I don't
know who wrote it."
He said while he was in prison
camp he wrote propaganda let
terS and made propaganda
broadcasts for the Communists
because he was required to do
it," He said the Reds told him
if he didn't make the broad
casts he would never see his
family again.
Corpl. Dickinson said the
other Americans in his camp
called me a progressive because
I went to the (Communist) study
groups"
Curious About Doctrines.
He said he went to the study
groups because II was curious
to know what Marxism and Len
inism were"
Before he was captufed-at
Unsan in North Korea on No
vember 5, 1950-he had never
heard of Marx or Lenin, the
farm youth said.
Corpl. Dickinson completed
six years of schooling in Vir-
ginia. He said he quit school to
help his parents.
Now, he said, he hopes to re-
enlist and remain in the Army.
Corpl. Dickinson suffered some
Of the same bad treatment at the
hands Of the Communists as did
others who came back in the
regular exchange of prisoners
and who voiced their hatred Of
the Reds.
But by early 1852 conditions
had improved somewhat. There
was more food. And the indoc-
trinators began their attempts to
change prisoners into Com
muniSts.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
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Evening star., 1953-10-26

and find ourselves broken in
stead by his judgment--or else
we fearlessly follow the leading
OF Gods Holy Spirit, in whom
there is neither bond nor free,
neither white nor black-but
only the all-encompassing love
of Jesus Christ"
Dean Sayre also took issue
with the "gradualist" method of
improving race relations. He
said great progress had been
made in this manner. But it is
not the clock that saves" he in
sisted; time never softens pride
but only hardens it: we are never
redeemed by any calendar"
Evening star., 1953-10-26
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Evening star., 1953-10-26
Bus Waikouf Feared
As Crisis Passes in
London Gas WaIkouf
By shs Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Oct. 26.-Striking
tanker truck drivers trickled
back to work today as 5000 SOL
dierS and airmen, working
around the clock. brought Lon
don's gas and oil supplies back
to normal.
The week-old wildcat walkout
by $500 men, denounced by the
government as Communist in
f1uenced, appeared nearly over.
From the standpoint of the
ordinary motorist. the crisis is
over" said a spokesman for the
Automobile Association. Traffic
on the roads leading into London
this morning is nearly back to
normal"
Bus Drivers Walk Out.
But while the return to work
movement gained momentum,
some 470 London bus drivers and
conductors walked off the job
in sympathy with the wildcatters
and in protest against the gov
ernment'S use of troops to keep
oil and gasoline flowing into
London.
The sympathy strike cut into
some bus services but the overall
effect on the Sprawling nation
allied transport system was
negligible by midmorning.
The bus drivers on five major
routes voted last night to join
in a sympathy strike. This
morning. the drivers at two of
the London transport systems S
"a garages denounced the troop
delivered gasoline as black
petrol" Only 40 of the 200 odd
buses operating out of those two
garages left on schedule. The
city's system has about 5000
vehicles altogether.
Truck Strikers Split.
The truck strikers, meanwhile,
called a mass meeting today to
prepare for the next move and
patch up differences in their
own ranks. They were split last
night on a vote on whether to
continue the strike. Those on
the west side of the city voted to
go back to work. At another
meeting on the east side, how
ever. the truckers decided to
carry on their strike.
The drivers are demanding
pay raises of 10 shillings ($1.4O
a week and the firing of all nom
union men. They were ordered
by the Transport and General
Workers Union, to which they
belong, to go back to work and
settle the dispute through ne
gotiation. but they defled this
union order.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
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Evening star., 1953-10-26
End Of Racial Curbs
Urged by Dean Sayre
As Christian Duty

The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre, jr., dean of Washington
Cathedral yesterday urged great
er freedom for Negroes, especial
ly in education and employment.
"As a citizen" the dean said.
Il can have my private opinions
about segregated public schools
and unequal employment oppor-
tunitleS and all manner of tri-
fling social restrictions forgotten
by all except the victims. On
these points, however, I, like all
OF us, must leave it to the Su-
preme Court to decide as to
whether they are in consonance
or not with the democracy we
have legally adopted.
But as a minister" he con-
tinued, there remains to me
the more profound duty of de-
claring the principles that flow
from our Christian faith"
The church "can no longer
afford not to speak in Christ's
name. no matter what obloouy
or vicious run1or may result. The
choice for us now is abundantly
clear: Either we break Gods law
Evening star., 1953-10-26
BY the AssoeIotsd Prsss


TOKYO, Oct. ga young
soldier from the hills of Virginia
said today he refused repatria-
ton from a Communist prison
camp so he could gather. evil
dence to prove to the people of
America the Communists "are
rotten to the core"
Corpl. Edward S. Dickinson,
%, remained behind with % 9TH
er Americans when most allied
war fcaptives were repatriated at
the end of the Korean fighting
/ Last Wednesday he left the
compound north of Panmunjom
where the others are still await
ing explanations about why they
should come home, and told the
Indian guards he had changed
his lnind-that he wanted to be
repatriated.
Corpl. Dickinson held news
conference at Tokyo Army Hos
pital to explain why he had
stayed behind-and why he
asked the Indians to let him
come home.
Was Considered Progressive"
Corpl. Dickinson said he never
believed in communism. though
the other Americans in Prison
Camp S at Pyoktong. North Ko-
rea, considered him a ''progres-
sive' who co-operated with the
Chinese Reds.
He said he wanted to learn
all he could about the Commu-
niSts so he could get revenge
for what they did to me and my
buddieS."
II just thought I would play
along with them and get even
with them. I didn't intend to go
to China" he said.
Il am going to expose every
thing about the Communists.
have no use for them. I am
going to do everything I can to
avenge the death Of my buddies
in prison camp.
"They tthe Communists) are
rotten to the core"
Corpl. Dickinson said the Com
munists promised him and the
other % Americans that if they
stayed behind they would have
plenty of women, good home
and could go to school to take up
any studies"
The Reds also promised the
men they could go to China or
Russia or any Communist coun-
try, he said.
Told of U. S. Revolution.
In about five years, the corpo-
raj said the Communists told
them, there would be a revolu-
ton in the United States. Then,
he said, the men who remained
behind now were told they would
return to the United States and
would be the masters of our
own country"
Corpl. Dickinson said some of
the men were told that if they
went to China and studied COM
munism they could hold the
high position. Of general when
they came back to the United
States, in the revolution.
He said he thought perhaps 10
of the q Americans now in In
dian custody would decide to be
Evening star., 1953-10-26
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Evening star., 1953-10-26
Roach Named New Aide
On National Capital Group

Joseph L. Roach has been
named assistant manager of the
Washington Board of Trades
Greater National Capital Com
mittee, it was announced today.
Mr.. Roach has been manager
of the Boards World Trade and
Transportation Depa r m e n S
since April, 1852. Previously he
was associated with the Ameri-
can Psychiatric Association and
the District Crippled Children's
Society.
He lives at 2416 Leonard drive,
Falls Church, Va; is married
and has q 13-month-old son,
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Boy Dies in Icebox

HIGHLAND FALLS, N. Y.
Oct. 26 (P.-David Allan Bow
doin, 4, suffocated in an aban-
doned icebox Saturday, becom-
ing the 18th known victim OF
such a tragedy in the United
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Of his home with a brother, 8
and a cousin, 7.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
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