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Evening star., 1953-12-21
w. Agencies Allowed to Get
Own Advisers on Patronage
Opening Up Of More PoIicy-Mokine Jobs
For Administration Is Main Purpose

supervising the day-to-day per-
sonnel operations of the bu-
reaus, the officials said.
1t will be up to each depart
ment and agency head to de-
termine if he wants special per-
sonnel aide on patronage prob
lens.
Several agencies such as the
Post Office and State Depart
ments and the Foreign Opera
tions Administration have al
ready appointed such advisers.
Republican officials said the
idea was nothing new, since sim
liar positions had been filled in
the Roosevelt and Truman ad-
miniStrations.
This is no move to circum-
vent civil service" one official
said. 1T merely gives agency
officials the right-that they had
in previous administrations-to
have their own people advising
them on the job problems in
their agency and to be advised at
all times on those positions which
can be filled outside of the COM
petitive civil service"
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Gifts to District Employees
May End Up in Trash Baskets

The business firms. just as
embarrassed as the District en-
ployes. pointed out something
else. The name of the District
employe for whom each gift was
intended was engraved or let
tered on the gift.
So the firms sent the gifts to
the District Building once again,
explaining they could hardly see
the point of sending the gift to
somebody else, or keeping it
for their own use.
AS one firm suggested to one
employe: IF you don't want the
thing. throw it in the trash
basket"
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Two Unidentified Planes
Set Off Alert in Seoul
BY the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL, Dec. 21.-Two uniden-
titled planes few south across
the neutral zone from North Ko-
rea last night, and air raid si-
rens in Seoul signaled the bat
tered city's first alert since the
armlStice.
Allied radar tracked the two
planes in their southwark fight
and jet interceptors streaked
through cloudy skies in a vain
attempt to locate them.
An Air Force spokesman said
the planes headed north again a
few minutes after crossing the
dormant battle line. The all-clear
sounded in Seoul 80 minutes after
the alert.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

1t was still dark but under a
street lamp. the youth found a
card with a name and address
403 North George Mason drive
an apartment a block away
There Donald scanned the
names on mail boxes but
couldn't find the owner. Next
he looked for and found a
policeman, Pvt. James A.
Mangan.
The youth and the policeman
went back to the address and.
this time. found the young
woman who has lost her pocket
book. The Washington-Lee High
School 10th grader earned a IS
reward and police praise.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

A number of Christmas gifts
to District employees probably
will wind up in the trash basket
this year.
A recent Commissioners order
prohibits District employees from
receiving gifts from business
firms during the Christmas sea-
son. Despite the order, a good
supply of calendars, diaries and
ash trays arrived as usual this
season. from business firms and
for District employees.
The employees began sending
the gifts back to business firms,
inclosing their thanks and point
ing out the order, regretfully.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
By Joseph Young

A new move to obtain more
policy making jobs for the Eli
senhower administration was
disclosed by Republican officials
today.
Department and agency heads
are being given the authority
to- hire their own people to ham
die political patronage problems
in their bureaus.
The main purpose is to open
up more key jobs for the Eisen-
hover administration. The per-
sonnel patronage posts will be
filled by persons sympathetic to
the administration and will come
largely from industry.
1t was stressed that these
personnel advisers would not re-
place the regular personnel di-
rectors in the various agencies,
but would serve primarily in
handling patronage and other
personnel policy matters for the
heads of agencies.
The regular personnel direc-
tors will continue their duties of
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Winter Starts Tonight;
Some Rain Is Probable

Winter will arrive officially at
1882 o'clock tonight.
1t will be accompanied. the
Weather Bureau feels. by some
rain. And followed. the Weather
Bureau adds, with clouds and
winds tomorrow.
The shortest day Of the year
was yesterday. according to
Weather Bureau charts and ia
bles. Daylight lasted SOS min
utes. Today Washington is ex-
pected to have about a half
minute more.
Last nights low was 35. To-
night will be slightly warmer.
with a low of 38 expected.
The Bureau said it was too
early to say anything about the
weather for Christmas.
There was a chance" for a
white Christmas in Baltimore.
Air with temperatures cold
enough to produce snow should
be moving into Maryland by late
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Lute News
Bulletin
Driver Found Dead

A S2-year-Old truck driver
was found dead at noon today
In the cab Of a tractor trailer
truck parked on a lot at 1928
New York avenue NE. He was
tentatively identified as VIII
lard Stanley Clark, 30, of 3O15
G street Sc, an emplOye of
the Howard Van Lines. Police
said a hose led from the ex-
hauSt pipe to the cab of the
truck.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
$1,000 Office HoIdup
Reported 10 Police

Two bandits robbed woman
real estate agent in an Office at
811 Thirteenth street NV. Of
81 200 shortly before noon today,
police were told.
Police reports said one of the
colored men had pistol.
Mrs. Marion Hornstein, %. of
42O6 Fourth street Sc, assistant
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Here the Kind of Juvenile
Who Belongs on Any Puqe I

The reports in the Arlington
Detective Bureau deal mostly
with larceny. drunkenness and
petty crime. Today there was one
citing a 15-year-old youths hon.
eSty.
The youth, Donald Jack Flax.
a Star paper carrier, of 4405
North Pershing drive. had per-
sisted in his efforts to find the
owner of wallet containing
$106.79.
While delivering papers early
yesterday. he spotted woman S
pocketbook on the sidewalk. DON
aid. who is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Flax, gave the purse
an idle kick. Out flew the wallet,
stuffed with money.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Democrats 10 Check
Quitting Postmasters
For Pressure Signs
Several Senators Report
Complaints 6. o. P. Hos
Hurussed Incumbents
By the Associated Press

Senator Monroney, Democrat,
OF Oklahoma said today some
Democrats in Congress have
served notice they will demand
a close check of all postmaster
nominations next year to see If
vacancies resulted from undue
pressure" on Democratic incum-
bents.
The Oklahoman is a member
of the Senate Post Office Com
mittee which passes on all post
master nominations before they
go to the Senate floor for con-
firmation.
Senator Carlson, Republican,
of Kansas, chairman of the COM
mittee, said he did not under
stand any formal notice had
been served on his group by it's
Democratic> members although
they had mentioned the matter,
Senator Carlson added that he
would be glad to make any in
vestigation desired by Democrats
of the way in which vacancies
occurred in postmasterships for
which Republican nominees will
be sent to the Senate by Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Several Receive Complaints.
Several Democratic Senators
have reported receiving COM
plants that the new admins
tration has tried to harass and
scare Democrats into quitting as
postmaSters. Senator Monroney
said reports of such instances
have come to him from his own
State.
PoStmasters are under civil
service and have lifetime status.
Applicants take tests and the
presidential choice must be made
from the top three. However. in
practice, the party in power ma
tionally has managed to fill the
jobs in nearly all cases with its
own members.
The Republicans now have a
backlog of about 1850 first, Sec
ond and third-claSs postmaster
ships to fill.
Got Only IS Posts.
The new administration got
only rs new postmasters to the
Senate in the 1853 session. It
found the civil service registers
for vacant posts filled with DEM
ocratS when it took Office, and so
ordered new examinations.
The Oklahoman said he had
received reports that as many
as three quick inspections of one
postoffice were made recently in
an attempt to find something
wrong SO the postmaster could be
pressured into quitting.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Reds Win Back 80.

man OF CQe commission, SalQ ne
would get the Americans answer
tomorrow.
Reds Win Back 33.
While prospects dimmed for
the Allied campaign to change
the minds of balky war prison.
ers. the Reds won back 33 of $50
Chinese captives as interviews
were resumed after a 34-day
stalemate.
This not only was the greatest
number of prisoners the Com
munists have won back in sin
gle day. but was almost triple
their best previous record per-
centagewise.
Gen. Hull told newsmen in
Seoul he is interested only in
being certain that the American
prisoners have freedom to choose
their future.
"The thing that we have
stood for always has been free
dom of choice" he said.
Planning to Handle 22,5OO.
Gen. Hull added that he flew
to Korea from his Tokyo head
quarters primarily to discuss
plans tor handling about 22,5OO
anti-Communist Chinese and
Koreans scheduled for release
from Indian custody January
% under terms of the armistice.
The Communists have insisted
that the prisoners be kept in
neutral custody until a peace
conference decides their fate. but
Gen. Hull said they will be eligi-
BILE for freedom lone minute aft
er midnight on January e."
The Far East commander said
he hopes to transfer the Korean
prisoners to South Korea as
quickly as possible and move
anti-Red Chinese to Formosa if
they want to go.
Gen. Hull said he would dis
cusS the problem with Gen.
Thimayya tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
lila Chief Sees Lewis,
HintsUnionAffiIiation
With Mine Workers
Says He Would Favor
Action if Group Wins
Bargaining Election
By Allen Druy

Capt. William Bradley, presi-
dent of the International Long
shoremen's Association, said
after a meeting with John l..
Lewis today that if his union
wins the forthcoming collective
bargaining election on the New
York waterfront he would favor
its affiliation with District so OF
the United Mine Workers.
He did not say so directly, but
it appeared from the attitude of
UNIV officials that the power
full miners organization has in
vited the lila to join.
Capt. Bradley's conference
with the UNIV president came
on the eve of a National Labor
Relations Board election to de-
eide whether the lila or a new
longShoremen's union organized
by the American Federation will
represent dock workers in East
Coast ports. Capt. Bradley said
Mr.. Lewis is "very much" in sup
port of lila and predicted it
would win 10 to l."
Committee Makes Decision.
Capt. Bradley said the final
decision on affiliating with the
UNIV will be made by a standby
district committee of the LILA
which is meeting in continuous
session at union headquarters in
New York. He said the COM
mittee has discussed the posi-
bility of affiliating with the AFL,
the CIO and the UNIV. Asked
If the UNIV led the field, he re-
piled:
"If had my choice, that's the
way it would be, yes"
Capt. Bradley refused to con-
firm or deny a report that
UMW's District so, a catch-all
branch headed by Mr.. Lewis
brother, A. D. Lewis, had loaned
lila $4,000.
I'D like to report" he said,
that the union is financially
stable and our financial worries
are over, but as far as any COM
ment on where the money came
from, I'd like to forego that for
the time being"
Sees Happier Christmas.
Capt. Bradley said that "up
to two weeks ago." it looked like
a "black Christmas" on the
docks.
Now the dock workers and
the public can expert a merry
Christmas" he said.
Mr.. Lewis did not talk with
reporters after the conference.
Labor circles have expected for
more than year that he might
make some move to disrupt
slow-moving merger talks be-
tween the CIO and AFL by
attempting to expand UNIV into
a third major labor group.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Pictures on Poee "A.


manager, said the, men entered
while Harry Justine, the proprie-
tor, was out and began question
ing her about renting an apart
ment.
One of the men then drew a
pistol and the other tied Mrs.
Hornstein's wrists with q piece
of cord, after which the pair
took the money from an open
safe and fed. Mrs. Hornstein
reported.
Mrs. Hornstein said she worked
her hands loose and telephoned
her husband Robert, who man
ages a credit Office at 635 F.
street NV. Mr.. Hornstein
asked his partner, Jerome Glazer.
to phone police and went to join
his wife.
The Hornsteins' 13-month-old
son Craig was in the back room
Of Mrs. Hornstein's Office at the
time Of the holdup. she said,
but was unmolested.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
BY the Assoeloted Press

PANMUNJOM, Dec. 21.-The
United Nations Command today
prepared a last-minute broad
cast appeal to % American war
prisoners who stayed with the
Communists. even as the Allied
Far East commander indicated
hope has been abandoned that
any of the % will return home.
The Neutral Nations Repatria-
tion Commission announced it
Mysterious Explosions Heard on Koreon
Border by Marines. Pose Al
had approved an allied request
to broadcast to the prisoners
Wednesday-hours before the
deadline for explanations to
balky war prisoners.
The allies staked their hopes
of winning back prisoners on the
broadcast and a 12-page letter
addressed to each man as
chances for face e-to-face inter-
views all but vanished in a well
ter of last minute delays.
The Communist resumed their
long-delayed explanation pro-
gram today and chalked up their
best score to date.
Reds Seek Extension.
Red members of the Military
Armistice Commission pressed
again for an extension of the
time for interviews beyond De-
cember % during 2l2-hour
meeting this afternoon. But the
U. N. Command promptly re-
iected the request.
Gen. John E. Hull, United
States Far East commander. told
newsmen in Seoul that Ameri-
cans III neutral custody have had
both time and opportunity to
change their minds. He indi-
Gated the allies have given up
hope that any will return home.
The broadcast and the letter
appeared to be the aNies' only
chance of contracting the prison.
ers before the Wednesday mid
night deadline.
The repatriation commission
ruled that the POWs must agree
to accept the letter from an AL
lied explanation team. 1t. Gen.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
9Th French Vote
Still Unable 10
Pick kPresident
Another From Porty
Of Premier lunieI
Enters Contest \
BY the Associated Press

VERSAILLES, France, Dec. 81.
The French Parliament failed
again today to elect a president
of the Republic. It was the ninth
ballot taken since last Thursday.
Premier Joseph Laniel, a
wealthy industrialist and the top
contender. got 413 votes-a drop
of II votes from the eighth
ballot.
His Socialist opponent. Marcel
Edmond Naegelen. who has
Communist support. got 365-a
drop of 16 votes. Pierre Montel,
who emerged as a last minute
candidate, received 103 votes.
Mr.. Montel. 81, is a member of
Mr.. Laniel's Independent Party
from Lyon.
Mr.. Laniel was only % votes
short of victory on the eighth
ballot in the Peoples Assembly
Hall of the old palace of French
kings, where the National AS
sembly Deputies and Senators
have been trying to name a new
President.
LanieI AZ Votes Short.
The number needed to elect
on the ninth ballot-a majority
of the votes cast-waS ASS. Thus
Mr.. Laniel, who has led almost
all the way. was AZ votes short
today.
The legislators decided to
begin the 10th ballot tonight.
Each one takes about three or
four hours.
No other French presidential
election had ever required more
than two ballots. The protract-
ed voting this time resulted
from a sharp split. nearly down
the political middle, in the par
lament. The split promised end
less future troubles in the Ma
tional Assembly at a time of
crisis on crisis.
Parliamentary leaders grew
increasingly shocked at the bit
ter nature of the showdown
battle.
Mr.. Laniel's support came al
most entirely from the con-
servative ranks - landholders,
wealthy industrialists and right
iSt Catholics.
Behind Mr.. Naegelen was an
almost solid phalanx of Socialists
and Communists, representing
nearly all of Frances working
population.
Compromise Sought.
Dangling unhappily between
were slightly more than 100
members whose votes could
swing in either direction to name
the President.
Throughout last night, the
unhappy hundred plus a con-
siderable number of the two
opposition groups sought a
compromise candidate who could
soften the sharp left-right divi-
sion. BY this morning, how
ever. no such acceptable man
had been found.
Observers figured the grave
cleavage would be carried over
into the National Assembly,
which in the next months must
send a delegation to the Big
Four conference in Berlin, agree
on new government after the
president takes Office on January
II. ratify or reject the bitterly
controversial European army
treaty. reWork Frances economy
and perhaps revise the constitu-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
By the Assoeioted Press

BY the Associoted Press
DETROIT, Dec. 21.-An army
Of city and State police combed
Detroit today for five fugitives
from Southern Michigan Prison
believed to be hiding out some
where in the city's vast resi-
GENITAL areas.
The five-described as among
the most dangerous men ever
Womon Tells Of borrowing Ride os
Hostoee for Fleeing Felons. Pose AS
sent to the priSon-broke out of
the huge penitentiary Saturday
night. They cut their way to
freedom through a steel CRATE
of an underground sewage tun-
mel.
The prison. worlds largest
walled penitentiary, is at jack
son, 30 miles west of Detroit.
ElSHC neCdptuIeO.
Eight other inmates who par
tlcipated in the break were re-
captured. Two women hostages
were freed unharmed after being
held 1112' hours by one fleeing
group Of "gentlemanly" convicts.
Police were particularly anx-
ious to recapture one of the five,
Roman Usiondek, 81, described
as a psychopath who may have
sought freedom for revenge.
Authorities assigned guards to
witnesses who testified at the
trial which sent Usiondek to
prison for life for a 1943 Detroit
barroom Staying.
Circuit Court Commissioner
A. Tom Pasieczy. special prose-
cutor at Usiondek's trial, was
removed from the city for his
safety.
Others Are Sought.
The other fugitives aside from
Usiondek are Edward j. Emrick.
43, convicted Of murder in De-
troit: David B. Bousha, %, serv-
ing S to 10 years for kidnapping
in Crawford County and 3 to 6
years for a previous escape: Vir-
gil Lane. 81. serving 10 to 20
years for armed robbery in De-
troit, and Robert Bowling. 33,
(See CONVICTS, Page A-5.l
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Three More Convicts
Captured in Detroit;
Two Still Missing
Search Had Centered
On Area Where Men
Released z Hostages
dill ETRkl
BULLETIN

DETROIT (R.-Police today
captured in Detroit three of
the five fugitives remaining
at large from Saturday nights
mass breakout at Southern
Michigan Prison. The three
were identified as Edward j.
Emrick, Virgin Lane and D. B.
BouSha.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Four Sulphur Miners Killed

CALTANISSETTA, Sicily, Dec.
81 (P.-Four sulphur m liners
were killed last night and four
others seriously injured by q
dynamite explosion.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Real Christmas Spirit
Is Still Around

SPIRIT OF Seasonal mother
doing her lote shopping discovers
thot the real spirit OF Christmos still
prevoiIs. See Life in the U. S."
Page B-l6.
FOWL PLENTIFUL, SLIGHTLY
loWeR-overflowIns morkets of
fer everything to the holiday shop
per. Violet fouIkner's Weekly Food
Report to the Homemoker shows
little difference in the price Of major
items except for fyers, broilers and
roosters. Pose B-4.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Mrs. Pundit Reaches lndiu

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 81
R.-Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pan
dit. president of the United Ma
tionS Assembly. arrived from New
York yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Lost-Minute Broadcast Plea
Will Be Made to p POWs
Chances for interviews All But Vonish;
Gen. Hull Doubts Any Will Return

K. S. Thimayya. Indian chair
man of the commission, said he
would get the Americans answer
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Weapon Against Gangs

The Police Boys Club is second only
to the uniformed patrolman as deter
rent to Juvenile delinquency. The club
is front-line weapon against street.
corner gangs. See story on
Page B-1.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Weather Forecast

Rain tonight, lowest around 38 degrees,
becoming windy and colder tomorrow
evening. Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

(See CONVICTS. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1953-12-21

An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1953-12-21

CENTS
S4I4N I'D
Evening star., 1953-12-21

New York Markets, Poees A-76-27
Evening star., 1953-04-03
By Joseph Young

Secretary of the Navy Ander-
son has issued an order cracking
down on coffee hours" for Navy
civilian employees, it was learned
today.
The order bars the employees
from taking time of in the
morning or afternoon to go to
Navy cafeterias for coffee and
other Snacks.
The order, however, will per-
NIT employees to have coffee at
their desks. This will be allowed
if each Office selects a represent
ative to buy the coffee for the
employees. Individual purchases
will not be allowed.
Strangely enough the order
does not apply to Navy civilian
employees in the Pentagon. The
order is effective only in build
ingS where the Navy is the ma
jor occupant. The majority Of
naval employees here work in the
main Navy Building and Arling-
ton Annex, but a sizable number
are employed at the Pentagon.
It was explained that it would
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Golf Club 10 Build
Eisenhower Cabin
By the Assoeioted Press

AUGUST, Ga, April 3.-Five
Augusta firms have been asked
to bid not later than Monday on
the construction of a two-story
cabin" at the Augusta National
Golf Club.
The building is to be used as
a home by President Eisenhower
when he visits Augusta.
Construction firms said they
have been advised that while
Monday is the deadline for sub
mitting bids, the construction
contract will not be awarded
until after the Masters Tourna-
ment next week.
In Washington yesterday it
was announced the President
will come here April 13, which
is after the tournament. Pre-
Sumably construction of the
building will be discussed with
him while he is here.
Eve & Stub of Augusta are
the architects. Members of the
firm have refused to divulge any
information about the structure.
From other sources it was
learned plans for the building
call for three floors, one of them
a basement. The two floors
above ground will be for living
quarters and Offices.
The two upper floors have
been planned virtually alike.
Each will have a living room,
master bedroom, smaller bed
room and bath. A kitchen will
be on the first floor.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Wilson GM Shares
May Have Brought
100000 Profit

NEW YORK, April 3 (NANA). e.
An antagonistic Senate COM
mittee forced Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson into a pos
sible 100000 profit, minus, of
course, the usual heavy taxes
on such large incomes.
The former General Motors
Corp. president was confirmed
as Secretary of Defense on Janu-
ary 26. An authoritative in
formant said he owned about
1000 shares of GIN stock.
The Senate committee con-
f1rmed the cabinet appointment
because of his promise to dispose
of the stock by April /. He did
saying so in a letter received
this week by Senator Leverett
Saltonstall, chairman of the
Senate Armed Forces Commit
tee.
GIN common shares sold at a
high Of $69.75 during February
and $68.375 for March.
Mr.. Wilson probably sold in
this price range. without getting
the top price for the whole block.
At $69.75 a share the return for
41.000 shares would total $685.
750. In this weeks stock market
break the price fell to $61.50.
That would total $2,521 500 for
the entire block. Thus Mr.. Will
son may have earned a profit of
$338. ESQ by avoiding the loss in
market value.
The stock was sold in small
lots-perhaps 10000 shares each.