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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-25

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Shank at Pleasant Valley last
Thursday evening. Others attend
ing were Mr., and Mrs. Nordeck
Shaffer and son, of Oakland, and
MIR. and Mrs. Homer Wiles, Of
Terra Alta, w. Va.
Oscar Shaffer is visiting this
week with his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Corbit Hanger,
at Gaithersburg.
Nancy Henline, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Henline, and Rom
ME Nail, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
lis NALL, have been confined to
their homes the past week with
measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shaffer,
of Buckhannon, w. Va, visited
relatives here on Sunday.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Dewitt and daughter
were Mr.. and Mrs. Willard De
Witt and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-25
Senate Cloakroom
BY J. GLENN BEALL
United States Senator from
Maryland

A Washington wag recently quip-
ped, only the Democrats could
have given us both guns and butter,
but forgotten about the ammu-
milton"
That remark just about sums up
the defense procurement policies
of the old Truman Administration,
and demonstrates the vast problem
faced by Defense Secretary Wilson
and President Eisenhower when
they arrived in Washington.
The first amazing thing Ike found
out was that in the proposed Tru-
man budget for the next fiscal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-25

year no funds were included for
continuation of the Korean War
and in late 1852 a truce appeared
to be far away Truman's policy
was to treat the war as if it were
slight inconvenience that could
be expected to dissipate itself.
A Senate subcommittee investi-
eating reports of an ammunition
shortage in Korea later discovered
that regional ordnance groups were
bidding against each other
While the Air Force was calling
for bigger appropriations for more
planes, another committee dis
covered that they we're paying five
times as much for the same plane
built at Willow Run as it was for
the same aircraft built in Hagers-
town, Maryland
When Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg
protested cuts in the Air Force
budget made by Secretary Wilson,
it is not surprising that the COM
mittee members were unimpressed.
Production expert Wilson's testi-
mony made good sense to the
committee members who have too
often seen examples of military
waste and eXtraVagance.
Wilson stated that in his opinion,
backed by all the experience of
running one of the biggest indus
tries in this country, the Air Force
could not spend any more money
than had been allotted
Each Congress has found cases
where the military services at the
end of the fiscal year have made
wasteful purchases in order to
spend money rather than have it
revert to the treasury-such as the
millions spent for army overcoats
with attached leggings, which in
effect tied the CTS legs to the
back of his neck
The Defense Department is out
to give the nation more security
at less cost, first line airplaneS in
stead of proposed planes on paper,
20 combat army divisions, and a
Navy of approximately 4O8 war
ships, IS carrier groups with
auxiliary vessels and supporting
aircraft.
President Eisenhower has said.
we have reviewed and revised
military defense plans to meet
realistically the needs of our times.
These planes are designed to avoid
the need for crash operations
meeting sudden unforeseen crises.
They are projected ahead for a
continuing. not an intermittent,
time of crisis. We must be ready
to meet not merely some sudden,
lightning-like attack-but the en-
during responsibilities, both mill
tary and economic, that fall upon
us as the leaders of freedoms
forces
These plans put the major en-
phasis on air power. Hearings
showed that previously much of
the talked about air strength had
been in paper wings"
Under Wilson's proposal the Air
Force will in June, 1854, have APP
proXimately 25,000 planes, or ia
wings, as compared with 1O3 wings
which it had in March of this
wear
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-25

Wilson, who is one man who
ought to know, states that the Air
Force could not be built up any
faster in 1854 except by going into
emergency production, which would
mean that we would be getting
planes of a type which would not
be as good as those which will be
continually improved and de-
veloped.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Quentin Pase and
family, Of Washington, ID. c.; Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Ashby and family, of
Oakland; Thomas Ashby, Cincin-
natl, Ohio; Jesse Ashby, Mrs.
Myrtle Frazee and Crystal Elliott,
Billy Sanders and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlton Bittinger, of Oakland; Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Graham and family
and Charles Graham, of Washing
ton, and Clark Pope, of Oakland.
A picnic dinner was enjoyed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-25

Big Three talks in Bermuda were
scheduled to open July s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Stee|man Resigns
White House Post

The White House today an
nounced the resignation of DR..
John R. Steelman. a long top
Government official, who has
been serving as a special as
sistant to President Eisenhower.
DR.. Steelman, a leading adj
wiser to former President Tru-
man, stayed on after the inaugu-
ration to aid in the transition
at the White House.
He will open an office here az
a consultant and adviser on in
dustrial relations and economic
problems.
During the last six years of the
Truman administration, DR..
Steelman held the title of as
sistant to the President, a post
specially created for him in 1916.
That $20,000-a-year job is held
in the present administration by
Sherman Adams.
In addition. DR.. Steelman held
many other titles during the old
administration.
President Eisenhower, in a let
ter. thanked DIR. Steelman for his
willingness to serve the new adj
ministration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
2U. ). Women Slain
Al Mission in India

NEW DELHI, India, Mar. T.
The American Embassy disclosed
today that two American women
were slain in their beds last
night in the American Presby-
terrain Mission at Dehradun, 100
miles north of the capital.
Embassy officials here, in
formed of the murders by tele-
phone, speculated they were a
result of a robbery attempt.
There have been no political
disturbances in Dehradun.
An Embassy spokesman said
DR.. A. c. Owens. headmaSter of
the nearby American missionary
Woodstock School, identified the
victims as a Mrs. Stricken, wife
of the executive secretary of all
Presbyterian missions in India,
who has lived in this country
since 1919.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett of
Camden, N. j., who arrived a
week ago to start a three-year
contract to teach French in the
Woodstock School. She formerly
was a Camden high school
teacher.
The bodies were found this
morning in their beds in indi-
vidual rooms.
Woodstock School is attended
mostly by children of diplomats
and other foreigners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
By John M. Hiohtower
Associoted Press Stoff Writer

United States experts wondered
today whether Georgi Malenkov's
swift rise to power in Russia will
be followed eventually by purges
of government officials and po-
litical figures.
There had been advance specu-
lation that such a purge might
come soon after Stains death.
But the speed and apparent Or
derliness with which Malenkov
emerged as the potential new
strong man raised, at the least,
some doubts whether the group
which put him in power was in
fact divided in any important
way.
The other two strong figures
from the Stain administration
v. M. Molotov and L. P. Beria-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Dead Leaders Face Is Stern
With Monumental Dignity
Shutting Feet of Thousands, Muted Music
And Sobs Are Only Sounds at StoIin Bier

House of Unions are cleared and
orderly as lines coverge on the
green colored building in the
heart of the city, a very short
distance from the old Kremln
where Stain worked and died.
There are all kinds of people
Old people, young people, mid
dle-aged people. children.
Some have eyes red from cry
ing. All are solemn. About
them is an air of expectancy
that they are close to seeing
something dramatic. Some car
ry wreaths of spring flowers.
Some hold small punches of
golden mimoSa. Two or three
can be seen almost staggering
under gigantic wreaths.
There's shuttle, shuttle, shut
file of thousands of peoples feet.
And a great hush. Then that
sound that comes from thou
sands on thousands talking in
whispers in open places.
I reached the open double
doors of the building and walked
in beneath a tremendous por-
trait of the generSlissimo-the
portrait four or five times bigger
than the doors themselves.
Inside, uniformed men indicate
(See EYEWITNESS. Page A-3.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Riots Halt Air Trips
From Lahore 10 India
by the Associated Press

NEW DELHI. India, Mar. T.
Air service between India and
the riot-torn PakiStan city of
Lahore was suspended today
after Lahore authorities, acting
under martial law, closed their
airport to international traffic.
The latest messages from La
hore said the situation in the
Punjab city of $4,000 popula-
ton was improving" but gave
no details.
Martial law was declared and
a military administration set up
yesterday following riots Thurs
day in which at least six anti
government demonstrators were
killed by police fire.
Militant MoSlem mobs still
milled through the paralyzed
city yesterday. They demanded
the resignation of Pakistan's
Foreign Minister Sir Mohammed
Zafrullah Khan and shouted for
action against the Ahmedya, a
minority Moslem sect to which
he belongs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Clerks $500 Bid
Wins Him Island
In Boston Horbor
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Mar. Gallups
Island. a 17-acre windswept tract
3 miles offshore in Boston Har-
Dor, has been bought from the
Federal Government for $500
by a postal clerk.
The successful bidder yesterday
over 80 others, Charles H. Sas-
some, said he always wanted to
own an island.
An amateur yachtsman, he
said he might try to develop an
amusement resort on the former
immigration quarantine station
or organize a yacht club. The
General Services Administration
in Washington must approve Mr..
Sassones bid before the sale is
final. The Government bought
the island from Boston for $780,
900 in 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Vishinsky Transfer
Finds U. n. Split on
Meaning Of Move
Surprise Shift May Be
Demotion or Sturt of
Tougher Soviet Policy

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Mar. 7.-U. N. delegates differed
today on whether the shift of
Andrei Y Vish,nsky from Soviet
foreign minister to Chief Rus
sian U. N. Delegate was a demo-
ton or preSaged new ard
tougher Soviet line in the world
organization.
The change was announced by
the Kremlin yesterday as Mr..
Vishinsky sailed for home. AS
sociates said the tough-talking
Moscow lawyer received no adj
vance word of the shift that put
Deputy Premier V. M. Molotov in
the top Foreign Ministry spot.
Vishinsky was named a deputy
foreign minister a job he has
held before.
Mr.. ViShinsky refused COM
ment on the Russian govern
ment changes-including the Sc
lection of Georgi NJ. Malenkov to
succeed Premier Stalin-when
reporters reached him aboard
the French liner Liberte, n lew
minutes before the ship left her
New York pier
Revenge Motive Seen.
Some European delegates IA
miliar with the Russians said
Mr.. Molotov finally has his re-
venge on the old-time prosecu-
tor They said Mr.. Vishinsky
was being stationed here to re-
move him from the Moscow
scene.
Mr.. Molotov-once tagged by
Lenin as a top-rate filing clerk
-customarily spoke disparag-
ingly of Mr.. Vishinsky as lust
a lawyer" These delegates said
Mr.. Vishinsky, known as a pro-
tege of L. P. Beria, head of the
Soviet political police, helped en-
gineer the ousting of Mr.. Molo-
tov as Foreign Minister on
March S, 1949, and that Mr.
Molotov never forgot or forgave
Mr. ViShinSky.
The turn of events completely
surprised delegates. Another sur
prislng turn was the sudden de-
parture of Andrea A. Gromyko
Soviet Ambassador to London
from Britain for the United
(See u. N, Page A-2D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Albania Reinforces
YuuosIav Boundary
By the Associoasd Press

LONDON. March 7.-Belgrade
Radio said today that several AL
bantam troop columns have ar
rived at the Observation-Disclosures
frontier to reinforce the Soviet
satellites defenses along its bor-
der with President Tito's country.
Communist but anti-Russian
YugoSlavia viewed the troop
movement as one Of "the emer-
gency measures taken by the
Albanian government following
announcement Of Stains death"
Yugoslav territory iSolates little
Albania from her Cominform al
lies.
The Belgrade report said police
in Albania have been
instructed to exercise vigilance
while a number Of army units are
in a state Of preparedness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Eden-ButIer Farley
With Americans Due
49,
To Wind Up Today
But General Discussion
Of Problems of Free
Nations May Follow
BY the Associoted PrsSs

British and American talks
covering the full range of po-
litical and economic relations
given impetus by Stalin's death
and succession in Russia-may
end with a final joint meeting
today.
Formal completion of the con-
ferences at the State Depart
ment, however, may be only the
beginning of a general free world
review of diplomatic and eco
romic policies.
British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden and Chancellor
of the Exchequer Richard A
Butler were expected to remain
here over the week end, pos
sibly until Tuesday.
Have Speaking Engagements.
Mr.. Butler is scheduled to give
a talk in New York City Tuesday
night and Mr.. Eden is to speak
there Thursday. Their interim
plans were not announced, but
they could use the time to ex-
tend their contacts with the new
administration.
Today's joint Foreign Affairs
and Economic Conference fol-
lowed yesterdays heavy round
of talks which linked the White
House, the State Department
and the Treasury. There also
were an evening reception at
the British Embassy for congress
sional leaders and dinners at
which Secretary of State Dulles
entertained Mr.. Eden and Sec
rotary of the Treasury Hum
phrey entertained Mr.. Butler.
Both the British visitors and
their American hosts were silent
about details of their converse
tions and any progress toward
new alignmentS, especially in the
direction of a cure for Britain's
chronic economic ills.
No Commitments.
Emphasis by both sides was
on the exploratory" and ten
tative" nature of the talks. plus
repeated assertions that no COM
mitments were being asked or
made.
Mr.. Butler and Mr.. Eden have
said since arriving Wednesday
they will follow up the Washing
ton talks with conferences in
Europe.
This suggested the Washing
ton talks may be only the first
step toward a widening series OF
free world economic and politi-
cal exchanges which might end
in a general overhauling of West
ern policies in the light Of:
/. The change of administra-
ton in the United States.
2. The end of the Stain era
and the opening of an unex-
plored era under Georgi M. NAL
enkoV in Russia.
8. Britain'S decision at the
Commonwealth conference in
London last December that ecoy
nomic recovery lies in the direc-
ton of freer trade and a con-
vertible currency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Actress in Dispute
Returns 10 Mexico
BY the Associated Press

Ell PASO, Tex, Mar. Mex
lean Actress RoSaura Revueltas
after spending a night in a
Juarez, Mexico, hoteI-was to
leave for Mexico City today on an
early-morning plane.
The fiery star of a controversial
union-Sponsored movie being
filmed at Silver City, N. Mex.
left voluntarily, immigration
Officer Joseph Minton said, and
deportation proceedings were
dropped.
The actress had been in an Ell
PaSo hotel under 24-hour guard
since her arrest February IS in
Silver City on charges of being
in this country Illegally.
The actress decision to leave
the country was announced by
Local 800, international Union Of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
independently at Silver City.
She then drove across the border
The union also said the movie.
salt of the Earth" would be
completed, presumably in Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Speed in Selecting MoIenkov
Casts Doubt on Soviet Purges
Voice Broudcosts Erred in Predicting
Long Delay on Stains Successor

both have posts in the new Coun-
Gil of Ministers. Beria is in di-
rect control of the powerful Sc
cret police forces as Minister of
the Interior and Molotov has the
key foreign ministry which puts
him, under Malenkov, in the
spot of cold war director.
Pattern Set by Stain.
Earlier estimates of what would
happen in Russia after Stain
died had given rise, in some de-
gree, to a propaganda line devel-
oped by the Voice Of America
since Stain became i'll and to
much speculation about blood
letting" and purges. In the past
the Soviets have not heSitated to
use purges at home and in satelr
lite nations to consolidate power
where they wanted it. Stain
himself set the pattern in the
years after Lenin'S death in 1924.
One of the assumptions about
what would happen proved to be
wrong. State Department broad
casts over the Voice Of America
to the Communist countries had
emphasized a long period of I'M
certainty over who would really
be Stains successor.
Malenkov's appointment as
chairman of the Council of Min
listers apparently answered that
question weeks or months ahead
of Washington's guesses. There
had been considerable belief that
Malenkov, as the ranking man
in the Communist Party machin-
cry, would have party control
while Molotov, as ranking man
in the government. would for a
time head the Council Of Min
listers.
Complete Shakeup.
What happened instead was a
complete shakeup Of the gov
eminent. Not only has Malen-
kov taken over as council chair
man, equivalent to Premier. but
Marshal Klementi Voroshilov
has replaced N. M. Shvernik as
the chief of state. Men who
were in key cabinet positions
during World War II-but re-
tired several years ago to relative
obscurity as deputy chairmen to
Stalin-have returned to the
front lines of government adj
ministration in charge of specific
ministries.
It may be weeks before the
significance of this shift is fully
evaluated. But one possible con-
clusion is that exercise of zeal
power in the Soviet Union
once handled by Stain entirely
through the Communist Party
machinery--is now to be man
aged more fully through the gov
eminent, with the party concen-
trating more on problems Of po-
litical control of the population.
Most experts here nave con-
sidered Malenkov the man most
likely to succeed Stain. Now
that he has gotten the top COW
eminent job. there is a watt
and-see attitude about now well
he uses his position to CONSOLE
date his power. The belief is
that if he considers purges nee
essary he will use them. He may
not find the need-the record so
far shows little challenge to his
position since Stains death.
A possible explanation would
be that he was Stains hand
picked successor, perhaps desig-
mated in some political will Of
the old dictator. although there
has been no evidence indicating
such a document exists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
South Korean Troops
Smash Attacksby
Chinese Communists
Compensated Assaults
Repealed, l06Reds Killed;
Weather Grounds PIunes
By the Associated Press

SEOUL. Mar. 7. - Chinese
Communists hurled two COM
pany-sized assaults at Allied
outposts on the Korean western
front today and then withdrew.
leaving an estimated LOG dead
on the muddy battlefield.
The Reds hit southwest of
Kelly Hill with two separate
raids-each with about ITS men.
South Korean soldiers cut
down the charges with rifle and
machine-gun crossflre. while
heavier guns in the rear pounded
the oncoming Chinese. The Reds
retreated after an hours fight.
The Chinese attacked again a
few hours later, but iialf-heart-
edly. They pulled back after 80
minutes.
Rain Slows Action.
Chilling rain reduced most
other ground activity.
Chinese artillery pounded "Old
Badly" with the heaviest con-
centration of fire there in a
month.
An Allied division officer said
the bombardment lasted about
six hours. He estimated the Reds
fired 1900 rounds in the first
two hours.
Low-hanging clouds and mist
grounded United Nations war
planes during the day. But Fri
day night II United States B-29
SuperfortS from Japan plastered
the main Red supply route from
the Yalu River to Sinanju with
ITO tons of bombs, the Air Force
reported. The bombers encount-
cred anti-aircraft fire, but no
Red fighter planes.
IS Trucks Smashed.
BIS light bomber crews re-
ported rs trucks were smashed
as they rolled south from Pyong-
yang and Wonsan.
Carrier-based planes shot up
bridges, trucks, buildings and
supplies Friday, the Navy re-
ported.
The Air Force said three AL
lied planes went down behind
Red lines in the week ending
Friday. but none were lost in
air battles. An F-84 Thunderjet
and a propeller driven Mustang
were downed by ground fire. An
other Mustang was lost to un-
known causes, presumably me-
chanical trouble.
There were only two days OF
aerial fighting. United States
Sabre jets were credited with one
probable MIG destruction, and
two MICS damaged. No Sabres
were reported lost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
News BIuckout Ordered
On Anti-Huk Tactics
By the Associated Pres.

MANILA. Mar. IA news
blackout on Philippine troops
engaged in campaigns against
the Communist Hukbalahaps
was ordered yesterday by acting
Defense Secretary Oscar Castillo.
Mr.. Castillo asserted that I'M
der resigned Defense Chief Ra-
mon Magsaysay, Hulk campaigns
were glamorized with lavish
publicity in way which gave
the Huks advance notice of OPP
erationS.
This is not the way military
campaigns should be rum" Cas-
telo said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Vondenberg Flying
To PurIey in France
BY The Associated Press

Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg. Air
Force Chief of Staff, left by air
today for France to attend a
meeting of Western European
defense leaders.
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also
will attend the conference. He
was due to take OF for Paris
later today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Federal Housing
Policy Changes

HOUSING BACKGRoUND-When
new administration tokes over,
philosophers and policies chonss in
mony fields. To keep obreost Of whot
is happening in housing, read The
Stor's Reel Estote Section. Pose Bsl.
THROUGH CLOSED DOORS
Foith knows no borriers. To those
confined in prison, religion hos on
6dded incoming. bringing soIoee to
the prisoners in their diversity. How
religion is brought TO District Jail is
told in story by Stor StoH Reporter
Jock Jonos on poae Al