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Evening star., 1953-03-18
THOUGHTS at 4 n. M.

It's four o'clock in the morning, and all the
worlds asleep.
But one mans head shifts upon his pillow.
He looks again at the green-glow of the dial on
his alarm clock. He hears the plaintive whistle of
train somewhere in the distance, and the murmur
of the wind in the trees. They seem to echo his
thoughts.
The thoughts that will not let him sleep.
what will happen to jamie and the children
if anything happens to me? How can l be sure
they'll be secure7"
His mind flashes back to the terrifying moment
q week ago when truck shot out of side road
without warning. If he hadn't been able to swerve
his car just in the nick Of time -. what them
He recalls friends he'd known and newspaper
stories he'd read-and all the things that had hap
pened to other people Things that could have
happened to him. u
"Am getting morbid," )" he wonders. ". or am
being realistic? AT any rate it's high time stopped
JUST thinking about my familys future and started
doing something about it. ......"
What can he do?
That's entirely up to him :. his personal de-
cision.
But there are millions Of family men among
the 5.500,O00 members of The Equitable Life
Assurance Society who have faced this same
problem. and who have done something about it!
They realize that regardless Of imitation or
Evening star., 1953-03-18

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Evening star., 1953-05-09
By Crosby S. Moves

A drastic shakeup of the Mu-
tual Security Agency, including
the scrapp1ng OF some parts OF
the foreign aid program and the
firing of a Sizable number of
mission employees can be ex-
pected in the near future.
This fact was made clear yes
terday by Mutual Security Ad-
ministrator Harold E. Stassen in
revealing highlights of a report
on MSA activities abroad drawn
up by team of American busi-
ness experts. It appeared that
many of the recommendations
in the report will be put into
effect without delay.
AS outlined broadly by Mr..
Stassen, the reorganization would
have two main objectives: The
first would be to tie the MSA
program closer to the main line
of American foreign policy by
subordinating it to the State De-
partment. The second objective
is to save money and streamline
operating procedures by cutting
down swollen overseas stats.
Mr.. StaSsen pointed out that
the businessmen had come up
with four different ideas about
how MSA should function in the
future. These we're:
!. That all of the functions of
Evening star., 1953-05-09
japanese Court Delays
Ruling on Iranian Oil
By the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO, May 9.-The japanese
tanker Nissho Maru docked to-
day at Kawasaki, about 10 miles
south of here, with $4,000 tons
of refined oil bought from Iran.
The arrival conceded with the
opening of hearings in Tokyo
District Court on a suit for in
junction to block delivery of the
cargo filed by the Anglo-Irania
Oil Co. The AIOC called the
cargo "stolen property" and
asked the court to impound it.
The court did not reach a deci-
sion today. It heard heated
arguments from AIOC and the
IdemitSu KoSan Co. of Tokyo, the
first Japanese company to buy
oil from Iran since the war.
The court recessed until May
16. The decision probably will
be handed down May %.
Sukezo IdemitSu, president Of
the defendant company. pledged
the delivered oil will not be sold
pending the outcome.
Meanwhile, Kyodo News
Agency reported the japanese
government has decided against
buying more oil from Iran.
Kyodo said the International
Trade and Industry Ministry will
allocate dollar quotas to buy oil
only from Saudi Arabia and
America for the next five-month
period.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Million Troops Reported Aim
OLE Germans and Czechs
Communist-RuIed Countries Said to Have
Agreed to Raise Army Within Year

of staff of the East German
Army, and three unnamed rep
resentatives of the Czech gov
eminent.
Soviet Marshal Has Role.
The United States high COM
missions newspaper in Berlin,
Neue Zeitung, reported March
% that East Germany and
Czechoslovakia had agreed to
a system of exchanging military
information and training that
had been worked out in Czecho-
slovakia by Soviet Marshal
Leonid A. Govorov, commander
of Russia's Leningrad front dur
ing World War II.
According to Archiv, the gen.
eral terms of the agreement re-
portedly provided for:
l. A goal of a million-man
force by May, 1854. (The pres
ent joint armed strength of the
two nations was listed at $50, 900,
of which East Germany was said
to have one-fifth.
2. Co-ordinated military train
ing, with the exchange of Czech
and East German officers in
groups of 300 each.
3. Training of East German
and Czech officers at the Soviet
military academy in Moscow. The
first such trainees would be
composed of AZ East Germans
and 96 Czechs of field grade
rank.
Training in Moscow.
4. Assignment of 100 Soviet
officers to teach the courses al
the academy in Moscow.
5. Coordination OF both forces
in the use fo Soviet weapons and
ammunition.
6. Interviewing of transport
systems of both countries. Trans
port ministry experts of the two
nations repeatedly will meet ir
Prague late this month to work
out details of the Interviewing
Archiv quoted it's informants
as saying that the net result OF
the pact may be the formation
of a mutual alliance for defense
Evening star., 1953-05-09
BY the Assoeioted Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, May 9
President Eisenhower arrived
here by train today for a week
end of quiet relaxation as the
guest of his brother, DR.. Milton
S. Eisenhower, president of Penn
sylvania State College.
The presidential special pulled
in at 6:16 am. washington
time) after an overnight trip
from Washington.
Gen. Eisenhower was met at
the station by his brother, who
boarded the private car and
stayed for an hour before the
party left for the campus home
of the college president.
The Chief Executive was &C
companied from Washington by
Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother,
Mrs. John s. Doud.
A crowd Of about 300 was on
hand when the train arrived in
this quiet college town. It was
the first passenger train to pull
into State College in five years.
Regular passenger service was
suspended here 20 years ago and
only one freight train passes
through town daily.
The President and has brother
left for the Centre Hills Country
Club for a round of golf within
an hour after the Chief Execu-
tive stepped from his train. The
Evening star., 1953-05-09
200 Students Become
Sick After Banquet
BY the Associated Press

ANNISTON. Ala, May 9.-An
estimated 200 high school boys
and girls became violently i'll
after attending a banquet last
night. Some collapsed at a gay
dance after the annual junior
senior dinner.
Only two remained in a hos
pital and they were expected to
be released later in the day.
Physicians said the illness ap-
parently stemmed from food
poisoning.
A police investigation was
underway to determine the cause
of the sickness, which affected
more than half of the approx
mately $50 students and teach
ers who attended the dinner.
Estimates of the number
stricken were made by officials
of Admission Memorial Hospital,
nurses, and private physicians
who attended many. in their
homes. The one-story hospital
was completely engulfed by the
flood of nauseated youngsters
and teachers.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, May 9.-West Ger
man sources reported today that
Red-ruled East Germany and
Czechoslovakia have signed an
agreement to organize a joint
million-man army by this time
next year.
Details of the reported agree
ment were disclosed by the pub
lication "Archiv," which extracts
considerable information from
anti-C Communist sources in the
Soviet-controlled east zone of
Germany.
The West German govern
ment's ministry for alderman
affairs regarded the report so
important that it's Berlin bureau
issued copies in it's own name.
Archiv said the agreement was
reached March IA in Karlovy
Vary, Czechoslovakia, by Will
Stoph, East German Interior
Minister: Gen. Vincent Mueller,
former Nazi who is now chief
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Eisenhower in Pennsylvania
For Visit With His Brother

course is on the outskirts OF
town.
On arrival at Milton Eisen-
hower's home, the President. the
First Lady and her mother were
Joined on the lawn by Milton'S
wife and their two children, Mil
ton, jr., %, and Ruth. IA.
Milton, jr., is a graduate STU
dent at Pennsylvania State Col
lege and Ruth is a high school
freshman.
Standing just outside the COL
lege presidents home-a gray
limestone building with white
framework - Gen. Eisenhower
and the other members Of the
family posed for photographers.
AS they did. Gen. Eisenhower
remarked about the beauty Of
the white dogwood about the
grounds.
Then he turned to the first
lady and asked whether she
knew they had kippers flown in
here especially for you"
Mrs. Eisenhower laughed and
replied she would have them for
breakfast tomorrow morning.
Then Mrs. Milton Eisenhower
told the President that two
kinds of scrapple came in last
night" for his breakfast. Scrap
pie is a favorite Eisenhower
breakfast item.
After photographers had been
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-05-09
MSA Shokeup Expected Soon
To Tie Program to New Policy
SizobIe Number Of Employees to Lose Jobs
In Scropping Of Some Units, Stossen Says

the agency should be transferred
to an enlarged State Department
under control of a new under
secretary of State.
2. That MSA should become a
branch of the Defense Depart
ment.
3. That the military and
economic programs of the agency
should be divided between State
and Defense and co-ordinated by
a director directly responsible to
the President.
4. That it should continue as a
separate agency, but Junior
to both Defense and State, re-
porting directly to the Security
Council, headed by President
Eisenhower.
Mr.. Stassen said that he per-
sonally favored the last plan and
suggested, that it would be sub
mitted to Congress for approval.
Although declining to go into
details on the still-indefnite
proposals, the most important
features were made clear. Fol-
lowing the recommendations of
the inspection teams, the whole
program will be far more closely
controlled from Washington
than in the past. The Office of
of the Special Representative in
Europe, which now exercises wide
control over the European pro-
Continued on Page A-8, Col, l )
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Allies Question Reds
Closely on POW Plan

PANMONJOM, May 9 (P.-
Allied truce negotiators today
asked question after question
aimed at forcing the Communists
to spell out in detail their COM
promise prisoner exchange plan
and said 1--WE must know the
answers" before the proposal
could be considered further.
1t. Gen. William K. Harrison,
jr., told newsmen after the 81
minute session that his bar
rage of questions did not mean
the U. N. command had accepted
the Red plan as a basis for
negotiations.
1--WE have nothing fixed on
this matter at all. I'm just prob
ing for facts" the senior allied
delegate said.
He said, "of course" there
would be other questions to the
Communists on their new plan.
Asks About Repatriation.
Gen. Harrison's detailed ques-
tioning was centered on the Reds
proposal to have a f1ve-nation
neutral repatriation commission
take custody of the 48,500 Red
prisoners who refuse to return
to communism.
"How would decisions be
reached? Majority vote? Is
there a veto?" Gen Harrison
asked the Communist negoti-
atorS.
The Reds, in their sweeping,
eight-point proposal to settle
the prisoner deadlock-the last
major block to a Korean armi-
stice, proposed that the commits
sion consist of Poland, Czecho-
slovakia, Sweden, India and
Switzerland.
Gen. Harrison indicated the
U. N. command will not accept
the Reds proposal that eventual
disposition of prisoners who re-
fuse to go home after "explana-
tionS" by their own side in
neutral camps be left to a post
war political conference.
Seems Like POstponement.
He asked how the new Red
proposal overcomes allied objec-
tionS to the Communists April
rs plan ''by which prisoners
(See TRUCE, Page A-6,)
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Treasury Will Drop
3,776 in $50 Million
Operating Cost Cut
subcommittee Report
Moy Be Followed by
Still Greater Reductions
By Robert k. Walsh

The Treasury Department
plans to drop 3.776 employees. in
Guiding 908 in the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau and 1926 in the
Coast Guard, as part of a $500
million cut in operating costs for
the coming fiscal year. a House
Appropriations subcommittee
disclosed today.
Those proposed personnel de-
creaseS would be from current
years employment. They would
total 1926 if based on Truman
administration requests.
The personnel reductions may
be even greater. The overall cut
in spending for the department
also is likely to be deeper than
the $5O.S million offered by Sec
retary Humphrey in revised esti-
mates.
The subcommittee still is work.
ing on the departments budget.
The full committee expects to
report it out, along with Post
Office Department appropria-
tions, next Wednesday. Further
slashes are expected in view of
the committees cuts in three
previous appropriation bills for
the year starting July /.
More Details Provided.
A report by the subcommittee
today on closed hearings on the
Treasury Department provided
more details than did a recent
announcement of Secretary
Humphrey. He said last month
the department could get along
with $614, ,445, 900, instead of the
$665, $4,000 requested by former
PRESIDENT Truman, and the $685.
O13.OO0 available for the current
fiscal year.
The Treasury annually spends
more than SIG billion. All ex-
cept about $3.50 million, however
represents fixed charges for
DEBT service and similar obliea-
tlons. The revised budget listed
the following main requests in
testimony in the report issued
today:
Internal Revenue Bureau
1855 million, a cut of SIS mil
lion from the Truman estimates
and 81 million from the appro-
priation for the current fiscal
year. This would result in a per-
sonnel decrease of 908 from the
current year total and 1,7O5 from
the number estimated in the
Truman budget. The Bureau has
5000 employees.
Coast Guard operating ex-
penses-$188, ,25O. 900, a cut of
$11,750,0OO from the Truman
estimates and $1O,950,OOO from
the current year. The depart
ment's budget revision suggested
a further cut from $25 million
to SIS million for aircraft re-
(See APPROPRIATION A-7>
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Pony Boy Becomes
Pony When Dolly
Digs -Four Heels
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, May 9.-Dolly Just
decided it was time for the boss
to do a little of the hard work
and put her foot down. It
blocked traffic on London's busy
Baker street yesterday.
Dolly is a pony that pulls a
cart through the streets of the
British capital. She was towing
load of furniture when the
idea struck her that this was
no lark for lady.
She dug in her heels and re-
fused to bulge. Three burly
policemen tried to drag her out
Of the middle Of the street. They
failed.
Shoppers tempted her with
sugar Jumps and cake, but there
was nothing doing.
Finally her driver. Joe Howes.
unhitched the stubborn pony,
got between the shafts and
hauled the cart OFF.
Dolly plodded contentedly be-
hind.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Dulles Declares
Red POW Plan
Needs Changes
Believes Our Allies
Agree CIurificution
By Foe Is Essential
By Gornett D. Homer

Secretary of State Dulles said
today that some parts of the
latest Communist eight point
proposals in the Korean armi-
stice negotiations will have to be
clarified and perhaps modified
before they are acceptable.
He told a news conference
that he believes there is general
agreement among the United
States and its allies in Korea on
this position.
Mr.. Dulles refused to discuss
what parts of the Communist
proposals he considered unsatis-
factory. He said this was a mat
ter for discussion at Panmunjom.
It is understood that the
United States objects strongly
to part of the Communist plan
that would introduce troops of
Communist Czechoslovakia and
Poland into South Korea as part
OF a flve-nation neutral COM
mission to handle prisoners of
war unwilling to return into
Communist hands.
Discussed With Eisenhower.
Another undesirable point
would submit to a later political
conference the eventual fate of
prisoners who remained deter
mined not to return home.
Mr.. Dulles told his news con-
ference that the Communist
proposals were discussed Thurs
day at White House conference
and again by President Eisen-
hover and himself at luncheon
yesterday.
On other matters Mr.. Dulles
told his news conference:
l. Recent prompt supplying of
cargo aircraft to French forces
fighting Communists in Indo-
China and the rushing of small
arms ammunition to threatened
Thailand illustrate "a capacity
for decision and performance"
by this Government which
should be impressive to others" I"
Sympathic to Thailand.
2. He has told the Thailand
ambassador that the United
States would look with sympathy
on any move by Thailand to
bring before the United Nations
the threat to that country posed
by Communist forces from Indo-
China.
3. The French government
feels there would be no advant-
age in seeking U. N. action in
face of the Communist invasion
of Laos. one of the three asso-
ciated states of Indo-China, but
discussions are continuing on
that point.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Stevenson lndisposed

TRIVANDRUM, India. May 9
(R.-Adlai Stevenson, 1852 Dem
ocratic candidate for the United
States presidency, was reported
indisposed today. He has can
celed his remaining engagements
in this southern Indian city. He
arrived yesterday from Madras
on his extensive tour of the Fal
East. His strenuous schedule
was given as o reason for his
indisposition.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
New Italian Liner

GENOA, ktaly. May 9 o.
Italy will lannch its fourth. post
war liner fdr service on the At
lantic run" at ceremonies in
nearby Sestri tomorrow. The
29,600-ton vessel, a sister ship
of the Andrea Doria, will be
christened Cristoforo Colombo,
after the discoverer of America.
who was born in this port city
in 1451. It will enter service
next summer.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Quotations From Bible
Answer Communism

GOSPELS coMPARED-The basic
tenets Of communism ore answered
with quotations from the Bible in the
second Of series by Dr.. ChorIes W.
Lowry, rector Of All Soints Episcopal
Church, Chevy Chose, oppeorins on
successive Saturdays in The Stor.
Po9e Alb.
RELIGION GOES TO COLLEGE
Courses in religion in seeuIor institu-
tions Of higher Ieornins ore inereos-
ing. according to Dr.. Lawrence D.
Folkemer, executive officer Of the
Religion Department at George Wosh-
inston University.
A Stor article tells why 500 stu
dents have enrolled in religion courses
ot CIV since l947. Reoders will find
the article on Pose All.
HISTORIC HOME The historic
Briee Monsion in Annapolis is more
thon 200 yeors old. Mr.. ond Mrs.
StonIey S. WohI Of Washington hove
bought il and plan TO restore il TO its
original stote. See story on Pose B.4.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Search for U. S. Plane
In Alps Continues
By the Assoeiotsd Press

VIENNA, May 9.-Ten Ameri-
can planes and Austrian police
took up search in the Alps
again today for a United States
Air Force T-6 training plane
missing since Tuesday with two
officers aboard.
Air Force headquarters in
Wiesbaden, meanwhile, identi-
fed the two officers as Col. James
G. Earnest. Richmond, Va. and
Capt. Charles w. Kelly, Shreve-
port, La. both of the 1114d USAF
S/A Squadron in Salzburg. The
wives and families of both Off
GERS are in Salzburg.
Evening star., 1953-05-09


board for II years, will succeed
E. D. Merrill as head of the
business group.
He was elected at a meeting
of board directors this morning
at the American Security g.
Trust Co. Participating were IL
new directors elected last night,
In addition, the following other
officers were elected:
Francis J. Kane, president,
Kane Transfer Co., first vice
president; Edward R. Carr,
builder and realtor. second vice
president; Philip M. Talbot,
senior vice president. Woodward
& Lothrop, Inc. secretary; John
A. Reilly, president, Second Ma
tional Bank, treasurer; Frederick
P. H. SiddonS. vice president.
American Security & Trust Co..
assistant treasurer: E. F. Cola
day. attorney, Colladay & Col
laday, general counsel. and
Frank R. Strunk.. Franklin &
Strunk, insurance, sergeant at
arms.
The board also reelected Will
liam H. Press as executive vice
president and Duane Straw
bridge as assistant executive vice
president.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Ans|inger Proposes
Three Ways 10 Fight
Narcotics Traffic
More Police, Compulsory
disqualification, Sitter
Sentences Urged

United States Narcotics Com
missioner Harry j. Anslinger
has told Congress there is a
three-way method of fighting the
illegal drug traffic in Washing
ton.
He suggested:
l. Increasing the size of the
Metropolitan Police Department
so more men can be assigned to
the narcotics squad.
2. Passing a bill pending in
Congress calling for compulsory
disqualification of drug addicts
8. Increasing prison terms for
dope peddlers.
Seeks $2.8 Millions.
His statements were made
when he testified March 18 be-
fore the House Appropriations
subcommittee during hearings
on the Treasury Department S
budget. The testimony was made
public today. The department is
seeking about $2.8 million for
the Narcotics Bureaus 1854
budget.
THE District has about 10
men on the narcotics SQUAD I"
Mr.. Anslinger told the subcom-
mittee. "A city like Los Angeles
has % men on the squad. That
keeps down a lot of crime, be-
cause addicts steal and rob to
get money to maintain their
supply. If the local police were
able to recruit their full quota,
they would probably assign more
men to the narcotics squad
which would cut down crime
substantially"
Backs Hospital Bill.
Mr.. Anslinger said the bill
calling for compulsory hospitali-
zation of addicts would "go far
to remedy tt : situation here"
There is a bill introduced by
Representative Miller Republi-
can, of Nebraska), sponsored by
The Evening Star" Mr.. Anslin-
ger pointed out. 1--WE are in favor
of that bill. It provides compul-
sorry disqualification of addicts. II
you had 800 or 900 lepers run
ming around the streets of the
city. you would put them in
the hospital in Louisiana. But
with the drug addict, there is
no law to compel him to enter q
hospital"
Discussing sitter sentences for
dope peddlers, Mr.. Anslinger gave
the subcommittee a table COM
pairing sentences in courts here
and in Baltimore. The table
listed individual Baltimore SEN
tences of from three to eight
years, and District sentences OF
from IS months to five years.
Short Term No Help.
"Short sentences do not deter
dope peddlers." he said.
Mr.. Anslinger also told the sub
committee:
/. That efforts to gain CO.
operation from other countries
in controlling the drug traffic
have not been very successful.
2. That the Army considers its
drug addiction problem minor
both in this country and in
Korea.
3. That the use of heroin-
a morphine derivative-has de-
clined slightly. but that the use
of marijuana is about the same
as it was q year ago.
4. Addicts under 81 respond
favorably to disqualification, with
few repeaters: after about IS OF
80 years of age, cures are about
II per cent effective.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
; Die as 3 Jets Crush

BRUSSELS. Belgium, May 9
(P.-Three Meteor Jet planes.
flying in formation. collided over
Chievres Military Field today
and all three Belgian pilots per-
ished.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
British Women, 107, Dies

WORTHING, England. May 8
R.-Emma Rookie. who claimed
to be Britain's oldest woman,
died on Thursday at lot.
Evening star., 1953-05-09
Merrick, Ad Agency
Official, Named Head
Of Board Of Trade
Associated With Business
Group for II Years;
Term Sturts July

Harry L. Merrick, vice presi-
dent of the Kal, Ehrlich & Mer-
rick Advertising Agency, today
was elected president Of the
Washington Board of Trade for
the year starting July /.
The 49-year-old advertising
executive, active in the trade
Evening star., 1953-05-09

NEW YORK Up. - Following are the
sales tadd, 00), high, low, closing price
and net change Of the 20 most active
stocks for the week:
Sales High, Low. Close. Ch1e
Evening star., 1953-05-09

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