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Evening star., 1953-04-21
Lowell MeNett::
Lowell WeNett:
Offshore Oil Debate Only Begun
After Three Weeks Only Six of 20 Firm Opponents Have Had
Their Say and That Only on One Proposed Amendment

The situation In the United
States Senate just now is a
remarkably interesting one.
A large group of Senators who
are opposed to f1libusters as a
matter Of principle and who.
most Of them, have voted in
the past for changes in the rules
to prevent filibusters. are now
engaged in one of the most de-
termined f1libuSters the Senate
ever has seen. They do not
admit it is a f1libuster, of
course. Their position was ex-
pressed on Saturday by Sena-
tor Douglas, Democrat, of Iili-
noiS:
II think it is we'll to realize
what a fllibuster is. A fllibuster
is prolonged debate intended to
prevent a vote. We who op-
pose the pending measure are
not trying to prevent a vote
:. but we want it to come on
the part of Senators with in
formed minds and sensitive
conSciences. We believe
that it will require some time
to remove the mists of misin-
formation from their minds
and let the sun of truth shine
through"
Nevertheless and notwith-
standing, what's happening in
the Senate is what's common
ly called a f1libuSter and it bids
fair to be a record breaker
before it ends, if it ever does.
Already in its fourth week, it
has used up the time of only
six of the 20 Senators opposed
to the bill being debated-the
bill quitclaiming to the States
the Federal Governments title
to offShore oil landS-with the
discussion thus far confined to
Q proposed amendment. When
and If the. 20 talk themselves
out on this amendment they
will be able to talk without
limitation on each of two sub
stitute bills that have been Of
fered before they exercise their
privilege Of unlimited discus
sion Of the original bill.
There is the possibility, too,
Evening star., 1953-04-21
VIP Ball Fans Will Face Walk
ToGumeifSikes Can Call Pitch

with a brief speech he made on
the House floor yesterday. So
many big new cars, with chauf-
feurs in attendance, were watt
ing outside the stadium, he told
the House, that many regular
baseball fans had a hard time
getting into the park.
Mr.. Skies said he is going to
question sharply witnesses ap-
pearing before the two House
appropriations subcommittee of
which he is member. They
handle funds for the State, JUS
tice, Commerce Departments,
the judiciary and the Armed
Services.
Already the independent Of
fees appropriation bill. on which
the House begins action today,
has slashed the requested num-
ber of new automobiles, Mr..
Skies said.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stcff Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ga, April al
President Eisenhower today was
getting in one for the road
golfwise-aS he took his last
turn for a while over the course
of the Augusta National Golf
Club and prepared to head back
to Washington in late afternoon.
Take-of time from Bush Field
was set around 8 o'clock or $3.50,
which would bring the presiden-
tial plane Columbine into Ma
tional Airport before dinner. At
the end of the nine-day holiday,
a busy schedule is ahead at the
Capital.
There will be a news confer
ence in Washington before the
week is over, but the time has not
been set. according to Press Sec
retary James c. Hagerty.
Will Address Women.
On Friday, Gen. Eisenhower
keeps a speaking date with a ma
tional conference of Republican
women in the Capital.
The speech is expected to
give Gen. Eisenhower a chance
to go further with the peace
offensive" he launched in
the address to the American
Society of Newspaper Editors
Thursday, and fits in a program
of expounding Eisenhower doc
trine which is being undertaken
in intensified form by top lieu
tenants in the administration.
Coincident with the Presi-
dents leaving here also, the
White House announced that the
first excursions for wounded vet
erans on the presidential yacht
Williamsburg will be held tomor-
row and Thursday. About so
men from hospitals in the
Washington area will be taken
on each Potomac trip, and the
program is to be continued
weekly as was announced sew
eral days ago-until the old Tru-
man holiday ship. which is being
abandoned, goes back on the
Navy's inactive list.
May Be DecOmmiSsiOned.
The White House is expecting
the Williamsburg to be decom-
missioned, despite the fact that
$50, 900 was just spent for an
overhauling. Press Secretary
Hagerty said yesterday that the
face-lifting job had been pro-
grammed unde the Truman ad-
ministration, and that while the
Evening star., 1953-04-21

Mr.. Humphrey is right
when he says that peace is
not to be feared but really
should be welcomed from a
business standpoint, for no
country today can for any
length Of time support an un-
balanced economy - unbal-
anced, that is, by a dispro-
portionate amount of labor
and resources that go into the
unproductive spending for war
or preparation for war.
The Treasury Secretary gave
hope that there would soon be
a reduction of spending and
tax reduction, too, but did not
specify dates.
$50 long as we maintain"
he said, "the soundness Of our
money: attain that nice bal
ance between achieving secu-
rity from aggression and main
tanning economic strength;
eliminate waste and handle our
fiscal affairs with wisdom,
America can look forward to
good jobs at good pay and real
advances in the scale of living.
We can have a stronger econ
omy based on sounder funda-
mental conditions than we
have known in many years"
The theory back of that
statement is a simple one-the
people generally can spend
their money for their own ac-
count and in their own way
for what they want much bet
ter than the Government can
spend it for. them.
That's the doctrine which
the Secretary of the Treasury
proclaimed. It is as old as the
law Of supply and demand.
It's the sturdiest principle in
the Observation-Disclosures sys-
tenn. 1t has built up America
under a citizens capitalism to
greater strength than any sys-
tenn of state capitalism or So
cialism that has yet been tried
throughout centuries of time.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed.)
Evening star., 1953-04-21

moving slowly in his huge new
domain and his requirements
OF bureau chiefs have had few
public echoes outside the de-
partment itself. The career
service. for example, was ex-
ercised when he replaced the
Government biologist who was
head of the Fish and Wildlife
Service with a press agent for
a paper company but their
friends were not having much
luck raising the public's tenn
perature.
Then came the revelation
that the Secretary was pre-
pared to abandon the depart
ment's SIS million investment
in synthetic fuel plants, a
long-range program designed
to transform the Nations
great coal reserves into petro-
leum products.
This desertion has put into
the field against Secretary Nc
Kay the formidable head of
the United Mine Workers,
John L. Lewis, who is, though
many may seem not to realize
it, a Republican with excellent
Republican connections. Mr..
Lewis has seen coal lose mar
kets to substitute fuels for a
long time and has pinned great
hopes on the processes that
were being developed under the
sympathetic guidance of for
mer Interior Secretary Oscar
Chapman.
Mr.. Lewis is a controversial
figure nationally and he has
not had much luck with his
Evening star., 1953-04-21

that can possibly be said" AS
If in answer, Senator Kefauver,
Democrat of Tennessee later
in the day talked at great
length on an entirely new
phase of the problem. the
effect of the proposed legisla-
ton on fishing rights in the
Gulf of Mexico.
The endurance revealed by
the speakers Is extraordinary.
Senator Hill. Democrat, of
Alabama talked easily for
three days without mentioning
his pet proposal, the dedication
Of oil royalties to education.
He is full of that subject and,
along with his 10 co-sponsors.
is prepared to discuss tat
length.
Evening star., 1953-04-21

of further amendments being
offered, carrying the opportu-
nifty for further unlimited de-
bate in each instance, or Of
motions being made that will
seem to require argument -
unlimited. On the face of
things it could be said that the
great ''tidelands" debate has
only begun.
Majority Leader Taft doesn't
like it. He is anxious to get
some of the Senate's other
business transacted. For one
thing, there is the defense con-
trolls bill, which will expire at
the end of the month unless
re-enacted. To this end he has
sought an agreement to per-
NIT a vote on the offshore bill
on Friday. The best he has
got is a proposition to set it
aside until the controls bill is
disposed of, with the debate
to be resumed thereafter. This
he said on Saturday he would
not do, thinking perhaps the
minority group would stop
talking rather than take the
onus of killing all controls.
But. the minority members say
the onus will be on him for not
accepting their fair offer.
There is considerable irony
in the situation. The strategic
position of the oil bills op-
ponentS is made possible by
the action of the Republican
80th Congress, in which the
rules of the Senate. already
favorable enough to f1libuS-
tererS, were made doubly so by
what is known as the Wherry
amendment, taking its name
from the then majority leader.
Senator Taft voted for the
Wherry amendment, as did 28
of the 40 Senators sponsoring
the bill now being filibustered.
On the other hand. II Of the
90 present filibusterers have
supportd efforts to obtain an
effective cloture rule, limiting
debate.
Senator Taft, in asking for
a voting agreement. asserted
that everything has been said
Evening star., 1953-04-21

from long before the interna-
tional codification on the sta
tus Of prisoners of war, to free
or exchange seriously sick or
wounded military men. AS for
civilians falling into enemy
hands. they have been ex-
changed or set free in the past
without delay and without
being submitted to any hard
ships.
If the Muscovites wished to
make a genuine move to show
that they mean to abide by the
existing international laws,
they would liberate immedi-
ately the hundreds of thou
sands, some say well over a
million. prisoners of the last
world war whom they still have
in the u. s. S. r. They should
also set free several thousand
civilian nationals of the free
countries they keep in Red
prisons and in concentration
camps. So far there is no in
dication that these victims of
the Reds are going to be re-
turned to their homelands.
The Red peace budget still
shows a definite deficit. An
avalanche of words from the
Red propagandists is engulf-
ing the world, particularly
Europe. But our opponents SO
far have done nothing to
translate them into deeds.
Only the future will tell
whether there is any signif1-
canoe in the fact that Presi-
dent Eisenhower's speech of
last week was not entirely ig-
nored by the Muscovite press,
Evening star., 1953-04-21

Of one group and sometimes to
another. But depression, no.
We cannot preserve our way Of
life through another long, deep
depression and we must never
permit it to occur
There. in q nutshell, is the
whole economic philosophy of
the Eisenhower administra-
ton. Government will use its
emergency powers and it's Inn
menSe powers over credit and
money and its lending expert
ence to stave of a depression
if one is threatened. But Mr..
Humphrey pointed, out that a
reduction in spending for
armament today is not likely
to produce as drastic an i'm
pact on the national economy
as it did when World War II
ended in 1945, and total Gov
ernment expenses came down
from $98.7 billion in 1945 to
$49.3 billion in 1947. He pointed
out that defense spending
alone was reduced in two years
from $90.5 billion in 1945 to
$16.8 billion, plus about $5 bill
lion in foreign aid.
When the drop, therefore, in
defense and foreign-aid spend
ing can go from $90.5 to ap-
proximately $21 billion in two
years and the economy does
not suffer a depression, it con-
firms the underlying strength
and f1exibility of the American
business structure.
The Secretary of the Treas
ury reminded his audience and
the country that America
makes its greatest strides in
peacetime and that the trend
always is toward "n1ore and
better goods at less cost for
more people"
This is the outlook of
thoughtful businessmen who
have appraised accurately the
meaning of the gradually in
creasing population in terms
Of demand as well as the in
creased productivity of labor
and machines.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Doris FIeeson:
Democrats Find Little to ODDose
EsenhoWers Troubles Seem to Originate Within Own Porty
John L. Lewis and Mckay Nay Figure in Next Clash

The favorite quip of Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon
johnson is: 1--WE would like
to be President Eisenhower's
loyal opposition but so far all
we have had a chance to do
IS to be loyal"
This is one way of describing
the situation which finds
Democrats supporting major
Eisenhower moves in foreign
policy. reciprocal trade and
related matters while dissi.
dent Republicans foment the
troubles which have been max
ing the front pages.
1t is G. o. P. spokesmen who
have manned the barricades
on taxes and against Secre-
tary of Agriculture Benson's
conservative farm principles,
Secretary of State Dulles an
reinstatement resolution, Sec
retary Of Commerce Weeks
assault on the Bureau of Stand
ards. In all these matters,
the Democrats have not had
to stir from high ground.
Their luck has not deserted
them even in the case of the
Secretary of the Interior,
former Gov. Douglas Mckay of
Oregon, although Interior has
long been viewed by Demo-
Gratis as their special province.
They have been bracing them
selves for changes there in
such vital areas as public
power. reclamation and man
agement Of the public lands.
Secretary Mckay has been
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Prime Minister Churchill urges big power peace talks the
highest level Ike the heck with the altudewhas the
fee?
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey says be
depression. Match We're all working like mad provide
employment benefits for the Democrats
The House votes repeal law prohibiting the sale of
Indians You'll catch Congress marking time in 1853
not when there's the whole 10th century to do it in
Ike Hughes, banker as assistant
budget director It's his job to work swiftly toward balanced
budget-and be ready with a quick aib
Ike and Taft play second round of golf after Ike
&c. This administration is making historyfor further de-
tails your sports pages.
The exchange of prisoners smoothly in Korea We've
outsmared the last time release GI
make them take back 10 Communists to feed.
A Government board brands the American Communist
Party "puppet Russia. Your Government right
dae-its beginning read last years newspapers.
Evening star., 1953-04-21

or subjected to the usual in.
suits and jeers More than
two weeks have passed since
the Soviet commander in Ber-
lin invited his allied colleagues
to meet him to settle the safety
of allied aircraft flying over
the Berlin corridor, and Moth
ing has yet happened. Nor
mally such discussions should
require only a few hours. II
that long. But no solution has
yet been reached.
Unless the recent reports
from behind the Iron Curtain
are entirely wrong, the Red
forces in the satellite countries,
particularly in the Danubian
states, have been strengthened.
In the Far East. while the
Peiping men talk about q
settlement of the Korean war.
new military campaigns have
been opened. The recent inva-
sion of Laos. a kingdom in
Indo-China considered the
strategic gateway to Thailand.
is particularly significant. Mos
cows and Peiping's puppet. Ho
Chi Mini, has kept quiet for
many months. There were
intimations from the optimistic
French high command in
Indo-China\that his offensive
power had been broken by the
setbacks he had suffered last
year. The sudden blitz against
Laos by a force estimated at
some four modern-equipped
divisions demonstrates that
the Chinese, with an eye on
an armistice in Korea, have not
been idle and have provided
the Wet Mini with the neces-
Sary hardware to resume the
offensive, which if successful
would place the major part Of
East Asia, including Thailand
and Burma, in the Red column
There are strong indications
that the Chinese Communists
will agree not only to discuss
an armistice in Korea with
us. but actually sign it. There
is. however. no meeting Of
minds between them and us
about a real restoration Of
peace. There appears to be
no prospect whatsoever for the
Reds to agree to a unified Ko-
rea; nor will they discuss q
general peace settlement in
Asia on the basis of a cease
fire in Indo-China and Malaga.
The Red high command is de-
termined to consider the Ko-
rean affair entirely separate
from all other shooting wars
now in progress.
The peace propaganda de-
veloped by the Kremlin soon
after Stalin's death at first
caught the imagination of the
peace-hungry free nations,
which saw in the vague ges-
lures of the Kremlin a def
mite sign that the war clouds
might soon be dispersed. But
a close analysis reveals that
so far we have been mum
dated by words and a few
welcome, but utterly incon-
elusive, gestures,
Evening star., 1953-04-21

Because he saw so many bright,
shiny Government-owned auto
mobiles at the opening baseball
game at Griffith Stadium, Rep
resentative Skies. Democrat, Of
Florida has started a congress
sional drive for economy in this
direction.
AS a member of the House Ap-
preparations Committee he al
ready has asked the staff to
make a careful check on the
number of big cars furnished to
administrators and others on
the Government payroll.
He took this action in line
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Poperfs Edition Banned

BOGOTA, Colombia, April 81
P.-The censorship Office
banned yesterdays circulation
of .Diario de Colombia, a news
paper supporting the presidential
candidacy of Mariana oOspina
Perez, a conservative and former
President. The newspaper said
it was because it carried pictures
and stories about Ospina Perez.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
The eyes Of the world are on her

What's the next best thing to seat at Westminster Abbey
for Ezabeths Coronation? The issue of LooKl For
LOOK takes you behind the Of the richest most
cooru pageant in the world shows the radiant young
pictures many Of them in glorious color Don't miss LOOK
NOW at all newsstands Get your copy today!
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Richmond Independents
Back Dalton Candidacy

RICHMOND, Oct. % (P).-An
Independents for Dalton" club
has been organized in Richmond.
Mrs. Virginia N. Potts, one of
the organizers of the group, said
it was made up of some 100
persons who regard themselves
as Democrats or Independents.
Mrs. Potts said Ted Dalton,
the Republican nominee for
Governor. has courageously
stated his position on every
issue of interest to the public"
while Thomas B. Stanley, the
Democratic candidate, "has
lodged commitments on such
vital issues as the State Milk
Commission, review of the 81
million World War II Memorial
and State subsidies to private
agencies"
She added:
when it reaches the point
that candidate for Governor is
so sure of election that he de-
clines to face the issues, then
we need a change"
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Donovan Urges Support
Of Democratic Ticket

State Senator John A. K.
Donovan. who represents nearby
Alexandria and Falls Church
and Fairfax and Prince William
Counties, today expressed sur
prise at recent statements by
prominent Democrats that we
need not support our party
nominees"
Francis Pickens Miller, an
anti-organization leader and a
Democrat, had issued a state
ment saying members of the
party should feel free to vote
for the Republican candidate for
Governor, Ted Dalton.
Senator Donovan said:
II supported Senator Charles
r. Fenwick for Governor in the
recent Democratic primary,
thereby participating in the
procedures of my party for the
selection of its candidates. The
winner in the Democratic
primary was Thomas B. Stanley.
Il am surprised by recent
statements by prominent Demo-
Gratis that we need not support
our party nominees. was op-
posed to such a statement in
the presidential campaign last
fall and I am equally opposed to
it now. I hope that all of my
friends will continue as in the
past to support the Democratic
ticket"
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Special Days Set
For oxCompIoints
In Prince Georges

Objections to property tax as
sessment have become so numer-
out in Prince Georges County
that the county commissioners
have set aside one regular meet
ing day each month for hearing
such complaints.
The board voted yesterday at
Upper Marlboro to ask the
county tax assessor to place all
such cases before them on each
fourth Friday.
Hearings will start at 10:30
am. at Upper Marlboro. The
first all-day tax session was set
for November q.
Heretofore, tax assessments
have been considered by the
commissioners at irregular in
tervals, usually at afternoon
meetings.
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Candidates 10 Talk
In Arlington School

The last of a series of three
know-your-candidates public TO-
runs sponsored by the Arling-
ton Committee for Candidates
Meetings will be held at 8 pm.
tomorrow at Thomas Jefferson
Junior High School, ,816 South
Walter Reed drive.
Mrs. Carl Marcy of the
county's League of Women
Voters, again will serve as mod
orator, and each candidate will
be allowed seven minutes to dis
cuss his platform before answer
ing questions from the audience
Candidates scheduled to ap-
pear include the six aspirantS
for three seats in the Virginia
House of Delegates, the three
candidates for one county board
seat. and the four nominees for
two posts on the county's school
board.
Similar forums were held at
the Abingdon Elementary School
October IA and the Stratford
Junior High School last Thurs
day.
The candidates committee is
formed by representatives Of %
county organizations, on invita-
ton from the League Of Women
Voters.
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Former Arlington Athlete
Balls Out Of Spinninq JET

A former football player at
Arlington's Washington L e
High School parachuted to
safety near Victorville, Calf,
yesterday from his Air Force
F-36F jet.
According to the Associated
Press, I'd 1t. Forrest w. STAN
field, "a, of 2428 North Lincoln
street, Arlington. bailed out when
the plane went into a spin while
making a climbing right turn
at $4,000 feet.
1t. Stanfield, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Stanfield of the Lin
coin street address, rode the ship
down to 10000 feet in a vain
attempt to right it, then trig-
gered his ejector seat.
The plane crashed and burned
about 20 miles southeast of
George Air Force Base. where
1t. Stanf1eld is stationed.
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Fire Strikes for Fifth Time
On Montgomery Dairy Farm

was hit by lightning about 1890
am. and burned despite efforts
of the Rockville and Gathers
burg Volunteer Fire Depart
mentS.
Inside, according to Mr.. Gar
rett, were some IS tons of baled
alfalfa and 35 tons of other hays
and straw. Valued at between
$45 and $50 a ton, the loss esti-
mate for the hay alone was put
at more than $5,400, with an
other $4,000 to $2,500 for the
building. Mr.. Garrett was not
certain this morning how much
of the loss was covered by in
Surance.
The 355-acre farm, owned by
Mr.. Garrett since 1918, Is known
as the Maple Springs Farm and
is on Route %, 21a miles north
of Rockville. Mr.. Garrett now
lives in Rockville, and the farm
is run by his two sons, H. Ashton
Garrett and Thomas A. Garrett.
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Silver Spring Woman
Injured in Auto Crash

A housewife suffered possible
internal injuries yesterday as
three autos collided in Silver
Spring on the East-West high
way at Sundale street, police re.
ported.
Montgomery County police
identified her as Mrs. Claire L.
Reid, SO, of 2706 Colston drive,
Silver Spring, who was admitted
to Suburban Hospital.
Officers charged Ray McNeill
Foster, 80, of the 10000 block Of
Kinrose avenue, Silver Spring
with speeding. Police said he told
them he was braking for the in
tersection and his car skidded
into another, causing it to hit a
third.
The third driver, Kenneth w.
Harrington, 80, Lovettsville, Va.
was not hurt. But his passenger,
John w. Hayes, 20, also of Low
ettsville. suffered several broken
ribs and cuts on the face and
head requiring more than q
dozen stitches, police reported.