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Evening star., 1953-07-05
Firemen Save Engine
As Station House Burns

While members of the fire bri-
gade were holding a meeting in
the station house at Fairlie, New
Zealand, there was a cry Of
"Fire!"
It was the fire station which
was ablaze and it burned to the
ground. Members managed to
save the fire engine.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Apprentices Counted

The District ranks 25th among
the States in the number of reg
istered apprentices. The total is
1902, according to the Appren-
ticeship Council. The council
registered PIT new apprentices
during the first quarter Of 953.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates
Six Arlington Democrats Seek
; House of Delegates Seats
George p. Grove.

Six Democrats trying to win nomination in Arlington Tor
of Delegates Until this
Arlington reshufing of legs
the couny representation in the
population growth One Of the
incumbent seeking renoinaon The second
Damn also Democrat did not to run
again. Republicans nominated candidates
fall six Democrats running in the July "A
, 1953-08-19
Charlotte AmaIie. 81. Thomas
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
No. 1888

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
This is to certify that the Letters Patent which were re-
corded in the United States Patent Office in Washington,
D. c., on December q, 1949, in the name of Kool Vent
Metal Awning Corporation Of America. Of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and patent certifi-
cate No. 1861 issued therefor, has been registered in the
Office of the Government Secretary of the Virgin Islands
of the United States at ST. Thomas, in accordance with
the provisions in the regulations governing THE registra-
ton Of Patents andTrademarks in the Virgin Islands, APP
proved April ], 1916.
(SEAL Daniel w. Ambrose.
Government Secretary
, 1953-08-19

ed by contracting Mr.. H. K. Taylor at the Bethlehem Fiedl
ed by contracting Mr.. H. K. Taylor at the Bethlehem Fiedl
Office of the Virgin Islands Corporation, Christiansted, St.
Croix, and sealed bids for any, or all items will be received
at the Bethlehem Field Office purchasing Division) until
1000 o'clock A. M. Local Time August "a, 1858, and then pub
licly opened
Conditions Of Sale. CASH or terms satisfactory to seller. De
livery--as is, where is within thirty (3O days.
, 1953-08-19
SALE

FOR SALE
By VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION. ST. .cRoIXs
VIRGIN ISLANDS. U. S. A. THE USED
EQUIPMENT. MATERIALS SUPPLIES - LOCATED
AT CRAFTSMANSHIP DC. PLANT.
Item No. Quantity Articles
2 Diesel Engines, BUKH each engine
type 2C-24O, 2~cylinder, 1OO11O BHP
at 425 RPM, solid injection
g. Skandia, semi-diesel engine, 40 HIP
single cylinder, cycle, 325 RPM
3 Exhaust Muffler
The above units complete with lubri-
eating water cooling, starting sys
TENS, intake air supply, etc.
a DC Dynamos, Type V-2O, shunt wound
1886 XIV and $50 Volts at 325I425
RPM with electrical driven circulat-
s. ing water pump.
Eight () Panel. Switchboard, marble
slab, mounted on channel iron sup
porting framework, complete with all
necessary equipment including mas
6. ter and street meters.
Balancer and Loading set, Sc XIV at
1875 Volts and 1900 RPM
Inspection of above items by interested parties may be arrang-
ed by contracting Mr.. H. K. Taylor at the Bethlehem Field
Office of the Virgin Islands Corporation, Christiansted, st.
Croix, and sealed bids for any, or all items will be received
at the Bethlehem Field Office Purchasing Diysion) until
1000 o'clock A. M. Local Time August "a, 1858, and then pub
licy opened
Conditions of Sale: CASH or terms satisfactory to seller. De-
~livery-as is, where is within thirty (3) days:
VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION
, 1953-08-19

Nothing jolts a narrow-mind-
ed man more than being forced
to zimit he is in the wrong.
, 1953-08-19
VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION

GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
, 1953-08-19

a.. THE FOLLOWING USED EQOAF-
'REDERIKSTED DC. POWER PLANT
; Articles -.
Diesel Engines BUKH, each engine
type D-24O, 1-cylinder 5OI55 BHP at
425 RPM, solid injection.
Exhaust Muffler
Complete with l~ubricating water cool
ing, starting systems, intake air sup
ply, etc.
D. C. Dynamos, Type V-2o, shunt
wound, 1888 wv. $50 Volts at
325/425 RPM, with electric driven
circulating water pump
Seven CO Panel Switchboard, marble
slab, mounted en- channel iron sup
porting framework, complete with all
necessary equipment, including mas
ter and street light meters
Ba1ancer. and loading set, GO XIV at
125 Volts and 1.5O0 RPM
Evening star., 1953-04-10

within Secretary Weeks juris-
diction. He has. however. gone
beyond his own department in
his zeal to reshuff1e personnel
and policy to the end that
business will be represented in
the degree to which he thinks
It entitled, and which it did
not enjoy, as he sees it, in the
previous two Democratic ad-
ministrations. Mr.. Weeks was
somewhat appalled,. as have
been others in the new admin
'istration, to discover how few
places in the field of policy
were open for him to fill in
his own department with per-
sons of his own choice and his
viewpoint, a situation which Is
in the process Of being reme-
died by lifting the armor Of
civil service from some po-
sitions.
AS q Republican Party leader
for many years. the Secretary
has had most contact with
businessmen because Of his
role in helping to finance the
party. AS well as being ma
tional committeeman for many
years, he also has served for
long periods as chairman of
the Republican National FL
nance Committee, as well as
treasurer, the last during the
Eisenhower campaign as well
as on previous occasions.
When he became Secretary
of Commerce, he regarded it
as part Of his stewardship for
business in the administration
to use his influence also in re-
shaping regulatory agencies
and commissions more toward
the business view. He made no
secret of that. This task, how
ever, has been done quietly and
without dramaticS.
While other cabinet officers
in both Democratic and Re-
publican administrations have
exercised the same preroga-
tive, the regulatory agencies
are not branches Of the execu-
tive department, though the
President makes the appoint
ments. They are creatures Of
Congress and are supposed to
represent the overall public
interest. and not any special
interest. AS Congress from time
to time, through the years, has
enacted regulatory statutes
covering some new area in our
rapidly expanding business and
industrial economy, it has at
Evening star., 1953-04-10
Thomas L. Stokes:

Secretary OF Commerce Sin.
clair Weeks is beginning to i'm
press washington with the Wig
orous manner in which he is
swinging his weight around in
the Eisenhower administration
on behalf Of his particular
protege, business. and in many
directions.
This Boston businessman
and finanicier. long prominent
in national Republican Party
affairs, saw the election as a
mandate to establish an ad-
ministration very friendly to
business and he Is going about
that with enthusiasm and en-
ergy. Not content to confine
himself to his own department,
he is reaching out in other
Government quarters in his
mission for business. His stra-
tegic position as a member Of
the Presidents cabinet gives
him elbow room and the Presi-
dents ear.
It is within his own depart
ment that he has created the
most dramatic episode publicly
thus far. The furore over his
summary firing Of DR.. Allen v.
Astin as director of the Bureau
of Standards, which is under
his department, still is on the
crescendo, with scientists pro-
testing loudly, and with a con-
gressional investigation of the
whole affair being planned. His
only reason announced pub
licly was the bureaus rejection
Of an additive to hop up old
storage batteries, a subject Of
controversy that revolveS
around it's inventor and pur-
veyor, Jess Ritchie. small man
ufacturer Of Oakland, Calf,
whom Secretary Weeks cham
pioned, and who has run afoul
also of the Federal Trade Com
mission.
The Bureau of Standards
has always enjoyed a reputa-
ton of objectivity and impair.
tiality. Consequently, any ap-
pearance Of interference with
its findings that has the least
color Of politics or business
pressure is understandably re-
sented by scientists, as well
as by the bureau itself. For
the sake Of the bureau and for
the sake Of Mr.. Weeks and Of
Mr.. Ritchie a thorough inves-
tigation Of this most unusual
incident seems warranted.
The Bureau Of Standards is
Evening star., 1953-04-10

main German legislative body,
ratified in March. Although
it may be said that q peace
contract is not actually a peace
treaty, the fact that the United
States Senate has confirmed
it is sufficient in the eyes Of
our lawmakers to justify the
diplomatic change.
Such a gesture on our part
would strengthen considerably
the prestige and political po-
sition of Chancellor Adenauer
not only in his own country,
where he is faced with a diff
flcult election next September.
but also with Germany's
neighbors.
The 77-year-old chancellor
made q remarkable impression
on all those who were in con-
tact with him in Washington.
He is the first high official in
the memory Of State Depart
ment officials to come here ask
ing for nothing but our support
for unification Of Western
Europe. He requested modest
help to permit his government
to cope with the tens Of thou
sands Of refugees who cross
into Western Germany from
the eastern zone. But outside
of this he emphasized the need
for a European federation as
the only means Of establishing
a permanent peace on that
Strife-torn continent.
Adenauer seldom spoke as a
German but always as a Euro
pean. Even in discussing the
thorny Saar problem, he in
sisted that the 100000 inhab-
itantS Of that coal-rich Ger
man province be given the OPP
portunity to decide their future
for themselves by a genuinely
free election. And he indicated
that his personal guess was
that the SaarlanderS would
want to become European
ized"-that is to say, to have
no political ties to either Ger
many or France.
It was a refreshing and
unique experience for all the
top American officials from
President Eisenhower down, to
deal with a man who did not
use the words "give me, give
me" throughout the three-day
Evening star., 1953-04-10
House Denial Is GrotifyinQ
Published Reports That Decisions Have Been Reached
On Korea and Formoso Make for Real Mystery
David LoWrence:

A flrst-claSs mystery revolv-
ing around an off-the-record
conference with several news
papermen by a person in the
confidence Of the Eisenhower
administration has stirred up
a series Of denialS and counter
denials as to what the future
policy Of the United States is
going to be toward a divided
Korea and the status of For
moSa.
First of all, it may be said
that. whatever the explorations
or discussions inside the ad-
ministration, no conclusions
have been reached. The White
House denial of a New York
Times story used that very Ian
guage as follows:
1.-THE administration has
never reached any conclusion
that a permanent division Of
Korea is desirable or feasible
or consistent with the decisions
Of the United Nations"
Dispatches from Washington
to the New York Times and
other newspapers. which came
from a responsible source who
gave the information but would
not allow himself to be quoted
or identifled-indicated that in
a future negotiation the United
States might be willing to let
the boundary between North
and South Korea be fixed at
about 80 miles north of the
38th Parallel so as to take in
a balanced area Of economic
resources.
But such a division means
on its face that the United
States would be deserting the
objective Of the U. N. resolu-
ton Of October Z, 1850, which
called for an independent and
unified Korea.
Why, therefore, was the
idea brought forward in the
discussion with the press?
This is not readily explained
except on one possible basis
that the man who did the
talking didn't make himself
clear and was merely explain
ing possible ways that a nego-
tiation might be approached
when the time comes for such
q barley.
But even this does not dis
close why it was considered
necessary to explore the sub
Evening star., 1953-04-10
Constantine Brown:

Resumption Of normal dip.
lomatic relations between the
United States and the Western
German Republic by elevating
the high commission at Bonn
to an embassy is being studied
IN Washington. This may be
one OF the sequels Of Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer's visit
to the United States.
Most Of our European allies
apparently feel strongly that
the present occupation status
with high commissioners in
stead Of ambassadors repre-
senting them in the German
capital should be continued
until a final peace treaty has
been signed by all the four
powers which control Ger
many.
High commissioners are sort
Of governors who have more or
less extensive administrative
powers. Ambassadors are dip
lomatic representatives who
must be approved by the gov
ernment to which they are &C
credited before taking up their
Jobs.
The State Department still
has some misgivingS about
changing the American high
commission at Bonn to q full
f1edged embassy. It fears that
such a unilateral action may
be looked on with suspicion by
our French and Benelux allies.
A number Of Senators. how
ever, are seriously consider
ing Offering a resolution urging
the President to take this step.
Although Austria has no
peace treaty with the Big Four,
we have elevated our high
commission in Vienna to an
embassy and the Austrian gov
ernment is now represented in
Washington by an ambassador
instead Of a diplomatic agent.
There are stronger valid rea-
sons, insofar as the Senate is
concerned, to ask for a sim
liar change in regard to Bonn.
Western Germany signed q
peace contract last May with
all the Western powers. The
Senate ratified it unanimously
within less than six weeks.
The German Bundestag, the
Evening star., 1953-04-10
Dorothy Thompson:
Where the u. N. Goes Too Far
Human Rights Convention Not Only Is Repugnont
To Our Constitution but 1t Endonqers Liberties

Secretary Of State John Fos-
ter Dulles statement before the
Senate judiciary Subcommit-
tee of the administrations
position on the treaty-making
power was, we thought, lucid,
cogent and convincing.
The matter with which the
Senate has properly been con-
cerned. and which the Secre-
tary clarified. is that the
treaty making power, and
specifically q. N. conventions
as they come up for ratifica-
ton. might be used to super
scde or circumvent constitu-
tional procedures in matters
essentially Of domestic con-
cern.
That danger positively
exists. If the covenant on
human rights, which the
United Nations Is now prepar-
ing on the basis Of the uni
versal Declaration of Human
Rights" adopted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the U, N. in
December. 194S, became Amer
ican law via its ratification as
q treaty, that convention
would superSede the American
Bill Of Rights. and inject the
United Nations into a wide
range Of matters involving
American legislation, law en-
forcement and legal interpre-
tation. Secretary Dulles re-
lieved many minds when he
stated fatty that this admin
istration would not become
party to any u. N. human
rights covenant, or sign the
convention on the political
rights Of women.
This standpoint will, Of
course. be attacked by one
worlders who envision the q.
N. as supplanting the legal
Evening star., 1953-04-10
Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

The Republican National Committee pick a
chairman Republicans look forward hopefully future
there's always chance the Democrats will outbunder them
The Soviet bloc asks for full settlement Of the Korean
warand trusts that next time courtesy
to notify them plan to resist their secret invasion.
Former Army Secretary Pace Of the regime
reports brought to his atten
tion The Democrats certain they
they checked their official papers burning
them.
Gov Dewey Of New York to the White
with President Eisenhower It's agreed the team making
swfter than expectedand Dewey better
pairing Immediately to rescue it.
Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden
secretary general When he his reminds
Of Ada Stevenson campaign poetic
and full Of hidden meaning for the speaker.
Democratic Senator Byrd Virginia charges the Govern
ment doesn't reveal its full payroll Virginia. things
are more efcentno single the State payroll
unless Byrd knows about it.
The Augusta National Country Club in Georgia it will
build $4,000 cottage" for the Eenhowers got
hand 1t to the Republicans for sticko--iveness
determined they're never going to lose the country club VOTE
Evening star., 1953-04-10

The supporters Of this invi-
tation to universal interference
Of everybody in the affairs Of
everybody else appeal over its
opponents by the accusation:
$50 you are against human
rights!" That ought. they
think. to settle the matter. and
to that level much of public
debate has descended. The
cry might be sufficient argu.
ment for those who have never
carefully read the declaration.
or thought through what it
entails. A primary right of all
peoples is to make their own
laws, and not have them die
tated in advance by the un-
elected delegates Of the worlds
foreign Offices.
No international tribunal
could enforce such q covenant.
In few countries (if any besides
our own) would its ratification
supplant existing law. For
others its adoption would be Q
mere piouS gesture.
It is highly significant that
Communists and Communist
fellow travellers have consist
emily propagandized for the
human rights convention,
while opposing the genocide
convention, which, though it
also presents enforcement diff
flculties, is properly within the
domain Of international law,
which is concerned with .he
rights Of nations.
The reason is obvious. The
human rights convention
would give our enemies In the
U. N. q chance to intervene
over q wide front of American
domestic legislation and law
enforcement In behalf Of
single individuals.
The genocide convention
Evening star., 1953-04-10

and legislative bodies of self
governing nations. The result
would be to wreck the U. NJ,
and to wreck our control over
affairs that have nothing to
do with international rela-
tionS.
The U. N. Declaration Of
Human Rights contains 80
articles. covering a far wider
range than the 10 constitu-
tional amendments that COM
prise our own Bill of Rights.
Some of them are so loosely
phrased, qualified. and sus-
ceptible Of varying interpreta-
tionS that the U. N. is having
the greatest difficulty codify-
ing them into a legal cove
nant.
They assert rights" that do
not presently exist in any ma
tion's laws, and that could not
be enforced except by an i'm
mense extension Of Federal
controls. If, indeed, they could
be implemented by any except
a socialist state. They in
volve matters which, in Amer
lea, are left to the people or
are concerns Of the 48 States.
Translated into law they
would involve immigration
statutes. education, marriage,
property. religion, access to
public service, standard of liv-
ing, conditions of employment.
and even patents and copy
rights.
The proposed human rights
convention is, as Secretary
Dulles stated. an attempt to
use the treaty-making power
to effect internal social changes
in all countries, regardless Of
their constitutions, traditions,
civilizations, religious laws, or
economic systems.
Evening star., 1953-04-10

2 Reasons for Appointing Hall
AS G. 0. P Chairman He Will Pose as Both Concession
From, and Abb for President Eisenhower

hover campaign pledges on
agriculture, social security,
rural electriflcation and SINH.
lar issues.
Mr.. Hall as chairman will
be expected to bring to the
committee as publicity director
Robert Humphrey. Mr.. Hum
phrey had that job with the
Hall House campaign commit
tee and still has it. He is gen.
orally popular. knows Wash
ington thoroughly and gets
from House members the real
blue ribbon. They call him
an Idea man."
There is little apparent rea-
son to encourage dissatisfied
original Ike men to air their
grievances in any form, much
less with an attack upon Mr..
Hall. The White House de-
termination TO get along with
Congress appears in some form
almost daily.
And yet, it doesn't do the
job. A Senate Republican Pol
icy Committee meeting was
taken up almost exclusively
with "griping at the White
House." according to one frank
member. Part of it is patron
age woe but only part; much
complaining is directed at Mr..
Eisenhower for not making up
his mind what he wants to do.
The truth is a strong Presi-
dent" takes Congress off many
a hot seat and many mem
bers, despite their fine words,
secretly prefer one, provided,
Of course, he belongs to their
own party.
Evening star., 1953-04-10
Doris FIeeson:

Republicans start organiz-
ing for the 1854 congressional
elections with the anticipated
selection of Judge Leonard
Hall Of New York as national
chairman.
The big talking point put
forward for Judge Hall has
been that he is an expert in
that field. having been chair
man of the House Republican
Campaign Committee during
his recent service IN the House.
From the White House point
of view he represents both a
concession and an alibi. His
selection Is supposed to make
unhappy House Republicans
happier. Since the President
himself does not run in 1854,
he apparently decided to let
the Congress have one Of its
own as campaign boss so any
untoward results can't be
blamed on him.
Mr.. Eisenhower voluntarily
relinquiShed his control of the
craftsmanship, which has al
ways been a presidential pre-
rogative. It is another link in
the chain of evidence that he
does not much care for his
position as the head of his
party.
There is some dispute as to
whether Mr.. Hall is a Dewey
man. The verdict among
House followers of Senator
Robert A. Taft is mot proven"
Whenever the big wheels
In the House wanted to do
something for Len Hall, a
rumor always appeared that
Evening star., 1953-04-10

tip our hand no matter what
we have in mind. It seems
incredible that John Foster
Dulles would care to remain
as Secretary Of State II his
views on the Far East were
reversed to the extent that
the newspaper reports would
indicate they might be II the
conclusion" is to adopt poll
cies that mean appeasement
Of the Communists.
It is impossible, for instance,
to measure exactly how many
square miles of territory would
remain In the hands Of the
North Korean Communists as
a buffer" or "puppet" state
for the Communists. But it
would be a big slice Of Korean
territory. Does any one think
South Korea could be pacif1ed
by such q move? For it would
mean that aggressors would
be rewarded by being ceded q
large piece Of territory and, II
the Red Chinese were seated
in the U. N. it would all add
up to a very remarkable vic.
tory for the Communists and
a defeat for the American
viewpoint.
Certainly. If anything like
that happens, it will be diff
cult to keep a draft law on the
statute books. For to send
American boys abroad to be
killed In such shenanigans Of
diplomatic trickery and ap-
peasement would produce q
major political convulsion,
and somebody would have to
begin writing letters Of abject
apology to the relatives Of the
100000 American boys who
have become casualties in
Korea. # to divide up Korea
and give a big gift of land to
the Communists Is what hap
pens after resisting aggres-
sion" in Korea, then such slo-
gans become double talk.
It is gratifying to learn that
the White House has not ap-
proved any such policy of ap-
peasement as was reported to
be under consideration" or
under discussion" whatever
the correct word for it really
was.
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