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Evening star., 1953-08-09

THE THIRD Hospital Train,
IL retired after it's battle
starred accomplishments in
the Rhineland campaign of
World War II, is again in
action. This time it is at
Cameron Station, Alexandria,
where trainees from Walter
Reed Hospital are learning
about the care and transpor-
tation of casualties.
The train carried $4,000
patients over 33,625 miles be-
tween the front lines and rear
hospitals in Germany. Later,
the same kind of train was
used in Korea.
When the United Nations
Evening star., 1953-11-03
BY the Assoeiated Press

It's election day and the big
ones-a Mayor in New York and
Governors in New Jersey and
Virginia-had Republicans and
Democrats battling with one eye
on election day a year hence.
Ever since a Democrat upset
Republican in Wisconsin'S Spe-
cial congressional election last
month, leaders of both parties
have been looking to this day for
clues. The way things go today,
they theorize, might show how
things will go in the 1854 con-
gresSional election.
AS Senator Dirksen, Republi-
can. of Illinois expressed one
G. o. P. viewpoint, election of
Democratic Governor in New
Jersey-it would be the first
time in 10 years-might set off
chain reaction resulting in a
Democratic Congress.
Would Tie Hands.
That, Senator Dirksen said,
would "tie the hands" of Presi-
dent Eisenhower during the last
two years of the first Republican
national administration in two
decades.
President Eisenhower is back
ing the Republican candidates
in all three crucial races-Paul
L. Troast for New Jersey Gov
ernor, Theodore r. Dalton for
Virginia Governor and Harold
Riegelman for New York Mayor.
The President has said that,
while he doesn't want to use
his Office in partisan politics. he
OF course wants to see Repub-
licans elected.
Mr.. Troast, So, and a wealthy
contractor. is seeking the chair
of Gov. Alfred E. DriScoll. He
appeared to be a slight favorite
to win over Democrat Robert B.
Meyner. A, lawyer and former
State Senator.
The national spotlight also is
focused on the contest for New
jerseys 9Th Congressional Dis
trict seat which was vacated by
the resignation of Republican
Clifford P. Case.
Running are Republican
George F.. Hetfield and Demo-
crat Harrison A. Williams, jr.,
who says he backs the policies of
Mr.. Case. Both Mr.. Hetfield
and Mr.. Williams are lawyers.
The New Jersey voters turned
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Absentee Ballot
OF GI in Korea
Arrives Year Late
By the Assoelutsd Pres.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-An Army
corporaIs absentee election bal
lot from Korea arrived at the
office of the Board of Election
Commissioners today-eXactly
one year late.
The sealed ballot, sworn by
Richard L. Kubik of Chicago
before a sergeant in Korea Oc-
tober 25, 1852, was for the 1852
presidential election. Chicago is
holding judicial election today.
What happened to the ballot
all this time was a mystery, al
though an examination of the
envelope indicated it had been
missent from the Army post
office in San Francisco to Ceres,
Calf.
Mr. Kubik, "a, now back home
and studying at DePaul Uni
versity, was surprised when
newSmen informed him of the
incident.
Il guess that's one less vote
for President Eisenhower" he
said.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Dulles Says u. S. Has No Plans
For Storing A-Bonbs in Spain
Secretary Controdicts Talbot Statement;
Fears Reds Are Not Serious About Peace

fear that Communist leaders do
not want to talk seriously about
establishing peace in Korea or
easing tensions elsewhere in the
world.
He linked what he called the
wooden inflexibility of Commu-
mist representatives in negotia-
tions now going on at Panmun-
jom for arranging a Korean po-
litical conference to the Soviet's
failure to reply to the latest
Western proposal for confer
ence on Germany. He said these
things might be part of a pat
tern.
The Secretary added, however,
that he still hopes it may be pos
sible to have talks with the
Communist leaders aimed at re-
ducing East West tensions, but
that so far there is very little
tC encourage this hope.
On other subjects, Mr.. Dulles
said:
/. American A m b a SIS a d +
Charles E. Bohlen in Moscow has
presented the Soviet government
(See SPAIN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Star Gives Complete
Voting News Coveroge

Follow the election returns from
todoy's spirited contests in Vireinio
in The Stor. lotest returns will be
broadcast at $50, 10 ond II pm.
from The Stor newsroom over WMAL,
The Stor rodio stotion.
BroodcostS from the studios ore
scheduled at midnight and | am.
WMAl-TV, The Star teIevision sto-
tion. will teIecost results on chonneI ]
at S:55 and II pm.
Bulletins will be broadcast when
ever significant Developments ore re-
ported. Stories on the outcome in
Alexandra. Arlington, Foirfox and
FoIIs Church, together with pictures
OF the winners and tobIes showing
the vote in every precinct. will be
published tomorrow.
WTOP will broadcast q specioI
election proerom of ll:l5 PM. All
other rodio and teIevision stations will
broadcast election results at stotion
breaks throughout the evening in
addition to their regular news pro-
sromG
Evening star., 1953-11-03
By Gornett D. Horner

Secretary of State Dulles said
today that the United States
does not have any plans for stor-
ing atomic bombs in Spain.
He told a news conference that
if and when there are any plans
for storing atomic weapons
abroad they will not be an
nounced to the world and our
potential enemy.
His remarks were in response
to questions about news dis
patches from Madrid reporting
that Secretary of Air Talbot had
said there that the American
Air Force eventually will store
supplies of atomic bombs in
Spain to have them ready for
use against "a common enemy"
Mr.. Dulles said he did not
know precisely what Secretary
Talbot and Gen. Nathan Twin
ing, Air Force chief of staff, had
told reporters in Spain, but
imagined they would be surprised
at some of the headlines.
Secretary Dulles also told re-
porters there is some reason to
Evening star., 1953-11-03
@. 0. P, Committee Steps Up
Farm Activity to Offset Unrest

farmers put into effect such
practices as contouring, strip
cropping, terracing, farm drain
age and irrigation and crop ro-
tation.
Farmers who carry out such
practices are eligible for Federal
subsidies. but these subsidies are
paid out through another branch
of the Agriculture Department.
The soil conservation work is
carried on through approx
mately 1000 conservation dis
tricts. organized with local Of
flcials under State laws. Farm
ers apply to these districts for
technical, material and equip
ment aid.
Comment Divided.
Chief opposition to the re-
organization has come from
Waters S. Davis, jr.. of League
City, Tex. president of the Ma
tional Association of Soil Con-
Servation Districts. He con-
tends it will result in eventual
control of conservation work by
State extension services, which
in some States are closely as
sociated with the powerful
American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton.
Mr.. Benson said the program
is designed to make the con-
Servation program more efficient
adminiStratively and more effec-
tive in rendering service"
Comment on Secretary Ben
sons action among Governors
and congressman was sharply
divided. Criticism came mostly
from Democrats, although few
Republicans expressed dis
pleasure.
Aides said Mr.. Benson was
confident he could satisfy most
congressional critics at a hear
ing next Tuesday by a House
Government Operations Com
mittee. 1t is headed by Repre-
sentative Bender, Republican, Of
Ohio, who had asked the Secre-
tary not to put the plan into
operation until the committee
had a chance to conduct hear
ingS.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Churchill Feels Soviet Rulers
Are Centered on Home Affairs

what they consider to be, their
own interests.
Applying that test, I feel a
sense of reinsurance. Studying
our own strength and that of
Europe, under the massive Amer
lean shield, 1 do not find it un-
reasonable or dangerous to con-
clude that internal prosperity,
rather than external conquest,
is not only the deep desire of the
Russian peoples, but also the
long interest of their rulers.
DiminutiOn of Tension Seen.
Fearful scientific discoveries
cast their shadows on every
thoughtful mind, but still
believe we are justified in feeling
that there has been a diminu-
ton of tension and that the
probabilities of another war have
diminished. or at least become
more remote.
Il sometimes have an aWed
thought that the annihilating
character of these agencies may
bring an utterly unforeseeable
security to mankind. When the
advance of destructive weapons
enables every one to kill every
body else, nobody will want to
kill anybody at ALL"
Mr.. Churchill implied he was
willing to bide his time before
insisting on a big Four" heads
of-state conference. He ex-
planned:
II still hope that such meet
ing might have a useful place in
international contacts, but on
the other hand One must not
overlook the risk of such a four
power conference ending in a
still worse deadlock than there
is at present"
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Commissioners Rename
Part Of Arizona Avenue

The Commissioners today
changed the name of Arizona
avenue NV. between Canal road
and Van Ness street to Glover
Archbold parkway.
The action resulted from a
hearing last Monday at which
about IS citizens in that area re-
quested the change. They also
suggested that Dalecarlia parkway
INV. between Loughboro road
and Westmoreland circle be re-
named Arizona avenue.
The Commissioners today took
nc action on the latter suggeS-
tion because the Palisades Citi-
zens' Association protested the
change and asked that Weaver
street and Weaver place in the
area be named Arizona avenue
instead.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w, Prentiss told the board he
would consult the Arizona dele
CATION in Congress before decid-
ing on a street to be called Ari-
soma avenue.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
VA Workers Told
To Use Warmth
In Official Letters

Veterans Administrator H. ".
Higley told his workers today
to put a little more warmth into
their letters.
In our relations with these
human beings who come to us
for help we must act, speak and
write with the human touch, {"
Mr.. Higley said in a letter to
employees. TOO often we are
not doing this in preparing let
terS to claimants.
When we use cold, stiff,
formal language we give the i'm
preston that we are dealing with
case and not with an individ-
ual who sought our help.
I'VE deal in service and the
VA has a place only for en-
ployes who can give service with
patience, sympathy and under
standing"
Evening star., 1953-11-03
BY the Associated Press

WALA WALLA, Wash, Nov. 3.
ALI was quiet at the Washing
ton State Penitentiary last night
It should have been.
Some 400 convictS were snooz-
ing off the effects of a week end
bender on sleeping pills
Warden John Crandor tells
this story:
Inmate employees 0f the pen
itentiary's warehouse got cur
iouS Saturday when a shipment
of war surplus hospital supplies
arrived. They happened to open
a box containing 10000 Nembu-
tai tablets.
They passed 10000 pills around
to other convicts and, as one
guard put It:
Evening star., 1953-11-03
New Jersey Elects Governor
While New York Picks Mayor
Troust Fuvored to Succeed DriscoII;
Wagner Choice for ImpeIIitteri Seat

out in normal numbers in per-
feet weather. Considering that
1t is an off year, with no preSi-
Dental race to spark interest,
early reports indicated a nor
NAL gubernatorial turnout in
most places. Where local con-
tests were being decided, voting
ran slightly heavier. But every
where it was running well be-
hind last years presidential to-
tails.
New York's mayoral campaign
hot and heavy since the start
ing whiStle-was expected to
bring out only a relative trickle
Registration is 2,396,099 and the
vote may drop below two million
for the first time since 1945.
Six hours after the polls opened
at 6 am. more than 40 per cent
of the registered voters had re-
corded their choices on the auto
matte voting machines.
ConteSting for the $40,000-a-
year post, along with ccpubli-
can Riegelman, are Democrat
Robert F. Wagner, jr., end Lib
eral Rudolph HALEY.
Wagner Heavy Choice.
Mr.. Wagner, 44-year-old son of
the late Senator who wrote the
original New Deals labor rela-
tions act of 1885, is the heavy
betting favorite. The New York
Daily News poll-never wrong be-
fore in mayoral elections-gave
him a 81 edge over Riegelman,
with HALEY a poor third.
Mr.. HALEY, 40, is best known
nationally for his work as exam
iner of underworld big shots for
the televiSed Senate crime hear
ings a couple of years ago.
Mr.. Wagner won the Demo-
cratic primary September Is by
almost 2-1 over the incumbent,
Vincent r. Impellitteri.
Mr.. Wagner'S hackers include
former President Truman and
Adlai E. Stevenson, the 1852
Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent. In the 61-year-old Riegel-
mans corner, along with Eisen-
hover, is New York's Republican
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.
There are municipal elections
in 13 States, with Pittsburgh,
Cleveland and Little Rock af-
fording main interest.
Six States-Kentucky. New
Jersey. New York, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and TenneSsee-are
voting on 35 constitutional
amendments and referenda.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Prison Loses Sleeping Pills;
Not q Convict Is Stirrino

"By Monday morning the
whole prison population had rub
ber legs. A man would be walk
ing down the sidewalk and fall
fiat on his face.
I'VE put them in wing one
until there just got to be too
many of them"
A shakedown by prison guards.
Mr.. Cranor said, turned up most
of the pills not gobbled down by
the prisoners or destroyed by
them before the shakedown.
Mr.. Cranor is little perplexed
about the sudden form reversal.
He said the prisoners usually try
to hop themselves up by obtain
ing benzedrene. but, he observed:
This is the first time they
have gone to the other extreme.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
By the Associated Press

The Republican National Com
mittee moved today to step up
its activity among farmers, and
the Eisenhower administration
counted upon time to erase heat
ed opposition to a controversial
shakeup of the Agriculture De-
partment.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son, author of the reorganiza-
Slump in Farm Prices Is Likely to Con-
tlnue, Benson Tells Porley. Poge AS
ton, ordered it into immediate
effect yesterday in the face of
requests from some members to
Congress to defer action. He
said he had President Eisen-
hoWer's approval, but further
protests seemed certain.
Rod Kreger of Watertown.
S. Dak., who has been a con-
sultant to Secretary Benson, was
named director of farm activ-
tiles for the G. o. P. National
Committee. Chairman Leonard
w. Hall said Mr.. Kreger will work
at headquarters here "to assist
in stimulation of greater activity
on the agricultural front"
Fear Loss in Congress.
Some Republican members of
Congress have been contending
that farmer unrest in the face
of falling farm prices may cost
the G. o. P. control of Congress
next year.
Mr.. Kreger is a former associ-
ate editor of The Farmer, pub
lished at st. Paul, MINI. He has
done public relations work for
the South Dakota Republican
State Central Committee and for
a time was secretary to Repre-
sentative Lovre. Republican, of
South Dakota.
Opposition to- the reorganiza-
tion has been directed chiefly
to abolition of seven Soil Con-
Servation Service regional of
fees. which have provided jobs
for about 1000 persons.
The Soil Conservation Service,
set up in 1885, aims at a round
ed program of soil and water
conservation and land use. It's
technicianS outline and help
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Nearby Virginia
Voters Casting
Heavy Ballot
Some Complain
Of Requests for
Poll Tax Receipts
BULLETIN

RICHMOND (P).-The first
precinct to report in today'S
general election for Governor
-Appomattox precinct in nor
mally Democratic Chesterfield
County-gave Thomas B.
Stanley, Democrat, 10 votes to
6 for his Republican opponent,
Ted Dalton.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
BY the AssocIcted Press

LONDON, Nov. 3.-Prime Min
lister Churchill said today he
feles sense of reinsurance from
evidence that the new rulers of
Soviet Russia are now more in
terested in domestic affairs than
external aggression.
And he declared atomic weap-
ons may yet bring an utterly
unforeseeable security TO man
kind"
When the advance Of destrLc-
tive weapons enables every one
EIizobeth Pledges Objective Of EorIy
ToIk With Russio. Poee AS
to kill everybody else nobody
will want to kill anybody at all, 4"
he said.
Mr.. Churchill addressed the
House of Commons after Queen
Elizabeth II delivered the ira
ditional speech from he throne
marking the opening of the third
session of the present Parliament.
She spoke in the House Of Lords
to all members of Parliament.
She said that among the top
objectives of the Conservative
government would be an early
meeting between the Soviet
Union and the three Western
powers.
Can Wait Hopefully.
Mr.. Churchill said it was with
new Russian interests in mind
that he proposed a meeting of
Western heads of state with So
Wet Premier Georgi Malenkov.
I'VE can afford, if vigilance is
not relaxed and strength not
suffered again to dWindle, to
await developments in a hope
full, and, I trust. helpful mood, :"
he said.
THE only really sure guide to
the actions of mighty nations
and powerful governments is
correct estimate of what are, and
Evening star., 1953-11-03
President Doinu
His Job Well,
BYrnes Says
Benson Is Defended
By South CuroIinu
Leader at PurIey
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stuff CORRESPONDENT

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Nov. s.
South Cardinals Gov. James F..
ByrneS, longtime Democratic
Wheelhorse who bolted his party
last year to support Gen. EiSen-
hover. feels that the President
is making out all right.
Il wouldn't know about all
over the country, but I think
Western Governors Won't Congress TO
Act in Metal Crisis. Poee AS
Stotes Are "Bribed by FederoI Gronts,
Gov. Shivers Asserts. Poqe AS
he's done WE'LL" says the Gov
ernor, who now is serving in dual
capacity as a member of the
American delegation to the Gen
eral Assembly of the United Ma
lions. "One thing, we're not pub
fishing any more casualty lists"
Gov. ByrneS, who, in the course
OF more than 80 years in WASH
lngton was a member of the
House, Senate and Supreme
Court and served also as Secre-
tary of State and defense mobil-
iZer. held a news conference late
Yesterday after going before the
meeting of Southern Governors
here with a defense of South
Cardinals school segregation
policy.
The Governor didn't talk about
segregation" His discussion
was a presentation of what his
State is doing to provide "sepa-
rate but equal" facilities for white
and colored pupils.
He would not talk about the
speech earlier Of Georgia's Gov.
Herman E. Talmadge, who de-
clared that Supreme Court lul-
ing outlawing segregation would
be nothing less than a major
step toward national suicide
AS a former member of the
court, Gov. Byrnes SAID he felt
that any comment on an issue
still pending there would be i'm
proper.
Kind Word for Benson.
Along with a pat on the back
for Gen. Eisenhower, Gov Byrnes
also had a kind word for Sec
retary Of Agriculture Benson, who
is having his troubles with the
farmers.
Gov. Byrnes, however, did crit
iciZe Mr.. Benson's reorganization
of the Soil Conservation Service.
Talking about Congressional
demands for Mr.. Benson's resig-
nation. the Governor said that a
year ago a lot of politicians, pre-
Sumably Democrats, were pre-
dieting nine-cent tobacco and
five-cent cotton and "apple SELL
ing on the street" if the Repub-
licanS won.
Now, he quipped, with tobacco
at SIS cents a pound and cotton
at 33. the forecasts of disaster
have fallen fiat and he wouldn't
like the situation either. if he
had been among the prophets OF
doom.
Republican leaders have been
among Secretary Benson's Sc
vereSt critics.
Views on Russia.
Getting into the foreign field,
Gov. ByrneS said he thinks the
Russians want peace in Korea,
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Senator Smith in Tokyo

TOKYO, Nov. 3 (FO.-Senator
Smith, Republican, of New Jer-
sey arrived by plane today on a
Far Eastern fact-finding tour.
He is chairman of the subcom-
mittee on Far Eastern affairs for
the Senate's Foreign Relations
Committee.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
By Alex R. Preston

A heavy vote was being cast
In the suburbs today as Vir-
ginianS picked a new Governor
in a contest which will deter
mine whether the two-party sys-
tenn has been established in a
State long controlled by Dem
ocrats.
In at least two Fairfax County
precincts, few irate voters re-
ported they had been denied the
right to vote until they pro-
duced receipts for poll tax pay
mentS.
Perfect weather was promised
for the rest of the day until
booths close at 6 pm.
A record vote for a guberna-
torial contest was in prospect as
an unusually heavy turnout was
recorded in Arlington and Fair
fax Counties and Alexandria and
Falls Church. The turnout in
Richmond was moderate to
heavy, while in the counties sur
rounding the capital it was re-
ported as heavy.
100000 Total Expected.
A Statewide total of up to
100000 votes has been predicted
by Democratic and Republican
campaign managers. The previ-
GUS high in race for Governor
was 269,000. in 1929. Last years
presidential election brought out
an all-time high of $4,000, how
ever.
Interest is high in the race
between former Representative
Thomas B. Stanley, a stalwart
in the Democratic State organ
ization of Senator Byrd, and Re-
publican National Committee
man Ted Dalton, a member Of
the State Senate for 10 years.
One will be chosen to succeed
Gov. John S. Battle, Democrat.
In Virginia Governor cannot
serve two successive terms.
The State, which voted Repub-
lican in last years presidential
race for the first time since 1928,
was being watched today along
with New Jersey and New York
for an indication of a possible
trend in next years Congress
sional races. Three Republicans
out of 10 members of Congress
were elected in Virginia last year.
Amazed at Early Turnout.
Election officials at scattered
precincts in the suburban area
expressed amazement at the size
of the early turnout. In a few
instances there was some con-
fusion over payment of the poll
tax which the Republicans have
pledged to repeal.
At the Fort Buffalo precinct
at Seven Corners. near Falls
Church. Burton Richards, a
resident of Broyhill Park. re-
ported he and about a dozen
other voters were turned back by
election officials who demanded
to see their poll tax receipts.
ga. Il voted at the same place last
November and no question was
raised then" Mr.. Richards said.
He said he and Mrs. Richards
had to go home to get their re-
ceiptS.
Went Home for Receipts.
Russell P. Whitener, vice pres
ident of the Fairfax County Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations,
also had to go back to his home |
to get poll tax receipts.
Il voted in the last two elec- /
tionS without any questions be-
ing asked" Mr.. Whitener said. |
In some instances, voters had |
to go to work and could not take |
the time to get their receipts. |
A number of them were fighting
mad and promised to return be-
fore closing time.
Election officials said receipts
were asked for only when the
official lists or a telephone call
tSee VIRGINIA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1953-11-03
When Eyes Are Blind
The Heart Can See

HEART SIGHT-AImost totally
blind, 70-yeor- John D. Hayes
operates muItimiIlion dollar condy
business. How he's come to prefer the
eyesieht Of the heort is told by Asso-
eioted Press Writer Hal Boyle on
poee AIS.
COLONIAL BAKIN6-The Stor's
food editor. Violet FouIkner. writes
todoy Of pre-revoIutionory breod-
mokine os demonstrated at Colonial
WiIliomsburs's new exhibition bakery.
You'll find her orticIe on pooe B-4.