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Evening star., 1953-11-01
Germany Spy Plots
Grow Thicker in
Both East and West
By the Assoclnted Pres,


BERLIN, Oct. 31.-From both
sides of the Iron Curtain. Soviet
East Germany was pictured to-
day as rolling with spies.
The Communist East German
government announced that it's
police have, smashed a ring of
espionage, sabotage and terror
agents operating under Ameri-
can guidance"
The Russian Zones interior
ministry declared that American
agents-undoubtedly of German
nationality-have been arrested
in East Berlin, Halle, Cottbus,
Potsdam and some other places
in a wide swoop and that radio
transmitterS, weapons and
secret Instructions were seized.
Charged i'm Revolt.
All the group had a part in the
June II workers uprisingS, the
East contended in it's official an
nouncement.
A Red court in Halle imposed
prison terms on four East Ger
mans accused of assembling in
formation on illegal trade and
passing it along to a West Ber-
lin underground group.
At the same time, a United
States military court in West
Berlin heard a strange tale of
Russian MVD (secret police)
agents using an American de-
serter for surreptitious forays
into West Germany in quest of
military secrets.
Deserter Convicted as Spy.
The case was unfolded in the
trial of Pvt. Robert w. Dorey,
20. of Somerville, Mass. Dorey,
a deSerter, lived in the east zone
for II months, came back and
surrendered last August in West
Berlin
He pleaded guilty and ac-
knoWledged that he twice
brought Soviet MVD agents to
the west zone to check on an
ammunition depot and on other
Army facilities. He wrote an
article for Pravda attacking the
United States, testified an Amer
lean soldier held in the East was
an intelligence agent, and at
tended Communist propaganda
classes.
He was sentenced to Is years
Imprisonment, dishonorable dis
charge and forfeiture of all pay
Army officers said the Dorey
case may not be unique. AT
least 20 United States soldiers
are missing, presumed to be in
the East, and there is a sus-
picion some of them may be
working with the MVD in SINH
lar ventures.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
u. 5. Prepared 10 Aid
Colonial Peoples TO
Win Self
BY the Associated Press


Assistant Secretary of State
Harry A. Byroade last night
pledged this country will use it's
influence to help colonial people
toward self-government-but he
warned against the dangers Of
premature independence"
The present tense world out
look. he said, demands that de-
pendent peoples move step by
step toward self-rule and reach
the goal only when they can
maintain stable government.
1--WE do not want the vast labor
and pain extended in the strug-
gle for freedom to be wasted by
the premature creation of state
which will collapse like stack
of cards at the first hint of diff
ficulty," he said.
"COlOnialism" Dead.
Mr.. Byroade. who is in charge
of Near Eastern, South Asian,
and African affairs, made his
remarks in a speech prepared
for delivery before the World
Affairs Council of Northern Cali
fornia. meeting in the resort
town of Asilomar. Calf. The
text was given out here.
Mr.. Byroade said the United
States Government realizes
"colonialism" is dead, and added:
Allen rule over dependent
peoples must be replaced as
rapidly as possible by self deter
mination. OF this there can be
no question.
However, he said, independ-
ence in itself is no magic
solution" to all difficulties, and
premature independence for
some areas not ready for it
would not serve the interest of
the United States, nor the in
terest of the free world as a
whole
Least of ALL" he added, would
it serve the interest of the de-
pendent peoples"
Urges Middle Course.
Mr.. Byroade said the United
States, which is dedicated to
world freedom, should pursue a
middle of the road policy" in
the current bitter argument be-
tween the French Government
and nationalists in Morocco and
TuniSia.
Our fundamental interest can
be served only by an arrange
ment which is mutually satisfac-
tory to both the French and the
North Africans" he said.
Asserting Britain's policy of
encouraging local rule in areas
south of the Sahara desert is
paying dividends" Mr.. Byroade
said it is possible to foresee com
plete self-government for Nigeria
and the Gold Coast within the
framework of the British Com
monwealth."
More Enslaved by Reds.
He said the drive toward self
d determination has taken hold of
the worlds peoples at the same
time RusSias new Soviet CO.
lonialism" has begun to enslave
others. During the last 10 years,
he said, Russia has enslaved
some 300 million people by its
form of colonialism. At the same
time some 600 million people
have attained full independence
in the free world, he noted,
adding:
THE new colonialism fostered
by the Soviet dictatorship does
not contain this quality OF
mercy. It will be one of the
great tragedies of our time If
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Big Three Preparing
Solid Front for
Meeting With Reds
BY the Assneioted Pres.

The United States, Britain.
and France are preparing a solid
diplomatic front for a proposed
foreign ministers meeting with
Russia at Lugano, Switzerland a
week hence. The trouble is,
though, that no one this side of
the Iron Curtain knows whether
Moscow will accept the proposal.
United States officials expect
an answer any time now. Russia
has been put under heavy
pressure to agree to negotiate on
Germany and Austria but no one
here believes that Moscow will
accept the Lugano proposal out
right and unmodif1ed. If the
Reds do SO it will mark a change
in their policy line, which would
be surprising but by no means
impossible.
Moscow passed up an earlier
Western suggestion for the Big
Four foreign ministers to get
together at the Swiss resort
October Is. It sent a lengthy
note taking the line that while
the Big Four might well meet
and debate German problems,
what was really important was
arranging for a Big Five meeting
which would bring Red China
into a general conference on
world tensions. The West re-
buffed that idea.
Agree on New Note.
When Secretary of State
Dulles. British Foreign Secre-
tary Eden and French Foreign
Minister Bidault met in London
two weeks ago, they agreed on a
new note which was promptly
dispatched to Moscow suggest
ing that since the Reds had
passed up the October Is date
for Lugano they should consider
the same proposition for Novem-
Der 9.
Essentially the proposition is
that the Big Four powers which
occupy Germany should take
steps to provide political free
dom throughout that country,
hold national elections. unity the
country and negotiate a peace
treaty with the new German
government. That would mean
lifting the Iron Curtain from
East Germany. The Soviets have
proposed a different plan for
working through the present
East and West German govern
ments, which the Western
powers find unacceptable.
!, The United States, Britain,
and France have also insisted
that the foreign ministers should
conclude an Austrian indepen-
dence treaty. Russia has taken
the line that work on that long
stalled pact should at this stage
be carried on through diplomatic
channels.
May Exploit Proposal.
Western and particularly
American leaders are convinced
that the relatively new govern
ment in the Kremlin, handl-
capped by resistance in East
Germany and Eastern Europe
since midsummer, will not Sc
riously negotiate on German
or Austrian settlement at this
time. Any meeting Of the Big
Four therefore, has already been
discounted as a diplomatic and
propaganda battle so far as the
West is concerned.
Yet the problems Of Germany
are at the heart of East-WeSt
relations. They are intimately
associated with Western Euro
pean politics and hopes for find
ing some formula of co-exiStence
with RUSSIA matter about
which the Europeans feel more
urgently and optimistically than
Americans. The Soviets. there
fore, may try to exploit the Lu-
gano proposal as a device for
creating difficulties among the
Western Allies.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
theodore jenkins Named
To Board Of Trade Post

The Washington Board of
Trade has announced the ap-
pointment of Theodore L. Jen-
kins as secretary of the boards
World Trade and Transportation
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Church to Rute Donors
By Amount of Gifts
Rx the Asseeinted Prs.s

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 31.-The
publication of big Mort n
Methodist Church today set
ratings in advance for the
financial pledges to be made by
members tomorrow.
Pledges of 10 per cent of ones
income, the publication said, put
givers in the tither class; per
cent is generous" S per cent
good" Y per cent poor" zero
"un- Christian.
Evening star., 1953-11-01

the peoples of Asia and Africa,
Just as they are emerging
from generations of dependence,
should be deluded by the fatal
lure of the new imperialism and
returned thereby to an age Of
slavery"
Evening star., 1953-11-01

Department.
Mr.. jenkins,
recently dis
charged from
the Army, is
a graduate of
Alabama Pol
ytechnic In
stitute a n d
P r i n C e t on
University.
He succeeds
j o S e p h L.
K0ach VI lh0
has been ap-
pointed to the
Greater N a.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
MaIik Asserts U. 5.
Uses Atrocity Story
To Increase Tension
BY the Assoeletsd Pres.

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Oct.
3l.-Soviet Delegate Jacob A.
Malik said today the new Amer
ican atrocity charges against
the Reds are part of a United
States campaign to warm up the
cold war and arouse sentiment
for increased arms expenditures.
Mr.. Malik reacted angrily to
the United States atrocity charges
shortly before the U. N. politi-
cal committee voted 47-0, with
13 abstentions, to send to the
disarmament commission for its
information the record of the
committees debate on charges
that the Americans carried on
germ warfare in Korea and
China. The Soviet bloc alb:
stained
The committee also voted 1875
not to vote on a Soviet proposal
which would have the effect of
calling on the United States to
ratify the 1925 Geneva protocol
against germ warfare. This also
was sent to the disarmament
commission.
New Rearmament Wave"
In the first official Russian
answer to the atrocity allega-
tions, Mr. Malik told the COM
mittee the United States wants
the Assembly to take up it's
charges because a new wave of
rearmament is to grip the United
States. He said this item is
necessary to whip up sentiment
for the projected rearmament.
Mr.. Malik said the United
States fears a lessening of in
ternational tension and was
aiming at warming up the cold
war" and increasing the hys-
terra"
United States Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge jr., meanwhile. dis
patched to the U. N. a memo
randum explaining the item he
wants debated in the Assembly.
The U, N. called a meeting of
the steering committee for Mon
day at 2:30 pm. (EST) to con-
slider whether to admit the item
to the agenda.
I'm the course of the United
Nations actions in Korea to
repel aggression and restore in
ternational peace and security
in the area" Mr.. Lodges memo
randum said, evidence was un-
covered at various times of
atrocities committed by North
Korean and Chinese Communist
forces.
- NJ AEVOpS NlCIAInS.
"The atrocities were carried
out against members of United
Nations forces as we'll as against
the civilian population in Korea.
Extensive and careful in
veStigations has now verified
that tens of thousands of United
Nations soldiers and Korean ci-
villains, who had been captured
by North Korean or Chinese
Communist aggressors. subse-
quently were killed by beatings,
deliberately planned starvation.
told-blooded murder, mutilation,
and torture.
The extent and nature of
these atrocities should be
brought to the attention of the.
General Assembly, particularly
since these atrocities were COM
mitted against the forces of
United Nations members en-
gagged. under the authority of
United Nations resolutions, in
collective action against ag-
gression which has many ele-
ments of continuing concern to
the General Assembly.
"The United States govern
ment was able only recently to
carry the investigation of these
atrocities to such point as to
warrant submission of this mat
ter to the General Assembly for
appropriate consideration"
Evening star., 1953-11-01

tional Capital Committee of the
Board of Trade.
A native of Fort Sill, Okla, Mr..
Jenkins lives with his wife at
1901 Macomb street NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
ChrysIer Will Buy
+. Briggs Body Plants
In S35 Million Deal
BY ihe Assoeioted orsss

DETROIT, Oct. 24.-Chrysler
Corp. expects to acquire all auto
body and parts-making plants
of the Briggs Manufacturing Co.
within the next so days for $35
million.
L. L. Colbert, president of
Chrysler, said officials of both
firms already have agreed on
the purchase, but approval must
be obtained from Briggs stock
holders.
Briggs II major plants in the
Detroit area normally employ
from $4,000 to 10000 and it's
acquisition by Chrysler will make
Chrysler the largest employer
in the Detroit area, with 10000
to 100000. Ford, now the largest,
has 100000 to 10000.
Chrysler is not acquiring the
Briggs Beautyware division,
which makes plumbing and
kitchen fixtures.
To Acquire Main Plants.
Mr.. Colbert said, however,
ChrySler plans to acquire all
principal plants of Briggs, plus
machinery and equipment.
Briggs Manufacturing Co. was
founded by the late Walter O..
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Treasury Halls Sale
Of Savings Notes
BY the Assoeinted Press

The Treasury. trying to avoid
being pushed up against the
legal ceiling on the national
debt, has stopped selling savings
notes.
The notes-not to be confused
with savings bonds, which can
still be bought-were being
snapped up by investors at a
rate of more than $50 million on
some days. They pay 2.21 per
cent interest and are used mostly
by corporations which have cash
reserves to invest for a short
time.
The Treasury took them of
the market last night because
every time one is sold it increas-
es the national debt. The debt
subject to limit is now about $2.5
billion below the statutory cell
ing of $275 billion. The Treas
ury expects to use up the great
er portion of that leeway next
week in marketing a $1.5 billion
to 81 billion bond issue.
Evening star., 1953-10-24

Briggs, ST., who died January
II, 1852. He also was owner Of
the Detroit Tigers of the Amer
lean League. w. o. (Spike)
Briggs, jr., now is president of
the Tigers. He resigned as a
Briggs vice president last May.
The Briggs family is believed
to be the major stockholders in
the manufacturing company,
which has 100000 shares of
stock outstanding and which
showed a 1852 profit of $5,7O9,-
/ 529 on sales totaling $306, ,233, ,4O8.
Assets of $82.994,2O6.
The 1852, Briggs financial re-
port listed current assets as
$82, ,994,2O
Briggs makes all Plymouth
bodies for Chrysler and also pro-
duces Packard's bodies, as we'll
as both automobile and airplane
parts and assemblies.
A Packard spokesman said
ChrySler's purchase of Briggs
would have no immediate effect
on Packard.
Packard, usually reliable
sources reported, has been plan
ming for months on building it's
own body plant at Utica, Mich.
where it now has a partially
utilized jet engine plant and
large acreage.
The same sources said it was
certain Packard would not con-
tinue long to get bodies from
Chrysler,, a competitor, since
such an arrangement would
force Packard to disclose ad-
vance model and styling changes
to ChrySler.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Nixon Reaches Singapore
After Hop From Indonesia
BY the Assoeiased Press

SINGAPORE, Oct. 24.-United
States Vice President Richard
Nixon, on an official tour of the
Far East, few here today from
Jakarta, Indonesia.
He was scheduled to speak at
Victoria Memorial Hall during
an observance of United Nations
Day and confer with British
Commissioner General Malcolm
Macdonald and other officials.
He leaves next Tuesday for
Bangkok, Thailand.
His visit to the British crown
colony conceded with a goodwill
visit by the United States air.
craft carrier Lake Champlain. 1t
docked with four destroyer es-
corts-the Caperton, Daskiell,
Darteh and Gatling. The ships
are en- route home from Korea.
Gen. Weyland, commander of
United States Far East Air
Forces, was another ranking
American in Singapore today.
He is here for top-level talks
with British airmen.
Evening star., 1953-04-02

apparent to me that the De-
partment of Commerce did not
have confidence in the adequacy
of>the bureaus work on battery
additives. Since this work is
technical in nature and since
proper evaluation of it can be
done only by properly qualified
scientists, I urged in writing on
March 4 that the department
secure the best possible advice
in the Nation for such an eval-
uation. Two suggestions were
made. First, there is established
by law a visiting committee for
the bureau, to report to the Sec
retary at least annually on the
efficiency of the bureaus scien-
tiflc operations. This committee
consists Of five Of the Nations
leading scientists and is emf
nently qualified to conduct an
evaluation Of this sort. Second,
the National Academy of Sci
ences, established by Abraham
Lincoln to advise the Govern
ment on scientific problems, af-
fords body from which an
appropriately qualified evaluat-
ing group could also be obtained.
"Since the thoroughness and
fairness of the work of the Ma
tional Bureau of Standards has
been questioned, still urge that
it is very important to secure
advice from such competent
groups as those mentioned. !
have no doubt that under scien-
Evening star., 1953-04-02

the Federal Reserve Board here
during the war. He also was
administrator Of the War Loans
Committee which was concerned
with loan programs for war pro-
duction contractors.
He win be concerned now with
the final phases Of operation OF
the RFC which is slated TO 60
out of existence no later than
June 80 next year.,
The appointment of Mr.. Tai
bot to the Tariff Commission Is
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Commissioner John
Price Gregg.
The new department which
Mrs. Hobby will head comes into
existence on April II when the
Federal Security Agency of which
she is now administrator gets
Cabinet status.
Evening star., 1953-04-02
Eisenhower Asks
|Reyamping Of 0DM
with Resources Unit
By Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower today
asked Congress to approve q
program calling for reorganiza-
ton of the Office Of Defense
Mobilization and for incorpora-
tion within its structure of the
National Security Resources
Board.
That board is abolished under
this reorganization plan, the
third the President has sub
mitted.
The plan will become effective
within go days unless vetoed
earlier by a constitutional ma
jority Of either Senate or House.
Congress also has the alternative
OF approving the plan before
the 60-day period ends If it so
desires.
The reorganized agency will be
designated the Office Of Defense
Mobilization and it will become
a part of the executive Office of
the President.
Cites Two Objectives.
In explaining the program,
Gen. Eisenhower said:
"The reorganization plan is
designed to, achieve two primary
objectives. The first is to i'm
prove the organization of the
executive Office of the President.
The second is to enable one
executive Office agency to exercise
strong leadership in our national
mobilization effort, including
both current defense activities
and readiness for any future
national emergency"
The revamped agency will be
headed by director and deputy
director and it is expected that
Arthur S. Flemming, now act
ing head of the ODM, will run
the new setup.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said, however,
/ that no nominations would be
made for the top post until the
revamped agency is brought
into existence. The pay of the
director is $22,50O annually.
One major change to be ef-
fected under the plan would
transfer to the new ODM re-
sponsibility for all major stock
piling of strategic and critical
materials. In the main this
work now is performed by the
Army, Navy, Air Force and In
terror Department.
In his reorganization message.
President Eisenhower said the
transfer of stockpiling functions
will correct the present unde-
sirable confusion of response
bilitieS."
Functions Of Minor Nature.
President Eisenhower explained
that statutory functions of the
present ODM are of a minor
nature, having been largely dele
gated by the President under
the Defense Production Act.
That legislation, incidentally, is
Evening star., 1953-04-02

conditions. Often, Softening was
first evident near the edges or
the negative plate.
"5. Under similar charge con-
ditions treated cells lost less
liquid than untreated cells.
g. Under identical conditions
of charge, treated cells operated
2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit cooler
than did untreated cells.
II. During charge and start
ing with discharged cells, treated
cells gave higher hydrometric
readings than did untreated
cells, the difference being great
err than could be explained on
the basis Of the treating material
added.
''8. When AD-X2 was added to
a cell containing a diluted elec-
trolyte, as in a discharged cell,
the conductivity Of the electro
lyte increased"
Standards Bureau Statement.
The Bureau of Standards re-
piled to this report February 10
ia Q statement to the House In
terstate Commerce Committee.
The Bureau of Standards said !:
Il. There exist as of this date
no valid technical data for be-
Ilieving that battery additiyes
have any beneficial action in
normal storage battery opera
ton.
%. Moreover, as result of
recent National Bureau of
Standards studies. there is eyi-
dence for believing that addi-
tives of the type under test have
a small but measurable detri-
mental effect on at least one
important phase of normal bat
terry operation-namely, the ca
pability of battery to start an
automobile Cor Similar) engine.
"3. Some of the NIT obser-
vations appear to be contrary to
results obtained consistently in
reproducible. controlled expert
ments by the National Bureau of
Standards. Other phenomena
reported by NIT are consistently
reproducible under a very limited
range Of operating conditions,
but these phenomena are OBJ
served only under conditions
which are not encountered in
the normal use or operation Of
automobile storage batteries;
and, furthermore, these phe-
nomena are obtained just as
readily with a simple mixture
of sodium and magnesium sui
fates as they are with the
proprietary product AD-X2."
Evening star., 1953-04-02
U. 5. Agencies in Paris
Reported Dismissing 2oO
BY the Associated Press


PARIS, April 2. - Informed
sources say about 290 persons
95 Americans and 1875 Europeans
are on their way off the United
States Government payroll in
Paris.
These sources reported the
Mutual Security Administration
is halving the staff of its mission
to France and that the Presi-
dents special representative to
Europe-AmbaSsador William H.
Draper-is cutting personnel of
his headquarters 10 to is per
cent 1s4TSE Ssffs
Mr.. Draper's Office deals with
NATo affairs as well as with
the MSA.
Nobody would specify what
personnel would remain in the
two offices, but reports indicated
this lineup:
MSA in Paris-25 Americans
and IS French.
Central headquarters: $50
| Americans and $50 Europeans.