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the Republican leaders. He'll
lose the next election for us if
he keeps this up"
AS it turned out, the Presi-
dents visit was the highlight of
the two-day Republican gather
ing, composed of women from
the Midwest States and four
Southern States, and the Repub-
lican State chairman of the
Rocky Mountain and Midwest
States, here to make plans for
the 1854 congressional campaign
Praises DirkSen.
On this, his first visit to the
city since he won a grueling
battle here with the late Sem
ator Taft of Ohio, for the presi-
dental nomination. President
Eisenhower singled out for high
praise one of the Taft leaders
who had bitterly opposed an
Continued on Page A, Col. ~
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Bankers Checking II
For Big Convention
Opening Tomorrow
$500 Already in Town;
Reception and Concert
Scheduled Today
By Froncis P. Douglas

The men who manage the
billions of dollars in the Ma
tion'S banks streamed into
Washington yesterday for the
American Bankers Association
convention which opens to-
morrow.
Some 1000 bankers, 1,5O0 ac-
companied by their wives, are
expected to jam all hotel ac-
commodations in the Capital
through Wednesday.
BY last night most of them
had arrived. The registration
headquarters at the United
States Chamber of Commerce
had checked in a total of more
than 5000 persons.
The bankers are coming to
Washington on a tide of pros
perity which the earnings of
their institutions reflect. 1t is
also reflected in the shininess
and multiplicity of their lug
gage.
They are coming also to plug
hard for hard dollar-one that
does not lose it's value through
imitation or gain unduly in value
through recession.
To Hear Eisenhower.
They hope to get some hint as
to the future of the present tight
money market-a market which
has advanced interest rates,
which means more banking
profits.
One convention official said
they. like others, are interested
in tax cuts. He said they also
are concerned with Government
economy and a balanced budget,
and a free market in which in
terest rates will be allowed to
reach their own levels.
The convention is scheduled
to be greeted by President Eisen-
hover on Tuesday morning. 1t
also will hear speeches by other
Government officials and bank
leaders.
The convention itself does not
get under way until tomorrow,
although there will be commit
tee meetings today. But the en-
tertainment starts at 4 pm. to-
day with a reception by the
Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Humphrey at the National
Gallery OF Art. The goodwill
gesture will not include refresh
ments. The entertainment will
be supplied by the Marine Band
Orchestra nd the gallerys
famous collection.
At 8:45 pm. there will be a
concert for the visitors at Con-
Stitution Hall by the National
Symphony Orchestra.
Arrival of the bankers not
only ended the summer hotel
Continued on Page AS, Col. 81 |
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Treasury Will Seek
5 Per Cent Sales Tax,
House Member Says
Defect Predicted by
Mason, Who Fovors
Manufacturer Levy
By the Associated Press


Representative Mason, Repub-
lican. of Illinois, said yesterday
he has information the Treasury
expects to propose a 5 per cent
national retail sales tax raising
$5 billion in revenue annually.
Mr. Mason. member of the
taX-writing House Ways and
Means Committee, added he
couldn't reveal the source of
his information but it was very
reliable"
A spokesman for the Treasury
said, however, that no decision
had been reached yet on whether
to seek national retail sales tax.
Mr.. Mason said he would op-
pose a retail sales tax, but would
sponsor an 8 per cent sales tax
at the manufacturers level, to
raise SO billion.
Sees Big Battle Next Year
He predicted a tremendous
battle" over the issue in Con-
greSs next year. But he said all
sales tax proposals probably will
be killed within the Ways and
Means Committee.
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey has said a sales tax
is under study, along with many
other tax proposals. but that
the administration won't make
up its mind until it sees how
much revenue is needed to put
Federal spending on a pay-aS-
you-go basis.
Mr. Mason, a frequent foe of
Eisenhower administration poll
cles, said he didn't think it would
be political suicide" to back a
sales taX-as some have claimed
if the issue is properly pre-
Sented."
Factory Tax Easiest
"a sales tax by itself would be
TIE worst form OF taxation" he
continued IN an interview. But
tied in with a graduated per-
sonal income tax of up to 90
per cent at the top level, it gives
the people what they want-a
square deal.
Everybody would pay some
thing to bear the cost of Gov
ernment, but the wealthy of
course would pay a lot more"
A manufacturers tax, he con-
tended, would be the easiest tax
III the world to collect and the
cheapest to administer. 1t would
soon be almost forgotten, because
it would be hidden"
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Check for Judges Robe Brings
Robe Salesman Before Judue

tact man for Tudor's College
shop, 436 Seventh street S.W..
which Specializes in robes for
judges and choirS. His method,
according to Police 1t. David
Higgins, was to accept the
checks in payment for robes.
stamp them with the firm S
name, indorse them and use the
money himself. The total in
volved was estimated at about
$1,000.
Calvin said he would make a
will naming his former boss,
George F. Tudor, as beneficiary
when he goes to the hospital for
a brain operation soon.
Judge Malloy set Calvin's bond
at $500 after a guilty plea and
turned the case over to pro-
baton officer for pre-Sentence
investigation.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Citizens Federation
0ffersits Aid in War
On Juvenile Crime
Co-ordindted Attack
On Delinquency Urged
By D. G. Association
By Miriom Ottenberu

The Federation of Citizens AS
sociations last night offered to
join in a co-ordinated attack on
juvenile delinquency under spon-
sorship of the Commissioners
Federation President Joseph A.
Kaufman made public letters
to the Commissioners and to
Senator Hendrickson, Republi-
can of New Jersey, chairman of
the Senate Juvenile Delinquency
subcommittee. volunteering the
associations services.
At the same time, Mr.. Kauf-
mann revealed that the associa-
tion had tried and failed to get
United Community Services to
appoint an overall planning COM
mittee for the city and start a
pilot project in the census area
with the greatest juvenile delin-
quency.
The Federation Is the latest
of many groups to indorse the
idea of a co-ordinating group
under official direction of the
Commissioners to get agencies
dealing with children to work
together instead of going their
separate ways. They are now
waiting for the Commissioners
to take the next step.
d. c. a Target City.
Added urgency has been given
to the need for co-ordinated
attack by the decision of Sem
ator Hendrickson's group to
make Washington one of the tar
get cities for it's national inves-
tigation of juvenile delinquency.
The subcommittee has de-
cided to make Washington the
first stop in it's investigation.
beginning hearings here early
in November. Senator Hendrick-
son said it would be very help
full" if the Commissioners named
(See DEL IINOUENCY, PAGE A-5.)
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Eisenhower Returns,
Begins Speaking
Tour Tomorrow

President EisenhoWer'S six
week summer vacation came
to an end at TAO pm. yes
terday, when the plane
bringing him from Denver
via Chicago, touched down
at National Airport.
Gen. Eisenhower opens a
five-State speaking tour to-
morrow with speeches in
Boston and Springfield, Mass.
He also faces immediate
problems in the search for a
new Supreme Court Chief
Justice and a new Secretary
of Labor.
Presidential Press Secre-
tary James C. Hagerty said
Gen. Eisenhower planned to
skip church today to be with
his son, Maj. John Eisen-
hover, his daughter-in-la
and three grandchildren, who
accompanied him on the
flight from Chicago.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Crime Shows 6 Pct. Drop Here,
Near ALL Time High in u. S.
Increase in Local Sayings and Thefts
Since January Is Greater Than Nations

Crime in Washington dropped
nearly s per cent during the first
six months of this year while
crimes nationally were climbing
toward an all-time high.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cations semlannual Uniform
Crime Reports, released yes
terday, listed lilo major Of
fenses from January l through
the end of June, compared with
1881 during a similar period
last year. Major crime in the
Nation went up 2.5 per cent.
Included were murders and
non negligent manslaughters,
robberieS, aggravated assaults,
burglary, theft and auto theft.
Aggravated assault, a thorny
problem here for years, was held
at a practical stalemate, while
that particular crime jumped 8,4
per cent in the Nation as a whole.
There were 2,165 cases of ag-
gravated assault reported to
Washington police for the Jan
uary-June period, a drop of 10
less than one per cent-from
the same six months last year.
In the case of murders and
non negligent manslaughters,
and auto thefts, how
ever. Washington's rate of in
crease was greater than the
Nations. Robberies. for example,
were up 20 pei cent-from 412
to 493-while the national in
crease was IA per cent.
During the six months COW
cred by the report, there were
33 murders and non-negligent
manslaughters here, compared
with 90 during the same period
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Visiting Bankers
See a Rosy Future

IN CONVENTION HERE-Thsrs
may be soft spots in the cottls NOR
ket and the QUITO business, but. BY
and large, the prospects look good
to deIegotes attending the Americon
Bonkers' Association. The story is
on Poee AZ.
WHERE OATS ERRED-A. ?. Cor
respondent Bill oohs spent two yeors
in q Communist joii for crimes he
did not commit An Iron Curtoin
refugee tells how Mr.. ootis might
hove helped himself and Others BY
ployins his cords differently. Poss
All.
Complete Index, Poge AZ
Radio -TV. Proeroms. Poses E-4-S
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last year, IA per cent increase.
Nationally. this category in
creased 6 of per cent.
Auto thefts, bane of police
departments everywhere. jumped
IS per cent here during the first
six months of the year. Nation
ally. auto thefts were increasing
81 per cent.
Comparison of the two six
month periods showed burglaries
down 4 per cent this year from
2,708 to 2,599; thefts over $50
down 16 per cent from 1852
to 1888.
WaShington's police personnel
problem became apparent from
comparison of the reported fig
ures. There were 2.071 uniformed
policemen listed in last years re-
port. While a campaign was
waged to add policemen through
recruiting and by seeking more
money, this years report listed
2,O65 uniformed policemen.
Nationally, the FBI predicts
an all-time high in major crimes
in the United States if the pres
ent trend continues. There were
Loaf ,290 major crimes committed
in the Nation during the years
first six months to make the 2.5
per cent increase.
Auto theft remains a major
criminal problem in the United
States" the FBI said. Con-
tinuing the upward trend, auto
thefts numbered 112, 900 as COM
pared with 107.120 for the first
six months Of 1882"
A major crime was committed
every 14.9 seconds during the
first half of the year. the FBI re-
ported.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

An employe of a shop which
sells robes for judges went to
court yesterday on an embezZle-
ment charge involving a check
given him by the wife of a
Municipal Court judge.
The man. also a part-time
usher at Constitution Hall, is
Hugh L. Calvin, 80. of the 2100
block of o street NV. He also
is accused of embezzling a 500
check from the church he at
tends.
He faced Municipal Court
Judge John j. Malloy. Specifi-
cally charged with misapropria-
ting, $73.95 check given him by
Mrs. Frank H. Myers, who had
purchased a robe for her hus-
band, a Municipal Court judge.
Calvin has been employed as
a bookkeeper and outside con-
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Beria Has Escaped
Soviet, MeCahhyIoId
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Investigations
Subcommittee yesterday was re-
ported studying a tip that Law
remit P. Beria, deposed former
boss of Russia s secret police, has
escaped from Soviet Russia and
is hiding in a neutral country,
The subcommittee chairman
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin. declined to COM
ment on the report. which came
from a Senate source.
This source said an agent of
the subcommittee has been in
touch with man representing
himself as Beria. He said Army
Intelligence officers also are in
vestigating the case. seeking to
determine whether it is a great
hoax or a fantastic fact"
The man representing himself
as Beria, the informant said,
told a story of having escaped
from Russia by plane.
SAN DIEGO, Calf. Sept. 19.
(Pl.-The San Diego Morning
Union in copyrighted story to-
night said a man claiming to be
Lavrenti P Beria and three
other Communist leaders report
ed to have escaped from Soviet
Russia, are in hiding in a deep
southern" country.
The paper said they are re-
ported willing to exchange top
Communist secrets for asylum
in the United States.
The Union said the original
report that four top world Com
muniSt leaders had escaped from
Russia came as the result of its
own work in investigating COM
muniSt penetration in Latin
America.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
z Men on Motorcycle
Die in Virginia Crash

Two Camp Pickett, Va, SOL
diers were killed last night when
the motorcycle on which they
were riding collided headon with
an auto.
The victims were Donald F.
Fair, 81; and William R. Rogel,
%. The crash occurred on
Route 3 near Lignum, 'Culpep-
er County, Va. State police
charged Thomas R. Lee. 81,
colored, of Richmond, Va,
driver of the auto, with man
slaughter.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
6. .0.P. Women
Give Big Hand
To Eisenhower
President Drops In
On Chicago Rally
On Way to Capital
By Gould Lincoln
Stur Sfoff Corresnondent

CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-PreSi-
dent Eisenhower dashed 80 miles
into town from Glenview Naval
Air Station here today to tell the
Republican Women's Conference
that "the future Of this country,
its freedom, its values. its moral
standing in the world and among
ourselves" was in their hands.
IF you will take what you have
and use it, have no doubt about
the future" the President said.
The Chief Executive, flying
back from his vacation in Colo
RADIO to Washington, suddenly de-
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termined to yield to the pleas of
the Republican women to visit
their conference-holding it's
final meeting. His original plan
was to stop at the naval air sta
ton only to pick up his son. Mai.
John Eisenhower, his sons wife
and their three children.
Plea Changes His Mind.
The President changed his
mind after the Republican
women voiced mounting disap-
pointment that the G. o. P.
Chicago gathering produced no
luminarieS to rival former PreSi-
dent Truman and Adlai Ste
venson, defeated 1852 presiden-
tial candidate, who headlined
the Democratic show here last
Monday and Tuesday.
We'll be the laughing stock
of the Democratic party if
President Eisenhower is too busy
to come to our meeting" Mrs.
Marion Cleveland had warned
Evening star., 1953-09-20

no Benson program 10 OI1er
because the administration still
was consulting farmers about
their needs.
Shift in Philosophy.
The secretary's words seemed
to reflect a considerable shift IN
his philosophy since he took over
the Agriculture Department amid
hints that he would cut back on
Government aid to farmers.
Mr.. Benson outlined his pres
ent views in a hard hitting
speech at the National Flowing
Contest at Augusta, Wis.
A crowd estimated at close to
10000 listened. The audience
was polite but undemonstrative,
the Associated Press reported.
1t heard the speech in silence
and applauded mildly at the end.
There had been rumors that
disgruntled farmers opposed to
the administrators farm policy
might create a disturbance; the
speakers platform was protected
by a snow fence and a dozen
sheriff's deputies. They were not
needed.
Apparently stung by Demo-
cratic attacks on G.. o. P. farm
policies. Secretary Benson said
the current drop in agriculture
prices started full year before
Republicans took office. He said
his own administration has done
many things for farmers that the
Democrats did not do.
The secretary hotly denied
Democratic suggestions that Re-
publicans are against existing
farm programs because they give
the farmer too much.
Don't Go Far Enough
Actually the reverse is true"
Secretary Benson said. The
present farm programs don't 60
far enough.
"They don't go far enough
when it comes to assuring the
farmer an equitable share of
the national income.
They don't go far enough
when it comes to encouraging
the best uses of our natural
resources. They don't, by pricing
commodities out of world mar
kets, go far enough in develop
ing and expanding foreign trade.
They don't go far enough be-
cause in some cases they price
some commodities out of the do
meStic market"
Mr.. Benson said Democrats
were talking nonsense when they
claimed that the Eisenhower ad-
ministration was talking rather
than doing" He said Republi-
cans lifted price controls on
meats, bought 100 million pounds
of beef to support prices, started
a program to build grain storage
space and supported dairy prices
at the highest legal level.
1--WE will continue to act
quickly to meet emergencies as
they develop" the secretary said
1--WE will also continue to work
on broad overall problems of
agriculture until satisfied that we
have a program adequate to the
(See FARM, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-09-20
By james {. RopeF

Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son declared yesterday that pres
ent agricultural programs don't
go far enough" in helping farm
ers. He promised that the Re-
publican administration will de-
velop an adequate" program.
Il have not become Secretary
of Agriculture to sit idly by
Wringing my hands," Mr.. Benson
said. land let the farmer be
squeezed by lowered farm prices
and high fixed COSTS"
He said. however. that he had
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Birds Worth $500
Are Stolen, but They
Know Way Home

If William B. Bauman's
homing pigeons really know
their stuff, his worries may
soon be over.
Mr.. Bauman reported to
police yesterday that his
garage behind 498 I street
S.W., had been entered and
his 25 homing pigeons ap-
parently stolen.
The birds, Mr.. Bauman
reported. were worth a total
of 1900. They carried leg
tags ranging in number
AUCAP230l through AUG
AP2325.
Mr.. Bauman lives at 300
Taylor Avenue, Rockville,
Md.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Gas Masks Burn

PUSAN. Korea, Sunday, Sept.
20-(P).-A raging six-hour fire
destroyed thousands of gas
masks last night in a warehouse
of the United States Army's
chemical depot here. An inves-
tigation is under way.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

here after nine days of negotia-
ton between a North Korean
delegation headed by Premier
Kim II Sung and Soviet Premier
Georgi Malenkov and other So
Wet leaders.
Malenkov. in a speech, also
cited Russia's friendship for
China and demanded Peiping be
given a voice in world councils.
$3.50 Million Granted.
The chief announced points of
the agreement reached said
Russia will:
1. Grant North Korea one bill
lion rubles $3.50 million) for re-
construction, especially for re-
building the battered Yalu River
hydro-electric plants.
(The ruble's value is fixed
by the Soviet government at
25 cents but this cannot be
taken as a true standard OF
measurement of its purchas-
ing power in the WeStD
2. Send equipment and ma
terial for restoration and recon-
struction and technical advisers.
3. Send supplies of consumer
goods.
4. Postpone repayment of credit
already extended during the war.
The Soviet Union also promised
easier terms for repayment OF
the North Korean debts.
Malenkov Host at Dinner.
Tie aid program was an
nounced in a communique after
a dinner Malenkov gave at the
Kremlin last night for the North
Korean delegates.
In a speech, Malenkov told
them:
The word Korea has become
symbol of strength and national
spirit. a symbol of noble and
Self1ess service in the cause OF
freedom and independence of
the motherland."
The communique said queS-
tionS of further development
and strengthening of friendly
relations between the Soviet
Union and the Korean demo-
cratic republic" were discussed
and both countries pledged CO.
operation toward a peaceful
settlement of the Korean ques-
tion on the basis of the national
unity of Korea
Refers to U. S. Revolution.
Malenkov in his speech said
the Korean war had proved that
the old Asia of imperialist days
was gone but that aggressive
circles refused to realize this"
He accused the same "aggreS-
sive circles" of trying to upset
the Korean truce and "aggravate
conditions in Asia"
Malenkov compared the Asian
peoples struggle for independ-
ence to the American Revolution,
and said:
rs it possible to find in our
day any American who would say
that the decision of the 13
colonies of North America to end
their Colonial dependence and
create the United States which
was taken over ITS years ago, was
not historical progress?"
Raps U. S. Interference.
Malenkov continued:
Gould one find an American
who would state that the Decla-
ration of Independence was il
legal because it declared the
evident truth that a people have
been right to create authority on
such principles and in such a
form as to realize their security
and happiness?
why, now, do powerful Ameri-
can circles grossly interfere in
the internal affairs of eastern
countries by carrying out block
AIDES and provoking war against
them?
Because these peoples have
chosen forms of government
which are not acceptable to the
ISee RIISSIA pane A=5A
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Bio Russian Aid Plan to Rebuild
Mort h Korea Announced at End
Of Talks by Kim and Ma|enkov
Equipment, Funds
And Technical
Help Promised
By the Assoeiated Press

MOSCOW, Sunday, Sept. 90
The Soviet Union announced to-
day it is granting war-ravaged
North Korea big financial and
material aid for reconstruction
The aid program was an
nounced in a communique issued
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Russia Bocks Peipine With Demond for
Debote on Round Table" Poee A-3
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Eisenhower Pictures on Poee "A.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Benson Takes Farm Aid Stand:
Plans Don't GoFdr Enouqh'
Secretary, in Apparent Policy Shift, Soys
He Won't Permit Price Cost Squeeze

no Benson program" to offer
because the administration still
was consulting farmers about
their needs.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy with scattered showers
and possible thunderstorms. Highest in
lower 80S. Full report on Page A-2.)
Yesterdays Temperatures.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

(See POWs, Page A-5.l
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(See DELINQUENCY, Page A-51
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(See FARM, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-09-20

here after nine days of negotia-
ton between a North Korean
delegation headed by Premier
Kim II Sung and Soviet Premier
Georgi Malenkov and other So
Wet leaders.
Malenkov. in a speech, also
cited RuSSiaS friendship for
China and demanded Peiping be
given a voice in world councils.
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