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Evening star., 1953-08-31
Some Bosic Facts About Russio's Army

(EDer since StGlin'S death Western
observers hGUe speculGted on the role
Which the Soviet army might play in
shaping the course OF Russian poll
tics. Some basic facts about the
Souiet army are giUen here by Harold
j. BermGn, professor of latD at
HARVARD University and an associate
in the Russian research center there.J
By Harold J. Bermon
NOES THE SOVIET ARMY play an
II independent role in Soviet poll
tics? There is no simple yes or no
answer to that question.
On the one hand, the Soviet army is
probably more closely integrated into
the general governmental structure
and hence less independent-than any
Western army. On the other hand, the
last Is years have witnessed the resur-
gence Of the pre-revolutionary Russian
military tradition and the development
of class of professional officers whose
primary devotion is to that tradition.
Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, as Minister
of Defense, runs the military establish
ment and represents 1t in the council
Of ministers. Bulganin is not military
man by vocation but q politician and
bureaucrat, who owes his military
power to his high position in the Com
munist Party.
However, Marshals Zhukov and Va
SilevSH who last March were raised to
the posts of Deputy Ministers Of De-
fense. owe their political power to their
successes as military commanders.
The Communist Party has its organi-
cations in the armed forces at every
level. The chief political administra-
ton (PUR) of the army is both de-
partment Of the ministry of defense
and branch Of the Central Committee Of
the Communist Party. Under PUR are
separate political administrations for
each main branch of the service and for
each of the military districts into which
the Soviet Union is divided.
The so-called deputy for political af-
fairs, or Zampolit. who heads the polit-
ical administration of the military dis
trict, is one of the three members of
the district military council which runs
the military establishment within the
district. The commander Of troops in
the district is chairman of the military
council.
<At WIG ACNSA Va NOAP0 AAN4o1OAA, 0AA6sSAO
and squadron, there is Zampolit in
charge Of the so-called political section
of the particular unit At the level Of
regiment, battalion and company, the
Zampolit works through party organs.
Party groups are even organized in in
dividual platoons within the company.
The main task of the Zampolit is
political education Of all military per-
sonnel, through lectures. discussions,
libraries and so forth. He is also con-
cerned with maintaining morale and
discipline.
The Zampolit is far cry, however
from the military commissar of the
past, who was legally equal and in
fact often superior to the commanding
officer
In August, 1910, after the Finnish
war, the Office of military commissar
was abolished because Of the disastrous
effects Of equality of command. Mill
tary commissars were restored in July,
1941, less than a month after the
German invasion, on the explicit con-
sideration that the war has made it
imperative that our political workers
Evening star., 1953-08-31
Letters to The Star .

are the loads of magazines and occa-
sional what-have-you samples. Distri-
button centers should be set up where
subscribers could call for their maga-
zines. Samples should be the sole re-
sponsibility of the company. Teen-age
boys would be eager to make extra
change distributing these items which
are general nuisance to the P. o.
With C. o. DIS changes of address,
postage due, insured mail, bad dogs and
supervisors, the mailmen have enough
to contend with. May they soon have
these small considerations they so well
deserve. J. Watts.
Evening star., 1953-08-31

ported by Mr.. Peterson is q progress In that
respect as well. Library dollars 60 far in
spite Of rising costs.
Evening star., 1953-08-31
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer to any
question Of fact by either writing The Evsn!Ag
Star Information Bureau 1900 street NV,
washington c, and inclosine 8 cents re-
turn postaRe or by telephoninR ST 3.73o3.
Evening star., 1953-08-31
Outstanding Reporting

This is just brief word of apprecia-
ton, on the part Of myself and my
husband for the excellent coverage of
the United National Political Commit
tee afforded by the daily stories Of
James Roper. who has done an out
standing job of reporting in our judg-
ment.
Lyn ManduIey.
Evening star., 1953-08-31
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Who originated the idea Of the
veto in the United Nations?-E. K. L.
A. The veto provisions Of the United
Nations Charter were conceived by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and
worked out by him with Churchill and
Stain at the Crimea conference at
Yalta.
Evening star., 1953-08-31

@. How many foreign-made autonno-
biles are being driven in this country?-
e. w. w.
A. Figures compiled by the Automo-
bile Manufacturers Association show
that 20828 foreign-made cars were
registered in the United States in 1851,
and 29,303 in 1852.
Evening star., 1953-08-31

Pen-nGn1es may be used If letters carry
10riterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Canada Bank
Credits Granted

MONTREAL (JTA)-The fin
ancial operations of the newly
created Canada-Israel Corporation
were initiated when checks for
S500,000 were handed over by the
treasurer of the Canadian Jewish
Congress and the treasurer of the
Zionist Organization of Canada,
to Saul Hayes, national executive
director of the Canadian Jewish
Congress.
This corporation has been set
up by the National Conference
for Israel and Jewish Rehabilita-
ton to develop. trade relations be-
tween Israel and Canada. A con-
tract has already been signed with
the Israeli Supply Mission cover
ing purchases to the extent of
several million dollars annually.
A consortium of Canadian char
tered banks has agreed to extend
credit of $2,80O0,000 every six
months to provide funds for the
purchases in Canada to fill the
orders of the Government of Is
rael Supply Mission.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Single School
system Bill Is
In Knessef

JERUSALEM (JTA)-The long
awaited government bill Tor a
national unified educational Sys-
tenn in Israel was introduced in
Parliament. The measure is de-
signed to provide a single state
system of education divorced
from party politics to replace the
current four trend" or party sys-
TENS.
1t was given a first reading af-
ter a vigorous Seven-hour debate
in which Mapai and General Zion
ist deputies supported the meas
ure and Mapam and Agudah
spokesman asSailed it.
Education Minister maintained
that the state could not leave edu-
cation in the hands of parties or
trends" insisting that it must
be unified to achieve a homo
genie populace which will be one
of the most important achieve
ments of the ingathering of the
exiles."
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Biggest Tourist
Year Exp pected

NEW YORK (JTA) -. The year
1853 will be a great tourist year
for Israel, it was reported by the
Israel National Tourist Center.
On the basis of inquiries by pros
pective travellers and reports
travel agencies, the Israel Govern
ment Tourist Department expects
travel to break all previous
records.
Of the 32,935 tourists who Wis
tied Israel in 1852, some $4,000
were Americans. With the over
all figure to hit $4,000 this year,
American tourists will probably
constitute half of the total, or 3d.
900.
Another attraction for tourists
will be the Fourth International
Maccabiah Games at Tel Aviv
Sept. 20-29 which will bring to-
gether some 1000 Jewish athletes
from 80 nations. The last games
were held in 1850.
From Sept. % through Oct. IA,
the Israel Government will spon-
sor Conquest of the Desert" In
ternational Exhibition and Fair
in Jerusalem. Agencies of the
United Nations, various govern
ments and 300 private firms and
organizations will participate in
the exhibition of industrial cul-
tural and scientific developments
of the fight against the desert.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Bernadotte Was
A Marked Man

NEW YORK (JTA) - Count
Folke Bernadotte, the UN's Pale
stine truce mediator, whose death
is officially listed as mystery
by the U.N., Sweden and Israel,
was fingered" for assassination
by a secret French pro-NaZi or
ganization, it was asserted here
by a journalist who says he con-
Quoted a three-year worldwide in
veStigation.
According to an article by Lad
islas Farago, a writer formerly
associated with us. Naval Intelli-
gence and Radio Free Europe, in
the current issue of Real Maga-
zine," Count Bernadotte's murder
was planned by the French pro-
Nazi group, called the D.E.K. in
order to kill that organizations
mortal enemy, French Air Force
Oh. Andre Serot, Senior UN OBJ
server in Jerusalem, who was ma
chine-gunned to death as he sat
next to Count Bernadotte.
Col. Serot, says Farago in his
article, was at one time the chief
of the Security and Counter-Es-
pionage Section of the French Air
Force. He had accumulated secret
files on French military and gov
ernmental personnel who swung
over to the Germans during the
occupation of France. This group
of Fascists listed by Serot sought
to destroy his secret records and
murder him. Their chance came
in Jerusalem where they cooper
ated with a Communist group,
the "Fatherland Front" which
was cunning" for Count Berna-
dotte.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Runlaniia Nav
Relax Ban

HAIFA (JTA)-The emigration
of Jews from Ruman1a to Israel
is likely to be resumed soon, ac-
cording to letters received from
Rumanian Jews.
The letters, sent to relatives in
Israel, say that a number of Ru-
manian Jews who had registered
for emigration to Israel-and
whose exit permits were cancelled
upon the launching of the Soviet
anti-Zionist campaign-have re-
ceived permission to leave the
country.
The Rumanian freighter Sulina
called at Haifa port recently,
marking the first such stop in
three months. The Rumanian
transport Pennsylvania, which un-
til Is months ago was used for the
transfer to Israel of Rumanian
Jews, is expected to arrive soon.
Itzhak Raphael, immigration di-
rector of the Jewish Agency, re-
ported that the joint government
Agency immigration coordination
body has adopted number of de-
cisions designed to encourage i'm
migration from western countries
and to ease immigration from
North African and other Eastern
countries. One of the decisions to
attract immigrants from the
West, he said, was to provide i'm
proved housing.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03

being adopted instead OF a dlrecI
appeal to the Security Council.
The purpose of this demarche
was to try to get government,
particularly those of the us. and
United Kingdom, which have
special influence in the area, to
bring pressure to bear on the Jor-
dan Government to stop this in
filtration.
Mr.. Eban announced circulation
of this document at press con-
ference following an interview
with U.N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold. He gave the fol-
lowing facts and figures relating
to Arab depredations along the
Israel border:
In 1852 there was 3,742 Incl
dents, nearly all of them on the
Israel-Jordan border; SO Israeli
citizens were killed, 80 abducted
and IA wounded, and $3,0OO,OOO
damage done to Israeli property.
From the first of January to mid
June 1853, there have been 146
armed clashes, again mostly on
the Israel-Jordan border; 15 Is
raeli citizens killed, 46 wounded
and 13 abducted. Infiltrations
mounted sharply, he said, during
the month of June.
Mr.. Eban said that whenever
Arab Governments had agreed to
halt the infiltration it had STOP
ped. He gave figures for the
month of March 1853 which show
ed that there had only been one
infiltration from across the Syr-
lar border and 10 on the Lebanese
border, but 1873 on the Jordan bor-
der. Both Syria and Lebanon had
signed agreements to prevent in
filtration.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Dulles Denies
News Report

WASHINGTON (JTA)- Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dulles
indicated that he is neither pro-
Israel nor pro-Arab in the course
of a talk which he had with Ber-
nard Katzen, New York lawyer
and communal leader, who was
an active political worker for Mr..
Dulles when the latter sought
election to the Senate in 1949.
"Mr. Dulles is neither pro-Israel
nor pro-Arab, but pro-American," "
Mr.. Katzen said. He added that
Secretary Dulles denied Time
magazine report that he allegedly
told the Arabs that American
Jews voted Democratic and did
not support Dulles.
IT have also been assured that
in the matter of arming the Mid
die Eastern states for defense pur-
poses, the security of Israel will
not be overlooked, and regard will
be had to the Tripartite Declara-
ton of 1850 designed to discour-
age aggression in the area" Mr..
KatZen stated.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
jerusalem To
Get Priority
For Industry

JERUSALEM (JTA)-Premier
David Ben Gurion told a deputa-
ton of Jerusalem induStrialiSts
that all Ministers of the govern
ment have special instructions to
give priority to Jerusalem in the
ALLEGATION of funds for industrial
developments, in the granting of
loans and in the expansion of
agriculture in the area surround
ing the capital.
Mr.. Ben Gurion told the delega-
ton, which came to ask for spec
ial assistance to Jerusalem, that
a special Cabinet meeting will be
held to discuss JeruSalem'S prob
lens. He said that he was espec-
tally interested in the absorption
of immigrants into the economy
of the city and suggested that the
city could logically become the
center for the country's publish
ing industry.
The delegation asked that two
immigrant work villages on the
city's outskirts be eliminated so
that the immigrants could be alb
sorbed into the city. This, the in
dustrialists contended.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03

upon at a meeting held IN the
State Department.
The Department is now decid-
ing on how best to implement the
formula. 1t has definitely been
decided that assurances will be re-
quired that all arms must be used
defensively. In order to qualify
for gift American weapons, the
Middle East nations must sign
pledges they will back the West
ern countries in the East-WeSt
struggle. They must agree to ac-
cept a small American military
mission which will teach the local
armed forces how to use Ameri-
can weapons and provide ade-
quate publicity for the operation.
The two countries with which
State Department arms arrange
ments are at the most advanced
stage are Syria and Egypt.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

At request of Sen. Pat McCar-
ran, the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee agreed to take no action
at present on the Presidents pro-
posal for admission of 100000
over-quota immigrants and makes
probable no consideration before
adjournment h.. HiStadrut (Con-
federation of Trade Unions in Is
raeD voted to join the provost
ern International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions :. Number
of unemployed in Israel has drop
ped almost 500 to about $4,000.
UJA will net some $75, 5,OOO,O 600
in 1853 as compared with $70,OOO,-
600 last year with an estimated
S6O,OO0,000 benefitting Israel;
$11,OOO,000 for the Joint Distribu-
ton Committee for immigration
and colonization.
Trade between us. and Israel
exceeds $100,000,000 a year and
while the trade balance improves
slowly, the Jewish State imports
seven times as much as it sells
here The National Admins
tration is in retreat from its
pledges made during the presi-
dental campaign on civil rights
and liberties, former Solicitor
General Philip Perlman told mem
bers of the American Jewish Con-
gresS at a dedication at Stephen
Wise House in New York . A
British divorce court ruled that
a divorce granted by the Beth Din
there was valid under the law.
Israeli documentary film "Tent
City" was shown at two different
theatres in Berlin without Incl
dent recently =. A drive is on in
the US. for $5OO,0OO for the build
ing of a world memorial in Paris
for victims of the NaZis Jor-
dan and Syria threaten to utilize
the Yarmuk River for power
which will leave several Israeli
villages without water ;. Sweden
voted to admit "hard core" ailing
DPS from Germany and Austria.
A college to train men from
North Africa for the rabbinate
there has been set up near Lon
don.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Post Holiday

Subscribers to the Arizona
Post are reminded that as is
customary, during July and Au-
gust there is only one issue of
the Arizona Post. The next Post
will be published August 21.
Continue to turn in all news and
social items. Meanwhile the
staff will be preparing the spe-
ciaI ROSh HaShOnah issue.
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
US. Wants Assurance of !
Peaceful Use of Arms in ME

WASHINGTON CTA)-Fgh State Department officials ind1-
will receive priority Israel in any
the u countries the Near East Plans
Command sheved and Individual
Arab states and Israel decided
The Arizona post., 1953-07-03
Issue Full Report On Arab
|nfiItrations to UN Delegates

NATIONS, N. " OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ABBA Epan an
delegation at the UN would circulate to all
"cOnSOdated and coherent pic
by Arab marauder mostly from
Jordan during the half He said this procedure was
Evening star., 1953-08-05

Miss Betty Louise Pflieger,
daughter Of Mrs. Christian Pflie-
ger of Alexandria, Va, and the
late Mr. Pflieger, was married on
July 18 to Mr.. Walter j. Pirtle,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Pirtle
of Manila, Ark. The Rev. John
Mcpherson officiated at the serv-
ice which was held in the Cal
very Presbyterian Church in
Alexandria.
The couple will reside in Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Exclusively Yours
Betty BeoIe

Gen. Omar Bradley Host at Reception
For His Successor, Admiral Rudford
Evening star., 1953-08-05

Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Willis
Matthews. The latter are 60
ing to be stationed in Germany
in the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Belding
had flown all the way from
San Francisco for this party,
they said. Among other things
Mr.. Belding is head of the
Friendship Foundation in Phil
adelphia.
Also present were the men
who will be on Admiral Rad
ford's staff, Navy Capt. G. w.
Anderson. jr., Army Col. c. E.
Hutchin, Air Force Col. Leroy
H. Watson. jr. and Comdr.
Means Johnston.
At the end of the 6 to 8 re-
ception, Mrs. Radford still
looking very fresh in her pale
chartreuse dress and lei of pink
carnations sent from Honolulu,
said goodby with her husband
to the last departing guests
and then they set out for a
dinner party. It takes stamina
to be an official in Washington.
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Mrs. Lindsay
Returns

Mrs. Melville D. Lindsay has
returned from six weeks visit
in the West. She went first to
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., to visit her
sisters, the Misses lisa and Jessie
Duncan, and with them accom-
panied their brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Duncan of Hawthorne, N. j., on
a motor trip through the Black
Hills.
Later Mrs. Lindsay, the former
Miss Mabel Duncan, well known
and gifted 'cellist, visited another
brother and siSter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Duncan in Sioux
Falls. Their son. Mr.. Kenneth
Duncan, is a student at the
Brookings Institute in Sioux
Falls.
Before returning to Wash
ington Mrs. Lindsay stopped in
Minneapolis for a short stay with
Evening star., 1953-08-05
RehObOth


Mrs. George E. McCann and
her two sons, Stephen and Paul,
with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Chatham Towers Nottingham
and her two children, Chatham
Towers, jr.. and Candace, have
gone to Rehoboth Beach. They
will return to their homes in Sill
yer Spring, Md, late in the
month.
Mrs. McCann and Mr.. Noting
ham are the grandchildren of the
late Chatham Towers, for many
years tax collector of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Evening star., 1953-08-05

Gen. Bradley will join in a
highly important consultant
capacity, was there with the
very young president of the
Bulova Laboratories, Ed Welt
zen. Admiral Radford will be
sworn in on the 18th and two
days later Gen. Bradley will go
to New York for two weeks of
orientation in his new job, re-
turning here on the 1st.
Around the middle of October
he and Mrs. Bradley will set
out for Los Angeles, their fu-
ture address.
Good-looking Undersecretary
of the Air Force Jim Douglas
was there chatting with Un-
dersecretary of State and Mrs.
Don Lourie and Legal Adviser
to the State Department Her.
man Phleger, whose wife took
off the first of this week for
their home in San Francisco.
Standing on the porch over
looking the garden where most
OF the company were gathered,
they were Joined by the new
Assistant Secretary of Defense
as Of today. Charles S. Thomas,
who was Undersecretary of the
Navy as of yesterday. Mrs.
Thomas loves the Navy, sorry
to see her husband transferred
at the surprise request of Sec
retary Wilson week ago Tues
day.
Practically drowned out by
the hum of voices, an Army
band played at the far end of
the garden, which boasts one
of the most beautiful views in
this entire area. Without
standing on tiptoe or craning
ones neck, one looked straight
out into the distance upon the
glistening Lincoln Memorial,
the aspiring Washington Mon
ument and the massively stable
Capitol Building.
The view on the buffet table
in the dining room was almost
as beautiful. Two savory Vir-
ginia hams, two huge turkeys,
scooped out pineapples filled
with delectable melon balls,
and foot-long scooped out
loaves of cream cheese filled
with caviar did much to make
it appealing.
Not pausing long enough to
eat was acting Secretary of
State Beetle" Smith, who
confesses that in Washington
he always has his nose to the
grindstone.
White House Personnel Attend
From the White House came
Presidential Assistant Gen.
Wilton B. Persons and his
wife, Administrative Assistant
Robert Cutler and Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Paul T. Carroll.
Ambassadors glimpsed were
Belgium's Baron Silvercruys,
fresh from the Nantucket sun;
Portugal'S Luis Esteves Fer
nandes and Turkeys Feridun
Erkin. Representatives Dewey
Short and Carl HinShaw and
their wives were there and Vice
Admiral and Mrs. Arthur C.
Davis was wearing a much en-
We'd black tie inscribed with
such arresting terms as Re
stricted," Atomic" and Cos
mic Top Secret"
Gen. j. Lawton Collins, out
going Army Chief of Staff, es-
corted his wife whose looks be-
lied her recent illness. After
their farewell party for the
Bradleys on the 18th, they will
take off very soon for a vaca-
tion in Washington State. Mrs.
Radford, by the way, will leave
tomorrow for a visit at Rae
quet Lake, N. Y, with Mrs.
Margaret Emerson, Bromo
Seltzer heiress.
1t. Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer,
one of the top Army brains"
and Deputy Chief of Staff, was
there with his wife and talking
with Air Force Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. John K. Gerhart and
Evening star., 1953-08-05

-Southall Photo.
MRS. HARRIS S. KASSEL
The former
Miss Barbara-LOu Sennett.
Miss Barbara-Lou Bennett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
H. Bennett, became the bride Of
Mr.. Harris S. Kassel on July 26
at the Shoreham Hotel. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
L. Kassel of Washington. DR..
Hugo B. Schiff officiated.
A reception followed the cere-
mony at the Shoreham Hotel.
The couple will reside in Wash
ington after their wedding trip
to Miami Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Reiners Back

Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Reiner
Of Falls Church, Va, and their
son Billy have returned home
from their vacation which was
spent at Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Evening star., 1953-08-05

Rabbi Henry Segal officiated at
the marriage of Miss Sandra
Claire Sipkin. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Sipkin of WASH
ington, and Mr.. Jeremy Victor
Gluck. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius B. Gluck of Cleve-
land Heights, Ohio. B'nai Israel
Synagogue was the scene of the
ceremony which took place on
July 26. A dinner followed the
wedding.
The couple will reside in Ann
Arbor, Mich, temporarily.
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Miss ShuIn0n
[LsEnqdqed

Mrs. Abraham Shulman OF
Washington announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Miss
Aida Lorraine Shulman, to Mr..
Phillip Davidson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Davidovitz of
Chelsea, Mass.
Miss Shulman is a graduate of
Wilson Teachers College. Mr..
Davidson was graduated with a
B. S. degree in chemical engi-
neering from Northeastern Uni
verSity. He will soon open a
Boston Office for the American
Instrument Co.
A November wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1953-08-05

Mr.. Carlo Fischer and his family.
Mr.. Fischer. a native Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, served the
Minneapolis Symphony Orches-
ira for so years, most Of that
time as first 'cellist.