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Evening star., 1953-12-28
Bevan Sees Churchill
Seeking Egyptian Accord
BY the Assoeiosed Press

CAIRO. Egypt. Dec. 28.-One
Of Prime Minister ChurchflPs
loudest critics at home, Labor
ite Aneurin Bevan, said today he
thinks Mr.. Churchill wants to
see a settlement Of the Suez
issue with Egypt-and along the
lines Egypt wants.
Arriving here with his wife
for a tour Of the Middle East,
Mr.. Bevan told newsmen he
thought "every one in Britain
is sympathetic" to Egypt's de-
mand that the British evacuate
their big military base in the
SueZ canal zone.
Asked whether this extended
to Mr.. Churchill, he added:
II think so. You know Church
Ill is having trouble in parlia-
ment, but I think he is in favor
of a settlement with Egypt
A settlement consistent with the
Egyptian desire"
Britain has agreed in princi-
pie to remove her troops from
the Suez but negotiations with
Egypt have deadlocked on con-
ditions under which the West
would be allowed to use the base
again and terms of employment
for British technical advisers at
the base.
Egypt's negotiators for the
stalled talks conferred today
with the nations ambassadors
to Britain and the United States.
Abdel Rahman Haiku and DR..
Ahmed Hussein, who were called
home.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Baby Burns 10 Death,
Two Others Rescued; /;
Stove Blast Blamed

An 8-week-old boy burned to
death yesterday in a fire which
began shortly after his mother
went next door to borrow par
ing knife.
Dead was John Jenifer. coll
ored, son of Mrs. Mary Jenifer,
of 812 Second street Sc. one Of
her eight children. Two other
children were rescued from the
burning home, one made her
way to safety unaided, and four
others were not at nome.
Police said the fire apparently
began when oil leaked onto the
floor from a defective stove and
caught fire. The stove was in the
center of the room where the
baby lay.
Milton Turner. colored, at 4706
East Capitol street. who was
visiting friends next door, and
Howard Brown, colored, Of 209
Virginia avenue Sc, who was
passing by, rescued Ellsworth
Jenifer, 4, and Michael, 8. Mary
Alice Jenifer, 5. got cut tnaided
Mrs. Jenifer's other children
who were not at home, are
Helena. 20, Francis, IL. Martin
9, and Dayid. 4.
DR.. A. Magruder MacD Donald
District coroner, said he will
issue a verdict of accidental
death.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Security Checkup
|0f Senate Workers
Fails 10 MateriaIize
BY The Assoeioied Press

A proposed loyalty-securit
checkup on all the approximately
! 300 employees of the Senate has
begged down, although it was
recommended by a unanimous
Senate vote 10 months ago.
j. Mark Trice. Senate secre-
tary. and several Senators who
asked that their names not be
used cited three reasons for the
plans failure:
/. A legal prohibition against
disclosure of FBI data to per-
sons not authorized to receive
it: 2. failure Of the Senate to
vote the FBI special funds to
help with the checkup, and 8.
disinterest on the part of some
Senators.
Mr.. Trice said he has sent to
the FBI the names of all 18O
persons on the payroll of his
Office. but that he does not know
what the FBI found.
Resolution Approved.
Last March 6 the Senate
unanimously passed a resolu-
ton, which does not have the
force OF law. directing that each
of the 96 Senator'S, all Senate
committees and all Senate Off
cials having authority to hire
ask an FBI check Of their en-
ployeS.
Mr.. Trice said numerous con-
ferences by Senate leaders, FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover and
Justice Department officials had
failed to untangle the legal snarl
The F.BI is barred from turning
loyalty data over to Congress,
except for that on judicial ap-
pointees.
Senator McCarran, Democrat
of Nevada, who sponsored the
move for a loyalty and security
check or Senate employees, said
all his staff have been cleared. =
Several Ask No Check.
But several other Senators
who asked that their names moi
be used, said they had not asked
check on their employees. Nc
figures are publicly available or
how many have done so.
Senator Morse, Independent
of Oregon, tried to include al
Senators in the ioyalty-security
survey. The Senate rejected his
proposal by voice vote and Sena'
tor Morse did not muster enough
support to force a roll call.
Recent reports by the Senate
Internal Security subcommittee
have asserted that more than q
dozen former congressional en-
ployes participated in Soviet
Russian espionage.
Congress does require that its
members and employees sign ar
affidavit that they do not advo.
cate the overthrow of the Gov.
ernment of the United States BY
force and violence" and are not
members Of any organizations
which do.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
None Injured in Train
Wreck at Rome, N. Y.
ey the As.ociased Press

ROME. N. Y. Dec. 2S Three
cars of a westbound freight train
derailed near here early today,
and one struck the New York
Central Railroads eastbound In
terState Express.
The railroad said there were
no injuries. The accident oc-
Cured about 112 miles east of
the Rome station.
There were between ITS and
200 passengers aboard the pas
senger train, which was en- route
from Chicago to Boston. Lee
Jennings, the railroads chief
train dispatcher at Albany. said
the cause of the derailment was
not known Immediately.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Army Takes Up Task
OF Korean Reduction
BY the Assoe,oted Press

The Army set out today to
carry out President Eisenhower's
order for reducing infantry
forces in Korea, dramatic first
example of the new look" mill
tary policy going into effect.
A. spokesman said the decision
on which two of the six Army
divisions in Korea would be
withdrawn initially from the
front was one for the Far East
Army command.
Oficials of that command said
departure of the divisions could
not come Immediately. There
were indications that a proce-
dure used in Europe at the close
of World War II would be fol-
lowed in Korea. Then men
whose overseas duty was nearing
an end were transferred into a
division earmarked for return
and men in that division with
short service assigned to an out
fit scheduled to stay.
Process Takes Weeks.
That process takes several
weeks at a minimum. The high
level decision to start cutting
Army ground force strength was
not reached until about 10 days
ago and the detailed instructions
began to filter down to the work.
ing level Of the Army only over
the week end.
Gen. Eisenhower, in the formal
statement he issued at Augusta,
Ga. left out all reference to
overall military manpower poll
| icy changes. But the action. OBJ
viously could have eventual in
f1uence on the size of the Army.
The goal of the Defense Depart
ment under Secretary Wilson is
to reduce total Army strength
from a present level, of about
l.5 million men to 1,l65 900 by
July /, 1855.
Maintenance Cut Due.
The return of two divisions
from Korea can reduce some of
the high maintenance required
for troops on foreign station,
especially in the field. and be re-
flected in corresponding reduc-
ton of support units.
Despite the expressed alarm
of South Korean officials over
the proposed United States
ground force reduction. it was
obvious that Gen. Eisenhower
felt the political impact Of troop
withdrawal from that area would
be less serious than to cut forces
in Europe. There the United
States is committed to maintain
ing current strength so as to en-
courage the buildup of forces by
the Western European nations,
Evening star., 1953-12-28

ing necessary public service in
exempt categories.
MIR. Watson said the admins
tration should limit the number
Of jobs in the excepted mon,
civil service) schedules A and c
to the lowest possible number
necessary to carry out vital policy
matters. Some of the present
excepted jobs should be placed
under Civil Service. Mr.. Watson
declared.
The Roth decision Tin which
Federal Judge Richmond Keech
held that the President has un-
limited authority to reclassifled
Civil Service workers to excepted
categories from which they could
summarily be fired) does not
purport to say. nor should the
Eisenhower administration in
terpret it as saying, that many
of the more than 100000 odd
jobs which are now listed in ex-
cepted schedules do not more
properly belong under the career
Civil Service the league official
said.
Mr.. Watson concluded that
while the Roth decision does
pose some problems for the
Federal career service, ''it should
not add new series Of jitters"
for Federal employees.
+ 4 \
PERFORMANCE RATINGS
In the current issue Of the
leagues monthly publication,
Good Government. Mr.. Wat
son also declares that there is
a growing dissatisfaction among
Government employees. officials,
and members Of Congress with
the present Federal performance
rating system.
1.-THE present plan. which
rates 80 per cent of employees
the same-'satisfacto actory'-cannot
be considered a system Of rating
at ALL" Mr.. Watson declared
1T is a barrier to recognition
due highly competent employees. -
The league official said he was
not advocating a return to the
old five-adjective rating system,
but he said a new program
should be set up that would
recognize employees doing excel
lent work.
MOVE-The National ASsocia-
ton of Retired Civil Employees
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Time Lost in Strikes
Far Below 1852
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of Labor Mitchell
said yesterday, that strikes this
year cost 26 million man days,
as compared with So million in
1852. A man day is the time Of
one man for one day.
"The Eisenhower administra-
tion labor policies have brought
more collective bargaining and
less strike idleness in l953," Mr..
Mitchell said in a year-end
statement.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Deputies Act 10 Restrict
Red Party in Mexico
BY the Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28.-The
Chamber of Deputies unani-
mously approved election law
changes yesterday which may
bar the Communists from reg
istering as party.
The chamber held a Sunday
session in preparation for ad-
journment of Congress Decem-
ber 81. The election bill had
been proposed last week by
President Adolfo Ruiz Confines.
It would raise the number of
party members necessary to reg
Evening star., 1953-12-28

lister a national party from 30.-
600 to $4,000. The Communists.
generally credited with having
a strength of 10000. had issued
statements opposing the meas
ure. The Communist Party is
legal in Mexico but is not reg
istered and cannot offer candi-
dates in general elections.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

est around 40. Tomorrow, rain
ending in forenoon in central
and east sections and probably
changing to snow fiurries in the
mountains.
Wind - Northwest at 1915
miles per hour tonight and be-
coming westerly tomorrow.
River Report.
tFrom o. s. Engineers.I
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

District and vicinity-Rain
tonight with lowest tempera-
ture around SO. Tomorrow,
cloudy with rain probably end
ing before noon.
Maryland-Rain tonight, low
est 35-40. Tomorrow, rain end
ing east and central portions
and probably changing to snow
durrieS in west.
Virginia-Rain tonight, low
Evening star., 1953-12-28
New Group Fights
Curb on President S
Power on Treaties
sv the A.,oeio,ed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. ga
private committee has been
formed to fight against a pro-
posed constitutional amendment
that would limit aty-making
powers of the President Of the
United States.
The organization, which says
its specific aim is to oppose an
amendment proposed by Senator
Bricker, Republican, Of Ohio,
lists John w. Davis and retired
Gen. Lucius D. Clay as CO.
chairmen of the committees
sponsors.
Gen. Clay is former United
States commander in Europe and
now chairman of the Continental
Can Co. Mr.. Davis was Demo-
cratic candidate for President
in. 1924 and more recently
served as attorney for the steel
companies in fighting their
seizure by former President
Truman.
Formation of the group, the
Committee for Defense of the
Constitution by Preserving the
Treaty Power, was announced
yesterday.
Cumbersome Procedure.
Tn statement the committee
said the Bricker amendment
would make our procedure for
carrying out our treaty obliga-
tions the most cumbersome in
the world, -. and seriously
weaken our bargaining position
in dealing with other nations"
The committee said the
amendment would also:
Make acquiescense of the leg
islatures of the 48 States neces-
sary to the effectuation in the
United States of such vital inter-
national agreements as the ira
ditional treaties of friendship.
commerce and navigation, mar
cotics control conventions and
possible arrangements for inter-
national control of atomic
energy. j..
Make the power Of Congress
compete and impair if not de-
stroy the independence OF the
executive branch in the conduct
of foreign affairs.
The Bricker amendment would
allow treaty or executive
agreement to become effective as
internal law only after majority
approval by both houses OF Con-
greSS.
KnowIand Plan Not Mentioned.
The committee statement did
not mention substitute proposal
made by Senator Knowland. This
administration measure would
require Senate approval OF
treaties by a roll-call vote. The
Senate would be allowed to de-
eide if special enabling legisla-
ton is needed.
The committee is the second
private group organized recently
to deal with the Bricker amend
ment. Formation of the Founda-
tion for Study of Treaty Law was
announced in Washington about
two weeks ago.
The earlier group said it was
neutral on the question and
would only try to make the pub
lie aware Of both the Bricker and
Knowland proposals.
Officers of the committee OPP
posed to the Bricker amendment,
in addition to Mr.. Davis and Gen.
Clay. are:
Professor Emeritus Edward S.
Corwin of Princeton University,
national chairman; Godfrey S.
Smith. president Of the Girard
Trust Co., Philadelphia, treas
urer, and Robert B. Eichholz,
former general counsel with the
U. s. Foreign Operations Admin
iStration, executive secretary.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

] e a g ue, de-.
clared.
Mr.. Watson.
h o W e v e r
urged Presi-
d mt Eisen-
hover and the
a d m / n / S =
tration to de-
fine the career
service more
clearly and to
c clarity the
sition OF
&c m p e t ent
career people
now perform
Evening star., 1953-12-28
christmos Eve Burns
Prove Fatal TO Man

Woodrow Wilson Parker. ~,
of no fixed address, died in Emer-
gency Hospital yesterday OF
burns suffered Christmas Eve,
Police said Mr.. Parker had
gone to sleep beside a bonfire in
a rear yard in the 900 block Of
Twenty-second street NV, and
awoke with his clothing ablaze.
DR.. A. Magruder MacD Donald,
District coroner, said he will is
sue verdict of accidental death.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Hard Labor Out

Penal servitude" and "hard
labor" have given way to correc-
tive training or preventive de-
tention, as a result Of changes
in Northern Ireland's criminal
laws.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Yacht for Prince

Auckland, ''home of New Zea-
land yachting" will present to
Queen Elizabeth a 7-feot yacht
for Prince Charles-one of the
class used to teach children the
rudiments of sailing.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
The Federal Spotlight
League Sees No lob Threat
In Decision on Roth Appeal
By joseph Youno

The non-partisan National League said today
Federal employees have for alarm the
decision
President and the Civil Service Commission have always
had the recasy positions logical basis
for protection employees hold *--
ing exempt jobs" - ......s
of
Evening star., 1953-12-28

RECORD TemDefAtufe8 This Year.
Highest, 100, on Aug. 81 and Sept. 2,
Lowest. II. on December 1S.
High and Low Of Last - Hours.
High. 45. at 1855 pm.
Low, Al at .12.(l6 4 M
Evening star., 1953-12-28

Snow is forecast tonight idaho westward to Mis-
souri, and the Northeastern States Southeastern
States will coastal Washington and Oregon
conditions will be fair 1t win be colder in the
Mississippi Valley the Gulf States and the Colorado Plateau
--AP WirephOtO Map.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic SirYeYl
Evening star., 1953-12-28
The sun ana Moon,

Sun, today T:26 4.53
Moon, today 1919 am 1i:43 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-ha1f hour after sunset
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches IN the
Evening star., 1953-12-28

obs, James r. Wat
We director of the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-01-15

The Kafhman brothers. Herman QefH
and John. of Blaine county.
ing in the fall, and their farm pro-
gram is tied in with this feeding. In
a usual year they have about so
acres of alfalfa, 50-55 acres of oats
and few acres of sugar beets and
potatoes on the irrigated ground,
with $3.50 acres of barley and about
40 acres of wheat on the dryland.
The hay, most of the oats, barley and
beet tops and little of the wheat
goes into the calf-feeding ration
Dried beet pulp is also used when
available.
With this program of feeding in
winter, farming in summer, the
brothers have year-round outlets for
their labor. Only the sugar beets and
potatoes require any hired help.
Tall, serious, slow to talk, the
brothers have their roots d lee p
planted in the farm they have de-
veloped, and generally they see
things the same way. They make
most of the decisions together, do
most of the buying together. When
they do disagree well, both of
them have learned to hold their
tempers down and to give in once in
while during the past 80 years.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-01-15

any higher than two-thirds OF its
height.
A saw is the best tool for pruning
because the branches should be cut
off as close to the trunk as possible.
If branches are not cut off close to
the trunk there is a good chance
that rot or other infections may
get started. The regular pruning
saw has a curved blade with a
handle which is a series of pipes
(made of lightweight metaD that
can be connected together to cut
limbs up to Is feet above the ground.
An ak should not be used because
of the possibility of injuring the
tree.
Limbs 2 inches in diameter or
larger should not be removed. When
they are this size it is likely that
rot may get started. If time and
labor are no problem, however,
these branches may be removed If
paint is applied soon after.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-01-15

occurs when there is a lack of sun
light reaching the lower branches.
This causes them to die and drop
off, thus saving the farmer time
and effort, as well as producing
more valuable lumber. Not more
than quarter of the trees should
be removed at any time, but in a
span of 5 to 10 years the crowns
will become crowded and will need
thinning once more.
Often there are trees that must
be pruned by hand. This should
be done only in the fall or winter.
When it is possible, pruning should
start when the trees are about 4 to
6 inches in diameter, with the
branches being pruned up to 10 feet
above the ground. From 2 to 5
years later the branches should be
removed to about II feet. However,
in no case should a tree be pruned
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-01-15
Brothers Build
2-Fanily Farm
BY BILL STELLMON,
ROping RebOrter

FOR MORE than 80 years the
Kaufman brothers, Herman and
John, have worked together to build
up 520-acre Blaine county dryland
homestead into a permanent, we'll
organized, two-family farm.
Their partnership is unusual. Born
of necessity, its nourishment was
hard work, and there was never
need for formal agreement. It had
its beginning in 1919, the year the
boys father died. -.
Herman was IA that year, John IL;
and they and their mother were left
with the homestead and 100 acres of
rented, irrigated land in the Milk
River valley. Herman quit school
almost Immediately and took to
farming.
The irrigated land was too much,
so he gave that up and farmed only
the plowed portion of the home
stead. The boys also MIXED a few
cows and raised some chickens, and
these provided most of their income
in the early years.
Partnership Flourished
The partnership was cemented
when John finished the eighth grade
and was able to work full time on
the farm. Slowly, it flourished. In
1926, the boys re-rented the $50 ir-
rigated acres in 1923, they bought
a tractor and broke up some more
of the dryland j. during the '30s
they started strip-cropping the dry
land and turned to more intensive
crops in the valley. And they both
married, John in 1886, Herman two
years later.
Now, though their partnership is
still paperless, their farming and
ranching has become definite bust
ness. The brothers have doubled
their decided property holdings and
rented an additional section of dry
land pasture. They raise variety
of feed and cash crops, run so head
of good commercial Angus and still
keep a few hogs, chickens and dairy
cows for home use and extra income.
In their homes, too, progress has
kept pace. Herman and his family
two girls and a boy-live in one
house; John and his family - two
boys and a girl-lve in another a
few hundred yards away. Both have
electricity, telephones, runnin G
water, bathrooms, home freezers and
a selection of other conveniences
Their mother lives in nearby Chi
nook
Feed Calves
The brothers have found it prof
liable to feed their so or so calves
through each winter instead of sell
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-01-15
Feed Calves

The brothers have found it prof
liable to feed their so or so calves
through each winter instead of sell
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-01-15

For all ron The Farm" LeveIing and Dirt
Moving. Smooths and levels land for eff
eienf irrigation. Fills eullies. pot holes for
perfect surface drainage. Makes superior
seed beds, for better stands and in.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Timothy Cavanaugh,
GarfinckeI's S Emp|oye

Timothy I. Cavanaugh, rs, of
3038 Dent place NV. died yes
terday on a bus at $500 @ street
NV. en- route to his job in the
purchasing department of Julius
Garfinckel's store. He suffered a
heart attack.
Mr.. Cavanaugh had worked at
GarfinckePs for 10 years. Before
that he was a Post Office carrier
at the Georgetown station for
more than 20 years.
Mr.. Cavanaugh was born on a
farm in The Glen, Md, near
Rockville, the son of Martin and
Mary Cavanaugh, who came here
from Ireland. He attended school
in Montgomery County and
moved to Georgetown as a young
man.
For many years he was active
in the Holy Name Society of Holy
Trinity Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mary
E.; son, Joseph I. Cavanaugh,
1888 Calvert street NV, and a
brother, Bernard Cavanaugh, of
The Glen.
Funeral services will be held
at 8:45 am. tomorrow at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church, Thirty
sixth and o streets NV. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
John {. Burgett, IS,
Retired GAO Auditor

John E. Burgett, IS, retired
General Accounting Office audi
tor, died Wednesday in Lakeland,
Fla, where he had been living
the last five years.
He was born in Ohio and lived
in the Washington area for
about 20 years. He was mana
ger of the New Amsterdam
Apartments and assistant mana
ger of the Cavalier Apartment
Hotel before he began work for
the GAO. He was living in Hern-
don, Va, when he retired from
the Government five years ago.
Survivors are his widow, Doro-
thy Baird Burgett; a daughter,
Mrs. Margery Ann DeMilly,
Lakeland. and a grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home, 29O1 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Herndon (Va.) Cemetery.