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Evening star., 1954-08-12

CHEVY CHASE, D. e.
6-rm. brk. home in the very best
4 neighborhood. needs dec; priced
only Sis, $50; terms to suit. JAMES
s. WILDER. Ho. 2-677S or EN-.
Evening star., 1954-08-12

ALEXANDRIA, Rosemont section
broom and bath row brick home:
fenced yard, good neighborhood: 500
mo. No objection to children. XII.
Evening star., 1954-08-12

ARLINGTON-Army officer special; g.
bedrm. frame house; fun bsmt.
glass-incloSed porch: Q open porches:
garage; S135 mo-: mr.. Fort Myer.
Phone KI. 9-6644.
AL BAKER g. SON, INC.
116 s. st. Asaph st.. Alex, Va.
Evening star., 1954-08-12

ALEXANDRIA, Jefferson Manor
room semidetached brick: full bsmt.
front porch. partially fenced yard;
house in excel. cond.; S95 mo. XII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Visitors to East Berlin Find Luxury Has Unexpected Price

The only hitch is that you can't
pack up and move there to live,
because a Russian visa is neces-
sary to stay at a hotel and, for
all their new congeniality, Rus
slams aren't writing visas for the
Western press.
There is no limit, however, on
winning and dining at two or
three snappy show-restaurants
where Russian caviar costs a dol
lar for a quarter pound, where
the best steaks come for so cents
and where chicken. duck or goose
range from 35 to 40 cents. For
the thirsty. there is beer, brandy
or gin at S cents a throw, and a
bottle Of Hungarian champagne
(waiters will whisper that it's
better than Russian brandS)
costs just over a dollar.
OF even more interest to
Americans these days may be the
price Of q cup Of Coffee cents,
when your East German marks
were bought in West Berlin.
These prices are entirely be-
yond the average East German
pocketbook. Only the most
firmly ensconced party bureau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
p Temporary Teachers Fired;
Salaries Go to Negro Schools

Twenty-Five temporary teach
ers in the white junior high
schools were dropped from the
rolls this week so their salaries
could be used for hiring more
colored teachers.
The white cutback-by far
the biggest of the kind ever
made-was disclosed today by
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing. It was one of the steps
taken to make possible the
transfer Of a total of Sc white
salaries to the colored schools.
The white teacher force has
now been cut back a total of
1913 positions this school year,
DR.. Corning said. Most of this
was accomplished by not filling
vacancies. All these salaries
have been transferred to the
colored division.
Dropping of the % white
teachers was made possible by
midyear graduations. The white
junior high schools lost about
TOO pupils last year because Of
these. They no longer receive
grade-school graduates at mid
year.
The colored junior highs grad
uated about 1,100 pupils, but
extra teachers are being as
signed to newly created classes
for slow-learning children. White
schools have had such classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Snow Due Today, Maybe,
Then Again, Maybe Not

Washington faced a remote"
chance of light snow late today
or tonight, but it could be an
other near miss. the Weather
Bureau said.
Here's why:
The SnoW-bearing disturbance
is moving southeaStward down
the ApplachianS and Alleghenies,
leaving Washington on its east
ern edge. Parts of the Shenan-
doah Valley. Elkins and Morgan
town, w. Va, and Roanoke, Va,
had a smattering today.
Just how far the eastern edge
of the disturbance will range Is
one of the difficult intricacies of
weather forecaSting. 1t hap
pened as a near miss yesterday
when rain and snowman swept
out to sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Comedy of Errors
Proves Just That
To Two Audiences
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. A.
There were two audiences to see
a Shakespearean production at
the Ohio State University The
alter last night.
Prof. w. Hayes Yeager. head
Of the university's speech de-
partment, said he sold the entire
house for last nights show to
the Columbus branch of the
American Association of Univer-
Sity Women last year. An as
sistapt. unaware Of the sellout,
sold the entire house again last
week.
Both groups showed up last
night.
The university Immediately
scheduled q special performance
for Saturday to accommodate
those who couldn't be seated.
The play: Comedy Of Errors,
Of course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04

but the colored schools have been
doing without them because OF
q teacher shortage.
Additional colored teachers
also are being assigned to the
senior high and elementary
schools. whose enrolment has
climbed this week. The colored
grade schools have had a serious
teacher shortage.
DR.. Corning said the white
junior highs will need most of
the % teachers back again next
fall when they will have a new
influx Of children from ele-
mentary schools.
The colored division is ex-
pected to have an even bigger
enrolment increase in the fall
however. So officials are expect
ing another serious teacher shor-
tage then unless Congress ap-
propriates funds for hiring more
The Commissioners slashed
part Of the requested teacher
funds for next fall. DR.. Corning
said the slash is extremely
serious"
The dropping of the % white
teachers this week compares
with three dropped last October
and two dropped a year ago
DR.. Corning said the teachers
were all told when they were
hired that they could be dropped
at any time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
BidauIt Uses Logic
In Asking ko|otov
To Be Reasonable
French Diplomat Tries
To Point Out Errors
In Russion Views
BY the ASsoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, Feb. 4.-French For
eign Minister Georges Bidault
asked the Big Four meeting to-
day to quit dealing with details
and start a movement which
will permit us to remedy the
evils we now deplore."
Mr.. Bidault's plea was inspired
by two days of crossfire between
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov and the Western Big
Three in which the discussion
covered the whole field of world
problems without mailing down
agreement of thought on a sin
gle one.
The French diplomat opened
today's session, the tenth, with
his appeal for reasonableness.
Using the logic of a lawyer. he
tried to point out to Mr.. Molotov
all the errors he thought the
Russian was making in his in
depreciation of Western motives
on German unif1cation.
New Soviet Plan Expected.
Attacking the whole problem
raised by the nine-year-old divi-
sion of Germany, Mr.. Bidault
said: IF we wish to- correct GER
tain aspects of this situation we
must first decide what they are.
then propose remedies"
The Westerners were expecting
from Mr.. Molotov today a new
plan for alderman elections.
They brushed aside as a trick
his proposal for q plebiScite to
decide whether the Germans
conclude a peace treaty with the
Big Four now or an alliance with
the West.
The WeSternerS said Mr.. Mo-
lotov's plebiscite proposal, made
late in yesterdays session of the
Big -Four foreign ministers con-
ference, contributed nothing to
German unity.
If his new plan resembles
the free election proposal put
forward by British Foreign Sec
rotary Anthony Eden, the West
will certainly be surprised.
AS the conference went into
its 10th session. with Eden pre-
siding in the Soviet Embassy,
(See BIG FOUR, Page A-5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Compromise Sought
On Strike-vote Plan
BY the Associated Press

A compromise on President
Eisenhower's disputed strike
vote proposal was reported to-
day under consideration by Re-
publicans on the Senate Labor
Committee.
Informed sources said it would
free the Government from any
duty of taking a secret poll Of
workers whenever a labor dis
pute entered the strike stage.
as Gen. Eisenhower has recon-
mended. That proposal appar-
emily is doomed.
Instead, a new provision would
compel all unions to write into
their constitution or bylaws q
clause preventing a strike be-
fore the union itself had taken
secret strike ballot. Most unions
now have such a clause.
Labor. Committee Chairman
Smith is still officially supporting
a provision in his Taft-Hartley
revision bill which would order
a Government-conducted vote Of
all eligible employees after a
strike started. Unless majority
voted to continue the strike, it
would automatically become an
unprotected activity.
The compromise reported un-
der consideration is aimed at
capturing the support of all Re-
publicans and at least some COM
mittee Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04

Gratis can afford to eat at the
Budapest Restaurant on Stain
alice or New Hotel, which once
served the in-tourist carriage
trade as a vital function of the
Soviet propaganda pitch.
Service. on the other hand,
is likely to be terrible. Those
who explored the situation ear
ly, reported that walters seemed
obliviouS to conventional ar
rangement Of eating utensils,
that soup was spilled, and that
the job of opening a champagne
bottle was approached in the
same spirit as a man defusing a
bomb.
East Berlin nightlife adds UP
in almost any ones book to
dreary business. The gathering
places 0fsthe new German pro-
letariat go in rather heavily for
the more banal trappings OF
bourgeois luxury. One cellar
hideaway is equipped with brown,
overstuffed walls like a well-pop-
ulated padded cell. There is a
roof garden" where the orches-
tra's theme song sounds like
nothing more revolutionary than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Delay Expected
On Settling Fate
Of bricker Bill
KnowIund's Hope
Fading for Finish
Of Action This Week
By J. A. O'Leory

Senate Republican Leader
Knowland announced today that
unless the Senate disposes of the
fight over treaty powers this
week a final decision will be put
of until the week of February IS.
He added he is no longer opti-
miStic that action can be COM
pleted this week, although votes
are expected today and tomorrow
on some amendments.
Senator Knowland said the
postponement for a week would
not be an undesirable develop
ment. because it would give the
country chance to consider the
changes which may be made in
the original Bricker plan this
week.
Observers also pointed out that
the delay will give the country
time to weigh President Essen
hoWer'S firm stand against any
basic change in the Constitution.
Mr.. EiSenhower's fiat refusal to
compromise has made it probable
that the Senate finally will side
track the whole issue.
Holidays Coming Up.
1t has become an annual
custom in the Senate not to
vote on major issues during the
week of Lincoln's Birthday so
Republicans may attend rallies
honoring the founder of their
party. Democrats are accorded
the same privilege during the
week of Jackson Day.
Senator Bricker, Republican.
OF Ohio. announced today he
will support the three amend
ments offered by administration
leaders. which will be voted on
first. He added, however, that
they do not go far enough.
For that reason, he also in
PRODUCED today an enlargement
Of the George substitute. which
is only slightly different from
the original Bricker amendment
to prevent either a treaty or
executive agreement from af-
fecting internal law except
through legislation by Congress.
The George substitute would
apply only to executive agree
mentS.
Today Attorney General
Brownell was asked at a news
conference if the administration
would not be satisfied to leave
the entire treaty and interna-
tional agreement situation "in
status quo" He replied that he
was not the one to answer such
a question.
Asserting that he has been
giving considerable time to sup
plying legal advice" in the con-
troversy. Mr.. Brownell said Gen.
Eisenhower made it clear" at
his news conference yesterday
(See BRICKER. Page A-5.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
By |. Edgar Primo

A new Civil Service Commits
sion quarterly report form. now
in use by executive branch
agencies, will make possible a
breakdown Of security risk
figures such as has been de-
manded by Congressional COM
mittees and the press. it was
learned today.
President Eisenhower. at a
press conference yesterday. said
his advisers were making a care
full study to see whether a
breakdown can be given on the
1900 Government employees sep
arated under the security
program.
A copy Of the new form has
been obtained by The Star
despite refusal of the Civil
Service Commission to answer
queries regarding it. The queS-
tionnaire was distributed last
December. and the first returns
were due January 15-to cover
the October december 81
period. Therefore. while it may
not be possible to break down
the entire 1900 figure. there
should be no difficulty about
aScertaining the number of
security cases since October l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
School Board Fight:
The Background

EQUAL SCHOOL FACILITIES
Issues roised by School Board Mem
Der Moreoret Butcher hove tied up
the District schools administrative
machinery and resulted in ottoeks on
the two other Negro board members,
see poee AS.
RECORD PRICES SLASHED-With
two big record companies cutting
prices there's o fulI-scole classical
record price wor starting. The sloshes
ore sending deolers into spins. Poes
A-30.
SHAD SIGNALS-Roe shod is be-
ginning to reoch the morkets from
the Corolinos-onother sign thot
spring is creeping up the eostern
Seoboord. Other marketing tips by
The Stor's food editor. Violet FouIk-
ner eppeor on pose 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Russian Who Asked u. S. Aid
Revealed as Berio Protege
Army Successful
In Converting Chief
Red Spy in japan
BY the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO. Feb. At. Col.
Yuri A. aastovorov was revealed
today as Soviet Russia's chief
Red spy in Japan and a youth
full protege of Lavrenti Beria, re-
Gently executed chief of the So
Wet secret police.
Informed American sources
said RaStovorov, who asked an
American Army intelligence unit
for political asylum January "a,
was trained on the Japan desk
of special Soviet Foreign Of
flee section under direct control
Of Beria's MVD organization.
Once a personal courier for
Beria himself. Rastovorov was
headed for a brilliant future in
the Soviet secret service.
But, the source said, a growing
admiration and weakness" for
Americans. possibly Beria's ex-
ecution. and finally direct Or
derS to return to Moscow
spanked his decision to change
sides.
Brilliant U. S. Success.
His conversion. long and de-
liberately sought by crack
United States Army operatives,
is called by observers here the
most brilliant piece of American
intelligence work publicized since
the start of the cold war-and a
blow at Soviet espionage in a
key Far Eastern area.
Intelligence work is subter-
ranean war;" the source said,
This is great victory that may
be decisive in Japan. 1t Is the
intelligence equivalent Of a Mid
way or a Normandy"
RaStovorov. reported Wednes-
day to be cooperating with
American agents at the big
United States base on Okinawa,
was described as a dashing,
handsome Soviet spy who moved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04

do do do whacha done done
done before"
BY day. the shops along Sta
linallee do thriving business. 1t
is said that the Leica shop sold
out it's last camera to the first
wave Of American photographers.
You can hardly go wrong buying
the latest model famous-name
German cameras for $50.
There is only one hitch to the
whole happy arrangement. I'm
til now. American customers to
the East zone have been blithely
signing all the forms that were
showed in front of them, dis
missing the documents as so
much Soviet-inSpired red tape.
It wasn't until one cautious Gus
toner demanded a translation
Of the standard form that the
trick was exposed: For every bar
gain bought by a Westerner the
Russians were reaping a tidy
propaganda dividend.
Each purchaser had signed his
name to a statement denouncing
"war-mongering activities" by
the Fascist-dominated Western
powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04

easily in Tokyo social circles and
who cultivated Americans.
He even ate and drank at
American Army officers clubs. "
the source said. Some of his
hosts did not know whom they
entertained. Some knew all too
we'll.
Sounded Out Americans.
It also was revealed that at
the time of Beria's execution.
December %. Rastovorov made
contact with American Army
agents who Swallowed him con-
tinually. He sounded them out
on changing sides.
Much as the Army wanted
him. it moved cautiously until
Rastovorov-apparently in panic
at personally delivered orders to
go home-called the agents on
the telephone and asked them
to protect him as a political
refugee.
The unit then had no choice
but to grant his request for a
fight to freedom, the source
said.
The news apparently came as
o shock to the defunct Russian
(See RUSSIAN, Page A-5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
BY Crosby S. Moves
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

BERLIN. Feb. 4.-On their
visits to the Peoples Paradise
across the sector boundary West
erners can live like kings and
save money in the process.
The only trick is that you have
to buy your East marks in West
Berlin, where the exchange rate
is 4 East marks to / West mark
or about II to a dollar. On the
other side Of the line-thanks
to the arbitrary nature of Soviet
arithmetic-it'S an even swap.
In either sector a mark buys
about the same thing. Restric-
tions on purchases. normally
limited to meals and literature,
have been lifted for the duration
Of the Big Four foreign min
listers conference. Russians
have made such an effort to
stock up stores in their sector
for the conference that there
are reports of severe shortages
elsewhere throughout the East
zone. On this basis, East Berlin
10 one huge bargain basement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
AGENT Letter
Rate Favored
By HouseUni
Increase Would Add
$3.50 Million Yearly
To Postal Revenue
BY the Associated Press

The House Post Office Commit
tee voted today to raise the cost
of mailing first class letters from
3 cents to 4 cents.
The committee action, in closed
session. is estimated to add $3.50
million year to postal revenues.
if it finally goes through. It was
a first step in a proposed plan
of the Eisenhower administra-
ton for a quarter billion dollar
yearly increase in postal rates.
Subject to Reversal.
The increase in the first class
mailing rate was reported to
have been favored by substan-
tial margin of the committee.
The vote, however, is still SUBJ
ject to possible reversal when
the committee completes its Sec
tion-by-Section study of rates
and votes on the entire bill later.
Postmaster General Summer
field originally estimated the
amount of added revenues from
a first class increase at $3.50 mil
lion, and the total added reve-
nues from proposed increases on
other classes of mail at $240
million.
Revised Figures Higher.
Figures placed before the COM
mittee today. however, put the
dollar value of the proposed first
class increase sat $3.50 million
and total expected additional
revenue from all increases at
| $255, 100000.
The committee is scheduled to
consider a proposed increase Of
$19.8 million in publishers sec
ond class rates at another ses-
sion tomorrow. This represents
a net 1877 per cent increase over
present publication mailing costs.
according to the revised post
Office revenue estimates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Pope Still Improving,
Vatican Announces

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 4.-The
Vatican announced today that
Pope Plus is continuing to i'm
prove from the gastric ailment
which has kept him in seclusion
since January 26.
Moderately optimistic like all
other Vatican press Office COM
muniques on the Pope's health
the statement said:
THE improvement Of the past
several days in the Pope's health
continues" 1t added that the
Pope had passed a restful night
Again this morning the Pope
received Pro-Secretary Of State
Msgr. Giovanni BattiSta Montini
to study affairs of the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
South Koreo Orders
japanese Ads Barred
BY The A.soeioted Press

SEOUL, Feb. 4.-South Korea
today ordered newspapers and
magazines to exclude advertise
mentS Of japanese commercial
firms and their products.
The governments chief public
information. officer, in q state
ment to the nations press, ex-
pressed regret that some news
papers and magazines carry Jap
aneSe advertisements helping
Japan'S economic invasion" He
promised disciplinary action
against publications ignoring the
request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Alaskan Statehood
Voted AL by Senate
Interior Committee
Members Reserve Right
To Oppose Measure
In Debote on Floor
By Allen Drury

The Senate Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee today
approved. 14-l, d bill to give
statehood to Alaska.
Committee Chairman Butler of
Nebraska said. however. that a
minority of the committee re-
served the right to oppose the
measure when floor debate be-
gins.
The committee on January q
reported a bill favoring state
hood for Hawaii. A bitter floor
fight is sure. The administra-
ton supports statehood for nor
mally Republican Hawaii, but
not for normally Democratic
Alaska.
Amendments Planned.
Senator Gordon of Oregon
chairman Of a subcommittee on
statehood. told reporters that the
Alaskan bill will go to the Senate
in a few days after perfecting
amendments have been written
These amendments" he said
"will reflect the views of the COM
mittee with respect to securing
sound economic basis for
Alaskan Statehood, having in
mind that the resources Of Alaska
are different in character and
use than those Of the other States
OF the Union. It will be a bill
which recognizes the peculiar
economic factors in Alaska and
guarantees to a new State there
a sound basis for Statehood"
Passed With Misgivings.
Senator Gordon said the meas
ure was approved in spite of some
members misgivings, because I'VE
felt the Senate should be given
an opportunity to express its
judgment on Alaska Statehood. .
The Senator said among the
amendments being prepared by
the committee staff will be one
giving the government Of the
new State title to approximately
100 million of the Territory's 1856
million acres. The remainder
will be reserved by the Federal
Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-04
Breakdown of Security Data
Possible With New CSC Form
Copy Of Report Now in Use Shows TobuIotion
Of Coses Under Varied CIossficutions

which involve question of
loyalty.
The new form does not call
specifically for the number of
loyalty" cases. But among data
sought is the number of cases in
which the FBI has made an in
vestigation. Under Executive
Order 10450. which set up the
Eisenhower program last April.
section 8 Id states that all in
vestigations shall be turned over
to the FBI when information is
developed indicating that a per-
son may be subjected to coercion,
influence or pressure to act con-
trary to the interests of national
security or when information re-
lating to the following is turned
up:
Sabotage. espionage, treason or
sedition; association with persons
engaged in the foregoing: adj
vocacy Of force or violence to
overthrow the Government or
membership in a group which so
advocates: membership in a to-
talitarian or Subversive organiza-
ton: intentional. unauthorized
disclosure of security information
and acting to serve the interests
of another government in pref
erence to the United States.
Ordinarily. the investigation
OF persons entering or employed
in the competitive service is the
responsibility of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. except where an
agency head assumes the re-
SponSibility pursuant to law or
by agreement with the COM
mission" What cases actually
are left to the csc or agencies
other than the FBI are those in
volving acknowledgement as
drunkenness. sex perversion, tar
diness. unreliability. and so forth.
Obviously, therefore. this type
of QUESTIONABLE does allow a de-
termination of how many cases
involve loyalty in its broad form.
The demands for a disclosure
(See SECURITY, Page A-5O