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Evening star., 1954-05-30
Senator'S Call for Informers on Mass Scale
Provokes BIisterine White House Statement

Senator Joseph r. McCartly's war
with the United States Army ex-
ploded last week into open conflict
with the entire administration from
President Eisenhower on down. The
issue was a constitutional one: The
separation of legislative and execu-
tive powers.
In a week when much else hap
pened, this outbreak was the top
news. For months, a guerrilla type
of war had been going on between
Senator Mccarthy on the one hand
and various officials of the Executive
branch on the other. The war came
out in the open in March, when
Army charges were met by accuSa-
tionS from the Senator that brought
about the long series of hearings
now under way on Capitol Hill.
Throughout the hearings, there re-
manned always some element of
doubt as to where President Eisen-
hover stood. He would not discuss
personalities; he hoped the hearings
would be over soon. But to those
whose affections were divided be-
tween the Senator as No. l Red
hunter and the President as the
No. American, there could always
be a question of whether the latter
really deplored the former.
Last Friday, it became impossible
to entertain this question any longer.
On that day, White House Press
Secretary James c. Hagerty issued
q statement which at one time
Q Left inviolate the Presidents self
imposed rule against discussing per-
sonalitieS, and
Q Made abundantly clear the fact
that Gen. Eisenhower regarded him
self as boss of the Executive branch
and would defend his position
against the junior Senator from
Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

China, meanwhile, the Reds con-
tinued their buildup. They seemed
determined to make an early bid for
the top psychological prize of
Indo- China. the north Wet Nam
capital of Hanoi. French and Wet
Namese commanders were scraping
up more troops for Hanoi's defense
by evacuating forces from less stra-
tegic locations. But they hadn't
even arrived at the formal asking
stage in getting outside help.
Frances free-world friends had
not yet pulled themselves together
either, although there were increas-
ing signs Of arousal in this country
and Great Britain.
On the diplomatic level in Switz-
erland, the Reds cannily stretched
out their stalling game. feeding the
West more and more concessions"
that could be meaningful or mean
ingless. as the Communists wished.
Meanwhile, their military maneu-
vers in Indo-China were having
maximum effect in France.
No let-up in the tension was in
sight. The French National As
sembly has scheduled another
Spasm OF public misgivings over the
precarious Indo-C China situation on
Tuesday, when Premier Joseph Lam
iel'S government risks its life for
the third time since the Geneva con-
ference started. This time, death
looks near than ever, if possible.
The expected U.N. Security Coun-
Gil debate was expected to provide
a new generator of tension.
In Geneva the time seemed at
hand to decide: Should the West
break of negotiations and face up
to the military consequences in the
Red River delta?
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Places in the News HighLghts From Round the World

resentativeS and perpetrated
bloody revolution attempt in Puerto
Rico. Last week FBI agents arrested
IL top party leaders there and in
Chicago and New York. They and
other arrested Puerto Ricans were
charged with sedition. The party
has demanded complete freedom
which the Puerto Rican Legislature
rejected.
~ Nothing is more fascinating
L. to students of mans ascent
into civilization than the
exotic relics of ancient Egypt. Last
week it seemed likely the greatest
archaeological discovery there since
King Tut's tomb was about to be
uncovered-the wholly intact tomb
of the Great Pyramid builder
Cheops. First to be found was
full-scale funeral ship built to carry
the Pharaoh to heaven.
O Ancient rites in Rome con-
q. ferred sainthood on Pope
Plus x. a peasant-born Ital-
ian who died in 1914 The present
Pope, Plus XII. led the rites which
now make it dogmatically proper
for Catholics the world over to
venerate the dead pontiff as st.
Plus. Seventy Of the church's
160 Popes have received recognition
as saints.
n Voters in Australia moved
-. slightly toward the left in
national elections last week.
but the movement was too small to
unseat the conservative coalition
government of Prime Minister Robert
@. Menzies. The Menzies group
apparently won So parliamentary
seats to SIS for the Labor Party.
That is q small margin, but enough
to insure q stable government in the
well-ordered Australian Parliament.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Just after a routine launching

q Just after q routine launching
of planes from the deck Of
the aircraft carrier Benning-
ton, the huge ship shuddered under
the impact Of a series Of explosions
below decks. Almost 100 sailors lost
their lives in the blasts or smothered
in the thick smoke. The ship quickly
made for the nearby port at Quonset
Point. r. I. Preliminary checks
have failed to reveal the cause of
the explosions.
- Stockholders Of New York
L. Central Railroad Co. and
the holders of their proxies
met Wednesday at Albany, N. Y, to
settle the standing feud be-
tween Robert r. Young and William
White for control Of the huge
system. Proxy counts are now going
on. and the outcome is not expected
to be known before Tuesday.
- After a vote Of New York
-. waterfront workers which
was supposed to settle once
and for all which labor union would
represent them, the port faced q
new strike threat. The old crime
ridden International Longshoremen's
Association had q 319-vote edge
over the AFL dock union. but 1872
ballots were challenged. LILA leaders
demanded they be declared winners
-or they might walk out again.
A The stanchest defender Of the
r. workingman against the
moneyed interests that the
labor world has today-John Z.
Lewis-turned out to be the second
biggest banker In Washington last
week. Operating as skillfully as if
he owned dollar -sign-speckled vests
he outmaneuvered and outspent two
banking rivals and gained. in effect,
Evening star., 1954-05-30
War or Peace
Indo-Chinu Crisis Token
To U. N. Security Council
As Geneva Tulks Go On

While Communist and non Com
munist worlds were still searching
for cease-fire formula in Indo-
China, Thailand moved last week to
take the problem to the United Ma
tions. The formal request that the
U. N. Security Council meet and
send observers to Southeast Asia
was made yesterday. Presumably
the Thai representative at the q. N.
had sounded out enough Security
Council members to assure consid-
Grafton Of the problem.
If the Soviet Union vetoes the
idea. as expected. the proposal can
be laid before the General Assembly.
where q majority vote can override
the Security Council.
On the actual battlefield in Indo-'
Evening star., 1954-05-30
In United States

Three American leaders spoke out
last week urging the Nation and its
Allies to grid for war;. But they
couldn't get through to the public.
busy as it was with the Mccarthy
Army hearings.
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wis
consin, speaking Sunday in Los An
geles, made three points:
. The American people must be
Evening star., 1954-05-30

. "The simple alternatives are
these: To do nothing; to rush
around plugging the dixie or to
take measures to lower the pressure
against the dikes."' Although he
was not specific, Admiral Carney
appeared to be advocating a COM
bination of the last two alterna-
tives, that is. a strong stand in
Indo-C China now, followed by a
campaign of an unspecified nature
to weaken Red China and possibly
Soviet Russia later.
The State Department announced
Friday that military staff talks, at
the chief of staff level. will begin
in Washington next Thursday. Brit
ain. France, Australia, New Zealand
and the United States will attend.
Admiral Carney will represent this
country.
At the same time, it was disclosed
that the United States is already
consulting Wet Nam, Cambodia,
ThailaEn and the Philippines.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

monarch whose empires fall was
one of the preliminaries of World
War II. appealed for free world
solidarity against Communist ag-
greSSion.
The tiny Nationalist Party
u. in Puerto Rico has attempted
assassination Of President
Truman, shot up the House of Rep
Evening star., 1954-05-30
InGenevo

Conflicting leaks poured out of
the secret Indo- China negotiations
at Geneva all week. The United
States delegates were not at all
hopeful. The French were excitedly
optimistic. The British floated some
where between.
Principal cause for hope that an
honorable cease-f1re could be found
was the Reds apparent decision to
accept the idea of partition. The
question was what kind Of parti-
ton?
The Communists have not yet
given any indication they will yield
in their demands that Cambodia
and Laos be partitioned as we'll as
Wet Nam. The West insists that the
Reds must get out of the former
two countries completely.
Nor has there been any negotia-
ton over the critical problem of
how to diSarm or otherwise neu-
tralize the 10000 to 100000 guer,
rilla troops now operating in the
Delta area. The Communists so far
indicate they want to leave these
"irregulars" right where they are.
The French want to get an inter-
national commission to disarm
them.
The Wet Namese still insist they
will not accept any kind of par
tition plan. They propose to inte-
crate the Wet Mini army into their
own army, a scheme which their
friends are wary of because the
Communists might easily wind up
in control.
Fundamentally. the Communists
have not yet indicated where they
are headed at Geneva. The United
States, which fears almost any kind
of settlement with the Reds on
Indo- China, thinks the West should
break off the talks and fight it out.
French public opinion wants an all
out effort for negotiated peace.
The cabinet, rejecting this feeling,
last Thursday instructed French
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault
to accept the. BOBBY trapped Wet
Mimi proposals as basis for dis
cuSSion.
The United States. after labelling
the Communist plans as unaccept-
able partition. reluctantly Joined
Great Britain in agreeing to discuss
them. .or
The Korean deadlock continued.
with hopes for reunification as dead
as ever.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
2 Down, a to Go

The declaration of war completely
overshadowed the most significant
development directly related to the
hearings: The dismissal Of Frank
Carr and H. Struve Hensel as prin-
cipalS in the case.
The motion to dismiss was made
by Senator Henry c. Dworshak, Re-
publican of Idaho, and seconded by
Senator Everett M Dirksen. Repub-
lican, of Illinois. 1t came as the
Army case drew to a close Wednes-
day. Senator DworShak's conten-
Evening star., 1954-05-30
The Clarion Call


Carthy has consistently courted in
formers of all breeds. 1t was evi-
dent that many of his adherents
were in Government. and that they
fed him tips about conditions in
their agencies
Two weeks ago. in attempting to
show that the Army knew about sub
versiveS in it's ranks, the Senator
submitted to the subcommittee hear
ing the case of his war against the
Army a letter which, he said, had
been sent to the head of Army In
telligence by FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover The letter" turned out to
be an excerpt from an FBI report,
not a genuine communication at all.
Senator Mccarthy took the wit
ness stand on May 5 to testify that
the letter had come to him from an
officer in Army Intelligence. Sena-
tor Mcclellan of Arkansas, ranking
Democrat on the subcommittee
pointed out that a possible law vio-
lation was involved in both the de-
livery and receipt of classified in
formation, and wanted to know who
Senator McCarthy's informant was.
The Wisconsin legislator said no
power on earth could make him tell.
This was the backdrop against
which last weeks drama was played.
After Senator McCarthy's defiant
performance on the witness stand,
President Eisenhower deplored the
leaking of Government secrets, and
Attorney General Herbert Brownell
put into motion the wheels of JUS
tice to determine Cd the identity of
the Senator's informant and (2) the
possibility of prosecution.
Thursdays BIow-U
Then last Thursday morning.
there occurred the event that led i'm
mediately to the declaration Of war
between the Senator and the White
House. Senator Mccarthy got into
a heated argument with Senator Nc
Clellan on the general subject Of
informants. and eventually let loose
this blast:
"I'd like TO make 1t clear that I
think that the oath which every
person in Government takes to pro-
tect and defend this country against
all enemies, foreign and domestic
that oath towers far above any
presidential secrecy directive.
"And I will continue to receive in
formation such as received the
other day. In view Of Senator Nc
Clellan's statement that he feels
that rs crime for some one to give
me information about traitors in
Government, am duty bound not
to give the Senator the names OF
those informants. :.
May say that will be my policy.
There's nc power on earth can
change that. And again I want to
compliment the individuals who
have placed their oath to defend
the country against enemies-and
certainly Communists are enemies
above and beyond any presiden-
tial directive.
And none of them will be
brought before a grand jury be-
cause of any information which /
give. If any administration wants
to indict me for receiving and Civ
ing the American people informa-
ton about communism, they can
just go right ahead and do the
indicting."
In the context of earlier Nc
Carthy observations that the cur
rent "show" was being played be-
fore q vast and intelligent tele-
vision Jury" it was clear he was
talking not just for the sterile
stenographic record. He was talking
and he admitted ito the mil
lion Government workers who might
have something to tell and no place
to tell it.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
White House Reaction

Obviously, with this kind of an
invitation outstanding, it would be
impossible to maintain security and
difficult to maintain discipline in.
the executive branch. So on Friday
just before noon. Jim Hagerty
called the White House press corps
together and passed out statement.
The handout. he said. was being
made on behalf of Attorney General
Brownell-"with the approval of the
President" Prodded by the press,
Evening star., 1954-05-30

more troops. bringing Franco-Viet
Namese strength to around 475,000
men.
The political situation in Wet
Nam was not so hopeful. American
diplomats in Saigon complained
openly about Chief of State Bao
Dai's long stay in France. I'M
portant decisions are being post
poned, they say. The draft of men
81 to Is, already decided upon by
the Cabinet. has not yet been
started.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Box Score (Cont'0

Here is a compilation of what
has been accomplished in the
Mccarthy Army hearings since
an earlier "box score" was pub
lished in this space two SUM-
days ago. Time used" is ex-
pressed in hours and minutes
of open sessions: pages used"
refer to photographed pages of
transcript. The first line in the
table covers the period April %
May IA, which was detailed in
The Star of May 16.
Date Time Pages witnesses
May Used Used
66:43 3,0U 10 witnesses heard
" 2:25 81 Adams
RE e S
n sos $50 Stevens. Adoms,
IS sos as Ryon. BIevns. Mur-
rs A:35 2os Miller
II $50 23e Cohn
70 @:53 22l cohn
TotaI 1852 4.32o 23 Witnesses heard
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der, all program assistants,
whose tasks range from running
errands to seeing that everything
is shipshape.
X n \ n
IT'S BACK, NEW GUISE: The
video version of stop the Music"
is returning to ABC-TV at 1890
EDIT tonight. The new radio
series also is Tuesday nights, but
earlier in the evening on CHS.
stop the Music" originated by
ABC radio after the war and
then expanded to TV, was one of
the first in the super give-away
craze. It handed out thousands
of dollars worth of goods in
prizes, but the new show says it
will stick to cash. The first series
died out mainly because of lack
of interest. There also was the
factor that the Federal Com
munications Commission sought
to rule that give-aways were
lotteries. Finally, a Supreme
Court decision held otherwise.
Another new program tonight
is cts A Great Life" a filmed
comedy about two ex-GIs, for
NBC-TV at 1920 EDIT. Michael
O'Shea, James Dunn and Will
liam Bishop are the co-stars.
x X 4 X
FREEDOM FOR RAY: Next
week when Ray Bolger brings his
filmed show back to ABC-TV
for the second year, he not only
will have new night, Friday,
but there will be an altogether
different script. Last years
where's Raymond" whic h
didn't turn out as successfully as
anticipated, is being cast aside
in favor of script that will give
Bolger more freedom for his
notwithstanding like the
time he did a rush guest appear
ance on the Milton Berle Hour
that displayed him at his best.
There also will be a new sup
porting cast.
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HiehIights
Telexision Todny.

$3.50, WMAL tT-Twenty Cues
tions: Guest is George Price,
the comedian who deserted
the stage for the stock mar
ket.
$3.50, WNBW t4)-Arthur Muir
ray Party: Guests are Singer
Monica Lewis and Comedian
Jackie Miles.
800, WMAL (7-Room for
Daddy: Danny Thomas mis-
takenly gets his son tagged
as a teachers pet.
$500, WNBW (4)-Fireside The
alter: Walter Coy and Fran
ceS Rafferty, star in Cru
SADIE Without Conscience" an
anti-Communist drama.
$3.50. WNdAL tD-Center Stage:
The adventures of Union
scouts in Confederate terri
tory during the Civil War are
told in 1.-The Day Before At
lanta." starring Joan Lorring.
Luther Adler and Lee Marvin.
$3.50, WNBW t4)-Circle The
alter: A childless couple buy"
a so-called black-market baby
in "The First Born" starring
Mary Boland and E. G. Mar
shall.
$3.50, WTOR. (9-Danger: A
short thief overly sensitive
about his height has a decided
effect on a fur robbery in
"Knee-High to a Corpse"
starring Walter Burke.
10000, WTTG 90 - Wrestling.
From Baltimore.
1000, WTOP t9-Life With
Father: Leon Ames almost
involves his family in a dis
aster when they move from
their summer home to New
York City.
1880, WNBW (4)-It's a Great
Life: Two ex-GIs continue
their Army friendship as
they seek careers in civilian
life, in a new seriesy starring
Michael O'Shea, James Dunn
and William Bishop.
Radio Today.
500, WCFM-Broadway Musi-
cal: Selections from Seven
teen"
1880, WGMS-Opera Box: Ex-
cerpts from Dvorak's "Ru-
salka."
$3.50, WTOP-Stop the Music:
Guest is Sunshine Sue
Queen of the Hillbillies."
$500, WMAL-America's Town
Meeting: James L. Wads-
worth. jr., deputy United
States Representative to the
U. NJ: jacques de Thier, Bel
gian Consul General, and Da-
vid j. Owens, correspondent
for the London Economist,
speak on Youth Looks
Ahead"
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graduated from college. Later
when she expressed the hope of
getting into television behind
the scenes he helped her along.
At that time in TV everybody
did everything" although her
specific assignment was assistant
floor Cor stage) manager.
She became the pupil of
Worthington c. Minor, now an
NBC producer, who was busy
then making Studio One, upon
its transfer from radio, into an
outstanding TV dramatic series.
AS his assistant director for two
years in some so or more shows,
she closely studied his techniques,
until she qualified as the pro-
grams first woman director.
She has always considered the
fact that Minor permitted her to
direct three successive plays in
row as a real milestone in her
career. She also handled the
two-part adaptation of Little
Women" another of the Studio
One hits.
While she was working for DR..
Goldmark- she tried radio script
writing. One of her early sue
cesses was a $500 prize for a DR..
Christian story. Thereafter her
scripts sold almost as fast as
she could turn them out.
Today. besides directing, Miss
Swift is the wife of DR.. Gilbert
Schwartz, New York optometrist.
They have a baby son Stuart.
X II X II
GARY'S ANGELS: When Gary
Moore refers to the angels" on
his CBS-TV program he means
the young women who do the
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Viewing N
You Start as Secretary
Then Become Director
By c. E. ButterfieId
Assoeioted Press Stoff Writer

many chores a television pro-
gram requires.
One of them is his secretary,
Joan Madeo, who is studying
music. He has promised she can
make her debut on his morning
show whenever she feels she is
ready.
The others are Dian Jennings,
Ann Morrissey and Joan Schnei-
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NEW YORK.


One way for a woman to be-
come a television director is to
start as a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
times called assistant secretary.
Leila Swift of the CBS-TV staff
began that way, and now she is
co-director of the mystery drama
series, THE Web" She also found
script writing on the side a help.
This summer she has had full
charge of THE Web" as both
producer and director while her
co-worker, Herbert Hirschman,
was in Europe.
Miss Swift became assistant to
the secretary of DR.. Peter Gold
mark, the networks TV engi-
neering expert, when she went
to CHS more than a decade ago
to get her first job after being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-07

Harry Macarthur, teIevision editor Of
The Stor, is on vacation. His column
will be resumed on his return.
Evening star., 1954-09-26

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