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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Bendix Race Jet
Skids 1000 Feet
In BeNy-Londinq
By the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Sept. A 81
year-old Air Force pilot. taking
part in the Bendix Trophy race.
today "belly-landed" his jet
plane at the municipal airport
here as the craft skidded more
than two-thirds of the way
down a 10,00O-foot runway.
The pilot, Capt. Jesse E. Green
OF Leavenworth, Kans., stepped
uninjured from the cockpit of
his F-84F Thunderstorm. @
Capt. Green said his plane
developed trouble in the hydrau-
lie system, which controls low
ering the landing wheels. en-
route from Edwards Air Force
Base, Calf, to Dayton, Ohio,
during the race.
He radioed the control tower
at the airport just northwest
of the city that he was going
to make an emergency landing.
Eight pieces of f1re-f1ghting
equipment from the Lambert
Naval Air Station were rushed
onto the field.
Navy officials said the plane
skidded about 1000 feet of the
way down the 10,000-foot run
way, coming to a stop in a grass
space between two runways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
U. 5. Ships Locate
Place s. Miles Deem
In Southwest Pacific
BY The As.oeio.sd Press

LONDON. Sept. 4. - Two
American research ships may
have found the worlds deepest
ocean floor. more than 6l2 miles
down in the Southwest Pacific.
American scientists reported to-
day in the British science maya
zine Nature.
The magazine published o
paper by Robert L. Fisher and
Roger Revelle of the Scripps In
stitution Of Oceanography Of the
University Of California. report
ing on research done from two
vessels-the Horizon and the
Spencer F. Baird-in December,
1852 and January, 1858.
The scientists said echo sound
ings over the Pacific's Tonga
Trench" of the Friendly Islands
showed a depth of 5,S14 fathoms
(61a miles plus 1873 yards).
Graphical analysis Of the
travel times of the echoes
indicates that the deepest point
actually lies at about $500
fathoms (61a miles plus $50
yards. but with a large meas
ure of uncertainty" the paper
said.
More precise measurements
there, the scientists added. might
show an ocean floor deeper than
yet recorded. The deepest re-
cording previously was by the
British navy ship Challenger in
the Marianas Trench east Of
Guam in 1851. This recording
indicated depths Of between
1882 and 5,940 fathoms (be-
tween 61a miles plus 324 yards
and 624 niles.
The Americans measurement
of 1914 fathoms was the deepest
ever recorded in the southern
hemisphere.
Scientists measure the depth
of the ocean by dropping over
board an explosive charge and
measuring the time taken by itS
echo to bound back from ths
ocean floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Two District CIergYmen
Have Fellowship Role

Two Washington clergymen
will take part in a ministers fell
lowship meeting of the Middle
Atlantic Conference of Congre-
gational Christian Churches
Tuesday to Thursday at Oak
Ridge, N. j.
The Rev. Arthur F. Elmes,
pastor of Peoples Congregational
Church, will serve as chaplain.
The Rev. H. Raymond Phelts,
minister of Ingram Memorial
Congregational Church. is on the
meetings planning committee
Speakers will be the Rev. John
Marsh. president of Mansfield
College. oxford University. Eng
land, and DR.. Alfred Carleton,
vice president of the American
Board of Commissioners for For
eign Missions,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Odd Pro and Con
Letters Swamp
Senator Watkins
By the Associated Press

Senator Watkins, Republican,
of Utah, chairman Of the special
Senate committee looking into
censure charges against Senator
Mccarthy, Republican. of Wis
consin, is eating mail reminis-
cent of that received by investi-
gators of the McCarthy-Army
row earlier in the year.
Among the pile Of letters re-
ceived at his Office yesterday
was one, from White Plains,
N. Y, addressed like this:
Senator Watkins committee
for censuring Mccarthy because
of Flanders Fulbright and Morse
there's a trio for you, Senate
Office Building. Washington.
D. c."
Senator Flanders, Republican,
of Vermont, introduced the CEN
sure resolution, and Senators
Fulbright, Democrat, of Arkansas
and Morse. Independent, of
Oregon, have filed charges in
support of it.
Another letter, from Jersey
City. was addressed Mutt and
jeff Committee, Referee Maggie
and Jiggs. Mccarthy Investigate
ing Committee.
From New York came a post
card saying "A nationwide jury
of anti-Communist Americans is
watching you and your COM
mittee with suspicious eyes,"
On the envelope of a letter
from Denver were two red, white
and blue stickers bearing the
words I'm for Mccarthy" An
aide of Senator Watkins said
the use of this sticker was be-
coming increasingly common.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
BY the Associated Press

The Democrats accused the
Republican administration yes
terday of following an unbal-
anced policy on communism
under which "the drift toward
general wa rgoes forward re-
morSelessly"
The Democratic National Com
mittee released advance copies
of an article which will appear
IN the October issue of it's maya
zine. Democratic Digest. It said:
THE administration should
stop basing its policy decisions
primarily on what will be po-
litically palatable to the Old
Guard faction of the Republican
Party. -.
"A faction which was defeated
and discredited at the last Re-
publican national convention
now obstructs, distracts, and mis-
directs the United States gov
eminent through its ability to
bully the administration"
The article recalled the Tru-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Anti-Red Law Test
Asked by CIardy in
Square D Strike
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

DETROIT. Sept. 4.-Repre-
sentative Clardy. Republican, of
Michigan, today asked Attorney
General Brownsll to test the
newly enacted Federal anti
Communist law in a strike by
the independent United Elec-
trical Workers (UE) at the De-
troit plant Of the Square D Co.
Mr.. Clardy termed the 81
day-old strike "A Communist
directed operation" and said it
also warrants complete in
vestigation" by the House I'm
American Activities Committee.
Bars Use Of NLRB.
The new Federal law under
which Attorney General Brow
nell was asked to act bans any
union found to be dominated by
Communists from using machin-
cry Of the National Labor Rela-
tons Board and permits employ
ers to ignore. collective bargain
ing with such a union. 1t also
takes away legal status of the
Communist Party.
The determination of whether
a union Is Communist-domi-
mated is vested in the Federal
Subversive Control Board.
II have written Attorney Gen.
eral Brownell today" Mr.. Clardy
said in press statement, "sug-
costing that he initiate irnmedi-
ately the necessary procedures
for a hearing before the control
board on the UE.
II think the Square D and UE
situation would be an ideal test
case. The UE has been found
to be communication by
both the Attorney General and
the House Un-American Activ-
tiles Committee"
Denies Reds in Local.
A nat denial that there are
any Communists in the UE's
local at Square D came from
Charles E. Kelly. it's business
agent.
There are no Communists lin
our union." Mr.. Kelly said. If
the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee can prove to me
there is a Communist here, I'll
eat him raw"
Mr.. Clardy said he would ask
the Un-American Activities Com
mittee, of which he is a member.
to conduct an inquiry into the
strike after the November gen.
eral election.
The strike was marked by
clashes between police and pick
cts this week as one of the COM
pany's workers began a back
to-Work movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Last Batch Of Bills
Signed by President
BY the Associated Press

DENVER, Sept. president
Eisenhower has finished action
on legislation passed by Congress
this year by signing four bills,
two Of them aimed at combating
communism. .
The summer White House an
nounced today the President had
signed the $2,781, 499,816 foreign
aid appropriations measure to
bolster free nations in their bat
tie against a threat of Commu-
mist aggression and the final bill
in the administrations pack
age" subversion control program.
This bill removes the right of
citizenship from persons con-
victed of advocating the forceful
overthrow of the Government.
Two other bills were also
signed and three others pocket
voted, completing action on the
513 measures President Eisen-
hover brought from Washington
when he came to Colorado for
his vacation August 81. They
raise to 488 the number of bills
signed since his vacation started
and Is killed by pocket veto.
The foreign aid appropriation
actually provides $5,243, SIS, 795
by making available nearly 3 bill
lion in new money and nearly
21a billion in funds voted in
previous years.
OF the grand total, $4,315.212,-
729 is set aside for international
military aid, including $700 mil
lion for defense of Southeast
Asia. Another $740 million goes
to Point 4 technical assistance to
underdeveloped areas. Miscel-
laneous foreign programs make
up the remainder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Father Hurtke Heads
School Theuter Group

The Rev. G. v. Hartke, o. P.
Of Catholic University of Amer
lea. was named president of the
American Education Theater
Association during a conference
last week at Michigan State
College.
Louis w. Rubin. a Montgom-
cry Blair High School teacher of
Silver Spring. was chairman of
a panel on 1.-The musical play
in the high school" at the con-
yention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Bolivian Oil Output
Exceeds Demands

With petroleum production
mounting rapidly in Bolivia, for
eign outlets have become a must,
La Paz reports.
Some pumping wells have been
closed and flowing wells choked,
but still more new wells are be-
ing drilled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Lions and Elephants
On New African Stamp

Ten new pictorial stamps have
been issued for Kenya. Uganda
and Tanganyika, Nairobi re-
ports.
They show lions and elephants
in their natural haunts. the new
Owen Falls Dam in Uganda and
Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa's
highest).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Bor Convention Dute Set

The annual convention of the
Federal Bar Association will be
held September 24-25 at Hotel
Statler, 1t has been announced
by Bettin Sailing. president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Shriners Elect Bryun

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 4 (P.-
Joseph NJ. Bryan of Greensboro,
N. c., today was named presi-
dent of the Southeastern Shrine
Association at closing sessions
of the annual convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Inviting crin1inoIity

FBI Director Hoover's warning to motorists
about the danger Of leaving their cars unlocked
is timely. The FBI, concerned with the rise in
interstate transportation Of stolen automobiles
and police, faced with an alarming increase in
joy-riding, have found that careless owners are
making it easy for car thieves and joyriderS to
operate. In Washington car thefts among chill
dren have more than doubled in number since
1851 There was So per cent increase in these
juvenile offenses last year.
Mr.. Hoover, editorializing in the current
issue of the FBI's Law Enforcement Bulletin,
predicted that many such thefts could be
averted if owners of cars took the trouble to
remove keys from the ignition switch and lock
the car doors. It is up to the adults, he said to
remove such "easy, everyday temptations" from
the path of youth. Largely because drivers often
are forgetful, more than 5000 million worth OF
cars were stolen last year. OF these more than
$14 million worth were never recovered. But,
more serious than the monetary loss was the
effect of such thefts on crime trends. For, as
Mr.. Hoover pointed out, successful car theft
often is followed by more serious crimes, includ-
ing robbery, assault and rape. Negligence on
the part of many car owners undoubtedly is
making it harder for police to cope with the
crime problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
This and That

bit of ground for its own, and does its
best to run other birds away from it.
This comes about because the food
supply in a given space is limited.
There are only so many worms, so
many insects, and the birds know"
this through millions of years of ex-
perience behind them.
Therefore, they select their nesting
site and depend upon it for the food
they feed the babies. Worms and in
sects are "baby food" for all birds,
regardless Of species.
Only so many worms and bugs" can
be drawn from given space. and the
birds all know this, hence the police
system.
It doesn't always work, Of course.
If feeding takes place in a yard,
birds are drawn to it, and the more
feeding, the less nesting, we believe.
More bird baths are a better propo-
sition than more feeding stations.
There are never too many baths.
Every yard which caters to the bird
population ought to have at least two.
or more; one or two on pedestals. and
two or more sunk in the ground.
Even pans and bowls can be used.
Sometimes paper milk bottle caps are
utilized. to the benefit Of birds. Any
thing that holds water viii do. unless it
pollutes the water in some way.
Birds are too busy at this time, We
believe. to battle as much as they did
earlier, or as they will later.
Birds would not eat more insects II
lace Food vvera NIT nIlt for them
Some persons advise not putting out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
By Charles E. TroceweN

food at all during spring and summer.
We have always advised people to
feed the birds the year around. II they
want to; you cannot spoil" the BIRDS
in any way. They do not become
lazy" when helped, as some human
beings do.
The urge to eat fresh food. filled
with vitamins and minerals, is at
high pitch in the bird population dur
ing the spring and summer. They
not only need these foods for the mes
things, but they like them for them
selves.
Installation of more feeding stations
must depend upon the terrain. In
some yards, new feeders are best placed
at far points; in others. q closeup
situation is best. In still other grounds.
the only new place for a new feeder
may be on the other side OF the house.
Feeding the birds need not be q
one-sided experience, but often 1t Is,
because the family seems to prefer TO
group itself either on one side OF the
house or other In our own, it Is the
dining room side.
Perhaps it would be good thing II
all rooms in homes were used more:
and putting a bird-feeding station
right outside the window Of not-used-
enough room might tend to open 1t up
and make it more popular.
AS to why the birds do not eat all
the insects in a yard. remember this:
There, are so many insects that attack
on them on just one level-the bird
levels not enough. 1t takes many
levels to do the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Mccarthy Kaleidoscope

7 was somewhat amused to flnd that
Senator Mccarthy was shocked because
a Republican Secretary took advice
from o lawyer who is Democrat. It
seems, however, that. the Senator also
has been taking advice from lawyer
who is q Democrat. Then, too, he was
shocked to find that a young man on
Mr.. WEIGHS STAFF had been q member Of
an organization which had been listed
as subversive. But Mr.. Mccarthy like
wise employs reformed Communists.
ION what strange meat doth this.
our Caesar, feed. that he has grown so
CREATE"
Perplexed.
joseph WEIGH surely has missed his
vocation. For what q consummate
actor he is! This gentle old man who,
according to newspaper. went out
in the hall and bawled like a baby"
is the same who all through the long
afternoon of the same day numbered
at young Mr. Cohn: why didn't you
tell Mr.. Stevens to sic 'em'; why didn't
you?"
Realizing that the Army's case has
fallen, expert Mr.. WEIGH resorts to at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
BETHESDA.

Dear Sir:
what do you think about the adj
visibility of increasing the number OF
my bird-feeding stations?
at have two now, and believe more
would be better, but would they draw
more birds to the yard?
st have two bird baths, and I think
four might better serve the hocks OF
birds I have now, although there is not
so much bathing at this time as there
was in winter. Why is that?
what I am aiming at is the most
birds I can draw to my place. as still
find plenty of insects. Why don't the
birds eat them all?
"Do you think the birds would eat
more insects if they had less food put
out for them? In other words, does
helping them with food cut down on
their own feeding operations?
IF put in two more feeding places.
where should they go? The ones
now have are at the dining room
window, and about half way out in the
yard.
VERY truly. A. D. NJ. D."
Doubling the number Of feeding
stations will not double the number Of
birds in q yard.
In fact, there win probably be no
apparent increase in the bird popula-
ton.
In spring and summer. the SongSters
operate in what has been called the
territorial system.
That is, each nesting pair selects q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Ambassador Allen on India

George " Allen, our Ambassador to New
Delhi, thinks that India would fight militarjly
for its independence and that it might even
join in an Asian-led defense alliance. against
aggression.
Mr.. Aliens opinions, personal and qualified,
were given during an interview with the maya
zine U. s. News and World Report. The fact
that Mr.. Allen, a career Foreign Service officer,
has had the unusual experience of serving dur
ing the "cold war" as our ambassador in three
particularly sensitive capitals-those of Iran,
Yugoslavia and India-lends an extra measure
of weight to his Interpretation of national
temper.
Actually, the qualifications which Mr.. Allen
attaches to the above opinions are important
ones. He points out, for example, that India
and some of the other young nations of the
Orient are f1ercey proud of their independence
and tremendously suspicious of any Western
maneuvering that they think might create
threat to that independence. Accordingly, he
feels that India would commit itself only to
regional defense system that is led by Asiatic
powers-although with some backstopping in
terms Of power and resources" from the West.
Presumably, India would consider itself
most highly qualified to be leader of South
Asian alliance. It is the largest country, south
and even of military establishment, But while
engaged in a sort of plague on both your
houses" policy toward Soviet Russia and the
United States, the Indian government has
looked with mixture of admiration and appre-
henSion at the development of Communist
China and has concentrated most Of its own
military preoccupation on neighboring Pakistan.
The latter has taken its position unequivocally
with the West. resolution of the India
PakiStan differences would be major con-
tribution to South Asian stability and strength
but there is no evidence of its development
currently.
It is unfortunate, according to current
American thinking. that India and perhaps
some of the other South Asian countries are so
quick to find" imperialiSt threats in the West
while appearing to sense little or no danger
from Soviet Russia and international commu-
nism In effect, Mr.. Allen answers that Ameri-
can opinion by pointing out that Prime Minister
Nehru has carried on open and thus far sue
cessful battle against the Communist Party in
india and that his calls for moratorium on
atomic bomb explosions and for ceaSe-fire in
Indo-China before the Geneva Conference were
addressed to the Russians and the Communists
as well as to the Western powers Indeed, the
fact that the Communicated Wet Mini forces
were the principal violatorS Of the cease-ire
appeal was not lost upon Mr.. Nehru.
Certainly if India is to be forced at any
time in the foreSeeable future to fight in defense
of it's independence, it will be against Commu-
mist aggression because there is no other agrees
Sive force today. It would be a step in the
right direction if India were to give indication
of interest in regional security system that
could help meet the Communist threat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
DisqrocefuI Incident

Navy Secretary Thomas has done what he
could to make amends to the three midShip-
men whose commissions were held up pending
completion of security Investigations. And he
should have done so, for this was disgraceful
example of muddling bureacracy.
The official explanation is that the Navy
underestimate" the time that would be re-
CURED to check the 854 members of the gradu-
ating class This is pretty thin, however, for
the Navy has had four years in which to ex-
anime the background Of these boys. A more
probable explanation is that some one dragged
his feet until too late to get the job done in
time to avoid embarrassment and humiliation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Elusive Economies

In view or some OF the overly optimistic
estimates Of savings made during early days Of
the District reorganization movement, the dis
appointment of some members of Congress over
the showing to date is understandable. Chair
man Wilson of House District Appropriations
subcommittee said he had been led to believe
that reorganization would lead to reduced costs
for equal or improved services. Yet the pro-
posed budget calls for larger expenditures for
administration and public services in nearly
every category.
1t is only fair to say that most of the ex-
aggerated forecasts of economies were made
before definite plans for recognizing the Dis
trict departments and agencies had taken final
shape. This was part of a selling campaign
to win community and congressional support for
long-overdue effort to place the Sprawling
District government on more co-ordinated,
businesslike basis. Undoubtedly the estimates
were made in good faith. But they were only
gueSses. The most conservative of them was
that the cost of consolidating departments and
activities would be more than Offset by admin
istrative savings aud that these would multiply
over the years. AS the reorganization plans
developed, however, those charged with the
undertaking began to soft-pedal the economy
estimates Instead, they stressed increased
efficiency, improved services and larger produc-
When the final plan went to Congress, the
Commissioners issued this statement: Primary
benefits from these reorganizationS take the
form of improvements in administration and
services. Eventually economies are expected,
although some initial increases in costs may
result from the new positions necessary to set
up the new services which in turn are necessary
to develop such economies. However, many ben
ef1ts in improved operations are probable in the.
next years, and it is expected that these will
result in a reduction of expenditures as COM
pared with those that would otherwise be nee
essary. Any itemization of such reductions in
advance of actual experience under this plan is
not practicable"
That was in May of 1852. The reorganiza-
ton plan became effective on July Of that year.
Much of the reshuf11ing has been completed.
Some of it, after nearly two years, is still in
process Gas in the case of the Capitalization of
housing inspection activities). Perhaps it is yet
too soon to expect any appreciate showing of
economy. But Congress and the citizens of
Washington have right to expect more tan
gible evidences of economy, improved services
and increased production than have been ap-
parent to date.