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Evening star., 1954-11-11

will be participating in its first
general conference.
Communist Romania and
Bulgaria also have applied for
membership. Observers pre-
dicted that their applications
almost certainly will be followed
by the usual Red attempt to
unseat Nationalist China in
favor Of the Communist Peiping
regime.
The Communists and some
Latin American countries op-
posed to the Franco government
also may object to Spain's
status as q full member. for the
first time, at the conference.
The United States is expected
to insist that it should be able
to decide on the reliability Of
United States citizens employed
in international organizations.
This has been q point Of con-
troversy in UNESCO for some
time. and particularly since the
UNESCo director general. Lu-
ther s. Evans Of the United
States, announced termination
on December 81 of the employ
ment Of four Americans who
refused to answer a United
States loyalty QUESTIONABLE.
Evening star., 1954-11-11

the directors Of ERGO would not
have entered into the agree
ment II they had not been sure
that this was the case"
Backed Capitol.
ERGO has suffered in the last
few years, for lack of working
capital, which has prevented our
taking many large and profitable
contracts" he said.
Under ACF management.
ERGO will be able to undertake
contracts Of any size. It is a
very large. well managed, up-to-
date company and has about Is
plants in various parts Of the
United States" he continued.
'The president Of ACF, j. F.
Clark, has been q friend of mine
for over IL years and is an en-
lightened individual as well as
a first class and aggressive busi-
nesSman.
81 feel that you are all in
good hands and 1t Is o pleasure
to turn this business over to
company of the character Of
ACF. I am sure that you will
show them the same spirit that
you have shown in the past"
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Heated Battles Seen
Al UNESC0 Par|ey
BY The Associeied Press

MONTEvDEO, Uruguay.
Nov. 1.-THE eighth general
conference Of the 72-nation
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organ
ization CUNESCo) opens here
tomorrow for a four-week ses-
sion that may develop heated
political disputes.
The conference. UNESCO's
first in South America, will
deal mainly with the organi-
zation's work since the last
general conference two years
ago and with it's budget and
program for 1866.
The Soviet Union, automat-
ically a member Of UNESCO
because Of It's Big Five status in
the United Nations. started tax
ing an active part In UNESCO
activities only last May and
Evening star., 1954-11-11

and there IL no health In
them.
When Don Wallins, the ere
ative businessman, has won
his victory. he chooses as his
lieutenant the man who was
his chief rival. Loren Shaw.
the apostle Of money-making.
This is right In terms OF the
novel, and the action has sym
bolic value as well, for the
Loren Shaws are indispen-
sable to business. They do o
job that has to be done, even
though they are spiritually
destroyed In the process.
In short. there Is a larger
problem, which the satirists
have mostly overlooked and
Mr.. Hawley merely hints ut.
The whole system Of pfoduc-
tion and distribution, on
which we depend for our very
existence. Is destructive Of q
wide range Of human values.
It was because Of that that
some Of us were led at one
time to consider alternatives
to that system. But we under
stand now that the. alterna-
tives are vastly more destruc-
tive. The problem Is how to
humanize business.
No novelist can be expected
to solve such q problem as
this. but any novelist who
throws new light on It deserves
our gratitude. What the busi-
nessman needs Is not glori1-
cation but understanding.
(Copyrikht. 1854,
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entertain it. This Is headlines
anywhere. He could do it be-
cause Mr.. Davies once advo-
Gated preventive war against
the Communists. It, didn't
save him but as a useful text
for a diversionary sermon it
was perfect.
Reporters made q half
hearted attempt to get the
Secretary to discuss further
this talking to the press which
is now marked suspect. They
remembered and doubtless he
remembered that they would
be remembering how often he
talked to them especially when
he was riding herd on
a Democratic administration
from within that administra-
tion.
No one knows Of course
whether the Dulles presenta-
ton was good enough to reas-
sure the world about whether
justice is being done to its
citizens by this democracy.
Senators unhappy about the
proceedings are casting about
for ways to reopen not so
much the Davies case as the
matter Of security procedures.
They are inclined to think
that the primary job is to
cut Senator Mccarthy down
to size and then tackle
the problem Of McCarthyism
wherever 1t appears, as they
fear 1t has done in the Davies
case.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Fletcher Knebei-
Potomac Fever

Ike flies to Abilene Kans You can't keep good man down
-or good President down in Washington
Democrats fail to ditch the Dixon power contract
Apparently the only two things the Democrats
with the Eisenhower team the cheers of guys box
seats named Dixon and Yates
The Navy will launch the carrier next month Its
flight deck Is long that end with 10 other
carriers, even an Air Force pilot could land them
Joe Mccarthy opens his Senate defense Joe figures he'll
get fair trial. considering his charges that jury stacked
the judge pejudiced the brbed the sheriff mental
and everybody else in the country is Democrat
Ike reveals he has alarm wrist watch Presented
to him. Of by conservative Republicans remind him
when to turn the clock back.
France signs commercial treaty with Russia The COM
radeS need parts The Russians have line new
and racobu lack the parts get them started
President Eisenhower United States planes
East should have fighter escorts Kes motto Cod
cold feet"
Evening star., 1954-11-11
For the Record
Time to G|orify Businessmen
Fiction Beginning to Show the American Executive
AS He Really ls Instead Of Denouncinu Him

Mr.. TIawley, out Of his long
experience, has been able 10
portray q situation that is in
tensely dramatic as well %
representative.
On the other hand, one
swallow doesn't make . sum-
mer, and most literary critics
would agree that It takes two
books to constitute q trend.
We have had no great num-
ber Of books that praise the
businessman, and it just hap
pens that recently several
novels full Of the old-fash-
ioned criticism have appeared.
Executive Suite" doesn't
glorify the businessman rs
such; 1t simply points out that
there are good businessmen
and bad businessmen, and
this is something that the
satirists have admitted all
along. After writing ''Bab-
bitt," Sinclair Lewis made q
businessman his hero In
'.Dodsworth," and J. P. Mar
Quand has done friendly por-
traits as well as satirical ones.
Mr.. Hawley's basic idea is
far from being new. His good
businessmen are the ones who
are chiefly interested In pro-
ducing goods, while all the
bad ones want to do is to make
money. This Is substantially
what the most iconoclaStic
Of American economists, Thor
stein veblen. said so years
ago In "The Theory Of Busi-
ness Enterprise. =
As q matter Of fact, there is
material In Mr.. HaWley's
book out Of which Q drastic
attack on the business system
could be fashioned. OF the
dozen businessmen portrayed
In the novel, only two or pose
sihly three have found true.
satisfaction In their lives.
The others have been warped.
by the struggle 10 get ahead.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Doris Fieeson-
Doris FIeeson-
Dulles Tells the Davies Storv
! 'Cockiness of Election Ewes TeIecost Seen Lacking
As Secretary Painfully Relates 1t as He Sees It

In q historic election-eve
telecast . jury Of the voters
saw q relaxed and confident
Secretary Of State. gracefully
accepting the plaudits Of the
President and cabinet. Judg-
ing by the election returns.
the jury approved. ~,
This week the same Secre-
tary Of State came before an
other jury Of sorts-his first
press conference since he dis
missed John Patton Davies, r.,
q veteran Foreign Service
officer. Mr.. Davies. q major
target of Senator Mccarthy,
survived eight security trials
but q ninth finally proved ad-
verse.
MFR. Davies was cleared of
disloyalty but accused of bad
Judgment, which Is. Of course.
o matter Of opinion. Economic
sanctions were applied against
him In that he loses his pen
sion. Probably In many cir
cles social and political sane
tions are now his lot. too.
He was also accused Of
making known his dissents
from established policy out
side Of privileged boundaries"
In plain American. he talked
to reporters.
The Secretary of State, Mr..
Dulles, is not one bit stupid or
insensitive. On the contrary he
Is by trade an astute and enor-
nlously successful lawyer. He
Evening star., 1954-11-11
DovId LoWrence-
Senate Efforts Misdirected?
Upper House Is Criticized for Concerning Itself
With Censure While Secrets Are Being Stolen

over censure Of . Senator
who has been trying to rid the
Government Of Communists.
The weakness In the present
setup could readily be uricov-
cred by investigation, whether
in public or executive sessions.
It is related primarily TO the
fact that the head Of each
agency or department is given
the responsibility for security.
There Is no overall super
vision Of methods used in each
agency to evaluate informa-.
tion and there Is no overall
board which can review the In
formation itself.
The National Security Agen-
cy. which Is managed by the
Army, is surrounded at its
main headquarters at Arling-
ton. Va. by two sets Of wire
fences 10 feet high. There are
always troops patrolling 1t on
the inside and outside. Yet an
important code expert was able
to take to his home lots and
lots of documents. and many
Of them were given to a Dutch
army officer who worked for q
time for the American Gov
ernment and who is not here
any longer.
How did these documents
get to the Netherlands gov
ernment? Why did messages,
including one that indicated
that the code Of the Dutch
government itself had been
broken, get out Of American
hands? For more than four
years, from March or April,
1948, through December, 1852
all through the Truman adj
nninistration-this loose condi-
ton existed.
It might be supposed the
Senate would be interested in
getting the facts and suggest
ing ways and means Of safe
guarding American secrets.
: But the Senate doesn't show
any signs Of interest at all and,
so far as is known, the execu-
tive branch Is fioundering with
the problem and has not yet
instituted q change in its over
all handling Of security mat
terS.
Reproduction Eishts Reserved.)
Evening star., 1954-11-11

is perfectly well aware Of the
distinctive character Of his
press conference. It constitutes
In a sense the windows by
which the world looks at him
and United States foreign pol
icy through the eyes Of re-
porters Of every race, creed
and color. These people take
their work with a special seri-
BUSINESS in the atomic age.
Gone was all the telecast
cockiness. Alone the Secretary
almost limped up the center
aisle. seeming to huddle within
his well-tailored suit. In muted
tones he began the Davies
story as he saw 1t. His pain
and distaste were almost tan
gible, but 80 was the secrecy
cloak he wove over the whole
case.
Repeatedly he studded 1t
with the word judicial" and
the phrase II, in my judicial
capacity" How judicial" such
secret proceedings are or can
be, Of course, is anybody's
guess.
Reporters didn't even have
to be smart to recognize the
filibuster and also the impene-
trability Of q cloak labeled "the
national security"
With immense skill Mr..
Dulles wove in q fresh attack
on the preventive war con-
cept and gave new assurances
that this country could not
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Constantine Brown

In the wake Of the latest
Soviet attack on an Ameri-
can aircraft, !, Secretary Of
State Dulles faced some crit
ical questioning at his usual
l,ress conference. Why. he
was asked. did our AmbaSsa-
dor to Moscow, Charles e.
Bohlen, attend the Commu-
mist whingding celebrating
the 37th anniversary Of the
Bolshevik revolution when
only q short time before he
left the embassy residence at
Spasso House he had been
told Of the shooting down Of
an American RB-29 by Rus
sian MIG Jets over Japan?
Did he not have latitude
enough In his job to permit
him to develop an eleventh.
hour headache. say, with q
slight touch Of fever, and
beg of?
The Secretary replied that
undoubtedly Mr.. Bohlen was
unwilling to offend his host,
Premier Malenkov. by absent.
ing himself from the party on
such short notice.
It is true that the coded
radiogram reporting the at
tack did not reach the en-
bassy from Washington until
about an hour before Mr..
Bohlen's departure, and after
the necessary time was con-
sumed In DECIDING, our envoy
was apprised only Of the bare
facts Of the incident and pos
sessed none Of the details.
But the news Of the attack
had been broadcast on the
Moscow radio since five in the
afternoon - some two hours
before the time set for the Red
festivities. SO it is safe to as
sumo that Mr.. Bohlen knew for
a fact that an American plane
had been shot down over jap
anese territory in an attack
by Russian fighter planes.
Diplomatically, Mr.. Bohlen
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Mr.. BohIen's 1ndiscretion'
Ambassador Criticized for Attending krenin Party
Soon After Soviet Attack onAmericon Plane

subsided. Mr.. Bohlen win BE-
recalled to Washington .''for
consultations" This formality
need not necessarily be con.
sidered an indication Of seri.
Gus displeasure with Mr.. Boh-
lens indiscretion. But IL would
plainly indicate to the Rus
slams that we are more seri.
ously concerned with the con.
tinued Russian proyocations
than Mr.. Dulles "pungent"
note has revealed.
The State Department ID
strongly opposed to any break
in diplomatic relations with
the Soviet Union. But senti.
ment in the Senate for Just
such q move Is growing. loudly
and forcefully backed by SEN
ators Knowland and Styles
Bridges. Republican majority
leader and Senate president
pro TEN, respectively. Contin-
ued Red intransigeance and re.
fusal to entertain even the
mildest sort Of American re-
quest for satisfaction In the
plane incidents win add to the
wrath building up In the Sen.
ate over the slaps we are tax.
ing from the Kremlin.
1t would appear that strong
policies in diplomacy are out
OF fashion. We are told repeat
edly that. now that we belong
to q big family Of nations, we
must avoid any "precipitate"
actions which might offend
our allies.
Speak softly, and carry o
big stick" 1t seems. is obso-
lete advice. Now. our policy
makers insist, our world re.
sponsibilities require US to re-
strain our instincts when our
flag and our people are In
suited and often murdered.
We must refrain from irri-
tating the pirates and brig.
ands. They might become Of.
Tended and hold up our allies,
too. That would be unthink.
able.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
David Lawrence

The United States Senate
Is IA special session just now
but It Is doing nothing and
apparently intends to do Moth
ing about the most important
problem facing the National
Government - legislation to
provide an overall revision
Of the present security sys-
tenn, which Is so loose that
for four years the most
precious Of secrets have been
leaked.
The trial Of Prof. Joseph
Sydney Petersen. jr., indicted
for having In his possession
documents Of q highly conf
dental and classified nature
involving code secrets Of the
United States Government,
has begun, but it may be
safely assumed that the Sem
ate is either not aware of the
implications of that trial or is
strangely unconcerned.
For here is q man who took
from the National Security
Agency division Of the De-
Tense Department documents
90 important that, If they
have fallen into the hands Of
the Communist government,
an incalculable injury has
been done.
The Department Of Justice
as yet has charged Petersen
only with having certain docu-
ments In his possession un-
lawfully, but 1t Is known that
he was a link In a chain,
whether knowingly or unknow-
ingly, whereby these docu-
ments have found their way
into the hands of the Meth
erlands government.
Oficially the Dutch govern
ment says 1t thought it was
receiving the documents as
part Of an arrangement au-
thorized by the American
Government. But this expla-
nation has caused o profound
" disappointing impression in
high quarters here, where it
Is known that the statement
could not be true. It Is as
sumed that some one inside
the Dutch government has
sincerely made such an asser-
Evening star., 1954-11-11

may have been perfectly cor
rect In his action In going
ahead with his plans to attend
the party. But an unexpected
headache would have relieved
him Of the necessity Of decid-
ing whether or not protocol re-
quired his appearance. and the
excuse would not only have
been entirely acceptable to his
hosts but perfectly understood
by them.
Had Mr.. Bohlen had time to
request Washington for In
structions and await the de-
partment's reply, he would
have been told to shun the
Red affair. In these days OF
quick communications. ambas-
sadors no longer need to make
important policy decisions on
their own. But even today
there are times, such as this
one, when q speedy decision is
called for from the ambassa-
dor himself. When Mr.. Boh-
len learned that another Amer
lean aircraft had been wan
tonly shot down by Russian
pirates and the American nag
thus once again insulted. he
could have made q prompt de-
cision quite on his own.
A similar situation existed
in Berlin. where Americas
High Commissioner, James B.
Conant. also attended the Rus
sian anniversary party. DR..
Conant, it appears. was not in
possession Of official informa-
ton on the plane attack, and
the East German radio Is no.
toriously unreliable. But in
Washington. high State De-
partment oficials ready to ac-
cept the invitation Of the Rus
sian Embassy to their celebra-
tion Of the revolution simply
stayed away, and no excuses
were offered.
It is very likely that as soon
as the storm in the Senate
over the ambassadors attend
ance at the Kremlin party hai
Evening star., 1954-11-11
For the Record
By Granville Hicks

(GrGnDtlle Hicks Is q critic,
novelist and biographer. He
has testified before Congress
on his former membership IN
the Communist PdrtyJ
Nothing is closer to the
heart of q literary journalist
than q trend. So, when 7 first
read that contemporary fiction
had begun to glorify the busi-
nessman, instead of denounc-
ing him, I hastened to find out
why. The prime example is o
novel by Cameron Hawley
called Executive Suite" now
made into an excellent movie.
The author was for "a years
q successful businessman, and
he knows so well what he Is
talking about that the novel
might serve-indeed, probably
Is serving-as q handbook for
Junior executives. As David
Riesman and other sociolo-
gists have pointed out. condi-
tions in our society change so
rapidly that traditional rules
Of conduct frequently prove
inadequate, and, more often
than We realize. We. get our
ideas Of how to behave in vari-
Gus situations from movies,
television, newspapers, maga-
zines and books. Any ambi-
tious young businessman might
acquire from this story some
useful ideas about how to act
when o crisis develops In his
organization.
MIR. Hawley, who did con-
siderable writing for the slick
paper magazines while he was
still In business, has told his
story with great skin, and
there are few mysteries In
which the suspense Is more
adroitly maintained. One rea-
son why we have had so few
good novels about business Is
that most writer's don't know
anything about the subject.
Evening star., 1954-11-11

tion, and that IL why the
explanation Is commented on
formally here as doubtless
having been made I'm good
faith"
But now that the court
proceeding has started and
the defendants attorney has
asked for q bill Of particulars
and the Department OF JUS
tice has answered briefly. the
natural wonder is why the
Dutch government failed to
acknowledge receipt Of the
documents and why nobody's
curiosity was aroused inside
the Dutch government when
such strange docume ents
turned UP.
The Department Of Justice
says that one document.
dated February 20. 1851. was,
entitled Routing Of North
Korean Political Security Traf-
fic." This ! was during the
Korean war. Why wouldn't
some one at The Hague be
interested in finding out how
such q document came to be
given in the iirst place to
the Netherlands government.
which government had Moth
ing to do with the security
problem in North Korea?
There are reliable reports
that q whole array Of secret
documents were taken from
the National Security Agency
and that the Department of
Justice has offered. IN answer
to the request for a bill of
particulars. just those which
it might not be damaging to
the national interest at this
time to disclose.
But the biggest and most
sensational aspect is that here
Is an executive operation
which comes within the in
vestigating jurisdiction Of the
House and Senate Committees
on Government Operations.
and neither committee is al
lowed to function on it. The
whole system Of security is in
need Of careful re-examina-
tion. But nothing is being
done because both political
parties in the Senate are con-
cerned with q controversy
Evening star., 1954-11-11
Weuther Report BUGS

KEARNEY, Nehr. lR. The
Kearney Hub reporter was max
ing q checkup on rainfall when
/ d recorder answered "the gauge
shows 80 Of an inch--but ]
think We only had about rs oi
an inch, because there were two
bugs and Z dy In the gauge"
Evening star., 1954-11-11
lndiuns Study Bids
For Uranium Rights
BY the Asse<isssd Press

VALENTINE, Ariz.-The Hu.
alapai Indian Tribal Council il
considering bids received for
uranium prospecting rights on
some 100000 acres Of reservation
land.
Another Arizona tribe, the San
Carlos Apache is opening parts
OF its reservation to uranium
prospectors under restrictions
ordered by its tribal council.
Evening star., 1954-11-11
|ACF Industries
Acquires ERGO at
|UndiscIosed Price

Engineering & Research Corp
Of Riverdale. Md. has been pur-
chased by ACF Industries, Inc,
and Henry A. Berliner, Wash
ington inventor and its founder.
will retire as chairman Of the
board.
The official announcement,
authorized, late yesterday, was
made by Charles j. Hardy, jr.,
board chairman Of ACF Indus
tries.
It was posted on employe bull
letin boards at the Riverdale
plant and said present personnel
Of around 1900 employees will
continue under the new man
agement.
Lester A. Wells, formerly pres
ident of ERGO. will reman in
charge of the plant and Mr.. Ber- |
liner will serve in a consulting |
capacity.
Raises ACF Ranking.
With two major units, ACF
Electronics of Alexandria. Va,
and Avion Instrument Corp. Of
Paramus, N. j., already In the
field Of electronics. the purchase
Of the Riverdale company places
ACF Industries, Inc, among the
leaders in this new and growing |
industry, Mr.. Hardy's announce
ment said.
ERGO, as the company is
known, was formed in 1881 as
a developer Of production tools |
and compoNents for aircarft. Be-
fore World War II, Is developed |
and produced the famous spin
proof Ercoupe. At present it is
producing electronic and airplane |
equipment. /
Whether the sale was for cash |
or through an exchange Of secur-
titles was not announced. Neither |
was the amount known, but one |
estimate placed the price ut
around $40 million. However, an |
authoritative source said this was
"too high"
Sought BY Others.
A number Of firms have been
interested in acquiring the River
dale firm, it was learned. Cen
eral Electric was said to have
been one Of these. An offer Of
/ S. million from q Baltimore
group was reportedly turned
down recently.
Founded In Q small shed at |
2014 Fifth street Me-, by MIR. |
Berliner. the company now oc-
cupies q 232-acre tract in River
dale. It's buildings cover $50, 900 |
square feet Of space. Gross pro-
duction totals around $23 million. |
In q separate statement. Mr.. |
Berliner told Of his retirement |
plans and assured employees that |
they and the Riverdale company |
would benefit very materially |
by this change In ownership and