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Evening star., 1954-12-25
New-Type Bottle Cop
Doesn't Need Opener

LOS ANGELES.-A new-type
bottle cap that needs no bottle
opener has been developed by
a Los Angeles manufacturer.
Except for a small tab on one
side, the caps look like the usual
crimped metal kind. The cap
will pop of at the upward press
of a thumb, yet makes a seal
alright enough to keep car
donated beverages fresh, its in
Ventor claims.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Boy Saves Sisters
From Angry Tigress

The bravery Of an Indian boy
is being hailed at Panchgani.
The boy. Tukaram Krishna. was
minding the family cattle near
the town when a tigress sud-
denly came out of the bushes. It
sprang on the younger of his two
sisters who were playinga nearby.
Although only eight. Krishna
ran to the spot and diverted the
beasts attention to himself. She
Jumped at him, tore his shirt and
pinned him to the ground. The
children's screams brought sew
eral adults to the scene and the
tigress, alarmed by their llproar
and shouts, dashed back into the
jungle. The boy was not seri-
ously injured.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Proposal 10 Regulate
TeIeyision and Radio
.Repairmen Revised

A two-year-old proposal to
regulate television and radio re-
pairmen in the District. lost in
the shuttle Of governmental re-
organization, is again under
study.
Denver w. Warnock, chief Of
the Office of Administration OF
the recently established Depart
ment of Licenses and Inspections.
Is reviewing the need of such
regulation, he said today.
Mr.. Warnock said he may have
set of proposals for the Dis
trict Commissioners in two or
three months.
Was Studying Problem.
Mr.. Warnock declared the
Districts old License Commit
tee, whose duties he inherited
under reorganization, had been
drafting proposed regulations.
but that the work stopped when
the group was abolished.
Work was further suspended;
he said, while the Federal Trade
Commission investigated the
possibility of Nationwide regula-
ton. Mr.. Warnock said he began
his current investigation when
the FTC decided any such ,egu-
lation would have to be done
locally.
Several cities are considering
regulation and licensing of tele-
vision and radio repairmen, he
said. but only New York is On
the verge of adopting the regu-
lations.
Complaints Received.
Mr.. Warnock said the United
States attorneys Office gets four
or five complaints a week Of
sharp practices by television re-
pairmen, while others are re-
ported to the Better Business
Bureau and District officials.
The complaints range from
overcharging and unnecessary
replacement Of parts, he said. to
replacement of new with used
parts and charging for work not
done and parts not supplied.
Mr.. Warnock said regulation
might involve both licensing of
dealers and of individual tech
nicians as is the case of barber
and beauty shops.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
The Legislative Outlook
New Congress Seems Milling
To Retain Flexible Supports

session of the 84th Congress.
MI. Rayburn is a rigid price sup
port man.
In the AP. poll. 73 lawmakers
signified they would vote to
keep flexible supports, These in
cluded 5 Senate and so House
Republicans, 8 Senate and S
House Democrats. Fifty-one
legislators IL. Senate and SO
House Democrats, 2 Senate and
5 House Republicans. plus the
one Senate Independent--said
they are against retention. That
left only IL of the 1876 poll par
ticipants uncommitted.
Companion Question.
On a companion question
whether they would vote to re-
store rigid supports-l4 were
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Portrait Of Grandchildren
Given to Wife by President

started to lay the portrait aside.
But one photographer wanted
another picture. Pleading that's
the best part of Christmas.
"And don't think it isn't, !"
Mrs. Eisenhower chimed in with
a smile as she and the President
and her mother. Mrs. John S.
Doud. posed for more pictures
with the portrait.
Gen. Eisenhower told reporters
! it was painted by New York Art
list Thomas E. Stephens who
rushed it here not completely
finished because he knew I
wanted it down here to- give to
Mrs. Ike this evening"
After this, news pictures were
made of Mrs. Eisenhower hand
ing her husband a gayly wrapped
package, the contents Of which
were not disclosed.
Merry Christmas" she said.
But my, what a little one"
You'd think that a man with
all the power of the Chief Execu-
tive Of the United States and
Commander in Chief of its
armed forces would be able to
arrange to have his grandchil-
dren with him in person and
not have to settle for a portrait.
Would Be Political Risk.
He undoubtedly has the power.
But he couldn't see hoW he
could use it without risking a
political backfire and possibly
eventual trouble for his sons
Army career.
Mai. Eisenhower is on duty at
the Arny's Command and Cen
eral Staff School at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans.. and the Presidents
three grandchildren are there
with him and his wife Barbara
John didn't have enough leave
coming to enable him to fly here
with his family for Christmas.
And the President felt 1t wouldn't t
look right to try to fix that with
special orders.
He and Mrs. Eisenhower
thought about visiting their son
and his family at Fort Leaven-
worth instead of coming here
for the holiday season. But
there wasn't enough room for
them in Johns quarters. And 1t
might look bad for John to have
special arrangements made for
his parents to visit him.
So-the President of the
United States doesn't get every
thing he wants for Christmas,
either.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Judge Combs Moy Run
In Kentucky Primary
BY the As.eeiessd Press

FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla.
Dec. 25.-Judge Bert T. Combs
Of Prestonsburg. KY. said today
he was seriously considering"
running for Governor of Ken
lucky in next August's Demo-
cratic primary.
He was here on q visit and said
he would remain in Florida until
about January 5. A. B. Happy
Chandler has already announced
his intention to run for the office
on the Democratic ticket.
Judge Combs said, II am seri-
ously considering making the
race" He added that he has no
immediate plans for a definite
announcement.
Evening star., 1954-12-25

coming southerly, 1915 miles
per hour National Airport.
Road conditions as compiled
by the American Automobile
Association from teletype re-
ports:
Southern New England--Snow
fiurries.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Snow
and icy in spots.
River Report.
From United States Engineers.
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls;
Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
New 5-in-1 Rution
Has Canned Breed

The Army has bought 2.5 mil
lion packaged pre-cooked rations
Of the military 5-in-1 variety
enough for rs million meals.
( The new ration is packed In
five different menus and in
cludes such stomach satisfiers as
chicken and gravy, canned shoe
string potatoes. canned pecan
roll, and. for the first time IN any
military ration, canned bread.
Evening star., 1954-12-25

53I Senators and House mem-
bers showed that, among those
taking a clear-cut position on
the price support issue, senti-
ment Is running nearly 81 for
retaining flexible props and
almost as strongly against voting
to restore rigid supports.
The question is whether DEM
ocratic leaders in the 84th Con-
gress could whip enough party
adherents into line, on another
showdown. to reverse this trend
with the help of some farm
State Republicans. If so, a
further. question would arise:
Could they make the decision
stick in the face Of a probable
Presidential veto?
Prospects of getting together
a two-thirds majority needed to
override a veto appear slim.
Under the 1854 farm law. rigid
80 per cent of parity price sup
ports for five basic commodities
cotton, corn, wheat, peanuts
and rice-will be dropped on
January /. Only tobacco among
the basic crops will remain un-
der 80 per cent supports.
Parity Explained.
Congress ordered flexible sup
ports of 821s to 80 per cent Of
parity for basics other than to-
bacco in 1855 and rs to 90 per
cent Of parity starting in 1856.
Parity is a legal formula in
tended to set up a fair relation
ship between prices farmers get
for their products and costs of
things they buy.
Representative Sam Rayburn
of Texas. who will pick up the
House Speakers gavel once more,
is saying there undoubtedly will
be a new farm bill in the first
Evening star., 1954-12-25
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinitySunny
with highest in middle 40s to-
day. Fair tonight. lowest about
30. Increasing cloudiness sum
day and somewhat warmer fol-
lowed by rain at night.
Virginia and Maryland-Fair
today, highest in 40s. Low to-
night 26-32 in the interior and
1886 near the coast. Increasing
eloudiness Sunday and warmer
followed by rain at night.
Wind-Light and variable, be-
Evening star., 1954-12-25
President 10 Ask
Authority 10 Reduce
Tariffs by IS Pei.
Continued From First Page,

CONTINUED From First Page.)
that Gabriel Hauge, the Presi-
dents personal economic adviser.
and DR.. Arthur r. Burns. chair
man Of his Council of Economic
Advisers. would arrive here late
tomorrow for Monday morning
conference with the President.
This conference win be con-
cerned mainly with work on the
Presidents economic report due
to be submitted TO, Congress
some time next month.
Gen. Eisenhower arranged TO
play golf this afternoon. but left
orders to be called OF the Au-
gusta National Golf Club course
to answer any further telephone
calls from Mr.. Dulles.
The statement he authorized
yesterday on the French action
was. part Of a one-two punch
delivered by the United States
and Great Britain. The British
Foreign ONCE in London warned
that West Germany Is going to
be rearmed whether the French
approve or not.
American spokesmen would
not discuss publicly the alterna-
tive to French approval, which
would mean action by the
United States, Britain and other
hke-minded allies in rearming
the Germans without French
participation.
London Stands FIRM.
But that such action is in the
cards was made clear by the
London statement asserting that
"the issue Is not whether the
German Federal Republic will
Yearm, but how"
The American and British
statements were issued after
extraordinary consultation be-
tween Secretary Dulles and Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Roger
Makins at Mr.. Dulles home in
Washington yesterday and
lengthy telephone conferences
between Mr.. Dulles and Gen.
Eisenhower.
Gen. Eisenhower authorized
Mr.. Hagerty to issue this state
lnent:
The Paris agreements are stili
In the process Of debate in the
French Chamber of Deputies.
The President regards the ad-
verse vote Of yesterday as one Of
the utmost seriousness.
However, we cannot believe
that this represents the final
French decision in the matter"
Was Widely Heralded.
Mr.. Hagerty did not spell out
the consequences If the final de-
cision is to kill the agreement
that was widely heralded as pre-
serving allied unity on the Ger
man rearmament issue when it
was signed by French Premier
Mendes-France q few weeks ago.
1t was clear. however, this
would force a hard choice on
the United States government
. choice between France, the
World War II ally still fearful
Of German might, and West
Germany as Americas principal
ally now on the European conti-
nef1t in the struggle against COM
tlllnism expansion.
And 1t was obvious that the
stern realities Of the situation
would call for the choice of
West Germany in the face Of
demonstration by the French
parliament that 1t could not be
depended on to carry out agree
naents tailored specifi lily to
French sensibilities.
Mr.. Hagerty said the American
and British governments would
maintain close consultation on
the situation.
Evening star., 1954-12-25

Rain forecast tonight for the Ohio Valley with
showers expected Eastern Texas and Arkansas Snow
snow urries predicted for the extreme Northern Plains
Rocky Mountain States little rain win occur over the
Pacific Northwest change to colder l. expected over the
Northwest quadrant q the country and Texas
Evening star., 1954-12-25

Last Of q series Of stories deoIins with
issues ID the new Congress as viewed
BY the members themselves in On
Associated Press poll
Evening star., 1954-12-25
The Legislative Outlook
BY Douglas B. Cornell
Assnr;rAasi prass sar.fE NAfriknr

The incoming Democratic con-
trolled Congress- shows signs Of
q willingness at the moment to
ride along with the Eisenhower
administrations flexible farm
price support program.
An Associated Press poll that
brought replies from 1856 of the.
Evening star., 1954-12-25

Hiehest, 1903, on July 81.
Lowest, 13 on January 23
High and Lew Of "a Hours
Ending 8 AM. To-day.
High, Al, at 1880 am.
Low, 80. at 6:10 an
Evening star., 1954-12-25

After photographers shot of
a few f1ashbulbs, the President
Evening star., 1954-04-04

cartoonist and photographer on the Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot, was faced with the same
problems when he made a complete photo
play under water. The title: 10000 Leagues
Under The Sea-" 1t was great success in its
day, brought Williamson international fame,
now all but forgotten.
To pay tribute to pioneer is not to run
down Disney. But for the life of us, we can't
see that Disney, for all the famed ingenuity Of
his organization. has solved the problems any
more brilliantly than did Williamson, with his
far clumsier motion-picture apparatus and
absence of any precedent or guide.
As Good N Disney's
1HE negative of the Williamson version Of
the Verne story was ruined in hurricane that
ripped open his vaults in Nassau. But the
stills that survive prints of Prints, sample
of which are shown on this page, indicate
an incredibly high quality of tricky undersea
photography, hardly inferior to the Disney
stills we have seen.
There was no color photography or sound
in Williamson's day, but in the waters depths
all is silence, and the difference between black
and white and color photography is not
always startling.
The major problem that faced Dlsneys
crew - and Williamson's - was that OF max
ing it possible for divers to stay under water
for considerable periods without lifelines OF
Continued on page "a
Evening star., 1954-04-04

IF HOLLYWOOD had any respect for its past
Il or hope for its future, it would name one
of its boulevards after John Ernest William
son, father of underwater motion picture
photography.
Inrecent months - ever since the extensive
use of the aqualung = there has been cycle
of underwater films, the most impressive of
Evening star., 1954-04-04

which, in photography and story, is the Walt
Disney film version of Jules Verne's 10000
Leagues Under The Sea-" This picture has
already been months in the making, and the
problems raised by the books fantasy of men
living, hunting, harvesting in the fishes ele-
ment seem almost insuperable
But 40 years ago Williamson, former
Evening star., 1954-04-27

ficer of the Joint Anti-Fascist
Refugee Committee which was
included in the Attorney Gen.
erals list. When a doctor
cannot save lives in America
because he is opposed to Franco
in Spain, it is time to call a
halt and look critically at the
neurosis that has possessed U.s."
The majority opinion in which
Chief Justice Warren and JUS
tices Reed, Jackson, Clark and
Minton joined Justice Burton
held specifically that the New
York State Education Law, as
applied in the Barsky case, did
not violate the Federal Consti-
tuition. The law properly per-
mitted suspension of the med
ical license of New York doc
tor convicted in a Federal court
in the District on contempt of
Congress charges. the court said.
In other action yesterday
the Supreme Court refused to
reconsider it's March IS decision
upholding validity of the So
called tidelands law enacted by
Congress last year to vest in
coastal States the title to Off
shore submerged, and often oil
rich, lands.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

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Evening star., 1954-04-27
Hogan, Justice Aide,
To Fight Dismissal
BY the Assoeiaied Press

PHILADELPHIA, April 81
John B. Hogan. who helped pre-
pare the Tokyo Rose and Ger
hard Eisler cases for the Fed
eral Government, says he has
received a notice of dismissal
from the Justice Department.
Mr.. Hogan said letter from
the Civil Service Commission in
Washington indicated he was
being dropped as part of the
Governments reduction-in- force
program. He said he had in
tended to resign soon, but now
intends to fight the dismissal as
unfair because of his record of
service.
Mr.. Hogan said he Joined the
Government 18 years ago as an
agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation working in WASH
ington, New York and Buffalo.
After a tour with the Anti
Sabotage Division of the Navy,
he said he was commissioned
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Dissenting Douglas Dissents
With the Great Dissenter'
Cites Constitutional
Right to Work in
Minority Decision
By Robert K. Walsh

Justice Douglas, whose Su-
preme Court minority protests
may outnumber those of the
late Justice Holmes, now dissents
from the Great Dissenter."
In disagreeing with a 6-3 de-
cision yesterday, Justice Douglas
found ''pernicious implications"
in an often-quoted Holmes die
tum. He took issue with the
statement that a person may
have a constitutional right to
talk politics but he has no con-
stitutional right to be a po-
liceman."
The decision upheld New York
State authorities in suspending
for six months the medical IL
cense of DR.. Edward A. Barsky,
former chairman of the Joint
Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee,
because of his conviction on a
contempt charge. DR.. Barsky
was found guilty and sentenced
to six months in Jail after being
tried in U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia in 1948.
He was charged with failure to
produce certain records subpo-
enaed by the House Committee
on Un-American Activities.
Only Major Ruling.
The Barsky case opinion,
written by Justice Burton, with
written dissents by Justices
Black, Frankfurter and Douglas,
was the only major ruling of the
day. The court again gave no
indication as to how soon it will
announce decisions in cases in
volving racial segregation in
public schools. The court will
hand down opinions next Mon
day and then recess until May
II. It normally ends it's term the
first week in June.
The Douglas dissent recalled
that the comment about the
right to be a policeman was
made by Justice Holmes while
on the Supreme Judicial Court
of Massachusetts, more than so
years ago. Warning against the
"pernicious implications" in the
Holmes statement. Justice Doug
las declared in part:
"By the same reasoning, a
man has no constitutional right
to teach, to work in a filling
station, to be a grocery clerk, to
mine coal, to tend a furnace or
to be on the assembly line. d.
The right to work, I had as
sumed, was the most precious
liberty that a man possesses. .
1t does many men little good to
stay alive and free and prop
ertied if they cannot work .
For many it would be better to
work in Jail than to sit idle on
the cur0. ..
distortion" to Bill of Rights.
"The dictum of Holmes gives
a distortion to the Bill of Rights.
Certainly a man has no af-
f1rmative right to any particular
job or skill or occupation. The
Bill of Rights does not say who
shall be doctors or lawyers or
policemen. But it does say that
certain rights are protected,
that certain things shall not be
done. -.
$50 far as we can tell on the
present record, DR.. Barsky's Ii
cense to practice medicine has
been suspended not because he
was a criminal, not because he
was a Communist, nor because
he was a Subversive, but because
ne had certain unpopular ideas
and belonged to and was an of
Evening star., 1954-04-27

a lieutenant colonel in the Army
Air Force.
In 1946 he returned to the
Justice Department and was
assigned to the famed Tokyo
Rose case. Mrs. Iva T. D'Aquino.
an American by birth, was con-
victed of treason for her anti
allied radio broadcasts as Tokyo
Rose during World War II.
Later, Mr.. Hogan assisted in
the preparation Of the case
against Gerhard Eisler. former
top Communist in the United
States who was convicted of
perjury. Eisler evaded his SEN
tence by escaping to East Ger
many, where he became q high
official Of the Communist gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
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Evening star., 1954-04-27

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Evening star., 1954-04-27
9,876-Foot Mine
Marks Depth Record

Mans deepest descent into the
earth is marked by the 1876
foot-deep Crown Mine at johann
nesburg, South Africa. accord
ing to w. C. Eales, the Unions
Mining Commissioner.
1t is 119 feet deeper than the
worlds second deepest mine, at
Oosegum. India. The third deep
est is another mine at Johan-
nesburg, now 9,637 feet deep, he
said
Evening star., 1954-04-27
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Evening star., 1954-04-27

(5) TOP TRADE.lN VALUE
Mercury consistently beats all cars in its class
for trade-in value This fact is proved by author.
tative national market reports. No wonder
Mercury is called the smart money car. No
wonder sales keep climbing. Better see us for
your trial drive soon. How about today?
Evening star., 1954-04-27

ItoIion Autos in Spain
A Spanish assembly plant in
Barcelona now turns out 1000
Italian Fiat autos a year.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Musical Savings Bunks
Musical savings banks with
Swiss movements now are sold
by a West German Arm.
Evening star., 1954-04-30
John sprait, Veteran,
GAO Claims Reviewer

John S. Spratt, a claims re-
viewer for the General Account
ing Office, died Unexpectedly
Wednesday of a heart attack at
his home, 6331 Utah avenue NV.
Mr.. Spratt was born in Taze-
well, Va, and formerly lived in
Waterford, Va. He attended
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
During World War I he served
overseas with the Marines. He
had been with the GAO since
the 1920s.
Mr.. Spratt was a member of
Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mary
Davis Spratt: a daughter. Mrs.
Joseph Mastrangelo, New City,
N. Y; his mother. Mrs. Lenora
G. Spratt of the Clifton Terrace
Apartments; three sisters, Miss
Anne Spratt and Mrs. Nelson
Hart, also of the Clifton Terrace
Apartments; Mrs. P. L. Baum
gardner, Waterford, Va; two
brothers, George G. and James
P. Spratt, jr., both of Washing
ton, and two grandchildren.
Services were to be held at
10 am. today in the Hines Fun
eral Home, with burial in Arling-
ton Cemetery.