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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Washington Moves Up
In Traffic Safety Scale

Washington moved into first
place in its population class as
a safe city for traffic during
January and February.
The National Safety Council
listed the District first in Group
2, cities with a population be-
tween 100000 and / million.
Washington had 81 traffic deaths
for each 10000 registered We
hicles.
Baltimore was second with 90
and San Francisco third with "a
In the January rating Washing
ton was third behind the other
two cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

torian. To Schlesinger, Nc
earthly is a Fascist, and Amer
lean tradition. being pluto
cratic" is susceptible to fas-
cism as British tradition is not.
Tut tut, Mr.. Schlesinger!
America has never had an out
right Fascist Party which
dared call itself such, but in
1882 Sir Oswald Moseley or
ganized The British Union Of
Fascists," whose members wore
black shirts like their Italian
forerunnerS and into which
Britons poured at a rate never
equalled by any other politi-
cal party. In Two years it had
400 branches and was holding
mass rallies attended by thou
sands of Black Shirts aug
mented by hundreds of ununi-
formed SympathiZers. 1t was
violently anti-Selnitic Tin this
respect worse than the Ital-
ian FascistS) and it never dis
solved until Britain went to
war against the Fascist states.
Moseley. before he organ
lied his Fascists, had been
knighted for services as a
member of Parliament, to
which he was elected on the
Labor Party ticket.
He was never tried for trea-
son and is living safely in a
castle in Ireland.
Don't even historians re-
member anything?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

force cut in taxes household appliances
Republicans quickly reduce the loss by cut
ting out housing.
Dulles Chinese Reds can't promise their into the
his book Communist pledges aren't worth the blood
they're written in.
Indo- Chinese hit with stuff in Czecho-
through China
Boys. that's sure localized.
Eisenhower imports to help foreigners
buy here. That likes to live dangerously cngng the
middle of the road and demanding two-way traffic.
Navy says the Mighty Missouri going retired This
administration to be known the that put the
Mo in MothballS
another successful Cap
sule United States military history From feudin
fusion and fssion in less than a century.
Federal executions dropped to record low in Ah
well, Republicans believe that is good news
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ogniZed the Importance of for
eign trade policy. so the Pres
ident seemed also to recognize
the Importance to him and to
the success of his adminiStra-
ton of getting his program
approved by Congress. 1t could
be almost the ultimate test of
his leadership. 1t is a severe
test, though to the casual it
may not sound SO in the stat
ing. What he must do is to
get enough votes from his own
party which, added to a ma
jority of Democrats, will give
him what he wants. That
won't be easy. Hitherto, In
all the years since 1884 when
the reciprocal trade program
was instituted by Congress,
only a minority Of Republi-
cans have voted for its extern
sion at the one, two and three
year intervals when it was re-
newed periodically. In fact, If
the President had to rely on
his own party, he would be
lost in advance because of the
die-hard high protective tariff
advocates. They are quite nu-
merous. If he is unable to whip
enough Republicans in line,
he will see the downfall of q
keystone Of our cooperative
policy with our allies.
For they must be able to
sell to survive. now that our
economic aid is being sharply
reduced. Ours is a big market
for them potentially.
AS dramatic an argument
as can be found for the Pres
ident's trade program was
acted out before our eyes last
week end. That was when
Harold Stassen, Mutual Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

that relaxation of East-West
trade restrictions would bring
about better understanding
between East and West.
There is also the more prac-
tical reason that impinges
upon what Congress does about
expanding foreign trade.
Britain. France and our other
allies have got to sell some
where, and Russia and Eastern
Europe offer an invitation.
Unless we can open additional
opportunities for them to sell
to. us. they must rely more
heavily on other areas. includ-
ing Eastern Europe.
In his message to Congress,
the President touched briefly
on the East-West trade prob
lem. He conceded that curtail-
ment of our aid programs
will increase the pressure for
resumption Of such trade" A
greater East-WeSt exchange
should not cause undue con-
Germ if it can be achieved
without jeopardizing our ma
tional security, he said. He
assured Congress he would act
to see that our security is
safeguarded. But our Gov
eminent is not for wide-open
trade in materials generally
classified as strategic and has
made that plain to our allies.
AS for our own stake in
foreign trade. the President
offered some clues. He pointed
out that 4 million American
workers depend on interna-
tional trade for their jobs. AS
for farmers, he explained that
in recent years one-third of
our wheat, 40 per cent of our
cotton and rice and a fourth
Of our tobacco and soybeans
have been exported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

not, If the "rules" of ethics
which lately have been pro-
claimed are to be accepted as
proper. Some of the members
of these appropriations COM
mittees are beholden to the
armed services for everything
from the favored treatment"
of a constituent who wants q
job or a commission or a better
assignment, to the main
tenance of an airport or an
appropriation for a navy yard
or for some other military
installation that means a. big
payroll for the local merchants
in the home town, district or
State of the member of Con-
greSs. And hometown mer-
chants often contribute to
campaign funds.
When will some member of
the Senate or House put an
end to all the hypocrisy and,
with the courage Of his con-
victions, demand that each Of
the armed services send to the
Vice President in the Senate
and to the Speaker of the
House the records of all con-
versationS, monitored and UNI
monitored, all letters and
documents and the file of every
soldier, sailor OF airman vino
at the request of a member OF
Congress or his staff got
favored treatment" during
and since World War II? The
mere publication of the records
would be enough. and no
further investigation by any
committee would be needed to
apply the corrective that would
be demanded by an outraged
public opinion.
Unless this Is done, the
members of the Senate in all
fairness ought to admit pub
licly that what happened in
the Schine case has been and
still is common practice and is
not deserving Of prolonged
attention just because Pvt.
Schine was formerly a men,
Der of the staff Of Senator Nc
earthly. who exposed the now
admitted laxity Of the Army in
its methods Of handling Com
muniSts.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Two Youths Given Death
In Virginia Staying
ey the Associated Press

HILLSVILLE. Va. Mar. 81
Two Carroll County youths were
sentenced to die in the electric
chair yesterday for the robbery
murder Of country storekeeper.
Lanvee Irby Tilton. II, and
Grover Newman, %. we're ordered
electrocuted in Richmond May
IA for the Staying of Eldridge
Bum, 60. in his store near here
February 10. The youths took
S33 from the cash drawer and
Mr.. Bunns wallet.
After Judge Jack NJ. Matthews
had pronounced sentence in Car
roll County Circuit Court, New
man was oiven a chance to speak.
II hope you die with your
boots on, you ---," Newman
snarled profanely in his first sign
Of emotion during the trial. Til
ton had nothing to say.
Tilton will be one of the young
est persons ever executed in Vir-
ginia and perhaps the youngest
to be executed after pleading
guilty, officials said,
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curity Administrator, flew to
Europe to try to persuade
Great Britain and our other
allies not to go whole hog in
reopening trade with Russia
and her Eastern European
satellites behind the Iron Cur
tain. That, of itself. indicates
the desperation for trade.
Mr.. StaSsen was following
up a cablegram that President
Eisenhower sent to Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill on
March 10, asking that the bars
not be let down too much now.
The President acted as the re-
suit of the report he had re-
ceived on a proposed revised
East-WeSt trade list made up
by the British that would re-
lax restrictions on trade with
Russia and her satellites in
some strategic goods previ-
ously prohibited. In his speech
IN Parliament on February Is.
the Prime Minister had argued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
DORIS FTeeson-
Uphill Fight for Reciprocal Trade
Eisenhower Faces Powerful Protectionist Forces
In g. 0. P, but Democrats Are on His Side

ant, Maj. Gen. Persons, who
has made a career of getting
along with Congress. Gen.
Persons has assigned it to his
aide, Gerald Morgan. who
owes his White House place to
a successful tour as legislative
counsel to the House.
Neither the general nor
Morgan have any special views
on trade except they are Of
course loyal to the President.
The zeal they lack is possessed
In good measure by Clarence
Randall. the steel magnate
who headed the Presidents
commission, but Mr.. Randall
Is a political novice.
Senator Millikin, a member
of the commission and a skill
full operator, decoyed Randall
up the garden path while the
report was in the making. re-
peatedly inducing him to make
compromises and in the end
reverting to the normal Mill
kin protectionist philosophy.
The Presidents message will
make good ammunition but
nobody with a good aim will
be around to fire it.
Reciprocal trade is a Demo-
cratic issue, the brain child Of
Cordell Hull. Democrats on
the House Ways and Means
and Senate Finance Commit
tees may be expected to vote
for the President. That their
support is apparently not
wanted for a real battle is
evidenced by the fact that the
President has not conferred on
the subject with any one Of
them or their leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Constantine Brown

The investigative work of the
Senate subcommittee headed
by Joe Mccarthy is stymied for
an indefinite time. Some sec
lions of the public which OPP
pose this hearing are delighted.
Those which approve it are
not.
What stopped the investiga-
tons was publication of memo
randa of alleged conversations
with McCarthy's chief counsel.
Roy Cohn. showing that Cohn,
with the Senator's backing, at
tempted to disrupt ana dictate
military procedures. McCar-
thy, amazed at the unprece-
denied release of these alleged
stenographic transcripts, re-
torted with publication Of his
own memoranda of talks with
the Army's top civilians.
An investigation of the
charges and countercharges
was ordered two weeks ago.
Senator Karl Mundt. the rank
ing Republican. was desig-
mated chairman of the sub
committee after Mccarthy dis
qualified himself because of his
involvement in the dispute.
Mr.. Mundt and his Demo-
cratic colleague. John McClel-
Ian, have spent a fortnight
searching for a counsel with
the qualities of Caesars wife.
None has been found. Highly
reputable lawyers have turned
down the invitation to serve
temporarily. under the pre-
text that they have other
pressing business. The truth is
that they do not want to get
involved in an affair where the
counsel may find himself in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Baby Sea Elephant
Loses Mother; Diet
Battles Rescuer

AVALON. Calf, Mar. 31.-A
baby sea elephant has become
lost from its mother and has
been taken in tow by AL Han
sen, deep sea diver.
Mr.. Hansen rescued the 3
month-old sucking mammal
yesterday in Avalon Harbor. but
is stumped about feeding it. The
7H-"oH'ld marine pachyderm has
refused cows milk and squid.
Ma. 4.,nSen is trying goats milk,
and if that doesn't work he is
open to suggestion.
Mr.. Hansen says he rescued
the mammal to save it from sea
lions and that he believes its
r'ot|~r probably was killed by
whales. " @
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the unenviable position Of
being damned if you do and
damned if you don't"
Senator Mundt stated on
Monday that he hoped to find
somebody of sufficient legal
stature this week and to start
hearings next week. Granting
that this may become a fact,
the expectations of Senators
Mundt and Mcclellan that the
inquest" may last only four
or five days is optimistic.
Some members of the COM
mittee-and this includes Re-
publicans as well as Demo-
crats-will want for political
reasons of their own such "a
thorough airing of the dispute
that the hearing may we'll last
until the end of next month.
The committee has rejected
Mr.. McCarthy's request that
some pressing investigation,
such as frauds in Alaska, be
started while the search for a
sounsel goes on.
What makes it probable that
the investigating activities of
the committee may be stymied
until the 84th Congress con-
venes is the decision of Mr..
Cohn to resign regardless of
the outcome of the pending in
vestigation. If he is found to
have acted unethically he will
be forced to resign. If he is
cleared he will also resign be-
cause he and his family have
had enough.
The committee will! have to
seek another chief counsel and
that won't be easy. Most at
torneys familiar with the type
Of work of the Mccarthy COM
mittee are reluctant to accent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Constontine Brown
Mccarthy Investigations Stalled
Army Departments Top Civilians Accused Of Delaying
Committee; 1t May Not Be Able to Resume Its Work

a post which pays relatively
little money and carries the
promise of smears and attacks
from the vociferous anti-anti-
Communists, alleged liberals"
and confused biologists. They
all remember what happened
to Robert STRIPPING, the former
counsel Of the Un-American
Activities Committee Of the
House. They remember what
happened to j. B. Matthews.
who was forced to resign from
the Mccarthy subcommittee
because of an article in which
he wrote - before becoming
counsel-that a percentage Of
the Protestant clergy was
communistic. incidentally. af-
ter resigning. Matthews asked
for his day in court. So far.
the Un-American Activities
group has refused him this
opportunity.
But granting that some self
less attorney will be found af-
ter COINS resignation. it will
take at least eight or 10 weeks
before such a person can be-
come familiar with the pend
ing matters, which repeatedly
range from frauds in Alaska to
an investigation of reckless
Spenders of public funds in the
State Department, involving.
am told, some incumbents.
This would bring us to the
middle or end of June-a short
time before Congress adjourns.
Some committees hold inveSti-
cations when Congress is in
recess. This is an election year.
however, and all Senators will
be busy either mending their
own fences or helping other
candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Doris FIeeson

President Eisenhower has
sent a fine, sweetly reasoned
message calling on Congress
to liberalize our international
trade relations. The message
follows the line of the Randall
commission report and sets
forth, as it did, the case for
peace through trade
Some time later. the Presi-
dent will settle for an extern
sion of the present reciprocal
trade act for one or two years
If he is lucky.
He may be unlucky since
trade circles report that Rep
resentative Richard Simpson. a
leading protectionist, will soon
introduce a clean new tariff
bill scratching the back of
practically every industry in
the country. If he pushes it
and he probably Wlll-the
President may have to sacrifice
reciprocal trade extension in
order to kill it.
This is the prospect emerg-
ing from a series Of confer
ences here about the trade
program.
The President saw both sides
literally and fguratiyely. He
received a committee, includ-
ing powerful Republican sup
porters of his candidacy.
which argued the Randall
commissions case. He passed
on those arguments to a con-
ference of Republican con-
gressional leaders and they
made it perfectly clear to him
that powerful forces in Con-
gress, including some of them,
were arrayed against such a
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

1t was then up to the Presi-
dent. Personally. he had made
his choice. He is a convert to
liberal trade and he said so.
Politically, however, it was
clear that if he wished to put
over his trade program. he
. would have to give it a very
high order of legislative pri-
GRITTY. then work hard to keep
it there and pass it.
Such a struggle would entail
using every weapon at the
Presidents command, both the
carrot of patronage plus the
dinner napkin and the stick
of White House disapproval
and denial of favors. Since
the opposition to more liberal
trade centers in the Repub-
lican Party. EisenhoWer's most
Furnishing blows would neces-
sarily fall on Republicans.
If Eisenhower has it in him
to make such fight. it has
not yet been evident. On the
contrary. he seems TO have the
idea that there is something
improper about his using his
power to give and to with
hold benefits so as to
strengthen his G. o. P. sup
porters and weaken the party
faction which usually votes
against him. Thus Senator
Mccarthy does better in the
way of patronage than Sena-
tor Duff, though the President
privately berateS the former
and praises the latter.
The President did not de-
mand priority for trade legis-
lation. He has instead en-
trusted it to his deputy assist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Thomas L. Stokes
Thomas L. Stokes
The Importance Of World Trade
Our West European Allies Have to Sell to Some One;
Will 1t Be to Us, or to Russia and Her Satellites?

President Eisenhower is
fully aware of the high stakes
for us and our allies of the
free world in an expanding
foreign trade policy. Thus:
IF we fail in our trade pol
icy, we may fail in all. Our
domestic employment, our
standard of living, our secu-
rity, and the solidarity of the
free world-all are involved.
For our own economic
growth we must have continu-
ously expanding world mar
kets; for our security we re-
quire that our allies become
economically strong. Expand
ing trade is the only adequate
solution for these two pressing
problems confronting our
country"
That's how he concluded his
message to Congress spelling
out a foreign trade policy
based generally on the report
made by the special commits
sion, including members Of
Congress, headed by Clarence
Randall, the steel manufac-
turer. The program includes
. extension of the reciprocal
trade program for three years
with somewhat more latitude
to negotiate tariff reductions
with other nations. It also
embraces means of encourage
ing more investment abroad.
including tax concessions for
American firms: toning down
OF our "buy American" law so
that it does not too severely
penalize foreign business:
action by the President under
existing law to promote easier
convertibility Of foreign cur
rencies, among other detectives.
Just as clearly as he rec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
japanese Lower House
Approves Pact With j. :.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
TOKYO, Mar. 31.-Japan'S
conservative parties Joined forces
today and pushed Japan-United
States mutual defense assistance
agreements through the power
full lower house of the Diet. Final
approval came on a standing
vote and there was no count.
The agreements still must DO
considered by the Upper House,
but approval was considered GER
tain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-18

RANGE: A very widely distrib-
uted species from Alaska to Pana-
ma, on both coasts. Winters on the
marshes and the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay and tributaries in
large numbers.
DESCRIPTION: One of the hand
soonest of our waterfowl; drake has
long tail from which the species
derives its name; head and throat
olive brown, balance mostly black
and white; female has less brilliant
coloring but easily identified by
broad, sharp pointed tail and long
slender neck; the female is dusky
under wing coverts. Length of
male about % inches, female %.
BREEDING: Mates early in
spring; nests in grass near marsh
and water, and lays from to u
greenish brown eggs; period of in
cubation about % to % days.
HABITS: A surface feeding duck
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born January 10, 1887, a son of the
late Henry and Mary Shoemaker
Bethel.
Surviving besides his widow,
Mrs. Ida Miller Bethel, are three
sons, Randall Roy and Carl Samuel
Bethel, of Accident; and Clayton
George Bethel, Oakland; daugh-
ter, Miss Alverda Mae Bethel, at
home; also two sisters, Mrs. Anna
Orendorf, Grantsville; Mrs. John
Klotz, Accident; and II grandchil-
dren. -Four brothers and three sis
tiers preceded him in death.
Mr.. Bethel was a member Of the
Lutheran church at Bittinger.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted on Friday afternoon, No
vember 10, at , o'clock from the
English Lutheran church in Acct
dent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-18
EDWARD l.. OGDEN

Edward L. Ogden died Tuesday
morning at the home of Mrs. Flor
ence Banner, near Westminster,
where he had made his home for
the past two years or more. Previ-
Gus to that time he had resided i'm
the Red Oak community.
Born in Pennsylvania February
20, 1888, he was aged II years.
Surviving are sister, Mrs.
Pearl Evans, Flats, W. Va; three
step-children, Mrs. John Kurken-
dali, Keyscr w. Va; Mrs. S. B.
Cooper, Red Oak; Saul Parks, of
Davis, w. Va.
Funeral services are being con-
Quoted this afternoon at o'clock
from the Fairview Church Of the
Brethren in charge of Rev. Ross
Speicher. Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
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DIED


Mrs. Anna kuski, %, of Kemp
ton, died Monday morning, Novcm-
Der Is, in the Garrett County Me-
mortal hospital in Oakland. follow
ing stroke at her home on Sun
day afternoon.
She had attended church Sunday
morning. Deceased was born July
3, 1892, in Lithuauia, a daughter
of Joseph and Mary Sterbobich.
She is survived by her husband,
Peter Kuski, Of Kempton; one son,
Warrant Officer Peter Kuski, of
the us. Army, in Korea; six
daughters, Mrs. Susan Baumgart-
ner, Mrs. Mary Pensak, Mrs. Ellen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-18

and a fast flyer; shy; can spring
into the air almost vertically SINH
lar to the black duck and mallard,
whereas most of the diving ducks
like redhead, canvasback and scaup
must take off gradually and rise
slowly like an airplane; can and
occasionally does dive although
classed among the nondiving water
fowl. Food is largely vegetable.
MANAGEMENT: Probably its
numbers can be increased, or at
least enable the species to hold its
own, by wise marsh management,
that is increase suitable areas
where it can nest, rest and feed
both in the United States and
Canada.
VALUE: A valuable game bird
providing sport to thousands of
hunters and nature lovers in North
America, also in Central America.
1t ranks high in food value.