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Evening star., 1954-06-13
Wet Nanlese Militia
Helps Defeat Reds
IS Miles From Hanoi
By the A:soeia,sd Press

HANOI. Indo-C China, June IL.
Wet Namese Catholic militia
men. fighting side by side with
French forces, beat back an
after-dark Wet Mini assault on
their village Is miles northwest
of this war capital in the only
heavy Red River delta fighting in
the last "a hours.
A French army spokesman
said possibly TOO Communicated
Wet Mimi raiders turned back
after the battle, at Vinhmo. Both
sides suffered Substantial
losses" and several Catholic
militiamen were captured.
Wet Mimi Base Bombed.
In another part of the rice
rich delta. French pilots flying
American fighters and bombers
hit q Wet Mini guerrilla base 10
or Is miles east of Hanoi. French
patrols roamed the area between
Hanoi and Son Tay. 25 miles to
the northwest. but met no Wet
Mini units.
With monsoon rains likely to
deluge the delta by the end Of
June, French military sources
predict that Red forces will
launch their expected big thrust
at the delta within the next few
weeks. The French were pouring
reinforcements into vital delta
defense posts. Gen. Paul Ely, the
new French commander in
Indo- China, toured three strate-
gic defense zones yesterday.
Red Wounded to Be Freed.
Wet Mimi delegates met with
the French high command yes
terday at Dinh Ca, 46 miles
northeast Of Hanoi, and agreed
on details for the French turn
over of 267 Wet Mini sick and
wounded captured by French
forces. The prisoners will be re-
leased to the Wet Mini June 16
and II at Caugio. 35 miles north
east Of Hanoi. The French dele
gates also asked a further ex-
change of prisoners but reported
no immediate response.
In Washington, the United
States Air Force has announced
plans to evacuate about 1000
French wounded from non-com-
bat areas in Indo-China begin
ming late next week. Air Force
Secretary Harold Talbot said
the evacuation, made at Frances
request. would route the men
across the Pacific to the United
States and then to France.
Evening star., 1954-06-13
BuckneII Alumni Elect

LEWISBURG, Pa, June IL (P).
The Bucknell University Alum
nj Association today elected Will
liam S. Lining, East WilliSton,
N. Y, as president. Other new
officers include John F. Worth,
Arlington, Va, first vice presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1954-06-13
U. 5. Inducing Latins
To Put Guatemala
Under Quarantine
BY the Associotsd Press

Washington diplomats said
yesterday widespread Commu-
nist-fomented disorders through
out Latin America, plus a secret
United States State Department
report on Communist tactics in
Guatemala, have helped line up
hemisphere support for a United
States move to quarantine the
Central American Red strong
hold.
American informants predict
ed this country would ask to-
morrow, at a meeting Of the
Council of the Organization of
American States here, that united
action against Guatemala be
considered at the Montevideo,
Uruguay, conference of foreign
ministers scheduled to take place
about july l,
Evening star., 1954-06-13
TeIevision Alarm

HARTFORD, Conn. up. -
Dean w. Moores reports that
daily at 4:40 am. a woodpecker
attacks the television antenna
on his home. The unwelcome
alarm gives him plenty of wake
full hours to plan woodpecker-
eide, but so far he has found no
answers,
Evening star., 1954-06-13

The Naval Academy Wives,
class Of 1914, will have a lunch
con at 1890 pm. Tuesday in the
Officers Club Of the Bethesda
Naval Hospital.
Evening star., 1954-06-13
Would Stop Arms Ships.

United StateS-propoSed reso-
lutions aimed at preventing the
Soviets from shipping more arms
to Guatemala and stopping Qua
temala from stirring up trouble
in other Central American coun-
tries were reported calling for:
/. Announcement that here
after any ships carrying war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

because Of his loss Of scientific
objectivity probably resulting
from the diversion of his efforts
to political fields and matters not
purely scientific in nature"
Pointing out the Acc has con-
suited DR.. Oppenheimer only six
times in the past two years, Gen.
Nichols said that he sis far from
being Indispensable"
In his statement, Mr.. Zuckert
discussed the oft-proposed al
tentative to deciding on whether
DR.. Oppenheimer is a security
risk-namely, that the Govern
ment should simply allow his
contract as a conSultant to the
Acc to lapse. Mr.. Zuckert said
this was mot practical"
He pointed out that because
Of DR.. Oppenheimer'S intimate
association with national Sc
curity matters and the fact that
Government agencies frequently
call on him for advice and COM
ment, a determination of his
security status was imperative"
Vengeance Charges Denied.
Mr.. Campbell spiked charges
by certain news columnists that
Mr.. Strauss personally instituted
the security proceedings against
DR.. Oppenheimer in a vindictive
move growing out Of the differ
ences of opinion between the
two over the H-bomb program.
According to Mr.. Campbell,
who is on leave from his post as
treasurer of Columbia Univer-
Sity, the case was touched of
by a letter last November z from
William l.. Borden, former ex-
ecutive director for the Joint
Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy. to FBI Director
j. Edgar Hoover, in which he
called DR.. Oppenheimer more
PROBABLY IMAM not an agent or
the Soviet Union"
Upon receipt of this letter,
the FBI prepared a summary
report on DR.. Oppenheimer and
November 80, 1858, distributed
that report and the Borden let
ter to interested agencies of the
Government, including the Office
Of the President" the commits
Sioner said.
Then, on December 10, 1853.
the commission voted unani-
mously to institute the regular
procedures Of the Acc to resolve
the charges. And, with the
unanimous approval Of the COM
mission and at its direction, Gen.
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ent government determination
to eliminate communism.
The Mexican Embassy bulged
with leftiSt and Communist
refugees. just as Fl Salvador's
diplomatic home here had been
crammed with fugitives from
Arbenz' government before the
Army forced him to resign Sum
day night. Other Reds and for
mer government officials holed
up in the Argentine Embassy.
Safety in Compound.
United States Embassy sources
said that along with Arbenz,
those in the Mexican compound
included former Foreign Minister
Guillermo Toriello, former in
terror Minister Charnaud Mac
Donald. and such top Com
muniSts as Jose Manuel Fortuny,
Victor Manuel Gutierrez and
Julio Estrada.
Also reported in the Mexican
Embassy were two members of
the 36-hour-old junta which sup
planted Col. Arbenz Sunday
night and was itself replaced
yesterday. The fugitive mem
bers were Col. Carlos Enrique
Diaz. the provisional president
and army chief Of star under
Col Arbenz. and Col. Jose Angel
Sanchez. Col. Monzon was the
third member.
The new government warned.
however. that the safe conduct
abroad it had promised to DO
litical refugees would not apply
to those guilty of crimes, kin
ings and murder" It also began
checking bank accounts Of gov
eminent officials and Commu-
n1StS to prevent sudden trans
fers of funds abroad.
The breakdown on the Com
muniStS and the intimation that
the wars end was near brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Guatemala
Continued From First Page.)

rebel leader could reach San Sal
vador's capital. FL Salvador.
The Vatican's' nuncio to Qua
temala, Msgr. Gennaro Verolino
agreed to be the third party at
the armistice conference.
All Fighting Hats.
Though no formal cease-fire
had been proclaimed from either
side, all fighting was believed to
have halted. Latest information
in the capital said the rebels held
the States Of Zacapa and Chi
quimala, as well as puerto Bar
rios, the country's chief port on
the Caribbean.
United States Ambassador John
Peurifoy, who played a major
advisory role in the rapid gov
eminent shifts, described the
outcome as "our first victory
against communism in the
Western hemisphere.
SleepleSS and haggard after
the long conferences, he told
newsmen last night he was
greatly encouraged by the pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

Guatemala City to life yesterday
for the first time In weeks.
Anti Communist feeling ran
high. Crowds roamed the streets,
tearing down Red posters and
shouting down with the Com
muniStS." {.
A large crowd nearly rioted
at the Mexican Embassy and q
heavy guard of soldiers protected
the government officials and
Reds refuged inside.
Political prisoners arrested by
Arbenz' Communist dominated
police poured from the prisons.
They said they had been tor.
tured and beaten almost daily
until June 26, the day before
the President was ousted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Eisenhower to Consider Appeal
If Dr.. Oppenheimer Requests

penheimer, he wrote: He is
completely loyal and I do not
believe he is security risk"
Takes Rap at System.
Commenting caustically on DR..
Oppenheimer's alleged disre-
gard Of the security system" he
declared. II would suggest that
the system itself is nothing to
worship"
At another point he remarked
that the atomic scientist had
been under surveillance for much
of the last II years and said:
"This professional review Of his
actions has been supplemented
by enthusiastic amateur help
from powerful personal enemies. :"
DIR. Smyth argued that char
acter and associations are i'm
portant only insofar as they bear
on the possibility that secret
information will be improperly
revealed" and warned that fall
ure to employ a man of great
talents may impair the strength
and power of this country"
The Strauss Zuckert Camp
bell opinion noted that the COM
mission under the Atomic En-
cry Act of 1916 has a duty to
weigh the character. associations
and loyalty of its employees.
It declared that the question
of DR.. Oppenheimer's loyalty was
not an issue, but that on the
basis Of the record-which was
obtained under oath for the first
time and which revealed Sig
nificant" new information bear
ing on the scientists character
and asSociationS-"we find DR..
Oppenheimer is not entitled to
the continued confidence Of the
Government and of this COM
mission. :" The opinion con-
tinued:
"a Government official having
access to the most sensitive areas
of restricted data and to the
innermoSt details of national war
plans and weapons must measure
up to exemplary standards of
reliability, self-discipline and
trustworthineSs. DR.. Open
heimer has fallen far short of
acceptable standards"
ChevaIier Incident.
The most damaging incidents
cited by the majority as to the
question of character and as
sociations involved DR.. Open
heimer's friend Haakon Che
valler, former professor Of
French at the University of Cali
fornia who once approached the
physicist at the behest of a Sow
let contact on the possibility of
supplying atomic information for
transmission to Russia.
The record showed that DR..
Oppenheimer, who was at the
time Q942) director at Los Al
amos, waited for eight months
before bringing this matter to
the attention of American Sc
curity officers and even then
did not reveal Chevalier's name
until several months later, when
ordered to do so by LII. Gen.
Leslie r. Groves, chief of the
Manhattan Engineering District.
DR.. Oppenheimer admitted
| that he lied to the security off,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

he told the Gray board last
month is the true version"
Matter OF Associations.
On the matter of associations.
the majority said that the SCI
entiSt's earlier associations with
Communists was not the con-
trolling reason for its decision
and again brought up Chevalier.
It said these associations take
on Importance in the context of
his persistent and continuing as
ISOLATION with Communists, in
Guiding his admitted meetings
with Haakon Chevalier in Paris
as recently as last December
the same individual who had
been intermediary for the Soviet
consulate in 1943."
DR.. Smyth, like the other COM
miSsioners and the three men,
bers of the Gray board, criticized
DR.. Oppenheimer'S performance
in the Chevalier incident as Gin
excusable." But he added that
in his opinion, it is most i'm
portant to weigh the fact that
"there is no indication in the
entire record that DR.. Open
heimer has ever divulged any
secret information"
He wrote further that the ap-
plication of the Aces own
security case standard Of "over-
all, common-sense Judgment" to
the Oppenheimer record "des-
troyS any pattern of suspicious
conduct or catalog Of falSehoods
and evasions and leaves q pic
ture of DR.. Oppenheimer as an
able, imaginative human being
with normal human weaknesses
and failings."
Two Appended Statements.
Both Commissioners Zuckert
and Campbell appended state
ments to the majority opinion.
In Mr.. Campbell'S statement he
indicated he placed great weight
on the recommendation Of Acc
General Manager K. D. Nichols.
He quoted at length from this
opinion-the first time it has
been made public.
According to Mr.. Campbell,
Gen. Nichols said that to con-
tinue security clearance for DR..
Oppenheimer would "endanger
the common defense and Sc
curity."
The general said the accused's
value to the ACC "as a scientist
or as q consultant has declined
because of the rise in competence
and skill Of other scientists and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
House Hears Verdict
On Dr.. Oppenheimer
With Light Applause

The House heard in dram
attic fashion late yesterday
about the Atomic Energy
Commissions d e c / S / o n
against restoring security
clearance for DR.. Robert
Oppenheimer.
Representative Cole, who
heads the Joint COMPRESSION
al Committee on Atomic En-
ergy, asked permission to in
terrupt the debate on the
foreign aid authorization bill.
Sensing a major announce
ment, members listened in
tently when he disclosed the
commissions ruling and how
the individual commissioners
voted. Then, there was scat
tered light applause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Ballot Due on Bill
To Exchange More
A-Secrets With Allies
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The Senate-House Atomic
Energy Committee plans to vote
today on a far-reaching bill to
carry out President Eisenhower'S
program for exchanging more
atomic secrets with allies.
Representative Holif1eld, Dem
ocrat, Of California said he would
ask the group to write into the
measure restrictions to limit the
contract authority of the Atomic
Energy CommisSion-the after
math of a controversy over a
proposed new private power
plant at West Memphis, Ark.
Other Provisions of Bill.
The bill would authorize the
President to give United States
allies some military secrets and
considerable information on
civilian nuclear power. 1t also
would permit private industry
to enter the atomic power field
under a limited form of patent
protection.
Mr.. Holifleld, said the purpose
Of his amendment is to prevent
any repetition Of negotiations
now underway for a 25-year Acc
contract with the Middle South
Utilities, Inc, and the Southern
Co., for commercial power in
the Memphis, Tenn, area.
President Eisenhower has or
dered the Acc to speed a final
contract for construction of a
$107 million. steam plant at West
Memphis to provide between
100000 and 100000 more kilo-
watts by 1857. The power would
be serviced over Tennessee VAL
ley Authority lines, replacing
iva electricity furnished to the
Paducah. KY, atomic plant.
Mr.. Holif1eld, defeated in COM
mittee yesterday, said he will
carry his fight to the floor.
President Defends Order.
The President defended his
order at his press conference
today.
He said it had been repre-
sented to him that there was an
immediate shortage of power
which had to be met. At the same
time, he said, he believed that
iva had gone far beyond it's
original authority to establish
steam plants to firm up the
delivery Of power.
His order, he explained, was
mainly designed to give the adj
miniStration a chance to study
the whole question Of TWAS
present and future operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Mitchell Tells Rally
Administration Has
Pro-Lobor Policies
Bx he Assoeiated Press

Secretary James p. Mitch
ell told a Labor Department
employees pep session yes
terday that Eisenhower adj
ministration policies are
''pro-labor."
Despite what you may
hear to the contrary" he
said, 81 ask you to look at
the facts, look at the Presi-
dents program for health
and social legislation. No
one can say that this is not
pro-labor."
Mr.. Mitchell urged Labor
Department employees to get
busy trying to devise new
ways to do their work better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

GERS. He said his original state
ment that Chevalier had ap-
preached three scientists was
not true, that the approach was
only to one man, himself.
The majority opinion indicated
a continuing doubt on the Chev-
alier incident. It said:
ut is not clear today whether
the account DR.. Oppenheimer
gave to Col, >Pash "a security
ofhcer) in 1943 concerning the
Chevalier incident or the story
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
Continued From First Page.)

NOSA4OAAAe(A = OAA . A@SS . S~SO''
day is the expiration date of this
contract.
DR.. Oppenheimer, who now is
director of the Institute for Ad-
vanced Study at Princeton, N. j.,
said last night after hearing the
decision against him that he was
certain the Nations scientists
will work faithfully to preserve
and strengthening this country"
He added that he hoped their
counsel will be heard"
The scientific fraternity, over
whelmingly and vociferously,
have supported DR.. Oppenheimer
ever since the case first broke
in the press on April 10. Fears
had been expressed in many
quarters that a decision adverse
to DR.. Oppenheimer might have
an acutely demoralizing effect on
many other scientists.
Acc Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
and Commissioners Thomas E.
Murray, Eugene M. Zuckert,
whose term expires today, and
Joseph Campbell voted against
DR.. Oppenheimer. Commissioner
Henry D. Smyth supported his
fellow scientist, as had DR.. Ward
v. Evans, the only scientist on
the Gray board.
The bluntly worded majority
opinion signed by Commissioners
Strauss, Zuckert and Campbell
found proof of fundamental de-
fectS in his character" and as
serted that Ibis associations with
Communists have extended
far beyond the tolerable limits
of prudence and have lasted
too long to be justified as merely
the intermittent and accidental
revival of earlier friendships"
Entitled to Opinion.
Although the principal new
charge against DR.. Oppenheimer
was that ne opposed and fought
the about program for develop
ment of the hydrogen bomb
even after President Truman
decided to go ahead with it in
January, 1850. the majority said
it attached no Importance to
the scientists opinion in the
matter. It noted that DR.. Open
heimer twas. OF course, entitled
to his opinion
In a separate opinion. which
took issue with the other three
majority commissioners on indi-
vidual points, Mr.. Murray said
he found that DR.. Oppenheimer
twas disloyal." He explained
that he believed today persons
loyalty to his Government must
be judged by his obedience to
security regulations. Then he
added:
Those who stand within the
security system are not free to
refuse their cooperation with
the workings Of the system,
much less to confuse or obstruct
them. especially by falsifications
and fabricationS. The record
proves DR.. Oppenheimer to have
been seriously deficient in his
cooperation with the workings
Of the security system"
DR.. Smyth's minority opinion
sharply criticized the arguments
advanced by his four Acc col
leagues. Speaking Of DR.. OPP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30

Nichols informed DR.. Open
heimer of the allegations against
him and informed him Of his
rights and recourse in the mat
ter,
, 1954-12-04

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A Word to the Wise s,Ms. F'o"t Cobb,

which should have been used.
means something that serves as
a reminder" Momento is pro-
nounced: moe-MEN-toe. Me-
mento is: e-MEN-toe.
Wilmington: Recently you
gave your readers a ruling on
the use of singular or plural
verb in connection with the col
lective noun number" Does the
same rule apply in the following
cases: "A series of experiments
(has-have) been made" and "A
total of so runs (haS-have) been
been made?"-I. M. H.
Yes, it does. It all depends on
whether one thinks of a group as
a whole, or as a group of indi-
viduals. In each sentence you
quoted, I should think of indi-
viduals. rather than wholeS.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
Uncle Rays Corner

The island of Ceylon was a
British crown colony for 146
years. Then-six years ago-it
became a member of the British
Commonwealth of Nations.
In Ceylon today there are
more than rs million people.
Most of them are brown-skinned
folk who are related to the races
of nearby India.
The natives of Ceylon are
largely of Singalese or Tamil
stock. But a few thousand are
half-wild tribesmen known as
Veddas. The Veddas live away
from the cities and obtain much
of their food by hunting and
fishing. Like their ancestors of
1000 years ago. they bring down
game with bows and arrows.
In general. however, the Cey-
lonese follow lives of a civilized
sort. They export thousands OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
Fomous Fables
By {. {. Edqor

MISTAkE-At one time,
after a serious illness. Win
ston Churchill was placed
on a strict diet. One night,
during his convalescence. he
attended a banquet, where
a sumptuous meal was
served. Churchill. a gour-
met, watched in agony.
He grimaced in disgust
when the waiter placed a
solitary pill on his plate. He
tossed it into his mouth and
washed it down with a glass
of brandy.
will there be anything
else. sir?" said the waiter.
Yes. Bring me another,
please" said the Prime Min
lister.
The waiter returned in a
moment ana placed announcer
pill on his plate.
Not another pill!"
Churchill roared. Another
brandy"
n r y
DIFFERENCE-After los
ing the second game of the
World Series. Brooklyn
Dodgers southpaw ace,
Preacher Roe. was inter-
viewed by a reporter.
Those Yankees are a
tough bunch to pitch to.
aren't they, Preach?" asked
the reporter consolingly.
mo. they're not tough to
pitch to-" replied Roe. But
they're awful tough to beat"