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Evening star., 1954-10-10
Youngsters Fare
Badly in Report on
Home Accidents

Things didn't run smoothly
with the youngsters in Washing
ton last week. the Red Cross
safety services indicated in its
weekly report Of home accidents.
Ofi1cials noted that a 7-year-
old was treated at Children's
Hospital after being beaten on
the head by q playmate. and a
6-year-old was treated there af-
ter being bitten by a playmate.
The Red Cross said 100 per-
sons were treated at hospitals
here after mishaps at home last
week. Most Of these were the
result Of falls.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Sirens Wall, Horns Blaze Away
In Bio D. C.. Area Fire Review
Star stan Photos.

ity Of 1850 gallons a minute. The
Districts largest is 750.
The Falls Church contingent
was headed by a 1914 Model T
ladder truck. its first piece of
motorized equipment.
The size of the high school
bands as well as the shiny new
equipment reflected the current
prosperity Of the area. The Suit
land High School Band had 10
players in new uniforms: the
Charles Town (W. VaJ pand was
60 strong. likewise in new garb.
The United States Navy's air
arm and the United States Air
Force had their new type crash
trucks in the parade. The Fed
eral Civil Defense entered its
rescue service demonstration
truck.
One of the floats called atten-
ton to Washington's lack Of suf-
frage. Old Father District Of
Columbia stood with his hands
in stocks over a banner Dem
ocracy should begin at home"
and I'VE want the vote"
Award Winners.
Awards for participants in the
parade went to:
Alexandria, best appearing fire truck
In line OF march; ,y ,,,,.
rst trom and MSsco1id best appearing pump
Herndon and Annandale. first and Sec
ond. best appearing bumpers from Vir-
Charles Town. w. Va. best appearing
pumper from other than Maryland or
Riverdale, Md, best appearing ladder
Alexandria and Silver Spring, Md,
irst and second. best appearing rescue
Glen Echo and oxon Hill, Md. FIRST
and second, best appearing ambulance.
Alexandria, best appearing ladies' aux
iliary.
Alexandria. best appearing nre-depart-
ment marching unit.
National Capital Council Of the Boy
other than q FIRE department..
Stephens City, Va. and Arlington
County. Va. .first and second. best ma
warwick High School. Warwick. Va,
Stephens City. best drum and bugle
CORDS
Evening star., 1954-10-10

agency is satisfied the District
program will meet the acts re-
Quirements.
The expanded Area c contains
about 5000 structures, 72 per
cent Of which are substandard.
There are about $500 dwelling
units in the buildings. About go
per cent Of the occupants are
colored. Less than 20 per cent
own their homes.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
.S154,OOO Additional
Allotted 10 Program
For SIum Clearance

Federal officials yesterday
awarded the District the first
ALLEGATION of urban renewal"
/. money under the new 1854
Housing Act to plan slum clear
ance in the Southwest water
front area.
Fast action by local officials,
plus the fact Washington al
ready is well along in planning
a varied attack on slums, per-
mitted the Capital to beat other
cities to the punch in the "ur-
ban renewal" program.
Housing Administrator Albert
M. Cole said the approved allo-
cation will give the city $154, 900
to supplement $171,000 already
authorized for planning slum
programs in the Southwest area
between independence avenue
and the river and between South
Capitol and Twelfth streets.
"Area C" Expanded.
The District Redevelopment
Land Agency was given the
| $154,000 ALLEGATION several
months ago to plan a smaller
redevelopment project near the
river. It was designated as
"Area c."
Later, the RIA and city off,
cials decided to expand the
project planning area to take
in All acres-virtually all OF
Southwest.
Mr.. Cole said a new contract
will be entered into soon to
make available the full 1926, 900
for planning.
The expanded Area C includes
about 800 acres for which Will
liam zeckendorf, New York real
estate magnate, is planning a
dramatic redevelopment pro-
posal.
76-Acre Project Underway.
Excluded from Area C is the
so-cal!ed Area B, the pilot TO-
acre project in which plans al
ready are underway.
Mr.. Cole noted that while
clearance of most of the area
is contemplated" under the dras-
tic powers of redevelopment, the
RIA also will study possibili-
ties of rehabilitation of existing
properties in a part Of the area. "
The area most likely y to be
earmarked for improvement
rather than outright clearance
is property near Independence
avenue.
Owned by Government.
Much Of this property is
owned by the Federal Govern
ment. and the General Services
Administration has been trying
! to dispose Of it. RIA officials
want to see what part of the
Federally-owned property might
fit into the improvement pro-
gram.
The RIA had a choice of ap-
plying for planning money under
either redevelopment provisions
Of l949 act or under the broad
ened urban renewal provisions
Of the new 1854 act.
The new act, for the first time
authorizes Federal aid funds for
less drastic slum programs than
redevelopment, such as the re-
habilitation of rundown neigh
borhoods not bad enough to be
demolished completely.
Requires City Wide Plan.
But the act also requires that
a broad city-wide program fol
attacking slums on all fronts bt
set up before any money can be
available.
Mr.. Cole noted that the Dis
trict now is working on such 9
program. Presumably. the new
money ALLEGATION indicates his
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Wheoton College Student

Carol E. Landon, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth p. Lam
don of All Fulton street NV,
has enrolled at Wheaton Col
lege. Wheaton, H., as a senior
She is a graduate of Woodrow
Wilson High School.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Gov. Clement to Speak

Gov. Frank G. Clement of
Tennessee will speak at q Demo-
cratic Embarrassing dinner al
1880 pm. Tuesday in the May
flower Hotel. District Democratic
headquarters has announced.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Clemson Grods to Meet

Members Of the Clemson
Alumni Club of Washington will
meet at $3.50 pm. Wednesday
at MAYORS Restaurant. 951
Maine avenue S.W. DR.. william
Gray of Baltimore will speak.
Evening star., 1954-10-10

Richard Hicks. both Of the
Washington Board Of Trade; DR..
p. A. McLendon. District Medical
Society: Col. Waldron E. Leon
ard, Veterans Service Center:
and John Leslie. Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
K. of c. Donce Tuesdov

Prince Georges Council, knights
Of Columbus, will hold a Colum-
bus Day dance at the council
home, $500 Baltimore boulevard.
College Park, Tuesday from 8
pm. to midnight.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Coffee Campaign in Va.

Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia's 10th dis
trict and his Democratic oppo-
nent, John C. Webb. are in a
coffee drinking campaign, that
political observers credit the
ladies with starting.
Mr.. Webb said he was unable
to estimate the number of coffee
hours he has attended. Some
times I turn down coffee and
just drink water" he conf1ded.
The campaign will take a more
business-like turn when the can
didates meet face-to-face for the
first time in the campaign at
8 pm. Tuesday at Washington
Lee High School in Arlington.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Ryan AssoiIs Hyde

Democrat Edward j. Ryan
yesterday renewed his attack on
Representative Hyde's voting rec
ord in the campaign for Mary
lands 9Th district congressional
seat by accusing his opponent of
failing to support his own ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Hyde defended his record,
saying election of a Democratic
Congress would lead to "a cock
eyed mess on Capitol Hill" He
said he has voted in support of
the administration IS per cent
of the time.
Mr.. Ryan accused him Of "rep-
resenting the private power
trusts" by voting to "give away
your stake in the $12 million
atomic energy program to the
power monopoly" The candi-
dates will appear together at
8:l5 pm, Wednesday at a League
of Women Voters forum in Be-
thesda Chevy Chase High School.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Candidates to Debate

Some of the issues on which
Richard E. Lankford, Demo.
cratic challenger for Represent
ative Small's fifth district con-
gressional seat in Maryland, has
been attacking Mr.. Small will
be aired Tuesday night, when
the candidates stage their first
face-to-face debate.
Mr.. Lankford, who lost to Mr..
Small by about 1000 votes in
1852, will meet his rival at
pm. in the State House at An
napolis in a debate sponsored
by the Anne Arundel County
League of Women Voters. Mr..
Small has said he is confident
his record, including the Peace
Cross flood control appropriation,
will get him reelected. So far
he has let most of Mr.. Lank-
ford's charges go unanswered,
in the best tradition of incum-
bents.
Evening star., 1954-10-10
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Byrd Blasts McKeIdin
On u. of Nd. "Ignoronce"

Gov. McKeldin was accused
yesterday of displaying abysmal
ignorance" of the affairs of the
University of Maryland by DR..
H. C. Byrd, who formerly headed
the institution.
DR.. Byrd leveled this blast at
his Republican opponent in the
gubernatorial campaign at a
luncheon of the United Dem
ocratic Women's Club of South
ern Maryland in Chesapeake
Beach, Md. Gov. McKeldin.
meanwhile. campaigned by
shaking hands and passing out
pictures at the Charles County
Fair in La Plata. He made no
speeches.
Earlier, the Governor ques-
toned DR.. Byrd's fitness to serve
by citing an auditors report on
the university which said there
were several sources of revenue
over which there was no con-
troll while the Democratic candi-
date was its president.
DR.. Byrd said Gov. McKeldin
was talking about such items as
the sale of eggs at the univer-
sity's Salisbury poultry plant.
If he can't find anything better
than that to criticize me for" !"
he said, "he is in sad shape"
Evening star., 1954-10-10

NhACA ID ACdoCus
Leaving the physiologically iso-
lated status of a Federal agency,
Mr.. Rathbone declared, IT am
more than pleased at the trans
fer. We can do the job the peo-
pie Of the District want done. I
just hope the people of the Dis
trict will tell us what they want
and Wen try to give it to them. +"
To help the agency through its
transition period, he has chosen
q citizens advisory committee,
which includes Peter Better,
chairman of the Welfare Com
nittee of the Federation of Citi-
zens Associations; Ed Gale, Com
nnissioners' Committee on En-
ployment Of the Physically Hand
tcapped; Omer Clark, chairman
Of the Commissioners Health
ADVISORY Committee: Clem Pref
Ter, representing the American
Federation of Labor; DR.. W.
Montague Cobb. Medico-C Chirur-
gical Society; DR.. j. Ross Veal,
former president of the Fedora
tion Of Citizens Associations, and
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Chaplin Praises Reds,
Peipinu Radio Reports
BY the Assoeioied Press

TOKYO. Sunday, June Z. -
Peiping Radio last night quoted
Charlie Chaplin as telling q
Communist correspondent "your
country (Red China) is on the
right track"
The broadcast said the Hsin-
hua (New China) special corre-
spandent met Mr.. Chaplin,
whose name has been o by-word
for humor and humanity for
many years" at his lakeside
villa so miles east Of Geneva
yesterday.
II hope to visit your coun-
try again some day." Mr.. Chap
lin was quoted.
II went to Shanghai once, long
ago. in the old corrupt days"
The Red correspondent said
hei asked Mr.. Chaplin about the
Geneva Conference and that the
comedian expressed the opinion
that Eastern diplomacy Is ex-
cellent because you threaten
nobody and always talk about
peaceful coexistence."
"Tell the Chinese people, par
ticularly the film workers, "
Peiping further quoted Mr.. Chap.
lin, II hope they will 60 on de-
veloping their own culture and
their own concept of beauty"
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Moves
Continued From First Page.)

team headed by the present FL
nance Minister. Edgar Faure,
ready and willing to take over.
And with the Geneva Confer
ence apparently hopelessly
boggged down over technicalities
Of an armistice, hope Of reaching
a settlement is fading fast.
Beyond this, the same logic
that led to the replacement Of
Gen. Navarro in Indo-C China
could easily unseat Mr.. Laniel.
The general was q victim of the
emotional reaction that has
swept the country since the fall
Of Dien Bien Phu. There has
been no inquiry-no careful at
tempt to Ak the responsibility
for defeat. For most people. it is
enough that the policies followed
in Indo-C China added up to fail
ure. The present change Of COM
mand is justified purely on the
grounds Of morale.
Move Receptive to Reds.
The same reasoning applies to
Frances political leadership. Mr..
Faure no more than Mr.. Laniel
has a magic formula that will
solve the Indo-C China problem.
The most he can offer Is q more
receptive attitude toward what
ever terms the Communists
might come up with. But this,
combined with the fact that
changing governments is part
OF the process of turning over a
new leaf in Indo-China" might
Evening star., 1954-06-06

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Evening star., 1954-06-06

be more than enough to tip the
balance in his favor.
It is against this ~eventuality
that the Laniel government is
taking action today. If France
Is really headed into a crisis
and a period of inevitable
paralysis in its governmental
least the basic decisions will
have been taken. # the fighting
must go on in Indo-C China. the
means to resist will be there.
Bound to Get Out Of War.
It would be a mistake, how
ever, to overemphasize the long
range implications Of moves that
have been made. Despite all the
talk Of 'Draconian" d.e., hard
boiled) measures to- be taken in
Indo- China. there is little evi-
dence Of any real will to carry
on the struggle much longer. Re-
sistance will last as long as
there is hope Of reaching a rea-
sonable settlement with the
Communists or hope Of American
Intervention. But the basic po-
htical fact remains that France
is committed heart and soul to
unloading the burden Of the
Indo- China war and no govern
ment which ignores that fact
can survive long.
At best, the decisions of the
past week have a very limited
objective: To insure the imme-
diate security of the expedition
ary force in Indo-China. And,
at the beginning of a period Of
great political uncertainty at
home, to do what must be done
to prevent disaster before a new
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Evening star., 1954-06-06

China fall into Communist
hands
If and when congressional &C
ton is sought by the President, "
he said, "all the facts will have
to be laid before us. In no event
will Congress give approval to
q blank check authority to use
force against an unknown foe, at
an unknown time and unknown
place."
Asked what authority the
President might be expected to
ask, Senator Knowland made no
attempt to be specific, but said
such a request might include a
blockade of China. the use Of
training forces and munitions.
and the Navy and Air Force. The
President would have to tell Con-
gress the probable consequences
of the course Of action he pro-
posed.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Look at These Values:

Gas Furnaces for Hot. Wafer Heating Systems
a.el4d. Installation. Were Now
For to 5-room house $3.50 $375
For 4 to Groom house $40 $50
For 5 to 8-room house 500 $50
For 8 to 10-room house 665 900
For 9 to 12-room house 300 700
Choose from American Standard. Bry0
Evening star., 1954-06-06
| One Killed, 81 Injured
In Home Falls IN Week

One person died and 81 were
injured in home falls during
the past week. the District Red
Cross Safety Services reported.
In other home accidents. three
persons were burned. eight chill
dren required stomach pump.
ings after they swallowed paint
remover, clothes bleach and
woodstainS. and q persons suf-
fered cuts.
For the entire week. there
were LA persons treated in hos
pitals for injuries In home acci-
dents.
Included were one rat bite and
three dog bites.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Reds Exert Direct Pressure !.
On Each Chinese, u. S. Hears

a six-million-man Chinese COM
munist Party described as tight
ly knit and well disciplined"
It was recalled that when the
Communists .first won control of
the China mainland they moved
slowly with their program, win
ming popular confidence and alb
sorbing former organizations
that supported the Nationalist
regime of Chang Kai-sbek.
Moves Ahead Steadily.
Since then the campaign Of
communication has accelerated
without pause.
"The Communists have stead
lily increased their controls over
the mainland and China while
gradually broadening the defini-
ton Of 'counterrevolutionary' to
include everything less than ac-
tive support for the regime and
its policies" the intelligence
analysis said.
"F1agging enthusiasm for land
reform. evasion of full payment
Of the grim tax. corruption in
Government, business and in
dustry-in fact. any act Of COM
mission or omission remotely
hindering execution of the Com
muniSt program-may be viewed
as counterrevolutionary and the
perpetrator subjected to severe
punishment under that label, re-
gardless of his real intentions. I"
The report stated that the
Chinese Communist Party has
set out to transform the char
acter of Chinese society. "uti-
lizing every possible means Of
persuading the population, set
ting son against father and class
against class, exploiting the
innate cultural and psychologist
cal vulnerablities of the target
groups. capitalizing upon existing
dissatisfactions. and, in the alb
sence of plausible appeals. manu-
featuring incidents and situa-
tions that can be exploited for
the cause"
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Asia
Continued From First Page.)

concerned, Senator Knowland
said, the decisions must be made
by General Eisenhower and the
Congress must participate in
them. The Administration must
lay all the facts before Congress
and the American people when
and if 1t calls on Congress for
action.
Senator Knowland said he did
not mean to imply that the
United States would have to "go
1t alone" Other free nations vi
tally interested in the fate Of
Southeast Asia also will have to
come to decisions on these i'm
portant matters. He expressed
belief in their willingness to go
along with the United States.
The California Senator ex-
pressed fear that unless the i'm
portant decisions were made
within the 30-day period, it
would be too late. He said he
did not believe that the British
and the French and other free
Evening star., 1954-06-06
By jones {. Roper

Intelligence reports reaching
here say the Communist regime
In China has organized the Red
political machine so thoroughly
that it now exerts direct pres
sure on each Of the SIS million
Chinese.
Any individuals act Of COM
mission or omission remotely en-
tering the Communist program
makes the individual subject to
imprisonment. these reports said.
"The Chinese Communist re-
gime derives its power from
force. and its leaders are pledged
to destroy all who do not submit
to its dictates" said It's analysis
Of the Red regime.
"The instruments Of coercion
and repression include the mill.
tary. para military and the mill
cial agencies as well as vast pub
lie security forces organized
specifically for this purpose"
Police Expand Effort.
In order to carry out their
broad powers and to widen the
areas of contact with the popu-
lace, the police had increasingly
relied upon auxiliary organiza-
tions such as the street or neigh
borhood associations, profess
sional or occupational groups,
public order defense committees
in the cities, and peasant asso-
Citations in rural areas, the report
said. % %
Through these quasi-official
organs, the Communists are able
to break UP the populace into
controlled groups. multiply the
agencies Of surveillance. and
through them exert direct pres
sure on each individual. it added.
Party members hold key posi-
tions in many Of these organi-
cations, and all are run by per-
sons considered loyal by the
Communists"
This apparatus is directed by
Evening star., 1954-06-06
French Planes Blast
Wet Mini Convoys
Heading for Delta
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

HANOI. ndo-China. June 5.
French planes scored direct
hits with half ton bombs today
on Wet Mini conveys moving
along routes the rebels are using
In an attempt to close a pincers
behind his Red River Delta capi-
tai.
In addition to hammering the
Communicated rebels moving
slowly from Dien Bien Phu.
French pilots blasted a Wet
Mimi ammunition dump IS
miles east Of Hanoi used for
storage of small arms and NOR
tar ammunition.
The rebels were moving on
two roads from Dien Bien Phu-
routes 13 and Al. French planes
strafed and bombed the troops.
The pilots said they set several
large explosions and fires in the
attacks on the conveys.
Drive Russian Trucks.
The Wet Mini were driving
RuSSian-made trucks supplied
by the Chinese Communists to
bring men and heavy artillery
into the Delta area from fallen
Dien Bien Phu. The most ad-
vanced elements were still re-
ported so miles west of the edge
of the western Delta defenses.
Ground action by French
Union forces was concentrated
on keeping intact the vital road
and rail link between Hanoi and
the big seaport city of Hal
phong. The bulk of American sup
plies to China move along
the 65-mile highway.
Last night Wet Mimi squads
slashed the rail line-an almost
regular nightly occurrence.
French engineers repaired the
damage this morning. and traf-
flc was only temporarily delayed.
Rail Post Recaptured
Rebel troops also drove Wet
Namese rail guards from a post
near Haidoung, 80 miles east of
Hanoi on the highway. But
French Union forces stormed
back into the post at dawn and
the supply route was not en-
dangered, a high command
spokesman said.
United States informants in
Saigon said that diplomatic diff
f1culties had caused abandon
ment Of plans to airlift three
battalions of French soldiers
from North Africa to Indo-C China
with American GlobemaSterS.
They will come by much slower
sea transport.
The Globemasters were pressed
into service on two previous oc-
casionS to bring French re-
Inducements to Indo-China.
The American sources said
red tape involved in obtaining
clearanceS through a half dozen
countries contributed to the de.
cision to call of the flight. On
the two previous occasions the
planes had to detour around
India and Burma because those
countries objected that trans
port of troops even by air vio-
lated their neutral" status.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

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Evening star., 1954-06-06
Goblin John Citizens Meet

The Cabin John Park Citizens
Association will meet at 8 pm.
. tomorrow in the Cabin John
(Md.) Park Fire Hall.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
EnviSageS Blockade.

The Senator made no attempt
to predict what Congress would
do if the President should ask
for special authority to deal with
the Indo-China situation. It
might, he said, decide that the
preservation of Southeast Asia
from the Communists was not
worth while. He clearly indi-
Gated. however. that was not his
belief. He also expressed an
opinion that it would be too late
to attempt to draw line beyond
which Communist aggression
should not be permitted to 60 in
Southeast Asia, should Indo-
Evening star., 1954-06-06
SAVE so TO 200

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