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Evening star., 1954-06-09
GuerriIIas Pounded
By French in Delta;
Foe Tightens Pincers
BY the A.soeiosed Press

HANOI, Indo-C China. June g.
French planes, tanks and artil-
lery pounded small concentra-
tions of Communicated Wet
Mini guerrillas in the Red River
Delta today.
The main rebel forces mean
while took a firmer hold on their
semicircle of positions just out
side the delta defense perimeter,
strengthening the pincers they
are expected to try to close soon
around this war capital.
A French high command
spokesman said upward of 100
Wet Mimi were killed or cap
tured in mopping- up operations
within a few miles from Hanoi.
French Union losses were rela-
lively light, the spokesman
added.
Will Return Wounded.
The French announced they
would return 267 seriously
wounded and i'll Wet Mimi
troops on June II and another
302 June IA.
The prisoners are being re-
turned in exchange for wounded
French Union forces which the
Wet Mimi allowed to be evacu-
ated from the fallen French
fortress of Dien Bien Phu.
The June ii exchange will be
at Dinh eau, 35 miles northwest
of Hanoi. and the June IA ex.
change at the bridge crossing
the Thu Bon River, a few miles
south of Tourane.
The agreement on exchange
points was received today from
Wet Mimi headquarters in an
swer to the offer radioed by the
French June 2. Under the agree
ment, all hostilitieS will stop in
both areas from midnight be-
fore the exchange to the fol-
lowing midnight.
Minor Clash Near Saigon.
In Indo-China'S other major
city, Saigon, residents were
awakened early today by the
booming of artillery fire as
French Union troops beat back
an attack on a post 4 miles away.
The French command said the
attackers were not numerous
and the encounter was a minor
one.
During the attack the rebels
carried out a diverSionary har-
rassment of a barracks area near
the post. There was no immedi-
ate report of casualties.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Attack Would Bring A-Bomb
Use, NATOC ChiefWo Reds

was on the side Of the West
Russia's industrial and atomic
stockpiles are mounting. he ex-
planned. and her air power dis
played at the recent May Day
parade in Moscow was "devas-
tating."
But at present, he said, the
Soviets have no answer to the
allies long range aircraft. He
cited the big American Bat JET
bomber as "a plane which can
fly so fast and so high that there
is no defense against it in 1854
Gen. Gruenther told of one
BAT which recently flew the At
lantic in 4 hours and "a minutes
Mr.. Churchill told the West
that peace through strength
must be our guiding STAR" He
warned that if the free nations
relax their defense efforts, il
would imperil European peace,
and if differences split the AL
lies. it would lead to general
ruin and enslavement."
while persisting in great sac
rifices to build up our military
strength" Mr.. Churchill con-
Evening star., 1954-06-09
BY the Asseeiassd Press

LONDON, June 9. - NATO's
supreme commander in Europe
United States Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther, warned Russia last
night that the West will meet
/ q Soviet, attack with "every
weapon in our arsenal" includ-
ing atomic bombs.
In our thinking we visualize
the use Of atomic bombs In the
support Of our ground troops
We also visualize the use OF
atomic bombs on targets In en-
emy territory" Gen. Gruenther
told q D-day anniversary dinner
at which Prime Minister
Churchill also spoke and the
Duke of Edinburgh presided.
If war with Russia should
come this year. the NATO COM
mander said, "the Soviet Union
would be defeated"
II do not want to say We would
win," he added. because I am
sure in a third world war there
would be no winner
| Gen. Gruenther also told his
audience he was not sure time
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Government Ruises
Blamed for Initiation

Increased salaries for govern
ment workers, dictated by new
legislation. are largely blamed for
q sudden speed-up of imitation in
Chile, Santiago reports.
Other mounting costs of gov
ernment also are held to blame
Minimum wages of white-collar
workers around Santiago were
raised by 53.6 per cent over last
years minimum.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Leodino Jute Source

DACCA.-East Pakistan, with
a population of AZ million
crowded into 81 million square
miles. grows rs per cent Of the
worlds jute (burlap).
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Japan 5 Cabinet
Imposes Sweeping
Austerity on Self
BY lie Assosiassd Press

lOnIS Lee. q: Japans s
new Hatoyama canmet. piedgeo
g 2 lgns money oeliationary
pTosram lor tne natlon, To-Day
set q fouT-point austerlty pro-
gram Tor Its own members.
Also. after Prime Minister
Ichiro Hatoyama's first meeting
with his cabinet. Foreign Minis
yer Mamoru Snigemitsu formal
~ Stateo tnat q pohcy OF con-
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Dulles Will Discuss
Russian Warning in
Conference al Paris

Secretary Of State Dulles is
due to discuss Russia's latest
warnings against West German
rearmament with British Foreign
Secretary Eden and French Pre-
mier Mendes France in Paris
next week.
The State Department said
yesterday this three-power con-
sultation is in prospect. Press
Officer Henry Suydam also said
there is nothing new or strik-
ing" in the note the Soviet gov
ernment handed to western en-
bassies in Moscow yesterday.
The note declared that re-
armament of West Germany
would make German unification
impossible. It said also the Com
munist bloc will enlarge its own
military power as a countermove.
Mr.. Suydam said "it could be
assumed that the Secretary of
State will discuss this subject
with the British and French off,
cials in Paris next week.
Mr. Dulles will leave here late
Tuesday and return to Washing-
ton the following week end. His
main purpose Is to attend, the
regulars meeting Of the foreign
ministers of the North Atlantic
Treaty Council. ~
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Scientist Reports
Changing Sex Of
Unborn Opossums

The sex Of unborn opossulns
has been changed by a Carnegie
Institution scientist, 1t was re-
ported yesterday.
DR.. Robert K. Burns, an en-
bryologist, told Of the expert
ments -reputecly the first sue
cessful sex change performed on
mammals--in the annual report
of the institution.
The institution described the
sex reversal by planned expert
mental means as ''of great im-
portance In the study Of sex
differentiation among higher
animals"
At the same time, however,
DR.. Burns emphasized that to
control the sex Of children be-
fore birth by the same method
lies In the realm of q ''the0reti-
cal possibility" He said the
opossum experiments would
probably be too difficult and
dangerous to be applied to the
human race.
The sex change was induced
through dosages Of sex hok. !.
moness The doctor said that hi
some examples only partial NJ
incomplete transformations wese
noted.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Bi-couniy pharmaceuiica
Association 0rqanized

Formation Of q joint Mont
gomery-Prince Georges County
Pharmaceutical Association was
announced today by officers Of
the group.
The new association will be af-
filiated with the Maryland State
pharmaceutical Association and
the American Pharmaceutical
Association.
Oficers OF the new group are
Harold NJ. Goldfeder. president;
Morris r. Yaffe, first vice presi-
dent: James A. Parker. second
vice president Agnes K. Beall.
secretary. and N. w. Chandler,
treasurer. Executive committee
members are A. w. Braden, Alvin
]. Fainberg, J. p. Mitchell and
Paul Reznek
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Poet Sandburg Vows En-
With Ad Lbs on ~ Show
BY The Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-Carl
Sandburg. 76-year-old poet and
historian has turned out to be
quite q teleyision comedian. too.
On q Tv network show last
night the white haired Mr.. Sand
burg exchanged ad-lib cracks
with Comedian Steve Allen
which, In the latter's words, had
the control room In q panic"
The poet read segments Of his
Abraham Lincoln. the Prairie
Years and the War Years" and
sang a ballad.
Mr.. Sandburg. two-time Pulit-
zer Prize winner, recounted his
experiences as an advertising
manager of a store in Milwaukee.
He swapped jokes with Mr.. Allen,
and said he didn't mind the COM
mercials because ] feel at home
here"
Mr.. Sandburg introduced an
other guest. Actor Charles Co.
burn. by saying:
HE amt what's wrong with
the country"
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Stuart Rice Feted
By Business Group

Stuart A. Rice. retiring chief
statiStician of the Government,
was honored at dinner last night
in the Sheraton Carlton Hotel.
Mr.. Rice, who left a university
teaching career to come to
Washington in 1888, will retire
around the first of the year as
assistant director of the Bureau
of the Budget in charge Of sta
tistical standards.
Last nights dinner was the
annual session of the Advisory
Council on Federal Reports, q
businessmen's group which ad-
vises the Budget Bureau on Fed
eral reporting and fact-gather-
ing. Since 1912, the Bureau has
had supervisory control over
every QUESTIONABLE mailed out
by Government agencies. Mr..
Rice is in charge of the program.
Earlier. the council reelected
E. e. Mcconnell. controller of
the Norton Co., Worcester,
Mass. to his third term as chair
man of the advisory group.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Slayer Of Trotsky
Denies He Collected
Pay From Russians

MEXICO CITY, Dec. IL
Jacques Mornard, the man Of
mystery who killed Leon Trotsky,
says rumors that the Russians
have made payments to him dur
ing his IA years Imprisonment
here are untrue.
Revealing o few Of his secrets
for the first time in talks yester-
day with reporters, he added
.sardonically that Moscow had
not done right by him He re-
fused TO elaborate.
Mornard was sentenced To
prison three years after he mur-
dered Trotsky, the exiled rival Of
Joseph Stain, on August 40,
1910. The Mexican government
avoided connecting Mornard with
Stain during his trial. but the
Supreme Court said in q recent
review Of the case there was
complete, evidence Communist
agents sent Mornard to Mexico
specifically for the assassination.
Mornard specifically denied
yesterday that the Soviets paid
him for the job and insisted he
must work for q living He has
been running q profitable radio
repair service in prison
For the first time he admitted
he Is Q Belgian by birth.
Asked about his politics, he
said, Il am Of the extreme left,
the left, the left" He added that
he would be honored to be asked
to join the Mexican Communist
Party.
A parole appeal from his 20
year term may be acted upon
this month.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Record Monsoon ImperiI,
Singapore and MaIaya
BY The Asseeiossd Press

SINGAPORE. Dec. 11.-Mon-
soon rains lashed Singapore and
Malaga for the third straight
day today. swelling flood waters
that repeatedly have claimed two
lives and caused damage esti-
mated in millions Of dollars.
More than 5000 persons were
listed as homeless in the Singa-
pore area alone. Dispatches from
Kuala Lumpur, federal capital
Of Malaga. said more than half
the country's $4,000 square miles
Of territory and nearly 2 million
Of its people have been affected
by the floods.
The Malayan Meteorological
Service reported $50 inches Of
rain fell in the 24-hour period
ended at noon today, the highest
ever recorded in a comparable
time. The total fall since Thurs
day was unoficially estimated
at Is inches.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Ocean City Lets Contract
For Big Wafer Tower
spseiul pispuieh TO The s,ur

OCEAN CITY, Md, Dec. IL
The Ocean City Mayor and City
Council have awarded q contract
for construction Of a new 400,-
600 gallon water tower to the
Pittsburgh-D -Des Moines Steel Co.
4 The. Pittsburgh company re-
ceived the contract on submit
ting q low bid Of $4,000.
The new tower Is to be con-
structed on the city-owned trail
er lot on Worcester street be-
tween Philadelphia and Balti-
more avenues. Foundations and
pumps for the 106-foot-high
structure are to be supplied by
the city. It is to be completed
by June l, 1855. Maximum ca
pacity will be 402.7 gallons.
Town officials soon will ask
for bids on the paving Of the
boardwalk with concrete from
Division street to South First
street. The work is expected to
cost about $4,000. =
Evening star., 1954-12-11

been tried when prejudice ex-
listed :. they would be in the
penitentiary."
Mr.. Ehrlich made this COM
ment in citing continuances
granted the former officers be-
cause Of widespread publicity.
Opposes Presumption.
Assistant United States At
torney John Doyle and Edward
Troxell argued that there should
be no presumption that wide
spread prejudice exists. They
pointed out that a prejudiced
juror may be excluded following
questioning before trial.
Judge Let's declared the pend
ing trial is "just another case. I"
He said there was nothing in the
nature OF the charges or in the
status Of the defendants which
would be apt to "rouse the pas
sions" Of the public.
"The court is unable to share
the prehension which has
been expressed by counsel for
the defendants" Judge Let's
said,
"The probality or even the
possibility of prejudice must be
determined by the interest which
the public has in the defendants
involvement In the cases and in
the nature OF the otfense
charged !.
Not Widely Known.
"The court is not aware that
any defendant is a person Of
prominence or that any defend
ant is widely known to the COM
munity."
Referring to the charges
against the defendant, the Judge
said: "They are in no sense
noble. The public interest in
such charges is only to see that
law and justice shall prevail ;"
Defendants were arrested fol-
lowing months Of undercover
work by police Capt. Todd Tho
man, who had reported to his
superiors that he had been ap-
preached by Capt. Monroe with
a gambling protection PROPOSE
ton.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
People Will Demand
Release Of Flyers.
knoWIand Declares

Senate Republican Leader
Knowland said today neither
Congress nor the American peo-
pie will be satisfied with the
passage by the United Nations
of a resolution condemning
Communist China for imprison-
ing II American airmen as spies.
The test Of the q. N. action,
Senator Knowland emphasized.
will be in whether 1t is effective
in obtaining the release Of the
Americans.
"If these Americans are not
out in, January when Congress
reconvenes," Senator Knowland
said, II think the matter is go
ing to be the subject of q great
deal of discussion in the Con-
gress and the country as q
whole"
Favors Further Action.
Senator Knowland said the
q. N. should consider additional
steps if the passage of the reso-
luton fails to bring about the
release of the American airmen.
Asked if he thought the o., N.
should vote sanctions against
Red China If that Communist
regime fails to respond, Senator
Knowland said:
1--WE ought to take whatever
steps are necessary to get these
people out of Communist jails.
'T think it would be a great
mistake for the members Of the
U. N. to go home and think they
have discharged their obligation
by passing a resolution. II they
do, ! think they have certainly
misjudged the temper o Of the
American people"
Senator Knowland has sug.
gested strong steps, such as a
naval blockade Of the China
Coast. to force the release Of the
Americans.
Size of Vote Hailed.
He described the U. N. action
as preliminary step" and said
it was "commendable" that the
resolution passed by an over
whelming vote of As to S.
The Californian noted that six
countries abstained from voting
on the resolution and said this
seems hard to comprehend
that they should not be even
willing to vote on a resolution
expressing moral Indignation. "
He added that any nation, in
cluding ls country, would
want to look at the record" II
one Of these six nations should
be attcked and ask for troops
for defense.
The action Of the countries
who abstained from voting on
the resolution, Senator Know
land said, will not pass un-
noticed" in Congress and In this
country.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Brick Tossed in Home
Of University President
Ry the Asseeiaied Pra,s

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Dec. IL.
A brick with a note attached
was tossed through a front win
dow at the home of DR.. Harlan
H. Hatcher. president of the
University Of Michigan, Thurs
day Police withheld q report OF
the incident until Thursday.
Detective John Walters said
contents of the note will not be
disclosed at present purely for
investigatory reasons"
The presidential mansion Is In
the center of the campus.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
EI0 Chiefs Visit Mexico
On Good Will Mission
Nv the Associated Pres.

~LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11.-CIO
leaders headed today on a good
will trip to Mexico after winding
up a week long CIO convention
session here.
q The group included President
Walter Reuther and other top
CIO officers, all reelected to
new terms at the closing con-
vention session yesterday
During their three-day visit to
Mexico City the CIO chiefs will
confer with Mexican labor lead
ers and pay an official visit to
PRESIDENT Adolfo Ruiz Confines.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
VaticanAides Report
ponfiffs S Condition
Shows Improvement
! BY The Assoeiassd Press

VATICAN CITY, Dec. IL
Pope Plus XII was reported still
"perceptibly improving" today
from an ailment that threatened
his life nine days ago.
L'Observatore Romano, the
newspaper published in the Vat
ican. issued a brief communique
on the Pope's health. It said:
The health condition Of the
holy father is perceptibly i'm
proving, according to informa-
/ ton from the attending physi-
clans.
To Speak Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the increasingly
active pontiff will speak over
Vatican radio at about noon (6
am. EST) and impart his bless
ing to those taking part In the
conservation of Msgr. Giovanni
Battista Montini as Archbishop
of Milan.
He sat up to eat once yester-
day and took a few brief walks
on the arm Of his private ply
sician. DR.. Riccardo Galeazzi-
Lisi. On one Of his excursions,
he surprised the telephone
switchboard operator in his
Vatican apartments by coming
in to see his pet goldfinches.
Obviously they feel better
than ! do" q source reported
him saying with q smile.
Treatment Revised.
The Pope has been following q
revised medical treatment for
the past week. It includes the
intravenous injection Of blood
plasma, vitamins and liver ex-
tract. plus increasing amounts
of liquid or Sof, foods.
The Vatican announced last
night that the improvement the
Pope's physicians found when
they examined him Thursday
has continued. DR.. Galeazzi-
Lisi and three consulting special-
ISIS said Thursday the Pontiff
had improved perceptibly."
u i q asEs- s
Evening star., 1954-12-11
THE EVENING STAR A,
Washington, D. G. ss
F.sATURDAY, DEcEMBER III, ls5A
Nendes france Wins
Vote on Africa Policy
But Margin Shrinks
sy n. A..eeia,.a Pres.

PARIS. Dec. IL. - Premier
Pierre Mendes-France won o
294-265 vote Of approval In the
National Assembly today for his
policy toward Frances restive
North African territories.
The government victory, fol.
lowing q heated two-day debate,
was one Of the Premier's Slim
NEST since he took office last
June. On each successive vote
recently the Assembly has whit
tied away at his majority.
More than q score Of deputies
paraded to the Assembly ros-
trum earlier to ask specific
questions about the program the
government plans to pursue in
Tunisia. Morocco and Algeria.
Terrorist Decline Reported.
The Premier claimed terrorist
activities have been considerably
reduced since he took Office. AS
serting his government had
moved energetically to meet
threats with an impressive dis
play Of force. he said he would
continue to do everything pos
sihle to guarantee Frances con.
tinued presence in North Africa.
Several deputies accused the
government Of being too soft in
dealing with Tunisia's outlaw
Fellagas. who have been invited
to come out Of hiding in the
hills and turn In their arms with
the promise they would not be
arrested.
Mr.. Mendes-France said ASIA
had surrendered. and the offer
had saved the lives of French
soldiers. He added France could
afford this policy of forgiveness
because she has $4,000 to 10000
troops in Tunisia and has the
Fellagas cornered.
Outlaw Bands Cut on.
He said outlaw bands In Al
geria have been cut of from
their supply route through Tu-
nisia. and efforts to eliminate
them will be carried out. Ne
gotiations are continuing, he
said, in order to outline the in
ternal autonomy which he and
other premiers have promised
Tunisia.
The Premier assured the As
sembly. however, that France
would retain ample police power
in Tunisia to protect French
residents and patrol the borders
to keep out terrorists who might
try to infiltrate from other Arab
countries.
Evening star., 1954-12-11
Molofoy Warns West
Pact VIII Force Reds
10 Show Strength
By me Assoeicsed press

X *
MOSCOW. Dec. 1l-Foreign
Minister v. M. Molotov, speak,
ing last night at an unusual
rally honoring the French Soviet
alliance, once more warned
France and the other Western
powers against creating q West
German army.
he said rearming OF West Ger
mans and their ;.ltegration with
Western forces would force the
Soviet Union and its allies to
create forces mo less strong"
Mr.. Molotov warned: IF need
be the Soviet Union win demon
strate It's might and the right
eousness Of our cause"
In a hall decorated with
French and Soviet flags and in
an address observing the 10th
anniversary Of the signing Of the
French-Soviet alliance, Mr..
Molotov said no force in the
world is Strong enough to stop
the march Of communism"
French Envoy Listens.
The French Ambassador to
Moscow, Louis JOKE, sat on the
stage with top-ranking leaders
of the Soviet government and
Communist Party including Pre-
mier Georgi Malenkov and Party
Boss Nikita Krushchev.
Mr.. Molotov said that II the
French government allies itself
with a rearmed Western Ger
many it will be scorning the
French-Soviet mutual aid pact
Of 1914 concluded by Gen.
Charles de Gaulle and the late
Premier Joseph Stain.
He repeated previous Soviet
warnings that raticatifion Of the
Paris agreements would make
aimless (any) negotiations on
either the German or the Aus
trian question"
Mr.. Molotov was the featured
speaker at ceremonies in the
Moscow Hall of Columns. The
festivities climaxed another day
devoted to strenuous Soviet ef-
forts to prevent ratification of
the agreements authorizing
creation of a half million man
West German army.
No References to Vote.
Mr.. Molotov and other speak
ers made no reference to the
vote in the French Foreign At
fairs Committee earlier An the
day approving the Paris accords.
Neither did he mention the
Danish and Norwegian ratifica-
ton.
Said the Soviet Foreign Min
lister:
"The French people with It's
glorious heroic tradition, its
creative tradition, its virility. is
q bastion of peace in Europe.
There Is no power on earth
which can prevent our people
from going ahead on the chosen
socialist path"
The head of the Soviet trade
unions, Nikolai Shvernik: Writer
Ilya Ehrenburg and other speak
ers hit the same theme.
Ambassador JOKE sat on the
platform silent throughout the
attacks on the French > govern
ment's official policy for ratifi-
cation. Diplomats do not recall
here any occasion anywhere on
which an ambassador was in
vited to share q platform in
such circumstances when his
governments declared intentions
were 50 assailed.