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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
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Evening star., 1954-12-15
RadioPeiping Claims
Balance in Trade
BY the Assoeio.sd Press

TOKYO. Dec. 15.-Radio Pei
ping said today Red China had
achieved balance in imports and
exports, ending an unfavorable
trade balance which had pre-
vailed for 73 years.
The radio, as usual, gave no
concrete figures
The propaganda broadcast.
heard here, said China's total
foreign trade in 1853 was more
than six times that of 1949. the
year Of liberation. The figure
for 1854 is likely to be greater
by a wide margin"
Peiping said more than so
countries to-day have entered
into trade with China" and that
China's trade with Communist
nations had increased to about
four times that of 1850.
It also said trade with "capi-
talist countries" last year in
creased by So per cent over 1852.
It gave the economic conference
In Moscow in 1852 the credit for
the increase.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
PRIMERS Union Plans
14Ofh Anniversary Dance

Columbia Typographical Union
No. 10t (AFL) will celebrate its
140th anniversary with a dinner
dance at s pm, January 8, in
the. Mayf1ower Hotel.
The Washington union claims
the distinction of being the old
est labor organization in con-
tinuous existence. 1t was formed
in 1914 by 19 Washington print
ers under the name of the Co
lumbia Typographical Society.
The union has $500 members
In this area and is an affiliate
of the International Typo
graphical Union tAFT0.
Jesse B. Manbeck. president
Of the local union. said Joseph
Lins, secretary-tr of the
union. viii serve as chairman
Of the Anniversary Celebration
Committee,
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Pentogon Refuses to Interfere
In Chino Debate Subject Ban

The Pentagon has decided to
leave unchanged the West Point
and Annapolis ban against par
ticipation in college debates on
whether the United States should
recognize Communist China.
Fred NJ. Seaton, Assistant De-
Tense Secretary for Legislative
and Public Affairs, who reviewed
the controversial bans by the
service academy superintend-
ents. said he planned to let their
actions stand.
President Eisenhower and De-
fense Secretary Wilson have said
they have no objection to the
cadets and midshipmen debating
the subject and would not have
initiated such bans.
The academy superintednents
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Economic Planners
Warned on Russia 5
Expansion Strategy

Russia expects to expand its
frontiers as rapidly as apathy
or timidity on the part of the
other nations permits. while, it
continues to- build up its own
strength, Gen. Walter Bedell
Smith. former Undersecretary Of
State, warned last night.
He was principal speaker at
a banquet Of the National Plan
ming Association. held in the
Hotel Statler. Gen. Smith now
is vice chairman of the Ameri-
can Foundry Co.
Making plain that Russia has
not changed a bit, Gen. Smith
said it has learned a good deal
from its earlier military ven-
lures and needs time to dis
gorge what 1t had digeSted."
Committee Reports Made.
Reports were given by the
associations agricultural COM
mittee, headed by Donald r.
Murphy; the business committee.
directed by Beardsley Ruml. and
the labor committee. directed by
Clinton S. Golden.
Earlier in the day. II. Chris
tian Some, NPA chairman, told
the groups national council the
current unemployment problem
must be tackled promptly and
firmly. lest it get bigger and
more difficult to solve.
Mr.. Some said the number of
unemployed today is estimated
at from 4 to 5 per cent of the
labor force. A year from now,
he said, with no rise in the level
of economic activity. the unem-
ployed may be z or 8 per cent.
"On balance" he said, "the
present outlook is for a slightly
higher level of activity in 1855
than in 1854. but still level sub
stantially below that which we
could and should attain with our
increasing labor force and the
constantly rising productivity of
our plants and Offices"
Letter From Eisenhower.
President Eisenhower sent the
association letter congratulat-
ing it on the Goth anniversary
and saying:
within the next decade, If
we keep the American economy
Evening star., 1954-12-15

got Pentagon approval before
they issued the orders. Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, Army
chief of staff, and Vice Admiral
James j. Holloway, chief Of naval
personnel, approved the direc-
tives. They were not referred to
civilian authority for study.
Mr.. Seaton said it has been
decided there was nothing to be
gained by reversing the orders
now that they had been in ef-
feet for some weeks.
The bans came to light when
a West Point team withdrew
from a scheduled debate.
The superintendents took the
stand on grounds that nom
recognition of Red China was
an accepted national policy.
Evening star., 1954-12-15

growth potentials and work
toward policy recommendations
for the years ahead"
NPA is q nonpolitical organi-
zation. where leaders Of agri-
culture. business, labor and the
professions join in programs to
maintain and strengthen private
initiative and enterprise"
Evening star., 1954-12-15
House Unit Seeks Simple Way
To Tax Insurance Companies

taxation of mutual life insurance
companies. They maintained,
however, that stock life insur-
ance companies are commercial
enterprises operated for the pri-
vate profit of their shareholders
and therefore should properly be
taxed on the basis of corporate
net income.
Federal taxation of investment
income of life insurance COM
panies now operates under a
supposedly temporary" stop
gap formula which Congress has
continued periodically since 1851.
The problem, while not too hot
to handle. was so extensive and
complex that the Ways and
Means. Committee never got
around to including a solution
in the massive 1854 revision of
the revenue laws.
Practical Plan Sought.
Instead, a subcommittee
headed by Representative Cur
tbs, Republican, of Missouri, was
designated to grapple with it
and come up with something
practical for the Saith Congress
to make into a fairly permanent
law.
Many of the 16 witnesses
heard thus far. and probably
many of the eight scheduled for
today's meeting. favor keeping
the present method of taxing
investment income. But the
bulk Of the testimony urged
that the present tax rate be
lowered substantially.
The formula levieS a 334 per
cent rate on the first 5000. 900
of investment income and 61z
per cent on the balance. Prior
to 1851, the highest proportion
of investment income that life
insurance companies had to pay
was 3 4/10 per cent.
The position of the Joint
Committee on Federal Income
Taxation of Life Insurance
Companies Of the American
Life Convention, the Life IN
Evening star., 1954-12-15
By Robert K. Walsh

Insurance companies dealing
with such a transient thing as
life saw a good prospect today
that a House subcommittee can
work out a permanent method
for taxing their income.
A Ways and Means subcom-
mittee that has been holding
public hearings since Monday
received a suggested plan to-
day differing considerably from
the present formula of taxing
life insurance companies on the
basis of net investment income.
The proposal was offered by
the Acacia Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. 1t was explained to
the subcommittee by former
Senator Scott w. Lucas as spe-
cial counsel, Edward j.. Schmuck,
Acacia's general counsel, and
Lloyd Crippen, a company actu-
arial and insurance expert.
Offer Dual Method.
They proposed that each mu-
tual life insurance company
should be taxed directly on its
full free investment income, on
company by company basis.
They also proposed that each
stock life insurance company
should be taxed on its total net
income.
Despite the fact that a for
mula based on these principles
will result in the foreseeable
future in Acacia paying greater
taxes than under the present
formula" Mr.. Schmuck said, I'VE
advocate it because of our con-
viction that it will be sounder in
concept, more equitable in re-
suit and will produce consider
ably greater revenues for the
Government than the present or
any previous formula since 1921
under which life insurance COM
panies have been taxed"
The Acacia spokesnen said
they did not believe total net
income was a proper basis for
Evening star., 1954-12-15

vigorous and free. we can rea-
sonably expect our annual ma
tional output to rise from 1856
billion to $500 billion. We must
learn to use this abundance
wisely.
TO this end, / hope the Ma
tional Planning Association win
intensity its studies in economic
Evening star., 1954-12-15

surance Association of America,
and the Life Insurers Confer
ence was stated to the subcom-
mittee by Robert L. Hogg. vice
president of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United
States, and Claris Adams, vice
president and general counsel
of the American Life Conven-
tion. Several other witnesses
representing life insurance COM
panies told the subcommittee
yesterday that they took the
same basic stand.
Evening star., 1954-12-15
7 Charges Dropped
In BowIes Case and
Two New Ones Filed
By William A. Millen
S.cr Ssuff Correspondent

DOVER, Del, Dec. 1.-two
charges of disrupting the Della
ware school system against Bry-
ant w.. Bowles were thrown out
today by the Court of Common
Pleas, but not before the State
filed similar information against
the president of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of White People.
Anticipating that the defense
would win a dismissal on tech
nicality. the State filed new and
more detailed informations be-
fore court convened this morn
ing.
They accuse Mr.. Bowles of
conspiring unlawfully to inter-
fere with the orderly administra-
ton of the Delaware school sys-
tenn and to violate the States
school attendance laws.
Then Judge Arley B. Magee,
jr., agreed with defense counsel
that the original petitions were
insufficient in that no place was
stated as the scene of the orig
inal offense. The Government
agreed.
The new informations were
filed by Herman c. Brown. attor-
ney general for Kent County.
Two New Informations.
On the new informations
Judge Magee set January 5 for
filing of defense motions at
tacking their legality. At that
time, the court said, he will set
dates for filing briefs.
In the interim, Mr.. BoWles,
who did not appear today in
the courtroom, was continued
at liberty under a total Of $4,000
bond.
The State was represented by
James B. Messick. now clerk OF
the Supreme Court, who becomes
the new deputy attorney gen.
eral for Kent County in January.
Mr.. Bowles was represented
by Daniel j. Layton, jr., Of
Georgetown, Del.
Attendance Laws.
In one information filed today,
Mr.. Bowles is accused on Septem-
Der 26 of unlawfully conspiring
at Mispillion Hundred in Della
ware with Manaen Warrington.
Charles West and Mildred Sharp
and divers others persons un-
known to violate the provisions
of the school attendance laws"
The other information accused
Mr.. BoWles of illegally conspiring
with the same people to interfere
with the school system of Della
ware to the prejudice of the
public.
The cases grow out of a spir-
tied integration battle over Mil
ford High School. When classes
started in September, the school
accepted 10 Negro students, but
they were soon boycotted. This
led to the resignation of the Dis
trict School Board.
Subsequently, another board
was selected and the Negro pu-
pills were transferred on october
/ to a Negro school. Mr.. Bowles
was accused of stirring UP the
race issue in Delaware as an
aftermath Of the Milford Incl
dents. .--.-.. - -
Evening star., 1954-12-15
Koreo to Free convicts

SEOUL, Dec. Is fR.-Some
$50 South Korean convicts viii
be freed by Christmas, Justice
Ministry sources said today.
Women with babies will get FIRST
consideration.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Massey, Canada's S
Goyernor-GeneraI,
Arrives Here Today

Governor = General Vincent
Massey of Canada is expected
to arrive at National Airport
at 4 pm. today to begin a three
day state visit which will in
clude the usual round of cere-
monies customarily held fol
foreign dignitaries.
The Governor General will be
met by party including Vice
President Nixon and will then
proceed in a motorcade to the
District Building for a civic re-
ception at 4:30 pm. He will
then go to the White House
where he will be the guest OF
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
tonight. A state dinner will be
held at the White House.
Tomorrow the Gen
eral will visit Mount Vernon and
Arlington Cemetery and address
a joint session of Congress-. To-
morrow night he will entertain
the President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover at dinner at the Cana
dian Embassy.
He will leave Washington to
return to Canada at 3 pm
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Ex-Premier Tries 10 Form
New Cabinet in Jordan
BY the Associated Press

AMMAN. Jordan, May s.
Former Premier Tewfik Pasha
Abul Huda worked to form a new
cabinet for Jordan today follow
ing the resignation of Premier
FaWzi el Mulki's government.
Premier Ell Mulkis government
stepped out unexpectedly yes
terday. A statement said the
move was due to present condi-
tons"
Reliable sources said the gov
ernment, because of Jordan's s
military alliance and other close
ties with Britain. had been en-
barrassed by the recent un-
friendly attitude toward the
West expressed by parliament,
the press and public groups.
This became particularly ap-
parent when the cabinet was un-
able to prevent parliament from
cabling an expression of thanks
to Soviet U. N. Delegate Andrei
Y. Vishinsky for his recent pro-
Arab stand in the U. N. Secur-
ity Council.
Mr.. Vishinsky Joined Lebanon
in opposing a western move for
a general debate on the troubled
Palestine situation rather than
immediate consideration of Jor-
dams demand that Israel be
cenSured for the March % raid
on Nahalin village, in which nine
Jordanians were killed.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Cab Driver and Friend
Held in Airman's S HoIdup

A taxicab driver and his friend
last night were accused of rob-
bing an airman from Sampson
IN. " Air Force Base and
tossing him from the cab at
Thirtieth and K streets NV.
Police identified the cab driver
as Francis x. Brosnahan, %. of
the 1900 block Of K street Sc,
and his companion as Joseph F.
Collins, Is, of the 5000 block of
Broad street, Brookmont, Md.
They were charged with robbery.
Police Pvts. Robert L. Gray
and Thomas N. O'Neil, of No. 7
Precinct, arrested the pair short
ly after Airman &c Joseph M.
Cotner. 26. reported he had been
beaten, robbed of 81, his wrist
watch and fountain pen and
tossed from the cab.
Evening star., 1954-05-03

ment's Bureau of Ships has job
openings for two supervisory
general supply officers at $7,O4O
year. Apply to room 2422, Main
Navy Building.
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VACATION WINNERS - The
following employees have been
selected as the first group of va
cation winners in the Good Gov
ernment Institutes contest for
efficiency and economy sugges-
tions among Federal employees:
John A. Mang, Civil Service
Commission; Mrs. Mary K.
Smith, National Security Agency;
and Henry P. Schlauss, Mitchell
Burch, and George A. Fischer.
all of the Government Printing
Office. The employees will re-
ceive free two-week vacation in
Miami Beach. Fla.
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RETIRED EMPLOYEES The
National Association of Retired
Civil Employees will hold its bien-
nial convention May 10 to IL in
the National Museum, Tenth
street and Constitution avenue
NV.
The organization has a men,
bership of $4,000 and is headed
by Frank Wilson, former chief
of the Secret Service. The con-
vention is expected to urge Con-
gress to liberalize annuity bene-
fits for all retired Federal en-
ployes, and to tax-exempt the
pensions.
Be sure to keep up 1Uith all
the latest Government en-
ployes ne10s by reading the
Federal Spotlight column sir
days a week in The Star and
listening to the Federal Spot
light radio broadcast at GAS
pm. each Saturday ouer
WMAL.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Victim Of Crash
Near Gaithersburq
Is Seriously Hurt

An Arlington man who was
injured in traffic accident near
Gaithersburg yesterday was in
critical condition today at Sub
urban Hospital.
He was John Schiel, Al, of 1914
North Herndon street. Montgom-
cry County police reported. He
was taken to Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, after he was thrown
to the highway when his car
collided with a tractor trailer
about l am.
The hospital said he suffered
head injury.
Police said the tractor-trailer
was driven by Fred Jones, 46,
colored. Of Newark, N. J. The
accident occurred about 2 miles
south of Clarksburg.
A police car on its way to the
accident scene hit the rear of
another car, county police re-
ported. The policemen. Howard
MuSgrove and Walter Hef1in,
were not hurt.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Four From District Injured
In Calvert County Crash

-Four District residents were in
jured yesterday when their car
ran through a Calvert County
road intersection and hit a
building.
State police identified them as
Betty Jean Eek. "a. of the 500
block of Eleventh street Sc,
severe cuts of the face and knees:
Mollie Ann Nelson. %, of the $500
block OF Savannah avenue Sc,
back injuries; Alton E. johnson,
u. OF the first block of Fifth
street Sc. head and leg cuts,
and Theodore Putnam, of the
100 block Of Seventh street Sc,
Evening star., 1954-05-03

and. also, driving without a Dis
trict permit.
Mr.. Brown received a broken
nose and face cuts in the acci-
dent.
Others injured included Will
liam johnson, 40, 22O Thirty
sixth street N. E.. admitted with
hip and internal injuries; Mo-
zela Davis, l9, of the Maryland
avenue address, admitted with
fractures to both legs; Doris T.
Brown, %, also of the Maryland
avenue address, treated for leg
cuts. All are colored. police said.
Evening star., 1954-05-03

retaining wall on the grounds of
District General Hospital yester-
day, police reported.
Police said the car was trans
porting a sick baby to the hospi-
tai. The baby. unidentified by
police, was uninjured.
Driver of the car was identi-
fled by police as Joseph Brown,
"a, colored, of Sis Maryland
avenue N. E. He has been
charged. police said, with failure
to give full time and attention
Evening star., 1954-05-03
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Distrlct-Showers and scat
tered thunderstormS tonight, low
about so. Tomorrow, clearing
and much cooler.
observation-disclosures and scat
tered thunderstorms tonight. low
1852 except 35-40 on Allegheny
Plateau. Tomorrow, clearing and
much cooler.
Virginia-Showers and thun-
derstorms tonight becoming cool
er, low 36-44 in extreme west
portion, 1882 in central and 81
Evening star., 1954-05-03

Sc near coast. Tomorrow, partly
cloudy. windy and much cooler.
Wind-Northwesterly 25 miles
per hour tonight, becoming
northerly 1925 miles per hour
tomorrow.
River Report.
From U S. Engineers
Potomac River CLOUDY at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls: Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Read!ugs Washington National Airport
Yesterday Pet Today Pct
Noon - 90 Midnight ~ So
pm - 4S ! am. - 50
s pm. 65 10 am. rs
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Information Setup
Is Launched by FILA
With WeIch as Head
By Hector Mclean

The Federal Housing Admin
1stration, deep in charges of
scandal, today launched a pub
lie information program de-
signed to end what has been
called an iron curtain" policy
against publicity.
Acting Commissioner Norman
P. Mason announced the ap-
pointment of w. Herbert WEIGH,
38, former West Virginia news
paper editor, as special assist
ant to the commissioner in
charge of the program. among
other duties.
Mr.. WEIGH, who went to work
today in Room 100 of the FHA
building at 1901 Vermont ave-
nue. NV. declined to make any
broad statement of plans, but
promised to cooperate in pro-
viding information to the pub
lie.
His appointment was forecast
Friday in The Evening Star.
Mr.. Welch, who still is CO.
publisher of the Semi-weekly Re-
publiican-Delta at Buckhannon,
w. Va, served as executive direc-
tor of the Presidents Advisory
Committee on Government
Housing Policies and Programs.
A 1887 graduate of West Vir-
ginia University, he is a Navy
veteran of World War II, lieu
tenant commander in the naval
reserve and a member of Naval
Reserve Public Information Com
pany WI in Washington.
No Setup for Years.
Mr.. WEIGH said he understood
the FILA had been without a
public information setup for
eight or nine years. Recently
the function has been handled
for FILA by the public relations
staff of Housing and Home
Finance Agency, the parent
organization.
Commenting on charges that
FILA has ignored the general
public and home owners. regard
ing itself as responsible to
builders and lenders. Mr.. Mason
declared the new information
division will take into account
the right of all to know what
the FHA is doing at all times.
Meanwhile. Housing Admins
traitor Albert NJ. Cole says the
Government may be able to re-
cover some of the S75 million in
'windfall" profits which he esti-
mates builders got under the
Federal housing program.
1T is quite possible that suits
may be brought to recover"
Mr., Cole said on an NBC TV
program, American Forum of the
Air.
Mr.. Cole has charged that
some builders obtained loans
for amounts far exceeding the
actual cost of apartment houses
built with the loans. Builders
were able to pocket the differ
ence by paying themselves liqui-
dating dividends. he said.
Tenants Withhold 25 Pet.
In New York, 600 tenants of a
big Queens apartment develop
ment which was cited in recent
disclosures as an example of such
a case, voted unanimously YES
terday to withhold IS per cent Of
their rents.
Since maximum rents are
based on the amount of the
mortgage, the tenants contend
the Is per cent represents ap-
proximately the difference be-
tween Glen Oaks $40 million
cost and its mortgage of more
than $26 million.
A spokesman for the tenants
said the Is per cent would be
held in escrow until the issue is
settled. Officials of firms which
built and manage the develop
ment could not be reached for
comment.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Mrs. Glover Reelected
AT ChiIdren's Home

The Children's Convalescent
Home Board of Managers has
reelected Mrs. Charles C. Glover
III AS president.
Other officers elected at the
boards meeting yesterday are
Mrs. Adrian Fisher, vice presi-
. dent; Mrs. George w. Petticord.
1r., treasurer; Mrs. Norman S.
Paul, assistant treasurer; Mrs.
Robert A. Learnard, recording
secretary, and Mrs. James K.
Sullivan, corresponding secre-
tary.