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Evening star., 1954-11-26
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Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth says she's anti-society
not anti-Social as some one
accused her Of being when she
Evening star., 1954-11-26
FronkIins Entertoin

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Frank
lin were hosts at dinner at
Normandy Farm yesterday in
honor of Mrs. Franklin's sis
ter. Miss Leora Mills Of Mans
field. Ohio.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Wilson Leaves Tonight
For Tour Of Far East
BY the Associoted Pres,

Secretary Of Defense Wilson is
leaving tonight on a three-week
tour Of the Far East which will
take him to Formosa for the in
auguration of Chang Kai-Shek,
who has been reelected preSi-
dent of Nationalist China.
It will be his first trip to the
Western Pacific since he accom-
panied President-elect Eisen-
hover there late in 1852.
Mr.. Wilson is due to take off
around 1880 pm. for Elmendorf
Air Force base in Alaska. He will
leave Alaska tomorrow, arriving
in Tokyo May IA. Mr.. Wilson's
announced schedule makes no
mention Of Korea. His next
listed appointment is on May 10
in FormoSa.
Mr.. Wilson will remain on
Formosa until May 81. then go
to Okinawa for a days visit be-
fore flying to Hong Kong May
%. He is due in Manila May
"a and on his return trip will
reach Hawaii May 26. He is
due back in Washington May 80.
Mr.. Wilson's party will in
clude his wife. Under Secretary
Of the Navy and Mrs. Thomas
s. Gates and two military aides.
Evening star., 1954-05-11

through or disrupting the mas
Sive Communist assault on Diem
Bien Phu. The column, how
ever. might have helped in
connection with any break-out
from the fortress. Or it could
have picked up French Union
stragglers from the fortress.
But few. If any stragglers, are
believed to have escaped the
Communists when they swept
over the fortress area on Friday
The French Embassy here re-
ceived word that Communist ir-
regulars clashed with the column
and inflicted minor casualties.
The irregulars are not as
menacing to the column as regu-
lar Communist troops would be
Nevertheless. it can now be as
sumed that the Reds know the
approximate strength as well as
the position of the column. now
deep in Communist-controlled
territory.
The Reds, therefore, may be
able to neutralize the column
as a fighting force.
The column presumably will
withdraw. II it can.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Spring Plays Coy and Cool,
With Snow and Chilly Blasts

perature in orchards. where the
apples are now about peanut
size. is about 90 degrees.
Corn has displayed no damage
yet. Joseph E. Beard. Fairfax
County agricultural agent. re-
ported.
Washington area temperature,
which dropped to 45 at $3.50 this
morning. will struggle up to
about 81 today. The forecast
is for fair tonight with low of
80 in the suburbs: partly cloudy
and warmer tomorrow, with an
expected high of 68. The Mary
land-Virginia forecasts are quite
similar.
In its extended forecast, the
Weather Bureau predicts tenn
peratures four to six degrees be-
low the normals of "a aAd 54
with rain likely Thursday and
again on Sunday
It wasn't the same all over.
Presidio. Tex, reported 104 de-
grees yesterday.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
ThaiIand Offers Itself
As Allied Military Base
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BANGKOK. May 1l.-Thai-
lands defense chief said today
anti Communist nations could
use his country as a military
base if it is necessary to halt
Communist expansion in Indo-
China or elsewhere in Southeast
Asia.
Luang Del Fraiyugh, chief of
Thsiland's defense general staff
and deputy interior minister.
said his government wholly sup
ports a United States proposal
for a Southeast Asia treaty or
ganlzation. &
But he insisted that Britain
and France must cooperate to
assure successful united action
against Communist aggression in
Asia.
Mr.. Luang Del said that be-
fore Thailand could be- used as
a military base. nations con-
cerned would have to reach
agreement with the Thai gov
ernment on terms and condi-
tions, He did not elaborate.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Douglas Urges U. 5.
Atom Plant in Asia
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, May 11.-Supreme
Court Justice Douglas proposes
that the United States build an
atomic plant in Asia dedicated
to peace.
ut will speak more eloquently
than any propaganda of the de-
votion of America to the inter-
ests of the common man, what
ever may be his creed or color"
Justice Douglas advised that
problems between Russia and the
West over disarmament and
atomic control can best be solved
by talk. talk. talk. continuous
talk. unhurried talk; not talk to
reach the headlines, but talk to
reach the hearts and minds"
He also stated there is no one
way to peace. no easy way and
no quick way" However, he
added. there is a way and it is
our destiny to help find it,"
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Honduras Banana Strike
Tightens in 18th Day
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

1GALPA, Honduras,
May 1.-THE situation along
Honduras north coast banana
belt appeared to be worsening
today as a strike of 10000 United
Fruit Co. workers went into it's
18th day.
A shortage of food and sus-
pension of many public services
in the area has created serious
problems for the populace,
sources here said. Authorities at
La Lima, center of the COM
pany's operations. were reported
fearful of an epidemic due to in
terruption of sanitation services.
The strike began April 80 with
demands for wage increases and
other benefits.
All the company's installations
in the departments of Tela.
Puerto Cotres. Progreso and La
Lima, have been closed. Ameri-
can employees of the company
and their families at La Lima
were reported virtual prisoners
in their homes following threats
by the strikers.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
French Union Column, Sent
To Aid Fort, Is Under Attack

A column Of French Union
troops worked through the
Indo- Chinese jungle to within
40 miles of Dien Bien Phu.
but failed to help the de-
tenders of the fortress and now
has come under Communist at
tack, it was disclosed today.
Whether the column. which
had been sent to help the Dien
Bien Phu defenders. can re-
turn safely to its own lines was
not clear.
A French Embassy spokesman
said the column left Luang Pra-
bang. the capital of Laos, weeks
ago. Aircraft dropped supplies
to the troopers as they walked
along the 200-mile jungle route
from Luang Prabang to Diem
Bien Phu. Two weeks ago, the
column neared the fortress--and
halted.
Dien Bien Phu was under
siege by probably more than 40,-
900 Communists. The column
from Luang Prabang numbered
about three battalionS-perhaps
two to three thousand men.
It had no chance of breaking
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Dulles Proposes Asian Treaty
Carrying War Pledge if Reds
Continue |ndo-China Invasion
Wants tsAssociuted
Stdtes Included
In Defense Pact
By james E. Roper

Secretary Of State Dulles said
today a proposed defense al
lance for Southeast Asia should
authorize member nations, in
cluding the United States, to
fight if Communist aggression
continues in Indo-China.
Secretary Dulles told a news
conference that he wanted the
treaty to include all three Indo-
Chinese states of Wet Nam, Laos
and Cambodia. although the
United States would continue to
try to save the rest of South
east Asia even if Communists
should take all of Indo- China.
Mr.. Dulles, in answer to a Sc
ries of questions. detailed the
grave nature of the defensive al
lance he is trying to form
against communism in South
east Asia.
Asked what kind of commit
ments he thought the alliance
should involve, Secretary Dulles
said they should be of such a
character that if they are openly
challenged we should be ready
to fight.
Wants IndO- China in Pact.
A reporter asked whether the
treaty, as envisioned by Mr..
Dulles, would become operative
only if Communist China openly
entered the Indo-China war, or
If present fighting in Indo-China
by Communicated native reb-
els-would be sufficient to trig-
ger it
Mr.. Dulles replied that if Wet
Nam, Laos and Cambodia were
included in the pact, it would
be appropriate to use force to
put down the attack such as
those going on now there. He
said it was possible the pact
would not include Wet Nam.
Laos and Combodia. depending
on the attitudes of these states
themselves, France and possibly
other members of the treaty.
Asked if he thought the three
Indo-Chinese states should be
included in the treaty. Mr.. Dulles
replied afArmatively.
Mr.. Dulles was asked whether
the treaty discussions now going
on envisaged an agreement for
the borders of the three states
to be as they existed before the
Communist incursion. He re-
piled that that is a possibility
that has not been brought up,
but it is not excluded.
Sees Treaty Nucleus Now.
In a 45-minute news confer
ence devoted almost exclusively
to the Far Eastern crisis. Sec
retary Dulles said that because
of the United States treaties
with the Philippines and New
Zealand-Australia, there is al
ready a nucleus for a treaty for
the defense of Southeast Asia.
Mr.. Dulles said the United States
has been consulting these allies
under treaty provisions calling
for talks in the event of danger
to the area.
The United States also is try
ing to persuade Great Britain
and France to join in the alli-
ance for Southeast Asia but has
been stalled until the Geneva
conference at least indicates
wether France and the Com
CONTINUED on Page A-3, Col. -
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Congress Clears
District Works Bill;
House Acts Quickly.
$305 Million Program
Approved ; Minutes
After Being Called Up

Congress today complete d
favorable action on the Districts
$305 million. 10-year public
works revenue bill and sent it to
the White House.
Action came in the House
when the final compromise form
OF the measure was called UP for
action by Representative O'Hara
Republican. Of Minnesota.
AS chairman of the House Dis
trict Fiscal Subcommittee. the
legislator asked for approval of
the conference report, composing
differences between separate ver-
sions of the measure approved
by House and Senate.
The House clerk read briefly
from the report of the conferees.
Mr.. O'Hara moved the previous
question, which cut of debate.
Approved by Voice Vote.
Only three minutes after the
bill was called up, the House
approved it by voice vote at
1915 pm.
The measure soon will 60 to
the White House, where Presi-
dent Eisenhower is expected to
sign it. The President had
backed the need in the legisla-
ton
The compromise version Of
the big revenue bill shot through
the Senate without objection
yesterday.
Basically it provides increased
revenues-mainly for public
works construction - through
about $14.2 million more a year
in taxes, a SO million annual
boost in the Federal payment
and Federal interest = bearing
loans totaling about $71 million
over a 10-year period.
Matching Funds.
The legislation provides a for
mula by which part of the new
revenues must be spent each
year on public works improve
ment projects, matching funds
the city has on hand. Part of
the Federal payment increase
also will be available to pay in
creased operating costs gener-
ated by the vast improvement
program.
The fast Capitol Hill action
paved the way for the rapid in
clusion of major capital outlay
projects in the $141 million 1855
city budget request now before
Congress. The money bill sent
up in January was stripped OF
these items for the simple reason
that no money was available
Chairman Wilson, of the House
District Appropriations subcom-
mittee. intends to start hearings
on the budget this month BY
this time city officials expect
that the Budget Bureau will have
sent to Congress the new works
items for inclusion.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Details ond Picture o. Inspection Of
Condemned Buildings. Poee All


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committee went on an inspection
tour of slum locations. After the
tour. Senator Beall, Republican,
of Maryland. subcommittee
chairman. and Senator Mans
field, Democrat, of Montana,
agreed to report the proposed
legislation favorably to the next
meeting of the full committee.
On the House side, Chairman
O'Hara of the House District
Judiciary Subcommittee, opened
hearings on the same measure.
Both the Senators on the in
spection tour and the members
of the House subcommittee were
told that the Districts hands are
now tied in getting rid of con-
demned inSanitary dwellings. All
the District can do now. it was
explained. is force the owners to
vacate the condemned buildings.
Senator Beall commented after
his tour:
Senator Mansfield joins me
in feeling that this visit justifies
the need for the legislation. Now
we have seen what is actually
going on"
improvements Predicted.
Senator Mansfield predicted
that the proposed legislation
would result in more owners fix
ing up their property.
The requested legislation would
give the owners a period of time
to repair or remove condemned
dwellings and. If they failed to
do so, the District would do the
repair or removal work and
assess the owner for the cost.
Mr.. O'Hara. after listening to
an explanation of the bill by
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert Kneipp. proposed that
the bill be amended to specify
that the owneR would have the
right of appeal to the court
within a fixed period.
The Minnesota Republican
also wanted to know whether
any compensation for the own
ers was provided in the bill. Mr..
Kneipp responded that there
was some such provision in the
original law but Congress elimi-
mated it in 1885 because owners
might Intentionally let their
property deteriorate to get a
good settlement from the Dis
trict.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
BY the Assoeioted Press

~ "S NSSOStoISo TIOSS
GENEVA. May ia French
spokesman said today France
was willing to discuss the Com
muniSt plan for an Indo- China
armiStice along with it's own
plan. but declared strong oppo-
sition to major provisions of the
Communist proposal.
The. spokesman made it clear
France had no intention at pres
ent of breaking off the Indo-
China talks in Geneva despite
the apparent East-West dead
lock.
He explained Frances position
at a specially called news con-
ference as the French National
Assembly prepared to debate the
governments policy on Indo-
China.
He obviously was concerned
over headlines which appeared
in some Paris newspapers. on the
eve of the debate. indicating the
Geneva negotiations were regard
ed by the French as hopeless.
Wet Mimi Plan Opposed.
Some observers thought the
new French reaction to the
Communist terms represented a
softening of their position. but
it was clear the main provisions
Of the Wet Mimi plan were far
from acceptable to France.
After a careful study of the
plan," the spokesman said, 'our
first impressions are still valid"
He added, however:
1--WE consider the Wet Mimi
proposals as a basis for discus
sion. together with the French
proposals. We have not rejected
the Wet Mimi proposals"
A spokesman for the United
States delegation, informed of
the new French statements, said
the United States opposition to
the Communist terms was un-
changed. 1t was summed up this
way: The Communist plan, if
accepted in full, would represent
unconditional surrender to the
Communists.
Sources close to the Wet Ma
meSe delegation said the Com
munist terms were unacceptable
to Wet Nam.
Korean Phase Resumed.
These reactions came as the
1ndo- Chinese talks were in re-
cess. One Western source said
they might not be resumed be-
fore Friday. The Korean phase
Of the conference, meanwhile,
was resumed with a meeting OF
the 10 participating countries.
French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault, Soviet Foreign
Minister v. M. Molotov and Bel
gian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri
Spaak were reported ready to
speak.
The main points of Western
opposition to the Communist
proposals on o-China peace
were the provisions for Com
muniSt-Style elections withou,
international supervision, recog-
milton of the CommuniSt-backed
regimes Of Indo-C China and lack
OF military guarantees to back ur
the armistice.
Although the Western dele
tSee GENEVA, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Man, 81, Is Charged
With 40 Housebre

Police today are holding a
61-year-old man who. they say.
admitted he had broken into 40
houses with a piece of wire.
George E. Hicks of 1425 CO.
lumbia road NV. was arrested
in his home where police report
ed they found several. watches
and 20 silver dollars. Police
said they found FIVE diamond
rings. a watch and piece Of wire
on Hicks.
Police said Hicks told them he
would knock on a door and II
no one answered he would pick
the lock. II some one answered,
police said Hicks told them he
would ask for a fictitious person
and leave. Police charged him
with HOUSEKEEPING.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
,Stor Want Ad Sells
Outboord Motor Fast

To hear Mrs. N. A. p. Of North
west tell it. she certainly come to the
right pIoee to sell On outboord motor.
She ploeed On inexpensive od in The
Stor Classified. Results were imme-
'diote. She sold the motor the first
doy her od oppeored.
u you have something to buy, trcde
or sell. tell il to the long established
audience Of Stor readers and get
quick results.
The Stor publishes more classified
Gds thon any other Washington
newspaper beeouse it produces the
best results. It's cosy to ploee o
smell. inexpensive od in The StoF
Classified. Just phone Sterling
5000 end osk tor Gn od-toksr.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
By Crosby S. Noyes
FOREIGN Corraspondani of The SinI

PARIS, May lin a few
hours from now the free world
may know the full price of de-
feat at Dien Bien Phu.
In Geneva, Frances Foreign
Minister Bidault backed gen.
orally by his allies, is negotiating
with Communists for an honor
able peace in Indo-China.
In Saigon, French Comman-
der in Chief Navarro is calling
for, internat1onalization of the
Seven-year war as the only
means of victory. In Washing
ton, leaders are weighing the
possibilities and cost of Ameri-
can Intervention. Success or
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Wet Mini Shell Misses
Coqny, Aide Wounded
By the Assoeiated Press

HANOI, Indo- China. May IL.
"A Wet Mini mortar shell ex-
ploded on an air strip IS miles
southeast of Hanoi today just q
few minutes before 1t. Gen.
Rene Cogny. French commander
in Northern Indo-C China, arrived
to board a plane. Gen. Cogny's
chief aide. Brig. Gen. Jean
Mason. and two other persons
were wounded by fragments.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Wet Mimi 10 Meet
French at Fortress
On Aiding Wounded
Preparations Rushed
After Reds Agree to
Mercy AirIift
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAIGON, Indo-C China, May II.
Rebel Gen. Vo Nguyen Clap
broadcast over the Wet Mimi
radio today his agreement to a
meeting with French army rep
resentatives on the airfield at
Dien Bien Phu to arrange for
evacuation Of the wounded from
that fallen fortress.
Gen Clap agreed to the QUICK
evacuation of the fortress 1900
wounded after Gen. Henri Ma
varra. French Union commander,
had addressed a message to him
which was dropped on the bat
tered fortress by a French plane
early this afternoon.
The French commander also
had made an attempt to contact
Gen. Clap by Radio Hirondelle,
the voice of the French forces
in the Far East at Hano,
Stipulates 'Copter Marking.
Speaking over the Wet Mini
radio, the Communist COM
mander proposed the French and
Wet Mini representatives con-
front each other at the northern
portion of the Dien Bien Phu
Airf1eld.
The hellicopter carrying the
French should, he stipulated, be
plainly marked with a red cross.
The date of the encounter will
be fixed a day in advance by
Gen. Navarro.
The French message was ad-
dressed to Gen. Clap. whose
forces overran the Northwest
Indo-China bastion last FRI
day after 81 days of all-out
assault. Gen. Pierre Louis Bodet,
aide to the French commander
in chief, said it was dropped on
orders from the government in
Paris.
Preparations Rushed.
A French army Spokesman
earlier reported Gen. Navarro
had orders to rush preparations
for airlifting the wounded SOL
diers from the fortress.
Gen. Bodet said the airstrip
at Dien Bien Phu should be re-
paired sufficiently within four
days to receive transport planes.
The Communists agreed at the
Geneva conference yesterday
that the French could fly out
1900 seriously wounded troops
the Reds said they had captured.
Diem Bien Phu is ITS miles
northwest of Hanoi, nearest hos
Continued m pooe A.Q Col El
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Picture on Pose AS

Picture on Poge A-6
coldest spot in the Nation early
today-3l degrees-but a cloud
cover and slightly higher tenn
perature helped protect the ap-
pie country.
In Western Maryland, there
was at least two inches of snow
in the mountainous areas around
Oakland and on Big Savage
Mountain near FroStburg.
DR.. A. B. Groves. plant path
ologist at the Winchester lVa.)
Research Laboratory. said the
unofiicial low in that area was
about 40 degrees. Critical tenn
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Wave to Girl Costs z Lives

MADRID. Spain. May II R.-
A light plane carrying two Span
ish air sergeants on a training
fight swooped low over the city
today so one of the airmen could
wave at his girl friend. The
plane crashed in q patio a few
doors from the girls home. kill
ing both men.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Hoover Is Used
To Hard Criticism

30 YEARS WITH THE FBl- Dur
ing his mony years os chief OF the
FBl. }. Edgar Hoover hos been the
forget Of severe criticism, but todoy
he eommonds higher prestige then
ever. See the lost Of o series OF
stories on pose A-l0.
OLD FAvoRiTE-A fitting memo
riol to celebrate the oldest Of food
weeks, Notionol RoisIn Week, is 10
try mokins good oId-foshioned reisin
CROKER cookies. soys Violet fovIknsr.
The StoTs food editor. Poss 81.
Evening star., 1954-05-11

Washington. Virginia and
Maryland, well chilled by March,
like temperatures. face at least
five more days of suhnormal
readings. the Weather Bureau
said today.
Gordonsville. Va. had the du-
bicus distinction of being the
Evening star., 1954-05-11
Lute News
Bulletin

Judge Thomson Confirmed
The Senate today confirmed
the nomination of ROszel C.
Thomson to be Federal district
judge in Maryland succeeding
w. Calvin Chestnut, retired.
Evening star., 1954-05-11
French Agree
.ToDiscussion
OF Red Truce
PIun Opposed, But
1t Will Be Busis
For Geneva TuIks
RIIIl ETlM
BULLETIN

GENEVA P1.-Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov today
assailed the Western-proposed
Asian defense pact as an
American scheme designed to
preserve and perpetuate CO.
lonialiSm.