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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Mundt Faces Hurdles in Effort
ToPush Quiz ofMcCorthy Row

timony itself could upset his cal
culations.
Still awaiting decision in writ
ing the procedural rules is the
exact role Senator Mccarthy
may play when his subcommit-
tee, under Senator Mundt's tenn
porary Craftsmanship. starts the
inquiry. 8
Senator Mccarthy has said he
will insist on the right to cross
examine witnesses. and is will
ing to submit to questioning by
Army representatives when he
teStif1eS.
Senator Mccarthy says he is
willing to step to the sidelineS on
all other matters in the inquiry
to the extent of refraining from
voting on any matters involved
in it or appointing a successor
to cast a vote
Some veteran Senators said
Continued on Page AS, Col. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
By Howard L. Dutkin

Former Air Force Sergt. Robert
W. 10th must be returned to the
custody of military authorities
to face a court martial on MUIR
der charges, the U. S. Court of
Appeals for the District ruled
today.
It's ruling reversed a lower
court opinion that the Air Force
had acted illegally in arresting
10th after he had been dis
charged from the service.
10th is accused of the murder
of a Korean civilian September
81. 1852, when he was still in
service. On May IS, 1858, he
was arrested by military police
at his place of employment in a
Pittsburgh steel mill and flown
to Korea for court martial.
His sister, Miss Audrey NJ.
10th. sought his return through
a writ of habeas corpus. The
writ was granted by Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff in the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia.
Held Code Didn't Apply.
Judge Holtzoff held that the
Uniform Code of Military JUS
tice. under which 10th was
arrested and taken to Korea. did
not provide for the removal of a
defendant to such a far point
without a preliminary hearing.
But today the appeals court
held that the military's action
was constitutional. declaring {:
Due process OF law in military
procedure differs in material
respects from due process in the
civilian world
The court quoted the Uniform
Code as providing that any per-
son charged with having COM
mitted a crime. while in the
service, which is punishable by
five years imprisonment or more
and for which he cannot be
tried in any courts of the United
States. or any State or territory,
shall be subject to trial by court
martial.
I'm effect" the court said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
BY .he A.soeiated Pres.

FRANKFURT, Germany, Mar.
25.-An American contractor,
leaving by military plane today
for a Washington grand jury
hearing, threatened to crack
open what he called "a great
conspiracy to sabotage the
United States defense program
IN Europe
Robert E. Bowen, SO, formerly
OF Spokane, Wash, declared he
has enough photostatic evil
dence to result in the court
martial of at least five Army
officers"
He asserted many more Off
GERS would be involved if the
investigation is carried through
to the end.
Mr.. Bowen told newsmen he
believed the conspiracy was
partly Communist inspired, but
! can't prove this"
But 1 can prove the conspi-
racy." he said.
United States Army in Europe
headquarters at Heidelberg said
Mr.. Bowen would appear before
a Federal grand jury in Wash
ington at 9 am. tomorrow.
Army Refuses Comment.
The Army declined to COM
ment on Mr.. Bowen's charges.
or on his statement that the
hearing was being held at his
request.
Mr. Bowen said he had been
trying for more than a year to
get either a congressional hear
ing, or a grand jury hearing.
II wrote to everybody except
Senator Mccarthy" Mr.. Bowen
said, land / have nothing against
Mccarthy"
Mr.. Bowen added he had writ
ten dozens of letters to James B.
Conant, United States high COM
missioner in Germany, and to
Gen. William M. Hoge, COM
mander of the United States
Army in Europe.
The Army said Mr.. Bowen S
letters had been received. "ac-
knowledged and appropriately
acted upon
Mr. Bowen said he had written
to a number of senators, includ-
ing Bricker. Republican of Ohio,
and Magnuson, Democra of
Washington. He said he believed
Senator Magnuson had been in
strumental in arranging the
grand jury hearing.
Mr.. Bowen was arrested in the
French zone of Germany in Sep
TENDER. 1852, on charge of
possessing classified documents,
including the entire defense con-
struction program for West Ger
many. A spokesman for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Mdmbo's Murder
On Monpower,
Mogsoysoy Means
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Mar. 25.-President
Ramon Magsaysay told his
cabinet today the new mambo
dance craze should be declared
national calamity.
It's tough enough to rouse
government employees into work.
ing harder, the president quipped.
Then he cited the case of an en-
gineer who comes to Manila for
mambo lessons:
He dances for hours and hours
and he's so tired when he goes
back to his province he can't
do any work at all. I think this
mambo should be declared a
national calamity"
Why doesn't he fire the man?
Hes a good engineer" Mr..
Magsaysay said.
P.S.: Mr.. Magsaysay is strict
ly a waltz and slow fox trot
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Fire Races Dining Room
OF Seventh Street Cafe

A two-alarm fire destroyed the
interior of a second-f1oor dining
room at Keys Restaurant, 1853
Seventh street NV. early today.
Fremen said the blaze began
In a f1rst-f1oor kitchen. but shot
up a dumb waiter shaft to the
second floor of the frame build
ing. The fire. to which firemen
were summoned at 6:25 am,
blocked early morning streetcar
traffic on Seventh street.
Cause OF the blaze was not
Immediately determined. Fire
men said apparently nobody was
in the building when the fire
started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
A Study Of the Reds
Time Works Against Italy,
Trying to Avert Communism
Experts Agree Showdown Must Come;
Time, Man and Issue Are Yet to Appear

nism on every possible occasion.
Communist youth organizations
flourish everywhere. At election
time. the party's posters plaster
the country.
No opportunity to harass the
government is overlooked. The
most recent striking example, of
course is the Montesi scandal. in
which every new intimation of
corruption in high places has
been famed to a white heat with
small regard for truth. On the
day after the central figure in
the case-the self-styled Marquis
Ugo Montagna-waS officially
tagged as an ex-criminal. pro-
curer and black-marketeer, the
Communist paper "Unita" pub
lished a series Of six different
pictures showing Montagna and
Premier Scelba consorting to-
gether at a wedding.
New Votes Found in South
That these methods are effec-
tive. the results of the last cleo
ton seem to indicate. OF the l S
million new votes which swung to
the left. a sinister warning lies
in the fact that many of them
came from the agricultural area
in the south, where communism
had never gained a foothold
before.
The organization Of the Com
munist machine in Italy today is
one that must command respect.
if not admiration. AS it is en-
trenched. the job of dislodging
it will be neither easy nor pain
less. Yet the conviction is grow
ing that. if free government is
to survive in the long run, the
organization must be destroyed.
The realization comes rather
late. The best time for an about
effort against the Communists
would have been after their de-
feat in l948. when popular opin-
ion against them was strong and
when the Christian Democrats
held absolute and disputed power
in the Parliament. Now the Sit
ulation is much more delicate.
But given determination and
unity. the present government
has the power-both in the legal
and the physical sense-to do
the job.
1t also has a man who, in
(See MOVES, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
No. I Public Bath Washed Up
After 8.5 Million Soupinqs

Old Walters No. had pumped
out eight-gallon showers for a
nickel and 12-gallon tub baths
for a dime since 1900. Towels
and soap were included.
Registration was as strict as
the claSsiest hotel. The last
number was 8,570.380 and they
came from all over the world.
There still are seven public
bath houses in Baltimore. But
they never measured up to No.
/. Five years ago. it soaped down
56,192. Business was slow last
year, only 1886.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
10th Must Face Military Trial
In Killing, Appeals Court Rules
Uniform Code Applies to Ex-Sericemen,
Judges Declare in Reversing HoItzoff

this section of the Uniform
Code is no more than a provision
by Congress that an honorable
discharge from military service
shall not be an absolution for
crimes heretofore committed. In
substance and effect it is a gen.
eral condition attached by Con-
gress to discharges from the
service. We perceive no con-
stitutional invalidity in such
provision"
Today's opinion declared that
the statute which makes a
civilian amenable to trial by
court-martial necessarily con-
notes authority to apprehend him
for that purpose and to remove
him for trial to the place where
the alleged offense was COM
mitted."
The charges against 10th
stemmed from the Staying of
Bong Soon Kill, Korean civil
ian who had been found wan
dering about munitions dump
where an intruder was subject
to being shot. According to the
Government. 10th, who was SER
geant of the guard. and sentry.
Airman 1/c Thomas L. Kinder.
took the man before 1t. George
c. Schneider, who said the men
knew their orders and told them
to take the Korean out and shoot
him
Other Two Sentenced.
Subsequently, 10th aud Kin
der removed the prisoner to an
other location, where Kinder
shot HIM. Kinder and Schneider
were court-martialed while still
in the service and each SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
Later the sentences were re-
duced to five years for Schneider
and two for Kinder.
Today's opinion was written
by Judge E. Barrett Prettyman
and concurred in by Judges
Henry w. Edgerton and George
Washington.
Counsel for 10th had indi-
Gated earlier that an adverse
decision would be appealed to
the Supreme Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Senator'S Back
Bill to.Contro|
.CTC Dividends.
Measure Provides
Power to Cancel
Proposed Payments
n AZ
By Don S. Worren

Unanimous approval was voted
today by the business subcom-
mittee of the Senate District
Committee for a bill to give the
Public Utilities Commission con-
troll over dividend policies of
public utilities.
The measure would apply to
all utilities under the commits
Sion's jurisdiction but is directed
chiefly at the Capital Transit
Co.
Bills were introduced a year
ago by Senator Beall. Repub-
lican, of Maryland, and Chair
man Simpson, of the House Dis
trict Committee, at a time 81
public protests over Ire in
creased dividends declared by
the transit firm willie it was
seeking successive increases in
fares.
Amendments Included.
Some amendments were writ
ten into the bill today by the
subcommittee in line with sug-
gestions offered by the District
Commissioners and members of
the utilities commission.
The action followed a hear
ing in which a half dozen wit.
nesses all urged speedy approval.
These included spokesman for
the Commissioners, the utilities
commission. the Federation Of
Citizens Associations and labor
unions.
The bill would empower the
commission to order a proposed
dividend Cancelled whenever it
found that its payment would
impair the capital of the utility.
This could be ordered after a
public hearing.
The measure also provides
that none of the utilities should
declared any dividend on it's
stocks unless its earnings and
earned surplus were sufficient to
pay the dividend after provision
was made for reasonable and
proper reserves.
Contingent on Service.
Such dividends would also be
contingent upon the ability Of
the concern to continue to rem
der adequate service at reason
able rates
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator Payne. Republican, Of
Maine also unanimously re-
ported bill which would forbid
former members of the utilities
commission from representing
any of the regulated concerns
in matters before the commits
sion for a two-year period.
This is a modification of a bill
sponsored year ago by Senator
Nicely. Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia after James H. Flanagan,
resigned as chairman of the
utilities commission to become a
vice president of the transit
company.
There was no expressed oppo-
sition to the utility dividend con-
troll bill.
The witnesses IN favor of the
bill were:
Chairman Robert E. Nc
Laughlin of the Public Utilities
Commission, Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West, Robert
Weston of the utilities commits
sion, Walter j. Bierwagen, pres
ident of the transit workers.
union local, and Mrs. Edward B,
Morris, secretary of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
100 Poles Feared Decd
In Coal Mine BIust
BY the Associated Press

VIENNA. Austria, Mar. 25.-
Warsaw Radio said today that a
large number OF Polish coal min
erS-posSibly as many as 100
had been killed in a mine explo-
sion at Chorzow, in Silesia.
The broadcast charged sabo-
tage.
The broadcast said that when
fire broke out in the mine. "sev-
eral score" of the miners were
buried. The Polish word used
for several score" could mean
up to 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
A Study Of the Reds
BY Crosby S. Moves
foreign Correspondent Of The Star

ROME-There is one point on
which most of the experts here
are agreed: Sooner or later, there
must be showdown between the
forces of democracy and the
forces of communism in Italy. AT
this point. the question is one of
finding the right time, the right
man and the right issue.
In the face of increasing Com
munist strength, it is possible, of
course to sit tight and do nothing.
There is always a chance that
something will happen-that the
Communists will make o serious
mistake. that the cold war will
end. that the people themselves
may gradually come to recognize
the menace for what it is. But in
their moments of realism. the
Italians admit that time is
against them. To do nothing is to
take an odds-on chance of losing
Italy by default.
Certainly the C o m m u n S t S
themselves are playing no such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Loofing Pays Better Than Job;
Briton Can't Afford to Work

ment benefit Of IS, 10 shillings
($16.66) a week, plus a family
allowance Of e. ($5.60) a week
for his five youngest children
total, e., 10 t$22.26).
Judge Tudor Rees. stumped,
adjourned the hearing for a
month. remarking:
you certainly haven't much
inducement unless you are keen
on work. But I hope the Min
istry of Labor can do something
to ensure that you take q job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

Hovord Low Deem Soys No Senator Ho.
Right to Order Probe. Page As
to follow as presiding officer of
the inquiry.
1t calls for swift selection of
a special counsel and agree
ment on rules under which the
Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee will look into:
l. An Army report backed by
Secretary Stevens accusing Sen
ator Mccarthy and his chief
counsel. Roy M. Cohn, of trying
to get favored treatment for
Pvt. G. David Schine, an I'M
paid subcommittee aide drafted
last fall.
2. Return accusations by Sem
ator Mccarthy and Mr.. Cohn
that Mr.. Stevens and his asso-
ciates tried to "blackmail" the
committee into dropping its in
quiry into alleged Communists
in the Army by using Pvt. Schine
as a hostage" Mr.. Stevens re-
piled that the charge was fan
tastic."
Five Days Anticipated.
Senator Mundt told reporters
he is thinking in terms of five
busy days of taking, testimony
declaring II can't see anything
in the picture now that would
take longer" But he said unex-
pected developments in the tes-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Friday Night Is Limit
For Sunday Want Ads

The deodIine for wont dds to be
published IN The Sunday StoF is 10
pm. each Friday. You con 0void
the discriminate rush by placing your
Sunday Stor won't od now.
II you have something to buy.
frode or sell and wish to advertise il
in The Sunday Star. just phone
Sterling 5000 now and ask for. an
od-toker.
Remember, The Stor eorries more
wont dds than any other Woshine-
RON poper-beeouse The Stor produces
the best results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Expert Studying
Police Efficiency
Is Robbed of $500

Red-faced Alexandria police
today were furiously seeking a
sneak thief who took a wallet
containing 5000 from Bruce
Smith of New York at the George
Mason Hotel Tuesday night.
The thief couldn't have picked
q worse victim.
Mr.. Smith, a public admin
istration consultant, has been
retained by the city to survey
the efficiency of the Alexandria
Police and Fire Departments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

BALTIMORE, Mar. 25.-Bal-
timore's busiest Saturday night
bath tub has been filled for the
last time. The waiting line num-
bered more than 8 million be-
fore they shut off the water.
1t was turned off by today's
idea Of better living. A slum
clearance plan made it neces-
sary that Walters No. /, other
wise known as Baltimore's first
public bath, 60 down the drain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Soviet Trade Drive
Aimed at Millions

THE EAST MOVES WEST-Ths
vision OF 800 million new customers
Russlo IS dreomlne Of could hove a
yost international effect for years to
come. Associated Press Stoff Writer
Fronk o'Brien. in the lost Of O series
Of three articles, summarizes the Red
trode Complain on poae BIZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

SECOND OF SerieS OF hree Articles.
waiting game. There is every
reason to believe that the Krem-
lin is making its supreme effort
here. The Communist Party in
Italy is the largest. best organ
lied and best led instrument of
Soviet ambition this side of the
Iron Curtain. 1t disposes of ap-
parently unlimited funds. It is
working with fanatic determina-
ton.
Controls in Many Places
Starting full-blown at wars
end with number of assists
from the American military gov
ernment) the party leaders
quickly infiltrated every key
branch of the government, seized
control of the labor unions and
established themselves as the un-
disputed masters of many i'm
portant localities. Today, with
the exception of the army and
the police. they are still there.
The Communist rsess is by far
the most widely read and most
carefully directed in Italy.
Throughout the country thou
sands of professional activists
are at work. talking up commu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Toscunini 81 Today

NEW YORK, Mar. Is P.-
Maestro Arturo Toscanini is 81
years old today. The famed con-
ductor of the NBC Symphony
Orchestra planned to celebrate
in his usual quiet manner-a pri-
vate family dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
By the Associated Press

Senator Mundt. Republican, of
South Dakota, said today he
still hopes to launch next week
a public Senate investigation of
the row between Senator Nc
Carthy and top Army officials.
Senator Mundt outlined a
quick-pace schedule he wants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
BY the As.oeiotsd Pres.

LONDON, Mar. 25.-Edward
c. Bloomfield says he simply
can't afford to quit loafing and
go to work.
Bloomfield, being sued by a
creditor, explained to the Judge
yesterday:
The best job, he has been
offered would pay only f6
($16.80) week. AS long as he
Is idle, he receives an unemploy-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Ship Is Months Lute

SINGAPORE, Mar. IS (P.-
A small South Korean tanker
laden with Saudi Arabian oil lay
at anchor here today, still a long
way from Yokohama where she
was due last November. Engine
trouble all the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

Let Live" With Reds. Poae "A
"gleaned from American mill
tary quarters. He refused to
elaborate.
The United States Far East
command had no comment.
Mr.. Matsumae's statement to
newsmen followed release of a
report yesterday by the right
wing Socialist Party of which he
is a member. The Socialists are
pushing a resolution in the Diet
calling on the United Nations
to ban atomic weapons and urg-
ing international control of
atomic energy.
Ashes Circle Globe
The report said small quanti-
ties Of radioactive ash fall on
Japan about three times every
two weeks from Russian explo-
sions in Siberia.
THE United States has con-
f1rmed through these ashes that
Russia possesses atomic bombs"
the report said. 1.-THE ashes take
three days to reach Japan and
take one week to circle the
globe"
Government Weather Fore
caster HiroShi Ito told Kyodo
News Service Russian atomic
particles could fall in Japan.
He said prevailing winds are
westerly throughout the year.
Burned Fishermen Improve.
The report of Russian tests
stirred anew the controversy
over radiation burns suffered by
% japanese fishermen who were
too close to a United States
hydrogen blast at Bikini
March l..
Developments included:
l. A joint Japan-American
group continued work on treat
ment of the fishermen, all of
whom were reported better to-
day by DR.. Masao Tsuzuki.
2. American Ambassador John
M. Allison notified the Foreign
Office the United States is ready
to pay for medical care and re-
lief Of the families of the %
fishermen. This follows state
ment by Chairman w. Sterlin
Cole, Republican of New York,
of the Joint Congressional
Atomic Energy Committee that
the United States will make no
commitment to pay damages un-
til responsibility is determined.
Timetable of Tests Asked.
3. Japan asked the United
States for an explosion time
table on future Marshall Island
tests because placing of danger
signs around the zone is not
enough. Kyodo declared.
4. Japan's seamen's union de-
nounced enlargement of the
danger zone as disregarding free
dom Of the seas. The union said
this is a blow to fishermen whose
livelihood depends principally on
central Pacific catches Of tuna
and bonito fishing.
S. Foreign Minister Okazaki
said the police have been warned
to be on the lookout for certain
person" Communists - trying
to buy or steal radioactive sam
pies from the Lucky Dragon
the fishing boat showered with
radioactive ash near Bikini.
6. DR.. Tsuzuki objected to a
statement in the United States
by Senator PaStore. Democrat,
of Rhode Island that the fisher
mems injuries were exaggerated.
DR.. Tsuzuki complained Senator
Pastore isn't a doctor and could
not know definitely Although
reporting the fishermen are bet
ter, the doctor said he could not
guarantee that long-range effects
would not cause serious trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Japan Reported
Hit by Russian
Atomic Ashes
Tests in Arctic Cause
Shower, Member of
Parliament Says
BY the A.soeia,ed Pres,

TOKYO, Mar. 25.-A Socialist
Diet member said today atomic
particles are falling on Japan
from Russian A-bomb tests near
the Arctic Circle.
ShigeyoShi Matsumae. an en-
gineer. said his information was
H-Bomb GloFe Rivoled Sum-. Injured
Joponese DecIores. Poge "A
British Atom Chief Proposes Live and
Let Live" With Reds. Poee A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

Second Of q Series Of Three Articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

Horvord Low Deem Soys No Senotor Hos
Right to Order Probe. Poqe AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

Continued on Page AS, Col. 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25

CLEANED from American mill
tary quarters" He refused to
elaborate.