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Evening star., 1954-10-31
The Star and WMAL .J0ik,ing Q
To Tell the Election Story

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and WMALTV join forces this week to bring Washington
residents the full election story.
On Tuesday The Stars several editions will report the
continuing story the Nation to the polls to elect
gressmen Senator'S Governors and local officials Special
focus will be placed upon election activities in the nearby
counties of Maryland and Virginia.
On Tuesday night minute reports of the Mary
land and Virginia vote count will be presented The
Radio Station WMAL at the following times pm, $3.50 pm,
and half hour from 925 pm These reports will
originate from the newsroom of The Star.
Election round-ups WMAL-TV start at II pm. with
local vemnute reports provided by The Star scheduled
every half hour beginning at 11:25 pm.
On Wednesday The Star will publish the most complete
local and national election story of any Washington paper
Election pictures vote tabulations principal cand
dates in Maryland Virginia authoritative analyses
local and national results will be featured.
Read The Star for the complete election story. Phone
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Evening star., 1954-10-31
By Gene Goodwin

Baltimore bookmakerS last
night were quoting odds of 6-to-5
in the Maryland gubernatorial
election and those who dared to
bet could name their own choice
for winner as the campaigning
drew to close.
AS cautious as the bookmakers
in predicting an outcome are the
professional politicians. They
agree that anything can happen
Tuesday. and they doubt whether
the outcome--no matter how 1t
goes-can be tagged as any indi-
cation of national trends.
This is because the campaign
between Gov. Theodore Nickel
din. Republican. and DR.. Harry
Clifton Byrd, Democrat. has, for
the most part. been one of per-
sonalities.
| With the exception OF segre-
cation. the issues between the
two men have not been mean
ingful to the average voter, and
national issues have not figured
in the campaign at all.
/ Democrats will vote for Gov
McKeldin, as they have in large
numbers in the past. And Re-
publicans, many of them alumni
of the University of Maryland
which DR.. Byrd headed for 18
years, will vote for the Democrat.
The party-line vote is apt to be
a minor factor.
This is less true in the battles
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Anything Possible Tuesday
In Maryland, Leaders Say
Bookmokers Cautious About Odds;
Segregation Is Explosive Issue

for Maryland's seven seats in
the House Of Representatives and
in the county and Baltimore city
campaigns. Polls throughout the
State will be open from z am.
to 7 pm.
In the two Congressional dis
tricts fringing on Washington,
Republican Representatives Hyde
in the 9Th and Small in the 5th
have been facing serious chal-
lenges from Democratic con-
tenders.
Edward j. Ryan. Cumberland
attorney who is up against Mr..
Hyde. is expected to do we'll in
the four western counties Gar
rett. Allegany. Washington and
Frederick of the district. Mr..
Hyde is favored in his own Mont
gomery county, but observers be-
lieve he will have to accumulate
a good maj jority-say. $500 votes
there to stand off Mr.. Ryan.
In the 5th District. Democrat
Richard E. Lankford also is given
a good chance of reversing the
defeat he suffered in 1852, when
Mr.. Small won by 1.039 votes
The segregation issue is help
ing Democrat Edward Turner of
Centreville in his bid to upset
Representative Miller, who has
| represented the Eastern Shores
1st District. Representative Tur-
ner has made a close race of it
by trying to pin the "integration-
(See MD poi ITICS Do AIN
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Air Crash Kills Wilbur Shaw,
Auto Racer, and ? Friends

oils artist who painted the por-
trait of the 500-mile race winner
each year. and Ray Grimes, 40,
a pilot from Greenfield, Ind.
The light plane crashed and
broke to pieces in a field as a
farmer watched. It tore up a
spot where he had been picking
corn 80 seconds before. The bod
les were ground to bits in the
wreckage. which was scattered
over a distance of several hun
dred feet.
Identification of the bodies
was impossible. Mr.. Shaw and
Mr.. Grimes were identified by
their pilots licenses and Mr..
Roose by a wallet.
A representative of a Detroit
advertising firm said Mr.. Shaw,
lSee SHAW, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Before Dixon-Yotes:
A Backward Look.

IT HAPPENED BEFORE - Acc
under President Trumon contracted
with selected pnvote utilities for
power in the IVA oreo-but there
wos no Dixon-Yotes furor. Story on
Pose A. discusses precedents.
GOT ANY cRAcKPoTs1-Joh. o.
Lone hos been in the business Of fix.
ing Woshineton's sheltered chine for
43 yeors. Jock Jonos sketches his
rise to fome on Poge C-l3.
BEHIND THE RED CURTAIN
Another dispoteh by Reporter vii.
liom Stevenson from China tells first
hond Of Chou En-ioi. Moo Use -tuns
and the visit Of Nehru Of Indie.
Pose AS.
Complete Index. Poqe Az
Rodio- Tv Programs. Poees E-4-5
Evening star., 1954-10-31

an off-year. is in prospect. In
addition to President Eisen-
howers stepped-up efforts. rea-
sons for new Republican hope
include:
l. An appeal to his followers
by Senator Mccarthy. Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin, that they
kick in their votes for G. o. p.
candidates-except one.
2. Vice President Nixon's wav-
ing of the Red issue" in Demo-
cratic faces.
3. The terrific bitterness en-
gendered in New York guber.
material campaign, where Re-
publican Senator Ives and Gov.
Dewey are labelling Tammany-
backed Averell Hartman as in
competent or worse. Mr.. Harri-
man. who looks like the likely
winner, has been calling their
charges lies"
Five Factors Favor Democrats.
Working for the Democrats,
according to surface reports and
symptoms of political sentiment.
are these factors:
/. Spotty unemplos .nent, and
less take-home pay for many
workers.
2. Low farm prices.
3. Disappointment because
taxes have not been slashed
more.
4. Soreness on the part of So
called Old Guard Republicans.
S. Disaffection on the part of
supporters of Senator McCar-
thy.
To be elected Tuesday are 432
members of the House. 81 SEN
ators and 33 Governors and their
State tickets. Maine, in its lead
off September election, already
has reelected Republican Sen.
Cont on Page AT, Col. 1.)
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Fee System 10 Pay
For Sanity Exams
Put Under Scrutiny
One D. c. Psychiotrist
Nets S5,075 in Year
Over Hospital Salary
By Miriom Ottenberq

The fee system used here to
pay for mental examinations in
criminal cases netted District
General Hospital psychiatrist
who makes $500 a year an
extra S5,Of5 in the last year.
In all, during the past fiscal
year, fees paid to psychiatrists
to examine prisoners and testify
in criminal cases amounted to
$12,410.
OF the total, $9,750 went to
three District General psychia-
trists simultaneously getting
hospital salaries.
Court officials, it was learned,
have begun to take a long look
at the fee system for these rea-
sons:
l. 1t is generally expected that
the demand for mental examina-
tionS will increase substantially
because of a series of recent de-
cisions by the u. S. Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Colum-
bia-and the costs will go uI
proportionately.
2. They figure the money laic
out for these fees might better
be spent for full or part time
psychiatrists on a salary basi.
who would be readily available
to make complete examinations
3. They question: the amount
of money being paid out to Dis
trict General psychiatrists in
addition to their hospital sal
aries.
4. They are aware that mem
bers of the District Medical So
ciety who have volunteered tt
serve on a panel for these ex-
| aminationS are reluctant tC
spend so much time away from
| (See PSYCHIATRISTS, A-2)
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Stevenson Charges
President Aids Use
OF Red Propaganda
Says Eisenhower's
'Crusode' Is Over;
Hits 6. O. P. Islander
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Adlai
E. Stevenson charged tonight
that "the President himself" has
affirmed Republican campaign
material which has been stand
ard Communist propaganda for
years" s. s..g.
This" said Mr.. Stevenson, "is
the end Of the great crusade"
The 1852 Democratic presi-
Dental candidate attacked Pres
ident Eisenhower, Vice President
Nixon. Senator Joseph r. Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wiscon-
sin, and other Republican lead
ers in a Nationwide television
and radio address.
He appeared angrily indignant
at many points of the speech.
He told Democratic rally in
the closing days of the campaign
he fears that irresponsible poll
ticians tearing the Nation apart
in search for votes, have reck-
lessly damaged our freedom, our
self-respect and our unity of
national purpose"
"Those who seek victory at
this price can be rebuked in only
one way" he said. And that
is at the polls"
Communist PrODaganda.
mot just the Vice President
and the Republican campaigners,
but now the President himself
has affirmed the proposition that
our prosperity has been achieved
in the past only at the price of
war and bloodshed," Mr., Steven
son said.
This, of course, has been
standard Communist propaganda
for years, and is believed by
many to prove that the United
States is ready to precipitate
war in order to save capitalism.
Il am sure that the President
must have spoken thoughtlessly
and careless. -" Mr.. Steven
son said.
Mr.. Stevenson said the facts
contradict such a proposition.
THE President evidently for
gets the successful transition
from war to peace in 1945 and
1916. :" Mr.. Stevenson as
serted. I'm 1916 we had far less
(See STEVENSON, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Other Political Stories
Inside Todoy's Star
National Compoion

National Campaign.
Republicans show 100000 edge in
eompoien spending. Poee AS.
Do Stevenson crowds totoI 1856?
Poee A..
Review Of the mid term election
eompoien. Pose Alb.
Stote Compoiens.
Correspondents report on 9 kew
Senate roees. Pose A-25.
Prvote school pIon foees Georgia boI-
lot test. Pose AS.
Maryland and Vireinio.
Nearby Democrats hopeful Of gains.
Pose Alb.
McKeIdin and Byrd confident. tell
why they expect to win. Pose As.
Byrd would continue rood proerom
with SIS million sowing. Page A-S.
MeKeIdin predicts victory over Byrd
OF $1,000 votes. Pose As.
Neorby bollot referendums receive
little attention. Pose AIS.
Home rule. solories top Morylond list
OF 3 amendments. Poss As.
Evening star., 1954-10-31
BY the Assoeiofed Press

DECATUR, Ind. Oct. 30
Wilbur Shaw. president of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
and three-time winner of the
500-mile race. was killed with
two companions in plane crash
near here late today.
The great racing figure, who
had survived serious accidents
on the tracks and a severe heart
attack. would have been SO years
old tomorrow. He was returning
home from Detroit after a test
run in a new car to get infor-
nation for a magazine article
This is safer than flying an
airplane." Mr.. Shaw had re-
marked after the test run at
Detroit.
Killed with him were Ernest
r. Roose, 41-year-old Indianap-
Evening star., 1954-10-31
DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO WIN BOTH HOUSES
Food Poisoned,
MysteryCoN
Warns Nixon
By the Associated Press

SEATTLE, Oct. 30.-Vice Pres
ident Nixon's press secretary said
tonight the Secret Service had
received an anonymous telephone
call that the Vice President S
food, served to him in his hotel
room, had been poisoned.
William Kloepfer, jr., the sec
retary, said the Vice President
was advised of the report and
dismissed the idea as the act
of a crank"
His statement continued:
THE security men insisted,
however, on a laboratory exam
ination of the food and up to
this time there is no report on
it or any information on whether
the examination was completed.
Other Food Substituted.
Mr.. Kloepfer said the Vice
President did not eat any of the
food as it was removed for an
analysis and other food substi-
tuted.
The menu for Mr.. NiXon'S
evening meal in his room at the
Benjamin Franklin Hotel was to-
mato soup, sandwiches, straw
berry ice cream and tea.
Mr.. Kloepfer said the anony-
nous phone call came through
the hotel switchboard from out
side the hotel at 1922 pm.
(PSTO, about 80 minutes before
Mr.. Nixon's appearance before a
Republican rally in his last ma
jor prediction speech.
Caller Knew Of Delivery.
The Secret Service men who
received the call were in the
room next to the Vice Presi-
dents and Immediately began
the investigation. Mr.. Kloepfer
said the caller said something
to the effect that the food just
delivered to the Vice Presidents
room had been poisoned"
Detective Sergeant I. A..
O'Mera of the Seattle Police De-
partment said the Secret Service
had requested the services of a
laboratory technician. The SER
geant said the department had
none available and he did not
know who was called to make
an analysis if one is being made.
The report of the phone call
was not disclosed here until Mr..
Nixon had finished his half-hour
televised address to an audience
which filled all but about 100
seats in the balcony of the 1900
capacity Palomar Theater.
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Politics Fear Makes Nurse
Miss Call From Eisenhower

ing from Washington today.
Il would have liked to receive
a call from the President, how
ever" she said, adding that she
is a Republican.
Henry Jackson, Miss Young's
uncle, answered the White House
call and said Miss Young was
away from home.
"It's all dropped" he told a
reporter Its all Cancelled"
Miss Young was on President
Eisenhower's list Of persons to
be called in his effort to get out
the vote in Tuesdays elections.
Evening star., 1954-10-31
BY the Associated Press

CONVICTION. KY, Oct. 30
A school nurse who wasn't at
home when the White House
telephoned today said she was
advised mot to be available"
Miss Helen May Young said
that as a member of the Coving-
ton Board of Education she was
discouraged from engaging in
political activities.
She did not say who suggested
that she not be available. She
said she had learned yesterday
that an important call was COM
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Hall Sees Democrats
Frantic Over Swino
BY the Assoeioied Press

Republican Chairman Leonard
w. Hall yesterday said Demo
cratic leaders "are frantic at the
big swing toward the Republi-
cans in the last 10 days"
He said language used lately
by Stephen A.. Mitchell, the Dem
ocratic National chairman, and
Adlai E. Stevenson, 1852 pres
idential nominee, has been
shameful"
Mr.. Mitchell on Friday charged
President Eisenhower with join
ing in what he called a "red
smear" of Democrats and termed
this shameful"
Evening star., 1954-10-31
See Editorial "Integrotion and School
Enrolment" Poee A-24.


per cent fewer white pupils than
a year earlier. Secondary en-
, rollment counts-now out-of-
date. but the only ones by race
yet made-shoWed 40,359 white
pupils and 59,364 Negroes. 3,414
up for Negroes but 1856 down
for white.
How much Of this white de-
crease is the direct result of
integration can not be precisely
determined. But such a sharp
drop is unprecedented.
White Decrease Studied.
White enrolment has dropped
somewhat in IA of the 19 years
since 1886. In 1942-after the
start of World War lit fell
5.3 per cent. 1t fell 4 per cent
in 1850, after the outbreak OF
the Korean War. But after both
wars it rebounded slightly.
Searching records back into the
1880s. school system statisticians
can find no drop comparable tc
the one this fall.
School officials have begun a
study Of the decrease in an
effort to learn it's significance
and causes. The results of this
study by the school system are
not available. Meanwhile, The
Star has made a study of ite
own.
Here are some of the facts
disclosed:
One-fifth of the Districts for
merly all-white schools have had
an increase this fall in white
enrolment. Four-f -fifths have had
a decline.
The decline has been rela-
g lively sudden. Many schools
which registered a pupil increase
a year ago have had a decrease
this year. In other cases, a
gradual decline has been ac-
celerated. Much of the decline
occurred since last June. The to-
tai white loss during the sum-
mer amounted to 2,253 pupils,
or SIS per cent June enrolment.
Elementary Loss Greatest.
All grade levels have been af-
fected, but the sharpeSt white
loss is in the elementary grades.
Between September 16, 1858, and
September IA, 1854. the elemen-
tary schools lost 11.2 per cent,
junior highs 4 per cent and Sc
nior highs 2 per cent.
The white loss has been great
est in schools most affected by
integration. In 18 schools to
which officials announced last
May they intended to transfer
groups of Negro pupils this fall,
the white decline on September
IA, compared with September a
year ago, averaged 24.6 per cent.
At one elementary school (Blair,
I street near Seventh N.E) it
amounted to 51.8 per cent. Dur
ing the summer, the white loss
in the 18 schools averaged 16.5
per cent.
In IL of the other schools
which this fall acquired their
first Negro pupils. the white loss
in a years time has exceeded %
per cent.
Ten schools having no Negro
pupils also have had an enroll
Continued on Page ALL, Col. -
Evening star., 1954-10-31
President Sets
COPE Phone
Drive Motion
Appeals for Booking
In Personal Calls to
10Voters in 9 State:
By Robert K, Walsh

President Eisenhower person.
ally telephoned 10 citizens
throughout the country yester-
day to spark a phone your
neighbor" drive for spreading
the word to get out the vote
Tuesday for Republican candi-
dates.
From his desk in the White
House he called seven women and
three men described by White
House officials as being a typical
cross-section of the public. They
live in nine States from coast to
coast. Gen. Eisenhower asked
each to telephone 10 others and
request them, in turn. to call
still more with the same request.
BY the laws of geometrical, if
not political, progression such a
chain circuit conceivably could
soon reach all of the approxi-
mately 100 million eligible voters.
No Individual Plugs.
While frankly designed to aid
the Republican Party line and
capture control of the next Con-
gress, the presidential calls put
in no plugs for individual cam
didates. Gen. Eisenhower's par
ticipation launched a similar
telephone campaign effort in
which Republican Governors.
Republican National Committee
members, and members of Citi-
zens for Eisenhower Joined. The
10 long distance calls from the
White House were paid for by
the Republican National Com
mittee. the White House an
nounced.
Democrats promptly described
this as a "talkathon" and set in
motion a "walkathon" Of their
own. National Chairman Steph-
en- A. Mitchell suggested that
every Democratic candidate and
party official walk to the homes
of 10 people-even If their tele-
phone lines are busy-and urge
those people to see that they and
others walk or ride to the polls
Tuesday. Mr.. Mitchell predicted
that this "face to face" approach
will make a far better connec-
ton in setting of a chain re-
action for Democrats.
Enthusiastic Response.
At any rate, Gen. Eisenhower
received an enthusiastic response
from the 10 persons he called.
Telephone company officials in
at least one major city. Los
Angeles, attributed a record
load of calls to the Presidents
scheme. Phone officials there
said an upsurge in calls began
shortly before noon and increased
through the afternoon.
Switchboard and dialing sys-
TENS were SWamped, the officials
said. and extra operators were
called in to handle one of the
heaviest telephone traffic days
on record.
At Worcester, Mass, an official
said a spot check showed that
toll calls in central Massachu-
setts were up 1,5O0 to 1000 above
normal traffic. and local calls
were up from 10 to Is per cent.
But he added this could have
resulted from stormy day in
that area.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the 10
were selected from among sew
eral thousand who recently wrote
to the President pledging support
and in some instances advising
him to campaign actively for
G. .. P. candidates in the coming
elections The 10 were selected
along geographical and occupa-
tional lines, and not necessarily
(See PHONES, Page A-5,)
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Would End Trade Pact

MANILA. Oct. 30 (P).-Senator
Claro M. Recto today advocated
abrogation of the Philippine
trade treaty with the United
States if current talks for its re-
vision should fail.
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Schools Show
PET. Drop in
WhitePupiIs
RocioI lntegrotion
Brings Shorpest
Cut in History
By james G. Deone

Racial integration of WASH
ington's public schools has been
accompanied by what appears
to be the sharpest drop in white
enrolment in school system his
tory
The District school system re-
opened in September. with 81
Evening star., 1954-10-31

(See PSYCHIATRISTS, A-2)
Evening star., 1954-10-31

(see STEVENSON, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1954-10-31

(See MD. POLITICS, Pg. AID
Evening star., 1954-10-31
Weather Forecast

Considerable cloudiness and rath
with high about A. Fair and cold
Gull report on Page A-2)
Hourly Temperatures.
Evening star., 1954-10-31

(See PHONES, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1954-10-31

Continued on Page ALL. Col. -
Evening star., 1954-10-31

Cont on Page AT, Col. ~
Evening star., 1954-04-30
Heavy Windows
To Shield Workers
At Atomic Plant
BY the Assoeloted Press

HARRODSBURG, KY, April
30.-The Corning Glass Works
plant here reported yesterday it
had assembled glass windows,
weighing up to IL tons, for
shields against atomic radiation.
1t called them the heaviest glass
windows in the world.
The announcement said the
windows would be used to pro-
tect atomic plant employees on
experiments in the research and
development program for an
atomic-powered airplane. The
windows, some of which are ap-
proximately by 812 feet and
weigh as much as IL tons, were
assembled in a demonstration
attended by representatives of
contractors of the Atomic
Energy Commission. The glass
works is making some of the
windows for the Aces engine
test facility at the national re-
actor testing station near Idaho
Falls, Idaho.
The glass is of three different
densities. The pieces of glass
are stacked together and as
sembled in a steel frame. After
the demonstration, the windows
were taken apart for shipment
to the reactor station.
Evening star., 1954-04-30
Gen. Bradley Cites
Need Of SIS Million
United Defense Fund

The United Defense Fund will
seek to raise SIS million this year
to carry on its work. Gen. Omar
N. Bradley, new national cam
paign chairman, announced yes
terday.
His announcement came at a
luncheon in the. Hotel Statler
during the funds annual meet
ing and leadership mobilization
here yesterday.
IF our defense program is to
be as strong as it needs to be,
then we must provide for the
people engaged in that program
the essential services of the
United Defense Fund agencies"
Gen. Bradley said, in explaining
the need to raise $4.5 million
more than the fund took in last
year.
The aim of the fund is to
finance national health and well
fare services made necessary by
UllC C11O1 4I0 pa UANAPeAO-
ing agencies are the American
Social Hygiene Association, the
National Recreation Association.
the United Community Defense
Services. Inc; the United Sea-
mems Service. Inc. and the USO.
A highlight of yesterdays
meeting was the presentation OF
a citation to 1t. Gen. James H.
Doolittle, last years national
campaign chairman. by PreSl-
dent Eisenhower in the Rose
Garden at the White House.
Some 500 delegates to the meet
ing attended the White House
ceremony.
Gen. Doolittle, now chairman
of the funds board of directors,
also spoke at the luncheon, as
did Francis Cardinal Spellman
of New York. Edward L. Ryer-
son, chairman Of the board of
Inland Steel Co. and honorary
chairman of the defense fund
board, presided.
Evening star., 1954-04-30
President Learns d Lesson
From Young Essay Winner

President Eisenhower told his
Committee on Employment Of
the Physically Handicapped yes
terday that he had learned a
lesson from a conteSt-winning
essay by Shirley Kreidler.
Trenton IN. j. high school
student.
Gen. Eisenhower drove from
the White House to the Depart
mental Auditorium with Miss
Kreidler and other winners of
the essay contest sponsored by
the committee.
He told the group that on the
way he had a chance to read