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Evening star., 1954-11-21

a cut above the average Frenchman.
For one thing, as member of the
National Assembly. sovereign organ
Of government in France, he rates
the title of Monsieur le Depute. He
can ride on trains for half fare and
is immune from arrest. But M.
Dupont is not just another Of the
627 French deputies. In his own
eyeS-alld those Of other Frenchmen
he is in special class.
Pierre Dupont is a Communist.
A rather ordinary looking man,
even so. In France. Communists are
apt to be. His blue serge suit is
shiny and needs pressing. He goes
in for dingy-colored shirts and drab
neckties that never quite cover his
collar button. His shoes usually
could stand shine. The thinning
hair. the darkrimmed spectacles, the
battered briefcase habitually
clutched under the left arm-none
OF these add up at first sight to
particularly powerful impression.
Long Hours, Low Pay
For most of his 43 years, M. Du-
pont has led an unexciting life.
After graduating from his local high
school at Is, there were a couple Of
years of professional training before
starting in as a worker at the mill.
From there on the pattern was fa-
miliar: an early marriage, children
to feed, a job to be held at all cost.
AS he looks back on the years lead
ing up to the war, M. Dupont re-
members them mostly for a dull rou-
tine of long hours, low pay. and
cherries quarters close to the fac
tory.
Along with many Frenchmen,
Pierre Dupont became a Communist
during the war. When the Germans
occupied his town, he joined the
local resistance' group. Like others
in France, it turned out to be domi-
mated by Communists. It was only
natural that Pierre Dupont should
assume the political coloration and
the political ambitions of his lead
ers. It was natural, too. that after
the elections of 1945, he should find
himself in Paris. representing his
district in the first postwar National
Assembly.
From the beginning, M. Dupont
has had few illusions about his job.
He is well aware that, in this kind
of work, it's the organization, rather
than the individual that counts. AS
secretary of his local Communist
federation he realizes that his own
popularity with the people who
elected him counts for very little
that. without the party machine to
back him up he would soon be un-
employed. With all these drawbacks,
however, he accepts his assigned
role without question.
The work. after all, is not espe-
cially demanding. For nine months
of the year, while the National AS
sembly is in session, M. Dupont COM
mutes by train to Paris. leaving
home Monday and returning Friday
to his family. On Friday nights
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Controller General
Hill Fight Looms After President Nominutes
GAO Head Locking Congressional Background
By chorIes B. Seib

ground. Mr.. Campbell, relative
stranger to the Hill, is the first
exception.
Tug of War
When Lindsay Warren, a formef
Representative from North Caro-
lima, resigned last April, the only
problem seemed to be tug-of-
war between the House Cbacking
Representative w. Sterling Cole, Re-
publican, of New York; and the
Senate (favoring j. Mark Trice,
Senate secretary.
Then President Eisenhower was
reported ready to appoint Senator
Frederick Payne, Republican, of
Maine. But early this month Mr..
Campbell was nominated.
Mr.. Campbell. on leave as treas
urer of Columbia University, is a
noted accountant, but his lack of
Congressional experience is consid-
cred by some legislators as a fatal
defect.
Also at issue is the ubiquitous
Dixon-Yates matter. As an Atomic
Energy Commissioner, Mr.. Campbell
was one Of two men who indorsed
the contract which has become
symbol Of the private VS.. public
power fight.
His nomination to GAO brought
immediate protests -ands promises
of opposition-from opponents of
Evening star., 1954-11-21

segregation in public schools un-
constitutional, new organizations
have appeared elsewhere in Dixie
to sound the call for preservation
of our Southern heritage" the old
rallying cry of the Ku Klux Klan.
At present these groups operate in
dependently. Most are weak, but
two exhibit considerable vigor and
have some powerful backing.
The two with muscle are the
American States Rights Associa-
ton, in Birmingham, Ala, and a
network of Citizens Councils in
Mississippi. It is the Citizens Coun-
cils which have adopted the idea
of substituting economic pressure
for physical force, the traditional
weapon of the Klan.
Citizens Councils have been or
ganized in % of Mississippi's 81
counties. They are backed by lead
ing Mississippians. Their purpose is
to apply economic pressures to
"troublemakers" who would upset
the Southern way of life" A
"troublemaker" is any one who ad-
vocates compliance with the Su-
preme Court decision.
The ire of the councils is directed
against outside agitators" in gen.
eral and the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People in particular. The chief
target is a handful of NAACP mem
bers headed by DR.. Emmett j.
Stringer, a Columbus (Miss) den-
tist, NAACP State president.
Economic Action Cited
DR.. Stringer says he believes there
has been some economic action
already.
"We had a branch president, a
merchant, who had to give up. A
group of white men took him to his
bank. The banker, his wholesaler
and other people who gave him
credit told him they would give him
no more. He had to give up, go
bankrupt or get out"
The dentist also told of q Negro
doctor whose patients were advised
not to go to him any more. He quoted
reports from one area that the pub
lie utility services Of any Negro
leader who became even one day
in arrears on his bills were cut off
abruptly.
"As for me-" DR.. Stringer said, "I
can't get credit anywhere in Mis-
sissippi, and I'm just getting started"
After existence Of the semi-secret
councils first was reported by the
Associated Press In late summer, a
State assemblywoman. Mrs. Wilma
M. Sledge, issued what she called
a clarifying statement" about the
organization.
She said the councils "are wide
spread group composed Of reliable
White male citizens who believe that
segregation Is not discrimination and
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has asked every white member of
the State Bar Association to accept
appointment as a special assistant
to defend school officials in segre-
cation suits. He said he had re-
celVed over 1900 favorable replies.
When asked whether operation of
the Citizens Councils might violate
the conspiracy provisions in the civil
rights section of Federal law, Mr..
Coleman replied:
Frankly, I don't know. They'd
have to be indicted by a Missis-
slppi grand jury and tried before a
Mississippi petit jury. and it would
not take long to see that justice
was done"
Stotes Rights Group
The other large and apparently
well organized private group fight
ing segregation, the American States
Rights Association, was incorporated
in Alabama last February.
There were 600 names on the list
OF incorporators, including a sub
stantial number of prominent and
wealthy people. The ASRA twice
has taken quarter-page ads in all
the States daily and 40 of the
weekly newspapers. It broadcasts
twice a day, five days week over
radio station WILD in Birmingham.
Its two leading lights are Olin H.
Horton. personnel manager for the
Employers Insurance Co. of Biz
mingham, and his boss, William II.
Hoover, board chairman and presi-
dent. Asked how the ASRA planned
to combat school integration, Nj.
Hoover answered. What we aie
going to have to do is abolish the
public schools and set them up as
private and take hundred years to
pay for them" y
Mr.. Hoover also observed, 'it NAV
be that 100 million white people will
have to get together and send IS
million Negroes back to Africa"
Membership is s25 for a regular.
voting membership and 81 for an
associate, non-voting membership.
Mr.. Horton said the organizations
mailing list had 5000 names and
goes right down to the grass roots"
Scattered through the south are
smaller organizations. There is no
indication of their strength save
that none which has announced mass
meetings has been able to attract
over few hundred people.
Will there be violence?
Among Negro leaders, there is dis.
agreemen on this point. DR.,
Stringer. Mississippi's NAACP head.
does not believe so. But DR.. A. H.
Mccoy, Jackson Negro dentist also
active in the NAACP, differs. Asked
what would happen if integration
came about, he said:
I'm Jackson where there is more
intelligence and education, don't
think there will be much trouble
but in the rurals where all they've
heard is Bilbo-type talk and where
they can barely read and write
many whites, too. mean - there
may be trouble.
When they integrate they might
as well have Federal agents around
the local law enforcement officers
won't protect the Negro. There is
danger these Citizens Councils may
whip up sentiment among the less
desirable elements.
IF there is violence" /" he contin-
ued. ''the white people are going to
shed blood, too. You. know a man
sometimes will let you push him
around. but you start monkeying
with his children and he forgets
about the hereafter"
ASSOCIATED Press.l
Evening star., 1954-11-21
7oughMinded Engineer Is Rebuilding War-Sck Austria

Austria, 1t will be remembered,
was once continental Europe's
greatest power. But the First World
War finished her. The victors
stripped the once vast Austro-H Hun
garian empire down to a mere
shadow of it's former self. AS one
correspondent put it, I'm form, post
war Austria was like tadpole with
a huge head and no body to speak
Of, great capital, Vienna, without
a country"
This is Austria today. From 1918
until 1858 she had never been able
to balance her budget. The man who
finally did it was Chancellor Julius
Raab, who is coming to Washington
this afternoon on state visit.
Herr Raab cured Austria's sick
economy by sheer force of will, a
quality for which he has long been
known. OF course, he got a powerful
boost from nearly a billion dollars
in American investments. But other
countries have received more and
Jared worse.
The Austrian chancellor, power
fully built man, well over feet,
thick of neck and adamant of pur-
pose. taught his countrymen how to
profit from austerity. For the
gemuetlich, fun-loving Viennese and
their cousins. in other parts of the
scenic country, that was trick that
took some doing. Remembering that
Austria is still under occupation
still being bled by the Russians-the
feat is only q little short Of mirac-
ulouS.
The Roob Cult
From Herr Raab, however. it
was no more than could be expected.
Ext Chancellor Leopold Figl. who
visited here in 1852, is himself one
of the cult that looks up to Julius
Raab as symbol of Austrian great
ness.
One Of Herr Figl's vivid memories
of his successor in the Chancellor's
chair dates back to his hectic stu
dent days just after World War l.
Austria was floundering. Shattered
troops struggled back to Vienna
leaderless and embittered. Privates
angrily confronted their officers
and ripped insignia from their
shoulders. Revolution was in the
air. No one knew whether Austria
would survive.
Into this chaos marched q snappy
company Of Austrian troops. Brass
sparkling. equipment cleaning, they
acted as If Austria had won the
war. At their head strode the tow
ering figure of Capt. julius Raab,
purposeful and severe. His COM
mands cracked and the company
responded as If 1t were the palace
guard.
AS young Figl and his compan-
ions watched, they suddenly realized
that their country would not die.
It Is this proud passion for or
derliness that has built Herr Raab's
reputation as Mr.. Austria. He came
from q typical middle-class family.
Like his father, he was educated to
be . construction engineer. He
Evening star., 1954-11-21

temptation. First, religious. at the
Catholic church; later. secular, at
his favorite coffee house, on the
Ring, where he pores over the Sum-
day papers.
The coffee house management
usually saves table by a large bay
window for the Chancellor. AS soon
as he settles into his seat he lights
up long, pencil-like Virginia"
cigar and orders a cup of golden
brown" coffee Cream and sugar.
Then, after reading the morning
papers, he chats with other patrons.
Politicians and friends who have
things to talk over know they can
usually get Herr Raabs ear at the
Sunday morning hour. He is quick,
however, to brush off the occasional
pests.
Iron Handed Leoder
Herr Raab's principal source of
political power is the Austrian
Chamber of Economics, small
business group which he has organ
lied into a tightly-knit force. The
chamber is an unruly organization,
but the iron-handed Chancellor
Raab is equal to the job. His friends
tell the story Of the first and only
revolt against Herr Raab's author
ity.
In the early postwar days when
raw materials were scarce, prices
controlled, and wages too high for
the small businessmen to pay, the
rank and file of the Chamber didn't
think Herr Raab was pressing the
government hard enough for relief.
They decided to march on his Of
flee. When they got there, Julius
Raab was waiting for them at the
head of the stairs.
AS each step brought them closer,
thes demonstrators lost steam. BY
the time they reached the top of
the stairs they had abandoned their
plans to revolt. Instead, they
launched into a lusty ovation for
Herr Raab.
There has been no talk of chal-
lenging Raab's leadership since.
The Chancellor runs his govern
ment in much the same manner
that Konrad Adenauer runs the
Federal German Republic. He de-
mands and gets good party and
cabinet discipline. He attends to
all important decisions personally,
and does not shrink from making
moves against the advice of his as
Sociates.
His pet project is a Franco-Ger-
man-Italian-Austrian plan to devel-
op Austria's huge hydroelectric
power potential for the benefit of all
four nations. Some 20-odd power
plants viii be built in Austria for
Joint operation. Like the coal and
steel pool, this should be powerful
force toward European unity.
But as q Swiss newspaper OBJ
served the other day. there will be
q holiday in Austrian politics from
now until December 4. That is the
day Chancellor Raab is due back
In Vienna from his trip to the
United States and Canada.
Evening star., 1954-11-21

The South is now witnessing the birth Of
new crop Of onti-Nesro groups un-
like onythins seen since the post World
War u revival Of the ku Klux KIon.
To get the foets. Associated Press
Writer Bem Price. q Southerner, spent
two weeks talking with State offieioIs
and officers Of organizations both for
and against inteerotion.
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Boycott Vigi|antes' Emerging in Dixie

are organized for the sole purpose
of maintaining segregation" ..
She added: "They do not and will
not advocate violence in any form" "
Statewide Organization
At meeting October IL at Vino
ma, State wide organization was
set up with Robert B. Patterson,
planter and former college football
star, as executive secretary.
Mr.. Patterson's name is the only
one made public so far.
OStensibly membership is not
secret and apparently is well known
in various local communities. A
stranger, however. is met with open
hostility, suspicion or pleas of ig-
norance when he asks questions.
The first citizens council was or
ganized in Indianola, apparently
when five or six men met in private
home. The plan for the councils
repeatedly was drawn from the
book, BLACK Monday" by Circuit
Judge Tom P. Brady of Brookhaven.
in which the theory of economic
pressures is advanced. ("Black Mon
day" is local designation of May
II, the day the Supreme Court de-
ciSion was announced.)
Herman Moore, head of the In
dianola Bank, subsequently became
chairman of the Indianola council.
Minutes of the first meeting were
distributed throughout the State to
a carefully selected mailing list.
According to the minutes, Arthur
j. Clark, jr, an attorney, explained:
1T is the thought of our group
that the solution to this problem
may become easier if various agita-
tors and the like could be removed
from the communities in which they
operate. We propose to accomplish
this through the careful application
OF economic pressures."
Anti-Semitic Tone
With this document went a state
ment urging members to read GER
tain publications. The bulk of them,
while anti-Negro, are also anti
Semitic.
In another mailing from Indi-
anola, the point was made:
Unless we organize, the Negro
leaders will continue to exert pres
sure until violence breaks out and
then. regardless of how you feel.
you will be drawn into the conflict
for the issue will be black against
white"
Mr.. Moore refused to be inter-
viewed, but Mr.. Patterson was in
terviewed at his plantation. At
first hostile and reluctant. he finally
replied to some questions.
"As long as there is no integra-
tion," he said, there will be no
trouble. We sincerely mean every
word. We have the interest of the
Negro at heart as much as our own.
A lot OF people will never under
stand that. We don't expect them
to understand.
Communists are trying to make
us integrate, weaken us and de-
stroy us"
LeeoI Aspects
Mississippi State officials are
firmly committed to fight integra-
tion of the States schools. The
Legislature has approved a pro-
posed constitutional amendment
permitting abolition of the public
school system. This would pave the
way for the State to turn over
schools to private" operators who
could continue segregation. The
proposition will be voted on in a
special election December 81.
Attorney General ]. p. Coleman
Evening star., 1954-11-21
By Bem Price

A new type of anti-Negro vigil
ante movement-using boycotts in
stead OF bullwhips-has arisen in
at least one State in the South.
And in the wake of last Springs
Supreme Court decision declaring
Evening star., 1954-11-21
By Crosby S. Noyes
Correspondent Of The Sior

PARIS He might be called Ray
mond or Adrien or Auguste or Lu-
Glen. He might come from any one
Of a score of French towns. But to
make 1t easy, we can call him Pierre
Dupont. And we can say that he
comes from a large textile manu-
featuring city north of Paris.
In his own eyes. Pierre Dupont Is
Pierre Dupont is q composite ehoroeter
whom Mr.. Noyes created to tell the story
, Of the average Communist deputy in the
French National Assembly today.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Andy Davis has signed to play

Andy Davis has signed to play
football next season with the
New York Giants. he said today,
thereby ending twosyear career
with the Redskins.
The contract. calling for
$G.50O-A-a $500 increase over his
salary here--was mailed to the
Giants yesterday. Andy said.
Reluctant to leave Washing
ton but relieved by his decision.
Davis. said he wrote to George
Marshall, president Of the Red
skins. before Christmas, inform
ing him of his intentions. Andy
presumes that Marshall received
the letter, although he has had
no reply.
The Redskins paid Davis full
salary and footed the bills for
an operation after three shoulder
separations put him on the shelf
before the regular season opened.
At the same time they made him
a free agent, giving Andy the
right to sign with any National
Football League team.
It was no secret that Head
Coach Curly Lambeau was not
completely sold on Andy as a pro
halfback, and that the former
George Washington star was un-
happy with his situation. Davis
said he didn't care whether he
was used on offense or defense,
contrary to reports that he
wanted to carry the ball. Nor
was Andy entirely dissatisfied
with his salary here.
II expected to take a cut to
Evening star., 1954-01-13
BY the Associoied Press

BERKELEY, Calf. Jan. 13.-
Clarence Merle (Nibs) Price, the
little giant of Pacific Coast bas-
ketball, rings down the curtain
at the end of this season on a
30-year career as head coach at
the University of California.
The automatic retirement age
of 65 will have caught up with
him. One of Prices fondest
hopes is that he will produce an
other player of All-America
stature to close out his univer-
sity tenure.
His big gun is Bob Matheny.
an agile guard who has the
qualifications to become a pro-
fessional star. Matheny stands
5-feet-11 and can do about
everything with the ball except
swallow it whole. He's an artist
with either hook or outside shots
both left and right-handed. He
sets up plays and is tremendous
defensively.
Because of his sensational per-
formances In the double upset
wins over UCLA last week end,
Matheny was named player of
the week by the Northern Cali
fornia Basketball Writers and
Sportcasters' Association. Sat-
urday night he scored 18 points.
passed to another 20. stole the
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Feerick Halls California Star
As Better Than Dick Mcclure

ball twice and put on a defen-
sive show.
Bob Feerick, Santa Clara
coach. a former professional
great as we'll as ex-coach of the
Washington Capitols, rates Ma
theny as one of the best.
Il think he's a better player
than Dick MCGUIRE" Feerick
said. That's praise at his high
est because MCGUIRE is a big
star of the New York Knicker-
bockers and was a college marvel
at st. Johns in Brooklyn.
Price doesn't have to beat the
drum for his star. Rival coaches
are doing it for him. The little
veteran was the honor guest of
the San Francisco Touchdown
Club yesterday, the first of many
testimonials that will usher him
out of his longtime post.
"I've enjoyed coaching basket
ball more than any other sport, P"
Price remarked. There's about
Is minutes of action in a foot
ball game but 40 minutes of it in
basketball"
He's been coaching at Cali
fornia in some capacity since
1919 and necessarily speaks with
considerable authority. Price is
the last man who has been head
coach in football and basketball
at the same time. He was the
top kick in football from 1926
through 1880.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Lack of Experience Obvious
In Wilson Loss to CIV Hiqh

ton yesterday. Yates finished
with 80 points before leaving
the game early in the fourth
quarter while Luce hit for %.
But it was the superior sunnort
given Yates, mainly by Wayne
Stewart, Jimmy Motley. Wait
Davis, Wilmer Anderson and
Mike Agee. that spelled the
difference.
Yates scattered hooks. jump
shots and taps to sink II Of 18
tries from the floor. That
brought his record in the last
three games to 80 goals in Al
shots, a phenomenal average Of
70.2 per cent. Luce's points came
on fast breaks and drives that
netted 10 goals. Each made 8
free throws.
Wilson held two-point edge
at the end Of the first quarter.
but CIV limited the Tigers to six
points in the second while scor-
ing 20 itself for a 31-19 lead at
the half.
Kupka's squad consists of six
juniors, four seniors and Luce.
the only sophomore. The SEN
iors. especially George Speros, Al
Mason and Jules Laventhol. are
the steady element and Luce is
the scoring punch. Dick Thomas.
Gus Muir and Gene Gerard, the
only boys under 6 feet, are the
others seeing frequent duty so far.
II think I've got a good bunch
here" Kupka will tell you. But
they are green. Well improve.
though, and we'll give lot of
teams a rough time"
Evening star., 1954-01-13
kcKenIey BaIks at Taking
Half Yard Aussie Handicap
BY the Assoeiassd Press

MELBOURNE, Australia. Jan.
13.-Herb McKenley, Jamaican
sprint star. said today he would
return to America Immediately if
he is forced to take half-yard
handicap in a 130-yard race in
Geelong Saturday.
McKenley was handicapped a
half yard for the rich Geelong
meeting, which carries first prize
of 400 pounds ($876 before he
won the Warrnambool gift race
over 130 yards last Saturday.
Rules call for a handicap in his
next start if a runner wins a
race worth more than SO pounds.
McKenley'S Warrnambool victory
was worth 100 pounds ($224.
"The race is listed as 130 yards
handicap, and I do not intend to
run 100 and a half yards for
anyone" McKenley said. what
happens IL I win at Geelong?
Does that mean at my next race
will have to start one-and-a-
half yards behind scratch?"
He said he would meet with
officials. and would go home If
they insisted upon the handi-
cap. McKenley is in Melbourne
for the world professional foot
racing series beginning next
month.