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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Join the Ranks
Summer Comp Fund
Contributors Sought

A memorable experience for a
child is a trip away from home
with other kids.
Some Washington children
have no chance for a vacation
like this-or any at all, for that
matter-except through the gen.
crosby of kind strangers.
The Star is seeking to raise
funds to send a full quota OF
children this summer to the
camps operated by the Summer
Outings Committee. Available
money will not cover the cost for
all the youngsters who could be
accommodated.
A check for $35.72 to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp Fund
will pay for IL days at camp for
one child. Send or bring your
contribution to the camp fund
at The Star Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Hot Weather. Here;
No Break in Sight

Summers here" the weather
forecaSter said cheerfully today.
It'll be hot and sunny-maybe
90; tomorrow will be hotter
maybe "a. Well have weather
like this until September.
There's no sign of a break. he
added, mot for a week or two"
Yesterday started it off with a
roasting SO degrees at 1925 pm.
which broke an 83-year record
for the date of IS. Humidity then
was SO per cent, the weather bu-
reau said.
While it's not to be so hot today,
the humidity was SO per cent by
$50 am.
The mercury also broke similar
records for June 10 in Richmond,
Va, and Baltimore, Md. Thun-
dershowers in the area wet down
some spots briefly but left no Of
f1cially measurable trace in the
Washington area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14

rare form with speed and control
to spare. In addition to being the
pitcher, Representative Davis is
also the star batter and is in the
cleanup position in the batting
order.
The greatest outfielder in the
Congressional League, RepreSen-
tatlve AyreS of Ohio, has been
shifted from left field to center
field. where he will have more
room to make use Of his speed
and throwing arm. Last year his
running. leaping and tumbling
catch of a foul fly deep in left
field was undoubtedly the great
est play in the series of the
game and brought Joe DiMaggio.
spectator, out of the stand and
into left field to shake his hand.
Mr.. Herlong is still trying to
explain away that 7-3 loss to
the Republicans during spring
training at Daytona Beach. but
his explanations sound awfully
thin.
The festivities will start at 8
pm. when the first of the mill
tary units moves onto the field
to start an impressive pageant
including salute to the States.
Tickets still may be had from
Congressional secretaries and at
Room 724, The Star Building
They will go on sale tomorrow
morning at Griffith Stadium.
Prices are 81. $3.50 and $3.50,
All proceeds go to the fund to
send underprivileged and crippled
children to camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Soldiers Home Worker
Is Killed by Tractor

A 44-year-old maintenance
man at Soldiers Home died to-
day shortly after he was severely
crushed by tractor which top
pied over on him during tree
spraying operations at the Home.
Pronounced lead after he had
been taken to Casualty Hospital
was Ernest Collins, 1887 Column
bia road NV.
The accident occurred about
1890 am. Harry Delano Of
2909 South Dinwiddie street, Ar
lington, also employed in grounds
work at the home. said Mr.. COL
Inns was hauling a spraying ma
chine with a small tractor when
the accident happened on a hill
near Hardwood road.
Apparently. Mr.. Delano said,
in going down the hill the spray
ing machine jack-knifed, turning
the tractor over and pinning the
driver, Mr.. Collins, beneath it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Star Want Ad Sells
Freezer First Day

Climbing temperatures, Stor Clos
sified and need for just the item
advertised no doubt prompted mony
people to coll Mrs. J. NJ. who wonted
to sell a food freezer. She ron q
small, inexpensive I'D in Stor Clos
sified with quick results. She found
the right buyer the first day her cd
oppeored.
n you have something to buy,
trode or sell, tell the long established
audience Of Stor .eoders about it.
Tell it more effectively BY letting o
stor ad -toker assist you in writing
your I'D.
Beeouse it produces the best re-
suits The Stor publishes more eIossi-
fled DDS thon the other Washington
newspapers combined.
Phone Sterling $1,000 and ask tor
an od-toker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14

President Eisenhower walked
to an underground shelter with
about 80 key members Of his
staff when the air raid sirens
sounded the alarm in today's
drill.
Nearly 400 other members Of
the White House Office and
household STATS went into an
other part of the shelter. Mrs.
Eisenhower joined the Presi-
dent and his personal staff in
the presidential section, where
the stan has emergency working
quarters.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty told reporters
the stan tried out "the various
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Eisenhower Walks to Shelter
With 3OKey Members of Stuff

types of communications" avail
able for use in emergency.
BY special teletype the White
House was in communication
during the drill with Western
Union offices in New York,
Chicago and here in Washing
ton.
Raucous buzzers placed at
various points in the White
House and its Office wings
sounded to signal the beginning
of the test and again later for
the all-clear.
AS the President walked back
to his Office. a reporter said to
him, "Glad you made it, Mr..
President"
Gen. Eisenhower laughed and
said, Eyes, ] just did"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Man, Sc, Badly Burned
As Matches Ignite Shirt

A Mount Rainier (Md) man
was badly burned today when his
shirt caught fire while lighting
q cigarette.
jeremiah Dullea, So, of 1881
Thirty-second street, was taken
to George Washington Univer-
Sity Hospital after the accident
about $50 am. The hospital
said his condition was serious.
According to members of the
Brentwood Rescue Squad. who
took him to the hospital. the
shirt caught fire after a pack Of
matches ignited. They said the
shirt was burned completely OF
Mr.. Dullea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
French Ratification
Of edo Held Likely
Despite LanieI Fall
U. S. Aide Sees Defect
Of Premier ReIuted
More to Indo-Chinu
By J. A. O'Le0N

Assistant Secretary Of State
Livingston Merchant told the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee today the chances Of
France ratifying the European
Defense Community are excellent
despite the fall of the Laniel
government.
Acting Chairman Smith, Re-
publican, of New Jersey, said the
committee was given to under
stand that the vote in the French
Assembly Saturday was related
more to the Indo-C China war
than to EDO.
Mr.. Merchant testified in
closed session that three of the
four French conditions for ac-
ton on EDO have been met. The
only one not settled is the dis
position of the Saar issue with
Germany.
Assembly ReceSSes Next Month.
The difficulty regarding EDO
lies in bringing it to a vote be-
fore the French assembly takes
its summer recess in mid-July,
Mr.. Merchant said.
The State Department official
recommended that the foreign
aid law be amended so that
American assistance would be
withheld from countries which
have not ratified EDO, but given
to those countries which have
ratified. This would require a
change in the Richards Amend
ment of last year, under which
American aid soon will be with
held from any of the six EDO
countries unless all of them
ratify.
France and Italy are the only
countries where action still is
required. Mr.. Merchant said
Italy is expected to act as soon
as France approves EDO.
Gruenther TestifieS.
On the other side of the Capt.
toll, meanwhile, Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther, Supreme Allied Com
mander in Europe, declared that
Russian military forces have been
improved and modernized" and
reported "a considerable buildup
of forces" by Soviet satellite
nations.
The general appeared before
the House Foreign Affairs Com
kmittee in closed session. Like Mr..
Merchant, he testified in connec-
ton with the hearings on the
mutual security program for
1855. He was to go before the
Senate group later in the day.
Chairman Chiperf1eld issued a
brief statement Governing the
generals testimony in its broad
aspects. He did not indicate
whether the witness provided de-
tails on just how the Soviet
forces were being modernized.
According to Mr.. Chiperf1eld,
Gen. Gruenther also reported
that a current study being made
by his headquarters indicates
that the availability of atomic
weapons will not permit a >reduc-
ton in allied forces in Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
By J. |. Michoel

ELLICOTT CITY, Md, June
IA key witness who refused
to testify today caught the
State by surprise and forced a
recess in the trial of Radio Com
mentator Fulton Lewis, jr.. on a
criminal libel indictment trans
ferred here from st. MaryS
County.
Sheridan Fahnestock, listed as
owner of the Enterprise, a st.
Marys County weekly newspa-
per which last July % published
a letter allegedly libelling State
Senator Paul j. Bailey. Repub-
lican, of st. Marys County, in
voked the fifth amendment and
refused to testify on the ground
his answers might tend to in
criminate him.
Howard County Judge James
Clark, hearing the case before
an all-male jury, sustained Mr..
Fahnestock'S refusal.
st. Marys County States At
torney Joseph A. Mattingly then
announced that 'the State is
taken by surprise" and asked an
hours recess. Judge Clark
granted his request.
Arrives 40 Minutes Later.
Trial of the case was delayed
about 40 minutes awaiting Mr.
Fahnestock's arrival, the first
of about Is witnesses the State
planned to call.
what is your connection with
The Enterprise" Mr.. Mattingly
asked Mr.. Fahnestock when he
took the witness stand. Mr.
Fahnestock declined to answer
Mr.. Fahnestock testified the
Enterprise was owned by cor
poration at the time the al
legedly libelous material wa:
published. A copy of the issue
containing the Lewis statement
was produced in court.
Refuses to Reply.
Mr.. Mattingly, forced with
necessity of proving that the
letter was written by Mr.. Lewis
and that the commentator asked
that it be published, said to Mr.
FahneStock:
did you receive a letter from
Fulton Lewis, jr.?"
81 refuse to answer" Mr.
Fahnestock replied.
Sustaining his refusal, Judge
Clark said: IF Mr.. Lewis il
guilty of libel, this man is too
(See LEWIS, Page A-16)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
New Cabinet SouqhI
As Mendes-France
Accepts Coty Bid
Choice for LunieI Post
Wants to Negotiate
Indo-Chinu Peace
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

PARIS, June III Pierre
MendeS-France. who wants to
negotiate with. Ho Chi Mimi to
end the war in Indo- China,
agreed today to try to form
Frances goth postwar cabinet.
Many political figures doubted
whether the 47-year-old economic
Fronce Hos Hod - cobinets and 10
PFemiers in 10 Yeors. Pose A-l6
and financial expert could get a
majority in the divided Ma
tional Assembly to go along with
his policy, which calls for
cutting down expenditures in
Indo-C China and slowing down
Frances military buildup in
Europe.
Mr.. Mendes-France was nomi-
mated last night by President
Rene Coty to succeed retiring
Premier Joseph Laniel, defeated
Saturday in a National Assembly
confidence vote.
Mr.. MendeS-France is a leader
of the Assembly's Radical Social
list (moderate) bloc which was
credited with bringing down the
Laniel government. Following
normal procedure. he was the
first person called on to try to
form a replacement.
Resignation Delayed for Day.
Mr.. Coty delayed accepting
Mr.. Laniel's resignation for a
day. It was believed he did not
want France to be without a
government over the week end
in case important decisions were
needed concerning Indo-China.
MIR. MendeS-France'S accept
ance was announced q few min
utes after he called on the PreSi-
dent today at the Elysee Palace
ORANGES White House,. He had
conferred with Mr.. Coty at
length last night on the political
situation.
The new premier-designate
now must consult various party
leaders in an attempt to rally
sufficient support to ensure his
confirmation by the Assembly.
He failed by Is votes to gain
confirmation as premier during
last summers 37-day govern
ment crisis. That crisis was
finally resolved by the selection
of Mr.. Laniel, who served just
two weeks short Of q year.
Sharp Critic Of Laniel.
Mr.. Mendes-France has been
a sharp critic Of the Laniel ad-
miniStration. He has insisted
that France must make the best
bargain possible with the Com
muniSt-led Wet Mimi in Indo-
China and concentrate on build
ing up her strength in Europe.
He also Is q Staunch advocate
Of cuts in military spending and
government economy as q way to
get the nation back on her A.
nancial feet. He insists that only
after France has q healthy econ
omy can she make her full con-
tribution to Western defense,
In seeking Assembly confirma-
ton as Premier last year. Mr..
Mendes-France said he would
support the European Defense
Community Treaty. French
ratification Of the pact. which
would rearm West Germans in a
Six-nation army. has been sty-
mied by heavy opposition from
many quarters in the Assembly
Until confirmation Of q new
government, Mr.. LAniel and MS
ministers run their department.
lon q caretaker basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
BY the Associated Press

ALBANY, N. Y, June IA
Financier Robert r. Young was
officially certified today as the
winner of the bitter war for con-
troll of the New York Central
Railroad.
The election inspectors an
nounced that the 15-member
slate of directors put up by the
Young forces had won by mar
gin of approximately 1904. 900
shares over the Central man
agement's present board, headed
by President William White.
The Young group received an
average of more than 3,407 600
and the management group
slightly less than 2,340,000.
In New York City Mr..
Young and other members of
the new Board of Directors
posed for photographers in
front of the Central'S head
quarters on Park avenue. Mr..
Young called a news confer
ence for midafternoon to re-
port on plans for the new
management takeover.)
White to Cooperate.
Mr.. White, who presided at
the reconvened session of the
annual meeting Of. the stock
holders, announced that II will
not remain as president of New
York Central. I will, neverthe-
less, cooperate with the new
group in effecting an orderly
transition"
Mr.. White, who received a
salary of 100000 a year, was
asked by a reporter whether he
intended to resign. He replied
do you think that is neceS-
sary?"
He obviously was referring to
the fact that the new slate of IA
men and one woman would meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Prentiss Is Nominated
For Permanent Rank

Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
District Engineer Commissioner,
today was nominated by Presi-
dent Eisenhower to the perma-
nent rank of brigadier general.
Gen. PrentisS is now a colonel
in the Regular Army holding the
temporary rank of brigadier
general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
No Siren Song Leads
Marriage to Rocks

THE "OTHER WOMAN" - The
curvoceous siren is strictly fictionol.
When the husbond falls for the
"other woman" the moniose is OIL
reody on the rocks, according to
Howord Whitmon in his second
article on divorce on Pose "A.
SENATOR'S WIFE-Mrs. Som ].
Erwin, IT,, IS trying to get used to
her husbands title. The wife Of
the new North coroIino Senotor tells
Stor Stoff Writer Lee Welsh the
fomiy likes best to discuss politics.
Poee B-3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Young Certified as Winner
Of Battle for N. Y.CentroI
White Promises His Cooperation
In Effecting Orderly Transition

this afternoon and elect o new
president.
Mr.. Young'S choice is expected
to be Alfred e. Perlman, execu-
tive vice president of the Den
yer g. Rio Grande Western Rail-
road.
Reject Voting Plan.
Central stockholders, by a vote
of 3,153,557 to 540,580, rejected
a proposal for cumulative voting
for directors henceforth. The
stockholders also rejected a pro-
posal for changing the date Of
the annual meeting from the
last Wednesday in May to the
last Thursday in the same
month. The vote was 2,40O,531
against and ATT, 1852 for.
Both proposals had been Of
ferred at the annual meeting
here May IS by Mrs. Wilma Soss
of New York City. who owns 10
shares of Central stock.
Today'S meeting was held in
the hot, humid Office of the gen.
eral secretary in the railroad sta
ton. The windows were closed
and the shades were drawn in
anticipation of an air-raid drill.
The three law school profess
Sors who formed the election
inspection board attended the
meeting. They were John Hanna
of Columbia University, William
Miller of Syracuse University and
Covington Hardee Of Harvard.
Their tabulation showed that
Clint w. MurchiSon, Texas mil
nonaire, led the Young slate with
3,4O7,587.
Young and Kirby Next.
Mr.. Young was next with 81
407 ,512 votes. Allen p. Kirby, his
top-ranking associate in the
four month battle to gain con-
troll of the $2.6 billion Central
(See CENTRAL. Page A-16.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
IS Horses Die in Fire

CHICAGO, June IA (R.-Sev-
enty-five horses died last night
in fire which destroyed the new
Parkway Riding Stables on the
North Side.
John Klein, owner Of the
stable, estimated the loss at
100000. No one was reported
injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Two Pilots Killed in Korea

SEOUL, June IA (R.-Two
American pilots were killed yes
terday when their F-84 fighter
bombers collided about 10 miles
southeast Of Taegu. The 9Th
Air Force withheld names Of the
pilots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14


Pictures and SideIishts Of Air Reid.
Pose B-l
wide civil-defenSe demonstration
against a hypothetical air assault
by enemy planes which broke
through the country's outer de-
lenses.
Given sufficient warning of the
test, residents of the Washing
ton civil-defenSe perimeter re-
sponded swiftly.
Less than a minute after the
sirens walled, most downtown
streets could have been mistaken
for Tombstone, Ariz.
Civil Defense wardenS in white
helmets and arm bands. extra
policemen pressed into service
along with the Police Reserve
Corps. and building guards
quickly uShered pedestrians to
the nearest building shelters.
Traffic Halted.
Compliance was so complete
that any persons seen on F
street during the 10-minute PEE
Rod looked like intruders on an
empty movie lot.
The hush spread quickly to
vehicular traffic, as all but q
few mavericks pulled cars. trucks
and buses to curbs while pasSen-
gers remained inside awaiting
the all-clear white" signal at
10:11 am.
Out on the highways and in
nearby Maryland and Virginia
traffic everywhere froze in the
same eerie stiffness that gripped
the city.
It was as though they were
indeed awaiting the awful con-
sequences Of a hydrogen or
atomic bomb, which for the pur-
poses of this test, was to explode
over Eleventh and F streets.
However, the time of the blast
was fixed at 1886 pm. to con-
form to the Nationwide at
tack" at that time.
For the 10-minute alert period,
the Federal Government ope-
rated briefly from raid shelters.
At the Pentagon the failure Of
the alarm system left some Of
the $4,000 employees in doubt,
but wardens quickly got them
to shelters.
Top military leaders, includ-
ing Defense Secretary Wilson.
descended to the command post
in the Pentagon's endorsement.
Key officials in the Commerce
and Treasury Departments also
assembled in two secret places.
At Commerce, a communications
control post, which henceforth
will be operated "a hours a day,
went into operation.
In the first fearful shock Of
the blast. 1877 1000 persons died"
and 10000 others were soon to
perish. With another 100000
persons needing medical atten-
ton and sc per cent of the Dis
trict's hospitals wiped out. the
civil defense forces had a huge
job to do.
Downtown Inferno.
An area bounded by New
Hampshire avenue, Florida av-
enue, Sixth street NE. and Del.
aware avenue was a roaring
inferno. Ground communications
were obliterated, and at COM
mand posts such as the National
Training Center near Olney. Md.
chief reliance was on radio.
During the 10-minute alert
period, the District Commits
sloners and District Civil De-
Tense Chief John E. Fondahl
toured an area bounded by Four
tenth and Seventh streets and
G street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
| All spoke enthusiastically Of
the excellent cooperation Of the
public in its first major AFRAID
/ test since World War II.
! Inspector Fondahl noted that
the traffic generally was light
before the sirens sounded. indi.
(See AIR RAID, Page A-16.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14

former FBI agent, testified at
the Senate hearing on the
Army-McCarthy row in the tenn
porary absence from the witness
stand of Senator Mccarthy. The
Senator came to the hearing
room. at midmorning, however,
after a delay in returning from
a speaking engagement in the
Midwest. He had been under
examination when the inquiry
recessed Friday.
Adams Named by Carr.
It was Army Counsel John G..
Adams, a principal in the hear
ing, whom Mr.. Carr accused of
offering favors to Pvt. Schine in
return for the calling-of by
Senator Mccarthy of the hear
ing on alleged Communists at
the Army's secret Fort Mon
mouth, N. j., radar laboratories.
Pvt. Schine, former unpaid Nc
Carthy consultant, was drafted
In the Army last November 2.
Mr.. Cars testimony fatty
contradicts sworn testimony CIV
en- earlier by Mr.. Adams.
"CIOse to Perjury"
AS the hearing recessed for
lunch, Senator jackson, Demo-
crat, of Washington said the
contradictions of Mr.. Carr "come
close to raising the issue of per-
jury" between the two opposing
witnesses.
Senator Symington, Democrat
of Missouri, after hearing Mr.
Cars testimony and comparing
it with that of Mr.. Adams, said
Somebody is lying"
Mr.. Carr said Mr.. Adams re-
peatedly referred to Pvt. Schine
following his induction at Fort
Dix, N. j., as "our hostage" He
said also that Army Secretary
Stevens complained that if the
embarrassing" Fort Monmouth
probe wasn't ended it might cost
him his job.
Mr.. Carr said that on Novem-
Der "a Mr.. Adams told him that
Pvt. Schine might not get a
Thanksgiving week = end pass
from Fort Dix if the Army
didn't get some good word
about the Fort Monmouth probe
Talk On Train Ride.
Mr.. Carr described a lengthy
conversation he had with Mr.
Adams on a train ride from New
York to Washington Novem-
Der Is.
He quoted Mr.. Adams as say
ing that if the Mccarthy COM
mittee could be little nicer" to
the Army then perhaps the
Army could be a little nicer to
Pvt. Schine."
Mr.. Carr said he felt the Army
counsel was bargaining" for an
end of the Fort Monmouth in
vestigation and was dangling
favors for Schine in front of us.
The Mccarthy staff director
also referred to the Mccarthy
charges that Secretary Stevens
and Mr.. Adams attempted to
divert the committees investi-
CATION to the Air Force anc
Navy. He quoted Roy M. Cohn
Mccarthy committee counsel. az
(See HEARING, Page A-30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14
Verdict Acquiring
Fulton Lewis, Jr.,
Ordered by Judge
Key Witness Refuses
To Testify at Trial
Of Libel Charges
BULLETIN

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (Spe-
ciaD Howard County Circuit
Judge James Clark today di-
rected a verdict of acquittal in
the case of Radio Commenta-
tor Fulton Lewis, jr., on
charges of criminal libel.