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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. July 22.-Pretty
Helene Jacobs, l9-year-old CO.
lumbia University student, today
chung in Inconsistencies to the
life she apparently sought twice
to end in a suicide pact with q
friend.
The friend, Madeline Jean
Sommer. also 10. died yesterday
in the East Side art gallery
apartment where the girls evil
IDENTIFY turned on kitchen gas
after night Of wine drinking.
AS authorities pieced together
events. there were indications it
was the second suicide attempt by
the girls this week.
Gas Fire Was Put Out.
Police at Bergenfield, N. j.,
said firemen put out a gas fire
Tuesday at Madeline's home
while both girls were there. A
note by Madeline, limiting at
suicide, was found afterward.
Firemen asked Madeline how
the fire started. They quoted her
as replying that she was ire
heating a cake" in the oven,
However, f1remen said, there was
no cake.
A taxi driver reported Made
line told him Monday of her love
of art and that she felt she was
a failure. A, school official also
told authorities the girl was
never a happy youngster."
Despite a lengthy note left by
Helene, her father, Joseph ia
cobs, prominent labor lawyer,
told reporters he could not be-
lieve she had taken part in any
suicide pact.
Referring to q portion in which
she called herself systematically
violent" he said:
That's ridiculous. She was
never violent. she never talked
or wrote that way. She was a
very stable girl one of the
best adjusted girls I ever met"
Was In Good Spirits.
He said he was with Helene
last Saturday, talked to her by
telephone Sunday and that on
Monday she was out with friends
who said she was in good spirits.
He voiced a theory his daugh-
ter was asleep and, smelling gas,
tried to reach the kitchen and
turn of the jets before she coll
lapsed.
Mr.. Jacobs and the girls
mother kept a vigil at the Roose-
yelt Hospital, where Helene's
condition appeared to be i'm
proving although she remained
unconscious.
Both girls, clad only in scanty
night clothes, left farewell notes.
They were found when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Cardinal vaIeri Arrives
For Visit 10 Canada
sy ne As.ocio,ed Pre-.

NEW YORK. July 22.-va-
lerio Cardinal valeri. project of
the Congregation Of the Sacred
Religious. arrived today on the
liner Andrea Doria en- route to
Three Rivers. Quebec. to attend
ceremonies at the Shrine of the
Cap de Ia Madeleine. August Il
to is.
The cardinal was met at the
pier by Francis Cardinal Spell
man, who will be his host until
Saturday. when Cardinal Valeri
leaves for Canada. Also at the
pier to greet the visitor was
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, apostolic delegate to
the United States.
The visitor said the health of
Pope Plus XII is very good. He
said the Pontiff is deeply con-
cerned about the situation in
the Far East, because religious
orders have been forced to give
up their work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Escaped Inmate Trapped
By His Inability TO Spell
By the Assoeiaied Press

CAMDEN, N. j., July 22.-One
of two inmates who escaped
from the Farview State Hospital
for the Criminally Insane was
arrested yesterday when he failed
a spelling bee posed by alert de-
tectives.
Camden officials were una
ware of the hulking. six-foot-Six
mans identity for more than two
hours after he was taken to City
Hall. Finally, the man admitted
he was Joseph McNeair, 38, for
merly of Philadelphia.
When detectives first ques-
toned him. McNeair insisted his
name was Ronald Forsythe, and
showed Identification indicating
he was from Lebanon, Pa. He
was taken into custody for fur
ther questioning. however, when
he could not spell his last name.
He was picked up in a Camden
rooming house on an anonymous
, tip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Girls New York Suicide Pact
Apparently Was Their Second

building superintendent broke
into the apartment.
Two days ago the Missing Per-
sons Bureau here had been
alerted to look for Medelaine,
who had been missing from her
Bergenfield home for a week.
Mrs. Irene Sommer. her
widowed mother, Miss Judy SOM
mer, a sister. and another rela-
tive, Frank j. Vagish, of Scars
dale, N. Y, were questioned by
police.
Madeline did not explain whv
she wanted to kill herself. All
she left was a terse note asking
that her mother be notified.
Mrs. Jacobs. who was given
the note. explained tearfully
that Mark" was the girls
brother, who was I'M Chicago
and "all right"
Both girls attended Syracuse
University during the last school
year.
Helene had been attending
summer classes at Columbia
University. The combination art
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22

gallery apartment on East
Sixty fifth street OF Fifth ave-
nue. was lent to her for the
summer by the management of
the Rose Fried Gallery. Miss
Rose Fried, who operates the
gallery. is mentioning in Eu-
rope. She is q friend Of the
Jacobs family.
The girls were discovered
through the call of a refrigerator
repairman, who. having received
no answer. summoned the build
ing superintendent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
West German Official
Vanishes in Berlin;
Note Hints Flight
BY she Associated Press

BERLIN, July 22.-Police an
nounced today DR.. Otto john.
West German anti-espiopagei
chief, went to Communist East
Berlin with a friend Tuesday
night and that a note left be-
hind indicated he would not
return.
The West Berlin police an
nouncement followed by q few
hours a statement by the West
German Interior Ministry that
DR.. john was believed kidnapped
by the Communists.
Dr.. John was last seen board
ing a taxi in front of his hotel
on the evening of July 20, the
ministry said. and neither he
nor the taxi has been seen
since"
Dr. Johns official title is chief
of the Federal Office for the
Protection of the Constitution.
The Office is charged with guard
ing against treason, espionage
and activities endangerous the
democratic state. Though it's
powers are more limited, it han
dies duties much as the Federal
Bureau of Investigation does in
the United States.
Creates CONSERVATION.
News of the 45-year-old execu-
tivess disappearance was met
with CONSERVATION comparable
to that which might arise in the
United States if FBI Chief J..
Edgar Hoover vanished mysteri-
ously.
DR. John narrowly escaped ar
rest after the abortive 1914 bomb
plot against Hitler. He used his
Office as German airline off,
cial to take a plane to Madrid
four days later. He left Madrid
for Portugal, where Nazi officials
asked his extradition. At the
end of that year he went to
London, where he was informed
briefly. He later worked for
London law firm and was admit
ted to the bar as a lawyer for
German and international law.
Held Post Since 1850.
He returned to Germany in
1949. In early 1850 ne was
named as. provisional chief of
the Office for the Protection of
the Constitution, a job later
made permanent.
In the plot against Hitler DR..
John worked with the group di-
rected by Admiral Walter Ca
naris, who was later executed
for treason. DR.. John used his
airline job to work closely with
Admiral Canaris and supply the
resistance group with informa-
ton from foreign countries.
At one time the Canaris group
selected DR.. John to represent 1t
to try to contact Gen. Eisen-
hower's staff to negotiate an
armiStice,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
House 0verrides
Appropriations Unit
And Restores Funds

The House restored another
$50 million to a $1.2 billion
supplementary supply bill today
as 1t continued to override its
Appropriations Committee and
vote additional sums requested
by President Eisenhower.
Taking up where it left off
last Tuesday, the House ran into
a parliamentary paradox when a
Democratic member prevented a
Republican move to restore $35
million.
Representative Fogarty. Dem
ocrat, of Rhode Island, who ear
lier this year lost a fight to in
crease Federal funds to help
States build chronic disease hos
pitfalls, won today when the House
adopted his amendment to allot
$3.50 million for that purpose.
His amendment was approved,
80 to Al, as a substitute for q
$35 million proposal by Repre-
sentative Heselton, Republican,
of Massachusetts,. Mr.. Fogarty
declared that the $35 million was
too much at this time, and that
the States would be unable to
spend all of it during the cur
rent fiscal year.
The outcome, in any case, was
a defeat for the Appropriations
Committee, which had rejected
Gen. Eisenhower's original re-
quest for $35 million and $780,
600 for administrative salaries
and expenses for the hospital
program. The Fogarty amend
ment would appropriate $751;
million for chronic disease hos
pital construction and facilities
and 100000 for, administrative
costs.
BY a unanimous vote earlier
today, the House voted to in
clude a 1900 item to pay for a
gold medal presented by Gen.
Eisenhower to Irving Berlin, the
composer.
The House expected to vote
late today on the overall bill,
providing additional amounts
for some 10 Federal agencies and
programs during the fiscal year
which began July /. The $50
million added to the bill at the
start of today's session was on
top of $685. million restored by
votes last Tuesday over the pro-
tests of the Appropriation Com
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
$12,00o.85 Short

MIAMI, Fla, July % (P.-A
teller charged with embezzling
$1,000 from the Industrial Ma
tional Bank of Detroit was
arrested yesterday with Is cents
in his pocket. FBI Agent Edward
j. Powers said the man, Fred
erick Francis Coyne, Is, admitted
the embezzlement and reported
all the money was gone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
,l3 Injured in Chicago
In Bus roller c.rush
BY me Assoeiosed Pres.

CHICAGO, July 22.-Thirteen
persons were injured here today
in a collision between q city bus
and a tractor trailer.
At least two of the bus passen-
gers were injured seriously. All
were taken to hospitals.
Police said the driver Of the
tractor trailer, Richard Fuller of
Pontiac, Mich. was suffering
from shock and hysteria and
could not be questioned imme-
diately. He was taken to Swedish
Covenant Hospital.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

ity of his employees about the security
of their union.
Before go on any further on this
subject, want to make this point
crystal clear so that there will be no
misunderstanding about it. I am not
saying that the states do not have the
right and the privilege to legislate
in their area. They certainly do.
However, | hope that the states
which have these laws will give
them further consideration. If they
do, believe, they will find that
these laws do more harm than good.
In the first place, they do not create
any jobs at all.
In the second place, they result in
undesirable and unnecessary limita-
tions upon the freedom of working
men and women and their employers
to bargain collectively and agree upon
conditions of work.
Thirdly, they restrict union security
and thereby undermine the basic
strength of labor organizations.
I oppose such laws categorically.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

their powers and responsibilities to
serve their citizens"
The United States Chamber of
Commerce said that Notwithstanding
yesterdays statement by the Secre-
tary of Labor, the chamber feels-as
we have always felt-that state right
to-work laws are sound and wise and
we propose to continue our activities
in support of such laws"
A chamber spokesman said that
"new interest is snowballing" among
business groups to press for such
laws.
Of like mind was the WALL
STREET JOURNAL which proceeded
to take the secretary to task:
'Mr. Mitchell, we are sorry to say,
thus seems to have missed completely
the point of the 'right-to-work' laws.
They are not enacted as warranty of
union power, but as a safeguard for
the individual working man."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24
RIGHT TO WORK LAWS HAMPER BARGAINING

There have been reports that some
businessmen and other interests are
forming national organizations to
promote extension into new states of
the so-called "right-to-work" laws.
These reports are most disquieting.
| have also been disturbed to hear
of organizations working on an in
dividual state basis to promote the
extension of these laws. AS l have
said many times, good relations be-
tween labor and management must
be developed at the plant level.
Certainly an organized effort by
employers to promote state laws
undermining union security is not
conducive to harmonious working
relations between employers and
their employees.
There are many other areas where
further progress can be made in the
states next year when "A state legis-
latures meet. State Labor Depart
ments need to be strengthened.
Safety programs need to be ex-
panded in most states. State agencies
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

by insnuaon And especially unhappy
that occasionally that done the This
Think and destroy if
it further.
81 deeply believe the capacity democracy
trials that lie ahead provided only that practice
it in daily lives.
And the things practice is that while
seek ferveny ferret the ubvesve and
forces in the do the me by hyteria,
by resort to innuendo, and and other
tics, besmrch the that believe and
separation among peoplecause me group
dvdual hate another based attacks,
stantiated attacks their loyalty.
81 also add that part my
training Anglo-Amercan law lawyer. 1t is
the basis and the heritage of the English people
this which have maintained that
strictet rules of credbty of the
of hearsay, and that gossip shall be excluded
of Justice And that, is essential of democracy
Whether by administrative agencies acting arbitrarily
business organizations whether by
ves of legislative branches, whenever these prncipesof
the of individual and his good be-
enrichment by hearsay and the of
who subject crossexamnaon violated
have failed carrying forward ideals respect
% democracy.
"That deeply believe"
The pndrop silence which had obtained throughout Len
that's remarks lasted several moments
Then Senator Mcmahon (DConn) said in a quiet voice,
"That was. the statement of very real American"
There still another period of complete silence Then
Mcclellan shuffled his papers resumed, "Nr Lenthal
while you head of the IVA have any Communists
in your employ?"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

U. S. Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell spoke out recently at
the CLIO convention at Los Angeles
against the state "right-to-work"
laws. At a press conference the
following day President Eisenhow-
er announced that Mitchell was not
speaking for his administration
when he opposed so-called Fright
to work. laws. Here are excerpts
from Secretary Mitchell's remarks:
<
[ believe that when employers and
unions representing majority of
their employees agree on a union shop
they should have the right to have
one.
Seventeen States, twelve of them
in the South, have enacted laws which
deprive unions and employers from
making such agreements. They call
these "right-to-work" laws, but that
is not what they really are.
Actually, these are laws which
make it impossible for an employer
to bargain collectively with a major
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

Mitchell, you may recall, liste
three reasons why he thought tn
'Eright-to-work" laws did ''more harm
than good":
They do not create any jobs;
2-They result in undesirable
and unnecessary limitations upon
the freedom of working men and
women and their employers to bar
gain collectively and agree upon
conditions of work; and
3-They restrict union security
and thereby undermine the basic
strength of labor organizations.
Labor sentiment around the coun-
try, while applauding Mitchell for his
stand, seemed to agree with CLIO
President Walter Reuther's remark
that "the real test of this attitude
can be demonstrated by moving on
Taft-Hartley since repressive state
legislation was only made possible
under the provisions of the act"
NEW SPARKS
1Idu6 uulOn O1l1CId1S 1SS1 IIldC
Mitchell could do much more than
just urge the states not to pass these
laws. He could press for an amend
ment to, Taft-Hartley which would
give the national labor law priority
over state laws in areas where it
legally and normally has such prior
ity.
The reason that Mitchell would not
discuss Taft-Hartley was seen the
following day when President Eisen-
hover refused to back him up. Labor
leaders feel this demonstrates the
power of the anti-labor Secretary of
Commerce Sinclair Weeks and the
continuation of the Weeks-Mitchell
cabinet feud.
In the wake of all this, these sparks
were generated in the national arena:
The newly elected president of the
National Association of Manufacture
ers, Henry G. Ritter, III, charged that
the secretary was ignoring the Pres
ident's oft repeated campaign pledges
{. that he would see the legislative
rights of states and local communities |
are respected and we will not reach |
into the states and take from them
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

Tradtionaly democracy has been affirmative
rather than merely negative
81 believe-and conceive the of the United
States does relgionthe
integrity the individually that all
and all private be designed to promote and
and defend the integrity dignity the
individually of the
ton and the Bill of Rights, is essentially meaning
religion.
Any form of government therefore, and other
ions which make rather than ends which
other institutions above the Importance men,
of that conception therefore,
am deeply opposed them.
"The communistic philosophy we'll the communsc
mental is quite the contrary The
fore the which the
without any ethical standards to limit them.
"This deeply disbelieve.
at is very easy simply say that a Communist
And of course if record requires very
affrmativey, then it is great disappointment to
t is very easy talk about being against 1t
equally important believe those things which provide
satisfying, affirmative alternative.
Is hope in the world that it affirmative belief,
rather than being simply belief against something else and
nothing
Zone of the of democracy that grows of this
central of belief that the individual first that all
the children of God and that their personalities
therefore sacred carries with belief in civil liberties
and their protection, and who would
steal from human being that which precious to him
his good by impugning things him by nnuendo
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24

must assume more leadership and
more responsibility in the promotion
of sound programs to improve the
skills of the nations work force.
State child labor laws can be i'm
proved where they do not meet the
accepted standards. The great major
ity of states have not taken action
against discrimination in employ
ment. Few have directed their at
tention to the employment problems
of older workers.-From the MA
CHINIST.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Refunds S3T9 Million

REGINA-(CNS) -Saskatchewan
wheat farmers will get back about
2.3 cents on each bushel of grain they
marketed this year through their
coop elevators. About 1c of this
will be in cash.
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
handled $50 million bushels of wheat
at its country elevators and SAT- mil
lion bushels at its terminals. 1t also
sent $4,000 head of livestock to
market for its members.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24
THANKS, Mr.. MITCHELL, FOR MAKING
ISSUE OF SCAB LAW

WASHINGTON. D. C-(PAD-The so-caed 'rghtto-
work law has finally moved to its proper place major issue
of national Importance affecting all the people of the nation
Secretary of Labor James Mitchell be credited with
assist for his placing there though he spoke
individual before the CLIO convention without the backing
President Eisenhower his administration
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24
Reprinted from THE WASHINGTON POST, Wed, Feb. 5,
By ALFRED FRIENDLY. POST Reporter

By ALFRED FRIENDLY POST Reporter
For than week, Senator Kenneth D. Mcclellan ID
TENN hearings the Joint Congressional Com
mee Atomic Energy forum in which to attack David
E. Lenha The committee is considering the confirmation
of the IVA head in his of Atomic Energy
Commission chairman.
McKear line of questioning has been apparently designed
to portray Liienthal a Communist.
Yesterday excursion Mcclellan demanded to know
TWAS production cost of ton of ammonium nitrate.
Llenha said the figures available that he would OBJ
tain hem but that he did them his head Mcclellan
professed find this answer ITSELF evidence of Lenthals
gross incompetence He repeatedly requoed it, with heavy
Later back his original tack, Mcclellan snapped, "The
truth is that your sympathies are very leftist"
is, Lenthal answered, hat that
assertion cannot be made in terms of yes no.
"Wel, what your convictions Communist doctrine?
Mcclellan persisted
The Witness who until yesterday had shown signs of
emotion anger under McKear barrag suddenly wheeled
his antagonist He said voice
low, but electric with fervor:
"This DO carry in my head, Senator
do my clear My
much concerned with what against what /
and that excludes lot of things automatically.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-24
David LilenthaI to Sem Mcclellan In 1947 :.
Democracy Is a Belief in Mans Dignity

The following the Washington Post occurred early
Although years have since past because
there those who appreciate too little the
strength democracy David Lenhals reply Sen
Mcclellan refreshngly pertinent today it Feb
ruary, 1947 We for your consideration
EDITOR.
Evening star., 1954-09-22
Athletics
Continued From Page CID

to make arrangements for the
possible sale of the Blues ball
park to that city. johnson now
owns the property and would
lease it from the city.
The disposition of Connie
Mack Stadium would be another
problem. johnson repeatedly has
offered Bob Carpenter. owner OF
the Phillies, the option of a long
term lease or purchase of the
park. Carpenter has been de-
scribed as unwilling. though, to
purchase the park, preferring to
build a new stadium at a site
where better parking facilities
could be arranged.
Roy Mack, who couldn't be
reached for comment iinmedi-
ately. repeatedly was reconcileo
to the sale and shift of the fran
chise. Another source. insisted
however. that Roy still retained
a faint glimmer of hope he car
interest a Philadelphia indus
trialist, unnamed, in putting ur
the necessary cash to keep the
AS in the city.
Evening star., 1954-09-22
Plumbers, IintolI,ia
Clash Today IN Battle | I
For CiH Series Lead

The Atchison g. Keller
Plumbers, who have seen their
title hopes go down the drain
suddenly on two previous occa-
sions. hope to take another big
step today toward the 1854
Washington Amateur Baseball
Association championship.
Beaten in the final round
twice previously. including a
last-inning loss to the Heurich
Brewers last year. the Plumbers
meet Lincolnia at 4::30 pm. to-
day on the North Ellipse in q
battle of uriheaten teams. Each
has q 20 series record and the
winner viii be In an enviable po-
sition.
Cameo and Snug Harbor. each
with q III record, meet at the
same time on the West Ellipse
lin Ia battle for survival in this
double Knockout tournament.
n The Washington Boys Clnt
t2<1), the only other remaining
team in the series, Is idle today
The Plumbers showed SNUG
Harbor out OF the unbeater
class yesterday = with 20-hit
1874 victory. Paul Schaeffel
scattered nine hits to coast tt
victory, while the Plumbers teec
| off on four Snug pitchers. Duke
Coppage, Plumber third base.
man, drove in five runs with tive
| singles and a sacrifice fly.