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Evening star., 1954-09-12
Eisenhower Facing
FatefuI Ruling Today
On 0uemoy Defense
Top OfficioIs Heading
For Security Council
Session in Denver
By Gornett D. Horner
Sior Stoff Correspondent

DENVER, Sept. 11.-President
Eisenhower faces fateful de-
cisions tomorrow on American
strategy in combating Commu-
mist aggression in the Far East
and Red subversion at home.
Signs that the Chinese Com
munists are preparing for i'm
minent assault on Nationalist
held islands make most urgent
the problems confronting the
President in an extraordinary
Sunday afternoon meeting with
his National Security Council.
: That meeting is expected to
decide the critical issue of
whether the U. s. Navy and Air
Force will help protect such is
lands as Quemoy. lying between
the Red-controlled Chinese
mainland and Formosa. or go
into action only in defense of
areas closer to Chang Kai-shek's
Formosa stronghold.
A separate Presidential con-
ference with Attorney General
Brownell and FBI Director j.
Edgar Hoover is expected to sig
nal the start of an intensified
drive against Communist con-
spirators at home.
They will map plans for action
under several new ti-Commu-
mist laws passed by the 83rd Con-
greSs, which Gen. Eisenhower has
hailed as providing effective
new legal weapons to assist us
in our fight to destroy Commu-
nism in this country"
Prepares for Tough Day.
The President took it easy
today. relaxing in preparation
for the tough day ahead of him.
He arrived at his summer White
House Office at Lowry Air Force
Base here at 7:45 am. approved
a Tariff Commission report,
cleaned up some mail and left
before $50 for a round of golf
with old friends at the Cherry
Hills Country Club.
There he was honor guest to-
night at private dinner given
by Colorado Gov. Dan Thornton.
Policy to be set at the NSC
session tomorrow may determine
whether - or how soon - the
United States gets involved in a
shooting war with Red Chinese
forces
The Chinese Communisms have
been building UP their military
forces on the mainland opposite
Formosa to proportions provid-
ing convincing evidence to Amer
lcan experts that they plan some
new aggressive move soon.
II that move should be against
Formosa itself, Gen. Eisenhower
mas warned publicly that it
would have to run over the
United States Seventh Fleet.
long pledged to protect Formosa.
Recent Communist shelling of
Quemoy, Nationalist island
only a few miles off the Red port
city OF Annoy. has indicated the
Communists may try an assault
to conquer it as a test of strength
before deciding upon a Formosa
invasion.
Unlike its public stand on de-
fense of Formosa, the United
States has kept secret its inten-
tionS regarding Quemoy. There
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1954-09-12
.2ExpertslinedU Up
To Map Dc. Program
For SIum Clearance
Proposal Also Calls
For HoIting Decline
In Other City Areas

Two of the Nations top ex-
perts on slum problems have
been lined 10, to map Washing
toms concentrated program for
clearing Sums and hating de-
terioration of other city areas,
it was learned last night.
The District Commissioners
are expected within the next
week or so to authorize a con-
tract with the two consultants,
calling for a city-wide urban
renewal workable program" as
required by the new Housing
Act of 1854.
The consultants are:
James w. Rouse, Baltimore
mortgage banker. Mr.. Rouse last
year headed a subcommittee Of
the Presidents Advisory Com
mittee on Housing which gave
birth to the new urban renewal"
concept. He also led the highly
successful Baltimore Plan of
slum rehabilitation. and his firm
financed Baltimore's first two
major redeyelopment projects.
Nathaniel S. Keith, director Of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency'ss Sium Clearance and
Urban Redevelopment Division
from the time it was set up in
September, 1949, until July /,
1858. He has been a private
consultant on urban redevelop-
ment matters since last summer.
Pleased With Proposals.
Mr.. Rouse and Mr.. Keith were
approached by District officials
from a list of "15 or 20 names"
and invited to submit a proposal
to the District Building, it was
learned.
They did, and the proposal is
being worked into contract draft
form. It will be checked by the
Corporation Counsel's Office and
then must be approved by the
Commissioners before signing.
While no approval has been
given, officials indicated they are
highly pleased with the two
mems proposal.
Amount Of the proposed con-
sultant fee was not disclosed.
but presumably it will be near
the $4,000 the city has on hand
for that purpose.
The new urban renewal idea
embodied in the 1854 Housing
Act covers many involved steps
for halting the deterioration of
neighborhoods as we'll as drastic
slum clearance, such as the re-
development programs already
under way in southwest WASH
ington. The new act requires
that before cities can get more
Federal aid for slum programs
they must draw up a workable
program" of urban renewal.
Included in the program would
be plans for:
Redevelopment projects, a
housing code, housing regula-
ton enforcement measures, zon-
ing provisions. public housing.
rehabilitation of rundown dwell
ings, steps to preserve good
neighborhoods, public works, cit
izen participation-and the role
(See SLUMS, Page AID
Evening star., 1954-09-12

The possibility of dohbling
Constitution avenues present
80-foot width west of Twelfth
street NV. to the river is being
studied in connection with the
city's proposed new downtown
Potomac bridge, it was learned
last night.
Tentative proposals call for
building a 65-foot- wide mall-like
center strip on the south side of
the present eight-lane roadway
and then adding another 80-foot
roadway south Of the center
strip.
This would require demolition
of the Navy, Munitions and other
temporary Office buildings lining
the avenue - a longtime OBJ
jective Of Federal and city Of
ficials.
This possibility is strictly in
the study stage. It has the final
backing Of no agency, District
or Federal.
But it is figuring largely ir
talks between staff technicians
of the District highway depart
ment. the National Capital Plan
ming Commission and the Ma
tional Capital Parks, who are
seeking agreement on design
plans for the new bridge. The
staff men will report this week
to a. special Planning Commits
sion committee set up to study
the problem.
Wirth Calls It A Good Idea"
Conrad Wirth, National Park
Service director, said he has not
gone into details of the widening
proposal but that it is "a good
idea we'll worth considering"
District Highway Department
officials also have been ordered to
study in detail its feasibility for
handling the massive volume OF
traffic that would be generated
The Constitution avenue WIDEN
ing grew out of tentative pro-
posals-backed by park and plan
nins technicians-that the new
downtown bridge should connect
directly with Constitution avenue
NV. near the Lincoln Memorial
This question of a Constitu-
ton avenue connection is the
major problem in talks about de-
sign of the bridge, which will
cross the river just upstream
from Memorial bridge and just
downriver from Roosevelt Mem
orial Island.
This is the reason for the
connections Importance:
Constitution avenue already is
jam-packed with rush-hour traf-
f1c, most of it feeding in from
Arlington Memorial bridge. If
the new six-lane span adds its
own traffic streams to the avenue
in rush hours. there are only two
alternatives.
Either present traffic on Mem
orial bridge will drop sharply,
or very drastic improvements
will have to be made to Consti-
tuition avenue to increase its
traffic capacity. r
For example. traffic studies
show that Constitution. at its
biggest bottleneck between vir-
ginia avenue and Seventeenth
street, can handle-and is handl-
ing at peak periods-only about
1000 eastbound cars an hour.
District engineers figure that
II the new bridge ties into Con-
stitution about 1,7O0 cars an
hour would hit the avenue from
Evening star., 1954-09-12

campaign photographs with both
hands. stepped nimbly from his
cream-colored convertible as he
and DR.. Byrd dismounted at the
reviewing stand and took the
only open seat at the judges
table. This left DR.. Byrd a
standing-room-on spot behind
him, where the former University
of Maryland president was sand
Wiched between Republican
members of the Board of County
C o m m ssioners. Obviously,
miffed. DR.. Byrd peered over the
Governors head at the parade.
The two men shook hands
genially for photographers before
the scramble for chairs. Earlier.
however, outside the College
Park Fire House, q photographer
Evening star., 1954-09-12
New Hurricane Moves
Northwurd in Gulf
BY IN Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. IL
The New Orleans Weather Bu-
reau said tonight the sixth hur-
ricane of the season has de-
veloped in the southwest Gulf
of Mexico.
The bureau said aircraft have
located a very small hurricane
in the gulf about 100 miles
southeast of Tampico. Mexico.
The hurricane. named Flor
ence, is expected to move slowly
toward the west northwest,
probably at about five miles an
hour or less, during the next IL
hours. :,
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Joseph Young Reports
From Dallas

Beginning todoy and continuing
through next Sunday. Joseph Young.
Government employees news writer
for The Stor. reports from DolIos
covering the convention Of Notionol
Federation Of federol Employees.
leorn whot new plons viii be
mopped for the 1855 legislative com-
poien for Government employees as
we'll as whot future course the union
pIons will take.
Turn to Joseph Youns's column
todoy. Reed The Star resuIorB.
Phone sTerlins $1,000 for convenient
home delivery Of The Evening and
Sunday Stor.
Evening star., 1954-09-12

desegregation program, decreed
by the Board of Education,
which a year from now is in
tended to leave the Districts
school system without racial re-
strictions.
All new pupils are being en-
rolled for the new term without
regard to race, and 5000 Negro
children are being transferred
from crowded former Negro
schools to buildings hitherto
reserved for whites. Pupils re-
Gently moved from one neigh
borhood to another also are being
allowed to enter school regardless
of race.
Mixed in Most Schools.
With these desegregation steps.
every public school building
in theory-could have a biracial
enrolment tomorrow.
School officials do not expect
that this will actually be the
case. Supt. Hobart M. Corning
late last week said he could not
predict how many schools will
feel Immediately the impact Of
the new program, or how colored
and white enrollees will balance
in individual schools.
DR.. Corning has already fore
cast, however. that most schools
will have at least a few pupils
Of the opposite race.
A number of schools also will
have biracial teaching staffs.
School officials so far have not
disclosed the extent of blracial
teacher assignments. however.
Only Half Day.
Tomorrow will be a half day
for pupils. Schools will open at
8 am. and close at 1915 pm.
School STATS are being allotted
the afternoon to complete extra
paper work connected with the
integratior program.
Many new pupils actually are
already registered. The bulk of
an expected 10000 elementary
newcomers were enrolled last
Wednesday and Thursday, and
new enrollees at junior and senior
high schools started registering
the week before.
No tally was made last week
OF the new regiStrants, or of the
ratios of white and colored, how
ever.
The school systems expected
enrolment of 100000, If it ma
terializes, will set a new record.
Last years total was 103,778.
The Negro portion of the total
also is expected to be greater
than ever before.
Last year, colored pupils ac-
counted for 81 per cent of the
total. This fall, DR.. Corning said
Friday. this is expected to climb
another percentage point or two.
Shift in Racial Ratio.
Colored pupils are expected to
be the majority in several of the
formerly white schools which
they are entering for the first
time. In several others the
racial ratio will be about half
and half.
Eastern Junior High School,
which shares the Eastern High
building, is slated for the largest
(See SCHOOLS, Page A-14.l
Evening star., 1954-09-12

38th and Sandy Amoros' eighth.
The Dodgers thus traded
places with the Braves, moving
to second, Az games behind the
Giants. The Braves are five
games behind.
Art Houtteman shut out the
Red Sox on five hits to give
Cleveland 20 of % decisions with
Boston for the season. Ed Lopat,
the veteran Yankee pitcher, had
a 5-3 lead after eight innings but
faltered. The White Sox, who
once had pennant hopes of their
own, all but snuffed out New
York's chances on Chico Carras-
quel's hit in the 10th.
The magic number for the
Indians is seven. Any combina-
tion of Cleveland victories and
Yankee losses totaling seven will
give the Indians their first pen
nant since 1948, the last time the
Yankees failed to win.
The magic numbers for the
Giants are 10 with Brooklyn and
II with Milwaukee.
"Details in Sports Section) :
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Plot Against Castillo
Reported in Guatemala
BY The Assoeioied Press

GUATEMALA, Sept. 11.-Gov.
eminent sources reported today
authorities have uncovered a
plot against the regime of Pres
ident Carlos Castillo Armas. but
few details were available.
A number of air force officers
were said to be implicated and
the planned uprising was set
for September IA or Is. these
sources said.
President Castillo squelched a
rebellion by cadets of the mill
tary academy soon after his sue
cessful revolution last June and
there has been little open op-
position since.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Ulcer Cure Cluimed
From Licorice Powder
BY the Associosed Pres.

FUKUOKA. Japan, Sept. IL
Professors at Kyushu University
claimed today that six cases of
chronic stomach ulcers have been
cured by powered licorice.
Six patients, under treatment
since last spring, were freed of
all symptoms after taking the
powder for only one week. the
professors said.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
D. c. Studying Plan to Double
Width of Constitution Avenue
More Lunes to HundIe Traffic Flow
Across New Bridge Seen Necessary

that span alone. And with both
bridges operating at capacity and
connecting to Constitution, about
$3.50 eastbound cars an hour
would roll onto the avenue.
Expressway Proposed.
District officials original ideas
were that the new bridge should
not connect with Constitution
avenue at all, but should tie into
new north south expressway in
the vicinity Of Twenty-fourth
street NV. The idea was that
this expressway would become
the west leg of the long planned
"inner loop" road system to
route traffic around the con-
gested central business district,
with Memorial bridge continuing
to feed rush-hour cars to Con-
Stitution avenue.
The fear which District on
cials have about the proposed
Constitution avenue connection
with the new bridge is that
without adequate controls - 1t
might have the effect of simply
substituting Constitution avenue
traffic volumes from Memorial
bridge to- the new span.
Obviously. the new bridge
would be more attractive to
motorists heading for Constitu-
ton avenue. 1t would be more
direct. It also would eliminate
the headache of winding around
the perpetually- -clogged Lincoln
Memorial circle.
But If traffic volumes drop
sharply in rush hours on Me-
mortal bridge, the city wouldn't
really be Caring the new bridge
lanes it so urgently needs.
Need Capacity of All Bridges.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
District Engineer Commissioner,
stressed that the city will con-
tinue to need the full capacity of
all existing bridges in rush hours,
even with the new span in place.
He said he agreed with park
officials that it was desirable to
leave Memorial bridge as free as
possible during the "21 non-rush
hours day" to serve tourist and
Evening star., 1954-09-12
State Doesn't Take
Lightly to Change

THE Mcleod STORY - stsff
Writer Selwo Roosevelt looks in on
the work-o-doy life and reasoning
OF r. W. Scott Mcleod ond reports
he is "ofroid ! did not oIwoys use
the KID gloves opprooeh" Her re-
yeolins story is on Pose d..
GOLDEN 6LovEs-Sponsorship Of
the onnuoI Golden Gloves, the oreo's
top amateur boxing event, hos been
token over by The Stor for future
events. The detoils. by Dick o'Brien,
ore on Pose c-l.
Complete Index. Poge AZ
Rodio- -Tv Prosroms. Pages E-4-5
Evening star., 1954-09-12

agreed to attend a meeting in
London toward the end of this
month. A communique said any
final decisions would be taken
within the framework of NATO.
Mr.. Eden arrived at noon on
the first leg of a whirlwind Eu-
ropean tour widely interpreted
as part of British effort to
bring West Germany into the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton. He will fly ito Bonn tomor-
row to confer with West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
then go to Rome Tuesday and
Paris the next day.
Fiye-Hour Meeting.
A communique issued after a
five-hour meeting Of Mr.. Eden,
Mr.. Spaak, Dutch Foreign Min
lister E. w. Beyen and Premier
Foreign Minister Joseph Bech of
Luxembourg declared the four
had examined the situation
created by the rejection of the
European Defense Community in
France"
The communique said:
'They discussed proposals
which could be made to ensure
the association of Germany with
the West and its participation
in Western defense. Different
ideas were expressed and rec
ognized as valid. Their study will
be continued in the coming days
through diplomatic channels.
Complete Agreement.
There was complete agree
ment on the goal to be reached
and the methods to be employed.
1T is probable that after Mr..
Eden's return to London a con-
ference will be convoked. The
final decisions on the discussed
questions will have to be taken
within the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization"
Mr.. Spaak told reporters after
the meeting that the Benelux
countries are lin complete agree
ment with the British policy re-
garding, alternative solutions to
the Edo"
He declined to say what the
agreement provided. but Britain
is known to favor German entry
into NATO. The Benelux coun-
tries tend to accept such a solu-
ton without much reluctance on
condition that France can ac-
cept it. Mr.. Eden is out to get
French concurrence on his cur
rent tour.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
McKeldin Gets Seat, Byrd Stands at Parade

Fast footwork by Gov. Nc
Keldin got him a seat yesterday
while his Democratic opponent
in November, DR.. H. c. (Curly)
Byrd. stood through a two-hour
flremen's parade in College Park.
AS 5000 persons watched. DR..
Byrd led the parade Of the 32d
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Back to School

News and pictures Of the
annual fall re-opening of
schools in the Metropolitan
Area are in a special section
today beginning on Page
E-7. The section covers
everything from kindergar-
tens to universities.
Evening star., 1954-09-12

which ne could quote Gen.
ZWicker.
Gen. Lawton, retired COM
mander at Fort Monmouth. N. j..
testified before the Senate COM
mittee investigating censure
charges against Senator Nc
Carthy as the committee held an
unusual Saturday session to
speed up its inquiry.
He said the conversation took
place in December. 1858. nearly
three months before Gen. Zwick-
er appeared before Senator Nc
Carthy's Investigating subcom-
mittee at a closed hearing in
New York last February Is.
One of the five principal
censure charges against Senator
Mccarthy is that he abused
Gen. Zwicker during the hearing
and said the general, then COM
manding officer of Camp Kill
mer, N. j.. was unfit to wear
his uniform.
Denies Giving Letter.
Gen. Lawton appeared as a
witness last week but declined
to answer questions. saying he
was barred by q directive issued
May 10 by President Eisenhower
during the McCarthy-Army
hearings.
This brought a charge from
Senator Mccarthy and his at
torney, Edward Bennett Will
liams, that Gen. Lawton had
been gagged" The Defense De-
partment denied this. and in
response to request from Chair
man Watkins eased the restric-
tions on the generals testimony
and said 1t would encourage
him to testify within the limits
not clearly prohibited by execu-
tive loyalty and security orders
Another witness yesterday was
Roy M. Cohn, former counsel OF
Senator McCarthy's subcommit-
tee, who testified under oath he
did not give a copy Of the con-
troversial two and one-quarter
page classified FBI letter, which
figured prominently in the Nc
Carthy-Army hearings, to Col
umnist Walter Winchell. Mr.,
Winchell testified earlier in the
censure hearings that he re-
ceived a copy of the so-called
"hot" letter.
None for Winchell.
Mr.. Cohn said one or two
copies Of the letter were made
after he received a request for
one from the Justice Depart
ment. He testified that as far
as he knew none was made for
the press or, specifically, for Mr..
Winchell.
The young New York lawyer
VINO resigned as Senator McCar-
try's subcommittee counsel after
the stormy Mccarthy Army
hearings, also testified, as Sen
ator Mccarthy had earlier, that
in his opinion the two and one
quarter page letter was not q
classified document.
The Justice Department has
held that it was classified and
ruled against disclosing its con-
tents since 1t was identical in
part with a 15-page FBI memo
randum. classified confidential,
warning the Army of security
risks at Fort Monmouth.
Gen. Lawton and Mr.. Cohn
were questioned after the COM
mittee completed a lengthy cross
examination of Senator McCar-
thy. Chairman Watkins, Re-
publican. Of Utah, said the COM
mittee hopes to complete public
(See CENSURE, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Schools Open
Tomorrow for
100000 Here
Races to Be Mixed
In Glasses at
Most Buildings
Bv Jomes C Deone
BY jones G. Deone

An expected 100000 children
will report to Washington's 167
public schools tomorrow, many
of them to take their places for
the first time in racially mixed
classes.
Tomorrow will mark the start,
for pupils and teachers, of the
Evening star., 1954-09-12

NEW YORK, Sept. IL R.-
Vive President Nixon will make
a major address October 20 in
Chicago before the Audit Bureau
of Calculations. it was announced
today.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
emergency as the blow reached
the Bay Of Fundy.

emergency as the blow reached
the Bay of Fundy.
There were no immediate re-
ports of injuries but damage was
said to be widespread and heavy.
Gusts at Yarmouth hit IS miles
an hour.
Edna was expected to pass
over central New Brunswick
province, across the Bay of
Fundy from Nova Scotia, around
midnight. Gusts up to 80 m. 2. h.
were anticipated in the area of
Saint John.
Brushes New England Coast.
The hurricane. torn in two by
its own fury, grazed the populous
northeast coast in a breath
taking near-miss today and
churned angrily past southern
Maine.
The seasons fifth hurricane
brushed the Atlantic coastline
from New Jersey north with high
winds, waves and torrential rains
up to seven inches. Detailed
warnings and shoreline evacua-
ton kept the damage down.
Southern New England, grirnly
respectful of Caribbean storms
after devastating blows in 1888,
1914 and only IL days ago,
watched open mouthed as the big
blow slid past with far less ap-
parent damage than had been
feared.
Storm deaths stood at eight
most of them in highway acci-
dents.
Two New Englanders in the
list died of heart attacks while
battening down before the blow.
Lightship Disabled.
Nantucket lightship, guide for
westbound liners at the "cross-
roads of the Atlantic" 43 miles
south of Nantucket Island. ra-
diced a distress call with steer
ing gear smashed. An Air Force
B-29 weather reconnaissance
plane at the scene reported later
her crew appeared in no imme-
diate danger.
Edna became twins as she
crossed Capt Cod. A weather
plane noted two "eyes" or CEN
ters about a dozen miles apart,
and meteorologists suggested she
had been rent by her own vio-
lence.
On Cape Cod, tree limbs
snapped and power lines fell.
but so far as reports showed
hours later, the damage appar-
emily was not comparable TO
that inflicted by Edna's older
sister, Carol, the third OF the
season, on August 81.
Heaviest Rainfall.
The storm brought New York
City it's heaviest rainfall in one
day in As years-4.98 inches in
II hours. Times Square and
Rockefeller Center, normally
crowded with visitors, were de-
serted through the morning.
Waves swept across highways
on eastern Long Island and ma
rooned the Montauk Point re-
sort area temporarily.
The hurricane forced curtail-
ment of train and bus service
(See HURRICANE. Page A-30