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ers at the weekly White House
meeting.
Some Senators are not OPP
posed to sending American
troops to Indo- China. provided
they are part Of a United Ma
tions force, as in Korea. These
legislators have forgotten that
we were denied victory in
Korea in 1851 because the
American high command was
in fact under the jurisdiction
of the civilians in the United
Nations. Although we provided
80 per cent Of the effort in that
campaign, the major facets of
our strategy had to be ap-
proved by the diplomats at the
U. N. in New York. They, in
turn, took orders from their
own home governments. This
fact led to the present armi-
stice, which is still full of highly
explosive possibilities for us
and the ROK government.
Other Senators are opposed
to anything that might engulf
an American ground force in
the jungles of Indo-China.
Still others would indorse the
Nixon Hypothetical situa-
ton" on condition that we
could prevail upon France to
give the Associated States their
full independence. A number of
Senators believe that we ought
to let "Asiatics fight Asiatics."
Yet they are opposed to send
ing some of Chang Kai-shek's
% divisions from FormoSa to
the Asiatic mainland lest we
have to become involved our
selves by giving them logistic
support. To those who have
been on the Washington scene
during the days before Pearl
Harbor, the situation appears
more confused than at that
time.
The senior Republican in the
Senate, President Pro Tenn
Bridges. approached the West
ern Pacific problem realistic
cally Monday night when he
warned the Daughters of the
American Revolution, gathered
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of American boys would be-
come more severe.
4. To discredit the massive
retaliation" policy of Secre-
tary Dulles. Moscow was a
little slow in starting the ball
rolling on this one. but now
it is gathering momentum,
though the primary depend
ence of the Communists on
frustrating that policy lies in
Great Britain. where. with the
aid of sympathetic persons in
the radical wing of the Labor
Party. the subject has been
successfully agitated in the
hope of blocking through the
London government the policy
which America has pro-
claimed.
Only a few of the objectives
Of the Soviet conspiracy can
be presented here today, but
they are concrete illustrations
of what the Communist agents
are working on at the moment.
What makes the problem so
battling is that there are many
loyal, sincere, patriotic Ameri-
cans who have taken or may
take exactly the same posi-
tions on public policy con-
scientiously and without hav-
ing been influenced in the
slightest to adopt those points
of view by any known inter-
mediarieS or contacts from
the Communist conspiracy.
Indeed, the strategy of the
Communist agents is to watch
for the natural emergence of
viewpoints here and there
that could be helpful to them.
and then to furnish the
momentum and pressure to
carry those policies on to
greater influence.
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Thomas L. Stokes
FILA Probe in Election Year
Democrats Bet There Are Many Republican Names
Among the Housing Operators on Revenue List

Even the most casual side
line observer of the current
Senate investigation Of Federal
housing agencies would sus-
pect, even without consulting
a calendar, that this Is an
election year. Referred to spe-
cif1cally is the inquiry con-
Quoted on behalf Of the Eisen-
hover administration by the
rotund, effervescent Senator
Capehart, Republican, of In
diana.
At hand for political exploit
tation are ure-f1re-and also
real-villains of whom many
home owners clearly have
been victims, even if on Moth
ing like the scale some would
have you think. Two varieties
of villains are being singled
out. One is big builders Of
giant housing projects who
got Government guaranteed
loans we'll above the eventual
cost Of the project and pock-
eted the excess. The other is
the "dynamiter" or suede
shoe" racketeer who high pres
sures home owners to sign up
for purchase of equipment or
additions or repairs to homes
for which Government guar
anteed loans are available
under Title One of the Federal
Housing Act. They make a
quick. fancy profit by high
prices and move on some
where else.
Nobody should speak dis
paragingly Of the zeal to get
at such actual fiim-flammers,
big or small, as are at large.
It Is commendable.
It develops now also that it
is somewhat late. That is. the
scandals" now projected into
the headlines in this election
year have been known to ad-
ministration housing officials
a long time. Take the first
category, the big operators.
AS long ago as last August.
Albert NJ. Cole. administrator
of the Housing and Home FL
nance Agency, the top and
supervising agency in Federal
housing. called in Guy T. o.
Hollyday, Federal Housing Ad-
ministration commissioner, and
told him about "mortgaging
out" operations by big opera
tors. And he forecast to Mr..
Hollyday, so he told the Sen
ate Banking and Currency
Committee, that lone of these.
days this will be a great
scandal" and urged Commits
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from the mountains to get the
truth.
A somewhat more sophisti-
Gated Senator did a double
take on that one, but now is
almost ready to believe it. It
is to the counSel's advantage
also that he is a fresh face in
this weary Capital.
Mr.. HenSel. Senator Nc
Carthy's new target, held i'm
portant Navy posts both in the
Roosevelt and Truman ad-
ministrations. He left here in
1916 but returned as general
counsel to the Defense De-
partment in 1853 and was
nominated by President Eisen-
hover February II as Assistant
Defense Secretary.
Mr.. Hensel's former Demo-
cratic associates will be brave
about his present troubles with
a Republican Senator. In a
recent issue of the Harvard
Business Review, Mr.. Hensel
wrote a bread and butter let
ter to the new President who
had brought him back to
Washington. 1t took the form
of an article telling how won-
derful it was to be in the De-
Tense Department these Re-
publican days. Comparisons
with the past were freely
drawn, all odious.
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ment. as transmitted to its
agents in America, are thesex
l. To bring about a break
down Of the economic block
ade Of the Communist coun-
tries, especially on machinery
and strategic goods. Consid-
cradle effort is being expended
through propaganda generally
and through carefully placed
pressure upon legislators and
officials here and abroad to
bring about the resumption on
a wide scale of East-WeSt
trade.
2. To break down the system
of congressional Investigations
so that the $4,000 agents and
their contacts inside Govern
ment will be able to operate
more effectively in influencing
American policy. This has
been for more than three years
now the basic reason for the
persistent campaign by the
Communists against what they
call "McCarthyism." The ar
ticles and headlines in the
Daily Worker are the best
guide to the instructions sent
to Communist agents through
out America.
3. To disparage and perhaps
cause a breakdown in the
new look" which is the latest
military plan of the United
States. To accomplish this, ar
guments have been persistent
ly promoted to the effect that
the H-bomb must be outlawed.
Yet every one here in Govern
ment familiar with the new
look" knows that, if the H
bomb is outlawed, the whole
new look" strategy will have
to be revised. Ground armies
like those of Russia would
then be supreme and the draft
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Agreement Averts Strike
Of 5000 al Textile Plants
By the Assoeioted Press

UXBRIDGE. Mass, April 21.-
An 11th hour agreement between
CIO Textile Workers Union
representatives and Bachmann-
Uxbridge Worsted Corp. officials
has Cancelled a strike scheduled
for today by 5000 workers in six
plants in three New England
| States.
Felix P. Damore, the unions
Central Massachusetts, regional
director. announced last night
the strike was called off after the
company's New York headquar-
ters informed him that "the con-
tract for the. .Bachmann- Uxbridge
chain has been extended until
midnight May II, without change
of wage or fringe benefits"
The union membership au-
thorized the strike last Sunday
after a Bachmann- Uxbridge
announcement that wages would
be cut IL cents an hour and
fringe benefits 3 cents an hour
effective today.
The hourly wage is reported
to average $1.6012.
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Real Aims Of Red Conspiracy
Todoys Tactics Seek Negotion Of Specific u. S. Policies
Which Could Block the World Planning Of KremIin
David Lowrence--

Is the Communist conSpir-
acy inside the United States
succeeding? The answer to this
$64 question is really the most
important fact to be ascer-
tanned in American life today.
Before any information on
the subject-as gathered by
trained investigators and un-
dercover agents and given in
testimony by former Commu-
nists-can be analyzed, it is
important to sweep away the
erroneous conceptions which
are widely held by people
throughout this country as to
what are actually the Commu-
mist objectives.
First of all, it may come as a
surprise to many persons to
learn that the prime purpose
of the Communist conspiracy
is not to convert America to
communism or to bring in some
form Of anti-capitaliSt totali-
tarianism. This could be an
ultimate purpose, but it is by
no means a part of today's tao
tics. Nor is the aim Ito pro-
mote friction and discord." as
so many Americans have often
expressed it. That is incidental
and not at all primary.
Then what is all the shout
ing about? The truth is that
the Communist conspiracy,
with it's 5000 full-time agents
concentrated in key spots
throughout the United States,
is aimed at influencing today
this month or this year-the
negation of specific policies
which, if adopted, can thwart
the policies of the government
of the Soviet Union.
Some of the policy objec-
tives of the Soviet at the mo-
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Dorothy Thompson

Some time this week or next
the secret hearings on the
case of DR.. j. Robert Open
heimer will be concluded and
the loyalty" of the director
of American atomic projects
established-or not.
DR.. Oppenheimer's associa-
tions before 1912, when he was
picked by DR.. Arthur Compton
to direct the making of the
first atom bomb, were well
known. No new light is likely
to be shed now upon Sympa-
thies or associations the scien-
tist had during the great de-
preston and in the years when
a man named Hitler was rid
ing high with many in all
countries collaborating with
him. Common griefs and fears
make strange bedfellows, and
so do common enemies.
The new charges against
DR.. Oppenheimer are that he
was originally opposed to the
development of the H-bomb.
that his opposition (shared by
other atomic scientists) con-
tributed to hold up the prof.
ect, that his reluctance to
develop the new bomb was
based ION moral grounds" and
that such opposition was, of
itself. tantamount to treason.
Here, we submit, is a ques-
tion that no investigating
committee, no court, and no
human person. including DR..
Oppenheimer himself. can
judge. For when President
Truman made the decision to
produce the bomb, DR.. Open
heimer's moral doubts did not
cause him to sever himself
from the project. That he did
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever


Joe Mccarthy claims the Armys plot against him
Matched by Assistant Defense Hensel halt probe of
his finances McCarthys finances in SpoesS order
all locked out of sight
Now that the administration has its policies
China crystal clear it's surprising to how of them
happen to coincide.
New Jersey voters ballot egalizing bingo great
for It keeps them too busy to falkland it's
cheaper than shopping.
The FBI there's rapid increase in crime That's the
trouble with getting the Democrats of Washngton-the
starts worrying about all the counrys minor ailments.
Housing Boss Cole asks tighter laws prevent housing
scandals Republicans great believers in individual initiative
but they hate to tempt themselves far the
self help
Two Senate committees investigate the housing scandals
But things aren't bad The Democratic fm-hammers
out the Republicans long enough yet
to find out how it's DONE
Attorney General Brownel Senate for broader
to tap wires After that we'll need law keep
off the telephone long for pick up
conversation worth tapping.
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South Africu Names
Ambassador to U. S.
BY the Assoeiated Press

br me ASSoeiuted PTeSS
CAPETOWN. South Africa.
April 21.-The South African
government announced. yester-
day its new Ambassador in
Washington will be DR.. j. E.
Holloway, former secretary of
finance.
He will succeed G. p. Jooste,
who will become South African
high commissioner in London.
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Public Invited 10 Guilds
Front PAGE Ball Friday

The public has been invited
to attend the Front Page Ball
Friday at the Hotel Statler.
The annual newspapermen's
ball, sponsored by the Washing
ton Newspaper Guild. will fea-
ture Hollywood star Betty Hut
ton. as queen Of the ball, and
Horace Heidi.
Miss Hutton will present the
Front Page Awards to Washing
ton reporters and photographers
for distinguished writing and
pictures.
A check for $3.50 and a plaque
will be presented to the Guilds
man of the Year"
Evening star., 1954-04-21
Cuve-In Kills 5 Firemen

SINGAPORE. April 81 (P).-
Five firemen were killed and
three seriously injured yesterday
when the walls of a flaming
warehouse collapsed.
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MIR. Bernard High
Added to Faculty

Mr.. Bernard V. High, of Ridge
ley, W. Va, has been added to the
faculty staff at Southern. He will
teach two newly developed eighth
grade core classes.
Mr.. High graduated from Ridge
ley High school. He attended Po-
tomac State for two years and
went from there to West Virginia
University. Following that he
served for two years in the Air
Force. He was discharged on No
vember Goth. Mr.. High did his
practice teaching at West Virginia
University, but had had no previ-
Gus teaching position before com
ing to Southern.
Students comprising the new
classes were chosen on a voluntary
basis. They will remain in their
same homerooms, but will have
core in room 113.
There was a decided need for
more core classes in the eighth
grade since each class had from
So to al students. Now there will
be less than thirty in a class on
the average. The homeroom sec
tions will remain unaltercd.
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Is Your Name
KNOTTS?
DO YOU KNOW THAT:

KNOTS, an old and honored
English surname, admits of at
least two derivations. 1t is the
equivalent of Knott and, according
to some authorities on nomencla-
ture, is obtained from the Sean
dinavian personal name Cnut or
Canute, the latter being the name
of a martyred king Of Denmark
who lived in the 18th century. it
is said also that KNOTS is of
local origin and was bestowed, in
in medieval times, upon those who
lived at the knott" or upon the
summit of a rocky hill. In this
connection, it should be noted that
the surnames Knapp, Knaggs and
Knoll are Of similar origin to
Knots.
Among the patriots Of colonial
days was Benjamin Knots 0744-
1922 who served as a private in
the South Carolina troops during
the Revolutionary War.
The first census Of the United
States, taken in 1890, has twenty
nine listings of individuals, bear
ing the names of Knots and Knott,
who We're residents Of MARYLAND
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Livengood.
Mrs. Ralph Beachley was shop
ping in Cumberland Saturday.
Russell Wilkens and Walter
Wicklow, Youngstown, Ohio, were
weekend guests of Mrs. Wilkens
and Clarence Wicklow, Accident
They all spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs Raymond
Schlossnagle here
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Muha and
son. Barry, spent Saturday in
Morgantown with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Muha.
Miss Ethel Grove, Oakland, Mrs.
David Fikc and Russell Schroyer
were callers at the Friend-Devinc
home last week.
Mr., and Mrs. Bayard Liston, Of
Confluence, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Friend spent Saturday
IN UniontoWn, Pa.
Mrs. Flora Welch, Mr.. Raymond
Holcomb and Mr. Harry Thompson
returned TO Baltimore Sunday
after a weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde NanSickle Other Wis
itors at the NanSickle home Sat
urday evening and Monday evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray NanSickle,
Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Harold
Friend. Green Gables, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Wilson and family,
Bentleyvillc, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Wirsing
and SON, Of Amber, Pa, spent the
weekend here with relatives.
Mrs. Helen Devine spent Satur-
day evening with her aunt, Mrs.
Elizabeth Schroycr.
Mrs. Robert Murphy and Mrs.
Lawrence Friend spent Sunday in
Confluence. Pa. Mrs. Murphy was
an evening dinner guest Of Mrs
Friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Chisholm
and Mr.. John Cowan returned to
Baltimore Sunday after spending
two weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Eta Lininger, and other relatives
and friends.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Friend left
Sunday for Baltimore to visit their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Williams. They will
continue on to Florida to spend
the winter.
Warden Methcny and Harold
Thomas, of Brandonville, w. Va.
spent Thursday afternoon with
their aunt, Mrs. O. c. Rush.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Paugh and
daughter Janet, Deer Park, were
Sunday dinner guests Of Mrs. Mar
galet Rush and daughter Carolc.
Afternoon visitors we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Fratz and family, Acct
dent; and Mrs. Julia Skidmore.
Monday visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Rush, Of Accidents; and Miss
RoXanne Thomas, Green Gables.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest X. Frazcc
and daughter Eleanor Rae, of
South Carolina and Lloyd Warthen
Of Parsons, w. Va, were Thurs
day visitors here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Okey Hoff and
daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Fra
zee, Asher Glade
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lowdermilk
visited on Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. Rebecca Lowdermilk, who is
i'll at Weeks Nursing home, Oak
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Burnside
and son Harry, Hopwood, Pa, were
Wednesday evening visitors of her
sister, Miss Nellie Friend. Sunday
dinner guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Daley Groves, of Elder Hill.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Humherson were Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Friend and Mrs.
Sanders, Crellin; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Friend and family, Nor
gantoW", w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade Schroyer and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Friend and family,
Mrs. John Devine, Mrs. Minnie
Friend, Mrs. Pearl Faulkner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold HENDERSON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Livengood
and son, Norman, spent Saturday
in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orval Rush were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs.
Cora Whitsell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Wilt, Bruceton, w. Va. Rev.
S. f. Ryan, Of Brandonville, w.
Va, is spending this week with his
daughter, Mrs. Rush.
Mrs. Flora WEIGH, Mrs Clyde
VanSickle and son, Allen, and Mrs.
Richard Coddington spent Wednes-
day in Uniontown, Pa. Mrs. Welch
remained there until Friday with
her parents, NJ and Mrs. L. H.
VanSickle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray VanSickle,
Cleveland, Ohio, spent the week
end here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Friend. Other Sunday
dinner guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Haold HENDERSON, Mr.. and Mrs.
X. f. Savage and Beverly Ann.
Afternoon visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. David Taylor and daughter,
of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Taylor, Of near
Hazelton, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Swat
ger, Frostburg, were FRIDAY dim
ncr guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. X.
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and heads of families at that time.
Armanis F. Knots (1s56-193O
practiced law at Hammond, Ind,
for twenty-five years and was
mayor of that city. In about the
year 1906, he bought the land for
the city of Gary, Indiana, and
planned the city for the Gary plant
of the United States Steel Corpor-
alton.
Howard Clayton Knots 1885
1922, an attorney of Springfield,
H., served as a pilot with the T..
S. Army curing the First World
War and earned widespread recog-
milton as an authority ON air trans
portation and @ronautical law.
f. Paul Knots, a graduate Of
the University Of Maryland School
of Medicine, has been engaged in
the private practice of his profess
sion in Denton, Md, for the past
twenty years. He is a member of
the Board of Regents, University
Of Maryland; Fellow of the
American Medical Associations; and
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grasshoppers and other Injurious
insects. Sings at night as we'll as
in day time and in most any kinds
of weather, and every month of
the year, and also when on the
wing. It's adaptability has resulted
in an increase in this justly popular
sparrow over a vast region. Can
survive fairly cold winter weather.
MANAGEMENT: Little can be
done, except what has been done in
legal protection, to increase the
numbers of this little feathered
friend; protecting the nests where
possible will help.
VALUE: Cherished for its pleasant
manner and delightful song. 1t is
also valuable for its destruction of
injurious insects and weed seeds;
probably IS to 1000 of food is
composed of seeds.
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RANGE: Breeds from Canada to
Southern Virginia; winters from
Massachusetts to Florida and Gulf
Coast; common over all Maryland.
DESCRIPTION: A small, more or
less rufous brown bird about 6i2
inches long, with large black spot
on a streaked breast; a wagging
tail, grayish lines through crown
and over one eye; black spots on
tips of greater wing-coverts.
BREEDING: Lays from a to 6
eggs which may be grayish, green
ish or blush, but in any case with
brown spots or splotches. Nests
generally on ground, but occasion
ally in bushes; likes to be near
water; may raise two or more
broods annually.
HABITS: Food mostly seeds, also
eats cutworms, cabbage worms,
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EienGkSUiEEe Notes

present. Miss Ellen Coddington,
vicc-president, had the business
meeting; Billy Shoemaker led the
dcvotionals. Gifts were exchanged
and refreshments served.
To Present Operetta
Students and teachers Of Elc-
mentary school will present an
operetta, The Little Rich Girl
Who Was Poor" on Tuesday even
ing, December p, at o'clock, in
the school auditorium. Other spec
ial numbers will be presented. The
public is invited.
Fire Auxiliary Meets
The monthly meeting of the To-
cal fire company met Monday in
the fire hall with eight members
present. Mrs. Raymond Schloss-
nagle, president, had the business
meeting. Gifts were exchanged.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor and
daughter Zebra, Cleveland, Ohio,
were here over the weekend with
relatives,
Raymond Weaver, Hancock, who
has been an invalid for several
years, fell at his home and broke
his hip. He is a patient in a hos
pital at Hagerstown. He is a for
mer local resident and is married
to the former Miss Ethel Sines,
daughter of Mrs. Orpha Sines, of
Friendsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kahl and
sons have moved from the Teats'
property in north end of town to
the house on the Blaine Frantz
farm, west side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Harding,
Baltimore, spent the weekend with
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen SineS.
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Church Activities

Co....o N"G f c Ac'iN ,'''1 1o...,l,o,.
"a "oi WI III oui'''dN' ~ Iii
III NieIiloGtsI cIluio''GS al
Vile II - u, SANG Rim. 7:3O n.
m
The Methodist Junior choir will
present a christmas cantata. The
Chorus In The Sky Sunday, De
cember 10, at II o'clock. The pub
lie is invited.
The general WSCS meeting was
held tuesday evening" IN the S0cla ii
room OF thG cihurGh. MIS- ecu
Schroyer had t in,te business meet 5
Ihgi MRS D. =; oialler lGa ln az. &c
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Queen Mother of England ended
us. visit with plea for stronger
ties and deeper understanding be-
tween the two countries.
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member of the directors chief editorial writer of the
for Maryland the Chicago Herald
Academy of General Practitioners iov writer
Raymond Knots, Of Chicago Is If short .torios
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