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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Star Publishes More
Used-Cor Ads

During the month OF November,
The Stor published more used-car DDS
than the other Washington news
papers eombined-2,1i6 more thon
Woshinston's second newspaper.
For the best vaIue check the ou-
tomotise columns OF The Stars big
classified section today! Chonces ore
you'll find just the used-cor borsoin
you won't at o price thot fits your
ppcketbook.
In addition to carrying more used
cor DDS, The Stor publishes more
sofol classified DDS than the other
Washington newspapers combined be-
eouse il produces the best results.
If you want TO buy, trode or sell.
tell II to the long established ou-
dienee Of The Star readers. Phone
Sterling $4,000 and osk for an id
tokes. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
A Million Voters Set
New Midferm Record
BY the Assceiatsd Press

More voters turned out on
November 2 than in any previous
mid-term election in history.
Official tabulations from Al
States and unofficial totals from
the Z others showed yesterday
that 44,083,112 voters went to
the polls last month. This total
based on the highest vote cast
in each State on a Statewide
Office or issue--is expected to
change only slightly when all
figures are official.
This was 1921 .030 more voters
than in 1850. when the previous
high was scored for a nom
presidential election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Firemun's Bravery
Brings Citation

FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Pvt. Henry A. Lonse Of fire truck
company No. z mode d dromotie
rescue neorY q yeor oso ond wos
nominated for q beroism oword. What
he did is told on pose Abb.
GRANTLANo RicE's sToRY-Ths
lote fomed sports writer tells Of his
friendship with the greet golfer, Bobby
Jones. in another Of his exciting chop.
tiers from The Tumuit and the
Shouting" on pose ca.
THE cHALLENGE-Bfis. Gen.
Louis w. Prentiss outlines the ehoI-
lenee foeins his successor as Ensi-
neer Commissioner, Col. Thomos A.
Lone, in on interview With Ster SteH
Writer George Sewerage. pose Abb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Support Storage
Totals ST Billion
By the Associated Press

Farm produce stored under the
price support program now total
nearly 81, billion, a record high.
Reporting this yesterday, the
Agriculture Department said
Federal investment in the sur
pluses as of October 81 was So
634, lot 900 and more commit
ments since then have pushed
the figure close to the seven
billion mark. The amount was
$4.544, 897. 900 a year ago.
The October 81 figure includ-
ed $2,525, 1874, 1000 in loans ad-
vanced to farmers for products
stored under support programs
and 81, los, 273 900 in farm goods
owned outright by the govern
ment.
Biggest item in the october
81 inventory was wheat worth
S2.698, 700, 900 followed by ST.
23l .942, 900 in cotton and $1,167,-
At, 900 In corn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
u. 5. Slowly Letting
Chinese Go Home if
They Ask Permission
About IS Now Remain
Of ia Refused Right
To Leove in Spring
n D.
By jones (. Roper

The United States, it was dis
closed today, is gradually re-
leasing Chinese who have been
trying to return to the Chinese
mainland for several years.
At the time the Chinese Com
munists entered the Korean
War, $500 Chinese nationals
were in the United States. Some
have elected to stay here but
many wanted to go to the Com
munist-held area of China.
The United States still was
denying exit permission to 1874
Chinese at the time of the Gene
va conference last spring. Since
then, this country has let Chin
csc leave in small groups until
now only IS still remain in the
United States against their will.
Both Numbers Diminish.
Interestingly, this figure COM
pares with the total of % Amer
lean civilians held in Red China
jails and three priests who are
under house arrest in Red China.
The Peiping regime also is deny
ing exit permits to II American
civilians now in Red China and
has Is United States Air Force
personnel in prison.
AS the number OF Chinese held
in the United States has dimin-
ished, so has the number of
Americans held in Red China
an exception being the Reds re-
cent imprisonment of all Amer
lean airmen and two civilians as
spies.
American authorities empha-
sized, of course, that the United
States is not trading prisoners.
but the similar trends in Red
China and the United States
remain.
The United States is holding
the remaining Chinese under a
law which gives the President
authority to keep foreign ma
tionals in this country under
certain circumstances. The phi
losophy is that the foreigner
should not go home if they could
help the war effort Of a hostile
nation.
The IS Chinese still here are
mostly professors skilled in such
sciences as electronics, chemis-
try and physics. The Chinese
are allowed to work and follow
other pursuits just as long as
they do not leave the United
States. The only restriction Is
that they must report in writing
every three months to the JUS
tice Department.
124 Refused Permission.
OF the 4,5OO Chinese here
when Peiping entered the Ko-
rean War. $50 asked for permis-
sion to return to the Chinese
mainland. The United States
denied such permission to 124.
After Geneva, where American
and Chinese Communist au-
thorities discussed the problem,
only 50 reaffirmed their desire
to return to the mainland.
Representatives of the State
Department, Defense Depart
ment and Justice Department
studied the cases and allowed
q to leave. One group of nine
Chinese is scheduled to arrive
about now at Hong Kong in
route home. ....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Job Protection
.0fU. Workers
lobe Increased
Will Get Chance
To Answer Charges
Before Being Fired
BY Joseph Young

The Civil Service Commission.
within the next week, will issue
strong new regulations protect
ing the civil service job rights
of Government workers. The
Star learned today.
A directive to all departments
and agencies will emphasize
that employees under civil serv-
ice cannot be fired from their
jobs summarily.
It will stress that employees
in regular cause" firing cases
can be dismissed only under
civil service dismissal proce-
dures and the job protection
rights afforded by the Lloyd
LaFollette Act of 1912.
The new regulations stem from
the recent Supreme Court deci-
sion in the Roth case. That de-
ciSion upheld the civil service
job protection rights of en-
ployeS in those civil service Jobs
that are transferred to excepted
non-civil service categories.
Second Revision.
When a Federal Court here
held last year that such en-
ployeS could be fired summarily
from their jobs, the commission
revised its regulations to con-
form with the ruling. Now,
with the lower court verdict re-
versed by the Supreme Court,
the commission will again re-
wise its regulations.
However. for the first time,
the csc will go much further
and make it absolutely plain in
its regulations that once an en-
ploye achieves civil service status,
he or she cannot be fired for
cause" summarily.
Inc new rules will stress that
employees are entitled to a writ
ten letter of charges and a 30
day period to answer them
before dismissal action can be
taken. 1t will also stress that
an employe does not lose his
civil service pob protection rights
if his job is transferred to an
excepted (non-civil service)
category. This has never before
been spelled out in civil service
regulations.
The commissions action will
also restore civil service Job
rights to employees who lost their
(See SPOTLIGHT, Page A-2)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

a cup of tea with the offhand
manner of the diplomat, likes
American cigarettes and bow
ties. He is serious, wears glasses.
seldom laughs aloud but smiles
frequently.
Mr.. Shigemitsu wants more
trade with Communist China as
one way out of Japan's economic
difficulties. but I'VE don't expect
much. We had a great deal of
trade with China before the war
but we don't expect anything
like that. It is not easy to do
business with a Communist-con-
trolled state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
700 Dwellings Destroyed
In Second Pusan Fire
By The Associated Press

PUSAN, Korea, Dec. 10.-A
fast-moving fire was brought
under control after a three-hour
battle today after it destroyed
TOO Korean dwellings, a school,
church, and several quonset huts
belonging to the Korean Marine
Corps.
Seven thousand persons were
made homeless. Most had been
living in refugee shacks. The
American Consulate and the
United States Army's Civil At
fairs hospital were threatened
and evacuated.
-Four persons were killed and
% injured in the blaze, believed
to have started from an over
heated stove.
1t was the second blaze In
Pusan in two weeks. On No
vember 26, a SIS million fire
destroyed the greater part of
the United States Army 55th
Quartermaster Depot near the
port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Induetions Suspended
For Holiday Season

The Army announced that all
men scheduled for induction into
the Army after today may have
their induction postponed until
after Christmas to permit them
to spend the holiday season with
their families.
Despite the postponement, all
$4,000 men scheduled to be
drafted during December win be
taken into the Army during the
month This will be accom-
plished through redoubled efforts
in the period December 27-31.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Clement Fires 2-B0rreI Blast
At Nixon, Dixon and Yates
Tennessee Governor Calls Power DeoI
Poison Hits Vice Presidents Tactics
By Joseph A. Fox

Gov. Frank C. Clement OF
Tennessee today denounced the
Dixon Yates power deal as a
"dose of poison to the American
political anatomy" in a speech
attacking also the moral
standards of Vice President
Nixon's tactics in the recent
campaign.
The Tennessee Governor, a
Democrat, assailed the Vice
President at a National Press
Club luncheon near the end of
an address dealing principally
with the power combines move
to cut into Tennessee Valley Au-
thority territory. ~
1t was the same forum which
earlier in the week heard Edgar
H. Dixon. president of Middle
South Utilities, and Eugene A.
Yates, board chairman of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Turnpike Deaths Fewer

HARRISBURG. Pa. Dec. 10
up. - Pennsylvania Turnpike
officials say 1854 may be one of
the lowest ever for traffic fatal
tiles on the 360-mile State
highway. To date, q spokesman
said today, Al persons have been
killed on the toll road. compared
with 81 at this time last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Small Ammo Output Cut

NEW BRIGHTON, Mimi. Dec.
10 R.-An upcoming cut in
small arms ammunition produc-
ton win cut the force at the
arsenal here by about $500 by
next September. officials said
last night. The arsenal now EN-
ploys about $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

t4AC hOnAA 4So&Ak VA WAN AOASS~ 49,
+ Picture of Swearing in on Pose Abb
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Building to see Col. Lane take
two oaths of office-one as
member of the Districts Board
of Commissioners and the other
as a member of the Public
Utilities Commission.
The first was administered by
Board Secretary Godfrey M.
Thornett. The second, in which
Col. Lane swore that he is mot
pecuniarily Observation-Disclosures
lily or involuntarily-in any pub
lie utility of the District of
Columbia" was administered by
Robert M. Stems, chief deputy
clerk of the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
Stresses Human Relations.
The new Engineer Commits
sioner warned that it is "a mis-
take to suppose that problems
of a metropolitan area can be
solved by science and tech
nology."
The chief problems, he said,
lie in the field of human rela-
tionships and, II hope to APP
proach them with imagination
and sympathy"
Such problems, he declared,
are more complex in Washing
ton than anywhere else
Col. Lane met a few minutes
later with his fellow members
of the Board of Commissioners.
They organized the 64th Board
in the Districts history. re-
elected Samuel Spencer as Presi-
dent and Renah F. Camalier ais
vice president. and agreed that
the division of responsibility for
the city's various departments
shall continue as it was under
the previous board.
Splendid Record" Cited.
Commissioner Spencer opened
the oath-taking ceremonies de-
claring, "Col. Lane comes to us
with a splendid record"
Commissioner Camalier told
the new Engineer Commissioner
it will be his responsibility to
carry out a building program
that will make Washington
truly the Wonder city of the
world"
Gen. Prentiss, commenting
that II haven't seen such a
large and enthusiastic crowd in
this room since the Sibley Hos
pital zoning case" praised Col.
Lane as the possessor of an
analytical mind which will help
him "differentiate the legitimate
gripes Of the taxpayer from those
which are not legitimate"
Col. Lanes wife and three
children have not yet arrived
from their home at his last
post. Fort Monroe, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

which stands on the dome of the
United States Capitol. The
scene to the right of the figure
represents the eastern half of
the United States, with the
farmer blowing the soil and city
buildings in the background. To
the left are portrayed the pio-
neers blazing the westward trail
in covered wagons. the Rocky
Mountains in the background.
The Eisenhower medal Is the
thirty-fourth Presidential medal
in the series which began with
George Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

CIWutH9 VIM "CtC tUtSS3s eeSS - -
sterilization of Asia and the
peace of the world" says the
peg legged veteran diplomat who
signed Japan's World War II
surrender.
Mr.. Shigemitsu, a convicted
war criminal, said Japan's new
government under Prime Min
itser Ichiro Hatoyama hopes to
improve United States-Japan
relations still further.
1.-THE Communists consider us
a greater enemy than former
Prime Minister Shigeru Yo-
shida," said Mr.. Shigemitsu in
an interview with the Associated
Press.
The new Hatoyama govern
ment "has no fight with Yoshi-
da's opposition to communism,
but we want to oppose them eff
fectively," said Mr.. Shigemitsu.
"Yoshida did nothing to cope
with anti-American propaganda
launched by fellow-travelers in
Japan, thereby tacitly encourag-
ing it. We want to put period
to it,"
Mr.. Shigemitsu, IS, was con-
victed as a war criminal in the
1948 war crimes trial and SEN
fenced to seven years. He was
paroled November 81, 1850, over
the protests of the Russians.
He called his conviction "a
very unnecessary thing but
added It suppose it was a nee
essary evil"
The veteran diplomat, who has
made several trips to the United
States, says he has very many
friends there" He speaks Eng
lish f1uently but often pauses to
choose the exact word he wants.
Lost Leg i'm 1882 Bombing.
He has served in Moscow,
China and a number of other
posts. He is a neat. balding
man who lost his right leg in
Shanghai in 1882 when a Ko-
rean nationalist threw a bomb
into a Japanese celebration.
He uses clutches in addition
to his wooden leg. He balances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
DR.. Sheppard
} Times Denies
He Killed Wife
Courtroom Listens
IntentIy as He Tells
Own Story of Murder
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 10.-Dr.
Samuel Sheppard three times
denied from the witness stand
today the July 4 murder of his
wife Marilyn.
The 30-year-old osteopath was
first asked about the Cleveland
police accusation of murder,
made shortly after Marilyn's
death.
WAS there any basis of truth
In the accusation made?" asked
Defense Attorney William j. Cor
rigan.
mo, sir" replied DR.. Shop
pard. in firm tone of voice.
A few minutes later Mr.. Cor
rigan again asked: 1.-THE &C
cusation was false?" .... .
Eyes. sir, replied DR.. Shep-
pard.
And 1t is false?
That's right" DR.. Sheppard
said.
Trial Reaches Climax.
This is the climax of the trial,
now ending its eighth week. The
handsome DR.. Sheppard is &C
cused of bludgeoning his 81
year-old wife to death in her
bed. The state alleges he killed
her because of his affairs with
other women. DR.. Sheppard
says a prowler, who knocked him
out twice in hand-to-hand
fighting, committed the cruel
crime.
The defendants denial today
followed dramatic account in
which he said an intruder struck
him down from behind outside
his wife's bedroom when he
awoke on a downstairs couch
and went to help her. He told
how he regained consciousness
on the floor, and entered the
murder bedroom to see the
beaten and bloody body of Mari
lyn.
Cropping for words before the
hushed courtroom, he described
his wife as in very bad condi-
ton I. badly beaten" Then he
told of pursuing a shadowy fig
ure from the house to the beach
and getting knocked out again
In a fight.
Accused on Day Of Death.
The accusations. which DIR.
Sheppard denied today were
made to him directly on the
same day his wife was slain.
The osteopath testified Cleve-
land Detectives Robert r. |
Schottke and Patrick Gareau ac-
cused him of not giving all the
facts.
Il said I was giving all could
remember" DR.. Sheppard said.
Officer Schottke said would
submit to the so-called lie detec-
tor. said I certainly would If
it was a reliable test. He and
Gareau said: You might as we'll
tell us all about it now as the
lie detector is available and it
never misses and you might as
well tell us all about it now
Il may have commented that
the so-called lie detector seemed
to me to be far from infallible
but if it was I would take it.
Il said, You don't think l had
anything to do with this?' Of
ficer Schottke said, I don't know
what my partner thinks, or what
Chief Eaton bay Village Police
Chief John P. Eaton) thinks, but
think you killed your wife
II was shocked upon a shock.
I believe I said, oh, God. no. or
I may have said, My God, don't
be ridiculous
Tells of Encounter in Dark.
DR.. Sheppard had given a dra-
matte account of his encounter
with the man he said was his
wife's murderer. He was unable
to say whether he struggled in
the dark, or whether there was
light on In the lake-front
house.
Now repeat in your own words
Continued on Page A.. Col. IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Nationalist Flyers Drop
Leaflets on Mainland
BY the Associated Press

TAIPEH. Formosa. Dec. 10
Nationalist China today said Its
pilots dropped $500 pounds of
anti Communist leaflets on the
Red mainland coast opposite
Formosa yesterday.
The Ministry of Defense also
reported minor artillery duels
between the Nationalist and
Communists in the Quemoy-
Annoy and Toumen-Yikiang
Island areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Windsors Leave for u. S.

PARIS, Dec. 10 (P).-The Duke
and Duchess of Windsor left
Paris by train today to take the
liner United States for a trip to
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

AAAOAAo AOA tA PoWCA SO4AA6 w
the Atomic Energy Commission.
nixon, Dixon and Yates"
Some days ago." the youthful
Governor said. lone of your col
umnists referred in his column
to a phrase that I have used in
several speeches: Nixon, Dixon
and Yates and he supposed that
Nixon had no other connection
with Dixon and Yates than eu-
phony. I would like to take this
opportunity to advise him that
the relationship is far deeper
and far more significant than
euphony.
There is a distinct similarity
between the methods that have
been employed in the Dixon
Yates deal and the Nixon cam
paigning elections-a moral SIM
ilarity.
They both represent a lower
ing OF the American standard of
public morals"
Cites Murray Case.
Gov. Clement specifically
pointed to Mr.. Nixon's efforts
to hang a Communist tag on
Senator Murray, Democrat, who
won reelection in Montana,
but referred also to "other ac-
lions of his" during the recent
campaign.
Mr.. Nixon. he charged, spear
headed the falsehood that Demo-
Gratis ruled under 20 years of
treason and that the Govern
ment was riddled with security
risks" 49,.
AS a parting shot Gov. Clement,
who has just been reelected for
four-year term, predicted that
Nixon, Dixon and Yates are
going to prove the downfall of
the Republican Party in 1856"
Meanwhile, the public-power
opposition to the Dixon-Yates
deal continued to press for more
background details at a Secu-
rites and Exchange Commission
hearing. with but little to show
for several hours digging opera
tons.
Mr.. Dixon was back on the
stand for the third day of cross
examination on the formation of
this subsidiary or Middle South
Utilities and the Southern Co.
Started Year Ago.
Questioned by Joseph Volpe,
jr., counsel for the State of Ten
nessee and other foes of the
contemplated arrangement, Mr..
Dixon said yesterday that the
starting point of the Dixon
Yates arrangement was con-
versation a year ago about the
new power needs of the Atomic
Energy Commission with j. w.
McAfee. president of Electric
Energy. Inc. a supplier to the
Paducah installation of the COM
mission.
Mr.. Dixon said there were sue
ceeding conferences with the
Atomic Energy Commission and
utility representatives, including
Mr.. Yates.
The upshot was the formation
OF the Mississippi Valley Gen.
Grating Co. and contract
backed by President Eisenhower
under which the new outfit
would build a steam plant at
West Memphis. Ark, to furnish
power to the IVA to replace IVA
power consumed by the Acc.
Verbal Negotiations.
Mr.. Volpe sought unsuccess-
fully for memoranda or other
written data bearing on these
preliminary negotiations. But
Mr.. Dixon responded invariably
that they were conducted
verbally.
Counsel asked about the exist
ence Of documents dealing with
negotiations between Mississippi
Valley and the two insurance
companies - Metropolitan and
New York Life-which will han
die most of the company's f.
nancing. Mr.. Dixon said he did
not believe there were any, but
that even if there were, they
would not be made public.
He promised to have files
searched to see if any other data
sought by Mr.. Volpe exists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
200 See Col. Lane
Sworn as Engineer
Commissioner Here
Successor to Prentiss
Also Takes Oath as
Member of PUG
By Hector M. McLeon

Col. Thomas A. Lane was
sworn in today as Engineer
Commissioner of the District of
Columbia, succeeding Brig. Gen.
Louis w. Prentiss. who is assum-
ing command of the Engineer
Center at Fort Belvoir.
More than 200 people crowded
the board room of the District
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Jopon's New Foreign Minister
Was Signer of rs Surrender
PuroIedWurCriminuI
Declares Country in
Democratic Camp
by the Associated Press

TOKYO, Dec. 1O.-Mamoru
Shigemitsu, named today as
Japan's new Foreign Minister
and Deputy Prime Minister. says
his nations position is quite
fixed-we definitely are in the
democratic camp"
Japan wants to contribute as
a democratic country to the
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Hotoyomo Names Is Conservatives, In
niudinn 9 Whn Mere Purned. Paae Al
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tSee SPOTLIGHT, Page A-2D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

Picture Of Swearing in on Pose Abb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

The do-it-yourseh idea is particularly
handy at Christmas time, and Star STAFF
Writer Ruth Dean tells what the experts
say about making your own decorations
on