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Evening star., 1954-04-20

MED that Senator Mccarthy and
his aides-Roy M. Cohn, SUBJ
committee counsel, and Francis
Carr, staff director-sought pref
erential treatment for G. David
Schine. former subcommittee
consultant and now an Army
private.
Motivation Hit.
Senator Mccarthy said sue
cessive steps" by Mr.. Adams to
impede the subcommittee &C
tivities were made under the
influence and guidance" of Mr..
Hensel.
"Mr. Hensel had, and has,
every motivation to act as he
did in attempting to discredit
the subcommittee
THE investigation of Mr..
Hensel concerns his activities as
a partner and dominant force
in a ship supply firm.
"The subcommittee staff ex-
amined and confirmed the seri-
Gus allegations against Mr.. Hen
sci that while he occupied a top
procurement post with the De-
partment of the Navy he Or
ganized this ships supply firm
for the purpose of selling priority
goods to ships
The Mccarthy statement
charged that ''it has been estab-
liShed that Mr.. HenSel, while
holding a top procurement posi-
ton for the Navy, drew large
sums of money, believed to be
far in excess of his Government
pay, from this ships supply firm" I"
Says He Has Documents.
The statement said the sub
committee has obtained docu-
ments-the statement did not
list from what source but it was
reported to be Mr.. Hensel's in
come tax returnS-Showing these
sums paid to Mr.. Hensel by the
firm:
1943-$12,1 ,105.96: 1914, $13,-
485.97, and 1945. $30,934.71.
The statement said Mr.. Hen
sci was chief of the Navy pro-
curement's legal division in 1943
and 1914 and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy in 1945.
by his supervision of the
(See CHARGES, Page A-30
Evening star., 1954-04-20
By the Associoted Press

DARWIN, Australia, April 90
Blond Mrs. Vladimir Petrov
Joined her ex-diplomat husband
as a refugee from Soviet COM
munism today after Australian
police jerked loaded pistols away
from two Russian escorts usher
ing her in tears back to Moscow
1t was revealed at Canberra
that Mrs. Petrov was a cipher
clerk in the Soviet Embassy,
handling the secret coded mes
sages to and from the Kremlin
If she decides to follow her hus-
band in revealing what she knows
about the inner workings of that
embassy. she may be as impor-
tant as he is in helping to track
down Soviet espionage in Aus
tralia.
The 35-year-old woman's last
Evening star., 1954-04-20
BY the Associcted Press

MEXICO CITY, April 90
Devaluation of the peso has
touched off a spiral of imitation
which some sources say may call
for government controls.
The original stunned disbelief
which followed the govern
ment's announcement it was de-
valuing the peso from 8.65 to
1880 to the United States dol
lar already is turning to wide
spread bitterness.
The reason: Sharp and i'm
mediate price increases for vir-
tually all items. even those made
or grown in Mexico. Salaries
remained static as cost of living
went up overnight.
Devaluation went into effect
yesterday. and merchants wasted
no time in raising prices. The
public made things worse with
panic buying. SupermarketS
were swamped.
Devaluation came so unex-
pectedly merchants did not have
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Nixon Talk Stirs New Trouble
For French at Geneva PorIey
Blunt U. S. Hostility to Negotiating
Peace in ndo- Chino Disturbs Nation

been accepted all along as
the inevitable implication of
the new American line. The
upsetting part of Mr.. Nixon's
statement is the blunt no.
tice that the American Gov
ernment is prepared to stand
against it's allies in opposing a
negotiated end to the fighting in
Indo-C China.
One must face the fact that
there has been no revolution of
European thought on Indo-
China as result of the State De-
partment's new line. All evi-
dence that can be gathered from
talks with French sources, from
official statements and from the
press indicates that France is
still deeply committed to the
idea of settling the Indo-C Chi
neSe war by negotiation.
So far as the French govern
ment is concerned, nothing has
happened to change the official
stand taken last March. At that
(See MOVES. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1954-04-20
By Crosby S. Noyes
foreign Correspondent of The Star

PARIS, April 20. - One can
only hope that in these final
days before the opening of the
Geneva conference, directions
and objectives of the free world
seem clearer in Washington than
they do here. In Europe verbal
fireworks from Washington have
created such confusion of mind
and spirit that few of urgent
problems to be faced at Geneva
can be seen with any clarity.
European opinion, which had
been soothed somewhat by Sec
retary of State Dulles visit has
been thoroughly stirred up
again by Vice President Nixon's
weekend speech. Issues that were
thought settled and differences
that had been smoothed over
have been painfully reopened.
1t is not the idea that the
United States may send troops
to Indo-C China that comes as
shock to Europe. This has
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Mrs. Petrov, Pulled off Plane,
Revealed as Soviet Code Clerk
Detecting MVD Mans Wife Also Quits
Reds in Dramatic Tug Of War in Australia

minute switch to the free world
followed a fantastic tug of war
in which Australian police wres-
tied wildly to disarm two of her
Russian, guards as the Europe
oound plane stopped here on the
first leg of its fight from Sydney
The gun-toting Russians had
tried to muscle local officials out
Of talking to Mrs. Petrov.
Struggle at Sydney Airfield.
Eight hours earlier some 1900
anti Communists at Sydney
fought with police in a vain
effort to prevent her from being
dragged aboard the BOAC Con-
stellation by the Soviet En-
baSsy's second secretary and the
two armed Russian diplomatic
couriers conveying her home.
White Russians in the crowd
said they heard her screaming: !:
i do not want to go. Save me" :"
Mrs. Petrov was said by Aus
tralian authorities to have been
heading back to Russia in the
belief her husband had been kid
naped and killed. She had told
reporters at an Embassy news
conference last week she thought
he had been kidnapped.
She made her final decision
to stay after a prearranged tele-
phone call from Darwin for her
first talk with her 45-year-old
husband since he fed early this
month with stacks Of Red es-
pionage data from his post as
third secretary and MVD (secret
police) chief at the Soviet EN-
bassy in Canberra.
Diplomatic Aspects Serious.
The riotous episodes surround
ing Mrs. Petrov's flight prom
ised serious diplomatic reper-
cussions between Australia and
the Kremlin. Soviet Ambassador
Nicolai Generalov Immediately
lodged a formal protest at the
Australian foreign ministry,
charging armed assault against
diplomatic couriers and deten-
ton of Soviet official, to wit:
Mrs. Petrov."
AuStralia'S Prime Minister
Robert G. Menzies called an urg-
ent cabinet meeting to discuss
the possibility the Russians
might retaliate against the small
Australian Embassy staff in
Moscow.
Australia now has a staff of
three diplomatic officials, headed
by a charge d'afaires, and a
stenographer in the Russian
capital. Two of the diplomats
are married and have a child
each.
The Russian embassy in Can
berra had 10 male employees be-
fore Mr.. Petrov's flight. Only
seven OF these appeared on the
diplomatic list, however. The
others were listed as clerks,
doormen. guards, chaufeurs and
domeSticS.
Size of Staff Questioned.
Australian officials say, count
ing wives and children, the So
Wet diplomatic community in
Australia numbers nearly go
persons. Parliament members
many times have questioned the
(See AUSTRALIA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Mccarthy and Aides Assoi|
HenseIs Role in Army Case,
Link Him to Irregularities
Defense Assistant
Being Investigated,
Senator Charges
BY Cecil HoIIond

Senator Mccarthy and two of
his aides today charged that AS
sistant Secretary of Defense H.
Struve HenSel supervised an
Army report attacking them
while he himself was under in
veStigation for misconduct and
possibly for law violation"
The charge highlighted the
Wisconsin Republicans formal
statement filed with the Senate
Investigating subcommittee in
the McCarthy-Army controversy
The Mccarthy statement also
reported charges that Secretary
of the Army Stevens and John
G. Adams, Army counsel, used
"blackmail' tactics in seeking to
derail a subcommittee investi-
cation of Communists in the
Army.
The statement listed Al speci-
flcations and emphatically de-
Evening star., 1954-04-20

north until agreements are
reached.
One official said incoming air
express was piling up, unclaimed
by buyers who refused to pay
the new higher charges forced
by devaluation.
AS predicted, hardest and
quickest hit were the poor
Prices for corn, frijoles, toma-
toes. coffee and other food items
went up sharply.
Luxury items went even high
er. United States cigarettes
which once sold for around 2.50
or 3 pesos are expected to &c
to S.
The administration domi-
mated Congress and most news
papers approved the devalua-
ton move. So did most private
banks, and the bank of Mexico
officials.
The Communist Party was
quick to denounce devaluation
while other political parties
called meetings to talk over
their stand.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
OAR AIerted on Need
To Defend Homes
From Bomb Attacks
MiIitury and Civilian
Defense Now Co-equoI,
Officiol Tells Delegates.

Deputy Civil Defense Admins
traitor Katherine Howard today
alerted 1000 delegates of the
Daughters of the American Rev.
olution to the civil defense needs
of their home communities.
1--WE must be prepared today
to defend ourselves in Los An
OAR Opening Session Heors Address BY
Senotor Bridges. Pose 3D.
geles and Cleveland. as well as
in Lexington and Concord" she
told today's session of the 63d
OAR Continental Congress at
Constitution Hall.
No American city anywhere is
beyond the range of enemy
bombers. she said. and there is
no sure way of stopping most at
tacking enemy planes once they
are airborne.
Warning Given.
From one-half to two-thirds
of them would get through to
their targets perhaps three
quarters of them, if the assault
came tomorrow" she warned.
GAS a result we civilians might
suffer many times more casual
ties, in a single day, than our
total armed forces have suffered
thus far in all the years of all
the wars Of our Nations history
combined" she declared.
Mrs. Howard said that for
the first time in almost century
and a half. the personal de-
fense of homes is once more be-
ing rated as co-equal in impor-
tance with military defense.
Far from being helpless by
ISLANDERS, the women of this
country are once more joining
forces with the wearers of our
proudest uniforms, and they are
learning fast how to defend their
own doorsteps." she said.
Urges Delegates to Help.
"In this day of the H-bomb
we can be lit as Nation and
hit hard. despite our military
defenses." she pointed out.
Although several resolutions to
be acted on tomorrow we're read
at today's session of the con-
gress, the body adopted a stand
ing rule that none of the contents
would be for press release until
after action by the OAR con-
greSS.
It was announced at this morn
ing's session that President Eli
senhower's appearance before the
congress has been changed from
Thursday morning to Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. Eisenhower will
not be in town either to receive
the OAR officers at the White
House or to visit the sessions at
Constitution Hall.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
7. 5. Eliot in Hospital;
Complete Rest Ordered

LONDON. April 2o.-T. S
Eliot. st. Louis-born poet and
dramatist. has been i'll in London
Clinic for the last week. it was
learned today.
Hospital attaches said Mr.
Eliot, 66, had q comfortable
night and day." but declined any
further information. The Eve
ming News said it understood he
is suffering from a heart COM
plant The newspaper added a
leading heart specialist had or
dered complete rest.
Mr.. Eliot's latest play. "The
Confidential Clerk" Is running
in London and New York.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Paris and Wet Nam Agree
On independence Pact
By Paul Gholi
Foreign Correspondent Of The Sto' and
the Chicago Daily News

Foreign Correspondent Of The Stos and
the Chicago Daily News
PARIS, April 20.-The French
and the Wet Namese, after six
weeks of negotiations here ir
Paris, have finally agreed on a
two-part treaty of independence
for Wet Nam.
Official announcement of the
compromise treaty will be made
after a plenary session of the
French and Wet Namese repre-
sentatives here tomorrow. Its
terms are said to be similar to
the accord reached between
France and Laos, another of the
three Associated States Of Indo-
China, last September.
The French also have a close
military accoru with Cambodia,
the third member of the French
Union.
This treaty, however, effects
the independence OF the most
important Of the three. since
Wet Nam embraces 81 million of
Indo-C -China's entire population
of % million.
Pact Is in Two Parts.
Part / of the treaty. signed
by both France and Wet Nam,
recognizes the latter as a fully
independent state.
Part 2 is a Wet Namese dec
laration of intent to seek freely"
admission into the French
Union.
This formula satisfies both the
French and the Wet Namese
NationaliStS. For France, it
means that Wet Nam remains
in the commonwealth. For Wet
Nam, it means that that state
becomes a member of its own
free willard only after it has
achieved full independence. 1t
also means freedom to with
draw if and when it wishes.
The accord, urged by Secre-
tary of State Dulles during his
recent conversations with Vice
Premier Paul Reynaud, is par
ticularly important in light OF
the approaching Far East con-
ference in Geneva.
Red Accusations Forestalled.
The reasons are:
/. It will make it more difficult
for the Reds to accuse France of
"colonialism" and will take the
wind out of their argument that
Rebel Chieftain Ho Chi Mini is
the only leader in the fight for
Wet Mans independence.
2. It will enable the French to
insist that Wet Nam be invited
to Geneva if the Reds demand
Hos presence.
3. It gives the Wet Nam chief
of state, Emperor Bao Daj. new
chance to admit into his govern
ment nationalist leaders who so
far have to enter what they
called a "puppet cabinet" in
fluenced by the French and led
by politicians ready to shut their
eyes to corruption.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Dickinson Told Reds
0fP0W Escape Plan,
Fellow Prisoner Says
Praised Treatment
In Chinese Stockude,
Corporal Testifies
By John A. Giles

A former fellow prisoner OF
war testified today he overheard
Corpl. Edward S. Dickinson tell
ing Chinese Communist interro-
gators about American captives
plans to escape from a Korean
camp.
Corpl. Thomas A. Garrick OF
Blacksburg, Va, told a court
martial that the 23-year-old Vir-
ginia mountain boy squealed on
fellow captiveS and later wrote
of the fine treatment he received
from the Chinese.
Corpl. Dickenson's attorney,
Guy Emery. interrupted the tes-
timony to demand that the
charges preferred by the Army
against his client be made more
specific, adding that only yes
terday had he learned of the
Garrick testimony.
"We are only asking that the
prosecutor tell us what the ac-
cuSed is charged with-to par
ticularize as to dates, names and
places in the formal charge so
that we can prepare his defense, -
he declared.
Court ReceSSeS.
Col. Richard F. Scarborough,
the trial counsel, who acts as
the judge in a court-martial,
granted the defense motion. The
court then took a recess to allow
Col. c. Robert Bard, the prose-
cutor, to change the charge.
Corpl. Garrick was in a fox
hole with Corpl. Dickinson in
Korea and the two were cap
tured on the same day in 1850.
He recalled that he had first
met Corpl. Dickinson in 1850
and said they became close
friends as members of the 9th
Cavalry Regiment of the 1st
Cavalry Division.
They talked a great deal,
mostly about home, Corpl. Gar
rick told the court. After their
capture on November S, 1850,
he occasionally saw Corpl. Dick
enson and they had casual con-
verSationS.
Says He Knew Voice.
Would you recognize Corpl.
Dickenson's voice if you heard
it and could not see him." Col.
Bard asked.
"Yes. 1 would" Corpl. Garrick
asserted.
He then went on to say that
he and three other prisoners
started making plans to escape
in September. 1851. They set
their target date on october 8.
He met Corpl. Dickinson dur
(See DICKENSON PAGE A-3N
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Apartment Rented by
Ouick-Action Star Ad

Mrs. A. W. 3. wosu't sure how long
it would toke to rent her furnished
apartment. Just to pIoy sofe she or
dered on od to run seven doys in
Stor Classified.
But The Stor works foster thon
thot. Mrs. B.'s apartment was rented
through the I'D the first day it op-
peored. The six other ads were con-
ceIled.
Never underestimate the pulling
power Of an I'D in Stor Classified. II
you have something to buy. trode.
rent or sell. tell the long established
audience Of Stor readers obout it. Just
phone Sterling 5000 and ask for on
od-tokeF.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Late News
Bulletin
Mccarthy Probe Rules Sci

Acting Chairman Mundt to-
day said the Senate Investiga-
tiOns Subcommittee had unani-
m0uSly reached a tentative
agreement on rules of procedure
for the handling of the Nc
Carthy Army controversy. He
said a final vote would be
taken later today.
Earlier Story on Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1954-04-20

given the information by a top
member of the native anti-Com-
munist government in Wet Nam.
He added that other "compe-
tent" officials had told HIM that
two months ago French Defense
Minister Rene Plevin met Com
muniSt representatives on an air.
craft carrier off Saigon and pro-
posed a peace settlement.
The heart of the Plevin pro-
posal. Mr.. Robinson reported,
was that Ho Chi Mimi accepted
the vice presidency of the ma
tion'S government under its
French-backed leader, Bao Dai
Evening star., 1954-04-20


Senator Bridges, Republican,
OF New Hampshire, told report
Text Of Dulles Settlement. Poee "A
ers that the shipment of G1s to
Indo-China is mot in the wind. "
Senator Ferguson, Republican.
of Michigan, said, II don't think
it is in the works at all.p
Reporters asked Senator Fer
guson whether he personally
would favor use Of United States
troops as a last resort to save
Indo-China from communism
He replied: mo"
Briefed on Farley.
Secretary Dulles briefed Is
Congressional leaders on Far
Eastern problems in relation to
the East-West conference start
ing in Geneva Apri 26 on Korea
and Indo-China.
In a hectic day before his
scheduled 6 pm. departure to-
night for Europe, Mr.. Dulles also
called in for last-minute consul
tatiOns the ENJOYS of the asso-
ciated states of ndo-China and
those of South Korea and Is
other nations that fought for
the South Koreans against Com
munist aggression.
Mr.. Dulles also arranged a
luncheon at the State Depart
ment with Secretary of Defense
Wilson and Admiral Arthur W..
Radford. chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
En- route to Geneva, Mr.. Dulles
will pause in Paris Friday for g.
meeting of the North AtlanHc
Treaty Council. Then he flies to
Geneva, accompanied by Assist
ant Secretary of State for the
Far East Walter K. Robinson and
Assistant Secretary of State for
Europe Livingston T. Merchant.
The outlook for the Geneva
meeting was detailed by Secre-
tary Dulles during his talk with
the congressman who have
shown increasing anxiety over
the possibility that the United
States might send air, sea and
land forces to the defense of
Southeast Asia if Mr.. Dulles
campaign for united allied &C
ton to save the area fails.
Most Congressman leaving to-
days session with Mr.. Dulles
Continued on Page AS. Col. 5.)
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Ho Reported
Talking Peace
With French
Meeting on Carrier
OF PIevin and Reds
Also Reported
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK. April 2O.-An
NBC reporter in Tokyo said to-
day that he had been informed
highly secret meetings" are on
between French officials and Wet
Mimi leader Ho Chi Mimi in
Saigon in an effort to work out
peace in Indo-C China.
James Robinson, the radio
correspondent, said he had been
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Cole Says HoIIyday
Was Fired for Laxity
In Probing Abuses
Let Aide Under Fire
Resign, FILA Boss
Testifies at Hearing
By james Y. Newton

The Governments housing
boss told Senate investigators
today he recommended dismis-
sal of Guy T. o. Hollyday as
Federal Housing Administration
chief last week because of FHA's
gross laxity in investigating
widespread complaints Of abuses
in the housing loan program.
Albert M. Cole. administrator
Of the Housing and Home FL
nancing Agency, told the Sem
ate Banking Committee that Mr..
Hollyday had failed to follow
through on three types of COM
plants involved in the housing
scandals. He named these as
follows:
/. That Mr.. Hollyday allowed
to resign with laudatory letter
a high FILA official against
whom there had been complaints
of extensive gambling activities
and charges that he demanded
money from builders seeking
FILA loan-insurance commit
mentS.
Q. That Mr.. Hollyday failed to
follow through on numerous
complaints beginning a year ago
that racketeer dealers and lead
ing institutions were fleeing
home owners in connection with
FHA loans for repair and mod
ernization.
Tells of Warning.
Although he told Mr.. Holly
day last August that the situa-
ton pertaining to large wind
fall" profits of builders through
Government-insured loans for
large housing projects was like
ly to blow higher than a kite, -
he said the former FILA chief
failed to investigate the COM
plants properly.
Mr.. Cole testified in the
Banking Committees prelimi-
nary four-day investigation of al
legged housing scandals.
The administrator said Mr..
Hollyday allowed the alleged
gambler in FILA to resign with
praise although he knew the
man was under FBI investigation
and shouldn't be allowed to
quit"
Charges made earlier indi-
Gated the official had lost as
much as $4,000 in a single night
at the gaming table and, among
other things, had had $50, 900
transaction" with private
builder.
Hollyday Quit April IL.
Mr.. Hollyday quit under pres
sure April IL. the day the houS-
ing scandals first broke. Mr..
Cole said he recommended his
dismissal to Sherman Adams,
assistant to President Eisen-
hover.
AS Mr.. Cole detailed reasons
for requesting the dismissal, Mr..
Hollyday moved from the back
of the Senate hearing room to a
seat Immediately behind the
housing administrator. Chair
man Capehart said the former
official would be given a chance
to answer the charges.
Mr.. Cole said that soon after
taking Office year ago. he began
receiving numerous communica-
tions from the FBI that rack
eteers were infiltrating the Gov
ernment's repair loan program.
particularly in California. He
said Mr.. Hollyday sent investi-
gators to California but that no
disciplinary action was taken.
Mr.. Cole said he didn't mean
to imply that all complaints of
abuses filed with Mr.. Hollyday
had not been followed through
but that the proper investiga-
ton was not made and no dis
ciplinary action taken in a
number of specific case turned
over to the former FILA chief
Mr.. Cole said "aS housing ad-
ministrator he was merely a SUI
pervisor or co-ordinator" Of FILA
(See HOUSING. Page A-20
Evening star., 1954-04-20
The Wet Mimi
Are Everywhere

SOUTHEAST ASIA RePoRT-In
the Tonkin delta oreo Of lndo Chino
you look Of peasant and wonder.
rs he viet?" But, nobody knows
for sure. For the second Of o series
OF articles on Southeast Asio by
Assoeioted Press Foreign News
Analyst WiIIiom |. Ryon see pose
A-a.
Evening star., 1954-04-20

American Supplies Drop From Skies at
Diem Bien Phu. Pose "A
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Congress Leaders
Hear Dulles Report
On Asia Problems
Two Senators Declare
No Move Is Under Way to
Send GIs to Indo-Chinu
By jones E. Roper

Secretary Of State Dulles to-
day gave congressional leaders
a two-hour report on Asiatie
problems. and two Senators re-
ported later that no move is
under way to send American
troops to Indo- China.
Senator Bridges, Republican
of New Hampshire, told report.
Evening star., 1954-04-20

(See DICKINSON, Page A-33
Evening star., 1954-04-20

tSee MOVES, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1954-04-20

Continued on Page AS, Col. S.,
Evening star., 1954-04-20

(See CHARGES, Page AID
Evening star., 1954-04-20

Size OF Stan Questioned.
Australian officials say, count
ing wives and children, the So
Wet diplomatic community in
Australia numbers nearly go
persons. Parliament members
many times have questioned the
(See AUSTRALIA, Page A-5)