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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
By the Associated Press

Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey testified today that
President Eisenhower built his
new budget on an assumption Of
national prosperity only frac-
tionally below the record levels
of 1858.
Opening month-long public
hearings of the Senate House
economic committee. Mr.. Hum
phrey said the administrations
estimates of revenue were based
on expectations of business prof
it's of $43 billion a year and total
personal income of $285 billion.
Our income estimate assumes
a high level of business activity.
a good volume of production,
good employment at high wages
and reasonable corporate prof
it's" Mr.. Humphrey declared.
The Secretary said the Presi-
dents program of tax legisla-
ton and other economic meas
ures was aimed at inducing
"high-level production and en-
ployment."
Corporation profits of $43 bill
lion. before taxes, in the fiscal
year starting July l would be
only 2.3 per cent below last
years estimated earnings. Total
income of $685. billion would be
only / per cent below the peak
rate of $287.5 billion achieved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Scientists Nail Down Facts
On Business of Driving Nails

type of hammer to use with diff
ferent sizes and types of nails. u
Six amateur hammer SWingers
recruited from the Purdue fac
ulty and student body took part
in the tests. They used a va
riety of hammers and five diff
ferent sizes of two types of nails,
for total of so different COM
binationS for each hammerer.
1.-The results are not entirely
consistent with the salesman
intuitive judgment" reported Mr.
Briggs, Mr.. Mccormick and Mr..
Kephart. The large hammers
were found to be better with the
larger nails: however, for smaller
nails, the smaller hammers were
not significantly better"
The recruits, all described as
home craftsmen, were given
warmup periods at hammering
before the actual tests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
City Hos Nothing
But Weather Bureau
To Rely On Now
By Hermon r. Schoden

For a split second it seemed
all the processes of this turbu-
lent. spinning globe had sudden
ly halted. 1t was grounding
day. and to the questions he
has faithfully answered these
many years. Zoo Director Will
liam M. Mann could only reply:
There is no grounding; is
my face red!"
No grounding? Might as we'll
say no aching cornS. no Hagers-
town Almanack! Nothing more
dependable to forecast the next
six weeks than the Weather
Bureau!
For every Grounding day in
the memory of the Oldest photog-
rapher it was the Zoo to which
the masses turned for natures
prophecy on the weather. Duti-
fully, DR.. Mann would turn loose
one or more of his thickset mar
mots, or woodchucks. or ground
hogs, and soon would have the
fateful answer: grounding sees
shadow. rushes for cover. six
more weeks of bad weather. No
shadow, no Tough weather.
Pen Now Empty.
At one time there was whole
pen of the four-legged clairvoy-
ants. DR.. Mann could call on
Nellie or Susie. or Sallie or Re-
becca, or one obviously harried
rascal named Mr.. Shane. Any
one of them was willing to sacri-
fee a few minutes of his or her
time to inform the stupid
humans.
They could go along with a
tradition. If people for at least
10 centuries had been relying
on a half-starved animal treally
questing for little nourish-
ment) for their weather news.
they could go along with that.
too.
! But today. the pen was bare.
Some of the furry forecasters
had gone to their eternal reward;
others to the National Institute
of Health for greater sacrifice for
medical science. DR.. Mann con-
fessed the last one had gone to
grounding heaven a few weeks
ago.
Medical Center No Help.
"There'll be more" he said,
some one will give us some.
Meanwhile. why not try the
Bethesda Medical Center?"
It was long trip and a futile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Pope Shows Gains,
Cancer Is Ruled Out
BY the Associoted Press

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 1.-The
Vatican announced today that
ailing Pope Plus has shown
notable Improvement" but is
still hiccuping intermittently
Private fears that the pontiH
might have been suffering from
cancer were dispelled by word
that medical tests had been
negative.
In its most definite commune
que thus far on the pontiff's
.week-long gastric illness, the
Vatican press Office said tests
had shown the 77-year-old Pope
to be suffering from a "neuro-
digestive" disturbance. It said
the tests had produced happily
negative results"
The announcement brought
considerable relief to Vatican
circles. where the pontiff's illness
had been causing increasing
concern.
Msgr. Giovanni Battista Mon
TIM. Vatican pro-Secretary of
state, who has seen the Pope
almost daily since his illness be-
gan, said in answer to a question
on the pontiff's health:
Thanks be to God. his condi-
ton is improving"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
West Coast Ship Hits Rock,
Is Only Slightly Damaged
BY the Associated Press


VANCOUVER. B. c.. Feb. o.
The Canadian passenger liner
Prince George hit a rock in
treacherous Seymour Narrows
shortly before dawn today, but
escaped with only light appar-
ent damage.
A radio report from the $50
foot ship said it proceeded on
through the narrows after the
accident and hove to. It called
only for a tug.
Capt. w. E. Eccles reported
the bow section was damaged
slightly. There were no reported
passenger injuries.
The ship was northbound on
its regular run from Vancouver
to Prince Rupert. B. c.. and
Southeast Alaska. It struck at
about $50 am. Foggy condi-
tons have been prevailing along
the coast.
Seymour Narrows is about 200
miles north Of Seattle and 100
north Of Vancouver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Police Drive on Crime
Praised on House Floor

The Washington Police De-
partment today was commended
on the floor of the House by Rep
resentative Robson, Republican,
of Kentucky for its drive against
crime.
Mr.. Robson declared that of
tenders have given Washington
one of the highest crime rates OF
any city in the country.
He said that he and many
other members of the House
would support requests for funds
to hire additional policemen or
to build more facilities for con-
flnement of convicts.
The lawmaker said he planned
to confer with the District Com
missioners some time this week
about several suggestions he had
to improve the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
District Enforcement
CounciIAsksChanges
For Juvenile Cases
Law and Procedure
Shifts Urged Along With
2,5O0-Mun Police Force

The Districts Council on Law
Enforcement today made its first
report to Congress. calling for
major changes in handling of
juvenile cases and a 2,5O0-man
police force.
The council was created by
Congress in the omnibus crime
bill last year as a permanent
watchdog to curb crime in the
Nations Capital.
The council, headed by Com
missioner Samuel Spencer. for
warded the report of its Com
mittee on Juvenile Crime. Parts
of this report recommend
changes in the juvenile law and
other recommendations involve
procedural changes. !,
The council reported that it
favors giving the United States
Attorney the power to determine
if older juvenile felons should
be tried as juveniles or adults.
The report to Congress noted
that a bill has been introduced
by Representative O'Hara, Re-
publican, of Minnesota, which
would provide for this power to
rest exclusively with the prose-
cutor rather than the Juvenile
Court judge.
The council also forwarded
the report of its adult mis-
demeanors committee, carrying
recommendations for a 2,5OO-
man police force and more per-
sonnet for the Offices of the
United States Attorney and the
Corporation Counsel in NUM-
cipal Court.
Under the crime bill, the
council must report at the be-
ginning Of each session. A time
extension until today was sought
to complete work on the couH-
ellis major project, juvenile
crime. The report told of the
formation of the council. setting
up of committees and meetings
held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Ito You-So Faction GIouts
After MoIotov Lowers Boom
Russian Reiterated at ToIks Lost Week,
But Faint Hope Is Seen for Repeot

not agree to scrap EDO. They
also know perfectly we'll that
creation of the community
doesn't rest in the hands OF
these gentlemen. Mr.. Molotov's
attempt to speak over Mr.. BIZ
dault's head to the fearful and
divided members of the French
National Assembly may have
lacked subtlety but may not
have lacked a certain effective
ness.
French Developments Awaited.
From the Russian point OF
view it would be quite logical
to make the pitch to them as
quickly and thoroughly as pos
sible and force an adjournment
for several months. BY that
time EDO will perhaps no longer
be an issue of German reuniflca-
ton. If, as the Russians hope,
it has been defeated in the
French Parliament, then nego-
tiaticns on elections and reuni-
f1cation can get on. If it has
been passed, the Russians can
try again to load up the Ger
man peace treaty with safe
guards against the revival of
German "militariSm."
These are the obvious impli-
cations of Mr.. Molotov's speech
yesterday. But. as they must,
the allied delegations are al
ready earnestly seeking ways of
surrounding the insurmount-
able and of finding some CLEAN
of hope in the Russian state
ment.
Along this line it can be
pointed out that Mr.. Molotov's
formal draft proposals for a
German peace treaty are far less
explicit than his supporting
comments on the question of
edo. Prohibitions depend rather
on the Interpretation of such
phrases as foreign military
bases on German territory" or
organizations opposed to
the maintenance of peace. "
Whether or not EDO amounts
to a military alliance directed
against any state whose armed
forces took part In the war
against Germany" depends en-
tire'v on the point Of view.
To be sure. Mr.. Molotov's point
of view. as expressed yesterday
leaves small room for hope. But
it also is pointed out that the
Russians started of on precisely
this tack last week. only to back
down rapidly and Unexpectedly
from positions they took at the
beginning.
The thought that this pattern
might repeat itself is about the
only comfort that can be ex-
tracted from the present situa-
ton. And, since the talks now
are probing at the very core of
Russia's European policy. this
hope seems very unrealistic
indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

| $4,000. School Supt. T. c. VIII
liams said after surveying the
situation, however, that he
doubted it would be higher than
| $4,000.
The cafeteria, school office and
Offices of principal and assistant
principal were ransacked in the
main building, and three class
rooms and two Offices in the shop
building were damaged.
The public address system in
the principals Office was
smashed. File cabinets and
desks were overturned and q
typewriter was broken on re.
floor. School trophies w~y.
thrown about and broken.
In the cafeteria pies and mtIk
taken from the refrigers tuts
were strewn about. Three rs1h
registers were broken open.
Telephones Ripped Out.
Several telephones were ripped
from the walls, and school rec.
ords were scattered everywhere.
In the shop building, the van
dals wrecked the electric shop,
the drafting room. and the off,
ces of adult education director
Alan Beamer and Athletic Di-
rector A. E. (Rasty) Doran.
A hole four feet high and four
feet wide was smashed through
the double wall board separat-
ing the Offices of Mr.. Beamer
and Mr.. Doran. In Mr.. Doran's
Office a dial was broken from
safe but it had not been broken
open.
Books and paper were scat
tered about three other class
rooms in the shop building.
The destruction was discov-
cred at las am. when two Alex
andria policemen making a rou-
tine check of the building found
a broken window pane in
the shop. They found that some
one had entered by reaching
through the broken pane and
unlocking the door from the in
side. The same method was used
to get into the main school
building.
Police Hunt Futile.
| Police surrounded both build
ings and made a classroom to-
classroom search in hope of
trapping the vandals, but found
no one.
Principal Edgar Pruet was no.
titled and advised police that a
night Waterman was on duty at
the school until midnight.
Under Mr.. Pruet's supervision
much of the debris had been
cleared away in time for classes
to proceed normally today.
Detective Capt. Thomas Woods
said the rampage might be the
work of the same vandals who
broke into Maury Elementary
School Friday night, causing an
estimated 500 damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

Three Purdue University psy-
biologists, after an exhaustive
study Of the science of driving
nails into two-by- fours, took a
swing today at the sales talk
of hammer vendors.
They said their studies pro-
duced the fist scientific evil
dence that the hardware sales
man isn't necessarily correct
when he tells you you need a
small hammer to drive small
nails.
The psychologists - S. j.
Briggs, z. j. Mccormick and N.
c. Kephart-described their ex-
pertinent in q six-page report
in the Journal of Applied Psy-
chology,
They said they undertook 1t
because ANY hardware store
salesman knows what size and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Jupun Airline Sturts

TOKYO, Feb. 2 (R.-The ia
pan Air Lines "City of Tokyo"
left 'Haneda International Air
port for San Francisco tonight,
inaugurating Japan's first ven-
ture into postwar international
commercial aviation. Sixteen
japanese and one American were
on the passenger list. Regular
twice-weekly flights to the United
States are planned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

one, for science had taken its
toll. It appeared Washington
was completely out of ground
hogs save a few wild ones whose
habitat was unknown to city
bred photographers.
AS a last resort. the Weather
Bureau was sought out. Cannier
than the grounding, the fore
caster offered nothing definite
for the next six weeks; promised
a 30-day forecast this evening.
If any strange groundhogs
wandered into the District, it's
a pretty good bet they left in
hurry. With the sun beaming
bright enough for a modest shad-
ow, the Weather Bureau fore
cast a low of IS degrees tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
By Crosby S. Moves
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

EAST BERLIN. Feb. 2.-The
I-told-you-So contingent is hav-
I ing a field day here today. After
days of glowing optimism. the
almost universal morning latter
attitude is that we knew it al
along.
| That Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov should have so un-
tremendously lowered the boom
on Western self satisfaction
has left some allied spokes-
men a bit red in the face. II
has put an abrupt end to all
| the talk about Russian con-
geniality at Berlin and lowered
the Thermometer to where it was
just a week ago after Mr.. Molo-
TOYS opening speech before the
thaw set in.
With the backswing of the
pendulum, speculation about the
length of the conference has re-
vived. On the theory that moth
ing would wind up things quicker
than complete disagreement. I'M
compromisingly expressed. it
would not take many more ses-
sions like yesterdays to do the
trick.
One thing Mr.. Molotov can't
be accused of is obscurity. It
takes no highly trained diplo-
matte expert to sum up Soviet
terms for the unif1cation of Ger
many or to understand that the
first and more important term is
for scrapping the still unborn
European Defense Community.
Said Mr.. Molotov: The Paris
Bonn agreements Russians
don't like to use the phrase de-
Tense community offer an insur-
mountable obstacle to German
unif1cation and make restoration
of German unity impossible for
some time to come" Few diplo-
matte announcements have been
more clear or more precise.
Common Ground Destroyed.
Few have ever blasted a COM
mon meeting ground between
world powers more completely
of the map. From the outset
of this conference each of the
Western spokesman has made it
clear that his government will
never agree to abandon the de-
tense community as the price
of German reunification. AS a
rather pathetic prelude to the
Molotov speech. both Mr.. Eden
and Mr.. Bidault had been plead
ing for Russian approval of EDO
as the best guarantee of Soviet
security that can be provided in
Europe today.
Mr.. Molotov's reply gave the
first clear hint as to what the
! Russians hope to get out of
this conference. They know per-
fectIy well that the team of
Dulles, Eden and Bidault will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Should q ForgetfuI
Citizen Have to Pow

All-NlGHT SERVlcE-Firemen up
IN Solem. Moss. ore getting mighty
tired Of getting out their Iodders in
the middle Of the night to let key
torgetful citizens into their homes.
They think they ought TO ehoree q
tee. See Life in the U. S." Poee
At.
GOOD BREAKFAST HABITS
homemokers, soys The stor's food
editor, Violet FouIkner, know its no
cosy task to pIon breakfast with
voiety. She lists some suggestions on
poee B-5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Strombo|i in Eruption;
; New Craters Appear
BY the Associoted Press

MESSINA. Sicily, Feb. IA
new eruption of the island volcano
of Stromboli, where Italian film
director Roberto RoSsellini
wooed and won Ingrid Bergman,
poured lava Kissing into the
Tyrrhenian Sea today. The red
glow could be seen from Sicily, 40
miles away.
Many of the TOO fisherfolk of
Stromboli took to their boats
when the blowoff ripped three
new craters in the northeast
side Of the cone yesterday. They
returned at shutdown, confident
the eruption was no more seri-
OILS than several others in recent
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
It's Grounding Day in Places,
Groundhog-Iess Day in D. &.
Pennsylvania News
Is Bleak: 5 Animals
Scurry Back to Bed
By the Associated Press

QUARRYVILLE, Pa, Feb.
2.-There was sad news this
Grounding Day for Opti-
mists hoping for an early
spring.
Five different groundhogs,
each proclaimed by the
finders the official" weather
forecaSter. poked noses into
burrows for another nap.
That. announced hiber-
mating Gov. Charles Hess of
the Slumbering Lodge of
Groundhogs, means six more
weeks of winter weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Koreu Forces Pledge
1927, 965 Polio Fund
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Feb. 2.-Three days of
nonstop record spinning and
chatter on five armed forces ra-
dio stations in Korea produced
$292,96 in pledged contribu-
tons to the 1854 March of Dimes,
the Army said today.
Pledges ran all the way from
ST promises by individual serv-
icemen to $4,750 from the Off
GERS and men OF the Sd Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Broker Issue
ToBeKeptL Live
By know|and
Leader Makes Visit
To White House,
Still Seeks Way Out
BY J. A. O'Leory


will fight any move to send the
Bricker issue back to committee
The Californian emphasized
that he has not abandoned eff
forts to compromise differences
between the administration and
those who want a new definition
of treaty powers in the Consti-
tuition.
Nov is the time to face up to
this problem" said Senator
Knowland when a reporter asked
| if he was ready to Sidetrack the
controversy with a recommittal
motion. I'VE are not under the
pressure now that we would be
later in the session. This is an
important question and should
be fully debated"
The usually serious minded
Republican leader smiled at re-
porters and remarked:
II am a little more sympa-
thetic now with the negotiators
at Panmunjom."
Pays Visit to White House.
Earlier Senator Knowland
made another visit to the White
House with Attorney General
Brownell. but had nothing new
to report when he left.
The Senator told reporters at
the Capitol he has some new
language to suggest to Senate
factions later today in an effort
to meet the remaining objections
of the White House to a pro-
posed bipartisan compromise.
He said he did not show this
new language to Mr.. Brownell
this morning because Senate
leaders are still trying to get ad-
ditional legal light on it.
Senator Knowland said also he
has put no time limit on the
negotiations. but will continue
them as long as he sees any
chance for agreement.
Case Offers Plan.
Senator Case. Republican, of
South Dakota today introduced
new proposal for compromising
the main issue still in dispute
how to handle executive agree
mentS.
He proposed that executive
agreements take effect auto
matically so days after submits
sion to Congress unless rejected
by the House or Senate during
that time. This is the procedure
followed on Government re-
organization plans Of the Presi-
dent.
Meanwhile the Republican
leader has asked the Senate to
pass a resolution calling on the
Foreign Relations Committee to
investigate all executive agree
ments the United States has
made with other governments to
find out how many of them have
affected internal law in the
United States.
Most of the remaining con-
troversy over the compromise
hinges on a section which would
prevent executive agreements
from affecting internal law I'M
less accompanied by an act of
Congress.
KnOwland Sees Precedent.
In a letter to UnderSecretary
of State Walter Bedell Smith.
Senator Knowland said he be-
leves that in the past executive
agreements have been made in
cases where the Constitution in
tended the treaty-making power
to be used. Executive agree
ments do not go to the Senate
for ratification like treaties.
1t was apparent today that the
administration. with the help of
a substantial bloc Of Democrats,
can prevent the Bricker plan
from getting the two-thirds ma
/ jority needed to pass the Senate,
But Republican leaders. in the
interest of party harmony. have
been trying to work out an &C
ceptable compromise.
It also seemed apparent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Alexandra VandaIs
Ransack High School;
Damage Is $1,000
P. A. System Smashed,
Electric Shop Wrecked,
Offices Damaged

Vandals tore through George
Washington High School in AL
exandria today. causing an esti-
mated $500 to $4,000 damage.
Police first estimated the loss
would run between $4,000 and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Sc Dead in Korean Wreck

SEOUL, Feb. 2 R.-The Army
said today the toll of Sunday
nights train wreck south Of here
was S. killed and 125 hospital
lied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
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An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

Fair tonight with lowest around IS.
Tomorrow, sunny and mild. Gull report
on Page A-2D
Temperatures Today
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The Internal Revenue Service is quite
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amount of income tax. For another in a
series discussing income taxes, prepared
by the agency, see
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