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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Worlds No. ] Conflict
Civilians Indifference Creates
Vast Riddle in Indo-Chinu War

mander in chief Of French Union
forces. says:
1--WE have here a politico-
military war. 1t is only when
the Wet Namese government will
have won the approval of the
population that a victory will be
possible"
Since 1949 Chief of State Bao
Dali has been trying to set up a
national front without success.
Probably almost half of the IL
million Wet Namese living in the
zone controlled by Bao Dai's
government are directly aiding
the Wet Mini or indirectly sup
porting them out of sympathy
for Ho Chi Mini. But only a
fraction of the population is
really Communist. Most are just
anti-French. Many are anti
Communist.
Reasons for Stand.
The Nationalist, who for five
years have been refusing to sup
port Bao Dali effectively, give
two reasons:
/. Bao -Dai has not obtained
independence for Wet Nam. The
ex-emperor signed a 1949 treaty
with France which gave his
country neutrality-suspicious. with
in the framework of the French
Union, but France retained ac-
tual political control.
2. The Nationalist are critical
OF the system of personal power
established by Bao Dali and of
the corruption Of his regime.
The 40-year-old ex-emperor holds
all the executive and legislative
powers.
The new government formed
in January by Prince Buu LOG
persuaded Bao Dali to announce
a program seeking to give salts
faction to the NationaliStS' aspi-
rations. Buu LOG has promised
general elections for a national
assembly within as short a time
as possible" He also has de-
manded total independence from
France to be guaranteed by the
United Nations and has de-
nounced the 1949 treaty. The
new premier and members of his
cabinet are to go to France at
the end of this month to negoti-
ate a treaty of association to
establish a union between two
partners equal in rights and
duties"
Two Threats to Program.
Two factors menace the pro-
gram. To gain Wet Namese ap-
proval, Bao Dali must take firm
attitude toward France.
But until Wet Mans fledgling
army is a great deal bigger and
better trained, French forces are
still the only protection against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

cuts to low income and large
family groups. They argue the
Republican sponsored revision
program is loaded with benefits
to business. and say their own
proposal is needed to boost con-
sumner buying power and help
pull the Nation out of a current
economic dip.
Republican leaders conceded
Democrats have made some
progress in public and congress
sional opinion with this line Of
attack. but they added they
thought the picture would change
when we roll out our big guns
and the Congress is fully in
formed
These leaders, declining to be
quoted by name at this stage.
also were looking to help from
President Eisenhower or Secre-
tary of the Treasury Humphrey.
or both, in lining up support for
the hold-the- Line policy against
big personal income tax cuts.
The $2.5 billion revenue loss.
on top of billions of dollars in
other tax cuts already in effect
or planned this year, would tip
the scales toward uncontrolled"
Federal deficits and postpone
indefinitely any hope of "a
balanced budget. they said.
1T would reverse all that the
Eisenhower administration has
been trying to do" one G.. o. p.
congressional leader said. VI
think the people will take very
seriously anything that would
destroy the very cornerstone of
the Presidents program. I'VE
have achieved stability and a
sound dollar, and we are APP
preaching balanced budget,
and I don't think they want to
throw all this way for irrespon-
sible tax cuts that would be
eaten up anyway by more in
flation."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
1000 Begin Wa|koui
Al Nash-Ke|vinator
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Feb. 25.-A strike
of 1000 dayshift workers at
Nash Kelvinator's Detroit plant
started at 7:30 am. today.
The dayshift refused to report
for work. many workers massing
near plant gates.
The action began after the
executive board of Local 9 of
the Independent Mechanics Edu-
cational Society of America
voted last night to strike.
The union walked out only
eight days ago. That walkout
was a one-day protest over what
the union said was Slowness of
union-management efforts to
solve work standard problems.
F. l.. Black, Nash public rela-
tions director. said production of
freezers at the Detroit plant will
be affected Immediately along
with manufacturing of refriger-
ator parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Forouk Hopes Noguib
Can Save His Skin

CANNES, France, Feb. IS Up
II hope poor Naguib can save
his skim"
Ex-king Faroux's secretary.
Andre Chardonnens, said today
that was Farouk's comment
when informed that the Egyp-
tian president who deposed him
had resigned.
Mr.. Chardonnens said Farouk
expressed no surprise and re-
called that he predicted at the
time OF his own downfall in July.
1852. that Gen. Naguib would be
in power for two years at most
before being overthrow.
Tarouk has little respect for
Col. Canal Abdel NaSser, leader
of the military council which
forced Gen. Naguib out, Mr..
Chardopnens said, adding:
He knows he is just an adj
venturer."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
President May Reply
To Charge on Benson
Role in Rail Dispute
By jones Y. Newton

The White House may reply
today to an AFL charge that
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
unfairly interviewed in a hearing
Of a big railroad labor dispute.
AFL President George Meany
protested the Benson action di-
rectly to President Eisenhower
late yesterday. Earlier 16 rail
unions had telegraphed similar
protests to the White House.
The unions urged "a strict
reprimand if not impeachment
for Benson" They asked the
President to publicly disavow
Mr.. Benson's action which they
called IAN unwarranted and
outrageous infringement of the
rights of railway workers under
the Railway Labor Act"
I Mr.. Meany said the Agricul-
ture Secretary injected himself
into a dispute involving l million
so-called incorporating rail
workers and the Nations rail-
roads. He said Mr.. Benson wrote
a letter to a presidential board
hearing the dispute urging that
the workers not be given benefits
which might result in higher
freight rates on farm products.
Strike Possible.
The Is unions are demanding
health and welfare benefits, paid
holidays. improved vacation ar
raneements and other non-wage
concessions. The presidential
board will make its recommended
tons soon in the dispute which
has threatened to erupt into a
strike.
That's just not cricket" Mr..
Meany said Of the Benson letter
after his conference with the
President. He said it was the
first time he knew of that a high
official had taken such a step.
James c. Hagerty, Presiden-
tial press secretary, said later
the White House has not known
about the letter.
Statement Hinted.
I'VE are trying to ascertain all
the facts and there may be a
statement tomorrow" he said.
James G. Patton, national
president of the Farmers Union,
wrote Mr.. Benson last night
accusing him of trying to stir
up "a political civil war between
farmers and their customers. F"
He asked the Secretary to with
draw his letter.
Obviously" Mr.. Patton wrote,
labor can only interpret your
action as an attempt to fix the
jury that is now supposed to be
weighing the facts impartially
-. for solution Of this dispute. "
Senator Morse, Independent,
OF Oregon read the rail unions
protest on the Senate floor. He
said he could not recall any
cabinet officer heretofore "gra-
tuitously intervening himself in
a railway labor dispute"
Mr.. Meany carried two other
protests to the President. He
said he told Gen. Eisenhower
about the low state" of the
American merchant marine and
shipbuilding industry. He also
protested the recruitment of
Mexican labor in Texas and CAL
1fornia In many cases, he said.
Mexicans are allowed to cross
the border to take farm employ
ment when there is plenty of do
nestle labor available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

Hanoi are used to it. This city is
a center Of the French Union
forces. including French colonial
soldiers. the heavily German
Foreign Legion. and Wet Namese
troops that can call this land
their own. They are at war with
forces which are led by a Com
munist but backed by many nom
Communists. These forces are
known as the Wet Mini. Some
civilians say there are so many
Wet Mini sympathizers in Hanoi
that Moscow-trained Ho Chi
Mini would never attack the
city-he would endanger too
many Of his friends.
Millions of Mosquitoes.
Just now sort of Red haze
blows down through the river
delta and from Communist
China. 80 miles to the north.
Millions of, mosquitoes buzz in
and out Of the separate night
clubs Of the Arabs, the German
legionnaires. the French and the
Wet Namese.
French Union troops patrol
the countryside and fight along
the wet roads.
A thousand miles to the south
is hot Saigon. where shops dis
play Paris gowns and good food
abounds. 1t. too, is under con-
troll of the French Union forces.
All through that southern area
watchtowers manned by four to
six men keep an eye on roads
that may be mined.
The civil population is more or
less Indifferent. Wet Namese
and Chinese carpenters work all
day building hundreds of new
homes and apartments for peo-
pie who apparently never give a
thought to the war or to pros
poets that artillery or planes
might knock down some of these
new buildings some day.
The indifference to the war
has created a grotesque riddle for
all of Southeast Asia-Indo-
China. Malaga, Burma, Thai
land and Indonesia. The indif-
ference and WEAKNESS of the war
extend to many places in Wet
Nam and the associated king
doms of Laos and Cambodia.
Many now believe a military
victory by either side is an i'm
possibility unless far more
troops and supplies are poured
into the fight. They hope the
Big Five conference in Geneva
in April and the conference Of
prime ministers of Southern Asia
in Ceylon in May will help to
solve the riddle.
Gen. Henri Navarro, COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Scourqe Believed Over

Zuzuland, long a center of ma
CANA, the cattle scourge spread
by the tsetse fly. is thought to be
free Of the scourge as no evil
dence Of the fly has been found
for six months, Pietermartizburg
reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

visitor learns to be alert to take
charge Of the sugar bowl. If
he does not the waiter will place
in the cup about four times the
amount of sugar wanted.
A lawyer here explained. 1--WE
like our coffee black as night,
strong as a lion and sweet as
love-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Worlds No. ] Conflict
By Glen Clements and Max Clos

By Glen Clements and Mox Clos
Assoeiotsd Press foreign Correspondents
HANOI. Indo- China. Feb. U.s.
Every night church bells beckon
the faithful in misty old Hanoi.
Heavy guns rumble on the city's
outskirts. The devout go to wor-
ship. The thers-French, Ger
man. Arab, Moroccan and Wet
Namese soldiers and civilians
flock to the cafes, the tea houses,
the taxi dance halls.
The Indo- China war is in its
eighth year and the people in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Republicans Gird
For Fight Against
Tax Exemption Raise
eY he Asseeiated Press

Republican leaders said today
they have decided not to bulge,
but to wage an about fight
against Democratic drive to
raise individual income tax
exemptions and slash Federal
revenues by about $2.5 billion
a year.
The Republicans added they
are planning a vigorous cam
paign on the grounds that such
a move would tear the heart
out of President Eisenhower's
entire domestic program and put
the Nation back on the road
toward imitation.
Democrats have announced
they will fight on the House
floor to write an exemption in
crease into a vast, 800-page,
general tax overhaul bill. The
House Ways and Means Commit
tee is almost through its Sec
ton dissection work on this bill
today and plans to send it to
the House floor late next week.
Democrats are proposing to
raise exemptions for each tax
payer and each dependent from
$500 to $500, which would give
the biggest proportionate tax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Coffee
Continued From First Page.)


leans just how bad the damage
was.
Heavy Loss From Frost.
The frost hit the State of
Parana, south Of here. on the
night of last July As. The next
day it was realized that the
growers there had lost millions
of dollars. Parana produces a
third Of the Brazilian coffee. AS
a result of the frost it Is said
the Parana crop will be cut from
s millions bags to is million.
The housewives toured Parana
and saw the damaged coffee
trees and talked to the growers.
Then they issued a statement
saying they were amazed and
distressed" at the extent of the
damage.
There was an amusing sequel.
The day the statement was pub
lished a Sac Paulo businessman
telephoned his brother at Santos
urging him to come here to meet
some visiting friends. Santos is
the big coffee port with a coffee
exchange and export warehouses.
The brother at Santos de-
clined to leave there. saying in
effect, You saw what the Amer
lean housewives said. That
might send the market up and
I have to be here tomorrow
morning when the exchange
opens" .,es
If the market went up i. was
not, recorded in the English
language newspaper here and
an inexpert reading Of the Por-
tugese-language papers failed to
reveal the fact.
The shortage due to the frost.
figured at about a third of the
total crop this year. is not just
a one-year calamity. Most of
the withered trees will have to
be replaced and 1t ordinarily
takes five years for a coffee tree
to yield its first crop.
Seek to Boost Production.
Coffee growers are working to
get production back to high
levels to make up for the crop
loss. Newsmen here were taken
to an agricultural experiment
station at Campinas in the State
Of Sac Paulo.
A scientist who had studied at
Iowa State College showed a
field of $4,000 clumps of coffee
trees which will yield a crop
in their third year instead of
the usual five. Across the road
were $4,000 more trees which
will yield in their fourth year.
The fields are fertilized and
watered.
Not only is the coffee crop
short but world consumption Is
higher than it has ever been be-
fore. If Brazilians should want
to increase consumption even
more they might teach other ma
lions to make it the way they
do. It is a little startling at
first, but then the visitor begins
to wonder whether the coffee he
gets at home may not seem pallid
by comparison.
The Brazilian Method.
Here is the method for making
it: For large" cup Of coffee
about half the size of our break
fast cup--take about three big
teaspoonfuls Of dark roasted pull
verified coffee. Place it in a cloth
filter bag which fits inside the
coffee pot. Pour over it furiously
boiling water. Stir with a wooden
spoon and then lift out the bag
and let the brew filter through.
Never boil the coffee after it
is made. If you want to keep it
hot lISe a double hoiler
You will get large" cup of
coffee only at breakfast. After
that. between meals and at the
end of luncheon or dinner you
have coffee in cup about the
size of our ceni-taSSe GINS. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

LabOr-The House Labor Com
mittee, considering Taft-Hartley
Act changes, may vote on one OF
Gen. Eisenhower's IA proposals
for language to make it clear
that q union cannot be held
responsible for an act Of an indi-
vidual member solely because of
his membership in the union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

Pay Raise-President Eisen-
hover asks Congress to approve
pay boosts and other benefits for
most Of the Government 1885,
900 civilian employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Many Women Workers

LONDON.-About one of every
i've married women in Britain is
working at a full-time job, &C
cording to recent estimates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

The worlds No. wor, os Of now, is
in lndo- Chino, on oreo o little larger
thon Texos. 1t is in its eighth year
with no decision in sight despite the
outpourinss Of thousands Of lives and
millions Of doIIors worth Of United
Stotes arms. Whot is the back
ground Of this perpIexine wor. due
to be discussed at the Geneva con-
ference in April? The Associated
Press stoff in the oreo tells the story
in three articles to oppeor this week.
This is the first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

Warren-The nomination of
Earl Warren to be Chief Justice
Of the United States seems head
ed for swift Senate confirmation
after the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee approves it. 1873.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25

Bricker-After Senate Demo-
Gratis prevent a night session on
the Bricker treaty powers amend
ment, Senator Knowland, the
COP leader. says they are using
showdown" tactics to hinder
President Eisenhower's program.
But Democratic Leader Lyndon
johnson reports he sees no need
for night sessions this early.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Today
In
Congress

McCarthy-The dispute be-
tween Secretary of the Army
Stevens and Senator Mccarthy
fades away, but the Capital still
wonders what prompted their un-
agreement that averted
a nationally televised showdown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Lin1bIess Man Dexterous:
Runs Switchboard, Dresses

welder came to Washington to
visit his sister, Mrs. BERTHE
Weaks. 821 Allison street NV,
and her husband for q couple
of weeks"
Like so many other temporary
Washingtonians, he stayed.
After getting a job working on
shoes at the Goodwill Industries.
he went to see Dr.. Charles s.
Wise, professor of physical medi-
cine and rehabilitation at the
George Washington University
School Of Medicine.
ION superficial examination.
you might say the patient
couldn't do anything" DR.. Wise
told a meeting of his schools
alumni yesterday. Emmett now
can do everything except wash
his back, swim, or drive q car"
II have driven EN-" corrected
Mr.. Blackwelder. IS
Took Switchboard, Job.
DR.. Wise didn't believe Mr..
Blackwelder could operate a
switchboard. handling the small
plugs. He was proved wrong.
Mr.. Blackwelder got a night
switchboard job at the Pail Mall
Apartments, 1112 Sixteenth
street. NV. He held 1t more
than a year. and his daytime
job as well. until the double shift
proved too much for him.
With his new artificial legs
and crutclles. Mr.. Blackwelder
gets around well. though not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Emmett Blackwelder has only
stumps for arms and legs. yet
he can operate q telephone
switchboard, write with a PEN
Gil, light his own cigarettes.
hammer nails, shave and dress
himself.
His doctor says it proves ire
Mobilization evaluation cannot
be made on an anatomical basis
alone"
Mr.. Blackwelder says it proves
eff you try hard enough. you
can do anything you want"
Mr.. Blackwelder was born 80
years ago in Concord. N. c., with
his legs gone above the knee.
and his arms gone above the
elbow.
One of four children. Mr..
Blackwelder learned to keep up
with the others the best he could.
He finished the 10th grade In
school.
Was Taxi Dispatcher.
During his last two years Of
school. he took a job as a taxi
dispatcher in the evenings. Some
Is cabs were In the company.
Mr.. Blackwelder had two phones
II got so I could answer both
at the same time" he said yes
terday, demonstrating with quick
Hips Of his arm stumps.
After school he took up dis
patching full time. 4
Three years ago. Mr.. Black
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Naughty Dutch
Soldiers Spared
SchooIboy Tasks
By tho Associoted Press


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands.
Feb. 20.-A newspaper reported
today that inept Dutch soldiers
no longer will have to stay in
after drill and write one thou
sand times: II must not be q
bad soldier"
The Labor Party newspaper
Write Volk said 1t. Gen. B. r.
p. r. Hasselman. chief Of the
general staff, told all comman-
ders to stop ordering the lines
to be written as disciplinary
punishment.
He was quoted as saying
Dutch soldiers are not school,
boys and the practice was in
tolerable.
The newspaper said the action
followed its campaign inviting
reader reaction to the practice
revealed by q radio forum last
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Strike Of Staff Closes
,SWank Jamaica Hotel
eY he Assoeiuted Press

KINGSTON. Jamaica, Feb.
20.-Prime Minister william A.
Bustamante conferred with the
management Of the swank Bay
Roc resort hotel at Montego
Bay today in an attempt to set
tie a strike which closed the
hotel at the height Of the tourist
season.
The employees went on strike
Thursday for more pay. The
cooks get about $40 a week,
walters $40 and bellhops and
chambermaids about So. The
hotels New York board Of direc-
tors ordered the hotel closed. OF
80 guests. mostly Americans,
about so sought accommodations
elsewhere while 20 others re-
manned, cooking and serving
their own meals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Mrs. Hobby Spending
Holiday in Connecticut

~ the Assoesoted Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.--Welfare
Secretary Hobby arrived at La
Guardia Field today from WASH
ington. en- route to spend the
holiday week end with friends
in Connecticut.
She declined to identify the
friends or name the town she
will be in, Mrs. Hobby. who was
accompanied by Nelson Rookie
Teller. assistant secretary Of the
Welfare Department. also de-
clined to pose for photographers
because she was in a hurry.
etaoin, etaoin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
California Prisoners
Are Bored BY TV
BY she Associated prsss

FOLSOM PRISON. Calf. fall
California State prisons now
have television. but many con-
victs still are bored. Warden
Robert A Heinze. aclknowled ging
q. gift Of six TV sets from movie
producer Walter Wanger, said
Folsom was the last Of the State
prisons to acquire TV.
''Most Of the prisoners like 1t. !"
Heinze commented. But a good
many don't seem to be interested
at all"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

quite as fast as he used to hop
before.
He'd like to get another. job
since the Goodwill people can't
afford to pay him much. But as
soon as employers see his con-
dition. he is turned down.
"They won't believe It. Won't
let you prove yourself give you
o chance" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Shrimp Hide in Sand

BOSTON. The shrimp uses b
camounase technique for pro-
lection. Whipping up sand with
its feet. a shrimp fiattens itself
into the trench 1t has dug and
lets the sand settle over it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
SELECTED GROUPS
of Fomous- Nome Clothing
"a RICE
cAMELoT SUITS

Atwood; regulars, shorts and
longs; single and double-breasted
nAa
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Your Moneys. Worth
Act Now to Sove Tax Payments in 1855
By Sylvia Porter

You have only a fortnight in
which to arrange your tax setup
for 1854 so the tax bill you pay
next April will be the lowest