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Evening star., 1954-01-08
Loyalty Called Issue
In Only 10 Per Cent
OF Security Firings
House Member Declares
Even 100 to $50 DisIoyoI
Employees Is Dangerous
BY |. Edqor Primo

Representative Katherine st.
George, Republican, of New York
said today that she was in
formed that 10. per cent
or less" of the first l,456 secu-
rity separations under the new
Eisenhower program involve the
question of loyalty.
The Representative. a men,
Der of the House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee. said her
informant was a high Govern
ment official who was in a
position to know the overall
security program situation"
Official Breakdown Refused.
Both the White House. which
announced on October % that
1.456 persons had been fired
or forced to resign from the
Government payroll in the May
27-September 80 period and the
Civil Service Commission. which
was responsible for collecting the
figure, have refused to give a
breakdown of loyalty and nom
loyalty cases.
Republican leaders. unwitting-
ly or not, have given the public
the impression that the majority
of security separations involved
questionable loyalty. Senator
Mccarthy. for example. recently
asserted that go per cent were
removed because of Communist
connections and activities or per-
version"
Calls 1t Serious Situation.
Mrs. st. George made it clear
that she was not minimizing the
seriousness of having 100-150
persons of questionable loyalty
on the Federal payroll.
Il consider it highly dangerous
to have had that many persons
tainted with communism, or
whose loyalty is not unreservedly
to the United States. working
for the Government" she said.
In his state-of-the- Union mes
sage yesterday. President Eisen-
hover reported that the secu-
rity separations now total more
than 2,2OO.
Last Sunday The Star reported
the results of a survey made in
connection with the 1.456 figure
and the use to which it is being
made by certain administration
officials. It was stated that there
was definite reluctance on the
part of administration personnel
and security people to discuss
details concerned with the collec-
ton of the overall security sepa-
ration figure and its meaning.
Questions Merged.
1t was also pointed out that
Republican officials. including
Gen. Eisenhower and Senator
Mccarthy had discussed the
l,456 figure in the same breath
as the Communist-in-G Govern
ment issue and by doing so had
tended to merge security and
loyalty questions.
Y, The Star survey indicated that
in several agencies such as the
Navy, Air Force and Veterans
Administration the percentage OF
loyalty cases was not more than
10 per cent of the total security
separation.
The 1,456 figure was hastily
put together by the Civil Service
Commission. which used it's own
records and reports from the
various agencies. In several in
stances the agencies turned in
figures at variance with those
turned up by the csc.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Major Braw|
Brewing Over
Freeing P0Ws
Neutral Commission
Has Biggest Problem
In Fote of $4,000
BY the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL. Jan. 8.-The neutral
nations Repatriation Commits
sion, caught in the middle of an
allied-Red brawl. today faced
what may be the most critical
problem of its existence: What
to do with some $4,000 unre-
patriated war prisoners January
%.
The commission has two weeks
until that day of decision when
the allies insist the POWs be re-
leased under armiStice terms.
No matter which course it
chooSes-freedom or further cap
tivity for the priSonerS-the an
Swer means protests and possible
violence.
The Reds insist that the pris-
oners be kept in their neutral
zone compounds until a Korean
peace conference talks over their
fate for 80 days. The confer
ence is far from a beginning:
even talks to set it up are begged
down.
Meeting Is Cancelled.
The Repatriation Commission
Cancelled a meeting set for this
afternoon to consider allied and
Red answers to a request for
guidance.
The Reds demanded yesterday
that the prisoners be kept in Gus
tody under Indian troops until
the conference meets and also
that explanations to WOO POWs
home be extended until it has
completed 80 actual days of in
terviews. The 90-day period set
by the armiStice ended Deem
Der %. The Reds conducted in
terviews on 10 of the 80 days.
Gen. John E. Hull, United Ma
tions commander, today revealed
a secret note he sent the commits
sion declaring the allied COM
mand is firm" in its demands
for release.
Reply to Secret Memorandum.
His letter. dated January 6.
was in answer to secret memo
randum sent to both sides jan
uary 2 by Indian 1t. Gen. K. S.
Thimayya. commission chairman.
Gen. Hull pointed out in his
letter that the timetable In the
armistice document was in
tended ito prevent either party
:. from frustrating the basic
purpose of avoiding indefinite
captivity"
Meanwhile, anti-Red prisoners
refused to come out for a head
count by Indian troops.
The Indian command said re-
ports of a planned head-count
in the pro-Red camp holding 81
Americans, one Briton and 327
South Koreans are absolutely
not So"
Evening star., 1954-01-08
South Korea Drafts
Death Penalty for
Misusing Aid Fund
BY the Assocroted Press

SEOUL. Jan. 8.-The South
Korean cabinet today drafted a
bill providing up to a death PEN
atty for graft or corruption in
dispensing foreign aid funds.
The bill also fixes the death
penalty for any persons who use
foreign aid funds for any elec-
ton campaign.
The bill will be sent to the Ma
tional Assembly.
Under a United States-ROK
economic agreement. $500 mil
lion is to be earmarked for Ko-
rean reconstruction for the fiscal
year ending June. 1854.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Public BUILDING
Forceof Guards
IsCut Sharply
Agency Heads Protest
To GSA Over Peril
In Economy Drive

Public building guards in the
Washington area have been re-
duced so sharply that by Feb
ruary l "it may be hard to find
one." a security officer said
today.
The comment was made in a
discussion Of whether other
Government agencies were TAX
ing stock Of their security meth
DDS since the 100000 Bureau
of Engraving and Printing theft
last week.
Another theft was reported at
the National Bureau of Stand
ards where seven lead boxes
used to store radioactive mate
rials disappeared despite sup
posed tight security.
Harry P. Dalzell. deputy secur-
ity officer. said the boxes, taken
from the material testing labor
atory. were used only for "low-
activity" materials and con-
tanned nothing as valuable as
radium.
Agencies Ask Help.
One General Services Admin
istration officer said several
agency heads had become
"doubly concerned" since the
Engraving Bureau crime and
asked for help.
GSA supervises guard per-
sonnel at most Government
buildings. but the Engraving and
Standards Bureaus administer
their own protection. The same
is true of the National Gallery
Of Art. Smithsonian Institution
and other museums. the Govern
ment Printing Office. Supreme
Court, Library of Congress and
few other places.
The National Gallery is pro-
tected by its own guards, ad-
ministered by a board of trustees.
Since its opening in l941 the
gallery has operated on a basis
Of one guard for each two gall
leries. That system still is in
force and no change is con-
templated. administrators say
security has been effective.
Protests Received.
In the protection of Govern
ment buildings generally. GSA
has no problems as ticklish as
those involving large sums of
money or valuable art objects.
Ferdinand Kaufholtz. deputy
compliance director for GSA's
Washington area, believed the
economy slashing of guards is
justified by present-day needs.
1t was he who said it might be
hard to find building guard
next month.
Some agencies have been pro-
testing, however, since 100 door
guards were removed from about
so agencies January l." said Mr..
KaufholtZ.
He said there was a feeling by
agency heads that the guards
were a deterrent against sneak
thieves and other criminals, and
also were somebody to call in
case of emergencies.
Emergency System Set Up.
Under new economy forced
procedures. night watchmen are
used at all buildings and a Gen.
trail emergency system has been
set up so that guards may be
sent to a specific point in a
hurry.
Right now we think it is a
worth while economy" Mr..
Kaufholz said, "but it is still ex-
perimental. We want to see how
it will work out"
Another official believed Sc
curity methods generally have
improved under the Eisenhower
administration despite a decrease
in personnel.
Cutting of public building
guards has been rather gradual
since the war when a peak of
about 5000 were employed. Three
or four hundred were cut the
past two years and there are now
about 1900 under General Serv-
ices. and exclusive of agencies
operating their own guard forces.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Puson Warehouse Burns

PUSAN. Korea, Jan. 8 (R.-
A big South Korean navy ware
house full of food and clothing
burned tonight-the city's big
gest fire since the disastrous fire
which destroyed much Of Pusan's
downtown a month ago. No
casualties were reported.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Late News
Bulletin
Hawaii Hearings Ended

The Senate Ir,cri0r Com
mittec voted today to end
hearings on statehood for both
Hawaii and Alaska. This
paveS the way for a decision
early next week on the Ha-
waiian bill, which has already
passed the House. The COM
mittee will take a separate
vote later on statehood for
Alaska.
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1954-01-08
MuIenkov Reaches 81

MOSCOW. Jan. 8 (P.-Soviet
Premier Georgi Malenkov is So
years old today. The big Mo&cow
morning papers-Pravda. Izvestia
and Trud-did not mention the
event.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

hover interrupted the President
with applause As times. They
added whoops of delight when
Gen. Eisenhower said:
Il recommend that Congress
enact legislation to provide that
a citizen of the United States
who is convicted in the courts
or hereafter conspiring to advo.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

Continued on Page "A. Col. ~
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Battle Of Yorktown

The Government and a sculptor are
locked in a controversy over what's to be
done about repairing the monument
at Yorktown. For history of the case see
Page AIS.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

(See MONEY, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1954-01-08

An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

Stage.
Arena-'Room Service; $3.50
pm.
Carter Barron Amphitheater-
Jose Greco and His Spanish
Dancers and Dancing Waters,
$3.50 pm.
National - South Pacific:
$40 pm:
Olney 1.-THE Country Girl:
$40 pm.
Ambassador - Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe":: LIS, $500,
H25, 1880 and $40 pm.
Capitol - Gone With the
Wind; 900 am, 1:10. SOS and
o pm.
,Col0ny-"Pit Of Loneliness;
$50. $40 and 9:55 pm.
Columbia--"Prisoner of War;
11:40 am. lao. 3:45, 5:45. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Dupont - Beauties of the
Night: /. 2:35. AIS. 6:15. $40
and 10 pm.
Keith's-"The Game Mutiny";;
1880 am. 12:45. sos, $40. 7:35
and 9:55 pm.
Little-"From Here to Eter-
nifty: 5:45. 7:50 and 10 pm.
MacArthur-"Always q Bride:
$3.50. $40 and 10 pm.
observation-disclosures Of
Robinson Crusoe";; HAS am.
LAS. 3:45, 5:45 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
Ontario-"Living It Up: 1880,
1855. $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Apache";; 1880 am.
1885. $40. 5:45. 1850 and $50
pm.
Playhouse-"About Mrs. Les
lie: 11:15 an. 1:20, 3:25. $50.
7:35 and $40 pm.
Plaza-"One Summer of Hap
piness";; IL am. 1880. 2:20.
4:10, 8, 1850 and Gas p.m.e
Trans-Lux-"Man With q MIL
lion": ll:20 am. los. 1850.
z:40. 6:25, $40 and 9:55 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama':
e:40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
NEW YORK.

NEW 4O3U1As
My Secretary, Africa, Speaks:
!. Dear Boss-The Ralph Kiners
Nancy Chaffee) expect a No
vember Stork. >. Warren Hull's
Navy son, John jr., marrying
Rosa de Quintana in Cuba to-
morrow. -. Garry Crosby and
Barbara Whiting a cute Holly
wood combo. ;. Sophie fuckers
son, Bert. recuperating from
major surgery at Doctors Hospi-
tai. . . Clark Gable reports to
zanuck in '55 for ''The Tall
Men" Eisenhower linked for
the Illinois State Fair Aug. 10.
/. Ivy Baker Priests stunning
daughter Pat, dating Pierce Jen-
sen. Laurence Olivier and
Vivien Leigh mentioning in
Italy. . John Cameron Swayze
dropped his syndicated column
to devote all his time to NBC-
TV. =. Gen. SHUTS godchild,
Isie-Suzetli Esselen, honeymoon
ing with Patrick Tattersall.
Esther Williams opens her tour
at Capitol Theatre, Washington.
Aug. 26.
Gioia Marconi, daughter of the
great inventor, and George
Braga picked Aug. S. Floyd
Odlum and the Skourases have
a uranium deal in Utah. .
Jennings Lang escorting Joan
Blondell. :. /. The British play
wright Peter Ustirovs expecting
L Sir Stock. Dolores Gray to
Hollywood for her first MGM
flicker, Fair Weather" with
Gene Kelly and Dan Daily. =.
Toots Shor's daughter, Kerry,
hospitalized. Nothing serious.
The George Brants ellen
Fenwick) named him Godfrey.
. . Shattered La Martinique to
reopen in September. =. Buck
ley Walsh, Happy Felton's aid
on the Dodger Knot Hole tele-
casts, got a busted nose playing
soft ball for the Lambs.
Godfrey gets his pilots license
back on September 16. >. John
Wayne negotiating for a Homo
lulu TV station. !. Sandra PERL
man, daughter of Morning, Tele-
graph publisher, and DR. Harry
Schoenberg to honeymoon in
Canada after the Pierre merger.
Josh Logan's Fanny" with
Ezio' Pil.za, goes into rehearsal
August II. So hot that
records in Broadway disk shops
melting out Of shape. Suzan
Balls nurse. Cathrine Biddle to
marry DeForrest Webber, Coast,
fireman. =. Jue Styne and Ann
Dubonett a duet. Jane
Powell's divorce decree due Au-
gust 6. -. -Welterweight Chuck
Davey now a sportcaster in
Cleveland. -. Central Park Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Ed SuIINon's
t sd NEW YORK

caros now ride in Bermuda shorts
AND boots.
\ ~ y y
John r. Hearst, jr., grandson
of the publisher, weds Evange-
line Ref after his hitch with
Uncle Sam. Robert Taylor
and his bride Ursula Thesis,
building a new home in Calf.
-. The John (RKO) Springers
called him Gary. Winston
Churchill's 80th birthday present
from Parliament win be his
portrait by Graham Sutherland.
Kay Starr undergoing sur
gerry. Dolores Hawkins a
Copa ShoWstopper with Jolson's
"Rockabye My Baby" Ed
Pauley. jr., and Connie Moore's
sister, Betty Smith, serious. i.
Songwriter Harold Arlen planed
to London to confer with Kath-
crime Durham for his next musi-
cal. blouse of Flowers" !.
Tourist taking Jersey and Staten
Island ferry rides to see city's
famous skyline.
r. \ \ 4
"Seven Brides for Seven Bro
theirs" coined a record $188, 900
for first week at Radio City Mu-
steal Hall. q. The Capt. John
Doolittles (the Generals SOM
expect Sir Stork any edition. !.
Ais Foster weds Larry MARITIME
in September. Cher dad, Donald
Foster, played opposite Gloria
Swanson in Twentieth Cen
tury.") Ella Logan and Bob
Calhoun, Ginny Simms' ex,
dating. The Jimmy Ritzes
expect February stork. F.. i.
Adds Clicks: Three Suns Victor
platter. Moonlight and Roses"
Don Shirley's piano magic at
the Etnbers. Carter 3-to-1
favorite over Del Flanagan.
The Bill Blatzes Cher dads
United Paramount Theatres v.p.)
called her Suzan. Reunions:
Former members Of 18th Infan-
try Division contact National
Headquarters, $40 High street,
Newark. Movie matineeS
crowded with heat refugees.
AMELIA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

OF tennis, and the waiting wears
his opponents way down.
Rhonda Fleming turned down
two TV series to emanate from
New York City-her husband
can't leave his medical practice
IN California. Terry Moore
will have to join the Press Agents
Guild If she turns in any more
publicity about herself. Mae
Vests night club songs are hot
ter than summer heat waves
Porfirio Rubirosa, the poor
little rich boy. is selling his plane
from Barbara Hutton, for $780,
000-not to zsa Zsa who's always
IN the clouds. Michael O'Shea
and Virginia Mayo were offered
$4,000 a week to appear in Las
Vegas but had to turn it down
due to Mixes TV show.
Every carpenter in town was
hired to build the North African
town at 10th Fox for 'sUntamed. u
Spencer Tracy will sign his
new MGM contract ahead OF
time-refreshing to find some
one sticking by the old alma
mater. Bob Hope will be an
actor, not a comedian, in "The
Eddie Foy Story"
Gilbert Roland writes he will
be back from Europe just in time
to start THE Racers" with Kirk
Douglas. -. Pier Angel is buy
ing a cottage in Capri with her
sister. Vic Mature has five
months to go on his present GOTH
Fox contract-Vic loves security
but hasn't decided yet about re-
(See HOJJ vwNOn pace Ala \
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

her face making an entranct
for 1.-THE Alchemist" tryouts.
\ \ So
Among the phrases that vii.
be ringing in her ears as shS
goes. will be: you'll have te
change that name; it's not suit
able for the theater."
Miss Sternhagen. who does not
say "bah" to well-meaning peo-
pie. sometimes would like to. She
has evidence that Sternhagen Ii
a memorable name in the
theater.
"Once. at vassar." she says, 81
wrote a fan letter to Julie Harris.
Three years later. I was intro
duced to her In her dressing
room here at the Shubert thea
ter. She remembered the letter,
not because Of what I said, but
because Of the name"
Despite q look that could be
called FEY" the more SO to
match q flair she has for, among
others, Christopher Fry, Miss
Sternhagen is a practical girl.
II I can't get a job acting,
she says. II suppose I can always
teach. I taught for a year at
Milton Academy in Massa-
chusetts. ] liked it." So, by the
way, did Julie Harris, but not
at Milton Academy.
X y X n
Miss Sternhagen, who has
brought herself. and has been
brought by, others, to the atten-
ton OF many a useful theater
person on Broadway, goes job
hunting there with no precon-
ceptions. Although comedy
high as well as lower-has been
her more memorable, milieu here,
she has done just as well in
dramatic roles.
Once she had preconceptions.
but "they pummeled them out
OF me at Vassar, Catholic Uni
versity, Arena and Olney," she
says. Now she just has ideas.
Less fixed than they used to be.
\ X y y
One Of the things she may
well do in New York Is have
luncheon one day at Long
champs. To see If and how the
place has changed.
II went there once when I
was H." she recalls. II was on
my way to Oregon, q junior ver-
sion Of Cornelia Otis Skinner of
Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay. ! even had a money belt
and a budget to back it up. My
luncheon at Longchamps, I'll
never forget, put the budget in
dire peril before I even headed.
toward Oregon.
What I did was order q let
tuce and tomato sandwich and
a glass Of milk. To my astonish.
ment. the check was Sill. I
haggied but no luck. Also. how.
ever. no tip"
This flrmness Of character and
purpose still goes with the girl
who has since added such a
talent for acting to the repertory
she will take to New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

dirtier from day to day, and
Mccarthy casting his first dark
shadow. For q while, however,
this Frances Sternhagen frac-
tured a happy fraction Of the
city as Dol Common in Ben
Jonson's 1.-THE Alchemist."
Lacking hats, the drama crit
les started throwing typewriters,
or at least their most ecstatic
adjectives, into the air - q
critical rite that this time Dor
dered on a riot. Where had this
young, laughing-eyed, patrician
mistress Of low comedy been all
her life, they demanded to know.
Well. it turned out that for
the preceding four years. she
had been at Vassar Of all places.
The fact that Vassar Is not
widely recognized as an incu-
bator Of wizardesses Of low
comedy made Miss Sternhagen's
impact all the greater. Vassar's
too.
From this triumph, Miss
Bternhagen went on-in Catho-
lie University's summer drama
season-to a hilariously per-
ceptive portrait of Sabrina in
Thornton Wilder's 1.-THE Skin
of Our Teeth"
Now it became indisputable
that she was what the sports
writer's would hearld as a COM
bination Of Walter johnson, Ty
Cobb, Babe. Ruth, and Jack
Dempsey. The drama critics just
said she was terrific without
mentioning any names except
Sternhagen. Their mothers
warned THEM about COMPARE
sons.
It is a matter of drama rAge
history that since then Miss
Sternhagen has become native
daughter Of genuine distinction.
In two dozen plays as a repertory
actress at Arena Stage and Oh
ney Theater, she has cut q merry
swath through the always-chang-
ing. never abating municipal
melancholy. Well, mostly mer-
ry. just by way Of showing
range, that she is not bound by
low and high clowning, she has
INDUCED somber and/or poig-
nant asides In roles such as her
current one. This is the dis
tllusioned, not quite Jdispirited,
wife in "The County Girl" at
Olney.
On the whole, If 1t has not
been a happy time around here
the last three years. no one can
say Miss Sternhagen did not
try to make it so.
Now. as it must to all cities
that produce such talented girls,
this one Is about to lose Miss
Sternhagen. Hereafter, in point
ing to her with pride, every one,
will have to aim toward New
York where she will be LOOKING
for q job" during the coming
season. e.sr
But this will always be the
place she grew up, went to Cor
don Junior and Western High
schools and literally fell fat on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

(see HOLLYWOOD. Page A-13.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Hollywood Diary:
Artie Shaw Joins
Executive Roster
HOLLYWOOD.
Executive Roster
BY SheiIoh Grohom

HOLLYWOOD.
Artie Shaw is giving up noise"
making and going into IV as an
executive-hiS ex-wives would
make a terrific chorus line
Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, etc.
.. Jane Withers ditched her
Prince Pahlevi. ;. Frank Love-
10y hit oil in Oklahoma and is
supervising the drilling Of an
other well. Joan Caulfield
writes from Paris that the
mademoiselles are crazy about
American dress designers. That's
what I found when I was there
recently. Stewart Granger
combs his hair after every game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
The Posing Show
"A Girl Like This Naturally
Had to Go to Broadway
By Joy cormody

Three summers co-fathers forth
upon this .
His name Is John M Sternhagen; n 4
Judge and the family home Is 1923 Northwest
It was not laughing time what with getting
Evening star., 1954-10-10

drivers at the steering wheel and
expect to end up any place but in
the ditch-especially when the
drivers are set on going in different
directions"
The doorbell ringers. who after the
speech presumably famed out across
the grass roots with forefngers
cooked, found they had more to deal
with than the neatly defined issues
of their leaders. For instance, a
good many voters were grousing
about unemployment.
A job survey released by the Com
merce and Labor Departments last
week showed employment had been
stable in September for the third
straight month. About 81, IA 900
persons were working. But some 81
million persons were out of jobs,
and their plight was something for
the party in power to worry about.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
said he wasn't worried. This year,
he told an Ohio audience, 'is the
most prosperous peacetime year in
American history"
American prosperity. however, is
based on an expanding economy to
go along with its expanding popu-
lation. To maintain the prosperity,
records must be shattered every
year. The fact that 1885 record
production has not been exceeded in
1854 is a point-and a big one
that precinct workers will have to
explain away between now and
election time.