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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-06

way to back down gracefully
because he cannot succeed him
self as governor under the
Georgia Constitution.
Through his talks with these
two influential men, Mr.. White
found that the significant thing
is that the possibility of abolish
ing the schools or even tamper-
ing with the school system is
so unpopular at present in
Georgia that Tadmadge wants
out. School people, he reports,
cannot move freely yet in the
political climate being stirred
up by Talmadge and Byrnes.
All of the stories giving the inn
preston that the whole South
is up in arms over this segre-
CATION suit are false. Not many
White people want to see seq
regat1On aDollShed, but the news
headlines about the South Sc
ceding are a far cry from the
real picture. The whole issue is
tied up with politics and the
coming elections. By no means
is there an about cry for sup
port for the doing away with
the school system rather than
conform if the Supreme Court
decides against segregation.
The action of the Mississippi
legislature bears this out. They
turned down motion to amend
the Constitution to allow for the
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-06

eventual abolition of the schools
as was done in South Carolina
and Georgia. We are to take
caution here, as this does not
mean that any member of the
Legislature favors Indignation or
even views it with equanimity,
but they apparently see the
handwriting on the wall.
Mr.. White closes by saying
that maybe we as nation, are
maturing more rapidly that the
politicians are willing to recog-
nize. If this is true, 1854 may
turn out to be one of the best
years, not alone for the Negro,
but for America itself.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1954-02-06
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Evening star., 1954-05-09
Men Seen Marching North
After Fall OF Diem Bien Phu

1000 seriously wounded French
Union fighters for whom she
helped care.
Gen. Navarro, the French COM
mander- in n-chief in Indo-China,
said planes dropped food and
medical supplies over the stilled
battlefield this afternoon. The
pilots saw the parachutes picked
up. They said that otherwise
deathlike stiffness reigned.
The last three battalions in
Isabelle, the die-hard southern
strongpoint, made bold attempt
early today to smash their way
to freedom The overwhelming
pressure of rebel opposition
forced them back, however. and
there was no doubt that they had
bowed to superior strength. The
Peiping Radio claimed the "an-
nihilation" of 1000 French Union
forces at Isabelle.
The French military command
in Hanoi deliberately suppressed
all news of the fall of Dien Bien
Phu for many hours after Pre-
mier Laniel announced it in
Paris. Not a line of news was
permitted to be sent out of Hanoi
all yesterday and nothing until
up to 9 a m. Hanoi time today.
Evening star., 1954-05-09

J. Edgar Hoover Sums 1t Up:
Were Fair and We Are Hard
Nations Top Law Enforeer Looks Back
Over Career Marked by Stern Code

above the entrance is the de-
partment seal. A small flag
flanked by vases of flowers.
stands on his desk.
On a radio cabinet is a bronze
head of Dante. the philosopher
and poet. On the walls are
framed landscapes of mountains
and desert. The only portrait
is an oil painting of Mr.. Stone,
who left the department to be-
come a Supreme Court Justice.
You sense that Justice Stone was
a man who meant much to Mr..
Hoover.
a mounted sailfish adorns one
wall. a 60-pound prize from
45-minute fight with rod and
reel off Miami Beach 18 years
ago. AS for the desk. it might
be the desk of any business
executive who keeps a tidy work.
shop.
Except for an intercommuni-
cations box, there is nothing to
indicate that from this point j.
Edgar Hoover controls and di-
rects a huge law enforcement
agency touching the safety, the
freedoms and the security of a
nation.
Mr.. Hoover recalled the 1924
Stone interview and grinned.
"Mr Stone was scowling when I
came in. He always scowled He
was a rugged, .gruff. but fair
man. The scowl was a manner
Continued on Page A-21, Col. 1.)
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Truman Calls on Eisenhower
To Be Master in Own House.

ter of the power of the executive
branch.
1.-THE President is responsible
for the administration of his
Office. And that means for the
administration of the entire eX-
ecutive branch
Our Government cannot
function properly unless the
President is master in his own
house and unless the executive
departments and agencies of the
Government, including the
armed forces, are responsible to
the President"
Unless the President takes a
firm stand against encroachment
by the legislative branch, Mr..
Truman said, it is impossible to
have orderly government"
"The legislative power will
ooze into the executive Offices"
he said. 1T will influence and
corrupt the decisions of the exec
utive branch. 1t will affect pro-
motions and transfers. 1t will
warp and twist policies.
1T raises the threat of legis-
lative dictatorship"
Declaring "our country has
acted firmly and resolutely to
hold Communist imperialism in
check" Mr. Truman added:
Nevertheless, concern. has
(See TRUMAN, Page AID
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Five-Hour Parade
With 10000 in Line
Accents Safety Note
School Patrol Turnout
With II Musical Units
Is Biggest in l8 Years
BY Richard Rodgers

For five hours yesterday Con-
stitution avenue was probably
the best-patrolled traffic lane on
earth. 1t took that long for al
most 10000 boys and girls to
stage their annual School Safety
Patrol parade.
OF all the 18 such annual
marches here, this was the big
Pictures and List Of Winners in Sofety
Petrol Porode. Poee AS
gest, brightest and best, Amer
lean Automobile Association
officials believe.
When Park Police made their
official crowd count, they re-
ported $4,000 persons lining the
parade route between Ninth and
Eighteenth streets NV.
Attendance may have been
double that. however, police said.
Onlookers who departed after an
hour or so were replaced by new
comers.
The skies cleared early and
most of the big walk was carried
out in bright sunshine.
II Musical Units.
Metropolitan police reported
29673 marchers participating,
including II bands and drum and
bugle corps and a fife and drum
team.
Almost all units were accom-
panied by tiny children.
Maryland contributed the big
gest patrol delegation, 7,435. The
District was second with 1882.
Virginia's 1859 delegates lost
third place in numbers ranking
to Georgia, which had 1882
youngsters heel-and-toeing it
past the reviewing stand near
the monument grounds.
Drum majorettes were pres
ent in bevieS.
A Hyattsville (MdD girl was
chosen best of the lot. She was
Nancy Nistrom. Is, of 4400
Holly Hill road. named best
baton twirler in the senior girls
division.
Miss Nistrom performed in be-
half of her school. Northwestern
High. which also took first hon.
ors in competition between ma
jorette corps.
Wins Baton HOnOrs.
Henry STANCE, Altoona, Pa,
was voted best baton artist in
the senior boys division. Most of
his competitors employed but one
baton. The Pennsylvania used
four, simultaneously.
Canada had a patrol in the
parade
And four members of the Re-
public of Korea National Police
were in the stands. They are
here on tour of police and fire
departments in this country.
In former parades, young pa
trollerS have tumbled out suffer-
ing heat prostration and exhaus-
ton. The AAA reported jubi-
lantly that yesterdays show had
not a single casualty of that sort.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Girl Scout TumbIes so Feet
Off Rock Ledge at Great Falls

A 14-year-old Chevy Chase
girl, hiking with a group of Girl
Scouts. tell about SO feet off a
rock ledge just south of Great
Falls, Md, yesterday.
The girl. Margaret Thompson.
of 20 Lepox street, suffered COM
paratively minor injuries--a
fractured rib and several cuts
and bruises. A spokesman at Su-
burban Hospital said last night
she was in good condition.
About Is police and f1remen
worked almost two hours to get
the girl out of the narrow rock
gully into which she had fallen.
She fell on rock between two
ledges about so to IS feet high.
Officer Henry Moore Of Mont
gomery County police said.
Glen Echo and Cabin John
Evening star., 1954-05-09

firemen worked their way down
into the gully and put the girl
in a carrying basket. Then she
was pulled to the top with ropes
and let down the other side to the
tow path Of the old Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. where an am
bulance waited.
Officer Moore said Margaret
was with seven other Girl Scouts
when she fell She tumbled about
40 feet before striking the side
of the guilty, and then slid about
10 more feet to the bottom. he
said.
Margaret's mother, Mrs. Tyler
Thompson, who was with the
mixers, said it seemed to her her
daughter had fallen only about
20 feet. Mr.. Thompson is State
Department foreign service Of
ficer.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Dulles Opens Talks
With ENJOYS Over
Southeast Asia Pact
Secretary Ready to Ask
Firm Pledges Of Action
Against Red Aggression
By the Associated Press

Secretary of State Dulles, fol-
lowing up an unusual Saturday
meeting of the National Security
Council. yesterday opened diplo-
matte talks on proposals for a
Southeast Asian alliance to block
the Communist drive in Indo-
China.
Mr.. Dulles is prepared to urge
potential Southeast Asian allies
Lodge Against Airing Indo- Chino Issue
Before U. NJ Now. Poee- A-3
and the United States Congress
to undertake firm pledges OF
action against Red aggression in
the strategic area. These pledges
could lead to Intervention in the
war by the United States and
other members of the coalition.
Mr.. Dulles conferred with New
Zealand Ambassador Leslie Knox
Munro to push plans for con-
ference of proposed alliance
members as quickly as possible.
Mr.. Munro is New Zealand's
deputy member on a three power
Southwest Pacific alliance which
presumably would be one of the
cornerstones of the new coalition.
The alliance is composed of the
United States, Australia and New
Zealand.
Mr.. Dulles also talked with
British Ambassador Sir Roger
Maxim about the situation in
Southeast Asia.
The Security Council meeting
at the White House under Presl-
dent Eisenhower Craftsmanship
lasted 90 minutes. 1t brought
together the President. Secretary
Dulles, Defense Secretary Wilson
and other high administration
officials for a new look at the
Indo-China crisis in the light
of the fall of Diem Bien Phu.
There appeared to be increaS-
ing hope that instead of Shatter-
ing French Union morale. the
Red capture of the Wet Nam
fortress would harden the resolve
to stand firm against Red pres
SureS.
The fortress fell on the eve
of the opening of Indo-China
armistice talks at Geneva. French
(See ASIA, Page A-30
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Stunned French Find
Only More Bitterness
In Forts Sacrifices
Heroism Not Infectious.
Mood Of People One Of
Mistrust and Betrayal
By Crosby S. Moves
Foreign Correspondent of The Star


PARIS, May 8.-You wish it
were true: that heroism is infec-
tious and that Paris today is
drawing inspiration and unity
of purpose from the sacrifice at
Diem Bien Phu.
And since you wish it were
true. you go and look for it
among the people of Paris.
You search patiently in
crowds lining boulevards and
public squares, in faces of peo-
pie standing before newsstands
reading grim headlines, in
snatches of sidewalk conversa-
tions, in statements of govern
ment leaders and editorials in
papers.
And in the end you have to ad-
nit it isn't true.
Do Something, But What?
A friend who has made the
same hopeful search sums it up:
People are stunned. At this
point they don't know what to
think or what to say. They are
emotionally stirred and feel that
something must be done but they
don't know what it is. A strong
leader today could swing the
people in any direction"
It's a pity. but it's true.
Wherever you look, reaction is
confused and disheartening. You
recall an old man standing along
the sidewalk reading the Com
munist paper and muttering to
himself. Says Humanite:
"The fall of the fortress shows
| the insane pretenSion of plans
for reconquest at a time when
the people are reaching out to
seize their own independence"
You remember a tough young
man summing up the situation
/ for his companions: Its the
SocialiStS-the lousy Socialists
who really are to blame for this.
/ Or the drunk on the subway who
yells, "Vive la France" and
draws an embarrassed laugh
from the crowd.
Bitterness Only Greater.
Whatever the effect OF the
defense of Diem Bien Phu may
be elsewhere, it seems that in
France it has only deepened the
divisions and the bitterness be-
tween Frenchmen. The people
seem ready to believe that once
more they have been betrayed
and miSled. The search for q
scapegoat already is under way
Nearly every leading French
newspaper published editorials
today rejecting this mood. 4
sample includes such phrases a!
I'VE have lied to ourselves, THE
hour of explanations will come,
why this holocaust" Victim!
of successive mistakes" A not
able exception is the Pari!
Presse, which declares that a
Diem Bien Phu the Communist
discovered that: In some coun
tries-those which they though
the most decadent-there exis
unSuSpected resources of re-
sistance: the free world is not ;
ripe plum that will fall by it
self"
Evening star., 1954-05-09

A 6-year-old boy was killed
last night when he was struck
by an auto while riding his
bicycle along the sidewalk near
his home, police reported.
The victim, Robert Halling,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Halling, of 2511 Alabama ave-
nue. Sc, died of head injuries
a short time after he was taken
to Casualty Hospital
A companion, William K.
Griffith. 6, of 1922 Knox street
Sc, who was walking beside
the Halling boys bicycle, also
was struck, but suffered only
minor injuries.
The driver of the car, Hazel
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Full Story of Fight
For New York Central

RAILROAD BATTLE-The fight
for control Of the New York Central
system IS rushing toword climox
Iote this month. A fulI-scole survey
Of the personalities and issues op-
pears in the Editorial Section on
Poee AT.
THOSE DERELIcT HoUSES-Why
doesn't the District force owners to
fix up or tear down the buildings
condemned as insonitory? The an
swer-ond what the District hopes
TO do about it's explained by Star
StoH Writer Minom Gutenberg on
Pose Ala.
PERFECT SUMNER REPLACE
MeNT-Althoueh Dorothy Thompson
thinks the scripts" in the congress
sionol hearings ore terrible, some
TV networks have discovered the
hearings ore perfect for summer re-
placement of other shows because
they don't have to poy the actors.
See Harry MocArthur's column on
Poee Ell.
Complete Index, Poee AZ
lodio- -TV Proeroms. Pages EST
Evening star., 1954-05-09
SmoNPuttinq Green
Being Built Near
Presidents Office

The White House disclosed
yesterday that a small putting
green is being constructed on
the south lawn close to President
Eisenhower office.
The green is being built by
the United States Golf Associa-
ton as a gift to the President.
Gen. Eisenhower played golf
at the Burning Tree Country
Club in nearby Maryland yester-
day afternoon. While the White
House never makes public the
names of his golfing compan-
ions, Gov. Dan Thornton of
Colorado. a personal friend.
arrived at the White House. be-
fore the President departed. with
two new golf clubs in his hand.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Geneva Talks
Strike Barrier
In First Day
By the Associated Pres,

GENEVA, May 8. - Frencn
Foreign Minister Georges BIZ
dault. his voice choking with
emotion, asked for a cease-fire
In Indo-Chna in the Geneva
Conference today, "a hours after
the fall of Dien Bien Phu.
He ran Immediately into a
Communist blocking action.
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov, pointedly ignoring the
French proposal, tied the con-
ference in a procedural knot by
asking for the admission to the
talks of Red representatives of
Laos and Cambodia-parts of
Indo-China not directly con-
nected with the current fighting.
France has called the So
called Communist governments
of Laos and Cambodia "phan-
tom regimes" France and the
United States promptly re-
jected the idea of issuing any
bid to them.
Soviet Tries to Bring in China.
Mr.. Molotov then tried to
bring Red China into a proposed
Big Four discussion of the pro-
posed invitations. This idea the
United States rejected.
Huang, Hua, press spokesman
for Red China, said Mr.. Bidault's
proposals for a cease-f1re were
mot reasonable. He said they
amounted to "dissolving" the
Communicated Wet Mimi army
and the resistance governments
of Khmer (Cambodia) and
Pathet-Laos Oaos) -
The United States reserved its
position on the Bidault pro-
posals. An official spokesman
said the United States would
do its part toward achieving
restoration of peace in the dis
cussions which follow"
Mr.. Bidault addressed the rep
resentatives of the nine delega-
tions which make up the Indo-
China section of the Geneva
Conference as they assembled
for the first time in small room
in the old League of Nations
building. He asked that the
cease-fire be guaranteed by the
nine delegations.
Political Problems Later.
After the cease-fire. Mr.. BIZ
dault said, the political problems
between Wet Nam and her Wet
Mini foes could be tackled. But,
he added, these problems could
be carried out only through free
elections carried out in COM
plete independence
Mr.. Bidault was seated at the
first time with representatives
of Frances Communicated Wet
Mimi enemies headed by For
eign Minister Pham Van Dong.
Present for the opening of the
talks were representatives of the
Big Four, Red China, Wet Mimi,
and the three Associated States
of Indo-C -China-Viet Nam, Laos
and Cambodia.
Britaln's Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden, chairman for the
day, proposed adjournment when
it appeared no settlement could
be reached. On this jarring note
the meeting was adjourned until
Monday.
French Plan Has Controls.
Under the French proposal for
a cease-fire. the commanders-in-
chief of the opposing sides in Wet
Nam would make suggestions to
the conference concerning suit
able assembly zone for the troops.
All forces not attached to the
armies or police forces would be
disarmed. War prisoners and ci-
(See GENEVA. Page A-2O
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Car Cureens Onto Sidewalk,
Killing Boy, 6, on Bicycle

L. Pittrell, 81, colored. of the
2400 block of Alabama avenue
Sc, was chaiged with homicide,
driving on the sidewalk, and
driving without a District per-
NIT.
Police said the auto made
U-turn at Hanford street Sc.
and was going south on Alabama
avenue when the driver appar-
emily lost control. It careened
over the sidewalk, struck the
two boys, and dragged the Hall
ing boy and his bicycle SIS feet.
The death was the 22d in
traffic here so far this year,
compared with % at the same
time last year
Evening star., 1954-05-09


This is the first of three stories on
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBl writ :
ten by a Pulitzer prize winning re-
porter
Hoover and the FBI, partner
ship that has endured through
and into the administrations of
five Presidents and II Attorneys
General. A partnership that has
brought recognition and fame.
brickbats and attacks-but no
sign of interruption.
The graying FBI chief looked
back over those 80 years the
other day as he sat still long
enough for a rare and SurpriS-
ingly long interview in his Of
flee tucked away IN the gray
stone Department of Justice
Building on Pennsylvania ave-
Eue.
It's a quiet, comfortable Of
flee. outside tn emain door
are two American flags and
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Ed SuIIivon's Column
Starts Tomorrow

Stortine tomorrow. Ed SulIivon's
column, Little Old New York" will
oppeor regularly in The Stor's greet
amusement poee.
Ed SuIIivon's specIolty IS the "hu
man side" of New Iork-o side thot
is not only entertoinine. but proves
New York is very much like ony
other pIoee-onIy more so-peopIed
by big shots and pothetic little folk.
the elomorous and the not $50 -elom-
orous, but oil OF them human just
like the rest Of US.
Enjoy Ed SuIlivon reeuIorly starting
tomorrow. Order regular home de-
livery Of The Evening ond Sunday
Stor. Coll Sterling $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-05-09

Investigations Subcommittee, an
nounced he planned to offer a
motion to limit the hearings to
the two principal disputants-
Senator Mccarthy on the one
side and Secretary of the Army
Stevens on the other. He said
he would make the motion when
the subcommittee resumes its
public hearings at 1890 am.
tomorrow.
But Senator Mcclellan, Demo-
crat, of Arkansas. his party's
ranking member of the subcom-
mittee, promptly declared he
would oppose the DirkSen pro-
posal All the principals to the
controversy, he insisted. should
be heard
Four Republicans and three
Democrats make up the subcom-
mittee. If it comes to a vote
and all the Republicans stick
together in support of the Dirk
sen motion. it would prevail.
Acting Chairman Mundt,
South Dakota Republican, who
has still to say "yes" or mo" to
the Dirksen procedure plan, was
asked what would happen if the
Democrats, having lost on the
motion to limit the hearing wit
nesses should take an appeal to
the Senate itself-where they
outnumber the Republicans.
Army Reported Cool.
"Any appeal from a subcom-
mittee action would go to the full
committee (the Senate Commit
tee on Government Operations,
of which Senator Mccarthy is
chairman) and not to the floor
of the Senate" Senator Mundt
said. IAN appeal of this sort
could only be on an effort to
overturn any action that would
do violence to the nine rules the
subcommittee originally adopted
for these hearings. These rules
were first approved by the full
committee.
Army officials were reported
holding out against the Dirksen
proposal. An influential Repub-
lican Senator, who has been in on
negotiations to shorten the in
quiry, said that so far no as
surance had been obtained that
Secretary Stevens or Joseph N.
WEIGH, special counsel for the
Army Department, would agree
to the Dirksen proposal. Mr..
Welsh suggested the limitation
himself a week ago. but later
turned thumbs down on it. Some
observers suggested that White
House pressure might change
that situation, if it were exerted.
G. 0. P. Hopes for Finish.
Republican leaders, from Pres
ident Eisenhower and Vice Pres
ident Nixon on down the line,
have expressed hopes that the
Mccarthy Army hearings could
be concluded Soon-not to pre-
vent a committee report and
recommendations, but because
of the vital problems the country
faces. It has been privately ad-
mltted by other Republicans that
the feuding between the contro-
versial Wisconsin Senator and
the Army Department is not do
ing the G. o. P. any good.
The Democrats, on the other
hand, have watched the Repub-
lican intra-party battle with glee.
Many of them are in no hurry
to end the show.
Senator Mundt insisted yes
terday that the main objective
is to have procedure that is fair
(See HEARING. Page A-40
Evening star., 1954-05-09
All German Misses
Now Can Be Frous
IS, That Is
By the Assoe,oted Press

BONN. Germany, May 8.-Un-
married German women over 35
years old may in the future call
themselves frau MRS. instead
of fraulein Miss if they wish.
This privilege for spinsters was
given today by Interior Minister
Gerhard Schroeder in a written
answer to a parliamentary ques-
ton. He said 1t would be legal
for an elderly fraulein to call
herself frau, since it is not a
title or personal description &C
cording to the law.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Bidau|t Asks |ndo-China Truce:
Mo|otov Blocks Plan at Once
By Urging More Reds in Par|ey
BULLETIN

HANOI, INDO-CHINA, Q9-Brig Gen. Christian De Cas-
tries heroic commander of Dien Ben Phu died at his post
French army headquarters announced today military
spokesman said Gen. De Casres refused Wet Mimi
mand to hoist white flag the fortress the hours
of the savage struggle Friday night.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
.Dirksen' S Bid
ToLimitHeariinq
Faces Battle
Mcclellan Critical,
Pointing Up Possible
Clash With 6. O. P.
By Gould Lincoln

A partisan political fight of
major proportions over the
handling of the Army -McC Carthy
row was developing last night.
Senator DirkSen, Illinois Re-
publican member of the Senate