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Evening star., 1954-05-24
Bid TO Russify
East Germans Ncted
By the Associated Press

By the Associofed Press
A congressional survey reports
that the Soviet masters of East
Germany are trying to Russify
the country's customs, arts and
language-even it's toys.
The study, prepared by Lii
brary of Congress specialists
and published yesterday by the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, said the government
party newspaper has called for
dolls designed to help young
sters recognize the mutual re-
lationships within a collective. !"
Some East German schools de-
vote more time to teaching Rus
sian than German, books of
Soviet authors are being plugged,
stage productions in all cases
must include a glorification of
Russia and East German COM
posers have been instructed to
use the Russian form of national
opera as a model" the. survey
said.
Also noted were similarities
between the Soviet regime and
that of the Nazis. The East
German police force-army in
cludes former Hitler generals
and other high officers, the
study said.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Stanley Refuses TO Halt
Kensinger's Execution
Bv the Associotad Press

RICHMOND, VA. May "a
Gov. Stanley today declined to
commute the death sentence of
William Clay Kensinger, a 28-
year-old Pennsylvania who is
scheduled to be xecute
Wednesday in the Virginia Peni-
tentiary.
Kensinger was sentenced to
death in Arlington Circuit Court
last october after being con-
victed of the holdup Staying of
Leroy E. Applegate, 46. a taxi
driver from Takoma Park. Md.
He originally had been sched-
uled to die December 10.
Kensinger. a magazine sales
man, had appealed to Gov. STAN
ley to commute the sentence to
life imprisonment. His mother
appeared before the Governor
last week to make a personal
plea in her sons behalf.
Evening star., 1954-05-24

be allowed to pass without the
French high command having
made dispositions adapted to
the conditions.
Partition Protested.
On the political front in Indo-
China. the various religious
groups, including the Gao Dai,
the Hoa Hao and the Binh
Xuyen, announced they will
hold a national congress be-
ginning Wednesday. The con-
gress is expected to protest any
partition of Wet Nam, an idea
which it ascribes to "the colon
ialists and imperialists" at
Geneva.
American diplomats here say
Wet Mans political situation
has deteriorated rapidly since
the fall of Dien Bien Phu. They
contend only bold steps can save
the government.
This became known today as
a French study of steps neces-
sary to bolster Indo- China's de-
fenses reached near-completion.
(See INDO-CHINA. Page A-50
Evening star., 1954-05-24

Crowding children in a relative
ly small room and having moth
ing to keep them occupied day
in and day out for periods as
long, in some instances, as three
to six months is bound to breed
further delinquency"
Called Unsuitable.
Mr.. Camalier pointed out that
original plans called for con-
Structing another building at
the present site. He said that
the present site is now believed
unsuitable for expanded facili-
ties because of the increase in
residential and commercial
buildings in the area.
The Commissioner said that in
his opinion. and in that of
Archie Hudson, superintendent
Of construction, and Welfare
Director Gerard NJ. Shea, the
new location would be much bet
ter for several reasons.
One of these, he said, is that
it would be more economical to
operate. because the Receiving
Home could use service facilities
such as the central heating
plant-already established at
Blue Plains.
Safer recreation facilities
could be built there, too, he de-
clared, and the grounds would
not be as exposed to trespassers
as is the present site.
The present building is COM
paratively new. It was first oc-
cupied in 1949. when the Re-
ceiving Home was moved from
its site on Loughboro road NV.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
u. 5. Liner Hunts Five
In Shipwreck Off Italy
By the Assoeicfed Press

GENOA. Italy, May pa
small italian coastal freighter
broke up and sank in heavy seas
today a few miles off the Ital-
ian Riviera. At least seven of
the IL men aboard were rescued
after a pre-dawn hunt by ships
of many nations including the
United States liner Constitu-
ton.
Search for the other five was
continuing following reports they
were seen in a small boat riding
out the high waves.
The rescue hunt began after
the skipper of the 792-ton San
Silverio, of Naples, radioed: II
am breaking up rapidly am
sinking-send help immediately" 7"
The Genoa port authority.
which reported the rescue. said
the San Silverio was loaded with
1,100 tons of pyrite.
The Constitution was 200 miles
out in the Mediterranean when
the appeal came. It turned back
toward Genoa.
The last message from the
San Silverio gave its position
at about 10 miles west of Genoa.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
The MVD Agent
Who Couldn't Kill

ESCAPE TO THE WEST-NikoIoi
KhokhIov, under orders 10 murder q
Russion emisre, refused to kill, joined
the West and pleoded with his in
tended victim TO help get his wife
and child out Of Communist Russio.
The former MvD osent, in the Lost
OF o two-port series, tells Of his
pleo TO the mon he was to murder.
Pose A.
THE TARIFF QUESTION In
Wierton. W. Va, the Wierton Steel
Co. offers good Illustration OF the
gross-roots application Of the high
or low toriff question to individual
business. Stor Reporter Joseph A.
Fox. studying the problem on the
home grounds. writes Of this COM
pony's somewhot surprising ottituds
on Pose A-3.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Senators Vote 10 End
Ban on Redeve|opino
Two B|ighted Areas
Bunkine Group Lifts
Marshall Heights and
Berry Forms Restraints

Repeal of the law banning re-
development of Marshall Heights
and Barry Farms was voted
today by the Senate Banking
Committee.
Chairman Capehart said the
committee vote, if approved by
Congress, would let the Govern
ment and private developers
eliminate the two Washington
blighted residential communities
The banking committee, which
is rewriting the House-pressed
National Housing Act of 1854,
knocked out of the 1949 Housing
Act a restriction on redevelop-
ment of the two communities.
The action had been requested
by the District commissioners
after private investors showed
interest in undertaking a broad
Improvement project at Barry
Farms, which is an old subdivi-
sion near st. Elizabeths Hospital.
The ban against redevelop-
ment of the two areas was writ
ten into law after the Redevelop-
ment Land Agency attempted to
use Marshall Heights as it's first
project several years ago.
The agency failed to obtain
the cooperation of residents,
who complained bitterly to Con-
gresS.
Since then, the agency has CO.
operated closely with residents
of redevelopment areas, par
ticularly in the southwest section
of Washington. The new policy
has virtually eliminated earlier
objections.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
GE Offers Employees
General Pay Boost
Ry ihe A,,loeiatarl Prass


NEW YORK, May '24.-Gen-
eral Electric Co. today offered
its employees a general wage in
crease of 4 to S cents an hour,
plus holiday and vacation inn
provementS.
The offer was made to negotia-
tors of the CTO International
Union of Electrical Workers and
its rival, the United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers of
America independently.
The company said the same
offer applied to other unions and
to employees not represented by
unions.
Wage negotiations were re-
sumed in separate conferences
with IUE and UE, the two largest
unions Of GE employees.
Evening star., 1954-05-24

but obstruction and deadlock.
The Russians exude confidence
that they hold the trump cards,
Communism is relying heav-
lily on drive to turn Asian ma
tionalism and Asian fears into
potent weapons against the West
in a long-term struggle for dom
ination of a continent.
The United States has been
losing battles In this propaganda
war, though it has not yet, by
any means, lost the war. Asian
distrust of the West. after a Gen.
tury of colonial domination, is
being twisted and turned against
the United States in a POLITICAL
psychological offensive designed
to win cheap victories.
The Communists are not con-
cerned with masses now. This
war is for the intellectuals, the
educated layer of Asians from
whose ranks come the raw mate
rials for government and leader
ship.
In those ranks America has
been losing friends. They are
not going over to the Commu-
mist side, but in Illustration are
retiring into a neutral shell. And
that serves the Communist
cause.
For one who has just returned
from Asia there is an atmos-
phere almost of fantasy here in
Geneva. Talk Of united action"
Evening star., 1954-05-24

m orning at Prime Minister
Churchill's official residence.
The foreign secretary told air.
port reporters:
II shall continue to do my best
to reach an acceptable and
peaceful settlement in the Far
East. 1 think it likely that our
discussions during the next week
or two will be decisive"
Mr.. Eden flew to London Sat-
urday night as the feeling grew
that the Geneva talks might be
near a breakdown and a new
British policy would have to be
worked out to meet that con-
tingency. The foreign secretary
conferred over the week end
with Mr.. Churchill at the Prime
Minister'S country residence. The
cabinet met this morning to en-
dorse their discussions.
Due to Garry on Policy.
Western diplomats expect the
British to carry on at Geneva
with their policy of trying by
every means to get a satisfactory
negotiated settlement of the
Indo-China war. These British
tactics have produced a rift be-
tween Washington and London
because they have delayed action
on proposals for a united front
against communism in South
east Asia.
However, the cabinet may have
agreed on a time limit for the
Geneva talks. The aim would
be to block the Reds from STALL
ing while Ho Chi Minis divi-
sions make new gains in the
Indo-C China fighting. The Brit
ish presumably would be ready
to line up with the united front
if there was no negotiated settle
ment.
Britain's top service chiefs did
not attend the cabinet session.
This made it seem unlikely that
any detailed plans for military
Intervention in Indo- China were
discussed.
Churchill Statement Awaited.
It was considered possible Mr..
Churchill might make a state
ment in Commons later today
as a result of the cabinet ses-
sion.
Most British newspapers pre-
dicted there would be no i'm
mediate change in the govern
ment'S policy. Diplomatic writ
ers also generally agreed Mr..
Churchill and the cabinet would
leave it up to Mr.. Eden to de-
termine how long he will con-
tinue to take part in the talks
If they seem likely to prove
fruitleSs. The longer they con-
tinue, the greater advantages acL
crue to the Communists.
The United States already has
made it clear to Britain and
France she is ready to end the
talks at anytime. The American
delegation repeatedly feel the
Communists are Stalling for
time while they push prepara-
tions for new offensive in the
vital Red River delta area of
north Indo- China.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
SIPS Million ChIdren's Home
At Blue Plains Is Proposed
New Building Is Urged to Replace
Structure Termed National Disgrace

The Commissioners are consid-
ering plan to replace the Re-
ceiving Home for Children
termed a national disgrace" by
the Senate Juvenile Delinquency
subcommittee-with a new $1.25
million building at Blue Plains.
Commissioner Renah Camalier
announced the proposal today.
He said it has the backing of
Chairman Hendrickson OF the
delinquency subcommittee, and
Senator Hennings, Democrat. of
Missouri, a subcommittee men,
ber.
Tentative plans cali for using
$3.50. .000-now in the supple
mental appropriations bill for
expanded facilities at the pres-i
ent site at 1000 Mount Olivet
road N.E.-to help finance the
new building.
Sale Of Building Seen.
Mr.. Camalier said the present
facilities could be sold to add
approximately 100000 to the
building fund. The new build
ing would become a physical part
of other institutions at Blue
Plains.
He said that the new building
could be planned to house about
200 children. The present home
was built to care for 43 children.
Today it held 103.
In criticizing the present Re-
ceiving Home in it's interim re-
port last March Is, the subcom-
mittee declared:
"It is horribly overcrowded >.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Justice Officials Fail
To Yield Secret Data
On Val Lorwin Case
Donohue to Accuse
BrowneII Of Contempt if
Papers Aren't Produced

Attorney General Brownell to-
day failed to obey a Federal
Court order directing him to
produce secret testimony given
a State Department loyalty
board.
Attorney F. Joseph Donohue
told reporters he will appear be-
fore Judge Edward M. Curran
at 10 am. tomorrow with the
following demands:
/. Either the disputed records
in the case of Val Lorwin, a
former State Department official
suspected of Communistic ties,
be produced or the Attorney
General be held in contempt of
court.
2. If the testimony is not pro-
duced, he will demand an imme-
diate dismissal of the indictment
against his client.
False Statements Charged.
Mr.. Lorwin is charged with
lying to the loyalty board in
denying he was ever a Commu-
mist, that he ever carried
party card or that he had held
a Communist Party meeting in
his nome.
William Paisley, chief of the
criminal trial section of the De-
partment of Justice, conferred
with Mr.. Donohue in the judges
chambers this morning. Judge
Curran was not present.
After the session, Mr.. Paisley,
associated in the Lorwin case
with William A. Gallagher, spe-
cial assistant to the Attorney
General, admitted he had not
turned over the disputed testi-
mony as ordered. He said the de-
partment wanted "a little more
time" to think the matter over.
Third Effort by u. S.
Tomorrow'S session with
Judge Curran will be the third
effort the Government has made
to have the judge rescind his
order. The original order was
issued early this month. Before
the deadline. the Government
last week asked Judge Curran,
of the U. s. District Court .for
the District of Columbia, to re-
consider. He refused. and set
this morning as an absolute
deadline.
However, since he did not ap-
pear on the bench, it was agreed
between Mr.. Paisley and MIR.
Donohue that a showdown would
be postponed until 10 am. to-
morrow.
Involved in the order is testi-
mony given the State Depart
ment board by Harold Metz, now
a research director for the Hoo
yer Commission.
At the end of the loyalty board
hearings, Mr.. Lorwin was
handed a transcript of the pro-
ceedings complete except for
that portion concerning Mr..
Metz'S testimony.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Mr.. M. M. Sells MG
By Star Want Ad

Mr.. M. M. discovered il was on
easy matter to sell q cor with o
small I'D in Stor Classified. He
advertised on MG for sole one doy
and sold it the next.
II you hove something. big or
little, to buy. trode or sell. tell the
long established audience Of Stor
readers about it. You'll get quick
oction.
The Stor publishes more classified
ods thon the other Washington news
papers combined because it produces
the best results. It's cosy 10 Place
on od in StoF Classified. Just phone
Sterling 5000 and ask for an od
tokeE. ,.snwaa.s.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Three Governors Arrive
For Koreu Inspection
By The Associofed Press

SEOUL, May 24.-Three Amer
ican Governors arrived today to
study the United States rehabil-
itation program in South Korea
and to create an interchange of
ideas between the two countries"
The delegation, headed by Gov.
Dan Thornton of Colorado, in
cluded Gov. John s. Fine Of Penn
sylvania and Gov. Allan Shivers
of Texas,
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Charley the Killer Goes Free;
Led Life of Exterminution

The call was traced to the
hotel room Of Charley Kays Of
Eureka, Calf. here.
II was trying to get Ruth
GroSSman in Beverly Hills and
they gave me some other Ruth
Grossman," he told Inspector
William Stanton. $50 ] hung
up.
KILLER? Oh, yes. In Eureka
everybody calls me Charley the
killer
Il run the Eureka Termite
Exterminating Co."
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Coast Man Reported
In Line for IVA Post
BY the Assoeioted Press

Samuel Brooks Morris, Los
Angeles engineer and utility
executive. was reported today to
be under consideration for chair
man of the board Of the Tennes-
see Valley Authority.
A Capitol Hill source, who is
close to the White House but de-
clined use of his name, told a
reporter he understands Mr..
Morris is being considered but
that the President has not yet
reached a decision.
The White House declined
comment.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
High Official
A|erted Potter
On ArmyCase
Denying 'Cover-Up.'
Stevens Insists He
Sponsored Charges
BY Cecil HoIiond and
John A. Giles

Army Secretary Stevens today
vigorously protested there had
been no "cover-up" on who was
responsible for the Army report
charging Senator Mccarthy and
two of his aides with exerting
improper pressure to obtain spe-
cial treatment for Pvt. G. David
Schine.
Senator Mccarthy suggested
the administration was trying to
shield one of its official. He SUBJ
jected Mr.. Stevens to a biting
croSs-eXamination.
AS the hearings resumed after
a weeks recess, the Wisconsin
Republican continued to direct
his questioning toward bringing
out. if possible, that the Eisen-
hover administration and not
just the Pentagon was respon-
sible for the Army report.
In that connection, Senator
Mccarthy established for the
first time that some one high in
the executive department" had
written Senator Potter, Republi-
can, of Michigan, and suggesed
that he write and obtain a copy
of the Army report.
Possible Vehicle
Senator Mccarthy suggested
this was "a vehicle" by which
the administration sought to
have the report made public.
He added that he had "a fair
ly high respect" for the high
official and said, II don't think
he did it on his own"
Senator Mccarthy brought up
this matter as the televised hear
ings of the Mccarthy Army con-
troversy were resumed for the
10th day of the public hearings
and the 18th day in which Mr..
Stevens has appeared as a wit
ness.
Senator Potter, a member of
the subcommittee, quickly ac-
knowledged that he had re-
ceived such a call. But he said
1t was not for the purpose sug-
gested by Senator Mccarthy
not as "ai vehicle" for getting
the report released but merely
as means of acquainting the
Republican majority of the sub
committee with the report for
whatever action should be taken.
The name of the person thigh
in the executive department"
was not rvealed in the hearings.
But an informed source said 1t
was Vice President Nixon.
Written Record Suggested.
The hearings were recessed q
week ago in a furor over Presi-
dent Eisenhower'S executive Or
der banning the disclosure of
what went on at a high-level
Justice Department conference
last January 81 at which the
Schine affair was discussed. It
was at this conference, accord
ing to earlier testimony, that
Presidential Assistant Sherman
Adams suggested the prepara-
tion of "a written record" in the
matter.
Mr.. Stevens, last Wednesday,
issued a statement asserting that
before and after the January 81
conference the Army acted on
its own in preparing the Army
report against Senator McCar-
thy, Subcommittee Counsel Roy
M. Cohn and Staff Director
Francis Carr The Secretary was
recalled as witness and re-
peated the statement under
oath. Subsequently he UNDER
went a vigorous cross-examina.
ton throughout the morning.
Senator Mccarthy accused Mr..
(See HEARING, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Windsor Visits London

LONDON, May "a R.-The
Duke of Windsor. tanned and
sporting a jaunty green velvet
pork pie hat, arrived from Paris
today on a short visit to attend
to personal business matters. !"
His American-born duchess re-
manned in France.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Pueific ApproisuI
Asia. Leaders Fear Any Action
Will Plunge Them Into War
They Do Not Believe U. S. Hos Aggressive
Designs, but Still Mistrust Alliance
Hopes Dim for Alliance.

in Asia seems removed from re.
ality.
Hopes Dim for Alliance.
At the moment, prospects
seem dim for any Southeast Asia
defense system under United
States inspiration or protection.
That may yet change as the
Communist breath gets hotter
on Southeast Asian necks. If so.
the United States hopes to have
the framework of an alliance
which those nations can join If
they choose.
But in an extensive tour of
that vast. underdeveloped, pow
erty-ridden. area ! found that,
with few exceptions. Asian lead
ers cling to the view that any in
volvement in a bloc-however
defensive it may be-will make
Asia the cockpit for World War
III.
With the understanding they
would not be quoted by name,
Asian leaders spoke frankly of
their fears and Illustrations in
trying to build new nations in
an area whose unplumbed riches
and geographical position make
it a tempting target for Red ex-
panSlon.
Those who want to be friends
of the United States are falling
silent now" an elderly pro-
American statesman told me
sadly. 1T is becoming just as
politically unwise in this part of
the world to take the side of
the United States as it is for
you in the States to take the
part of Red China"
Asian Leaders See Threat.
Asian leaders are alive to the
internal Communist threat and
have been fighting it consis-
tently. They fear communism.
But first of all they fear a new
general war.
Because of this, however mis-
takenly. they fear the United
States. They do not believe
Americans have any aggressive
designs on them. But they have
a dread that actions of the
United States in a head-on clash
with the Soviet Union might
plunge Asia into the most dread
full of all wars.
They insist they have won
substantial victories over their
domestic Communists and can
keep them in check. short Of in
vasion from China.
But many of these anti Com
muniSt leaders themselves help
Communist propaganda along.
Anti-colonialiSm Is the cement
holding these new nations to-
gether. Many a leader is not
adverse to transferring the
former fear Of Britain. France
or Holland over to the United
States. Several frankly admitted
this to me. +.
Certainly the two largest ma
tions, India and Indonesia, would
have to be counted out of q
Southeast Asian alliance as mat
terS stand now. And Burma
likely would cast a cautious look
northward. That leaves PakiStan,
Thailand and Malaga, short of
a defense line pushed all the way
back to the Pacific island chain.
Tomorrow: After IndO China,
Ind0neSia?
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Fortress Nurse
Flown to Hanoi,
Won't Say a Thing
By fhe Associotad prass


HANOI, Indo- China, MAY
24.-Lt. Genevieve de Ga
lard Terraube, the heroic
nurse of Dien Bien Phu, ar
rived by plane today and
said she was in good health.
She posed for photogra-.
pliers, but told reporters:
II have nothing to say
and I've made up my mind
about that"
She few into the belea-
guered fortress on March q.
was unable to leave because
Of rebel advances, and re-
mained. tending hundreds of
wounded. She was captured
May z, but continued her
work until freed today.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Late News
Bulletins "
Deportation Edict Upheld

The Supreme Court today
upheld validity of an order
under the McCarran Act de-
porting an alien who joined
the Communist Party after
entering the United States.
The decision said that the
Government could depOrt q
Mexican who first came to the
United States i'm 1918 and be-
l0nged to the Communist Party
in California from 1914 to
1916.
Sox Sign Covorretto
CHICAGO R.-Phil Cav
arretta, depOsed manager of
the Cubs, signed today with
the White Sox as . pinch hit
ter and utility first baseman.
Earlier Story ON Page A-1S.l
Evening star., 1954-05-24
RY fha Associuied Press

SAN FRANCISCO, May a.
A frightened Los Angeles house.
wife sent police in CALIFORNIA;
two largest cities hunting
Charley the Killer yesterday.
They found their man in a
hotel here-but let him go after
he admitted he was a killer.
"a man just phoned. He said.
Tn Charley, the killer and
hung up," Ruth Grossman Of
Los Angeles reported to police
there at & am. yesterday.