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Evening star., 1954-04-11
waikiki Area
Building for
More Tourists
HONOLULU.


In the famed Waikiki section
of Honolulu. the bali has begun
to roll in q big hotel construc-
tion boom which will increase by
nearly 65 per cent the first class
hotel space in the lush vacation
area by mid-1955. :.
Nearly $50 first-class units
nave been added on Oahu since
last summer. bringing the total
of such accommodations to
1900. Among the additions are
100 new rooms at the Edgewater
Hotel, the 64-unit Breakers
apartment hotel, the 35-unit
Coconut Grove, and 80 new guest
cottages at the Halekulani. Sew
eral small beach-area hotels also
have been COMPLETED.
On Other islands
Another 400 first class rooms
are available on the nearby is
lands of Maui. Hawaii and
Kauai.
Important as they have been.
these accomplishments will be
dwarfed by expansion activity
now underway which will add
about 900 rooms by the summer
of 1865, bringing the first class
total to $500. Neighbor island
space is expected to grow just as
rapidly.
Three major hotels will provide
most of the added space. These
are: The Reef, 308-room luxury
class hotel going up on property
formerly occupied by the Edge
water Cottages, Kalia Road.
fronting Waikiki Beach; Waikiki
Biltmore, 275 rooms. across Ka-
lakaua avenue from Kuhio Beach
and half a block down from the
Surf Rider and the Princess
Kaiulani, 270 rooms, situated
parallel to the Biltmore across
Kalakaua avenue from the
Moana.
More Cottooe Units
Other f1rst-class rooms will be
created by additions to existing
Evening star., 1954-04-11
The Travellers Notebook
By Jacques FutreIIe. Jr.
The Stor's IFovel Editor

May 16 is a good day to figure
on leaving the car at home. yet
have an outing with the children
that they, at least. will long re-
member. 1t may be their first
train ride.
On that Sunday, motorists may
lay aside such travel worries as
| jammed highways, punctureS
and close-call drivers and catch
up on the type of excursion that
intrigued our grandfathers. In
short. the spring rail fan trip
of the Washington chapter Of
the National Railway Historical
Society is coming up.
This time, the arranging COM
mittee has chosen a day-long
trip from Washington and Silver
Spring to Petersburg, w. Va. 1t
will be especially appealing to
those who like the scenic mixture
of calm stream valleys and
mountains with sheer rock cliffs.
Much of the trip is into a region
which rail passengers cannot see
today, as passenger service closed
years ago.
Fons Invite Public
While primarily staged for rail
fans. the public is invited to
swing aboard the B. g. o. special,
which will carry aforementioned,
reclining seat coaches. A snack
car will offer beverages and hot
sandwiches, and a baggage car,
equipped with guard rails, will
permit camera enthusiasts to
record scenes of particular in
| tereSt.
Leaving Union Station at 8
am, daylight-saving time, and
Silver Spring Is minutes later,
the train will take the through
freight route of the B. & O.'s
Magnolia Cutoff, with it's tun-
I.nels and trestleS, along the gorge
of the Potomac River to Green
Spring. Md. Changing to switch
engines. the special will veer
south from the main line and
follow the scenic valley of the
South Branch of the Potomac
to Petersburg, So miles away over
winding tracks.
A side trip will be made to
the town of Romney, w. Va.
where a brief stop is scheduled
for servicing the train and for
picture taking. Returning by
way of Green Spring, the train
Evening star., 1954-04-11
Bio European Season

Not long ago, the American
Express Co. queried its travel Of
fees in IA key cities of Europe
and came up with the prediction
of a new high in travel by Amer
leans to the Old World this
year. Practically every city on
the beaten track of tourists ex-
poets increases of 2 to 10 per
cent.
At the same time, hotels were
queried on advance bookings
for June, July and August, with
these findings:
De luxe and first-class reser-
vations most in demand on the
Riviera and in Amsterdam, Lu-
cerne, Florence. Venice, Madrid
and Stockholm.
First class and medium
priced accommodations most
heavily booked in London. Eur
ich and Copenhagen.
Equal demand reported in all
classes of bookings in Brussels,
Rome and Athens.
In Paris. medium-claSs res
ervations are heavily booked; de
luxe and first-claSS accommoda-
tions are still available by shop
ping around. On the Riviera,
de luxe reservations are most
difficult to obtain between Au-
gust / and %.
In Madrid. summer bookings
top last year. The September
and October demand is expected
to be much heavier.
One thing most Americans
fail to realize in European travel
is that their fellow citizens alone
do not tax the hotels and inns
too greatly. Europeans are on
the move. from one country to
another, in the summer. and
Americans have to compete
with them for space.
Evening star., 1954-04-11
The Travellers Notebook
Railway Historical Group
Bids Public to Join in Fun
Special to West Virginia AII-Doy Affair;
Europe Bookings Moy Set New Record

will run on the B. & O. passen-
ger line along the banks Of the
Potomac.
DoyIong Junket for S.
Round-trip fare. including the
10 per cent Federal transporta-
ton tax. is Sc. with children
from S to IL at half fare.
In describing scenic features
along the Petersburg branch
line, the rail fans list Hanging
Rock, near Romney, a perpen-
dicular cliff 800 feet high and
extending for half a mile, and
Pictured Rocks, showing a fox
and a buffalo carved on a sheer
cliff which rises some 800 feet.
Previous rail fan trips oper-
ated from Washington - there
are two year. one in the spring
and the other at the fall color
season-have carried up to 750
Only the capacity of the train
imposes a limit on the general
public wishing to take the ex-
curSion.
Who to Contoct
Here's all you need to know
about reServing place for May
16: Tickets are not on sale at
railroad ticket offices. They may
be obtained from any Washing
ton chapter member. NRHS, and
here are the names of two: Her.
bert L. Chase, 1915 Franklin
street NE, Washington 18
D. c.; Howard r. Aeberli, 291O
South Buchanan street, Airing
ton s. Va. Checks should be
made payable to the Washington
chapter. NRHS.
Chapter president is Carrel l.
Tod, 1908 North Quintana street,
Arlington, Va; telephone, Jef1er-
son 2-8114.
Evening star., 1954-04-11
Thanksgiving Cruise Set
NEW YORK

: NEW YORK.
The Swedish American Line
has announced 1t has Cancelled
the November transatlantic sail
ing of its new flagship Kungs-
holm, and that the new cruise
liner will instead make a 12-d2y
Thanksgiving Day cruise to the
Caribbean and South America.
Evening star., 1954-04-11
Shrimp Fleet Draws
TAMPA, Fla

Tampa's growing shrimp feet
is becoming a must for Florida
visitors. With nearly 200 shrimp
boats calling Tampa their home
port, visitors are sure to find Is
to Is in port on any one day
The shrimp fleet berths in
the Hookers Point area not far
from downtown Tampa.
Evening star., 1954-04-11

hotels such as cottage units at
the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
Several large hotel projects
are in the planning stage in
choice locations around the
beach. One is q proposed ZOO
unit hotel across from Kuhio
Beach in the Diamond Head di-
rection from the Biltmore. An
other 200-room unit is slated to
adjoin the Coral Strand Hotel
on Kalakana avenue. Numerous
other projects are. in the talking
stage.
Evening star., 1954-04-11
Vireinio Dare Chosen
MANTEO, N. C

Anne Gillian Martin, who
played the role of an Indian
maiden in "The Lost Colony
during the summer of 1949, will
return this year to play the fe-
male lead of the symphonic
drama. She will be Eleanor
Dare.
THE Lost Colony" will open
its 14th season on June 26.
Evening star., 1954-04-11
Planning Your
VACATION? f.?

Yes, rent a beautiful new
1854 de luxe Chevrolet or
Pontiac from HERTZ and
learn how much enjoy
ment you can pack into a
real vacation. Several can
rent a HERTZ car and
share the cost, four or
five can go as cheap as
one. You will be surprised
how little the cost is. We
furnish all gas, oil and in
Surance at no extra
charge. All of our cars
have radios. Go where
you please, when you
please, in a car as private
as your own. Cars are
available day or night
and can be rented by the
hour, day or week.
Why take less than the
best? For full informa-
ton, call us or come in
today.
HERTZ
Rent.A-Gar System
Licensee
l3l9-2l L St. NV. MA. $500
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Life in the U. S.
Life in the U. S.
This Cadillac
Doesn'tQuite
Poy for Meal
By The As,oeiu,ed Pres.

FRANKFORT, KY. Dec. So
Expensive appetite? Well. here's
q man who swapped a Cadillac
for a $50 dinner.
He ate a meal at restaurant
across the street from the police
station. Then he approached the
cashier, put his hand on his hip
pocket and declared:
II must have left my wallet in
my other suit at the hotel. but
I will leave the key to my Cad
lilac here until I can come back
with the money"
About two hours later, Assist
ant Police Chief Edward L. Con-
way entered the restaurant.
heard the story and began check
ing. He found the man had reg
istered at q downtown hotel as
c. I. Lewis, but had left without
paying for his room.
The Cadillac. parked where
the man told the cashier he had
left 1t, was stolen December "a
from a motor company in Knox
vile, Tenn.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Dovid Lowence-
End Of Communist Probes?
Congressional interest Seen Switching to Compogn
To Restrict Security Program in Federal Agencies

in a brief submitted by a labor
union Of engineers and scien-
fists. The claim is made that
any one accused Of being a Sc
curity risk should have the
right to confront all his accus-
ers. This is a two-edged sword.
President Eisenhower in a
press conference last year
pointed out that such a pro-
cedure Is desirable wherever
practicable but that it isn't
feasible for the FBI to name
its informants andsmake them
available for cross-examina-
ton. Up to now, it has been
the view of the Supreme Court
that employment by the Gov
ernment is not a right but a
privilege and that the Gov
ernment can make its own
rules and isn't obliged to fol-
low court procedures. This.
however, was decided only by
a 4-to-4 vote which affirmed a
lower court ruling. So the
Supreme Court now has agreed
to hear a case involving vir-
tually the same points. JUS
tice Harlan may cast the piv-
otal vote next time.
If the decision is that Gov
ernment boards must proceed
as do the courts, then the ex-
perience of Judge Medina with
the IL Communists In Federal
court in New York will be re-
peated and 1t will be next to
impossible to order anybody
dismissed for security reasons.
as the erection Of a roadblock
of legal obstacles will become
permissible. What is worse,
however, is that the FBI would
be effectively prevented from
furnishing any evidence to de-
partmental boards because its
informants are frequently
promised that they will not
become involved In testifying
II they furnish confidential
data. No better way to ham,
string the FBI could be de-
vised than to require that all
its informants must take the
witness stand.
Coincident with the drive to
sabotage the security pro-
cedure system. as it now Is
carried on. is a persistent at
tack on the Atomic Energy
Commission for its handling
Of the case Of DR.. j. Robert
Oppenheimer, who was de-
clared by q special board to
be loyal but ineligible for Sc
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Thonos [. Stokes

For the first time in Q
couple Of decades-and high
time, indeed-Congress viii
have an opportunity to expose
the impact and influence of
"big money"-our industrial
and financial giants-upon
our politics and our Govern
ment.
This chance to check again
into this continued story of
our American politics comes
because Democrats are in con-
troll of Congress. because they
are looking for issues. because
the political foe-the Repub-
licans-have been and con-
tinue to be responsible for the
management of government.
and because Republicans are
vulnerable.
How much Of the story we
will get remains to be seen.
We are not likely to get 1t all
because big money plays both
sides Of the political street
and Democrats also are vul-
nerable and guilty of "pay-o1"
favors, and so will naturally
try to play down the part of
the story that involves them
and that Is quite . part In 20
years.
We hardly win get. for ex-
ample, anywhere near the
complete story Of how big oil
operates In our politics;
though we know already how
Government protects its spe-
ciG privileges. including the
tax bonanza in the 27lz per
cent depletion allowance which
Evening star., 1954-12-30

where. Three weeks later the
blow fell and we became in
volved. unprepared for the
emergency. in q police ac-
ton" which cost US some 150.-
600 casualties. An army was
improvised at great expense
to strengthen the skeletonized
forces of Gen. Macarthur. The
wise men in Washington dis
covered that since the Mus
covites had instigated the
breaking of that lasting
peace" in Korea they might
try something In Europe as
well. Four American divisions
gathered quickly from among
the National Guard were
rushed to Germany to sustain
the army Of occupation con-
sisting then Of one regular
and one constabulary division.
How much these improvisa-
tions and the police action"
has cost the taxpayer is still
little known to the public. But
the figure of $22 billion esti-
mated by some members of
Congress is considered con-
servative.
The international horizon Is
more beclouded today than it
was on the eve Of the Korean
war. Russia has increased
dramatically its already great
striking power. Communist
China has become, according
to Washington estimates, more
Of a military power than it
was five years ago. Neutralism
and co-existencism have made
deep inroads among our allies
in Western Europe, who in
most part give only lip service
to the American urgings not
to let down the guard.
It is true that President
Eisenhower. in a number of
his public statements, has dis
played much optimism about
the prospects Of peace. The
same optimism does not seem
to prevail, however. either In
the State Department. where
Secretary Dulles continues his
warnings about serious risks
to world peace: or in the Pen
tagon, where the Joint Chiefs
of Staff take a dim view of
the future because of the 'belli-
cose attitude of the Commu-
nists in the u. s. S. r. and the
Chinese Peoples Republic"
Both are armed to the teeth.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Cabbie Held 10 Grand Jury
In Death Of Pedestrian

A coroner's jury yesterday
found a cab driver responsible
for a traffic death December II
and ordered him held for grand
jury action.
Police said the hacker. Precious
Garrett, so. colored, of 1425
West Virginia avenue NE. was
driving his cab on Ninth street
near H street NV. when he cut
suddenly from an outside lane
to the curb to pick UP fare.
A truck following, driven by
John N. Deoudes, 81. of 228 Ham,
ilton street NV, rammed the
rear of the cab. forcing 1t onto
the sidewalk, where 1t struck
Cyrus j. Chinn, SO, of 934 /
street NV.
MIR. Chinn was hurled through
a plate glass window. He died
the next day In Emergency Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Shirley Hurst Heads
Civil Defense Press
By The Associoted Press

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Dec.
30.-The Federal Civil Defense
Administration headquarters in
Battle Creek announced yester-
day the appointment Of two new
staff members in the press and
editorial division.
They are John Shirley Hurst,
43, chief of the press section,
and Ebert Yee, 33, an informa-
tion specialist. Both will work
under Gene Ingold, director Of
the division.
Mr.. Hurst's 26-year news
paper experience includes II
years with the Washington Post.
Mr.. Yee was director of civil de-
fense education and information
in Hawaii.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
1 ---------- --S--- #9--
Cuts Worry Army Leaders
Proposal to Reduce Effective Ground Force Strength
Viewed as Threut to Service und Country's Security

In the cuts proposed by the
Executive. the strength Of the
Air Force Is somewhat in
creased; the Navy is suffering
bearable reductions. 1t is the
Army which takes the brunt
Of the planned economies In
the military establishment.
This is assumedly due to the
concept that in any future
conflagration we must rely on
quick air action and not on
the foot soldier, whom many
air enthusiasts have described
as the "archerS.
This reporter does not feel
sufficiently competent to dis
cuss the validity of this con-
troversial theory. But it is an
established fact that in the
Korean war the Air Force
while a most valuable asset to
our operations-did not deliver
the much-sought victory. The
odds were in its favor. since the
enemy possessed in the first
two years of the campaign no
airpower worthy Of that name.
Had our airpower been used.
as Gen. Macarthur demanded.
to destroy the enemy bases
and lines Of communication In
Manchuria, this would have
given us an early victory. but
only because the ground forces
could have exploited the in
calculable advantages of such
air strikes and given the enemy
the death blow.
Contemporary wars have
seen revolutionary changes In
armament and equipment.
from the advent Of the SUBJ
marine in naval warfare to
the A and H bombs and nu-
clear weapons. All the same
there has not been single
instance when the old saying
that infantry is the queen of
battles" has been found wrong.
Our economy demands dras-
tic cuts in tie taxpayers
MONIES. lest they be unable to
withstand the strain. But g.
careful examination will show
that there are many cuts other
than those in military effec-
tives which can be made with
out imperiling our security.
Among these spots is the unbe-
lievable extravaganza Of the
bureaucracy In the adminis-
tration of the armed forces.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Gregory Peck Divorced
By Finnish-Born Wife
Nv the A,soc;o,ed Pres.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3d.
Film Star Gregory Peck. 80. was
divorced yesterday by his Fin
nish-born wife Greta, who testi-
fed: MY husband told me we
would be better friends If we
were not married"
She told Superior Judge A. A.
Scott:
MY husbands cruelty began
about three years ago. He stayed
away from home nights and
wouldn't tell me where he had
been or what he was doing"
Under a property settlement
introduced by her attorney. Mrs.
Peck, AZ. will receive up to $685.
600 a year alimony and $3.50 a
month for support of their three
children. Jonathan, 10: Stephen,
8. and Carey, S. She will have
their custody. -
Mrs. Peck also gets half the
couples community property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck were mar
ried October 4, 1912. and sep
arated January 13, 1858.
Evening star., 1954-12-30

curity clearance with respect
to classified information. The
American Association for the
Advancement Of Science is
holding a convention this week
in Berkeley, Calf, and the new
president. DR.. Warren Weaver.
head of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation. took the occasion to
issue a blast against the Gov
ernment's security procedures.
with special reference to SCI
entists. He said that the SCI
ence profession has been the
victim of suspicion and dis
trust" and that this was due
in part to "anti- intellectual
ism-a strange and dangerous
lack of faith in scholarly COM
petence."
The most prominent scien-
tist declared a security risk is.
of course, DR.. Oppenheimer.
and there isn't the slightest
evidence to support the theory
that he was barred either for
lack of faith in scholarly
competence" or for any views
held by him on scientific sub
jects. In fact, the Govern
ment agencies involved spe-
cifically stated that he was
ruled against only because Of
concrete acts involving his
character in the past. Thus,
the record shows that DR.. OPP
penheimer, by his own admis-
sion, lied to officers of the
United States Army's military
intelligence and threw them
off the track for several
months when they were try
ing to run down some cases
Of other persons allegedly in
volved in espionage. Also DR..
Oppenneimer never did explain
satisfactorily on the witness
stand earlier this year his con-
tributions Of money to Com
munist-front organizations and
to Communist Party function
aries which he continued to
make after Hitler and Stain
became allies in World War II.
1t Is natural perhaps that
defenders of DR.. Oppenheimer
among the scientific groups
should fail to give much weight
to his personal indiscretions,
but that was the heart Of the
Governments case against
him, and no amount of speech
making by scientists who don't
think these matters are seri-
GUS will erase that central is
sue.
faanro6uetion Rioi,ks HaaeryeAA
Evening star., 1954-12-30

the big companies just mark
of before they begin to figure
their income tax. You and I
get nothing Of that sort; but
we pay for that handout.
That windfall gives big oil
a political kitty" which 1t has
been using, as we know, in
lavish expenditures to keep its
friends in Congress and to
weed out those who question
its special favors. Many of the
free and easy political dollars
originate with the fabulous oil
barons OF Texas who deploy
them all over the country.
Texas, as we know, Is well en-
trenched in the seats of power
in the incoming Democratic
Congress, and so big oil seems
assured Of protection from too
great exposure.
It is to two Republican,
and not Democrats-that we
are indebted for an attempt
In the last Congress to reduce
the oil depletion bonanza to q
reasonable figure of Is per
cent. But Senator'S Williams
of Delaware and Aiken Of Ver-
mont got no help at all from
their own Republican Secre-
tary Of Treasury. George NJ.
Humphrey. He was, in fact.
the only Secretary Of Treasury
In over 20 years who failed to
recommend Q cut In the oil
depletion allowance which was
written into the law originally
III 1927 In the Republican
Coolidge administration and
has been retained ever since
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Human Skull Found
Near Chain Bridge;
Morgue Studies 1t

A human skull. found by q
fisherman near Chain Bridge.
is being examined at the Dis
trict Morgue.
The fisherman, who found the
skull atop q rock, turned it over
to Arlington police, who gave it
to Detective Sergt. A. D. Clark
of the Washington homicide
squad. who took it to the Morgue.
DR.. Richard Rosenberg. deputy
coroner. said the lower jaw Is
missing. but that the skull bears
no marks of violence. He said
it had been exposed TO the
weather for some time.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
By Robert K. Welsh

The friend of the court" brief,
having almost won out its well
come at the Supreme Court, may
turn over a new leaf in 1855.
Only time will tell whether
such printed presentations -
known officially as "amicus
curiae" briefs-will respond to
long criticism. There have been
complaints, even on the high
bench itself, that too many in
the past appeared as sounding
boards for outside publicity,
propaganda or remote philoso-
phizing.
Hardly more than a score Of
FAC" briefs, however, have been
filed by groups or governmental
agencies not directly connected
with the approximately 500 cases
on which judicial review has been
requested since the term opened
last October.
That drop in numbers Is
matched by signs of a changing
trend in content and length of
the briefs. A sampling indicated
today that sponsors. in general.
believe the best way to win
friends--if not necessarily per-
suade the Justices at the
Supreme Court is to stick to legal
points at issue.
Tightens Procedures.
In It's revised rules the tri-
bunal, while not discouraging
AC briefs. made the procedure
stricter and more specific. An in
dividual or organization not a
direct party to a case can sub
NIT brief by obtaining the
consent of both parties. II un-
able to get that permission. the
would-be friend of the court"
can submit motion for leave
to file the brief.
A motion of that kind shall
concisely state the nature Of the
applicants interest, set forth
facts or questions of law that
have not been Cor reasons for
believing they will not adequately
be- presented by the parties, and
theirs relevancy to the DISPOSE
ton Of the case" Either direct
party could still object and the
court then would decide whether
to accept the outside brief.
The Justice Department, var
ious other Federal agencies and
State and municipal government
tai officials can file such briefs
without seeking consent Of par
ties to q case. The court, in fact,
sometimes invites Government
officials to submit briefs.
The most notable display Of
AC briefs came with the regular
briefs on the school segregation
cases last fall and early in the
two previous terms.
Civil Rights Popular.
Civil rights cases usually have
prompted the largest production