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Evening star., 1954-05-30
Crouch Wants Probe e BY FBI
As Sole Unit Free Of Motives

Paul Crouch. former Con1mu-
mist who testified frequently at
court trials and congressional
hearings. said yesterday he has
asked Attorney General Brownell
to let the FBI investigate COM
plants against him. because the
Justice Department will not deal
fairly with him.
"The FBI is the only agency of
the Government I can be posi-
lively sure is free from both
Communist inf1ltration and po-
litical pressure and motives" he
telegraphed Mr.. Brownell.
He accused the Justice Depart
ment of extraordinary retalia-
ton" against him Immediately
after Roy M. Coln mentioned
his name at the Army-McCa Carthy
hearings last Friday. Mr.. Cohn
produced secret report by Mr..
Crouch and testified it helped
influence the Senate Investiga-
tions subcommittee, headed by
Senator Mccarthy, to search for
subverSives in the Army.
Says He Was Ordered Away.
Mr.. Crouch asserted in his
telegram that he was called to
the Office of a responsible Off
cial" In the Justice Department
on Friday afternoon. He stated
that this official gave him an
order from Mr.. Brownell's office
to leave for Honolulu ION the
first available plane and remain
there until after Investigations
regarding derogatory allegations
of the Alsops and Others"
Mr.. Crouch, who has been a
consultant on an occasional con-
tractural basis with the Immi-
grafton Service, said later he did
not want to disclose the name of
the official who gave him the
verbal order.
The only explanation he got
at the time, he added. was that
department authorities wanted
him to "get out of town before
he was subpoened by any Senate
committee"
Mr.. Crouch has lived in Hawaii
since last December. He came
here last Sunday. he said, and
planned to return to Honolulu
about June IS.
Meanwhile, according to Mr..
Crouch'S assertion, he received
a subpoena to testify June 7 be-
fore the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Noyes
Continued From First Page.)

nomic activity remains shame
fully mediocre, that we have
neither a national defense nor a
solution to the German problem
and finally above all that conf
dence and friendship of the
United States has been frittered
away by lies and tricks"
The report about a new gov
ernment had been heard in Paris
earlier in the week. Almost uni
verSally it was dismissed by dip
lomatic, observers as propaganda
put out by enemies of the EDO
who hoped to capitalize on the
Indo-China crisis to overthrow
the government. 2e
Few Cabinet Changes.
Article in L'Express seemed to
bear this out. AS the new gov
ernment was described there
would be few changes in the
cabinet. Mr.. Faure would keep
his job as finance minister but
also take over as premier. AS a
concession to the powerful Mod
crate Republicans Georges BIZ
dault would be retained as for
eign minister. Only essential
change. according to L'Express,
would be Defense Minister Plev-
en-. originator of European army
idea, and general whipping boy
for the Indo-China crisis. Mr..
Pleven has long been a special
target Of the publication.
zone must admit that in fact
few members of parliament still
consider his stay in Office as an
indispensable factor to the Secur-
ity Of country or army" it OBJ
served. His departure will not
create much Of a stir"
Whatever the real reason was
the government reacted as
though it meant business. Ap-
parently tipped in advance about
the stories, q special ministerial
meeting was held as L'Express
went to press squads Of police
raided the plant and carted of
Evening star., 1954-05-30
PerIe Mestu Puts Stress
On InformoIity at Press Party

Senator and Mrs. Ferguson Of
Michigan. Senator and Mrs.
Anderson. of New Mexico. Sen
ator and Mrs. Goldwater, Of
Arizona, and Senator and Mrs.
Chavez. of New Mexico.
Rival hostesses present in
cluded Mrs. Joseph E. Davies
and her husband, former Am
bassador to Russia, and Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, well-known
Republican hostess.
The latter sat at the table
with Republican Representative
Katherine st. George, and As
Sistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Carl McArdle.
Press Figures Attend.
Well-known figures of the
press were present, including Mr..
and Mrs. B. M. McKelway, Eu-
gene Meyer, Hedda Hopper, Bob
and Millie ConSidine, Mrs. Rob-
ert R. Mccormick, Earl Wilson,
Danton Walker and Nancy Ran
dolph, New York columnistS.
The party began at 8 pm,
with Mrs. MeSta receiving with
the presidents of the two wom-
ems press clubs in Washington,
Mrs. Hazel Markell, outgoing
president of the Women's Ma
tional Press Club, Mrs. Elizabeth
Carpenter, incoming president,
and Miss Ruth Crane, president
of the American Newspaper
women'S Club.
Champagne flowed all evening
while everybody mingled happily
and took notes on everybody
else. This was the most self
covered party that Washington
has ever seen. At 10 o'clock Mrs.
Mesta stood on the dais and
made a welcoming speech to her
guests. She said. "as you know
we have no protocol tonight, and
I feel that the Chief Justice and
the Ambassadors are enjoying
it,"
Special Song For Party.
Then she introduced Miss
Hank Fort, songwriter. who had
written q special song for the
occasion entitled Protocol"
This was followed by q special
show modelled after the famous
Paris restaurant Monseigneur,
with Is violinistS playing in uni
son before the delighted throng.
One third Of the total COM
plement Of White House aides
were there. not, Of course In an
offlcial capacity but as friends Of
Mrs. Mesta. They wore their uni
forms minus their aides insig-
nia&
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Mundt Tells How
U.S.. EmpIoye Gave
Him Key Data on Hiss

Senator Mundt, Republican, of
South Dakota yesterday gave
new. details on how a State De-
partment employe, contrary to a
Truman executive order, came to
him with key information in the
Alger Hiss case.
Senator Mccarthy brought up
the matter late last week dur
ing the hearings on his contro-
VerSy with the Army and in par
ticular connection with his plea
for Federal workers to turn over
information to him on corrup-
ton, communism and treason
despite what he called a "pres-i-
dental secrecy directive"
Conflicting Testimony.
This is the background, as re-
lated by Senator Mundt, acting
chairman of the Senate Investi-
cations subcommittee:
The House Committee on I'm
American Activities. of which he
was then acting chairman, had
taken conflicting testimony in
the late summer of 1948 from the
accuser, Whitaker Chambers, an
admitted former Soviet spy, and
the accused Hiss, a high-level
State Department official.
It was the informal consensus
of committee members. pending
a thorough investigation by it's
staff. that the suave and articu-.
late Hiss. with a brilliant record
in Government, was perhaps
being unjustly accused by the
plump and puzzling Mr.. Cham
berS.
Telephones Mundt.
Some weeks later, young man
In the State Department phoned
Mr.. Mundt, whom he had met
previously. The caller said that
there was derogatory information
in the Hiss personnel file in
which he was certain the Con-
gresham would be interested. He
brought the file to Mr.. Mundt's
office sometime after midnNht
that night for the latter's exalGi-
nation.
Mr.. Mundt did not use this in
formation for fear of exposing
his informant to punishment. But
it%convinced him and other COM
mittee members that Hiss had
been lying. The investigation was
then pushed vigorously, and the
famed pumpkin papers" were
produced by Mr.. Chambers.
Hiss finally was jailed for per-
Jury in denying he ever turned
over State Department docu-
ments to the former Communist
espionage agent.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

job could be done by naval and
air strength alone, without the
use Of ground troops. This view
reportedly has been disputed by
other members of the Joint
Chiefs in the light of experiences
in Korea.
Mr.. Dulles sees united action
as an arrangement under which
other countries would furnish
the ground forces, while the
United States and Britain fur
nished air and sea support pri-
marily. But French officials have
been telling the United States
that If they ask formally for
American intervention they will
be after troops as well as air and
sea strength.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

Mr.. Crouch said he sent a
telegram late yesterday to FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover asking
that the FBI provide a lie de-
tector for that hearing.
Issuance of a subcommittee
subpoena to Mn Crouch would
require him to remain here at
least until June 7 or as long
thereafter as the subcommittee
wished. irrespective of any wish
ior order by the Justice Depart
ment. In view of Mr.. Crouch's
explanation of his consultant
connection with the department,
it seemed unlikely that the de-
partment could compel him to
return to Hawaii. Mr.. Crouch
said he was not told to go there
for any specific assignment for
the immigration Service.
Sees Link to Oppenheimer.
II am to testify in executive
session regarding the most i'm
portant points of current Com
munist and Alsop Brothers
plots to make me the victim of
the most audacious and gigantic
character assassination plot ever
conceived" the telegram read.
This is closely related to the
case of DR.. j. Robert Open
heimer. am requesting the
Senator who will preside to au-
thorize me to testify with use of
lie detector. This hearing
will be only the beginning of
what hope to be the most thor
ough and complete exposure of
a plot so gigantic and diabolical
in intent that it almost defies
imagination"
A Justice Department spokes-
man said last night that Mr..
Brownell was out of the city.
The spokesman said he knew
nothing of the kilograms or of
any order for Mr.. Crouch to re-
turn to Hawaii. He said the de-
partment had no comment on
Mr.. Crouch's statements.
Columnists Joseph and Stew
art AlSop, whom Mr.. Crouch has
threatened with a 81 million libel
suit. yesterday repeated their
claim that he gave conflicting
testimony at trials of Com
muniStS. Mr.. Brownell disclosed
last Friday that his department
is studying whether conflicting
testimony was given by Mr..
Crouch in two court cases.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
By Betty BeoIe

Perle Mesta, fabulous hostess,
returned to the Washington
scene in grand style last night
with her first big party since
moving back to Washington.
True to her promise on re-
turning last December, she tossed
an important entertainment for
the press women Of Washington,
and drew in the process press
and stage celebrities from other
parts of the country.
Supreme Court justice, includ-
ing the Chief Justice, two dozen
ambassadors and a host of other
Capitol officials were among the
900 or more guests who filled the
Sheraton-Park Continental Room
to capacity.
Part of the Sheraton-Park' S
lobby had been inclosed to add q
foyer to the Continental Room,
and this was decorated to repre-
sent the entrance to a brick
walled garden with striped avn
ings over the doorway.
Inside the door, quantities of
dogwood, peonies and colored
lights converted the scene into q
gay background for the party.
Strictly Non-Partisan.
This was q strictly non-parti-
san affair. unbound by the usual
rules OF protocol.
Seated together in various
groups on the floor or, on the
raised level on one side, were am
bassadors and officials OF both
political parties.
At one table, Chief Justice
Warren and Mrs. Warren sat
with French Ambassador Henri
Bonnet and Madame Bonnet,
Senator Wiley. and Mrs. Wiley,
Admiral Carney. Chief of Naval
Operations and Mrs. Carney;
Swiss Minister Charles Brugg-
mann and Madame Bruggmann,
and the Norwegian Ambassador
Wilhelm Morgenstierne and Ma
dame Morgenstierne.
At another. Interior Secretary
Mckay and Mrs. Mckay sat with
Chinese Ambassador Koo and
Madame Koo, Senator Martin of
Pennsylvania. and Mrs. Martin,
and Swedish Ambassador and
Madame Bohemian.
Mrs. EiSenhower'S sister, Mrs.
Gordon Moore. and her husband,
Col. Moore. dined at the same
table with Justice and Mrs. Sher-
man Minton.
Other Capitol Hill figures
present included Senator and
Mrs. Fulbright Of Arkansas.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Quuke Shakes Chile

SANTIAGO. Chile, May 20 (P).
"A strong earthquake shook the
central Chilean provinces of
Aconcagua and Coquimbo today.
No damage was reported. The
epicenter appeared to be between
the cities of San Felipe and MA
pei. A medium quake was felt
in Santiago and a lighter one
at the port of Valparaiso.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

fiance of the executive in this
crisis. I will have no part in it. +"
Senator Smith said that he
had endeavored to follow OBJ
jectively the Army McC Carthy
hearings so as to be in position
to act upon the outcome of the
proceedings.
Senator McCarthy's Republi-
can critics spoke out while the
Wisconsin lawmaker and other
principal actors in the Army
Mccarthy hearings left town for
holiday until Tuesday, when
the hearings will be resumed.
Before he left Washington,
Senator Mccarthy again de-
clared that no power on earth
could make him disclose the
names of Government employees
who keep him informed about
communism, espionage and
corruption. He added that Fed
eral workers are in duty bound
to give him information, and no
loyalty to any executive supe-
rior should stand in their way of
doing so.
The controversy with the
President and the administra-
ton developed first when Sena-
tor Mccarthy produced what he
called a letter written by j. Ed
gar Hoover, head of the FBI.
Senator Mccarthy wished to put
this document in evidence. It
developed later that the mAterial
had been culled from a confiden-
tial report 6f the FHI And was
no letter. The Attorney General
refused to clear the material for
use in the investigation. Sena-
tor Mccarthy said he had re-
ceived the document from q
young intelligence officer of the
Army. He declined to give his
name. The Army has been try
ing ever since to find out the
source Of Senator McCarthy's
information.
LET Them Try It."
Senator Mcclellan, an Arkan-
saS Democrat and a member OF
the Senate Investigating Com
mittee, said that Senator Nc
Carthy might be guilty Of a law
violation when he received the
confidential FBI data. Senator
McCarthy's reply was: LET
them go ahead and try to indict
me, if they want to-"
In his comments on the issue,
Senator Knowland said no for
mula can be made to apply to
every case. He mentioned the
leak which finally brought about
publication of q State Depart
ment document which asserted
that Formosa was no longer Of
strategic value to the United
States.
1t came to light. Senator
Knowland recalled. during the
Macarthur hearings in June,
1851. He himself had gotten
wind Of such q document, and
the press services had an almost
complete copy. The investigating
committee, he said, had the
document and released it. But
that, he emphasized. was done
committee action.
The California Senator said
abuses of the classification" of
documents and information had
crept in - with some officials
marking these documents "classi-
fed" and not for publication or
circulation to cover up mistakes
of their own. He said he agreed
with Senator Mccarthy that this
was reprehensible. and should
not stand as a roadblock in the
way of congressional investiga-
tionS.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Hearing
Continued From First Page.)

Senator as an individual has no
authority expressed or implied
to demand or receive classified
information of executive conf
dences from executive employees.
LAS a member of the Senate.
with equal authority with the
Junior Senator from Wisconsin,
/ protest with all the vigor at
my command any senatorial de-
Evening star., 1954-05-30

questions Of vital national In
terest are involved. And politi-
clans apart, there are plenty of
Frenchmen who think that such
a policy is urgently needed in
France today. -
Evening star., 1954-05-30
SABBATH TRUTH

GODS Word Is Truth. John 17:1D
He says. Remember the Sabbath
Day, to keep 1t Holy but The
Seventh Day Is the Sabbath of the
you beliepe Him?
Over two-thirds Of the leading an
cient and modern languages 1more
than 100 Of them), have words for
IT which mean DAY OF rest:
Assyrian. Sd.ba-tu: Turkish, es-
sabt;; Hebrew, sh1b-bath,: Russian.
Sabado; etc. Many Christians call
1t THE Jewish Sabbath" Our cal
endars call 1t Saturday"
When the gates" are open that
the righteous nation which keepeth
the Truth may enter in" will ours
be among the nations that are
saved? lisa. 26:2; Rev. 2l:23-27D
Ask your Congressman to put the
Truth on our calendars, with no
blank DAYS" Ask The Bible Sab
bath Association, Pomona Park.
Florida. for free copy OF the
Standard Alternate-month CAL
endar tabulations.
Evening star., 1954-04-30

Be here when the gong eoefo the sole Of the summer!
Shirts that you seooped up at their ehtfu higher prices
now-only for S.. All the wanted motero! Many need
ronne galaxy Of eoIos! Many designs And in the
popular sports style with cool short sleeves roomy breast
pocket Choose whole stack of these wonderful sudsovn
shirts Sizes to 20 in the group Nyons, sizes to l8
LansburghS-BOYS SHIRTS-Four
Coll NA $4,000 any time, doy or night,
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Frequent haiIings
AT YuIetin1e Urged

With the Christmas rush ap-
preaching, the Post Office De-
partment today appealed to Gov
ernment and private concerns to
make frequent postal trips dur
ing working hours, rather than
let outgoing mail pile up until
closing time.
The national Mail Early and
Often" campaign started last
August. It has been surprisingly
successful, the department said.
However, ''the job has hardly
begun" Postm a aSter General
Summerfield said. only through
continued effort on the part Of
postal employees to acquaint busi-
ness with the great advantages
in mailing earlier, can this pro-
gram be complete success"
He added that the co-opera-
ton already demonstrated indi-
Gates eventual acceptance of fire.
quent mailings by most busi-
nesseS.
It has been traditional for
business places to wait till the
end of each business day to mail
the bulk of their letters, he said.
Post offices are overloaded be-
tween 6 and 8 pm.
If the load could be spread
out over the day, savings would
amount to thousands of dollars,
postal authorities said.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
S58 Million Asked
To Meet Pupil Rise
In Maryland Schools
By tbe Associated Pres.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 22.-Faced
with an estimated increase in
public school enrolment next
year of almost $4,000, the State
Department Of Education has
asked for a record budget of
$58, ,600,077.
That's an increase Of Is per
cent over current allowances.
DR.. David w. Zimmerman, as
'sistant superintendent for A.
nance and research, said the
States teaching staff will have
to be enlarged by about 1,100 to
take care of an anticipated en-
rollment of 461,0 900.
The department requested So
211. .440 for basic aid-$20 per
pupil. This years appropriation
was $8.711.000.
A total of 2O.1O6,976, more
than one-third of the budget,
was requested for the equaliza-
tion fund. This fund is used to
make UP the difference between
the total cost of meeting mini
mum education standards and
money available.
The figure compares with an
estimated $13,596.007 for the
present fiscal year.
The budget request was sub
mitted to James G. Rennie, di-
rector of the Department of
Budget and Procurement.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Christmas Charity
Bureau Being Set Up

United Community Services to-
day is setting up its Christmas
Bureau, designed to coordinate
holiday charity among the well
fare. health and recreational
agencies of the metropolitan
area.
UCS President William j. Nc
Manus announced that Mrs.
Arthur Stephens. 4514 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Christ
mas Bureau Committee.
Any person or group wishing to
know where charity in the form
Of food, clothing, toys. money,
equipment or service can be put
to best use, Is urged by Mrs.
Stephens to contact the bureau.
Serving on the bureau COM
mittee are:
Mrs. Thomas L. Stokes, chair
man OF the UCS information and
referral department; Mrs. Mar
tin Codel, 2701 Thirty-second
street NV: Mrs. Ben Hall Lamb,
3246 S street NV; Mrs. Edwin
McElwain, 1913 Forty-seventh
street NV: the Rev. Leo j.
Coady, executive director of
Catholic Charities of the Dis
trict; Capt. Ernest Holz OF the
Salvaption Army: Mrs. Goldie
Meenes. public assistance division
Of the District Welfare Depart
nnent, and Mrs. Rosa Jones, spe-
cial education director, Logan
School.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Chauffeur Plays
Detective. 2Cought
After $500 Robbery

A bit Of detective work on the
part of a Navy officiaps chauffeur
was credited today with the ar
rest Of two men charged with
robbing the Langston DELEGATES
sen at 1928 Benning road NE.
James H. Marshall, 80, Of 626
Twenty first street NE, who
drives for Assistant Navy Secre-
tary Raymond II. Fogler, saw the
men entering the delicatessen
and became suspicious.
Driving around the block, he
returned to see the men forcing
Robert A. johnson. IS, Of 30 T
street NE. to turn over 5000
from the cash register. Mr.. Mar
shall hid until the men emerged,
then followed their car.
He quickly got the license NUM-
ber. called it in to police and
awaited results. just 10 minutes
passed before Pvts. J. r. Naya-
laney and c. w. Canyon picked
up the men.
They were booked as Philip j.
Reid. 20. Of the 100 block Of
Galveston street S.W. and Marine
Pfc. Ronald H. Bowman, 20. Of
Quantico Marine Base.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
HyattsyiIIe Police 10 Run
Doll House for Needy

Hyattsville Town police will
open a doll House for the
Needy at 1924 Baltimore boule-
ward at 10 am. Saturday.
Pvt. Charles E. Williams, in
charge of the Christmas booth,
says the department. is soliciting
only new toys this year to be dis
tributed to Prince Georges
County families who otherwise
could not provide presents for
their children on Christmas Day.
The booth will be open from
10 am. to 10 pm. daily until
Christmas. Last year the de-
partment collected more than
5000 used toys and distributed
them to families and institu-
tionS for children.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Fire Roufs 4 Families;
; Persons Slightly Hurt

A fire in a basement apart
ment yesterday sent three per.
sons to the hospital and drove
four other families from the
three-story row house at 1921
Hiatt place NV.
All three were treated for
minor injuries at Emergency
Hospital and released. They
were identified as Robert Tenn.
pleton, so: his wife. Bertha. so;
and Guy Murrill, As.
Firemen said the Templeton
couple, Mr.. Murrill and his wife,
and her aunt and uncle were
sleeping when the blaze broke
out about 4 pm.
The fire, of undetermined
origin. was confined to the base
ment. Smoke sent the other
families from the brick building.
Evening star., 1954-11-22

and those in foreign countries.
He pointed out the Government
now has 10000 fewer vehicles Of
all types than it had last year.
Mr.. Hanson estimated there
are about so vehicles-buSes,
station wagons and suburban
carryallson regular scheduled
routes by the principal civil
agencies Of the Government.
Altogether the civilian units
have about 500 vehicles in the
Washington area to carry pas
sengers on official business. Mr..
Hanson said. He said GSA has
only 10 Of these, as it uses taxiS
so much.
The Veterans Administration,
Commerce Department, Justice
Department, Atomic Energy
Commission and Agriculture De-
spartment are among those that
have regular operations. Mr..
Hanson said at this time there
is no up-to-date breakdown on
the number of vehicles each
agency operates. He explained
the study win give the detailed
information.