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Evening star., 1954-11-22
By Miriom Gutenberg

The backlog Of prisoners wait
ing to get into st. Elizabeths
Hospital was cited in Federal
Court today when a judge re-
fused to send Monte Durham
back to the mental hospital for
another psychiatric examina-
ton.
Durham, whose housebreaking
conviction was overturned in the
U. S. Court of Appeals for
the District Of Columbia in a
precedent shattering decision
last summer. came into court
today on a Government motion
for another mental examination.
Sidney S. Sachs, appointed by
the court to defend Durham in
the new trial ordered by the
appellate court, opposed the
Government motion for 30-day
mental observation at st. Eliza
beths with these arguments:
!. That the real meaning" of
the appellate decision was that
Durham should have been ac-
quilted.
2. That Durham has been
working for doctors at the Jail
and they can testify he is now
mentally competent.
8. That if he has to be ex-
amined, it should be done at the
Jail because of the long waiting
list for admission to st. Eliza
bethS.
Stresses Overcrowding.
Judge Henry Schweinhaut, of
u. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia, discarded the
argument for acquittal. He said
the question of Durham's sanity
at the time of the offense was
a matter for a jury to decide.
As for sending Durham to St.
Elizabeths for an examination.
Judge Schweinhaut remarked: II
don't see any point in sending
him to st. Elizabeths. I've done
that several times recently and
they stay in Jail because St.
Elizabeths can't take them"
The Star pointed out in a news
story yesterday that some 80 de-
PENDANTS are now waiting at Dis
trict Jail and District General
Hospital for admission to St.
Elizabeths.
Judge Schweinhaut refused to
hold a hearing on mental COM
petence to stand trial without
psychiatric examination. how
ever.
''I don't want another Dur
ham case going to the Court of
Appeals" he remarked. Seems
to me I've got to play it safe" "
He appointed two psychiatrists
| to examine Durham at the jail
and report back in two weeks
and he agreed to set bond at
$1,000.
Durham was in court to hear
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Star Won't Ad Sells
Used Car First Day

Nj. r. R. had 0 used cor to sell.
Since 50 many other people looked for
and successfully found quick sales re-
suits III The Stor Classified. Mr.. F. R.
decided to follow suit--he ploced an
od in Woshington's biggest classified
medium. He sold the cor the first
doy his od appeared.
Like Mr. {. R.. you. too. con enjoy
the same kind Of quick results. Il
you wont to buy. trode Or sell. tell il
to the long established audience Of
The Stor readers.
Because it produces the best re-
suits. The Stor published more cIossi-
fled dds than the other Washington
newspapers combined during the
month Of October.
Ms cosy TO place an od in The
Star Classified. Just phone Sterling
5000 and ask for an od-toker.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Mccarthy Seeks Air Time
For Speech on censure
BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. %. The
National Broadcasting Co., said
today it had received a tele-
phone request from Mrs. Joseph
r. Mccarthy asking for Is min
utes of free teievision time
Thanksgiving Day for Senator
Mccarthy to discuss the censure
motion against him.
NBC said the request did not
specify a time or mention the
point from which the Senator
would speak. He is at Bethesda
Md Naval Hospital undergo
ing treatment for an injured
elbow.
NBC said the request is being
considered and it could not say
when q decision would be
reached.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Less State Welfare
In Chino Thol1 Britain

FROM INSIDE cHINA-WiIIiom
Stevenson. writing from inside Red
China under o promise Of no censor
ship, describes the Reds completely
inadequate and nearly non-existent
medical system on Poee Az.
lis DAYS AT sEA-Meekie, the
cot. stalks porot and makes her
kill os WilIiom Willis boIso roft is
midway in its voyage across the vast
Poetic. Page A-l0.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Silver Spring Wife,
I Others Indicted in
Contempt
All Refused to Reply
To Questions on Their
Communist Affiliations

Eight persons, including a Sill
YER Spring housewife, today were
indicted by a District grand jury
for contempt of the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
All refused to answer questions
concerning alleged Communist
Party activities or to name per-
sons they knew to be Commu-
nists. They face, if convicted. a
maximum penalty of q year in
prison and a 81 900 fine.
Scheduled to be arraigned on
the charges on December 8 in
the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia are:
Mrs. Millie Markison, SO, of
the 200 block of East Indian
Spring drive, Silver Spring;
Barrows Dunham, 40, of Gym
wyd, Pa; Lawrence Baker Ar
guimbau, 48, of Foxboro, Mass:
Marcus Singer, 40, Ithaca. N. Y:
Mrs. Goldie E. Watson, of Phila-
delphia; Bernard Deutch, IS,
of Philadelphia; John T. Wat
kins, of Rock Island, Ill. and
Lloyd Barenblatt, 81, of Pleas
ant Valley, N. Y.
3 Claim Fifth Amendment.
Mrs. Markison was named in
six counts; Dunham on two;
Arguimbau on IL; Singer on
%; Mrs. Watson on five; Deutch
on five; Watkins on seven, and
Barenblatt on five.
OF the eight, only Mrs. Marki-
son, Dunham and Singer used
their constitutional privilege un-
der the Fifth Amendment in re-
fusing to answer questions put
by the committee last summer.
Mrs. Markison, according to
Assistant U. S. Attorney William
Hitz, was graduated from Will
son Teachers College here in
1910. She refused to answer any
questions regarding her employ
ment following her graduation
or whether she ever taught
school.
Determination of her case, Mr..
Hitz' said, may shatter legal
precedent.
He said one of the questions
(See CONTEMPT, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Big 4 Talks in Paris
In May Suggested
By Mendes france
U. N. Speech Expresses
Willingness to Meet
After Pact Approval
ZAP Photo.
BY the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Nov. 20. French Premier Pierre
Mendes- France expressed will
ingness today to hold q Big -Four
meeting in Paris next May
after ratification of the London
and Paris agreements.
In an address to the 60-nation
United Nations General AS
senlhly the French leader de-
ciared firmly that he was opposed
to any meeting between East
and West until the Paris and
London agreements are ratified.
/ He said, however, that after
the agreements are approved
France would be ready to take
the initiative in organizing the
Big Four conference, which
Russia has been pressing for.
Let us avoid a war of nerves, ="
he said, ''let us prepare in calm.
Between now and May, we shall
have to do everything to create
a climate of confidence.
MOlOtOy Plans Criticized.
Mr.. Mendes-France told the
Assembly that the proposals of
Soviet Foreign Minister Vya-
cheslav M. Molotov for a Big
Four meeting now are intended
to hinder and divide rather than
to solve East-West differences.
"The French government" he
said, hereby aff1rms that its will
to act for peace has not faltered
and shall not falter. We hereby
nobly proclaim that the door to-
negotiation is not closed. Quite
the contrary"
Mr.. Mendes France called for
a settlement of the Austrian
problem as a preliminary to a
general European settlement.
The signing of an Austrian
peace treaty, he said, would do
more to improve the interna-
tional climate than ten sugges-
tions of international confer
ences published solely for prop
aganda purposes"
Russia Proposes Changes.
Approval of the American pro-
posal for a peaceful atomic
energy program was delayed in
the Assembly's chief Political
Committee by Russian amend
ments submitted late Saturday.
Mr.. des-France made his
United States television debut
last night with a call for con-
tinued Western unity.
Answering questions OF Ameri-
can newSmen on the Meet the
Press" panel program, the French
premier voiced his certainty that
for that the Western nations
must be united and must work
together"
Evening star., 1954-11-22

LONDON, Nov. % P).-An
estimated 10000 British children,
mostly in North England, were ill
with influenza and absent from
school today. Medical officers
said 1000 children of the Mid.
dlesborough region in Yorkshire
are suffering from a mild and.
presumably a little known type
of flu.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
HEART ATTACK FATAL TO ANDREI VISHINSKY
Soviet Delegate
ToU. n. Stricken
In His Office
News interrupts
Debute on Atomic
Peace Proposals
By the Associated Pres.

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Nov
22.-Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
lister Andrei Y. Vishinsky died
today following a heart attack.
The announcement was made
by DR.. Eelco N. Van Klefens,
president of the United Nations
General Assembly.
A Soviet source said death oc-
CURED at Soviet delegation head
quarters on Park avenue.
Word Of the Soviet diplomats
death quickly spread through the
U. NJ, where President Eisen-
hower's atoms-for- peace proposal
was under debate in the 60
nation Political Committee.
Even before the announce
ment came, Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold and numer-
GUS delegates already had begun
expressing their sympathy to
Arkady A. Sobolev, deputy of the
veteran Soviet diplomat.
Was Nearly IL.
Mr.. Vishinsky would have OBJ
served his list birthday next
month.
Shortly after DR.. Van Klef-
fens announced Mr.. VishinSky'S
death in the Assembly, the
chairman of the Political Com
mittee interrupted d speech by
India's v. K. Krishna Menon to
make the same announcement.
All U. N. meetings for today
adjourned out of respect to the
Soviet delegate. The Assembly
arranged to meet this afternoon,
however, to pay respect to Mr..
Vishinsky.
His illness was first disclosed
when his deputy, Arkady A.
Sobolev, took the floor to speak
on President Eisenhower's
atons-for- -peace plan. He said
Mr.. Vishinsky was "indisposed." +"
Had Heart Trouble Before.
Mr.. vishinsky previously has
had trouble with his heart, but
during the past two years
seemed in much better health.
He had been extremely active in
the disarmament and atoms
for-peace discussions in the cur
rent session Of the General
Assembly.
The one-time Soviet foreign
minister has been Russia's chief
permanent delegate to the U.N.
since the death of Stain.
In the closing weeks of his
life, as his country's chief
spokesman in the United Ma
tions, Andrei Yanuarievich VII
shinsky spoke to the free world
In unusually polite tones. Mos
COW was waging a "peace offen-
sive," designed apparently to
prevent the re-armament of
Western Europe.
But sweet talk was not Mr..
Vishinsky's normal stock in the
diplomatic trade. AS the dread
ed prosecutor of the bloody So
Wet purge trials of the 1930s, he
was a master of invective. In
weighing against nations and in
dividuals opposing Communist
policies, he seemed to regard the
General Assembly as a court
room and the Western powers as
guilty defendants.
The red-faced, silver haired
U. N. diplomat was promoted to
Foreign Minister in 1949 and de-
Continued on Page AS, Col. -
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Slain Reds Widow Aided

MANILA, Nov. % R)-Presi-
dent Ramon Magsaysay today
gave $3.50 to Mrs. Rosario Bal
gos. wife Of Mariana P. Baigos.
slain Communist leader, as a
personal gift to help defray fu-
neral expenses. The No. q Hulk
leader was killed Thursday by
Philippine Army troops as he
attempted to escape a trap.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Picture on Page AZ.

Picture on Page AZ.
Aircraft Co. as Joseph E. Weber,
80. the pilot. a native of Hamil-
ton. Ohio, and George P. Hodg-
son III, %. aeronautical en-
gineer, a native of Richmond,
Va. Both were unmarried and
both lived in Baltimore.
Police said the twin-jet
bomber was coming in for a land
ing at the Martin Airport, about
10 miles east Of Baltimore, when
1t crashed about 7::30 am. A
Evening star., 1954-11-22
speeial pispoteh % me Star

BALTIMORE. Nov, a2.-Two
occupants of a jet bomber that
crashed and set fire to a house
near here were killed today, but
a mother and her three children
in the house escaped injury.
The dead crewmen were iden-
titled by the Glenn L. Martin
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Career Status
Given 4555,000
j. 5. Workers
Executive Order
Goes Into Effect
Next Jan. %
By Joseph Young

President Eisenhower today
issued an executive order grant
ing career status to approxi-
mately 455,0O0 Government In
definite workers.
The long-awaited executive
order will go into effect next
January %, President Eiser:-
hover said. A 60-day period Is
required for the Civil Service
Commission to promuigate regu-
lations to put the new program
into effect.
About $4,000 indefinite workers
in the Washington area will
benefit under the order.
Under the program authorized
by the President, all indefinite
employees who were selected from
Civil Service registers and who
have completed three years of
continuous Government service
will receive career status. Pres
ident Eisenhower estimated that
there are 100000 of these en-
ploys.
Status of 235,OOO Conditional.
Another 235,000 indefinite
workers who were selected from
Civil Service job registers but
who have not completed three
years of continuous Government
service will receive career-con-
ditional status. Once they COM
plete the three years continuous
service requirement, they will
automatically be given career
status.
An additional $4,000 indefi-
mite workers who did not get
their jobs through the competi-
tive process will remain as in
definites. President Eisenhower
said that most of these employees
will be given an opportunity to
qualify for eventual career
status by taking exams during
the next few months.
The employees affected by the
new executive order are those
hired since September, 1850
Congress that year adopted the
Whitten Rider prohibiting per-
manent appointments. The way
for today'S executive order was
paved by Congress this year
when it modified the rider con-
siderably.
Tenure Not Affected.
Present permanent status en-
ployes in Government will
henceforth have career status.
Their tenure of employment is
not affected in any way other
than the changing of the name
permanent to career status.
President Eisenhower also in
serted a provision in the order
designed to strengthen the merit
system by forbidding political
considerations in appointment
to Government Civil Service
jobs. The White House recently
has been under considerable
criticism since issuance of an
order requiring political job
clearance with the Republican
National Committee.
Inquiries Banned.
President Eisenhower declared
in the executive order:
mo person employed in the
Executive Branch of the Gov
ernment who has authority to
take or recommend personnel
action with respect to any person
who is an employe in the COM
petitive service or any eligible
or applicant for a position in the
competitive service shall make
any inquiry concerning the race,
political affiliation or religious
beliefs of any such employe,
eligible or applicant.
All disclosures concerning such
(See .JOBS. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Guide for Reuders

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Evening star., 1954-11-22
Eisenhower TO See Press

President Eisenhower will hold
news conference at 1890 am.
tomorrow. the White House an
n0unced today.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
On Carving

Given the right tools and few
instructions, even the most inexperienced
of carvers can slice up this years Thanks
giving turkey. See Violet Faulkner's
instructions on
Evening star., 1954-11-22

See SOUTHWEST, Page A-23
Evening star., 1954-11-22

CONTINUED on Page AS, Col. -
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Flu Sweeps North England

(see JOBS, Page A-20
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09
Rash of Robbel'ies

plies In this area schools have been enter
ed in recent months, but fortunately van
dalism did not accompany the search for
school funds.
The police have been active in investi-
eating every clue leading to arrests and it
is believed that the culprits will be found
and prosecuted. We suggest that extra po-
lice be placed on duty for the time being
so that this robbery movement will be nip
ped in the bud. We, the public, can assist
by being unusually cautious and ob&ervant,
lending every support to the law enforc-
ing officers.
Only a very small number Of people
will attempt to rob, and they must be fer
reted out and prosecuted as quickly as pos
sible. Let's keep on our toes and lend every
assistance to the police,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09
Babson Discusses
Winter Markdowns

Babson Park-Day by day, in
buying power your dollar is get
ting to be worth more. You have
only to glance at the advertise
mentS in your paper to confirm
this cheering fact Merchants all
over the country are offering some
of the best winter markdoWns
that l have seen in a long time.
Goods CaIor. y
Thanks to this country's tre-
mendous productive C q pacit Y,
which has been greatly increased
in recent years. all kinds Of con-
sumner goods have been coming on
the market in almost unprece-
dented volume. The late Korean
War did little to dampen the flow.
AS a result, stores everywhere have
bargains in good merchandise
Some of it has not been moving
too well, at least not fast enough
to suit the store owners. Perhaps
prices have been out of line with
the ideas of prospective consum-
ers. In a number Of cases, this
undoubtedly has been true. But
now the picture has changed
Semi-annual stocktaking clear
ance sales are underway from one
end of the land to the other Sales
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09

Winter o-ercoats and wool bath
robes also often are marked down
sharply at this lime Of the year.
II you are in need of any of these
articles now. or will be next WIN
tea don't delay in picking them
up. Shop aggressiVely for the best
buys. Also watch the store ads in
Your paper
Household Goods Appliances
A Number OF household goods
and appliances are available now
At bargain prices. The field is
broad. but the goods are there and
| rightly priced if you shop around.
Just the other day for instance. l
saw a new combination food freez-
er offered at a saving. Of 20 per
cent under a month ago. But buy
these electrical appliances from
reliable stores and be sure to get
the standard guarantee. Now is
| the time to buy from a reliable
dealer a used car at Il low price
These cars will sell for more
money in the spring and early
summer.
This is the time Of year also
when many types Of soft GOOD.
can be purchased economically
These include sheets. pillow case.
and towels February tladitionally
IS month when household fur.
niture is offered at special prices
this February should not be al
exception. | also must mentor
Oriental rugs, prices Of which
have been cut sharply ! have seel
some of these items recently ad
vertiSed as selling at half forme
prices.
Perhaps bring to your city tn
stock Of some -of-town firm
that IS liquidating. Be not afrait
to cut your own prices for a shor
period. You will win customer
by it i'll the end Otherwise. don
today overstock In anything ex
cept in. parking space. whicl
now is the best buy4 I forecas. yol
can purchase parking space 70
, customers cheaper now when til
ground is frozen. snow is falling
and business is poor Sell Mer
chandise- BLY, Parking Space
should be the 1854 motto.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09
Adopt Resolutions
For w. J. Hillsman

AT a regular meeting of the
Board of Directors of Peoples Ma
tional Bank Of Farmville, Va. held
February 2. 1854. the following
resolutions were adopted:
IL Is With a Keen sense of loss
that We record the passing Of MIR
W ]. HlllsInan. whose death oc-
CURED January 81. 1854
Mr.. Hllsman was charter
member of the Board OF Directors
of the Peoples National Bank and
gave unstinttngly OF his services
in this capacity. :
Therefore, Be it resolved. That
in the death Of Mr.. Hillsman this
bank has lost a loyal. faithful.
and efficient director.
That our town and community
has lost a true and helpful citi-
zen whose efforts and Influence
We're always for the right.
That we extend our sympathy
to the beieaved family in the loss
Of a loving husband and a kline
and atfectionate father whose
memory viii be to them q sacred
heritage
Resolved. further more, thai
these resolutions be recorded II
the minutes Of the Board. publish
ed IN the Farmvilie Herald and {
copy sent to the family,
j. l.. BUGG
w. S. WEAVER
f. Ct BALDWIN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09
Double Check

Saw where the Senate Group
wanted to, urge control on coffee
that's the only drink We got
without some organized bunch
a-fghting It's free ana moleSted
use even Carrie Nation didn't
cut In on that one. England once
tried TO control tea. put d tax Oh
lt.-so~o we had a tea party and
invited the British | hope the
same thing don't etferpeSce from
this urge Of the Senate. Let coffee
alone lin you can't afford it even
at today's market. it's the cheap
est drink there is left. don't drink
it-and if you drink il don't
grumble We like coffee, it's APP
appetizing and needs no adyertis-
/ ing
| What our State and Nation need
most to unity on solid front 10
fight the steady increase in crime
Crime does not pay but too many
Of our officers and people do pay
With their life ana property.
Winking and blinking at small
oftenseS only leads to gangs Of
gangsters. This nation should
grid itself to fight the greatest
menace the world has ever known
/ had Mr. Marion Blanton III
for short visit enjoyed it, too.
Mr. Adkins Of the land selling
fame oh, boy they sell dirt.
Lots Of others came 10 see this
old Cumberland. the garden spot
OF the world-boy, and thanks
Yours, j. MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09
Rowing Population

THE Rev. Eliot F.. Fisher, an executive
of the Division of Home Missions of the
Board of Missions of the Methodist Church,
recently sad there We're more people iv-
i~~ where churches are not established
than at any other period in American his
tory.
The churchman pointed this out at the
"nnual meeting of the Methodist Churchs
Board of Missions. To help combat the sit
uat on he outlined, the Methodist Church
is conducting drive for 5000 new CON
gregat ons in the next three years The
church hopes to raise Sl00,000,O00 to house
them
Dr. Fisher says the United States is
suffering from large displaced" popula-
ton, constantly on the move. He says that
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-09

THE rash Of break-ins occurring in and
around Farmville during the past week
make it necessary to secure as best we can
our property especially the business pro-
perty. Even though robbers will find ways
to break into almost any unprotected build
ing, strongly secured building will deter
them to some extent and at least delay
them in their plundering. Then, too, by
making building especially secure, the
temptation will be lessened.
Last week in Alexandria, Va, vandals
tore through the George Washington High
School causing damage estimated between
$4,000 and $4,000. No money was found
in the ransacked school offices or principals
office, SO the vandals took their ire out
on destroying property, smashing the
public address system. overturning desks
ana files and even damaging school tro-