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Evening star., 1954-05-12
Adams Says Cohn Exploded
At Advice on Schine Drafting
Urged Against Interfering, Witness Asserts;
Hearings Heightened in Speedup Move

frain from making statements.
He also indicated there would
be stricter requirements on max
ing points of order"
To Turn Over Alaska Quiz.
3. The subcommittee at an
executive session this morning
authorized Senator Mccarthy to
turn over to any other Senate
committee that would accept it,
probably the Senate Banking
Committee, an investigation of
alleged graft and corruption in
Alaskan housing and develop
ment projects.
(. The subcommittee received
from Senator Mccarthy a re-
quest to be allowed to under
take a pending investigation Of
suspected Communists in de-
fense plants if the current in
quiry drags on for more than
two weeks longer. No i'm
mediate action was taken on
the request.
Mr.. Adams replaced on the
stand Secretary of the Army
Stevens, who has a virus infec-
ton, as the subcommittee pushed
ahead with the investigation in
an atmosphere somewhat quieter
and more restrained than pre-
viouS tumultuous sessions.
The Army counselor said he
sought to give the 27-year-old
Mr.. Cohn advice about the
Schine draft at about the time
young Schine was called into
service last November 3. He
said it was in the national in
terest that all persons subject
to the draft should be treated
exactly alike.
Then, Mr.. Adams said;
HE exploded at that and saiC
if the national interest was wha
we were interested in, he'd Civ
us a little"
| Mr.. Adams related that tn
conversation with Mr.. Cohn tool
place in the subcommittee of
/, fees in Room 101 of the Senat
Office Building. He added tina
Mr.. Cohn became extremel
angry" and indicated that h
would cause the Army to be ex
posed in it's worst light and dem
onstrate to the country hoy
"shabbily" it was being run.
This conversation, Mr.. Adam
said, caused degeneration" o
Continued on Page A-8, Col. 4.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Jumpy Needle Keeps President
From Hearing New Symphony

President Eisenhower tried to
sample a high fidelity phono-
graphrecord today-but the presi-
Dental record player wouldn't
get in the groove.
Howard Mitchell, National
Symphony Orchestra conductor.
and Composer Paul Creston
called at the White House this
morning to present Gen. Eisen-
hover with a copy of q new Ma
tional Symphony long-playing
recording. Mr.. Creston wrote
the music, a pair of symphonies.
The President, after thanking
his callers for the record, stepped
over to a radio -phonograph in
his Office and started the record
spinning. But the music had
barely begun when the needle
began jumping.
DR.. Kurt List, vice president
Of Westminster Recording Co.,
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Prince Georges Probes
$4,000 Robbery Report

Prince Georges County police
were investigating a reported
robbery from a home in the
Langley Park section today.
Police said Samuel Frichter,
So, of 621 Sheridan street. in the
Greenlawn apartment subdivi-
sion off New Hampshire avenue,
reported that a steel box was
taken from his dresser drawer
sometime last night. Mr..
F'richter told police the box
contained $4,000 in cash, some
mining stock and personal and
insurance papers.
Mr.. Frichter, according to the
police report, was away from his
home with his wife from 8 pm,
until shortly after midnight. He
said he noticed the box was
missing, but that there was nc
evidence that anybody had
broken into the home.
Questioned by reporters at his
home this morning, Mr.. Frichtel
would make no further COM
ment.
Detective Sergt. Richard A
Pearson said Mr.. Frichter ex.
planned he had the money in hi.
home because he recently hae
sold a house in Avondale, Md.
Evening star., 1954-05-12

ported so bombers wiped out
three villages in the southeast
part of the delta. From these,
the French claimed, the rebels
had staged big raids on the high
way and railway linking Hanoi
and Haiphong.
Though the Wet Mimi have
an estimated 10000 regular, re-
gional and guerrilla forces
throughout the delta. their &C
tivity so far was still confined
to the usual scattered attacks on
French communications and iso-
lated posts.
6-Week Delay Seen.
AS yet there was no sign Of
any human sea" attacks such
as overwhelmed Dien Bien Phu,
ITS miles west of Hanoi.
Gen. Bodet said he did not
think the Wet Mimi could hurl
any of their forces from Diem
Bien Phu against the delta
sooner than within six to eight
weeks. Rebel losses in the siege
of the bastion have been esti-
mated as high as $4,000 killed
and wounded.
The French also went ahead
with preparations to airlift their
approximately 1900 wounded
from Dien Bien Phu. The
French high command said a
helicopter with three or four
French officers aboard would
take off tomorrow for the site
of the overrun fortress to ar
range with the Wet Mini for the
evacuation.
Wet Mimi Gen. Vo Nguyen
Clap announced by radio last
night his approval of the cas-
ualty removal, agreed to by
French and Communist repre-
sentatives at the Geneva Confer
ence. Gen. Clap told the French
command to send its men to
Dien Bien Phu by Red Cross
marked helicopters, and to ad-
wise their time of arrival a day
in advance.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
; Hurt as Car 0Verturns
In MARYLAND Accident

A car ran OF Southern Mary
land Route 5 early today and
overturned. injuring its three
occupants, one critically.
State police said the driver.
Leroy Canter. q 28-year-old
soldier stationed at Fort Meade,
was taken to Walter Reed Hos
pital.
His companions, Paul Proker-
ton, II, Of MechanicSville and
John Owens. 20. of Bryantsville,
were sent to Casualty Hospital
Young Owens condition was re-
ported as critical. Young Proker-
ton was in good condition.
Police said the car was going
south just after midnight and
crashed when it failed to make
q sharp curve at Floral Park
one mile north Of TB, Md.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Troins Blown Up
8 Miles From Hanoi;
Need of Aid Cited
By the Associoted Press

HANOI, Indo- China, May "a
Squadrons of French B-26 bomb
ers plastered the Wet Mini
rebels today inside the Red River
Delta, which France has put on
the top danger list in the Indo-
China war.
The warplanes smashed bases
of the Communicated rebels in
the limestone hills of the south
ern areas of the delta-keystone
of the French-held bastion
around Hanoi and the port of
Haiphong.
Infiltrating rebels continued
harassing action, the French re-
ported, blowing up two freight
and passenger trains about eight
miles east of this tense North
Indo-China capital. The French
said the railroad was restored to
operation soon afterward.
Officials claimed 49 Wet Mimi
were killed and 26 captured to-
day in scattered mop-up actions
around the delta.
Need of Help Mentioned.
These activities followed a
warning by a top French COM
mander that his forces may need
foreign help if the Wet Mini
unleash all their power against
the Hanoi defense perimeter.
Gen. Pierre Louis Bodet, chief
aide to the French commander
in chief in Indo- China, Gen.
Henri Navarro, told a news con-
ference last night:
"The situation in the delta is
serious but far from hopeless or
desperate. We may need help
from outside if the Wet Mimi
attack the delta with all their
means and with their forces from
Dien Bien Phu."
Gen. Bodet specified no coun-
try in his mention of additional
foreign aid. The United States
repeatedly refused a French re-
quest for air force help to Dien
Bien Phu after Britain's govern
ment said it could not consider
joint military intervention until
the outcome of the Geneva con-
ference was known.
First Use Of Word Serious
Gen. Bodet's description of the
situation in the delta as "seri-
Gus" was the first such estimate
from any member of the French
high command in Indo- China.
Seeking to exploit their victory
last week at Dien Bien Phu, the
rebels throughout the rich rice
lands stepped up their attacks on
thinly manned French and Wet
Namese defense posts.
The French retaliated with
massive bombing assaults yester-
day on key centers of Wet Mimi
activity in the region. They re-
Evening star., 1954-05-12

which made the record, and DR..
Maurice Friedman, a National
Symphony Association director,
came to the Presidents rescue.
But they couldn't make the disc
play either.
The President finally said he
would take the record to the
White House living quarters later.
He said he was sure Mrs. Eisen-
hover would know how to play it.
Gen. Eisenhower gave Mr..
CreSton an autographed photo.
He wrote on it, With best wishes
and high esteem to a diStin-
guished artist"
Hugh K. Dufield, president Of
the Symphony Association, also
was in the party. President Eli
senhower said he would like to
get his phonograph fixed, and
Mr.. Duffield, who is manager OF
Sears, Roebuck here, said he
would send out a service man.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Sullivan Hobnobs
With the Fomous

BRIGHT LI6HTS-Ed SuIIivon's
Little Old New York" deIves into the
lives Of New York and Hollywood per-
sonoIities to give you q glimpse Of
their lotest activities, public and
privote. There's on item todoy obout
O couple Of pionists who ore mokins
money. Pose A-3l.
MITES MAKE MUSIC-Lofoyetts
Elementary Schools 10 pint Or
chestro players mode music 90 round
Justify lost night in the eouse Of more
instrumental teaching in the schools.
StoH Writer Harry Boeos reviews the
cor titillotins event on poee AIS.
HE STARTED 1T ALL-The point
Of order" which hos filled the oir-
waves during the Army-MeCorthy
hearings was deIireoted in 1876 BY
on expert on proeedurol motters.
DonoId MiehoeI Rouh tells the story
Of the mon who drofted Roberts
Rules Of Order" on poee A-A.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
French Bomb Rebels in Delta,
Top Risk in Indo- China Danger
DeCostries Met Fate
In Dress Uniform,
Wet Mimi Reports
BY the Asseeioted Press

HONG KONG, May Ia
The Wet Mimi radio said
today Wet Mimi troops who
captured French headquar-
terS at Dien Bien Phu found
defending Brig. Gen. Chris
tian de Castries sitting in a
chair behind his desk in full
military dress, including
medals.
The rebel broadcast, heard
in Hong Kong, said the
French put up a stubborn
resistance. It cited one case
of a French officer who
threw grenades among our
brave fighters, but he was
killed by accurate rifle fire."
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Main Points Set Out.

The residents of Bethesda and
Chevy Chase, Md, may retain
their identity as Marylanders-
that is, so far as the Washing
ton Post Once is concerned.
Postmaster Roy M. North has
notified residents of the nearby
Maryland area that they no
longer should have their mail
addressed to the District Of Co
lumbia.
Early this month the city
post Office, which handles the
mail for the Bethesda Chevy
Chase area, sent post cards to
residents asking that the local
zone numbers and the D. C.
address be added to their mail.
Under that system q person
living in Bethesda would receive
Evening star., 1954-05-12


ing at one time that Mr.. Schine
was mot much use" to his Sen
ate Investigating subcommittee
and he hoped nothing would
happen" to keep young Schine
from being drafted.
The slight, precise-speaking
Army official took the witness
chair as the 18th day of the
televised public hearings in the
Army Mccarthy controversy got
under way after the failure of
Republican move to curb the
hearings.
Under questioning by Special
Counsel Ray H. Jenkins, Mr..
Adams began recounting under
oath various instances and de-
tails supporting the Army's
charges that Senator Mccarthy,
Mr.. Cohn, subcommittee counsel,
and Francis Carr, staff director,
eXerted improper preSsures to
obtain special treatment for
young Schine, former subcom-
mittee consultant.
Pressure Unsurpassed
Mr.. Adams said the pressure
brought upon him by Mr.. Cohn
in behalf of Mr.. Schine exceeded
"all the pressure I have had
from members of Congress and
those connected with Congress
over the period of the past five
years-if you pile it together. 81
At another point he called Mr..
COINS efforts in behalf of the
wealthy hotel heir an "abuse."
Explaining that at least half
of his telephone conversations
with Mr.. Cohn had woven into
them the subject of Schine," the
attorney said the pressure be-
came extremely hard to bear.
The calls usually came around
$3.50 pm, and he said he thought
one of them lasted As minutes.
Other developments as the in
vestigating Senators sought to
speed the dragging investigation
included:
/. Acting Chairman Mundt
announced that beginning to-
morrow, longer public hearings
will be held, running from 10
am. to 1890 pm. and from 2
pm. until 5 pm. The Senator
added that if the longer hours
do not speed up the investigation,
consideration will be given next
week to night and Saturday night
sessions.
2. Senator Mundt urged other
subcommittee members to limit
themselves to questions and re-
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Bethesda Chevy Chase Area
Can Drop D. c. North Rules

mail addressed to Washington
IA, D. c.. or Bethesda, WASH
ington IA, D. C.
Or a Chevy Chase resident
would be addressed Washington
Is, D. c., or Chevy Chase, Wash
ington Is. D. c.
In q card sent yesterday Mr..
North said residents of the
Maryland communities. Elf they
so desire, may use the commu-
nifty name, plus the zone num-
ber. and drop the D. c."
Residents were asked to please
advise your correspondents to
use the zone number"
The D. C. was ordered dropped
from the Maryland area ad-
dresses after residents had pro-
tested losing their identity as
q part Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Star Want Ad Sells
Bicycle First Day

Mrs. A. N. wonted to sell o girls
bicycle. She pIoeed on inexpensive od
in The Star clossified-O section thot
is read by hundreds Of people dolly.
Result: She sold the bicycle the first
doy her ad appeared.
u you hove something to buy. trode
or sell, tell il to the long established
audience Of Stor readers and get the
some kind OF quick 0ction.
The Stor publishes more classified
eds thon any other Washington news
poper because il produces the best
results. It's cosy to place q smoll.
inexpensive od in The Star Classified.
Just phone Sterling 5000 and ask
for on ad-toksE.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
BY the Assoeioted Press

GENEVA, May IL. The
French-backed government of
Wet Nam declared today that
under no circumstances must any
Indo-China armistice settlement
include the partition of Wet Nam
territory.
The Wet Nam terms were laid
before the e-member Indo-
China conference by Foreign
Minister Nguyen Quoc Dinh.
They were said by a French
spokesman to have the backing
of all the non-Communist dele
Evening star., 1954-05-12


ference used the direct approach
to sell their ideas to Congress,
tanning out through the myriads
OF offices in the Senate and House
office buildings. They were at
tempting to combat "the WASH
ington do - nothing, look the
other-way policy toward unem-
ployment and reduced produc-
ton, which they said "is both
dangerous and disgraceful."
Late today the delegates will
gather at their Washington Hotel
conference room for analysis and
discussion of meetings with Sena-
tors and Representatives. The
meeting will end after an ad-
dress on "Implementing the
CLOS Program at the Polls in
1854" by CIO Vice President
Joseph A. Beirne.
Calls for Tax Cuts.
The CLOS full employment
program calls for income tax re-
ductions, higher statutory mini
mum wages, a huge public works
program, more public housing
more aid for farmers and small
business and more liberal pro-
grams of unemployment COM
penSation and social security.
The conference heard a cal
for general meeting Of repre-
sentatives of all organized labor
groups ito put maximum pres
sure on Congress and the ad-
ministration to carry out the
purposes of the Full Employment
Act of 1946.''
David j. Mcdonald, president
of the CIO United Steelworkers
made the proposal. He said the
big meeting should include dele.
gates from the CIO. AFL, indie.
pendent rail unions and the
United Mine Workers.
Earlier the delegates heard ad.
dresses by Treasury Secretary
George M. Humphrey and Sena.
tor Hubert Humphrey, Demo.
crat. of Minnesota, whose eco.
nomic views are diametrically
opposite.
Defends Business Relief.
Secretary Humphrey was ap'
plauded at the start and finisl
of his speech. But the delegate
were silent for the most par
when he defended the admins
tration's theory that more job
will be created by giving a large
measure Of tax relief to busines
and stockholders. rather than t,
(See CIO. Page A-8O
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Arsenal 10 Tiny Cor,
7 Held as Terriorists
BY the Associoted Press

ROME, May 12.-Police an
nounced today a breakdown on
a gang of suspected Fascist ter
rorists after finding an arsenal
hidden in a midget car.
Agents said seven persons,
including a stylishly dressed
woman, had been arrested. One
man still was sought today. Sew
eral of those nabbed had records
of acts of violence during anti
Allied demonstrations after
World War II.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
President Hits
Release Of Data
To Mccarthy
Would Not Condone
Such Insubordinution
By Officer or Civilian
By Gornett D. Horner

President Eisenhower today
branded as reprehensible insub-
ordination the reported action Of
an Army Intelligence officer in
supplying Senator Mccarthy
with confidential FBI informa-
ton.
The President told a news con-
ference he would not for one
second think of condoning such
insubordination by either an Of
ficer or a civilian employe, par
ticularly in this case, where Spe-
cial laws apply.
Gen. Eisenhower also said he
believed the armed services are
perfectly capable of handling
any security risk problems them
selves, although he would not
rule out the need for occasional
Investigations.
He brusquely refused to an
swer a question as to whether
he thought Government MEM
bers of what a reporter called
Senator McCarthy's spy net
work" were security risks.
Support From Public.
But the President declared
emphatically there are certain
secrets he would tell no one.
And he said he thought the pub
lie should join him in supporting
Government officials who rule
that certain information should
not be supplied to a member Of
Congress.
The first question asked the
President at his weekly news
conference recalled that last
week Senator Mccarthy said an
Army Intelligence officer had
given him a purported letter
from FBI director j. Edgar
Hoover, marked confidential.
The reporter sought Gen. Eisen-
hower's comment on the pro-
priety of such action.
Mr.. Hoover has said the letter
brought up by Senator McCar-
thy in the current public hear
ings on his row with the Army
did not come from the FBI. but
contained much the same infor-
nation as was in a confidential
FBI memorandum sent to the
Army regarding suspected secur-
ity risks.
Vacation from Comment.
Gen Eisenhower said he was
taking a vacation from COM
menting on the Army Mccarthy
row. But he had no hesitancy in
saying what he thought about
the action Of an Army officer or
a civilian Government employe
in the passing on of confidential
information without authorize
ton.
That is so reprehensible. he
SAID, Cnat Wnen we Ialk apout
security in the Federal service
we are talking about ways and
means of preventing such things
Gen. Eisenhower recalled that
an enlisted man in the Army
takes an oath that includes a
pledge to obey his superior off,
! GERS and service regulations.
Only One Kind of Loyalty.
/ The President then posted q
t rhetorical question. Are we tt
e assume, he asked, that an en-
listed man must have one kline
. of loyalty to the Government
: and his commanders, while al
officer may have another kinS
. of loyalty? His answer was tina
: this would be perfectly ridiculous
:, Gen. Eisenhower added tina
= the very soul of the Army i
the certainty that every one will
respond to orders. 1t would b.
" (See EISENHOWER, Page A-8.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
By Cecil Holland and
John A. Giles

Army Counselor John G.
Adams testified today that Roy
M. Cohn exploded" and became
extremely angry" when advised
not to interfere in the drafting
Of G. David Schine.
On the other hand, Mr.. Adams
quoted Senator Mccarthy as say
Evening star., 1954-05-12

The Senate Commerce Com
mittee today approved the nomi-
nation of Admiral Alfred c.
Richmond as commandant OF
the Coast Guard and Rear Ad-
miral James r. Hirshfield to re-
place Richmond as assistant
commandant.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Late News
Bulletin
Beer Driver Sentenced

Harry w. Thomas, 19, driver
Of q Montgomery County beer
truck that went out of control
and killed two school boys last
December, was sentenced to Is
months in the Maryland State
RefOrmatory in Montgomery
County Circuit Court at Rock
vile today by Judge Stedman
Prescott. Thomas was con-
victed last April II on two
manSlaughter charges.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Wet Nam Bans Any Partition
In Indo-Chinu Arnnistice Plan

cations participating in the
talks.
The plan covered both military
and political aspects of the
armistice. It called for a political
settlement based upon free elec-
tions under United Nations con-
troll.
Main Points Set Out.
The main conditions for end
ing the fighting were:
Any agreement must include
sufficient guarantees to insure q
"real and durable peace and pre-
vent any new aggression"
The agreement must not lead
to a direct or indirect, deflnitive
or provisional, partition of ma
tional territory.
It must foresee international
control of the execution of the
ceaSe-fire conditions.
The French have proposed Cd
a halt in the fighting, CD with
drawal of all opposing forces in
Wet Nam to zones set by the
conference, 90 liberation of war
prisoners and civilian internees,
90 evacuation of Wet Mimi
forces from Cambodia and Laos
and (5) international supervision
of the armiStice.
Red Plan Differs.
The Communist plan calls for
Cd withdrawal of all foreign
troops from Indo-China, CD
countrywide elections to be held
without foreign supervision and
90 recognition of the Commu-
mist governments" of Wet Nam
(the Wet MIMI, Laos and Cam
bodia.
The Indo-C Chinese talks re-
cessed yesterday while the 49,
nation Korean conference helC
another session. Again there wa.
no visible progress toward es.
tablishing a permanent peace OF
the divided Korean peninsula.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Labor Turns on Heat
For Congress Action
On Employment
Conference Delegates
Use Direct Approach
To Sell Their Ideas
By james Y. Newton

Labor union representatives
from over the country today
turned the heat on Congress in
an effort to win support for the
CLOS 10-point program de-
signed to promote full employ
ment.
The 300 delegates to the two
day CIO Full Employment Con-
Evening star., 1954-05-12

Weleh Phone Coils to Stevens Add Ire
to lrote MeCorthy. Poee AS
Transcript Of Exchange Between Me-
Corthy and WeIch. Poee A-9
Evening star., 1954-05-12

Reuther Urges y. S. to Use Surpluses in
Cold Wor. Poee A-8
Evening star., 1954-05-12

(See CIO. Page A-S0
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(See MOVES, Page A-3.3
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frain from making statements.
He also indicated there would
be stricter requirements on max
ing points of order"
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Two Nominations Approved

(See EISENHOWER, Page A-8J
Evening star., 1954-05-12

Temperatures Today.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-12-16
New Postal Manual
Is Condensation

Postmaster Edward Reichenbach
this week called to the attention OF
mail users major new postal regula-
tions which became effective yester-
day which win provide important
changes and simpiifcations in the use
of the mails.
The Post Office Department is is.
suing a final edition of history
making new Postal Manual which
contains these changes in simple
form. The new manual will bring
together in less tn in 800 pages pub.
lic-interest postal Regulations former
ly scattered through 1000 pages OF
dense print, Poymaster Reichenbach
explained.
This publication may be obtained
at 65 cents copy from the Superin.
tendent of Documents, Washington
%, d. c. And mail users anxious tc
keep abreast of all changes in this
material that may be made from
time to time may get both the pam.
phlet in loose-leaf formal and q
years subscription to all sheets max
ing changes foT total of 50, alsc