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Evening star., 1954-01-18
Glen Echo Man, II,
Hangs Himself

A 77-year-old man, the father
in-law of Mayor William S
Herstein Of Glen Echo. Md. was
found hanged yesterday at the
latter's home.
Montgomery County police
said John j. Brufack, wrapped
heavy twine around his neck,
fastened it to the top Of a
closet door and then stepped of
q stool.
The body was discovered about
HAS am. by Mr.. Herstein, at
whose home at II Princeton av-
enue. Glen Echo. Mr.. Brufack
had been living.
The family told police Mr.
Brufack. a retired cabinet maker
had been despondent. DR.. Frank
j. Broschart, county medical
examiner, issued a certificate OF
suicide.
Mr.. Brufack was a native OF
Austria who came to the United
states "a years ago. He for
merly worked for the Hecht Co
In addition to Mrs. Herstein
MI. Brufack is survived by six
other daughters and a son, all
living in Ohio. Funeral services
and burial will be held Wednes-
day in Cheviot, Ohio, near Gin
cinnati.
Evening star., 1954-01-18

made q scapegoat for committee
boners.
| Some committee sources say
Mr.. Walter is using the Russell
incident in an effort to discredit
both the chairman and the
committee itself. These sources
say the ranking majority men,
ber is confident that the full
facts in the case viii never be
made public and is therefore
willing 10 put himself in a posi-
ton of condoning certain. ac-
tions already admitted by staff
personnel.
One Republican member. 1t is
|, known. is so annoyed at the
Walter-Kearney attacks on the
chairman that he is considering
resigning from the committee
and placing the full facts before
the public.
The personnel subcommittee,
in view of the controversy, is
expected to be enlarged to five
members. One Republican,
Representative Kit Clardy Of
Michigan. and a Democrat,
Representative Moulder, are the
likely selections.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Velde Is Confident Committee
Will Back Custer Of Russell

lof New York, and Walter, Demo-
crat, Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Walter, ranking Demo-
cratic member. accused Mr.. velde
Of breaking faith in the firing
OF Mr.. Russell. He said the chair
man had promised to take no
action until a subcommittee,
composed of the chairman, Mr..
Kearney, and Mr.. Walter, had
looked into the matter further.
Mr.. Walter also said the COM
mittee had voted down a motion
to fire the senior Investigator the
day before the chairman took
action.
VeIde Denies Charges.
Mr.. Velde has denied both as
sertions. He pointed out that
the full committee had voted
him the right to hire and FIRE;
that the subcommittee had been
appointed to look into the posSi-
bility Of action against other
staff members and to determine
whether a staff director should
be appointed. He said the mo-
ton to fire Mr.. Russell had not
been voted down, but that he,
the chairman, had ruled it out
Of order.
Mr.. Velde also asserted that
up until about a week ago. Mr..
Walter was in favor of dismiss
ing Mr.. Russell. but for some
reason unknown to him asserted
that the investigating is being
Evening star., 1954-01-18
1-Day Strike by Red Union
HIS British Atom Projects
Oy The Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, Jan. l8.--A one-day
strike for higher pay by members
OF Britain's Communist -domin-
ated Electrical Trades Union to-
day hit atomic projects. airports
power stations and other stra-
tegic sites.
The 10000 electricians ordered
out are engaged In contracting
work. Some 10000 other men,
bers are not affected.
Last week the union called out
1000 Of its members In a series
Of brief flash strikes at 20 con-
struction sites.
But the walkouts have been
extended for an indefinite period
at several places. including the
governments atomic research
station at Aldermaston.
The management group. the
National Federated Electrical
Association. has announced that
the EMPLOYERS will retaliate to-
morrow with q lockout Of electri-
clans who strike today.
The union has refused the
employers offer to arbitrate pay
demands Of up to IL shillings
t$1.5D a week over the current
average Of 8 pounds 4 shillings
4 pence t$25.80).
Evening star., 1954-01-18
st. Patrick S Parade
Leader Demands
Apology by Army
BY The Associoisd Press

BOSTON, Jan. 18.-The Pent-
agon has "a hours to apologize to
the residents of South Boston
or else an invitation for armed
services troops to participate in
the March II Evacuation Day
parade will be withdrawn.
Chief Parade Marshal Patrick
F.. Sheehan demanded the apcl-
ogy last night after Army officials
at the Pentagon announced no
troops would parade m South
Boston unless all the liquor
places in the district are closed.
Mr.. Sheehan said: The Pent-
agon has insinuated our people
are drunks. / demand an I'M
mediate apology, otherwise will
cancel our invitation to the
armed services"
Army officials said soldiers and
sailors were the targets of eggs,
vegetables and stones during the
parade last year.
South Boston residents observe
st. Patrick's Day and Evacuation
Day in a joint celebration each
March II.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Inierceptor Planes
To Be Relied on for
u. 5. Counter Raids
sy.ths Assoelsies P,ess

When the United States spends
an extra billion dollars next fiscal
year on continental defense, 1t
will be buying mostly fast inter-
ceptor planes intended to seek
out and hit any attacking
bombers.
Oficials in a position to know.
said the interceptor program,
which includes purchases Of the
new F-102. a more than TOO
mile-per-hour. almost automatic
bomber hunter. would account
for nearly all the increase. -
The chain OF radar warning
installations along the northern
perimeter of the continent. they
said. is largely provided for by
leftover funds of earlier years.
Democrats Lean 20 Plan.
President Eisenhower men,
toned the billion dollar spending
increase for continental defense
in his state-of -the- Union mes
sage January 7when he touched
on his new-look military pro-
gram. '
That program, leaning heavily
on power to deliver D shattering
counter-blow to any aggressor.
apparently Is winning strong
Democratic support III Congress.
There were reports that Demo-
cratic leaders are advising their
colleagues, to tone down criti-
cisn of foreign and military
policies of the administration
and that last years Air Force
appropriation cuts may fade as
a partisan issue.
Russell to Back Plan.
Senator Russell of Georgia,
senior Democrat on the Senate
Armed Services Committee and
a critic of the earlier cuts, said
in an interview yesterday he
would support the massive re-
taliation" principle as "the only
way toward world peace" He
said he would go along with
reductions in army manpower
and naval strength If shown
they were required for an air
force buildup.
Senators George. Democrat. Of
Georgia. and Byrd. Democrat. Of
Virginia. also indicated support
for the Presidents program.
The Armed Services Commit
tee held a hush-hush session
Saturday with Secretary of De-
fense Wilson, Admiral Arthur
Radford. chairman Of the Joint
chiefs of staff, and Robert c.
Sprague. Massachusetts, elec-
tronics manufacturer who heads
a committee making an inde-
pendent survey Of continental
defense No details of the dis
cussions were made public.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Yugos|av Reds Gust
Vice President DjiIas
After Tifo's Charges
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Jan
18.-The Communist Party.
central committee has expelled
Vice President Milovan Djila.
from its ranks after hearing
President Marshal Tito denounce
his top aide. Marshal Tito sale
Dijilas attempted to 'liquidate'
the Red party in Yugoslavia an6
sought to adopt the capitalistie
system.
Immediately after the 100.
member committee. meeting yes.
terday in extraordinary session
issued its unanimous decree Ar
ing him. Mr.. Djilas resigned as
chairman of the Yugoslav par
lament.
He also repented his actions
confesSing that his attitude had
been wrong. He denied that he
opposed Marshal Tito and his
policies and swore he still was q
true Marxist."
Given Final Warning"
The committee gave Mr.. Djilas
a stern final warning" to alter
his views. This appeared to
threaten his complete expulsion
from the party.
1t appeared likely also that
Mr.. Djilas would be ousted from
his government post as one OF
Marshall Tito's four vice presi-
dents. The committee hearing
however. apparently dealt only
with party matters.
Mr.. Diilas purge from the
party leadership climaxed the
most disrupting politico-social
controversy among Yogoslavia s
rulers since the war.
The storm burst after the Al
year-old partisan fighter wrote a
series OF articles in the party
newspaper Borba proposing mod
lf1cations in the Red setup in the
nation.
Criticized Leaders Wives.
Though the party committee
confined itself mainly to MIR
Djilas' political views, the writ
ings that brought down the Rec
wrath were his criticisms of the
wives of other top Communists
In his unsuccessful defense
Mr.. Djilas insisted his article wa.
only harmless satire"
Marshal Tito. hurrying back
from a vacation in Slovenia
grimly took the stand agains,
his former close friend and ac.
cused him of seeking to break
down party discipline. He saic
Mr.. Djilas' articles created "enor.
nous harm. not only to the party
but to the unity of the country
Mr.. Djilas proposed in his
Borba articles that the Commu.
mist Party become more of 9
discussion group" and less al
active organ of administration
He also called for modern day
revaluation of the basic prin-
ciples of Marx and Lenin.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Soviet Pushes Purge
In Georgia, Fires
Deputy Premier
ey tha Assoe.nNea Rrela

j u
LONDON. Jan. l8.-Tlse Krem-
lin has fired Villain Zodelava,
First Deputy Premier of Georgia,
in what appears to be a continu-
ance of the purge in that
troublesome. nationalist-minded
Soviet republic.
A routine announcement yes
terday on broadcast from the
Georgian capital of Tbilisi
(Tif1is) said only that Zodelava
had been relieved of his duties"
in the Black Sea birthplace Of
Josef Stain and the executed
Soviet police chief, Lavrenti P,
Beria.
The broadcast said a leading
member of the Georgian Com
munist Party'S Central Commit
tee, M. I. Kuchava, had replaced
Zodelava.
Ukraine Warned.
At the same time the new
Premier of another nationalist
minded Soviet republic. the
Ukraine. warned against at
tempts by bourgeois nationalists
to break down and destroy the
inalienable right of the Ukrain-
ian and Russian peoples"
Both Georgia and the Ukraine.
have been the seat of vigorous
nationalist movements against
their domination by the men
from Great Russia. the historic
nucleus of both Czarist Russia
and the Soviet Union.
The Ukraine, breadbaSket Of
the Soviet Union, was overrun by
the Germans in World War II
and thousands repeatedly went
over to the Germans. Beria be-
fore his execution as a traitor
was accused of trying to increase
his power in Georgia by naming
friends and followers to key spots
there.
ZOdelava Named Last April.
PurgeS in the two republics
which began after Stalin's death
were stepped up at Beria's down.
fall last July. zodelava had
been named to his high post only
last April, a month after Stain
died.
There has been no announce
ment of the fates of those ousted
from Office.
Appointment of the new
Ukraine Premier. Nikifor Kali
chenko. had been announced on
Saturday. His statement, broad
cast by Moscow radio. combined
a plea for unity with an implied
warning to those not complying
He declared:
THE great achievements of
friendship between the great peo-
pie Of Russia and Of the Ukraine
brilliantly and convincingly un-
mask the antinational nature of
bourgeois nationalistic distor-
tons in the Ukraine's historic
uniflcation with Russia"
kalchenko also appealed to the
UkrainianS to be grateful for the
invaluable help given Us by the
great Russian people and other
peoples in the Soviet Union" in
rehabilitating the war-ravaged
republic.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Accidents Neor Home

CHICAGO.--MoSt fatal traffic
accidents occur within about 25
miles of the drivers usual place
of residence.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Joint Use of Stations

NEW YORK. - About 1000
railway passenger stations in
the United States are used
Jointly by two or more railroads.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Glassware Tribute

CAIRO.-When the Romans
conquered Egypt in 26 B. C. they
took part of their tribute in the
form Of Egyptian glassware.
Evening star., 1954-02-18

Welcome Reports From Europe
Tough Stand Of Mootov on German Unity Has Caused
Change in Mood of Europeans, Favorable to U S.

enticing offer Of security"
through the strengthening of
the Franco-Soviet treaty of
alliance is significant. It is
still more significant that the
overwhelming majority Of
French public opinion seems
to support his stand, as the
French press plainly indicates.
Before leaving for Berlin, Mr..
Dulles was clearly worried that
such an offer as that dangled
by Molotov would be damag-
ing to the West in it's effects
on. French public opinion if
not on Mr.. Bidault. But such
was not the case.
Similarly, Mr.. Dulles knew
that the Muscovites would pro-
pose a "horse trade: Some
token agreement on Germany
and Austria in exchange for
Western recognition of Red
China as one of the Big Five
powers and her inclusion in
present and future confer
enceS. Britain was consid-
cred the weakest link in the
allied chain on this PROPOSE
ton. AS late as the Bermuda
conference, Winston Church.
i'll had been pressing us to
change our policy toward the
Peiping regime. While An
thony Eden did not fully share
his chiefs stubborn inSistence,
Mr.. Dulles was worried lest
the inclusion of Red China in
the concert of world powers
had become Britain's national
policy. Thus he was pleas
antly surprised when the Brit
ish foreign minister did not
cave in when Molotov raised
the issue of Red China's par
ticipation in the Berlin ses-
sions. What is even more en-
couraging is the support Mr..
Eden received both in Par
Lament and in the British
press.
For the last two years there
has been much talk to the ef-
feet that the reopening of nor
NAL trade channels between
Evening star., 1954-02-18
Book Burning Case in Florida
Senator Mccarthy Does Not Seem to Be Responsible
For Bon in Public Schools on Book About Alcohol

insisted on its right to deter
mine what sort of textbooks
its schools shall buy even with
State funds that merely sup
plement local appropriations
AS to the book on alcohol
banned in Florida schools. the
publishers-the World Book
Co. of New York-told this
correspondent that the State
of Alabama has just ordered
1000 copies and that some in
dorsements of the book have
come from WCTU branches
in other States.
This will come as confusing
news to many people who have
been led to believe that book
burning" in America never oc-
CURED before Senator Nc
Carthy began to ask whether
taxpayers money should be
used to buy books by Com
muniSt authorS-books, Incl
dentally. that were not about
communism itself.
The controversy about books
on alcohol is not a new one.
There are States where in re-
cent years an intensive effort
has been made to spread facts
about the use of alcohol.
knowledge of the subject was
deemed a direct aid to the
education of the youth.
The book banned by the
Florida school board was writ
ten by Willard Spalding. dean
of education in the University
OF Illinois. who was formerly
superintendent of schools in
Portland, Greg. It's co-author is
DR.. John r. Montague, vice
chairman of the Educational
Advisory Commission on Al
cohol, which is a part Of the
Alcoholic Beverage Commits
sion of the State of Oregon.
Not long ago. DR.. Selden
Bacon. head of the Nations
principal center for alcohol
studies, which is at Yale Uni
Evening star., 1954-02-18
Constantine Brown,

Reports received In Washing
ton during the last two weeks
indicate that Western Europe's
man-in-the-street is reapprais-
ing his attitudes toward the
United States. According to
our diplomatic dispatches, the
tough stand adopted by the
Soviet Unions Vyacheslav Mol
otov toward the question Of
German unity and on the peace
treaty with Austria has caused
a change in mood.
America has been the whip
ping boy of our European al
lies for more than two years.
Members of the French and
British Parliaments have pub
licly and loosely talked about
Washington's "domineering"
policies. "Neutralism" and
anti-Americanism were spread
ing fast in almost every NATO
country, fed. Of course. by
Communist and pro-Commu-
mist interests.
While it is yet too early to
draw final conclusions on the
results Of the Berlin confer
ence as to its effect on our
alliances in Europe, most
American observers are agreed
that there exists a new
and friendlier attitude toward
Uncle Sam. They point out
that Communists and fellow
travellers in Western Europe
are primarily nationalists, even
when following the Moscow
line. Fund a m mt ally, the
French and Italians who are
members of the Communist
Party or who vote the Commu-
mist ticket in national elec-
tionS are first of all French
men or Italians, proud of their
forebears and their national
histories. Their Communist ex-
presSionS are traced for the
most part to feelings of frus-
tration rather than theological
conviction.
The fact that Foreign Min
lister Bidault was able to
forthrightly reject Molotov's
Evening star., 1954-02-18
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Washington social note: "The White is expecting
distinguished visitors next weekPesdent Mrs Eisenhower
Ike unemployment doesn't pick up month he'll
take emergency The administration hopes
that we'll climb back where they haven't slipped
from
Democrats claim the administration admits unemployment
Democrats that don't believe opportunities
decinng-just look at Jimmy Roosevelt
Ike proposes exchange A-bomb information
allies. We'd like little knoW-how dropping
for little know-when on ducking it.
Democratic Lausche of Ohio Ike doing good
job The chief difference between Democrat Lausche Repu
ncan Ike that Lausche is of his Republican votes
The nice thing about the proposal for April Is dead
line income returns that we'll all beat the Government
out of month Of taxesleaving only II months behind
House writers vote to exempt the first 81 200 Of retire
Retirement the reward people
full career in other line of work.
Evening star., 1954-02-18

1850. The Republicans may
very we'll resort to virtually
the full bag of New Deal tricks
any that are left unused,
that is. by 1856.
Where can the American
economy go. after it has run
up five to seven million unem-
ployed. despite deficit spend
ing at a rate of 10 billion or
Is billion annually, and major
capitalist efforts at public
works, rehousing. foreign trade
and tax reform?
with the formulas of the
New Deal quickly exhausted
under the impact of deepening
crisis, a Socialist approach,
combining political and eco
nomic solutions to impending
collapse. wal become, not sim
ply a remote possibility. but a
pure and simple necessity"
That is the prospect seen
by the party of Norman
Thomas. 1t may even be a
cheerful prospect for some of
them, enabling them to con-
template day when they'll be
able to say they told us so.
They thought that day had
arrived in the early '30s, but
their expectations were upset
by the "bag of New Deal
tricks" plus a world war. Now
the only thing they have to
fear as prophets. judging by
the editorial, is another spate
OF war prosperity, or some
other unforeseen international
factor"
The editorial does not spell
out the Socialist approach,
which it says will become nee
essary in 1856. It speaks of
combining political and eco
nomic solutions, but does not
define them. This being the
case. it might be useful for the
Joint Committee on the Eco
nomic Report to call Norman
Thomas as a witness. The COM
mittee has been hearing from
economists Of every other kind,
all of them expressing opti-
mism Of varying degrees, but
in ways to leave the committee
Evening star., 1954-02-18
More Public Health Money
For Prince Georqes Is Souqht

A strong plea for more public
health funds is expected to be
voiced tomorrow when the Prince
Georges County Commissioners
begin hearings on the budget
for fiscal 1954-55.
DR.. Thomas S. Englar. the
public health director is asking
$155,079 in county funds. A big
piece OF it would be used to hire
II more nurses. Prince Georges
is the worst-staffed county in
Maryland now. in nursing.
DR.. Englar. as we'll as other
health officials in Maryland and
Virginia. do not regard savings
in nurse salaries as economy.
Last year, they reported, 26
Prince Georges patients were hos
Evening star., 1954-02-18

pitaliZed under the crippled chill
dren service program. Those 26
patients were hospitalized a total
Of 1,541 days.
NJ e an W h | e, Montgomery
County-with 10000 to 10000
fewer residents than Prince
Georges-put III patients in hos
pitfalls under the program for
crippled children.
But Montgomery's Al patients
spent a total of 1,402 days in
hospitals.
Montgomery's patients OBJ
viously. were not as sick as those
from Prince Georges, DR.. Englar
concludes. He says his cases
were worse off because their all
Evening star., 1954-02-18

versity. criticized the attitude
Of many ardent prohibitionists
as to the proper education of
students on the use of alco-
holic beverages. He argued
that the approach in the older
textbooks was out of date and
misleading. He insisted that
the time has come to tell the
youth of the Nation more of
the facts about alcohol in
stead Of treating the subject
as a taboo item in the school
curriculum.
What the State of Florida
has just done is to pay atten-
ton to letters of protest. which
probably have not been bal
anced by letters pointing out
the advantages of letting the
youth know all the facts about
alcoholism.
The main issue, however,
the burning" of books in re-
SponSe to popular clamor-re-
lates to a practice that has
needed exposure for a long
time. Probably mo national
furor will result because, after
all. the books are only about
alcohol instead of about COM
muniSln and because there
seems no way to prove that
the Wisconsin Senator was di-
rectly or indirectly responsible
for the book burning" Nor
is any committee of Congress
likely to delve into it and ask
a lot of questions because text
books for the public schools
are still within the sole juris-
diction of State governments.
Maybe all this is what Presi-
dent Eisenhower meant a few
months ago when he made his
speech at Dartmouth College
about book burning" For it
is unhappily true that they
still burn" books in free
America.
Reproduction Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1954-02-18
David Lawrence

What's this-a "book burn
ing" ordered by the govern
.lnent of the State of Florida.
and can it be that Senator Nc
JCarthy of Wisconsin is in no
wise responsible?
g.. But the news is authentic.
The name of the Inflated book
is alcohol and Human AZ
fairs" and 200 copies already
bought will be "burned"-or at
least withheld from the stu
dents in the Florida schools
in accordance with a decree is
sued by the cabinet board Of
education this week and an
-nounced by the State superin-
tendent of schools, Thomas D.
Bailey. He says that the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Un-
ion interprets a part of the
book as advocating moderate
drinking and that he has re-
-ceived 5000 letters of protest.
Now it happens that the
!WCTU was in existence long
before the Wisconsin Senator
was born. but before many
days have passed somebody,
somewhere. will be interpreting
Florida'S action as somehow a
sequel to the intolerance of
dissent" which it is claimed
has been sweeping the Ma
ton"
~ Do not the Florida author
1tieS know that, if alcohol
taken in excess poiSons the
body, it is as important to
know about this as it is about
the communism that poisonS
the mind? How can it be COM
batted, it will be asked in the
familiar vein of the critics, un-
less there is freedom to read
about the subject?
The answer will be made,
to be sure. that with taxpay-
7ers' money the State has a
right to decide what books
shall be read in the schools.
Many a State in the past has