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Evening star., 1954-04-29
Hearing SideIehts
Senators Thirst for Water
(And Focts) at Hot Inquiry

tiality of war and whether a
free Indo-C China can be saved
from Communist domination. 1t
is respectfully suggested that re-
broadcastS of the Geneva con-
ference would mean a great deal
more to all of us than the Army
Mccarthy controversy. This
would be placing first things
first"
The NBC television network is
standing by its decision to drop
"live" coverage. 1t covered the
hearings two days last week,
then stopped. 1t got only 399
protests.
The ABC and Dumont tele-
vision networks are still carrying
live" telecasts except on the
West Coast,
Martin Hayden of the North
American Newspaper Alliance
quotes sampling of spectator
comment at the conclusion of
Army Secretary Stevens testi-
mony yesterday.
Said a grim faced elderly man:
How can any one get to such
a high position with such a poor
memory?"
Said departing women spec
tator: He doesn't look much
like blackmailer to me-"
Said a Stevens friend: "He's
an awfully nice guy-but he
learned about sin from a book"
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Few Grants Held Denied
On Dis|oyaIty Grounds
BY the Associated Press

LESS than 80" scientists have
been denied United States Pub
lie Health Service research
grants on subversion or disloy-
atty grounds since June, 1852.
Health Education Welfare De-
partment spokesman said last
night.
The spokesman said this was
only handful, compared with
the total number of grants,
which he estimated average A.
900 a year and amounted to
about $40 million in the fiscal
year ending last June 80.
Applications for the funds are
passed on by a health service
committee composed of special
lists in the scientific field in
volved, then by a semi-govern-
mental advisory council and
finally by the Surgeon General.
The spokesman said no applicant
is investigated unless there is
substantial evidence" that his
loyalty is in doubt.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Hearing SideIiehts

The chief clerk of the Nc
Carthy subcommittee, Mrs. Ruth
G. Watt, who acts as waterboy
for all persons involved in the
hearings, reports that all Sen
atorS require about seven or
eight glasses a day. Senator Nc
Carthy and the Democrats are
the thirstiest. All Senators tell
her they go dry under the spot
lights. s
Special Committee Council
Ray e. Jenkins inadvertently
referred to the hearing as a Law
suit" during his questioning of
Secretary Stevens. He called
Army Counsel Adams your
mouthpiece. %
Il = r. i.
Senator Morse, the Oregon
Independent. last night suggest
ed to the radio and television
industry that -broadcasts of
the Geneva conference would
mean more to the American
people than programs about the
Army McCarthy controversy.
The Senator sent the follow
ing telegram to the National
Broadcasting Co., Columbia
Broadcasting System and the
Mutual Broadcasting System:
To-day the American people
and millions throughout the
world, above all else, are anx-
ious about Indo- China. They
are concerned about the poten-
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Patients at 81. EIizabeths
To Present Musical Show

The first public performance
of a musical show by the patients
of st. Elizabeths Hospital will
be given tomorrow at 1880 pm.
in Hitchcock Hall on the hos
pital grounds.
The show is entitled Hotel st.
Elizabeths" and depicts life at
the hospital.
"We are inviting the public to
this show" DR.. Winfred S. Over
holser, superintendent of the
hospital, said.- because we think
that they will like it.
But we also want the public
to know something about how
we are trying to help mentally
i'll people through dance therapy
and other types of rehabilitation
work. The men and women who
wrote this show, those who sing
and dance in it, and those who
made the costumes and sets, can
benefit greatly from working to-
gether on such a group project"
The play has been produced
under the direction of Mrs. Ma
rian Chace. director of dance
therapy at the hospital. Prem
tiss Taylor. art therapist, super
vised design and construction of
stage sets.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Il Indicted in California
On FILA Fraud CHARGES
By the Associated Press


SAN FRANCISCO. April 90
Three officers and nine statesmen
Of Atlas Enterprises, a San Le-
andre nnaStic paint company.
were indicted by Federal Hous-
ing Administration.
A 24-count indictment accused
the II of padding home repair
loans far above the actual cost
Of the project by falsifying FILA
credit applications.
United States Attorney Lloyd
Burke described the company's
asserted operations as closely
paralleling practices disclosed
during the recent scandal over
FILA lending policies. However,
Mr.. Burke emphasized that yes
tefday'S indictment does not in
volve any Federal agency in any
wrongdoing.
Among other things, the In
dictment alleges home owners
were paid kickbacks ranging
from $400 to $1,000, and that
the statesmen got commissions
averaging as high as 500 a day.
Evening star., 1954-04-29

in the United States Army con-
ferred for an hour late. yester-
day with Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, and two
Mccarthy aides, Roy Cohn and
Francis Carr.
Then he raced photographers
and neWsmen out of the Senate
Office Building.
In the corridor, two passersby
were almost bowled over. They
were Vice President Nixon and
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons,
White House liaison man with
Congress. They were in spirited
conversation and, looking star
tied, jumped out of the way as
the Schine encourage swept by.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Army-heCa anhY Row
'Fascinates' Mitchell
BY the Associated Press

CANTON, Ohio. April a.
Stephen A. Mitchell, Democratic
national chairman. says he finds
the Army-Senator Mccarthy
hearing fascinating"
Here for two speeches yester-
day, Mr.. Mitchell declared ''it is
fascinating, watching all this on
TV, wondering what is the secret
of Schine's success and wonder
ing which Republican, or Repub-
licans. will turn out to be the
liars"
"We know" he said, somebody
lied and it was not a Democrat"
Contending Republicans are
playing politics with the Ma
tion's foreign affairs, he said:
ITO our friends abroad, Ameri-
ca does not appear as a calm,
serene land sure of our strength
and confident in our leadership.
Instead, it appears as a quarrel
some, suspicious, divided Nation
with Republican energies being
spent in charging Democrats with
treason and. when they run out
of Democrats, saying the same
things about one another"
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Gen. Lawton 10 Retire;
Figure in Mccarthy Row
By the Assoeioted Press

FORT MONMOUTH, N. j..
April 29.-Maj. Gen. Kirke B..
Lawton, Fort Monmouth COM
mander whose name is a promi-
nent part of the McCarthy Army
row, is due to retire soon after
his Goth birthday, November 3.
He has said he will step down
on November 80, ending an Army
career that began with his COM
missioning as a second lieutenant
in the infantry August 8, 1917.
The general has been in ailing
health and presently is on sick
leave.
Gen. Lawton is in Washington
to be available if he is called to
testify in the Mccarthy Army
hearings about remarks he is
reported to have made during a
late 1858 probe of alleged sub
version at the fort by Senator
Mccarthy. He attended today's
session.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Chairman Emphasizes
Equol Treatment

Senator Mundt-May the
Chair state as far as he is con-
cerned, all witnesses must ap-
pear in this committee room
at the same level. We expect
generals and privates, senators
and secretaries. employees, all
to be treated the same. We
are trying to find out the
truth. There is no measure
of disrespect for any of them,
I am sure. implied in any of
the questions the counsel is
asking in his Jealous and diff
cult task of getting at the
truth.
Mr.. Symington?
Senator Symington - Mr..
Chairman, I would like to
completely support the re-
marks made by my colleague,
the distinguished senior SEN
ator from Arkansas.
Mr.. Welch-Mr. Chairman,
is it proper for me now to read
the paper that that has been
handed to the witness?
Senator Mundt-Suit your
self. You are not allowed.
You are not a witness. OF
course you may consult it.
Mr.. Welch-May the witness
read it?
Senator Mundt-Surely he
may.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
80 Atom cannons Manned
BY GIs in Germany
BY the Assoeioted Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, April
29.-The United States Army
disclosed today that it now has
80 of its giant $50 millimeter
atomic cannons in Germany.
The first battalion of between
500 and 600 men and six guns,
which fire either atomic or con-
ventional shells, arrived last Oc-
tober. The second arrived last
January. The Army confirmed
last night that a third-formerly
at Fort Sill, Okla.-had arrived.
but would not say when.
The announcement today
means that two more battalions
have been shipped secretly to
Germany. Where any are sta
toned is a military secret.
The Army has test fired atomic
cannon several times at the
Baumholder range, but only con-
ventional shells were used.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Schine BoIks at Invitation,
Awaits Hearing Subpoena

Pvt. G. David Schine is in
volved in almost every phase of
the Senate investigation of the
Army Nc Carthy controversy, but
he's not going to the hearings
unless he's subpoenaed.
The Army and the Senate In
veStigations subcommittee yes
terday invited Pvt. Schine to at
tend with counsel-and start
preparing for the day when he
will have to take the witness
stand.
But Pvt. Schine, now assigned
to Fort Myer, sent out word that
he doesn't want to attend unless
Subpoenaed.
The most controversial private
Evening star., 1954-04-29

to include only relevant evidence.
When Senator Mccarthy pro-
duced a security risk" in the
person Of a.witneSs' brother, Sen
ator Mcclellan said sarcastically,
Let us have a ruling on this,
because we may be trying mem
bers of everybody's family in
volved before we get through"
Mr.. Mcclellan generally dedi-
Gates himself to a point a day,
and it is usually a devastating
one. He circles over it like a
hawk. and then he pounces.
1t was he who made the mo-
ton to have the hotly disputed
monitored telephone conversa-
tionS placed in evidence, persist
ing with Senator Mccarthy balk-
ing all the way.
Like Dark Thundercloud.
With his black hair, saturnine
countenance and black-rimmed
glasses. he has sometimes the
menancing aspect of a thunder
cloud. In fact his mien can be
SO forbidding. his voice so stern,
that he visibly frightens even
people he is trying to help.
The other day, the Senator
spent the afternoon bringing out
the fact that Secretary Stevens,
if he wanted to appease Senator
Mccarthy and his friends, could
have commissioned G. David
Schine out of hand. When he
went to drive home the point
with direct question to Mr..
Stevens, he stated it so accus-
ingly that the Secretary quailed.
He did, however, manage to
say, Il never would do that.
Senator" and the point was
made.
Even yesterday during his
self-imposed abstinence from
questions. Senator Mcclellan
rushed into the breach at the psy-
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Housing
Continued From First Page.)

sets lumber dealer. appointed
two weeks ago to run the FHA
after President Eisenhower ousted
Guy T. o. Hollyday, Baltimore
mortgage banker. as agency
commissioner.
FHA General Counsel Burton
c. Bovard, who is officially ION
leave" after refusing to resign,
provoked the ire of Senator
Capehart yesterday by his in
ability to answer questions put
to him.
Here you are general counsel
of FHA-been there since 1884
and here you cannot answer
simple questions" the Senator
told Mr.. Bovard. II am Begin
ming to realize why the FILA is
in trouble. 1t was such a loosely
run organization"
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Russian Marriage Laws
Are Revised Slightly
Nv the As.oeio,ed Pres, q,

LONDON. April 90. - The
Kremlin today formally lifted
its 7-year-old ban on the mar
riage of Soviet citizens to for
eigners, but the action is not
expected to make any difference
in Soviet relations with the West.
Moscow radio. in broadcast
heard here, announced that the
Supreme Soviet has approved a
decree issued last November
permitting such unions. But the
Parliament put back on the law
books a clause forbidding any
change of citizenship as a re-
suit of such marriage.
A British Foreign Office
spokesman said "all it does, in
effect, is allow Russians to mar
ry citizens from the satellite
states )"
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Time and Mcclellan Both Pass
AS Probe Figures Talk Pretty
But. Arkunson Con
Drive Home a Point
Like Striking Hawk
By Mory McGrory

/: Everybody at the hearings was
having his little say.
Senator Mccarthy said he
doesn't think any one could ac-
cuse him Of interrupting unnec-
essarily.
Secretary Stevens said he likes.
people
Senator Symington said he Is
not q lawyer.
Senator Mcclellan said he
would pass.
Senator Mccarthy said he
bears no personal animosity to-
wards Secretary Stevens.
Secretary Stevens said he
wants to get along with people.
Senator Dirksen said he hoped
he qualities as a reasonable and
prudent person.
Senator Jackson said he want
ed to commend the chairman.
Senator Mcclellan said in the
interests of expediting the hear
ings. he would pass. /,
HenseI Asks Apology.
Mr.. Hensel said ne thought
Senator Mccarthy should apolo-
giZe.
Senator Mundt said he would
appreciate it If no spurious"
points of order were made.
Senator Mccarthy made a
point of order.
Senator Mcclellan said he
would pass.
The senior Senator from Ar
kansas conSpicuously takes no
part in the by-play and chit
chat that so often figure in the
hearings. Nor does he indulge
in personalities, although there
are those who say that when he
was quizzing Roy Cohn about the
famous "doctored" photograph
of Secretary Stevens and Pvt.
Schine, the gleam in his eye was
visible at 90 PAGES.
From the very first, Senator
Mcclellan has established the
fact that he wants to expedite
the hearings. BY now, it is also
plain that the ranking Democrat
is Senator McCarthy's most for
midable foe on the subcommit-
tee.
Can OutshOut Mccarthy.
Besides the tactics learned as
a county prosecutor, he COM
mands another important asset
for proceedings of this nature.
He can, if need be, outshout
Senator Mccarthy.
A stickler for rules, the Sena-
tor fights hard on every occasion
Evening star., 1954-04-29
transcript
Continued From Page A-5.)

with great success, but may I
remind you, my friend, that
this is not a murder trial. and
that you are examining the
Secretary of the Army. 1t may
feel good to me when you jump
down the throats of the wit
nesses on the other side, but
I beg of you, this witness is
entitled, I think, to at least
ordinary courtesy. In your zeal.
which / admire, I think by the
tone of your voice you may
convey an impression to the
country that you would not
wish to convey.
Senator Mundt - Senator
Mcclellan?
Senator Mcclellan - Mr..
Chairman, I have no partic-
ular comment. I think the
witness should be subjected to
cross-examination, and I think
these questions are pertinent
to the issues. I think the wit
ness should be required to an
SWer
Evening star., 1954-04-29

Geological moment. Because all
other Senators had passed, SEN
ator Mccarthy was by way of
getting a half an hour of un-
interrupted time to work over
Secretary Stevens. Senator Nc
Clellan broke up this tete-a-tete
in a hurry.
Such tactics have made the
Arkansan, who is running for
reelection this year, the hero of
anti-McCarthy forces.
They can't see where he passed
up a single chance to give the
junior Senator from Wisconsin
a bad time.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Democrats to Discuss
Farm Issues Here
BY the Assoeiaied Prsss

Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell
of the Democratic National Com
mittee today announced a special
panel discussion on farm issues
as part of a two-day Jefferson
Jackson Day conference begin.
ming here May 5.
Participants will include sew
eral members Of Congress from
farm areas.
Evening star., 1954-04-29
Stevens Pressed by jenkins
hQuestioning During Hearing

Der, he said. has been asked to
think Of some plan to speed
things up"
Senator Mundt told reporters
the executive session this morn
ing discussed the possibility Of
night sessions. He also said 1t
was agreed that the ground rules
for the hearing covering points
Of order would be enforced in an
attempt to hold such points to
matters Of relevancy and ma
teriality.
jackson Hits Exceptions.
Senator jackson, Democrat,
of Washington. told reporters
"there have been too many ex-
ceptions" in allowing points of
order on matters outside the
immediate scope OF the ques-
tioning.
When the subcommittee re-
sumed its public session at 10:45
Mr.. Stevens resumed the stand.
His counsel, Mr.. Welch. i'm
mediately raised a point of
order that questions directed to
the Secretary by Senator Nc
Carthy late yesterday created a
totally false impression and
were greatly prejudicial to the
Army'S case"
The Senator's questions were
based on what he described as
a summary of a statement by
Gen. Back, about a conversation
he purportedly held with Mr..
Stevens concerning a speech, by
Gen. Lawton.
Senator McCarthy's questions
to Mr.. Stevens gave the impress
sion that the Secretary had
criticized Gen. Lawton to Gen.
Back because Gen. Lawton had
commented favorably on the
work of the Mccarthy subcom-
mittee. Secretary Stevens in
sisted that he had only been
critical of comments by Gen.
Lawton which mentioned the
educational institutions at
tended by some of the employees
suspended at Fort Monmouth
for suspected disloyalty.
Will Call Gen. Back.
Mr.. Welch requested Senator
Mundt to let Mr., Stevens step
aside temporarily and call Gen.
Back to the witness stand. but
the chairman said the commit
tee wished to proceed with Mr..
Stevens testimony and conclude
with him as soon as possible.
The Secretary has been on the
stand since Friday afternoon.
The chairman promised. how
ever, that Gen. Back would be
called promptly"
Senator Mccarthy kept the
hearings in an uproar most OF
yesterday. First, he cried
smear" at Army complaints
about Pvt. Schine.
He assailed Secretary Stevens
for fragrant dishonesty" and
got into a shouting match with
Mr. Hensel, who. is one OF the
principals in the dispute.
The Wisconsin lawmaker also.
raised a controversy over the
number of Army officers attend
ing the hearings. And he COM
planned of the seating arrange
ment which put two officers next
to Mr.. Hensel at the hearing
table.
During yesterday afternoons
session alone. Senator Mccarthy
interrupted at least eight times
with points of order"
Senator Mundt didn't always
agree with Senator McCarthy's
definition of a proper point
of order on the relevance or
materiality of testimony that
was being given.
Il would appreciate it If no
spurious points Of order would
be made" Senator Mundt said
in the midst of one Mccarthy
gambit.
Senator Mundt said Senators
are supposed to have "some re-
mote idea" of what a point of
order is. He called on members
to restrain ourselves"
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Noyes
Continued From First Page.)

NAL procession when 5-year-old
Prince Charles came perilously
close to beating his mother into
the horsedrawn State Landau.
It followed her up Parliament
street into Whitehall. around the
curve at Trafalgar Square
through the Admiralty Arch and
onto the Mall.
Queen Looks Strained.
AS the Landau between its es-
cort of mounted guards swept
by the Nelson Memorial, a tele-
vision camera moved in for a
close shot. The Queen was wav-
ing but signs of strain showed
on her face and the smile was
gone.
At the palace, squads of
mounted police tried bravely to
keep the crowd backed up in
the semicircles of the Victoria
Monument. But as the Queen
entered and the royal standard
broke out on the palace roof,
all restraint disappeared. Thou
sands broke through and quickly
the whole area was packed solid
with cheering spectators. They
got what they wanted. One
brief appearance on the famous
balcony and q few more smiles
and waves before the doors
finally closed on the royal cou-
pie home from their long trip.
There might be some cynics
who would argue, that it was all
a lot of nonsense. Where does
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Democrats ID Blame
lin Indo-china Crisis,
Says SummerfieId
BY IN. A..oeio..d Pres.

FRENCH LICK, Ind. May IS.
Postmaster General Summer
field today laid at the door Of
Democratic administration pre-
decessors the blame for policies
which produced" the present.
day crisis in Indo-C China.
What has happened in the
strategic Southeast Asian coun-
try, the Eisenhower cabinet
member declared, sis a tragic
legacy of Communist intrigue
growing in large part out Of the
Truman-Acheson foreign policy
which let Nationalist China fall. I"
"It is further evidence" he
added. "of the dismal failure of
ill-conceived agreements entered
into by previous administrations
at Teheran. Yalta and Postdam." I"
Mr.. Summerf1eld loosed a
broadside at "carping" critics of
administration foreign policy in
a speech prepared for an Indi-
ana Republican Editorial Associ-
alton gathering.
AS for problems in his own de-
partment. the postal chief at
tackled an unnamed relatively
small group of powerful maga-
zine publishers" for opposing his
plan to boost postal rates by
about $3.50 million a year.
"On second class mail-chiefly
magazines we are currently
losing about $3.50 million an
nually," Mr.. Summerfield said.
Mr.. Sumrnerfield also de-
Tended his postal workers pay
increase plan, which he said
would cost $50 million a year,
against a counter-propoSal sup
ported by many employees which
he said would cost the depart
ment five times as much.
Evening star., 1954-05-16

it get them, all this excitement,
this pomp and circumstance
these trappings of imperial mag
nificence, this loyalty to the
f1gment of sovereignty? The
British, you hear. are living in
the past trying to distract them
selves from the harsh realities
of life in the goth century.
But after today you know that
the cynics are wrong-that there
is a real power and purpose to
the emotion that went into to-
days performance. Somehow
you feel that this young woman
and what she stands for is the
greatest asset tina this country
has-and one which many less
fortunate people might we'll envy.
Evening star., 1954-05-16

Mimi has limited the evacuation
to about $50 of the most seri-
ouSly wounded for the present,
and that only 80 have been air.
lifted out of the captured fort
ress by helicopter so, far. Esti-
mates of the number of wounded
range from 1900 to 1000.
Recalls Conversation.
Gen. Smith reminded Mr..
Molotov that he had spoken to
him on May 10 and raised the
question of Interpretation of q
Wet Mini statement agreeing
to the evacuation.
II said that I assumed that it
covered all of the wounded at
Dien Bien Pip, regardless Of
whether they were members of
the French Expeditionary corps,
or Of the Wet Namese National
Dien Bien Phu, regardless of
whether they were French or
Wet Namese or belonged to other
nationalities," said Gen. Smiths
letter. 1T was my understanding
that you had reached the same
conclusion, and that Mr.. Chou
En-lai (premier-foreign minister
of Communist China) likewise
had made the same interpreta-
tion."
Set New Conditions.
French sources in Paris yes
terday reported that. the Wet
Mini was setting fresh condi-
tions to the evacuation agree
ment, demanding the right to
move its forces freely in and out
of the Dien Bien Phu area. The
French had been bombing the
roads. II 4@ tt 4
Hanoi dispatches today said
the French had stopped bombing
operations against q dirt road
leading out of Dien Bien Phu to q
point about 90 miles east OF the
fallen fortress to enable the Wet
Mimi to move its conveys of
thousands of its own wounded.
Letter to Bidault.
Earlier today Mr.. Molotov in
a letter to French Foreign Mini
Ster Georges >Bidault urged
France to establish direct con-
tact with the Communist led
Wet Mimi delegation in Geneva
to speed up the evacuation.
He declared there would be
no discrimination between
French and Wet Nam wounded.
The Wet Mimi On May 10 had
given this assurance, he added,
and there is no reason to doubt"
their word.
His letter was an apparent
continuation of efforts to get
Mr.. Bidault into . iace-to-face
meeting with the Wet Mini here.