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Evening star., 1954-01-13
WoIverton Talks From the Heart
New Jersey Representative Is Sincere in Wanting to See
Something Done for Nations Urgent Health Needs

impetus to Gen. Eisenhower's
health program was DR.. Paul
B.. Magnuson, former chief
medical officer of the Veter-
ans Administration. He was
chairman of the Commission
on the Nations Health, ap-
pointed by President Truman,
which explored the rein
surance principle now es-
poused by Mr.. Truman's
successor and recommended
1t in its voluminous, five
volume report. DR.. Magnuson
explained that there is
nothing new in the REIN
Surance principle" It has
been applied for years by the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation In guarantee of
bank deposits. and in guar
antee Of home mortgages
both by the Federal Housing
Administration and the Vet
Grams Administration. DR..
Magnuson said he had ad-
vocated the principle for
health plans for "a long, long
time"
His commission recon-
mended it to enable private
payment health plans Ito
extend their services and still
be protected from financial
catastrophe" as he quoted
the commissions report. Thus
it would work. according to
the commission report:
Each participating plan
would pay into a Federal in
surance agency a certain pro-
portion of the premiums col
lected from its members. The
Government would then guar
antee to meet any liability
exceeding a certain maximum,
in a manner similar to the
reinsurance principle as ap-
piled to other forms Of risk"
DR.. MagnuSon explained
that the really difficult prob
lem is the health catastrophe,
entailing heavy expenditures
by family. Little thus far
has been done about that, he
told the committee, by exist
ing health plans. They clearly
recognize the need, but are
afraid to write much catas-
trophe insurance because of
the lack Of actuarial data.
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"A Government guarantee
will give them the needed shot
in the arm to experiment and
develop sound premiums and
policies" he said.
AS for low-income groups,
DR.. uson suggested
grants-in-aid. from the Gov
ernment to health insurance
plans to help take care Of them.
Grants-in-aid for old persons
were suggested by another wit
ness. DR.. H. Clifford Loos of
Los Angeles. He appeared to
discuss the Ross-Loos medical
group operation. a private
health insurance plan which
he and DR.. Donald e. Ross
started in 1929 and which sur
vived attacks by the American
Medical Association and now
has $4,000 group subscribers
and 5000 Individual subscribers
and employs lib doctors on q
salary basis. The committee
also heard about the privately
operated plan of the Kaiser
Health Foundation, started by
Henry j. Kaiser. the Industrial
ist. which now serves 400. 900
persons on the Pacific Coast.
Chairman Wolverton sounded
of for about 10 minutes de-
ploring the overworked social
lied medicine" wolf cry against
proposed health programs, his
ire being aroused by mention of
criticism Of the Magnuson re-
port by the American Medical
Association. The A. M. A. criti-
cism was not constructive, he
said.
Il hope the day will come
when the American Medical
Association will recognize this
problem and challenge it and
come to Congress with a solu-
tion," he declared. adding with
a grin:
Maybe I've said too much.
But I spoke from the heart. anC
I've never revised any remarks
that came from my heart"
He did indeed speak from the
heart, and to one who heard
him it seemed most encourag-
ing for getting something
done.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

complishes over what the So
viets call IAN entire historical
era"
The Secretary says it wasn't
sound military strategy to
commit our army to fight land
battles In ASIA" and that this
was our decision before 1850.
incidentally, Gen. Eisenhower
participated in that decision
when he was Chief of Stad of
the Army. Mr.. Dulles says ut
was Soviet inspired action that
pulled us back" into Korea.
Mr.. Dulles might have added
that. while the decision to in
tervene and to repel aggression
in Korea was correct. the fail
ure of the previous adminiStra-
ton to provide In advance the
military sinews for such a
campaign in Korea and later
its refusal to use maximum
power-which apparently now
is being sanctioned-was re-
sponsible for the lack of mill
tary victory and for what is
known as ''the Korean mess"
Reliance Is placed by Mr..
Dulles on the strategic re-
serve" idea, which means q
mobile force. He says it was
never sound military strategy
permanently to commit United
States land forces to Asia to a
degree that leaves us no stra-
tegic reserves" He says, too,
it was mot sound economics,
or good foreign policy. to sup
port permanently other coun-
tries: for in the long run. that
creates as much Ill will as good
will"
Statements such as these
could not possibly be made to-
day by a spokesman for the
United States Government If
it were not for q basic deci-
sion to use maximum military
power - including all atomic
weapons If Soviet Russia
starts aggression. That is q
fateful warning and one
needed to be given.
tReoroduetion Rights Reserved)
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motion for them is made-and
1t will be?"
1t. is already clear that he
can count on most Of the
Southern Democrats and many
others.
Another bale of straws in the
wind came from the House
side. Representative Hope Of
Kansas, chairman Of the
House Agriculture Committee.
has been informatively silent
here but he has gathered his
subcommittee together and
they are of for Enid, Okla.
and Waco, Tex, to listen to the
grass roots
It is hard to see what moves
the President can make to put
across his program. To re-
capture Farm Belt faith and
trust he must get the men
whom farmers have long
trusted. Most of these are now
out on long limbs of opposition
1t will be hard for them to
crawl back on.
The farmers. first and gen.
uine victims of the last de.
preston. naturally recall how
far they had to fall before
something was done about
them. Perhaps they are now
panicking too easily. Perhaps
the farm bloc exaggerates
their real feelings and threats
Of reprisals. OF all congress
sional committees. however,
Agriculture in late years has
had the best luck leading
while the rest of Congress
followed.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

China. whose human cannon
fodder Is inexhauStible. No
European armies could more
than temporarily hold the
peninsula from an eastern ava
lanche. What would deter the
Soviet bloc (apart from Com
munist doctrine, of which /
have spoken elsewhere) is the
fear of having Soviet indus
tries pulverized behind the
backs of its armies.
At first glance the new pol
icy may look more bellicoSe
than its predecessor. and our
enemies and their clique will
certainly try to make it appear
so. for it greatly increases the
calculated risks for the Soviets
and the Red Chinese in ex-
panding piecemeal. But the
very fact that 1t poses the GER
tainty OF terrible repriSals for
further armed advances. and
not without serious dangers
Of effective counter-reprisals.
compels the United States
Government to seek and well
come every peace overture
which promises a just settle
ment.
A Republican administra-
tion. which need not defend
itself against charges of being
infiltrated with Communists,
is in a far better position to
negotiate with the Soviets than
was its predecessor.
Nobody fears that President
Eisenhower or Secretary Of
State Dulles will negotiate an
other Yalta under the influ-
ence of an Alger Hiss.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
No Votes in the Farm ProQrom
agriculture Bloc Is Geographical Rather Than POLITICAL
Eisenhower Faces Difficult Moneuverno With Il
Doris Fleeson-

Farm State Senators and.
Representatives in both parties
are warning their colleagues
that there is no political mile
age in President Eisenhower's
farm program.
They are saying that the
farmers are more favorable
than ever to high fixed price
supports. Democrats have also
been arguing forcefully that
the Benson plans sponsored
by the President help get the
professors of the hook of high
priced commodities but do
nothing for the farmer.
Much argument had been
forecast but 1t is now boiling
up at such a rate that many
old hands are already singing
a dirge over the proposed ad-
ministration moves. They may
De TOO gloomy but 1t Is a fact
that. on questions of compli-
Gated agricultural policy, the
men lead whose political for
tunes depend on the farmer,
and their colleagues usually
follow
What apparently has hap
pened is that the President
delayed too long in this field
and the farmers are panicky.
They got the impression from
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son that he could bear their
immediate reverses calmly. He
is also confident that in the
long run he will create a more
stable prosperity for them, but
it is his present calm that in
fected them and not his con-
f1dence in the future.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Thomas L. Stokes

President Eisephower's pro-
poSals for health legislation in
his annual message to Con-
greSS, which are to be spelled
out in more detail in a special
message next Monday, are get
ting prompt hearing and con-
Sideration in Congress. This
is thanks chiefly to two men
who have pioneered in this
field. Both have given particu-
lar attention to Government
reinsurance of private and
non-profit health plans as a
means of sharing the risk and
making such medical services
available more widely, which
was included among the Presi-
dents recommendations.
One Is Representative VOL
verton, Republican, of New
Jersey. chairman of the House
Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee, who not
only began public hearings
this week by his committee.
but also introduced a series
of bills, one to carry out spe-
cif1cally the reinsurance plan,
others to authorize Govern
ment loans for medical and
hospital facilities and equip
ment and Government mort
gage guarantee for new pri-
vate hospital construction. In
his questions and comments as
the hearing progresses, the.
veteran New Jersey Congress-
man reveals a deep and de-
voted interest in the increas-
ingly serious health problem,
an interest obviously whetted
by what he saw in inspection
OF government health pro-
grams during the recess, in
Great Britain. France, Ger
many, Sweden, Australia, New
Zealand and Japan.
Indignantly he singled out.
at one point, the charge of
"socialized medicine" which he
said is too frequently thrown
about when any legislation to
help the average citizen is
proposed. He included the
American Medical Association
In his indictment of those who
play this string.
The other pioneer who gave
Evening star., 1954-01-13
TheMeoning ofDuIIes' Speeches
Nation Is Seen Relying on Atomic Weapons to Repel
Any Future MIitory Aggression BY Communists
Dovid Lowrence

What John Foster Dulles.
Secretary Of State, told the
Council on Foreign Relations
in New York, and Simultane-
ouSly the Nation by radio and
televiSion network, is more re-
vealing as q statement Of
American foreign policy than
anything said since the. Eisen-
hover administration began.
For it tells why the military
budget is being cut and how
the United States Is embarking
on q long-range program in
the world that is not geared
merely to emergencies but to
a definite plan of defense for
all purposes.
Many people must have won-
dered how troops could be
withdrawn from Korea now,
why plans were being made
for less American manpower
in Europe and for substantial
cuts in conventional military
services. The answer is given
by Mr.. Dulles, and it is to be
found in this paragraph of his
address:
Before military planning
could be changed, the PreSi-
dent and his advisers. as rep
resented by the National Sc
curity Council, had to make
some basic policy decisions.
This has been done. The basic
decision was to depend pri-
marily upon a great capacity
to retaliate, instantly, by
means and at places of our
choosing. Now the Depart
ment of Defense and the joint
Chiefs Of Staff can shape our
military establishment to fit
what is our policy. instead Of
having to try to be ready to
meet the emy'S many
choices. That permits of a
selection of military means in
stead of a multiplication Of
means. AS a result. it is now
possible to get, and share, more
basic security at less cost"
The Secretary of State isn't
Evening star., 1954-01-13

to be expected to disclose milk
tary measures, but the plain
meaning Of his remarks Is that
the United States Is relying on
the atomic bomb and the hy-
drogen bomb and every atomic
weapon in its arsenal to repel
any military aggression that
might come from the Commu-
nistS in the future.
It must necessarily mean
that all plans to outlaw atomic
weapons such as Soviet Russia
has been proposing have been
abandoned and such a ban will
never be accepted unless there
are such foolproof safeguards
as to insure no possibility of an
aggression anyhow. This means
a system Of inspection and ali
assured method of preventing
aggreSsion-which, Of course,
the present rulers in Moscow
are not likely to approve.
So. for all practical purposes.
the United States has decided
on a retaliatory defense-a de-
tense that doesn't require mas
Sive land armies to win an OBJ
jective but enough striking
power from the overseas bases
by our Air Force as well as
from aircraft carriers of the
Navy to make sure that the
enemy will not launch an at
tack in the first place.
Mr.. Dulles points out that
the policies adopted by the
Truman-Acheson administra-
ton in Turkey and Greece and
through the European recovery
plan were good but that Amer
ica was obliged to fight an
emergency action" when 1t is
Of the utmost Importance to
develop program for the long
range. He declares that the
long time" factor is of critical
Importance and he hints that
a strategy must be adopted by
America which can be judged
adequate not merely because it
wards Of immediate danger"
but because of what 1t &C
Evening star., 1954-01-13

national Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, said four
Chicago area plants with
which his union has contracts
have agreed to that special
benefit.
"A birthday is a big event
in every ones life. It should
be a holiday-with pay" Mr..
Darling said.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Hunted Finds Hunter

WICHITA. Kans. (P1.-Wor-
ried when her husband failed to
arrive home on time. Mrs. Louise
E. Wilson, 81. set out to search
for him yesterday in one of the
family's two cars.
The search ended with a bang
Her car became involved in a
traffic accident with an auto
mobile driven by Terance A.
WilSon-her husband.
Traffic investigator Dale
Hearon arrested the husband.
He was charged with driving
under the influence of intoxi-
eating liquors.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

the second round as it did the
first, but will let go every
thing 1t has and where it will
hurt most, namely against the
military and industrial con-
centrations in Manchuria.
The announced withdrawal
Of two divisions from Korea
is indicative Of the changed
policy.
European policy will be SIM
ilarly affected. Europe, like
Korea, is a peninsula Of Asia,
the Soviet Union commanding
the ''heartland" of Eurasia,
and. in alliance with Peiping. a
contiguous land mass through
Evening star., 1954-01-13

Had the President acted be-
fore the degree of his depend
ence upon others in domestic
issues became so apparent,
perhaps the farmers would be
listening to him more faith
fully. Some Senators believe
that what Secretary Benson
has done is not too bad nor
would be, but that the way he
talks makes it political suicide
to support him.
Mr.. Benson is getting a large
volume of mail thanking him
for trying to do something
about farm prices which still
pinch the city consumer. 1t is
this gap between a Is per cent
lower income for farmers and
a bare one-half of one per
cent lower living cost in the
cities which enables the DEM
ocratS to point to the process
Sors.
Politically the Benson mail
is not pay dirt, however. 1t
takes hundreds of thousands
of industrial workers in many
areas to elect one Congress
man. In a State like Senator
Milton Young's North Dakota
every farmer is a pearl of
great price and you don't have
to lose many to lose your job
in Washington.
Senator Young is one Of a
group which Unexpectedly and
fiercely put the Eisenhower
leaders on the defensive in the
first conference of all Repub-
lican Senators. His $64 ques-
tion: who will vote against
80 per cent supports if the
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and Sam Clyburn of Hunting
ton have learned that one good
turn deserves another.
On December IA. 1888, with
the mercury near zero, Sam
slipped from a river barge and
fell into the icy Ohio river.
John fiShed him out.
Yesterday, with the temper
ature again near zero. it was
Johns turn to take a dunk
ing after falling from a derrick
boat. Sam flshed him out.
Both men work for the
Union Sand & Gravel Co.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Eqyptiun Police Lose Fez

CAIRO R.-The red fez will
soon disappear as headwear for
Egyptian policemen under new
regulations. The fez still is pop
ular headwear among Egyptian
civilians. but many consider it a
symbol of reaction and out OF
place in q modern state.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Birthdays Off-With Puy

CHICAGO R. Birthdays
will be extra special in the
future for 1000 Chicago elec-
trical workers.
They will get the day of
from work with full pay.
Michael F. Darling, presi-
dent of Local 1881, AFL Inter-
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Idea Of Luxury Changes

STOCKHOLM.-Not long ago
there was a saying in Sweden
that the combination of an auto
mobile and children was a luxury
for the average man. Now half
the automobile owners in this
country have children.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Watch Out for the Pun

ASHEVILLE, N. c. R.-Jus-
tlce from Justice Justice will be
available here February /.
Gov. William B. Umstead has
appointed c. N. Justice justice
OF the peace. Which, of course,
is justification for this story.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Life in the u. S.
Hunt Season
Hard on Deer
by the As.eeiated Prsss

ATLANTA, Jan. 13.-Alligator
hunting in Georgia was outlawed
today-to protect deer.
The State Game and Fish
Commission voted to close the
season on gators in the six
southeastern counties which had
still allowed them to be hunted.
The action was taken. the
commission said, because numer-
Gus deer have been killed at
night by persons claiming they
were hunting alligators.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Deer Is Anything But

OAKLAND, Calf. (P. A
small buck deer came to the
city from the hills yesterday,
smashed a chicken coop, freed
Evening star., 1954-01-13

the chickens. kicked a news
paper photographer in the face
and wound up in the zoo.
Seymour Snaer, San Fran
cisco Examiner cameraman who
accompanied police to the scene,
went to a hospital with a severe
lip cut. The frantic house.
holder. Mrs. Adele Giobbia. 78,
rounded up her chickens after
police finally captured the deer.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Window FuIls 19 Floors

SAN FRANCISCO (P.-A As
pound steel-rimmed window
dropped 19 floors to a crowded
Market street sidewalk. but only
one pedestrian was hurt.
I'm very lucky-very, very
lucky" said Edward j. G. Bar
bara, 68. who suffered a broken
shoulder yesterday when the
window bounced into him from
the sidewalk.
John Kort, 42-year-old win
dow washer, said the frame
snapped its hinges as he had
opened it.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

After You, AIphonse'
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. up.
Might Watchmen John For
gey Of near Chesapeake, Ohio,
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Report to the
Homemoker J,
Delicious
Holiday
Gifts
By Violet FouIkner

Do you have problem" peo-
pie on your Christmas shop
ping list? Friends who have
practically everything?
One gift you can't miss on
Is food. We mean the luxury
items they don't ordinarily go
out and buy for themselves.
These delicacies make ideal
family gifts, tn oughtful
"bread-and- butter" tokens to
take a holiday hostess. or nice
rernembrances for the neigh
Dor next door.
A firm in Savannah. Ga.
packs a line of fruits, condi-
ments and table specialties any
devotee Of good food would be
happy to get. Their picked
fruit salad is so artistically
packed you almost hate to
break into it. Very festive to
serve with cold meats, as o
garnish for salads, or to put
in a condiment dish. A gcur-
met dessert can be whipped
up in minutes with a Jar of
the branded peaches. We
topped slices of store-bought
sponge cake with half a peach,
added a bit Of the peach sirup,
and added a swirl of whipped
cream. The line also includes
a tutti- -fruitti topping for ice
cream: creme de menthe pears
to glorify the roast lamb;
grenadine peaches for red
meats. and crown-shaped wa.
termelon pickles that 60 we'll
with any menu.
Something for Herb Fonciers
If there is a person on your
list who is an herb fancier,
the choice is unlimited. Herb
sets come in attractive cabi-
nets, to hang on the wall: in
barbecue sets or packed with
wine vinegars. One herb
house has just added grated
lemon peel to It's line. It's so
new. the label is still in the
typed stage.
The French have come to
the aid Of the Christmas shop
per with real delicacies in the
biscuit line. Among the wide
selection you'll find a favorite
for every one on your list.
They're dressed up in attrac-
tive tins you probably won't
even bother to wrap, they're
SO colorful.
Something different In olives
are the home-cured green ripe
ones that are available In three
size cans. A California prod
uct. they're a new addition to
the relish tray. The olives
have a delicious nutty flavor
quite unlike the ordinary green
olive.
A welcome change of pace
In the meat department this
week. Local markets are
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Candy
Kisses

8 egg whites.
"a teaspoon vinegar.
" teaspoon vanilla.
l cup sugar.
/ cup chopped dates. F.,
" cup chopped nutmeats.
u cup rolled oats, uncooked.
Beat egg whites until frothy.
Add vinegar and vanilla. Add
sugar, a tablespoon at a time,
beating well after each addi-
tion. Beat until mixture stands
In lustrous peaks. Fold in
remaining ingredients. Drop
from teaspoon onto creased
cookie sheets. Bake in very
slow oven CTS degrees Fo
about rs minutes. Remove
from cookie sheets: cool.
Makes Az dozen.
Evening star., 1954-12-09

featuring all cuts Of pork
which will include hams, loin
roasts, smoked sausage, bacon
and chops. Lamb. all cuts,
will share the spotlight along
with pork. According to re-
ports from USDA, the hog
marketings in October and No
vember were not so large as
expected, so we can look for
ward to increasing supplies the
rest of the current month and
on through January.
There is little new In the
produce picture. AS is natural
for the season, citrus fruits are
the best buys. Winesap and
golden delicious apples, Anjou
pears, bananas and emperor
grapes are plentiful and fairly
reasonable in price.
In vegetables jot down Brus-
sells sprouts, potatoes, carrots,
lettuce. and string beams as
the outstanding values.
From Soup to Dessert
Here's a chance to do your
self a good turn and at the
same time help out q worthy
cause.
A cookbook, compiled by the
women of st. Barnabas
Church. Oxon Hill, Md, is just
off the press. ready for holi-
day gift-giving. The proceeds
from the sale of the book will
go toward a church building
fund. st. Barnabas is an old
Maryland parish. having been
built in $780, 1t was founded
as a chapel of King Georges
parish, and is the last of six
churches formerly connected
with the original parish.
Mrs. Roscoe S. Aull, cook
book chairman, and committee
Evening star., 1954-12-09
Lenon-AppIe
Cup

2 (6-ounce) cans frozen LEM
onade concentrate
pint apple Juice
/ quart sparkling water
ice
Combine the frozen lemon
ade and the apple juice. Just
before serving. add sparkling
water and ice. Serve In punch
bowl. Makes approximately 2
Quartrs of punch.
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of six, put in nine months of
intensive work to ready the
book by Christmas. Chapter
divisions have been cleverly
illustrated by Mike Melvin.
Choice recipes were contrib
uted by the ladies of the con-
gregation and also by a num-
ber of people prominent in
public life. In the section
Candies and ,Confections,"
you'll find a recipe for Million
Evening star., 1954-12-09

Dollar Fudge" sent in by Mrs.
Eisenhower. To duplicate the
crab imperial as served at
Government House, Annapolis,
Md. there's Mrs. Theodore r.
McKeldin's directions for this
Maryland speciality. Justice
William O. Douglas tells how
to cook trout; the wife of the
Chief Justice, Mrs. Earl War;
rem, contributed a recipe for
Swedish pancakes, and the