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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Blind War Veteran Rescues
Three Companions From River

Barbara said she could swim the
rest of the way, and struck out
alone.
Mr.. Vines reached shore with
Anne Louisiana heard Bar
bara cry out again as she was
swept back into the swirling
central current. He leapt back
into the water and headed
toward the sound of Barbara's
voice.
This time there were about
200 yards to go. Witnesses said
the young girl was going under
the third time when Mr.. Vines
reached her. Once more he be-
gan the long haul back.
He made It. then turned and
pulled MI. Peacock, who was
faltering, from the river.
In all, Mr.. Vines swan about
600 yards.
"Only God could have given
him the strength to swim that
distance" said Barbara's mother.
Mrs. James A Wood.
All were taken from this
Southeast Mississippi town to
their homes in nearby Mobile,
Ala.
Il was just about ready to
give up When I heard Barbara
holler." said MIR. Vines, who was
treated for shock and exposure.
But when j heard that holler
l just kept going in the direction
of her voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Mercy Plane Lands French
In Tokyo on Way 10 Paris
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, June 28.-Ninety mine
Frenchmen wounded in Indo-
China flghting-many in the lost
battle for Diem Bien Phu-ar-
rived today in a drizzle, COM
plotting the second leg of a mercy
flight to France in American
military planes.
They are the first of five groups
of approximately 100 each who
will be evacuated from Indo-
China by the United States Air
Force.
They walked or were carried
down the steep ramp of the huge
CHA Globemaster that brought
them from Indo- China via the
Philippines. Thirty were litter
cases. 500
The 90 were taken to an Air
Force hospital near Tachikawa
Air Base. where their plane
landed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Bv the Associated Press

LUCEDALE, Miss, June ga
blind Korean war veteran res
cued three companions from
drowning last night in the swift
waters of the Pascagoula River.
Danger was nothing new to o.
year-old Charles Vines; he had
served with the famed 1St Marine
Division on the Western front in
Korea, where he was blinded by
a mortar shell.
Without hesitation he plunged
into the dark river at the first
impelling cry from two teen-age
girls who were swept toward mid
stream after they stepped into
deep water while wading near
the bank.
James Peacock, also %, went
to the aid of the young girls. but
a recent illness left him no
match for the strong current.
Mr.. Vines swan toward the
girls cry of distress. he reached
Anne Louise Ball. 10. and
grabbed her by the arm, then
swan with her in tow until he
found the other, Barbara Wood.
is.
He told Barbara to hold on to
both of them, and the three be-
gan their breathless way shore
ward.
About 40 1eet from the bank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Man Saved After 10 Hours
In Bay: Companion Dies

A Baltimore man was rescued
from Chesapeake Bay yesterday
after nearly 10 hours in the
stormy waters that took his COM
panion'S life.
The survivor was Norwood E.
Tatum, "a. The victim was Frank
E. Staples, 90, also of Baltimore.
Their 4O-foot converted Navy
landing craft sank in the Bay
near Chesapeake Beach during
the Saturday night storm. the
Coast Guard said.
The men donned lifebeltS and
dashed themselves together. Mr..
Tatum said his friend. a diabetes
sufferer, weakened rapidly.
About / am. yesterday, Mr..
Tatum discovered Mr.. Staples
was dead, the Coast Guard said.
He cut himself loose from the
body.
The SIS. Norfolk picked him
up near Thomas Point below
Poplar Point yesterday morning.
Mr.. Staples body was found yes
terday afternoon west of Sharp
Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

uncle, william I. Gather OF TOO
Farragut place NE, who was in
the boat with the youth when it
capSized, was rescued.
The boy. a student at Brook
land Elementary School, was on
a fishing trip with his father and
two uncles. The other uncle,
William Moomaw of Rockville,
Md, attempted to save the boy
and Mr.. Gather when the boat
capsized. but the boy had dis
appeared when he got to the &C
cident scene. He pulled Mr..
Gather from the water.
william was one of five chill
dren. The family said this
morning his body has not yet
been recovered. Funeral serv-
ices or a memorial service will
be scheduled later this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Judge Tells Jurors PegIer
LibeIed Reynolds in Column

day-long secret conferences in
the judges chambers.
Today Judge Weinfeld cleared
that matter up somewhat by
finding the juror, William M. lie
Fevre, $3.50 for improper and
gross misbehavior" in discussing
the case despite specific court in
struction to the contrary. The
judge said angrily that the Incl
dent nearly caused a miStrial
and he decided to go on only
after receiving assurances from
other Jurors that they could
serve impartially.
Overseas Work Entered Trial.
BY far the major portion of
the trial dealt with Mr.. Reyn-
Odds 81 months overseas as a
war correspondent.
Glimpses came, too, of the
newspaper world of the 1906, of
the days when Mr.. Pegler and
Mr.. Reynolds were both sports
writer's and their mutual friend,
Haywood Broun, was a column
list for the old New York World.
Mr.. Broun was their friend
and it was over Mr.. Broun that
they quarreled. When Mr.. Peg
Ter broke with Mr.. Broun, Mr..
Reynolds took Mr.. Broun's side.
After Mr.. Broun died of pneu-
monia in 1899, Mr.. Reynolds said
in a book review that Mr.. Broun
could get no rest in his last days
for brooding over a Pegler at
tack.
It was this, said Mr.. Pegler'S
lawyer, Charles Henry, that pro-
voked Mr.. Pegler's column on
Mr.. Reynolds. He told the jury
that in taking on Mr.. Pegler, Mr..
Reynolds had Just "overmatched"
himself. AS Mr.. Henry saw it,
the suit grew out Of 15-year-
old feud between a couple of
prima-donna writer's.
To Louis Nizel, Mr.. Reynolds
lawyer, it was something very
different: A historic case that
may check "wild-eyed" attacks
and the. vicious, venemous
verbal slaughter that he said has
become Mr.. Pegler's trademark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
BY fhe Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 28.-Fed-
eral Judge Edward Weinfeld
told a jury today that Column
ist Westbrook Pegler clearly had
libeled Author Quentin Rey-
nols in a 1949 column. He said
Mr.. Reynolds was entitled to
damages.
It will be up to the jury to
determine the amount.
The judge made the statement
in a Commute charge to the
jury in Mr.. Reynolds $4,000
libel action against Mr.. Peg
Ter. the Hearst Corp. and Hearst
Consolidated Publicans, Inc.
Calls Column DefamatOry.
THAT column, read in its en-
tirety, is as a matter of law, ]
tell you. defamatory," said Judge
Weinfeld in winding up a seven
week trial.
Earlier he had explained that
anything was defamatory and
libelouS in itself if it tended to
expose a person to public con-
tempt and ridicule.
The judge added that there
was mo competent evidence" to
sustain two specific allegations
made in the disputed column,
Mr.. Reynolds therefore being
entitled to damages for these
points alone.
Thus the no-holdS-barred bat
tie between the Pulitzer prize
winning columnist and the au-
thor and foreign correspondent
went to the jury. It is the first
libel case against Mr.. Pegler
ever to be fought out in a court
room.
Mr.. Reynolds filed his suit af-
ter Mr.. Pegler in 1919 allegedly
called him pro- Communist, i'm
moral, a coward. a war profiteer.
a Stacker and a correspondent
who covered the war from long
way away.
He also sued the parent Hearst
Corp, whose King Features Syn
dictate distributes Mr.. Pegler's
column, and Hearst Consolidated
Publications, Inc, publishers of
the New York Journal-American.
Says Golfers Dropped Him.
Mr.. Reynolds said the column.
published in 1856 newspapers.
caused Golfers Magazine to drop
him after II we'll paid years, and
made him dead" in radio, tele-
vision and Hollywood.
The far ranging testimony
stretched from the batNefrontS
of Europe and the Pacific to the
political wars at home and was
sprinkled with world = famous
names: Churchill, Stain, Roose-
welt, Eisenhower.
It brought in talk of nudiSm
in a Connecticut hideaway, of
gasoline theftS from an Amer
lean embassy in war-torn France,
of the business ability of fan
dancer Sally Rand, of the
lemonade and gin battlefield
hospitality of non drinking Brit
ish Marshal Bernard Montgom-
cry, and of ambulance rides
under shellf1re with another
Montgomery, Robert, the actor.
Mystery stepped into the case
when a juror was tossed out and
an alternate substituted after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

Of the measure dealing with
Federal employees were drafted
by Representatives Mason. Re-
publican, of Illinois, and Forand.
Democrat, of Rhode Island, both
members of the committee.
The House sponsors say they
feel there also is a good chance
that the Senate will approve the
measure and thus pave the way
for the bills enactment into law
this year. After House approval,
the bill would go to the Senate
Finance Committee. Senate con-
sideration of the bill would in
volve a race with the clock as
Congress pressed for adjourn
ment, but it could be done, House
sponsors feel.
The measure approved by the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee would provide jobleSs
benefits to Federal workers based
Oh the rates paid by the State
where they last were employed.
Employees working in the District
of Columbia would be paid at
the Districts rates.
For example. an employe living
in Virginia or Maryland but
working in the District Of
Columbia would receive the Dis
trict'S rates. Or, an employee
living in the District but working
in Maryland would receive Mary
land rates. Incidentally. the Dis
trict rate of $40 a week for 20
weeks is among the lowest in the
country. There is now legislation
pending In Congress 10 increase
the payments in the District.
ROTH CASE-It probably will
be fall before the Roth test"
case will be decided by the Unit
ed States Court of Appeals.
The appellate tribunal heard
oral arguments on the case sew
eral weeks ago. However. the
backlog of other cases, plus the
forthcoming summer term re-
cess, make it unlikely that the
verdict will be handed down be-
fore September or october. The
case involves the job protection
rights of Federal career employees
transferred to non-civil service
jobs.
=
RECREATION COMMITTEE
John Wilkinson, chief of the
Interior Departments employe
incentive awards program, will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

District and vicinity-Fair and
cool tonight with low about 81.
Tomorrow fair with high about
30.
Maryland-Fair and cool to-
night with low 50-57. Tomorrow
fair with little change in tenn
perature.
Virginia-Fair and a little
cooler tonight with low 52-57
In west and north and in upper
Sos in southeast portion. To-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Annapolis Man browns
When Boot Overturns

Warren Kirby, SO, OF Annap-
oils, drowned in the Severn
River early today when his a.
foot cupboard runabout turned
over near the Severn River
bridge. Floyd A. Behlke, Mr..
Kirby's brother-in-law. made
the shore safely and notified
police.
Mr.. Behlke told police Mr..
Kirby tumbled from the boat
when he lunged for an object
that had fallen overheard.
Three Baltimore residents also
drowned, Ann Arundel County
police said. Ivan Baggett, Is,
drowned yesterday at a public
beach in Green Haven on Stoney
Creek: Helen r. JefferieS, 3,
colored, drowned in the Severn
River near the Naval Academy
when she fell from a small boat.
and Edward Douglas, "a, drowned
when he fell from a boat ut
Riviera Beach. In addition, Roy
Seymour, 20, of Trappe, Nd,
drowned in the Choptank River
while trying to rescue two swim
n1nrS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

oppose Larry zuch of the Civil
Aeronautics Board for the chair
manship of the Federal Recrea-
ton Committee. The election will
be held next month. Mr.. Zuch
has headed the committee for
the past 10 years.
Aligned with Mr.. Wilkinson in
the move to give the committee
new leadership is Carl Anvil of
the Navy Department, who is
running for vice president
against Mary T. Timm of the
Commerce Department. Eleanore
Dmitrieff of Internal Revenue
Service, the committees present
secretary. is being opposed by
DeSS Ireman of the General Ser
vices Administration. Laurie Lin
nea of Commerce Department is
opposing Mary L. Edwards of
the Naval Gun Factory for the
corresponding secretary's job.
OVER 65-Government en-
ployes already over IS have asked
whether they. too, would be elig-
ible for coverage under the Fed
eral employe life insurance bill
approved by the Senate Civil
Service Committee. The answer
is, yes, they would, at no cost to
them. The policies, however.
would decrease in value at a rate
OF two per cent a month from
the time the employee had
reached his 65th birthday, with
the policy's value not to de-
crease below IS per cent of its
original value.
i
APPRECIATION - Commits
sioner of Education Brownell has
conferred on all employees of the
Office Of Education, Department
of Health. Education and We'll
fare. "a degree of appreciation"
I'm the past seven months
since I took Office have come to
appreciate more and more the
spirit of cooperation and under
standing that exists in the Office
of Education" Mr.. Brownell
said. He also handed out cash
awards for economy suggestions
to James j. Conway. Josephine
0. CorteS. Marie L. st. Lawrence,
and superior accomplishment
awards to Margaret M. Butler
and Seerley Reid,
y \ ~
COMMERCE One of the
Commerce Departments best
known and beSt-liked employees
is retiring at the end of the
month after 81 years service. He
is Gerald Ryan, former chief
clerk of the department and now
it's director of the Office of Fa-
cilities Operations and Manage
ment.
ELECTION-Wellington Brink,
editor of Soil Conservation, Ag-
riculture Department. has been
elected president of the Federal
! Editors Association. Others
elected were Taft S. Feiman.
Public Health Service. vice pres
ident, and Dorothy Bigelow. Ag-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

riculture Department. secretary
treasurer.
y y y
RECORD DEFENDED-In a
speech before the AFL Govern
ment Employees Council in Sc
attic last week, Republican Civil
Service Commissioner George
Moore defended the administra-
tons record on civil service.
Mr.. Moore said those who
charge that the top jobs in Gov
eminent are being closed to ca
reer civil servants cannot sup
port their charges and are being
deliberately misleading" The
commissioner added: There is
not one shred Of evidence Of any
rush to fill the Federal service
with political hacks: on the con-
trary, there is every evidence
that our cabinet officers. and
other responsible officials. are
making every effort to admin
lister their departments and
agencies for the good of all of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

BE sure to keep up NTH all
the latest Government EN-
ployeS neUS By reading the
Federal Spotlight column sir
days a week in The Star and
ltStning to the Federal Spot
light radio broadcast at GAS
pm. each Saturday oUer
WMAL).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

morrow fair with little change in
temperature.
Wind-NorthweSt 1920 miles
per hour tonight. Tomorrow
northwest to north 1920 miles
per hour.
River Report.
(From u s. Engineersl
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and At Great Fails; Shenandoah muddy
at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
tReadings washington National Airport
Yesterday Pct. Today Pct
Noon A Midnight --- 80
pm. 90 8 ar 49, 50
s pm. - % 10 800 "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

r ock Point,
Md, when a
boat in which
he was fishing
was swamped
by the severe
S torn that
S ok this
area.
He was VIII
liam L. CATH
er, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs.
L e W / s L.
Ga h err of
2607 Twelfth
Ctrnat N Z An
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Doctors Write Poorly

Two doctors have been asked
by Northern Ireland'S General
Health Services Board in Belfast
to write their prescriptions more
clearly. A pharmacist had said he
was unable to decide what the
doctors had ordered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Teen-Aged D. c. Girl
browns in MARYLAND

A teen-aged Washington girl
was drowned Iate Saturday while
swimming off St. Clements Shore
in st, Mary's County, Md,
She was Marcene Ann Often.
II, of 1918 Park road NV.
Her sister Mrs. Lucille I. Car
man of the Park road address
who was with her, told police
Miss Often was a good swimmer
but had a neart ailment. The
girl disappeared in deep water
and her body was recovered
about As minutes later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

W or K e rs as
well as to Ia
million other
private indus
try W ork e r S
who are not
ov cred by
u n e m ploy-
ment COM
p e n S a t i on
benefits.
.,o The Pin b is
c h a / r man
Reed of the
c o m m ittee.
Tho caNfi0YS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

the American people and in
strict accordance with the merit
principles expressed by PreSi-
dent Eisenhower"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Policeman S Son, 10,
browns When Boat
Capsizes in Storm

The 10-year-old son Of a spe-
cial policeman at the Supreme
Court Building drowned Satur-
day in the Wicomico River near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
The Federal Spotlight
Quick House Approval Seen
|OnU. S. JobIess Benefit
By Joseph Young

Sponsors Of the bill provide unemployment compensation
benefits fol- Government employees predict prompt House approval
of the measure within. the next few weeks.
The bill last Friday by the House Ways and
Means Committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

Strongly backed by the admin
istration, the measure would
extend jobleSS benefits to Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 100, on June 20.
Lowest. IS, on January %.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, SO, at 3 pm.
Low, 81. at 6 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

Tide fables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

RECREATION COMMITTEE
John Wilkinson, chief of the
Interior Departments employe
incentive awards program, will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28

riculture Department. secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1954-06-09

SUMNER INTENSIVE COURSES
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Lighthouse Service Bill
| Vetoed by Eisenhower
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower has
vetoed a House bill which would
have extended medical care and
disqualification privileges at
Government expense to a hume
ber of former Lighthouse. Serv-
ice employees, their dependents
and widows.
He said the bill would be IAN
unfortunate precedent" and
would discriminate against the
vast body Of Federal workers
and against uniformed person.
mel of the Coast Guard, which
absorbed the Lighthouse Service
July /, 1889.
In his veto message yesterday
the President reiterated strong
support for a program Of con-
tributory health insurance, on
a voluntary basis, for Federal
employees generally.
Evening star., 1954-06-09

MARYLAND tcont.)
BARRY TWoMBLY co.
1910 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, Nd.
A. 6. WATKINS, INC.
400 Z MOntgOmery Ave-, Rockville, Md.
WooDMooR HARDWARE
1O1O1 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. Md
MURRAY HARDWARE co.
Lansley Shopping Center
5000 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, Maryland
PlNEY BRANCH HARDWARE
S7OS Flower Ave-, Silver SprinE, Nd.
RIPPE0N'S GARAGE
Clarksburg, Maryland
A. 6. WATKINS, INC.
116 N. Frederick Ave.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
J. W. WiSNER 6 SONS
$50 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
VIRGINIA
BRADLEY'S LAWN MOWER SHOP
1912 w. Broad st.
Falls Church, Virginia
c. W. coRKRELL
Duke St., Alexandria. Virginia
DEWEY HARDWARE co.
4768 Lee Hwy, Arlington, Virginia
THE HECHT co.
Wilson Blvd. & Glebe Rd.. Arlington, Va.
JEFFERSON VILLAGE HARDWARE
61Oh Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, Va.
IIITKETT'S INE
1912 King ST., Alexandria, Virginia
Evening star., 1954-06-09
On new 1854 REuPower Mowers
Purchased from the following
REUPower Mower Franchised
DEALERS

VIRGINIA (cont.)
NEWMAN TRUsLER HARDWARE, INC.
Manassas, virginia
}. D. RICHARDSON, INC.
4O4 w. Main ST., Berryvihe, VirginiA
ROLLINS LOCK g. KEY SERVICE
$500 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington. virginia
BELLE VIEW HARDWARE
625 Belle View Blvd.
Alexandria, virginia
CHERRYDALE
CEMENT BLOCK CO., INC.
1896 Lee Hwy. ArlinEton. Virsinia
DAUPHlN & LUTZ
1918 Lee Highway
Arlington, virginia
GAINES BROTHERS HARDWARE
1O7 Daingerfield Rd., Alexandria, Va.
JAMES HARDWARE
1901 Lee Hwy, Arlington, VirEiniA
S. KANN SONS co.
N. Fairfax DR.. & Kirkwood Rd.
Arlington. Virginia
MENDELS0N'S HARDWARE
HOO King st. Alexandria, virginia
PARKWAY CYCLE 6 HARDWARE co.
Lee Hwy. & KirkwOOd Rd., Arlington, Va.
6. T. ROGERS
Sl2 N. Frederick st, Arlington, Va
THRIFT AUTO g.
APPLIANCE STORES, INC.
81 King st, Alexandria, Virginia
VIRGINIA HARDWARE co.
2O18 N. Moore st. RossIyn, virginia
VIRGINIA HARDWARE co.
2O15 N. Moore st. Arlington, Virginio
Evening star., 1954-06-09

WASHINGTON, D. c. tcont.)
STANDARD TIRE & BATTERY co.
10th q II SITS. NE.
THOMPSON BROTHERS FURNITURE
1920 Good Hope Rd. Sc.
MARYLAND
AGAR HARDWARE
6571 Agar Road
W. Hyattsville, MARYLAND
BOYER AND ckAkAER
Damascus. Maryland
CENTER HARDWARE
1882 New Hampshire Ave.
TakOma Park, MARYLAND
De W. n. DONALDSON
6O2 Montgomery Ave.
Laurel, Maryland
ALPERsTEIA'S ELECTRIC VILLAGE
1918 Piney Branch Road
Silver Spring, Maryland
c. r. ARAlGER, INC.
045 Pershing Dr., Silver sprlns, ND.
CENCUSLocK & LAWN MOWER
444O Suitland Road. Suitlaud, Maryland
COMMUNITY pr. & HDW. co.
1850 Wisconsin Ave-, Bethesda, Maryland
THE HEIGHT CO..
FentOn q Ellsworth DIR.
Silvef Spring, Maryland
LYONS NURSERY
6O12 Ager Rd.. HyattsviIle, Maryland
+, }. R. PENDLET0N 6 SON, INC.
1890 Georgia Ave-, wheaton, Maryland
RAYS HARDWARE
5912 Central Ave-, Capitol Heights, Md.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Van Fleet in Honolulu
On WAY 10 Far East
BY the Assoeioted Pres.

HONOLULU, June 9.-Retired
Gen. James A. Van Fleet arrived
at Hickam Air Base last night
on the way back to the Far East
to resume his interrupted sur
vey Of military assistance needs
Of United States allies. Gen.
Van Fleet was called back to
Washington from Formosa.
He planned to leave tomorrow
for Tokyo after conferences with
Admiral Felix B. Stump, Pacific
Fleet commander.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Congress Due 10 GET
Emergency Request
For Foreign Aid Cash

With the foreign aid law due
to expire in three weeks, and the
new bill still in the drafting
stage at both ends of the Capitol,
it appeared today that Congress
will be called on to pass an
emergency resolution to keep the
program going during July.
Similar action may be required
to meet the routine operating
expenses of some Government
departments. All appropriation
acts expire June 80 and only one
of the 1855 money bills-for the
Treasury and Post Office - has
gone to the White House.
Harold E. Stassen, director
of Foreign Operations Admins
tration, told the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee yesterday
the customary procedure to keep
his agency going would be for
Congress to pass a temporary
bill to make one-twelfth of its
new budget available for July.
Thought Program Would End.
Senator H. Alexander Smith.
Republican, Of New Jersey, act
ing chairman, reminded Mr..
Stassen that some Senators said
last year they were voting for
their last foreign aid bill, be-
lieving the program should ter
inmate this year.
Mr.. Stassen replied that the
administration is asking Con-
gress to "move forward another
year."
The director pointed out, how
ever, that the new request for
$3.4 billion Is 43 per cent below
the program of two years ago. He
also testified that the actual out
lay for foreign aid in the year
ending June 80 of IS billion is
$500 million less than the ad-
ministration had expected to
spend this year.