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The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25

to bat 81 times in Congress in
behalf of enactment of admins
tration measures.
"Now, 81 of them were enacted
into law" he added. eve did not
always make home runs, but any,
way we did have 81 hits. Some of
them aren't quite all that we
wanted, but that after all is a
batting average of $3.50, and any
baseball fan will tell you that is
pretty good going in any league"
(The Presidents arithmetic was
off a bit. Actually, on the basis of
his figures, the average was .844o
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25
Eisenhower Tells, Nation Congress
Chalked Up Fine Record Toward
Assuring Stronger, Better America

DENVER, R-President Eisen-f
hover told the nations voters
Monday night the Republican
83rd Congress chalked up a fine
record toward assuring strong
er, better America. He urged
them to remember that when they
go to- the polls in the November
congressional elections.
In a nationwide radio and tele-
vision address, the President
sounded an optimistic note about
the security of western Europe in
the face of collapse of European
defense army talks at Brussels.
Don't be too discouraged" the
Chief Executive told his coast-to-
coast audience. He said the great
statesmen of Europe are his
friends and "they want peace as
much as you and 1 do" He added:
"They are not licked yet. And
we are certainly not licked. Let us
not lose faith in them. There is
still something to be done in that
region, and we are going to- do it. "
The rest of Eisenhower half
hour address was exclusively a
plug for his administration and
the record of the GOP-run Con-
gress which wound up its legis-
lative chores last Friday.
His warm praise for the Con-
gress-in which Republicans held
only a slim majority over Demo-
crats-dealt with enacted legis-
lation which he said would, for
example, cut taxes by nearly TIE
billion dollars, expand social sec
urity coverage and increase bene-
fits, shift present rigid farm price
supports to a system of flexible
props, and provide new weapons
to help defeat Communism and
subversion at home.
He said the White House went
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25
American Airlines Pilots
Resume Flights Under
"Truce" Agreement

WASHINGTON, R-American
Airlines planes took to the air at
midnight last night for the first
time in Is days under truce"
agreement between the company
and its pilots who struck over
flying longer than eight hours at
a stretch.
Key to the walkout's end was
agreement to submit the central
issue-Westbound transcontinent-
al flights lasting more than eight
hours-to a neutral arbitrator
David L. Cole of Paterson, NJ,
who was picked to do the job,
was chairman of a board named
by President Truman in 1850 to
settle a wage dispute between
American and its pilots.
Coles decision will be binding
on neither American nor the pi-
lots. Clarence N. Sayen, president
Of the AFL Air Line Pilots Assn,
said the pilots would be free to
strike again if agreement cannot
be reached after arbitration.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25
SPRING DOWN UNDER
TWO MONTHS EARLY

SYDNEY, Australia, Offspring
has started in Sydney two months
early. Yesterdays temperature
scared to 1858 degrees, the hottest
August day on record.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25
COMMIES HIT NEW LAW

LONDON, R - Moscow radio
charged today that the new leg
islation outlawing the Commun-
ist party in the United States was
"a fragrant violation of the U. S.
Constitution.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25
British Guests in China

TOKYO, R-Clement Attlee,
former British Labor Party prime
minister and his seven colleagues
conferred Tuesday with Mao TIE
Tung, head of the Chinese gov
eminent, Peiping radio an
nounced.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-25
Too Many Chiefs, Not
Enough Indians, Russian
Newspaper Complains

WASHINGTON, R-Isvestia,
official organ of the Kremlin, is
complaining that Soviet bureau
cracy has too many chiefs and not
enough Indians.
A couple of examples from an
Isvestia editorial translated here:
/. Three managers for each
worker in the ministry of auto
mobile, tractor and agricultural
machine building.
2. Several sections Of 81 mana
gers and seven employees at a
regional industrial department.
Among instances of red tape,
Isvestia deplored this one:
A survey of the Russian timber
industry in which lib forms asked
such questions as: "How many
days off, holidays and sick days
did the horses have?"
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Pre-Genevu

CECRETARY OF STATE John
~ Foster Dulles went shopping
in Europe early last week and
brought back an Easter basket
with nothing but excelsior inside.
The fancy ribbons and bows
were British and French agree
ments to talk about erecting
donation Pacific defense organi-
cation like NATO after the Geneva
conference, which opens a week
from tomorrow.
The excelsior was the dead
Dulles hope of getting a pre-
Geneva threat from Britain and
France to support united action"
If necessary to prevent the fall of
Indo- China to communism.
The Soviet Union and Com
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Indo-Chino

The colonialist aspects Of the
Indo- China war also must have
been worrying Mr.. Dulles, although
he obviously could not speak pub
licly of them because Of the deli
cate French position on the Euro
pean army. There were no such
restrictions on the United States
Senate, however, and it was there
that American pressure was build
ing to erase colonialism as an is
sue in Indo-C China before this
country steps deeper into the war.
Senator Mike Mansfield, Demo-
crat of Montana suggested that
the French and the Associated
States set definite date for full
independence, something the Wet
Namese have been trying fruitlessly
Evening star., 1954-04-18
EDO

DROSPECTS FOR French action
L on the six-nation European
Defense Community treaty took q
turn for the better last week.
The National Assembly will meet
May 18, it was announced, to set
a date for debate of EDO. The
cabinet hopes debate can start
May Is. Thus Premier Joseph
Laniel and Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault stopped the in
ternational braying over their
cautious approach to an Assembly
vote on the European army plan.
They got some important con-
cesSions from Great Britain and
the United States to help them
face the political clamor at home.
Both the allies pledged themselves
publicly to keep troops on the con-
tinent as long as Soviet Russia is
a threat.
Britain promised an armored di-
vision and air units would be put
under the control of the six-nation
European army commander. She
also will maintain close political
ties to the EDO.
The United States, for it's part,
announced it would keep "appro-
pirate" forces in Europe as long
as they are needed to help fend
off any Soviet aggression. Presi-
dent Eisenhower, in a message to
the Premiers of the six EDO coun-
tries, also promised, in effect, to
guard against any revival of uni
lateral German militarism.
The Soor Roodblock
Only other major roadblock to
French action on EDO is some
satisfactory settlement of the
Saar problem. Both France and
Germany want economic relations
with the coal-rich Saar. They have
agreed in principle to interna-
tionalize the sector, but France
wants to hold its exclusive rights
to economic relations with the
Saar until the European political
community comes into effect.
Germany is afraid the interim
period might be too long, and de-
mands a two-year time limit on
its waiting period, regardless of
the progress on political union
M. Bidault will try to get this
matter ironed out with Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer before May 18.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Mccarthy

The Oppenheimer case was
under way, however secretly. The
housing imbroglio appeared GER
tain to go under the magnifying
glass this week, one way or the
other-and perhaps both. But
there was room for doubt that the
noisiest of the three Investigations
would get off the ground, as sched-
uled, this Thursday.
Originally, it had been planned
to start the open hearings in the
feud between Senator Mccarthy
and his precocious counsel, Roy
Cohn Ton the one hand) and Army
Secretary Robert T. Stevens and
Army Counsel John G. Adams ION
the other) this Wednesday. But
as mentioned in the "Oppen-
heimer" section above-Senator
Mccarthy was scheduled for a
Wednesday speaking date In
Texas. So the hearing was post
poned "a hours By Temporary
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Politics

THE EIGHT-MONTH-LONG 1854
l. political season was, opened
formally in Illinois last week when
Democrats and Republicans chose
candidates for the November con-.
greSsional elections.
In the Senate race, incumbent
Paul H. Douglas was unopposed
for the Democratic nomination.
Joseph T. Meek, a lobbyist for a
retail trade association and
middle-of-the-roader, won the
G. o. P. nomination over a field
of nine. The outlook is for a
liberal" VS.. businessman" cam
paign.
All incumbents were renominated
for Illinois Is House seats.
Next primary will be in New
Jersey on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

ItSOIStlOU OVSI uVuS"S S%ouOSt
Chairman Karl Mundt, South Da-.
kota Republican.
The truncated Senate Permanent
Investigating Subcommittee hav-
ing settled on Ray jenkins of
Tennessee as it's special counsel, it
got down to work last week. At
Mr.. Jenkins inSistence, the COM
mittee adopted a rule against pub
lie statements and appearances by
staff members. Then the counsel
called on the Army for a detailed
statement of charges and on the
other side for an answer.
The Leok
After two or three false starts,
however, things began to look good
for a Thursday opening. Then
Democratic Senator Symington of
Missouri got reports of 'leak"
by which two reporters had been
given copies of the Army's state
ment of charges. The Senator de-
cided to stop the leak by destroy
ing the dam: He made public the
whole Army indictment without
restriction.
This release caught the commit
tee unawareS. It also infuriated
Senator Mccarthy and Mr.. Cohn,
who demanded an inquiry into re-
sponsibility for the original leak,
and said they would boycott the
investigation until responsibility
is fixed and action taken.
Whether the anger of the Sen
ator and his aide was tactical or
actual was not clear. Mr.. Cohn
spoke of the Army charges as
"one-sided smear" and expressed
outrage that the leak should have
occurred.
But in the cold glare of pub
licity, the Army's Statement of
charges" did not seem greatly diff
ferent from the original diary
form narrative that had given rise
to demands for the hearings which
Joe Mccarthy willing-will start
on Thursday.
The boycott seemed short-lived,
however. Yesterday, Senator Nc
Carthy's Office said the Mccarthy
Cohn answer-in the form of
"bill of particularS"-would be
forthcoming tomorrow, when the
committee is scheduled to go into
closed session.
Meanwhile, Senator Mundt was
pressing to get Senator Mccarthy
to waive his normal right as
committee member to question
witnesses.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

HoIIydoy resigns by request {.
munist China are going to Geneva
next week to talk over settlements
of the cold Korean war and the
hot Indo-C China war with the
Western Big Three and other
belligerents in the two conflicts.
Mr.. Dulles is worried that
France, weary of the 7-year-old
war in Indo- China, will arrange
a cease-fire too advantageous to
the Communists. For the past
month he has been preparing his
home public for new sacrifices to
help the French stick it out until
the Communist rebels in Indo-
China are beaten.
No Foreclosure on Peoce
But Britain and France don't
want to foreclose the possibility of
getting peace in Indo-China before
the Geneva conference even starts.
Their view has prevailed, it was
clear last week.
The preparation of American
public opinion for all-out involve
ment in Indo-China continued,
meanwhile. Vice President Nixon
said Friday that if France were
to pull her troops out of Indo-
China, American boys should be
sent to save it. So far, of course,
France has made no move to
withdraw her soldiers. The ad-
ministration trial balloon, however,
was peppered with flax from
Capitol Hill.
The Big Three agreement to
talk about a Southeast Asia de-
fense agreement is a tricky pack
age, too. Until last week, Mr..
Dulles and the State Department
have pointedly kept Britain and
France out of United States Pa
cific alliances. Previous Franco
British pleas to get into the Aus
New Zealand-United States
(ANZUS) defense pact have been
turned down fatty and repeatedly
because America wanted to avoid
the taint of colonialism which
British and French membership
would bring from Malaga and In
do-China. To the extent that this
position was abandoned, Mr.. Dulles
lost ground at London and Paris
last week, while Anthony Eden
and Georges Bidault gained. The
American Secretary of State, OF
course, now rates the Importance
of a united front against commu-
nism in Asia-even after Geneva
worth the risk of incurring ASiatic
taunts about a white mans alli-
. ance to perpetuate colonialism in
the Far East.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

ton accepted before it was sub
mitted.
In forcing Mr.. Hollyday out, no
one accused him, personally, of
4 shenanigans. But it was made
clear that shenanigans had taken
place. and that Mr.. Hollyday had
known about irregularities with
out doing anything about them.
Chief apparent irregularities
were in FILA guaranty practices
and in high-presSure salesman
ship and misuse of money derived
from home improvement loans.
Two Curiosities
Two curiosities cropped up in
the wake of Mr.. Hollyday's resig-
nation. One was an extremely
friendly letter from Housing and
Home Finance Administrator Al
bert M. Cole last January, con-
graduating Mr.. Hollyday on "the
work you have been doing to cor
rect abuses in connection with
Title I lending" The other was a
jurisdictional dispute between two
congressional committees over who
would investigate what looked like
a juicy mess.
Virginia's Democratic Senator
Harry F. Byrd, announced plans
to open hearings Tuesday on sun
considerable profits F.. made by
many in construction projects
sponsored by the Federal Govern
ment under it's housing programs" !"
Senator Byrd said he and his Joint
Committee on Nonessential Fed
eral Expenditures had been looking
into the housing situation for a
year.
Meanwhile, Senator Homer Cape
hart, Indiana Republican who
heads the Banking and Currency
Committee, asserted jurisdiction.
He asked for quarter-million dol
lars to carry on an inquiry into
the housing program, and set
tomorrow for the opening date.
Because his committee handles
housing bills, Senator Capehart
said, the group voted to take 100
per cent Jurisdiction"
Whoever investigates, it Is likely
that the spotlight will be on the
housing picture in the Washington
area. More than one-tenth OF all
FHA rental housing loans through
out the country have been made
here.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
HoHydoy

Far from the ivory tower of
atomic energy, what looked to be
a firSt-rate scandal was developing
last week. The Federal Housing
Administration, which inSureS pri-
vate lending institutions against
loss on home and apartment
mortgages, was in a turmoil after
the resignation" of its commits
Sioner, Guy T. o. Hollyday, a Bal
timore mortgage banker. The word
resignation is in quotes advisedly:
Apparently Mr.. Hollyday was out
before he knew 1t, and his resigna-
Evening star., 1954-04-18

Out SSUOtOt SOPSuOtt W tUOtuuO
moves to toke over the Investigation.
to arrange since last July. The
Senator also proposed that this
country send three ambassadors to
the three countries, instead OF
one; that constituent assemblies be
convened in the three states as a
first step toward broadening popu-
lar representation in the govern
ment; and that French citizenship
of all nationalist leaders in Indo-
China be relinquished.
Wet Namese nationaliSts, think
ing along the same lines, last week
suddenly lined up solidly with
Chief of State Bao Dai, whom they
generally regard as too pro-
French, in preparation for his Paris
talks on independence. Bao Dai,
in another move which appeared
to be clearing the decks for an
all-out effort to obtain full indie
pendence for his people, ordered
full mobilization of all able-bodied
young men between 81 and Is.
1t was estimated the move would
ultimately bring about 100000 ad-
ditional troops into the Wet
NameSe national army.
Superiority in troop numbers
alone will not decide the issue in
Indo China, however. The Wet
NameSe and French already have
a 5-to-3 manpower edge, but are
far from defeating the Reds. Nor
will granting independence bring
victory overnight. Besides free
dom, the Indo- Chinese need train
ing, not only in war making but
in peace-keeping and the routine
jobs of government. That is why
advocates of independence for the
Associated States avoid demand
ing immediate freedom. The most
optimistic think the three states
need at least five years to get
ready, others claim it should be a
minimum of 10.
Diem Bien Phu
The battle for Diem Bien Phu,
which started March 13, ragged
on in northwestern Wet Mani
last week but the pace seemed
slightly less grueling. The Wet
Mimi apparently were regrouping
for the third round of assaults.
They did launch one attack which
wrested a corner of the only re-
manning airstrip from the stout
Wet Namese and French Union
defenders.
Col. Christian de Castries, COM
mander of the bastion, sent coun-
terattacking tank and infantry
forces to work the Reds over, but
there was no indication at the
week end that the Wet Mini
could be budged. Until they are,
De Castries will have to depend
exclusively on air drops for his
supplies. With the rainy season
scheduled to start in a week or
two, this will be an increasingly
difficult operation.
The colorful De Castries kept in
/ the news in another way last
week when reports sifted through
French censorship that he had
threatened to resign if the French
government didn't come across
with his promotion to brigadier
general. President Eisenhower
was the instigator of the promo
ton idea, and the French National
Assembly went along. But the
French government wanted to
wait awhile.
Last week, however, the govern
Evening star., 1954-04-18

THREE MAJOR investigations
two legislative and one
executive-gripped the attention
of Washington last week.
In a secret room somewhere in
Washington, a special board en-
paneled by the Atomic Energy
Commission sat in judgment on
the security" of DR.. j. Robert
Oppenheimer, 50-year- r-old nuclear
physicist who was the prime mover
of the World War II atomic bomb
project.
And on Capitol Hill, two COM
mittees contended over the right
or privilege-of investigating the
Federal Housing Administration
after President Eisenhower fired
FHA.s chief in the wake of dis
covery of irregularities in that
loan-inSurance agency.
Also in the shadow of the Cap
itol, the confusing case of the
Army VS.. Senator Joe Mccarthy of
Wisconsin seemed to be moving
over a slow and devious route to-
ward definitive open hearings on
the question: Who is lying about
whom?
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Review Of The Week. Spotlight Focuses on Inquiries

ment bowed to the inevitable and
promoted the defender of Diem
Bien Phu to 1brigadier generals
rank.
Other Fighting
Action in Indo-China was not
confined to the Dien Bien Phu
area, by any means. The Franco
Wet Namese roll-up operation in
south-central Wet Nam continued,
as Wet Namese officials took over
administration of territory as fast
as the military liberated it. In
central Laos, where the Wet Mini
last year launched a meaningless
offensive, the French attacked
Communist positions in a river
valley.
And in Cambodia, King Norodom
Sihanouk prepared to lead coun-
terattack against the Wet Mimi
who recently invaded his country.
More important, possibly, he sent
a protest, outside of French chan
nels, to the United Nations (of
which Cambodia is not member)
about the recent Wet Mimi inva-
sion OF the northeastern section Of
the country.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

Acc statement made public last
Tuesday, President Eisenhower
himself directed that pending a
security review of the material in
the file, a blank wall be placed be-
tween Dr. Oppenheimer and any
secret data. :"
Two Alternatives
The case offered two interesting
and rather disturbing alternatives:
Cd If Dr. Oppenheimer is shown
not to be security risk, will not
many actual and potential atomic
experts decide in future to shun
Government service because of
what they might regard as the
harasSment involved?
(2) If this man, who more than
any one made the atomic bomb
possible, is shown to be risk, how
secure is American security in the
nuclear field? (And if the board
establishes the validity of Aces
doubts as to DR.. Oppenheimer'S
loyalty, does America have any
secrets to safeguard?)
Many of the men close to DR..
Oppenheimer were quick to vouch
publicly for his good faith. And
an angry letter was turned up in
which DR.. Edward U. Condor took
the physicist to task for COM
menting adversely on the relia-
bility of a fellow scientist. Since
DR.. Condor, former head of the
National Bureau of Standards,
has been characterized by con-
gressional Red hunters as "the
weakest link in our security
chain," his letter appeared to be
a case of praising with faint
damns.
The immediate reaction seemed
to be that all would come out in
the wash: Either DR.. Oppenheimer
would be cleared once and for all,
and restored to the Governments
good graceS, or he would be labeled
clear security risk, and that
would write "finis" to his Gov
ernment career.
But even this was in doubt as
the week ended, in the light of
the case of Abraham ChaSanow
of Greenbelt, Md. Mr.. Chasanow,
an $8,350-a-year section chief at
the Navy photographic Office,
had been suspended as security
risk and had fought the charges
through a security hearing board.
The board upheld him completely
by a unanimous vote, cleared him
of all left-wing connections, and
recommended his restoration to
duty.
Last week, a Navy Department
security appeal board overruled
these findings and the Navy fired
Mr.. Chasanow without further
explanation.
HoIlydoy
Far from the ivory tower of
atomic energy, what looked to be
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Korea

Almost forgotten in the prep
arations for Geneva has been the
other item on the agenda, Korea.
President Syngman Rhee of South
Korea has still not made up his
mind whether to send a repre-
sentative. He sees little hope for
peaceful accomplishment of Ko-
rean uniflcation, while preserving
his own position at the helm. So
he gets little thrill out of the idea
of going to Geneva to talk some
more with Korean, Chinese and
Russian Communists about some
other solution which would not be
acceptable to him.
Last week DR.. Rhee informed
the United States that his price
for going to Geneva is a reversal
of the planned withdrawal of
American divisions from South
Korea. Gen. John E. Hull, Far
Eastern commander, flew from
Tokyo to Korea for secret talks
with DR.. Rhee to try to work some-
thing out.
Evening star., 1954-06-01
Entertaining
ForVisitOr

Mr.. and Mrs. c. Sedgwick
Moss will entertain Saturday
evening at a dinner party in
honor of their houseguest. Miss
Virginia Randolph Gillian of
Raleigh. N. c., and their son.
"Sedge." who is graduating this
week from Washington and Lee
University.
Other parties planned are q
luncheon Friday for Miss Gill
liam, with Mrs. Lambert E.
Jones as hostess, and a dinner
to be given by Miss Elizabeth
Bowen at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club for Miss Gillian and
Mr.. Moss.