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Evening star., 1954-11-14
Dixon-Yutes
Power Pact Is Signed,
But Much Trouble Lies
Ahead for Administration

The complex and technical politi-
cal issue which goes by the name
of Dixon-Yates was left far from
settled by the Congressional elec-
tions. Capitol Hill Democrats
showed last week they. were deter
mined to carry on with the issue
into 1855.
It all started earlier this year when
Democrats began to complain that
the Republicans were trying to sneak
one over in the Tennessee Valley.
It seems that the Atomic Energy
Commission was using up some 600,-
600 kilowatts of iva electricity
power which the iva was hard
pressed to supply.
IVA officials wanted to build
new steam plant to replace the
power the Acc was using. But the
administration decided there was
no reason for the manufacture Of
more public power If private enter
prise could do the job. Two heads
of southern power companies. Ed
gar H. Dixon and Eugene A. Yates,
said they would form a company
to produce the power.
The ACC was ordered to nego-
tiate contract with Mr.. Dixon and
Mr.. Yates for 100000 kilowats of
power to be fed into IVA lines.
Democrats Complaints
When the Democrats found out
about the deal they complained Bit
terly. They said there was something
sinister about the secrecy surround
Evening star., 1954-11-14

WEU. Their votes in the National
Assembly are expected to assure Q
comfortable majority.
But In North Africa, NJ. Mendes.
France had no cause for optiminn.
Terrorism in Algeria died down last
week. Even so, Paris officials dis.
closed for the first time that they
fear Communist intervention there,
as well as in T,lnisia and Morocco.
Friday night the National Al.
sembly approved M. Mendes-F Frances
plan to postpone debate on North
Africa, but the vote was not im-
pressive-312-272.
Anti-Liquor Drive
Unperturbed by such storm clouds,
NJ. Mendes-France confronted the
French people with another unpop-
ular reform last week-an attack
on widespread alcoholism. The
cabinet approved q new 40 per cent
tax on hard liquor and aperitifs.
then asked the National Assembly
to approve law-aimed at the
breakfast trade"-barring the sale
Of alcoholic beverages between 8
and 10 am.
In Germany Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer was trying to iron out
difficulties within his coalition over
the Saar settlement he reached in
Paris In October. He has his own
Christian Democrats behind him,
but they have only q hairline ma
jority In the Bundestag. The three
other parties in his coalition, the
Free Democrats. the Germany Party
and the Refugee Association, all
want him to get France to soften
the Saar terms.
Friday Herr Adenauer quietly sent
D deputy to Paris to try to ind
some middle ground from which he
can WOO back his coalition parties.
The Chancellor was still optimis-
tic that the Paris agreements would
be ratified by Germany. He pre-
dicted last week that the Bundestag
and Bundesrat would act by mid
January. He expects all the other
WEU signatories to vote before
March.
Russia kept her obstructive hand
in, however, with a new invitation to
talks on European security Novem-
Der 80. The Kremlin suggested
either Moscow or Paris as the site In
note addressed yesterday to the
French government.
Evening star., 1954-11-14

ing the contract; the company was
guaranteed outrageous profits: it
was improper for Acc to contract
for private power to 60 to the IVA;
the administration was trying to de-
Stroy the iva and it's power yard
stick" concept; bids from other COM
panies were not invited, and the
IVA could do it cheaper.
It all added up, the Democrats
charged, to another Republican give
away. Democratic members Of the
Atomic Energy Commission also OBJ
jected to making Acc the middle
man. v ~
The Republicans defended the
deal as proper use Of private enter
prise. ~
The Democrats seemed to be los
ing the argument until they won the
congressional elections. Along with
control Of Congress would 60 the
power to block the Dixon Yates
transaction.
Last week they laid the ground
work. Still in the minority, they
spared for an opening as the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy lis
tened to testimony on the contract.
Senator John o. Pastore, Demo-
crat of Rhode Island, asked the
committee to urge Acc to delay
action until after the incoming
Democratic Congress had reviewed
it. His motion lost on strict party
lines, 10 to 8.
CIouses Added
The administration then attempt
ed to meet some Democratic objec-
tions. They added several new
clauses to the contract. Most i'm
portant amendments would limit
earnings of the company to 100000
a year and would permit the Gov
ernment to cancel the contract
within three years, compensating
the company for expenses and tax
ing over the steam plant it will
build.
Representative w. Sterling Cole,
chairman Of the joint committee,
said the new clauses had pulled
Evening star., 1954-11-14

Monday, when American League
officials approved franchise trans
fer from Philadelphia to Kansas
City, Mo. The team will continue to
be called the Athletics. The minor
league Kansas City Blues will go
elsewhere. New York and Chicago
are now the only cities with more
than one big league team.
- Western world tariff experts
met last week in Geneva to
revise policies and procedures
Of the General Agreement on Tar
ifs and Trade. One of the top
speakers in favor of "a stronger
GAIT" was British Board of Trade
President Peter Thorneycroft, whose
job corresponds to that of Secre-
tary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks.
Most observers thought the meet
ing was of to an excellent start.
. A prominent figure in the
O. turbulent politics Of Iran
passed permanently from the
scene at dawn Wednesday. A firing
squad executed Hossein Fatemi, for
mer Premier Mossadegh's foreign
minister, for rebellion against the
monarchy. Fatemi went UNDER
ground in August, 1853, when Mos
sadegh was overthrown. He was
captured last March and sentenced
to death in a secret trial q month
ago.
q Jawaharlal Nehru. who has
been wearing two hats In In
dian affairs, decided last
week In New Delhi to remove one
Of them. He announced he will step
down as head Of the ruling Congress
Party. but viii remain as Prime
Minister. Both are full-time jobs,
and Mr.. Nehru's decision was inter-
preted as recognition Of this fact
by the busiest man In the crowded
aifh-c0ntinent
Evening star., 1954-11-14
A Way Out?

It was q curious commentary on
the proceedings that without the
air Of animosity. Senator Mccarthy
might have gone almost scot-free.
For 1t was obvious as the Senators
spoke that they did not want to
censure Mr.. McCarthy-or any
other Senator. It was distasteful
business to call Senator to order,
It did infringe on complete freedom
Of speech and it did bring deep
discord into a body which works
best in harmony.
Senator Case in effect invited
Senator Mccarthy to apologize and
intimated all could be forgiven.
Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Repub-
lican, Of Illinois worked behind the
scenes with other Senators to ar
rive at compromise on the reso-
luton. One suggestion was to give
Senator Mccarthy q vote of conf
dence for his anti Communist cru
SADIE, but to point out that some
OF his words had been ill-considered.
but it all depended on the Wis
. consin Senator. He had to show at
least q little contrition. Instead,
he struck out at fellow Senators
with all the old familiar Mccarthy
borabaSt.
His language was extraordinarily
rough for the Senate. And his op-
ponents replied in language that
became almost equally blunt.
Instead Of addressing all their
remarks, to the presiding officer and
referring to each other in the third
person, as Senate rules provide,
they made their statements direct
"You are :. u. instead of the proper.
'The Senator is :"
Both sides used unsenatorial
language. Even soft-spoken Sena-
tor Stennis talked of the "slush
and the slime" Of Senator Nc
Carthy's attacks.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
McC Corthy's Angle

What was the Mccarthy strategy?
There are several theories:
Perhaps he UGnted to be censured.
He could then assume q martyrs
role and could solidify his position
with his hard-core followers
as the group Of cheering fans who
met in q Constitution Hall rally
last Thursday night. On the other
hand. q censure vote was sure to lose
him support of less devoted hackers.
Perhaps it was just his nature to
continue the attack. After all, If
he were the type to be apologetic
he would never have become the
symbol Of aggressive anti-commu-
r1isrn.
Or perhaps 1t was too early to
Evening star., 1954-11-14

First. the Communists are trying
to silence Senator Mccarthy. AS
Barry GoldaDGters Republican, OF
Arizona put 1t, Senator Mccarthy
Is facing censure vote in this body
because he has put his finger fear
lessly upon the men in high places
who. through stupidity or muddled
theology. have stood in the way Of
an all-out fight against communism
both In America and abroad"
Second, censure vote would vio-
late senatorial rights Of free speech.
John w. Bricker. Republican, OF
Ohio said, "The result of censure
would be one so close to legislative
tyranny that I cannot view 1t with
complacency."
A third major front was opened
by Senator Mccarthy himselr-an
attack on the Watkins Committee
members. He called them ''unwit-
ting handmaidens Of communism.
He called them biased jury" He
asked their chairman. Mr.. Watkins,
II he was mot going to run out
on me?"
The personal attacks by Senator
Mccarthy, plus the charge by his
friends that the opposition was
playing the Communists game,
brought Senate tempers close to the
boiling point and kept them there
all week,
Evening star., 1954-11-14

cratic opponent, Charles Howell. The
actual recount probably will start
about November q.
- If Prof. Albert Einstein had
,. it to do over again, he'd be
plumber, not scientist. This
word from the sage of Princeton,
n. ], came in response to a query
IRON Reporter magazine on DR..
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Peace
UnfomiIior tranquility
Settles Over the World
As if by Encouragement

Except for the excitement on
Capitol Hill. life around the rest of
the globe was taking on an un-
familiar tranquility.
Men like Eisenhower, Malenkov.
Churchill and Toynbee all raised
their voices, as If by some prear-
ranged signal, in new pleas for last
ing peace. It was nothing new for
leaders Of either the West or the
East to be pledging themselves to
the cause Of peace. But each side
seemed to be taking the other little
more seriously this time. The fresh
tone Of mutual respect evoked an
almost audible sigh Of relief from
the troubled masses.
The one jarring note came from
Northern Japan, where a pair of
trigger-happy MIG pilots shot down
an American B-29. But President
Eisenhower quickly quencfed the
blaze of outrage that dared up i'm
this country. He. observed that
Soviet notes about the incident were
more conciliatory than usual. Any
way, he added, the, B-29 had ven
tured into disputed territory. The
boundary line between Japan's Hok-
kaido Island waters and the Rus
sian-held Kurile Islands has never
been clearly set.
Bohlen- Molenkov Tolk
On that basis, Gen. Eisenhower
saw nothing amiss In Ambassador
Charles e. Bohlen's dining with
Premier Georgi Malenkoy in Mos
cow. Instead Of sitting back and
pouting. Mr.. Bohlen had talked with
Malenkov for q half hour. q rare
experience for American ENJOYS In
the Russian capital.
Newsmen were told Wednesday
that Premier eMalenkov had asked
Ambassador Bohlen for return
to "old-fashioned'' diplomacy to
prevent small incidents from being
blown up into serious breaches.
Some speculated he had nothing
more important in mind than an
American woman's recent scuffle
with an overeager Moscow worker
about picture-taking. Others
thought Malenkoy ciassed the Hok-
kaido plane disaster a& one Of these
small incidents. But, III got the
impression that Mr.. Malenkov Is
definitely trying to avoid proycca-
tive talk and action
RFiyna M3ninkGr ~tp yHtvlaknea
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Asia
Big Marshall Plan
For Orient Urged by
japanese Premier

Ignoring strong new efforts Of his
political opponents to depose him,
Japan's Premier Shigeru Yoshida
came to Washington last week and
launched q campaign to make him
self and his country the Far East's
leading opponent of communism.
Mr.. Yoshida suggested that the
United States help set up a huge 81
billion year Marshall Plan for Asia.
Anything less, he warned, would
leave the Far East breeding place
for communism. Japan, of course,
would play dominant part in ad-
ministering the program. She is
the leading industrial nation of the
Far East.
The Yoshida plan got a cold re-
ception in official circles here. But
the State Department made it clear
there was nothing personal in their
attitude. They sent Mr.. Yoshida on
his way with a pledge that America
will give Japan about 500 million
worth Of surplus agricultural COM
modities. These goods will be sold
for yen, and the proceeds will be
used partly for Japan's expanding
defense costs, partly for improving
the domestic economy.
Enemies Scott
The Japanese Premier's political
opponents scoffed at the Offering as
proof of Mr.. Yoshida's failure" In
Washington. They obviously were
building themselves up for another
challenge to his leadership.
Last week. 81 members of his Lib
eral party bolted so they could team
UP with rival conservative group.
Nineteen more Liberals were said to
be on the verge of following suit. The
two parties are counting on the So
cialists to team up with them In q
no-conf1dence vote in the lower
house of the Diet.
Presumably that would force an
other election. The anti -Yoshida
forces are gambling they can beat
out pro-Yoshida candidates at the
polls. When similar maneuver was
tried last year, Mr.. Yoshida got
enough support in the voting booths
to be returned to the premiership.
Indo- Chino
Concern over the unsettled politi-
cal conditions in southern Wet Nam
mounted last week. Gen. j. Lawton
Collins, the United States newly
arrived trouble-shooter, announced
that he came with no pre-conceived
notions-except that the Commu.
nists were prof1ting by internal po-
litical warfare.
His problem is to bolster the
government of Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem, now virtual prisoner in
Saigon, where an cooperative
religious sect controls the police
and hostile pro-French Wet
Namese general controls the army.
Presumably Gen. Collins plan is to
use the threat Of cutting of Amer
ican aid to bring the army and
police In line with Mr.. Diem.
In Northern Wet Nam, mean.
while, the Communist Wet Mini
were having their own troubles.
Apparently the Reds had played too
rough. Native Catholics were fee
ing the country in increasing num-
bers. France had to send an air.
craft carrier and other naval units
to evacuate the unexpected flow Of
refugees.
The Wet Mimi regular army, on
the other hand. was steadily ex-
panding. British Foreign Secretary
Sir Anthony Eden told the House of
Commons last week that Ho Chi
Minis regulars would have doubled
in size by the end of 1854. He
observed that Hos little country
Of II or Il million people had raised
Q bigger army than either Pakistan
or Indonesia. each i've times az
populous.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Places in the News: HighLghts From Around the World

Einstein's attitude toward scientists
present status. On Friday, plumb
ers' union local in Chicago rose to
the occasion and mailed journey
mans card to the father Of the
relativity theory"
Big league baseball's from
q. tier-formerly at st. Louis
moved $50 miles west on
Evening star., 1954-11-14

CommunlSC crusader from Wisconsin
also Republican.
Senator Mccarthy, in harsh,
belligerent tones, said Senator
Watkins was serving the Commu-
mist cause. and he tried repeatedly
to put into Senator Watkins mouth
words which would have made the
Utah man a dishonest and indecent
Senator. Mr.. Watkins answered
back in uncompromising terms
until. suffering from a stomach dis
order, he was forced to sit down
only to have 1t insinuated he was
running out.
1t was an ugly picture, but one
which refused to fade out as the
week wore on and different Sena-
tors rose to debate the censure reso-
luton.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
The Prosecution

Here were key statements Of the
four committee members who spoke
\ last week.
Senator Watkins, chairman of the
group: "The committee wants it,
understood that it is not by any
means suggesting that the Senate
may not consider any or all of the
charges which are not listed; for
which no recommendation for cen
sure have been made; neither is it
suggesting that the Senate is under
any obligation to follow It's recon-
mendations of censure. The
Senate may do as it pleases about
them"
Francis Case, Republican, of South
Dakota: II am concerned that we.
shall preserve the capacity of the
Senate of the United States to
function. I am concerned that from
now on Senators can accept assign
ments to difficult tasks-and per-
haps disagreeable ones-Without
having to feel that their motives
will be misinterpreted and their po-
ntical careers blasted.
John c. Stennis, Democrat, OF
Mississippi: There was not any one
particular thing the Senator said,
did or failed to do that caused me
to reach the conclusion I did.
The entire picture led me to the
conclusion reached"
Frank Carlson, Republican, OF
Kansas: 1.-THE common judgments
of my colleagues were arrived at in
a completely tolerant and even
sympathetic attitude toward the
junior Senator from Wisconsin.
We can certainly solve this problem
without the sacrifice Of the dignity
Of this chamber"
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Senators Hunt for Compromise Formula
Despite Acrimony Of Opening Debate

The special session of the United States eptozed
last week by this almost unbelievable
Arthur Watkins quiet solid and most respectable Republican
Senator from Utah. stood at his floor and asked
grmy that fellow Senator personal friend
Beside him stood the onetme friend Joseph Mccarthy anti
Evening star., 1954-11-14
The Defense

The Mccarthy side based its case
on two principal contentious:
Evening star., 1954-09-26

kids 90 for our OREo
CREME SANDWICH in q
big way, and here's why.
The chocolate-y cookies
are crisp to bite. In be-
tween, we spread heap
ing amounts of cream
lest filling. And because
they're NABIsco cookies
they're wholesome.
Evening star., 1954-09-26

TTVHE ladies - God bless them - occasionally have
1 brushes with the law and sometimes, brushes with
opponents of the law. No matter which, the men,
right or wrong, haven't much chance in the battle of
the Recently these women helped to prove it.
Too Much The owner of an Iowa gasoline station
and his wife stood by. fuming heplessly while two
thugs red their cash register. After the gunner had
taken all the money they started cleaning the ciga
rette shelf One of them pulled down freshly sarched
white curtain from the window and started to pile the
loot in it. This too much. Uttering shri cry,
the enraged housewife picked up bumper jack and
went into action. The robbers fled.
Who, Me? On the San Antonio Expressway. woman
driver stopped suddenly and set off an eighcar pile
up 1t snarled traffic and caused ST 400 damage. Two
motorcycle police roared up to the scene and began
issuing traffic tickets to all eight drivers for negligence
starting with the vehicle in the rear and working
forward BY the time they reached the front of the
line, the woman had driven away.
Change Of Pace. In Los Angeles, mddle-aged
arrested and fined S215 for operating slot
machines The judge. the arresting policeman and her
lawyer all slightly surprised when, still protesting
her innocence she paid her fine with $50 quarters
Soldiers And The Lady. In North Carolina two
soldiers reported hodup to the local police They
had given lift to female hitchhker. they related.
On lonely stretch of road she ordered them to stop
the car, took their wallets and drove away. "She
didn't have gun" the soldiers told police, but she
looked very strong!'
Occupat;onal Hazard. A Colorado physician sued
his wealthy patient for $4,000 damages He said
she had broken two windows in his office, ripped his
stethosoope upset his X-ray machine, destroyed his
medical library and bounced the scale off his head
all because he told her she was putting on weight.
Superserrice. Outside swanky Chicago store,
beautifully gowned lady thanked the doorman for
helping her hail taxi and handed him dollar tip.
As the cab sped away, store clerk out shouting
The gracious lady had just made off with mink coat
Evening star., 1954-09-26

The oae-snd-only FIG
NEWToNS CAKES are
made only by NABIsco.
Inside the tender cakes
we put the plumpest,
juiciest figs ever grown.
We make sure all our
ingredients are quality,
that's why all NABIsco
cookies taste so delicious.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

The Montgomery County
Council yesterday approved es-
tablishment on a trial basis of a
clinic for the treatment Of al
coholicS.
The action came after a steer
ing committee on alcoholism,
named last year. asked the coun-
Gil for the go-ahead on the prof.
ect.
The State Health Department
will finance the clinic for at
least a year to prove its worth,
according to Joe Dillinger. chief
of the Health Departments divi-
sion of alcohol studies. The
clinic will operate only one night
a week, probably at the new
health center in Rockville, DR..
v. L. Ellicott. county health Of
f1cer, said.
Mr.. Dillinger estimated the op-
GRAFTON would cost about $4,000
a year. After a testing period, he
said, the State would expect the
county to help finance the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

Wilson and drafted the Espi-
onage Act while in that Office.
He won a Pulitzer Prize in
1928 for his book. The Supreme
Court in United States History"
He also authored The Supreme
Court and Sovereign States"
THE Making of the Constitu-
tion," "Jacobin and Junto,"
Congress as Santa Claus" and
"Odd Byways in American His
tory"
Mr.. Warren is a native of
Boston and a graduate of Har-
ward University. He received his
law degree from Harvard Uni
versity Law School and practiced
in Boston before coming to
Washington with the Attorney
Generals Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren, the
former Annie Louise Bliss, were
married on January 6. 1904
She is a sister of Robert Woods
Bliss. former ambassador to Ar
gentina.
Their anniversary will be cele-
brated today with a reception
at the Sulgrave Club.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Montgomery Alcoholic Clinic
To Be Set Up on Trial Basis

Chief Judge Charles w. Wood
ward of the Montgomery Circuit
Court said he supported the plan
if it could be done at moderate
expense. But Judge Woodward
added he had not seen a single
alcoholic who had been cured by
a physician or psychiatrist. He
said his best success had been
with Alcoholics Anonymous.
DR.. George Sharpe. head OF the
steering committee. said big re-
suits must not be expected. He
said, however, that until recently
there was no hospital in the
county which would take alco-
holics for treatment. The Wash
ington Sanitarium now takes a
few. he said.
DR.. Sharpe added that every
physician in the county had at
least two persons under his care
who were alcoholics. He also
noted that in 1852 there were
/ 1894 arrests in Montgomery on
drunk and disorderly charges.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Journalist to Give
Middle East Report

A report on the Middle East
will be given by three journal
lists at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
National Presbyterian Church
Hall, 1854 N street NV.
Harold E. Fey, executive direc-
tor of The Christian Century;
Morris S. Lazaron, of the Jewish
Newsletter, and John Cogley.
executive editor of The Com
monweal, will appear under the
sponsorship of the American
Friends of the Middle East.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Golden Anniversary
OF Wedding Noted
By Charles Warrens

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren,
prominent in Washington for 40
years, celebrate their 50th we'd
ding anniversary today. They
live at 1923 Eighteenth street
NV.
Mr.. Warren, IS, a constitu-
tional lawyer and author of nu-
merouS books on the law. served
as Assistant United States Attor-
ney General under President
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Tax Form Mailing
Near Completion
BY the Assee,o,ed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-All
Maryland taxpayers should have
their Federal income tax forms
this week, Collector L. A. Cham
berlain said yesterday.
Mr.. Chamberlain said a delay
at the printers slowed delivery
of the blanks to his Office and
that many forms are just now
being mailed.
Tax returns are due March Is.