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Evening star., 1954-06-06
Oppenheimer
Scientist Is Found LoyoI,
But Bourd Urges Denying
Him Classified Dutu

Another chapter in the strange
story of ]. Robert Oppenheimer was
written last week, and it turned out
to be as bizarre as anything in the
famous scientists experience.
Since mid-April, the blue-ribbon
Personnel Security Board for the
Atomic Energy Commission had been
poring over records and taking testi-
mony to resolve a knotty problem:
Should DR.. Oppenheimer. one Of
the spark plugs of this country's
atomic program, remain cut of from
access to secret data, or should his
security clearance be restored? DR..
Oppenheimer, a contract conSultant
to Acc, has been behind "a blank
wall of secrecy" since last Decem-
ber %. when President Eisenhower
personally cut off the scientists ac-
cess to classified material.
Last Tuesday, the board made
public its findings and recommen-
dations. DR.. Oppenheimer, the
board found, was a loyal American
and discreet in his handling of Sc
cret data. But his long record Of
left-wing associations dating back
to the 1930s) and his attitude to-
ward the hydrogen bomb we're held
by the boards majority to be suff1-
cient grounds for denying him clear
ance. Chairman Gordon Gray, North
Carolina millionaire who once was
Secretary of the Army, and Thomas
A. Morgan. former president of the
Sperry Corp, signed the majority
report.
Dr.. Evons' Dissent
A vigorous dissent came from
the third member. DR.. Ward v.
Evans, professor Of chemistry at
the Loyola University of Chicago.
Accepting portions of the majority
report as agreeable to him, DR..
Evans held that what the board
had learned in its months work
should have resulted in a recon-
mendation for full clearance of DR..
Oppenheimer.
The case now goes to the Atomic
Energy Commission itself for final
determination. Lawyers for DR.. Op.
penheimer have asked that q deci-
sion be rendered by Acc before
the end of this month, when the
scientists contract as a consultant
runs out. All things considered, such
Continued on Page A-2S)
Evening star., 1954-06-06

Week of Hearings
Falls Nicely Into
FumiIiur Pattern

It was almost classic week for
the Army Carthy hearings. In
81 hours and IL minutes Of hear
ings, plus unrecorded time devoted
to the issue outside the Senate sub
committee room, these things were
accomplished:
. Personalities. Two new indi-
vidualS stepped or were dragged into
the act, bringing up more irrele-
want issues; and the President per-
mitted himself a little genteel fin
ger-pointing.
. LGp. Hours were spent debating
the legal right of the President to
keep secret documents secret versus
the legal right of Government en-
ployes to carry those documents to
Wisconsin's junior Senator, Joseph
r. Mccarthy.
. Evidence. Plenty of time was
found to argue whether some evi-
dence in the case should be used
and whether other evidence had
been faxed.
o Perjury. The meat of the hear
ings, the question Of whether the
Mccarthy or the Army side had lied
in making their original charges of,
respectively, blackmail and i'm
proper pressure, was touched on
briefly when subcommittee members
sought sworn repetition Of contra
dictory statements.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Personalities

President Eisenhower kicked off
the weeks activities with q speech
in which he said, Through knowl-
edge and understanding, we will
drive from the temple of freedom all
who seek to establish over us
thought control-whether they be
agents of a foreign state or dema-
gogues thirsty for personal power
and public notice"
He did not, as is his rule, name
names, but White House aides said
later the only thirsty demagogue
they knew of was Senator Mccarthy.
So whatever the President had in
mind, bystanders scored his speech
as one tiny point against the Wis
conSinite.
Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Re
publican, of Vermont, one of the
recent leaders of the Joe-must-go
movement, spoke up next. He didn't
at all mind dealing in personalities.
In a Senate speech delivered while
Senator Mccarthy was in the hear
ing room, Mr.. Flanders accused Nc
CarthyiteS of adopting the same
brand of anti-communiSm as the
HitleriteS. He said McCarthyism is
splitting racial and religious groups
And he demanded the subcommittee
get to the real heart" Of the Nc
Carthy mystery-"the personal rela-
tionships of the Army private &C.
David Schine), the staff assistant
(Roy M. Cohn) and the Senator"
SeniIe-or Vicious?
Senator Mccarthy said Senator
Flanders acted out of "Senility or
viciousness" and demanded he tes-
tify under oath if he had any evi-
dence to offer. Mr.. Flanders said
he would be willing to testify, but
doubted if he had any new facts to
give the subcommittee.
AS the Flanders episode faded,
Allen w. Dulles. director of the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency, took the
spotlight. Senator Mccarthy, in
one of his attempts to belittle the
pending hearings, said he had much
bigger fish to fry these dayS-specif-
ically an investigation Of Commu-
mist inf1ltration into the super-secret
CIA.
Mr.. Dulles promptly denied there
was anything to investigate and
renewed his determination to keep
the Mccarthy gumshoes from jun
keteering through his PROVINCES
they had through brother John Fos-
ter's.
AS the week ended, the subcom-
mittee insisted Senator Mccarthy
could not launch any new investiga-
tions while the probe of his own
actions was still under way.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

with negotiations on Wet Nam. The
second reason the United States op-
posed the talks is that the regroup-
ing of forces concept is likely to lead
to de tGcto partition. America OPP
poses partition Of Wet Nam, as do
the Wet Namese themselves.
Other parties to the negotiations.
however, are resigned to some kind Of
partition. Presumably the United
States and Wet Nam would 90 along
with a plan which partitioned the
Communists off in the jungles and
mountains Of North Wet Nam. But
the Reds are not expected to be
satisfied with that.
The large unknown quantity still
is: How much Wet Namese terri
tory will the Communists settle for?
The West hopes that the military
talks will soon give the answer.
It would seem likely that the Reds
would try to arrange most of their
regrouping in the strategic, French
controlled. Red River Delta area,
rice basket of Southeast Asia and a
rich repository Of minerals. The
present French government opposes
moving out of the delta and last
week instructed it's forces in Indo-
China to fight to keep Hanoi, North
Wet Mans capital. Hanoi is more
of a psychological than a strategic
prize, and the French decision not
to evacuate it was taken as token
Of the present cabinets determina-
ton to stand up to the Communists.
Another sign of French determi-
nation to continue the fight in Indo-
China was the appointment of Gen.
Ely, present chief of staff, to
replace Gen. Navarro. This move
would not have been made,
presumably, II the French in
tended to do any large-scale re-
treating in Wet Nam. Gen. Navarro,
already under heavy criticism for
the loss Of Diem Bien Phu, could
more easily have been made the
scapegoat for any planned with
drawal.
Weak LonieI Cabinet
What another French cabinet
would do is an entirely different
matter, of course. Last week the
government of Premier Joseph
Laniel managed to postpone an
other confidence vote at least until
some time this week. But his posi-
tion is extremely shaky, and most
observers in Paris say he must soon
show some positive moves toward
peace out of the Geneva Conference
if he is to survive much longer.
M. Laniel's Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault said last week he
will need until late this week or
early next before he can judge If
there is any hope for a cease-f1re.
That makes mid-June the focal
point for what could be simultane-
Gus crises in Paris. Geneva and
Hanoi. In Paris the government
may fall, in Geneva the negotia-
tions may explode, and in Hanoi
the Communists are expected to
Evening star., 1954-06-06
War Fork

Advance men moved up the war
fork last week on a sort Of light
reconnaissance mission. Military
representatives from the United
States, France. Britain, Australia
and New Zealand started meetings
at the Pentagon Thursday.
The confereeS met in secret and
up to the week end there were few
leaks about what was going on. One
report said they were working on
an agenda, another that they had
heard gloomy, unvarnished truths
about the Franco-Viet Namese posi-
tion in the key Red River Delta area
of north Wet Nam. 4
At Britain's insiStence, there will
be no commitments made at the
talks. But the groundwork, of
course, can be laid for important
military commitments which could
be taken the moment it is decided
that the Geneva talks hold, no hope
for an honorable peace. The main
value of the conference will be to
trace out a clear picture Of what
forceS-air, sea and ground-each
of the five white" nations can con-
tribute to save Wet Nam Cor to
guarantee q peace IN the event one
is negotiated.
Thailand, the Philippines and pos
Sibly other Far Eastern countries
may be invited to sit in with the
five Western chiefs of staff later.
President Eisenhower told a press
conference Wednesday that he had
not yet decided whether to ask Con-
gress for authority to intervene in
Indo- China. But his cabinet mem
bers and other administration lead
ers continued to impress Capitol
Hill with the gravity of the situation
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles told the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee Friday that the
Communist threat constitutes the
most formidable menace that free
peoples have ever had to face" He
said the Reds attitude at Geneva is
mot encouraging" and characterized
the military situation in Indo-China
as grave but by no means hope
less"
Secretary Dulles and Defense Sec
retary Charles E. Wilson both ad-
vocated sharing more atomic secrets
with our allies.
: The Senate's Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees heard a
report from Gen. James A. Van
Fleet on Thursday. The Senators
found his report on the general mill
tary outlook in the Far East
gloomy" depressing" and alarm
ing"
BuiIdup in lndo- Chino
In Indo- China the French and
Wet Namese were bracing them
selves for the Communists biggest
bid for control of the delta since
the war started. Gen. Vo Nguyen
Giap was grouping some 10 Wet
Mini divisions inside the Red River
Delta and on its fringes. Those in
side, of course. operated in dis
persed guerrilla units. The French
and Wet Namese we're pulling in
battalions from outlying areas to
reinforce their positions. Their
strength was not expected to be in
ferior to Gen. Giap's.
Gen. Paul Ely was named to take
over direction of the war from Gen.
Henri-Eugene Navarro. Replace
ments for his new command started
pouring in.
Heaviest fighting Of the week was
in Bui Chu Province, in the south
eastern corner Of the delta. Fierce
hand-to-hand fighting erupted in
o Roman Catholic monastery In
Evening star., 1954-06-06

Decisive Fortnight Ends
At Geneva, but West
Makes No Decision Yet

The second of what British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden said
would be two decisive" weeks at
the Geneva negotiations ended yes
terday. There was still no public
indication that the West thinks the
Communists will do anything but
stall, while their armies press fever
ishly on in Wet Nam.
But there was no evidence, either,
that Great Britain Is now ready to
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Law

Again the constitutional issue of
legislative and executive responsible
ity was raised by the hearings. Sen
ator Mccarthy repeated his request
for Federal workers with informa-
ton about Communists to come to
him with the documentS-Federa
laws and presidential directives to
the contrary Notwithstanding. Sub
committee Democrats insisted there
should be q final determination of
whether the President or the Sena-
tor is right.
Senator william r. Knowland,
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Evidence

There have been two important
sets of documents in the Army
Mccarthy case which presumably
will help the subcommittee arrive
at its verdict. One is a sheaf of
memos produced by the Mccarthy
side, purporting to be summaries of
conversations between Secretary OF
the Army Robert T. Stevens and
Army Counsel John G. Adams on
the one side and Senator Nc
Carthy, Mr.. Cohn and Committee
Aide Francis Carr on the other.
These memos were dictated soon
after each meeting, Mr.. Cohn has
testified.
Senator McCarthy's personal Sec
retary. Mrs. Mary Driscoll, was
Evening star., 1954-06-06

Republican, Of California. added his
own rebuke to the list Mr.. Mccarthy
has received and laid out what
seemed to be reasonable advice to
Government workers. II they have
evidence of subversion, he said, they
should do everything possible to get
the proper persons in the executive
department to act. If they fail to
act, he continued. come to Congress
with that information-but do not
bring secret documents with you.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Box Score (Cont'd)

Here is a compilation of what
has been accomplished in the
Mccarthy Army hearings since
an earlier "box score" was pub
lished in this space last week.
"Time used" is expressed in hours
and minutes of open sessions;
pages used" refers to hecto-
graphed pages of transcript. The
first line of the table covers the
period April 22-May %, which
was detailed in The Star on May
16 and MAY 80.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

that area. The Wet Mimi, out
numbering the defenders three to
one. won control Of a key cross
roads village after a seven-hour
battle. Their main objective was
to take over the rice crop, now
being harvested, and the salt that
is produced in that area. Salt. of
course, is a scarce and highly priced
item in the Orient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

A EAYBE you've dreamed of seeing Britain
lVl while the New Elizabethan Age is
still in its first splendor?
You've probably never dreamed how
little such a trip need cost you.
The fact of the matter is. British prices
today are staggeringly low by American
standards. Indeed. it's the modest cost of
things in Britain that now gives American
visitors their first startling impression of
having really arrived abroad. The prices
you'll pay will seem pleasantly in scale with
Britain's miniature villages. tiny fields and
toy-like trains and automobiles.
For instance. at good hotels and charm
ing inns around the country. bed and huge
breakfast can cost you as little as $500 For
about ST. you can enjoy delicious full
course dinner You can buy real Scotch
tweed jacket for S20-and just as astonish-
ing bargains await you in antiques. silver.
leather goods. glass and china.
For less than S2OO-once you've changed
them into pounds and pennies you'll be able
to travel around for two thrilling weeks in
Britain, then come back with wealth Of
memories and treasure.
Your round-trip ticket across the At
lantic needn't cost you more than $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Northern Rhodesio
Cuts Sufuri Price
NEW YORK.

y
Bi-game hunting in one Of
the worlds best-stocked areas
for the sport will cost Americans
less this year. Each Safari, Of
two hunters. will last 141a days
and will cost $1,425-$56 less
than last year-under North
ern Rhodesia's government-run
scheme.
For Americans. there will be
a special all-in rate from New
York by arrangement with Brit
ish Overseas Always. This rate
has been fixed at $2,94O-almost
half Of it the New York-Liv-
ingstone air fare.
The safaris, started in 1850
by the Northern Rhodesia gov
eminent, take place in the Luz
angwa Valley. famed area for
big game. The hunters camps
are Of traditional African mud
and thatch buildings-but with
such modern touches as refrig-
orators, spring beds and expert
cooks.
The season will begin June
% and continue to mid October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

coming into Ulster and Greene
counties for the especial treat Of
driving on the completed "a
mile stretch of the New York
State thruway between Catskill
and Kingston. Curiosity, it is
explained, attracts the visitors.
10000 Vocotioners Expected
The 200 hotels in Ulster
County are preparing to handle
$50. 900 guests from Decoration
Day to Labor Day.
A new tourist attraction in
the Catskills. Rips Retreat.
adjacent to the Catskill Noun
tain House, is expected to draw
thousands of tourists.
In the Finger Lakes. new
motels will be opened at Watkins
Glen, Canandaigua, Skaneateles
and along Route $40 between
Geneva and Auburn. There will
be 300 new motel units and
cabins available for the 1854
vacationers in Warren County,
which includes Lake George.
Two New Restaurants
Two new restaurants will serve
visitors to Niagara Falls this
year. In addition. 200 new
motel units will be open for
business on Route Is and g.
leading into Niagara Falls.
In the Chautauqua Lake re-
sort region, considerable i'm
provementS are being made.
There will be four new motel
developments this year on
Routes II and 17-J.
On Long Island, $50 new motel
units will open at Montauk
Point and 125 units on the
north shore around Greenport.
The Riverhead motel develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Summer Operation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
All except q few Of the facili-
ties here will remain open
through April and May. while at
least Is per cent will operate all
summer. April and May are the
favorite months, weatherwise
with many Fort Lauderdale Wis
itors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

park superintendent. mounds
built by prehistoric Indians.
giant cyprus trees. countless
mangrove islands, q waterway
which eventually will lead from
the western section to the SOUTH
ernmost tip Of the Florida Pc
ninsula and a trail through Q
wilderness where offers play.
White ibis. egrets. herons.
roseate spoonbills and man-o-
war birds abound in this area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Inquiries Hint
Big Summer
In New York
ALBANY, N. Y.

Based on early reservations
and inquiries, resort operators in
New York State vacation areas
are predicting a good summer
season.
In many sections Of the State.
thousands of dollars have been
spent on new construction, ex-
pansion and renovation Of IA
cilities. Sullivan County resort
owners alone have spent $10,-
000,0 900. according to the Sui
Ivan County Hotel Association
For the last few weeks thou
sands of motorists have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Everglades Park
Is Expanded to
is Million Acres
MIAMI. Fla.

Everglades National Park has
acquired 271, 900 more acres rich
in biological specimens and site
Of a prehistoric civilization.
The addition means the third
largest park In the Federal sys-
TEN now contains Is million
acres.
This makes available to visi-
tors, according to Dan Beard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
Buses to Mt. Mitchell
ASHEVIILE, N. {

New 21-passenger glasstop
buses will be operated on the
Blue Ridge Parkway this year
between Asheville and Mount
Mitchell. N. C. The Parkway bus
season is April 4 to October 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

A deliEhtfui week in one OF the nations
finest state parks awaits a limited number
Of people West Vifginia's magnificent
scenery and recreational facilities can be
quickly. Choose any week beginning May
Isl through aud including the week begin.
ming May 3lM. and this special vacation
package is yours.
Your meals are included in the $3.50
per person weekly rate; you will live in .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

Fly by Clipper from New York to Puerto
Rico. Island-hop to the Dominican Re-
public, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba. Fly on to
Miami. Return to New York, nonstop
by connecting airline. Stopovers allowed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
How little would a vacation
in Britain cost you this year?
Thanks in part to the favorable rate of exchange you
than $7OO-includng round-trip transatlantic fare
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

for very comfortable accommodations.
So-now that the swing is to Europe
make up your mind to see Britain first. And
see your friendly Travel Agent first of all.
He has all the facts and figures. all the de-
tailed information about events and places
that will help you to plan and budget your
whole trip.
Remember: his expert advice will cost
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trated literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

ment erected last year has
doubled its capacity to 40 units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
USDA "CH0IcE" GRAZ

The first five ribs from the rib end of
a beef forequarter are the most ten
der and Favorable of all beef ribs.
Safeway rib roasts are cut from the
first five ribs. Others sell the sixth
and seventh as rib roast, but Safeway
sells them as blade chuck roast at a
much lower price.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-09-03
Race Bars Ended BY Bishop
In Arkansas Catholic Schools
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.

LITTLE Roe Ark NcBloP Albert L Fletcher of Little Rock declared it
able in places where there is no Catholic school especially for them
Catholics that the goal OF the Church the diocese will be that Catholic
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-09-03
Ohio
| News In Brief

STEUBENVILLE - Enrolment
in the elementary and secondary
schools of the Steubenville Diocese
is expected to be at least five per
cent higher than last year. The
College of Steubenville is planning
to enroll $40 students this year, as
against 573 during 1953-54.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-09-03

SPRINGFIELD - Approx
mately 5000 pieces of Catholic
literature we're given to crowds
at the Clark County Fair last
week. The pamphlets and leaflets
were distributed at an exhibit
tent along the exposition's main
midway by the Springfield Curia
of the Legion of Mary. .
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-09-03

should be made by the pastor and
people to make it possible for
these children to attend a Catholic
school of the place. Any Catholic
who has the good of immortal souls
at heart will not differ with me on
this point.
Each such case will be submit
ted to me by the pastor for a de-
cision along for his reasons for
thinking either (a) that the Negro
child should be admitted to the
local Catholic school or (b) should
be permitted to attend public
school.
Patience Needed
"In places where there are Ca
tholic schools especially for Negro
children, the same spiritual urgen-
cy does not exist for admitting
these children to other Catholic
schools. We all realize that during
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-09-03

tism will now be reeited in Eng
lish and what will continue to be
in Latin are being worked out by
the liturgical committee, Archbish-
op O'Hara said. Texts will be gone
over very carefully by scholars to
assure their exactness and con-
formity with the authorizing de.
cree.
Until this work is completed,
there will be no official statement
about details of the new ritual. But
what was requested was very
largely given" Archbishop 0'Hara
said.
The Kansas City preIate is
chairman of the Episcopal Com
miffee OF the confrafernsiy of
Christian Doctrine. That commit
tee was charged, by the US. Bish-
ops with studying and preparing
. request to be presented TO fhe
Holy See. II worked with com.
miftee of more than so scholars
and consultsntss including ex-
perts from Twelve countries in
all five continents.
In addition to changes in the
Sacraments and funerals, the new
Ritual is expected to provide for
the use of English in a number of
common blessings, such as bless
ing of homes, blessing medals and
statues, blessing of candles and
throats on the Feast of St. Blaise,
and blessings before and after
childbirth.
One of the most familiar formu-
las that is expected to be used in
English in the future is the words
the priest speaks as he places ash
es on the forehead on Ash Wed
nesday: Remember, man, that you
are dust and to dust you will re-
turn.