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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
President Favors
Proposal on Alaska

President Eisenhower indi-
Gated today he would consider
favorably a bill granting state
hood to the populated area of
Alaska instead of the whole ter
rltory.
He made clear at a news con-
ference that he still does not
like the idea of statehood for all
of Alaska. But he refused to
predict whether he would veto a
bill combining statehood for all
Alaska and Hawaii in one meas
ure. The Senate recently passed
such a measure.
The President remarked that
he has stood for Hawaiian state
hood for a long time. But he
said he thought security and
other considerations made the
case of Alaska different.
Asked about a PROPOSAL by Gov.
B. Frank Heintzleman of Alaska
for giving statehood only to the
populated area of Alaska, the
President said he would look on
that differently than if all the
territory'S barren reaches were
included.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Ex-Busmon,s Holiday Ended by Police

A youth who told police he
used to drive a bus climbed
aboard an empty bus early today
and drove away. police said.
Police caught up with the bus
about mile over the District line
in Maryland and forced it to the
side of the road. They forced it
a little too fart hit a Japa-
neSe cherry tree, bending it to
the ground.
Police said Hospital Corpsman
Eugene Frederick O'Connor. 10.
told them he went to the Grey
hound Bus Terminal early today
and bought a ticket to Bethesda,
where he is a student at the
Naval Medical Center.
There were no buses scheduled
out at the moment, so, to kill
time. he walked around the
neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Tito Reported Sailing
On Official Visit 10 Turkey
By the Associated Press

1STANBUL, April 7.-Presi-
dent Marshal Tito is sailing from
Yugoslavia today or tomorrow
on a Yugoslav warship for an
official visit to Turkey, Turkish
newspapers reported today.
Official confirmation was lack
ing. The prospective visit has
been shrouded in official secrecy
here for security reasons. Yugo-
slavia, Turkey and Greece are
allied in the Balkan pact.
1t would be Marshal Tito's
first absence from Yugoslavia
since he went to Britain in
March, 1858. According to the
newspaper reports. he is arriv-
ing in Istanbul about April II.
He will spend three or four days
in Ankara as guest of Turkeys
President, Celal Bayar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
House Group
DefersAction
On Postal Pay
Committee Votes
To Await Decision
On Other Raises
BY Joseph Young

The House Civil Service Com
mittee today decided against re-
porting a postal pay raise meas
ure in advance of classified en-
ploye pay raise legislation.
BY a vote of IL to 8. the COM
mittee blocked a move to have a
postal pay raise measure APP
proved while classified pay hear
ingS continued.
q REPRESENTATIVE Corbett Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania, was
leader of the fight to get prompt
action on the postal pay legisla-
ton. However, the committee.
led by Chairman Rees. voted to
wait.
Endangered Other Bill.
Mr.. Rees had charged that
Mr.. Corbett's proposal. if adopt
ed. could conceivably leave claS-
sifled employees out in the cold
so far as a pay raise this year
was concerned.
The committee has just about
completed the postal phase of
its Federal pay raise hearings.
1t has just started to hear CLASH
fled pay raise testimony and
these hearings are expected to
continue for another two or
three weeks at least.
Mr. Corbett and those sup
porting him commended that
prompt action on the postal pay
bill would benefit all Federal
employees. 1t was argued that
the time element is an important
factor IN the situation, since
Federal pay raise legislation will
have TO compete with important
administration bills in the last
minute log jam of legislation
as Congress moves toward adj
journment.
Cites Time Factor.
Another factor cited by Mr..
Corbett was the fact that the
committee will have to spend
considerable time in executive
session once the hearings are
concluded in order to agree on
what the amount of the pay
raise will be.
The administration has pro-
posed a 500 average postal ray
Redistribution increase and an
average 3l2 per cent boost for
classified workers. These pro-
posals have been denounced by
employe groups as far too small
and there is a sharp split in the
committee over the proposals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Mundt Hints Decision odoy
On Mccarthy Probe Counsel
Lawyer Reported Agreeing to Serve;
Requested Check on Background

Gated Sears had insisted he could
and would have been impartial
in the investigation. But he said
he was reSigning because he
would not want the credibility
of the proceedings to be handi-
capped from the outset by any
alleged word, deed or commit
ment I might have uttered in
the past"
Mr.. Sears said there had been
misunderstanding" of his
statement last Thursday. when
he accepted the position, that he
had never taken a stand, pub
licly or privately, on the Wiscon-
sin Republican or Mccarthy
ism" He said he was thinking
only of the current dispute be-
tween Senator Mccarthy and
the Army and was not trying to
conceal past public declarations
praising the Wisconsin Republic
can for "a great job" in fighting
communism.
Origin of Dispute.
The subcommittee will inves-
tigate the controversy arising
from the Army's charge that
Senator Mccarthy and Roy M.
Cohn, the subcommittee chief
counsel. sought favored treat
ment for Pvt. G. David Schine,
former subcommittee consultant.
Senator Mccarthy and Mr..
Cohn denied this and charged,
in turn. that Secretary of the
Army Stevens and John G.
Adams, Army counsel, had used
"blackmail'' tactics in efforts to
turn aside an inquiry on al
legged Communists in the Army.
After the Sears resignation,
Senator Mundt disclosed that
the subcommittee had asked
Chief Justice Warren about the
possibility of obtaining a Fed
eral Judge to assist in the in
vestigation as special counsel.
anu was ADVISED against the
step. II the idea had been ap-
proved, the position would have
been offered to Judge Harold
Medina of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Mercury Reaches 800;
Back 10 April Tomorrow

The temperature reached 80
degrees at 1870 pm. today to set
a new high for the year for the
second day in row. It reached
70 yesterday afternoon.
Record for the date IS a bis
tering 81 degrees set in 1929, the
Weather Bureau said.
Thunderstorms fitted off to
the Northeast only 26 miles away
during the early morning hours.
Tonight is to be fair with a
low of 81 but April weather is
due back tomorrow, posing show
ers and thunderstorm threats.
Last nights rain totaled .06 of
an inch.
Winds yesterday registered
peak gusts of IS miles an hour
at National Airport, but small
craft warning, which had been
flying most of the day for the
lower Potomac and Chesapeake
Bay. were lowered before dark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
West Germans Put
~ Set Ownership
Above Bathrooms

BONN, April z (NANA).-
Many West Germans would
rather go without a bathroom
than the television programs. the
nations largest pioneer television
network has found in a survey.
Investigators of the Northwest
German radio interviewed the
owners of $4,000 TV sets and
discovered that more than a
quarter we're making do" with
out a bathroom in order to have
television. Another indicated
finding was that many of those
interviewed also prefer television
to the telephone. Said one set
owner:
If you have q television set
you forget about having a bath
and a telephone only inter-
rupts the program"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

ons, the real point at issue is
the policy of massive retalia-
ton" which is the announced
basis of American military STRAIT
egg.
To put it mildly, this policy
scareS the daylightS out of most
Europeans. And the recent eX-
periments with hydrogen bombs
IN the Pacific has only added the
final straw to their fears.
There is no serious question
of demanding that the United
States abandon its experiments
into nuclear weapons. even
though it makes a fine political
talking point. On the other hand,
there is a very real question of
the wisdom of a policy which
adds up to complete reliance on
atomic warfare as the indiSpen-
sable weapon in the arsenal of
the free world.
Two Facts Clear to Europe.
People in Europe recognize
two basic facts about atomic
warfare which have not always
been too clear at home:
l. 1t is absolutely essential to
have at least as many atomic
weapons as the Russians have.
2. It would be the height of
folly to use any of them against
Russian cities, as long as retail
iation in kind is a foregone con-
c!usion.
1t. isn't the fact" that Ameri-
cans can make hydrogen bombs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Increase in Tax Exemptions
Too Costly, Humphrey Says

how much pickup can be made.
This does not mean that I do
not realize that a man who is
out of job is in serious trouble.
l do not discount his difficulties
in any way. This administration
is concerned to see that every
one who wants to work can have
employment. But let me call
your attention to these plain
facts.
In January and February of
this year there were more people
employed in America than in
any January and February in
the history of the country ex-
cept last year,
He pointed out that in jan
uary, 1858, there were 6O.8 mil
lion employed as against 1913
million in January, 1854. In
February. 1858, there were 81
million and in February of this
year COL million.
Construction Running Ahead.
Mr.. Humphrey said the index
OF industrial production is down
8 per cent and the gross national
production is down about l per
cent. But he added that con-
Struction is running ahead of
1858, and personal income is
running "a very little" higher
than a year ago.
Answering the question of
what the Government is going
to do to stimulate the economy,
Mr.. Humphrey pointed to the
Eisenhower program already be-
fore Congress, including broader
benefits for Social Security, the
HouSe-approved housing bill, the
highway construction bill in the
Senate and the pending program
for flexible farm price supports.
He said the administration also
is going ahead with planning of
public works which would be
available for any emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Indictments SOUGHT
AGAINST Policemen
Who Shot Marine, Is
Rover to Present Case
To Grand Jury Despite
Clearing by Coroner

United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover today said he would seek
homicide indictments against
two policemen who had been
cleared by a coroner's jury in
the fatal shooting of a Marine
on April /.
The Marine. Roger w. Alredge,
Is, colored. of 2723 Eleventh
street NV. was fatally wounded
by two of three bullets fired
while the policemen were chas-
ing him.
The pursuit occurred after an
auto accident in the 2700 block
Of Sherman avenue NV.
Will Go to Grand Jury.
In announcing the case would
be presented to the grand jury
despite the action of the coro-
ner's jury, Mr.. Rover cited the
fact that the officers did not
testify at the coroner's proceed
lngS.
"All we have is a statement
that the policemen saw some
thing glittering in the mans
hand" Mr.. Rover said. Nothing
was found glittering at the scene
only a dead body"
Mr.. Rover declared:
I'VE have hearsay statements
that the policemen had vague
reports of robbery or house.
breaking told to them by COL
ored man The statement doesn't
seem sound to me-"
Might BE UnjuStified.
Mr.. Rover told reporters his
interest in the cases was origi-
nally piqued by newspaper &C
counts of the shooting. 1T
struck me that it was some
thing that might well be un-
justified" Mr.. Rover said. There
after, he said, he instructed As
sistant United States Attorney
Austin Tickling to make a re-
port on the affair. It was on
the basis of this report that
grand jury action was decided
upon.
Mr.. Rover said Police Chief
Murray has offered "the fullest
cooperation" in the probe. The
prosecutor said the police chief
had forwarded to him state
mentS of witnesses and explana-
tionS made by the policemen,
data which Mr.. Rover did not
have earlier.
No date has yet been set for
the beginning of presenting
evidence to the panel. A memo
randum today was sent to AS
sistant United States Attorney
William Mckinley inStructing
him to set up the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Massive Retaliation Policy
Scores Europe, Close to Reds
British and Others Fear Soviet H-Bombs
Will Burst Over Them Under U. S. Plan

or shoot them off that fright
ems people. 1t is the fact that
our leaders are talking quite Sc
rlously about dropping these
Things "at times and in places
of our own choosing"-admit-
ting at the same time, that the
Russians can drop them back
on us.
Nor is it impairment for the
British to be debating the wis
dom of this American policy. So
far as Europeans are concerned,
it's all very well for the United
States to adopt an attitude of
liberty or death" in the face Of
the Communist threat. The
trouble is that the British feel
involved in the consequences,
perhaps even more than a good
many Americans. And under the
present setup. they are being
allowed the elementary privilege
of trying to find some less drastic
alternative.
Fear Bomb Will Be Used.
There is also a fear that a
policy of relying entirely on a
single weapon increases ap-
preciably the danger that it will
be used. AS it is understood
here. the net result of the new
look" at American military
policy is to save money by cut
ting the Army and Navy and
buying more hydrogen bombs.
1t seems. in short. that the
United States is increasing it's
reliance on atomic power at a
time when most people are COM
in grapidly to a conclusion that
this power must never be used
to arbitrate the political diff
ferences of mankind.
In this connection it is in
teresting to note the new voices
being raised in favor of atomic
disarmament. Shortly after the
end of the war, the United
(See MOVES, Page A-8)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
By Gornett D. Homer

President Eisenhower said to-
day there is no need to build a
hydrogen bomb any bigger than
the United States already has
produced.
He told a news conference that
this Government has no inten-
ton of going into a program of
seeing how big an H-bomb can
be made.
The President said he was not
afraid that Russia will build
bigger H-bombs than the United
States. If Russia did so, he in
dictated. it would be building a
bigger bomb than is needed or
is desirable.
The President told another
queStioner he knew nothing at
all about an 18-month delay
alleged by Senator Mccarthy in
American research on the H
bomb.
Gen. Eisenhower said he never
had heard of any delay.
Senator Mccarthy asked in a
television-radio broadcast last
night why there was an 49,
month delay in American re-
search on the hydrogen bomb
IF there were no Communists
in our Government"
Urged to Elaborate.
After his initial comment, the
President was told by another
reporter that this was a very
serious charge and that his reply
had left the implication there
might have been some delay due
to subversion. He was asked If
he could amplify his remark.
The President then said that
first of all he did not know
about the Mccarthy speech until
the question came up in his news
conference.
Secondly, he said, he has been
in close touch with Atomic
Energy Commission Chairman
Lewis Strauss and Mr.. Strauss
has never mentioned such a
thing as the reporter spoke of
The President went on that it
was a perfectly honest answer
to say he had never heard of it.
Questioned on Exchanges.
Gen. Eisenhower was asked if
the H-bomb development made
1t wise to renew exchanges of
(See H-BOMB, Page A-8.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
By J. A. O'Leory

Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey told the Senate
Finance Committee today the
Government cannot stand the
further loss of revenue that
would result from Democratic
demands for an increase in the
$500 individual income tax
exemption.
Appearing as the first witness
at three weeks of hearings on
the House-approved general tax
revision bill, Mr.. Humphrey
pointed out that the STA billion
of cuts in that bill will bring
to STA billion the total amount
of tax relief granted this year.
This administration is OPP
posed at this time to any fur
ther tax cuts than those proposed
in this BILL" the Secretary said.
FavOrs Cuts in Tax Rates.
He declared that when further
cuts are justified by reductions
in Government spending they
should take the form of lower
rates rather than higher exemp-
tionS because most of the in
creases have been in rates.
Earlier, Senator Flanders of
Vermont, a Republican member
of the committee, served notice
on the Democrats that if they
succeed in raising the 5000
exemption Congress will have to
turn to a general sales tax to
make up the lost revenue.
A sales tax would nullify the
Democrats goal of increasing
consumer purchasing power.
The tax battle shaping up in
the Senate represents a clash in
Republican and Democratic
PHILOSOPHERS on the best way to
create more jobs.
Better Business Forecast.
The administration contends
that the House bill will Stimu-
late business expansion by elm
mating double taxation of corpo-
ration dividends and by more
favorable depreciation allow
anceS on plant expansion.
The Democrats argue that
with more than million unem-
ployed the need is not for plant
expansion but for greater pur-
chasing power to buy the prod
uctS now being produced.
Mr.. Humphrey pointed out
that an increase of 500 in the
personal exemption would cost
the Treasury $2.4 billion. The
plan awaiting Senate action,
sponsored by Senator George,
Democrat. of Georgia, would
raise the exemption to $500 this
year and to $1,000 thereafter.
Mr.. Humphrey called for the
earliest possible action on the
House bill because he said there
are many business expansion
projects being held up to see
what Congress will do.
Economic Outlook Held Good.
The Treasury head painted a
hopeful picture of the economic
outlook.
There is frequent discussion
about unemployment and how
things are turning down." he
said. I'VE can be misled about
how bad business really is and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07


Subcommittee conferred private
ly with the lawyer. Senator
Mundt declined to reveal his
name.
The Senator, who is acting
chairman of the subcommittee
for the investigation, indicated
that decision might be reached
during the day. He tentatively
scheduled a news conference for
midafternoon and when asked if
he expected a decision on the
appointment by that time said,
I'VE certainly hope So"
Suggested Thorough Check.
Senator Mundt said the lawyer
suggested thorough check of
his background and qualifica-
tionS.
I'VE were led to believe that if
we could tell him we had made a
complete check and are COM
pletely satisfied that he would
accept the appointment" Sena-
tor Mundt said.
The subcommittee is seeking
a counsel to replace Samuel P.
Sears of Boston, who withdrew
yesterday because his impartial
ity had been questioned as a re-
suit of past statements praiSing
Senator Mccarthy and his work.
Senator Mundt and other
members of the subcommittee
conferred with the lawyer now
under consideration at some un-
disclosed spot at the Capitol.
Senator Mundt said the lawyer
had not sought the job, but he
would not reveal who suggested
his name to the subcommittee.
The 58-year-old Harvard-edu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Christion Missions Raped

NEW DELHI, India, April 7
(P).-Home Minister K. N. Katiu
said yesterday American and
other foreign missionaries have
no right to try to convert Indians
TO Christianity. He told Parlia-
ment that the propagation of
Christianity in this country
should be left to Indian Chris
tianS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Third Explosion
InH-BombTes
Series Set Off
Eisenhower Sees No
Need for U.S.. to Build
Larger Weapon
BULLETIN
BILL ETIN

Another successful test of
nuclear weapons was carried
out yesterday at the Pacific
proving grounds, the Govern
ment announced today. The
brief announcement from
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the Atomic Energy Commits
sion did not specifically iden-
tify this as a thermonuclear,
or H-bomb, test. 1t was de-
scribed as the third in the
present series, however. Two
earlier tests-on March l and
26-involved H-bomb devices
and this one presumably did
also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Chemical Drink Kills Boy

TULSA, Okla. April z GA
13-year-old boy died in agony
last night 80 minutes after
drinking a connection he mixed
with his toy chemistry set.
County Investigator w. A. Lang
said the youngSter, Burdett
Watts. was dead on arrival at a
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Bridge Collapse Kills 10

URFA, Turkey, April z (P.-
Sixteen passengers drowned and
"a We're injured when wooden
bridge collapsed and the bus
carrying them plunged into the
Evlap River near this town in
Southeast Turkey yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Formoso Thief Drive On

TA1PEH. Formosa. April 7. Up
Police today announced the
arrest OF more than 300 suspects
in seven days of a campaign to
halt the theft of radios, cameras
and other valuables from the
homes of Americans here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
West German to Visit u. S.

FRANKFURT. Germany. April
Z up DIR. Thomas Dehler,
chairman of the West German
Free Democratic Party, left yes
terday by plane for a three:week
visit in the United States at the
invitation of the State Depart
ment.