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Evening star., 1954-06-09

its own purposes. This means a
close approximation of what is
kown as conventional" war,
fought with large bodies of
ground troops. Soviet Russia
is plainly at an advantage in
this respect, because the ground
troops Of the free governments
are scattered throughout the
world. from Indo-C China and
Korea to the Middle East and
North Africa and Central Eu-
rope. Soviet Russia has sue
ceeded already in forcing the
dispersal of the forces of the
free nations through "local
wars" and through "cold war"
threats.
But will not America use
every weapon in her arsenal,
anyway? Our own military
chiefs and those of the NATO
countries are absolutely sure
we will do so, but with them
the wish is father to the
thought. They see the mill
tary advantages, but they do
not take into account the
changing currents of public
opinion, which has already
manifested an indescribable
fear Of the H-bomb. This is
an indication that any mutual
self-restraint would probably
be welcomed, even if it means
another conventional war with
great danger to the free world.
The terror aspects have been
widely publicized, and any stu
dent of public opinion cannot
ignore the paralysis of thought
already achieved by the H
bomb publicity.
The So-called new look"
which is a phrase used to de-
scribe our present military
plans, assumes an atomic war.
1t is correct as far as it goes,
but absolute security will not
come and a third world war
will not be prevented unless
the free world is adequately
prepared for both kinds of
war-the conventional as well
as atomic. For the only real
deterrent to a third world war
Is to be prepared for it on a
military scale. which may be
very costly but which is abso-
lutely necessary for survival.
And to prepare for all con-
tingencies is the only safe
way to prevent the third world
war from ever breaking out.
To fail to prepare militarily
can make World War III in
evitable.
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White House Economics Class
Press Finds Professor Burns Conception Of Advisory
Role Far Different From Leon KeyserIinq r.n -

that he regards what happens
after he has taught the lesson
as his responsibility.
The Burns conference COIN
cided with the most direct
challenge yet to the President
in the economic and trade
field.
Senator Albert Gore, Ten
nessee Democrat, taunted him
for his failure to fight for his
own proposals to extend the
reciprocal trade agreements
act for three years. If the
majority won't act on them,
he said, he would offer a bill
embodying them and seek
Democratic support for an OPP
portunity to vote on it.
Ten influential Democrats
from different parts Of the
country, and including Minor
lty Leader johnson, chimed
in with applause and promises
Of aid. During a long debate,
only one Republican was on
the floor at any one time and
though once the lone majority
representative was the ma
jority leader, no Republican
word was spoken.
The fact is that the Demo-
cratS have decided as a mat
ter of minority policy to press
for a vote in both houses on
the Presidents trade proposals
as originally offered. The
President has publicly yielded
to a one-year extension; he is
now being pressed to promise
that during that year he will
not make any new trade agree
mentS.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Doris FIeeson-

An earnest college professor,
DR.. Walter F. Burns, who has
taught economics to thousands
of Columbia University stu
dents, has met the press to talk
of what he is teaching Presi-
dent Eisenhower about the eco
nomic state of the Union. DR..
Burns is chairman of the Pres
ident's Council of Economic
Advisers.
The professor skirted any
avenues which might afford
clues to the grades his dis
tinguished pupil is making.
The Nation will learn these
from the figures on unemploy-
ment and the national income.
DR.. Burns did disclose that
the White House is getting op-
timiStic advice about economic
prospects. though it is sur
rounded with some PROFESSIONAL
hedging. He conceded that
reports from other depart
ments of the Government
seemed to contradict his views.
He also let drop the infor-
nation that levels of Govern
ment spending will remain
high. This. combined with his
rather rosy economic forecast,
is very good news for Republi-
cans from the angle of the fall
elections.
The professor and the press
were brought together by the
President. Declining comment
on criticism voiced by Harvard
Economist Sumner Slichter,
Gen. Eisenhower referred re-
porters to DR.. Burns.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
David LuWrence

EN- ROUTE TO WASHING
TON. June 9.-How near are
we to a general war in the
world?
Any one who travels in Eu-
rope nowadays and talks with
persons inside and outside Of
government in the various
countries hears that question
discussed just as often as it was
in the years Immediately pre-
ceding the outbreak of World
War I and World War II
There can be no doubt that
the danger Of World War III
is universally recognized, but
the wishful thinkers again are
in the majority - those who,
because they don't want to see
a war happen, are trying to
persuade themselves that it
will not happen.
This writer is convinced that
there are only two safe as
sumptions for policy-makers
In the governments Of the free
world to adopt. One is that
World War III is probable,
and the other is that it will
not necessarily be an atomic
war.
The assumption that World
War III is probable stems from
the presence today of exactly
the same explosive factors
existing prior to the outbreak
Of the last two world wars
which led to miScalculationS
by the aggressor. Vacillation
in diplomacy and lack Of
clarity in defining what will
happen to a potential aggreS-
sor are again creating the
same dangers that developed
before the last two world wars.
The assumption that the
next war will not necessarily
be an atomic war is based
on the logical strategy which
Communist Russia already is
adopting and must continue to
apply in both her military and
diplomatic preparations. Just
as the Korean war surprised
the military men, presenting
the forces of the. free world
with a kind of war they did
not anticipate or prepare for,
so it may be assumed once
more that the military plan
ming now being done by the
free world does not envisage
the kind of war the Commu-
nists will fight the next time.
The basic premise on which
this line of reasoning is
founded is that the United
States and the other free gov
ernments will not authorize
the dropping of an atomic
bomb unless the SovietS drop
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Thon1os l. Stokes
Ruling on Natural Gas Prices
New Efforts Foreseen in Congress to Write Out Control
Over Independent Producers and NuLifx Decision

when it boosted its rates to
pipelines there. Protests
throughout the area were
headed up in Wisconsin, which
filed official complaint with the
FPC. charging excessive rates
by Phillips. and sent both its
Governor and its attorney
general here.
Phillips countered that the
FPC did not have authority
over its rates, as it was an
independent" producer. After
long -drawn-out proceedings, in
which Wisconsin argued that
the FPC did have Jurisdiction,
that five-man agency itself
agreed with Phillips with only
a lone dissent. So the FPC
never got to the basic issue of
investigating rates.
The way is opened for that
now by the Supreme Court de-
ciSion. But the decision reaches,
of course. far beyond this one
company to cover all such Gin
dependent" producers. There
are some 1880 in the country.
The FPC decision which the
Supreme Court overturned this
week was made back in 1851,
in the Truman administration.
But there is a good deal more
of the story back before that
AS there likely will be more
in the future.
A Seven years ago-in 1947-
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Thomos L. Stokes

Many a long legal road ends
at the Supreme Court. So it
was recently with its series of
anti-segregation decisions.
Now, in another far-reaching
decision this week before it
recessed for the summer, con-
sumers of natural gas, of whom
there are many millions, are
the benefciaries. This was the
end of "a long up-and-down
road that wound through Con-
gress, the courts, the Federal
Power Commission, and once
into the White House.
In a 5-to-3 ruling, the Su-
preme Court held that it is the
Federal Power Commissions
duty under the 1888 Natural
Gas Act to go clear back to
the source and regulate rates
charged by so-called 'inde-
pendent" producers who sell
natural gas to move into pipe
lines in interstate commerce.
That is the initial factor in
ultimate cost to the con-
Sumer.
It was the FPC's own deci-
sion that it did not have such
power that finally brought this
issue to a head.
This was in the case OF
Phillips Petroleum Company.
one of the bigger oil companies
that, like many others, also
produces and sells natural gas.
This company provoked con-
SNners in the Middle West
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Dorothy Thompson

The Army Mccarthy in
vestigation diverts attention
from more genuine investiga-
tions of historic importance,
which also throw a search
light on contemporary events.
How did we get into World
War II?
The established myth is that
we were forced into. it by un-
provoked attack. Numerous
historians, notably their dean,
the late Charles Beard, and
also George Morgenstern.
Charles Callan Tansill and
Harry Elmer Barnes, who have
cogently sought to dissipate
this theory, have been, in gen.
eral, villified or given the
treatment of silence.
"The Final Secret of Pearl
Harbor," however, written by
Rear Admiral Robert A. Theo-
bald, retired. with corrobora-
tive forewords by Rear Ad-
miral Husband E. Kimlnel,
retired, and Fleet Admiral Will
liam F. Halsey, cannot be
brushed of as easily. Profess
sional historians write from
available evidence and docu-
mentS. But World War II
started with an attack on the
American Fleet, and the naval
reviSionistS were more in the
know.
Admiral Theobald accuses
the late President Roosevelt,
who felt it essential we join
the war against Hitler, of
courting the Pearl Harbor at
tack, stating that Mr.. Roose-
velt believed only such an at
tack could overcome American
pacif1Sm and isolationism. He
claims the fleet was held In
Hawaii to invite attack and
exonerateS Admiral Kimmel
and Gen. Short of RESPONSE
hility, saying they were pur-
poSely kept uniformed.
In the May % issue of U. s.
News and World Report. Vice
Admiral Frank E. Beatty, re-
tired, former aide to the late
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox, contradicts Admiral
Theobald'S thesis that Mr..
Knox and the Navy anticipated
Pearl Harbor. Close to the
'inner circle" he asserts his
certainty that he would have
Evening star., 1954-06-09

1t was not altogether a sue
cess. DR.. Burns was willing
to instruct the class in eco
nomics, but the press strove
for simple answers to questions
like: HoW's business and what
is the President going to do
about it?
What emerged clearly from
the hours exchange was DR..
Burns conception Of his job
and how different it is from
that of his predecessor, DR..
Leon Keyserling, who guided
Harry Truman past the pit
falls of the national economy.
DR.. Keyserling felt that eco
nomic policy ought to be as
tightly held in the White
House as foreign policy was in
the State Department. The
President should give it a sense
OF direction behind which the
executive branch fell more or
less in line. he thought. Be-
hind the scenes, DR.. Keyser-
ling worked tirelessly to trans
late the Truman economic
policy into action; as part of
this translation he co-operated
to educate the press and
public.
DR.. Burns said he would not
reveal what he told the Presi-
dent and he blanched at the
mere notion Of comment on a
Senator's point of view on the
current foreign trade crisis.
He is giving an honest, in
telligent. economists trained
views in confidence to the
President. There is no sign
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Life in the U. S.
At78,He Will
GetDipIond at
High School
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SACRAMENTO. Calf. June 9.
1t would be no exaggeration to
call Walter Corlett one of the
most unusual students due to re-
ceive a high school diploma in
June commencement exercises
this year. -
Mr.. Corlett, graduating Friday
from the Sacramento Adult
Evening High school, is 78 years
old. He is an attorney and has
been a barber, undertaken and
real estate man.
Born on the Isle of Man off
the Coast of England, Mr.. Cor
lett came here in 1906. He said
he wanted to get a high school
diploma, although his previous
educational credits were equiva-
lent.
What is he going to do now?
He's going to junior college.
Evening star., 1954-06-09

the United States and them
selves in a determined action
in the South Pacific.
Furthermore there is no lack
of diversionary forces to
weaken the position &f the
Chinese Communists. Fifteen
of the % Nationalist divisions
are ready and anxious to start
q drive against southern China
where in recent months the
population has become more
actively anti : Peiping than
even in the past. Southern
China from Canton to the
Yangtze River is the Achilles
heel Of the Chinese Commu-
nists. According to realistic
estimates it is there where
Chang Kai-shek has his best
chance if he were to get the
green light and American
logiStic. naval and air support
to move from his Formosa
base.
The facts and other perth
nent factors have been placed
frankly before the committee
members of the Senate and
House by representatives Of
the executive branch. Presi-
dent Eisenhower has pledged
himself not to make any mill
tary move in the Far East
without prior consultation
with committees and approval
Of any military actions by q
vote Of Congress.
And many legislators are
said to have been already won
to the side that a continual
ton of the so-called contain
ment" policy could plunge us
into far greater difficulties
than a dynamic policy. Many
have become convinced that
once this country shows a
strong determination 1t will
be followed by the present
reluctant Western allies, par
ticularly If they see that we
are going ahead with what
ever Pacific free nations are
willing to follow us.
Evening star., 1954-06-09

should not be ignored by the
American people by way Of
talk Of "repelling aggression"
No great confiagration ever
started because some wicked
dictator "chose a bright morn
ing" to attack. War follows
1nsoluble diplomatic stale
mates. Aggressions are pro-
Avoked as well as committed.
Those who demand of a great
power concessions not COM
patible with its national inter-
est, nor necesSitated by weak
ness, are asking for war.
Which side fires the first shot
is historically irrelevant.
If, for instance, the United
States pursueS a policy In
Europe and Asia whose sue
cess would, in the opinion Of
Russian leaders (whatever
their "ideology"), expose the
Soviets' highly vulnerable
frontiers and industrial CEN
ters, the United States is ask
ing for war.
If, on the other hand, it IL
the purpose Of the U. S. 8. r.
to drive the United States back
to the confinements of the
American islands, and to sup
port, even in these islands.
hostile conspiracies. the So
viets are asking for war.
AS in 1939-41, both sides are
following policies that imply
war. And both are befogging
human minds by camouf1aging
war in the mantle Of peace.
But great wars do not hap
pen." They result.
italics are the authors.
(Released by The Bell Syndicate Ine)
Evening star., 1954-06-09

no snap for Conrad w. Lang
staff.
He's Travelled more than so, 200
miles by plane in the last year
just going to and coming from
classes.
Mr.. Langstaff was a Chicago
area plant manager for a mat
tress company when he enrolled
two years ago in the evening
executive program of the Uni
versity of Chicago's School of
Business.
A year ago Mr.. Langstaff was
promoted to executive vice pres
ident of the Sealy Mattress Co.,
in Kansas City.
Since then, the 36-year-old
executive has made the 828-mile
round trip to Chicago generally
twice a week to attend classes.
He is scheduled to fly to Chi
cago again tonight to receive
his certificate.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Dorothy Thompson
Aggression Is Often Provoked
Revival Of Pearl Forbor Debate Supports Theory
Policy of u. S. Was to Get Country Into War

known if Mr.. Knox had had an
inkling of impending attack.
and that Mr.. Knox would never
have sat by and tolerated 1t.
Admiral Beatty's answer
leaves critical questions still
unclarified. He Is primarily
concerned to defend Mr.. Knox
and the Navy against collu-
sion with any conspiracy"
.ia' But he confirms that the
Governments policy was to get
this country into war.
%. Prior to December 7,
it was evident to me, as I was
reading the magic messages,
that we were pushing Japan
into a corner. I believed it 1Dds
the desire of President RooSe-
Uelt and Winston Churchill
that De get into the Udr, as
they felt the Allies could not
win without us, and all our
efforts to cause the Germans
to declare war on US had failed.
The conditions Ue imposed
upon Japan Were so Sc
Dere that We kneD that na-
ton tDould not accept them.
We did not w1nt her to ac-
cept them.* We should
have known that she would
react. All her military
preparations pointed that
way"
Thus, according to Admiral
Beatty, the President wanted
war, didn't want the japanese
to back down., and should
have" anticipated their reac-
tionS-an unconvincing way of
denying the anticipation!
All this is water (and blood
under bridges. But the lesson
Evening star., 1954-06-09

islative attempts to exempt
independent" producers was
made by Justice Minton in the
majority opinion which was
concurred in by Chief Justice
Warren and Associate Justices
Black, Frankfurter and Reed.
Justice Minton said:
Protection Of consumers
against exploitation at the
hands of natural gas compa-
nies was the primary aim Of
the Natural Gas Act. At
tempts to weaken this pro-
lection by amendatory legis-
lation exempting natural-gas
producers from Federal regula-
tion have repeatedly failed,
and we refuse to achieve the
same result by a strained in
depreciation of existing statu-
tory language"
Among the three dissenters,
Justice Douglas was surprise.
The other two were Justices
Clark and Burton. Justice
Jackson. who has been Ill, did
not participate. In separate
dissent, Justice Douglas said
while there is much to be said
from the national viewpoint
for regulating sales at both
ends of interstate pipelines. he
is in doubt that Congress had
included producers. Justices
Clark and Burton in a joint
opinion argued that they were
exempt.
You may look for new ef-
forts in Congress to write spe-
cif1c exemption into the law, in
short, to nullify the Supreme
Court decision. That was done,
you recall, when Congress
wiped out the Supreme Courts
decision asserting Federal jul
risdiction over offshore oil
lands and, instead, put them
under State control.
So the Supreme Court may
not be the end Of the road
unless consumers can prevent
Congress from thwarting this
weeks decision.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
They Cut ShuckIes Off

NEW YORK R.-Bernard
Falk. 81. who'll be married
Sunday, got his ball-a So
pound job-and chain.
It's an old custom among
the fellows at the laboratory
where Mr.. Falk works. They
snap on the chain at a pre-
wedding party and throw away
the key. Then, some Nene shows
up with a duplicate.
Yesterday the party broke
up and no one could find the
duplicate key. A policeman
with a. pair Of ships finally lib.
Grated the prospective BRIDE
groom.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Survives Concrete Bath

DENVER (P).-Arthur Pitt
man, 44-year-old carpenter, was
recovering today after being
buried under a cubic yard of
concrete.
Mr.. Pittman was working at
the basement level yesterday
when a bucket of cement being
lifted in a new 23-story build
ing tilted at the 14th floor and
cascaded upon him. Co-workers
dug him out. Hospital attend
ants said his injuries were not
serious.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Policemen Help Daddy

GREENVILLE, S. C. P.-
A Greenville father called city
police headquarters yesterday
and asked for a couple of uni
formed officers to come to his
home.
II want them to talk to my
kids about playing in the
street." he explained, but
don't tell them I called"
The policemen came, and the
kids seemed impressed.
The caller was Greenville
County Sheriff r. v. Chan
dler. jr. But he has no uni
form. After all, he's only
daddy.
Evening star., 1954-06-09

Travels Far for Education
CHICAGO R.-Earning a GER
tif1cate in higher education was
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CARD OF THANKS

The family OF fhe late George
A. Berry, whose funeral was
held Monday, July IL, at CO.
lumbus Ave. A. M. E. Zion
Church, Rev. j. C. Brown Off
ciating, assisted by Rev. Will
liam Hester and Rev. Luther
Martin, with funeral arrange
ments under the direction Of
Chisholm Funeral Chapel, inter
'ment Mount Hope Cemetery,
wish to express our gratitude to
relatives, friends, neighbors and
members of the Lewis Hayden
Commandery, Rising Sun Lodge,
F. and A. M; Prince Hall Grand
Lodge, and st. Stephens Chap
ter No. /, H, r. H., for the
many beautiful flowers and ex-
pressions of sympathy during
our recent bereavement.
MRS. LAURA M. BERRY,
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IN MEMORIAM

1858 July 10 1854
LIT. JAMES r.. HODSDON, JR.
In loving memory of a dear
husband, son and brother who
departed this life in the service
of his country.
I'VE often sit and think of you
And of the way you died,
And that you couldn't say
goodbye
Before you closed your eyes.
The blew was hard, the shock
severe,
We never thought your death
so near.
And only those who have lost
can tell
The pain of parting without
farewell"
Sadly missed by
MRS. JAMES R. HODSDON, Jr.,
Wife,
MR.. and MRS. JAMES r. HODS-
DON, ST., Parents,
MARY HoDSDoN,
Sister.
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daughter Carolyn, Mr.. George
Butner, Jr., his wife, ana his
sister Hope from West Newton,
Mr.. Ernest Butner, Jr., and his
sister Barbara from Boston.
In the pink and green decorated
living and dining rooms of the
William Tynes residence, their
son, Allen, celebrated his 18th
birthday at a party attended
by his neighbors and friends.
Joining in the games and en-
Toying the party repast were
Billy and Maxine Mickens. Don
aid and Marsha Clements, Ted
dy LoWden, jeanne, Leona and
Betty Lou Rolls, Buttons" and
Francis Spencer of Boston, Mrs.
Elizabeth Clements, Mrs. Hat
tie Clements and Miss Esther
Clements. Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Pearson and son Billy
were the Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Reed of
birmingham Center. After din
ner, croquet was played on the
spacious lawn that the Reeds
have so beautifully handicapped.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Adams
and daughter JEANNE motored
to Philly where they spent a
few days with relatives and
friends.
birmingham residents were
most proud to see the Framing
ham Choral Society take over
the spotlight of the Our Be-
lieying World" program on Sta
ton WBz-TV last Sunday morn
ing at 11;00. The writer was
happy indeed to see our friends
and neighbors Mrs. Ruth Ber-
nard of birmingham and Mr..
Henry Wormley of Natick a
part of this group. On Sun
day afternoon, July 10, Paul
Haskell of Natick and Billy
Simms of New York will pre-
sent a hair style show at 400
pa m. at 464 Massachusetts,
Avenue, Boston, Admission 75c.
Sincere sympathy is ex-
tended to Mrs. Adelaide Cor
reio of West Wareham, Mass,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Jackson of birmingham whose
son and nephew, respectively,
lost his life in an accident
while on maneuvers in Seoul,
Korea.
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DEATHS
Announced BY J. B. JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME
BOSTON
MRS. LUCY CAMPBELL

MRS. LUCY CAMPBELL -
IA Florence st. Service by
Rev. Rogers from Johnson
Chapel, Interment Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
JACK CONES - IL Savoy
st. Funeral Service from Phil
lips Church. Interment ST..
Michael.
MRS. MARTHA CALLAHAN
- 66 Terrace st. Service by
Rev. S. B. Brown from Johnson
Chapel. Interment Mt Hope.
JOHN DeBARRES-48 North
field st. Funeral Service from
ST. Phillips Church. Interment
st. Michael Cemetery
FRANK CLARK - 279 Blue
Hill Ave. Funeral Service from
Johnson Chapel by Rev r.
Owens, Interment Mt. Auburn
Cemetery.
MRS. ROBERT SMITH JR.-
7 Farm ST.. Carryville, Mass.
Funeral Service by Rev. w, S.
Ravenell from Johnson's Chapel.
Interment Millageville. Ga.
MRS. JULIA CARR - 63
Mortified st. Funeral Service
by Rev. j. c. Brown from
A.M.E Zion Church, Interment
Mt Hope.