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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
New Pact With Japan

It is a mark Of the times, and with no
pleasant connotation, that the signing of a
military agreement should be hailed as a de-
srable and constructive development But
this is the fact in the case of the mutual de-
tense pact which now has been negotiated and
agreed upon by representatives of Japan and
the United States.
In brief, this latest agreement means that
the United States will provide arms military
advisers and certain foodstuffs; in return,
Japan will transform its present semimilitary
safety force into an outright military defense
force with its numbers increased from about
10000 to 100000 Naval vessels, tanks and mod
ern combat aircraft are included among the
materiel to be provided by the United States.
Legislation to implement the Japanese par
ticipation already has been drafted by the
government Of Premier Yoshida and, despite
Socialist opposition, is expected to gain ap-
prevail OF the Diet within a few weeks
The new pact is an important link in a
chain Of Paciic-Far East defense agreements
that has been in the making for the past several
years. The United States is tied, through mu-
tual security agreements, with Australia and
New zealand in one case and with the Philip
pines in another. And when the peace treaty
with Japan was negotiated in 1851, it pro-
vided the foundations for joining Japan with
the United Nations security system and relat-
ing her defense to American Pacific strategy.
When the treaty became effective in April, 1852,
Japan at once exercised her rights to Join in a
collective defense system by signing biateral
security pact with the United States Although
this pact pointed the way to the one just signed
and some American light equipment and
training missions have been provided during the
past 10 months-the genuine recreation of a
japanese military establishment has been de-
ferred until now.
There have been major obstacles in the way
OF reviving japanese militarism, even in a
limited degree. The principal hurdles have
been political and financial. Only now and
after these several years of labored prepara-
ton have Premier Yoshida and his Liberal
Party reached the point of daring politically
to propose rearmament in the modern military
sense OF the word. The cost to national econ
omy that prospered on the Korean fighting
and has lost ground in recent months still is
qualifying factor on the speed and extent of
the program. At the same time, the responsible
japanese leadership recognizes the threat i'm
pl1cit In the Russian Chinese Communist alli-
ance and is aware that Japan must gradually
assume more OF the burden of its own defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Letters to The Star
Pen-1aan1es may be used If letters carry
a0riterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

the Senator, but you have made your
point in what is anything but short,
a dignlfied, decent, high-minded state
ment." Neither Eisenhower nor McCar-
thy has such facility in descriptive cpl
tibet. so doubtless they will have to fight
it out on a higher plane.
Hugh Fitzhugh.
/ cannot refrain from expressing nv
admiration of the fearless, fortnight
stand The Star has taken on the Nc
Carthy antics. Berryman's March 4
cartoon c"Who Does He Think He Is?")
is very expressive and hits the nail
squarely on the head. The editorial,
THE Chips Go Down." in the same
issue. also clearly describes the ugly
situation.
It is sad that certain Republican
leaders are putting party before prin-
ciple and are hoping to have the ad-
vantage Of the popularity of both
President Eisenhower and Senator Nc
earthly in the coming campaign. That
is what they did in the last presiden-
tial campaign and prevailed upon Gen
promises that were impossible of full
fillment. Did that really help the party?
Criticism of McCarthyS methods
brings from him and his vocal fol-
lowers the charge of smear" from
extreme left-wingers." The fear of
this in high places may deter some
from saying what they think. 20 judg-
ment! thou art fled to british beasts,
and men have lost their reason"
Harold C. Anderson.
We are, here in our home, very nerv-
Gus and upset after reading your edi-
torial, THE Chips Go Down." 1t seems,
as usual, we are caught unprepared.
You say this man Mccarthy is brass
knuckle and blackjack fellow, and after
he hit Stevens, Stevens didn't know
what hit him. This is nerve racking.
You say McCarthy's strategy is attack.
attack, attack, and more attack. And
now at this late date you tell us the
chips are down and the struggle will
come any day. And you say it may be
black and evil day for the country,
and our only chance for victory is to
fight to the end for victory. My poor
wife is crying over in the corner, and
have taken down the old gun and
looked it over. but could not trust it;
1t has not been used since the battle of
the Marine. Count me as a volunteer.
Get us modern weapons to work with.
Send out call for volunteers, arrange
for the struggle to the death. I'm sure
you'll also be with us, comrade. Write
me at once with full instructions as to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Sugar Loaf Memorial
Mountain
By Gould Lincoln

Beautiful forever ,Dil be this gentle
mountain.
Snow ,DiU rest softly on its windino
paths
And springtime wreathe it year by near
Nth fragile fowers.
Clouds aDiu DRIFT over it with trailing
shadows
And great wirgs pass above its rocky
height.
But he whose lifelong joy and care it
DGS
Rests noU upon its quiet slope
And is at home.
Let US come reOerently, then, but not
1Dith tears.
He has given this treasured place to
you and me
To all Who cherish natures loneliness.
He has left mankind a heritage of JOY.
We must not, must not aUeep.
lnez BorcIoy Kirby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
The Chips 60 Down

Permit me. as a constant reader. to
congratulate you on your fair and
illuminating editorial 1.-THE Chips Go
Down." in The Star Of March 4. In
contradiStinction tc those critics of
President Eisenhower who apparently
would have him engage in a free-for-
all with an opponent who not only
has no sense Of fair play but resorts
to scurrilouS epithets and prizeflght
tactics with any one who opposes him,
The Star points out that the Presi-
dents statement regarding Senator
McCarthy's battle with the Army was
"olgnifed. decent. restrained and high
minded"
It Is a sad commentary on present.
day morals and manners that we have
fallen so far below the standards of
the signers Of the Declaration of indie
pendence, who in their own words had
"a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind" Now, when a man occupy
ing the highest position in the Govern
ment of his country shows this respect,
he is accused by his detractors as
being "timid"
To accuse the man who not only
planned D-Day, but, with unexam-
pied daring and courage Of the highest
order, made it a brilliant success; to
accuse him of timidity would be lu-
dicrous If not so tragic in its impli-
cations.
M. b. Mendenhall.
Your editorial, 1.-THE Chips Go Down."
could be more briefly expressed without
losing any Of its happy phraseology. 1t
might go like this:
President Eisenhower is firm, digni-
field. decent. restrained and high
minded. He also has sincerity Of pur-
pose and large following. His prestige
is great and he knows how to deal with
bully-boys. He is thus formidable OPP
ponent, and it will be black and evil
day If he does not prevail in the i'm
pending struggle.
Senator Mccarthy, on the other hand,
fights an ugly, bruising battle. as brutal
as though with brass knucks or black
jack in an alley. He speaks falsely, talks
like bar-room brawler, and thinks the
President is not too bright. His state
ment is arrogant and insulting, he is
unprincipled and INSCRIPTIONS, and he
will not even admit that he abuses wit
neSseS. Strangely, he also has follow
ing, and may be getting asset
through his guerilla warfare skill. The
coming battle between these two
threatens defeat for the party.
One gathers from this that you think
more highly Of the President than Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Case Of Mary Surrott Is Still Debotob|e

OF the assassination. Two years later
ne was brought back from Europe and
tried in the civil courts for an alleged
role in the conspiracy. In the course of
this trial the evidence against his moth
er. long in her grave, and the others
was reviewed. The verdict was not
guilty. The jury held there was a rea-
sonable doubt that the young man had
any part in the conspiracy.
Incidentally the attorneys appointed
by the court to defend young Surratt
were Richard T. Merrick, grandfather
Of well-known Washington lawyer,
George e. Hamilton, jr., and Joseph H.
Bradley, great-grandfather of another
prominent local member of the bar.
Frederick M. Bradley. After the trial.
Mr. Bradley had heated exchange
with the presiding judge. For this he
was disbarred until the Supreme Court
reviewed the matter and reinstated
him.
It may come as a shock to readers
that Mrs. Surratt, when tried by the
military commission, was not allowed
to testify in her own behalf, that none
OF the defendants were. But the author
OF this book explains that only one
State, Maine, made that matter of
right at the time. The Federal courts
did not. "For the right to testify in
ones own behalf is not right based
upon English common law" It was a
right specified in all Federal and ter
ritorial courts and courts-martial by
an act Of Congress passed in 1878. The
States gradually fell into line.
Even a majority of the military COM
mission that tried and condemned Mrs.
Surratt and the others signed petition
asking that in her case the sentence be
committed to life Imprisonment. In
later years President johnson said he
never saw this petition, adding that it
was not attached to the findings and
sentence which he was asked to ap-
prove. Perhaps it was withheld by
some one concerned.
Another significant point Is that
Lewis Payne, who joined Booths con-
Spiracy and attacked Secretary Of State
William H. Seward in an unsuccessful
effort to kill him, said. shortly before
he was executed, that Mrs. Surratt was
innocent Of any part in the plot.
After reviewing the evidence with
meticulouS care, Mr.. Moore concludes
that Mrs. Surratt was condemned on
f1imsy. inconclusive testimony, which
certainly raised reasonable doubt of
her guilt. I'm Short" he writes, there
is no proof that Mrs. Surratt knew what
was being plotted in her boarding
house."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Colonel SchwobIe's Ordeal

The time has come when the Marine Corps
ought to call halt to its inquiry Into the
repudiated gern1-warfare confession by Colonel
Frank M. Schwable.
This court of inquiry, one gathers was set
up for two purposes. The first was to ascertain
the facts in public hearing This, in all fair
ness to Colonel Schwable, was desirable The
courts second purpose. as stated by the Com
mandant Of the Marine Corps, was to make
action as may be appropriate" In this latter
respect the proceeding is beginning to take on
the aspects Of barbaric inQuisition.
Here is man whose distinguished World
War II combat record includes the award Of
four Distinguished Flying Crosses and ten Air
Medals. He few the first night mission in the
Pacific. His former commander has described
him as courageous, conscientious and one of
the best officers have ever known"
There is nothing to indicate that Colonel
Schwable or any of the other prisoners who
confessed" were given adequate preparation
for the treatment awaiting them at the hands
OF their Communist captorS. On July 8, 1852,
Colonel Schwable was shot down behind enemy
lines and captured.
He has told his story of'the weeks Of subtle
and not-so-subtle torture which followed, and
under which he finally broke down. 1t is q
story which compares not unfavorably with
that of Major General william F. Dean who
has been awarded the Congressional Medal Of
Honor for his conduct during his captivity.
General Dean, whose mistreatment was neither
as severe nor as prolonged as that of Colonel
Schwable says he would kill himself before
falling again into Communist hands. The testi-
mony Of other witnesses also indicates that
Colonel Schwable, to say the least, did not
crack easily
In the end. however, he did break down.
Is he, with his fine record to be court-martialed
because of that? All men have their breaking
point, and any prisoner of war, If he falls into
Communist hands, can be broken-or killed.
What is it that the Marine Corps wants? Is
Marine supposed to hold out under torture until
he is killed or until he can kill himself? And
this at a time when his country Is not even
fighting to win military victory
Let us have an answer to the question.
And if the answer is in the negative, this in
quiry should be brought to speedy conclusion
To prolong it, in the face of the evidence,
smacks of something bordering on indecency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

blistered palm Is gone. The disappointments.
too, have faded. It is recalled only that the
vegetables, planted and nurtured by ones own
efforts, had special zest when they reached
the dining room. The urge is uncomfortable.
Man must continually work with his square Of
land, and this year, the garden is going to be
bigger and better. Failure would be impossible
just look at the pictures from the seed catalog,
there on the living room table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

the casting Of Van as Maryk,
itemed that didn't think he'd
be good for the part.
4 \
Mario LAMA keeps canceling
recording dates. saying he's too
sick. He might recover If he
could hear the oceans of praise
for his singing of the Nicky
Brodsky song. II Walk With
God" in THE Student Prince"
Nicky's MY Flaming Heart"
from Small Town Girl" has
already sold around 100000 rec
ords with the wonderful Nat
King Cole warbling.
Ever since it was printed that
Art Linkletter was to M. c. the
radio-TV correspondents din
ner in Washington honoring
President Eisenhower. he has
been flooded with calls and mail
telling him what not to say.
No one has yet suggested what
he can say. But don't write or
call-thiS is one guy who knows.
(Released bv NANA)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

f1OL14 WOOD.
New York Play Producer Jean
Dalrymple called Playwright
Freddie Finkelhoffe to say:
Hurry with the stage version Of
AT War With the Army'-for
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis"
for a two-week stretch at City
Center in Gotham next season.
Marie Wilson. who will be do
ing a comic strip-in the news
papers, that is-inSisted on
5000 in advance.
Eddie O'Brien writes that, at
come as a Shakespeare char
acter" costume party in Rome,
Vittorio Gassman arrived as
Romeo. minus any Juliet-or
Shelley Winters. I'll make a lit
tie bet they kiss and make up.
| , "
Victor Saville is moaning be-
cause the censors here killed half
the stills from 1.-The. Long Watt"
and he doesn't expect better
treatment for the picture. He
may send it out without a seal.
jeanne Gilbert lost 10 pounds
and she wasn't plump to start
with. She's calling everything
of to rest. ,. And Dick Wild
mark was shy 20 pounds when
he returned from THE Garden
of Evil" in Mexico. He's on q
malted-milk hinge.
"Beachhead" is the best thing
Tony Curtis ever did. And it's
great for everybody. Before
TV Producer Hal Roach, jr. took
his television packages to New
York he flashed: 1--WE sold
everything-except my under
wear" Hal leaped into TV years
ago. when others feared to meet
the dragon. Now he's making
a fortune.
Kathleen Crowley of the
Waterfront" Videofilms has the
mumpA And Star Preston
Foster is checking his childhood
medical record. Terry Moore has
been discovered by Ed Goldstone,
son of millionaire agent Nat. :. I.
Bing Crosby has resumed with
Mary Murphy.
Tony Owen is signing Hide
garde Neff for &C. I. c." to be
made in Germany this summer
with Dana Andrews and Arthur
Kennedy. It's a spy story, need
less to say.
I offered Jean Simmons a
cigar at the Eddie G. Robinsons'
party for dress-designer Nettie
RosenStein. Jean looked startled
until I reminded her of her
picture in the newspapers. smok-
ing a stogie. ut was a black
Turkish cigarette" said Jean.
Her Stewart Granger will be back
here February Is.
-
Sir Alex Korda will be open
ing Gladys Robinson's exhibition
of paintings in London. And you
can bet he will bring along
his painter pal, Sir Winston
Churchill.
Nettie RoSenStein was de-
scribing the three new evening
gowns she has fashioned for
Mrs. Eisenhower. Pink is still
Mamie's favorite color and she
goes along with Nettie's simple
styles. And she's much pref
tier than her photographs" said
Nettie. who claims that big
wardrobes are wrong. Women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

tresses or critics. How are things
with you?
AN 4
I could go on with this but, as
you can see. we print our news
on paper. It costs a lot of money
more than the cumulus clouds
on which you project your news
paperS-and we have to feel we
are using it well or we begin to
get uncomfortable.
Since I don't think this is ter
ribly constructive, I'll stop after
one more thought I have in
mind.
The Evening Star had a Tooth
birthday not long ago. All mem
bers of the staff did a lot of
looking back to our first editions.
Naturally this gave us a new
slant on time. and timelessness,
in my case considerable wonder
if what I write now is going to
look that archaic 100 years
hence. Much less 1000.
There's a thought to give q
man pause. So, ! pause.
Good luck and may your girls
be as attractive as Miss Wright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Where and When.
Current TheoteF Attractions
And Time Of Showing

Il Il
| Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing !
Stage.
Arena Stage - "Ah, Wilder
ness; $3.50 pm.
National - 1.-THE Confidential
Clerk: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador ~ Eddie Cantor
Story: 1:10. 3:15, $40. 7:25 and
$3.50 pm.
Capitol-"Knights Of the Round
Fable; II am. l:l0. $500. $3.50.
TAO. and $50 pm.
Columbia - 1.-THE Bigamist";;
II am. 12:45. 1880, 400, 6:15.
sos and 10 pm.
Disqualification the Tulip:
1, 2:55, $40. 7:25 and GAS pm.
Keith's-"Miss Sadie Thomp-
SON.: 11:15 am, 1:05. 2:55. $3.50,
$40. 1885 and 1925 pm.
Little-"Gilbert and Sullivan:
sos, sos and 10 pm.
Macarthur - 1.-THE Passionate
Sentry: 6:15. 8 and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Eddie Cantor
Story: 11:40 am. 2:05. 4:35, z
and $3.50 pm.
OntariO-"War Arrow; 1:15,
3. 4:4O. 6:25. sos and $50 pm.
Palace-"King Of the Khyber
Rifles; II am, ITO, 1920. $3.50.
TAO and $50 pm.
Playhouse-"The Living Des-
ert"; II am, 12:40. 1880. 4:20,
sos, 8 and $50 pm.
Plaza-"Titfield Thunderbolt" /;
1880 am. 1:10, $50. 4:30, 6:15,
8 and 9:45 pm.
Silver Spring-"Titfield Thun-
derbolt":: 6:10, 8 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - From Here to
Eternity; 11:10 am. lis. 1925.
5:35, 1850 and 10 pm.
Warner-"This Is Cinerama"
$40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Hollywood Diary:
Busy Miss DoIrynpIe
Gets q Play Idea
By Sheiluh Grohom

should only buy what they
need"
And Columbia's famous dress
designer. Jean Louis. had a call
from Burt Lancaster and his
partner, Harold Hecht, about q
month ago to design the ward
robe fol-. Marler~ Dietrich in
Vera Cruz" But the deal must
have fallen through. because
not a word on it since then.
The privileged few who have
seen Stanley Kramer's "Caine
Mutiny" tell me that Van John
son gives an inspired perform
ance. I'm happy to report this,
because when I first heard of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
The Posing Show
Well, Posterity, Miss Wright
Was q Lovely, Gifted Girl
By Joy Cormody

Until today interest in posterty has been academic
ct ALL
1t has been fine carefree to live and We might
with it, happy to the end had WTOP
incose todays Evening Star in its time capsule
ruary 1854.
man doesn't quite know what to do in the circumstance Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-29

STUDIO apartment. Nicely furn-
ished, utilities included. Phone
2-5514 and 2-3210.
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CURB GIRL wanted 6 nights a
week. Can make good money.
Apply Boulevard Drive-In, Roose-
welt Blvd. corner LIST Street.
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BALD SPOT WILL
BE DEAD CIVEAWAY

TOKYO R-POIice are looking
for high school student with a
small bald spot.
They have a picture of the lad
with his hand in the till of a
camera shop. He's wearing high
school students uniform.
Proprietors of the shop, which
had been robbed three times,
focused a camera set to take a
flash picture when the cash box
was opened.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-29
Allies Criticized

TAIPEH, Formosa R-The No.
2 man in Nationalist China's For
eign Office today criticized the
Western Allies for Crying hard to
achieve a unified Korea and a uni
fled Germany" while considering
the partition of Indochina."
Shen Chang-huan, senior vice
minister of foreign affairs, called
the division of Germany and Ko-
rea after World War II "gross
blunders."
4'How forgetful the democracies
are!" He declared in speech.
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FOR SALE: Two-bedroom Top
Pine house. Corner lot, large
living room, separate dining room.
$14, 400. $4,000 cash, second mort
gage of $4,000. Assume monthly
payments OF approximately $72.
2026 Staples.
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34-Household Items
For Sale
CONTINUED,

EXCELLENT conditions and buys.
Walnut double bed complete. slx
s-piece mahogany dining SUITE.
SisO. ) single bed springs, IS. each.
Phone 2-6882.
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THREE BEDROOM CHS TOPPING
house. Large, cool living room
with screened porch. Separate din
ing room. Enclosed back yard.
Carport. Nicely handicapped. 2114
Staples Avenue.
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SIX ROOMS, bath. Key West home.
Completely furnished on large
lot. $500, $1,000 down, balance on
mortgage. Phone $3.50.
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LET us give you a free demonstr..
ton of a Huffy cleo. lawn NOV.
er. Is" blade size s5s.ss. 49,, blade
size $6s.2S. Bicycles sold, rented.
repaired. Overseas Cycle Store
1850 Eaton st. Phone 2-60i6.
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2-Apartments For Rent
(CONTINUED)

MODERN two bedrooms, furnish
ed, electric kitchen. sos per
month. Call 2-268l.
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FOR Buying or selling any kind of
Key West property, contact Paul
Boysen, 626 Fleming St Establish.
ed 1919.
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TWO apartments for rent. $40
and $50. 1907 Truman.
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CURB GIRLS wanted. Experience
unnecessary. Apply Jimmy's
Drive-In, Fifth and Flagler.
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NAVAL officer wants 3 bedroom
unfinished house for long term
occupancy. Phone 2-8582.
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WINDOW cleaner. Work part-time.
Make yourself extra cash. Must
have your own car. Sand Bar, 224
Duval St. Ask for Phil.
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WO-BEDROOM CHS home, III
yrs. old. Desirable location.
Handicapped, tile bath and kitch-
en-. FILA mortgage. Reasonable
terms. $4,000 cash. 1905 South
Street.
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FOR SALE-2-bedroom house,
partly furnished, at lilo Geor-
gia. Full price, $4,000. Terms
can be arranged. Apply next
door. Phone 2-7680.
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ATTRACTIVE, comfortable, fur
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100 Margaret.
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4-HOuses For Rent
<C0NTlNUED)
TWO bedroom, furnished house.
1924 Fogarty Avenue.

FOR RENT-Furnished 2-bed-
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2405 Fogarty Ave-, Tele. 2-3657.