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Evening star., 1954-01-18
Benson Urges
Gift Of Billion in
Surplus Abroad
Farm Supply Losses
Running Too High,
Secretary Testifies
By jones E. Roper

Agriculture Secretary Benson
disclosed today that the admin
istration soon will ask Congress
for authority to give America S
overseas friends 81 billion worth
of farm products during the next
three years.
Secretary Benson said the pro-
ducts would come from the Gov
ernment-held surplus. which, he
said. now have reached a total
of $5.5 billion.
Before these stocks are dis
posed of. Mr.. Benson said. "our
losses are likely to be substantial
and they might be staggering"
Mr.. Benson testified before
the Senate Agriculture Commit
tee as it held preliminary hear
ing on the Eisenhower farm pro-
gram as outlined in the Presi-
dents special message on agri-
culture last Monday.
Reads Part Of Message.
The Secretary opened his
statement by reading a passage
which he said President Eisen-
hover would include in his bud
get Message to Congress. The
passage read:
II plan to request authority
soon to use a part of Our ac-
cumulated surpluses of a2ricul-
tural products to assist in
STRENGTHENING the economics OF
friendly countries. and otherwise
to contribute to the accomplish
ment Of our foreign policy OBJ
iectives.
Authority will be requested to
use for this purpose over a three
year period up to 81 billion worth
of commodities held by the Com
modify Credit Corp. This budget
anticipates a request for a sup
Elemental appropriation of $500
million for the fiscal year 1855
to reimburse that corporation for
commodities used.
Compliments General Program.
This program for use of agri-
cultural surpluses is designed to
complement our general program
Of economic and technical de-
velopment and must be closer CO.
ordinated with it. The program
for use Of surplus agricultural
commodities involves the use OF
stocks held by the Commodity
Credit Corp. No additional budget
expenditures will be required for
these commodities.
''It should be emphasized in
connection with this program
that it Is purely temporary
predicated upon adoption of oul
domestic agricultural program
which should not involve the
(See FARM, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1954-01-18
BY the Assoe.aaed Pres.

Representative Burdick, Re-
publican, Of North Dakota, is un-
yielding in his opposition to an
across-the-board pay raise for
Congressmen. Today he pro-
posed q merit system" salary
scale.
Describing this he said:
"It might limit the raises to
those members who, on the sur
face at least, appear to deserve
it,"
Instead of raising the pay Of
every member Of Senate and
House from the present $4,000
(including $2.500 expense ac-
counts) to $27.5O0 as recon-
mended by q special commission,
Mr.. Burdick said. I'VE should
limit it to those who earn It,"
For example, he said. a man
elected to Congress for the first
time should get the present
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Cloudiness Feared
For Eclipse Tonight;
Rain Due Tomorrow
Warmer Weather
Is On Way Here
After Low of IS

Increasing cloudiness threat
ened to deny District residents a
clear view of the total eclipse of
the moon tonight.
Rain is on the way. the Wealth
er Bureau said. despite a bright
sunny morning. But it was not
due until tomorrow.
The total eclipse. when the
earth comes between the moon
and the sun. will last from GIT
until 9:47 pm. Some darkening
of the moon may be noticed with
the naked eye from 7:50 pm. on,
although the eclipse starts for
astronomers at $40 pm
Warming weather will keep
the thermometer near 26 degrees
at Its lowest point tonight. Tnis
mornings low was IS. Colder
Evening star., 1954-01-18
New ZeuIund Volcano
Active After so Years
BY the As,oeiofed Press

AUCKLAND, New Zealand.
Jan. 18.-Dense clouds of black
smoke are rising 1000 feet from
one of the craters Of 6,500-fost
Mt. Tongariro. for the first time
in more than so years.
Tongariro is one of the three
VOLCANOES of New Zealand'S north
island. Another. ISIS foot
Ngauruhoe. has been showing a
bright red glow from its crater
for several nights. It erupted in
1948 for the first time in 20
years.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Berlin Conference
Assured by Accord
On Choice Of Sites
Talks in First and Third
Weeks to Be in West,
Second in Eost Zone
BY the As.eeio,sd Pres.

BERLIN. Jan. l8.-ExpertS for
the Big Four set to work today to
plan security and housekeeping
details of the Berlin foreign min
isters' conference. A compromise
last night on sites for the session
assured that the parley will open
on schedule next Monday.
The American. British. French
and Russian commandants Of the
divided city appointed deputies
to meet late today to work out
detailed arrangements for the
conference on German unity and
the Austrian peace treaty.
Orders from their home gov
ernmentS ended 10 days of
wrangling over the conference
site The three Western military
chiefs and Soviet Commandant
Sergei Dengin agreed last night
that the ministers will meet for
one week-the Second-in the
Soviet Embassy in East Berlin,
and for the first and third weeks
in the building in the American
sector formerly used by the
Allied Control Council.
Thereafter. a communique said,
the place of meetings will de-
pend upon the course Of the con-
ference"
Wanted Half of Meetings.
The Russians at first had de-
manded that half the meetings,
including the opening session. be
held in East Berlin. The West
sought at first to hold only one
fourth of the meetings in the
East.
Let the Russians have a tiny
triumph if that is what they re-
gard it to be-" one allied spokes-
man said. I'VE believe that the
main point is to get around the
table on Germany and Austria
and see if some international
agreement can be found"
The agreement diss;pated fears
that the Russians would monkey
wrench the conference before it
even started unless they could
secure the prestige Of launching
It in their own back yard.
The little four" deputies now
will determine the makeup OF
the conference secretariat. ar
range for communications and
security, and decide on policies
for handling the 1000 or so men
and women of the international
press corps about to descend or
the city.
Leaders Due Friday.
United States Secretary OF
State Dulles. British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden and
French Foreign Minister George:
Bidault are due here Friday
for last-mniute strategy discus
Sions. Soviet Foreign Minister
v. M. Molotov is expected or
Saturday or Sunday.
Their gathering will be the
| first major four-power meeting
in Berlin since 1948 saw tht
opening Of the cold war. its sub.
sequent East-West split and tn,
Berlin blockade.
/ Moscow had asked for thu
Berlin site for the meeting afte1
| rejecting Western proposals II
meet last November in Lugano
Switzerland.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Womon Named Envoy

TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. 18
R.-Nationalist China today
announced the first appointment
Of a woman to a diplomatic post
abroad since the government
fled the mainland in 1949. She is
Miss Chen Chi-fang, %. who will
leave soon to become an attache
at the Nationalist embassy In
Bangkok.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Law Curbing Treaties
Is Predicted After
White House Meeting
KnowIund and Murtin
Expect Approval Of
Some Kind Of Bill

Republican congressional lead
ers predicted after a meeting
with President Eisenhower to-
day that both Senate and House
would pass some kind of legis-
lation defining the Presidents
treaty-making powers.
Senate Majority Leader Know
land said he was still hopeful
that a compromise could be
worked out on the treaty amend
ment sponsored by Senator
Bricker. Republican of Ohio. but
he repeated his statement of
several days ago that he be-
lieveS that "a constitutional
amendment will be sent to the
House"
House Speaker Martin said
anything the Senate does on
the amendment is pretty apt
to command the support of the
House"
Mr.. Martin said, however, that
the House Judiciary Committee
would hold hearings on the
treaty-making question.
Dulles, Brownell at Meeting.
Secretary of State Dulles and
Attorney General Brownell sat
in today on the weekly White
House meeting of congressional
leaders, when the Brick e r
amendment was among the
topics discussed.
Senator Knowland said he ex-
poets the st. Lawrence Seaway
debate to end by Thursday and
that debate on the Bricker
amendment is scheduled next
with the possibility, however,
that between these two measures
the Korean Security Pact will
be considered in executive ses-
sion.
Senator Knowland expects The
Senate will approve this Govern
ment's participation with Canada
in the construction Of the sea-
way.
Speaker Martin said the House
expects to take up the first o1
the big appropriation bills
Treasury Post Office arounc
the first of next month.
He said the first principal piect
of legislation to be considered by
the House would be revision o.
the Taft Hartley labor law. ane
he expressed conviction that thi.
legislation would go through il
some form.
Javits Makes Suggestion.
| Meanwhile. Representative
JavitS, Republican-liberal. New
| York, suggested today that tht
House be given a voice in ratify.
ing treaties as a compromise tt
the Bricker proposal.
| Mr.. Javits, in a speech pre-.
pared for House delivery, salt
that under his proposal to re-
quire both the Senate and Hous'
to act on treaties:
Treaties can be at one ant
the same time approved ant
made law. the responsibility ant
| consideration of interests broaa
ened and the President be lef
free Of the impossibility Of sub
jecting foreign policy to the VII
Il Of 48 separate State legislature
a procedure not even applied Il
constitutional. amendments.
Evening star., 1954-01-18

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again is NO" as it was in Cleve-
land.
The l5-cent fare in Washing
ton is a rosy promise reid out
in the Wolfson plan for the uni
fication and Government owner
ship of the Capital areas transit
facilities.
The plan was submitted % the
Payne subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee by
Louis E. Wolfson, chairman of
the board of the Capital Transit
Co. Mr.. Wolfson said he did not
advocate the plan, but that he
knew of no other way to bring
about lower tares. He referred
to the 15-cent fare as a COM
petitive fare-competitive with
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Ice Skating Today
At Aquatic Gardens
And RefIectinq Pool

There's ice skating today
at the Rejecting Pool and
the Kenilworth Aquatic
Gardens.
Edward J, Kelly. superin-
tendent of National Capital
Parks, said the skating areas
would be lighted and open
until 1C pm.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Faces Income Tax TrioI

CLEVELAND, Jan. l8 R.-
Poncet Davis, Sc. wealthy Ohio
and Alabama industr1alist, goes
on trial in Federal Court today
on charges of evading payment
Of $738.249 in income taxes from
| l945 through 1948.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
BeIoiun Red Ousted

BRUSSELS. Belgium. Jan. IS
R.-One Of the founders of
the Belgian Communist Party,
Georges Canivet. has been ex-
PEELED from it. An announce
ment from the party's political
control committee said he was
expelled for deep and persisting
differences with the political line
Of the party"
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Who's to Run II?
By Froncis P. Dcuglos
Ssor Stoff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-Will a
15-cent fare anywhere in the
Washington area recapture lost
Mders in sufficient number to cut
d town traffic congestion.
speed the transit service and
maintain downtown property
values?
From what can Oe learned
here in Chicago the answer
Evening star., 1954-01-18
SIS Million Health insurance
Program Asked by President;
More Aid to Disabled Included
Privute Medical
Core Would Be
Underwritten
By Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower today
asked Congress to underwrite
q $25 million health insurance
program under which the Fed
eral Government would en-
courage private and non-prof1t
health insurance organizations
to offer broader protection to
more families.
The proposal was incorpo-
rated in q three-point program
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Milk Price Fixing Upheld

The Supreme Court today
upheld authority of the Vir-
ginia State Milk Commission
to fix minimum prices for
milk sold by District distribu-
tors to consumers in Arlington
County. Justice Black dissent
Evening star., 1954-01-18

Text Of Eisenhower's Message to Con-
gress on Health. Pose A
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Ban on Films Reversed

The Supreme Court today
unanimously reversed New
York State censorship ban on
the motion picture LA ROnde"
and a similar Ohio prohibition
against the picture "M." The
court gave no reasons for its
decision in a brief order, but
Justices Douglas and Black.
in a cOncurring statement, de-
clared the freedom of speech
provision of the first amend
ment fOrbids censorship Of
movies.
Evening star., 1954-01-18
Lute News
Bulletins
Juvenile Study Fund Voted

The Senate judiciary Com
mittee today approved a one
year extension of the Hend-
ricks0n subcommittee on juve-
nile delinquency and an ad-
ditional $175.0OO to finance it.
The resolution, when reported
to the Senate, will be referred
to the Senate Rules Commit
tee.
Evening star., 1954-01-18

Second OF o Series.
Evening star., 1954-01-18

the President offered ito i'm
prove the health of the Ameri-
can people,"
Evening star., 1954-01-18

Increasing cloudineSs tonight, lowest
near 26. Tomorrow. warmer with some
rain by night. Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1954-01-18

(See FARM, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1954-01-06
By jones Birchfield
Star Sfoff Correspondent

ASHBURN, Va, Jan. 6.-That
old saying, You can't get some
thing for nothing" doesn't ex-
actly apply to Dick Downs. who
runs a filling station on Route Z,
near here.
Mr.. Downs makes his own
electricity for lighting his station
and for running his machine
shop. He will manufacture his
own heat this winter-and it
won't cost him a thing. or very
little.
It's all because of a gadget
that has just been installed at
the Downs station. 1t takes the
fumes from the underground
gasoline tanks and converts them
into a gas that burns. producing
both heat and electricity.
It was invented by Manly E.
Carroll, of Miami, Fla, who was
a mechanic for Eastern Air Lines,
and it is the first working model
to be installed in this area.
It was installed at the Downs
service station to show what it
could do for farmers and others
who have gasoline storage tanks
on their farms or at their places
of business.
According to Mr.. Carroll, who
supervised the installation here,
the system works on the prin-
cipal that the vapors normally
rising from stored gasoline are
lost.
Mr.. Carroll'S "aerator" simply
collects these vapors and con-
verts them into a usable gas.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Virginion Harnesses Vopors
|OfGos 7 T0nk to Light Station

This gas is stored in a tank un-
der pressure for use when
needed.
At the Downs station the gas
is used as fuel for a generator
motor. which in turn generates
the electricity used at the sta
ton. The gas also will be piped
into the station to provide heat
during cold weather.
Mr.. Carroll said tests con-
Quoted by engineers have proved
that the octane rating of the
gasoline is not lowered by the
aerator and that the amount of
gasoline used is so slight as to be
negligible" There is a certain
amount of loss in stored gasoline
under normal conditions. and
this loss is not increased by using
the vapors. Mr.. Carroll said.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Jan. ~ cUsDN Sal
fully 90 more or HIGHER: Sows 10 90
higher; choice lS0-23U-ound butchers,
24o-:.70 pounds, !4.75-25.50. Instances
slie htlS more on some choice :40
pounds; 2So-34O pounds. 24.00-@4.7:
choice sowS, 350-5oU pounds. - So
=. 30: few lieIht sows, 1915 or
=, Salsbie s.oa cattle l3uo0 calves. 400;
unevenly strong to 100 higher. mostly
25-15 UP; other sraoes fairly active,
steady to, 50 higher; heiters steady TO
| fully 90 higher; COWS active. % TO 80
higher; bulls steady to 80 lower; Vealers
I mostly steady bulk high choice and
prime steers. @1.no-29.00; a few average
prime to hieh prime ,l.lo0-l .o5o pounds,
ESQ; commercial to low choice. l6.0o-
900: few high prime heifers. ,6.n0
| $50; choice. to low prime heifers. 90
800; good TO low choice, Grades,
| - 0U"l 50; utility to low GOOD: II co..
| is n0 utility and commercial COWS,
| ~. 50-l3.00: Gamers and cutters. s so
| 1915. mostly 9.O0-lO.50; utility and
commercial bulls, l3.00-l6,5n: COM
mercial to prime vcalers, lSpn-2 90;
Gull and utility grades. 1900 ZOO,
| Salable sheep. 1000: slaughter, lambs
on sheep, most sales good and choice
pounds down l9O0-20. 80; a few loads
ard lots choice and prime, 2015-2l.25;
a load of choice and prime 4-pound
wool skins, 1925, Gull to low good lambs.
| ! ! .00-1S50; sales loads and decks fell
and summer shorn lambs. 19.75-2000.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 6 tP.--Fore'sn cy-
change rates follow Great Britain in
dollars, others in centS).
Canadian dollar in New York open
market pa per cent premium or
1O3 63i2 United States cents, unchanged.
Europe: Great Britain tpoundl ,
2.Sl 3, UNCHANGED Great Britain 30
dsy futures, 2S1 81, off 1/3" of a
cent: Great Britain 60-day futures,
:, 81 "a, off f32 OF a cent; Great Britain
9n-daY futures, !.S1 3 3" of 3 y! of
a cent; Belgium trancl. 200il,
unchaused; Holland tguilderl. oG4l,
unchanged; Italy 1ira). .lGls OF cent,
unchanged Portugal tescudol, = 80 un-
chansed; Sweden Ckronal, 1881. un-
changed; Switzerland francD tfrecl,
"h.3!.. UNCHANGED; Denmark (krone ,
1i.53 unchaneed
Latin America: Argentina Gree)
80 UNCHANGED: Brazil (freel. s..
unchanged; Mexico. o.. UNCHANGED;
Venezuela tBolivarb. 3OO3, UNCHANGED.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar. l7.55,
unchanged
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Gen. Osborn to Retire
From Salvation Army
BY the Assoeioted Press


LONDON, Jan. 6.-Gen. Albert
Orsborn, 81, international head
of the Salvation Army for the
last eight years. will retire June
30. the army's headquarters has
announced.
The high council. representa-
tive of the organizations S
branches in many lands. will
meet later to select a successor
Born in Britain, Gen. Orsborn
has been a Salvation Army Off
Ger for 48 years. He wrote about
$50 hymns which are sung fire.
quently at Salvation Army
meetings.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Furouk's Sister Hurt

ATHENS, Jan. 6 (R.-Ex-
Princess Fawzia. eldest sister of
ex-King Farouk of Egypt and ex-
wife of the Shah of Iran, was
injured yesterday when her car
collided with a truck on the
Athens-Delphi highway. Her
face and left arm were bruised.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

LIlc ClOSc O1
1852, Presi-
dent Edward
c. Baltz re-
ported today.
G ontrasting
W ith only
around $50
million of as
sets in 1882.
the new high
mark ke p t
Perpetual in
its top-rank-
ing place as
t he largest
savings a n d
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Virginia Boby Sitters
Granted Stute Charter
Rx iha As,ocinfad Prass

RICHMOND, Jan. 6. - Baby
sitting has become big business.
The State Corporation Com
mission has granted charter of
incorporation to Tiny Tot Sit
ters, Inc, Of Virginia Beach. a
baby sitting service. with $4,000
maximum capital stock.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

~ " u v ~ z i IL
Railway, with
headquarte rs
here.
Mr.. Hamil-
ton formerly
was consult
ant in tn e
managem e n t
services de-
partment of
Arthur Young
g. Co. of Chi
cago.
In his new
position, he
will direct a
Evening star., 1954-01-06

manage for
L. Bamberger
q Co. of New
ark. N. j.
He will han
die press rela-
tions with all
m e ia an d
m a n a 9 e the
N G W a I k or
g a n i z alton S
e X h i b i tions,
S h o W S a n d
special events.
Mr.. Bleiberg
directed pub
Evening star., 1954-01-06

4Ou11 A11oVAUUU1UII III UI1C 4NdCIUII dC
the years end.
Before semi-annual dividends
credited to accounts on the fol-
lowing day. the associations in
vested savings on December 81
amounted to $144. .901 ,485. an in
crease of 1877 per cent from
$127,45 .543 a year earlier. After
dividends Of $2.105,346 on jan
uary l., the accounts were in
creased to STAT, ,831, compared
with $129.288,510 on January /,
1858. Dividends a year earlier
totaled Sl.829 967.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Heads HeIicopter Council

Charles H. Kaman. inventor
Of the intermeshing rotor hell
copter which bears his name,
has been elected chairman of
the Helicopter Council. He is a
native of Washington and
graduate of Catholic University.
The Spring Mac Mart of the
Washington Maryland Mems
and Boys Apparel Club will be
held at the Lord Baltimore Ho-
tel in Baltimore January 1919.
Names Hardware at 1912
G street NV. has named John
B. Names executive assistant
to M J. Names. Irene Cohen
Gross has been appointed gen.
eral merchandise manager.
Robert j. BeaSley of Hyatts-
vile has joined the j. Hicks
Baldwin Agency of the New
England Mutual Life Insurance
Co. here.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
By Donald B. HodIey

Perpetual Building Association
had record assets of $168, ,565, ,381
on December 81, jump Of 1874
per cent from $146,066,331 at
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK, Jan. + Pl--Spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper 29Ia-
30 cents pound, Connecticut Valley.
Lead 1872 cents a pound, New York.
Zinc 10 cents pound. East ST Louis.
Tin S5i2 cents pound. New York. At
Pittsburgh. scrap steel No. heavy was
quoted at 31.00-32.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Interstate Also Grows
BIeiberq Goes to Newark

Carl Bleiberg. formerly public
relations director for the Hecht
Co. here. has been named pub
licity and feature advertising
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Auto SoIes Top 1852
D. G. Gasoline Sales Luq

District gasoline sales in II
months this year totaled 1884,
350,942 gallons, a decrease of
IL per cent from 187.618.040 in
the same 1852 period, tax re-
ceipts indicated today.
November gasoline sales ag-
gregated 15,938,595 gallons VS..
Evening star., 1954-01-06

continuing study and analysis
of shop methods and procedures
throughout the Southern Rail-
way System,
Evening star., 1954-01-06
First Federal Reports

Invested savings of the First
Federal Savings and Loan Asso-
citation reached an all-time high
of $38,124,031 on December 81,
gain of more than $6 million
from a year earlier, 1t was an
nounced yesterday by w. Frank
lin Morrison executive vice pres
ident and manager.
Assets at the years end to-
tailed $40, ,682,299, an increase Of
$40 million from a year earlier.
Home loans of $44,321,S37 were
up $673,609. Reserves OF So
375,443 were $436,902 higher.
The association added more
than 81 million of veterans
loans to its portfolio in the year.
Interstate Also Grows
Resources of Interstate Build
ing Association exceeded S24.2
million on December 81, a new
record and gain of 10 per cent
since the end of 1852, Secretary
Edward K. Jones reported.
Invested savings at the year
end reached $19.404 900, an in
crease of S18 million from a year
earlier. Real estate loans also
set a new record of $22.112.00O
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Looms Climb o.6 Pct.

First mortgage loans of $144.-
990,3ll on December 81 were 9.6
per cent ahead of $132.319,328 at
the end of 1852. Reserves of
SIS, ,226,966 were up 10.6 per cent
from $13.765.880.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Agency Honors Van Story

James c. Van Story, jr., has
been selected as the most valu-
able associate of the estate
planning firm Of j.. D. Marsh e.
Associates. He is secretary of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Russell w. Klise won top hon.
orS as organization leader in
earnings and was awarded a trip
to Nassau, Bahamas.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Joins Southern RoiIwuy

Robert S. Hamilton has been
appointed to the newly created
position of plans engineer, me-
chanical department of tho
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Perpetual Holds Lead, Assets Top $768 Million

l7.258.347 in the previous month
and We're. 81 per cent behind
16,279,498 in November, 1852.