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How to Become Sad and Wiser:
Outline Plans for Mccarthy
Report Attributed to Nixon Seotched
With Emphasis by Red Probe Leader

story he soon would be car hit UP
with
No Nixon Comment.
Mr.. Nixon's comments were
sought. His Office reported he
had mo comment"
Senator McCarthy's comments
were made when he saw report
ers in his Office late yesterday
afternoon. A dozen reporters
seeking information on the pub
lished reports turned up, and also
newsreel and still cameramen.
In a dozen different state
ments. the Wisconsin Republican
denied that his subcommittee S
work would be restricted except
if Democrats. who hold a nu-
merical majority in the Senate,
would refuse funds. If they do,
the Senator added. "it will be the
most Pyrrhic victory they ever
won."
Senator Mccarthy was re-
mined that he had seen Vice
President Nixon and William
Rogers, deputy Attorney Gen.
eral, recently in Miami. He was
asked if he had discussed with
the Vice President the matter
of giving more attention to in
vestigations other than COM
muniSm.
No Talk With Any One.
Il have not discussed it with
any one" the Senator replied.
mo Republican has asked to
curtail the scope of the investi-
cations up to this time"
Asked if he had been asked
to redirect his Investigations.
the Wisconsin Republican re-
piled:
THE answer is emphatically
no."
Another question was whether
it has been suggested to you
in the very recent past by a
high administration official that
you turn your attention to waste
and corruption"
To that Senator Mccarthy re-
piled:
ITO make it crystal clear, no
administration official or Re-
publican Senator has suggested
how the committee should
operate"
He expanded to say that in
cluded President Eisenhower and
up and down the line"
Funds Fight Expected.
Suggestions have been made
in some quarters that Senator
Mccarthy would ease of on his
Communist = hunting activities
for a time since he faces a fight
in obtaining funds for the in
vestigation subcommittee.
The subcommittee operated
last year on a 100000 budget,
and Senator Mccarthy told re-
porters yesterday that its funds
will be exhausted by January 81.
He has not disclosed how much
money he is seeking for the sub
committee this year. But he said
he wanted enough to hire 10
more investigators. The subcom-
mittee's present staff of % in
cludes II investigators.
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Painting Foreman Frank Mer-
ritt said Mr.. Boyer appeared at
the apartment this morning and
asked for a job. Asked if he
could do Swing" (scaffold)
work, he replied, II can go any
place you put me-"
He was on the scaffolding
with John Papageorgeou, 1245
B street Sc, and hadn't even
picked up a brush when he
pushed the. scaffolding away
from the side of the building.
He ignored Mr.. Papageorgeou's
warning to stop pushing and
slipped between the edge of the
scaffold and the building. He
landed partly on the ground
near the patio and partly on
. coil Of rope.
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~-~~---~--------->----
quietly, together with G. o. P
leaders from Wisconsin TO con-
vince Senator Mccarthy he
should change his ways. He
should. they argued. direct
the emphasis Of his Senate
Investigations subcommittee s
work toward waste and corrup-
ton rather than toward the
Communist issue.
BY last Monday these leaders
apparently were convinced they
had succeeded in getting their
message across to Senator McCar-
thy. On Tuesday morning news
papers in Washington. New York
and Baltimore came out with
stories attributed to highly
placed administration officials
saying that the Wisconsin Re-
publican would reduce his con-
centration on subversion.
Source Not Identified.
The stories added that these
assurances were sought and OBJ
tanned by Republicans concerned
about the public reaction to Sem
ator McCarthy's activities in this
election year.
The newspapers did not iden-
tify the source of the information
on which the stories were based.
But. it was learned, they were
based on information obtained
from Vice President Nixon, the
administrations trouble-shooter
and peacemaker, particularly in
Sofar as Senator Mccarthy is
concerned.
Reporters caught up with Mr..
Nixon as the Vice President was
leaving his Office at $50 pm.
Monday. In the impromptu in
terview that ensued they were
left with the definite impression
that Senator Mccarthy had
given in to administration pres
sure and would Soft-pedal his
Communist-hunting activities.
Mccarthy Denies 1t.
The administration came in
for rude awakening after the
stories were published. Senator
Mccarthy promptly said, There
is absolutely no truth in it. 1t
is manufactured out of whole
cloth. It is strictly untrue"
Senator Mccarthy denied en-
phatically that he had been ap-
preached or had discussed with
any one the matter of limiting
the field of his subcommittee
Investigations. Holding up one of
the newspapers containing a
signed story, the Wisconsin Re-
publican said:
There is no truth in the story.
Either he (the writer) was lied
to or he was lying. I assume he
was lied to for I can't conceive
OF a reporter writing an untrue
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Snow ImperiIs Driving
In Western MARYLAND
BY the A..eeiated Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. g.
Highways in the Western Mary
land mountains were described
as hazardous today after new
snow falls left 31a inches in some
areas.
Road crews were out in Ale
gany and Garrett counties.
Roads in Garrett were reported
extremely slippery.
Roads in Frederick and Wash
ington counties were slippery in
spots.
Temperatures lowered in the
low 20S.
Pennsylvania police reported
the Pennsylvania Turnpike
mostly snow and ice-covered."
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East Zone Blust Kills 3

BERLIN, Jan. 6 (P.-Three
workers were killed and several
others injured in an explosion
two days before Christmas at a
Soviet-operated m m u n iti o n
plant in East Germany, the anti
Communist Information Bureau
West reported today. The ex-
plosion occurred at Priemerwald
in the former state of Mecklen-
burg.
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who is charged with the actual
theft, was held on an assault and
battery charge. A woman was
held on suspicion that she had
helped get rid of the hot money
m a weekend tour of Washing
ton and Baltimore stores.
Two other men were picked
up by District police and turned
over to the Secret Service. One
was said to be in company with
the suspected woman. District
police also said an automobile,
believed purchased with some Of
the loot, was recovered.
Wife Also Arrested.
AS the roundup continued,
Secret Service agents said the
back Of the case was broken yes
terday with the arrest of Lands,
20, colored. an employe of the
engraving bureau accused Of
carrying away the stacks of $40
bills in false pockets in his coat.
Also arrested in the first
breakdown were his 26-year-old
wife. the mother of two children.
and a neighbor who lives in the
same apartment building in the
1400 block of Fifty-second ave-
nue NE, William Giles. a Gov
ernment f1agpole painter.
Giles was arraigned today be-
fore United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence, and like Lam
dis, held in $4,000 bail. Both
were charged with taking United
States currency. Mrs. Lands.
charged with conspiracy, was
held in $4,000 bond.
The cousin of Lands under ar
rest is Charles Howard Nelson,
81. OF the 5400 block of Chapel
Oak drive, Chapel Oaks, Md.
Charged With Attack
Nelson. a hurkily-b bowling
alley pin boy. was arrested just
after midnight at his home on
information furnished by George
F. (Blue Heaven) Blake, 20, Of
1927 Allison street. North Brent
wood.
Blake, his mouth and jaw
battered, told police Nelson and
another man, also identified as
a cousin of Lands, attacked him
last night at Thirty-ninth place
and Allison street. North Brent
wood.
The men accused him of tell
ing police they were distributing
$50 bills, Blake told Detective
Sergt. Richard A. Pearson of the
Prince Georges County police.
After the assault, the men
dashed into the cover of a
swamp. Police summoned a fire
department. truck and flashed
searchlights over the area until
it was learned Nelson had bees>
Both Bought Autos.
The police teletype carried a
lookout for the second cousin,
described as armed. He was
(See MONEY, Page AID
Evening star., 1954-01-06
BohIen Sees MoIofov
Again on A-PooI Plan

American Ambassador Charles
E. Bohlen had a second talk with
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov
in Moscow today about how to
get secret negotiations started on
President Eisenhower's proposal
for creation of an atomic pool for
peaceful purposes.
A State Department spokes-
man said Mr.. Bohlen. who first
discussed the problem with Mr..
Molotov last Thursday, called on
the Soviet Foreign Minister again
todN at the latter's request.
The spokesman would give no
details about the talk except to
say there was further discussion
Of procedural matters"
Evening star., 1954-01-06


reconvenes. It is held under aus
pices of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America.
Workers en- route to their Offices
stopped to watcn President
Eisenhower leave his car and
ascend the steps to the church.
He was greeted by one of the
church officials and responded
with a hearty hello" and then
was escorted to his pew by the
head usher, Alfred j. Barrett.
Prayer for Guidance.
DR.. Edward L. r. Elson, minis
ter of the &C aggregation. prayed
that guidance be given the
President, members of Congress,
and others in authority in the
new session.
DR.. Elson asked that the Presi-
dent be granted health of body,
serenity of soul. soundness Of
judgment, a lofty moral courage,
sanctifled stewardship Of Office
and a constant and confident
faith in Thee"
Senator Martin, Republican,
of Pennsylvania served COM
munion to President Eisenhower.
and Senator Stennis, Democrat,
of Mississippi served communion
to Vice President Nixon.
3 MOderatOrs Present.
The moderatorS of the three
Presbyterian Church bodies now
contemplating merger took part
in the hour long service. They
are DR.. John A. Mackay, of the
Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America; DR..
Frank w. Price, of the PreSby-
terian Church in the United
States and DR.. Samuel c. Wier,
of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America.
Cabinet members present were
Secretary of State Dulles, Secre-
tary of the Interior Mckay,
Secretary of the Treasury Hum
phrey. Secretary of Commerce
Weeks and Postmaster General
Summerfield.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Need for q Leader
Hovers Over Paris.

TALK OF REVoLUTlON-Despits
outword eoiety. Fronee is unhappy.
seeking something to soIidify
"otomized society,"" The Stor's Euro
peon Correspondent Crosby S. Noyes
writes on poee A-l0 todoy. "Hoppy
New Yeor" is more O proyer thon q
hope. he soys.
LEATHER IS THE WoRD-De-
sieners show off q dozen rooms with
Ieother as the dominont theme in
Chicago decoration show, Stoff Writer
Dorothy Bihlmon reports on poee
b. todoy.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

Two Early Issues Listed.
The Senate Republican Policy
Committee met in advance of the
session and listed the st. Law
renee 'Seaway Project and the
Bricker constitutional amend
ment to curb the Presidents
treaty-making power for early
floor debate. The order of pri-
ority was left to Majority
Leader Knowland.
Both houses adjourned out of
respect for the late Chief JUS
tice Fred NJ. Vinson, who died
while Congress was in recess.
Senator Knowland announced
the Senate will recess from to-
morrow evening until Monday.
but will begin holding daily ses-
Sions next week.
Chairman Ferguson said the
@. Q. P. Policy Committee will
meet again this afternoon for q
further discussion of the pro-
gram.
Compromise Sought.
The administration is opposed
to the Bricker amendment in
its present form and is trying
to work out a satisfactory COM
promise with the Ohio Senator.
Senator Ferguson of the Policy
Committee said a group Of Sen
ators on both sides of the
Bricker issue again failed to
reach a compromise in a con-
ference at the White House last
night. Senator Ferguson is still
hopeful of an agreement, but
said the issue will be taken up
on the floor some time regard
less Of whether a compromise is
reached.
The Senate swore in two new
members-Senator Upton, Re-
publican. of New Hampshire,
and Burke, Democrat, Of Ohio.
The House administered the
oatt to four new members,
namely: william H. hatcher of
Kentucky. Lester johnson of
Wisconsin and Harrison A. Will
Iiams. jr of New Jersey. Dem
ocratS; and Glenard P. Lips
comb. Republican, of California.
The legislators returned to
Capital Hill amid indications
that no important bipartisan de-
ciSions were made or at
tempted at President Eisen-
hower's meeting with Republican
and Democratic leaders yester-
day.
Just q Briefing.
Representative Mccormack, of
Massachusetts,, summed up the
comments Of most of the Dem
ocratS when he described the
White House gathering as a
briefng rather than a consulta-
ton. He said the Democrats had
an opportunity to ask questions
(See CONGRESS, Page A-30
Evening star., 1954-01-06
By Cecil HolIond

The Eisenhower administra-
ton was sadder and perhaps
wiser today on the subject of
Senator McCarthy-and the pos
sibility of getting along with the
controversial Wisconsin Repub-
lican.
Since last spring administra-
ton officials have been working
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Eisenhower Leads
Top U. 5. Officials
Al Church Services
NotubIes Attend Annuu
Pre-Congress Devotions
In Prayer for Guidance
By Cospor Nonnes

President Eisenhower, Vice
President Nixon. Chief Justice
Warren and members Of the
cabinet and Congress today at
tended services at National Pres
byterian Church, Eighteenth
street and Connecticut avenue
NV.
The service Is held annually at
the church on the day Congress
Picture nn poaa A3
Evening star., 1954-01-06
) More Men,,
Woman Held in
Sf6O,OO0 Theft
Kin Of Top Suspect
Quizzed in Bureau
Of Engraving Case

-Four more suspects in the
$160,000 Bureau of Engraving
theft were rounded up today as
Secret Service agents pursued a
trail where $31.700 in still miss
ing loot was being spent in a
whirlwind spree.
One OF the new suspects, a
cousin of James Rufus Lands.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Conqress Convenes Briefly,
With Early Debate on Seowoy
And Bricker Proposal Listed
Galleries Full in
Both Houses at
Routine Session
By J. A. OIeor

The second session of the 83rd
Congress got off to a routine
start today, but with leaders
promising full speed ahead by
Monday.
The Senate was in session only
Is minutes and recessed until
tomorrow when President Eisen-
hover delivers his annual mes
sage on the state of the Union.
The House adjourned at 1:17
pm. after a quorum call and
swearing in new members.
Despite the cut and dried
nature of the opening formal
Evening star., 1954-01-06

Fother-rn-Low's Tip Broke $4,000
Engraving Theft. Pooe AT
Neiehbors Soy Theft Suspects Were
likoble FomiIy Couple. Pose At
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Full Senote Group for Security Probes
Proposed by Mundt. Poee AZ
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Stories Reloted to Session Of Congress
Opening Today. Pose A-3
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tiles, the galleries were filled in
both chambers.
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(See BRIDGES, Page A-8.)
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Continued on Page A-S, Col. ~
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(See CONGRESS, Page A-S0
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Picture on Poae A-3
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Fumes from gasoline storage tanks
have been put to work by service sta
tion operator on Route z to make electric
power. The story is on
Page A-26.
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charges, Minte Is accused Of
offering a 1000 bribe on August
II. 1851, and a $500 bride on
December 81, 1851, to q painting
union officer. Lowry Is charged
with unlawfully accepting the
money.
Listed in the true bill as q
co-conspirator. but not indicted
was Archie B. Moore, ousted
business agent Of the District
Council. Mr.. Moore told the
House committee he had split
with Mr.. Lowry payments that
he said had been rendered him
by Minte.
The case was rushed through
the grand jury ahead Of others
expected as an outgrowth OF Mr..
Moore's charges because the
three-year statue of limitations
would have expired tomorrow.
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Minte and Lowry
Plead Not Guilty to
Taif-HartIey Charge

A Washington painting con-
tractor and a union official
pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned today in Federal Court
on charges of conspiracy to vio-
late the Taft Hartley Act.
The defendants. Robert =.
Minte, the contractor. and Rob-
ert C. Lowry, secretary treasurer
of District Council No. 81,
Brotherhood of Painters. Deco
rators and Paperhangers OF
America. AFL, were each re-
leased on 81, 900 bond.
No date was set for trial. It is
expected the case will be heard
in the late fall in the United
States Court for the District OF
Columbia.
Attorneys Ask Delay.
Charles E. Ford, lawyer for
Mr.. Lowry, asked Judge Burnita
Shelton Matthews for 80 days
in which to file pre-trial mo-
tons. He explained that his
client had testified under COM
pulsion before House commit
tee investigating union racket
eering.
He said he wanted the delay
to study whether the testimony
leaves Mr.. Lowry immune to
prosecution.
Accused of Bribery.
A similar 30-day period was
asked by Attorney John B. Gull
len, acting for Mr.. Minte, presi-
dent Of the Edward w. Minte
Co., Inc, one Of the Districts
large painting contracting firms
In addition to the conspiracy
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side where peasants are draining
away the water from their sub.
merged fields and replantine
autumn crops
For the first time the Red ra-
do failed to mention the "suc-
cessful" Snoring Of dikes in the
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16

mitted the surging Yangtze had
washed away houses and farms
land in the Central China area.
The broadcast said 2.TOO.0o0.-
600 yuan had been do1ed out to
Hood victims who were safely
evacuateds from the OUTSKIRTS Of
Wuhan.
The radio said many city
tWuhan) residents have opened
their homes to the temporarily
homeless. "
& said thousands: Of tons Of
grain and rice had been shipped
to the nearby affected country
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Quake Jolts ForInosu

TAIPEH, Formosa, Aug. l6 (AP)
"A sharp earthquake jolted this
Chinese Nationalist island early
today. but apparently there were
no casualties. The shock swayed
buildings. ratified windows and
sent thousands Of, frightened
residents into the streets.
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Yangize River Reaches
| New AII-Time Hiqh
By he Assoeicied Press

TOKYO. Aug. l6.-The RAM
paging Yanstze River, which has
flooded hundreds Of thousands Of
square miles Of China's farmland
and delt the Red rulers Of the
land a serious economic blow, hit
q new all-time high Of 97.I8 feet
yesterday, Peiping radio said to-
day.
The broadcast. heard here. adj
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Fromo Ehrlich's Strong Touch
Matched by Musical Maturity

best was typified by her sensi-
tive reading Of the Bach "Capric-
clio on the Departure Of Dis
tinct Chimes Of His Dearly Be-
loved Brother. q work more hon
ored in reputation than in FIRE.
quency Of performance.
The novelty Of the evening
was Paul Johnsen's piano sonata,
which received its first per-
Torrance in the East. The two
movement work proved to be
full of jagged, complex rhythmic
irregularities and tart harmonic
combinations. Although the in
1uence Of Stravinsky was plain
enough, there was also evidence
Of an individual personality who
seemed to know what he wanted
to say and how to go about
saying it. This Is music with
very little In the way Of imme-
date audience appeal. but 1t
seems to contain more substance
than many works by better
known contemporary composers.
The pianist tossed OF its grim
difficulties as If they were child's
play.
Miss Ehrlich's most serious
failing appeared to be rather bad
aim. One expects a certain
number of missed notes in so tax
ing q program, but the misses
Evening star., 1954-06-01
Orchestra Holds
Opera Together
By Erunk C. compbeII

Agriculture, symphony orchestra.
Frederick Fan. conductor. solcists;
Carolyn Bailey Eva Hober. Josef
Narrator. Patrick Hayes. Program:
Ihe Abduction from the Harem. Mo-
Eighteenth century European
society was fascinated with
things Turkish and particularly
with Turkish music. Mozart's
opera, "The Abduction from the
Harem." presented in concert
form last night by the Agricul-
ture Symphony Orchestra, in
cludes conglomeration Of char
acterS from Spain and Turkey,
involved with a Turkish Pasha
and his minionS, all performing
music of Italo- Viennese flavor,
with a few Turkish" trimmings
including the triangle. the bass
drum and dotted military
rhythms.
Although the plot has some
potentially comic and otherwise
effective possibilities. the libretto
seems to have been put together
in the worst possible fashion,
and there is hardly an episode
that really comes OF drama-
tically. This may account largely
for the absence Of q feeling of
continuity apparent in last
nights performance. Although
Patrick Hayes inserted scintil-
lating narration, Louis Aiken was
often amusing as Osmin, and
Eva Bober was attractively fir
tatious, there was too little dra-
matte suggestion from other
members Of the company to fill
in the sketchy picture that gives
a concert performance enough
life Of its own.
The music Of the opera, al
though at times it seems badly
proportioned for the drama, was
written. after all, by Mozart, and
therefore is bound to include
much that is so winning that
one Is perfectly willing to forget
dramatic absurdities. The duet
in the second act between Osmin
and Blondchen, where long So
prano phrases are decorated by
melodic fragments in the bass
voice. is a high point. Eva Bober
sang it with delicacy and flnesse,
Carolyn Bailey, though less
adept at dramatic suggestion,
showed q voice Of remarkable
evennesS, and the ease and sup
pleness Of her big second act
coloratura aria were a delight to
hear. It was almost impossible,
however. to understand many
words from either Miss Bober or
Miss Bailey.
The male singers, particularly
Mr.. HirSchel and Mr.. Aiken, gave
much more attention to their
enunciation. and thus often
brought the audience up to date
on events. Mr.. Aiken's flair for
oaflsh comedy was particularly
effective in his staggering first
act aria, "All These Stupid Cad
ding DonkeyS," and his perform
ance. with Mr.. Hirschel. Of the
duet. "Vivat Bacchus." livened
up the atmosphere for the end Of
the second act.
Although they seemed to take
little credit. Mr.. Fall and his Or
chestra were the important weld
ing element in last nights per-
Torrance. With the exceptions
Of a few weak and tagging wind
passages, their playing kept
things moving musically at all
times, and many passages with
the trickiest ensemble problems
were brought OF with spirit and
polish.