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statesmen
Statesmen

N@&V4S0A4ASA4
Local, protected territory now open
for qualified saleSmen, over 80, with
car, to represent national concern
Steady year-round income. Tangible
merchandise shipped open account
No delivery or collection. problem.
Systematic training provides liberal
earnings. For local interview. write
CLASSIFY, BOZ 314. Lyons. N. z.
SANDWICH MAN, experienced, for
Kosher r-style delicatessen. Apply
ROYAL DELICATESSEN, 6440 An
napolis rd., Bladensburg, Md, In
new Prince Georges shopping center
SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT
Must be experienced in fabrication:
good salary plus commission. CON-
NoRs INC. 2721 Naylor I'd. Sc.
sHIFTMAN AND LUBRICATION MAN,
experience and local reference neces-
So saTS Apply y.T,oM u gsrs9p Pas BISHOPS ps sss
siHSEET-METAL MECHANIC, esper.
in duct fabrication, and installation.
sAOE syyE;sM SALESMAN, and assistant
manager wanted for new store In
Cheverly at 5426 Annapolis I'd.
For details call MIR. Frazier at UN.
sH6Eo 6Eog SALESMAN; must be y exper.,
steady; for family-type store; high
base salary plus. Apply, in person
only, PARAMOUNT SHOE STORE,
1927 Good Hope I'd S.e, IS
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young Men For Light Assembly Worl
1905 37th ST. NE.
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TELEPHONE
SOLICITORS

Several openings available immediately
sonnel for full and part time work
in special telephone rooms. Earn.
ings commensurate with sales
ability. Apply in person 70 Mr..
jackson or Mr.. Harris In Rm. 20z.
No phone calls.
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TYPIST-CLERK
IMMEDIATE
OPENING

For personable women, 20 to 35;
permanent positions: must be will
ing to start. at 1884 per month;
car essential. Call RA. 6-1202.
Monday, for appointment. 20
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HElP-...-MEN
Tv SERvICEMAN

Experienced for outside service work,
Top salary to right man; start i'm
mediately; no car necessary. FRANK
p. MULGANNCN. JU. 9-4463.
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BOOkSHOP POSITIONS
for Q with initiative.
5-day week, Monday-Friday. 3 p.m.-
to detail and ability to work alone
essential. Apply in person, $50 to
8. BooKSHoP. National Airport,
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Unscsamble the sets OF letters. making woro
LOT each scramble. Print each word letter to a
square. beneath each scramble The letters you have
printed the crcled squares may then be arranged
Ito spell the surprise Gnscer suggested by the cartoon
Clue What is it? Answer appears Page BIS, Col g.
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CASHIER

For theater; pleasant SURROUNDINGS;
good pay; primarily evening work
between 25 and 45; apply weekday
evenings after $40, Sat. and Sun.
after 1880 pm. Manager, GEORGE
TOWN THEATER, 1851 Wis. ave
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CASHIER

RESPONSIBLE position available as cash.
ier In sales office Of national insur-
ance organization; must be expert
enced in stenography and general
ONCE work. Interesting work, good
hours and pleasant surroundings
Write giving age, education anc
experience. All replies confidential
Box BAH, Star. -29
CLERK. TO drugstore; must be ex-
perienced on drug and cosmetic
counters; no sun. work. SCHWARTZ
PHARMACY. 100 Conn. ave: %
essential. Apply Room 227. the
Homer Bldg. 18th st. between F
and @. ESTHER SHOP. 80
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for mems clothing dept.
retail installment store; top salary,
steady position; good opportunity.
Apply HOLLYWOOD CLOTHING
CO., 203 7th st. NV -5
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as "a stubborn and truculent
Secretary" for denying the
farmers the right to produce
feed for their livestock and bread
for their family table, under
penalty of having their tobacco,
cotton or peanut allotments
withdrawn.
II believe that farmers are
entitled to support prices of 80
per cent of parity on all of the
basic farm commodities, the pro-
duction of which can and is be-
ing controlled" said the 5th
District Congressman. .j.f9
II believe in the principle of
noncompliance but I am OPP
posed to the order of Secretary
Benson penalizing our tobacco
and cotton and peanut growers
if they grow wheat over and
above their acreage allotments
even though that be less than
the IS acres to which we thought
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effort and bring into play the
full strength of their bomber
force.
So far. it appears that the
administration does not favor
any participation of the 7th
Fleet in a possible battle for
Quemoy. But no definite de-
cision is believed to have been
made yet. Secretary Of State
Dulles is reported to favor
leaving the final advisory re-
sponsibility to the Joint Chiefs
of Staff who are approaching
the problem from a strictly
military point of view.
The military men in Wash
ington are keeping their fin-
gers crossed as to the actual
intentions of the Reds. There
are some who believe that Mao
Tse-tung will order his forces
not only to take Quemoy but
also to conquer Formosa re-
CARELESS of cost.
The transfer of seven battle
tried Communist divisions
from North Korea and four d.
visions from the Indo- China
border remind American mill
tary observers of similar large
Red troop movements to the
Observation-Disclosures border in
the late summer and early fall
of 1850. Then, as now, the
diplomats regarded the move.
n1ents as propaganda and part
OF a war of nerves.
Formosa is as important to
Peiping as it is to US. The con-
quest Of the last Nationalist
stronghold would assure Com
munist China of an unassaila.
BILE position internationally. It
would consolidate, even more
than the diplomatic victory at
Geneva, her already dominant
position in Asia. It would give
the Japanese people sufficient
food for thought to force the
Yoshida government into the
Red orbit.
And it is possible that the
men In Peiping may figure
that Americas allies-particu-
larly Britain and France
might prevail on Washington
to bow to the inevitable" and
refrain from more than a face
saving defense of Formosa.
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day q friend and I were driv-
ing down Bolivar street. On
one side is Colon, Panama,
and on the other Cristobal,
Canal Zone. On the Cristobal
side I bought a pack Of Gig
arettes in the "Y" for II
cents. Across the street, in
Colon, my friend paid for the
same brand 20 cents.
That price difference applies
to milk, meat, vegetables,
toiletries-almoSt any neces-
sity or luxury you can name.
In each case, the zone under
sells Panama and takes busi-
ness away from it. Result:
Panamanian business is in a
slump. and $4,000 cut of a
total population Of $4,000
are unemployed. /
The zone also operates
hotels, a railroad and a steam
ship line. It builds houses, bot
ties milk, roasts coffee and
slaughterS cattle.
I'm the United States, all
that would be called social
ISM" a Panamanian Official
reminded me. But here YOU
justify it as necessary and
convenient to the 'mainte-
nance, operation, sanitation
and protection of the CANAL"
He was citing the 1908 treaty
under which we acquired the
canal.
Furthermore. the zone dis
eliminates against Panama
MAN labor. A relative Of Pres
ident Remon himself told me
that when he worked for the
zone he was classified in q
lower category than Americans
and paid less for the same
work.
Most of the zones 1872
non-American workers are
Panamanians Of West Indian
Negro origin. But all nom
Americans, white and colored,
who are listed on Local Rate"
payrolls are paid less for COM
parable work than ~. s. Rate"
employees. Also. they are made
to live in segregated housing.
buy in segregated commits
saries, and send their kids to
segregated schools.
When a "Toyland" was in
stalled In q zone building for
Christmas. 1852. Negroes were
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Will u. S. Fight for Forn1oso?
If We Attempt to Hold Back the Chinese Red Tide,
WeWiIl Go Into Thot Action Without Help Of Allies

FormoSa is the direct result
of a request made to Wash
ington by the constituted gov
eminent. Under international
law such military intervention
is justified because a sover-
eign government is thereby
consenting to the entry Of
foreign forces to assist in
maintaining its position.
But Great Britain and other
countries which have recos-
nized the Red China. govern
ment at Peiping are COM
mitted to recognize Formosa
as really a part of the terri
tory of the Communists, even
though the latter do not hold
it. If America. therefore, en-
cages in any military opera
tons in defense of Formosa
or the Quemoy islands, there
will be no allies as was the
case when Britain and France
and other governments joined
with the United States in
Korea. This was an operation
under the auspices of the
United Nations.
When the problem of assist
ing. the French government in
Indo-China was under con-
sideration last spring, the
United States Government
made it clear that it would not
intervene except with the con-
sent and active military CO.
operation of the various gov
ernments concerned, including
Great Britain and some South
east Asian governments. It
was further stated that no
United States military action
would be undertaken except
after the President had sub
mitted the matter to Con-
gress.
Is it, therefore, contem-
plated now that military &C
ton will be taken by the
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United States forces in defense
Of FormoSa or the Quernoy
islands or both without SUBJ
hitting the matter to Con-
gress? Plainly, II Formosa is
an integral part Of the United
States strategic area. there
might be a different story to
tell. But Gen. Eisenhower at
Denver says he Is reaffirmi1g
certain policies in the Western
Pacific, and he adds:
These are, Of course, to de-
fend the vital interests of the
United States wherever they
may arise. to make better
partners Of old friends, and to
get new friends wherever we
can. And. of course, where our
vital interests demand 1t, to
support them in their security
and in their own interests"
Does this mean America will
go to. war over Formosa? If.
it does. the American people
have not been told that fact
explicitly.
Does it mean that American
military forces will take such
action as may lead toward a
larger military involvement?
If so, there is no hint that
American public opinion is
ready for such a crisis.
Unfortunately, the Commu-
nists know all this, too. So it's
quite possible they may mis-
calculate and a major crisis
may be in the offing. with an
other retreat possible when
the chips are down and the
issue arises as to whether to
risk major war in the Far
East. Having drawn away from
1t in Korea and in Indo-C China,
the likelihood is that America
will not become involved in
q major war over Formosa
either.
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Panama Bo|ks at Pentoqon Rule
Cono Policies Called Unjust; Nay Some Day Result
In Situation Similar to British Trouble at Suez

told they could not buy toys
there. A threatened boycott
compelled the bans removal.
"All this is creating a sore spot
which we Panamanians will be
forced to use politically" de-
clared Edward A. Gaskin,
Negro head of the local CLIO.
National as we'll as indi-
vidual and class pride feels
affronted by zone policies. We
pay Panama an annuity, or
rental" of $430,O00 for the
canal. This compares with
$12 million yearly that Egypt
received for the Suez. It is
one-f1fteenth of what a single
congratulated Fruit-will
pay Panama this year in taxes
and duties.
Can the canal afford a
higher annuity? In 1858, the
zone listed a profit Of 81
million. It also paid WASH
ington Sc million in interest.
Justice, not aims" accord
ing to President Remon, is all
Panama wants. Already, ultra
nationalists and Communists
are muttering anti-Yankee
slogans. The surest way to
build up a "Yankee-Go-H Home"
movement would be to send
Panama's negotiators home
from Washington empty
handed.
Copyright, 1850
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Doris FIeeson
Dorls FIeeson-
Premier Is q Fronce-First Man
Mendes-Fronce More Interested in Solving Problems
On Domestic Front Than in International Ponnino

PARASITIC Western alli-
ance must face it: So long as
Premier Pierre Mendes-France
Is in power here he will put
his internal reforms ahead of
international planning.
This. rather than some sim
lister understandings with the
Communists, explains his con-
troversial attitude toward the
European Defense Community.
The Premier thoroughly recog-
nizes that the whispering cam
paign probably won't die down,
but it has not changed his
mind about the proper order
of priorities in France.
Thus, he has in a sense
bought space with time by re-
fusing to stake his government
on EDO. That the space is
needed for urgent reforms no
body disputes. Whether time
will wait on him remains to be
seen.
M. Mendes-France appeared
deeply weary after the EDO
storm had broken, but he was
calm and he had retained his
sense Of humor. He spoke in
a dry and detached manner
about the reaction to his &C
lions by other countries such
as America, and by other poll
ticians such as Chancellor
Adenauer of Germany. His un-
derstanding of their internal
politics seem e. accurately
founded.
But he probably does not
truly realize the depth of United
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Quenoy q Tough Nut for Reds
communists Tried but Foiled to Take Islands in 1o4o
Today, Forces of Both Sides Are Much Stronger
Constantine Brown

The present qualified op-
timisnl that the Reds cannot
take the Quemoy Islands is
based on the fact that they
were utterly defeated in an at
tempt five years ago.
On October Is, 194s, a Chi
nese Communist force esti-
mated at 10000 to 1000 men
landed from sampans, junks
and specially constructed land
ing craft on Kinmen (the larg-
est Of the islands) under the
command of Gen Chen-kuo.
The Reds faced some 5000
Nationalist troops, still green
but well trained by Gen. Sun
Lijen, q graduate of the Vir-
ginia Military Institute. The
defending force was only mod
erately well equipped, but am
munition was plentiful. They
had about a dozen obsolescent
American light tanks, 77-milli-
meter pack artillery and a fair
quantity Of rifles and ma
chine guns.
The covering units were
pushed inland about two miles
and the Reds began an en-
circling movement. Then the
reserve units, with air support.
counterattacked.
After two days of fighting
the Red force was almost OBJ
liberated. Those who rushed
back to. take to their boats
found them all beached be-
cause Of the low tide. Seven
thousand Reds were taken
prisoners and the rest killed
or wounded.
According to an eyewitness,
1t. Irving Short of the Amer
lean Army, now deceased, the
battle had what may be de-
scribed as a Chinese touch"
When ordered to lay down
arms. the Red commander said,
If you had demanded this
earlier, we would have sur
rendered long ago"
This little-publicized but i'm
portant Red defeat occurred at
a time when we were being
told in the United States that
the Chinese Nationalist could
not and would not fight even
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States disappointment over
edo, and the congressional
pitfalls which await France
now as a result. President
Eisenhower achieved a ready
understanding of France dur
ing his term as NATO supreme
commander; he has already
shown that he is not to be
sta m p e d e d into anger and
threats. But Congress was
repeatedly sold a bill of goods
on which payment has not
been made. And. there, pos
sibilities for trouble lie.
The Premier's own notions
about international solutions
have never been clearly laid
out. When he is reproached
for his France-first attitudes.
he has replied that the best
contribution his country can
make to such solutions is to
climb back to economic health
and remove the reason for
the existence of French COM
munism. Americans here agree
that, while Moscow has its
hard core here which is, of
course. dangerous, much of the
Communist vote is an express
sion Of social discomfort.
To a suggestion that this is
slightly reminiscent of the
Chinese Reds as "agrarian re-
formers" the reply is made
that they really were agrarian
reformers even if directed from
Moscow, that the trouble was
their rivals did not steal the
issue from them. M. Mendes-
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Fletcher Knebet--
Potomac Fever

Maine votes Politicians the State for political
trends You know the old saying LAS goes goes
mont-and some times Kansas"
Republicans the trouble with fighting save Quennoy
is that the island only miles of the Chinese main
land and only seven weeks before the election.
heart conference decides that people with
should keep working quit work. you'll be unemployed
unemployment increases the cleo
uon-and then you will have a heart attack.
Joe Mccarthy he'll campaign for Republican
candidates Sample quote Senator Doakes your vote
intelligence alone He's asmart mamie refuses take
a stand on Joe Mccarthy"
This is strange All the Florida hurricanes strike
New England Frenchman fants at the sight bosom:
the Cleveland Indians beat the there's slight
chance Roosevelt may not get elected to anything
Republican campaigners claim they cleaned up the Dem
ocratc in years All they yearsand
they'll have of their to clean up.
Former Mccarthy Counsel Roy Cohn begins two weeks
military duty. The countrys safe With
in the Army-maybe they can get other out.
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David Lawrence

The American people are
not expecting a war over For
mosa or the Quemoy islands.
near the mainland of China
because they have never
been told that an attack on
Formosa iss equivalent to an
attack on the United States.
Somewhere in the records
there's definition, of Ameri-
cas- defense perimeter as being
a line from Japan southwark
to the Philippines, without
mention of Formosa. Dean
Acheson, as Secretary of State,
described that line in a speech
in January. 1850. The Commu-
nists Immediately assumed
that he was excluding Korea,
and they moved southwark
across the 38th Parallel in
June of that year.
The present Secretary of
State, John Foster Dulles, has
said publicly. and so has Pres
ident Eisenhower, that the
United States 7th Fleet
would defend Formosa. But
all this must nevertheless come
as something of a shock to the
American people who have not
yet been fully advised of just
what the relationship is be-
tween Formosa and the use of
naval forces and air power of
the United States.
The United States Govern
ment. under the present and
preceding administrations, has
taken the position that it is
necessary to stop the advance
of the Communists in the Far
East. The Chinese Nationalist
government which holds For
mosa is the legally recognized
Chinese government so far as
the United States is con-
cerned. and hence any military
action taken in defense Of
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France - unanimously de-
scribed as an economic conser-
vative-proposes to steal social
discomfort. it is argued, from
the far left.
According to the Sunday
Observer of London, a new
book. "A Revolution-France's
Last Chance" by Maurice
Laure, best tells the inner in
spirations of Mendes-France
followers. M. Laurie is a
senior tax inspector, according
to the Observer, and not a
political fanatic.
His book argues that, given
leadership, France has all the
necessary elements Of revival.
1t even suggests that her
changing birthrate will, within
rs years. give her a larger
active working population
than England, Italy or Western
Germany.
This. Of course. is all, very
fine II the Communists permit
nature to take its course and
neither swallow up nor destroy
Western Europe.
The Observer correspondent,
Nora Beloff, is so convinced
that M. Mendes-France puts
economic revival ahead Of all
else, she sees "a stubborn logic
in his refusal to take sides,
even though in practice this
tipped the scales against Edo"
She speaks OF "the squabble
over the modalities of German
rearmament" as irrelevant to
this central ISSUE"
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when they were numerically
stronger. This was not the
then and it is not true now.
It must be admitted that the
Nationalist had some advan-
tages. The Reds had hoped to
take the island by surprise and
there was practically no artil-
lery preparation before the OPP
Grafton started. But the Ma
tionalists had warning from
their agents on the mainland
as to what was coming. Thus,
unknown to the Communists,
the Quemoy garrison had been
strengthened by a full division.
Also the few planes which
Chang Kai-shek had were
ready to get into action imme-
diately. The Red forces had
no air cover.
1t is most unlikely that the
men in Peiping would repeat
the mistakes of five years ago.
In the event they have their
hearts set on driving the Ma
tionalists from Quemoy, they
undoubtedly will attack with
a much larger force and with
air support. Air units are
available in Fukien Province,
according to Nationalist re-
ports.
But at the same time, the
garrison on the islands is
much stronger than it was five
years ago. It consists of more
than 10000 battle trained
Nationalist with the latest
type of military equipment.
This force is already, described
as a suicide army" It has
orders to resist to the last
man. Considering the high
morale which prevails, it is
probable that this order would
be carried out.
The Nationalist air force.
composed in 1949 of a handful
Of "old crates" has been re-
placed by almost modern
aviation. And the relics which
formed the Nationalist navy
have been replaced by a num-
Der Of American destroyers
and gunboats. This force is
believed to be sufficient to
defeat a Communist attempt
to conquer Querhoy unless the
Reds make a genuine major
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For the Record
By Daniel Jones

Daniel James is author OF
RED Design for the Americas:
Guatemalan Prelude" Which is
slated for publication this
month. and is q contributor to
the Saturday EDening Post.
Fortune. and'other magazinesJ
For more than a year-since
September 10, 1853 three
Panamanian diplomats have
been in Washington trying to
iron out differences with us.
Recent news reports say some
progress has been made. But
I have it on excellent authority
that the PanamanianS don't
think so.
Our negotiators, the Pana-
manians feel, are stressing
technical points instead of
dealing with real issues. Big
gest stumbling block, it seems.
Is the Pentagon. under whose
rule the canal comes. It does
not realize the vital Importance
of Panamanian friendship.
We'll have a Suez situation
here in a few years, if we're
not careful" I was told re-
Gently by an American of long
residence in Panama. He was
convinced that our canal poll
cies are as unjust to the Pana-
manians as Britain's Suez poll
cies were to the Egyptians.
One Panamanian leader
summed up the issue for me
this way:
you operate a state within
q state down here"
He was referring to the
Canal Zone. a 10 mile wide
ribbon of land through which
runs the 50-mile-long canal.
Here, smack in the middle of
the Republic of Panama, Uncle
Sam is boss. The zone has its
own government. laws, police,
schools and even stores and
factories independent of Pan
anna.
Panamanians don't object to
our running the canal-they'
just don't want us running
them. President Jose Antonio
Remon told me pluntly: The
canal is throttling Panama"
A small incident will illus
trate what Remon means. One
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Meriwether Won Before

PHIL A d e. H1A R.-
What's in q name?
The Pennsylvania Folklore
Society reports that the first
American beauty contest was
held about 1880 at Rehoboth
City, DEL, and was won by
Miss Myrtle Meriwether of
Singlehouse. Pa.
Another Miss Meriwether,
19-year-old Lee Ann Meri-
wether of San Francisco, was
the winner of the most recent
beauty contest - the Miss
America title, which she won
Saturday night at Atlantic
City.
The Folklore Society said the
first pageant was sponsored by
the promoters of Rehoboth
Beach. And it seems, so the
society reports, that she was
there by accident. She came
as secretary of a convention of
buSinesSWomen.