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Evening star., 1954-04-23
u. S. Feels Allied Pressure
Recall Of Carriers From ndo-Chino Waters Attributed
To French British Hopes for Geneva Compromise

sought to cross the 38th Paral-
lei on, a supervisory mission.
And even if the American dele
CATION were ready to accept
the Communist proposals. it is
virtually certain that Syng-
man Rhee's government would
summarily reject the scheme
and resume fighting. The pat
tern of events following Co
operation" with the Soviet is
too well established. Red pro-
posals for such coalitions have
come to mean merely a method
other than naked aggression
to accomplish the enslavement
of another free nation.
Secretary Dulles and his ad-
visers fully realize that the ul-
innate purpose of the Reds
is simply to achieve at the
conference table what Com
munist armies have failed to
achieve on the battlefield, or
would possibly fail to achieve
if the chips were down. Our
allies. however. take a differ
ent view. There are serious
fears that a seemingly palat-
able Communist proposal, If
ostensibly equitable and in
keeping with the principles Of
the United Nations, would be
too attractive to resist.
Particularly on the Korean
unity problem. our allies are
not at one with us. They view
Syngman Rhee as a vicious
troublemaker second only to
Chang Kai-Shek. Unless Rhee
is unequivocally supported by
the United States, his objec-
tionS are certain to be brushed
aside as more intransigeance
and contrary to United Ma
tions resolutions. And we shall
be reminded that the war in
Korea was fought under the
U. N. banner.
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old Dust Bowl" Of two dec
AIDES ago.
Part of the problem again,
as before, is due to what were
called then, and still are, suit
case farmers"-that is, peo-
pie who came in, some buying
large tracts. to make a quick
killing on war prices. Statis-
tics show, in fact, that only
about Is per cent of the land
now affected is farmed by per-
sons who farmed it 20 years
ago. Seventy-flve per cent is
land taken up by newcomers.
They were willing to pay high
prices for it. and did, because
they could pay off the land
cost with a single wheat crop.
The damage in about half Of
the present Dust Bowl" is
attributed to poor cultivation
and conservation practices.
The Government has helped
with loans for feed and seed
on an emergency basis, and
for listing and chiseling the
land to check its blowing away.
Long range measures being
considered include turning
part of the area back to grass,
as was done 20 years ago. but
officials are talking in terms
of more land back to grass,
from six to eight million acres.
For this, Government finan-
cial aid may be required, as
regraSSing is expensive and
sometimes does not take the
first time. especially if there
is lack of rain. Once again,
too. the Government must put
on another conservation cam
paign, retelling the same old
story of the urgent necessity
of protecting our national
heritage.
Folks will forget.
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Dovid Lowrence-

A study of the tactics
of Communist agents of
whom, according to official
information, there are at least
$4,000 in the United States to-
day-reyeals many phases of
their activity that are by no
means understood by the
American people.
Millions of Americans, in
cluding some officials not too
familiar with Communist tao
tics. have been accepting the
illusion that the whole job can
be safely left to the FBI or to
tile Department of Justice. 1t
is surprising how many per-
sons do not know that the
Communist agents are careful
to avoid violating any laws.
They make use of public in
StrumentalitieS to influence
governmental action just like
any other pressure group. but
they conceal their sponsorship
of such acts. They cannot be,
put in Jail for getting wellz
meaning citizens to sign petit
tions on stationery of or
ganizations with respectable
sounding names.
Any one who knows how
few of the rank-and- file mem
bers attend labor-union meet
ings at night can testify that
small group can put across
the passage of a resolution
while the actual majority
never comes to the union hall
to vote.
There is only one effective
way to combat the Communist
conspiracy, and that is by ex-
posure. There is only one in
strument by which that can
be done without encountering
technical barriers - the con-
gressional investigating COM
mittee.
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missible. Thus, those who
have talked about how White
was never convicted in a court
forget that the executive
branch of the Government
doesn't have to hold a court
trial to fire any one it con-
siders a loyalty or security risk.
Lately the Communists have
given momentum to a new
phrase. 1t has been taken up
by respectable and non-Com-
munist personalities. It bobs
up in the news with remark
able frequency. The phrase
is due process of law" It's
a phrase that's in the ConSti-
tuition, of course, and refers
to the fact that no mans life,
liberty or property can be
taken from him without "due
process of law" That means
a court trial. Yet most of
the witnesses called before a
congress sional committee
couldn't be exposed or sub
jected to a court trial because
the time limit of applicability
Of the law has passed or be-
cause the activity in question
was not in itself unlawful.
If the congressional commit
tee powers are restricted, how
ever, or made to conform to
the so-called "due process of
law" procedures used in courts
"A plan to which former
President Truman regrettably
has just lent his influence in
public speeches-then a repe-
stition of the frustrating tao
tics of the courtroom such as
occurred in the lengthy trial
of the II Communists in New
York will prevent the COM
plete exposure of the tactics
of the Communist agents in
America.
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mittee are subdued. They know
the hearings can't help their
party or themselves personally,
whatever the outcome. Senator
Mundt, on whom the thankless
job of chairman was forced,
tried hard to be agreeable to
everybody and leaned heavily
on counsel for advice.
That counsel, Ray Jenkins.
a Tennessee. criminal lawyer Of
great repute, startled the hear
ing when his opening state
ment proved to be a hearts and
flowers tribute to Senator Nc
Carthy. To hear Mr.. jenkins
tell it, Senator McCarthy's
methods and accomplishments
are asnoble as his stated aims,
a view widely disputed around
the world. -
Later, however. Mr.. Jenkins
undertook to cut the free
wheeling Senator down to legal
size. He didn't get far but he
tried. 1t is possible to believe
that he wrapped himself in
anti-communism as a precau-
ton and the makings are still
there for a real tangle with
Senator Mccarthy and Mr..
Cohn.
Democrats, cued by their
senior, Senator Mcclellan, were
alert and united. Senator Nc
Clellan. a former prosecutor
from Arkansas. is really the
only subcommittee member
whose killer instinct equals
that of the reckless Senator
from Wisconsin. A tangle be-
tween them could furnish the
spark the Army did not throw
off.
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Thomas L. Stokes

1t is easy to forget. That
Is why history repeats itself
the history of men and the
history of their land.
There was back in 1885 and
1886, many of us recall, great
drought in parts of the West
and Southwest, resulting in
what we called the "Dust
Bowl"
We in the East became con-
scious of it when we got
dingy pail over our cities. in
Guiding the National Capital.
The wind had brought the
dust from the West all the
way out here. One day at a
news conference, President
Roosevelt talked in simple
language about the phenome-
non and explained it. He told
how two-dollar wheat IN the
First World War had led to
the ploughing up of great
tracts to plant wheat, wheat
and more wheat. The buffalo
grass cover was ripped off.
Stripped of its cover, and with
out rain. the dirt was at the
whim of the wind, We had
exported our wheat to Europe
during the war. At the same
time we were. in effect. ex-
porting our rich topsoil. That's
the vivid way the President
described it.
The Government promoted
measures to bring back the
land and prevent a recurrence
of the disaster, and it was a
national disaster. affecting all
of us. About three-quarters
of million acres were bought
by the Government and put
back to grass. Congress created
the Soil Conservation Service
in the Agriculture Depart
ment to supervise conservation
measures and teach farmers
how to protect their land.
Many families had to leave
the land. This reporter. who
was all through the drought
area in those years, can re-
member the caravans along.
the roads. the family automo-
bile piled high with children
and household goods, headed
Evening star., 1954-04-23

Transcript received first hon.
orable mention.
The New York Daily News
won honorable mention for
tabloids for the second straight
year.
Judging for the S29 English
language entries was based on
their March 10 issues.
Judges for the contest spon-
sored by N. w. Aver & Son OF
Philadelphia were:
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, newspa-
per columnist and author; Henry
Dreyfuss, industrial designer:
and Arthur S. Overbay, sr., past
president of the International
Topographic Composition Asso-
sociation and the Advertising
Typographers' Association Of
America.
There were LAG entries in the
over $4,000 circulation class;
327 in the 10000 to $4,000 class:
331 in the less than 10000 class;
and 25 tabloidS.
Evening star., 1954-04-23
Dorothy Thompson
Scandals Peril Geneva Aims
Administrations Firm Stand Against Communists
Fades AGAINST Background Of Internal Strife

lican Governor and the Demo-
cratic Mayor of its metropolis,
each blaming the other for the
bankruptcy of New York City
under the eyes of delegates to
the United Nations from all
the world.
In the midst of these and
other scandals that involve
the roots of confidence in Gov
ernment, the Secretary Of
State enters an international
conference whose stakes may
be the whole pot, whose fail
ure may unleash the dogs of
war.
In this conference the West
will be only formally and su-
perf1cially united, A posture
OF strength and decision is
maintained by the United
States alone. But disunity
Ginning dA1ACO 10 1000 OCl AOuS
than disunity in the leader
nation. Unity of American
morale resting on deep public
confidence in political and mil
itary leadership is the primary
essential condition for deci-
sions involving life and death.
The Secretary of State en-
tiers Geneva with two fixed
and immovable points of Amer
lean policy. He will not rec
ognize Communist China, or
agree to its admission to the
u. N.
He has made it absolutely
clear that America will not
permit Indo-China to 60
down. The French have made
it equally clear that they will
not continue the burden of the
Evening star., 1954-04-23

The dispute between Senator
Mccarthy and the Army is
developing into a mutually
destructive war with no holds
barred. The American people
are split over it into bitterly
hostile camps.
The hearings on the loyalty
of DR.. j. Robert Oppenheimer.
director from incipience Of
the American atomic develop
ments which have produced
our assumed lead in the
worlds most terrible weapons.
are being secretly conducted.
but their outcome will not be
hid.
If Dr.. Oppenheimer is
cleared. public confidence will
still have been shaken. A 'ver-
dict generating him will not
be accepted by minds that
have already judged nim ad-
versely, nor will a verdict con-
demning him be accepted by
his supporters, who include
most of Americas scientists.
lie will thus emerge as a dubi-
Gus figure Of destroyed useful
ness. while among his col
leagues, many, longing to with
draw from governmental con-
nections, will pursue their
work with gnawing mental
doubts.
These are not the only
scandals. The Federal Hous-
ing Administration is accused
of squandering tens of mil
lions of public money
In the Nations largest State,
war is on between it's Repub-
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Senator is uneasy about this
and the possible and fatal
boredom that might engulf the
show. Repeatedly he insisted
that it was all a very silly busi-
ness into which he had been
dragged against his will. No
fool, he must also realize that
his team, the smooth Cohn
and the pudgy staff director,
Francis Carr, look callow be-
side beribboned heroes from
whom they sought to force
commission for Pvt. ScT1ine.
But Senator Mccarthy is re-
sourceful and it is a cold day
when he cannot produce a
State Department security risk
from the wings. Two hours of
questioning had shown that
Maj. Gen. Miles Reber, the
Army'S legislative liaison, was
a rather unimaginative officer
who only wanted to please
Congress. So the Senator pro-
duced his brother, Sam, for
merly of the High Commits
sioner's Office in Germany.
with the charge that Sam
Reber was separated as a Sc
curity risk after the McCar-
thy subcommittee got after
him.
The human interest of the
hearing was Gen. Reber's ef-
fort to defend his brother
while obeying Army counsePs
instructions and senatorial
warnings not to open up a di-
version for Senator Mccarthy.
West Point won.
Other opening day impress
SionS:
Republicans of the subcom-
Evening star., 1954-04-23

fighting. Mr.. Nixon has aired
the possibility of sending
American troops. Mr.. Dulles
has declared this unlikely"
which does not deny a possi-
bility which would logically
follow the breakdown of Ge-
neva. 1t also has been made
clear that intervention in
Indo-China would not be an
other Korea" The situation
there does not permit a linn
tied war ending in partition
on the Korea pattern. We
would "let loose all we have"
say Washington prognostica-
tors.
China must decide whether
to intervene in strength; Rus
sia whether to back her to the
hilt;; and thus we have a repe-
tition of the diplomatic pat
tern which. in 1941. preceded
Pearl Harbor.
If the Secretary had behind
him a calm and united Ma
ton this posture might bear
fruit. But does he? How our
opponents at Geneva assess
American morale will certainly
influence their decisions. If a
showdown seems inevitable,
they must be asking them
selves. are the place, the time
and the American internal sit
uation propitious?
Whom the gods would de-
stroy. they first make mad"
Am l wrong in apprehend-
ing symptoms of epidemic
political insanity? Is it only
spring fever?
(Released by The Bell Syndicate. Ina,
Evening star., 1954-04-23
Port Republic Farmer
Ends Life With Shotqun

A Port Republic (Md.) farmer
ended his life yesterday by firing
a 12-gauge shotgun charge into
his heart, Maryland State police
reported.
The body of Wilson Harris
Holt Yoe. Sc. was found by his
son, William Harris Yoe, 18, at
$3.50 pm.
Police said members of the
family told them Mr.. Yoe had
been respondent over poor
health. DR.. Hugh w. Ward, CAL
vert County medical examiner,
issued a certificate of suicide,
Evening star., 1954-04-23
Doris FIeeson-
DorIs Feeson-
Army Falls Flat in Villain Role
Tang Between Mccarthy and Mcclellan Could Set Off
An Explosion That Would Dwarf Dispute With Stevens

The spectacle Of the United
States Army defending its fail
ure to give Pvt. David Schine
a commission at the behest of
Senator Mccarthy and Roy
Cohn drew record crowds and
the most TV cameras ever.
1t still lacked oomph.
This was not Senator Nc
Carthy'S fault. He did his stuff
as usual, casting over the first
witness the mantle of guilt by
association with all his ac-
customed skill and the nasal
groWl which has such terrific
emotional impact on his ad-
mirerS.
The trouble seems to be that
the Army just can't play its
McCarthy-assigned role as the
villain of the piece.
There were the generals sur
rounding their Secretary, pro-
fessionaIly impassive and bear
ing upon their chests row upon
row of the battle ribbons of two
great and victorious wars.
There was the silver-haired
Secretary himself, Robert r.
Stevens. from the top ranks of
business. with education and
breeding apparent in his voice
and demeanor.
1t is possible, even probable.
that Senator Mccarthy and
Mr.. Cohn can make these men
seem confused, even more than
a little stupid.
That they can be made to
seem danger to the Republic
Is something else again. It is
clearly a letdown for Senator
Mccarthy and Mr.. Cohn to be
compelled to treat with some
thing less than melodrama.
There were signs that the
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Farmers Fatal Shooting
Near Frederick Prohed


FREDERICK, April GA 35-
year -old farm hand was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at Me-
mortal Hospital here yesterday
from a gunshot wound in the
abdomen.
Trooper James H. Rouzee, jr..
said two eyewitnesSes are being
held for questioning in the death
of Charles Henry Harmon.
It was reported that Mr.. Har-
mon was shot in a tenant house
on a farm three miles east of
here, where he had allegedly
been drinking with two friends.
Evening star., 1954-04-23
Two-Siory Leap Kills Man;
Had Housebreaker Record

A 40-year-old man was killed
in leap from a two-story build
ing at 1926 Georgia avenue NV.
yesterday.
He was identified as Lucius
Mckay. colored, of the 400 block
of Richardson street NV. Police
say he had a record of house,
breaking.
He was pronounced dead on
the scene at 4 pm. by Freed
mems Hospital doctor.
Evening star., 1954-04-23
Capitol Hikers PIun Trek

The Capital Hikers will con-
duct an 11-mile hike from White
Oak Canyon in Shenandoah Ma
tional Park, to Syria, Va, on
Sunday. Participants are asked
to meet at 7:45 m. at 1924 K
street NV.
Evening star., 1954-04-23
Attend Horse Show

Fire sent its Army Jumping
Team to the International Horse
Show in Berlin this year for the
first time since 1884.
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block 18th st. Reward. RIA. 3-1214.
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PARAKEET; Westinor eland Circle area.
Dec. 3; blue, very tame, fluent talker;
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JobIess Increase
Less Than Seasonal
By the Associafed Press

Unemployment rose by $4,000
in November, a smaller than
seasonal increase in a month
when winter curtails outdoor 40
tivity. - sssas 70
The Joint announcement today
by Commerce Secretary Weeks
and Labor Secretary Mitchell
termed the showing "a further
Improvement in the job situa-
ton. :, although the employment
total dipped by 100000. How
ever tetai non-farm employment
increased more sharply than
usual In November to reach the
high for 1854 at SIS million.
Wi The automobile industry regis
tered a substantial job pickup
for the second month ina row
and the pre-holiday rise in Ere
tail and wilofesa1e) trade con-
tinued, the report said.
The .jobless total was esti-
mated at 1893, 900, against g.
TAI 900 in October when unem-
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Lower Prices and
Bigger Profits in S.
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increases have been made per-.
manent. They have announced
they will seek an improved.
escalator clause in 1855 negotia-s
lions. Presumably / this means
some form Of one-Way escalaIor
one which would rise when
prices go to new highs. but stand
still when prices dip.
Falling food prices were the
biggest factor in three slight suc-'
cessive monthly declines this fall
in the Labor Departments con-
sumner price index.
Food is expected TO be the big
item In the 1855 decline as well.
officials said, but household app
Epliances and furnishings also
may drop somewhat. Clothing
prices are expected to be steady. |
Rents and utilities may creep up.
|a little higher, but more slowly.
/. The monthly average declines
will be slight. it is predicted
probably averaging around one
fifth of one per cent a month.
B This would still leave prices
high. The Consumer Price In
dex in October stood at HAS per
cent Of the 1912 average, or
less than / per cent below the
all-time peak in October, 1858,
when the index hit 1854.
1855 To Be Competitive"
AS for the predicted rise in
profits, informed officials believe
that the business recovery now
visible will be reflected in i'm
proved corporate earnings even
though 1855 will be an EEK
tremely competitive" year among
the consumer goods producers.
The informants believe that
profits before taxes will climb
above the total Of about $3412
billion now foreSeen for this
year. The 1854 total is about
SIS billion below 1858.
Profits after taxes also will top
this years total of perhaps SITS
billion, according to expert Off
cial guesses here, but probably
won't match those of 1953-$18.3
billion. ;
One high-ranking official used
the word astonishing" to de-
scribe the ability shown by many
companies to keep earnings high
despite skidding sales in the
1884 business recession.
"At 70 per cent of capacity
almost all the steel companies
found they were making money"
this official said. ="
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AiIine Louis BromfieId
Is Tuken3to Hospital
'ssssaaevsthssAssocioted Press

! MANSFIELD, Ohio. Dec. g.
Author Farmer Louis Bromfeld,
81. of nearby Lucas was in Mans
field General Hospital today with
an ailment described by his ply
sicians as IAN acute infection.
MFR. Bromfield had been ill for
several days at his Malabar farm.
His condition was described as
"fair."
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