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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

ing standards set up by the
Health Department.
One requirement Is that each
institution must name an indi-
vidual to be responsible for the
treatment of the animals.
The requirement for three
members of the general public
on the board was a change from
the single such member proposed
originally when the matter came
up for public hearing.
Another change calls for the
Pound first to get in touch with
the owner of an animals con-
sidered dangerously Ill or criti-
cally injured. The original pro-
posal called for such an animal
to be "humanely killed"
There was a revision Of the
prices to be charged also. It had
been contemplated that there
would be q 50 charge for a dog
and 81 for a cat. Under the
approved order, the charge will
be SO for a dog and 50 for a cat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Navy Pilot at SchwobIe Trial
Tells of Defying Red Demands

acted in any way which might
lead to questioning of his
mental capacity. 1t. Riker an
swered in the negative and said
the colonel appeared to be as
normal as any of the other pris-
oners on the truck.
Nobody Believed Confession.
A second witness who OBJ
served Col. Schwable for more
than a month in the same prison
camp and who also rode in the
truck told the court. the colonel
once started shadow boxing
when the vehicle stopped at the
top of a hill.
The witness was Sidney Oehl,
a former Marine sergeant, now a
rug salesman in Brooklyn. He
said that nobody believed Col.
Schwable's germ warfare con-
fession as contained in Red
propaganda mphlets dis
tributed to American POWs.
Just as fast as they brought
the propaganda in we laughed
it off," Mr.. Oehl stated, adding {:
After awhile they stopped
bothering us because they
thought we were crazy-we were
laughing all the time"
Witness Dug Own Grave"
A third witness, 20-year-old
former Airman 1/c Franklin H.
Hall. testified he overheard Col.
Schwable tell a fellow POW on
the December 8, 1852, truck ride,
They've been working on me on
germ warfare. but I haven't told
them anything yet"
Mr.. Hall said that he believed
that Col. Schwable's confession"
was obtained through psyche
logical and mental tortures such
as the Communists applied to
him.
Asked to explain, the witness,
who had been a B-29 crewman,
described how he had been taken
three times on midnight walks"
during which he was made to
dig my own grave three times"
Sergt. Robert Strachan, jr.,
another witness. testified, as two
previous witnesses have. that he
heard Col. Schwable below Go
to hell" at his interrogators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

! A Navy helicopter pilot testi-
fed at Marine court of inquiry
today that he told his Chinese
Communist interrogators they
could go ahead and shoot him
before he would sign a germ war
fare confession.
| 1t. q. g. Andrew L. Riker III,
25. was the first witness called
as the inquiry into Col. Frank H.
Schwable's false germ warfare
confession resumed after the
holiday recess in Henderson Hall,
Arlington.
1t. Riker. in telling the court
OF 10-hour-a-day interrogation
periods. said:
Il did refuse, but I don't know
how long I could have kept it up
because it lasted only a week
or a week and one-half."
In Solitary 121 Days.
The witness, who was captured
on November 4. 1852, said he
was kept in solitary confinement
for 121 days. After a months
interrogation on other matters,
during which time he lived in
a mud hut 2 feet wide and 6
feet long-he called it a dog
houSe"-he said he was led to
believe he was going to be taken
to prison camp.
But the Chinese then told
me there was just one thing
more" he testified. "They told
me that every airman must con-
feSS to germ warfare before GO
ing to camp. Then they began
the first Interrogation on germ
warfare. Finally I said Go
ahead and shoot me- and they
stopped and I heard no more
about it."
1t. Riker said that at the end
he broke down into crying jags
because II was at my wits end"
He said the Chinese were simply
interested in getting him to sign
the confesSion-they did not
want any details about how the
germ warfare was carried on.
Under questioning the flyer
said he guessed it was stupid
pride" which kept him from
signing. II wasn't going to sign
something 1 knew nothing
about" he said.
1t. Riker testified that he rode
on the same truck with Col.
Schwable early in December,
1852, while being moved to a
prison camp near the Yalu River.
Colonel Shared Cigarettes.
In apparent conflict with pre-
vious testimony, he said that
Col. Schwable appeared to be
perfectly normal during this trip
and said that the colonel shared
some of his Chinese cigarettes
with other prisoners on the truck.
1t. Riker said that Col.
Schwable showed me his wrist
watch with his name engraved
on it real quickly" when the
truck made its overnight stop.
Asked whether the colonel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
$1,000 Daylight HoIdup
In Bethesda Reporfed

A magazine delivery man was
held up at gunpoint by two men
and robbed Of more than $1,400
in cash and checks in a Bethesda
drugstore parking lot yesterday.
police reported.
Paul p. Kobus, u.s.. of 1901
Fifty-ninth avenue, Hillside.
Md, told Montgomery County
police that one of the men had
gotten behind the wheel of his
truck in a parking lot at Carrier
Drugs. 1922 Wisconsin avenue.
He told police the other man
forced him at gunpoint to lie
face down in his truck and
bound his hands and feet.
He reported to police that the
two men robbed him of $3.50 in
cash and $911 in checks.
The robbery occurred about 3
pm. after Mr.. Kobus had almost
completed his usual Monday COL
lectionS for magazine deliveries.
The truck was parked only a
few feet from Wisconsin avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Hotcheck Girl Puts
Her Trust OnIyin
Coin of the Realm
BY the Assoeioied Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb.
23.-It happened at a big movie
theater in Stockholm.
Some minutes before the hall
darkened tall, elderly man put
his hat and coat on the cloak
room counter.
The hatcheck girl, without
looking up, took the clothes, and
asked for 25 ore (about S cents)
I'm sorry, I haven't any
money" the man replied.
1T will be IS ore anyhow, :"
she retorted.
The man turned to some one
behind and borrowed a coin for
the girl.
She looked up and saw--King
Gustav Adolf Of Sweden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
President Is Worth q Million
10 Resort at Palm Springs

repeatedly spends $500, 900 a
year plugging itself.
Now. with Palm Springs bask-
ing in the rejected glow of
worldwide publicity attendant to
President Eisenhower's visit, all
that is changed.
Thousands of sightseers jam
med the town last week end.
Hotels were sold out. The 10000
year-around residents were
swamped with guests who lust
dropped in"
Businessmen say they couldn't
have bought so much publicity
for q million dollars. And it
hasn't cost 'em . dime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Excise Tax Cut
Move Rebuffed
byHouseGroup
Higher Exemption on
Pleu Of Democrats
Also Brushed Aside
BY the Assoeioied Press

The House Ways and Means
Committee today brushed aside
Democratic moves to Cd slash
most excise or sales taxes by so
per cent and ca reconsider a
previously defeated motion to
cut individual income taxes by
about 1925 billion this year.
Committee Chairman Daniel
A. Reed, Republican, of New
York said after a closed-door
session that he ruled the excise
tax-cutting move out of order
because of previous unanimous
agreement that a tax revision
project now before the commit
tee would not involve changes
in major tax rates.
Won't Affect Latin Action.
Mr.. Reed said his ruling mere
ly reaffirmed that orderly pro-
cedure will be followed" and win
not affect any later action by
the committee on excise tax rates.
The motion, by Representative
Boggs, Democrat of louisiana.
would have cut all excise tax
rates which are now above 10
per cent down to that level.
except for liquor and tobacco.
There was some argument over
the ruling within the committee,
but the issue was never pressed
to vote.
Representative Cooper, Demo-
crat, of Tennessee, then asked
the tax writer's to reconsider a
previous motion. backed by all
10 Democratic committee mem
oerS, to increase individual in
come tax exemption for each
taxpayer and each dependent
from $500 to $500. This motion
was defeated earlier by a
straight 1910 party line vote.
Challenge Issued.
Mr.. Cooper noted that under
the parliamentary situation,
D mocrats were barred from
formally moving for reconsidera-
ton. Mr.. Cooper, in a statement,
said he challenged" the Repub-
lican members to reconsider this
issue. No action was taken on MIR.
Cooper's request.
IN the Senate, a move to in
crease the personal exemption
has been launched by Senator
George, Democrat, of Georgia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Bede|I Smith Favors
Some Kind Of u. 5.
Envoy at Vatican
Undersecretury Says
Representative to Pope
Would be Helpful

Undersecretary of State Walter
Bedell Smith wants the United
States to resume "some kind" of
diplomatic relations with the
Vatican.
This was disclosed today with
publication of Gen. Smiths testi-
mony before a closed session of
a House Appropriations subcom-
mittee on the State Department.
Representative Rooney, Demo-
crat. Of New York. raised the
question by asking, What is the
position Of the Department with
regard to a personal representa-
tive Of the President at the Vati-
can?"
In my opinion" replied Gen.
Smith. tit would be advantageous
to this Government"
MIR. Rooney said, THE last
Secretary of the Department
Dean Acheson) and many other
officials in the department have
sat at this table and expressed
the thought that having such a
representative would be of great
advantage to the United States. -
Il do not know whether the
department has ever officially
recorded a position" Gen.
Smith replied. II can tell you
my own opinion. 1t is that, from
the point of view Of the conduct
Of diplomatic affairs, and par
ticularly in our global opposi-
ton to communism, it would
be well worthwhile if we should
re-establish some kind of for
NAL relations with the Vatican"
Mr.. Rooney commented: That
is my opinion. too, but, sad to
relate, all my colleagues around
the table do not agree"
Gen. Smith then suggested
that the discussion go of the
record. No further comments
about the Vatican were printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Eisenhower Remains
AIoof From Stevens
And Mccarthy Row
President to Arrive
Here Tomorrow
After 6-Doy Vocation
D.. n Al
BY Gornett D. Horne
s.or s,off cerrs.nendsn,

PALM SPRINGS. Calf. Feb.
% - President Eisenhower kept
aloof from the Stevens Mccarthy
row today as he wound up a
six-day golfing vacation in this
desert playground.
Sources close to the President
emphasized that he was deter
mined to say nothing publicly, for
the time being at least, about
the dispute between Army Sec
rotary Stevens and Senator Nc
Carthy over the Wisconsin Re-
publican's conduct of an investi-
cation Of the Army.
And James c. Hagerty, Presi-
Dental press secretary, said Mr..
Stevens had not communicated
with the President since the con-
troversy developed.
Would Avoid Clash.
Presumably. the President as
sumeS it will be taken for
granted that his Army Secretary
has his support and wants to
avoid personal involvement in a
clash with Senator Mccarthy.
He will have opportunity to be
brought up to date on the con-
troversy tomorrow, when he holds
his weekly conference with Sec
rotary of Defense Wilson at
11:15 am.
Mr.. Hagerty refused to say
whether Gen. Eisenhower had
read partial transcript pub
lished in Los Angeles papers of
the testimony of Brig. Gen. Ralph
w. Zwicker before the Mccarthy
subcommittee. He told question:
ers he had no comment on that
"or the whole situation"
Tanned and rested from daily
except Sunday-rounds of golf
and hours of loafing in the warm
sunshine at his Smoke Tree
Ranch vacation abode since his
arrival last Wednesday night,
Gen. Eisenhower planned to fly
back to Washing ton tonight.
will Takeoff Tonight.
Takeof is scheduled for about
$3.50 pm. tonight, Pacific time,
with arrival in Washington about
tbs am. tomorrow. The Presi-
dent and his party will be able
to go to bed on the Columbine.
For his last day here, Gen.
Eisenhower spent an hour or
so in the temporary Office ar
ranged for him near the
cottage of Paul Helms, where
he is staying. and then went out
for a final round of golf.
The President played at Tam
arisk Country Club. again with
Ben Hogan. the pro there, and
his co-hosts at Smoke Tree
Ranch-Paul Hoffman and MIR.
Helms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
0y the Asseeioted Press

PALM SPRINGS. Calf. Feb
23.-What's a presidential visit
worth to a resort community
like this?
Two weeks ago this desert spa
was in the doldrums. Business
was of. Hotels had cut rates. It
looked like the winter season
might be a bust.
Among the things businessmen
were crashing their teeth about
was lack of promotion. The
Chamber Of Commerce budget
was a mere $4,000. none of II
for publicity. Rival Las Vegas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Tell and Sell Via
Star Classified Ads

Things start happening when you
tell Stor reoders about something
you wont to sell. One Of the remorks
we hear most from Stor classified
advertisers is The criticize was sold q
few hours after The Stor hit the
street."
So consistently does The Star pro-
dues results thot advertisers place
more classified ads in The Stor .hon
in WoshingtoR's three other news
papers combined.
To buy, sell, trade or hire-phons
Sterling 5000 and ask for an od-
tokeE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Thimayya Leaves
Korea With Last !.
OF Indian Troops
Head Of Neutral Group
Says He Did His Best
Handling POW Problem

SEOUL. Feb. 23.-Indian 1t
Gen. K. S. Thimayya. chairman
of the controversial commission
which handled Korean war pris-
oner operations at Panmunjom,
left today for home, his work
finished
Gen. Thimayya few to Tokyo
with United States Ambassador
! Ellis Briggs and United States
Diplomat Kenneth Young for a
short vacation.
The Indian general was chair
man of the Neutral Nations Re-
patriation Commission whose
work ended Sunday midnight
under terms of the armistice
agreement. He saw the last of
his 5000 Indian troops put
aboard the ship Jalburza today.
Snubbed by South Koreans.
An 9th Army honor guard.
composed of American, South
Korean and other United Ma
tons troops, put on a ceremony
for the departing Indian. Gen.
Maxwell! Taylor. 9Th Army COM
mander and 1t. Gen. S. E. An
derson. 5th Air Force COM
mander saw Gen. Thimayya
off.
No South Korean official
showed up at Seoul city air base
for the Thimayya departure.
But Mayor Kim Tae Son and
other Korean officials pointedly
waited until the Thimayya cere-
mony ended before bidding MI.
Young good-by.
Mr., Young came here with
Ambassador Arthur Dean last
October for the preliminary talks
at Panmunjom for a Korean
political conference. He ended
his mission yesterday and will
return TO the United States.
Says He Did His Best.
Gen. Thimayya told newsmen:
I'm pleased to leave, although
I've made many friendships in
my six months here. 1t was a
difficult assignment. I've done
my best as honestly and truth
fully as l could. haven't salts
fed everybody but I've done the
best I could"
There were no incidents as
the last group of 1882 Indian
soldiers made the 60-mile train
trip from Panmunjom to Inchon
today.
About 200 to 800 South Ko-
reans tried to block train
loaded with Indian troops yes
terday but they were scattered
by bayonet-wielding American
soldiers.
The Indians guarded more
than $4,000 prisoners in Koreas
neutral zone from September
until they were turned back to
their former captors last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
LiIienthuI in Colombo

CALI, Columbia, Feb. % (R-
David E. Lilienthal, former chair
man of the United States Atomic
Energy Commission, Joined gov
eminent engineers yesterday in
an inspection of the Cauca River
to study its possibilities for ir-
rigation and hydroelectric de-
Velopment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Daylight Time to Begin Here
April rs, City Heads Decide

The Commissioners announced
today that daylight saving time
will go in effect at 2 am. Sun
day, April Is, and end at the
same hour September 26.
Missing was the usual con-
troversy and delay which has
marked the decision in past years
when Congress went through the
routine of debating whether
Washington should have daylight
time.
Last spring Congress finally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Clouds Port for Queen

HOBART, Tasmania, Feb. %
P. 49, Low gray clouds which
halted all plane service at Hobart
airport lifted briefly today, per-
hitting Queen Elizabeth II and
the Duke of Edinburgh to take
of by plane for this island states
northern coast. A moment after
the royal planes departure. the
clouds closed in again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

delegated the authority in the
matter to the District Commits
SionerS.
Television stations pressed the
city heads for an early decision
on the matter this year. in order
that they might plan their
schedules.
Daylight saving time last year
was put in effect in the Wash
ington area April 80, several
days behind major Eastern
cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
State Departments Figure
On Risks Is Now Set at $50
Senate Unit to Meet
Tuesday in Loyalty
Dismissal Program

The Senate Civil Service
Committee today voted to
hold a special meeting next
Tuesday to delve into the
Governments loyalty-secur-
ity dismissal program. Civil
Service Commission Chair
man Philip Young would be
asked to appear. it was an
nounced.
A number of the commit
tee members have been crit
ical of the administrations
failure to provide a break
down of the dismissals I'M
der the Eisenhower admin
istration's security program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Attendance at Church
Up 500 After Tornado
BY the Assoeioted Press

SUMRALL. Miss, Feb. 23.-
Attendance jumped SO per cent
at the Sumran Baptist Church
Sunday-the day after a tornado
f1attened 81 structures in this
South Mississippi town.
The Rev. E. C. Farr said yester-
day the Sunday attendance in
creased from about 100 members
to record high of $50 and made
his flock increasingly aware of
the power of God"
The tornado claimed no lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
ToIedo's Operation
Of Family Court

TOleDOS SoLUTloN-ToIedo.
Ohio, hos FomiIy Court Center thot
hos impressed mony people with its
handling Of domestic reIotions cases.
For onother in series on how fomily
courts work around the country, see
story by Stor Reporter John v. Hornev
on pose B..
lENTEN MENUS-Hints on how 10
prepore interesting ienten menus ore
given today BY Violet PouIkner. The
Stor's food editor. See Poee B-4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Woman Code Clerk for Army
Named as Red as Mccarthy
Presses Row With PentaQon
Mrs. Murkwurd
Tells of Workers
Party AffiIiotion

Senator Mccarthy, Republic
can, Of Wisconsin today carried
on his feud with the Army as
he heard testimony that a wom-
an with a Communist record
currently is employed as Pen
tagon code clerk handling secret
and top secret messages.
The woman was identified as
Annie Lee Moss. Mrs. Mary S.
Markward. former FBI conf
Dental informant, identified her
as card carrying, dues paying
member of a Communist cell
here in Washington during the
1940s.
Senator Mccarthy said the
Army has retained the woman as
a code clerk despite a memoir
andum sent to the Army and
the Civil Service Commission by
FBI director j. Edgar Hoover on
September II. 1851. calling at
tention to her record on the
basis of information supplied by
Mrs. Markward.
Presses Fight on Army.
The hearing before the Senate
Investigations subcommittee was
called by Senator Mccarthy to
back up his charges that the
Army has been "coddling Com
muniStS."
Senator Mccarthy said he
wanted this case on the public
record before Secretary of the
Army Stevens goes before the
subcommittee Thursday for tes-
timony in another case involving
the promotion and honorable dis
charge given an Army major re-
Gently. In connection with that
Gaze. Mr.. Stevens has accused
Senator Mccarthy of "unwar-
ranted abuse" of Army officers
called for testimony at a closed
New York hearing.
At the public hearing in the
Senate Caucus Room today, be-
fore a large audience and with
televiSion cameras recording the
proceedings for later broadcast,
Senator Mccarthy said he
thought Secretary Stevens had
been grossly misinformed and
misadvised," and added:
II don't think Bob Stevens
wants Communists in the Army
any more than this committee
does.
Wants Stevens Informed.
81 feel confident he did not
know about this case (the Penta-
gon code clerk. We will ask
him about it on Thursday"
Senator Mccarthy interrupted
the hearing at one point to ask
If any Army representative was
present. A man not identified
stepped up and the Senator said
he wanted Secretary Stevens
fully informed about the case.
Senator Mccarthy said he had
been very much disturbed" be-
cause Mr.. Stevens gave men,
bers of the subcommittee a
memorandum of what went on
at the New York hearing when
Brig. Gen. Ralph w. Zwicker,
commanding general of Camp
Kilmer, N. j., was questioned
vigorously about the discharge
of DR.. Irving Peress, the former
Army major accused by the Wis
consin Senator with having
Communist connections.
Criticizes Secretary.
81 hope before he (Mr.
Stevens) goes to members of my
committee and tries to tell them
what happened at meeting at
which he was not present, Sen
ator Mccarthy said, "he will
ask me for transcript"
He referred apparently to an
(CnA AnNRxI ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

alleged contents of the House
subcommittee testimony. They
told reporters that r. w. Scott
Mcleod. State Department Sc
curity chief, had testified that
there had been 534 security sep
(See SECURITY. Page A-3)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Late News
Bulletin
Gas Tax Rise SheIved

RICHMOND Especially The
proposal for q 1-cent-a-galIon
gasoline tax increase was
abandoned, temporarily at
least, today when the State
Senate referred the measure
back to the Finance Commit
tee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Thief Debunks Auto

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. % LR.
= A South Richmond woman
told police yesterday that some
one had stolen three Cadillac
hub caps from her 1899 Chew
rolet. "A