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Evening star., 1954-12-18
Park Cited
For Rescue ATTEMPT

Pvt. Paul o. Wheeler of the
Park Police has been awarded
the first Interior Department
Medal for Meritorious Service
for attempting to save a man
trapped in fire last spring.
Pvt. Wheeler, SO, of 535 East
Alexandria avenue, Alexandria,
Va. was presented with the
award by Edward T. Kelly, su-
perintendent of the National
Capital Parks Service.
The policeman was patrolling
Hains Point on May Is when he
saw flames in a cottage at the
Potomac Park Motor Court. He
was moving two trucks out of
the blaze's path when a man
dashed from within the cottage,
his clothes af1ame.
Pvt. Wheeler smothered the
flames with his uniform coat,
receiving burns on his hands.
The man he saved later died
from his burns.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
War Strategy by the Diplomats
Parliamentary Debate Should Not Be Permitted to Delay
Nucieor Retaliation if and When the Conflict Comes

the days when he first took
over command of the newly
organized NATO armies. The
President, who has the best
available intelligence reports,
as well as his personal under
standing of military matters.
is unlikely to speak merely to
inspire optimism in war-sick
and weary people. But he does
not. deny that the West must
remain alert in dealing with
ruthless dictators who have a
free hand and need not ac-
count to their peoples. Other
wise there would be no need
for the NATO, which is not in
high favor with Western Eu-
ropean peoples. Neither would
our President speak of the
possibility of SO years of con-
tlnued armament.
The NATO forces are nu-
merically far inferior to those
of the Communists and are
likely to remain so. Our
Western European allies will
endeavor in the immediate
future to reduce their military
burdens. So long as we are
willing to finance their arms
production it will continue on
the upgrade. But there are
strong trends, which Ameri-
can observers believe will be-
come effective next year, to
shorten terms of military serv-
ice in Western countries where
it has been compulsory for
many years.
We will never be able to
match the Red trained man.
power. Therefore, we must
counter that mass, which the
Reds demonstrated in the last
war they use recklessly, by
full use of our advance tech
nical skill. And it is that
strength which our allies want
to debate before sending it
into action. Their argument
was that they hoped to reduce
to a very minimum the even
tual retaliation of the Soviets
who might become "irked" by
our chronological superiority
and use nuclear weapons
against West European cities.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Firefighters Seek
To Probe S5OO,OOO
Blaze in Bethesda

Montgomery County Fire Mar
shal Charles H. Howe, jr., today
hoped to get into the basement
of Woodward g. Lothrop's Be-
thesda budget store to seek the
cause of the blaze that early
yesterday destroyed the two
story building and Christmas
stock valued slightly under $780,
900. The damage. at first esti-
mated at 100000. later was
revised upward by store officials.
Bethesda fremen were still on
the scene this morning as a spe-
cial standby detail. The fire,
brought under control before
daybreak yesterday, has con-
tinued to break out in the base
ment for the last "a hours.
Mr.. Howe last night again
went to the scene to inspect the
building but said some 4 feet of
water in the basement blocked
his attempt.
A. Morton Thomas, jr., head
of the Montgomery Department
of Inspections and Licenses and
Chief Building Inspector Nor
man Roddy were to make an on
the-spot check today to de-
termine the safety of walls still
standing. Yesterday the two ex-
pressed concern that a high
wind might cause the front
wall facing Wisconsin avenue
to give way.
The inspections department
last night gave tentative ap-
proval to the opening today
of the adjacent F.. w. Wool
worth store pending another
check today on the condition of
the wall next to the Woodward
& Lothrop building. Water from
the basement of the department
store flooded the dime store
basement.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Constantine Brown

Secretary Dulles fought hard
at the meeting of the foreign
ministers Of NATO members to
prevent another Korea" in
the event the Reds attack the
West.
Some who did not realize
the Importance OF the Paris
Conference complained that
Mr.. Dulles, who seems to divide
his time equally between his
desk at the State Department
and that in his plane, was "off
again."
But Mr.. Dulles felt COM
PEELED to attend that confer
ence because he knew that
some Of our Western European
political allies intended to tie
the hands of the NATO high
command in the event of Soviet
aggression. They wanted to
forbid these military leaders
to use atom weapons without
prior approval of the coalition.
governments. This prohibition
would be aimed not only at
use of the nuclear bomb but
also would apply to the new
guns and other weapons using
fashionable materials.
The question which arose in
the minds Of the top policy
makers in the State Depart
ment was whether if another
war broke out military strategy
again would be controlled by
political-diplomatic consider
ations.
Gems. Clark, Van Fleet,
Stratemeyer and Almond re-
gently stated under oath that
the Korean war was lost not
by military forces IN the field
but by the diplomats in Wash
ington and New York. The
stakes are too high now to per-
nit such repetitions. Mr..
Dulles went to Paris to oppose
the European plans which pro-
vided for parliamentary de-
bates and high-echelon con-
ferences before troops use their
latest weapons in the event of
an attack.
The military concept is that
only by full use of our modern
weapons could we counter the
mass manpower pof some 312
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Ice Surgery Saves Woman
Doomed by Heart AiIment
BY Richord Rodgers

The surgical technique of
pothermia-freezing q patient
to reduce blood flow-has appar-
emily been successfully applied
here again. this time on q young
Silver Spring. Md. housewife.
Today she has every prospect
of q normal life expectancy in
stead of being doomed, at the
age OF 33, to die within seven
years.
She had three holes in the
wall dividing her hearts two
upper chambers.
Providence Hospital. a princi-
pal in the rare life saving. re-
leased details of the December S
operation yesterday to dramatize
its fund drive for a new hos
pital.
The patient is Mrs. Harmon l..
Spencer, 10118 Greely avenue.
Silver Spring. mother Of an IL
year-old daughter. Pretty Mrs.
Spencer has been a heart suffer-
er since she was 19.
First to Survive.
She may be the first adult
ever to survive the circumstances
surrounding such an operation.
Children have endured it sue
cessfully because they are more
compatible to hypothermia.
The National Institutes of
Health collaborated on the sur
gical team.
Among other things. NH furn-
ished the dogs for Mrs. Spencer's
surgeon to practice on, so he
could test the technique be-
forehand. Z
The team-at one time Is
persons were working on various
assignments during the operation
drew up this script:
1. Freeze the patient. BY low
ering her temperature to 86
degrees fahrenheit her blood
would have to have so per cent
as much oxygen as it would at
normal body temperature (9e
fahrenheit.)
2. Then they could clamp of
the heart valve receiving unoxy-
genated blood. But the heart
would keep beating.
3. That would give them 6
maximum of 10 minutes in
which to sew up the holes ir
the heart-one of them two fin
gers wide.
4. With the holes closed, they
could close the heart sac, release
the clamps and complete the op-
Grafton.
Heart Failed to Pump.
Affairs went well until 8lS
minutes of the 10-minute hole
closing time had elapsed. Their
the heart developed what doctor.
call "the Dist just quiver.
and shakes and doesn't pump
any blood"
Removing the CLAMPS and tax.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Air Force Academy
Nominations Lag;
1854 Names Filed
By the AsSoeicied Pres,

THE kir Force, which asked
5000 nominations from which to
select 800 students for its new
academy, has received only 1854
to date
Congress members. who have
two more months in which to
nominate their selections, gave
a, number OF reasons for the de-,
lay, including a desire to hear
from all applicants. '.
The Air Acadeny's first class
is to report next July at Lowry
Air. Force Base near Denver,
Colo, for air training compara-
bic to that given potential Army
and Navy officers at West Point.
and Annapolis.
February Is Deadline.
A deadline of February 18 has
been set for the nominations,
most of which are allotted to
Senators and Representatives.
Each may nominate 10. Other
nominations may come from
other sources, including the
President and Vice President.
Also allotted nominations are the
Territories of Hawaii and Alaska,
the District of Columbia. the
Panama Canal Zone and Puerto
Rico.
None of the nominees so far
has received a mental test and
only about 600 have received
their final physical exams, the
results of which have not been
announced.
Variety of Reasons.
A spot check of members Of
Congress showed that many are
holding up their nominations for
variety of reasons. The con-
sensus was that no great inter-
est had been shown until recently
by young men who wished to-
be nominated.
Some said they were waiting
until near the deadline to give
every young man plenty of time
to make his wishes known.
Others said they were waiting for
results Of a Nationwide civil
service test for applicants sched-
uled for January II.
Evening star., 1954-12-18

be chairman of the Senate
Labor and Welfare Commit
tee. intends to give top prior
ity to a school construction
bill.
Interest at the other side
of the Capitol. in the House,
is indicated by the recent
unanimous report by the seven
members of a House Educa-
ton and Labor subcommit-
tee-four Republicans, three
Democrats - in favor Of a
Federal school construction aid
program as the result Of an
exhaustive investigation in
which they explored condi-
tions all over the country.
It's report re-echoed the
Rutherford B. Hayes philos-
ophy, saying that its hearings
have demonstrated that the
national interest requires that
the Federal Government join
with State and local govern
ments in solving this pressing
problem. Adequate education
for our children is essential
to the preservation of a free
and strong Nation. Their edu-
cation must not be impaired
by the serious classroom short
ages which exist in every
State"
Advocates of Federal aid will
miss Senator Cooper, Repub-
lican, of Kentucky, who was
defeated in November. He al
most got a school construction
bill through the Senate last
session despite the publicly
expressed opposition of Sec
retary Hobby. 1t was killed in
the closing minutes Of Con-
greSs by objections by two
Southern Democrats, Sena-
tors johnson of Texas, party
floor leader, and Russell of
Georgia. In a statement aft
erWard, Senator Cooper said
the measure was defeated by
Democratic Senators who were
fearful that it would help carry
out the Supreme Court deci-
sion banning segregation in
public schools.
1t does seem that we might
do something for our children
as well as for highways. for
which a 10-year, $50-billion
Federal program is being pre-
pared by the administration
for submission to Congress by
the President in January.
Evening star., 1954-12-18

divisions which the Russians
have at their disposal in East
ern Germany. in the satellite
countries and in their home
land. Between the Vistula and
the Elbe alone there are up
wards of 40 Soviet divisions,
not countine those of the
satellites.
The alleged increased nu-
merical strength of the NATO
forces is sheer optimism, since
much of this is only on paper.
It is true that there are some
so combat ready divisions
available. But SO of these are
Turkish, Greek and italian,
which cannot be counted as
a wall against a Red onslaught
in the West. The bulk of the
NATO forces in this area is
concentrated between the Elbe
and the Rhine and consists
only of 6 American, 4 British
and 4 French-Benelux divi-
sions. 1t is a good holding
force whose main task is to
permit the concentration of
some so reserve divisions ex-
pected to be ready within 80
days after the start of hos
tilities.
This calculation is based on
the last war strategy and may
be overoptimistic. Even if
the enemy does not use nu-
clear bombs, its air superiority
could so disrupt the lines of
communication as to make
difficulty mobilization of re-
serves. Thus the principal
hope Of the firSt-line troops
the IA divisions between the
Elbe and the Rhine-is their
atomic weapons, which could
be brought into action at the
discretion of the military
commanders, presumably as
soon as the enemy strikes.
These are strictly war plan
ners' views and do not mean
that Red aggressors are knock
ing at the door.
President Eisenhower has
stated repeatedly that the
threat of a major war-that
Is to say a Red offensive
against Western Europe-has
substantially subsided since
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Tear Gas QueIIs BOYS
In Cyprus Protest
BY the Assoeiafed Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. 18.-
Police used tear gas today to
disperse Nicosian schoolboys
demonstrating in favor of the
union of Cyprus with Greece.
Similar schoolboy demonstra-
tions were reported in Larnaca
and from Limassol.
Greek Cypriots obeyed a "a
hour general strike call against
the United Nations decision not
to discuss the Cyprus issue. Turks
on the island ignored it. The
strikers stayed off the streets,
leaving the demonstrations to
schoolboys.
The strike was proclaimed by
Nationalists, Communists and
the trade unions.
Food shops, restaurants and
essential services, such as e1ec-
tricity. telephone and govern
ment Offices, remained open. The
government had reminded strik-
ers Of the severe penalties under
the law if they closed.
Printers struck and no news
papers will appear tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
MorriogeLicense
Applications

Under D. c. laaD couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day. fCait three fun days
and receiUe the license ON the
fifth day. Sundays ana hoh-
days are counted the same as
other days.
Donald DC. Carr, l e g Gigsrd St, ne. and
Peter Vasilion. 81, 1913 NJ st. NV. and
Ismini kontouskidis. 90, 500 9th st.
John Oliver, IS, and Merdice Davenport.
Andrew Moore, 81 and Fannie Norris,
George ! Roche: e: Naval Gun Factory.
sne estss Bras s9 IT, pauIsss m sst N.vs 81
Station. and Page Watson, IL, 3432
oeoree Callahan. IL. Indian Head. Nd
and Patricia Barney. 20. 21s Wayne
Marion wardIaw. SO. 1912 1cth st. NV,
and Priscilla Swailes. 20. $50 45th
John McKie. 20, ao4 c st. ne. and
Bettye Mckinney, 10. 2io 55th st.
Donald Levy. 80. / Hawaii ave. ne,
and Janet Chaser, 20, 1899 Delafield
| Thomas Mfneo, %. Fort Meade. Nd.
and Beverley Baynard. 21. 800 Aspen
st, NV.
James Bladen. 40, and Ida Barton. 81,
both Of 1a7 5th st. ne.
Morris Hymes. "a. 1924 r st. ne. and
| Theresa Sewell. -. I104 49th st. ne
Russell Scott, "A. 231o NJ st. NV. and
Dorothy Bruce, o9. 500 5th St, Sc.
| Vance Fleming. 20. 1907 cath ST. NV,
| and Julia Harmon. 81, Bethesda. Md.
John Murford, "a. and Roseann Al
Charles Kissinser. 81. Arlington and
/ Jeanne Mott. %. eos 9Th st. Sc
James Foster. "a. chattanooga, Tenn.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Thomas L. Stokes
Ihomos [. Stokes
u. S. Aid to Schools No New Idea
HYeors Ago, President Hayes Urged Federal Help;
Today, Move Is Still Called Socialism by Some

cBack-track ing through
American history is not only
enjoyable, but can also be re-
vealing and instructive. We
continually find. as is to be
expected, that there's nothing
new under the sun in our pol
itics and our national view
points: that the same ideas
keep recurring, and that prof.
ects considered as radical and
uu1orthodox by some in these
latter days had been en-
braced by very proper and re-
spectacle leaders a long time
ago.
AS far back, for instance, as
II years, back to the safe and
sound Rutherford B. Hayes.
a Republican, who became
President, you recall, after
that famous disputed 1876
election contest with Democrat
Samuel j. Tilden. In his very
first utterance after becoming
President, his inaugural ad-
dress, he Endorsed Federal aid
to education, if needed, and
justified it in words that are
applicable today. This episode
Is brought back in a new and
definitive and highly enter
tanning book about the man
Hayes and his era-"Ruth-
erford B. Hayes and His Amer
ica"--by Harry Barnard, who
hardly needs to interject that
the Hayes idea would be re-
garded as "socialistic" in some
circles today.
What President Hayes said
was that "at the basis of all
prosperity :. lies the i'm
provement of the intellectual
and moral condition of the
people. Universal suffrage
should rest upon universal
education. To this end, liberal
and permanent provision
should be made for the sup
port of free schools by the
State governments and if need
be. supplemented by legiti-
mate aid from national au-
thority."
Z How that need exists today
we can see all around us in
the shocking condition of our
schools. That was recognized
in fact by another Ohioan. one
of our era, the late Senator
Taft. He was a champion of
Federal aid to education and
got his bill through the Sem
Evening star., 1954-12-18
Maryland U. Paper
Holds Up Byrd Blast
Al Hopkins, Goucher

The editor Of Diamondback.
campus newspaper at the Uni
versity of Maryland, has decided
to withhold publication of a To-
page letter from DR.. H. C. Byrd.
former college president. con-
tanning charges that Johns Hop
kins University and Goucher Col
lege fought creation of a Phi
Beta Kappa Chapter at College
Park.
Neal Durgin. the editor, said
he had discussed the letter with
DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, DR.. Byrd's
successor, and I'VE decided it
would not be in the best inter-
ests of the university to release it. l"
DR.. Byrd detailed three at
tempts-the last in 1948-of Phi
Beta Kappa members at College
Park to establish a chapter there.
He said the two Baltimore coll
leges had blocked the move.
DR.. Byrd named DR.. John
Tigert, former president of the
University of Florida. as the man
who told him that Maryland's
application was blocked by
Goucher. DR.. Tigert was quoted
as saying DR.. David Robertson,
former Goucher president and a
member of the PIX accrediting
committee, who has since died,
would never allow the Univer-
sity of Maryland application to
be approved"
G. Wilson Shaffer, dean of stu
dents at Hopkins, said, There
has been no opposition here. I"
DR.. Otto F. Kraushaar, successor
to DR.. Robertson at Goucher,
said DR.. Byrd's charges are with
out foundation.
DR.. Elkins was asked by a re-
porter if he thought DR.. Byrd s
blast would hamper future pros
poets for a chapter The college
president said no decision had
been reached whether to apply
since PIX could not act until
next fall, but he added:
II would hope that Hopkins
and Goucher would not be con-
cerned too much-that they
would realize that it was a state
ment from DR.. Byrd and does
not reflect the attitude OF the
administration at this time"
Evening star., 1954-12-18

snack bar for hot dogs and ice
cream. Mrs. Mary ziegler. direc-
tor Of education at the school,
thanked the. airmen in the name
of the Public Welfare Depart
ment and the training school for
what she called "the best Christ
mas party most of these kids
have ever SEEN"
The Salvation Army today will
begin distribution of 5000 toys
to 1900 parents who otherwise
would not have the joy of seeing
their children open presents
Christmas morning.
The toys come largely from
three sources-from funds COL
lected by the Salvation Army,
from the Marine Corps Toys for
Tots Campaign and from Radio
Station WRC's Doll House cam
paign, conducted this year by
Bob Reed.
The toys, nearly all of them
new, are jammed into Army
headquarters at 403 Tenth street
NV. Mothers who have been
selected by various social agen-
cies in the city will come and get
the gifts and thus preserve the
dignity of gift-giving within the
family.
4 Il Il
The Young Democratic Club
of the District yesterday gave
toys to some 35 "crib age" chill
dren who are patients at Glenn
Dale Sanitorium.
The presentation was made in
the office of Commissioner
Renah Camalier by Robert
Salem, club president: Reidar
Claffy, chairman of its Christ
mas Fund Committee and Betty
Hodges, corresponding secre-
tary.
y
The annual illumination cere-
mony at the Walter Reed Army
Medical Center was held yester-
day at the main entrance.
Joining IN this years cere-
mony will be the Army Band,
the Maryland University Glee
Club and Mark Evans of Station
WTOP-TV.
Evening star., 1954-12-18
William and Eleanor Smith.
Percy and Mary Swank.
Leroy and Agnes Tice.

William and Eleanor Smith.
Percy and Mary Swank.
Leroy and Agnes Tice.
Frederick and Marguerite Whiteoak.
Gordon and June Zimmerman.
Oscar and Doris Afford.
| Junius and Bette Cooley.
Alvin and Shirley Farley.
Alfred and Geraldine Fleming.
George and Margaret Foster
William and Louise Hawkins.
Earl and Constance Ray.
| George and Ethel Thomasson.
| Earl and Marjorie Wilson.
\ Alvin and Elizabeth Wright.
Ronald and Patricia Allen.
R06sTs sSss ann 4nd MaaEafes MaTalzn seseb sasIan
Thomas and Judith Bell.
| William and Juanita Billig.
Joseph and Kathleen Borgess..
| Russell and Rosalie Brann.
Ernest and Betty Brizendine.
/ Frederick ana, Eleanor Carleton.
| Clement and Lucia Clark.
| Claude and Ann Clifton.
| Francis and Mary CIrran.
Charles and Dorothy Dickinson.
John and Mildred Eusebio.
Frank and Mary Garcia.
JACK ana Constance Hicks.
| William and Natalie Jack.
Stanley and Bessie Kosaek
Raymond and Elizabeth Lewis.
Joseph and Eva MeFadden
Willard and Christine McMurtrie.
Francis and Suzanne Maddox.
Charles and Patricia Vaudeville.
William and Elizabeth Moore.
Albert and Arlene Norman.
John and Ann O'DonnelI.
Clifton and Nell Payne.
Talbot and Mariruth Phillips.
Donald and Rofina Puryianee.
Robert and Maxine Richards.
William and Mary Rosenthal.
| Henry and Ruth Salced6.
Leon and Elsie Sauers.
Vincent and Antoinette SebaStiano.
John and Mary Simmel.
William and Anna Staples.
! Robert and June Thompson.
James aud Myra West.
Martin and Charlotte Yuies.
Frank and Gladys Brown.
Frank and Villa Douglas.
Howard and Willie Fits
William and Maggie Ford.
William and Jean Freeman.
James and verlins Perry.
Frederick and Fannie TAYLOR.
Orlando and Rosie williams.
Eddie and Rose Wise.
Evening star., 1954-12-18

ate in 1949 in the 80th, Re-
publican, Congress only to see
1t suffocated in the House in
a controversy over inclusion of
parochial schools that could
never be compromised.
Today practical legislators
interested in our schools are
aiming lower. They seek only
Federal aid to help States
with construction of school
buildings and facilities, instead
of the broader aims embodied
in the Taft bill, which also in
cluded help on general operat-
ing expenses so that the beg
carly salaries paid to teachers
might be improved. But even
Federal aid for school con-
struction is opposed by some
interests and groups today as
"socialiStic" and a violation of
States rights.
President Eisenhower, how
ever, has caught up with Ruth
erford B. Hayes SO far as
school construction is con-
cerned. IN a message to Con-
gress last, year he said "the
Federal Government should
stand ready to assist States
which demonstrably cannot
provide sufficient school build
ings." However, the admins
tration has opposed a Federal
aid program until completion
of a series of studies now be-
ing made by States and until
a national conference here
scheduled to meet next No
vember %, nearly a year away.
Meanwhile, every Is minutes
80 more children, enough to fill
a classroom, reach school age.
Our debilitated school plant,
which was not kept up during
the depression and World War
II, continues to burst open at
the seams. The war babies"
now are crowding the lower
grades and before long will be-
gin to stampede the high
schools.
Luckily, however, there are
responsible members of Con-
gress who intend to press for
a school construction aid pro-
gram in the new 84th Congress
and refuse to wait for the word
from our Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare, Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hboby, who OPP
posed action by the last Con-
greSs. Senator Lister Hill, Dem
ocrat, of Alabama, who is to