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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

they leave for afternoon service
at entrances to the galleries and
the House floor.
Usually two doormen sit at
each gallery door. One often
sits inside to see that every
thing is quiet and orderly
among the visitors. At the time
Of the shooting yesterday. door,
men said. only one armed Capitol
policeman was on the gallery cor
ridor. He was at the side
farthest from the shooting when
it broke out. Capitol policemen
seldom If ever went inside the
galleries unless some disturbance
occurred.
Albert Weir. head Senate
doorman. said that today in adj
dition to the 20 regular doormen
there were 10 Metropolitan po-
lice in plainclothes in the Senate
chamber and surrounding corri-
doris as well as extra United
States Capitol police and extra
Secret Service and FBI men.
Majority Leader Knowland
said no visitors are being adj
mitted to the Senate chamber
galleries except those who had
cards from Senators. He said
there was no move to require any
search of the clothing or hand
bags of visitors.
Secret Service Chief U. E.
Baughman revealed he had in
formation several months ago
that Puerto Rican Nationalist
might try to harm President
Eisenhower. However. he said
no information on their activi-
ties had been received recently.
Also. it was learned all leave
for members Of the Washington
police force have been cancelled
for this week end. A group Of
1000 demonstrators is expected
from New York. Police said the
demonstration is sponsored by
the Civil Rights Congress, cited
by the Attorney General as a
Communist front organization to
oppose the McCarran Internal
Security Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Kitchen Tells Jurors
He Left Hysan in
A Drunken Sleep

Lawrence E. Kitchen, 43-year-
old cook and dishwasher. testi-
fled today that the 71-year-old
man he is accused Of killing was
in a drunken sleep when he last
saw him.
This was shortly before he
(Kitchen) left for Scranton. Pa,
Kitchen told the jury at his first
degree murder trial in the u. s.
District Court for the District
of Columbia.
The victim was Leo v. Hysan,
a hotel clerk.
Money for Liquor.
Kitchen also testified he
bought some clothes from Mr..
Hysan on January 4, 1851, pay
ing 81 after the clerk asked him
to pawn them to obtain money
for liquor.
Kitchen is being tried on a
charge of fatally stabbing Mr..
Hysan on January 7, 1851. while
robbing him of a hat, a suit of
clothes and a coat.
Mr.. HySan was found. still
breathing. in Kitchens room in
the Edison Hotel annex the
afternoon of January 8, 1851,
but died about the time a ply
sician arrived.
Death Laid to Neck Injury.
Death was due to asphyxia-
ton because of a neck injury,
according to medical testimony.
Kitchen testified that Mr.. Hy-
san had gone to the defendants
room and that they had drinks
together there. Before leaving
for Scranton. Kitchen testified
he had left his room key with
Mr.. Hysan. II told him he was
getting pretty drunk and that
he had better sleep it off," Kitch-
en- testified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

Commissions report today listed
only So.
Under questioning, Mr.. Young
asserted that Civil Service Com
mission records do not show
specific causes for separation of
Government employees. He could
not say how many of the 383
"subversive information" indi-
viduals had asked for a review
by departmental boards.
II want to point out" the
chairman said. that in each Of
these 383 cases there was sub
verSive information of a Substan-
tial nature"
In a long opening statement,
Mr.. Young explained executive
order 10450 which set up the
security program and pointed
out that in the last seven months
Of last year 71.726 persons re-
signed from the Federal payroll.
1904 were fired and 6O,095 re-
leased by reductions in force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Mcleod
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NNoIltInueO from flrSt Page.)
OF the personnel program in gov
! eminent"
Secretary Dulles thought other
wise.
Mr.. Dulles ordered that Mr..
McLeod's Bureau of Security,
Consular Affairs and Personnel"
be known in the future as the
Bureau Of Inspection, Security
and Consular Affairs
Yields Wide Influence.
The Office Of personnel. num-
ber;ng 277 employees, was shifted
to Mr.. Wales Jurisdiction. This
stripped Mr.. Mcleod Of vast
authority over almost every en-
ploye in the State Department.
The Office of personnel hsrdles
not only hirings and firings but
also Yields great influence over
promotions and assignments of
State Department employees
around the world. Even in the
case of presidential appointments
in the State Department the
office Of personnel often has
played an influential role with
its recommendations to the
White House.
Until Secretary Dulles took
control of the State Department.
a little over a year ago, super
vision Of personnel and admin
istration had been under sep
srate officials.
Some of the highest and most
respected officials of the State
Department have thought that
the old arrangement was best
and finally persuaded Mr.. Dulles
to return to it.
Mr.. Mcleod apparently fought
against the change until the very
last. Only a few days ago. a
spokesman for him insisted no
move was under way to take the
personnel office out from under
Mr.. Mcleod.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
U. 5. Group 10 Stud,
Surp|uses;; May Sell
On World Markets

A special inter-agency COM
mittee will study ways Of dis
posing of surplus farm products
in Government hands and will
consider offering the SURPRISES
on world markets at competitive
prices.
President Eisenhower last
night named Clarence Francis.
New York industrialist and food
expert. as a special consultant
to him in studying plans for
surplus disposal.
Mr.. Francis. who will retire
soon as board chairman of
General Foods Corp. will work
on the problem with the COM
mittee made up of representa-
tives of the Agriculture, State.
Commerce and Treasury De-
partmentS, the Bureau of the
Budget and the Foreign Opera
tons Administration.
Benson Indicates New Move.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son indicated the Government
might offer its huge SURPRISES of
farm products on the world
market at competitive prices.
At present, few of these prod
ucts are moving abroad in vol
ume because they are priced
above world markets and also be-
cause the State Department in
the past has objected to price
cutting.
Mr.. Benson told a news con-
ference the Government has
been exploring the possibilities"
Of adopting more aggressive ex-
port sales policies. He mentioned
cotton and dairy products Spe-
officially.
Iron Curtain Sales Possible.
The Secretary said he might
favor reconsideration of a recent
Government decision rejecting o
proposal of a private exporter to
sell surplus Government-owned
butter to Iron Curtain countries.
But such transactions, he said.
could be made only If they did
not interfere with "our efforts in
the cold war;"
Mr. Benson said any sale of
butter to Soviet bloc areas prob
ably would be coupled with a sur
plus disposal plan which, also
would offer surplus butter of
United States consumers at re-
duced prices. He said he be-
lieved there would not be too
much criticism Of such foreign
sales If the domestic consumers
also benefited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Gold Was Member
OF Red Fraction, :
Gif|ow Tells Court

A further insight into the
Vaccinations Of the Communist
Party was given today by Ben
jamin Gitlow. former Communist
organizer. Government witness
at the trial Of Ben Gold
Gold, head of the international
Fur and Leather Workers Union,
is charged with three counts of
lying in Communist af-
fldavit under the Taft Hartley
law. He is being tried in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Gitlow, who said he had been
expelled from the party in 1929,
testified that he had met Gold
at innumerable party functions
including the Communist ma
tional convention in New York in
1927.
Members of Factions"
He said Gold at one time was
a member of a trades union
fraction" of the Communist
Party.
He defined fraction" as a
group in any organization. not a
Communist organization, made
up of party members belonging
to the organization.
Mr.. Gitlow told of the Trade
Union Educational League. which
he said was set up to gain con-
troll of the trade union movement
here by the Communist Party.
The Communist setup, he said,
included a section known as
"agitprop," described as agita-
ton and propaganda section.
"Agitprop," he said, had juris-
diction over schools set up to
educate" trade union members.
Subject to Approval.
All teachers, textbooks and the
teaching agenda were subject to
approval by the section. This
school system was established in
1924. the witness stated.
Defense Attorney Vito Mar
cantonio kept up a series of
continuing objections to the tes-
timony on the grounds that it
was irrelevant to the trial issue.
Mr.. Marcantonio declared that
such testimony had no bearing
on the question of whether on
August 80. 1850, when the af-
f1davit was filed, Gold was then
a Communist affiliated with the
party or supported it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Howard U. Hears
Mrs. Hobby Pledge
To Fight Race Bias

Welfare Secretary Hobby to-
day pledged her vigorous support
to all Of President Eisenhower
efforts Ito remove the stain of
racial discrimination"
Mrs. Hobby told a charter day
gathering at Howard University
that discrimination is morally
wrong and economically
wrong" She said the yearly cost
of discrimination is SIS million
to $50 million.
But we are moving to a new
era in race relations" Mrs. Hobby
said. land Howard University
has been strong and potent
force in this drive out of dark
ness toward light"
University President Mordecai
johnson praised Mrs. Hobby's
persistent and courageous fight"
against an economy minded
Congress recently to get funds
for the construction of three new
buildings this year at Howard.
Recalling the origins of the
university. Mrs. Hobby noted that
it had its start in a prayer meet
ing in the old Congregational
Church at Tenth and G streets
NV. Today, she said. almost
half the Negro physicians and IS
per cent of the Negro lawyers in
the Nation were trained at
Howard.
The university. celebrating the
87th year of it's founding, pre-
sented awards for distinguished
achievement to three distin-
guished graduates. They are DR..
Edwin B. Henderson of Washing
ton, Julius A. Thomas. jr.. of
New York, and Alexander P.
Tureaud of New Orleans.
DR.. Henderson is director of
health, physical education and
safety in the Districts Negro
schools. Mr.. Thomas is a direc-
tor of the Urban League. Mr..
Tureaud is practicing attorney.
All three are considered among
the Nations leaders in the cam
paign for equal rights for Negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Martin

NSOAAtAiuCA VAOI1l IL OF 1dSC.I
itol. and representatives of the
Capitol police.
Speaker Martin, meanwhile,
repeatedly conferred with FBI
agents in his Office which was
guarded by two plainsclothesmen.
Mr.. Kennamer told reporters
that a main purpose of the con-
ference was to work out details
with Chief Murray for a more
or less permanent" assignment
of additional Metropolitan po-
licemen to assist Capitol police.
He said he knew Of no plan to
increase the number of doormen
in the House. There are about
80 now.
Senate officials said no change
has yet been made in gallery adj
mission cards for their chamber.
In the past such cards have been
issued separately for the House
and Senate.
The House planned to meet
as scheduled today and finish
action on the Mexican wet
back" bill.
Squads Of police searched the
Capitol literally from the deepest
basement to the dome last night.
Larger contingentS than usual
patrolled the main corridors or
sat inside the main doorways
to the building during the night.
Electric Eye" Discussed.
Mr.. Martin said he could not
reveal all of the increased Sc
curity measures already in oper-
alton or under consideration
by the FB1, Capitol and city po-
lice, and building officials.
One such safeguard repeatedly
might be some type of electric
eye" that could be installed at
gallery doors. Mr.. Martin indi-
Gated that the idea is being
studied but that no decision has
been made.
There also had been a sug-
gestion that bullet-proof glass
walls be built between the gal
leries and NE floors of House
and Senate. Speeches from the
floor would be "piped" to the
galleries. House officials said,
however. they doubted this would
be practical or necessary,
Speaker Martin said he knew
OF no plan to replace the
doormen themselves. Those men
are patronage appointees, a sys-
tenn followed for many years.
Many Of them are along in years.
A few have outside jobs which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Eisenhower Urges
Wide Observance OF
World Day Of Prayer
BY the Assoeiosed Press

President Eisenhower today
called on "all men of good will
to join Friday in observance OF
a world day Of prayer ito find
the way toward the goal OF
peace.
The Presidents appeal was re-
corded for television and radio
The day Of prayer Is sponsored
by the United Church Women
of the National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the United
States.
Following is the text of the
Presidents remarks:
MY friends in many lands.
TT is profoundly moving to
realize that the 1854 world day
of prayer is to be observed. in
appropriate services. by many
millions Of people around the
world. These services, beginning
in New Zealand and the Tonga
Islands, west Of the international
date line, follow the sun
throughout the day and end "a
hours later in st. Lawrence
Island in Alaska.
Prayer seems to bring closer
together in mutual understand
ing. the people who unite in its
practice.
AT the very beginning of our
own national life. at a time when
the Constitutional Convention
was plagued by dissension and
on the point Of breaking up
BENJAMIN Franklin suggested
that all join him in a moment
of prayer. After that silent mo-
ment. the delegates suddenly
seemed to be united in theil
purposes and there was born
the great document by which we
live.
Throughout the history OF
this country, all the men and
women We most revere as in
spired leaders constantly sought
Divine guidance in the discharge
Of their public responsibilities.
Today the innermost longing
Of mankind is for peace: peace
for all nations. for all men
everywhere.
THE hosts of people who take
part in this world day of prayer
are seeking the neip of the Al
mighty to find the way toward
the goal of peace. toward the
triumph Of freedom and the unity
of men.
I'm this noble purpose all men
Of goodwill may devoutly join. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
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through routine Civil Service
procedures.
At one point in the hearing
Senator Pastore. Democrat. of
Rhode Island asserted that
there seems to be a reluctance
to give us the full facts here
We should get complete
breakdown because the Ameri-
can people ought to know for
what reason these Government
employees have been dismissed.
There seems to be determined
effort here to block this infor-
nation from the public"
The Senator called for a de-
tailed breakdown of the l,456
overall security risk figure used
by the White House last Oc-
tober. In doing so, he said that
today I'VE are just beating
around the bush and not getting
the facts.
Based on Agencies Figures.
When questioned by Senator
Monroney about discrepancies
in figures given the House APP
preparations Committee by off,
GERS OF some of the executive
agencies in comparison to those
figures supplied by Mr.. Young,
the Civil Service chairman re-
piled:
Our figures are based on the
certified figures supplied to us
by the various agencies" Sena-
tor Monroney specifically
pointed out that Commerce Of
flcials had told the House Com
mittee that the department had
1872 security cases while the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Today
In
Congress

Taxes-The House Ways and
Means Committee votes 1922 to
give the Government So billion
in annual revenue by extending
present corporation income taxes
for one more year from April /.
Representative Reid prepares bill
to level off most excise taxes at
10 per cent.
Security risks - Chairman
Philip Young of the Civil Service
Commission tells the Senate Civil
Service Committee that 383 per-
sons separated from Government
jobs under disloyalty provisions
Of the Eisenhower security pro-
gram are not necessarily "Com-
muniStS or subversives." But he
says there was information "of
a definitely subversive nature in
their files"
Wetbacks-The House con-
tinues consideration of a bill
dealing with immigrant Mexican
farm workers.
Statehood-The Senate gears
for a lengthy debate on state
hood for Hawaii. First likely
test vote: On a Democrat-spon-
Sored move to tie the Alaskan
statehood bill to Hawaii's.
McLeOd-Senator Mccarthy.
Republican, of Wisconsin says he
will demand an official explana-
ton from Secretary OF State
Dulles on the order stripping r.
w. Scott Mcleod of authority
over State Department personnel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
FOUND

D so:r essE :ns . ssP t'
uroay and taken to ANIMAL RESCUE
LEAGUE. NO. 1880.
DOG. young. part police. very gentle;
found Thursday am, Rittenhouse and
Ge0rGia ave. RA. 6-7822.
PUPPY, honey and white, female ter
rter, cocker ears. JE. 2-7426.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
| Tito Believes Threat
| OF War Is Recedinq,
Urges Peiping Role
BY me As.oeiosed Pres.

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Mar.
2.-Yugoslav President Tito says
! he believes war Is further away
than it was two years ago and
the nations of the world should
recognize Communist China.
|. He also hopes and believes
Yugoslavia's relations with Rus
STA will improve, but says they
haven't gone far beyond routine
diplomatic exchanges.
He set forth his views at a
dinner given in his honor last
Thursday by Belgrade's Foreign
Press Association. His remarks
were released for publication to-
day, with direct quotation bar
red.
1t was 5Ea-hour session,
Marshall Tito's longest nonstop
meeting with the foreign corre-
spondents since he took office.
He was in a jovial mood and
Sidestepped none of the queS-
tions tossed at him.
The .Yugoslav chiefs major
points included these:
l. His administration plans
to avoid participation in the
North Atlantic Alliance and the
proposed European Defense
Community, but has no objec-
ton to its partners in the little
three" defense alliance-Greece
and Turkey. both already NATO
members - participating in a
common European security Or
ganization.
2. The Berlin conference of
the Big Four Foreign Ministers
was a success even If no agree
ment was reached on Germany
and Austria. For one thing, the
talks were held without a rup-
ture in relations.
3. The West should recognize
the Peiping government, if for
no other reason than to give it
a chance to demonstrate if it
could operate free of Moscow's
control Marshal Tito acknowl-
edged he was uncertain what
would result.
4. Yugoslavia still intends to
pursue an independent policy
and never permit any country
to interfere with its internal
affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Gruenther Due Here

PARIS. Mar. 2 (P.-Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther, supreme
allied commander in Europe, Is
leaving Paris Friday by air for q
12-day trip to the United States.
He will have conferences in
Washington described as "rou-
tine" and will deliver speeches IN
Philadelphia, Chicago. Omaha.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
70 Persons Hurt
In Mexico Train Crash
By the Associated press

TORREON. Mex, Mar. g.
Reports reaching here last night
said a passenger train from Gu
dad Juarez overturned near
Yermo, Durango State, yesterday
and at least 70 persons were
injured. 10 critically.
The accident was believed
caused by a warped rail which
had been twisted by recent sharp
temperature changes. The diesel
engine, an express car and two
second class coaches were de-
stroyed, and two first class
coaches and a Pullman were tele-
Scoped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Admiral Charges
Stevenson, Roosevelt
Kept Reds on Job
By Cecil HoIIond

Adlai Stevenson and others.
including the late President
Roosevelt. interviewed to allow
Communist and suspected Com
munist radio operators to con-
tinue working on American
merchant ships in World War II.
q Senate subcommittee was told
today
The testimony came from Rear
Admiral Adolphus Station. re-
tired. Of II East Bradley lane,
Chevy Chase. holder of the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor and
the Navy Cross.
The 74-year-old admiral. who
is engaged in real estate and
property management in Silver
Spring, said he was recalled to
active duty at the outset Of
World War II to head a board
which undertook to weed out of
the merchant marine radio
operators considered security
risks to the United States.
Admiral Testifies.
Admiral Station testified that
early In 1912 while a controversy
ragged in the Navy Department
over the removal of suspected
Communist radio operators. Mr..
Stevenson. the 1852 Democratic
presidential candidate, told him:
Admiral, / don't think you
should be too hard on the
Commies."
Mr.. Stevenson was then an
assistant to the late Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox.
The admiral testified before
the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee. He said the board
had ordered without protest the
custer Of radio operators sus-
pected to Nazi. Fascist and Japa-
nese sympathies.
When similar action was taken
against Communists, the admiral
said. protests poured into WASH
ington and reached to the White
House. He added that a 1912
memorandum initiated "FDR"
overruled the boards action
against suspected Communist
operators.
Admiral Station said Mr.. Knox
read the memorandum at a high
level Navy conference and added:
This was an order which must
be obeyed without mental res
ervation."
On Inactive Duty.
Admiral Station testified the
board became inactive and about
a year later he received orders
directly from the Secretary's Of
flee putting him back on inactive
duty.
AS an aftermath of the contro-
versy. Admiral Station said he was
called before a congressional
committee in 1943 in an investi-
cation of the Federal Commun-
ications Commission. He said he
first received clearance from Mr..
Stevenson to testify.
After testifying in a prelimi-
nary inquiry. the Admiral said
he reported back to Mr.. Steven
son and then was quickly told,
Orders from the White House
you're not to go down there"
Admiral Station said Rear Ad-
miral Stanford Caldwell Hooper,
retired, of 4425 Garfield street
NV, had been instrumental in
setting up the board to pass on
the security qualifications of ship
radio operators during the war.
After the controversy over
ousting the Communist oper-
ators, Admiral Station said he
knew from personal informa-
ton" that Admiral Hooper's
name was "peddled around to
several high Offices to get him
OUT of Washington.
He said Admiral Hooper was
ordered someplace else and after
a short time was placed on the
retired list for physical disability.
LOST.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-10-23
PRIME MINISTE OF SOUTH
AFRICA LEADING ADVOCATE
OF White SUPREMACY and
SEGREGATION IS RETIRING
MaIan's Unexpected Announcement
Is Surprise To South African ation
No Reason Given AS Irrevocable
Retirement Date Is Set

New York, N. Y. Oct. IS (DSN)
The sudden announcement by
South Africa's Prime Minister Dan
lei F. Malan of his retirement al
most on the heels of a sweeping
election victory by his Nationalist
Party is being looked upon as the
signal for far-reaching changes for
the b tier in race relations
throughout the world.
Malan, grim-f faced, heavyjowled
fighter for white supremacy and
racial segregation in the Union of
South Africa, dramatically announ-
ced to his Cabinet on the night of
Oct. II that he would retire from
office Nov. 80.
The 80-year-old leader of South
Africa's Dutch descended Boer
population summoned his official
family to the Prime Minister'S
residence here and told them his
decision is irrevocable.
Havenga Successor
He added that he also would
give up his seat in Parliament
from Pikeberg and retire to his
at Stellenbosch in Cape Province.
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