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Evening star., 1954-12-04
Southern Democrats Win
Fight to Bar Loyalty Oath
Photo.

and free discussion. Not a sharp
or unkind word was spoken. The
chairman and the two vice
chairmen were directed to re-
ceive all proposals designed to
bring about the desired end-the
placing of the National Conven-
tion's nominees on the State
ballots. We will then draft the
proposal which we will submit
to the National Committee. The
National Committee, in turn, will
submit it to the National Con-
vention."
It was explained by Repre-
sentative Rayburn of Texas, next
Speaker of the House and per-
manent chairman of the 1852
national convention, that the
loyalty oath provision. along
with all the rules of the 1852
convention, died with the ad-
journment of the convention.
The 1856 convention will adopt
its own rules.
Streamlining Sought.
In addition, Chairman Mitch
ell will appoint a special sub
committee to make recommen-
dations for streamlining the
1856 national convention and for
the proper use of televiSion and
radio.
Gov. Battle said the commit
tee had agreed on principles"
SO. far. as the loyalty oath issue
was concerned. Senator Hum
phrey added that a foremost
purpose was to assure getting
the Democratic presidential
nominees properly on the State
ballots, which they had been
denied in some States in 1948.
He was emphatic in saying,
however, that the personal 10y
atty oath for delegates was
out; that delegates would not
have to sign anything, although
no formal action had been
taken by the Advisory Commit
tee on the subject.
"This," said Senator Hum
phrey, ought to discourage the
Republicans"
To Prevent Delay. .
The streamlining process for
the national convention will take
the polling of State delegations,
when demanded, from the main
convention room so that the
roll calls may proceed without
the great delays which occurred
in 1852. 1t will also cut the
number Of speeches of the dele
gates. and in general make the
national convention more or
derly and expeditions.
I'VE won't have to meet all
night" Chairman Mitchell said.
I'VE will have the nominating
speeches in the early evening,
and not in the early morning
hours
Senator Humphrey COM
mented:
ALSO we will have more time
to give to nominating a vice
presidential candidate. Let the
Republicans take notice of that"
He has been highly critical
of Vice President Nixon.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Davies
Continued From First Page.)

ploye who leaves the department
for any reason. -
The form was put in effect on
June 20, 1858.
Dismissed i'm November.
Mr.. Davies, a foreign service
officer for half his As years, was
dismissed November by Secre-
tary of State Dulles. The $4,000
due him includes his own pen
sion contribution.
Mr.. Dulles upheld a unanimous
decision by a f1ve-member hear
ing board that Mr.. Davies
showed a "lack of Judgment, dis
cretion and reliability" Mr..
Dulles said there was no finding
that Mr.. Davies was "disloyal in
the sense Of having any Com
munist affinity" But he agreed
with the board that Mr.. Davies
continued employment "is not
clearly consistent with the in
terest of the national security"
Won't Contest Decision.
Mr.. Davies said he would not
contest the secretary's decision.
However. he labeled 1t a mel
ancholy outcome" after % years.
service-and eight prior clear
ances by loyalty-security boards
in the Truman administration.
He suggested that Secretary
Dulles release the whole record
Of my case"
The Associated Press said Mr..
Davies lawyer, Benjamin Shute
Of New York, was considering
whether to. press Mr.. Dulles
on this suggestion. The Sec
retary, noting he had not
closed the door finally on
publication, said last month
1t seemed against the national
interest to release the full record.
Other points Mr.. Shute might
present to Secretary Dulles
within the next two weeks, it
was understood, include whether
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Red Proposed Pay Boost
In Italy Is Defeated
BY the A.soeioied Press

ROME, Dec. 3.-Premier Mario
Scelba's government won a solid
vote of confidence in the Cham
ber of Deputies last night. de-
feating a Communist-proposed
pay boost for public employees.
The vote was 278-208 with two
abstentions.
The proposal by Communist
deputy, Giuseppe di Vittorio
would have established regular
S per cent pay boosts for pub
lie workers every two years. Mr..
Di Vittorio is boss of Italy's big
gest union, the General Confed-
Grafton of Labor.
The government opposed the
proposal as being beyond its
means. 1t presently grants very
small biannual increases.
The government decided to
make the issue a confidence test
just before the vote was taken.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
|MilIikin Confident
|KnowIand viii STAY
As Senate Leader
BY the Assoeioted Press

Senator Millikin, Republican,
of Colorado, said today he is
confident Senator Knowland Of
California will continue as Sen
ate Republican leader despite
a sharp party division over con-
demnation of Senator Nc
Carthy's conduct.
Among G. o. p. Senators. %
voted for condemnation and %
against. Forty-four Democrats
and Senator Morse, Independent,
of Oregon. made the final tally
67-22 in favor of rebuking the
Wisconsin Republican.
Opposed Condemnation.
Senator Knowland was one of
the % Republicans opposing
condemnation. This group in
cluded several Senators who
share Senator Knowland's views
on United States policy in Asia,
and Senator Aiken, Republican
of Vermont. suggested this
played a part in the balloting
Senator Knowland's views on
Asia recently have been in ap-
parent conflict with those OF
the Eisenhower administration
Referring to the possible effect
of the Mccarthy debate on SEN
ator Knowland's position as
party leader, Senator Millikin
chairman of the G.. o. P. Senate
Conference. said in an interview
II feel certain he will be re-
tanned. i. I do not believe there
will be a permanent division in
the Republican organization o1
the Senate"
Several others expressed the
same view and Senator Know
land himself said, II don't think
the alleged cleavage is as deep
as some say"
Other Republicans, including
Senator Young of North Dakota,
secretary of the G. o. P. Confer
ence, said the Mccarthy fight
has left deep political scars. Sem
ator Young said, however, that
Senator Knowland doubtless
would remain the party's Senate
leader in the new session. begin
ming next month.
Ranks Split on Issue.
The G. o. p. split on the con-
demnation issue extended into
the ranks of the Republican
leadership in the Senate.
On the final vote. Senators
Knowland. Young, Millikin, and
Bridges of New Hampshire, dean
of the G. O. P. Senators and
Senate president pro tempore,
voted aaginst condemnation,
Among those voting to con-
denim Senator McCarthy's con-
duct were Senators Saltonstall,
Republican of Massachusetts,,
the assistant floor leader, and
Ferguson. Republican of Michi-
gan. chairman of the G. o. p
Policy Committee.
Senator Ferguson, who was
defeated in last months election
said the Republican split would
soon be forgotten. sf$
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Officers Conviction
In Army Bribe Case
Upheld on Appeal

The conviction Of an Army
captain accused of taking about
$4,000 in bribes from German
businessmen has been upheld by
the United States Court of Mill
tary Appeals.
Capt. Boris Haimson. IS. was
sentenced to seven years in
prison and dismissal from the
Army, after a general court
martial last year at Heidelberg,
Germany.
The captain, who served as
supply officer for a corps Of en-
gineers. was accused of favor
ing certain German business
concerns while processing bids
for Army supplies, in return for
bribes.
Russian-Born American.
The Russian-born officer. who
became an American citizen
about 1910. was charged spe-
cif1cally with taking the money
during 1851 and 1852.
The appellate court. in a de-
cision handed down yesterday,
did not agree with the defense
counsel's contention that the
commanding officer who con-
vened the court-martial "had
aligned himself with the prose-
cution and thus had become an
accuSer."
Court Comments.
In commenting on this conten-
ton, the appellate court stated:
This court has not evidenced
unawareness of the threat posed
by the command control Of judi
cial proceedings. On the con-
trary, we have apprehended, un-
masked and condemned its
exercise with dispatch - even
when manifested in subtle and
inchoate forms. .,.
"Yet our vision is not suffi-
GENTLY keen to enable us to de-
scry those malign aspects which
defense counsel believe to be
present in the practice under
consideration here" ..
Capt. Haimson's wife and child
live in New York City. The Off
cet is now in disciplinary quar-
ters at New Cumberland. Pa.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
BY q Star Staff Correspondent

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. A.
Southern Democrats won a sig
nal victory at the Democratic
National Committee meeting
yesterday in the special advisory
committee on rules for the
party's national conventions.
The 1852 loyalty oath" provi-
sion was tossed out the window
Retiring Democratic National
Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell,
who is chairman of the Advisory
Committee; Gov. Battle of Vir-
ginia. the vice chairman of the
Advisory Committee, and Sena-
tor Humphrey of Minnesota an
nounced at a press conference
that no oath or assurance in
writing. as a prerequisite for the
seating of delegates. would be
included in the committees rec
concentrations.
Much Bitterness.
The loyalty oath was adopted
by the national convention two
years ago in an effort to compel
the delegates to pledge them
selves to have the names of the
presidential and vice persiden-
tial nominees of the convention
placed on their State ballots as
the candidates of the Democrat
ic Party. It caused a terrific
battle in the national conven-
tion and much bitterness.
While a substitute proposal
has not yet been finally drafted,
it is understood that it will fol-
low the proposal made by
Jonathan Daniels of North
Carolina and Senator Holland of
Florida at the 1852 convention.
This proposal, which was turned
down by the convention, would
have expressed the consensus
that the honorable course" of
every participating delegate was
to support the majority deci-
sionS of the conventions.
In addition, the Advisory
Committee may recommend that
laws be enacted in the various
States to make certain the
nominees of the national con-
ventions of both the Republican
and Democratic Parties have
their proper places on the elec-
ton ballots for President and
Vice President. Mr.. Daniels, a
member of the Advisory Com
mittee, said he was highly
pleased with the committee dis.
cussions, which lasted through
out the day.
Harmonious Meetings.
Chairman Mitchell said the
meetings were harmonious and
constructive and that great
progress had been made. He
said there had been a complete
review of all the rules of the
1852 National Convention, in
cluding the loyalty oath resolu-
ton.
Almost so members of the
Advisory Committee were pres
ent," he said, from all parts of
the country. There was a full
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Chief Supersonic Developer
To Receive Wright Trophy
High Speed Planes
OF U. S. Credited to
Won Kurmun's S Work
By chorIes J. Yorbrouqh

DIR. Theodore Won Karman,
dean Of the worlds aeronautical
scientists whose vision gained the
United States its place in super
sonic airpower. will receive the
Wright Brothers Memorial
Trophy for 1854.
The National Aeronautic Asso-
citation, through its president,
Thomas G. Lanphier, jr., in an
nouncing the award today. quoted
the citation accompanying the
trophy:
mo other man has had a
greater influence on the develop
ment of high-speed aircraft in
the United States"
The 73-year-old Hungary-born
scientists, aeronautical engineer
and teacher. now is in Europe as
chairman of the advisory group
for aeronautical research and de-
velopment under NATO. He also
is chairman of the Air Force Sci
entific Advisory Board.
Seventh Recipient.
He will be the seventh recip-
lent of the Wright Trophy.
Others, since the award was
started in 1948 by NAA, are DR..
William F. ,Durand, Charles A.
Lindbergh. Grover Looming, DR..
Jerome Hunsaker, 1t. Gen.
James H. Doolittle and Repre-
sentative Hinshaw, Republican,
Of California.
In recent years. research
conducted by DR.. Won Karman
in airflow turbulence has greatly
improved the range, speed and
maneuverability of supersonic
aircraft. His basic contributions
which have made possible the
development of supersonic re-
search and operational aircraft
include:
First theory of supersonic drag
in 1885.
First supersonic windtunnel
project in the United, States in
1888.
Conceived jet assisted takeoff
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Water Intuke Guuqed

YUMA, Ariz.-After two sum-
mers at the Yuma Army Test
Station. Quartermaster Corps re-
searchers found, men involved
in the desert project drank ar
average of IT quarts of water q
day. They lost an average of SO
quarts through perspiration.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
| Mail Cover Probe Report

proper Identification, informa-
ton regarding the addresses,
return cards. or postmarks on
mail, but shall not withhold
such mail from the addresses,
or delay its delivery. If the
information so given to such
officers relates to a violation
of the postal laws, the post
master shall report this action
Immediately to the post Office
inspector in charge of the
division in which his Office is
located.
D. H. Stephens, chief inspec-
tor for the Post Office Depart
ment. testified that never are
the contents of the mail in
Spected and further that the
mail must not be delayed OF
withheld as a result of the
"cover." Nevertheless, it ois
obvious to your committee thai
some delay in the mail is un.
avoidable if the request fol
"coverage" is complied with.
These mail covers" were i'm
posed in the course Of Investiga-
ton Of Joseph r. Mccarthy and
William Benton, conducted by
the Subcommittee on Privileges
and Elections pursuant to S. Res.
187 and S. Res. 304 of the 82d
Congress. Your special commit
tee is convinced on the basis of
conclusive evidence that the
mail covers" were imposed with
out the knowledge and without
the consent of any of the men,
bers of the Subcommittee on
Privileges and Elections and the
chairman Of the full committee.
They were initiated by chief
counsel to the subcommittee Paul
j. Cotter who was responsible
for them and actually put into
effect by staff investigators
Francis K. Plant and Robert
Shortley, under instructions from
Cotter.
Requested From Postmasters.
The mail cover was actually
requested from the postmasters
at Washington, D. c., and Ken
sington. Md, in letters of request
from the subcommittee, which
set forth the address to be
covered and dates for commence
ment and termination of the
activity. These letters both in
original and file copy have been
received by the committee as
exhibits in the inquiry; the orig
inals carry a facsimile of the
signature of Subcommittee Chair
man Thomas C. Hennings, jr.,
made by a rubber stamp. Your
committee is convinced that the
representation of Senator Hen
nings' signature was affixed to
the letters without his knowl-
edge or consent.
Evidence discloses that a sig
nature stamp of the subcommit-
tee chairman, Mr.. Hennings, was
available in the committee room
and in his personal Office. The
committee is unable to determine
upon the evidence who actually
stamped any of the letters in
question.
The facsimile of Senator Hen
nings' signature was acted upon
by the postmasters at Washing
ton and Kensington. Md, as his
actual signature.
First Senator Covered.
The committee received no
testimony and no evidence to
Evening star., 1954-12-04
White House ParIey
On Education 10
Take-Up Financing

Specific proposals for dealing
with problems OF school financ-
ing across the Nation will be
sought in the White House Con-
ference on Education to be held
next year. according to its chair
man.
Neil H. McElroy OF Cincinnati.
Ohio, conference chairman. told
reporters yesterday he hopes for
such proposals as a result of
the national conference and
conferences in the District and
various States, to be held before
hand.
The White House conference,
sponsored by President Eisen-
hover, Is being planned to assay
national educational problems
and report on them to the Pres
ident. It is slated to be held
here from November % to De-
cember l, 1855.
Meeting Held Here.
Conference leaders held their
first meeting here yesterday and
also met President Eisenhower
at the White House. A statement
of conference objectives is ex-
pected to be made public soon.
Mr.. McElroy, who is president
Of the Proctor and Gamble Co.,
indicated he prefers to leave
school financing to State and
local authorities, rather than
providing Federal aid.
I'm this country the tradi-
tional way of handling education
has been State and local, but
there's no predisposition to ex-
clude other ways he declared.
Mr.. McElroy listed these objec-
tives of the conference, which is
slated to be preceded by confer
ences here and in the various
States:
Bringing about a more wide
spread knowledge and apprecia-
tion of. and interest in education.
Helping to create a continuing
concern on the part of great
numbers of citizens to face their
responsibilities toward education.
Serving to bring about an
analysis of the current condition
of our education system.
Providing examples of solu-
tions to educational problems
and inspiration for an accelerated
effort in planning more action
programs of school improvement.
Providing the basis for a re-
port to the President concerning
the significant and pressing
problems in the field of educa-
ton and recommendations in so
far as possible for their solution.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Democrats
Continued From First Page.)

meeting" he said. II think ii
should be OPEN"
Mr.. Rayburn does not be-
ieve that any of the 'front.'
running candidates for the Office
fills the bill and bluntly told the
Democrats and the press that
this is not the time to elect q
chairman. He added that none
of the chief candidates has over
Whelming support for that office;
that the race would in effect
degenerate into a popularity con-
test. He also argued that a post
ponement would avoid a COM
tnittee fight.
Mr.. Butler and Mr.. Di Sale
see in the proposal only an effort
to push them aside. Mr.. Finne-
gan is now in a Philadelphia
hospital recuperating from a
gall bladder operation. Some
of the Pennsylvanians are not
too, much averse to having
the election put off, believing
that a postponement may give
Mr.. Finnegan a better chance.
: Complicated From Start.
The race for chairman has
been complicated from the start.
Mr.. Butler, who is Mr.. Mitchell's S
choice, is persona non grata with
Mr.. Truman. Mr.. Di Sale,
who was price administra-
tor under Mr.. Truman, is not
liked by some of the Southern
ers. Mr.. Butler and his friends
have claimed for days that he
is out in front with a minimum
of 81 votes pledged to him, suf-
ficient to give him majority of
the committee and election.
F. Joseph (Jiggs) Donohue,
former District Commissioner,
has offered himself as a COM
promise candidate. He told q
meeting of Midwest and West
ern State representatives yes
terday he would be in position
to raise adequate funds for the
National Committee so that it
could begin the 1856 campaign
without delay. He pointed out,
too, that coming from the Ma
tion's Capital, he would be in a
neutral position so far as any
and all potential candidates for
the 1856 Democratic presiden-
tial nomination are concerned
There are other possibilities
for the Craftsmanship in the
event of a deadlock, among them
Senator Clements of Kentucky,
now chairman of the Democrat
ic Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee: Representative Hale
Boggs Of Louisiana, whom the
Louisiana Democrats are back
ing. and Archibald S. Alexander
of New Jersey.
The Midwest and Western
meeting gave up all attempt to
vote as a unit on the chairman
ship, after they had heard Mr.
Butler, Mr.. Donohue, Mr.. Disable
and a representative of Mr.. Fin
negan, Dave Lawrence. Pennsyl-
vania's national committeeman.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
Film on Lunq Cancer

A color motion picture, Zone
in Twenty Thousand" which
shows the relationship between
lung cancer and smoking will be
shown at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at
the auditorium of Columbia Hall.
Washington Missionary College,
Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1954-12-04

tor Mccarthy. Republican. OF
Wisconsin.
Senate Resolution 1872, adopted
December !, created this special
committee and authorized it to
conduct an investigation to de-
termine if a cover was main
tanned on the mail to or from
Senator Joseph r. Mccarthy or
any other Senator and if so. the
persons responsible and the pc
. riod during which this cover
was maintained. i.,..
The committee, consisting of
Senator Homer Ferguson OF
Michigan and Senator Walter F.
George of Georgia, met pursu-
ant to the resolution, Thursday,
December 2, to hear testimony
from a number of Senators and
other witnesses believed to have
knowledge Of the use of a mail
cover.
BY way Of explanation, a mail
cover appears to be an investi-
gative technique which enlists
the aid of the postmaster at the
Office where the coverage would
occur to determine the addressee,
return address and postmark of
all mail received at a certain
address. or addresses.
Cotter Asked "Cover."
On the basis of the testimony,
it is clear that a mail cover was
imposed on first-class mail in
coming to Senator Joseph r.
Mccarthy at his home address
for the period from October "a,
1852, to November 16, 1852. The
post Office at Washington, D. c.,
in the request for the mail cover,
was asked to furnish the names
of addresses, the poStmarks
and the names and addresses of
the addressors and to forward
that information to the COM
mittee on a daily basis marked
for the attention of Paul j. Cot
ter, chief counsel.
The mail cover was imposed
on all f1rst-class mail addressed
to 5157 Thirty-third street NV,
Washington, D. c., which ap-
pears to be the address shared
by Senator Joseph r. McCar-
thy and Ray Kiermas, admins
trative assistant to Senator Nc
Carthy.
Mail covers were also imposed
on mail addressed to 3032
Twenty-fourth street NE, from
November 6. 1852, to December
6, 1852. This appears to have
been the address of Miss Jean
Kerr. The mail addressed to
Mr. Donald A.. Surine at 9606
Garland avenue, Takoma Park,
Nd, was also put under cover"
as was mail addressed to 500
Thirteenth street Sc, Washing
ton, D. c., from october "a, 1852,
to November Is, 1852.
The record is also clear that
mail covers" were imposed and
maintained without the consent
of Senator Mccarthy or any of
the others covered"
According to the testimony, no
cover" was maintained against
the mail addressed to Senator
Mccarthy, or any one else, at
the Senate Office Building.
Regulation concerning mail
covers" is contained in Chapter
Ill of the Post Office manual
and reads as follows:
INFORMATION FURNISHED.
/. Persons to whom infor-
nation may be furnished
Postmasters and others in the
Postal Service shall not give
to unauthorized persons in
formation concerning mail.
They shall furnish such in
formation to post Office In
spectors. and may furnish 1t
also to the sender, the adj
dressee, or the authorized
! representative of either, upon
satisfactory Identification and
provided the information re-
quested is proper for the appli-
! cant to receive. To aid In the
apprehension Of fugitives from
justice, postmasters may give
, to officers OF the law. uAon
s
Evening star., 1954-12-04

FOLLOWING is the tert OF the
report OF the special Senate
committee, composed OF Sem
Gtors Ferguson, Republican. OF
Michigan, and George, Demo-
crat. OF Georgia, iDhtch aDaS
named to Investigate the
checking of the mail OF SEND
tor Mccarthy. Republican. OF
Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1954-12-04
First Senator Covered.

The committee received no
testimony and no evidence to
Evening star., 1954-12-04
LOST,

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[vIcoRP

instructions Of the Vicorp
Field Contact Representative
must be followed.
8. The cooperation of pri-
vate growers IS earnestly So
Elicited.
, 1954-02-27
BANK BOOKS LOST

Savings Bank Book No. FIST
having been reported lost or
stolen, the holder thereof is
hereby requested to present
it to the Bank within twelve
az weeks from this date, as
otherwise the Book will be
cancelled and a new one is
sued in its place at the expira
ton Of this period.