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Evening star., 1954-10-03

r1ANISV IT, >ONtbS NE QI0WS POSsE@
600 q. year as GINS No. ! executive.
looks startlingly like q Federal
Government Office building suddenly
grown 10 stories tall. And closer
examination only serves to increase
the resemblance to Washington
temple of bureaucracy. Some 1000
people, most Of them indistinguish-
able from Federal civil servants, do
the thousand-and-one white-collar
jobs, from making policy to punch
ing adding machines, that keep GINS
operations on an even keel.
Perhaps the similarity OF GINS
top-level organization to that OF
Federal bureau accounts for much
of the success GIN executives have
enjoyed In Washington. The change
isn't particularly great: from the
motor capital to the National Capital
the most significant evidence OF
transition Is q drastic shrinking OF
the pay envelope.
At any rate, In size and scope,
GINS operation is closely parallel to
such large Government activities as
Agriculture, Atomic Energy, Foreign
Operations, the Post Ofice-or the
Defense Department. The multi
biIlion-dollar budgets, the far-hung,
ambitious plans, the hundreds OF
thousands of employes-an these
are characteristic Of both Govern
ment agencies and the General
Motors Corp. Add fourth factor
the profit incentive-and you have
the chief difference between De-
troit's colossus and that Of Wash
ington.
Millions and Billions
Even people Injured to big govern
ment. who can discuss billions with
out blinking, ind it hard to assimi-
late the fact that business can get
so big. A few simple but staggering
facts:
o Nearly half q million Americans
own General Motors 80 million
shares of common stock.
O In 1853. more than 551 900 Amer
leans earned over $2.5 billion dollars
working In GIN installations.
o without straining itself, GIN pro-
duced last year in United States
plants alone more than 2.8 million
passenger cars and nearly half o
million trucks and buses. It viii
virtually duplicate this feat IN 1864,
and hopes to increase output next
year.
Q In World War II, GIN cut its
civilian production to . nub and
turned out $13,676. .000, 900 worth OF
goods for the military. This achieve
ment impelled Mr.. Wilson, then
GINS president, to observe, III the
Russians had General Motors. they
would not need any lend-lease."
But perhaps the most staggering
fact about GIN Is its tax bill. GINS
taxes are so high that the huge
amount of business the company
does with the Government boils
down to an involved form Of barter
products traded for freedom from
tax liability.
IN the six-year period lo48
through 1853. GIN delivered 10 the
Government vehicles and other
goods for which the corporation was
paid $4,697. .000. 900. In these same
years. GIN paid income and excess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Mccarthy Is One Man Party
Republican Charges in Senate
Flanders Says Senator Is Seeking
To Shutter 6. O. P. With Probe Tactics

emits his war whoopS. He goes
forth to battle and proudly re-
turns with the scalp of a pink
Army dentist"
The Vermont lawmaker asked:
ITO what party does Senator
Mccarthy belong? Is he a hid
den satellite of the Democratic
Party to which he is furnishing
SO much material for quiet mirth?
1t does not seem that his Re-
publican label can be stuck on
very tightly. when by intention
or through ignorance he is doing
his best to shatter that party
whose label he wears"
Senator Flanders said Senator
Mccarthy was "a natural-born
housekeeper," who plunged into
a housekeeping chore when the
new Republican administration
took Office. He added:
OF course. it was not done
quietly. In the long years of
my life I have come to the con-
clusion that natural-born house
wives seldom work quietly-par-
ticularly when cleaning premises
left by some one else. Per-
haps these extremes are neces-
sary if a one-man party is to
be kept in the headlines and in
the limelight."
Senator Mccarthy was not
present to hear Senator Flan-
ders. He was in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
$4,000 Fire His
vFW Clubhouse

Fire caused an estimated $780,
900 damage today to a Veterans
of Foreign Wars clubhouse in
Silver Spring which has been
involved in long controversy
over its operations.
The fire partially destroyed the
third floor and roof Of the IS
room frame building at 2425
Hayden drive, Silver Spring.
Firemen said the blaze was
started by a workman using a
blow torch on the front porch
to burn off old paint. It then
spread through hollow walls to
the third floor.
The damage estimate was
made by County Fire Inspector
/ LinWood Robertson.
The VFW post, Silver Spring
Memorial No. 1862, faced the
possibility of closing in April
1853. when the Montgomery
County Board of Appeals denied
its application for special ex-
ception to the coming ordinance
to permit it to continue to OPP
crate. The decision was reversed
in July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
You Doubt 1t,
Just Ask Any
Bridegroom

ROME. Mar. 9 (NANA).-
Vittorio de Sica. one of Italy's
best-known film producers, has
listed the six noises he believes
give movie audiences the great
est fear:
An AFRAID siren, cracking
flames, a dog bowling over a
corpse, the scream of a stabbed
woman, mystery noises in a
thick fog-and the sound of the
wedding march.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
By Cecil HoIiond

Senator Flanders, Republican,
of Vermont today denounced
Senator Mccarthy as "a one
man party" He charged the
Wisconsin Republican is doing
his best to shatter that party
whose label he wears by in
tention or through ignorance"
In a Senate speech, Senator
Flanders belittled the Commu-
nist-hunting activities of Sena-
tor Mccarthy and suggested the
Senator was diverting this coun-
try'S attention from the mount
ing danger of Communist attacks
from without.
"One must conclude that his
is a one-man party" Senator
Flanders said, land that it's name
is McCarthyiSm, title which he
has proudly accepted"
The Flanders speech was the
most outspoken Republican at
tack on Senator McCarthy's
activities that has been voiced
on the Senate floor. Citing the
dangers from Communist activ-
tiles in many parts of the world,
Senator Flanders said:
In this battle of the age-long
war, what is the part played by
the Junior Senator from Wis
consin? He dons his war paint,
he goes into his war dance, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Injured Girl Trapped 6 Hours
With 2 Men Killed in Crash

aid Ryman. 20, of Harrisonburg,
Va. a soldier. and Mcdonald
Meadows, 20, of New Market, Va.
Suffering a broken leg and
thigh and other injuries, Miss
Shiff1ett was unable to leave the
car or to attract the few motor
lists passing after the midnight
accident.
Finally, after four or five mo-
florists ignored her, she caught
the attention of Landon Alger of
Rileyville. Va, with the beam of
f1ashlight.
She was taken to Rockingham
Memorial Hospital in Harrison
burg by an ambulance of the
Warren q. Kyger funeral home
Of Shenandoah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Police Widen Detective Setup
oFunction on Precinct Basis

cinctS. to aid 1t. Albert B. Hit.
whose headquarters are in the
18th precinct station. in the
fourth inspection district.
Will Provide Cars.
Chief Murray said he plans to
provide police cars for the lieu
tenants, and, eventually. to the
sergeants. These officials have
been using their own automo-
biles without compensation from
the District government.
The chief said police cars, with
their two-way radios, would
offer distinct advantage over
private cars. He said some of
the men now have radios in
their private cars tuned to re-
ceive police broadcasts. but that
the. cannot use the radios to
communicate with headquarters.
Chief Murray said the effec-
tiveness of the localized crime
squads was demonstrated in a
recent housebreaking case, in
which robbery squad men went
to cover the suspects home, but
found district detectives there
ahead of them.
In the same case, a robbery
squad car went to Freedmen'S
Hospital on the report that a
suspect in the HOUSEKEEPING
was there for treatment. When
they arrived. they found District
detectives leading the man from
the hospital.
Murray Enthusiastic
The chief was enthusiastic
about the proposed program.
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott,
chief of detectives, said he
favored the program and recon-
mended it. but that he believed
the detectives in the districts
should work under the Detective
bureau ana not unQer the uni
formed district officials.
Chief Murray said, however,
that the plan does not mean de-
centralizing the Detective Bu-
reau. 1t would, in fact, strength
en- the bureau. he said. He added
that the men to be assigned
would be detailed from tht De-
tective Bureau.
Veteran policemen said the
rivalry might bring better detec-
tive work. They said one result
might be an end to the remark,
Lets finish our coffee first.
when a call came in to the down.
town robbery squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Vondenbere's Condition
Reported Serious

Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, for
mer Air Force chief of staff, is
reported seriously i'll" at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center.
Gen. Vandenberg, SIS, retired
from active duty last June 20
after five years in the top post
of the Air Force. He has been
hospitalized at Walter Reed for
several months.
The nature of his illness has
never been disclosed officially.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

move. the official said. He added
that FCDA would thus be the
first Federal agency to leave the
Capital under the dispersal pro-
gram.
FCDA employs about 400 per-
sons at its headquarters at 1880
Columbia Road NV. Its lease
on that building expires on
April 80.
The Indiantown Gap military
reservation of 1900 acres now
is used by the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard for summer en-
campmentS. It had been used
by the United States Army 5th
Division for training until last
September. The reservation also
was a training base for soldiers
in World War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Democrats Tax Talk
May |njure Business,
Reed Says in House
Feor Of Buyers Strike
Cited; COP. Trying to
Bor More Excise Cuts
By Robert K. Welsh

: Chairman Reed of the Ways
and Means Committee charged
in the House today that Demo-
Gratis are encouraging a "propa-
ganda campaign" that could start
a buyers strike against the au-
tomobile industry, affected by an
excise tax bill awaiting action
tomorrow.
The New York Republican and
Representative Mccormack of
Massachusetts,, Democratic dep
uty leader. tangled in a brief
exchange as House Republicans
prepared for a hold-the- line mud
die late today.
SPEAKER Martin told reporters
the purpose of the closed session
after the House adjourns this
afternoon is to obtain a solid
front against a Democratic drive
to cut excise taxes still more
than the S12 million slash rec
commended by the Ways and
Means Committee.
Administration Opposes Cut.
MI. Reeds speech today, how
ever. dealt with another major
section of the bill scheduled for
four hours of floor debate tomor-
row. That provision would con-
tinue the present excise tax rate
which otherwise would automat-
lcally decrease April l on auto
mobiles. automotive parts, gaso-
line, liquor. beer, wine and to-
bacco. The Eisenhower admin
lstratlon favorS that extension.
1t is unhappy about the size of
the proposed 1912 million reduc-
ton in excuses on numerous
other items and services.
Mr.. Reed took the floor after
Mr.. Mccormack declared the bill
would make permanent the ex-
listing rates which otherwise
would go down April / on au-
tomobiles and the other specified
items.
Will Move to Recommit.
MIR. Mccormack said he would
move tomorrow to recommit the
excise tax bill with instructions
that it be amended to have the
proposed extension remain in eff
feet no longer than April /, 1855,
He also served notice that he
would include in the same mo-
ton an amendment that would
remove all excise taxes on movie
theater admissions of so cents
and under.
Somebody has started a prop
uganda campaign to stir up the
automobile people by claim
(See TAXES, Page A-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Civil Defense Headquarters
Will Be Moved From CAPITAL
Indiontown Cop, Po., Considered
As New Site of National Agency

The Federal Civil Defense
Agency said today it will soon
move its headquarters out of
Washington, but that it has not
yet decided on new site.
An FCDA official confirmed
that Indiantown Gap, Pa, was
one of the sites under considera-
ton. An Associated Press dis
patch from Harrisburg reported
Gov. John S. Fine Of Pennsyl-
vania as saying conferences were
underway here in connection
with move to Indiantown Gap
and that a decision was due in
a week or 10 days.
Threat of an atomic attack on
Washington was the prime con-
sideration in the decision to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Would 500, 900 Make
You Quit Your Job?

100000 BAIT-A Los Angeles
soilor hos quite problem to settle
will he stoy in the Navy or get out
to receive 100000 inheritonee?
See life in the U. S." Pooe AS.
DlGNlFlED PEANUTs-The PEG.
nut. usually ossoeioted with baseball,
circuses and ehiIdren's sandwiches, is
moving into q more dienified position
on the menu. Food Editor Violet
Foulkner tells how to use the eoober,
especially during Lent, on poee 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
President Picked Nixon.
To Reply to Stevenson
By the Assoeioted Press

President Eisenhower. it now
is known. handpicked Vice Pres
ident Nixon to fire back the Re-
publican Party'S reply to charges
by Adlai Stevenson that the
party is using Islander. dissen-
sion and deception" to try to
win the coming congressional
elections.
But Senator Mccarthy, while
terming Mr.. Nixon as an excel
lent choice" to speak for the
party. made it clear last night he
still expects NBC and CHS to give
him free radio and TV time to
reply to what he. called q vicious
attack on me personally" by Mr..
Stevenson, the 1852 Democratic
presidential candidate. I
81 am delegating to no one
the authority to defend me-"
Senator Mccarthy told newsmen
in New York after he had learned
the two big networks had re-
Jected his demand for equal air
time. but had agreed instead to
give the Republican Party a 30
minute rebuttal period next Sat-
urday night.
Has Friend on FEC.
The Senator limited strongly
he might take the matter to the
Federal Communications Com
mission, of which his friend,
Robert E. Lee, recently became a
member. The FEC licenses and
regulates radio and television
= operations.
Addressing a big Democratic
rally in Miami. last Saturday,
Mr.. Stevenson aimed much of
his attack at Senator Mccarthy,
whom he accused of seeking to
lead the Republican party to a
"malign and fatal totalitarian-
ISM" The titular leader of the
Democrats also said the Repub-
licans are divided half Nc
Carthy and half Eisenhower.
Chairman Leonard w. Hall Of
the Republican National Com
mittee, claiming that Mr.. Ste
venson had "impunged the Eisen-
hover administration" got in
ahead Of Senator Mccarthy yes
terday with a formal bid for
equal radio and TV time to re-
(See MCCARTHY, Page A-30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
By J. Theodore Crown

Police today broadened their
war on crime by setting up what
amounts to detective bureau in
each of the city's IA precincts.
Chief Robert v. Murray said
the move is an extension of the
"Shimonize squad" system, set
up five months ago, when the
city was split up into five inspec-
ton districts.
The squads get their name
from 1t. Joseph B. Shimon, who
headed the first such group in
an experiment started more than
year ago. 1t. Shimon now
heads the crime squad in the
second inspection district.
Chief Murray said the plan
showed such promising results in
breaking crime that it's expan-
sion was inevitable. Under the
system. detective sergeants will
be assigned to handle crime
squad activities in precincts not
now covered by lieutenants.
Sergeants Assigned.
The first such assignment was
Detective Sergt. Thomas T. Bar
bour, named to the 14th precinct.
He will aid 1t. Nunzio Bonac-
corsy. who. with headquarters in
the ninth precinct station, leads
crime-squad activities in the fifth
inspection district. Another SER
geant is to be assigned to the
18th precinct to round out the
crime-squad setup in the fifth
inspection district.
Other sergeants will be as
signed as follows:
To the first precinct, to aid
1t. Shimon in the first inspection
district. with headquarters in the
second precinct station.
To the seventh and eighth
precincts. to aid 1t. George H.
Robson. whose headquarters are
in the third precinct station, in
the second inspection district.
To the fourth and eleventh
precincts, to aid 1t. James
Powell, whose headquarters are
in the fifth precinct station, in
the third inspection district.
To the sixth and tenth pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Baltimore Council Gets
Scraw|ed Shooting Threat
By the Assoeicted Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 9.-"Look
out council you are next for a
big shooting you low sewer rats"
That was the pencil-scrawled,
unpunctuated message received
yesterday by the Baltimore City
Council. The word Communist"
appeared at the end of the mes
sage and it was not known
whether it was meant as a sig
nature or a Slur.
The councilmen accepted the
message calmly. several of them
commenting that they often re-
ceive anonymous cards or letters.
This one wasn't addressed to any
individual councilman.
Yesterdays message merited
second look. however, because of
the recent shooting in the
House Of Representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Special Dispo.eh TO The ssor

LURAY, Va, Mar. "a young
Virginia woman told today how
she lay seriously injured in the
wreckage of a car for nearly six
hours before she was able to at
tract attention Of passing motor
lists to herself and two male
companions who were killed.
Miss Leona Shifflett, Is, of Nc
Gaheysville, Va, said the acci-
dent occurred when the hood of
the 1941 model car flew up,
binding the driver as the car
reached a new bridge site on
y. S. Route $40, 4 miles north
of Shenandoah.
Killed when the car plunged
over an embankinent were Rom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
That SizzIe at White House
Was President COOKING Steak

President Eisenhower disclosed
today he likes to put on a white
apron and broil steaks over a
charcoal fire in the solarium on
top of the White House.
He told six All Club winners
visiting his Office that this was
what he did with steaks from a
calf that were presented him by
All Club members in Kansas
City.
AS the President told it, he
did not mention the solarium-
just said he enjoyed charcoal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

broiling steaks on top of the
White House.
His press secretary. James C.
Hagerty, later explained to re-
porters that the President fire.
quently wheels a portable char
coal broi1er into the solarium
and cooks steaks there.
How does he get rid of the
smoker" reporter asked.
He just opens the windows, 4"
Mr.. Hagerty replied.
He added that you can't stop
the President from cooking at
times"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
French Offensive Promised.

SAIGON, Indo-C China, Mar. 9
R.-Gen. Henri Navarro, COM
mander in chief of French Union
forces. promised his 100000
troops today that "soon it will
be our turn to take the Of
fensive." In an open letter he
said: LET us be optimistic. We
have several more hard weeks
before us, but from now on we
are certain that in the course
Of this campaign the enemy will
not be able to achieve any of his
detectives" He said the Wet
Mini has committed all it's bat
tie corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
AFL President Urges
S00O-a-Year Raise
For Federal Employees
Meony Tells Hearing
LoyoI Workers Get
Shabby Treatment
Rv ineanh Youno
BY Joseph Young

President George Meany of the
American Federation of Labor
today urged Congress to grant
Government employees an $500
a year average pay raise.
Testitying before the House
Civil Service Committee. the AFL
chief sharply criticized the adj
ministration for its shabby"
treatment of Government en-
ployes pay raise requests.
The administration has pro-
posed a postal pay rec,assifica-
ton plan averaging about a 500
increase. and a classified en-
ployes pay plan that would pro-
vide an overall three and one
half per cent average increase.
This sort of treatment of
loyal employees is shabby, and, I
use that term advisedly," Mr..
Meany declared. Il feel sure the
majority of the committee will
agree it is shabby. This is just
the kind of treatment which
keeps many well-qualified persons
from considering Government
employment and diScourages the
younger generation from plan
ming Government career in
this field"
Proposals Incredible"
Mr.. Meany was particularly
critical of the administration S
proposals which would deny any
increase to classified employees
in the first two grades and pro-
vide as little as $40 a year for
some postal clerks. Mr.. Meany
called the proposals incredible. -
The AFL leader declared that
in 1851, when Federal workers
received their last pay increase,
the Civil Service Commission
admitted that employees were
entitled to 81 per cent increase
to catch UP with rising living
costs. Yet Government workers
received only an eight per cent
increase and living costs have
risen even higher since that time,
the witness declared.
Mr.. Meany pointed to the fact
that Government employees have
suffered a loss in fringe bene-
fits during the last few years
through reduction of leave bene-
fits and restrictions on promo
tons.
Backes Boost for Congress.
In his testimony Mr.. Meany
also urged Congress to vote it
self an annual salary of $25, 900.
Members of Congress now reveice
a salary of $12, 500 plus $4,000 for
expenses.
Meanwhile, the AFL Govern
ment Employees Council, repre-
sehting more than 100000 CLASH
fed and postal workers. today
begin a three-day pay rally.
Thousands of Government
workers from all parts of the
country Streamed into Washing
ton to visit their Senators and
Representatives on Capitol Hill
to urge support of Federal pay
raise legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

television and radio broadcast.
and would not have the final
draft ready until he has con-
ferred with the President and
other Republican leaders.
Asked whether Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican. of Wiscon-
sin. is one of the Republican
leaders with Thorn he intends
to confer, Mr.. Nixon told a re-
porter:
Senator Mccarthy is not in
Washington now"
Mr.. Nixon said he will be
speaking next Saturday as
spokesman for the Republican
Party and. more particularly. for
the President. He added: And
I have a pretty good idea what
I want to say"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Late News
Bulletins
Red Cross Gets $288 ,43C

The Red Cross fund drive
today announced collections of
$2SS,43O in gifts and pledges at
its luncheon In the Chamber of
Commerce building. This is
1871 per cent Of the ST. 463,5 500
goal. Last year at this time
the drive had reached 1873 per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Alaska Vote Tomorrow

Senator Anderson, DEM
Ocrat. of New Mexico told the
conference of Democratic Sem
atOrs today he will move at
once to tie Alaska to the
Hawaiian statehood bill. Two
Democrats. Long of Louisiana,
and Holland Of Florida, indi-
Gated they would not go along
with the move which is ex-
pected to reach q vote on close
party lines tomorrow.
Earlier Story ON Page A-4.)