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Evening star., 1954-10-11

ington to Moscow was thereby
opened up.
Although the government in
question to which the Petersen
documents were transmitted
is not Great Britain, 1t may be-
noted In passing that Donald
MacLean, who was for long
time in charge Of the "Ameri-
can desk" in the British For
eign Office, fed in May, 1851,
behind the Iron Curtain.
The new scandal points up
clearly one thing-that the
United States Senate is allow
ing itself to become the victim
Of a "red herring" when 1t
proposes to spend q special
session debating whether Sem
ator Mccarthy used polite Ian
guage to a general or to a
Senator while at the same time
the weaknesses of the Ameri-
can security system are not
being investigated.
The Congress established a
Senate and a House commit
tee on governmental opera
tions. Senator Mccarthy as
the head Of the Senate COM
mittee has been trying to focus
attention on the weakness of
the present security system.
only to find himself prosecuted
and prosecuted. But the facts
which are emerging now in
dicate that a coverup job has
been done on the real loose
ness inside executive agencies.
1t Is not the result of any dis
loyalty among officials here.
but it is the direct conse-
quence of administrative in
competence.
To this day all the facts
about the Fort Monmouth
scandal have not been revealed,
and determined efforts have
been made to hush up what
happened there. At Fort Mon
mouth are the secrets relating
to the newest methods Of de-
tecting the approach of enemy
bombers bearing atomic bombs.
This is important to the safety
of the people of the United
States. Yet the military rec
concentrations that certain
things be cleaned up at Fort
Monmouth were overruled or
neglected by civilian boards
whose acts have, never been
exposed to public view. Why
were the Army's own recon-
mendations so long neglected
at Fort Monmouth? What
civilians were mixed up in this
neglect of duty?
Evening star., 1954-10-11

The current Attorney Cen
eral is always an obvious
possibility for the high court.
The President began his term
with obvious regard for Her.
bert Brownell, the Dewey lieu
tenant in charge at Chicago.
There is no evidence that that
regard has lessened.
What has happened, how
ever, is that key Senators. in
cluding the elder statesmen
whose opinion in such matters
as the Supreme Court carry
such great and non-partisan
weight. have taken a dim view
of Attorney General Brownell'S
legal qualifications. This is
aside from partisan politics. He
naturally made enemies among
the Democrats with his Harry
Dexter White show, in which
he all but accused Harry Tru-
man of treason. But ii is such
men as the conservative George
of Georgia. who says publicly
he seems IAN extraordinary
choice" for Attorney General,
that he has to fear.
There Is sure to be on Gen.
Eisenhower, as on past Presi-
dents, pressure to promote the
career judges of the lower Fed
eral courts. Many sincere peo-
pie in both parties were bitterly
critical of Presidents Roose-
welt and Truman for making
political appointments to the
Court and they can be expected
to take their story to the
White House again.
Evening star., 1954-10-11

President Eisenhower's social
security program will enable 10
million more people to partici-
pate in a better and a stronger
social security program.
Approximately 250.000 Amer
leans become physically dis
abled each year. The total
number of disabled people in
the country is now about 2 mil
lion. To help these unfortunate
persons, the Presidents ex-
panded rehabilitation program
would more than triple. in five
years, the present number Of
disabled persons restored each
year to useful, productive lives.
We have only IL per cent OF
the necessary hospital beds to
care for people with chronic
diseases. There are far too few
medical facilities for persons
who need medical care but do
not require disqualification.
The shortage of comprehensive
rehabilitation centers prevents
thousands Of disabled persons
from being rehabilitated. Pres
ident Eisenhower's medical IA
cilitieS program will provide
$21 million to help States ana
local communities to build
these urgently needed facil.
tiles.
Our children must have more
and better schools and ade-
quate instruction to help them
meet their vocational needs
and their future responsibilities
as citizens. The Presidents
educational program will pro-
vide for 48 State conferences
and a White House conference
on education, to give citizens
an opportunity to determine
how these problems should be
solved.
There is no free-wheeling,
government do-it-all philoso-
ply here. There is, on the
other hand, no retrenchment
in helping people help them
selves. Each of these new or
improved programs, which
spell a better way of life for
America in the days to come,
springs from President Eisen-
hower's middle = of the road
philosophy.
TOmOrrOw's article will be
by Defense Secretary Charles
E. Wilson.
Evening star., 1954-10-11

the conference Of Republican
congressional leaders that the
President called at Denver
last Friday.
First of the bearers of bad
tidings to arrive was Repre-
sentative Charles Halleck of
Indiana, House Republican
leader who was on his way
east from California. He gave
the diagnosis-"We are in q
hard f1ght"-which was echoed
by the others as the best way
to phrase their dilemma
Representative Richard Simp-
son Of Pennsylvania, chairman
Of the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee,
who was on his way east on a
tour Of the country; National
Republican Chairman Leon
ard w. Hall and. finally. the
Vice President. The President
is apparently to become some
what more active for the wind
up Of the campaign; but he
still refuses to stick his neck
out and risk his prestige fur
ther by campaigning for hard
pressed individual Republic
cans. He couldn't do that.
anyhow, even if so minded
there are too many of them.
Representative Halleck put
his finger on a failure of a
major part of Republican cam
paign strategy, at least as the
President himself envisaged
the strategy. This was en-
phasis on the administration
program" Mr.. Halleck COM
planned about the dificulty of
arousing interest in that pro-
gram" and he confirmed to
Evening star., 1954-10-11

the President what anybody
who moves around the coun-
try-such as this reporter
finds to be true.
Despite all the promotion Of
the administration program, 1t
was obvious to any one who
had been around Washington
a long time that the pro
gram" lacked the dramatic ap-
peal to voters generally which,
for example. was found in
other times, under far differ
ent conditions. in the programs
of the Roosevelt era. That was
pioneering and lifting a Ma
tion of its back at one and
the same time. The Eisen-
hover program, so far as en-
actments by Congress are con-
cerned. thus far offers nothing
new or alluring. It is merely
continuation and duplication.
It has been a flop as q pos
tive issue for the Republicans.
Yet. negatively, it is being
used by the Democrats, and
effectively in some areas. For
instance, many farmers don't
care for the part of the pro-
gram that gave them flexible
price supports. Democrats also
are making headway with at
tacks on the tax law as a rich
mans tax law. Likewise, peo-
pie in the West and South
west are reacting to Demo-
cratic criticism of administra-
ton public power, REA and
conservation policies.
In view of all of that, it is
easy to understand the shift
Of emphasis to the RED is
sue"-and 1t IL really em-
Evening star., 1954-10-11

These are pertinent ques-
tions, and while so far as is
known thus far what happened
at Fort Monmouth has no di-
rect connection with the Peter
sen scandal, the underlying
weakness of the system In
both places is just the same.
The American people do not
know that the FBI has moth
ing to do with the operations
of Fort Monmouth or the Ma
tional Security Agency, and
that military personnel have
the primary responsibility for
surveillance. Conceding the
loyalty and conscientious char
acter of the military personnel
engaged in intelligence work,
the question arises at another
level - the civilian boards
which alone evaluate the evi-
dence concerning personnel.
Who supervises these civilian
boards in the different Gov
ernment departments? No
body except theoretically the
busy chief of the agency itself.
There is no overall review
board in existence today on
either loyalty or security mat
ters. The Truman administra-
ton had a loyalty review
board, but none that was en-
powered to review security risk
cases. The Eisenhower admin
istration has moved a step
back in aboliShing the overall
review board on loyalty with
out substituting a new board
to check up on all the depart
mental boards in both loyalty
and security cases.
Why wasn't Petersen checked
and re-checked during the last
four years? How many other
persons are there who have not
been checked and who may
have been or now are leaking
secrets to outside parties? It
is basically the system that's at
fault. Rather than spending its
time arguing about the man
ners Of the Senator from Wis
consin the Senate should be
setting up a committee to find
out who promoted Peress to
be a major, why the civilian
security boards in the Army
did not accept military recon-
mendations at Fort Monmouth
in certain security matters,
and why loose and inefficient
methods still prevail which
make it possible for the Sc
curity of the United States to
be damaged seriously as in the
Petersen case.
Evening star., 1954-10-11
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever
LOUIE

Adlai Stevenson predicts Democratic In November
Democrats hot articles with the broom They're either
ing the country-or under the rug.
One lady she enjoys President Eisenhowers TV
pagn speeches this fall because Of the She's
which trout stream he's broadcasting from
The FBI nabs oca charged with taking secrets from
the National Security Agency This outfit hushhush that
employees stills work they won't leave footprints
Winston Churchirs latest speech delivered in
pacy surviving member Europes exclusive
Americans" club.
The hardest job in politics is to keep your parys hand
the tller-and out of the till
Democrats that thing that suspicious of
this DxonYa deal is that the Republican
refers to them as Mr.. Dixon and Mr. Yates.
Republicans that regime so free of scandal that
President Eisenhower hasn't caught fishing with
yet
Evening star., 1954-10-11
NO1Std1lT1e bYONII-
KrenIin Bait Still Lures France
Mendes-Fronce Sees Merit In Red Disarmament
While Western Allies Applaud London Pact

Of Mr.. Molotov's efforts. Those
efforts are still the same as
they have been all along
the division and disruption OF
the free worlds unity against
Communist imperialism.
Thus If the French, while
grudgingly accepting the re-
armament of Germany under
the London terms. continue to,
play with the mirage Of q real
understanding with the Krem-
lin, the full effectiveness Of the
London contribution to allied
unity will never be realized.
Most Of the responsible
French press has reacted with
common sense to the London
agreement and has taken the
obvious stand that the Molo-
tov renewal of the old. old
Soviet line is shrewdly but
too apparently timed to affect
the parliamentary debates In
the free nations on the London
pact. But the responsible press
appears to be well ahead Of
the politicians.
The members Of the AS
sembly applauded only mildly
when Mr.. Mendes-France
praised the British guarantees
to leave troops on the conti-
nent. This history-making de-
parture from British tradi-
ton seemed to affect the law.
makers but little. And there
was an absolute lack of ap-'
plause when the Premier men,
toned the contributions Of
Secretary Dulles in seeking to
have American troops COM
mitted to Europe's defense for
a long time in the future. K
The conclusion is inescap-,
able that the worried French
are still unable to face the
issues squarely. to recognize
the Russian moves for the fish,
bait they are. and to join
Britain and the United States
in the fortnight rejection Of
the latest model Of the Molo-
tov-Kremlin Disunity Special.
Evening star., 1954-10-11
Job|essness Too High
But U. 5. Is Acting 10
Stem Il, Mitchell Says
BY the Associoted Press

PEORIA. ILL.,, Oct. 11.-Secre-
tary of Labor Mitchell said today
that while unemployment is still
too high,' the Eisenhower ad-
ministration is attacking it in the
few areas and industries where it
is a continuing problem.
Many Of us get the impression
that the same people continue
to be jobless," Mr.. Mitchell said.
Nothing could be further frfom
the truth. Hundreds Of fthou-
sands Of people move into and
out of jobs, and at any given time
a great part of the unemployed
are made up of people in transit
from one job to another or from
outside the labor force in the
previous month. :.
Addresses Illinois AFL.
"The record clearly shows
that there is no large stagnant
pool of unemployment among the
same individuals. On the con-
trary, the overwhelming majority
of the unemployed in the United
States are relative newcomers to
joblessness and are on their way
into jobs or out of the labor
force"
Mr.. Mitchell voiced these
views in a speech prepared for
the Illinois State Federation of
Labor (AFL). The State is one
of the major backgrounds in
the fight for control of the Sem
ate in next months elections.
Democratic Senator Douglas Of
Evening star., 1954-10-11

TOmOrrow's article will be
by Defense Secretary Charles
E. Wilson.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17
Wdter from SnOaO
Creating Jobs

A major resource of Northwest
ern Montana is the winter snow
that in previous years melted and
flowed to the sea. This water re-
source makes the trout streams
and helps grow timber, but eco
nomic benefits were limited.
Further utilization of the snow
water came with construction of
Hungry Horse Dam that was
started in 1949 and finished in
1928.
There were anxious months
in 1852 and 1853 as the Flathead
wondered if the big power dam
would attract winter-job providing
industry. This valley experiences
full summer employment with its
logging, farming and recreational
services. In winter men become
idle. Partial answer is an alumni
mum plant using the power re-
source of stored snow water.
Anaconda Aluminium Co., sub
sidiary of Anaconda Copper Min
ing Co. announced the location for
its Flathead plant Aug. 80, 1852.
1t was against Teakettle mountain
two miles east of Columbia Falls
on a $50 acre purchase of land.
In September and October, 100
acres of the plant site were clear
ed, and finally on June 8, 1858, the
official ground breaking ceremony
took place. j. A. Mcneil Co. Inc,
Alhambra, Calf, was awarded the
excavations and foundations con-
tract May Is, 1858, and Foley Con-
structors, (Pleasantville, N. "
the general contract, July 9, 1858.
Employment reached 700 during
the fall of 1858, and men kept
working through the winter. By
mid-September 1854, there were
1000 men employed in building
the $5O,000,000 or more plant, and
the employment figure continued
above 1000 until December except
for a brief dip.
First aluminium is to be pro-
duced next summer and the new
plant will provide $50 steady jobs,
Hungry Horse news., 1954-12-17

Five miles below dam South
Fork joins FIathead river and pro-
ceeds through Bad Rock canyon
between Teakettle mountain (left)
and Columbia mountain. Canyon
is entrance to 400 square mile
FIathead valley. AAC plant is To-
Gated in center of picture at foot
of Teakettie mountain. In fore
ground is Columbia Falls as it
appeared from air Oct. "a, 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
BY a Star Stuff Correspondent

LA PLATA. Nd. Sept. To-
Lengthy questioning Of a surprise
witness by q grand jury probing
the death of Louis A. Hicks was
followed today by renewed in
terrogation Of Mrs. Dorothy L.
Hicks.
The testimony Of Mrs. Hicks.
Is. widow Of the partly paralyzed
veteran, who died last March
% under puzzling circumstances.
was interrupted when the jury
called Redge Fowel. a tavern
keeper. as yesterdays first wit
ness. Mrs. Hicks was in the jury
room for several hours on We'd
nesday and resumed her testi-
mony yesterday.
Mr.. Fowel. operator Of the
Lake. q restaurant-bar on Route
3O1 near here. was quizzed for
nearly two hours. A former Dis
trict resident. Mr.. Fowel moved
to Charles County eight years
ago.
After their luncheon recess,
the jurors briefly questioned Miss
Patricia Bowling Of La Plata, a
toll collector at the Potomac
River Bridge at Morgantown.
She is a daughter Of Victor B.
Bowling. a local hotel proprietor.
Recall Campbell.
Her testimony was followed by
the recall of Matthew Campbell.
an appliance salesman Of
Leonardtown. Mr.. Campbell was
an employe of q Waldorf firm
when Mr.. Hicks, 80, was found
dead in his hand-operated car
after it smashed into his home.
He was examined for an hour
and half yesterday before the
jury recessed without hearing
Mrs. Hicks. The widow. wearing
a brown and green print dress,
remained available for jury call
throughout the day.
States Attorney Robert T.
Barbour said Mrs. Hicks probably
will be today's only witness.
She came here from Rich
mond, under court orders
to be available for questioning
by the Maryland jury for a five
day period ending tomorrow.
Mr.. Barbour said he could not
predict whether Mrs. Hicks will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
EmmergIick Resigns Post
As BrowneII Special Aide

Attorney General Brownell
announced yesterday he has
accepted with regret the resig-
nation of Leonard j. Emmerglick,
special assistant to the Attorney
General.
Mr.. Emmerglick will become a
professor of law at Georgetown
University. The resignation is
effective September "a.
A native or Newark, N. j., Mr..
Emmerglick has been with the
Department Of Justice since 1914.
Among the cases were those
against General Electric Co. and
others. charging monopoly in the
incandescent lamp industry;
against Aluminium Co. of Amer
lea and others, charging mo-
nopoly in the aluminium indus
try, and against Imperial Chem
ical Industries Ltd. of England
and E. I. du Pont de Nemours
& Co.. charging a world chemical
cartel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
Surprise Witness Is Quizzed
Two Hours in Hicks Death

complete her testimony today or
whether she will be required to
remain here If the jury meets
tomorrow.
He pointed out that the Rich
mond court could be asked to
direct an extension OF the five-
day period. covered by q 5000
bond Mrs. Hicks posted for her
appearance here as q material
witness.
Authorities. at first. ruled the
veterans death an accident.
Later they called 1t homicide,
when an examination OF the
death car revealed its throttle
tapped wide open.
Mrs. Hicks told police she was
In the car when it crashed and
was so dazed by the impact that
she could not summon aid for
more than an hour. She has
lived in Richmond with relatives
since shortly after her husbands
death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10

finance the first phase of the
Anacostia River-Peace Cross
flood control program has been
sold to six bond firms through
John Nuveen & Co. of Chicago.
The bonds were sold yesterday
for a. interest rate of 2.8847 per
cent. Army engineers hope they
can begin work by October / to
give partial relief to the fire.
quently flooded Peace Cross area
and complete relief for the area
between Riverdale road and
Baltimore avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
An Apology

If our representatives have seemed Q little too
eooer to tell you about an ABC Oil Burner.
we wont to apologize, but it is hard to con-
troll their enthusiasm when they know it is
such q good burner; and if you we're one OF
our soesmen. you would feel the same way.
so peose be patient with them when they
call on you, because i is not their fout that
an ABc operates so satisfactorily; and should
you wont to coll US. our phone number is
National 8-3o68 John P Aenew 6 Co.. Inc.
Fuel Merchants Since 1853.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10

keep 'em moving :. to trade and sell
as neDer detorH That's why, for limited
time only you can really step up to q
Packard and get Enbeard-cf price, for
jour old car! Aetaaliy this can mean q
saping Of mp to LOO to JON. Check the
list below. Then come in and let US
spell out in detail how much more
we'll pay for your Car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
PACKARD IS ON THE MOVE!

DAcKARD is setting the pace today
L with greatly expanded manufactur-
ing facilities and one news-making
move after another! So to meet factory
schedules -. and play our full part in
the great New Packard Program ).
we took delivery on special large
shipment of brand.new Packards and
Packard Clippers. Now we've got to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10

Battery Park and Edgewood-
Glenwood Citizens Association
opposed high-density apartment
classification of a 2.5-acre tract
near Battery lane and Old,
Georgetown road. Also opposed
was a request for medium
density apartment coming on the
west side of the $500 block of
River road. Some 200 persons
attended the hearing. The re-
quests were taken under advise
ment, by council members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Managers Stotus
Backed in Report

Alexandria City Manager Ira
F. willard, who has been at
tackled by Mayor Marshall j.
Beverley for proposing $4,000
survey of the city government by
the University of Pennsylvania
Government Consulting Service,
got a prestige-boosting assist
from the specialists yesterday in
a report of the overall city adj
ministration.
In a special section on man.
ager-council relationships. the
report said council members
should keep hands of" day-to-
day administrative matters. The
specialists listed creation Of new
departments of planning and
building and zoning regulation
among major recommendations
to remedy confusion" in the city
government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
Zoninq Attacked

Bethesda area residents last
night attacked. proposed apart
ment house rezoning as the
Montgomery County Council
held the first of IA fall hearings
on coming map changes. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
Apartments Planned

A IS million apartment prof.
ect will be erected on the 37-
acre site formerly occupied by
the low-rent Shirley Homes
housing development in Airing
ton. M. T. Broyhill 81 Sons,
real estate developers, said work
on the 500 to 900 apartment
units is scheduled to begin about
January /. The property Is
bounded roughly by Glebe road,
Twenty-third street, Lang street
and Shirley highway. It is OPP
posite the golf course OF the
Army and Navy Country Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10

THE EVENING STAR Washington, d. C. - A-2o
SEPTEMBER 10, te5l
Evening star., 1954-11-14

tion Is important, but the tax
laws are not going to be enforced
If we become more interested in
the number of cases we handle
than what we do with those
cases. The quality of our work
must remain our first and fore
most consideration"
MIR. Andrews admitted that
"shirkers" are a problem in the
Revenue Service,
Shocked at "Drones."
"You would be as shocked as
] have BEEN" he told the field
employees. ''to see the facts re-
vealed about some of these indi-
viduals and it would help you
to understand why we have to
have production standards.
1t is not fair to you, any
more than 1T is to the Govern
ment. to permit a few drones to
blacken the reputation Of. thou
sands Of conscientious public
servants whose intelligence and
zeal can match any group any
where"
Mr.. Andrews said he also
wanted to set the field workers
straight on the notion that he
felt "the customer is always
right'-that he always preferred
compromises and settlements to