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Evening star., 1954-04-16
Administration Urged
To Tell Congress Of
Troop Commitments
BY the Associoted Press

Senator Saltonstall. Republi-
can, of Massachusetts,, said today
the Eisenhower administration
should clear with Congress any
new long-range commitment to
keep American troops in Europe.
Senator Saltonstall. chairman
of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, and Senator Russell
of Georgia, senior Democrat on
the group, said in separate inter-
views they had not been in
formed of any promise to retain
United States forces on the con-
tinent indefinitely.
Senator SaltonStall and Sena-
tor Russell said any such decision
ought to be explained to Con-
gress. They gave their interviews
before today'S White House an
nouncement that United States
troops would stay in Europe as
long as needed.
1T would be my advice to the
administration to clear this mat
ter with Congress, in view of the
Wherry resolution" Senator Sal
tonstall said. "A decision on this
matter conceivably could affect
the operation of our massive re-
taliation' policy"
He referred to a resolution by
the late Senator Kenneth S.
Wherry. Republican, of Nebras-
ka, passed by the Senate in 1851
but never acted on by the House.
It attempted to limit the number
of American troops in Europe
and called on the President to
notify Congress before sending
any more.
Senator Stennis, Democrat, OF
Mississippi, an Armed Service
Committee member. said:
Il don't favor the withdrawal
of any troops from Europe now
but I don't see how we could
commit ourselves to maintain
ground forces there forever"
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Man Found Dead
In Guruqed Car

A 62-year-old electrician was
found dead last night in his car
parked in his garage. apparently
of carbon monoxide poisoning
from the running motor, police
reported.
He was John Doolan. Police
said a note indicating i'll health
was found by the body. Mr..
Doolan, who lived at 636 Far
ragut street NV, had attempted
to take his life several months
ago, police said. They said a
hose was attached to the exhaust
pipe of the car and had been
thrust through a rear window.
He is survived by his widow,
Iottie.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

consult with its fellow sigma
tories to the North Atlantic
Treaty and with the European
Defense Community on ques-
tions Of mutual concern, in
cluding the level of the reSpec-
tive armed forces of the Euro
pean Defense Community, the
United States and other North
Atlantic Treaty countries to be
placed at the disposal of the
supreme commander in Europe.
CD The United States will
encourage the closest possible
integration between the Euro
pean Defense Community
forces on the one hand, and
United States and other North
Atlantic Treaty forces on the
other. in accordance with ap-
proved plans with respect to
their command. training, tao
tical support and logistical or
ganization developed by the
military agencies and the SUI
preme commanders of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
cation.
"a The United States will
continue, in conformity with
my recommendations to the
Congress, to seek means of ex-
tending to the Atlantic COM
munity increased security by
sharing in greater measure in
formation with respect to the
military utilization of new
weapons and techniques for
the improvement of the COL
lective defense.
(5) In consonance with it's
policy of full and continuing
support for the maintenance
OF the integrity and unity of
the European Defense Com
munity, the United States will
regard any action from what
ever quarter which threatens
that integrity or unity as a
Evening star., 1954-04-16
President Defines u. S. Stand
On EDO and Atlantic Pact

has a significance which. tram
scends the mutual obligations
assumed. It has engendered
an active practical working
relationship among the Allan
tic nations. Through the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
the United States and its al
lies are working to build the
concrete strength needed to
deter aggression and, if ag-
gresSion occurs, to halt it
without the devastation or oc-
cupation Of any NATO coun-
try. These nations are also
seeking to make the Atlantic
alliance an enduring associa-
ton of free peoples, within
which all members can con-
cert their efforS toward peace.
prosperity, and freedom.
The European Defense Com
munity will form an integral
part of the Atlantic commu-
nifty and, within this frame
work. will ensure intimate
and durable cooperation be-
tween the United States forces
and the forces of the Euro
pean Defense Community on
the continent of Europe. am
convinced that the coming
into force Of the European De-
fenSe Community treaty will
provide a realistic basis for
consolidating western defense
and will lead to an ever-devel-
oping community of nations in
Europe.
The United States is con-
fident that, with these prin-
ciples in mind, the Western
European nations concerned
will proceed promptly further
to develop the European COM
munity through ratification Of
the European Defense Com
munity treaty. When that
treaty comes into force the
United States. acting in &C
cordance with its rights and
obligations under the North
Atlantic Treaty. will conform
its actions to the following
policies and undertakings:
Cd The United states will
continue to maintain in Eu-
rope, including Germany, such
units of its armed forces as
may be necessary and appro.
pirate to contribute its fair
share Of the forces needed for
the joint defense of the North
Atlantic area while a threat to
that area exists and will con-
tinue to deploy such forces
in accordance with agreed
North Atlantic strategy for the
defense of this area.
ca The United States will
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Pitted Windshield Epidemic
Stirs Excitement in Seattle

Two things are certain: The
claims of damaged windshields
are mounting into the thou
sands. and nothing else seems
to be suffering. Side windows,
store or house windows, eye
glasses or other things which
would be expected to react in
the same way as the front glass
in an automobile, are not af-
fected.
The description of the dam
age varies from actual holes to
pit marks covering every known
shape. Chips, scratches. mars.
pits. holes, crumbling, blem-
iShes. blurS, blots and cracks.
Some people even claim the
damage had happened right be-
fore their very eyes.
First reports of the trouble
started at Bellingham, Wash,
some 80 miles north of Seattle,
three weeks ago.
Law enforcement officials are
convinced that some vandalism
was involved in the Bellingham
cases. Some. but not all. be-
lieve the vandalism spread.
Then, this week. other COM
munities south of Bellingham
said they had suffered an out
break of the trouble. Wednesday
night it broke out in Seattle.
The police switchboard couldn't t
handle the complaints; neither
could the newspapers.
Some police officers said 1t
even happened to them. Others
took the DR.. Ritter attitude. A
State Patrol official, who asked
not to be named because $50
many high officials appear to
have been taken in," said he
hadn't found one actual case
outside of Bellingham that
couldn't be laid to normal travel
damage.
On the other side. persons not
known to be the hysterical type
reported their autos had been
Evening star., 1954-04-16
By the Assoeioted Press

SEATTLE, April 16.-Super-
bomb. supernatural or supersti-
ton. there was no doubt about
it today. the / million people
in the Puget Sound country were
stirred up by the case of the
pockmarked windshields.
The Mayor of this city OF
100000 was trying to stir up the
President of the United States as
well. The Mayor. Allan Pom
eroy. apparently was among the
believers that something. rather
than some one, is damaging
thousands of automobile wind
shields with an unknown but
possibly atomic substance.
The Mayor asked the Presi-
dent to instruct appropriate
Federal agencies to cooperate
with local authorities on an
emergency basis"
He told newsmen police lab
oratory tests indicated the DAM
aging agent was type of ash
which could come from a pulp
mill or could be atomic ma
terial" Navy officials said. how
ever. tests with a Geiger counter
at Whidbey Island Naval Sta
tion north of here showed no
evidence of radioactivity.
There are doubters, too, who
think an awful lot of people
are victims of mass hysteria,
suddenly conscious of something
that may have happened days,
weeks or months ago.
"Tommyrot." exploded DR.. D.
M. Ritter. assigned by the chem
istry department of the Uni
versity of Washington to assist
authorities seeking an answer to
the riddle. There isn't any
thing I know of that could be
causing unusual breaks in wind
Shields" he said after examin-
ing several and residue found on
the cars.
"These people must be dream
ing!"
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Washington Woman Faces
Auto MansIaughfer CHARGE
BY the Associoted Press

ACKERMAN, Miss, April 16
"A 31-year-old Washington
! woman today faced a technical
charge of manslaughter in the
death of 5-year-old Ackerman
girl here last night.
Police identified the woman as
Miss Lola Pennyan of the 5000
block of New Hampshire avenue
NV. She suffered a broken arm
when she was thrown out of her
car, Choctaw Hospital at Acker-
man reported.
The County Sheriff's Office
said the child, Bernice Vanland-
ingham, darted across Highway
Is into the path of the car and
Mrs. Pennyan swerved into a
ditch in an attempt to avoid the
girl.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

AUGUSTA, Ga. April TO-
FOLLOWING is the tert of Presi-
dent EiSenltower's message
today to the Prime Ministers
OF the sic European Defense
Community nations:
AS the time approaches for
historic decision on the re-
naming measures required to
sput into effect the European
Defense Community treaty, it
is. appropriate for me to state
clearly the United States po-
sition' on the relation between
the European army and the
European community on the
one hand, and the North At
lantic Treaty Organization
and the broader Atlantic COM
munity on the other hand.
The essential elements of this
position, which have been dis
cussed with leaders Of both
political parties in the Con-
gress. may be simply stated.
The United States is firmly
committed to the North +. At
lantic treaty. This treaty is
in accordance with the basic
security interests of the Unit
ed States and will steadfastly
serve these interests regard
less of the fluctuations in the
international situation or our
relations with any country.
The obligations which the
United States has assumed
under the treaty will be hon
ored.
The North Atlantic Treaty
Evening star., 1954-04-16
$267 Library Fine
On Book Costing 81
BY the Asseeioted Press

TOLEDO. Ohio.-Libraricns at
the Toledo Public Library eSti-
mated the fine on a book which
turned up the other day at $263
but they said they would forget
about it since there was no rec
ord who took the book out back
in 1882.
The book. David Crockett:
His Life and Adventures" was
retrieved from among the books
left by the late Antoine Zeitler.
who died several months ago. A
note in the back said a Scents
a-day fine would be levied II
kept more than two weeks.
David Crockett" cost 81 new.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Ohio Outbreak BIomed
By Police on VondoIs

CANTON. Ohio. April Is (P.
Police. who blame vandals.
were still without an arrest last
night in an outbreak Of wind
shield cracking which started
IL days ago in this area.
More than 600 panes have
been broken in Stark County
tCanton) and nearby areas.
Police believe BIB guns do
not have enough power to cause
the damage found at number
Of parking lots. They said that
possibly pellets were being fired
from spring d,
In many cases, a pellet pierces
the glaSs-drilling a hole which
results in a crack when the car
starts and vibrateS.
Evening star., 1954-04-16
Eisenhower Begins
Drafting Of Speech;
Sees Dulles Monday
BY @ s.ar s,eH Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ca, April 16.-
President Eisenhower today be-
gan work on a speech he will
deliver before a dinner meeting
of the American Publishers As
sociation in New York Thursday
night.
He also arranged to confer at
his work-and-golf vacation
headquarters on the Augusta
National Golf Club grounds
Monday with Secretary of State
Dulles on allied diplomatic ef-
forts to head off a Communist
conquest of Southeast Asia.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty announced
last night that Mr.. Dulles will
fly here Monday to report to the
President on the Big Three
agreement he obtained in Lon
don and Paris earlier this week
to work for a donation NATO-
type alliance in that area. He
will also seek Gen. Eisenhower's
guidance on the forthcoming
NATO meeting and Geneva con-
ference.
Dulles Leaves Tuesday.
Mr.. Dulles will leave the
United States again Tuesday
night for a North Atlantic coun-
ell meeting preceding the April
26 opening of the Geneva con-
ference.
Gen. Eisenhower will send his
personal plane, the Columbine,
to Washington to bring Mr..
Dulles here Monday. The Secre-
tary is due at 1910 pm. Mr..
Hagerty said he would go di-
rectly from the Airport to the
temporary White House Office at
the Augusta National for a con-
ference with the President that
would continue through lunch
con. The Columbine will take Mr..
Dulles back to Washington Mon
day afternoon.
The President was expected to
forego today-Good Friday-the
round of golf he has enjoyed
daily since he arrived here Tues
day night.
But his day was not all work
either. He had an active role
today as Grandpa" Eisenhower.
His son, Maj. John Eisenhower,
his wife and three children
David. 6; Barbara Anne, 4, and
Susuan, 2-f1ew here last night
from Fort Benning, Ga, for
family reunion over the Easter
week end.
Greetings to Laos King.
Before their arrival, the Presi-
dent sent a message of personal
greetings to King Sisavang Wong
of Laos. on the 50th anniversary
If his accession to the throne.
He said the kings courageous
leadership" has been a vital fac
tor in the defense against "for-
eign aggression" of Laos-one of
: the three Associated States of
Indo-C China fighting Communist
forces.
Another arrival at the tenn
porary White House last night
was Kavin McCann, consultant
to the President and chief
speech-writing aide. Mr.. Hager-
ty said Mr.. McCann would work
for several days with the Presi-
dent on the speech he is prepar-
ing for the ANPA meeting.
{ Gen, Eisenhower plans to fly
from Augusta to Washington
next Thursday morning to ad-
dress briefly a session of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution there and then fly
to New York Thursday evening
tn attend the ANPA dinner.
Evening star., 1954-04-16

hit. that a graphite-like sub
stance had been found on the
cars. and that it reacted in a
magnetic fashion.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-18
Two Story Hours AT
Museum This Week

There will be two Story Hours at
the Washington County Museum of
Fine Arts in the City Park this week.
The first will be held Friday after
noon between the hours of 300 and
400 o'clock and the second will be
the regular Story Hour on Saturday
morning from 1000 to 1870 o'clock.
On Friday afternoon two Coronet
films in color will be shown" Sleep
ing Beauty" and "Thirsting Stones"
This will be followed by studio
period, for which materials will be
provided for the children to expert
ment with color and clay.
AT the regular Story Hour on Sat
urday morning, the same films will
be shown and also a short film en-
titled Strange Gods of India" This
session, of course, will also have the
regular studio period.
Girls and boys, their teachers and
parents, are cordially invited to en-
joy one or the other of these two
Story Hours.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-18
Is From This Area
Indicted Last Week

Seven men from Washington
County and six from Hagerstown re-
ported to Baltimore last Thursday
for induction into the armed forces.
They are:
From HagerstOwn
Donald Lee Baker, 10 Elizabeth
Street; John David Fuller, 525 West
Franklin Street,; Leonard Ray Kersh-
ner, 600 North Prospect Street; Paul
Joseph Shaffer, SO Wayside Avenue;
Wayne Eugene Smith, 227 North Null
berry Street; and Alvin Wheeler
Symons (volunteer), 424 Indiana
Avenue.
From County
Donald Lee Carpenter (volunteer),
Route 4; Larry Nevin Holland, Route
2, Williamsport; William Henry
Kline, Route /, Hancock; Elwood
James Marks, Jr. (Volunteer), Han
cock; Charles Elmer Shove, Route
1, Rohrersville; Richard Leon Snyder
(volunteerO, Route 2, Hagerstown;
and Theodore Fletcher Songer, Knox
vile.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-18
BEHIND HOME PLATE
by II. S. Douglas

in the first period, 26 to 81 at the
half and 40 to 35 going into the final
quarter.
Baltimore was the high scorer for
the Badgers with II points, followed
by Burnett with IS and Cook with
10. For the Gaels, Gallaher and
farmer had 10 points apiece and
Grouse had 10.
The girls game was really close in
the first half, which ended with the
score tied 80. But the Gaelettes
began to click in the second half and
steadily forged ahead.
Bell with Is points and Marks and
Jones with two each, did all the scor-
ing for the Badgerettes, while Cas-
sidy with Is, Smith with and Wills
with 5, accounted for all of the
Gaelettes points.
st. Mary's High: Playing on their
home court at the Armory, the Gaels
and Gaellettes both took their games
from Hancock High by scores of so
to 40 and SO to AZ respectively.
In the boys game, the Gaels took
a 16 to lead in the first period and
led 20 to 10 at the half They increas-
ed their lead in the third period, but
the Hancock boys outscored them in
the final stanza, when they scored
five goals and six foul shots, for 16
points, while the Gaels only scored
one goal, but made good on nine
free throws, for II points.
Gallaher was the top scorer for the
Gaels with 20 points, while Kerns
and Shives led the way for Hancock,
each scoring II points.
The Gaellettes were in much
tigher battle They took slight lead
in the first period but the Hancock
lassies gave them a real battle right
down to the wire.
Beverly Smith GA points, and
NUN CdSSluy Wv ulu all tiS SCOliilB
for the Gaelettes, while Funkhouser
led Hancock with 81, followed by
Bishop with 10.
Clear Spring Smithsburg High:
The boys and girls teams of Clear
Spring High School, playing on their
own court, lost double-header to
Smithsburg High School on Monday
night The Smithsburg boys won by
a score of 81 to So, while the girls
came out on top, AZ to as.
In the boys game, Clear Spring,
after leading in all but the third
period, had a two-point lead with
only seconds left, but Smithsburg, in
a sudden death drive scored six
points in those last few seconds to
pull the game out of the fire.
The girls game was just as tight,
with the lead changing several times
and Clear Spring, behind 46 to 38 as
the fourth period got underway, put
on real drive, but fell two points
short as the final whistle blew.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-18

The two little twin sisters above,
Mary and Marjorie Johansen, of
Burlingame, California, urge you to
make a liberal contribution to the
1854 Heart Fund. Both the six-year-
old girls were born with serious
heart damage, but surgery has made
them capable of enjoying perfectly
normal childhood.
Grover Crilley, chairman of the
Washington County Heart Fund
Drive, now going on, has pointed out
that Heart Disease is responsible for
more deaths than any other disease,
but he also stated that it can and
will be whipped if we all help in the
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-18
Mayor And Council
Gives z Unions OK

AFL And Clio Both Recognized
AS Bargaining Agents For Their
Members. City Employees Free
To Join Either, Or None At All.
AT a special meeting of the Mayor
and Council on Thursday night, call
ed at the request of the AFL Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers Union, which has been the
bargaining agent for the employees
of the Electric Light Plant for the
past 20 years or more, the Mayor and
Council voted to authorize the Board
Of Public Works to negotiate with
both the Clio and the AFL, as rep
resentatives of the city employees
who might belong to either union.
In passing the motion, the Mayor
and Council made il perfectly clear
that this did not in any way imply
that city employees had OF belong to
any union, and they also made it
clear that those employees who were
not union members had the same
right of negotiation with the Board of
Public Works as the two unions have.
Prior to this action, the AFL Union,
under a memorandum of agreement
with the city that was renewed from
year to year, but which was never
signed and was purely a gentlemen's
agreement, was recognized as the
sole bargaining agent for the en-
ployees of the light plant
However, representatives of the
CIO met with the Mayor and Council
last month and asked for the right TO
bargain for all city employees, in
GLIDING the light plant, who now be-
long to the CLIO union.
During Thursday nights discus
sion, the city attorney, Edward Os-
wald, advised the Mayor and Coun-
ell that they could not, under the law,
recognize any one union as a sole
bargaining agent and it was due to
this opinion that the Council voted TO
recognize both unions.
1t should be pointed out, however,
that the final decision regarding pay
rates, or any other benefits to the
employees, rests solely with the
Council Mayor Burhans, after the
motion had passed, appealed to the
representatives of both unions to
work tremendously together, in-so-
far as their negotiations with the city
are concerned, and he also pointed
out that any increases in pay, or
benefits, suggested by either union
would, if they were accepted by the
Board of Public Works and approved
by the Council, be applicable to all
employees within the respective clas-
sifications, whether they were union
or non-union members.
Since the budget for 1854, includ-
ing the salaries and wages of all city
employees, has already been approx
ed, it is doubtful whether any inn
portant change in wage rates could
be made this year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-18

The Army maintains III procure
ment offices and market centers to
buy all items other than those loose
ly procured for its operations in the
United States and overseas. Eighty
three of the offices and procurement
centers are located in the United
States. The remaining 20 are over
seas.