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Evening star., 1954-04-03
-.
The heImportonceofDienBienPhu
Wet Minis Main Purpose Is to Force France to Give In
Hoping Then That u S. Will Have to Recognize Peipng

sidize the campaign to the tune
of more than 81 billion for the
current year. Since the var
continued on the guerrilla pat
tern and the forces under
French command had not suf-
fered any major reyerses, the
offer was accepted and the
struggle continued.
The picture has changed
since the Big Four agreed to
meet at Geneva to discuss the
Indo- Chinese war and the Ko-
rean armiStice.
The Reds need a spectacular
military success to get their
Chinese ally into the concert
Of world powers and thus fur
ther strengthen world commu-
nisrn. They realize that the
United States will not take
the Chinese Communists as
partners on its own volition.
But the Muscovites believe that
France. which we treat as a
spoiled child for whom moth
ing is too good or too expen-
sive. might get us to accept the
Chinese Communists as equals
in the consideration of world
problems.
The Laniel government is
reported to have become be-
latedly aware of Its error in
insisting on meeting with the
Chinese Communists al Ge-
neva despite pleas from U. S.
Secretary of State Dulles not
to fall into the Kremiin trap.
Foreign Minister Sidault won
Mr.. Dulles acceptance after
he told him that otherwise
there would be cabinet crisis
in Paris. Under such condi-
tions, he added, even the vague
chance Of debating the Euro
pean defense pact in the Ma
tional Assembly would be lost
for an indefinite time.
But apparently the Laniel
government did not expect
that as a reward for forcing
our hand to comply with For
eign Minister Molotov's de-
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Fletcher Knebe-
Potomac Fever

The hunt for lawyer to the Mccarthy Army probe
finally produced Samuel Sears of Boston He'd better realize
right at the start it'll be Tea Party.
Printing of the first official Of the United States since
World War into delay They're trying avoid getting
out an extra Alaska and Hawaii.
Admiral Strauss atomic is useful for agricultural
research might eliminate Srpuses the hitch being elm
mates consumers at the time
Representative Busbey says got behind the
Fifth Amendment before congressional committees
Clearly need something broader-s getting crowded
there.
overcoats The Army was just trying to keep but didn't
mean to get into hot water
Controller General Lindsay Warren guardian
public funds about to retire Many believe rates blue
ribbon: Best watchdog in show
Three jets the United States in less
Only faster time the
Russians in double crossings
Evening star., 1954-04-03

mand the Muscovites would
order a full-scale offensive in
Indo-C China. The French
overlooked the fact that hui
man life is the cheapest COM
modify in Communist coun-
tries. Even if thousands of Wet
Mimi would have to pay with
their lives for political schemes
concocted in the Kremlin,
there would be no Communist
hesitation to order such a
sacrifice.
The fall of Dien Bien Phu
would arouse such indignation
in France that Premier Laniel
might have to choose between
resigning or appealing to Mos
COW and Peiping for an imme-
diate peace with the Wet
Mimi puppet. Since Mr.. Lam
iel has pledged to us that he
will not surrender Indo- China
to the Communists, at least un-
til after the Geneva confer
ence. the probabilities are that
the collapse of the defenses
of that fortress would result in
the French cabinets resigna-
tion. The present govern
ment is living on borrowed
time anyhow. 1t has main
tained itself in Office by warn
ing the recalcitrant National
Assembly that a ministerial
crisis at this time would leave
France without a government
when the Geneva conference
opens. A major defeat in
Indo- China, however. might
make that conference irrele-
want insofar as France is con-
cerned.
Should the reports that the
Wet Mimi have invaded the
state of Cambodia as well and
that France is on the thresh-
old of a crushing defeat in
Indo- China be confirmed, it
is doubtful that even an
American offer to send ground
troops to that area will have
any effect on the French pub
lie.
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Parliament Speakers Mention
Nitrogen Bomb Held byReds,

civilization, but mankind itself is
threatened"
Professor John Rotblat, vice
president of the British Atomic
Scientists Association, expressed
doubt that such a bomb would
be feasible. He said even if the
Russians could set one off it
would not create as much dam
age as the H-bomb and the
risk to those who handled it
would be greater. He added
"The thermal reaction, that
is the amount of heat necessary
to set off nitrogen. would be
much greater than that used for
the hydrogen bomb. I do not
believe anybody has discovered
how to produce the extremely
high temperatures needed. Un-
less something completely new
has been discovered, I do not
think a nitrogen bomb is yet
possible"
Labor Party headquarters said
they did not know where Mr..
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Cleveland Librarian
May Get Top Post al
Library Of Congress

Lawrence Quincy Mumford,
director of the Cleveland Public
Library, may be nominated Mon
day as Librarian of Congress.
He is reported as President
Eisenhower's choice to fill the
post vacated July 13, 1858, when
DR.. Luther H. Evans resigned to
accept a job as director general
of the United Nations Educa-
tional. Scientific and Cultural
Organization.
The selection is subject to
confirmation by the Senate. If
he is approved. he will be the
first professionally trained Ii
brarian to serve in the top job
at the Library of Congress.
His name was on list of can
didates submitted to the Presi-
dent last year by the American
Library Association. He also
had been recommended for the
appointment by Senator Bricker,
Republican, of Ohio.
Mr.. Mumford, so, is native
of Ayden, N. C. He received his
bachelor of arts degree and his
masters degree from Duke Uni
verSity, and in 1929 received a
bachelor of science degree from
Columbia University's School of
Library Science.
He served in the library on
previous occasion-for one year
in 1910 and 1941 as director of
the processing department.
Evening star., 1954-04-03
By the Assoeioied Press

LONDON, April 3.-Two La
borite speakers made passing
mention last night of Soviet pos
session of a nitrogen bomb. +"
They did not elaborate on where
they got the information. A
British atomic scientist ex-
pressed doubt over such de-
velopment.
Herbert Morrison, the deputy
Labor Party leader, referred in a
speech to new weapons of mass
destruction, then added, land
now, it is said, the Russians are
developing something called
nitrogen bombs which could be
more dangerous than these
Others"
Fenner Brockway. another La
borite member of Parliament,
declared in a speech that "it is
said in London that Russia has
already mastered the making of
the nitrogen bomb. Not only
Evening star., 1954-04-03

to move, but that's a mighty
small percentage. The way life
is organized today we can't
get along without cities. even
if we'd like to. It would take
fifty or a hundred years to de-
centraliZe the whole country,
if everybody was agreeable to
it and we had the skill to plan
it. And by that time our de-
voted scientists will nave de-
veloped bombs capable of
wiping out whole States. Or.
if not bombs, some other
method"
"All right. what would
you-?"
You take New York.
They're trying to find a way
to evacuate New York in two
hours. assuming they got two
hours warning. Takes that
long to get out of New York
now on a nice Sunday morning
in the spring. What if the en-
tire population tried to leave
at once!"
"All right, what would you
do?"
I'D find a way, or at least
I'd try to find way. to get rid
of war. ! don't mean only
atomic war. AS long as people
continue to settle their differ
ences by warfare, there's no
. use trying to outlaw any par
ticular weapon. You can't
civilize war. We've got to find
a way to abolish it,"
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Dr.. Byrd Expects
ToGHe Up $22,5OO
Salary for Pension
BY the A.sseiaisd Press

BALTIMORE. April 3.-Dr. H.
C. Byrd, former president of the
University Of Maryland and now
in the midst of a campaign for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor, told the university's
Board Of Regents yesterday he
doesn't expect to go on drawing
his $22.500 annual salary after
July /.
He plans to apply at that time,
he said. for the pension he is
entitled to as a retired State
employe. He became eligible for
it when he was 65 on February
IL.
University officials guessed off,
hand the pension would run be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 a year.
1t depends on his past pay and
the length of time he partici-
pated in the State retirement
system.
DR.. Byrd announced two weeks
ago he planned to ask for re-
tirement and pension July l.
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Lowell MeHett-

Man trying to sell me
farm" said Old-Timer.
What would you do with
q farm?"
That's what I asked him.
He says that's the place to
be when they drop the atom
bomb on Washington. Offers
me a nice little place, all mod
ern conveniences, about so
miles out"
"That ought to be safe.
Think you'll buy?"s
Don't be silly. How would
I feel, sitting safe in the coun-
try with all the people I know
wiped out here in Washing
ton? Think I'd be pleased with
myself for being so Smart?"
well, all the talk is about
dispensing the population and
how to evacuate the cities in
case of an attack. but the peo-
pie in charge of civil defense
plans say they can't get the
public interested. Can't even
get Congress interested to the
point of providing any real
money"
"You know why? It's be-
cause people have got common
sense. They just know we've
got no real defense against
these bigger and bigger bombs.
All the experts tell them so.
Moving away from the cities
might provide safety-for a
time-for those who are able
Evening star., 1954-04-03
$500 Strip Mill Workers
Strike at Sparrows Point
BY the A.soeiated Pres.

BALTIMORE. April Strip
mill operations at Bethlehem
Steel Co.'S Sparrows Point plant
were closed today by a strike Of
$500 employees which the COM
pany said apparently began over
dismissal Of q worker.
A company spokesman said he
understood an employe of the
68-inch hot strip mill was sent
home "for not doing his job. :"
He said 100 employees of that
mill walked out and the strike
soon spread.
The spokesman called it a
direct violation" of Bethlehem s
contract with the CIO United
Steelworkers.
Union officials could not be
reached Immediately for COM
ment.
Bethlehem employs about IS, 600
in all Of its departments ct
Sparrows Point.
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Dickinson 5 Counsel
Asks Army 10 Reveal
Camp No. 5 Records
BY the A..oeiossd Prsss

Counsel for Corpl. Edward S.
Dickinson wants 400 former
prisoners of war to speak UP "in
the interests of elemental jus
tice" and tell what they know
about what went on in Commu-
mist prisoner of war Camp No. S
in Korea.
The Army will bring Corpl.
Dickinson before court-martial
April 19 on charges that could
result in the soldiers being sent
to jail for the rest of his life.
Guy Emery. a retired colonel
who will represent Dickinson at
the court-martial. said at news
conference late yesterday that
the Army has refused: ID to
make available to him state
ments taken from these men by
military officials and (2) to tell
him the names Of the 400 men.
Corpl. Dickinson, a 23-year-
old Crackers Neck (Va.) soldier,
is accused of collaborating with
the enemy and engaging in ac-
tivitieS that led to mistreatment
Of fellow prisoners.
He is one of % GIs who at
first refused repatriation after
the end of the Korean fighting.
Later, he and another former
POW changed their minds.
Mr.. Emery. said in an inter-
view the Army refuses to make
the statements of the 400 public
because they are classified as
secret documents. But. he. said,
the Army has made public the
statements Of 95 other men who
were at Camp No. S. All these
statements contain information
derogatory to Corp. Dickinson.
It is likelv. the colonel said
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Wet Mini Invaders
Take Two CaInbodian
Cities, Head for Third
BY the Asseeioted Press

PARIS. April 3,-Invading Wet
Mini regulars captured two cities
in northeastern Cambodia and
were striking southwark today
toward the Mekong River city Of
Stung Treng. a French News
Agency dispatch said.
The Communist rebels swept
down from the plateaus of Laos
and crossed the frontier into
Cambodia yesterday in the first
invasion of the little Indo-
Chinese kingdom by Moscow
trained Ho Chi Minis regulars,
the agency reported. Wet Mini
regional troops have been re-
ported operating on a small scale
in Cambodia for some time.
Reinforcements Rushed.
Cambodian reinforcements are
being rushed to Stung Treng. so
miles southwest of fallen Voeune
Sal, in the northeastern corner
of Cambodia. today's dispatch
said. The other captured city Is
Stem Pang. 80 miles northeast Of
Voeune Sal.
King Norodom Sihanouk Of
Cambodia left his capital Of
Phnom PENN for Stung Treng
to see for himself the extent Of
the invasion and to determine
whether it is serious enough to
provoke an international deci-
sion. the dispatch reported. He
is expected to return to Phnom
PENN tomorrow.
Characteristic Aggression
The report described the in
vading rebel force as "impor-
tant" and said Cambodian Pre-
mier Channak told newsmen 1T
seems that Cambodia is UNDER
going a characteristic agrees
sion. We will not support this
intolerable attack on our SOW
ereignty.
"A cabinet meeting will be
held tonight at the palace. We
are following the situation very
closely" ;
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Constantine Brown

The deStinieS of France
may be moulded on the plains
of Dien Bien Phu where a
heterogeneous army composed
of Germans, Arabs from Mo-
rocco and Algeria. Negroes
from Senegal. and Wet
Namese, ofiicered by French
men under command of an
heroic French colonel. the
Duke de Castries. is fighting
the Wet Mini who are MAX
ing a determined drive for VIC
tory.
The Communist offensive is
more political than military.
On orders from Moscow and
Peiping the Wet Mimi high
command, which is reported
to be actively in the hands Of
Chinese Communist and So
Wet officers, is throwing tens
Of thousands of men in suicide
attacks against the numeri-
cally much inferior defenders
Of the fortress.
The relatively unimportant
Dien Bien Phu is only a Sec
ondary objective. The main
purpose is to force France to
shout "Kamerad" and give
this country the alternatives
of fighting another war across
the Pacific or recognizing the
Peiping Communist regime.
The long-range purpose of the
master minds in Moscow and
Peiping is the conquest of
Southeast Asia as a further
step toward world domination.
A defeat at Dien Bien Phu
would have important roper
cussions throughout France
despite the fact that relatively
few Frenchmen are involved
in the battle. There has been.
a growing opposition to the
war in China not only in
French political circles but
throughout the country. The
Paris government did not
throw in the sponge last year
only because we offered to SUBJ
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Lowell MeNett-
OId-Timer Not Buying q Farm
Thinks There's Better Way to Meet the Threat Of Atomic
Destruction Than by Running Away From the Cities

That's the idea back of
the United Nations. but it
doesn't seem to work."
"It has worked better than
anything else thus far. And it
may bring us the answer if
we're patient and give 1t a
chance. Trouble is every time
anybody speaking for us,
whether Acheson or Dulles or
whoever. makes move in the
right direction our professional
patriots set up a clamor. Every
body has to prove that he's a
better patriot than anybody
else-that he's the only real
watchdog against the Rus
SianS."
We'll, you can't trust :"
II know. You can't trust the
Russians and they think they
can't trust us. But there is
one thing as plain as anything
on earth and that is that the
Russians have as much to lose
by another war as we have.
Given that simple fact. I hate
to think any firSt-claSs Ameri-
can statesman can't work this
thing out, if given a chance
work it out, that is, in CO.
operation with the statesmen
of other countries, especially
those that are in a more
dangerous situation than we
are. So, Son, you ask me what
I'd do. I'd keep my mouth shut
for awhile and give our re-
sponSible statesmen a chance"
Evening star., 1954-04-03

that information in many Of the
statements Of these 400 might be
favorable to Dickenson.
He cited as an example the
case Of Corpl. Donald ]. Dumas
Of Gouverneur, N. Y. Corpl. Du-
mas has told him, Mr.. Emery
said, that "Dickenson did no
more than any one else and was
just a mixed up kid"
Evening star., 1954-04-03
Comp Pickett Studied
For Air Force Use
BY the Assoeiosed Press

CAMP PICKETT, Va. April 8.
An Air Force inspection team
came here yesterday to inspect
Camp Pickett as q possible site
for an Air Force installation.
The Army plans to deactivate
its installation here June 80 and
efforts are under way to interest
the Air Force in the sprawling
reservation.
Brig. Gen. Herbert w. Ehrgott.
deputy to the assistant chief of
staff in charge of installations.
headed the Air Force party.
He said his party was prepar-
Ing information on the camp for
presentation to q Senate Armed
Services subcommittee next
week.
Evening star., 1954-04-03
PTA Congress Moves
To Own Quarters
ey The As.eeioted Pres.

CHICAGO, April 3.-The Ma
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers moved into its own
new headquarters building yes
terday.
The air-conditioned structure
at TOO North Rush street was
built mainly with funds supplied
by 8 million Parent-Teachers
Association members. Building
and furnishings cost $3.50, 900. It
will house a staff of SIS admins
trative employees.
Evening star., 1954-04-03

Morrison or Mr.. Brockway OBJ
tanned their information.
Mr.. Brockway declined to state
the source Of his information
but said it was authoritative. He
said that although the nitrogen
bomb would not be so extern
Sive in its explosive effects" as
the hydrogen bomb, it would be
more enduring in its effect upon
life"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-29
Debaters Turn
Thumbs Down
On Red Topic

CINCINNATI - (NC) - A
substitute topic for the widely
criticized subject proposed for
intercollegiate debate has been
adopted by the 0hio-Kentucky
region of the National Fedora
ton of Catholic College Stu
dents.
The NFCCS regional group voted
at a meeting here that the substi-
tute debate topic: Resolved that
the United States Congress should
repeal the McCarran-Walter Immi-
grafton and Nationality Act" be
used temporarily by its member
universities and colleges.
The NFccS, along with the
Catholic Students Mission Cru
sade and number OF individual
Catholic colleges, strongly OBJ
ieefed to the topic for intereol-
legiafe debate selected by the
Speech Association of America.
Resolved that the United States
should extend diplomatic reeos-
milton TO the communist govern
menf of China"
The regional meeting was attend
ed by III students from seven in
stitutions in the two-State area.
The meeting decided to debate the
immigration law topic unless an
other topic is proposed by the ma
tional NFCCS organization.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-29
Merry Masquers
Will Present High
Ground Next Week

Sister Elizabeth Seton, o. P, head
of the Speech and Drama Depart
ment at the College of Saint Mary
of the Springs, announces that the
Merry Masquer drama group will
present the play High Ground"
on Saturday, November s, at 2:15
p. m. and on Sunday, November z,
at 8:15 p. m.
"High Ground" a drama in three
acts, by Charlotte Hastings, was
produced in England under the
title "Bonaventure."
Movie fans will remember the
play as the show Thunder on the
Hill"
Tickets may be obtained at Hea-
toms Music Store, Longs Book
Store and at the College. Student
tickets for either performance
will be so cents and the adult
tickets will be one dollar.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-29
$4,000 For Relief

TORoNTo-NC)-His Holiness
Pope Plus XII gave $4,000 to the
Ontario Hurricane Relief Fund fol-
lowing the Hurricane Hazel disas-
ter which struck the Toronto area,
it was disclosed here.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-29
College To Present
Song Recital

The Music Department of the
College of st. Mary of the Springs
will present James Lumberger. a
baritone, in a song recital Thurs
day. November 4, at 1910 p. m.
After years of study with Mar
garet Garrity of the Seton Hill Col
lege Voice Department, Mr.. Lum-
berger is now on a formal concert
tour. His repertoire includes: Glass
ical Masters, Old and Modern Ital-
ian, German Lieder, French Art
Songs, Old and Modern English,
Contemporary American, and
Negro Spirituals.
Mr.. Lumberger, an outstanding
artist, is known throughout the
East. Public is welcome to attend.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-29
Time YOU, OF Life
OF
Your
By FATHER GABRIEL HAFFoRD

ciples. Any time your virtue is
called into question, don't be faint
hearted, cry to heaven for redress.
Threats of repercussions are a
weakling's way of pulling the cloak
of silence over indecency. When
you are in the clear, God and your
parents will believe your story.
Reflection
If they marked the voter in ad-
dition 10 the ballot more people
would vote.
Sweet Home
Many of the smart boys who are
trying to solve the problem of jul
venile delinquency say that most
of the problems are home grown.
OF course, your home is one of
the best in the land, but it could
be solid gold with saints as par
ents and without your cooperation
it could be your downfall. Be sure
to evaluate your part in family
life. You owe it to God and your
parents to be obedient. You can be
sure of one thing: your parents
will not command you to commit
sin, so follow their advice, and you
will come out in good shape.
Save Friendships
1t is much better to donate than
than to loan, and it doesn't cost
as much.
It's All Yours
One of the sins of youth is to sit
back and complain that the ones
who succeed are much more talent
ed or they get the breaks. Don't
be that way. Make the most of
what you have and let it go at
that. Develop your talents to their
full unfolding and there won't be
a person who can keep up with you
in your particular field. God ex-
poets each one of us to use what
we have to the fullest.
Youth
You will never be blamed for
being young. but you just can't
remain immature indefinitely.
The CRUSADE FOR COMMUN-
IONS will last all through the
school year.
Thought for tile Wesk
The only one who can blow his
stack and get away with it is a
whale.