davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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goes in for serious painting
when she gets the time.
Among the party bellies were
two of Georgia's house guests.
Miss Cynthia Kane and Miss
Patricia GammonS.
European Mementos
You didn't have to look far
at Miss Suzanne Tewksbury
Kings luncheon at the Chevy
Chase Club for reminders of
the deb's recent European va
cation. Things like the Eiffel
Tower and even a Buckingham
Palace guard dangled from the
charm bracelet she wore.
The daughter Of Army Col.
and Mrs. John Harry King. jr.,
who has done fashion model
ing, looked the part in a full
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Five Young Ladies Make Their Debuts

Georgia Bray Davis dinner
dance in the Louis Seize Room
OF the Shoreham Hotel.
The attractive brunette.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Frederick Davis. jr..
chose teal blue tulle. sparkling
with sequins and pearls. She
carried a noSegay of pink roses
and white carnations. The
deb's mother wore a gown Of
dusty rose with pale orchids.
Dinner conversation was
keyed to small tables for eight.
Dancing to Sidney's orchestra
continued on into the wee
hours"
The honoree. who was pre-
sented at the Debutante Cotil-
lion and Thanksgiving Ball in
November is a student at
Lasell Junior College. A major
in interior design, Georgia
Evening star., 1954-12-22

There were five stars on
yesterdays debutante stage.
Props for most of the pretty
principals called for Christmas
decor and, of course, tradi-
tional party finery.
The deb curtain went up
promptly at 1880 pm, with a
luncheon for Miss Suzanne
Tewksbury King. From then
on the compliments were
chalked up clockwise by Miss
Elizabeth Eakin at a tea
dance; Miss Caroline Read and
Miss Georgia Bray Davis at
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Corneys Have
Dinner Party

The Chief of Naval Opera
tions and Mrs. Carney enter
tanned at dinner last night at
the Admiral's House, Naval
Observatory.
Among the guests at the 8
o'clock party were the Ambas-
sador of Korea and Nine.
Yang, Vice Admiral and Mrs.
Ralph s. Riggs, MIR. and Mrs.
G. Gould Lincoln, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pinkney w. Love. Count
and Countess N. de Rochefort
and Mr.. and Mrs. T. Peter
AnSberry.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
BETTY BEALE
German Ambassador Fetes French Envoy After Is Years;
Wiley Buchonons Give Coy Party in Growing House

recently been added. No tell
ing what kind of growing pains
the house will get next year.
Guests were also inspecting
the new portraits of the hosts
that were painted in England
last spring by the noted artist,
Frank o. Salisbury.
Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. jr..
dropped by and so did Assist
ant Secretary of State Walter
Robertson. who was dressed
for q dinner party afterwards;
and Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Carl McArdle.
There could have been q lot
of reminiscing about Luxem-
bourg on the spot. Luxem-
bourg Minister and Nine. lie
Calais were there and Wiley's
predecessor, Perle Mesta. Nine.
lie Calais golden-red locks
were encased in one of the
new-style, deep, lose-fitting
hats of red fur felt.
Lady Lewis chatted with
Ethan Stroud and his mother
and the Floyd Akers heard an
amusing story from Edgar
Morris. Gwen Cafritz wore a
short black strapless dress and
a pointed rhinestone cloche
Mrs. Emlen Davies came with
her daughter, Rahel Fitch.
Marvin Braverman arrived
with Sherman Adams secre-
tary, Alberta Harrington.
And there were the Justin
Bowersocks, the Ray Henles.
Merritt Cootes and his wife.
the Harold Fangboners. the
Russell Trues, Mrs. James
Cahill. Steve and Carolyn
Dorsey, Betty and Bob
Schneider, Mrs. Fred Britten.
Hank Fort with Parr johnson.
Taylor Simmons. Jim Mann.
Billy Mitchell and on and on
for another hundred or so.
The party went on and on, too,
in keeping with the holiday
mood that's already cloaked
the town.
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once a year.
but the true
e S S e n C e of
Christmas -
the brother
hood of man.
Last s u n
day night the
German Am
bass a d or to
the q nj t e d
States enter
t a in e d the
French A m =
bass a d or to
t h e United
States - the
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Exclusively Yours

Washington has just had
heart-warming social evidence
of the spirit of Christmas. Not
the gift-giving kind that comes
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Entertoin

DR.. and Mrs. Robert Gordon
will entertain at dinner at
Normandy Farm ON Christmas
eve in honor Of his parents
and brother. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Gordon and Mr.. james
Gordon of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

wise and the chances are that
many other people do. too.
Among the big questions re-
naming to be answered are
those:
How many security cases did
the commission credit the State
Department within the 1855 to-
tai announced by the White
House on October %, as covering
the period May q to Septem-
Der 80?
How many did it credit the
State Department with in the
1900 figure announced by the
President on Jauary Z, 1854, and
which presumably covered the
May 27-December 81 period?
Did the commission include
the State Departments 291
transfers in the 1900 figure? If
so, were they counted again
when removed by other agen-
cieS?
According to a State Depart
ment press release of November
5. its share Of the 1856 was 1877.
AS this release was supposed to
be cleared with the commission,
obviously the 291 could not have
been counted by the commission
in the first overall total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
British Cheer Stevens
For Defying Mccarthy
BY the Assoeio,sd Press

LONDON, Feb. 23.-Two Brit
iSh newspapers cheered United
States Army Secretary Stevens
today for his defiance Of Sena-
tor Mccarthy.
"It began to SEEM" said the
liberal News Chronicle, that the
Wisconsin whirlwind was Ii
censed to reach into and de-
moralize pretty nearly any Off
cial establishment that caught
his rowing eye, so long as he an
nounced that it was part of the
crusade against CommunistS-in-
the Government.
But the later news suggests
that one accomplishment is go
ing to be denied the Senator
The President is not prepared to
allow him to assume command of
the United States Army"
The conservative Daily Tele-
graph commented:
THE Secretary of the Army,
evidently with presidential sup
port, is resolved to force Sena-
tor Mccarthy into the open.
Mr.. Stevens determination
will be applauded not only by
his own department and reSpon-
sible fellow = countrymen, but
even more by European friends
Of the United States. who recog-
nize the deplorable international
effects of McCarthyism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Democratic Talk of Recession
Ought to Hall, Ferguson Says

ing peace economy. with some
Of the imitation squeezed out
Of It,"
Mr.. Mitchell reported Demo-
cratic stock going up mighty
fast" in nine States which he
recently visited. They included
Colorado, Wyoming. Utah. Idaho.
Nevada. Montana. Washington,
Oregon and New Mexico. These
States will elect six Senator'S and
Is House members in November
Farm Prices Low.
Mr.. Mitchell said he found
peoeple in the area think the Re-
publicans aren't doing enough"
to ward OF a recession. He
mentioned low farm prices, tight
credit, slackening business and
rising unemployment as issues.
On the economic issue, DR..
Arthur F. Burns. chairman of
President Eisenhower's Council
OF Economic Advisers. said in an
interview today he considers it
important to stimulate both in
dlvidual and business spending
but that he believes squirting
business expansion is a way to
do both.
He said he Is still confident
of the outlook. in large part
because there is no sign of any
decline in business investment
spending. although consumer
spending is tagging a Bit"
II business outlay for new
plant and equipment should fall
of. he said. I'VE might really
be in trouble"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

Democratic talk Of a business
recession is hurting the country
and ought to be stopped. That's
in reply to Chairman Mitchell
of the Democratic National
Committee, who says he found
people in nine Western States
think the Republicans aren't
doing enough" to ward Of a re-
ceSSion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
BXths Assoeioisd Press

Senator Ferguson. Republican.
OF Michigan. said today Demo-
cratic talk Of a business recess
sion is hurting the country and
ought to be stopped.
Senator Ferguson, who heads
the Senate G. o. P. Policy Com
mittee. spoke out after former
President Hoover had discounted
the possibility Of a depression
and Democratic National Chair
man Stephen A. Mitchell had
said reaction OF the pocketbook
nerve is likely to determine con-
troll Of Congress in November.
II don't think there is gong
to be any recession but / must
say the propaganda for 1t is
much more effective than I had
anticipated it would be-" Senator
Ferguson said in an interview.
"All this talk is persuading
some people not to buy. And
when they don't buy an article,
somebody who is making it loses
his job"
Economic Issue Put at Top.
Mr.. Mitchell told a news con-
ference yesterday he believes
control of Congress will turn in
November on how the voters an
swer the question: Am ! better
or worse off than was a year
ago?"
Senator Ferguson discounted
that, saying:
II think the American people
are much more, intelligent than
Mr.. Mitchell gives them credit
with being. They know we Re-
publicanS are trying to get from
a war to a peace economy.
I'm my opinion the public is
going to be better satisfied with
a more substantial and continu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Dulles Pushes Efforts
IoConvinceCo Congress
Of Big 4 Results
By the Associassd Press

Secretary Of State Dulles
comes out today for round two
in his fight to win Congress to
his view that this country more
than held its own at the Big
Four meeting in Berlin.
Mr.. Dulles arranged to meet
with the House Foreign Affairs
Committee and presumably he
will take the same line he adopt
ed in briefing key Democratic
and Republican congressional
leaders yesterday: That United
States agreement to seat Red
Chinese delegates at an April
conference in Geneva on Asiatic
peace problems does not mean
that United States recognition Of
Red China is in the offing.
/ Meanwhile. there was one in
dication that Mr.. Dulles had
failed to quiet all the doubts
in the minds of the lawmakers
with whom he talked for 80
minutes in his Office yesterday.
Knowland Has Misgivings.
Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia. the Republican Senate
leader. said in a New York speech
last night he has Substantial"
misgiving6 about the decision of
the Big Four foreign ministers
to invite the Chinese Reds to
the Geneva conference, despite
Mr.. Dulles assurance on the rec
ognition question.
The Californian also objected
to discussion of Indo-China un-
less representatives of the
affected states are on hand and
enjoying an equal voice."
Most of the lawmakers crushed
aside reporters questions as they
left Mr.. Dulles Office. But their
grim expressions. coupled with
the length of the meeting and
their terSe rejection of those
questions prompted speculation
that they had thrown some hot
questions at the secretary.
Later Secretary Dulles issued
a formal statement that there
would be no United States rec
ignition of the Chinese Com
munist regime" He said this
country had obtained Russian
agreemen on this 80 efforts to
unity Korea and promote peace
in Indo-China could proceed
without changing the United
States basic position on China. "
Russia Showed Its Hand.
The statement also said that
as far as Europe was concerned
the Berlin conference had re-
CURED Soviet Russia to show its
hand. and it was still a hand
which held fast to what it now
had and sought 70 grasp some
more.
Senator Knowland said that
when Secretary Dulles comes be-
fore the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee tomorrow he
will be asked. among other
things. what price is expected
to be paid" for a free and united
Korea. Senator Knowland is q
member Of that committee.
Nj Dulles also will report to
President Eisenhower when the
Chief Executive returns tomor-
row from his California vaca-
ton. and to the people via radio
and TV tomorrow night.
Senator Knowland said the
presence Of the Chinese Com
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munists at Geneva could be JUS
tilted in discussion OF a possible
peace settlement in Korea, since
the Reds fought in that war.
But he said he doesn't like the
idea of talking about peace in
Indo- China before there is
chance to determine what kind
Of Korean peace can be
achieved"
Senator Knowland had edited
his prepared speech after listen
ing to Mr.. Dulles report.
Chairman Wiley of the For
eign Relations Committee indi-
Gated in an interview he ex-
poets Korea to be the first topic
for discussion at Geneva.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
French Baron Sold Mansion
To.U. S., Then Stripped 1t Bare

Congressional investigators to-
day told the story of how the
United States bought q Paris
mansion from Baron Maurice de
Rothschild only to have the
baron strip it Of valuables-
right down to the doorknobs-
before turning 1t over to the
American Government.
A House Appropriations sub
committee headed by Repre-
sentative Bow of Ohio related
the incident in a report on the
State Departments Foreign
Buildings Operations.
For years. the subcommittee
said. there have been rumors Of
what happened to the property
at Al Rue Fauborg st. Honore
in Paris. So the subcommittee
had its investigators and the
General Accounting Once piece
together the events.
This is a fantastic story"
the report said. 1.-THE spectacle
of perhaps the richest man in
France making gelatin casts of
objects of art. paneling. balusters
and. staircases for the purpose
of removing the originals and
replacing them with plaster
forgeries. and removing gold
leaf decorations and substituting
bronze paint, almost staggers
the imagination"
Home for Ambassador.
The United States started ne
gotiating for the property in
1916 when the United States had
a surplus Of foreign currencies
to its credit and Jefferson Caf-
frey, then the Ambassador to
Paris. was. looking for a new
official residence.
The Foreign Buildings Opera
tons finally bought the build
ing in 1913 for SIG million
worth of Belgium and French
currencies.
Baron Rothschild indicated
that he wanted a. month to re-
move art treasures and other
valuable items stored in the
basement. . H.. During the course
of the negotiations the wife of
an embassy employe observed
that much material was being
removed from the premises.
"As a result of this. the Am
baSSador called the baron
and told him that the agreed
price was passed on the prop
erty as is The baron advised
that these objects were being
taken down for cleaning and to
be repaired. He also said he
would guarantee that the build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Mao Regime Caused
IS Million Deaths,
Dulles Aides Report

Top State Department officials
were disclosed today to have told
Congress that the Communist re-
giIne in China has caused IS
million deaths since 1949 and
cannot be accepted as q decent
member Of the world community
in the foreseeable future.
The testimony came from
Undersecretary Of State Walter
Bedell Smith and Walter S.
Robertson. Assistant Secretary Of
State for Far Eastern Affairs.
They appeared in q closed meet
ing of a House appropriations
subcommittee. which made their
testimony public today.
Gen. Smith, in discussing the
start Of the Big Four Foreign
Ministers Conference in Berlin.
said the United States could not
accept a Soviet proposal for a
five-power conference, including
Communist China, to study
European problems.
No Claim to Decency.
1--WE do not see Communist
China as a decent member Of the
world community at the present
time or in the foreseeable
future" Gen. Smith said.
In 1850, they (the Chinese)
had one Of the worst famines
that the country ever expert
enced," Mr.. Robertson testified.
Throughout that period the
Communist government was .ex-
porting food. with thousands of
people dying of starvation, to
Soviet Russia in exchange for
industrial equipment and mill
tary supplies.
1T is estimated ). that in
Guiding the deaths from starva-
ton plus the liquidations-the
foundations in public squares.
where they just lined them up
and turned the machineguns on
them: the liquidations of the
political opposition. the land
owners. business people and the
classes that they want to ex-
terminate-that the Communists
have liquidated about Is million
people since 1949.
Worst Red AtrOcity.
I'm other words. according to
the evidence it has been just
about the bloodiest pattern that
the Communists have followed
in any country in the world"
Mr.. Robertson continued:
I'VE know that their industrial
program is far behind schedule.
We know that they are desper-
ately in need of essential raw
materials, as evidenced BY the
fact that as Of today. with a
very bad famine, China is ex-
porting rice in exchange for
rubber.
ITO lose a few million (per-
sons) does not make them any
weaker; it makes them stronger
in a sense, economically. because
it is easier to feed them and it
cuts down the unrest due to
starvation. There are deep,
bitter resentments in China
among the people toward the
Communist regime"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Fire Routs Actors

NEW YORK, Feb. % (R.-
About so actors were driven from
their rooms early today by a
fire in the Lambs Club. One
actor, Eddy Carr. was taken to
Roosevelt Hospital. suffering
from the effects of smoke. The
fire started in Mr.. Cars room.
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ing would be put into the con-
dition agreed upon. 49,.
House Stripped.
"The property was subse-
quently inspected by a group of
experts who found that it had
been practically stripped Of the
objects Of value and replaced
by clever limitations of carved
paneling dating back to 1870. of
the massive marble staircase in
the hall. marble mantels, marble
acanthus. statuary and even
down to doorknobs and other
minor items. all of which were
replaced with plaster cast imi-
tations. or with cheap facsimilies,
Valuable tapestries were re-
moved fro mthe walls. -.
A different version Of Paf-
faire Rothschild came from Le-
land King, who was head Of
the Foreign Buildings Opera
tions when he resigned Janu-
airy /.
ANY implication that Baron
Rothschild fooled us or tricked
us is completely false" Mr.. King
told a reporter. HE did not
pull any wool over our eyes"
Mr.. King said the United
States was interested primarily
in the land, rather than the
house.
The House subcommittee
which had rejected in advance
such explanations. complained
that the Rothschild mansion was
only one of the white elephants
on the State Departments over
seas inventory.
villa on Riviera.
At Nice. on the French Ri
viera, the subcommittee found
that Uncle Sam for years has
owned a villa that cost this Gov
eminent $101 900 in foreign cur
rency. But no American ever has
lived in the villa. and only now
is the State Department getting
ready to sell it.
The department also has
hung a for sale" sign on q
$149, 900 Rome villa which has
been the residence Of Class 3
foreign service officer, who pre-
sumably never had it so good:
The subcommittee thought a
66-acre tract for the United
States Embassy in the heart OF
The Hague, in the Netherlands.
was inappropriate. And the
United States Embassy on Gros-
vernon square in London still
has British residents who &C.
cupy apartments under leases
that have as much as 81 years
to run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Envoy Zurubin Returns

NEW YORK, Feb. % R.-
Georgi N. Zarubin. Soviet Am
bassador Ito the United States,
returned without comment to-
DAY from the four-power con-
ference in Berlin. He was ex-
pected to leave for Washington
later today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Hoover Sees No Sign
OF Depression, Says
Dips Are Inevitable

VF AIC WCVIIoUIC
There is no sign of another
depression anywhere on the
landscape at the present time. I"
Herbert Hoover. former Presi-
dent, said last night.
Mr.. Hoover was principal
speaker at dinner of the Amer
lean Good Government Society.
held at the Hotel .Statler. Mr..
Hoover and Gov. Allan Shivers.
Of Texas. received the 1854
George Washington Awards Of
the society, in recognition of
their outstanding contributions
to good government in the United
States"
Mr.. Hoover, now 70, declared
that present troubles derive from
a mixture of SURPRISES plus some
dehydrated optimism"
The speaker, who brought out
that he was credited with one
depression. said of present times,
that you can have high conf
dence that this is only a passing
dip. a slump. a readjustment. or
a recession, not great de-
preston"
Suggests Remedy.
So as to increase the buying
power of all the people, Mr..
Hoover suggested a remedy along
the lines proposed by President
Eisenhower. reducing taxes. If
necessary. This would mean the
people could absorb surplus pro-
duction and raise the standard
OF living a bit more.
It is inevitable that slumps,
or what they may be called.
should occur about every five or
seven years, he said. in the ebb
and flow of a free economic
system. He added:
II should be regarded as an
expert on these subjects. At least
I was credited with having con-
structed one all by myself, the
entire worldwide depression
which lasted in the United States
for 10 years from 1881 to 1941.
I even received the honor of
having that depression named
after me by various political can
didates.
However" he added, "out of
modesty I must again state that
this was an overdone honor and
that I. have never claimed such
gigantic political. economical or
intellectual power"
Voices Confidence.
Mr.. Hoover added that today's
prospects Of a major depression
are quite thin. THE combustible
materials are not hereabouts to
construct another confiagration
like that Of the decade Of the
thirties," he said.
Gov. ShiverS, a Democrat who
supported President Eisenhower
in 1852. told the group that "one
Of the fundamental precepts of
constitutional government is the
citizens responsibility for its
preservation" He said that I'M
der its own rules, constitutional
government is subject to change.
but mot to termination" He
continued:
ut is my humble opinion that
the trainers Of the Constitution
did not intend to give any indi-
vidual the right to use these
privileges and freedoms on the
one hand while trying to destroy
them with the other.
Just as religious freedom does
not include the right to tear
down your neighbors' church be-
cause you think yours better, po-
litical freedom should not be
used to cloak the right hand with
protection while the left hand
carries on dastardly acts of de-
struction."
Other speakers included Sena-
tor Mundt. Republican, of South
Dakota. and former Represent
ative Gossett, a Democrat from
Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Today
In
Congress
BY the Asseciofsd Press

McCarthy-Senator Mccarthy
calls witness to a public hear
ing Of his Investigations sub
committee which he says will
show chow the Army handled
the case Of another known Com
munist." He says this inquiry
has nothing to do with his blasts
at the Army for honorably dis
charging former Maj. Irving
PereSS.
Atomic Spying-Summoned to
the House Un-American Activ-
tiles Committee witness stand is
Mrs. Victoria Stone, a New York
dress shop operator whom the
committee lists as member of
a onetime Soviet atomic espio-
mage ring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

POlitics-Senator Ferguson of
Michigan. head of the Senate
G. o. P. Policy Committee, says
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Taxes-G. o. P. congressional
leaders look to President Eisen-
hover to help bolster public sup
port-possibly through a Nation
wide broadcast-of the admins
tration's beleaguered tax pro-
gram. Some Republicans show
restiveneSs over repeated Demo-
cratic charges that the Eisen-
hover program is weighted in
favor of business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

Enthusiastically of State
Dulles talks to House Foreign
Affairs Committee members in
another round Of his fight to
convince Congress that this
country bested the Soviets at
the Big -Four meeting in Berlin.