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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Sce|ba Wins Ballot
On Eve Of u. 5. Trip
BY the Associated Press

ROME, Mar. 23.-Premiel
Mario Scelba won a vote of con-
fidence in the Chamber of Dep
uties, 278-2ll. today on the eve
of his departure for state visits
to the United States and Can
ada.
| The Chamber vote gives HIM
and Foreign Minister Gaetaro
MARITIME backing for negotiations
in Washington and Ottawa, par
ticularly on the controversial
question of developing Italian
oil resources.
Besides expressing confidence
in Mr.. Scelba and his four party
coalition government. the vote
rejected a Communist-Soc ialist
proposal to prohibit the Premier
from bartering oil concessions
| for more United States economic
aid.
Mr.. Scelba protested that the
proposal indicated "a lack OF
confidence in his government
and would have TIED his hands
in the United States. President
Eisenhower is among those with
whom he will discuss Italian
| problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Blast in Bethesda
Skaters Basement

An explosion caused by gaso-
line fumes this morning wrecked
the basement of a one-and-a-
half story building next to the
Bethesda police station. A Mont
gomery County employe was in
iured in the blast.
Bethesda and Kenslngton fire.
men quickly controlled the blaze
that followed the blast at 4640
Montgomery avenue. the Bethes-
da Office of the Montgomery
County Street Department.
Five county employees were in
the building when the $3.50 am.
explosion toppled basement par
titions and shattered a dozen
windows. The injured man.
Stanley Shaw. 80. a street de-
partment laborer, was treated at
Suburban Hospital for burns and
released.
Immediately before the blast,
two other county employees. Jo-
seph Boyce. 80. colored. and
George Atwell. %. were trans
ferring gasoline from an l8-gal-
Ion tank to a 5-gallon can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
A-Tests at Present Rate Run
Genetic Risk, Physicist Says

intervals every 80 years would
double the natural radiation, he
said
Rough as this estimate may
be-" DR.. Rotblat added, lit Ger
tainly shows that we are sailing
much closer to the wind than
many of us thought"
Britain. the United States and
Russia have nuclear weapons.
The number and frequency of
Soviet test blasts have not been
published.
DR.. Rotblat said no one can
see an escape from the genetic
effect of nuclear explosions.
He said it is made 'even more
horrible by the fact that it is
not observed Immediately, al
though it may spell a disastrous
result for the entire human
species some hundred of years
hence"
DR.. Rotblat said the hydrogen
uranium bomb may be "a kind
OF cobalt bomb" and "in some
respects it is even worse" He
did not elaborate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
By james E. Roper
Stor Sioff Correspondent

SAIGON, South Wet Nam
Mar. 23.-Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem today offered jobs and
other aid in an effort to persuade
soldiers of dissident groups
threatening his government to
lay down their arms.
A spokesman for the Premier
said Mr.. Diem probably would
explain his plan to save his gov
eminent without resorting to vio-
lence in a radio broadcast TO-
morrow.
The dissident groups, which
consider themselves religious
sects and which control at least
$4,000 troops. demanded Monday
that the Diem government be
reorganized in accordance with
their wishes within five days.
They declared that unless the
American-backed Premier meets
their demands they will appeal
to the people," Violence was
limited.
Confers With Envoy.
Mr.. Diem's counter move,
which amounts to an effort to
strip the sect leaders of their
soldiers, was outlined after he
conferred today with American
Charge D'Affaires Randolph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Living Cost Stable,
Take-Home Pay Rises

The Government reported
today that February living costs
remained unchanged from Janu-
airy but factory workers take
home pay and buying power rose
to record high.
The Bureau of Labor Stats
tics said it's living cost index for
the third straight month was
114.3 per cent of the 1919
average. Food prices were
slightly higher in some cities.
The bureau reported that
average earnings less taxes for
factory worker with three de-
pendents rose to $69.17 a week
in February and to $61.91 for a
single worker. This was rs cents
higher than in January for each
type worker.
The purchasing power of the
average factory worker has in
creased about S per cent in the
past year because of higher
take-home pay and a slight liv-
ing cost decline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Aruba, With Fuel
For Reds, Turns Back
BY the Associated Press

HELSINKI, Finland, Mar. %
The Finnish tanker Aruba to-
day was reported sailing back
to Communist Romania with her
cargo Of jet fuel originally des-
tined for Red China.
A highly placed source con-
firmed that the Aruba had
turned about in the Indian
Ocean and was sailing westward
away from China. He said
the tanker was bound for Con-
stanza, the Romanian Black Sea
port where she had picked up
her load of 10000 tons of high
grade kerosene.
When the Aruba sailed from
Constanza, United States Con-
gressmen let out violent pro-
tests. The tanker was carrying
strategic goods for Red China
in violation of a United Nations
embargo.
The Chinese NatlOnallSCS on
Formosa threatened to intercept
the vessel. The Aruba's Finnish
crew then refused to sail the
ship into dangerous waters. +"
beyond Singapore.
The Re-Be Shipping Co..
owners of the tanker, still re-
fused today to confirm or deny
that the Aruba had turned back
A spokesman said. however. that
the disposal of the cargo had
not yet been determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Monroe Was Tipped
To Bribery Probe,
Thonan Testifies
Pre-Arrest Warning
Come From Pool Hall
Jury Is Informed
By Jack Jonas

A pool hall operator tipped of
police captain that he was
under investigation on bribery
and conspiracy charges two
weeks before the captains ar
rest, a Government witness told
a Federal Court jury today.
Capt. Todd o. Thoman. jr.,
said Capt. John B. Monroe, sus-
pended twelfth precinct COM
mander, called him last August
% and said that a pool nall OPP
orator named Bradley in the 600
block of Massachusetts, avenue
NV. had tipped him of about
the investigation.
Monroe asked me if I had
heard anything of an investiga-
ton by Layton Capt. John B
Layton) and Lutz deputy Chief
Clarence H. Lutz) concerning
policemen implicated with gam
blers," Capt. Thoman said.
Disclaimed knowledge
The witness, who by that time
had spent 10 months investi-
eating the bribery case. said he
replied that he didn't know any
thing about it, but would check
and let Capt. Monroe know.
On trial in U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia on
bribery and conspiracy charges
in addition to Capt. Monroe are
Roger w. (WhitetopO Simkins,
SIS, colored: George C. Prather,
suspended probationary detec-
tive; Charles (Geechie Charlie)
Anderson. 40, colored; Curtis M.
(BozO Taylor, 80. colored; AL
bert H. (Real Estate) Smith, As:
John Lefty Winston, 40,
colored, and Burnie King, 20,
colored.
Capt. Thoman said Simkins
also became JlCLery ABOUT Cne
same time. He said he had a
call from Simkins the following
day-August 20.
Suspects Investigation
"Simkins said he had noticed
that they had been hanging
around his Office at 539 Shepherd
street NV" Capt. Thoman said.
"He asked me if I knew that
anything was going on. I told
him ! would find out and let him
know"
Two days later, Capt. Thoman
(See BRIBERY, Page A-6)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23

Picture on Poee All
year-old New York financier, "it
will be found not in the stock
market itself but in the effects
of this inf1ationary heritage"
Mr.. Baruch testified before
the Senate Banking and Cur
rency Committee as the final
scheduled witness in the COM
mittee's controversial stock mar
ket investigation.
The committee recessed its
hearings indefinitely as Mr..
Baruch completed his testimony.
Standby Legislation
In response to questions, Mr..
Baruch strongly urged standby
legislation to authorize the
freezing of prices in the event
of war. He said such legislation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. ga British
physicist said today that if nu-
clear weapon tests continue at
the present rate there is a
probable risk of running into
genetic trouble"
Prof. Joseph Rotblat, who
once worked at the American
Los Alamos atomic station. also
said a full-scale nuclear war
would have disastrous genetic
results even for residents of
neutral countries.
DR.. Rotblat is professor of
physics at the University of Lon
don and physicist at st. Bar
tholomew's Hospital here.
Writing in the current issue
of the Atomic Scientists Jour-
nal, DR.. Rotblat said it probably
would be safe to double the
present natural radiation "but
it would be rather risky to as
sumo that any higher activity is
safe"
Explosion Of rs hydrogen
uranium bombs at arbitrary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Washington Club
Plans Addition

NEW ANNEx-The Washington
Club will hold ground breoking eere-
MONIES March 81 FOR the 500, 900
addition to the former Patterson
mansion On Dupont Circle. Poee B-l.
LENTEN THOUGHT --senotor Rob
ert 5. Ker-, in "A Thought for Todoy."
chooses the portieulo' verses OF the
Scripture thot have significant meon-
ing to HIM during Lent and all Of the
time. Poee A 70.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Gen. wicker SAYS
JuIiana Lied Before
Watkins Committee
Peress Probers Hear
Mccarthy Aide Reply
His Testimony Stands
By Mary McGrory

Brig. Gen. Ralph w. zwicker,
onetime commanding officer Of
Mai. Irving Peress, told the Sem
ate Investigating Committee that
a committee aide lied in testi-
mony before another Senate
committee.
The general, recalled from the
Far East to make a third ap-
pearance in the Peress case,
charged James N. Juliana, a
Mccarthy staff appointee, did
not tell the truth when he told
the Watkins committee last au-
tumn that Gen. Zwicker had
given him information about
Peress which he later withheld
in a public hearing before the
Mccarthy committee on Febru-
airy Is, 1854. in New York.
THAT testimony is not true, :"
Gen. Zwicker said. II did not
give him then or at any other
time any information relative to
Irving Peress other than CO.
operating with him to the extent
that all files or information were
available to him except informa-
ton that came in the classified
information files"
Resulted in Censure.
The February Is meeting was
the celebrated session at which
Senator Mccarthy called Gen
Zwicker, a combat veteran, the
most arrogant and eXasperating
witness" he had ever seen. The
Watkins committee recommend
ed censure for Senator Mccarthy
for this action.
Mr.. Juliana answered Gen.
Zwicker's charge by saying that,
while he had not reviewed his
testimony before the Watkins
committee, he would stand on it.
Mr.. Juliana insisted that Gen.
zwicker had told him that he
was doing everything in his
power to get rid of Peress." He
asked Gen. Zwicker why he
didn't tell that to the commit
tee on February Is.
Probably" answered the gen.
(See PERESS, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Central Asian Republic
Kicks Out Two Ministers

MOSCOW, Mar. 23.-The
government of the Central Asian
republic of TadZhik has fired two
cabinet ministers-Minister of
Culture Muse Radzhbov and
Minister of Local Industry Kur-
bansho Gadoliev. Both were &C
cused of inefficient leadership
and failure to fulfill their duties.
The dismissals were disclosed
by the arrival today in Moscow
of last Fridays issue of the
newspaper TadzhikiStan Pravda.
The custer of Radzhbov pre-
coded by only a few days the
removal of Georgi F. Alexan-
drov as the Soviet Unions
Minister of Culture. The head
of local industry in Tadzhik was
kicked out shortly before the
government newspaper Izvestia
sharply criticized local industry
throughout most Of the USSR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Boruch BIomes Expansion,
Initiation for Rising Market
Senate Hearing Recessed Indefinitely
-, After He Urges Standby Price Freeze Law

should have been on the book
a long time ago since the coun'
| try that RECEIVERS first econom'
| ically after a war will be thu
winner.
The financier also had some
observations on variety Of
topics, some of which brought
laughter from the audience
These included:
On stock market tips such al
given by Walter Winchell in hi.
radio broadcast-"No reason why
radio man shouldn't do it il
he thinks it's wise. I wouldn't
do i'll don't know enough
about it."
On economists-"If they are
as wise as they profess to be in
forecasting economic trends, they
would speculate in the market
themselves and would soon have
all the money and we wouldn't
have any,"
On stock market spectators
Mr.. Baruch said he was. him.
self. a speculator when he was
active in Wall Street within the
meaning of his own definition OF
the word. That definition: ut
is one who observes the future
and acts accordingly"
Market Not for Amateurs.
Asked if it is harder for a
Spectator to make money now
than it was in 1915, when he
was active, Mr.. Baruch replied
that this depends on the specu-
lator." He added the stock mar
ket is not for an amateur or q
dilettante.
Mr., Baruch said the economic
condition of the country is dom
mated by the continuing cold
war, and emphasized:
1--WE dare not forget that we
are threatened by perhaps the
most relentless enemy ever re-
corded, an enemy which talks
of peace while waging ceaseless
war It may be a cold war that
we face today, but it is still a
total war-psychological eco
nomic, political, military and
moral-all in one"
Need for Defense
Mr.. Baruch stressed the i'm
portance of a defense adequate
to deter aggression and steps tc
preserve the national credit.
II opposed the tax reduction
that was voted last year." Mr.
Baruch said. THAT remains my
position today. Both parties
should pledge themselves to op-
pose tax reductions as long az
the budget is unbalanced ano
our national security is ir
| Jeopardy"
He said that was why he Il
against any reduction in the
capital gains tax at this time, q
course advocated by some dur
ing the committees inquiry.
"a revision of the tax would
improve the functioning of thu
(See MARKET, Page A-2D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23

BUENOS AIRES, Mar. % up.
United States Secretary of the
Navy Charles S. Thomas yes
terday received the Argentine
governments Order of Naval
Merit. The award was presented
by Admiral Anibal Olivieri,
Argentina's Navy Minister. Pres
ident Juan D. Peron attended
the ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Radioactive Ruin
Blamed on U. S. Tests
BY the Associated Press

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Mar. %.
Radioactive rain fell here Sum
day and Monday, a university
scientist said today. He said
the March Is United States
atomic test in Nevada was re-
sponsible. DR.. Mutsuaki Shin
agwa of Hiroshima University
said the rain registered from 100
to 500 Geiger counts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Wet Nam Offers Jobs and Aid
To Troops Of Religious Sects
Premier Moves to Head Off Group
From Selling Control of Nation

Kidder. He also contacted indi-
rectly some of the sect leaders.
Mr.. Diem's spokesman, Vow
ran Hal, said that the Premier
will promise to take every step"
to get the sect soldiers reset
tied, especially on farms. They
will be offered the same agri-
cultural opportunities accorded
refugees from Communist North
Wet Nam, The soldiers also will
be employed on public works
project, Mr.. Hal said.
Pledges U. S. Aid.
All this, the Premier's spokes-
man went on. will be financed
indirectly with American eco
nomic aid.
Mr.. Hal said the Premier is
standing firm on his insistence
that the sect armies must be
dissolved, but he is considering
unspecif1ed cabinet changes.
These changes may in some
measure meet the demands of
the sect leaders.
Mr.. Diem apparently hopes a
promise of reward for co-opera-
ton with his government COM
bined with the threat of possible
violence in case of resistance
would bring the sect leaders and
their armies into line and end
Wet Mans worst political crisis
since Geneva.
The ultimatum delivered to
the Premier Monday was signed
by seven leaders of the so-called
religious sects and the Binh
Xuyen Society. which controls
the police in Saigon and other
major cities.
Sees Aid to Reds
In delivering it, the sect lead
ers charged that Mr.. Diem is
helping communism by running
Wet Mans foreign affairs as a
one-man show, is losing the con-
fidence of the United States and
France and is failing to settle
internal confusion.
After receiving the ultimatum,
Mr.. Diem appealed by radio for
public support for his program
and the national army.
Mr.. Diem's plan appears to be
designed to fill a gap left Feb
ruary IL when the French
stopped paying sect soldiers,
which control large areas of Wet
Nam south of Saigon. The sects
have been getting increasingly
belligerent since that date.
In Saigon, the tension has
been increased by the fact that
members of the Binh Xuyen
carry tommyguns, block off side
walks around police stations and
send 12-man patrols trooping
through the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
.By Cecil HoIIond

Bernard M. Baruch today told
Senate stock market investiga-
tors that "the dramatic expan-
sion" of industries and "the Gu
mulative effects" of inf1ationary
policies over the years have been
the two main factors in the ris-
ing level of stock prices.
IF any economic danger
threatens today" said the 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Bandits Get $4,000

DETROIT. Mar. % (P).-Two
pistol-waving bandits held up
the suburban Livonia Branch of
the First Federal Savings and
Loan Association today and
escaped with an estimated $685.
600. The bandits wore work
clothes and red hunting caps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Reds and NotionuIists
Swap ArtilIeryFire
BY the Associated Press

TAIPEI. Formosa. Mar. %
Chinese Nationalist batteries on
the Quemoy Islands silenceo
Communist guns yesterday in the
heaviest artillery exchange in
recent weeks of their vest pocket
war, the Defense Ministry re-
ported.
Nationalist said the Reds
started it. The Communists fired
Sc shells-42 at Quemoy yester-
day morning and "a at Little
Quemoy in the afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
Pride Reaches Tuipei

TAIPEI, Formosa, Mar. % (41.
Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride.
commander of the United States
7th Fleet. arrived today for talks
on Nationalist China's military
requirements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23

Treaties. Page Abb
should be started at a lower level
than a meeting of chiefs of state,
although they might lead to such
a top-level conference, bringing
him face to face with Soviet
Premier Bulganin.
While no Big Four conference
is under actual consideration
now, the President said, frequent
discussions are held with the
British and French to keep al
lied thinking on the same level
so that we can move ahead as
favorable conditions arise.
Cites Kremlin Changes
There is some faint hope that
exploratory talks with the Rus
slams might be useful now be-
cause of recent changes in top
Kremlin leadership, he said.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he did
not think there was any great
difference in the views of the
administration and Chairman
George of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. who has
been urging that this Govern
ment take the initiative in try
ing to arrange top-level talks
with the Russians as soon as the
Paris agreements are ratified by
all the nations involved.
He conceded there might be
some difference in detail between
the administration and Senator
George on the emphasis put on
the need for some concrete evil
dence of Soviet good faith as a
prior condition to a conference,
But. he emphasized, he be-
lieves all concerned are sincerely
seeking peace with honor and
that each person might seize on
some particular detail to en-
phasize in his own mind to a
greater degree than the others
Asks Some Indication.
The President said he is mere
ly looking for some indication
that the Russians mean business
He remarked that they had left
us hanging on the limb about
many commitments, and that all
he wants to know now is that
they would approach a confer
ence earnestly.
Asked if he assumed the Rus
slams would be willing to joir
in a Big Four conference after
the Paris accords go into effect
MIR. Eisenhower said he did not
know but believed it might be
worthwhile to try to find out,
He remarked that he would
have no objection to going TO q
conference without an agenda al
which everything could come ur
if he saw any chance of such a
meeting serving the cause Of
world peace.
The President emphasized that
he approached the subject of a
possible Big Four conference
with no idea of partisan advan-
tage. saying he was just as un-
partisan as any one could be
in the search for peace.
George Would Be Invited
He told questioner that Sen
ator George and other interested
Democrats certainly would be
invited to any conference with
the Russians that might be ar.
ranged. He said they certainly
would be taken along if they
should find it convenient to go
A reporter reminded him that
Senator George had suggested
Continued on Page AL, Col. II
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Believes Talks
Should Begin at
Ministers Level
By Gornett D. Horner

President Eisenhower said to-
day he believes new exploratory
talks with Russia must be sought
once the Paris agreements for re-
arming West Germany are rati-
fed.
He emphasized at a news con-
ference, however, that such talks
French Senote Opens Debote on Pori:
Treaties. Poqe Abb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23
LiIacs

Ever since Walt Whitman wrote when
Lilacs Last in the. Dooryard Blond" the
shrub has been Washington favorite,
says Charles e. Tracewel in This and
That on
Page A-26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23

(See MARKET, Page A-21)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-23

Continued on Page All, Col. y
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Peron Honors Thomas

(See PAY, Page AID
The Lincoln times., 1955-06-13
Cake Cutting
Follows Rehearsal

Mrs. L. T. Morton. Miss Pat
ricia Smith and Mrs. 2. v. Smith
were hosteSses at the Smith home
Saturday night at a cake cutting
following the rehearsal for the
wedding of Miss Betty Stamey
and Robert N. Keener.
A profusion of flowers. carrying
out green and white color motif,
made attractive decorations in
the home.
The table was covered with an
imported cut work cloth and CEN
tered with a large silver candlea-
bra entwined with ivy. Narrow
satin ribbons, attached to the
candelabra, extended to the four
corners of the table where they
were held with small bouquets of
white stock and gypsophila.
At one end of the table was the
punch bowl and at the other end
the three TERED wedding cake
rested on a silver tray. After the
bride and groom had cut the first
slice Miss Doris Harkey finished
the cutting. Miss Patsy Mauney
served punch. which was served
with ice cream nodded into we'd
ding bells, cake and mintS.
The Lincoln times., 1955-06-13
Happy
Birthday

List furnished by MILL REM
NANT SHOP.
~NNNNN~~~~ - - - "
JUNE 18th - Mrs. Albert Will
kenson, Route l, Iron Station;
Mrs. Jack Greene, Box 4o7. Boyer
City; Mrs. L. E. McQuinn, Syca-
more ST., Lincolnton; Mrs. Jessie
Smith, Lincolnton.
JUNE 14th - Mrs. Jim Stroupe.
Route 4, Lincolnton Mrs. j. Edw.
Kale, ST., E. Main St., Lincolnton;
Mrs. Helen Byers, Route 4, Lin
colnton; Mrs. Mary L. Finger,
Lincolnton.
JUNE 18th - Mrs. Wor h
Ewing, Route l, Iron Station: Mrs.
Stacy Hovis, Route /, Iron Sta