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Evening star., 1955-01-28
Dovid Lowrence

Seldom in the history Of the
United States Senate has there
been an address Of stateman-
ship comparable to that deliy-
cred by Senator Walter George
Of Georgia. Democrat, chair
man Of the Foreign Relations
Committee, as he upheld Pres
ident Eisenhower's request for
unrestricted authority to use
the armed forces to defend
Formosa and the American de-
Tense line in the Far East.
In contrast to the petty quib-
bles of some of his colleagues
and the narrow interpretations
which they interjected to ham
string the American armed
forces II they should be at
tackled from the small islands
off the coast of China, the
Georgia Senator made clear In
his speech that this is not the
time to give the enemy a priv
ileged sanctuary Of retreat, IS
was the case In Korea.
Such Americanisn Is q
thrilling exhibition of the spirit
that has governed the Nation
in all its past crises. 1t was
especially stimulating to hear
this doctrine from the lips Of
this Senator--a veteran in ex-
perience, in foreign affairs
as he cast aside all partisan
ship and focused on the central
issue.
For, instead of leading to a
preventive war"-which is the
smoke screen raised against all
proper defense measures when
ever it suits critics to use that
term to break down American
firmness - Senator George
showed how the American poll
ICY could deter the aggressor,
prevent a big war from hap
pening and insure peace.
II ask each man here" de-
clared Senator George, ''if the
Congress of the United States
is willing to withhold its moral
support from the President Of
the United States under these
circumstances, what is your
Evening star., 1955-01-28
So Million on India Forms

NEW DELHI.--Out Of So mil
lion rural families in India,
nearly II million are those Of
farm laborers.
Evening star., 1955-01-28
chrYsIer 10 Sell Cars
To Employees al Discount
BY .hs A..osiotsd press

DETROIT, Jan. 2s.--Chrysler
Corp. is going to. make It's cars
available to employees at substan-
tial discounts.
Under the plan. announced to-
day, some $4,000 Chrysler en-
ployes in so plants and establish
ments throughout the country
will be able to purchase one car
a year at a discount OF Is per
cent. The discount does not apply
to transportation costs, delivery
and handling charges, or taxes,
which are in addition to the fac
tory retail price.
The company said the plan
was developed after consider
able study and after discussions
with Chrysler dealers and CIO
United Auto Workers represen-
tatives."
1t provides that an eligible
employe may place an order for
a car with the corporation and
designate the dealer who will
participate in the sale. Payment
win be made to the company,
which in turn will pay the dealer
a specified amount for particle
pating in the sale. trhe dealers
customary mark-up is "a to rs
per cent?
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Trade Plan Approved
For Hampton Roads
BY the Assoeioisd Press

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. 28.-The
Board of Commissioners of the
Virginia Ports Authority has ac-
cepted recommendations of the
agency's executive director for
bringing new trade to Hampton
Roads.
The board approved the pro-
gram sketched by David H. Clark
as the first step in giving the
Norfolk Newport News Ports
mouth area a greater share of
the East Coast shipping business
The program includes recon-
mendations for freight solicita-
ton, policing Of freight tariffs
surveys to disclose facts affecting
the States ports and a public re-
lations plan to faIniliarize the
public with activities of the au-
thority and Old Dominion ports
Evening star., 1955-01-28
ing Exhibition

More and more members Of
the Senate have begun to see
the joint resolution not as a
narrow legalistic instrument
of International policy but as
q pronouncement on moral
issue--to make the aggressors
respect the neutrality of For
mosa. For Formosa today has
not been given to the regime
on the mainland. because it
has violated international OBJ
legations, including a fragrant
act of aggression in Korea.
The Chang Kai-silek gov
ernment is still the recognized
government of China so far
as the United States is con-
cerned. Under international
Law. any request for military
help from a recognized govern
ment is granted h accord
with tradition and custom.
So the resolution now before
Congress meets all the require
ments Of international law and
at the same time confirms the
right of the United States to
protect its military position in
the Far East. Some people in
the Senate have forgotten that
it was from Formosa that
the Japanese planes launched
their attack which caused our
defeat in the Philippines in
1912. Had America been able
to dominate the air a few
hundred miles around For
mosa, the surrender at Bataan
would never have occurred.
The President has wisely as
sured Congress that he alone,
as Commander in Chief. will
make the decision as to when
measures of retaliation against
an attacking force viii be or
dered. For it will be within
his power to order American
forces to repel attack and also
to go as far out as necessary
in pursuit of enemy planes.
Had the United States forces
been given that right, they
would have won a victory in
Korea.
Reproduction RIGHTS Reseryed.)
Evening star., 1955-01-28
constontine Brown

The Chinese Communists are
our enemies in both the gen.
eral and specific meaning of
the word although diplomatic
double-talk has confused the
issue somewhat.
In a general sense the Chi
nese. like the Russian Commu-
nists. are striving to subjugate
the remainder of the free ma
tions in Asia and in this drive
they feel they must overcome
and destroy the United States.
In the specific sense, the war
in Korea-ealled by the pre-
vious administration for con-
venience sake a police action"
lis merely suspended. Until
q formal peace is signed q
state Of war continues to ex-
list between the belligerents.
Thus. for practical purposes.
we who bore the brunt Of the
campaign are still at war with
the Chinese Communists who
furnished the greatest effort
on the other side.
Under these circumstances it
was painful, to say the least,
to listen to some Of the speeches
on the Senate floor where the
resolution to give full power to
President Eisenhower to de-
fend Formosa and Quemoy and
other Nationalist islands of
strategic importance is being
debated.
Nobody should criticize q
Senator from either party for
voting according to his con-
science. Thus we can have no
quarrel with legislators who
vote against the resolution for
whatever reason.
Little attention has been
given to Senator Morse's coll
league, Ralph Flanders. The
Vermonter who thrived In
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Doris Fteeson-
Georges Dramatic Moment
Georgia Democrat Accepts Presidents Patriotism
In the Great Tradition of the Late Vondenberg

saying there were no plans to
increase the Army.
All this would be dynamite
II Admiral Radford should be
proved wrong in his estimates
that only sea and air power
were necessary. Senators
praising Admiral Radford's
intellectual integrity, point out
Admiral Radford refused to
rule out the use of ground
troops.
The President also faced
senatorial anxiety over the
question Of who would have
the, power to order United
States task forces to attack
Red China. Several Senators
had bluntly said Chang wanted
to go back to the mainland on
the backs Of American dough-
boys.
These doubts have great po-
litical potential at home and
abroad. One shrewd Senator
has said that the easiest thing
to do politically was to vote
against the resolution. The
President. he argued, can do
what he wants anyway and If
something goes wrong-as well
1t might-then the no-sayers
can say "I told you so."
Senator Georges efforts have
carried the day and the OUT
come is not in doubt. But
Senators who raised the issue
believe that they have helped
to force the President to har-
den his position with respect
to the Chinese NationaIists
and the military who would
risk war.
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Constontine Brown
Morse's Position Criticized
Oreoonion ColIed Consistent Critic of Nutionolists;
His Speech Likely to Be Broadcast by Communists

fessor of law at the University
Of Oregon. Mr.. Morse taught
argumentation at the Univer-
stiles Of Wisconsin and Minne-
sofa. Hence he knows how to
make convincing even a falla.
cious argument. He complained
that the administrations ap-
proach "could not be recon-
ciied with this country's
Christian traditions and It's
traditional unwillingness to
strike first in q war" Chris
tian tradition" In wars is q
moot question. Christians
have fought against anti
Christians and atheists for
centuries. No theologian has
yet said positively what .
Christian should do after his
other cheek has been slapped
and he is at the point Of being
knocked down. As for our ira
ditional unwillingness to strike
first, Senator Morse must have
forgotten that before Pearl
Harhor we had been shooting
at German submarines.
The Oregon Senator has not
forgotten his teachings to the
students in his augmentation
classes. After praising lavishly
the military and intellectual
qualities of Admiral Arthur
Radford. the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, he went
on to blast the admiral's stra-
tegic concept in regard to the
defense of Formosa. Admiral
Radford has spent a lifetime
studying offensive and defen-
sive strategy. Senator Morse
held a reserve commission as
second lieutenant in the field
artillery from 1923 to 1880.
His strategic knowledge may
have become somewhat rusty
by now.
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Lotin America Leeds
In Population Growth

RIO DE JANEIRO.--The pop
ulation Of the 20 countries Of
Latin America is growing faster
than the population Of any other
major region in the world.
Some experts estimate that by
the end Of the century Latin
Americas population win reach
500 million and be twice that Of
the United States and Canada
combined.
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Dorothy Thompson
OrotoricoI Big Talk No Answer
We Must Attempt to Find Fornoso Solution Via " N;
AWor in Asia Would Leave European Flank Open

necessary to her own defense.
and abandon attacking For
mosa and the Pescadores? The
Secretary Of State clearly
thinks so--that drawing the
line viii bring peace.
But suppose Chou En-lai
means exactly what he says?
Then what will war in Asia
cost the Unied States, and have
we the necessary means?
At present we have only. o
one-front military force geared
to NATO in Europe. The Red
Chinese have a formidable air
force. ranking behind the
American, Russian and possibly
British. In the event Of war In
the East to keep air superiority
we would have to strip NATO.
Would that not be highly ac-
cornmodating to Russia. with
the German situation what 1t
is?
Could we hold Forrnosa
without using atomic bombs? !?
China has none, but Russia
does. Would Russia sit by and
see Red China atomically pIas-
tered. without massive retali-
alton? What would be the
political effect on all Asia Of
our starting atomic war? And
on Europe?
Oratorical big talk is no an
swer to such questions. We had
plenty of it before disastrous
Dienbienphu.
We must attempt with all
energy TO find a solution via
the U. N.
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Doris Fieeson-

Senate debate on the Eisen-
hover resolution was wrapped
up in one dramatic minute
when a measured promise
came from the lips of the
revered Walter r. George Of
Georgia.
mot Chang Kai-shek, not
Chinese Nationalist officials, no
admiral and no officer Of the
line will decide how we shall
protect Formosa," intoned the
chairman of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee. ut
will be a personal decision Of
the President, of the United
States" fa
Senator George then stated
the thesis on which doubling
members of Congress - and
there are many. many Of them
from both parties and all fac
tions -- hang all their hopes.
Il believe the President OF
the United States is a good
man, dedicated to a peaceful
world. I believe what he says"
Senator George had been
called from the joint session
in honor of President Mag
loire of Haiti to hear read on
the telephone the statement
the White House proposed to
make. A copy of 1t was in his
hand as he took the floor.
In it, the President reserved
to himself the decision to use
United States forces for any,
thing other than immediate
self-defense or in direct de-
tense" Of Formosa. Democrat
George accepted and defended
Evening star., 1955-01-28

it in the great tradition Of the
late Senator Vandenberg. Re-
publican, which assumes the
veracity and patriotism of the
President OF the United States.
Mr.. Eisenhower had earlier
called into conference his cabi-
net, the Joint Chiefs of Stan
and the National Security
Council. He had been stirred
by a complex Of reasons.
The testimony OF Gen.
Ridgway, Army Chief Of StafI.
before the Senate Foreign Re-
lations and Armed Services
Committees was in the head
lines. Testifying with reserve
in Difference to the President.
Gen. Ridgway said that:
He was not consulted when
the Joint Chiefs discussed the
Presidents Far Eastern plans
as he was away and his deputy
was not authorized to speak for
him. admiral Radford. jos
Chairman, who had been
quoted by a House committee
as saying the jos we're unani-
nous, agreed this was so.)
He believed that strikes
against the mainland or in
defense of Quemoy by air or
sea power would draw in
ground troops. He said the
Army was over-extended al
ready and did not have the
nearly half a million troops
needed to win a mainland foot
hold.
The same headlines showed
Secretary of Defense Wilson
characterizing the Formosa
situation as "just q ripple" and
Evening star., 1955-01-09
By Adsls chiaaksl

cooks for the household.
We're q meat-and-potatoes
family" she says.
Back In n Paso, where DR..
Elkins headed Texas Western
College. Mrs. Elkins was active
In the American Association
Of University Women, and
was ON the board of the hos
pital auxiliary. Here, she has
been too busy settling her
family to join any organiza-
tons except the Parent
Teacher Associations at her
daughters schools.
The girls are Carole Ann,
13, and Margaret Elise, 8. A
black dachshund named VIII
hemina helps to keep things
lively around the house. Be-
sides Dr.. Elkins, the only male
member of the household is
Jimmie, a light blue parakeet
who flys around nibbling at
flower arrangements and
perching on heads.
Carole, q student at Hyatts-
vile Junior High, has the
most pronounced Texas
drawl in the family. She loves
the movies, especially ones
with Doris Day or Esther
Williams, and listens to Jazz
and hillbilly music on the
radio. Often as not, her
father switches the dial to a
semiclassical program.
Currently, Margaret's chief
project Is to convince her
daddy that he should borrow
q trailer and drive to Texas
to get her horse Goldie. A
member Of Brownie Troop SO
Evening star., 1955-01-09

A FTER ONLY q few months
"A here, DR.. Wilson Homer
Elkins, president Of the Uni
versity OF Maryland. and his
family have settled into their
new Life, and can be distin-
guished from longtime East
erners only by the faint Texas
twang in their talk.
DR.. Elkins, who holds a
PhD. from Oxford University,
took charge at College Park
last September. Except for a
brief trip to meet the univer-
sity's Board Of Regents before
he got the job, he had never
been In Maryland before.
In this short time, his viva
cious wife has made q COM
Portable home for her family
In a house rented, sight un-
seen, from Texas. With her
natural friendliness. she has
helped her busy husband and
two active daughters become
q part Of the close-knit Col
lege Park community.
Dorothy Ekins, whose
blondness contrasts strikingly
with her husbands dark hair
and tanned skin, taught in a
two-room country schoolhouse
for ave years before her mar
riage In 1887. II taught all
grades at once" she says.
THE school even had q pot
bellied stove" That school
building now Is serving q
Texas farmer as a chicken
house.
Mrs. Elkins has a maid to
help clean the four-bedroom,
three-story house, but she
Evening star., 1955-01-05

ful uses Of atomic energy
through international co-opera-
ton and, in particular. to study
the development Of atomic power
and to consider other technical
areas, such as biology. medicine.
radiation protection. and funda-
mental science, In which inter-
national cooperation might most
effectively be accomplished"
The conference viii be open to
all members Of the q. N. or Of its
specialized agencies. Q specifica-
ton which will bar Red China
but will admit Japan and some
other non-U. N. members.
The United States representa-
tive on the planning committee
is DR.. /. I. Rabi. 56. Of Columbia
University. A Nobel Prize win
ner in physics in 1914, DR.. Rabi
is chairman of the United States
Atomic Energy Commissions
general advisory COMMITTEES.
Other members include:
The Soviet Unions academi-
clan Dmitri v. Skoheltzin, who
served on the Russian scientific
staff in the former U. N. Atomic
Energy Commission: Sir John
Cockcroft, top atomic advisor to
Britain's Prime Minister Church.
Ill and a Nobel physics prize
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Panama Set 10 Offer
$4,000 for Data
On Remon 5 qayers

PANAMA. Jan. 5.-ranama is
to offer q $4,000 reward for IN
formation leading to the killers
Of President Jose Antonio Re-
mon. The government also has
asked the National Assembly to
appropriate another $4,000 to
defray investigation expenses.
As secret police pushed an ALE
out hunt for the slayers Of the
46-year-old chief executive. the
lawmakers unanimously ap-
proved the first reading yester-
day Of an administration bill au-
thorizing the payments. The
measure was believed certain of
final passage. probably tomor-
row.
The assembly vote came as
authorities indicated identifica-
ton Of the weapons used In the
Sunday slayings implicated ex-
President Arnulfo Arias. one OF
66 persons arrested In q couI1-
trywide sweep for Col. RemonS
assaSsins.
Guns Identified.
Col. Bolivar vallarino. head Of
Panamas national guard. said
the weapons were German-mads
Schmeisser 9-mm. machine guns.
Secret policy Chief Jorge Luis.
alfaro said guns of this type have
been confiscated on previous oc.
casions from Mr.. Arias. who was
ousted from the presidency in
1851 In bloody coup by the
National Guard. Col. Remon was
head of the guard at that time.
The popular strong -man Presi-
dent was machine-gunned to
death Sunday as he chatted with
friends at the Juan Franco race
track, four miles from this city.
Two other men were killed and
three wounded In the exchange
Of gunflre between the Presi-
dents bodyguard and his assas-
sins.
Arrested After Shooting.
Mr.. Arias was arrested shortly
after the killing at his coffee
plantation 800 miles west Of the
capital. He apparently still is
being held there. Col. Saturnino
Flores. deputy National Guard
chief, said other suspects were
being picked up, including known
rebels and others who had been
talking too much"
Havana dispatches said Israel
Castellanos. head Of Cuba's De-
partment Of National Investiga.
ton, has fiown to Panama to aid
in the search for the yet uniden-
titled killers.
President Jose Ramon Gui-
zado, who was sworn In early
Monday to succeed Col. Remon.
also asked Washington to let
FBI agents help In the hunt.
American ofiicials said United
States law prohibits such Q for.
eign assignment for FB1 men.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Pilot Group 10 Map
Details Of Conference
lon Aioms-ior-Peace
sy ske Assoxiafed Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y, Jan.
Stop scientists from seven
countries. including the Soviet
Union. are to meet here January
II to sketch plans for an inter-
national conference next sum-
mer on peaceful uses. Of atomic
energy.
u. N. officials said last night
the group viii make recommen-
dations to q. N. Secretary Gen.
eral Dag Hammarskjold on the
place. time and agenda Of the
scientific talks. set up under a
u. N. assembly resolution endors-
ing President Eisenhower's plan
for sharing civilian atomic know
how with other nations.
The resolution called for the
conference to be held not later
than August. 1855. to explore
means Of developing the peace
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Pedestrian Hurled 50 Feet
By Car Is HospiiaIized

A pedestrian was hurt last
night when 9 car struck him and
hurled him so feet. police re-
ported.
The victim. John Fl. Rowe. IS.
of 2141 Thirtieth street NE. was
reported In fair condition today
at Casualty Hospital with q
broken left leg and head injuries.
Police said the driver was
Julius Rosenberg. a. Of the 1400
block Of Juniper street NV.
owner of the Washington Auto
Parts Co. Mr.. Rowe was cross
ing Bladenshurg road near Thir-
tieth street NE. when he was
struck. A charge Of unreason-
able speed was placed against
MIR. Rosenberg.
Evening star., 1955-01-05

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television values--at no extra cost. Now, you
can watch that big, brilliant Philco picture
straight-on, no matter where you cit in the room.
The new Philco Custom.Styled cabinets pivot
on q special, Decorator Designed Swivel Base.
No showing furniture around-to get the full
picture value that only Philco TV can give you.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
4 French Soldiers Slain

ALGIERS. Jan. S R.-A fu-
sillade OF rebel bullets swept Q
jeep yesterday. killing four
French soldiers in the wild Aures
Mountains Of Eastern Algeria.
The soldiers were en- route TO Q
garrison town in the thick OF
the rebel-infested mountains.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-27
Property Tax Systems
Administration Called
Scandalous by LangIie

SEATTLE IA complete over
haul Of local property tax systems
was advocated by Gov. Langlie of
Washington at the 61st annual Ma
tional Conference of Government
Monday.
I'm most states Langlie told
some 1000 delegates attending
the conference, ''the administra-
ton Of the property tax, mainstay
Of local finance, is scandalous."
"The inequity and unrealistic
level of property assessments"
Langlie continued, make mock
cry of constitutional and statutory
provisions for uniformity and as
sesSment standards"
Langlie tied in his appeal for an
overhaul Of property tax systems
with an attack on what he termed
a trend toward Capitalization of
government at the federal level.
He said the trend threatens to
wipe out state and local govern
ment.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-27
Eisenhower Announces
He Expects His Fourth
Grandchild At Christmas

WASHINGTON, PA beam
ing President Eisenhower an
nounced at a news conference
today he expects to be a grand
father for the fourth time.
Newsmen greeted the Presi-
dents disclosure with applause
and cheers.
Eisenhower broke off a discus
sion Of the Big Four conference
to say with evident happiness
that Immediately upon his return
from Geneva his daughter-in law,
Barbara, told him that if all goes
well she will have a fourth child
next Christmas time.
Barbara, wife of the Presi-
dents only son, Maj. John Eisen-
hover, now has three children-a
boy and two girls.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1955-07-27
$67S,OOO Shortage Closes
Desert Resorts Bank;
Track Owner Arrested

TWENTY-FIVE PALMS, Calf.
IA $678,OOO shortage has shut
down this Mojave Desert towns
only bank, and its vice president
cashier, who also is race horse
owner, is under arrest on an en-
bezzlement charge.
Asst. US. Atty. Ray H. Kinni-
son said an audit disclosed the
shortage at the Joshua National
Bank, a seven-year-old institution
serving 5000 residents of this
community and a nearby Marine
Corps training camp.
The bank official, Roscoe D.
Coon, As, was arrested Monday by
FBI agents at his Del Mar Race
Track stable in San Diego County.
He was specifically charged
with embezzling $4,000 Of the
missing $678,OOO.
He was taken before us. Com
missioner Betty Gradon is San
Diego for arraignment. Coon was
remanded to the San Diego Coun-
ty jail in lieu of $4,000 bail:
Coon, a short, ruddy man wear
ing a lowered sport shirt and
Stacks, told newsmen at the Jail:
81 don't know what the charges
are against me. I'm still in the
dark about this whole thing. :"