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Evening star., 1955-02-13
81 D. {. Men 10 Report
For Army Induction

Fifty-two District men have
been ordered to report for in
duction into the Army Wednes-
day at the Army Recruiting Sta
ton, 814 North st. Asaph street,
Alexandria.
They are:
Franklin B. Clarke. jr.. James E.
Clarke. Julius 7. Johnson Jacobus Z.
4, freedman, Norman Plotnieki Maldon
ward L. Lacy. and Raymond r. Kelly,
Also. Henry s. Bush. IT., Carlton F.
Crudup. Charles w.. Creech, r., James
Green, James R. MaIloy, Robert n; John
Maurice r Assardo, Yoshinori Akuta-
eawa, Kenenth N. Kato, Jesus Morales,
and Cyprien L, Brien, jr.
Also, Lewis Dempsy, T., John II: :; Riley. sy
% man Roberts Arthur ii. Garrison. John
Price, jr.. Eugene J. Chambers, jr., David
M Gross. Charles +. Kaufman, jr.. Mel
win F. Smith. Curbe Parnell. Calvin c.
Cooper. and Robert D. Davis.
Also vincente 8. Torres. Richard W..
Wen. Hani g. Malhas Chester williams,
Lorenzo Carter, Calvin l.. Johnson. Eu-
gene Carter, Carlton Jackson, Joe villa.
Paolo Destro, Herbert w. Snead, and
Samuel ID. Reynolds
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Civic Meetings of the Week

, Montgomery School. 415 P streel
NV. Albert E. Baker Of the
Board of Trade will speak.
Wednesday.
Bradbury Heights-First Meth
odist Church, 1900 Bowen
road S.E.
Columbia HeightS-ReSidence
Of DR.. Lyman Kepler. 1929 Park
road NV.
Saturday.
Federation of Citizens Associ-
ations-Board room of the Dis
trict Building.
Maryland and Virginia.
The following meetings, be-
ginning at 8 pm. unless other
wise noted, are scheduled in
nearby Maryland and Virginia:
Tuesday.
Upper Sligo-Sligo Greek Golf
Course clubhouse on Forest Glen
road in Silver Spring at 8:l5 pm.
Beltsville- Evansville District -
Beltsville Elementary School.
Wednesday.
Broyhill Crest - Woodburn
School, Gallows road, Falls
Church, Va.
Rock Spring - Rock Spring
Community House. Little Falls
road and Rock Spring road.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Citizenship Status
OF Fields Examined

State Department Press Officer
Henry Suydam said today the
United States is examining the
status of the American citizen
ship of Noel and Herta Field,
who have asked for political
asylum in Communist Hungary.
Mr.. Suydam confirmed Buda-
pest press reports that United
States Minister Christian Ravn-
dal conferred privately with the
Fields yesterday. The Fields said
they were asking political asylum
without any duress.
AS no Hungarian was present
at the conversation, the United
States presumably will accept
the Fields announcement at face
value.
A reporter asked Mr.. Suydam
today whether the couples ac-
ton amounted to remuneration
of their United States citizen
ship.
THAT matter is being exam
ined here" MIR. Suydam said.
Field and his wife disappeared
in Prague, Czechoslovakia, IN
May, 1s49. Hungary later
charged them with spying. but
freed them. Mr.. Field. a one
time employe of the State De-
partment, and his wife elected.
however, to remain behind the
Iron Curtain,
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Eisenhower School Aid Plan
Awaited as HEARINGS Close

Mr.. Fuller advocated that
emergency schoolhouse construc-
tion aid be. given the States on
the same basis as research
grants, vocation programs, school
lunches and land-grant college
subsidies-that is. without ref
erence to segregation provisions
ITO try to reform a whole
social structure by a rider on a
bill would be merely to kill the
BILL" said Mr.. Fuller.
To Senator Bender's remark
that the issue could not be
avoided. Mr.. Fuller said that 1t
was not a question of principle.
but a question of fact as to just
what constitutes segregation. He
predicted long series of court
decisions within the States to
delineate segregation.
Senator Mcnamara, Democrat,
OF Michigan. said he saw 10
reason to bring in the segrega-
tion problem.
This is no place for punitive
legislation of any sort because
the heat is great. All we want,
after all. is to get classrooms for
children" he said.
Matching Basis Plan.
Representatives Kearns. Re-
publican. of Pennsylvania, and
Bailey, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia, cosponsors of a House
aid bill, both urged the Senators
to consider legislation providing
for matching of state funds by
Federal funds for educational
needs.
I'VE have never yet been able
to get bill out of the House
Committee on straight Federal
aid" said Representative Bailey.
a leader in the fight for relief
in Federally irnpacted areas.
Rumored White House pro-
posals for loans to States he
branded as delaying tactics" He
pointed out that 13 of the 48
States would have to change their
Constitutions to raise the limit
on their borrowing power.
District Superintendent of
Schools Hobart M. Corning added
the Districts plea for Federal
aid to that of several other
States. He said that crowded,
obsolete and incomplete" plants
currently operating in the Dis
trict would be shocking in any
American city.
"It is particularly disturbing
to dnd them in the Nations
Capital" he said.
Senator Hills bill calls for an
expenditure of $500 million an
nually for two years for school,
house construction.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Textile Leaders Hit
Reciprocal Trade
BY the Associated Press

All segments of the textile and
apparel industries joined today
in urging that Congress scrap the
present reciprocal trade agree
ment policy.
Statements by industry lead
ers held that the House Ways
and Means Committee. consid-
ering bill to extend the Recip-
rocal Trade Act and authorize
the President to cut tariffs.
should be. cautious in giving
further powers to the executive
department.
DR.. Claudius T. MurchiSon,
economic adviser to the Ameri-
can Cotton Textile Manufac-
turers Institute, said enactment
of the bill would complete the
process of entrusting the jobs
and well-being of 2,250,000
textile workers to the executive
division of Government, more
specifically the State Depart
ment. as an incident of our for
eign economic policy"
Similar testimony came from
the National Association of Cot
ton Manufacturers. represented
by Chairman Seabury Stanton
of New Bedford. Mass; Seymour
E. Harris, Harvard economist
representing the six New Eng
land Governors, and w. Ray Bell,
president of the Association of
Cotton Textile Merchants of
New York,
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Second Term Urged
By Oklahoma 6. 0.P.

The Oklahoma Republican
State Central Committee has
unanimously called upon Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Vice Presi-
dent Nixon to run for second
terms, Republican National
Chairman Leonard w. Hall was
informed today.
This is the first formal action
of a State Republican organiza-
tion looking to the G. o. P. nom-
nations of 1856. Presumably it
will be followed by similar re-
quests to the President and Vice
President from other States.
Douglas McKeever, Oklahoma
State Republican chairman, tel
egraphed Mr.. Hall today that
the Oklahoma. committee had
adopted a resolution at a meet
ing Sunday in Oklahoma City
commencing the President and
Vice President and petitioning
them to become candidates for
reelection.
Copies of the resolution have
been sent to President Eisenhow-
er and Vice President Nixon. It
commends them for "outstand-
ing leadership, devotion to their
duties, courage and integrity and
their achievements in Office"
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Gore Asks Acc Vote
On Dixon on-Yates;Cites
Cancellation Request
Rx the A,,oeiated Pes.

Senator Gore, Democrat Of
Tennessee called on the Atomic
Energy Commission today to
take another vote on the Dixon
Yates contract in the light of a
congressional committees re-
quest that it be Cancelled.
Senator Gore. bitter foe Of
the contract, sent a telegram to
all Acc members stating II re-
spectfully insist that the COM
mission record a formal vote"
upon the cancellation request of
the Senate te-House Atomic En-
ergy Committee.
One Acc member. Thomas E.
Murray. told the joint commit
tee yesterday he favors cancella-
ton.
Calls Effect Damaging"
The contract has been $50
damaging" in it's effect on the
commission, he said. "that some
thing must be done to free the
commission from any connection
with this cause for so much
discord."
The disputed contract. made
by Acc at President Eisenhow-
er's order. calls for construction
of a SLOT million plant at West
Memphis, Ark, by the Dixon
Yates private power group. 1t
would supply power to the Ten
nessee Valley Authority to re-
place iva electricity used by
Acc.
The Senate-House committee
last Friday adopted a resolution
which asked Acc to cancel the
contract. Some Republican
memebrs have questioned wheth-
er the action has any legal
weight.
Explains Earlier Vote.
Mr.. Murray, only appointee OF
former President Truman still on
Acc, said yesterday he voted for
the contract last fall with the
hope it would settle the dispute
and free the commission for its
primary jobs.
But this hope has not been
realized, he said.
Anything that diverts the
commission and its staff from
the development and production
of weapons, along with the gl-
gantic task of bringing into being
peacetime applications of atomic
energy, is not in the public in
terest," he declared.
The statement was made at
the opening session of a series OF
hearings before the joint COM
mittee on peacetime uses OF
atomic energy.
Evening star., 1955-02-01

President Eisenhower today
amended selective service regu-
lations to provide for automatic
disqualification from the draft
of men who would be turned
down for physical reasons any,
way when they reported at in
duction centerS.
The Presidents executive Or
der also made the appointment
of advisers to registrants dis
cretionary and simplified the
duties of Government appeal
agents in the Selective Service
System.
Murray Snyder, assistant
White House press secretary.
said the draft regulation changes
would save money for the Gov
ernment and time and money for
registrants."
He explained that physical
qualifications in the selective
service regulations have been
such that many men have been
sent to induction centers only
to be turned down because of
physical disability. He said he
had been told some men had re-
ported to induction centers in
wheel chairs.
Today's executive order makes
the list of obvious defects and
manifest conditions" for which
a man should be turned down by
Selective service the same as
those in armed forces regula-
tionS.
Among other things, it pro-
vides that anyone less than
feet tall or more than 6-feet-6
inches tall will be disqualified
by selective service. It also pro-
vides for rejection of anyone
who is so overweight that it
would interfere with the wear
ing of the uniform" as well as
anyone weighing less than 105
pounds. Other conditions for
which a draft registrant will be
disqualified as physically unfit
include severe athsma, epilepsy,
markedly symptomatic fiat feet,
malignant disease. active osteo-
myelitis and tuberculosis when
active within two years.
The executive order also de-
leted from selective service reg
ulations that a Government ap-
Evening star., 1955-02-01
School Segregation
Ends in 81. Louis
By the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1.-Segrega-
tion in St. Louis nine public
high schools came to an end
quietly yesterday.
White and Negro students
mixed during registration for
courses, at orientation and as
semblies in preparation for the
opening of the second semester
today.
Two previously all-Negro high
schools remained that way be-
cause no white children live
near them.
About $50 Negroes registered
for classes at Soldan-Blewett
High School in the city's West
End out of a total enrolment
of 1850. Board of Education
officials had met last week with
parents groups at this school
to explain the integration. The
parent-teacher association at
the school also held an inte-
grated meeting last week.
Other registration figures at
the previously all-white schools
. ranged from 21l out of 1.437 at
Mckinley to about seven of l,483
at Cleveland High.
Supt. of Instruction Philip j.
Hickey, teachers and school prin-
cipals expressed qualification at
the cooperation of students and
parents.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Boy, IS, Despoiiring
OfSchooI Work,
Burns Self to Death
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Feb. IA IS
year-old Forest Park High School
boy died today of burns police
said were self-inflicted in a fit
of dependency over poor school
work.
The boy, identified as Malcom
Caplan. staggered into a play
ground center yesterday and told
the attendant, Irwin Luckman:
81 don't want to live any
more"
The boys clothing had burned
away and the upper part of his
body was scared.
Mr.. Luckman called an ambu-
lance and the boy was taken to
Lutheran Hospital, where he
died. He told doctors he poured
a can of lighter fluid over him.
self and set it af1re.
The boys father, Harry Cap
Ian. told police Sergt. Stanton
Grace the youth had been doing
poorly in his school work.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
WiItsie Fraud Trial
To Hear testimony
On Real Estate Deal

The fraud trial of George Har-
old Wiltsie resumed in Alexan-
dria Federal Court today with
more witnesses due to testify
about large sums Of money they
claim they gave the defendant
in hopes Of reaping huge profits
on a real estate transaction.
Wiltsie, a dapper middle-aged
man who lives in Huntington
subdivision just outside Alexan-
dria. specifically is charged with
sending kilograms to further a
scheme of defrauding at least
four persons who claim they in
vested money with him.
The 11-count indictment
against Wiltsie states that he
pretended to have an option to
buy IS acres opposite Mount
Vernon in Fairfax County. and
told his alleged victims that they
could quadruple their invest
ments if they would give him
enough money to. take up the
option.
The first witness called to
testify as the trial opened before
a jury yesterday was Clyde j.
Palmer. a former Federal en-
ploye who was living in WASH
ington in 1853 when he says he
became involved with Wiltsie.
He testified that Wiltsie collected
$17.250 from him and his rela-
tives. He told the court he be-
came suspicious when Wiltsie
kept sending him kilograms post
poning the date when he could
recover some of the money.
The court admitted into evi-
dence II kilograms that the
Government claims Wiltsie sent.
The Government was able to
produce only four original copies
of kilograms, and these only be-
cause a Western Union agent in
Ho0SlcK Fails, N. Y, haQ not
thrown them away after six
months in accordance with,
Western Union policy.
The agent. Walter C. Durfee.
identified WiltSie in court as the
man who had sent the kilograms
from his Office in September,
1858. He said he remembered
Wiltsie because he sent four
kilograms at once and he had to,
wire another office to help figure,
out the rates.
Assistant US Attorney James
r. Moore also placed on the
stand two owners of the land on.
which the Government claims
Wiltsie pretended to have an OPP
ton. Both insisted they had
never seen Wiltsie before and
had not given anyone an option
on the land,
Evening star., 1955-02-01
II Civil Rights Bills.
Will Be Introduced
In Senate Today
BY the Asseeiated Press

Senator Humphrey, Democrat.
of Minnesota prepared to intro
duce today II civil rights bills
aimed at outlawing lynching.
the poll tax as a voting condi-
ton, and other forms of discrim-
tnation.
Senator Humphrey said In a
prepared statement he and
groups of fellow Senators are
Jointly sponsoring the measures
with prayer that the saith
Congress will crystalize and SYM
bolize a feeling of good will and
brotherhood" by passing some or
all Of them.
At the top of the list Senator
Humphrey placed a bill to en-
courage equal opportunity in en-
ployment. He said it has II
other sponsors-Senators Ives.
Republican, of New York; Leh-
man Democrat-Liberal. Of New
York; Case, Republican, Of
New Jersey; Douglas, Demo-
crat, of Illinois; Duff, Republic
can, of Pennsylvania; Kennedy,
Democrat, of Massachusetts;
LANCER, Republican. of North
Dakota: Magnuson, Democrat, Of
Washington: Martin, Republican,
of Pennsylvania; y~McNamara,
Democrat, of Michigan; Purtell,
Republican, of Connecticut;
Morse, independent. of Oregon;
Saltonstall, Republican. of Mass
achusetts; Murray, Democrat, of
Montana; H. Alexander Smith,
Republican, of New Jersey; Nicely,
Democrat, of West Virginia. and
Neuberger. Democrat. of Oregon.
Other bills. he said, would for
bid discrimination in interstate
transportation; declare it to be
a crime to interfere with or
deny the right to vote; and
tighten the peonage, convict la
Dor. slavery and involuntary
Servitude laws.
An omnibus" bill to protect
civil rights and proposals to cre-
ate commission on civil rights,
tighten existing civil rights laws.
create a Senate House commit
tee to study civil rights prob
lens and to create a civil rights
division in the Justice Depart
ment also were included.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
By Mary McGrory

Hearings on emergency school
house construction were at end
today with Senators still in the
dark as to the Presidents in
tentions regarding Federal aid to
education.
The last of a score of friendly
witnesses was being heard yes
terday when the White House
announced that the special presi-
dental message, originally sched-
uled for February Is. will go up
instead some day next week.
+ Chairman Hill of the Senate
Labor and Public Welfare Com
mittee. said the Presidents pro-
posals would receive respectful
and careful attention from the
committee.
A number of witnesses during
the three-day hearings have
criticized the White House rec
concentrations in advance. Ru-
mored to advocate the setting
up of a "little RFC" which would
loan money to States for their
educational needs, the program
has been scored, as inadequate.
Republican members Of the
committee have taken exception
to such criticism. calling it pre-
mature" (
BrOwnell Testifies.
The Commissioners of Educa-
ton, Samuel M. Brownell. who
originally told the committee he
would prefer to testify after the
! recommendations had been sent
to Congress, appeared yesterday.
Under close questioning by DEM
ocratic members, he staadfastly
refused to give the slightest hint
of the contents of the message.
All he would tell the commit
tee was that "the President is
most anxious that the problem
be met" He asked to be heard
again after the message had been
received.
A new note of contention was
introduced in the hearings yes
terday when two Republican
Senators. Bender of Ohio and
Ives of New York. argued that
any emergency legislation should
have provisions for antisegre-
CATION measures to bring them
in line with the Supreme Court
decision of last May. Senator
Ives said any bill should have
such a provision.
Edgar Fuller, Executive Sec
retary of the Council of State
School Officers, said that it was
his understanding that "the
most devoted opponents of Fed
eral aid to education" are plan
ming to kill the bill by bringing
in the segregation issue.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Democrats Dubious
On Presidents S Plan
For Health Program
By the Associated Pres.

The reaction of key Democats
in Congress indicated today that
President Eisenhower's health
program faces a long look and
a doubtful future.
In a special message yesterday,
Mr.. Eisenhower again urged a
Government reinsurance plan to
back up private health insur-
ance firms If they will expand
their coverage and benefits.
He called also for Federal
grants for mental health prof.
ects, increased aid for nurses
training, Government mortgage
insurance for building private
health facilities. Federal grants
to improve health care for the
needy, and aid in training pub
lie health specialists.
No one argued with the Pres
ident's avowed goal of better
health for ALL" but some key
Democrats in Congress voiced
doubt if his program would be
effective in reaching that goal.
Republican leaders generally
applauded the message.
Called Inadequate"
House Majority Leader Nc
Cormack, Democrat. of Massa-
chusetts said the Presidents
program "is inadequate to meet
the needs"
Chairman Priest. Democrat, of
Tennessee of the House Com
merce Committee. which handles
most health legislation, said the
health reinsurance plan was
considerably improved" over a
similar program requested last
year and soundly beaten in the
House.
Mr.. Priest promised reason
ably early" hearings on the leg
islation. And he predicted some
health-improvement bills would
be passed. but he declined to go
into details.
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat, of Arkansas, second rank
ing Democrat on the committee.
said Government entry into the
reinsurance field ''is very objec-
tionable to a lot of people"
Cites Shortcomings.
Chairman Hill, Democrat, of
Alabama, of the Senate Labor
Committee, which would handle
the program in the Senate. said
he regretted that nothing was
proposed to help "the aged. un-
employed and injured to share
in our voluntary health inSur-
ance plans"
Senator H. Alexander Smith.
Republican, of New Jersey,
senior Republican on the COM
mittee, said the message was
"one of the soundest ever SUBJ
mitted on the Nations health
problems.
House Minority Leader Joseph
w. Martin, jr., Republican, of
Massachusetts, said the Presi-
dents program would bring med
ical care to many who cannot
pay for. it now and "at the
same time would avoid the men
ace of socialized medicine"
DR.. George F. Lull, secretary
and general manager of the
American Medical Association
said in Chicago the recommen-
dations' viii be reviewed care
fully by the board of trustees at
its meeting this week end.
Evening star., 1955-02-01

point 1t on one region, because
the entire Army is going to be
affected.
Could interpolate one word
of explanation?
Mr.. Brooks-Sure.
Gen. Ridgway-It might bear
upon this question 'of reserves.
because l think confusion has
arisen there. I say that for this
reason. We have what we call
the general reserve or frequently
referred to as the strategic re-
serve in the Army. That is that
portion of the active force of
the United States Army in con-
tinental United States which is
ready on relatively short notice
for commitment overseas to meet
any assignment.
The other reserve which may
have been confused with this is
our reserve structure, our civilian
components. They are two totally
different things.
The Chairman-Now-
Gen. Ridgway - The reserve
structure.
Mr.. Brooks-Of course, the re-
serve structure is what you refer
to as the civilians?
Gen. Ridgway-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Brooks-Those that do not
make the military a career, but
come in?
Gen. Ridgway-That is right.
Mr.. Brooks-To the active
service in emergencies.
Gen. Ridgway-That is right.
That is the National Guard, the
organized Reserves and the
ROTC.
Mr.. Brooks-Is our Reserve in
shape to go into an emergency
at the present time?
Gen. Ridgway-The Reserve
structure, that is the civilian
components, could not furnish
organized units of divisional
strength which would meet min
imum acceptable training levels
for commitment to battle in less
than eight to nine months today.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Philadelphia Sets Cufew
To Curb Delinquency
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IA
curfew on teen-agers took effect
last night in a move to curb
juvenile delinquency.
Those under II found on the
streets by policemen after 10:30
pm. were sent home, unless with
parents, working in gainful en-
ployment, or on an errand at
their parents direction.
Names of violators were taken
by police. and if the youngsters
are caught again, they must ap-
pear in court with their parents.
Curfew starts at 10:30 pm. ex-
cept Friday and Saturday, when
it's at midnight. 1t lasts until
6 o'clock each morning.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Comediun Ed Wynn
Faces Divorce Move
BY the Associated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Feb.
IA divorce complaint against
comedian Ed Wynn, 68. by his
third wife, the former Dorothy
Elizabeth Nesbitt, A, of New
York is ready for filing today.
Her attorney said she signed
the complaint, alleging extreme
cruelty, yesterday. The lawyer
said they had made a property
agreement. The Wynns were
married in Las Vegas, New, July
81, 1916.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Cooper's Nomination
As Envoy Approved
By the Assoeiased Press

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today approved the
nomination of former Republi-
can Senator John Sherman
Cooper of Kentucky as Ambassa-
dor to India.
Mr.. Cooper was defeated by
Senator Barkley. Democrat, of
Kentucky in last November's
election.
The post of Ambassador to
India has been vacant for some
weeks.
Mr.. Cooper is to leave for his
nsw assignment as soon as the
Senate confirms him. possibly
this week.
He is a former United States
dsla ate to the United Nations.