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Evening star., 1955-11-29
BY RUTH DEAN

There were enough generals
stars to make a fair-sized
heavenly galaxy at the recep-
ton given by the Secretary Of
the Army and Mrs. WILDER NJ.
Brucker last night at the Fort
McNair Officers' Club.
On the eve Of their depar-
ture for a 26-day trip to the
Far East, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruck-
er entertained IA Army Com
manding Generals here for
their annual three-day con-
ference, and their wives.
There were about 400 guests
from official and military cir
cles who came, and many
fingered long after party hours
to greet old friends and visit
with the popular host and
hostess.
New Uniform
Receiving with the Bruckers
were the Army Chief of Staff
and Mrs. Maxwell D. Taylor
and Undersecretary of the
Army and Mrs. Charles C.
C. Finucane. Gen. Taylor sur
prised his fellow officers with
wearing for the first time the
new Army greens. eventually
slated to replace the more ia
miliar "pinks and greens" and
the old battle jacket style.
Naturally, Mrs. Brucker was
excited about the Far East
trip for which she's been pack
ing for a week. They take OF
early this evening for Alaska,
and she says she hopes to
come home with a parka. !"
Then they'll go to Korea where
she says she'll visit "as many
orphanages as I can" then on
to Japan and other Army bases
in the Pacific before winging
back in time to be home for
Christmas. She's especially
looking forward to seeing their
old friends, United States Am
bassador to the Philippines and
Mrs. Homer Ferguson. And
while they're in Manila. they'll
look up Secretary Brucker's
nephew and namesake who is
now president of Asiatic Air
lines there.
Hello" Again
Last night was the occasion
for a reunion of the Bruckers
with two Of the honor guests
and their wives. While on the
Secretary's inspection trip OF
Army bases in Europe last
spring, he and Mrs. Brucker
were entertained by Gen.
Anthony C. McAuliffe. COM
mander in chief of the United
States Army in Europe, and
Mrs. McAuliffe, and 1t. Gen.
william H. Arnold. then la Vi
emma and now on his way to
his new assignment as COM
,mander OF the 5th Army at
Fort Sheridan, III.
The other commanding gen.
eral honor guests included: 1t.
Gen. Thomas w. Herren. lst
Army, New York: 1t. Gen.
Floyd L. Parks. I'd Army,
Fort Meade; 1t. Gen. Thomas
F. Hickey. Sd Army, Atlanta;
Lit. Gen. John H. Collier, Attn
Army, Fort Houston, Tex; 1t.
Gen. Robert N. Young, 9th
Army, San Francisco; Mai.
Gen. John H. Stokes, jr., Mil
itary District of Washington:
1t. Gen. Bruce c. Clarke, U. S.
Army Pacific, Hawaii; Gen.
John E. Dahlquist. Continental
Army Command, Fort Monroe;
Gen. Isaac D. White, 9th Army.
Korea: 1t. Gen. Stanley r.
Mickelsen. Army Anti-Aircraft
Command. Colorado Springs;
Mai. Gen. James r. Collins.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Scholarship Dance

A little bit of Italy will be
the theme of the Green Acres
School annual scholarship
dance. The event will take
place on Friday at the school.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Reception Honors
Visiting Generals

U. S. Army Alaska, and Mai.
Gen. Lionel c. McGarr, U. S.
Army Caribbean Command.
Generals Predominate
Early arrivals at the party
include d Army Comptroller
Gen. and Mrs. l.. L. Williams,
Vice Admiral Edmund T.
Woodbridge, commandant of
the National War College. and
Mrs. Woodbridge; Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Lewis B. Hershey,
Gen. and Mrs. John E. Hull,
Gen. and Mrs. Nathan Twin
ing, Mrs. Claude B. Mickelwait,
Mrs. Homer Gruenther, and
Dis rict Engineer Commits
sioner ana Mrs. Thomas E.
Lane.
Seen converSing near the
buffet which featured an as
sortment of turkey, ham, beef
and shrimp delicacies, were
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Reuben B. Robertson and Rep
resentative Porter Hardy. jr. Of
Virginia, while in another
group retired Marine Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. w. P. T. Hill
were describing their plans for
settling down here" to Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Kester L. Hast
ings.
Arriving later were Assistant
Secretary of the Army and
Mrs. Frank H. Higgins and
Assistant Secretary of the
Army and Mrs. George H.
Roderick.
Secretary Of the Air Force
and Mrs. Donald A. Quarles
came with their house guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wright Taus-
sig OF Englewood, N. j. The
Secretary had to leave early,
however, to be on time for the
stag dinner given by Secre-
tary of Defense Charles E.
Wilson for the visiting Meth
erlands Minister OF Defense
Cornelis Stat.
Gen. Delgado Host
News of the arrival OF an
other foreign dignitary was the
talk of the reception given last
night by Mai. Gen. Humberto
Delgado. chief of the Portu-
guese Military Mission.
The party, also held in the
Fort McNair Officers Mess,
honored 1t. Col. M. S. Portu-
gal, the new Portuguese Mill
tary and Air Attache. Col.
Portugal is no stranger to these
shores. however, having spent
the last eight years on various
assignments here.
The embassy is now readying
for the arrival next Wednesday
of Portuguese Foreign Minister
Paulo Cunha, reported Third
Secretary Antonio Matias. The
minister will come for a three
day official visit. after which
he viii journey to California to
visit Portuguese-America COL
onies in San Francisco. Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Guests at the reception in
cluded Ma. Gen. and Mrs.
Robert A. Schow. who came on
from the Brucker party; Rear
Admiral Carl F. ESpe. director
of Naval Intelligence, and Mrs.
Espe, 1t. Gen. Stylianos Pallis
!. of the Military Committee Of
NATO, and Mrs. Pallis. and the
Military and Air Attaches of
Belgium, France, the West
German Republic, Pakistan.
Canada, Brazil, Spain and
Sweden.
Secretary Wilson Entertains
In addition to Secretary
Quarles. other guests at the
dinner given by Secretary VIII
son for Dutch Defense Min
lister Stat in his private din
Evening star., 1955-11-29

'Zont0 Meeting Sldted
The monthly business meet
ing Of the Zonta Club Of Wash
ington will take place tomorrow
at 1890 at the YWCA.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

NJ v4sHso,on ''eros1l HAoAzna novsAsts ! ~
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Sob QUESTION::
WHO LOST IT.?

George Evenin and police
have a $l,0l3.22 question:
who owns it?"
Mr.. Evenin. 50. Of 1920 r
street NV. a retired Gov
eminent craftsman, found
the money In q woman's
purse yesterday at Four
tenth and Harvard streets
NV.
The handbag also con-
tanned bankbooks and
papers. But there are SO
many names on the papers
police aren't sure which one
is the owners.
Mr.. Evenin spotted the
pocketbook in the middle Of
the intersection. He stopped
mis- car. retrieved 1t while
motorists behind him honked
their horns. and took It to q
nearby store whore he called
police.
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Griffith Given
7 TRANSMISSION

The condition of Clark Griffith.
president of the Washington
Baseball Club, was the cause Of
some anxiety last night after it
was learned that he received q
blood TRANSMISSION at George
town University Hospital during
the day.
Mr.. Griffith. who will be SO
years old on November 20, en-
tered the hospital Wednesday to
rest UP from an attack of neu-
|ritis which had bothered him for
Ia few weeks. At the time. ply
sicians described the illness as
not serious.
Persons close to Mr.. Griffith
said last night that the new at
tack had nothing to do" with
the neuritis, which is a nerve
Inflammation. They quoted DR..
George Resta. team physician
for the Senators. as saying MIR.
Griffith had suffered a gastric
hemorrhage and that his chances
were fair"
Members of the hospital staff
said Mr.. Griffith had not been
placed on the critical list.
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ton to stock up food. Today
they were closed.
Even tourists, foreign residents
and diplomats were not exempt
from the stay-at-home order.
Violaters were subject to stiff
fines. Fines also hung over the
heads Of anyone failing to an
swer the census takers ques-
tons or delaying the operation
by offering them coffee. tea or
other beverages"
It was Turkeys first census
since 1850. when the country
counted 200 million heads.
The population is expected to
be up at least 2 million.
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ITerps, Navy Win;
Pitt Upsets Duke;
Michigan Hos Score

Maryland and Navy rolled on
in Impressive fashion yesterday.
but one college football power
was upset and two others had
king-size scares before winning.
The Terps bowled over SYRIA
cuse--Army's conqueror q week
ago-by q 34-13 score at Syra-
cuse: while Navy. using subs
freely. toyed with Penn. $50. at
Philadelphia.
The big surprise Of the day
toppled Duke from the unbeaten
ranks. Duke, Maryland,s chief
contender for an Orange Bowl
bid, fell before Pittsburgh, 26-7.
after leading at halftime.
The scares involved Michigan
and Oklahoma, the country's No.
4 and No. 8 teams. Minnesota
grabbed a 13-point lead over
Michigan before running out OF
gas and losing 1913. Oklahoma
watched Colorado zip into a two
touchdown lead, then opened up
with a terrific offense to win
going away, 56-2i.
Notre Dame and Georgia Tech,
two Of the powerhouses that suf-
fered their first defeats a week
ago. rebounded. The Irish
whipped Purdue. 22-7, and Tech
crushed Florida State. $40.
George Washington won its
fourth game in five starts by
defeating William and Mary.
1910, while hapless Virginia lost
another, this time to VPI, 17-13.
Fort Belvoir lost to Fort Sill,
go. while Boiling Air Force Base
beat Fort Monmouth, 46-7.
"Details in Sports Section)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
I Canvass Speedup Urged
AS Chest Returns Lao

gifts averaging $3.50 and all en-
Iploye gifts averaging $l4.60.
Mr.. HEARTFELT reiterated hii
emphasis on installrnent giving
by pledge card. rather than cash
gifts.
Breakdown Of Collections
This was the breakdown Of
collections in the eight Chest
units as Of late yesterday:
District Business -$87l. 72S, 81
per cent.
Government - $1.os4,7 100. 81
per cent.
District Residential-$l77, 1853
SO per cent.
Alexandria --$47.oSl. 81 pei
cent.
| Arlington : ssi.54s. Al PEI
cent.
| Fairfax-Falls Church--$22, 225
20 per cent.
! Montgomery -$6s.42s, 40 pei
cent.
Prince Georges - $28. 703. 3:
lper cent.
There were two sidelights or
THE campaign as 1t goes into 1t.
final week. One was the running
contests, between business anc
Government leaders for tht
highest percentage Of quota
Business, an early leader
dropped IA per cent behind
Government two weeks ago anc
then last week cut that lead te
II per cent.
The other sidelight was the
promised appearance at the
residential unit luncheon or
Tuesday Of New York CITY
Policeman Redmond O'Hanlon
Shakespearean expert Of ths
$4,000 Question" televisior
show. He will be introduced BY
DR.. James McManaway, editor
lof the Folger Library's Shake.
speare Quarterly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
.Adenuuer Fever
Remains High

BONN. Germany. Oct. % Dr.
Ailing Chancellor Konrad Ade-
nauer. 10. still has a high tenn
perature. his doctors announced
today.
For FIVE days official reports
have said the chancellor was
making good progress toward re-
covery from bronchial pneu-
monia. His doctors, however
have had difficulty in getting his
fever down ever since he was
put to bed october 7.
Today's announcement sug-
gested official hopes expressed
yesterday that he might be back
at his desk by the end of next
week were too optimistic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
Senators Spurn Speciol,
Plane to Fly els Instead

Senators Mcclellan and Stennit
from Madrid and Senator Cha.
vez, Democrat Of New Mexico
from Paris.
Senator Chavez declined to say
whether he would change hi,
plans and go home by a regular
MATS plane.
The three. members Of the
Senate Appropriations Commit.
tee, have been inspecting United
States defense aid efforts In
Europe.
The incident. meanwhile
brought good news for some GIs
and their families stranded In
Germany. Air Force headquar-
tiers in Madrid announced thai
the special DC-6 sent to Madrid
will fly on to Frankfurt to take
home stranded personnel. The
big plane has seats for more than
so persons.
There were said to be 40o
Americans on the waiting list Of
Frankfurt's airport for q plane
home.
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Turkey Keeps Everyone Home
While Census Takers Count

ISTANBUL. Turkey. Oct. %
R.--Life came to a dead stop
In Turkey today to allow a ma
tion-wide nose count.
Not a person stirred from his
home or hotel except a legion
Of census takers and a few ON
cials and doctors carrying spe-
cial passes. Only international
expresses and airliners were ex-
empted from orders stopping
trains. planes. boats. buses and
cars.
Stores stayed open extra hours
last night TO allow the popula-
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STAR PUBLISHES
MORE RENTAL ADS

During the first nine months Of
1855, The stor published more
rentol wont DDS than the other two
Washington newspapers combined
1888 more thon Woshinston's sec
ond newspaper.
" you ore presently apartment
or house hunting be eertoin to
check the mony rental Iisfinss in
the big stor Classified section TO-
doy--no doubt you'll find just the
pIoes you've been looking 70.
On the other hand you moy hove
an apartment 10 rent out. Find o
tenont quickly by telling Il 10 the
responsive audience Of The Star
readers. You'll enjoy speedy results.
Phone Sterling 5000 and ssk
for on od-tokeE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
Nv CROSBY s. NOYES

European Correspondent Of The star
sAARBRUcKEN, oct. 22.A
bitter and often confused cam.
|paign which may decide thu
future Of Western European
unity reached . climatic finisf
here tonight.
Tomorrow. between 8 am. ailf
Is pm. $4,000 Saarlanders vii
go to the polls TO accept or reject
the agreement on the Saal
reached last year between thu
French and German govern
lments.
If the agreement is accepted
political supervision of The Saal
win pass to the Western Euro
|pean Union and the present eco.
|noniic ties with France will re-
main In force. If the statute Il
rejected the whole painfully ne.
lgotiated agreement between
France and Germany will be de-
|stroyed and the eternal dispute
over possession Of the rich In
'dustrial area reopened.
In the closing moments Of
the pre-vote campaign. however
there is not the slightest indica'
tion that the issue will be de-
|cided in this light. On the con
|trary, it seems probable tina
"a majority of the Saarlanders-
who must rate among the mos
politically naive people in Europ'
will go to the polls to express
their simple preference as be-
tween ownership by France o
ownership by Germany. TIT
basic misconception Of what tn
vote is about plus the unques
tionable German character o
the Saar population. makes TIN
outcome at best extremely un'
certain.
Each Claims Victory
In q series OF % final meet
ings throughout the area, botf
sides wound UP claiming victory
Eight pro-statute parties seemed
to be counting heavily on thu
silent" vote Of the more sole
element to carry the day. Five
anti-statute parties we're conf
dent Of the result Of their ap'
peal to sentimental pro- German
nationalism to create q landslid,
against the agreement. which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
Real Estote Tex Increase
Seen in District Budget
Lowering Of Income Levy Exemptions
Also Fuvored as Revenue Source

An increase in the District
real estate tax is emerging as
one of the priorities" in the
revenue program to be drafted
soon by the city heads. District
Commissioner Robert e. Nc
Laughlin said last night.
Mr.. Mclaughlin recalled that
the Commissioners had decided
last August not TO raise the rate
for the current fiscal year, which
ends next June 80.
However, he declared. I'VE
certainly must deal with 1t now. "
since the city heads have COM
United themselves to asking Con-
lgress for some $40 million in new
taxes early next January.
Two Taxes to be Increased
A l0-cent increase in the
realty tax rate Of $3.50 on each
$500 Of assessed valuation was
one Of many suggested tax hikes
listed recently by District fiscal
officials.
Such an increase would pro-
duce an estimated SID million
Ia year.
Another tax increase almost
certain to be included In the
Commissioners tax program,
upon which q public hearing win
be held Friday, Is q lowering of
exemptions under the city's in
come tax. District officials said
yesterday.
This. coupled, with increases
in the top-bracket rates. would
yield an estimated 1913 million
Ia year. Combined with the real
estate tax rise. this would bring
the total to $5.7 million, leaving
|$4.3 million to be raised from
among the other suggested in
IcreaSeS.
Discussing the city's proposed
spending budget for the next
fiscal year, which the new tax
increases win be designed to
finance. Mr.. Mclaughlin blamed
the increases on pay raises
granted to District employees by
Congress last summer.
Last week. he said, 1t was the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
.SoorIonders Vote Today
On Their Future Stotus
Acceptunce OF french German Agreement
Would Give Control to European Union

ithey claim would deliver the
lSaar permanently to France.
Ofacial prediction victory
Iciatris, Of course, are to be ex-
Ipected. The curious part Of the
picture Is the sharp division Of
opinion among disinterested neu-
trial observers here. A majority
Iof these believe that the defeat
Iof the statute is virtually GER
tain. But some and they In
clude most OF the genuine Saar
reterans--predict victory by o
small margin. -
For one thing. they point out
that the political rallies which
Ihaye taken place are not a good
measure Of the areas political
temper since less than half the
total number of voters has at
tended any such rally. The real
feeling of the people, they say.
win show up only when the re-
suit Of the vote is known Sunday
might.
Vote Supervisors Arrive
There seems little question
that the vote itself vii. be q fair
one. The 946 polling places
Throughout the Saar win be care
fully watched by members Of the
European supervisory commits
sion who arrived here zoos
strong.
| Last night from four Western
European union member coun-
tries. tBelginu Holland. Luxern-
bourg and italy,. In addition. a
special commission Of five---in-
1ciuding one British expert have
been on hand from the begin
ming Of the compaign charged
with laying down the ground
rules for the vote.
The commission itself became
somewhat entangled In q con-
See SAAR, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
'FOGGY BOTTOM
HAS A PROBLEM

PROVING GRouNDS-Fossy Bot
tom is blossomins, pulling itself
up BY its own bootstrops into q
section Of attractive. reconstructed
homes. But just who should finish
the iob--the Government Or private
deseIopers--is also blossomins into
big issue. ,Stor Stoff Reporter
George Beveridse reports on Pose
A-32.
A BOY WHO SLEEPs-A strange
eose, one which might help medicine
in the long run, is reported in Todoy
10 Medicine on Pose A-l9.
Rodio-Tv Prosroms, PCS. EST
Complete Index, Pase AZ
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pietur. on Pase AS

Picture on Paee AS
ministers prepared to convene
flor their ''acid test" conference
lat Geneva Thursday.
Cat the Denver White House.
Presidential Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty acknowl-
edged receipt Of the Bulganin
letter but said there would be
no comment on it,
It said that agreement on the
Soviet control post proposal
would have "a great significance
for furthering the settling Of the
problem Of dis a rm q m emit"
Marshal Bulganin made no mem
Ition In the letter Of MIR. Eisen-
mowers "open sky" proposal for
reciprocal aerial inspection.
Molotov to Reveal Future
This was the second major
Soviet Development Of the day.
In the other. Foreign Minister
Nv. M. Molotov announced he
would say "in Geneva and from
Geneva" whether he planned to
lquit his job. Mr.. Molotov goes
Ito Geneva under the shadow OF q
confession Of serious error IN
interpreting Red doctrine.
/ Marshal Bulganin said he was
Awaiting Mr.. Eisenhower's re-
Icoyery so disarmament proposals
lcould be discussed. This made
disarmament loom large as the
principal topic for discussion Of
Geneva.
Continuing Talks Seen
| Obviously disarmament is not
la problem which win be settled
lat one stroke At Geneva, but
Marshal Buiganin's stress indie
'Icates the Soviet Union is look
fling forward to continuing dis
Ilcussions for a long time to come.
Geneva might lay the ground
work for such talks.
l, The United States agrees 1t ID
important to avoid the possi-
Ebility Of surprise attack by either
Iside In this atomic age, but still
awaits a clear-cut reply to the
Presidents open sky" proposal.
Marshal Bulganin's letter may
mean Geneva win bring the an
iswer to the Presidents latest
suggestion that the Soviet plan
for control-post ground inspec-
ton could be included as q
starter in a disarmament plan
although the West considers it
inadequate by itself.
Happy Over Attitude
Marshal Bulganin's letter ex-
pressed happiness that President
Eisenhower attached "such great
Significance" to the disarmament
question.
4 The letter was written at
Sochi, a Black Sea vacation re-
sort from which Marshal Bull
See BULGANIN, Page AS
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one Of his bi-weekly examin-
atoms Of Mr.. Eisenhower. lie
coupled 1t with assurances that
the President is doing well''
and should be able TO ny tc
Washington in two or three
weeks.
week by week." he told re-
lporters. the President SIS on the
road back to health"
A later routine bulletin, issued
by the Presidents doctors ct .
pm. MIST q pm. ESD report
ed:
| THE President spent q quiet
afternoon. He rested in his bed,
mapped and listened TO music.
His condition continues TO pro-
lgress satisfactorily without COM
plications."
Leaving Hospital Soon
DR.. White said there appears
Ito be no reason now why Mr..
Eisenhower should not leave
Fitzstmons Army Hospital here
some time between November
5 and IL. ny to Washington and
then 60 In q few days to his
Gettysburg farm for an extended
period OF convaleScence.
Mai. Gen. Howard M. Snyder.
the Presidents personal physi-
clan, agreed that q "break" Of
from one to three days in the
White House for the President
between leaving the hospital
here and going to the farm would
be .'wise."
DR.. White said. however. he
still believes It may be around
January ! before Mr.. Eisenhower
WIN be able TO resume regular
work at his White House desk.
But, he said. Il u possible the
President may attend meetings
|of his full cabinet. either at the
Gettysburg farm or III Washing
ton before then.
Healing Process Good
Or. White told newsmen the
healing process Ia the part Of the
Presidents heart that was dam-
aged by q coronary thrombosis
lis almost exactly" on schedule.
Two weeks ago he had said the
healing was going more slowly
than usual.
The Boston specialist. one Of
See EISENHOWER, Page As