davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-16
Thrifty Scotch
price for our
tartan coachman

Hoot mon, it's cotton ond Sonforized
to reilly rise and shine on woshdoy, stay
forever crisp and you-fitted The full skirt
hips to your woistline with buttons- Soy
red or blue plaid in sizes Il r. or
to 20. Fourth Floor Street NJ
and at ell branch stores -
Evening star., 1955-01-02
House Committee
EnlpIoye Reiires

Robert M. Lewis, so. cplQred.
widely known employe OF Con-
gress. retired Friday from his
post as file cierk-messenger OF
the House Appropriations Com
mittee.
A native Of the District, he
was appointed to the post n
1928 by Appropriations Commit
tee Chairman Martin B. Mad
den and served under eight die
ferent ckairmen Of that unit.
AS he concluded his tour Of
duty at the end Of the calendar
year, he completed more than 81
years OF service 70 Congress,
two OF which, however were IN
the Library of Congress.
Mr.. Lewis does not plan TO
Quit work He has already passed
the examination and has been
licensed by tlle District govern
ment as 4 real estate salesman.
He has d post with Thomas WI.
Parks q Co. 2o7 Florida avenue
NV.
He was graduated In 1912 from
the former M street high school.
later known as Dunbar High
School. He studied for two years
at Howard University and for
one year at Massachusetts Col
lege OF Pharmacy before being
appointed to his congressional
post.
He iiyes at All U street NV,
Evening star., 1955-01-02

faster than any yet conceived
and photo service representatives
attending the demonstration saw
substantially the same apparatus
that Wirephoto employs today.
An ordinary photo print Is
wrapped around q cylinder Of
the sending machine, on the
relieving machine miles away.
an unezposed negative is placed
on 50 iilclosed cylinder.
Photo Electric Eye Used.
As the sending machine cyl
inder Tptates. 1t moves horizon
tally across a tiny beam Of light,
which retiects on the photo
graphic print into q photo-elec-
trio eye. As
Electric impulses travel over
the wires at the rate of 100. 900
per minute. The negative at the
receiving end is exposed in exact
prorortiofs to the amount III iiefit
reflected on the sending cylinder,
It was what Associated Press
General Manager Kent Cooper
Evening star., 1955-01-02

had dreamed Of. but It met op-
position from many member
newspapers Of the Associated
Press. They saw 1t as q fan-
tasticaliy costly enterprise which
couldn't iast.
Noyes Backs Project.
Frank B. Moves. then president
pf the Associated Press and pres
ident pf The Evening Star Co.,
joined with Mr. Cooper and
heads Of the original 80 receiving
newspapers and the network
began.
Twenty years ago yesterday
morning. MIr. Noyes told q radio
network presentation Of the
/. inaugural transmission that
eWirephoto Is ID .rnomentous
event Ia American newspaper
history perhaps the most Inn
portant development III Journals
iSna fzace the first news dispatch
was sent out over a telegraph
wire la 1886. Y
The star Of January !. 1885.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
IVA Guarantees Loans
llO 100000 Veterans

Veterans received more than
400. 900 CT home loans during
1854. an increase Of rs per cent
over 1858. the Veterans Adminis-
trAticn reported yesterday.
It was estimated that the loans
totaled more than 81 billion.
Such loans are made By prt-
vate lenders and . portion Of
them are guaranteed or insured
by the Government.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
Postcl Service Issues
Personnel Magazine

Postal Service News. q new
monthly magazine for AL Post
Once Department personnel,
win be distributed to $4,000 IN
10000 post ofiices throughout
the country this month.
The l6-page illustrated maga-
zine replaces Post Haste and
Survey--two publications pubs
iished previously BY the Post
Once Department, Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summerfield.
ON introducing the publication.
said It Will be devoted to news
about all phases of the postal
service.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
Hog Population Rises

OTTAWA.--Can Canadians had an
estimated 5,l4l. 900 hogs on their
farms last June. d rise Of 6oA.-
600. or i6 per cent. above the
total for the like date IN 1865.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Answers to Our Presidents

ion February %. 1854,
Franklin Pierce was President.
president John Tyler's
Secretary Of State, Abel P.
Upshur. and the Secretary Of
the Navy. Thomas w. Gilmer,
were killed on February 20.
1874, when q gun exploded on
the warship Princeton.
3-Calvin Coolidge.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Uncle Rows Corner 3, so"o" cott"e"
soAPY WATERS

In books of history we may
read words like these about some
of the pioneer settlers on this
continent:
mot having panes of glass,
they covered their windows with
sheets of oiled paper"
To some persons that may
seem like a romantic" way Of
taking care of the window prob
lem, but it meant trouble. A
sheet of oiled paper will let light
pass, but a person has a hard
time seeing objects clearly on the
other side of the paper.
Other troubles with oil paper
windows were the danger of fire
and the danger of having the
paper blown out of the window
frame. When a strong wind
broke the paper. it meant more
trouble than usual in keeping the
cabin warm.
If the Pilgrims and other set
tiers had brought sheets of mica
with them, they could have had
much better windows. Mica can
be split into thin sheets. Many
sheets of mica (but not alb are
transparent. A person may look
through a sheet of transparent
mica as easily as through a pane
of window glass.
The best mica for splitting into
sheets is "muscovite." This name
grew from the fact that some
Russians Cor Muscovites) used
mica Of this kind to cover Win
dows hundreds of years ago.
A large amount of muscovite
mica is nav mined outside Of
Russia. Both India and the
United States produce large
amounts. Several American
States have mines for sheet mica,
but North Carolina and New
Hampshire lead the field.
Rough sheets Of mica are
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Word Come
Find 10 or more words in
AM MULET,

n W . II Il 4 .
meaning, ian ornament worn MS
a charm" Average is Is; time
limit, 20 minutes.
Rules Of the game-1. Words must be
Of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters BY the addition Of
IS" such as bats" cats" are not
used. 8. Only one form of q word Is
used 4. Proper names are not used.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
ADVERTISEMENT.
Don't Neglect Slipping
FALSE teeth
BY Brod Anderson

Do false teeth drop. slip or wobble
when you talk, eat. laugh or sneezef
Don't be annoyed and embarrassed
by such handicaps. FASTEETR, an
alkaline tnon-acidl powder TO sprin-
more firmly set. Gives confident feel.
ing Of security and added comfort.
NO gumrny. gooey, pasty taste or feel
ing. Get FASTEETH today o. any
Grug counter =,
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Answer In TRIMESTrR

terms. tester, terse, teens, termites. tier.
times. tires. tries trim. trees. trite. rest.
items. mete, merest. meets. merits.
meters. meter. rlire. niser. mite. niter.
mister. mist. mitt emit. emir. sere,
seem, seer. setter. sire sitter, site,
smite. steer. stet stem. street. stir.
Evening star., 1955-02-28

squares or oblongs of large size,
perhaps measuring IL or Is feet
each way. When sheets are
needed without cracks or other
flaws, the producers are fortu-
nate If they can supply some
which are two-foot squares.
NAV oStatn uf q free cow Of = new
Uncle Ray leafiet entitled Fascinating
Facts About the Planets Simply
send O self addressed. stamped envel-
ope with your request to Uncle Ray in
care of The Star.
Evening star., 1955-04-20
STAR OF SHOW AT BANDUNG
Chou Working to Weld
Non-White Power Bloc

He came here with an address
prepared in Peiping. He had it
mimeographed and handed 1t
out for the record. Then he
wrote his own speech to answer
critics of a kind he'd never had
to face before.
In 15-minute talk, he men,
toned Asian-African co-opera-
tion.. understanding and friend
ship 10 times.
1--WE are against outside in
terference-how could we want
to interfere in the internal af-
fairs of others? On the con-
trary. it is China that is suffer-
ing from subversive activities
which are openly carried on by
the United States"
On religious differences, Mr..
Chou had this comment: I'VE
Communists are atheists, but we
respect all those who have re-
ligious belief. We hope that
those with religious belief will
also respect those without"
Mr.. Chou said that in order
to keep the conference harmoni-
GUS, he was not raising the ques-
ton of Red China's membership
in the United Nations or "the
tension created solely by the
See ROPER, Page A-12
Evening star., 1955-04-20
Sperry Strike
Fiohts Flare

NEW YORK, April 20 (P.-
Violence broke out today on the
picket lines of the huge Sperry
Gyroscope plant at Lake Success,
on the second day Of a strike
of CLIO electrical workers.
Pickets formed human chains
at the main entrances to the
plant in efforts to stop non-
striking supervisory employees
from driving their cars through
to their jobs. At least two fist
fights we're reported, and plant
security officers said eight arrests
were made. A traffic jam was q
quarter of a mile long. About
100 automobiles we're reported
damaged by pickets rocking the
vehicles.
The strike halted production
of electronics equipment for the
armed forces.
About 5000 workers struck
shortly after Monday midnight
to back demands for an 18-cents-
an-hour wage boost. The COM
pany ordered IL cents an hour.
spread over three years.
Present wages of the strikers
average 50 an hour, with an ad-
ditional 4 cents in welfare bene-
fits.
Evening star., 1955-04-20
BY JAMES E. ROPER
Star stan Correspondent

BANDUNG, Indonesia, April
20.-Chou En-lai, Premier of
Red China, is using silken words
for an iron purpose: To bind the
non-white peoples of the world
into a power bloc against the
West.
His goal is a long way off. He
negotiated the first ticklish step
yesterday, however. when he
brushed of insults during the
debate of the Asian-African
conference here, cooling: THE
Chinese delegation has come
here to seek unity and not
quarrel"
Iraq. the Philippines. Thai
land, Turkey and Pakistan had
charged or implied that an en-
emy - communism - was within
the gates of the conference.
There was some implication that
this was a greater danger than
the Western colonialism which
the % nations gathered here will
condemn.
This attitude surprised Mr..
Chou and gave him one of his
rare lessons on how some out
siders feel about communism.
Evening star., 1955-04-20
Mcleod Gang Wreckine
Refugee Act, Corsi Says

Edward J. Corsi, erstwhile State
Department immigration expert.
told Senators investigating his
custer today that the Refugee
Relief Act, under the operation
of r. w. Scott Mcleod "and the
security gang" had turned into a
police job.
"The police job is the thing.
not the admission OF refugees. "
said Mr.. Corsi. His blast was
contained In a prepared state
ment which he read after Mr..
Mcleod said the first he knew
Of a clash between himself and
Mr.. Corsi was when he read it in
the newspapers.
Mr.. Corsi, promising to try to
keep his "Anglo-Saxon temper"
under control, said he bore no
rancor and no animus toward his
former colleagues and associates,
Evening star., 1955-04-20
Mccarthy Shows Check
For Income Tax Refund
No Claim Made Against Him,
Senator Says; Denies Stur Story

The Nation today had Senator
McCarthy's assurances, backed
by the evidence of $1,056.75
refund check, that there never
had been any question of his
owing something extra on his
income tax.
The Wisconsin Republican un-
yelled the evidence-Treasury
check No. 28.622,157-at a press
conference late yesterday. 1t
gave him strong upper hand
over all the critics who ever had
questioned his financial dealings.
There had been the Gillette
committee of the Senate-and
later, by indirection, the Watkins
committee-publicly questioning
whether he had paid all the taxes
he owed. :.
There had been the censure
Evening star., 1955-04-20

debate, with other colleagues
raising similar questions.
Last August IL. there was The
Star. reporting that Internal
Revenue agents planned to call
on the Senator for proof that he
did not owe some $25. 900 in addi-
tional taxes for the years 1916
through 1852.
But now there was the Gov
ernment's check for taxes Sen
ator Mccarthy had overpaid In
that seven-year period. And
about 80 reporters crowded into
Room 357, Senate Office Build
ing, to hear what the Senator
had to say.
Senator Mccarthy walked in
check in hand, and opened the
news conference by saying:
Il felt that I should report
to the American people on the
results of the Gillette commit
tee claims. the Watkins commit
tee inferences and the things
that were discussed at the special
session as to McCarthy's finances,
THE Internal Revenue Service
has been investigating for about
three years. I am not criticizing
Internal Revenue. asked them
to investigate. Their mvestiga-
tion results in their returning
this check for $1,056.75 overpay-
ment. The investigation covered
seven years, 1947 to 1852, inclu-
Sive."
What years did you have an
overpayment?" a reporter asked.
Normally in these cases there's
a breakdown if you have a def
cheney in one year and an over
payment in another. Don't
you have that?"
Not yet" the uenator replied.
It's Agreeable
This is IN agreement" he
continued. you get together
with the bureau. They brought
over an agreement and said they
owed me $1.056.7s and was that
agreeable to me, and said it
was not diSagreeable."
Did they ever submit to you
See MCCARTHY, Page AS
Evening star., 1955-04-20
House SET took
Posta|PayRaise
Vote for 8.2% Seen
Despite Veto Threut
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The House today prepared to
approve an average 80 per cent
pay-reclassification bill for postal
workers. despite warnings that
it would result in a Presidential
veto.
House Minority Leader Martin
and Chairman Murray of the
House Civil Service Committee
declared that President Eisen-
hover would veto any postal pay
measure in excess of the 7.6 per
cent bill reported by Mr.. Muir
rays committee.
However, the House is ex-
pected to approve by a large
vote an amendment to increase
the 7.6 per cent bill to an aver
age 8.2 per cent.
AS the House prepared to
vote on the bill. cries of poll
tics" came from the Republic
cans who charged that Demo-
Gratis know that the President
will veto the 8.2 per cent bill.
They accused the Democrats of
seeking to impress the postal
workers, while knowing all along
that the bill will be vetoed.
Democrats Answer
On the other hand, Democrats
accused the administration of
extreme pettiness in threatening
veto of an additional IT cents
a week for postal workers, which
is what the increase from 76
per cent to 8.2 per cent would
amount to.
Democrats declared the veto
threat would never be carried
out. And If it is, Congress would
override, they contend.
House Republicans held a spe-
cial caucus yesterday in a move
by the administration to line up
solid @. o. p. support for the
rs per cent bill.
Mr.. Martin exhorted the Re-
publicans to oppose the 80 per
cent amendments, About 100
Republicans attended the ses-
sion and all but about Is PROM
ised to support the administra-
tion's stand. However, this sup
port isn't expected to Offset the
almost-solid Democratic support
of the 80 amendment, plus the
vote Of q lot Of the Republicans
See PAY, Page A-2
Evening star., 1955-04-20
Bank in Kansas
Robbed of S2,10O

BENDINA, Kans.. April 20 (Aol.
An unmasked man held up the
cashier of the Bendina State
Bank today, stuffed about $2,10O
into his pockets, and escaped in
a motor car.
The man, armed with a sawed
off shotgun, ordered Cashier
w. H. Myers to open the vault.
He took the money, ordered the
cashier and Miss Amye Holzhey,
bookkeeper, into the vault, and
then slammed the outer door,
which automatically locked.
The two were imprisoned in
the vault about 10 minutes be-
fore Elaine Myers, assistant
cashier, arrived and released
them
Several witnesses reported a
car had been parked in front of
the bank. One said a woman
was at the wheel.
Evening star., 1955-04-20
Truman Enjoyed
Exploding in D. c.

INDEPENDENCE. Mo-, April
20 (P.-Former President Tru-
man was back at home today
after appearing before a Senate
Foreign Relations subcommittee
considering possible revisions In
the U. N. Charter.
Mr.. Truman said he enjoyed
the trip to Washington because
''it gave me a chance to do a
little exploding"
He said he thought he made
history ''in being the first Presi-
dent to allow himself to be ques-
toned by q legislative commit
tee."
The former President was ac-
companied by Mrs. Truman.
Evening star., 1955-04-20
$3.53 Billion in Foreign Aid
Requested by Eisenhower
Asiu Center Of
Peace Threats,
Message Says
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
Star Stan Correspondent

AUGUSTA. Ca, April 90
President Eisenhower today
urged Congress to approve Q
$3.50 billion mutual security
program stressing action to
combat threats of Communist
aggression and subversion" in
Asia.
'"The immediate threats to
world security and stability are
now centered in ASIA" the Pres
ident declared in a special mes
sage sent to the Senate and
House from his vacation head
quarters here a few hours be-
fore he planned to fly back to
Washington.
In view of this, he said "the
preponderance" of the foreign
aid funds voted by Congress for
the next fiscal year will be used
to meet the critical needs" in
the arc of free nations extend
ing from Korea and Japan to
Afghanistan.
No Breakdown by Areas
Mr.. Eisenhower did not break
down the $3.50 billion program
by areas, although it is known
that present administration
plans call for earmarking $2.150,-
100000 for non Communist
Asian countries. This is ex.
pected to be spelled out in con-
gressional hearings on the pro-
gram.
He did call for the setting
aside of 5000 million for prof.
ects which would benefit the
entire area of free Asia-in adj
dition to country allotments.
known as the Presidents fund
for Asian economic develop
ment. this 5000 million would
be used in grants and loans
over period of years.
S172 Million for Point 4
BY worldwide programs, the
President broke down his $3.50
billion request in hits way:
$712.5 million for economic
programs. including $172 mil.
lion for technical cooperation
or Point -Four; $175.5 million for
special projects: $165 million for
development assistance, and 5000
million for the special all-Asia
fund.
SIT billion for military as
sistance and direct forces SUP.
port.
81 billion for defense support,
which serves both economic
and defense purposes by sup-
plementing the efforts of coun-
tries, particularly in Asia, carry
ing out defensive measures
beyond their current financial
capacity
SlOU million for worldwide
contingency fund.
Part Of National Policy
IT consider the program an in
dispensable part Of realistic and
enlightened national policy" Mr.,
Eisenhower asserted. He said
the mutual security program un-
derscores a partnership with the
worlds free nation rooted In
the facts of economic and de-
tense interdependence."
The President noted that I'VE
are making renewed and intense
fled efforts to develop a success
full basic policy on the question
OF disarmament and we will per-
sist in this effort"
But" he added. until sue
cess is assured beyond doubt, the
best prospects for peace and the
See EISENHOWER, Page Az
Evening star., 1955-04-20

Shannon place and U streets
Sc.
Pvt. George M. Jones of the
Park Police. summoned from his
nearby cruiser, said Ball was
hitting her when he arrived on
the scene.
The sailor said he didn't know
why he struck the girl. Police
said he told them he had been
drinking beer earlier.
The girl, who said she agreed
to go dancing with Ball when ne
struck Up an acquaintance in
front Of her hotel, said he did
not attempt intimacies.
Evening star., 1955-04-20
NET IN FRONT OF HOTEL
Girl Tourist, II, Is Beaten
BY Pickup Date; SuiIor Held

A Maine girl visiting WASH
ington with her high school
class was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital last night for
observation after she was beaten
by a pickup date.
The victim. II, Of Kennebunk-
port High School, suffered a
bloody nose, puffed lips, face
bruises and scratches.
Her date, booked as Apprentice
Seaman Gerald A. Ball, 20. Of
the Naval Receiving Station, was
charged with simple assault.
Passersby heard her scream
ing In the sailors Car, parked at
Evening star., 1955-04-20

| including those "who are re-
sponsible for the shabby and un-
Christian treatment" he had re-
ceived during his brief 90-day
stay In the department.
Calls 1t National Scandal
But Mr.. Corsi said the Refugee
Relief Act has been entrusted to
the wrong people," He called
it mot a failure. but a complete
failure and a national scandal" !"
Before the hearing was re-
cessed until tomorrow, Mr.. Corsi
told the subcommittee that he
wanted to make perfectly clear
that Il did not come down here
to Washington to be a stooge to
Mr.. Mcleod"
He declared that he took the
State Department position with
a thorough understanding with
Secretary Dulles and Presiden-
tial Assistant Maxwell Raab that
he would be primarily q consult
ant to Mr.. Dulles.
Mr.. Corsi related that while in
Attorney General Brownell's
Office last November on a private
matter, he received a call from
Mr.. Raab at the White House
requesting that he drop over for
talk. Mr.. Raab told him at
the White House, he continued,
that President Eisenhower was
very much in favor of a refugee
program and hoped it could be
speeded up.
Urged to Take Job
Mr.. Raab, according to Mr..
Corsi, urged him to take an as
signment in the State Depart
ment as a consultant on immi-
grafton and refugee problems
and explained that the job would
last until the Refugee Relief
Act expired December 81. 1856.
Mr.. Corsi insisted to the COM
mittee that neither Mr.. Raab or
any other official said anything
about a mere 90-day appoint
ment.
The witness told how he re-
ceived a telegram in New York
from Secretary Dulles several
days later urging him to come to
the State Department and sug-
gesting that he have the title
of consultant. the same that Mr..
Dulles himself had several years
ago while working with the State
Department.
II made clear" Mr.. Corsi said,
that under no conditions would
I come to Washington as an
assistant to Mr.. Mcleod. / in
sisted on a direct connection with
the Secretary which had been
promised to me. I do not think
Mr.. Mcleod was sympathetic to
the refugee law"
Sees Program Failing
The one-time United States
immigration commissioner also
called the prospects for admis-
sion Of 290. 900 relatives and refu-
gees coming in by the end Of
the three-year period exceed
ingly slim and. in fact. impossible
Continued on Page Ala, Col. 1