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Evening star., 1955-10-13
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Teheron Action Closes Big Cop
In Free Worlds Defensive WolI

fers by the Soviet Union Of
arms and munitions to the
Arab states Of the Middle East
have pointed up the extreme
gravity Of the explosive situa-
ton there. For 1t is plain that
not only do the prospects for
peace between Israel and her
Arab neighbors look exceed
ingly grim, but also the specter
arises Of a clash between the
greatest Of antagonists, the
Communist and the free
worlds, In that cockpit Of the
troubled world.
There has never been any
doubt, 1t is well to stress, that
the leaders Of the Arab ma
tions are undertaking In their
hostility to Communist expan-
sion and Communist ideolo-
gies, But they take the coldly
realistic position that the in.
terests Of the countries and
their peoples come first, and
therefore any action calcu-
lated to better their position
in the current crisis Is justi-
fable. Thus, In this reason
ing, 1t becomes highly COM
mendable to accept arms aid
from Moscow If such aid Is
not forthcoming from the
West. or II arms aid from the
West is unduly strengthening
the arch-enemy. Israel. which
the Arabs insist it Is.
The Iranians, Of course. are
running q calculated risk In
their embracing membership
In the Middle East Defense
pact. Iran has o treaty Of
accord with the Soviet Union
which specifically permits Rus
sian troops to enter the coun-
try II, In the view Of Moscow,
there is good reason to believe
that q foreign power Is using
Iran as q military base for an
attack on the Soviet Union.
With such q free ticket as this.
entry Of the Red Army into
Iran becomes q legal problem
only, o problem whose solu-
Evening star., 1955-10-13
THOMAS L. STOKES
The Appointment of D'Ewort

former representative
DEwart. He mentioned first
the bill sponsored by Repre-
sentative D'Ewart to give
cattlemen vested rights for
grazing In the public domain
which brought conservation
lists from all over the country
upon the Capitol in vehement
protest. Also, as pointed out
by Senator Murray, that
measure was bluntly called
lousy" by Secretary of In
terror Mckay. It was killed.
Another bill listed by the
Montana Senator, for which
Representative D'Ewart was
floor manager as committee
chairman though not the
author, would have permitted
timber operators to swap
private holdings for timber in
natlonal forests. After q bap-
.tism Of denunciation from the
House floor. where another
Montanan, a Democrat, Rep
resentative Metcalfe, described
1t as a measure to allow big
timber operators ito exchange
stumps for trees" 1t was sent
back to committee.
Senator Murray also pointed
out that the National Con-
gress of Indians adopted a
resolution last month at
Spokane urging the President
not to appoint Mr.. D'Ewart
because his record showed
him unsympathetic toward the
Indian people and their efforts
to maintain their diminishing
land base"
Before Mr.. D'Ewart took his
important Interior Depart
ment post he was an assistant
to Secretary Of Agriculture
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Daily Worker Kicks OFT Drive
To Prevent His Nomination

Foster then proceeds to de-
nounce Nixon as belonging to
a general camp Of "antilabor-
ties, Negro-taters. Red-hait-
ers, antisemites, warmongers
and fascists."
The article then continues:
Nixon has especially dis
tinguished himself in the ranks
of the cultivators of anti-Red
hysteria. one Of his big achieve
ments being the Alger Hiss
frame-up. He is an outstand-
ing figure in the attack upon
the Bill Of Rights, two Of the
most noteworthy results of
which were the barbaric execu-
tion Of the Rosenbergs and the
wholesale kangarooing Of COM
munist leaders to jail"
Many people may be sur
prised to learn that the COM
munists still think that Alger
Hiss was framed" and that
the Rosenbergs were executed
unjustly. But this is the fa-
vorite Communist line, and it
hasn't changed. In fact, 1t
has had allies In different
fields in America.
Foster insists in his article
that the supporters Of Nixon
have been maneuvering to get
: him into the White House by
hook and crook" He contends
that Nixon's supporters are
urging the Presidents resig-
nation-something that is not
true and has never appeared in
print before, even as a rumor.
The article goes on:
"The workers and their allies
should let it be known In the
most categorical manner that
they viii not stand for Nixon
and his program of ultra
reaction. They should take
the most active steps against
all attempts to make. Nixon
President, either through the
resignation Of President Eisen-
hover or the delegation Of his
presidential powers. And they
Evening star., 1955-10-13

The interim appointment Of
former Representative Wesley
D'Ewart. Republican Of Mon
tana, as Assistant Secretary Of
Interior was among four COM
missions signed recently by
President Eisenhower which
were described as "noncontro-
versial" by White House aides
at Denver.
To apply the "noncontro-
versial" label to the D'Ewart
appointment was found quite
ironical by Democrats and
conservation groups. In fact
the immediate reaction among
them was to start preparing
a fight against the nomination
If 1t is submitted to the Sen
ate for confirmation in Janu-
ary. The controversy is likely
to be noisier than any thus
far aroused in the Eisenhower
administration.
Indeed, it is doubtful that
any appointment could SYM
bolize more grievances over
administration policies, both
among Democrats and conser-
vationists, nor dramatize more
issues political and personal,
than that OF the former Re-
publican House member from
Montana. They include con-
servation of our public lands
and national forests and man
agement of Indian affairs, over
which Mr.. D'Ewart now has
assumed Jurisdiction. His at
titude on these issues has been
criticized on the basis Of his
legislative record in Congress.
The grievances also range far
afleld to include the campaign
tactics of Vice President NIXON
In the 1854 congressional elec-
ton campaign, especially In
the West, over which Demo-
cratic leaders still are re-
sentful.
The Vice President becomes
a factor in the D'Ewart case,
so far as Democrats are con-
cerned, because he campaigned
for Mr.. D'Ewart In the latter's
unsuccessful effort to unseat
Senator James E. Murray. Now
Senator Murray, who won by
only 1928 votes after a hard
and bitter campaign. happens
to be chairman Of the Senate
Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee which will have
jurisdiction over the D'Ewart
nomination.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Iran Decision BoIsters West

ton win depend entirely on
partisan Interpretation Of
what the intentions Of the
foreign power" on Iranian
soil might be.
Russian reaction TO the
Iranian move was swift. but
surprisingly restrained. It may
well be that Moscow is deter.
mined not to let the Middle
East pact disturb her current
spirit Of Geneva" drive for
smiles, sweetness and light. No
doubt the Kremlin leaders are
fully aware Of the strictly de-
fensive nature Of the pact. But
they have taken the dimrnest
possible view Of such defen-
sive arrangements In the past.
and 1t viii be surprising indeed
If the Kremlin accepts the
Iranian move with only q rou-
tine protest.
The mildness Of the initial
Russian reaction, In which
Foreign Minister Molotov told
the Iranian Ambassador that
Trans accession to the Middle
East pact "contradicts good
neighborly relations" may be
simply ascribable to the abb
sence Of o clearly defined plan
Of action in the Kremlin in
the circumstances. Moscow
may well take q few days to
decide on the proper course to
pursue. But ofncials in the
State Department close to the
entire question privately say
they expect no sabre-rattling
from the Reds ct this time.
With the Geneva foreign min
listers conference facing them,
our top cy-makers expect
no Soviet blitxkrieg over Iran
Evening star., 1955-10-13
DAVID LAWRENCE

The Communist Party in
America has started a drive to
nrevent the nomination of
Vice president Nixon for the
presidency in 1855.
The oneAning gun was fred
within a fortnight after presi-
dent Eisenhower became i'll.
ON the mage opposite the edi-
torial page of the Daily Work.
or, the Communist organ in
New york city, there appears
a big headline. "Stop Nixon -
below it is an editorial written
by william u Foster. formerly.
the head Of the Communist
Party in the United States and
still one Of its most ardent
spokesmen. He is under in
dictment for violating the
Communist : conspiracy law.
known as the Smith Act. He
has not been brought to trial
due to claims OF III health.
but ne Is wen enough TO carry
on MS writings.
Mr.. Foster wrote in part as
follows:
The occupancy Of the Office
Of Vice President by the re-
dictionary Richard Nixon, a
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Reynolds to Build
SIS Million Plant

RICHMOND. Oct. I3 up. -
Reynolds Metals Co. said today
it will build a SIS million plant
near Bellwood in Chesterfield
County instead Of a previously
announced $2.5 million plant.
Richard s. Reynolds, jr., pres
|ident Of the Nations second
largest aluminium company, said
he hoped the expansion program
would spike rumors that Rey-
nolds intends to shift its Bell
wood project to Hopewell.
The expanded Reynolds plant
will run the payroll to about
$l.5 million a year and require
10 total Of about $50 employees,
Reynolds said.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Salt Goes With Rice

NEW YORK, Oct. - N.-
Starving villagers In Laos, who
received 1000 tons Of rice from
the United States, are now get-
ting salt to season 1t. Care. Inc.
announced that IL tons of salt
are being parachuted in North
ern Laos In Asia and that more
drops win accompany additional
lrice ahipments.
Evening star., 1955-10-13

ENJOY BETTER TASTING INSTANT COFFEE AND
CUT YOUR INSTANT COFFEE BILL M HALF
MAKE THIS TEST:
Moke cup Of coffee with The brond Of instant you arc
now using. Then moke cup Of coffee with luzionns
nstont using only half much Luzionne you Of
your present brand Of instani coffee. Compare ihe
scsse You'll discover that only half as much tuzionne
Instant will muke better testing. sutsfyino cup
Of insfont coffee.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
VETERANS: Changes Due

drafted men except when there
was actual fighting.
There is some sentiment for
completely revoking the Eisen-
hover directive. Rep. Edith
Nourse Rogers Mass. COM
mittee chairman in the last
Congress. holds that as long as
the government continues draft
ing young men it should main
tain its wartime scale of veter-
ans benefits.
Other committee members,
however, feel that meif who don
uniforms only for peacetime
duty should not get the pre-
ferred treatment oaccorded vet
Grams of a shooting war. They
point out that previous wartim'
benefits have always had q cut
Foff date.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
Fast Action Expected

Congress started work this
week. on bill which would re-
wise part of the administration's
recent directive ending the ac-
crual of some veterans benefits
after the last day of this month.
Hearings were held in the
on a bill authored by Rep.
league Of Texas, Democratic
chairman Of the House Veterans
Affairs Committee, which would
allow men who are in service on
Jan. 81 to continue aecumulating
post-service schooling rights be-
yond that date.
The rate Of accumulation is
.11s days Of school for each day
lin service. The Eisenhower di-
receive had the effect Of cutting
this off after the last day Of
January.
leagues measure is ticketed
for fast action, and is expected
to be a forerunner Of additional
legislation designed to expand
benefits for veterans Of peace
time service. The course Of these
measures through the congress
sional mill, however, is not like.
ly to be as smooth as the indi-
Gated future If the committee
4 lchairman's bill.
The whole issue poses a new
4 problem for Congress because
except for a few short intervals
this country has never before
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
Americas
Troubled Euture

The fitfully bubbling kettle Of
Central American friction was
back in the lap of the Organiza-
ton Of American States this
week.
The fve-man peace commit
tee the OAS hurriedly dis
patched to troubled Costa Rica
two weeks ago managed to
squelch the fighting for the time
being, but no one was willing to
predict how long things would
remain relatively quiet.
Costa Rica appealed to the
.OAS for aid at the start of the
rebellion against President Jose
IFigueres, charging neighboring
Nicaraguan President Anas-
tasio Somoza had trained and
/ equipped the insurgents.
The OAS sent aerial observers
and the peace committee and the
4 United States sent Costa Rics
four fighter planes, on OAS rec
4 Iommendation. However, Somozs
received IS Mustang fighters last
week-a purchase from Sweder
and announced early this week
the first Of them were in the air
What effect the presence o.
this fighter force-far surpass,
ling the size Of any air arm il
the rest Of Central America
would have remained to be seen
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
Creot Decade Aheod

Most Of the difficult postwar
adjustment for agriculture that
began four years ago has been
completed and American farmers
face a great decade ahead.
That is the down-to-earth pre-
diction Of Agriculture Secretary
Benson who says, "The us. farm
income has about stopped its
postwar decline"
In his first appearance before
the new Congress, Benson told
the Senate Agriculture Commit
tee, eve are in a period Of com
parative stability"
He predicted that the prices
farmers get may be expected to
sveraBe close to 1854 levels
while the prices farmers must
pay probably will not change
much in the year ahead.
In his flattest statement on the
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04

weakness and not Of strength. II
is a. clear return, also, to the
type Of Stalinism which pre-
cedcd the second World War.
1t is a sign of weakness be
cause it indicates the Soviet
Communist hierarchy does not
dare to sacrifice any of its heavy
industry sector, which provides
the implements Of war, to better
the lot Of the public # the So
Wet Unions rulers considered
their position strong, they would
mako some attempt to deliver
on the promises made to the
public so freely after the death
~ Stain
Fear Indicated
All the same time, it is an indi-
cgtion cf fear. The Soviet Union
cannot be disinterested in the
little war raging over the islands
of Red China's coast Should the
Rcd Chinese overstep the bounds
end involve themselves in actual
war with the United States
Moscow woGld be gravely con
carncd. Il has a mutual assist.
anee treaty with Peiping requir.
ing the Soviets TO 60 to the aic
Of the Red Chinese in the even
81 att9ck from the outside, anC
Moscow Is already on recorC
with the view that the UniteC
States alone is the aggressor II
tho issue Of FOrmosa.
aat does not mean the Mos
COW hierarchy considers that SO
Wet involvement in a major wa
is Just around the corner. ever
though the internal policy re
versal keeps IN view the nUtiol
that an eventual frightful clasl
between the Communist AM
uon Communist worlds is inevi
taole
Moscow Waits
MoscOws Communist hleE
arehy may we'll view as danger
Gus the events involving Re-
CHINA and the United State!
Eui q would want to pick th
time and manner OF its own in
volvcment That could TAX
much time. L wouu be no sur
prise If Moscow we're Oasing ca
culatiDns on strictly two wa
cllgh brtWeen the United state
End Red China which might DO
hrth p0Wrrg down Tor a Ion
time The Soviet Communist
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
Siaehehfs

q Charlos Yakllr 81 M C'ar
e IS, Mich dicn'l m.nd s. nucii
& ating around Lake ST. Clair
.Ca an ice aoc for two hours after
the chunk be wse fishing irom
brese away frsin tie shcfe, but
b really peeVed ftiH thai two
follow fishermen si'aply yellet
goodbye as lie stared drifting
away But yakiln tva ut th
ouiy ore wila s q Pc What
refllY makes NE mad said his
ST. G, w that ne didnt bother 10
let me know be vas ste aliel
police resHieu hir7 he lust Went
lack to fishing
O Lindsay 'ay ter dOesR I
caiin the result was exactly a
he eNre ted but his performance
Vita gnu Jeff liilae to be de-
sired a man entered his store
at Winchester kY- ordered beer
L en pulled a pistol and grabbed
the cash box AS he fed to a
waiting car Paynler grabbed q
gun and fred one shot. The bul-
let shocked the cash box Out Of
tie robbers hand
@ There are an sorts of reasons
f0 calling Oh basketball games,
but Maine came up with new
Gne this week The scheduled
contest between Union High ane
Tie North Haven high school
squad from a PenOhscot Bay
island 90 miles from the main
land was postponed because
high seas made boat travel i'm.
possible
@ The Illinois State Senat,
eliminated "for reasons Of ef.
fciency and economy" four o.
its committees this week. Amonl
them. the Committee on Ell.
cheney and Economy.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
9Th Fleet ReodY


The United States was closer
to war this weeF than at any
time since the Korean War end
ed 10 months ago.
The us. 7th Fleet-up to full
strength with three carriers
hastily summoned from the
Philippines-stood "at the ready"
to carry out whatever moves
were ordered in the deadly
island chess game being con-
Quoted from Washington and
Peiping,
Obvious Value
A crucial question for the i'm
mediate future appeared to be
the status Of two island groups
held by the Nationalist Chinese
with obvious value in hamper
ing an invasion Of Formosa.
Quemoy is one, strategically
placed with its neighbor Little
Quemoy in the mouth Of Annoy
Harbor and almost directly op-
posite the southern tip Of For
iniosa. The Red Chinese tried tc
capture this heavily armed fort
ress in 1949 and lost thousands
of men in the futile attempt. 1,
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
Deadly Island Chess Game Continues

the United States will go into
action was earlier employed to
keep the Communists away from
Chang Kai-shek's entire string
Of off-shore islands. The idea was,
to keep the Reds guessing.
BLUM Called
Last week the Communists
called this bluff and invaded the
tiny island Of Yikiangshan, using
an impressive amount Of power
in the attack-including effective
air and naval bombardment. vi
kiangshan is within artillery
range Of the Tachens and some
geo miles north Of Formosa.
Since eisenhower did not spe-
Icifcally name either Quemoy OF
Matsu as inside the line Of
American defense it appears
likely that - after assimilatine
the Tachens and other islands
the US. obviously viii not de-
fend-the Reds viii again put
this country's intentions to The
test by starting the attempt Il
clear the harbor entrances o
their two important ports.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
FLIERS: Dilemma Decided

by midweek had made it fairly
clear the US. would not permit
any OF. its citizens to make the
trip to China.
One factor behind this posi-
ton is the tense situation in For
.mosa Strait, where fighting could
break out between Americans
and the Chinese. Another ele-
.ment is the bombastic speech by
Chinese Communist Premier
Chou En-lai, made just before
President EisenhoWer's message
Ion us. intentions in the Pacific
was delivered to Congress, in
which Chou rejected any thought
lof a cease-fire and reafirmed
| Communist determination to
conquer the Chinese Nationalist
stronghold.
The offer to the families was
/ transmitted early this month to
Dag Hammarskjold, United Ma
ltions secretary general, who went
to Peking on an official mission
to obtain the freedom of the i'm
lprisoned airmen.
He did not obtain their release
/ However, toWarv the close of hi;
last session with Chou the Com.
Imunist Premier said the pris
loners were in good health anC
handed over pictures Of some o.
the men. He added that relative,
who wished to visit them coulC
obtain Communist visas.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
People
Victim Of Peucs

NiCilu Of FeQNb
''He was a hero to everyone
but himself
That's the epitaph, supplied by
a policeman who once arrested
him, for an American Indian hero
Of World War II found dead near
Sacaton, Ariz., this week. Tie
examining doctors verdict on
the cause of death: overexp0sure
to freezing weather. and too
much drink.
The victim Of peacetime glory
was Ira Hayes, one Of the Ma-
Irines on Two Jima immorialized
in the famous picture Of tie Mt
Surabachi fiag-raisiIlg
The 30-year-eld Pima lndian
was never able 10 settle down 10
Ia Job after the war ended He
Twas found on Chieagos skid row.
Ionce, wandering drunk and in+
+ coherent. He had many chances
i for steady work, but he said that
when things started looking
brighter he would get that
craving for whisky and foul up
"We hit the beach at Two With
/ $50 men in my company, Hayes
once recalled. sand left with %
a month and a hall later
II still think Of those thing
all the time.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
Cold Connivonee

Cold ConnlVQnce
The propaganda strategists Of
Red China had the us. State
Department wrestling with two
unpleasant alternatives early
this week on the question of
visits to Red China by relatives
OF II Americans held in Chinese
iails.
Should the State Department
grant passports 10 those who al
ready have positively indicated
they wanted to make the trip
and permit the Reds to make
more propaganda hay on the
prisoner issue-or should they
turn down the applicants-and
leave themselves open to Com
munist charges Of cruel disre-
gard Of human emotions?
Although the early indications
were that the State Department
would not stand in the way oil
visits by relatives, developments
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04

could build and wait for the ripe
moment. Eventually, if they did
move into the China picture,
they might never have to get out
again.
But as yet Moscow is unready
tor war That unreadiness stands
out clearly in the enunciation of
its internal policy. FROM here
ons all major effort in the Soviet
Union is to be concentrated on
production of heavy industry.
with the consumer public taking
whatever is left over. The same
6rder, one can be sure, now will
ring throughout the European
satellite countries. only recently
launched on their own new
course" of modifying the con-
umer public. For the satellites
the reversal will hurt a lot. It
will mean more and more public
bitterness in Eastern Europe.
But change they must. Moscow
has spoken.
OminOuS Parallels
The Moscow reversal does not
appear to be anything like a
unanimous decision of the hier-
larchy. Possible some sort of
showdown already has taken
( place in the Kremlin. The tough
Communists of the Stain breed,
evidently under the leadership
of Party Secretary N. S. Khrush-
cheV, may have won out and
now need to parade a few scape-
goats before the public to take
the blame for the state Of the
consumer industries.
If this is the case-and there
IS evidence to support 1.-THE
4 parallels with the 19SGs seen
!, ominous. War threatened the So.
Wet Union then, Stain, fearful
Ot things to come, savagely 60
rid of any breath of possible op
position while he marked tim'
and made deals on the interna
honal front to give him scop,
for full-blast preparation. Viii
! Soviet history once again repea
I itself?
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04
FARMERS: Decline Ended

subject yet, Benson promised
that cotton prices will be sup
ported by the government at the
same 90 per cent Of parity as
last year.
The Agriculture Department
had been expected to set cotton
price props at that level but as
yet hasn't taken any official ac-
ton.
The department also reported
that a postwar rush by city folks
with spare cash to buy farms as
insurance against imitation seems
to have subsidized.
Heavy buying by such invest
.ors has been called a big factor
in sharp increases in farm land
values, particularly after the
Korean War. Since then, there
has been a tendency for land
values to level off in some areas
and to decline in others.
In a report on the farm rea
estate market, the department
said values Of the nations farm
land increased 1 per cent be-
tween last July and November
While prices strengthened in th'
central corn belt, they drifteC
lower in most other states.
The department said lanC
values reached new peaks il
Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Michigan, New Jersey, DelawarI
and Maryland. Biggest decline
during the year were recorde,
i'm the Rocky Mountain and Pa
cific Coast states and in Ken
lucky and Maine.