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The frontiersman., 1955-05-26

FRONTIERSMAN CLASSTFIEDS
 ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Yordstick for Security Probes
Is the Safety of u S. of Top importance or Borriers
Sporina Employees Of Hozords Of Investigations

"A man by the name Of
Joseph Petersen, q former code
expert In the National Security
Agency, has Just been sem
fenced to seven years In prison
for espionage. It now has been
revealed that the way he was
caught was by means Of o
routine check under the new
security program instituted by
President Eisenhower.
Here was a very serious
security risk who had been
working for the Government
for years and who would still
be on the payroll today, un-
detected and unapprehended,
had this administration not
acted promptly and vigor-
ously."
The court proceedings In the
Petersen case were mysteri-
ously fragmentary. Again and
again the court announced that
certain testimony would be
heard privately "in chambers"
The documents that were pre-
sented in open court were few
and, 1t is known, did not COM
pare In their sensational ma
ture with the many withheld
from public record.
Petersen made q confession
which, in part. was placed in
the court record. He said:
Il recall furnishing verbal
information from this docu-
ment to Giaccomo Stuydt.
whom I knew to be q Dutch
national employed at the
Dutch Embassy at that time.
This information was given to
Stuydt at different times and
at different places.
II neglected to return this
document to Arlington Hall
(National Security Agency be-
cause I was emotionally dis
turbed as I realized the gravity
Of my actions to my country
in Illegally furnishing infor-
nation from q secret United
States Government document
to an unauthorized foreign ma
tional.n
What happened after the
Dutch government got the
data? Was 1t relayed by some
one to Moscow?
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Central Businessmen
Sidesfep Parking Curb

The Central BusinesSTnen'S
Association last night refused to
commit itself on Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp's plan to ban
parking on the downtown streets
in II Washington until II am.
on weekdays.
The association tabled two
resolutions made by Nathan M.
Lubar to indorse the action.
The association unanimously
passed a resolution by DR.. Ben
janiin Striner to ask Senator
Johnston, Democrat. OF South
Carolina, to re-introduce his bill
to Congress to have the Federal
Government pay q nat rs per
cent Of the Districts budget.
The meeting was held In the
board room Of the American
Security d Trust Co., Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
CONSTANTINE Brown
No Good Omen From Peipinq
Officials Fear Thot Motter of Lberotine Americans
Moy Nov Be Of Less importance to HommorskioId

come under the Communist
yoke.
Responsible State Depart
ment officials. who are aware
Of how explosive the question
Of the Americans In Commu-
mist hands may become in this
country. reserve judgment on
the Halnmarskjo jold mission un-
til he can make his ofncial re-
port to the United Nations
late this week or next. How
ever. the fact that he has
given no inkling Of how he
Jared in Peiping- that
he had "a memorable ex-
perience"-is not regarded as
necessarily a good omen. He
may have obtained some
promises from the men in
Peiping. say these American
policy makers. but "at what
price2" The memorable ex-
perience" may have been a So
course Chinese dinner without
any damage to Mr.. Hammay-
Skjold's digestive system.
The position Of the admin
istration may become difficult
II there are too many costly
strings attached to the liberia
ton of our men in uniform.
BY and large the executive
branch would like to see the
question settled in a friendly"
manner. There are some adj
visers In that part of the Gov
ernment who would be prone
to consider the liberation of
our men as an indication that
the Chinese Communist re-
gime is willing to live hence
forth in keeping with inter-
national golden rules. And
regardless of what secret bar
gain may have been reached
on the mission to Peiping, the
liberation Of the prisoners "un-
conditionally"-so far as the
public is concerned-should
soften somewhat the Govern
ment's opposition to seating
the Peiping regime in the
u. N.
This kind Of thinking is not
shared by President Eisen-
hover or Secretary Dulles,
though the impact Of strong
pressures from the principal
members of the U. N. may
affect their present determined
stand.
But the executive branch
is fully aware Of the rumpus
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Fletcher KnebeI
Potomac Fever

Tom Dewey predicts Ike and Nixon viii win again In IS.
It's perfect ticket Vice President Nixon makes the Demo-
Gratis that just to spite him. they all out and
for Ike
Coach Eddie Erdelatz hve-year contract with the
Naval Academy. football contract
national treaty. wn don't need it. lose
can't md II.
Ike asks Congress to increase the threecen postage stamp
to four cents That's the it is In Washington First they
encourage you to thnkhen soak another penny for
thoughts
Former Republican Senator Hendrickson New Jersey is
named Ambassador to New Zealand Henrckson
crossed swords with Joe Mccarthy it's been predicted he'd
long way.
The White House Highway Committee urges $100-blon
roadbudng program That's $50 billion for speedways
and $50 billion for the roadside hospitals
Ike asks cent raise for workers This
applies to Democrats and Republicans alike fact after the
raise Ike hopes the Democrats viii vote like Republicans
Evening star., 1955-01-12
| Americans

such q change Of policy might
create. first In Congress and
later In the country. When
Senator Knowland, the ma
jority leader, was asked re-
Gently whether the return Of
the American prisoners would
purge the record Of the Chi
nese Communists insofar as
their bid for o seat In the U. N.
Is concerned he replied: THE
fact that q kidnaper has re-
turned his victim does not
make him less guilty In the
eyes Of the law: and the same
thing applies to . bank robber
who returns the loot"
This feeling Is shared by q
majority of members In both
Houses and reflects the senti-
ment Of the American people
to whom the past and the
present administrations have
necessarily repeated that the
United States will never per-
NIT the Chinese Communists
to shoot their way into the
United Nations"
This reporter knows that
there are more than two dozen
resolutions ready to be dropped
into the hopper by Senators
and Representatives OF both
parties In the event the price
Of freeing the prisoners Is
higher than exchanging them
for some Chinese students in
the United States. These reso-
lutions range from a demand
for an economic embargo or
a blockade of China to the
withdrawal Of diplomatic rec.
ognition to the U.S.. s. r.,
which is considered responsible
for all acts Of the Communists
in Peiping.
Thus, even II some advisers
In the executive branch were
to urge our policy makers to
take a realistic" view Of the
present world situation and
consider the necessity Of o
IDEAL" In keeping with the
idea Of our European allies.
for the liberation Of the pris-
oners Of war. it is unlikely that
the advice will be followed.
The political strategists In
the Government believe that
any indication Of weakness on.
the question Of the Far East
would unleash a storm Of pro.
test among the citizenry Of
this country which would DO
difficult to weather.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Doris Fleeson-
Seniority Still Reigns in COP.
Senate Committee Assignments Put All Freshman
Republican Members in Less-Importont Posts

Lausche, who has Just begun
his fifth term as Governor, win
run against him in 1856.
In following tradition, the
COP. leadership made its
most striking 1854 victor
Senator Case of New Jersey,
Eisenhower Republican and
Mccarthy foe--low man on
the totem pole,
II Is generally agreed that
Senators like least the serv-
ice on the District Of Columbia
and Post once and Civil
Service Committees. Senator
Case is the only Republican
freshman on both.
In fulfilment of q campaign
pledge. Senator Case offered
a motion before the Commit
tee on Committees to remove
Senator Mccarthy from the
Government Operations Com
mittee, scene Of his famous
investigations. The motion
was ruled out Of order.
Senator Mccarthy will con-
tinue to serve on three COM
mittees: Appropriations, after
Foreign Relations the most
sought after; Government OPP
erations, where he Is ranking
member, and Rules.
Senator Case, by reason of
six years in the House, ranked
Senator Allott. But on the
Labor assignment--which he
did not apply for--he ran
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Constontine Brown

High State Department and
pentagon officials experienced
with the gobbledygook Of di-
plomacy fear that the matter
Of liberating the American
prisoners in Chinese Commu-
mist hands may have become Of
secondary Importance in the
Hammarskjold negotiations at
Peiping.
The Interpretation given to
the words Of the communique
that the talks dealt with ques-
tions pertinent to the relaxa-
ton Of world tension" is that
the Chinese Communists have
set a high price. Probably this
is to be paid in wide conces-
sions concerning their inter-
national standing and possibly
liquidation Of the Nationalist
question.
The telegram sent from
Hong Kong by the United Ma
tions Secretary General to
Premier Chou En-lai also is
regarded as overly gushy. In it
Mr.. Hammarskjold told the
Red leader your courteSies,
hospitality and the unfailing
assistance of every one with
whom we have come in contact
have rendered this a most
memorable experience. for
which we all stand in graf
itude."
It may be that some Of our
people have a different idea,
based on bitter experiences. on
how to deal with Communist
leaders. And maybe, also, the
European approach" adopted
by Mr.. Hammarskjold is more
in keeping with the views of
the majority Of the organiza-
ton whose principal officer he
is. But there is no question
that since, in the struggle in
the Far East, words are being
used at present more than
bullets, Mr.. Hammarskjold
provided our enemies with val
liable propaganda material.
which will not fail to affect
the Asians who have not yet
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Dovid Lowrence

The hullabaloo being raised
in Congress about the ham
ding Of security risks boils
down to Q simple question. Is
the safety Of the United States
Government and Of the Ameri-
can people Of paramount inn
portance, or Is It TO be
superseded by legalistic bar
riers now advocated to spare
Government employees the haz-
ards Of investigation? Is even
dismissal by the Government
as q matter Of precaution to
be subjected to frustrating de-
vices so that ferreting out Of
subversives Is to be made more
difficuit?
Too many people think the
matter of security is an aca-
demic question. Many Of them.
because they dislike Senator
Mccarthy. now are flippantly
quipping that 'McCarthyism
is q wasra." But it is turning
out to be a grim joke. For
'McC cCarthyism"-which was a
word first widely used in the
columns Of the Daily Worker,
the Communist organ-has
apparently not yet sufficiently
aroused the Government to
the necessity Of taking better
security measures.
Thus, in the last few days
some tragic exposures have
been made, but nevertheless
the Democratic Party in Con-
gress remains divided on how
to meet the dangers OF Com
munist infiltration. While one
group Of Democrats In Con-
gress is asserting vigorously
that they will not relax their
interest in the subject of rid
ding the Government of Com
munists. another group Is
about to launch an investiga-
ton to prove that the Eisen-
hover administration has been
too drastic with Its dismissals
Of employees.
In the midst Of 1t all. Repre-
sentative Heating Of New York,
Republican, a member Of the
House Judiciary Committee,
has issued the following state
nient::
Evening star., 1955-01-12
&c, or Barriers

Petersen carried away docu-
ments from 1948 to 1852. and
some Of them were Of such Q
vital nature that United States
District Judge Albert v. Bryan
in referring to them said:
Their disclosure could have,
and may have for all the court
knows. led to very, very serious
consequences to the security Of
the United States"
Members of Congress, both
Republicans and Democrats.
are showing unhappiness over
another episode--the belated
Army report on the case Of
Maj. Peress, who. according
to q comment in the Senate
by Senator Daniel Of Texas,
was a member Of the Commu-
mist Party yet was given an
honorable discharge" after
his papers for nearly two
years before showed that he
had refused to answer a ques-
tion concerning his Commu-
mist connections. Yet Senator
Mccarthy was vilified and.
censure recommended by the
Watkins committee because he
denounced the general who
helped to cover up the case.
Senator Francis Case Of
South Dakota, Republican, q
member Of that committee,
now says it has been proven
that the "Army had weighed
the request Of a Senate COM
mittee chairman against that
of a suspected subversive and
decided in favor of the latter"
The South Dakota Senator,
1t will be recalled, told the
Senate he changed his view
when he discovered that the
Army had discharged Mai.
Peress after and not before
Senator McCarthy's letter
seeking q postponement Of
that step had been received by
the Army.
On top Of all this there's a
left wing" drive on to sur
round Government employees
with complex procedural de-
vices which would supersede
the rights Of the American
Government to protect its own
safety.
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Evening star., 1955-01-12

into the rule that no two
Senators from the sane party
and same State can serve on
the same committee. Senator
Cases COP. colleague, Sem
ator Alexander Smith, Is its
ranking Republican.
Admittedly Republicans had
a much harder time this year
than Democrats with the all
ways hard problem of commit
tee assignments. They are the
minority but by only two votes.
This meant they had many
fewer places to distribute but
almost as many Senators and
that senior Senators were
bumped" from desirable COM
mittees who had to be given
the best possible substitutes.
OF six Of the most desir-
able committees-Agriculture,
Banking and Currency. FL
nance, Foreign Relations, Ju-
dietary, and Interstate and
Foreign Commerce-they had
no vacancies at all. Every
Republican on them is a hold
over.
Still. 1t was in January. 1858.
when the Democrats were In
the minority by only two votes
that their new leader, Senator
johnson of Texas, inaugurated
his rule of one good committee
for everybody as the first or
der Of business. Senator john
son now has two freshmen
classes deeply in his debt.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Doris Fleeson-

The Senate Republican mi-
nority held strictly to the let
ter Of the law of seniority in
its assignments to the standing
committees which are the step
ping stones to legislative power.
The result is that the q. o. p.
right wing predominance is
further strengthened in the
upper chamber.
It meant also that only two
out of seven freshmen Repun-
licans-Bender Of Ohio and
Allott of Colorado-achieved
major committee. This is in
contrast to the majority pat
tern where seniority was modi-
ned to give every Democrat at
least one major assignment.
Senators Bender and Allott
were put on the Labor and
Public Welfare Committee. It
Is decidedly major but very
often Stunned as a place where
neither labor nor capital will
allow you to take a middle
ground. Hence 1t is usually
sought only by Senators who do
not mind being stamped as an
advocate for one side and being
damned by the other.
It Is said that Senator Ben
der. who is filling out the late
Senator Taft's unexpired term
Of two years, is none too happy
over landing on Labor. He has
already heard dependably that
the vote-getting, lone wolf
Democrat Of Ohio, Gov.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

and in Germany's geographic
cal and political position would
require her to become an armed
fortress and entirely by her
own means.
Yet the alliance with the
West. despite the hopes of
the Chancellor. points to
permanent national division.
Western force to redress this
impossible condition is ruled
out by military risks and by
the conditions of the Paris
agreements. Even the hope Of
negotiating reunion from the
power position Of Western mil
itary union is wan, for the
military. economic, and politi-
cal potential of q united Ger
many, even within Western
union. Is as unacceptable to
France as to the Soviets. The
Paris pacts do limit German
sovereignty In foreign rela-
tions.
AS far as the people are
concerned. Germany today is
q vacuum, empty OF every po-
litical philosophy that could
create and command stable
cohesion. The economic mir
acle" Is the only real basis for
Chancellor Adenauer,s author
ity. The state has a demo-
cratic structure without spir-
itual content. The Germans
don't want communism, but
what they do want, few could
say. Unable to see q way out
Of the national dilemma. and
convinced that they are not
fully free agents, they prefer
to ignore the most critical
public questions, concentrate
ing on personal and family
survival. and on luxury and
pleasure. The one iron will'
and only political force In
Germany are the Chancellor's.
He Is entering his a0th year.
with no successor Of approxi-
mately equal stature In sight.
shortly, however. there win
be Another potential political
Evening star., 1955-01-12
McGreeor, Member
Of Congress, Stricken
1Y ne As.oelated Pre..

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. a.
Representative J. Harry Nc
Gregor, Republican, of Ohio was
treated at Baptist Hospital today
for exhaustion.
The 58-year-old Congressman
was hospitalized last night after
he complained Of severe side
pains while he was eating. Mrs.
McGregor said her husband had
not rested since his reelection
to Congress in November.
Mr.. McGregor came here to
attend the annual convention Of
the American Road Builders
Association.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson-,
Germany in q Difficult Position
Alliance With West Points to Permanent Division;
And Neutrality Demonds Force to Mointoin Il

BY a huge irony. the Ger
man people who suffered 10
years ago one of the most
disastrous defeats in history
have risen to hold the balance
Of power between East and
West and determine, perhaps,
the fate of Western civiliza-
ton,
At Teheran, in l943, Stain
asked and answered the Ques-
ton, "What would be the worst
that could befall US? German
recovery" Churchill (not Sta
lin) then proposed that Ger
many should be divided-to
prevent recovery. The division
did not prevent 1t, for Ave.
seventns Of Germany's popu-
lation. What 1t did Gas this
column predicted at the tirne)
was to create a new German
problem more insoluhle than
the one that precipitated the
war.
In those days Western
statesmen anticipated q per-
p Q t u q I Russian Western
honeymoon. disregarding not
only Communist theory, but
the historical fact that war
alliances seldom have endured
beyond defeat Of the common
enemy.
+ have finally received the
texts Of the speeches delivered
during the Bundestag debate
on the Paris treaties by its
supporters and opponents by
advocates Of rearmament
within the Western military
alliance. and advocates Of
armed or unarmed neutrality.
While Chancellor Adenauer's
supporters had the better Of It.
I nevertheless had the impress
sion that all the debaters were
whistling in the dark.
That q disarrned neutral sur
rounded by armed alliances
would be exposed to every kind
Of Intervention is obvious. Neu-
trality. like every other policy,
den ends force to maintain II.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Lite in the U. S.
Life in the US.
Woman Gets
ToxAid Before
She Needs 1t
sy ihs Associates Press

DENVER. Jan. 10, - How
much tax is due on $4,000 in
eome7' the anonymous woman
caller asked q Government tax
expert yesterday by telephone.
About s41.lS0, not counting de.
ductions. she was told.
well. what about $i50.000?"
she asked.
The bill Jumped to $l01, $50,
the experts slide rule showed.
Asked why she inquired, the
woman replied:
I'm just deciding whether to
buy one or two tickets on the
Irish Sweepstakes. Thanks for
your help"
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Recruiters Dream Girl

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (R. -
Pretty 20-year-old Patricia
Newberry Of Rives. Mo-, Is the
Air Force recruiters dream
girl.
She stopped by the Memphis
recruiting station q month ago
for information on the
Women's Air Force.
While thinking things over
at home, she convinced her
brother and boy friend that the
Air Force is the place for them.
D. L. Newberry. 10, and D.
@. Wayne, 10, were with her
when she returned. All three
were sworn In yesterday.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

force: The new German on
GERS Corps. True, the army,
under the constitution, Is sub
ject to the civil power. But
whether it viii ultimately be
so depends on how much civil
power exists. The army will be
subject to the decisions Of
Chancellor Adenauer as long
as that remarkable man holds
the reins.
But in the longer Tor Short
er) run those into whose hands
is put the planning of the ma
tional security always influ-
ence policies. Do the Joint
Chiefs exert no Influence on
the American Congress, the
administration. and national
policies? To ask the question
is to answer 1t. How much
greater influence is an army
likely to exert over q politi-
cally apathetic nation, void Of
powerful beliefs and loyalties.
in which all the old myths and
symbols have perished, II. or
when, the economic miracle"
encounters q setback, and II.
or when. there is no genius Of
authority in the Chancellery?
May not the army then be-
come the incarnation Of the
national myth. and the real
power? And. II so. to what ends
may 1t use that power?
These are unanswerable ques-
tions. But they are not silly
ones. And some. light can be
thrown on possible Develop
ments by analyzing past trends
and conflicts in German mili-
tary thinking.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
More Oil, Cool, copro
Exported by Indonesiu

JAKARTA, Indonesia. - Indo-
nesian oil exports in 1858
amounted to ~ million tons
compared with So million tons
the year before.
Coal exports increased by 20.-
600 tons. copra and palm -oil ex-
ports also rose, and coffee for
the first time since the war
reached its prewar production
level through an 80 per cent
rise In output in 1858.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
TeIevision Traps Driver

CHARLESTON, w. Va. (F).
"A fellow stopped his car In
Q tunnel on the new West vir-
ginia turnpike. He removed o
bottle Of whisky from under
the seat Of his car and took q
nip.
At the other end Of the tun-
mel State police arrested him
for drunken driving.
just one thing he hadn't
counted on: A turnpike en-
ploye was keeping tab on him
via television cameras which
follow activities in the tunnel
"A hours a day. They're chief
ly for such emergencies as ac-
cidents or fires.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
SeuI ut Front Door

LONG BEACH. Calf. (B.-
Samuel F. Ashbrook and his
wife Edith heard q knock at
the door Of an upstairs apart
ment. why. it's Bootsie,' she
said, thinking Of her Persian
cat.
When she opened the door.
she saw golden fur seal. Civ
ing a flap and a honk, the AMI
NAL entered.
A call to the animal shelter
brought an understanding ON
Ger. He escorted the seal to
nearby Seal Beach, where 1t
plunged into the ocean.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
RESORTS.
LAKE WORTH. FLA.
GULF STREAM HOTEL

"EvERfrhlNc FLORIDA hAs-M hAvE"
One u the ms4t pcpuiaf resort heteiA
few accommodations still available fer
JanuaEE arrival Write, wire or phone
for hkfaturs Or rsserSAtion.