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risks. One question that has
been raised is whether he was
acting for the Communists even
while he apparently was inform
ing against them.
Despite its profound concern,
it was learned, the department
has no intention of seeking to
block publication of Matusow's
forthcoming book, False Wit
ness" in which he details his
retractions.
The decision to re-examine Sc
curity risk cases in which the
tournabout witness figured re-
fleets an administration effort
to end criticism of the whole
loyalty-security program. De-
mandS that every person charged
under the program be permitted
to confront and crosS-examine
all those who have made accu-
sations against them have been
made strongly in some quarters.
Can't Disclose Accusers.
The Government maintains
that it is not always wise to dis
close the identity of its wit
nesses or informers on the
grounds that they can continue
to do useful work if they remain
under cover.
High Justice Department Off
cials feel there has been no let-up
in the Communist attempts to
infiltrate the Government, labor
unions and key industrial plants.
They feel. on the contrary, that
the activities of the Reds have
been intensified.
The Justice Department is
awaiting the decision of the
Supreme Court in connection
with the law enacted by the last
Congress compelling the Com
munist Party to register. If the
law is upheld, the hands of the
Government will be greatly
strengthened. it is believed, in
dealing with the Communist
threat.
Evening star., 1955-03-10
StuinIess-SteeI Cable
Being Used in Surgery

CHICAGO - Stainless-steel
airplane-control cable, because
of its flexibility, great tensile
strength, and tolerance by body
tissues. has provided solution
to some of the problems of ortho-
pedic surgery.
1t has been used to repair a
ruptured tendon in the kneecap.
among other things. Ordinary
stainless-steel wire soon broke
into numerous pieces.
Evening star., 1955-03-10
Many Lack Mental Core

NEW YORK.-For every per-
son treated in a mental hospital
in the United States during 1854,
there was at least one more per-
son in need Of such treatment
but unable to get it, according
to the National Mental Health
Association.
Evening star., 1955-03-10
Publisher Invokes
Fifth Amendment.
Mafusow Book Hit
By the kssoeiotsd Press

Angus Cameron. co-publisher
of Harvey Matusow's book False
Witness" refused to tell inves-
tigating Senators yesterday If
he himself is a Communist.
Mr.. Cameron is associated
with Albert E. Kahn in publish
ing Matusow's book, which pur-
ports to tell why he has repu-
dated previous sworn testimony.
Like Mr.. Kahn before him, Mr..
Cameron invoked his Fifth
Amendment privilege against
possible standardization when
asked Ii he now or ever be-
longed to the Communist Party.
Mr.. Cameron went his partner
one better and invoked the
Ninth Amendment. too. This
declares citizens retain all rights
not specifically given the Fed
eral Government.
Story Hearing keceSSeS.
After Mr.. Cameron's testi-
mony, marked by frequent
stormy exchanges, the Senate
Internal Security subcommittee
recessed its inquiry into Matu-
sow's story that he lied under
oath as a self described former
Communist before congressional
committees and in court trials.
Chairman Eastland, Democrat.
Of Mississippi said the subcom-
mittee expects to call two or
three more witnesses, probably
early next week. He did not say
who the prospective witnesses
are.
Preceding Mr.. Cameron on the
stand, John j. (EdD Edmiston of
Middletown, Ohio, testified a
statement in Matusow's book is
demonstrably false. Mr.. Edmis-
ton is a reporter and former un-
dercover operative for the FBI.
He and his wife Martha pre-
viously signed an affidavit raising
questions about Matusow's cred
ibility.
Matusow called the Edmistons
professional witnesses" and said
Mr.. Edmiston was IAN habitual
drunkard" The couple denied
these allegations.
Calls Diary False.
Mr.. Edmiston said they were
with MatusoW in Washington on
the morning of the day he first
testified at a public hearing of
the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee. Mr.. Edmiston
quoted from the book what pur-
ported to be an entry in Matu-
soW's diary for the date, Febru-
airy 6, 1852. relating that Matu-
SOW made some coffee"
Mr.. Edmiston testified there
was no coffee or anything to
make it with in their hotel suite.
He said the reference indicates
this diary is a phony."
Both he and Mrs. Edmiston
testified they worked inside the
Red Party for the FBI in 1910
and 1941. They said Matusow
informed them in 1851 he was a
former Red who wanted to tell
all and give them a statement of
his experiences in the party.
1T was a very meager little
experience within the party"
Mrs. Edmiston said. 1--WE thought
he was arrogant in presuming
he would become a national
character on the basis of it. He
thought he would be a movie
star"
Evening star., 1955-03-10
Segregation Broken

Recent permits have broken
Zoning restrictions in Lac, New
Guinea, which were designed to
segregate European and Chinese
residents.
Evening star., 1955-03-10
VARIETY SHOW

THERE'S no end to the variety
Of ways you can use rice-in
soups, salads, desserts, main
dishes, yes-even hors d'oeuvres.
And there's no end to the va
riety of combinations in which
you can serve it. With rice on
the pantry shelf--or cooked
(stored in refrigerator or freez-
er) you're ready to whip up
anything from pancakes to par
fait at a moments notice.
Evening star., 1955-03-10
WATCH FOR NEW WAYS
TO SERVE RICE

Next week. March 1918. is
Nation Rice Week. Your grocer
will feature rice specials and
tie-in sales with other foods.
Try the latest easy-to-fix rice
recipes shown in your news
paper.
Remember-rice is q treat
all by itself or combined with
meats. vegetables, fruits :. .
fine with left-overs.
Start Rice Week this week
with Rice and Corn Souffle.
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|Londy Review
Set Sept. 10

A special Navy Board ap-
pointed to review the case of
Eugene w. Landy, who was de-
MED a reserve commission be-
cause his mother Is q former
Communist. has scheduled a
hearing in New York Septem-
Der 10.
Meanwhile, the Navy also
planned to ask the House I'm
American Activities Committee
for a transcript OF closed door
testimony before it by the
mother. Mrs. Deborah Landy
of Bradley Beach, N. j. Chair
man Walter, Democrat of Penn
sylvania, has said the Navy was
welcome to copy.
It was Mrs. Landy's acknowl-
edged membership in the Com
munist Party from 1887 to 1947
that led the Navy to deny the
.21-year-old son a. reserve COM
mission when he graduated Gee
ond in his class at the Merchant
Marine Academy in Kings Point,
N. Y, recently.
Presumably. the rejection was
due to strict Interpretation Of
one of Defense Secretary Will
sons 1854 directives regarding
a candidate associated with a
person who at any time has had
any Communist connections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Two Boys Seized
On Arson Churqe
In Midnight BIuze

Two boys. IA and Is. were
charged with arson today. They
are accused Of setting fire to a
building at 1928 Nichols avenue
SEE.
! The boys admitted. police said,
that they started the blaze by
Tipping cigarets onto an awning
after midnight on August Is. The
occupant Of the building, Mrs
Ann Scher. SO. was uninjured in
the fire. but the awning was
destroyed and the front of the
building scorched.
The older boy said we're not
mad at the woman--we don't
even know her--we just did it for
no reason at ALL"
The boys said they had tipped
lighted cigarets at the awning
before and they only burned
small holes and dropped through
They were surprised when the
awning caught fire this time. the
boys added.
An older boy witnessed the act
the last time and the boys were
arrested early this morning near
the scene of the blaze. They
were released in their parents
custody to face Juvenile Court
action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
By the Associated Press

There should be % million vet
. Grams in America by late Sep
TENDER or early October, the Vet
Grams Administration said today
At the end of July there were
2l,s21 900 veterans. latest avail
able figures show. This was an
increase of $4,000 during July
a big drop from the increases
of $4,000 during June. $1,000
during May and $4,000 during
April.
The VA said the average age
of all veterans on June 30 was
1913 years.
For the 15.405.000 veterans OF
World War II, including 827, 000
who also served during the
Korean war period, the average
age was 36.2 years. The esti-
mated $3.50. 600 World War
veterans had an average age oil
SIS years and the $4,000 Span
ish-American War veterans had
an average age of 1872 years. n
Veterans of service during the
Korean war period who had nc
World War II service totalled
3.188. 900 on June 80 and had an
average age of 24.9 years.
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lernment establishment where
1.-THE work was performed.
5. The holiday back pay claims
apply only to per diem workers
Those whose salaries are fixed
Iby wage boards. It does not apply
Ito classified or postal workers
lor other groups whose rates OF
pay are fixed by law.
49,
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
THE Civil Service Commission is
making it easier for temporary
Federal workers to transfer to
lother jobs within their agency
Previously. the regulations made
lit virtually impossible for tenn
Iporary employes-those without
career or career conditional
lstatus-to transfer to another
Job. Now, such transfers will be
ALLOWED within an agency II the
new position is In the same type
LOT activity as performed by the
lemploye In the previous job.
BONDS-The new law provid-
ing free bonds to Government
workers whose duties require the
posting Of such bonds goes into
effect January /.
4kA
JOBS-Bolling Air Force Base
needs IA tab equipment operator
supervisors and tab equipment
operators. grades 3 to 7 Apply
to civilian personnel office. build
ing T-410, Room 1901, Boiling.
|. :. The Military District of
Washington needs medical,
dental and engineering person.
mel, at salaries of $3.175 to
I$10,065 a year. The jobs include
those as medical officers general
medicine. psychiatry, surgery.
Iophthalmoloyl. dental assistants.
architectural engineers and engi-
Ineering craftsmen. Call the
Pentagon, Extension 1921. or
apply to Room 1543, Building
TT, Gravelly Point, Va. -. The
Nays Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts at. fredericksburg. Pa,
needs mathematician, grade IL.
Apply to Industrial Relations
Department, Ships Parts Con-
Itrol Center, fredericksburg, Pa.
|. The Civil Service Commits
sion has announced an exam for
nursing assistants at Walter
Reed Hospital and other Army
installations in this area. The
jobs pay from $4,000 to $3,175 a
year. Apply to the executive
secretary, Civil Service Ex-
aminers, Military District OF
Washington. Room 1880. the
lPentagon. Washington, D. c.
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More GreenIeuse
$40 Bills Show Up

ST. LOUIS, Sept. / R,-The
discovery of two more $40 bills
of the long missing .720 hall
of Greenlease, ransom money
third and fourth in recent weeks
has bolstered the theory that
the money is at last being put
into circulation.
The FBI reported the dis
covery of the two bills yesterday
at the Federal Reserve Bank OF
St. Louis and announced they
had been traced TO banks In
Springfield and Sedalia, Mo.
Previously. a $40 bill had beer
found In the Federal Reserve
Bank here and another was
found August 4 at Minot, N. Oak
They were the first found In al
most two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
RAIN ON FORMOSA
FAILS TO DAMPEN
SPIRITS FESTIVAL

TAIPEI, Formosa B.-
Neither rain nor official re-
minders of austerity damp
ened a big hinge by Formo-
sans today on the occasion
of the Ghost Festival.
The day was dedicated to
the spirits of the dead, who
were supposed to return to
earth. Their living kinfolk
prepared big feasts in honor
of their visitors from the
neither world - then, very
practically. ate the food
themselves.
Long strings OF flrecrack-
ers were popped of and
thousands of lanterns were
lighted to guide the spirits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

group of employees numbers abou
go, 900. These 10000 claims wers
filed separately after the initia
10000 claims swamped thu
agency.
8. All employees who have Z
| new address since they filed theil
lclaims-and whether they re.
1eeived a claim number or not
win have to send another letter
/ to the GAO. Also. the survivor
of claimants who have died sinct
filing the claim will have tt
notify the GAO. However, ths
GAO again emphasizes that thi;
information should not be sent
until an official announcement
lat a later date. ANY cor
respondence sent now will be re-
turned.
4. The GAO will not accept
claims from per diem employees
who have not yet filed claims
within the 10-year-period Of
limitations following the last
wartime holiday they worked
All such claims viii be returned
The law specifically prohibits the
acceptance of such claims after
ITO years have elapsed. The
GAO will only entertain such
claims If Congress changes the
law and lifts the 10-year limita.
Ition.
| One Exception
The only exception to this |.
in cases where employees have
had military service after July
IA. 1945. The military service /,
not counted within the 10-yeal
period of limitation and these
per diem workers can still filt
claims with the GAO.
These claims should be ad.
dressed to the Claims Division
10 eneral Accounting ONCE
/ Washington. D. C. The claims
must bear the signature and the
address Of the claimant. A SIM
Iple letter is sufficient. setting
forth the name and address, the
specific holidays for which extra
pay is claimed. and the Gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

Walters, operations director OF
the AL Government Employees
Council:
l. Employees who filed for back
pay claims within the legal To-
year period after their last
worked war holiday and who
received q claim number in the
upper left hand corner Of their
formal GAO letter of disallow-
ance, will be required to send
another letter to the GAO show
ing the claim number.
However, the GAO emphasizes
that the letters should not be
sent at this time. The GAO
win notify the press and the
various Government employe
unions as to when the employees
should send the information re-
Igarding their claim numbers. It
will not accept any letters until
then.
The Government probably will
appeal the United States Court Of
Claims decision giving employees
back holiday pay to the Supreme
Court. This will take q consid-
cradle amount Of time and the
GAO will await the outcome Of
the court action before asking
for the employees claim numbers
The letter of disallowaH1ces. in
'cidentally. were written by the
GAO prior to the Court Of Claims
decision in favor of the employees
10000 with Numbers
The employees who receive the
GAO letters with a claim number
have their file claims in GAO,
numerical Identification system
Their claims are not lost, but
lit will be necessary to get the
claim in this category.
2. Those employees who filed
their claims within the legal To-
year period of limitations anc
who received GAO letters Of dis.
allowances without any claim
number in the lefthand corner
do not have to write any addi-
tional letters to the GAO. Their
claims are filed separately and
the GAO needs no further iden-
Itification to locate them. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

the Advancement Of Colored
People. In a bitter statement
after the boys body was found,
said Mississippi has decided to
maintain white supremacy by
numbering children" The state
ment was issued in New York by
Roy wilkins, executive secretary
of the NAACP.
In his statement Mr.. Wilkins
also said:
1.-THE killers of the boy felt
free to lynch him because there
| is in the entire State no restrain
ing influence of decency. not in
the State Capital, among the
daily newspapers, the clergy nor
any segment of the so-called bet
ter citizens"
| In Chicago, young Till's
mother. Mrs. Mamie Bradley,
sobbed. "The entire State OF
Mississippi is going to pay for
this"
Institute Plans Inquiry
| At Tuskegee, Ala, Tuskegee
Institute planned to investigate
4 young THIS death. together
with two other Mississippi slay.
ings which. the famed school
said, might be classed as lynch
ings.
/ No lynchings have been off,
cially recorded by Tuskegee In
Istitute in its officiai report since
1881.
Tentatively listed as lynch
ings by Tuskegee and still under
Investigation are the deaths
earlier this year in Mississippi
of two other Negroes-George
wv. Lee and Lamar D. Smith.
Report Abandoned
| For the first time since the
lynch reporting system was or
ganized by Tuskegee In thu
1905. no lynchings were record.
ed in the Nation IN 1852.
None was reported again IL
1858, and Tuskegee abandoned
the report in 1854 after another
lynch-free year because it wal
no longer considered q barome.
ter OF race relations In tn.
United States. The report wa.
issued each year in December.
| Both Mr.. Lee and Mr.. Smith
had been active in seeking Il
qualify Negroes to vote IL
Mississippi.
Mr.. Lee. about 81. was drivine
his autombile in BelZoni, Miss.
May Z when fatally wounded By
a shotgun blast from another
car.
| Mr.. Smith, about So, was shot
to death in August on the lawr
of the Lincoln County Court.
house at Brookhaven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy tonight with low about Ga
Fair tomorrow with little tenn
perature change.
Maryland-Fair tonight with
low 1854 in west, 57-65 in south
and east and $3.50 in central
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

portions. Fair tomorrow with
little change in temperature.
Virginia--Mostly cloudy with
showers near the coast tonight,
low 54-62 in west, 62-70 in east.
Partly cloudy in west and mostly
cloudy in east tomorrow with
showers along the coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Labor Head to Speak

Clement F. Preller. president
OF the Washington Central La
Dor Union and the Washington
Building and Construction
Trades Council, will speak on
the life Of Samuel Gompers
when the Washington Round
table meets at 1880 pm. tomor-
row in the Washington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Jury 70 Probe
'kidnap-kiIIing
[0f Negro Boy

GREENWOOD, MISS, Sept
R.-The wolf whistle Staying
of a 15-year-old Chicago Negro
boy deep in delta plantation
country will go to a Mississippi
grand Jury Monday.
Emmitt Louis Till died from
| a bullet wound behind his ear
soon after he was kidnapped from
the tenant farm home of his
uncle - apparently in revenge
/ for the two-notes he sounded
at a white storekeeper's wife.
A 16-year-old cousin, Maui
rice Wright, told today of the
incident preceding young THIS
death.
when he came out of the
store, the cousin said. Il told
him Boy, you know better than
that He just laughed.
He had polio when he was
three and he couldn't talk plain.
You could hardly understand
| him"
Body Found In River
A teen-age fisherman found
1.-THE battered, weighted fody OF
Young Til in the Tallahatchie
River yesterday. four days after
he was kidnapped.
Two white men have been &C
lcused of the boys kidnap-slayine
and 1t is likely a Tallahatchie
County Grand Jury will consider
the charges by Tuesday. Held
without bond are Roy Bryant
the storekeeper, and his half
brother, j. w. Milan, of Glen
dora.
| Mr.. Bryant steadfastly MAIN
tains he released the boy after
taking him from the home oil
Nose Wright near Money, Miss.
IL miles north of Greenwood.
Sheriff Fl. c. Strider of Tai
lahatchie County said he will
seek speedy prosecution" of the
two accused men. The slair
boys body was found in Sheriff
IStrider's county. The kidnapping
occurred in adjoining LeFlore
County.
Describes Dramatic Scene
The Wright boy described the
dramatic scene in which young
Till was kidnapped. He said his
father. Moses Wright. pleaded
with the kidnapers not to take
Emmitt away.
Just take him out in the
yard and whip him ana I'll be
satisfied the uncle pleaded.
The violence began with bub-
BILE gum. That's what Maurice
and Emmitt went to Mr.. Bry-
ants store to get.
/ While Tallahatchie legal pro-
seedlings moved along. a spokes-
man for the Association of Citi-
Izens' Councils-groups organized
70 keep segregation In all walks
Eof life--said the youths death
lis regrettable."
+! But. Robert Patterson, asSo-
citation executive secretary. said
the death was not in any way
connected with pro-segregatiou
groups.
i "One of the primary reasons
flor our organization is to pre-
vent acts Of violence" he said
I'VE are doing our best in spite
'lof constant agitation and in
Ifammatory statements by the
lNAACP and outside agitators.
! NAACP Lis Bitter
The National Association for
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Number of Veterans in u. S.
Is Nearing ID Million Mark

The District of Columbia had
143. 900 veterans as of June 30.
Maryland had $4,000. Virginia
had $4,000 and West Virginia
271 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
RESORT FORECAST

Upper Bay--Partly cloudy.
high tomorrow 1888, gentle
variable winds.
Lower Bay-Cloudy, high
today 1884, gentle north
east winds.
Ocean Beaches and South
Jersey--Cloudy, high tomor-
row 1882, gentle easterly
winds.
Skyline Drive-Fair. high
tomorrow 72-78.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-Showers and thunder
storms forecast tonight in the Southeast portion of the
South Atlantic States Thundershowers are expected in
the Southern Gulf region Fair weather will prevail else
where 1t will be cooler in the North Atlantic States
warmer in the Northern and Central Plains and Great
Lakes region.-AP Wrephoto Map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
GAO Sets Firm Rules
For Holiday Pay Claims
By JOSEPH YOUNG

The General Accounting Once has set down Arm set OF
rules regarding the filing of claims by Government diem
holiday performed during World War IT,
Here are GAO detailed letter Thomas G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

Record Temperatures This Year
Highest. %. on July z2. August ..
Lowest, 10 on February 3.
High and Low Of Laat - Hours
High. 81, at b:25 pm.
Low, 20, at am
Tide Tables
Furnished BY United States Coast a
Geodetic survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

Wind-Gentle and variable
tonight becoming gentle wester-
ly or northwest tomorrow.
Ragweed Pollen Count rs
grains per cubic yard Of air for
the "a hours ending o am. to-
day, the District Medical So
ciety reports.
River Report
prom U. 8, EngineersD
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and muddy ct Great Falls: Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures fer yesterday
tReadinaS Wasiington National Airportl
Midnight - Noon ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
The Sun ana Moon

The Sun ana Moon
Rises Sets
Sun. today $40 7.3g
Sun, tomorrow B:3S 7:37
Moon. today 7:Ol pm. 6:5l A. N,
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hat hour after sunset