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Evening star., 1955-07-09
Transit Talks Pressed
But Outlook Is Dark
Bell Of Texas Indicted
In Lond Deals Inquiry

SEGUIN, Tex, July 9 R.-
Representative John j. Bell.
Democrat Of Texas. who helped
set up the Texas veterans land
program when he was in the
State Legislature, was indicted
yesterday on charges of conspir-
ing to steal $154,8l0 from the
State In that program.
He Immediately denied guilt.
He made the same denial when
questioned by a State investi-
eating committee earlier. The
freshman House member said he
received some legal fees and that
was all.
Indicted with him was T. j..
McLarty of Denver and formerly
of Cuero. Tex, Mr.. Bells home
town, and j. T. Wofford of
Cuero.
1t was from McLarty, MIR. Bell
said in the State investigation,
that he received the legal fees.
Mr.. McLarty was indicted in
May on other counts connected
with veterans land deals.
The indictments against the
three involve deals in July. 1852,
in which 3.701.4 acres Of Guada-
lupe County land were sold to
"a veterans.
The Indictment reads: ct. j.
McLarty, John j. Bell and T. j.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
AWARD WINNING
HOMES DESCRIBED

AWARD WlNNER-EIeven Wosh-
ineton oreo houses we're selected os
oword winners in o recent orehitee-
turol competition sponsored by The
Stor ond the American Institute Of
Architects. A series OF stories de-
serlbins the winners begins todoy on
poee B-l.
BABY-PRooF APARTMENT-
Bodies in on apartment, either os
permanent resident or frequent visi-
tors, give rise to problems. Normo
and Don tell how 70 solve some of
them in the Apartment Forum on
poee B-4.
CHilDReNS QUIz-Puppets and
other things ore used to answer ques-
tions by children on the Bible and
mony OF noture's wonders on q tele-
vision show. A story telling how this
is done appears on pose A-8.
SATURDAY sHoPPINe-A num-
Der OF downtown stores which usuoIIy
close on Saturdays during the hot
summer months will suspend the proc
t'ee, stortins next week, for the
durotion Of the tronsit strike. The
list is on pooe A-,.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Hook Charged to Two Youths in SOS
That Led to Biz Hunt for Boat With q

30 hours. when it was ascer-
tanned that all boats listed as the
Blue Star were accounted for,
no submarine was in the area
and that no calls from relatives
were received by the Coast Guard
Police received the first clue
to the hoaxers' identity when
William Herivede of Valley
Stream, N. Y, owner of the ST.
Joseph, reported the lock on the
boats radio shack had been
broken and that the radio set
was on.
Police pieced together this
story:
On the night the fake disaster
was beamed. the two youths were
making the rounds of Long
Island bars.
During a discussion OF radios
and high-iidelity equipment,
Maldona told his companion
that he could show him how a
real radio works"
The two then boarded the
fishing boat, moored at the time
in East Rockaway, on Long
Island, kicked down the door to
the radio shack and Maldona
began transmitting.
Evening star., 1955-07-09

WOODMERE. N. Y. July 9
(P.-Two youths were held early
today as police unraveled the
mystery of the fishing. boat Blue
Star.
An SOS signal, purportedly
coming from the vessel, sent
Coast Guard rescue craft on q
$50,000 search of the Atlantic
early Thursday morning.
Nassau County police said one
of the youths, a 2l-year-old for
mer crewman on a commercial
fishing boat, admitted that he
beamed the phony distress signal
to show his l7-year-old pa
how a real radio works"
The older youth was identified
as Thomas Maldona of East
Rockaway. N. Y, laid of siS
weeks ago from the fishing boat
st. Joseph. His companion was
George Teen, Oceanside, N. Y.
Police said the youths. who
broke into the radio shack Of the
St. Joseph. were charged with
third-degree burglary.
They are expected to be turn
ed over for prosecution by the
Federal Communications Com
Evening star., 1955-07-09

mission as soon as a warrant Is
obtained from a Federal judge
Under commission regulations
a hoaxer taking a disaster at
sea faces a $4,000 fine. a year
in prison or both.
The distress signal said the
40-foot fishing boat Blue Star
was sinking with 81 persons
aboard after striking a strange
object" 80 miles of Barnegat,
N. j.
The message said q boiler
room explosion set the boat
ablaze, blocking access to life
Ipreservers. The last radio tele-
Iphoned message at 3:05 am
(EDT) said tersely that the Blue
Star was going down and q
foreign submarine was picking
up seurvivors.
Coast Guard air and sea craft
patrolled some 1000 square mile.
of the sea in the area pinpointec
in the messages only to find ar
oil slick and a torn, unmarked
'lifejacket bobbing in the water
Neither was necessarily an indi-
cation of a disaster, the Coast
Guard said.
The search was called OF after
Evening star., 1955-07-09
'S1-a-Year Men
|RowContinues
Cupehurt Asks Light
On Federal Policy
Ry the Associated press

Senator Capehart, Republican
of Indiana, said today he will
seek to clarity this week end the
Administrators stand on the
role of "dollar-a year" men in
the peacetime Government.
The controversy, highlighted
ny a special report from Con-
t1oller General Joseph Campbell
alleging "laxities" in one in
stance, has delayed Senate ac-
tion on extension of the Defense
Produstion Act. This is the
basic law providing for economic
mobilization for national de-
fense. 1t is due to expire July 81.
The Senate Banking Commit
tee renewed it's demand yester-
day for ban on using the dol
lar-a-year" men in high admin
istrative or policy-making posts
despite contentious of Arthur S.
Flemming, defense mobilizer
that the move would impair pre-
paredness efforts.
Senator Capehart said he
would discuss the proposed re-
strictions again with Mr.. Flem-
ming during the week end, to
determine whether they can be
softened.
The Banking Committee re-
affirmed and strengthened its
stand yesterday after hearing
closed-door testimony from Mr..
Campbell. presumably backing
up a report he made Thursday
His testimony was not made
public.
In a letter to Chairman Full
bright of the Banking Commit
tee, Mr.. Campbell reported on
some zinc contracts made dur
in the Government service of
Howard I. Young. president of
the American Zinc 81 Smelt-
ing Co.
Mr.. Young was the non
salaried deputy administrator OF
the Defense Materials Procure
ment Agency from September
is, 1851, to May IA, 1858. He
has denied any knowledge of the
Mr.. Campbell reported appar-
ent conflicts of interest" in Mr.
Young's handling of some zinc
production contracts between the
Government and firms in which,
he contended. Mr.. Young's firm
was "beneficially interested"
Mr.. Campbell said the Govern
ment suffered financial losses on
the contracts.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Einstein Plea to End War
One of Last Acts of Life

Only eight signed. Nine said nc
and three never answered.
The statement drafted fol
government leaders of the major
powers said:
Here, then. is the problem
which we present to you. stark
and dreadful and lnescapable;
shall we put an end to the hu-
man race: or shall mankind re-
nounce WARP"
Russell disclosed DR.. Einstein
had suggested Danish physicist
Niels Bohr. Nobel Prize winner
and one of the key men behind
the atom bomb, taking a lead
ing role in the development of
the appeal. DR.. Bohr declined.
The earl said on March 4 DR..
Einstein wrote him asking him to
take over the enterprise as "di-
rector" and give orders.
Russell said the atomic bomb
of Hiroshima was now ancient
history like bows and arrows.
Asked if it was necessary to
See EINSTEIN, Page Az
Evening star., 1955-07-09

LONDON, July 9 P.-Just
before his death Albert Einstein
and eight other eminent scien-
lists signed an appeal to world
rulers to end war lest nuclear
weapons destroy mankind.
Bertrand Russell, the 83-year-
old British philosopher who is
now an earl. drew up the mani
festo. He disclosed its wording
and the details connected with
its signature at a news confer
ence attended by 200 persons.
The earl said he received DR.
Einstein's signature to the docu-
ment a day before the propounder
of the theory of relativity died
in the United States on April 18.
DR.. Einstein called Russell "the
dictator of the enterprise"
Russell said DR.. Einstein in
formed him on April II he was
gladly willing to sign your
excellent. statement"
The earl wrote to 20 scientists
involved in nuclear work on both
sides of the Iron Curtain seek
ing approval of his document.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
By the Associated Presa

Senator H. Alexander Smith,
Republican of New Jersey, said
today he will fight to restore in
the Senate a House committees s
so per cent cut in a special Asian
aid fund asked by President Eli
|senhower.
The House Appropriations
Committee. cutting 90 per cent
from the Presidents foreign aid
requests, sliced in bali the $500
million asked for the Asian Eco
nomic Development Fund. The
committee said that not more
than 500 million would be used
anyhow during the first year.
But Senator Smith said in an
interview that it was most i'm
'portant" that President Eisen-
hover go to the July 18 Geneva
conference leading from
strength"
The full 5000 million fund, he
said, would be a major indication
that the United States is un-
self1shly and seriously intent on
building up the economies of
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Senate Battle Promised
To Restore Asia Aid Cut

the underdeveloped nations OF
Asia.
Senator Smith, a senior men,
ber of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, also criticized
what he called a dangerous
reduction of $420 million in the
Presidents SLIPS, ,000, 900 request
for direct military aid to Amer
ica's cold war allies.
The House has yet to act or
the committee recommendations
but indications were the $2,-
638. .741.750 money bill to finance
another year Of global aid woulo
go through substantially un-
changed from the committee
own version. The House is tc
take the bill up Monday.
Senator Mansfield, Democrat
Of Montana. also a Foreign Rela-
tions committeeman, said in a
separate interview his only dis
agreement with the HOUSE COM
mittee's big reduction in the
military hardware item was a
See FOREIGN AID, Page Az
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Sidney B. Lust Dies;
Theoter Operator

Sidney B. Lust. operator of II
motion picture theaters in Mary
land and Virginia, died today at
his summer home at Dare Beach.
Md.
Since coming to Washington
in 1914 Mr. Lust had given much
of his time and his theaters to
cha, itaple and civic enterprises
and had been active in groups
concerned with juvenile delin-
quency.
(See Page AS for obituary.
Evening star., 1955-07-09

Wofford on or about the 18th day
of July, 1852, did then and un-
lawfully conspire to unlaw-
fully and fraudulently take $154.-
810 (from) o.. the State OF
Texas. ;"
In Washington, Mr.. Bell CON-
mented:
I'm shocked and surprised. ]
See BELL, Page Az
Evening star., 1955-07-09

derby officials to call an early
luncheon period. Immediately
after lunch there was to be a
parade of military units and race
entrants.
The weather prediction con-
|tinued to say showers later in
the day but intermittent spells
|of bright sunshine caused derby
officials to decide to go ahead
with the races in the afternoon
Should the rain come and in
such amount as to make the
races inadvisable, Derby Chair
man Howard P. Bailey. said, the
contests would be put over until
tomorrow.
When the heavy rain struck
before II am, % of the "a
heats making up the derby had
been run.
Earlier. the racers had coasted
Idownhill in their home made
cars through a 5-minute drizzle.
The weather cleared, then grew
worse.
Water Slows Track
The fastest time registered
in the early heats was
posted by John Ayres, IS, of 1925
Fort Davis street Sc. His time
for the 975-foot course was 32.s
seconds.
The track record, set in 1949
is 81 seconds.
Water on the track slowed the
later times considerably. This
will not hurt the chances of the
boys who raced through the rain
all eliminations are on a head
to-head basis. not on time.
On hand to care for any per-
sons prostrated by the heat and
excitement were members of the
District Chapter of the Ameri.
can Red Cross in their firSt-aiC
vehicle.
! Racing was to continue after
lunch. At pm, marching unit
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Laotian Troops
Battle Rebels
Linked 10 Reds
Geneva Armistice
In Indo-Chinu War
Declared Broken

SAIGON, South Wet Nam, July
9 (P.-The Laotian government
announced today that violent
fighting was under way in noun.
famous Northern Laos between
government troops and units o1
the Communist-inspired Pathet
Lao movement.
(Reports reaching Paris to-
day from Vientiane, capital of
the little Indo-C Chinese king
dom, said national forces in
an all-night battle succeeded
in winning back several"
positions taken by the Laotian
diSsidents.
(These reports, quoting
highly placed sources, said
the Pathet Lao units were
withdrawing toward Commu-
nist-ruled North Wet Nam,
about so miles east.)
Defiance of Armistice
A Laotian communique, pub
lished by Wet Namese newspa-
pers here. said the battle was
in the Moung Peun area, Is
miles south of Sam Neua. 1t ac-
cused the Pathet Lao Of defying
the Geneva armistice ending the
Indo- China war and a declara-
tion signed last March agreeing
to end hostilities and provoca-
tions
The communique described the
attacks against national army
positions as "the most. violent
registered since the armistice''
and declared the government
must take action in order to
safeguard the integrity of the
kingdom"
Sources close to the South Wet
Nam government regard the
outbreak as more serious diplo-
matically than militarily. Wet
Namese officials said that for
several weeks Indian Premier
Nehru, at French insistence, has
been seeking an agreement by
the Pathet Lao of Sam Neua and
Phong Sally.
Disagreement Over King
The dissidents argue that the
country's true king is. Prince
Souphamouvong rather than the
incumbent King Sisavong Wong.
Souphamouvong is a half brother
of the present Laotian prime
minister, Prince Souvana Phou-
ma.
The Pathet Lao and Wet Mimi
guerrillas in northern Laos have
long been linked ideologically
and militarily.
Under the Geneva armistice
the Pathet Lao were to concen-
trate in the northern provinces
of Phong Sally and Sam Neua.
Pending a political settlement,
they are free to move between
the two provinces in a corridor
along the border between Laos
and Wet Nam.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Thai Debt Settled

TOKYO, July 9 (P.-Japan
and Thailand signed papers to-
day settling the World War II
Japanese debt to Thailand for
SIS million. Japan agreed to
pay in pounds sterling in five
annual installments.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
AECNonlination
ToBe Recalled
yWhite House
Whitfield Complains
He Hos Been Victim
Of Instructions

The controversy over the NOM
ination Of Allen Whitfield as q
member of the Atomic Energy
Commission was near an end to-
day after the Iowa attorney
asked President Eisenhower to
withdraw his name.
Mr.. Whitfield was nominated
on March 16 to serve an unex-
pired term and was named again
April for full five years.
Since that time the Joint Con-
gressional Committee on Atomic
Energy has been investigating
his background.
The White House indicated
Mr.. Eisenhower would abide by
Mr.. Whitfield's wishes with
regret"
The Des Moines lawyer told
Mr.. Eisenhower in a letter that
he had been made "the victim
of insinuations which have been
widely circulated by sources un-
known to me-" He said he had
no desire to risk embroiling the
Acc in a political fight.
Thousands" Spent
Senator Anderson, Democrat
Of New Mexico, the chairman of
the Joint Committee, disclosed
that thousands of dollars" had
been spent collecting information
on Mr. Whitfield.
He said he regarded the in
vestigation as Justified" and
expressed a hope that any new
nomination would require a 'less
intensive" study.
OF primary interest to the
committee was the sale of stock
owned by a deceased client of
Mr.. Whitfield's in the Valley
Bank g. Trust Co. of Des
Moines. The committee was try
ing to determine whether the
interests of the clients widow
and other beneficiaries we're ade-
quately protected.
In his letter to the President,
Mr.. Whitfield complained that
the committee never gave him
a hearing and had demanded
replies Of "a most extraordinary
nature" about his private affairs
and his dealings with some of
his clients.
,s. Cites legal Ethics
He wrote that he had planned
to answer some of the Ques-
tions, however unleasona' lie, u
but to respond to others would
involve a breach Of legal ethics
by me incompatible with the
proper relationship between
clients and counsel"
Mr.. Whitfield said the COM
mittee's inquiries would require
him ito assemble and produce
my personal records and the
records of a law firm of which
I am a partner over a 25-year
period"
Trouble for the Iowan was in
dicated shortly after his name
went to the Joint Committee in
March. Representative Price,
Democrat of Illinois. called Mr..
Whitfield a political appointee"
and asserted that his nomina-
ton was making the Acc "the
dumping ground for job-hungry
Republicans" He urged that
Mr.. Whitf1eld's name be with
drawn.
Evening star., 1955-07-09

from the armed services, the Po-
lice Boys Band and all of the
boys in the race were to parade
down the course
Station WMAL, The Stars
radio station, planned to broad
cast summaries of racing at 2::3C
and $3.50 pm. and as the race
ends. An on-the-spot interview
with the new city champion will
be broadcast seconds after he
wins the title.
The champion will win hand
some trophy. a silver cup and q
medal. Prizes also will go to
boys who build the best-looking
and the best-designed cars.
The big prize. however, will be
the trip to Akron, Ohio, on Au-
gust IA, wlen the city champion
will race against 152 other boys
for the world championship
College scholarships worth $15.-
900 will go to the first five win
ners at Akron.
Plane to Garry Champ
The Star will send the winner
and one of his parents to Akron
by airplane. While there, the
winner will stay at Derby Town,
on the shore of a lake outside
Akron.
An excitement-packed three
days has been arranged for the
city champions by Akron busi-
nesSmen. Each champion will
receive a wrist watch engraved
with the Derby emblem, in ad-
dition to other prizes.
Also at the All-American Soap
Box Derby in Akron will be 13
of the boys the Washington
champ beats today. They will
be those from each Chevrolet
leadership who today post the
fastest times. They will be flown
to Akron on August 13 by the
Chevrolet dealers of Metropoli-
tan Washington.
The Derby is sponsored by
The Star in association with the
car dealers and the District De-
partment Of the American Le-
gion.
Nine places are still open on
the DC-3 that will carry the 13
boys to Akron. Persons wishing
to attend the Akron race should
call Howard P. Bailey at The
Star. Round-trip reservations
cost $38, and seats at the Derby
$1.50.
Evening star., 1955-07-09

offieioI Figures Reveal city's chunsed
Troffie Pottern in Strike. Pose AT
Wolfson, chairman of Capital
Transit Co.'S board of directors.
gets into town Monday in re-
Sponse to a demand from the
Senate that he appear and give
his views.
The commissioners were at
tending a mediation session be-
tween Capital Transit and AFL
Transit Workers Union repre-
Isentatives at the Tariff Building
to "see if there is anything We
can do to advance negotiations"
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
said.
Gen. Lane Attends
Their part in the meeting.
which opened at 10:30 am, also
had the effect of having
ia Public Utilities Commissioner
in the negotiations. since the
Engineer Commissioner, Brig.
Gen. Thomas A. Lane. also is
la member of the Utilities Com
mission.
1t was stressed, however, that
Gen. Lane is appearing prima-
Irily as a member of the Board
lof District Commissioners.
Federal Mediator James A.
Holden said the Commissioners
appearance was combination
Iof their being invited and vol
unteering to come"
Federal mediators and the
Commissioners were closeted with
union representatives from morn
ing into early afternoon. with
company representatives waiting
outside the meeting room. 1t
was believed a similar session
would be held with company rep
lresentatives before the parties
got together.
Mr.. Holden said a two-hour
mediation session yesterday
failed to produce significant re-
suits.
Broyhill Raps Commissioners
Meanwhile, Representative
Broyhill, Republican of Virginia,
today charged that the Com
imissioners have indicated scant
Iinterest" in proposals in Con-
Igress for ending the transit tie
up. and "have neglected to Of
fer an alternative proposal Of
their own"
In letter to Chairman Spen-
Ger, Mr.. Broyhill said the Conn
missioners should advise Con-
gress ''if you want a three-ring
circus or mass transportation; If
you want a solution to the Grip
pling transit strike or a scape-
goat"
He added:
"The Morse proposal (Senator
Morse, Democrat of Oregon, has
proposed lifting the company's
franchise) with its preliminary
ballyhoo provides the three-ring
circus and the scapegoat. My
bill (providing for seizure of the
company would start the wheels
OF streetcars and buses rolling.
May I remind you that the
target date for the adjournment
of Congress is July 80. Less than
three weeks remain. If we are
to deal with this chaotic situa-
ton time Is of the essence"
A Court of Appeals decision
late yesterday sending a 1854
Continued on Page A-3, Col. 3
Evening star., 1955-07-09
STOCKS.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK W. - Following are the
sales add Q0), high, low closing price
and net chAnge OF the 30 most active
stocks for the week:
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Soap Box Derby Begins;
DrizzIe Slows Racers
Contests to Continue Despite Roin;
162 BOYS Compete for City Crown

A record field of Soap Box
Derby entrants turned out for
the annual contest today, ran
through mid-morning showers
and prepared to resume racing
after lunch.
Several early showers stopped
the races temporarily and caused
Derby Pictures and Results Of EorIy
Heots. Pose A-24
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Guide for Readers

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Comics B-ls-19l lReoI E,tote Bills
eoitor'ol ---- A. Society AL
editI Articles AS Sports Alb
Have The Stor Delivered TO Your
Home Dolly and Sunday
Dicl Sterling $4,000
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Tuesday Set
For WoIfson
Appearance

The District Commissioners
today stepped into efforts to set
tie the city's wearing transit
strike, but there appeared to be
little optimism from any quarter
for immediate success in ending
the walkout.
1t seemed that everyone was
time until Louis E.
offieioI Figures Reveal city's chonsed
Troffic Pottern in Strike. Pose AT
Evening star., 1955-07-09
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy and humid. with thunder
showers tonight. low 70. Tomorrow. cloudy,
warm and humid, scattered afternoon
showers. Full report on Page A-2.J
Midnight Is am.--z74 IL am al
am.---s a.rn.---75 Noon---s2
: sna.---H 10 an.---7s / p.m.---s4
Evening star., 1955-01-09
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