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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31

the peace of the world, the
tranquility of the world, is being
served at this moment by talk
ing too much in terms of specu-
lation about such things" as
whether the Chinese Reds may
soon start an attack on Quemoy
and MatSu.
This was taken as an implied
rebuke for Admiral Robert B
Carney. Chief of Naval Opera
tons, who has been identified as
the source of stories last week
end predicting such an attack
may start by April Is.
No Decision Made
House Democratic and Repub-
lican leaders, who had lunch
with the President yesterday in
the first of a tWo-day series of
bipartisan consultations or
"the world situation" said the
President indicated he had not
yet made any decision-which he
has reserved for himself-about
whether American forces will
join in the defense of Quemoy
and Matsu if they are attacked
IF the President has made
up his mind about Quemoy and
Matsu. he didn't inform us.
said Chairman Richards of the
House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
Representative Short of Mis-
souri,, ranking Republican mem.
Der of the House Armed Services
Committee, said MIR. Eisenhower
told the luncheon conferees that
such a decision was a most diff.
flcult one to make, although hi
realized he would have to make
1t "if the occasion arose"
Senator Kefauver noted tina
the President has reserved Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
VA Reports GI Loans
Ton -Four Million Mark

CT loans guaranteed or insured
by Veterans Administration for
World War II and Korean vet
Grams have passed the four mil
lion mark, the VA announced
today.
More than $4,000 loans were
closed during February, bringing
the total made since the begin
ming of the CT loan program
in 1914 to 4,004.022. Value of
the loans is total of $28 bill
lion.
Home loans accounted for SGT
billion of the total. business loans
totaled $500 million and farm
loans reached $3.50 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31

7.6 per cent limit he said the
raise should be.
The legislators say they feel
he can be persuaded to sign the
measure, particularly since the
compromise agreed to contains
the postal salary Redistribution
which has long been sought by
the administration.
Chance for RetrOactivity
There also is an excellent
chance that the increases for
classified and postal workers
will be made retroactive to
March l.
The key man in the situation
is Chairman Murray of the
House Civil Service Committee
who strongly opposed the move
to have the Senate's 10 per cent
pay legislation adopted by the
House.
Mr.. Murray is reported agree
able to the 80 per cent figure,
as is the House Democratic lead
ership and a majority of the
House Republicans.
Congressman predict that even
if President Eisenhower vetoed
the 80 per cent postal pay bill
and a sc or 7 per cent classified
pay bill Congress would override
the veto.
Sure President Will Sign
A top Republican said; Il am
sure that the President can be
persuaded to sign this COM
promise that has been worked
out. And, frankly, just for the
sake of argument. even if he
did veto the bill, Congress would
override.
The President most certainly
would have vetoed 10 per cent
bill" the legislator added. "Ano
Congress would not have over
riden a 10 per cent veto, particu-
larly one that contained nc
postal salary Reconsideration. But
we would be in politically in
defensible position if we didn't
override a bill with postal re-
classification that contains ar
increase only siX-tenths of l
per cent above what the Presi-
dent wanted. After all, Congress
voted itself a so per cent pay
raise"
The House is expected to
agree to the 80 per cent postal
pay raise and then approve a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Clear to-
night with low about 80 in the
city and 30 in the suburbs. Some
cloudiness tomorrow but mostly
sunny and a little warmer.
Maryland-Fair tonight with
low 1888 in west and 1886 in
east but 34-40 along the coast
and bay. Mostly sunny tomor-
row but some cloudinesS and a
little warmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Eisenhower Gets
Backing Of George
On Islands Policy
BY GARRETT d. HORNER

President Eisenhower today
won powerful Democratic sup
port in resisting pressures to
make any commitment now
about throwing United States
forces into the defense of Que
moy and Matsu if they are at
tackled by the Chinese Commu-
nists.
Chairman George of the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, leading spokesman on for
eign affairs for the Democrats
on Capitol Hill. said in advance
of a bipartisan luncheon con-
ference at the White House that
Il think the President is right
about not making any commit
ments at this time"
His statement followed a Sem
ate speech by Senator Kefauver,
Democrat. of Tennessee, charg-
ing there are forces in the Ell
senhoWer administration so
powerful and apparently so eager
for a war with China that they
are becoming almost impossible
to resist"
Sees High-Level Plot
Senator Kefauver did not
name the forces in high places"
he charged with plotting and
planning" to bring about an "un-
thinkable" war over Quemoy and
Matsu.
The President made clear at
his news conference yesterday
that he is resisting any pressure
to say now exactly what the
United States will do if the
Chinese Reds attack those off,
shore islands now held by the
Chinese Nationalist as defense
outposts for FormoSa itself.
Furthermore. the President
asserted. Il do not believe that
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original Redistribution plan.
The word on Capitol Hill was
that the House leadership is
agreeable to these amendments.
Clerks May Act Today
The only major postal en-
ployes' union that did not sign
the agreement was the AFL Ma
tional Federation of Post Office
Clerks. The clerks Executive
Board is meeting in closed ses-
sion and may reach a decision
today.
The six unions agreeing to the
compromise plan are the AFL
National Association of Letter
Carriers, the National Postal
Transport Association. National
Association of Post Office and
General Services Maintenance
Employees, the National Associa-
ton of Post Office and Postal
Transportation Service. Mail
Handlers. Watchmen and Mes
sengers; the National Federation
of Post Office Motor Vehicle En-
ployes and the United National
Association of Post Office Clerks,
The House members at the
meeting. all Democrats and
members of the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee. were Representa-
tives Moss of California, Nor
rison of Louisiana, Rhodes OF
Pennsylvania. Holifield of Cali
fornia, Lesinski of Michigan,
Pfost of Idaho, Fascell of Florida
and Tumulty Of New Jersey.
Action Urged in Letter ?
Meanwhile. the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees has
sent a letter to all members OF
Congress urging them to eX-
pedite action on Government
pay legislation.
Each days delay entails ad-
ditional heavy losses to the en-
ployes. whose inadequate salaries
have had no general adjustment
since 1851" the NFFE said.
Beyond this. however, the
NFFE added, lis the fact that
delays in enactment of long
overdue pay legislation have
made the recruitment and reten-
ton of qualified personnel in
creasingly difficult and have in
evitably lowered morale through
out the service"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Korea Asks Atomic Guns
To Match Red BuiIdup

SEOUL, Mar. 81 (P.-South
Korea has asked the United
States for atomic cannons ito
meet the increasing fighting
power in Communist North Ko-
rea," Defense Minister Sohn Won
II said today.
Mr.. Sohn told a news confer
ence he made the request to
United States Army Secretary
Stevens Tuesday and that Mr..
Stevens had replied he would try
his best"
MI. Sohn said he told Mr..
Stevens that the Communists in
North Korea were increasing
their fighting power lin clear
violation of the armistice terms
and that the United States
should give us new weapons to
meet the enemy strength"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Eisenhower Blocks
Direct Quotation,
And Explains Why

President Eisenhower, in
connection with his state
ment praising Senator
George, Democrat, of Geor-
gia. yesterday declined to
permit direct quotation of a
sentence in which he said he
would not even talk about
a party that contained
man who works as diligently
for the success of American
foreign policy as the Geor-
glan does.
James C. Hagerty, presi-
dental press secretary. eX-
planned that the President
was talking only about the
Senator and foreign policy
and did not want to tie him.
self down to a policy of no
criticism on domestic issues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Five Killed, -Four Injured
In Crash in Mississippi

BROOKSVILLE. Miss, Mar.
81 (P).-Five persons were killed
and four critically injured last
night when two cars crashed
head-on and burst into flames
on highway As, near here.
Patrolman Cecil Cheek said
two dead men were tentatively
identified as A. L. Harrison, about
35, owner of a Columbus jeWelry
store, and Andrew Charlton of
Columbus.
Three dead women all of Co.
lumbus, were tentatively identi-
fled as Mrs. Malcolm Charlton,
%; Mrs. Nina B. Cole, As, and
Miss Mary Sims, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31

sc to 7 per cent increase for
classified employees. The CLASH
fed pay bill has been held up
pending outcome of the postal
pay fight.
Following that. the Senate is
expected to agree to the House
version of the classified and
postal pay bills and send the bills
to the White House.
Six Major Unions Agree
Six of the seven major postal
employee unions agreed yester-
day to the 80 per cent pay plan.
The agreement was reached at a
closed meeting yesterday with
pay sponsors.
They agreed to accept an
amendment proposed by Repre-
sentative Moss, Democrat, of
California, that would increase
the original 7.6 per cent average
postal pay bill approved by the
House Civil Service Committee
by another $40 per employee. This
would bring the bills average
increase to about 80 per cent.
In return, the postal groups
insisted on amendments to pro-
vide for poSt-audit by the Civil
Service Commission to give them
added protection against possible
down-grading from the reclassi-
flcation features of the bill. Also,
they asked for an amendment to
require the Post Office Depart
ment to make a yearly report to
Congress on its Redistribution
program.
The unions further asked
that all clerks in the first and
second-class post offices be placed
IN level 5 instead of level 3, as
some of them would be under the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Social Security Program

A caption in yesterdays Star
said the family of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Trout of Damascus. Md.
may be the largest rural family
in the Nation to benefit under
the old age assistance program
Actually the family will benefit
under the Social Security pro-
gram,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Talks With Moscow !.
Are Held Likely, but
President Stays Wary
BY the Associated Press

The Western powers now seem
certain to meet with Russia on
critical world issues in a few
months. but if President Eisen-
hover is to go into Big Foul
conference he apparently will
want powerful reasons for doing
so.
Among such reasons which Mr.
Eisenhower has indicated he will
require are evidence that the
conference will make a positive
contribution to peace hopes, that
a sound preparatory basis has
been laid and that there are nc
unnecessary dangers of bad re-
suits.
Could Make Things Worse
For two years the President
has expressed readiness to GO
anywhere to meet with anyone if
there was hope that such per-
sonal diplomacy would promote
peace. However, as at previous
news conferences, he emphasized
yesterday the difficulties in the
way of top-level talks. This time
he brought up a concern that is
much in the minds of diplomats
the danger that a conference
which is i'll prepared may GO
wrong and make things worse in
stead of better.
Mr. Eisenhower specifically
cited the difficulties of holding a
conference without some kind of
agenda, or list of issues for dis
cuSSion.
The prospect of a meeting of
Mr.. Eisenhower. Soviet Premier
Bulganin, British Prime Minister
Churchill and the French
premier, however, has enormous
dramatic appeal. At a minimum
it symbolizes the ability of the
chiefs of government to talk
together. At a maximum it
it suggests the possibility of
truly stabiliZing East-West rela-
tionships.
Dangers in a Farley
However, diplomats see many
dangers. among them:
/. The possibility that such a
meeting may be taken to mean
acceptance by the United States
of Communist domination of the
satellite countries.
2. People all over the world
may expect too much from a
top-level Big Four meeting.
3. The pressure for success
would be very great-perhaps
tending to make leaders strive
for agreement even at the cost
of unwise concessions.
a. The President and the
British and French Prime Min
listers, being responsible to Con-
gress or Parliaments and
accountable to public opinion
are at a disadvantage as COM
pared with rulers of centralized
regimes who can change direc-
ton with little explanation and
no public responsibility.
, 5. Deals which look good to-
day may appear to be without
justification a few years hence.
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did not change his mind about
the world situation.
Mr.. Rayburn described the con-
ference as harmonious. He said,
however. that Secretary of State
Dulles did most of the talking
and went around that thing
(Quemoy and MatsU like he did
on lot of other things"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Force Presidents Hand

Virginia-Mostly clear tonight
with low 1884 in west and 1898
in east. Some cloudiness and a
little warmer tomorrow.
Wind-Gentle and variable
tonight and tomorrow.
River Report
From U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and cloudy at Great Falls: Shen-
nandoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
6. 0.P.C Chiefs Called
To Map Drive for
Virginia Assembly
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

Highly encouraged by returns
from last falls congressional
races. Virginia Republican lead
ers have been summoned to a
special session Saturday to get
this years campaign for the
General Assembly off to an early
start.
/ About campaigns also will be
mapped for contests for local
Offices in areas of known Repub-
lican strength, including the
nearby 10th congressional dis
trict, and two or three areas in
the Shenandoah Valley.
A high official in the party
said today that when the State
Central Committee meets in
Norfolk on Saturday discussions
are expected to include the
problem of apportioning dele
gates to next years G. o. P.
National Convention.
May Rate Extra Delegates
! Virginia sent % delegates to
Chicago in 1852. But because Of
subsequent Republican successes
| in both the presidential and con-
gressional elections, the State is
expected to be entitled to at least
/ 80 delegates at next years con-
vention in San Francisco.
The G. o. P. show of power in
recent years has led to specula-
ton in some quarters that Vir-
ginia, along with Texas, Florida
and other Southern States where
Eisenhower strength was force
fully demonstrated in 1852.
might combine into an impor-
tant Southern bloc" to be
reckoned with in next years
deliberations on a national level.
Nevertheless, State Republican
Chairman S. Floyd Landreth, a
State Senator from GalaX, issued
his call for the Central Commit
tee meeting, oStensibly to launch
the drive for added representa-
ton in the General Assembly
and for local offices.
At present. Republicans hold
only three of 40 seats in the
Senate and five of the 100 House
of DELEGATES seats.
This prompted G. o. P. Ma
tional Committeeman Ted Dali
ton to comment recently that he
is lonesome" in the Legislature.
Mr.. Dalton, who polled about As
per cent of the vote against
Democratic Gov. Stanley two
years ago. is a State Senator
from Radford.
Governors Chair Is Issue
! A high party official said he
would not be surprised if some
of Saturdays talks-at least in
hotel room caucuses-centered
around the party's gubernatorial
candidate in 1857.
One Democrat. Attorney Cen
eral j. Lindsay, Almond, jr., re-
the race" for Governor. Several
other Democrats are known to
be interested, including the anti
organization leader, Delegate
Robert Whitehead of Nelson
County.
Because of Mr.. Dalton's I'M
precedented gubernatorial race,
many Republican leaders are in
sisting that he make himself
available for a second attempt.
So far, however, the national
committeeman has shown no in
terest-publicly.
Saturdays get-together will be
tiNa first State Central Committee
meeting since last summer.
Indications of the "all-out"
nature of plans under way were
seen in the call for the COM
mittee meeting by Mr.. Landreth.
One of the unique proposals to
be acted on, he said, is creation
of the Office of executive secre-
tary-a salaried position.
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around sc or
7 per cent.
Key Demo-
Gratis and Re-
publicans on
Capitol Hill
say they feel
P re S i d e n t
Else n hover
probably will
sign the legis-
ton into law,
since the post
al raise would
be about six
5enthS of l per
oo~% ah0vyo thu
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I
hover himself Us not rocking
the boat"
Force Presidents Hand
But the conclusion is inescap-
able, the Tennessee Senator told
the Senate, that the present
war party is attempting to create
a situation and an atmosphere
in which the President would
have no choice but to follow
them"
Senator Kefauver was not
among those invited to the White
House bipartisan luncheon con-
ference. today Among the con-
ferees were Senate Republican
Leader Knowland and Chairman
Bridges of the Senate Republican
Policy Committee who have eX-
pressed belief that defense of
Quemoy and Matsu is essential
to prevent the overrunning of
Formosa.
The stories last week end, later
attributed to Admiral Carney, re-
ported the Presidents military
advisers were urging him to warn
the Chinese Reds that an attack
on those islands would be met
with American atomic power.
Favor Limited War
Senator Kefauver said that
those who want to get America
in a war over Quemoy and Matsu
say, I'VE can fight a limited war
with precision atomic bombing
and get away with it." But he
added that it is difficult for him
! to see how it would be possible
to "avoid a chain reaction which
would start explosions around
the world"
In announcing his support of
the Presidents position in not
saying now what the United
States will do about Quemoy
and Matsu, Senator George said,
of course, you can't keep peo-
pie from specializing when high
officials make the statements
about the situation that they
do" This was a reference to the
Carney edictions.
Reminder to Brass
Senator Mansfield, Democrat
of Montana, said the President s
news conference remarks should
serve "as reminder to all the
military that their job is not to
make policy but to carry it out
under the leadership of the
President"
After yesterdays White House
luncheon meeting, House Repub-
lican Leader Martin told news
men he thinks the President will
make the Quemoy -Matsu deci-
sion after considering all the
circumstances of any Communist
attack that might develop.
House Speaker Rayburn sale
graphically that he did not fee
any better about the whole situ-
alton after the luncheon discus
sion. He later explained that it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Fined Over Burglar Alarm

A storekeeper of London was
fined because the accidental
ringing of his burglar alarm
disturbed nearby residents for
IS minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
--AP Wirephoto Map

thunderstoms forecast tonight in parts
of the Central Mississippi Valley and the Eastern Great Plains
Illinois and Eastern Nebraska southwark to the Texas
Gulf Coast Showers expected in the Northwest with
urries the higher elevations the Northern Rockies
will colder in the Great Plains States and in the
Ohio Valley and in the Southeast.
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The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Postal EmpIoye 8.2% Accord
BHghtens Prospects of Raise
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

Federal raise chances looked much brighter today follow
yesterday by most major postal empoye
accept a compromise 3D. per cent average increase
This expected break the mpasse after the House
April Is lead enactment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31

Of classified and postal pay
raise legislation. The classified
pay raise is expected to average
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Tide Tables
nv limited states C0a
The Sun and Moon

Rises Sets
Sun, today 5:54 6;3l
Sun tomorrow 5:54 6:3l
Moon today 81 am. l,54 am
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset
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Humidity
tRead!nes Washington National Airport)
Yesterday Pct To-day Pct
Noon -- 81 Midnight - 50
! pm. - am. 81
= pm 30 10 am. 80
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest. 70, on March -.
Lowest. 10 on February 3.
High and Low of Last ri Hours
High. 81, at pm,
Low. 80, at $40 am.
Tide TahIea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31

original Redistribution plan.
The word on Capitol Hill was
that the House leadership is
agreeable to these amendments.
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himself the final decision as to
United States action in case the
Reds attack, and said Mr. Eisen-
hover himself Us not rocking
the boat"
Evening star., 1955-05-27

sentative Mccormack, Demo-
crat, of Massachusetts,, Demo-
cratic floor leader in the House.
but their arguments failed to
convince the majority voting.
Point to 50 Per Cent Raise
One of the defenders of the
conference agreement called at
tention to the fact that Congress
not so long ago approved legis-
lation to raise the pay OF MEM
bers of Congress and of judges
of the Federal courts to $22,500.
This has been figured to amount
to a so per cent increase in the
pay of members of Congress.
The argument was that there
should be some maintenance Of
the relative pay of members of
the Federal courts and members
of the city courts here, as has
been done in the past. because
Congress sets the scales for both
Federal judges and those in the
city courts. It fell on deaf ears.
Likewise rejected in the House
vote was the arguments that
members of the municipal courts
here are appointed for 10-year
terms, with the judges having
no assurance they will be reap
pointed, and that judges are for
hidden to conduct private law
businesses on the side.
Evening star., 1955-05-27
Plane Flying Powder
Crashes, KILLING Two

EDMONTON, Alberta, May q
(P.-A cargo plane carrying two
boxes of blasting powder and
other equipment for joint
United States-Canadian radar
network in the Arctic crashed
here yesterday and exploded.
The two crewmen aboard were
killed and II freight cars dam
aged beyond repair when the
four engine, 30 ton pla n e
smashed into a packed railway
yard while attempting a take-od.
The plane was en- route to Fort
Smith, N.W.T., $50 miles north
of here.