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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
'G RI BUSINESS
Changes at Riggs Bank
Voted at Board Meetino
CoIIohun, Mccormack and Thorn
Named Senior Vice Presidents
BY DONALD b. HADLEY

BY DONALD B. HADLEY
Directors Riggs National Bank today formaized
separation of board chairman and president and
also elected three new senior vice presidents.
Robert Fleming who has been board chairman and pesi-
dent was will remain the helm
chief executive officer Bissee formerly vice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
GRAHAM

Continued From Page A-36
asked him II there was q chance
Of reconciliation with his wife,
Patti. Apparently there isn't. II
read she's asking $2,100 . month
aIimony. John said. "Of course.
I could pay it--but,. II / did.
there would be no food for my
horses or me-"
Norma Shearer's marie An
toinette" was not a success. But
that hasn't stopped Michele Nor
gan, now playing the hapiess
lady for o Partisan movie COM
par1y. Michele never quite made
it in Hollywood. But she is
Frances greatest feminine star.
Dale Robertson's buddies ten
me he'd rather raise horses than
make pictures. But he needs
The one to pay for the other.
Actually. he'd rather play golf.
Wouldn't we all?
#xA
Cecil B. De Miles MIN cutter,
Anne Bauchens, with him II
years, now has the biggest lob
Of her career--to cut the current
i've and a half hours Of THE
Ten Commandments" to three
and q half hours. without spoil
ing the story's continuity. Glad
I don't have that job.
Incidentally, Judith Anderson,
now q big hit In Australia In
''Medea." fills all her interviews
there with praise for the master.
meaning De Mile. She played
Mefnnet In Commandments"
No one can understand why
Stanley Kramer signed Frank
Sinatra for his movie In Spain.
They fought to q fare-thee-well
In mot As a Stranger" But
Franhe's hot stun at the box
Office again, and / guess that's
all that matters.
Claire Trevor tells me that,
when she and her husband took
q ride on the Paris subway. no
one collected their tickets or
made them pay. The ticket
takers were on strike, 30 every
one rode the trains free"
fReieased BY thu North American
Newspaper Alhancel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
By ROBERT SYLVESTER

Launches another season - the
cocktail season. It is doubtful
III any American institution hal
grown to the extent Of the cock.
tail party In recent years. There
Is q cocktail party for every.
thing.
There Is . cocktail party Il
introduce q new Italian movie
star and Q cocktail party to In.
|troduce q new vacuum cleaner
There Is one TO preview q tele.
vision program and another ont
to exhibit a line of kitchenware
There are cocktail parties whers
somebody viii make q plea fol
some charity and cocktail
parties where everybody just
gets drunk. Today. anything
from . debut to q funeral l;
ample excuse for q cocktail
party.
-
The night club season stimuli
taneousiy gets under way. Afte1
10 good. long whack at nigh
clubs. you ultimately learn ons
lesson don't sit ringside. Every.
body In the world wants to sill
|ringside although. In fact. 1t i
the worst location. At ringsid.
you zee every bead Of perspira.
ton on the pretty dancers up.
per lip and you can't pull YOU
gaze away from the spot whert
two spangles have fallen on ths
pretty singers dress. And then
|of course. there Is the blasting
sound from those loud speakers
Well. another season Is upon
us. II won't be any different.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06

No Waiting Nor
Worry Due 70 Damp
ness o. Wet Weather
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You can paint right after
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For that matter, you can
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
One More Season

This past week brought the
kickof Of another theater sea-
son with ell that it implies and
to guy whose business Is 70
follow the theater seasons. II
implies q lot. And q lot Of what
it implies Is sheer goofy nom
sense which IS repeated year
after year after year. Until, look
ing back on more than Is years
Of It, you get 50 that you can
hardly separate one winter sea-
son IN New York from another.
First nights in the theater
follow q pattern which seems
Interchangeable. A theater may
seat 1900 or more f1rst nighters
but the premiere Is planned. exc
cuted and promoted solely with
an eye on about 10 men. These
are the critics Of the important
publications. Being Q theater
critic must ~ one Of the healthi-
est jobs In the world. HAVING
Ratched the same critics watch
stage shows with their PROBES.
sional dead pans, you can't helr
but md It remarkable that year
after year none Of them seems
to age. fail. falter or ego lame,
halt or blind.
49, 4 =
Aside from the assorted news
papermen, radio and ~ oracles
who attend the FIRST nights, the
rest Of q premiere audience al
ways seems strangely identical.
There are the same faces, the
faces 81 the movie scouts. the
chnrnic investors. the stage buns,
who always sit in the same loca-
lions. and the producers.
Some Of these you know. either
personally or professionally. but
the geat majority Of the chronic
first nighters aren't known.
They're always there. but you 90
for years never discovering who
they are. On the flrst night Of
. new season they smile and nod
deligftediy on seeing you. You
respond Ii kind. Throughout the
season they smile and nod and
you respond. Every once IN .
rare while they get caught IN
In your tntermission converse
ton with q mutual friend and
afterwards you ask the friend
who they are. They're never who
you think they are. The guy you
have always thought was prob
ably q movie executive turns out
to be the delegate from the cleo
tricians' union. The guy you al
ways had tagged as the house
board painter proves to be q
wealthy socialite.
&A&
The first night curtain. which
is advertised to rise promptly ct
8 pm" actually goes UP ct S:25.
leaving you to Midget ID your
seat. so the next night you arrive
10 minutes late and, sure enough.
the curtain went up promptly ct
8 pm. Only . few rules ever
work. One that does. however,
concerns rain. II 1t rains on q
premiere night you'd better start
from home q half hour earlier.
Five cents worth Of rain In New
York can snarl theater district
trafiic for an hour.
The theater season also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
1857 ls1IS ElIeEBoREooD ZlSyygI
Films Of More Than Routine Merit

aTHE COBWEB.-Stelar headed By Richard WidmafE
and Lauren BacaII in psychatFic maze.
DADDY LONG LEGSLesIe Caron and Fred Asaire deftly
decorate the familiar romantic fable.
"HOW TO BE VERY, VERY POPULARn-ComicaIIy demon-
strated by Betty Cradle and Sheree North.
MARTY-Betsy Blair and Ernest Borgnine In heart.
warming film which took Cannes Festival honors.
MSTER ROBERTS"-Henry Fonda and becalmed the
bored backwash Of In the Pacific.
mot AS A sTRANGERn-OIiyia de Hayiland ana Robert
Mitchum In Stanley Kramers perturbation novel
THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS"-Bob Hope 1t funniest ever
in comic and sentimental bschstase biography
SEVEN YEAR ITCH"-Summer Bachelor Tom EWell meets
Bachelor Girl NIarilyn Monre. for laughs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
Bee Demonstration

George ]. Abrams. apiculturisi
ct the University Of Maryland
win give q demonstration on the
life Of bees for about 200 Boy
Scouts at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
lin the Apiary Building on TIL
campus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
PAINT YOUR HOUSE
IN ONE WEEK END

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than old-style paints.
But the BIG saving with
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a house the old-fashioned way.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06

No More Sticking Windows
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Paint Storm Scsh-Hons
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Notice that this painter has
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in 10 minutes. A great time
saver for the painter and a
great convenience and money
saver for the home owner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
Landlord to Speak

Representative Lankford.
Democrat Of Maryland. win be
guest speaker at 9 joint meeting
of the Langley Park. Chillun and
College Park Lions Clubs at Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
Revolutionary Paint Discovery
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
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Moving
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the second coat of quick
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out even moving your
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one section from top TO
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
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Evening star., 1955-05-01
EUROPE
West German Entry
Into NATO, Austrian
Tfeoty Seen Near

The lurepof Paris in the spring was
seizing diplomats from Washington
to Ankara last week. And for the
first time since that delirious We
May Of 1945, there seemed to be good
reason for the expectant optimism
that permeated most Western capi-
tails. The Kremlin may not be on
the run, but 1t is losing ground.
Holland became the 18th and
last nation to ratify the Paris
Agreements last week. That set the
stage for ceremonies next Saturday
iii Paris bringing West Germany into
the anti-Communist North Atlantic
alliance.
In Vienna tomorrow, Ambassadors
to Austria from the Big Four-Brit-
ain. France. the United States and
the Soviet Union-are meeting to
iron out what difficulties remain in
Austrias long overdue independence
treaty. Most people expect quick
agreement. Foreign ministers may
sign Austria out Of bondage a week
from Thursday If all goes well.
Meanwhile, prospects also look
good for June meeting Of the Big
Four. either at the foreign ministers
or heads Of government level. For
eign ministers Of Britain, France
and the United States viii convene
Evening star., 1955-05-01
Bricker Amendment Fioht
Is Renewed in Congress

History may not always repeat It
self, but congressional furor over
the Bricker amendment seemed to
be shaping up last week as an an
nual event. Here was the picture in
both 1854 and 1855.
o Senator John w. Bricker. Repub-
lican, of Ohio demanded an amend
ment to the Constitution giving
Congress and the States new power
over international agreements which
have domestic effects.
. President Eisenhower insisted
suchs an amendment would ham,
string the executive power to con-
duct foreign affairs.
Q "No-worlders' were accusing
"one-worlders"-and vice versa--of
trying to undermine the Constitu-
ton.
Q But almost no one seemed to
know what the Bricker amendment
was really all about.
AS last year, discussion Of the
merits of the amendment were COM
pounded Of at least as much emo
tionalisnI as legal reasoning. But
here is what the two sides were
saying.
Evening star., 1955-05-01

action to Mr.. Dulles maneuver came
from Radio Peiping, however. The
American Secretary Of State, the
broadcast said. had failed to men
ton "the key to relaxation Of sen-
sion" in the Formosa area: With
eNva drawal pf United States armed
II this was the key to peace or
war in the Formosa Strait, war was
as close as it had been before Chou
first released the peace dove. For
the United States is firmly united
on the proposition that Formosa
must be maintained as q friendly
link in our Aleutians-to- Philippines
chain Of Pacific defenses.
Marines for Formoso?
In fact, the President Is now re-
ported to be on the verge OF station
ing token force Of Marines and
jet planes on Formosa. This gesture,
to prove our sincerity in promising
to defend Formosa. was being con-
sidered as q consolation prize for
Chang If cease-f1re is arranged.
At the week end, there was a new
squirt of hope that Peiping would
hold stil for cease-fire In return
for the offshore islands. India's
chief international troubleshooter, v.
K. Krishna Menon, was planning
to fly to Peiping. sign that Prime
Minister Nehru saw some new hope.
That seemed to fit with reports
of the United States new project
to soften up Chang for withdrawal
from the Quemoy and MatSu islands.
Evening star., 1955-05-01

regulations, or, in the case of matters
ordinarily reserved by the Constitu-
ton to the States-such as hunting
laws-until State had passed an
appropriate law.
The Bricker amendment is de-
signed to halt a growing tendency
to circumvent the Constitution by
doing through treaties what could
not or would not be done by Congress.
This has already been done in the
famed migratory bird case of 1918.
Congress tried to pass a law regu-
lating the killing of migratory birds.
The Supreme Court declared the law
invalid because power to make such
regulations Is reserved to the States
by the Constitution.
But the Federal Government
promptly executed a treaty with
Great Britain containing those regu-
lations. The Supreme Court then
ruled that all States must observe
the treaty law" on bird killing.
Bird shooting may be a minor
matter, but other rights of the States
and of individuals could be subverted
by international treaties already
proposed.
Evening star., 1955-05-01
WET NAM
Diem and Boo Dui
In Bottle; Premier
Appears the Winner

Wet Mans pint-siZed, headstrong
and detail-conscious Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem jumped from the frying
pan into the fire in chaotic southern
Wet Nam last week. But, like Shad-
rach, Meshach and Abednego in the
fiery furnace, he miraculously did
not burn.
Since late in March a rebel band
of 5000 ex-pirates and toughs.
called the Binh Xuyen, have sought
to oust M Diem's reform govern
ment by threatening civil war.
Thursday they shelled the Premier's
palace once too often. M. Diem sent
three battalions of his national army
against them, and dispersed them
in two days Of bloody fighting.
But even before the smoke of the
battle had lifted from Saigon's trop-
ical streets, the premier found him
self locked in an even fiercer strug-
gle to stay in power. This one was
against his "chief of state" ex-
emperor Bao Dai. who twice cabled
from the French Riviera last week
cukllkkkOIllIlS IVA. D1CAAA w $dAAA4Co 4OA
consultation" lie. dismissal.
Boo Doi's Demands
Bao Dai also demanded that the
Premier dismiss his army chief Of
staff in favor Of a general in league
with the Binh Xuyen. The chief Of
state, it seemed, had gone over to the
side of no-law and disorder.
The premier def1ed both COM
mands. Then he shook another trick
out Of his sleeve. A hastily assembled
provisional assembly" met in Sal
gon and "deposed" Bao Dali as chief
OF state. M. Diem also was re-
moved. then asked to form a new
Cabinet.
Six thousand miles away on the
French Riviera, Bao Dai didn't join
the ranks of the unemployed will
ingly. 1t was by no means certain
this week end that M. Diem would be
able to make his deft maneuver
stick. But he proved he had pluck.
and seemed to be vindicating WASH
ington ofiicials who have insisted
ON backing him through thick and
thin, despite French pressure to oust
him.
II M. Diem can best Bao Dai In
Evening star., 1955-05-01
The Week

Senate Democrats thought they
had good thing going when COM
mittee testimony on the Bricker
amendment was scheduled last
week. They had planned to delight
the public with a series OF Repub-
lican witnesses. each one Of whom
would contradict his predecessor. y,
But the little tableau fell through
when administration leaders saw
the gimmick and postponed Secre-
tary Of State Dulles scheduled ap-
pearance. Senator Bricker did ap-
pear on Wednesday, followed by
several minor witnesses. But the
administration team will wait until
tomorrow to start.
The President and MIR. Dulles
made 1t clear the administration
would oppose the Bricker amend
ment. Mr.. Eisenhower said he would
accept an amendment specifying
that treaty cannot be unconstitu-
tional, but he added he would "go
no further"
Evening star., 1955-05-01

President Eisenhower disclosed on
Wednesday that his sixth sense"
told him, too, that "things were on
the upswing," but that he couldn't
prove it by events. One obvious
reason for his hopeful feelings was
recent friendly correspondence
exchange with Marshal Georgi K.
Zhukov. present Soviet Defense
Minister. to whom the President re-
ferred as my old friend" from
World War II days.
Later in the week civil war fiared
In Southern Wet Nam to mar the
peaceful vista. United States
backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem was
locked in a fierce battle with
French-supported "Chief Of State"
Bao Dai for control Of the country.
The chaos would help no one but
the Communists. Still. in Washing
ton, at least. the tide Of hope for
cease-flre In the Formosa Strait
buoyed the spirit.
Evening star., 1955-05-01
Reaction

Non-Communist reaction followed
the pattern Of the past. Britain,
France. almost all Asia and Africa
viewed Mr.. Dulles shift with salts
faction.
Inside this country, the right wing
of the Republican Party was en-
ragged. Senator William F. Know
land. the Republicans minority
leader, brooded about resigning.
Senator Walter F. George, a latter
day Arthur Vandenberg, first agreed
fully with Mr.. Dulles, and later tried
to give him even more room for
maneuver. Why couldn't the United
States discuss other Nationalist
Chinese affairs without the National
ist Chinese being present, he wanted
to know.
From Chiang's capital in Taipei
there were angry comments that
the Nationalists would never sit
down with the Chinese Communists
to discuss anything.
Perhaps the most significant re-
Evening star., 1955-05-01
POL 10
Data Still Sketchy;
Worry Over Vaccine
Is Held Uniustified

o The Salk polio vaccine is 80 to 90
per cent effective, but 80 to 80 per
cent is not perfect.
. Incubation period for polio is un-
certain, but thought to be anywhere
from five to 80 days.
. Polio outbreaks vary unpredictab,y
by season and by geographical area,
though warm areas generally can
expect the disease to arrive earlier
than cool ones.
These facts seem to have been
forgotten by many news reporters
and commentators last week when
about 80 children in the West con-
tracted polio after receiving the
shots. Some stories pushed the
panic button, giving the impression
that there was a serious threat to
the polio immunization program.
Actually, there could have been
several reasons for the polio cases:
/. The children could have been
in the incubation period when they
got the shots.
2. They could merely represent the
10 to 20 per cent of the cases where
the vaccine is expected to be inef-
fective.
3. California, where most of the
cases occurred, could be experiencing
an early polio outbreak.
4. Or perhaps the vaccine itself
was at fault; perhaps it infected the
children
It would take time to determine
where the trouble lay. Not all the
facts and figures were in even by
the end Of last week. But on the
chance that the vaccine was to
blame, the Public Health Service Or
dered the batch which had been
used in that area (from the Cutter
Laboratories of Berkeley. Calif.)
withdrawn from use.
Meanwhile, the program Of mass
vaccination Of first and second grad
ers was continued The youngsters
lined UP for their shots in the Wash
ington area on schedule. Only q
handful of mothers withdrew their
consent. Doctors urged them to stop
worrying and let the children have
the vaccine.
Evening star., 1955-05-01
Opposition Says

The Bricker people are calling a
"loophole" what was written into the
Constitution for specific purpose.
The theory is simple. When talk
ing in foreign affairs, America
must speak with one voice. not 48.
So that this voice may be respected
and relied on. the Constitution
specifies that treaties. along with
Federal laws and the Constitution
itself, are the supreme law of the
land"
The Constitution also states that
"the Congress shall have the power
=. to make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carrying
into execution the powers vested
by this Constitution" So q law
carrying out the provisions of O
treaty-on killing migratory birds,
Evening star., 1955-05-01
FORkOSA
Dulles Reverses U. S.,
Agrees Well Talk to
Reds Without Chionq

The State Departments first re-
sponse, q week ago yesterday, to Red
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai's
elaborately decorated olive branch
sounded like an angry snarl to dele
gates at the Donation Asian-Af-
rican conference in Bandung, Indo-
nesia.
Mr.. Dulles obviously was worried
by this reaction, and quickly re-
versed his department land the
President, actually at q press con-
ference last Tuesday. OF course the
United States would talk with Red
China about a cease-f1re, he said,
even without Chiang's presence. But
all other points affecting Formosa,
he added, would have to be dis
cussed in Nationalist China's pres
ence.
AS the Asian-African conference
was winding up a week ago, it will
be recalled. Chou put out a sac
charine statement In favor of peace
in the Formosa area. His country
does not want war with the United
States, Chou said. Moreover, it is
willing to negotiate directly with us
about relaxing tensions in the Far
East, particularly in the Formosa
area. The Asians eagerly took Chou
at his word.
In the absence of MIR. Dulles, the
State Department got in touch with
President Eisenhower direct. With
surprising speed, statement was
issued before the Bandung parley
adjourned. It said that "of course
the United States would insist on
free China participating as an equal
In any discussions concerning the
area"
Three Othe. Conditions
Three other conditions were men
toned. Red China ought, first, to
stop firing in the Formosa area;
second, to release American airmen
and others she had imprisoned; and
third, to come to the U. N. for the
discussions. There was no indication