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EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Rumors About First LQdy
Are Herewith Dispelled
By BETTY. BEALE

Mrs. Eisenhower to accept
more than she can possibly do.
TRUTH: This is the most
absurd of all. 1t will even
give Mamie and her secretary
a good laugh. Mary Jane is
a very efficient gal with a mind
of her own. but Mrs. E. is one
of the strongest-willed women
they know, say her close
friends It's true that she's
an agreeable warm person, but
nobody has ever said she was
easy to handle and it would
never occur to one of her en-
ployes to try it.
RUMOR: BY Withdrawing
from the Senate wives lunch
con and the Congressional
Club brunch, Mamie was CIV
ing another indication that
her husband wouldn't run
again. said some early this
past week. To disappoint these
groups that reach back into
the grass roots of every State
was pretty good proof, they
said. Especially since this was
the first time in the 47-year
history Of the club that a First
Lady had missed a party in
her honor.
TRUTH: The doctor made
the decision, not Mrs. Eisen-
hover, and the Presidents
appearance at the brunch in
her place completely dis
counted such talk. Better indi-
cation that Ike won't run
again is his conversation at
his stag dinner of 10 days ago.
Only 16 were present and Ike
spent much of the time point
ing out to them that no Pres
ident has ever lived to be To-
not in the White House. If
Ike were reelected he would
see his 10th birthday in the
White House. if, that is. he
were the only President in
history to be so lucky. Why
should he tempt fate when he
has been serving his country.
his wife points out to friends.
ever since he was 81?
RUMOR: Mrs. Eisenhower
wastes most of every day play
ing her favorite card game,
Bolivia.
TRUTH: To say this of any
official wife in Washington,
least of all the top one, indi-
Gates an appalling ignorance
of the demands of officialdom.
Here's how Mrs. Eisenhower
spends an average day:
She breakfasts around 9
o'clock and afterwards, be-
tween telephone calls that
never cease, she discusses the
business of running the White
House with at least two people
the usher and the house
keeper. Every single thing con-
nected with the house is
brought up, whether it con-
Germs a honey thing as the
breaking down of the washing
machine. or a difficulty with
one of the As servants, or the
planning of the meals, or fresh
See BEALE on Page D-l3
Evening star., 1955-05-08

Always a hot cauldron Of
rumors, this town has been
boiling with them ever since
Mrs. Eisenhower cancelled all
her engagements for this past
week. Here are some of the
stories that have been re-
peated as gospel. and after
each, to the best of my knowl-
is herewith the gospel truth.
RUMOR: Not one but two
doctors were called in during
Mrs. Eisenhower's recent stay
at her Gettysburg home.
TRUTH: A doctor is always
in attendance where a Presi-
dent or First La dy is con-
cerned. Mai. Gen. Howard M.
Snyder, the White House
physician, was up there check
ing on Mamie as she attempted
to recover from a virus infec-
ton. and when he left, his
assistant took over.
RUMOR: The OARS were
furious because Mrs. Eisen-
hover said last year when she
didn't receive them that she
would receive the larger or
ganizations every other year.
But she didn't receive them
this year after all.
TRUTH: The OARS didn't
ask to be received this year,
says Mamie's secretary. Mary
Jane McCaffree, because they
may have felt it would be an
imposition to do so.
RUMOR: Mrs. Eisenhower Is
refusing to receive all kinds Of
organizations that used to get
the Al treatment at the
White House.
TRUTH: Mamie says there
are literally hundreds of wom-
ems groups that have never
been inside the White House
or received by any First Lady,
and until each has had a
chance she is not going to keep
on duplicating. According to
her staff, no group is too small
or insignificant to be invited
to the White House. providing
she can see them on the day
requested. She is no longer
receiving 600 women daily, as
her staff said she did her first
year in the White House. Now
she receives only on days not
already filled with other func-
tions, a state dinner, luncheon,
tea, etc. She tries not to tax
herself with two or three
things in one day.
RUMOR: When she gave
her luncheon for Senate wives
a fortnight ago, before they
entertained her first Gas has
been the custom in years past),
she probably had no intention
of attending their luncheon
this past Tuesday.
TRUTH: No such thought
entered her mind. because her
calendar is drawn up months
ahead. She picked the earlier
date simply because there was
room for 1t on her engage
ment book.
RUMOR: Mary Jane Nc
Caffree Is a slave driver who
forces sweet, warm, agreeable
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Hearing Slated
On Demon JETS

A House subcommittee yester-
day scheduled open hearings to
start October "a on complaints
that the Navy bought some Jet
planes after they were found
unable to ny By reason Of In
adequate engines.
REPRESENTATIVE Holifield. DEM
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Navy 'sAirF Force
JET Feud Seen

JACKSONVILLE. fla. oct. is
IlE Signs Of d possibly hot III
valry between the Navy and Air
Force for control Of big new let
Iseaplane bombers cropped out
here tonight in q speech by Sec
Rotary Of the Navy Thomas.
He declared that flying and
maintaining seaplanes Is d Navy
specially view which might
be aimed at the Air Forces
openly expressed interest In the
Martin Seamaster. big jet-pow-
erred seaplane recently produced
for the Navy.
Mr.. Thomas saw ''unlimitedn
possibilities for the craft, and
predicted its next Improvement
WIN be atomic power.
His talk followed BY only d
week d speech ut Miami by Gen.
Thomas y. White, vice chief Of
the Air Force. who said the plane
corceivably could be Of use to
the Air Forces Strategic Air
Command.
III Washington. Air Force
hackers studied Secretary Thorn
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ocrat Of California, chairman Of
o House Government Operations
Subcommittee, notified Secretary
of the Navy Thomas that the
inquiry was arranged mainly 70
get the departments detailed ex-
PLANTATION.
Mr.. Thomas declared earlier
this month that be and other
|Pentagon officials would gladly
provide information to anyone
interested at the Capitol. He
added that the Navy told its
story soine time aso to another
congressional group which he
did not identity.
Representative Karsten, Dem-
|ocrat OF Missouri, complained
last month thas the Navy spent
millions Of dollars on the Nc
|Donnell F3H-l Demon Jet and
continued to accept them from
the manufacturer for d year and
4 half despite their insufficient
engine power.
N Secretary Thomas at that time
told The Star that the Navy
continued to accept the planes
because It had invested large
sums In the project and tried To
lat the planes with adequate
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Envoy Hints Concessions
Moy Free y. S. Prisoners

listen 10 whatever the Reds
choose 70 say.
IS sim Detained
American authorities list %
Americans still detained in Red
China. Eighteen are IN jail, one
Is under house arrest and six
are awaiting exit permits.
MI. Krishna Menon. a rowing
Ambassador for Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharial Nehru, long
has been trying to promote q
high level conference between
American and Chinese Conmu-
mist authorities presumably Mr..
Dulles and Peiping Premier For
eign Minister Chou En-lai.
AS Mr. Krishna Mfenon left
Mr.. Dulles Office yesterday, re-
p0rters asked whether he had
pressed this point with the Sec
Rotary.
4 ai1a sun, he replied chat
al want pros Eess a - ii,s II
you ask ne II the f2llS El1Hfd
take place. the answer IS YES Z
Without people who disagree
talking together. you can't Get
anywhere.
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as speech tonight with special
attention. Some Of them believed
the Navy was serving warning II
intends to keep the Seamaster
for its own.
IN his speech, as prepared for
delivery on the 18th anniversary
Of the Naval Air Station here,
Mr.. Thomas said:
: Building and flying seaplanes
Is but one phase Of o complicated
technique which involves the
whole art Of seamansl1ip and
sailoring that IS the operation
Of seaplane tenders, Of seaborne
maintenance. or floating support.
Of beaching equipment and han
ding gear
Mr.. Thomas said that TO
achieve its fullest potential. the
modern seaplane must be gup-
ported and assisted BY other ships
and integrated with the other
offensive members or the new
Navy"
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leader ca foreign policy and Al
outstanding figure ia the Senate,
has sim 10 ANNOUNCE his cam
|didacy for reelection. II the
Senator decides 10 run. Is his
friends expect. and his health
holds good Mr.. Talmadee win
have 1 tough time, even With
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b JAMES 3. ROPER

midas ". &. Krishna Menon
limited yesterday that the release
81 Americans now held In Com
munist China may depend ID
part on the progress Of further
political talks between the United
States and Red CHINA.
Nj. Krishna Menon tossed out
this suggestion after al hour
conference with Secretary Of
state Dulles.
Upon leaving MI. Dulles Of
nee, Mr.. Krishna Menon told re-
porters that the United States
and Communist China should
negotiate 1t 3 higher level than
the present Geneya talks between
ambassadors.
American Ambassador y. Al
exis johnson and Chinese Com
munist Ambassador Wang Ping
nan have completed their talks
on the release OF prisoners and
now have gone on to the second
topic Of their agenda other
practical matters.
Predicts Release
Reporters asked Mr.. Krishna
Menon whether he believed Red
China would release all detained
Americans. as agreed during the
first part 81 the Geneva talks.
yes Mr.. Krishna MenOn re-
piled, they win come out In
time. I don't think anybody
wants to leave them there. Il
all depends on how they pro-
gress on the second part tof the
Geneva agenda) :
When Mr.. Krishna Menon was
asked to repeat the statement.
he said that Athe Chinese are re-
viewing their position on indi-
yidual cases. but | don't mean
to say they are being held as
hostages"
~ He predicted that the Chinese
Communists would call in each
American and tell him:
''You have been q naughty boy
and are ordered deported, 50
get out Of the country"
Delay Is Implied
Mr.. Krishna Menon. however
did not attempt TO predict when
this would occur. except that
it would be '.tn time"
His implication that the pris-
oner release may be delayed
pending further political devel-
opments. however, could have
serious implications.
At Geneva. Ambassador Vans
has tried to raise the question
Of Formosa's future. and ths
problem Of diplomatic recoeni.
ton Of the Peiping regime.
The United States Is giving
no encouragement to talks on
these lines. but IL committed u
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Army Would Like More
I roop- Carrying Planes

aircraft design trends. one Army
o1ilciaI says:
The Air Force wants them
higher and faster: we want them
slower and lower.
His reference was directed
primarily at the requirements fof
airborne. parachute operations.
10 drop paratroopers, the Army
likes q plane which can throttle
back TO comparatively slow speed
for the Jump; fiy ct only 3 few
hundred feet altitude tthe
shorter time q paratrooper Is IN
the afr. the less target he pre-
sents for enemy troops on the
groundl and be able to get
troops through bad weather 70
q target.
Lift" Potential Limited
The type used now Is the
C-1l9 Fairchild. Its cabin Is
not pressurized, making It Inn
possible 70 carry paratrooperS
st high attitudes for long periods
Il bad weather exists between
the takeoff point and the target.
The Air Force now Is beein-
ming to receive delivery 0f 4
new medium transport type,
suitable for paratroops' use ed
wei as cargo. It Is the C-i30
Lockheed, with pressurized cabin.
Heavily powered with gas tur-
bine engines driving propelIern
tturbo-propl the C-l3O can take
on from comparatively short
runways. even with most Of It's
l2ia-ton-Capacity load.
The Army Is pleased with the
Air Forces new C-130. But even
with the present 1eet Of several
hundred big C-124s and the
medium C-I3Os and C-IlOS, to-
eether with older c-54s. the total
aair lift" potential Of the Air
Force Is limited. With available
equipment 1t Is doubtful that
two Army divisions could be
air lifted to an overseas destina-
ton simultaneously.
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Methodist Gloss Set

The Washington Methodist
Leadership School win open with
registration ct 7:30 pm. Tues
day At Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, Massachu-
sets avenue at Ninth and x
streets NV. the Rev. Harold
a. Milstead. dean Of the school.
Announced Yesterday
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Shows
Gain in Fight
With IaInlddQe

The political wind ii Georgia
Is setting toward Senator Walter
y. George. chairman Of the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Commit
TEE. and away from former Gov,
Herman Talmadge, recent re-
ports from Georgia indicate.
The early. confident claims Of
the Talmadge supporters that
the former governor viii defeat
Senator George next year IN the
Democratic Senatorial primary
with comparative ease are under
going q second look. Some Of the
reasons are:
/. Senator George has been
speaking constantly III recent
weeks Id Georgia, and with yigor.
This, his friends say, Is 1 cons
plete answer to the Talnadee
people who argue the Senator'S
age should bar him from seeking
another term II the Senate. Sem
ator George IS n years old
2. Al recent poll on IA expected
George Taln1adge primary race
by the Macon News il both rural
and urban areas shows Senator
George supported BY 81 per cent
Df those questioned and Mr.. Tai
niadge supported Nv 81 per cent,
with > per cent undecided.
Waters Pooled
The News pom was taken b.
reporters and correspondents
6ixty-three per cent Of the voter
polled were from rural and small
town areas III middle Georgia:
10 per cent were from the At
lanta area, and "a per cent from
Bihb county where Macon Is To-
Gated. The Talrnadee supporters
have commended that the former
governor would run up d large
enough vote IN rural Georgia to
defeat Senator George under the
county unit system which pre-
walls In party primary elections
In the State. The News pom. how
ever. showed Senator George
with strength in the rural areas.
too.
The poil in Fulton County
where Atlanta is located, gave
Senator George So per cent T.
rs per cent for Mr.. TaImadge
and II per cent undecided. IN
Hibb County. the George strength
was even greater, the Senator
having s. per cent and Mr.. Tai
madge. 80 per cent. with only
Z per cent undecided.
Senator George, Democratic
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b the Associated Press

Some high Army ofhcials are
worried because they feel the
Air Force Is not paying enough
attention to the Army's critical
need for greater aerial mobility.
Discussing the situation yes
Iterday. one oflcial said that
this Is not q new interservice
rivalry in the making, nor does
the Army have any sintention
Eof trying to create another
Army Air Corps"
But. he added. 1--WE do want
ito give troops greater mobility. ("
Army worry began when the
Air Force. with approval from
1.-THE Defense Department. de-
lcided to reduce the planned
number Of wings Of troop carry
ling aircraft. Under the original
Ii43-wing Air Force program.
there would have been II wings
Iof troop carriers. But when.
lon Defense and Budget Bureau
Iinsistence. that program was re-
lduced to q goal Of 1877 wings
lby mfd-I057, the number of
troop carrier units was cut to
III. Present strength IS Is.
Aims Are Different
A heavy troop carrier wing.
using big C-l24 planes. Is COM
posed of So aircraft; . medium
wing. using C-l19s, Is made up
lof ~ planes.
Changes In original plans for
units Of planes to ny troops long
distances or drop them, as para
troopers. into battle Is only one
cause Of the worry expressed IN
Army circles. There Is concern
also over what the Army believes
lis the Air Forces preoccupation
with planes for pure atomic and
bet war. with far less attention
ito the kind Of transportation
the Army needs. Speaking Of
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ave Senators who are older than
George. Three Of them were re-
elected TO the Senate last yeal
and two Of them come up for
recollection next year. All are
Democrats. They are Senators
Green of Rhode Island. So; Nicely
LOT West Virginia, soon to be 81:
Murray of Montana, 70-all Of
whom were reelected In 1854
Hayden Of Arizona, 70, and Leh-
man Of New York. III, two months
older than George.
TO Meet With Dulles
Senator George has accepted
IAN invitation. with 3 number d
other Senator's, 10 meet here On
Thursday with Secretary Of State
dulles, to discuss problems which
are to come before the Big -Four
foreign ministers meeting 70
Geneva October n. As chairman
|of the Senate Foreign Relation
COMMITTEES. Senator George
lWieids great influence. He ilas
been 4 leader III the bipartisan
support given the foreign policy
lot the United States supported
Iby Democrats and Republicans
alike. His removal from the Sem
ate. by failure TO denomination
and re-election. would be Z
calamity, his 6 colleagues and
friends IN Georgia contend.
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Clover Center Forum

8 The Rev. John j. McGrath of
Catholic University WIN sr,ea (
on secular institutes 1t the st.
Peter Claver Center open forum
at 3 pm. tomorrow at 6lf Sew
Ienth street S.W.
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