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Evening star., 1955-06-17
West Must Take Bold Stand for Giving
Germany Representative Government

cites the invitation to the West
German Chancellor to visit
Moscow and establish diplo-
matte, trade and cultural re-
lations as constructive steps
taken by the Soviet Union.
From this it would appear
that the Soviets wish to push
German unification into the
background and to negotiate
bilaterally with West Ger
many.
Chancellor Adenauer has
very properly postponed &C
cepting the invitation to Mos
COW until after the July meet
ing. But he certainly expects
German unification to be pre-
sented and supported by the
West in the conference. He has
said in this country that he
believes the Soviets to be
primarily concerned with Sc
curity, and that a solution is
possible that will unity Ger
many, keep it allied with the
West, and yet afford firm
guarantees of security to the
Soviets and the East European
states associated with them.
This looks like a tall order,
but if security and improved
trade and economic relations
IRE the primary Soviet objec-
live it should not be impossi-
1le to achieve.
The Tass statement also
ties the conclusion of a state
reaty with Austria as an ex-
mple of constructive Soviet
ction.
Actually this was a Soviet
concession for the price of
Austrian neutrality.
But there is no analogy with
Evening star., 1955-06-17

placement for Phelps Vocational
High School, in connection with
which the present Phelps would
become an annex to adjacent
Young. He asked whether an
addition to Young will be needed
if Phelps is replaced.
DR.. Corning said it would.
The committee raised no OBJ
lection to the closing of Phillips
Elementary School. N street
near Twenty-seventh NV, after
IDr. Corning said f1reproofing at
nearby Stevens will be carried
out next fall. Stevens is due to
get some Phillips pupils.
A personnel committee meet
ing to consider a number of ap-
pointments - including som e
new department he ads-was
postponed to next Tuesday.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
DAVID LAWRENCE

NEW YORK, June 17.-An
adventure in the realm of ap-
praisal - guessing the Soviet
mind-took up most of the
time of the three foreign min
listers at their sessions here.
About all they could focus on
was that the Communists
probably have something very
definite in view besides mere
propaganda.
This is an accurate analysis
because everything for several
weeks has pointed to the STRAIT
egy of the Soviets as aimed at
achieving definite gains at the
conference table and not just
a point of two for further de-
bate on the radio waves.
Certainly the Communists
are after something definite.
They want to isolate Germany
and Austria and want the
United States troops with
drawn from Europe. They
would like to see the German
people tempted by the bait of
reunification so that no Ger
man troops will ever join the
Western defense. They would
like to weaken the North At
lantic ATTY Organization,
too. All this is part of a de-
liberate program.
What MeSsrS. Dulles, Pinay
and Macmillan, representing
the United States, France and
Great Britain, are trying to do
is to figure out some way to
meet this unusual form of at
tack. Naturally the three
foreign ministers are cautious.
When they meet with Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov in
San Francisco next week they
will not try to settle anything
except procedures - that is.
how the Geneva conference of
Evening star., 1955-06-17
DOROTHY THOMPSON
German Settlement Is q Must

Germany, because an all-Aus-
trian representative govern
ment existed that could ne
gotiate and sign such a treaty.
There is no such German gov
ernment, with whom the West
or the East could conclude
peace.
At the last Big Four Confer
ence in Berlin, in February.
1854, the Western states made
this point in advocating free
elections in both parts of Ger
many and they went so far as
to say that a new alderman
government so formed could
subsequently decide its own
foreign and security policies.
A united Germany would do
so in any case. Chancellor
Adenauer's policy chat of the
West German Federal Repub-
lic) may represent the majority
opinion of all Germans, or
it may not. But the Chancel-
lor cannot commit a united
Germany to continued men,
bership in NATO in advance
of the existence of a united
German state.
Confidential reports from
East Germany indicate con-
siderable disquiet occasioned
by fear that for the sake of
the peace of the powers,
the condition of two Ger
manys will be allowed to con-
tinue.
The West must take a
bold stand for a representa-
tive government for Germany
within the framework of a
general system of collective
security, as an essential pref
ace to alleviating tensions and
permitting disarmament.
All the initiatives in the past
weeks have come from the
Russians.
Evening star., 1955-06-17

maintenance of the company
plant.
Mr.. Herring also has worked
under the New York Port Au-
Ithority and, since 1947 has served
as chief of the planning division
tof the authority.
Mr.. Hyde has served as gen.
Ieral manager of the Cleveland
Transit System municipality
fowned) for the last eight years.
Mr.. Ong has maintained q
private firm for the last five
years, in which period he was
retained by the Cincinnati Street
Railway Co.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press STAFF Writer

Russia is now seeking to neu-
tralize Japan as well as Germany
in a probable strategy aimed
eventually at extending its infiu.
ence over both key industrial
nations.
United States officials said to-
day that Russia's designs on
Japan stand out clearly in one
reported price tag which Mos
COW has put on making a peace
treaty with Tokyo. Dispatches
say the price is withdrawal of
United States troops from Japan
80 days after the treaty became
effective.
That would be a measure for
the naturalization of Japan
American troops there and in
Korea provide at present the
concrete evidence of American
deterrent power and Japan's real
protection against military at
tack.
Separate Pact Made
When the United States and
most of it's World War II allies
signed a peace treaty with Japan
a separate agreement was ne
gotiated. saying these American
forces may remain in Japan as
long as a danger of Communist
aggression exists and the jap
anese are unable to meet it ef-
fectively.
The State Department made
no comment on the Tokyo re-
ports and officials said the
treaty discussions between Rus
Sia and Japan, being held in
London, are formally no affair
of the United States.
However, American interests ir
both Germany and Japan are
vital and the unfolding pattern
of RusSia's designs is a matter
of intense interest here.
What now appears to be tru'
is this: The Soviets have dis
covered that strong-arm tactics
such as they were using as re-
Gently as last winter, merel!
strengthened antagonism agains
them. Without abandoning thei
major objectives. they now arr
using completely different tactics
the tactics of goodwill anC
peacemaking.
The major purpose defensivel!
isfto split the United State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Red Chino Hopeful
of Geneva Results

LONDON, Aug. 6 R.-Red
China expressed hope today for
positive results" in the talks
with the United States at &C.
Ineva. but said any discussion
|of a "cease fire" in the Formosa
dispute was out.
Peiping radio declared that a
"cease-fire between China and
the Chang Kai-shek clique" was
Ia Chinese domestic affair which
has nothing to do with the
United States.
The Peiping commentator
said, however, IAN atmosphere
Iof negotiation and goodwill is
essential for the current Chi
nese-American talks" and
added:
1.-THE Chinese people, and the
people Of other countries, as
well as some prominent Amer
IicanS-are expecting positive re-
suits from these talks"
The United States has said
fatty the status of Formosa or
the offshore islands held by the
Chinese Nationalist is not SUBJ
Iject to negotiation.
The Geneva talks, at the am
bassador level, recessed Thurs
day until Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
New lnterceptors
To Enter Air Show

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. s tP)
The Air Forces newest faster.
than-sound fighter interceptors
will be included among the more
than $50 aircraft to be demon
strated at the National Aircraft
Show September 3 to 5.
An Air Force spokesman SAID
all Of the aircraft. as nearly as
possible, will demonstrate theis
actual Air Force missions.
One of the features of the
show will be a 13-minute daily
demonstration Of close ordel
acrobatics by the Thunderbirds
official Air Force jet precision
flying team.
Special events will include the
low-level release of a fighter
plane from the belly Of a giant
bomber and a demonstration oil
aerial refueling of a BAT Strato-
Jet bomber.
More than two dozen All
Force planes will be on display
on the show grounds. In add.
ton, the annual Thompson, Al
lison and Bendix Trophy event,
will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Red Cross Lists
3 Deaths From
Home Accidents

Three persons here died in
the past seven days. following
accidents at home, the District
Red Cross Safety Services re-
ported last night. Hospitals
listed 20 heat exhaustion cases.
Two persons were killed in
falls and a child suffocated. The
injuries. in the report of 155
home accidents, resulted from
so falls, IS burns, 6 accidental
poiSonings, 10 foreign bodies in
the ear, eye. nose, throat and
stomach, 80 cuts and "a unclas-
sified.
In one of the accidents, the
Red Cross said, a 4-year-old
boy threw a BIB at a wasp and
the pellet fell in his ear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Editor to Air Views

What the Last Session of
Congress Did for the Washing
ton Businessman" will be dis
cuseed by Thomas Winship, as
sistant city editor of the Wash
Iington Post and Times Herald,
at the National Capital Optimist
Club luncheon Wednesday at the
Willard Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07

RICHMOND. Aug. 6 R.-The
snake pit atmosphere OF yester-
year has given way to a new
order of decency in Virginia's
mental hospitals.
There is now hope where once
there was only hopelessness. And
life exists where once there was
much living death.
It has not come about in one
great swoop, this new condition.
nor has it brought a utopia
where all problems of the men,
tally Ill have been solved or
wished away. There Is still work
to be done. new goals to be met.
But Virginia's prescription for
progress improvements In slow.
Step-by step doses-has at least
produced some much desired
relief from one of society's Oldest
stigmas.
And today. 10 years after the
Legislature created the State
Hospital Board to coordinate
mental hospital operations, the
Old Dominion can point to .
number of achievements.
Six in Operation
The State operates mental
Institutions at Williamsburg,
Staunton. Lynchburg, Marion
and two at Petersburg. Two de-
cades ago most of the buildings
at the hospitals were in a down.
trodden and deplorable state.
The insides of some structures
were more like dungeons than
hospitals. Food service was poor.
There was little or no recreation
for patients. The worst afflicted
were lodged in solitary confine-
ment. Rel Utilization was
preached but rarely practiced.
Such was the old order. Now,
in an 87-page review booklet,
the hospital board cites signifi-
cant progress.
All six hospitals now have
planned diets.
All have libraries for patients
and there are television sets do
mated by civic groups.
Southwestern State Hospital
at Marion has modern tennis
courts worthy of professionals.
SMovies and dances are regular
fare and at Williamburg's East
ern State Hospital many patients
are taken to see "the common
glory" every summer.
Band and Choir
Western State Hospital at
Staunton has a rhythm band and
choir.
Therapeutic programs include
woodworking, sewing, ceramics
and variety of outdoor activi-
ties. Patients at the Lynchburg
Training School and hospital
have won prizes for exhibits en-
tered in nearby county fairs.
And for the ladies, the insti-
buttons have beauty shops Ia
subtle bit of therapy to assuage
womanly whims).
In addition to all this, the gray
grimy atmosphere that once per-
vaded at the institutions has
largely vanished, replaced BY
bright, CHEEKY modes that accent
cleanliness and a design of hope
These strides have come about
partly because of increased State
appropriations and partly be-
cause of the public's changed at
titude toward mental illness.
In the old days a person with
a disease of the mind was
scorned and Stunned. He was q
doomed outcast.
But medical progress and q
more sympathetic public have
joined to paint a new picture
Many patients are now returning
to useful lives and rehabilitation
has become a key word in thu
lexicon of psychiatric treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
Virginia Restores Hope
To Rolls Of Living Decd

Cases once regarded as hope
less are being given transorbital
lobotomies, a delicate operation
in which certain pathways are
severed in the brain in an effort
to clear up the patients dis
turbed area. DR.. Joseph e. Bar
|rett, mental hospital commis-
sioner. says IS to 10 per cent Of
the patients are released after
the operation.
More and more the swing is
toward prevention and early
treatment. The hospital board
operates IA mental hygiene
clinics where disorders can be
diagnosed early with the aim of
catching them before they reach
the serious stage.
It all adds up to much ad-
vancement." says the seven-man
board. But the agency takes
pains to point out Virginia still
has a ways to go in the mental
health field.
In 1889 the State put up an
average Of 40 cents per day for
bed, board and treatment Of
each patient. Last year the flg-
ure was $2.19. Taking into &C.
count the approximate one-half
LIBERALIZATION in the dollar over
the span. this amounts to an
Increase Of slightly more than
100 per cent in State aid.
Despite this. Virginia's rating
among the States is only 37th in
patient appropriations. And the
States ratio of doctors. nurses
and attendants is twice below
the standards prescribed by the
American Psychiatric AsSocia-
ton. Among physicians. for ex-
ample, the APA recommends one
to each 100 patients. In Virginia
it's 331.
A Per Cent Turnover
Because of higher pay scales
elsewhere, the hospital system
is faced with a constant recruit
ing-and-holding headache. Last
year the system had a A pet
cent turnover rate.
There is also a serious over
crowding problem. There are
now 13.505 patients in the system
which was rated capacity of
10,914-meaning the hospitals
are careing for 1881 more
patients than they are equipped
to handle.
Petersburg's Central State
Hospital has a population SO
per cent above rated capacity
The board says 10 new dormito-
Iries are urgently needed.
At Lynchburg. where child
mental detectives are treated,
there is a waiting list of nearly
500. The boards blueprint for
the future includes a new hospital
for emotionally disturbed chill
dren.
In the future, also. the board
wants to complete the relocation
of Eastern and Western State to
new sites. The transfers were be-
gun a number of years ago on q
costly piecemeal basis. The
board hopes to begin. too. the
relocation of Petersburg Train
ing School and Hospital to q
tract near Richmond.
In a report to the States capi-
tai outlay study commission. the
agency recently asked for $112
million to finance a six-year
building program. This was
more than four times the $23 mil
lion the board has spent for its
building needs since its inception
And the figure served to &C.
cent words of DR.. Barrett.
We've come a long way down
the road these 10 years." he said
But this is no time for Virginia
to slacken the gait because We
still have a long way to 90. too. ;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-07
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Evening star., 1955-09-05
Koreans Protest
Prisoners Deuth

TOKYO, Sept. 5 fP. - The
South Korean mission charged
today that Japanese guards at
Osaka prison had killed a Korean
prisoner by suffocation and Sin
human treatment.
In a stiff protest to the foreign
office over the incident, which is
not likely to improve already
strained relations with South
Korea, the mission said Lee
Choon Song. 81, had been serving
a two-year sentence for an un-
described conviction when he be-
came Ill.
The protest said he received no
medical treatment. but that
when he expressed his objections
by signing loudly his Japanese
jailers confined him in an isola-
tion cell and last February 81
bound his hands behind his back
and wrapped his body in quilt.
A Korean mission spokesman
said that after 10 hours spent IN
the quilt he was found dead.
Osaka prison officials say he
died of heart trouble.
The mission spokesman said a
japanese doctor had examined
Lee and said he had never had
heart trouble before.
Evening star., 1955-09-05
MIG Bui|dup
In North Korea

SEOUL. Sept. 5 Pl.-South
Korea published tonight what it
said we're statements from 80
captured or detected North
Korean soldiers and civilian
refugees that hundreds of Rus
sian-built MIG jet fighters had
been illegally brought into North
Korea since the armistice.
Eacn statement carried the
name of the man credited as the
source and the time and place
where he was captured or where
he crossed into South Korea.
The report lists a total of
about 5000 MICS. 1t was OBJ
viouS. however, that many re-
ports were Implications.
More than a score Of the
statements said Russian troops
were training in North Korea.
The Office Of Public Informa-
tion said it was releasing the SO
statements to prove wholesale
violations by the Communists of
the armistice agreement pro-
hibiting buildup of manpower or
weapons after the truce.
The United Nations command
said there were no MICS In
North Korea at the time of the
armistice signing two years ago.
In the war, the Communists
few MIG fighters off Manchu-
rian bases just north OF the
Yalu River.
One statement said 10 Rus
sian battleships and submarines
are located in the Chongjin and
Songjin harbors of North Ko-
rea's east coast.
1t also said 80 Russian cruis-
ers and 20 Russian patrol craft
were being used to train North
Koreans at Rain, also on the
no ct noocf
Evening star., 1955-09-05
I Issues Faced
By Episcopal
Church Farley

HONOLULU, Sept. 5 (R.-
Delegates to the Protestant
Episcopal Church convention
will start organization meetings
today with two problems already
facing the 5000 attending
segregation and alcoholism.
The church's highest bodies,
the House of Bishops and House
of Deputies, meet today.
The Right Rev. Henry Knox
Sherill. the presiding bishop
who switched the convention
here because of segregation
problems in Houston, Tex, asked
in last nights opening service:
Are we to leave the moral is
sue Of nuclear warfare to groups
of scientists or the spiritual
implications of the race prob
LENS to the courts. to give two
examples?"
Explains Shift
Although the segregation issue
Is not on the crowded agenda.
delegates from Texas are ex-
pected to bring it up.
Bishop Sherill said regarding
his decision to shift the con-
vention site:
1T would have been great
relief if that responsibility had
not been mine alone. i. I would
welcome change in the con-
stitution giving to the national
council this power"
Some $500 delegates and
guests attended the opening
session. The night was so hot
and humid several people high
in the galleries passed out.
Church Responsibility
Bishop Sherill said the church
has "a responsibility to state
great ethical and spiritual
principles"
Il have been told that even to
raise these questions is a matter
of great delicacy and feeling" he
said. ..but I am sure that we all
desire what is best for. the
church and there is no question
which cannot be considered
calmly by Christian brethren"
The agenda includes the pos
sibility of a crusade against
alcoholism" but the bishop did
not discuss this specifically.
Evening star., 1955-09-05
DELTA TAU DELTA
PLEDGES BY MAIL
-AND IN THE DARK

GAINESVILLE, MINI. fP)
Lynn Nelson. l8. enrolled
for the fall term at the Uni
versity of North Dakota, has
an advance invitation to join
Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
The mailed bid spoke of
the opportunity to associate
with college men of the high
est caliber."
That sounds mighty in
teresting but I'm afraid I'll
have to pass up the invita-
ton " said Lynn, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
NelsoMof Barnesville. .
Evening star., 1955-09-05

Meet Evelyn Sworthout
Concert Soloist and Star
of WGMS and The Hecht
Co.'S Music In Schools"
Program, honored
w orking Wo m an"
Guest OF the Day.
Evening star., 1955-09-05

Meet Honor Working Women Guests All Week!
Wednesday, Bess Davis Schreiner, Theatre Guild
representative Thursday, Marie Warme President
Congressional Secretaries Club Friday, Lucy Som
erville Howorth Vice President the Soroptimist
international Club.
Evening star., 1955-09-05

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Evening star., 1955-09-05
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Six More Polio Cases
Reported in D. 6. Area.

Six new polio cases have been
reported in the Washington
area. bringing the total to 133
as compared with SO cases in the
area at this time last year.
Prince Georges County re-
ported one case. a 27-year-old
man, of the 2100 block of Gull
ford road, Hyattsville. The
County total is 80, with is cases
reported at this time last year.
Three cases were reported In
Montgomery County. They are
a 9-year-old boy of the $500
block of Forest road, Bethesda:
a 10-year -old boy of the 10000
block of Colesville road, Silver
Spring, and a 31-year-old woman
of Germantown, Md. The County
has reported % cases compared
to IL last year. ~
Fairfax County officials re-
ported two more cases, both Ion
paralytic. One is a 7-year-old
boy of Holloway road, Falls
Church, who was hospitalized
for one day. The second case Ia
a 13-year-old boy Of Sleepy Hol-
low road, Falls Church. Fair
fax's total is 81. compared with
8 cases at this time last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
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