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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Democrats 10 Open
Convention Aug. Is,
Week Before COP.
Republican Leaders
Appear Unworried
Over TV Squeeze
n
By Gould Lincoln

The 1856 Democratic National
convention will almost certainly
open August Is in Chicago. just
week before the Republican
national convention meets in
San Francisco. but the G. o. P.
leaders show little worry that
they will be squeezed out of
television coverage or other pub
licity.
If present plans of Democratic
National Chairman Paul Butler
are carried out-as Is confidently
expected-that party's conven-
ton in Chicago will start August
10 instead of July %. date also
reserved for their convention.
The only hitch would be fail
ure on the part of Connecticut,
Massachusetts. Ohio, Iowa or
dates for candidates to get their
laws requiring earlier filing
dates for candidates to get their
names on the ballots, The Star
learned yesterday. This report
eddy is being smoothed out to
make the necessary changes.
Move Raises Questions
This decision by the Demo-
Gratis Immediately raised ques-
tions whether the shortage of
time between the two conven-
tions and the distance between
the two cities would handicap
the Republicans, not to mention
the television and radio networks
facing the problem of shifting
massive and expensive equip
ment on short notice.
Republican National Chair
man Leonard w. Hall was not
available for comment yester-
day. But a national committee
headquarters spokesman de-
clared:
l. The Republicans will not
have been caught mapping by the
Democratic choice of convention
dates. The Republican commit
tee. he said, has been assured by
TV and radio officials that both
conventions will receive the same
amount of coverage, no matter
when they are held.
2. The Republicans do not fear
that the later date will work to
their disadvantage in any other
way. but, on the contrary, might
prove beneficial to them in some
respects. The spokesman did not
disclose details of the latter pos
sible development.
Break With Precedent.
Democrats. on the other hand,
show no apprehension that their
break with a long precedent
might cause inconvenience or
skim the cream off of their con-
vention.
For the first time in many
years the Democrats will nomi-
nate their candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President before
the q. Republicans make their
nominations. Generally it has
been assumed that some ad-
vantage lay with the party
(See CONVENTION. Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
East Berlin Strike
Protests Schools
Russian Lessons
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN. Mar. 12-Students
Of an East Berlin high school
have staged the first school strike
in Soviet-occupied Germany, it
became known today.
The strike was in protest
against compulsory Russian Ian
guage lessons. 1t started about
a week ago and apparently has
been suppressed since then.
The Berliner Zeitung, East
Berlin newspaper. said the strike
broke out in four classes of the
Klement GottWald School when
l6-and 17-year-old students re-
fused to write their Russian ex-
ercises. 1t added that two girls
and a boy were expelled on the
spot as leaders of the protest.
The Communist controlled
newspaper charged that Western
influences were responsible for
stirring up resistance to Russian
lessons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Smoke Screen Shield Tested
Against Heat of Atomic Blast
400 Smog Generators Create Blanket
At Latest NucIeor Explosion Site

blast could be reduced by large
PERCENTAGE because the smoke
would absorb. then scatter, direct
radiation. Objects, or humans.
beneath the screen would thus
be greatly protected.
This was the first large-scale
experiment to test out the theor-
les. Neither the Acc nor the
chemical corps indicated when
findings might be released.
Maryland Test Team
The Army has said that a
smoke screen will not give pro-
lection from the pressure wave
of nuclear blast. nor from radi-
alton of the penetrating gamma
rays.
The smoke screen experiment
was conducted by a test team
from the chemical and radiolog-
ical laboratories, Army Chemical
Center, Edgewood Arsenal. Md,
and soldiers of the I'd Chemical
Weapons Battalion, Dugwa
Proving Grounds, Utah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Payroll Levy
Has Hurdles

D. c PAYROLL TAXA levy on
the gross eorninss Of oil who work
in the District hos been suggested as
good raiser Of needed revenue.
But there may be legal obstacles
to such tex, os is pointed out on
Pooe AT.
STAR lENsMeN WIN-Judses in
the annual White House News Pho
tosrophers' Association sove nine
owords TO Stor photographers, in
GLIDING first Place 10 Gene Abbott.
The results and winning photo ore
on Pose A-s.
Complete Index. Poee AZ
Rodio- Tv Prosroms. Poses E-7.9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Mccarthy Letter Asks Eisenhower II
He Is Trying to Free Flyers. Poee a.

as to what to do about it. There
is no agreement at all as to
who is responsible for it.
There is unanimity on only
one point: Every turn of it's pro-
peller brings the Aruba closer to
trouble.
Yesterday, as United States
Senators aimed their big verbal
guns at the Aruba problem. the
Finnish and British governments
Wed with one another in fer
vent disclaimers that the prob
lem was any of theirs.
The Firms said the vessel had
been chartered to company
outside Finland's control. There
fore they had nothing to do
with it.
Flies Finnish Flag, Report
The British, who control Hong
Kong, headquarters of the Chi
nese company which has char
tered the Aruba, were equally
quick to reject any claim that
the ship was something for them
to worry about. 1t flies the Fin
nish flag. they said. If it were a
British ship, the captain could
go to Jail for carrying contraband
goods to China.
Senator Mcclellan had trouble
getting these distinct n S
through his head. He brought
out a hot statement calling for
an intensified investigation of
the whole issue of Western trade
with Red China.
The Arkansas Dem ocrat t,
chairman of the Senate Investi-
eating Subcommittee. disclosed
figures showing that vessels Of
this country's allies during 1854
made 1,470 trips in and out Of
Chinese Communist ports - the
highest since 1850.
These figures Senator Nc
Clellan added. take on even
further significance when we
note that at this very moment
the Finnish tanker Aruba is on
the high seas with a cargo of
jet fuel oil for Communist
China"
The Senator said the Aruba
was chartered by Far Eastern
Enterprises. Ltd. of the British
Crown Colony of Hong Kong.
(See TANKER, Page A-70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
KnowIund Filled Kindness Cup
With Letters to Senate Foe

ton of party honor or prestige
is at stake, they shout at each
other.
But when Senator johnson
was in the hospital recently, who
was his faithful correspondent?
Who wrote him. every three or
four days. long, single-spaced
letters full Of Senate news and
gossip, accounts of action taken
and action forthcoming?
Why. Senator Knowland, of
course.
The letters ended just the way
such letters always should end.
The Senate is doing fine. Don t
worry about Q thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

Sometimes the aisle that sep
arates Republicans from Demo-
Gratis in the Senate seems as
wide as the Great Divide. Then
again, it doesn't seem to exist
at all.
At least it's narrow enough so
a man who is so minded can
reach a cup of kindness over.
And that's what Senator Know
land, the minority leader. did
for Senator Johnson, the major
ity leader.
In line OF duty. these two gen.
tlemen are accustomed to glare
across the carpet at each other.
Once in q while. when o ques-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

which would embarrass Princess
Margaret in any way. You must
understand that my first loyalty
is to the Princess"
Capt. Townsend told me these
things in an exclusive interview
in Brussels last night.
He explained to me as we
talked. Il think my position
should be known in the Com
monwealth nations"
I flew to Brussels to tell Capt.
Townsend of the enormous Aus
tralian interest in his romance
with Margaret. I knew he was
beseiged by the press of the
world but l telegraphed him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Employees Credit Union
AT Ford Plant Probed
Bv the Associated Press

DETROIT, Mar. IL. - Federal
authorities said today they were
investigating alleged irregulari-
ties in the operation of the Ford
Rouge Employees Credit Union.
The Bureau of Federal Credit
Unions in the Department of
Health. Education and Welfare
last night seized the credit I'M
ions Office in suburban Dear
born. The credit union has de-
posts estimated at $4,000.000.
officials said the FBI was III
vestigating the reported theft Of
$50, 900 from the credit union by
a teller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Lodge Quits Arms ToIks
In London to Fly Home
By the Associated Press

LONDON. Mar. IL. - Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., chief United
States delegate to the London
Disarmament Commission talks,
left for home by plane tonight.
He will be succeeded at the talks
by James j Wadsworth, his as
sistant as chief United States
delegate to the United Nations.
Mr.. Lodge said there is Moth
ing unusual about his leaving in
the middle of the talks as ut was
all arranged long ago." He de-
clined comment on the progress
Of the talks. but other inform
ants say they are begged down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Wiley Doubts Red Chino
Will Risk Formosu War
By The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 12.-Sena-
tor Wiley, Republican of Wiscon-
sin, said tonight Red China
"burningly covets" Formosa and
all other Nationalist-held islands,
but Il do not believe she will
choose war" to get them.
Her ambition outreaches her
limited capabilities" said Sena-
tor Wiley. senior Republican
member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, in speech prepared
for banquet of the Sons of
Norway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
South Wet Nam Artillery
Bombards Hoa Hao Base
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Mar. 12.-Artillery Of
South Wet Mans regular army
last night bombarded the village
of Thot Not, an important base
of the dissident Hoa Hao forces
in the south. the French News
Agency reported today from
Saigon. No casualties have been
reported so far,
Thot Not is located at about
IL miles south Of Long Xuyen.
Units of the regular army are
patrolling the area and have al
ready arrested a large number
of dissidents. the report said.
The Hoa Hao religious sect,
like the Gao Dali sect and the
Binh xuyen group, are opposed
to American-backed Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem's government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13


test site rs miles from here at
$40 am. (PST).
It was brilliantly white, as
seen here, ana 1t appeared like
a fash of lightning at sucn
places as Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Salt Lake City, Phoenix,
Ariz., and klamath Falls Greg.
1t was heard in Bishop. Calf,
1875 miles west. and rumhled in
Inyokern, Calf.
An evaluation conference was
planned tomorrow to decide
whether the next test will be
ready for firing Monday. There
was no indication of the size or
type for No. 6.
40 Smoke Generators
Today was a smoke-pot opera
ton for the Army Chemical
Corps, although the Acc said
these actually were IS tests of
developmental weapons and civil
effects.
Forty smoke generators. re-
motely controlled, threw out a
smoke screen about so feet off
the ground over part of the test
site near the 300-foot defamation
tower on Yucca Flat. The smoke
consisted of vaporized oil-an
oily fog with droplets 80 mil
lionths of an inch in diameter.
Past studies and laboratory
work had shown that thermal
(heaD radiation from an atomic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Berlin Zoo Gets Gouts

BERLIN. Mar. IL [P.-Two
shy Himalayan mountain goats,
a gift of the Philadelphia, Pa,
200. were proudly put on display
today by West Berlin's war
damaged zoo. Before World War
II, the zoo was Germany's
greatest, with a population Of
about 1000 animals. 1t has
slowly been built back to 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Townsend Would Accept Exile
With Certain Lody' fRequired
Raj Ace, Tired Of Lurking Like Criminal,
Tells Of His Feelings in Exclusive Interview

seeking an interview and he
granted it promptly.
Capt. Townsend told me II
want to get this whole position
about Princess Margaret and
myself Strengthened out as far
as can. But I refuse to say
precisely what my feelings are
about this lady"
When I asked him bluntly. will
you marry Princess Margaret"
he replied: That's a pretty
naughty thing to ask. Surely
you must understand my posi-
ton"
1 did understand, as do the
corps of journalists watching
Capt. Townsend's every move.
This harassed Royal Air Force
flying ace made it clear before.
that while he wanted the situa-
ton cleared up" he was in no
position to do the clearing.
AS he talked it was patent
that Capt. Townsend wanted to
say great deal more but time
and again he stumbled in an
swering my admittedly direct
questions.
On one aspect he was definite.
He described as rubbish" a re-
port that an announcement Of
his wedding would be made
June /.
Shadows Under His Eyes
AS we crunched around snow
covered Brussels Park, I noticed
that the strain of the past week
was showing on the 40-year- old,
divorced father of two sons.
He was friendly. quiet and
confident in demeanor and very
courteous. But there were
shadows under his eyes. His
nervously etched poets face was
blue-tinged with the cold as we
slithered on the ice-bound
slopes of the park.
first met him by appoint
ment near his fiat. He said I'm
sorry I cannot take you up
stairs"
We drove to the nearby Bots
de la Cambre, got out and walked
into the lonely park. Capt.
Townsend put his arms through
mine and said Il am hopelessly
sick and tired of lurking about
in my fiat as if l am a criminal.
l have been afraid to move for
fear of cross-questioning for so
long I have kept my mouth shut
but now I am opening it just a
little"
His Situation Difficult.
We passed a paper boy pro-
claiming a Belgian news agency
report of his June engagement"
to Margaret. Capt. Townsend
laughed and said, You look
pretty tired yourself. You would
look worse than 1 do if you had
to put up With,this sort of thing"
Here in Brussels-gaudy and
jazzy-almost everybody believes
in a romantic ending to the
story of Margaret and Peter.
My taxi driver from Brussels
airport voiced the common feel
ing when he turned back to me
and said IF Townsend wants to
have the Princess as a wife how
happy for all of u.s."
The group captain lives in a
pound sterling a day ($2.80) fiat
in the Avenue Louise. Around it
are camping more than 80 jour-
nalists from all over the world.
An American televiSion COM
pany has a camera eye trained
on the front door "a hours a day.
"C'est lamour," is the shrug-
ging exclamation of the elderly
concierge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Man With Knife
Seized at Side
Of Nehru' sAuto
Another Also Held:
Officials Minimize
Attempt on Life

NAGPUR, 1nQla, MAR. IL
A rickshaw boy welding a six
inch clasp knife leaped on the
running board of Prime Minister
Nehru's open automobile here to-
day but struck no blows.
Mr.. Nehru, physically fit at IS,
pushed him away and police,
fearful of an assassination at
tempt. grabbed him.
The rickshaw puller was iden-
tilted as Basu Rao. 80, from the
Maharashtra region of western
India. A Maharashtra man was
hanged for the 1948 assassination
of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Another
man not Immediately identified
was arrested with Rao.
Unhurt and unruffled by the
incident, Mr.. Nehru described
the weapon as a very small knife
and not at all dangerous. He
dismissed the episode as Of mo
significance" and pictured the
rickshaw boy as "a cranky per-
SON."
No Indication of Motive
There was no official indication
of a motive. Mr.. Nehru himself
said he thought at first the man
was trying to present a petition.
In New Delhi. government Off
Gals declared the incident could
not be called an attempt on MI.
Nehru's life. They insisted the
rickshaw boy might have been
aiming at some one else in Mr..
Nehru's car. They suggested
Pandit R. S. Shukla, chief min
lister of Madhya Pradesh State,
whose government controls rick
shaws through a licensing sys-
tenn, could have been a target.
In the past government officials
have minimized other incidents
involving Mr.. Nehru. In May,
1858, a policeman removed what
he called a bomb from the rail-
road tracks 35 miles from Bonn
bay only moments before the
prime minister's train passed.
The next day the policeman's
superiors said it was only four
big f1recrackers. Many Indians
doubted this.
Nine years ago a Path a n
tribesman shattered the wind
shield of Mr.. Nehru's car with a
bullet. That was described as
only an attempt to frighten Mr..
Nehru out of his opposition to a
separate Moslem state of PAX
iStan.
Mr.. Nehru became the leader
of India after Mr.. Gandhi was
shot and killed January 80. 1948,
by a Hindu fanatic who objected
to his efforts toward Hlndu-Mos-
lem reconciliation.
Driving From Airport
Today Mr.. Nehru was driving
from Sonegon Airport to Chief
Minister Shukla's residence when
the attack occurred. He had ar
rived in Nagpur. 400 miles north
east of Bombay, shortly before
on a flight from New Delhi.
Police said MIR. Nehru, standing
in an open car with Mr.. Shukla
and the governor of Madhya
Pradesh State, pushed Rao as
he leaped on the vehicles rum
ming board. A security guard
following the prime minister on
a motorcycle seized Rao as he
fell. He was taken to a hospital
after being questioned by police.
Mr.. Nehru told newsmen he
saw the cycle rickshaw push
across the path of his official
procession, than the rickshaw
driver came running toward his
automobile. Police had the man
before he himself could have
caught him. Mr.. Nehru added.
After the incident. Mr.. Nehru
spoke at meeting of state legis-
lators in Mr.. Shukla's house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
U. 5. Probe Is Asked
As Mystery Tanker
Heads for Red China
Britain and Finland
Deny Ship Is Theirs;
Senators Urge Action

The tanker Aruba, plowing
through the Indian Ocean with
a cargo Of jet aircraft fuel for
Red China, is an object of con-
siderable mystery.
No one knows just where 1t is.
There is considerable dispute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
By Richard Mortin.
London Correspondent

SYDNEY, Australia, March IL
R.-"If a. situation should de-
mand my exile and that of a
certain lady, we should. of course.
accept it," Group Capt. Peter
Townsend told me in an inter-
view.
You will understand, how
ever, that cannot say anything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

-~~~~-~---~-~---- ~>----~-~-------~~-~---~
to obstruct justice and caused
the filing Of an affidavit that
obtained this hearing on a mo-
ton for a new trial. You at
tempted to obstruct justice to set
aside the conviction of Clinton
Jencks to further your own per-
sonal ends"
Was Main Witness at Trial
Matusow had been a princi-
pal witness in Jencks' trial here
in January of 1854.
Jencks was found guilty Of
lying when he signed an affidavit
in 1850 swearing he was not a
Communist. At the time he was
president of Local 800 of the In
ternational Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers at Bayard,
N. Mex.
Matusow in January this year
repudiated his testimony against
Jencks and numerous others ac-
cused as Communists.
Witt Barred From Court.
The Judge also barred from his
court a top attorney for the
mine-mill union, Nathan Witt.
Mr.. Witt was called to the stand
this morning and declined to
answer questions about possible
Communist affiliation.
Judge Thomason said mo law
yer who takes the witness stand
and invokes the Fifth Amend
ment on grounds of self incrim-
nation" will be allowed to prac-
tlce in his court.
Mr.. Witt is a former attorney
for the National Labor Relations
Board and has been associated
with the mine-mill union for
years.
Judge Thomson ordered Ma
tusow to appear before him
Wednesday for a hearing on the
criminal contempt charge. The
charge carries a possible Ave-
year term in a Federal prison.
Presented Affidavit
During a week-long hearing
Jencks presented an affidavit
signed by Matusow in which Ma
tusow said he lied in Jenck's
earlier trial. He requested new
trial on the basis of this affi-
davit.
United States attorneys argued
that Matusow sWore truthfully
in the earlier trial but lied later
when the mine mill union al
legedly agreed to finance his
book, False Witness"
Jencks' case will still be con-
sidered by the Circuit Court OF
Appeals in New Orleans.
Matusow was not held. He left
the courtroom Immediately to
confer with his attorneys on
their course in next Wednesdays
hearing.
Judge Quizzes Witt.
The judge asked Mr.. Witt why
he hadn't informed the Govern
ment after he learned that Ma
tusow planned to repudiate his
testimony in the Jencks case.
Don't you think the course
you followed reflects on the in
tegrity of the courts and on the
administration of justlce?" Judge
Thomson asked.
mo, it is a reflection on the
Department of Justice" Mr.. Witt
answered. Matusow, in his tes-
timony this week, had accused
the Justice Department of cor
ruption" and said he feared for
his life If he had revealed to
Government attorneys that he
had LIED on the witness stand"
at Communist trials.
Are you a member Of the
Communist Party?" Judge Thorn
ason asked.
THAT is not a proper ques-
ton" Mr.. Witt replied.
Are you taking your privilege
to invoke the Fifth Amend
ment?" the judge asked.
II do so invoke. I can't see
where this question is helpful in
determining whether Matusow
told the truth then or now"
Were you ever a member Of
the Communist Party?"
Il invoke the Fifth Amend
ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

This world copyrighted story hos been
mode ovoiIobIe exclusively to the
Associated Press. Mr.. Mortin flew
to Brussels especially for this inter
view.
Britons Buzzine Over Rights ond
Wrongs Of Romance. Poee Ais
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BY the Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Mar. 12.-
A junior size atomic explosion
was used today to determine
whether a smoke screen can sub
stantially reduce nuclear heat
radiation.
The fifth defamation in the
1855 series flashed at the desert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
U. S. Judge Holds Motusow
In Contempt in Jencks Case
For Reputation of Testimony
Unionist's Conviction
Over Denial He Was
Communist Is Upheld
BY the Assoeioted Press

Ell PASO. Tex. Mar. 12.-
United States District Judge r.
E. Thomson today upheld the
conviction of union leader Gin
ton Jencks on charges of lying
In a non-Communist afidavit
and charged turnabout witness
Harvey Matusow with criminal
contempt of court.
The judge told Matusow:
You deliberately and ma
liciously and designedly schemed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

Governor Disputes Colorado Scientists
on FolIout Peril. Poge AZ
Picture on Poss Al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

None Of 245 Asks to Answer Motusow.
Poge A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
DaVe-e-y Crockett

THE King of the Wild Frontier" is the
latest hero of the cowboy and Indian
set. Read the lowdown on Davey Crock
EFT, as told by Charles J. Yarbrough on
Page A-29.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13

to obstruct justice and caused
the filing of an affidavit that
obtained this hearing on a mo-
ton for a new trial. You at
tempted to obstruct justice to set
aside the conviction of Clinton
Jencks to further your own per-
sonal ends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-13
Weather Forecast

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