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Evening star., 1955-07-23
Germans Get the Jitters
From Wrong Conclusion

agreement about German reuni-
fication. Mr.. Eisenhower was re-
ported to have remarked that II
an agreement were possible, it
should not be made conditional
on anything.
Curiously enough, only British
Spokesman Sir George Young
found the statement worth re-
peating. 1t was not until later
that Sir Georges recollection of
the Presidents words was con-
firmed by other delegation Off
cials.
On the strength of this state
ment, the idea developed that
the Western position at Geneva
was falling apart. This position
had been clearly established
from the start: The issues of
German reunification and Euro
pean security were indivisible
Without an agreement to reuni-
fy Germany there could not be
the general European security
organization which Russians
want so badly.
The thought that this policy
might be shaken was of course
particularly distressing to the
See MOVES, Page AS
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Girl, q, Safe From Deportation
But Needs Visa for Citizenship

if she leaves by September 80
and then returns on an i'm
migrant visa.
Her father says he cannot af-
ford to take Jane to Canada to
get the required visa.
In his statement, Mr.. Swing
indicated he still expects Mr.
Thomas to take steps under
procedure which permits an
American citizen to apply to the
State Department for a perma-
nent resident visa for his child,
then go to Canada and obtain
the visa at the nearest United
States consulate. Mr.. Swing
said this could be done in a one
day trip to Canada.
1--WE are hoping he will take
this action to bring about the
citizenship of his little girl, Mr.
Swing said" However, there is
no intention Of deporting her."
Evening star., 1955-07-23
WELCOME FOR EISENHOWERS
SET FOR 9 AN. TOMORROW

President Eisenhower accompanied by Mrs Eisenhower,
expected at the Military Air Transport Terminal
at National Airport about 9 am tomorrow
Plans for but informal welcome to the Chief
his from the Geneva Big -Four Confer
being made by the White House and the State
Department
route from the airport to the White House has al
ready laid tentatively The President and Mrs.
Eisenhower will by automobile via the George Wash
ngton boulevard to Memorial Bridge. the bridge
and around the Lincoln Memorial They will turn right
Constitution to Seventeenth street. north Sew
enteenth to street. from which they will turn into
the White House.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star STAFF Correspondent

BALTIMORE. July 23.-Ber
Du Pre- resigned last night a.
assistant right-of-way engineer
for the State Roads Commission
but there were indications thai
the investigation of the lane
speculation scandal was far from
ended.
The resignation followed dis.
closure that Mr.. Du Pre- has beer
the joint holder from 1851 tt
1853 of property in Spauldins
Heights, Prince Georges County
with Constas (Gus) Basiliko ant
that Max Gutenberg of Washing.
ton. head of a land speculatins
syndicate, had held a mortgage
on the property for $1,000.
The resignation letter reac
before Personnel Commissioner
Russell S. Davis brought to {
dramatic close the hearing or
MIR. Du Pres fight to upset hi
suspension for misconduct.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
European Correspondent of The Star

GENEVA, July 23.-The peo'
pie most jittery about the re.
suit of this summit conference
in its final, painful hours are the
ones with the least say and the
biggest stake.
Unofficial German reaction a.
reflected so far in the press has
been little short of hysterical
And BLACK Day for Germany
headlines have not been con-
fined to papers which oppose the
policies of Chancellor Adenauer
The whole thing started after
the second day of the conference
when a group of trigger HAPPY
correspondents jumped to the
conclusion that Germany was
being sold down the river by hel
allies. That impression arose
from an inadvertent slip by
President Eisenh hover which
came to light in the course of a
British press briefing.
The President was replying tc
an argument by Soviet Premier
Bulganin that the question o1
European security should not be
necessarily conditional on ar
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Du Pre- Quits Roads Post;
BosiIiko Links Revealed

1t was followed shortly by a
statement from Assistant At
torney General Joseph D. Busch
er, roads commission legal Of
ficer, that full records of the
two-day hearings would be put
in the hands of Montgomery
County States Attorney Alger
Y. Barbee.
Mr.. Barbee was constant
spectator at the hearing and
Yesterday was accompanied by
two members of the county's
detective bureau.
AS the hearing came to a
close. Barnard T. Welsh. Mr.
Du Pres personal attorney. took
the floor and warned that II
there is any action In Mont
gomery courts he would see that
"the right men are tried" OF
hang up my shingle."
Mr.. Welsh described the fright
men" as "those money -grubbine
people from Washington who
See ROADS, Page All
Evening star., 1955-07-23
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON

Senators met in closed session
today to decide whether to carry
on an investigation of the pri-
Ivate business affairs of Air Force
Secretary Harold E. Talbot.
The meeting was scheduled
amid indications Mr.. Talbot!
partnership in a New York in
dustrial engineering firm, a con.
nection that has netted him $780,
900 in each of the past two years
was a matter of increasing con.
Germ to the administration.
The Talbot investigation re-
Iportedly was discussed yesterday
|at a meeting of White House ad-
visers in which Vice President
Nixon was said to have par
ticipated. While the officials ex-
pressed concern over the inquiry
most of them were said to have
expressed confidence the Ali
Secretary had committed no i'm
proper acts.
One of the questions to be
discussed at the closed meet.
ing Of the Senate Investigations
subcommittee was Mr.. Talbot.
offer to sever his connection
with Paul B. Mulligan 81 CO
If the Senators think it woule
be in the best interests of the
Air Force.
Disagree on Probe
The seven Senators on thu
subcommittee disagree sharply
along party lines, as to whether
the inquiry should be pushet
further. So far there has beer
just on public session. In i
Mr.. Talbot stoutly denied usins
his Air Force position to solici
business for the Mulligan com
pany, many of whose client
have defense contracts.
/ Mr.. Talbot sent by specia
Evening star., 1955-07-23
BY the Associated Press

-Four year OLD Jane Edith
Thomas of Dayton, Ohio. is safe
from deportation. but the I'm
migration Service says it wants
the Italian born girls American
father to qualify her for citizen
ship.
immigration Commissioner j,
M. Swing said yesterday no
action would be taken Ito deport
this little girl" who was born in
a United States Army hospital
in Trieste while her father. Leslie
Thomas, was stationed there. He
married an italian national.
1t was disclosed several days
ago that immigration Service
officials have said Jane is in the
United States illegally because
Of a technical provision in the
law. But they also said she can
stay in this country permanently
Evening star., 1955-07-23
BULLETIN

The Senate Investigations
subcommittee today ordered a
full-scale investigation and
public hearings on Air Force
Secretary Harold E. Talbott's
activities as a special partner"
of a New York industrial engi-
neering firm. The four sub
committee Democrats voted for
the investigation. The Repub-
licans voted present" The
Senators decided it was not
within their province to advise
Mr.. Talbot on whether he
should sever his business con-
nectionS. ...
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Alaska Areas Get
Neur-Record Heat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July %
GA major part" of the ter
ritory of Alaska is sweltering in
near-record July temperatures.
In the Anchorage are Thurs
day a new record high for the
day of 81 degrees was set. The
previous record for a July 81 was
80 degrees in 1896.
At Fort Yukon, above the
Arctic Circle, a reading of 88 was
taken in midafternoon.
Residents Of the Talkeetna
area, rs miles north of Anchor
age, sweltered in S7-degree heat.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
|tOO0 SizzIer
due Today in
Record Heat
Ninth Straight Day
Of Seorehine; Slight
Relief Seen Monday

The mercury climbed towarc
100 today, headed for a new pail
of records. No relief from thu
scorching heat wave is in sigh
until Monday, if then.
The official forecast called fol
fair and quite warm weather to.
night with a low of rs.
The record of 98 for this datt
was set in 1926.
Yesterday was the hottest o1
1855 until now. The mercury got
up to 98.
BY noon today the thermom.
eter had reached SO degrees.
Slim Hope Offered
Forecasters at the Nationa
AIRPORT said cautiously that {
cold front from Canada might
get here by Monday, bringing
weather mot quite as warm"
They warned. however, tina
winds in the upper air, on which
1.-THE cold front travels, are NOV.
ling very slowly, and that tn,
front might not get here at al
unless the winds pick up.
The forecasters said the cole
front might be preceded BY
thundershowers beginning to-
morrow afternoon. The highest
tomorrow is expected to be II
1.-THE COS again.
The front was creeping intt
the blistered Midwest today, anc
is expected to reach the Ohio
valley tomorrow morning.
103 Last July 81
Washington had above-10t
Temperatures several times las
year. The most recent was 10:
last July 81. 1t got to 103 or
July 13 and IA last year. too.
This was the ninth straight
day of above-90 temperatures fol
Washington. and it has been 81
or higher IA of the previous 2:
days of July. The normal mum
Der of days in any July for a 81
or higher reading is IL.
Government employees in tht
temporary buildings were sen
home early yesterday, after thu
mercury reached "a at 1890 pm
The Weather Bureau also saie
the drought in this area con
tinues to be serious.
i Driver Collapses
I Rainfall has totaled only 10.
inches so far this month. Thi
lis 1.78 inches below the norma
for the % days. This, plus a de-
Ificiency- of IS inches in jun
has made for a very dry summer
Rainfall for the year so ia.
lis 500 inches below normal.
Only one heat prostration wa
reported in the area yesterday
The Bethesda Chevy Chase Res
, cue Squad said James w. Pitts
, I39, colored, of $50 North Caro-
lima avenue Sc, a truck driver
, was taken to Suburban Hos
Ipital suffering from heat ex
Ihaustion. He was driving {
tractor trailer for the Jacob
Transfer Co. when he became
: ill at East-West highway ane
fRockton drive. Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Text Of Presidents Statement. Pose AS

Text Of Presidents Settlement. Pose AS
>-~--~-~~~~--~~-~-~ -~-~~-~---~->~>-
NIT leaders by James c. Hag-
erty. a member of the United
States delegation.
The questions which had
snarled the final hours of the
conference were primarily these:
/. A difference between Rus
sia and the Western powers over
the order in which the four for
eign ministers should discuss
German unification and Euro
pean security when they meet
next Ocotber.
2. The order of priority in
which the U. N. subcommittee
on disarmament should take up
the various proposals on dis
armament before the summit
conference.
3. A Soviet proposal that both
East and West Germany take
part in German uniflcation dis
cussions at the October session.
Zhukov Sees President
The announcement came after
a day of efforts to break Stub
born deadlock so the conference
could wind up on schedule.
The four leaders came out OF
their afternoon session at S pm.
I'll am. EST. Mr.. Hagerty. who
is President Eisenhower's press
secretary. announced the agree
ment and said the leaders would
meet at $50 pm. to close the
six-day conference formally.
Before the final days round
of summit conferences began.
President Eisenhower talked
nearly an hour with Soviet De-
tense Minister Georgi K. zhukov.
who requested the appointment.
There was speculation. but no
confirmation. that they talked
about the Presidents idea for
Swapping military blueprints and
for mutual aerial inspection of
military installations. .
President Prepares to Leave
/ Mr.. Hagerty announced the
agreement among the Big Four
leaders to reporters in these
words:
"The only thing I can say is
that agreement has been reached
on all points. There will be a
Iplenary session at 6:30."
Asked whether he was speak
ing for all four powers, he said
Yes"
Mr.. Eisenhower planned to
leave about 8 pm. That indi-
Gated the leaders expected to-
nights plenary meeting to be
brief. ..r
/ Secretary of State John Fos~
ter Dulles did not stay for the
CLOSING meeting. 1t was an
nounced he was leaving by air
for Washington at 6 pm.
Bulganin and Eden Talk
! 1t also was learned that Soviet
Premier Bulganin and British
Prime Minister Eden had long
talk last night, seeking a solu-
ton to the dispute over whether
German reunification or a Euro
pean security system would be
the primary goal of the foreign
ministers conference proposed
for this fall.
The Russian and western
foreign ministers worked far into
last night but were unable to
settle the unif1cation on-security
disagreement. They referred the
issue back to their chiefs at this
mornings meeting.
In their effort to reach agree
ment. the Big -Four stream
lined their delegations in the
summit meeting to members
each instead of the usual 10.
Those from the United States
sitting with Mr.. Eisenhower were
Mr.. Dulles, Assistant Secretary
Livingston Merchant, and State
Department legal adviser Her.
man Phleger. With Premier
Bulganin were Marshal Zhukov.
Communist party boss Nikita
Khrushchev, and Foreign Minis
ter v. M. Molotov.
Whether an agreement was
See BIG FOUR, Page A-3
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Seven Killed in AIoerio

ALGIERS, Algeria, July % (P).
Seven Algerians have been
killed in scattered sssassinations
and a clash between troops and
a rebel band within the last 48
hours, official reports reaching
here today said.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Big 4 Leaders Agree
On Procedura| Points
NiehtSession
To Wind Up
Conference

GENEVA, July % (P).-Ths
Big Four leaders have agreed on
all points before them and will
wind UP their business at a ple-
nary meeting tonight.
This was announced this eve
ming on behalf of all four Sum-
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Transit Union
Studies Moves

The transit workers unior
was reported today to be work
ing on new ideas" to gain its
ends in the strike that has tieo
up Washington's buses and street
cars for % days. But what these
ideas may be was not disclosed
In the meantime the Federal
Mediation Service. disappointed
l>~----~~
Tronsit Company Asks Hearing in Cour
Fare Cose. Page Az
Adjournment Threotens Tronsit Firm OF
Tox Relief Hopes. Poge AZ
in plans for a meeting with
union officials yesterday, met
with union officials for more
than two hours today.
The non-appearance of the
union officials at the meeting
was described today as due en-
Itirely to a misunderstanding
Walter j. Bierwagen, union pres
Iident. and Bernard Cushman
counsel for the union, met al
afternoon and until about
o'clock last night with various
union groups.
There was speculation that thu
new ideas may be disclosed or
a television program on which
Mr.. Bierwagen is to appear Mon.
day night. The unions program
lis to be presented over Station
IWTTG at 9:15 pm.
Expectations are that tht
union at that time will make
some reply to the Capital Transit
Co.'S offer of last Monday. Tht
company offered a wage increase
of 10 cents an hour, bringing the
top rate for operators to 50, anc
an increase in pensions by IS 6
Continued on Page Ala, Col.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK Up. - Following are the
sales add O0l, high, low. closing price
and net change OF the 20 most active
stocks for the week
Evening star., 1955-07-23
CHAPLAIN CORPS
IOLDER THAN u. S.

ANNIvERsARY--The Army Chop
lain Corps is observing its lSoth
anniversary this yeor. A speeioI eere-
mOny hos been SET Ioeolly to COM
memorots the anniversary, Pose A-s.
Evening star., 1955-07-23

Fair and warm tonight with low about 7s.
Tomorrow cloudy with afternoon showers
High in the 90s. H'ull report plus resort
forecast on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1955-10-24
School Tux Rise
Seen in New York

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. "a N1
The State education commits.
sioner predicted today New
Workers would pay higher schoo
taxes whether We have quail
|ity or not
DR.. James N. Allen. jr.. sait
lit was anticipated that in tn,
next five years public schools II
the State would have to enroll al
least 100000 more pupils. i
expenditures continue at ths
present level. they win add al
least $500 million to total costs
lhe said.
THE fact Is that whether We
have quality or not. taxes fol
education are going to increase. :
he asserted. This forecast car
be made with utmost confidence.
Even il the quality Of our schools
lis allowed to degenerate, take,
flor schools still will go up con.
siderably due to rising scioo
attendance"
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Knight Predicts 6. @. P.
Will Win in Hard Effort

NEW YORK. oct. "A R.
California's Gov. Goodwin ].
Knight left for home today. with
% competitors salute to the
Democrats. a silent but friendly
gesture to labor. and Q forecast
|of Republican victory IN 1856.
Before boarding a Transworld
Airline plane, Gov. Knight said
he felt confident the Republicans
viii win the presidency again
next year, but that it will take
hard work and hard effort" tc
beat the opposition.
1T would be foolhardy to deny
that the Democrats are always
vigorous and determined, he
said. That is one Of the greal
advantages Of the two-party sys.
tenn"
After more than q weeks visil
In the east. Gov. Knight declined
to speculate on possible presi.
Dental nominees, either Demo.
crat or Republican, or whether
he himself might be q q. o. r
contender.
ANY espousal Of any indi.
vidual would be completely pre-,
mature until we have had q full
report on the Presidents wishes
and plans" he said.
He said President Eisenhower,
Evening star., 1955-10-24
World Bank to Discuss
Looms on Egypt's Dam

ever. that the offer has not yet
been accepted and that Egypt
still hopes for aid from the World
Bank and the United States.
Egypt is eager to get on with
the project on which the country
counts for expanded agriculture
and industrialization through ir-
Irigation and water power. The
big obstacle has been the coun-
try's need for foreign exchange.
The State Department said
Friday no decision has been
reached on whether the United
States will offer aid.
A statement by the World Bank
recalled that previous studies In
dicated that the project was
technically sound and appeared
Ito be economically sound.
The bank said a final conciu-
sion on the economic phase might
lbe affected by the amount Of
water on which Egypt could rely
and by the effectiveness with
which the water is used to in
lcrease farm production.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Engineers Scan.
.EIectron Gains

Recent advances in the field Of
electron devices were discussed
today as more than 1000 en-
gineers. affiliated with the Pro-
fessional Group on Electror
Devices, opened a two-day con.
ference at the Shoreham Hotel
The meeting sponsored by the
Institute of Radio Engineers. viii
include presentation Of so scien.
tific papers on electron device
developments.
Donald G. Fink. director Of re.
search for the Philco.. told 9
luncheon gathering that .
transistor with q probable oper.
ating life Of at least millior
hours has geen developed.
That, he said, means II 1t were
put into service today--in ar
electronic brain, for example
1T would run at least until the
year 2067.
A recently developed bright
radar display system, which pro-
jects radar images onto q large
screen suitable for viewing BY
many persons and a high speed
|electron tube which win enable
scientists to observe electrical
action taking place In a hilliontf
|of q second were discussed.
Reports on continued develop
ment Of color television also were
given.
Wives of the engineers were te
attend o tea at $3.50 pm. today
lat Kenmore Apartments, 54ls
| Connecticut avenue, NV.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Not Available,
ISyInington Says

DALLAS. Tex. Oct. ~ B.-
Senator Symington. Democrat Of
Missouri. said yesterday he !:
mot interested or available foi
the Democratic presidential
nomination next year and added
Don't count Senator johnson
out of the race"
Senator Symington said Sem
'ator johnson. Democrat ot
Texas, the Senate majority lead
er, looked better than I've ever
seen him"
I'm sure he'll have a complete
recovery Senator Symingtor
said in an interview between
planes en- route 10 st. Louis.
Senator Symington visited
Senator johnson at his ranch
near johnson City during the
week nd-another Of several
prominent Democratic figures Il
visit Senator johnson during hi
|convalescence from q heart at.
tack.
The Missourian made it clear
he was not supporting Senator
johnson or any other possible
candidate for the presidential
nomination.
sT win support whomever L
chosen ct the national conven.
tion." he said.
Asked II he would accept the
nomination II drafted, Senator
ISymington grinned and replied;
i've said all I'm going To on that
subject. I'm not interested o.
available" "
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Execution, Date
Set for Green

Everett D. Green, "a. who
gambled his life on q legal
technicality and lost. was re-
sentenced today TO be executed
ON February 10.
The original electrocution date
was set for November 4. but
Federal Judge +. Dickinson Let's
granted o postponement 70
enable Green to carry his case
to the u. 5. District Court OF
Appeals for the District Of Co
lumbia.
Green was first tried for caus-
ing the death Of Miss Bette
Brown, So. on May 26, 1858. by
setting fire to the building In
which both lived ct Ills Massa-
lchusetts avenue NV. He was
convicted OF second -degree MUIR
! der.
He appealed the case and the
appellate court held that the
trial Judge enormously in.
structed the jury. It said thu
| Jury should have either freed
Green or convicted him Of first'
degree murder, which carries {
mandatory death sentence.
BY demanding a new trial
Green eambled with death. HI
Isaid at the time he was aware
that II he lost in the secont
case he would have TO 90 to ths
electric chair.
His sentence for his first con-
lviction, which was set aside b.
1.-THE appellate court. was q 6-to.
E20-year term.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Art Display
Won by Butes

Ray Bates Associates, interior
decorators. 1884 M street NV,
yesterday won first place In the
Georgetown Artists Groups SEC
ond annual art display exhibi-
ton.
Miss Theodore Kane, e02
Twentieth street NV. won top
honors In the painting competi-
ton.
About 80 Georgetown slaops
took part In the contest which
called for display of paintings III
store windows.
The Bates shop won q $50 GER
tiflcate to be placed TO its credit
toward purchase Of any one OF
the displayed paintings. Miss
Kane's winning water color was
titled High Noon In Haiti" and
is on display at John Greer As
sociates. interior decorators. 1927
Wisconsin avenue NV. An oil
by Miss Kane was used In the
winning Bates window.
Honorable mention In the win
dow display contest went to Miss
Miriam Crocker. l4l5 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, for her setting
lof Miss Carcella Comes Hidden
Spring Farm an oil which won
first prize in its class.
First prize for sculpture went
to Miss Florence Higgs for her
Girl and Cockatoo."
The art viii remain on view
IN shops along Wisconsin ave-
nue. from Reservoir road south
Ito M street and along M street
to Twenty-ninth street NV.
until October 81.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
By the AssceIsted Press

The World Bank and the
Egyptian Government are maxi
ing a new study Of clans for 9
high dam on the Nile which
Russia has offered to help Egypt
build.
The bank announced that two
engineers, Alfred Matter and
Gail Hathaway, are due in Cairo
today to discuss on technical and
economic phases Of the project
lat Aswan
Egypt applied to the bank In
Il953 for a loan to construct the
dam. Cairo ofiicials hoped to gel
Iup to $500 million through the
bank and perhaps through
United States grants-in-aid.
Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed
Hussein told newsmen after Q
conference last Monday witt
Secretary of State Dulles thai
the Soviet Union has offered te
provide all the foreign financing
Egypt needs for the dam.
The Ambassador added, how.