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try, followed a statement by
Communist Party Secretary Nj
kita Khrushchev at Bangalore
India, that the bomb equalled
one million tons of INT.
The Soviet government an
nouncement did not pinpoint the
site Of the latest test beyond
saying that it was conducted "at
great height" to safeguard
against harmful radioactive in
fiuences.
It said the blast was part of
a series of tests Of new types OF
atomic and thermometer wea-
pons that fully confirmed the
pertinent scientific and technical
calculation showing the new and
important achievements of So
Wet scientists and engineers"
Called Most Powerful
It added, "the latest explosion
of the hydrogen bomb was the
most powerful OF all explosions
carried out until now"
Most Soviet atomic expert
ments have been announced first
by the United states. as detect
ed by scientists and other
sources. The Russians have oc-
casionally alluded to them, but
usually in an indirect manner.
The Communist Party paper
Pravda announced hydrogen
bomb test in August. 1858. after
Georgi Malenkov, then premier
told the Supreme Soviet the
United States no longer held a
monopoly Of the hydrogen bomb.
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov in a policy speech last
February implied that the Soviet
Union led the United States in
the manufacture of hydrogen
bombs. Other references to So
Wet nuclear tests have been made
by other Soviet government off,
cials, scientists and commenta- :
tors.
Today's announcement said
due to the fuss in the foreign
press" about Soviet atomic ex-
periments, the official Soviet
See BOMB, Page AS
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WoIfson Boosts Price
Of Transit Co. to City
FieureOver
$40 Million
Is Indicated
By WILLIAM HINES

Industrialist Louis E. Wolfson
has placed q new-ar1d substan-
TALLY higher-price tag on the
assets Of the dying Capital
Transit Co. in event the District
Government wants to buy the
system for public operation.
Exactly how high a price the
District would have to pay is not
known, but it appears likely it
would exceed $40 million-rmore
than IS, million over the figure
at which Mr.. Wolfson was pre-
pared to sell last August.
Expects Public Ownership
Interviewed by telephone in
Jacksonville, Fla, where he Is
recuperating from an ap-
Ipendectomy, Mr.. Wolfson indi-
Gated he believes municipal
ownership of the transit system
| is inevitable. If that comes
about, he said, the District would
have to pay more than the book
value Of CTC properties. On
October 81. the property, plant
and equipment of CTC was car
ried on the company's books at
s19.7ss,6sl.
"It is apparent that the Public
Utilities Commission or the Dis
ltrict Commissioners can't find
anyone foolish enough to come
in and operate transit system"
Mr.. Wolfson said. ut must be q
very embarrassing situation for
the politicians. They took away
Capital Transit's franchise and
charter. Now they must see that
they acted in haste. They viii
have to ind some way out"
Fears Trouble at SIS
Mr.. Wolfson said he probably
would find himself in legal trou-
| BILE If he sold the system for pub
lie operation at $14.4 million, or
SIS a share of stock. This was the
figure at which he had agreed to
sell to Louis Burman and asso-
Iciates of Washington last August,
shortly after President Eisen-
hover signed the transit COM
Ipany's death sentence"
"In other sales of private COM
Ipanies to public transit author
Iities such as in Cleveland and
Chicago" Mr.. Wolfson said. "the
purchase price was based or ap-
praised value. This is much
higher than book value.
Minority stockholders would
have good grounds for suit
against me if I let it go for SIS
a share"
Book value as of October 81
amounts to $20.61 share. based
on 100000 shares outstanding.
The stock currently is trading on
local and American Stock Ex-
changes at around $40.
May Demand Even More
Mr.. Wolfson neither confirmed
nor denied that he would sell to
the District for public operation
Iat $20.61 a share. However, his
comparison with situations in
Cleveland and Chicago made it
appear likely that he would hold
out for even more.
In any case, Mr.. Wolfson said.
See WoLFSON, Page AS
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nearness to other Smithsonian
buildings.
Smithsonians aircraft collec-
ton. DR.. Carmichael said, ID "the
greatest In the world"
About a tenth Of it is on dis
play. in the red-brick Arts and
Industries building near Inde-
pendence avenue and In q tens
porary Aircraft Building" shed
nearby. The other 90 per cent i,
stored in huge buildings ct Suit
land, Md. and Norfolk.
The National Air Museum. es-
tablished by law, has a right tc
acquire every type Of military
craft produced. It's ''flrsts" range
from the kitty Hawk" to mod
ern rockets. And the collection in.
cludes priceless balloons and ORR
entail kites, far predating lighter
than-air craft.
AS designed by the architec-
tural firm of McKim, Mead q
White, the museum would hold
about 100 fuil-sized planes--in-
cluding the B-29. Also on dis
play. DIR. Carmichael said, would
be engines, special flying gear,
kites and thousands Of scale
models"
Sizes Compared
The collection would be seen
In indoor and outdoor displays
covering an area 1850 feet long
and 460 feet deep. BY COM
parison, the Capitol is 750 feet
long and about 375 feet deep.
The architectural design was
financed jointly by the Aircraft
Industries Association and the
Air Transport Association. each
contributing $12.50o.
The planning, DR.. Carmichael
said, began in December, 1858,
Continued on Page A-1O, Col. /
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letters to the flve applicants Tor
the franchise, asking them to
come in for final interviews to
prove they really are financially
able to operate a Washington
transit company.
Although insisting they have
adequate financial backing some
Iof the applicants have consist
iently refused to identify the
hackers. They have contended
their supporters refuse to be
identified until and unless they
actually have received the fran
chiSe.
Public Ownership Studies
Meanwhile, with time running
out for the purchase of buses
and other equipment to provide
transit service starting August
is, the commission has started
WORKING on public ownership
plans in case no private operator
can be found.
Assigned to draft preliminary
plans is Commissioner Robert M.
Weston. He refuses to discuss
his work, contending 1t would be
premature to do SO while there
is hope Of persuading a private
operator to take over transit
operations.
Observers, however, point out
that government ownership of
the transit system would offer
certain advantages not enjoyed
by private management--notably bly,
relief from nearly 81 million a
year in Federal income taxes,
This money, they point out,
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lndio-Jupun Pact

NEW DELHI, Nov. 26 (P).--
India and Japan signed new
air agreement today. The ac-
cord confirms the present once
weekly service between the two
countries.
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Democratic Chairman George OF
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
Made in Interview
In an interview published yes
terday in the New York Herald
Tribune, Senator George said:
I'VE must assure the world
that we are capable of having
q nonpartisan American foreign
policy and that regardless OF
who wins or loses in 1856 our
foreign program will go on sub
stantially as is. We must show
that we are a mature nation.
Assistant White House Press
Secretary Murray Snyder opened
a news conference today by say
ing that he had been asked to
find out whether MIR. Eisenhower
had seen the George statement
THE answer is he did. and he
approved it." Mr.. Snyder said.
Statement Authorized
Mr.. Snyder continued:
THE President said he always
held that view. I might add that
the President has sought to con-
duct the Nations foreign policy
without partisanship and he has
frequently expressed his appre-
citation for the statesmanlike CO.
operation given the adn1inistra-
tion by Senator George in for
eign affairs"
Mr.. Snyder was asked whether
Mr.. Eisenhower was aware that
he was making this comment.
Certainly" Mr.. Snyder re-
piled.
A reporter asked Mr.. Snyder
specifically whether Mr.. Eisen-
hower's approval of the George
statement included the predic-
tion that regardless Of who wins
or loses in 1856. our foreign pro-
gram viii go on substantially as
is."
Certainly" Mr.. Snyder re-
piled again.
Attacked BY Democrats
The information from the
White House took on significance
because Democrats. in warm-up
campaign speeches, have hit
hard at the Republican admins
tration's conduct for foreign
affairs.
Last Saturday night, anti-ad-
tninistration speeches came from
three leading possibilities for the
Democratic presidential nomina-
ton: Adlai e. Stevenson. SEN
See EISENHOWER. Page AS
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Second Site Proposed
For Huge Air Museum
Would Miss Southwest RedeveIopment
Project but Block Maryland Avenue
By GEORGE BEvERIDGE

Federal planners tomorrow viii consider site for the
proposed National Air which could major
threat Washingtons southwest redeveopment program
The huge Air Museum which doesn't yet have con-
scon schedule has designed to spread out more
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Federal Aid to Highlight
Educational Conference
BY JAMES G. DEANE

days OF discussion of the Nations schooling problems
including the Federal adw here
the of the White House Conference
on Education.
More than 800 delegates expected for the bgscae
called President financed
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Government Operation
Of CTC a Possibility
Lust-Ditch Commission Effort Contacts
Five Bidders in Hunt for Privute Capitol
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

Unable far to find private bus operator to take over
dying Capital Transit franchise August 15 the District
Commission has settled down to the politically
job planning government ownership of the system
commission yesterday made last-dch effort to per-
suade private enterprise the system sent identical
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Soviet Reports
'Iriiggering lis
Biggest Bomb
Khrushchev Colls
H-BIost EquuI Of
Million TINT Tons

MOSCOW. Nov. 26 (R.-The
Soviet Union announced today
it recently exploded its most
powerful hydrogen bomb. 1t was
the most detailed and explicit
announcement of a nuclear ex-
plosion the Soviet Union has
made so far.
The announcement. at a news
conference in the Foreign Minis
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Soviet Bomb Believed Smaller Thon
U. S. Bikini Blost. Pose AS
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President Asks
For Bipartisan
Foreign Policy
Backs George Pleu;
Rebuke Seen for
Democrat Attacks
BY JAMES E. ROPER
Star Stan Correspondent

GETTYSBURG. Pa. Nov. 26.
President Eisenhower appealed
today for bipartisanship in for
eign policy.
The move tended to rebuke
Democratic leaders such as Ad-
lai Stevenson and New York
Gov. Averell Hartman, who
have attacked Republican han
ding of foreign affairs.
Mr.. Eisenhower's involvement
in the dispute, however. came
indirectly.
1t took the form Of an in
dorsement of a statement by
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to try to provide some Of the
to pressing school needs.
A recorded sound-film message
from Mr.. Eisenhower and a
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Senator Spcrkmon Sees Foreign Policy
as 1855 Issue. Pose Al
WiIlioms Hits Steyenson's Moderation
Stand. Pose AS
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Educators Meeting Pats Spotlight or
PROGRESS Of Soviet. Pase All
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WEATHER FORECAST

Some cloudiness, warmer today, high in
the sos. Partly cloudy and colder tomorrow.
(Full report on Page A-20
Evening star., 1955-11-27

Democratic Chairman George OF
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
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Hourly Temperatures
Evening star., 1955-11-04
Reds Accept New Priest.
u. S. to Admit PreIote

the needs of the American diplo-
matte mission there. but he also
was available for members oi
other foreign missions. He was
barred from working among
Soviet citizens.
The last priest to hold the post
was the Rev. Georges Bissonette
Of the Assumptionist Fathers.
Ousted This Year
The Soviet Union ousted
Father Bissonette early this year
after the United States refused
to allow Archbishop Boris to stay
in the United States more than
so days on a temporary visa.
The Soviet Union then did not
act on the application Of Father
Dion for q visa to 60 to Russia.
Last June ~, the United States
sent the Soviet Union a note
offering to make the Roosevelt
Eityinoy agreement reciprocal
that Is, If an American clergy
man were allowed to work among
the foreigners in Russia, a Soviet
clergyman would be allowed to
work here.
The Soviet Union then issued
the visa to Father Dion and the
United States replied with visas
for the Russians.
Archbishop Boris" the State
Department said in making the
announcement. ''wiIl enjoy in the
United States the right to min
ister to the religious needs Of
Soviet nationaIs -
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mined that difnculties were en-.
countered involving the J-4O en-
gine In the xF4D and the xA3D
both under development By
Douglas Aircraft Corp. and the
XF10F by Grumman Aircraft
Corp. Further investigation may
reveal that other plane-deyelop-
ment programs were also af-
fected."
Raise s4e-sesckss
The report conceded that the
subcommittee's study to date
necessarily raises more ques-
tions than 1t answers" It prom
ised to acquaint Congress anc
the public with all information
it can obtain about "circum.
stances Of great national impor.
tance." But even with the ad.
vantage Of hindsight, the SUBJ
committee stated, it would bs
impossible to say authoritatively
at this time whether "the deci.
sions were wise and. the risk,
properly evaluated and assumed
in the Demon jet program during
the Korean conflict.
Its only firm conclusions al
this point. the subcommittee
said. are that:
/. In excess Of $500 million ha,
already been spent.
2. The first so planes win never
perform their intended mission
8. The lot J-40-22 engines re.
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Chinese Ship Sinks.
23 Believed Lost

TAIPEI, Formosa. Nov. 4 R.
"A small Nationalist Chinese
ship disappeared in the Formosa
strait October 20 after sending
out emergency distress signals
and all % persons aboard are
presumed lost.
The steamer. the 200-ton Ia
An, was on her way to the off-
shore island Of Matsu with q
cargo Of medical supplies. Be-
sides the crew Of 10 the four
passengers on the Ia An In
cluded q Chinese woman doctor,
Ii Ping-chuan, q midwife and q
male nurse who were going to
reinforce the Chinesa Red Cross
team ct Matsu.
The only military action re-
ported In the Fof1nosa strait on
October % was 80 miles north
of Matsu where the Nationalist
Air Force claimed Its Jet planes
damaged two Communist gum
UUdtS.
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Drone forget t Plane
Crashes On Loose

CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. 4
(R.--A radio-controlled Marine
target drone plane went ION the
loose" for several hours yester-
day after being launched in Vir-
ginia. It crashed near here do
ing little damage.
The plane. a World War u
piston-engine F6F, escaped its
radio control after it was
launched at Chincoteague, Va,
Naval Air Station.
The pilotless fighter plane flew
without guidance for hundreds
of miles before 1t crashed in a
wooded area on Bass Island in
the Santee River.
Military firefighters extin-
guished a small fire started at
the scene.
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Watchdog Unit Looking
Into Demon Jet Dispute

clusiyely at this stage Of the pro-
ceedings that the Navy has spent
in excess Of $500 :1iiIlieE 1N+Sthe
Development and procurement Of
the Fish fighter and the J-40
engines which were initialIy de-
signed to power the plane. and
has yet to receive a single plane
that can be certified for delivery
to the feet. Although one of
the most recent models (the
J-7l) has passed It's preliminary
tests satisfactorily and appears
capable Of performing its mis-
sion. the Navy reports that dis
|crepancies still exist which will
take from six to eight weeks to
remedy"
Figure Differs
The $500 million estimate was
more than the amounts stated
lat House subcommittee hearings.
House staff investigators said the
cost to the Government would be
about 5000 million. Navy offi-
|cials said it would be closer to
$l05 million, although they ex-
planned that this figure applied
mainly to the engines. They
contended nevertheless that the
project was far from q total loss
Evening star., 1955-11-04
! octicoI A.W'eop,to:ns \: Held
Limited inTD Destruction

Of the Army and the Tactical Air
Command (which he normally
commands1 are not weapons Of
mass destruction he declared.
The false impression has gotten
around that any atomic weapon
would obliterate large areas.
There is no reason why any
more would be hurt with a tac-
tical atomic weapon than with
conventional weapons, he con-
tinued. Tactical atomic weap-
ons actually could result in fewer
casualties because It could mean
arrival ct . decision more
Quickly"
At another point. the general
said that tactical weapons could
result In o destructive area about
Ia mile across. which I'D the sire
ordinarily employed for q regi-
Iment.
The maneuVer win be used to
test all types Of the simulated
atomic. chemical. biological and
Ielectronics weapons and to
levaluate the orginazational set
ups Of both the Army and Air
Force In the atomic age.
Gen. Weyland declared that
Sagebrush was not q paper
war" and that the only sinula-
|tion would be that the particle
pants do not fire bullets.
mo actual atomic weapons or
biological and chemical weapons
will be used" he said. 1--WE will
obtain our realms through the
use Of simulators to obtain the
effect we desire.
These are ingenious devices
which 60 OF at the moment an
atomic weapon Is dropped. II
looks surprisingly like the real
thing and you can see it for
miles around"
The general opened his brief
ing with the statement that "our
Nation Is as well or better
equipped to make use Of nuclear
weapons. If required, than any
other nation in the world"
Evening star., 1955-11-04
By John a. GILES

Gen. o. r., Weyland asserted
today that there was mo rea-
SON. 10 believe that Army and
Air Force tactical atomic weap-
ons would XIII any more soldiers
than conventional weapons.
The Air Force four-Star gem
eral made the assertion during
a press briefing on Executive
Sagebriish, the largest Joint ma
neuver since World War II which
he now is getting under way in
Louisiana.
The simulated use. OF tactical
atomic weapons win be q fea-
ture Of the maneuver involving
10000 soldiers and 10000 air.
men. No large strategic atomic
weapons viii be employed. how
ever.
Right here I want to en-
phasize that the atomic weapons
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BIZ ROBERT X. WALSH

The Demon Jet plane dispute
that enlivened House subcofn-
mittee hearings still worries the
Senate Preparedness Investiga-
ting Subcommittee because Of
unanswered questions and dele
terious effects" on other aircraft
projects, Senate Democratic
Leader johnson disclosed today.
Senator johnson, as chairman
of the preparedness watchdog
group. notified Senator Russell,
Democrat Of Georgia, chairman
of the Armed Services Commit
tee. that inquiry into Navy buy
ling of F3H Demon Jets was far
from finished.
A House Government Opera
ltions Subcommittee, headed by
Representative Holifield, Dem
ocrat of California, is preparing
q report on the basis Of recent
public hearings on Navy hand
lling Of contracts for rnanufac-
iture Of the FISH planes by Nc
Donnell Aircraft Corp. Of St
Louis and J-40 engines made by
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
/ No Sign Of Fraud
/ Chairman Holifield said last
week he saw no evidence Of fraud
In the program. But his subcom-
lmittee wants to determine
whether faulty judgment Of
other factors were responsible for
continuance of the contracts for
several years after the J-40 en-
gines were found inadequate for
the Demon planel One of the
factors was that the Navy con.
iverted the original design from
ian interceptor to an all-purpose
fighter. It eventually had tc
cancel the original contracts and
luse q J-7l jet engine produced
tby another company for the re-
vised type Of Demon.
! Senator Johnson emphasized
that his report to Senator Rus.
sell was an interim statement
and that numerous other In.
quiries and Investigations are
being conducted by the suhcom.
lmittee."
| Although ultimate conclusions
and recommendations are, o.
course, not possible at this time.
he wrote, lit does appear con.
Evening star., 1955-11-04

The State Department an
nounced today that the Soviet
Union has agreed to allow an
American Catholic priest, Rev.
Louis Dion. to go to Russia to
carry out his religious work
among the foreign diplomatic
colony there.
In return. the United States
has issued a visa to Archbishop
Boris Of the Moscow Patriarchate
Of the Russian Orthodox Church
to come to the United States to
carry on similar work here.
The United States also issued
q visa to the Archhishop's secre-
tary, Alexander Fedorovich
Shishkin.
This ended six-months, dis
pute between the United States
and the Soviet Union.
Ends Long Fight
American efforts to obtain re-
ligious rights for q United States
clergyman in Moscow date back
to the early days Of the COM
munist revolution in Russia. In
1888, the late President Roose-
welt and then Soviet Foreign
Minister Maxim 4LitvinOy Ell
changed letters IN which the
Soviet Union agreed that priest
would work in MOSCOW among
the foreign colony.
As a result q Catholic priest
was assigned to Moscow. His
primary task was to minister To
Evening star., 1955-11-04

airplane models.
5. The F3H-2. powered by the
jill engine (produced by the
Allison Division Of General Mo-
tors Corp has yet to prove 1t.
self fully qualified for its combat
mission"
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ceived by the Government are
unsuitable for their intended
mission.
4. The Westinghouse engine
development program had a
costly impact upon the procure
ment Of at least three other.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

Mrs. Albert Graham and daughter
Bonnie of Phila., are spending this
week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William c. Crouch.
Edward Messenger Of Philadel-
phia spent the weekend in Milton
with his mother Mrs. Irene Mes
singer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Morris and
daughter, Harriet of Vienna, Md,
were afternoon guests on Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Can
non and family.
Interment was held at one o'clock
in Odd Fellows Cemetery on Mon
day for Mrs. Lydia ArgO who passed
away at her home in Wilmington
earlier last week. Mrs. Argo a
former resident of Milton is sur
vived by two sons, Everett of Mil
ton, and Russell of Wilmington.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at a funeral home
in Wilmington and Milton relatives
Of the deceased attended.
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank NJ. VOlk,
were the very surprised guests at
a wedding anniversary celebration
on Monday evening at the Grace
Social Hall. More than 100 church
members and friends attended.
Following dinner at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. George, Harbe-
son, an unexpected telephone call
arrived for the VOlks to attend
a meeting in the social hall. Upon
their arrival all the guests greeted
them and they walked in the hall
to the strains of 1.-The Wedding
March" A program was prepared
for their special entertainment
which included several vocal selec-
tiOns and readings and recitatiOns
by Mrs. Bertha Jackson, Mrs. Clara
Donovan and Ernest Jefferson. Be
fore refreshments Of ice cream and
cake, the couple who were cele-
brating their 33rd anniversary
were presented with an heirloom
bed spread.