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Evening star., 1955-05-23
BY the Associated Press

Polio vaccine experts opened a
two-stage meeting today which
may determine how soon the Ma
tion's polio incubation program
resumes and how far it will go
this summer?
Scientists and consultants of
the United States Public Health
Service gathered this morning to
study reports of plant inspections
of five of the six vaccine manu-
facturers.
The same group was scheduled
to meet in the afternoon with
scientific representatives of all
six producers.
Two Big Questions
A spokesman for the National
Institutes of Health said the
Government experts would then
go back into session. to wrestle
with these questions:
al. What, if any. changes need
to be made in standards govern
ing the manufacture and testing
of the vaccine.
40. What this means insofar
as we can establish it in terms
of supply for the rest of the
summer"
Wen the answers will be an
nounced was uncertain. Surgeon
General Leonard A. Scheele has
said the groups recommended
tions would be advisory" and
that he will make known his
decisions "as soon as possible.
The result could mean early
clearance of existing supplies or
added time consuming tests
which might further delay re-
lease of vaccine.
Concerns Inspections
The NH spokesman said the
morning meeting would concern
reports of plant inspections at
Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley.
Calf; Parke, Davis & Co., De-
troit; Eli Lilly & Co., Indianap-
oils: Wyeth, Inc. Marietta, Pa,
and Pitman- Moore Co., India
napolis.
All Cutter vaccine has been
recalled since the appearance of
POLIO among inoculated children
slowed down the mass immuni-
zation program. Prior shipments
of Parke, Davis and Lilly vac
cine have been recleared in the
last 10 days on the basis of the
plant-by-plant double check.
The spokesman said the con-
ferees would first take up "spe-
cific- data" on Wyeth and Pit
man Moore Ito see if any action
can be taken on their vaccine
in the same way it was taken
Evening star., 1955-05-23
Tension Eases in Formoso
As Diplomats Hold Stage
-~chou's NonbeIieerency Seen PoraIeIins
Russio's Peace Offensive in Europe

its claim to capture Formosa and
the Pescadores by force. then the
United States would mot worry
too much about what happens to
Quemoy and Matsu.
Communist China. however,
has made clear that it is not
ready to give up its claim to
Formosa and the Pescadores. At
the same time, Chinese National
ist President Chang Kai-shek
insists he has the right to re-
turn to the mainland by force. q.
The United States, however,
has pressured Chang into halt
ing offensive operations against
The mainland, except for retalia-
ton. If the Communists will let
their threats and their military
operations dribble away into
nothingness, we will have a de
facto cease-fire in the straits,
Even now. of course, the Com
munists occasionally shell Que
moy. The Nationalist reply with
gunfire, or sporadically send
See ROPER, Page A-4
Evening star., 1955-05-23
Election Apathy
Stumps Britons
Politicians Worried
By In the Bog Polls
BY CROSBY S. MOVES


European Correspondent of The sar
LONDON, May %. Lord
Woolton, secretary of the Con-
servative Party, admits he finds
it very hard to get the feel"
of this election. And with only
three days to 60 before the vot-
ing, a good many less expert
enced observers are ready to
admit that Lord Woolton has a
point.
The campaign is virtually
over. Radio and television ap-
peals, on which both parties
counted heavily to stir interest
in the election. are out of the
way. Today. Clement Attlee re-
turns to his home territory for
quiet last round of chats with
his own constituents. Prime
Minister Eden is off on a final
mop-up operation in Birming-
ham and Manchester before call
ing it quits
There is little feeling, how
ever. of a smashing climax. At
all levels, the politicians are
quick to admit that the mood
of the country has them
stumped. And since British pol
iticians can apparently afford
an honesty denied to the Amer
ican breed, they also admit that
they are worried about what
may happen when the polls open
Thursday.
Worried BY Polls
What worries the Conserva-
tives is the almost universal as
sumption that the election is in
the bag A few days ago new
samplings of DR.. Gallup's busy
pollsters provoked flood of talk
about Tory landslide talk
which Tory leaders found al
most as distressing as their op-
ponents did. Ever since. they
have been earnestly assuring
everyone that the result of elec-
ton is by no means foregone
conclusion and reminding voters
that the pollsters have been
wrong in the past.
The reason is simple. Quite OBJ
viously the election will turn on
the question of how many voters
choose to ignore the whole thing
and stay home on election day.
Empty meeting halls throughout
the country suggest that the
coming vote may be the lightest
in decades. And in dealing with
this problem neither side seems
to have a decided edge.
The issues raised in the course
Of the campaign amounted to
very little more than a contest
between two sets of peace
makers. Mr.. Eden che works
for peace'D has used the forth
coming top-level talks with Rus
sia as the clinching point of al
most every speech. Mr.. Atlee is
banking heavily on the sug-
gestion that a L bor victory
would bring quick cut in Brit
aims two-year conscription law
See MOVES, Page AS
Evening star., 1955-05-23
Unidentified Man Badly Hurt
In 6O-Foot Chain Bridqe Leap

Forestville, Va, operator of a
gasoline station at Forty-ninth
street and Massachusetts ave-
hue. said he and an associate,
James T Huff. saw the jump as
they drove to work between 1880
and 8 am.
Stopping the car. they saw the
nan lying motionless amid rocks.
shrubs and small trees. Mr.. Huff
ran to a gasoline station on the
Virginia side of the bridge and
phoned police.
District fire rescuemen rigged
line with a pulley attached to
the bridge and brought the man
up in a cradle-type stretcher.
The complicated rescue opera
lion took nearly half an hour.
Evening star., 1955-05-23

An unidentified man. about 35.
plunged so feet from the middle
of Chain Bridge this morning
and was taken to District Gen
eral Hospital in critical condi-
ton. police reported.
On his person, police said.
was letter from a doctor ad-
dressed to E. B. Doherty, sr., at
an address in Schenectady,
N. Y. indicating the recipient
was in poor health. Police be-
lieved the injured man may be a
son.
A witness reported seeing the
man climb over the railing,
pause a moment. then Jump.
Russell c. Wintersteen of
Evening star., 1955-05-23
Conflict in Defense
Statements AssaiIed
Democrat Urges
Action by Wilson
To End Conflict

Senator Lyndon Johnson Of
Texas, majority leader of the
Senate, today harshly criticized
conflicting statements" on de-
fense coming out of the Penta-
gon.
Il would like to see Secretary
of Defense Wilson step in and
take some decisive action in this
matter" the Senator said.
1T is high time someone
should get the generals and the
secretaries together. SO that their
right hands will know what their
left hands are doing There has
recently been a rash Of these
conflicting statements on the
armaments and defense OF this
country. The Congress doesn't
know, the people don't know and
the world doesn't know to whom
to pay attention.
Senator johnson said the
Armed Services and Appropria-
tionS Committees of Congress
will want all the facts available.
In view of the billions Of
dollars we are spending on de-
fense. we have a right 20 nave
these people weigh their words
he said I'VE have a right tc
know that when they speak the
truth is being accurately stated"
Magazine Joins Dispute
The magazine Aviation Week,
joining in a controversy which
ragged last week. said yesterday
that Russian air developments
have shocked "even the top level
and the most knowledgeable
military aviation leaders in the
Pentagon
1t criticized what it said "ap-
pears to be a deliberate decep-
tion practiced against them tthe
American people, by some of the
highest civilian officials in their
Government"
Every American, it said. should
be shocked by the Soviet air
growth. In criticizing what it
said appears to be deliberate
deception" the magazine re-
ferred particularly to statements
by Secretary Wilson that Russia
is developing a defensive air
force" and that I'VE give the
Russians credit for having air
craft that they just don't have"
Aviation Week said the Air
Forces l37-wing buildup sched-
uled for completion in 1857 is
now regarded as obsolete in the
face of the fast growing Russian
power.
U. S. Lead Wiped Out
The article by Robert Hotz.
editor of Aviation Week, said top
military men are shocked by:
!. The way Soviet progress has
virtually wiped out the technical
formerly held by the
United States.
2. The lack of adequate intelli-
gence on details of the Russian
air program.
3. Consistent misinterpreta-
ton by the top civilian heads of
the government who actually
determine United States military
policy of information made
available by intelligence agents."
In an editorial accompanying
his article, ME. Hotz said the
alarm over Russian air power is
no shallow plea for a budget
boost. This presumably referred
to the idea expressed by Senator
George. Democrat. of Georgia,
that the Pentagon may be trying
to influence Senate consideration
of the new military budget by
See AIR POWER. Page AS
Evening star., 1955-05-23
First Cuse of Polio
Listed Here This Year

The Districts first case of
polio this season was reported
today by the District Health
Department. The patient is a
4-year-old boy. living in the
1900 block of Naylor road Sc
and was described as paralytic.
Childrens Hospital officials said
the child had not received vac
cine.
Evening star., 1955-05-23
McKeIdin in Germany

FRANKFURT. Germany. May
% tP Gov Theodore R Nc
Keldin of Maryland and Dr..
Wilson Elkins. president OF the
University of Maryland, have ar
rived by plane to take part in
commencement exercises of the
university's overseas program
Friday at Heidelberg.
Evening star., 1955-05-23

optimistic, but seldom seem to
tell the full story in perspective
The fact is that the Soviet
peace offensive in Europe is
paralleled by a less spectacular
but nevertheless definite soften
ing of Communist China's bellig-
erency in the Far East.
The trend here dates from the
Asian African conference in
Bandung. when Chinese Commu-
mist Premier Chou En-lai came
carrying doves instead of daggers
This is not to say the Chinese
Communists have changed their
Red spots 1t does suggest. how
ever, that for while Chou's
expansionist policies will be
pushed by diplomatic rather
than military means,
In the Velvet Glove
Chou must keep his military
power as a threat in order to
strengthen the hand of his dip
lomats and his agents abroad.
But the general feeling in this
area is that Chou will not pull
the trigger at this time.
Perhaps this kind of peace
with-power can be kept for "a
year or longer It may take that
long for the forseeable diplomatic
steps to unfold-the release of
the American flyers held illegally
in Red China. the holding of a
Big Four Chiefs of State meeting
on European problems. and fol-
low-up Far Eastern conferences
involving at least the United
States and Red China.
In view of Chou's present atti-
tude of I-love-everybody almost,
he could hardly pick up his
weapons until he had a chance
to demonstrate that the West
was shooting down all his peace
doves. This time can not come
without months of diplomatic
maneuvering - and the United
States seems. from here. to be
intent on letting the Red peace
doves fly as long as possible to
see. where they will lead,
This fits Secretary of State
Dulles original ideas for settling
the Formosan crisis. Last Janu-
ary, President Eisenhower asked
Congress for authorization to de-
fend Formosa, the Pescadores
and related localities" s"-includ-
jng Quemoy and Matsu, if these
are essential to the defense of
the Pescadores and Formosa.
Original Idea Obtains
All the confusion that has fol-
lowed does not seem to have
changed the original thought:
If Communist China will give UP
Evening star., 1955-05-23
BULLET 7 IN
Chavez Bill Approved

The Senate Public Works
Committee today voted its
approval of the Chavez bill
for financing of new Federal
buildings to be erected in the
Southwest redevelopment area.
Chairman Chavez estimated
the total redevelopment pro-
gram there at between S14O
million and $3.50 million, with
about $40 million to be re-
quired for Federal buildings.
Evening star., 1955-05-23
Specialization
.ForParkAreas
Urged at Farley
Expansion Of Cities
Wipine Out RuroI
Spots, Delegates Hear
BY GEORGE BEVERIDGE

Immediate Federal. State and
county action to acquire unde-
veloped suburban property for
future park and recreation areas
was urged here today by plan
ming and conservation officials.
The proposals came at three
day National Conference on
Parks and Open Spaces. attend
ed by about $50 official and citi-
zen leaders at the Hotel Statler.
Gilmore D. Clarke, former
Federal Fine Arts Commission
chairman, attacked highway
proposals here which he said
would destroy park areas that
are "a national symbol" for the
Capital
In later sessions the planners
and park experts are expected
to get into more detailed criti-
cism of such proposals as the
new Constitution avenue bridge
and a high-speed parkway
through Rock Creek Park.
Threat to Countryside
But the central idea of to-
days opening meeting was that
cities explosive" expansion into
metropolitan areas is wiping out
the natural countryside areas.
c. McKim Norton, a New York
planner and new member of the
National Capital Planning Com
mission, predicted that "a trip
to the countryside" in the fu-
ture will be an overnight ex-
pedition."
AS an example, he predicted
that New York City's expansion
by 1870 will consist of "a con-
tinuous tight-packed urban
area" 40 miles north of Man
haitian and 10 miles east and
west.
Mr.. Norton also estimated
that metropolitan area living
now takes about three times the
amount of land required for de-
velopment so years ago.
Asks States Acquire Area
He contended that ordinary
police powers, such as zoning
and subdivision control, are not
adequate to preserve big recre-
alton and park areas. He urged
that States take the leadership
in acquiring these areas inme-
diately.
The New Yorker said two new
possibilities for preserving such
land are under study in some
areas
One is that a tax differential
be set as a reward" for develop
ments having very low popula-
ton densities.
The other is that States might
buy future park areas on a sort
of lease-purchase arrangement.
The States, for example. might
take a 20-year option on a big
farm or forest and pay it off in
low annual payments while the
owner continued to use it.
Series of Parleys Urged
Joseph Prendergast, director,
National Recreation Association,
urged that President Eisenhower
cali series of conferences to
consider national aspects of the
problem. Citing the drives for
a four-day week, he said Ameri-
ca is getting further and further
into IAN age of leisure" with
inadequate facilities for leisure
living
Later today, the conference
program will include reports on
controversies involving parks
throughout the Nation. Special
attention will be given to Rock
Creek Park, Roosevelt Memorial
Island and efforts to remove
Washington's eyesore tempos.
Mr.. Clarke cited the tempo
removal for reducing Federal
employment densities as one
way to case traffic congestion
and other city problems. He also
called for developed areas in
Washington providing attrac-
tive homes near work, better
parking facilities and better
mass transit in Washington.
Evening star., 1955-05-23
Quirino in Tokyo

TOKYO, May % P.-Elpidio
Quirino, ailing former president
of the Philippines, arrived here
by plane today. He plans to
spend several weeks at Atami,
nearby hot springs resort.
Evening star., 1955-05-23

Outline Of Issue in Strike Of Area
Pointers. Poee AS
Jobs are threatened with delay
by the strike Included in these
are the painting work at the
new Providence Hospital, Motion
Elementary School on Evans
road Southeast. and project
at Boiling Air Force Base.
A spokesman for the Edward
W. Minte Co, contractor on the
East Capitol Street Bridge paint
work. said his crew of 80 paint
ers did not report for work to-
day. Completion of paint work
on the new Teamsters' Union
headquarters building near
Union Station has also been de-
layed by the strike.
This is an in-betWeen pc
riod," John K. Buster, executive
secretary of the UnioR Painting
Contractors Association said. He
added there are fewer painting
Jobs in progress than usual.
No Pickets Established
Archie B. Moore. secretary of
District Council 81, AFL Paint
ers Union. said no picket lines
were set up at construction prof.
ects.
If union painters are
hired we will set up picket lines"
Mr. Moore said.
The painters want a l5-cent-
an hour increase raising their
basic rate from $3.50 an hour to
S2.95. An additional 10-cent-
an-hour raise is sought for the
period beginning May Is next
year.
The contractors have offered
a 10-cent-an-hour increase with
no additional increase for next
May
A major point of contention
in the strike is the union repre-
sentatives demand for controls
on the use of roller applicators
on paint projects. Earlier, the
union had asked for a total pro-
hibition on such devices, but later
modified their demands to limit
the size of rollers.
Employers Oppose Controls
Mr.. Buster, executive secretary
of the Painting Contractors AS
sociation. said the employers
cannot allow the union to die
tate the methods and manner in
which the work will be per-
formed"
They (the contractors state
that they cannot pass on to the
pubic ana the government Cne
cost of a wage increase while the
union refuses to use modern
methods in their trade" Mr..
Buster said.
MI. Moore said employers who
are members of the Union Mas
ter Painting Contractors Associ-
alton have signed the agreement
proposed by the union almost
100 per cent. This is a smaller
group of contractors, he said.
and does not include the major
employers in the area. He said
an estimated 400 painters work
for the smaller group and re-
ported to their jobs today as
scheduled.
Evening star., 1955-05-23
BY JAMES E. ROPER
star star Correspondent

TAIPEI, Formosa.-War ten
sion here has eased.
Diplomats and military lead
ers busily go about preparing for
the possibility of war, b,lt pri-
vately they think the chances OF
imminent combat have receded.
Official statements sometimes
sound alarming and sometimes
Evening star., 1955-05-23

Reds Rushing Another Bose Neor For
moso, NotionoIists Soy. Pose A.
Evening star., 1955-05-23
6OOPainters
Strike for Raise
Only 10 Projects
In D. c. Area PeriIed

An estimated 600 Washington
painters began a strike today TO
win their contract demands
from the Washington Onion
Painting Contractors Associa-
ton.
A spokesman for the con-
tractors said no more than 10
Evening star., 1955-05-23

Outline Of Issue in Strike Of Area
Pointers. Poee AS
Evening star., 1955-07-06
u. 5. Officials
Differ on Red
Peace Moves
BY til. Associated Pres.

A difference Of opinion has de-
veloped among United States on
|cials as to whether Moscow's cur
rent peace talk shows that Rus
sia genuinely wants to end the
cold war.
A majority Of policy makers
seem to believe such recent Rus
sian gestures as the unprece-
dented apology for shooting down
an American plane mean Moscow
at least plans to offer concessions
aimed at easing East-West ten
sion.
The Geneva summit conferences
opening July Is. in the view OF
these officials, promises to lead
TO q series Of negotiations which
could slow down the arms race
and make q start toward solving
critical European and Far East
|ern problems.
An evidently smaller group o1
officials, however, describe this
view as dangerously optimistic
They argue that no end to the
cold war is in sight and that any
concessions Russia may make will
be superficial.
Both sides appear to agree on
tone major point: Apparent agri-
cultural difficulties and the arms
burden are straining Russia's {
economy, ana so the Kremlin
Evening star., 1955-07-06

leaders would Ike q breathing
spell TO concentrate on mechan-
izing farms and building up Rus
sia's industrial base.
These two groups disagree.
however, on how much Russia
Evening star., 1955-07-06

ifs prepared to give up In order
to gain such q breathing spell
The most optimistic officials
say Russia could be pressed to
pay a sizahle price-an arms re-
lduction plan including adequate
Evening star., 1955-07-06
statute was hardly front-page

statute was hardly front-page
news.
Whatever else 1t proves. the
presence of the "Venus Among
the Turnips" at the Grand Pa
lais this week suggests that
French ofiicialdom is able to for
give and forget. It also suggests
that the International Commis-
sion Of Criminal Police is not
adamant in its position that
artistic humbuggery can be made
Ito pay. A notice posted near the
statue advises the public that:
Mr.. Cremonese, having kept
"a cast Of his celebrated Venus.
will be pleased to accept orders
for reproductions"
Evening star., 1955-07-06
BY CROSBY S. MOVES


European Correspondent of The Star
PARASITIC Fake in Art and
History" is the name of an ex-
hibit which opened here recently
sponsored by the International
Commission Of Criminal Police
and dedicated to the greater
glory of hawkshaws everywhere.
To judge from the attendance
figures, the art Of counterfeiting
rates high in the popular scheme
of things. The crowds at the
exhibit can indulge their taste
in everything phony from the
Piltdown skull to bogus Dior
evening gowns. The whole spur
ious spectrum-painting. ceram-
les, glass, lace, coins, stamps,
sculpture, furniture coats-of-
arms, musical instruments-and
even fake butterfiys, fill a total
of % rooms at the Grand Palais.
Being inveterate moralists, the
police are evidently out to prove
the point that artistic counter
feiting-like crime-is never per-
feet and doesn't pay, The only
trouble is that the public. being
ornery, seem to show special in
terest in those cases where the
authorities fell on their faces.
Gifted Donkey
There is, for example. the
painting called Sunset over the
Adriatic". by "Boronali" which
drew enthusiastic comment from
modern-art lovers at the Salon
des Independents a while ago. II
later turned out that the canvas
was really the work Of q donkey
named Aliboron. who had dis
played his talent with q paint
brush tied to his tail one evening
for the amusement Of guests in
a Partisan bistro.
There is the famous Tiara oi
Saitapharnes". king Of the
Scythes. authenticated by the
most eminent archaeologists OF
the 10th century and bought by
the Louvre for 100000 gold francs.
1t is only recently that the Louvre
has recovered from its embar-
rassment sufficiently to permit
this prize forgery to be dug out
of the museum basement where
1t has spent most of the inter-
vening time.
There is also, the collection OF
historic letters, purchased by an
incredibly gullible French acad-
emician named Michael Chasles
which included missives from
Socrates to Euclid, from Cleopa-
ira to Anthony and from Lazarus
to st. Peter-all the work of one
prolific counterfeiter, and all OF
them written in French.
Balm to the Sucker
Cases like these are soothing
balm to the soul of every ANA
teur treasure-hunter who has
ever been taken in on an "au-
thent!c" bit Of Sevres china In
a Paris antique store or burned
his fingers on an Old Master at
the flea market. But in all the
exhibit. perhaps the most heart
warming case of all is that Of
Venus Among the Turnips."
Ever since the spring day in
1887 when the Venus was
ploughed up in a turnip field in
central France she has filled q
special niche in the artistic life