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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

eral Illinois Representatives in
vited Mrs. Rigney to lunch in
the Senate Office Building.
Late today. Robert Murphy.
Deputy Undersecretary of State.
will tell her what is being done
to effect the release Of her son
and other Americans In Red
China.
Mrs. Rigney lives near the
Chicago stockyards, in the sec
ton called the back Of the
yards" area. The Back of the
Yards Council, community
group, has been trying to stir up
public sentiment to get Father
Rigney released.
Some $4,000 Catholic school
children in Chicago wrote to
President Eisenhower in Father
Rigney's behalf.
Mrs. Rigney received q letter
last week from the President.
II understand and sympathize
deeply in your distress over the
long imprisonment of Father
Rigney In Communist China"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

the President wrote. II assure
you that your Government is
doing all it can in its efforts to
effect the release of your son and
his fellow prisoners whom the
Communists are OBTAINING so un-
justif1ably -.
I'VE shall not cease our efforts
on behalf of your son and all
other prisoners until every one
of them is free"
Joseph Meegan, executive Sec
rotary of the Back of the Yards
Council, said that Bernard Shan
ley. the Presidents administra-
tive assistant, arranged Mrs.
Rignely's appointment with Mr..
Murphy.
A Belgian priest who was re-
leased by the Communists last
December said he saw Father
Rigney in Peiping's Tsao Ian TIE
Prison. Father Rigney looked
very thin and haggard," he said.
Father Rigney was charged with
giving information to the Ameri-
can military, having q broad
casting set. and sabotaging the
progressive" movement at the
university.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Kefouver Expects Defeat
Of Bricker Amendment

does not 60 far enough to cover
what he regards as the danger
Of regulating domestic law by the
treaty process.
Subcommittee Chairman Ke-
fauver does not see the need for
any addition to the Constitution,
taking the view that the Eisen-
hover compromise merely re-
states what is already the intent
of the Constitution.
Senator Kefauver said he was
disappointed" by the willing
ness of Mr.. Dulles Ito clutter
up the Constitution with un-
necessary language merely to
satisfy a vocal wing of his
party"
No Need Seen
The Tennessee Senator said
that If Congress undertook to
restate every purpose Of the
Constitution whenever a pur-
pose is questioned that docu-
ment would soon become as
thick as a mail order catalogue. :"
Mr.. Dulles also told the sub
committee he is content with
matters as they stand, but that
others whom he respects feel
that the courts have not made
1t sufficiently clear that no
treaty or agreement can be
made In conflict with the Con-
stitution.
For that reason, he said he
concurred in the Presidents
view that a simple restatement
Of the fact that treaties and
agreements cannot conflict with
the Constitution would be &C.
ceptable.
Senator Daniel. Democrat, of
Texas tried to open up a new
avenue of compromise by ask
ing Secretary Dulles If he would
agree that treaties should not
deal with matters affecting the
dealings Of American citizens
among themselves or between
themselves and their Govern
ment.
The Secretary said he would
agree with that.
"Is 1t possible to write an
amendment that would do no
harm but express that thought
in the Constitution" Senator
Daniel inquired.
Mr.. Dulles said that concept
See BRICKER, Page "A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Conferees Approve
$50 Postal PayRise
Tentative Action
Includes OK of
Reconsideration
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

House-Senate conferees today
tentatively agreed on an average
S.5 per cent postal pay raise.
The conferees then scheduled
another session later today In an
effort to complete final details on
the legislation.
Several of the conferees de.
clared that the 8.5 per cent figure
is still subject to change, but they
expressed confidence that this
figure will be the one officially
approved.
The postal pay boost would DO
retroactive to March /.
Veto Warning Given
President Eisenhower has given
implicit warning that he would
veto any postal pay boost in
excess of 7.6 per cent.
However, both the House and
Senate have approved postal pay
raises above that amount. The
Senate approved a fiat 10 per
cent postal pay boost with no re-
classification, while the House
approved an 80 per cent postal
pay-reclassification bill.
At this mornings session, the
conferees agreed to retain the
Redistribution features in the
House measure and liberalize
the average pay boost to 8.5 per
cent.
Classified Pay Bill Delayed
The Senate also has approved
a 10 per cent classified pay in
crease, but House action on clas-
sified pay has been delayed
temporarily until final congress
sional action on the postal pay
bill.
Chairman Murray Of the
House Civil Service Committee
has promised prompt action on
classified pay as soon as the
postal bill clears Congress.
Meanwhile, the administration
has let it be known that any
classified pay raise in excess Of
8 per cent might be vetoed BY
the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
House Bill Asks
VaccineContro|
Fogurty Plan Provides
For Priorities, Prices

Emergency controls over the
sale and distribution of the Salk
vaccine were proposed today in
q House bill that would vest such
authority in the Secretary Of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Representative Fogarty, DEM
ocrat, Of Rhode Island. chairman
of the House Appropriations sub
committee on Labor, Education
and Health matters, introduced
the measure. It would direct
Secretary Hobby to establish
priorities for use of the available
supply of the vaccine, Ak a unit
price for sellers, and allocate
supplies to each State and the
District.
State health departments
would establish programs, sub
ject to approval by the Federal
department, for distribution. sale
and use of the vaccine.
Provisions in the Fogarty bill
would not apply to the vaccine
supplies already purchased or
contracted for by the National
Foundation for 1nfantile Paral-
ysis, so long as such supplies are
owned by the foundation.
A maximum penalty Of two
years in prison and $4,000 fine
Is provided for violations of any
of the emergency rules made by
the Secretary of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare, or for the sale
of Salk vaccine in conflict to
programs established by State
health departments.
The bill would limit the emer-
gency period to the year ending
May 81, 1856. It provides how
ever, that the Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare
could proclaim an end to the
emergency at an earlier date If
conditions warrant.
Meanwhile, hearings probably
will start in the House soon
on the adbisability of the
Government controlling the dis
tribution of Salk polio vaccine.
With several members Of Con-
gress calling for Federal con-
trolls despite administration rec
See VACCINE, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Stassen Reveals
Ban on Bidder
Fuyoritism in FOA
Detailed to Senators
By the Associated Press

Harold E. Stassen said today
a Senate investigation has dis
closed an "effort to play favorit-
ism" in awarding a foreign aid
contract and he has barred
those involved from another
chance to bid for the work.
Mr.. Stassen said the ban ap-
plies to Robert H. Primer. the
fired project engineer for the
job: Mr.. Primers friend, Alfred
E. Poulsen of Los Angeles; the
Agricultural Construction Co.,
of which Mr.. Poulsen is vice
president, and any firm with
which either Mr.. Poulsen or Mr..
Primer is connected.
Mr.. Stassen, outgoing chief Of
the Foreign Operations Admin
istration, made his statements in
testimony before the Senate In
vestigations subcommittee.
"Caught in Middle"
He protested at one point that
his agency has been caught Gin
the middle" of pressures from
rival groups Of Congress mem
bers interested in the project,
a grain storage job in Pakistan.
But he quickly said the con-
greSSional Intervention was "in
all instances in proper manner
there wasn't anything
wrong" with what the lawmak-
erS did.
The subcommittee is investi-
eating FOA's handling of nego-
tiations for the project. The in
curry ranges around q COM
plant from Senator Symington,
Democrat, of Missouri that agri-
cultural construction was chosen
for the job despite the fact its
$2.4 million bid was nearly a
million dollars above the offers
OF two Kansas City firms.
Received No Payoff
Mr.. Primer on April Is told
the committee he had given Gin
accurate" information in his
prior sworn denials that he
leaked" helpful and confidential
information about the project to
guide Mr.. Poulsen in his bidding.
He swore, however, that he
received mo payoff". and he had
done nothing improper.
Mr.. Stassen announced that
he has carried out his previously
announced plan to reject all
bids for the project, and will
call for new ones.
'This is the only case that
established favoritism" IN FOA
negotiations, Mr.. Stassen said.
He announced, however, he has
ordered a review of all con-
tracts with which The Ralph M.
Parsons Engineering Co., the
firm through which Mr.. Primer
worked for FOA, had any con-
nection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Key General in Coalition
Booking Diem Is Killed
Gao Doi Sect Leader Hit by Fire
From Rebel Commando Gunbout

Diem said the national army also
would have voice in the final de-
cision on the committees recon-
mendations. Both the states
general and the army were ex-
pected to approve the ousting Of
the playboy ex-emperor, who has
been living on the French Riv-
iera for the past Is months.
The demands for Bao Dai's
deposition followed his cabled
order last week for Gen. Nguyen
Van Wy. supporter of his. to
supplant Mr.. Diem. The army
refused to follow Gen. Wy. who
scurried back to the hill resort
Of Dalai.
New French Support
Reports of new French sup
port and renewed United States
backing bolstered the Premier.
French officials in Paris said
last night that their government
and the United States are pre-
pared to sacrifice" Bao Dali If
his removal would promote sta
bility.
Spasmodic fighting continued,
meanwhile, between four ma
tionalist army battalions and
the broken Binh Xuyen forces
outside the capital. Only an
estimated two rebel battalions
with supporting units remained
of the 5,000-man private army
which sought to topple Mr..
Diem from power.
The insurgents were fighting a
desperate but losing rearguard
action. Gen. Vien's headquarters
were now reported to be between
Can Gioc, 10 miles south of Sal
,gon, and Go Cong, 80 miles to
the south.
Army Pursuing Rebels
MIR. Diem's pursuing army was
reported driving south along two
parallel routes s miles apart,
seeking to envelope the rebels.
Behind the advancing Nation
alist troops. huge fires blazed In
suburban Che Lon, the site of
the old Binh Xuyen headquar-
tiers. The army launched its
cleanup drive yesterday by as
saulting the last rebel strong
holds there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
South Koreu Shortens
Its Curfew Hours

SEOUL, May 3 up. - South
Korea shortened its curfew hour
today In announcing the country
would 60 on daylight saving time
Friday for the first time since
the Korean war ended.
National police said citizens
will be allowed on the streets
from 4 am. instead Of 5 am.
The II pm. curfew hour still
stands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Menon Leaving Friday
To Talk With Chou

NEW DELHI. India, May 8 up.
-Official sources said tonight
midas v. K. Krishna Menon will
leave Friday for Peiping, where
he will talk with Premier Chou
En-lai on Formosa.
Mr.. Menon is chief foreign
policy advisor to Prime Min
lister Nehru, who announced
Saturday that the trip would DO
made at the request of Mr..
Chou. The Red Premier offered
at the recent Asian-African con.
ference at Banding to negotiate
directly with the United States
over tensions in the Far East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
President to See Press

President Eisenhower will hold
a news conference tomorrow at
II am, half an hour later than
usual, the White House an
nounced today. The time was
changed because the President
will meet earlier in the morning
with Republican congressional
leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

MRS. Notvig Trio| Opens
After Delay Move Fails

since last September, amid much
shouting and Disappointing
were thrown into special con-
fusion twice. Once was when Mrs.
Natvig recanted.
The other turnabout incident
involved a self-confessed ex-
Communist, a. dairy farmer
named Lowell Watson. who re-
turned to the stand to take back
earlier testimony about Mr..
Lambs Communist sympathies.
His charges were, he said the
result of constant and consistent
coaching, conditioning and mis-
leading conversation" on the
part of FEC staff members.
No action has been taken by
the Department of Justice
against Mr.. Watson. There is
reason to believe that the whole
question of the Governments
use of informers could be affected
by the outcome of the Natvig
trial.
On her first appearance on the
stand at the Lamb hearings in
october, Mrs. Natvtg, an un-
usually fluent witness (FCC
Examiner Herbert Sharfman
later called her completely in
credible~. related that Mr..
Lamb had been introduced to
her at a 1896 Ohio Communist
meeting as "Comrade Lamb who
has been doing such an excellent
job for the party"
Flip-FlOp
When she returned in Febru-
airy. however, it was to reverse
herself completely, as the result,
she said, of "a nightmare awak-
ening" in Tallahassee.
She insisted that she had told
her tales of sharing Communist
sympathies as well as hotel &C
commodations with Mr.. Lamb
because she had been "coerced"
a n d "brainwashed" by Mr..
Powell. Mr.. Powell from his sick
bed called the charges obviously
the baldest kind of irresponsible
Justification"
Mrs. Natvig also testified in
February that she had told an
FBI agent in October that she
wanted to repudiate her testi-
mony. But she said he had
warned her of "dire conse-
quences" If she had lied under
oath.
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Picture on Pose AS
was chosen and the Government
began its opening statement.


was chosen and the Government
began its opening statement.
Attorneys for the turnabout
witness, Jean F. and John j
Dwyer, had asked that the trial
be postponed until such time al
his doctor pronounced former
FEC Attorney Walter r. Powell
jr., fit to take the stand. An in
dependent physician, DR.. Der.
nard Walsh, designated by the
court, confirmed the diagnosis Of
Mr.. Powell's own doctor, Clayton
B. Ethridge, that Mr.. Powell was
not equal to the "emotiona
strain Of testifying in court fol
at least two months"
Attorney Opposes Plan
Judge Holtzoff, in a bench
conference, told defense attor-
neys they could take a deposi-
ton from Mr.. Powell. This
would mean that Mr.. Powell. who
Mrs. Natvig says "coerced" and
"brainwashed" her into linking
Publisher Edward o. Lamb with
Communist causes, could sit
down quietly in an Office with
defense and Government law
yers and a stenographer and tell
his story.
But Mrs. Dwyer said she did
not plan to follow this course
with Mr.. Powell.
"You can't judge a persons
demeanor from a deposition, u
she said. II wanted the jury to
see what kind of a man he is
and form their own conclusions. u
Mrs. Natvig, who differs with
the Government on when she
was lying during the Lamb
hearing, was on band this morn
ing dressed in a navy and red
checked dress, navy blue hat and
red shoes. She told reporters
she was feeling fine except for
a slight eye ailment.
"No Reason to Cry Yet"
IF I wipe my eyes," she said,
don't say I'm crying. I have
no reason to cry yet"
Lawrence S. Lesser, attorney
for Mr.. Powell, reported that
Mr.. Powell's doctor said Mr..
Powell could attend to work on
a part-time basis. but that he
could not be subjected to any
emotional strain or activity at
this time"
Mrs. Natvig, 51-year-old Flor
ida divorce, is a self -confessed
false witness. She once said of
herself: "Only an idiot would
have put any credence in what
said" Ironically. in endeavoring
to prove her liar, the Govern
ment disputes this statement.
None Of the seven counts in
the indictment Of Mrs. Natvig
bear on the central issue of the
Lamb hearings, which are in
recess until May 8. The question
there is whether or not Mr.. Lamb,
who has called the proceedings
"a horrible frameup," misrepre-
sented alleged Communist as
sociations and donations in pre-
vious applications before the
FEC.
These hearings, which have
been going on intermittently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Hair Cuts $1.75

DETROIT, May 8 P.-Detroit
BARRIERS will start charging SITS
for a haircut May II. They now
charge $1.50. The increase was
voted last night at a joint meet
ing of the AFL BARRIERS Union
and the AFL BARRIERS Employers
Guild. The increase will affect
$500 BARRIERS In 1,400 union
shops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
BULLETIN

SAIGON P).-Gen. Trinh
Mimi The, top Gao Dali gen.
eral and one of the chief sup
pOrters Of the free Wet Nam
Revolutionary Committee, was
killed in action tonight. He
was. fired on by Binh Xuyen
cOmmandOS in an armOred
gunboat and died instantly.
SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
May 8 (P.-Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem's nationalist army has
been joined by hard hitting
troops of the Gao Dali religious
sect in a final offensive against
the Binh Xuyen rebels, the de-
Tense ministry announced to-
night.
The black-cIad Gao Dali forces,
commanded by Gen. TRIM Mini
The, once were allied with the
Binh Xuyen Society and the Hoa
Hao sect in a united front de-
manding Mr.. Diem's resignation.
But Gen. The switched sides
three months ago. He Withdrew
from the alliance when the Binh
Xuyen leader, Gen. lie Van Wen,
rejected demands that the anti
government campaign avoid
armed struggle.
Now Gen. The has thrown four
battalions Of his troops, perhaps
2,400 men, to Mr.. Diem's support
and is helping in the mopup of
Gen. Vien's battered force Of
1000 men on Saigon's outskirts.
Pushing His Advantage
Gen. The and his aides, all
anti-C Communists and anti
colonialists, also are co-operat-
ing in Mr.. Diem's consolidation
Of his advantage on the political
front over absentee Chief of
State Bao Dai.
The Premier formally convoked
a states general an assembly
Of political party representatives
and municipal and provincial
officials to pass Judgment on
the national revolutionary COM
mittee's week end recommended
ton to depose Bao Dali. The as
sembly was called to meet in
Saigon tomorrow.
In a nationwide broadcast, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
BY MARY McGRORY

Judge Alexander Holtzoff of
the U. s. District Court for the
District of Columbia ruled today
that Mrs. Marie. Natvig must
stand trial now for perjury, de-
spite the absence Of the Govern
ment lawyer she says "coerced''
her into giving false testimony In
the Lamb case.
Shortly after the ruling a jury
Of eight women and four men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
DAVY CROCKETT'S
FIRST RACCOON

NINE YEARS oLD-Dovy Crockett
gets his first roeeoon in the third
chapter Of the life story Of the famous
frontiersmon by Enid La Monte
Meodoweroft. Pose AS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight with low about 81. Fair and
warm tomorrow. Gentle, variable winds.
Fun report on Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

Temperatures Today
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-09-10
Indian Envoy Says
No Thanks to
Houston Invitation

HOUSTON, Tex. - (ANP)-G.
l.. Mehta, Indian ambassador to
the United States, politely refus-
ed an invitation from Houston's
mayor to dine in the city airport
restaurant, the Horizon House.
Mehta stopped briefly at the
airport where last week an inter-
national incident was created
when he and his secretary were
forced TO eat in a segregated sec
ton of the restaurant.
When Mehta arrived here en-
route back TO Washington from
Mexico City he was met at the
airport by large delegation,
headed by Mayor Roy Hofheintz,
and consisting OF several civic
leaders.
Hofheinz and General Alec
Adams, British consul general, in
vited Mehta and his secretary to
be their guests at lunch in the
Horizon House, but the ambassa-
dor politely declined the invita-
ton.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-09-10
Bowles Predicts
Violence Here In
Indignation Fight

MANNING, S. c. - CAMP -
Bryant w. Bowles, president of
the defunct National Association
for the Advancement of White
People, found a new outlet for
his vocal hatred at meeting of
the Ku Klux Khan.
Bowles criticized two news
papers and Mrs. Eleanor RooSe-
welt before 1000 people, only four
of whom wore Khan robes.
He said violence would result
from attempts to integrate schools
in st. Petersburg and Miami,
Fla, because "they have Jews
there"
BowleS attacked the Charlotte,
N. c. Observer and the Florence
Morning News because both pa
perS have been outspoken in OPP
posing the revival of the Klan.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-09-10
New York Age
Defender Marks
18th Birthday

NEW YORK 49, CAMP - The
New York Age Defender, one OF
the country's oldest newspapers,
marked its 18th anniversary with
a special 32-page edition last
week.
The paper was founded in 1880
as the Rumor; II was renamed the
Globe in 1888 and the Freeman
in 1895. u became the New York
Age in 1897.
The Are Is part Of the Defen-
der prabNcstions a grotg~ ~ sir
weekly newspapers published In
different cities.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-09-10
5000 See Body Of Chicago
Younqster Slain In Mississippi

preceded TillaS' Staying was
given. Mrs. Wright, SIS, of Money,
TilTs aunt, and Curtis Jones, IL,
of Chicago, THIS cousin, told Of
ficials 'they were out to mob the
boy"
Mrs. Wright said she "heard
men at the door and ran to EN-
mett'S room and tried to wake
him. thought l could get him
out the back door into the cotton
fields. But they were in the front
door before l could shake him
awake"
Jones said he heard Moses
Wright make a futile plea that
instead of taking Till away they
whip him. He said Bryant and
Milan went from room to room
shining a flaShlight into the face
of others in the home until they
found Till.
Wright, the uncle with whom
Till was visiting said:
IF l had just know he had
done something wrong l could
have gotten him away from here
Then he wouldn't have been kill
ed. But I didn't hear about il
until too late"
Meanwhile, government officials
organizations and individuals have
protested the murder of the youth
and demanded a complete inves-
tigatiOn.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-09-10
Attention DIT. Elks

All members of Greater Miami
Temple No. 100 Daughter Elks
are requested TO be present on
Wednesday, Sept. IA promptly at
z pm. All daughters owing dues,
taxes and fines TO the amount OF
$500 please pay up. All members
Owing dues, taxes and fines TO the
amount OF $500 names will be
dropped from the roll in this
meeting. A committee will be APP
pointed for husbands and sweet
hearts night. DIT. Serena Green,
the representative from the
temple TO the Elks National Con-
vention will give the highlights
of the Atlantic City Convention.
The daughter deputy Marie White
who has just returned will be
present TO perfect plans for a
mammoth membership drive and
fund raising campaign.
DIT. Evelyn Robinson Of 267
NV 18th ST. Is convalescing at her
home. Pay her a visit, send flow
ers or a card, IL will help TO cheer
her. Again we urgently request
that you be present on Wednes-
day. Don't forget your badge.
Mrs. Ellen Taylor, Dt. ruler
Miss Alta Screen, secretary
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-09-10

June Melody Club and Lodge NO.
l3, of the quo of PB Monday
night at St. Agnes Parish Hall.
Miss Spicer captivated the audi
ence with her superb renditions
of selections from such masters In
music as Nicholai, Setnson, Del
Riego, Bizet, Mana yucca, Hall
Johnson and number OF others.
Prof. Linton Berrien accompan-
led Miss Spicer at the piano and
Elliott j. Pieze served as M. c.
for the occasion.