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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
u. S. Probes Unpaid Jobs
Held by Businessmen

the Government and from the
ESQ Export Corp, of which he
formerly was vice president.
ut would be idle" the Presi-
dent said. Ito employ as a con-
sultant anyone who didn't know
something about the petroleum
business. He is bound to come
from the petroleum industry"
2. Mr.. Barnes said the Gov
eminent is challenging the right
of Secretary of State Dulles
former law firm to defend two
oil companies against a 500
million suit by the Government
for alleged overcharging on for
|eign Oil shipments. The firm,
which Mr.. Dulles left just before
becoming Secretary of State. is
Sullivan e. Cromwell OF New
York. now headed by Arthur
Dean.
Mr.. Barnes commended an at
torney for the firm, Garfield
Horn. acquired specialized knowl-
edge of the case while serving
abroad from 1949 to 1851 with
the Economic Cooperation
Administration.
On Leave From Caltex
Mr.. Barnes named the Interior
Department official removed as
Franz Won Schilling. whom he
identified as an Official on leave
from the Caltex Oil Products
Co., part of the Caltex group
owned jointly by Standard Oil
of California and the Texas Co.
He said his division has no
criticism of the actions Of the
committee Mr.. Won Schilling
headed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Western Civilization in Retreat

Light over the whole Of Eu-
rope; the other over the whole
of the Orient.
The viii to power is not q
will to war. The West, far
more than the Soviets, let
alone China, has reason to
fear another war. simply be-
cause 1t is more vulnerable
and has proportionately more
to lose. Modern war is the
enemy Of high personal. living
standards, and the more one
has of them the more vulner-
able one is.
But the will to power does
involve the will to resist, the
will to be right and to over
come what Is not right, the
will to preserve the greatest in
ones cultural inheritance. and
the will to sacrifice.
The strength OF the West
will surely be tested II, or
when, the Soviets achieve the
material goal they have set
themselves of becoming the
industrial equal Of the United
States.
They have not the slightest
doubt that they are right, that
historical developments are
on their side and in their
hands, and that the future
is with communism. There
fore they sacrifice the present
to the future, the individual
to the community, and have
no doubt whatever of q Rus
sian mission to make over the
earth and mankind.
No antispirit will Illustrate
them. Only a positive and af-
firmatiye renaissance Of mind,
spirit and will.
Relssssd By The Bell syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Pressure Is Being Exerted to Cancel
u. S. Promises on Defense of Islands

Despite the pressure on
Washington for a settlement"
in the Far East from our
European allies and from
India. which is now assuming
the role of spokesman for the
free nations of Asia, President
Eisenhower and Secretary
Dulles feel strongly that they
cannot abandon Americas
pledged support of Nationalist
China.
Our reneging on the official
and secret commitments we
assumed last winter would
have a disastrous effect on the
Korean republic, the Philip
pines. Thailand and less di-
rectly on Japan.
Despite some diplomatic
double talk. this country has
committed itself to help defend
not only Formosa and the
Pescadores but also Quemoy
and Matsu to keep them from
falling into Communist hands.
Here is the chronological story
Of a little-publicized formal
American pledge as told to this
reporter by reliable American
sources:
Last winter when 1t looked
as if the Chinese Communists
would attack the Tachen Is
lands and we wanted to avoid
a conflict in Asia, Chinese
Nationalist Foreign Minister
George Yeh, who was at that
time In Washington to discuss
the mutual assistance treaty,
called on Secretary of State
Dulles.
Mr. Dulles told Mr.. Yeh that
according to the views of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff the
Tachens would be a poor place
for the Nationalist to fight
the Communists. He urged
Mr.. Yeh to ask Chang Kali
shek to agree to abandon that
outpost. On his own initiative
the Secretary suggested an
American commitment to de-
fend Quemoy, which our mill
tary experts considered an i'm
portant gateway to Formosa.
Mr.. Yeh did as he was
asked. After some delay
Chang replied that he would
be willing to consider the
evacuation Of the Nationalist
forces on the Tachens but he
asked that the Matsus be in
cluded in the Formosa defense
periphery. While these latter
did not offer the same de-
Tense facilities as Quemoy,
they were considered by the
Chinese military as important
stepping stones toward For
mosa.
After short negotiations and
consultation with the White
House, Mr.. Dulles agreed to the
defense Of the Matsus and a
protocol to that effect was
signed. 1t was considered
necessary for political reasons
that the agreement concern
ing the offshore islands be kept
separate from the treaty re-
garding Formosa itself. Chang
consented to evacuate the mill
tary and civilians from the
Tachens and an imposing
American air and naval force
was dispatched to protect the
evacuation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05

Assistant Attorney General
Stanley N. Barnes says his anti
trust division has started a new
|probe into the kino of unpaid
government jobs held by busi-
Inessmen.
He coupled the announcement
to a House Judiciary subcom-
mittee yesterday with disclosure
that an oil company official had
been removed as head of an In
terror Department advisory
group on foreign oil supplies.
Mr.. Barnes said such cases in
Ivolve "a borderland Of law and
ethics"
| Chairman Philip Young of
the Civil Service Commission.
appearing before the same sub
committee, said three. other
businessmen on loan from their
private companies had been
found In operating" positions
where they should not have been.
He said these were the only
three cases of the kind found
under the Eisenhower admins
|tration and "all three were cor
Irected voluntarily when called
to the agencies attention by the
Civil Service Commission"
Appointment Defended
In related developments:
/. President Eisenhower, at
his news conference. defended
the employment of Brig. Gen.
wv. w. White as head of the
Defense Departments Petroleum
Logistics Division. He said the
law permits him. as a reserve
officer. to draw pay both from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05

In the meantime President
Eisenhower made public
statement concerning the off,
cial treaty with Formosa and
the agreement on the part of
the Nationalist government to
remove its forces from the
Tachens. The tenor of his
statement worried Chang,
since the President made not
even a yelled reference to the
offshore islands. Chang or
dered halt to the evacuation
and instructed Mr.. Yeh to see
the Chief Executive himself.
Mr.. Yeh went to the White
House and explained Chiang's
hesitations and fears. He also
explained that while the Ma
tionalist government appreci-
ated the political considera-
tions which kept the Chief
Executive from making our
commitment public it might
prove useful if Mr.. Eisenhower
gave positive assurances to
Chang concerning the Matsus
and Quemoy. This was done
and the Tachen execution pro-
ceeded within the next "a
hours without any further in
cidents. At the same time, at
our suggestion, the garrisons
of the Nationalist held off,
shore islands were greatly in
creased and with Our assist
ance the natural defense of the
rocky archipelagoes was per-
fected to a point where they
have become as "impregnable"
ne onvf IiFor no., La ithaca loxr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
Democrocies Are Losing Will to Power
As Soviet Technology Presses Ahead

Marshal Bulganin suggested
lin regard to German reunifl-
cation), the time is appropri-
ate.
The present outbreak Of en-
thusiastic good will in the
United States seems to this
columnist almost as fatuous
as the period of bluster. bluff
and braggadocio which pre-
ceded it. Sometimes my coun-
try seems to me like a big dog
that barks and bares Its teeth
to a stranger and delightedly
wags It's tail when the stranger
good = naturally scratches its
ear.
If one compares today's atti-
tude of the American press on
Russia with that OF a year ago
Cor much less) it is as though
we were reading about two diff
ferent countries and systems.
Changes have occurred in
Russia and here. Change is
a law of life. But there has
been no change in the chal-
lenge that the Communist
world offers to the most basic
tenets Of the civilization that
for hundreds Of years has been
the most dynamic on this
planet.
What we see is the retreat
of Western power and Western
civilization. Retreats either
reverse themselves or eventu-
ally become routs. Morally
and Intellectually the West
has progressively been losing
its will. The only states today
with the will to power are the
Soviet Union and Red China
the one casting Its shadow Cor.
from its own viewpoint, Its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05

Indian experts who toured
the Soviet Union some months
ago turned in a candid. con-
fidential report, the gist Of
which is now public.
To me the most interesting
item in the report deals with
the technical level Of Soviet
development. The Indians
found the Soviets only six or
seven years behind the United
States and Western Germany.
and the European satellites
including East Germany rap
idly being converted into a
quite formidable and self-suf-
ficient economic zone.
The human means by which
this is being accomplished
"a very big carrot and very
big sticks irrelevant to the
general power picture. II the
Indian experts are correct. the
Soviet Union needs six or seven
years to catch up with and
eventually surpass the tech
nology of the most advanced
Western countries. This can
only be accomplished In a pc
Rod of relaxed tensions calcu-
lated to slow down the Compel
tive energies Of the West; Of
stimulated international trade
and cultural exchanges to put
the knowledge and resources Of
the still admittedly superior
West at the disposal Of the
Soviets, and the maintenance
for this period, and for this
period alone, Of the present
balance Of power" on the basis
OF the status quo: No forcing Of
the Formosa issue; no ending
Of the German division; no
forcing Of any issue until, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05

President Eisenhower's pre-
diction before last years con-
gressional elections that, II
the Democratic Party were
given control of Congress. "a
cold war of partisan politics"
could ensue has been borne
out by the record.
Though Mr.. Eisenhower did
not refer to the speech of
october 8. 1854, delivered at
Denver, urging the American
people to elect a Republican
Congress, the President at his
press conference yesterday
made almost the identical
points in revealing his dis
appointment over the Demo-
cratic Party's behavior.
There has been an impress
sion that MIR. Eisenhower in
his Denver address-which was
made before a Republican
Precinct Day rally-had ref
erence to a cold war" solely
in foreign affairs. Actually
his fears concerned almost en-
tirely a "cold war" in the field
of domestic legislation. This
is exactly what the President
said in his 1854 address:
I'VE must continue to foster
the growth of a free economy
to provide more jobs and high
er living standards.
1--WE must continue our ef-
forts to cut the cost Of Gov
eminent, so we can cut taxes
still more.
1--WE must continue each
year to improve our peace
time farm program.
1--WE must have q vast new
highway program.
1--WE must expand our foreign
trade and American invest
ment abroad. We must ex-
pand markets for Americas
farms and factories, If we are
to keep prosperity within our
own land.
I'VE must write into law q
national water resources pro-
gram.
1--WE must help our people
meet their critical health and
medical needs. while repudiat-
ing socialization Of medicine.
I'VE must ind ways to en-
courage communities to pro-
vide the schoolhouses they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
Order to Naval Hospitals
Stresses Public Relations

ing that the visitors viewpoint
may be colored by his anxious
attitude concerning the possible
outcome of the patients illness
or injury, such understanding
will aid considerably in reason~
able and proper handling Of
visitors.
Excellent medical care in it,
self is basic. although it is not
sufficient no institution nor
individual can successfully thrive
without good public opinion.
Good public opinion is only
obtained by good deeds and good
reporting. The visitors to our
hospitals will become our pub
lie relations disciples If our good
deeds are observed by them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike keeps guessing to whether he'll again.
Republicans say he's holding out for four-day week
Soviet Premier Bulgann rejects kes proposal for
change Of military SECRETS The Russians honorable
They refuse to take anything free that they steal
Washington residents suffering through transit strike
wonder which Ike will be able to launch FIRST earth sate
nte-or q streetcar.
United States airen return freedom from Red
China n-washing business out to be flop.
Through oversight Communist scientists forgot invent
SOAP
Definition Of a bureaucrat: Washington official who
fuses to make mistake until it's been cleared at the White
House by Sherman Adams.
Congressman travelling the far of the earth this
Congressman loves his home district Either he's
running in it-or away from it,
Russia shoots of more A-bombs Next time let's all go to
the summit It's about the only place left that's safe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
Democrats in Congress Have Blocked
PROGRESS With Political Cold War

need, and to improve oppor-
tunities for their schoolteach.
ers.
eve must build a new and
effective reserve program for
our armed forces.
I'VE must begin to unravel
the confused relations between
the Federal, State and local
governments, and make still
more improvements in the or
ganization of the Federal Gov
eminent.
I'VE must drive through
partisan distractions to
achieve statehood for Hawaii,
to lower the voting age in Fed
eral elections, and to make our
promised changes in the labor
management laws.
I'VE must continue our his
toric advance in the vital area
of civil rights.
I'VE must vigorously push
all constructive measures for
promoting world peace. always
strong and secure, but always
fair and conciliatory.
Nov, my friends, a cold war
of partisan politics between
the Congress and the executive
branch won't give us these
goals.
And this brings up q polit-
ical fact of life. You know per-
fectly well that you just can't
have one car with two drivers
at the steering wheel and ex-
pect to end up any place but
in the ditch-especially when
the drivers are set on going in
different directions. By the
same token. you cannot have
efficient Federal Government
when the Congress wants to
follow one philosophy Of gov
eminent and the executive
branch another.
"In our system of govern
ment. progress is made when
the leaders Of the executive
branch and the majority
party Of the Congress are
members of the same political
party. The unsurpassed rec
ord Of the Esd Congress Gre
publican-controlled in both
houses) Is shining evidence
of this truth. Moreover, In no
other way can Americans hold
one party and one group OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05
Distinguished Journalist Lives High,
Disdoins Other Newsmen in Egypt

Information Ministry.
Shepilov, secretary and In
terpreter, went to the Semi
ramis Hotel where they ar
ranged to lunch Immediately
with Mohammed Omar. who Is
in charge of keeping the press
happy.
At lunch Shepilov waved
the menu aside and ordered
soup and simple boiled chicken.
He explained through his in
terpreter that he thinks he
is too fat and should reduce,
also that he suffers from In
digestion and had to stop
smoking eight years ago. To
drink, he ordered French wine,
which he gulped in large guam
titles while eating.
He then donned his official
hat. instructing Omar to ar
range for him an exclusive
interview with Nasser and
every member of the ruling
army junta. He asked to have
a press conference called with
Egyptian reporters, to whom
he would explain Russia's
desire for friendship and CO.
existence with all peoples.
Communism is not for ex-
port, he said. A new conception
exists in Russia which allows
every country to have its own
way Of life provided they will
live in peace. The Soviet Union
has nothing but sincere friend
ship for Egypt, the Middle East
and the world at large.
While speaking, Shepilov be-
gan to help himself to large
portions Of spicy meat and rice
from his secretary's plate. The
secretary rebuffed a suggestion
that more be ordered. saying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-05

ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. Aug.
5.-The comrades are coming
to all parts Of the world and
the celebrations honoring the
third anniversary Of the Egyp-
tan revolution are no excep-
ton.
Moscow was informed that
"a distinguished Soviet jour-
nalist" would be welcome to
join the world press corps
which had been invited to be
Prime Minister Nasser's guests
on this salubrious occasion.
The invitation was accepted by
the editor Of Pravda, Dimitri
Shepilov.
Shepilov affords an illumi-
mating commentary on the
Soviet press. In addition to
being editor of Pravda, he is
president of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee Of the Su-
preme Soviet and first assist
ant secretary Of the Commu-
mist Party.
By comparison. this makes
such deans of the American
press as Walter Lippmann and
Arthur Krock very small po-
tatoes, indeed. In fact, the
grapevine has it that Shepilov
is the probable successor to
Molotov.
In contrast to the capitalist
press. which, as usual, arrived
Juggling its own typewriters,
the representative of the die
tatorship of the proletariat ar
rived en- suite on an Air France
plane with his secretary, his
interpreter and three special
assistants. The special as
slstants went directly to the
Russian Embassy and have not
since been seen by the Egyptian
, 1955-07-14
THURSDAY, JULY IA, 1855
Continued from page p

(COntlnued from page ~ -
this information for at least one such area each in St Thomas
and in ST. Croix.
(d1 That the Government of the Virgin Islands shall es-
tabish adequate administrative machinery, through the use
Of existing or new agencies, as the need may be, to carry out
the purposes and operations outlined in this program.
(l That the Government Of the Virgin Islands shall pro-
vide and allocate sufficient funds for the operation of the
aforesaid administrative machinery and to qualify the Virgin
Islands for financial assistance by the Federal Government
for such projects in the fields of slum clearance, urban re-
development and renewal, and loW-rent public housing, as
may be applied for by the Government OF the VIRGIN lslands
or it's duly qualified agencies and as may be approved blythe
Federal Government.
C) That all available resources shall be employed to as
SIRE ADEQUATE relocation facilities, both public and private,
for families and persons displaced by governmental actioon.
lg) That participation by private industry and capital, as
well as COMMUNICATIVE cooperation in these undertakings
shall be solicited and encouraged.
, 1955-07-14

funds in the General Fund of the Treasury Of the Virgin Is
lands not otherwise appropriated for expenditure during the
period beginning April /, 1855 an bending June 80, 1856, for
the purposes hereinafter expressly named:
, 1955-07-14

BILL NO. IS
THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
+ H UNITED STATES
Regular Session 1855
10 Fix the Regular Expenses of the Department OF Public
Safety for the Period April l. 1855 TO June 80. 1855.
and for other Purposes.
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands
IN session assembled:
, 1955-07-14

SECTION ]. The following sums for salaries and ex7
penses, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
appropriated for the Department of Public Safety out of any
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-09
North Carolina 4-H'er Wins Trip To CHICAGO

Bobby Smith, 10, of Belvidere,
is among "a All Club members in
the Nation to attend the National
All Club Congress in Chicago, as
a Sectional winner in the All
Achievement program. This
award, one of the highest honors
a All Club member can obtain,
is provided by the Ford Motor
Company.
His selection as q sectional
winner in the program was based
on project accomplishment as
well as club and community
achievements.
Bobby began his All career in
1916, and completed 120 projects
and activities. He participated in
every All project and activity
offered him. He has raised $50
chickens, harvested 140 acres of
corn, cotton. soybeans. and pea
nuts, worked 143 acres of garden.
cared for 102 acres OF forest lands
and planted 5000 trees. has 1926
acres of land under proper soil
conservation management, fed
305 hogs, corrected $50 accident
hazards and made 103 improve
ments in his home grounds beau.
LITIGATION project. His other prof.
ects include electric, arts and
crafts, tractor maintenance, and
entomology.
He was a 1884 National All
''', winner ana received :
$500 scholarship and was South.
ern Regional N.J.V.G.A. winner
and awarded a 5000 scholarship.
He was county All achievement
winner three years and winner of
the 1854 Horace Layden Memo
rial award cup for character,
This program is conducted un
tive Extension Service.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-09
INTERRUPTION OF
ENGELHARD PHONE
SERVICE PLANNED
New Central Office. Also To
House Radio Link With Ocra-
coke. To Be Put In Use
Saturday Night

Telephone service for some Ice
subscribers served by the Engel-
hard exchange will be interrupted
for about seven hours during the
late evening of Saturday, Deem
Der 10, and early morning of Sun
day, December IL. The service in
terruption will come between the
hours of ten o'clock in the evening
and five o'clock the following
morning. Emergency long-distance
service, however, will be available
at the site of the new central Of
flee located on Roper Lane in
Engelhard.
This information was disclosed
today by X. C. Wilkinson, who
stated that the service Interrupt
ton will be necessary in order to
allow telephone company techni-
clans to transfer central office
equipment from the old telephone
building to the new building,
which was completed late in
November.
The necessity for construction of
the new building was brought
about following the telephone COM
pany's decision to provide service
to Ocracoke Island. The new build
ing will have ample space for
housing both central office equip
ment for Engelhard and radio
equipment for the provision of
service to Ocracoke Island. In
addition to providing housing
space for this equipment, the
new building will have ade-
quate space for further equipment
installation to keep pace with the
growth of Engelhard.
New central office equipment for
Engelhard is not necessary at this
time, the telephone manager
stated, since existing equipment is
modern and adequate for the
present situation.
Built to withstand hurricane
winds and afford protection from
high water, the new reinforced
building will have a floor level five
feet above the ground. In addition
a permanent emergency generator
will be installed in the building fol
use in event of commercial power
failure.
A 150-foot tower outside the new
building will receive and transmit
telephone calls to Ocracoke. Lane
lines from Engelhard to Washing
ton will connect the island to the
outside world. The radio tower is
designed to withstand winds in ex-
cess of 126 miles per hour.