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Evening star., 1955-10-28
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Senator William r. Knowland
of California. Republican leade,
Of the Senate. today opposed q
mutual defense pact with Soviet
Russia until Soviet forces have
been withdrawn from the satel-
lite states Of Eastern Europe
followed by free elections held
under United Nations supervi-
sion.
The California Senator warned
that the chief Soviet objective
sis TO build a neutral wall in
Eastern Europe extending from
Austria through Germany to the
Scandinavian countries In the
north"
THE British proposal Of 1858, =
said Senator Knowland, in q
speech delivered before the Ma
tional Conference OF Business
Paper Editors at the Statlei
Hotel. now being pressed again
for a mutual defense pact with
the Soviet Union and the satel-
Evening star., 1955-10-28
HOOSIER FARMERS
VOICE PESSIMISM

DOWNWARD sPlRAL-From Indi-
ono. Star Staff Correspondent Joseph
Fox reports gloom from Hoosier forms.
much Of it bosed on increased prices
on equipment due to the recent steel
outo wose increases. His report. one
Of q series, is on pose A.
ARLINGTON PLUM PuDDING-A
political pudding is cooking Ia Airing
ton where one Of the Stote's juieiest
plums is ot stake IN the roce for
county treasurer For background on
the fight Of Democrats to loosen the
Republicans l6-yeor-oId grip on the
office, see Alex R. Presson's story on
poae BIZ.
Evening star., 1955-10-28

sleep. At 8 p. m. relatives were
notified he had suddenly weak
ened and was rapidly sinking.
Funeral services viii be held
at II am. Monday from Hamline
Methodist Church. Sixteenth
and Allison streets NV. Burial
will be in the family rnausoleu1n
at Fort Lincoln Cemetery with
the Masonic Order In charge.
The body is at s. n. Hines fu-
neral home, 290l Fourteenth
street NV.
The body viii lie In state al
the funeral home from Z to 10
pm. today. and from 8 am. 70
10 pm. tomorrow and Sunday.
Last week end Mr.. Griffith, who
entered the hospital october Is
for treatment Of neuritis. suf-
fered hemorrhages Of the storn-
ach and there was scant hope for
survival. But he battled cou-
Evening star., 1955-10-28
KnowIond Hits Proposal
For Poet With Russio

lite states. win cause the cap
tive people of Eastern Europe
to feel that they have been twice
betrayed"
One Of the main subjects Of
discussion at the four-power
Geneva conference OF foreign
ministers which opened today, is
German unification. Senator
Knowland said In his address:
I'VE, Of course. want a free
and united Germany, but not at
the price of permanently en-
slayed Hungary. Poland. Czecho-
sloyakia, Rumania, Bulgaria. Al
bania. I.atvia. Estonia and Lith-
uania."
The Senator insisted that basic
causes of tension existing prior
to the Geneva summit" meeting
still exist and confront Secre-
tary Dulles and the foreign min
listers during the current Geneva
meetings.
These, he said, include failure
to agree on an adequate system
See EUROPE, Page Ala
Evening star., 1955-10-28
BY CROSBY s. MOVES
Euronean correspondent Of The sta

| D
GENEVA. Oct. 28.-The Big
Four conference has opened in
what might best be described as
q here-we-go-again atmosphere.
From the point Of view Of cor
respondents 1t Is natural enough.
For most Of them the pilgrimage
to Geneva has become a kind Of
semiannual ceremony-a. routine
grown familiar In the course Of
the last two years. =
Today returning reporters are
greeted with open arms by old
friends In the hotel business. In
the general reunion atmosphere
the most common question is
what have you been up to since
i saw you here last July?"
The mechanics of high level
diplomacy have settled into a
well-worn groove. Like homing
pigeons. reporters from all over
Europe follow the familiar path
to press headquarters. Accredi-
tation is easy for veterans Of pre-
vious Geneva conferences.
BY and large the returning
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Police Holding Suspect
In Oxon Hill SIoying

body was found last night. said
Mr.. Birkett was badly scratched
lon the arms.
This led to speculation that
the body may have been dragged
Through q barbed wire fence at
the edge Of the project. or that
the victim engaged In q struggle
before his death.
Blood Stains Found
Blood stains were found In q
trail leading to nearby woods
along Winslow road. q new
street In the subdivision.
During the night, detective.
questioned the girl, whom po.
lice refused to identity. She coule
offer no clues TO the murder. ac.
Icording to Sergt. Emmet Gray.
A lookout was broadcast fol
the dead mans car. a 1949 ma
room Ford sedan with Missour
tags. Two windows were broker
|on the drivers side.
Sergt. Gray said Mr.. Birkett
who was employed by q con.
|struction firm in Hyattsville. wa.
shot twice in the right side. DR.
James /. Boyd, deputy medica,
examiner for Prince George.
County, said he had been deat
Ia short time when found.
Because the body was found
several miles from the route
Mr.. Birkett would have taken
to reach the girls home in
Forestville. police theorized that
he may have been shot In his
car and his body dumped In
the development. Also. only a
very small amount Of blood was
Continued on Page A-20. Col. /
Evening star., 1955-10-28
French Morocco Begins
Feust Of Mohommed

RABAT. French Morocco, Oct,
l28 (R.--The Moslem feast day
commemorating the birth OF the
Prophet Mohammed began In
troubled French Morocco today
amid pleas for calm. No violence
was reported.
The Istiqlal, Morocco's strong
est Nationalist party. issued q
statement urging that today's
celebration be marked with "dig-
nifty"
Evening star., 1955-10-28

rageously. even after a lung
congestion set in. and daily bull
letins reported progressive I'M
provement.
Hundreds Of letters from all
over the world poured in to en-
courage the former stout
hearted pitcher and manager
who has been linked with Wash
Continued on Page AS, Col. l
Evening star., 1955-10-28
.Ruin-Mukinq Slated

CHICOUT1M1, Quebec, Oc-
tober % fP.-The Aluminium
Company Of Canada has decided
TO try airplane cloud-seeding to
produce yain for its low reser-
voirs in the st. John district
of Northeastern Quebec. Water
shortage after q dry summer has
forced q close-down OF some
plants.
Evening star., 1955-10-28

Prince Georges police today
were questioning a suspect In
the Staying last night Of a o.
Iyear-old Air Force veteran who
was found shot to death on the
lonely street Of an unfinished
real estate development In Oxon
Hill. Md.
The suspect was reported to
be q young man, but other
"details Of his description were
withheld. Police took him to an
undisclosed location for ques-
|tioning.
The veteran, William Stephen
Birkett Of A Forester street
S.W., left home in his car al
$3.50 pm. yesterday to keep a
a o'clock date with a girl In
IForrestville, Md. His body was
found BY prospective home
buyers an hour later In the Kirby
Hill subdivision.
Search for Weapon
A force of Is Prince Georges
County police today were search
ing the subdivision, off Indian
Head highway. for the murder
weapon, believed to be either a
80 caliber or a .3S caliber re-
volver.
Construction work on the prof.
ect was stopped as workmen
Joined police in securing the
area for clues. Police roped off
the wooded tract to keep out
sightseers.
Wootson E. Lacey, of 271 VAL
ley avenue Sc, night watchman
for the subdivision who sum-
moned a rescue squad when the
Evening star., 1955-10-28
IsraeIis Attack
Post;
Claim 10 Slain
20 Are Captured.
In Storming, Called
Retaliation Move

JERUSALEM. Oct. % B.-An
Israeli military informant said
10 Egyptian soldiers were slain
land 90 captured early today BY
Ian Israeli force which stormed
land captured an Egyptian from
|tier post. Israel said the raid
was in retaliation for an earlier
Egyptian assault on an Israeli
police post.
An Egyptian spokesman In
Cairo said four Egyptians and
-four Israelis were killed in to-
days attack. which took place al
IKuntila. about three miles In
side Egyptian-held territory. The
spokesman said the Israeli force
was driven of. Egypt filed q
strong protest with the q. N
Mixed Armistice Commission.
Dulles and Macmillan Confer
As this latest clash famed
mounting tension In the Middle
East, United States Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles and
British Foreign Secretary Harold
Macmillan conferred for an hour
lin Geneva on Palestine problems.
Israeli sources In Geneva said
1.-THE United States has promised
Ito consider a list Of arms wanted
|by Israel to counter Egypt's s
growing arsenal. bought from
Communist Czechoslovakia.
The Israeli informant gave
this account of today's raid:
In retaliation for an Egyptian
attack Tuesday on an Israeli
police post ct Beeroyatim, in the
Idemilitarized 81 Auia-Nizana
zone, the Israeli force which
Cairo said was Of battalion
strength attacked Just before
Ia am.
The Egyptians. housed IN thret
police buildings at the carnp-s
remote frontier post normally &C.
Icessible only to cameI-ridin6
patrols offered resistance. Shot.
were exchanged for IS minutes
land some Egyptians fed. Finally
the remaining Egyptians sur
rendered and the Israeli raiders
returned 10 their own base at !
am Seven of the 20 captured
Egyptians were wounded.
The Egyptian camp--on the
Sinai Peninsula-was held by two
platoons equipped with heavy
auxiliary weapons, while Israeli
troops In the operation were not
supported by any heavy arma-
Iment. the Israeli source went on.
Israel Explains
An Israeli foreign ministry
spokesman said the purpose oil
the Israeli condensation last
night was to emphasize what
should have been clear to Egypt
that their attack on Israel
would be met by counterattack. =
He added:
III they leave us alone, we will
leave them alone. II they want
Jus to leave them alone. let them
leave us alone. The Israeli ac-
ltion last night was directed
against an Egyptian military posi-
which carried out attacks against
Israeli territory. BY contrast
with Egypt. whose soldiers are
Istill in Israeli territory, the
Israeli forces have returned tc
Israel
I'VE want nothing from Egypt
Let them keep out Of Israel and
we shall keep out of Egypt"
Evening star., 1955-10-28

B ULL TT N.
Chest Unit Narrows Cop

washington businessmen,
second Largest unit i'm the 1856
Community Chest campaign,
today reported rs per cent Of
their goal, thus further mar
rowing the gap between them
and the pace-setting Govern
ment unit, which yesterday
brought in "a per cent.
Evening star., 1955-10-28
PIur, Clashes
With I hat
Of MoIotov

GENEVA, Oct. 28 H9.--H0S-
sia and the Western powers
|clashed in the Big Four foreign
ministers meeting today with
rival and apparently irrecon-
|ciliable plans for European Sc
|curity.
The United States, Britain
and France got in first. pre-
|senting to Soviet Foreign Min.
lister v. M. Molotov a nine-point
treaty Of assurance on the re-
Iunification of Germany" One
point would create a radar-
Equipped East West buffer zone
Ialong a reunited Germany's bor-
lders with Poland and Czechoslo-
lvakia. The pact would become
fully effective only If East and
West Germany were united and
the new Germany became q
member Of the North Atlantic
Treaty Alliance.
Mr.. Molotoy responded with q
Il5-point proposal for a European
security treaty, delaying German
Iunification indefinitely. Under
the Soviet program the North
Atlantic Alliance would be de-.
Istroyed, Communist China would
become an observer" in Europe
and all American troops would
Eventually have to be withdrawn
from the territories Of European
countries"
Insistent on Germany
BY the time Mr.. Molotov acted
the Western ministers had ale
ready, in effect, rejected his pro-
Iposal. They based their state
ment, in advance of its presenta-
ltion. on Russian proposals which
had been made at the Geneva
summit conference in July.
France, the United Kingdom
land the United States Of Amer
Eica." they told Mr.. Molotov, ARE
mot prepared to enter into a sys-
item OF European security which,
las in the Soviet proposals put
forward at Geneva Gin july,
ldoes not end the division Of Ger-
lmany."
Together with the security
offer Secretary of State Dulles,
British Foreign Secretary Mac
lmillan and French Foreign Min
lister Pinay proposed to MIR. Molo-
Itov all over again a plan for uni-
Tying Germany through free elec-
Itions under Big Four supervision.
Virtually the same plan was pre-
sented 20 months ago at the Ber-
lin Big Four conference.
/ The action clause of the treaty
proposed today says: 'An attack
lin Europe by any party, which
is also member of NATO
specifically meaning united
Germany. or vice versa, would
endanger the peace and security
which is the object Of this treaty,
and that all the parties would
then take appropriate action to
meet that common danger"
The treaty proposed by the
West would have as its essential
lsignatories, officials said, the
United States, Britain, France.
Russia, Poland and Czechoslo-
vakia and eventually a unified
Germany.
Western Proposals
Its provisions, In brief, are:
| Al. Remuneration Of the use OF
force" Each member nation
Ipledging to refrain from the use
iof force" in settling international
disputes except In accord with
the u. N. Charter.
| -. Withholding support from
1 Continued on Page AS, Col. /
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Fund Sources
Stir Clash at
Budget Hearing
Bigger U. S. Outlay
And Payroll Taxes
Are Proposed
BY HECTOR MCLEAN
and HARRIET GRIFFITHS


District taxpayers clashed
sharply today at a revenue hear
ing before the Commissioners
over who should carry the bur-
den Of a $40 million tax increase
Congress will be asked to impose
next January.
Cause for economy to ease the
impact Of spiraling budgets
Building and Loon Conference Told Of
D. c. Civic Problems. Pose A-37
Witnesses Ask Repeal Of Sales Tox u
District Raises Income Levy. Pose 81
echoed repeatedly through the
District Building board room as
more than so witnesses lined up
to testify.
The demand was sounded first
for the Washington Board of
Trade by Bruce Baird. chairman
Of its committee on municipal
finance. He warned that further
taxes may price the District out
Of the market" and drive more
business to the suburbs.
The most constant plea was
for new and heavy increases In
the Federal payment to the Dis
trict. A second was for imposition
Of q payroll tax on earnings In
the District. to be paid by resi-
dents and non-residents working
here. Both are considered politi-
cally difficult to achieve.
Lower Exemptions Favored
Reluctant support developed,
however, for a proposal to lower.
personal exemption under the IN
come tax law from $4,000 to
$1,000 or $4,000 and add higher
rates for top brackets.
Another proposal gaining re-
luctant support even from the
Board of Trade and Real
Estate Board was for q scent
increase In the city's real estate
tax rate. boosting it from $220
for each 500 of assessed valua-
tion to 1925. The Cornmis-
sioners have been considering q
Decent increase.
Generally. however, the Wit
nesses spoke up to explain why
their taxes should not be In
creased through special leyiesI
and suggested that somebody
else pay the bill.
School representatives, though
volunteered to support new taxes
II they would benefit the schools.
Gail for Payroll Tax
Mr.. Baird was echoed In his
remarks against new tax in
creases by witnesses who de-
manded an increase In the
Federal payment toward the
costs of operating the Nations
capital. and pumped for irnposi-
tion Of a payroll tax to hit subur-
ban Marylanders and Virginians
who work In Washington.
Both these ideas have been
regarded as politically difficult,
II not impossible. but C. Sumner
Brown. speaking for the Fedora
tion Of Civic Associations, de-
clared that II believe we can
overcome congressional opposi-
tior.
He also called for abandoning
Of the Districts pay-as-you-go
policy and suggested that needed
i'm ements be financed
through bond issues rather than
taxes.
William J. Smith, chairman Of
the fiscal relations and taxation
committee, OF the Federation Of
Citizens Associations, urged a
Continued ON Page A-I4, Col. 1
Evening star., 1955-10-28
West Offers Russians
Radar Buffer Zone
Clark Griffith, IS, Dies;
Funeral Set for Monday

Clark Calvin Grifhth. president
of the Washington Baseball Club
and a valiant warrior to the end,
died at $40 O'Clock last night at
Georgetown University Hospital.
He was IS.
The end came peacefully not
long after Mr.. Grif1th went to
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Burton Howkins' collmn end Rslotsd
Stories. Pose c-l
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Haynes Jurors
Lunch After
Sanity Query
Appear Deudlocked
In Second Doy
OF Deliberations
By RICHARD RODGERS

A jury hearing the murde
trial Of Mrs. Katherine Ani
Haynes requested further In
struction on what constitute
insanity and then went out TO
lunch.
The jury's question on in
sanity was the flrst indication
LOT what kept them undecided
before they were sent to bed d
Ito o'clock last night. The,
asked for the reading slaortl,
after they returned to couri
to-day.
They resumed celebrating a
labout II am. and were sent Il
lunch at 1880 pm, still dead
locked.
Charge Reviewed
Part Of Judge Matthew r. Nc
Cures charge as to the SAINT.
element, read to the jury thii
morning by the court stenotyp
list. was as follows:
e. Therefore, II you find be
| yond q reasonable doubt that thl
accused was not suffering from
| o disease or o defective rnenta
condition at the time the crimi'
NAL act was committed: II yoi
find that the Government, be-
yond q reasonable doubt. hal
established all the essential ele'
ments Of the crimes. as / have
delineated them to you. you ma,
find her guilty"
The Judge continued:
Unless you believe beyond {
reasonable doubt either that sh,
was not suffering from o diseast
LOT defective mental condition ol
that the act was not the produc1
LOT such abnormality. you ar,
then instructed. as a matter O.
law. you must find her no
guilty."
| Delayed an Hout
Court was scheduled 10 open a
10 am, but the Jury question
delayed it almost one hour.
As soon as the jurors returnes
they asked further explanation
lcf the alternative verdict of no
guilty by reason Of insanity.
The deliberations are ia ti,i
hands Of six men and Sin woEnei
considering the murder of Mrs
Haynes htisband's sweetheart.
Judge Mcclure gave them th
case yesterday noon. BeforI
Iordering them to bed about Il
O'Clock last night. he told then
there was a point that may hav,
been overlooked in his charge.
| II concerned the weight the.
should give TO the fact that thl
28-year-old mother Of four chill
dren did not testify. It shoul,
mot be counted against her. HI
cautioned.
Mrs. Haynes, q tiny woman
who seems TO have lost weigh
lsince Monday--and she weighes
but 90 pounds then admitted,
killed Nancy Penton. 10, the cir
friend OF Willis M. Haynes las
July 10 In the apartment Haynes
had rented for the girl at 23:
Eleventh street NE.
Jury at Odds
Jury Foreman Charles H
Mayer. $3.50 Fourteenth stree
INV, q department store sales.
man. made 1t emphaticall.
Iclear late last night the jur.
Twas at odds on what to do abou
furnishing the accused woman.
! Judge Mcclure asked him IL /
1 See HAYNES, Page Ar
Evening star., 1955-10-28
WEATHER FORECAST

More cloudy and warmer tonight. low Sc.
Warm tomorrow. scattered afternoon show
ers. Rul report on Page A-2.l
Temperatures Today
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Western Proposals

Its provisions. In brief, are:
Al. Remuneration Of the use Of
force" Each member nation
pledging to refrain from the use
of force" in settling international
disputes except In accord with
the u. N. Charter.
y. Withholding support from
Continued on Page AS, Col. /
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Charge Reviewed

Jury Foreman Charles II.
Mayer. $3.50 Fourteenth street
NV. a department store sales
man, made 1t emphatically
clear late last night the jury
was at odds on what to do about
Furnishing the accused woman.
Judge Mcclure asked him il a
See HAYNES, Page A-2O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15
D. c. PRODUCE

C. quotations supplied by the United /.
States Agriculture Department and cover -
S sie to $3.50 am. on less-than carload .
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". S. Fancy 06s, ; 80 PennsyiyS ana
StaYmans, bushel baskets, q. s. No. =
62 inches Il up 800; golden Delicious
SSa9 ;s S,r u s. No 3 inches up, 1905!
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pack, Extra Fancy SS-i0os. 500. wa r
Bananas--40-lb. cartons. cut, 2.75-
500; few higher. 20
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Standard crates Foster pinEs, res and.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15
Stock Prices
Turn Lower;
Trading Slows

NEW YORK. Dec. is (P).-
Trading slowed down today as
the stock market registered a
mild decline.
Prices in the early afternoon
ranged from / to 8 points lower
to / to 2 points higher at the
|extremes.
Aircrafts were higher on IA
vorable news of spending by the
Government for defense and by
private industry for transporta-
ton.
Higher prices without any
particular buoyancy appeared in
the movie issues, radio tele-
visions, mail order issues and
utilities.
Mostly lower were the steels,
motors. railroads and chemicals.
Stocks losing ground included
Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler. Cat
erpillar Tractor, RCA, Du Point,
American Tobacco, Santa Fe,
Union Pacific. Texas Co., Eastern
Airlines, and United States Gyp-
sum.
Higher were Montgom cry
Ward. United States Rubber,
Boeing, Glenn Martin, Republic
Aviation, Philco, and Westing-
house Electric.
Atlas Corp. backed down while
|RKO Pictures held steady as di-
|rectors approved a merger OF
IRKO into Atlas. Airfleets and
WaSatch. also being merged into
Atlas, were down sharply on the
American stock exchange.
Corporate bonds were quietly
lower. Government issues traded
over the counter were higher.