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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-12
Constantine Brown
RooseveIt's Policies
If He had Been More Porochiol, U. S
Would Not Be in Such Peril Today

from the Republican anmiris-
tration the Hoover-Stimson
policy in the Far East Of
keeping alive the 'open door"
doctrine in China which had
been interfered with by Japan
since 1881. But he failed the
Nation and the cause Of peace
when in 1897 he listened to- /,
some of his weakened adj
visers and did not take strong
action against the calculated
insult to the American flag
when japanese planes blasted
the gunhoat Panay in the
Yangtze River.
Mr.. Roosevelt expected the
Germans to go on rampage
any time after the Munich
appeasement. When this hap
pened he threw he full sup.s.
port of the United states be-
hind the hard pressed British.
In this he had the approval
Of the majority Of the Amer
lean people. But, the histo.
rians of the future will ask. .
what would have happened not
only to the United States but
to our present sad world If he.
had had the vision not to help
Russia after Hitler dissolved
his partnership with Stain on
June 81, 1941.
There is evidence that in,
the spring of 194l Hitler was
anxious to make peace with
the British and intended to-
throw all his forces into the !
destruction of the Communist
regime in Russia. The naval
person" as Churchill signed
his confidential communica-
tions to Roosevelt. rejected
these approaches because he
was convinced that sooner or
later he would have the benefit
of Americas power in action.
But Sir Winston hated Stain
and bolshevism as much as he
hated Hitler and naziism. Had
he not been assured that
America would come to Brit
aims rescue in force. he might
have accepted the Nazi pro-
posals and permitted the two
dictators to fight 1t out to the
bitter end.
1t is more than probable
that Hitler would have won,
but only after bleeding Ger
many to death. At the end Of
the war between the two die
tators. Germany would have
been so weakened that the UNI
declared American British al
lance would have been the
most powerful force and could
have saved the world from the
threat of total totalitarian-
ism" and its present plight.
But there were strong in ;
f1uences around the late bril-
liant President who saw things
differently. Churchill W a 8
then taking his signals from
Washington and Washington
urged him to go ahead and
help Stain.
Hitler, despite the stories
current in 1912 that he had
not been informed of the Jap
anese intention to attack the
United States, signalled in turn
to his Japanese allies to turn
their attention from Siberia
70 Hawaii and the South Pa
cific. Thus in December, 1941,
we became actively involved y
in World War II whose con-
tinuation we are witnessing at
present. Had Mr.. Roosevelt :.
been more ''parochial" and
less cosmopolitan minded, all
this might have been avoided. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-12
Whale Oil Fraction
To Cut Water Waste

A chemical obtained from
whale oil may reduce water
evaporation in the drier areas
Of Australia, Melbourne reports.
Every year more than ~ inches
OF water are lost by evaporation
and the annual rainfall is not
enough to refill the tanks.
The chemical-cetyl alcohol
is added to the water and cuts
the loss by about half. tests in
dicate. It Is thought the cost
would be small and the treat
ment would last for several
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-12
Pokistun Court Voids
Emergency Powers

LAHORE. Pakistan. April IL
R.-The Pakistan Federal Court
held today that the emergency
powers assumed by Gov. Gen.
Ghulam Mohammed last month
were beyond his legal authority.
It also held that he went be-
yond his legal powers in validat-
ing IS acts of the Constituent
Assembly. which he had dis
solved earlier.
The courts ruling revived the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-12

legal crisis which has plagued
Pakistan's government since the
Governor General assumed what
amounted to supreme authority
last October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-12

eventually. due to experience I
have had, to be able to add
something to the information of
the young people who are now
coming of age"
Evening star., 1955-02-16
By shs Assoeia,sd Press

WINNIPEG. Manitoba. Feb
16.-Flashing q big grin, Tommy
Pittman. who survived three bit
terly cold nights and two days in
the wilderness without food
greeted newsmen:
I'm mighty glad to be here. T"
The 34-year-old United States
Air Force captain could still
laugh and smile although his
right leg was broken and FROST
bitten and his head injured.
Last night Capt. Pittman was
flown to Winnipeg, five hours
after he was plucked from the
Northern Saskatchewan wilder
ness on which he dropped after
a Bat Stratojet bomber explod-
ed at a height of $4,000 feet ITO
miles west of The Pas, Manitoba,
last Saturday.
Capt. Pittman was taken to
the Deer Lodge Military Hospi-
tai and, after a quick examina-
ton by a staff doctor, told his
story.
II didn't have anything else
to do last Friday, so I decided
to go along for the ride" he
said. He wanted to test out a
new type of survival suit, The
suit saved his life. Tempera-
lures ranged from Is to 80 be-
low zero.
Capt. Pittman, a Stratojet
captain himself, based at River
side. Calf, was flying with 1t.
Col. Kenneth g. McGrew, SO,
and Capt. Lester E. Epton, SO,
and Maj. Robert Dowdy, 81.
Col. McGrew and Capt. Epton
also survived the crash-Col.
McGrew was rescued a few hours
after the crash, Capt. Epton
Sunday morning. Maj. Dowdy's
body was found in the wreckage
of the plane.
Capt. Pittman, a native of
Evening star., 1955-02-16
Rescued From Conodion WHds,
Flyer Recalls Survival Ordeal

Fabens. Tex. said Mai. Dowdy
was knocked unconscious by the
explosion. and he tried to press
the button that would eject Mai.
Dowdy's seat from the plane.
But the violent motion Of the
plane sent him sliding.
1T was a bad sensation :.
like a person sliding down a hill
and that's how I went out" he
said.
Some time between the time
of the explosion and when he
reached the earth he lost all his
survival gear. except for a small
.38-caliber pistol. He also had a
handful of sulpha cold tablets
which his wife slipped into his
pocket before he left Riverside.
His leg was broken. Within Is
minutes after landing he had
fashioned a splint out OF small
branches and his shoe laces. The
shoe laces were not sufficient SO
he chewed of two shroud lines
from his parachute. It took him
two hours to chew through the
nylon ropes.
Unable to move, other than to
raise himself, he formed a small
shelter over his face with the
parachute.
i tried to move two or three
times but the snow was too
deep" he said. He fired three
bullets at a rabbit before bring
ing it down. 1t stopped 20 feet
away from him, however, and he
couldn't get to it.
He lay in the snow watching
the search planes wheeling over
head but was unable to attract
their attention. He watched the
rescue of either McGrew or
Capt. Epton take place about a
mile away.
Tuesday morning, a United
States Air Force search plane
spotted the parachute and Capt.
Pittman on the ground.
Evening star., 1955-02-16
GIs Aid Koreu Orphans

SEOUL, Feb. 16 tP)-Lt. Gen.
Claude B. Ferenbaugh. Deputy
United States 9Th Army Com
mander, today presented d check
Evening star., 1955-02-16

for $595 to the orphans home of
Korea on behalf of the 45th
Division, which returned to the
United States last March. The
home cares for more. than 500.
Korean orphans.
Evening star., 1955-02-16

Mother-Now don't hang your
head and humble when I in
troduce you to the Smiths to-
night as you did the last time
we had guests.
Evening star., 1955-02-16

Mother-Let's pretend Dad
and Sister are Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith who are coming to dinner
tomorrow and I win introduce
you to them.
Evening star., 1955-11-28

AFL and CIO becomes strong,
weak or moderate. The chances
are he'll move cautiously at the
outset, gradually consolidating
the cumbersome alliance.
I'VE have united labor move
ment determined to use its best
brains and Drawn and energy to
continue to move forward Mr.
Meany has said. I'VE like the
idea OF saying that America is
the wealthiest nation on earth.
We are given to Dragging a little
bit, too.
Perhaps we don't mean 1t the
same as others when We say that
because when we measure the
Evening star., 1955-11-28
Lehiqh Alumni Event

William B. Leckonby, head
football coach at Lehigh Univer-
Islty. will address the Washing
ton Lehigh Alumni Club at 7
pm Wednesday at the Chez
Albert. Pine Grove. Md. Coach
Leckonby will speak on the Le-
high-Lafayette game at a din
ner meeting.
Evening star., 1955-11-28

GSN~AAAfSNSs
Considering all the problems
three years has been a short
time. For Mr.. Meany. with his
typical plodding. make-haste-
slowly approach, has succeeded
in steering the American Fedora
ton of Labor and the Congress
of Industrial Organizations into
a single, powerful alliance Of 16
million members. It will end a
20-year split in organized labor
Will the new organization en-
dure? What will this formidable
combination mean In terms OF
new inroads against employers,
in organizing more union mem
bers, in influencing national poll
tics-the stated union objectives
for the merger?
VIII Be Top Labor Chief
Answers to these questions
largely depend on Mr.. Meany,
the pudgy, 225-pound. coldly
practical union veteran. Walter
Reuther. dynamic young head of
the CIO, has stepped aside and
Mr.. Meany, as the undisputed
choice for president of the new
AFL-CIO, will be Americas No.
/ labor chief.
He has tried to calm the fears
expressed by some businessmen
and politicians that the merged
union federation will become a
"giant labor monopoly" seeking
eventually to take over control
of the Government.
ITO indicate that the united
labor movement will attempt to
horsewhip the rest, of the country
is a complete distortion of the
facts" says the blunt-spoke1,
6l-year-old Meany. ut is dedi-
Gated, not to predatory objec-
tives. but to serve as a force for
good in the progress of our
country"
The merger is all set. 1t will
be formaliZed at separate AFL
and CIO conventions beginning
Thursday. followed next week by
a joint convention Of the new
AFL-CIO.
This joint convention, by the
way, will be in an armory just
a few blocks from Grand Gen.
trail Station. The rail terminal
is one of the structures MFR.
Meany helped build when as a
young man he was Juggling his
plumbers wrenches around New
York.
Early Days Recalled
Those were the days when
Mr.. Meany's wages were the
chief support for his grand
father. his mother and seven
younger brothers and sisters. His
father Mike. a local union presi-
dent and Democratic Party pre-
cinct captain, had died. Mr.,
Meany. Irish as they come.
married an Irish girl. a garment
workers union member.
Mr.. Meany's rise in unionism
was swift. Becoming president
OF the New York State Fedora
ton of Labor in 1884, he pushed
70 labor bills through the State
Legislature In one year. His
achievements led to his selection
as the AFL's national secretary
treasurer five years later.
Ever since then, Mr.. Meany
has been a man 10 be reckoned
with in union affairs. While the
late AFL President William
Green was inclined to COM
promise and avoid conflict, Mr..
Meany as his chief lieutenant
was constantly prodding Mr..
Green to take more stands.
Gradually, both before and
after he was selected to head the
AFL on Mr.. Green's death in
Evening star., 1955-11-28

This is the first Of q series OF three
articles by veteran Associated Press
labor reporter on the forthcoming
merger Of the AFL und Clio.
-~------~-----~-~-
November, 1852, Mr.. Meany
quietly took on all the old-line
IAFL chieftains in tests Of
strength and, by besting them
one by one, has in practically
every case earned their respect
and support.
Tangled with Lewis
Out in San Francisco at the
.1947 AFL convention, Mr.. Meany
tangled with john L. Lewis. head
of the Miners union. Mr.. Lewis
wanted the AFL to refuse to
submit the nom -Communits af-
fldavits required by the newly en-
acted Taft Hartley law. He cowed
IAFL bigwigs with such scathing
language as II don't think the
federation has a head--its neck
has just grown up and haired
over"
1t was Mr.. Meany, who rose
to answer the attack. None Of
u.s.. he reasoned with AF'L Lead
ers, thinks it Is a good law. But
it was placed on the statute
books under the Democratic sys-
tenn. and the only way it is going
to be changed is by our repre-
sentatives under that system"
Just as, the convention sup
ported Mr.. Meany against Mr..
Lewis in that instance. Mr.
Meany by courage. persuasion
and logic has won all the big
arguments he's had within the
federation. There have been a.
lot ofAthem.
His determination and diplo-
macy in dealing with fellow
union leaders are largely respon-
sible for patching together the
AFL-CIO merger. Perhaps these
qualities are a clue to what toI
expect from the new combined
organization.
The AFL. now with about IL
million members. has been con-
sidered on the whole conserva-
tive. The smaller CIO, with about
5 million members. has eftenI
been called radical" and re-
garded on the left" on the
American scene.
Middle Course F0reseen
1t auDears likely that Mr.
Meany viii try to steer middle
course. whipping the old-line
AFL chieftains into more eco |
nomic and political activity while |
tanning the CIO to a more mod |
crate course.
So long as Mr.. Meany is the
dominant figure in the new setup
it will depend much on him
the distillation Of the
Evening star., 1955-11-28

wealth Of this Nation we measure
it by the human yardstick. not
by tall buildings. roads or natural
resources. but by the standards
of life Of the great mass Of the
citizens"
Evening star., 1955-11-28
BRONX PLUMBER AT WORK
Merger-Moker Meony
Eyed as Lobor's Boss
By NORMAN WALKER
Associated Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK. Nov 2s.-George Meany, erstwhile Bronx
plumber of the AFL three years quickly
announced that his primary aim to merger with
the CIO
rival their leaders doomed prior
Evening star., 1955-11-28

This is the first Of series Of three
articles by o veteran Associated Press
labor reporter on the forthcoming
merger Of the AFL and clio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
TV HiGHLIGHTS
TODAY

1880, WTTG t5l = President
Eisenhower: Highlights of
the Chief Executives news
conference.
1880, WMAL (D-Disneyland:
Kirk Douglas and Peter
LORE in Monsters of the
Deep" with real and fancied
marine giants.
$500. WRC ~ - Married
Joan: The dented tenders
of the family car provoke
an argument between Joan
Davis and Jim Backus.
$3.50, WTTG 81 - Million
Dollar Movie: Veronica
Lake and Joel McCrea are
pioneers who help open the
West, in "Ramrod."
$3.50, WMAL (1-Stu Erwin
Show: A cake-baking con-
test sets off a feud between
June Erwin and Lois Austin.
$500, WRC a. - Television
Theater: 1.-THE Southwest
Corner" a reproduction of
the recent Broadway play,
tells how a new companion
tries to change the life of
her elderly employer. Eva
LIE Caffeine. Enid Marley
and Parker Fennelly star.
$3.50. WMAL (7)-Who Said
That? Guests are Peggy
Ann Garner, actress. and
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, sports
man.
1000, WMAL a. - Follow
That Man: A mystery series.
with Ralph Bellamy starring
as a private detective.
1000, WTOP t9) - Boxing:
Featherweights Gilbert Ca
uAIll anu Willie rep.
1880. WRC a. - Academy
Awards: Annual presenta-
tons from Hollywood and
New York. with Bob Hope.
Thelma Ritter and Conrad
Nagel as emcees.
11:15, WTOP ~ Sports:
Coach Cookie Lavagetto of
the Washington Senators.
11:25. WTOP (9) - The Late
Show: "T'he Chicago Kid"
enters a life of crime to
avenge his fathers death.
Don Barry and Lynn Roberts
star,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

7:15. WWDC-Tris Coffin: Asks
Vice President Nixon about
his trip to the oldest church
in the Western Hemisphere.
1880. WGMS-Opera Box: Act
III OF Puccini's La Boheme. 3"
$500, WTOP-FBI in Peace and
War: Jack Grimes, the son
in a respected family, is
lured into the auto-stealing
racket, in 1.-THE Neighborhood
Boy"
1880, WRC-Academy Awards:
Annual presentation from
Hollywood and New York,
with Bob Hope, Thelma Rit-
ter and Conrad Nagel as
emcees.
1880, WMAL-President Eisen-
hover: Highlights of the
Chief Executives press con-
ference.
1900. WTOP-Music TIL Dawn:
Selections include Loeff1er's
Pagan Poem" and excerpts
from Samson and Delilah"
by Saint SaenS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
B8PW 1 Luncheon to Be Held

On Saturday. registration WIN
begin ct $3.50 O'Clock. and from
$50 b 1850 pm. there win
be an open forum session Of
the Program Coordination
COMMITTEES.
At Sis. following the lunch-
con. members win be taken
on 4 bus tour Of washington
to see possible sites for the
federation,s new washington
headquarters. Saturday eyerl-
ing. the open forum session
Of the Program Coordination
Committee VIII continue from
8 until 10 II the East Room.
On Sunday morning there
VIII be al executive session
Of the Program Coordination
Committee III the Pan Ameri-
can Room from 8 Until noon,
and ii the afternoon the
Legislative Recommendation
Committee win meet while the
Program Coordination meet
ing IS continued.
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Service News
b. EVELYN M. Dent


The members Of the Armed
Services also brought the New
Year in with proper festiyity,
and proceeded to carry out the
age-old tradition Of calls made
on their commanding officers.
The Army and Navy Club
held open house for It's mem.
bers and many who arrived
for the party hour at 4 o'clock
stayed on to dine in the gra-
eious dining room. The Army
Adjutant General. Mai. Gen.
John Al. Klein and Mrs. Elein
and their guests were among
che latter company.
The Army Comptroller 1t.
Gen. George H. Decker, and
Mrs. Decker were at home yes
terday from noon until 2
O'Clock In their quarters at
Fort Myer. Their guests were
for the most part members Of
Gen. Decker's staff.
Their family will soon re-
turn to their various pursuits.
Son James !. Decker goes back
to his studies ct Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute, Troy.
N. Y, on Tuesday. Their
daughter Jane. who is Mrs.
Allan Francisco, leaves mid
January for Okinawa with her
sons, James and John. to join
her husband. 1t. Francisco.
Admiral and Mrs. Davis Hosts
The Deputy Assistant Secre-
tary Of Defense, international
Security Affairs. Vice Admiral
Arthur Cayley Davis and Mrs,
Davis were hosts at dinner last
evening and with q few friends
watched the. New Year In.
Their guests included the AS
sistant Secretary OF Defense
and Mrs. II. Struye Hensel, the
Assistant Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Samuel @. Waugh,
and Comdr. and Mfs. Paul s.
Bauer.
The Army Chief Of Finance
Maj. Gen. Bickford E.SSaVyer
and Mrs. Sawyer were hosts at
the traditional first Of the year
reception. entertaining ID the
Louis Seize Room, Shoreham
Hotel, from q to 4 o'clock. They
have also asked the Assistant
Chief Of Finance, Brig. Gen.
II. w. Crandall and Mrs.
Crandall to share honors with
them.
Gen. and Mrs. Sawyer are
looking forward to a visit from
Mr.. and Mrs. David Pfeiffer.
They arrive about the middle
Of the month from Southern
Methodist University, Dallas.
Texas.
The Engineer Center Of Fort
Belvoir really turned out en-
nnasse for the Commanding
Generals reception yesterday.
NH<,.n klaa, NM <sNa n...., ~-S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
Service
Notes

The assistant chief Of staff,
G-3 Operations. Mai. Gen.
James NJ. Gavin, and Mrs.
Gavin. have enjoyed q house
fun Of family during the holi-
days. Mrs. Z. N. Emert,
mother Of Mrs Gavin. has
been here for the past two
weeks and returns tomorrow
to her home ID Knoxville.
Tenn.
Col. and Mrs. Melvin zais,
! with their sons Barry and
Mitchell. left on Thursday for
their home ia Norfolk. VI.
Col Zais Is on duty at the
Armed Forces stan College.
Mrs. Zais and Mrs. Gavin are
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. John B.
Murphy returned to town to
see the New Year IN. They
spent the Christmas holidays
with the latter's mother. Mrs.
E. E. Pittman. at Elizabeth
town. KY.
HAH4
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Olaf n.
Kyster, jr. whose house has
been filled with holiday trap
pings as well as wedding prep
arations. viii see their daugh-
ter. Miss Mary Elizabeth Kys-
ter. marry Il. Gilbert T. Scott,
son Of retired Mai. Gen. and
Mrs. Stanley Scott. on Satur-
day.
They also expect as house
guests the generals brother
in-laW and sister, the Rev.
and Mrs. Max Barnes Of Neo-
desha, Kans.
Col. and Mrs. Richard J.
Meyer. who recently returned
to this country from Turkey
where Col. Meyer was on duty
with NATO, have taken q
house on Van Ness street. and
with their daughter Susan are
getting well settled. Susan, who
attended the American CnlleueI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
Service News
7 Traditional Coils Mode
On Connnnondinq Officers

been transformed into q gala
reception han where Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Louis Watkins Prem
tiss greeted the members Of
their official family for the
first time. With them in the
receiving line were Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Max s. johnson and
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Gerald
E. Galloway.
The Army Band Of the 356th
regiment provided the back
ground music. and the line
stood before the massed flags
of the corps, the generals
flags. and the guidons repre-
senting the different elements
which make up the corps at
the engineer center.
From Washington the chief
Of engineers Mai. Gen. Samuel
D. Sturgis. jr.. and Mrs. Stur-.
gis were there, also Maj Gen.
and Mrs. Bernard 4. Robinson.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Emerson
c. Itschner, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. David H. Tulley, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. william C.
Baker. Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Howard Ker, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Rodney Smith and Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Louis Rumaggi.
ogle Family REUNION
Air Force Surgeon General.
Maj. Gen. Dan G. ogle and
MRS. ogle have had their FAM
NY here for the holidays.
Their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. James Ogie,
returned to Durham. N. C. on
Thursday. Mr.. Ogle attends
Duke University for post grad
uate work. While here, they
divided their time between the
Ogle family and young Mrs.
Ogle's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Hauk, Of Chevy Chase.
Gen. and Mrs. Ogle have
their daughter, Mrs, Douglas
Montgomery, with them for q
while longer. She is staying
with them while her husband.
1t. Montgomery. Is on sea
duty IN European waters.
Col. and Mrs. Benford at Home
Col. and MRS. Robert j. Ben
ford were at home yesterday
to friends from 4 o'clock. En-
joyi1g the holidays are their
twin daughters. Betty and
Barbara, who came from their
studies at st, Mary,s Of Notre
Dame. College, South Bend.
Ind. These spritely younger
set members viii make their
debut next winter.
Col Benford, who Is editor
of the Armed Forces Medical
Journal. has added duties
these days. He has Just taken
over editorship Of the Aero
Medical Associations official
publication. The Journal Of
Aviation Medicine. He sue
ceeds Or. Louis H. Bauer, who
was also first Commandment Of
q. s. A. F. School of Aviation
Medicine and founder Of the
Aero Medical Association.
Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
EiyuttsviIle Club

Mrs. Thomas w. Fleming
will be the guest ct the re-
ciprocity night meeting Of the
Junior Woman,s Club Of Hy-
attsville on "Wednesday at
8:l5g pm. In thesFirst Metho-
dist Church In Hyattsville.
i Mrs. Fleming Is State presi-
dent Of the Maryland Fedora
ton Of Women,s Clubs.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
Speeding

Speeding
Speeding on US streets and high
ways last year injured 570.080 men
women and children.