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Evening star., 1955-10-31
Groucho Had Right to Dispute Tax Bill;
Senators Speci0i Plane Need Was Just

FOR wnon 4 special plane was
ordered by an overzealous
United States Air Force oficer.
The impression in the first
days dispatches was that the
Senators were responsible for
an alleged extrayagance Of
$4,000 OF taxpayers money.
Two days later the press re-
ported that the two Senators
had not asked for Z special
plane at all.
What the public was not
given TO understand Is that.
even II the Senators had asked
for special transportation. they
would have been well justified
so far as taxpayers money is
concerned. This form Of ex-
penditure has been held proper
In other agencies Of the Gov
ernment.
Time and again the Ameri-
can people and particularly
Congress--have been criticized
abroad for an alleged tendency
toward 'isolationism. !" The
United States has been repre-
sented as Indifferent to the
problems of other countries.
In recent years this criticism
has lessened as Congress has
shown generosity In helping
the rest Of the world.
So. when any m e m b er of
Congress win take time to 60 to
other countries to study con-
ditions there. it Is . gain for
America. It means that the
Legislators win be better able
to understand just what imam
cial aid shall be given and
what shall be subtracted.
Some members Of Congress
have come back recently from
abroad convinced that such
aid to foreign countries can
be tapered on now.
A nation which is spending
between So and 81 billion q
year for military and economic
help for foreign countries, as
the United States Is doing, can
well afford to pay the pittance
necessary to transport back
and forth any members Of
Congress who are serving on
important committees dealing
with that subject.
Both Senators Stennis of
Mississippi and Mcclellan OF
Arkansas. Democrats. who fig-
ured In the mix-up over the
special plane, are men Of OUT
Evening star., 1955-10-31

The appearance Of former
Secretary Of the Treasury
Morgenthau opens q new Sc
ries Of investigations by the
Internal Security Committee
headed by Senator Eastland.
The committee viii hold
hearings In New York and
washington throughout Mo-
yember and December. 1t viii
hear evidence OF Communist
activities and infiltrations In
the Government and press.
The latter will be q continue
alton Of last summers investi-
cations when 1t was revealed
that q Communist cell had ex-
listed before the last war In
the now defunct Brooklyn
Eagle and that three members
had later joined the stan of
the New York Times and
other influential New York
papers.
New witnesses are to testify
In the next few days ct exc
cutive sessions In New York.
These may be followed next
month by public hearings in
washington.
But the main activities Of
the committee viii be centered
on the so-called Morgenthau
diaries, which have been care
fully examined BY committee
stan investigators for many
months. This was done with
the consent Of Mr.. Morgen-
thau. who was willing to CO.
operate with the committee
and appeared last July on the
stand as a friendly" witness.
Senator Eastland and his
colleagues are seeking addi
tional evidence about the role
played by Harry Dexter White.
a former Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and one Of Mr..
Morgenthau's lieutenants In
the framing Of various policies
during the last war. This evi-
dence exists in the voiuminous
Moreenthau diaries which have
been scrutinized by the stan
investigators.
IN the last few weeks the
Evening star., 1955-10-31
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Soor Outcome Was Inevitable

on all the frontiers against
possible disorders.
Most Of the ''intelligentsia, "
the civil servants. and the In.
dustrial and commercial classes
whose businesses are geared to
France were reportedly for the
statue.
A Berlin newspaper which
withheld all advocacy pro or
con ascertained this from its
correspondent who did Q thor
ough job Of polling the eIec-
tOrate according to social
status.
Yet the Saar. soberly, quietly
and In perfect order, with e6.7
per cent Of the qualified voters
participating. returned a two
thirds majority for union with
Germany.
Astonishing has been the
reaction in America, insofar
as it has been reported In the
Saar. The New York Herald
Tribune editorialized, The
vote is water for the mills OF
the worst elements Of West
Germany. The mighty move-
ment Of Hoffman for a Euro
pean solution has been
drowned In narrow-minded
f1ationalisl1."
To that this coIumnist who
knows the Saar and thinks she
knows something about human
nature and human reactions,
says. Bunk. .
The mighty movement Of
Hoffman" was obviously not
mighty. And 1t is also time that
we got out Of our heads any
notion that there is any mighty
movement anywhere In Europe
TO subordinate national feel.
ings to q vague sand in some
cases, notably the Saar case)
highly hypocritical European
ism.
To understand the reaction
Of the people In the Saar one
must understand the whole
situation.
Evening star., 1955-10-31
Iniustices to individuals in News

standing ability. They are two
Of the finest men In Congress-.
They are conscientious to the
extreme. When they decided
to spend q part Of the recess
Of Congress in other countries,
it wassto their credit. and the
American people, Of course.
win be benefited BY their
studies.
The recent solicitude. how
ever. over the spending Of
$4,000 Of taxpayers money
for q special plane (which 1t
turns out wasn't used for the
purpose. after all---is hardly
in keeping with the indiffer-
ence that so many persons
seem to show when our Gov
ernment spends millions on
the natives Of Indo-C China or
Of some other remote area Of
the globe. # the same IlletiC-
ulous concern were exhibited
about the billions Of dollars
spent abroad, as about planes
for Senators. there would be
q saving not Of Just q few
$4,000 items but of tens Of
millions Of dollars q year.
Then there's the question Of
the expense to the Govern
ment in taking q Senator'S
wife along on these trips.
Should the Government pay
for it? Many commercial COM
panies do so because they find
1t better and less expensive
than paying for q clerk TO go
along to handle visitors calls
and other business details for
their travelling executives.
II the Government shouldn't
pay the expense Of q wife Of Q
Senator. should 1t pay the ex-
pense Of the wife of the Secre-
tary Of State, who usually
travels with him, or the wife
Of the President. who went
along to Geneva last sum-
mer? The Government should
do SO because the wives be-.
come q part Of the official
ceremony so often necessary
abroad in developing close
friendships with representa-
ttFes Of other governments
and their families.
The same reasoning holds
good, therefore. for the wives
of members Of the coordinate
branch of the Government
the Congress-which has be-
come . constant participant
with the executive in making
foreign policy during the last
two decades.
tRsproduction Rishts Reserved
II
Evening star., 1955-10-31
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Internal Security Probers to Study
Former Treasury Secret0rys Diaries

former Secretary had a change
of heart. He became reluctant
to make available some 300
documents the committee de-
sired. 1t already knows Of their
contents. He feared such ac-
ton might jeopardize security
and cast an undesirable refiec-
ton on some individuals still
alive. To avoid any further re-
sponsibility he donated all his
papers to the Government.
They were entrusted to the
General Services Administra-
tion, which viii henceforth
exercise its own discretion re-
garding their availability to
Congress.
The Eastland committee ap-
pears especially interested In
the role the Treasury and par
ticularly the late Harry Dexter
White played In obstructing
assistance to the Chinese gov
ernment since the early days Of
the last war.
There apparently is evidence
that the decisions Of President
Roosevelt to help China finan-
cially were frustrated and
greatly delayed by the tactics
Of the so-called lesser ofii-
cials'' OF the Treasury headed
by the then Assistant Secre-
tary White.
In the postwar years White
appeared before the House Un-
American Activities Committee
and was questioned about his
role in certain Communist cells
In the Government. He denied
all connections and died Of a
heart ailment within a few
hours after his testimony be-
fore that committee.
The file was closed. but was
reopened last year when At
torney General Brownell and
FBI Director Hoover testified
before q Senate Committee
that White had been one of
the most important cogs In the
Communist conspiracy In this
country.
The Internal Security Com
Evening star., 1955-10-31
DORIS ELEEsoN
Who IS Stalking Horse for Whom?

son designed during his re.
covery from q heart attack.
Senator Russell has been act-
ing as spokesman for this
coalition.
Stevenson strategists do not
downgrade the trouble the
johnson maneuvering may
cause them. Since the motto
of virtually all Senators with
respect to the Presidency 10
why Not Me?" Senator john
son will be affording them o
natural rallying point. After
they start rallying, the next
problem will be to figure out
who is the stalking horse for
whom.
In backfire to Senator
johnson, the Stevenson forces
are reconnoitering the Cover
nors, Southerners especially.
ThiS is the classic gambit
which was played against the
late Senator Taft in 1852.
Labor's misgiyings arise from
suspicion that Mr.. Stevenson
is too conservative. Any real
effort to put Governor Will
liams Of Michigan in the con-
vention as a favorite son will
represent a labor effort to
achieve a bargaining position.
There have been signs Of just
such an effort.
Farmers also have been hav-
ing their doubts about MIR.
Stevenson, doubts cultivated
by former Agriculture Secre-
tary Brannan who has been
advising Mr.. Hartman. Pres
ent appearances are that Sem
ator Humphrey Of Minnesota.
q proved tactician. will more
or less take charge for Mr..
Stevenson In this field.
Evening star., 1955-10-31
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Harry Truman gets behind Mr. Hartman when he
York He gets behind Mr. Stevenson when he to
illinois, Other Democratic candidates hope he gets behind the
wheel and goes home.
Republican Chairman Hall win buy 81 million worth Of Tv
time The g. Q. has decided 10 try for the 64-mion-vote
question.
Farm prices drop again Agriculture Secretary Benson
flies Denver they fall any further the @. O. p win let
him volunteer for the nrst Night to outer space
French Premier Faure wins vote Of confidence Expected
phone call from his wife: "Unpack. chere We're
staying for another day two"
More Southern cali for middle-of the-road
candidate. Just what Ayere Hartman wants. They'll
the defense in the center and he'll around left end to
The White gives Federal employees time OF to vote
The administration will give In the hope
of getting four-year contract in return
MIR. Stevenson calls Republican programs hollow" No
say that about Adlas program-it completely
nattened in November 1852.
Evening star., 1955-10-31
Heavy Vote for Union With Germany
Brings Astonishing Reaction in u. S.

Another stone has been
dislocated from the hardly
begun building Of European
unity. Two-thirds of the popu-
-lation Of the Saar have voted
against the Saar statute and
ia favor Of political union with
Germany In the plebiscite ar
ranged by agreement between
the German and French heads
Of state. as Q German conces-
sion to the ratification by
France Of the Paris Treaties.
No one can accuse the Bonn
government Of bad faith. The
West German Chancellor
openly supported the Saar sta
tute In q speech before the
piebiscfte. ii Bochum. But the
stand Of the Bonn government
was not supported by the
Chancellor's own Christian
Democratic Party In the Saar
which formed q separate Saar
party Of the same name.
No one can say that effec-
tive pressure was exercised In
behalf OF the so-called pro-
German" parties by the ma
jority parties In Germany.
The West German Social
Democratic Party and press
supported the Saar movement
for reunion with Germany, but
the strongest and most organ
lied pressure was from the OPP
posite direction.
The ruling government, that
Of Josef Hoffman, was for
the statute. and controlled the
whole civil service and police.
Since the war opposition to
the status quo has been ruth
1essly suppressed.
SO called "pro : German"
iEaarlanders had no press. no
free assembly, no free trade
unions. The government. an
instrument Of French policy.
has had the whole field since
the war. Only for the past
Evening star., 1955-10-31

four months have any counter
voices had q chance publicly
to be heard.
The French left no stone un-
turned to secure diplomatic
support for their Saar policy,
including pressure ON the Pope
to influence the Bishops Of
Speyer and Trier whose bish-
oprics include the Saar In
behalf Of the French cor Eu
ropeanr1 position.
Although the Pope re-
portedly rejected the proposal
to intervene, the bishops. just
before the plebiscite. did pay
a tribute to the Hoffman gov
.ernment.
The Protestant Evangelical
Church, which has little In
fiuence In the Catholic Saar.
urged the Saarlanders to vote
as Germans.
On the eve Of the plebiscite
the French Government an
nounced that II the statute
was rejected 1t would return
to the pre-statute status Of a
French military occupation Of
the Saar.
The plebiscite was held
under q control commission Of
the European Union headed by
the Belgian. M. De Housse. But
this commission could hardly
be called neutral because the
European Union supported the
Saar statute.
Although the plebiscite was
secret and fair, M. De House.
just before the vote. made q
speech which. though veiled
and cautious. could not be
otherwise interpreted IN a n
support for the statute.
On the day Of the voting,
the Saar borders we're closed
against possible inflltrants.
French mobile guards modified
Evening star., 1955-10-31
DAVID LAWRENCE

RrasKnentary dispatches. abb
breYiated because Of lack Of
time To get the complete story
on the same day. can son1e-
times be responsible for un-
intentional injustices to indi-
viduals. These can be far
more serious to their reputa-
tions than the alleged abuses
Of constitutional rights 50.
often made the subject OF
emotional discussions.
Two instances Of Injustice
occurred recently one In con
nection with the income taxes
Of q well-known actor. and the
other Ia relation to . special
plane and $4,000 Of expense
to ny some Senators back
home from Europe.
Groucho Marx was the actor
who was headlined last week
as owing the Government some
back taxes. 1t wasn't empha-
sized, however. that he had q
legal right to dispute the tax
bin rendered him by the
Treasury He. had, Of course.
disclosed al details OF his in
come as required BY law. and
had taken his case TO the
United States Tax Court on an
appeal. II he loses the case. he
not only pays al the taxes but
Interest at 8 per cent for the
time elapsing from the day the
tax originally was due.
There Is nothing improper In
what Mr.. Marx has done. It
Is Q civil suit that has been
illed BY him and It Is not in
any sense D criminal case. Yet.
the innuendo has been con-
veyed that maybe he was do
ing something wrong In de-
ciining to pay the taxes as
sessed against him before get
ting a 1inai adjudication of
his claims against the Treas
ury. Reputation with public
audiences Is very important to
an actor. There are literally
thousands Of such civil cases
on tax matters every year. but
Mr.. Marx was selected for news
attention as If something un-
usual had occurred and with
out pointing out clearly TO the
public that he was merely
awaiting himself Of his legal
rights.
The second instance of in
justice developed with respect
TO the United States Senator's
Evening star., 1955-10-31
". S. Employees
To Get Time OFF
To Cost Ballots

Government employees will be
allowed reasonable time" OF
from their jobs to vote this year.
The policy. continuing that Of
former years, was announced
by Civil Service Commission
Chairman Philip Young in .
message to agency heads.
Federal workers also will Be
given up to one day OF to regis-
ter without having the tims
charged against their annual
leave. Mr.. Young said.
Evening star., 1955-02-04
Marines Sentencing
In Death Is DELAYED

Sentencing of three Marines
found guilty of manslaughter
in the fatal beating last Novem-
ber II of husky 22-year-old
Marine sergeant after a drink
ing party in Silver Spring was
postponed today to permit the
court to see the service record
of the dead Marine.
Chief Judge Charles w. Wood
ward in Montgomery County
Circuit Court ordered the delay
after hearing the service record
of the three convicted Marines
presented by a Marine Corps
officer. The records ranged from
good to excellent on all three.
A jury of IL men and one
woman returned the guilty ver-
diets late yesterday in the climax
of the three day trial.
The Marines found guilty were
Corpl. Raul Coronado, %; Corpl.
Armando T. Estrada, 81 and Pfc.
Pedro A. Molano, 20. Coronado
and Estrada were stationed at
the Naval Receiving station at
Anacostia. Molano had been a
patient at the Bethesda Naval
Hospital.
The victim was Sergt. Henry
T. johnson Of johnson City,
Tenn.
Sergt. johnson, a 250-pound,
6-foot-3-inch man, died during
a brawl on a Silver Spring side
street after he and seven others
left a party celebrating the Ma
rine Corps anniversary.
Evening star., 1955-02-04
Screams Of Boy, ;, Save
Brother From Hanqinq

A three-year-old boy saved his
10-year-old brother, from almost
certain death by hanging yester-
day.
The youngster, Leonard Walk
er, ran screaming to his mother
Mrs. Annette Harper, 80, colored,
when he noticed his brother,
Ronald, hanging in an uncons-
cious condition from a hot water
pipe in a bed room Of their home
at 1926 Corcoran street NV.
Ronald had been playing cow
boy and was using his STEP
fathers trench coat belt as a
lariat. He looped the belt over
a water pipe while standing on
a bed. He became entangled in
the belt and then fell of the
bed, his mother said.
Mrs. Harper cut her son down,
then summoned an ambulance
The boy was kept overnight at
District General Hospital for
observation.
Evening star., 1955-02-04
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Evening star., 1955-02-04
Burglar Gets $500,
S|uqs House Visitor

A burglar who broke into
a home near Mount Vernon to-
day assaulted an unwilling call
er and robbed him of 5000 at
gunpoint, Fairfax County po-
lice reported.
The caller. Oliver S. Hill AZ.
Of Upper Marlboro, Md. Office
manager for the Paddock En-
cheering Co., was struck on
the head by the burglar and
shut in a closet, police said.
Mr.. Hill told police he went
to the home Of his employer,
Bernard H. Tutviger, on Herbert
Springs road near Mount Ver-
non to pay the maid for Mr..
Tutviger. who is i'll and away.
The back door was open and a
pane in the door broken when
he arrived. Mr.. Hill said.
When he went inside, Mr.. Hill
declared he met in the kitchen
a tall. husky colored man who
pointed a gun at him and took
5000, then struck him on the
head with, his fist. The victim
suffered a slight cut.
He told police the burglar
forced him into closet and
told him to stay there As min
utes. Mr.. Hill emerged and
called police within a few min
utes, Fairfax Police Pvt. Harold
| DAILY said.
Evening star., 1955-02-04
Cold Snop Delights Skaters;
Ice Ready at Several Spots

! area at Great Falls and the area
below Lock S.
The Rejecting Pool tested 234
inches on one side and 3l2 inches
on the other this morning. This
is slightly thicker than the 2A
inches that developed ominous
cracks recently when a swarm
of skaters visited the place.
officials explained that the
Rejecting Pool is slower to freeze
over than some other places be-
cause of warm air rising from
the marshy area. The pool is
only 2 feet deep and they be-
lieve little purpose would be
served in draining part of the
water.
Unless the ice is sufficiently
thick, there is a danger of it
sinking under the weight of
many skaters. This causes water
to flow onto the ice. Officials
delay opening the area until
sufficient thickness. and weather
outlook, indicates the ice is
ready.
Evening star., 1955-02-04
Envoy Forced 10 Leave
Moscow Gets New Post
hx the Associated Press

Karl Sommerlatte, the United
States diplomatic official who
was transferred from Moscow
after the Russians raised an
objection to his wife. has been
reassigned to Thailand, the
State Department has disclosed.
Mr.. Sommerlatte, who was
Second Secretary at the Ameri-
can Embassy in Moscow. has
been assigned as Consul at
Chiengmai, in the northwest
section of Thailand.
Mrs. Sommerlatte was de-
clared undesirable by the Rus
sian government as the out
growth of a taking Incl
dent.
She was accused by the Krem-
lin of "hooliganism" after a
scuffle last October in which
a Russian woman was struck
during an argument over where
to take pictures of some Russian
children,
Evening star., 1955-02-04
Pet Cat, Old Enough to Vote,
Finally Gives the Birds q Rest
Star STAFF Photo.

bred bachelors was brought
around. One by one, Bootsie
clawed 'em up. Allowed to find
consorts of her own choice,
Bootsie developed a fondness for
having nine kittens at a time.
She estimates she gave birth
to between 450 and 500 cats in
her active years, the last being
twins born two years ago. Since
then. she's been living quietly
indoors, and memories of past
exploits are fading.
Nemesis of Rats.
In her younger days, too, she
batted well against rats. 1t
was her habit to slay them and
present them to the Smalls in
search of appreciation. This
went on until she left a large,
CORY specimen on the front steps
when the minister was coming
to dinner.
Dogs she handled tactfully,
making friends, over the years,
with four cocker spaniels and
one chow who lived, serially, in
the same household.
Bootsie is fatter today than
in her prime and spends much
time, in her heavy blush coat
with the white feet, lying peace
ably on rug beside a radiator,
grooming her droopy white
moustache. She is still alert and
cheerful. and friends never
cease to wonder how she does
it at her advanced age.