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Evening star., 1955-03-12
Seats on Sale Monday
For Cherry Blossom
Festival Parade

Reserved seats for the Nation
al Cherry Blossom Festival pa
rade will 60 on sale Monday at
hotels and other downtown To-
cations.
The parade, billed as the big
gest ever, with 10 bands mount
ed and marching units, COM
edy teams and majorettes will be
held at 9 pm. Thursday. March
81. 1t will 60 west on K street
from Ninth street NV. to
TWENTY first street NV.
Tickets are $3.50 for seats
near the reviewing stand and
81 elsewhere. They will be sold
at the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION, 1712 G street NV;
the Drug Fair, Seventeenth and
X streets NV, and the Raleigh,
Willard, Washington. Annapolis,
Sheraton Park, Hay-Adams,
Statler. Hamilton, Dupont Plaza
and Lee House Hotels.
Mail orders will be filled at
the Greater National Capital
Committee Offices, 1916 K street
NV.
Cherry Blossom princesses will
take over Radio Station WWDC's
Your Capital Host" program for
at least a month, starting at
tbs o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Peterson Answers Some, Not All, Questions on CD

1--WE can't tell our people any
thing regarding the elementary
precautions they should take"
Federal Civil Defense Admin
istrator Val Peterson was on
hand to give some but not all the
answers to Gov. Herter's ques-
tions. Mr.. Peterson acknowledged
that a handbook on civil defense
safeguards in the event of an
atomic attack will have to be re-
vised in view of the fallout dam
ger disclosed by the hydrogen ex-
plosion in the Pacific last year.
Mr.. Peterson. as in the past.
had only one word on what to do
for those in the immediate tar
get area-and that was evacua-
ton. He said it would be ''abso-
lutely suicidal" to remain in a
so square mile area around the
target since everything would be
pulverized and possibly nothing
left but a huge crater.
Tests Planned
Mr.. Peterson reported that an
other mock nuclear raid on the
United States and Canada is
planned for June.
In this connection Mr.. Peter
son said there will be stepped up
tests Of evacuated cities. He
added that President Eisenhower
would like to see as many of these
tests as possible.
AS for those 10 or Is miles
from a target area, Mr.. Peterson
suggested the conversion of cell
lars and Easements into bomb
shelters and that they be kept
stocked with food and waite, at
all times as a safeguard against
a sneak attack. II trust it may
never come" Mr.. Peterson added,
"but it could come at any time"
But as for. himself, Mr.. Peter
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Defeated in Primary,
Sachs 10 Run ANYWAY
BY the Associoied Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 2.-Morris B.
Sachs, Chicago merchant, who
was defeated for the Democratic
nomination as city treasurer in
the municipal primary on the
ticket headed by Mayor Martin
H. Kennedy, has been chosen to
seek the office on the party's
ticket in the April S election.
The city's regular Democratic
Party organization yesterday de-
cided to back Mr.. Sachs and he
has indicated he will run. John
c. MARGIN, who was nominated
for treasurer in the February %
primary, agreed to run, instead,
for city clerk.
The shift filed a ticket vacancy
caused by the resignation of
Alderman BENJAMIN M. Becker
who won the city clerk nomina-
ton in the primary. He resigned
after Chicago Bar Association
committee accused him of mis-
conduct in alleged splitting OF
attorneys fees in coming cases.
In the mayoral contest, County
Clerk Richard j. Daley heads the
Democratic ticket. His Republi-
can opponent is Alderman Rob-
ert E. Merriam.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Officials Foresee Approval
|OfExchonge Visits With Soviet

they see it, Russia will keep
probing the United States posi-
ton on exchange of persons in
search of a soft spot. Should
they find one-say, refusal to
exchange atomic experts-they
could scream about an iron
cutrain" around America.
The Communists are known to
detest the label British Prime
Minister Sir Winston Churchill
hung on them at the outset of
the cold war. They find the con-
cept of an iron curtain damag-
ing in the East-West propaganda
battle.
Make Use of Delay
The Russians made much,
propaganda wise. of the United
States long delay before agree
ing this week to admit IL student
editors for a tour of colleges and
universities. They were part of
a group that originally applied
last summer.
Almost at the same time this
group was approved. a Soviet
note suggested the exchange of
the farmer delegations.
There has been no indication
Moscow wants to send any other
group to America. However,
United States officials do not
discount the possibility that the
Kremlin will follow up, for in
stance, with suggestions that
factory workers be allowed to
make visits to places like Pitts
burgh and Detroit.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
By the Associoted Press

Some American officials ex-
pressed the belief today that
Russia wants this country to re-
ject a series of offers to exchange
visitors, so Red propagandists
can yell iron curtain"
For that reason it seems a safe
bet the Kremlin's inquiry about
exchanging Soviet and American
farmer . visitors would get an
affirmative response.
The State Department said no
ruling has yet been made, but
the whole question is under
"active consideration" and a de-
cision will be announced early
next week. President Eisen-
hover already has said he sees
nothing but good in allowing
the exchange, although compli-
cations must be worked out.
No Fear of Visitors
American officials whose busi-
ness it is to settle such conpli-
cations expressed no fear of
having Russians visit Iowa
farms. as suggested originally
by the Des Moines Register, or
tour American universities, as a
group of Russian student edi-
tors already has been author
lied to do. Nor do they express
concern about letting Americans
do likewise in the Soviet Union.
However, it is the propaganda
aspect that bothers them. AS
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Martin Reappointed
To Federal Reserve

President Eisenhower named
William McChesney Martin. jr.,
to a new term as chairman Of
the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System yester-
day and at the same time filled
the boards vice Craftsmanship,
which had been vacant since
1851.
Mr.. Martins term as chairman
will extend until his tour Of duty
as a board member ends on
January 81, 1856.
Named to the four-year vice
craftsmanship was c. Candy Bal
derston, a board member whose
term extends until 1856.
MIR. Martin is a Democrat aud
-gr. Balderston is a Republican,
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Campaign
Continued From First Page. }

campaigns for Senate or House.
The proposed $12 million limit
might encounter some opposition
in Congress but it is believed
likely that the total would be
fixed at not less than Sc or $7.5
million for each national COM
mittee.
Democrats, meanwhile, are
setting great store by the fund
raising dinner in honor of
Speaker Rayburn on April 16.
Former President Truman and
Democrats from all parts of the
country will be there.
Another item of Democratic
organization business scheduled
at the time of the April gathering
Will be a meeting of an advisory
committee studying ways and
means of eliminating the 'loy-
atty oath" issue from the 1856
Democratic National Convention.
That committee. headed by for
mer National Chairman Stephen
A. Mitchell. will report.
1t is understood that a formula
has been worked out, agreeable
to Southern as we'll as Northern
Democrats, to prevent repetition
OF such a fight as broke out at
the 1852 national convention.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Nehru
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the side of the open car. A
security guard following the
Prime Minister on a motorcycle
seized the man as he fell. He
repeatedly was taken to a hos
pital after being questioned by
police.
In JOvial Mood .t
Mr.. Nehru was in jovial mood
as he called newsmen to a con-
ference to give his version of the
incident. He said the whole epi-
sode only lasted 10 seconds
Mr.. Nehru said he was stand
ing in an open car with the
state governor and chief min
lister when a cycle rickshaw was
pushed >across the path of the
procession. -
The rickShaW driver ran to-
ward the premier's automobile
and tried to reach the footboard
and, according to Mr.. Nehru, was
seized by the police and the gov
ernor's military secretary before
Mr.. Nehru himself could have
caught him.
AS Mr.. Nehru spoke a woman
legislator emotionally demanded
better security measures for the
premier. I'VE cannot afford to
take risks" she said.
"You don't want to take
risks?" quipped Mr.. Nehru, then
don't take them" He said the
security measures were efficient
and he sometimes felt there was
too much security.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Budget Bureau Bills
Call for S13D Daily
Travel Allowance

Legislation designed to in
crease official Federal travel al
lowance from SO to $13 daily as
a maximum in certain high-cost
areas of the Nation today is
pending before Senate and House
Government Operations Com
mittees.
Drafts of the bills, with evi-
dence and letters of explanation
were forwarded yesterday to Vice
President Nixon and Speaker
Rayburn by the Budget Bureau.
They were referred to the COM
mitteeS.
Extraordinary Expenses
The bureau suggested that the
law be changed to permit re-
endorsement of actual and nee
essary travel expenses. to officials
and employees where they exceed
the projected $13 top. But these
extraordinary expenses would be
the subject of special regulations
by the heads of departments and
Budget Bureau watchfulness, un-
der the proposed program, as
safeguards.
The costs would have to be
approved in advance, with an
itemized statement of expenses,
in these special cases.
Travel costs for those who
serve without compensation
would be increased from $40 to
SIS daily, under the proposed
legislation. But no increase in
private car mileage OF Z
cents, where used on official bus
mess, was recommended. The
bureau pointed out this is the
current practice in most buSi-
neSSeS. But a number of pend
ing other bills would increase
this to 10 and IL cents.
$50 Annual Cost Likely.
While the bureau said the pro-
jected legislation might cost $50
million annually, it declared it
was likely to cost several million
dollars under that figure.
Government officials made it
clear the projected increase in
travel allowance would not be
a blanket advance that would
apply automatically, but would
prevail only in high-cost areas,
where the expenses warrant it..
Further, the legislation would
apply only to the continental
limits of the United States.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Cecil Holland


Suppose you were in the tar
get area of sneak hydrogen
bomb attack
Should you fee? And if so. in
which direction?
Should you wear a raincoat or
a cloth coat as a better protec-
ton against radioactive fallout?
Should you keep your hands
and face covered and If you were
riding in an. automobile. should
you keep the windows closed?
What foods should you eat
and where would you get a drink
Of water?
And would there be policemen
and national guardsmen on hand
to maintain order and show you
in which direction to go for
safety?
These were some of the ques-
tions posed yesterday before a
Senate Armed Services subcom-
mittee considering Civil Defense
problems. They were submitted
by Gov. Christian A. Herter. of
Massachusetts,, to bring down to
an individual level some of the
problems confronting States
which have the primary respon-
sibility for civil defense-and
the Federal Government - in
preparing against a possible
nuclear bomb attack.
Governor Doesn't Know
Gov Herter was frank to ad-
init he didn't have the answers
but wished he had. He said
there are important gaps in our
knowledge which makes 1t i'm
possible to do intelligent plan
ming or to give intelligent orders
in case of an attack"
"In fact" Gov. Herter added,
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Unemployed Veteran, "a,
Badly Injured by Auto

An unemployed World War I
veteran was in critical condition
in Casualty Hospital today with
injuries suffered in a traffic acci-
dent.
Police said Joseph r. Turner,
64, of 334 F street NE. was
struck by a car driven by John
J. Sullivan. 80, Of 3432 Eads
street NE, at an underpass in
the 100 block of H street NE.
Mr.. Turner suffered scalp cuts
and compound fractures of the
right leg.
Investigators said Mr.. Turner
stepped from behind a stanchion
into the path of the eastbound
car,
Evening star., 1955-03-12

Radioactivity from o hydrogen
explosion over that city would
go straight up and then, afte. a
time. drop straight down. again.
he said.
Mr.. Peterson and Mai. Gen.
Edgar A. Erickson, head of the
National Guard Bureau, said
high-level administration discus
sionS are under way on the role
of the National Guard in the i'm
mediate period following a pos
sible atomic attack on this coun-
try. Both said the Guard would
be available for duty at a certain
period at least at the call of the
respective Governors.
Army May Be Available
Mr.. Peterson said it was also
possible some Regular Army
troops would be available since
it would be impossible to move
them to possible battlefields
overseas "if our great harhors
and rail centers" were attacked.
In discussing the changed civil
defense problems brought about
by the fallout, Mr.. Peterson dis
closed that authorities have stock
piled $3.50 million of medical
supplies outside possible target
areas. The fallout problem. Mr.
Peterson added, means we must
give serious consideration to re-
locating our medical supplies.
He also said the Agriculture
Department was studying the
possibility of storing large food
supplies at strategic spots.
He left unanswered such
smaller questions as what should
be done about the automobile
windows. Presumably they will
be considered in the Civil De-
tense handbook.
Evening star., 1955-03-12

son said that instead Of q cellar
shelter 81 prefer TO be in the
back yard-with three feet of
dirt over my head" This was in
reference to previous testimony
that a ditch covered with three
feet Of dirt was the best safe
guard in case Of attack.
Mr.. Peterson also said that
parts of the body and clothing
exposed to radioactive fallout
should be thoroughly scrubbed.
Gov. Herter raised the point
of what to do. about weather in
giving advance warning in which
direction there would be safety
from fallout. He pointed out
that the only weather bureau in
the New England area is located
in Boston in what is regarded as
one of this country's critical
target areas.
6-Hour Warning.
Mr.. Peterson said the Federal
Civil Defense Administration, in
connection with the United
States Weather Bureau, is work.
ing on a reporting service to
give a six-hour warning on what
would be the expected fallout
pattern in the event of an enemy
attack"
But he emphasized that the
problem is an exceedingly com
plicated one because the weather,
especially at attitudes ranging
from 10000 to 10000 feet, has
whimS of its own.
In this connection he explained
that the wind currents over the
United States generally are from
the West to the East. But, he
added. over one important Amer
ican city he did not name, at
certain periods of the year, the
wind currents become freakish.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Suspect Seized Half Hour
After SIS Yoke Robbery

A27-year-old man was charged
with robbery early today after
Stanley S. White, 80, of 2314
Mohler avenue. Hyattsville, re-
ported he was yoked and robbed
of S85.
Police said Mr.. White was
robbed while walking near
Eighth and T streets NV. DAN
lei Davis, colored, OF no fixed
address, was arrested a half
hour later and charged wit
Robbery. E
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Fairfax to Honor
Memory of Mosby,
Confederate Hero

The daring exploits of Col.
John S. Mosby and his raiders
during Civil War days will be
commemorated in Fairfax dur
ing the week beginning tomor-
row.
The Fairfax Town Council has
proclaimed the next seven days
as "Mosby Week" Next Satur-
day, the weeks commemorative
activities will be climaxed with
a "Mosby Day" ceremony.
The celebration dates fall
within 10 days of the anniver-
sary Of the Confederate raiders
famous raid on Fairfax and cap
ture of Yankee Gen. Edwin H.
Stoughton.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
New York Rids Streets
Of AZ 'UndesirubIes'
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 12.-Po1ice
are cracking down again spn
"undeSirables" roaming the City
streets.
In sudden renewal of last
years drive. patrolmen and de-
tectives arrested az persons last
night, mainly in the Times
Square and Greenwich Village
areas.
Those arrested were charged
variously with disorderly con-
duct, use of loud and boistercus
language, annoying pedestrians,
and Vagrancy.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Mems Club to Hear Koop

Theodore F. Koop, moderator
of the radio and television public
affairs program. Face the Ma
tion," will speak at a dinner Of
the Mems Club of Westmoreland
Congregational Church at $50
pm. Monday in the social hall
of the church at Westmoreland
Circle.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
Economic Problems
Indicated as Major
1856 Campaign Issue
By jock Bell
Associoted Press Stof Writer

Senator Goldwater. Republic
can, of Arizona said today Dem
ocrats evidently intend to pitch
their 1856 presidential campaign
primarily on economic issues.
Yes, said Senator Kilgore,
Democrat, of West Virginia, they
certainly do. And he added he
doesn't believe the Republicans
will be happy with the outcome.
The two Senators commented
in separate interviews after
backstage squabble among mem
bers of the Senate House Eco
nomic Committee over a report
on the Nations economic health.
Members reached agreement
on the report only after out
numbered Republicans had won
elimination of some criticism of
President Eisenhower's policies
and some pessimistic forecasts
contained in an original drafted
by Chairman Douglas. Democrat,
of Illinois.
Official Issuance Near
Senator Goldwater, a member
of the committee who also heads
the Republican Senatorial Cam
paign Committee, said he
couldn't comment on the report
in advance of its official issuance
sometime this week end.
But the Arizona Senator said it
seems plain to him that Demo-
Gratis intend to pose next year
as champions Of the "little fell
low" while attacking Eisenhower
policies as favoring big busi-
ness"
That's the only thing they
have left for an ISSUE" he said.
They have tried to belabor the
administrations military pro-
gram, the farm and power pro-
grams, and the plain facts have
exploded their charges in their
faces"
Senator Kilgore said he thinks
the Democrats will have an issue
in economic conditions. He said
reaction to their current pro-
posal in the Senate to cut taxes
of low-income families while re-
pealing some business benefits
has demonstrated the popular
ity of our stand"
The economic committee
agreed on a report saying there
was an economic recession"
last year-as the Democrats con-
tended-and that "it is not
enough just to maintain present
levels of employment and pro-
duction."
Section Deleted
Deleted from it were assertions
in Senator Douglas proposed
draft that Mr.. Eisenhower's eco
nomlc report to Congress sue
cumbs to the temptation to view
the situation as wholly bright
and in amazingly assured
terms" and that there has
been an improvement, but we
are not out of the woods"
The Douglas version added:
CLEARLY, gigantic strides must
be made before we approach the
level where we would and should
have been if the 1884 recess
sion had not occurred"
BY signing the two-party re-
port, Republicans agreed, among
other things, that Cd employ
ment and production have re-
gained only about half the
ground lost and unemployment
has receded one-third," and az
the decline in total net farm
income is expected to continue,
but more slowly"
Calling for an increase in pub
lie works, the bipartisan report
says any Federal share should
be direct from the Treasury,
rather than from indirect au-
thorities which circumvent the
public debt limit"
This runs counter to the ad-
ministration plan to help finance
a huge highway building pro-
gram through bond issues.
Evening star., 1955-03-12
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

ernoon or evening. Warmer to-
night in west, otherwise little
change in temperature, lowest in
40s. Tomorrow partly cloudy
and warmer.
Winds-Variable, mostly south
erly, 1915 miles per hour to-
night, becoming west or north
west tomorrow.
Road Conditions (AAA)
Southern New England: Snow
fiurries tonight, roads wet.
Miscellaneous: Ohio River
Evening star., 1955-03-12
FuIbright Doubts
Capital Gains Tax
Keeps Stocks High
By Ed creosh
Asseeioisd Press Staff Writer

Senator Fulbright. Democrat,
of Arkansas said today he thinks
the Senate's stock market in
quiry has pretty well demolished
a Wall Street argument that the
capital gains tax has a lot to do
with keeping stock prices high.
Senator Fulbright heads the
Senate Banking Committee,
whose friendly study" of the
market and its 18-month -old
boom is in recess for the week
end. It's witness Monday will be
William McC. Martin, jr., chair
man of the Federal Reserve
Board.
The inquiry has heard con-
dicting testimony about the
capital gains tax.
Differ on Tax Factor
Several witnesses from the A.
nancial community argued that
1t forces prices up. They con-
tended that people don't want
to sell stock if they have to pay
a tax on their profits. The result,
they say, is smaller amount Of
stock for sale and hence a higher
price. So they called for reduc-
ton If not elimination Of the tax.
The capital gains tax as it
affects larger investors now is
IS per cent. That is, if a man
sells stock at a profit he has to
pay the Government one-fourth
of the difference between what
he bought it for and what he
sells it for. The tax applies to
securities held six months or
more.
Senator Fullbright told report
erS he has seen little evidence
to support the Wall Street argu-
ment that investors are locked
in"-that is, discouraged from
selling-by the capital gains tax.
II think it is very clear" he
said, that there is very little
support for the idea that the
capital gains tax has any sub
stantial effect on keeping market
prices up"
The Arkansas Senator in
cliaed more to the view Of other
witnesses, including Harvard
economist John Kenneth Gal
braith, that repeal of the tax
might push prices higher.
Senator Fulbright said lower
Ing or eliminating the tax might
put more stock on the market
for a short time. But the net
result. he said, would be to make
stocks more attractive so that
more and more people would
want to buy them and ultimately
prices would go back up.
Meanwhile Senator Capehart.
Republican, of Indiana, COM
mittee member, agreed to appear
on Walter Winchell's radio-TV
broadcast tomorrow night to
question the columnist-comrnen-
tator about his stock market
tips" .t
The committee heard testi-
mony last week that a Winchell
broadcast Tip" on Pantepec oil
stock resulted in a net loss to
those who bought the stock.
Sears Official Uncertain
At yesterdays hearing, Gen.
Robert E. Wood. who manages
the big profit sharing pension
fund of Sears, Roebuck g. Co.,
said II don't want to risk my
employees money" in the stock
market at its present level.
He told the committee the fund
now has 500 million in cash but
its directors are "at wits end"
wondering where to invest it.
Senator Fulbright asked Gen.
Wood why. If he doesn't think
the stock market is too high, he
didn't invest the money in stocks.
I'm uncertain" Gen. Wood
replied.
Evening star., 1955-03-12

District and vicinity-Shower
likely late this afternoon or eve
ming, low tonight about 48. To-
morrow partly cloudy, high near
90.
Virginia - A few scattered
showers or thunderstorms likely
this evening and over south por-
tion tonight. Low tonight 46-
81. Tomorrow partly cloudy and
mild.
Maryland-Scattered showers
or thundershowers late this aft
Evening star., 1955-03-12
-AP Wirephoto Map.


Showers forecast tonight for the Middle Atlantic
States with possible thunderstorms in North Carolina Rain
expected in New England mixed with in the northern
mountain regions Somt light will fall in the extreme
Northern Palms. the Northern Rockies and Northern
Plateau Rain forecast for the Central North Pacific
Coast falling showers in the north portion mixed
with In the extreme northern II will be mild in
Southern half Of the country th trend to cooler moving
10 the Northern hall. : .ss e.
Evening star., 1955-03-12

Record Temperatures This Year
HisheSt. "A, on March 10.
Lowest, 10. on February 3.
High and Low Of "a Hours Ending
- am. Today
High. SO. at 4 pm.
Low. ~. at 7:2O am.
TtAn Tall