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Evening star., 1955-11-05
Pointer Maurice, UtrilIo
Dies in France at II

PARIS, Nov. 5 RThe
French News Agency announced
that famous modern painter
Maurice Utrillo died today Of
bronchial pneumonia at Dax in
Southwestern France.
The 7l-year-old painter gained
fame at the turn Of the century
and ranked with Frances great
lest contemporary painters. His
works are hung, in the great
museums of the world.
Born in Paris, he began paint
ing In Montmartre when he
was Is.
Utrillo had been in poor
health for years. Nevertheless,
he continued to paint. His most
recent work was a mural for
the City Hall Of Paris. He was
Ia contemporary Of Gaugin, Ma
tisse and Duty but he outliyed
them all.
Maurice Utrillo's mother. who
began life as an acrobat, became
the leading woman painter of
France. The son was born in
Paris December rs. 1888.
His pictures became popular
after World War I and many a
Montmartre cafe owner, who
had accepted his paintings in
settlement Of bar bills, cashed
la at about $1,000 q picture.
AS q thank offering for the
liberation Of Paris in World
War II he gave works valued at
more than 4 million francs to
y I. Il l g s. 4
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Both Envoys
Deny Border
Aggression
BY the Associated presa

The United States told Israel
and Egypt today it strongly
supports" United Nations at
tempts to end the most severe
border fighting between the two
countries since the Palestine
war.
The Ambassadors of Israel and
Egypt were summoned to the
State Department to receive the
United States view first-hand.
Talking with newsmen after
their separate calls on Assistant
Secretary Of State George Allen,
each envoy said his country mas
no aggressive intentions.
Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban
said he had given Mr.. Allen his
governments assurance that it
viii study FIN a constructive
spirit" the U. N. proposals. Mr..
Eban represents Israel at the
United Nations as well IS in
Washington.
Denies Aggression
Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed
Hussein said the U. N. proposals
had been transmitted to his gov
ernment and he was not prepared
to comment on them.
But he said, there is no need
to ask us to use restraint-we are
using restraint. Egypt has no
aggressive intentions. We want
to avoid large-scale fighting. It
viii never take place unless We
are forced to defend ourselves"
The U. N. proposals are UNDER
stood to call for clear marking
lof the Israel-Egypt frontier in
the theoretically defnilitarized
area where the fighting has been
lfierceSt and FOR withdrawal OF
troops by both sides.
In formal statement after
| the half-hour visits of each ann
Ibassador, the State Department
tsaid the United states has
NOTED with deep concern the in
lcreasing tempo Of hostiIities be-
tween Israel and Egypt" 1t con-
tinued:
According to our information
there have been violations OF
the general ramistice agreement
by both Israel and Egypt which
have led to bloodshed and loss
of life.
Deplores Use Of Force
"The United States deplores
resort to force for the settlement
lof disputes. The secretary
general Of the United Nations
and Gen. Burns &c. L. NJ. Burns,
United Nations truce supervisory
have put forward proposals to
Israel and Egypt which are de-
signed to ease the present situ-
|ation along their common border.
The United States strongly
supports the United Nations eff
forts to achieve settlement by
peaceful means. especially the
current proposals Of Gen.
Burns"
Mr.. Eban had told newsrnen
Israel regards recent Egyptian
moves as more like an invasion"
than frontier crossings of the
past. But he Said the Egyptians
''can have complete tranquility
If they remain on their side Of
the border.
Arms Not Discussed
MIR. Eban was the first of the
two ENJOYS to see Mr.. Allen. He
told newsmen they discussed
only the border fighting and
proposals to end it. He said
there had been no conversations
on Egypt's receipt of arms from
Communist Checkoslovakia. Nei-
ther Mr.. Eban said. did he
a list of arms Israel
wants from the United States
to counter what it considers a
dangerous increase in Egyptian
military strength.
This list will take several
more days to prepare. he indi-
Gated.
Although Mr.. Eban enpha-
sized he had not discussed the
Egyptian arms situation with
Mr.. Allen, he said there was some
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Israel, Egypt
Troops Clash
In GAIA Strip
Gun Duel Erupts
Along Border; Y. n.
Presses Peace Pleu

JERUSALEM. Nov. 5 (R).-An
Egyptian spokesman said an at
tack by nine Israeli armored
cars precipitated a 45-minute
gun duel in the GAIA Strip to-
day. An Israeli Foreign Once
spokesman. reporting clashes in
the same area. said three Egyp-
tian attempt to invade Israel
were repulsed.
The Egyptian spokesman said
the Israel armored cars ap-
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Eisenhower Climbs Steps,
Uses iIeWith No Railing
Reunion With Lord Montgomery
All Hospitol IS Scheduled Today
BY GARNETT D. HORNER
star stan Correspondent

DENVER, Nov. 5President Eisenhower climbed his hrst
steps today began his seventh week Of his long tight back
TO health from heart attack
He walked unassisted several times up and down two
step exercise stle before reunion meeting Id his Ftzsmons
Arng Hospital with his old friend British Field Marshal
Evening star., 1955-11-05
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK d, - Following are the
sales tadd. 00l. high. low, eiosinE price
and net change ot the 20 most active
stocks for the wenk:
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Picture On Rose Al


preached the Israeli Egyptian
|demarcation line south Of Khan
Yunis in the GAIA Strip and
started firing. The Egyptians
returned the FIRE and the ar.
mored cars Withdrew. he said
The Israeli spokesman did mol
pinpoint the three Egyptian
thrusts. Neither side reported
casualties in today's engage
|ments.
u. N. observers went to the
scene for an on-the-spot inyesti-
cation.
It was the second straight day
Iof clashes on the GAIA front
The Israelis said two Egyptian
|platoons attacked advanced Is.
Iraeli positions yesterday but were
Irepulsed.
Fresh Troops Dig In
At 81 Sabha. IN the demilitar.
lied II Auja-Niza1a zone, scens
of q l7-hour battle between IS
raelis and Egyptians Thursday,
fresh Egyptian troops dug in
around their checkpost. Hills II
the east screened Israeli posi-
tions.
The terrain showed iittlD tract
of the bitter fighting only A
hours earlier in which the Is
raeIis claimed they killed 81
Egyptians. The Egyptians said
they killed 200 Israelis In coull-
terattacks. Cause, OF the light
ing at that point was q check
post each side claimed was in
its territory.
Correspondents visiting the
Egyptian side Of the line saw
no guns bigger than mortars,
There was no evidence Of two
Sherman tanks which the Egyp-
tians claimed they had used in
the fighting and which the Is
raelis said had been knocked
out.
The only action the corre-
spondents noted in the area yes
terday was the explosion Of a
land mine in the direction Of the
Israeli positions. No casualties
were reported.
Urge Acceptance
With other Arab states offer-
ing aid to Egypt II needed to
meet an attack. the Western Big
Three urged Israel and Egypt
to eccept q United Nations peace
plan for the FL Auja sector.
The Western moves were made
In an effort to avert q renewal Of
the i94S Israeli-Arab war.
Heightening Western fears were
Communist moves to penetrate
the Middle East through offers
Of military and economic aid for
the Arab states.
The peace plan prof osed BY
q. N. Secretary General Dag
Eiammarskjold was said to call
for withdrawal Of all military
personnel from the El Auia zone
and the permanent marking Of
the areas borders.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
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WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight, low about 81 in the city ~
IN the suburbs. Tomorrow, partly cloudy,
warmsrs Full report on Page A-2.)
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Temperatures Toby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Roll Wreck Kills
IS in Arqentinu

BUENos AIRES, Argentina,
Aug. % GA fast electric ex-
press train carrying school chill
dren and commuters rammed
into the rear Of another train
today~at a og-shrouded station
on Buenos Aires outskirts. First
reports indicated a death toll Of
Is to 18 and As to IS injured.
The express train crashed into
the other train standing In a
station in the town of Ciudadela.
10 miles west of downtown
Buenos Aires. Passengers on the
express included students en-
route to Ward College, a Meth
odist high school and Junior col
lege attended by many Amer
leans and Britons as well as Ar
gentines.
The school secretary said one
pupil suffered shocks in the &C.
cident. but there was no word
OF any injuries among the stu
dent body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Freeman Papers
Go to Library

The papers of the late Douglas
Southall Freemen have been pre-
scented to the Library of Congress
by Mrs. Freeman.
A newspaper editor, radio
commentator. biographer and
Civil War authority, Dr., Free
man was the author. among
other works, of the Pulitzer prize
winning "R. E. Lee. a Biography"
Lees Leutenants" and George
Washington"
DR.. Freeman correspondent
widely and on a diversity of sub
Ijects. His papers total more
than $4,000 pieces and include
diary material and drafts of ar
ticles, lectures and chapters of
his books. When the papers
have been organized, they will
be available for use with special
permission, which should be re-
quested through the chief of the
Manuscripts Division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Arlington Honored
For Traffic Court
Ry . stafr correspondent Of rh

BY q stan Correspondent Of The Star
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23.-
Two Arlington (Va) judges have
received an award on behalf of
the county. given by the Com
mittee on Traffic COURT Program
of the American Bar Association,
in convention here.
The award was given for hav-
ing won first place among COM
munities of 100000 to 200, 900
for progress in improving the
quality Of traffic courts"
Receiving the award for the
county were Judge Paul D..
Brown and retired Judge Hugh
G. Reid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair and
cooler tonight with low about 66.
Fair and moderate tomorrow
Maryland-Fair and cooler to-
night with low 1864 in west and
64-70 in east. Fair tomorrow.
cooler tonight with low 60-66 in
Virginia-Partly cloudy and
west and north and in upper Cos
In southeast. Partly cloudy and
moderate tomorrow.
Wind-North to northeast
about 10 miles per hour tonight
and 1915 miles per hour tomor-
row.
Pollen count-Four grains per
cubic yard of air for the "a hours
ending 8 am. today, the Dis
trict Medica' Society reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Work 10 Begin
On Playground

Work is scheduled to start
soon on the new Guy Mason
Recreation Center-the former
Industrial Home School site at
Wisconsin avenue and Calvert
street NV, the District Rec
reation Department announced
today.
The Recreation Board APP
proved the new. name for the
site. A recent action designated
the new unit in honor of the
late District Commissioner.
Mr.. Mason was a District
Commissioner when legislation
was enacted creating the board
lin 1912. During his tenure the
department noted, he whole
heartedly supported and assist
led both the Recreation Board
and department in the operation
of the recreation program.
THE board has named q ma
jor center in his honor as a
lasting memorial to one who
contributed much toward pro-
Ividing recreational facilities to
the people Of Washington" it
added.
Plans are almost complete for
conversion of the building and
outdoor. area to recreation uses.
1t is planned to use the center
as a major neighborhood unit
serving the Georgetown area and
as a city-wide adult center serv-
ing Northwest Washington.
Indoor facilities will include
club and craft rooms, a wood
working shop, Office space for the
director, and storage rooms for
craft and sports equipment. The
outdoor area will include a light
ed softball diamond, a hard
surfaced sports area, children's
and family play areas, horseshoe
courts and a small garden Sec
ton for Older people. 1t is an
ticipated that a complete pro-
gram for older people win be a
regular feature of the center.
Action by the District Com
missioners early this month
paved the way for exclusive use
Iof the site by the Recreation De-
partment.- ,-.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
|AdeIlauer Maps
Moscow Visit

MUERREN, Switzerland, Aug.
% (R.-West German Chancel-
Tor Konrad Adenauer and his
chief foreign policy advisers
began a special conference here
today on all questions and aspects
OF his mission to Moscow Sep
TENDER Q. S.
Mr.. Adenauer talked alone with
Foreign Minister Heinrich Won
Brentano for an hour.
The discussion later was en-
larged to include State Secretary
Walter Hallstein, Wilhelm Grewe
Of the Foreign Ofiice's political
department, NATO Ambassador
Herbert Blankenhorn, Ambassa-
dor to Washington Heinz Kre-
keller and United Nations Ambas-
sador Felix Won Eckardt.
The extraordinary parley at
at ChancelIor's Swiss Alpine
hotel was called after a Soviet
note last week consented to his
request to put Germany's reuni-
flcation on the agenda at
Moscow. 60
The note pointed out, however,
that the West German govern
ment already knows the Soviet
attitude on the unity question.
German observers saw this as
evidence that no Soviet concession
on ending Germany's division is
likely when Mr.. Adenauer meets
for the first time with Russian
leaders.
Mr.. Krekeler denied to news
men that he brought a letter
from United States Secretary of
State Dulles to the Chancellor.
Most of the advisers here are to
accompany Mr.. Adenaucr on his
Moscow trip.
MIR. Adenauer intends to con-
suit with party leaders of the
BundeStag dover houst) on
final strategy next Saturday in
Bonn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23

+ = r. q .a7
the courts sanity opinions. He
declared something was stirring
in the appellate court so plainly
that The Evening Star indi-
Gated It's distaste for what the
Court OF Appeals has done in
this field"
Mr.. Fortas asserted that the
main virtue OF the Durham deci-
sion was that 1t had put an end
to the sham" that he said,
formerly surrounded insanity
defenses.
Under the decision" he said.
''psychiatrists may testify hon.
estly and in terms of their own
training and experience"
Another speaker was DR.. Philip
@ Roche. associate In psychiatry
at the University Of Pennsylvania
Medical School.
When the defense of mental
illness is raised. we find an added
frame Of reference: namely that.
If the offenders actions and
thoughts are at variance with
what we regard as common sense,
we infer that there must exist
within him something which
renders him less or non account
able
Problem Of Measurement
"Our problem has been how
to identify and measure this ex-
ceptional something inside the
defender. This requires some
testing device, and a number 81
them have come into being in
the prevailing climates of obser-
walton. With the development OF
psychiatry of the unconscious the
climate Of observation has
changed, and we are seeking
newer testing devices IN keepine
with it."
He said the Durham decision
imposes on the psychiatrist the
need to refine his criteria OF
mental illness to be able to say
with more precision and mean
ingfulness when q person is men.
tally disabled, and second to es-
tablish more concretely the re-
lationship of mental Illness with
unlawful acts"
THE Durham concession has
set psychiatry free. and wher
free it is willing; with the bar
riers Of communication removed
1T should be able" to meet these
obligations. the psychiatrist said
Among the listeners was Judge
David l.. Bazelon OF the U. S
Court Of Appeals for the District
of Columbia, who wrote the Dur
ham opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
4 CHICKENS SOLD
AT MISSOURI FAIR
BRING SIT a POUND

SEDALIA, Mo. R)s-T'otir
chickens sold for $11 Z pound
yesterday at the Missouri
State Fair.
Jackie Wells. an Aurora
(Mo9 farmboy. got $143 for
the chickens. which were
dressed and auctioned of
after winning first prize In
a poultry contest. A feed
company bought the birds.
-Four birds from each Of
the top seven flocks in the
contest were auctioned. TarJnl
the Sl1- pound figure.
prices for the other chick
ems ranged downward from
81 to 81 a pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
BY HOWARD L. DUTKIN
Star stan Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. a.
The Monte Durham sanity de-
cision was bitterly attacked and
staunchly defended by q panel
Of speakers at the annual con-
vention of the American Bar AS
ISOLATION here yesterday.
Justice John r. DethmerS Of
the Michigan Supreme Court saw
the ruling as failing to provide
adequate guidance for the de-
detmining responsibility Of a
criminal defendant for his acts.
He saw this lack as leading to
confusion in the jurors mind.
But Washington Attorney Abe
Fortas hailed the decision as an
advance in the administration
of justice and in public moral
ity." MIR. Fortas was Monte
Durham's lawyer on appeal.
It was the Durham case that
resulted in a ruling by the U. S.
Court Of Appeals for the District
Of Columbia, widening the means
by which a defendant success
fully could plead insanity at the
time of the crime. Durham had
been convicted in the lower court
of house breaking and larceny.
Upset Prior Tests
Before the appellate court
opinion, only two tests for deter
mining criminal responsibility
applied. They were:
/. Did the defendant know
right from wrong?
2. Was he suffering from an
irresistible impulse to commit
the crime?
The appellate court held, in
an opinion that is now law in
the District, that the accused
is not criminally responsible If
his unlawful act was the prod
uct" of any mental disease or
mental defect.
What is the precise meaning
Of the words. product of. JUS
tice Dethmers asked. How broad
or narrow a construction shall
they be given? What will they
mean to jurors? The court in
the Durham case did not clearly
define guide lines.
If the administration Of JUS
tice in the criminal field Is to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Durham Sonity Decision
AssoiIed at Bar Session

amount to more than mere con-
tests Of wits between lawyers or
of a comparative perjury between
expert witnesses =. the respon-
sibility must still be considered
to repose on courts to determine
applicable legal tests and to in
struct juries thereon"
The jurist conceded that the
existence of mental disease or
defect is q question Of fact
rather than law.
Burden Put ON Courts
But he said. once such
fact is demonstrated By medical
testimony or otherwise. IL then
remains for the courts. rather
than scientists. to determine
under what mental condition
criminal responsibility shall or
shall not attach"
Justice Dethmers suggested
there should be added to the
Durham test a test OF whether
the accused's mental disorder
left him without a sense of mo-
raj responsibility for his crime. "
The judge recited from an
1873 legal opinion, in which a
court said: "One who INDUCES
that convenient form of insan-
ity which lasts just long enough
to enable him to commit an act
of violence Is as responsible for
his condition as o drunken
man."
The Judge said he preferred
the test approved at a meeting
last May of the American Law
Institute. This test deemed a
person not responsible for cri-
minal conduct If. at the time
of his crime, he suffered from a
mental disease or defect which
removed Substantial capacity
to understand the "criminality
Of his conduct"
The test also declared the
phrase, mental disease or de-
feet" should not include IAN alb
normality manifested only by
repeated criminal conduct. "
Mr.. Fortas said 1t was ere
grettable" that congressional
legislation recently had nullified
some other appellate court opin-
ions bearing on sanity procedure.
The attorney alluded to The
Washington Stars criticism of
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+
and John Moren, executive
board.
CIVIL SERVICE ASSEMBLY
The annual conference Of the
Civil Service Assembly Of the
United States and Canada will
be held from October % to ~
in Cincinnati.
xM H. u
SUGGESTIONS INCREASE
The Commerce Department has
greatly increased employe par
ticipation in its suggestion pro-
gram. This year.. 2.828 sugges-
lions for increased efficiency and
greater economy were received,
as compared to 1909 suggestions
in 1854. A total of 423 sugges-
tons were adopted this year,
compared to 258 in 1854. Cash
awards to employees for beneficial
suggestions amounted to $ll.185.
compared to $6.816 the previous
year. And savings to the Gov
eminent this year. as a result
of the adopted suggestions, to-
tailed 1926. 900, compared to ST.
900 in 1854.
ICC-vernon v. Baker, chief
of the Interstate Commerce
Commissions Securities and Re-
organizations Section. has been
appointed Assistant Director OF
the Bureau Of Finance.
JOBS-The ONCE of Research
and Liaison, Aeronautical Chart
land Information Center. has job
openings for clerk-stenographers
and photographers (stilD. Apply
Ito Midway Hall, Twenty fourth
street and Okla h o m a avenue
NE, from 8 am. to noon.
The Public Health Service needs
mechanical. construction. archi-
Itectural and maintenance engi-
fneers. GS-5 to II. to work at the
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda. Md. Call Oliver $4,000,
Extension $50.
~
BIG BILL RETURNS - Will
liam tBig BID Doherty, presi-
dent of the AFL National Asso-
citation Of Letter Carriers, has
Just returned from Europe. Mr..
Doherty attended the anti-Com-
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the maximum $l2-a-day travel
allowance. even though it will
mean making economies in other
operations. The small agencies.
particularly, win have tough
time Of 1t.
The latest to decide to pay
the maximum $12-a-day travel
rate Is the Veterans Administra-
ton. And the Justice Department
also is expected to approve the
maximum rate for Its employees.
However. the Budget Bureaus
tough policy has caused some
agencies to defer for the time
being the new lO-cent-a-mile
automobile allowance and stick
to the old 7-cent rate.
Agency officials are caustically
critical of the Budget Bureaus
directive. The Budget Bureau
declared that the new increased
travel allowance rates are per-
missive rather than mandatory.
However, various agency officials
declare it definitely was the
intent of Congress that the
increases be put into effect
otherwise Congress wouldn't
have passed the law.
The agencies wanted the right
to ask Congress. In January, for
supplemental funds to pay for
the travel increase costs to the
end Of the 1856 fiscal year next
June 80. But the Budget Bureau
denied this request.
At any rate, in appropriating
regular funds for the 1857 fiscal
year starting July /, Congress
next year is expected to approve
adequate funds to pay for the
Increased travel costs.
JOBLESS BENEFITS - The
new unemployment compensa-
ton law for Federal employees,
which went into effect last jan
uary, so far has benefited 5.457
Government workers. These en-
ployes have collected nearly $13
million In jobless pay benefits.
4 Il
ELECTION-Warren Bledsoe
has been reelected president Of
the National Rural Letter Car
riers Association. Others elected
were John w. Emeigh. secre-
tary; Ray L. Hulick. vice presi-
dent; Paul NJ. Martin, treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
RESORT FORECAST

Upper and Lower Bay
sunny tomorrow, high about
So. winds northeast 8-l2
miles per hour.
Ocean Beaches 49, Mostly
sunny tomorrow. high about
IS, winds northeast 1915
miles per hour.
South Jersey--Mostly SUM-
ny tomorrow, high about 80,
winds northeast 8-l2 miles
per hour.
Skyline Drive--Mostly sum
ny tomorrow. high 1896.
good visibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Pilot Dies in Seq Crosh

KINGSTON GORsE, England,
Aug. % R.-The pilot Of I
crippled Royal Navy Seahawk
plane was killed yesterday when
he crashed his aircraft into the
sea, apparently to avoid a beach
crowded-With vacationers.