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Mutusow
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i SsI
committee, Senator Eastland,
Democrat. of Mississippi, has
summoned MatusoW to a public
hearing tomorrow. He has tes-
tilted before that subcommittee
on seven different occasions.
Senator Eastland said he wishes
to- find out, If possible, just what
part of Matusow's testimony was
true and what was false.
In his appearances before con-
gressional committees, Matusow
branded hundreds of people as
either Communist Party men,
bers or followers.
Senator Jackson said all of
the ex-Communist's testimony
should be examined very care
fully and an effort made to
determine what has caused his
unusual recent behavior"
The Washington Democrat
said that he always felt there
was danger that the Communist
Party would plant reformed
Communists in strategic posi-
tionS where they would be given
the opportunity possibly to pen
citrate secret agencies of the
Government.
1T would come as no sur
prise to me to find there had
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\NOllIlkluCo T1OA 1IAot 1d6C.t
attack Formosa or the nearby
Pescadores islands.
+ How much additional Nation
alist-held territory this country
might consider necessary to the
defense of those main islands is
one of the questions raised by
the evacuation of the Red men
aced Tachens.
Senate Minority Leader Know
land said he is confident the
mutual defense treaty will be
approved But Mr.. Dulles ap-
parentiy faced some questions
about the treaty itself in the
light of developments.
Effect on Title to Islands.
Senator Sparkman. Democrat,
of Alabama. chairman of the
committees Far Eastern Sub
committee, said he wants to ask
Mr.. Dulles views on whether
ratification of the treaty would
have the effect of recognizing
a Nationalist Chinese title to the
islands.
This may be legaliStic ques-
tion." Senator Sparkman said.
"but I think there should be
some clarification of it,"
He said some Senators have
contended such a stand by the
United States would promote
Chinese Communist contentious
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that their fight with the Ma
tiol1alists was a civil war in
which other nations had no right
to interfere.
Taken From japanese.
Formosa and the Pescadores
were taken from the japanese at
the close of World War II. They
had been promised to China in
the wartime Cairo Declaration.
A peace treaty signed by Japan
after the Reds had overrun the
Chinese mainland made no
specific disposition of the islands.
Mr.. Dulles faced questioning
also about further moves in the
United Nations to bring a For
mosa Strait cease-fire. Red
China rejected an initial invita-
ton to discuss cease-fire pro-
posals. Whether a new invita-
ton should be extended is a mat
ter of sharp dispute among some
Senators.
Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.. United
States Ambassador to the U. NJ,
conferred with President Eisen-
hover Saturday, but declined to
say what action might be taken.
He indicated new developments
may be expected tomorrow or
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Week End Rain Triples
Total for January

Welcome rain-more than
three times as much as fell here
during the whole of january
came to the Washington area
over the week end.
Observers at the Washington
National Airport recorded 1.02
inches since the rain began late
Saturday night. In January,
there was only 81 of an inch,
the driest January since records
have been kept.
The rain caused the usual
trouble at Peace Cross in Bla-
densburg. Md, flooding the in
tersection this. morning. Cedar
lane, where it crosses Rock Creek
just north of Bethesda Naval
Hospital, also was reported
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Police Bullets Stop Boy
Fleeing in Stolen Car

A l4-year-old Berwyn Md
boy, spotted by Prince Georges
County police in stolen car.
escaped injury as police fired six
bullets at the vehicle, forcing it
to leave the road and smash into
a fence.
Police Pvts. w. C. Kreitzer and
Yorke Flynn. jr., saw the auto,
reported stolen in Langley Park,
on Powder Mill road yesterday
When the driver failed to heed
the police siren, the two Off
GERS shot out two tires and fired
four other bullets into the cars
body.
County detectives, wh0 said
the boy is on probation for other
juvenile otfenses, will be ques-
toned in connection with several
recent burglaries. In custody,
the boy told police he "ducked
under the dashboard when bull
let knocked my hat off,"
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Supreme Court Passes Chance
Rule on Hot Potato Issue

ito consider the other questions,
discussed by the Court of APP
peals. The decision in this case
does not rest upon them"
The Capps case had attracted
considerable interest because OF
a possibility that Supreme
Court ruling on the extent of the
Presidents powers to make
executive agreements would re-
viye Senate fight on the Brick
er Amendment.
In another action today, the
Supreme Court agreed to revley:
a decision by New York courts
upholding the discharge of a
New York City municipal COL
lege teacher who refused to
answer questions at a Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee hear
ing in 1862. The case involves
Harry Slochower, former associ-
ate professor of literature at
Brooklyn College. He refused to
answer subcommittee questions
as to whether he was a Com
munist Party member in the
early l940's.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
u. S. Pilots Who Downed MICS
Find Sabreiets Far Superior
--AP Wlrephoto via radio.

fight of Sabres, told a similar
story.
He said he saw the leading
MIG come in fast. II broke to
the left, and got in position. l
opened up and hit him. He
began to burn"
Capt. Williams then broke
contact.
The flyers said the other six
MICS had come in higher than
the two shot down in flames.
made a brief firing pass at the
Sabres and the bomber, then
fled to the north as the two
lower MICS were hit.
This was something American
pilots never would have done If
part of their flight had been hit,
the two flyers indicated. If they
failed to stay and help, ooh,
Boy" 1t. Salmon said.
The American patrol con-
tinued on south and returned to
its base. Capt. Williams rated
the flying ability of the MIG
pilots as mot so good" but
added they weren't really so
poor, we're just pretty good.
The 335th ighter-interceptor
squadron is the best in the
world"
This is the squadron which
shot down more than 200 Red
planes in the Korean war.
First Fight With MICS.
1t was the first encounter with
MICS for both flyers. Capt. Will
liams said he had flown troop
carrier planes in New Guinea
in World War II. It was 1t.
Salmon's first combat test.
They said their Saturday
flight was considered a training
mission. They fly them fire.
quently in that area, which the
Air Force has described as over
International waters.
They were armed for combat,
but had not expected trouble.
The Air Force said the RB45
was on Its usual reconnais-
sance mission" over the Yellow
Sea when attacked.
The two fighter pilots said as
far as they knew none of the
other Red MICS was hit and no
Communist bullets hit any of
he 13 American planes.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
By the Associoted Press

TOKYO. Feb. 1.-Two Ameri-
can jet fighter pilots who shot
down a pair of cannon firing
Russian-built MIG-15s over the
Yellow Sea reaffirmed today
what the world knew for long
time-that Sabrejets are far SUI
perior.
THE MICS will never compare
with the F-86 Sabrejet," said 1t.
Charles E. Salmon. Is, Port Jer-
Wis. N. Y.
Capt. George F. Williams, jr.,
81. Austin, Tex, agreed.
Both pilots told a press con-
ference of a dramatic five
minute battle with eight MICS
who jumped their patrol of IL
Sabrejets and an RB-45 recon-
naissance plane Saturday.
The fight erupted 10 miles off
the North Korean coast and 40
miles southwest of Pyongyang,
capital of Communist North
Korea.
American Planes Unhurt.
Both said there was absolutely
no damage to any of the Ameri-
can planes and they saw no
markings on the attacking Red
planes to identify them as Chi
nese Communist, North Korean
or Russian.
Capt. Williams said they had
flown about 40 miles up the
North Korean coast from their
base at Osan and had turned
south when the fight began.
There was no warning" he
said. They came from above
and behind U.s." and started FIR
ing.
1t. Salmon took up the story:
Il saw their tracers streaking
past our plane. like red balls.
"They were firing from too far
away. They dove past my flight
and attacked the reconnais-
sance) bomber. I rolled over on
my back, slipped down to the
left and rolled out on the tail of
one of them. Both were firing
at the RB45.
MIG Bursts Into Flames.
Il fired five or six bursts and
he started to smoke. He burst
into flames and slipped off down
toward the sea-"
Capt. Williams, in a different
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ference which not only would
cover the problem of Formosa
but also 'tether causes of ten
sions in the Far East" National
ist China would not be included
in the discussions.
United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold, who
dispatched the invitation, re-
gretted the Communist rejec-
ton of the New Zealand pro-
posal to debate the Formosan
crisis before the U. N. Security
Council in New York. But he felt
that "some discussion of this
question could not be ruled out
in the interests of world peace" 4"
A complete news blackout has
covered the situation in the
Tachen area. SO far as Peiping
is concerned. Even the usual
adequate hints which pass for
military information were not
forthcoming here last night.
The Communists are not eager
to reveal anything in the pres
ent extremely delicate situation.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

been such plants" Senator jack
son added.
He said such procedures would
enable the Communists not only
to get a lot of valuable infor-
nation but at the same time to
discredit sincere ex-CommuniSts
who were in a position to give
information to the Government
on people in the Communist
hierarchy.
The Senator pointed out that
most of the Governments case
In prosecuting a Communist
conspiracy must necessarily de-
pend on the testimony of ex-
Communist informants.
Matusow campaigned against
Senator jackson in Washington
State in 1852 and later, the SEN
ator said. told him that many
of the charges he made in the
campaign were false.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Next Formosa Move
By U. n. Awaits Clue
To u. s. Intentions
BY the Assoeioisd Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y, Feb.
New United Nations Security
Council moves on the Formosa
cease-fire question hinged today
on plans brought back from
Washington by United States
Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.
Delegations recessed consulta-
tions over Sunday while they
waited for a clue to United States
intentions. Mr.. Lodge announced
after a Saturday breakfast with
President Eisenhower that the
United States program would be
made known by midweek.
There was some feeling that
the British Commonwealth
Prime Ministers talks in London
would begin to be mirrored here
in delegation activity early in
the week. Reports from London
said India's roles in the talks
there and Soviet foreign Office
conferences with British and
Indian diplomats in Moscow
might be related to some kind
of unwritten cease-fire agree
ment.
The New York Times in dis
patch from Washington said the
United States would urge U. N.
to send 'peace observation"
mission to Formosa and the
Pescadores, to report on any ag-
gressive action in the area. The
Times said the Americans, as
suming that the Soviet Union
would veto any cease-fire or
peace observation resolution in
the Security Council. were trying
to arrange for the veto-free gen.
eral assembly or the interim
little assembly" to send the
observers.
Such a plan was recommended
in a letter to the Times on jan
uary 80 by Ernest A. Gross,
former U. S. deputy delegate to
the U. N. and now a special
legal adviser to U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

The Supreme Court passed up
chance to rule today on a
.'hot potato. Constitutional issue.
In a case involving a Norfolk
tVa9. potato dealer, 1t refused
to decide whether the President
has Constitutional authority to
issue an executive order that
conflicts with an act of Congress.
The United States Court of
Appeals in Richmond had held
that the presidential executive
agreement with Canadian au-
thorities concerning potato inn
ports from Canada into the
United States was inconsistent
with the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act, and therefore invalid.
The Supreme Court, in an
opinion written by Justice Bur-
ton. limited itself to the narrow
issue of the purchase of approx
mately $4,000 bags of Canadian
seed potatoes. -
Other Questions Passed BY.
There is no occasion for us, :"
the 8-to-0 opinion, concluded,
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Tension SIackened
As Ministers Resume
Formosa Discussions
By ne As,oeioied Press

LONDON, Feb. Prime Min
lister Churchill called the COM
monwealth premiers to a final
secret session on the Formosa
crisis today with tension appar-
entity Stacked slightly by events
Of the week end.
The nine-nation conference
was reported relieved that the
Chinese Nationalists, after a
week of wrangling with the
United States. had agreed to
pull out of the Red threatened
Tachen Islands.
The United States refusal to
be more closely committed to
defense of the other Nationalist
held coastal islands of Quemoy
and Matsu was welcomed here.
The British contend that all
the islands the Nationalist hold
just off the China mainland
except Formosa and the neigh
boring Pescadores-belong to the
Communists but Foreign Sec
retary Sir Anthony Eden has
warned the Reds against any
attempt. to seize the islands.
Another Optimistic Move.
Also on the optimistic side
were reports indicating that Rus
sia, fearful of becoming involved
in Far East war. has consented
to restrain the Chinese Commu-
nistS.
Soviet Foreign Minister v. M.
Molotov called on British Am
baSsador Sir William Hayter and
India's P. N. Kaul for separate
talks in Moscow last Friday.
After cabled reports of the two
meetings were studied here, Brit
ish diplomatic informants hinted
that Russia had joined with |
Britain and India in secret ef-
forts to get the Nationalists and
Reds to agree to a face-saving,
"unwritten" cease-fire in the |
Formosa Strait.
These informants said the !
present commonwealth STRATEGY
of seeking a Formosa truce
through secret diplomacy is be-
ing directed by Sir Anthony and
1ndia's Prime Minister Nehru.
The two statesmen spent Satur-
day night in consultation at the I
country home of Earl Mount
batten, former governor general
OF India and a close friend of
Mr.. Nehru. Mr.. Nehru and Sir
Anthony Joined the other COM
monwealth leaders in Formosa
discussions yesterday at a lunch
given by Sir Winston at Cheuuers. /
country retreat of Britain's prime
ministers.
No Cabinet Session Today.
Sir Winston did not summon
his usual weekly cabinet session
for today, indicating he does not
regard the situation as too criti-
cal. The cabinet held two emer-
gency sessions last week.
The commonwealth conference,
which opened last Monday, will
issue windup communique to-
morrow
British Labor Party leaders
and newspapers. meanwhile,
echoed former Prime Minister
Clement Attlee's call for neu-
tralization of Formosa and exile
of Nationalist Leader Chang
Kai-Shek.
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blocked by flooding. caused by
ice and debris floating down the
creek.
More cold weather will follow
the rain. The forecast is for
fair and colder tonight, with
low of % in the city and "a
in the suburbs. Tomorrow will
be partly cloudy and moderately
cold.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
l3 Lifers in Sweden

STOCKHOLM.-At the Begin
ming of 1855 only 13 persons, all
men. were under life sentences
in Swedish prisons. Fifty-five
years ago there were 1880 male
and 200 female lifers in prison.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Death Ports but Briefly

CHARLOTTE. N. c., Feb. 7 (P,.
Death parted a couple married
62 years here yesterday-but on
ly for 80 minutes. Eliza Daniel
Burton, 80. was followed in death
by j. Fred Burton, "a. in a Char
lotte hospital.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Chou Gets New Bid
To Formosa Farley
By Russell Spurr

PEIPING, Feb. 7 (NANA). -
Communist Chinese leaders last
night were studying an invita-
ton to a new international con-
ference forwarded to the Com
munist Premier, Chou En-lai, by
the Swedish Embassy here.
The Chinese were asked to
attend "a second Geneva con-
Evening star., 1955-02-07

Mr.. Spur Is One of the Three Western
Correspondents Admitted Into Red
Chino.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
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10. 5-411a.
GERMAN SHEPHERD, female. found
Feb. z. Rockville area. GA, 4-S6s6.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

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The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
Generals May Join Wives
 In Nome After Bear Hunt

Plans have been completed for the two-day visit of the wives of Generals Dolittle, J. H. Atkinson, Alen T. Bonnet, and Hugh Parker.
 The husbands of the visitors are reported to be in Pt Barrow on a polar bear hunt, having re- gently bagged grizzly bear at Talkeetna, and they are expected to join their wives here some time during their visit.
 Reservations are being taken at the Boring Sea Club for a no host banquet in their honor on Wednesday evening.
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
Chou En-Lai Says: Door To Direct Negotiations With US. Still Open

BANDUNG, Indonesia, R Prime Minister Mohammed Ali of Pakistan said today Premier Chou En-Lai of Red China considers the door to direct negotiations with the United States over For mosa is still open a slight crack"
 Ali made his statement to re- porters after 213 hour lunch con talk with Chou. This was after the Donation Asian-African conference adjourned.
 Chou jared the closing session by declaring his government would not yield it's sovereign rights to liberate" Chiang Kali Shek's island bastion. That chill ed high hopes he had raised the day before by calling for direct talks with the United States to ease tension in the. Formosa area.
 Chou En-Lai, Mohammed Ali said, "has an answer to the ques- tion of the disposition of Chiang Kai-Shek." The Pakistan leader refused to say what it was.l
 1T think the United States can not throw him overheard" he added. T told him if I was in that position (of the United States) I would stick to my friend"
 He did not say whether he had asked the Red Chinese premier to release imprisoned American air. men as one means of showing sincerity for the negotiations.
 Ali intimated, however, he had raised the question, by saying: There is the need to eliminate suspicion on both sides, and believe China could help by re- leasing the American airmen or perhaps arranging for a National ist Chinese evacuation of the off shore islands. 7"
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
Maurice Gebhart of Anchorage Appointed Executive Director AHA

ANCHORAGE, R-Maurice C. Gebhart of Anchorage has been appointed executive director of the Alaska Housing Authority, according to an announcement Saturday afternoon by the AHA Commissioners.
 Gebhart has been a resident of Alaska five years and is mar ried. He has two children, a daughter attending the University of Alaska and a son who is a junior at Anchorage High School.
 Gebhart said one of the first items of business would be to activate the slum clearance pro- grams in the cities of the terri tory. The urban renewal program for the city of Fairbanks will get under way immediately.
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
Adm. Peary's Flag To Be Presented To National Geographic Society

WASHINGTON, tR-The Am erican flag that Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary carried to the North Pole 46 years ago will find a permanent home here next month.
 The National Geographic So- ciety said Saturday Mrs. Marie Peary Stafford, the explorers daughter will present the flag to the society at ceremonies here May 6 as a gift from her mother.
 Mrs. Peary, 91, and now living in Portland, Me, made the flag that marked her husbands dis covery of the pole On April 6, 1909.
 At the same ceremony in Con- stitution Hall the Geographic So- ciety will honor Mrs. Peary with 9 special gold medal in apprecia- tiOn of her courage and ability as an explorer in her own right dur ing the years she accompanied the admiral on Arctic expeditions from 1891 to 1902.
 Mrs. Perry, the Society said will be unable to attend the cere- monies. Mrs. Stafford will accept the medal for her.
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
First Two Women Chosen To Face
 Atomic Blast Test

LAS VEGAS, R'-The first two women ever chosen to face an atomic blast in a front-line trench -a 45-year-old grandmother and a 40year-old newSpaperwoman say they are happy and hon. ored" to be selected.
 Mrs. Jean Wood Fuller, of Los Angeles and Battle Creek, Mich, first choice, has been director of Women's Affairs for the Federal Civil Defense Administration since last December. She has two sons, Pvt. Frederic Fuller, 22, Kenai, Alaska, and Navy Airman 1/C Kent Fuller, 20, San Diego, Calf, and one grandchild.
 Mrs Shirley Smith, Oakland Tribune writer and Civil Defense worker for five years, plans to write story about her experi- ences and offer it to all news services.
 Mrs. Fuller said she has no fear and expects to get first hand knowledge that will be val uable to me in Interpreting the experience to others" She said she is particularly interested in seeing what happens to food in an atomic explosion.
 Mrs Fuller, past president of the California Federation of Re publican Women, passed her physical examination yesterday.
 In all, p Civil Defense work CTS and eight newsmen will oc- cupy the trenches with more than 2,000 soldiers.
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
One of Biggest Detonations At Yucca Flat To Test Effects of Blast, Radiation And Fiery Heat On Average US. Homes

SURVIVAL CITY, New, JAP - Final touches were put today on this tiny town huddling in the shadow of the mighty atom as more than 5,2OO persons prepared for history's most complex nue. lear test.
 Workmen completed furnish ings in the four homes on Dooms- day Drive, the avenue only 4,7OO feet away-six to ten blocks in most towns - from tomorrow's atomic blast tower.
 One of the biggest detonations unleashed at Yucca Flat-a de- vice with the wallop of 10000 tons of TNT-will be used by the Federal Civil Defense Admin istration, the Department of De- fense and the Atomic Energy Commission for a variety of eye- opening experiments. It is sched- uled at APO am. PSF.
 Most important, this test will show what the terrible triplets of atomic weapons-blast, radiation and fiery heat - can do to the kind of home you live in.
 The homes on Doomsday Drive will De hit by all three: some farther back by only one or two, some should escape entirely.
 The spacing is planned, for in any real atomic attack it repre- sents part of your chances for survival-the luck of the draw, or how close you are to the bomb. Secondly, it's designed to learn how best to protect homes and lives if your luck is bad.
The Nome nugget., 1955-04-25
Adenauer'S Government Suffers A Setback
 On Issue of Paris Treaties
(BY THE Assoc1ArEo PREssl

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's pro- Western Christian Democrats suffered setback today in re- turns from an election in West Germany's big state of Lower Saxony Communists and Social ists claimed gains in French local elections, but the Communists suffered defeat in the Soviet zone of Austria.
 The outcome is at least a nor al defeat for Adenauer because he had personally headed his party's campaign in Lower Sax ony, and the main issue was his plan for aligning West Germany with the West under the Paris treaties. The possibility existed, however, that the coalition back ing him actually might gain con- troll of the legislature, since the Socialists could not muster a majority.
 The voting in France was for county councilmen, who have few powers but considerable political prestige.