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Evening star., 1955-10-24
Cotton Prices Rally
After Initial Break

NEW YORK. Oct. "a tR.-The
cotton futures market rallied
today after a sharp selling wave
that sent prices down more than
81 a bale in early dealings.
Toward the noon hour some
deliveries were as much as 81
above the earlier lows Of the day
but the market still displayed a
nervous undertone. Noon ranged
from so cents to $3.75 q bale
lower.
Brokers said the severe break
followed a wave of selling on the
Liverpool, England. cotton ex-
change, triggered by authorita-
tive forecasts Of rising cotton
productions overseas. The Inter-
national Cotton Advisory Com
mittee said that II foreign cotton
production maintains its pres
ent rising trend, the world in a
few years may become wholly
independent Of United States
cotton.
The impact Of this prediction
fell most heavily on the more
distant deliveries which bore the
brunt Of the loss. Cotton for de-
livery this December was rela-
lively steady under mill buying
and short covering.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
BY ROBERT X. WALSH

The Supreme Court today
ordered q hearing in Federal
Court in New York on a case
brought by Communist aliens
attacking constitutionality OF
the supervised parole" section
Iof the 1852 Internal Security Act.
In another order the court
refused to review the convic-
tions Of l3 Puerto Rican Ma
Itionalist Party members on
charges of seditious conspiracy
against the United States. This
group. convicted in Federal Court
In New York last year, did not
include the Puerto Rican terror
lists who shot i've House men,
bers March /. 1854, In a blaze
iof gunfire from the House gall
Ilery. The United States Court
Iof Appeals for the District of
Columbia early this month up
held the conviction Of those
four. The New York members
Iof the party were rounded UP
after that shooting and were
tried on charges Of a continuous
conspiracy from September 1850
to May 1854.
The order in the case Of the
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Pickets Arrested
AT Struck PIunt

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct
"a R).-Police arrested seven
pickets outside the struck West
inghouse Electric Corp, East
Springfield plant today and
forced a path for non-strikers
through the picket line.
An estimated $50 strikers had
formed a solid mass at the main
entrance when the 80 officers
shouldered and pushed their way
through. The workers entering
were supervisory and salaried
personnel.
The strikers are members OF
the international Union Of Elec-
trical Workers (CIO). The plant
here employees about $500 mem
bers Of the union, which is en-
gagged in a wage and time study
dispute involving about $4,000
workers in 20 plants.
The strike began at midnight
October 16.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
High Court Lets Reds
est Supervised PoroIe

~ Communist aliens challenging
the Internal Security Act was Is
sued less than q week after the
Supreme Court heard arguments
The IA were among a grour
comprising a second layer oi
Communist Party leadership ir
the New York area. They were
convicted under the Smith aci
on charges of teaching violent
overthrow Of the Government.
They were ordered deportec
as aliens but the immigration
Service could not find any coun.
try willing to accept them. Under
the Internal Security Act super.
Ivised parole" procedure. they
have been required to report
monthly, stay away from Com.
imunist meetings and other mem.
bers. and travel no further thar
so miles from New York City.
Contending that such restric-
tions violated their constitu.
tional rights, the IA aliens asked
the Federal Court in New York
to declare that the law itself was
unconstitutional. The court
however, dismissed their COM
plant and held that it involved
no case that could be decided or
See COURT, Page A.:
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Housewives Hold Key to Overweight
BY Guiding y. S. Eoting, Doctors Told

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. "a Up
Doctors were urged today to
"set your sights on the house.
wife" as q means Of curbine
over-eating and overweight -
among the Nations people.
ut is she, to q large extent
who shapes the food habits and
practices Of the Nation" de-
clared DR.. w. H. Sebrell, jr.
former director Of the National
Institutes Of Health and now a
research consultant for the
American Cancer Society.
"She buys and prepares the
food. times the meals and fixes
the quantities Of food to be
served" DR.. Sebrell said in an
address to the 28th annual SCI
Ientiflc meeting Of the American
Heart Association.
DR.. Sebrell said that over
weight '.is one Of the most seri-
Gus health hazards Of our times
lat least 20 per cent, perhaps
as many 40 26 per cent. Of all
Evening star., 1955-10-24

that to be big is to be strone
and healthy.
1T Is this misguided view
which causes mothers to pro.
vide an excess Of food for theil
children, insist on its being eat.
EN-, and so, In some cases. de.
|velop habits of over-eatinf
which persists into adulthood."
DR.. Sebrell said a lot Of peo.
pie enormously place reliance or
drugs as a means of reducing
weight.
I'm the great majority oi
cases." he said. '.these drugs
whether non. specific filters, ape.
tite depressants. or rnetabolie
stimulators--have relatively lit.
tie. and then only temporary
value, since use Of them tends tc
obscure the main problem, over
eating. In any case, drugs
should be used in obesity control
only upon the advice Of physi-
cians."
Evening star., 1955-10-24
BY MARY McGRORY

Two tuning Democratic Sena-
tors stepped OF p regularly
scheduled MATS plane this
morning and declared them
selves "bewildered, stunned
and astung" at Defense Depart
ment reports that D gpecial All
Force transport had been dis
patched to Europe 70 bring them
hack. v
Senators McClellaa of Ar
kansas and Stenriis Of Missis-
lsippi both announced their in-
Itention Of investigating Defense
Department statements that led
Ito headlines saying q plane had
to be sent to Madrid for them
land another to pick up q third
Democratic Senator, Chavez Of
New Mexcio. The cost Of the
flights by the four -engine trans
ports was put at $4,000.
Senator Mcclellan. who as
chairman of the Government
Operations Committee regularly
calls people on the carpet for
throwing Uncle Sans money
around, wrathily proclaimed his
refusal to be embarrassed by the
outcry
Is Not Embarrassed
Said he darkly. ''If this action
was taken with any intent to
cause embarrassment to me and
the Senator. ! personally refuse
10 be embarrassed. :" Senator
IStenniss agreed that he would
mot be embarrassed either, but
the first thing on his calendar
was a call on the Secretary Of
Defense. r. s
II feel there has been o seri-
ious misunderstanding about
this he said.
The Senators had been tour
ling Europe with other members
of a Senate Appropriations Sub
COMMITTEES looking at American
Overseas installations.
The first thing he heard about
ANY expensive extra service to
bring him home. according to
Senator Mcclellan. was last
Thursday in Naples, when he was
awakened after midnight by
someone who didn't speak very
good English It wasn't until
he got to Madrid that he UNDER
stood enough to make an in
ldignant denial.
1T was definitely certain how
we would 60 and how we would
return. ! never heard Of such a
thing I couldn't have gone ex-
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adults In this country today are
overweight to an extent that
may impair their health"
And. "all obesity" he declared
fatty results from -eating
that is, eating more calories
than are needed for energy"
DR.. Sebrell listed the following
as among commonly STATED fal-
lacies'' about how one gets fat:
/. The belief of many" peo-
Iple that overweight is an inher-
Iited condition about which
nothing can be done.
2. A common belief that obe-
|sity is a result of a disturbance
in the body's endocrine gland
system.
while this factor In the eti-
ology Of obesity cannot be dis
regarded" said DR.. Sehreil,
cases In which endocrine dys-
function is the sole basis for
the condition are rare"
The doctor also declared:
There Is q common notion
Evening star., 1955-10-24
PIone Report Stuns
Mcclellan and Stennis
Senators, Back, Deny They Requested
Sending Of Air Force Croft 10 Spuin

,cept I came back today. ! de-
|bated over going and didn't de-
eide until the last minute.
I'VE planned all the time To
return by . regularly scheduled
plane. and there 1t Is" he said
pointing TO the MATS airlinel
which carried ~ other passen.
gers.
Etennis Makes Denial
Senator Stennis, queried abou,
AN Air Force report that he haf
declined" to delay his return
said. TT IS absolutely without
foundation"
The whole trip, going and
coming, went absolutely as
scheduled, the Senators said
Senator Chavez. for whom sup
Iposedly one Of the planes was
dispatched. went on with the
rest Of the senatorial greup ex-
lactly as planned.
The special planes. meanwhile,
are cooling in Madrid. All three
Senators spurned them. Sena-
tors Mcclellan and Stennis tock
10 regular MATS courier plane
70 Paris, where they boarded the
regular MATS plane which
brought them home.
I'VE went this way to be eco
Inomical, said Senator MccIel-
Ian, whose last inquiry into Air
Force matters centered around
the financial transactions Of its
former Secretary. Harold e
Talbot.
This was all q complete
siFprise,. . said Senator stem
mis-. Were really bewildered,
lstlnned Shni1ld say st,,nrU
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Left-Honders Are Made,
Not Born, Survey Shows

DALLAS, Tex. Oct. "a R.--
A school man said today that a
three-year survey convinced him
that, contrary to popular belief,
southpaws get that way in their
first few months OF life.
"Left-handedness positively Is
not inherited. as most people
think" said H. M. Wiley, presi-
dent Of Wheeler County (Tex.)
School Board.
Mr.. Wiley has interviewed IT,
662 pupils In the schools Of
Amarillo and other Texas cities,
He says left-handedness rises
during war and depression years
because "times Of tension bring
neglect in the training Of chill
dren."
Mothers should begin teach
ing right -handedness from the
day o baby can grasp q toy"
A southpaw himself, MIR. Wiley
says he hopes to reduce left
handedness because it "handi-
caps a person throughout life"
That's because we live In Q
Evening star., 1955-10-24

Iright-handed culture--tools, ma
chinery. instrument boards
scissors. pencil sharpeners and
other DEVICES" Mr.. Riley said.
When he began his survey Mr.
Wiley was assured that left
'handedness is covered by Men
deps laws OF inheritance and
remains fixed at 5 per cent--a
percentage established some 40
years ago In surveys by psycholo-
|gist June Eta Downey.
But, he said. he found that
1854 persons. or . per cent oi
those he surveyed, are left
handed.
Mr.. Wiley also found that 562
persons born from 1922 to 1925
in the group are lefthanded.
"Our country never had q more
tranquil period than this period, .
he sand. Parents gave their
babies more and better attention
then"
OF the 2s7 born during the
peak depression year Of 1881
IL per cent were lefthanded
Mr.. Wiley said.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
South Africu Police
Seek Stolen Poison

DURHAM. South Africa, Oct
% R.-Police are combing the
hills for 140 pounds Of arsenic
that disappeared from a cattle
dipping center only a few mile.
from Umgeni Dam, the MAR
source Of Durban's water supply
Doctors estimate the poison
could kill 100000 persons. The
dipping center Is on the fringe
of a tribal reserve. Police be.
lieve Africans may have stoler
the arsenic without realizing it.
deadly nature.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Haynes Tells
Of Tryst Killing
Takes Stond Agoins,
Wife as Trial Opens
By RICHARD RODGERS

Willis Haynes took the stand
today in District Court to tes-
|tify against his wife at her trial
|in the fatal shooting Of his mis-
ltress.
Mrs. Katherine A. Haynes, 90.
Iof Fairfax County, Va, Is ac-
|cused Of numbering Miss Nancy
Penton, 10. Of 232 Eleventh street
NE, on July 10. in the apart
|ment which Haynes provided for
the girl.
The defendant Is pleading not
guilty through temporary in
sanity. Her lawyer, Harry
(Ahern. told the six women and
Isix men jurors In his opening
statement today that his client
became deranged because Of her
husbands open boasting Of in
ltimacies with the Penton girl.
| Mrs. Haynes convinced a
lCoroners Jury the day OF the
shooting that her % calibeI
pistol discharged accidentally,
But the government took the
case to a grand jury and won
an indictment.
Pistol Exploded
During the coroner's hearing
the attractive. 93-pound de-
fendant said the pistol exploded
when her husbands mistress
grabbed for it. She described
how she found the four small
Haynes children unattended at
home and how she drove to his
ltrysting place to catch him,
When he emerged from the
building she ordered him back to
the girls apartment, holding a
gun in his back.
Mr.. Haynes, 80, now of Falls
Church, testified today he lived
with Mrs. Haynes and their chill
ldren on North Cleveland street,
Arlington, while he was spend
ling nights with the Penton girl.
also registered as his wife. He
left his mistress shortly after
midnight on the morning of
July 10. he said. He had been
with her six hours.
On arriving at his parked au-
tomobile, he said, II reached for
the door handle and my wife
Igot out.
"She had a gun in a paper
bag. She stuck 1t in my left side.
"Ehe said Let's 60 upstairs I
|objected. She looked upset and
|she tried TO talk to me. But I
See HAYNES, Page A-a
Evening star., 1955-10-24
|AFL Council Begins
|Tolks on clO Merger

NEW YORK, Oct. q (R.-
The AFL Executive Council be-
gan q week-long meeting today
to iron out final details of plans
for q merger with the CIO.
On Wednesday the CLOS
Executive Council viii start SINH.
lar discussions.
Both labor organizations viii
hold conventions December /, tt
ratify the plans separately, be.
fore q joint convention set fol
December 5.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Israel Reports Attack
On Town BY Syrians
Truce Chief
Is Flying to
Consult U. n.

JERUSALEM, oct. "a R).An
Israeli army spokesman said
Syrian forces opened fire today
on the Israeli settlement Of En-
Gev along the Sea Of Galilee. He
said there were no casualties.
HIS report came as the United
Nations truce chief for Palestine
new toward q. N. headquarters
In New York to report on the
tense situation existing along
Israel's borders with her Arab
|neighbors. A Saturday night
Israeli raid in which three
Syrians were reported slain and
|five captured added urgency to
his mission.
Israel complained to the Se-
Icurity Council that Syria was
guilty Of persistent violations Of
her border.
Retaliatory Raid
The truce supervisor, Maj.
Gen. e. Z. NJ. Burns. said an
investigation showed at least
1.-TWO groups Of 20 to 80 armed
Israelis each carried out a "well-
PLANNED" retaliatory raid across
1.-THE Syrian border Saturday
might.
He said the Syrian sources re-
ported one Of their lieutenants
and two privates were killed and
six privates wounded. Israel
previously had announced the
capture Of five Syrian soldiers.
Including a lieutenant and Q
sergeant.
Bits of equipment and am
lmunition found in the area Of
1.-THE attack have Isreali mark
lings and blood traces lead In
1.-THE direction Of the Israeli Dor.
der" the Canadian truce chief
1said.
i He declared it was q tragic
Illustration OF the policy Of
retaliation" and took OF for
''iNew York to make q report to
1.-THE q. N.
4 Israeli Soldier Kidnapped
4 The Israeli announcement said
lthe raid followed the kidnapping
Iof an Israeli soldier named Jacob
! Minovsky by Syrian soldiers and
i ia number Of other organized
Syrian attacks during the past
tlfortnigi1t." Syria contended that
Minovsky had crossed into her
! TERRITORY.
Israel already had complained
to the U. N. truce observers that
-four Israeli soldiers captured by
1.-THE Syrians 10 months ago were
|still being held prisoner despite
Ia demand for their release by the
MIXED Armistice Commission.
An Israeli spokesman said o
series of incidents between Octo-
ber 9-18 included another at
tempted kidnapping and several
If1rings on Israeli settlers. fish
lermen and patrols.
/ In Damascus, a Syrian army
spokesman said the retaliatory
attack was made by q cavalry
detachment with heavy arms"
which crossed the Jordan River
and struck half a mile into
Syrian territory. The Syrians
claimed one of their patrols en-
gagged the party and forced it
Ito retire, leaving trails Of blood.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
BULLETIN
$1O, 900 IN CASH DISAPPEARS
FROM INTERNATIONAL BANK

More than $4,000 In American and foreign cash and
checks and about $4,000 in express money orders and
travellers checks missing today ripped safe Of
the international Bank for Reconstruction and Develop
ment.
The theft In the banks eighth floor offices In the
Equitable Building at 1909 street NW which around
the from the bank proper at 1918 street NV
Detective Chief Edgar e. Scott said the office
tered by key unlocked door, About 400 Of the loot
was In foreign coins.
Evening star., 1955-10-24

~
The ministers, United States
Secretary Of State John Foster
Eisenhower Letter Gives Dulles PowsI
at Geneva. Pese Al
~----------~~@-
Dulles, British Foreign secre-
tary Harold Macmillan and
French Foreign Minister Antoine
Pinay. met with experts from
1880 am. to shortly after ! pm
They met again In later after
noon to examine the remaining
points Of the memorandum, con-
Icerning disarmament and East
West relations.
French sources said the min
listers quickly reached complete
agreement on details of q joint
Western position regarding Ger
many.
Wilson Joins In Talks
United States Secretary Of De-
Tense Charles Wilson, who Is or
his way to the Geneva meeting
also sat In on today's talks.
The big issues at the Geneva
conference viii be German re-
|unification, European security
and disarmament. But side
issues were coming to the fore
to plague the Western trio.
Even before they sat down
Israel's Prime Minister. Moshe
Sharett, was all set to toss in
their laps a frying-hot issue
what are they going to do about
sale Of arms by the Soviet bloc
to Egypt?
Overnight two other thorny
problems arose and were likely tc
be thrust into their consultations
These were:
!. The collapse In the Saai
|plebiscite Of Western plans tc
"Europeanize" that frontier val
ley as a keystone Of French.
German reconciliation: and
/ 2. The overwhelming yictors
|of Premier Nao Dinh Diem b
South Wet Nam over Chief 81
State Bao Dai Ia 3 referendum
This virtually eliminated any
possibility Of Q unification eiec.
ton IN Indo-C China as provided
by the 1854 Geneva armistict
conference at which the British
and Russian foreign minister
were co-chairmen.
The three Western foreign
ministers are to meet with Soyie,
Foreign Minister v. M. Moloto,
in Geneva Thursday In the firsl
effort to translate the 'Geneya
spirit" Of last summers surnmil
conference into concrete agree.
lments at the working level.
The Western three were Il
seek the m00rSement Of theii
Joint policy from all other part.
ners Of the Atlantic alliance a
a NATo session tomorrow.
German Unity First
The Western experts were
fairly well agreed that German
Identification, based on fret
nationwide elections, must come
ahead Of any European security
system in discussions with Mr.
Molotov. But it began to look a
II the situation In the Middle
East might also become . srnajog
issue at Geneva. 3,
Mr.. Sharett said he wanted
personal discussions over the
danger to Israel's security aris.
ing out Of deliveries OF arms by
the Eastern bloc to Egypt" and
the ''upsetting the balance oi
ornaments In favor Of a state
See MINISTER'S. Pare A.a
Evening star., 1955-10-24

was announced he was suffering
more acutely from neuritis
which had plagued him OF ans
on the latter years, and 1t wa
thought a week in the hospita
would restore his health.
Then the hemorrhaging, not re.
lated to the neuritis, unexpected
lily began. It was referred to b,
lDr. Resta as q gastric hemorrhagt
and later as a massive stomach
hemorrhage." !"
DR.. Resta said Mr.. Grifith hae
never suffered from this ailment
before and attributed the on
Islaught to advanced age.
Gathering at the hospital wer,
his wife. Mrs. Ann Grifith. arlt
the family Of her sister, Mrs
Jean Robertson, who Mr.. Grif.
nth fostered many years agt
with the death Of her husband
Jimmy Robertson.
Among them were Calvin Grit
nth, vice president Of the base
bah club, and Mrs. Joe Haynes
who Mr.. Griffith adopted as sol
and daughter. and the nephews
Billy and Jimmy Robertson
twins. and Sherry Robertson, for
mer Washington ball player VIII,
now Is assistant director Of TIN
farm clubs.
Cronins Expected Today
Another niece and her hus
band. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cronin
arrived today from their hom,
lin Newton Center, Mass. Mr.
Cronin, who once played short.
stop on Mr.. Griffith,s team, !,
general manager Of the Bostor
Red Sox.
Many visitors dropped into tn.
hospital yesterday to pay thei
respects.
One Of them was Jim Shaw
a pitcher In the days when Mr.
Grifhtf was managing the Sena,
tors. Messages from weli-wisllers
| flooded the ofiice and hospital.
Speaker of the House Martin
wrote. A number OF notes Wer,
lin childish hands, some embel.
lished with poetry. viii Ear
ridge. president Of the American
League which Mr.. Griffith helpet
found In 1901. sent flowers.
In some of the Capitals pul
pits, ministers prayed for Mr.
|Grifith recovery yesterday
Anon. them were the Rev. J
Artley Leatherman Of the Ham
line Methodist Church, the Rev
Or. Edward Latch Of the Metro
politan Memorial Church ant
Elder Lightfoot Solomon Mi
chaux Of the Church OF God.
Evening star., 1955-10-24
Griffith RoIIies Slightly,
But Condition Is Grave

The condition Of Clark Grifith
president Of the Washington
Baseball Club, was reported q,
still grave at Georgetown Uni
|versity Hospital today despite Q
rally before midnight.
However, DR.. George Resta
the club physician who is at
tending Mr.. Grifiith. said there
was some improvement thi'
morning and the outlook for re.
lcovery was "a little brighter"
His condition was sufficiently
improved this morning that
members Of the family felt free
to leave the hospital.
Mr.. Grifnth, who has wealth
|ered many q stormy inning al
pitcher. manager and club owner,
was fighting against the odds
lot declining years, the sternesi
umpire Of them all.
He has suffered at least 1--WE
|hemorrhages Of the stomach
since 6 am. Saturday. Despite
several blood transfusions in
volving eight pints Of blood,
his wiry body has gradually
weakened from the ordeal. Fur
ther transfusions probably will
be made today.
In Washington and through
out the Nation, many who have
served under Mr.. Griffith as
player, and many whom he has
befriended with almost mythical
charity. were praying for his
recovery.
Remains Conscious
Although Or. Resta told re-
Iporters earlier Mr.. Griffith,s
chances for recovery were re-
garded as s'fair." members Of the
family stayed close to the sixth
iioor hospital room yesterday.
Mr.. Grifhth suffered the sec
ond heiinorrhage yesterday
morning. and others during the
day.
Despits ne attacks. Mr.. orif-
nth remained conscious excep,
while he was under sedation
Members Of the family said ht
retained the active mind fol
which he has been noted despite
the encroachment of age.
About ii o'clock last night
DR.. Resta reported q surprising
pick up in pulse and blood pres.
sure. Relatives who had been IN
almost constant attendance, were
able to leave for a few hours
IreSt.
When Mr.. Griffith entered thu
hospital Thursday there was nc
hint as to what lay ahead. II