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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-02

control Of the recruit platoons
where there is a threat to health
and well being"
Rights Listed
Among the rights outlined for
recruits are privacy of mail, use
of telephone. freedom to wor.
ship, right to visitors at proper
hours, uninterrupted sleep dur
ing scheduled hours Except for
guard duty and other official
reasons. attendance at sick
call" and similar provisions.
However. smoking, candy, pas
tries, foods and soft drinks are
a privilege that may be rea-
sonably regulated as to guam
tity, time and place by the drill
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whose prominent nose and over
sized ears would disqualify him
in any "Mr. America" contest,
apologized for turning his back
on the commandant.
The general quipped: 1.-THE
back looks better than the
front"
Prosecution Objection Fails
The generals answer to Mr..
Berman's long hypothetical ques-
ton, amounting to a defense
summation and emphasizing
that the march for disciplinary
reason, went in over strenuous
objections by Maj. Sewer.
While Gen. Pate'S testimony
was considered by many as a
plea for a not-guilty finding,
Maj. Sewer afterwards had one
wry comment: THE verdict is
not a foregone conclusion.
The prosecutor said the opin-
ion question asked of Gen. Pate
was IAN invasion of the courts
province. The law officer, Capt.
Klein, allowed the question after
telling Mr.. Berman not to use
Sergt. McKeon's name as the
defense counsel was doing. The
law officer said he suspected the
general would know who Mr..
Berman had in mind.
There was no mention of the
court of inquiry findings and
recommendations for court
martial of the sergeant until
Capt. Klein asked if the general
had approved them. Gen. Pate
acknowledged that he had.
Prosecutor Gets Answer
Maj. Sewer had less luck
than Mr.. Berman with a hypo-
thetical question of his own. He
asked Gen. Pate what he would
do If he. Mai. Sewer. led a
platoon of young recruits, in
Guiding nonswimmers, into a
tidal creek without reconnais-
sance, for punitive reasons, as
the prosecution contends.
The general answered:
Il would certainly think you
were the most stupid person Id
met. I don't know what I'd do.
/ might award you a court
martial to determine the degree
of guilt"
In all the generals testimony,
the sergeant seemed to have be-
come a hypothetical accused and
there was little or no mention
of the six victims of the night
march.
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Niqht Marches of Boots
Defended by Gen. Fuller

troops, Gen. Fuller had a terse
reply:
I'm my opinion. it is not"
Then Mr.. Berman, detailing the
defense contention that the
march on which Sergt. McKeon
led his men was to teach dis
l;ipline, asked the general whether
he considered this as a good or
bad" practice.
Gen. Fuller leaned back in the
witness stand and expounded:
In my opinion the reason that
American troops made out so
poorly in Korea was due to the
lack of night training. If we are
going to win the next war,
would say from now on so per
cent of the training should be
allotted to night training"
Thinks 1t Good Practice
Then, Mr.. Berman said, the
general considered it a good
practice.
Good" the general said.
On cross-examination, Maj.
Sewer asked the general what
he would have done as Sergt.
McKeon's commanding officer if
he had led such a night march,
without proper reconnaissance
and other safeguards and as
punishment. as the prosecution
contends, into a tidal creek.
Il would say" Gen. PulAer re-
piled. This night march was
and is-a deployable accident"
Maj. Sewer repeated the ques-
ton and Gen. Fuller answered:
Since I've been retired. a sim
liar accident occurred off the
Florida keys. 1t involved the
Army II men were drowned.
AS far as l read. there was
hardly any mention of it in the
newspapers. There was no court
of inquiry and no court-martial."
Pate Approved Trial
Then he referred to Gen.
Pate's testimony and his belief
that the commandment regretted
the court-martial. The trial was
approved by the commandant
on a court of inquiry's recon-
mendation.
When Gen. Fuller began his
testimony he sat back and in
his gruff, rasping voice spoke to
spectators in the rear of the
courtroom:
IF I don't talk loud enough
somebody say something back
there"
] Then, at Mr.. Berman's invi-
tation he expounded on the
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MARINES GIVE GEN. FULLER
OVATION AT NON-COM CLUB

PARIS ISLAND. s. c.. Aug 2-Retired 1t Gen. Lewis
B. Fuller arrived at this base last night testify in the
McKeon trial little later the crusty combat veteran
always great favorte with enlisted men, turned up at
the MOO Club
Gen. Fuller received a loud ovation from those in the
club He accompanied by Chief Defense Counsel Emile
lola Berman and stood around chatting with Ibis boys"
for half an hour
The showing their affection for the Marine
hero, will give cocktail party for him this evening.
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Man EIectrocuted

PALO ALTO. Calf, Aug. 2 (P).
CLARK Lacey, 20, was electro
cuted yesterday when water
from a garden hose came in con-
tact with a grounded 2,300-volt
power line as he attempted to
put out a grass fire. The line had
been knocked down by high
winds.
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OOHLlnue0 FROM FlrSL TdSc
Flaherty. of Turtle Creek. Pa,
said that while a drill instruc-
tor here between 1853 and 1856
he took lat one time or another
all the 10 platoons he trained
into the swamps.
Sergt. McKeon is on trial here
for manslaughter. oppression of
troops, drinking in the presence
of recruit and drinking while
on duty. All are an outgrowth
Of an April 8 night march into
tidal Ribbon Creek.
Gen Fuller said he based his
belief that Gen. Randolph Nice.
Pate regretted the court-martial
on the Marine commandment S
testimony in the trial yesterday.
Gen. Pate said that in such a
case he believes he would have
transferred the sergeant and
taken a stripe away.
Il think as 1 read in the papers
yesterday about the testimony of
Gen. Randolph McC. Pate" said
Gen. Fuller, "he agrees and re-
grets that this man was ever
tried by court-martial."
Holds Navy Crosses
Gen. Fuller, known as the
toughest Marine of them all. and
the holder of five Navy Crosses
for heroism, made it clear
throughout his testimony he
thinks no court-martial should
have been ordered.
The famed combat leader,
when called as a witness.
marched stiff1y. He wore a sum-
mer uniform, including a blouse
with eight rows of ribbons.
His testimony that night
marches were a good practice.
was given over repeated objec-
tons by Mai. Charles B. Sewer,
the prosecutor. AS he had done
in Gen. Pate's testimony yes
terday. Maj. Sewer commended it
was opinion evidence which
invaded the province of the
seven-member court, all officers,
who are hearing the case.
The questions were allowed by
the law officer. Navy Capt. Irv-
ing N. Klein of New York. who
held that evidence of this kind
could be considered by the court
Seen No Oppression
Mr.. Berman asked the ques-
tons in a thinly-veiled hpyothe-
tical form. To the first, as tc
whether such a march as Sergt
McKeon led was an oppression Of
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the two stood glaring at each
other.
Il stepped between them, I"
said Herbert Hanley, a San
Francisco insurance broker. Il
threw up my elbows and got in
real close. Some others backed
in front of Sir Robert. The
Senator was trying to take an
other poke at him over my
shoulders. I couldn't see wheth-
er Sir Robert was hitting back
l was too busy with the Sena-
tor.
He can't call me a liar" Mr..
Hanley quoted Senator Malone
as saying.
Those present said Sir Robert
asked David Bohannon, club
president. to express his regrets
to Senator Malone and later
walked over to the Nevadan and
said he was sorry.
Sir Robert was quoted later
as saying, "Therell always be a
Scotland as long as there's an
Ireland He declined further
comment.
Senator Malone said, I'm
sorry it happened. He's just
another Britisher and in my
opinion he doesn't represent the
majority Of the British people"
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years ago only If there were two
choices.
However, he said. I'VE have
another choice. We can vote for
two distinguished Democrats.
Senator Byrd and Representa-
tive John Bell williams. Demo-
crat Of Mississippi"
The Independents, composed
mainly Of dissident Democrats
who do not wish to go along with
the Steyenson-Kefauver ticket.
yesterday Endorsed Mr.. Williams
as Senator Byrd's running mate
The Mississippi Congressman
declined immediate comment on
whether he would accept a draft
Mr. Brynes reserve his
strongest criticism for Nj. Steven
son. saying
Mr. Stevenson proposal to
unllaterally stop the testing Of
large hydrogen bombs would
invite war and "endanger our
freedom . He called another
Stevenson proposal. an end to the
draft in the toreseeable future "
q "demasogic appeal for votes.
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Byrnes Supports Byrd,
Rejects Major Tickets

COLUMBIA, S. c.. Oct. 81 (41.
Former Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes says he is
throwing his full support behind
Senator Byrd, Democrat OF vir-
ginia, for President on a ticket
sponsored by the prosegregation
South Carolinians for Inde-
pendent Electors.
The 77-year-old former South
Carolina Governor and Secretary
Of State under President Tru-
man said last night he was
rejecting both President Eisen-
hover and Adlai Stevenson
because Of their views on racial
integation
In State wide radio and
teleyision broadcast. Mr. Byrnes
said IN his opinion Nj Stevenson
IS not qualified for the presi-
dency He was less critical Of
Mr. Eisenhower. whom he sup
ported in 1852. The President
missed carrying South Carolina
ey about 10000 votes then
Ma Byrnes said ne would back
the President as be did four
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Texas Governor
Hits Stevenson

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Oct. q (A1
- Texas Gov. Allan Shivers
headed back home today after a
whirlwind flying trip to de-
nounce Adlai Stevenson in po-
litical rallies in Tennessee and
Florida.
Speaking before about 500 per-
sons at a $l0-a-plate dinner
sponsored by the Memphis Cit
liens for Eisenhower-Nixon. Gov
Shivers said here last night that
Mr.. Stevenson lacks political re-
sponsibility, is a tool" of labor
leaders and threat to peace.
He said President Eisenhower
1.-THE great leader in war. has
proved himself TO be an even
greater leader for peace The
Democratic Governor was intro
duced at the dinner By Cary
Middleton Of Memphis, National
Open golf champion.
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Butler Up Before Dawn
To Greet Dock Workers

those that had dropped on the
Baltimore market.
He added that Mr.. Mahoney
did not mention that while food
prices had risen IL per cent
from 1853 to August, 1856. the
average wages of factory work.
erS in Baltimore increased 10
per cent and that tax rates for
individuals were reduced 10 per
cent.
Senator Butler in his state
ment also said that whereas the
cost Of a dollars worth Of the
things we need for daily living
rose from 81 to $1.92 between
1889 and 1882" the cost had
increased only 5 cents in the
last three and half years.
1T must be obvious to all
Marylanders that the cheapest
thing today is Mahoney baloney
but unfortunately it is always
contaminated" Senator Butler
said. -
The Senator was in high
spirits yesterday at the recep-
ton he got in the port and
Brooklyn areas and at assur-
ances from longshoremen that
they would be working for him
between now and election day.
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Continued From First Page
clouding the serious issues which
have been raised in the course
of the campaign.
One of these is certainly the
issue of testing hydrogen wea-
pons. AS long as he has pre-
sented his proposals soberly,
with a minimum of emotional
coloring. Mr.. Stevenson has
found significantly receptive
audiences. He has alos perhaps
won votes. At the same time
one suspects it is an issue which
imposes very critical limits on
the candidate. Voters will be
qiuck to recognize a violation
of the emotional lire, and Mr..
Stevenson yesterday seemed
close to this limit.
The same thing may be true
Of other features of his recent
speeches: The growing bitterness
of his personal attacks on Pres
ident Eisenhower, the increasing
harshnesS in his charges of a
Republican corruption" and
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Senator Malone Takes
Poke at British Diplomat

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81 (P).
Both United States Senator
George w. Molly Malone, Re-
publican Of Nevada, and British
Consul-General Sir Robert Ha-
dow said they're sorry it hap
pened.
The 66-year-old Senator and
the 61-year-old British diplo-
mat exchanged words and glares
yesterday at the usually digni-
fled weekly luncheon of the
Commonwealth Club. There was
also one wild, futile swing.
Senator Malone. a 175-pound
5-foot-7 former amateur boxer,
had addressed the club on the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act and foreign aid. He opposed
both.
After contending that the only
two great nations in the world
today are the United States and
Russia. he asserted that England
is living on 30O-year-old rep
utation and building a popula-
ton that can't be supported
without an empire. The empire
of yesteryear, he said, no longer
exists.
AS the audience filed out. Sir
Robert paused near the speakers
table. Those present said the
holder Of the Military Cross for
gallantry in combat told Sena-
tor Malone he was a bloody
liar"
The Senator vaulted the table
and threw an off-target hay
maker which the l95-pound,
5-foot-2 Hadow ducked. Then
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Stump Says Fleet
Is Ready to Finht'

HONOLULU, Oct. q (R.-Pa-
cific Fleet Commander ADM al
Felix B. Stump said yesterday
aircraft carriers attached to the
United States It'll Fleet in the
Far East are ready to fight
either conventional or atomic
war in areas impossible or most
difficult to reach by other
means"
Addressing a meeting of some
200 mainland bankers here, Ad-
miral Stump said the entire Pa
Icific Fleet includes nearly 500
ships and $500 aircraft.
He said there are about AGO.
900 American fighting men in
the Pacific from all services, but
added:
With American help there
are over IL million Asians in
arms to resist Communist ag-
gresSion."
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.cCorthyHits
Juvits With
Red Leuninqs

MILWAUKEE, Oct. u up.
Senator Mccarthy. Republican
of Wisconsin, says that New
IYorks G. o. P. Senate candi-
date Jacob Javits has more
Communist connections than
anyone 1 know who's running
for Congress. Republican or
Democrat"
The Senator, with two more
years remaining of his current
term, participated in a radio
interview yesterday in which he
was asked to comment on a
statement by Mr.. Javits in which
the New Yorker was quoted as
saying that if the Republicans
take Congress, Senator Mccarthy
should not head any committee.
| The Wisconsin Senator added
that IF elected, Javits would
be disgrace. but then changed
that to say Mr.. Javits is dan
gerous because he is fairly in
telligent."
Mr.. Javits, New York State
attorney general, is running
against Democratic Mayor Rob-
ert Wagner of New York for
the Senate seat being vacated
by Senator Lehman. Democrat
of New York.
If the Republicans are in
power" Senator Mccarthy said
in referring to the results of the
coming elections, II will again
be chairman of the Investigating
Committee and the Government
Operations Committee.
Il expect to go into COM
munism. corruption and graft.
and you'll hear a lot of scream
ing about McCarthyism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-27
SHERIFF BREAKS UP
WHISKY BUSINESS
OF DISTILLER, 10

JEFFERSON, Ohio CPl.-
Sheriff Tom Fasula of Ash
tabula County. acting fast
busted up a whiskey still
that had just started operat-
ing in a shack at the rear
of its owners home.
The diStiller explained
that to show his friends he
could make moonshine. he
had produced las an expert
ment." what the sheriff later
described as a pint of top
quality" whisky.
But after Sheriff Fasula
severely reprimanded him,
he proclaimed:
I'm through with this
whisky business"
Its just as we'll. He's
only 13.
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.Indonesiu Rebels
Kill Four in Raids

JAKARTA. Indonesia, Oct. q
R.-A banG of $50 rebels killed
four persons and burned 100
houses in an attack on army
posts and villages in the Ban
dung area. local authorities said
today.
The rebels are members of
the fanatic Darul Islam, which
demands an exclusively Moslem
government controlled by religi-
GUS leaders for Indonesia. Its
units have been harassing towns
in South Central Java for
months.
In the Atjeh district of North
Sumatra, meanwhile, the army
announced that nine rebel hide
outs had been destroyed and
eight rebels killed.
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Grim Stevenson Turns
SIuqqer in Final Rounds

indifference" in conducting the
affairs of state. In slugging is
out in the final round. Mr.. Ste
venson is. however, unqueStion-
ably following the advice of
his principal political handlers.
Whatever they may say, all of
these men believe in their hearts
that it will take a major upset
to win on November 6.
At this stage. it seems that no
effort will be spared conceivably
which might shift the balance.
And that. win or lose. Mr.. Ste
venson will still be swinging hard
at the bell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-27
Smithsonian Given
Euster Seals Issue

The National Society for Grip
Piled Children and Adults Inc.
yesterday presented the Smith
sonian Institution with sheets
OF the societys Easter Seals dat
ing back TO the original 1894 IS
sues.
The Smithsonian requested the
collection. II viii be placed on
exhibit in the museum phllate.y
section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-27
PROBLEMS OF SURVIVAL
Split on FoII-Out Peril
Lack of Full Facts

views about fall-Out all speaking
from the exact information and
knowledge?
A. No. Some may have critical
information not available to
Others, or attach different weight
to some of the factors.
Q. Is it a new thing for sci
entiStS to be speaking out on
public issues which involve their
fields of knowledge?
A. No. and this speaking I'D
by scientists has been increas-
ing. particularly since the war.
Many keenly feel a responsibility
to help keep the public informed,
particularly in a day when civili-
cation depends so much upon
research, science and technology.
@. What are scientists like?
A. Human beings like everyone
else. They don't live in ivory
tower isolation as popularity sup
posed. They vary in talents,
personality. ability, like other
people. One beauty of the
trained scientific mind II pos
sessed by other minds as we'll
is willingness to modify opinions
and procedures according to new
IDEAS and findings.
@. Do scientists think fau-out
and the H-bomb ban are proper
issues for election year discus
sion?
"A. One group said: I'VE regret
the injection into a political
campaign of statements and
conclusions which extend be-
yond the limits of existing scien-
tif1c evidence. Such scientific
can only be evaluated
by calm deliberations
But the other well-known
scientists say the H-bomb prob
lem lis one that demands the
widest public attention and in
formed discussion"
@. Will scientific differences
OF opinion regarding fall-Out
hazards ever be resolved?
A. Yes, AS more facts are
learned. including a new study
launched by experts from Is ma
tons in a United Nations con-
ference to determine the effects
Of fall-out on human beings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-27
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star STAN Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Oct. 27.-Re-
publican Senator Butler, intensi-
flying his city campaigning,
yesterday covered the waterfront
here. where he enjoys his great
est popularity among working
men in the shipbuilding and
loading industries.
The Senator was UP shortly
after 4 am. and on the docks
before 6 to meet more than 500
longshoremen who had assem-
bled near Locust Point to get
their job assignments for the
day.
With the help of leaders of
Local 858 of the International
Longshoremen's Association, he
personally greeted each of the
men as they arrived to check
ships loading and unloading in
the port.
In a short speech over the
"shape-up" halls loud-speaker
system. the Senator reminded
the longshoremen of his work
in the Senate on port legislation
and measures to strengthen the
merchant marine.
Record Is Stressed
"At the beginning of the SD
Congress things weren't so good
here in the port. Men were not
getting the work. So l went to
work to do something about it, :"
Senator Butler said.
He added that he personally
had held Is hearings, moved II
bills out of committee designed
to help the port and saw Is of
them become law.
The Senator also said that he
had sponsored a bill requiring
that at least so per cent of Gov
ernment-flnanced shipping had
to travel in American bottoms
and that this had put seamen
and longShoremen in the Balti-
more port to work. He said he
had helped get some $3.50 million
worth of shipbuilding contracts
for shipyards in Maryland.
During the day and last night
Senator Butler campaigned in
the Brooklyn area of the city.
He also took time out for con-
ferenceS with G. o. P. State
leaders at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel party headquarters.
"Mahoney BaIOney" Hit
In a press statement released
through his Washington Office.
Senator Butler continued to poke
fun at what he scored as the
'Mahoney baloney" being handed
out by his Democratic opponent.
George P. Mahoney.
This time his attack was lev
eled at statements attributed TO
Mr.. Mahoney in which he as
serted that the country had been
travelling the road to imitation
in the last three and half years.
Senator Butler accused his OPP
ponent OF picking out a small
Of foods that had ad-
in prices while emitting