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any vote on the admission of
Communist China to the U. N. a
two-thirds majority of member
nations might be marshaled
against the United States.
Disarmament plans. the status
Of Formosa. the offshore islands
Of China. even the question of
a new European security sys-
tem-all these matters which
touch vital interests of the
United States might eventually
come within the scope of the
General Assembly's deliberations.
Policy May Cause Conflict
There are other long range
problems as we'll. Much has been
written about the shift in the
Assembly's political center OF
gravity caused by the admission
of 20 new nations since the
charter was signed in 1945. The
shift has done little to disturb
the basically anti-Communist
alignment of the Assembly
What it has done is to place the
81 Asian-African nations in a
commanding position to block
any action requiring a two
thirds vote of the 8O-membeT
assembly.
One implication here Is that
any permanent alignment OF
United States policy with the
Assembly is bound to cause in
creaSing conflict with its tradi-
tional European allies. On ques-
tions on which Communist ac-
tion is the clear-cut issue. there
lis no real problem. But on other
East West issues - particularly
those which smack even family
of "colonialism"-the problem is
very real.
1t can be argued. of course.
that the Suez incident already
has provided the toughest pos
sible test for the Atlantic alli-
ance. and that the alliance has
survived. But the question re-
mains whether a long-term atti-
tude which places the United
States almost automatically on
the anti-European side of the
fence may not in the end prove
more destructive.
Differ Over U. S. Course
Debating these points. there Is
plenty Of room for different
views. At one extreme, there are
the "realists" who say that the
partnership between the United
States and the General Assembly
win be--and should be-dis-
solved at the moment any vital
interests Of the United States
are threatened.
On the other side are respon-
sible officials VINO contend that
II the United States ever finds
itself in the position Of being
consistently out voted in the
General Assembly on a ques-
tion Of policy. the policy must
be changed. In other words
that the United States has nc
Interest more vital than staying
See u. NJ, Page Al
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6uSt oI SeIieS
veloped to avoid the veto and
carry out the Assembly's will,
the real effectiveness of the or
ganlzation in the future will
continue to depend on this close
alliance with American power.
AS long as it lasts. it seems
reasonable to hope that the
u. Ms decisions will receive a
respectful hearing in any areas
of the world to which American
influence extends. And in areas
where this influence is less de-
cislve--such as the Middle East
they would carry the addi-
tional moral force" Of organized
world opinion.
How Far Can u. s. Go?
Promising as this wedding Of
temporal and moral power may
be from the viewpoint of the
United Nations, it raises an i'm
mediate question: How far can
the United States go in identify
ing its vital foreign interests
with those of the U. N?
There is evidence that this
question is already the subject Of
argument at high levels within
the administration. One group
of experts suggests that the
present policy should become a
long range principle. Offering
great advantages to both sides.
Others concede that the policy
may be useful in certain limited
as the Middle East.
But they believe that in other
situations. it might be impossible
for the United States to accept
IA verdict Of the United Nations.
And they warn that in publicly
Iproclaiming the principle of ma
jority rule at this time, the
United States is embarked on a
course from which it may be
very hard to turn back.
Certainly, there is the distinct
possibility that, at one time OF
another. the General Assembly
may come up with decisions the
United States would find II
difflcult to swallow. The question
of nuclear weapons testing. for
example, is under intensive
study, and the Assembly's ulti-
mate recommendations are ex-
pected to be quite specific. In
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Handouts, Tyronny
Used as Restraints
BY WARREN ROGERS. Jr
Associated Press stan Writer

Communist leaders in Russia
and her satellites are described
in reports collected here as fight
ing widespread Iron Courtain un-
rest with a combination of eco
nomic handouts and police state
tyranny.
These reports. most of them
published, although some are
unconfirmed, have been appear
ing ever since the october re-
volt in Hungary.
Mostly they are about student
opposition to Communist doc
trine and restrictions. Some tell
of demonstrations and strikes by
workers.
What they all add up to is a
matter of speculation. American
and other diplomats studying
them caution against putting too
much emphasis on their mean
ing.
Perhaps, they say, cracks are
showing up in the once-mono-
lithic Soviet system. But they
add that does not mean the sys-
tenn is collapsing from Moscow
to East Germany.
Nehru Notes Change
Such reports presumably lay
behind two statements this
month by dissimilar figures:
/. Allen Dulles, chief of the
United States Central Intelli-
gence Agency, told a Princeton
IN. j. audience on December IL
that I'VE have we'll substantiated
reports that the students are be-
coming restive" inside Russia.
2. India's Prime Minister Neh-
ru said here Wednesday that
education Of the Russian people
is a big factor in curiosity and
questioning which he said are
causing a fundamental" change
and leading to eventual liberal
ization and characterization" of
the Soviet government.
The stellite regimes, apparent
ly on cue from Moscow, attacked
unrest by precautionary moves
and concessions. according to re-
ports.
This was said to have brought
tighter security, more patrols
and arrests. stepped-up propa-
ganda about "spieS" and, in the
case of restive Romanian stu
dents, more homework to keer
them out Of mischief.
Unrest Revealed
The concessions reported in
cluded improved pensions in all
the satellites, price cuts in Al
bania and Czechoslovakia and
wage increases in Albania, Bull
garia. Hungary and Romania.
In most cases of reports of un-
rest. the Communist papers pro-
vided a tipoff by publishing
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groups WOThlIlg WlCn IIle Tclu~
IgeeS-private charity organiza-
tions, international bodies and
official United States agencies.
1t was closed to the press.
Some at the meeting inter-
Ipreted Mr.. Nixons statement to
mean that President Eisenhower
will permit more refugees to
come to the United States than
the 21.500 due to be admitted
this year.
Nixon Meets Raab
Earlier Mr.. Nixon met Chan
Icellor julius Raab and most of
the Austrian cabinet for an hour
and a half. discussing hard facts
and figures of the problem cre-
lated by 100000 Hungarian refu-
gees.
Mr.. Nixon is seeking first
hand information to guide Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Congress
in dealing with the aftermath of
the Hungarian revolution.
Although Mr.. Nixon and mem
bers of his small party declined
to discuss the meeting with the
Austrian leaders. authoritative
sources have disclosed that the
Austrian federal government will
have spent more than 81 million
caring for refugees by January
II. This does not include SPEND
ing by provincial and local gov.
lernmentS or private donations.
The Austrians hope the United
States will help them pay the
bill. as well as take more OF the
refugees of their hands.
Refugees Forced to Walk
AS Mr.. Nixon started the Sec
Iond day Of his study, newly ar
rived refugees reported that they
had experienced great difficult
ties" in reaching the border area.
Only 688 Hungarians crossed
into Austria during the night,
compared with 1000 or more
nightly earlier this week. The
refugees said that strict checks
were being made on Hungarian
trains and that most of those
who sought to quit the country
had to hitchhike or walk to the
border.
The Hungarian government Of
lSoviet-supported Premier Janos
Kadar announced yesterday that
entry into the frontier zone
would be limited TO persons with
special identity cards issued by
the Budapest police chief only
for official travellers or for those
with serious reasons, such as a
death or illness In the family.
Mr.. Nixon hurried from his
meeting with government offi-
cials 10 a make-shift home for
424 refugees in a four-story
Vienna schoolhouse.
Watches Refugee Interview
After shaking hands all
around and chatting with many
Iof the refugees. he % visited
Interior Minister Oskar Helmer,
Irecuperattng from minor oper-
lanon in a hospital: ~ watched
United States immigration ON
GERS interview a Hungarian fam
lily preparing 10 90 TO the United
States. ~ visited the Once OF
the International Committee for
European Migration where refu-
gees are processed and assigned
TO planes and trains for trans
portation TO the United States
and other countries.
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Cost Of Livinq
Hits National
And D. {. Peak
Price Index Rises
0.2% Here; Buyers
Dollar Cut rs Cents
BY FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS


The cost of living in the Wash
ington area and in the Nations
cities generally reached record
highs in November, the Bureau
Of Labor Statistics announced
today.
In the Washington area, living
costs increased two-tenths of l
per cent since August. This car
ried the consumer price index of
the Labor Statistics Bureau to
1853 per cent of the 1919
average. This is 1.9 per cent
higher than a year ago and COM
pares with the previous high of
115.7 in August.
For the cities across the Ma
ton generally the advance was
one-tenth of l per cent from
October to November. This in
dex reached the new high of l17.8
per cent. scoring the fifth new
record this year and trimming
az cents from the consumers
dollar since January.
Up to 2.48o in Year
The national November index
was "a per cent above a year
ago.
The living cost index is figured
every three months for the Dis
trict area and monthly for the
national index.
| In this area higher prices for
automobiles and for automobile
operation were the chief factors
in the three-month advance.
But increases were reported also
for reading and recreation and
for medical and personal care.
Food prices. figured monthly
for this area. declined eight
tenths of / per cent between
October and November. This
was chiefly because of seasonal
lower prices for meats and fresh
vegetables. The November food
index, however, was actually rs
per cent higher than year ago.
Round Steak Declines
In the months declines, round
steak dropped from $1.10 a pound
to $1.04, and pork chops fell
from So to 79 cents. Fresh fruit
prices dropped. but prices of
fresh tomatoes, lettuce and green
beans rose.
For the Nations cities there
were seasonal reductions in fooc
prices, but they were offset by
further advances in all othel
major groups of goods and sery-
ices making UP the index. De.
spite the food price drop of two
tenth Of one per cent the food
index stood at a level 2.8 per cent
higher than a year ago.
New automobile prices ad-
vanced an additional 1.8 per cent
from October to November. But
according to the bureau higher
prices for the 1857 cars were off,
set in part by dealers discounts
being offered on new models ear
lier this year than formerly.
100000 Get More Pay
The higher mark in the ma
tional index means pay increases
for about 100000 workers. About
zoe, 900 employees of the steel and
aluminium industries and can
manufacturers will get about 3
cents more an hour. About 200,-
900 employees of the meat pack
ing and aircraft industries will
get from to 2 cents an hour
more.
I The bureau also reported that
take-home pay of about IA mil
lion factory workers and the
buying power of their earnings
reached new highs in November
That means that their pay mas
increased faster than living costs.
Take-home pay for factory
workers with three dependents
rose II cents from October to
November. reaching $500 a
week. For a factory worker with
no dependents the November
figure was $67.79. Further in
creases are expected to be shown
next month, for the years peak
usually comes in December.
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Sees Rise
In Refugee Aid
British Ships Will Stay
ToHeIp in Clearing Suez
Last of Forces Ready to Leave Port Said,
But Salvage Fleet Will Remain on Job

PORT SAID Egypt, Dec. 21 [F0-The last items of unn-
shed business before of appar
emily cleaned today
These exchange of prisoners
that the British salvage fleet will stay help
the way for traffic through the Suez Canal
The BritiShFrench handed Egyptian
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Reds Act 10 Halt U.N. Events May Stir
Satellite Unrest right on Y. ). Policies
Shnninn of Nations Eorenn Interests
Shaping Of Nations Foreign Interests
To AssembIy's Rises os VituI Issue
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
Star star Correspondent

UNITED NATIONS N. Y, Dec elf the record of the
United Nations the month possibilities for
useful work in the future also provides the makngs
a hot debate American foreign policy.
Two points seem to emerge most clearly. They
l. That in time of great crisis the United States saved the
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U. N. by repudiating the action
of Its traditional allies and
throwing the full weight of its
influence behind the decisions of
the General Assembly.
2. That despite the new pro-
cedures which have been de-
Evening star., 1956-12-21

VIENNA. Dec. 81 (P.--Vice
President Nixon today predicted
new United States aid for Hun
Igarian refugees before Congress
meets January g.. This was re-
ported by officials who heard
him at a meeting at the United
States Embassy devoted to refu-
gee problems.
The meeting brought together
representatives of almost all
Evening star., 1956-12-21
Hint Given
Of Action
ByJon. 3
BULLETIN

VIENNA (R.-Vice Presi-
dent Nixon disclosed tonight
that he made an unscheduled
secret visit to the Hungarian
border at $3.50 am. today TO
watch Hungarian refugees slip
ping into free Austria. He
called it the most thrilling
experience of my life." Off,
cials had frowned on the trip
earlier for security reasons.
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Picture on Pose "A
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Lost Of a Series
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WEATHER FORECAST

Considerable fog with occasional drizzle
again tonight, low As. Partial clearing, mild
Saturday. Full report on Page A-2)
Temnerafnres Tndax
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BY JAMES Y. NEWTON

The Labor Department il
drafting a program Of labor leg
.slation for submission to the
new Congress which will provide
for rather widespread revision Of
the Taft-Hartley Act, extension
of coverage of the wage-houl
law to additional millions oil
workers and numerous other
Recommendations.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell
said his full program Of legisla-
ton has not been completed and
probably will not be until mid
January at the earliest. This
would mean that the program
would not be submitted to Con-
gresS by the White House before
late January.
Recommendations for chang
ing the controversial Taft
Hartley Act. which labor lead
ers brand as a slave" law. is
expected to incorporate, with a
few important exceptions, the
changes the Eisenhower admin
istration suggested unsuccess-
fully to Congress in January,
1854.
Asked IA Changes
At that time, President Eisen-
hover, acting primarily at Mr.
Mitchell's behest. submitted q
special message recommending
IA changes in the law. a ma
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z Shot, | Killed
BY Eccentric

ANGOLA, Ind, Dec. 10 P.-
A 40-year-old eccentric wounded
three of his neighbors, one ia
tally, abducted a 4-year-old girl
and then surrendered quietly in
his food-lighted home at nearby
Ray early today.
Sheriff Harry Dirrim said the
man, Merlin McNaughton, Of
fered no resistance as officers
closed in after binding him
temporarily with spotlights. The
sheriff said the little girl. Cathy
Bradley, was with McNaughton.
terrified but unframed.
The child's parents. Preston
Bradley, 38, and his wife. Nancy,
38, and another neighbor, Mer-
win Forester, 4S, were found
wounded in their homes nearby.
Mr.. Forester died a few minutes
later Of rifle bullet wounds in the
head and chest.
Mrs. Bradley was reported in
critical condition at Cameron
Hospital Here with a pistol bullet
wound in the head. Mr.. Bradley
was listed in good condition with
wounds in the face. Cathy, suf-
fering from shock, was kept in
the hospital for observation.
The Bradleys, Mr.. Forester
and McNaughton were neighbors
at Ray, a small town 10 miles
northeast of here near the
Michigan and Ohio State lines:
Sheriff Dirrim said Nc
Naughton went to the Bradley
home late last night, shot the
Bradleys in their bed and grab
bed Cathy, who was in bed with
them. Then he went to Mr.. For
rester's home. the sheriff said,
and shot him. Mr.. Forester, a
farm hand, was found sprawled
in the doorway.
Sheriff Dirrinn described Nc
Naughton as q mental case. "
but said he never had been un-
der treatment for mental dis
order. He said he had received
complaints for a minor nature
against McNaughton, but never
had reason to arrest him. The
sheriff did not comment on Nc
Naughton's reason for shooting
his neighbors and abducting the
Bradley girl.
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admission to the United Ma
tons.
Most Of the Americans affected
probably will never know it.
They are persons convicted and
fined for traffic violations and
other minor offenses. Their
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1855

the Railroad Retirement Board
He had been the assistant di-
rector. He succeeds Howard w
.Habermeyer, who was recently
named chairman Of the board.
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convictions are simply wiped OF
the books.
Only about 500 of the Japanese
getting amnesty are in Jail. The
amnesty suspends sentences,
drops pending action against
many and restores the right to
hold office to others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-19
III. S. Drafts Revision
OF 7 oft-HortIey Law

ljority of which were favorable
to labor unions. The proposals
made little progress in Congress,
and the administration has
made no specific proposals for
changing Taft-Hartley since.
A suggestion under considera-
ton would remove the huge con-
struction industry from coverage
of Taft-Hartley and put the
regulation Of its labor-manage-
ment relations under a new and
separate law.
This. it was learned, has been
suggested at meetings Mr..
Mitchell has held with a special
committee of construction in
dustry leaders he created to
advise him on what changes
should be sought in the present
law. Further meetings win be
held after the holidays.
Although the closed shop is
illegal under Taft Hartley, actu-
ally the construction industry
has continued to operate with
this form of compulsory union
membership. Industry spokes-
men have commended it would be
impossible to comply with the
Taft-Hartley provision for a
new employee to wait 80 days
before joining union in an
industry with such casual and
temporary employment practices
as building.
Proposed Compromise
In an attempt to meet indus
TRY objections to this provision,
the administration suggested in
1854 that contractors be per-
mitted to enter into so-called
pre-hire contracts with unions
and to enter into union security
agreements which would require
union membership on or after
the seventh, instead of the 30th,
day of employment.
Two years ago. the admiAis-
tration also suggested easing of
boycott restrictions on unions,
and giving the National Labor
Relations Board discretion on
seeking court injunctions against
secondary boycotts. In certain
cases the present law requires
the NLRB to seek an Injunction.
One important Taft-Hartley
amendment proposed in 1854 by
the administration, which was
fought bitterly by the unions,
may be dropped from the new
list. 1t would require an affirma-
tive vote of the affected en-
Iployes in an election held under
Government auspices before a
strike could have legal standing
The unions, and some employ
ers, argued that such a require
ment would make the disgruntled
employees all the more deter
mined to strike.
Other Proposals
Aside from changes In Taft
Hartley and the coverage Of the
wage-hour law, the administra-
ton will renew its requests for
legislation to:
/ /. Protect beneficiaries of well
fare and pension plans by re-
quiring registration and full
disclosure Of the financial opera
tons Of the plans.
2. Promote occupational safety
by provising grants-in-aid to i'm
prove State programs.
3. Provide non occupational
disability insurance BENEFITS to
workers in the District who suf-
fer loss Of income due to nom
work connected disability.
4. Provide for the District a
uniform 26-week unemployment
insurance benefit payment period
and a fiat six-week Disqualified
ton period.
4 5. Transfer the D. C. Public
Employment Service from the
: Labor Department to the District
J Government.
4 6. Provide financial and tech
nical assistance to areas with
substantial and persistent unem-
ployment.
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Horror Comics Ban

NEW DELHI. Dec. 10 B.-
The upper house Of midas
Parliament has completed legis-
lative action on a bill forbid
ding imports or sales Of horror
comic books. The vote was
unanimous.
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Amnesty Is Gronted
As Jupun Enters U. N.

TOKYO. Dec. 10 (R.-About
7S,500 japanese and a few
Americans are granted amnesty
as Of today because of Japan's
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Records Chief Named

James B. Manning has been
appointed director of the Bureau
OF Wage and Service Records of
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June "a

Constitution" Eddie Contor.
Don Wilson.
9-WiId Bill Hiekok. Western.
"lndions ond Delegates.
II 100
4-Sundoy Playhouse. Movie.
| " Hours. my Outflow Brother"
1850. Mickey Rooney. Wondo
Hendrix.
7-This We Believe.
Program produced by the Jewish
Robbinote of Washington.
9-Sundoy Theoter. Movie.
3M Hours. "Spocewuys." 1858.
The flight of rocket for into
outer spoce with man and
woman as sole passengers. How
ord Duff. might Without Stors."
1858. A blinded mon in France
becomes involved with black NOR
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Our Critic
Recommends

Bernie Horrison, TeleVue's
critic, spots these as the Sum
day shows Of greatest interest:
$50 pm. 4 Outlook
500 pm. 9 Ed Sullivan
500 pm. 4 Steve Allen
800 pm. 4 Aleoo Hour
$50 pm. 9 Alfred Hitchcock
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"Two good shows at s--whet are
you going 70 dor
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