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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Collapse of Singapore PorIeys Shows
Reds Have Altered Tactics, Not Strategy

Almost as If it were planned
that way, the breakdown of
the talks in London between
the British government and
the dominant, left-wing La
Dor Front Party coalition of
Singapore. in which the Com
munist-bent Peoples Action
Party is included, serves to
highlight and underline the
current anti-West drive in all
Southeast Asia.
With Indonesia's President
Sukarno, a neutralist of the
first rank, now visiting WASH
ington. and the way being
prepared for the visit of In
dia's Prime Minister Nehru in
July, the smaShup of the par
leys on independence for Ma
laya puts the free world on
notice that Communist tactics
change only enough to delude
the gullible; the strategy
never.
The immediate cause for the
collapse of the sessions on
Singapore was the insistence
of the Red-front native party
on obtaining control of inter-
nal security-in other words,
the police power of the Com
monwealth. London had of
necessity to reject this de-
mand. tantamount to aban-
doning the entire territory to
virtually certain Communist
rule.
The British offered e great
er degree of autonomy as a
substitute for the police pow
ers sought by the leftists, but
the offer was brusquely re-
jected.
1t will be remembered that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
THOMAS L. STOKES
Citizens as Campaign Donors

Senate Rules and Administra-
ton Committee, and apparent
ly slumbering soundly, is the
aforementioned bill to regulate
campaign expenditures and re-
quire complete publicity Of all
contributions and expenses.
This bill was introduced joint
ly several weeks ago with much
fanfare by the two party lead
ers in the Senate-Senators
Lyndon johnson. Democrat of
Texas, and William F. Knowl-
and. Republican of California.
Action along both fronts, ex-
posure of campaign financing
abuses and corrective legisla-
ton. is needed to exhibit to our
people that Congress itself is
interested in cleaning UP the
evils which affect it and both
political parties as we'll as the
public.
Such leadership from Con-
gress. now so patiently lacking,
would serve to encourage citi-
zens themselves to do their
part by adopting widely the
small-donations plan for A.
nancing campaigns by voters
themselves for which Alex
andria, Mimi, has been a
pioneer.
To constantly recurring rev.
Citations of campaign financing
methods. Fortune magazine
now adds another chapter in
an article showing how cor
porations violate laws forbid
ding campaign contributions
by corporations. Corporations,
the article says. .''cover up con-
tributions by listing them in
various expense accounts.
The bosS's secretary ap-
pears as the purchaser of
blocks of tickets to $100-a-
plate dinners. Executives con-
tribute handsomely to cam
paign chests with the under
standing that they will get
their money back in bonuses.
There is a good deal more of
detail, all of which should
offer clues. and leads to the
Senate committees investiga-
tors who might be prodded also
if you wrote your Senator ask
ing how come the Senate is
not living up to its promises on
investigation and legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
POpeAgain Hits
dissemination

VATICAN CITY. May 10 [P.-
Pope Plus XII said today artificial
dissemination for human beings
lis morally impermissible.
The 80-year-old head of the
Roman Catholic Church ad-
dressed nearly a thousand dele
gates to the second World
Congress on Fertility and Steril-
lily. They came here to hear
the pontiff before opening a five
day congress in Naples Monday.
The pontif made 1t clear that
he referred to the so-called
"teSt-tube" method Of artificial
dissemination. This, he said,
must be rejected as immoral
and absolutely illicit" The Pope
recalled he gave a similar opin-
lion in a radio address on Sep
TENDER 90, 1919.
Today the pontiff said artificial
dissemination surpassed the
limits of right" acquired by
virtue Of the marriage contract.
That right. he said. is one of
exercising fully natural sexual
capacity in the natural fulfill
Iment of the matrimonial act.
The Pope spoke mostly in
French. partly in Latin. The
Vatican press Office did not re-
lease the text of his speech i'm
mediately but made q summary
of it available.
The pontiff called his address
an "opportune recalling" of a
doctrine already clearly enunci-
ated by a decree of the Vatican
Congregation of the Holy Office
on August 2, 1929. The Pope
also recalled that he had ex-
pressed a similar admonition in
an address on October Z. 1853.
to delegates to a Congress on
Urology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Actor Jerry Lewis
Ordered to Hospital

HOLLYWOOD, May 10 (Pl.--
Comedian Jerry Lewis doctor
has ordered him hospitalized for
a series Of checks on a heart
condition.
DR.. Marvin S. Levy said Mr..
Lewis. 80. had complained of a
chest pain and an electrocardio-
gram showed a deviation from q
previous reading. He said Mr..
Lewis condition was not serious.
The tests should show whether
the comics condition results
from a too-strenuous schedule,
the physician said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

new regulations Congress might
consider necessary in the opera
ton of union welfare and trust
funds.
A rebel group within Los An
geles AIM Local AZ has criticized
the unions international execu-
tive board and Mr.. Petrillo be-
cause. it says, they diverted to
the trust fund SIS payments
previously paid Hollywood mu-
sicians. The payments are for
the re-running on television of
movies on which the musicians
did the original sound tracks.
Members of both warning fac
lions in Local Al will testify.
Mr.. Holt said Mr.. Petrillo has
declined to appear before the
subcommittee in Los Angeles,
preferring to wait until the hear
ings are resumed in Washington,
and New York.
With Mr.. Holt on the subcom-
mittee are Representatives James
Roosevelt, Democrat of Califor-
mia. and Phil M. Landrum,
Democrat Of Georgia. Landrum
will be chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
District Man Held
On Check Churoe

A 28-year-old former WASH
ington man was reported held
under $4,000 bail in New York
yesterday on a charge of passing
worthless checks.
He is Leonard Irwin Good
man. formerly of 300 MaSsa-
chusettS avenue NV, an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch said. Good
man, who. according to New
York police, has a masters de-
gree in communications and a
dishonorable discharge from the
Air Force stemming from pre-
vious bad checks, was charged
with grand larceny. He was ar
raigned before Magistrate Reu-
ben Levy on felony court and
held for a hearing Tuesday.
Goodman was arrested at the
Hotel Roosevelt yesterday and
accused of victimizing the Sher-
atom Astor Hotel by caShing q
$50 check drawn on a closed
account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Anti-West Drive in Southeast Asia

aspirations in the shucking-
on Of all ties and influences to
the old colonial powers.
That deep-seated attitude
means hostility to Britain and
France. and through them, Of
course, to the United States.
Almost by the same token it
means a friendly attitude to-
ward the Moscow Reds, who
have lost no possible oppor-
tunity to assure the colonial
and formerly colonial peoples
that the Communists were all
on their side in their "strua-
gle against imperialism"
With the groundwork so
cleverly laid. it has been q
comparatively easy matter for
the Reds to infiltrate the ma
tive parties and nationalist
movements throughout the
Middle East and the Far East.
The political and military
leaders of the free world know
the situation. and despair over
it because there seems no pos
sible way to reverse the trend,
to halt the inevitable.
Our leaders can only con-
tinue to point out the folly Of
neutralism and warn the non
Communist chieftains Of their
certain fate if they persist
in playing with fire.
International communism
has only one goal-the subju-
CATION of the world. In the
Red scheme of things there
will be no such nonsense as
free representative govern
ments, or any other freedom
except the freedom to be O
slave to an all-powerful police
state.
Let Singapore and Indonesia
and Burma and Ceylon take
heed of the fate Of Czecho-
sloVakia,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
HYDE OFFERS BILL
THAT WOULD DOOM
STARLINGS TO DIE

Representative Hyde, Re-
publican of Maryland, has
introduced a bill providing
among other things that
starlings. English sparrows.
squirrels and rabbits may
be killed in the District If
they are found to be destroy
ing. damaging Of defacing
property or creating a public
nuisance.
Before such birds and
animals may be killed, how
ever, q written permit would
have TO be issued by the
District Commissioners.
Bills to permit the killing
Of starlings have been con-
sidered by Congress for
many years but have always
failed Of enactment.
The Hyde bill which went
to the District Committee
would make many other
changes In the fish and
game laws Of the District
Of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
1000 Disciples
due for Farley

More than 1000 delegates and
visitors will attend the 10th an
nual convention of the Disciples
of Christ Churches of the Cap
ital Area tomorrow through
Wednesday in National City
Christian Church, Thomas Cir
Gle.
Delegates from churches in
the District of Columbia, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia,
Delaware and Pennsylvania will
be present.
DR.. Jesse M. Bader, general
secretary of the World Conven-
ton. Churches of Christ dis
ciples), will speak at the OPEN
ing session at Z pm. tomorrow.
He will talk on "a Time for
Greatness in the Churches"
Convention sessions will be
held at $3.50 am, 2 and s pm,
Monday through Wednesday.
The Rev. I. Clifford Buoy,
pastor of Winchester Avenue
Christian Church, Martinsburg.
w. Va, is president of the con-
vention. Mrs. j. Warren Hast
ings, wife of the minister of Ma
tional City Christian Church, is
first vice president.
The four-day meeting will fea-
ture forums and reports on
higher education, church extern
sion, world outreach. ministerial
recruitment and other topics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Stars Invited to Probe
OF Musicians Trust Fund

LOS ANGELES. May 10 Up
Hollywood stars have been asked
to testify next week at q con-
gressional subcommittee hearing
on the American Federation OF
Musicians multimillion- dollar
trust fund.
Representative Holt, Repub-
lican of California, said yester-
day that bandleader Bob Crosby
actor producer Desi Arnaz, &C.
tor-director Dick Powell and
producer-actor Mark Stevens
have been invited to testify Mon
day. Ozzie Nelson will send a
written statement. Mr.. Holt said.
Hearings will be held Monday
and Tuesday by a subcommittee
of the House Labor and Educa-
ton Committee, of which Mr..
Holt is member.
Mr.. Holt said several DOZEN
Hollywood TV producers have
expressed reluctance to testify
in public, mot wanting to offend
(AFM President James c. Pc
trillo."
The congressman said teSti-
mony could form the basis of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Truman Tips Luce
On Ancient Rome

ROME, May 10 R). Vaca-
tioning Harry S. Truman. anna
teur historian. made a Commute
tour through ancient Rome today
and told his guide some things
about the sights.
The guide for the former
President was Publisher Henry
r.. Luce, acting as host in the
absence of his ailing wife, Am
bassador Clare Boothe Luce.
Fifty automobiles and motor
cycles. horns honking, trailed
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman as they
caught glimpses of places like
the Colosseum, the Roma n
Forum. the Cappidoglio city hall
square designed by Michael
angelo, the Pantheon and the
view Of the city from Janiculum
Hill.
The impromptu cavalca d e
stopped traffic wherever it went.
Tourists crowded up to shake
hands or get a look at Mr.. Tru-
man whenever he got out of the
aforementioned embassy limou-
sine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Treasury Secretary Humphrey wants you a good
look at the Governments $18 billion surplus year.
may want to tell your grandchildren what looks like
Ada Stevenson blame Floridas plague of fruit flies
Eisenhower Like the said the Democratic
campaign have stil got few bugs in them.
The Government United States tourists will spend
than 81 billion abroad this The average guy with
feels he has Republicans but darn he has
to stay home and live with them.
New Yorks Gov. Hartman completes Western swing
Mr. Hartman the only true moderate running this year.
believes firmly in moderation-in moderation.
Gen. Twning the Air Force hasn't enough techncan
The Eisenhower team tried to remedy this by cutting
of bombersbut just can't to make things
Louisiana asks Washington hyacinths
ing its waterways States rights doctrine busy-body in
Washington has the right to tell State pick flowers
When Republican orator mentions peace and prosperity
he means unless or an
unemployed auto worker. Then he's peaceful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

Very commendable and rec
commended for widespread imi-
tation is the experiment of
Alexandria. Mimi. in its door
to-door canvass by a citizens
volunteer committee to raise
money in small donations to
finance political campaigns.
This is an attempt. as you
recognize. to have voters them
selves finance political CAM
paigns in order to discourage
the practice of big contribu-
lions from wealthy individuals
and special interests in expec-
tation of favored treatment
from local. State and Federal
officeholders and administra-
tors.
The fine reception and the
spirit of cooperation demon
strated by the people of Alex
andria speak well for extern
sion of the plan elsewhere. In
the first two nights Of house.
toulouse canvasSing by 100
volunteers working in pairs, a
total Of $799 was collected
from 667 persons.
Under the Alexandria plan,
organized by Byron G. Allen,
Minnesota Commissioner of
Agriculture and former Demo-
cratic national committeeman,
the money collected will be
divided between the two par
ties on the basis of the total
vote cast by each in the last
general election.
This Citizens March of
Good Government" as it is
called. was inspired by the
revelation several weeks ago
on the Senate floor here by
Senator Francis Case, Repub-
lican of South Dakota, toward
the end of debate on the nat
ural gas bill, that an attempt
was made by a representative
Of the Superior Oil Company
Of California to donate $4,000
IN cash to his campaign,
which he rejected.
This disclosure of how big
interests. such as oil and nat
ural gas corporations, seek to
influence legislation through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Three Dutch Jets Crush

THE HAGUE. Netherlands.
May 10 P)-Three Dutch air
force Thunderstorm jets crashed
after running out of fuel on a
training flight to Germany yes
terday. The pilot bailed out. A
fourth plane successfully return
ed to base. The planes had
recently been delivered from the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Alexandra (Minn.) Experiment Hailed
As Way to Correct Corrupt Practices

campaign. contributions i'm
PEELED President Eisenhower to
veto the gas bill, you will re-
member.
You may have forgotten
how it also provoked a. spe-
cif1c investigation into the
Case episode by a special SEN
ate committee, which was long
ago terminated, as well as
authorization by the Senate
of a general investigation of
lobbying and introduction of
a new corrupt practices bill to
regulate campaign contribu-
tons and expenses.
You may have forgotten
about some of these things,
for your representatives here
in the Senate have been drag
ging their feet on what they
promised to do. They have
been far less energetic in fol-
lowing up the Case Incl
dent than were the public
spirited folks Of Alexandria,
MINI, in taking a course
that was available to them to
cleanse campaign fund-rais-
ing methods.
For example, the widely
advertised and widely-her-
aided investigation of lobby
ing by a special Senate COM
mittee headed by Senator John
Mcclellan, Democrat of Arkan-
SaS, still is in the staff study
stage after six weeks. Only a
few days ago did the committee
decide to call in Howard Keck.
president of the Superior Oil
Company, for an executive ses-
sion consultation next week to
explore the full scope of polit-
ical contributions by his COM
pany.
Unless the committee shows
some vigor and initiative and
gets going soon it will confirm
in the public mind the suspi-
cion that the Senate has no
intention of making a real in
vestigation of the interests
and influences that operate
behind the scenes in Congress
and in our elections.
Also still sleeping in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

the British have been fighting
bloody. costly guerrilla warfare
in Malaga since the end Of
World War II, when the de-
parture Of the Japanese army
Of occupation let loose the Red
leaders. They Immediately, as
in Indo- China, organized the
patriotic nationalist elements,
which had been resisting the
Japanese. into Communicated
bandit killers.
There are. Of course. anti
Communist leaders among the
Malayan nationalist. One of
them, who certainly avows
himself to be anti-Red and
who appears to seek a moder-
ate course in the fight for indie
pendence within the British
Commonwealth. is David Mar
shall, Chief Minister and Labor
Front leader who has been
leading the delegation in Lon
don.
Mr.. Marshall appears to favor
resuming the talks in a further
effort to obtain some increased
freedom and self-determina-
ton for the Malayan penin-
sula. But he faces, in his own
party. the same sort of future
that faced-and destroyed
other Communist leftiStS
who accepted Communist sup
port for a worthy struggle, only
to find that support changed
to murder when the original
objective had been reached.
Herein is the whole tragedy
Of Southeast Asia in the path
of Red aggression. The neu-
tralists and the anticolonialists
SEQ salvation f0. fhai,. Y,aov,lae,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Eisenhower Buckers
Slate D. c. MEETING

KANSAS CITY. May 10 (R.-
Mrs. Hiram c. Houghton, ma
tional co-chairman Of Citizens
for Eisenhower. announced yes
|terday a kickoff campaign meet
ing of the organization in
Washington for May 30-June /.
Mrs. Houghton said about 600
|chairmen of local committees
had been invited to attend the
national conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

we think of Orientals as slow
These people are ambitious but
for something different than
we. They are ambitious for spir-
itual things, not physical things
The average ASiatic is not prag-
matte, but metaphysical.
"They are" he said, "back-
ward only in acknowledgement
morals"
DIR. Poindexter joined the
Howard University faculty in
1881 and headed the department
of bacteriology and public health
for Is years.
In 1943 he was granted mill
tary leave from the university
and was sent as a lieutenant
colonel to the South Pacific. He
was attached to Gen. MacAr-
thurs staff.
switch TO Navy
Then, at 10 o'clock one morn
ing in 1916, he removed his Army
insignia and became Comdr
Poindexter of the Navy. He was
made captain in 1913.
Afterwards, under the United
States Public Health Service. DR.
Poindexter made trips to Africa
and finally to Wet Nam. The
university finally refused him
further military leave and put
him to the test.
A professorship in Washington
or fighting disease in remote
areas of the world?
He took the latter and at the
end of his two-month leave will
be leaving to set up training pro-
grams In some other tropical
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
DC. Doctor Helps Cut
Wet Nam Disease Toll
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS


A Washington doctor, who
felt he had to give up urban
comforts to work in the field
as a tropical specialist. is back
from Wet Nam on two-month
leave.
He is DR.. Hildrus Poindexter,
SIS. Of SIS Twenty-third place
NE. who gave up a professor
ship at Howard University Ito
80 where I'm needed"
Dr.. Poindexter has just COM
pleted a two-year tour Of duty
as chief of the health and san
itation division of the United
States Operations Mission to
Wet Nam.
Like the professional soldier
Of fortune. DR.. Poindexter feels
he's best on the battlefronts of
medical progress, the worlds
remote areas we're life expect
ancy is low.
In New York" he pointed
out. "there is one doctor for
every 764 people. In Wet Nam
there is one doctor for every
$4,000.
TITS obvious that I'm NOT
needed here"
Smallpox Toll SIashed
Under his supervision, Wet
Nam has seen a drop of IS per
cent in smallpox cases. There
were some 200 or 300 deaths each
month a little while ago, he
points out. but now there prob
ably aren't 10 in a month.
Malaria. which was the coun-
try's No. l killer. is under con-
troll. We're talking about the
eradication Of it now" he said.
The small American mission
had to start from scratch in q
nation completely Indifferent to
medical progress. 1t had to train
Wet Namese in even the basic
arts of NEGOTIATIONS.
AS 100000 refugees from the
northern part Of the country
poured south to escape Red DOM
nation. DR.. Poindexter, a couple
OF engineers and a small staff
Of recently trained Wet Namese
technicianS had the job of pre-
venting epidemics among them
1T seemed like we just had to
Vaccinate, vaccinate. vaccinate, >
he recalled.
Sanitation Biggest Job
Yet. he said. even though he
personally might see over zoe
persons in a day, he wasn't get
ting at the basic problem. His
training program was the great
est help to Wet Nam.
The big job was to show the
population the Importance OF
sanitation. Healthwise, the coun-
try Is about 100 or $50 years be-
hind the Western world.
But" DR.. Poindexter declared
you cannot do this unless you
have respect for their ancient
beliefs. We are mistaken when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

Questions confronting American
Jews today"
Rabbi Berger declared his
group is satisfied to rest upon
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles description Of its activi-
ties as constructive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Cuddy House Robbed

The Army-Navy Country Club
lcaddy house at 2400 South
Eighteenth street. Arlington. was
robbed Of $557 worth Of golfine
equipment last night. Arlington
Ipoliee reported today.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1956-02-08
Lodge | Members
Prep For Banquet
Fete Plans Will
Be Aired Feb. IL

Pittsburgh, Pa. - All men,
bers of Lodge No. l are here
by notified of the regular
monthly meeting, which will
be held on February II, at
200 P. M. at the usual meet
ing place.
Four Supreme Officers
Please come to this meet
ing, as some very important
decisions in connection with
our Forthcoming banquet will
be made.
AS was decided at the last
meeting, this banquet will be
held on March 18 in honor Of
our lodge members, who are
also members OF the Supreme
Board of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union.
The members are Joseph
Bella, Supreme Secretary;
John Ovcarich, Secretary Sick
Benefit; Martin Krasich, Su-
preme Treasurer; and DR..
Francis ]. Arch, Medical
Director.
All-Out Help Needed
The success Of this BAN
quet rests entirely with the
members of our lodge, there
fore, please do attend and be
of assistance to your lodge
committee.
Also, please do bring your
dues up to date.
Cornelia Pichler, Rec.