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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16

their corneas to Italy's eye bank.
Changes in Italian laws per-
tanning to cornea transplant op-
erations are being considered.
An organization of eye donors
is being formed.
Father Gnocchi. who willed his
eyes to the blind youths shortly
before he died from cancer last
month, was the founder of an or
ganization that has aided some
1000 children who were crippled
during the war.
After transplanting one of Fa-
ther Gnotchi's coraeas, DR.. Ce-
sare Galeazzi removed the band
ages from 12-year-old Silvio Cola
grande Following medication the
boy slowly opened his eyes. Dr.
Galeazzi held his hand 20 inch
es from the boys face and told
him to count the fingers.
The boy eounteo slowly,
zone, fwo, three - you are
holding vp three" Then he
shouted, ~ can see, car see!"
It was the first time since
quicklime was splashed in his
eyes during sandlot baseball
game eight years ago that Silvio
saw light or perceived an OBJ
ject
The next day the bandages
we're removed from the eyes of
an 18-year-old girl from Milan,
Amabile Battistello, who had re-
ceived Father Gnochi's other
cornes. She could see dimly
through the graft Two months
after her birth she was blinded
by a severe attack of typhoid
fever.
Meanwhile, inspired by Father
Gnocchi's example, many persons
offered to give their corneas to
the blind after their death. So far
Italy's eye bank has received
more than 400 offers.
Doctors and government Off
cials, also inspired by the priest,
have taken action to remove legal
impediments to future e-graft.
ing operations,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16
Portuguese Possessions
Have Need of Priests

! LISBON-tNC)-One thousand
additional priests are the great
est need of Portuguese territor-
les in Africa. according to the
magazine, Portugal IN Africa.
If that many additional priests
came to Angola and Mozambique,
there would be good chance
that these territories would be-
come entirely converted to Chris
tianity, the article continued. The
percentage of Catholics in Angola
has risen from 9 to Is per cent
in the last Is years. In Mozam-
bique, the rise has been from 1
to 5.3 per cent in the same per-
iod.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16
Giuen Eyes by Priest,
T,uO Blind Youths NOw See
BY Father James |. Tueek
(Radio. N.C.W.C. News. Service

ROME = The dying request of Father Carlo Gnocchi -
81 want of my children to again with my eyes"
has had four immediate effects
Two sghtless Italian youths who received his trans
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16

John F. Quint, Jr., a mem
Der of st. Margaret of Cor.
tona parish, has been elected
grand knight of the newly
organized Tri-Village K. of C.
Council.
At the same time, ii candi.
dates, making up the charter
class of the new council, receiv.
ed the First Degree.
Other newly elected officers
include Nick savko, deputy
grand knight; Henry Brodish,
chancellor; Richard thinner,
warden; William IIg, recorder;
Theodore Wolf, treasurer; Rob.
srt DeVietor, advocate; John
Shsffer, outside guard; James
Baumeisfer, ineide guard, and
Lawrence Burns, Mondo Lon,-
bsrdi and John Harper, trvs-
tees.
The exemplificstion of the ma.
jor degree will be held at the
Santa Maria Council club rooms
Sunday at 100 pm. State Depu.
ty. Harry X. Kondrat, will be
present.
A corporate Communion for
the members of the new council
will be held Sunday at 800 am
at st. Christopher's church A
banquet honoring the new mem
bers will be held in the Presutt
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16
lois Thousand Leave
Red Zone Each Month

WASHINGTON-NC) - From
10 to Is thousand refugees leave
communist East Germany each
month for West Germany, a par
ticipant in the foreign leader pro
gram of the u. S. Department of
State said
The growing dissatisfaction of
people living under communist
rule in East Germany was told by
DR.. Helene Maria Kuhlmann, di-
rector of the Institute for Cul-
tural Exchange in Reckinghaus.
en-, Germany, in an interview
here
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16

planted corneas can see again
There has been an unprece-
dented flood of donors offering
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16

Restaurant Sunday evening with
past state deputy Paul Gruehler
of Dayton as POSTMASTER.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-03-16
Sins of Borgias' Movie
Is Condemned by Legion

NEW YORK -(NC)-The Ma.
tionsl Legion of Decency has an.
nounced that it has evaluated
the French-langusge motion pic
ture, Sins OF the Borgias," dis
tributed by Aidsrt Inc, Pictures,
in Class C--condemned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
u. S. Asks Doto on Bios
In Security Program

Gated that the officials of the
Anti Defamation League de-
clared that there were numerous
abuses of civil rights under the
security program.
1--WE would appreciate your
furnishing us with the specific
names of individuals involved
and other specific instances OF
such violations, in order that the
Commission can follow up these
matters.
For your information, the
Commission on Government Sc
curity is engaged in a compre-
hensive survey of the security
program of the Federal Govern
ment in line with a Congressional
mandate as defined in Public
Law 304. 84th Congress. and We
would be very grateful to you
for furnishing the information
requested
In a reply sent from New
York today. Mr.. Schultz said he
had instructed Herman Edels-
berg. Washington representative
of ADJ. to confer with Mr.
Schultz and furnish him copies
of ADJ reports on anti-Semitisnl
and civil rights abuses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Senators Agree to Study
Charge Against Young

ator Young voted, the paper car
iried a story regarding the North
Dakota Senator's vote. The ar
Iticle also recalled that Senator
Young had received $1,000 from
Henry w. (The Dutchman)
Grunewald for his 1850 sena-
Itorial campaign.
I Former Senator Owen Brew
Ster of Maine. who headed the
Republican Senatorial Campaign
Committee. testified before a
House group investigating
IGrunewald's affairs that he tMr.
Brewster borrowed the money
from a bank and had Grunewald
pass it on to Senator Young.
Senator Mcclellan said the
special committee also has di-
irected its staff to undertake i'm
lmediately a preliminary inveSti-
cation of four groups that were
active in the natural gas fight
two favoring the legislation and
two that were opposed.
He also said the committee
l"has taken action" to follow up
on the work of another COM
mittee that investigated a $500
campaign contribution made to
Senator Case. Republican of
South Dakota. during Senate
consideration of the natural gas
bill. Senator Case refused the
contribution and set off an in
quiry by revealing it in Senate
speech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
z Brothers Injured
In Traffic Crash

A youth was injured critically
last night and his brother less
seriously hurt when their car was
in collision with an auto on Suit
land parkway near NICHOLS ave-
me Sc.
Melvin Proctor, 10, was re-
ported still critical today in Cas-
ualty Hospital. He suffered a
skull fracture. His brother, Com
illious Proctor, "a, was in Dis
trict General Hospital with a
broken arm and ankle cuts
Police said Comillious was the
driver. Their address was listed
as SAP Oxon Hill road. Oxor
Hill. Md.
The other motorist. William l.
Taylor, 1902 Twenty fifth street
Sc, a University of Maryland
student, was not injured, police
said.
Accident investigators said
both cars were travelling west
when the Proctor autos right
front was in collision with the
leading vehicle. The Proctor car
overturned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Adverse Weather
Causes 5th Delay
In Test of H-Bomb

USS MOUNT MCKINLEY
Eniwetok, May IL (P.-Adverse
weather conditions today caused
the fifth postponement of the
scheduled H-bomb test shot.
now set tentatively for Monday
morning Sunday. U. S. timel.
Task force commander. Rear
Admiral B. Hall Hanlon, said
There is at present a slight
improvement in the outlook. but
this is coupled with very un-
stable conditions which may
continue through Monday. Wind
patterns foreseeable would carry
the fallout to the Southeast and
South over the inhabited
Marshall Islands where some
$500 natives live.
AT a news conference. Admiral
Hanlon mentioned that favor
able winds from the direction
of Japan could create feasible
conditions for the great air burst
shot, generally expected to have
the power equivalent of Z to 10
million tons of TINT.
Il can't emphasize enough the
element of safety" he said.
There is nothing small enough
or large enough that we won't
consider in our weather studies.
Besides the Marshall Islands
native population. there are
within reach of fallout-in case
of an explosion under unfavor-
able conditions-about $4,000
Americans in the task force and
garrison,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
BY CECIL HOLLAND

An investigation of what Sem
atof Young, Republican of North
Dakota, has described as bribery
charges made against him by
two North Dakotans will be I'M
dertaken by the special Senate
lobby committee probably next
week.
Senator Young requested the
investigation and the special
committee agreed unanimously
at a meeting yesterday to make
the inquiry, Chairman Mcclellan
Democrat of Arkansas. an
nounced.
He added that the inquiry
would only go into those charges
or differences" that Senator
Young sold out" in connection
with Senate passage of the nat
ural gas bill.
Senator Mcclellan said the
two North Dakotans named by
Senator Young as making the
charge would be requested tc
testify, first in a closed session
and perhaps later in a public
hearing. The men. K. w
Simons, editor of The Leader
"a North Dakota weekly, and r. C
Nathan. an employee of the North
Dakota Farmers Union and a di-
rector of the Leader.
After the Senate passed the
natural gas bill, for which Sen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12

Lloyd Wright, chairman of the
Commission on Government Sc
curity, has asked the head of
B'nai Births Anti-Defamation
League to bring to his attention
any instances of anti-Semitism
or other abuses which B'nai
Birth may have discerned in
the Federal security program.
In a letter TO Henry Z. Schultz,
the ADDS national chairman,
Lloyd Wright. head of the secur-
ity commission, said:
The Commission on Govern
ment Security has read with
considerable interest your speech
before the convention of the
B'nai Birth May y wherein
1t is stated:
ut was no accident that nu-
merous suspensions of Govern
ment employees under the Fed
eral security program were ami
mated by elements of anti
Semitism -
THE press reports also indi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Louisiana Court Bars is.
Leasing of Tide|onds

more than $4,000 acres lie in
the disputed zone" but Louisiana
said the figure was closer TO
$4,000 acres.
In 1858 Congress passed the
Submerged Lands Act which
granted State control out to his
toric boundaries" This has been
interpreted as meaning 3 leagues
t10l2 miles, for Texas and Flor
ida. but 8 miles for other States.
Louisiana claims that when 1t
entered the Union. its offshore
boundary was 3 leagues, The
claim is pending in the United
States Supreme Court.
The State court order was
granted at the request of State
Attorney General Fred LIE Blanc
and Jack Gremillion. who will
succeed him Tuesday when the
administration of Gov. -elect Earl
Long takes Office.
Gov. Long and I will put
forth great effort to protect the
interests of our State against
this landgrabbing," said Mr.. Gre
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
DEFENSE
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
of Virginia, said it disturbs him
to see a reduction in the original
estimates of the Air Force for
this year, coupled with a state
ment that a bigger Air Force
budget will be required next year.
Cites Nays Air Mission
Senator Robertson also asked
Gen. Twining for his opinion of
the relative effectiveness of air.
craft carriers and land air bases.
The Air Force chief replied
that the Navy has an important
but separate mission from that
of the Air Force. He said the car
riers play a part in the defense
setup but mainly to defend the
Naval force itself rather than to
defend the continent. Then he
added:
But we must be realistic about
such factors as the probable To-
cation of the carriers as we'll as
the amount OF striking power
they could contribute ito the
strategic air offensive, which is
small"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12

him, saying at a Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee hearing:
Its not that they are know
ingly helping the Communist
cause. It's just that they don't
understand what they are doing
They don't understand the func-
ton of the court. They APP
parently feel the court should
make laws and not interpret
them" ~
Would Nullify Ruling
Senator Mccarthy said he
deeply resented that the SUD-
committees time had to be taken
up with consideration of the leg
iSlation, since, he said. the Sen
ate has more important things
to do than to spend its time re-
pealing laws enacted by the SUI
preme Court"
The bill l have introduced
would be entirely unnecessary
were it not for the fact that the
Supreme Court has usurped the
legislative function" he said.
Backing Senator Mccarthy
and Senator Bridges III their Piles
for prompt action were Attorney
General George Fingold Of
Massachusetts,. chairman of the
Subversive Activities Committee
of the National Association OF
Attorneys General. and Attorney
General Louis Wyman of New
Hampshire,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Warning Gets
$4,000 Back

The return Of some SCI 600
part of $250,000 found in a safe
deposit box-to Emmitt R. War
ring. Washington gambler, has
been agreed to by the Federal
Government. his lawyer said to-
day.
Attorney Charles E. Ford de-
clared Chief Judge j. Edgar
Murdoch of the Tax Court of
the United States has signed an
official order returning the
money.
This ends a tax dispute be-
tween the Government and War
ring. now serving a three-year
term for 1947 income tax evasion
at Lewisburg, Pa, Mr.. Ford ex-
planned.
Mr.. Ford pointed out the S2l.-
900 return is the outgrowth oil
a stipulation he entered into
with the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice 1t disposes of some SLAB .OOC
Internal Revenue Service con.
fiscated in 1913. While there
was S250,000 in the box, around
half was applicable as 1948 re-
ceipts. MIR. Ford declared.
Of the remainder, an agree
ment was reached that about
$125,000 in taxes were owed by
Warning for l947. This left
some $l8 900 returnable to War
ring. but with interest since il
was seized, the sum now has
grown to about 1000, the
lawyer pointed out.
Warning will be eligible for
parole in october, Mr.. Ford said
The Supreme Court declined to
review his conviction and he be-
gan to serve his prison term last
foil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12

LAKE CHARLES, La, May II
pa State court order here
barred Government leasing of
Louisiana's oil-rich tidelands.
State District Judge Mark
Pickrel yesterday granted a
temporary injunction against
Federal leasing of the submerged
areas and set a hearing for pre-
liminary injunction May is
The order bans Federal leasing
inside the 1919 mile boundary
claimed by Louisiana.
The Government had planned
to hold its fourth sale of oil
and gas leases off Louisiana on
May Is in New Orleans.
At Washington. the Interior
Department, which handles oil
and gas rights. asked the Justice
Department to take legal action
to enable the Federal sale to pro-
coed as scheduled.
Acting Secretary of the In
terror Clarence Davis said the
May Is sale would offer 161
tracts comprising 511.726 acres
of submerged land. He said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair to-
might. low about 81. Mostly fair
land quite warm tomorrow with
.chaIice Of scattered thunder
showers in late afternoon or
might.
Maryland-Fair tonight. with
Glow in Sos Mostly fair and quite
swarm tomorrow, but with scat
tered afternoon thundershowers
in western portion. possibly
spreading eastward by late aft
sernoon or night.
. Virginia-Fair tonight, low
Gin COS. Mostly fair and quite
warm tomorrow. but chance Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Capital Ills Laid
10 Migrants

A District public school prin-
cipal charged yesterday that
much of Washington's crime and
social unrest is caused by mi
grants who come here from the
South mot ready for metropol-
titan living"
Miss Edith A. Matthews, prin-
cipal of Lovejoy Elementary
School, asked that placement
center for such persons be set
up either by the District gov
eminent or by voluntary groups
such as United Community
Services.
Speaking at the UCS annual
conference yesterday at the Stat
Ter Hotel, Miss Matthews said,
"One person comes in here from,
say, South Carolina, and gets 4
job and then sends for all his
brothers and sisters and cousins
and friends. Naturally, most of
them can't get jobs and have
no conception of how to live in
metropolitan area and they
just contribute to the crime
rate"
Miss Matthews said. in ampli-
flying her remarks after the con-
ference session, that even though
such migrants have learned d
trade in their home communities
they cannot find jobs in Wash
ington because this is not an
industrial town
At the conference session, Will
liam B. West, retired Howard
University dean, said the uni
versity in the past has operated
a placement service, like the one
Miss Matthews advocated, fol
persons in the university area.
The principal said the de
struction of residential areas
was not confined only to mi
grants. She cited some Negroes
who have moved from Southwest
into Northwest areas.
She said she could tell at once
from their behavior whether new
students in her classes had trans
ferred from the Southwest.
At yesterdays conference
some of the audience agreed with
the remarks of Miss Matthews
who is colored. But others sug-
gested that migration here from
other parts Of the country alsc
brings in people of talent who
contribute to the good of Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Bill Advances to Restore
State Power on Sedition

The Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee has sent to the
full Judiciary Committee a bill
to restore to the States the
power to punish sedition against
the Government.
Subcommittee approval of the
bill came late yesterday after a
hearing dotted with personal at
tacks on Chief Justice Warren.
Senators Eastland. Democrat of
Mississippi. subcommittee chair
man, and Mccarthy, Republican
of Wisconsin, a witness before
the group, called Mr.. Warren
and his court politicians"
Senator Mccarthy was spon-
Sor of one of the sedition bills
considered by the subcommittee,
A similar bill by Senator Bridges,
Republican of New Hampshire,
was finally approved by the
group.
Warren Is ASSailed
III an attack on Justice War.
rem, Senator Mccarthy said:
we made a mistake in con-
f1rming as Chief Justice a mar
who had no judicial experience
and very little legal experience
His only experience is as 8
politician"
I'VE have politicians instead oil
lawyers on the court" Senator
Eastland commented.
Senator Mccarthy agreed with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12

her husband in 1855, the son.
Dana has been living with his
father.
The motion for visitation, filed
by Attorney Donald H. Dalton,
declared the woman'S parents are
dead and that AL she has in
the world is her SON."
1t ended with the Biblical quo
tation; Give me children or
else / die"
Mrs. Moore recently lost di-
vorce suit against her husband.
Donald. A countersuit for di-
vorce filed by Mr.. Moore is pend
ing. The husband has asserted
Mrs. Moore abandoned him and
the child on numerous occa-
SiOnS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
BY the Associated Press

The immigration Service has
been asked for the facts on re-
ports that it's facilities have been
used to recruit maids in Mexico
to work here in the homes Of
some of its top officials.
The matter arose when Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon
johnson of Texas was question
ing Joseph M. Swing. irninigra-
ton commissioner. at hearings
of Senate Appropriations sub
committee.
Mr.. Swing had been telling of
the need for additional funds
tor his agency during the next
fiscal year starting July /. SEN
ator johnson suddenly asked him
If he had a Mexican maid.
Swing Employs One
After an immediate reply, II
certainly do" Senator johnson
asked if she had been recruited
through the immigration Serv-
ice. Mr.. Swing answered:
This is a Mexican maid who
was serving in a restaurant in
Juarez and while I was on one
of my inspection trips down in
FL Paso l said to the district
director. 1t is hard to get a
maid in Washington. ! wonder
if there is any little Mexican
girl over in Juarez who would
like to emigrate and come over
and go to work for me-"
At this point Mr.. Swing broke
of his story to ask If he was
testifying at a public hearing.
Mr.. johnson replied yes.
Mr.. Swing. a retired Army
general, then started to speak
again. saying:
This is off the record. We
do have undercover men in all
the other towns across the
border. VIII that please not
be"
Senator johnson interrupted
to say:
General, I want to warn you
It is pretty difficult to keep il
off the record when you have a
bunch Of newspapermen here
Mr.. Swing then went on to say
that he was told of "a fine little
girl working in this restaurant
in Juarez. and that he arranged
for and paid for her Transports
ton to Washington when she
agreed to take the Job.
II have Mexican Immigrant
working in my house." he added
Senator johnson then read &
letter which he said a Congress.
man had received from an I'm,
migration Service career employe
He did not mention the name o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Estronged Mother Loses
Plea to Visit YOUNG Son

A Washington mother, es-
tranged from her husband. has
lost her battle to be allowed to
visit her 8-year-old son on
Mothers Day.
But District Judge Matthew F.
Mcclure yesterday tempered the
hard fact Of his denial with the
ruling that if the woman shows
concrete evidence of her love for
her son, strong enough to re
habilitate" herself. future vista
ton privileges would be per-
mitted.
According to documents in the
case, the woman, Mrs. Frances
H. Moore, "a, OF l467 Irving
street NV. is a sleeping pill adj
dict. Since her separation from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
OLD DoBBIN AsTOUNDs OWNER
Senator Quizzes Swing
On Hiring Mexican Maid

the writer, but said the Congress-
man had said he would vouch for
the writer and the accuracy of
the content.
1T should be of interest to you
to know that Gen. Swings per-
sonal Mexican maid was inlmi-
grated after being solicited on
Gen. Swings orders, which
necessitated numerous man
hours spent. telephone calls, and
so FORTH" said the letter which
Senator johnson read for the
committee record.
"Also, other maids were re-
cruited by other immigration
dignitaries now serving in Wash
ington."
When Senator johnson fin-
ished reading. Mr.. Swing COM
mented on the part of the letter
dealing with his arrangements
for a,maid:
II deny that. because it was
made by my own personal re-
quest when ! was in Ell Paso on
one of my trips down there"
Johnson Wants Report
Mr.. Swing said he had no
knowledge of any man-hours
spent on the matter. and said
that the investigator for the
agency who told him about the
girl in the first place probably
Just mentioned the Job offer to
her during the course uf his
rounds Of visiting various places
IN JuareZ.
If the immigration Service is
out soliciting maids for officials
in Washington. we ought to know
it," Senator johnson answered.
IF they do it during lunch
hour, this is one thing, if they
spend a portion of their time
doing it. that is another thing
Senator johnson asked Mr.
Swing to check into the matter
and give him a report later.