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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
BRANDo won IN ABsENTIA
Push Button Air Defense
For Conodo Predicted

MONTREAL. Feb. "A. (R.--
Canada within 10 years is likely
to have an advanced form OF
push-button air defense, involv-
ing installation of a new 81
billion "electronic atmosphere.
an electronics producer. K. r.
Patrick. predicted today.
This atmosphere" will gather
signals from all the radar warn
ing systems now being installed,
plus many more. and viii chan
mel them into a giant computer
Once an enemy plan crosses q
radar link. the computer. acting
on a signal. will automatically
instruct a guided missile, inter-
ceptor aircraft or other weapons
along precise lines.
Mr.. Patrick. president of Ca
madam Aviation Electronics. Ltd.
said the three big Canadian ra
dar systerns-the Pinetree alone
the Canadian United States Dor.
der. the Mid Canada and the
Distant Early Warning line in
the Far North--wiIl tend to grow
and win be completely integrated
on both q north-south and east.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
FIemming Denies
Blocking Hospital

DR.. Arthur S. Flemming, d.
rector of the Office of Defense
Mobilization, has denied that he
ever stopped construction of a
Veterans Administration Hos
|pital near the Soldiers Home
here.
His testimony was made be-
fore a House Appropriations
Subcommittee, whose transcript
has been made public.
The transcript shows that Mr..
Flemming and Harvey v. Higley,
Veterans Affairs Administrator,
recently came to a new under
standing that 1t was the re-
lsponsibility Of the administrator
to determine the locations Of
veterans hospitals with due con-
Isideration to the hazards Of
atomic attack.
The proposal for a new vet
Grams hospital In the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area has been
hanging fire for many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

west basis In the next I'VE to II
years.
"A system which Is becoming
known as SAGE-for semi-auto.
matte ground environment--nov
is being developed as a means Of
creating an electronic atmos.
phere for all Of North America. ;
he told the royal commission In
vestigating Canada's economic
future.
Mr.. Patrick helped develop
radar for Canada, Britain and
the United States during World
War II.
Mr.. Patrick predicted coloi
television In Canada in two OF
three years and. perhaps In the
more distant future. automat-
iically driven automobiles ant
lelectronic mail boxes.
Within 10 years Canadian T'v
viewers will see live programs
from Britain and other overseas
points, he said.
Soon also there will be cleo
,tronic ''radar" for the blind anc
other electronic aids for phys.
ically handicapped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
Army Clears Gen. Coffey,
Calls Talk Iniudicious'

Gen. Caffey was quoted as
saying:
If l were going to make a
speech / would hope to make
one like that. There was a lot
Iof meat in that speech. I for
one, admire it."
But later Gen. Caffey said that
ne was only admiring the man
Iner in which Mr., Flynt made
the speech.
Representative Flynt Is q
friend of mine." he said. But
nothing said was an indorse-
lment of anyone or anything. I
simply paid tribute to Jack
Flynt's ability to make a speech"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
IEx-NLRBAide
Bars immunity
Pledge at Quiz
ByL. EDGAR PRINA

Washington Attorney Jacob H.
Krug today told the House I'm
american Activities Committee
he would not testify about his
alleged Communist activities and
associations. even If he were
granted immunity from criminal
prosecution.
The 44-year-old former Ma
ltional Labor Relations Board
lawyer, identified as a one time
fellow member of the Red under
ground by Herbert Fuchs, said
his attorney had serious doubts"
that such immunity would be
Isufhcient to bar possible prosecu-
ltion. Joseph A. Fanelli. also Of
Washington. represented the
witness "as a close personal
friend"
Mr.. Krug refused to say
whether he was a Communist
yesterday or at any earlier time
but told the committee he was
not now q member Of the party.
| Angry Exchange
| He came 30 the stand after
Lillian Kurasch, q New York
housewife. engaged In a angry
exchange with Representative
Doyle. Democrat Of California.
the acting chairman. After Mrs.
IKurasch, the wife OF former
lNLRB Attorney Martin Kurasch,
had invoked the Fifth Amend
ment to a long list of questions
on communism. Mr.. Doyle lee
ltured the witness on her duties
las an American citizen in help
ing the committees investigation.
| When Mrs. Kurasch continued
to invoke the Fifth Amendment,
Mr.. Doyle remarked that I'm
disguised with you"
| well. ! return the compli-
ment," the witness snapped. u
think this is an outrageous pro-
ceeding."
/ Named by Fuchs
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kurasch
were named by Mr.. Fuchs as
members OF a Communist call
composed Of War Labor Board
employees and their spouses.
Mrs. Kurasch objected to ques-
tons concerning her husband
and told the committee she
thought common decency would
forbid such inquiries. At an
other point she told Committee
Counsel Richard Arens Il would
appreciate it II you wouldn't
shout-you are making me ner-
vous."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
Pineapple Strike OFF

HONOLULU. Feb. "a R.-
The threat Of a strike in Ha-
waits multi million dollar pine
apple industry ended yesterday
with announcement Of an agree
ment with the international
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
ment's Union. The contract ex-
pired February /. The length
and terms of the new agreement
were not disclosed pending rati-
fication by the TLWU member
ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

sidering an appeal and he told
Judge Curran that. through in
tercession of friends Of Kendrick,
q bonding firm was prepared to
post $50. 900 bond for Kendrick' Is
pending appeal. But
Judge Curran declined to set a
bond and the defendant was
ordered committed to prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

luuCtlONluE meCIlbtliSIu.
T Mr.. Meany commended that
business. in opposing the union
shop, Is trying to wreck" organ
lied labor and return to a union
less era Of competitive wage cut
ting. Mr.. Sigh said workers
should be protected by law
against enforced union member
ship.
He proposed also a ban on
either union or business political
spending. free hand for en-
ployers to cut labor costs To I'M
prove efficiency, and a ban on
labor violence or force of any
kind"
The two leaders appeared an
noyed when they parted, though
they shook hands and said
they'd gladly meet again. But the
occasion is not likely to be soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

The Army said today that MAJ.
Gen. Eugene M. 1CafIey was ''in-
judicious" in praising a speech
by Georgia Congress member
lfayoring racial segregation, but
that he had committed no viola
Ition of regulations for which he
could be punished.
I, Gen. Caffey is Judge advocate
general Of the Army. its chief
legal officer. After reports of his
speech last month he said his
remarks were misinterpreted
The speech was made in appear
ances before the Georgia Legis-
llature
The Army, announced after
ward that its inspector general,
Maj. Gen. David A. D. Ogden,
would make a complete investi-
cation. Today's announcement
stated the formal inquiry into
remarks attributed" to Gen.
ICaffey, had been completed.
THE inquiry shows that while
Gen. Caffey's exact words were
ambiguous and susceptible to an
inference that he was indorsing
views favorable to racial segre-
cation. they were actually in
tended solely as complimentary
reference to the speaking ability
of third party and were SO
understood by his audience. -
the departments announcement
stated.
No Punitive Action
1T was determined that while
his remarks were injudicious,
there was no violation Of law or
regulations for which punitive
action would be appropriate" it
added.
Gen. Caffey spoke before botf,
the Georgia State House of Rep
lresentatives and the Senate in
Atlanta on January 80.
The Judge Advocate General
a native of Decatur. Ca. in his
speech mentioned that he had
read an address made to the
General Assembly previously by
Representative Flynt. Democrat
Of Georgia.
| Mr.. Flynt appealed to the
Georgians to join the inter-
position movement to preserve
school segregation in the South
despite the Supreme Courts
edict that segregation is uncon-
stitutional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

pO1Ilt W CUilc AP-inbol aAoAos
ence on compulsory union mem.
bership provisions and from
then on it was no use talking
about anything else.
I'VE seem to have run into
Q first hurdle here that 1t viii
be pretty hard to surmount.
Mr.. Sigh said.
As the first Of four proposals
MIR. Sigh suggested that orga.
nized labor quit demanding
union shop contract terms. re.
curing all an employers work
ers to ION a union.
Union insistence on com.
pulsory union membership is to-
day the greatest obstacle to &C.
ceptarce Of unions by the public
employees and employers" Mr.
Sigh said.
Mr.. Meany replied that organ.
lied labor feels it must have such
arrangements so that ali work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
Union Shop Issue Stalls
Industry-Lobor ToIks
ny the Assoriated Press

Sharp disagreement the has ended for the
attempt at pact between industry
and labor.
AFCIO George Meany met with Chairman Chars
sgh IT, National Association Of Manufacturers Execu
tive yesterday discuss possibilities Of broadcale
agreement.
But they split the first will pay union the
point insist Of maintaining the union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
BENNYs DAUGHTER WEBS AGAIN

RENO, NEV-Joan Benny 81, and her husband, Bud Ru-
dolph 31-year-od Beverly Hills tCa) haberdasher, talk
the telephone with her mother Mary Livingston after
they wed at dude ranch here. Miss Benny
obtained divorce from her first husband, Seth Baker
three hours before her second marriage 1t Rudophs
first matrimonial venture Miss Bennys marriage
Baker in March, 1854, $4,000 event 6-month-od
son from this union was awarded to Miss Benny He Is
being kept by his grandparents the Bennys.-AP Wire
photo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
GA 'Beclouding Secrecy
Hitos Watchdog Is Voted
BY RICHARD rRyKLuNp

The committee resolution to set congressional
committee the Central Intelligence Agency has IAN
ceen chance of passing the Senate this session. Senator
Mansfield Democrat of Montana author Of the measure said
today But he is not so sure of House concurrence.
resolution scheduled reported avoraby today by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

dlG GGIldtc ktulCS 1utIlIultCC6
The committees vote was z to 2
A dissenting report was sub
initted to the Senate yesterda,
BY Senator Hayden, Democra
Of Arizona. who stands q gooe
chance Of becoming chairman
OF the House-Senate watchdos
group if the resolution passes
Mr. Hayden is the senior member
OF the group designated by tn,
bill to constitute the proposed
committee.
Hayden Tells Stand
Senator Hayden said the resol.
ution "is based on the mistaken
and erroneous assumption thai
the Congress has maintained lit.
tie or no control over the expend.
itures of the Central Intelligence
Agency and that Senators ant
members of Congress who SHOULD
be informed have been kept II
the dark as to its activities be.
cause Of a veil Of secrecy imposed
by the executive branch.
@The truth is that the Armed
Services Committees of the Sen
ate and the House of Repre-.
sentatiyes have continuously anc
do now maintain supervision ovel
the operations Of that agency Il
an entirely adequate degree"
The majority report, however
says closer congressional super.
vision Of the intelligence agency
Is necessary. Rules Committee
Chairman Green, Democrat Of
Rhode Island. said for the ma.
3ority:
Secrecy now beclouds every.
thing about the CHA. its cost. it,
personnel. its efficiency, its fail
ures, its successes. An aura Of
superiority has been built around
1t.
Freed Of Review"
1T Is freed from practically
every ordinary form Of congress.
sicnal review. The CHA has I'm
questionably placed itself above
other Government agencies.
.'T'here has been no regular
methodical review Of this agency
other than briefing which is sup
pied TO q few members of Sc
lected subcommittee"
The subcommittee now get
ting CIA briefings are made uE
Of the senior members Of the
House and Senate Appropria-
tions and Armed Services Com
mittees. The Mansfield resolu-
ton specifies that the watchdog
committee be composed of IL Of
these same Congressman.
Senator Hayden is chairman
of the Senate Appropriations
Committee and therefore would
be q member OF the proposed
watchdog group. He would be
the senior Senator. and presum-
ably, when Democrats are ir
power. would be the committee's
chairman every other Congress
alternating with the senior men,
Der from the House. Chairman
Vinson Of the Armed Services
Committee
Opposing Bin
Two other prospective mem.
bers Of the committee oppose the
bill. They are Senators Russell
Democrat Of Georgia. chairman
Of the Armed Services Commit.
tee, and Saltonstall. Republican
Of Massachusetts,. top minority
member Of that committee.
Al third presumed member
Senator Bridges. Republican Of
New Hampshire, chairman Of thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

Appropriations Committee. IA
vors the bill.
Senator Mansfield would not
be eligible to sit on his BRAIN
child committee.
The majority report. to be
made public today. will list these
reasons for setting up the watch
dog group
l. The resolution adopts the
essence OF a recommendation
made to Congress by the Hoover
Commission"
/ Q. ut will provide the Central
Intelligence Agency with a con-
gressional committee acting for
1t as a unit in Congress, and one
capable Of furnishing the CHA
protection against unwarranted
attack or inquiry"
| 3. 1t will ENSURE the existence
of a trained. specialized and ded-
icated staff to gather informa-
ton and make independent
checks and appraisals Of ola
activities -"
Dedicated to Public Service
4. 1t will be dedicated to the
promotion of the public and leg
islative will in sensitive agency
imperative to our country's in
ternational survival"
S., 1t will work Land in hand
with a civilian group already
appointed by the President te
study intelligence activities. :
Senator Hayden. however. said
THE greatest service we can do
now is to facilitate the important
work Of the agency and let it get
Its job done without being watch
logged to DEATH"
He said the CIA is personal
intelligence service to the Presi-
dent and the National Security
Council. A watchdog commit
tee. he warned would tend to
iimpinge upon the constitutional
authority and responsibility OF
the President in the conduct OF
foreign affairs"
Senator Hayden concluded in
| his minority report:
II am firmly convinced that
Congress now. through Its regu-
lar committees ON armed serv-
ices and on appropriations. has
the opportunity to get the
necessary Information from the
Central Intelligence Agency. and
the designated members of those
committees are doing so without
in any way endangering the Sc
curly Of the information given
them.
I VCat tKh D0uBCG
I'VE must also remember that
the Central Intelligence Agency
carries on its work outside the
United States boundaries. Many
iof its agents are in constant
physical danger. We as members
Of Congress must do our part to
see that the work Is carried on
wisely. efficiently and with due
security to the persons who are
working in the interests of our
Government.
1.-THE contacts between the
Central Intelligence Agency and
the Congress should never be al
lowed to prejudice or compro-
mise the highly secret work Of
that agency. WHAT the Congress
has needed to know in the past.
it has been told. What the Con-
gress viii require to know in the
future, 1t can obtain through
means already in existence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Corcoron Thorn

With the death, at 80, of Corcoran
Thorn, Washington has lost distin-
guished and revered native son who loved
the city and its people and who worked
tirelessly in their behalf. Over many
decades he gave sound advice and effec-
tive leadership to community causes that
helped to make the Nations Capital a
better place in which to live and labor.
Mr.. Thom's friends marveled at his
willingness and ability to serve in the
vanguard of civic forces on many fronts,
while carrying his important responsible
tiles in the banking and business world
His burdens as lawyer and banker did
not keep him from taking active part in
p noting the interests of the Com
munity Chest, which he helped to or
ganize, of the National Symphony
Orchestra, Of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art,
Of the Washington Cathedral and of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Constitution on the Nile

Egypt's Revolutionary Council has
redeemed at least the letter Of its pledge
In submitting constitution to the coun-
try. The draft, subject to ratification In
a nationwide referendum next June, pro-
vides for republican form of government
with a president holding broad powers,
and single-chamber national assembly.
Civil freedoms of speech, religion, the
press and so forth are promised. AS in
our own case, the president would be
commander in chief of the armed forces
and would have veto power over legisla-
tive acts. A veto could be overruled by a
two-thirds vote of the assembly. When
1t becomes effective, the constitutional
government would replace the military
rule in force since King Farouk was de-
posed three and half years ago.
Although the new constitution lays
groundwork for full political freedom,
1t does not provide this at once. Presum-
ably as replacement for the Liberation
Rally, the military controlled and only
authorized political movement at present,
there will be established National Union.
This organization will nominate all can
didates for the one-party assembly-at
least until law is enacted for regulation
of political parties. AS practical matter,
therefore. it is clear that political control
will remain for the time being-and per-
haps long time-in the present leader
ship OF the country. The prerevolution-
airy record of political movements in
Egypt was not a good one and hasty
return to this form of freedom" probably
would be more harmful than helpful to
development Of the country. The pro-
posed constitution is only step in the
nations political evolution but, even If
relatively short, it is forward one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Federal RectonqIe

It is gratifying to learn that the long
planned Federal Rectangle, imperiled by
wartime developments and changing dis
perSal policies, Is assured Of eventual
completion. This means not only the
removal Of tempos that have been squat
ting on the reserved land but general
Federal redevelopment program coinci-
dent with extensive District, private and
institutional improvements in the area.
This will be an urban face lifting opera
ton Of benefit to the whole city.
The "Rectangle" was planned as a
west-of-the White House counterpart of
the Federal Triangle to the east, long
since completed. A start on the under
taking was made before World War II
with the construction of building in
tended to house the War Department.
But with the construction of the Penta-
gon across the river, the War Depart
ment's building was turned over to the
State Department, which has become a
permanent occupant. In the meantime,
several temporary frame Offices were
erected to accommodate the State De-
partment overflow. And, from time to
time, officials have discussed the future
OF the Rectangle plan in relation to the
nuclear-era dispersal plans. Apparently
is is now realized that mere removal of
Federal agency to the suburbs would be
no real safeguard against the blast and
fall-out effects Of superbombs.
So the State Department will remain
as the nucleus of the Federal Rectangle,
under an expansion program that calls
for $50-million investment In new con-
struction. The State Department will
dominate the great square lying between
c and E streets and Twenty-first and
Twenty-third streets, overlooking Consti-
tuition avenue and the Lincoln Memorial
1t also will overlook two discreditable
neighborS, the old Navy and Munitions
buildings of World War origin. We hope
that as the new State Department project
progresses definite steps will be taken to
remove these eyesores from the fringe of
the Rectangle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Sits on Truman

The former Democratic
President. H. s. Truman, Of
Independence, Mo. speaking
at a dinner honoring Gov.
Orville Freeman and spon-
sored by the Democratic
Farmer-Labor State Central
Committee. Enthusiastically
departed from the facts.
Remembered not so much
for his piano playing as for
bloody Korea. I feel that the
man from Independence would
be more fittingly employed II
he just sat, and sat, and sat!
President Eisenhower has
shown himself to be a Presi-
dent worthy to be spoken Of
in the same breath as beloved
Abraham Lincoln.
Long after the world has
forgotten Truman, it will re-
member Ike, his fearless
leadership, his honesty. his
worldwide respected judg-
ment in matters international.
And farmer though I be, and
though my head may be full
of hayseed. and have the
shape Of a turnip, the two
eyes in the front Of 1t can
easily discern the dross from
the pure gold.
H. John Redgrave.
Clarksburg, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19

@. Does Congress make all
the laws which govern the Dis
trict Of Columbia?-W. Mob.
A. Yes. On June II, 1878.
the Organic Act" established
the District Of Columbia as a
municipal corporation, man
aged by three Commissioners
appointed by the President.
Under this act, still in force.
all laws for the District are en-
acted by Congress, but legis-
lation must first be approved
by the Senate and House Dis
trict Committees. The Con-
stitution empowers Congress
to legislate for the District.
@. Can the edelweiss plant
Of the Swiss Alps be culti-
waited in the United States?-
H. M. 2.
A. Yes, 1t will grow readily
in cool, sunny locations, in
almost any soil. In Switzer-
land, however, the plant Is
considered rare and flourishes
only on the mountain heights.
It is protected by law and may
be picked only under certain
conditions. The white, star
like, woolly flowers give the
plant its name. which means
noble white"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-19
Segregation View
Sidney Koretx.

We have talked much about
segregation and indignation.
If I lived in Mississippi or vir-
ginia or Georgia. I probably
would feel Just the way they
seem to feel. Local customs
make so much difference and
these customs have been
handed down for many gen.
erations. In every great moral
issue. however, right has al
ways eventually prevailed. It
may be slow but somehow God
always seems to find the right
people to carry out His will at
the proper time. You cannot
change people and their in
bred customs by a decree on a
piece Of paper; 1t takes time
and patience. 1t is unfair to
say that this is a cut and dried
affair to be settled overnight.
1t might help though to think
a bit about the following lines:
If you dislike me because
I am ignorant. I can educate
myself. II you dislike me be-
cause I am dirty, I can clean
myself. II you dislike me be-
cause ! am a pagan, can en-
brace the Christian religion.
But If you dislike me because
I am black, I can only refer
you to God who gave 1t to me-"
Personally, I am a native of
the Commonwealth Of Vir-
ginia.
Belva s. Uppercue.