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them q terrific amount Of de-
struction."
Gen. Gruenther told Senator
Humphrey, Democrat of Mime
sofa, he could not answer hi;
Question as to why there are con-
Iiicting statements about the
relative air strength of this
country and Russia, but added
II do say that any comprehen-
lsive discussion of airpower should
consider not only the planes but
also the base system from which
the planes operate. because q
system Of bases that surrounds q
nation makes that nations ali
defense problem very difficult.
Conversely. they are not able
to surround us yet. If they could
put bases here and here and here
(pointing) they would put us at
the same disadvantage. But
geography has not been very kind
TO them and they are always
going to operate at a certain dis
advantage"
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Itol Hin opposition to, two factors
which they deplore.
First. they see some merit in
the Congressional complaint that
the Executive branch has not
made as good a case as there il
to be made.
Second, they believe there Is
considerable "willful misunder-
standing" among the legislators
Since the Congressional cuts ir
the Fiscal Year 1857 program
have been largely in the military
field. justifications before Hill
committees have been largely q
Defense Department response
bility.
Presidential Assistant Struve
Hensel clearly warned Congress
last year. when he asked fol
sharply reduced military approp.
Iriations. that this year the re-
quests might well go up sharply
But neither the White House MOI
any other Administration source
succeeded in making this point
to the country as a whole.
Congressman. for their part
talked happily Of the declining
need for foreign aid.
Request Seemed Sudden
This thinking was allowed tc
continue until late last year. Their
the Administration suddenly
asked for a $2.2 billion increase
over the Fiscal Year 1856 appro-
|priation.
Another inauspicious circum-
stance. State Department sources
say privately. was the Pentagon's
choice of spokesman to appear
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of the Joint Chiefs Of STAFF, II
1--WE would not be better on psE-
chologically If these military
add funds were carried In our
regular defense budget. rather
than in a program which carries
the wording foreign aid"
Admiral Radford said there
are certain advantages in the
present arrangement, under
which military assistance is han
died by the Defense Department,
in close cooperation with the
International Cooperation Ad-
ministration.
He added, however, "if it is
necessary to justify the appro-
priation as part Of the military
expenditures of the United
States in order to get it, then J
am in favor Of doing that"
Committee Favored Change
In reporting the bill last
month the House Foreign Affairs
Committee recommended that
the administration carefully
consider placing the military por-
ton Of the mutual security pro-
gram" in the defense budget
next year.
In his closed door testimony
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, SUI
preme allied commander In Eu-
rope, reminded the committee
that comparisons Of Russian and
American airpower should not be
measured in planes alone, but
should also take into account
the bases from which they OPP
crate.
Gen. Gruenther pointed out
that airpower consists Of several
elements. but the one that gets
the headlines Is the plane itself"
Thanks to It's alliances. he said,
this country has. been able to
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progress in undermining not only
its own forces but those of its
satellites as well.
Already last year NATO mill
ltary leaders had hoped to starr
la weapons modernization pro-
gram. But they had to wait
when Congress and the Presi.
Ident decided to take a year tt
lrejig the programme rejuvenatt
1.-THE clogged pipeline with newer
weapons.
/ They could not undertake
Imodernization themselves. They
cannot produce supersonic jets
missiles and radar. Nor do they
have the dollars to buy such
equipment.
! NATO military commanders
resigned themselves to a year OF
Iworrisome waiting. Once the So
.Iviet bloc gets a lead in its mod
Iernization program, they believe,
lit will be difficult If not impos-
lsible to catch up--for the Krem-
lin is not subject to the lapses Of
will which plague the democratic
process.
/ Western Europe does not feal
AN actual attack from the Soviet
side as soon as the Communists
achieve significantly more
modern force. But they do feai
the consequences Of this shift
Iof military power in their diplo-
matic negotiations with the So
Wet bloc.
:. Two Factors Blamed
I Privately. State Department
officials attribute the stiff Capt.
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reputation for being mucr
tougher on executive depart
ment requests than the Foreign
Relations committees. 1t is
seldom that these guardians Of
the Nations purse strings vote
more than the policy committees
authorize.
And the effect of q third
cut in military aid such as the
House Foreign Relations Com
mittee has voted would be dire
in Europe. State Department
officials believe. They say il
would force postponement fol-
at least another year of almost
all modernization in the NATC
weapons system and reduce con-
fidence in the United States as a
world leader.
NATO Nations Worried
NATO countries have beer
alarmed for some time at the
swift pace Of chronological de-
velopment in the military field
They have watched the United
States and Great Britain move
far ahead Of them in production
of new weapons-supersonic air.
planes, missiles. advanced cleo.
Itronic equipment. At the sam,
time they have observed the So.
Iviet Union making remarkab,,
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place bases very advantageous
lly."
/ I'm spite Of the fact the So
Iviets are putting a tremendous
effort into long-range airplanes, |"
Gen. Gruenther continued. land
in spite of the fact that their
planes are improving, as long
as we are able to maintain a
base system and keep our mod
ern planes on these bases, we
will have the capability to cause
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Tense Department officials I'd.
Iministering them.
Yet a man Of the experiences
of Senator Walter George of
Georgia complained last week uf
being confused by the executive
branch presentation on foreign
aid. "a.
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before Capitol Hill committees.
Stats In both House and Senate
have q semi-career status. with
long years Of experience in milf
Itary aid matters. Senior Senators
and Representatives on these
committees often know as much
about the programs as the De-
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GNU Registration

George Washington Univer-
Sity will register students from
8 am. to z pm. tomorrow fol-
an eight-week summer session
starting Tuesday.
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Bockers See Small Hope
Of Restoring Aid Cuts

State Department oas only mildly treasured by Senate
Foreign Relations Committee this restoring
million Of the Sill billion House cut in President Eenhowes
billion aid program.
HILL particularly the the House side wel-earned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-17
Jumping Of US. Foreign
Military Funds Fovored

proposal lump foreign military aid with this countrys
after this gained Roadway
closed hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mttee
testimony yesterday Senator Sparkman
Alabama Admiral Arthur w Radford chairman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-17
FOUND

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Call OF. 4-e2e0.
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owner identify. Ju p-p1fb,
ruIPf, femAis, part chow. sunny6Fook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
Senate Confirms Duncan
AS Member of SACB

The Senate has confiermed
President Eisenhower's selection
of Judge James r. Duncan of
the Alexandria Civil and Police
Court to the Subversive Activi-
ties Control Board.
Confirmation was voted yes
lterday for the 55-year-old jurist.
He expects to take over his
duties in the SIS, 000-a-year post
next week.
Judge Duncan will replace DR..
Kathryn McHale, who has been
serving on a day. to-day basis
since her term expired last Au-
gust. He will serve out the bal
ance of the new term of more
than three years.
The Subversive Activities Con-
troll Board determines which
groups are placed on the At
torney Generals list of subver-
sive organizations. 1t holds
hearings before making its find
ings, Organizations cited have
a right of appeal and certain
rights for rehearing to be re-
moved from the list.
Judge Duncan has presided
over the Alexandria court since
1885. That Office is filled by
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Court Order
.HuIts Fuirfux
Sewer Work

A Fairfax property owner has
won a restraining order from the
County Circuit Court to stop a
contractor from working on a
tract of Braddock road land
needed for the county's inte-
grated sewer system.
The order was signed by Judge
Paul Brown yesterday. 1t orders
the Bles 81 NUNS Construction
Co. to stop work until further
order of the court.
The order was obtained by
Mrs. Eva Pappas, owner of 312
acres bordering Accotink Run
on Braddock road.
The Arlington law firm of
Varoutos g. Koutoulakos, in a
petition filed for Mrs. Pappas,
charged that the firm under a
$275,000 contract with the
county to install a trunk line
sewer, had begun work although
the county has no legal claim to
the property.
The site is to be used for a
pumping station.
Sanitation Department Off
Gals said negotiations were in
progress for purchase of the
property and no condemnation
action had been taken as yet.
The contractor was not expected
to start this portion of the work
at this time, one spokesman
said. ~
Judge Brown ordered a hear
ing June 26 on the petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22

Walker. his partner and engi-
neer for the bridge, to buy
100000 worth of stock.
The corporation plans to issue
100000 shares of S per cent
cumulative preferred stock with
par value of $40 each and 1000
shares of common with value
of ST..
Must Start Work by Dec. 81
The commission ordered that
a contract for construction of
the bridge be executed within
four months and that its APP
proval will expire if the bridge
lis not started by December 81.
The State was drawn into the
hearings when MIR. Alderman
offered to give it $40 acres for
development of a public park
on the islands ocean front.
The State sold the acres along
with 1913 more acres for $4,000
to Mr.. Alderman in 1861.
The offer was followed by
claims that the title to the Of
fered land was not clear. The
question still is up in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
Rockville Seeks $4,000
County Rebate for Librory

Rockville leaders, who last
week lost battle to the State
Roads Commission over diversion
of traffic from the National pike,
last night took on the Mont
gomery County Council in a bat
tie over diversion of money.
The issue, rapidly becoming a
perennial at county budget time
involves about $4,000. That's
the amount of county tax money
the city wants rebated for sup
port of Rockville's privately OPP
Grated library.
City Attorney David Cahoon
told the council Rockville resi-
dents suffer double taxation be-
cause the city supports both
county library service and the
Rockville Library Association.
Other residents complained
that the county offers only book
mobile service to Rockville.
Alex X. Hancock, county Fl.
nance director, only opponent Of
the rebate, warned the county
would set a dangerous prece-
dent" if it began to rebate taxes
to municipalities. He questioned
the legality of diverting funds
to private corporations.
The Rockville library is housed
in the old Rockville Academy
building.
/ David E. Belts, treasurer Of
the Rockville Academy trustees
said use of the building is giver
free to the library and that
$4,000 a year is spent from trust
funds for its upkeep. The trus-
tees would be unwilling to give
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Charles Goodman that a TO-
classroom prefabricated addition
TO Viers Mill Elementary School
probably will not be completed
in time for opening classes in
September.
The prefabricated addition
the first of its kind to be tried
in the area. was opposed by
in the area, was opposed
by Montgomery architects and
building contractors.
The board approved the ex-
pertinent when it became appar-
ent that double shifts would
again be necessary for the sixth
year if no steps were taken.
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Tax Rise Backed
For School Program
In Falls Church

A proposed tax increase to A.
nance an expanded school budget
has been Endorsed by group of
parent-teacher association off,
Gals in Falls Church, Va.
The Executive Committee of
the Madison Mount Daniel Oak
Street PTA's last night expressed
regret over the necessity for tax
increases, but expressed the
opinion the school budget as sub
mitted represents an effort to
maintain the same standards of
la good educational system which
the City of Falls Church has al
ready Established for ITSELF"
A SIS cent increase in real and
personal property tax rates
would be necessary to finance a
total city budget of nearly S1.3
million. The school budget ac-
counts for $584.000 of this. About
100000 additional is expected
from Federal and State sources.
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partment Of Conservation and
Development said the no-dis-
elimination clause in the con-
tract was lined through" before
the contract was signed on be-
half Of the State.
The contract then was re-
turned to the Federal Govern
nent for neutrality-suspicious.
as a test of whether the no.
discrimination clause will be in
sisted upon as a condition for
grants of Federal funds.
No reply has been received
from the Federal Government on
the States deletion Of the fair
practice clause.
refused to reveal their reasons
for the dismissals which led TO
a third teacher returning her
contract. except 10 say they
thought it was best for the
school system.
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Virginia Bid for U.S.. Aid
Insists on Roce Job Ban

RICHMOND, May 90 tP.-
When the Federal Housing and
Home Finance Agency in Wash
ineton receives Vireinia's signed
contract for a new Federal State
planning program. it will find
that clause forbidding racial
discrimination in employment
has been deleted.
The 'deletion was ordered by
Gov. Stanley who took the stand
that this particular clause was
contrary to State policy"
Fredericksburg and South
Norfolk were to be the first Vir-
einia cities to have shared in
the Joint Federal-State program
set up by the Federal Housing
Act of 1854 In addition. sew.
eral other Virginia cities have
applications pendipg for Fed.
eral grants.
A spokesman for the State DC,
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Library to Sell
Recordings Of
.Mencken Interview

The Library of Congress will
make available to the public July
l the only known recording of
the voice of the late H. L.
Mencken, Baltimore author and
critic who used a sharp verbal
knife to cut himself a notable
place in American literary his
tory.
The recording, a 65-minute in
lterview with Donald Kirkley, now
dio-television editor of the Bal
timore Sun, was made in August,
l948, two months before Mr..
Mencken suffered the stroke
which prevented him from fur
ther writing.
The album will be on sale at
the library and may be ordered
by mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
State Commission Okoys
|Assoteogue Toll Bridge

BALTIMORE, May % (P.-
Final permission for construction
Iof a private toll bridge across
Sinepuxent Bay to Assateague
Island in Worcester County was
granted today by the Public
Service Commission.
The proposal for a private toll
bridge has been a subject of
controversy in and out Of the
Legislature for several years. 1t
began when Leon D. Alderman.
"a Washington seller of lots on
the island, obtained authorize
ton of the 1853 General Assem-
bly, to build bridge.
However, he failed to post a
performance bond and the plan
fell through. A group known as
the AsSateague Island Bridge
Corp. composed of many lot
owners, obtained authorization
of the 1855 Legislature to con-
Struct the span.
Complications Develop
Complications and protests
arose again, but failure of the
1856 General Assembly to take
any alternative action left the
Public Service Commission with
no alternative except to act on
the application of the corpora
ton for a charter.
The Army already had APP
proved it from a navigational
view, and the State Roads Com
also approved if the PSC
did. So had the Worcester
County commissioners.
In granting its approval, the
PSC noted that almost one-half
the total cost of this project has
been subscribed or pledged by
the lot owners, to whom this
bridge is of primary importance. ;"
The only means of access to
the island from the mainland is
by two small ferry boats.
Bridge to Cost $S3O,O0O
The original estimated cost of
the bridge was $830,000. This
was confirmed by Manus E.
McGeady, a Baltimore contractor
offering to do the job.
Mr., McGeady has offered to
buy $4,000 worth of stock. Mr..
Alderman also offered to throw
in 100000 from the sale of land
on the island, and Robert c..
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county-operated library.
May Divert Funds
He revealed that if the library
is supplanted, the trustees prob
ably would use the $2,400 a year
income for scholarships for
Rockville youths.
After hearing a warning from
Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian
that "tabling won't answer the
issue" the council took the re-
bate measure under advisement.
In another hearing on legisla-
'tion, Silver Spring and Wheaton
spokesman split on bill which
would raise the maximum park
ing lot tax from 40 to so cents
per $100.
c. of c. Backs Measure
Thomas G. Oyster. represent
ing the Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce, supported the meas
ure, maintaining that Wheaton
needs the proceeds of a 60-cent
special tax to provide 500 more
parking spaces in its business
district.
Greg Everngam, legislative
chairman of the Silver Spring
Board of Trade, urged that the
ceiling be held at so cents.
The council took only a few
minutes to dispose of hearings
on measures authorizing $23
million in bond issues. There
was no opposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22

it for administration and super
vision.
Mrs. Harry w. Allen, Secre-
tary-vice president of the League
of Women Voters, said her or
ganization overwhelmingly ap-
proved" the budget in general,
and specifically was pleased over
teachers salaries. library facili-
ties, recreation and police and
mental health items which it
includes. She added that the
league regretted some cuts al
ready had been made.
Conway P. Coe of the Free
holders Protective Association
urged the county to live within
its present tax rate.
Wallace d. Pritchard of the
Fairfax PTA Federation praised
the school budget and compli-
mented the school board on its
preparation. He Endorsed the
$11.8 million school budget as
an absolute minimum,
Taxes Highest in Area
Paul L. Sweeney argued that
Fairfax County couldn't stand
any more taxes and said it al
ready was the highest tax juris-
diction in the metropolitan area
Charles Plat of the Fairfax
Civic Federation said the county
had next to the lowest tax rate
in the metropolitan area. He
said that based on a full mar
ket value. the Fairfax rate was
80 cents per $500 while Mont
gomery County's was 81 cents.
Victor Parker said his analysis
of the budget showed more than
SO million was to be spent for
telephone calls and transporta-
ton in the school department,
He said school employees could
get more work done if they spent
less time riding around and max
ing telephone calls. He sug-
gested employment of a junior
executive and secretary for each
of the county's seven supervisors
to check on expenditures, and
predicted this would save the
taxpayers millions of dollars.
Bun B. Bray, president of the
Fairfax Civic Federation. said
the federation was behind the
budget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
z Losers Plan
Court Action on
.RiverdaIe Vote

Two Riverdale candidates will
ask the Circuit Court in Upper
Marlboro, Md, to set aside part
of the election two weeks ago
their attorney said last night.
Attorney Woodrow A. Shriver
said his petition would be based
on State Article 33, which he
identified as the Corrupt Prac-
tees Act. His announcement
followed a 4-3 vote by the
Riverdale Town Council to dis
miss petitions protesting the
election submitted by Hanson D.
Powers, defeated for reelection
as treasurer, and Mrs. Edna F.
Wade, defeated for reelection
in the Ward . council race.
CauStic Debate
The action followed a tense
and at times caustic debate by
the council before more than
100 spectators. After Mayor
Claude R Warren broke the s.
'to-3 deadlock by voting against
the petitions, Councilman Sam
uel N. Bell told the audience:
This has been happening
quite frequently. Whenever there
is a tie vote the mayor always
votes the way of his three little
students"
The mayor rose to reply: eve
had the same thing about a
year ago." He referred to a
move spearheaded by the treas
'urer to usurp from the manyor
and council the right to attend
to the business of the town"
How They Voted
Councilmen Walter B. Ford
MI, Bell and Mrs. Wade voted
against dismissing the petitions
Councilman Edward B. Dunford
Harry R. King and Robert G.
Fuerst voted to dismiss them
Earlier, Mr.. Dunford, also
town attorney, argued that the
matter SHOULD be settled in a
courtroom" and that in his opin-
ion the council has no jurisdic-
ton over the matter. The petit
lions, he said, were vague and
indefinite" He added that the
council should not be a judge in
its own case.
Mr.. Shriver answered that the
council has legal right to in
quire into a contested election
and that it is its duty to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
Two Teen-Aeers Lead
Police to $40 Loot

Two remorseful teen-agers last
night gave themselves up to AL
exandria police and admitted
breaking into an Alexandria
sport shop Saturday night.
The boys, both IA and colored
led police to an old trunk where
they had hidden about $40 worth
of sports equipment.
They said they broke into the
City Sport Shop, 1912 King
street. They were turned over
to juvenile authorities.