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VIEW Honors
Five Heroes
OF D. G. Area

Five area residents, whose he
roic acts helped save the lives
OF others, were honored-one
posthumously-by the depart
ment of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars yesterday.
The citations were presented
during the Mark Evans tele-
vision program by Brig. Gen.
Thomas A. Lane, District Engi-
neer Commissioner.
One of the certificates was
presented to the widow of
Charles CUTLER. 43, who lived at
208 Twenty-flrst street NE. Mr..
CUTLER died last July 3 while try
ing to save a fellow worker who
had lapsed into Inconsistencies
due to dead air in a Northeast
sewer. He had aided his CO.
worker long enough for other
help to come.
Help came in the form of Rob-
ert S. Kuykendall. AZ, of 5000
Fifty-sixth avenue, Hyattsville,
another certificate winner yes
terday. Mr.. Kuykendall spent
more than two hours in the
same sewer trying to rescue both
workers. and succeeding in saw
ing one.
Also honored we're Mrs. Alex
ander Gompers. 80. of GAL Emer-
son street NE. whose efforts
were instrumental in saving the
lives Of her five young children
when the family cabin cruiser
in the Potomac last Oc-
tober: Metropolitan Police Pvt.
c. Griffin. "a, Of 1886
street NV, who
pulled an elderly man from a
flaming automobile. and Eldyn
Branch. 307 S street NE, i3-
newsboy who pulled a
woman from another burning
car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-22
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Indians Words Held BeIied Too Often
BY His ENJOYS Actions in u. N.

II world peace could be won
by words rather than deeds.
there is no doubt that midas
Prime Minister Nehru would
be one Of our greatest assets.
The several hundred re-
porters who heard him at his
Washington press conference
could not help but be i'm
pressed by Nehru's answers to
their questions. They had no
doubt that the man is fully
dedicated to the cause of
peace.
Unfortunately. words in poll
tics are very cheap and Nehru's
have been belied too otter by
the deeds of his trouble
shooter, Ambassador Krishna
Menon, at the United Nations
and wherever else in the world
he has appeared as the trusted
and fully empowered repre-
sentative of the Indian Prime
d Minister.
Will Menon now change his
tune and end his bitter de-
nunciation of America? Nehru
confessed that he had been
mistaken in the past when he
thought that Americas foreign
policies were too rigid. He dis
covered after long hours in
the company Of President Eli
senhower that this was not the
case. If he had read the utter
ances Of the administrations
policy-makers over the last
four years he would not have
needed to make the long jour-
ney from New Delhi to Wash
ington to find this out. For,
outside the fundamental prin-
ciple Of seeking peace, our for
eign policies have been as
changeable as the colors OF
the chameleon.
When the present admins
tration took over from the
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Democrats it was announced
with the usual fanfare that
the Truman-Acheson policy of
"containment" Of the USSR
would be changed to one of
rolling back the Russians from
their ill-gotten satellite ter
ritory. In the course of the last
few weeks we contributed to
the rolling back of Britain and
France from North Africa and
the Middle East. Yet less than
a year ago it was said by ad-
ministration spokesman that
these two allies must be kept
strong at any price lest their
weakening place our own Sc
curity in jeopardy. This GER
tainly should have been an
sye-opener for Nehru.
More important to the In
dian Prime Minister should
have been President Eisenhow-
er's cautious reticence in crit
icizing the genocide in Hun
gary. Had these facts not in
dicated to him, even before he
had the rare opportunity to
spend many hours with our
Chief Executive. that our for
eign policies are far from
rigid?
And what about those fear
full words often uttered in
Washington about massive
retaliation? 1t may be that
Indo-China was not worthy of
such measures. But massive
retaliation does not necessarily
mean guns. planes and bombs.
1t could mean a moral and
economic retaliation against
the guilty. What better chance
could this country have had
than to take strong initiative
when the Soviet divisions
started shooting at liberation
fighters in Hungary and set an
example by withdrawing its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-22
GOODWILL
BUILDING
CHI RISTMAS
GIFTS

YOU too may help celebrate
the tooth anniversary Of
the birth of Booker T.
Washington by purchasing
copies of up from Slav-
cry" an autobiography. at
Soc each, and Carver
Washington Memorial half
dollars at s1.00 each. Or.
der today from Booker T.
Washington Centennial
Commission. Sidney J. Phil
lips, President. Booker
Washington Birthplace, Viz
ginia. Thank youl
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Benson Seeks Change
In Corn-ControI Lows

Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son said yesterday the admins
tration will propose legislation
for a new corn control program
as first item Of business" for
the coming session Of Congress.
Early action is necessary, Mr..
Benson said in statement, be-
cause the present program
based on acreage planting allot-
ments set up under a 1888 Farm
Act-has not worked to prevent
surplus production and TO sta
billie prices.
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whether all such local and State
groups should be made to report.
The members Of the House
Committee were in disagreement
on a number of points, including
whether financial reporting re-
quirements should be broadened
to cover primary elections and
nominating conventions.
Study 3 Disputed Elections
The committee had three con-
tested House elections before it..
Its Democratic ajority recon-
that Representative Hale,
Republican of Maine. be allowed
to take his seat January 3, sub
ject to a determination by the
House on the validity Of about
1000 disputed ballots. Mr.. Hale
polled 90 votes more than his
Democratic opponent, James c.
Oliver. The groups Republican
minority dissented from a ma
jority recommendation for an
investigation Of the challenged
ballots.
The special group decided to
wait until Congress reconvenesI
before announcing its findings in
the two other challenged cleo
tons.
In one OF these. Representa-
tive LeCompte. Republican Of
Iowa. won by 1921 votes over
Democrat Steven M. Carter. In
the other. Representative Cou-
dert. Republican of New York.
defeated Anthony B. Akers. a
Democrat. by about 2.400 votes
The House itself is final Judge
in contested elections. It usually
follows the recommendation OF
its Administration Committee, a
standing proin
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III cleCllOIlo IOT FeueTaI ONCE.
The group was set up to keep
tab on the 1856 House elections
and to recommend any changes
it felt are needed in the cleo
ton laws.
While agreeing unanimously on
the recommendations, the COM
mittee members differed on
details.
In calling for an increase in
permissible spending by national
committees and candidates, the
House group agreed in principle
with the heads of the Democratic
and Republican National Com
mittees.
Disagree on New Figure
However. the House Committee
did not indorse the suggestions
OF the National Political Com
mittee chiefs that the upper
limits on spending be boosted to
$40 million or more. The House
members disagreed on what the
new level should be and whether
ceilings should be removed al
together"
At present. national political
committees are restricted to
spending not more than SO mil
lion on a presidential election.
Senate candidates are held at
a $4,000 outlay and House can
didates to $4,000 each.
AS for State and local COM
mittees. the House group said
they should be required generally
to report donations and outlays.
II said present Federal require
ments on reporting OF political
finances are meaningless" be-
cause they do not apply to such
groups. But the House Com
mittee could not agree on
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BurIeson Protests
Entry of Refugees
BY the Associated Press

Representative Burleson, DEM
ocrat Of Texas. has protested
against reports the United States
will double the number Of Hun
garian refugees coming here. He
said it was a serious mistake
to admit any at all.
Mr.. Burleson. a member of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, made public yesterday a
letter of protest to Secretary of
State Dulles. The letter indi-
Gated a copy was beeing sent to
President Eisenhower.
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Syrian Envoy Disputes
Hoover View on Oil oIks
BY the Associated Press

Undesecreary of State Herbert Hoover r involved I'M
another diplomatic mxup odaythis time whether the
Syrans have agreed to allow repair of saboaged oil pipeline
Syras Ambassador Farid Zeneddine insists he told Mr.
Hoover last night repairs would be permitted until Britain
France and Israel got their troops out Of Egypcudng the
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House Unit Urges Boost
In Campaign Fund Limit
BY the Associated Press

Congress has been asked to raise campaign
spending by national political candidates
special House committee said such ceilings low
The 1ve-man committee recommended yesterday that
Congress consider legislation require
pagn Committees in general spending
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-11-02

development. And growth of the utiliz-
alton of nuclear energy on an enor-
nous scale and along salutary lines is
a vital necessity if our country is to
enter upon that unparalleled period of
industrial expansion which will show
the way for the bringing of well-being
to all the world.
We may justly be proud that it was
our own country which at Geneva last
summer took the lead in opening up
realistic course of action which may
finally lead civilization out of the
critical situation now threatening its
existence. But we must see to it that
this good beginning is vigorously and
wisely followed up. For it will not be
many years before the power to COM
nit disastrous acts of nuclear aggres-
sion has become distributed among
many relatively undevelOped or small
countries, the governments of some of
which may be insufficiently RESPONSE
BILE. 1t will then be a cardinal neces-
sity for people everywhere to come
to understand that their conditions Of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-11-02

life may be radically improved through
the peaceful application of nuclear
energy and that, on the other hand,
its destructive application constitutes
an invitation to universal catastrophe.
The appreciation of this tWo-fold truth
can be attained, however, only If the
peaceful development is being con-
Quoted soundIy. This means that its
operations must be carried on with
such rigorous safeguards that those
working on the projects will feel no
fear for themselves or their descend
ants.
At the same time, the population
in general must be sufficiently pro-
tected from genetic damage by the
enforcement of low enough ceiling
of radiation from all artificial sources
combined. This means effective SUI
pervision over medical as well as over
industrial and military uses of radi-
alton. and over the disposal of atomic
wastes. In setting this ceiling it must
be borne in mind that only one roent-
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worker knows this If industry would
lower its so-called permissible dose
by $40, to an average of .03 roentgen
per week or 1.5 roentgens per year
an expensive but perfectly feasible
gndertaking-au but a small part of
this damage would be avoided and,
more important in the long run, future
generations would be spared even
more damage than the present one.
The cost of the necessary arrange
ments has been estimated at some 500
per man per year, or $4,000 for each
man for forty years. However, even if
this hastily made and sketchy estimate
turns out to be several times too low,
as it we'll may, the expense would not
be as great as paying damages for the
loss Of four to eight years of each
workers life, or for the higher wages
they would demand in place of dam
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-11-02
Race Poisoning By Radiation

ages. Moreover, such arrangements if
once attempted always undergo con-
siderable reduction in cost in the
course of experience and invention.
Let us not wait for several decades
until the untimely deaths begin to
become conspicuous. The designing
and setting up of atomic equipment
and procedures which is now taking
place should be guided by the most
advanced knowledge we now have.
Otherwise we shall be confronted with
the far more expensive process of re-
our installations and
economies later.
Only by frankly facing and ade-
quately coping with the hazards of
can we satisfactorily main
tain and enhance the morale of our
workers and win their wholehearted
support for a vast program of nuclear
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-11-02
part IIl-Conclusion)
REMOTE FALLoUT DAMAGE

In the foregoing account l have con-
fined myself to the effects on the hui
man hereditary constitution eXerted
in the region of an actual nuclear at
tack. or at least in the region of the
local fallout from such an attack.
Some of the fallout, travelling high in
the stratosphere, would be dispersed
throughout the world and be precipi-
tated for years. However, it can be
calculated that even if the equivalent
of 700 fifteen-megaton bombs, each Of
the type and order of strength of that
at Bikini on March 1, 1854, were re-
leased the fallout in remote regions
would raise the amount of radiation
received by the population in the
world at large outside of the local fall
out areas be only one to few times
the amount they ordinarily receive
from natural causes. This damage If
not repeated could not seriously i'm
pair the genetic composition of the
population as a whole, even though
it would be harmful to many widely
scattered, untraceable individuals.
Much more radiation would, however,
be received if large amounts of cobalt
or certain other substances had been
purposely added to the bombs or had
happened to be in range of the fire
ball. or if materials (e.g. fish derived
from the areas of heavy fallout were
used as food.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-11-02
PROTECTION IN PEACETIME
USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

PROTECTION IN PEAcETIME
USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
When we turn from these military
effects to the peacetime utilization of
nuclear energy we find curious situ-
alton. At Oak Ridge and presumably
at some of the other government
sponsored atomic installations the Off
ciaIly recognized permissible dose"
of g roentgen per week is set In
actuality, however, relatively few
workers receive more than fifth Of
this amount In the course of five
years, a good average of the time the
employees usually stay at such plant,
the more exposed workers might
thereby receive about fifteen roent-
gems This would not result in their
children conceived during or after
that time receiving an alarming num-
Der of mutations caused by the radia-
ton. Moreover, it would result in an
average shortening of the workers
own life span by only few months.
Since however, the official permits
Side uOS6 Is uISu0I J1dn IIldC nSI z Z
ceived, and it is expensive to provide
remote control mechanisms, waste dis
posal, and shielding for further reduc-
ing that dose per worker, we can hard
ly expect industrial plants now plan
ming their installations and procedures
to keep down the dose much below
that which is called permissible" g
roentgens per week. Moreover, it is
to be expected that as conditions of
employment in such plants become
stabilized the workers will remain
longer and that, since many of them
are highly trained, the plants will at
tempt to keep them. Consider now
what an exposure of "onIy" g roent-
gen per week will amount to in the
forty years from age twenty to sixty.
1t will come to 600 roentgens-more
than that of most exposed survivors in |
a nucIear war-and in the first ten
years, perhaps prior to reproduction, |
it will be $50 roentgens. This amount |
before reproduction on the part Of |
just one member of each married cou-
pie, presumably the father, will prob
ably cause at least one in every two
or three children, on the average, to
receive one mutation induced by the
radiation frequency several times as
high as the new mutations that would l
arise in one generation from all natu-
raj causes, and this mutation would
tend to go on down to hamper long
line of descendants until at last it ex-
.inguished that line.
Because mutations are usually I'M
spectacular and unidentifiable it is not
likely that this visiting of the parents
sins on mostly remote descendants
would, human nature and it's present
attitudes being what they are, cause
much compunction on the part of the
exposed individuals. Not so, however, |
When they come to consider the effect
f the 600 roentgens accumulated
throughout life on their own we'll
eing, for the effect amounts to a
hortening of life that may be esti-
rated at something between four and
ght years. That is, the workers. life
shortened by one or two years for
very ten years that he works at such
plant. Since this secret is at last
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Equity Cooperative Association Geraldine
Farmers Grain Exchange-Havre
Farmers Union Elevator Gompany-Ledger
MoIt Farmers Elevator Company-Moit
Farmers Union Elevator Company-Pendroy
Farmers Union Elevator Company-Porfage
Power Farmers Elevator company-Power
Farmers Union Elevator company-Rudyard
Association
, 1956-08-23
Secretary General Of
Curibbeun Comm.
Resigns August 22nd

PORT OF PAL E. F. H.
de Vriendt, Secretary General
Of the Caribbean Commission,
has requested the Commits
sion to approve his retirement
from the Commissions ser
vices effective August %, 1856
on the grounds Of ill-health.
This was agreed to by the
Commission. He was due to
retire on the completion Of
his term Of office at the end
of next December.
Mr.. and Mrs, de Vriendt
will leave Trinidad by the
S. S. Brazil on August %, on
their return to Holland via
the United States.
A Netherlands national, Mr..
de vriendt was appointed Sc
cretary General Of the Carib-
bean Commission in Decem-
Der 1851 to succeed Lawrence
CONTINUED on page q
, 1956-08-23

AAAAA9 &AA i
Church to be ed.
Sunday. August 18th.
The picturesque little Luth-
cram Church on the Center
Line Road, on top Of Kings
Hill will be re-dedicated on
Sunday evening, August rs at
7:30. Pastor Eduardo Roig,
president of the Caribbean
Synod Of the United Lutheran
Church in America, will be
the principal speaker for the
occasion. He will speak brief
" in both Spanish & English.
Special music will be pro-
vided by the senior choir Of
the Frederiksted Lutheran
Church, which will sing
Thanks be to Thee" by Ham
del, and the combined junior
choirs Of Frederiksted and
Kings Hill will sing Come
Praise Your Lord and Savior"
Completely renovated re-
Gently, the Church has q
bright, new change in appear
ance. Not only has the out
side been improved and beau
titled, but the whole interior
has been refinished. a new
roof and a termite-resistant,
vaulted ceiling have been add
ed to the building, and a new
lighting system installed.
Construction of the present
Church, a Virgin Islands land
mark, was begun in 1912,
when the cornerstone was
laid by the late Helwig Larsen
who was governor of the Dam
ish West Indies. The work was
finished and the church dedi
Gated in June 1913. Because
so many Danish people lived
in the area at the time it was
nick-named the Dane Church.
The grounds surrounding the
church acquired the reputa-
ton Of being the most beauti-
full spot on the Island, and it
is still a very attractive place.
, 1956-08-23
Commissioners Leon
MuWson Arrives on
Inspection Tour

Inspection Tour
Commissioner Of Public Sa-
fety Leon Mawson arrived
here today, accompanied by
Assistant Commissioner Mat
thias. He is inspecting the Po-
lice and Fire Departments
here and also to familiarize
himself with the setup.
Mr.. Mawson was appointed
by Governor Gordon and was
sworn in on Monday. His APP
pointment will come up for
confirmation on September "a.
Announcement Of the APP
pointment was a surprise to
many persons however congra
tulatory messages poured in
on Mr.. Mawson from st. Croix
and in st. Thomas. The local
Republican organization en-
dorsed the appointment but
some delegates to the conven-
ton cabled protests against
the appointment.
Commissioner Mawson told
the AVIS today that he has
resigned from the Republican
Club & Non-Partisan League
before taking the oath as he
wanted to disassociate himself
from all political organize
tons so as not to be accused
some day Of taking sides be-
cause Of such connection. He
wants the men under him to
free themselves Of any POI
litical ties. He impressed upon
them also that the mere wear
ing of q badge gives them no
authority to push" people
around; but there must be res
-pect and consideration for law
and order. He wants the Po-
lice Department to be abso-
lutely free Of political influ-
ence, regardless Of what party
it might be.
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, 1956-08-23

Mr.. Joao Carlos Muniz, Ambas-
sador of Brazil to Washington and
his country's representative at
the United Nations General As
sembly since 1947. He has also
served on the United Nations Sc
curity Council, and recently was
one of his country's representa-
tives at the Twelve Nation Work
ing Level Meeting in Washington
which drew up the final Draft
Statute of the International Atom
ic Energy Agency.
, 1956-08-23

A new era in the life Of the
church and the congregation
with its re-dedication is, it will
mark the beginning Of Span
ish worship services.
Pastor Ronald E. win has
extended an invitation to the
public to attend the service on
Sunday.
, 1956-08-23


Officer Selected to
Attend FBI Academy
Carroll Doyle, Special Agent
in Charge Of the San Juan.
Division Of the Federal Blu
reau announced that upon the
invitation Of John Edgar
Hoover, Director Of the FBI,
Superintendent Ramon Torres
Braschi, Police Of Puerto Rico,
designated Corporal Salvador
Mass Vinet to attend the 58th
Session Of the FBI National
Academy which begins in
Washington, p. c. on August
9th, 1856.
The first ten weeks consist
of general instruction and the
last two weeks are devoted to
specialized training in the par
ticular branch chosen by the
officer attending.
Corporal Mass was born in
Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and.
has been a member of the Po-
lice of Puerto Rico since 1886.
There are rs graduates Of
the FBI National Academy
are in other law enforcement
positions in Puerto Rico. Can
didates for attendance at the
.FBI Academy are selected
with great care and share in
struction on the latest meth.
DDS Of police investigation and
administration with other si-
milarly chosen individuals
from all parts Of the United
States, Hawaii and Alaska.
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Secretary Of Labor Mitchell as
chairman of the Presidents
Committee on Migratory Labor,
was made public at Mr.. Eisen-
hower's vacation headquarters
here.
1t recommended that the 81
States where migratory farm
laborers are numerous consider
regulations to provide safe and
comfortable transportation and
adequate, sanitary living quar-
tiers for them.
AS well as improving condi-
tons for migrant workers. the
committee said efforts should
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Ways and Means Committees,
the President said he was re
luctant to impose a barrier to
our trade with friendly nations
unless such action is essential
and clearly promising of posi-
tive, direct results to the benefit
of the domestic industry in
question.
He added that the other ma
tions concerned m this case "are
not only our close friends, but
their economic strength is of
strategic Importance to us in the
continuing struggle against the
menace of world communism"
Canada. Iceland and Norway
are the principal exporters of
groundf1sh f1lletS to the United
States.
MEANWHILE a report to the
President stressed the need for
Federal-State cooperation to
improve living and working con-
ditions for migrant farm work
ers.
The report. transmitted by