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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Steel Strike:
Effects Spread

Secondary unemployment result
ing from a strike which idled $50, 900
Steelworkers began to spread as the
steel walkout entered its eighth
day today.
Federal mediators, though they
have no authority to force a settle
ment, met separately Thursday with
both sides in an attempt to bring
about a resumption of negotiations,
which broke of when the steelwork-
ers left their jobs at midnight June
80. The mediators plan to meet
representatives of both manage
ment and union again tomorrow.
More than $4,000 workers, mostly
in the transportation field, have al
ready been furloughed as a result
of the strike, and the total will
climb daily until furnaces are again
in operation.
A vacation for 10000 United Mine
Workers will end on Tuesday, but
the miners will face the likely pros
pect of going on a shorter work
week or being laid off altogether.
Meanwhile a Commerce Depart
ment order went into effect on Fri
day freezing critical steel items for
use in the national defense pro-
gram only.
AS for the striking steelworkerS,
they were reported to be fishing,
playing softball and watching tele-
vision, giving little indication that
they have begun to feel any finan-
cial pinch. (See story on economic
effects of strike on Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Way Is Cleared
For Transit Sale

Washington's transit muddle was
a giant step nearer solution yes
terday as lawyers cleared the way
for the sale of Capital Transit Co.
to o. Roy Chalk, wealthy New York
real estate owner and president of
Trans Caribbean Always. for 3d.
$4,000.
With just 38 days left before the
scheduled death of CTC due to ex-
piration of its franchise, it finally
appeared likely that WaShingto-
mans would have an operating
transportation system after August
IA.
Completion of the sale requires
acceptance by holders of two-thirds
of Capital Transit's stocks and
congressional approval of franchise
terms. A CTC stockholders meet
ing has been called for August 3.
Meanwhile District Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin said the
Commissioners would ask congress
sional agreement to the setting up
of a publicly owned transit author
ity to take over the etc system
if the deal with Mr.. Chalk and his
associate, Morris Fox. president of
local trucking company, falls
through.
Mr. Mclaughlin also reported
that the franchise terms being de-
veloped in connection with the sale
Of etc provide for one-month ex-
tensions Of the life Of the company
up to November IA If necessary to
complete details of the transaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Mr.Nehru
On NeutroIism

The Prime Ministers of the Brit
ish Commonwealth nations ended
a Today meeting in London, where
they considered among other things
the impact of the new Soviet pol
icies on future "coexistence" pos
sibilitieS.
Although some sessions were far
from harmonious, the meetings
ended on a peaceful note with a
communique steering clear of con-
troversial subject matter.
Prime Minister Nehru of India
took the occasion of the press con-
ference at which the communique
was issued to mildly chide Vice
President Nixon and Secretary of
State Dulles for their recent criti-
cisms of "neutralism.
Mr.. Nehru said he thought that
"the very basis for democracy is
tolerance for differing points of
view" and made clear his distaste
for the term "neutralism. The
word, he declared, was a war word
and had no validity in the present
world situation. midas policy, the
Prime Minister said, was more ac-
curately described as one of mon
involvement" in the rivalry of the
two world blocs, policy he said
was aimed at peaceful settlements
of all international problems.
Britain announced as the Prime
Ministers conference came to a
close that the majo. British bases
in Trincomalee and Ka-
tunayaka- t.would be released to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Truman on Health

What has become known as the
health issue" got a bit of clarifi-
cation on Tuesday from Harry
Truman, returning from a trip to
Europe with Mrs. Truman. The
eX-PreSident, met at the dock in
New York by reporters, suggested
that the Presidents health be ruled
out as campaign issue this year.
Mr.. Truman, some of the re-
porters indicated. apparently had
taken issue with Paul Butler, DEM
ocratic national chairman, who has
said that White House aides have
made health a campaign issue.
But the former President, in ex-
banding on his remarks, made it
plain that he was simply in agree
ment with what Adlai Stevenson
has been saying all along-that
the real issue is the "part-time
presidency"
MI. Truman said that "the part
time thing" has been a proper
question since the early days of
the Eisenhower administration, be-
fore any of the Presidents illnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Report From Moscow

Moscow began the week with an
official report in the pages of Pravda
on the Communist Party drive
against the cult of the personal
ity," i.e., the anti-Stalin campaign.
In its report the Central Com
mittee Of the Communist Party ex-
cused the present leaders of the
party from any share in the blame
for the excuses of the Stain re-
CINE, contending that the late die
tator had enjoyed widespread pub
lie approval and support for his
contributions to the building of
communism, and any action against
him in the later criminal" stages
of his long rule would have been
misunderstood.
There was no lack of personal
courage on the part of those who
knew of Stains misrule and did
nothing, the report went on, but
simply realization that a move
against him would have been EEK
tremely dangerous in the presence
of capitalistic encirclement."
The report seemed designed to
do two things: First, end specula-
ton and debate on the issue among
Communists outside the Iron Cur
tain, and second, to furnish the
Russian people a judiciously chosen
and carefully measured official COM
munique on the new party line.
The report was widely interpreted
as Kremlin notice that, for the
time being, there was to be no
further debate on the Stain down.
grading. Pravda said that foreign
Communists had voiced support of
the anti-Stalin moves.
On Friday the party again used
Pravda to tell the world that there
was nothing wrong with the Com
munist system itself and that strict
Capitalization and iron discipline
would continue to be the Red rule.
I'm our country the Communist
Party has been and will be the only
master of minds and thoughts, the
spokesman, leader and organizer of
the people in their struggle for
communism" the 4,000-word edito-
rial Numbered. More than one
political party, Pravda said, was
impossible in the Soviet Union
where "a new unified society has
been built up without antago-
nistic classes" The Soviet people
ARE in no need of (other) parties
Russians were told.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Foreign Aid:
Another Slash

House-Senate conferees Friday
approved a compromise 81 billion
authorization for foreign aid, a fig
ure between the $3.8 billion origi-
nally passed by the House and the
$45 billion approved in the Senate.
But almost as the conferees acted,
the House Appropriation Commit
tee moved to slash the actual APP
preparation for foreign aid to $3.6
billion. the largest cut yet made in
the Presidents original request for
$40 billion. The authorization bills
conference report will go to both
House and Senate this week for
final approval. The appropriation
measure faces a stiff battle in the
House, where opponents plan to
try for still further cuts.
In the House-Senate conference,
Senators accepted a House provi-
sion that requires the President to
inform Congress within 80 days if
he intends to continue aid to Yugo-
Slavia. The House action requires
Ine president 10 formally declare
that such continued aid would be
in the best interest of the United
States.
Marshal Tito took steps in Bel
grade last week to reassure the West
on his continued independence.
Doubts raised by the cordiality of
his recent visit to the Soviet Union
were in part allayed Wednesday
when the YugoSlav government re-
affirmed its decision not to recog-
nize the Communist East German
government. Observers assessed
the reaffirmation as undermining
Tito'S determination to continue his
leadership in the anti-Stalin drive
and for more emphasis on national
needs and character in the govern
mentS of the Red satellites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
A 4-Cent Letter?

The House on Friday voted to
increase postal rates by $430 mil
lion. which would come primarily
from a raise in flrst-class postage
from cents to 4 cents and an
air mail rate increase from to Z
cents.
Postal deficits in recent years
have been running to about $470
million annually. Sponsors of the
bill used the widespread desire to
make the postal system pay its own
way to convince PIT House members
of the necessity for a rate raise.
Opposing the increase were 165
Congressman.
The bill faces a cool reception
in the Senate. which has held no
hearings on it. With only about
three weeks remaining before ad-
journment there was little hope
it would become law this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Red Poland:
Lid Back On

Red Poland continued to round
up participants in the bloody PoZ-
nan uprising of the preceding week
amid persistent reports that the
Communist regime was split on
the degree of harShness to be used
against the captured workers.
Travellers arriving in West Berlin
described Poland as a land of great
discomfort and rising tension, but
agreed that the government, for the
time being at least, appeared to
have the lid of repression clamped
down tightly.
Officially the Warsaw govern
ment described the Poznan rebel
hon as a crime of imperialist
provocateurS." In Moscow the
Central Committee of the Soviet
Communist Party charged, and the
United States promptly denied, that
the rioting had been "inStigated
and financed" by American agents.
In its blunt retort, the State De-
partment denounced the charge of
American instigation as wholly
false" and called the uprising a
surge of pentup bitterness on
the part 'of an oppressed and ex-
plotted people" The statement
said the current reprisals of the
Polish government was lin the
Stain tradition"
The Soviet charge had alleged
that the United States had financed
the Poznan uprising out of spe-
cial fund of 500 million appropri-
ated by Congress "at the height of
the cold war for subversive activi-
ties in the peoples democracies and
in the Soviet Union" The fund re-
ferred to was provided in the Ker-
stem amendment to the Mutual
Security Act of 1851 to help VIC
Tins of communism on either side
of the Iron Curtain. 1t is disable at
the discretion of the President, but
whether it has been used or to
what purposes has not been re-
vealed.
An indication that forces of mod
Grafton within the Polish Red gov
eminent were having some success
came Thursday with the official
announcement that the government
was repaying in cash excess tax
assessments" paid over the past few
years by Polish workers. The first
distribution, amounting to IL mil
lion zlotys (about $300,000) was
made significantly at the Stain
Locomotive Works in Poznan, where
the first worker protests spanked
the widespread violence of week
ago Thursday.
In the free world. appeals for
justice and fair trials for the Poz-
nan strikers we're formulated and
sent to Warsaw. The International
Commission of Jurists at The Hague
wired Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz
requesting that Poland grant visas
to four prominent lawyers and the
secretary general of the commits
sion so they could act as observers
at the forthcoming trials. And in
Paris II internationally known
writers and philosophers, including
such notable former Communists as
Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone and
Stephen Spender, called for asworld-
wide defense Of the Polish strikers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

lion Congress had voted for bomber
procurement. You can always use
money. but how you use it is some
thing else" said the Air Force
chief. AS to the conflict between
Secretary Wilson and other Air
Force generals, Gen. Twining would
say only there had been some diff
ferences Of judgment on what's
what"
While he reported that the
Russian airmen had shown him
nothing startling" Gen. Twining
praised the Red air force as very
competent and well equipped, and
said his tour had confirmed his pre-
vious judgment that the Russians
were rapidly catching up with the
United States air power.
Gen. Twining was scheduled to
be an early witness at further hear
ings of Senator Symingtons Armed
Services Subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Politics and Schools

last week when Senate Democrats
on Monday exploded over a matter
that is as old as it is sensitive to
them-communism.
The spark that lit the fuse was a
memorandum by staff members of
the Senate Republican Policy Com
mittee which said that "the Of
fetal Communist line" this year is
that "a Democratic Party victory is
essential" and that the 'Republi-
cans must be defeated" The memo
added: Patriotic Democrats may
grind their teeth in rage, but the
Communist curse is hard to
shake off,"
Democrats, as per script, did grind
their teeth in rage. The first to do
SO was Senator Richard Neuberger
of Oregon, who was followed by
Senators Hubert Humphrey of
Minnesota, Herbert Lehman of New
York, Paul Douglas of Illinois and
John Sparkman of Alabama.
Noting that the memo carried the
legend that neither Republican
Senators nor their Policy Commit
tee was responsible for the state
ments, Senator Humphrey de-
manded to know just who was
responsible. He wanted to know If
the staff members. whose salaries
are paid from public funds, can be
permitted ito operate just footloose
and fancy free, on the political
PAYROLL"
The Democrats demanded an
apology, retraction-and, of
course. an investigation. Minority
Leader William Knowland offered
appeasing words, and Senator Alex
ander Smith of New Jersey, a men,
Der of the G.. o. P. Policy Commit
tee, said the apology and declared
he would investigate at the next
meeting of the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Hartman Recruits

Presidential aspirant Averell Har-
riman last week recruited two big
name Democratic helpers, former
National Chairman Frank McKin.
ney and Mrs. India Edwards, for
mer vice chairman of the National
Committee.
Mr.. Mckinney, an Indianapolis
banker, will be Midwest chairman
for the New York Governors cam
paign and Mrs. Edwards will be-
come co-director of the Hartman
campaign headquarters in Chicago.
1t was not surprising that Mr..
Mckinney. an old friend of Harry
Truman, should join the Hartman
camp. He heads the Indiana Demo-
cratic faction that has recently been
jousting for control of the States
party machinery with National
Chairman Paul Butler, who has
had to deny several times that he
favored Adlai Stevenson over other
Democratic hopefuls.
Mrs. Edwards, long an articulate
spokesman for the liberal wing of
the party, was hardly playing out
of character in going over to Mr..
Hartman. the most liberal of the
Democratic candidates. But there
undoubtedly were personal reasons
Of long standing involved, too. 1t
was Stevenson man, former Ma
tional Chairman Steve Mitchell,
who edged her out of her powerful
and strategic post as head of Demo-
cratic women's activities and made
her a vice chairman with limited
functions. Although she is a dedi-
Gated liberal and might naturally
be expected to gravitate toward
Mr.. Harriman'S cause, she no doubt
considered the likelihood that she
would have little future in the party
If Mr.. Stevenson remains titular
head Of the Democrats for the next
four years.
Her addition to the Hartman
effort will prove valuable to him,
for Mrs. Edwards is known to be
extremely influential among women
in the party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Middle East FIoreup

A new flareup of military prepar-
atoms along the tense Israel Jor-
dan border had diplomats seriously
concerned last week that warfare
was imminent.
On Wednesday Jordan charged
that Israel was massing troops
along the border in the Jerusalem
area, scene of much bloody fighting
in the l948 Palestine war. There
were immediate indications that
both Jordan and Egypt were heav-
lily reinforcing their forces, but
United Nations observers declared
that the reports Of troop movements
OF any consequence were ground-
less on Doth sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
The President:
AGHn IsoHint

A month away from the most
grueling job in the world has
done much to bring vigor and color
back to President Eisenhower, now
taking it easy on his Gettysburg
farm while he convalesces from his
June 9 abdominal operation.
on Friday the President called
together his assistant. Sherman
Adams, and James Hagerty. presi-
Dental press secretary, to talk poll
tics-both general and personal"
After the meeting Mr.. Hagerty
met newsmen and his CHEEKY coun-
tenance gave a broad hint of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
New Look at Aswon

The United States promised last
week to have another look at the
terms proposed for American aid
in the financing Of Egypt's huge
Aswan Dam project on the Nile.
President Canal Abdel Nasser, who
already has Russian offer to A.
nance the immensely costly project,
was told that the United States
would re-examine the issue. CSee
Nasser profile, Page A-27)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Around
The World

After a week of bitter controversy
marked by Socialist walkout from
the Bundestag and solid Is hours
of stormy debate, the Bonn govern
ment rammed through its military
CONSUMPTION bill, making IL million
German men between the ages OF
I8 and As subject once again to
compulsory military service.
Approval of the bill in the upper
house this week is assured, and the
first class Of conscripts is scheduled
to be called up next April /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

Presidents second-term plans. The
smile was taken by newsmen to
mean that. in Mr.. Hagerty's opin-
ion. the G. o. P. ticket would again
be headed by Mr.. Eisenhower.
This Interpretation was supported
by a late report from the Presidents
doctors. They said his progress
has been steady and uneventful."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

Ceylon government. The announce
ment said British and Ceylonese
delegates would meet to arrange
for continued British use of certain
facilities at the two bases and to
provide for British aid in the train
ing of Ceylon's own armed forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

and demanded no executions and
public trials held in the presence
of Western witnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Seasonal Spectacular

Fourth Of July fireworks were set
of two days early in the Capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Mar. 20
i(P).-An all-white jury in Cir
cult Court has convicted two
Negro brothers of beating a
University of Alabama student,
but spared them heavy prison
sentence.
Arthur Washington, 20, and
John Washington, 10. were fined
$500 yesterday and sentenced to
six months in Jail for attacking
"a 19-year-o old freshman in anger
over mob action against Au-
Uterine Lucy.
The brothers were indicted for
assault with intent to murder,
which carries a sentence OF two
ito 20 years on conviction. The
Jury found the Washingtons
guilty of a lesser charge of as
Isault and battery. a INSIDE
meanor. They did not appeal.
Samuel Perrin Taylor. the
white student, testified he was
attacked by the brothers with
out cause the night of February
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
Vaccine at Birth
Called Successful

A new trlple-actlon vaccine
given to infants at birth has
proven successful, rural area
family doctor reported yesterday.
The vaccine immunizes the
child from diphtheria. whoop-
ing cough and tetanus infections.
DR.. Herbert D. Chamberlain Of
Macarthur, Ohio, displayed his
results at the scientific assembly
of the American Academy Of
General Practice at the National
Guard Armory.
He reported that of 800 new
born infants given the triple
action vaccine, none contacted
any of the three maladies during
the first year of life. Whooping
cough-also called permissible
reported, causes more deaths in
children under one year than all
other communicable diseases.
DR.. Chamberlain said he has
been using the vaccine since
1850 and that clinical tests in
dictate it works. In the five years
preceding his at-birth immun-
ization program, he said, he re-
ported 40 cases of whooping
cough in children under one year
old. Ten died.
| The program, he added, should
be of special value in rural areas
where it is difficult for mothers
to bring children to the doctors
office. Mothers often seem re-
luctant, he said, to start an
Iimmunization program. He said
the at-birth shot is followed by
one at the age of six weeks, and
a third at three months.
Pediatricians generally have
been waiting for at least three
months before immunizing in
fantS. DR.. Chamberlain reported
no unfavorable reactions by in
fants to the shot at birth. only
the older ones get those, it
seems" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
Neqro Pair Convicted
In Beating Of Student

IA. eight days after Miss Lucy,
Ia Negro coed, was driven from
the university campus. She
since has been expelled for her
improved charges that school
authorities conspired in the
mob action, but is seeking a
Federal Court order requiring
her re-admittance.
Defense Attorney William
Allen said that "the main pro-
vocation was the tenseness of
the situation here at the uni
Iversity and at Tuscaloosa at
that time. There was no malice
toward Taylor.
"It's up to us here to prove to
the world that we won't be
swayed by prejudice. We don't
want to start a Embarrassing
campaign for the NAACP ma
Itional Association for the Ad-
Ivancement of Colored People,"
Deputy Solicitor Fred Nicol told
the jury that the brothers chad
partaken of distilled hatred OF
mankind. It was not distilled by
anyone in this State"
Arthur denied any intent to
kill young Taylor.
Signed Statement introduced
Solicitor Olin Zeanah intro
duced two signed statements al
Ilegedly made by the brothers
under police questioning.
Arthur was quoted as saying,
1--WE had no particular reason
for hitting him tMr. Taylor). He
hadn't done a thing.
Our motive was to try and
pay him back for what they did
to Lucy out there at the uni
versity."
Mr.. Taylor was kicked and
beaten but escaped before he
was badly injured.
The jury, fixing the fine and
leaving the sentence to Judge
Reuben Wright, recommended
the maximum Imprisonment
permitted under the assault and
battery conviction. The six
month sentence was the maxi
mum.
Arthur is an Army enlisted
soldier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

Democratic members favoring
the proposal and the two Re-
Ipublicans opposing it. They
acted at a 15-minute session. It
followed a 121a-hour hearing
during which So persons advo-
Gated or opposed the new policy.
President Ward barley, who
had urged a somewhat similar
proposal, said about 1000 of the
1000 students at the University
Iare members of social fratern-
titles or sororities. There are "a
Ifraternities and 16 sororities
here, all with national affllia-
lions.
University spokesman said
only seven of the fraternities
and none of the sororities &C
Itually have restrictive clauses in
their constitutions.