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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Senators Soon Proposal
To Scrop Joint Stoff
Probers Interested in Gen. GOWNS Ideo
To Replace Setup With General Stoff
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

Investigating Senators ex-
pressed interest today in a
general stan" idea proposed
by 1t. Gen. James M. Gavin
The Army's outspoken re-
search and development chief.
a paratrooper in World War II.
suggested that the Joint Chiefs
Of Stan system be abolished.
The proposal was made last
night before the Senate Pre-
paredness subcommittee inves-
tigating the missile program.
Gen. Gavin said the Joint
Chiefs system should be re-
placed with an enlarged panel
/ Of senior officers to assure that
the Secretary Of Defense OBJ
tains better professional adj
vice"
More Information Asked
Senator LINDEN B. Johnson.
Democrat OF Texas. the sub
committee chairman. sought
more information on the sub
ject at hearings today. He
asked Mai. Gen. John B.
MedariS, a witness. what he
thought of the idea.
After hesitating a moment.
the chief Of the Army Ballistics
Missile Agency said he believed
Gen. Gavin. who Is his superior.
had come up with the nearest
approach to q solution" Of one
of the Pentagon's biggest prob
lens. He was not questioned
further on the matter.
Gen. Gavin. who became q
major general at the age Of 81.
denied any intent to criticize
the present Joint Chiefs Of
Staif in making his proposal.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining Of the
Air Force is the jos chairman
New Commands Advised
Gen. Gavin said that the
senior officers Of three-star
and four star rank" who would
make up the new panel would
never be returned to their in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14

PARIS, Dec. IA GA long
withheld official report says a
French government commission
found many instances of tor
ture and inhuman treatment
Of Algerian rebel prisoners by
French forces.
But the report made public
last night said the commission
nevertheless had the impress
sion that 1t was not faced with
a generalized system" of cruelty.
The commission largely COM
posed Of lawyers and high civil
servants was appointed last
April by Guy Mollet. then Pre-
mier. Its report was submitted
September IL but the govern
mentS of former Premier Maui
rice Bourges-Maunoury and
current Premier Felix Gaillard
withheld disclosure OF the COM
missions findings.
Successive governments have
tried to suppress press reports
OF torture in Algeria.
Confirmed by Government
After the newspaper lie
Monde published the report
Yesterday, the government con-
iirmed IT, Algerian Minister
Robert Lacoste said he re-
pretted publication. He added
that the government wanted
to release the report later with
other documents explaining
the governments position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Eisenhower Arrives
In Paris, Warns Reds
Rides Miles
In Open Car
On Cold Day
BY GARRETT ID. HORNER
Star star Correspondent


PARIS. Dec. 14-President
Eisenhower proclaimed on his
arrival here today that the
NATO allies VIII meet efiec.
lively and in unity Russis's
space-age challenge to their
survival as free nations.
The President. who few here
to try to breathe new life into
the NATO alliance. set the task
facing the NATO meeting as
Ito determine whether men
shall continue to live in free
dom and in dignity or whether
they are TO become mere vas
sails Of an all-powerful state"
Then, speaking of the NATO
summit meeting opening Mon
day. Mr.. Eisenhower asserted:
I'VE are all confident that
in the supreme strength of bal
anced unity we can move to-
gether toward security and
peace"
Mr.. Eisenhower landed at
Orly Airield outside Paris at
l2:54 pm. tS::54 am, Washing
ton time), after an overnight
fight from Washington in his
personal plane Columbine III.
Temperatures at p Degrees
( His talk in the biting az
degree cold at the airport was
Mr.. Eisenhower's first public
utterance since his strokelike
cerebral occlusion November IS
that left him with a temporary
slight difficulty in speaking.
White House newsmen
noticed nothing wrong with his
speech except an occasional
hesitancy in tackling longer
words. On the contrary. he
seemed to speak with unusual
vigor and feeling.
Triumphant Welcome
Mr.. Eisenhower received .
triumphant welcome from Pari.
slams. Newsmen estimated close
to 100000 men. women and
children stood at highway and
sidewalk edges along the 10
mile route from Orly to the
American Embassy residence
where the President will stay.
Crowds waved. applauded and
cheered as the President rode
by. Shouts of 'Vive Ike" and
Halo Ike" were heard.
American officials here were
surprised at the turnout. They
had expected the President
would drive almost unnoticed
into Paris.
When he saw a throng OF
1000 at a street intersection
as his motorcade came into
the Paris city limits on Avenue
d'OrleanS. the President had
his car stop for a moment and
the canvas top of his bubble
top auto removed.
Then for almost all OF the
next Z miles TO the residence.
Mr.. Eisenhower stood in the
car and waved first one hand
and then the other-sometimes
both-at the sidewalk thronss.
He wore blue overcoat and
dark gray hat. After a few
minutes standing. he put on
gloves.
Aides Concerned
His associates were some
what concerned at the Presi.
dent Drawing cold weather in
this fashion II was after q
cold days drive from WASH
ineton Airport to the Blair
Continued on Page AS. Col. 3
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I'd CAREER STARTED
FOR HIM AT 66

THE SECRET or LIFE to one 50.
yeor'Old mon is hovins tstA end
attempting to solve one problem Of
o time. George X, Ward. treasurer
Of Foundry Methodist Church, 70.
lotes how he entered o seeoad
eoreer otter retiring n years oso
on Pooe AS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14

On this. America IS leading the
way, 10 the great satisfaction
OF British leaders.
The second would be toward
a realistic balance of forces In
NATO. Realistic in the Brit
ish view. would mean a con-
centration on pooling of re-
search and development efforts.
And on this. British leaders
fear. America may want to
drag its feet.
There is. meanwhile. a third
step continental NATO powers
want to see taken: A buildup
of NATO's ground strength in
Central Europe TO 20 strong
divisions - double the present
size. And here there are fears
that the British attitude may
be a major stumbling block.
From the British point of
view. the most immediate mill
tary problem is to provide an
intermediate range ballistic
missile defense of Europe and
the Atlantic. British military
thinkers believe the next phase
of Western defense will be a
concentration on the l.500-mile
missiles.
Western Advantage Expected
The British War Office doubts
that Russia will have an effec-
tive intercontinental missile ar
senal in the near future and
it doubts. Furthermore. that
Russia will be significantly
ahead of the West in getting
intermediate missiles. The feel
ing is that both sides will ac-
quire an intermediate range
capsbility at roughly the same
time and that both will depend
on these while they wait for
final development and produc-
ton Of the mighty ICBMs.
During that phase. it is be-
lieved here. the West will have
an advantage over Russia.
Western intermediate missiles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14

JAKARTA, Indonesia. Dec
IA Pl.-T'he IndoneSian new
agency Antara said today au.
thoritative quarters reported
almost all Dutch businesses ir
Indonesia now under STATE
control.
The report followed defiance
Of an army ban against further
seizures Of Dutch property is.
sued last night. Workers Of
a Communist dominated unior
defied the order by the army
chief of staff and took over q
number OF small Dutch bust
nesSes and banks.
There was no immediate re-
action TO the new seizures by
the army chief. Mai. Gen
Abdul Harris Nasution. Thi;
island nation Gained down q
bit after a furry of rumors-
whe he denied-that President
Sukarno had been depoSed.
Trade Ministry circles said
there is no cause for worTy
that internal trade would BE-
affected by seizures OF Dutch
businesses to protest Dutch
possession of West New Guinea
Chou Promises Aid
The sources said precaution-
airy steps had been taken Il
obtain from other countrie:
essential goods formerly sup
piled by the Netherlands.
Antara also said Chinese
Communists Premier Chou En-.
lai told its correspondent II
Peiping that Red China woulc
give concrete help" to Indo.
nesia in its efforts to obtair
West New Guinea.
What that help might in.
volve was not specified.
At the same time a commit
tee Of the Indonesian People!
National Congress said Indo'
nesia does not want to go u
war over West New Guinea
Communists certainly wan
that Indonesia should declar,
war" on the Netherlands. thu
committee chairman said. be.
cause thus they could get mora
and material support from
Soviet Russia"
Mr.. Sukarno continued max,
ing plans TO leave the country
within a week for a rest perioC
Of unspecifled length, Parlia
ment Speaker Sartono. a Sc
year-old moderate Nationalist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Earthquake Toll
In Iran Placed
AT 1881 Killed
One Entire Village
Of 100 lnhobitonts
Declared Wiped Out

TEHERAN. Iran. Dec. II up.
The Ministry Of Post and
Telegraph reported today an
entire village was destroyed by
the earthquake that rocked
Western Iran yesterday and its
LOO inhabitants are consid-
cred dead. The ministry said
the overall death toll in the
quake area was 1927.
A government spokesman de-
scribed the ministry's report as
the only Official one reaching
the capital this morning. The
villAge--Farsang--was not far
from the center Of the quake.
The ministry's report said
2lO bodies had been recovered
from the Farsang ruins and
that the rest OF the populace
was reported still buried land
therefore considered dead"
Trucks Rush in Food
Truckloads OF food. medicine
and tents were being rushed
into the mountainous area
where the 2-minute quake
struck before dawn yesterday.
1t was described as equal in
violence TO one that killed an
estimated 1000 persons last
July on Trans Caspian Sea
coast.
| Farsang is near the small
town OF Sehneh. which was Of
ficially reported to have been at
the center of the quake. Sehneh
is on the 7.240-foot Shah Pass.
200 miles southwest Of Teheran.
+ The government and the Red
Lion Sun Charity Society said
600 tents. 1000 blankets and
several tons Of food had already
been distributed to the thou
sands OF homeless. Tempera-
lures in the mountains were
below freezing.
Greek Areas Hit
Athens and nearby areas Of
Greece we're hit yesterday by
a sharp quake. but no casual
ties were reported. There were
no reports OF shocks in Turkey.
which lies between Iran and
Greece.
The Soviet Tass News Agency
meanwhile. reported that a
quake December 5 hit Outer
MONGOLIA with catastTophic
force and landslides are con-
tinuing. Casualties were not
reported.
The Monaghan quake was
reported centered in one OF the
worlds most desolate areas near
the junction OF Mongolia. the
Soviet Union and China's Sim
kiang Province. One Tokyo
reading indicated the quake
was equal TO one that killed
$4,000 persons in the japanese
capital in 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Trench Dug

The solution on the polar
plateau. worlds biggest snow
drift. is not easy, especially at
temperatures as low as l02 l
below zero, with constant blow
ing snow. A trench 100 feet
long. 10 feet wide and 10 feet
deep has been bulldozed in the
snow about 100 feet from the
Pole station.
But Mr.. Mogensen sees this
system helping TO build up more
snow drifts and raising the
level OF the surrounding snow
above that OF the Pole station
Mr.. Mogensen hopes sunlight
may be harnessed TO help solve
the problem. BY sprinkling
lamp black OF any black SUBJ
stance on the snow, a deep hole
can be dug as the heat OF the
sun is absorbed and melts the
snow. Mr.. Mogensen points out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Nine Miners Killed

kelly. Scotland. Dec. IA
R.-An underground explo-
sion today at the Lindsay COL
liery about Is miles north Of
Edinburgh killed nine men and
injured seven others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
South Pole Is Empty,
But No Garbage Dump

II took over one OF these
camps after 1t had been occu-
pied for two seasons" MIR.
Mogensen recalled. Tin cans.
abandoned equipment. garbage
and waste Of all kinds had sim
ply been tossed out the doors
and windows. where 1t had
mixed with the drifting snow
to form a hill higher than the
buildings. There was no way
to dispose OF this waste. II
was cheaper to move the camp
than TO try TO move the waste.
I'VE cannot move the South
Pole. Our camp there Is a
piece OF the United States
transplanted to the bottom of
the world. We cannot let It
deteriorate into a garbage
dump. It is time serious study
was given to this problem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
British to Advocate
Rocket Sites in Europe
Also Will Urge NATO to Pool
Scientific Research Programs
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND


PARIS.-British military leaders looking for two
important forward steps the forthcoming NATO meeting
both steps largely dependent the attitude the United
States delegation will take.
The first would be toward missile defense of the West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Staying Follows
Party, ; Seized
Victim Accused of
Mistreotine Women

a man was DludgeOned &c
death on the street today by
three scquaintances vino said
he was mistreating a woman
The slain man was Walter T
Smith. %. a laborer. Of All
Minnesota avenue NE.
Charged with homicide in
hfS death are two brothers
Tlayit Robinson. %. a Senate
Once Building messenger. and
Troyit Robinson. IS. a laundry
preSser, both of 300 Seventh
street NE. and Henry Blakney
10. a porter. OF 224 Seventh
street.
All four men and the woman
had attended party last night
at a private home in the 1000
block Of Maryland avenue NE
AS police recount the story
About 2 am. Mr.. Smith left
the party with Barbara Hall
IS. of. l49 Eleventh street NE
They began to walk east or
Maryland avenue.
Others Also Leave
Minutes later, the Robinson
brothers and Blakney also lefr
the party.
At Maryland avenue anc
Twenty-first street NE. tn,
three later told police. they saw
Mr.. Smith pushing and shovins
Miss Hall
The trio stopped the car
according to the police account
and opened the trunk anc
Travit Robinson got out the
car bumper jack. Troyit Rob.
inSon grabbed lug wrench
The three advanced on Mr.
Smith and struck him re.
peatedly. police said.
The three men then fed.
4 A passing cab driver called
for an ambulance and Mr.
Smith was taken to Casualt,
Hospital. where he was pro.
nounced dead at 2:30 am.
See Three Men Enter
Two No. 9 Precinct police.
men, Pvts. Thomas Donohut
and Preston K. SciSci. accom-.
panied the ambulance. In tn,
hospital waiting room a few
minutes later. they saw thre,
men enter.
One man had a head cut anC
two OF the men had blood OF
their shoes. Asked what haC
happened. the three CAV,
stories which aroused tn,
policemen's suspicion.
They later admitted the at
tack at No. Q Precinct. polio,
said. All three were charged
with homicide and were to b,
arraigned today.
Miss Hall was kept overnight
at the Womens Bureau To-
investigation and then released
The three men. being helC
without bond. appeared for g
preliminary hearing today be.
fore Judge Thomas C. ScalleS
in Municipal Court. Judge
Scalley continued the hearing
until December "a, TO wait the
outcome of an inquest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Vast Increase
Asked in u. 5.
Rocket Power
Nitol in Race With
Reds. Says Army's
Missile Chief
BY WILLIAM HINES

The head Of the Army's bal
listic missile program called
today for q revolutionary in
crease in rocket propulsion
power and warned that the
price Of failure would be to
lose the missile race to Russia.
Mai. Gen. John B. MedariS
told the Senate Preparedness
Subcommittee lit is my per-
sonal opinion that unless this
country can command / mil
lion pounds of thrust by 1861
We will not be in pace"
One million pounds OF thrust
Is almost four and a half times
the propulsion power attrib-
uted to the rocket which shot
the half ton. dog carrying
Russian Sputnik II into an
orbit more than q month ago.
Gen. Medaris. commander
OF the Army Ballistic Missile
Agency at Huntsville. Ala. told
the Senator'S that in order to
achieve its proper place in the
missile field. the United States
must abandon short term OBJ
jectives.
Bans Short FERN Goals
"Our goal should be nothing
short Of mans domination OF
space" said Gen. Medaris. We
viii never get into this race as
We should so long as our objec-
tives are short-term.
The two-Star general said
the achievement of these ends
will require some new thinking
about the direction of the mis-
Siles program.
Some place there has to be
one man who can make a deci-
sion. who can give a command
and the resources to carry II
out" Gen. MedariS said.
The witness was outspoken
in his criticism OF what he
termed "redecislon - redecision
- redeciSion" in the fixing Of
goals for various missile pro-
grams. He said long-range OBJ
jectiveS are necessary and ex-
planned that by long range he
meant 10. IL. Is years ahead. "
Asked whether he agreed
with testimony last night by
Army 1t. Gen. James NJ. Gavin
that satellites should be given
greater priority than ballistic
missiles. Gen., Medaris replied:
Il wouldn't stop at satellites.
/ think priority should be on
the furthest thing out. Priority
should be on the space capabl-
tiles Of the United States.
The ballistic missiles will
then come as a fall out of this
program.
Decisions Assailed
Gen. Medaris blamed au-
thorities outside the Army"
for a decision which he said
put US behind the Russians in
rocket development. This was
a decision not TO develop an
engine with 100000 pound
thrust-the propulsion power
equivalent TO that of the Sput-
mix II first stage.
This decision. Gen. MedariS
said. will impede future de-
velopment.
The big hole in our ballistic
missile program is that there
Is no high thrust. advanced.
big rocket engine today"
Rocket engines being devel-
oped today. he said. are for
weapons currently in the de-
velopment stage Jupiter,
Thor. Atlas and Titan.
There is nothing in the
works. Gen. Medaris said for
future uses unknown today. 4"
The general said the policy
See WEAPONS, Page A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Cases Listed in Report

The commission said 1t was
forced to admit 1.-THE reality
and the gravity Of torture.
Among cases 1t reported
About 100 AlgerianS arrested
last March IA at Aim ISSer were
confined to a farm building
used for wine storage. Through
the night they called in vain
for help and so Of them were
found dead the next morning.
The French company COM
mander hastily ordered the
bodies scattered in brushland
about 30 miles away. The COM
mission said the deaths were
caused by carbonic acid gas
fumes.
Sixteen Of % suspects locked
in a wine cellar at Mercier-
Lacombe last April 10 died OF
asphyxiation.
The commission reported
that IN both cases disciplinary
action was taken against the
French commanders and orders
were issued to avoid a reeur-
renee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14

NICOSIA. Cyprus. Dec. IA
R.-A rockface collapsed to-
day at Gambia mine south
west Of Nicosia. killing three
men whose truck was buried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14

McMURDO SOUND. Antarc-
tica. Dec. IA MAMA The
Antarctic Continent is the big
gest chunk OF empty space re-
naming on the earth, yet waste
disposal is a major problem
here. Pale Mogensen. of Alex
andria. Va. new scientific lead
er at the South Pole. points out
The sub-Zero temperatures,
OF course. are the root OF the
problem. It's simply too cold
for wastes to decompose. There
is no running water TO carry
away the debris. The ice is too
thick to chop through for use
as a dispose-all.
This is one OF those nasty
problems no one likes to think
about" Mr.. Mogensen said. so
no one has devised a satisfac.
tory method Of waste disposal
in snow-capped areas" Bases
built at sea level dump their
garbage on the sea ice and hope
1t will float away some day, al
though at McMurdo Sound IL
shows no signs of doing so after
three years of hopeful waiting
The early explorers had no
problem. Mr.. Mogensen points
out. Capt. Robert F. Scott and
Cir Ernest Shackleton simply
tossed their garbage out the
door. BY the time the heap be.
came a problem they had found
new worlds to conquer.
Byrd Moved. Te&
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd
solved his waste disposal prob
lem the same way the cavemen
did. He moved. No better So
luton has been found for mill
tary camps built on the Green
land ice cap since the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
STOCKS
nv THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK ~ Following are the
sales add OOl, high, low closing price
and net cnange OF the 20 most active
stocks fol the week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
Deal Disturbs Allies
ReportC 7 orture
Of AIgerions Released

The commission inspected
eight concentration camps
housing 5000 to 5000 persons.
The camps generally were well
kept. the commission said but
it called the treatment Of
prisoners condemned to death
"inhuman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-14
New Commands Advised

Gen. Gavin said that the
senior officers Of three-star
and four star rank" who would
make up the new panel would
never be returned to their in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Car Theft Youths
Admit 3 Break Ins

Three Silver Spring Md
youths. arrested yesterday in a
stolen car in Arlington County
have admitted breaking into
three schools in the Silver Spring
area. Montgomery County Police
reported.
The youths, two Of them IA
and the other is years old, were
picked up by Arlington Police
after their car became stuck in
mud about 6 am. The trio
admitted stealing the car about
1880 am. in the Carroll Knobs
subdivision of Georgia avenue
The youths admitted breaking
into the McKenney Hills Ele-
mentary School twice and the
st. Johns and Glen Haver
schools.
One of them also admitted
shoplifting in Silver Spring
police said. About $500 worth Of
stolen items were recovered.
The youths were turned over
to Juvenile authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

search suspected numbers opera.
tors and bookmakers.
Delegation Chairman Blair
Lee III, said the exemption does
not apply to all types of gambling
as the bill was originally pro-
posed by county police. This
change was made, he said, TO
remove the fear that police
would be able to bust into
peoples homes and break up
private poker games"
Delegate Carlton r. Sickles,
Democrat Of Prince Georges,
had ready for introduction today
a bill requiring mandatory ref
Ierendum in municipal annexa-
ton and giving the county COM
ln1issioners veto power over an
nexations as they now have over
new interpretations.
Existing law provides for ref
erendums in annexation actions
only if 20 per cent of the voters
of either the town or annexed
area petition for it.
Senator Wheatley yesterday
won Senate approval of an
amendment to a Maryland Mu-
nicipal League-backed bill which
would provide thatIany munici-
Ipality annexing an adjacent area
shall also extend its power Of
planning and coming to the area.
The amendment would insure
that no new coming or planning
powers can be granted by the
hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
CAB DENIES BID To- LET PLANES
ADD FRIENDSHIP TOD.C. ROUTES

The Civil Aeronautcs Board has denied Baltimore
petition to authorize air carriers using National Airport
to include Friendship airport on their routes.
At the time the Board consolidated into single
case two petitions the adequacy Of service to both
airports.
In denying the Baltimore request the Board explained
that to include it in the adequacy Of service hearings
would make the "unwedly' and compcate the
structures Of the ali lines
No date for the consolidated hearing has been set but
spokesman said it is being rushed in view Of the cys
congested airport situation
The CAB cannot compel any air line to put Friendship
airport on its schedule until public hearing has convinced
the board that existing service is inadequate.