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have come around to accepting
the fact.
With the realities now es-
tablished in place of the fic-
ton. the reborn Big Three
alliance can get about the task
Of effectively countering the
Soviet-led drive for world
domination. And American
policy-makers can safely plan
actions in the world without
having them wrecked by some
unilateral overt act on the
part of our supposed "allies."
A second and increasingly
favorable bright spot is the
growing Importance Of West
Germany as a potent factor
IN world politics. In the very
nature Of its existence, West
Germany tends to occupy the
true power role on the con-
tinent of Europe.
AS the Bonn republic re-
gains the national prestige Of
the German nation, its lead
ers will loom more and more
important on the world stage.
If West Germany refrains
from militaristic occupations,
restraining those elements of
the population still enamoured
Of the Third Reich and its
dreams Of conquest, the future
should be very favorable. A
strong Germany. democrat
ically organized and with
armed forces enough for pro-
lection but not for conquest,
will become the most impor-
tant nation in Europe.
Eventually West and East
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
THOMAS L. STOKES
Political Effects Of Lobor Probe

mittee tabulated $344.997 for
the Republicans and $14.650
for the Democrats.
And SO it runs through all
the blue-ribbon class. includ-
ing contributions from officers
of big electric utilities, officers
of the 100 corporations that
hold most Government defense
contracts. officers Of big adver-
tising agencies. Indeed, from
the last the Democrats didn't
get one red cent.
Now. with all these sources
closed to them. Democrats
fear the disclosures of the
Mcclellan committee may be
used to pollute and clog up
their single most reliable
source, organized labor. This,
Of course. is not exactly a gold
mine as campaign money goes
these days. Organized labor
spent itself or contributed to
support of local and State COM
mittees a total of $2,156,728
during all of 1856, according
to Gore committee findings.
That was for all political pur-
poses all over the country. The
dozen wealthy families con-
tributed half that much to the
G. o. p.
Democrats recognize the
need of such an inquiry as that
by the Mcclellan committee
into labor racketeers. welcome
it. and know it is long over
due. But. wherever you run
into liberal Democrats. mostly
from outside the South. they
say dolefully they wish the
gaunt Arkansas Senator had
been only half as thorough in
his investigation last year of
oil campaign contributions. He
let oil slip of the hook that
now is well-baited for labor.
Those Democrats also wish
their Senate leadership would
bring forward the bill to regu-
late campaign funds which
might help to give Democrats a
fairer shake in reaching the
voter; but here again the
Southern "States'-ri ghters"
are putting up a blockade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Democrats From Strong Union Areas
Believe Loss of Support Is Possible

at the independence that
working men and women have
achieved for themselves in
recent years through their
labor unions.
When they get very practi-
cal, Democrats point out some
hard facts which they now en-
counter:
Cd Republicans always can
get twice as much money to
run their campaigns as can
Democrats, as we learned once
again from the Gore committee
report. Also the big. fat pock-
etbooks of the wealthy are
available chiefly to Republic
cans, as we also saw from the
Gore report. The story has
been the same back through
the years as it is today.
co Republicans also have
the bulk of newspaper and
magazine support. To offset
that, there is the avenue fur
nished by radio and televiSion,
but that runs into big money,
and there again the biggest
pocketbook can get more often
to the listener, and the big
pocketbook is the Republican.
With all Of that being so.
and it is a fact that anybody
can see plainly. Democrats
have come to rely heavily on
labor in many key States and
cities, both for political &C
tivity of the door-to-door sort,
and for campaign funds. Their
Embarrassing, for the most part.
is the careful canvass for the
81, 81 and IS contributions
from persons of small and me-
dunn income.
Not for them the big sources,
such as the $1,040.526 share
the Republicans got from a
dozen wealthy families, from
whom Democrats got $107,1 09.
Not for them the big dona-
tons from the 20 largest oil
companies. including those
which operate in the Middle
East. From officers of those
90 corporations the Gore COM
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last statement meant only that
the government was incapable of
sorting out claims. He COM
plained that Mr.. Gomulka made
mo mention of anything being
done in the past four months
to sift claims.
Spokesman for II Catholic
Deputies announced they would
vote for the bill but only be-
cause of the black economic pic
ture painted by Gomulka. A
Communist spokesman opposed a
suggestion for an investigation
on the ground it would stir up
Ill feeling in the factories.
Claims for back pay have
been authoritatively estimated at
40 billion zlotys $50 billion at
the Polish official exchange rate
but less in terms of purchasing
power. No estimate of the num-
Der Of persons affected has been
published, but in LODI claims
have been made by one in five
Iof the working population.
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sought Senator Eastland's testi-
mony in support of their con-
tention that the subcommittee
was interested in newspaper
content. and thereby was at
tempting to abridge press free
dom guaranteed in the First
Amendment.
Senator Eastland said this was
not the case.
Judge Luther w. Youngdahl
said, before Senator Eastland
took the stand. that he recog-
nized the Senator's right not to
respond to the subpoena, and
that it was entirely up to Senator
Eastland as to whether he want
ed to testify.
The Senator replied he felt It
was his duty TO make himself
available in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23

heavy reliance on statistical as
sociations that have been widely
publicized for several years and
widely questioned by other SCI
entistS as to their significance. /"
Not Yet Evaluated
The report was made by a
study group of seven scientists.
This group is sponsored by the
American Cancer Society ana
the American Heart Association.
The sponsoring organizations
said they had not yet studied
nor evaluated the report.
The study groups report said:
Lung cancer occurs much more
frequently Is to IS times) among
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
S12 Million C&P
Borrowing Cleared

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. has permission to
borrow $12 million from its par
ent American Telephone and
Telegraph Co.
The Public Utilities Commits
sion yesterday authorized both
the borrowing and the issuance
Of $40 million in C. and P. COM
mon stock to A. T. and T. for
the purpose of paying back pre-
vious loans.
The Washington utility, which
is wholly owned by A. T. and T..
plans to use the new funds to be
borrowed from the national tele-
phone system for expansion of
its facilities here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Pope Re|axes
Fasting Rules

Pope Plus KITS relaxation
OF regulations concerning COM
munion fast and evening mass
should result in "a new era OF
spirituality among Catholics of
the world" American church
sources say.
The papal decree, announced
yesterday. empowers Roman
Catholic priests to celebrate
evening masses daily so long
as it Is required for the spiritual
welfare of a considerable num-
Der Of people"
The new rules also require
abstinence from solid food and
alcoholic drinks for only three
hours before attending mass and
receiving holy communion. In
the past, the pre-communion
fast ordinarily was observed
from midnight of the day on
which communion was to be
received.
Non-alcoholic drinks now may
be taken UP to one hour before
receiving communion, and water
at any time.
The National Catholic Wei
fare Conference said yesterday
there is every indication" many
United States dioceses will
quickly put the new relaxation
into effect.
The conference issued q state
ment by Archbishop Richard j.
Gushing of Boston which said
the change should bring "a tre-
mendous increase in daily COM
municantS.
Bishop Joseph A. Burke of
Buffalo. N. Y, ordered the new
instructions distributed to the
261 churches in his diocese and
urged Catholics to take advan-
tage of the privileges, which be-
come effective Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Chrysler Estote in Virginia
Put on Market for ST Million

Wickersham of Oklahoma and
a group Of associates took an OPP
ton on the Chrysler property
about a month after Mr.. Wick
Iersham left Congress last year
and are making the sale offer.
Their option expires May "a.
Mr.. Chrysler kept his collec-
ton Of early Surveys. buggies and
pioneer Chrysler automobiles at
the estate, but they are not for
sale. Mrs. Chrysler is at the es-
tate this week packing personal
belongings.
The property has been listed
with eight real estate firms in
the Washington area and with
Joseph p. Day a. Co. in New
York and X. M. Jones OF Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
New Big 3 Alliance, Bonn's Strength
And u. S. Role in Mideust Raise Homes

Amid all the crises, confu-
sions and uncertainties Of to-
days world situation, there are
still a few important factors
that lend hope to the free
worlds plans for the future.
This column has been
prompt to point out the dan
gers and the threats, the
pitfalls and ambuscades con-
stantly In the path Of the
non-C Communist nations. In
the American role of leader
ship. the perils to us have
been commensurately greater,
in the long run, than to any
nation in the world.
But as gloomy as the out
look has been. and in many
respects still is, there are a
few CLEANS of light here and
there. In time, given good
fortune and, above all, good
management. the situation for
freedom could look o lot
brighter than it does today.
Bright spot No. l, at this
writing, would appear to be
the new realignment of the
Big Three alliance. The best
thing about the new relation
ship-a really new one, not
just a re-establishment Of the
old Big Three alliance that
was wrecked by the invasion
Of Egypt last falls the posi-
tive acceptance by Britain and
France of their true role in
world affairs. and the true
limits Of their contribution to
the strength Of the alliance.
Neither is really a major world
power TODAY. and both of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
BROWN
Bright Spots in a Dark World

Germany will be reunited. But
such a prospect is unforeSee-
able in the immediate future.
So long as the Moscow bosses
have their way, there will be
no united Germany until there
are ironclad guarantees that
the reborn German nation can
never be a military menace to
the Soviet Union or its satel-
lites. The Communists, of
course. will use every trick in
the book to get a reunited
Germany organized on Com
munist lines. But, short of a
miracle, they will have no
hope Of doing that through CO.
operation among the Germans.
A third area for optimism
lies in the effects of our eff
forts in the Middle East. While
the situation there is still
fraught with grave danger,
and probably will remain a
trouble spot for years to come.
the fact remains that Ameri-
can prestige can still be SAL,
vaged. AS a result of the
United States stand on the
Israeli-British-F French agrees
sion against Egypt. we have
made some friends in the
Arab. as well as the neutralist
world.
For the future, the way
ahead looks rocky but not
hopeless. With good steward
ship. and avoidance of inter-
national sandtraps, we can
perhaps expect a world in
which militant communism
will be well restrained. Through
example and leadership, we
can, perhaps, guide the free
vr,An-1I -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23

cigarette smokers than among
nonsmokers and there is a direct
relationship between the Incl
dence Of lung cancer and the
amount smoked"
Tobacco Stocks Fall
The group made no claim
to having conducted any actual
research as distinct from study
Of research already conducted.
Publication Of the report yes
terday caused tobacco issues
traded on the New York Stock
Exchange to slump. the losses
running to as much as three
points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Civilians Meet Here
To Plan Convention

Civitan international clubs in
Washington and nearby Virginia
and Maryland communities sent
delegates today to the fourth
Governors Conference OF Civil
tan's Chesapeake District in the
Mayflower Hotel.
The main item OF business
will be planning for the annual
district convention, to be held
here on May 3, 4 and S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
100 Foee Loyoff

ST. LOUIS, Mar. % Dr.
About LOO employees will be
laid of April / at the Mercury
auto assembly plant in subur-
ban Hazelwood because Of lad
juStments to production sched-
ules," the company announced
yesterday. j. B. Howard, resi-
dent plant manager, said the
plants late shift will be discon-
tinued.
A spokesman said lay-offs
would be on a seniority basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23

prison on a similar criminal
contempt Of court charge in
volving race disturbances last
August when Clinton High
School admitted IL Negroes
under a United State District
Court order.
He is free under $4,000 bond
! pending that appeal. to be
heard in Cincinnati next month,
but no bond was set Immediately
on the second charge. He was
held In Knox County Jail.
Kasper, 27-year-old White
Citizens Council leader, was
arrested by Federal officers at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23

The current investigation of
the messy affairs Of high Of
flcials Of the Transfers Union
by a conservative Southern
Democrat-Senator John NC
Clellan Of Arkansas being
assessed by realistic Democrats
for its practical political eff
fectS.
Especially concerned are
Democratic leaders from con-
Stituencies outside of the
South where labor is strong
and its political influence po-
tent. In some key. highly in
dustrialized areas, organized
labor provides very substan-
tial support for the Democratic
Party. both in political activ-
ity and in campaign contribu-
tons.
Democrats from these Sec
tions are worried that foes
Of the Democratic Party and Of
organized labor will use reve-
lations by the Mcclellan COM
mittee to try to blacken labor
as a whole. Indeed. there are
already evidences Of that. The
aim. as Democrats see it in
such exploitation. is to throw
a cloud of doubt about political
activities Of the many clean,
decent and honest unions
which offer the chief outlet
through which many millions
of Woodworking men and
women can make their infiu-
ence felt for measures, State
and national. to improve their
condition.
They see as a possible re-
suit that Democratic candi-
dates for Office may find labor
support and campaign con-
tributionS from labor capital
lied as q weapon against them.
For that reason they know
that the Mcclellan inquiry is
privately hailed by powerful
economic and political inter-
ests which have always fought
social welfare measures and
have looked very much askance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
BISHOP IS CALLED
TO GUST GHOST
HAUNTING FAMILY

JARROW, England (R.-
The Bishop of Jarrow was
called in last night to get rid
Of a ghost in Norman Dixon's
house.
Mr.. Dixon. a 26-year-old
laborer, complained to police
the ghost draws zig-zag lines
on the walls, rips of bed
clothes. prods his wife in the
chest and breathes clammily
down her back. Things got
SO bad the family of five
moved out of the house every
night.
Police called in Bishop j.
A. Ramsbotham. He blessed
the house in a 10-minute
service and said he hoped
the Dixons would sleep I'M
haunted from now on.
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state TO workers from the Stall
mist years. Four months ago,
faced with demands for the
cash. the government rushed
through a law for payment by
installments. Last night this
law was revoked.
Prof. Antoni Wojtisiak, a nom
party Deputy, argued the bill re-
moved rights won by the work.
Iers and that to pass it would
sacrifice the peoples confidence
in Parliament.
Bill "Smuggled." He Says
Prof. Wlodzimierz Szczepan-
ski, a professor of sociology in
the industrial town of LODI,
charged the bill was unconsti-
tutional since it was struggled
into q parliamentary commits
sion this week without a first
reading before the full Parlia-
ment.
He criticized a speech delivered
Thursday night by Communist
Party Chief Wladyslaw Gomulka
at a closed meeting of Commu-
mist Deputies. The speech was
aimed at quieting misgivings
about the bill in Communist
ranks.
Mr.. Gomulka contended that
it was necessary to turn down
all claims for back pay-first
because the state could not af-
ford to meet them. and secondly
because it was impossible to sort
out just claims from wrong ones.
Hits Lack of Action
Prof. Szczepanski said this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23

PROBABLY accounts Tor the ma.
Ijority Of epileptics. But in nc
other condition is there so clear
an association between the vag-
aries Of the mentally afflicted
and the conventionalized delu-
Sions Of the Solidly sane.
Epilepsy is a convulsive seiz-
ure. or something approximating
1t. Of which there are several
varieties. The kind under study
is definitely traceable to LESSONS
of some sort in the temporal
lobe of the brains cerebral cor
tex. the region of the brains
gray cell top which lies Just
above the ears and long was as
ISOLATED with hearing. These
LESSONS, usually very small. can
be located by means of brain
wave probing. When they are
removed surgically the condi-
ton usually is cured If the sur
geon has picked the right focus.
Has Various Levels
There are various levels of
temporal lobe epilepsy. Some
times it is manifested by con-
vulsionS. sometimes by dream
states, sometimes by such fan
tastic phenomenon perhaps
closer approach to reality-as
living in two times at once.
Somehow it seems closely re-
lated to genius, as described by
DIR. Pearce Bailey Of the Ma
tional Institute Of Neurological
Diseases and Blindness. who
pointed out that the studies to
date have led to a new appraisal
of some of the great creative
minds Of the past.
This also was emphasized by
one Of the delegates. DR.. Henri
GaStaut of the University of
Marseilles. DR.. Gastaut, after
a methodical search of all the
evidence. has come to the con-
clusion that a clear case is that
of the French painter Van Gogh
who suffered from ''hallucina-
Itions"--or perhaps realities from
which the normal mind is merci-
fully protected--during which he
did his best work and which
we're followed by complete for
lgetfulness. Other cases are those
lof the Russian novelist Do
stoyevski, possibly Napoleon and
Caesar.
Only a few, of course, are
geniuses. The condition is a
public health problem. A recent
study concluded that about 376
out of every 100000 in this coun-
try suffer from some degree Of
epilepsy and that one in six Of
these have the temporal lobe
variety.
Little Injury to Brain
In most cases there does not
appear to be any actual injury
to the brain. The focus usually
is found by encephalography, an
abnormal increase in the cleo
trical output of some very minute
area in either Of the temporal
lobes. These are located close TO
the speech areas Of the brain
which, in turn. are closely asso-
ciated with the frontal lobes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23

the Clinton home Of Mrs. John
Gates, widow Of a Clinton segre-
gationist who died Tuesday in
a Knoxville mental institution.
1t was the first time he had
been in this area since he was
charged again a month ago.
Specifically Kasper is charged
with criminal contempt on
grounds he violated a permanent
Injunction Of the United States
District Court against interfer-
ence with indignation of the
school.
He was arrested last August
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Churchill Returns

LONDON. Mar. % (R.-Sil
Winston Churchill came home by
plane last night from Nice where
he had spent most Of the recent
cold weather months on the
French Riviera. He is 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
World Experts Discuss
Problems Of Epilepsy
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

long sought door ajar between and mind is being
studied by 80 experts from all the who opened
gs Yesterday at the National Institutes Health at Bethesda
They are holding world conference problems OF
temporal lobe epilepsy. =
Relatively this is important disease although II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
EostIond Denies Attempt
To Abridge Free Press

Senator Eaand Democrat Of Mississippi says Senate
Internal Security Subcommttees questioning
January was not attempt ito infringe the freedom
the press"
Rather, he added in voluntary in Federal
District Court yesterday I'VE investigating Communist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Kosper Arrested Again
In Disorders at Clinton

KNOXVILLE Tenn. Mar % QF9.-Segregations John Kas-
per OF Washington c. back in jail today
time with stirring racial disorders nearby Clinton
He arrested last night attending the
funeral of fellow segregations
Already Kasper is appealing sentence Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Tobacco Industry Replies
To Lung Cancer Report

NEW YORK Mar % The tobacco industry said yester-
day that the report that there relationship
cigarette smoking and lung apparently original
evidence"
The Tobacco Industry Research Committee added the
report lis another Of studies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-23
Polish Reds Bar Poyoff
|Of Workers Back Wooes

WARSAW Poland Mar. % OF9-The Polish government
Seamroer approval last night for its decision
ing the missing millions" in workers Critics called
action unconstitutional and violation of workers rights
At stake in the debate in the Communist dominated
Parlamentl thousands Of claims for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13

ting tired Of new surveys on the
subject.
Senator Holland has voiced
the view several times that
before the Government engages
in big expenditures for a second
airport for Washington, there
should be a real trial" of the
use Of Friendship for long-haul
trips.
In addition, he said today,
considerations should be given
to the possibility that Virginia
may set up an airport authority
to take over the Washington Ma
tional Airport and build or take
over a second Washington air.
port
The Holland subcommittee was
created last July when the
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee refused to act on an Ell
senhower Administration request
for money to go ahead with the
airport project at Burke. The
committee concluded that the
situation was so confused that
more light should be obtained
from studies and hearings by a
special subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13
French Champagne
|SuIes Rise in U. S.

PARIS. - Sales of French
champagne to the United States
have been increasing steadily
since World War II and, al
though they are still not what
they were before World War I.
they now account for one-fourth
Of all the sparkling wine sold in
that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13

tomorrow to get the matter be-
fore the full appropriations
committee as soon as possible.
Senator Magnuson, chairman
of the Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee,
is known to advocate action Of
some kind instead Of more study.
Senator Potter, Republican of
Michigan, member of the Hol-
land subcommittee, came up to-
day with stout declaration
along the same line.
1--WE have delayed long
enough" he said. "One of these
days. I'm afraid, we are going
to have another crash here"
Senator Potter said he is get