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Evening star., 1957-04-21

could make good on one Of her
boasts that she could recruit a
delegation of 900 or TOO Americans
to go to Moscow.
Then the United States delega-
ton might have enough weight to
make its presence felt, influencing
not only the Communist youth at the
meeting but those who read about
1t in the Soviet and free worlds.
Unless she can produce some siz-
able group. however. the State De-
partment fears that Miss Perry
will merely provide Russia with a
propaganda bonanza.
Sovfoto, the Russian picture
service, can send pictures around
the world with captions suggesting
she represents the real" American
youth whose aspirations conform
closely to the Communists. Radio
Moscow will be able TO slant news
Of her activities along the same line.
Barbara's passport will not be
picked UP or stamped with q mot
valid" stamp for travel behind the
Iron Curtain, however. She will
merely have TO go without the
blessing Of the Secretary Of State.
And. who knows. II she continues
to get the attention she has been
getting from Moscow youths daily
newspaper. she might possibly wind
up promoting American foreign
policy more cleverly than the diplo-
mat skeptics.
Evening star., 1957-04-21
WHICH SIDE WOULD BENEFIT?
Miss Perry Poses Problem for State
BY EARL II. YOSS

A 22-year-old Chicago girl Is
preparing q new challenge to State
Department regulation Of American
travel behind the Iron Curtain.
Barbara Perry. a free-lance pub
lie relations specialist, wants to
take Moscow up on its offer OF a
$500 round-trip ticket from San
Francisco to Moscow and dollar
a-day living expenses during the
Sixth International Youth Festival
next July % through August IL.
The State Department has advised
her not to go because she would
lend respectability to Soviet prop
aganda device.
Miss Perry says she has received
some $50 letters from young peo-
pie all over the country who have
the money and would like to go
to the Moscow festival, too. She
has taken the offensive and even
come to Washington to plead her
case. While she was here she tried
hard to see Secretary Of State
Dulles. but had to be satisfied with
a lower-level official. She did get
her Congressman to back her up
with speech from the floor Of the
House.
Miss Perry draws her line Of at
tack from President Eisenhower.
Last January 80 the President told
newsmen:
"You don't promote the cause
Of peace by talking only to people
with whom you agree. That is
merely yes-man performance. You
have got to meet face-to-face the
people with whom you disagree
at times. to determine whether or
not there is a way of working out
the differences and reaching bet
ter understanding"
These remarks were made in re-
sponse to criticism Of the Presi-
dents invitation to King Saud of
Saudi Arabia to visit Washington.
Why Not MingIe?'
Barbara came to Washington to
ask:
IF American youth trusted Presi-
dent Eisenhower to mix with King
Saud Of Saudi Arabia, and was
not afraid that the President would
become tainted by association and
be won over to the other side. why
cannot President Eisenhower trust
American youth to mingle with
Russian youth and try TO sell them
an American bill Of goods In the
same way he tried with King
Saudi"
This loaded question was made
all the more disarming by Miss
Perry's emphasis on her Republican
background. Her Democratic Con-
gresham. Representative O'Hara.
took delight in recalling for the
House that during the recent cam
paign she worked day and night
with the Youth for Eisenhower
group"
The State Department avoided
Evening star., 1957-04-21
TARGET NO. I
BY CECIL HOLLAND

Whatever results may flow even
tually from the Senate's investiga-
ton Of improper activities in
labor-management relations, one
thing seems certain at this time:
The first legislative effort will be
directed toward establishing strict
accounting and full disclosure over
the mushrooming pension and well
fare funds won by unions in recent
years. 1t probably will come this
year.
The eight members of the select
Senate committee studying racket
eering In the labor management
field-four Democrats and four
Republicans--seem disposed at this
time to support such legislation
while putting of for further study
other and more controversial pro-
posals. The idea also has the back
ing Of responsible labor leaders.
including AFL CIO President
George Meany.
Legislation in this field already
has been written. 1t grew out Of
disclosures in the 1854 and 1855
investigations by a Senate Labor
subcommittee headed first by Sem
ator Ives, Republican Of New York.
and later by Senator Douglas, DEM
ocrat Of Illinois.
Funds in the Billions
Those hearings, which received
little attention at the time. disclosed
abuses in the management Of funds,
which are now estimated to total
somewhere between $25 billion and
$50 billion.
Abuses included pilfering and
mismanagement. padding Of admin
istrative payrolls. and excessively
high commissions charged by some
companies handling the funds.
Evening star., 1957-04-21

challenging Miss Perry's intentions
or political philosophy. even ex-
pressed some measure of confidence
that she would not fall prey to
Red propaganda herself.
But American officials fear that
Moscow could use her presence at
the festival to great advantage.
These youth gatherings have
been sponsored by world commu-
nism every two years since l947.
The first was In Prague. Others
have been held in Budapest. East
Berlin. Bucharest and Warsaw.
The East Berlin affair was a crash
ing failure for the Communists. So
many Of the Red youths went to
West Berlin that the event was q
great propaganda victory for the
West.
Have Policy Motive
The festivals primary purpose
is to enlist the support Of world
youth in Moscow foreign policies.
BY subsidizing the events the Com
munists draw a large attendance.
which they use as evidence that
youth is on the side OF communism.
This year. according to Soviet
announcements, $4,000 visitors
from 100 countries are expected.
Some 1000 newsmen also are to
attend.
After the young people enjoy
their heavily subsidized vacation
behind the Iron Curtain, Moscow
Evening star., 1957-04-21

that two of the outstanding things
his administration did were to en-
force an honest merit system and
bring in top administrative brains
from outside the city.
Washington doesn't have q
"Chinese wall" to get rid Of. or. as
far as anyone knows, extensive graft
and corruption. But Senator Clark
has already indicaHed he has spotted
some things that need improving.
He Sow for Himself
He and Oregon's Senator Wayne
Morse and New Jerseys Senator
Clifford Case spent number Of
hours recently listening to welfare
leaders give accounts Of hunger
and adverse living conditions affect
ing thousands of Washington poor.
Senator Clark, along with Senator
Morse, took a personal inspection
trip to see some of the conditions.
Both told Senate committee the
trip uncovered a strong argument
for more public -income hous-
ing. a cause Senator Clark is also
promoting nationally.
The three Senators are studying
the advisability of welfare reforms,
including an increase in relief pay
ments and free food program.
Philadelphia already has the latter.
Senator Clark, like Senator
Morse, already has erected the base
for a solid friendship between him.
self and Washingtonians - includ-
ing the expense-minded Board Of
Traoe-by declaring his support
of more substantial Federal con-
tribution to District expenses.
II think before local taxes are
raised one cent" he said in recent
interview, I'VE ought to meet our
obligation to raise the Federal pay
ment." He is also backing home
rule. He said he considers denying
Washington citizens any participa-
ton in their government utterly
American"
About the new White. House.
backed bill to give the city terri
torial status with an appointed
governor. instead of elected mayor.
he said he is not ready to take q
stand, however.
He has suggested that Wash
ington seek more cooperation
among Metropolitan Area govern
ments on common problems step
he took in Philadelphia. District
Commissioner Robert E. McLaugh-
lin held a meeting along this line
with neighboring officials several
days ago.
Chances are good that the Sem
ator will be sympathetic 10 the de-
sires Of District parents for better
schools. He and Senator Morse are
sponsoring a bill for an immediate
81 billion Federal school aid pro-
gram.
I'D suspect Washington prob
lens are not very different from the
problems of every large city in the
country the new Pennsylvania
Senator said.
He wants time TO get his leet wet
before starting to tackle all Of
them. But a writer in the April 4
issue of the Georgetowner. the BIZ
weekly serving the Senator's neigh
borhood. may not have been far
from the mark when she predicted
that his fresh approach to gov
ernment may well make him an
outstanding part of this commu-
nity'S future"
Evening star., 1957-04-21
Vast New Federal Assault on Cancer
Is Proposed by Senator Neuberqer

addition. you could follow every
possible lead or hope. no matter
how remote or elusive it might
seem. You would not have to
budget so carefully and pursue only
the most promising discoveries"
The sums which DR.. Scheele and
I discussed may loom as fantastic.
But are they? Americans spend
over SIS billion a year on liquor
and tobacco. They even spend over
$3.50 million for chewing gum and
$ll6 million for shampoos. Why
not twice as much for cancer re-
search as for gum?
Whenever l urge vast increase
in Federal funds for medical re-
search. people invariably inquire
about the sums raised for this pur-
pose by voluntary agencies. Don't
they do the iob?" is the question.
The voluntary agencies do a
magnificent job. In 1854. for ex-
ample, the American Cancer So
ciety collected s2l $4,000 in private
contributions and the Damon Run
yon Cancer Fund an additional ST.
ISL 900. Organizations such as the
Eagles. the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the AFL-CIO. and others
have helped generously toward this
private total of over $23. 5000.
Yet only s7.l89.0 900 of the private
donations were allocated for re-
search. The rest had to go-and
properly so-for the treatment of
pitiful and agonizing cancer cases
in families lacking sufficient finan-
cial resources for their care. 1t is
obvious. therefore, that the Gov
ernment must carry on the major
responsibility in cancer research. or
1t viii not be carried on at all.
Tokes Terrible Toll 3.as. sststt5
Almost two and one-half times
as many people died of cancer dur
ing World War II as were killed
in action in all our flung bat
ties over the face of the world.
Furthermore. in one year cancer
killed nearly 10 times the number
OF Americans who were killed in
action throughout three years of
the war in Korea.
Medical research has helped to
reduce the death rate from tubercu-
losis 73 per cent. from kidney dis
eases so per cent, from pneumonia
43 per cent. AS result. the life
expectancy Of the average Ameri-
can increased from an age of so
in the year 1887 to 68.8 by 1858.
Phenomenal new discoveries with
respect to the fat content of diets
may contribute toward cutting
down fatal heart disease in the
decade ahead.
These developments. 1t seems to
me. are overwhelming arguments
for vast expenditures in medical
research. I still recall what my
wife Maurine said to me when she
was fighting for a paltry $4,000
in the Oregon Legislaturefor re-
tarded little children.
The beasts OF the field on my
mothers farm will do anything for
their young" she said. Can we look
the next generation of human be-
ings In the face If we have not
done everything possible for them
In the vital area of sound bodies
and medical care?"
North American Newspaper Ailaince)
Evening star., 1957-04-21
TARGET NO. ]
Labor Fund Bills Get Priority

The administration bill would
require that such reports be filed
with the Secretary of Labor. He
would be given leeway in deciding
whether administrators would be
required to file reports.
Punishment Provided
Both bills provide for fines and
Imprisonment as penalties for not
complying with the reporting re-
quirements. with those in the Ives
Douglas bill spelled out in detail.
Under that measure, the SEC would
be given subpoena powers, and a
person defying a subpoena would
be subject to $1,000 fine and a
year in Jail.
The Ives-Douglas bill also pro-
vides that a person refusing to
make reports or making a false
report could be fined $4,000 or
jailed fol- five years. Any person
convicted of stealing securities or
welfare and pension funds could
be fined $4,000 and sent to prison
Tor five years.
The administration easures
would provide for a year in Jail, a
$4,000 fine. or both for any person
violating any provision. act. or rules
and regulations established in ac-
cordance with 1t.
Both measures would require de-
tailed data on the operation of such
funds. including commissions and
administrative costs. Both also
would provide for making the in
formation public.
Opposition is expected from some
Of the companies administering the
funds on the grounds that they
are subject to State and not Fed
eral regulation. and the abuses that
have been uncovered have been on
the part Of unions and not manage.
ment,
Evening star., 1957-04-21

expects many Of them to go back
and work for peace"
Announcing the fifth congress
in Warsaw. the Reds said: Young
people from capitalist and colonial
countries must leave the festival
with a still stronger faith in the
invincibility Of the peace camp
and in the correctness Of their
struggle. Every participant In the
festival will then recruit thousands
OF his fellows for the cause Of
peace. :"
One Of the features OF each fes-
tival has been the dressing UP that
the host cities 60 through In prep
aration. Preparations for the Mos
COW festival have been underway
for months.
The Costs Are High
Nikita Khrushchev's bill for these
youth spectaculars has skyrocketed
since the days when Stain started
them.
The Prague event cost less than
81 million; the East Berlin fiasco
came to at least $50 million: the
Warsaw affair In 1855 is estimated
to have cost close to 500 million.
In spite Of these rising expendi-
lures, festival appeal has fallen of.
on-Communist attendance has
been dropping.
Privately, State Department Of
ficials indicate that they might APP
prove Of Barbara's project II she
Evening star., 1957-04-21
TEST IN KERALA
Indiu's Reds Face
Nehru Cruckdown

Limitations" of the Indian con-
stitution.
Mr.. Nehru commented that this
unique phenomenon in Kerala"
might have "some impact on in
ternational communism"
But this verbal honeymoon be-
tween the Communists and the
Nehru government and Gov. Rao
was short-lived.
In his effort to ensure q stable
ministry, Gov. Rao held separate
consultations with the five 1nde-
pepdents whose support had given
the Communists a working ma
jority in the state assembly. Mr..
Nambudiripad protested strongly
against this "unjustified action"
Gov Rao retorted 1t was his con-
Stitutional duty" to do so. Gov.
Rao also nominated one Anglo-In-
dian member of the state assembly
without consulting Mr.. Nambudiri-
pad.
Prisoners Released
Soon after assuming Office. Mr..
Nambudiripad commuted all pend
ing death sentences in the state.
He also released all political pris-
oners, some of whom were pun
ished for serious acts Of arson.
violence and murder. Although Mr..
Nambudiripad acted within his
constitutional powers, he Is being
vehemently criticized by the Indian
press and other political circles
for this step.
Shriman Narayan. general Sec
retary Of Mr.. Nehru's Congress
Party. described his action as 'as-
founding" This" he said. "is not
the way in which the Communists
should begin to function under
constitutional democracy" Mr..
Narayan warned the people to be
fully aware" Of the tactical line"
of the Communists. Merely trying
to sponsor dramatic and theatrical
measures and then blaming the
constitution or the Union govern
ment will not be helpful" he
asserted.
The Communists promise to i'm
plement SO specific measures in
Kerala, including the nationaliza-
ton of foreign-owned tea planta-
tions. The Union government Is
firmly opposed to any such action.
The Indian parliament rejected a
Communist resolution on this SUBJ
ject only last month.
On the Interpretation Of the
Indian constitution also, there is a
divergence of views. Mr.. Nam
budiripad has said that the Union
governments Interpretation need
not always be correct one"
The Communists, in their efforts
to consolidate their position. are
edging toward a clash. Mr.. Nara
yam. who is in charge of Kerala
affairs. has warned: If the Com
munists utilize the government
machinery and power to bring about
totalitarian conditions in Kerala,
the people Of the state and the
Union government will have to
take serious notice of the whole
affair" Mr.. Narayan always speaks
with the authority Of Mr.. Nehru
and his government.
The Union government has am
pie powers. under the Indian con-
stitution. to prevent any Commu-
mist dereiictions. Twice before.
Presidents Rule tan emergency
assumption Of power by the central
governmenD was imposed in Ker-
ala because Of the political ma
neuvering by local politicians. It
can be imposed again II the Com
munists don't behave.
Evening star., 1957-04-21

nos oeen cruSooin9 IN the Senate tor
larger eoncer reseorch appropriations.
He presents his reasons here in q pro-
voeotive article written for The EosIe,"
q froternol mogoxine.
only $24. .97S, 900 on cancer research.
Was greater knowledge of man.
kinds grimmest killer a mere SO
per cent as urgent as highway
through distant jungles?
Man has learned to conquer the
air. the waters under the sea, to
ascend Mount Everest, and even to
influence the weather under GER
tain circumstances. But cancer re-
mains the inexorable assassin.
Neither wealth nor fame nor power
can stay its ravages.
Government expenditures for
medical research have been in
creased IS per cent in one year.
Even teeth and gums had partici-
pated in the advance. Yet is this
disbursement enough?
Whot Could Be Used?
In Washington. our residence
has been next door to that Of DR..
Leonard A. Scheele, who recently
retired as Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service. One sultry
evening. seated in our patio over
coffee and cake, ! asked my neigh
Dor: Leonard. what is probably
the maximum amount OF money
which the National Cancer Insti-
tute could spend in one year for
research and study. If given reason
able notice in advance?"
The Surgeon General pondered
for moment. Half a billion doll
lars" he answered.
What would be the usefulness Of
that quantity Of money!" l asked.
You would be certain that you
could carry on your program from
year to year without delay or in
terruption." DR.. Scheele replied.
Your top doctors and scientists
would know their continued en-
ployment. at fair and adequate pay.
was assured. They would not be
tempted TO break of their work to
enter lucrative private practice. In
Evening star., 1957-04-21
By NARANJAN SINGH UPPAL

NEW DELHI. I.-India's Commu-
mist Party seems to be heading
for trouble. Unless the Commu-
nists modify their policy or. at
least. slow their pace they face
the threat of a breakdown by Prime
Minister Nehru's Union govern
ment.
The trouble spot is Kerala, a
state of nearly Is million people
on India's southwestern tip. There.
during the general elections held
last month. the Communists Sc
cured a working majority Of 65
in the l27-member state assembly.
This Communist success greatly
perturbed Mr.. Nehru and his Con-
gress Party colleagues. They had
hoped to infiict a crushing defeat
on the Communists everywhere in
India. They succeeded in all states
except Kerala. OF course. Mr..
Nehru had no alternative but to
accept the peoples verdict there,
and under the Indian constitu-
ton. Kerala's Gov. Ramakrishna
Rao was duty-bound to invite the
Communists to form a government
in the state.
But before he extended this in
vitation, Gov. Rao flew to New
Delhi for hurried consultations
with the Union government. He
was fully briefed on how he should
tackle the Communist ministry.
OF the 13 state governors in
India. Gov. Rao is probably the
one most familiar with the Com
munists. Some years ago, as chief
minister Of the former Hyderabad
state. his main task was to wipe
out the Communist pockets in the
Telengana area. He later admitted
that he had to take very drastic
action"
Gov. Rao's action in Telengana
was highly successful. In last
months general elections. the Com
munist Party did not secure even
one Of the lot state assembly seats
allotted to Telengana.
Intelligence Steps Token
While Kerala's governor was in
New Delhi, the Home Ministry sent
its Director Of Intelligence. Mr.. B.
N. Mullick. to visit Kerala. He
stayed there for five days and per-
fected plans to keep a close and
constant watch on the working of
the Communist ministry. Also. New
Delhi's intelligence staff in Kerala
was considerably increased. The
Union government was not taking
any chances with the Communists.
These arrangements made, Gov.
Rao returned to Kerala and invited
Assembly Communist Party Leader
Nambudiripad to form a ministry.
Mr.. Rao said that the Union gov
ernment would not refuse CO.
operation" to the state government
merely because Of party considera-
tons, provided the administration
was carried on. In general conso-
nance with the constitution and
the directive principles.
Mr.. Nambudiripad gave the as
surance that his ministry would
not violate any constitutional re-
quirements. and that it did not
intend to establish q Communist
society in Kerala." Ajoy Ghosh,
general secretary Of the Commu-
mist Party Of India. declared that
the party would avoid patent COM
munism." There could be mo
unadulterated communism in Ker-
ala" he explained, because Of the
Evening star., 1957-04-21

The funds, 1t has been recog-
nized, have reached such propor-
tions that they are factor in the
MANAGEMENT of the Nations econ
omy. Yet they are subject to only
one minor Federal regulation-a
Taft-Hartley law provision requir-
ing unions to keep separate from
other reserves trusts to which en-
ployers are contributor.
According to the findings Of the
Ives-Douglas subcommittee. most Of
the funds are honestly and eff
ciently administered. But enough
was uncovered to raise a danger
signal.
In one instance. the subcommit-
tee found that union boss was
doubling as the owner Of an insur-
ance company handling his unions
welfare fund. and getting lucra-
tive return from both. In another
case. broker pocketed 100000 in
premiums and split with a union
official
Senator Kennedy, Democrat OF
Massachusetts. plans to hold hear
ings later this month on proposals
for stricter accounting and disclos-
ure. A starting point likely will be
two measures with a similar objec-
tive but different In detail. One is
the Ives-Douglas bill which was not
acted on last year. the other is an
administration bill supported by
Secretary Of Labor James p. Mitch
ell which Senator Ives also is spon-
soring.
The Ives-Douglas measure. the
more drastic. would require reports
to the Securities and Exchange
Commission on pension and welfare
trusts. whether the funds were set
up by employers. unions or both.
and regardless Of how they are
administered.