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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-17

1949 when the Amethyst's crew
took her up the Yangtze River
on q milk run. carrying supplies
for the British Embassy al
Marking. She sailed right into
the middle Of the Chinese civil
war and was raked by shore
guns of the Peoples Liberation
Army" Damaged. she ran
aground. with Q heavy casualty
list Of dead and wounded. 1t
Comdr. John 8. Kerans was put
aboard as her commander. tried
some fruitless negotiations with
the Chinese Communists who
had him pinned down. finally
decided to make Q run for it.
To make his movie account
Of the doughty old girls bloody
Yanet1e adventure. Producer
wilcox hired Eric Amber to pre-
pare the screenplay. Michael An
derson to direct it and Richard
Todd to play Comdr. Kerans. In
each case he picked the right
man for the job. WilcoA also put
his own stamp on Battle Hell. ~
1t Il Q carefully made motion
picture, in its sernidocumentary
style and achieves effective
authenticity.
A man permitted to do 30
might take one small exception.
Mr. wilcox u q man who
wouldn't want anyone to get q
false impression. which is fne.
Striving for the precisely right
eject or mood. however, some.
ttmeE tricks him into lingering
cverlone at one point or
another.
Amber hasn't mAnage d
either. to get much suspense
into his screenplay. He can't
make you think this Amethyst
may Be blown out Of the water
when you are well aware she
made it that first time when
they were playing for keeps.
Battle Hell" generates q
great deal Of excitement. even
20, when the Amethyst first falls
under Communist guns and
when she tries to escape down
river without having them
trained on her again. Anderson
brings on his battle scenes on
ehipboard with some frightening
realism. The cast headed by
Todd also contributes 70 the
authenticity. He Il thoroughly
credible as the Amethyst's cap
tain and he gets some fine help
from william Hartnell IS one Of
her seamen, Donald Houston.
Akin Tamiron and . host Of
mountaineering Royal Navy
types.
This Is one Of the great sea
stories Of our time and Mr.. VII
cox's film account Of 1t treats It
with respect.
4
ACTING IN EARNEST-Lydis
Prochnicka and Leonidas Duda-
rew-Ossetynski. appearing TO-
night at $50 at Pierce Hall,
have put their acting talents to
better use than almost anybody.
They have something far better
than an Oscar to attest their
skin at make believe - their
necks intact.
Hnfh are Poles Win have dad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-17
THE PASSING SHOW
Amethyst Plays Self
In Heroic Naval Yarn
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

An Old sailors sWeetheaft somewhat the
relves her finest hour in Battle Hell" at Keh She's
Amethyst British gate rescued from the scrap
Herbert Wilcox play herself in his account the hotter
moments Of the cold war;
In you've forgotten the headlines the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-17

BATTLE HELL" C'Yangtze Incl
dent"). pCA release. Of Q Wtlcoy.Neagl
production, produced BY Herbert Wilcox
directed by Michael Anderson, screenpla,
By uric Amber. AT RKO-Keith'D TheateI
The Cast
Lieut.. Commander Kerans
Richard Todd
william HAftnell
col7nsl Pens Akin Tamiron
Lieut.. weston ------ OonAid Hounten
Mis- chsTiotte Dunlap Sophie stewart
Flight Lieut.. Fearnley Or, A. p
Lieut.. hett -------- James KENNEDY
t4sut. srein----------E lcnerd Lesems
f LEW d Ss,essr MsS.;shy- Miehasi srM
Mr.. MonaEhan. Gunner
Able seaman walker sam xydd
Engine Room Artihcer Williams
Evan Golon
Bow Martin $3.50 Brian 8mfth
Boy Roberts John cnarlsswcrth
s sy ylis. Ae"ss--- i hsr5ed sT Irs
leu. Commander 4s skinner spnn a. i'nA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
Chairman HoT Tells G. O. P. Women
OF Party Opportunity in Dixie

The Republicans are headed
toward the realm of political
paradox and sectional tension
in which the Democratic
Party has lived long and I'M
easily.
In a parting message to Re-
publican women, National
Chairman Leonard Hall de-
clared that 1.-THE real hunting
ground of the Republican
Party is in the South" He
drew this conclusion from re-
cent elections which showed
the G. o. P. slipping badly in
the old Midwest heartland
but carrying Southern States
for the national ticket.
Though Hall retires next
week, he has had a hand in
choosing his successor. He also
looks ahead to a loud voice in
party affairs in 1860 by way Of
the G.. o. P. nomination and
election for Governor of New
York next year.
His "look away, Dixieland'
sentiments coincide with re-
newed demands from Negro
leaders, especially ministers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
DORIS FLEEsON
The Republican Road South

Negroes, a pivotal voting bloc
n many important States,
have yet to learn how to put
the double whammy on the
Eisenhower Republicans as
they long have put it on DEM
ocratic liberals. Senator East
land, the Mississippi Democrat
who heads the Senate Judici-
airy Committee. continues to
be the Negro bogeyman, though
for years it has been true that
solid Republican support for
civil rights would have swamp
ed Eastland and his fellow
Southerners.
Instead. Republican congress
Sional leaders have chung to
their alliance with Southern
Democrats. trading votes in be-
half of cloture and against
civil rights for Southern sup
port on tax and fiscal policy.
Chairman Halls call to
arms threatens this conserva-
tive coalition which has been
in the drivers seat in the
Capitol since 1888. 1t will be
a momentous change in the
direction of American politics
If the coalition is now deemed
expandable in the interests of
the new Republicanism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
Bellows Art
Show to Open

The first one-man show in the
history of the National Gallery
of Art. an exhibition of works
by American painter and lithog-
rapher George Bellows. will be
opened at 3 pm. tomorrow.
Bellows. whose portraits, sports
scenes, landscapes and city
scenes made him one of the most
popular painters of the early
century, was selected to begin a
new emphasis on the art gallery's
American collection, Director
John Walker announced.
Mrs. George Bellows, the
artists widow. and his two
daughters, Mrs. Anne Kearney
and Mrs. Jean Booth. all favorite
subjects of the painter, are ex-
pected to attend the opener.
The exhibition, which will run
until February "a. is the largest
ever assembled of Bellows works
III consists of So paintings and
SO drawings and Autographs.
The earliest painting is the art
lists first portrait done in 1905
of fellow student at the New
York School Of Art, Actor Clifton
Webb.
Jean. Anne and Joseph" Bel
lows last work done in Novem-
Der, 1924, two months before his
death at the age Of AZ. is also
lin the Retrospective exhibition.
1T portrays his two daughters,
with the son Of the farmer whose
home had been the vacation site
for the Bellows family.
Also included in the show will
be full selection Of the boxing
and sporting paintings for which
the artist is famous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
Beginning of the End for Nosser

these builders Of giant tank
ers have to thank.
For many weeks there have
been two fallacies widely pub
lished and widely believed.
One is that Nasser was pro-
voked by the withdrawal of
American funds for the Aswan
Dam and hence seized the
canal as a reprisal. This isn't
true. The American Govern
ment has evidence that the
Egyptian dictator intended to
seize the canal long before the
offer Of money to help build
the big dam was withdrawn.
Another fallacy is that
Nasser's prestige has been en-
HANGED by the American policy
of siding against the British
and French when they re-
sorted to military action in
and around the Suez.
Actually, it has worked the
other way From the day the
British and French took the
initiative and used force, the
Nasser regime was doomed.
For it meant that businesses
of all kinds in Western Europe
would be wary of Egypt. Any
country that goes in for ina
tionalization"-a euphemistic
word for arbitrary confiscation
is bound to scare off invest
ment capital and discourage
commercial relationships.
Nasser may have enjoyed a
brief triumph in the press Of
some countries and among
those in this country who
wanted to toss barbs at the
American Government, but his
goose was cooked the day he
seized the canal-an action
that was coupled with his pur-
chase of arms from the Com
munists.
Egypt belongs with the West
from a trade viewpoint. and
many of her leaders have a
Western education and back
ground. The future of Egypt's
economy lies in a partnership
with the West, which means
America, Britain and France.
While it may take several
months for all these facts to
sink in, the end of Nasser as a
dictator and a reversal Of his
policies are inevitable if Egypt
is to survive as an independent
nation.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

tile mills since the first STRINGS
OF the industrial revolution in the
midlands of England.
The English mills had to be
built at the rapids of rivers for
power. Few workers were to be
found in the sparse rural areas,
and they had to be recruited
from the urban centers.
When the early mills were es-
tablished in New England and
the South. the conditions and
the circumstance were practically
the same and the mill owners
built villages for the workers as
a matter of necessity and historic
pattern.
Gradually economic change
and the advent of low-priced
automobiles and good roads
tended to make the mills less
and less dependent on company
housing. Company housing ia
cilities began to lag behind plant
expansion. AS the number OF
employees increased so did the
ratio of workers who did not
require company housing.
AS early as 1884 a small mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

ployes having first choice and
with liberal contract terms. Else
where. as new plants have been
built. housing for workers has
been left to private initiative.
The passing of the mill village
together with the postwar pat
tern of new one-story, window
less textile plant construction,
have brought a dramatic new
look to the Southern industrial
scene.
There are. naturally, some of
the old narrow. multi-story tex
tile mills still about. Some of
them are picturesque. beside a
meandering stream once used as
the source Of their power.
Other than water for power
the primary need of these mills
at the time they were built was
daylight, or as much daylight al
possible. The only feasible way
to build was vertically.
AS time and circumstance die
tated the multi-Story plant, sc
did they dictate the necessity fol-
the company -owned village thai
has been an appendage to the tex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Some Legislators Fear Harm to u. S.
From Continued Heavy Outlaws

upward curve will halt in the
foreseeable future.
American wage and salary
earners appear to be pleased
with pay envelopes far above
those of Is years ago. Actually
an individual who earns $3.50
a week has less to show for it
than when he made half that
much Is years ago. And if it
were not for the fact that he
can purchase almost every
thing. from a suit of clothes
to a vacation, on the INSTALL
ment plan, it would be impos-
sible for hin, to make both
ends meet.
The vast majority of Amer
lean wage and salary earners
as well as our farming populs-
ton are in debt up to their
necks. A drastic curtailment of
credit or slump in employ
ment of no more than is per
cent of the present figure
could throw our economy into
a tailspin, and with it the esti-
mates of the Treasury.
The legislators admit that
very little can be cut of the
billions requested for national
security. The acknowledging
axis is threatening us more
than the rest of the free world.
The possibility that they may
strike at us directly if we were
to let down our guard is always
in the minds of those respon-
sible for the Nations security.
But at the same time, both
dictatorial regimes hope that
they may not have to take the
risk of measuring themselves
against our armed forces if a
major economic catastrophe
were to befall this country.
Even the most bitter par
tisans in Congress who are
looking for an opportunity to
give the Eisenhower admins
tration a black eye don't in
tend to oppose the national
defense requirements But
friends and foes of the adj
ministration contend, after
their first reading of the
budget, that there are too many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
GrumbIing Over the Budget

over-ambitious projects. In
our present position, when we
feel that we must bear the
responsibilities for the whole
free world in the life-and.
death struggle against Com.
munist Imperialism. there are
many domestic projects which.
while desirable. are not abso-
lutely essential at this time
and would better be post
poned until later.
An individual who has to
pay essential doctors bills and
purchase expensive medicines
to save his life must of ne
cessity postpone improving
the heating and plumbing sys-
TEN or painting his house. The
same should apply to the
Nation. Congress might be
able to pare down some Of the
extravagances contained in the
foreign aid programs by not
picking up the tab for Egypt's
or Saudi Arabia's so-called
economic improvements. Or
after a realistic examination
of conditions in Japan, where
industries are booming and
trade with China and the
USSR will soon be intensified,
the administration might
agree to a cutback of economic
assistance to that country.
But the savings which could
thus be obtained are a mere
drop in the bucket.
Experienced Senators such
as Styles Bridges on the Re-
publican side and Harry Byrd
on the Democratic side are
greatly concerned over the do
nestle "refurbishlng" program
which they believe should be
palnstakingly pruned down so
long as heavy expenditures
for national defense remain
must" legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

centuries the seat Of Islamic
learning, and Moslem India
(Pakistan) has been, as the
worlds greatest Islamic monu-
ments attest. And since the
partition of India into two
states was caused by the
Moslem withdrawal. still leav-
ing about 40 million Moslems
within India. communal jeal-
ousy and claims are not yet
assuaged.
These internal issues and
rivalries affect all external
affinities and hostilities. The
fact that America has fed bill
lions of dollars more or less
impartially into the economies
of most of these states has far
less influence on the oriental
ton of any of them than the
stand America takes on the
specific issue around which
the national cause is centered.
The u. N. more or less compels
us to take a stand Cor check
out by not taking one) on
every issue that. comes upon
the agenda. 1t is not sufficient
to be a friend to any state.
One also must be an enemy of
its enemies.
AS the attitude toward
America is affected by our po-
sition on the struggles of these
countries with each other, so
Is their attitude toward the
Soviet Union. Those who fail
to find supporters in the West
turn toward the Soviets with
out any theological considera-
tions whatsoever. Or they seek
to improve relations with the
Soviets or China as a reinsur-
ance against their immediate
rivals doing the same.
Only one political cement
binds them all together. and
that is anticolonialism. Again,
in this question, they Judge the
leading Western nations not
merely by their own deeds,
past or present, but by their
alliances. The Soviets' Marxist
capitalist imperialist charge
against the United States cuts
no ice except with a few in
tellectuals. But the fact that
we do not espouse the cause
Of North African nationalists
against France, or Indian ma
tionalists against Portugal Tin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

in Spindale, N. c.. sold the Will
age houses to employees. Manage
ment felt that so small a ratio of
workers used company -owned
houses it wasn't worth the trouble
of maintaining and renting them.
Then, in 1885, Burlington Mills
acquired and sold two villages
outrightN The idea caught on
and spread. BY 1850 conservative
estimates were that probably half
of the Southern mills had gone
out of the rental business. The
last two or three years have
brought intermittent waves Of
sales of village housing by mills
There are no hard and fast sta
tistics. but it's generally con-
sidered now that the process is
about complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
Arob Diplomats Attend
Reception for LLOYD

ROME, Jan. 10 (R.-Two
Arab diplomats attended a gilt
tering formal reception given
last night by Foreign Minister
Gaetano MARITIME for visiting
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd.
1t was believed to be the first
time Arab countries have been
represented at a function for a
British official since the Suez
crisis. The two ENJOYS, Ed
mond Roch Of Jordan and Abdul
Melik ell Khederi of Iraq. shook
hands cordially with Mr.. Lloyd.
after some time we must let
bygones be bygones, especially if
we are not directly concerned, "
Mr.. Roch remarked later to a
neWSman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

that President Eisenhower Wis
it the South and spread oil
on the troubled segregation
waters there. Each day brings
new accounts of violence and
tension on the segregation
front.
Halls headquarters says,
however. that no Republican
leaders in the South have
joined in demands for the
Presidents presence. Those who
advise the party here in such
matters say they would not
as Of now favor such a visit.
They are confident the new
Congress will pass the admini-
STATIONS civil rights program
with the majority Republican
support. They expect both the
President and his party to get
the credit. This in their view
will be sufficient action for the
many Negro voters who have
switched to Eisenhower, both
North and South, after years
Of loyalty to Franklin Roose-
welt and Harry Truman.
1t is certainly true that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

There is a good deal Of
grumbling even among some of
the advocates of "statism" in
both houses of Congress about
the extravagant budget of $72
billion presented by the adj
miniStration.
The consensus among these
Republican and Democratic
legislators is that the tax
payer, even in very wealthy
country like America, can
carry only for a limited time
such enormous burdens i'm
posed on him. The time will
inevitably come when. despite
the present prosperity. the in
dividual citizen may no longer
be able to cough up the in
creasing amounts required of
him by the tax collector.
1t is pointed out by these
legislators who are frightened
by the lavish budget presented
by the administration that
the American citizen. the most
heavily taxed individual in the
world, must pay besides direct
taxes also heavy indirect con-
tributions on most consumer
goods such as tobacco, gaso-
line. bread and most food
staples. These direct, indirect
and concealed taxes may even
tually break the camel's back.
The Nation by and large.
the legislators say. seems to
be in a state Of euphoria and
continues on a credit buying
spree beyond its financial ca
liabilities of what used to be
Injuries but are now con-
sidered necessities. Reserves
gathered in past years by in
dividuals are dwindling. as is
shown by the recent increase
in interest offered by banks
on savings accounts. In the
meantime. official statements
and optimistic analyses not
withstanding, the cost Of liv-
ing creeps up consistently.
There is little chance, accord
ing to economists, that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

The beginning of the end
Of the Nasser regime in Egypt
is in sight. The fact is that
within a year or so the United
States may be seriously con-
sidering aid to the Egyptian
people due to the plight in
which they may find them
selves because of the misguided
policies of NasSer.
This is the emerging picture
of the Middle East. 1t may
explain why the Eisenhower
administration is declining to
say at this time just which
countries it will eventually
help with the economic meas
ures being considered by Con-
gress.
Secretary of State Dulles, in
the testimony he gave in closed
session to the House Foreign
Affairs Committee this week.
a portion of which now has
been released, said several Mid
die East countries are con-
fronted with economic chaos
as a result of the closing of the
Suez Canal and the blowing up
in Syria Of the oil pipeline from
Iraq. Dulles declared there are
no immediate plans to use any
funds to aid Egypt financially,
but that he hoped Egypt would
be free of Communist influ-
ence "in year or two" and
then would become eligible for
help. He added:
Il do not think the fact that
they once perhaps made
reckless transaction and mort
gagged much of their crops to
finance arms should bar them
from help at all times"
This is but another way of
saying that Nasser's mistakes
will not be held against the
Egyptian people, who pre-
sumably will take care of the
Nasser blunders themselves
with a new government of
their own choosing. This coun-
try is not concerning itself
with Egypt's internal affairs,
but the handwriting on the
wall is plain-NasSer has all
but ruined the economic future
of his own country and
alienated neigEboring coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
Custer Seen When Egypt Feels Effects
OF Trade Loss Due to Canals Seizure

tries with oil to sell. When the
Egyptian people wake up to
what has happened, they will
remove him from office, not
because of what Britain and
France have said about the
impossibility of doing busi-
ness with Nasser but because
the commercial groups of
every major nation have come
to the same conclusion.
Why. for example, should
any investors throughout the
world put UP any money for
the widening of the Suez Canal
or otherwise to improve it for
future expansion if Nasser at
any moment might seize their
properties and do with them
as he pleases?
In fact. there is grave danger
that the Suez Canal will not
be the same important water
way in the next 10 years that
it has been in the past. New
pipelines to Mediterranean
ports from the Arab countries,
by-passing Egypt. are a vir-
tual certainty now. The United
States Government doesn't
have to participate in the A.
nancing of such projects. They
will be developed in the natural
course of events by business
leaders of various countries in
construction projects that will
insure a steady flow of oil
through friendly countries. The
Arab countries, moreover
which have been hurt by Mas
ser's tactics and want to sell
their oil, will cooperate in
building the new pipelines.
Also, larger end larger tank
ers are being ordered. which in
a few years will carry more
and more oil around the Cape
of Good Hope and avoid pas
sage through the Suez Alto
gether. The large-sized tank
ers can transport more oil and
do it more economically than
the smaller ones that go
through the Suez Canal. It
takes a little longer voyage,
but the expense is about the
same. Already the tanker con-
Struction business everywhere
is in one of its biggest booms,
and Nasser is really the man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
IS Contracts Issued

DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 10 (R.-'
Fifteen separate contracts, in
Icluding one for $40, 200.017. have
been awarded, the Air Materiel
Command at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base here announced
today. The $70.200,017 contract
went to the Convair Division Of
General Dynamics Corp.