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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

United States agreement thai
Saudi bia should bC
strengthened for the main.
itenance Of its own stability anc
the safeguarding and progress
sive development Of its institu-
tons"
The Baghdad radio has now
proclaimed:
This very provision in the
joint comriunique has proved
King Saud's wisdom. his far
sightednesS IN the affairs of the
Middle East, and his sagacity III
choosing a useful plan"
These are unusual words Of
praise coming from Baghdad.
State Department officials
evaluate them as a clear indica-
ton that the Iraqi government
has embarked on a campaign
to "rehabilitate" King Saud
inside 1raq.
Begun at Meeting Here
Iraqi officials here say the
foundation for the new policy
was laid earlier this month at
Blair House in Washington dur
ing the historic meeting between
King Saud and Iraqi Crown
Prince Abdul Ilah.
The Prince asked the King to
stop his criticism of the Baghdad
Pact. He took some time to ex-
plain to King Saud that the
northern-tier concept is an anti
Communist alliance, not agrees
sive or divisive. but defensive
and potentially beneficial to all
Arab states, including the south
ern tier.
Prince Abdul Ilah did not seek
King Saud'S membership in the
Baghdad pact. but an under
standing" meaning approval. of
the alliances aims. The Prince
repeatedly was given reason to
hope that King Saud would try
to persuade his other Arab as
sociates, mainly Egypt and Sy-
ria. Of the Baghdad Pact's value
to all Arab states.
Baghdad radio echoed these
thoughts.
"Iraqi-Saudi closeness bull
warks Arab unity, revives Is
lamic feelings. and constitutes
a wide solid front. In blessing
this nationalist rappochement,
we hope that it will inaugurate
a new era in Arab nationalism J.
one home service broadcast de-
clared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Heavy Snow Falls
On Eastern Shore

Four or five inches of snow
fell on much Of the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland last night
while Washington and nearby
Virginia were pelted by a mix
ture OF rain. sleet and snow.
Maryland State Police reported
the snow made driving hazardous
on some main highways and
blocked many secondary roads
Some snow also was reported In
Southern Maryland.
The precipitation reported in
Washington measured .33 inch
OF rain and 6 inch of snow. The
Weather Bureau predicted
a low tonight Of about "a de-
grees. Tomorrow is expected Ia
be fair and cold.
The mixture Of rain and snow
IN Virginia brought out highway
crews in some areas TO cope with
slick roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Blunt Swede Note
.Suys Soviet Lies

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 20 (P.-
Sweden accused the Soviet gov
eminent today of lying about
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallen-
berg, who died in a Moscow
prison.
In one of the strongest notes
in Swedish Russian relations.
Sweden said the Soviet govern
ment could not escape RESPONSE
bility for the "high-handed" acts
of its secret police.
The Swedish note was in reply
to a Soviet memorandum of Feb
ruary 6 placing the blame for
Mr.. Wallenberg's fate on Victor
S. Abakumov. Soviet minister for
state security who was executed
in December, 1854.
Sweden charged the govern
ment of Prime Minister Nikolai
Bulganin. contrary to its asser-
tons, could not have been ignor-
ant about the Imprisonment Of
the Swedish diplomat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

since its creation three years ago
Now Defense Secretary Wilson
has ordered that the duties bC
split with Mr.. Snyder in charge
of public affairs and Brig. Gen
&c. ]. Hauk designated a specia
assistant handling Legislative
Iliaison. Gen. Hauk has been 6
deputy to the assistant secretary
lin charge Of that end of thu
office. The Office has had two
deputies. the other being held BY
Philip K. Allen who will remain
as deputy to Mr.. Snyder.
Worked for Newspapers
Mr.. Snyder. IS. a native o
Brooklyn, worked as a reporter
for the San Antonio Light, tn,
Brooklyn Eagle, the New Yorl
Post and the New York Herald.
Tribune before being named as,
sistant White House press secre-
tary in January. 1858.
AS member of the Herald
Tribune political staff from 194t
until his White House assignment
Mr.. Snyder covered the 1876.
political campaign.
During World War II he en-
tered the Army as a private anC
rose to the rank of captain.
Mr.. Short was named to sue.
coed Chester r. Davis as Assist
ant Secretary of the Army. HI
served in Congress from 1872!
until this year and headed the
House Armed Services Committed
when Republicans were in contro
lof Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

nortnern-Ller defensive al
lance against communism. Other
members OF the Baghdad Pact
are Turkey. Iran. Pakistan and
Great Britain.
Royal families of Iraq and
Saudi Arabia have been feuding
since the late l920s, when the
late King Ibn Saud ousted the
Hashemite dynasty from the
Moslem holy cities of Mecca and
Medinah.
Yet last week the Baghdad
radio told its listeners:
The bonds between Iraq and
Saudi Arabia are compact and
true. Anything affecting 1raq
affects Saudi Arab. and VIE
versa. In addition, there is
the spiritual position of both
Iraq and Saudi Arabia. 1t is
undoubtedly one of their joint
interests and duties to fight
apoStasy and to combat sub
versive hereto trends"
This indicated two reasons for
a rapprochement which Iraq
hopes it has persuaded Saudi
Arabia to accept,
Both countries are oil-pro-
ducers. and thus profoundly af-
fected by Egypt's manipulation
of the Suez Canal, which carries
Iraqi and Saudi oil to West
European buyers.
Both Anti Communist
And both countries are anti
Communist. The reference to
combating "subversive hereto
trends" presumably is aimed at
pro-Communist trends in Egypt
and Syria.
The Iraq radio also has well
coined the recent Eisenhower
Saud communicates conclusion
that Saudi Arabia should be
strengthened, militarily and
otherwise. Iraq considers this an
acceptance of the theory OH
which its joining the Baghdad
Pact is based.
During his talks with Presi-
dent Eisenhower earlier this
King Saud obtained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
British Military
Reveal First Cuts

LONDON. Feb. 20 CP. - The
first cuts in general reduction
Of Britain's armed forces we're
announced today by the three
fighting services.
Estimates submitted to Par
lament show the army intends
to reduce its manpower in the
1878 fiscal year by $4,000, the
navy by $500 and the air force
by $4,000.
The services sought a total of
e575 million C$l.6l0,000. 000) for
the first four or FIVE months of
the fiscal year.
Further manpower cuts are
expected To be announced in the
total estimates for the year to
be presented later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

system has not demanded
enough" of the student consid-
cred behind in learning.
DR.. Charles E. Bish, principal
of Mckinley, said the students
in the lower tract have demon
strated a will to pull themselves
up-perhaps because OF the
stigma of representing the low
rung on the learning ladder. DR.
Bish emphasizes that these chill
dren actually feel" certain
stigma and are not content-as
feared in some circles-to re-
main Enthusiastically in a rut
Apparently the ability is there
and can be drawn out by sharp
teachers in small sized class
rooms.
Motivation Failure Seen
There are other significant
signs behind the test. according
to DR.. Bish.
Apparently, when the children
standardized the test in junior
high. they we're not aware their
scores would determine what
tract they would be placed in
once senior high was entered
They we're not, it is felt, mott
waited" to do their best when they
took the test. What they scored
was not a true indication Of their
ability.
The four track system in the
high schools was started in
September when it became OBJ
vious in the 1886 school year
that a great number Of pupils
were years behind in fundamen-
tai courses. hool officials
'moved--chiefly through remedial
lclasses--to provide teaching at
levels not usually associated with
high school standards.
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SchOoIroonl
Crisis Denied
u. S. Chamber Sees
Excess of $4,000
By the Associated Press

The United States Chamber OF
Commerce said today there is nc
critical national shortage Of
classrooms. 1t regards Federal
aid for school construction ''un-
wise and unnecessary" 1t pro.
duced figures to indicate an &C.
tual surplus of $4,000 classrooms
The chambers position wa.
presented tosa House Education
subcommittee BY Thomas A. Bal.
lantine Of Louisville, Ky. chair
man of the Chamber of Com
merce committee on education
He said in prepared testimony
1T is the consensus of business
in this country that the States
and their communities are re-
sponsible for. and able to finance
the development of the school
systems required by their citi-
Gems
Mr.. Ballantine added that
Federal help would lead newt
ably to the transformation OF
public education from a State
and local function to one in
creasingly directed by the Fed
eral Government"
He added that mo critica
national shortage in classrooms
has been or can be demonstrated
TO exist"
S1.3 Billion Fund Asked
The House committee has be-
fore 1t an administration bill
which would provide for $l.3 bill
lion in Federal aid for school,
construction over the next foui
years. Other proposals also are
under committee consideration
Mr.. Ballantine said a report
by the United States Office OF
Education states $1,000 new
See SCHOOLS poro a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
MCLEOD MAY GET
IRELAND POST

BETTY BEALE speeulotes on the
future Of the controversial security
chief Scott Mcleod. The odds soy
he will become Ambassador to Ireland.
The story is on pose 81.
SAVE ON TAXES with hints BY
Sylvio Porter The third Of her series
is on poee c-6.
THUMB.SUcKlN6 shouldn't worry
porents, says Dr.. Steinerohn on The
Stor's Feoture Pose, B.2l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

the fear that a great majority Of
colored students will flop along in
retarded classes until they are
eased out of school is unfounded.
The children entered the 10th
grade at Mckinley High last
September and we're placed in a
remedial reading class on the
basis Of what they scored on an
achievement test in Junior high.
All But IL Gain
Following one semester Of con-
centrated instruction in reading
the 2l4 teen-agers were given a
similar test a few weeks ago.
The results:
A total of 70 pupils made a
gain in reading OF between one
and two years: rs pupils gained
from two to five years: Al pupils
showed gains UP to one year and
IL pupils showed no gain.
The class was about 10 pei
cent Negro. Most of the stu
dents showing significant adj
yances in their ability to read
have now been pushed up tc
regular English classes--or into
the largest group Of students
who comprise the second and
third tracks Of the curriculum.
No Firm Conclusions
According to DR.. Carl F. Han
sen, assistant superintendent In
charge Of senior high schools. Il
is still too early to arrive at any
firm conclusions in connection
with the Mckinley test.
But he added that these chill
dren. once considered below
achievement levels, can be stim-
ulated; can be raised to accepted
levels. DR.. Hansen also feels, on
the basis OF the Mckinley test as
we'll as signs at other high
schools, that perhaps the school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Stroop Will Commend
Force on Formosu

TAIPEI. Feb. 20 tP.-Rear
Admiral Paul d. Stroop will take
over next month as commander
of the United States Taiwan
tFormosa) patrol force, the
Navy announced today.
Admiral Stroop, now attached
to the Bureau Of Ordnance in
Washington, will replace Rear
Admiral Robert E. Dixon. Adj
miral Dixon has been named
deputy chief Of the Navy Bureau
of Aeronautics in Washington.
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Picture on Foge All
swept up the stairwell Of the
house at 1850 Twenty fifth street
NV, and burned out the second
and third floors occupied by the
Negro family.
Caught in a second floor bed
room were Bobbie Jean White, 4,
and Patricia White, 5, grandchil-
dren of the householder, Merritt
c. Hinton, so. Both died before
aid could reach them.
Infants Tossed Out
Almost all the survivors were
forced to leap from the building
A boy and three infants were
tossed to safety from second
story window. Several others
jumped from the second floor,
and one youth, Roosevelt Hin
ton, 81, went out the third story,
His injuries included third de-
gree burns and fractured right
arm.
Merritt Hinton's wife, Bertha,
As. who was in the room where
the girls died, was among those
who leaped. She suffered third
degree burns and fracture of the
left heel.
All of the 10 survivors were
taken to Emergency Hospital, in
Guiding Mr.. Hinton. distraught
and suffering from shock.
Others injured were Mrs. Ann
johnson. 20. and Marie Hinton,
Is. daughters of Mr.. Hinton;
Louise Lyons, 80, a niece; Mrs.
Johnson's children. Eric, 2. and
John. 2 months; 10 Anne Hin
ton. s months, and James Lyon.
II months.
Firemen who responded to the
two-alarm blaze said Mr.. Hinton
was filling the glass container of
a stove from five-gallon can
of kerosene when the explosion
occurred about $50 am. Mr..
Hinton told firemen he had re-
moved the tank from the stove
and had turned out the burners
Investigation Due
Firemen indicated there would
be an investigation to determine
whether negligence was involved.
They said department inspectors
had ordered the buildings fur
mace cut of Monday because
coal gas fumes were escaping.
AS a result, Mr.. Hinton, who
had moved into the place with
the family less than two weeks
ago, obtained the oil stove.
The investigation was being
handled by the Inspection Divi-
sion Of the Department of Lii
censes and Inspections. headed
by r. Donald Kinney. A fire in
spector said it already has been
determined that the oil stove in
the building did not meet APP
proved specifications.
Mr.. Hinton's daughter, Ann,
told how the flames quickly cut
off escape routes. She said:
II was on the third floor and
so was Roosevelt. / heard some
one shout, Look and heard a
sort Of rumbling noise down.
stairs. started down. but by
the time l reached the second
floor fire was coming up the
stairway.
Pushes People Out
81 started pushing people out
the window, including two
little ones. Louise was scared
to go, and l had to push her.
Everybody was going out the
windows"
Firemen said they were told by
Mr.. Hinton he had been unsuc-
cessfull in his effort to have the
buildings furnace repaired and
turned to the oil stove for heat.
Harry Brooks, owner of Brooks
Delicatessen across the street,
said he saw flames shooting from
the second and third story win
dows when he opened at GAO
am. He said someone ran in
and called the Fire Department.
Firemen turned in a second
alarm en- route to the fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Lowest Level Readers
Pull Up to Normal Class
By JOHN McKELWAY

Vast surprising strides have been registered at Mckinley High
School among of students who have pulled themselves
of the retarded class into the delightful land of normal
Results Of test fed to l0thgrader it learned today
indicate of the District School systems
in senior high schools Further according to school officials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20


at the White House, involving
the question of possible U. N.
sanctions against Israel. Confer.
ence participants reported no
definite decisions were reached.
The White House was seeking
half hour of broadcast time in
the 8:30-9:30 pm. area on all
major television and radio net
works. The exact hour was to be
announced later.
johnson Opposes Sanctions
The gravity Of the tense situa-
ton in the Middle East was
emphasized by Senate Majority
Leader Johnson, who is urging
the administration to oppose any
move in the United Nations to
penalize Israel with economic
sanctions.
1T is no secret that the situa-
ton is grave and it concerns
every American" Senator john
son said as he left the White
House.
He and other Democratic and
Republican leaders of the Senate
and House met with the Presi-
dent for two and a half hours in
what was described as a full
and free discussion Of the Middle
East crisis.
support for U. N. Indicated
| Senator Hennings, Democrat
of Missouri, told newsmen the
general purport" of the Presi-
dents discussion with the con-
gresSional leaders was that this
country would have to support
the United Nations if it should
vote sanctions against Israel.
] There was no indication. how
ever, whether the President pro-
posed that this Government vote
for a sanctions resolution in U.
N. debate.
/ Afro-Asian U. N. members plan
to press for a sanctions vote I'M
less Israel promptly complies
with repeated U. N. resolutions
calling for withdrawal of Israeli
forces from the GAIA strip and
the Gulf of Aqaba area they have
occupied since last October.
! Israel so far has rejected. per-
sonal pleas from the President
to pull out her troops in accord
with U. N. demands, rather than
risk the consequences of defying
1.-THE overwhelming judgment Of
the world community"
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the Presi-
dents decision to report directly
to the American people tonight
was reached during his confer
Continued on Page IA, Col. 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
Iroq Woos Saudi Arobio
To Back Boehdod Pact
Campaign Stresses Compact Bonds
Of Two Nations Feudino Since 1905
Nv EARL d. XOSS

Iaq has opened vigorous campaign to Saudi Arabia
Its aim to win Saudi acceptance of the principles the
anti Communist Baghdad Pact but stops short of seeking
tual Saudi membership in the backed alliance
King Saud previously has joined Egypt Syria and other
Arab states in condemning raq for breaking join the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

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7 Children Die,
10 in Family
Injured by Fire
Forced to Leup
From Blazing House
On 18th St. NV.

Fire racing through three
story brick home trapped a large
family today, killing two small
children and injuring 10 other
persons.
Caused by an oil stove explo-
sion on the first floor, the fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
President to Go on Air
In Israel Crisis Toniqht
u. S. Policy
On Sanctions
Undecided
BY GARRETT d. HORNER

by GARNETT ID. HORNER
President Eisenhower decided
today to make a television-radio
report to the American people
tonight on the Middle East crisis
resulting from Israel's refusal to
withdraw her troops from Egypt.
This decision was announced
soon after a bipartisan discussion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20

Senote Leaders Ask Speed on Mideost
Debote. Pose AZ
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Picture on Poee AT
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President Eisenhower today since its creation three
MURRAY SNYDER his Now Defense Secretary Wo
o;..o,4 $50. ox. Co. 49, has ordered that the duties
peo' '.ieeeiS 4oi ~e split with Mr. Snyder charg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-20
WEATHER FORECAST

Clear and continued cold tonight, lowest
around "a degrees. Fair and continued
cold Thursday. Full report on Page A-2D
The Republican., 1957-10-10

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The Republican., 1957-10-10

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