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or In the foreseeable future
Discussing the critical Berlin
question at length, the Secre-
tary told a news conference late
yesterday that he did not ex-
pect war although the situation
was potentially very inflam-
mable." He noted that diplo-
matte negotiations were going
forward.
But If there was armed con-
fiict it would be very difficult
to keep 1t a limited war" he
said. adding:
1.-THE reason ! say this Is ]
don't see how you could avoid
involving Russian forces and
we don't see ourselves fighting
Russia in q limited way"
Lots Of Planning
Mr.. McElroy said I'VE are not
doing a very great deal now
in a military way in reaction to
the Berlin threat beyond lot:
| of planning. He said that while
specific movements Of forces
are being considered in these
plans it would not be in the
national interest to discuss
them.
Under questioning, Mr.. Me-
Elroy said the administration
was going ahead with its PLAN
| to cut the manpower strength
Of the Army and Marine Corps
The Army is slated to drop from
| $50. 900 to $4,000 and the Ma
rines from $4,000 to l75,00l
by June 80.
Asked why the manpowe,
cuts were delayed last summe
in view of the Quemoy an,
Lebanon crises but are no
being held up because Of Der
lin, the Secretary smiled wryl
and replied:
ANY naturalization I coul,
give you isn't one ! could regar,
with any great respect myself.
1 He then went on to say tina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Ancient CityWoII
CoIIopses, z Die

OPORTO, Portugal, Mar. 6
(AP).-Part of an ancient city
wall collapsed on slum dwell
ings last night, killing two boys
and injuring nine persons.
Eight were still missing today.
The 20-foot stretch of the
l4th century wall near the
Dom Luis Bridge across the
Douro River YVES evidently
weakened by four days of heavy
rains.
The wall lowered over a group
Of so slum houses. Eight were
buried under rock and dirt. All
the houses in the vicinity we're
evacuated because another CO.
foot stretch of wall appeared
ready to fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Operation
Saves Decd
Auto Victim

A young accident victim. be-
Iieved BY police to be dead. was
saved at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital early today by
doctors who performed an
emergency operation 10 permit
him 70 breathe.
Medical Corpsrnan Gerald =.
Ruble, %. assigned to the Be-
thesda Naval Medical Center,
was taken from the demolished
car he was driving at Thirtieth
street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV. and placed in an am
bulance.
Accident Investigation Unit
Pvts. Edward Bradshaw and
Allan L. Marin. veterans in
checking many accidents. said
they thought the sailor was
dead. They said he was taken
to Georgetown ostensibly to be
pronounced dead.
But, doctors at the hospital
saw faint signs Of very irregu-
lar breathing and performed
an emergency tracheotomy.
An incision was made in his
throat and a tube placed
through his blood clogged
windpipe to permit air to
reach his lungs.
Then the sailor was trans
ferred to the Bethesda Naval
Hospital where, police said. he
is in serious condition with a
brain conclusion and broken
pelviS.
Police said Mr.. Ruble ap-
parently was driving east on
Massachusetts, avenue when
the car went out of control al
Observatory Circle at 2:lC
am. It struck a metal utility
pole and overturned.
Mr.. Ruble's home is in Hig;.-
land Park, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

IAN ex-Hoosier," said in large
inky letters you buml"
The other card suggested
that the 55-year-old Harmon
ought to be impeached."
Both cards were a reaction
to stories earlier this week
about Harmon's use Of his
closed-in front porch. for
which he gets 500 a month
rent from the Government. as
his district office. Harmon's
wife is paid $344 a month to
run the Office.
IAN this publicity is giving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Council Sworn In

PARIS. Mar. 6 (AP).-Presi-
dent De Gaulle swore in Frances
newly created 11-member SUI
preme tribunal yesterday. The
court, called the Constitutional
Cou~ |, will advise the govern
mel. and rule on questions Of
constitutional Interpretation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
White House Conference
Stresses Unity on Berlin
Macmillan
TuIks Set for
March 20

Congressional leaders of both
parties gave about united sup
port to President Eisenhower
today for an unyielding stand
against Soviet threats to drive
the United States and its allies
out Of West Berlin.
There is no thought Of yield.
ing to pressure" Senate Demo-
cratic Leader johnson said
after a Commute bipartisan
conference in the Presidents
Office.
House Speaker Rayburn as.
serted that I'VE are united" on
remaining firm sin the face Of
what might be a crisis"
The congressional leaders
emphasized that a readiness to
negotiate on any honorable
basis for a peaceful solution to
the Berlin and German prob
lem goes along with Americas
firm stand against yielding to
pressure.
Four Are Briefed
President Eisenhower and his
top military. intelligence and
diplomatic aides briefed the
four chief Democratic and Re.
publican Senate and House
leaders on the Berlin situation
in the bipartisan White House
conference.
Speaker Rayburn said there
was no need for congressional
action shat I know of" at the
moment. Senator johnson said
there was no discussion of q
resolution by Congress backing
up the Presidents stand and he
saw no need for such action.
The conference came just "a
hours after the President and
his National Security Council
reviewed "the evolving situation
in Berlin" at . special meeting
yesterday.
! Dirksen. HalIeck Attend
Mr.. Eisenhower has made
clear that the Western allies
want to negotiate with Russia
a settlement of the whole Ger
man problem that could lead to
identification Of Germany. At
the same time. he was warned
that the West 'is not going to
give a single inch" to Russian
pressure oil Berlin.
! The critical situation grows
out Of Soviet threats to turn
over to Communist East Ger
many. unrecognized by the
Western allies, all control over
See EISENHOWER, Page Alb
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MurshuII Still Grove

FORT BRAGG, N. c., Mar. 6
(AP).-Gen. George c. Mar
shall is still in serious condition
at Womack Army Hospital here,
where he has been since suffer-
ing a stroke January is. Gen.
Marshall, rs. suffered a second
stroke February IT.
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McEIroy Sees Big War
If Berlin Fight Flares
Believes Soviet Surprise Attack Now
Or in Future Is Almost impossible
by u. EDGAR PRINA
star stan Writer

Defense Secretary McElroy has warned that fighting
Berlin would in all probability lead to general war
with the Soviet Union.
At the time he said that he and the Joint Chiefs
Stan believe that about surprise attack the United
States by the RUSSIANS would be almost impossible" now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Pioneer Silent
$4,000 Miles
Out in Space
Satellite Never
Muy Make Contact
With Earth Again

Pioneer Nv vanished into
space today. Il may never be
heard from again as 1t con-
tinues It's orbit around the sun.
The space probe tracking
station ct Goldstone, Calf. lost
contact at 1918 am. (EST
today when the probes trans
hitting signals became very
weak.
At that time the probe was
travelling at about $3.50 miles
an hour. $4,000 miles from
the earth.
The Goldstone station in
stalled q special filter In its
tracking gear and followed the
space probe for an additional
nine minutes.
The last contact was made
about 1924 am.
Asked If there were any like
lihood Of further contact with
Pioneer w, q spokesman for
the National Aerouantics and
Space Administration said 1t
was unlikely.
Clear Signals Earlier
Earlier the gold plated cone
had been sending clear signals
from more than 100000 miles
out. Goldstone picked them
up at 7:50 am.
The loss Of the signal did
not mean that science would
have no idea as to the location
Of Pioneer w.
On the basis of excellent
tracking during the first AGO.
900 miles Of its journey. NASA
astronomers calculated with
fair precision the orbit 1t viii
follow around the sun.
Pioneer ~ has q somewhat
larger solar orbit tnan o0es
the earth. This means it
year - the time for q trir
around the sun-will be almost
a month longer than the IL
month terrestrial year.
Signals Set Record
The 7:50 am. signals came
from a point farther out in
space than any ever previously
recorded.
NASA scientists calculated
the distance at 403.OO miles
and the gold plated cones
speed at $500 miles an hour.
At that time the Pioneer had
been under radio observation
for about 30 hours. longer than
any other such space traveller,
The Russians said they
tracked Mechta $4,000 miles
in q 62-hour period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06
Rain Hampers
jackson Probe
Body of Little Girl
Shows Head Injury
BY HERMAN SCHADEN and
MICHAEL MOK
star stan Writers
FREDERTCKsRuRG

rtSEDEnlCh6bUHG, Va,
Mar. 6.-The possibility that
l8-month-old Janet jackson
died Of q blow on the head was
advanced today as police con-
tinued the search for the
mother and another daughter
OF the kidnapped Virginia fam
lily.
It was revealed today that
the little girl had been struck
on the top Of the head before
she was found dead two DAYS
ago beside the body Of her
father, Carroll v. jackson, %
2 miles west Of here.
Further examinations viii be
necessary to determine if she
met death by violence, died Of
suffocation under her father.
body or from exposure. But
State Medical Examiner Geof.
frey T.. Mann was convinced
the cause eventually would b
fixed.
Squads Push Search
Squads Of police meanwhii,
/ pushed q rain-soaked search
over backroads for Mrs. Nil.
bred jackson. 81, and the sec.
ond daughter, Susan Ann, 6
The entire family Of foul
had been missing since January
II when they apparently were
forced OF q highway near theil
Apple Grove (Va.) home anc
forced to accompany their alb.
ductor.
Preliminary tests indicate
they were driven at once to thu
spot 40 miles away where tn,
two bodies were found. Mr.
jackson died Of q bullet wouns
in the head. but APPARENT,
had been pistol-whipped abou
the head and face.
State police and FBI techni
clans had planned a minut,
search in q five-mile radiu
from the spot the bodies wer
found. but changed to a roa,
search because of the rain. Pc
lice also were offered the serv
ices Of 90 men Of the Fred
ericksburg Voluntary Fire De
partment, but held the offer II
allegiance.
Medical Data Awaited
/ Detectives leaned heavily O
the reports of DR.. Manr
the reports of State Medics
Examiner Godfrey T. Manl
who said a month or more wi
be required to extract ever
possible clue.
Already DR.. Mann is yer
certain of these points:
!. Robbery was not the mo
tive. While Mr.. Jackson
wallet was missing, still O
his person were an expensiy
wrist watch and a gold weddin
ring, objects thieves do nc
pass up.
2. Laboratory technicians ex
pect to pin-point to the hou
See FAMILY, Page Al
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not so tragic, 1t would be q
At subject for q comic OPP
eratta," said Oliver w. Hill.
counsel for the Virginia branch
of the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored
People.
His statement came this
morning as the commission.
headed by State Senator Mos
by q. Perrow. began Q mara
thon public hearing on pro-
posed legislation dealing with
Virginia's school problems re-
sulting from court-ordered
desegregation.
IS Due TO Testify
About IS hours Of testimony
was in prospect with IS wit
nesses schuled to testify.
The hearing brought out
fewer spectators than antici-
pated at the State Capitol.
Although the House visitors
gallery was packed. loudspeak.
ers which had been installed In
the Railways and in the Senate
chamber in anticipation Of an
Overflow crowd. blared mostly
to empty halls.
Mr.. Hill said his group Is OPP
posed to q system Of tuition
grants ito enable white chill
dren TO attend private school,
as q means Of avoiding deseg.
Iregation."
He continued: 1T Is on
thought that no one In 4
democratic society has 0 right
to have his private prejudice,
financed at public expense"
Antedate Revelation
Earlier Mr.. Hill said: "Th'
roots Of Negroes In Virgins
antedate the Revolution by ovei
$50 years. We are saturated
with the American concept 81
liberty and there win be no let.
up in the activities Of Negroes
until We are granted the full
and unremitted rights Of al
American citizen. :"
One Of the early witnesse
was Mrs. Vernon Weihe. vic
president Of the Arlington Com
mittee to Preserve Publ
Schools. Her group recon
mended re-enactment Of tn
compulsory attendance law re
pealed last month at a specia
session Of the Legislature.
mo one in the General AS
sembly was happy with tn
understandable need to repea
the compulsory attendant
law" Mrs. Weihe said in
statement prepared for deliver,
to the Parrow commission.
|, Without this law" she con
See VIRGINIA. Page AL
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Negroes Seek
Full Equality,
Hearing Told
Lawyer Testifies
At Richmond on
School Problems
by ALEX r. PRESTON
star star Writer

RICHMOND. Mar. s. - An
attorney for Negro citizens Of
Virginia today told the Gov
ernor's Commission on Educa-
ton "there will be no let-up"
BY members Of his race to gain
full equality Of citizenship.
II say to you in all earnest
ness that II the situation were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-06

Vote Urged on Is.esroisd Schools.
Pese Az
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Padding Of II Students
Raises Quite q Rumpus

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. "a
(AP) "A group of mothers will
meet with Shelby County school
officials today to air their COM
plants against school prin-
cipal who padded IL student
strikers.
General Sessions Judge Will
lard Dixon ordered the in
formal conference after the
mothers requested that he issue
assault and battery warrants
against John Barnes, principal
of Bartlett High School.
Mr.. Barnes has admitted
using maple paddle on IL boys
and said there are still seven
or eight to CO." The principal
said the paddlings "nipped in
the bud" direct challenge to
school authority.
The trouble started. Mr..
Barnes said, when he carried
out his threat to shut down
a drink machine if it continued
to be damned with slugs. He
estimated that about 20 boys
tried to organize a student boy
colt Of the school lunchroom
and when that failed, left the
school grounds without permits
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24

sible that Germany can float in
a sort of political vacuum half
way between East and West?
Deprived Of Western support,
she would be at the mercy of
the Soviets. Communism, which
could no longer be declared il
legal and outlawed, would take
advantage of the foundation
which has been laid under the
Pankow regime in the Eastern
provinces and would not delay
in extending its grip on the
whole country. All the patient
work of Konrad Adenauer would
be undone in a few months"
For his part Mr.. Spaak ar
CUES that the time has come at
least to define the limits of
Western flexibility beyond
which there will be no question
of retreat. Eyoking the his
tory of Europe's appeasement
of Hitler, the NATO Secretary
General suggests that these
limits should best be set at the
beginning of a period of nego-
tiation rather than after it is
too late.
His own formula: No agree
ment which would result in the
See PARIS, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24

Mr.. Barnes gave the boycott
leaders two choices: Take seven
ticks with the paddle or bring
their parents to school. He
said II of them have preferred
the ticks so far.
They took it in fine spirits, d"
he added.
Most of the parents approved
of the paddlings, he said, and
one father sat in on his sons
session.
1T had to be a showdown, "
Mr.. Barnes said. Il don't use
the paddle except as a last
resort"
The principals action was
defended by his brother,
George Barnes, superintendent
of county schools.
THE boys deserved some
punishment" the superintend-
ent said. Apparently the
spanking was proper because
the defiance of school authority
has stopped"
Judge Dixon said he thought
the controversy was a matter
that should be handled by
school officials and the COM
planning parents rather than
by Aourt action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24

In western policy. Nevertheless,
a few voices recently have been
raised against the idea of re-
vising basic Western positions
in the hope Of reaching a COM
promise with the Russians on
settlement of the German
problem.
The latest of these voices
have been those of Frances
Andre Francois-Poncet, former
High Commissioner and Am
bassador to Germany, and Paul
Henri Spaak, secretary general
of NATO.
Writing in the conservative
newspaper Figaro, Mr.. Francois
Poncet attacks the proposal to
neutralize Germany in return
for identification as an "ele-
plant trap" designed to leave
Germany at the mercy of So
Wet Russia. The writer is hope
full of reaching agreement on
Berlin for the price of partial
recognition of the East German
regime. But he finds the idea
of federation of the two Ger
man states impossible and
absurd"
AS for naturalization, he
writes:
Does anyone believe it pos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24
Boy, z, Picks Up Habit
OfSmoking, Con- Quit

PEORIA, H., Feb. "a (AP).-
A 2-year-old Peoria boy about
a month ago picked up a light
ed cigarette and smoked it. He
obviously liked something about
it and the next day he wanted
another. He got it.
Now the boy, Lawrence
Smith, smokes five cigarettes a
day. His mother, Mrs. Law
renee Smith. says she is wor-
ried because she can't seem to
break him of the habit.
1--WE tried" Mrs. Smith said,
but Lawrence cries and cries
until he gets his cigarettes. He
wants his 'moke.
Mrs. Smith, a divorcee who
works as a waitress, said she's
going to take her son to a doc
tor and try and find out why he
likes to smoke cigarettes.
Mrs. Smith, who said she
doesn't smoke, added she be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24

lieved Lawrence picked up the
habit from the baby sitter she
employs for the little fellow.
The mother tried to substi-
tute candy cigarettes for the
real thing. But it was no go.
He just threw them aside
and screamed until he got real
cigarettes" the mother said.
Once l tried giving him raw
tobacco. thinking the taste
might break him of the habit. "
And what happended?
1T had no effect" Mrs.
Smith said.
Lawrence doesn't light the
cigarettes he smokes. That's
a job for either his mother
or the baby sitter.
There's a danger from fire
if he lights his cigarettes him
SELF Mrs. Smith said.
Lawrence is careful with the
ashes. He even carries an ash
tray in his tricycle..
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Marshall Still
In Serious State

FORT BRAGG, N. c.. Feb.
"A (AP) Gen. George c. Mar
shall, 70, under treatment here
for strokes and pneumonia, re-
manned conscious and COM
Portable" today, but weak and
in serious condition.
Col. George M. Powell, his
physician at the Army hospital
here, said in a morning bulle-
tin that Gen. Marshall'S
pituitary gland involvement
still constitutes a therapeutic
problem. The prognosis
remains guarded"
Gen. Marshall, former Sec
rotary of State and of Defense,
entered the hospital January
Is after a stroke. Since then
he has suffered another stroke
and mild pneumonia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24
Castro Reported
Considering Visit

HAVANA, Feb. % (AP.-
Representative Charles o. Por-
ter, Democrat of Oregon, said
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
told him today he was conSid-
ering a trip to Washington for
the April meeting of the Amer
lean Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors.
Mr.. Porter talked with Mr..
Castro for As minutes and he
got the impression the latter
would like to make the trip, but
was afraid his English wasn't
good enough. Mr.. Porter said
he assured Mr.. Castro he would
have no trouble on that score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24

Trelles, now of the Cuban Su-
preme Court.
Alabau Trelles' file on this
case shows:
A young naval captain. Ale
jandro Gonzales Brito, was ar
rested by Ventura for completely
in an armed uprising in Glen
fuegos, in Eastern Cuba, in Sep
TENDER. 1857, He was beaten
and tortured by Ventura, and
dragged from prison to prison
in efforts to expose the Glen
fuegos underground.
Taken to a pier in Havana's
outskirts, Gonzales Brito was
alternately beaten into uncon-
seriousness, plunged into the
water and revived and beaten
again. He died in the hands of
his torturers. The body was
dumped into the sea.
Ventura's case never reached
a civil court. Suspension of
civil guarantees was decreed,
placing the case before a mill
tary court whose action on it is
not known. The magistrate was
forced to leave Cuba to protect
himself and his family.
Maj. Ventura and those
See CUBA, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24
Hold Up Strauss Action,
Kefouver Asks Senate

| The Tennessee Senator
pointed out that after the con-
tract was cancelled, the Gov
ernment refused to reimburse
Dixon-Yates for costs incurred
and they filed suit in the Court
of Claims.
"In its answer, the Depart
ment of Justice alleged among
other things that the agree
ment-that is the Dixon Yates
contract-Was in violation OF
the statutes and laws of the
United States and was unlaw-
full, null and void and con-
trary to public policy" Sem
ator Kefauver said.
Public VS.. Private Power
The Dixon Yates dispute be-
gan as a public VS.. private
power fight, with IVA hackers
accusing the administration of
trying to beat down IVA by
ringing its operating territory
with private power sources.
Memphis, Tenn, where the
power was to be used, finally
decided to build its own plant.
The Acc repudiated the con-
tract on the ground that
Adolphe Wenzell, New York
financier, sat on both sizes of
the negotiating table as an
adviser to the Budget Bureau
and to utility interests.
The contractor was Missis-
sippi Valley Generating Co., a
firm set up by Middle South
Utilities, Inc, headed by Edgar
H. Dixon, and the Southern
Co., headed by Eugene A. Yates.
Senator Kefauver contended
that Mr.. Strauss arranged for
a presidential directive requir-
ing the Acc to enter the Dixon
Yates contract over the opposi-
ton of the majority of the Acc
commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-24
$4,000 Gold Missing
in PIune Wreckuqe

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. "a
tAP). - Enterprising fishermen
apparently made off with more
than 100000 worth of gold
which went down when an
Argentine plane crashed last
June off Grande Island, SO
miles south of this capital.
The plane was carrying so
bars of gold worth about $78,-
600 from England to Buenos
Aires. Only II bars were found
in the wreckage. Police believe
fishermen salvaged the re-
and sold it to jewelers..