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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Erosion in Latin America

%. s. style) is growing, in
part because of our own
faults. But most Of all, eco
nomic problems aside, the
danger in Latin America
comes from the absence Of
real military power properly
restrained.
Smathers has highly re-
liable information, for ex-
ample, that the recent inva-
sion Of Panama from Cuba
would have succeeded had it
involved as many as $50 re-
peat $50 well armed men.
This may seem a comic-opera
thing; but it is far from that.
A revolutionary overturn in
Panama would intolerably
threaten US If, as almost GER.
tainly would be the case. 1t
endangered the Panama Ca
nal. In such an event we
should be compelled to inter-
vene with troops-and then
the cry of Yankee imperial
ism" would resound from the
Rio Grande to the bottom
tip Of South America.
What is the answer? 1t is
to supply what is now abb
sent-a real and collective
military power in Latin
America which the Latin
Americans themselves would
respect. and not suspect.
Smathers and others. there
fore, are working for the
establishment Of an all
American international police
force, made up Of volunteers
from all the 81 Pan Ameri-
can nations.
Such a force might one
day avoid in the New World
the chaos now gripping the
ancient Middle East. And 1t
might avert the clear pos
sibility Of an ultimate loss
Of practical United States in
fluence right here in the
Western Hemisphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
DAVID LAWRENCE
Conference Of Two Germonys?

Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria, Ro-
mania, Est0nia, Latvia and
Lithuania. as well as East
Germany. They want TO in
corporate West Germany In
their bloc Of states. The first
move IL to offer a "peace
treaty" and recognize East
Germany as q supposedly SOW
ereign country. But the real
plan Is TO get the allied troops
away from Berlin and the
vicinity Of East Germany so
that the process Of infil-
trating and intimidating West
Germany can go on.
The Soviet chief. in his
speech over the week end. re-
jected all proposals for reduce
ton Of armament in Central
Europe made by the West.
His demand Is that khe mill
tary bases on the continent
be abandoned BY the West,
that NATO be dismantled
and that American forces be
sent back to the United
States. This comes Just after
the hopes Of a credulous
world were raised that a
serious negotiation" might
be forthcoming this month in
Geneva at a Foreign Min
isters' conference or at q
summit" meeting later.
What Khrushchev really
is demanding is the uncondi-
tional surrender Of the West.
He thinks the Western allies
are divided and that their
differences can be exploited.
He is convinced that, in the
final analysis, they are so
scared Of a nucleaf war that
they can be easily browbeaten
into acceptance Of Moscow's
demands. He is counting on a
fiabby public opinion in Brit
ain as well as in America to
accept peace at any price as
preferable to war. He thinks
the American people win
soon forget the millions of
people behind the Iron Cur
tain.
Where win the leadership
come from that speaks firmly
and is willing to risk war to
avoid war? For repeated APP
peasements only bring on the
same kind Of situations out
of which world wars have
come in the past.
If the American people,
surveying the skinny results
here, acquiesce to a summit"
meeting. it can prove the big
gest setback to the cause of
freedom since the brave Hun
garians battled for freedom
three years ago only to be
forsaken. So 1t is the Geneva
conference-not the sum
init" meeting = which pre-
sents the real challenge now
to the leadership of the
United States in world af-
fairs.
(copyrisht. 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
CONSTANTINE BROWN
FutiIity Prevails at Geneva

even n the French head Of
state remains balky. All these
reports lack. Of course. posi-
tive confirmation. But there
are skeptics on both sides Of
the Atlantic who regard q
gathering ct the summit
under the pressure Of the
Soviets as tantamount to an
other Munich. And they see
the same straws In the wind
as existed in the spring OF
1898 just a few months before
the Munich conference. y,
It was in 1888 that Prime,
Minister Chamberlain sent
Lord Runciman, Britain's
minister Of commerce. to
Czechoslovakia as q first step
in the preparation Of Munichg
Now 1t is officially reported
that the British minister OF
commerce, Sir David Eccles.
has left for Moscow to trans
late the preliminary agree
ments between Macmillan
and Khrushchev into actual.
treaties. There are also init
nations that in Moscow Sir
David will have the oppor-
tunity to meet informally the
representatives OF the East
German trade mission in thel
Soviet capital. =
1t is only natural that Brit
ain, since it has lost its colo-
MES and no longer has do
minions, must do everything
in its power to obtain markets
regardless Of political ideolh,l
ogies. This does not mean.
however, that the United
States should submit to Mr..
KS whims to use the Presi.
dent Of the United States and
possibly the territory Of this
country for his gigantic,
propaganda purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
POTOMAC FEVER.
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ikes team will build atomic plane 1t will be named
THE Republican reganing every generation
Senator Symington campaigns in Florida He's the DEM
ocras safe" candidate: Nobody viii have TO be rescued
from violent commissions Of enthusiasm.
President Meany says the AFLCIO went after labor
corruption long before Senator Mcclellan Almost succeeded
in hiding it from him. too
Ike flies to Colorado They call it the White House be-
Ike turns white at the thought Of spending
week end there
The Weather Bureau starts a discomfort index"
the D. hits u.s. feel as bad the weather mans pre-
dcton looks
College commencement So-called because it's the day
father commences to spend his own money for the first time
in 20 years
Question Box. Q.-Is the Big Four conference making
progress? Ayes They're nearing agreement on several
solutions for which there problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Khrushchev Held Eager for PoIoyer
So Berlin Sword Can Menace West

GENEVA - Why should
the Soyiets agree 10 anything
here9 They have already
been told oficiaily that
time means nothing that
there viii be q series Of for
eign ministers conferences
and summit" meetings any
how over q period Of years.
This gives the impression
that the Western allies feel
no sense Of urgency. and It
fits in, Of course. with the
Soviet idea that. as time
goes on, the peoples Of the
captive" countries will be-
come discouraged and accept
communistic enslavement as
their permanent lot.
Out OF the entire pack
age" plan. Nikita Khrush-
chev. with a shrewd facility
for determining the weak
ness in his adversary's pro-
posals. grabs eagerly the sug-
gestion that there should be
an East German and West
German conference commit
tee that could talk for the
next several years about Ger
man reunification. The So
Wet chief says. indeed. that
the representation must be
equal. and cavalierly dis
misses the fact that East
Germany has much the
smaller population Of the two
Germanys. But he sees the
chance for q prolonged pa
laver which can last for ten
years--as did the negotia-
tons over Austria. The for
mula Is defended by Mos
COW as manifesting a contin-
uous willingness to negotiate.
1t comes also within the
definition Of ''fiexibility"
which the fainthearted in
the West have been saying
John Foster Dulles lacked.
But what does q continu-
Gus hassle on the status of
East and West Germany
really mean? AS for the
problem Of West Berlin. this
would be disposed of by
Moscow in what is called an
interim solution" which
means that it would hang
like a sword Of Damocles
over the heads Of the West
and threaten them with q
crisis every time they showed
a bit of firmnesS on the re-
unif1cation problem.
But 1t means something
more. Behind the Iron Cur
tain. in the so-called "satel-
lite" countries. are many
millions Of freedom-loving
people who yearn for liberia
ton. viii the Western allies
forsake them? 1t would seem
to look that way If the British
suggestion for a series Of con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

ferences by foreign ministers
and lots OF summit" meetings
In the next several years is to
furnish the Soviets an easy
way to avoid any change In
the status Of Eastern and
Central Europe.
What Is the alternative2 Is
it only WARP Too many people
have become convinced that
military force alone Is the in
strument by which interna-
tional disputes can be solved.
It Is true that there must
be q readiness to retaliate II
attacked and that adequate
armament Is essential. but
actually moral force Is a
far more powerful weapon.
Eventually 1t can arouse all
the peoples behind the Iron
Curtain TO assert themselves.
In the present situation II
calls for worldwide cries OF
indignation over the Soviet
attitude toward a homogene-
Gus people in the two
Germanys who are given no
hope Of unity except under
conditions dictated by the
Communist autarchy. This
means isolation and insecu-
rity for the German people.
II not Communist domination
Of them.
The evidence is clear. Some
thousands Of East Germans
are fleeing every week from
under the control Of the Com
munists. There Is a similar
exodus from other countries
behind the Iron Curtain. This
flight from tyranny is signiii-
cant.
Why. moreover. is there
such silence, II not indiffer-
ence. throughout the world
with respect to the plight Of
the $4,000 human beings for
chilly removed from Hungary
in 1886 by Soviet troops and
never brought back to their
. homeland? Among them are
5000 skilled workers taken
from big industrial plants
who we're then shipped to
China to work as slaves under
the Communists there. The
deported Hungarian boys and
girls-many of whom we're
between the ages Of IA and Is
are still in Siberia today in
prison camps.
In the last few days there
have been rumors that. when
they reach the age Of IS, they
are executed. This has been
denied by the Soviets. but
they never tell why they are
keeping the Hungarians in
bondage.
The lesson is plain. The
Soviets feel they own all the
satellite" and captive coun-
tries - Hungary. Poland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Monument to Christ
Unveiled at Lisbon

LISBON. Portugal, May Is
Goncalves Cerejeria, patriarch
Of Lisbon. unveiled a $500, 900
monument to Christ yesterday
on the banks of the Tagus
River.
Thousands attending the
dedication of the 357-foot high
monument. which is topped by
an s4-foot statue of Christ
looking down on Lisbon. Many
Of the crowd kept an. all night
watch around the monument
before the ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
'p0ssiye' Diplomacy is Seen
As Threat to Y. 5. Position

over Berlin but also Of q
number Of matters vitality
important 10 his country.
These were, Of course. OF
a purely commercial nature
and pertained exclusively to
an activation Of commercial
relations between the USSR
and Great Britain.
Macmillan went to the
Soviet Union In the role Of
an honest broker in the East
West conflict and 1t is only
fair, say these sources, that
q broker should recover a
brokerage fee. There are re-
ports from usually reliable
sources that incidental to the
discussion Of q thaw in the
cold war new trade agree
ments between the USSR and
Britain amounting to about
$3.50 million q year for a
period Of five years were in
itiated.
Other reports, less reliable
however, are that in ex-
change for the commitment
to bring about a summit
meeting regardless of the
outcome Of the distasteful
Ito Mr.. Khrushchev) for
eign ministers conference.
Mr.. Macmillan received as
surances that Iraq won't ma
tionalize the Mosul oil fields
and refineries. He apparent
ly failed to make much Of an
impression on President de
Gaulle who observed that
such q meeting would be
more than useless unless
fundamental agreements in
principle we're reached at
Geneva. But the British.
prime minister is believed to
h ave convinced President
Eisenhower Of the urgent
necessity for a heads-of-
states conference before the
end Of this year.
Comrade Khrushchev is in
terested in meeting with the
heads Of governments of the
two English-speaking nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

Our principal ally, Britain.
is negotiating in the Foreign
Ministers Conference at Ge-
neva under the cruel pres
sure of steadily increasing
dangers to vital British
interests in the Middle East.
1t is not merely the Ber-
lin crisis which Britain must
face, along with the rest Of
the West. Beyond the Medi-
terranean, Irau-which both
the United States and the
British have so long sought
to keep in the provost
camp = has now seemingly
gone all the way into inter-
national communism. Mos
COW has turned the Middle
Eastern screw at a brutally
apt moment.
Responsible informants in
Washington therefore as
sumo, as they must. that
British policy at Geneva
over Germany is bound to
be softened by British con-
Germ as to what the Rus
SLAMS might further do in
the Middle East.
A chief Western negoti-
ator at Geneva is thus being
distracted and weakened by
unavoidable fears as to what
might happen a long way
from Berlin. The long story
of declining British power in
what used to be a great
sphere of British influence,
the valley Of the Nile is de-
veloping a sad new chapter.
Not at this present Big
-Four Conference win Amer
lea be similarly bedevilled
and enfeebled by perils else
where to American interests.
But there is q rising pos
sibility that one day, in some
other Big Four meeting over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

~At~ AAkA1AAAHhAs AkLA MNANAA
Of churning water to make
butter Is proceeding accord
ing to plan. This means that
there Is much talk about
many things. cabbages and
kings" and it leads mo-
where.
The reasons for the great
futility at Geneva are two
fold: ID that the Muscovites
know that regardless Of how
little Is achieved there q
summit conference will take
place anyhow; and 90 none
Of the top Western repre-
sentatives has the fortitude
to counterattack when the
RuSskies attack. This Is par
ticularly true in connection
with Andrei Gromyko's state
ment last Tuesday when he
said that the Poles and
Czechs were entitled to at
tend the foreign ministers
conference because they were
among the first victims of
Nazi aggression.
1t might have been in
order for one of the three
Western foreign ministers to
point out that they regarded
the Soviet thesis as an indi-
cation Of repentance by the
Soviet Union which joined
the Nazi aggression against
Poland a week after 1t be-
gan, this despite the existence
Of a non-aggression pact
which had another six years
to run.
AS a matter Of fact, the
Poles suffered as much from
the Russians as they did the
Nazis. Moreover it has been
fully established that the
massacre of the 10000 Polish
officers and intellectuals in
the Katyn forest was the
work Of the Reds and not the
Nazis. Also. while the totali-
tartan government in the
West German Republic has
been replaced by a democ-
racy, a dictatorship Of the
worst kind still prevails In
the Soviet Union.
But. in their anxiety not
to ruffle the sensihilities of
the touchy Russians, the
Vests foreign ministers
refrained from any snide
remarks. Our men are too
high-minded to indulge in
Billingsgate controversies.
This remarkable passivity
of the Western diplomats is
further convincing the man
in the Kremlin that Amer
lea can be dragged to a sum-
NIT meeting regardless of how
futile the present yakety-
yak at Geneva is. Premier
Krushchev has. according to
information from serious
sources on the other side of
the Atlantic, pretty good
grounds for the firm convic-
ton that there will be a
summit and it will take place
on American soil regardless
of how Indifferent President
Eisenhower is at present.
There are increasing re-
ports that during his visit to
Moscow. British Prime Min
lister Macmillan endeavored
to take care not only of the
question of avoiding war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Collective Militory Action Seen
AS Salvation Of u. S. Influence

Europe, we, too, viii have
to fight with one hand while
the other hand gropes for
solutions Of other problems
far away.
For United States influence
in the vast 21-nation area Of
Pan America is crumbling
away, all but unnoticed in
our preoccupation with the
old world. This vast Pan
American exanse, as the
Middle East expanse used to
be to the British, is our ira
ditional sphere of influence.
And it is the source of much
of our real economic
strength, though few realize
it and most Of these few for
get it.
Neither the Eisenhower
Administration nor Congress
is paying great heed to this
slow erosion in the Western
Hemisphere. But q few quiet
men are pressing constantly
for facing UP to the realities
in Latin America before it is
too late for us. as it is al
ready too late for the British
in the Middle East.
One of these men Is Sem
ator George Smathers Of
Florida, whose awareness of
Latin America is sharpened
by his political location.
Smathers for years has been
telling the Administration
and Congress that things are
not good for us south Of the
border. He knows, because
he gees down periodically to
make fresh checks and be-
cause he has thoroughly re-
liable private sources Of in
telligence.
Communism is an increas-
ing force. Anti-Americanism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Two Receive Awurds

NEW YORK. May IS (AP)--
Br OF h erhood medals were
awarded last night to Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and DR.
A. Whitney Griswold. president
of Yale University. The annual
awards were made by the jew
ish Theological Seminary Of
America. IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-18
U. S. Employees
As Jurors Upheld
In Civil Cases

The use Of Federal employees
as jurors in civil cases here wa,
upheld yesterday in a land,
mark decision by the United
States Court Of Appeals for the
District.
In an opinion written by
Judge Charles Fahy and con-
CURED in by Chief Judge E
Barrett Prettyman and Judge
John A. Danaher, the court
acted in an accident case in
volving a money judgment
against the D. c. Transit Sys-
tenn and the Federal Govern
ment.
Attorneys for the transit sys-
tenn had complained that the
District Court trial judge erred
in allowing the presence Of gov
eminent employees on the panel
that decided the issues in the
case.
But yesterdays opinion
pointed out that the Supreme
Court already has upheld a
Federal law that makes Fed
eral employees eligible for jury
service in criminal cases in the
District.
This decision must be APP
piled to civil as we'll as to GRIM
inal cases." Judge Fahy said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-18
Mexican AirIiner
ExpIodes in Air;
26 Persons Die

MEXICALI, Mexico, April lS
(AP).-Twenty six persons
were killed when a Mexican
airliner exploded in the air near
the resort of Guaymas on the
Gulf of California yesterday.
Bodies and wreckage of the
tWin-engine Cas- were strewn
along the shoreline, witnesses
reported.
The Tigres Voladores Lines
plane took off before dawn from
Mexicali for Mexico City and
exploded in the air "a hours
later.
A witness said the plane
seemed to try for an emergency
landing when one engine ex-
ploded. The wings began to
burn, there was a second ex-
plosion, and the craft plunged
to earth, he said.
The dead included the lines
general manager, Jose Lopes
Enrique, and Kildo Martinez,
Mexican bantamweight boxer
Mr.. Enrique was at the con-
trolls, the airline said.
The five-member crew in
cluded two stewardesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-18
linens Crime
Scoop Revealed

Miles j. Ambrose, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury ir
charge Of law enforcement, an
nounced yesterday that eight
persons who attended ar
underworld meeting in Apa-
lachin, N. Y, in 1857 are now
under indictment through the
efforts of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Mr.. Ambrose. speaking at the
graduation luncheon of the
latest Treasury Department en-
forcement class, noted that
Treasury agents accompanied
the New York State Police or
the raid Of the meeting. which
was linked to the Malta by
police, and were responsible for
gathering evidence that is
bringing the men to trial.
He said that Vito Genovese,
one of the group, is the biggest
catch made by the Treasury
Department in 20 years.
The 70 members of the class
have just completed six weeks
Of intensive training in en-
foreement work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-18
Senators BuIk
At Copper Sales
By the Associated Press

The Senate has voted against
releasing any copper from the
Governments defense stockpile
at this time.
1t adopted without any dis
senting vote yesterday a reso-
luton of Senator Mansfield,
Democrat of Montana, declar-
ing the security and economic
interests of the country would
not be served by any such cop
per sale.
The resolution was cospon-
sored by 18 other Senators from
copper producing States.
Senator Mansfield told the
Senate earlier in the week there
were rumors that some Govern
ment agencies were proposing
to sell $4,000 tons Of copper
from the stockpile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-18
Exhibitor
OF Indecent
Films Fined

George j. Reichert, listed by
police as the operator of the
Fun Arcade in the 500 block Of
Ninth street NV, yesterday
was fined 500 for the exhibition
of indecent films.
Morals Detective Robert D
ArScatt and Eugene M. ZogliC
reported they conf1scated nine
reels of film exhibited in 10.
cent peepshows. The 65-year-
old Reichert, of the unit block
OF U street NE, was sentenced
by Municipal Court Judge
Thomas C. Scalley.
The Government dismissed
similar charges against two
other men. Assistant United
States Attorney Frank j. Will
son said there was insufficient
evidence to prosecute Alvin o.
Phillips. 20, of the Enterprise
Amusement, Inc. 500 block of
Ninth street NV, and James
H. Morgan. At. of the D. C.
Arcade, 400 block of Ninth
street NV.
In another morals case, an
airman from Boiling Air Force
Base was given a suspended
sentence and two girls were re-
ferred to the probation Office
before sentencing.
The airman, James T. Stew
ems, 10. was guilty of procuring
an indecent performance. He
was turned over to the Air
Force police. The girls, Ida
Patricia Price, 10, of the 100
block of Park road NV. and
Barbara Ann Largin, 81, of the
400 block of Eleventh street
NV. pleaded guilty to partici-
pating in an indecent show.
Police said an undercover
officer took pictures of them
after they had disrobed when
he paid them 5000 in marked
money. Police said the under
cover officer paid Stevens $50
for procuring the girls for the
show in a downtown hotel
room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-18
Two Gunner Get $50
In Mt. Rainier Office

Real Estate. at 1888 Rhode Is
land avenue. about 2:30 pm.
He said that Just a few min
utes earlier a company mes
senger had left to deposit about
81 900 in a nearby bank.
Mr.. Dunn said one man came
into his inner Office. held a gun
on him and attempted TO open
the safe. Mr.. Dunn told him
the only money in the Office
was in the cash drawer at the
front of the building. The gun
men went TO the front ONCE
and Mr.. Dunn slipped out the
back door to call police.
Meanwhile the secretary,
Mrs. Marie Kemp, was menaced
with a gun by the other bandit
in the front Office. Mr.. Dunn
said she threw a stapler at him.
He pushed her into a chair so
hard she fell to the floor.
While Ms. Kemp was on the
floor the two men scooped
the money from the cash
drawer and fed, one out the
back door and one out the
front.
Mr.. Dunn, returning from
making the police call, pursued
the man running out the back
and down Thirty-fourth street
until he was outdistanced.
One man was described as 5
feet II inches tall, wearing a
mask and dark suit. The other
was about 5 feet Z inches. wear
ing a light suit and dark glass
es. Both were in their early
30s, Mr.. Dunn said.