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Evening star., 1960-01-26
\ ALMOST SHOT MACARTHUR
Colonel Says He Nearly Mistook
General for japanese Soldier

at the entrance to Manila Bay
had already upset Tokyo's
whole operations timetable. But
by March. 1912, everyone knew
what he wouldn't say and tried
not to think about: Time was
running out for Bataan and
Corregidor. That's why orders
naming me one of five to try
to fly south to Mindanao the
night of March 10-11 came
like a last-hour reprieve.
Somehow we made it and
on the 18th were searching
for Gen. Sharps underground
headquarters. We wouldn't
have found it without help-a
beautiful blend with the pine
apple plantation, the orderly
rows uninterrupted over the
buried nerve center of Ameri-
can resistance in the south.
There we learned Gen. Mac
Arthur and party had already
left Corregidor in PIT boats.
Compared with what we mad
been experiencing. Mindanao
was a lush wonderland. The
Japanese? Yes. they were in
Mindanao. But mostly they
we're some miles to the south
east-not like the snipers on
Bataan. looking down your
throat from treetop conceal
ments. The Del Monte planta-
ton compound quietly got
See MACARTHUR. Page AS
Evening star., 1960-01-26
President Backs Gates
Estimate of Red Miqht

Senate by Democratic Leader
johnson and approved with
only Senator Johnson and
Minority Leader Dirksen
present.
At his press conference, the
President also asserted that
Americas record in space ex-
ploration is one to be proud of.
I'VE should not bow our
heads in shame" because Russia
has made some spectacular
achievements in the space field,
he said.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he did
not believe there should be any
argument about whether intel
ligence estimates should be
based on a hostile country's
capability or on its intentions
that both are necessary.
In this connection, he as
serted fatty we've got all the
power necessary to destroy a
great many countries" He
added that I'VE have no inten-
ton of using it" except in de-
fense, and all the world knows
that"
But RusSia's stated inten-
See DEFENSE, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-01-26
BY COL. ALLISON IND

BY COL. ALLISON IND
Copyright, 1860. by the Associated Press
Gen. Douglas Macarthur is
80 years old today. Except for
a split-second. wholly unmili-
tary intervention one dark
night in the Philippines, he
almost certainly would have
died shortly after his 62d
birthday.
And I, aide to his air chief.
would have been his unwilling
executioner.
Very few Americans and, we
devoutly hoped. no Japanese.
knew the general and his party
we're on the southernmost is
land of Mindanao that night.
President Roosevelt's radio Or
der that reached him in the
rock heart of Corregidor's
Malinta tunnel was most Sc
cret. 1t directed him to take
key staff officers and break
out of Bataan and Corregidor
before the implacable ring
drew hopelessly tight.
How he was going to negoti-
ate the endless hostile miles
from the Philippines to Aus
tralia with rag-tag ends Of
battle-shot equipment was his
problem. He was to reorganize
in Australia and when Amer
ics.and her allies could spare
Evening star., 1960-01-26
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
Star stan Writer

The United States has better
intelligence estimates than it
had in the past on Soviet mis-
sile production, President Eisen-
hover said today.
The President stoutly de-
Tended Defense Secretary Gates
as a fine public servant.
He spoke out at news con-
ference shortly before the
Senate confirmed the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Gates without any
reference to a PARTISAN squab-
BILE over how American intel
ligence experts make their
estimates Of Soviet military
strength.
Mr.. Gates. who has been
serving under a recess apoint-
ment, had come under Dem
ocratic fire in Congress for al
legedly giving too rosy a picture
of the United States defense
situation in relation to the
Soviet missile threat.
The nomination, which had
been held up at the request of
an unidentified Senator, was
suddenly called before the
Evening star., 1960-01-26

proposal OF the civil Rights
Commission.
President Eisenhower, in dis
closing the existence of the
plan, told reporters at a news
conference today to get the
legal details from Mr.. Rogers.
Mr.. Eisenhower made it clear
the administration is standing
by" the recommendations made
to Congress last year. but
added:
He (Mr. Rogers thinks he's
got a scheme to make the in
surance of voting rights more
secure"
One Republican in Congress
said the Rogers plan is an i'm
provement over the several
Federal registrar bills on which
the Senate Rules Committee
is now holding hearings.
Temporary Registrar
The registrar idea originated
last summer with the Civil
Rights Commission. In a re-
port, it proposed that when
ever nine or more persons COM
plain that State registrars have
refused to put their names on
the voting rolls, the President
designate some Federal official
in that State to act as a tenn
porary registrar to determine
if the complainants are entitled
to vote.
The plan was put forward
to meet charges that Negroes
are Systematically denied reg.
istration in some Southern
States.
President Eisenhower threw
cold water on the Federal reg
lister plan at a recent press con-
Evening star., 1960-01-26
BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR SKATER

BIG THINGS ore in store for Coil
Sterling, q l3-yeor-oId member Of
the Washington Figure Skotins Club,
according to prediction in on
article on Pose All. chorIes
CoveII, The Stor's outdoor editor,
writes Of the young skotins stor.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON answer.
the question. "Whot will the next
President foee3" in the third Of q
series Of four articles by Fronk K.
Kelly. The former candidate presents
his ideos on Pose A-24.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

ner, Stanley B. Frosh and Jerry
T. Williams.
Mr.. McCeney resigned De-
cember 81 to become general
counsel Of the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Evening star., 1960-01-26
G.0.P.B BungEes
Initiation Fight,
DemocrdtsSay
Capitol Group Asks
New Policy to Spur
Economic Growth
BY LEE M. COIN
Star stsn Writer

Democrats on the Senate
House Economic Committee to-
day accused the Eisenhower ad-
ministration Of curbing pros
perity in a bungled campaign
against imitation.
Publishing a sort of guide
book for campaign debate On
tight money and other eco
nomic issues, the committee
majority proposed sweeping
changes in fiscal, monetary and
debt management policies.
These reforms" the Demo-
Gratis said, would double the
Nations rate of economic
growth.
Republicans on the commit
tee filed a dissent calling the
majority report "needlessly par
tisan" and unbalanced and
evasive."
Oppose Bond Rise
In a key recommendation
the Democrats said Congress
should reject President Eisen-
hower's demand for authority
to sell Treasury bonds at in
terest rates above the 4H4 per
cent legal ceiling. This au-
thority, they said, should be
withheld until the Treasury
and the Federal Reserve Board
reform their policies and pro-
cedures-and these reforms
would make the whole issue
academic"
This stand, the Republicans
charged, amounts to political
blackmail."
The report concludes the
committees l0-month. 5000 900
study Of employment, growth
and price levels. More than 100
witnesses testified at hearings
and the committee produced or
commissioned % special studies
The project was in part a
Democratic reply to the work
'of Vice President Nixon's COM
mittee on imitation and growth.
President Hits Report
President Eisenhower criti-
cized the report at his news
conference today for a lack
of bipartisanship. He said his
proposed commission to study
national goals will conduct a
thorough, scholarly, bipartisan
study Of the economy. Mr..
Eisenhower first proposed the
commission year ago, but it
has not been named.
Mr.. Eisenhower said the COM
mittee in the past has held
hearings on the Presidents
economic report before issuing
its own report, but this time
made its report without hear
ings.
Actually, the committee will
hold hearings next week on the
Presidents economic report,
and will issue another report
based on them. Today's report
was a separate matter. con-
.cerned with the committees
special l0-month study Of the
economy.
Americas economy has failed
See ECONOMIC, Page A-3
Evening star., 1960-01-26

ference. At that time he said
he was not sure it was con-
stitutional. and described it as
only one of several remedies
the commission had put for
ward for study.
Mr.. Eisenhower emphasized
at that earlier conference that
he hoped this session of Con-
gress would proceed with his
own civil rights bills from last
year, while giving further
study to the commission report,
Penalty for Threat
The six points covered by the
Eisenhower bills Of last year
comprise a moderate revision
of existing laws. The most i'm
portant point would punish
anyone who uses force or
threats to prevent a commu-
nifty from carrying out a court
order for school desegregation.
Other features would require
preservation of voting records
and give the Justice Depart
ment the right to examine
them, Ak penalties for inter-
State transportation Of explo-
sives used to bomb scools or
other public buildings. provide
limited Federal aid to commu-
mites trying to comply with
court orders to desegregate
schools, and provide for the
education of children of serv-
icemen at posts where State
schools have been closed.
The program is begged down
in the House Rules Committee.
but Senate leaders have agreed
to act on some civil rights leg
islation about mid-February.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

community and reinforces the
position Of the algerian Ma
tionalist) Fellagam. Shall this
folly continue?"
Yet what can the govern
ment do?
To an outsider-and in fact
many metropolitan Frenchmen
the answer may seem clear
enough. In the past there has
been a general tendency to
blame the situation in Algeria
on weakness and indecision Of
the government in Paris or the
disloyalty of the French army.
Since as Gen. de Gaulle says
the authority of the state can
not retreat. nothing is easier
than to argue that the rebellion
must be forcibly crushed at
whatever cost in the shortest
possible time.
No Order to Attack
In fact, however, it is un-
likely that an order will be
given to attack the barricades
in AlgieSs. And if the order
were given it would probably
not be carried out.
This is not a question of in
decision on the par: of the
government or disloyalty on
the part of the army. 1t is a
question in which political
sympathies or devotion to one
or another national policy sim
ply do not enter at all.
1t is quite simply a fact that
no responsible government
could give such order and no
army of any civilized country
could be counted on to obey it.
The casualties caused in the
course Of rioting with police
are one thing. But for French
forces in AlgierS to launch an
all-out assault on 1900 French
civilians. including a number
OF women and children, is vir-
tually unthinkable. The con-
sequence most certainly would
See DE GAULLE, Page Al
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Firm Algeria
Move Made
Gau||e
TuIks to Officials
Hint Toking Of
Full Powers

PARIS. Jan. 26 (AP) -
President Charles de Gaulle
tonight stepped firmly into ef-
forts to end the deadlock be-
tween government troops and
barricaded insurgents in Al
gierS.
Canceling a cabinet meeting,
Gen. de Gaulle instead called
Premier Michel Debre, Defense
Minister Pierre Guillaumat and
other government figures to
the presidential palace.
All private communications
with Algeria were halted as
Gen. de Gaulle conferred with
them.
The order in which he called
the ministers to his Office indi-
Gated he might be considering
a constitutional provision al
lowing him to assume full pow
ers If he feels the integrity OF
the state is menaced.
Debre Gives Warning
Mr.. Debre warned French
men that all can be lost if
order is not re-established and
maintained in Algeria.
Mr.. Debre issued the warn
ing in an official statement fol-
lowing his return from a mid
dle-of-the-n might visit to AL
giers, where French insurgents
still occupy the heart Of the
city.
1t was a clear warning to
Frenchmen that right-wing ex-
tremistS are threatening the
future of France itself unless
they abandon their stubborn
uprising.
The insurgent die-hards were
reported to have been promised
the French Army will not shoot
them out of their barricades.
But Mr.. Debre declared the
policy of self determination for
Algerians stands.
Stands Firm on Aims
Nothing has happened that
will deter pursuit of the aim
of President de Gaulles ad-
ministration to let Algeria's
nine million North Africans de- !
eide their own future, he said. |
There is no other issue in |
the crisis which is splitting Al |
geria." Mr.. Debre declared after |
a noon meeting with Gen. de
Gaulle at the Presidential Pal
ace.
The French Press Agency said |.
Gen. de Gaulle's military COM
mander and civil representa-
tive in Algeria had promised
the army will not fire on in
surgentS.
"a Frenchmen Killed
With "a Frenchmen dead and
140 injured in Sundays battle
between rightist mobs and riot
police. most of the rebel hold
outs behind the barricades ap-
peared today in the khaki
fatigue uniforms OF Algeria's
territorial guards, a civilian
militia.
The Press Agency quoted the
Algiers newspaper Echo d'Alger
See ALGERIA, Page Al.
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Village in England
Strikes Gold Again

CALIFORNIA, England, Jan.
26 (AP) Beach strollers at
this east coast village again
are finding centuries-old gold
coins. They are believed to be
part of a hoard hidden in
nearby towering cliffs by q
royalist family during the 18th
century civil wars.
The coins first were found on
the sand about a century ago.
so the community was named
California in recognition of the
gold rush.
Evening star., 1960-01-26
$1,000 Seized
7 Gunnnen
Tuvern Co-owner
Bound, Gagged

The co-owner of the Tick
Took Tavern told police two
armed men handcuffed and
gagged him and made of with
about $1,000 in a carefully
planned Prince Georges County
holdup early today.
John v. Del Vecchio. so, OF
1o2 Wayne avenue. Silver
Spring, said he found himself
facing two snub-nosed 49,
caliber revolvers when he left
his car at $50 am. to open
the tavern at University boule-
ward and Riggs road, Adelphi
The two white men, both
about 25 years old, had been
sitting in another car, appar-
emily awaiting his arrival, he
said.
Alarm Turned Of
Apparently they knew all the
angles. Mr.. Del Vecchio said
they made him turn of a bur-
glar alarm before ordering him
to unlock the front door. Then
they told him to turn on the
outside sign. as is the owners
custom in opening the tavern.
They seemed to know just
where everything was," Mr.. Del
Vecchio recalled later, but l
don't remember ever seeing
them before. They didn't talk
except to repeatedly say. 'Hur-
~, hurry"
Their first move inside the
tavern was to force him to
open a safe in the rear room,
he continued. This yielded all
the loot. Then they Systemati-
cdlly went through three cash
registers, but none contained
money.
Mr.. Del Vecchio explained
the large amount in the safe
by the fact that he cashes pay
roll checks.
Mr.. Del Vecchio said the
men led him into the kitchen,
fastened his hands behind his
back to a pole on a table. and
gagged him with about a dozen
loopings of i2-inch bandaging
tape. They then left by a side
door.
Found by Customer
About 6 am. a customer
finding the front door locked,
peered through the glass. He
could see through the kitchen
door. on a direct line with the
front door. the bandaged head
Of a man.
Upon his telephoned report
that "a masked man was in the
tavern" Police Pvt. Joseph
Marcheggiani quickly arrived,
tried all the doors and, finding
them locked. broke the front
door glass to enter. Detective
R. c. Carter arrived shortly to
assist.
Mr.. Del Vecchio said he had
tried to pull the kitchen table
toward a telephone about eight
feet away in hope of knocking
of the receiver and attracting
attention. The best he could
do was knock some dishes of
the table.
Describes Bandits
In the 9la years he has been
at the tavern there have been
several break -ins, but this was
the first holdup during that
time, Mr.. Del Vecchio said.
He described one of the
bandits as 5 feet 8, 160 pounds,
with brown hair, dark complex
ion, pimply, long face, wearing
a tan car coat and light cap.
The second was 5 feet 6, $50
pounds. with black hair, long
at the top and sides, Stocky
build and wearing a blue
jacket. They made their get
away in a tan sedan said to be
six or seven years old.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

the men, ships. planes and
guns to do it with, he would
fight his way back.
Aside from the military need
to keep the encircling enemy
in ignorance. there was the
morale of those who would
have to stay behind. They
formed the only barrier to the
rollup of Southeast
Asia and much of the Pacific.
The believing guns on the rock
Evening star., 1960-01-26

down in an uneasy stalemate.
And chances of a quick end to
the outbreak on the govern
ment's terms have dimmed
considerably.
Leaders of the revolt. to be
sure, have not gained their
objectives. The army-and for
that matter a large part of the
civilian population in Algeria
have not rallied to their cause
The government in Paris has
declared firmly that its Algerian
policy will not be changed.
On the other hand the revolt
itself has not been crushed
After the show of firmness
which left many dead and
wounded in the streets of Al
giers; after appeals for calm
ness and sanity from all sides
and after a personal visit from
Premier Michel Debre last
night, Algiers today is still in
a state of siege. And the prob
lem of raising this siege be-
comes more complicated every
hour.
Some Fight, Others Parade
1t is a weird situation. In
the heart of the city, behind
their pavingstone barricades
some 1900 armed Frenchmen
defy the French army, vowing
to resist to the death any effort
to dislodge them. A short dis
tance away, crowds Of civilians
parade through the city streets
in a demonstration of SYM
pathy. Throughout Algiers
transportation and business all
at standstill. Demonstrations
in other cities, while so far
mostly peaceful. serve a clear
warning that the revolt could
spread quickly.
In such a situation, time is
clearly not on the side of the
government.
Each hour that passes, "
Figaro comments today, COM
promises the authority of the
state, confuses the Moslem
Evening star., 1960-01-26

'SN' VI StdNGNNGHt on $uDQ.
Pose A-9
President threw the weight of
his Office into the effort to i'm
prove relations which have de-
Perforated badly since Mr.. Cas-
tro came to power.
The statement issued at a
White House news conference
was polite but firm.
In his statement, the Presi.
dent appealed indirectly to the
Cuban people to keep interna-
tional communism from gaining
a foothold in Cuba. He said
communism is trying to destroy
democracy in Cuba and to
wreck Cuban-American friend
ship.
Rights Emphasized
1t reaffirmed the United
States intention not to inter-
vene in the domestic affairs of
Cuba, but at the same time
emphasized that this Govern
ment will protect its own rights
and the rights Of its citizens.
Mr.. Eisenhower said he
is deeply concerned and per-
picked" at the steady deteriora-
ton of relations with Cuba. He
put the blame squarely upon
Prime Minister Castro and
the revolutionary governments
publicity organs.
He issued the statement after
two conferences with Secretary
of State Herter and one with
United States Ambassador
Philip w. Bonsal. who was
summoned here from Havana
over the week end in protest
to insults" hurled by Mr..
Castro.
Five Policy Points
Mr.. Eisenhower made five
principal points in the state
ment of policy:
/. The United States will
continue to adhere strictly to
the policy of non-intervention.
2. 1t will continue to try to
prevent illegal acts (such as
leaflet "bombardmentSD di.
rected against other govern
ments.
8. The United States views
with increasing concern the
tendency of Mr.. Castro and his
spokesmen to create the i'll
lusion of aggressive acts and
conspiratorial activities aimed
at the Cuban government and
attributed to United States
officials or agencies"
4. The United States recog-
nizes Cuba's right to UNDER
take social, economic and
political reforms, with due re-
See EISENHOWER, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Revolt Places De GouIIe
In Grovest Dilemma
Algerian Policy Faces TotoI Defeat,
But Assault on Rebels Is Unlikely
BY CROSBY S. MOVES

PARIS jan 26-Despite plenty of confusion emotional
ism and censorship in the from Algeria today the
seriousness of President Charles de Gaues dilemma is
becoming frightenngy clear
Since yesterday the governments effort suppress the
armed mutiny of French settlers in Algeria has begged
Evening star., 1960-01-26
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President Rejects
Repriso|s on Cuba
New Plan to Protect
Vote Rights Disclosed
Rogers to Outline Scheme Modifying
Commissions Registrar Proposal

The administration has plan for protecting voting
rghtsa major issue in the congressional drive for
effective civil rights legislation.
Attorney General Rogers called press conference for
late today to outline the approach which, it was
learned, will be modification of the Federal registrar
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Says Reds.
Try to Cut
Ties to u. S.
BY JOHN V. HORNER
Star STAFF Writer

President Eisenhower today
admonished Cuban Prime Min
lister Fidel Castro for "unwar-
ranted attacks" on the United
States. The President ruled
out any economic reprisals at
this time, but served notice
that Mr.. CaStro'S revolutionary
government must abide by in
ternational law. ,
In a restatement of United
States policy toward Cuba. the
Evening star., 1960-01-26
TILE M/EATuEb. Full Report
I'LL "LAI"IN. on Paee Az

District and vicinity-Increasing cloudi-
ness tonight; low 28 Cloudy and colder
tomorrow. High and low of past "a hours:
High, 81 at 2 pm. today; low, 80, at am.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

Text Of Settlement on Cubo.
Poae A.!
Evening star., 1960-06-12
Pct of Teens Who
Know About 1t
Your Check

If YOU are as we'll versed some Of these young
people say they are you will that the initials stand
for World Health Organization the Food and Agriculture
Organization International Labor Organization United
Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organlza-
ton international Finance Corporation and United Ma
tions International Children's Emergency Fund
When it comes to working for the u NJ it's the
girls who are enthusiastic Thirtyeght per cent OF
them say they'd like to make OF it, against only
6 per cent of the boys Not unnauray it's the boys
46 per centwho say they would be willing to serve on
u NJ police force. Only IL per cent of the girls say
they would
On the controversial matter of admitting Communist
China to the United Nations, surprising proporton
of the young people favorable. No fewer than 80
per cent of the boys and 27 per cent of the girls tnn
it should be- However 81 per cent of the boys ana 5S
per cent of the girls say no.
Everyone should be given say in the u NJ eX-
plains Peggy Cavett 16, of indianapolis.
at seems ridiculous to me-" adds Barbara Stepner'
16 of Miami Beach, that country as large as Chna'
and one ready detonate the atomic bomb, shouont
be recognized even if it is communiStlc
But Stuart Macdonald, 16, of Richmond states
sterny:
China is an aggreSSor nation and Unlteo NaIolS
policy does not tolerate aggression
Only IL per cent of informants tell us they near
much approval of the U. NJ Seventy-eight per cent
would like discussion OF the unteo NaCloS
in the high school classroom.
Evening star., 1960-06-12

is a very nice boy and now
that he has his driving
license he is allowed to use
the family car.
My parents do not want
me to date in cars yet,
although they say they
trust me.
Mrs. Kicker, 1 know the
facts of life and i have very
high standards, which l in
tend to live up to. I've been
dating about a year and a
half, my grades in school
are high and 1 am popular.
Do you think l am ready
for car dating yet? This
question came up briefly