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Eisenhower Asserts
12 U. 5. Divisions Can
Hold Breton Peninsula
By th« Associated Press
Gen. Eisenhower has told Sen
ators that 12 American divisions
—with sufficient air and sea sup
port — could hold the Breton
peninsula of France against any
Russian attack.
In confidential testimony given
to Senate committees February 1,
the North Atlantic pact com
mander expressed confidence that
“our 150 million enlightened peo
ple can still whip 190 million
backward people” in Russia if war
comes.
Asserting that the men in the
Kremlin “like their jobs,” Gen.
Eisenhower said that if the Soviet
leaders declare war now “they are
really fools.”
Sees no Quick Knockout.
“They cannot win on the global
picture instantly and quickly by
a complete knockout,” he said.
“Therefore, we do face a long,
bitter struggle of attrition against
the United States and this 150
million people—when they are
united under such an attack—is
still the most powerful thing on
this earth under the Amiightv
himself.”
The five-star general told mem
bers of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions and Armed Services Com
mitees that the decision on whetn
er to use the atomic bomb would
have to be made on the basis of
whether its military value out
weighs the moral disadvantages.
“If I thought the net was on
my side,” he said, “I would use
It instantly.”
Fulbright Favors Care.
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas said he thought that
the United States ought never to
say that it won’t use the A-bomb
first. He argued that this coun
try ought to maintain the posi
tion that it might use the bomb
through a satellite.
Gen. Eisenhower said that if
Russia seemed about to get con
trol of Western Europe, this
country would have to use every
thing “if it means every atom
bomb in your stockpile."
Urging the committees to ap
prove sending additional United
States divisions to Europe, Gen.
Eisenhower said, “So long as you
have a few troops (in Europe) I
would ^hake with respect to their
safety in case we got in trouble.
‘You give me a small army of a
dozen divisions, for example, and
there is no Russian army in the
world—short of some catastrophe
I couldn’t possibly foresee—that
could destroy them before we could
do something about it,” he de
clared.
Senator Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia asked what Gen. Eisen
hower meant.
Means Holding Operation.
“Evacuate them or go back to a
place where they were safe,” the
general replied, adding:
“For example, you could put a
dozen American divisions in the
Breton Peninsula, where they can
be covered by our own sea and air
power, and the Russians couldn’t
touch them to save their souls.”
Gen. Eisenhower said, however,
that if the forces were spread on
a wide perimeter, air power could
not be concentrated at any single
point.
He made it clear that his goal
is a defensive force to hold Eu- |
rope and not one that could
threaten attack on Russia.
"These forces, when they get
strong enough, let us say, to hold
the line at the Rhine or the Elbe—
picking the line you want—still
have no more power of threaten
ing the Soviet Union,” he said.
Bethesda Girl on Range
Accidentally Shoots Self
* A 17-year-old Bethesda girl:
accidentally shot herself in the
right leg yesterday when she slip
ped as she was about to start
target practice at an outdoor pis
tol range.
Miss Martha Abbott, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Abbott, 30
East Bradley lane, Chevy Chase,
said the .22-caliber pistol dis
charged when she slipped on the
soft ground at Gobblers Knob,
near the Congressional Country
Club.
Miss Abbott, a junior at Bethes
da-Chevy Chase High School, was
treated at Suburban Hospital and
released.
OPENS TV RELIGIOUS PROGRAM—The Rev. Philip M. Hannan,
vice chancellor of the Washington Archdiocese (center), inter
views Army Chaplain (Maj.) Lawrence E. Ryan (left) and Army
Nurse (Capt.) Margaret G. Blake on the new television religious
program, “Midday Chapel,” that opened today over Station
WTTG. Chaplain Ryan and Capt. Blake recently returned
from Korea. —Star Staff Photo.
Nurse and Chaplain
From Korea Featured
On New TV Program
A nurse and a chaplain from
the Korean front were featured
today on the first of a “Midday
Chapel” television program series
over Station WTTG.
Capt. Margaret G. Blake of the
Army Nurse Corps and Army
Chaplain Lawrence E. Ryan of
Fort Monmouth, N. J., gave their
impressions of Korea. They were
interviewed by the Rev. Philip M.
Hannan, vice chancellor of the
Washington Catholic Archdiocese.
Monday and Wednesday pro
grams on “Midday Chapel” will be
devoted to Catholic presentations;
Tuesday and Thursday shows to
Protestant, and the Friday to
Jewish programs. They are being
telecast from 11:45 a.m. to noon.
Chaplain Ryan was in Korea
from September to January. He
was on the last ship to evacuate
the Hungnam beachhead on
Christmas eve. The next day he
celebrated three masses aboard
ship.
Upset, Not Discouraged.
“The men were upset but not
discouraged,” Chaplain Ryan said
regarding the bad turn of events
at that time. “They thought the
conflict was at an end when they
went to the border. You can
say when the fellows complain
the morale is good; when they
are silent, it is not so good.”
The 47-year-old chaplain said
he was surprised at the number
of Christian Koreans.
“The work of the missionaries
certainly showed its effect,” he
declared. “I even said mass in
one of their churches.”
Chaplain Ryan spoke in Latin
with a native priest. Father Lee
Jack of Waegwam, because nei
ther could speak the other s lan
guage.
Army Nurse Capt. Blake is not
too happy at being in Washing
ton to help a nurse procurement
drive. She wants to be back in
Korea.
Nurse Was at Taejon.
“At least there you can do what
you want to do, nursing,” she ex
planied. Capt. Blake was at Tae
jon on July 9 when the lighting
was bitter, with a mobile Army
surgical hospital unit operating on
soldiers who could not be moved
far from the front lines.
“I could hear the firing while
the operations were going on,”
Capt. Blake, who saw service In
North Africa, Italy and the Philip
pines during the last war, said.
In addition to the interview,
Father Hannan displayed a chap
lain’s kit on the program. The kit
included a calice, liturgical articles,
vestments, altar cloths, candles,
and vessels for holy communion.
Dr. Albert Shirkey, minister of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, will be interviewed by Dr.
Frederick E. Reissig, executive sec
retary of the Washington Federa
tion of Churches, on the program
opening the Protestant series to
morrow.
Dr. William M. Mann
Has Hospital Checkup
Dr. William M. Mann, director
of the Zoo, is in Georgetown Hos
pital to determine whether he will
undergo spinal surgery.
The 64-year-old animal author
ity expects to be in the hospital
from eight to 10 days while he has;
a checkup and X-rays to see what
can be done about an enlarged
bone that is pinching a nerve
leading to his right arm.
$160,000 Harbor Lighl
Building Is Dedicated
By Salvation Army
The new debt-free $160,000
"Harbor Light” building of the
Salvation Army, 909 I street N.W.,
was officially dedicated yesterday
to its mission of rehabilitating
homeless alcoholics.
The first meeting of the Harbor
Light Corps was held in the new
building last night. About 100
people gathered for the mission
services and five expresed a de
sire to get rid of their drinking
habits.
Mrs. Truman, Associate Jus
tices Douglas and Burton par
ticipated in yesterday’s dedication
ceremonies in the main hall.
Building Fills Big Need.
Lieutenant Commissioner Albert
E. Chesham of Atlanta, territorial
commander, who presided, pre
dicted that "Harbor Light” would
head the soul-saving centers in
the organization's 15-State South
ern area.
Lt. Col. Wesley W. Bouterse
head of the Salvation Army here,
said the new building would fill
a great need. He pointed out that
the new facility will provide a
temporary home and practical
counsel and advice for the alco
holics. He said the “therapy of
faith” will be brought into play,
supplementing the work of Alco
holics Anonymous and medical
clinics.
The director of the new build
ing will be Maj. Verner Vansyckle,
Harbor Lights Corps commander
for Washington, who read selected
passages from the scriptures at
the dedication.
Building Free From Debt.
Prayer was offered at the dedi
cation by Dr. Frederick E. Reissig,
executive secretary of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches. C.
Oscar Berry, prominent Washing
ton lawyer and president of the
Advisory Board of the Salvation
Army, introduced the prominent
guests. The dedicatory prayer
was given by Dr. Albert P. Shir
key, pastor, Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church.
"Others present included Judge
Frank H. Myers of Municipal
Court and Hugh Duffield, presi
dent of the Community Chest
Federation.
The Salvation Army said the
new building "has been made pos
sible by the generosity of the
people of Washington” and was
dedicated “free of debt.” The Har
bor Light Corps is one of the
United Community Services and
will receive a large share of its
support from donations to the
Community Chest Federation. Of
ficials said it is the newest addi
tion to the Red Feather agencies.
Lake Erie Level Varies
Since 1900 there have been
variations of nearly five feet in
the surface level of Lake Erie.
NPA Rules Licenses Required
For New YMCA-Type Buildings
By the Associated Press
The National Production Au
thority ruled yesterday that li
censes are required to start new
buildings for 4-H farm clubs, the
YWCA, the YMCA and the YMHA.
New buildings of these groups
that would cost no more than
$5,000 in a year’s time need no
license, however.
The control agency pointed out
that new neighborhood and com
munity buildings costing more
than $5,000 require NPA authori
zation under its construction order
of January 13, designed to con
serve strategic materials and man
power for defense and essential
civilian needs.
Officials held that this category
includes YMCA and similad build
ings. They promised, however, to
give sympathetic consideration to
applications for such construction.
Applications may be submitted
to Commerce Department field
offices.
The ruling was announced in a
statement answering questions
that have been raised regarding
the effect of its construction or
der.
Provisions of*the Order.
That order, known as M-4, pro
vides:
1. That new construction cost
ing more than $5,000 in one year
for amusement, recreation or
amusement purposes is prohibited.
2. That most kinds of new com
mercial construction costing more
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District of Columbia—Cloudy |
with a high of about 50 degrees
this afternoon. Mostly cloudy
and continued rather cold tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight about
33 degrees.
Maryland—Rather cloudy to
night and tomorrow with little
change in temperatures. Low to
night 28 to 34 degrees.
Virginia—Rather cloudy, some
light sleet or rain in the southwest
portion and rain in the extreme
south portion tonight. Low to
night 30 to 35 degrees. Tomor
row cloudy and continued rather
cold with scattered light snow in
the mountains.
Wind north-northeast at 11:30
o’clock at 10 miles an hour.
It will be cloudy tonight east of the Mississippi. Occasional
showers are expected along the Southern Appalachians with
occasional rain over the coastal sections of Southern New Eng
land. The rest of the country will experience fair weather. It
will be colder in the Mississippi Valley and over the South At
lantic States with cold wave conditions anticipated in Missouri.
It will be warmer west of the Continental Divide.
—AP Wlrephoto.
Elver Report.
(From United States Engineers).
R^er clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Perry.
(Readings at Washington Airport.>
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon _._ 34 8 a.iA._03
4 P.m.-35 10 a.m._75
8 p.m.-43 i p.m,_59
High and Lew of Last 24 Hours.
High, 46. at 3:45 p.m.
Low, 31. at 6:35 a.m.
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest, 72. on February 13.
Lowest, 11, on February 8.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished bv United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey.)
I... , Today. Tomorrow.
1 High - 11:05 a.m. 11:45 a.m.
• Low - 5:28 a.m. 6:09 a.m
High - 11:29 p.m.
Low - 6:05 p.m. 6:52 p.m
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 6:25 6:12
• Sun. tomorrow_ 6:22 6:13
• Moon, today . 8:28 a.m. 11:30 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. -1951. Avg. Record.
January _ 2.18 3.55 7.83 ’37
i February _ 2.65 8.37 6.84 ’84
March _ 0.55 3.75 8.84 '91
•April - —_ 3.27 9.13 '89
• May - ... 3.70 10.69 '89
•June _ 4.13 10.94 'on
•July - 4.71 10.63 '86
• August - 4.01 14.41 "28
! September _ 3.24 17.45 '34
• October _ 2.84 8.81 '37
! November _ 2.37 8.69 '89
• December _ 3.32 7.56 01
Temperatures In Various Cities.
High. Low. High, Low.
Albuquerque 50 24 New York 46 35
Atlantic City 44 37 Norfolk_ 45 38
Atlanta 47 41 Omaha 30 16
Bismarck.. 6 -14 Philadelphia 4 5 34
Boston- 63 35 Phoenix 76 48
Chicago .. 86 29 Pittsburgh _ 41 26
Cincinnati. 42 33 Portld., Me. 43 36
Detroit- 37 25 Portld., Oreg. 43 39
El Paso 70 31 Richmond 53 21
Kansas City 36 22 St. Louis 35 32
Los Angeles. 71 47 San Antonio 71 38
Louisville_ 40 35 S. Francisco 63 40
Memphis __ 71 39 Seattle_ 43 35
Milwaukee . 33 29 Tampa_ 80 64
New Orleans 83 62
than $5,000, and neighborhood
and community buildings costing
in excess of that figure, are for
bidden unless individually author
ized by NPA. Authorizations are
to be granted usually when a
project would further the defense
effort; be essential to public
health, welfare or safety, or alle
viate or prevent hardship to a
community.
The new announcement called
attention to the fact that no NPA
licenses are required to construct
schools, libraries, churches or
medical clinics.
Other points brought out in
cluded;
NPA licenses are not required
for post offices if they would in
clude no space for any other use.
Radio and television stations
and buildings for the primary pur
pose of publishing newspapers,
books or periodicals may be started
without authorization. But a
building primarily for job print
ing may not.
Food Lockers Included.
Licenses are required for con
struction of cold storage food
lockers and for farmers’ co-opera
tive stores handling food or other
agricultural products. Construc
tion of food processing plants is
exempted, however.
Restaurants open to the general
public require authorization. But
a restaurant In a factory, for fac
tory personnel, does not.
Licenses must be obtained for
construction of storage warehouses
for consumer goods or personal
effects, but not for storage build
ings used in manufacturing or
processing, or for wholesaling of
food products.
A parking garage adjoining a
new apartment house for its ten
ants may be built without au
thorization if the garage is part
of the apartment. Public garages
or other public parking facilities
may not be started without an
NPA license.
Hangars for commercial aircraft
require no authorization. Neither
do a trucker’s terminal facilities.
There is no restriction on the
construction of zoological and bo
tanical gardens because of their
educational value.
Demolition Cost Included.
In figuring construction costs,
the cost of demolishing an exist
ing building to clear the way for
new construction must be included.
Architect’s and attorney's fees
need not be included in computa
tions of construction costs, except
in the case of alterations in office
and loft buildings and hotels. Such
alterations are permitted without
authorization if their cost does
not exceed 25 cents a square foot
of the occupied space.
The cost of gasoline dispensing
equipment, including underground
tanks, need not be included in con
struction costs. However, the cost
of installation must be included.
The shifting of portable parti
tions in department stores or of
fices is not considered construc
tion.
When it is necessary to drive
permanent piling for the substruc
ture of a building, the driving of
the piling constitutes the begin
ning of construction.
Hussein Ala Approved
As Iranian Premjer;
Pro-Western Leader
By the Associated.Press
TEHERAN, Iran, Mar. 12.—
j Iran's Parliament today approved
69-27 the appointment of a new
Premier — anti-Communist Hus
i sien Ala. The appointment was
made yesterday by Shah Moham
med Reza Pahlevi.
Mr. Ala said he hoped to pre
sent a cabinet to Parliament for
a vote of confidence in the next
day or two. He conferred with
political leaders this afternoon in
an effort to get agreement on a
new government.
Western diplomats viewed Mr.
Ala as a good choice to resist Rus
jsian pressure on this oil-rich
—AP Wirephoto.
HUSSEIN ALA.
country. A former Foreign Min
ister, he has been a national hero
since his vigorous stand against
the Soviets before the United Na
tions during the 1946 squabble
over Iran’s Azerbaijan province.
Fahimi Turned Down.
The 68-year-old Ala at first
refused the appointment due to
poor health. He was persuaded
to reconsider after the lower house
of parliament turned down Khalil
Fahimi, named temporary Pre
mier following the assassination
Wednesday of Premier Ali Raz
mara by a religious fanatic.
Mr. Ala will need a strong hand
to cope with the complex internal
problems facing Iran.
Main domestic issues are the
nationalization of oil, chiefly the
giant, half-British owned Anglo
Iranian Oil Co.; bettering the
woeful economic condition of
the people and restoring confi
dence in law and order which was
badly shaken with Gen. Raz
mara’s assassination.
Lineup With West Expected.
Many parliament deputies have
been reluctant to go on record
against oil nationalization since
the killing of Gen. Razmara by a
member of the nationalist terror
organization Payadan Is.am (cru
saders of Islam).
Mr. Ala is expected to tine up
with the West on international
issues. He has been outspoken in
his determination to prevent Iran
from being swallowed up by Soviet
Russia, her northern neighbor.
The new Premier has been serv
ing as a court minister and chair
man of the special commission set
up by the Shah to carry out a
program for distributing his royal
estates to the peasants.
Hussein Ala was Iran's Ambas
sador here from November, 1945,
until last May. He also served as
Minister to this country from 1921
to 1924.
In 1946 he shuttled between here
and New York, where he fought
before the United Nations Security
Council for removal of Soviet
troops from Iran. His success won
him international attention and
made him a national hero.
Educated in England, Mr. Ala
began his diplomatic career as an
attache in London in 1902 and was
private secretary to his country’s
foreign minister from 1906 to 1917.1
In 1918 he was appointed to his
first cabinet post, as minister of
public works. Subsequently, he
served as delegate to the Paris
Peace Conference, minister to
Spain, Prance and England, dele
gate to the League of Nations and
in three other cabinet posts. He
was foreign minister briefly last
year after leaving Washington.
The new prime minister’s wife
still is living here in Washington.
Their daughter. Miss Iran Ala., is
attending Byrn Mawr College,
where she will be graduated this
June, and Mme. Ala plans to
remain in this country at least
: until then, an Embassy spokesman
| said. A son. Fereydoun Ala, is a
student at Harvard.
Eugene Dennis Released
At End of Contempt Term
. By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, Mar. 12.—Eugene
Dennis, general secretary of the
Communist Party in the United
States, was released from prison
today after serving 10 months
for contempt of Congress.
“Now, I’m in good fighting
trim,” he told reporters, explain
ing he had lost 50 pounds while
in prison. “I will really crusade
for peace.”
Dennis emerged from the Fed
S eral House of Detention 50
! minutes before his scheduled re
lease time, and only his wife
Peggy, and 12-year-old son,
; Eugene, jr., were there to meet
I him.
They breakfasted at a nearby
| restaurant, and later about 100
! persons gathered to meet Dennis,
and sing, “we will not be moved.”
Dennis, sentenced for contempt
in refusing to answer questions
of the House Un-American Activi
ties Committee, now faces a five
year term in the communist con
spiracy ycase.
He and 10 other Red leaders
were convicted of conspiring to
advocate forcible overthrow of
the United States Government,
and are still free in bail await
ing appeal to the Supreme Court.
Dutch Industrial Fair
The Royal Netherlands Indus
tries Fair will be made semiannual
this year, with showings in April]
and September at Utrecht.
The Federal Spotlight
Pentagon Workers on Field Day
At U. S. Expense, Sabath Says
— By Joseph Young
Representative Sabath, Democrat, of Illinois, has charged that
the Pentagon’s civilian employes are having a field day at Govern
ment expense.
Mr. Sabath told the House that 50 per cent of the outgoing tele
phone calls from the Pentagon are personal calls with some lasting
up to half an hour.
The veteran legislator also'
charged that the retail stores and
shops in the Pentagon’s concourse
“are filled with employes doing
their shopping
on Government
time, during
ihopping hours.”
Also, Mr. Sab
bath charged,
"t h e coffee
chops and res
taurants do a
land-office busi
ness at all hours
of the day.”
Regarding his
charges of long
personal phone
calls, Mr. Sa
bath asked his J»**ph Yount,
colleagues: "How often have you
found the telephone lines busy
when you attempted to call the
Pentagon on business during the
working hours of the day, even
though the building is equipped
with the largest telephone switch
board in the world?”
Mr. Sabath asserted that "there
appears to be no supervision or
control whatever over this laxity
in work hours or personal calls
made on Government time, over
Government facilities, at a time
when our agencies are supposed
to be straining their utmost in the
defense effort.”
Mr. Sabath’s remains have
special significance, since he is one
of the outstanding liberal mem
bers of Congress a staunch admin
istration supporter and has always
been a strong friend of Govern
ment employes. It’s true that he
made the speech partly in an ef
fort to show that Republican
businessmen now hold key execu
tive jobs in the Defense Depart
ment and should be held respon
sible for the conditions which he
described to the House, but the
fact remains that the attack was
aimed specifically at Federal em
ployes in the Pentagon.
The Sabath speech represents
a definite feeling in Congress,
among Democrats and Repub
licans alike, that Federal hiring
is proceeding at too fast a pace
and that a lot of jobs could be
eliminated without hurting the
defense program.
Mr. Sabath did not say where
he received his information re
garding the practice of personal
phone calls, nor how many of the
employes observed shopping were
actually doing it on Government
time. Regarding shopping, many
Pentagon employes say that they
shop on their own time, pointing
out that they use annual leave or
their lunch hour to shop.
As reported here last week,
there also is considerable criticism
in Congress that some of the
employes working overtime on
Saturdays in the defense and
other mobilization agencies have
nothing to do and are “loafing"
on the job.
WWW*
PAY—Most of the Federal em
ploye groups privately say they
are willing to settle for a 10 per
cent Government pay raise if they
can get it. Publicly, they’re still
sticking to their demands for a
17 to 20 per cent pay boost.
Indications are that if Congress
does approve a Federal pay in
crease, the overall amount will,
average about 7 per cent at best, i
* * * *
CONGRESSIONAL PAY
—Meanwhile, members of Con
gress are discussing ways o'f in
creasing their own salaries. The
biggest deterrent is the fear of
what their constituents would
think.
+ * * *
NOT MUCH MdVING—Top
Government officials are privately
predicting that the much-heralded
decentralization and dispersal
programs will amount to very lit
tle, at least for the foreseeable
future. The sentiment against
dispersal and decentralization
seems to be growing daily in Con
gress. And the Budget Bureau is
also losing some of its enthusi
asm for the programs.
* * * *
JOBS—The Civil Service Com
mission will announce exams later
this month for railroad inspectors’
jobs with the Interstate Com
merce Commission paying salaries
of $5,400 a year. . . . Starting
March 20, the commission will
accept applications for GS-12 and
above employes for top Govern
ment administrative positions.
Technical personnel in Govern
ment in these grades as'well as
administrative employes in these
grades are being encouraged to
apply. . . . The commission has
announced exams for mathemat
ical, analytical and survey statis
ticians. $3,825 to $5,400 a year,
and for patent examiners, $3,100
annually.
* * * *
VETERANS — The number of
veterans in Government has
reached an all-time high, the Civil
Service Commission reports. There
were 979,700 veterans on the Fed
eral payroll as of January 1. To
tal Government employment is
2,024,000.
* * * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP — Everett
L. Hollis has been appointed gen
eral counsel to the Atomic Energy
Commission. . . . The following
employes in the Production and
Marketing Administration, Agri
culture Department, have received
awards for either meritorious sug
gestions or outstanding work per
formance; Lydia M. Sachs, Forrest
M. Townsend, W. H. Hunt, Morris
H. Neustadt, Dorothy Nickerson,
William Paulson, Harold C. Slade.
Lawrence Zeleny, E. P. BostwicK
and F. L. Southerland. . .
“Maintaining High Employe Mo
rale During the Emergency” will
be discussed by the Society for
Personal Administration at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in the Archives
Auditorium. Participating will be
Roscoe Martin, consultant to the
administration of Federal Civil
Defense Administration; Russell
cox, employment officer of the
agency, and Robert Holmes, em
ploye relations officer of the Li
brary of Congress. . . . Department
of Labor Lodge No. 228, American
Federation of Government Em
ployes, has selected the following
as chairmen of various commit
tees: Vernon K. Banta, adjust
ment and appeals; Curtis L. Fid
ler, auditing; Donald C. Roden,
civic affairs; Joseph Posner, Dis
trict department of the AFGE;
George E. Chapman, financial;
Shada Von Hein, membership;
Map' F. Carney, performance
ratings; Jacob I. Bellow, retire
ment legislation; Pauline B.
Paro, transfer and promotions;
Ralph French, wage legislation;
Martha Showalter, welfare, and
Joaquin A. Bazan, buildings, park
ing and cafeteria. . . . The Atomic
Emergency Commission will keep
open its employment office in
building T-3, Sixteenth" street and
Constitution avenue N.W., and
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Satur
days to interview applicants for
stenographic and typing jobs. In
terviews will be made by appoint
ment only. Those interested
should call Sterling 8000, exten
sion 392. . . . William L. Hamilton
of the adjutant general’s office is
retiring after 33 years of Govern
ment service. . . . Harold S. De
Merritt, a commodity expert in
the Tariff Commission’s metals di
vision, is retiring after 34 years
in the Government. . . . J. Thomas
Schneider, chairman of the De
fense Department’s personal ool
icy board, will address a dinner
meeting of the Federal Club at 6
p.m. tomorrow in the Willaid
Hotel.
Clinical Assembly Plans
Meeting in Parkfairfax
Plans for the second annual
Northern Virginia Clinical Assem
bly, sponsored by the Alexandria
Medical Society, were announced
today.
The assembly, designed to give
practitioners in the area a chance
to hear of the latest advances in
medicine and discussions of prac
tical problems from various lead
ers, will be held April 1 in the
Charles Barrett School, Parkfair
fax.
Dr. Milton R. Stein, chairman
of the assembly, said he hoped
for an attendance of about 150.
Specialists will discuss such
problems as the cough, obesity and
the psychosomatic aspects of
cardiovascular disease.
Military Is Top Target
Of Reds' Infiltration
Now, Ferguson Says
By the Associated Press
Senator Ferguson. Republican.
Michigan, said today he believes
the Communists in this country
now are giving top priority to in
filtration of America's military
establishment.
“Before the current emergency,
the main objective of the Reds was
to penetrate our State Depart
ment,” Senator Ferguson declarea.
“But I believe their No. 1 target
now is penetration of our armed
services, with our industrial plants
second on the list and the State
Department third.”
Senator Ferguson is a member
of a new Senate Internal Security
Committee which has started a
broad investigation aimed at turn
ing out any Communists or Red
sympathizers in the armed forces
or the Government's civilian
agencies.
Hearings May Start Secretly.
The committe headed by Sena
tor McCarran, Democrat, of Ne
vada, also is looking into the
problem cf getting rid of sub
versive aliens.
Senator Ferguson told a reporter
the investigations underway may
be carried on in secret for months
before there are any public hear
ings.
“It's the only way to deal with
a situation like this,” he added.
“The Communists work under
cover and you have to work under
cover, too. to catch them at it.”
Senator Ferguson refused to
say whether the committee has
obtained any evidence that Com
munists or their agents actually
have infiltrated the armed serv
ices. But he declared:
“Our job in the committee is to
operate on the assumption that
they have. They are not dumb;
they are very smart. Certainly
in times like these it must be
obvious to every one that they
would want very much to know
everything they can about our
military secrets.”
Indefinite on Targets.
The Michigan lawmaker also
refused to be specific about just
which part of the military estab
lishment he believes the Com
munists have made their target.
He indicated, however, that he
was talking about planning oper
ations and not the ranks of the
fighting men.
The internal security group's
investigation of Federal civilian
agencies will be on a broad scale,
Senator Ferguson said.
He made it clear that particular
attention will be paid to the State
Department, which was the target
last year of Co*lmunist-in-Gov
ernment charges by Senator Mc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin.
Mrs. Ross Divorced,
To Wed Roosevelt
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star
KEY WEST, Fla., Mar. 12— Mrs.
Minnewa Bell Ross, whose name
has been linked romantically with
that of Elliott Roosevelt, second
son of the late President, was di
vorced in Monroe County Circuit
Court this morning while Mr.
Roosevelt waited in a hotel not far
aw'ay.
Mrs. Ross divorced Dr. Rex L.
Ross, jr., of Santa Monica, Calif,
on grounds of ‘‘extreme cruelty.”
they have a son Rex L, III, and
Judge Aquiline Lopez, jr., who dis
posed of the proceedings in about
an hour, ordered the re"'v-d '~i
“in the interest of the minor
child.”
There was a property settlement
included.
Mrs. Ross was accompanied to
court only by her counsel and
witnesses. She arrived in Key
West this morning with Mr.
Roosevelt and Erwin Karden, a
Miami friend, although she has
been living here three months, to
establish residence.
When Mr. Roosevelt was seen
here this morning, he said that
an announcement would be ready
in four days.
That was his response when
asked if he and Mrs. Ross were
to be married. The announce
ment, he said, would come from
Miami.
Both Mrs. Ross and Mr. Roose
velt have been married three
times previously.
Half of the cultivated land in
Cuba is devoted to growing sugar
cane.
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