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Dean Disputes Theory
New Atomic Weapons
Might Avert War
By the Associated Press
The chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission has put a
“flat no” to theories that an im
mediate big-scale switch to atomic
weapons might avert another war
and halve 1952 military costs.
But AEC Chairman Qordon
Dean did say the United States
now has tactical atomic weapons,
and made a cautious disclosure
that new atomic weapons are be
ing produced.
Mr. Dean testified last week
behind the closed doors of a House
appropriations subcommittee. The
testimony was made available to
a reporter today. Mr. Dean was
asked by Representative Thomas,
Democrat, of Texas about recent
statements that an extra $6 billion
to $10 billion given to the AEC
now might avert a war and save
up to half of 'the 1952 military
budget. Mr. Thomas did not say
whom he was quoting.
But the answer, Mr. Dean re
plied, is a “flat no.”
He said the extra money could
not be translated immediately into
more atomic weapons because of
the time factor involved in pro
ducing them.
Mr. Thomas then asked Mr.
Dean if he knew of any new sup
plies of raw materials by which
atomic bombs could be produced
by the thousands.
"I hate to go into figures,” Mr.
Dean answered. “I would rather
not talk of numbers.”
Mr. Thomas then wanted to
know about a prediction made in
a Senate speech September 18
by Senator McMahon, Democrat,
of Connecticut, that if, as Senator
McMahon urged, the United
States “mass produced” atomic
weapons, the cost of an atomic
bomb would “become less than
the cost of a single tank.”
Senator McMahon called for
all-out atomic weapons produc
tion, saying that if $6 billion a
year were spent on atomic energy
instead of the $800 million spent
last fiscal year, savings at some
future time he did not specify
would reach $30 to $40 billion a
year. “Important savings” would!
result next year, Senator Me- j
Mahon said.
Cost Close to “Few Tanks.”
While the cost of an atomic
bomb probably can be and is
being brought down, Mr. Dean re-!
plied, it would eventually be closer j
to the cost of “a few tanks” in-!
stead of the cost of a single tank, j
He said he meant the big, expen
sive tanks.
Senator McMahon also told the1
Senate that by “cutting back on
the costly weapons of yesterday
and forging ahead with the far
cheaper atomic weapons of today
and tomorrow I believe we can
. . . make our country invincible
In full-scale war and exempt from
the cold-war threat of bank
ruptcy.”
Senator McMahon. did not say
how long he thought it would
take to achieve such atomic se
curity, and he said Russia is hard
at work on atomic weapons,:
giving them top priority.
Before the House committee,1
Mr. Dean cautioned against anyj
feeling that the field of atbmic
energy and United States ad
vances as of today are an as
surance of security.
j. uu uuir liiiuk. mere is any
quick and easy method of procur
tig total security ” Mr. Dean said.!
He predicted that within a dec- j
ade the United States will have;
what he called the “beginning'”
of an atomic air force.
He had this to say on new
atomic weapons:
“There is already today some
flexibility in the program which
would permit other uses against
military targets, and this will be
increasingly so as the other mem
bers of the family of weapons
enter the stockpile.”
Atomic weapons now can be:
used for tactical warfare pur-!
poses and bombed areas can be
occupied by troops in “a reason
ably short time,” he said.
Production of bombs, he said,
“is going up at a very substantial
rate,” and the present stockpile
of bombs would be “very effect
ive” if war came immediately..
Mr. Dean testified in support of
extra funds, approximately $500
million, to continue the AEC con
struction program already under
way.
HAPPY ENDING—New Bedford, Mass.—Army Veteran George
A. Fortin and his 17-year-old Italian bride, who sealed an eight
year friendship when they were married l«st March in Italy,
the day after Mary's 17th birthday, arrive from Italy. The young
couple met in 1943 when Mr. Fortin was stationed with an
American tank outfit near her home town of Passiano, Italy.
Mrs. Fortin, then a child of 9, was befriended by Mr. Fortin
when he met her while walking in a street of a small town.
Two years ago they considered the possibility of marriage in
their letters._ _AP Wirephoto.
Mother of Slain Girl
Bears No Hatred for
Confessed Murderer
By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.—Mrs.
Dorothea Willard Hooker—de
fendant of two Presidents—said
i today she bears no hatred for
; Thomas Cahill, unemployed bell
hop who told police he slashed her
daughter to death.
“I bear him no ill-will. I can
not'find it in my heart to hate
ihim,” Mrs. Hooker said. She flew
from New York to claim the body
|of her daughter, Dorothea, 28,
Cahill’s common-law wife.
Cahill, informed she was en
route, had told reporters: ‘‘She’ll
i say she wants to shoot me. May
be it would be better at that.”
Mrs. Hooker, of Newport. R. I.,
is a descendant of Presidents
John Adams and John Quincy
Adams.
“Out of this tragedy.” she said,
“I know will come some good. It
will teach people there is no hap
piness in alcohol.”
Cahill said heavy drinking pre
ceded the knifing In his dingy flat.
Sat With Body Three Days.
He told police he slashed Doro
thea repeatedly with a butcher
knife Thursday after she threat
ened to leave him. Then, drunk
and hysterical, he sat beside the
nude body in a macabre wake that
lasted three days and nights.
Finally, he realized his crime,
notified the police and surren
dered, and was charged with sus
picion of murder.
Mrs. Hooker, widow of Marine
Col. Richard S. Hooker, who com
manded the 4th Marines in China
before World War II, was unaware
’her daughter had been a “B-girl”,
(bar waitress! here.
She said Dorothea and Cahill
were married in 1946. Cahill told
police he and Dorothea had kept
their common-law status a secret;
that they couldn’t marry because
he has a wife in the East.
Determined to Find Child. j
Mrs. Hooker said she is deter-'
mined to find the couple’s son
Michael, born in 1948. Cahill said
the child is in a foster home.
“I’ll take him back to Newport!
DOROTHEA HOOKER CAHILL.
with me—to bring him up as a
Hooker, proud of his name,” she
said.
Police said Cahill’s sister, Lt.
Mary Cahill, a Navy nurse sta
tioned at Bremerton, Wash., told
them her brother, "never men
tally well,” was given a psychiatric
discharge from the Navy. She
also confirmed Cahill’s story that
he was estranged from his family
and that his father, now dead,
was a wealthy Philadelphia tavern
owner.
Psychiatrists are examining
Cahill.
Brifon Heads Key Unit
Of Raw Materials Group
By the Associated Press
Viscount Knpllys, a British dele
gate, has been elected chairman
of the key central group which is
guiding the work of the 28-nation
raw materials conference.
He replaces Edwin T. Gibson,
United States representatives, who
has resigned.
Replacing Mr. Gibson as Amer
ican chief representative is G. J.
Hicoulat, newly appointed deputy
administrator for the Defense
Production Administration.
Eight countries and two inter
national organizations are repre
sented on the central group.
Thus far the conference has
drawn up allocation schemes for
sulphur, tungsten, molybdenum,
copper and zinc. Newsprint has
been allocated on an emergency
basis on two occasions.
Bogus $10, $20 Bills
Appear in D. C. Area;
Merchants Cautioned
Watch out for $10 and $20 bills
—they may be as phony as gold
brick stock.
The Secret Service says the
counterfeit bills have been ap
pearing in the Washington area
for some time. Several of the
bogus bills have been turned in
to Treasury Department agents.
The $10 bills are drawn on the
Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco, the Secret Service says,
and the $20 notes are drawn
either on the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York or Minneap
aIIc
A large letter “L” appears In
the bank seal to the left of Ham
ilton’s portrait on the phony $10
bills, and the check letter and face
plate number J 100 appears in
the lower right-hand corner.
Back plate numbers appearing in
the lower right-hand corners on
the reverse side of the bills are
219, 7, 12 or 1207. Serial num
bers L73153571B, L16859051B and
L55506889B have been noted, al
though the Secret Service points
out these may vary.
The $20 bills may have a large
letter “B” or “I” in the bank seal
to the left of Jackson's portrait.’
Check letter and face plate num
bers are K51 or Fll; back plate
numbers are 92, 48 or 488. Serial
numbers seen so far are I93266563A
and B05730062D.
The seal, serial numbers and
backs of these notes are printed
in a different shade of green than
genuine bills, and the silk threads
are imitated by red ink lines.
Merchants who detect any one
passing bogus notes should hold
the suspect until police or Secret
Service agents arrive, tKe agency
requests. The Secret Service sug
gests this be done by “suitable
excuse.” leaving the rest to the
[imagination and resources of the
merchant.
Sale of Paintings Opens
For Children's Hospital
A collection of 235 paintings by
Washington area amateur and
professional artists goes on sale
today to help the Children’s Hos
pital completion fund make up a
$42,000 deficit.
The paintings will be exhibited
and sold at the mezzanine "art
gallery” at Cepter Market City.
Fifth and K Streets NW The
hospital, which still needs money
to complete its badly needed an
nex, will get 20 per cent of each
sale. The artists will get the rest
and prices are scaled from $5 to
$100.
This is the third year the mar
ket has set up an art exhibition
among the meats and vegetables;
This is the first time pictures ex
hibited have been for sale, how
ever.
The exhibit sale will continue:
until November 3.
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Couple, 84 and 79,
In Gas-Filled Room
Are Saved by Dog
By the Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3.—
Blackie, a 6-month-old mongrel,
saved his elderly master arid mis
tress from asphyxiation yesterday,
but he may lose his eyesight.
An old refrigerator in the home
of Carter P. Rubush, 84, leaked
and filled the house with gas.
Blackie jumped on the bed a*’4
clawed at Mr. Rubush’s chest until
he awakened. Mr. Rubusu anu
his 79-year-old wife got out of
the house safely.
The gas inflamed Blackle’s eyes.
A veterinarian said he would not
know for a few days whether the
dog will be blind.
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Open Shop Dispute
Holds Up Ft. Belvoir
Projects Third Day
Work on nearly $5 million worth
of building projects was halted
for the third day at Fort Belvoir
today by a walkout of AFL crafts
men.
There was no indication of an
immediate settlement of the union
demand that the Government dis
continue the employment of non
union labor on the high-priority
construction.
Nine Open Shop Contracts.
Government sources have sought
to show that only a small part of
the total work is in the hands of
contractors who employe non
union as well as union workers.
Twenty jobs totaling $4,337,000
are being done by union contrac
tors as against nine projects worth
$596,900 handled by “open shop”
contractors, it was said.
When a similar situation de
veloped last year, causing a week's
layoff, military authorities agreed
to recommend that the employ
ment of union labor be a factor
in letting of contracts to the
“lowest responsible bidder.”
Herren’s Return Awaited.
Authorities have continued to
interpret the phrase, contained in
the Armed Services Procurement
Act of 1947, to mean any con
tractor regardless of his employ
ment policy.
One source said conferences
looking to a settlement of the
strike have been delayed pending
the return later in the week of
Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Herren,
commanding general of the Mili
tary District of Washington.
Red Cross Seeking
Volunteer Aides for
Blood Donor Drive
The Red Cross needs volunteer
aides for the new blood donor
drive.
Nurses and staff aides and can
teen workers are needed for the
blood center at 1730 E street
N.W., and for bloodmobile visits
throughout the Metropolitan
Area, officials said today.
The Red Cross has launched a
new blood-collecting effort for the
armed forces. Goal for the area
is 500 donors daily and 10,000
pints a month.
Across the Nation, the Defense
Department has set a target of 3
milljpn pints by next July to re
place its exhausted plasma re
serve.
Nurses’ aides help by taking the
pulse, temperature and respiration
of volunteer donors. Canteen vol
unteers prepare and serve refresh
ments. Staff aides man reception
desks, register all donors and
hand out cups of orange juice.
It takes as many as 30 of these
volunteers to staff a single blood
mobile visit. Bloodmobiles now
are going to Government depart
ments as well as central locations
in suburban communities. Two
already are in operation and a
third is scheduled to go in service
tomorrow.
At least 220 volunteers are be
ing sought by the Red Cross
chapters in the District and neigh
boring counties. Here are the
quotas: District-25 to 30 canteen
aides, 30 staff aides. Arlington
20 canteen aides, 10 to 15 staff
aides. Fairfax—10 canteen aides,
10 staff aides. Alexandria—10
staff aides, 10 nurses' aides. Prince
Georges—15 canteen aides, 10 staff
aides. Montgomery—15 nurses’
aides, 25 staff aides, 30 canteen
aides.
Volunteers are asked to call
Republic 8300, Extension 2177, inj
the District, or the nearest Red
Cross chapter for those living
nearby. i
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