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Weather Forecast Some cloudiness tonight, low about 65. Tomorrow, fair, cooler and less humid. (Full report on Page A-2.) Temperatures Today. Midnight 69 6 a.m. ..65 11a.m. ..69 2a.m. ..67 Ba.m. ..65 Noon 74 4 a.m. ..67 10 a.m. ..67 Ip.m. ..77 An Associoted Press Newspoper 101st Year. No. 146. Phone ST. 3-5000 SS ** WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1953—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. U.S. Expels For Trying To Spy by Envoy Offered To Free Boys For Co-operation By Garnett D. Horner The State Department today ordered the expulsion of a Romanian diplomat for trying to blackmail a standard Oil official —a naturalized American citi zen—into spying for the Com munists. The price offered in the at tempted deal was the welfare of the expert’s two teen-age sons in Romania. The diplomat involved is Cris tache Zambeti. first secretary of the Romanian Legation, who came here in September, 1951. The department ordered his “im mediate departure’’ from the country. Valeriu C. Georgescu, a natur alized American citizen of Ro mania descent living in New York, was the intended victim of the blackmail attempt. Case Reported to FBI. He promptly reported the affair to the State Department and the FBI, hoping that world publicity focused on the case might help to save his two sons. It was understood that Mr. Zambeti showed Mr. Georgescu pictures of the two boys in Ro mania. Mr. Zambeti was said to have told the father that he might see them again if he col laborated with the Communist regime in Romania. Mr. Georgescu formerly was general manager in Romania of Romano Americano, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. The oil properties were taken over by the Romanian gov ernment after the war while Mr. Georgescu was outside Romania. He and his wife have been in this country since 1946. But his sons have been refused permis sion by the Communist regime in Romania to leave the country. Says Charges Were Verified. The State Department said its expulsion order against Mr. Zambeti was based on “carefully verified information” which showed that on May 20, he called at Mr. Georgescu’s home “and attempted to subvert Mr. Georgescu to collaborate polit ically with the Communist re gime of Romania to the detriment of the United States Govern ment.” Asked if "collaborate” meant spying for the Communists, a department spokesman said he thought that was implicit in everything said. “What else could it be?” he remarked. “The price offered for this collaboration.” the department’s formal announcement said, “was to be the welfare of Mr. Georgescu’s minor sons and their possible restoration to their parents.” The Georgescu sons are Con stantin, 19, and Peter, 14. They were born in Romania and are reported held in some sort of concentration camp. Sons Face Barriers. Officials said there was little the United States could do for mally to try to get the Georgescu sons out of Romania because they are Romanian citizens. They were born before their parents became naturalized American citizens. The fact that they are chil dren of American citizens would give them preferential status for immigration, however, and visas permitting them to come to this country would be ready any time the Romanian government per mitted them to leave. Lincoln White, State Depart ment press officer, was asked if any investigation was being made to find out if Mr. Zambeti or other officials of the Romanian legation had attempted to sub vert other American citizens be sides Mr. Georgescu. He replied that there might well be such an investigation, but it had not been brought to his attention. Text of Note Disclosed. The State Department made public the text of a note deliv ered to the Romanian Legation (See EXPULSION, Page A-3.) Israel Slaying Laid to Arabs TEL AVIV, Israel, May 26 (/P). —An Israeli military spokesman charged today that Arab infil trators from Jordan killed a Jewish woman and injured two other women and three children in attacks yesterday on three Israeli villages. Israel protested to the United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission. Holiday Food Ads In The Star Tomorrow In observance of Memorial Day many Washington area food stores will be closed this Saturday. For this reason the majority of the food ad vertisers plan to schedule their heavy concentration of ods in The Star for Wednesday instead of Thursday. Be sure to shop the ads in The Star tomorrow for holiday week-end food bargains. Romanian Diplomat to Force American K Threatening 2 Sons It Ml 3B iff - V Hr m M Iky ik * 4H S' A H PAWNS IN INTERNATIONAL BLACKMAIL—The two sons of Valeriu C. Georgescu, Peter (left) and Constantin, are shown in this 8-year-old photograph which Mr. Georgescu brought with him to the United States. The Standard Oil official was told he might see his boys, now 14 and 19, if he would spy on this country for the Reds. mm CRISTACHE ZAMBETI Diplomat Accused of Blackmail New Allied Proposal Reported Jo Leave POWs' Fate to U. N. By the Associated Press SEOUL, May 26. Authorita tive South Korean sources today revealed that the secret new allied truce plan would give the United Nations General Assem bly the final say in determining the fate of war prisoners who re fuse to return to their Red home lands. The informants said the pro posal handed to the Communists 12 MIGs Shot Down in One Day, Fight ing on Ground Dwindles. Page A-5 yesterday at Panmunjom was clearly unacceptable to South Korea. One government official called it "nothing but an allied defeat by the Communists.” The proposal also incorporates some features of previous plans offered by both the Reds and allies, said the sources, who would not allow use of their names. The U. N. Command—wnich reportedly requested the news blackout on yesterday’s truce session—would not comment on the plan. It even refused to ac knowledge the offer was made. Seen as Bait for Red China. Some observers in Tokyo said the allied proposal possibly is being used as tempting bait to Red China, which has long wanted to get into the U.N. By accepting the plan, they said, it would give Red China a toehold in the General Assem bly—through the back door. Communist Peiping radio for (See TRUCE, Page A-5.) Secret Truce Plan Not Published by Stars and Stripes By tha Associated Prats TOKYO, May 26.—Pacific Stars and Stripes, unofficial publication of the Far East Command, did not publish today the Associated Press story giving details of the secret United Nations truce plan divulged by reliable South Korean sources. The U. N. command re fused to comment on the A. P. story which quoted the sources as saying the allies offered at a secret truce ses sion to turn over to the U. N. General Assembly the final disposition of prisoners who refused repatriation. W)t Sbetutta ikf ■sip:: - * «| liiii H Warn msBBBKBBBm Mr \ M .MMM VALERIU C. GEORGESCU ' Told All to the FBI New York Grand Jury Probe of Water Front Ordered by Brownell By th* Associated Press i Attorney General Brownell today ordered a New York grand jury investigation of waterfront scandals. The Attorney General said he has instructed United States At j torney J. Edward Lumbard of New York to present before a 'jury there the evidence which 150 FBI agents have been gath ering for several months on crime along the New York-New Jersey waterfront. Calls It “Shocking.” Mr. Brownell said the water front situation involved "shock ing evils.” Testimony before the New York State Crime Commission devel oped evidence of terror, murder and collusion involving political, labor union and shipping in terests. The FBI investigation was au thorized by former Attorney Gen eral James P. McGranery last December. Mr. Brownell said the probe “has become a major project in the Department of Justice.” Check Federal Aspects. The task of the New York jury will be to determine if any viola tion of Federal laws was involved in the events described to Con gress members and the New York commission. Much of the testimony related to acts which would fall solely ; within State jurisdiction, but Mr. Brownell’s announcement indi cated that income taxes have figured in the Federal investiga tion. He said that “certain parts of the situation have been in quired into by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other investigative units of the Treas ury Department.” The New York jury will con vene June 9., Movie Receipts Drop SIOB Million in Year By tha Associated Pratt HOLLYWOOD, May 26.—The annual movie box office figures announced today by the Film Daily Yearbook show a SIOB mil lion drop from those of the pre vious year. The trade paper yearbook listed 1952 theater receipts of $1,170,000,000 for 1952 as com pared with 61,278,000,000 for 1951. Television was listed as the big competitive factor for de clining receipts. Oil Executive Tells of Refusing To Make Deal By Crosby S. Noyes “If you want to see your chil dren, you have got to do some thing about it.” The time was last Wednesday. The place was the New York apartment of Valeriu Georgescu, 49, Romanian-born executive of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jer sey. The speaker was a stranger who had called earlier to make an appointment. Today, Mr. Georgescu sat on a sofa in his room at the Carlton Hotel and told how it feels when somebody asks you to be a spy against the United States. Especially when your two sons— your only children—are used as bait. Mr. Georgescu had recent ly finished giving his statement to the State Department and the FBI. The telephone call had come in at 8:40 that Wednesday morning, he said. "The stranger asked to see | me and gave a name on the tele phone that sounded like Cos lapeter. I said I did not rec ognize the name He said it did not matter because he did not know me personally. Visit at Home Arranged. “I asked him to come and see me at the office. He re plied that it was on a personal matter and therefore he wished to see me at home. He then added that he had recently come from Romania and that he was bringing a letter from my sons. “I said: ‘Please come right away. I shall wait for you.’ He said: T am only three minutes away and will be right up’.” There was good reason why Mr. Georgescu should be anxious to get a letter from his sons. Since 1947, when he and hts wife left Romania for what was ex pected to be a two months trip to the United States, he hadnot seen his boys—Constantin, called Costa, and Peter. At the time, j he was head of Romanian affi liate of Standard Oil. and he 1 had been called back to the i United States for consultations j with the company. The Com- i munists moved in on the Roman- j ian oil industry in his absence.! At the end of his trip, Mr. i Georgescu found that he could i not return to Rumania. He stayed in New York as the chief Standard Oil executive for Mid dle and Far Eastern production. He became an American citizen in last year. Family Taken in Custody. The children had been left with Mr. Georgescu’s in-laws at their home in Banat. From friends, he had learned that the father-in-law, Sever Bocu, had been arrested in 1950. Soon aft erwards, the rest of the family was taken from their home to an “evacuee camp” at Urziceni. Since 1951, they had not been permitted to write letters. The only evidence Mr. Georgescu had they were alive was from signed receipts for money that he sent them regularly. The last receipt came back in March. Since 1947, the Georgescus had been trying everything to get their children out of the coun try. They had appealed direct ly to the Communist govern ment. They had tried the State Department, the Red Cross, the International Labor Organiza tion, the Indian government, the intercession of friends and other “neutral organizations.” All had failed. Still, they kept their hopes. “It seemed to us that in recent months, things had developed in the international picture that in dicated a sort of softening of relations. We had begun to hope and pray that the time might come when our children would be returned to us.” The stranger shattered these illusions, soon after his arrival in Mr. Gorgescu’s apartment last Wednesday. “He came in after a few min (Continued on Page A-3, Col. 2.) You'd Better Start Worrying If You're Not Worrying Enough CHICAGO, May 26. (CDN).— Life too tough to take? Chuck your load, you’re told. Relax. Take it easy. Abandon your goals. Forget your cares, is the soothing advice. There are indications, some counselors are finding, that peo ple take this balm too literally too often. As a result, they’re turning into goldbrickers. They’re divorcing themselves from responsibilities, throwing the burden on others, dodging the struggle and rationalizing their action by saying: “It’s my nerves. I must keep relaxed and worry free. Else I’ll get sick.” Dr. Leo Bartemeir, Detroit psychiatrist, disagrees. “Struggle, work and worry are Letter From Dodge to Wilson Told Him to Cut Arms to Save Democrats Claim Order of Budget Director Dictated $43.2 Billion Defense Expenditure By Doris Fleeson Democrats are in possession of copies of a letter addressed by Budget Director Joseph Dodge to Secretary of Defense Wilson May 7 which virtually orders Mr. Wilson to slash de fense expenditures so as to achieve a balanced budget. They believe it supports their charge that desirable fiscal Money Alone Doesn't Give Military Security, Kyes Soys. Page A-2 goals instead of considerations of national security dictated the Wilson defense budget. The letter reads: “The report on your review of the 1954 budget estimates for your agency has been re ceived and carefully considered in relation to the administra tion’s stated policies and budget objectives. To meet these ob jectives, the revisions in appro priations set forth in summary below and in detail in the in closures will be necessary. “You are expected to adjust your recommendations accord ingly and* present these revi sions to the Appropriations Committees.” Air Force Cut Included. Mr. Dodge’s revisions include the $5.1-billion cut in the Air Force which the Democrats will fight to restore. Mr. Truman had asked for $16.8 billion to ward a goal of 143 air wings. Mr. Wilson says his $11.7 bil lion will buy 120 air wings for sure. Democrats have not had time yet to study the Dodge letter in detail. A curbstone glance suggests, however, to their experts that Mr. Wilson complied to the decimal point in most instances, if not in all. Following his summaries, Mr. Dodge wrote Mr, Wilson: “The accomplishment of these budget objectives will require that you re-examine your programs, their compo nents and the priorities related to them and reschedule your operations so that the budget expenditures for the military from your agency will be held to a level of about $43.2 billion in the fiscal year 1954.” Democrats thought that sounded familiar. They dis covered that on May 11, Sec retary Wilson told a House Appropriations Subcommittee: “I hope to keep actual mili tary spending to $43.2 billion in the next fiscal year.” The Defense Secretary and his first assistant, Deputy Sec retary Kyes. have been having a bad time in their attempts to defend their budget before both House and Senate com mittees. At one point, it was good for the average person,” he said in an interview. “The problems of life are very real ones. They must be faced up to. Tackling them helps in achieving maturity of mind.” Dr. Bartemeier, here to address the Illinois State Medical Soci ety, agreed that overambitious ness—aiming too high—can lead to frustration, but equally as bad is contentment with limited goals. Dr. Bartemeier pointed out that there is no magic that will relieve any person from the necessity to struggle, he points out. Life is not easy. Each man’s life is built up from his own individual discipline, resolution and desires. America, he pointed out, was built by persons who were will ing to accept challenges. suggested to Mr. Wilson that he go back and get the answers in writing from “some one who knows.” Questioning Recalled. Democrats now declare that the Dodge letter shows why Mr. Wilson had such a bad time with his questioners. The budget director, they insist, should have been the defend ing witness. The fight to restore the Air Force cut will be launched in the House 'next week under the leadership of Representa tive Kilday of Texas, one of the minority stalwarts of the Armed Services Committee. Democratic leaders are confi dent they can rally an over whelming number of their members behind Mr. Kilday. Since the House Republican margin of control is about a dozen votes no matter how present vacancies are filled, the majority can afford few defections from their own ranks. Clubwomen Given Informal Greeting By Mrs. Eisenhower Mrs. Eisenhower dropped by the General Federation of Wom en’s Clubs convention at Con stitution Hall today to give the women an official “good morn ing” from the White House. “I just wanted to come over and say good morning.” Mrs. Eisenhower said. “I hope you have a wonderful convention, and it is my hope that some of you will tour the White House.” Mrs. Eisenhower greeted about 1,500 delegates and members wearing a black silk suit-dress with green and red figures. On her left shoulder was a white flower. The federation, representing 11 million members here and abroad, had asked to be re ceived at the White House, but ran into a crowded schedule. Mrs. Eisenhower, however, in re sponse to their plea, promised she would visit them at one of their sessions this week. Asks Return to Prayer. Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren, pres ident of the federation, in her major address to the convention, called for a return to prayer and the old-fashioned home. She asked each member to write President Eisenhower a let ter of commendation for opening cabinet meetings with prayer, attending church regularly and depending upon Divine guidance in national affairs. “Assure him we are praying for his leader ship.” she added. Mrs. Ahlgren asked the women to return to family prayer, grace at meals and regular church at tendance. There was applause (See FEDERATION, Page A-4.) Jim Hunkin Helps Jim Hunkin Rescue A Third Jim Hunkin By th# Associated Prats MEVAGISSEY, Cornwall, England, May 26.—Jim Hun kin fell out of his rowboat while fishing in the bay yes terday. Jim Hunkin, who was standing on a nearby dock, jumped in to save him. Jim Hunkin came running with a life preserver and threw it to the two men in the water. They made shore safely. The three Jim Hunkins are not related. Homo Delivery, Monthly lt»te». Evenlnr and Sunday. M.7.%: m ntT'Vrrrcv Iveninta only, *1.30; Sunday only, «sc; Night Final. 10c Additional. ® 1 O Woman, 83, Killed In Northwest Fire Blamed on Arson House Owner, Facing Eviction, Found With Cuts on Neck, Chest An elderly woman today lost her life and a man was injured in a fire which Fire Marshal Raymond Roberts said had been touched oil in four places. The dead woman was Miss Betty Brown, 83, found suffo ' Picture on Page A-13 cated in her bed on the first floor of a three-story stone row house at 1115 Massachusetts avenue N.W. Everett D. Green, 63, owner of the place, was taken to Emer gency Hospital with four cuts on the neck and chest. Not seriously injured, he was to be removed to police headquarters for question ing. Police said he was found face down in an inch or two of water in the bathtub of his basement apartment. He was clad in un dershirt and trousers. A bloody towel was found nearby. Yesterday a deputy United States marshal went to the building, which Mr. Green at tempted to operate as a rooming house, though Miss Brown was the only tenant. Mr. Green w'as to have been evicted, but on agreement of At torney Herman Miller, represent ing the plaintiff, he was permit ted until today to try to raise the necessary funds. Mr. Green was unaware that eviction had been postponed again today because of the threatening weather. Denies Starting Fire. Detective Sergt. A. D. Clarke said Mr. Green’s injuries appar ently were self-inflicted. Mr. Green denied this, or that he had set the fires. He said he had dis- | covered the fire on the second floor and went on dow'n to the basement to “cool off." Firemen were called at 7:41 a.m. and two minutes later the firebox was pulled at Twelfth and L streets N.W. Sergt. Clarke quoted neighbors as saying Mr. Green told them he would “rather blow up the place than to lose it for $700.” Battalion Fire Chief A. N. Wright said a next-door neigh bor, Mrs. Lillian Ashburn, of 1113 Massachusetts avenue N.W., was visited by Mr. Green last night. “He told me he was having trouble keeping the place and wanted to borrow $700,” Mrs. Ashburn was quoted. “He said he would set the place on fire or blow it up before he would lose it.” Mrs. Ashburn also recalled hearing a “banging” next door about midnight. Police found a sledge hammer in the basement. Found Unconscious. When firemen entered the place, they found Miss Brown unconscious in her bed. Efforts to revive her with a respirator were given up at 8:10 a.m. The investigation showed the file had been set in two places in the basement, one on the second floor and another under a stairway from the first to sec ond floors. Marshal Roberts said. Little piles of trash were found at all four spots. An odor of turpentine was detected on the first floor. The second floor fire was in a dining room just back of the bedroom where Miss Brown was found. The bedroom was not burned. A plug on a l*2-inch gas line leading into the basement had been removed, police said. They found a Stilson wrench on the floor near the bathroom. Damage to the building w r asj slight, firemen extinguishing the i blaze before it gained headway.: Neighbors said Mr. Green and Miss Brown were the only occu- j pants and that Mr. Green had lived there for about years. * Today: From Lilibet to Queen ■ How a Grandmother Helped See Page A-19 New York Markets, Pages A-20-21 House Group Acts to Drop Leave Rider Accumulated Time Cut to 26 Days to Win Backing on Floor The House Civil Service Com mittee today voted to repeal the Thomas use-it-or-lose-it annual leave law, but reduced the 60-day accumulation maximum for Fed eral employes to 26 days. Committee members said the leave accumulation maximum 50,000 Federal Jobs Dropped, 5,600 Here, Commission Soys. Page A-2n was reduced because that was the only condition by which Congress would agree to repeal the Thomas rider. Meanwhile, the Senate today is expected to approve a bill pro viding for repeal of the Thomas rider. The Senate measure, however, does not reduce the leave accumulation maximum. Leave Limit Extended The House committee's bill would allow Federal employes to use their 1952 annual leave by January 2, 1954. This is a six month extension over the terms of the Thomas leave law, which requires employes to use their ! 1952 leave by this June 30. After the January 2, 1954, date, under terms of the House committee's bill, employes could use their annual leave each year unrestricted, subject only to the leave accumulation maximum. The committee’s 26-day leave maximum total would not affect present employes who have ac . cumulated over that amount. [ They could still carry this leave from year to year. It would only involve those employes who now have less than 26 days of accum . ulated leave. They could not 5 compile more than 26-day total ’ in the future. Sponsored By Broyhill. ' The House bill repealing the 1 Thomas rider was sponsored by r Representative Broyhill, Re s publican, of Virginia. The com mittee, however, amended it to f reduce the leave accumulation ■ limit. J The committee's bill also 3 maxes it easier for employes to use their excess leave each year - over the Christmas and New » Year's holidays. Under the pres r ent law, employes must use their j. excess annual leave by the final . day of the last pay period of the year. This usually falls around December 21 to 23, with j the result that employes have to „ 1 forfeit their leave or else draw ” | on their next year’s vacation , time in order to take a holiday. ’ The committee's bill would extend the leave year so that j excess leave could be used over this holiday period. i ; Five Children Are Killed \ In Fire in Wesl Virginia » By tht Associated Press I PETERSBURG, W. Va.. May i 26.—Five children, four of them i j brothers and sisters, ranging in age from 3 to 16. were trapped on the second floor of a burning j house in South Petersburg today and burned to death. I The fifth child was the cousin , of the other four. There were 17 persons in all in the two-story ! frame house which burned to the , ground. They were members of , three families and all related. The dead were Anglee Mon i gold. 16. daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. William Mongold; and four ! children of Mr. and Mrs. Foster ' George, Shirley Lee, 11; Caroline . Sue, 8; Larry, 4, and Derry Al ■ vin, 3. I Mrs. Mongold and Mrs. Fos ; ter are sisters, daughters of Mr. . and Mrs. Floyd Harrison, who \ | owned the house. 1 Mrs. Harrison, 54, was badly . j burned and taken to a hospital i in Cumberland, Md. Mrs. Mon : gold also was treated for burns 1 at Veech's Clinic in Petersburg. ‘ Stevenson to See Ibn Saud t DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia. May 26 (A 5 ). —Adlai Stevenson flew to the capital city of Riyadh aboard a royal plane yesterday ; to meet King Ibn Saud of Saudi 1 Arabia. He was accompanied by 3 \ United States Ambassador Ray ■ | mond A. Hare and two aides. — —...— Happy Home-Making • Is Instructor's Goal HELPING HOMEMAKERS—Thof’g I what Edythc M. Turner hat been < doing for 30 years. For more about the home demonstration agent and her lessons in happy home-making, see Violet Faulkner's story on Pogo ; I-1. QUEEN'S COMPANIONS—Think you'd like to be lady-in-waiting to a Queen? 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