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Oxnam Blasts
Filing Practices
Os Velde Group
Methodist Bishop
Urges Committee to
Admit Its Errors
By Allen Drury
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam
told the House Un-American
Activities Committee today that
it should “frankly admit its in
accuracies and misrepresenta
tions” about him and “cease!
practices that many of us be- 1
lieve to be un-American.”
In a statement prepared for
delivery at hearing held at his 1
request, the Methodist leader
for the Washington area de
clared:
"I believe the churches have
done and are doing far more to
destroy the Communist threat
to faith and to freedom than
all investigating committees put j
together. This committee might
well have the co-operation of
millions of citizens who belong
All Oxnam Testimony
On Radio Tonight
A recording of all Bishop G. Bormley
Oxnam's testimony today before the
House Un-American Activities Com
mittee will be broadcast continuously
tonight, beginning at 8 p.nv, by radio
Station WMAL, The Evening Star.
Station.
to the churches, if it would cease
practices that many of us be- |
lieve to be un-American, and I
would turn itself to the real task
and the real threat.
“But these citizens will never
co-operate in practices that
jeopardize the rights of free men
won after a thousand year’s
struggle for political and religi
ous freedom.”
Draws Wide Interest.
The Bishop’s appearance ex
cited wide interest. Chairman
Velde said 104 members of Con
gress had asked that seats be
reserved for them. Bishop Oxnam
asked that 20 seats be held for
members of his family and close
friends.
There had been some discus
sion of televising the hearing but
the committee said this morning
no network had asked to carry a
live telecast.
The Bishop had requested that j
he be permitted to read his 15- j
minute statement without inter- j
ruption, and the committee J
waived its rules to let him do so.
He emphasized that he was ap
pearing voluntarily “to secure
redress for the damage done by
the release of information from
the ‘files’ of this committee.
‘‘Such releases, made at vari- ;
ous times for a period of nearly ;
seven years, have contained ma- j
terial, much of which is irrele-!
\ant and, immaterial, some of
which is false, some of which is |
true, but all prepared in away '
capable of creating the impres- ;
sion that I have been and am
sympathetic to communism, end
therefore subversive.”
The churchman said he has j
been “actively opposed to com
(See OXNAM, Page A-3.)
Judge Orders
Anti-Trust
Railroad Trial
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 21.
U. S. District Judge Thomas J.
Clary ruled today that 30 Eastern
railroads and the Eastern Rail
road Presidents’ Conference must
go to trial in the $250 million
anti-trust suit filed against them
by a group of trucking firms.
The suit, filed last January 17
by the Pennsylvania Motor Truck
Association and 37 individual
trucking firms, charges the rail
roads with conspiring with Carl
Byoir and associates, New York
public relations firm, to slander
and villify the trucking in
dustry.
Many of the charges had to
do with alleged attempts to in
fluence legislators against bills
to increase weight limits allowed
trucks on the highways.
Deposition hearings were or
dered soon after the suit was
filed and numerous sessions were
held both in Philadelphia and
New York before the hearings
were adjourned until September.
In his opinion. Judge Clary
said, “The plaintiffs are entitled
to their day in court and the
opportunity to substantiate their
charges.”
He set no date for the trial.
Hogan Writes Series
On How to Play Golf
“In my opinion the best grip to putt
with is the reverse overlap grip."
So writes Ben Hogan, golfing great,
in his series of articles based on his
book, "Power Golf," storting Sundoy
in The Star.
Golf's great champion reveals for
duffer and expert the technique that
brought him fame. Each article will
be illustrated with photographs of Ben
Hoqon in action.
Don't miss this outstanding series
starting Sunday end appearing every
day except Saturday in The Evening
end Sunday Star. Phone Sterling
3-5000 for home delivery.
Dulles Praises 'Splendid Job'
Done by Information Agency
Voices Hope Congress Will Appropriate
Adequate Funds for Overseas Libraries
Secretary of State Dulles said
today that the International In
formation Administration had
done a splendid job and he
greatly hoped Congress would
not cut its appropriations so
much as to stop its overseas
library program.
His remarks at a news con
ference came as a row between
Senator McCarthy and the llA’s
retiring administrator, Dr. Rob
ert L. Johnson, raised a serious
threat of drastic cuts of IIA
funds in the Senate Appropria
tions Committee.
Mr. Dulles said he believes the
IIA program has ahead of it
a future that can be of very
great value to the*United States
and the free world.
He added that in all the for
eign capitals he has visited, he
was tremendously impressed with
the people who visited libraries
operated by the IIA to read
American books and periodicals.
When you think of the many
millions of people who have done
that. Mr. Dulles went on, it is
impossible to deny that, on bal
ance. the library program has
exerted an extremely helpful in
fluence for the free world.
He conceded that there have
been some imperfections in the
program. B.ut he insisted that it
Trade Board Backs
Proposal to Abolish
D. C. Welfare Unit
Single Health Director
Also Is Approved at
Reorganization Hearing
By John W. Stepp
The Washington Board of
Trade today called for abolition
of the Public Welfare Board and
opposed creation of a Public
Health Board.
Harry L. Merrick, president of
the trade board, took this stand
Witnesses Give Views on Welfare Board
Abolition. Page B-l 1
at a public hearing held by the i
District Commissioners. The ses- ]
sion was ordered to help the city j
heads make up their minds on
these controversial points in the
government reorganization pro- ;
gram.
The reorganizers have recom- !
mended eliminating the long
standing Welfare Board. They
also urge that the present single
director setup be maintained in
the Health Department. Citi
zens’ advisory boards would be
appointed for both departments.
Doctors Want Health Board.
The local medical profession,
on the other hand, wants a
health board to administer that
department. Much of the city's
social-worker element wants the
Welfare Board retained.
Mr. Merrick, in making his
recommendations suggested,
however, that as “desirable al
ternatives” both a health board
and a welfare board might be
created in “direct line of au
thority” between the depart
ment heads and the Commis
sioners.
Three Want Boards Reduced.
The theory of the reorgan
izers is that the single-director
type of administration is more
I effective than board adminis
j tration. In addition, they feel
that the present Board of Com
missioners have a sort of man
date from Congress and a pre
vious Board of Commissioners to
eliminate as many policy-making
boards as possible.
Sentiment among a score of
witnesses seemed about equally
! divided for and against the board
I proposition. One group said the
! Welfare Board gave the voteless
I citizens of Washington greater
participation in their govern
ment. Another contended that
abolition of the board would
properly focus department re
sponsibility in one person rather
I than in a group.
In arguing for abolition. Mrs.
Louis Ottenberg emphasized the
| need for a council that would be
advisory to the welfare director.
! Mrs. Ottenberg said a better job
<See WELFARE, Page A-3.)
Hogan, Thin and Wan, Arrives
To Receive New York Tribute
ly th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 21.—Ben
Hogan came horn? today with
the third jewel in golf's triple
crown—the British Open—look
ing thin and a bit wan as he
docked at 8 a.m. from the liner
United States to await a noon
ticker-tape parade and a recep-
Hogan Plans, to Keep Exhibition Date in
Washington. Page A-9
tion at City Hall such as has not
been accorded an American golf
er since Bobby Jones won the
Grand Slam in 1930.
Hogan won the Masters and
his fourth United States Open
before making his first trip to
Britain a victorious one at Car
noustie. Scotland.
In a shipboard interview, the
wiry Fort Worth shotmaster
Uht %\smm pfaf
has exercised a sound influence.
He added that he greatly hoped
the program will not be so cur
tailed as to make it impossible
to continue work of that type.
Mr. Dulles also said he hoped
a drastic House Appropriations
Committee cut in Point Four
funds for Latin America will not
be carried through to final legis
lation. He said this program in
volved relatively little money, but
that it had accomplished large
results in proportion to the ex
pense.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee—with Senator Mc
- Carthy sitting in as a member
! —opened hearings today on a
supplemental appropriations bill,
including funds for Dr. ’John
son’s information program.
But Senator McCarthy only
last night blasted Dr. Johnson,
his erstwhile friend, for his atti
tude over the type of books that
I should be in the United States
| libraries overseas.
In a letter to Dr. Johnson, the
Wisconsin Republican said:
“If you had deliberately set out
to sabotage any possibility of get
ting adequate funds to run a
good information program, you J
could not have done a better
. (See McCarthy, Page A-4.)
Conferees Strike Off
Flood Control Fund
For Peace Cross
$500,000 Approved
By Senate Is Slashed
From Supply Bill
House-Senate conferees have
stricken from an appropriation i
bill $500,000 approved by the j
Senate to start construction of a I
flood-control project at Peace
Cross, Bladensburg, Md.
The conferees disallowed the
fund in compromising differ
ences between House and Senate
versions of the big supply bill
for civil functions of the Army
Engineers. The House had re
fused to make any appropria
tion.
Bars State Funds.
The money from Federal
sources will be needed before
any State-authorized funds can
be released to start the project.
Earlier, informal indications
from the conference committee
had indicated that some money
had been agreed to for Peace
Cross.
But when the conference re
port became available today, it
was learned that this money
made available was only for
planning the project. The
amount of planning money was
not specified in the bill. This
will be allocated in detail later
by the Army Engineers.
Money for Planning.
The total amount of planning
money for projects all over the
country is carried in the bill at
$1.9 million.
The Maryland Legislature, in
authorizing bonds to be floated
by four State agencies in the
total of $4,250,000, stipulated
that none of the funds could be
used until the Federal Govern
ment appropriated some for
actual construction.
Representative Small, Repub
lican, of Prince Georges County,
Md., disclosed, however, that
there is no time limit on the
Maryland Legislature’s money
availability.
The General Assembly’s act
l i See PEACE CROSS, Page A-3.)
Bohlen Flies to Russia
After Talk With Dulles
Sy th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 21.—Charles
E. Bohlen, American Ambassador
to Russia, was on his way back
to his Moscow post today after
conferences with Secretary of
State Dulles.
Mr. Bohlen. who left here by
plane yesterday, came back to
the United States nine days ago
to confer with Mr. Dulles on the
situation arising from the purge
of Lavrenty Beria, then Soviet
i Deputy Premier.
! talked like anything but a man
| who is ready to give up the game.
“I plan to continue playing
golf.” Hogan said, “and I am
certain I will play again in the
National Open. Whether I play
in a British tournament again is
a question. That is a long way
off. I will decide when the time
| comes.”
i Hogan, who normally weighs
about 162 pounds, belying his
nickname of "Bantam Ben,”
; said he didn’t know his present
weight but imagined he weighed
about 145.
A motorcycle escort took Ho
' gan and Mrs. Hogan from the
ship to a mid-town hotel for a
j brief rest before a whirlwind
celebration, beginning with a
parade up Broadway at noon.
The parade starts at Bowling
(See HOGAN, Page A-3.)
DullesßulesOut
Talk of Seating
Peiping in U. N.j
Not Appropriate
Topic for Post-Truce
Meetings, He Says
By Garnett D. Horner
Secretary of State Dulles today j
virtually ruled out any discussion j
of admission of Communist I
China into the United Nations atl
the political conference sched
uled to follow an expected truce
in Korea.
He told a news conference he
did not think Red China mem
bership in the U. N. would be an
| appropriate subject for that con
; ference.
, Mr. Dulles also warned against
counting too heavily on an early
' Communist agreement to an
; armistice.
He said the prospects for a
truce have gone up and down so
many times that he believes it
important not to become either
enthusiastic or depressed before
one is actually signed.
Some Issues Unsolved.
The Secretary pointed out that
some details of the truce agree
ment still remain to be ironed
out. These should not involve
any insoluble difficulty if the
Communists want to conclude an
armistice, he said. But he warned !
that the intentions are un
certain and will be until the last
moment.
Mr. Dulles’ stand against
bringing up the question of ad
mitting Red China into the U. N.
at the post-armistice political
conference was the most definite
so far taken by the administra
tion.
The Secretary said he would
not necessarily rule out other
| Far Eastern questions from dis- I
cussion at the political confer- I
j ence. He explained he was j
referring especially to the U. N.!
desire to make sure that a Ko
rean truce did not release Com
munist forces for aggression
elsewhere.
Mr. Dulles told questioners he
was not aware of any qualifica
tions in a pledge from South
Korean President Syngman Rhee j
that he would not take any
measures to impede the carrying
out of an armistice.
He replied no when asked if
Mr. Rhee had set a six-month
limit on such a pledge.
Rhee Warns of Sham.
Mr. Dulles added, however,!
that Mr. Rhee had warned, in
recent discussions with Assistant
Secretary of State Walter S. j
Robertson, that the Communists
might turn the political confer
ence into a fraud and sham for j
infiltration of South Korea.
Mr. Rhee indicated he would
not be prepared to tolerate that
kind of thing indefinitely, Mr
Dulles said.
As for what nations should j
take part in the political confer
j ence, Mr. Dulles said he had firm
i ideas about only two—the United
j States and South Korea. He
■ added that the United Nations
General Assembly undoubtedly
will designate other members of
the delegation for the U. N. side.
On the other side, he said,
there presumably would be rep
resentatives of North Korea and
Communist China, and possibly
of the Soviet Union. That is up
to the Communists to decide, he
pointed out.
Asked about the possibility of
American assistance to guerrilla
action against the Communist-
China coast by Chinese Nation
alists from Formosa, Mr. Dulles
fsaid that was a matter to be
dealt with entirely apart from
Korea.
Dulles Denies Rumor
He Plans to Resign
Secretary of State Dulles said
today he had not heard a ru
mor he would resign soon and
had not given any thought to
that possibility.
That was his reply to a news
conference question about a
statement yesterday by Repre
sentative Brown, Republican, of
Ohio, that he had heard a ru
mor that Mr. Dulles was to be
replaced as Secretary of State
by Gen. Walter Bedell Smith,
now undersecretary.
Eisenhower Sends
Congratulations
To Fellow Golfer
Golfer Dwight D. Eisenhower
today saluted Golfer Ben Hogan,
who was given a civic welcome
in New York today on his return
from winning the British Open
championship.
The message from the Presi
dent, who is happy when he can
break 90. read:
“Millions of Americans would
; like to participate with the New
| Yorkers today who are extend
| ing their traditional welcome
I upon your return from your mag
j nificent victory. We are proud
! of you, not only as a great com
petitor and a master of your
craft, but also as an envoy extra
i ordinary in the business of build
! ing friendship for America. With
I best wishes to you and Mrs.
Hogan.
“Dwight D. Eisenhower.”
The message was addressed to
| Hogan at City Hall. New York.
Can't Blame Him for Being Skeptical!
Eleven Years in Moscow
June Money Panic in Moscow
Bared by Gilmore for First T ime
Devaluation Fear
Swept Populace,
A.P. Man Reveals
By Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
PARIS, July 21.—For the first
time in years the Kremlin seems
to be showing some concern for
Ivan Ivanovich, the average
Russian.
It's too early to say If this is
because the party and the gov
ernment sincerely want to do
something for the people; or
because they are afraid of the
people, or for both reasons.
But things are happening.
And if Georgi Malenkov and the
others can hold the galloping
Russian troika in the road, and
resist going for one another’s
throats, things are going to con
tinue to happen. ... I mean
6 Germans Arrested
By British Authorities
As Spies for Soviet
One Was Operator
in Telephone Exchange;
To Appear Before Court
By th« Associated Pr««
BONN. Germany, July 21.
British authorities announced to
day the arrest of six Germans on
charges of spying for the Soviet
Union.
Two of those arrested were
women.
One of the women worked un
til recently as an operator in a
British military telephone ex
change, the announcement from
the British high commission said.
The four men in the alleged
espionage group included a for
mer German air force lieutenant.
He was described as a member
of the Communist Party for two
years.
Four of the arrested Germans
come from Brunswick. 'The re
maining two lived in the Luene
burg Heath area where the Brit
ish have large military installa
tions. airports, and troop con
centrations.
The Germans were nabbed by
British authorities on July 9. No
announcement was made until
today. They will appear before
an Allied high commission court
in Duesseldorf next Friday, the
announcement said.
The British identified the ac
cused as Werner Berg. 44; Erika
Krueger, 33; Eberhard Donczik.
29: Karl-Heinz Tejkl, 23: Robert
Koch, 47; and Edith Seefeld, 35.
Rain Forecast Here
Thursday and Friday
Weather Bureau forecasters
held out hope today for some re
lief from the area drought and
heat with the possibility of
showers Thursday and Friday.
Whether the rains would be
general and heavy enough to
Drought Speeds Plonning for New
Arlington Reservoir. Page B-l
benefit the stricken farmlands
was problematical. But the bu
reau said the long-range indi
cation was for “some help.”
Something like today’s expect
ed high of 95 degrees is forecast
again tomorrow, but Friday and
Saturday possibly will be a bit
cooler.
The Weather Bureau looks for
the showers to fall in Maryland,
Northern Virginia and the Dis
trict.
For 11 years Eddy Gilmore of Selma,
Ala., was Associated Press corre
spondent in Moscow. He married a
Russian dancer in 1943, at a time of
wartime amity, and found out late
in the 1940 s that the Soviet govern
ment would not allow her to leave
that country with their two children.
Only recently was this rule relaxed,
and Mr. Gilmore was able to bring his
family out. While they are en route
to the United States, Mr. Gilmore is
writing a series of stories about Russia
and his experiences there. This is
the first of four articles to appear this
week.
things that will make life far
j easier for the Russian people.
I Malenkov is pledged to raise
the standard of living. The
Russian people have heard that
one before, but this time the
party and the government are
behaving as if it matters some
what how the people feel about
things.
First Story of June Panic.
Take the recent city-wide
panic in Moscow. I do not be
lieve this story has been reported
to the outside world, for the
censor was very active with his
big red pencil when I left
Moscow.
Here it is:
Toward the last days of June
the rumor got out in Moscow
j that the money was going to
be changed again. It ran around
the city like an acre of rabbits
turned loose on an ocean of
lettuce.
We heard it everywhere we
went and it got so serious the
foreign embassies sent people
out to look around. Moscow had
had one devaluation since the
war. Czechoslovakia had just
had one. It was at the half year,
a logical time.
I’d seen devaluation, or re
form as they called it, happen
before in Moscow. The symp
toms were the same. The peo
ple knew about it several days
in advance.
All Hoard Metal Money.
I did some investigating. The
subways and the buses and the
street cars had no metal money.
During the last devaluation
metal money was not changed.
The people were clinging to it.
Heated arguments took place
on the subway. The conductors
(See GILMORE. Page A-7.)
Athens Papers Protest
ATHENS. July 21 (#).—Five
Athens newspapers, politically
opposed to the government, sus
pended publication for one day
today to protest proposed legis
lation stiffening penalties under
libel and other press laws.
'Mystery Voice' Contest to Aid
Symphony Sustaining Fund
The National Symphony Or
chestra Association is sponsor
ing a "mystery voice” contest,
with prizes including a Cadillac
and a grand piano, for the bene
fit of the orchestra's sustaining
fund.
The contest, which starts to
morrow, will be publicized by
spot announcements over all area
radio and television stations.
Contestants first will be asked
to complete a 25-word-or-less
statement beginning, “I like mu
sic because *. With each en
try must be sent $1 or more as
a donation to the sustaining
fund.
The climax of the contest
comes September 22, when con
testants selected on the basis of
the statements will receive tele
phone calls asking them to
identify a “mystery voice.” Area
radio and television stations will j
I
Today:
Soup—the Take-lt-Easy Dish
for Hot Weather
Get the Ideas on Page B-5
New York Markets -14-15
Maid Tells Inquest
How She Discovered
Duckpin Murder
Taggart Slaying Suspect
Listens to Testimony
Without Emotion
The maid who found the body
of Miss Alyce O. Taggart today
told how she fled in panic to
call help as the inquest into the
duckpin slaying at Scotts Hotel
for Women got underway at the
District Morgue.
Clarence E. Watson, jr., 19-
year-old shoeshine boy accused
of the killing, listened without
visible emotion as Assistant
United States Attorney Frederick
Smithson presented the evidence.
During the early testimony,
it was brought out that police
found war bonds but no cash
among the slain woman's per
sonal effects.
The principal early witness
was Maude Thomas, 50. colored,
who has been a maid at Scott's
Hotel for seven years.
Room Not on Her Routine.
Room 213, she testified, was
not on her regular beat when
she went around to change the
linen on the morning of July 6,
but the maid who usually did
that room was sick.
“I just put one foot into the
vestibule,” she testified. “Then
I saw a woman on the floor and
a bloody rag. I screamed. I
slammed the door and ran down
to the laundry room to call down
stairs. I don’t know who I talked
to. I remember I kept saying,
‘213, 213, 213.’”
She said Miss Taggart's body
was lying with the head toward
the door and the feet toward the
window. She noticed that Miss
Taggart had her hair up in pin
curls, but she said she wasn’t
close enough to see her face. The
maid described the room as “all
junked up,” meaning disordered.
Another witness. Dr. John Un
derhill Gardner of Emergency
Hospital, told of pronouncing
Miss Taggart dead. He said her
face appeared to be beaten in.
rigor mortis had set in and there
was blood all over the bedlinen.
Relatives Near Suspect.
Watson’s mother, Mrs. Mary
Lyles, and sister, Mrs. Frances
Robinson, sat behind him on the
front row of spectator seats. He
did not speak to them in the
hearing room, where he sat
handcuffed to a deputy marshal
with another seated behind him
as an extra guard.
Watson already faces grand
(See TAGGART, Page A-4.)
President to See Press
President Eisenhower will hold
a news conference at 10:30 a.m.
tomorrow. It will be the first
in two weeks.
offer clues during the eight-week
contest period.
The winners will receive a
! $4,200 Cadillac, a $2,400 Mason
Hamlin grand piano, a SI,OOO
Jandel Ranch mink stole, West
minster Recording Co.’s libraries
of symphonies, operas and con
certos (three prizes t valued at
$1,700, a high-fidelity philco
“Phonorama” radio-phonograph
combination worth SSOO and a
$370 Coldspot freezer, in that
order.
During the contest period,
many special prizes will be
awarded by co-operating air
i waves programs. Winners of
| these special awards will not be
excluded from the grand-prize
contest, according to Carl Blei
berg, contest director.
Entries are to be addressed to
“Symphony, Box 447, Washing
i (See ORCHESTRA. Page A-3.)
Rhee Balking
As Staffmen
Map Armistice
South Korean Still
Threatens Shift;
Unification Up Again
By the Auociated Prtu
PANMUNJOM, July 21.—New
rumblings of opposition came
from South Korea today as al
lied and Communist staff and
liaison officers put finishing
touches on a Korean armistice.
All signs pointed to a cease
fire soon, but there was no indi
cation just when.
One group of staff officers and
the liaison officers recessed with-
U. S. Loses Two Sabres, Downs 131 MIGs
in Two Months. Poge A-4
out scheduling further meetings.
A second team of staff officers
reportedly revising the truce line
across Korea worked on into the
night.
The meeting broke up at 6:45
p.m. and the officers scheduled
another session for 10 a.m.
Wednesday (9 p.m. EST Tues
day.) This is the only meeting
set for Wednesday.
South Korea Gives Warning.
South Korea’s foreign minister
told newsmen his government
might “change its attitude” to
ward obstructing a truce unless
it gets prompt assurances from
Washington that Korea will be
unified. He said South Korea
also wants guarantees from the
United States on how to stop
possible new Red aggression.
A swarm of North Korean and
Chinese workmen hurried to
complete a building where the
truce will be signed. They
worked all through the night
Captured Bulldozer
Balks , Spouts Flame
As Reds Clear Site
By th« Associated Press
PANMUNJOM, July 21.
Communist laborers clear
ing ground at this truce site
today operated an American
bulldozer probably captured
on the battlefront—but they
had trouble starting it.
The bulldozer attracted
crowds of allied and Red
spectators. Once flames shot
out of the engine, but the
North Korean driver hopped
out of his seat and put them
out.
under floodlights put up for them
by American soldiers. Allied
newsmen dubbed the one-story,
T-shaped structure—largest in
Panmunjom—" Armistice Hall.”
The feverish pace began Mon
day—a day after the Communists
agreed to go ahead with final
preparations for the signing of
an armistice.
The Reds announced the de
cision Sunday and made public
a list of assurances by the U. N.
Command that President Syng
man Rhee’s government and
troops would abide by an armi
stice.
Rhee Dissents.
The Red statement, revealing
portions of secret Panmunjom
meetings, disclosed the U. N.
Command promiised not to sup
port any “aggressive action” by
South Korean forces after a
truce.
Mr. Rhee was reported not sat
isfied with the Communist state
ment. He was understood to be
lieve that it did not accurately
reflect South Korea’s position.
Mr. Rhee and government
leaders let it be known they
were awaiting a reply from
Washington on questions they
said were left unsettled after the
conferences in Seoul earlier this
month with President Eisen
hower’s special envoy, Assistant
Secretary of State Walter S.
Robertson.
What questions were left un
settled was not clear, but a high
ly placed source in the South
Korean government said Mr.
Rhee raised questions which were
beyond Mr. Robertson’s powers
to give a final answer to while he
was in Korea.
The source said:
“What we are primarily con
cerned about is a concrete
United States assurance as to
how Korea can be unified after
a political conference, to be
held after an armistice, fails.”
He said the United States has
agreed to join South Korea in
a walkout from the political
conference if it makes no head
way on the unification issue in
90 days.
Meanwhile, Red China’s Peip
ing Radio renewed its verbal
blast at South Korea, charging
that the “Syngman Rhee clique”
still was attempting to “scuttle”
an armistice.
Stay Out of the Kitchen:
Some Hints for Wives
"IT'S TOO HOT"—The common
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weather makes cooking big meals a
burden. For some hints on how to
feed your family without roosting
yourself, see Food Editor Violet
Foulkner's column on page B-S.
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