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Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and cool today, high
about 60. Fair and cool tonight, low in
the 40s. (Full report on Page A-2.)
Yesterday’s Temperatures.
Noon —6l 6 p.m 57 11 p.m.—54
2 p.m....67 8 p.m 56 Midnight 64
4 p.m —63 10 pun —55 l p.m 54
101st Year. No. 298.
Boy ,16, Held
For 100 Fires
Set in 4 Years
Served as Suburban
Volunteer Fireman;
Tells Thrill Motive
A teen-age boy was arrested
yesterday and accused of setting
more than 100 fires in North
west Washington during the last
four years.
“I like to see the fire engines
run,” police quoted him as say
ing. “It’s too quiet in that neigh
borhood of rrfine.”
The boy, who is 16 and on pro
bation from Juvenile Court on
a housebreaking charge, lives in
the 700 block of Ingraham street
N.W. He has been working as
a laborer for a construction com
pany. All of the fires in which
he is believed involved were in
sheds, garages or fields.
One of the places to which the
boy set fire, police said, was a
shed belonging to his uncle.
Juvenile Squad Detective Rich
ard R. Cranford, ir., said the boy
was a member of the Woodland
Beach Volunteer Fire Depart
ment in nearby Maryland on
week ends.
His fire activities during week
days, he added, were confined
to the section of the city east
of Rock Creek Park and north
of Soldiers' Home. All of the
fires were in this area, roughly
that covered by No. 6 Police
Precinct.
Under Inquiry Sinre April.
Deputy Fire Marshal Kermit
R. Mullins said the arrest of
the boy climaxed an investiga
tion under way since last April.
Juvenile Squad Detectives Cran
ford and Robert W. Haun made
the actual arrest and said they
obtained a confession.
The investigators were amazed
at the consuming interest the
boy had in fires and fire-fighting
equipment.
Detective Cranford said the
boy loitered around Engine Co.
No. 22, in the 5700 block of Geon
gia avenue N.W., in his spare
time. He attended all meetings
of Civil Defense reserve firemen
at the firehouse.
He had a radio at home tuned
into the fire department fre
quency. He kept a log of all
fire calls he heard, including
those he set. He also had memo
rized the number and location
of all fire boxes in that section
of the city.
“He knows more about fire
fighting procedure than most
firemen,” Mr. Mullins com
mented.
Boy Seen Often at Fires.
Mr. Mullins said they first
began suspecting the boy be
cause of the frequency with
which he would be seen stand
ing around at fires. His move
ments were followed for several
months.
Finally, the investigators were
convinced he was involved be
cause he would show up at fires
too soon to have heard the fir*
calls.
Detective Cranford said the
boy denied everything at first,
but then began crying and said
he had set more than 100 fires.
He began reeling off places and
dates, the detective added.
He was charged specifically
with 11 counts of arson and
four counts of turning in false
alarms. He was sent to the
District Receiving Home to
await Juvenile Court action.
Accused Os Garage Fires.
Two of the arson counts in
volved garages in the 600 block
of Gallatin street N.W., which
burned last Wednesday. A num
ber of fires w’ere within blocks of
his firehouse hang-out itself.
Detective Cranford said the
boys juvenile record included
tw'o cases of housebreaking and
one case of larceny. He is on
probation on a housebreaking
charge at present, he added.
Police said he was charged with
these specific cases:
Oct. 21, garage fires at 601
Gallatin street N.W. and 619
Gallatin street N.W : Oct. 11,
shed fire, at 708 Farragut street
N.W., the home of his uncle;
Oct. 1, brush fire, 5765 Georgia
avenue N.W.; Aug 24, garage in
rear of 643 Hamilton street N.W.
Aug. 20, brush fire, 5800 block
of Georgia avenue N.W: July
22, trash fire in rear of 5700
block of Georgia avenue N.W.;
April 28, grass fire in rear of
5700 Georgia avenue N.W.
April 29, grass fire in "ear of
5700 block of Georgia avenue
N.W.; June 8, woods tire in 5700
block of Georgia avenue N.W.;
May 3, trash fire in 5700 block
of Ninth street N.W.
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MARYLAND OR VIRGINIA?—This is a portion of a geological
survey map showing the Maryland boundary cutting across
the tip of Jones Point, Alexandria, Va. (Pictures on Page A-2.)
Jones Point Plot in Alexandria
May Actually Be in Maryland
Map Indicates Rocky Pie-Shaped Tract
Is a Part of Prince Georges County
By Tom Burke
Official Alexandria, intent in
recent weeks on reclaiming lost
fire engines, may find itself giv
ing up a portion of its own back
yard to Prince Georges County,
Md.
A five-acre triangle at Jones
Point, long believed part of
Alexandria, is shown on a geo
logical survey map as being in
Maryland.
Yesterday, a letter informing
Gov. McKeldin of the discovery
was sent by Representative
Small, Republican, of Maryland’s
fifth district which includes
Prince Georges.
There’s not a vote to be found
among the rocks, grass, weeds
and trees of the small pie-shaped
plot of ground, but Mr. Small
urged the Governor to:
“. . . Reassert its (Maryland’s)
prior property rights in that por
tion of the land shown on the
survey to be within the bound
aries of Prince Georges County."
May Be a Moot Point.
Even as Mr. Small’s letter was
en route to the Governor, Alex
andria Mayor Marshall J. Bev
erley was planning a trip to Hud
son, N. Y., to seek return of a
file engine taken from Alexan
dria during the Civil War.
Last week, while Mr. Small
was gathering evidence to sus
tain his claim, Mayor Beverley
led a delegation to Baltimore.!
There a promise was obtained!
from Maryland officials that a
189-year-old fire engine once do
nated to Alexandria by George
Washington would be given back
to the Virginia city.
Actually the question of own
ership of the land may be moot
at this time and for some time
to come because the entire Jones
Senate D. C. Committee Invited
To Hearings on Delinquency
By Miriam Ottenberg
Members of the Senate Dis- ‘
trict Committee have been in
vited to attend the Senate Ju
venile Delinquency Subcommit
tee’s hearings on juvenile crime
and correction in the District, it
was announced yesterday.
This was one of several moves
made to work out a close co-
D. C. Civic Groups Spur Plan for
Juvenile Program. Page A-12
operation on Capitol Hill and
between the various groups new
ly formed to work on juvenile
delinquency.
There were these other devel
opments:
1. Commissioner Samuel Spen
cer said he had called Senator
Hendrickson, Republican, of New
Jersey, chairman of the Senate
juvenile delinquency group, and
had told the Senator’s staff that
he wanted to co-operate in their
investigation.
2. Roger Robb, chairman of
the Senate group’s special ad
visory committee of District citi
zens, said he would like to con
fer with Commissioner Spencer
and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
chairman of the new Commis
sioners’ Youth Council, to out
line the role of his group and
to welcome all the help his com
mittee could get.
3. Commissioner Spencer said
he would get in touch with Mr
Robb tomorrow to find out what
his group planned to do and to
suggest a meeting with repre
sentatives of the Commissioners’ j
Youth Council and with the j
Council on Law Enforcement’s
juvenile delinquency committee
Roles Need Defining.
There was general agreement
that the roles of the various
groups now involved in the prob
lem should be clearly defined
and understood. Three groups
are now officially working on
juvenile delinquency. In the or
der of their appointment, they
are:
The Council on Law Enforce
ment's juvenile delinquency com
mittee, headed by Attorney
Newell D. Ellison. This five-man
group is concerned exclusively
with juvenile offenders after
they are arrested. It will investi
| gate police. Juvenile Court,
institution and probation and
parole procedures involving
youthful offenders. The council
was established by Congress in
the crime bill and must report
to Congress in January.
The Commissioners’ Youth
Council, headed by Mrs. Doyle.
This 15-member body was es
tablished by the Commissioners
to work on the preventive side
Sk Sunday Sdaf
Point area is a military reserva
tion. The Army recently asked
the House and Senate Armed
Services Committees to permit it
to transfer the land to General
Services Administration for dis
posal as surplus, however.
Area is Filled Land.
Most of Jones Point’s 60 acres
is filled land, including the five
acres to which Maryland is mak
ing a claim.
Mr. Small disclosed that the
boundary line was brought to his
attention by an Alexandrian, Lt.
Col Herbert G. Outwater,
U. S. A. F. (retired), of 27
Vernon terrace. Col. Outwater
has been interested in getting
the military out of Jones Point
so the historic old Jones Point
Lighthouse, owned by the Alex
andria Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, can
be restored as a shrine.
It has been generally accepted
that the boundary between
Maryland and Virginia is the
high-water mark on the Virginia
side of the river with the Po
tomac thus becoming a Maryland
river.
In the case of filled land
however, the question arises as
to whether the situation is
similar to one at Colonial Beach,
Va., where piers built out into
the water from the Virginia side
are licensed to sell liquor and
operate slot machines by Charles
County, Md.
Mr. Small declined to comment
on the question of moving
boundaries until State officials
have a chance to look up the
laws involved.
But he grinned broadly, obvi
ously thinking of the horse
trading that could net Maryland
five acres of Virginia land for
a 189-year-old fire engine.
of Juvenile delinquency on an
official and permanent basis. It
has a directive to work out
methods of controlling delin
quency and to set up area com
mittees to attack the problem
on the neighborhood level.
Fact-Finding Body.
The Senate Juvenile Delin
quency Subcommittee’s advisory
council on the District, headed by
Mr. Robb. This six-member
group is a fact-finding body on
the District, one of numerous
similar task forces to be set up
throughout the Nation during
the Senate investigation. It is
to serve as the liaison between
the Senators and local groups,
to co-operate with their efforts
and to make an impartial assess
ment of the local situation.
At Capitol Hill, Senator Hen
derson said he had talked with
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee to get his
clearance on the Senate group
investigating the District situa
tion and to suggest that Senator
Case appoint a subcommittee to
attend the juvenile delinquency
hearings.
It was pointed out that if the
hearings show the need for any
new District legislation, it would
be up to the Senate District
Committee to pilot it through
Congress.
Penn Upsets Navy;
Go. Tech, Spartan
Streaks Are Ended
In the season’s biggest day of
upsets, the two longest winning
streaks in football came to an
end yesterday and Navy was
toppled from the undefeated
ranks.
Georgia Tech, undefeated in
31 straight games, was whipped
by Notre Dame, 27-14, and
Michigan State, with a winning
streak of 28, lost to an inspired
Purdue. 6-0.
The Middies were defeated by
I the University of Pennsylvania,
1 9-6, on a field goal in the final
60 seconds.
George Washington lost to
William and Mary, 12-7; Vander
bilt walloped Virginia, 28-13, and
VPI toppled Washington and Lee,
| 32-12.
Other scores:
Minnesota m Michigan *
j Ohio State 20 Wisconsin 19
Army 40 Columbia 7
i Cornell 26 _ Princeton 19
Mississippi State 7.. Alabama 7
Georgia 27 North Carolina 1 t
West Virginia 52 VMI 20
Baylor 14 Texas AiM 13
Biee IS_. Texas 13
I (Details in Sports Section.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 25/ 1953-192 PAGES
Drought Seen
Continuing in
District Area
Light Rain Helps
Little; Tide Floods
Alexandria Section
A continuing drought was in
prospect for the parched Wash
ington area today while nearby
tidewater sections experienced
unusually high river and bay
levels.
The light rains which fell
yesterday and last night did
Tobacco Crop Good Despite Drought in
Prince Georges. Page A-7
Southwest Plains Get Heavy Rains, Need
Even More. Page A-7
little to alleviate a drought that
has persisted here since early
September.
At the same time streets along
Alexandria’s waterfront were
under water last night as an
abnormally high tide flowed up
the Potomac.
High Tides on Bay Again.
Similar high tides were re
ported along Chesapeake Bay
for the fourth day in a row. In
Alexandria, Strand street on the
river’s edge was under about six
inches of water, while low sec
tions of King, Prince and other
streets ending at the river were
flooded.
Although the Potomac has
reached a new low for the season
above Chain Bridge, an unusual
combination of circumstances
has filled the river further south.
The condition is brought about
by the perigee tides which occur
when the sun, the earth and the
moon are in line with each other.
This combination occures twice
a year. On this occasion, how
ever, a brisk northeast wind
helped to back up the tidal
waters.
Cooler Weather |’orecast.
Today’s forecast calls for
partly cloudy and cooler weather,
followed by clear skies tonight.
Tomorrow probably will be fair
and continued cool.
The fairly general rains last
night and early today were too
light to measure at the local
Weather Bureau station.
Farm agants in nearby counties
estimate that at least several
days, or even a week, of con
tinuous rain must fall before
normal conditions can be re
stored.
Picnic Fires Banned.
Meanwhile, the National Cap
ital Park system banned the
building of fires in picnic fire
places while the drought con
tinues. Park officials appealed to
the public to be especially careful
with matches and burning ciga
rettes in wooded areas.
Picnickers will be welcomed
to use the tables and other park
facilities, but police have been
instructed to see that no fire
places are utilized.
The forest park near Thur
mont, Md., has been closed dur
ing the drought. The picnic
area at Prince William Park near
Quantico, Va., has been closed,
but the park will remain open to
hikers and those holding occu
pancy permits for cabins.
Asked to Conserve Water.
The limitation on the use of
water in Rockville expires in a
week, but the City Council yes
terday asked residents to use as
little water as possible until the
drought ends.
A notice to citizens pointed out
that the dry spell has caused the
water levels to drop sharply. The
notice said the partial ban will
not be continued after October
31, but use of water should be
restricted to domestic needs.
October so far is running two
inches of rainfall below normal
for this season. The last drench
ing rain fell here on September
5. when almost three inches were
measured.
No measurable amount of rain
has fallen since October 6, when
about a tenth of an inch was
recorded.
Peace Council to Meet
LONDON, Oct. 24 (/P) .—Mos
cow radio says another meeting
of the Communist-led World
Peace Council will be held in
Vienna November 23-28.
Leahy Collapses at Game and Players Cry
By the Associated Pratt
SOUTH BEND. Ind., Oct. 24.
Notre Dame Coach Frank Leahy
collapsed midway in the Notre
Dame-Georgia Tech game today
and his worried Irish gridders—
who “cried like babies”—went on
to win “for Leahy,” 27-14.
The 45 - year -old coach was
stricken at halftime. ,
Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal said he suffered a severe ab
dominal spasm resulting from
an acute attack of virus enter
itis, commonly known as intes
tinal influenza.
Hospital attendants said Lea
hy was resting comfortably but
would be kept under observation
for several days.
Leahy, who had complained of
feeling ill before the game, sat on
the bench with his men during
the first half.
Notre Dame was leading, 7-0,
at the half, when players learned
Leahy collapsed.
“They cried like babies,” As
sistant Coach Bill Earley said,
“and when they went on the
field for the second half they
Names 0f 46 7 Dead U. S. POWs
Smuggled Home by Sergeant
List in Invisible Ink Includes 104 Shot
By Reds, Colonel Who Compiled It Says
By John A. Giles
The names of 461 American prisoners of war who died or
were shot in Communist camps in Korea were listed in invisible
ink and smuggled through Freedom Village in a Red propa
ganda book.
The Reds had failed to list most of the captives during
the truce negotiations at Panmunjom. The Army views the
list as absolute proof that the *
enemy lied when tinning over
its list of captives.
Lt. Col. John J. Dunn of Phila
delphia, as senior officer present,
U N. Set to Start Preliminary Talks on
Korea Peace Parley. Page A-5
compiled the list which shows
that 104 were shot by the Reds.
The names and serial numbers
later were copied down by Sergt.
James W Kirk in invisible ink
—the nature of which the Army
asked The Star not to use for
fear of jeopardizing others who
might still be in Red hands.
The book was entitled “Inter-
Camp Olympics, 1952.” The
Reds were delighted that the
Officer Who Seized Kidnaper
Os Greenlease Boy Quits Force
By thu Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24.—Lt. Louis
Shoulders, the veteran St. Louis
police officer credited with
breaking the Greenlease kidnap
ing case, turned in his immediate
resignation today, bitterly term
ing himself the victim of “char
acter assassination
Since his arrest of Carl Austin
Hall, the confessed kidnap-killer
of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease,
the 55-year-old officer has be
come a controversial figure in a
police investigation into possible
police irregularities in handling
the case.
The Board of Police Crmmis
sioners. in an official statement,
said, “We regret that Lt. Shoul
ders has seen fit to resign before
this investigation nas been com
pleted.”
Appeared At Hearing
Lt. Shoulders, known to his
fellow officers as “a good cop,”
voluntarily appeared at the po
lice inquiry Wednesday, despite
what his physician termed a
“nervous condition” from work
ing on the case. He was ques
tioned for six hours by a panel
of police investigators.
Os primary concern in the po
lice investigation are the facts
surrounding Hall’s arrest and the
recovery of half of the $600,000
Greenlease ransom money. Some
$293,000 in ransom cash was re-
were still crying. Tears were
streaming down their faces.”
“Soon after Leahy entered the
dressing room at halftime he
complained of a pain in his left
side.” Earley said. “He started to
pass out but never was un
conscious. We rushed our oxygen
tank to him.
“Capt. Don Penza was the only
player allowed to see him. We
asked Leahy if he thought he
had a heart attack. He mumbled.
T don’t think so, but there is a
big pain in my side.’
“Penza left the room. He didn’t
know if Leahy was dying or not.
Joe McCardle (another assistant
coach) and I then talked to the
boys.
“The kids were so upset,”
Earley went on, “that their de
fenses against Georgia Tech's
flanker players—something we
had practiced on all week and
looked good against in the first
hglf —became confused.
“Tech immediately drove 70
yards for a touchdown at the
outset of the third period to tie
the score, 7-7. Then our kids
sergeant thought well enough of
their propaganda effort to
it back home.'
“The list was passed down
through three or sous guys,”
Sergt Kirk said. The sergeant,
who said his stomach was “in
an uproar, among other things,”
is a patient at Brooke Medical
Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Sergt. Kirlc was captured in
July, 1950, as the Reds drove the
United Nations troops down the
war-torn peninsula toward the
Pusan beachhead. He was a
member of a rifle platoon of the
24th Infantry Division, whose
commander, Maj. Gen. William
(Continued on Page A-5, Col. 2.)
! covered by Lt. Shoulders when
he arrested Hall.
The other $300,000 still is miss
ing and is the subject of an ex
tensive FBI and police search.
In his letter of resignation Lt.
Shoulders said:
“After 27 years as a police of
ficer, to be castigated and have
my character assassinated, on
the heels of performing my duty
with the highest sense of re
sponsibility. is more than I can
endure with any degree of self
respect and pride.”
Hits Type of Questioning.
“Maybe I am making a mis
take,” Lt. Shoulders told news
men. “Maybe I am too hasty,
| but right now I believe it’s the
| best thing to do, because I don’t
intend to be subjected to the
type of questioning that I had to
undergo, by lawyers on the St.
Louis police force, and agent
lawyers of the FBI.”
Lt. Shoulders’ resignation VUS
a bombshell climax to a day%f
i ! surprising moves.
Earlier the FBI had picked up
j three persons in their search for
; the missing ransom money. In
; eluded was John Hager, the taxi
I driver whose tip to Lt. Shoulders
| led to Hall’s arrest in an apart
| ment-hotel here October 6.
Mr. Hager, roused from his
| bed early this morning by two
I FBI agents, was released eight
! (See KIDNAPING. Page A-6.)
| settled down. They played the
hardest ball I’ve seen them play
this season. They won—they won
1 for Leahy.”
After the game, there was little
elation in the Notre Dame dress
ing room among the players who
pinned the first defeat on
Georgia Tech in 31 games.
They were happy they won, but
were concerned about their
coach. There was no back slap
ping or shouting. There were no
smiles. The atmosphere was
heavy with seriousness and
anxiety.
Halfback Johnny Lattner said.
“We all were crying at the start
of the second half and when
Tech tied the score I guess we
just got mad. Every chance we
got we talked about Leahy. In
the huddles we mentioned his
name, wondered how he was;
every time we could we talked
about him.”
Leahy was removed to the hos
pital by ambulance as his team
returned to the game.
j (Story of Game on Page C-l.)
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Democrats Appear
Ready for Attacks
On Gen. Eisenhower
Oratory May Hit
At President Personally
Rather Than at G. O. P.
By J. A. O'Leary
The era of goodwill between
Democrats in Congress and Pres
ident Eisenhower appears to be
over.
And if the recent wave of ora
tory aimed directly at the Presi-
Senotor George Asks End of Economic
Aid to Western Europe. Page A-3
dent continues, any resemblance
which the next session of Con
gress bears to the last will be
purely coincidental.
Senator Kefauver, who was
one of the first to train his guns
directly on the President, said
in a telephone interview from
Tennessee yesterday that he be
lieves there will be a tendency
among Democrats during the
1954 session to place more of the
responsibility on Gen. Eisen
hower himself for things they
disagree with.
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, dean of the Senate,
agreed with this prediction, say
ing:
“I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
It’s to be expected in an election
year. As the election approaches
there will be more criticism, more
talk, and It will hit everybody.”
Shot at Lesser Lights.
Apparently construing the 1952
election as a personal triumph
for the general rather than a
victory for the Republican Party,
the Democrats went through the
first session of this Congress aim
ing their criticism away from the
President They were shooting
only at the lesser lights around
him.
In fact, there were a few oc
casions when the Democrats
acted like the President’s best
friends on the hill. This was at
a time when members of his own
party were questioning his ap
pointments of Charles E. Bohlen
as Ambassador to Russia, and
fighting his request for an ex
tension of the excess profits tax.
On the Bohlen appointment,
39 Democrats joined with 34 Re
publicans to support the Presi
dent’s choice, while 11 Republi
cans and only two Democrats
objected. When the excess
profits tax faced a showdown in
| (See DEMOCRATS, Page A-4.)
Italy Willing to Try
For Trieste Solution
By the Associated Press
ROME, Oct. 24.—The foreign
ministry said tonight Italy is
willing to match Yugoslavia in
any steps to ease the- frontier
tension between the two coun
tries and to return the border
area to normalcy.
Since the dispute over Trieste
free territory flared up October
8, both Yugoslavia and Italy
have concentrated troops along
the border.
“Italy informed Washington.
London and Paris several days
ago that she is willing to restore
the frontier section to normalcy.
If Yugoslavia will agree,” a for
eign office spokesman said.
“We have made no announce
ment of this here.” he added, “in
order not to prejudice Yugo
slavia’s acceptance of such pro
posals.”
Asked about foreign press re
ports published here that Mar
shal Tito may propose a with
drawal of troops for eight miles
on both sides of the frontier, the
spokesman said:
“In the opinion of the Italian
government, however, such a
slight withdrawal of forces
should constitute only a first
step toward returning the fron
tier area to a considerably
greater degree of normalcy.”
FIFTEEN CENTS
President Says
Farm Program
Is Being Pushed
Benson to Meet
With Cattlemen
Here Tomorrow
By James E. Roper
President Eisenhower declared
yesterday that his advisers are
working toward a well-thought
out agricultural program that
“will help farmers secure their
fair share of the national in
come.”
Farm price declines, he said,
“now seem pretty well behind
us.”
Gen. Eisenhower made these
statements after a 70-minute
Farm Union Chief an Old Hand at
Tangling With Benson. Page A-4
conference with 16 members of
his National Agricultural Ad
visory Commission.
The commission, which is
struggling to help develop a new
tarm program, told Gen. Eisen
hower about its work so far. But
the commission gave out few
details, and promised no final
recommendations until Decem
ber.
The conference thus offered
mostly generalities to answer
mounting criticism of the Re
publican behavior on the farm
front. A few politicians have
asked Secretary of Agriculture
Benson to resign, and a caravan
of members of the Farmers
Union is on the way here to pro
test against Republican policies.
‘Outlook Is Reassuring.’
The administration, however,
refuses to be prodded. Gen.
Eisenhower after talking to com
mission members, announced:
“They are properly proceeding
on the assumption that only a
well-thought-out program, de
signed to meet the basic require
ments of all elements of our
population, can bring about that
stability and general prosperity
in American agriculture that we
are all striving to achieve.
“The preliminary discussion I
have had today with the commis
sion convinces me that it will
; outline with the help of many
other agricultural groups, de
velopments in the present pro
i grams that will help farmers se
| cure their fair share of the na
! tional income and work for the
good of all.
“I was heartened to find the
| view prevailing that market price
j adjustments in agriculture, which
have been substantial over the
! past two years, now seem pretty
well behind us. I sensed, too, a
conviction among the members
| of the commission that the out
look for business activity
throughout the economy in the
year ahead—a factor so essen
tial to good markets for farm
products—is generally reassur
ing ”
Benson to See Cattlemen.
Gen. Eisenhower said the com
mission reported that the admin
istration’s efforts to strengthen
cattle prices and send aid to
drought-stricken fanners have
become increasingly effective.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son told reporters that the com
mission recommended unani
mously against any Government
attempt to support the price of
Jive cattle. He pointed out that
the Agriculture Department al
ready is buying huge amounts
of beef, and is subsidizing the
shipment of feed to drought
areas. This indirectly supports
cattle prices.
Secretary Benson, however,
agreed to meet at 11 a.m. to
j morrow with 300 cattlemen the
Farmers Union is sending here
itoday.
He was clearly unhappy about
j the meeting. He told reporters:
“You know that nothing can
be accomplished at a mass meet
ing.”
The Farmers Union represent
atives are coming here by bus,
iSee FARM, Page A-7.) •
Old Rough Rider Honored
TORONTO, Oct. 24 (/P).—.
Charley Ring’s medal arrived 55
years late. He received it Friday
from the Cuban Government for
taking part in the charge up San
Juan Hill with Teddy Roose
velt's Roughriders in the Span
ish-American War in 1898.
Baltimore Parkway
To Open This Week
BALTIMORE ROUTE—Recent im
provements will open Baltimore-
Washington parkway from the Laurel-
Fort Meade road to downtown Bal
timore this week. The new park
way sections, as well as travel routes,
\ are illustrated on Page A-19.
A PRISONER SAYS "NO”—Storie*
from Korea have made it clear that
98 Chinese POWs out of 100 want no
part of communism. After close
study of the situation, Star Staff
Writer Earl H. Voss writes from
Korea about the most crucial day in
the life of a prisoner. The article
appears on Page A-27.
AIRPLANE BUlLDEßS—Washing
ton elementary schools art blossom
ing out with a slew of model air
planes. How the air age is coptivat
ing the small fry is related in an
illustrated feature by Education Edi
tor James G. Deane on Page A-12.
Complete Index, Page A-2
Radio-TV, Programs, Pages E-4-5