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Democrats Call for Cleanup
Os McCarthy Staff, Ask Quick
Ruling on Perjury Prosecution
McClellan Tells
Os Threat to Him
During Hearing
By James Y. Newton
Democratic members of the
Senate Investigations subcom
mittee, in the wake of hearings
on the Army-McCarthy row,
today demanded a thorough
“housecleaning” of the commit
tee staff. They also called on
the Justice Department to start
work immediately to determine
whether perjury was committed
in the 36-day hearing.
The three subcommittee Dem
ocrats, following an executive
Partial Texts of Final Statements by
Principals in Hearing. Poge A-8
Army Integrity Clear, Stevens Says; He'll
Decline Bid to Porty. Page A-5
Clear Victor Foiled to Emerge From
Probe, Editors Agree.. Poge A-7
session devoted to details on
writing a report, also urged the
executive branch to determine
at once what action should be
taken against Army officials who
are principals in the controversy
—meaning Army Secretary
Stevens, Army Counsel John G.
Adams and possibly H. Struve
Hensel, Assistant Secretary of
Defense.
Senator McClellan, of Arkan
sas, speaking for the Democrats,
said no further hearings should
be held by the McCarthy com
mittee until matters relating to
the staff had been cleared up.
The Democrats said they would
insist on that point later.
Propose Dual Inquiry.
In regard to the staff, Senator
McClellan called for immediate
investigation of two points.
1. The failure of two members
Os Senator McCarthy’s staff to
receive Defense Department
clearance to handle classified or
secret military information. He
did not name to two.
2. Immediate investigation of
“alleged threats made by mem
bers of the staff in an attempt
to intimidate members of this
committee in the course of these
proceedings.”
Senator McClellan revealed
that he had received a threat
from a staff member during the
hearing, although he added he
did not take it seriously. He
said he answered the threat in
words “I couldn’t repeat to you.”
A week ago Robert F. Ken
nedy. subcommittee counsel for
the Democrats, charged that Roy
M. Cohn, regular committee
counsel, had threatened Senator
Jackson, Democrat, of Washing
ton. because of the way he had
been questioning Senator Mc-
Carthy in the hearing.
But today Senator McClellan
alleged that there was at least
one other member of the staff
beside Mr. Cohn who had threat
ened Democrats during the hear
ing. He gave no further identi
fication.
Refusal Indicated.
Senator McClellan said that
Defense Department security j
clearance for one McCarthy staff j
member had been requested in
April, 1953, and clearance for j
the other a month later. He j
added that failure of the staff j
members to receive clearance in- j
dicated a refusal of military offi
cials to grant it.
Senator McCarthy said twd
(Continued on Page A-9. Col. 1.)
Army, McCarthy
Obviously Didn't
Go to Mundt Class
Senator Mundt, a teacher in
Dale Carnegie's how’-to-win
friends school here, ought to
have a long list of prospective
students in mind by now.
The South Dakota RepuDlican’s
experience as umpire in the
Army-McCarthy donnybrpok is a
far cry, and an angry one, from
his lecture specialty.
His topic in the 16-lesson
course is “Enthusiasm and
Friendliness in Your Speaking,”
his office said today.
His secretary, Robert L. Mc-
Caughey, said Senator Mundt
has been teaching at the
Leadership Training Institute, at
Fourteenth and Pennsylvania
avenue N.W., since before 1949.
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Queen Riding Galloping Horse
Ducks in Time to Miss Wire
Duke's Shout Averts
Tragedy When Phone
Cable Sags at Ascot
By the Associated Press
ASCOT, England, June 20.
Queen Elizabeth II gave an
exhibition of her expert horse
manship at the Royal Ascot
Race Course today—and pro
bably saved her head.
She ducked just in time on a
galloping horse to get under a
telephone cable that had blown
down at head level across the
course.
A shout from the Duke of
Edinburgh, who was riding out
front, sounded the warning. The
Queen laughed off the incident
and called out to Lord Roseberry
as she rode past:
“We were nearly all decapi
tated.”
The Duke,- more concerned j
than his young wife, asked her
afterward:
“Did you hear me shout when
I saw that wire?”
She smiled and replied: “I saw
you duck and I did the same.” |
The Queen and some of her |
Holifield to Oppose
President's Order on
AEC Private Power
Exceeds Authority,
Californian Says; Will
Try to Block Contract
By the Associated frost
Representative Holifield, Dem
ocrat, of California said today
President Eisenhower had ex
ceeded his legal authority in
directing the Atomic Energy
Commission to contract for pri
vate powei; in the area of Mem
phis, Tenn.
Mr. Holifield said he would j
attempt to forestall a proposed
Doris Fleeson Calls Order Unprece
dented Use of Power. Page A-15
contract with the Middle South
Utilities, Inc., and the Southern
Co. for a new steam power plant
despite the President’s directive
to complete a contract “as
rapidly as possible.”
He commented in advance of
a second day’s hearing by the
Senate - House Atomic Energy
Committee on a proposal to
construct a new 600,000-kilo
watt plant at West Memphis,
Ark., to feed electricity into the
Tennessee Valley Authority cir
cuit for Memphis consumers.
Cheaper Offer Cited.
Lucius E. Burch, jr., Memphis
lawyer, was called to explain his
contention that an offer ad
vanced by New York financiers
would be $l5O million cheaper
than the utility company’s pro
posal.
Mr. Burch said he represented
Walter Von Tresckow & As
sociates, whose proposal has been
dropped from AEC considera
tion.
The committee was told yes
terday that Budget Director
Rowland Hughes had informed [
AEC Chairman Lewis L. §trauss
that the President had directed
rapid completion of a “definite
contract” with the utilities j
group. The proposal is for a
25-year contract covering a new
plant, costing at least $107,250,- :
000, to furnish power replacing
I rVA electricity supplied to the
Paducah (Ky.) gaseous diffusion
plant.
AEC Commissioners Henry D.
Smyth. Eugene M. Zuckert and
Thomas E. Murray said they op
pose the proposal because Mr.
Smyth said it would involve the
! AEC in “a matter remote from
its responsibility.” All are ap
(See ATOMIC, Page A-3.)
Hillary Back in Calcutta,
Won't Talk About Illness
By th* Associated Pros*
CALCUTTA. India, June 18-
Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror
of Mount Everest, was back in
civilization today and not talk
ing about his brush with pneu
monia last month on a remote
Himalayan glacier.
Sir Edmund returned here yes
terday with members of his New
Zealand expedition, who have
been exploring in the region of
27.790-foot Mount Makalu.
The famous mountaineer
looked hale and hearty, but
wouldn't talk about the pneu
monia attack he reportedly had.
He said the party “had an excel
lent experience, with some good
climbing and a fine survey of
hitherto uncharted areas."
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QUEEN ELIZABETH.
noble peers and’their ladies stay
ing at nearby Windsor Castle
went for a morning gallop on
the famed course before the
opening of the day’s racing.
Only a few workmen saw her
close escape.
F. D. Perkins, who was work
ing on the tote board, gave this
[ (See QUEEN, Page A-3.)
Judge Cockrill Backs
Charges of Police
Brutality to Youths
She Promises List of
Specific Instances if
Murrpy Requests Them
By Charles G. Brooks
Juvenile Court Judge Edith
Cockrill today backed her ad
visory committee's charges of
police brutality and intimidations
in juvenile cases and gave infor
mation on a number of specific
j instances W'hich she claimed
l proved her point,
j The judge, declaring that she
! has noticed an increase in the
complaints in her court, said she
j would furnish a list of specific
instances to Police Chief Robert
V. Murray if he requested them.
Last Tuesday the committee
charged that police had been us
ing undue violence and threats
against juveniles to obtain con
fessions and make cases.
The allegations were followed
| by a demand from Chief Mur
ray that the committee furnish
him with specific instances
I rather than generalities.
Complaints Reported.
In a special press conference
today. Judge Cockrill declared:
“I am getting an increasing
number of complaints from chil
dren and parents alleging mis
treatment. This increase was of
such concern to me that I talked
to Chief Murray about it last
December.
“At the time I gave him a list
of specific cases extending back
over some months.
“I continued, however, to get
complaints'and, recognizing that
it is a difficult situation to han
dle, I discussed it with my ad
visory committee.
"Following that discussion a
subcommittee went to see Chief
; Murray April 1.
“The report came back at the
time that the chief would look
j into it. At the same time they
invited Chief Murray for the
second time to meet with the
committee and discuss this
! problem as well as the finger
printing and photographing of
juveniles.
“He didn’t accept again.”
Number Increasing.
Judge Cockrill declared she
realizes there are some juveniles
; who learn early in life to com
plain that police have beaten
them, but “my concern is that
we do have an increasing num
ber of them.”
She declared she felt that pre
cinct officers rather than Juve
nile Squad detectives were doing
most of the crime investigating.
I She said her experience has been
that police have obtained most
: of their confessions in the pre
cinct stations rather than in the
i juvenile squad.
“I told Chief Murray,” she
added, “that because of the con
cern over juvenile delinquency,
(See JUVENILE COURT. A-6.)
University Club Fire
Damages Kitchen
A kitchen grease-duct fire,
' j which ate its way into the ceiling,
caused several thousand dollars
in damage at the University Club.
1135 Sixteenth street N.W., about
midnight last night.
The blaze was confined to the
kitchen and caused no disturb
ance to guests in the seven-story
building.
Russia Vetoes
Peace Patrol
For Indo-China
59th 'No' Is Cast
In Security Council;
Going to Assembly
By the Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
June 18.—Russia today vetoed
Thailand's proposal for an Indo-
China peace patrol. It was the
Russians’ 59th veto in the Se
curity Council.
The proposal w T as supported
by the United States, Britain,
France, and six other Council
members. Lebanon abstained.
Russia’s single “no” vote was
sufficient to kill action in the
Council.
Russian Assails U. S.
Soviet Delegate Semyon K.
Tsarapkin charged the idea,
favored by nine members of the
11-nation Security Council, was
“a diversion and camouflage by
the United States to widen the
conflict in Indo-China.
A Russian veto paved the
way for Thailand to take the
proposal to the 60-nation U. N.
General Assembly, where Russia
has no veto. Thailand's Deputy
Delegate Thanat Khoman said
today Thailand would push its
proposal.
Diplomatic sources said there
would be a slowdown while dele
gationk consulted and got in
structions from their govern
ments. They said a special As
sembly meeting was not likely
before late July.
Geneva Scuttling Charged.
Mr. Tsarapkin accused the
I United States of trying “to scut
! tie the settlement of this ques
tion” at' Geneva.
“Irrespective of all the at
tempts of the Anglo-American
bloc to minimize this question
all are aware that today we are
talking about something much
more important than the dis
patch of observers to Thailand,
right to the borders of Indo-
China,” the Soviet deputy rep
resentative said. He is sitting in
U. N. meetings for his boss, An
drei Y. Vishinsky, now in Russia
on a vacation.
“This hurry to raise the ques-
I tion here in the Security Coun
; cil just at the time when some
j progress is on the horizon in
j Geneva shows the fear of ag
j gressive circles in the United
States that settlement is at
hand,” Mr. Tsarapkin said. “To
adopt the resolution would con
stitute the first step in direct
military intervention by the
United States. The United States
is attempting to repeat here its
Korean adventure.”
Britain Rejects Search
Os Vessels for Arms
By th* Associated Press
LONDON, June 18.—Britain
disclosed today she has rejected
an American request for power
to search British vessels which
may be carrying arms to Guate
mala.
But Britain promised at the
■ same time to undertake police
j action on the high seas to stop
any British ships bound with
arms to Guatemalan ports.
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Off the Air —But Not Out of It!
‘: Mendes-Franee Wins, 419-47,
On Vow of Peace in 30 Days
Premier Also Stakes Life of His Cabinet
On Revision of EDC by Midsummer
By Crosby S. Noyes
Foreign Correspondent of The Star
PARIS, June 18.—Against all
' 1 odds and despite all predictions,
! France today has what looks like
its strongest government in
; years.
; Pierre Mendes-France was
, swept into power this morning
Mendes-France Began Long Career as
Deputy at Age 25. Page A-3
• with a whopping majority of 419
' votes to 47 on the strength of
a promise to arrange a cease
fire in the Indo-Chinese war
within 30 days. If he fails, he
has said he will resign.
The new premier has also
staked the life of his govern
ment on revision of the European
Defense Community before mid
-1 summer and has promised to
‘ quickly lay before the National
i |
Guatemala D-Day
Believed at Hand
As Rebels Mass
Armed Exiles Ready
1 To Cross Border, Fight
i Against Red Rule
t
■ ! TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras,
t June 18. Armed Guatemalan
'■ exiles were reported massing
5 along their jittery homeland's
5 1 frontier with Honduras amid in
| dications today may be D-Day
I for a revolt against President
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman’s Com
! munist-influenced regime.
) The belief stemmed in part
j from Guatemalan Ambassador
Picture on Page A-3
l Amadeo Chinchilla, who said he
had received reports that resist
| ance forces would launch a re
, 1 bellion today against the Arbenz
! | regime.
] Reports from censorship-
L blanketed Guatemala said au
| thorities there were readying a
massive public demonstration to
; day. Ostensibly this was to show
solid support for the government,
but observers here also inter
preted it as a possible move to
mobilize pro-Arbenz forces for
action in case a revolt breaks
r out.
j; Dispatches from Guatemala
said 100,000 laborers were ex
-5 pected to parade through the
[ streets of Guatemala City.
1 Recruits Leave for Border.
1 Here in the Honduran capital
armed, khaki-clad men—appar
® ently recruits for the exile resist
i ance movement directed from
' here by Carlos Castillo Armas —
: continued to leave the city, pre
sumably for the border.
A two-engine transport plane
. with drawn curtains airlifted a
’ dozen men out of Tegucigalpa
j last night. The group carried
, side arms and lugged a radio and
several wooden crates aboard.
s Earlier reports said an armed
boat pulled out of the Honduran
8 port of La Ceiba and headed for
i Guatemala. Informants said it
9 was moving into position for a
1 strike against the major Guate
’ malan port of Puerto Barrios.
* Col. Rcdolfo Mendoza, former
)
: (See GUATEMALA, Page A-3.)
S l
9 1 Monmouth General to Go
{ FORT MONMOUTH, N. J„
i ! June 18 UP). —Brig. Gen. Wesley
!| T. Guest, commanding general
> at Fort Monmouth, leaves here
s July 5 for Heidelberg. Germany,
, to assume the duties of chief
•) signal officer in the Army’s Euro
j' pean Command.
• Assembly a plan for an economic
austerity program.
' The morning’s victory was
achieved even without the help
of the Assembly’s 100 Commu
nists and fellow travelers. The
group voted solidly for Mr. Men
des-France—the first time they
have supported a non-Commu
nist in many years. But the
candidate had rejected their
support in advance declaring
that if he did not receive at least
314 non-Communist votes he
i would not take office.
Indo-China First Problem.
The result came as a profound
shock to many diplomats and
! political experts here who had
been predicting confidently that
Mr. Mendes-France had little
chance of forming a government.
Today, however, they had re
covered sufficiently to come up
with a number of comments
about what the new government
may mean for France and the
Western world.
At the moment the question
of Indo-China holds the center
of attention. Automatically a
j new interest and new hope in
the Geneva conference is revived.
;If Mr. Mendes-France really
! hopes to arrange a cease-fire
j within a month, he has little
time to lose. The current pre
diction is that he will go to
Geneva personally to take over
the negotiations for Fiance,
j At the same time Mr. Mendes-
France has assured the Assem
bly that he will take precautions
against the possibility of fail
ure. All military measures to
i reinforce French forces in Indo-
China will be carried out. The
new Premier even hinted that
he may ask the Assembly to take
the unpopular step of sending
conscripts into the battle zone
, to reinforce the expeditionary
force.
Vague on EDC Plans.
In the course of debate in
the Assembly yesterday Mr.
j Mendes-France was deliberately
| vague about his plans for re
; vising EDC. In general terms,
he spoke of his hope of recon
ciling extremist points of view
j both for and against the treaty.
| A compromise would recognize
(See PARIS, Page A-3.)
Truck Overturns,
Man in Trailer Dies
A 42-year-old relief driver rest
ing in the sleeper compartment
ol a 15-ton tractor trailer was
crushed to death early today by
30.000 pounds of bagged fer
tilizer.
Virginia State Trooper F. D.
I Wood, jr., said the victim, Law
rence Robert Britt of Charleston,
S. C., died instantly at 2:07 a.m.
in the compartment in the front
of the trailer when the tractor
skidded on a wet pavement on
U. S. Route 1 at Dumfries, Va.,
a mile north of Quantico. He
was pronounced dead by Dr. A. J.
Ferlazzo, Prince William County
medical examiner.
Trooper Wood said the tractor
and trailer “jackknifed” on a
curve and overturned in Quan
tico Creek. The driver, Calhoun
E. Craven, 43, also of Charles
ton, was not injured. He was
I held on a technical charge of
j manslaughter for a hearing July
9 at Manassas.
Mr. Britt’s body was reached
j within minutes after the wreck.
; the trooper said, but it took four
I hours to remove his body from
the wreck. Wood said the entire
i load shifted forward, bursting the
j trailer's seams.
F. C. Morris, Richmond man
ager of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Corp.. which owned the
truck, said Mr. Britt was the
I father of six children.
The Big Step
Getting a driver’s license is a big mile
stone on a youngster’s road of life. Sharon
Doran points out some roadblocks in her
Teen Scene column, on
Page B-4.
New York Markets, Pages A-26-27
District Planning
Slums Co-ordinator
To Map Program
Plea for More Funds
At Senate Hearings
Discloses Proposal
By Miriam Ottenberg
Engineer Commissioner Louis
W. Prentiss today unveiled the
city’s plan for a super housing
co-ordinator to develop a com
prehensive slum clearance and
slum prevention program here
and get all the agencies together
to carry it out.
The plan was outlined before
a Senate appropriations sub
committee in justifying a new
request for $24,350.
Gen. Prentiss named Assistant
Engineer Commissioner Giles
Evans, jr., as the “top man.”
The money requested would pay
for the salaries of a program
analyst and secretary and for a
consultant hired under a $12,000
contract to prepare the plan.
The appropriations subcom
mittee considering the District
budget was told that under the
Federal Housing bill of 1954 now
in conference, the 'District
would not be entitled to Federal
funds unless it prepares a com
prehensive program “for effec
tively dealing with the problems
of urban slums and blight and
for establishing and preserving
a well-planned community.”
The $12,000 consultant would
assess the District problems and
would war k with District, Fed
eral ap' - . private agencies in
preparr ig a comprehensive,
workable program.
The new housing co-ordinator
and his staff would co-ordinate
the development and the subse
quent execution of the approved
program.
Gen. Prentiss told the subcom
mittee that about 15 District
agencies now have a finger in
the pie on slum clearance.
Among them he mentioned the
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, the Rede
veloping Land Agency, the Na
tional Capital Housing Agency,
the Health Department, the De
partment of Licenses and In
spection, the Fire Department,
the Police Department, the Cor
poration Counsel’s office, the
Washington Housing Association,
the Building Code Advisory
Committee, the Housing Code
Committee, the Federation of
Citizens’ Associations, the Fed
eration of Civic Associations, the
Real Estate Operators, and the
new Planning Committee of
Businessmen.
“We have to have some people
to work at the top level to in
sure that whatever plan is de
cided on goes forward without
duplication,” Gen. Prentiss ex
plained.
The co-ordinator will see to it.
for instance, that the Licenses
and Inspection Department will
know what part it will play and
does not require restoration in
an area which the Redevelopment
Land Agency says it is going
to tear down.
He said a great deal of ma
terial has been collected by some
of the agencies in the slum clear
ance and redevelopment field but
the city lacks any comprehensive
plan to eliminate slums.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
added his voice to the plea for
funds on slum clearance. He
said he did not believe that the
city has had an effective pro
gram in the past and that it
should do its part to carry out
the national program.
Commissioner Spencer empha
sized that housing inspection
and enforcement was a “key and
vital part of this program.” Both
Commissioners made it clear
they would speak emphatically
in behalf of the 20 additional
housing inspectors they need for
the new housing division of the
Licenses and Inspections Depart
ment. This division will play a
major role in slum prevention
and rehabilitation. *
City Heads Ask
Restoration of
$2.1 Million Cut
Senate Unit Opens
Budget Hearings;
$l7O Million Sought
By Don S. Warren
Senate subcommittee hearings
on the District’s 1955 supply bill
were opened today with a request
from the Commissioners that the
Senate restore to the bill a little
more than half of the nearly
$4 million cuts in the spending
program made by the House.
The city heads, led by Com
missioner Samuel Spencer, be
gan presentation of justifications
for a program calling for the
outlay of $170,771,014. This
would be $l.B million below the
estimates but $2,019,096 above
the figure approved by the House.
Commissioner Spencer ex
plained that all of the requests
for restorations were for oper
ating expenses. Brig. Gen. Louis
W. Prentiss, Engineer Commis
sioner, said there was no request
for restoring capital improve
ment items, since the program
could be adjusted to fit with the
House action on these items.
Would Create Surplus.
The opening statement of the
Commissioners made clear that
if the Senate restores the re
quested $2.1 million of the House
cuts, the District still would wind
up the next fiscal year with a
comfortable surplus in all of the
several funds. This would be so,
in part, because the House, by a
roll-call vote of 186 to 168, on
Tuesday rejected a move-tey the
House Appropriations Commit
tee to cut the Federal payment
from S2O million to sl6 million.
The Federal payment was
boosted from sll million to S2O
million under an authorization
under .the District Public Works
Revenue Act which also called
\ for new or increased District
; taxes amounting to nearly sls
1 million in order to finance tha
city’s long delayed capital im
provements program.
District officials were given a
sympathetic hearing as the Sen
ate subcommittee examination of
the bill was opened under the
chairmanship of Senator Dirk
sen. Republican, of Illinois.
Sitting with him was Senator
Beall, Republican, of Maryland.
Also attending the meeting as
an observer for Senator Case,
Republican, of South Dakota was
Robert C. Albrook, clerk of the
' Senate District Committee. Sen
! a tor Case, as chairman of the
Senate District Committee, is an*
! ex-officio member of the DiS
: trict subcommittee of the Senate
Appropriations Committee where
he and two other members of
the District Committee have
votes on the District supply bill.
Asks General Picture.
At the outset. Chairman Dirk
sen asked the leading city of
ficials to give the subcommittee
a general picture of the pro
posed spending program and
prospective revenues to cover the
cost. During this general discus
i sion, both Senators Dirksen and
Beall stated that they would sup
port without question the full S2O
' million Federal payment as the
Federal share of the cost of the
development program.
On the question of the Fed
eral payment. Senator Dirksen
addressed this question to Gen.
Prentiss: “If we do not further
profane this matter of the Fed
eral contribution by letting it
! stand at S2O million, will that
be perfectly satisfactory to you?”
Gen. Prentiss agreed.
Senator Dirksen added: “As
for the chairman. I might say
he is ready in all conscience to
approve that S2O million. It was
an agreement made in good
faith and should be observed. It
will therefore be unnecessary for
wires and telegrams to be sent
to the chairman in support of
it.”
Quick support wa£ voiced by
Senator Beall, who declared. In
reference to the S2O million Fed
(See BUDGET. Page A-3.)
Sex Often Blamed
Wrongly for Divorce
OTHER REASONS—PeopIe rarely
tell divorce courts the real cause for
their morriage failure, Howard Whit
j man reports in today's chapter in hit
"Divorce Granted" series. Page A-4.
BACK TO THE DISHES—Now that
the Army-McCarthy hearings are fin
ished, Washington socialites who have
, been attending them faithfully can
return fa their housework, Isabelle
Shelton writes on Page 8-1.
VIENNESE E V E N I N G—Austrian
Ambassador and Mme. Gruber enter
tained 120 guests with wine, waltzes,
beer and strudel. Betty Beale tells
about it in her "Exclusively Yours” on
page B-l.
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