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THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. C.
SCNPAY, JOT.* «, 1U54
Eisenhowers Inspect
Farm, But There's Ho
Hurry To Move In
By tha Associated Pros*
GETTYSBURG. Pa., July 3.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
took an enthusiastic look today
at the farm house where they
intend to retire and a newly in
stalled marble mantel that used
to be in the White House.
“You know,” Mrs. Eisenhower
exclaimed delightedly, “it’s in
perfect condition.”
“Even got a couple of logs in
it,” the President noted.
The century-old mantel was a
gift of the White House staff on
the Eisenhower’s 38th wedding
anniversary Thursday. Workmen
had done a rush job putting it
in place in expectation of to
day’s visit.
Tfye President and Mrs. Eisen
hower spent an hour showing
their week end guests through the
old red brick farm house, how in
the process of renovation and ex
pansion, which will be their home
after they leave the White House.
Shows off His Barn.
They drove .over from Camp
David, their Catoctin Mountain
retreat near Thurmont, Md.,
where they are spending the
Fourth of July holiday.
With them were two old
friends, Mr. and Mrs. George
Allen of Washington; William E.
Robinson, chairman of the board
of Hannegan-Robinson Associ
ates; Mr. and Mrs. Ellies D.
Slater and Mr. and Mrs. W. Al
ton Jones. Mr. Slater is president
of Frankfort Distillers and Mr.
Jones is chairman of Cities Ser
vice Co.
It was a warm day, with a
horde of tiny black insects light
ing on everybody present.
While the womenfolk stayed
around the house, Gen. Eisen
hower took the men on a tour
of the barn and barnyard. He
showed them a frisky Durham
bull calf that belongs to Mr.
Allen—Mr. Allen has a nearby
farm and also farms Gen. Eisen
hower’s 190 acres—then moved
on to the pig pen.
He’s in No Harry.
Poking into a corn crib, the
President commented that the
supply was getting low. Glancing
around, the President declared
enthusiastically;
“Think of the fun It’s going
to be some day just to come
In and fix things up the way
you want to—the tool shed, the
garage.”
He didn’t say whep that
“some day” might be.
But he told newsmen the
house will, be ready this fall
for his wife to begin moving
things in.
“Right now,” he said, **|here
is a carpenter’s strike in ~ this
region that’s holding things up.
I told them here just to obey
regulations. We aren’t in any
great hurry.”
Sitting in the center of the
future living room were three
crated bath tubs.
“The bath tubs look a little
small,” Mrs. Eisenhower said.
“Well,” her husband told her,
“you said you wanted them
short.”
Separated Dutch Twins
Able to Leave Hospital
By tha Associated Brass
LEEUWARDEN*. Netherlands,
July 3.—Folkje arid Tjitske de
Vries, the separated"* JDutch
Siamese twins, left a hospital
here today to go to the home of
their parents and five brothers
and sisters at Oenkerk.
The twins were separated
weeks ago today and have since
grown into healthy and sturdy
babies.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Consid
erable cloudiness and not so
warm with chance of scattered
afternoon and evening thunder
showers today, high in the mid
dle 80s. Tomorrow, partly cloudy
and warm, with scattered after
noon thundershowers.
Maryland—Considerable cloud
iness and not so warm with *
few scattered thundershowers
today, high in the 80s. Tomor
row, partly cloudy and warm
with scattered afternoon thun
dershowers.
Virginia—Partly cloudy with a
few scattered thundershowers
and not so warm today, high in
the middle 80s in the north and
88-94 in the south portion of
the state. Tomorrow, partly
cloudy and warm with scattered
afternoon thundershowers.
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He's Back in His Ivory Tower
But He Reads the Papers Now
Oppenheimer Won't
Discuss Feelings on
AEC Security Ban <
By Saul Pett
AP Newafeaturea writer
PRINCETON. N. J.. July 3.
In one sense. Dr. J. Robert Op
penheimer Is returning to the
ivory tower from which he was
shaken loose 12 years ago to
direct the making of history’s
first atomic bomb.
Stripped of access to his coun
try’s secrets, the famed physicist
What of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, now
that the Atomic Energy Commission
has upheM his designation as a se
curity risk? Will he retreat into his
ivory tower? What does he think are
the lessons of his case? Here, in a
rare interview, the man who directed
building of the A-bomb tells his plans.
makes it clear he will now de
vote himself again to the rela
tively cloistered life of abstract
science.
But in another sense, the ivory
tower will never be the same.
For Dr. ■ Oppenheimer also
makes it clear he will never
again be the politically naive
professor he was back in the 30s.
In those days, he has said, he
was so indifferent to the affairs
of the world around him he
didn’t even read newspapers.
“I should think,” he says now,
“that you wouldn’t step twice in
the same river. History doesn’t
repeat itself that way. At least,
I’ve learned to read newspapers
since then.”
Office Serene; Man Isn’t.
Is he ever sorry he “learned”
to read newspapers?
Dr. Oppenheimer’s gaunt,
bird-like face broke into a wry
grin. His intense blue eyes re
laxed. “I think I am.”
The scientist, who lost his long
fight for security clearance rein
statement on the grounds of
"fundamental defects of charac
ter,” was interviewed in the office
where he directs—and expects
to continue to direct—the Insti
tute of Advanced Study.
Like the rest of the building,
the office was serene. Somewhere
upstairs, Albert Einstein was
working alone in a small room
on his profound theories. In Dr.
Oppenheimer’s office, the black
board was clean. Books were
neatly piled on his conference
table and desk. Behind the desk,
big windows opened on to broad
lawns and the soothing shade of
tall maples.
The office was serene. The man
in it wasn't.
He chain-smoked and fidgeted,
but then he always has. He
talked cautiously and nervously
of his future, but only in response
to questions. He volunteered little
or no information. One got the
impression there was much he
wanted to say—especially about
his own feelings—but didn’t be
cause he was reluctant to appear
to be seeking sympathy.
Never Thought of Leaving U. S.
Would he comment on reports
that he was so bitter he intended
to live and work abroad?
“It is not true,” he said, "that
I have ever thought of leaving
this country, nor can I imagine
circumstances under which I
would.”
But what of his own feelings?
Was he bitter? Did he feel mis
treated by the Government he
had worked for? Is there a deep,
abiding sense of hurt? Dr.
Oppenheimer, refusing to “bare
his soul,” as he said, declined to
answer such questions.
Does he think he had a fair
hearing?
“I hope," he said, "people will
study the record of this case and
reach their own conclusions. I
mean not only people interested
but scholars who have a legal
background. I think there is
something to be learned from it.”
Winds—North and northeast,
10-15 miles per hour.
River Report.
(From V. 8. Engineers.)
. Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Terry and slightly muddy at Great Palls;
Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Readings Washington National Airport)
Yesterday— Pet Yesterday— Pet.
Noon 47 8 p.m. 50
4 p.m. 48
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100 on June 26.
Lowest. 13 on January 23.
High and Low of Last 24 Hours.
High. 94. at 2:40 p.m.
Low. 72. at 6:16 a.m.
Tlds Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
, Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High 11:39 a.m. 12:23 p.m.
Low 6:11 a.m. 7:00a.m.
H'gh 12:16 a.m. 12:59 am.
Low 6:37 p.m. 7:21p.m.
The,Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, todsy 6:47 8:37
Sun. tomorrow 5:48 8:37
Moon, today . 10:11a.m. 11:07 p.m.
Automobile lights must ba turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
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J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER.
Would he make a last appeal
of his case to President Elsen
hower—as the President says he
can?
“It is a pretty unusual pro
cedure,” he said. “It . never oc
curred to me before. Beyond
that, I have no comment.’*
Recalls ’Harsh’ Security Bill.
Does he consider the case
closed?
“No comment.”
Does he think his case pro
vides any kind of a lesson for
other scientists?
Dr. Oppenheimer smiled and
said the question reminded him
of the time in 1945 he indorsed
the first legislation providing for
atomic security regulations.
Many of his colleagues, Dr.
Oppenheimer said, thought the
bill was “harsh and oppressive”
but he thought it necessary. The
act didn’t pass.
“One night,” he said, "I
showed a copy of the bill to my
wife. She said, “Robert, you
keep your nose out of those
atoms.”
As to what lesson might have
been gained from his case, Dr.
Oppenheimer referred the re
porter to a previous statement,
in which he said of America’s
scientists;
"... I hope that the fruit of
their work will be used with hu
manity, with wisdom and with
courage. I know that their con
sel when sought will be given
-honestly and freely. I hope that
it will be heard.”
Plans Cosmic Ray Study.
With a complete absence of
dramatics. Dr. Oppenheimer dis
cussed his future.
“Until the war,” he explained,
“I was only a theoretical phy
sicist and teacher. During the
war, I ran a laboratory (Los
Alamos). Since the war, I have
not been running any labs but
I’ve had to worry about the di
rections research and develop
ment were taking and to give
counsel to the Government.
“This phase of my life is now
concluded.”
In returning to abstract
science, he said, he hoped to
pursue his curiosity about a new
discovery in cosmic rays. “I
don’t understand it,” he said.
“Maybe I never will.”
Will the “blank wall” drawn
by the Government between him
and classified data impede his
work? He said he thought it
would be impeded “very little”
but added, "you never know; you
can’t judge the importance of
facts you don’t know.”
He said he will continue to
discuss common problems with
collegues at the institute. In the
past, some of those discussions
have included classified material.
"That will now cease,” the
physicist said. “It has, in fact,
already ceased. But that was not
a very serious aspect of the in
stitute’s work nor of mine. Pri
marily. the Institute is not en
gaged in secret work.”
Until about a year and a
half'ago, there was a safe in Dr.
Precipitation.
Montnly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1954 Avg Record
January 2.30 8.38 7.83 37
February 0.85 3.00 6.84 84
March 3.47 3.65 8.84 91
April 3.30 3.30 913 ’B9
May 2.98 3.71 10.69 '53
June 1.24 3.97 10.94 ’OO
July 0.23 4.40 10.63 ’B6
August .. 4.35 14.41 *2B
September 369 17.45 '34
October 2.91 8.81 '37
November 2.71 7.18 ‘77
December .. 309 756 'Ol
Temperatures In Various Cities.
. H. L. H. L.
Abilene ... 71 Knoxville 95 71
Albany 80 HI Little Rock 99 76
Albuquerque 92 63 Eds Anseles 83 60
Anchorage 64 39 Louisville 95 70
Atlanta 95 71 Memphlt 99 76
Atlantic City 85 74 Miami .. 87 76
Baltimore 92 67 Milwaukee 65 59
Billings 87 62 Minneapolis 68
Birmingham 92 71 Montgomery 97 73
Bismarck 73 67 New Orleans 91 73
Boise 97 58 New York 81 73
Boston .. 82 68 Norfolk 99 73
Buffalo . 75 54 Oklahoma C. 98 72
Burlington _ 75 68 Omaha 88 76
Charleston 91 79 Philadelphia 88 71
Charlotte . 95 73 Phoenix 104 81
Cheyenne . 90 5K Pittsburgh 85 69
Chicago . 75 66 P tiand. Me 80 61
Cincinnati.. 71 P’land. Oreg. 75 45
Cleveland .. 80 66 Raleigh _ 96 68
Columbus.. 89 69 Reno __ 94 45
Dallas ... 98'78 Richmond. 100 73
Denver 91 61 st. Louts 100 70
Des Moines 91 70 Salt Lake C. 97 67
Detroit. 66 58 San Antonio 72
Duluth... . 63 48 San Diego 74 62
Fort Worth S. Francisco 71 47
Houston ... 95 76 Savannah 94 71
Huron 78 62 Seattle . 70 44
Indianapolis 93 69 Tampa '• 91 74
Jackson 95 72 Washington 94 72
Kansas Citv 103 82 Wichita 104 73
Key West 91 78
Resort Areas Forecast
Sunday
Blue Ridge—Considerable
cloudiness and not as warm,
with scattered thundershow
ers likely.
Upper Bay—Not as warm,
with scattered thundershow
ers likely. Northeast winds,
10-15 miles per hour.
Lower Bay—Warm, with
scattered thundershowers
likely. Northerly winds, 10-
15 miles per hour.
Rehoboth-Ocean City
Considerable cloudiness and
cooler with a few showers or
thunderstorms. Northeast
winds, 10-15 miles per hour.
Virginia Beach—P ar 11 y
cloudy and warm, chance of
scattered afternoon thunder
showers. Northwest to north
winds. 10-15 miles per hour.
South Jersey—Rather
cloudy and cool, chance of
scattered showers. North
east winds. 10-15 miles per
hour.
Jffihwasher Cleared
As Puerto Rican
Terrorist Suspect
By tha Associated Pratt
JERSEY CITY. N. J., July 3
Police Capt. Edward J. Keating
said the Secret Service today
cleared a Jersey City man at any
connection with a Puerto Rican
terrorist organization.
The man, Victor Rivera, an
unemployed dishwasher, was the
object of a Maryland State Po
lice alarm yesterday as a possi
ble Puerto Rican nationalist.
The alarm said a car belong- (
ing to Mr. Rivera was seen on
Route 240 in Maryland near
where President Eisenhower was
scheduled to travel on the way
to his weekend retreat in the
Catoctin Mountains,
Capt. Keating said the Secret
Service gave Mr. Rivera a clean
bill of health and he is not
wanted for questioning.
Mr. Rivera’s car was found on
a Jersey City street yesterday
shortly after the alarm was re
ceived from Maryland author
ities, and it was towed to a po
lice parking lot. Capt. Keating
said police have not been able
to locate Mr. Rivera and sur
mised he is out looking for work.
The Presidential party didn’t
travel Route 240, as it turned
out. The party instead went to
Camp David via Leesburg, Va.,
entering Maryland at Point of
Rocks and thence over Route 15.
Spokesman for the party said
the route to Camp David is
changed each time so the Presi
dent can get to see different
scenery and to avoid traffic.
They denied that the route was
changed because of the reported
presence of Puerto Ricans along
! Route 240.
G.O.P. Session at Strasburg
STRASBURG, Va., July 3.
, Ross Rizley, assistant secretary
of agriculture, former member
| United States Representative,
and onetime Oklahoma State
| Senator, will be the principal
speaker at the Republican 7th
. Congressional District conven
tion, which opens in the Stras.
burg town hall at 10 a.m. July 10.
Oppenheimer’s outer office
' guarded day and night by
guards assigned by the Atomic
Energy Commission. The safe
contained many of his own
highly secret papers as well as
those of other scientists.
The safe has been removed to
a “less conspicuous spot” in the
building and is still guarded by
AEC men. Dr. Oppenheimer said
its removal at the time had noth
ing to do with his own case.
Obviously, however, he will no
longer be able to examine its
papers, including his own.
Although he appeared under
great strain, several times in the
interview the scientist indicated
recent events had not erased his
sense of humor. He said he has
slept “pretty well” and has lost
only a “little weight.”
At one point, he pulled out a
copy of his latest book, “Science
and the Common Understand
ing,” and observed, with a smile,
that it came out the same day
1 the transcript bf his hearing did
; and cost the same—s2.7s.
"Not a Very Good Actor.”
He was asked if his display of
humor was an “act” to cover up
his real feelings?
“I’m not a very good actor,”
he said. “I’ve never been sure
I had a sense of humor but I’m
sure I never lost it.”
Many people have commented
that Dr. Oppenheimer was a sad
figure caught in a great tragedy
along the lines of epic Greek
drama. What did he think?
"In some dramas, a sense of
the drama comes from the
, chorus,” he said cryptically.
How did he feel in the last
few months about having his
character subjected to a whole
sale, intensive analysis by the
Government and every one of
millions of people who could
> afford the price of a newspaper?
r Sharply Honed Answer.
[ Dr. Oppenheimer grinned and
j said the question reminded him
S of a young physcist, a friend
\ who on getting his medical ex
t amination for admission to the
r Army, was asked, “do you have
1 the feeling people are staring
at you?”
L The young physicist said he
» did. The room was full of
1 people staring at him.
] “In answer to your question,"
s Dr. Oppenheimer said, “I have
} the sense of it to the extent to
] which it is true.”
; One left the room with the
t impression that this was a sharp
!, ly honed, precisely shaped an
l swer whose real meaning was
\ strictly the private affair of J.
I Robert Oppenheimer.
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Oklahomans to Hold
Poll Tuesday With
Aid of Martial Law
By tb# Associated Proas
OKLAHOMA CITY. July 3.
With a backdrop of National
Guard troops in five counties,
Oklahomans will vote Tuesday
in the state s primary election,
highlighted Dy races for the Sen
ate and for Governor.
Gov. Johnston