Probe of 1). S. Policy
In Ladejinsky Firing
Asked by Humphrey
ly twAiiacM Frau
Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
of Minnesota says Congress
should determine whether the
firing of a United States land
reform expert in Japan “is a tip
off of a major change in United
States policy” in this field.
Senator Humphrey said last
night the ouster of Wolf Lade
jinsky as United States agricul
tural attache in Tokyo raises a
question “whether or not more
is behind this than Just a per
sonnel action.”
He urged a congressional in
vestigation. suggesting th£ action
might reflect a policy change
“about which we haven’t been
informed.”
The firing of Mr. Ladejinsky,
a native of Russia closely iden
tified with Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur’s land refonp program in
Japan, was announced last week
by Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son.
Fired on Security Grounds.
Mr. Ladejinsky was removed
on security and technical
grounds after his file was re
viewed when control of his post
was shifted from the State to
the Agriculture Department.
Senator Humphrey, in a state
ment, cited past United States
support for some land reform
programs in the Far East and
added:
"There has been an apparent
reluctance on the part of our
Government to maintain its
leadership in this field and to do
anything to implement our an
nounced policies."
Gen. Humphrey said he had
asked Mr. Benson and Secretary
of State Dulles .whether Mr.
Ladej insky’s firing has policy
significance.
Mr. Ladejinsky, he said, “has
_ been a symbol in Asia of Amer
ica’s concern for the people . . .
and it certainly seems unwise to
destroy a symbol of hope to peo
ple we are trying to win to the
side of democracy.”
New Assignment Hinted.
State Department officials have
Indicated Mr. Ladejinsky may
get another assignment within
their department, which is keep
ing him on the payroll. Mr.
Benson says he may have an
other post in the Agriculture
Department if he meets security
standards.
Mr. Ladejinsky, 55, came to the
United States from Russia in
1922. In announcing his ouster,
the Agriculture Department
noted he might be subject to
pressure through relatives still
living in Russia. It also cited
his work, in 1931, for a Russian
trading company and a trip to
Ruisia hg 1939. *4.
Membership In two Commu
nist front organizations also was
listed. Mr. Ladejinsky has de
nied this, saying much of his
overseas work was aimed at com
batting the spread of commu
nism.
The department also said it
felt its attache in Japan should
be more expert in production and
• marketing techniques.
Sfassen Booming
Eisenhower in '56
\
•y tb# Associated Preit
Harold E. Stassen, who has
tried twice for the nomination
himself, said yesterday he is
sure the Republicans will draft
President Eisenhower to run for
a second term in 1956.
“And I believe he will be
elected,” Mr. Stassen said.
The former Minnesota Gover
nor, now the Eisenhower admin
istration’s foreign aid chief, said
in a television interview he
couldn't tell this far in advance
what his own % plans would be
for the 1960 election. But of
1956 and Gen. Eisenhower, he
said:
“I'm out to draft him and I
know we'll be successful in do
ing it.”
Gen. Eisenhower has refused
to say whether he will seek
re-election.
Mr. Stassen was interivewed
on CBS “Face the Nation.”
Immediate foreign aid plans
lay emphasis on Asia, Mr. Stas
sen said. He declined to place
a figure on the extent of United
States help, but said it wouldn’t
require an increase in taxes or
the national debt limit. “It will
fit into a declining total of
United States foreign aid,” he
commented.
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NUMBER ONE SPORTSMAN—Buenos Aires.—Argentine Presi
dent Juan Peron, named Number One Sportsman of Argentina
by sports enthusiasts in his country, sits astride a motorcycle
in front of Government House as he watches a review of
motorcyclists.
Greek Janitor Sees Children
For First Time in Seven Years
By the Associated Prats
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 27.
Mike Katsanevas, 66, took his
children shopping today—but he
wasn’t just looking for after
, Christmas bargains.
He wanted practical coats and
trousers and dresses and shoes,
all right. But, at the same time,
he was showing six of his chil
dren a new way to live, the way
' he has learned to live in Amer
ica.
The children arrived yesterday
from Greece—Mike’s Christmas
present from his co-workers at
the Clearfield Naval Supply De
pot, where he is & janitor.
This was the first time he had
seen them in seven years, since
he left Crete.
Three children came vifte
Mike then, but he had to leaf*
his wife and seven other wins
snd daughter* behind. He got
ft job as a janitor at the Naval
Supply Depot-north of here. He
prayed and he saved—but he
never could get together enough
money to bring the rest of the
family over.
Fellow Workers Aid.
Then Mike’s fellow workers de
cided on his Christmas present.
They chipped in and finally
raised $2,500, and that was
enough.
The family started, but in
Athens Mrs. Katsanevas was de
tained for about a month be
cause of a minor illness. The
Daily Pageant Program
Following is the schedule of events today and tomorrow
at the Christmas Pageant of Peace on the Ellipse:
Today
4:45 p.m.—Children’s Corner program.
5:00 p.m.—Santa’s Workshop.
7:30 p.m.—Washington Conservatory Choir.
8:30 p.m.—“Christmas In the Appalachians,” the Washington
Federation of Churches.
9:00 p.m.—“Bach Preludes,” Ethel Butler Dance Group.
Tomorrow
12:15 p.m.—Religious service by Calvary Baptist Church and
choir. Dr. Clarence W. Cranford, pastor.
4:45 p.m.—The Children’s Corner.
7:30 pjn.—“The Eager Heart” by the Foundry Players.
8:15 p.m.—Square Dances.
8:30 p.m.—Thailand Embassy, songs and dances.
9:00 p.m.—American Square Dancing. '
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Over 80,000 Visit
Pageant of Peace on
Holiday Week End
.Washington’s Pageant of
Peace was expected to draw
more holiday visitors today after
attracting its largest crowds
. over the week end.
1 Park police reported today j
■ that the Christmas display on •
> the Ellipse drew an estimated 1
? 80,250 persons during the week !
• end —49,750 on Saturday and |
I 30.500 Sunday.
» Many out-of-town sight-seers j
! were among the motorists whose ■
; vehicles clogged the roadways :
. in the area and additional:
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six children came on by plane.
Another son, George, 21, will join
the family when he finishes a
hitch in the Greek army.
Mike couldn’t say much when
the airliner landed and his chil
dren ran out—he just laughed
and cried. His friends standing
behind the runway fence didn’t
say much, either—they just
grinned.
The thin little father tried to
gather all six children into his
arms at once. Then he and the
other three—James, a United
States airman first-class, now
home on leave; a daughter, Kal
iope, 18, and Manuel, 16—posed
for pictures with them. And be
tween shots they turned and
hugged Leonidas, 17, Irene, 14,
Nicholas, 13, Areto, 11, Stylianos,
10, and Stavrolla, 8.
As soon as he could, Mike got
his children into friends’ cars
and took them out of the cold
to his warm, brick "home.
Cigars, Drinks and Cookies.
He offered cigars and poured
drinks of ouzo, a Greek liqueur
sent over by Mrs. Katsanevas in
basket-covered bottles. Kaliope
served American chocolates and
xerotigana, honey-flavored cook- !
iss.
Jim talked to the children and
learned they thought America is
! nice because a man in New York
I gave each of them ass bill. But
j they had been airsick after
1 sampling “about 30 different
thousands of Washington area
residents also turned out, police
said.
Many were apparently at
tracted simply by the spectacu
larly illuminated national com
munity Christmas tree and by
the presence of the team of eight
Alaska reindeer on hand at the
display.
With a midday religious serv
ice starting each day’s events,
I the daily program of music,
j dancing and dramatics will be
’ continued through January 4.
| Music by the Washington
j Conservatory Choir is among
i features tonight. Tomorrow night
| the Foundry players will present
j “The Eager Heart.”
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President to Send
Budge; Message lo
Congress January 17
By a Staff Corres-wndant of Tha Star
AUGUSTA, Ga„ Dec. 27.
President Eisenhower decided
today to submit to Congress on
January 17 his budget message
estimating what it will ,0081 to
run the Government in tne fiscal
year starting next July 1.
This will be followed on Jan
uary 20 by submission of the
President’s annual economic re- ;
port.
White House Press Secretary f
James C. Hagerty announced 4
these decisions as Gen. Eisen
hower conferred with his top
economic advisers at his vaca
tion headquarters here today.
On State-of-the-Union.
The administration’s legisla
tive program for the new session
of Congress starting January 5
will be outlined in general terms
in the state-of-the-Union mes
sage the President plans to read
to a joint meeting of the House |
and Senate on January 6.
Special messages to follow will
spell out the details of some of
the major legislation Gen. Eisen
hower will ask the Democratic
controlled Congress to pass.
First of these special messages,
renewing the President’s request
for a three-year extension of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act
with added authority to cut
tariffs on selected commodities
by 5 per cent for each of the
three years, is due to go to Capi
tol- Hill January 10.
Confers With Advisers.
Mr. Hagerty said Gen. Eisen
hower worked on the economic
report in a conference lasting
more than two hours this morn
ing with Gabriel Hauge, his per
sonal economic adviser, and Dr.
Arthur F. Bums, chairman of
the Council of Economic Ad
visers.
Mr. Hauge and Dr. Bums flew
here last night for the confer
ence and planned to fly back to
Washington today with the draft
of the economic report.
Gl's Blood Saves Baby
After 14 of Kin Die
By tha Associated Press
TOKYO, Dec. 27.—A two-day
old Japanese girl whose 14
brothers and sisters died at
birth is in good condition today
following a transfusion that
gave her a completely new sup
ply of blood—donated by an
American soldier.
Doctors at the Japanese Red
Cross Center said the 5-pound
4-ounce girl would “surely have
died” except for the blood dona
tion by Army Pfc. Johann Sliva,
25, of Little Rock, Ark.
Doctors said the baby’s 40-
year-old mother, Mrs. Yohiko
Tatake, lost 14 previous chil
dren at birth because she has a
negative RH factor in her blood.
The blood clashed with the
father’s positive RH blood.
Immediately after the baby’s
birth yesterday, doctors replaced
all the child’s blood with a
pint of blood donated by Pvt.
Sliva.
kinds” of food. The ice cream
was best.
Everybody laughed. The chil
dren looked tired and solemn,
and they didn’t know what people
were saying about them, but they
could tell they were surrounded
by friends, so they smiled, too,
whenever anybody looked at
them.
The party broke up and the
family gathered around the
Christmas tree to open presents.
And Mike laughed and wept a
little more and thought of all
he would do with a week of
vacation starting and nine chil
dren to share it with him.
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