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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
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PAPAL BLESSING FOR EASTER—Rome.—Pope Pius XII stands on balcony to
bless some 300,000 gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Easter services.—AP Wire
photo via radio.
Asian Premiers
Set More Talks
NEW DELHI, April 11 OP).—
Asian premiers are carrying out
a busy schedule of meetings this
week in preparation for the
African-Asian conference open
ing in Bandung, Indonesia, a
week from today.
Prime Minister Nehru and
Foreign Minister Pham Van
Dong of Communist North Viet
Nam wound up three days of
talks on Indo-China yesterday.
In Karachi. Pakistan Gov. Gen.
Ghulam Mohammed and Prime
Minister Mohammed Ali are
meeting with Egyptian Premier
Gamal Abdel Nasser, his Foreign
Minister, Mahmoud Qaqzi, and
National Guidance Minister
Salah Salem.
The biggest pre - conference
gathering is expected later this
week, perhaps Wednesday, in
Rangoon. Arrangements have
been made for Mr. Nehru, Col.
Nasser and Red Chinese Premier
Chou En-lai to join Burmese
Prime Minister U Nu there for
the trip to Bandung.
Mr. Nu has already announced
he will sound out Mr. Chou on
possible ways to ease Chinese-
American tension over Formosa.
New Delhi also saw the windup
yesterday of the five-day Asian
"conference to ease international
tension” and unofficial gathering
of 18 countries which Indian
Officials generally boycotted be
cause of its strong Red com
plexion.
Virginia Foresters
Seek Relief in Rain
By the Associated Press
Virginia foresters were looking
for some relief from clouds and
Showers today from the wide
spread forest fires that burned
seven or eight square miles of
area over the week end.
Yesterday’s hot Easter sun
boiling out of a clear sky made
tinder out of the already parched
woodlands. Firest fires were re
ported across the State.
By far the largest was one that
ourned over 2,000 acres in Nor
folk County
A thousand acres cr more
burned in and around Shenan
doah National Park and officials
said there was evidence some of
the fires in this area—as many
as eight broke out yesterday—
were "definitely set.”
Three fires were burning inside
the park, two on the west side of
the Blue Ridge Mountains and
•ne on the east side.
The big fire in Norfolk County
was one that burned the edge of
Dismal Swamp.
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity Occa
sional rain beginning this eve
ning and low tonight around 55
Mostly cloudy and mild tomor
row with chance of scattered
showers.
Maryland Occasional rain
and mild tonight with low in
the 50s. Mostly cloudy and mild
tomorrow with chance of scat
tered showers or thunderstorms
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WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST— There will be showers
or thunderstorms tonight from the Mid and South Atlantic
States northward to the lower Lakes region and the Ohio
Valley and to the eastern sections of the Great Plains. Some
rain or snow is likely along the eastern slopes of the North
ern and Central Rockies. It will be cooler in New England,
the Northern and Central Plains and In the Central Rockies.
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PopeAppealsforArmsCut
And Peaceful Use of Atom
VATICAN CITY, April 11 </P).
—Giving his annual blessing to
one of the biggest throngs in
Vatican history, Pope Pius XII
yesterday indorsed progressive
disarmament and peaceful use
of atomic energy.
The 79-year-old pontiff also
warned against the still unknown
effect on human reproductivitv
of radioactivity from nuclear ex
plosions.
The white-clad spiritual lead
er of the Roman Catholic Church
spoke from the balcony of St
Peter's Basilica. The vast Eas
ter crowd jammed the square be
low and stretched far down the
“Way of the Conciliation” lead
ing to it.
Police estimated the crowd at
300,000 to 500,000.
As evidence of progress in
peaceful use of atomic energy,
the Pope without calling it by
name took note of the United
States Navy’s atomic-powered
submarine Nautilus. He said:
"Without fear or trepidation
we have noted the recent ad
TAXPAYERS' LINE FORMS EARLY;
AGENTS WARN ON 'EXPERTS'
Traffic was heavy but not overwhelming today in the In
ternal Revenue Service’s assistance office here, where taxpayers
are helped in filling out returns.
More than 300 persons were through the line in the first
three hours today. A queue formed early outside the room at
Constitution avenue and Twelfth street N.W.
Friday is the deadline for filing income tax returns for last
year The assistance office will be open to midnight that day.
Meanwhile, revenue officials emphasized persons seeking
help in filling out their returns should be wary of so-called
“tax experts.”
Some of these “experts,” they said, are no more than glib
talkers whose mishandling of returns could result in the payee
being involved in conspiracy to defraud the Government.
10 Are Trapped
By Brush Fire
The worst brush fire in the
Washington area this spring
swept across 180 acres near Lan
ham in Prince Georges County.
Md.. yesterday, trapping 10 vol
unteer firemen for a half hour.
Four alarms brought out 11
fire companies to battle the
stubborn blaze, which crackled
across tinder-dry woods and
brush for hours before it finally
was brought under control with
hastily dug trenches and back
fires.
The trapped firemen became
encircled by flames as they were
Virginia—Occasional rain in
east and north and scattered
showers in southwest tonight with
low 52-60. Rather cloudy and
mild tomorrow with chance of
scattered thunderstorms.
Wind—Southerly 15-20 milea
per hour tonight becoming
southwest tomorrow.
KlT«r Keport
(Prom O 8 Engineer!!
Potomac Rl»er clear at Harpere Perry
and clear at Great Falla; Shenandoah
1 clear at Htroer; Ferry.
vances which, after some definite
progress, have successfully com
pleted the first attempt to pro
pel a ship by means of nuclear
energy, at last putting that force
to the service and not to the
destruction of men. . . .
“We exhort men of science
and of good will to persevere
bravely and confidently in their
theoretical and experimental
study of the instruments and
the promising materials, so as
to attain a worthwhile produc
tion of easily accessible energy,
which may be put to use where
it is needed and contribute to
the lessening of the pressures
of want and misery.”
Earlier in his 1,200-word ad
dress the Pope had given his
blessing to political leaders “so
that, sincerely prepared to reach
a lasting understanding, they
may throughout the world ar
range treaties which will insure
peace, start a progressive dis
armament and thus spare hu
manity the destruction of a new
war ”
attempting to clear Vista road
of burning logs and debris.
Using the water supply in theii
four tank trucks cautiously, the
10 men sprayed a path about a
half mile through the encircling
wall of flames until they reached
a safe area that already had
burned.
The men who were trapped
were from Landover Hills and
Kentland.
Some telephone lines went
down, and several small shacks
were destroyed as the flames
raged out of control for nearly
five houis.
The burned area lies between
Ardmore road, George Palmer
highway, Vista road and Whit
field Chapel road.
Prince Georges flremeu re
sponded to 16 other brush fires
during the day. Montgomery
County firemen had a dozen to
combat.
Humidity
(Readings Washington National Airport)
yesterday— Pet Today— Pet
Noon 19 Midnight ... 55
4 p.m. 16 8 a.m. ns
8 p.m. 29 to a.m. 62
Record Temperatures This Tear
Highest. 82. on April 10.
Lowest 10 on February 1.
High and Lew
• a.m. Satarday te 8 a.m. Sunday
High. 75. at 4:05 p.m.
Low. 46. at 6:00 a.m.
8 a.m. Sunday to 8 a.m. Today
High. 82, at 4:10 p.m.
Low. 48. at 5:50 a.m.
_ Tide Takleo
i Furnished by United States Coast and
Oeodetlc Survey)
. Today Tomorrow
High 10:.IOa.m. 11:7)9 a.m
Je?w— 5:54 a.m. 5:80 a.m.
High 1»:58p.m. Il::i0p.m.
Low 5:34 p.m. 6:16 p.m.
The dun aod Moon
_ . Rises Sets
Sun, today 8:11 5:38
Sun. tomorrow 6:12 5:36
Moon, today 10:10 p.m. 7:52 am
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1955 1954 Avg Record
January 031 2.30 3.24 7.83 '37
February 313 0.85 2.44 8.84 ’«4
March 3.70 3.97 3.03 884 'Bl
April 0.07 3.30 3.06 9.13 ’B9
May 2.98 3.98 10.69 53
June 1.24 3.41 10.94 00
July 1.70 4.26 10.63 'B6
August 3.16 4.75 14.41 '2B
September 0.63 4.12 17.46 714
October 4.06 286 8.81 37
November 1.78 273 7.18 77
December 2.82 261 756 01
Temperaturee in Varieus Cities
H. L H. L
Abilene 78 59 Little Rock 81 55
Albany 72 38 Los Angeles 75 58
Albuquerque 72 42 Louisville 77 56
Anchorage 34 19 Memphis 62 50
Atlanta 60 56 Miami 78 72
Atlantic City 78 52 Milwaukee 77 44
Baltimore 80 45 Minneapolis 78 51
Billings 65 34 Montgomery 65 60
Birmingham 62 60 New Orleans 74 54
Bismarck 80 45 New York 82 58
Botse 62 27 Norfolk 81 55
Boston 77 55 Oklahoma C. 66 51
Burlington 50 42 Omaha 76 46
Charleston 68 63 .>hlladelphla 78 52
Cheyenne 65 36 Phoenix 87 64
Chicago 81 57 Pittsburgh 75 44
Cincinnati 75 54 P'tland.Me 72 51
Cleveland 76 46 P'tlasid. Ores 56 40
Columbus 76 51 Raleigh 78 55
Dallas 6!) on Reno 66 20
Denver 68 3.) Richmond 83 54
Des Moines 76 51 St. Louts 75 66
Detroit 79 51 Balt Lake C 64 35
Duluth 79 41 San Antonio 80 62
Port Worth 88 59 San Diego 67 55
Houton 66 57 S. Francsco 59 45
Haron 76 41 Savannah 7l 62
Jackson 0011 * 65 8* $8?
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Bandung Talks
May Decide
If Reds Fight
j BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press BUS Writer
The African-Asian conference
opening a week from today may
be a big factor in Communist
China's decision whether to at
tack in the Formosa area this
spring or at any time.
Top United States officials
have decided the Chinese Reds
are not likely to move on the
Matsu or Quemoy Islands before
or during the conference, to be
held at Bandung, Indonesia.
Army Secretary Stevens, re
turning yesterday from an in
spection trip to the Far East,
said he doesn’t believe the Reds
have any immediate plans for
an offensive in the Formosa
Strait. If there is an attack, he
said, he thinks Chiang’s forces
could “give a very good account
of themselves.”
American leaders attach great
importance to the Bandung talks
—not because of the issues which
will come up but because of the
diplomatic maneuvers that will
take place in conference corri
dors.
Reds Among Principals
The Chinese Communists will
be one of the principal partici
pants. What happens to them
! there may have either of two re
sults as authorities here analyze
| the situation:
1. If the Communists find that
i their demands for possession of
| Formosa and the offshore island
groups are generally supported
as right, then they will be en
couraged to use force in realizing
those claims. The danger of war
in the Formosa Strait would
flame high the next week or soon
thereafter.
2. If the Chinese Reds find
that their threat to use force
costs them the good will of the
African and Asian nations and
subjects them to censure, then
they may be persuaded to stay
their hand. Slender hopes for
a negotiated settlement would
' be substantially enlarged.
The conference, with 29 na
tions expected, will open on April
; 18. It is scheduled to run
j through April 24. American eyes
and ears in Bandung will be
; supplied by Ambassador Hugh
| 1 S. Cumming. jr., and his staff
from the Embassy at the In
! donesian capital, Jakarta.
Humphrey Wants Action
Senator Humphrey, Democrat.
; of Minnesota, urged yesterday
that the administration move
from “the defensive to the of
fensive” in its attitude toward
i the conference. Forecasting that
Communists at the conference
will stress land reform, Sena
tor Humphrey said in a state
ment this country should “open
ly challenge the Soviet to apply
such land reform principles in
their owh country.”
The conference was called by
a group of Asian countries and
one of the ballyhooed figures is
to be India’s Prime Minister
Nehru.
Os the nations which will be
I in the conference, more recog
| nized Red China than National
! ist China. But many of those
which recognize the Reds are
either friendly toward the United
States or essentially neutral in
their attitude. There is con
siderable hope here that the
dominant mood of the confer
ence will be one of peace-seeking
and that this will act as a re
straint of the Chinese Com
munists and a compulsion to
make them negotiate for a For
j mosan settlement.
The United States on its part
l has recently emphasized a strong
desire to avoid a fight over
Matsu and Quemoy—with impli
cations that if the Reds will
; negotiate a settlement keeping
1 hands off Formosa they can have
j the coastal islands,
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Hart-wig to Speak
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Kiwanis Club meets at noon to
morrow at Brook Farm, 7101
Brookville road, Chevy Chase,
Md. Rear Admiral G. Roy Hart
wig, deputy director of Mont
gomery County civil defense, will
be the speaker.
Civil Defense Meeting
A civil defense meeting for
residents of Southern Prince
Georges County will be held at
; 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Forest
Heights Elementary School, Tal
bert drive and Indian Head high
way. A film on civil defense will
oe shown.
School Registration Set
Registration for children en
tering first grade next fall at
the Stewart-Tuckahoe School,
2600 North Underwood street,
Arlington, will be held in the
school Friday.
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Thousands Losing Jobs
Under Defense Policy
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Chairman Dawson of the House Government Operations Com
mittee has sharply criticized the Defense Department’s new policy
of rapidly transferring civilian-manned Federal operations to
private industry.
The Illinois Democrat scored the department for issuing a
directive announcing that only in exceptional cases should cost be
a significant factor in making >
such transfers.
The new policy already has i
had a devastating effect on De
fense Department employes. Al
ready thousands of civilian
workers have lost their jobs.
The Navy thus far has been
the hardest hit, with sharp re
ductions-ln-force being made in
the Philadelphia and New York
Navy Shipyards. Such installa
tions as the Naval Supply Depot
at San Pedro are being discon
tinued.
Federal employe leaders are
extremely worried about the sit
uation. They feel that unless the
policy is modified, many more
thousands of defense a;<*ncy em
ployes will be dropped.
Mr. Dawson, in his statement,
was very critical of the new
policy. He declared:
“The Defense Department has
abandoned all requirements for
economy in order to promote
business for so-called private en
terprise. No moral justification
is possible for avowedly eliminat
ing considerations of economy
and thus inviting exorbitant bids
at the expense of the taxpayers.”
Mr. Dawson also wrote to Sec
retary of Defense Wilson:
“I should like to inquire the
reason for the omission from
your directive of the provision
that private facilities are not to
be used when their use will be
demonstrably more expensive.”
** * *
PAY—The House returns this
week from its Easter recess. Ac
tion on the postal pay bill is
expected the week of April 17.
Chairman Murray of the House
Civil Service Committee has
agreed to ask for a rule from
the House Rules Committee, even
though he is opposed to increas
ing the amount of his 5 group’s
7.6 per cent average postal pay
boost.
As reported here the other day,
Mr. Murray favors making the
pay boosts retroactive to last
March 1 for classified and postal
workers if the 7.6 per cent figure
is adopted. A group of Demo
cratic members are sponsoring
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Following House action on the
postal pay bill, Mr. Murray will
then bring up the classified pay
measure. He is expected to sup
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have this year as a result of
their 1956 appropriations voted
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Chairman Johnston of the Sen
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the maximum daily travel allow
ance of Government workers to
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i hearings are expected.
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Northern Virginia. The session
is scheduled in the Culmore
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