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In Good Faith,
' President Says !
Promises to Meet
Russia on Equal
Footing in Geneva
By JAMES Y. NEWTON
President Eisenhower said to
day the United States will enter i
the forthcoming Big Pour con
ference in Geneva with a very
hopeful attitude toward the
chance of easing world tensions.
But, the President told, his
news conference, this hope on
the part of the American dele
gation will have to have more
food on which to nourish itself.
This was interpreted as mean
ing the Russians must back up
their recent conciliatory attitude
with firm suggestions for achiev
ing world peace.
The Russians may be sure that
the United States will negotiate
in good faith, Mr. Eisenhower
promised.
No member of the United
States Government had ever said
’ the Russians would be in a posi
tion of weakness at Geneva, the
President observed, adding that
the Soviet has too powerful a
military force to warrant any
such suggestion.
Answer to Khrushchev
Mr. Eisenhower appeared on
this point to be answering state
ments made by Nikita S.
Khrushchev, Russian Communist
Party leader, at a press confer
ence July 4 at the American
Embassy in Moscow.
Among other things, Mr.
Khrushchev was quoted as say
ing that nothing would be ac
complished at the Geneva meet
ing unless Russia is treated as
an equal.
Mr. Eisenhower also had con
siderable to say at his news con
ference on the subject of dis
armament.
The more you study the sub
ject the more you find yourself
in a sort of squirrel’s cage—you
find that you are chasing your
. self around, Mr. Eisenhower
said.
Inspection Is Big Issue
In considering the problem of
disarmament, the President add
ed, you always come back to
the problem of how to enforce
such agreements. And this
brings you to the touchy subject
of inspection.
Mr. Eisenhower pointed out
that it was uncertain at this
time what type of inspection
the United States would be will
ing to accept.
Some experts hold that you
can’t tackle the disarmament
problem until tensions between
East and West are eased, the
President said. Others hold to
the belief that tensions can’t be
eased until armaments are re
duced.
The answer to the whole prob
lem is very complicated, the Pres
ident said, adding with earnest
ness that the whole business of
building up mightly military ma
chines which never may be used
is utterly ridiculous to him.
Mr. Eisenhower said that he
did not expect the Geneva con
ference to cohcern itself with
substantive problems such as
disarmament.
Sees Approach Possible
But he said some approach to
finding away to solve the prob
lem may be made at the summit
conference.
The President was asked if he
was satisfied that there are ways
available to detect the manu
facture of weapons through in
spection.
He replied that in certain
respects it would be easy and in
others not so easy.
Mr. Eisenhower said, for ex
ample, that you probably could
not find weapons already made
and concealed and there was no
assurance that atomic reactors
made for peaceful purposes
could not be converted rapidly
to war use.
But when you get into long
range bombing, the President
said, you need big airfields, and
those can be detected. Also the
manufacture of such large
articles as guided missiles could
be detected.
Weapons Now Smaller
A reporter pointed out that
atomic weapons are being made
smaller these days. He asked
the President what steps could
• be taken to prevent an enemy
from smuggling such weapons
into the country.
Mr. Eisenhower replied that
some weapons might be sneaked
in, but that the Instant such a
weapon was found it would be
practically cause for a declara
tion of war.
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Confidential Dixon-Yates
Data Barred by President
The Senate Anti-monopoly
subcommittee investigating the
Dixon-Yates contract has every
right to expect "factual testi
mony from Adolphe R. Wenzell
but is not entitled to any confi
dential information involving
the administration," President
Eisenhower said today.
The President discussed the
controversial public-versus-pri
vate-power question at his news
conference shortly before Mr.
Wenzell, a former officer of the
First Boston Corp., was
scheduled to appear before the
subcommittee headed by Senator
Kefauver, Democrats, of Ten
nessee.
The subcommittee wants to
ask Mr. Wenzell about the tem
porary duties he performed as a
Budget Bureau consultant last
year at the time the Dixon-
Yates contract was under con
sideration by the administration.
Dismisses Victory Claims
Mr. Eisenhower declared he
was not really concerned about
reports that Senate Democrats
and Republicans both claim a
political victory because of a
Senate vote yesterday. The vote
approved funds for a transmis
sion line for a power plant which
would be constructed by the
Dixon-Yates group. However,
the' Senate provided that the
funds would be available only if
the City of Memphis fails to go
ahead with its own power plant
project.
The President disclosed that
he received from Budget Director
Roland Hughes this morning a
report on a study he ordered
U.S. Ends 8-Year Denial
Os A-Expert's Passport
By HOWARD L. DUTKIN
The State Department, after
eight years of refusal, has de
cided to issue a passport to Dr.
Martin D. Kamen, Manhattan
Project A-bomb scientist whom
the department once linked to
communism.
The decision to issue the pass
port VU revested today before
federal Judge Richmond B.
Keech in the U. 8. District Court
for the District of Columbia. As
sistant United States Attorney
Joseph Rafferty told the court
he had been informed of the de
partment's decision.
Pending before Judge Keech
at the time Iras a suit filed by
Dr. Kamen’s attorney, Nathan
David. The suit sought to have
the court void as arbitrary the
department’s past refusals.
In view of the department’s
new tack, Mr. Rafferty asked l
that the court action be post- 1
poned until Friday. Judge Keech r
agreed. It is expected that with 1
the issuance of the # passport Fri- *
day’s action will be dismissed on t
the grounds that no actual con
troversy will then exist. 1
Dr. Kamen currently is teach- t
ing at Washington University in j
St. Louis. In 1947 his passport t
for travel in France and Europe I
was seized by State Department t
agents while it was in the hands 1
of a travel agency.
According to Mr. David, the c
reason given for the seizure was f
simply that Dr. Kamen’s pro- t
jected trip was against the inter- g
ests of the United States. Con- e
tinued efforts were made to ob- f
tain the passport. Dr. Kamen e
finally obtained a hearing in c
the nature of an oral interview 1
and signed non-Communist affi- i
davits. But still no passport was c
Issued. I
He appealed to the then new- 1
ly-appointed Board of Passport 1
Pro-Western Coalition
Formed by Segni in Italy
ROME, July 6 (IP). —Christian
Democrat Antonio Segni formed
a pro-Western coalition cabinet
today, ending Italy’s two-weeka
old political crisis.
A lawyer, teacher and land
reform expert, Mr. Segni called
on President Giovanni Gronchi
early this afternoon to present
the names of his cabinet min
isters. They will take office to
night.
The new government must still
win approval of both houses of
the Italian Parliament.
Mr. Segni said he will take his
new government before the
Chamber ot Deputies and the
Senate for the necessary votes
of confidence next Wednesday.
Italy’s new government, inso
far as political parties are con
cerned, la little different from
that of outgoing Premier Mario
Scelba which resigned on June
23 under pressure from a section
of his own Christian Democrat
Party.
The defunct Scelba’s govern
ment and Mr. Segnl's have the
same party representation—l 4
Christian Democrat*. 4 Social
Democrats and 3 liberals.
The nSw cabinet includes two
members of the Christian Dem
ocrat “concentration” faction
which was largely responsible for
the fall of Mr. Scelba.
One Is Guido Oonella, from
1950 to 1953 secretary general
of the Christian Democrat Party
and Minister of Justice in the
lste Alclde ds Gasperl’s eighth
government. In Mr. Segnl’s
cabinet, he is a Minister without
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ADOLPHE WENZELL
Witness on Dixon-Yates
—AT Wlrestmto
several days ago to determine
whether the Dixon-Yates con
tract should be canceled. The
Hughes report, centering largely
on the feasibility of a Memphis
owned plant, will not be made
public until Attorney General
Brownell rind other Government
authorities complete a related
study, the President added. He
said he did not know how long
this would take.
Mr. Eisenhower emphasized he
has not changed his basic stand
on the power question affecting
the Tennessee Valley Authority
and, in this instance, the Atomic
Energy Commission. He recalled
that at the outset he had favored
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DR. MARTIN D. KAMEN
After 8 Years, Victory
Appeals in January, 1954. It Was
the first case heard by the Maiti,
Mr. David said, although regu
lations to set up such a board
had been promulgated a year
before.
Finally, Dr. Kamen was told
his appeal had been denied on
the grounds that he was ad
judged to be going abroad in
the interests of the Communist
Party or as one dominated by
the party. The law suits fol
lowed.
In another recent passport
case the U. S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia held
that the Secretary of State must
give valid reasons for denial of
a passport. Earlier this year Dr.
Kamen was awarded $7,500 dam
ages in a libel suit against the
old Washington Times-Herald.
He charged he was defamed in
a news story linking him to
charges made against an un
identified persons by Senator
Hickenlooper, Republican, of
lowa.
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ANTONIO SEGNI
Ends Italian Crisis
portfolio Intrusted with admin
istrative reform.
The other is Giulio Andreotti,
a bright light of the Christian
Democrats, who served as In
terior Minister in Amintore Fan
fani’s brief, 12-day government.
Mr. Andreotti, now Minister of
Finance, is only 36 years old.
For years he served as under
secretary to Mr. de Gasperi.
Mr Segni was the author of
Italy’s present land program,
under which some 90,000 peas
ant families have been given
' about 1.5 million acres of land
from the great pre-war estates.
He handed out most of hU own
holdings in Sardinia in connec
tion with tho program.
Nine Hostages
Still Held by
Prison Rebels
Conferences Fail
To Agree on Terms
For Their Release
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July
6 (A I ).—Nine Washington State
Prison officers, seized at knife
point in a sudden revolt against
discipline, were held captive
today as officials and inmates
argued over terms tit their re
lease.
A recheck by penitentiary
authorities disclosed that a total
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of 11 men were seized yesterday
morning when 33 of the big in
stitution’s toughest convicts
rioted in an attempt to force
! changes in parole and class! flea
■ tion procedures and other prac
‘ tices.
' The two employes overlooked
- in the first count were Identified
■ only as a guard and a supervis-
I ing cook who fell victim to the
t rioters when they seized the
> prison kitchen. Os the 11, two
■ were released shortly after the
\ revolt started, but one was
beaten severely.
• With the prisioners in virtual
I control of the big sprawling ln
' stitntlon near this Southeastern
r Washington city, a series of con
> ferences between State and
I prison officials and leaders of the
i revolt ended shortly before last
■ t midnight without any agreement
to free the hostages.
Talks to Resume
Dr. Thomas Harris, State di
rector of Institutions, said the
talks would resume this morning.
An uneasy quiet, broken oc
casion illy by screaming taunts of
a handful of rebelling prisoners,
settled over the penitentiary.
Prison guards, reinforced by
State patrol and county and
city officers armed with rifles
and sub-machine guns, patrolled
the walls and the area surround
ing the prison. And a National
Guard company was on standby
orders for possible duty.
But inside the prison, most
of the more than 1,700 inmates,
apparently in obedience of a
white-shlrted convict—leader of
the 33 persons directly in
volved in the revolt—remained
in their cells.
The hostages, including Ted
Beexeridea, associate warden,
were believed in no immediate
danger. V
Prison officials said, however,
that until arrangements could
be made for their release, the
main prison was in control of
the convicts.
Dr. Harris said the hostages
had talked to other prison offl
t clals and reported they were well
, treated.
Two Others Freed
r There was no explanation as
to why two of the hostages were
, released. One, Boots Fain,
|of the prison Athletic and
. Recreation Department, was
• badly beaten. A1 Remboldt, cap
t tain of the guards, was freed
r unharmed.
The trouble developed without
warning about 9:45 am. yester
, day. The 33 prisoners, all of
“ whom had been held in a segre
j gatlon center reserved for the
• prison’s toughest inmates, broke
[ out of the center and converged
1 on Mr. Bezzerides’ office in the
’ same building.
[ Mr. Remboldt said Mr. Bez
' zerides and he were "holding
• court when the door popped
: open and three men seized Bez
-5 zerides and two men grabbed
‘ me and shoved me against the
[ wall."
He said the convicts seized
. the control room and sent him
to tell the warden’s office that
no one would be hurt “if you
send Dr. Harris down for a con
ference.”
"How they got into the con
trol room, I don’t know,” Mr.
Remboldt said.
Present Grievances
| Dr. Harris said the men at
conferences during the day were
demanding changes in disciplin
ary procedures and had pre-
I sented a long list of grievances.
I They also set a deadline of 4
I pm. today for Improvement of
I treatment by custodial officers,
I but attached no "or else” terms
I to the deadline, he said.
"I didn’t promise them any
thing,” Dr. Harris said. “No
I commitments or promises can
I be made under the present clr-
I cumstances.”
'Death Row' Author
Wins Quentin Stay
I Supreme Court Justice Tom
Clark today granted a stay of
execution to Caryl Chessman,
sex terrorist and convict-author
. who was scheduled to die July
• 15 In the gas chamber of San
Quentin (Calif.) Penitentiary.
• A court spokesman, announc
-1 Ing the action, said the stay
• would remain In effect until the
" court has an opportunity to act
'•on Chessman’s petition for re
• view of his case. That probably
'• would be some time this fall.
‘ Chessman was convicted seven
years ago of attempted rape and
1 kidnaping but has escaped death
, repeatedly through a series of
■ legal maneuvers.
i While In death row, he wrote
I a best-sellnlg book “Cell 3455,
• Death Row” and has another
> book due for publication this
• month. The new book is en
titled "Trial by Ordeal.”
President Asks Action
To End Transit Strike
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WALKING SHOES—Barbara Keane, 18, of the Meridian Hill Hotel starts walk
ing, dress shoes in hand (arrow), walking shoes on foot, on the sixth day of the
transit strike, in search of a taxi or ride to her job with the Air Force in Tempo
rary Building 8 at McLean Gardens.—Star Staff Photo.
Downtown Traffic Flow Starts Earlier,
And Apparently Is Lightest of Strike
Washington residents were
settling into a get-to-work
pattern today, apparently re
signed to a long transit strike.
Traffic seemed lighter on thU
sixth day of the walkout, the
j American Automobile Association
said, possibly because many
downtown workers who drove
yesterday were able to form car
pools.
The automobile flow to the
downtown area got under way
earlier today than at any time
since the strike began. By 7:31
a.m., the AAA said, free parking
space on the streetcar tracks was
gone, and ft 8 a.m., curb park
ing was exhausted, although cars
continued to pour into the down
town area.
The first traffic tleup devel
oped on the South Capitol Street
Bridge approaches at 6:50 a.m.,
and the last, at 8:30 a.m., on the
Fourteenth Street Bridge. The
latter bridge, however, was re
ported clear at 8:40 a.m.
Police Inspector George R.
Wallrodt said traffic moved much
more smoothly today than at any
time since the strike.
Murray Offers Suggestions
After a meeting with inspectors
this morning. Police Chief Robert
V. Murray had some suggestions
for making traffic flow even more
smoothly.
One suggestion was for per
sons traveling the Eleventh
Street Bridge to use the Sousa
Bridge whenever possible, since
the latter bridge U not carrying
its capacity, while the former is
overloaded.
He also pointed out that Rhode
Island avenue is not carrying ca
pacity during the rush hour. He
suggested that drivers continue
using alternate routes to get to
and from work.
Chief Murray again appealed
THE STRIKE AT A GLANCE
NEGOTIATIONS—StiII deadlocked where they
were when the workers walked out last Friday.
TRAFFlC—lmproved over yesterday. Car pools
organized by Government workers were cred
ited with easing much of the jam.
SHOPPlNG—Customers discovered downtown
Washington was a shoppers’ paradise—no
crowding, plenty of salespersons and even taxi
transportation was plentiful.
CONGRESS—The House District Committee
meets in closed session to discuss a proposal
that would turn the company’s operation over
to the District Commissioners.
THE UNlON—Leaders meet with the District
Commissioners in the District Building.
BUSINESSMEN—The Washington Board of
Trade’s new directors urged strikers to return
to work at least for 80 days, until issues can
be settled. ~ -
! to delivery meh hot to make de
liveries downtown' during the
peak traffic hours.
Government officials said to
day that attendance at work by
i Federal employes is virtually
back to normal, despite the
strike. They reported only a
"smattering” of tardiness.
As for absenteeism, there is
virtually none. While attendance
is slightly below that for the rest
of the year, it was pointed out
that July is a heavy vacation
month, and many employes are
taking their annual leave. The
agencies credit official and un
official car pools for maintaining
attendance.
1,500 Police on Duty
Some 1,500 policemen were
afoot downtown today by 6 a.m.
Some of them had become ex
officio parking attendants, see
ing that autos were lined up
correctly on the streetcar tracks.
The police were working split
Donohue Hints at Need
For Subsidized Transit
F. Joseph Donohue, former
District Commissioner, elected
last year as a "pudiic representa
tive” to the Capital Transit Co.
board of directors, last night
hinted strongly that he favors
Government subsidy of the
strike-bound utility.
Mr. Donohue was named to the
board along with two other pub
lic interest members after de
mands by the District Public
Utilities Commission, which has
in recent years challenged com
pany financial practices.
Vice Admiral Oswald S. Col
clough, USN retired, the second
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shifts—6 am. to 10 am and 3
( p.m. to 7 p.m.—to handle the
peak traffic loads..
The biggest problem, police
said, is the evening rush. The
motorists get in better than they
get out. One solution being con
sidered was making Eleventh
street and Sixteenth street N.W.
one way north during the eve
ning rush. It was pointed out
that this would give four one
way streets going north, with
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
already one way.
Despite the apparent plenty of
parking spaces, police said many
were violating the parking ban
still in effect on rush-hour
streets. Police were handing out
traffic tickets to these violators
this morning, and the police
cranes were kept busy moving
cars. They borrowed three Na
tional Guard cranes to help.
Park police also were stationed
See TRAFFIC, Page A-7
"public member” of the Capital
Transit board, said today he did
not wish to comment on the pres
ent strike.
“It is a great temptation to
talk at a time like this, but I
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feel that as a public member of
the board I would be doing a
disservice to speak. Labor and
management relations are al
ways a sensitive matter.”
Lt. Gen. William* H. H. Mor- (
ris, jr„ USA retired, the third
board member elected to repre-j
isent the citizenry last year, could
not be reached for comment this
morning.
Both Admiral Colclough and
Gen. Morris attended yesterday's
meeting of the transit company!
board with the District Commls-!
sioners in the District Building.
Mr. Donohue, who was Instru
mental two years ago In resolv
ing CTC and union differences,
has been in New York since early
April as attorney In a tax case.
He has been in Washington only
See DONOHUE, Page A-7
U. S. Planes in Germany
Fly Children to Camp
BERLIN, July 6 UP). The
United States Air Force opened
today its third annual kinder
lift, a movement of underprivi
leged West Berlin children to
vacation centers in West Ger
many.
Fourteen C-47 transports
each bearing 24 youngsters—took
off from Templeboff Air Base
for the flights westward which
included 100 miles over the
Soviet zone.
Leaders Told
Not to Delay
Peace Talks
By HERMAN F. SCHADEN
Both sides in the six-day-old
transit strike were urged by
President Eisenhower today to
stay in practically continuous
negotiation to settle a dispute
that is interfering with the effi
cient operation of the Federal
Government.
The President’s concern about
the transportation tie-up was
expressed at his press confer
ence. Elsewhere these develop
ments occurred:
1. Legislative action to seize
the struck Capital Transit Co.
was deferred by the House Dis
trict Committee to give the Dis
trict Commissioners “a little
longer to get the parties to
gether.”
2. A Senate District subcom
mittee opening public hearings
tomorrow on a bill to cancel
Capital Transit’s franchise is
sued “forthwith” subpoenas for
Louis E. Wolfson, the company’s
board chairman, and enlisted as
sistance of the FBI in finding the
financier.
3. The Commissioners an
nounced after meeting with
union representatives for an hour
and 15 minutes they had offered
the union some new avenues for
exploration. Union President
Walter J. Bierwagen called them
new ideas and said the union
would consider them In media
tion sessions.
In Touch Since Start
The transit strike—topic fore
most on everybody's mind—came
up at the President’s press con
ference this morning. He said
that, of course, the strike had
been brought to his official at
tention and he had been in tough
with it since it began.
He believed the Federal Gov
ernment should keep out of in
dustrial disputes except in in
stances of national emergency.
- This Indicated he planned no
executive action at this tlmo
based on the Taft-Hartley act
or any emergency machinery he
might discover.
But Mr. Eisenhower said both
Sides owed it to the public to
negotiate until they get the an
swer. They owe this to the pub
lic, he said, because any public
utility depends on the public for
support.
When Government workers
can’t get to work on time, or
can’t get rides, it of course inter
feres with the Government’s M
ficient operating, he said.
Mr. Eisenhower took the occa
sion to praise the Washington
police force for a very good job
during the strike. The police
Continued on Page A-7, Col. 1
GM Stock Jumps
sl4 on 3-1 Split
NEW YORK. July 6 UP).
General Motors stock, following
a proposal for a three-for-one
split, opened today on a block
of 85,000 shares up $14.62 at
$l2B a share on the New York
Stock Exchange.
There was a delay after the
stock market opened of one hour
and 45 minutes while members
of the exchange who specialize
in trading in GM stock and Ex
change governors sought to
match buying and selling orders
at what they considered a fair
; price.
Brokers reported the greatest
difficulty apparently was in get
ting enough stock to meet buy
ing orders. This finally was ac
complished at $l2B. Within a few
minutes the stock fell back to
$126.50. It traded actively be
tween those two figures.
Du Pont, which owns some 21
million shares of GM common,
opened today on the New York
Stock Exchange up $6 at $249.50
1 on a single block of 3.500 shares.
■ The stock was up $10.87 yester
jday.
j (Another Story on Page A-8)
EUROPE'S EXPERTS
ALSO ARE FOOLED
j THE SPURIOUS SPECTRUM—If
• you bar* ever been bilked by experts
' in phony goods, take heart. Europe's
leading exports also bare, according
; to The Star's European corraspandant,
Crosby S. Noyes. See page A-12.
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