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•• THE EVENING STAR. Washington, D. C.
FRIDAY. MAT tS. IMM
Treason Charge Sought
Against Balky Witness
By the Associated Presa
Representative Walter. Demo
crat of Pennsylvania, said last
night he is asking the Justice
Department to consider prose
cuting Louis Wheaton of New
York for treason.
Mr. Wheaton. 38, appeared
yesterday before the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi
ties. of which Mr. Walter is
chairman.
Mr. Wheaton refused to an
swer when asked if he had
broadcast from Peiping, China,
in October, 1952, speaking of
the "ruthless and inhuman be
havior of our forces in Korea”
and saying he had seen “damn
ing” evidence of bacteriological
warfare waged by the United
States. The committee said such
broadcasts had been made by a
man named Louis Wheaton.
Mr. Wheaton invoked the First
and Fifth Amendments to the
Constitution. He refused to an-i
swer also when asked if he had
gone to Peiping.
In a statement issued after
the hearing, Mr. Walter said :
"while American soldiers were
dying on the battlefields of
Korea, this man. in international
broadcasts emanating from an
enemy nation, was engaged in
dissemination of the vilest
slanders of these soldiers and ,
the country they were defend- |
ing.”
_ Mr. Walter said he had di
Board Probing
Recruit's Death
GREAT LAKES, 111.. May 23
UP). —The death of a 17-year-old
Navy recruit after undergoing
disciplinary drills was laid be
fore an investigating board of
officers yesterday.
The officers were directed to
determine whether special rifle
drill and other duty assigned to
Maurice G. Everett of McKenzie,
Tenn., caused his collapse in 90-
degree heat Tuesday and his
death that night.
Attendants at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Center Hospital
attributed the death to heat
stroke.
In relating an account of the
hours preceding young Everett’s
death the center public informa- ;
tion officer, Lt. C. E. White, did
not use the word “disciplinary"
but rather “retraining” to de
scribe the rifle drill.
Lt. White said the drill was
ordered because Everett, in the
eighth week of a nine-week boot,
or initial, training period, had*
“not learned the significance of i
a military order.” (
Everett enlisted in the Navy ,
from Lansing, Mich., where lie
oad lived with his father, Glen. '
and his stepmother. The father, (
a maintenance man for a bus '
line, was en route to Hunting
ton, Tenn., for funeral services 1
for his son. '
The investigation by a board 1
of officers was ordered by the 1
center’s commander, Capt. J. B
McClean. i!
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North's Crops j;
Hit by Frost
By ttie Associated Press
Record-breaking low tempera
tures accompanied by frost in
flicted millions of dollars of dam
age today to spring crops in the
Northeast.
Massachusetts’ Commissioner
of Agriculture L. Roy Hawes es
timated that State's crop loss at
$5 million—half of it to apple
orchards.
The sub-freezing temperatures
killed apple blossoms throughout
the Nashoba Valley in Middle
sex and Worcester Counties. Mr.
Hawes estimated the loss would
amount to 2‘ 2 million bushels of
apples at a dollar a bushel.
Throughout the Northeast
area damage to such crops as to
matoes. beans, squash, sweet corn
and cucumbers was reported.
The mercury dropped into the
20s in Northern New England.
Some low readings were: Houl
ton, Me., 24: Lebanon, N. H.. 25,
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Fair and
not quite as cool tonight with
low about 48. Partly cloudy and
somewhat warmer tomorrow w ith
high about 75.
Maryland—Partly cloudy and
not quite as cool tonight. Lows
In 40s. Partly cloudy and milder
tomorrow.
Virginia—Fair and not as cool
tonight, low 45 to 50 except near
40 in the western valley. Partly
cloudy and somewhat warmer
tomorrow.
Wind—Southeast or south 10
to 15 miles per hour tomorrow.
Mostly gentle and variable to
night. Good visibility.
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WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST—Showers and thunder
showers are forecast tonight for the entire Plains area,
Idaho, the Great Lakes region, and Georgia. Elsewhere
the skies will be either partly cloudy or clear, with warmer
weather over Northeast Wisconsin and Western Montana,
and colder weather over the Central Rockies and Western
Nebraska.—AP Wirephoto map
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—AP Photo
LOUIS WHEATON
Refuses Answers
, rected the committee staff to
turn the transcript of Wheaton's
testimony over to the Justice
Department “for consideration of
prosecution of treason against
the Government of the United
States.”
The committee had sub
poenaed Wheaton as a witness
in its inquiry as to whether laws
on issuance of United States
passports should be strengthened
It planned another hearing
• today.
|
—AP Wirephoto
MAURICE G. EVERETT
Heat Victim
I ~ - —Hi
Publicity Men Menace
jU. S., Mrs. Meyer Says
ST. LOUIS, May 25 tJP).— Mrs. i
Agnes E. Meyer, Washington! 1
writer and civic leader, said to
day public relations experts are:]
using mass media to control 1 ]
rather than enlighten public I
opinion and “are a menace to
democracy.” j 1
“They are a menace to de- ]
mocracy,” she declared, "because
only the political party that is
well heeled with money can as- i
ford their exorbitant fees.”
Mrs. Meyer made her asser
tions in an address prepared for
the National Conference of
Social Work. She is the wife
of Eugene Meyer, chairman of
the board of the Washington
Post and Times-Herald.
Aims at “Madison Avenue”
She specified her criticisms
were aimed not at industrial
publications men but at "the
so-called Madison avenue boys.”
New York's Madison avenue
- =j
and Caribou. Millinocket and
Old Town, all in Maine, 27.
Jamestown, N. Y., reported an
unofficial 17 degrees during the
night. Water in bird baths froze.
Kinnelon, N. J., recorded a
freezing 28 degrees.
Newark’s 42 was a 21-year
, record for the date. The previ
ous coldest day May 25 recorded
was 43 in 1935.
Cranberry growers flooded
their bogs to prevent the frost
from killing their crops.
It was 28 at Shrub Oak. about
• 30 miles north of New York, and
i a killing frost hit the area's
tomato farms.
1 1 Tomato and com crop damage
also was reported on Long Island
where Brookhaven had a low of
, 27 and Old Brookville 28.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR [
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
MAY 26-30
Temperature will average near
to slightly above normals, which
are 78 and 59. Rising trend in
temperature over the week end
and early next week. Cooler
Wednesday. Showers likely Tues
day or Wednesday totaling 1 to
2 tenths.
River Srpert
ierom U S Engineers >
Potomac River clear at Harpert Kerrj
and clear at areal Palls. Shenandoah
clear at Haroers Ferry
Temperatnrca tor Veaterday
ißeading Waohlntaon National Airport >
Midriiaht n.V Noon SI
4 a.m. iVi 4 p.m fill
8 a m SI 8 D.m 54
Record I emperatarea Thli Yaar
Htshext H I on May IS and 14
Lowest co on January 24. 28 and
February 22
jLobby Probers j
Clear Young of'
9 l<
Sellout Charge
A special Senate committee
turned its attention today to i
active lobbying for and against 1
the natural gas bill after de- ,
elding that “sell-out” charges
against Senator Young, Repub
lican of North Dakota, were en
tirely unfounded.
The committee spent more
than three hours yesterday 1
looking into the Young charges
made by the Leader, a twice-1
monthly newspaper published by!
the North Dakota Nonpartisan
League. Questioned were K. W.;
Simons of Bismarck. N. Dak,
editor of the paper, and R. C.
Nathan of Jamestown, N. Dak.,
a director. Senator Young also
testified.
No Evidence Offered
Afterward, Chairman McClel
-1 lan, Democrat of Arkansas, and
■ Vice Chairman Bridges, Repub
lican of New Hampshire, issued
this statement:
|j “The statements against Sen
ator Young were completely un
supported by any evidence what
soever and merit no further ac
i tion by the committee.”
1 Senator Young said he was
1 "very pleased” with the commit
tee’s finding. “I knew all along
' there could be no substance tq
the charges." he added. The
Senator had asked for the com
mittee’s inquiry.
Hearing Seen Ridiculous
Mr. Simons told reporters that:
a hearing on the charges was
'“ridiculous.” He said it was
'merely a North Dakota “political
squabble” and that “sell-out”
! charges were a part of the
“standard vernacular” in the
State’s political campaign.
Senator McClellan said the:
committee had instructed itsi
i staff to turn its atttention to
ieight organizations which were
: active in the natural gas contro
versy- four for the legislation
;and four against. He withheld
the names of the groups.
The lobby investigation was
ordered as an aftermath of the
controversy over the natural gas
I bill. The inquiry will be ex
panded to include other major
lobbying activities.
generally is considered the cen- ,
ter of the Nation’s public rela
tions and advertising industry, i“
i Public relations experts, Mrs.'
[Meyer said, “have now' entered !
the political arena and learned J
to sell personalities and policies c
. . . with the same skill with 1
[Which they formerly sold tooth *
paste.
“What a boon such talent )
#ould be if we could persuade.-
these adriot salesmen of ideas to I
fight for Federal aid to educa
tion, for the expansion of social •
security or other health and wel- !
fare measures." ,
Mrs. Meyer said she sees
more hope in trying to make the ]
social workers politically minded
than in trying to make the
politicians socially minded.
Doctors Are Criticized
“The doctors have not hesi
tated to exert political pressure
but, unfortunately, it is too often
: used selfishly to protect their
own economic interests rather
than the public health,” she
added.
Charles I. Schottland, United
, States commissioner of social
security, predicted expansion of
the Federal Governments aid
to dependent children.
“Low standards are too costly,
.especially for the prosperous
I United States, in terms of mal
nutrition, warped bodies and
I the consequences of poverty,”
Mr. Schottland said last night
at a meeting of the Child Wel
fare League of America, held in
I conjunction with the conference,
i The proportion of destitute
children receiving money pay
• ments under publicly supported
I programs, he said, will “undoubt
edly increase until all of those
who are in need are covered.”
Hlab and law mt l a.I 24 Hour.
Hmh vesierday. «:i at 4:SH pm.
Lore this morina. 411 at 4:15 a m
Tlda Tablee
iFurnished ny the United State* Coaat
and Oeodetic Survey!
... . roaar lomorruw
High 9:21 a m. 9:58 a.m.
Lo» II 4H in. 4:21* a m.
High —.. 9:47 p m. 10:24 p.m.
Low 4.211 p.m 5.05 p.m
The Sub and Moan
r Rises seu
Sun today 5:4s am 8:27 pm
Sun tomorroy 6:4', a.m. 8.7.1 pm.
Moon, today 9.29 p.m H:2« a m.
Automobile Hants must be turned on
one-halt hour after sunset
Freclpltatlaa
Mommy precipitation in inchea in the
capital * current month to datei
•onlh 1960 1956 Avi Record
January 1.99 n.lll 3.24 7.83 7IJ
February 2.82 .'(.31 7.44 8.84 'B4
March 3.53 3.70 3.03 8.84 HI
April 2.011 2.57 3.011 H. 13 'BH
Mas 3.38 3.98 10.09 53
June 2.711 3.41 10.H4 'oil
July 7.33 4.70 10.83 'BO
August ... 14.01 4.75 14.41 '2B
fceptrmber 0.85 4.12 17.45 714
October 8.48 2.85 8,81 -37
November ... |,83 2.73 7.18 '77
December ... 0.22 2.81 748 311
Temperatures In Variant Lillet
H L. 11. L,
Abilene 84 88 Knoxville 88 44
Albany 55 30 Little Rock 73 80
Albuquerque 83 57 Los Angeles 04 57
Atlanta 88 81 Luuistllle 07 44
Atlantic city 55 44 Memphis ; s on
- Baltimore oi 38 Miami so 7<
Billinas 85 57 Mllaauker 55 47
Birmingham ss 04 Minneapolis 58 4H
Bismarck 01 4H Montgomery H 3 07
Boise os 48 New Orleans 8H 70
Boston 52 35 New York no 43
Buffalo 50 28 Norfolk 08 44
Burlington 82 05 Okla City os 03
Charleston 73 54 Omaha 7M 50
Charlotte 77 40 Philadelphia 83 41
Cheyenne 72 48 Phoenix 9B 84
Chicago 80 55 Pittsburgh 50 35
Cincinnati 83 4o Ftland. Me. 55 35
Cltveland 51 35 P'tland. Or*. 87 48
Columbus 81 38 Ralelih 70 43
Balias 82 89 Reno 75 51
enver 73 52 Richmond 85 41
Des Moines 80 so St. Louts 75 51
Detroit 53 41 8. Lake City 81 41
Duluth 51 38 San Diego 85 An I
Fort Worth 7H 87 8. Francisco 73 51
Houston 88 71 Savannah pn 83
Huron 84 54 Seattle 87 47!
Indlenapo'.ls 82 44 ’.Vashlneton 83 43
Kansee City 75 80 Wichita AH A7
Key Waat 89 77
Nee Co. Contests
U. S. Tax Claim
The P. J. Nee Co., Inc., Is
contesting an Internal Revenue
Service claim of a (66,663 tax
deficiency for 1953 and has asked
a Tax Court redetermination of
the claim.
The company, a Washington
furniture concern, asserts that it
conveyed property at 745 Sev
enth street N.W., to a company
controlled by Walker and Dun
lop, Inc., a real estate company.
The Internal Revenue Service
maintains this was a sale result
ing in a capital gain of $256,399,
but the Nee company asserts it
was a loan and lease transaction
involving the borrowing of (390.-
000.
Unity Is Sought
On Boys' Clubs
The Commissioners will meet
at 3 p.m. Monday to discuss
possibilities of integrating the
Metropolitan Police Boys Clubs.
Conferring with the city heads
at the District Building will be
Thomas G. Carney, president of
the boys’ clubs.
Eugene Davidson, president of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. ;
has leveled an attack on Mr.
Carney in a letter to Commis- 1
sioner Robert E. McLaughlin.
At a meeting on April 19, Mr.
McLaughlin said Mr. Carney had
made plans the week before for
: conferences with Negro youth
leaders to discuss integration of
the boys clubs. He urged the
representatives of the NAACP
to await the outcome of those
meetings.
Letter Made Public
In a letter to Mr. McLaughlin,
made public yesterday. Mr.;
i Davidson cited statements he
had received from Laurence F.
Hunt, executive director of the
Twelfth Street YMCA. Mr.
Hunt’s letter of May 21 said that
Mr. Carney had told him on
May 18 that, since the directors
of the boys clubs had not yet
taken action in favor of Integra-1
tion of the clubs, “the board!
members could not very well
discuss procedures to effectuate
'integration.”
Mr. Hunt wrote that a meet-'
ing he had been trying to ar
range between Mr. Carney and
some of the board members had
fallen through.
Doubts Good Faith
Mr. Davidson wrote Commis
sioner McLaughlin that this sug
gests Mr. Carney “has never had
any intentions of conferring with
Negro leaders to work out plans
for integration.” He said Mr.
Carney’s “alleged statement to
you of such intentions was not
made in good faith, but for the
purpose of hoodwinking the
Commissioners into inaction on
our reported requests that tax
payers money not be used to sup
port a segregated operation.”
He urged the Commissioners
to withdraw all official aid from
the clubs.
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