The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1954, Page 10

“LEAK’ IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS CHARGED 'Youth Enlist Rally Is Held By Methodist Churches Here Lincoln Letter To Widow Bixby Still Sought By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST and’ WARREN ROGERS Jr. WASHINGON (—Rep. Rooney (D-NY) said today “someone in the department must have leaked the story’ about the number of State Department security dismis- sals effected under the Eisenhower administration. Newspaper accounts published Wednesday said that in secret tes- timony before a House Appropria-. tions. subcommittee Under Secre- tary of State Walter Bedell Smith had said that of 534 security dis- missals, just 11 could be attributed) to reasons of questionable loyalty, The first published version of this purported testimony gave no indi- cation of its source, Later versions were attributed to House members who asked not to be named. Smith has not commented. J. W. Scott seer Pec ireta Di Ys security administra- pee sera on a Republican- sponsored speaking tour, described the figures as inaccurate but gave no others. “T:think Mr. McLeod should be back in Washington looking into “Someone in the department must have leaked the story. The exact facts in the matter will appear when the hearings in question and’ answer ‘form are formally made public by the committee. They will for themselves.” State Department spokesman, Rooney’s comments; said no knowledge of any “leaks,” but he added: “Leaks are difficult to control.” While Rooney was thus accusing the department of leaking prema- turely information given the House group in confidence, newsmen were scratching their heads over a curtain of confusion apparently from the fact that top lepartment officials are in Berlin the Big Four talks, The prime example of this con- has centered around Me- and the question: Is he or is subject to the Hatch Act, hich bars federal employes from Political activity? For. three days in a row, acting’ department spokesman Jameson Parker has been issuing some- times conflicting statements, in written form, and then declining further comment. When pressed, he will say he doesn’t know the answer but will get it. His problem seems to be that in many cases whoever has the an- swer is in Berlin or elsewhere out- side Washington, With Secretary of State Dulles in Berlin are Asst. Secretary for Public. Affairs Carl W. McCardle and the department's news division chief, Henry Suy- dam, Suydam’s chief assistant, Lincoln White, is touring with Pres- ident Celal Bayar of Turkey. Besides. the case of McLeod, there was some confusion over the status of Ambassador Arthur H. Dean and whether he would return to Korea to resume preliminary talks with the Communists for a peace conference. The department issued a state- ment Monday denying published reports that Dean was being re- placed. After the Communists de- manded, in a note reaching here Jan. 26, that Dean return and re- sume negotiations, department spokesmen. said for several days that.a reply would go out shortly. It has not been sent yet, evidently because Dulles is dealing directly with Russian Foreign Minister Molotoy and is holding up the re-' The snafu over McLeod’s speech- making status continued for three days. In reply to questions about the trip. Tuesday, Parker told news- men McLeod (1) was not on leave and was drawing his $15,000 an- nual salary, (2) was having his travel expenses met by the Re-| publican National Committee, (3) was a presidential appointee not subject to the Hatch Act, and (4) had had his trip cleared by the Civil Service Commission and the State Department legal office. On Wednesday Parker said this was incorrect. Actually, ‘he said, McLeod (1) was on annual leave with pay, (2) was having his ex- penses met by local groups and not the national GOP, (3) was not a presidential appointee, but (4) held rank equivalent to an assist- ant secretary and had been advised by the department legal office and’ the Civil Service Commission he was exempt from the Hatch Act. Then reports were published yes- terday that the Civil Service Com. mission had told McLeod he was subject to the Hatch Act, although it had no jurisdiction over his case, Parker then put out a statement verifying this report, and saying the responsibility was the State Department's. As for the security dismissals, Rooney wouldn’t say what the ex- act figures were, but indications from other committee sources were that the figure of 11 for “loy.. alty” dismissals was close to ac- curacy, Rooney said in an interview he had no reason to believe that any- one connected with the committee poape the information, so “it! must have come from th Department.” eet j i 3 Empty a can of sliced in. to a pie plate. Top spate from leftover white cake; add a sprinkling of brown sugar with butter The annual Youth Enlistment; |Rally of all Methodist Churches in \Key West was successfully and in- spiringly held Wednesday night at the Ley Memorial Church, jnue. Presided over by the Rev. War- ren W. Willis, Florida Conference director of Youth Work, Methodist jRally here was the second of 13 |Scheduled to be held in the state. Speaker at all the rallies is the Rev. Kenneth G. the Faith Methodist Church, Gaines- ville, Fla. He spoke here on the theme, Through Me.” Rev. Rogers’ talk was highly inspiring and held the’ attention of the youths and others’ lin attendance throughout its entire) Rally activities began at 6 o’- t\Clock Wednesday evening with a being ance. A fellowship hour began at 6:45, highlighted by singing and a get-acquainted period. It was at this time that the four out-of-town conference leaders, who accom- panied the Revs. Willis and Rogers ito Key West for the rally, were! introduced. All explained the du- ties of their offices. The supper and fellowship hour were held in the Recreation Annex, ‘The youths then adjourned to the church for the main event of the evening, the Enlistment Rally, — by Rev. Rogers’ uplifting During the rally, Miss Jo Ann Mullins sang ‘The Holy City,” ac-| Immediately following the rally, a meeting was held by all fulltime volunteer workers of the MYF’s) jin Key West, NEW YORK w#—Many people complain about what television has done to American home life. But what can television do for home life? Can it, for example, give every American home what it deserves most—the better house- wife? 7 Yes, can television take an or dinary scrubby bride and mold her into the kind of wife she yearns to be—a charming, informed, all- around woman worthy of traveling down life’s rocky road shoulder to shoulder with that fine fellow, the average American husband? Well, television is going to try. It is already a guest in your liv- ing room, Soon it will be a guest who tells your wife how to make that living room look less crumby, and how she herself can also look’ less cru .., I mean ... look more attractive. This video adventure in wife ed- ucation will be launched March 1 via an NBC-TV daily one-hour net- lwork program called “Home.” The idea is reported to be the personal brainchild of NBC President Syl- vester L. Weaver himself, and he has authorized erection of a $200,- 000 set for “Home.” The mere announcement of this program upset a friend of mine, who said he had two objections: “First, I have spent 20 earnest years trying to improve my wife, and the only result is that she is older, How can television do a better job on her in an hour a day? The program should be at least eight hours long, seven days a week, if it is to teach wives even half the things they really need to know, “Second, every wife who watches that $200,000 set is going to feel sooner or later her husband ought 3 Indicted For Bird Import grand jury has indicted three men jon charges of importing parakeets|ment mixer was listed as critical illegally. Health authorities say|today, many of the birds have died of} Warren J. Murray, 25, of Alham-| parrot fever, Some 400 parakeets were de- stroyed when tests showed they who had been in contact with the Those indicted Spicuza, also of San Diego, Youth Fellowships, the Enlistment ot ida Southern “Still He Calls — Others|here Hal Boyle } to buy her a $200,000 house, Will'to improve the American husband. LOS ANGELES # — A federal} LOS ANGELES (™—The condi.’ were infected, Carl F. White, U.S./five feet below the surface of the customs collector, said yesterday. |ground. Warnings were sent to 30 persons|/22ce and birds, he added. They were urged|and the other had to be am- to take inoculations of antibiotics.|putated at Santa Monica Hospital. yesterday were|He also suffered internal injuries | George A. Emerson, head of the|and his right arm was mangled. wild animal department at a film| He braced himself with his arms | .|studio; George R. Todd, San Diego|for almost an hour while a fire bussinessman; and Nicholas A./department rescue | Vann Anderson, conference vice-| /President, Box 78, Lakeland, Fla., Was one of the state leaders at the \rally here. In the current issue of organ, Mr. Anderson wrote, “‘As a full-time volunteer worker, I know that one of your main aims is to help other people have a real) \Christian experience—to come to i . These rallies are a great opportunity for young People to come face to face with Christ.” Mr. Anderson is attending Flor-) College. Other state leaders at the rally / included: Mrs. Virginia Sumner, Christian Witness chairman, 109 Bungalow ‘Park, University of Tampa, Tam- pa, Fla; Nancy Lee, Box 78, Lakeland,! 'Fla., student at Florida Southern ‘College; Wai Yun Syn, Christian Outreach) chairman, who is a pre-medical student at the University of Flor- ida. Native of Manila, Philippine, \Islands, Syn is attending the uni-| versity under sponsorship of the) state MYF. The first Youth Enlistment Rally; was held at Calvary Church in| ‘Lake Worth on Feb. 9. Last night another rally was held in Miami at the Riverside Church. Tonight at First: Church in Vero Beach, the fourth rally gets underway, follow- ed by another at Riverside Park! Church in Jacksonville on Feb. 15. Other rallies include: Live Oak, Feb. 16—First Church. Quincy, Feb, 17 — Centenary ‘Church. Gainesville, Feb. 18 — First Church. Winter Park, Feb. 19 — First! ‘Church, Tampa, Feb, 22 — Palma Ceia ‘Church. ! | Says that simple girlish goal help make your home life more peaceful?” Beauteous Arlene Francis will act as editor-in-chief of the pro- gram. Assisted by a staff of ex- Perts, she*will give illustrated hints to the American housewife on how ito raise children or petunias, how to take spots off the family dog or her husband’s necktie, how to cook better meals, both with and with- lout a can opener, And, naturally, how to be more charming. Even a crime program today has to teach a housewife how to hold a gat in a charming manner if it wants to get a real rating, | Personally, we wish Miss Francis luck in TV’s greatest challenge so| far—the building of perfect wives, | of which every man could use at least one. | And for a starter, we’d like to see her tackle and solve a few [Sees old household problems, suc! Hy The wife who insists on getting | something out of the medicine| chest while her husband is shaving, | and uses his razor to cut paper. ... !probably will be delayed until |after Pakistan and Turkey. sign |}a broad defense, economic and | to be negotiating the pact secretly, By JOHN B. KNOX BOSTON wW—Fifty thousand dol- lars for a scrap of paper! A scrap of paper a poverty-haunted Boston » comerjthe Tellum, official Florida MYF Widow may have given or thrown of Georgia Street and Truman Ave-, away. Such might be the collector's Worth About $50,000 Now coln’s, That’s why Dr. Moody would regard with caution the supposed original of Lincoln's immortal let- ter to the widow Lydia Bixby— even if the purchaser paid $50,000 for it, which Dr. Moody says would jhas been forged oftener than Lin-;original. Penmanship experts called attention to variations in these “copies” from Lincoln's handwriting. And there were dif- ferences in text from the original, published in the Boston Traveler after Mrs. Bixby received it. Despite failure to find the orig- price today for a letter written be a fair guess at the price such;|inal, despite discovery that Mrs. in 1864, one of the most poignant letters Abraham Lincoln ever penned. a document might fetch if it were authentic, For scores of what are Purported to be Lincoln signatures Jare coming to light, but close! Bixby did not lose five sons in the war, the lustre of that most- moving letter of condolence re- mains undimmed. Im this, the 90th year since it/examination under infrared rays! “Dear Madam,— was written, authorities on the life Teveals many to be tracings, or| “I have been shown in the files of the Civil War President now Penned with modern ink on paper of the War Department a state- feel that the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Lincoln's made later than 1900, Lincoln took time from over- ment of the adjutant general of Massachusetts that you are the letter to the widow Bixby may whelming duties Nov. 21, 1864, to|mother of five sons who have died never be solved. While search for originals of} write Mrs. Bixby. At that time, he and the War gloriously on the field of battle. “I feel how weak and fruitless some Lincoln documents still con-|Department, the adjutant general|must be any words of mine which tinues, Dr. Robert E. Moody, direc-jof Massachusetts, and Mrs. Bixby Should attempt to beguile you from tor of Boston University libraries herself, all had reason to believe|the grief of a loss so overwhelm- housing one of the most extensive her five sons had been killed in ing. But I cannot refrain from assemblages of Lincoln material, cautions against paying out good! money for anything signed by Lincoln. Consult an! expert first, he says. } Boston _ University’s Room holds the combined Lincoln collections of Edward C. Stone and¢F, Lauriston Bullard. Yet even in the B. U. collection, Dr.| Moody points out, there are sev- eral documents reco; forgeries. No signature, says Dr. Moody, the Civil War, It is known now that two—not may have died a prisoner of war. , |More than one Bixby family had Lincoln contributed heavily to the Union of your bereavement, and leave jarmies and similarity in names|you only the cherished memory may have caused confusion - in reports of deaths. Almost 27 years after trace was lost of the original Bixby letter, tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks supposedly five—were killed in action. A third of thé republic they died to save.} “I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. gnized now as purported facsimiles began to ap-| ‘Yours very sincerely and re- \Pear. But those who displayed the |spectfully, |“facsimiles” failed to show the| “A. Lincoln.” Pakistan Aid Planned Over India Protest By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON (®—Diplomatic officials said today the United States has decided to give sub- stantial military aid to Pakistan regardless of India’s angry pro- tests. An American military survey mission, they said, will go to Pakistan to look over its armed forces and determine the amount and type of military equipment needed. An announcement of the decision cultural agreement, these sources said. The two countries are reported with U.S. encouragement. The agreement is expected to be an- nounced formally within a matter of days. Pakistan officials aré said to be eager to conclude it before next Tuesday’s important provin- cial elections, hoping an announce- ment would help Premier’s Ali’s party, Any American move to arm Pakistan would be certain to pro-| voke bitter objections from India’s | Prime Minister Nehru. ;He has| been mobilizing Indian public can-Pakistan miltary tieup on the; ground it would upset peace in|, Asia. Top American State and De- fense department leaders, after carefully weighing Nehru’s views, are reported to have decided to} go ahead with military aid to Pak- istan. They are represented as concluding that any backing down by the United States now would reinforce India’s position in Asia as a potential leader of a bloc of| countries neutral in the contest between the Communist bloc and the free world, Encouragement of the Pakistan- Turkey negotiations reflects belief} that Nehru can object less to American arms aid if it goes to! support an anti-Communist mili-| tary alliance, The Pakistan-Turkey agreement) is looked upon as the nucleus for a larger Middle Eastern defense alliance which other anti-Commu- nist countries, including India, would be invited to join. The famed cedars of Lebanon are often employed in the Scrip- tures as symbols of power, pros- perty and longevity. | Italy’s longest river is the Po—| opinion against any such Ameri-| the wife who won’t roll the tooth. Paste tube from the bottom. . the wife who can’t make up her mind on colors while hubby is mix- ing the paint. ... 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