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BROOKLYN EAGLE 7 Final Edition cool tonight; windy, worm tomorrow, A Pulitzer-Prize-Wmning Newspaper Champion of lit Community I tonight; windy, 13 DAILY and 5 CENTS EVERYWHERE 113th YEAR No. BROOKLYN 1, N. MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954 IKE ORDERS TOP AIDES TO DEFY MAC PROBERS FRENCH END A Senator Crowns a Queen BEDFORD-STUYVESANT STABBING Youth Is Knifed Over Slur at Girl; Suspect Arrested A 17-year-old youth was stabbed and critically wounded at 3 a.m. today in a Bedford-Stuyve-sant street fight which ensued when another youth made an insulting remark to his girl friend. I Quiz Chiefs Huddle on Next Move Washington, May 17 (UP) President Eisenhower today ordered Government employes not to tell Army-McCarthy investigators anything about conferences purely within the Executive branch.

The action threw the investigating subcommittee into an uproar and left its future course in doubt. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy attacked the order and said, "I do not think the President is responsible. I don't think his judgment is that bad." McCarthy refused to put any 'ittee Chairman Karl E. more questions to Army wit- nesses until the subcommittee! As thp onUsHtee con-held an executive session Ad.

Mundt. recalled that.h, decided whether to submit toharl the the order. He said the order could make public i ithe 2 'a -page document, or ant drew an Iron Cut tain )f over efforts to determine jm( (l0 nea.ings week was really responsible for the, before last, calling it a copy of pressure charges against him-a 1961 FBI letter to Army In- Clinton Place when Shannon and within five hours the al leged assailant was picked up and hooked. The victim, police said, was Mario Ragone of 148 Koskiusko who had just left a party and was accompanying Rose Roarty, also 17, to a hus stop to go to her home at 100 Rogers Avenue. Picked up at his residence In the Bedford V.

M. C. A. at 1125 Bedford Ave. and charged with felonious assault was Robert Shannon.

10, an elevator operator. He was appre-j l)ondraat 8 a.m. and hooked at the i.ntrs Ave. precinct at MMO a.m. According to police, oung itagone ana Ml' Roarty harii reached Bedford Avenue and' Hp HBf msJHH Batir Photo by ro Shirley Bensen, queen of Brooklyn's celebration marking 1 Sweden, and Janet Bache, representing Denmark.

Interested spectators in rear are Consul General Thor Brodtkorb, left, and Edward C. Halvorsen, chairman of the celebration committee. Story and additional photograph on Page 4. wiugertce about alleged secur- ltv risk- on the Armv navroll. ity risks on the Army payroll.

self and his staff members Army otticiais as nan originat- lv been thought, or higher-ups. The committee then voted to hold a closed session at 1:30 n.m. to consider the problem and to resume public sessions! at 3 p.m. FACT FINDERS ASK Browned wrote Mundt that the Justice Department "has under consideration possible violation of criminal law" concerning unauthorized disclosure of the FBI material, but McCarthy has testified that 'ffi ntfcf' did not go into details. TRANSIT END OF COLD WAR' lSf- cmu Costelb Is Given 5 Years, 30G Fine Boss Racketeer Frank Costello was sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to five years in prison and was fined $30,000 for i tax evasion.

Costello, 63, was convicted last week of evading $39,015 in Federal income taxes in the years 1947 through 1949. Federal Judge John F. X. McGohey sentenced him today to the maximum, five years imprisonment on each of the three counts of his conviction, the sentences to run concurrently. The fine was the maximum permissible.

Prior to sentencing, Judge McGohey denied more than a dozen defense motions for dismissal of the conviction. Defense counsel Leo C. Fennelly said the case would be appealed. 'MERCY LIFT ACCUSE REDS Charge Indo Reds Use Pact on Wounded for Own Military Gains Hanoi, Indo China, May 17 (U.P.) France accused the Indo Chinai Communists of a cold blooded double-cross to day and announced that French bombers would signal at midnight the end of the "mercy truce" for evacuation of wound ed from Dien Bien Phu.l France charged the Redsj with using the truce which had been the one solid achieve-! ment of the Geneva Confer-! ence to rush troops and mill-1 tary supplies to the Red River' delta for an attack on Hanoi. The Reds ignored the French ultimatum, which in effect told them to live up to their woe- ZUnsLaSZ FrLVTor collapse of the mercy evacua tion oi rrencn union wounded.

The delta, itself, already is under heavy Communist pres- with attacks In battalion force carrying to outposts within six miles of (he capital. In the latest action, an outnumbered unit of French and native troops were standine off an encircling ring of Reds; at anxa, a stronghold 52 miles southeast of Hanoi. I In London Prime Minister; Winston Churchill said today that Britain will not commit Itself to join a Southeast Asian defense alliance until after the Geneva Conference. in Geneva Communist Viet- minh's acting Foreign Minister Pham Van Dong told Britain's foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that so far as the Redsl are concerned, the evacuation agreement is proceeding "satis- iaciorny. if tne rench don like it.

he said, thev should solve the problem on the snot. in and not trouble tne ceneva Conference with France prepared to handle trie problem locally. All available French fleht- era and bombers were ordered to loose a massive air attack on highway 41 at midnight tonight in an effort to smash the Red columns mog ward the Hanoi area. Simultaneously, France told Con tinned on Page 2 Mill OwnGf D.6S In Plunge From Apartment Roof Harry Lerner, 54, jumped or fell to his death early today from the roof of the swank; Berkeley Apartments at 2o Plaza where he lived, ac cording to police. The body landed in a rear yard, it reported.

Detectives said that he had recently purchased a knitting mill and that he was not making out well financially. It was said that I.erner left for his office at 9 a.m. but, in stead of descending in the ele vator Irom Ins tittn-t I. 'or apart ment, he went up to the sixth floor, ascended to the roof and jumped or fell. No notes were found, but his jacket and glasses were found on tne root.

He is survived by his wire, Marcia. and two sons, Dr. Ernest Lerner of Alabama and Larry Lerner of Queen. The Mayor's Transit Fact-Finding Committee issued a 50 page report today calling for an "immediate and radical change' in the Transit Authority-Transport Workers Union cold wa as the only alternative to another fare raise. approached and made his ob jectionable comment.

Fists beaan to flv. and soon the two youths were rolling on the pavement. Rose screamed for help and passersby pulled Shannon fled but Ragone could not rise. It was discovered that he had a knife wound in his back, and was taken to Cumhprlanrl Hnsnital Both Rose arid Mario were acquainted with Shannon, po- "It was jusy a silly argu ment," Nnannon told aetec- tlves. He said he did not know that he had InfHcfcd a near-fatal wound.

Then, at 11 o'clock last night, Father McLaughlin received a call from a woman mhn had heard of Richard's plight. i nave a stroner, sne saui simply. "Richard can have it." The woman identified her self as a Mrs. Osipoff of 214 Kiwi dale Ave. Father McLaughlin today made arrange ments to pick up the stroller at her home and deliver it the Jenkins family.

Richard's father is unable to' work because of an asthmatic condition, and the family is on relief. His sister, Virginia. 7 also suffers from cerebral palsy, 4 Bandits Take $45, Put Grocer in Stockroo.n Mor Risikowitz, Williams burg grocer, alone in his store at 864 Bedford Ave. last night lost $45 and a watch to foi The victim told police that wo of the men backed him into a stock room while the other pair rifled the cash register. Police said a witness reported seeing the quartet fleeing in a green The report, in recommending an immediate 6'a-cent-an-hour wage hide retroactive to Jan.

1 plus an additional 7H-cent-an-hour raise effective next March 15, blasted the union, the Authority and its Board of Trans portation predecessor for erul in a labor relations nightmare" since 1040. The committee called for the appointment of an impartial transit arbitrator to settle grievances, with the power to enforce these settlements. In damning the actions of both oarties, the committee chareed th T. W. U.

members with "flagrant featherbeddingj shameful inefficiency petty chiseling and com General Herbert Brownell jr. had refused to authorize lie disclosure of McCarthy's 2U page FBI it1 -a i The PresWenia order was made public at the hit el House shortlv before the Sen ate Investigations Subcommittee convened for its 18th day of hearings on the dispute. Mr. Eisenhower released his tier, defending the principle of "separation of powers." with we messing oi rtepuDiican i on- gressional leaders with whom he discussed it at the White House. Mr.

Eisenhower's order was contained in a letter to De fense Secretary Charles E. Wilson. It spelled out instructions given Informally last week to Army Counsrlor John G. Adams, who had refused to leil what was said at a high-level Administration conference Jan. 21 on the A a dispute.

Adams read the letter into Ihe hearing record at McCarthy' reqaest. Brownell's separate action I came in a letter to acting Sub- ABUSE OF POWER BREEDS POLITICAL EVIL FARLEY Troy, May 17 (U.P) Former i Postmaster General James A. Farley said yesterday that abuse of power was Hie root of all political evil. rarley told a Knights of o- lumbUS meeting that "some I CEREBRAL PALSY VICTIM ROBBED Kind Lady Assures Boy a New Stroller 40th anniversary of adoption BARUCH DETAILS TO STIFFEN ii rvrrriirr Warns We Face Possible Annihilation If Blitzed by Foe Elder statesman Bernard M. Baruch warned today the United Sutes faces possible annihilation if attacked by an enemy and outlined a detailed program for the "survival of civilization." He urged the U.S.

gird for defense as well as for peace. In an address given at City College's Baruch School of Business and Public Administration Baruch said that "if this country is attacked and, destroyed" it will be the result of our own failure to turn our gigantic productive power from peace to defense." Baruch outlined a seven-point program to deter any enemy from attempting to "destroy us with one lightning blitz." "First, we must never give up the hunt for peace and security through agreement. "Second, we and our allies must maintain a large encugh military force of immediate power so no potential aggressor will he under any delusion that he could attack us without suffering instant retaliation. "Third, a far greater emphasis than in the past must he put on weapons In hand and in reserve and less on the capacity to produce those weapons. "Fourth, we and our allies must devise an over-all, global strategy for the whole of the peacemaking In which each front is seen as part of a whole.

"Fifth, to divise this global; tratcTV. balancine what must i ic ahmail it hal niusi done at home, iherr -hnuld be one over-all thinking body tne tiovernnieiu doing Cnls and nothing else. "Sixth, we must organize ourselves to see the peacemaking through. hpvpnin, an tne powers mat would be needed in case of an- ontlnusd on Pags 9, PAY HIKE, plete erosion of the type of loyalty, which any employer has a right to expect from his employes." On the other hand, it ac cused the authority and the old Board of Transportation of a desire to "eliminate or at least to weakpn" the employe anions and a disposition to re gard everything from a "rooi.j legalistic standpoint to throw every roadhlork In the way of informal and Harmonious dealings with union officials." Furthermore, the authority has fostered employe resentments, the renort added, hy using "catch as catch can bases for adjusting grievances. the Aetna Insurance Company and in 1914 became lis chief surgeon and adjuster.

Although he retired from the firm when he reached the age Inn: Jan. 1034. he was retained from time to time as a consultant. l)r. Archer had been aiding firemen since his college days, and had ihe dlctinction of hav ing treated and resuscitated more fire-fighters than any man in medical history.

In 1908 he became an honor ary medical officers of the Fire Department, and an honorary deputy chief in 1013. Before that, as a student, he had a fin alarm "tapper" installed in hi: home on Manhattan. In ihe stable of his father i evidence next door there stood a horse and buggy, with a har Continued on Pags lutiuuy ine m- Hiudt put oft subcommittee Rrtion s.on(:Iv the Attorney General's de cision. "I don't think." McCarthy said, "thai this committee is hound hy any letter from the the Attorney McCarthy asked Mundt to call a closed meeting of the subcommittee so members could read the document. He did not 0 Wj) rpquest McCarthy said part of the memo reports that an emplove of a "Signal Corps laboratory" was in close touch witn a Russian spy up to the time of his trial, or close to it." He did not elaborate.

His men tion of the spy may have been a reference to Julius Rosenberg, executed atomic spy whose name figured in McCarthy's investigation last Fall of Signal Corps activities at Fort Monmouth. According to previous testimony, the "letter" or memo was not anthentir since Ihe FBI had not drafted or communicated it hut it did contain verbatim evcerpts from a 15-page report the FBI sent to Army Intelligence in January, 1951, Brownell previously refused tn authorize public release of Hneumpnt and his li I The Eaale Dr RaIph j. Bunch RcIt Wil- Gold I Award ai Premolar oi Social )u ttc Paqt -Paqo I Pag Ground Boro 1 3 N. at Niqht 7 rida 22 Ohtiaorlei 9 laUnHar 4 Radio 13 27 Real FJslato OnsswsH 14-IS 22 I Tlvision 8 1 Thoateri IS tvkef Movii Dr. Archer, 86, Dean Of Fire Buffs, Dies Catholics in power have today gave the same as prone to abuse their trust.

if not more so, than their non- Continued rage 2 Catholic Don't worry, Richard you'll get a stroller. And you'll get it before your first communion next Saturday. A kind lady has promised it. Mnr-yenr-old Richard Jen kins of 214 Throop Ave. needs a stroller, too, for he is crippled since hirth hy cerebral palsy, and his own stroller was stolen yesterday from out' side St.

Ambrose It. C. Church, 222 Tompkins Ave. His fam ily was inside receiving final instructions for Richard's communion. When the family came out, the stroller had disappeared.

Mrs. Elvin Jenkins, the boy's mother, told the Rev. Jeremiah McLaughlin of St. Ambrose, and, on an appeal from him, parishioners vainly searched the area. A Negro woman gave the family cah fare so that Mrs.

Jenkins would not be forced to carry Richard home for seven blocks. Today's Chuckle Dorj't worry If your hair is thin. ftw people look good In fat hair enywoy. Dr. Harry M.

Archer, 86, Sec ond Deputy Fire Commissioner, In charge of Brooklyn and Queens since 1934, died at Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, to day after an illness of a month. Dr. Archer, a lire Department doctor for more than 60 vears and "dean" of the firei buffs in this city, if not in the i tilted Mates, lived at 4i w. 85th Manhattan. He was the son of the late 0.

H. T.j Archer, president of the Erie Railroad. Dr. Archer was graduated from Columbia Grammar School In 1886 and from Belle-vue Medical College In 1894. He held the assistant chair of surgery at Bellevue for siv years and then for six years more a similar position at or-Bell.

In 1894 ht joined tht staff of, Abuse of power." he said, "en courages corruption, nrocHs delays, fosters incivility and maKes for insincerity. RULING ON SURGERY FOR GODFREY PUT OFF Roston, May ,17 (U.R) Dr Otto Aufranc of Boston said totlav lie bad examinefl television and radio star Ar- (iodfre.v New York and 'ordered" IttW exercises, postponing for weeks any decision on whether Lnh Godfrey must undergo a new, hmccd hip operation,.