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Evening star., 1949-08-05
The $64 Question
SCOTS Question: What Does the G. O. P
Stand For?' Shows Confusion in Party

not accept the party platform.
The public looks for performance.
That is the test. 1t looks at Con-
gress. The party's failure to live
up to its platform was made the
issue by President Truman in the
last election. He won.
Platform Good Enough
The 1948 platform is good
enough, setting forth a sort of
middle Of -the-road philosophy.
What is needed is not another
statement of principles, or re-
statement. What is needed is
performance that will convince
enough Of the people that the
party stands for something.
Watching another meeting of
the Republican National Com
mittee provokes the reaction that
it might do well to step out Of
the spotlight. to sit back and say
little. For all the Importance that
is attached to it. all the fighting
over control of it by this or that
faction, a national committee
never nominated anybody. never
elected anybody and never estab-
lished party policy. 1t is exagger-
ated out of all proportion to its
Importance in what should be the
real objectives Of the party, and
because it's members do not truly
represent the rank and file this
er-emphasis hurts rather than
helps the party.
Very pointed in this connection
is the answer given by a promi-
nent Republican senator, a middle
of-the-roader identified with
neither of the extreme party fac
tions. when asked by a reporter
before the National Committee
met who would be chosen chair
man.
What difference does it make"
Evening star., 1949-08-05
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. ALL
s.

falls they want to get out OF the
water and start playing, and when
they start playing, they can tear
up five or ten acres Of planted
ground night.
There is no fencing the land
in which we have planted corn.
soy beans and things like that.
Not against hippos, anyway. And
you let so or 10 gay hippos run
and roll over a farm all night,
and the result is worse than if
the same number of steamrollers
had been at work.
Baboons Are Friendly.
If you have a weakness for
balloons, then by all means come
to Yundum. There are more bab-
oons here than there are electric
light bulbs in New York. Unlike
the hippos, they like to play in
the daytime. The balloons here
are friendly and have nothing
more than a nuisance value. They
wake you up in the morning with
their baboonish chatter. Some of
them are almost as big as men.
and stroll around the farm as if
employed.
Evening star., 1949-08-05

Bulgaria and constantine nr'"h'
Albania to desert the Cominform
and promised Yugoslavias assist
ance to them when they do.
That the possibility of their so
deserting the Cominform is not
too far-fetched is evident from
the fact that in both those coun-
tries which border on Yugoslavia
purges of so-called Titoists have
recently occurred. More probably
will occur in the future.
Spirit Of Nationalism.
When Pravda Eliminates against
the Tito clique and denounces his
deviationS from the true Com
munist way-which is the way
of submission to Moscow's die
tates-it is Illuminating really
against that spirit of nationalism
and independence which will
never completely surrender to
Russia's will.
In every country Of the Soviet
bloc-1n Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary. Romania as we'll as Bull
garia and Albania-there are true
patriots, men who love their
country, and who will not accept
a permanent condition of subordi-
nation to MoscoW'S orders. They
are men who during the war years
and after cast their lot with Mos
cows communism because it Of
fered them an anchor-albeit not
too secure-in a period of great
fluX and uncertainty in world
affairs. The f1ux and uncertainty
are disappearing now. and they
are finding that by accepting
Communist rule they also were
accepting Moscow's dictation. This
will become more CALLING as time
goes on.
What is Tito's Importance for
us, then, and what role can he
perform in this situation?
Tito now provides a bridge be-
Evening star., 1949-08-05

They are dangerous only when
one is shot and the hunter tries
to take the dead or wounded ami
NAL away. Then the whole pack
will attack the man. They want
to take the hurt or dead .baboon
away themselves, either to nurse
him or do whatever balloons do
to dead balloons.
I won't be here long enough to
meet a man I dearly would love
to meet. He is a native chief, and
lives about so miles from here.
He has a weakness for two things
wives and brass beds. He has
62 wives and in their communal
bedroom according to Mr.. Phil
lips) are 81 brass beds. The only
thing that makes the chief rea,
mad is for a wife to fail to shine
her brass bed until it has q mir
ror-like surface. He won't allow
even one of his ITS children to
assist in this duty. He feels that
a wife should do her own house
work.
If Africa isn't fascinating con-
tinent, then I'm a hummingbird.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1949-08-05
NeWG.O.P. TeStLOOmS
Election of Gabrielson as Chairman
Seen as Sign Party Can't Get Together

48 votes cast against Mr.. Gabriel
son and his hackers came from
such middle-roaders as Harry
Darby of Kansas and Arthur Sum-
merfleld of Michigan, while at
least two ex- -Willkie- e-ites-Sinclai
Weeks of Massachusetts and
Ralph Cake of Oregon-supported
Mr.. Gabrielson. It was the Middle
West and West, plus Dewey's New
York and Scott's Pennsylvania,
that said no to him. In the Ma
tional Committee no left wing is
evident.
Ominous for Future.
Actually. the two candidates
were symbols. The committee
members were voting for and
against the different points of
view held in the committee. 1t
lis this which makes the almost
equal division so ominous for the
future.
AS a candidate. Mr.. Gabrielson
was the stronger because his geo.
graphical position is so much
closer to the money marts than
South Dakota. The nominating
speakers for Mr.. Gabrielson
pleaded candidly that he could
raise the money that they need
so badly.
The anti-Gabrielson camp real
lied that Mr.. Beck was relatively
"a weak candidate to the point
that Mr.. Beck himself dramatic
ally offered to withdraw before
the balloting if Mr.. Gabrielson
would do likewise. The Beck camp
also shopped around somewhat
desperately for a compromise, at
one point agreeing to either Rep
resentative Brown or Representa-
tive Halleck. Mr.. Gabrielson still
refused to withdraw.
The nature of the smoke filled
room discussions can be deduced
from the frank comment Mr..
Cake made on the floor: II think
we lawyers here have missed a
bet. If we'd been on the job
the last few days we could have
got some great slander and libel
suits" He then urged his COL
leagues to name Mr.. Gabrielson,
"a great organizer who can raise
money" They did.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, Jnc.)
Evening star., 1949-08-05

tQe LADIES lOf
their Kickoff for '50' dinner.
They had forced out Gov.
Dewey's choice for chairman,
Representative Hugh Scott, and
they could not agree upon his sue
cessor.
Weary and disguised. facing the
dinner deadline. they submitted to
a public roll call. 1t makes one of
their own number, Guy Gabrielson
'of New Jersey. who supported
Senator Taft for President in
1948, chairman by a margin of
four votes. New York, Pennsyl-
vania and the West rolled up Al
tallies for Axel Beck, South Da-
kota committeeman.
This is the same margin by
which Mr.. Scott survived the
Omaha test, and already commit
teemen are saying, We'll be back
for another test in six months"
Many Factors.
The opposition to Mr.. Gabriel
son by nearly half the committee
is compounded by various factors.
Many feel that a rich fastener
who pumped for Mr.. Taft in '48 is
not the man to recapture the vital
farm vote in ST. Virtually all
the critical Republican contests
are in the Midwest.
The circumstances Of his can
didacy weighed heavily against
him. Mr.. Gabrielson co-operated
with the Old Guard of former
chairmen, Harrison Spangler and
Carroll Reece. and R. B. Creager
of Texas to force out Mr.. Scott.
A sizable group was determined
that this trio should not place
their brand on the party as it
faces another crucial test in so.
Some of them felt that Mr.. Scott
was shabbily treated and that
those who did it should not in
herit power.
It was not, however, an Old
Guard VS.. left wing contest. The
Evening star., 1949-08-05
This Changing World
Tito Has Indicated Role He Can Play
IfHe Joins Cause of West Against East

tween the West, with Whlcn ne is
drawing into closer economic
and perhaps political relations.
and the East. where dissident ele-
ments continue to live and wait
for the day when they can over
turn the slavish regimes which
rule them.
Tito provides a channel of access
and appeal by the Western ma
tions to those elements east of the
Iron Curtain which in the future
can determine whether their
countries remain subject to Mos
COW or strike out for themselves
against Soviet control.
Can Be Encouraged.
Tito, because of his need to
gather around him other dissident
"Communist" regimes, can be en-
Icouraged by Western economic
and political favor to undertake
the kind of active campaign
against Moscow that he has given
evidence of starting. What he is
doing in Bulgaria and Albania, If
successful, can be carried to even
greater lengths in Romania. Hun
gary, Czechoslovakia and finally
Poland over a period of years.
There are many, perhaps, who
take the position that Tito, despite
his fight against Moscow, is still a
Communist, describes himself as
the super example of the true
Communist, and voices no desire
to be anything else. Facts, how
ever. make it clear that he is
something less than the supreme
Communist and could, without too
much trouble. modify his so-called
communism into brand Of So
cialism which is not too far re-
moved from what we have seen in
at least one other Western Euro
pean country.
Tito has refused to 60 along
with the collectivization of agri-
culture to the extent that the
small farmers. who make up the
bulk of Yugoslavia, should be
eliminated. Without this collectiv-
ization of the agriculture true
communism can never be fully
realized. The Russians realized
this in the early thirties, when the
great farm collectives were estab-
lished throughout the country.
Marshal Tito continues to rouse
Western hopes for his association
with the cause of the West against
the East. The expression of those
hopes should be a progressive
campaign of inducement to him
to become an active protagonist
of the West. There is room for
him in the Marshall Plan and a
Mediterranean regional defense
alliance has vet to be constructed.
Evening star., 1949-08-05

Cndt Cney can Z
get together.
Members of
t he National
c m m it t e e
spent days in
fretful negotia-
tions W h i c h
lasted all night
w e d n e S d a y
and were still
continuing un-
til late yester-
day afternoon,
W h en- walters
w ere sc t ting
Evening star., 1949-08-05

WOulQn Z swear
to it..
To tn e best
of my knoWl-
edge I am 80
miles from
B a t h u r S t =,
Gambia, which
is a b ou t 200
miles from Da-
kar.
I came here
with Millard j.
P h illips of
j a c k S onville ,
Fla, who is un-
Evening star., 1949-08-05

Republican Ma
tional Commit
tee such as was
held here this
week for elec-
ton of a new
chairman.
The session
was in an air.
cooled ho t e !
b q ! / r O o m.
Nothing wrong
with that. But
the je al u S
jockeying for
position of fac
Evening star., 1949-08-05

heartedly t n e
cause Of the
w e st against
the East.
In his speech
Tuesday before
more tn a n a
third of a mil
lion Macedon-
ians at Skoplje,
capital of the
M a C e d o n ian
r e p u b lie of
the
premier - mar
Shal called on
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Bv Constantine BroIcn

Marshal Tito has given clear
demonstration of his Importance
to the Western Allies and of the
role he can play if he joins whole
Evening star., 1949-08-05

. Hopes to Meet Chief
With 81 Wives

BY Henry McLemore
YUNDUM, Gambia.-Please get
out a map. readers, and tell me
where I am.
I think 1 know, but I certainly
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Bv Doris FIeeSon

Republicans proved at Omaha
last January that they were split.
Little more than six months later
they have proved in Washington
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Bv Th0mas L. Stokes

To any one who would like to
see strong two-party system in
our country it is rather discourage
ing to observe q meeting of the
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Grady Warns Greeks
|0f Marshall Plan End
by the Assoeiaisd Press

SALONIKA, Greece, Nov. IT.
Greece must prepare for the end
Of the Marshall Plan and work to
meet hard tasks and sacrifices
that lie ahead" American Am
bassador Henry Grady said today
Mr.. Grady had planned to make
an address on this subject in
Ioannina, near the Albanian bor-
der. today. Instead. however. he
released his prepared speech in
Salonika in the form of a state
ment. His plane did not stop al
Ioannina.
Mr.. Grady. making a tour OF
many sections of Greece. asserted
American aid is not a relief sys-
tenn"
THE millions of dollars being
given to Greece must be consid-
cred as a tool with which to work
and not as crutch upon which to
lean." he said.
American aid will become a
diminishing contribution" he said.
"Some day it will end. It is
Greece's responsibility to look
forward to replace it with enter
prise and hard work"
America has funneled approxi-
mately $1,000, ,O0O, 900 into Greece
in various forms of aid since liber-
alton, the ambassador said.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Shah Parade JamIned
Downtown Traffic

Traffic tieups occurred in the
downtown section and elsewhere
as a result of the parade for the
Shah of Iran yesterday afternoon.
Washington Circle was con-
gested with traffic for about an
hour, starting about 4:20 pm,
Capital Transit officials said.
There also was Commute de-
lay for Friendship Heights trolleys
at Wisconsin avenue and M streets
NV, beginning about 5:25 pm.
Traffic was cut off on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Fourteenth street
In the downtown area about 4:4O
pm. This caused backlog OF
traffic.
When the Shah arrived at
National Airport. traffic along the
highway there was cut off for a
short time to permit the cavalcade
containing the distinguished visit
or, President Truman and other
celebrities to pass. The District
Building ceremonies were over
about 5 pm. and traffic flowed
again in that area.
Transit company officials said
eastbound streetcars were cut
back at Eighteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, while
westbound cars were cut back at
Ninth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Cars along the
Fourteenth street line were re-
routed along F street NV. Buses
did not cross Pennsylvania avenue
downtown. but were turned back
at E street to Thirteenth street,
officials said.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
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asked him. This is q serious
matter. Stand up there and
argue as a lawyer"
Mr.. Palmer's highly-charged
plea had brought laughter from
some spectators. The attorney,
twice fined for contempt in Miss
Coplon's previous trial. admitted
that his language might have
been verbose"
The reprimand came as Mr.
Palmer contended that the Gov
ernment is trying to try Miss
Coplon twice for the same al
legged offense.
She already is under sentence
Of 40 months to 10 years In prison
on a Washington conviction o1
stealing secret Government papers
for the Russians.
The prosecution contends the
document thefts in Washington
where she was tried alone-were
different crimes from the alleged
conspiracy here with Gubitchev.
Miss Coplon and Gubitchev
whom she says she loved until SHIT
discovered he was married. have
ignored each other in court since
the pretrial hearing opened Mon.
dav
Evening star., 1949-11-17

that his country also will be In
cluded in the Point Four" pro-
gram Mr.. Truman has advanced
for aiding the undeveloped areas
of the world.
In his toast to the royal visitor.
the President said the United
States and Iran honor their
pledges, but that America has been
dealing with "a great power that
does not believe in keeping its
contracts" It was am obvious
reference to Russia.
Plans Departure Sunday.
In garb and speech resembling
brisk young business man of
any Western country rather than
the popular conception of an ORR
entail monarch, the Shah landed
at National Airport at 4 pm. yes
terday on the presidential plane
independence, and was at once
caught up in the round of activi-
ties that will keep him busy here
until Sunday. Then he will head
for New York on the first leg of
"a trip that will take him to the
Pacific Coast.
After his visit to the Naval
Academy the Shah and his party
will be entertained at dinner to-
night at the Anderson House by
the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Acheson.
Tomorrow night, the Shah will
be host to the President and Mrs.
Truman at a State dinner at the
Shoreham, as a return courtesy
for the dinner at which the Presi-
dent presided last night.
Received With ALI Honors.
The Iranian ruler was received
with all the honors due his rank,
when the Independence put down
after bucking a 90-mile head
wind across the Atlantic. 81.
The President was on hand with
his cabinet and members of the
diplomatic corps. and the 21-gun
salute for a Chief of State sound
ed as Mr.. Truman advanced to the
gangplar1s of the Independence
with Ambassador Hussein Ala of
Iran, and warmly shook hands
with the Shah.
The President and the Shah
next inspected the guard of honor,
and then in an open car, headed
a motorcade which wound across
Memorial Bridge, around Lincoln
Memorial, over Constitution Ave-
nue. to Twelfth street and then
along Pennsylvania avenue to the
District Building for the civic
welcome.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
z Accused Of Robbery
In Repossessing Car
Give Up 10 Police Here

Two men charged with highway
robbery in repossessing an auto
mobile at Lorton, Va, Tuesday
gave themselves up to Metropoli-
tan police today but indicated they
would fight extradition to Virginia
for trial.
Police said Attorney Clifford
Adler surrendered the men to the
fugitive squad. They are Irving
c. Thomas. "a. of the 1900 block
of D street NE, and Lesli L.
Contvriendt, 18, of the 1900 block
of Twenty-ninth street Sc.
The lawyer Immediately began
arranging bond for their release
pending an extradition hearing to-
morrow in District Court. He
said they will not waive extradl-
ton rights.
Work As Independents.
The highway robbery warrants
were issued on the strength OF a
report of the manner in which
the automobile was repossessed.
District police said the car, which
was taken from Rutherford M.
Whitehorne, had not be returned
and to the loan company that
financed the purpose.
Thomas said he and Cortvriendt
work as independents, repossessing
automobiles for loan companies on
a fee basis.
J. Virginia State police issued
highway robbery warrants after
receiving the following report
from Mr.. Whitehorne, and his
wife, Elsie, 80.
About 4 pm. Tuesday, the
Whitehornes and their two chill
dren, Alice 6, and Rutherford L.,
9, were driving to their home in
the Lorfax subdivision, near Lor-
ton. just after they turned into
the subdivision road. they saw a
green sedan parked in the center
of the thoroughfare, with doors
open as if to help block passage
of the Whitehornes' car.
Accosted by Two Men.
According to Mr.. Whitehorne.
two of seven men in the green au-
tomobile jumped out as the White
horne car halted. One asked him
if he we're Mr.. Whitehorne and
then declared:
you're going with us or your
car is"
When Mr.. 'Whitehorne asked
what it was all about. the man
inquired if he had heard of a
certain District automobile loan
company. The man then grabbed
the ignition keys, Mr.. White
horne said, but agreed to drive
the family home after Mr.. White
horne pleaded with him.
After getting to the Whitehorne
house, the men drove off with the
1941 sedan, Mr.. Whitehorne said.
He charged they did not give him
a chance to remove a package
of groceries, can of fuel oil or q
wallet containing $40.
One Payment Behind, He Says.
Mr.. Whitehorne, according tc
State police, said he was one $4s
payment behind on the car.
I The manager of the finance
company said he had talked with
the repossessors over the tele-
phone. The repossessors, he said
declared the Whitehornes removed
their personal effects from the
car.
The manager said Mr.. White
horne is three payments, not one.
behind on the car loan.
Evening star., 1949-11-17

plants of alleged close flying by
military planes. Military pilots.
on the other hand, have filed two
complaints against Eastern, one
involving an alleged low turn over
Boiling, and one concerning a
flight over a restricted area near
Quantico.
In the latter case the Navy De-
partment reported late yesterday
that one of its planes flew close
to an Eastern airliner to take it's
number because the plane was in
IAN officially listed danger area"
over the proving grounds at
Dahlgren. Va.
The Navy said high altitude fir
ing and high altitude bombing
was in progress at the time. The
Navy said the incident occurred
near Colonial Beach. Va, while
the airline pilot. Hasson Gallo
way. reported by radio he was
flying near Quantico. The CAA
said it had received only the radio
report and nothing as yet in writ
ing as to the exact point where
the two pilots sighted each other.
Mr.. Galloway testified at the crash
inquiry that he flew Capt. Rios
P-38 in an air race some time
before the collision and had been
forced down by engine trouble.
Other recent incidents reported
included a near miss" between
an Eastern Constellation bound
out of National for Atlanta and
a BIS from Boiling on an instru-
ment practice run.
international Airport" Urged.
Boiling pilots of Vice President
Barkley's converted Bit reported
they almost collided with an ad-
vertising blimp near their home
field one night last week.
Such traffic conflicts, might be
avoided. according to Senator
johnson, Democrat. Of Colorado
by construction of spacious "in-
ternational airport" in Maryland
within 10 or Is miles Of Wash
ington.
The chairman of the Senate
Commerce Committee declared
this would be a permanent solu-
tion" to congestion around Ma
tional Airport.
The Senator said he is press
ing the CAA and Budget Bureau
for clearance of the project. He
recalled he introduced a bill last
January to provide another air
port here. The Senator heads
the committee which has legisla-
tive jurisdiction over airplane
Transportation.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
March Base Issues List
OF 20 Men Aboard BIG
By the Assoeiofed Press

MARCH AIR FORCE BASE,
Calf, Nov. 17.-Followng is q
list of the 20 men missing aboard
the B-29 bomber which is be-
lieyed to have crash-landed in
the Atlantic near Bermuda yes
terday:
1t. Col. John Cradle, jr., 81.
plane commander; March Air
Force Base.
First 1t. Ernest w. Oliver, ~,
co-pilot: Abilene, Tex.
Capt. Joseph J. Petrosino. 20,
navigator; East Providence, R. I.
First 1t. Leonard D. Culberson,
%, bombardier; South San Fran
cisco, Calf.
1st 1t. Ralston p. Bennett, q,
radar operator, Crystal City, Mo.
| S/Sergt. John ]. Harris, IS, en-
sineer, Braddock, Pa.
SiSergt. Perry c. Alfred, jr., 81,
radio operator, Greenville, s, c.
s/Sergt. Charles L. Cox. 25
gunner, Riverside, Calf.
S/Sergt. John o. Burch, 28, gun
ner. Los Angeles.
Pfc. Robert H. Dobson. 10. gun
ner. Decatur. III.
T/Sergt. William w. johnson
20, ground crew, Beverly Hills
Calf.
M/Sergt. Roy H. Coulter, 46
ground crew; Beverly Hills, Calf
S/Sergt. William H. Pratt, 26
ground crew; Brockton, Mass.
Corpl. Bryce w. Neal, 20, ground
crew; Sault st. Marie, Mich.
S/Sergt. Manuel r. Oropeza, 81
ground crew: Globe, Ariz.
| Corpl. Raymond Brett. 80
ground crew: Arlington. Calf.
Corpl. Lawrence A. Fry, "a
ground crew; Los Angeles.
Corpl. William H. CoSton, 20
ground crew; Ontario. Calf.
Capt. Wilford B. Jones. 80
group weather officer; wife, Eileen
Jones. Riverside, Calf.
S/Sergt. Lyle I. Pound, "a, gun
ner; Riverside, Calf.