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Evening star., 1951-06-07
Bradley Disappointed in Talks
Inevitable Delay in New European Defense System
Likely With Stond of French PoIitico! Leaders

Gen. Bradley. however, pre-
fers at this time that they be
included in the Atlantic pact
to avoid further delays in OBJ
tanning needed appropriations
from Congress to increase the
military efficiency Of these three
Mediterranean nations.
OF the $8.5 billion asked by
President Truman for foreign
aid. some So billion is earmarked
for military assistance. Only
$415 million Is provided for the
Middle East and North Africa.
and nothing for Spain. II the
Mediterranean nations belonged
to NATO no additional appro-
priaticn would be needed. Those
three countries would be given
a share Of the So billion pro-
vidsd for military assistance. A
mutual assistance pact would
require further appropriations
and that may take time.
The reluctance of the Euro
pean powers to link Spain,
Greece and Turkey to the de-
Tense of the West already has
caused some wonder among ths
peoples of those countries. Their
governments, 1t is true, are not
concerned by the attitude of
the French and the British.
They have told our representa-
tives in off-the-record conversa-
tions that, In fact, the corti-
mental Western European group
might be like a milestone around
their necks.
The lack Of will to fight, the
defensive" psychology Of their
governments and military lead
ers and the presence Of large
Communist or Communist-sym-
pathizing elements In the ranks
Of the army and government
initiate against their offering
serious resistance to the Reds,
If and when they decide to
strike.
Insistence Of the western
European governments on hav-
ing substantial American ground
forces in Germany Is consid-
cred an indication that they
want a strong curtain Of Amer
Evening star., 1951-06-07

lean divisions between them and
the eventual Soviet onslaught.
Neither the Spaniards, the
Greeks nor the Turks have even
suggested American ground
forces. They are satisfied II we
give them the needed tools
and the protection Of our naval
and air forces. They are con-
fident that under such condi-
tions they can defeat the Rus
slams.
For political reasons they do
not want to be directly asSo-
ciated with Britain, because Of
conditions which prevail these
days in the Middle East, where
the British have become highly
unpopular. We have committed
our share of blunders In that
area. but our prestige has not
been irremediably impaired.
The fact that Washington has
not shown a stronger attitude in
the past toward including the
Mediterranean countries in the
NATO has hurt our prestige
with those nations, which have
armies in being. But the gov
ernments in Madrid, Athens and
Ankara, all of which realize the
latent power of the United
States, are anxious to become
our allies and want only indi-
rectly to become the allies Of all
the NATO nations.
Mutual assistance pacts be-
tween America and the Medi-
terranean nations can still
strengthen our position in that
part Of the world. But any fur
ther delays on our part can be
very damaging. Moscow is aware
Of the military potential Of
these nations. Its agents are
very active, even now. They are
spreading the word among the
people Of Turkey and Greece
that "they are not wanted" by
the Western imperialists and
that they will not be helped II
Russia attacks them.
They offer as proof for their
propaganda the persistent re.
fusal Of the NATO to accept
any commitments beyond the
boundaries Of Western Europe.
Evening star., 1951-06-07

There are many other In
stances revealed In the testimony
which show looseness at the top
level and, indeed. many discrep.
ancies In policy concept. The
Secretary of Defense, for ex-
ample, was certain that IS ma.
tions had rejected the proposal
that our forces be given the
privilege of .'hot pursuit." but
Secretary Acheson says it was
only six. He declined to make
public the names OF the six
countries.
The Korean war actually Is
being carried on BY the IL al
lied nations Which have forces
there. While the United States
was once designated as the agent
Of the q. N. for Korea and that
action was fully legal at the
time, the agent no longer goes
back to the principal to get ora
ders, and it is difficult TO see how
O. cease FIRE" could be arranged
without the authority Of the
same Security Council which
ordered the military operation
tn the first place. Russia now Is
there to object. It doesn't rec
ognize the procedure.
This complicated situation has
been allowed to drift without
clarif1cation as to where later
ference begins and ends between
the military and the civilian
agencies under the President.
The other day a naval officer
said to this correspondent:
st ordered some American
fliers up to North Korea near
the border. They were told to
bomb only on one Side 81 q
certain line. When they asked
what they were to do If they
were shot at from planes that
came from across that line, they
were told they couldn't chase
them away but must take the
enemy fire. My conscience still
bothers me as to what I told
those boys. For some didn't come
back"
This is q sample of the con-
fusion In war operations that
America has today. One wonders
what they teach in the Army
and Navy and Air colleges today
as the duty Of an American
combat force under fire. Maybe
the textbooks will tell future
officers the answer: Praise the
Lord and pass the State De-
partment's instructions"
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Evening star., 1951-06-07

President Truman's scheme
OF cozy little conferences with
groups Of Democrats has not
been very productive of either
action or understanding. He
has not affected the legislative
torpor and his callers have had
little apparent influence on his
thinking about retention Of
Secretary Acheson, Donald Daw-
son and others.
Many members of Congress
are also bitterly dissatisfied with
the functioning-or lack of it
OF the National Committee. So
far they have not dented the
complacency of Chairman Boyle
or persuaded the President that
the committee needs a shake-up
badly. Nor are they getting the
help from the committee that
they want.
The Capitol story is that the
polities-for-profit boys control
the committee, choose its staff
and absorb it's energy. No in
terest is taken, it is charged,
IN the business of re-electing
those Democrats actually on the
firing line. There is a grapevine
report that the President will
find out soon by way of some
Evening star., 1951-06-07
Constantine Brown:

Gen. Omar Bradley has left
Paris somewhat disappointed.
He had long talks with French
political leaders about early
prospects for translating the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation's paper army into an ac-
tual combat force and discovered
that for q number of political
reasons this will be difficult to
accomplish in the near future.
But what seems to have con-
cerned the chairman Of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff more than this
inevitable delay was the op-
position Of the French govern
ment to the inclusion in the
European defense system of the
three Mediterranean powers
with an available combat po-
tential.
Gen. Bradley has a realistic
approach to the military prob
lens of Europe. His basic op-
position to Gen. MacArthur's
all-out strategy in the Far East
was based on the fact that he
is "European-n minded" He earn
ed his spurs on the battlef1elds
Of Europe and feels strongly
that if that continent falls to
the Reds our security would be
seriously threatened.
But he also feels strongly
that 1t is impossible to avert
such a tragedy with words and
speeches. He realizes that the
present weak contingents OF the
NATO could be gobbled up by
the Russians in a very short
time. Hence, he wants to in
clude the existing so or 10 di-
visions Of Spain, Greece and
Turkey In the overall defense
system. He made this point
strongly in his public statement
on his arrival In Paris.
Gen. Bradley has been in
formed by our attaches, in Ma
drid and the heads Of the mili-
tary missions In Athens and
Ankara that the respective gov
ernments show very little en-
tl1usiaSm for inclusion in the
NATO. What they actually
want is q mutual assistance pact
"a defensive alliance-directly
with the United States.
Evening star., 1951-06-07

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Evening star., 1951-06-07
Henry WcL@n1CTe:
Old Secretaries of State
Don't Die, Just Stay Put

stays there until the show ends.
Then he hightails away.
Mr.. Murray is welcome to
use this cat Of feline apprecia-
ton in any way he cares.
Il II -
Understand several noted big
game hunters, a bit bored with
shooting elephants, rhinos, and
hippos, are planning a safari to
Washington to hunt what is
believed to be the critter with
the toughest. hide of them all
Secretary Of State Acheson.
Nothing to stop them, they say,
as 1t Is always open session on
Achesons.
The safari has a theme song:
Old Secretaries Of State Don't
Die, Neither Do They Fade
Away. They Just Stay Put.
~ y Il
Can't help wondering how my
sister is getting along down in
Jacksonville with no Cadillac
and no guards. All right, I
hope. Seems like an awful way
to treat my sister, though.
doesn't 1t? Bet all your sisters
have Cadillacs and guards.
Reckon I'm q total loss as q
brother. Can't even send her a
secondhand Saxon and a couple
Of Boy Scouts for protection.
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Evening star., 1951-06-07
Dorothy Thompson
Tension Rising in Middle East
Politics causing Deterioration of American ReIotions
Warnings Of Experts Disregorded in Woshinqton

While British and American
relations with Iran remain tense
over the naturalization of the
nglo-1ranian Oil Company,
American relations are also
deteriorating in other parts of
the Middle East.
On May 80. the Damascus
Press Association refused an in
vitadon from the United States
information Service to attend q
gala dinner in honor of the Syr-
ian press. The rejection of the
friendly invitation followed news
from Chicago that Vice Presi-
dent Alben w. Barkley had
again. in a public speech, re-
ferred to Israel as the principle
stronghold Of democracy and
United States ideology in the
Middle East. I say "again," /" be-
cause the Vice President seems
TO have phonograph record
which he repeatedly turns on In
praise OF the superiority of Is
rael to all her neighbors.
Sucn marked, and even fam
boyant, partisanship as Ameri-
can politicians thus show to one
Middle Eastern State over all
others is understandable in
America but is infuriating to the
Arab and Moslem world. and
frustrating, also, to American
officials, businessmen, and direc-
tors OF long-eStablished educa-
tional, social. and charitable in
stitutions in the area, who have
previously laid deep foundations
for American understanding, or
are seeking. to improve rela-
tionS.
I know, in fact. of no, part of
the world concerning which the
advice, counsels. and warnings
Of Americas own experts are so
disregarded in Washington.
This may be partly because
the enthusiasm Of Israel's sup
porters here. and their vigor-
ously organized hostility against
all who raise questions about
American Middle Eastern policy,
Evening star., 1951-06-07
Dovid Lowrei1ce:

Far beyond the ephemeral is-
sue Of how or why d field COM
Inander has been replaced, the
inost critical problem that has
conffeatsd America since World
War u now faces the Congress
for solution.
It Is not q question Of ad-
vantage or disadvantage for Re-
publicans or Democrats but q
question Of effective manage
fnent In the event that the
United States is suddenly
plunged into war. It is not a
partisan hut an American prob.
lem. Congress has flrst the duty
Of getting the facts and then
recommending action.
Judging BY the sensational
Disclosures thus far In the Joint
hearings Of the Senate Armed
Services ana Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committees there is .
tragic lack Of ordination IN
side the executive branch Of the
Govefnment which could imperil
the lives Of American forces in
the field Rnd ceaiA result con-
ceivably in q severe restriction
upon Their efforts to carry on
effective military operations.
The IMPRESSION that America
today. has q top command which
can function promptly and eff
fectively, without interference in
military matters, Is wrong.
The impression that the Joint
Chiefs of Staff can carry on
military operations III accord
ance With their best military
judgment Is also wrong. They
can not issue military orders
without the consent Of the State
Department. which. in turn,
feels obligated to ask the per-
mission of foreign governments
as to what may or may not be
done. America is furnishing the
bulk Of the troops. but nations
with the lesser contributions de-
eide the military strategy.
The impression that the forces
in Korea today are United Ma
tions forces is a quibble on
words. What is engaged there
is an "allied force'-and the
United Nations legally has only
an advisory" connection now
with any military commands or
orders being given to those
forces. Secretary Acheson con-
ceded this point in answer to
questions by Senator Gillette,
Democrat, of Iowa.
Evening star., 1951-06-07
Henry WcLen1ore:

Let's Hit the Keys and See
What Comes Ups Gen. Matt
Ridgway undoubtedly is q tre=
iidendously capable man, but It
seems to me that it is going a
bit overheard to credit him wish
being every bit as astute ana
skillful in the handling Of Japan
as Gen. Macarthur.
After all, Gen. Ridgway took
charge a trifie later. and under
somewhat different conditions.
A right fair man, If I may say
so, had been there ahead of him.
and sort Of paved the way. It
was my privilege a few years
ago to hear Gen. Macarthur,
himself, tell Of his arrival in
Yokohama, and his ride to Tokyo
between lanes of fully armed
Jap infantrymen who. and I am
sure you will agree with me,
hated his you-know-what at the
time.
Would you be embarrassed If.
around midnight, you were
caught out in the hall Of your
apartment building, wearing
pajamas. and shaking a can Of
peanut brittle while yelling,
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty! Here,
kitty, kitty, kitty!"?
Well. no matter about you. I
was. You see, one Of my two
cats has a Sweeter tooth than
a honey bear, and he likes to
run away. Leave q door open
and he is long gone, which isn't
too surprising for a tom in
June. HIS faVofite sweet, and
don't ask me why, is peanut
brittle. Put him in a barrel
Of it, and he'd eat his way out.
SO, when he escapes. ! have
learned the one thing to bring
him back on the double-time.
Just shake the can of peanut
brittle. Well. I was shaking
it the other night when a group
of midnight revelers returned.
and there I was. What I looked
like to the strangers. I don't
know. I only know what I felt
like.
One more item about cats.
My other tom hates 90 per
cent Of television. Let me turn
it on and he walks out of the
room and stays away until I
turn it of. With one excep-
ton, that is. He is crazy about
Ken Murray. No matter where
he is, the second I turn on the
Ken Murray show he runs in,
stands on his hind legs with his
front legs on the screen, and,
with his face glued to the glass,
Evening star., 1951-06-07
Lowell MeAett
What Every Housewife KNOWS
Senate Committee Gets Figures Beef Prices
In Understandable Form-DiSoes Battle

the cost Of chuck roast has
gone up 81 per cent"
The committee already had
figures supplied by Secretary
Of Agriculture Brannan, who
occupies q difficult spot in the
present situation, having to
promote the interests Of the
producers on the one hand
and protect the public against
exploitation, on the other.
These figures show that cattle
feeders had averaged o profit
of SIC per head over a 10-year
period. This profit had risen
to $68 in 1850. Without the
roll-back the profit would now
be $84 per head; with the roll
back it will be SAT, or almost
three times the 10-year average.
In the face Of all the figures,
the beef men have relied on
the theme song that aecompa-
MED the successful assault on
price control at the end Of
World War II: Take of con-
trolls and watch prices come
down as production goes up."
Prices, of course, went up and
stayed up. Nevertheless, Mr..
Disable gave this theory another
chance to operate in the case
Of beef. Assured by the live
stock producers that he wouldn't
see any further increases in the
price Of beef, livestock was not
included in the price freeze Of
January. By April the price Of
steers had advanced 81 to IS
per 100 hundred pounds.
Mr.. Disable has learned his
lesson. It remains to be seen
whether the Senate committee
and Congress as a whole like
wise have learned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-21

There are forty-eight MOntgom-
cry County women at Maryland
University this week where the
25th annual Rural Women's Short
Course is in progress. Forty-two
Of these women are full time en-
rolees; four are day students, and
two All Girls are helping in the
dining room.
On Monday evening the Mont
gomery County delegation held a
party in Anne Arundel Dormitory,
where the local women are stay
ing. Mrs. Everett Trumbo and
Mrs. William Stark in charge Of
the initiation of the thirteen
freshmen" Mrs. Trumbo gave an
address to the five graduates and
congratulated them on the com
pletion of four years Short Course
attendance. Diplomas and pins
were presented by Mrs. Stark.
Punch, made by Mrs. Roy Arm
old and Mrs Wilton O'Callaghan,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-21
Four Hurt In
Accidents Which
Involve Tractors

Three victims of accidents in
volving tractors are hospitalized at
Montgomery County General Hos
pital, it was learned this week.
o. w. Anderson, County Agent,
was injured when working under
meath tractor at the Agricul-
tural Center, Gaithersburg, on
Saturday. 1t was understood that
spray attachment from on top of
the tractor fell striking him on
the head. The wound required five
stitches. Hospital authorities said
that he was progressing satisfac-
torily.
A few days before, Nicholas
Novosad, a Ukranian farmer now
working on a farm in GAINESVILLE,
entered the hospital after being
seriously injured when a tractor
which he was driving overturned
on him. His injuries included a
broken pelvis and a ruptured
bladder.
Calvin Howes of Olney, who
was admitted to Montgomery
County General Hospital on June
/, suffering knee injury, is still
a patient there. He was hurt when
he fell from a tractor and was run
over by bailer which was at
tached The accident occurred on
the Olney-Laytonsville road.
On Saturday, Carlton L. Howard
a fourth tractor accident victim,
returned from Suburban Hospital
to his home at 81 West Montgom-
cry Avenue, Rockville, and is re-
ported improving. He received six
broken ribs when tractor over
turned on him as he was loading
it into truck on June 7.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-21
l. Clark EWING
Named TO Legal
Post Here

L. Clark Ewing, of 1901 Wis
consin Avenue, Washington, was
appointed Assistant County Attor-
ney by the County Council this
week.
Mr.. Clark replaces Hodge Smith
who left the County Office recently
to practice law in Rockville.
The new Assistant County At
torney, who will receive an annual
salary of $500, was born in Tai
bot County and has lived there and
in Queen Anne's County all his
life. He maintains his legal resid-
ence in Easton, Maryland.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins
University and the George Wash
ington University Law School, Mr..
Clark is a member of the Bar in
Maryland and in the District of
Columbia.
After serving a three-year hitch
in the Army, Mr.. Clark practiced
law in New York and was later
employed as a Recorder with the
Army's Board of Contract Appeals
in Washington. In 1913, he be-
came Assistant United States At
torney in the District of Columbia
assigned to the appellate and civil
divisions. He is IS years old.
Also appointed was Joe NJ. Kyle
as a law clerk in the County At
torney's Office at an annual salary
of $3,28O.
In series of other personnel
actions this week, the Council APP
proved the appointment of Mrs.
Barbara Jean Briscoe, "a, E. Mont
gomery Avenue, Rockville, as a
clerk-typist with the Department
of Health, at an annual salary of
$2,400.
Also approved was the appoint
ment of Robert F. Varney of
Washington as associate engineer
with the Department of Public
Works at salary of $3,94O per
annum.
At the same time, the Council
approved payment of $31 to Mrs.
Anton Horak of White Oak for
damages to nine laying hens by I'M
known wild dogs; the payment of
So to Paul X. Held of Germantown
for damages to one milk goat. and
payment of $50 to Willard F.
Kruhm of Route 2, Silver Spring,
for damages to % laying pullets.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-21
Guests OF Safety
Farley Feted By
VIM. L. RObinSOns

On Sunday afternoon, June II,
the William L. Robinsons of Trav-
ilah, had an informal "get to-
gether" and outdoor supper in
honor of the Presidents Highway
Safety Conference. The AAA Ma
tional Safety Committees Repre-
sentatives from Is states and the
District were present. Honor
guests included Robey Dunman,
Assistant Director of the Presi-
dents Highway Safety Conference;
]. E. O'Neill of Fresno, Calf,
Senior Vice President of the
American Automobile Association;
Russell E. Singer of Chevy Chase,
executive vice president of the
AAA, and Mrs. Singer; Burton
Marsh, Director of Traffic and En-
cheering, Safety Dept, AAA, and
Mrs. Marsh; A. ]. Montgomery,
,AAA Director of Publicity, and
Mrs. Montgomery, of Washington.
Montgomery County guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. washington /.
Cleveland, Inspector Arthur E.
Miller, Kermit Rykken, Mrs. Mary
Melander and Mrs. Carol Snyder
Sleek.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-21
Girl browns In Pond
On Beallsville Farm;
Funeral Yesterday

Thirteen-year-old Frances Lu-
ellie Hunt, daughter of. Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodrow Hunt of Beallsville,
drowned while swimming in farm
pond on the property of Charles
Davis on Sunday. 1t was thought
that she was seized with a cramp
while attempting to swim the
pond. Her two sisters were
in the swimming party as was
Charles Davis, 10, who attempted
to rescue her.
Rescue squads from Hyattstown,
Rockville and Bethesda Chevy
Chase worked nearly three hours
before the body was recovered in
about seven feet of water.
Frances was student at Pooles-
vile School and resided with her
parents on the Davis farm. Be-
sides her parents she is survived
by one brother Woodrow, Jr. and
three sisters, Gladys, Dorothy and
Myrna Hunt, all at home.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at Hilton's Funeral Home
in GAINESVILLE. Interment was in
Monocacy Cemetery.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-21
Darby Bowman
Is Honored BY
800 Co-Workers

j. Darby Bowman, who retired
last fall as Secretary Treasurer of
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission, and Harry R..
Hall, Chief Engineer of the Com
mission, both of whom rounded out
over 30 years of service with that
organization, were honored at an
employees dinner party last week
at Prince Georges Country Club.
The nearly 800 employees and
their families who attended the
party heard T. Howard Duckett,
former chairman of the Commits
sion and now its legal counsel,
praise the work of Mr.. Bowman
and Mr.. Hall and say at is fort
innate, indeed, that Darby Bow
man and Harry Hall are here in
person, and in good health to re-
ceive the acclaim of their co-work-
ers and, in life, hear the appre-
ciative praise for work well done"
Following Mr.. Duckett's speech,
watch presented to Mr.. Bowman
and a handsome "two-suiter" was
given to Mr.. Hall.
Since his retirement, which is
a somewhat ambiguous term when
applied to one of Rockville's fav-
orite sons, Mr.. Bowman had
"stay-around-home" period journ-
led down to Florida with Mrs. Bow
man in February, and in March
Joined the r. Bates Warren real
estate firm.
AAnd to quote him on His ere
tirement",,- II never had so much
fun in my life.