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Evening star., 1951-11-27

he did not suffer fools at all,
much less gladly.
Some of this astringency will
surely return with the Congress
in January when the Senator
again finds himself crossed by
his intellectual interiors. He
makes no secret of his view that
this is a rather large club and
he finds its members intensely
irritating because they interfere
with his getting things done the
right way. But for the present
his admiring audiences around
the country. plus the excellent
organization building up around
him, have soothed his nerves.
warmed his heart and loosened
his facial muscles.
In some part the new Taft is
deliberate if not synthetic. Ad-
mittedly he traded in his Sc
we're steel-rimmed spectacles for
more photogenic horn rims. He
has said that his publicity ad-
visers dinned it into him that
he must smile for the television
cameras and that he was try
ing to remember it. He was
warned also that he must not
appear so abrupt, so indifferent
to the opinions of others.
The Senator's attitude shows
that he believes what his man
ayers contend: That he is far
out in front of his rivals for
the Republican nomination and
that the Truman administra-
Evening star., 1951-11-27

on a silver platter" That"
said George. will not happen"
The silver platter right now is
the property of the Taft forces
and George knows what it cost.
He hasn't mentioned any figures
himself, but the Ohio campaign
last year. designed to demon
strate that Senator Taft is the
peoples choice for President.
cost somebody close to $4,000
600, according to the staff of
the Senate committee now look
ing into the matter. That's a
good deal of money for Sen
ate seat, twenty times the price
OF a seat on the New York Stock
Exchange in good times. The
Taft folks have reason to think
their money bought more than a
Senate seat and they are not
going to hand anything that
valuable to anybody on a silver
platter. It's good to have some
body around who is willing to
come right out and saw so.
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effectively with such practices.
Indeed. extreme attacks often
have boomeranged and elected
the candidate attacked. The as
sumption, widely made by some
critics. that the electorate must
be protected against a supposed
lack of intelligence Is reminis-
cent of the totalitarian concept
that the people cannot be trust
ed with democratic processes.
No election campaign is per-
feet and many a contest has in
it elements that are to be de-
plored. but in the long run the
people know how to deal with
exaggerations and falsehoodS
because the power to refute and
deny them is not lost to the op-
posing candidate. 1t insults the
intelligence of the people of the
great State of Maryland to say
that they voted out Senator
Tydings because of a "compos-
ite photograph" which depicted
him as shaking hands with Earl
Browder of the Communist
Party. In Ohio, Senator Taft
was the victim of a somewhat
similar composite" and it didn't
prevent his victory. Senator
Tydings lost because of a split
in his party and for the usual
reasons that occur in American
election campaigns. On the day
after election, when Senator
Tydings gave his analysis of the
defeat, he did not include any
reference to composite photo
graphs" or scurrilous literature
but appraised the political trends
in Maryland quite effectively.
The problem of regulating
the quality of congressional
campaigns is not one for the
Federal statutes but for greater
publicity and debate. The Sen
ate's investigating committee is
putting the spotlight on the re-
cent campaigns. and that is all
to the good provided the acts
of both parties are thoroughly
and impartially investigated.
Reproduction Rights Reserred.l
Evening star., 1951-11-27

For the United States these
strains and stresses are heavy
indeed. Today, by force of cir
cumstances imposed on us by
those who would destroy us and
all other free institutions, we
are diverting our capitalist econ
omy once more to defense. It
is a costly diversion. Natural re-
sources and the energies of
great segment of manpower
are turned from the production
Of the luxuries and the neces-
sites of life into the production
Of articles which at worst are
destructive of life itself and at
the very best are largely unus-
able for any other purpose.
Meanwhile, the diminished re-
sources and decreased man.
power are left to meet the more
normal needs of our own and
friendly populations.
Under capitalism all of this may
be reduced quite simply and
directly into terms of dollars.
The diversion of 20 per cent of
our national productivity into
defense purposes leaves 80 per
cent to meet the ordinary civil
ian demand. The demand in
such circumstances is not likely
to decrease; it may even in
crease with fuller employment
and more expendable income.
Higher taxes may siphon off
some of this income, rationing
may curtail some of the demand,
price and wage controls may re-
tard an inf1ationary trend. But
the pressures are there and the
imposition OF the controlling
factors is a complex and del
icate problem. Genuine dis
agreement ranges all the way
from the question of whether
any artificial controls should be
attempted to the question of
how, where and when such con-
trolls should be employed.
The Truman administration
adheres to the principles of
controls and increased taxation,
although application of these
principles is loose and imperfect
today. Latest figures from the
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Ohio and Maryland Composite
Tactics Used Against Toft in so Campaign Far Worse
Than Anything Brought to Light by Tydnqs
David Lawrence:

Senator Taft certainly has put
into the record a graphic story
of composite photographs" and
scurrilous literature used against
him in his 1850 campaign in
Ohio. The tactics appear to be
far worse than anything COM
planned of by Senator Tydings
in his last years campaign in
Maryland.
1t will be interesting to see
how indignant all those critics
of Senator John Marshall But
Ter, Republican, of Maryland
will become now that they see
what kind of campaign the
Democrats waged in Ohio.
President Truman in a politi-
cal speech last week alluded to
the Maryland campaign. blam-
ing the alleged misrepresenta-
tions by the Republicans. While
he mentioned the large sums
spent in the 1850 campaign in
Ohio, he didn't refer to all
the malicious statements made
about Senator Taft by the
labor union campaigners. Nor
did he explain why his Justice
Department failed to prosecute
violations of the Federal law
which forbids political contribu-
tions by labor unions or cor
porationS.
Senator Taft. in his lengthy
testimony before the Senate
subcommittee on elections,
made some recommendations
for changes in existing law, but
he didn't point out how the
party in power can be persuaded
to prosecute its own supporters
who. in the midst of campaigns,
happen to violate laws now on
the statute books.
AS a matter of fact, Senator
Taft's recommendations for
possible changes in the law are
for the most part neither real
istic nor practicable. His first
point that the Federal laws be
impartially enforced is a good
one. especially the recommen-
dation that. if the Attorney
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Lowell MeIIett::

The man you could like best
- rolltlcs, if he just wouldn't
sing, is George H. Bender Of
Chagrin Falls. Representative
at Large from Ohio and spokes-
man at large for the States
presidential candidate, Senator
Robert A. Taft.
One reason for looking with
foreboding toward the Chicago
convention Is the fear that
George may sing again as he
did at the '48 convention. 1t
was one of the depressing Incl
dents of the Philadelphia gath
ering: if a performance so
prolonged could be called a mere
incident. Somebody, maybe
George himself, had come UP
with a Taft campaign song,
paraphrase or parody of a pop
ular number. I'm Looking
Over a Four Leaf Clover"
Sung as a solo it wasn't exactly
electrifying. Sung by a crowd
it was really dismal. Anybody
outside the convention hall, un-
able to understand the words.
could have thought the Republi-
cans had come to bury the party,
not to praise it.
II you are one Of those who
heard Champ Clark's rabid
followers in 1912 singing, "You
Gotta Quit Kicking My Dog
Around" or II you recall "Oh,
Susanna, Don't You Cry for Me-"
the sad refrain with which the
ALT Landon gleemen sought to
set the prairies afire, you have
some idea. Georges song didn't
have any more oomph than his
candidate. But mis- singing ap-
parently sounded pretty good to
George. Every time the demon
stration following the Taft nomi-
mating speech showed signs of
subsiding. he leaped to the center
of the stage, signaled the band
and started shouting all over
for his four leaf clover. In
time it began to seem that he
wasn't trying to inspire the
convention. but to frighten it
with the threat that he'd never
stop singing unless they nomi-
mated Taft. However, there
were brave and determined men
In that hall. They sat doggedly
in their seats, refusing to be
intimidated, and let George wear
himself out. Then they nomi-
mated Gov. Dewey. n
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If Bender Refroins From Soma
Everybody Will Be Happy to Have Him at Chicago
For He Is One Man Who Coils q Spode Spade

But, if he doesn't sing. every
body who has to attend the COM
ing convention will be glad
George is there. For he is a fell
low who always says what's on
his mind. He doesn't indulge in
pious pretenses. He tells you
what he and the rest of them
are really thinking.
For instance, when asked on a
radio show Sunday about the
Taft attitude toward Joe Nc
Carthy, he replied that while
his candidate might not share
all of McCarthy's views, he was
mot going to kick him in the
teeth" Now that's plain speak
ing, but George was even plain
er. IF Senator Mccarthy is a
convention delegate" he said,
Senator Taft wants McCarthy's
vote!"
He was asked about Gen.
Eisenhower. Did he think the
general would accept the nomi-
nation if it were handed to him
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Doris Fieeson:

A Mr.. Republican confident
and relaxed beyond anything
that Washington has hitherto
seen spent an entire day here
>discoursing to an elections sub
committee on his reelection last
year.
That triumph is naturally a
favorite topic of Senator Taft.
Indeed, had he not so often in
sisted that what was attempted
against him was much worse
than what was done to the un-
successful Millard Tydings in
Maryland, there would be no
Ohio investigation.
What put the shine in his eyes
today. however, was not the past
but what he fondly envisages- as
his future. Senator Robert A.
Taft is as confident a candi-
date for nomination and elec-
tion to the presidency as expert
enced observers have seen since
the early Roosevelt campaigns.
This is unusually interesting
because the Senator is not nor
mally at ease either with him
self or with others. The Capt.
tai is accustomed to a Senator
Taft so tensely self-abSorbed in
the business at hand that he
often seems completely oblivious
of his effect on the public. He
has displayed one of the lowest
boiling points in Congress and
Evening star., 1951-11-27
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Roger Lowell Putnam three times Mayor Springfield Mass
named the thru stabzer mayor Triple
Third stablizeI Three strikes
Democratic Cnalman Mckinney New York Democrats
that President Truman avered World Democrats
will send Truman to the country the
kept us out Of war and peace at the time
Eisenhower interest in serving anywhere
except for the preservation of That's
statement OF how nc feels about
changes his mind before you figure what 1t means
Peace negotiatos line across Korea
fire line is where fighting agree
to stop fighting.
Civil defense officials that everybody nocuated
against lockjaW It's apparent these civil defense fellows
nothing about the morale of husbands
Attorney General caudle testihes he got
cheap from taxi investigation Caude
stressed the complete legality of the deal by bringing along
lawyer to explain
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General refuses to act, some
other method of direct action
be permitted. But when the
Ohio Senator proposes that sit
might be possible to require the
filing of all literature dealing
with the election of national
officers with some official in
Washington before such litera-
ture is circulated" he intro
duces by implication the ques-
ton of censorship, though he
specifically disavows any such
intention.
What good would the filing of
the literature and the statement
as to the number printed and
the sponsoring organization do if
the literature were scurrilous or
in other respects Objectionable
to one or the other of the candi-
dates involved? Would it merely
be filed? How could this be done
without depriving both sides of
valuable time, especially in the
last 10 days of a campaign?
When Mr.. Taft says some law
might be passed furnishing di-
rect misstatements of fact in a
campaign" he comedies that the
shading between fact and opin-
ion is often very close" But it
will be contended in rebuttal
that the existing State laws of
slander and libel are adequate
protection. Anything else treads
closely on the border of suppress
sion of free speech and a free
press.
The so-called composite pho
tograph" which was used in
Maryland against Senator Tyd-
ings and in Ohio against Sena-
tor Taft is a despicable device
but it is not a violation of Fed
eral laws. It might be actionable
under State laws. Many cartoons
are despicable. So are many
published articles issued by the
press itself, but the constitution
al safeguard protects extreme
statements. This is because it is
felt that public opinion can deal
, 1951-08-30

18th in answer to one which he
had written the Governor on Au-
gust 18th assuring him that the
reported demonstration for his re-
moval was a lie.
Totten said after receiving the
Governors letter that he felt sure
he had convinced him that no one
was after his scalp as the pitts
burgh Courier" puts it, but when
representatives of the New York
Amsterdam News" stated that the
Governor had since sent releases
with copies Of the ST. Thomas
Daily News expressing his belief
that we are definitely seeking his
removal he was completely dis
illusioned.
Mr.. James Bough former District
Attorney and now Chief of the
Caribbean area United Nations,
who was also billed to speak, was
unable to appear due to an attack
of acute appendicitis for which he
underwent an operation last Fri
day, August oath. Latest report is
that he is doing nicely,
Seated also on the platform
were Mrs. Violet Totten, DIR.
George Fleming, DR.. James L.
Wilson and Reverend Paul E.
West who closed the meeting with
the banediction.
, 1951-08-30

tenant governor or administrator
for st. CroiX, huge reduction of
forces, a conditional return of the
Internal Revenue Tax, and if the
Congressman has his way,a tour
ist colony for st. John with every
indication of neglect Of the islands
of St. Thomas and St. Croix."
The speech was most convinc-
ing and the audience rose in high
admiration and respect for the
militant spirit manifested by their
native SON.
Another convincing argument
against the forces of reaction in
Congress was made when Chair
man Totten hurled the challenge
that if the Bureau of Entomology
of the Department of Agriculture
would permit native fruits and
vegetables to enter the market on
the mainland the native people
would cultivate the land every
where possible.
Totten dispensed with the edi-
torials appearing in the Daily
News of St. Thomas as coming
from a man who is callous, mali
cious, evil and decidedly an enemy
to the progress of his own native
kinfolk.
He read a letter from Governor
de Castro under date Of August
, 1951-08-30
PRESS RELEASE
Cong. PoweA Pledges Support
For Reused Organic Act

standard of living. You do not i'm
press me as .indolent, but to the
contrary you are highly intelli-
gent and industrious people,"
Receiving a big hand when
introduced, Councilman Omar
Brown proved to the entire salts
faction of the audience that the
charges made by the ST. Thomas
Daily News. whose editor he
thought to be his friend, that a
demonstration was held here to
remove Governor de Castro, is a
lie.
Said he, 81 do have differences
with the Governor, but none of
these would cause me to seek his
removal"
quite true" he continued,
I'VE r for an elective governor
because we are convinced that a
governor free from the dictates of
certain officials at Washington, &
who is responsible only to the
people, is the right step toward
the democracy we need and are
entitled to-"
Mr.. Brown moved the audience
to tears when he described the
suffering of the people not repre-
sented in the middle or high in
come brackets and pointed out
that employment if and when
available, is given by contractors
to their favorites while natives
get only scant consideration.
He analysed the Peoples Bill
and compared it with the Muir
dock Bill which was introduced
by Congressman Murdoch by
request.
He gave a complete recital of
what took place at Washington
when the Conference Committee
met with the members of the
House Insular Affairs Committee
and of the disappointment of the
Municipal Councilmen on the
Committee when they heard Con
gresham Crawford tell where he
stood on the passage of the re-
vised Organic Act.
Said he: "We were told to pre-
pare for the closing down of the
Virgin Islands Comnany, one le-
gislature for the three islands
with only nine members, no lieu
, 1951-08-30

ANSW AO1AS IN. 4'I 9 20: Win
the playing of the Virgin Islands
March, a composition of Band
master Alton Adams of st. Thorn
as and played by Professor
Hubert Finlay and his Mainland
Native Band, Virgin Islanders
closed their mass rally at the Re
Nuisance Ballroom, 138th Street
and Seventh Avenue, with a firm
determination to fight for the pas
sage of the Peoples Bill to revise
the Organic Act.
Under the Craftsmanship of
Ashley L. Totten, President of the
American Virgin Islands Civic
Association, the meeting started
off with an eloquent fiery speech
by Congressman Adam Powell,
who accompanied by his charm
ing wife, left Immediately after
wards for their European and
African business trip.
Congressman Powell read from
the record his verbal combat with
Congressman Miller of Nebraska
over opposition by the latter to
the granting of appropriations for
the Islands because as Miller put
it, "the people are lazy"
He referred to the releases sent
to the press here by the Governor
and the ST. Thomas Daily News,
as a sign of weakness, because if
the people of the Islands are to be
free they must have an elective
governor responsible to the people
themselves and not to any depart
ment of the government.
Max Delson, distinguished law
yer and friend of mainland Virgin
Islanders, gave a brilliant address
on the value and necessity OF
waging a relentless campaign
against anything that tends to
DENY the people Of the Virgin Is
lands their full rights of frst-class
American citizenship.
Reading from a manuscript the
report of Senator Butler charging
that the native people are indo-
lent, Mr.. Delson said 81 can prove
by you who are here in large mum
hers that you will work where
there is employment with decent
WAGES and Wor'7ing conditions in
accordance with the American
Evening star., 1951-01-23
y. N. Now q Bargain Counter
Egypt Ready to Join in Condemnine Red China
If Britain Withdrows Troops From Suez Canal

for the weaker nations. All Of
them joined unhesitatingly last
June in ordering military action
when North Korea committed
it's aggression. But when hun
dreds of thousands of Chinese
Reds. without proyocation.
crossed the Yalu River and at
tackled United Nations forces,
the great majority of the U. N.
delegates. lion-hearted a few
months earlier, turned into
lambs and suggested surrender.
These diplomats, acting on
orders from their home govern
ments. hide their heads in the
sand and refuse to believe that
by creating this kind of prece-
dent they may find themselves
in a situation similar to that of
the South Koreans.
Instead, as Egypt has done,
they attempt to sell their votes
for advantages which could be
obtained in a proper way by
presenting their case to the
General Assembly. Other ma
tons believe that by trying to
placate Moscow they are buying
cheap life insurance for them
selves.
Moscow's agents tell them that
they need not fear the USSR
and its satellites so long as they
play the Kremlin's game. The
larger Western European coun-
tries expect to buy time" at
the new bargain counter in the
U. N. They figure that by a
policy of appeasement toward
Evening star., 1951-01-23
Eleven More Must Rotify Constitutional
Amendment to Stop Him-if He Would Run

said Mr.. Gabrielson. who OBJ
viously doesn't consider it name
calling to characterize a man as
a Missouri mule.
However that may be, Demo-
cratic Chairman Bill Boyle in
his current letter presents the
President in a little different
light. He quotes from a tribute
uttered by Speaker Rayburn at
an informal reception the other
evening.
"I know Harry Truman as not
many Of you do" said the
Speaker. II know his great
heart; I know that every i'm
pulse of his being is to serve
his day and generation we'll.
And if we, in our positions.
charged with responsibility, will
stand with him, then we will
one day look forward to the
sunshine of a better day. OF
peace in the world, that every
good man and every good wom-
an in the United States and
throughout the world is praying
for tonight"
So there you have our Pres
ident. The worlds best hope or
Just another Missouri mule, de-
pending on your point of view.
And 1t is around this man that
all our politics revolves at the
moment and will continue to
revolve no doubt until 1852, if
not longer.
The question of whether he
proposes to run again in 1852 is
already being discussed. He
himself gave the discussion a
Evening star., 1951-01-23
Doris FIeeson
Confidence Rises in Senate

Use not to send them to Korea.
This Senator is a serious legis-
lator and a dependable inter-
nationalist. His proposal, even
if he made it. could hardly be
entertained: what is interest
ing is that it ever seemed to
him possible and desirable.
Senators are asking, too, what
the apparent shift in China
policy means. Some State De-
partment sources are playing it
down as more apparent than
real and designed for domestic
political consumption. This is
not an explanation that will
wash for very long in the pres
ent temper of Congress, and
the honest men on the Hill who
want 1t to be real will be among
the first to ask questions.
A significant story has ap-
peared recently written by a
source hitherto wholly admir-
ing of Secretary of State Ache
son. It suggests that the
Secretary has changed under
the terrific pressure to which
he has been subjected and no
longer will counsel even with
proved friends. 1t would appear
to be possible that some kind
Of revolt is brewing, still very
much undercover. against the
altering course which the Sec
retary is pursuing.
Evening star., 1951-01-23
Dovid Lawrence:
Peace Offensive Plan Hailed
Expression Of Friendship for Russian People
Is First Sign of Common Sense From OfficioIdom

There is no reason to believe
that, If the. minds of the 200
million people of Soviet Russia
could be reached with genuine
evidences of friendship, the
rulers of the Communist regime
would have the power to take
the steps of aggression which
have now brought the world to
the brink of war.
Like all other moves of this
kind-and they are by no means
novel-the question of methods
and means arises. The United
States has brought forth what is
known as the ''Voice of Amer
lea" program. This project was
for a long time ip need of funds,
but now has the money from
Congress. What is lacking is the
ideas that must go into such an
undertaking to make it success
full. Those ideas cannot begin
and end on the bureaucratic
level. They must come from the
very top level of our policy
makers. They must be part Of
national and international pol
icy.
Today the "Voice of America"
is just one of number of bu-
reaus in the State Department.
1t ought to be an important
agency independent of any de-
partment and reporting directly
to the President. 1t should have
enough prestige to command the
sympathetic support of members
of both houses of Congress. It
should be the public relations"
instrument of the Government
itself in International relations.
Few men who have been at the
head of the State Department
ever have been qualified to do
this type of planning even if
they had the time to devote to
it.
But to occupy so important a