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Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

President Truman presidential
date the Democratic ticket That Chief
vnson and President Truman Vnon won't be he's
running until after Trumans next press conference.
Coach Red Bak he'll remain at Point although
lost 43 varsity football players through cheating Baik will field
team this fall honest tnat Saturday afternoon he'll
cross his heart and hope to die.
price bosses indefinitely postpone rolbacks
week. Oh well people making much they don't
know what to do without it.
Senator Mccarthy 26 State employees
being checked for Red activities Mccarthy
good craphooer but he knows that don't make
point the first time, there's always another number.
President Truman gives Democratic Chairman Bill Boyle
clean bill of health charges he helped RFC loan
Missouri exercises and patronze Truman this
town. you'll usually find yourself in pretty good shape
Republicans honor o P Leader Wherry dinner
country setting nostalgia With the burdens
world heavy Republicans love to return something
they carry.
Connay OF Texas another administration
this time Just because
Allan Shvers against Connay can't the
Senator has the shiverS
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Doris FIeeson:

President :, Truman has re-
moved all reasonable doubt that
as of now he will run again and
he has in effect warned Gen.
Eisenhower:
Don't come over on my side
of the fence. If you want to run
for President, you've got to be
q Republican.
This is my team on the
Democratic side and I'm run
ming it. If you want a political
team go get your own. you can't
muscle in on me-"
His remark that Senator Taft
is his favorite Republican can
didate for President breaks no
new ground. That had long
been obvious.
The Democratic National
Committee under William M.
Boyle - whom the Democrats
also must take and like, accord
ing to the Presidents statements
Thursday-has displayed for a
long time the utmost compla-
cency about Taft presidential
candidacy. That it might mean
the death of all the President
says he stands for apparently
never bothers them.
They are airily confident that
Mr.. Truman can beat Mr.. Taft.
Generally speaking, with some
honorable exceptions, this group
is completely politically minded
anyway. 1t neither knows nor
cares much about the Fair Deal
except as bait for votes.
The result has been constant
tension between them and the
convinced Democratic liberals
and again, as in 1913, the lib
erals have been hungrily cycling
Gen. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Truman has served on
them substantially the same no.
tice as on Ike:
"It's my show, complete with
me and Mr.. Boyle. String along
Or you'll have to accompany
your hero, Mr.. Eisenhower, into
the Republican Party"
MIR. Truman can make good
on his def1ances to Gen. Eisen-
hover and. Democratic liberals.
He can renominate himSelf-or
his choice, who is apparently not
to be Ike. ct will be Chief JUS
tice Vinson in all the Washing
ton betting, If the President
steps aside0 He can force Ike
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The general became what is
called, in the vernacular,
natural" for this role when he
was dismissed by President Tru-
man, so that you get the two
men set off against each other
under the most dramatic cir
cumstances possible.
A champion forthwith was
created, and he came, fortui-
tously for his followers, already
cast in heroic mold because Of
his brilliant military record
made in the glamorous reaches
of the Pacific. He is soldier,
which has more than usual
magnetism in these tense, dis
turbing days, and not a poll
tician." Therefore he is with
out the scars and blemiSheS and
moles that most politicians. even
the best, acquire as they struggle
upward in their profession, their
every act a public performance
in a glass bowl, their mouths at
work most of the time. their
hearts hanging constantly from
their sleeves.
Gen. Macarthur is the al
most perfect foil for Harry
Truman the politician, and so
you get the sort of campaign
that is developing around the
country now as revealed in re-
ports and letters, particularly
in the latter that take issue
with any criticism of the gen.
eral.
He is held up as a sort of
idol which he, himself, prob
ably wouldn't recognize, being
human, and then you get a few
not too nice epithets about the
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its future economic relationship
tothe West is bound to be basic
in the future network of such
East-West relationships.
All of this carries a disturb
ing significance to Moscow. Not
only has the Middle East long
been an inviting target for Rus
sian aggression, it also consti-
tuteS a soft underbelly in stra-
tegic relationship to the Russian
Caucasus. 1t would be foolish
to think that a broad and eff
fective program for bringing
the Western Powers into closer
comfy with those of the Middle
East will go encountered by
Moscow.
If the Western effort is to be
successful, therefore, it must be
undertaken in an atmosphere of
respect and regard for the legit-
innate senSibilities and aspira-
tons of the Middle Eastern
people.
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The Other Side of the Fence
Truman Has Removed All Reasonable Doubt He Will Run Agar
And in Effect Has Warned Eisenhower About Political Team

bolt even if the Republicans
nominate him until they get a
look at Ike, the campaigner.
The Truman performance
yesterday disposes of that love-
ly dream in which Mr.. Truman
at the convention nominated Ike
himself. The sincere Democrats
can now worry, among other
things, about what kind of a
candidate good old Fred Vinson
might make. The Chief Justice
is likable but SO smothered in
adulation here because of his
own great position and closeness
to the President that the real
man has been lost to sight.
The President-and this is
politically astute-has made it
necessary for Gen. Eisenhower
to be more conservative on do
nestle issues if he runs for
President, AS the Democratic
candidate, Ike, the professional
soldier, would be influenced by
party policy and past history
to be at least somewhat liberal.
The drag on him in the Repub-
lican Party will be from the
other direction. though he will
owe his nomination to that
party's liberals, if he is nom
mated at all.
Some of the Democrats to-
night are saying of Mr.. Tru-
man: eyes. he has given us
much Of our policy-but the gift
without the giver is bare. And
he is jeopardizing all that he
says he treasures, including his
own place in history"
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into the Republican Party if Ike
really has presidential ambi-
tons which most people believe
he has.
That is not saying the Presi-
dent can make the Republicans
nominate Gen: Eisenhower. He
can't. He can't stop them from
nominating Senator Taft either
or make them do it. And he
can't necessarily re-elect him
self or his chosen heir.
Paradoxically Mr.. Truman has
probably famed the ardor of
both the Taft and Eisenhower
factions in the G.. o. P.
Senator Taft's supporters are
just as convinced he can beat
Mr. Truman as Truman sup
porters are convinced Mr.. Tru-
man can trounce Taft. In rare
bursts of candor, they even ar
que that H. L. Mencken's China
man ought to beat Mr.. Truman
at this point.
The assurance of the Truman
candidacy therefore will make
the Taft followers work harder
and, they believe, help their
man.
Gen. Eisenhower's hackers are
more than grateful to have the
general hurled into their arms
so uncompromisingly by the
President. 1t was just what
they wanted: next best to
plain II am a Republican" decla-
ration from Ike. In a sense,
they like it better; they can
claim Ike now without his say
ing a word which might jeop-
ardize his great enterprise in
Europe.
President Truman has made
Truman Democrats very, very
happy. He has annoyed the
Southern Democrats and what
they will do-when the fire and
birthstone in certain vocal quar-
tiers subsides-will be the sub
ject of tons of speculation before
it becomes clear on election day.
: The Truman foreign policy
and the increasing prospect
that Senator Taft will be the
Republican nominee will hold
the dissatisfied liberals in line.
They know so little really about
Gen. Eisenhower's views on
domestic issues-and what little
they do know is not too COM
forting-they will not dare to
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IToInos e 9toKes:
The Tale Of Two Generals in 50
Macarthur Has Become Royng Symbol Against Truman;
Gossip That Eisenhower May Be Candidate Seized Eagerly

President followed by a string
of words-Pendergastism, mink
coats, deep freezers. influence
peddlers. Communists, he
called-Stalin-good-old-J not
very original. but revealing.
There is such a similarity in the
pattern of the patter that is
repeated from widely separated
parts of the country that one
might suspect an inspired de-
Sign-and maybe it is.
There is very rarely mention
of Gen. Macarthur, himself, as
a candidate. His words seems
to have been accepted on that
point. 1t is beginning to look,
though, as if, whether President
Truman, himself, is a candidate
again or not. the Democrats are
going to be running" neverthe'
less. against Gen. Macarthur in
1852 as an invisible candidate.
He has become the agent
through which to strike at the
Truman administration at its
most vulnerable point-the bust
ness-in-politics, politics-in-busi-
ness atmosphere created by the
RFC and other Investigations
of recent months. Unless there
is a cleanup to clear up the
atmosphere, MacArthurism. as it
might be called, may become a
potent factor against the Demo-
Gratis in 1852, for it obviously
is taking roots as a political in
f1uence, almost a creed. It may
be too late to head it off. Once
you get easy catch-words in
politics, mink coats, influence
peddlers and the like, it is hard
to whistle them away. They
save thinking.
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Thomas L. Stokes:

The developing 1852 presiden-
tial campaign seems currently to
be concentrated, as far as the
general public is concerned, in
what might be called the Tale
of Two Generals. One may be
a candidate, but hasn't decided.
The other says he absolutely
won't be a candidate but is Ger
tainly now a factor in our
politics.
Familiar to all is the interest,
both among the people and poll
ticians, in Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, to the extent that every
scrap of gossip or rumor about
whether he may become a can
didate is eagerly seized and re-
layed around.
This is a compelling. positive
manifestation.
The other general, Douglas A.
Macarthur. has become, on the
other hand, the center of what
might be described. without any
offense intended. as negative"
political interest. At the risk of
becoming involved in an odd
juxtaposition of contradictory
terms, it may be said that this,
however. is a very positive
negative" interest.
That requires some explana-
ton.
1t is this. Gen. Macarthur
has become a rallying symbol
against President Truman and
his administration, a curious
and yet entirely natural de-
velopment when you consider
the times and the place the gen.
eral has come to occupy under
conditions that are somewhat
abnormal.
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resumption of fighting and the
U. N. may imply the same.
Realistically speaking, however,
neither side will start fighting
again when once the cease-f1re
has taken effect. A stalemate
in the negotiations will ensue.
The Communists are saying
they want a time limit of at
least a year beyond which the
negotiations shall not be car
ried. There is little reason for
the q. N. to object to this, be-
cause at the end of a year. if a
settlement has not yet been
reached the armistice agree
ment can be extended for an
other year by mutual consent.
Meanwhile, it looks as if Korea
will remain divided for a long
time to come, especially since
the U. N. has formally declared
that it will not use military force
to secure the pacification or uni
flying of all Korea. If there is
any leverage coming which can
possibly influence the Commu-
niStS to withdraw from Korea,
it hasn't appeared yet. though
an offer may be expected from
the Reds to take all Communist
troops out whenever the U. N.
gets out. Once that happens.
Korea will be subject to recur-
rent attacks or inf1ltration by
North Korean puppet faction
which will be aided by the Rus
sian as well as Chinese Com
munistS
The Korean problem is far
away from a solution, and the
status that existed in 1850 may
go on indefinitely.
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amounts to about the same
thing as a stand at the 38th
Parallel, nevertheless the use in
propaganda that will be made
of such retreat is enough to
cause the U. N. negotiatofs to
decline to agree to the parallel.
Actually the U. N. team is en-
ploying two very persuasive ar
guments. One is that to insist
on the 38th Parallel is to rein
troduce political questions"
which previously have been
barred from this particular ne
gotiation. The other is that the
line at the 38th Parallel is itself
not defensible for either set of
belligerents. A further point is
made logically that the U. N. air
and sea power actually control
the coast lines as we'll as the
air far north of the 38th Parallel
and hence to agree to the pres
ent defense line is in effect a
concession in itself to the Reds,
The climax will come when
the argument on the armistice
line is finally resolved. The
Communists will fuss and fume
and perhaps delay further the
conclusion of the cease-fire
agreement, but in the end they
will agree.
Out of it, therefore, will come
at least three victories" for the
U. N. from the propaganda
standpoint.
The real victory for the Reds,
however. will come later-when
the armistice has been con-
cluded and the negotiations for
a settlement of the Korean
problem begin. There will be
no leverage then for either side.
The Communists may threaten a
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Propaganda Victories for u. N.
Gen. Rdgwoys Moves in the Korean Amstice Negotiations
Shows Willingness to Break Off Poreys Over Principle
David Lawrence:

Whoever in Washington is
guiding the hand of Gen. Ridg-
way in the Korean armiStice
negotiations deserves credit for
the f1uctuating maneuvers which
twice now have resulted in
a U. N. initiative in actually in
terrupting the talks.
When the negotiations started,
the whole world was given the
impression by Red propaganda
that the U. N. had sought the
chance to quit fighting. 1t was
widely assumed that the U. N.
was so eager to bring the hos
tilitieS to an end that almost
any status quo proposal from
the Chinese would be accepted.
But on two occasions now the
u. N. has shown itself willing to
risk the breakdown of the par
leys on a principle. Once the
demand was made that armed
troops must be withdrawn from
the town where the peace con-
versations were taking place.
After a brief delay, the Com
munists accepted the terms de-
manded.
Now the U. N. has charged
that the truce terms were being
violated again by armed troops
and once more the Communists
have, in effect, backed down and
promised to comply.
All this leads up to the most
important item under consider
ation-where the armistice line
shall be drawn. The U. N. wants
1t to be the present defense line
and the Communists want the
U. N. forces to retreat to the
38th Parallel. Although the
existing defense line is not very
far within North Korea and
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Evening star., 1951-11-06

the citizens of the Piney Branch
basin put the figure higher-at
So million.
Long List of Damages.
Damage consists mainly of
flooded Easements, eroded lawns,
sinking streets and sidewalks,
danger to life and limb, higher in
surance costs and deprecated
property values. the citizens con-
tend. In some cases. not only
Easements. but part of the first
floors have been flooded. they say.
Now. after years of suffering
the citizens see glimmer of hope
that conditions will be remedied
and they say they are determined
ito carry the fight to victory this
time.
The new plans of the engineers
call for a sewer Is feet in diameter
at the lower end. near where Piney
Branch flows into Rock Creek,
westward of the bridge across Six
teenth street NV, near Spring
road.
Now, a 9l2 foot trunk sewer runs
beneath Fifth street. turns into
Hamilton street NV. and runs be-
meath that highway to Arkansas
avenue. A ga foot storm sewer
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Stanton Park Group BaIks
Motion Attacking CORNING

The Stanton Park Citizens AS
sociation last night refused to con-
slider a motion attacking School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning.
The resolution was offered by c.
P. Johnson. president, who left the
chair to do so. He said he was
doing it for another person to
whom he is indebted"
When asked by a member why
this person did not offer the mo-
tion himself, Mr.. Johnson replied,
He is not a member If this asso-
ciation."
Some of the criticisms were
based on the recent transfer of
students from the Lafayette
School to Murch in the Northwest
section, far out of the associations
area.
The group also UNANIMOUSLY op-
posed racial integration of the
Fire Department.
The meeting was held in the
Peabody School. Fifth and C
streets NE.
Evening star., 1951-11-06

Third and Second streets NV
at cost of SIS million.
Total of s7,5S6,O00.
Mr.. Kemp said that $780, 900
now is being spent on Piney
Branch, above Fifth and Ingraham
streets NV. And near Rock
Creek. $426.000 is being spent on
sewer Improvements there.
The grand total cost of these
sewer improvements in the Piney
Branch Basin reaches $7,586.000
Mr.. Kemp said.
Civic leaders in the fight to
obtain flood relief include Clifford
H. Newell, former president of the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tons. long active in the Arkansas
Avenue Citizens Association.
Arthur r. Cochel, sr.. of GIG
Hamilton street NV, has lived
in that neighborhood in different
houses for % years. He is presi-
dent of the Columbia Park CON-
munity Club, and chairman of a
special Sewer-Flood Control Com
mittee for the area.
Others in the fight are L
Seth Schnitman of 1905 Far
ragut street NV. long active in
the Arkansas Avenue Citizens
Evening star., 1951-11-06

some relapses. particularly among
the schizophrenics.
10 Per Cent Get Jobs.
DR.. Watts. professor of neuro-
surgery at the George Washington
University Medical School, and Dr..
zuniga of the schools department
of neurology and neurological sur
gerry, reported that 10 per cent of
patients employed after surgery
worked two years or more. Five
per cent have been employed 10
years or more.
This stability record is of par
ticular interest. since the opera
tion-Which relieves a patient of
painful self-directed ideas-also
deprives him of a certain sense of
Responsibility.
1t is this loss Of responsibility
which has caused the fear that
lprofrontal lobotomy patients are
unemployable. However, the doc
tors emphasized, careful re-educa-
ton will enable patients to regain
"a measure of adult dignity and
dependability.
Prefrontal lobotomy involves the
severing of some of the connec-
Itions in the two frontal lobes of
the brain. the connections between
the lobe and the thalamus. The
frontal lobe is considered to be
concerned with imagination. and
self consciousness, and the thala-
mus as supplying the emotional
Ifeeling-tone that implements these
ideas.
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Special Officer Freed
In Restaurant KiI|inu

The death of Thomas Rogers,
who was shot by a special police
officer. was ruled justifiable homi-
eide yesterday by coroner's jury.
Rogers. 80. colored, of the HOO
block of P street NV. was shot
in the chest in restaurant in
the l400 block of Eleventh street
NV. Howard A. Sullivan, A., of
the 1900 block of V street NV,
the special officer, told police
Rogers attacked him after the Of
flcer tried to halt fight between
Rogers and his common-law wife.
The jury held Lawrence Gra-
ham. SO, colored, of the 1400 block
of Fifth street NV, for grand
jury action on a murder charge.
He is accused in the death of
Thomas Masterson. 63. colored Of
2702 Dumbarton street NV.
Police said Graham kicked Mr..
Masterson in the face during an
argument over debt. The Incl
dent occurred in the 2400 block
of Shows court NV. Mr.. Master
son died Thursday in Gallinger
Hospital, after being released on
two different occasions after the
fight. The coroner ruled he died
of meningitis resulting from a
fracture of the cheekbone.
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Trial Board Considering
Policeman's S Guilty Pleas

A police trial board today took
under advisement the case of a
police private who pleaded guilty
to charges of neglect of duty ano
conduct prejudicial to the reputa-
ton and good order of the Police
Department.
The charges against Pvt. Robert
S. Grillo arose out of his presence
at a stag party last April 13 in
veterans clubhouse in the 1900
block of New Hampshire avenue
NV.
Eli F. Abdow. "a, of the 310O
block of Mount Pleasant street
NV, who with Grillo was ac-
quilted of pandering charges in
District Court arising from the
same incident. testified today that
he and Grillo had left the party to
get some beer. While they were
out. Mr.. Abdow said, they also
decided to take back a couple of
girls to dance.
The girls, Billie Copeland, 81,
colored, of the 600 block of Della
ware avenue Sc. and Barbara j.
Scott. 81, colored, of the 1900
block of I street NV, both testi-
fed that they returned to the
party and did a strip-tease dance.
Police officers hearing the case
were Inspector Archie M. Winfree,
Capt. Thomas Edwards and Capt.
Robert D. Chenault.
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Pney Branch Area Seeks $ Million to Keep Heads Above Floods

Citizens of the Piney Branch
basin are after Congress to keep
the water away from their doors.
They want more sewers to carry
away the waters that flood the
area and bring more than head
aches in the wake of heavy rains.
Specifically. they want approval
of a $3.1 million budget item for
new sewer construction.
Engineers agree the present
sewers aren't big enough to carry
away the rain waters. The home
owners believe Congress has been
lax in its attitude toward the
areas problem.
District Commissioners, at their
October % public hearing on the
budget, got an indication of the
aroused feeling when nearly 300
Icitizens appeared to urge action.
The $3.1 million sewer project
lis designed to eliminate flooding.
particularly at Fifth and Ingra-
ham streets NV. and Thirteenth
and Delafield streets NV. con-
sidered the most seriously affected
spots.
Can't Keep Pace.
The rapid growth of the city
and cutting down trees and grass
that absorbed the rain waters to a
great degree are to blame for
present conditions, according to
the engineers and the citizens. But
the aroused citizens accuse a lag
ging Congress. which appropriates
funds only piecemeal, of causing
the job to cost more in the long
run. Yet the city fathers are not
held blameless by the citizens.
The truth is that sewer con-
struction has not been able to keep
pace with a rapidly expanding
Metropolis, owing to lack of ade-
quate appropriations.
Other sections of the city have
their sewer problems, too, but the
Plney Branch basin citizens vivid
ly focused attention on theirs by
appearing in force before the Dis
trict Commissioners.
Harold A. Kemp, director of sani-
tary engineering, District govern
ment, said that 20 years ago there
was no flooding in that area of
Washington. One 9-foot sewer
took care of the needs. In the
early 30s. an additional 9-foot
sewer was installed, and that re-
lieved conditions. he said, until
1910.
Then there came great influx
of building operations, spurred by
the impending war, he said. The
Districts director of sanitary en-
gineering estimates that flood
damages have averaged around
100000 annually for the last 10
years-a total of So million. But