davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-03-25
Scandals
Continued From Page CID

fauver or Fulbright as vice presi-
Dental nominee-to run either
with Truman or another. If Presi-
dent Truman decides to be cam
didate for denomination, it is un-
likely he would look with favor on
either of these Senators. Both
have revealed sordid spots in the
administration and the Democratic
organization.
Further, the President has never
had any use for Senator Fulbright
since the latter, after the 1896
elections in which the Republicans
took over control of Congress, said
that a way out might be found If
Mr.. Truman would appoint as Sec
retary of State a Republican and
then himself resign. Under the
law, as it stood then, the Secretary
of State would become President,
and the will of the electorate be
carried out. Contrary to reports at
the time, Senator Fulbright did not
recommend this course-he merely
mentioned it when quetioned.
It seems as though Mr.. Truman
might prefer Senator Douglas as
a running mate, if he had to select
one of the three. Illinois is one OF
the "key" States in an election,
Arkansas and Tennessee are not.
However, to place either the Sen
ator from Arkansas or the Senator
from Tennessee on the ticket with
Truman might soften the resent
ment which Southern Democrats
have for President Truman and his
civil rights program.
One senatorial investigation ap-
parently did pay off, although with
reverse English. That was the
investigation into the charges OF
Senator Mccarthy, Wisconsin Re-
publican, that the State Depart
mcnt was crawling with Reds.
The so-called Tydings committee
reported there was nothing in the
charges. But the Republicans and
Mccarthy set up a howl that Sen
ator Tydings of Maryland had con-
Quoted "white-wash' instead OF
an investigation. In the election
last November Senator Tydings
was defeated by Senator Butler
Maryland Republican. Also the
so-called Red issue" was carried
into other States and used effec-
lively against Democrats, for ex-
ample, Mrs. Helen Gahagen Doug
las in California and former Sen
ator Thomas in Utah.
The Senate investigations in the
1920s revealed corruption in hlgt
places, with millions of dollars in
volved. The Senate investigations
of this and last year have shown
up professional gamblers as friend!
and proteges of politicians, have
given glimpses of "million-dollal
cops" mink coats and deep-freez'
ers. That kind of thing is more
easily understood by the genera
public than the rape of millions o.
dollars from Government natura
resources. The huge television au'
diences, as well as radio, who have
followed the crime hearings with
almost breathless interest. mus
mean something. Whether J
means that the people are politi
cally aroused, however, will not b'
demonstrated until November
1852. II
Evening star., 1951-03-25

nor how to choose the right men
who did know" Armstrong was,
Iof course. one of the wrong men
Madison picked. Monroe was an
other. So was Winder. Jones
was weak and lacked aggressive
ness. Without leadership, the
Capital was a place of confusion.
To make matters worse. the
United States was broke. the
Treasury was empty. No one
wanted war and few believed war
would ever touch Washington.
Gen. Armstrong had been strut
ting around the town declar-
ing that even if British troops
who had been operating against
Napoleon were sent to the United
States, they would not attack
Washington. "The city isn't i'm
portant enough. Baltimore's the
logical place" A good many
Washingtonians agreed with him.
Others in the Capital shook their
heads and said: THE British are
in Chesapeake Bay and they'll
come this way"
Few Federal Workers
Hence. there were two schools
of thought on the big question
and. as is natural in such a case,
there followed much talk. much
delay, a vast amount of indecision.
Even when the fleet of gunboats
commanded by Capt. Joshua
Barney of the American Navy
were chased up Chesapeake Bay
by British men-of-war and on
Evening star., 1951-03-25

TEL AVIV.-Israel's hopes o1
averting economic collapse. now
an increasingly real menace. are
more and more being pinned on a
scheme to turn this country into a
workshop for the Western Allied
defense effort in the Middle East
The plan is based on the role
which Palestine industry played
during the last war as a supply
center for British Mediterranean
forces. No decisions have been
taken as yet, and there has been
no formal authorization for the
Israeli government to include the
agreements such a scheme would
require, but the country's eco
nomic position is rapidly heading
to point where political consid-
erations must take second place to
economic salvation.
British and American military
officials are believed to favor the
idea. 1t should not be confused
with talk. So far apparently quite
idle. about establishing bases in
Israel or stationing Allied troops
there, although obviously the kind
of economic agreement enviSaged
would serve to tighten the links
between this country and the
West.
There appear. however, to be
political objections from the
Western point of view, mainly be-
cause of the fear that any such
arrangement with Israel would
antagonize the Arabs. The Amer
leans seem far more impressed
with this argument nowadays
than are the British, and a much
more careful balancing has been
noticeable in Washington's rela-
tions with Israel and its Arab
neighbors than is the case with
London. The British now tend to
view each suggestion more on its
own merits while the Americans
continue talking about the neces-
slty OF keeping regional consid-
erations" chat is, Arab and Is
raeli jealousies) uppermost.
At any rate, it is likely that the
scheme will receive careful atten-
tlon as Mediterranean defense is
planned. Unless it goes through
or the world suddenly reverts to
something much closer to peace
than now exists, it is hard to see
how anything short of a biblical
type miracle can prevent disaster
in Israel.
Needs Raw Materials
Long hard-pressed for cash,
Israel has now come to the point
where even lack of money is a
negligible problem compared with
the impossibility of obtaining GER
tain essential supplies at any cost.
This is due to world shortages and
to the growth of allocations of raw
materials. The country's one fer
tilizer plant has had to close down
because it has been unable to OBJ
tain sulphur, either at the official
American price or at the world
black market price, which is four
times higher.
Metal plants here have been op-
Grating at half capacity for the
past six months and Government
officials predict that several will
have to close down soon unless
more supplies are received. Israel
Evening star., 1951-03-25

It will come to many Ameri-
cans as a surprise to hear this,
but there is a considerable ma
tive press in Africa, and it has
been vocal on many issues. It
is taking the lead in denouncing.
the chiefs and upholding the
colonial administrators on this
point. It is calling lobola, as
now distorted, a form of black
slave traffic.
The wage question comes di-
rectly into this issue. of course.
Wages have shot up faster for
blacks than for whites in the
crucial industries. But they have
shot up from almost nothing
to only a little more than that.
Making vast allowance for the
different type of work per-
formed, the spread between
white and black wages is never
theless tremendous. In under
ground work in the mines the
average for whites is $500 per
month; for blacks $34. On such
a wage scale the chance of &C
quiring wife at $500 is slight,
whereas under the old lobola
rate an ambitious worker could
aspire to at least one with rea-
sonable certainty, even when
wages were around $16 a month.
Far more complex is the triple
segregation of whites, Indians
and natives. In Northern
Rhodesia, for instance. this
triple standard even invades
courts of justice. white wit
nesses being paid 81 a day, In
dians 50 and natives 40 cents.
The wine or liquor situation
is also a difficult one. In many
territories liquor cannot be sold
to natives at all under the law.
Since many chiefs are Moslems,
whose religion opposes the use
of alcohol, this prohibition has
been regarded as not only IA
vorable to production but also
to the welfare of the natives.
Now, however, there is discus
sion of allowing it to "colored"
persons, that is to say, mulat-
toes, as contrasted with black
natives. This has aroused a
storm of protest from mission
aries and from blacks, though
for different reasons.
One of the most striking
things about Africa is that its
development has been almost
entirely around those products
for which the West has created
a demand, which has proved
highly fluctuating. It's progress,
such as it has been, is due
chiefly to the exploitation of
monopolies in natural resources.
Wherever it's products have
come into competition with the
productive system of the West,
it has done but little. This is
we'll illustrated in timber, in
which parts of Africa are ex-
tremely rich, and for which the
world demand has been heavy.
African timber does not sue
! cessfully compete with that of
America or of Northern Europe.
It promises to be one of the
great seminars in sociology
this coming review of how the
white man has administered his
trust IN Africa.
Evening star., 1951-03-25

town. too. Only Dolly Madison
was left, and she ordered servants
to pack the family trunks" as
speedily as possible while a guard
of 100 men rounded up by Charles
Carroll of Bellvue was thrown
about the White House.
Business as Usual
The debacle at Bladensburg re-
quires no retelling. The main
events are few and disastrous.
The Americans and British met
on August "a. AS the late Calvin
Coolidge might have stated the
result: They won" And the Cap
|itol and the White House, as every
school child knows, were put to
the torch. But what about Mr.
Madison. Mr.. Monroe, Gen. Arm
strong, Gen. Winder? The latter,
as we we'll know, made a retreat"
not withdrawal, orderly or 9TH
erwise." In one of the Monroe
papers there are these words:
The President crossed the Po-
.tomac on the evening of the oath,
accompanied by the Attorney Gen.
.eral Orchard Rush) and Gen.
Mason, and remained on the
south side of the river a few miles
above the lower falls. on the 25th.
On the 26th he recrossed the Po-
tomac and went to Brookville. in
the neighborhood of Montgom-
cry Court House. with intentions
to join Gen. Winder." Monroe was
with Winder, who had pulled back
his troops after Bladensburg, hur-
Iried through Washington and
Georgetown and reconstructed his
men near Rockville.
Mrs. Madison had fled the White
House with the portrait of George
Washington and the family silver
to find refuge in Virginia. Later
she returned to Washington and
Joined the President. Meanwhile.
Gen. Armstrong had been riding
here and there in Maryland.
When the British had with
drawn and the scattered citizens
began to venture back into Wash
ington the moribund aspects of
the Capital gradually disappeared.
Business resumed, hotels reopened,
shopkeepers washed their windows
and busted off their stocks, and
the wheels of Government started
to turn. slowly at first, later at
the usual tempo.
Viewing the ruins left by the in
vaders, citizens commisserated
with each other. They stared at
the charred walls of the Capitol
and the White House and la
mented bitterly. They referred
again and again t. what they
had endured, and they spoke of
their hurried departure under
strain and stress, but quite
frankly they named 1t flight" It
wasn't called dispersal then.
Evening star., 1951-03-25


OO House. d HratBr eHO
tn amo mn osanh rom
k Gre Treasury
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Gov. Battle Says Virginia
May Be East S Beef Capital
By the Assoeiofed Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, Aug. A.
Many businessmen and civic lead
ers in the State look to agricul-
ture as "the promising frontier
of Virginia's economy" Gov. Bat
tie said here last night , a rural
audience.
Addressing the closing days ses-
sion of the Annual Institute of
Rural Affairs, Gov. Battle sketched
a picture Of Virginia as the pos
sible beef cattle capital and corn
belt of the East.
The Governor observed that ap-
proximately SIS per cent of the
States farm income came from
livestock last year, almost twice
the figure of Is years ago. He
said "this sensational growth of
the animal industry" has empha-
sized the Importance of crop
farming instead of diminishing it.
Noting that virginia's per-acre
corn yield surpassed that of Iowa
last year. the Governor predicted,
Virginia may well be destined to
become the corn belt of the
East"
Earlier a certif1cat of merit
for outstanding contributions to
the States agriculture was pre-
sented to C. T. Rice, Oakton.
Evening star., 1951-08-04

before again plunging in as Mrs.
Booth was swept around the cor
ner into Fifth street.
Again Catches Her.
He again caught her and pulled
her, unconscious, to the steps OF
Ia nearby house where he admin
istered artificial respiration fol-
Is minutes.
Il sure was grateful when she
began to breathe" Corpl. Nc
Auliffe said later. 1T was g
wonderful moment for me-"
Meanwhile. another policeman
Pvt. Daniel A. Hoadley, hearing
Mrs. Booth scream. stripped tt
his shorts at the corner of Fifth
and Ingraham streets and plunged
into the moving waters. He swan
across an intersection and abou
so yards before locating Mrs
Booth on the porch with Corpl
McAuliffe.
! He aided the corporal in giving
artificial respiration.
Mrs. Booth was removed tt
Emergency Hospital by fire de-
partment rescue squad, which hat
been stopped a block away by thu
flood.
Corpl. McAuliffe, who up unit
then hadn't thought much of hi
swimming powers, had only on
comment when 1t was all over
"I made it, that's all I can say.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Week S Third Mercy Flight
Is Flown by CAP Pilots

The Civil Air Patrol yesterday
made its third rush fight during
the week carrying blood for an
emergency.
Two Civil Air Patrol pilots OF
the Falls Church Fairfax Hern-
don squadron carried two con-
tainers of refrigerated whole blood
by air to the Air Force base at
Aberdeen, Md. From there the
blood was taken by truck to the
Naval Hospital at Bainbridge,
where it was needed to save the
life of blue baby.
The squadron's commanding Of
ficer, Cecil E Brown, and Opera
tions officer Ashby R. Rosson said
they flew over the top Of yester-
days storm above Baltimore. They
left the Falls Church field at about
5 pm. to fly the IS miles to Aber-
deen with the blood from the Red
Cross blood bank here.
Earlier in the week, the squad
ron carried out two emergency
blood-liftS to Norfolk, Va.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Public Hearing Sci Friday
On Home Rule Bill Chances

The promised public hearing on
changes made in the Washington
home rule bill has been scheduled
for 10 am. Friday.
Senator Kefauver, Democrat, of
Tennessee, head of the Home Rule
Subcommittee, said his group does
not want to hear any long argu-
ments over the general suffrage
question but welcomes construc-
tive critisms and comments on
the changed provisions.
The full Senate District Com
mittee this week ordered a favor
able report on the compromise
city suffrage bill but. at the same
time. ordered a hearing on the
new provisions because they have
not been considered in any pre-
vious public session.
The substitute bill now has
the backing of 81 Senators. The
latest to go on the list of CO.
signers was Senator Douglas, Dem
.ocrat, of Illinois.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Man Free on $500 Bond
In Girl Attack Case

A Mitchellville, (Md0 man.
charged with attacking a 15-year-
old Washington girl on July 7
in Prince Georges County, is at
liberty today under $500 bond.
He was identified as Edward
Queen Harley, %. colored. Judge
Nita S. Hinman Crane ordered
Harley held without bond for
grand jury action, after he pleaded
not guilty yesterday in Upper
Marlboro Police Court to a charge
of assault with intent to rape the
white girl.
Bond was set shortly afterwards
by Circuit Judge j. Dudley Digges
in a habeas corpus action filed by
Harley's counsel, A. Gwynn Bowie,
former Prince Georges County
States Attorney.
The girl told the court the al
legged attack occurred on the
grounds of Oak Grove Elementary
School near Largo. Harley was ar
rested the same day by Detective
Sergt. Wilson J. Purdy and De-
tective Charles L. Perrygo.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Arlington Cancer Society
To Provide Home Nursing

The Arlington County Cancer
Society today announced plans tt
provide home nursing service fol
the county's INDECENT cancer pa
tients.
G. A. Collier, society president
said the project was made pos
sible because volunteers raised
$19,116.57 in their recent fund
raising campaign-nearly double
the 1000 goal set for the county
Society-paid nursing service to
INDECENT patients long has been
one of the organizations goals,
Mr.. Collier added. but until now
the money hasn't been available.
Mr.. Collier said the amount to
be spent on the new program must
be fixed by authorization of the
Northern Virginia Regional Di-
vision of the American Cancer So
ciety. Then. it will be allocated
to pay for services of the Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurses Society.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Glen Echo Woman Held
In Shooting Of Neighbor

Mrs. Mary D. Richardson, 81
who fired rifle bullet into the
back of her 58-year-old neighbor
was ordered held for action of the
Montgomery County grand jury
in Bethesda Police Court yester.
day.
Victim of the shot July % wa!
John Branger. Both he and Mrs
Richardson live in the 5000 BLOCK
of Wissioming road, Glen Echo
Heights.
The elderly woman told Tria
Magistrate Oscar j. See yester'
day that she fired the .22-calibel
rifle at Mr.. Branger after he ap-
preached her in a threatening
manner.
Mr.. Branger denied this, how.
ever, asserting he bad done moth.
ing to provoke t assault. Ac.
cording to police, Mrs. Richard
son fired twice into the air before
aiming the rifle at Mr.. Branger
She was charged with assault with
intent to kill.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
FredWiIson, Survivor of Jet Pilot
Team, to Wed Twins Widow
Both Think Brother,
Killed in Crash,
Would Approve

Fred Wilson, %, survivor of a
jet fighter team that was broken
up by the death of his twin
brother Charles in an air crash
last September. will marry his
brothers widow on August 25.
The blond 6-foot Arlingtonian
and his attractive sister-in-law
Lorraine Beazley Wilson. %. OF
166 Belvoir street, Alexandria
agree that his brother would want
it that way.
Charlie and I were always to-
'gether in everything we did," Fred
said. 1T was always that way
and when I came home from Eng
land after his death just natur-
ally took his place"
He said a quiet wedding Is
planned in the Congress Heights
Methodist Church, Fifth street
and Alabama avenue Sc. Both
families will attend.
Charles was killed in a mid-ai1
jet crash while flying in a forma-
tion with his brother and two
other Americans. An English
pilot, also flying a jet, rammed
Charles plane. which was flying
the No. 2 spot in the formation
The identical twins hadn't been
separated until the tragedy.
Both were educated in Alexan-
dria grade schools and attended
George Washington High School
there. They were in the high
school cadet corps and attended
the University of Richmond for
about a year together.
Then both joined the Air Force
in 1949 and won their wings and
commissions as second lieutenants
at Chandler, AriZ., in May, 1850
They were flying a routine mis-
sion over England where they had
been sent for 80 days duty in
July. when the crash occurred
Charles body was later returned
for burial in Arlington Cemetery
The twins had often double
dated. Fred said, and Charles al
ways dated Lorraine. The couple
were going steady" for about six
Evening star., 1951-08-04
I'd County Builder Charged
with Road Code Violations

George j. Moss. president OF
the Woodmoor Development Corp,
Silver Spring, has been charged
with violating the Montgomery
County road code in a warrant
sworn out by Joseph c. Kordella,
county highway engineer.
The warrant is the second in
three days charging road code
violations. The first was sworn
out against Orville A. Shepherd,
Burnt Mills Hills.
Both men have been released
under $1,000 bond each pending
hearing Tuesday in Silver Spring
Police Court.
The warrants charge the two
men with building portions of
Brookmoor court and Brookmoor
drive in Woodmoor without OBJ
Itaining county permits. They
also charge that the streets do
mot comply with code require
ImentS.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Policeman Races 200 Yards
ToSove Flood Trapped Woman
Helpless Victim Saved
From SwirIing Torrent
After Dramatic Chase

A quick thinking Metropolitan
policeman yesterday raced 200
yards through water and on land
to rescue woman neighbor
trapped in the swiftly moving
waters of flash flood.
Corp. James j. McAuliffe, a
police radio dispatcher, in a dra-
matte 15-minute rescue. saved the
life of Mrs. Eva Booth, So, of 1924
Fourth street NV, after she had
been swept away by the food in
the vicinity of Fifth and Ingra-
ham streets NV.
The 35-year-old policeman,
named Policeman of the Month, :"
last January for his rapid-f1re
radio orders which led to the cap
ture of a safe cracker, was spend
ing his day off at home when the
storm hit. He lives at 5304 Fourth
street NV.
Car Carried Around Corner.
He gave this version OF the
story.
when the water began to
rise, put on my bathing suit
to help moved stalled automo-
biles near the corner of Fourth
street. AS I stepped out, I saw a
woman, in her car, carried around
the corner and into Ingraham
street by the fast-moving water.
"The woman had become hys-
Iterical and was trying to climb
out onto her running board, when
Il saw her hand was caught in
the door, which was forced back
by the waters f1ow."
BY then, the corporal said, the
water had risen to nearly 10 feet
lin a matter of seconds and had
swept above the woman's shoul-
ders.
II took off and swan after the
car" he related. About half
way down the block caught up
with her and freed her hand from
the door with one of mine. Then
I lost her, and she went swirling
down the street face down"
Corpl. McAuliffe swan to the
high ground of a terraced lawn
and raced through front yards