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Evening star., 1951-09-24

litically in his Balkan state;
the question raised is whether
he can hold it together if war
comes.
No serious question is con-
ceded here about Greek unity.
despite the appearance of a
small Communist vote in the re-
cent election. The hard core
of Reds are known and under
control, it is claimed, and do
not menace the defense effort.
All these are important cred
its, and make life considerably
more relaxing for Americans at
work here than in various other
countries of the West. But
there is one very large problem.
The only really bountiful crop
yielded by the marbled soil of
these isles is politicians. The
result is a constant struggle to
get the people enough to eat,
and a frequently frustrating
struggle to find responsible Of
ficials to deal with.
1t it true that most leading
candidates for Office here are
pro-American, almost embar-
rassingly so, The Greeks have
developed a rather hard boiled,
American-Style humor about
it; an April FOOLS Day cartoon
still being displayed around here
showed Ambassador John C.
Peurifoy and ECA Administrator
Roger Lapham saluting the
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Row Over Mccarthy Stirs Senate
Veteran Lawmakers DepIore Trend to Bitterness
Evident in Dispute Over Red-Hunters Methods

Some of the Democratic Sem
ators, who do not like Nc
Carthy's strategy, admit quite
frankly that they do not know
on what basis the Wisconsin
Senator could be expelled from
the Senate since on the floor he
has been fully respectful of the
rules and regulations. Neither
do they know of his being guilty
of any malfeasance which would
justify his elimination from the
Senate.
The men who have been
targets of his "bare-knuckle"
attacks are public servants he
charges have had affiliations
with the Communists. Under
the circumstances. it will be
difficult. say the veteran Sen
ators. to apply Section of
Article l of the Constitution
against Senator Mccarthy.
The strong appeal the Wis
conSin Senator exercises on the
masses which he addresses more
frequently than any other mem
ber of that body might hurt
the Administration severely. He
might become, in the public
eye. victim of politicians who
wish to cover up certain un-
savory things within the Ad-
miniStration.
Neither has the selection of
the subcommittee to hear Mr..
Benton's resolution been very
fortunate. One of its members,
Senator Tom Hennings of Mis-
souri,, cut loose with sharp
language when Senator Nc
Carthy wrote him asking
him to disqualify himself
because one of his law partners
had agreed to represent John
Gates, editor of the Communist
Daily Worker newspaper, in an
appeal from a conspiracy con-
vlction.
While Senator McCarthy's
supporters agree that their COL
league might better have asked
the MiSsourian to disqualify
himself when he started to tes-
tify. some consider highly in
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Senate Republicans increase their camor for the
G. O. P Chairman Gabrielson for intervening
pubcans know you're not supposed out for big
Washington until hunting
by the voters
Prime Minister Aee the British campaign by
Churchill of posing somebody above politics. Churchill
doesn't challenge the theory that poll
ticianS He just admits he's little ahead of his time.
Senator Taft winds up hreeday umpng
and North Dakota He's still undecided
dent but hopes northweserners the wasy
accept his views without further study.
Republican Senator Weker charges the Internal Revenue
Bureau ridded with graft That's unfair tax
collectors think honesty the best policy the
merely trying find what of them they're
thinking.
Party leaders both sides frown at proposal
to Southern Democrat Republican alliance
doubt joint victory of that kind would be something
home about wonder who'd the
Evening star., 1951-09-24

quarters to complain constantly
and loudly about the awful
labor lobby. But, if its achieve
ments are measured in terms
OF the great masses of workers
and consumers, the results show
it Jared badly.
What has happened in this
Congress, in view of the national
emergency, calls for some ex-
PLANTATION. Basically, it would
appear that selfish interests that
are well financed and we'll Or
ganized, particularly back in
the home constituencies, have
exploited confusion in Con-
gress as to its aims and direction.
This Congress, if we read the
times Alright, had a task COM
parable to a war" Congress;
that is, the emphasis is in build
ing up such a defense that the
enemy would not attack but, if
there were further aggressive
moves, the defense would be suf-
flcient to meet them. Yet Con-
gresS never has quite seemed to
make up its mind as to the
nature and scope of the
emergency, hemming and haw-
ing, backing and filling, and. as
we recall, arguing its indeciSions
with itself for months-before
1t really got down to Work-in
the two So-called great de-
bates" The first was on our
military commitments to West
ern Europe which many thought
long ago had been settled; the
second, over the dismissal of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur and
exploration of Far Eastern policy
that roved far back into the past
and its errors.
In partial expiation, at least,
1t may be pointed out that the
confusion of Congress, which
probably reflects that among
our people, is understandable
If regrettable. There is not the
dynamic compulsion of an ac-
tual, big, all-out war. And in
the war which is going on, that
in Korea. which is frustrating
enough of itself. the real "en-
emy' is veiled; but, nevertheless,
it is that force. represented by
Russia and her orbit, which is
dominant in all our considera-
tions. 1t is an ogre in the dark,
so to speak, causing constant
anxiety. For another thing. we
Evening star., 1951-09-24

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Evening star., 1951-09-24

AS a registered Democrat with
residence in Virginia, this cor
respondent has regularly voted
for Democratic members of Con-
gress and the Democratic State
ticket, but is an independent
in presidential elections. To
illustrate: If Chief Justice Fred
Vinson were the next Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, this
writer would consider voting for
him in preference to any Re-
publican. If President Truman
is renominated. the writer's vote
would probably go to the Re-
publican nominee, whoever he
may be.
To conclude: 1t is this writ
er's belief that any Republican
TAFT, Eisenhower or a dark
horse"-Will win easily over
President Truman if he runs
again. This prediction is made
on the same basis that an op-
posite prediction was made nine
months before the 1948 election
when this correspondent was
convinced Mr.. Truman would
win and wrote that prediction
in these dispatches. The writer
maintained that view until Oc-
tober. l948. when he overesti-
mated the Republican strength
in the farm areas and forecast
a Republican victory by a close
margin. After an intimate ex-
perience with 10 consecutive
presidential elections in 40
years-in which eight predic-
tions made week before elec-
ton day turned out correctly
and two didn't-the writer has
come to believe that better
line on what is going to hap
pen can be gotten by appraising
carefully the trend of party
strength several months before
a campaign starts rather than
during the confusion of the cam
paign itself. Despite the popu-
lar belief that speechmaking and
stumping the country mean
something. the trend usually
sets in long before the campaign
begins and is rarely changed
by subsequent events.
Evening star., 1951-09-24
David Lawrence:

The outlook nine months be-
fore the national political con-
ventions of both parties can be
summed up as follows:
/. Gen. Eisenhower and Sen
ator Taft are the two main
rivals at the moment for the
Republican nomination. If the
convention were held today,
Senator Taft would win the
nomination.
2. The strength of Gen. Eisen-
hover is not as extensive as has
been supposed by many of his
supporters and admirers here.
For while the generals name
has magic appeal to numerous
Republicans who think he is
sure winner, the fact remains
that the regular party organiza-
tions throughout the country are
either weighted heavily for Taft
or are so uncertain about the
generals intentions as to hes
itate in making commitments
and pledges.
3. If Gen. Eisenhower per-
mitS his name to be used as an
active candidate by next jan
uary, he will face considerable
opposition. If he waits for the
draft process, he will be stronger
at convention time. If the gen.
eral leaves Europe to be an ac-
tive candidate. he will need a
much stronger political organ
ization than has yet been
developed for him. The chances
are that the Eisenhower move
ment under those circumstance
will become a Stop Taft"
movement and it is conceivable
then that a dark horse" could
win the race. as has happened
often when two strong factions
are in conflict and neither one
has enough strength to gain the
victory without the aid of the
other.
4. Senator Taft is a weaker
candidate today than he will
be next January. The Ohio SEN
ator is particularly weak among
independent voters who do not
feel he is safe enough on inter-
national policy and that he may
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Constantine Brown:

Veteran Democratic and Re-
publican Senators are becoming
concerned over the bitterness
that has developed between the
Benton and Mccarthy factions
which may lead to heretofore
unprecedented storms in that
body.
Senator William Benton, Dem
ocrat, of Connecticut, has asked
that the Senate investigate the
political tactics of his Wiscon-
sin colleague with a view to ex-
pelling him from the Senate.
Constitutionally the Connecti-
cut legislator is on firm ground.
Section Five of Article l of the
Constitution provides among
other things that each House
may determine the rules of the
proceedings, punish it's members
for disorderly behavior, and,
with the concurrence of two
thirds expel a member"
This section is not specific
and is subject to a wide inter-
probation. Congress has the SOW
erelgn power to decide whom
it wants to represent the various
States in the Union. But in the
past it was the understanding
OF the members of both houses
that only very serious malfeaS-
ance (that is to say flagrant
crookedness or outright treason
while in Office constituted
reason for starting expulsion
proceedings.
The fact that a member OF
either house adopted tactics
considered by some members as
"unsavory" was not in the past
considered worthy of such ae-
ton. The stormy petrol of the
Democratic Party in the sos,
Senator Huey Long, frequent
ly annoyed his colleagues in the
party by his unorthodox parlia-
mentary methods. The maxi
mum penalty suggested and
sometimes applied to him was an
order from the presiding Off
Ger to "sit down" when he had
the floor.
Evening star., 1951-09-24

judicious the telegram Senator
Hennings sent the Wisconsin
Senator informing him that
he would answer his request
from the floor of the Senate.
Senator Herman Welker. Re-
publican. of idaho, put Mr.. Hen
nings' telegram in the record. 1t
said II propose to discuss you in
the Senate on Friday. I hope
that you will be there even if it
requires your temporary absence
from inventing smears and lies
about others The indignation
of the Missourian is understand
able. but he could have said what
he had in mind from the floor.
When he telegraphed Senator
Mccarthy urging him to find
time to be on the floor even If
it distracted him from invent
ing smears and lies about others"
the Missouri Senator definitely
showed himself a prejudiced
Judge" before the subcommittee
began the hearing on the Ben
ton resolution.
A number of conservative
Senators-conservatives in the
sense that they wish to uphold
the past dignity of debates on
the floor and the old time rec
ognized courtesy between all
members regardless of party
deplore and fear the conse-
quences of the new trend in
the Upper House. They admit
that Senator Mccarthy may
have adopted unorthodox tao
tics to bring to the fore his
accusations that there are Com
munists and felloW-travellers in
Government. But they equally
deplore the methods adopted by
the opponents of the Wisconsin
Senator, on both sides of the
aisle, to silence and discredit
him. This temper of some of
the Senators may be in keeping
with the era in which we now
live; an era of violence, strong
prejudices and. frequently. rank
dishonesty. But they had hoped
that the legislative bodies Of
this country might be spared.
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Thomas l.. Stokes:
The Pressure Groups Dido Biq Job
The Confused 82d Congress Has Been Well Influenced
By the Lobbies of Corporate Interests. Oil and Beef

Congress has rarely in recent
years been so effectively in
fiuenced by pressure groups as
in this first session of the 82d
Congress now plodding along to
finish its job, but with the end
not yet clearly in sight.
Successful forays were made
on several fronts. The farmers
and allied interests, including
beef growers, got theirs. Big
corporate business, lush in peak
profits of all times, did nicely
for itself, including its most
powerful natural resource ad-
junct. oil
All of this was reflected in
many directions. For example,
in special favorS and special
treatment in the patched-up
anti-inflation control law, the
inadequacy of which Congress,
itself, finally is confessing by
eleventh-hour attempts at
further repair. For another
example, the still-pending tax
bill. That not only falls short
of the revenue needed to put
our defense program on a pay
aS-you-go basis, but also i'm
poses its levieS inequitably at
the expense of the small tax
payer and to the advantage of
the big fellows.
Equality of sacrifice for the
Nations security gets lip serv-
Ice, but little else. That was
aptly put during Senate debate
on the tax bill by Senator Hum
phrey, Democrat of Minnesota,
who. after enumerating the
many "gadgets" providing spe-
cial favors for big taxpayers,
said ironically:
For the wage Garner, this
bill raises his taXes-With the
only generous gadget one which
will let him agree with his en-
ployers to withhold more taxes
from his pay envelope"
He is one of a group of eleven
Senators who made an exhaust
i've study of taxes for several
weeks and tried. vainly, to ELI
inmate some of the loopholes
and gadgets by which big tax
payers will escape taxation and
through which the Treasury,
consequently. will lose revenue
which is made up to some ex-
tent from the little fellow.
1t is the fashion in somd
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Is Your Child Cettinu The
hG8"WQNDER Bread?

Note How Amazing Wonder Bread
Compares With Meat, Milk. and
Fish 8 Ways las shown at right
Every good mother wants her child to de-
velop mentally and physically at the rate
he or she should.
Yet, shocking fact is disclosed in recent
survey of 9,543 children: out of are not
well fed according to the standards of The
National Research Council.
Mother-ALL the essential food elements
your child needs each day are supplied by
meat, bread, milk, eggs, fruit, yellow and
green-leafed vegetables.
Wonder Bread is wonderful food, because
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For example, growing children need
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, 1951-12-08
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lOOn1lnued ron page ~
ganization Of executive func-
tions was also re elected d,
although the bill clearly
provided that every such
reorganization measure, pro-
posed by the executive, would
be sent to the legislature
which could disapprove it if it
SO desired. And, finally, a bill
to provide for the consolida-
ton of all our economic and
tourist promotion activities in
a single integrated agency for
maximum efficiency and dis
patch was rejected, presum-
ably because it would place
too much power in the hands
of an Economic Development
Administrator who, incidental
ly, could not be appointed by
the Governor without the adj
vice and consent of the legis-
1atures. There remains a
crying need for the consolida-
ton of our many agencies
, 1951-12-08

purely national basis, Colon
bia and Venezuela have agreed
to form a mixed commission to
fight it. The two nations will
propose to other American gov
ernments to join them in COM
batting the ravages of hoof-
and-mouth disease all over the
Americas.
, 1951-12-08
BREWER 49,.

tel Association was a guest of
the Board. She recently re
turned from Europe and was
invited in to receive any sug-
gestions that the Association
or herself would wish to
make.
The St. Thomas members
left on the afternoon plane.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
Mrs. Dorothy Grower
Wife Of VA Official

Mrs. Dorothy Bricker Groover
! 81, wife of DR.. Gordon L. Grower
member of the Board of Vet
Grams Appeals, Veterans Admin
lstration, died yesterday at George
Washington University Hospital
after four month illness.
Mrs. Grower, who lived at 29OC
Connecticut avenue NV, was a
native of Williamsport, Pa. She
moved to Baltimore, however, as
small child and live there until
after her marriage to DR.. Groover
whom then was in the Army Medi-
cal Corps.
From the end of World War ]
until 1881, the Growers lived in
Savannah, Ga. where DR.. Groover
maintained private practice. He
Joined the VA in 1881 and came to
Washington in 1885. DR.. Groover
has been a member of the appeals
board since 1945.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a son, 1t. Gordon l.
Groover, jr., U. S. N. of Norfolk,
Va; two daughters. Mrs. Robert
Schutrumpf, of Catonsville, Md.
and Mrs. Theodore Grunewald, OF
Hyattsville: two brothers, Franck
Bricker, of Summerville, N. j., and
William T. Bricker, of Baltimore;
a sister, Mrs. H. c. Dodson, also
lof Baltimore, and six grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services will be at 1p.m
tomorrow at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery,
Evening star., 1951-08-05

x d III n e III NgF~s u. DAckus'
1908, he received a masters de-
gree in electrical engineering from
George Washington University and
later was named head of the divi-
sion concerned with electrical
communication. He was a native
of Groton, N. Y.
Mr.. Backus was retired from
the Patent Office in 1943 and for
four years was patent law con-
|sultant of the International Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. in New
York. Then he returned to pri-
vate law practice.
He was fellow Of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science and was a member of
the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers and the Institute
of Radio Engineers. He also be-
longed to the Cosmos Club here
and the American Patent Law AS
sociation. A member of the Dis
trlct Bar. he was admitted to
practice before Court of Customs
and Patent Appeals and the Su-
preme Court.
He leaves his wife. Mrs. Clara
Stewart Backus. a daughter, Miss
Lucille Backus of the Silver Spring
address, and a sister, Miss Gene
We've Backus of 1922 Nineteenth
street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow at the Pum-
phrey funeral home, 8434 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring. Burial will
be in Groton.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
Edward B. FrieI, Sc,
Builder, Was Active in
School Construction

Edward B. Friel, ST., 56, s
builder, died Wednesday at Provi
dence Hospital after an illness O
two weeks. He lived at 1908 Dal,
drive, Silver Spring.
Mr.. Friel was president O
Edward B. Friel, Inc, $3.50 Thirt
street NV. He came to Washing.
ton from Philadelphia in 1910.
Constructed Schools.
His corporation built and re.
modelled schools for the Mont.
gomery County Board of Educa.
ton, and last week completed &
new industrial arts building al
Gaithersburg High School. Mr.
Friel also built an addition tt
the Sherwood School in Sandy
Spring, Md.
The corporation had contracts
with the Potomac River Nava
Command, the Army Corps o1
Engineers and the Public Build
ings and General Services Admin.
lstrations for work in Bethesda
Arlington, and at the Navy Yard
Mr.. Frieps son, Edward B. Friel
jr., of 4434 First street NE, is tt
take over as head of the firm.
Board of Trade Member.
Mr.. Friel was a member of the
Washington Board of Trade. the
Washington Building Congress anc
the Master Builders Association
Besides his son, Mr.. Friel leaves
his wife, Mrs. Alice McCauley
Friel; two daughters, Miss Alice
H. Friel of Silver Spring and Mrs
Nancy F. Wells of Detroit; his
mother, Mrs. Anna v. Friel, anc
sister, Mrs. Mary F. Rose, both
of Philadelphia.
A funeral mass will be Offered
at $50 am. tomorrow at st
Michael's Catholic Church, $500
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring
Burial will be in WASHINGTON
Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-08-05

taries even in his last days, and
his soft brogue was a welcome
sound wherever he went.
A connoisseur of books, he spe-
cialized in secondhand plat and
law books and assessment records.
He was considered an expert in
this field.
He had no shop, but carried his
stock with him. In past years he
travelled to most of Americas ma
jor cities to buy and sell his real
estate books.
Associates here recalled that Mr..
.O'Connor> had been a wealthy
man before the depression. His
little book business had occupied
his time in recent years.
Born near Dublin, Ireland, he
lived for a number of years in
London and came to America
about so years ago, friends said.
Mr.. O'Connor left no known
survivors.
Evening star., 1951-08-05
William Stitzenberger, 7o
Member Of Choral Group

William Stitzenberger, 79, q
| former leader in the German com
munity in Baltimore, died Friday
of heart ailment at the home OF
his son, Wilbert, 4810 North Rock
| Spring road, Arlington.
For many years Mr.. Stitzen-
berger was a member of the 100
Iyear-old Harmonic Singing So
Iciety, a German choral group in
Baltimore. He also was former
vice president of the German Citi-
Zens Union there.
Mr.. Stitzenberger was a plate
Iengraver for 40 years until his re-
tirement about 10 years ago. He
worked part time in the American
Automobile Association Office in
Baltimore for five years until he
moved to Arlington in 1916. He
was a native of Philadelphia.
Besides his son he is survived
by sister, Mrs. William Ertel, of
Wareham, Mass, and three grand
children, Kathryn, Jean and Lee.
Funeral services will be at IL
am. tomorrow at the Rock Spring
Congregational Church. Burial
will be private.