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Evening star., 1951-10-12

1t may we'll be wondered
what the handicaps might be
to a future President If he does
not find the White House files
complete on public business.
Certainly continuity in govern
mental operations can be inn
paired if every top official may
decide for himself what's off,
cial and what's private or per-
sonal and pull out Of the rec
ords whatever he pleases.
Letters about political activ-
ity, for example, and relations
with a political party or memo
randa on how Presidents got
delegations to bring about their
own denomination are. Of course,
personal, as is all material on
campaign activities. Doubtless
letters to music critics are also
in the private category. But
can it be said that letters be-
tween the President and mem
bers Of Congress concerning
public business are not the
property of the people?
The late President Roosevelt
would never agree to let the
transcripts Of his press con-
ferences be made public as they
happened but reserved those
transcripts for publication in
book form even while he was
President-an incident of doubt
full ptopriety to which this cor
respondent called attention at
the time.
In all the instances where let
ters are placed in private librar-
les set up as a memorial to a
President, the custom is to ap-
point trustees who are friendly
to such a President. Hence. the
Evening star., 1951-10-12
Doris FIeeson:
Dons FLeeson:
Little Things Count in Politics
Endless Vsto of Truman Friends Have Talent for Making
Unfortunate Heodines-Memorio Library the Latest

When President Truman said
Of the solicitors for funds for
q Truman library that they were
excellent and dear friends but
sometimes friends were over
jealous, the press restrained it
self with some difficulty from an
amen. Most reporters like Mr..
Truman and admire his cour-
age; they do not really relish
the seemingly endless vista of
Truman friends with a talent
for making unfortunate (or
worSe) headlines.
Mrs. Roosevelt at the height
Of the attacks on her for her
travels wrote a piece called "In
Defense of Curiosity" Mr.. Tru-
mans explanation in defense of
his loyalty to unworthy people
who diminish his stature and
impair his great projects would
be equally interesting.
The President gave a clear
hint of what it might contain
when he disclosed for the first
time his support for a Truman
archives in his home town. He
doesn't like that word memo
rial";; he stressed that it would
be a kind of annex to the main
Federal Archives Building here
in the Capital.
The Truman archives, he said,
Evening star., 1951-10-12

these controversial times that
its Presidents will do at least
their historical duty by poster
ity. They can be sure of the
support of one group-the
scholars and historians who
have had in the past to cope
with scattered papers. secretive
heirs, etc.
Mr.. Truman's favorite read
ing is history and biography.
He also knows better than any
one else possibly can how much
Of his long days is concentrated
in work on major issues. He
has had to give up his early
morning walks to do it, they
took TOO much time; now q
haSty excursion into a kind of
gymnasium has to suffice. It
is not very surprising that he
grows impatient with what he
calls l1eadlinitis.
That he can weather all the
storms he so plainly regards as
lesser is still questionable. Sen
ator Mccarthy Is on the skids
because he could not sustain
his Communist charges but the
evidence of corruption is mount
ing. And there is a significant
phrase in the American vernac-
ular: "It's the little things that
count" They very often count
most In politics.
Evening star., 1951-10-12

urally attracted public notice.
Here was, after all. a man who
had a distinguished record Of
public service as cabinet officer
and Vice President. He is con-
sidered fair game now for the
vigilante squad because of Com
munist support and inflltration
into his 1948 campaign for the
presidency as candidate of the
Progressive Party which he sub
Sequently renounced.
But the Wallace case Is just
one Of several instances of un-
fair and irregular procedure af-
fecting less well-known persons,
and the lowliest citizen is en-
titled to "a day in court" and
to be heard with judicial i'm
partiality. 1t is. indeed,
travesty that a Senate judiciary
subcommittee, composed of law
yers, has departed from that
course. And that it is partici-
pated in, and condoned by, Sem
ator McCarran who has been
Chief Justice of his States Su-
preme Court and a vice preSi-
dent of the American Bar AS
Sociation. He has become, to be
sure, a powerful figure in the
Senate, feared in some quar-
ters. and throws his weight
around considerably. Few dare
to challenge him.
The guilt by association"
technique is used freely. even
rampantly. in the committee by
its counsel, Robert Morris. It.
is sufficient to have somebody
called Communist, rather cas-
ually, and to let it lie without
any sort Of proof. Regulations
are banded about carelessly.
AS when Senator Eastland,
Democrat. of Mississippi, bland
ly spoke of the Institute of Pa
,cific Relations, which is under
inquiry. attracting Communists
from all over the country"
which was promptly challenged
by William L. Holland, IPR ex-
Evening star., 1951-10-12
John c. Henry:

The Western nations, sour
rying frantically from one weak
spot to another Of their con-
tainment frontier with the
Communist world, are belated-
ly acknowledging today that
one Of their most essential areas
Of security is probably their most
vulnerable. This area is the
Middle East, the strategic i'm
portance of which has been
demonstrsted through centuries
Of history and whose posses
sion Of half the worlds proven
oil, reserves gives it a contem-
porary attraction even greater
than that In ancient times.
It Is unfortunate, and it may
yet be disastrous. that Western
policy, particularly that of Brit
ain and the United States, has
allowed our position and our
prestige to deteriorate to a
point where we now have lit
tie influence and no real pres
ence in Iran and are threat
ened similarly today in Egypt
and in Iraq. II these two foot
holds are lost irretrievably the
defense structure behind Tur-
key will become little more than
a sheaf of papers. If we at
tempt to maintain them by
force or by coercion the result
will be similarly unsatisfactory,
with the added assurance that
we will have forfeited our last
chance at achieving a political
compatibility with the entire
bloc Of Islamic powers and most
Of their immediate neighbors.
Insofar as creating a "situa-
ton Of strength" in the Middle
East is concerned. Britain and
the United States have each
followed Intellectual policies.
In the British case they set
the stage Of their troubles of
today by a half-century Of inn
perial domination-accented by
the occasional application of "a
Whit Of grapeshot" anesthesia
prior to World War II. When
Evening star., 1951-10-12

Bolt after bolt of choicest
woolens in BLUE, every
shade from the light slate
to the deep Navy. A blue
suit is the mainstay of a
mans wardrobe. Grand
for business, evening or
dress occasions. ALI work
done in our shop.
Evening star., 1951-10-12
Thomas L. Stokes:
Thonaos L Stokes
Right Of Day in Court Put Aside
Senate Internal Security Committee Seems Have Forooten
Fair ond Just Judicial Processes Probe of Subversyes

There's a fine old custom
among us, an Anglo-Saxon heri-
tage, known as "a day in court"
1t means simply the right of
any one accused to have his
"day in court" to present his
case, and to be treated fairly
and impartially.
This all seems to have been
forgotten in some quarters
around here these days, among
them, in what is known as the
Senate Internal Security Com
mittee presided over by Sena-
tor Pat McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada. That is, in fact, a SUBJ
committee Of the Judiciary Com
mittee, Of which Senator Nc
Carran is chairman. The Judi
ciary Committee is usually re-
garded by its very name and ma
ture, charged with keeping our
judicial processes just. fair and
impartial.
The Internal Security Com
mittee has done anything but
that in its current investiga-
ton of alleged subversive ac-
tivity. In fact its one-sided
procedure, smacking of an in
quisition, has shocked expert
enced newspapermen who have
watched many investigations
through the years.
This ex-parte attitude was
most dramatically revealed, be-
cause Of the prominence Of the
figure involved, in the case of
Henry Wallace. He was re-
fused public hearing and not
even allowed to put into the
record his statement refuting
charges of Communist influence
in his 1914 report on China
to President Roosevelt. Sena-
tor McCarran remarked airily
to reporters afterward. 'tI sup
pose he'll get an open hearing
In due course"
Louis Budenz, ex-Communist
editor, who had brought the
charges, was given two public
hearings to air allegations that
have been disproved by Mr..
Wallace's own report and by
Joseph Alsop. syndicated col
umnist, who happend to be at
the typewriter when the Wallace
report was written in China and
from his close connection with
events there all during that
period Is fully aware of all
circumstances. He, too, has
thus far been denied a public
hearing. His request was dis
missed with q vague promise
Of q hearing "in due course. ."
whatever that means.
When MIR. Wallace, after his
closed session with the commit
tee, gave his statement to the
newspapers which. we are CRATE
full, still are open to afford our
people "a day in court" he was
accused Of seeking PUBLICITY
A The shabby. bullyragging
Treatment accorded him nat
Evening star., 1951-10-12

the Labor government took
over the postwar task Of keep
ing the sun shining on a form
Of British Commonwealth it
temporized, seeking in slow mo-
ton a halfway position that
carried neither the guarantees
which had accompanied i'm
perial strength nor the promise
which might have been estab-
1ished through formula Of
mutual respect. Preoccupied
first with the job of economic
rehabilitation at home and later
with participation in rebuilding
the security Of Western Europe,
the London government ac-
corded only fragment Of at
tention to the Middle East.
Somewhat peevishly it carried
on desultory conversations with
Cairo about renegotiation of the
disputed 1896 treaty, reluctantly
and always a little bit too late
offered concessions in its oil
agreement with Iran, and quib-
bled suspiciously with Washing
ton about the form and con-
troll Of a Mediterranean secur-
ity program.
Meanwhile, the United States.
emerging from World War II
with no faint Of colonial as
piration and with a reservoir
Of good will in the Middle East,
dissolved it's own potential Of
strength in the predominately
Moslem area by forcing upon
Britain and the United Ma
tions the partition of Palestine
and the creation OF the new
state Of Israel. Having done
this it failed to display equA
determination in forcing the
implementation Of subsequent
U. N decisions which might
have healed some of the coll
lateral wounds Of the Arab
Israeli war-such as the refu-
gee problem-and might have
created an atmosphere In which
both principals could work out
q way of peace.
To counter the deep resent
Evening star., 1951-10-12
ToWhomDo the Records BELONG?
Plan for Memorial Library for Papers and Letters OF Truman
Raises Question of u s. Ownership of Documents
Dovid Lawrence:

News about the plan for a
memorial library at Grandview,
Mo-. to house the letters and
papers Of President Truman
when he leaves the White House
has raised the question as to
whose property those documents
really are.
InaSrnuch as the American
people pay regular salary to
the President of the United
States and the expenses of his
stenographers. the assumption
is that. if he writes his letters
during Office hours and discusses
public business therein, this ma
terial has been paid for and is
the property of the Government
itself.
The same issue has arisen be-
fore in connection with presi-
dental papers. There's a Ii
brary at Hyde Park, N. Y, where
the papers of the late President
Roosevelt are stored and it is a
question whether all the docu-
mentS in it can be regarded as
wholly personal or private.
1t has become the habit in
recent years for cabinet officers
to take away their files and
later make them public in books
or magazine articles. The is
sue has been raised that an Of
f1cial'S own diary written at
home could. very well be his
own property, but if he dictates
q memorandum to Government
stenographers concerning the
visits of callers who come to
him on official business, the ma
terial ought not to be taken
from Government buildings.
Evening star., 1951-10-12

ecutive chairman. He called
that "a gratuitous SANDER" and
added that while persons con-
nected with the organization had
been called Communists 81 do
not believe the evidence would
stand up in any court"
This reminder of courts and
due legal process was timely. If
Intellectual, in a body which does
not adhere to the traditional
principle of "a day in court. !"
AS had been previously demon
strated, for example, in the case
of another IPR witness who
said he was sure that DR.. Philip
c. Jessup, ambassador at large,
who was investigated by this
committee as well as a For
eign Relations subcommittee,
was not a Communist.
"We didn't ask you that" in
terposed Mr.. Morris. the counsel.
In short, that was virtual con-
tempt of this kangaroo court.
Evening star., 1951-10-12

access which historians may
have to letters can be restricted,
depending on the amount Of
embarrassment to the record Of
the chief executive that might
be involved.
Important material which is
really the property Of the Gov
ernment itself and not of any
individual can be suppressed in
this manner. One wonders
whether somewhere a list of
the letters taken out Of the files
will be made so that. If con-
gressional committees should in
the future search for evidence
on some important event Of his
tory. they would know where
to look for such documents
assuming that the letters they
want to see. will not have been
destroyed on the theory that
they are private property.
The moment any official takes
away from Government files any
letters. there would seem to be
a duty to justify the nature of
those withdrawn and to let
someone else-possibly Con-
troller General Lindsay Warren,
head of the general accounting
office-who is responsible, pri-
marily to Congress, audit the
property that is withdrawn and
determine whether any of it is
personal or belongs to the Gov
ernment and hence to the peo-
pie of the United States. Every
President ought to welcome
that kind or a check lest the
impression grow that he is seek
ing to conceal some Of the rec
ords Of his administration.
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Evening star., 1951-10-09
Suits Regularly 1915 to SIS
Topeoots Regularly $45 to SIS

This of those clothing that for months
Every suit and oPcoot from this the reoor
prices high S55 these outstanding values Here are fine
worsteds shokkns onne eobordne the wanted suit
fobros Every 1000 virgin wool single double
breasted models Here rich looking finished Vene-
ton eoverts rugged ed chevots Gey TONS heothe
browns checks solids overpod and Hundreds these fine
eoo to choose from raglan and styles fronts and
Sheldon Iobei
This Sole includes speeioI Group Tuxedos
Washington: Floor saper spino
Evening star., 1951-10-09

Coot or MILDLY styles in ottroetive
stripes Of fancy potterns. WeII-mods
and very full cut for long, comfortable
wear. Sizes A-B-C-D. Far less than
you'd expect to pay for this quoIity.
Street Floor, Washington & Sauer Sprino
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Blast at Filling Station
Injures Mechanic

A mechanic suffered minor In
juries today in an explosion al
a gasoline filling station at COL K
street NV. police reported.
Charlie Blackwell, SO, colored
of 1859 II street NE, said he
turned on a light in the mems
room at the station. saw some
sparks. and the explosion followed
The blast ripped plaster from
the walls and ceiling in the build
ing and knocked out a front dis
play window. Mr.. Blackwell was
hurled against the wall and suf-
fered a back injury but did moi
require medical attention.
Cause Of the explosion has moi
been determined, but flremen the
orized it may have been caused
by accumulated gasoline fumes
touched OF by sparks from the
lighting fixture.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Dugan 10 Lose Post.
In Labor Department

Arlington County Board mem
Der Daniel A. Dugan has been
notified his position with the
Labor Department will terminate
Thursday. owing to a reduction in
force.
The former board chairman has
been serving as an organization
and methods examiner in the
Labor Department for over a year.
He had been a liason officer with
the Civil Service Commission for
a number of years prior to accept
ing the Labor post.
Mr.. Dugan said yesterday he
was given 30 days notice Sep
tember 18.
A Labor Department spokesman
said Mr.. Dugan's notice stems
from budget cuts for the depart
ment.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
ABC Board Continues
Parkside Grill Hearinq

The Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board today is continuing a
hearing on charges that DAME!
T. Long, proprietor of the Park
side Grill. 1913 Fourteenth street
NV, sold liquor to minors. per-
mitted disorderly persons to re-
main on the premises and acted
in bad faith concerning violations.
Mr.. Long is charged specifically
with six counts Of selling to
minors. two charges Of permitting
disorderly persons to remain on
the premises and Of making two
young women tell police and an
assistant district attorney stories
that were not true.
Corporal Norman L. Richard
son told the board yesterday that
on July Is, two girls, one II and
the other 10, were drinking in the
grill when fight started between
them and two other women. The
fight was continued on the street
and one of the women was sent
to Emergency Hospital for treat
ment.
Mr.. Long told the police the
whole fight was on the street
outside. He asked the young
women to tell the same story
the officer said, and they repeated
it to an assistant United States
attorney. In the courthouse COR
ridor. the girls told Corpl. Rich
ardson they had lied to the p6-
lice and the prosecutor.
In addition to the charges IN
volving minors the grill is also
charged with permitting an en-
tertainer to sing obscene songs.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Three Districf'Measures
Sent 10 White House

The Senate today passed and
sent to the White House three
District measures which had been
amended by the House.
One of them liberalizes the
school teacher leave act to raise
from go to rs days the amount
of sick leave which might be ac-
cumulated and broadens the gen.
eral terms of the law.
Another bill amends the teacher
salary act in several respects, one
of them to give teachers the same
five-year increment credit for
prior teaching experience that has
been accorded to new teachers
appointed since the last pay-raise
bill became law. Q
The third bill sets up a new sys-
tenn for the appointment Of con-
servators for the assets of persons
of advanced age and mental
weakness.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Auto Dealers Ordered
To Post All Charges
In Total Ceiling Price
By Froncis P. Douglas

Government orders were out
today which will go far toward
making dealers in new automo-
biles operate their business =, in a
goldfish bowl.
The office of Price Sterilization
ordered dealers to post their re-
tail ceiling prices by November
S on signs Is by "a inches. These
must show:
/. The make, body style and
model of the car offered for sale.
2. The factory ceiling price at
which the dealer bought the car
8. Charges for transportation
Federal excise taxes, State or local
taxes and the charges for handling
and delivery. -
All this adds up to the total CELL
ing price.
Extras On Request Only.
The dealer Is not permitted to
add on any charge for any special,
optional or extra equipment unless
the purchaser requests such equip
ment in writing. Charges for such
equipment also must be posted
and the charges for installing it
must not be higher than the level
in the period from last January
26 to February "a.
The regulations, according to
Price Director Michael v. Disable,
are designed to give every pos
sible protection to buyers of new
cars by spelling out all charges
that enter into the sellers ceiling
price"
Must Furnish Invoice.
Within seven days after the pur-
chase of a car the dealer must
furnish the buyer an invoice item
|izing in detail the charges enter
ing into the sale.
Meanwhile, OPS experts are
making a study to determine
whether the ceilings on wool
prices, set last May, can be low
cred. Present cailings on wool
range from $685. a pound for wool
or average quality to $4.13 for
top quality both domestic and
imported.
Since the ceilings were set the
price has gone of in Australia,
the big producer. It has been as
low as $1.85 a pound and was
$2.22 last Friday.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Arlington Sets Up Rules
For Absentee Voting

Arlington voters who wish to
vote by absentee ballot must make
application by November l with
the Central Registrars Office in
the Court House, it was announced
yesterday.
Central Registrar, Mrs. Mary
Thompson, said application may
be made in person or by m
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Education Officials
Oppose Using Site
OF School for PARKING

School and recreation officials
today held out against use of the
Isite Of the new Seaton school and
playground. Second and H streets
INV. as a temporary parking lot.
District Auditor A. r. Pilkerton
told the Commissioners at their
board meeting that until. the new
school is built, the District could
Ipick up some $4,000 a year by
renting the space moqth-to-month
as a parking lot.
Demolition of buildings on the
tSite was completed about year
ago. Mr.. Pilkerton then went to
school and recreation officials
with the idea of using at least part
of ii. as parking lot. The idea
met considerable opposition, he
reported.
New GAO Office Creates Demand
The auditor said that opening
of the new General Accounting
Office has created a big demand
for parking in the vicinity. He
pointed out the space south of the
school, containing about 35,70O
square feet, could bring in up to
$21, 900 year.
c. Melvin Sharpe, president OF
the Board of Education, told the
city heads construction money for
the new building-to replace the
present 1871 structures re-
quested for fiscal 1858.
He said the children have a
playground that is a disgrace. y
OF the parking lot proposal. he
said, "once you get your foot under
the tent, know what it is to
dislodge these people. It's my
first duty to see that those kids
are taken care of in the school
system"
Corning Points to Traffic Peril.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
said that even on a temporary
basis a parking lot so close to the
school, with attendant concentra-
|tion of traffic. would be very bad." +"
Already, he argued, there is con-
siderable traffic noise on the other
side of the school.
Milo Christensen, superintend-
lent of recreation, said that "our
biggest fear is that if this area is
|pre-empted for parking for any
length of time, it is possible we
will never get this property for
school or playground use."
The Commissioners took the
matter under advisement.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Prisoner Tries 10 Hanq
Himself With ShoeIaces

A man charged with petty lar.
ceny and tampering with an auto
mobile tried to hang himself with
his leather shoelaces at third pre-
cinct this morning. police re-
ported.
They said they arrested Clifford
L. Tedeton. %. of the 1900 block
|of Forty-third street, Suitland
Md, when they saw him near an
automobile.
Police reported Tedeton tied
his leather shoelaces together
wrapped one end around his neck
and attached the other end to his
cell bars. He was taken to Gal
|linger Hospital for mental obser.
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