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Evening star., 1952-06-01
AttIee vs.. Bevun

Jockeying for control of the British Labor
Party, conflict which may have great bearing
upon future policies OF the London government
and perhaps of the West as whole, has been
intensified by the signing of the contractual
agreement with West Germany and the European
defense treaty.
Genesis Of the split between the Attlee and
Bevan factions dates back of course, to the later
period Of Labor control of the government and
rests primarily in the issue of whether domestic
social reforms or the rebuilding of European
defenses should receive first priority in Britains
attention. Initial commitments of the London
government to participate with the fullest energy
in the joint rehabilitation effort were given by
the Attlee administration in the face of strong
reservations, and at times outright opposition,
from the Bevan left wing. When the Laborites
were voted out of power, the issue continued to
plague the party internally. 7
While Mr. Attlee has thus far retained nomi-
nal party control, and has party commitment
supporting Brtain's own rearmament effort, the
executive committee recently went on record
as favoring delay in any final contract on Ger
many until after new elections in the Federal
Republic and fuyther effort to reach agreement
with Soviet Russia on unifcation Of a democratic
Germany. In effect, Mr.. Attlee sidestepped this
committee position when he tacitly accepted In
of view OF the Conservative government that
the two recently signed pacts are Immediately
necessary.
The Bevan opposition strategy has taken
two forms. One has been to drum up increasing
rank-and-file support for the thesis that rearma-
ment and the emphasis on foreign affairs should
be subordinated to the domestic social services
program The other has been to introduce in the
House of Commons, under sponsorship of 80
Bevanites, of whom eight are members of the
partys executive committee, motion formaliz-
ing this position.
Mr.. Attlee has been neither idle nor helpless
in the face of this attack and the General Council
Of the Trades Union Congress gave him power
full assist few days ago by reminding its mem-
ber unions that the official policy of the congress
is still on the side Of the rearmament effort. BY
implication, at least the councils reaffirmation
of this policy was broad enough to cover the
Bonn and Paris contracts.
The eventual showdown on who is to control
the Labor Party may not come until its annual
conference at Morecambe in October. Before
then, however, there will be major test of
strength in the Commons debate on ratification
of the Bonn and Paris agreements. In each case
the conduct of the Laborites and the results of
their intraparty struggle will be of great i'm
portance not only to Britain but to the world
at large. ,~
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Well Done, MATS

The Military Air Transport Service was born
June l. 1948, of distinguished parents-the Air
Transport Command of the Army Air Force and
the Naval Air Transport Service
% The event marked the first time in United
States military history that services of two of
Our basic defense establishments had been inte-
grated into one permanent organization. It was
q first result Of the Uni1cation Act of 1947 by.
which the Department of Defense was created
Is In peace and near-war, MATS has carried
on the fine record Of its forebears There are
10000 miles of MATS routes circling the. world
today with 100000 military and civilian 5frson-
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Peace Dove in Storage

The Communist youth demonstration in
West Berlin and the Red rioting in France prob
ably mark only the beginning of program that
is likely to cause filters in Germany and free
Europe in the weeks ahead. The Kremlin has put
its synthetic peace dove in cold storage-at least
for the time being. Fists and clubs are in style
now and the chances are that they will remain
in style throughout the summer season. The
Soviet Union Is in an angry mood, and trouble
perhaps extremely serious troubles to be ex
pected.
Frances rioting-whch has been followed
up by Communist strike threat-has taken
place according to plan. It's purpose has been to
stir up strife over General Ridgways assumption
of the Atlantic pact command and to give an
other llip to all the stale propaganda lies about
germ weapons and Red prisoners Of war In
Korea As for West Berlin, the demonstration
there obviously has been staged as part of the
ever-enlarging pattern Of phony protest and
ugly reprisal against the signing of the Bonn
peace contract and the European defense treaty.
There is nothing spontaneous about these events.
They take place as ordered, prefabricated
The orderer, of course, is the Kremlin, which
apparently has made up its mind that all-around
Red nastiness is the best policy at the moment.
So the necessary instructions, it may safely be
assumed, have gone out to the Communists of
Germany France and the rest of Western Eu-
rope, not to mention Japan and Asia as whole.
Trouble is thick in the air. The cold war
warns up perceptibly and Systematically. Ex-.
plosive incidents may we'll be in the making.
Come what may, this is a time for steady nerves
and unyielding resoluteness in the free world.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Just Suppose =. :.
By Bruce Borton

Last week reported on my trip to
Portugal and Spain taken (via books
while was in bed with virus pneumonia.
While I was reading. crazy notion
popped into my head. Suppose the
United States had been in existence
from the dawn of history. Suppose 1t
had been what our internationalistS
wanted it to be. the greatest and most
powerful country. with policy OF
resisting aggression all, over the world"
What would we have had to do in Por.
tugal and Spain?
Well, first of all, we would have had
to fight the Romans who descended on
the feeble Spanish and Portugal pioneers
in the third century BIC. The Romans
built roads and established a system Of
law which has been an importance con-
tribution to the civilization; but they
were unquestionably "aggressors." Since
they were tough fighters, and since Spain
and Portugal. like Korea. are far away
from our shores. we would probably have
been fighting hundred years or so, and
then engaged for another so years in
trying to wiggle out via an armistice.
The Vandals and the Visigoths at
tackled and demolished the Romans
around 400 AID. They, Of course. were
"aggressors," but then so were the Ro-
mans. Since our foreign policy commits
us to sticking our nose into every rumpus
everywhere in the world" we would
have had to take sides. But which side?
The Moslems came around TOO AID.
licking the "barbarians." who had
meanwhile turned Christian.
Eventually the Moslerins were thrown
out. Then came for both countries
centuries Of wars-internal wars, wars
with each other, with England. France
and the Netherlands. Under our for
eign policy" we would have had to be in
them all. And, In many instances, our
enemies in one war would turn out to be
our Allies in the next. and vice versa.
A cockeyed line OF thinking I admit.
But Is 1t much more cockeyed than our
so-called foreign policy" as viewed over
the past so years?
tcopyrisbt. 1852. Kins FEATURES Syndicate, lns.)
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Five Crucial Weeks

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the candidate, comes
home today to join in the political wars
Five weeks will elapse between his opening
press conference scheduled for Tuesday, and
the convening of the Republican convention in
Chicago on July Z. They will be crucial weeks
decisive in all probability in the Republican race
It is not easy to recall any parallel in our
political history General Eisenhower political
novice so far as any active role in politics is
concerned, has come down to the final pre-
convention lap without serious Slip He has
stuck rather faithfully to his position that he
would accept the Republican nomination, but
would not actively seek it. And despite the head
shaking Of those who have been reared in the
tradition that the nomination never seeks the
man, he remains. with Senator Taft in the fore
front OF the G. o. p. battle.
= But new day is dawning for the former
NATO commander. He has reached that point
in the pre-Chicago maneuvering at which he
must doff his uniform and accept the risks that
accompany an active campaign In a civilian
status
The general, no doubt, will stick to the
contention that he is not an active campaigner.
But that is compounded more of fiction than
OF TACT. In one way or another he will have
to campaign if he is to get the nomination
He must deal in more or less specific terms with
the issues. And he must also meet and talk
with those in the party whose votes will finally
determine who is to be the nominee
r, General Eisenhower's invitation to the
g.. O. P. delegates to meet with him for
informal dscussionS-the role In which he
appears to best advantage-indicates that he
Knows something of the facts of political life.
The move was smart one, as is best attested
by the anguished walls that have gone up from
some of the rival camps But it has also
exposed him to his first real taste of political
fire, and it remains to be seen how he will react
to the current charges of bribery" and other
charges that will follow.
There is testimonial of kind, however,
In the hope, widely held, that he will not stub
his toe Most people who want change want
1t in the person of General Eisenhower as their
next Republican candidate and as their next
President. They will be watching his perform
ance over the next five weeks-watching it
hopefully and, perhaps bit apprehensively.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Misnomed Fair Trade

g. The Senate Commerce Committee this week
gets crack at the anonymously named flair
trade bill, and it will be subject to the same
pressures which blasted the bill through the
House
The "fair trade" label comes from State laws,
effective in all but three States and the District
which permit manufacturers and retailers to set
minimum prices for brand-name commodities
Main purpose Of the Federal bill is to make such
deals binding on all retailers in "fair trade"
States. It would Offset Supreme Court ruling
that, under existing Federal law, non-signing re-
tailerS cannot be forced to comply
In the bitter-but one-sided-House debate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Celler charged
that the price-fx case has been magnihed out of
proportion by powerful retail and manufacturing
organizations which benefit from the guaranteed
profits Of high prices. He said consumer groups
while opposing it, are too unorganized to make
their presence felt
Proponents claim the price fixes are essential
to stop large competitors from running small
merchants out of business by systematic price
cutting on certain items. If this is So-and OPP
ponents deny it-Congress might well take an
other look at laws 1t already has passed to forbid
unfair business practices. But there is serious
doubt that unlimited power to make such arbi-
trary restrictions on forces of free competition
can be in the public interest.
Mr.. Celler told the House he bought 10 items
at drugstore in the District, then purchased
identical items in Maryland and Virginia stores
of the same drug chain. Both States have "fair
trade" price-fxng laws. MIR. Celler said the items
bought in Virginia cost II per cent more than the
total District price, and that the total Maryland
price was Is per cent higher. While such limited
testbuying is far from conclusive, it raises legiti
y-oA H.
the price fixing schemes.
In opposing the bill, the Federal Trade COM
mission stressed that the courts have been re-
luctant to authorize price fixing powers even to
Government. The commission rightly pointed
out that the so-called "far trade" prices need not
be tested by any standards Of reasonableness.
Instead. it commented, their purpose presum-
ably is to serve special groups "pecuniary in
terest, rather than that Of the public"
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Germ Warfare
Observer.

Defense Secretary Lovett warns the
Reds that II they use bacteriologlcal
! warfare or poison gas "they will wish
they had never been born" Many of
them do anyway; they have so little.
Why not explain to them the con-
sequences to themselves of using germs
or gas? When the Reds accused the U. N.
forces of using germs and gas, I knew
they were mistaken. "Our side" has
learned that germs and gas do not
readily lend themselves to controlled"
experiments. Shoot q gun! Drop a
bomb You have some idea where 1t
will land and the area 1t will damage.
But germs and gas are not tractable
agents that obligingly damage those at
whom they are aimed. They sometimes
backfire.
Explain to the Reds. who seem to be
even further behind than we are in
logical thinking, that germs and gas
chances are they'll get back big dose
Of their own medicine. and you may get
some place. No use appealing to them
or trying to scare them. Most of them
are fatalists. When people have little
to lose, they are willing to go to any
lengths to better their berths. One
Chinese philosopher has said, "A hungry
man knows mo ethics" I believe this to
be true except in the case Of some one
who doesn't like to eat. And where is
he? A stalwart character might have
what it takes to starve to death, but he
would lose all sense Of ethical values II
those he loved were starving.
Let germs and gas alone. They have
no loyalties. They always bite the hand
that's feeding them.
Laura X. Pollock.
Evening star., 1952-06-01

mel stationed in 81 countries. It's services are
more than those of conventional transportation
Accommodation, weather, air-sea res
cue, supply, Photographic and charting.
1t has had its trial at near-war in the Berlin
airlift and the later one to Korea. These and its
evacuation OF wounded from the latter theater
have been continuation and improvement of
techniques set up during World War II.
In the scope and capabilities of aircraft
usage today, MATS has come of age Those who
have built it and who operate it today are de-
serving of congratulations.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church:
Chaplain. United States Senate.

The beautiful is essentially the spirit
ual making itself known through the
senses. When God would lead to the
beauty of holiness. He makes stairway
to 1t by the holiness of beauty. But
beauty without can only reveal itself to
those In whose lives there has been an
Swered the ancient prayer Of Socrates,
Lord, make me beautiful within" 1t is
the pure in heart who can see God and
the godlike everywhere in q universe
where the Master Musician is beating
out His symphony in stars and flowers.
In birds and babes, in saints and Sages.
June makes jubilant any yearning,
aspiring soul who has learned the mas
sive grace Of receptivity. And the won
der Of It all Ii. that the opulence Of June
glory is not divided. One does not come
timidly hoping that a little part Of it
may be doled out. All Of June may be
had by the poorest conner.
+
If material things are distributed
equally, the amount to each person de-
pends tor how much there is and how
many there are with outstretched hands.
But the best things are indiviSible. II
you divide material treasure among q
thousand people, each has thousandth
part: but If you divide spiritual treasure
among thousand people, each has the
whole. It is the rapture Of the realiza-
ton that "June is all for me" which
tingles In the lines Of Ella Wheeler
Wilcox:
"The ,porld Oro,Ds green on q thousand
hills
By a thousand piIloDs the bees are
humnring.
And million birds By million rills
Sing OF the golden season coming.
But gazing out on the sun-kissed lea.
And hearing a thrush and bluebird
singing,
I feel that the summer Is all for me,
And all for me the Joys it Is bringing" !"
No wonder it was June that was
whispering to the poet. "'Tis heaven
alone that is given away: IT'S only God
can be had for the asking" There Is no
weather. assertion than that-"God can
be had" It is Canon Frederick William
Faber who captures that stupendous
truth In lines which are like lark sing
ing its morning song at heavens gate:
20 little heart of ninel Shall pain
or soTroD make thee moan,
When all this God Is all tor thee.
f. A father all thine DUMP"
Evening star., 1952-06-01

Irene johnson Gibson of Little Rock.
Ark. was the only member of the class
Of 1902 at the
Second cothedroI School National Ca
Commencement h d
School for
Girls. but the second commencement ex-
ercises there were as well chronicled in
The Star Of June 4 as though there had
been many graduates receiving their
diplomas. Dressed in gowns of white,
the entire student body of 80 took part
in the program. Among the guests of
honor welcomed by Lois A. Bangs and
Mary B. Wilton, principals. were Ad-
miral George Dewey. Charles c. Glover,
Thomas Hyde. Wayne MacVeagh,
Charles J. Bell, James Lowndes, and
Henry E. Pellew. The Right Rev. Henry
Yates Satterlee, Bishop of Washington.
presided. Rev. DR.. Floyd w. Tomkins,
OF Philadelphia was the orator of the
day. Cornelia Dyas entertained the
gathering with two solos on the piano,
both difficult of rendition. Miss Gibson
the lone alumna of half q century ago,
now is Mrs. Bryant McCampbell of New
York.
The Star for June 9. 1902, contained
. dispatch from West Point. N. Y, read
ing in part: 1.-THE CEN
West Point tennial anniversary exer-
Centenary ciSes -. of the United
States Military Academy
began today and will continue until
Thursday. when the present class of
cadets, 81 members. win be graduated.
=. Among the early arrivals were:
Gems. Joseph C. Breckenridge, John
Saunders, M. v. Sheridan and John
Mooney, and Cols. John NJ. Carson and
Asa Bird Gardiner; also Brig. Gen.
George H. Harries. commanding the
National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia: Gen. Henry c. Corbin, Gen.
James Longstreet. Gen. s. M. B. Young,
Gen. Leonard Wood :. !. and the fol-
lowing on the retired list: Gems. Sickles,
Bell. Carpenter. Daggett. Grierson, Haw-
kins. Mills, Patterson and Sternburg.
The frst and second classes of
cadets demonstrated to the board of Wis
itors the manner Of pontoon and spar
bridge building.1
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Letters to The Stor !.

rise above the rottenness and carry on
to victory on higher level. And that's
why I'm for Ike"
Carroll b. Tyson.
Evening star., 1952-06-01

would be equivalent to telling them that
because they have reached the age Of
65 they have automatically become .
traffic risk and menace on the high
way. There Is no justification for such a
stigma.
....... Observer.
Evening star., 1952-06-01

Pen-names may be used II letters carry
Writers' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Spires Of the Spirit
June May Be Had

June is here and may be had" So de-
ciared James Russell Lowell, as he stood
In deluge OF June lovelineSs It is pre-
emlnently the month when life is in the
saddle. For eyes and ears, June means
that
Whether tDe look or ,Dhether iDe listen.
We hear life n1urmur and see it glisten."
But what does that "murmur' and
that "gliSten" mean for us? June may
be had. but that may be" has the omi-
nous implication that we may be In it
yet miss 1t.
Robert Louis Stevenson. in lifting
lines. speaks of summer glories that
beat upon the heart in vain" There
Is story Of one who. looking at a sun
set, gazed with unresponsive heart and
.stolid eye; he only knew the sky was red.
What we see and what we feel depend
not so much on our environment, but
, upon our capacity. Our character mas
ters our eyes and declares our kinships
and our afflnities.
always there is danger of looking
without seeing. A yellow flower to Peter
Bell Is yellow flower, and nothing
more; but to William Wordsworth that
same lifted cup Of gold suggests thoughts
that wander on into eternity. Seeing
the invisible is the principal business of
life. And. always.
THE poem hangs on the beTrpsbush
TIL there comes the poets eye:
And all the tDorld's masquerade
When Shakespeare passes by."
Deity hangs the sign ITO Let' in the
window of every star. on the summit of
every hill, on the leaf of every tree. on
the face of every flower Each may be
had-but there is no price set. The only
rental fee is the capacity to enjoy. God
leases the universe to all who can pay
for it in the invisible coin of appre-
citation.
Beauty cannot be possessed by any at
tempt to explain it. Even June may not
be had simply by analyzing it. It is more
than the inclination of the earth's axis.
infinitely more than the angle at which
light strikes this speeding, spinning
planet. The tilt Of the earth does not
explain the lit Of the lark, nor the gilt
OF the daffodil. why here Is unrolled q
rug Of matchless green and here q cloth
Of glorious gold why this spot purples
into velvet violets and this bush waves
back crimson banners to the soft bend
ing blue.
The vociferous argufier cannot explain
Evening star., 1952-06-01

One Of the very things that makes
him so strong in the country is that he
is not tied up with any such groups.
For 10 years we have had Presidents
who subordinated their administra ations
to the leaders Of these groups and were
subsequently linked with them person.
ally and politically. There have been
many indications that the people as q
whole are sick Of this state Of servility
and want some one In the White House
wholly uncommitted and free. No small
part of the Eisenhower sentiment 10
based on the belief that he is free and
will remain so.
The Nome nugget., 1952-12-05
Stevenson, Truman Agree
Not to Hit Ike's Program
For Party Advantage

WASHINGTON, Up - Adlai
Stevenson said Thursday he and
President Truman are in complete
agrcemen: not 10 wage war on
Dwight D. Eisenhower's program
simply for party advantage.
And, he told reporters at a
White House news conference,
the Democratic Party's two major
problems are: Cd to wipe out a
deficit of more than half a million
dollars and (2> to "serve the pub
lie interest,"
Stevenson spoke to newsmen
after comforting with President
Truman at the White House, the
Washington residence for which
he bid in his unsuccessful cam
paign for the presidency.
He made no major pronounce
ments at the news conference,
but chatted amiably with repor-
ters who piled him with questions
about his political future and that
Of the Democratic Party.
The Nome nugget., 1952-12-05
Tanker Deals
Investigated by
Dept. of Justice

WASHINGTON, (P)-Long in
vestigated deals in surplus US.
tankerS came to the top of the
heap Thursday as Atty. Gen. Nc
Creamery continued to clean up
old cases at the Justice Depart
ment.
McGranery announced that a
federal jury panel here next week
will be given all of the evidence
in the surplus vessel sales after
World War II. The deals are re-
puted to have Melted millions in
profits for those who picked up
the ships at bargain prices and
re-sold them.
Involved in the transactions
were many prominent figures.
These included former Rep. Jo-
seph E. Casey Mass; General
Julius G. Holmes, one-time us.
minister to London; retired Fleet
Adm. William F. (BulD Halsey;
E. Stanley Klein, New York bust
nessman; the late Edward R.
Stettinius il, a former Secretary
Of State; and Newbold Morris,
Republican former president of
the New York City Council.
Morris had two-month career
in Washington early this year as
President Truman's "clean up
man" assigned to ferret out any
corruption in the federal govern
ment.