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Evening star., 1952-04-17
How Now to Stop Kefouver?
Stevensons Decision Eliminates One Way of Doing 1t
Without Wrecking Porty-PoIiticions Have Problem

himself that the President,
despite his disclaimer, is not be-
having like a man who has re-
nounced all further political
ambition. His flying visit to the
flooded Missouri Valley. taken in
connection with his renewed
war on the Army Engineers
lobby and his persistent cham
pionship Of a Missouri Valley
Authority, offers evidence. So
did his dramatic espousal Of the
steelworkers' case against Big
Steel. All in all, he never has
been more vigorous.
Failing to get q Stevenson or
a Truman, it does look like the
Democratic politicians will have
to take the man nobody wants
but the people. That surely will
be the case if on May 6, in his
Florida primary contest with
Russell, Kefauver should indi-
cate that he is capable of hold
ing the South in line against the
threatened Dixiecrat revolt.
Evening star., 1952-04-17

are relying only on slim par
liamentary majoritieS. Any sub
Stantial increase in unemploy-
ment figures might become dis
astrous for them, not only be-
cause they may lose the vote
of their temporary supporters
but also because Of the posi-
bility of violence on the part
of those out of work. And with
the exception of Britain, the
Communists in every Western
European country are very
strong and militant. Hence.
the peace offensive" which
originated two weeks ago in
Moscow with an offer of vo-
luminous trade with the West
might have important roper
cussions in the attitude of West
ern Europeans.
The qualified optimism Of
Gen. EiSenhower's recent annual
report is based principally on
the willingness of the NATO
governments to do better than
during the last two years. But
governments in the free ma
tions of Europe are very perish
able. The slightest wind of
discomfort among the people
produces an immediate shift in
the parliamentary majority,
with the result that the cabi-
net can be blown out of Office
in few hours. There is not
a single~responsible official in
Washington who is not con-
vinced that the Moscow trade
offers were intended only to di-
minish whatever willingness ex-
lists among our Western friends
to live up to their governments
commitments to increase dras-
tically the pace of their de-
fense preparations.
Mistakenly, our European
friends feel that they are under
the Red guns more than we are.
A very clever propaganda has
convinced them that any kind
of peace is better than a war.
They have become so accus-
toned to appeasement. despite
the lessons of the disastrous
Evening star., 1952-04-17

Stevenson indecisiveness they
glimpsed an opposite tendency
that bothered them.
No one reason can explain
Mr.. StevenSon's decision; he is
a complex man. The personal
factor of his divorce and the
deposition he in honor had to
make in the Hiss case have been
often discussed.
It is also true that he has
rather often said he expected
Gen. Eisenhower to be nomi-
mated and elected this fall. He
is a personal friend of the gen.
eral and while more liberal
and more experienced by far
on the domestic front, they are
not too far apart in important
aspects Of their thinking as well
as in foreign policy.
Mr.. Stevenson has friends
who counseled him to "save
himself" for 1856. They told
him his party was bound to lose
this year and would need a
leader in four years when they
had a better chance to win.
sThe former part of this ad-
vice is naive. Politicians don't
ring twice for men who sit back
when the going is tough. It
will be remembered against Mr..
Stevenson that he did not pick
up the supposedly unprospering
cause.
A great many Democrats don't
believe the second part either.
Gen. Eisenhower may win but
his party has its share Of al
batrosses that he cannot escape
and he will not be spared an
all-out fight from most Of the
Democratic aspirants.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
David LoWrence:

The American people are
getting accustomed now to
something many citizens didn't
realize a few weeks ago-they
are learning that the results of
the State primaries are by no
means conclusive. When Sena-
tor Taft wins a primary as he
did in Illinois, the Eisenhower
supporters get a bit detected.
Then, when the general comes
out on top as he did in New
Jersey, the Taft managers by
their comments do everything
they can to minimize the i'm
portance of the victory.
Actually the preconvention
campaign is running true to
form. The majority of the dele
gates will do the nominating,
and very few States have pri-
maries. The battle for prestige
in the eyes of the public and
the battle of interpretations as
to what this or that primary
means continues as always.
The contest in the Republic
can Party is by no means set
tied for anybody. Even those
who think that neither Taft
nor Eisenhower will have a
majority and that the Taft
strength will swing to Gen.
Macarthur haven't anything to
base this view on except the
tendency in past deadlocks to
seek a compromise candidate.
Issues and situations often
change the whole picture. Back
in 1912. Champ Clark. then
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives. had the Democratic
nomination apparently sewed
up and the followers of Wood
row Wilson were fighting an
uphill battle. 1t was almost on
the eve of the convention that
William Jennings Bryan inter-
posed his issue of progressivism
versus conservatism inside the
party and the political fur
started to fly. The Clark
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tials meets the prescription.
Certainly not Kerr. Russell.
Barkley. Mcmahon or Harri-
man. The politicians. if they
wish, may be able to CONSOLE
date their forces behind one of
those, but in doing so they will
have no illusions. They will
know they are not picking a
winner. They will know they are
Offering a slap in the face to the
voters in their own party.
Two things the politicians
may try to do. One is to con-
tinue working on Gov. Steven
son to persuade him to accept
the nomination in case they
succeed in having the conven-
ton draft" him. They can
argue that no man can refuse
to be drafted for the party's
highest honor. But the stub
born Stevenson probably shares
the general opinion that no man
ever has actually been drafted
by either party. The other pos
sibility lies in an effort by the
politicians to reverse their own
field and take up another un-
willing candidate - President
Truman. He is believed, for
some reason, to be unhappy over
the prospect Of Kefauver'S
nomination.
A politician could convince
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Campaign Running True to Form
Contest in G. O. P Is by No Means Settled for Anybody;
Democratic Porty's Situation Grows No Better

him become President, but what
they really fear is that they
may lose a Democratic Cover
nor and fail to elect a Demo-
cratic President.
Who. then, will take the risks
of a Democratic nomination?
Is Averell Hartman being seri-
ously advanced by New York
Democrats? Why do the politi-
cal machines turn their backs
on Senator Kefauver of
Tennessee, who obviously has
strength with the Democratic
voters? Who else have the
Democrats available? Vice Pres
ident Barkley is in every sense
except one a good candidate.
He is an experienced legislator
and a man of ability, familiar
with national problems. But,
despite his youthful appearance
and vigor, the rank and file of
the delegates will hesitate to
name him because of his age
and unless Gen. Macarthur,
who is 72, is named on the Re-
publican ticket. it isn't likely
that MIR. Barkley will be chosen
on the Democratic side.
The possibility still exists that
the Democrats will turn to Tru-
man in desperation. There are
many Democratic Office holders
who actually believe Truman's
campaigning won for him in
1948 and that 'he can do it
again." AS the Democratic
aspirants are looked over in the
next few weeks, many of the
party managers will say to
themselves they could at least
nominate Truman and ask him
to run again. Maybe if Taft
is the nominee Mr.. Truman
might change his mind. That
is the impression often conveyed
in the past by his intimates.
The unexpected sometimes hap
pens in politics-just when
everybody is certain it can't
happen.
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The New York dinner for
Candidate Averell Hartman to
which all the other candidates
are coming will be even more
eagerly watched. For New
York's valuable support is now
on the bargain counter and so
is Illinois. Democrats realize
that these two States are prac.
tically imperative to their sue.
cess.
It will be respectfully noted
that the far-sighted Mr.. Ke-
fauver has the Nations second
largest haul-California's dele
gation-Safely tucked away.
But admittedly he does not
appeal to many of the big pivotal
States because of his moderate
civil rights views-he will stand
on the platform to be adopted
at the convention but does not
personally favor a compulsory
FEPC. So the search for a
substitute will continue.
Many Democrats are taking
Mr.. Stevenson's announcement
philoSophically. They explain
that 1t is absolutely necessary
for a President to be able to
make tough decisions quickly
and rightly. They believe that
Harry Truman. with all his
minor faults and occasional mis-
takes, has shown this quality
and will get his good notices
from the historians on account
of it. Examples cited include
the dropping of the atomic
bomb, the Marshall Plan. the
Korean war. the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
In the rather prolonged
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strength was prevented from
growing and in the end couldn't
achieve the necessary two
thirds.
There is no parallel Develop
ment in the offing just now,
but events sometimes make is
sues. Thus, if Gen. Eisenhower
were in the United States today
he would have hard time re-
framing from comment on the
seizure by President Truman Of
the steel industry. Senator Taft
is in an advantageous position
in being able to dramatize this
issue by statements on the floor
of the Senate.
If the industrial situation
becomes more serious in the
future than it has been, the
chances of involving all Re-
publican candidates in it will
increase. It is a basic and fun
damental controversy. The
Democrats are trying to say it's
just an issue of greed by steel
companies or refusal to pay
higher wages. but the fact is
that it is an issue involving
usurpation of constitutional
power. No matter what benev-
olent objective is being sought,
the argument that the end
justif1eS the means is not per-
suasive. It has been worn
threadbare by the Fair Deal now
as we'll as by the New Deal.
The Democratic Party's situ-
alton grows no better due to
Mr.. Truman'S blunderS. Having
declined to accept renomina-
ton, the President is not help
ing his party by his recent be-
havior on public policies.
The fact that Gov. Stevenson
OF Illinois has decided not to
run is significant. Would any,
body turn down a party nomi-
nation if victory were assured?
The friends of Gov. Stevenson
who want him to continue as
the chief executive in Illinois
would be happy. too, to have
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Lowell MeNett:::

The professional politicians
Of the Democratic Party have
o double-barreled problem on
their hands, as a result Of Gov.
Adlai Stevenson's stout refusal
to be a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination.
First: How to stop Kefauver?
Second: Do they dare stop
Kefauver?
Gov. Stevenson had seemed to
be the answer to both those
questions. Despite Senator Ke-
fauver's remarkable showing in
the primaries to date. the total
number of delegates bound by
those primaries is relatively
small. For instance, he received
virtually all of the votes cast
Tuesday in New Jerseys prefer
ential primary. His was the only
name on the ballot, of course,
but it was an excellent demon
stration of his popularity never
theleSS. Yet it was no secret
that most if not all of the dele
gates being elected at the same
time expected to vote in the
July convention for somebody
elSe-for Stevenson. if he were
q candidate. The same is true
of the Illinois delegates. It Is
true of SO many States that it
seems prefectly clear that in
Stevenson the man to stop Ke-
fauver had been found.
And it could have been done
without, Of itself, wrecking the
party's chances in November.
Gov. Stevenson would have
been-or by November could
have become-acceptable to the
party rank and file. Represent
ing the liberal element In the
party. favored by labor. much
Of the farm vote and the impor-
tant Northern Negro vote, be-
lieved to have the blessing of
President Truman, widely &C
claimed as q courageous and
successful Governor, he ap-
peared to be just what the
doctor ordered for a somewhat
ailing party.
Nobody else among the poten-
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Doris FIeeson::
An intellectual Solves Problem
Stevensons Decision Not to Enter the Democratic Race
For President Was Almost q Foreqone Conclusion

When Gov. Adlai Steven
son. an intellectual, began to
wrestle hard with the problem
of to be or not to be a candi-
date for President, his final
negative was almost a foregone
conclusion.
He himself marvelled that
any man could calmly proclaim
he had the qualifications to be
President in times like these
and then sell the proposition
far and wide. The more he
examined every side of the
question, as intellectuals will do,
the more probable it became
that he would not run.
The closest recent parallel is
Associate Justice Douglas Of the
Supreme Court, another darling
of the liberals. Justice Douglas
weighed the pros and cons of an
all-out fight for the presidency
to the point where he has
definitely landed in the category
Of "often a bridesmaid but
never a bride"
It appeared for some time
that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
was headed for the same fate.
But the Kansan has proved to
be more political than intel
lectual; he decided finally it
was a fine idea and dived in.
The obvious immediate effect
Of the Stevenson remuneration
is to throw the Democratic race
really wide open. Senator Estes
Kefauver's strategy of not wait
ing on others to determine his
own course Is justified again
and with the rest of the compe-
tition his chances are improved.
Evening star., 1952-04-17
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Senator Lodge that after the New Jersey primary
nothing can stop Eisenhower Lodge has that
fast he'll outdistance the issues.
Gov Stevenson OF Illinois he could accept pres-
Dental nomination "this
boys spring morning saps running and Ike
isn't.
win really moral victory for Taft very
stimulating After candidates spirits
he's ready to join them.
Senator Kerr he hopes Gov stevensons
the Democratic presidential followed
doesn't plead for support in the days ahead-a he asks
to be left all alone with his lightning rod.
President Truman flying visit flood areas says
he'll lobby Congress for quick action He thinks
Of them,
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Robert Henning Webb,
Retired VIRGINIA Professor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
5.-Robert Henning Webb, profess
sor OF Greek at the University of
Virginia for nearly 10 years and a
teacher of the classics for half a
century, was buried in Suffolk yes
terday after his; death Sunday
at the University Of Vir-
ginia Hospital at the age of 10.
A graduate of Hampden Sydney
College in 1901, he received his
masters degree there a year later
and a second at the University of
Virginia in 1904. He went to
Harvard University for his doc
tor OF philosophy degree. e.,
Mr.. Webb became a professor of
Greek here in 1912 and retired
over year ago. He was a member
OF the managing committee of the
American School of Classical Stud
les in Athens. and held member
ship in the American Philosophi-
cal Association, the British Clas-
slcal Association, the Raven So
clety. Phi Beta Kappa, and Pi
Kappa Alpha. For many years he
was a member of the University of
OF Virginia Senate. He was an
organizer and member of the
board of directors of Virginia
Music Festival and the Charlottes-
vile Evening Concert Group.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Blanche harrington Miller
Weoo; one son, DR.. Joseph p.
Webb, II, of Kalamazoo, Mich,
and four grandchildren.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Mrs. Lydia Hitchcock.
1O9, Cumberland's
oldest Resident
BY the Assoeioted Press

CUMBERLAND, Md. Nov. S.
Mrs. Lydia Hitchcock, Cumber-
lands Oldest resident, died yester-
day in Cumberland Memorial
Hospital at the age Of 109. She
had been patient in the hospital
since 1945.
Mrs. Hitchcock was believed to
be the oldest living person in the
nearby tri-State area Of Maryland
West Virginia and Pennsylvania
She was born August 3. 1843, near
Cumberland. the daughter of John
L. and Sarah E. Mckee Humbird
She was 18 when the War Be-
tween the States broke out, and
until recent years vividly recalled
many of the incidents of the con-
flict.
Her husband, the late Luke H
Hitchcock. served four terms as
Mayor of Cumberland. Mrs. Hitch
cock had been a widow for 6s
years. e
On her Tooth anniversary in
1943, Mrs, Hitchcock received q
letter of felicitation from the late
President Roosevelt, for whom she
voted every time he ran.
She often said she voted q
straight Democratic ticket every
election since women got the fran.
chise in 1920. but she had not been
to the voting place since 1914.
Her 107th birthday two years
ago was the last time she was able
to receive callers at the hospital
Her mental and physical faculties
had deteriorated noticeably. Death
was ascribed simply to old age.
There are no immediate survi-
vors. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
|Wynard Dawson Dies;
Alabama Teacher Was
Long Resident Here

Wynard Dawson, 80, q professor
of geography at Alabama State
College. died Monday after long
illness at Mount Alto Veterans
Hospital. s@s .-.
Mr.. Dawson, a native of West
Point. Miss. moved with his fam
lily to the District when he was Is
He was a graduate of Armstrong
Technical High School and re-
ceived a bachelor of arts degree
in 1947 from Miner Teachers Col
Ilege in the District. In 1947 he
received master of arts degree
from the University of Wisconsin
Mr.. Dawson had been on leave
from Alabama State College be.
cause of illness since last March
He had served in the Army dur.
ing World War II in the southwest
Pacific area.
During his residence in Wash.
ington, his home was at %!
Florida avenue NV.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Juanita E. Dawson; a son
Dennis. 2; his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. William H. Dawson, sr., oi
the Florida avenue address. anc
five brothers and a sister.
Services will be held at 1870
am. tomorrow at Frazier's funera
home, 389 Rhode Island avenue
NV. Burial will be at Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
James R. Alexander,
Falls Church Contractor

James r. Alexander, SO. a con-
tractor of Route /, Magarity road,
Falls Church, Va, died yesterday
at his home.
He was born in Covington, Va,
and came to this area about 10
years ago. .,.-.
Mr.. Alexander was with bal
loon unit during World War II.
He was a member of Coyington
American Legion Post.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Enola Alexander, and a
brother, Edward, of the Falls
Church address. There also are
three sisters. They are Mrs.
Evelyn johnson and Mrs. Helen
Beaver, of Washington, and Mrs.
E. r. Rowsey, of Huntington, w.
Va. Two half sisters also survive,
Mrs. Mary Osborne, Of Lock
Haven, Pa, and Mrs. Merett
Smith, of Philadelphia.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
1ake.Out Food Shop Here
Fined on Non-License ;.

The owner of a take-out food
shop was fined $50 in Municipal
Court yesterday, after pleading
guilty to operating an unincor-
porated business without a re-
quired license.
Judge John j. Malloy set the
fine for Archie Edmondson, pro-
prietor of Sarah's Delicatessen.
1916 New Jersey avenue NV.
Marlin J. Kissinger, chief exam
iner of the unincorporated busi-
ness franchise tax section of the
District Assessors Office, said any
unincorporated business with gross
receipts of more than $4,000 q
year is required to have q license.
His office plans to bring dozen
such cases into court during the
next week OF 10 days, Mr.. Kis-
singer said.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Ernest D. Furgang, Is,
Chelfenham Farmer

Ernest D.. Furgang, a Chelten-
ham (Md.) farmer, died yester-
day at Providence Hospital. He
was IS.
Mr.. Furgang was born at Duley
Station and had lived at Chelten-
ham. Prince Georges County, since
he was an infant.
AS a young man he taught ele-
mentary school at Mitchellville
and Croome. He later was en-
ployed as clerk at the County
Courthouse in Upper Marlboro.
In late years he farmed at Chelt-
enham. He was an active men,
ber of the Cheltenham Methodist
Church.
Mr.. Furgang is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Blanche E. Furgang;
three sons, John Furgang and
Leonard Furgang, both of Chelt-
enham, and Francis Furgang, 4013
Kennedy street, HyattsviHe; a
daughter, Miss Katharine Fur
gang. 4419 Seventh street NV,
and two granddaughters.
Services will be held at z pm.
Friday at the Cheltenham Meth
odist Church. Burial will be at
the church cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
J. .Wymond French, 56,
journalism Professor
By the Assoeioted Press


INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5.-J.
Wymond French, Sc, associate
professor of journalism at Indiana
University. died yesterday in a
hospital.
He was graduate of the uni
versity and had been connected
with the Journalism department
since 1928. He was a native of
Lawrenceburg, Ind.
He taught for short periods at
the University of Arkansas, the
University of Texas and North
western State College of Louisi-
ana. He also worked for the
Cleveland Press. the Miami Her
aid and the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Ed A. ZieIer, 81,
.Hurrisonburg Leader
BY the Associated Press

> HARRISONBURG, Nov. 5.-Ed
A. zigler, 81. one Of the members
of the original Harrisonburg City
Council, died at his home here
yesterday after several months of
Ill health.
Before retiring from public life
a decade ago, he was a prominent
local Republican leader.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Treasury Open to Bids
On 81 Billion Issue
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
announced today the Treasury will
accept bids November 13 for 81
billion worth of tax anticipation
bills.
This is the second such Offering
this year. The last, a 161-day
issue dated october 8, was for $2.5
billion. That issue was bid in at
a new high average discount rate
equivalent to 1,72 per cent annual
interest.
The bills are being issued to
meet cash requirements of the
Government. ':.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
In mrn,nriatt

JOHN EMANUEL. Tn
memory of our dear, beloved husband
and father. JOHN EMANUEL MONT
GOMERY, who passed away twelve years
ago today November 8, 1910.
God gave us wonderful father,
He was one who never grew old;
Cog q made bis smiles as the sunshine,
HIS &c ToSfNei msdf bis heart Mi1E of pgSs gold.
GARET AND DOLORES.
PARKER. MRS. ROSA B.. FLOYD r. AND
II ogr mother: Mrs. ROSA B. 5. PARKER.' RdS'y who 10
M s4 qs enF s1eseFy yefTs ago August
KER. five years ago. October 90. 1947,
and our father. Rev. WILLIAM A. PAR
KER; SsmS.r tTsnfysaree io5a years ago today. No
Dear God. we thank Thee for our loved
Who now from care are free;
Yes, thank Thee, for. our loved ones.
BL1NcH t. eat es4HERINE 1ssi H'h AND I5es WILLIAM
PARKER.
SCOTT; MATTE LOUISE AND JAMES
our loved ones, MATTE LOUISE SCOTT,
loving daughter and sister. who de-
parted this life nine years aso today,
SCOTT. devoted husband and father. who
ber IS. 1914.
The memory of our loved ones fingers
on and on. THE FAMILY.
SELDOM, MARY J. In loving memory of
our dear mother and mother-in-law,
MARY J. SELDOM. who departed this life
nine years ago today, November 5. 1943.
Till memory fades and life departs,
You will live forever in our hearts
LOVING DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW,
ETHEL AND McRAE WILLIAMS.
SELDOM, MARY ]. In sad but loving
memory of my dearest friend. Mrs. MARY
J. SELDOM. who left US nine years ago,
November 5. 1943. ~4
Always remembered.
BERTHA B. SNAPP.
Evening star., 1952-11-05
Bishop Huunq to Speak

The Rt. Rev. Quentin Huang,
an Episcopal Bishop of China, will
address Mems Brotherhood din
ner meeting of the Beverley Hills
Community Church at $50 pm.
tomorrow In the church, 1872 Old
Dominion boulevard, Alexandria,
Va. .s.f
Evening star., 1952-11-05
William Schroeder, ST

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (P.-Wil-
liam Schroeder, 81, president of
the Rotary Club of New York, was
found dead in his Office yesterday,
apparently the victim of a sudden
illness.