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Evening star., 1952-09-04
Constantine Brown:

The NATO received a shot in
the arm this week when the
British Trade Unions Congress
defeated by overwhelming ma
jorities the attempts of its
Communists and left-wingers to
slow down Britain's defense
program considerably. Three
resolutions were offered by the
Communists and Bevanites for.
approval by the delegates. rep
resenting 10 million British
workers, in favor Of their plan
to pay more attention to social
improvements, better housing
and higher wages than to re-
armament. It is possible that
the recollection that the Labor
Party was in Office when Britain
made commitments to re-arm
may have had something to do
with the defeat of the left-wing
motions. >&
For the time being. former
Prime Minister Clement Attlee,
who is travelling in Africa. must
have taken heart that he may
not be removed from the party's
leadership at its next conven-
ton in October. For. several
months the. fiery left-winger
Aneurin Bevan seemed to be
favored as the next chief of
the strongest party in the United
Kingdom.
Mr.. Attlee, a somewhat pale
and uninspiring figure, had fol-
lowed in Ramsay MacDonald's
footsteps. He. too, was a paci-
fist. But when he became His
Majesty'S First Minister" he felt
that the continuity of Britain's
foreign policy must be upheld,
regardless Of the feelings of
the party rank and file. This
decision should have paid rich
dividends. as far as Britain's
economic recovery is concerned.
Mr.. Attlee obtained in 1916
q loan of $3.50 million from
the United States for economic
reconstruction. If Britain is
worse of today than Germany
and Japan-countries which
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Lowell MeHett::
Lowell WeNett
And Now the Bid for Farm Vote
eono'dotes oov otevenson and Gen. Eisenhower Offer Their
Wares This Week at Great Annual Midwest Catherine

The campaign of 1852 may
get properly under way on Sat
urday. 1t hasn't yet. Neither
candidate has yet been pictured
pitching hay or milking a COW.
On Saturday. however, both
candidates will present them
selves and their views to the
farmers of the country. The
occasion will be the plowing
contest held annually in the
farm belt. this year in the
neighborhood of Kasson, MINI.
This is a tremendous event, re-
quiring the use of a dozen or
two dozen farms. and is ex-
pected to draw a crowd of q
hundred thousand or so. Four
years ago, taking place in Dex-
ter, Iowa. it was a tremendous
event politically. Many have
believed it was the turning point
in President Truman's cam
paign. the campaign he won by
capturing normally Republican
farm States.
MIR. Truman, a real Midwest
dirt-farmer in his day and still
a. farm owner, who has lived
with farm problems all his life,
hado the advantage over Gov.
Dewey, successful operator of a
New York State farm, but
naturally regarded as a gentle
man farmer, not the genuine
article. Mr.. Truman talked the
farmers language. That year,
fear Of depression beset the
farmers and, they We're able to
take more reinsurance from Mr..
Truman than from Mr.. Dewey.
particularly since Mr.. Dewey was
receiving conflicting advice on
such questions as price support
and appeared to be hedging at
times.
Again this year farmers are
becoming uneasy, it is said, con-
corning prices. A big corn
crop appears to be in prospect
and with it the paradox with
which farmers are familiar.
Big crop, low prices. What they
want. Of course, is big crops and
good prices.
Neither candidate and neither
Evening star., 1952-09-04

Mr.. Ruml's job is to raise $2.2
million. About 100000 has al
ready been collected by the
Democrats toward the legal lin
it of So million and most Of that
has been spent.
Members of the finance COM
mittee who had the foregoing
put before them today were
asked to constitute themselves
committees of one to get some
ready money into the till so the
Stevenson trains and planes
could go out on time.
Actually Mr.. Ruml has moved
into a going concern. He said
they had no immediate prob
lens such as bedeviled President
Truman in 1948 and it is true.
Gov. Stevenson in fact looks like
so sure a winner to so many
Democrats they are worrying
now about overconfidence.
b. Gen. EisenhoWer's Southern
trip should do much to dissi-
pate that overconfidence. Ma
tional headquarters is already
saying that Gov. Stevenson also
must campaign in the South.
What Democrats are waiting
to pounce on is any Eisenhower
concessions to the South on
civil rights which they can then
use against him in the North
ern States. So far the general
has dwelt upon corruption, an
issue on which there is only
one side.
Even before the general flew
South, reports had reached
Washington that the Demo-
cratic optimism about the South
Evening star., 1952-09-04

party can do much if anything
about the crops, but they can
promise something about prices.
In this respect the Democratic
Governor would seem to have
the advantage over the Repub-
llcan general, assuming he
takes his stand on his party's
platform and his party's record
In Congress. The Republican
platform may not be as bad
as Vice-Presidential Candidate
Sparkman pretends. In Cali
fornia this week he said it "is
like a cross-eyed, astigmatic old
man. trying to look both ways
at the same time" But it does
not take the strong position on
price supports that is taken by
the Democratic platform.
AS analyzed by the nom
partisan Committee for Agri-
cultural Progress
Tf1e Democrats pledge mini
mum 80 per cent supports for
basics and similar supports for
other storables and perishable
commodities. They are clear
and definite. Present supports
are to continue, and support
programs are to be broadened
to other farm products.
"The Republicans pledge abb
solutely nothing. They want
farmers to get parity sin the
market place. but, If they don't.
the G. o. P. offers nothing what
ever to back up prices. Loans
are to be used to get balanced
productiun-not to assure fair
prices. And when Government
aid for periShables is needed,
farmers are to be told to 60
home and arrange local, volun-
tary marketing agreements
hopeless task, for it would take
a thousand such agreements to
get anything done for such
widely produced commodities as
hogs. poultry, eggs. etc"
There are other issues. such
as crop insurance. storage facil-
tiles. rural electrification and
the like on which the Demoi
cratic platform appears more
generous than the Republican,.
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Along with their bipartisan foreign policy Ike and Adlai
collaborating joint campaign song-Pack UP your
troubles your old kit smile, smile, smile"
Stevenson decides ignore concentrate
the future It's effective ategylook at the
is still ignoring Harry Truman.
Gen Ike completes 3600me airplane tour of Dixie
proved himself brilliant detective Every time
Southern crowd he discovered
Washington
Republicans resent President Tumans description
"snolygoers It's considered low blow political
when fellow oop confusing the language
Actress Maryn Monroe is vey hurt" that the Pentagon
banned her picture with four servcewomen
probably publicity agent 81 900 bonus
Mamie Eisenhower something ought about high
prices It's the fault of those politicians
around the country yelling about the Washington.
President Truman eS gutter" strategy atomic
with Russia Harry thinks anybody who'd
have his head pSychatrsts too
about what the Democratic spokesmen saying
Evening star., 1952-09-04

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Evening star., 1952-09-04
Judge the Record, Not the Men
Real Contest Is Between the DemOcroc Porty in Washington
And Its Opponents Outside Of Washington in Both Parties
David LoWrence:

Many people have mistakenly
assumed that the presidential
campaign is just a contest be-
tween two good men. In fact,
one widely heard comment is
that, since both are good men,
1T doesn't make any real diff
ference who is elected"
This is a fallacy which shows
a lack of familiarity with the
two-party system in America.
1t overlooks the Importance of
appraising the responsibility of
the party in power-the admin
istration or the regime which
exercises authority under a rep
resentative system of govern
ment.
Many voters are asking how
to judge the campaign and it's
issues. The first principle to
understand is that the contest
is not between Gen. Eisenhower
and, Gov. Stevenson as per-
sonalities, except in the sense
that each is a symbol of party
responsibility.
The real contest is between
the Democratic Party in WASH
ington" and its opponents out
side Of Washington-the Re-
publicans and Democrats who
disapprove of what the Demo-
cratic Party has done in Wash
ington. This contest is to
determine also how many Dem
ocrats and Republicans outside
of Washington will vote to ap-
prove the Democratic Party
in Washington" Virtually every
appointment to a post of re-
sponsibility in every department
and agency of the Government,
excepting employees in civil serv-
ice, in the last four years
even the appointment of the
Director of Civilian Defense
has had to be cleared" through
the Democratic National Com
mittee's Office.
If the record of four years of
the Democratic administration
were brushed aside and only the
proposed record of the Demo-
cratic nominee, as reflected in
Evening star., 1952-09-04
Doris FIeeson:
Dons Feeson:
SIS Is Mr.. RumFs Moqic Number
Democrats to Give SIS Each Vested Interest in Stevenson
Esenhower Trip South Forcing Opponent Go There Too

Beardsley Ruml, who is the
reason Americans pay their
income tax as they go, has COM
muned with himself and ar
rived at IS as the magic number
Of Gov. Stevenson's campaign.
Mr.. Ruml, this years boss
fllnd-raiser for the national
ticket. figures, that in fully en-
ployed America it should be pos
sible to extract a fin from a very
large number of Democrats. He
further believes that this sum is
large enough to inspire in each
donor a vested interest In Gov.
Stevenson which will send him
to the polls November 4 next.
The tax wizard rejected 81 as
not large enough to raise the
money needed or to insure that
the donor later would vote. He
toyed Wistfully with SO but
decided it was too much.
Mr.. Ruml is still working on
the problem of decentralizing
campaign collections so as to
get his system of SIS touches
into operation next month. Dis
tinguished regional figures have
been approached with the sug-
gestion that they take charge
of their own sections, subdivide
them into States and carry on
from there.
This plan would not pre-
cisely skip the organization; it
is designed however to interest
industrial. business, and finan-
cial figures who may not care
for too close a connection. at
least publicly, with the politi-
clans.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

were ravaged by war far worse
than the British ISleS-the fault
does not lie with this country.
The vast loan was Squandered
in all kinds Of social expert
mentS. And regardless how good
those appeared in theory, the
net result is that the British
people-from the factory work.
ers and miners to the so-called
upper class-afe still tightening
their belts and going hungry.
The currency had to be devalued
in 1949 by 40 per cent and it is
still far from stable.
But Mr.. Attlee and his ex-
'ceptionally able foreign secre-
tary, the late Ernest Bevin,
realized the international re-
Sponsibilities of their country and
indorsed whole-heartedly not
only the Marshall Plan but also
the NATO. which placed Britain
under the obligation of raising
defense forces compatible with
her past position in the world.
Aneurin Bevan did not op-
pose these measures when his
party was in power: But as soon
as Winston Churchill and his
Conservatives were returned to
Office, he raised the standard of
rebellion against the foreign
policies Of the Laborites and
initiated what has become
q rapidly growing movement
throughout Western Europe
neutralism. In this country,
until Pearl Harbor, we used to
call it isolationism. But while
that has become a smear politi-
cal word here, in Britain and
Western Europe it represents
the fond hopes of the masses
that through it they may be
spared the horrors of another
war.
Mr.. Bevan, a remarkable ora
tor. was compelled by necessity
to adopt an anti-American at
titude because he held America
responsible for the present re-
armament race. He was highly
successful in convincing his
audiences in Britain and his
friends on the Continent that If
Evening star., 1952-09-04

four years must say whether
they approve what has been
done or whether they want the
party in power ousted and an
other party given an oppor-
tunity to make the necessary
changes.
Lately. some Democrats have
argued that a change to Gov.
Stevenson, admittedly a good
man, is enough. The implica-
ton has been that there would
be a different personnel in
Washington. There has been
a hint. moreover, that some
Truman policies might be
changed, too. But this doesn't
establish any clear-cut basis for
responsible party government.
If a party in power can escape
punishment when 1t is bad, or
if any party which has made a
good record is not to be given
a vote of approval by the people
for what it has done just be-
cause a. good man has been
nominated on the opposite
ticket. then the whole structure
of party government collapses.
Gen. Eisenhower is good man
but, if the people really want
the Truman record upheld, they
cannot get their wish by voting
for the Republican nominee.
The Democrats are, of course.
saying that the alternative-the
Republican Party-may not be
any better or that the Re-
publicans in the past have also
had their scandals. This as
sumes that it is a proper defense
against wrongdoing to argue
that others have been guilty,
too. The sound principle is
that every party must be held
strictly accountable and that. if
the opposition party wins the
election, it will have thereby re-
ceived notice that at the end of
four years it will be removed,
too, should it fail to serve the
people.
Only by pressure on both
partics-by furnishing one or
rewarding the other-can good
government be assured.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

his speeches, were made the
basis for Judgment, 1t would
not be fair to either the out
going Democratic President or
the Democratic nominee. 1t
would not offer any mandate
for the conduct of future admin
istrations.
If that were to happen, it
would mean that hereafter any
President in his second term
for his reelection for a third
term now is barred by the Con-
stitution-could be as reckless
and irresponsible as he pleased
and even could tolerate corrup-
ton among those around him in
public office. and all the party
in power would have to do would
be to select some other candi-
date and everything would be
forgiven.
When a cashier in a bank
steals money, he isn't allowed to
go unpunished just because an
honest cashier is at hand tottake
his place. In the matter of
party responsibility. if the party
in power is guilty of failing to
do its duty or of having made
tragic blunders. will the Ameri-
can system of party government
be helped if it is voted another
four years of authority? Con-
versely, if the Democratic nomi-
nee can show by his arguments
in public speeches that the rec
ord Of the past four years has
been a good one and deserves
to be approved at the polls, then
the vote of the people means
vindication for President Tru-
man. Mr.. Truman certainly
would be entitled to the claim of
vindication if the majority of
the voters upheld the Demo-
cratic Party, and it would be
proper to continue and even en-
large upon his policies by fol-
lowing the same line.
The basic idea which has
been an American tradition is
that the party in power shall be
held strictly accountable for
what it does. The people every
Evening star., 1952-09-04

engendered by the nomination
of Senator Sparkman of Ala
bama for Vice President was not
quite justified. Doubt princi-
pally centers on Texas and
Florida.
Gov. Stevenson's approach to
the South will be a test of his
political skill. He enters the
region with many advantages.
including Southern ancestry and
an aristocratic tradition.
Yet he has deliberately ranged
himself against the South on
two issues: Tidelands and civil
rights.
When Gov. Shivers of Texas
visited him to confer on tide
lands, the Texan indicated that
he would accept a delay in the
nominees decision, in fact,
mentioned that the Democratic
State convention in Texas was
about to meet. Gov. Stevenson
said calmly that he thought
he should be prompt and
wholly frank with the people Of
Texas and he made his posi-
ton clear almost at the moment
Gov. Shivers was indicating he
expected some delay.
With respect to civil rights,
Gov. Stevenson has ranged
himself against Rule %, the
,cloture rule which admits of
unlimited debate even on a
proposal to take up legislation.
Southerners know this recent
rule is the heart of civil rights,
as a practical matter. Neither
the Republican platform nor
Gen. Eisenhower has mentioned
1t.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

1t comes then to the candidates.
and some Democrats have their
fingers crossed. waiting to see
whether their candidate talks
as independently to the farmers
as he already has done in the
case Of labor and the veterans.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

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Evening star., 1952-04-07
d. c. Major Leads Spy Group
AsNew Trick in Army Games

furnishes intelligence on which
the United States side bases a
large part of it's maneuver tactics
This information is cleaned by
Interrogation and from documents
carried by the men. All of the
documents are in a foreign Ian
guage, mostly German and Span
ish, and the prisoners" speak only
a foreign tongue.
Calls Training Vital.
Maj. Young said that as a COM
bat commander. he is convinced
of the need for front-line intelli-
gence and that units such as his is
the best way of providing troops
with experience in interrogation OF
prisoners and examination of cap
tured documents.
Maj. Young is the son Of Mrs
James Young. of the Thirty first
street address. He is SO. His late
father was at Mt. Vernon for Al
years, serving as assistant super
intendent.
Maj. Young attended st. Johns
College High School and the
University of Virginia. He served
in World War II from June 1912
until December, 1945, including
two years in the Pacific area.
Evening star., 1952-04-07
Salvation Army Opens
Youth Center for NEGROES

A youth center for Negroes, the
first to be sponsored by the Sal
vation Army in Washington,
opened yesterday at Corps No. 2
headquarters, 1918 Ninth street
NV.
Gerard M. Shea, District public
welfare director, spoke at opening
ceremonies. Mr.. Shea discussed
the relationship of child and par
ent, and said such a youth CEN
ter helped reduce juvenile de-
linquency.
The center will be open from 3
to 7 o'clock, Monday through Fir
day. Children will be offered
classes in the Bible. music. art,
and crafts. Maj. Victor Wilson
will be in charge of the center
which can handle 100 persons at a
time.
Brigadier William Range. divi-
sion commander of the Washing
ton area of the Salvation Army
presided at the opening.
Evening star., 1952-04-07
Senate Opens Debate
On Mcclellan Bill for
Joint Budget Control

Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
of Arkansas. opened debate in
the Senate today on his bill to
establish a joint House-Senate
committee on budget control with
a warning that the time is long
past due when Congress should
stop talking about economy and
do something about it.
The Mcclellan bill would or
ganize 18 members of both houses
into a joint committee to analyze
all requests for Government
spending for the guidance of the
appropriation committees.
Senator Hayden. Democrat. of
Arizona has drafted an amend
ment seeking to abolish the Joint
committee on non-essential Fed
Ieral expenditures. which Senator
Byrd of Virginia has headed for
II years.
Senator Byrd said he will let
the Senate decide whether it
wants to keep his committee OF
create the new one proposed in
the Mcclellan bill.
Senator Byrd pointed out that
in more than a decade of search
ing for economies. his committee
has never had one of it's more
than 100 reports contradicted.
The joint committee proposed
in the Mcclellan bill would also
replace a joint group provided for
in the Congressional Re-organiza
ton Act of 1916 to put annual
ceiling on expenditures. Although
unrepealed. the 1946 budget cell
| ing law has fallen in disuse after
being tried for two or three years
Evening star., 1952-04-07
CatonsviI|e Woman Held
In Fatal illegal Operation
BY the Associated Press

TOWSON. Md, April IA ST.
year-old Catonsville woman was
arrested today on a manslaughter
charge in connection with an il
legal operation allegedly per-
formed on a Washington woman
who died.
Being held in the county Jail
awaiting hearing is Miss Lillian
Define.
She is charged in connection
with the death of Mrs. Halle
Ramsey. 40, in the Georgetown
Hospital in Washington March 27,
according to States Attorney
John E. Raine, jr.
Mr.. Raine said Mrs. Ramsey
had undergone an illegal opera
ton in Catonsville before enter
ing the hospital.
She lived at 800 Livingstone
terrace Sc.
Evening star., 1952-04-07
Humphrey Declares
Civil Rights Foes Have
Misrepresented Plan
BY the Associated Press

Senator Humphrey. Democrat,
of Minnesota said today the civil
rights issue has been deliberately
.misrepresented to frighten people.
Opening Senate hearings on
hotly disputed bills to create a
Federal employment practices
commission with power to enforce
its rulings in job discrimination
cases, he said:
IF there have been any pro-
|posals dressed up in the horns Of
the devil in a deliberate attempt
to frighten people it has been
these proposals"
In 1948 Senator Humphrey led
the drive which nailed a strong
civil rights plank into the Demo-
cratic platform and widened the
North-South split in party ranks.
Now, as chairman of a Senate
Labor subcommittee he has run
up the controversial FEPC pro-
IposalS against the background OF
the presidential nomination races.
| Robert c. Goodwin. executive
director of the Labor Depart
ments Office of Defense Man.
power, testified that the DEPART
ment "unqualifledly supports"
such legislation.
Unemployment among nom
whites is considerably greater"
than among whites. he said. He
said that in February. 1852. 81
per cent of whites were unem-
ploye compared with 6.2 per cent
of non whites.
| Other officials will report on
how the anti-discrimination pro-
gram which President Truman
put into effect by executive order
is working out. The Presidents
order deals only with jobs under
defense contracts.