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, 1952-04-28

Editorial
THE BULGE N TAXES
THE DAY OF H millon-dollar municipal budget is
here. This is significant for two reasons. First, with the ser
vices being rendered, there was doubt whether such q huge
budget would ever come. Second, St. Crox is only able to
provide approximately 54 per cent Of the total budget, the
other AS per cent coming from federal deficiency appropria-
ton. The press, and indeed the majority Of the people, are
frankly disturbed, not 50 much at the size Of the budget, but
at the fact that additional taxes have to be strained from every
possible quarter.
MATTER of the budget and additional taxes is not
an easy one. 1t is perhaps very much easier to set forth a bar
rage. of words ~castigating everyone in sight, and that, no
doubt would tend to sooth and temporarily satisfy admins
tration critics, but the core Of the problem will still be with
us. Instead, perhaps the better thing to do, even though in
fnitely more difficult, would Be to attempt to look critically
at the problem.
FIRST, THERE is little that can be done about a budget
Of $I,O84,768. The several departments Of the government
must continue to function, and as it is there are still quite a
few municipal employees who work for such ridiculous saa-
ries as $500 per month. The Governor has recommended
increases for certain officials, but the explanation seems plausi-
Bile in view Of the fact that competent officials are turning to
more lucrative positions, and even this increase will serve
only to persuade retention.
SECOND, THERE seems little that can Be done about
~curtailing essential services.
THIRD THE TAx structure seems sound enough
though it hurts ii certain quarters, and this Is creating loud
murmurs. TO complete the budget the Federal government IS
being asked to provide approximately $465So0, Or IS PEI
cent. Undoubtedly the administration feels that It could not
justify requesting 4 higher percentage Of funds, from the
federal government.
10 us IT SEEMS as if there might be three possible
solutions to the delicate and yexing b~udgetary problem which
yearly besets this place. First, the return Of the Internal Rev
cnue taxes. With these funds, which now have climbed to
around seven millions, St. Crox could not only balance rs
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Evening star., 1952-09-13
Anti stevenson Democrats
And Gov. Kennon 10 Meet
BY the Assoeioted Press

BATON ROUGE, La, Sept. 13
Gov. Robert Kennon, who has
announced he would vote for Gen.
Eisenhower. said yesterday he
would meet with anti-Stevenson
Democrats later this month in ac-
tive support of the G. o. P. presi-
Dental nominee. .
Gov. Kennon, a pro- Eisenhower
Democrat, said he would in no
sense of the word join in any State
Republican campaign for Gen.
Eisenhower because am a
Democrat"
However. the Governor told a
press conference he would CO.
operate fully with anti-Stevenson
Democrats when they meet in
Baton Rouge and fight to keep
his anti-Stevenson move separate
from faction State politics.
Evening star., 1952-09-13

ling Taft, even had to swallow the
indignity of fraternizing with
Taft's man in Indiana, Senator
Jenner-the man who called Gen.
Marshall liar and front man
for traitors.
Points to Conference.
FINALLY. Senator Taft visited
the general today. And on emerg-
ing from their meeting he an
nounced that Ike agrees with me
on domestic policy and to large
extent on foreign policy How
does this assertion of agreement
between the general and Mr.. Re-
publican compare with what they
said about each other at Chicago?
IF we accept this latest state
ment by Senator Taft, it means
two things:
"One, it means that II Gen
Eisenhower were elected. his pro-
gram in the field of foreign af-
fairs, which in most matters
parallels those of the Democratic
Party. would be frustrated by the
Republican leadership in the Sem
ate.
1.-TWO, it means that in domestic
policies there will be little pros
pect for fair labor laws, imitation
control. or for an adequate farm
program.
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Stevenson
Continued From First Page }

recent years from the expansion
'of Government activities. This
city, especially, has more than
doubled in size in the last decade
from the nearby air bases and
atomic energy developments. His
audience here was large and en-
Ithusiastic.
In addition to giving his views
on communism, Gov. Stevenson
again assailed the Republicans for
Inconsistencies in foreign policy.
He said they are concerned about
Eastern Europe, but not Western
Europe. They are concerned about
China. but not the rest of Asia
he added.
He was cheered when he de-
Tended the Korean war, and
charged that if the Government
had waited for the Old Guard to
realize the need for resistance
Korea would have been behind
the Iron Curtain.
He closed his speech here with
a confident prediction of victory
He said that Senator Anderson
of New Mexico, who introduced
him. will be in Washington when
John Sparkman and l move in
next January" He asked them
to see that Senator Chavez and
Representatives Fernandez and
Dempsey also are returned.
In his communism speech, Gov.
Stevenson gave his opoinion of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. He said no agency of Gov
ernment is infallible and "a
bureau of detection should get
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Democratic Chairman
Charges Eisenhower
Surrender 10 Taft
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 13.-Demo-
cratic National Chairman Stephen
A. Mitchell says Gen. Eisenhower
was able to win on the battlefield
but he has completely surrendered
in the political arena"
Mr.. Mitchell made the state.
ment last night in commenting
on the breakfast conference be-
tween Gen. Eisenhower and Sena-
tor Taft which was followed By
Senator Taft's announcement Of
wholehearted and active sup.
port of the G. o. P. presidential
nominee.
THE general" Mr.. Mitchell
said in a statement, "has sur.
rendered to the man he defeated
for the nomination at the Repub-
Ilican convention in Chicago, anc
to the Dewey autocrats."
Mr.. Mitchell did not explain
his reference to Gov. Thomas E
Dewey, who was leading Eisen-
hover supporter at the G. o. p
convention.
Cites Taft's Note.
The Democratic chairman de-
Iclared:
For weeks now, the general
has been abasing himself with
frantic overtures toward the
Senator. and the Senator has
been notably unhurried about
joining the crusade
"The generals concern over
the animosities within the Repub-
lican Party was aggravated wher
many Taft leaders failed to show
up at his regional conference in
Cleveland.
The general, to avoid offend
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Ching Planning TO Quit
u. ). Mediation Post by s.

Cyrus S. Ching, veteran peace
maker of many labor-management
battles, will resign soon as direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and
Cancellation Service.
Mr.. Ching, rs, gave that wor6
after a talk with President Tru-
man late yesterday. He said he
planned to leave the Government
reasonably soon-at least by the
end of the year."
However, Mr.. Ching told re-
porters his talk with the Presi-
dent dealt with problems of his
office, especially the aircraft labor
situation on the West Coast.
Already out on strike are 5000
employees of Lockheed Aircraft Co.
Burbank, Calf. Union leaders
have called a meeting tomorrow
of workers at Douglas Aircraft
Co.'S plant at Ell Segundo. Calf !.
to discuss strike action.
Mr.. Ching came to government
in 1947 from the United States
Rubber Co., where he was director
of industrial relations and per-
SOnneI
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Charles Howurd's S Widow
|Weds Movie Producer
By the Associated Pres,

CARMEL. Calf, Sept. 13.-Mrs
Marcella Howard, widow of mil.
lionaire sportsman Charles S
Howard. and Hollywood producer.
director, Leslie C. Fenton, were
married here late yesterday.
Only a few friends attended the
ceremony at Carmel Mission. Mr.
Fenton. a native of England, gave
his age as so. Mrs. Howard listed
hers as 48.
Mr.. Fenton and Actress Ann
Dvroak were divorced. MIR. How
ard, the owner of Seabiscuit and
many other race horses. left an
estate of $40 million when he died
in 1850. It was to be divided
among the widow and three How
ard sons.
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Stevenson Trend 10 Left
Is DepIored by Russell
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13.-Gov
Stevenson will lose a lot of presi-
dental votes in the South if "he
continues his march to the left"
Senator Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia, said here yesterday.
The Senator, who ran a strong
third in the balloting for the
Democratic presidential nomina-
ton, said he intends to vote for
Gov. Stevenson, but thinks the
Illinois Governor risks alternating
a lot of good Democrats by the
trend of his recent public utter
ances.
Senator Russell declined to
elaborate except that "a lot of
good, conservative Democrats
thought Stevenson was a middle
of-the-road candidate. Now it
appears that he is being influenced
strongly by the ADA and the PAE
CAmericans for Democratic Action
and the CLOS Political Action
Committee)
The Senator is scheduled to sail
today on a vacation trip to Vene-
zuela. He said he plans no part
IN the presidential campaign un-
I'll his return about october /.
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Southwest Lumber Yurd
Dumuqed by Fire

The Cooper Supply Co., a coal
and lumber yard at 400 First street
S.W.. was swept by fire last night.
Flames, first reported at 9:14
pm, shot about 200 feet in the
air attracting a crowd estimated
at 500 persons. Firemen said the
blaze destroyed storage sheds and
stocks of humber. Ten pieces of
apparatus responded.
Firemen put out the fire after a
tWO-hOlIr fight.
Evening star., 1952-09-13
|Sparkman Says COP.
Is Entang|ed in Web
|0f Standardization
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO. Sept. Ex-senator
Sparkman, Democratic candidate
for Vice President, last night con-
trasted what he termed the Re-
publican mess" with the party
unity" of Democrats.
Addressing the Illinois Demo-
cratic convention in Chicago's
Civic Opera House. the Alabama
Senator said:
Every time the Republicans
have made an attempt to take a
stand on an issue, they have be-
come entangled in a web of self
contradiction"
Senator Sparkman accused the
Republicans of leading their CAM
paign down a trail of cliches.
antiquities and misrepresenta-
tionS."
TOsses Gibes at Nominee.
I'VE have party unity" he de-
clared. "The Republicans have a
mess. We have record and a
platform on which we can stand.
The Republicans have, as Gov.
Stevenson said. a buShel of eels.'
Finally, we have a leader whom
we can all support with enthusi-
aSm."
Senator Sparkman tossed gibes
at Gen. Eisenhower. the G. o. P.
nominee. for his statements on
public power and agriculture.
AS for agriculture, Senator
Sparkman said, "At Kasson, Mimi.
the general came out forcefully
for the extension of 80 per cent
parity for the next two years. OF
course. the forcefulness was weak
ened a little bit when it was re-
called that Congress has already
extended 80 per cent parity
through 1854 :"
SpeculateS on DirkSen.
The Illinois Democrats, gath
cred to hear the Senator and
State candidates and to adopt a
platform, also heard Senator
Sparkman speculate whether Sem
ator Dirksen. Republican, of Illi-
nois had bolted the G. o. p
mot with a bang but a whimper. :"
Abiding to the recent SUCCESS
tion of Col. Robert r. Mccormick,
editor and publisher of the Chi
cago Tribune. that another po-
litical party. to be known as the
American Party" be formed in
the United States. Senator Spark
man said:
"Since the colonel set up his
new party. Senator Dirksen has
been strangely silent. Maybe he.
too. has gone over the hill-not
with bang but a whimper."
Evening star., 1952-09-13
-Four Taft Backers Lose
Places on Republican
Executive Committee
By the Associated Press

Four hackers of Ohio's Senator
Taft have been dropped from the
Republican Party's 15-member
national executive committee.
Arthur Summerfield, new chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, announced his ap-
|pointment of new executive COM
mittee members last night. He
said changes were "the result OF
an orderly procedure in accord
ance with long-established Re-
publican practices.
Mr.. Summerfield supported
Gen. Eisenhower successful due
with Senator Taft for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination
There had been reports that Mr.
ISummerf1eld had kicked the foul
Taft hackers off the executive
committee.
No Purge, Says Brown.
But one of the four, Represen-
tative Brown of Ohio, said there
had been no purge" Another
Walter S. Hallanan of West Vir-
ginia, was named a vice chairman
Iof the national committee. The
other two not on the new execu-
tive committee are Ralph F.. Gates
of Indiana and G.. Mason Owlett
of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Gates said in Indianapolis
he had been an ex-officio member
of the executive committee by
virtue of being general counsel
for the national committee, but
had designed that job after the
national convention in July.
Mr.. Owlett, in Philadelphia
said he did not know why he was
not reappointed to the executive
committee. He was succeeded by
Mrs. D. Ray Murdock of Green's
burg. Pa, who had voted for Gen
Eisenhower.
Here is the list of National Com
mittee officers and the Executive
Committee, as announced last
night:
Officers Listed.
The officers CNational Commit
tee):
Mrs. Ivy Priest of Utah. assist
ant to the chairman; Sinclair
Weeks of Massachusetts, vice
chairman; Fred Scribner of Maine
general counsel; Mr.. Hallanan,
vice chairman; Mrs. Daniel j.
Schneider of Colorado, vice chair
man; Mcintyre FAIRIES of Cali
fornia, vice chairman; Mrs. Con-
Suelo Bailey of Vermont, vice
chairman; Mrs. Gladys Knowles
of Montana, secretary; R. Douglas
Stuart of Illinois, treasurer.
Executive Committee members
Axel j. Beck, Elk Point, S. OAK;
Ray C. Bliss, Columbus, Ohio;
C. Wayland Brooks, Chicago;
Harry Darby, Kansas City. Kans.;
Mrs. Edna Basten Donald, Grand
Island, Nebr.; Mrs. William Pres
ton Few, Durham. N. c.; Mrs
Cecil M. Harden, Covington, Ind;
Wayne j. Hood, Lacrosse, Wis;
Albert K. Mitchell, Albert, N
Mex; Mrs. Murdock; Harland l.
Peyton, Spokane, Wash; Mrs
Margaret A. Rockwell, Phoenix,
Ariz.; Mrs. Horace H. Sayre, Ard
more, Okla; j. Russell Sprague
Mineola, N. Y; John Minor Wis
dom. New Orleans, La.
Evening star., 1952-09-13
rumun
Continued From First Pae

he swung the farm vote there for
one of the upsets of his campaign
Another surprise, too, was the
omission Of any coverage in the
Southwest. 1t had been thought
that the President might dip into
Wyoming and New Mexico and
Arizona. because of the senatorial
races. In Wyoming, at least, Sen
Iator O'Mahoney, Democrat, is in
a tough battle for reelection with
Republican Gov. Barrett. Gov
Stevenson stopped in Wyoming on
his Western trip.
Mr.. Truman will leave here at
1870 pm. on September 27. Be-
fore he returns, he will have
crossed Maryland, West Virginia,
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin.
Minnesota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
California, Nevada, Utah, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri, Pennsylvania. New
York, New Jersey and Delaware
He will be in some Of the States
both going and coming.
On Road Three Sundays.
Because Mr.. Truman will be on
the road on three Sundays, when
he never does any campaigning,
and because he will be hitting
some sections late at night, he is
not likely to speak in every State.
His back-platform talks, however
easily can pass the so mark, for
"a 12-to-15-speech day is routine
when he is on the road.
The President has made it clear
that his campaign will be based
on the record of the New Deal
and Fair Deal since 1888 in both
domestic and foreign affairs, and
the argument that continuation
of a Democratic regime is essen
'tial, if the gains to which he al
ways points are to be retained.
In the Pacific Northwest, it is
certain his principal theme will
turn on water-power development.
The dip into the Farm Belt speaks
for itself.
Along with this line, he can be
expected to stress his efforts to
bring peace.
Additional Stop Due.
Announced stops in addition to
those at the key points include
Chicago, Spokane, WASH; Provo,
Utah.; Colorado Springs, Kansas
City and st. Louis. There will be
additions before the schedule is
completed.
While making his principal
pitch for the election of Gov
Stevenson, the President is cer-
tain, too, to plug earnestly for
the election of liberal" members
of Senate and House. He has
said frequently this branch OF
the party must be strengthened
to offset the detection of the con-
servatives IN it's ranks-largely
from the South.
With the Democrats holding
only bare 49-47 majority in the
Senate, Mr.. Truman will be look
ing for some additions. He will
have part in three tight con-
tests in Montana, Washington
and Utah, where three House
members-Representatives Mans
field. Jackson and Granger-are
trying to GUST Republicans.
AS a mild tune-up for the Ma
tion-wide swing-which is one ot
the longest he ever has under
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Instituted Federal Loyalty
System in 7947

Communism is committed to
the destruction of every value
which the genuine American
liberal holds most dear. So I
would say to any Americans
who cling to illusions about
communism and it's fake utopia:
Wake up to the fact that you
are in an alliance with the devil
and you must act soon if you
hope to save your soul. And to
those who in the service of the
Soviet Union would commit acts
prejudicial to the safety and
security of the United States, I
would say: Under me as Presi-
dent of the United States, Fed
eral agencies will deal sternly
and mercilessly with all who
would betray their country and
their freedom for the sake Of
manacles and chains.
There is only one way for
free society to deal with this
internal threat, and that is
through the processes of justice.
We have frightened up our es-
pionage and security legislation.
We have instituted a Federal
loyalty system-and we did so,
I should add, in 1947-three
long years before the Senator
from Wisconsin made his shrill
discovery of the Communist
menace. We have prosecuted
the c O. m m munist t leadership.
Where the law has been vio-
lated, the Justice Department
has indicted and convicted the
criminals. In all this effort. we
have had the faithful and re-
Sourceful work and national
protection of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation. I do not
helipVp that anv O ooaoox, of %,o,,
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Democratic Policies
AGAINST Communists
Criticized by Dulles
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

John Foster Dulles, Republican
foreign policy Strategist, yester-
day accused the Democrats of ex-
uding fear and of following a
course of defeatiSm in the policies
they have adopted against COM
muniSm.
He said they were unwilling to
use even peaceful methods to
check the Communist threat.
At the same time, Mr.. Dulles
declared the Republicans never
have advocated liberating the
Communist satellite nations by
force-Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson
and President Truman to the con-
trary.
Mr.. Dulles issued a statement
through the Republican national
campaign headquarters here which
he said was an answer to recent
declarations of Mr.. Stevenson and
Secretary of State Acheson. He
formerly served DIS an adviser to
Mr.. Acheson.
Doesn't Mean InactiOn.
The statement said that ito re-
nounce violence (aS a method of
aiding captive nationS) does not,
however. mean inaction, as Secre-
tary AcheSon assumes"
Realistic terrorists," Mr.. Dulles
said, "are ruthlessly stamping out
love of God, love of country and
the sense of personal dignity
among 800 million people and
faShioning them into an unthink-
ing, unbelieving obedient mass
animated only by fanatic hatred
of the United States.
ut is the course of defeatism
to sit idly by while this goes on
and to renounce even peaceful
methods to check it..
Those who know the facts
know that there are strains and
stresses already present within
the overeXtended Soviet imperial
ism which. if Skilfully activated.
would weaken and divide it from
within.
Alternative Is Conflict.
Unless that happens, we shall
doubtless have. in the end, to meet
1t from without, in the horror of
atomic conflict.
"Of course, to diSlocate, by
peaceful measures, the internal
structure of the Soviet empire is
serious business. It takes wisdom.
foresight, calculation and long
range planning.
Secretary Acheson is right in
judging that it would be a dam
gerous undertaking for a bungling
administration.
But it will not be dangerous
under the guidance of President
who knows. as do few other men.
the horrors of war and also the
inevitability of war unless, in time.
we take positive, peaceful meas
ures to prevent it."
Evening star., 1952-09-13

the most strict and unrelenting
public scrutiny"
But, so far as I can see," he
went on, "the FBI is doing and
has done an excellent investiga-
ton job. To tell you-or to
imply-as some do for political
reasons, that the Government is
crawling with Communists today
is to say that the FBI does not
know its business"
Gov. Stevenson also took a
back-handed slap at former Sec
|retary of War Patrick j. Hurley
who also was a special emissary
for the administration in the Far
East near the close of the war
Mr.. Hurley is the Republican
candidate for the Senate here this
year, against Senator Chavez.
Gov. Stevenson did not mention
Mr.. Hurley. but aides said he had
him in mind when he declared:
Let me say, too, that it is a
shabby thing for a man now to
cry treachery who only few
years ago said that the only diff
ference between Chinese Com
munists and Oklahoma Repub-
licans was that the latter did not
carry guns.
Leaving Los Angeles yesterday
morning Gov. Stevenson stopped
at both Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.,
to put in a good word for Senate
Majority Leader Mcfarland. who
lis up for reelection this year.
In Tucson the governor was
presented with pair of half soles
for his shoes by a local shoemaker.
who had seen the photograph
taken of the Democratic nominee
in Michigan 10 days ago, with a
hole in one of his shoes.
Evening star., 1952-09-13

taken-Mr. Truman will go tc
Philadelphia on Tuesday fol
what is billed as "non-political'
talk to the American HoSpita,
Association. The following Sat-
urday he will go to New London
Conn. to inspect the Coast Guarc
Academy and to make a luncheon
talk to the force there.
The Western tour will be fol.
lowed by an invasion of the East
which will take Mr.. Truman a.
far as Boston.
Evening star., 1952-09-13
Let's Discuss Mistakes,
If There Were Any

These statesmen of confusion
are at work in the field of
foreign policy, and they are at
work on domestic issues. In the
field of foreign policy they tell
people that our greatest
patriots. men like Gen. Marshall,
are traitors. They tell people,
even while our soldiers are
fighting Communist aggression
in Korea. that our foreign pol
icy is one of appeasement. Men
who participated in carrying out
our foreign POLICEMEN who
served this Nation as diplomats
abroad. are now trying to tell
the people that the United
States treacherously gave
away" Poland. or gave away"
China to the Communists.
If there were mistakes, let
us discuss them. But let us
never confuse honest mistakes,
mistakes of judgment. with the
insidious designs of traitors.
Those who corrupt the public
mind are just as evil as those
who steal from the public purse.
Let me say, too. that it is a
shabby thing for a man now to
cry treachery who only a few
years ago said that the only
difference between Chinese
Communists and Oklahoma Re-
publicans was that the latter
did not carry guns. ...
So far as I can see, many of
the people most vocal in pur-
suing communism with words
at home are the same people
most silent when it comes to
supporting the fight in the
front lines against communism
abroad. We must recognize
that the fight against COM
munism in our own country
achieves its purposes only to
the extent that it strengthens
and does not weaken - our
democracy.
But the excesses of those who
exploit anti-communism do not
alter the fact that our Nation
can never for one moment relax
it's guard. We must take care
not to harm innocent people.
We must remember that liber-
ais are not Communists and
that Socialists are not Com
munists, .and that radicals in
the American tradition are not
Communists. But. where true
Communists are concerned
men bound to the service and
defense of the Stalinist tyran-
ny-we must root them out and
expect them to bear the con-
sequences of their treachery to
all America holds dearest.