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Evening star., 1952-11-30
HOLLYWOOD CALLING

Marilyn has and more besides"
"You have" agreed Mr..
Zanuck, ''but she's got it in
the right places.
MEETING Joe DiMaggio stimu-
lated Miss Monroe's interest in
baseball immeasurably. According
to Bob Sylvester. the author of
Indian Summer" she became one
of 16 Fox hirelings who formed a
weekly baseball pool. Each drew
out of a hat a pill that represented
one of the major-league ball teams
and paid a dollar therefor. At the
end of the week. the total SIG pot
went to the actor whose team had
scored the most runs in games
played during that period.
During the filming of Don't
Bother To Knock" Miss Monroe
was taking aureomycin pills to
cure a cold, and during one re-
hearsal, she thoughtlessly took a
pill from her purse and swallowed
it. Suddenly she realized that she.
had made a slight mistake.
''Helpy' she cried. 81 just
swallowed the ST. Louis
Browns!'
THE LAST STRAW. Back in
New York, Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
velt was riding down in the elevator
of an apartment house on Wash
ington Square when two six-year-
old girls hauled their velocipedes
aboard on the fourth floor.
Mrs. n. greeted them with
her usual warmth and easy
charm and obviously won their
hearts, because as she hurried
off to hail a taxi, one little girl
was heard to remark to the
other, ssIsn't she nice? ! bet
she'll be movie star when she
grows up!" BENNETT CERF
Evening star., 1952-11-30

TAUREN BA-
1C CALL, , who
is just about as
jolly and intelli-
gent a girl as
you'll find in
Hollywood or
anywhere else
Evening star., 1952-11-30
WIDE WoRiD

LAUREN, Humphrey and Stephen
before that her performance in a
bit part in "The Asphalt Jungle"
had the wolves on her trail. A girl
whom she replaced shortly there
after pouted to 10th Century
Fox's guiding genius, Daryl
Zanuck, 1--WE got everything that
Evening star., 1952-09-21
A Personal Crusade
For Every American

Tonight, you. and I are re-
solved to make the cause of
good Government a crusade-to
make it a personal crusade for
each Of us. More is at stake in
that cause than our material
well being and progress. Also
at stake is the cause of peace
and war in our world.
I have commanded you sons
in war. I have walked with
them along the road as they
went forward into battle. I have
seen them in battle-often
fighting against odds. I know
the stuff they're made Of. They
and I know wars horrors, and
they and !. therefore, hate war
and all It's evil works. That is
q hatred every one Of us shares,
just as the desire for peace is
the desire Of all Of us.
Must we despair of the fu-
ture? Must we conclude that
peace Is a hopeless cause? Must
We look forward from this Korea
to more and more Koreas and
then to a third World War?
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Moral Stamina Shown
As Powerful Weapon

Now, what is our program
yours and mine-for good gov
erI1ment? The first part of our
program for good government is
q moral part.
It was not by chance or just
to turn a happy phrase that the
authors of our Declaration of
Independence concluded that
immortal document with these
words: eve pledge our lives, our
fortunes and our sacred honor"
It was not by chance that their
concluding phrase. the climax Of
their dedication was: "Our sa-
cred honor"
BeSet and hard-presSed though
they were, they knew that moral
stamina was a more powerful
weapon in their cause than
physical stamina. They knew
that our Government would en-
dure and be good government so
long as good moral principles.
drawn from the people. were
practiced by those who gov
ernned.
Perhaps the memories Of some
Of you-I hasten to add. only q
few Of you-go back as far as
mine. If so, you will remember
las I do-Some of the maxims
written at the top of the copy
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Immediate Objectives
OF Government Reform

Then we will begin to move
forward. With that accom-
plished, we will make these our
objectives. our immediate aims
for the Government of the
United States:
First, to save: That means
an administration which knows
how to practice the wise spend
ing Of less of the peoples
money.
Second, to streamline:: That
means an administration which
knows how to make government
the more efficient servant OF
the people.
Third, to decentralize: That
means an administration which
is determined. effectively to
bring government close to the
people. It means. also. faith
in the people to act more wisely
in their own behalf than can a
bureaucrat removed a thousand
miles from the scene OF action.
Fourth, to unity: That means
an administration able to make
the whole Government a Joint,
cooperative enterprise for the
whole peoples benefit.
Let us look, for o moment,
at these four steps.
Is saving a part OF good gov
ernment? Or must waste con-
tinue to be our Governments
way Of life?
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Facts Are Unpleasant
But Must Be Faced

Unpleasant facts to face-but
I believe that today. tonight, the
American people are facing up
to those facts-to this shabby
picture-and their wrath is
growing. I promise you that I
shall do everything within my
power to help it grow.
But it is too late; it is much
too late for halfway convictions
and PARKWAY measures. To rid
an orchard of trees that bring
forth evil fruit. the Bible ad-
vises: And the ak is laid at
the root Of the trees"
That is our immediate task;
to make sure-beyond the shad-
ow of any doubt-that the axe
is laid at the root Of the trees.
The women Of Kansas City
found out, when they launched
their crusade for good Govern
ment. that you can't get good
Government merely by pruning
or spraying bad Government.
They found that you can't get
it by grating onto bad Govern
ment a few new and healthy
looking branches. They got good
Government by making it good
clear down to the roots.
Last May, the President Of
the General Federation Of
Women's Clubs had something
to say about this question. She
said; 1.-The women of America
have their brooms in hand and
they mean business"
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Unifying of Government
Begins With Executive

- -. Il 3
The fourth thing required Of
US for good government is to
unity: to make the whole gov
ernment a cooperative enter
prise for the whole peoples
benefit.
That means, first Of all, unity
IA working partnership-iI1 the
executive branch Of the Gov
ernment, itself. Today. too often,
the left hand of our Government
has no idea what the right hand
is doing and neither hand can
be relied on. You may have OBJ
served that last week a member
Of the Presidents Council Of
Economic Advisers declared that
defense spending is now leyeling
off, far ahead Of schedule, and
that new Government studies
show it has already reached its
peak. That would be good news
for the taxpayers: IL it were true,
but is it true? Two days later
the Defens Department oficially
contradicted this presidential
official and declared that peak
defense spending would not be
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Citizens Threw Out
Pendergost Machine

Yesterday, my friends In
Kansas City told me that I
should have made this talk
there - under the shortened
shadow of the Pendergast ma
chine. When the citizens of
that great Missouri city were
faced with bad government
they proved what must be done
about it. What did they do?
They got rid of it.
And to this audience of wom-
en-, I want to get it in the rec
ord that when that cleanup
and start-fresh job had to be
done. the women had a vital
hand in it. Aroused against
bad government, the women OF
Kansas City made good govern
ment a crusade. They made
the broom q mightier political
weapon than the bribe. They
turned their dedication to hon.
esty into honest votes. And
the impossible happened.
That is not so surprising-at
least to q man boasting Of SO
years Of married life. When
righteously indignant women go
on the warpath, the impossible
almost always happens. Those
women got good government.
Against all the wiles of the ma
chime bosses, and against all
the support for those bosses
from friends in high places,
they are keeping it good.
Maybe we can get some Of
those Kansas City women and
their friends across the country
to help out in Washington!
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Jefferson Put Economy
First Among Virtues

I know your answer. I know
the answer Of the Republican
Party. But let me quote the
answer given by great Demo-
crat. * place economy" said
Thomas Jefferson. "among the
first and most important of Re-
publican virtues and public debt
as the greatest Of the dangers
to be feared"
I would not presume to try
to take over Jefferson from the
Democrats. although Jeffer-
sons party was first called Re-
publican. And I have . strong
belief that. II he were here this
year, the Republicans would get
his vote.
There is nothing Jeffersonian
In our more than $3.50 billiol
National debt: or In our spread
ing program for this year Of
IS billions; or Of Federal taxes
Federal taxes alone-which
eat up nearly one dollar out Of
every four of the income of the
average worker.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Candidate Outlines
Main Points Of Plan
For Federal Cleanup

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20 (R.-
The tert OF Gen. Eisenhower's
speech tonight before a conuen-
ton OF the National Federation
OF Wonsen's Republican Clubs:
Tonight. before this great
audience Of Republican women
from every part of our coun-
try. the subject I want to talk
about is a strictly family mat
ter. It Is as much q family
matter as your household budg-
ct, your savings account, your
husbands insurance policy. the
education, the moral and physi-
cal health Of your children. It
is as much a family matter as
Korea and a son In the service.
1t Is the subject Of good gov
ernment. And good government
Is. in the long run, essential
to good home-making.
By that term do not mean
Just better government. I do
not mean those parts Of gov
ernment that are manned by
out great and loyal civil service.
That service Is vital to our
country. Its members are es-
sential to good government. I
do mean those functions of gov
ernment which are conducted
by political members of the
party temporarily charged with
administration in our country.
If we are to have good gov
eminent in these important
areas, we are not concerned
with a mere "refreshening" of
what We have now. No repaint
or refurbishing job will do
When it comes to the political
members Of our National Gov
ernment. we will be satisfied
with nothing less than their
complete replacement.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
seamnng Government

books we used in grade school.
They were the sayings of great
Americans. But they were much
more than that. They were the
standards by which, in those
days, greatness was judged; the
standards by which those great
Americans actually lived.
Listen to some of them:
Honest is the best policy"
"a man Is known by the COM
pany he keeps"
HE that goes a-borrowing.
goes a-sorrowing."
"A penny saved is - penny
earned"
Birds of a feather flock to-
gether."
II would rather be right than
be President"
Evening star., 1952-09-21
License Shows Effect
On Entire Moral Tone

I believe that. I believe 1t
because women know that the
entire moral tone of our coun-
try is affected by governmental
license and laxity. They know
that the results Of bad morals
in high official position sooner
or later reach down into every
community and into every
family and influence our lives
and the lives of our children.
OF course the women of America
mean business! And I know that
a broom in the hands of a
morally indignant woman can
do the work of a bulldozer!
That is what Is on the way!
What will we do in the wake
of that moral uprising? Well,
the first thing is to call in the
heads of every investigative
agency of our Federal Govern
ment. We will make clear to
them-clean beyond any chance
of Observation-Disclosures the
finding out and the roofing out
of those who practice or con-
done Subversion or corruption
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Shabby Picture Exists
In Government Today

Where do we stand today
where does our Government
stand when measured. along
side the moral principles-the
sacred honor-of our founders?
It's q shabby picture. EVIL. I"
writes the author of a recent
best-selling book about our Gov
ernment, "is rotting away the
principles we live BY" Who, day
after day and week after week.
can read the headlines and not
share that feeling?
Was there ever before a time
in our history when loss Of in
tegrity in our National Govern
ment could furnish material for
such current books as Moral
ity in American Politics" POL
itics Has No Morals" How to
Get Rich in Washington" ;.
Was there ever before a time
when the population had any
cause whatsoever to feel uneasy
about the basic patriotism Of
any person holding an impor-
tant post in Government?
Was there ever before a time
in our history when the low
state of public morals moved
the Senate Of the United States
to name a committee on ethical
standards of Government?
Was there ever before a time
in our history when those who
govern had fallen under such
wide suspicion that such a Sem
ate committee felt required to
draw up a "code Of official con-
duct''-a sort of political version
of the Ten Commandments?
Evening star., 1952-09-21

we can initiate and pursue In
telligent and broad progress in
that direction. That is why, in
dedication which transcends all
others. That dedication is to
help bring lasting peace to the
world: to help make sure that
your sons and their sons will
never have to be sent to fight in
another war.
But is it only American
America that is materially and
morally strong - that can lead
Evening star., 1952-09-21

the world to peace. That is why
good Government here at home
is a cornerstone Of a good and
lasting peace for the world.
This, then, is your cause, the
crusade In which you have en-
listed. For such a cause, the
best we have and hope for is
at stake. In such a cause. Moth
ing less than our best will do.
To that cause we can conf
IDENTIFY dedicate our lives, our
fortunes. and most of all. our
sacred honor.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
New Era Of Co Operation
With Congress Required

In the executive branch of our
Government there are today at
least q thousand officials on the.
policy-making level. It is too
much to insist that those ON
cials should not be rivals. COM
peting for the peoples favor and
clamoring to spend more Of the
peoples money? Is 1t too much
to demand that they work to-
gether as q team-with q single
dedication: To the peoples in
terestS?
This same unity requires q
new era Of cooperation between
the Executive and Congress.
The Constitution Of the United
States does not place the Presi-
dent above Congress; nor does
it put Congress above the Presi-
dent. In the business of Gov
ernment, Congress and the
President are co-equal partners.
We will make 1t a working
partnership.
A, working partnership does
not necessarily mean agreement
in all things. It does not mean
the compromise Of principle. It
does require frank and open
dealings. It requires the setting
up Of machinery-manned by
men and women of stature-for
continuous consultation. It re-
quires good faith.
Most important Of all, If we
are to have the united in gov
ernment which good Govern
ment requires-then we must
take the people. themselves, into
our confidence and, thereby, re-
store their confidence in Gov
ernment. We will keep the
people informed because an in
formed people Is the keystone
in the arch of free Government.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Declaration Of Principles
And Promise to Adhere

To bring government closer
to the people we will set up
these principles and adhere to
them:
That no Federal project, large
or small, will be undertaken
which the people can effectively
do or be helped to do for them
selves:
That no Federal project will
be undertaken which private
enterprise can effectively under
take;
That no project and no pro-
gram will be started on the
Federal level which can be
undertaken and effectively car
ried through on the State or
local level.
Because of the excesses of
big business, Theodore RooseA
velt. early in this century, cried
out against the malefactors of
great wealth. Today we have q
new breed Of malefactors: The
malefactors Of great power, bred
and nourished by the excesses
of big government. Theodore
Roosevelt's remedy for the ex-
cesses Of big business was called
trust busting. Trust busting
was a process of decentrali-
zation whereby big business was
brought within reach Of the
people and the vested interests
Of big business made subject to
the interests of the people. Big
government is in need Of the
same treatment; the same de-
centralizing process that will
bring government within reach
Of the people and make its vast
octopus Of vested interests sub
ject to the peoples interests.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Number Of Agencies
Nov IS on Increase

The second objective is to
streamline; to make Govern
iment the more efficient servant
of the people.
Today, nearly 100 Federal
agencies report directly to the
President of the United States.
Some of those agencies have
more employees than our biggest
industrial corporations. Their
number is on the increase. -Four
Of these agencies alone just
four Of them maintain 6,000
field Offices throughout the
country. Do they get in each
others way. do they clutter UP
the peoples business? OF course
they do.
We know what this confusion.
worse confounded. means here
at home. Moreover, I have seen
close up some Of it's dire con-
sequences abroad. Let me quote
the comment of a recent OBJ
server of how our hydra headed
Government leads to irritation
and despair. This observer said:
There are so many American
officials dealing on SO many
levels with European govern
ments on so many aspects of
economic policy that very often
one branch of the United States
Government does not even know
what another is doing in the
same European capital"
Do the rank and file Of loyal
and efficient Government en-
ployes resent this duplication,
overlapping and waste? Ger
tainly they do. They resent the
low morale which is its newt
Evening star., 1952-09-21
State Department Given
As Example Of Waste

Let me read for you the de-
scription of waste in just one
department of our Government.
as set forth by the Honorable
Paul Douglas. q distinguished
member Of the United States
Senate and, may I add, a
Democrat.
Senator Douglas says: II think
1t will be found that II three
men are needed to do q certain
job, the State Department will
employ from IL to Is. They
spend a large part Of their time
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Promises to Use Plans
Of Hoover Commission

What is the answer? The
answer is to reorganize, stream
line. to apply to Government
the principles of competent, i'm
aginative management which
have helped make American in
dustry the worlds marvel.
Government Is the peoples
business. To conduct that busi-
ness requires not only political
craftsmanship. It requires busi-
neSs-like operation.
We will take out Of the files
the unfulfilled plans Of the
Hoover Commission; we will
dust them OF: where necessary,
we will ask Congress to enact
them; we will put their execution
in the hands Of men and women
who measure up to Americas
highest standards Of good man
agement.
The third aim is to decentral-
ize: To bring the peoples
government closer to the people.
One Of our greatest statesmen
said. "Our country is too large
to have all its affairs directed
by a single government"
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Wrongdoers TO Be Kept
Out in the First Place

From the beginning we will
bring into government men and
women to whom low public
morals are unthinkable. Thus,
we will not only drive wrong
doers and their cronies out Of
government. We will make sure
that they do not get into gov
ernment in the first place. For
an incorruptible government is
not produced by mechanical
formulae or congressional reSo-
luton or executive directive.
An incorruptible government is
produced by incorruptible men
and women.
Is there any lack in America
any shortage-of men and wom-
en- of such high order Of integri-
ty? You and I know better
and we could go on and name
them: Great Americans, Of great
capacity, of great patriotism, Of
great moral stature. After next
November 4, we will name them.
That is the first, the moral
part Of our program, Of this
crusade for good government.
Evening star., 1952-09-21

communicating with one an
other. The man at the bottom
will write memoranda which will
be passed up through the sub
chiefs to the chief. Then there
will be memoranda passed down.
So when we multiply the staff
we increase the. amount of in
ternal work which is needed al
most in geometric proportion,
until finally the chief work Of
the State Department consists
in its members talking to one
another"
The same Senator took q look
at the Department of Agri-
culture. It is. he said, character
lied by a great and shameful
duplication"
The fact is. today, waste is not
only an administration habit. It
has become the administrations
way of life.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Proposes Restoration
OF Bureau of BUDGET

The spending program and
the taxing program Of the Gov
ernment Of the United States
are virtually out of control.
Thirty years ago the Republican
Party established the Office of
the Director Of the Budget. That
Office was established. not to
lend a hand in the wasting Of
your money. but to take a firm
hand in saving it.
We will restore that bureau to
its original purpose, we will see
that it is headed by a top-flight
American who knows the value
Of a dollar-who even knows the
value of the present donkey dol
lar. We will put to work, with
that bureau head, a corps of
able citizens who are qualified
to look at Federal spending from
a hard-headed citizens point Of
view. Women. who operate the
family budgets Of America, will
certainly understand the need
for this kind Of procedure. .
We will review and appraise
every spending program of the
Government. We will judge
them in terms of their service
to the people and in terms Of
the peoples capacity to pay.
We will look beyond this years
budget and next years budget
and work out a long-range,
peace time fiscal program.
Congress will know where we
are going-and a vast majority
of the members of Congress
will applaud and help us get
there. The people who pay the
taxes will know where we are
going. They will know that we
are on our way toward a ball
anced budget. toward reduction
in the national debt, toward
lower taxes.
These things can be done
when we get an administration
which is vigorously determined
that they will be done.
Evening star., 1952-09-21

reached for sometime to come.
In your next administration
the Governments right hand
will know what its left hand is
doing and both hands will be
constructively and dependably
engaged
Evening star., 1952-09-21
Good Government Here
Is Contention Of Peace

I do not believe it! I believe
that we can lead toward Kidding
the world Of war. know that
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is their first, their most urgen
h,1SinaSS
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able result. They, like most
Americans, are eager to do q
good and full days work on
their job. They will be the first
to support our efforts to make
our Government a better servant
of the people.
Evening star., 1952-09-21

From tube to tuner, this new
III RCA Victor has been enei-
neered to the most exacting
standards. With Golden Throat
tone, phonoJack for record
changer, adaptable to UHF.
Evening star., 1952-01-01

Checks covering all refunds have
been mailed to consumers by the
Washington Gas Light CO.. the
utility reported in papers fled
with District Court yesterday.
The refund totaling 81 ,205, ,721
after legal expenses Of $54, ,467 were
deducted. had been ordered by the