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Evening star., 1952-07-28

mitted the puppets it used to
conquer a country to remain
free or alive for any consider
able time. After they have ac-
complished the designs Of Mos
cow, they vanish.
But the internal affairs Of
Iran are less important to us
than the consequences Of what
may happen after the Iron Cur
tain has been dropped over that
country.
Iran is Of vital Importance to
us, not because Of its rich oil
fields, which provided in the
past much of the oil needed by
our Western Allies. and also by
our fleet In the Mediterranean.
The country is Of primary con-
Germ because Of its strategic geo.
graphic position. It is the cross
roads Of the Far and Middle
East, and it is situated at the
boundaries of Iraq and within
easy reach Of Saudi Arabia.
The American-trained and
partially equipped Iranian army.
some 100, 900 strong, can form a
nucleus for a much larger force
which could be recruited by the
Communists in that country Of
some 18 million people. Accord
ing to their estimates an army
Of about 250.000 under the con-
troll Of Russian military special
lists and technicians could be or
ganized in less than one year.
Throughout the last war.
more than "a billion worth of
military supplies were sent
through the Persian Gulf to
the u. S. S. r. through Iran.
New railways and modern high
ways were built by us and they
are still in good condition. So
are the numerous airfields
throughout the kingdom. Thus,
Russia has far greater facili-
ties for sending war materials
to an expanded Iranian army
under its eventual control than
it has in China and Korea.
None Of the Middle East
countries which continue to be
more or less friendly to us has
adequate military forces. The
organization of a strong Iran
ian army backed by Russian
air power can become such a
threat to our Arabian friends
that they may be under pres
sure to accept the Moscow die
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Constantine Brown:
Red Threat Abroad Worsens
MoscoWs Agents Work Overtime in Middle East Agitation
And Collapse Of Whole Area Nav Follow if Iran Falls

Now that the juvenile exu-
berance Of the delegates of both
political parties gathered at
the conventions in Chicago has
subsided, the Nations leaders
must again face the unpleasant
realities Of the constantly
worsening international situa-
tion.
It would be an understate-
ment to say that the State
Department and the Pentagon
are worried over the recent de-
velopments In the Middle East.
Nobody can quite make up his
mind over what may happen
next in Egypt.
The fact that the incompetent
King Farouk has abdicated may
be helpful. Egypt is now in the
hands Of a military-political
group which shows outward
signs Of strength and patriot
ism. But how long this regime
can remain in power without
being threatened by the agents
of Moscow who are working
overtime to create a chaotic
situation. nobody can say.
The Iranians had a strong
man last year in the person Of
a military prime minister, Gen.
Razmara. When he gave indi-
cations of adopting a con-
structive policy he was mur-
dered by religious fanatics
inspired by the Kremlin's
agents.
The situation which primarily
concerns our top military men
and diplomats is that Of Iran.
The consensus in the Pentagon
and State Department is that
unless the British make a 180-
degree turn and officially accept
the accomplished fact that they
have lost Iranian oil, there is
grave danger before the end Of
the year Iran will be another
vassal of the Soviet.
Prime Minister Mossadegh is
now riding high. backed by a
heterogeneous mob which is
actually ruled from Moscow. His
conflict with Shah Mohammed
Ria may lead to that ruler being
dethroned and the eventual Gre
alton of an Iranian Peoples Re
public, in which there will be
no room either for Mossadegh
nor any of his present advisers.
The Kremlin has never per-
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which President Wilson had
sponsored. He started out just
as Gov. Stevenson has done this
time by accepting the record Of
the preceding Democratic adj
ministration and standing on
it. This correspondent was SYM
pathetic to the Wilson interna-
tional policies and was impressed
with the ability Of Cox.
Travelling westward to the
Pacific Coast. this writer left the
Cox campaign train at the Pa
cif1c Coast in order to make an
independent investigation and.
on returning eastward, discov-
cred to his surprise that people
didn't bother to ask about Cox
or discuss his abilities they
were just fed up with the VIII
son administration and wanted
a change" While there were
some elements which were op-
posed to the League, and this in
certain States helped swing
Irish and German groups from
the Democratic Party into the
Republican Party, the basic
tide was one of irritation with
wartime reStrictions-economic
discomfort growing out Of high
prices and other disturbances
produced by wartime conditions.
This writer found the tide
running against the Democratic
Party in State after State and
so reported each day. finally
winding up in the week before
the election with q prediction
that Harding would win by a
comfortable majority. But ac-
tually the Harding victory was
a landslide-the biggest sweep
the Republican Party had
achieved in all its history. In
that election, incidentally. wom-
en- voted for the first time.
Is there q parallel between
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Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

Ad1ai-and either grateful
that Wen keep all Of allies and almost half checks
Only Gen. Ike stands between Adai Stevenson and
the realization Of his fondest nightmares.
It's Senator John Sparkman Of Alabama running
Adai Stevenson Democratic slogan with Steve
South won't leave"
Democrats hail Gov. Stevenson their cultured
literary candidate decades Democrats
dent who throws the bookut admit that it'll be
q fellow who has read
Democrats applaud Stevensons crack that Republicans
"schizophrenia" They thought it
rushed right out to find out what it meant
Democrats Chicago, singing Them Take It
Away" Republicans admit the song honey-and
should be printed every withholding Slip
Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota
entire Democratic without platform speech
couldn't and Hubert
before
persons
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tates to throw out the West
ern capitalists.
King Ibn Saud and his people
are friendly and grateful to the
United States, but they may
be forced by eventual Soviet
threats from Iran to ask us to.
abandon the highly important
air bases which we have con-
structed recently in Saudi Ara
bia. A similar fate may befall
the British at Basra and Ku-
wait. The weak Syrian Repub-
lie and the Iraqi Kingdom
may topple behind the Iron
Curtain without being able to
defend their present independ-
ence.
This is the dark picture OF
the eventuality that Iran may
become a Soviet dependency
through the blunderings of its
own rulers and the short-sighted
policies of the British govern
ment which we have abided.
Such a possibility may prove
far more serious to us than
Korea. There are already dis
cussions under way between
Washington and London over
what steps we may be able to
take Jointly in order to avert
what is described by our mill
tary as a first-class calamity.
There is. of course, no ques-
ton of any physical interven-
ton in that country. But there
Is great necessity to bolster UP
the courage of the free, people
of the Middle East. This can
be done, not by words or finan-
cial assistance. but by a con-
centration of military strength
to counter balance the expected
build-up of the Muscovites in
Iran.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
The Better Man Has Lost Before
Study Of the Cosordng Campaigns and Election Surprise
Shows What Can Happen if the People Are Set Change

1920 and 1852? It Is too early
to answer that, but the analogy
Is worth examining by the CAM
paign managers Of both sides
because II they think the per-
sonality Of the candidate and
the virtues Of one or the other
are going to be controlling, they
have another guess coming. It
is the issues which will count
most and the relationship Of
those issues to the fundamental
thinking Of the electorate.
Do the voters want a
change? Unquestionably they
do. The Democratic National
Convention accepted as sincere
President Truman's desire to
retire and selected Gov. Steven
son. The Democratic stump
speakers will argue this is a
change" So far as PERSONAL
tiles are concerned they are
right, but will Gov. Stevenson
accept the Truman policies 100
per cent? In what respect will he
change men and policies? Will
he clean house at Washington
and get rid Of the parasites Of 20
years?
Gov. Stevenson will be on the
defensive on this sort of attack
which apparently has already
begun from the Eisenhower
Nixon camp. The Republicans
In 1920 conducted a passive
campaign-they had the support
Of the isolationists and the in
ternationalists in their own
ranks despite the sharp cleavage
between the factions. When it
was all over there wasn't much
logic in what the voters did
they chose an inferior mind and
an inferior character for the
presidency and rejected a splen-
didly equipped statesman. But
the people wanted a Change
and they got 1t.
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Evening star., 1952-07-28
Dovid Lowrence:

Now that two good candidates
for the Presidency have been
nominated, the question that
most everybody is asking Is
how the voters will react and
what will be the principal things
influencing their final choice.
All too often in American po-
litical history, unfortunately
even when one candidate Is
plainly superior to the other,
the better man has not been
elected. It Is in the study Of
such campaigns that the answer
must be sought to the 1852 con-
test. For issues sometimes dwarf
the Importance Of the person
ality of the better candidate
and better campaigner.
The most recent case in point
was when James M. Cox. Demo-
crat, ran against Warren Hard
ing. Republican. in 1920. No
body at that time thought for
a moment that Mr.. Harding was
even in the same class with Mr..
Cox so far as qualifications for
the Presidency were concerned.
MIR. Harding had been q rather
colorless Senator while Mr.. Cox
had three times been elected
Governor Of Ohio, a Republican
State.
AS for campaigning, Mr.. Cox
toured the country from coast
to coast and made excellent
speeches and a fine impression
on the voters who heard him.
Mr.. Harding stayed at Marion,
Ohio, and conducted what was
known then as a front porch"
campaign. He made a few
speeches to visiting delegations.
His addresses were full of pom
derous phrases and antiquities.
Mr.. Cox embraced the Wood
row Wilson record and cham
pioned the League Of Nations
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m1SeS q new unity Such as
never was possible when he
was the ever-convenient target.
He is, above all, a man dedi-
Gated to his party, and in this
final chore Of political stage
management, he performed for
1t. unself1shly, perhaps his
greatest service.
To the South, which has so
vilified him. he ordered that
the olive branch be offered, but
in such a way that the Dixie
Gratis were gracefully eased out
so that they hardly realized
what was happening-and man
agement was turned over to the
decent and progressive leader
ship of the South.
Gov. Stevenson. cooperating
closely, recognized the progress
sive forces in the final gesture
to the South. His choice of a
running-mate, Senator John
Sparkman Of Alabama, is a
trustworthy Southern progress
sive who has exemplified his
sturdy qualities In his career
in Congress which began in the
House of Representatives.
In himself, he is a symbol Of
the final victory achieved over
the Dixiecrats at the Chicago
convention.
In 1948 the Dixiecrats seized
control Of the party machinery
In Alabama. They did not even
permit the name Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States to ap-
pear on the ballot. Subsequently
Senators Lister Hill and Spark
man re-won control Of the party
In a long, hard and bitter strug-
gle, extinguished the Dixiecrats,
and exacted a pledge Of party
loyalty that was ratified by the
Supreme Court. That was the
model for the action which the
Chicago convention took in cut
ting the ground from under a
projected new South-wide Dixie
crat movement and in iSolating
and disarming its leader, Gov.
James r. Byrnes of South Caro-
lima.
Two nights before Senator
Sparkman accepted the nomina-
ton for Vice President to
dramatize thereby the rout of
the Dixiecrats. the final sur
render took place In . memor-
able scene on the convention
floor.
Gov. Byrnes. who came tol
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Doris Fleeson:
Sporknnon to Woo Border States
His Choice Shows Party Confidence That Gov Stevenson
Can Garry the Big Industrial Areas of the North

His choice Of Senator John
Sparkman Of Alabama for Vice
President speaks for Gov. Adlai
Stevenson's confidence that he
himself can carry the industrial
States of the North.
The Senator will concentrate
on the border StateS-MisSouri.
Kentucky. Oklahoma, Tennes-
see, West Virginia, Maryland
where his liberalism with a
Southern accent has a strong
appeal. Democrats assume the
South will support one Of its
own.
When they add a fair share
of Western States where their
senatorial candidates are strong
in contrast to the Republican
meat-crisis Senators Of that
area, Democrats break into
broad smiles. To the objective
observer. it at least adds up to
a real challenge to the EiSen-
hover Nixon ticket.
AS Senator Lehman Of New
York quickly and generously
observed. Northern liberals can
complain of nothing in the
Sparkman record except that
he stood with the South on
civil rights. Like his colleague,
Senator Hill, Sparkman has
been a regional captive on that
issue, never an extremist.
Men like Gov. Byrnes, Sen
ator Byrd and the real Dixie
Gratis understand this very well
but they will be hard put to
it to quarrel openly with the
Sparkman nomination. After
all, they had some trouble with
their own candidate for PreSi-
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Thomas L. Stokes:

CHICAGO, July 28.-A Demo-
cratic Party with a fresh new
look" more unified than in
years, finally shaken free Of
Dixiecrat barnacles, is ready to
begin its campaign for another
four years of power.
Party leaders are fully aware Of
the task they face In the new
look" supplied to the Repubn-
can Party chiefly by Gen. EiSen-
hover. The latter was, in fact.
responsible for the earnest and
successful effort the Democrats
made at their convention here to
strengthen their Southern de-
fenses and otherwise streamline
the party's operations.
The Democratic Party changed
its skin In public view in a con-
trast that was clear to all who
watched. President Harry Tru-
man, in one of those fighting
speeches now so familiar and
for so long effective-salty,
down-to-earth, colloquial-de-
livered his political Swan-song
and turned over leadership Of
different sort of party to a diff
ferent sort of figure. Gov. Adlai
Stevenson has gifts Of leader
ship and eloquence Of rare spir-
itual quality which is just what
his party needs as 1t looks for
ward to another era and what
the Nation could well use II it
should come about that he
should go to the White House.
Yet, withal, Adlai Stevenson
is a man of sincere and sound
progressivism, and tough OF
fiber. Because of the circurn-
stances of his nomination, he
has more freedom Of action and
q greater degree Of independ-
ence than a nominee, other than
q President in office, usually en-
joys as he takes the reins Of
party leadership.
President Truman. himself,
recognized the change in front
and pattern Of the party in his
own speech to the convention.
In fact, he had much to do
with it. With his sure political
instinct, he guided this conven-
tion from Washington, deity
playing off its Fair Deal and
Southern extremes against each
other. From what looked cas-
ually, on the surface. as hope
less confusion, he gradually
d. achieved through a series of
carefully considered conproz
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dent, Senator Russell, whose
efforts to prove that he was not
a stooge for them carried him at
Chicago to the unexpected point
Of promising to "supplant" the
Taft-Hartley Act.
It would be interesting to
know whether Gov. Steven
son grasped the fact that
Sparkman's technical ability at
compromise, as shown In the
platform. reflects his actual
temperament.
John Sparkman has innate
ability as a conciliator. He will
work hard and patiently to find
the widest area Of agreement be-
tween factions and then shape it
into a common ground for ac-
ton. A New South Senator Of
course has plenty Of scope for
that talent: both Sparkman and
Hill have developed it into a
fine art.
The platform affords a typical
example of their spirit and
method. In building it Spark
man became two men-a South
erner emotionally. a Northerner
in many practical respects.
His first act was to make a list
Of the words and phrases which
are anathema to the South such
as FEPC. These "hate words"
he determined to omit. Lacking
them for targets, the Southern
extremists who, like the Me-
Carthyites, can operate only in
absolutes, were boxed in. The
Northerners had to dig into the
dictionary at times but they
found all the words they needed
outside the Sparkman list.
ALI this has an attraction Of
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its own. incidentally. to those
who are bone-tired of the
American people being taught
to salivate like Pavlov's dogs
at the mention Of certain words
and names.
The truth is that the restive
Southerners, who are plenty
smart in these matters, saw
what was being done to them
and welcomed the credentials
fight. Senators Sparkman and
Hill and Speaker Rayburn
moved into that one, too, to rob
the extremists of an excuse to
walk out with ruff1es and -four
isheS.
Senators live and work very
close together. It is probably
better that they should like
their presiding officer and
Sparklnan passes that test. His
experience In House and Senate
has taught him the ropes and
the ratholes.
Governor Stevenson does not
take himself seriously but he
takes his work seriously. He
can count on Sparkman to
work as hard as he himself
does.
Four o'clock in the morning
at the Stockyards Inn was a
late, hot hour. Maybe the presi-
dental nominee acted on the
superficial evidence only. But
if his choice of Sparkman actu-
ally reflects an executive talent
for finding the right man for
the right job, It will furnish
Washington with something
sadly missing around here for a
very long time.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Ihomos Z. Stokes:
The Party Shakes the Dixiecrots
Threat of Gen. Eisenhower Brought About the Successful
Democratic Effort to Strengthen Defenses in the South

Chicago to wreak his personal
vengeance on Harry Truman
through a new decisive foray in
the South, stood at bay before
a delegate from Ohio, a pri-
vate In the ranks. who put the
former bright star in the New
Deal-Fair Deal armament. now
a bitter recanter. on the spot.
While the convention listened,
in complete quiet, and while the
whole Nation watched and lis
tened through television, the
delegate wrung from Gov.
Byrnes a statement that the
nominee Of this convention
would have a place on the bal
lot In South Carolina. The
Governor still refused, however,
to answer the persistent in
quisitor's question as to whether
Mr.. Byrnes, himself, would ini-
ClaCe IL, illus giving away the
whole sorry plot.
Gov. Byrnes was the last.
Before him, one Southern
leader after another had stood
before the convention and given
his WORD Of honor" a solemn
bond in the South, that the
names of the conventions
nominees would go on the bal
lot. Thus was wrecked the
scheme to put Gen. Eisenhow-
er's name on the regular DEM
ocratic ballot in the South. He
will have to run as q Republi-
can or on some other sort Of
ticket - that is, unless the
Southern gentlemen go back on
their word Of honor given so
publicly that everybody In the
South now knows Of their
pledges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-06
By Lewis F. Atchison
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 6.-The
void created in the Redskins
backfield by Bullet Bill Dudley's
resignation to accept an assistant
coaching position was glaringly
noticeable today as the coaches
combed the squad for dependable
ace-kickers.
Up until now, no player has
shown sufficiently good form or
the necessary power to supplaht
the Virginian. Few candidates
drive the ball half as far or
nearly as accurately as Dudley,
with his famed rocking chair"
stance. Bill needed no running
start but kicked standing still.
Frank letter., 26O-pound rookie
tackle from the Camp Lejeune
Marines. probably is the outstand-
ing candidate for Dudley's extra
point and field goal chores. but
letter. doesn't pack the power you
might expect from a man his size.
And his accuracy decreases as the
distance to the upright increases.
In addition, letter. is left-footed
and ball-holders accustomed to
working with orthodox hooters
have trouble setting up the ball.
George Thomas, whose two-year
record with the Redskins bellies
his selection as the clubs first
draft choice in 1850, gets more
power behind the ball, but the
Oklahoman has trouble lofting it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-06
HdmbIetonion Stake
Postponed One Day
Because of Rain
BY the Associated Press

GOSHEN, N. Y. Aug. 6.-Rair
today forced postponement of the
9th Hambletonian stake for %
hours. The first heat in the $751;
637 trotting Derby will be held
at 3 pm. tomorrow.
For a time William H. Cane,
president of the Goshen track
hoped to hold the stake today,
despite this mornings showers,
which turned the track into sticky
mud.
. Trucks, trailers, scrapers and
rakes were pressed into duty
around the 1-mile course, loosen
ing the slippery clay in the hope
that the wind would dry it out.
Meanwhile, the Duke of Lull-
water, owned by Walter T. Gambler
of Decatur, Ga, remained the
to l favorite in the field of II
three-year -olds. Hit Song. owned
by E. ROLAND Hartman and E
T. Gerry of New York and L. B
Sheppard of Hanover, Pa, was the
second choice at to /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-06
WoIcott's Manager Knocks Out
New York as Site of Title Bout

duce that kind of money" the
fiery little manager said. Maybe
it would do a little better in New
York but Joe and I are willing
to sacrifice a few extra dollars
from our cut if it means the diff
ference between my being able to
manage him or not"
In his statement Bocchicchio
said:
Jersey Joe Walcott will not de-
fend the world heavyweight cham
pionship in any city or State where
I do not hold a license to manage
him.
II have never applied for a
managers license to Robert K
Christenberry since he became
chairman of the New York State
Athletic Commission and do not
intend to file an application in
the future"
Christenberry recently wrote a
magazine article in which he men,
toned Bocchicchio, among a num-
Der of other fight managers, and
stated his policy in New York
State would be to drive the rack
eteers" out of the boxing game.