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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Membership and Loyalty

The ruling of the United States Court of
Appeals in the Butcher case will necessitate
revision of loyalty regulations but there is no
reason to believe that the loyalty program will be
hampered by the change. The court found no
fault with basic executive orders governing the
program but it did find fault with the way in
which the orders we're administered in the case of
a war veteran, James ]. Butcher. The courts
decision makes it mandatory that loyalty boards
take note of the executive warning that mere
membership in an allegedly subversive organiza-
ton Is insufficient evidence of disloyalty-that it
is but one factor to be considered in q loyalty
case
Mr.. Butcher was dismissed because he ad-
mitted membership in the Socialist Workers
Party one of half a dozen organizations on
special blacklist prepared by the Department of
Justice Although the President had said when
the listing of subversive groups was begun, that
membership in an organization is simply one
piece Of evidence which may or may not be
helpful in arriving at a conclusion" loyalty
program officials had informed loyalty boards
that membership in any OF the designated
worst" groups was, of itself, good cause for
dismissal. Mr. Butcher was fired by the Veterans
Administration under this rule-no other evil
dence having been considered by the administra-
tor. 1t was this sole reliance on organizational
membership that caused the appellate court to
return the case to the VA for determination of
"the ultimate issue to whether, on all the
evidence reasonable grounds exist for belief that
Butcher is disloyal"
Hiram Bingham chairman of the Loyalty
Review Board has stated that the loyalty rules
will have to be revised, insofar mandatory
dismissal for membership in specified worst"
organizations is concerned. The question arises
as to how far this revision should go-should
membership in the Communist Party itself con-
tinue to be sufficient ground for dismissal? The
appellate judges threw light on this problem
when they said: I'VE do not mean to suggest that
membership and activities connected with a
designated organization may not in the circun-
stances of case, Justify disbelief in the loyalty
of an employee Obviously, such evidence might
fairly support that conclusion and so require an
employees removal"
It may be inferred from this language that
active membership in the Communist Party,
without additional evidence of dsloyalty, is
enough to warrant dismissal If the present
executive order restricting use of the Attorney
Generals blacklist prevents the firing of party
member on evidence of membership alone, it
should be amended promptly to plug the loophole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Eoypt Seeks Political Maturity

Speculation on possible split in the Egyp-
tan government has now arisen over the dis
missal of Colonel Mehanna from the Regency
Council and his directed retirement from the
army. That there were differences between
Mehanna and the Prime Minister, General Naguib,
is clear from the latters announcement that the
action was taken because of the colonels official
conduct That an officer of Mehanna's influence
might, in association with other career officers
who have been removed, cause Naguib further
trouble is equally clear.
At the same time there has been considerable
evidence that Naguib knows exactly how ne
wishes to shape the new political structure OF his
country and that he has solid grounds for evaluat-
ing highly his powers to do this. He has thus
far moved with f1rmness but with moderation.
Most of the individuals who have been removed
from the military and political picture have been
placed on retired status, with pensions where
they are entitled to them. Those taken into
custody are, in fact, held under circumstances
more akin to being confined to officers b1llets
than to hsing in JAIL
The device of the regency itself is sign of
Naguib's policy of relatively gradual trans
formation in the countrys political system. It
is extremely unlikely that the baby king, whom
the regency of one man now represents ever will
take the throne. It is more likely, and 1t is so
hoped by most responsible Egyptians, that the
present absolute rule of Naguib and his army
associates will be transformed in time to demo-
cratic political system-much as it happened IN
Turkey.
Egypt and several of the other Near Eastern
countries are attempting today to hasten
political maturity that took many years In the
West Many factors foremost of which is the
requirement of developing public appreciation
of political responsibility prevent the creation OF
this maturity overnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Accounting for Charity

At this time Of year it would be well
for the societies soliciting huge sums Of
money for charity to make a report to
the public. Their books should be audited
and an accounting of every cent made
available to the general public.
There are many stories going about
of how the funds are mishandled, Of
the too-high salaries being paid to en-
ployes and officials of these organiza-
tions; if these stories are false, they
should be proved so. With so much
crookedness and dishonesty in high
places, with all the talk of graft and
corruption, it is no wonder that people
are skeptical. If the people were sure
their money was used for the purposes
intended, they would all give more gen.
erously. People as whole are very
kindhearted. but they do not like to
be played for suckers.
Times are good now; there is plenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
NV Honest Convictions

Senator Harry F. ByrdS announcement OF
what he called my honest convictions" is not
clear-cut Endorsement of General Eisenhower
It is quite clear, however, that the Virginia
Senator has advised his followers to reject the
Stevenson Sparkman ticket
There is an element of ambiguity In the
speech, but it is ambiguous only with respect
to the Senator's personal intentions. He did not
say how he will vote. But if words mean any
thing, his purpose was to urge VirginianS not
to vote for Governor Stevenson, and therefore,
by necessary implication, to vote for General
Eisenhower.
Senator Byrd stated his case with force ard
clarity He Is against "TrumaniSm" and all its
works He was overwhelmingly elected in the
primary last July and his position then was that
he squarely opposed the legislative program that
is customarily Jumped under the label OF THU
manisn." Having been elected on the basis OF
that stand, Senator Byrd has no intention OF
retreating from it now.
He sees no evidence that Governor Stevenson,
if elected, would follow course independent OF
"Trumanism" In August, the Senator says, MIR.
Truman stated: II am the key and my program
is the Democratic program" Again according
to Senator Byrd: Governor Stevenson has not
repudiated the Truman statement"
From that conclusion the Senator moves to
this final position: II will not, and cannot, in
good conscience, indorse the national Democratic
platform or the Stevenson-Sp arkman ticket.
Endorsement means to recommend and this
cannot do"
There remains the question: question
which will be holly debated in Virginia-as to
the real motivation behind Senator Byrd's stand.
It will be said that his statement was inspired
by personal bitterness-that hatred OF the Tru-
man administration was the driving force behind
his refusal to indorse the Democratic ticket.
This newspaper does not share that view. 1t
could not have been an easy thing for Senator
Byrd to break with the Virginia Democratic ira
dition and to stand apart from those of his
lifelong friends and associates in the Byrd
organization who have taken an opposite course.
Furthermore, it was a hazardous thing for HIM
to do if he expects to remain powerful, II not
dominant, force in Virginia Democratic
policies The Star believes that the real motiva-
ton is to be found in this sentence from the
Senator's address: "Out of the depth of my
heart I have spoken my honest convictions to
my friends in Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19

the feeble go to the wall; only the
mightieSt and most muscular survive to
produce another generation. But where
Christ's law holds sway all that is
changed. OF course, that law does not
mean that the causes Of human misery
are not to be studied and remedied. The
burdens OF the Slums are largely elini-
mated by the clearance of the slulnS.
But it also means that the victims of
our imperfect system must find the
strong bending over them in their want
and woe; the sick must be given the
ministry of hospitals and doctors; those
who are trodden down in the fierce
law provides that the weakness of each
is to be taken into the blood of the race,
the frallty of each becomes part Of the
common heritage.
When Booker r. Washington, later of
Tuskegee, arrived for the first time in
Boston, he was just a friendless, I'M
known Negro youth. He started up the
street carrying his heavy suitcase. But
he had not gone far before he felt an
arm slipped through his and, looking
up, saw tall man by his side who said:
Cant help you carry your load?" The
tall stranger was Edward Everett Hale,
once chaplain of the Senate. In that
offer to help carry another's load was
the spirit Of the Community Chest. 1t is
what colors the feather, sign Of the
sacrament Of oneness, with the crimson
of suffering and Of sacrificial giving.
Our reason for sending billions like a
golden stream of mercy to shattered
peoples whose liberties are in peril is
based, we proudly boast, on the dignity
of the individual man. We fling that
invincible faith In the face of ruthless,
regimented tyranny. But let US re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate

member that the SacredneSS Of per-
sonality is the most disturbing faith a
man can hold, and that, like charity, 1t
begins at home.
The Community Chest is a Marshall
Plan for the needs of our own city.
What hypocrisy it would be to defend
such doctrine abroad and then look
with passive acquieScence on its denial
at home! There is heart-breaking hui
man need among the sons of our COM
mon Father in this very city upon which
are the yearning eyes of the world in
these desperate days. Many there are
in comfortable homes who turn the dial
and listen to the needs of Asia and
Europe and Africa. oblivious to the fact
that right before their eyes
"There is Asia on the Avenue
And Europe on the street,
And Africa goes plodding By
Beneath our 1UindoD seat"
That means that wherever there cross
the crowded ways, among the teeming
multitudes of any great city, there is a
world of aching need that should stab
our spirits awake.
20 shame on those 1Uho rest content,
While lust and greed for gain
In street and shop and tenement
Wiring gold from human pain."
Any denial of brotherhood places a
time bomb under all that seems fair
and fine. Brotherhood is not just a
lovely doctrine; it has teeth and claws.
No harm or hurt can fall upon any
which does not, in the end, affect all.
Thomas Carlyle tells of an Irish widow
in Edinburgh, who, with three needy
children, in vain sought help from the
city fathers. She fell i'll of typhus and
died after injecting II others. Grimly
Carlyle comments: "She walled to them.
I am your sister. One God made us. I
am sinking. You must help me!' They
answer: No, impossible. Thou art no
sister of ours" But she proved her Sis
terhood. Her typhus killed them. And
so. actually. they were her brothers,
though they denied it. We are members
one Of another.
All that the Community Chest stands
for is wrought deeply into the texture
of human life. The essence of its ire
sistible appeal is that strength anywhere
must be put at the disposal of weakness
everywhere. We dare not do anything
else, with anybody else, unless we are
to injure. If not destroy, our own
precious, delightful selves of which We
think so much.
To show the white feather now is
sign Of surrender to our ignoble, grasp
ing selves. The badge of distinguished
service in the crusade to alleviate hui
man want and woe is the Red Feather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Wonton and UniustifiobIe'

Our Government has used suitably strong
language in its note of protest against the
murderouS Soviet attack on october Z, on an
American B-29 bomber flying over Japanese
waters. The substance Of the note Is that the
Kremlin has grossly lied about the incident and
that the United States demands prompt and
appropriate satisfaction.
According to Moscow's version, as set forth
in a protest to our Embassy, the B-29 violated
Soviet territory in the of Yuri Island opened
fire on two Soviet fighter planes, and then went
off in the direction of the sea- after the fighters
had returned its fire. But our American version
is quite different. Rejecting the Kremlins ex-
PLANTATION as calculated Misrepresentation of
the facts" our note makes the following points,
among Others % The B-29, carrying no bombs
and with its guns imperative, was not equipped
for combat of any kind and 60 it was not guilty
of territorial violation, but was intercepted-as
shown by conclusive evidence-while on peace
full routine flight about six miles from the Japa-
nese island of Hokkaido and 80 miles from Yuri,
which incidentally is not part of Russia but part
Of Japan.
On the basis of these findings our note fatty
accuses the Kremn of seeking, mot for the first
time, to evade responsibility for wanton and
unjustifable attack" on an undefended American
plane Further, demanding compensation for
the loss of the aircraft and for any crew members
VINO may nave perlSIeQ, dIlU OcudAulllS dlSO 1u1A
information on possible survivors who may have
been picked up in search believed to have been
conducted by a Russian patrol boat, the note
includes this solemn and presumably meaningful
admonition: That the Soviet government seri-
ously consider "the grave consequences which
can flow from its reckless practice, If persisted in,
of attacking without provocation the aircraft OF
other states"
This reckless practice" is not new. Ameri-
can planes have been similarly shot down in the
past. and so have those of other free nations,
including two Swedish aircraft over the Baltic
last June In the circumstances, since the salts
faction demanded in our latest note probably
will not be forthcoming, the question to be asked
is just what our country intends to do or ought
to do should there be retaliation in kind, fer
example?) to convince the Kremlin that we
really mean business when we warn OF the
possibility of grave consequences"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
The Prisoner Escapes

General Eisenhowers address at the Alfred E.
Smith Memorial dinner is going to cause trouble
for those who have been saying that the Repub-
lcan candidate is the helpless prisoner Of the
isoationst wing of his party. For the memorial
address was population of isolationism and all
of its doctrines.
The Republican candidate was discussing
Stains recent 25000-word pronouncement and
the subsequent meeting of the Congress OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Letters to The Star

Of employment, and I. for one wonder
why demands are greater for, these
charities: why 1t is necessary to raise
their quotas. j. A.
Editors note: United Community
Services has its books audited an
nually by certified public accountants
and the audit Is made available to
press and public at the U. c. S. annual
meeting in May and again at the
Community Chest Federation meet
ing in June.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Another Lincoln?

Once again the people Of the United
States have been called to greatness.
Whether they will rise to heed the clar-
ion call of Adlai Stevenson from Salt
Lake City will be decided on November
4. Americans have clear choice between
a Lincolnesque figure who would lead
them along the hard, but glorious road
Of world leadership, and great military
leader, driven by political desperation
to wild promises of an easy ride to
where? No one can tell. It is not even
certain whether the driver would be
Senator Taft or Gen. Eisenhower.
This campaign has come to resemble
that of 1864, with reversal of party
labels. In the midst of the Civil War,
Lincoln symbolized the difficult, frus-
trating, sacrif1cial road to ultimate vic
tory. A former general, George McClel-
Ian. promised trip along the easy, en-
ticing path of political expediency. In
1864 America chose greatness. May we
have the courage and vision to do so in
1852! Frank N. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19
Town Crier

Hear ye! Our prodigal President has
forsaken the duties of his Office to roam
around on rails in his SANDER special,
and is using his own personality to
demonstrate the characteristics of that
long cared symbol of his party. Dignity
Is dead. Pray We for it's resurrection on
November 4th. G. O. P. means elixir
of life" wilkins M. Trick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-19

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Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
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Evening star., 1952-12-01

Playwright Robert E. like it to be hafhour deal with
Sherwood the first live
to add the weigh of his nnta. ne ON linn"
Evening star., 1952-12-01
On the Air
On the Air
Sherwood Says TV Needs
Writers Like Sherwood
By Harry Macarthur


1t is Playwright Robert E.
Sherwood who comes along now
to add the weight of his reputa-
tion to a warning several of tele-
visions critics have been sound
ing. 1t is Sherwood's contention
that television's salvation lies in
hiring top-notch writer's, accord
ing to Abel Green. writing in the
journal he edits, Variety.
1T might have been a different
story in Hollywood. too, If they,
in the early 1920s. did more about
engaging expert writer's directly
for the medium" Mr.. Green
quotes Mr.. Sherwood. by the
same token. TV is doing all right,
too, but possibly the idea of en-
gaging potent playwrights to
script directly for the medium may
be the insurance TV needs to
circumvent any parallel debacle
such as Hollywood experienced"
Mr.. Sherwood is not innocent
Of television's problems. He stated
his views frankly to RCA Presi-
dent Frank M. Folsom several
months ago, according to Mr..
Green.
There's no use talking to people
like you or General Sarnof or
Bill Paley or Frank Stanton" I"
Sherwood is reported to have told
Folsom. because between you. as
heads Of the major networks.
there is a vast no-man's land of
agencies. sponsors and packagers.
This initiates against any and
all creative writing for television.
Apparently you people can't do
a thing about it. because you are
at the economic mercy of these
sponsors"
This must have sounded to Fol-
som like a dare if he ever heard
one. He said he'd see about that.
In due course there emerged the
contract. committing Sherwood to
the writing of nine original plays
for NBC-TV.
While Sherwood's contract is
unique in the freedom it gives
the author, it might be noted that
he is not the only playwright of
stature to whom television has
turned. The TV-Radio Work
shop Of the Ford Foundation al
ready has presented on Omnibus. 1"
over CBS-TV. plays written espe-
cially for the program by Maxwell
Anderson and william Saroyan.
And Clan Carlo Menotti's
highly popular opera. "Amahl and
the Night Visitors" exists be-
cause NBC-TV asked him to write
an original work for its opera
series.
MAKING FRIENDS - Danny
Thomas. according to this same
= front page of Variety (some Of us
couldn't get along without it,. let
fly at television recently out Of
Detroit. Among other things, he
is reported to have said, "Tele-
vision is for idiots. I don't like it.
It's a medicine show. 1t has
lowered the standards of the en-
tertainment business considerably.
Through it people go shopping by
a twist of the dial. The youth OF
today are growing up without
knowing what real entertainment
is. Within few years people will
come screaming out of their houses
to get away from that box"
After all of that, according to
the dispatch from Detroit. he had
this to say: when and if I ever
do my own television show I'd