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Evening star., 1952-10-05
Seismogroph Set Up
In Commerce Lobby

A seismograph recorder has
been installed in the lobby of the
Commerce Department Building,
Fourteenth and E streets NV, to
record for visitors the daily trem-
ors Of the earth, however remote
they may be.
The earthquake machine,
which traces the wave of tremors
and their degrees Of violence upon
"a slowly turning paper-covered
cylinder, has just been installed
in sheltered nook.
Rear Admiral r. r. A. Studds
had it installed for the Coast and
Geodetic Survey Of which he Is
director. The Survey is the ofii-
cial Government agency for
observation and study.
Evening star., 1952-10-05
Insurance Man Named
6. W. u. Business MANAGE

J. Clifford Cosgrove of Falls
Church has been appointed bust.
ness manager Of George Washing.
ton University.
He succeeds Donald D. Blanch.
ard. who resigned recently.
Mr.. Cosgrove was employed by
the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
in New York City before his ap-
pointment. He Is a native OF
Locust, N. j., and q graduate OF
Dartmouth College.
He served with the 32d Infan-
try Division in World War II in
the Pacific area. He was awarded
the Silver Star. Bronze Star and
Purple Heart Medals.
Evening star., 1952-10-05
Rector Of Gu Nomed

The Most Rev. P. j. Mccormick,
rector Of Catholic University, has
been elected first vice president
OF the international Federation of
Catholic Universities. His term
will run three years.
Evening star., 1952-10-05

Electrical Group to Meet
The Electrical Contractors As
sociation will meet at 8 pm. Tues
day at Haer1nger's Restaurant.
@728 Fourteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1952-10-25

for the sake Of all people. But
we have brought the boys home
too soon before and the price of
that mistake is high. But to leave
the South Koreans to fight alone
or to surrender to the inhumar
demands of the Communist ag-
gresSorS would be to betray both
the heroism of those who have
nobly died and the hopes of the
living for a free and peaceful
world. ;"
Lehman, Cashmere Go Along.
Throughout the day Senator
Lehman and Senatorial Candidate
John Cashmere of Brooklyn were
prominent on the platform next
to the Governor. Mr.. Cashmere
is running an unpromising race
against New York's Republican
Senator Ives. Senator Lehman
who is not up for reelection, die
the introductionS at each stop
invariably likening Gov. Stevenson
to Presidents Lincoln, Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson and
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
After one particularly flowery
buildup, Gov. Stevenson suggested
that perhaps he should be a can
didate for a coronation instead OF
an election.
But I don't suppose q little
flattery hurts" he added. "as long
as you don't inhale."
Evening star., 1952-10-25
COP. Aide Criticizes
S125,OOO Korean Plan

Harry w. Colmery, director of
the veterans division of the Re-
publican National Committee. said
yesterday he regarded as "sus-
picious and dangerous" a SIZE, 900
contract to draft a plan for the
postwar reconstruction of Korea.
Mr.. Colmery. a past commander
OF the American Legion, said the
contract was granted by the
United Nations Korean Recon-
struction Agency to a firm headed
by Robert r. Nathan, chairman
of the Executive Committee of
Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton (ADA).
An offer of the Rockefeller Foun-
datlon to do the job for nothing
was turned down, Mr.. Colmery
said in statement issued by the
Republican National Committee.
He added that the Korean EN-
bassy was not consulted about
the project, which he said would
cost the United States 500, 900.
apparently Korea is to be re-
constructed along the left-wing
lines advocated by the ADA wheth-
er any one else likes this or not"
Mr.. Colmery said.
The ADA is supporting the Ste
venson-Sparkman ticket in the
presidential election. Last Sum
day ADA issued a statement dis
owning such labels as "left-wing"
or "pro-Communist," which it
said have been pinned on it dur
ing the political campaign.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Position on Formoso,
Defense Perimeter'

Then. suddenly, came speech
a high Government official at
long last speaking out on Asia.
1t was now January of 1850.
What did he say? He said, "The
United States Government will
not provide military aid or adj
vice to Chinese forces on For
mosa."
Then. one week later, the Sec
retary Of State announced his
famous defense perimeter'-
publicly advising our enemies
that. so far as nations outside
this perimeter were concerned,
mo person can guarantee these
areas against military attack"
Under these circumstances, it
was cold comfort to the nations
outside this perimeter to be re-
minded that they could appeal
to the United Nations.
These nations, of course, in
cluded Korea. The armies of
communism, thus informed, be-
gan thier big build-up. Six
months later they were ready to
strike across the 38th Parallel.
They struck on June Is, 1850.
On that day. the record Of
political and diplomatic failure
of this administration was COM
pleted and sealed.
The responsibility for this
record cannot be lodged or
evaded. Even If not single
Republican leader had warned
so clearly against the coming
disaster. the responsibility for
the fateful political decisions
would still rest wholly with the
men charged with making those
decisions-in the Department of
State and in the White House.
They cannot escape that re-
sponsibility now or ever.
When the enemy struck, on
that June day Of 1850, what did
America do? 1t did what it al
ways has done in all its times
OF peril. 1t appealed to the
heroism of its youth.
This appeal was utterly right
and utterly inescapable. It was
inescapable not only because
this was the only way to defend
the idea of collective freedom
against savage aggression. That
appeal was inescapable because
there was now in the plight into
which we had stumbled no other
way to save honor and self
respect.
The answer to that appeal
has been what any American
knew it would be. It has been
sheer valor-valor on all the
Korean mountainsides that,
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Reserves Plan Fails,
Eisenhower Maintains
BY the Assoeiuted Press

Gen. Eisenhower says the Tru-
man administrations military re-
serve training program is a fail
ure and conditions will get worse
unless the situation is changed at
once.
The Republican presidential
nominee, in a statement issued
yesterday by the Republican Ma
tional Committee. said if elected
he would set up a sound program.
Gen. Eisenhower said unless
something is done soon, "the pres
ent apathy Of the reserves will
continue and there will be
IA great reduction in the number
Of reserves through a failure to
renew commissions. most Of which
will expire in April, 1883"
He said the present program has
failed to Cd provide reserve
training programs of sufficient
practically, realism and dignity
to attract and hold the interest
of the high qualified reserves per-
sonnet" and (2) clarity the
status Of those participating" in
the program.
There has been a failure to as
sure them that recall to duty
would be based on real needs Of
the armed forces, on individual
circumstances and the like, rather
than simply indiscriminate and
arbitrary recall" Gen. Eisenhower
said.
Evening star., 1952-10-25

essary to give security to Ko-
rea at this stage of the game
is the presence of a small Amer
lean force and the knowledge
(on the Soviet side) that at
tack upon it would bring trouble
with us. I am convinced" Rep
resentative Judd continued.
that if we keep even a battal-
ion there. they are not going to
move. And If the battalion is
not there"-listening now to
his warning-"the chances are
they will move within a year."
What a tragedy that the ad-
ministration shrugged of that
so accurate warning!
Third: The Secretary of State
was asked if he agreed that the
South Koreans alone-and I
quote-"will be able to defend
themselves against any attack
from the northern half Of the
country" To this the Secretary
answered briskly: 1--WE share the
same view. Yes, sir"
Rarely in congressional testi-
mony has so much misinforma-
tion been compressed so efflci-
emily into so few words.
Fourth: Republican Congress-
man Lodge had an incisive COM
ment on all this. THAT" he
said. 'is wishful thinking {.
I am afraid it confesses a kind
OF fundamental iSolationism
that exists in certain branches
OF the Government, which I
think is a very dangerous pat
tern. I think the presence of
our troops there is a tremendous
deterrent to the Russians"
Finally: This remarkable
scene of the summer of 1949
ends with a memorable docu-
ment. The minority report of
five Republican members of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee on July 26, 1949 submitted
this solemn warning.
Listen to it.
1t is reliably reported that
Soviet troops, attached to the
North Korean puppet armies,
are in position of command as
well as acting as advisors. .
This development may well
presage the launching of a full
scale military drive across the
38th Parallel.
Our forces have been
withdrawn from South Korea at
the very instant when logic and
common sense both demanded
no retreat from the realities of
the situation"
The report continues: "Al-
ready along the 38th Parallel
aggression is speaking with the
too-familiar voices of howitzers
and cannons. Our position is
untenable and indefensible.
"The House should be aware
of these facts"
These words of eloquent rea-
soned warning were spoken II
months before the Korean war
broke.
Behind these words was a fer
vent. desperate appeal. That
appeal was addressed to the ad-
ministration. 1t begged at least
some firm statement of Ameri-
can intention that might deter
the foreSeen attack.
What was the administration
answer to that appeal?
The first answer was silence
stubborn, sullen silence for six
months.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Carried Heavy Burden
OF Decision in War

I know something of this
totalitarian mind. Through the
years of World War II, I carried
a heavy burden of decision in
the free worlds crusade against
the tyranny then threatening
fus all. Month after month, Year
after year, had to search out
and to weigh the strengths and
weaknesses of an enemy driven
by the lust to rule the great
globe itself.
World War II should have
taught us all one lesson. The
lesson is this: To vacillate, to
hesitate-to appease even by
merely betraying unsteady pur-
pose-is to feed a dictator's ap-
petite for conquest and to invite
war itself.
That leSSon-which should
have firmly guided every great
decision of our leadership
through these later years-was
ignored in the development of
the administrations policies for
Asia since the end of World
War II. Because it was ignored.
the record of these policies is a
record of appalling failure.
That record of failure dates
back-with red-letter folly-at
least to September of 1947. It
was then that Gen. Albert
Wedemeyer-returned from a
presidential mission to the Far
East-submitted to the President
this warning: "The withdrawal
OF American military forces from
Korea would result in the
occupation of South Korea by
either Soviet troops or, as seems
more likely, by the Korean mill
tary units trained under Soviet
auspices in North Korea"
That warning and his entire
report were diSregarded end sup
pressed by the administration.
The terrible record of these
years reaches it's dramatic cli-
max in a series of unforgettable
scenes on Capitol Hill in June
Of 1949. BY then the decision
to complete withdrawal of
American forces from Korea
despite menacing signs from the
North-had been drawn up by
the Department of State. The
decision included the intention
to ask Congress for aid to Korea
to compensate for the with
drawal of American forces.
This brought questions from
Congress. The administration
parade of civilian and military
witnesses before the House For
eign Affairs Committee was
headed by the Secretary of
State. He and his aides faced
a group of Republican Con-
gressmen both skeptical and
fearful.
What followed was historic
and decisive.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Sparkman 10 Resume
Campaign Monday
In California Tour
BY the Associoted Press

Senator Sparkman, the Demo-
cratic vice presidential candidate,
leaves tomorrow for California to
resume his campaigning which
was interrupted by an attack of
laryngitis.
Senator Sparkman left the Be-
thesda Naval Hospital yesterday
he had been receiving treatment
there for three days-apparently
rested and fully recovered from
the illness which caused him to
lose his voice temporarily.
He told reporters he has a
packed schedule that would carry
him through election day. His
first appearance will be in Bakers
field, Calf, Monday.
Senator Sparkman said he did
not know yet what he would talk
about in Bakersfield, Fresno and
other central California points,
but added: III probably cover
the field"
The Senator said he believes the
campaign is proceeding satisfac-
torily" and expressed confidence
in a Democratic victory Novem-
ber 4.
Senator Sparkman, first major
candidate to be sidelined by sick
ness during the campaign, said he
had followed "strict orders" given
him by Navy doctors to aid his
voice. He said his voice had been
given full clearance" before he
was released.
He had to cancel 10 speeches in
the South and Southwest when he
went to the hospital Tuesday.
Senator Long of Louisiana pinch
hit for him in some areas,
Evening star., 1952-10-25
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Oct 25.-Follo,p-
ing is the prepared tert of Gen.
EiSenhower's address here last
night:
In this anxious autumn for
America, one fact looms above
all others in our peoples mind.
One tragedy challenges all men
dedicated to the work of peace.
One word shouts denial to
those who foolishly pretend that
ours is not a nation at war.
This fact, this tragedy, this
word is: Korea.
A small country-Korea has
been, for more than two years.
the battle-ground for the cost
liest foreign war our Nation has
fought, excepting the two world
wars. It has been the burial
ground for 10000 American
dead. It has been another his
toric field of honor for the valor
and skill and tenacity of Amer
ican soldiers.
All these things it has been
and yet one thing more. 1t
has been a SYMBOL telling
symbol-of the foreign policy
Of our Nation.
It has been a sigma warn
ing Sign-of the way the ad-
ministration has conducted our
world affairs.
It has been a measure-a
damning measure-of the quail
ity of leadership we have been
given.
Tonight I am going to talk
about our foreign policy and of
its supreme symbol-the Ko-
rean war. I am not going to
give you elaborate generaliza-
tions-but hard, tough facts. I
am going to state the unvar-
nished truth.
What, then, are the plain
facts?
The biggest fact about the
Korean war is this: 1t was
never inevitable. it was never
ineScapable. No fantastic fiat
of history decreed that little
South Korea-in the summer
of 1950-would fatally tempt
Communist aggressors as their
easiest victim. No demonic des-
tiny decreed that America had
to be bled this way in order
to keep South Korea free and
to keep freedom itself self
respecting.
We are not mute prisoners
Of history. That is a doctrine
for totalitarians, it Is no creed
for free men.
There is a Korean war-and
we are fighting it-for the
simplest of reasons: Because free
leadership failed to check and
to turn back Communist am
bition before it savagely at
tackled us. The Korean war
more perhaps than any other
war IN history - simply and
swiftly followed the collapse of
our political defenses. There
is no other reason than this:
We failed to read and to outwit
the totalitarian mind.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Stevenson Wogers
Pouring In, Briton
Puts Lid on Bets
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Oct. 25.-A leading
British bet-taker today placed q
100-pound ($28O limit on bets on
the American presidential election
after a rush Of wagers on Adlai
Stevenson"
Douglas Stuart. Ltd, said heavy
betting on Gov. Stevenson in the
last two days had made the odds
the same for both candidates
4 to S. take your pick.
Before yesterday, q company
spokesman said, Gen. Eisenhower
was 4 to 5 favorite. He said the
next 48 hours might bring another
change in the odds.
The spokesman would not give
the total amount of money bet on
Gov. Stevenson in the last two
days but said it ran into thou
sands of pounds"
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Congressional Testimony
On Korea Is Recalled

I beg you to listen carefully
to the words that followed. for
they shaped this Nations course
from that date to this.
Listen, then:
First: Republican Congress-
man John Lodge of Connecti-
cut asked "Do) you feel that
the Korean government is able
to flll the vacuum caused by
the withdrawal of the occupa-
ton forces?"
The administration answered:
Definitely"
Second: A very different es-
innate Of the risk involved came
from Republican Congressman
Walter Judd Of Minnesota. He
warned: 81 think the thing nee
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Shots Injure Suspect
In S248,000 Robbery
OF Cubans in Texas
BY the Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 23.-A
suspect in the $248,0 900 robbery of
two Cuban counter-revolutionists
at Fort Worth, Tex, earlier this
month, was seriously wounded
shortly before midnight last night
by an unidentified assailant.
Orville Lindsay Chambless, cur
rently free on $4,000 bond on a
Federal charge Of transporting
stolen money across State lines,
was injured in his home when q
double -barreled shotgun was poked
through a window and fired. He
was taken to a city hospital in
serious condition.
Shell Waddings Found.
Deputy Sheriffs Frank Lynch
and Larkin Lamb said they found
the wadding from two 12-gauge
shotgun shells on the front porch
OF the Chambless home.
Earlier this month, at Fort
Worth. two Cubans, Manuel Fer
nandez Madareago and Dandido
de Ia Cortez, claimed they were
robbed Of $248, 900 by a man carry
ing a sub-machine gun. They
said the bandit entered their
swank cabana shortly after mid
night October 3.
The Cubans. who said they came
to the United States from Mexico.
claimed they were negotiating for
the purchase of munitions to be
used to overthrow the present
Cuban government.
Surrendered to FBI,
Chambless surrendered to the
FBI at Oklahoma City and was
released on bond when officers
refused to call the two Cubans
to testify against him.
Chambless refused to discuss the
shooting except to say it was q
"big international deal and it
makes me mad that they would
try something like that when my
children were around"
A 24-hour guard was placed
around his hospital room by Sher-
iff Bob Turner.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Baltimore Transit Service
To Be Studied by PSC
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 25.-The
Public Service Commission yester-
day launched an investigation OF
the Baltimore Transit Co. with
particular attention to loading
frequency of service and mainte-
nance of schedules.
No date was set for the begin
ming of hearings, brought on by a
growing volume of public protest,
The PSC currently has before it
request from the transit firm to
rehear its case for higher fares. No
date has been set for those hear
lngS. either, the commission taking
the position that insufficient time
has elapsed since a 2-cent increase
was put into effect last July.
The present fare within the city
is II cents.
Evening star., 1952-10-25
Stevenson Telegram
.Lauds McCarran Foe
BY the Assoeioted Press

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 25.-Gov.
Stevenson slapped at Senator Nc
Carran. Nevada Democrat, last
night by saying "all good Dem
ocrats" are roofing for election
OF an anti-McCarranite.
Gov. Stevenson sent to Thomas
IB. Mechling-Nevada's Demo-
cratic nominee for the Senate in
the race against G. o. P. Senator
George Malone-the following tel
egram:
Congratulations on your fine
clean campaign. You have been
fighting against great odds, but
all good Democrats are roofing
for you. AS I told you in Sacra-
mento last week, I am hoping ear
nestly for your election. Best
wishes"
Senator McCarran Thursday
night pleaded for reelection of
Senator Malone.
At the same time, Senator Nc
|Carran raped MIR. Mechling, for
mer Washington newspaperman.
Jas enthusiastically, untruthful
and unfit"
Mr.. Mechling defeated Senator
McCarran's choice for the Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination in
the Nevada primary September 4.
Mr.. Mechling said recently in
a campaign speech that Senator
McCarran already was secretly
backing Senator Malone because
Mr.. Mechling, as he put it, had
refused to become Senator Nc.
Carran's "mouthpiece." Senator
McCarran termed that a false
hood"
Gov. Stevenson's telegram to
MIR. Mechling was made public
early today by the Governors
travelling headquarters.
Evening star., 1952-10-25

each day, bear fresh scars OF
new graves.
Now-in this anxious autumn
from these heroic men there
comes back an answering ap-
peal. It is no whine, no whim-
pering plea. It is a question
that addresses itself to simple
reason. It asks: Where do we
60 from here? When comes
the end? Is there an end?
These questions touch all of
US. They demand truthful an
Swers. Neither glib promises
nor glib excuses will serve. They
would be no better than the
glib prophecies that brought us
to this pass.
To these questions, there are
two false answers-both equally
false. The first would be any an
swer that dishonesty pledged
an end to war in Korea by any
imminent, exact date. Such a
pledge would brand it's speaker
as a deceiver.
The second and equally false
answer declares that nothing
can be done to speed a secure
peace. It dares to tell us that we,
the strongest nation in the his
tory Of freedom, can only wait
and wait-and wait. Such a
statement brands it's speaker as
q defeatist.
My answer-cancid and COM
plete-iS this:
The first task Of a new ad-
ministration will be to review
and re-examine every course of
action open to us with one goal
in view: To bring the Korean
war to an early and honorable
end. That is my pledge to the
American people.
For this task a wholly new ad-
ministration is necessary. The
reason for this is simple. The old
administration cannot be ex-
pected to repair what it failed
to prevent.
Where will a new administra-
ton begin?
It will begin with its President
taking a simple, firm resolution.
That resolution will be: To
forego the diversions Of politics
and TO concentrate on the Job
of ending the Korean war
until that job is honorably done.
Evening star., 1952-10-25

most solemn trial. It is the
time when-to the bewilderment
of all tyrants-the people sit in
judgement upon the leaders. It
is the time when these leaders
are summoned before the bar of
public decision. There they
must give evidence both to JUS
tify their actions and explain
their intentions. e.,
The vast majority of Ameri-
cans of both parties know that
to keep their own nation free,
they bear a majestic RESPONSE
bility for freedom through all
the world. AS practical people.
Americans also know the critical
necessity of unimpared access to
raw materials on other contin-
ents for our own economic and
military strength.
Today the choice-the real
choice - lies between policies
that assume that responsibility
awkwardly and fearfully-and
policies that accept that re-
Sponsibility with sure purpose
and firm will. The choice is be-
tween foresight and blindness.
between doing and apologizing,
between planning and improvis-
ing.
In rendering their verdict.
the people must judge with
courage and with wisdom. For
at this date-any faltering in
Americas leadership is a capital
oftense against freedom.
In this trial, my testimony, OF
a personal kind, is quite SIM
pie. A soldier all my life, I have
enlisted in the greatest cause
Of my life-the cause of peace.
I do not believe it a presump-
ton for me to call the effort Of
all who have enlisted with me
a crusade.
I use that word only to sig
nifty two facts. First: We are
united and devoted to a just
cause of the purest meaning to
all humankind. Second: We
know that-for all the might Of
our effort-victory can come
only with the gift of Gods help.
In this spirit-humble serv-
ants Of a proud ideal-we do
soberly say: This Is a crusade.