davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1952-11-25

don't even think that Steven
son lost the election. Landslides
like those in 1884. 1882 and
1852 don't happen even or
chiefly because Of candidates
or their speeches. They occur
because there is a crisis of con-
f1dence and. . feeling, 'It can't
go on like this" When The crisis
is intense enough people aren't
satisfied merely to have an,
other President. They demand
a new administration altogether.
It is, however, unfortunate
that Gen. Eisenhower's advisers
took so little account of the fact
that the whole world. and not
just America, was following
his speeches. Gov. Stevenson
showed acute awareness Of this.
The President-elect should con.
slider it from now in, because our
position is such that the con-
f1dence Of Americans in their
Government is still not enough.
That confidence should be ex-
panded.
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Constantine Brown:

The inmates Of the Kremlin
must have been rubbing their
hands at the news of the open
disagreement between this
country and our British ally
over the Indian. proposal for
settlement Of the Korean
prisoner-of-war question.
Disagreements between free
democratic countries are in
evitable. But there is no ques-
ton that our British friends
have chosen the worst moment
to assert their opposition to the
United States.
Foreign Secretary Eden ap-
parently is concerned with the
growing impatience of the
British people over the Korean
war. This is not due. to the
losses Of British forces there
they are negligible compared to
ours and those of the South
Koreans-but to a growing de-
sire to do away with all con-
troversies with Russia at the
earliest moment and start ex-
ploring the possibilities for
trade relations with that coun-
try and her satellites.
In terms of psychological war
fare. the British attitude has
thus played into the hands of
the Reds. The Soviet propa-
ganda machine already is food
ing the air waves with the story
Of a major political break be-
tween the United States and
Britain. And this cannot fail
to be of great value to the enemy
not only in the satellite coun-
tries but also in Western Europe
and in the still-friendly coun-
tries in the Far East.
The British attitude places
this country in the light Of being
q warmonger while, according
to the Moscow radio. cher Mar
shall plan and NATO allies are
beginning to see the light and
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David Lawrence:
Why Eisenhower Was Appalled,
As He Learned More of the Inside Story From Truman
The General Saw Clearly the Mess We Face Abroad

President Truman said the
other day that Gen. Eisenhower
was appalled," when he learned
the inside story of the prob
lens facing the Nation-but it
turns out that it wasn't their
enormity or serious nature which
appalled," the President-elect.
It was the mess" in which he
found the relations of the United
States with the rest Of the
world.
This deterioration in public
policy, if known to the public.
would "appall" the American
people and. in due time, as
Congress delves into the subject,
much of the truth will come out.
Briefly it means that the alb
sence of firm policies, the lack
Of resoluteness at top levels, the
incompetence of certain per-
sonnel charged with important
duties have all left in their
wake an international mess that
will not be cleaned up over
night.
This doesn't mean that the
situation is acutely critical or
that what has been lost is
irretrievable. It merely means
that men and policies have
failed. To remedy the situation
1t Is important to select good
men and make new policies.
The chief defect on the
policy-making side has been the
tendency to improvise on a day
to-day basis rather than on a
long-range basis. Gen. Eisen-
hover and the man he has
designated for Secretary Of
State believe in careful planning
on q long-range basis.
Many Of the difficulties in our
relations with other countries
are due to inconsistencies and
short-term steps and sudden
shifts which make it impossible
for other nations to understand
clearly what the United States
Is driving at.
The Eisenhower administra-
tration is determined that there
be a revision Of American world
policies so that other govern
ments will have a clear-cut
understanding Of American pur-
poses.
Among the things that stand
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the complicated situations
abroad have not been allowed
to advance their proposals or
give their advice freely at op-
perfume moments.
There have been stories
emanating from the admins
tration about how grim the
situation is and how unprepared
Gen. Eisenhower Is to meet it..
That was the impression Mr..
Truman and his advisers sought
to convey. But the fact is the
President-elect knows Europe
better than most people In the
Truman administration, and his
associate, John Foster Dulles.
knows the Far East better than
anybody in the present Gov
ernment. Both men are abso-
lutely confident they can deal
with the situation. The only
regret is that there has been
such a drifting. leaderless. rud-
derless and at times purposeless
expression Of the American at
titude so that foreign govern
ments have gotten the feeling
the United States Government
doesn't know what it wants or
what 1t is doing.
Perhaps it will take months to
clean up the mess and the con-
fusion, but in due time the for
eign governments will learn that
the United States has q definite
policy and a program, and that
America isn't going to spend its
billions in the hopeless task Of
buying good will. but means to
proceed on the more hopeful
premise that an alliance involves
a responsible obligation which Is
mutual and not one-sided.
The details Of what President
Truman and Gen. Eisenhower
said to each other probably will
never become known, but the
psychological impression created
upon the mind of the President
elect has become known to his
The general was ZAP
palled" it is true-but not as
Mr.. Truman used the word. He
was appalled," that so little had
been done on so many things
that should have been done long
ago.
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out today is the deterioration in
the European situation, espe-
cially on the continent in con-
nection with NATO matters.
When Gen. Eisenhower was in
command he operated on a
broad basis with the leaders of
other governments. Gen. Ridg-
way, his successor in the NATO
setup. has moved along conven-
tional lines just as a military
commander might ordinarily do.
This has meant a neglect Of
some all-important relationships
with other governments in
Europe on the policy level. It
is being pointed out here that
the way Gen. Ridgway has
operated has been in accordance
with his instructions and that
no criticism can be made Of him
for his acts Of omission. But
criticism can be leveled. never
theless, at the officials here who
failed to sense the way in which
things were drifting abroad.
There are other things at
which the President-elect was
appalled," when he talked with
President Truman and his aides.
One of them was the discovery
that much Of the planning for
Korea has been on the basis of
a continued stalemate there in
stead of a possible attack by the
Communists. The question of
supplies and equipment and
munitions for a strong defensive
attitude also was raised. On an
overall basis, the President
elect did not find some of these
things to his liking. and mostly
because he thought they should
have been done better.
So the answer lies in better
men and better policies. So far
as men are concerned, friends
of the President-elect who are
in a position to know his mind
are saying forthrightly that he
wants the best men in the for
eign service to stay on and con-
tinue their careers. He wants
to preserve real ability wher-
ever he finds it. At the same
time, he wants to give the rlen
Of ability a better chance to
have their policy proposals con-
sidered. He has an idea that
some of the men who know best
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It is rather astonishing that
so much of the European press
is surprised and apparently
alarmed at a turn to the right
in America when the trend here
is behind, and not in advance
Of that in Europe. After the war.
Communists participated in
most of the continental Euro
pean governments. They are out
today. and the electoral laws
have been redrawn in some
countries to make it harder for
them, without encountering
American charges of Mccarthy
ism. Great Britain. France, and
West Germany all have con-
servative administrations.
It is also rather curious to
find European papers expressing
apprehension of an isolationist
trend here, and being more dis
turbed by it than by the isola-
zionist tendencies in Europe it.
self. as expressed in failure to
ratify the European defense
treaty, widespread neutralism,
and nationalisms which hamper
any rational solutions for
Europe's political and economic
problems. One sometimes Won
derS whether the rest of the
world thinks America should be
the only internationally minded
nation.
The French press, especially.
is fearsome and critical of pos
sible American policies and
often on contradictory grounds.
It fears the new administration
may direct too much attention
toward Asia. but demands that
the United States play a more
active part in Indo-C China. But
it insists that North Africa is
nobody's business but Frances
own.
In West Germany, the Frank
furter Allgemeine Zeitung re-
cords that Stevenson's defeat
shows the futility of appealing
to the intelligence Of voters with
the courage to state unpopular
truths. This is also the line
taken by the most ardent and
embittered Stevenson support
ers: '"The American electorate
is stupid. Stevenson did talk
over their heads"
We don't think so, and we
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lies have been on the wane for
nearly year. The reports Of o
near break between Britain and
America already are being ifi-
terpreted as meaning that even
the British conservative govern
ment can no longer accept what
is described in most parts Of
western Europe as the "adven.
turous" policy Of the United
States. -
The Foreign Once and the
Quai d'Orsay know that Amer
lca which has spent most Of the
blood and substance In the Ko-
rean battleflelds is as eager as
they are to see that so-called
United Nations operations
against the aggressor come to
an early end. But because they
DO not believe that they have
as much at stake as we have
they want an armistice at any
price. The British and French
attitude is in fragrant contra
diction with our own between
September. 1899, and Pearl
Harbor when this country. nom.
inally neutral. did not attempt
to ram down the throats of the
victims Of Hitler's aggression a
peace on Hitler's terms. Quite
the contrary. throughout those
years we did everything in our
power to help our future allies
and actually disregarded all the
tenets Of genuine neutrality.
And Hitler did not present to
the world a lesser threat than
Stain presents.
Many diplomats fear that the
recent British attitude on the
Korean armistice may fore
shadow q devastating break in
the wall we have attempted to
erect in the last flve years to
contain the Red imperialism.
Even some Of the most enthusi-
astic supporters Of our past
policies are now beginning to
wonder whether we have not
wasted our efforts.
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Lowell WeLIett:
AChonce for likes Famous Luck
If Indo's Proposal Results in Ceose-Fire and Armstice
Comedies With His Koreon Trip Who'll Get Credit?

Nixon, as clean as a hounds
tooth.
No scandals equal to those of
the Harding administration have
touched the Truman admin
istration. The revelations made
while Harding lived were
thought to have destroyed all
Republican hopes for 1924. but
the Coolidge quick cleanup
caused them to be forgotten or
overlooked and they proved to
be a dead issue for the Demo-
Gratis.
The eager probers can serve
the new government in only
one way and that is by divert
ing attention from any sins Of
omission or commission of which
it may be guilty. And that's
going to be hard to do. The win
ming party has made too many
promises. It will be forced to
stand or fall on it's ability to
deliver or seem to deliver.
In this connection there is
sometimes a large element Of
luck. And there now appears a
shadowy possibility that the
luck so frequently attributed to
General Ike may soon be dem
onstrated in a big way. It
could happen in the matter Of
Korea.
When he declared his inten-
ton to go to Korea If elected.
there was a good deal of head
shaking, and not only among
Democrats. Republicans who
instantly recognized the political
value of his promise. the effect
on distracted mothers and wives
and everybody else made un-
happy by the casualty lists.
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The departing New Dealers
can explain to the general how
his Southern allies, with Mid
west and Western Republican
help in the clinches, block Fed
eral remedies for the situation.
The blockaders are not likely to
be less adamant for him.
Nevertheless, the President of
the United States is Of course
an important policy maker in
race relations. Everywhere he
can exert great influence; in
Washington. because the Inte-
rior Department has jurisdic-
ton over Federal property here,
he can take some actions with
out Congress.
The fact is that much has al
ready been accomplished. An
unhappy by-product of the
Bunche incident is that this
target city on the Potomac will
now receive a fresh barrage of
dead cats. when actually it has
been moving ahead steadily and
with very few untoward in
cidents.
From the very beginning, the
late Harold L. Ickes, then Sec
retary Of the Interior, put the
prestige Of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration behind the assault
on segregation in the Nations
Capital. One of his first official
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still were filled with misgivings.
They asked what Eisenhower
could do that wasn't being done
and they feared the conse-
quences Of his failure to do
anything. such as ending the
war and bringing the boys
home.
But now q new situation is-
developing. India has suggested
a solution for the armistice
stalemate and has obtained its
serious consideration by the
United Nations--excepting, nat
urally, Russia, Red China and
North Korea. ia big if
those three countries should
suddenly become reasonable and
the Eisenhower trip should COIN
eide with an armistice and
cessation of fighting, to whom
from that time on will the mil
lions Of mothers, wives and
sweethearts give the credit?
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Group of D. c. Women Form
Organization to Fight Cancer

find the place it would do the
most good. After a long search
Mrs. Berger chose the 27-year-old
Lankenau Hospital, just outside OF
Philadelphia. The cancer re-
search wing is a modern four
story plant. 1t has won four No
bel prizes for its research on can
cer-infected fruit flies.
Aims of Program.
The general program of the
group is both educational and func
raising. The women hope to pro.
vide funds for the hospitals re.
search work and to sponsor lee
lures on cancer in the Washington
area.
Besides Mrs. Berger, other of.
ficers include Miss Dorothy Leav-
.itt. vice president; Mrs. Anthony
treasurer; Mrs. Donalc
&c. Cook and Mrs. Nina Douglass
" ysor, secretaries; Mrs. j. M. w
Konig-Hamilton, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee; Mrs
Leo Wasser, publicity; Miss Isabe,
j. MCGEE. publicity, and Mrs. Jesse
Loeb. memorial fund.
Other members of the group in
clude Mrs. Raymond Shaw, Mrs
Waldo Smith. Mrs. Howard Hazer
Wilson, Mrs. Joseph Ball, Mrs
Louise Green and Mrs. Lawrence
Manley.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
District 10 Help Place
Conscientious 0bjecfors

The Commissioners have ad-
vised the District Selective Service
System that they will cooperate
with the system in locating en-
ploynent for registrants who are
conscientious objectors to combat
ant service.
Frank D. Norton, deputy direc-
tor of the system, wrote the Com
missioners, telling them that un-
der an amendment to the Selec-
tive Service Act passed last year,
conscientious objectors may be in
Quoted for "a months service in
civilian work which contribute to
the national health, safety Or in
terest of this country"
V. A. Howard. secretary of the
District Personnel Board, has ad-
vised Mr.. Norton the objectors will
have to meet civil service require
YneOtS
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Panel on Social Aspects
Of VD 10 Be on TeIevision

A group Of civic leaders will
discuss the social aspects of vene-
real disease over the VD series
at 11:15 p m. Sunday on station
WTOP-TV.
Participating in the program
will be Health Officer Daniel L.
Seckinger. Judge Nadine L. Gal
lagher Of the Municipal Court and
the Right Rev. Donald MCGOWAN,
director of the Bureau of Health
and Hospitals of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Also speaking will be DR.. Roy
K. Heintz and DR.. Ross Taggart
DR.. Heintz is assistant professor
of psychology at the University
of Maryland. DR.. Taggart is di-
rector of the Bureau of Venereal
Diseases of the District Health
Department.
Evening star., 1952-10-24
Disfricf-Educated Doctor
|lnvents Artificial Luna

A Boston doctor who received
his education in local schools and
was graduated from George Wash
IingtOn Medical School in 1912 is
the inventor of the new artificial
lung"
! DR.. William S. Derrick, chief
aneSthesiolOgiSt at Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital and associate in
anesthesia at Harvard Medical
School, has perfected the ma
chine, which breathes for patients
during operations. The invention
is an important aid in chest sur
gerry because it reduces tthe pull
sating motion within the chest.
DR.. Derrick is a graduate of
Mckinley Tech High School and
of George Washington University
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce B. Derrick of 1881 Locust
road NV. Mr.. Derrick is secre-
Itary of the Virginia and Maryland
Milk Producers Association.
Mrs. William Derrick is the
daughter of Mrs. Amy CoWing OF
$500 Fulton street NV.
Evening star., 1952-10-24

A group of Washington women
have started an organization to
fight cancer through a research
center in Philadelphia.
Headed by Mrs. RaOuI Berger
of 5121 Edeemoor road, Bethesda,
Md, the groups first official func-
ton was to be held today in the
home of Mrs. Berger. A tea and
musicale has been scheduled for
$3.50 pm.
The Women's Auxiliary of the
Institute of Cancer Research
Lankenau Hospital, has chosen
the cobalt bomb as their first
objective. They hope to help
furnish the hospital with one of
these bombs. housed in a unit
which sprays radioactivity into
cancer. 1t is one of the newer
developments in the treatment of
cancer.
Knows Tragedy of Cancer.
Mrs. Berger has a particular in
tereSt IN cancer. Her 1aCher, the
late Dr.. Carl Beck, was one of the
pioneers in the study of cancer.
But more than that, four men,
bers of her family died within a
tWo-year period from cancer.
Mrs. Berger recently was given
a check for $1,000 to contribute
toward cancer research. She had
helped locate a doctor for the
daughter of a friend who was liv-
ing in Switzerland. The child had
cancer of the bone, and Mrs.
Berger contacted a doctor in Lon
don who treated the child. She
is still alive.
The grateful family gave Mrs.
Berger $1,000 and asked her to
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Assessment Total Raised
To Set Falls Church Tax Rate

A total property assessment fig
ure Of $18,358,541 has been set by
Falls Church Revenue Commis-
sioner A. Burke Hertz to be used in
computing the tax rate for the
fiscal year beginning July /.
The total is $5s0,007 above the
1872 assessment. e
City Manager w. Rodes Wood
bury is expected to submit pro-
posed budget for 1923 to the
City Council Monday night.
For the next fiscal year, real
estate, assessed at IS per cent Of
market value, has been set at $751;
440, 1000, a rise Of $572,367 over the
current figure.
The new personal property as
sessment is 50. .420, 900, an increase
Of $18.270; machinery and tools,
$40, 900, q decrease of $500, and
public utilities, $478,541, no
change.
The current tax rate is $2.75 per
500 Of valuation on real estate.
On the other three assessment
items, the rate is $3.50.
One member Of the Council,
Mrs. Margaret King. has said she
Is opposed to any tax rate increase
for the coming year.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Fairfax Board Asks US.
To Provide Parkway Share

The Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors wants $4,000 re-
stored to the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
budget to buy land for extension
of the George Washington Me-
moria. parkway into Fairfax
County.
The supervisors adopted a reso-
lution yesterday, urging the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee to
put that sum back in the NCPPC
budget. It was cut out of the
budget by the House Appropria-
tions Committee.
In their resolution, the super
visors declared they have agreed
to put up their share Of the
money, and so has the State
The county and the State each
would put up $37,500 in the
1923 fiscal year to match the
proposed $4,000 Federal appro-
priation. In addition, the Vir-
ginia General Assembly has ap-
propriated enough money-$150,-
000-to cover the States share
for the next two years. This is
because the General Assembly
meets only every two years.
Copies of the resolution are To
be sent the Senate Appropriations
Committee and to Virginia's Sen
ators and Representatives.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Fairfax Budget
Calls for Cleanup
-Of Dirty Hands

There ought to be fewer
dirty hands among Fairfax
County school children next
year,
The proposed 1928 bud
get provides enough additional
funds 70 supply three paper
towels a day to each child.
The current budget allows
only one towel a day-except,
Of course. In emergencies.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Committee Votes to Toke Back
81 Million for Andrews Buidinq

comedy of errors" had increased
an $4,000 authorization for one
bachelor officers quarters into q
$177.00 expenditure although q
taxpayer might find it dficult to
see any humor."
The boost in cost, the report
said. involved a "gross error" on
the part of the Army Engineers
and Misrepresentation of an Air
Force memorandum, resulting in
the engineers getting bids on q
building twice the size of the one
programmed.
whether or not there was any
actual violation Of law involved in
the decision Of the Air Force to
build double the size BOO re-
quested, there certainly was a
breach Of faith with Congress and
its cognizant committees" the re-
port declared.
The committee said that later
the cost Of this building was in
creased further BY $4,000 when
it was discovered the site was al
most a swamp. Another $1,000
was then added to the cost by au-
thorizing completion of the build
ing in so rather than 80, days.
Actually Is days were saved by this
maneuver. The committee re-
port commented:
80 for the 26 days saved by &C
cepting the higher bid. the Gov
ernment spent $1,000 and the need
was to house 81 WAFS for that
time. Simple arithmetic tells US
that amounts to $13 per day per
WAF, or more than double what
it would cost to put them up at
the best hotel in Washington on
a tWo-to-a-room basis"
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Panel 10 Discuss Change
In County Government

A panel discussion on q pro-
posed change of Prince Georges
County government to a charter
manager type will be held at &
pm. Monday in the Northwestern
High School, Colesville road near
Queens Chapel road.
Speaking in support Of the
change will be Walter f.. Multi
gan, president Of the Prince
Georges County Civic Association
and Reuben j. Gordon, Cheverly
lattorney. Opposing the innova-
ltion will be II. Winship Wheatley
ljr.. former county States at
Itorney, and Leroy Pumphrey
Prince Georges member Of the
Maryland House of Delegates. j
The discussion. the first In Q
lseries Of three planned for the
county, Is sponsored by the Prince
Georges Chamber Of Commerce
the bar association. real estate
board, the farm bureau, and Other
county groups.