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Evening star., 1952-07-13

moving it from its site to region where
it will not be endangered by the new
conditions Of Egypt. u such can be
found"
Announcement was made in The Star
Of July % that the life Of DR.. Russell
Wilson. hlibuster, has been
Dr.. Wilson spared by the President Of
Spared Nicaragua at the request Of
I Mr.. Corea. Nicaraguan
Minister In Washington. DR.. Wilson
had been captured near Bluefields in
July and had been condemned to death
by court-martial. Senator Mark
Hanna of Ohio intervened for him with
Mr.. Corea, and Mr.. Corea appealed to
President zelaya. Negotiations were
States Consul at Managua. Whether
Or. Wilson actually was guilty was
question. Senator Hanna insisted that
he was at home in Ohio when the al.
legged criminal invasion Of Nicaragua
occurred.
From Manila telegram informed
The Star Of July "a, 1902. that: Capt.
John j. Pershing of the
Sultan as 18th Cavalry. who Il In
" hostoQe command Of the Lanao
(Mindanao) expedition, has
arrested the sultan Of Binadayan Is 9
hostage for the delivery TO him Of the
Moros who on June - attacked two
Americans. The sultan offered to pros
duce the dead body of . relative Of the
Evening star., 1952-07-13
GO. P. Umpire

Joe Martin reminded the Republican Ma
tional Convention last Wednesday night that
this years session was the fourth consecutive
one in which he had been designated as perma-
nent chairman-as the umpire in chief, so to
speak. In his opinion, he added, that is long
time in either politics or baseball for an umpire
to live.
The former Speaker of the House-and
perhaps the next one-then went on to recall
his baseball playing days when he simply asked
the umpire Ito know the rules and to call 'em
as he saw 'em." That was precisely all, he said,
that any delegate ever had asked him to do in
four national conventions. He called em that
way in the Chicago meetings just ended.
Joe Martin is a modest man in the most
genuine meaning Of the word It probably did
not occur to him that the reason no delegate
has ever asked him to do . one-sided job Of
umpiring Is that his personal code Of fair play
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Maurice Friedman.

Moro leader and to surrender 10 slaves;
but Capt. Pershing refused to entertain
the suggestion. The Sultan then ordered
his 5. followers to produce the guilty
Moros. On Tuesday one Of the guilty
men was brought into the camp Of the
Americans. He was horribly muti1ated.
Before dying. he confessed having par
ticipated in the ambush Of the Ameri-
cans. Tongul. the leader Of the attack,
has fortified his house and defies the
Sultan Of Binadayan's followers to cap
ture him."
The society column Of The Star on
July rs. 1902, contained an account of
an enjoyable piazza and
Pioxzd-Lown lawn party given at 2549
Porty Eleventh street NV. by
Mrs. George Simmons In
honor Of her cousin, Miss Ragan Spick-
ard Of Blacksburg, Va. Mrs. Simmons
was assisted by her niece. Miss Jane D.
Ludington. The porch and grounds
were gayly decorated with Chinese Lam
terms. John Shea Of Woodside, Md,
appeared as . gypsy fortune teller.
Miss Spickard played the piano and Mrs.
Simmons operated the gramophone.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene q. JefEerys and Wilbur Jefferys.
Robert Moorman, Jessie BabcOck, Efne
and Alice Tenly. Florence Barron.
Charles II. smith. John 8. Mills. Charles
q. Watson. Charles n. GLADDEN., Samuel
Hurley and Clarence Taylor.
Evening star., 1952-07-13
A Fine Record

Chief Judge Cayton of the Municipal Court
of Appeals and his fellow jurists have right to
take pride in the record Of their tribunal on its
10th anniversary this week. During its decade
OF service to Washington this court has set high
standards of efficiency and fairness in the
administration Of justice
Although the case load in this lower appellate
court is heavier, on the average, than that OF
most similar tribunals throughout the country,
the judges have worked hard and long to expedite
the handling of appeals. These cases come from
all branches of the Municipal Court, from the
Juvenile Court and even from the District Rent
Administration. The average time between
noting OF an appeal in the trial court and handing
down of the final appellate decision is three
months-and this time can be cut to q little more
than month If the parties involved are willing
to cooperate with the court in speeding up
action.
The support which the court has received
from the United States Court Of Appeals is
another evidence Of the high repute Of the city
appellate body. OF 267 cases In which applica-
tions for appeal were nled with the higher
tribunal, 202 were denied OF the appeals from
below allowed, "a Of the lower courts rulings were
affirmed and Is reversed. Thus the Municipal
Court Of Appeals has been sustained IN more
than 90 per cent Of It's appealed cases. This
impressive showing will be hard to better In the
second decade Of the young courts life.
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Everything but the Kitchen Sink

AN exaSperated District official aptly
described the record $3.50 million budget estimates
for fiscal 1854 as covering everything but the
kitchen sink" Despite the per cent limitation
on increased requests for administrative funds
departmental heads once again have demon
strated pass-the-buck fiscal attitude Although
complying with the ceiling on operating expendi-
lures, they have shown responsibility in
estimating capital improvement needs. The net
result is another utterly unrealistic set Of
estimates, requiring drastic slashing by the
Commissioners.
The various branches of the District govern
ment were quick to take advantage Of the fact
that the percentage limit on increased estimates
applied only to administrative costs. Instead Of
entering into the spirit of the ceiling plan by
voluntarily restricting their requests for con-
struction money, many OF them followed the old
custom of asking for everything they would
like to have. Few of them have any real hope Of
getting all they ask for The idea is to be on
record in case somebody later should accuse
them of negligence or indifference. Let the
Commissioners somebody else decide priority
of projects" is the traditional motto
The trouble with this system is that it results
In fantastic budget estimates and shifts the
whole responsibility for budget-trimming from
departmental officials who are in better posi-
ton to do the cutting than are the CommiS-
sioners In the end the department heads
must be consulted, anyway, which means addi-
tional delay in reducing the estimate total to
reasonable proportions. And there is little time
for such delay this year, for the Budget Bureau
has set a September Is deadline on submission
of the District estimates. If the pending
reorganization of the District government can
bring about some system to compel the depart
ments to assume more responsibility In the
budget-making process it will have made
memorable contribution to the administration Of
local affairs.
Evening star., 1952-07-13

A FTER the fight was over in Chicago
\ there were some sardonic references
by newspapermen to likes secret
weapons" Without them it was said,
he could not have won. With them. he
could not lose.
The secret weapons referred to in
this conversational post-mortern were
the men advising Senator Taft or run
ming the convention machinery. It would
be unfair. and probably inaccurate as
well, to attempt to attribute to any one
of them personally the decisions which
appear now to have been wrong. For
Gen. Eisenhower's victory at the conven-
ton was not victory which rested
merely on the mistakes Of the opposition.
It was due to something deeper than
that. including genuine revolution
within the ranks of the Republican Party
against the powers that were.
But there were mistakes, which proved
very costly to Senator Taft's cause, and
they seemed to conform to pattern. It
was from this pattern that there
emerged in the public mind the "steam-
roller concept of the Taft campaign
strategy. Mr.. Taft's friends win say the
concept emerged from hostile newspaper
criticism, and the industrious-and ex-
pensive- campaign of the
Eisenhower managers. But there was
more to it than that
It was probably mistake, at the
outset, for David ingalls,, at the Re-
publican National Committee meeting In
San Francisco last January. to have
attempted to belittle Gen. Eisenhower
by references to his glamour" and sex
appeal" That was poor taste as well as
bad Judgment. Senator Taft himself.
would not have made this mistake and
it might have been wiser, on his part.
to have gone to San Francisco person.
ally to set the tone Of his campaign on
q higher note.
The Republican State Convention in
Texas was so obviously raw IN the at
tempted exclusion of men and women
who really wanted to vote for a Re-
publican candidate that Senator Taft's
managers, and the Senator himself,
should have been the first to disavow
any part Of 1t. But some Of the Sena-
Evening star., 1952-07-13

tors advisers identified themselves, in
stead, with the conspiracy. One Of Sem
ator Taft's great assets Is reputation.
which has been won on its merits. for
fortnight integrity. But it was impcs-
Sible to reconcile that reputation with
even tacit approval by Senator Taft of
the methods used In his behalf by the
Zweifel forces in Texas. Instead Of try
ing to rationalize the business as one
of the oddities Of Southern Republic
Senator Taft's coursellors would have
been wise to forget the delegates for
the time being and move in themselves
with demand that the national CONF
mittee clean up the mess.
The decision not to do this was ac-
companied by one Of the most egre-
gious Of all the mistakes-the decision
by the dominated national commit
tee to exclude television from the pre-
convention hearings on the contested
delegates. There were valid reasons for
the exclusion. But they were outweighed
by what should have been a realization
Of how the public would interpret the
motives behind the exclusion. There
was nothing secret about the hearings.
The reporters were there, industriously
taking note Of everything that went on.
But the exclusion Of television. quickly
exploited by the Eisenhower managers.
made 1t appear that the hearings were
being conducted In secret, behind closed
doors. And the vote to seat the Taft
delegates from Georgia. Louisiana and
Texas furnished the Eisenhower man
ayers with moral issue which swept
the convention and the country.
Having gone this far. it was impossible
for the Taft managers to prevent the
issue from being brought before the con-
vention. And here another error oc-
CURED. Instead Of accepting the Eisen-
hover proposal for a "fair play" amend
ment of the rules-an amendment which
would assure thoroughgoing review Of
the delegate controversy and its even
tual decision by the convention - the
Taft strategists decided to fight it. with
out having the votes to win the fight.
They offered q compromise which was,
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Not Americas Voice?

On July s there appeared letter
from the religious consultant to the
Voice Of America. the Rev. Albert Jo-
seph Mccartney. LII. D., in defense OF
the broadcaStS of MoSlem religious
propaganda by the Voice. The letter
was in reply to protest in your coll
umns by lone" Elgin Groseclose chap
PLY or unhappily there is only one Elgin
GroSeclose) that such broadcasts were
improper, unrepresentative Of American
culture, an unconstitutional use Of public
moneys. and that their hypocrisy cre-
ated sentiments Of cynicism and re-
sentiment abroad rather than good will.
The defense offered by the Voice to
these criticisms. through its distin-
guished religious consultant. while lame.
is a wholesome sign that this travesty
of American life may receive more at
tention from the public than it has
and that the Voice may begin to ex-
anime more deeply what it tries to
reflect.
The distinguished religious consultant
says of the broadcasts that I'VE strive
to present q balanced picture Of re-
ligious life in America" BY what logic
can it be said that sermons on Islam
by such foreigners as Imam Hiratud-
din Of Iraq, Shaikh Mustafa Of Syria.
Shakh Mahmud Shaltut of Egypt.
Shaikh Al-Taher Sbaita Of Tripoli and
Others. can possibly be q reflection Of
religious life in America?
The conclusion may be drawn that
the State Department and the Voice
have become so international minded
that they are no longer able to dis
tinguish between what is American and
what is not.
How can sermons on Islam, given
twice daily for full lunar month, be
q balanced picture Of religious life in
two sermons daily on Christianity?
The distinguished religious consultant
also says that "our aim is :. to estab-
lish spiritual camaraderie with all those
who are today so concerned over the
moral destiny Of the world" Would
he mean by that that splendid sense
Of fellowship manifested by the Mos
lem Brotherhood which in Egypt. in
Pakistan and elsewhere is trying to drive
out foreigners (Christians) and to close
down all Christian missions? Would he
have in mind that beautiful spirit Of
brotherly love Of the powerful Moslem
ecclesiastic Ayatollah Kashani of Iran.
whose Fedayan Islam which he heads
publicly threatened to assassinate q
leading Christian missionary (of the
distinguished religious consultant's own
denomination, Incidentally and which
has been instrumental in having visas
denied to all Christian missionaries who
desire to enter Iran?
AS theologian Of the Christian faith.
the distinguished religious consultant to
the Voice must be aware that not every
one that crieth Lord. Lord" accepts
or believes In the Christian idea Of
brotherhood. or is a worshipper Of God.
and that the god Of Islam Is far diff
ferent being from the God revealed in
Christ. He should know that while
Communism is d current threat to the
institutions Of Christian civilization. Of
Evening star., 1952-07-13
War
By Bruce Borton

When read history. sometimes shut
my eyes and wonder: II had lived in
another age. what sort Of fellow would
I have been? Would I have enlisted
In the wars of that era, or would
have regarded most Of them as bar
barous and insenSate, and done what 7
could to prevent them?
Would have fallen for the disastrous
Peloponnesian War period, as
Thucydides described it. when words
changed their ordinary meanings
reckless daring passed for the courage
of a loyal partisan, far-sighted hesi-
tation the excuse Of the coward, mod
Grafton was the pretext of the un-
manly, the power to see all sides of q
question was complete inability to act"?
What about the Crusades? They pro-
duced two centuries of massacre and
famine, with the net result that the
Holy City. which the Christians were
trying to free, ended UP right where
it had benin the hands Of the in
f1dels. Would have been brave and
smart enough to protest?
In our own French and Indian War,
think would have done what WASH
ington did-enlist with the British to
throw out the French. And few years
later, would have been helping him,
with the aid of the French, to throw
out the British. Yet this second war
of his-our American Revolution-waS
unnecessary. It was forced on our re-
luctant ancestors by the arrogance and
stubbornness Of George III. Curiously
enough, he was not "bad" king. II
he had been a drunkard, gambled,
leaving state affairs to his ministers,
the quarrel with the Colonies might
have been peacefully resolved. But he
was a sober, stupid, Woodworking.
good" king. How much Of the evil Of
the world has been caused by the
"goodl"
Our Civil War could and should have
been avoided. but probably would have
supported 1t. just as did World War L.
the war to end war;" From that experi-
ence and bitter disappointment ! grew
a little wiser At least ! had no illusions
about World War II. And as for Korea
would even Harry Truman have been
stupid enough to order 1t If he could
have. foreseen how this little "police
action" was going to bog down?
Ninety per cent Of wars have settled
nothing. Remember this wretched truth
for in the next few years there win
be many good" people. very eminent
good people, who viii try to persuade
you that for righteousness sake We
must fight another war. II We yield to
their propaganda, then once again It
will be o time when words changed
their ordinary meanings. reckless
daring passed for courage far
sighted hesitation the excuse Of the
coward. !"
(copyrisht. 1853. King Features Syndicate. lnsJ
Evening star., 1952-07-13
The Republican Split

A good many RepubllcanS are looking appre-
hensively at the cleavage in the party left by the
convention battle which resulted In the nomina-
ton of General Eisenhower.
Senator Taft has made the right gesture in
his pledge to General Eisenhower of unlimited
support and cooperation. That is what one
would have expected from Senator Taft. The
Ohioan is tested party man-loyal even in
what must have been for him an hour of bitter
defeat. Others may be inspired by his example
But it would be sheer wishful thinking not to
suppose that the bitterness of this convention
will hold over, and that some Of those who fought
to the last ditch for the Ohio Senator will refuse
to lift finger for General Eisenhower.
This, however is price that had to be paid
And it can be said that it was choice between
the lesser of two evils
When the Taft forces staged their raid on the
Southern delegates, and when they followed this
with their steamroller tactics in the preconven-
ton maneuvering, an inescapable issue was
posed. A choice had to be made. The Eisen-
hover people elected to fight it out, and that
was the right decision-right from their point
of view because it was the only way in which
they could hope to nominate their man, and
right from the partys point of view because it
carried greater promise of success on election day.
The alternative to fight on this moral issue
harmony. If that course had been taken it is
almost certain that very substantial number
OF prospective Republican voters would have
been alienated and driven away. There are many
people In this country who have been longing
for change. But there could have been small
attraction for them in the prospect of switching
their political allegiance to party which con-
doned and accepted methods such as those EN-.
ployed by the Taft lieutenants in Texas In all
probability they would have stayed home on
election day, or would have voted the Democratic
ticket.
AS things stand, these people can rally to the
Republican banner with enthusiasm The offset.
OF course, is that some of the Taft people may
stage kind of sitdown strike against the Eisen.
hover candidacy. They are bitter and they may
refuse to work for him. But this is not neces-
sarily dismaying prospect. As a result of this
convention, new and vigorous leadership has
moved into control Of the Republican Party.
This leadership with its chosen candidate is
capable OF making a strong appeal to millions
of voters who never before have been attracted
to the Republican fold. If those who believe in
General Eisenhower will get out and work for
him with that sense Of dedication for which he
has appealed, there need not be too much con-
Germ with the sitdown strikers in the party II
they want to sit on their hands and do nothing
that IS their business. But they are apt to wake
up on the day after election and discover that
the Republican Party has gone on to victory
and left them sitting alone.
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Politics in France

It would be premature perhaps to say that
the end of the political road has been reached
for General Charles de Gaulle but it is significant
that a vigorous bloc of his followers has now
abandoned his aloof and obstructionist leader
ship
This chapter in the De Gaulle political for
tunes had its beginning last spring when Is
GaulliSt deputies in the French National AS
senbly joined in the original Endorsement of An
tome Pinay, right-center moderate as Premier
1t was highly important vote at the time and
was an Endorsement that permitted establish
ment of one of the most stable coalition French
governments since the war. The action of the
Gaullist group was taken, however, in contradic-
ton to the will of the wartime leader and
prompted threat of expulsion of the rebels from
the De Gaulle party, the Rally of the French
People.
In the months between there has been
going on, in effect, cat-and-mouse game within
the RPF in which the insurgent bloc has given
support to Premier Pinay when it was i'm
portant, refrained when it was unimportant and
otherwise has kept itself just out of reach OF
retaliatory disciplinary action. The fact that
this group intends indefinitely to continue its
support of the government Of Premier Pinay,
and program Of internal reforms and active
association with the North Atlantic community,
was ulQ1CdICQ UuAlS LcCcAL IluCc-udy 1t1r
party conference and is now confirmed by their
designations from the party. Spokesman for the
dissident De Gaulle faction have made it clear
that they considered the rigid and uncompromis-
ing policies of the party -antagonism to
any form of domestic political coalition that
would not put him in control and a contemptuous
disdain for the collective security value of NATO
and the European army project-to be dictatorial
and purely negative in their effect.
The Pinay government has, of course, made
only beginning at setting Frances house in
order. Perhaps its first and greatest accomplish
ment, however, has been to give the impression
that it is not as hysterical and transitory as
some Of its predecessors, that it is attempting to
work out the French probems-par
those on the economic side-in common-sense
and reasonable fashion. 1t is an approach that
seems to have an appeal-to the benefit of
France and its friends in the Western COM
munity. Those who are helping to give it
chance are placing the interests of country
above party, and are deserving of commendation
Evening star., 1952-07-13

has become widely known in politics, and has
earned him the fond respect of both his own
and the opposition party. ~
If the Republicans win the presidential and
congressional elections this fall, the veteran New
Englander will be in line for reelection as
Speaker of the House, the post he held in the
8Oth Congress. AS such, he would be key figure
in shaping the record and the fate of the Eisen-
hover administration. His counsel then, and
even before then, can be of very great value to
the new Republican team-perhaps most OF all
because he knows the rules and will always be
calling 'em as he sees em."
Evening star., 1952-07-13
Mexico's New President

Although some violence and bloodshed have
accompanied it, Mexcos presidential election has
been one of the most orderly and peaceful in the
countrys history. The winner-apparently by
landslide vote-is Adolfo Ruiz Confines, candidate
OF the relatively conservative Party of Revolu-
tionary Institutions, which has been the party
OF the government for many years.
Backed by Miguel Aleman, the outgoing
President, Ruiz Confines has won his over
whelming victory against what seemed for
time to be the powerful candidacy of General
Henriquez Guzman, strong man" of leftist forces
not far to the right of Mexicos Communists.
The generals followers-who have been chiefly
responsible for the brief outbreak of violence
claim that he has been defeated by fraud, but
impartial reports leave no room for doubt that
the charge is completely false.
Perhaps the chief significance of the election
apart from its comparative orderliness-is that
1t has revealed real weakness among the leftists
and politically ambitious military men, In the
republics to the south of us, such men continue
to be potent factors in the staging Of revou-
tionary coups, but the voters of Mexico as in the
case OF President AlemanS election, have once
again demonstrated that they want their govern
ment headed by civilian, and they have
demonstrated it most emphatically
As former Minister of the Interior, President
elect Ruiz Confines will bring to his new ONCE
considerable administrative and policy-making
experience. In the field of foreign affairs,
especially in relation to the United States he is
expected to follow practically the same course
as the Aleman government. Mexico and our own
country have ample reason for confidence in him.