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Evening star., 1952-03-19
Constantine Brown:

The controversy stirred up by
the publication of q part Of
President Truman's diary in
William Hillman's book, 'Mr.
President" regarding the yer-
bal spanking he had given his
then Secretary Of State, James
Byrnes, should lead Mr.. Byrnes
to refresh his memory about his
relationship with the Chief
Executive.
Mr.. Byrnes should know bet
ter than any one whether or not
Mr.. Truman read to him over
the phone the memorandum
criticizing his failure to keep
the White House fully informed
about the agreements he had
reached with the Soviets in
December, 1945. But the Cover
nor Of South Carolina must re-
member that only two months
after this alleged incident oc-
Cured MIR. Truman offered Gen.
George c. Marshall. who at that
time was Mr.. Truman's special
ambassador to China. the job Of
Secretary Of State.
On March 4. l946. just two
months after Mr.. Truman ex-
pressed his displeasure with Mr..
Byrnes' independent way, Of
handling foreign affairs, this re-
porter wrote q story based on
positive information that the
Secretary Of State was on his
way out. Seen. George c. Mar
shall" the story said. sis sched-
uled to replace Secretary Byrnes.
It Is an open secret In WASH
ington that while Mr.. Truman
likes his Secretary Of State he
was not particularly happy
Evening star., 1952-03-19

was an old friend and COM
pletely loyal to his boss, but he
was remote from the drive Of
the newspaper city room and
his aides even more so. Little
was permitted to escape from
them that had not been pub
lished in the World Almanac.
The situation improved some-
what with q new staff under
Joseph Short, q news reporter.
but he. too, has adopted the
attitude Of sterile conformity.
in the handling Of news The
special correspondents have
given him up as o source from
which q warmer and livelier
presidential story might be told.
One Of the most loquacious
men who everf lived. Calvin
Coolidge. managed to get from
the Washington press q valua-
BILE Silent Cal" legend. The
late Steve Early handled q born
actor fn Franklin Roosevelt
but faced a host Of hostile
publishers. yet his boss consist
emily got breaks In the news
columns as Mr.. Early was the
first to acknowledge. oSs
After q - career aS White
House press secretary during II
Of the most controversial years
Of the country's history, Mr..
Early once testified during q
libel action in behalf Of q hostile
reporter against a friendly pub
Usher. He thought the reporter
within his rights and said 80:
then he handed the free press
its accolade.
II have generally found that
1t all evens out under our sys-
tem." he told the jury. Some
don't treat us right but some
give US more than we deserve.
We come out even."
Evening star., 1952-03-19
povd Lowrence:a g4
Part Of Communist technique
Officials Speculate Pottern Of Conspiracy Bomblnes
And Racial Episodes Over the Nation in Recent Weeks
utomobile industry with 10000

automobile industry with $4,000
members.
The fact that some Of the
anti-racial manifestations seem
to show similarities to Fascist
behavior during the past war
does not mean that Fascism is
resurging. Communists take
advantage Of any possible basis
for friction to increase the ten
sions between groups. both re-
ligious and racial.
The case Of the Hawaiian
born couple who wanted to buy
a house In Des Moines, only to
find that the owners were
threatened in telephone calls
from persons in the neighbor-
hood where the new residence
was to be purchased. is shrouded
in mystery. The Hawaiian
couple finally did buy the house
they wanted. as public opinion
asserted itself to welcome them.
But there has been as yet no
explanation Of the reason for
the anonymous calls and what
stirred the case up. Similar
activity has been reported from
other sections Of the country.
Unless citizens are alert to the
possibilities Of being exploited
by those individuals who are in
terested in fomenting discord
and breeding dissension, inno-
cent persons may unwittingly
become the instruments Of such
conSpiracies.
Racial friction and antago-
nisms are unfortunately an old
story in this and other coun-
tries, and were not invented by
Communists. In Russia they
themselves are guilty Of racial
Evening star., 1952-03-19

about the agreements which had
been signed in Moscow last De-
cember. According to close
friends Of Mr.. Truman, he Is
determined to put into effect Q
new policy which would end all
criticism at home and abroad
that we are continuing o policy
Of appeaSement which In the
end might lead US into trouble"
A rash Of denials followed the
publication Of this story. In
Fulton. Mo-. where Mr.. Truman
was at that time, he told re-
porters who had accompanied
him that There isn't q word Of
truth in the report published
In Washington that Secretary
Byrnes was to be succeeded by
Gen. Marshall" This denial
was repeated two days later at
q White House news conference.
Mr.. Byrnes also denied on
March 5 that he had resigned.
He was right. He had not re-
signed, had then no, intention
Of resigning and was completely
unaware that on March 2 Mr..
Truman had offered his job to
Gen. Marshall in q top-secret
cable to Chungking where the
general had. his headquarters at
that time.
But on April 16 Mr.. Byrnes
did offer his resignation in. a
letter to the President-released
to the press only on January Z,
1947. In that letter, Mr..
Byrnes informed Mr.. Truman
that he wished to give up his
position In the Government on
July !, 1946. In asking to be
relieved Of his responsibilities,
Evening star., 1952-03-19
povld Lowrence:

Oficials are beginning to
speculate IS to whether there
isn't q pattern Of conspiracy in
the homhings and untoward in
cidentS Of racial friction which
have been reported from vari-
Gus parts Of the country in
recent weeks.
Bombing Of homes when Me-
groes have moved into sections
where whites predominant nu-
merically or bombing where
Negroes have been active in
asserting their rights have been
recorded now in Florida and
California, together with
threats Of violence or anti
racial outbursts in Iowa, Penn
sylvania and New York.
It is part of the Communist
technique, Of course, to stir up
friction and then to point to the
results in q propaganda calcu-
lated to arouse more racial an
tagonisms. It Is to be noted
that there has also been re-
ported recently manifestations
of q widespread anti-Semitic
propaganda, some Of which
cropped up in New York in con-
nection with the threatening
letters received before and after
the Staying Of Arnold Schuster.
There are about 10000 Com
munists in the United States,
according to the records of the
Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. It doesn't take a large
number to produce mischief.
The other day, in Detroit, it was
testified before q congressional
committee that just a few hun
dred Communists took over con-
troll Of q labor union In the
Evening star., 1952-03-19

ing to the story, asked Senator
Kerr why he didn't enter the
Nebraska primary.
This was part Of the holding
operation through "favorite son.,
candidates, but seemingly Sem
ator Kerr took it for q good
deal more. has acted on it and
is making like a candidate in
his own right up and down that
State preparatory to his test
there with Senator Kefauver in
the April ! primary. Likewise
he is busy gathering nosegays
of delegates in all that area.
These four candidates will 20
into the convention with strings
OF delegates. but none with
enough. That would present
the closest thing to a so-called
"open convention" for the DEM
ocrats in many years. That could
be healthy, If it does not de-
generate into q cat-and-dog
fight. Can the President pre-
vent that. and can he get out
OF 1t q progressive candidate
and a progressive platform?
There Is the problem. Or has
ne let a situation develop where
he might regard 1t necessary.
or ind the excuse. to step In,
himself. as the candidate?
Another fellow. by name Of
Franklin d. Roosevelt, always
found o way to make his own
candidacy the only solution. But
MIR. Truman says he is not the
Indispensable man."
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Thon1os L. Stokes:

From Bill Hillman's "Mr.
President assisted by Harry
S. Truman"-the current hottest
item on the political literary
curb market, it Is possible here
to get both answers, meaning
"yes" and no." to the question
whether President Truman will
run again.
But, completely aside from
that. there is one astute Demo-
crat who is completely con-
vinced and satisfied that the
answer is no." from what he
considers the best evidence in
the world. That's a woman's
intuition, that of his wife who
sees a good deal of Mrs. Truman
here and there. She reports that
the wife Of the President has
seemed happier in the last few
weeks than at any time during
the ordeal which, the White
House necessarily is for her. as
for her husband. II 1t can mean
only one thing-that the Presi-
dent Is going to retire-which
has been Mrs. Truman's fervent
wish.
So much for that. That even
tuality does not preclude the
Hillman book from becoming Q
campaign document" as 1t GER
tainly will be for his party,
for which Mr.. Truman has q
loyal attachment. In its light
thoughts and other revealing
passages 1t contains many Of the
answers from the Democratic
side; and. beyond that, breathes
the fighting spirit which the
party must have this year to win
the election. II even that Is
going to be possible.
In that respect, it Is q testa-
ment and q legacy.
Intuitive friends Of the Presi-
dent suggest that it represents
something else-the first tug
ging at restraints, the first
thrusts at those within and
without the party Of whom the
President disapproves which,
once he Is really free. he viii
elaborate upon In the role Of
elder statesman for what he
believes the best interests Of his
party and the Nation. Privately,
he has let on much steam in
such directions.
Immediately. while his own
words from diaries and memo-
Yanda shoot OF IRE and brim-
Stone between the covers Of q
Evening star., 1952-03-19

and religious discrimination.
But. with the Communist tend
ency to fish in troubled waters,
it is possible for such feuds in
America to be intensified now
and for the resultant publicity
to play into the hands OF the
Communist agitators.
Government officials are
watching the situation closely.
Some Of the episodes have been
staged by juvenile hoodlumS.
but whether the teen-agegs have
been egged on or melted to their
acts by older persons with q
purpose has not been disclosed.
Off1cials here are not saying
what conclusions they have
drawn, II any. from the sudden
emergence Of racial episodes.
and they are inclined to feel
that local communities should
be more vigilant than ever to
find out something about the
persons who seem to be eager
to magnify racial or religious
differences and produce public
controversy that will attract the
attention Of the press.
There is. Of course, at all
times a legitimate pressure ex-
erted by organizations repre-
senting minority groups which
are striving by public education
to bring about a better under
standing between groups and to
remove segregational restric-
tions and discriminatory atti-
tudes, but none Of these organi-
zations condones or encourages
methods Of violence or threats
Of violence as Q means Of achiev-
ing the objectives Of their re-
Spective causes.
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Evening star., 1952-05-13
Spanish Journal AssaiIs
Two U. 5. Catholic Papers
By the Associated p,...

MADRID, Spain. May 13.-The
weekly Catholic magazine Ecclesia
IN its current issue, charges that
two American Catholic publica.
tions violated papal encyclicals by
criticizing the lack of religious
liberty in Spain.
The magazine is the organ OF
Catholic Action.
It said the Indiana Catholic
and Record. official organ of the
Indianapolis archdiocese, and
America, a weekly Jesuit review
were influenced by the hostile
American attitude toward Spain
and the Catholic hierarchy here
Both publications recently have
been critical of conditions ir
Spain.
The magazine denied the In.
diana papers contention thai
Spain was 400 years behind the
rest Of the world, and answered
Americas complaint over lack o1
religious liberty in Spain by boast.
ing OF religious unity here.
The magazine article followed
q recent pastoral letter by Pedro
Cardinal Segura. archbishop o1
Seville, accusing the two American
Catholic papers Of spreading false
doctrine and politely asking then
to leave Spanish affairs alone.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
'Buster' Bootner Is CoIorfuI,
7ouqh and Exuberont General
Former StiIweII Aide
Old China Hand Who
Scorns Red Tupe

Brig. Gen. Hayden L. Boatner,
new commander of the Koje
Island war prison camp, is a color
full. longtime China hand"
Buster" Boatner, as his troops
called him in World War II, was
1t. Gen. Joe Stilwell's chief of
staff for Chinese combat soldiers
in the India-B Burma theater. He
held generals rank in the Chi
nese army, too.
Gen. Boatner threw away the
book" in his jungle campaign. He
had an army of Chinese, Ameri-
cans, and tribesmen from India
and Burma. The army used eight
different languages-not counting
profanity.
The new Koje commander
started his military career as a
Marine in 1918, and as virtuoso
of invective claimed the admira-
ton of the hard-boiled troops in
the Obi theater.
A 1924 graduate of West Point,
he specialized in China affairs. He
had a most unmilitary contempt
for red tape, loved a gag, and re-
fused to truckle with formality.
Gen. Boatner used to run around
the jungle in shorts, shirt, cap
and boots-and no insignia. His
exuberance earned him the BUS
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Gun Factory Polling
Employees on Move
To Pennsylvania

The Naval Gun Factory today
began polling 800 of it's workers
on whether they want to move
to Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The Navy last night announced
its ordnance stock Office will be
transferred to the Pennsylvania
town to release needed space here
But the employees don't have to
go unless they want to. The
move will start about four months
from now and take two months.
The osfice was one of several
suggested for decentralization
last year. Then Atlanta was men
toned as a possible new location.
Capt. Lloyd H. Thomas, COM
manding officer, issued question
naires today to the employees
most of them specialists in ord
nance equipment cataloging. They
were asked to state whether they
would be willing to move. Capt
Thomas asked for the answers by
tomorrow noon.
Requirements for those who
don't 60 will be hired both here
and in Mechanicsburg. Capt.
Thomas said.
IT any one wants to go to Me-
chanicsburg, he can come down
here and apply" he said.
All but IS Of the Offices staff
are civilians. Thirty-f1ve officers
must move automatically. Capt.
Thomas said.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Knights Temp|ar E|ec'
Grand Commander

Roy A. Plymton Of 921 Nine
teenth street NV. last night was
elected grand commander of the
Grand Commandery Of knights
Templar of the District of Colum-
bia. He succeeds Percy w. Jones.
Mr.. Plymton is a member OF
Lafayette Lodge No. 10 and a
former most illustrious grand
master of the Grand Council.
Other officers elected at the
Washington Hotel were Robert L.
Kause, very eminent deputy grand
commander; Rodger r. Kaufman,
grand generalissimo; Raymond N.
Babcock. grand captain-general;
Archibald c. Stark. grand senior
warden; John L. Allen. grand
Junior warden.
Also Lloyd o. Miller, grand
standard bearer: John G. Mathes,
grand sword bearer; Joseph D.
Yerkes, grand warder. and Roland
Richards. grand captain of the
guard.
Reelected were the Rev. Ed
ward D. Latch, grand prelate: DR..
Frank E. Gibson. ST., grand treas
urer, and Otto B. Roepke, grand
recorder. Appointed were Samuel
T. Farmer. associate grand prel-
ate; William L. Hunt, instructor
general Of the work, and Emerson
B. Wise, assistant instructor gen.
eral of the work, and George F.
Davis, grand quartermaster.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Arlington Woman Loses$7,OOO
7o2With Neat FIim-FIon Storv

Two women, just bursting to
share some hot money, took 81 900
from an Arlington woman yester-
day in one of the neatest film
flam tricks police have run across
recently.
Mrs. Hazel Turner, 60, of 5000
North Fourteenth street, Arling-
ton, told police she gave the
money to a pair of new acquaint-
ances she made on G street NV.
in the morning.
This is the story she told po-
lice, according to Sergt. Miller
Dixon of the robbery squad.
She was shopping along the
HOO block of G street when a
middle-aged woman struck up a
conversation. The woman con-
fided to Mrs. Turner that she had
just received a $4,000 check in
settlement for an accident in
which her daughter had been in
Ijured.
The stranger then remarked on
the good fortune of a friend who
had found $500 in a handbag
on the street.
what a coincidence" Stranger
No. remarked. Here's my friend
now"
Stranger No. 2 came into the
conversation explaining that "her
boss" has advised her to keep
the money for at least three
months before spending it, be-
cause it might be traced back to
her and she would be in trouble
for not reporting it.
The newcomer also explained
her boss told her to share it with
her friend. since she knew
about it.
But now that we've told this
lady here" Stranger No. 2 said,
nodding toward Mrs. Turner.
well have to share with her."
The first stranger then said
she would not have to spend her
share for several months because
she had her insurance check.
Then, according to Sergt. Dixon,
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Russians Bar Both Ends
Of Berlin Road to Patrols

BERLIN. May 13 (P.-The
Russians today bottled up both
ends Of the Berlin -Helmstedt au-
tobahn and prevented Allied
patrol cars from entering either
way. American officials said.
Allied patrol cars have been
prevented for five days from
entering the express highway from
Berlin, but have been allowed to
patrol from the western or Helm
stedt end.
This morning, American Off
cials said, east-bound patrols also
were turned back from the Helm
stedt checkpoint without explana-
ton.
The United States Army's regu-
lar weekly convoy out of Berlin
was allowed to pass unhampered.
Regular civilian traffic also was
flowing normally along the no.
mile road, the only highway con-
nection which the Allies are
allowed to use between Berlin
and Western zones.
The patrols were designed to aid
travellers and to keep them from
straying off the highway through
the Soviet zone.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Mother of 1852
And Seven Children
Visit White House


The American mother of 1882"
Mrs. Toy Len Coon, continued a
round of sightseeing and official
receptions today, after being re-
ceived at the White House by
Mrs. Truman.
The Chinese-born widow, who
operates a laundry in Portland,
Me-, and seven of her eight chill
dren were received in the Red
Room Of the White House yes
terday.
Mrs. Coon, who received the
American mother award from the
Golden Rule Foundation, was to
have lunch at the Capitol today
with Representative and Mrs.
Robert Hale. Mr.. Hale, a Re-
publican, represents the district
in which Mrs. Coon lives.
Nine. Wellington Koo, wife of
the Chinese Ambassador, will give
Ia tea for Mrs. Coon at the Chi
nese Embassy tomorrow after
noon.
Evening star., 1952-05-13

Other developments yesterday
we're:
/. The subcommittee went into
executive session during the after
noon hearing and agreed to post
pone additional testimony on
Senator McCarthy's "precarious'
financial affairs.
2. Chairman Gillette, Democrat,
of Iowa. told reporters later that,
although this line of testimony
had not been abandoned, it would
be taken up again only if it is
shown to be relevant.
3. Testimony that one of Sena-
tor McCarthy's financial hackers
was Russell M. Arundel, described
as a Warrenton (Va.) horseman.
Mr.. Arundel's Office in the World
Center Building is listed in the
current telephone directory as
the Principally of Outer Bal
donia."
Collateral on Loans.
4. Testimony that Ray Kiernas
OF Shiocton, Wis, Senator Nc
Carthy's administrative assistant,
put up collateral valued at $23,452
on loans the Senator obtained
from the Appleton (Wis.) State
Bank.
S. The fact that Mr.. Moore has
asked the Senators to bear in
mind the laws concerning what
has been referred to as kickbacks. +"
6. The fact that Mr.. Moore also
assured the subcommittee that
testimony as to Mr.. McCarthy's
financial transactions was not sub
mitted as any evidence of wrong
doing, but as an indication of his
motives at the time he made the
LuStrOn deal
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Schools Are Supplements,
Judge CockriII Tells PTA

Parents should not expect too
much Of the schools in molding
their children for responsible cit
|izenship. Judge Edith H. Cockrill
of juvenile Court said last night.
Schools are hasically intended
to train the child's mind" she told
a meeting Of parents and teachers
at Stuart Junior High School,
Fourth and E streets NE
Schools must supplement home
training, but not substitute for it,"
Discussing youths Attitude
Toward Authority" Judge Cockrill
said discipline must serve the pur-
pose of instruction and not pun
iShment."
Children don't resent being
disciplined" she declared, IF they
understand why"
Evening star., 1952-05-13
American JET Pilots
Shoot Down 5 MICS
In Korean Battles
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea, May 13.-
American Sabre pilots downed
five Communist MIG-15 jet
fighters today in a half dozen
battles over North Korea, the
United States 5th Air Force an
lnounced.
The United States 9th Army
said ground troops killed at least
100 Reds in patrol skirmishes.
The Army said the United
States 1st Marine Division is hold
ing a sector of the western front
near the armistice conference
village, Panmunjom. It said the
Leathernecks moved into the area
from central and eastern posi-
tionS month ago. They replaced
the South Korean 1st Division
which held the sector 18 months.
The Far East Air Forces said
United Nations fighter bombers
yesterday cut a short stretch of
rail line near Huichon in 100
places. 1t was another of tie
Allies new saturation bombings,
U. N. airmen working over Com
munist front-line positions yester-
day reported they destroyed 20
gun positions, a locomotive and
SIS vehicles; damaged a tank and
set a fuel dump afire.
Allied warships bombarbed the
eastern and western coasts of
North Korea.
A Navy summary said the de-
stroyer James c. Owen and the
destroyer-mine sweeper Doyle laid
day and night fire on enemy gun
positions in the Songjin area on
the east coast. 49,
The heavy cruiser Bremerton
used her 8-inch guns for the first
time. the Navy said, on Commu-
mist front-line positions near the
east coast.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Bonn Defies Threats
From Russian Zone
On Pact With West
BY the Associated Press

BONN. Germany, May 13.-The
West German government de-
clared today that neither threats
nor terror from the East will pre-
vent our federal republic from
going with the West on the path
to unity in peace and freedom"
This defiance to Communist
threats was expressed in the gov
ernment's official information bull
Iletin.
It came after East Germany's
Red rulers had launched a new
nerve war in an apparent last
ditch attempt to frighten West
Germany out of signing it's pro-
jected peace contract with the
West and the European army
treaty.
The new Red campaign was ig-
nited by Sundays Red riot al
Essen to protest against the peace
pact. One young Communist was
killed in a clash with police.
This was followed by the
threat of a new squeeze on Berlin
by East German Communist Boss
Walter Ulbricht if the peace con-
tract is signed.
Undeterred, Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer prepared to resume
negotiations with the Allied high
commissioners this afternoon to
push the contract to conclusion.
Young East German Commu-
nists, meanwhile, swore revenge
for Sundays riot at Essen and
their elders clamored for stiff
ening fight against the West. II,
East Berlin's Soviet-licensed
Taegliche Rundschau called for
national resistance" against the
peace contract.