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Evening star., 1952-01-24

Macarthur Feared as Keynoter
Taft Alone Can View Possible Choice Sereney
While EisenhoWer's Managers Are FretfuI

What they would expect is
that Gen. Macarthur would ex-
plain why military men should
not become President. This
would be q trifie inconsistent,
since Gen. Macarthur entered
the Wisconsin presidential pri-
mary in 1948; In politics. how
ever, inconsistency Is widely ac-
cepted as the vice Of little minds.
When the late Fiorello La
Guardia was UNRRA administra-
tor. he used to warn benefl-
Charles Of that postwar relief
agency that 1t would not be long
continued for three reasons.
One. he said. was that its sup
porters did not have the votes
in Congress and the other two
didn't matter. s5r
Gen. Eisenhower's hackers are
in that precise situation In the
national committee which runs
the convention. They do not
have the votes to stop the Taft
faction In that mainly elderly
and privileged group. Thus,
other considerations don't mat
ter, If the Taft people decide
to bull ahead
What Gen. Eisenhower Strate-
gistS have done is to insure their
own membership on the Com
mittee on Arrangements and
see to it that other candidates
are likewise represented. They
remain q small minority.
Such Senator Taft men as
Carroll Reece. Harrison Span
gler and Walter Hallanan. none
renowned for self-restraint, are
on it. Its women members are
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votes In Democratic State
primaries; 1t furnished II per
cent In 1913. In Senator Nc
Mahon the county managers
will have an excellent cam
paigner in his own right and he
has said he will campaign
actively. The fact that he is
a Catholic is counted greatly in
his favor. three -fourths Of the
Democratic county vote being
Catholic. Lucas. of course, will
go to bat for him.
Senator Kefauver, however,
will not be without friends
not without one friend. at least.
Nobody believes that Senator
Paul Douglas viii stay out of
the fray. He not only has q
warm friendship for Senator
Kefauver. but has said he be-
lieves he would make q splendid
President. He thinks the same
of Gen. Eisenhower. to be sure.
but in the Democratic primary
his choice will be Senator Ke-
fauver and he is certain to put
up q fight for his choice.
Gov. Stevenson is generally
expected to keep out OF the
brawl. Any ambition he may
have in the direction of the
presidency always in case Mr..
Truman withdraws-will not be
affected by the outcome. AS
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witness, stated that Col. Willie
got out of the car to see whether
q bridge was safe and fell in the
river. The body was never re-
covered. The State Department
and Pentagon accepted the ex-
planation and the case was of
ficially closed. The fact, known
unofhcially. that the Vistula in
early spring Of 1916 was covered
with two inches Of ice was not
considered, probably because In
that year the Government was
unwilling to antagonize the Rus
sian masters Of Poland.
Col. Michela served in 1s49 as
military attache to Czechoslo-
vakia. He had been stationed at
Moscow in a similar position in
1943, with The temporary rank
OF brigadier general. He was re-
called and reduced to his per-
manent rank because Of his
critical attitude toward the Rus
sian governments refusal to give
American military men legiti-
mate information or let them
60 personally to the front.
Col. Michela was considered
one Of our ablest intelligence
officers. He received desk in
Military Intelligence at the
Pentagon and soon after the
War.was sent to Prague. In May.
1949. he died at his residence
outside Prague where his family
also lived. The official version
was that his death resulted
from q heart attack in bed. But
from an investigation on the
spot it transpired that the heart
attack, was caused by the sting
OF q bee" The body was taken
to Frankfurt for an autopsy. the
results of which were never
made public. All that was al
. lowed. to leak out was that an
Army surgeon discovered nothing
special. Pentagon officers were
cautioned not to discuss the
matter.
Suspicion still exists today
that Col. Michela. who was
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Doris Fleeson:

PORTLAND, Greg, Jan. "a.
- Among their considerable
problems, candidates for the Re-
publican presidential nomina-
ton other than Senator Taft
place the possibility that Gen.
Macarthur viii be named to give
the national convention key
note.
Harold Stassen moved to pro-
tect his interest in such an
eventuality with an ad lib bit Of
demagoguery in his prepared
address at San Francisco last
week. II elected he would. he
said, erase the stain Of Gen.
MacArthur's dismissal by sum-
moning the general to the White
House and restoring him to ac-
tive duty. Gov. Warren lis
tened poker-faced while the ma
i. ii committee cheered.
Gen. Eisenhower's managers,
however, are under no ILLUSIONS
about what the general Of the
Pacific might do to Gen. Ike If
handed the strategic keynote
spot. They put Gen. Macarthur
in the Taft camp with his prin-
cipal journalistic support, the
Hearst newspapers and the Chi
cago Tribune.
They recall also that Gen.
Macarthur was Chief of Staff
when young Capt. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, his aide, was writ
ing speeches for him and carry
ing his briefcase. Their faith In
human nature does not extend
to believing Gen. Macarthur
could be wholly objective about
the aide passing above him to
the greater glory.
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

Senator Kefauve the Democratic for
President the rascals outas they
nominate him. H
Price Boss Mike Disable hen for the United States
Ohio Mike Of great personal warmthand
unsesh wants share the heat with 95 other
Nangle Missouri Democratic committeeman after
visit there's mo doubt" viii again
Harry believes preparedness the big issue No other man well
prepared ward OF the shock Of balanced budget.
#s .f&s
President Tmans economic advisers testify the country
stand" his $s5 billion spending It's taxpayer
afford to sit down very long 1t @e m tt 4seF
b s@s< sae-
Gov Adat Stevenson Of Illinois is mum on his political
with President They agreed all good Democrats should
ranks for the big job ahead-nomnating Taft the
Republican ticket
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Lowell MeNett::
Truman Fovors Ad|oi Stevenson
Entry of MeMohon in Illinois Primary Considered Step
Toward Keeping Nomination Open for Governor

A bare-knuckled battle among
Democrats Is in the making
In Illinois. President Truman
seems to have decided that 1t
won't do to have that States
delegation more or less morally
committed to Estes Kefauver
by an uncontested preference
primary. At the last moment
he has tossed in a candidate OF
his own, Senator Brien Nc
Mahon Of Connecticut.
Whether this results from a
desire to keep the Illinois dele
cation for himself. in case he
decides to run again, or from
q desire to have it available
for Adlai Stevenson, in case he
doesn't, is the subject of sharp
speculation. Gov. Stevenson
has come to be considered the
Presidents favorite dark horse.
The Governor, who demon
strated extraordinary vote-get-
ting ability in '48 and whose
popularity seems to have grown
during his term In Office. re-
Trained from seeking indorse-
ment as a favorite-son candi-
date. He has announced himself
for the governorship again in
stead. That would not prevent
the Illinois delegation, under
the States primary law, from
turning to him quickly after no
more than a token vote for
Senator Kefauver. if it ap-
peared to be the polite thing
to do; but the administration
forces would like to avoid the
necessity of forcing any such
action in the face of a demon
strated State desire for the tall
Tennessean. It is undertaking
therefore to prevent any such
demonstration.
Senator Mcmahon, who is said
not to take his own candidacy
too seriously. may be able to
stop Senator Kefauver. He is
conceded the support Of most
of the Cook County organiza-
tion. simply because the county
organization doesn't care for
Senator Kefauver. 1t has held
his inopportune television show
In Chicago responsible for
Scott Lucas failure to win re-
election to the Senate two years
ago. And Cook County usually
casts about two-thirds Of the
Evening star., 1952-01-24
DoyIo luMs-es.
Refuses to Beo Stalking Horse
Kefouver Trying to Win Democratic Nomination BY BottIng
The Political Machine Bosses in Several States

convention: and there need
never be another. Several Of
the States have successfully
solved that difficulty with re-
gard to the choice of their Gov
ernors. and Federal law can
solve 1t In the same wav with
regard to the choice of Presi-
dents. The nominations should
be made directly by the people
&C the polls"
The announcement by Sela-
tor Kefauver that he will enter
some Of the State primaries is
In itself q challenge to the
President. Mr.. Kefauver has
voted more times with his party
ON important issues than
against it. He is independent.
minded and won his election to
the Senate by defeating in the
primary race in Tennessee the
candidate Of a Memphis politi-
cal machine which in all pre-.
vious campaigns had dominated
the elections. So Senator Ke-
fauver really is trying again to
win by taking on this time the
political machines in several
States.
It will be an interesting side
light on the 1852 campaign to
see how skillfully the machines
and oficeholders. who are con-
trolled by the administration
will seek to prevent the Ke-
fauver candidacy from getting
anywhere. Already candidates
have been entered by the ad-
ministration to attempt to block
Kefauver. It serves only to
emphasize that State primaries
need run-off provisions so that
the top two can decide the is
sue and so that the total vote
cannot be split into pieces by
candidates who are obviously
stalking horses" for political
bosses who seek to control the
balloting at the national con-
vention.
tReproduction Rights Resefved.l
Evening star., 1952-01-24
Constantine Brown
Action BY Swiss Police Waited
Report Violent Deoth of Naval Attoche Copt. KorPe
Behind Iron Curton May Bring Congressional Probe

known for his robust health.
was d victim Of those "myste.
rious circumstances. which are
so frequent in the Iron Curtain
countries. Detailed reports On
the deaths Of the three attaches
have been classified as secret by
Washington authorities and
there is some doubt whether .
congressional committee could
obtain them from the Pentagcn.
The truth about Capt. Karpe'S
accident" may come TO light
soon if the Swiss police make Q
full investigation and report.
Evening star., 1952-01-24
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Get your February Readers Di-
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Evening star., 1952-01-24
Dovid Lowrence:

At least one man of promi-
nence in the Democratic Party
believes that the nomination
for the presidency should be de-
cided by the people and not by
the man who happens to be
President.
When Senator Estes Kefau-
yer of Tennessee announced
that he was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the
presidency and that he was
nobody's stalking horse" he
became the first Democratic
aspirant who wasn't asking Mr..
Truman's consent to run or
making promises that he will
retire from the race If the
President says he wants renomi-
nation.
MIR. Kefauver's pronounce
ment is "the exception that
proves the rule" The mere fact
that there are no others who
have done likewise underlineS
the curious situation in which
the majority party in the last
four presidential elections finds
itself.
Theoretically, the members of
the Democratic Party are free
from coercion. Theoretically,
there is no dictator in the party
who says who may be nomi-
mated. But actually the office
holders and the political ma
chimes are so beholden to Mr..
Truman that they do not dare
to say openly that perhaps some
one else should be chosen.
Those men who might be
candidates hesitate for fear they
might offend Mr.. Truman and
fail later to gain any of the dele
cations which he may indirectly
or directly control in the event
that he ultimately decides not
to run. Hence the courageous
action Of Senator Kefauver in
defying all precedents and ira
dition, insofar as party organi-
Evening star., 1952-01-24

an ulinoisan he can take the
delegation from either Mcmahon
or Kefauver when and IL the
time comes.
AS the party's candidate for
the presidency he would have q
good deal to recommend him.
in the matter Of character,
ability and experience. the ex-
perience covering both foreign
and domestic affairs. He Is
considered competent to carry
Illinois with its large electoral
vote against almost anybody,
and four years as Governor has
given him q solid reputation In
the surrounding Corn Belt
States. All In all, it has ceased
to be q secret that Of ill the
possibilities the White House
now prefers HMM case.
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zation practice is concerned, Is
all the more commendable.
Mr.. Kefauyer is, Of course,
disliked by most Of the big polit-
ical machines. especially In the
large cities. Though a Democrat
himself. he fearlessly turned the
spotlight on some Of the big
Democratic Party machines and
showed their relationship to the
gamblers and racketeers. For
this he has incurred the ever
lasting enmity OF the political
organizations concerned. But
perhaps by the same token he
has won more than enough
political support to offset that
kind Of opposition.
II there were q Nationwide
presidential preference primary,
as Woodrow Wilson recommend
ed to Congress in February.
1913. when he was President
elect. the people as q whole
would have a choice in nominat-
ing a President.
There are such primaries in
IA States, but they cover only
half the number Of delegates
and the results Of primaries are
not binding because Of State
laws permitting different choices
at the convention itself.
The evils of system where
by the President may control
his own denomination were de-
nounced by Woodrow Wilson.
but the Democratic Party in
subsequent years never enacted
his proposal.
"It is intolerahle," wrote Mr.
Wilson in 1918, shat any Pres
ident should be permitted to
determine who should succeed
him-himself or another-by
patronage or coercion, or by
any sort Of control of the ma
chinery by which delegates to
the nominating convention are
chosen.
There ought never to be an
other presidential nominating
Evening star., 1952-01-24

mainly those who reflect their
pro-Taft national committee
men. No charge is made that
National Chairman Gabrielson
has not tried to be fair: Sena-
tor Taft is merely the hero Of
the q. o. P. hard core.
II these apprehensions about
the course Taft men may take
in the convention are unwar-
ranted, their brass-knuckles ap-
proacl1 at San Francisco Il
largely to blame.
Another ground for 1t was
the Ohioan's action in blocking
the promotion Of Whip Lever
ett Saltonstall to Senate floor
leader and substituting Senator
Bridges. This was done hard
on the heels Of public charges
that Senator Bridges had in-
tervened with the Internal Rev.
er1ue Bureau for . Baltimore
liquor dealer in conjunction
with the mystery man. Dutch"
Grunewald.
Admittedly, Senator Salton-
stall is pro-Eisenhower, while
Senator Bridges has expressed
no preference. But the Eisen-
hover people point out that the
minority floor leader in the Taft
Senate regime is merely q tao
tician, while Senator Taft con-
trols policy and so could have
little effect on matters presi-
Dental. They aver also that
Lev Saltonstall is the kind of
man who would bend over back
ward to be fair, especially to
those he does not personally
support.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1952-01-24
'Yiddish Night at Center

The Montgomery County Jewish
Community, Inc. will hold q, 'Yid-
dish Night" at $3.50 pm. Satur-
day In the Center, 8402 Freyman
drive, Chevy Chase. Md. Cad
jacobsen will read Yiddish folk
tales and Sidney Ritt will read
an essay, In English, on "Who
Can Translate Yiddish?"
Evening star., 1952-09-14
From Major Jordon's Diaries
BY George Racey Jordan. (Harcourt, Brace; $780,
Reviewed BY Belmont Earies

Maj. Jordan. who set of a
seven-day sensation back in
1949 with his charge that Harry
Hopkins had ordered him to
speed an atomic shipment to
Russia, has written this book,
he explains. to set the record
straight.
This time his story, told with
the assistance Of Richard L.
Stokes. is somewhat more con-
vincing. The obvious errors have
been corrected and the gaping
holes In the original version
neatly plugged.
As lend-lease liaiSon officer at
Great Falls, Mont. on the air
pipeline to Russia. Maj. Jordan
saw a lot Of things that dis
turbed him.
Lend-lease shipments. he
says. included large amounts Of
non-military items. Quoting
from "the Russians own figures"
he lists such items as a single
$40 tobacco pipe, 373 gallons of
liquors. and 1928 sets Of false
teeth.
Mysterious Suitcoses
Scores Of mysterious black
suitcases moved through under
diplomatic immunity" When
he inspected one shipment over
violent Russian protests. Mai.
Jordan found note on White
House stationery which con-
Evening star., 1952-09-14

vinced him tat a later date)
that Hopkins was sending
atomic secrets to Russia.
Hopkins again enters the
story when. as Maj. Jordan tells
it, he came on the line during a
talk between Russian officials in
Great Falls and Washington to
instruct Jordan to expedite q
shipment of uranium ore.
Such a shipment, one Of three
authorized by American ofii-
cials, was made in 1943-f1ot
1914 as Jordan originally testi-
fed.
The official American policy
at that time. as set by President
Roosevelt, was that the Soviet
Union must be treated as a real
friend. Military equipment and
information. except in the
atomic field. was to be made
freely available. It is possible
Hopkins went beyond that pol
icy to try to keep the Russians
abreast Of American atomic
progress. But Jordan's memory.
reinforced by hindsight and re-
vised to conform to the known
facts. falls quite q bit short OF
Dr00f
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Area Cerumists

The exhibition of ceramic art
has q total of 225 works in its
three sections. The non-com-
petitive sections Of invited work
by American artists and con-
temporary foreign work select.
ed by the embassies and lega-
tionS in Washington, represent
ing 20 countries, were surveyed
by Harriet Griffiths in these
columns last Sunday.
The competitive section this
year was opened for the first
time to artists residing in
Maryland and Virginia as well
as to those Of the District Of CO.
lumbia. They submitted more
than 100 pieces to a jury COM
posed Of DR.. Edwin Kirk, United
States National Museum: Bruce
Etchison. director, Washington
County Museum Of Fine Arts.
Hagerstown, Md, and Reuben
Kramer, director, Baltimore Art
Center twinner' Of The Evening
Star prize in the Washington
Sculptors' Group.
The jury selected 1T items
and made cash awards, and an
equal number Of honorable
mentions, as follows: Emma Lou
I Brady for large jar, brown me-
tallic glaze. American Art Clay
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Edward Fisher Novels

After upward of a dozen
years of putting words into
other mems mouths. Edward
Fisher is speaking, or rather
writing for himself. He's hav-
ing q wonderful time.
At the moment, Mr.. Fisher.
q former civil servant who wrote
speeches for some of the most
exalted names in the Capitol.
has not less than four novels
going. He calls this multiple
action technique "the Grandma
Moses method" The old lady
generally has several canvases
In process at once, goes around
to them all with blue paint for
sky. gray for barn. and so on
until they are all filled in. Mr..
Fisher. who once studied paint
ing at the Corcoran Gallery
finds his fiction goes much more
smoothly If he keeps several
projects moving at once.
just the other day he sent of
to his agent a little satire called
THE Innocent Island" a fan
tasy about gambling ring no.
body can nail down, which he
hopes may help to foster q
more European, or tolerant at
titude toward this apparently
incurable human weakness. He
wrote this in pre-Kefauver days.
Immediately on his retirement
from Government service in
1913.
Four at Once
Also on the flre-that is to
say In various stages of progress
Evening star., 1952-09-14

they find the one unforgivable
sin is not to make money. Peo-
pie who just get enough money
to live on are not considered
successful.
Miss Halsey learned about
money the hard way-that is
to say. by making pots Of it
on her first book. She spent
a good deal of it on psyche
analysis. Along about that
time. she got a divorce. In due
time, she remarked, and is now
the mother of a little girl, aged
4. She addresses this book to
her daughter who already is
, being beseiged by producers to
consume goods she doesn't real.
ly need-just like her mother.
"The pressure on American
women to spend their way into
womanlinesS," says Miss Halsey,
lis so enormous and unremit-
ting and inescapable that it al
most takes a decomposition
chamber to get away from it"
This Is one of the ways, she
thinks, that the business society
attempts to justify the exist
ence of women.
Since the acquisition of money
neither relieves nor rewards
Americans, she believes that
they use their overflow of ag-
gressiveness. scepticism and
competitiveness in trying to
make the world a better place
Miss Halsey can talk, as she has
devoted much of her time to
bettering race relations. She
takes note of the universal de-
rision that the term "do-gooder''
arouses and suggests a change
of attitude.
"The Folks at Home" really
has only one point to make.
and Miss Halsey makes 1t a
nagging number of times would
say. Her lecture is interlarded
with amusing fragments of au-
TOPOGRAPHY. Still. she has a
point. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1952-09-14

Co. pottery award: Frank D.
Fousek. set of 8 trays. grey
enamel on copper. circle design,
American Art Clay Co.. enamel
award: Alta Fuller. hand model
ed bottle. ivory matt glaze. B.
F. Drankenfeld Co.. award, also
mention for a red glazed cover
ed jar; Hazel Scaife Detwiler,
tile top table, birds and fish de-
sign. The o. Hommel Co.
award; Lisle Pursel. wine red
glazed bowl, Winthrop Ceramic
Supply Co. award. also mentions
for a brown glazed pitcher, and
q large bowl with blue matt
glaze; Ollie P. Long. George F.
Muth Co. award for her ce-
ramic sculpture Toad" which
also won the "best Of show"
award from Popular Ceramics
Magazine. Honorable mentions
went to Nancy Anderson for a
green and brown glazed punch
bowl. to Audrey Hayden for a
wheel thrown sculpture. Tree
Duck; to Katherine B. Hobbs.
ceramic sculpture "Budweiser
Horse" and to Hermine Anne
Secretion bird jug. Besides
these the Kiln Club voted
three awards on the opening
day. limited to members; this
year. these awards were
strained glass rondels. made by
Fredericka Seals. They went to
Lisle Pursel, Helen O'Brien and
Audrey Hayden.
An outstanding feature of the
Kiln Club annual each year is
the Workshop. Demonstra-
tions on the potter's wheel are
given Monday, Wednesday. Fri
day and Sunday afternoons at
two o'clock, by Club members.
Last Sunday, Alexander Clam
pietro. demonstrator, was sur
rounded by so dense a crowd
that he could not be seen by
casual passers by until the lights
were dimmed at 4:30.
A special ethnologic exhibition
of ceramics from primitive to
modern times. with a collection
of pottery tools and moulds,
and watercolors of early Amer
ican stoneware from the Index
Of American Design, National
Gallery Of Art, enhance the
workshop section.