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Evening star., 1952-04-15

Meanwhile. Mr.. Hartman, for
whom the dinner is being given,
has caught the fever. His aides
have it. too, so there seems
little chance of its passing of
suddenly.
For many Democrats it poses
q problem. Few men are more
popular in the party or have
served in hard tasks more un-
selfishly. His ample purse
has been a JOY forever to the
professionals. But on the prac-
tical side he is little known,
little experienced in politics and
a colorless personality. He has
come q long way in knowledge
and skill since he was mere win
dow dressing for the New Deal:
that he can cope with a General
Eisenhower or Senator Taft in q
campaign is moot. .e
Unfortunately for the aspir-
ants, they will find it difficult
and expensive to import one of
those "We want Willkie" claques
into the Waldorf-Astoria. The
dinner costs 500 a plate.
Perhaps not their fate but
certainly a harvest Of publicity
is at stake and they must de-
pend on the tender mercies Of q
mass Of well-heeled New York
Democrats for the applause
which will gauge their popular
ity. It almost seems as if those
old Roman gladiators had it
easier. AIS.
Evening star., 1952-04-15

there is a strong political mo-
tive: Interference with the tempo
of rearmament of the members
of the Western defense coalition.
Moscow may not take too seri-
ously the military preparations
of the free nations in Europe.
but there always is the posi-
bility that the conservative gov
ernmentS which are now in
power in Britain, France and the
Benelux countries may prevail
upon their people to live up to
the commitments undertaken in
1949 when the NATO pact was
signed. The best way to shake
the power Of these governments
which are being backed only
lukewarmly by their heteroge-
neouS parliaments is to offer
their people an attractive carrot
such as the possibility Of COM
mercial intercourse with the 900
million people behind the Iron
Curtain.
Moscow can change the rules
OF the game in a few hours and
there is nothing to assure these
buSiness-hungry manufacturers
and exporters that this will not
be done after the move toward
rearmament once more has been
slowed down drastically.
In spite of the bitter expert
ences the free nations have had
in the last six years at the hand
of the Kremlin conspirators, the
rank and file Of peoples in
Western Europe are about ready
to swallow the new Soviet
peace offensive" hook, line and
Sinker. There never has been
any real enthusiasm for re-
armament among the original
II Western European nations
which signed the NATO pact.
Before this plan was Endorsed
by the American Congress. re-
sponsible Frenchmen such as
former Premier Ramadier and
Gen. JUN, who is now one Of
the deputies at SHAPE, assured
our officials that in the event
that Congress permitted the ex-
penditure of substantial amounts
Evening star., 1952-04-15
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

New Jersey chooses between Ike and Taft It's hard choice
one fellow won't talk and the other won't STOP
White House caller says President Truman will veto the bill
giving oil tdeands the States Harry believes the Federal
Government everything under warnot just the taxpayer
The ICC big railroad freight rate Don't
You still make dollar long wayju try carrying
with while look for something to buy for buck
The evson industry halls the FEC decision to permit 1900
movies that made especially for them 20
Retiring Senator Tom Connaly of Texas he can't be
drafted Connay prefers elder statemanthats
politician who enough to quit before he gets beat
AS floods roll through the Midwest President Truman plans
transfer food control the Engineers the Interior
Department We've tried stopping floods by png sanbags
the river banknow we'll pling Democrat top Of
another back in Washington.
presidential candidate Avere Hartman is the
compromse-he his under
his money under the Republicans.
Evening star., 1952-04-15

had been something more than
just a rich mans son.
Roosevelt discovered this
when he called him to WASH
ington In '33 to help pull the
country out of the hole. Mr..
Hartman accepted all sorts Of
drudgery on a 14-hour day
basis, and mostly without title.
He was administrative officer
for NRA. He ran the Com
merce Department for Harry
Hopkins during the latter's long
illness. He set up the lend
lease missions in London and
Moscow. He served as Ambas-
sador to Russia and as rowing
ambassador for the Marshall
Plan. He is now director of
the all-important Mutual Secu-
rity Agency.
Through it all, as said, Mr..
Hartman has made few enc
mics, but it is possible that
Senator Taft doesn't like him.
On one occasion in q public
speech at q labor convention
he remarked: 1.-THE most char
liable thing you can say about
Taft is that he doesn't know
what he does"
Evening star., 1952-04-15

New York, a famous spring.
board to the presidency. How
ever. Presidentitis is catching,
or so the Senate seems to prove,
so nobody is counting on it.
Other potential Presidents
who will vie with one another
Thursday night include Gov.
Adlai Stevenson, Senators Ke-
fauver. Kerr and Mcmahon, and
"a late starter but In deadly
earnest-Mr. Hartman himself.
A man named James A. Farley
will also be present and is q
question mark.
Gov. Stevenson is described
as considerably nonplussed by
the prospect and at first tried
to bow out. But his handlers,
including the big shots of
Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton, persuaded him to be on
hand. He has now promised
to issue a clarifying statement"
before he sticks his head in
the tigers den. probably on
Wednesday.
ADA headquarters here are in
a swivet. They can't believe that
their pet and pride. q Truman
choice too, will let them down
by any firm refusal to be con-
sidered for the nomination. They
know he will do his cause no
good by being coy. But he has
given them very little reason to
believe that he will forthrightly
proclaim that he is Q candidate.
Evening star., 1952-04-15
BIunder Is Measured in Tons
Steel Production Lost by Truman Dooriness Was Equal
To Needs for 9Month School, Building Program in u S.
David Lawrence:

Enough steel to take care of
the school-building program of
the Nation for nine months was
wasted by the dilatoriness of
President Truman in failing to
utilize the Taft-Hartley Act to
prevent a closing down of the
steel mills last week.
Announcement has been made
by the American Iron and Steel
Institute that last week the to-
tai loss of steel due to the bank
ing of furnaces in anticipation
of the strike amounted to $685.
600 tons. But to this must now
be added the loss during this
current week of an additional
$4,000 tons in getting back to
normal operations. In all a to-
tai of 938, 900 tons Of production
will have been lost.
Just what such an amount of
steel means can be better under
stood when it Is considered that
the loss represents the equiva-
lent amount Of steel needed for
about 100000 refrigerators or
100000 farm tractors or 340, 900
automobiles or $4,000 modern
Six-room houses or 5000 rail-
road freight cars.
But nowadays. when steel is
rationed and the auto industry
gets about 20 per cent of the
available steel, it means that
about 10000 fewer cars will be
built. There is no way that the
loss can be made up because the
steel mills are supposed to oper-
ate at full capacity all the time
now in order to meet the de-
mand.
Approximately 100000 tons
Of steel is a lot of steel. Great
Britain sent Prime Minister
Churchill here a few weeks ago
to petition for 100000 tons to
help the entire British economy.
Evening star., 1952-04-15
Maybe the Meek Shall Inherit
New York Democrats Arrange Battle of the BoshfuI
In Bringing Hartman and Stevenson Face to Face

believed, Mr.. Truman-for the
presidential nomination. He ap-
pears to be reluctant. So what
the New York party workers
will be witnessing Thursday
night could be a battle Of the
bashful, a novel experience for
the hard-bitten professionals.
Mr.. Hartman is a New
Yorker. He was born on a
20,000-acre Hudson River es-
tate and still has his home
there although he has given a
considerable part Of it to the
State for public uses. He is
many times a millionaire,
thanks to his father, who built
the Union Pacific railroad en-
pire. and to his own business
ability. He attended Groton
and Yale. From school he went
to work on the railroad as a
section hand. That he was
vice president within two years
was hardly due to his perform
ance as a section hand. but the
fact that he was running the
road at the age Of Il and max
ing it pay when others were
not, indicated that he always
Evening star., 1952-04-15

ton. as happened in steel this
time.
What will suffer as a con-
sequence of the loss of nearly
/ million tons of steel? What
projects now will have to be
curtailed?
The Government agencies
which ration steel have been al
locating the product for essential
construction only. There has
been quite a controversy over
the adverse effects already felt
as a consequence of the severe
allocations. But now the coun-
try has to tighten its belt still
further in order to divide up a
lesser amount of steel. This
situation the President could
readily have avoided.
incidentally, the carelessnesS
Of Government officials in the
handling of raw materials
needed for the defense program
is something about which the
public as a rule has little knowl-
edge. For there have been in
recent months since the Ko-
rean war broke out serious
strikes in other key industries
such as copper. But no Gov
ernment agency ascertains the
extent Of the loss due to strikes
and then makes that informa-
ton public. The administra.
ton confines itself only to in
formation and propaganda that
doesn't reflect any discredit on
the way it operates. The statis-
tics about the lost steel fortu-
nately are available from private
sources. so the country can
promptly have an idea Of what
it means when q President plays
politics and fails to use the laws
Congress gave him to prevent
just such occurrences.
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Evening star., 1952-04-15
Lowell MeNett:

Before the week is out the
Democrats may have another
full-fiedged favorite-son candi-
date for the presidential nomi-
nation in the person of w.
Averell Hartman of New York.
The State party leaders are
looking him over Thursday
evening, having made him the
guest Of honor at the annual
dinner of the State Democratic
Committee. And Mr.. Hartman.
whose name heretofore has
seldom been associated with
politics, has admitted that he
would consider it an honor to
be the choice of the States big
delegation at the Chicago con-
vention.
On the face Of it the Harri-
man candidacy would appear to
be no more than a rallying
point for New York Democrats
pending the time for determin-
ing where they really wish to
throw their weight. Neither his
friends and admirers, of whom
he has a multitude. nor his enc
mics, of whom he has few, have
ever thought of Mr.. Hartman
as a candidate for public Office.
This despite the fact that he
has devoted himself almost ex-
clusively to public service for
the past twenty years. But
many an ambitious heart beats
beneath a modest exterior and
it may be that this shy fellow,
having worked in close associ-
alton with two political masters,
Roosevelt and Truman, during
all their years in the White
House, feels that he has learned
the tricks Of the trade and
could be a good President. He
wouldn't want to be President
unless he could be q good one.
Exploration of presidential
possibilities by the New York
State organization in this man
ner has some interesting facets.
Two avowed candidates, Sena-
tors Kefauver and Kerr, and
two tentative candidates, Vice
President Barkley and Senator
Mcmahon, will be there for in
Spection. But the guest likely
to divide attention with Mr..
Hartman is another man Of
well-established modesty, Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. His
career as a trouble shooter for
Roosevelt and Truman landed
him In the Governors mansion,
somewhat to his surprise. His
career as Governor has made
him the favorite Of many Demo-
crats-including. it II generally
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14
Phil Murray, Gallant Leader

The organized labor movement and the nation whole
will miss the wise leadership of Philip Murray Clio president
who died early Sunday November Phil Murray gallant
leader
Phil Murray, young Scottish immigrant to high
place the councils of his adopted land and his strong, firm
hand will be missed in the days ahead
The CLIO which he headed for II years the chief factor
in changing the attitude of American Negroes towards the
labor movement Prior to the advent of the Clio 1885
the Negro generally suspicious Of union labor largely be-
the AF craft unions had kept the group out of
their unions.
This situation is reflected today in the presence Of
number of craft unions where Negroes ooishy and unfair
g kept out of apprenticeship and of the unions by
various devices The remaining unions which discriminate
against Negroes and the Big Four RR broherhood who keep
the doors of their locals closed Negroes all oued relies
of the day before the rise of Murrays CLIO.
The wise leadership of John L. Lewis and Murray who
cOfounde of the clio the stupidity of failure
ganize American racial group which $50 working
class and the CO part of its constitution and by
laws provisions which made it unlawful for clio local
ernatona to bar from membership
creed color.
Not only did CO under the gallant leadership Murray
open its doors to Negro workers. but has fought for their
rights the job they the unions Under Murray
the CIO has fought hard for FEPC In many be
management and clio unions FEPC clauses
initiated by the union.
Murray has served the National board of the NAACP
for many years His fine his organization L.
Steel Workers Union and the CIO and his country
shrine him in the hearts Of his countrymen.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14
WORTHY PAPERS GIVE BOTH SIDES;
cONFINE SUPPORT TO EDITORIALS

The the nation observing National Newspaper
Week and in the emphasizing right
Constitutional guarantee This hopeful
back a fundamental Freedom
Constitution the First Amendment grant special
privileges to newspaper publishers special rights to members of
that craft but to make
the truth that would keep him Down through the decades
the profession sometimes lost sight this
end it itself not to far higher purpose This bring
within the reach of citizen the information needs make
him informed intelligent citizen democracy.
the chief function of the spite of the
changes in the tehnques disseminating
best instrument of carrying truth and light complete balanced
curate, to the people
When the the question
what extent the
his right to know This civilization
which live Scanning the headlines following
lite radio commentators grabbing the the either
the printed the will provide
fraction of the knowledge essential fulfilling
ship Neither the Constitution safeguard
right to know himself acquire
ledge-BedfOrd (Va) Democrat
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14

A TRANSPARENT PLASTIC FACE SHIELD and heavy rub
Der clothing protect Charles Johnson of Minneapolis as he
opens tank of Sulphurc acid big nseed oil plant The
powerful acid used in the process of refining the oil Min
neSota leads the nation in linSeed oil producton-uSt as it
leads the nation in the production of iron ore Mnnesoas
iron mining industry provides millions of of ore year
for civilian and defense needS-and doing everything in
its power to continue supplying America by seeking
to develop new ways of processing owrade and taco
mites If successful Minnesota and all its people will benefit
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14
Foolish Hysteria, RumOrs

One of the worst things which could happen to coun
try would be that any large portion of its cizenry indulge III
long walls pessmm because of the change in admnstra
ton in Washington.
The quickest way bring about harmful recession and
depression for every disappointed citizen to begin to talk
about the nevabty hard times In nation sensitive
to trends rumors and America would be CON-
partvey easy for talk ourselves into economic chaos
which would bring depression to every door in the u s.
In the heat of national election campaign both sides
make claims and charges which, upon sober reflection will not
stand the light of day This may win vesmght elect
canddate-but the after effect the country not
good.
No matter who White House. the American people,
country If pessmisc that want to talk ourselves
into depression then will be responsibility To be
strong, nation must be confident.
There good believe that the Republican party
especially younger group really wants to do job for the
nation There good that the liberal element of the
Democratic party would like the job well DONE and
going help Eisenhower in getting his forward
This be done without sacrificing the Demo-
cratic role of the loyal opposition No party deserves to
public appreciation which the results resolved is
caous breaches and depression when unity
the should contest every attempt by the
Republicans legislation which it considers unwise
Irrespective of party it will be the duty of Americans
everywhere the depression rumor and recession h
is nsdious and will do harm the United States
which needs all of its strength morally spiritually and
ically for the days ahead.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14
u. S. Race Segregation Is
international Question, =.
S. Carolina Editor Says
Editorial in Carolina Durham, N. O. TIMES

virgnus Dabney editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch writ
ing powerful Saturday
Evening presents provoking
educational predcament the South His article entitled
"sothen Crisis The Segregation Decision discIoses that there is
southerners socaled
about the forthcoming the United States
Involving segrega
ton the public schools"
Dabney thinks forcefuly brings article
that the South is sitting anousy what regard poll
teal and social volcano awaits what further thinks the
most reaching decision affecting nteracia relations
rom United Supreme
Because Mr. Dabneys known liberal attitude interraca
questions and the fortnight stand most always taken by the Rich
mondTme Dispatch would him the benefit doubt
appears a
out of the situation in which the South finds itself in the
matter of segregation in education.
create hsera the whites and Ne
the long years
what believe to have been earnest efforts his part bring
better relations this
There appears be through article.
though carefully worded but plainly discernb threads the
old technique often
few honestt goodness liberal whites who might
aboshment of segregation The article
throw the hearts
members of the United responsibility
to decide this momcntOus question.
When Mr.. Dabney to the forthcoming
having most farreachmg nterraCa relations think he
the boat He should have said INTERNATIONAL relations
wer southern leaders eazG or not the question OF continuing
segregation the United up
holding the right of southern whites deny OPP
poruneS to Negroes The question bigger than that and trans
cends the Constitutional rights the Is millions Negroes
the confines of the United States
peoples of the entire world who are anNous awaiting to if
what is true about Democracy being greater
u Communism.
This is the question that Unite
States must face and 1t probably had driving
Mr. Truman to stand for civil
peanut headed hoghted
felt that he should otherwise.
This idea that white Americans
kick 400 million Chinese
and millions of other cooed they Negroes
the South and South Africa
make itself satisfied with its present lot of raising its for
meat and red jelly
No Mr. Dabney the question
longer ineacial question handing
down OF decision favorable to the Supreme
the United States but international
tribunal in the land hand down
VIII be interpreted by the leaders peoples
earth as virtual declaration of
by the Communists to that
So that the idea that the adjustment segregation
can De retired through long drawn out the discretion
of men like Governor Bynes
virginia and other Southern leaders thinking
that OF their states dangerous
to than decision Supreme segregation
unconstitutional and must be abolished
than we think in world affairs We be playing
not only help this hour
of great decision.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14
klon Sefbocks Keep Up

Things looking these Khan
degraded and dscedted relic of bygone in the
kans got too bad NAME Bill grand
Florida Ku Kux Khan explaining recently why he
plans to reacvate the organization Virginia "A
North Carolina hurt"
Flordas grand dragon paying unconscious tribute
North Carolina justice The imperial
81 Carolina kansmen month
varying prison terms for their participation fogging
by mghdes along the North during
the preceding Supreme judge imperial
the maximum penalty of four Jail
1t looks though this the ugly
ism far North Carolina
Florida grand dragons comment would
decline of the organization
set good and effective example neghbors precisely
the way the problem ought be handled
for the preservation
tic Wganteism North Carolina indeed
bad name; and the whole Nation
splendid demonstration readiness capacity of the
Southern States to uphold principles their
Jurisdictions Washington
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14
To Be Alarmed About

Not all the Negro by the election Eisenhower
to the Presidency Those frightened souls who felt that the
widespread support of the Negro both north and south
for the Democratic candidate Stevenson would harm the
gros march towards fst-class citizenship need be unuy
alarmed
There two big why there is real for
alarm The first is that the Republican party like its Demo
cratic counterpart that is in power January is
going harm its chances for continued power by moving
back to the Harding Coolidge days 1t will want TO win
many Negroes to its side for the Congressional
elections in 1854 and the presidential campaign four years
from Since discrimination affects the perspective
practically every Negro if Eisenhower makes good his
pledge to clean discrimination in the nations capital
Washington, d. c. he will win thousands of converts
The other factor that the Southern Negro has suddenly
with the u Supreme Court assisting become factor in
politics in the South The fact that the Negro kept least
southern states in the Democratic column not lost
the southern Democrats who have rejected the Negro
and kept them voeless for years the Republican party
continues to build organzaonal strength in the South and
hone il does there will twoparty section where
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-11-14

Can remember when John L. Sullivan
when fellow good tramp
of the undeprivged a
Gold Dust cleaning soap operas
when bread without wrappers
stead Of child psychology.
remember when the community
something money they pockets
Remember when the tombstone
the family burial place
book
Next time up Highland Cemetery way
those big
will what driving velng
mighty that
shorter than
(Pa) journal
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every citizens vote will count The Negro bound together by
the factor of and its present disadvantages will be in
position where both parties will have to bid for his vote Even
Dixecras who be elected office in the South
will be explaining their previous unrendy attitudes to-
wards the "ngra''
In both sections of the country there real need for
Negroes engage in political action the precinct
ward and county levels.
In the northern tier of states Negro Democrats and Re
pubcans ought with each other the interests of
ending discrimination and segregation in this country The
these twin evils vanish from the American the
called NEGRO vote will disappear bloc and other inter
vital to the total welfare will have larger significance to
the American voter of color.