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Evening star., 1952-07-01
Constantine Brown:

Our British and French Allies
have told Secretary Of State
Dean Acheson that the rumpus
caused in London and Paris by
the bombing of the North Ko-
rean hydroe1ectric plants was
due more to their parliaments'
distrust of our "impetuosity" in
foreign affairs in this election
year than to the military action
itself.
The British and French for
eign secretaries realize that the
life of their governments hangs
on a very thin thread. The
European people are determined
to avoid a conflict with the
U.S.S.R. at any price. And while
they do not expect an attack
from the east so long as Europe
is in the throes Of theological
conflict and suffering from an
other economic crisis, they fear
that any action which might ex-
pand the scope Of the campaign
in Korea would have inevitable
repercussions in Western Eu-
rope.
The British and French gov
ernments gave Mr.. Acheson the
green light to say whatever he
wished about the Allied decision
to hold on to Berlin and defend
Austria. They realize that the
Kremlin will understand that
these are only words without
any real meaning and intended
for propaganda purposes.
But the situation in the Far
East is entirely different. There
the Muscovites are engaged in a
shooting war by proxy. They
have ordered their vaSsals in
China and Indo- China to fight
the West and are not likely to
let them down If they become
hard-pressed.
Our Allies fear that a Western
military victory in the Far East
might unleash a general war.
The British and French are
worried lest Washington COM
NIT an 'irreparable blunder"
which might involve the Western
European countries. This fear is
well illustrated in the sugges-
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Doris FIeeson:

For the first time all the pres
sures upon Gov. Adlai Stevenson
coincide. Those who want him
to run and those who don't say
that he must announce a final
decision before the Republicans
nominate their candidate.
He is still the first choice of
q majority of his party. He can
be nominated on the second bal
lot and perhaps the first If he
will make plain declaration of
his availability.
Democrats have been heart
ened in the Stevenson matter by
direct assurances that, contrary
to a virulent whispering cam
paign. Cardinal Spellman has
not expressed opposition to a
Stevenson nomination and has
no intention of doing so. The
grounds, of course, on which the
whispers were based were the
Governors divorce. z
Such whispers, widely cir
culated, can do great harm to a
Democrat. A vital source Of their
strength is the Catholics of the
big cities and industrial areas
in the pivotal States.
Gov. Stevenson and his former
wife are both Protestants and
neither has remarked. Their
divorce was on the grounds Of
incompatibility. Mrs. Stevenson
has lately said she favored elec-
ton Of a Republican President,
q decidedly unchivalrous gesture
at this point which has created
Evening star., 1952-07-01

considerable sympathy for her
former husband.
The Taft forces are blamed
for the rumors by Democrats.
They insist that the Senator is
afraid of the Governor of Illinois
but feels that President Tru-
man or any of the other Demo-
Gratis can be beaten by a vigor-
GUS campaign.
Vulnerable as they think
Senator Taft is, much as they
hope to profit from a bitter
schism among Republicans as a
result of the Taft-Eisenhower
credentials struggle, most Demo-
Gratis are unhappy when they
contemplate a ticket against him
which is minus Gov. Stevenson.
Most Of them, no matter what
the President says, would accept
a civil rights compromise in
order to put a Stevenson Rus
sell ticket in the field. If the
Senator from Georgia does not
want to be Vice President they
are prepared to promise him
Secretary Of Defense or any
other position of comparable
distinction.
In shuffling and reshuffling
their cards to find fitting op-
position to a Taft-MacArthur
slate, Democrats seek first of all
a good campaigner. Senator
Taft says many things now that
seem ludicrous in the light Of
his plain voting record, especial
Evening star., 1952-07-01

tion of some inspired editorials
in London newspapers to the
effect that Britain should send
to Gen. Mark Clark's head
quarters a high ranking civilian
rather than a military man.
Soldiers throughout the world
think more or less alike when it
comes to action. The presence
of a British political man or of
a high ranking diplomat is a
different matter altogether. He
could alert London as soon as
he learns of some military
action which might have polit-
ical repercussionS.
The fact that neither the
Chinese nor the Russians have
SO far reacted to the destruc-
ton of the plants in North
Korea which supplied a large
proportion Of the electricity to
the Mukden arsenals is not re-
assuring to our Allies. They fear
that another strike of this sort
might bring forth retaliations
which would put them on the
spot.
Our Allies have left no stone
unturned to get the Korean
police action" settled since the
fall Of 1850 when the Chinese
volunteers" came to the rescue
of the utterly defeated North
Koreans. Today they are more
worried than in the past. In
the winter of 1950-51 they
were concerned principally with
"MacArthurism";; that the view
of the then supreme commander
IN the Pacific to fight the war
in Korea militarily rather than
politically would prevail in
Washington.
Last week Emmanuel Shin
well, defense secretary in the
Labor government, stated indis-
creetly that Britain had a hand
in the dismissal of Gen. Mac
Arthur. How accurate this
statement was is difficult to
ascertain at this time. But it
is certain that the British mill
tary representatives in Wash
ington who are very close to the
Pentagon had reported to Lon
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Doris FIeeson:
Still First Choice of Democrats
Stevenson Can Be Nominated Second Ballot by Making
Plain Declaration of His Availability Now

ly on foreign policy, but he says
them with such vigor. such
f1nality, that the average unin-
formed voter could easily swal-
low them whole. That the news
papers call attention to such in
consistencies is that "conspir-
acy" of which the Senator COM
plains.
Right or wrong, there is per-
sonal force in Senator Taft. It
must be met with personal force.
His opponent must also be able
to stake out elemental premises
and argue plainly from them. If
he let's Senator Taft choose the
ground, he ,is lost.
Democrats concede the same
need of a good campaigner
against Gen. Eisenhower If the
Taft steamroller fails. They can
capitalize on his ignorance Of
domestic affairs only with an in
formed voice not too closely
identified with the mistakes
made here.
Their basic trouble is that
their candidates other than Gov.
Stevenson are either too young
or too old. In the shadow OF the
mighty oak, which was Roose-
welt, few trees grew. Gov. Stew
enson, in the prime Of life, asso-
ciated with the great principles
on which five elections were won
but not with their errors as
shown in Washington, fills the
bill. Nobody else does.
Evening star., 1952-07-01

be recalled that, after the 1928
Democratic convention. Gov.
AL Smith, as the party nomi-
nee, announced that he accepted
the platform in every respect
except one-that dealing with
prohibition. There have been
other instances in which candi-
dates interpreted certain plat
form planks to fit their own
way of thinking after the con-
vention was adjourned and the
heat of the campaign battle COM
PEELED Interpretation.
In the debate on the foreign
policy plank delegates will be
Influenced by public opinion
and their concept of what the
voters want. Foreign policy is
the real basis of difference be-
tween Taft and Eisenhower.
The Taft managers would be
smart to yield on all three ma
jor points at issue-though they
run the risk psychologically of
seeming to have lost control of
the majority at the convention.
One thing is sure-the uncom-
mitted and some of the COM
mitted delegates will find them
selves deciding for Taft or
Eisenhower when they vote on
the three above mentioned
points of dispute. All three ques-
tions will be disposed of before
the balloting on the nomina-
tion starts.
On the outcome of the plat
form fight will depend also
whether the Republicans can
hope to gather to their side a
large share of the independent
vote which is so important for
them to win if they are to in
crease substantially the regular
Republican vote which wasn't
enough for victory in any of
the last four presidential elec-
tions.
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Evening star., 1952-07-01
EuropeWontsPeoce at Any Price
Allies Tell Acheson the Dstrust Of Korea Power Bombnes
Wos Due to Feor of u S Election Yeor 'Impetuosty

don that from a strictly mill
tary point of view the Joint
Chiefs of Staff were then
leaning toward MacArthur's
strategy. And as professional
soldiers they did, too.
Our British and French Allies
suspect that Gen. Clark may
look at the Korean war through
the same glasses as Gen. Mac
Arthur and in the event of a
major renewed offensive by the
Reds he would not hesitate to
take drastic action. This suspi-
cion is based on the fact that
the new Allied supreme com.
mander did not waste time in
ordering the air forces to
strike at the hydroelectric plants
after he got the green light from
Washington. He took action so
fast that the State Department
did not have time to inform the
British and French about the
contemplated action.
With an estimated 1000, 900
American families directly con-
cerned with the Korean war
because they have sons, hus-
bands or other close relatives on
the battlefield, our Allies fear
that our Government, in this
highly important political year
in the United States, may wish
to obtain even some slight mill
tary victories. These would
help considerably at the polls
and refute the contention of the
opposition that we have suffered
some 10000 casualties and
spent nearly SIS billion in an
illusory containment Of Com
muniSm.
Our European Allies are de.
termined not to share in any
adventure which might rouse
the Kremlin into action with
likely reverberations in Europe.
Neither London nor Paris has
intimated that we would have
to "go it alone" and that they
would withdraw their few thou
sand men from Korea. But
diplomats never speak bluntly
about matters of foremost inter-
est to themselves.
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Lowell MeIIett:

If it is still news when o man
bites q dog the curious case OF
the man being rebuked for his
behavior should be Of interest.
Such q case came to light the
other day in the publication Of
a transcript of a closed hearing
held by a Senate Appropriations
subcommittee last March.
Testifying was Conrad E.
Snow, a lifelong New England
Republican, head of the State
Departments loyalty-security
board. Questioning him was
Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy.
Mccarthy indicated his resent
ment because of speeches Mr..
Snow had made defending his
board against what he called
"McCarthyism," which he de-
fined as "the making of public
statements that are not based
on facts"
Senator Pat McCarran Of Ne
vada, whose arrogance has
grown with his age and the
exercise of irresponsible power
as chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, intervened. He de-
manded of Mr.. Snow:
Where did you get the right
to revile a member of the Sem
ate of the United States? Where
did you get that authority?"
It is an interesting point.
When a Senator reviles a citizen
that's one thing. But when a
citizen reviles a Senator that's
something else again. And it is
reviling him when you accuse
a Mccarthy of McCarthyism.
''You ought to be out Of that
Office" said Senator McCarran
to Mr.. Snow.
If the Nevada veteran wants
to take on all citizens who con-
slider Senator Mccarthy guilty
Of McCarthyiSm, wants to ex-
tend his terroristic tactics be-
yond Government circles. an
other opportunity has presented
itself. Last winter the Wiscon-
sin witch hunter warned Time
magazine that he intended to
ask its advertisers to withdraw
their advertising because of the
things the magazine was saying
about him. Now the publisher
of Time reports that Senator
Mccarthy is carrying out his
threat. A number Of national
advertisers have reported the
receipt Of letters from the Sen
atOr. telling them It ID their
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Fletcher Knebei:
Potomac Fever

Gov Stevenson Of Illinois he's drafted for President
he'll decide what to do at the time Heads he'll Tails
flip again.
Taft both sides delegate
contests in Chicago Taft a
judgment.
Taft forces hail support Landon of Kansas The
Ike much prouder Of Dewey-after all. anybody
lose
Texas Federal Judge rules the
wives to collect social security taxes from
girls It's good for romance The hasn't been born who
wouldn't take an internal revenue agent out to dinner
The United States moves to halt $50 million sockwindle
run from Canada Very impoe these Canadans-refusng
wait until our Government gives them the money
Senator Kerr he'll win the Democratic nomination
President Truman "es the convention find
boy Senator'S But won't the delegates little damp
basement?
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Delegate Totals Mean VeyLittIe
Public Opinion Has More to Do With the Final Select
Of Candidates Than the Professional Politicians
David Lowrence: >

BY one device or another, the
public has been led to believe
that all one has to do to figure
out the probable nominee of the
Republican National Convention
is to look at the tabulation of
delegates as claimed thus far
by the rival candidates or their
managers and interpret the
trend.
The truth is the delegate
totals mean very little with re-
Spect to any candidate.
Another fallacy is that poll
ticians control the national con-
ventions and that public opinion
has little influence on the dele
gates.
After having attended 18 ma
tional conventions, this writer
is of the belief that public
opinion has more to do with the
final selections than the So
called professional politicians.
Again and again, just before a
convention, the predictions as to
who would be nominated, based
on the supposedly high delegate
total, have proved wrong. Thus,
in 1912 when the supporters of
Speaker Champ Clark had more
than a majority and were close
to the necessary two-thirds in
the Democratic National Con-
vention, few disinterested OBJ
servers gave Woodrow Wilson
much of a chance. Then came
the sensational events which cut
through the convention like a
knife and forced issue after is
sue in spectacular fashion as
William Jennings Bryan. thrice
defeated as a Democratic can
didate, drew the line between
progressivism and Standpatism.
He demanded that the delegates
choose between a progressive
and a standpatter for temporary
chairman. The then Governor
Of New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson,
Evening star., 1952-07-01
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Evening star., 1952-07-01
McCorron Poses q Question
Wants to Know Where Citizen Gets Right to Revile
Senotor-CouId Cory His Point Much Forther

abroad in the land and 1t was
now, as it'was in the beginning.
a poisoned and fearful thing.
It went on forever making un-
proved charges, forever IRE
sponsible, forever merely free
of libel; it went on exploiting
the insecure, the anxious, the
confused, the afraid. It told no
truth and held no answers. We
have known damagogues in our
political history but this Is a
special kind-an evil kind. a
deliberate kind. It adds false
ness to the already false"
And the Christian Century:
"Step by step, the power Of
Senator Joseph r. Mccarthy is
growing and that fact portends
no good for American democ-
racy."
Where do these editors get
the right to revile a United
States Senator? Senator McCar-
ran should line them up, along
with their advertisers, and de-
mand to know.
Evening star., 1952-07-01

was the only one to line up on
the progressive side, while the
managers Of Champ Clark failed
to see the political implications
of their defense of Judge Alton
B. Parker, the standpat Demo-
crat who was elected temporary
chairman of the convention by
579 to 508. It was a Pyrrhic
victory for the conservatives. It
started the ball rolling toward
the eventual nomination of VIII
son, despite the fact that Clark
had passed the majority mark.
History can repeat itself at the
1852 Republican National Con-
vention because there are three
spectacular moves open to the
forces of Gen. Eisenhower which
can alter the whole psychology
of the convention and influence
the outcome.
First. there's the fight that
will come when the convention
delegates, by a roll-call vote,
must go on record on a change
in the rules which will forbid
contested delegates to vote on
their own or other contests.
Second, there's the fight on
whether the Texas and Louisi-
ana delegations representing
Taft or Eisenhower shall be
seated.
Third, there's the fight on
what the foreign-policy plank of
the party shall say about CO.
operation with Europe, Ameri-
can policy in Asia and economic
aid.
On the third of these moves,
there may come a fundamental
split in party policy which could
make the nomination not worth
having for Mr.. Taft. and it is
well understood that Gen. Eisen-
hover will repudiate any for
eign-policy plank that has not
met with his approval It will
Smyrna times., 1952-02-14
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Smyrna times., 1952-02-14
This Week S
Social and
Personal
Events

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Hodg-
son, Jr., and children of Friedrich,
Md, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ].
Hodgson. Mr.. Hodgson, Jr:.S was
promoted to chief engineer of the
HK Ferguson Company of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and sent to the Fred
rick Division the first of January.
He is a graduate of Smyrna High
School, and the University of Mich
igan.
Mrs. Lee Deakyne entertained
her bridge club last Wednesday.
Mrs. John Arthurs of Whining
ton has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Ennis for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Pratt are
vacationing at Miami Beach, Flor
ida.
Mrs. William ]. Taylor returned
to her home on Monday from the
Memorial Hospital, Wilmington.
Miss Malvina Stevenson of Bal
timore, Nd, spent Thursday and
Friday with her father, Mayor
George r.. Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ennis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Jones were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Landis Wilson and Mrs. Kennard
Price of Georgetown recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Landis Wilson,
Landis, Jr. and Mrs. Kennard Price
of Georgetown were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Jones last Fri
day. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Price
attended the Willing Workers
Bible Class Sunshine Sister Party
and Mrs. Price sang two solos for
them.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter w. Speakman, of Belmont
Hall, was named Walter Willough-
by Speakman, Jr., at a baptism
ceremony at st. Peters Church on
Sunday afternoon, with the rector,
the Rev. Luman ]. Morgan oficiat-
ing. The sponsors in baptism were
Mrs. Warner w. Price, Jr., Smyr-
ma and Mr.. Caleb Johnson Penni-
man and Mr.. William S. Ranken,
both of Wilmington.
Mrs. l.. M. Niles will leave to-
day to visit relatives in Pittsburgh,
and Columbus, Ohio. She expects
to be away for at least two weeks.
Mrs. Paul Reiman has returned
to her home near Smyrna after
spending a week Sas the guest of
her son-in-law- and daughter, MIR.
and Mrs. Gilbert Johnson at their
home in Baltimore. While there
she was taken to see the Ice Ca
pades in Washington.
Mrs. C. L. Harmonson, who has
been i'll for many weeks at her
home, Graybox, is now improved.
DIR. Robert Sarde is a patient at
the Walter Reed Army Hospital,
Washington, ID. c., where he has
been receiving treatment for sew
eral weeks.
A surprise party was given Will
liam Baggs recently. Those at
tending were his mother, Mrs.
Mary Baggs, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Rash and son Joseph, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Rash, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Rash, Mr.. and Mrs. William HAM
burg and children, Edward, and
Phyllis; Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Kit
schik and daughter Lidia; Mrs.
William Baggs and daughter Betty
Baggs.
B. Stimson Carrow, who has
been the guest of his parents here
for two weeks, has gone to Phila-
delphia, where he will spend the
next semester as assistant to Miss
Nancy Campbell, acting director of
the department of music education
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Evening star., 1952-04-21
A-20 THE EVENING STAR

=" WaShington, D. c.
MONDAY, April, 2l, I0SQ
Evening star., 1952-04-21
Western Union Strike
Goes Into 18Th Day
With No Negotiation

No new negotiating sessions
were in sight today between West
lern Union and its striking EN-.
Ip1oyes.
The walkout of AFL commercial,
photographers is in it's 10th day
Both company and union spokes.
men said they had heard nothing
about resuming negotiations
broken of last Friday.
Meanwhile, the union was
Iawaiting word from Senator
Humphrey, Democrat, Of Mime
sofa, on its demand for a Senate
investigation into its contention
that Western Union made a dea
with the American Communica.
tions Association to break thu
AFL unions strike. AGA repre-.
lsents 300 New York employees han.
ding cables and 5000 others ir
New York on the domestic serv.
ice. The company denied thu
charges. Senator Humphrey i,
chairman of a Senate labor sub.
committee.
The union position on the strik,
issues will be discussed by Adolpf
BrungS, chairman Of the union.
bargaining committee. in a coast.
forecast broadcast over the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System a
11:15 o'clock tonight.
From Richmond, the Associated
Press reported that striking Vir.
|ginia Western Union employe.
have inaugurated 12-hour picket.
ing in eight cities. These include
Richmond. Charlottesville, Peters.
burg. Roanoke, Lynchburg, Nor.
folk. Portsmouth and Newport
News.
Evening star., 1952-04-21
U. 5. Missionary Is Killed,
Husband Shot in ThaiIand
By the Assoeiofed Press

BANGKOK, April 21.-Thai
bandits shot and killed an Amer
can woman missionary and
wounded her husband Friday in
a raid on the young couples
church in northeastern Thailand
Paul Johnson, flown here yes
terday for removal of several pei.
lets from his abdoman, said nine
bandits raided the Christian ano
Missionary Alliance Church in
Bangdon Mafai village. Udorr
province.
He said he and his wife were
opening services when the bandits
walked in and fired with home
made shotguns. Mrs. johnson
wounded, ran outside and fell dead
of chest wounds.
The Johnsons, whose home was
in Minnesota. were completing AZ
years of duty and were scheouled
to depart for the United States
in June.