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Evening star., 1952-03-14
Another French Chapter

new breathing spell seems to have been
assured to Frances troubled politics by Tues
days vote Of the National Assembly In approval
Of the cabinet of Premier Antoine Pinay. The
composition Of the vote, however, offers no
guarantee that the new government will have
either an easy time or long life.
With the Communists in open opposition
and the Gaullists and Socialists abstaining on
the cabinet vote, the so-called Right-Center
coalition Of Mr.. Pinay does not command an
absolute majority Of the full membership Of the
Assembly. Without it, he will face the constant
threat Of defeat on any Of the vital issues which
his government must now treat with-and the
consequence Of his enforced resignation.
This circumstance is not new to Frances
postwar politics-and the cost has been con-
slant procession Of governments with resulting
uncertainty as to exactly what French perform
ance will be in the Western defense prepara-
tions It is particularly disturbing at this time
in the light of commitments made at the NATO
conference in Lisbon and the efforts under way
to solidify the European defense community.
It was interesting that the Gaullist Deputies,
who split on the original vote Of Endorsement
Of Mr.. Pinay, held their ranks in abstaininge
on the cabinet vote. It was reported, however,
that their party caucus on this issue was divided
and that there was considerable sentiment In
favor of allowing Mr.. Pinay the opportunity to
put his government and his program into opera
ton. The Socialist abStention likewise was
benevolent" in its immediate character,
although both parties took the precaution Of
expressing through spokesmen certain reserva-
tions about the Pinay program.
On the optimistic side, Mr.. Pinay drew
increased enthusiasm from his supporters by
a fortnight and immediate pledge that he
would accord first priority to dealing with the
French economic crisis. In this direction. he
announced that price rises already approved for
April will be cancelled, or at least deferred.
and that new budget viii be drafted with no
immediate increase in tax rates. Revenue i'm
provements will be sought instead through sup
preston of tax frauds and tighter collection
procedures.
It Is certainly to be hoped both in France
and among her Western associates that this
indicated course of moderation viii be given
fair trial
Evening star., 1952-03-14
Victim Of BIB Gun

Our son Renault is one Of the chill
dren whose eye was shot with q BIB
gun. He was in the hospital for weeks
and he still cannot see very well with
that eye. We do not know whether he
viii ever recover the full sight Of it.
We did not give Renault BIB gun.
He and his little brother were out play
ing. Another boy had the BIB gun and
was shooting it. Renault and his
brother started to run OF nome. and
unfortunately Renault turned to look
back just when the boy thought It
would be fun to pop q shot at him.
Renault has suffered great deal
from this injury. and his father and !
have suffered with him and have wor-
ried night and day about whether he
would ever be able to see with the eye
which was shot.
3 Parents should realize that BIB guns
can and do blind people. Even II you
do not give your own child BIB gun.
you cannot be sure he is safe, unless
your neighbor keeps BIB guns out Of
the hands Of his children. The Star
is doing q real public service to let
people know the dangers of these So.
called toys. Mrs. william King.
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By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

.f%a ~ AA& MAoA1N SEhvAC&.
@. What is the derivation Of the word
@mammoth"?-T. e. r.
A. Mammoth Is Russian word which
means, literally, "of the earth" Ivory
hunters In Siberia used 1t to describe the
animal whose frozen body they found in
the ice after 1t had been there for per.
haps thousands Of years. Because OF
the great size Of these animals the word
has come to mean something that u
gigantic. %f nei5
q. why did such composers as Mozart
live in poverty even though they wrote
operas which were freely performed?
K. Mem. 77l8
A. It was formerly the custom TO nay
. composer q fiat sum for an opera
which then became the property of the
theater, which took 1t. Any subsequent
income went to the original owner, not
70 the composer. Mozart sold outright
everything he wrote.
@ Is there any part Of the West Coast
where earthquakes never happens?
Why?-B. C..
A. The entire West Coast from Cen
tral Alaska to Central Mexico is subject
to almost continuous minor seismic ac-
tivity. with large shocks occurring at
comparatively long intervals. according
to the United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey. Between Alaska and Northern
California the principal epicenters lie
on the coast. while father south the
principal belt Of activity trends inland.
No very severe shocks have occurred in
either Washington or Oregon.
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L etters to The Stur

out that huoride that Is not accom-
panied with these natural-control min
erals is in the experimental stage and
bears watching.
Another significant statement from
the same authority says: The we'll
known practical effects OF fluoride az
fecting tooth enamel are on the one
hand desirable and on the other hand
lamentable." Is it wise, then, to get
historically clamorous for these de-
sirable effects and ignore the lamenta-
BILE results? For 1t means, even grant,
ing its merits. that we get "the great
est good for the greatest number" at
the expense Of an unfortunate minority
who can't help themselves. Such an
arbitrary procedure is a lethaI blow at
our most elementary concept Of per-
sonal liberty. H. M. Tippett.
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sketch by samuel bryant.

killed in plane crash. Many Of the
political issues with which they are con-
cerned like prohibition on-have faded
along with the Ascent course dinner,
the prowess Of Jack Dempsey and Babe
Ruth's batting average. And yet the
Evening star., 1952-03-14
He Loved Animals and Politicians. Too

sasacity underneath often remains and
bears rereading as we open q new chap
ter in our political history.
4 On the issue Of prosperity. which ID
never dead, he said: How speaker
can convince man that he Is prosper
Gus when he Is broke, or that he Is not
prosperous when he Is doing well, Is
beyond me- il
On Jeffersonian democracy. Of which
We still hear plenty, he remarked: ''I
know that Jefferson was for the poor.
Dut IN his day that was good politics,
Tor practically everybody was poor.s
Once he observed: "This country runs
IN spite OF parties. in fact parties are
the biggest handicaps we have to con.
tend with. II we didn't have to stop
70 play politics, any administration could
almost make Garden Of Eden out Of
us. And on government spending, he
added: You could transfer the Senate
and Congress over to run the Standard
on or General Motors and they would
have both things bankrupt in two years" !"
B He might have been talking OF this
year when he said: 'sNormalcy with
the Republicans was when they were ia:
nOrmalcy with the Democrats are these
glorious days we are going through. and
going through Is right. Brother, we
are going through with lot"
Another time he wrote: "In this
country people don't vote for--they vote
against" And he added: Its not our
public men that you can't put your nm
ger on. it's our public"
Well. there's nobody like Will Rogers
around today. And that's Q pity.
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Questions and Answers

! The Stare readers can eet thu ansve, a
my any question OF fact By either writing The
MsWS1& ~ SIRaE !niormetion Bureau. 1900 street
return postage or by telephoninG Sf TStS
Evening star., 1952-03-14

Pen-'lGn1es may be used II letters carry
Uriters. correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-03-14

KentOn Kilmer.
Editor, CCSP Newsletter.
Evening star., 1952-02-29

OF John Quincy Adams, who ran
Tor the House, johnson was
elected Senator but died before
he could serve; Adams served
some years with distinction,
There Is no real evidence,
however, that Mr.. Truman has
such an intention himself. Some
OF his close friends insist that
under no circumstances can
they imagine him doing 1t.
In discussion Of Mr.. Syming-
toms chances. should he get q
Truman nod. several points are
made:
He is a carpetbagger, q trans
planted Marylander who made
a fortune in q comparatively
brief business career here.
He would start out without
a Statewide acquaintance, es-
pectally at the grasS-roots level.
The courthouses are basic in
political contests here as indeed
in most States.
Against that, Mr.. Syming-
toms friends put his excellent
record as q businessman and as
a public servant distinguished
for accomplishment and hon.
esty. He is popular also in
labor and minority circles.
Former Representative Roger
Slaughter of Kansas City, who
was purged by Mr.. Truman in
l948, is also considering enter
ing the Senate race. He is rated
an outsider by most politicians.
released BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1952-02-29
constontine Brown:
Lottinnore Tries Military Strategy
Professor Implies Those Who Testified Against Him Were
In CoIluson With Senotors in Plot to Destroy Him

7th Fleet in the Pacific, who, in
his testimony before the Nc.
Carran committee never mem
toned Lattimore's name Of that
Of the IPR. was accused of being
self interested" in his testi-
mony about the Nationalists in
Formosa because he was in their
employ. Mr.. baltimore brought
up Cookies name to prove that
the committee was prejudiced
since, he said, Admiral Cooke
was never asked to state what
his present connections with the
Nationalists were. j. G. Sour
wine, the committees counselt
read from the record that the
retired admiral had testified
that he was now employed as a
technical adviser to an Ameri-
can company dealing with the
Nationalist government. This
reading from the official record
did not impress the witness suf-
ficiently to lead him to withdraw
his accusation.
Despite his tinquestionable In.
tellectual capacity, Mr.. Latti-
more does not seem to grasp
that the subcommittee Is In
terested only In establishing
whether or not the Institute Of
PaciiC Relations has influenced
the policies Of top officials In
the State Department ana the
White House In connection with
our disastrous policies lii China
ana Korea The individuals who
appear before the subcommittee
are only incidents In the
pursuit OF this investigation,
Mf, hattlfR6Fe feels stF6RGiV,
ana has repeatedly 30 testified,
thaB the principal BuFpese Oh
the, eemmlttee ID 20 destfey hlHl n
ana seIlle OF the efhelais Wh0
were hls personal friends, Hei
expressed his eenVletlen thai
PRESIDENT Truman established
the Loyalty Review Beard under
the pressure Of the friends OF
the "ehlna Lobby" In Congress
ana that the review beard Is
blHdgeeniAg the State Departs
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President Is now remarking
that former Gov, Phil Donnelly,
who plans to run again for Gov
ernor, and w, Stuart 6yming-
ton, former RFC and Air Force
head, would make a wonderful
combination, Mr.. Symington
has confessed to a hankering to
go to the Senate.
The question is asked: Is Mr.,
Truman limiting that he pre-
fers Mr.. Symington to Mr..
Taylor?
The President has always
asserted his right to take sides
in primaries in his own State
and plainly feels a proprietary
interest in its Senators espe-
cially. In 1850 he burned his
fingers. His colorless candidate,
Speaker Allison of the State
Legislature, was beaten for the
nomination by the present
Senator, Thomas c. Hennings.
Mr.. Truman has now made it
up with Senator Hennings, who
is often invited to skull prac-
tice at the White House, and
his patronage channels are in
good working order.
1t is still being suggested here
that the President, if he does
not run again, may want that
Senate seat himself. Mr.. Tru-
man often refers admiringly to
the example Of Andrew john
son, who ran for the Senate
after serving as President, and
Evening star., 1952-02-29

pleasing to conservative In.
terests In the South, and also
elsewhere In the Nation. It is q
perfect setup. As long as IL
prevails in Congress, Southern
conservative interests are not too
anxious about who sits In the
White House, though. Just To be
on the safe side, they would
prefer to have somebody Of
Senator Taft's stripe, because Of
the of .chahee that d feil6W like
the late President Roosevelt or
President Truman might aaitate
the folks 10 that congress would
be f6feed 10 move.
But the same Southern p6litis
cal leaders In e6hsfeSs Wh0 piay
f06tSle With Senator f'aft ana
hlS e6ateSglhg crew viii Tell v0u
privately that The Senator could
not eet 100 many v6tes aEa0na
the southern Failk ana hiel h0Ws
ever much the PRIVILEGED few ilke
hlflI F9r thelr purposes they
WeHid prefer 10 400 Gen,
eisenhower, who does net have
sHeh o AtF0ng Republican brand,
IA the HenHblleAh candidate II
FPeslaeht truman runs again.
BHt Senator Taft, meanwhile,
ls 9VePleeklng no bets TO appease
and please the seHtherneFG,
Evening star., 1952-02-29
G Constontine Brown:

Prof. Owen baltimore, testi-
tying at his own request before
the Senate Judiciary Subcom-
Inittee investigating the inf1u-
ence Of the Institute Of Pacific
Relations on American policies
in the Far East. has adopted
the military doctrine that the
best defense is a good offense.
In a statement Of some 15, 900
words he implies not only that
those who testified against him
but a1Se the seven Senators
forming the subcommittee, and
their counsel Robert Morris,
were either in collusion with or
actually part of a conspiracy
Of his detractors to destroy him.
For three consecutive days
Mr.. baltimore has attempted to
storm the "enemy's" position
with accusations against the
Senators on the subcommittee
and their staff. His verbal as
saults left the interrogators un.
moved and skeptical. Senator
Willis Smith Of North Carolina
pointed out casually that had he
made the same charges In court
he would have been In jail by
now for contempt.
In the opinion Of some, Prof.
lAttiin0fe weakened his case.
The accusations against his fels
low professor. Louis BudehE Of
F0fdhaffi University. were fiatus
rally vitfi0iie because BudenE, O
former top Communist. had tlf1z
eduiv6ealiy denounced Pref tats
tifh0fe as al important secret
member OF the Communist ape
pafatts, which he efnphatieailv
denied, 'f'he highly eehtradies
Tory evidence OF the tive pFefess
s6fs HhdeF cath persuaded the
committee 20 send the testimony
70 the Justice Department 10 de-
teEmlne whether there Ia q ease
fer 0 gPaRd jApy. Investigation,
ana whe sheHld be prosecuted,
Besides accusing his pct enes
nv, Bgdens, OF absolute perjury,
the Baltlmere professor did net
spare ether witnesses, Admiral
Charles eeeke was one Of them,
The former commander Of the
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Ihon1os Z. Stokes:
Never Too Far Away From Senate
Taft Overlooking No Bets to Appeose and Please
As His Vote on the Alaska Statehood Bill Shows

ern States In the split-off that
threatens there If President
Truman again Is the Demo.
cratic candidate.
The Alaska statehood vote
was q travesty on party plat
forms, among other things. for
both parties for some years
have piously adopted planks
pledglhe statehood for both
Alaska and Hawaii. f'he parties
split almost evenly iit and down
the middle, with 10 Hepubliz
ears. Including Senator taft,
voting for fee6fiiffiitai and 20
against, While Democrats dIs
ylded 10 for shelving The bill
and "a IN iav6F Of keeping it
before the Senate for aetl0Rl
fhfee Southern Democrats res
fused 10 40 ai0na With the rest
Oh thelF Southern e6lieaaues 10
BlRe6nh6le the ineasure=senE
At0rs Holland OF Fl0rlda, Kes
iauVep OF Tennessee, and Sparks
man OF Alabama
Fhe performance likewise
gFaInatlsed aealh the e9mplete
breakdown OF responsible party
government IN Ehe Senate
FgWeP ana egntFel reside, lnr
stead IN the old familiar Geall-
ZION composed OF Southern
Democrats and sHfIipient RepHbr
llpan allies TO operate gbstpVe-
lively and tp he, A. 1t Is ON 30
many issues the major party, q
hyhFla OF strange texture,
IN this Senator Taft always
has been q key figure, In fact, 1t
Is he who Is the real Republican
leader, and, on the Democratic
side, Senator Russell of Georgia,
rather than the nominal and
elected leaders who, II you have
forgotten, are, respectively, Sem
ator Bridges Of New Hampshire
for the Republicans and Senator
Mcfarland Of Arizona for the
Democrats,
1t is often overlooked that 1t
is only by grace Of Northern Re-
publicans that civil rights meas
ures are kept bottled up. On this,
as on social and economic bills
as well, the South not only con-
trolls the Democratic Party in
Congress. but is also the tail that
wags the Republican dog,
making a mockery of both
Democratic and Republican
platforms. 1t was, for instance,
a Southern Democrat -Repub-
lican coalition which, in the last
Congress, weakened the existing
Senate cloture rule SO that q
flibuster can never be broken.
This situation Is naturally
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Fletcher Knebei:
Potomac Fever

Senator Russell Of Georgia for President as
Jenersonian Democrat Dick Russell and Tom jefferson have
much In communicating ther chances Of beeoinE Frssi-
dent this year.
President Truman gives Newbod Morris s4boO00 10 clean
UP corruption In Government fs rugsed eapaish=ahy.
BODY who admits he's ef00ked will be permitted TO fesiah
-
The Minnesota Supreme Court rules Gen. Macarthur Gen
Eisenhower and Senator Kefauver of the ballet Fhe theory
that no one eeed enough 10 be President shed be permitted
fSk S health running around Minnesota In The dead OF WiHtep
President Truman says GeV Adla Stevenson OF neIs has
the recommendations 10 make seed President In fact Beea
eate leaders say abeut the ey thing they've get against Steven.
sen 10 Truman,
Senator williams charges the Government depped criminal
tak ease against arm that hired feFme Internal Revenue ehief
Nunan williams one OF the few Republicans who are trying to
see the Fair Deal @ corrupt Democratic committee chair
men claim 1t Is,
Senator Russell Dixie candidate President says President
Truman won't run again He figures Harry were running again.
nea DC making lot more hunder and to prove how
human he
Evening star., 1952-02-29
Thomas L. Stokes:

Senator Taft never seems to
let his really amazing stumping
tour for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination take him
so far astray that he can not
be on hand for strategic votes
that might help him In his
quest for the White House.
For example. the Senator
turned UP for the vote on the
Alaska statehood bill which, BY
the slim c0uht Of 40 TO A. was
sent back To committee. that
virtually dashed hopes for aes
tl0fi this session oh Statehood
both for Alaska and Hawaii.
Each deserves IL.
The Senator v0ted 10 fee0fiia
hit the measure THUS u
ffllEht be flBured, he east The
qeeldlhB vote 10 sldetFaek The
BILL
Wlth0ut questioning the senz
At0f'S motives 0p sincerity "
can be SaldI nevertheless that
hlS v6le WAs mort pleasing 10
the Southern Democratic bloc
which, Win 4 rare exception
or 49, "A hRhtlnR stateh09d f9P
tho territories,
The real reason for Southern
opposition A. explained here
before, and ~ Senator p0Hglas,
Democrat, af Illinois finally
was 20 bold Rs 10 hlHFt out
openly ON the flapF, ls tied w
with civil rights, The South
eFners fear that the four more
Senators who would he added
by statehood for the two Terri
tories might cast their votes for
q more effective cloture rule by
which debate could be limited
in the Senate and thus break
Southern filihusters on the civil
rights program,
IL was on TINS narrow, Sec
tional basis that the bulk Of
Southern Democrats stuhbornly
cast their votes against what,
1t would appear, is much to our
national and international in
terest. It would not only sta
bilize and strengthen our de-
tense on the Pacific and North
west perimeter but also would
Offset Communist propaganda
Of colonialism used against us
IN Asia.
One Of Senator Taft's en-
terprises is to court the South
This is obviously with the hope
that. if he should win the Re-
publican nomination and Pres
ident Truman should run again
he and the Republican ticket
might fall heir to some South.
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coincident stopping of the radio
broadcasting and the televising
of the hearings Of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities, the situation might not
have been SO fully dramatized
to the public. The voters in
Michigan. for example, where
some Communistic activity has
been detected, will wonder why
suddenly even radio broadcasts
previously permitted-are now
banned. It will be argued that
the administration is afraid to
have extensive coverage Of the
hearings. Newspapers cannot
possibly print every day the
same number of words that can
be reported in a couple of hours
of broadcasting. There is also a
certain dramatic intimacy which
the listener or viewer enjoys in
connection with radio or tele.
vision. Unquestionably the adj
lninistration is afraid of the
consequences Of widespread pub
licity.
This is an issue the people
generally can understand, and
no bigger political blunder has
been made by the administra.
ton than to reveal that the sub.
jeet came up at d White House
conference attended by the
Speaker Of the House and vet
no move was made to open tip
the channels Of news TO the
public. An administration which
has Issued a Eae order oh its
0Wfi officials unprecedented In
sevefity=af ediet which has
been challenged by The press Of
the Nati6h=eafi hardly expect
lts statements In the eafilBaiaR
10 galh efedehee. Instead, the
ehafeee OF the opposition will
eet Wider publicity than Taiaht
etheFWlse have been the ease,
lAehtAaAEllHh AlEhtk ReAlfYeG
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ment's officials who don't share
that "lobby's" views.
Mr.. baltimore believes that
because the Tydings committee
gave him a clean bill of health
in 1850. the present investiga-
ton is a mere fishing expedition
to blacken his character and
reputation. Mr.. baltimore does
not appear to differentiate be-
tween the investigation ordered
by the Senate two years ago,
which was prompted by the
charges of Senator Joseph Nc
Carthy that a number of off,
cials in the State Department,
and Mr.. baltimore himself, were
disloyal. and the present inves-
tigation. which attempts to es-
tablish the role of private or
ganization in the formulation Of
national policies. Mr.. baltimore,
and many others who have ap-
peared before the subcommittee,
are being questioned as members
and officers Of the IPR. The
matter Of any possible Commu.
mist affiliation Is only incidental.
The fact that the Tydinss
committee did not go into the
affairs Of the institute and did
not have access to important
documents discovered d year
later III a barn does not change
Mr Lattitn0res conviction that
four Democrat and four Rec
publican Senators OH the jus
dietary Committee are helisbeRt
Oh destroying him The prsseHb
Investigation, which has been
fully prepared BY the subeofia
fillttee and lts staff, can confirm
the fears OF the j0hns fioDElns
scholar ehiy II BY sofRe miss
chance for himself ha has NOD
been entirely candid In hlS
testimony,
Evening star., 1952-02-29
Doris ELeesen,
Symington Could Get the Nod
Missouri Democratic Leaders Get Signals Crossed
With Truman on Nominee for Senatorial Race

ST, LOUIS, Mo, Feb, 2s-
Missouri Democrats seem to
be having a little trouble get
ting their White House signals
straight in the matter of the
senatorial race here this year.
For a long time they have
been confident that the Repuh-
lican incumbent, Senator James
KEN, would be an easy target.
A member of the generally un-
distinguished Senate class of
1916. Senator KEN has part!cu-
larly annoyed President Tru-
man with his unrelenting oppo-
Sition to the Truman foreign
policy and most of the Fair
Deal.
Recently the Presidents alma
mater, the Pendergast machine
of Kansas City, let it be known
that Missouri's Attorney Gen.
eral Taylor had its blessing for
the nomination to run against
Senator KEN. Many Democrats
were something less than en-
thusiastic. as they felt Mr.. Tay-
1or would not be a strong cam
paigner.
They assumed, however, that
he had Mr.. Truman's backing.
1t is now reported in some
Democratic quarters that Mr..
Pendergast failed to consult the
President who is, on that &C
count, irked more than some
what.
To add to the confusion, at
least one leader close to the