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Evening star., 1952-06-17
A Lively Primary

Whoever wins today's Democratic primary,
all factions will agree that this disfranchised
city has demonstrated an interest in national
elections unprecedented in recent years. And,
wonder of wonders, the candidates at last are
manifeSting keen interest in the opinions and
the preferences of legally voteless Washing
tonians. Interest is centered on the outcome not
only because every delegate counts but because
District citizens, representing cross section of
the Nations population may tell which way the
political winds of the moment are blowing.
The Democratic primary campaign this year
has been far cry from the listless one of 1948.
Then less than 500 residents showed enough
interest to vote. If the spirited campaigning
to which the city has been treated in the past
few weeks is any indication, today'S turnout at
the polls will be counted in the thousands instead
of hundreds. The Democrats are determined to
eclipse last months Republican primary vote
of 1859.
The only two presidential candidates entered
on the ballot have been giving District residents
a reasonable facsimile of grass-roots election
eering of the transforming, handshaking
variety, with modern improvements. Senator
Kefauver and Mr.. Hartman have stressed the
personal-appeal technique in their many informal
talks with groups, chats with individuals and
sidewalk greetings. There have been no torch
light parades, but there have been sound trucks
with music and loud-speaker exhortations. And,
of course, there has been factional squabbling
over rules and whatnot, with litigation, even.
The litigation has served the good purpose
of bringing to wider attention the lack of a
primary law to govern this sort of balloting in
the District of Columbia. The matter has been
of little concern in the past when primaries
too often were cut-and-dried affairs. But legal
rules and procedures are important when intra-
party battles develop that could bear on victory
or defeat of particular candidates. Congress
would do we'll to act on District Court Judge
Bastians suggestion that legislation covering this
problem be considered.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Short Cut

There is a short cut through the tDood
Leading into totDn;
You 90 across little brook,
Then up hill and dot0n.
There is so much that you mould miss
II you should take the road:
A chipmunk and squirrel
And a sleepy, ddppled toad.
A trisky colt inside the fence.
And many a Woodland folDer-
Talking Dith a farmer lad
Takes good halt hour!
And pouring from the topn,ost tree.
The redbird's merry SONG
The short cut Is the shorter tDGy
But 1t takes ttDice as lonol
Billy B. Cooper
Evening star., 1952-06-17
White House in Tune With the Times
By Joseph A. Fox

IT HERE is a story-apocryphal no
l. doubt - that when thrifty Calvin
Coolidge prepared to leave the White
House, he saw to it that the 18 or 19
radios in the establishment were boxed
and dispatched to his New England
home.
as much as a crystal set to listen-in
on the final phases of the inaugural
ceremonies when he landed in the
Executive Mansion in the early after
noon of March 4. 1929.
There won't be any difficulty Of that
sort next January when the newly
elected President takes over.
For one thing, President Truman il
no radio collector.
Secondly. the White House now boasts
of the last word in television-built-in
sets.
When the mansion was reconstructed,
manufacturer took care Of. this fea-
ture and got permission to install the
built-in instruments in the family liv-
ing room and in the Presidents study.
There also are three or four mobile
sets around the mansion for the use
of the First Family or staff.
No provision was made for the ex-
tensive suite of guest rooms. but If any
distinguished visitors indicate q desire
for that form Of entertainment, therell
be no trouble in an establishment that
once was prepared to provide hot-water
bottles for British royalty in mid-sum-
mer.
Until the Truman family departs, the
White House television sets probably
won't get too much service. For the
summer, at least. the distaff members
will be away from Washington, and
President Truman. according to his own
statements, is not exactly a television
fan.
He has set right at arms length in
his Office. in addition to those in the
mansion. but he doesn't admit Tipping
the switch unless daughter Margaret is
showing on the screen.
Repeatedly, he didn't look in on Gen.
MacArthur's dramatic appearance at O.
joint session of Congress, where the
"old soldier" spoke after he was fired
from the Far Eastern command.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Another Soviet OUTRAGE

Barring the completely unexpected, it is not
likely that the Kremlin will respond Satisfac-
torily to Sweden's strong protest against the
latest air incident in the Baltic area In all
probability, the Soviet reply will defend this act
of international lawlesSness with a snarling
mixture of righteous indignation and self
1ustifying lies. But neither the indignation nor
the lies will cover up or diminish the crime.
AS set forth by the Stockholm government
which has just begun sensational espionage
trial involving the Kremlin in grave charges-the
facts are far from pretty but they are by no
means unfamiliar or untypical. The world has
read of their like before, and on more than a
few occasions In this particular instance, Soviet
Jet fghters-as they have done elsewhere in the
past-have pounced upon and shot down an
unarmed Swedish plane on a mercy mission
searching for another Swedish plane believed to
have suffered the same fate last Friday. Accord
Ing to the Swedes, this brutal act of violence
(happily the crew has been saved) has been
perpetrated over international waters go miles
off the coast of Russian-occupied Estonia-far
outside the 12-mile area which Moscow claims
as it's own frontier.
Here is an outrage that speaks for itself as
yet another measure of the Kremlins nature
Sweden, although its heart belongs to the West,
has tried hard in numerous wayS-including
aloofneSS from the Atlantic alliance-to be more
or less neutral" But its efforts along that line
as the Red jets have demonstrated, have not
won any friends in Moscow. Soviet Russia, for
reasons that are hard to fathom has made clear
that it has a shoot-to-kill mentality and no
desire for genuine, civilized cooperation with
other nations, not excepting those that strive to
walk an unoffending middle ground. Plainly
enough, by this time, free peoples and govern
ments ought not to require the shock of addi-
tional air crimes to be kept awake to the fact
that their survival depends on building up their
common strength as fast as possible
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Good Traffic News

Your article on the safety award won
by Airport Transport was certainly a
relief after reading headlines Of traffic
accidents, fatalities and the expected
traffic toll of the holiday.
AS one who rides the cars of Airport
Transport from time to time, feel the
award was well deserved, and feel The
Star has done good job in bringing
the public some good traffic news for
q change. Burton Taylor.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Political Hocus-Pocus

A review of the evidence of the last
seven years strongly indicates that
President Truman has every intention
of running again.
BY declaring himself out of the race,
from himself on the theory that he
is "lame-duck" President and there
fore not worth the trouble of attacking
since he will be out of Office soon.
It has worked to some extent. Whether
or not Truman will be at the convention
matters little. The strategy probably
calls for small hassle at first, then the
delegates, declaring they are unable to
decide what to do, will nominate Tru-
man as "the only one who can save
the country from the Republicans"
Truman must have decided that it
would be easier for him to get nominated
if there were number of imitation
candidates such as Averen Hartman.
who would have delegates pledged to
them and then, at the right moment.
swing their support to Truman.
If the Republicans are to win against
Truman, they must eschew all forms
of -tooism." The last three elec-
ClOIlS nave SIlOWu oIldI CIlC pcOplc Will
not accept a candidate who will COM
promise his faith and try to ride into
Office by hanging onto the coattails Of
the Democratic administration. Willkie
and Dewey failed because Of this. The
reason for this is partly because the
Truman administrations method Of
winning is by strong, though twisted.
appeal to peoples basic emotions. Any
attempt to duplicate this appeal in any
manner will simply result in swinging
people over to Truman's way of think
ing and therefore cause them to vote
for. Truman Consequently, this I'VE
Like Ike" craze will run it's course by
November and the wayward sheep may
very likely return to the shroudlike
fold of the all-powerful administration.
This will probably be our last chance
to salvage our country from the in
creasing tide Of corruption. socialism
and administration dictatorship. We
must! The great accident of America
may never happen again until the
worlds end.
w. Byron Larew, Jr.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
'Ruw Deals Retrospect

Your editorial on the Raw Deal in
Texas was appropriate, but a little
illumination on political tyranny much
closer home is also in order. Why has
not The Star pointed the finger at the
Raw Deal in Arlington County?
The rules governing the Democratic
Party in Virginia provide that party
members shall have voice, either
through primaries, precinct mass meet
ings, or county or city-wide mass meet
ings. in the election Of delegates to dis
trict and State conventions. which in
turn elect delegates to the national con-
vention. In Arlington, which is in-
habited by thousands Of Federal en-
ployes who are anti-Byrd and anti
machine Democrats, the County Execu-
tive Committee eliminated precinct
Evening star., 1952-06-17

The President also indicated at news
conference that he didn't expect to
watch the Abilene entrance Of Gen.
Eisenhower into the political ring.
News tickers always are handy for
special events if he wants quick fill-in.
But despite his seeming disinterest in
television as an entertainment medium.
Mr.. Truman generally can be counted
on to cooperate as featured performer.
The White House is regular beat for
Evening star., 1952-06-17

so many Of the wards OF public welfare. The
$4,000 appropriation recommended by the
Senate committee would be merely beginning.
But with sustained public sentiment behind the
program, it will be the beginning of the end
of situation which is a disgrace to this city.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any questions Of fact BY writing The
NV, Washington s, b. G.. and inclosine cents
return hostage or BY telephoning ST, 7363.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
FruzzIed by DuyIiqht Saving

So Reader" and r. E. Mitchell like
daylight saving time. eh? Do they arise
at four AM? Who can play golf. work in
the garden and indulge in all the activi-
ties they refer to? Where does that pep
come from? We used to enjoy life too.
play tennis. work in the garden in the
cool-cool of the morning. Then came
daylight saving! Now it's one long lost
week end from April to September.
Tired and Disguised.
Evening star., 1952-06-17
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What is the greatest port in the
world?-F. r.
A. More vessels, more outgoing cargo.
international and coastwise. more pas
sengers. and more mail pass through the
port of New York than any other port
in the world.
Evening star., 1952-06-17

television operatives. now, just as it long
has been for news, radio and photo
graphic stats.
The Coolidge administration, which
started in August. 1923, when Warren
Harding died suddenly. was the first in
which radios appeared in the White
House. And while the then new gadget
was of the crystal-set variety in many
household. the White House drew a
cabinet model.
Evening star., 1952-06-17

Q. What was the seating capacity Of
the largest Showboat?-D. w. o.
A. The Goldenrod, which was the
largest showboat. had an original seat
ing capacity Of 1,400. It was still in
operation in 1850. tied up at st. Louis.
@. On what date did General Douglas
Macarthur arrive In Washington, D. c.,
after he gave up his command in
Japan?-M. r.
A. On April 10. 1851.
Evening star., 1952-06-17

Pen-'aan1es may be used If letters carry
aOriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
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machines of the Democratic
party in Chicago, Memphis,
New York, Jersey City and else
where. And during these Ad-
ministrations the power of the
Federal government has in
creased and the power of the
President has grown CORES
pondingly. There are now some
$1,000 high-paid federal jobs
that are filled by Presidential
appointment. The Administra-
TONS method of rewarding the
political machines who support
it is found in the appointments
to these $1,000 jobs as we'll as
nearly $780, 900 other jobs of
lesser Importance. It is unfor-
tunate but true that the cali
Der of men appointed to these
positions has been declining
steadily since 1915.
The case I have mentioned
in the Bureau of Internal Rev.
enue is one example. Of the
remaining scandals in that Bu-
reau, the people involved al
most without exception have
been political appointees, not
the civil service men and wo-
of the agency. Collector Fin
negan of st. Louis, for example
was a longtime friend OF the
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Montana Scion Recalls Cleanup
Of Corruption in HARDING Era

United States illegally transfer
red or leased, it must be recov-
cred. Counsel will be instruct
ed to prosecute these cases in
the courts so that if there is
any civil guilt it will be pun
iShed, if there is any fraud it
will be revealed; and if there
are any contracts that are il
legal they will be cancelled.
Every law will be enforced, and
every right of the people and
the Government protected"
I think the people of Amer
lea would applaud if such a
statement were made by the
President today. This state
ment was made by President
Calvin Coolidge nearly thirty
years ago.
Calvin Coolidge meant what
he said. Seven men were invol-
we'd in an improper lease of a
government oil field. The a
mount of money was $40 mil
lion. Before President Coolidge
was finished, every man invol-
we'd had been punished by the
courts, the government did not
lose a penny, and it was shown
that except for the exchange
of a bride, the lease arrange
ment would have been more
profitable for the government
than the arrangements subse-
quently made. That was the
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President and his political CO.
worker in the Pendergast ma
chine. He was appointed to the
$4,000 job without any eXper-
fence in tax work, but as a
reward for services rendered.
He has now been convicted and
faces a long jail sentence.
More recently we have had
the case of an appointment of
another st. Louis man to be
Recorder of Deeds in the Dis
trict of Columbia. District peo-
pie were bitterly opposed but
the President refused to with
draw the appointment. The
Senate refused to confirm the
appointment.
Montana people will recall
how three fine citizens origin
ally recommended for leading
positions in the Office of Price
Sterilization in Montana were
refused the positions after the
Democrat patronage sy S m
went into action. 1t is common
knowledge in Washington that
anyone employed in OPS must
first have Democratic Commit
tee clearance. A short time ago
we read in the newspapers that
the Chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee in
terviewed the defeated Cover
of national director of Civil
nor of Maryland about the post
Defense. Why should the chair
man of a political party inter-
view applicants for such i'm
portant government posts? And
why should high government
positions be held out to politi-
cal figures whose own consti-
tuents have defeated them?
The answers lie in the gigantic
political spoils system that Mr..
Truman has created.
Truman Indifferent
This also explains Mr.. Tru-
mans attitude toward the Sc
andals and corruption of his
Administration - an attitude
that is shared by those in his
immediate circle. They appear
to be little concerned with the
scandals as violations of the
| public trust. They are greatly
concerned with them insofar as
they emtbarraSs the President.
| The new Attorney General, Mr..
McGranery, expressed his atti-
tude clearly when he said he
would deal harshly with those
who violated the Presidents
confidence. He said not a word
about the crimes committed a.
| gainst the American people.
His sole concern, seemingly,
was that Mr.. Truman was en-
| barrasSed. When nominated,
McGranery stated his "first Or
der of business is to find out if
a cleanup is needed."* 1t is
| hard to understand how he
could have any doubt on this
score.
Unlike the attitude of PreSi-
dent Coolidge whose remarks I
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so-called Teapot Dome scandal,

| so-called Teapot Dome scandal,
involving seven men. -g...~..s
Thirty years later we are
hearing references to that at
fair as a justification for the
widespread corruption that is
being revealed in the Federal
government.
BY my own tabulation-and
I feel certain that it is incOm-
plete-more than 400 indivi-
dualS and several hundred mil
lions of dollars have been in
volved in well over SO scandals
all within the past two years.
Nc fortnight effort has been
made to correct the situation
or punish the criminals.
The Tax Collector
| I believe we have reached the
very depths of cynical disre-
gard of the public trust by the
revelation that a former Com
missioner of Internal Revenue
failed to report 100000 in per-
sonal income on his own tax
returns during the years he
held that high office.
What could be lower than a
tax collector who refuses to pay
his own taxes, conceals his in
| come and it's sources-at the
very time he is prosecuting
hundreds of his fellow citizens
for minor and often uninten-
tional tax errors. I have in
mind. for example the case of
a railway postal clerk who was
bounded for years and driven
to distraction by the collectors
of internal revenue who insist
ed his children by a former
| marriage could not be used as
deductions. This man sacrificed
his own health and that of his
family while endeavoring to
pay the interest on the amount
allegedly due. This is not an is
plated case.
Yet we now find that a for
mer Commissioner of Internal
! Revenue, the man responsible
| for such enforcement of the
law dSdlllSG ILLS was
himself receiving and Secreting
more than 100000 from Sourc-
es unknown and yet to be re-
vealed.
The American people may
wonder how men such as this
can come to power. The ans
wer is readily available, and it
becomes most apparent when
you take note that almost none
of the officials found guilty of
corrupt practices in the recent
Investigations was an elected
Official. They were appointed
officials, and therein lies the
trouble.
Spoiled Spells System
The present Administration
and it's predecessor have been
in power in this country for 20
years. These Administrations
hav dpended for their elections
to a very great extent upon the
thoroughly upt political
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have quoted, President Truman
has done little or nothing to
expose or clean up the evils
that have been exposed.
In each case he has first de-
MED that any wrongdoing ex-
listed, and later ignored the
fact that wrongdoing had been
proved. The RFC Investigation
to him, was Jasmine. After
the true facts were known, he
had no comment. He vigorous
ly defended Attorney General
McGrath, then fired him with
no comment. He appears to be
dependingupon the American
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people to forget quickly, as they
have so often in the past.
These are symptoms of the
evil of having one political
party too long in power, par
ticularly when segments of
that party are allied with GRIM
inal elements. The only poSsib-
lie solution is a clean sweep
that will return to office men
of high moral caliber, honesty
and integrity, who know that
public office is a public trust.
Congressional Record, page
1888. May 20. 1852.
Shop in Hardin1
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BY Rep. Wesley A. D,Ewart

would like to quote to you a
statement by the President of
Ine United States. It is as fol-
If there has been any crime
It must be prosecuted. IF there
mas been any property of the
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