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Evening star., 1952-12-22
Virginia Delegates
Asked 10 End Ban on
Local Bill Interference
BY the Assoeioted Press

| NORFOLk, Dec. 22.-Delegate
Louis L. Guy of Norfolk, taking
advantage of the season of good
will and brotherhood, has writ
ten letters to his colleagues in
lVirginia's General Assembly sug-
gesting that they agree to drop
the long-standing "gentleman's
agreement" on local legislation.
Mr.. Guy said the practice by
which other lawmakers don't
interfere with a purely local bill
introduced by one legislator is
outmoded.
Furthermore, he declared, it is
"the father of more illegitimate
and indefensible laws than any
other one thing in the Common
wealth"
Disclaims Personal Motive.
Mr.. Guys letter said he had
decided to bring up the subject
of the "gentleman's agreement"
at a time when all of us are
Iimbued with a spirit of good will,
fairness and justice" He said he
wasn't pushing anything inasmuch
as he is retiring from the Legis-
Ilature.
Declared Mr.. Guy:
"There is understood to be a
gentlen1an's agreement of long
standing that what goes on in my
own bailiwick is my own business,
and that no one Except others
also representing my pailiwick)
have any business questioning or
interfering with what I propose
for my own people.
"This agreement goes further
and seems to indicate that. all
others should blindly vote to ac-
complish what I might suggest for
my people, whether it is wise, con-
Istitutional, democratic, or tyran-
nical, on the theory that if I am
wrong, my own people can spank
me, and it is solely my response
lbility.
II believe that to be fallacious,
and also believe that under
standing to be the father of more
Iillegitimate and indefensible
laws than any other one thing
in the Commonwealth"
Make for Olden Days.
Mr.. Guy said he could under
stand why the "gentleman's
agreement" existed in olden days
when difficulties of travel and
communications made Virginians
in one part of the State partically
foreigners to those in another Sec
tor.
Thus. he explained, the folk
IN Jefferson'S bailiwick of Abe
marie County did things that
were of no concern to people liv-
ing in Norfolk.
But today" Mr.. Guy said, "a
speed trap. an unusual hunting
law. a special or unusual tax on
some one doing business, or any
number of other unusual local
laws. might and do frequently
seriously affect my people who
can and do drive their automobiles
in a few hours to that county, or
transact business by phone in a
matter of minutes.
TN spite of changed conditions,
the old rule still prevails and my
people, who live. work and play
in the whole of Virginia, are con-
stantly confronted by mo Sunday
fishing in one county, perhaps
different rules regarding stop
lights and traffic control in anoth-
er county, or unusual and un-
expected license laws III various
cities, and they pay the penalties
they are thus subjected to-"
Evening star., 1952-12-22
Frederick Dance Profits
Twill Aid Hospital Project
Special Dispatch 10 The Sfar

FREDERICK. Md, Dec. o.
The Frederick Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary will sponsor a dance to-
night at Gambrill gymnasium OF
Hood College.
Proceeds will 60 to air condition
the hospitals operating rooms
Music will be by Tony Pastors
Orchestra. There will be bridge
and canasta games.
Mrs. Edward P. Thomas is gen.
eral chairman of the snow ball
Mrs. Bryon D. White is president
of the auxuiliary.
Evening star., 1952-12-22
Needy Children Aided
By RFC Recreation Unit

The Recreation Association of
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration has collected several
hundred dollars worth of new
toys, food and clothing which was
to be turned over to the Country
Store sponsored by Jim Gibbons
of WMAL, and the Junior Village
for Underprivileged Children.
Heading the drive were Ralph
Kirsch, president of the associa-
ton, and Miss Nellie McLeish.
Evening star., 1952-12-22

uGSS SOUUtGI "
the lobby Of The
Stor Building.
New features
this year include
o world otIos. o
section on por-
liomentory pro-
cedure and o
who wos who. !"
This 928 page
almanac is a sfore
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Horticulture Convention

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Dec
% (R.-The West Virginia Hor.
ticulture Society's annual conven-
ton will be held February At ir
Martinsburg. society officials an.
nounced.
Evening star., 1952-12-22
Meet the Mayors
Meet the Mayors
Chevy Chase Villagers Proud
OF Their Rule as Taxes Drop

Chevy Chase Village, Mont
gomery County's fifth largest
town, does not call it's chief execu-
tive mayor. Instead he has
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Almanac Now on Sale

The Stor edition Of the 1853 Infor.
motion Pleose AImonoe is now on sole
for 81 at newsstonds ond ot the busi-
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This is another in series on
municipalities in the Washing
ton area.
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Nay Be New Envoy to U.N.
Hard Driving Wisconsin Senator Believed Well Qualified
To Help Revitoize World Setup if Austin Reres

car with chauffeur. These lat
ter considerations are. of course.
only of relative Importance
compared to the vital impor-
tance and heavy responsible
ties of the position.
Regardless of the wishful
thinking of many apologists of
the United Nations, there is no
question but that because of the
attitude of the U. s. S. r. and
its satellites, the world peace
organization is suffering the ef-
fects of their sabotage. Instead
of being a powerful factor for
peace, it has become mostly a
debating society very much like
the deceased League of Nations.
The worried Western nations
feel helpless and the Asiatic-
Arab bloc seems mesmerized by
the Red delegates. 1t has be-
come clear to all we'll wishers of
the u. N. that only a determined
attitude on the part of the
United States can instill new
life and energy at the New York
headquarters.
The President-elect is reported
to feel that the position of chief
American representative at the
U. NJ, while considered a juicy
plum for some important job
seeker who did his bit at the
Chicago convention and during
the campaign. should be en-
trusted to a hard-hitting and
determined man who has been
in politics a long time and knows
the international score.
Senator Wiley is regarded by
many of his colleagues as an
swering all requirements for
that position. He has been an
assiduous student of interna-
tional problems ever since he
was placed on the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. He seldom is
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Dorothy Thompson:
U.S.. Campaign Dismoyed Europe
N+,,oI Acc,,sotions Of Both Candidates Gave impetus
To Soviet Efforts to Weaken Confidence in America )

all these make deliberation or
considered choice impossible.
The public mind is not invited
to think; it Is bludgeoned into
stupor or hysteria.
How far this hysteria had
gone was revealed by communi-
cations I received after I had
stated that would vote against
the Democratic Party. "a tele-
gram screamed: "You have be-
trayed America and mankind"
A letter, 1.-THE COP has obvi-
ously creased your palm" Crazy,
absolutely crazy!
The United States cannot af-
ford one more of these quadren-
nial orgies. It is time for Amer
lea to grow up.
Our new President enters on
preparation for his great office.
mentally, physically and emo
tionally exhausted, and will have
to consider the most compli-
Gated world problems, all Of
them exacerbated by the cam
paign itself.
Such campaigns cannot be
kept on any level above q street
fight.
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Constantine Brown:

WiSconSin'S senior Senator,
Alexander Wiley, who by virtue
of seniority is ranking member
of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and the most likely next
chairman of that group, may
be slated for another more i'm
portant post.
A number of his colleagues
believe the hard-driving Sena-
tors talents would best serve
the country in the role of prin-
cipal American delegate to the
United Nations.
This position is now held by
Ambassador Warren Austin, a
former Republican Senator
from Vermont who was ap-
pointed to this highly impor-
tant diplomatic post in 1945
when the United Nations came
into being.
President elect Eisenhower
and ali his advisers and sup
porters believe in Americas do
ing its utmost to revitalize the
willing United Nations organ
ization. The PreSident-elect and
his friends realize that much of
this revitalization effort will de-
pend not only on the backing
given to the u. N. in Washing
ton, but also on the personality
Of the chief delegate.
Ambassador Austin has car
ried out his role effectively. Un-
fortunately, in the last 18
months his health has been in
different, and it is said that he
wishes to retire, if a really COM
petent successor can be found
by the new administration.
OF course, there will be many
candidates for this post. which
is not only important politically
but also carries a salary OF
$4,000 a year, a furnished
apartment in New York and a
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Doris FIeeson:

influential Democrats are
urging Gov. Adlai Stevenson to
take over as National Chairman
Of the party following Gen.
Eisenhower's Inauguration jan
uary 20.
President Truman will leave
Washington for Independence
Immediately after his successor
takes the oath of Office. His later
plans have not jelled. He wants
to travel abroad but foresees
diplomatic difficulties about
that; he certainly will not quit
the country without full clear
ance from the new President.
His departure will leave a
great vacuum in the field OF
Democratic policy and propa-
ganda. It is the contemplation
of that vacuum which led to
the unusual proposal that the
defeated candidate for Presi-
dent should assume the national
craftsmanship.
Democrats making it start
with the premise that Gov. Ste
venson's voice, so inspiring and
50 lucid, should not be lost to
the country and the party.
When they look around. they do
Evening star., 1952-11-11
oo||sters Shou|dDrop Predictions
Their Future Value Lies Solely in Assembling Data
'One-Porty Press Chorqe Wos Political Move

outcome Of the campaign, the
editors themselves did the best
job. The 1850 editors who an
swered QUESTIONABLE from this
correspondent came up with 357
electoral votes for Eisenhower
which certainly indicated a
landslide.
This is because an editor
knows his own city and State,
for he or his reporters are in
everyday contact with the pol
iticians and the community
leaders. It has always been true
that local conditions properly
sized up in one part Of a State
can have a bearing on a State
result when compared with the
way things are shaping up in
other parts of given State.
The editors had better collec-
tive judgment than the public
opinion experts had in the polls.
As for the "one-party" press
fallacy, the truth is that the
criticism made by President
Truman and Gov. Stevenson was
a shrewd move to get better
publicity on the news pages dur
ing the campaign by creating
among editors an artificial con-
sciousnesS of the problem.
Anyone who knows the speed
with which newspapers are
made up every day realizes
there never is time to- get out
a yardstick and measure just
how many inches the Democrats
and the Republicans have been
given in each edition. It just
doesn't work that way.
The ingenuity of each politi-
cal campaign manager and his
publicity staff and the kind Of
news they create each day has
more to do than any other fac
tor with the way news stories
come over the press association
wires. Some days it is one side
that gets the news breaks"
and sometimes it Is the other
side.
When the campaign is over. if
a measuring job Is done. 1t will
be found that the quantities Of
type lines tend to balance each
other.
This correspondent remem-
Evening star., 1952-11-11

Active Post Urged for Stevenson
Democrats Propose Party ChormonshiP for Governor
As Best SPOT to Continue as a National Figure

ported him; at least three Of
them would not put themselves
out to advertise him in the
future.
Stevenson admirers pushing
the Craftsmanship idea believe
that, with all his eloquence, a
defeated presidential nominee
for any Office and out Of the main
political arena would be soon
out of mind. at least as potent
political force. Granting that
he could find publishers for his
writings, they argue that he al
ready has the reading public;
what he needs are more people
interested in him.
This lack could be supplied,
they insist. if he deliberately
consented to assume a major
role in opposition to the new
Republican administration from
a Washington vantage point.
Past practice has been that
the opposition members OF
Congress made their party's
policy. and came to represent
the party in the eyes OF the
public. This was true OF the
Republicans for the past 70
years-but they didn't win the
White House until they latcheo
onto a world-famous hero who
became the issue.
Evening star., 1952-11-11

absent from its meetings. to
which he always has contributed
some practical, if sometimes
undiplomatic. solutions. He has
travelled extensively abroad. His
informal approaches to foreign
dignitarieS were appreciated by
them as true Americanism. Re-
Gently he became one Of the
most energetic workmen in the
meetings of the U. N. Assembly
in New York.
The Wisconsin Senator. his
friends say. might become inter-
ested in replacing Ambassador
Austin. He enjoys the rough
and tumble fights in the Sen
ate and would like the glamor
of the Craftsmanship of the For
eign Relations Committee. But
he feels, they say, that he could
serve the country better If he
held a position where he was
able to devote all his time to
the cause of peace.
Senator Wiley is reported to
feel that in the event the U. N.
position is offered to him with
out his having to use any in
f1uence he could leave the
Craftsmanship of the Foreign
Relations Committee in safe
4 hands. The next in line of sue
Ncession is Senator Alexander
Smith, who has just been re-
elected from New Jersey.
Senator Wiley and Senator
Smith worked closely during
the 81st and 82nd Congresses
and their ideas on international
cooperation are alike. Some
State Department officials at
the U. N. feel strongly that
Senator Wiley's driving power
and occasional blunt talk would
be a real asset to the American
delegation and the nations
which are still cooperating
with us. ...
Evening star., 1952-11-11

tied down in satisfaction that.
whoever won, American unity
on basic issues, and a reason
able and reliable continuity OF
policy, were assured.
But-to quote the admirable
Swiss Review of World Affairs
when the controversy be-
tween the two candidates grew
more violent from day to day,
even in matters Of foreign pol
icy, the beginning of disorien-
tation could be observed in Eu-
rope. All the measures by which
the success of American policy
had been judged, and upon
which it's continuity rested,
seemed to 60 to pieces COM
pletely when the quarrel be-
tween President Truman and
Gen. Eisenhower regarding the
responsibility for the political
and military mistakes Of the
postwar period deteriorated into
a campaign Of mutual ,accusa-
tions.
I'm view of two of the most
outstanding author-exponents
of United States postwar pol
icy. mutually disparaging each
others abilities and achieve
ments, skeptics in Europe be-
lieved to hear the death knell
sounding for the American con-
cept of common defense against
Soviet imperialism"
The whole effort Of the Soviet
Union, through its partisans-
some of them very powerful
parties-is bent on breaking
down confidence in the United
States, as q nation incapable
of steady world leadership. So
both parties did their best te
demonstrate this view.
These quadrennial verbal and
visual boxing matches with nc
holds barred; these whistle-stor
marathons disgorging tens Of
millions of telegraphed word:
uttered by candidates who can
not conceivably write their OWL
speeches or even give deliberate
consideration to editing wha
is put into their hands: addet
to these the unremitting bonn
bardment Of the public mind
ear and eye via radio, television
mass rallies. and sound trucks
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Lowell MeHett:

A popular pastime among
Democrats just now, if any,
thing taken SO seriously can be
called a pastime. is that of ar
ranging Adlai Stevenson's fu-
ture. Their concern, of course,
is only with the next four years.
After that they expect him to
be President of the United
States. That is, If he keeps him
self available and does nothing
to lessen the extraordinary
esteem he has won for himself
within the party and to some
extent outside it.
So, whenever two or more
Democrats get together, one
subject certain to come up is
what's the best thing for Adlai
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

yrve Lie resigns as United Nations
Lie did his for diplomats the agenda
for debate anyway.
This fellow Eisenhower rhythm. He nomnaes
Lodge, Dodge-to take hodgepodge.
Mrs Pere Mesta Minister Luxembourg she
still likes post working with Eisen-
expects the won't have much trouble recalling
her.
newspapers Ike to Adlai Stevenson Am
bassador Adas the kind Of gentleman the
English adewty cultured and not overly popular in America
The against segregation trains This
For the next four years. epuo-
cans will be transported exclusively by Government limousine
Republican Senator Bridges asks an INVESTIGATION OF
businessman. They tailed him through
smoking heard him tell joke
about Harry Trumans piano playing.
Ies ambassador Washington Henry Cabot Lodge, will
begin duties Friday Lodge wise choice to deal with
President HarryS the kind OF fellow who doesn
mind being stared in the face by defeat.
Evening star., 1952-11-11

not spy alternatives that seem
to them desirable.
There is no high political Of
fice available such as United
States Senator for which Mr..
Stevenson can run in the near
future. Mr.. Stevenson himself
does not think the presidency OF
a university is compatible with
active politicking.
It has been suggested that
since President Truman named
a Republican as head OF the
United Nations, former Senator
Austin, Gen. Eisenhower should
name a Democrat, with Mr..
Stevenson being the obvious
choice. But an international
post of that sort, even If the
general were agreeable, would
also preclude political activity.
The news centers of this coun-
try, indeed of the world, are
New York and Washington:
few men can attain national
prominence who do not have
ready access to their headlines.
Should Mr.. Stevenson return to
the private practice Of law in
Chicago, he would be out of the
main stream of news. Incl
dentally, not one of the four
big Chicago newspapers sup
Evening star., 1952-11-11

bers q bitter controversy IN
1912 between the partisans Of
Speaker Champ Clark and
those of Woodrow Wilson in
the days preceding the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
The spokesmen for Speaker
Clark thought the Associated
Press had given more wire space
to Mr.. Wilson. A count was
made and it was found that
the millions Of words carried
about both candidates divided
almost evenly. This, Of course.
was a happenstance-it wasn't
deliberately planned.
Time and again during the
campaign just ended the Ste
venson side Of the story, espe-
cially on the radio. got far
better attention from the
newscasters than did Gen. Eli
senhower did, but onIy on those
days when the Republican can
didate wasn't making speeches
or his colleagues on the firing
line were not quick enough with
their comebacks when sensa-
etional points were being raised.
Speaking of a "one-party"
presS-which, of course, means
editorial preponderance for the
Republicans-there is no danger
in it, provided the news columns
are fair to both sides. This was
the case by and large in the
recent campaign with some few
exceptions that proved the rule.
Editors know they have sub
scribers from both parties and
they have long ago become
aware Of the Importance of
printing the news dispatches as
they flow in rather than trying
to carry on a clinic Of technical
measurement before they 60
to press.
Mr.. Truman never once made
mention Of the fact, that the
Democrats have had a "one-
party press" Of their own in
the labor-union newspapers with
many millions of circulation.
These publications have been
filled for years with anti
employer hate, and during the
campaign they were so partisan
in both their news and editorial
columns that they might as
we'll have been published by the
Democratic National Committee.
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Evening star., 1952-11-11
Dorothy Thompson:

The aspect of the late CAM
paign which dismayed the
greatest friends of the United
States in Europe was the spec
tacle of the disintegration OF
Western authority.
During the campaign, the
Kremlin, conceivably timed to
the American elections, and be-
cause of signs Of increasing
antagonisms between the i'm
perialist powers, made the great
political mobilization of the
Nineteenth Communist Party
Congress in Moscow a most visi-
BILE demonstration Of a center
of gravity in the world political
sphere.
Here were assembled all the
functionaries of the Soviet
peoples Democracies." together
with the leaders Of the West
ern fifth columns. The picture
was one of confidence, and
unity: authority absolute.
The meeting which heard
Stains calm prognoSis that in
creasing antagonisms between
the imperialist powers were
more likely than war against
the Soviet Union, corresponded
with eruptions Of such antagon-
isms as Premier Pinay's re-
lection Of the United States
note, and in Germany the So
cial Democrat Party's revela-
tions of the existence Of an
American-sponsored secret Or
ganization in Hesse. It also
corresponded with serious mill
tary setbacks Of United Nations
forces in Korea.
II ever there were needed in
the White House q President Of
the whole American people, to
maintain authority above the
partisan battle between can
didates in both Of whom he had
reposed confidence, it was dur
ing these weeks. Instead, the
President left the White House
for the huStings, to contribute
more, perhaps, than any one elss
to inflaming the acrimony Of thu
debate.
At the time Of the conven.
tions, the rest of the worlt
which We assume to lead set
Evening star., 1952-11-11

to be doing between now and
1856.
He should take to television in
q big way, say some. These
argue that he would have a
ready-made audience of mil
lions, because of his personality.
his easy mastery Of the new
medium and because of what he
would have to say. To all this
some one usually adds that he
could make a lot of money on
television, and some one else
brings up the question of who
would sponsor him. Would he
allow his talents to be used in
behalf of a particular brand OF
cigarettes or soap? The answer
assumed is that he wouldn't.
Evening star., 1952-11-11
David LoWrence:

Some questions the presi-
Dental campaign stirred up
have been answered by evidence
not ballots What about the
errors of the pollsters? What of
the behavior of the so-called
"one-party" press? What of the
Judgment of editors generally on
political conditions in their
communities?
It is clear now that the public
opinion polls will have their
greatest value in the future If
they avoid making any infer
ences or deductions themselves
from the raw evidence they
gather. Their proper role is as
Sembling data-not making pre-
dictions.
Thus instead of trying to al
locate the vote of those who
were undecided and noncommit-
tai. the polls might better have
made no allocations of their
own whatsoever. but instead
might have supplied the reasons
for noncommittal attitudes. It
isn't essential for them to get q
numerical percentage figure for
the Nation as q whole.
If the poll organizations had
done q few surveys Of the rea-
sons for increased registration
in normally Republican States.
or If they had made study Of
the resentment attitudes of
voters in cities and in farm dis
tricts, they doubtless would have
furnished scientific information
which would have been more
valuable than the numerical to-
tails TO the political writer's. po-
litical managers and others
who can make their own infer
ences from the evidence.
Likewise. they should have
made more surveys State by
State, instead of giving ma
tional figures that mix North
and South.
Incidentally, the editors Of
America-the men who have
been maligned by President Tru-
man as having no knowledge Of
their communicative shown
themselves to be better experts
en- the news side than he
thought they were. OF all the
forecasts IN actual number Of
electoral votes made about the