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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-22

THE EVENING STAR BIS
Washington, D. G. ~
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1869
Evening star., 1952-11-22
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Humphrey is named Secretary of the Treasury A
through Wall Street until they learned
not Hubert of Minnesota
Herb Browne architect victory is named
Attorney General He'll those Tafton Southern delegates
In the cooler at las-so they'll
the 1856 convention.
Charles Wilson Of General Motors takes
salary cut in becoming Secretary of Defense couple
promotions like that and well have up
private funds for the poor fellow.
1es first three cabinet appointments age
clock.
Scandinavian airlnes clip 1000 miles off the United
Europe route by flying the polar ice It'll
to leave Los Angeles at and supper only
wice the cost of getting indigestion at home.
ndas plan for Korea draws allied support
that all Communists who don't home should be
looked after by the u N-wh agreeing
other
Republicans hail John Dulles ideal Secretary
State No will be quicker sweep the State Department
clean just in there few left that he and Dean
Acheson forgot to burn
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Constantine Brown:
Dulles Has Reorganization Task
Drastic Reduction Personnel and Replacement of Ideosts
With Reosts Is Part of Job for New Secretary of Sote

Secretary of ate-designate
SSohn Foster Dulles has accepted
the honor bestowed on him by
President-elect Eisenhower fully
convinced that he is undertaking
greater responsibilities than any
Secretary of State who preceded
him.
Mr.. Dulles faces two problems
from the outset: Cd The ham
ding of the most complex in
ternational situation ever to
confront the American Govern
ment; and co the thorough
reorganization of the top-heavy
State Department.
Mr.. Dulles has a great ad-
vantage over a number of others
who were candidates in that he
knows the international prob
lens and has a good idea OF how
to handle them. But he must pay
much attention during his first
months in Office to finding COM
petent individuals to help him
reorganize his department.
Mr.. Dulles knows that the
congressional appropr a tions
committees will demand a dras-
tic reduction in personnel. The
Republican Senators and Rep
resentativeS on the appropria-
tions committees always have
complained about overlapping
and duplication of jobs in the
State Department where former
officials from agencies such as
the FEA. OSS, owl and other
now defunct organizations es-
tablished before and during the
last war have found a haven.
There is a feeling in some con-
gressional quarters that the
present $4,000 State Depart
ment personnel at home and
abroad could be halved and the
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the Taft camp, Gov. Earl Warren
of California, figured in the spec
Iulation about the Eisenhower ap-
Ipointments.
Gen. Eisenhower telephoned
Gov. Warren yesterday. and while
Gov. Warren declined to say what
they discussed there was talk the
Governor may be in line for the
first vacancy on the United States
Supreme Court. California
hasn't asked for anything" in the
new administration. Gov. Warren
told a news conference.
Chance for Taft Man.
Of the four cabinet jobs yet to
be filled. Senator Taft's friends
think one of their number prob
ably will get only one. if that
Secretary of Commerce. There
was no indication who was sug-
gested by the Ohio Senator for
that job beyond Thomas E. Cole
man of Wisconsin, his convention
manager, who apparently turned
it down.
Paul G. Hoffman, former Mar
shall plan administrator, and
Walter Williams, Seattle business
man, were regarded as top pros
poets. Neither is particularly
friendly to Senator Taft.
Reports persisted that Gen.
Eisenhower still would like to
name a Southerner to his cabinet.
But few of them seemed in line
to qualify for Secretary of Labor
or for Postmaster General, a post
that G. o. P. National Chairman
Arthur Summerfleld might have
if he wanted it.
The Agriculture Secretaryship
was the object of much specula-
ton, with John A. Hannah. presi-
dent of Michigan State College,
and John H. Davis. executive Sec
retary of the National Council of
Farm o-Operatives. being pushed
by the farm organizations for the
job.
Gen. Eisenhower also has talked
of naming woman to his cabinet.
And, If precedent is followed. so
far as callers at his New York
headquarters are concerned. Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hobby of Houston,
Tex. is in line for a top job.
Mrs. Hobby said only that she
had invited the general to va
cation in Texas.
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Hays Asks Mitchell
10 Quit Party Post
By The Assoeioted Press

Representative Hays, Democrat,
of Ohio called on Stephen Mitch
ell today to resign Immediately
as Democratic national chairman
"for the good of the Democratic
Party"
Mr.. Hays blamed Mr.. Mitchell
for the failure of more Democrats
to win House seats. He wrote the
chairman:
1T is my considered opinion
that If you had not mismanaged
the campaign to the extent Of
using all available funds for tele-
vision and other expenses, more
Democrats would have been elect
ed to the lower House"
Mr.. Hays was a strong supporter
Of Senator Kefauver of Tennessee
for the Democratic presidential
nomination. He has made no Sc
cret of his GOODNESS toward Illinois
Gov. Adlai Stevenson. who beat
out Senator Kefauver for the
nomination.
Mr.. Hays said yesterday he felt
Senator Kefauver would have run
a substantially stronger" race
than Gov. Stevenson did.
The Ohioan also said in his let
ter that Mr.. Mitchell's attitude
handicapped the national commit
tees research division. which Mr..
Hays stated was unable to fur.
nish maximum research assistance
to congressional candidates.
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Dorothy Thompson:

In the recent campaign a per-
sonality hitherto largely un-
known became known to all,
and it would be a mean soul.
indeed, who would fail to recog-
nize in Adlai Stevenson a highly
superior man, a truly aristo-
cratic soul in the exact mean
ing of that word.
Throughout the campaign.
however, felt that he was mis-
cast in the role that had been
thrust upon him. He himself
had said in accepting the nomi-
nation: Il did not wish to be a
candidate. I have no fit
ness, temperamentally. men
tally, or physically for the job"
These words were quoted by
his opponents as self-admission
Of incompetence, and by his sup
porters as evidence of refresh
ing modesty. But surely there
was more behind them than
that! Adlai Stevenson knows his
own worth. recalled, rather,
the words of Socrates before his
judges:
Il am certain, o men of
Athens, that had I engaged in
politics I should have done
no good to you or to myself .
For the truth is that no man
who goes to war against you or
any other multitude, honestly
struggling against unrighteous-
ness. will save his life; he who
would really fight for the right
-. must have private position
and not public one."
In general, the introverted,
contemplative and philosoph-
ical mind adjusts itself i'll to
the compromises and conces-
sions of partisan politics. or to
"the multitude" in whom al
ways turks a collective despot,
and who elevate men in public
life to exercise through them
their own frustrated passion for
power. The sturdier, simpler,
more extroverted and less intel
lectually fastidious types make
the better leaders of states. No
President can even approach the
perfection in action that a
highly discriminating and self
searching mind demands of it
self.
Thus, the tragedy of Hamlet
Is not that he could not make
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departments efficiency in
creased.
Mr.. Dulles is less familiar
than Congress with this prob
lem, and in order to keep har-
monious relations with the men
who hold the pursestrings of
the Government. he will try to
reconcile the demands of the
legislators with the real inter-
ests of the department. To
achieve the task he is expected
to seek intelligent and compe-
tent axwielders and job prun-
ers.
Experienced foreign service
officers agree that it will be easy
TO reduce substantially the State
Department and at the same
time increase its efficiency.
Much could be accomplished if
competent officers were placed
in the lower and middle eche-
Ions instead of refugees from
defunct agencies. 1t also would
help to remove the "ideologists"
from the ranks of the lesser as
sistants of the top brass and
replace them with realists.
The appointment of Mr..
Dulles as the ranking man of
Gen. Eisenhower's cabinet has
produced diversified reactions
all over the world. Despite his
apparent mildness, the Secre-
tary-designate has proved him
self tough. particularly during
the last two years. Our European
allies fear that he will be harder
to handle than his predecessors
in the last 20 years.
Mr.. Dulles adamant attitude
in London during the negotia-
tionS over the japanese peace
a treaty, when he refused to yield
to the British Labor govern
ment's demands for a harsh
control of the Japanese heavy
industries. and his equally de-
Evening star., 1952-11-22
DOrOtrY IhOn0PsOn:
Stevenson Miscost as Politician
Not Suited as Continuing Leader Of Democratic Party
But Would Make Great President of University

up his mind. for the mind Of the
philosopher, artist and man OF
thought is never made up. In
thought Hamlet was a genius
the nearest to Shakespeare him
self of any of his creations. His
tragedy was that as Prince of
Denmark he had to make up his
mind and choose between two
dangerous and distasteful
courses.
Gov. Stevenson's self doubt
came out in his last address be-
fore the election: Il am not sure
that I have kept all our con-
Germs in proper balance and per-
Spective. / am not sure that
I have made my views as clear
and precise as I would have
liked"
He had wanted to wage a
campaign to educate the elec-
torate, and he did his best. Al
ways in form, and sometimes
in content, his speeches sur
passed any we have heard in a
long time. But party politics is
advocacy, while the search for
truth requires above everything
else the quality of disinterested-
ness.
We would like to see Gov. Ste
venson occupy exactly that po-
sition for which he is fitted: the
position of a great educator.
Such a position has been vac
Gated by man Of action-the
PreSident-elect-who has re-
signed as president of the great
Columbia University. The quail
tiles that made Gov. Stevenson
doubt his fitness for the one
role are the qualities superbly
to fit him for the other: the
passionate. faStidious, and un-
ending search for the true, the
beautiful, and the good.
This idea has occurred to
others. 1t was, in fact, first
aired to me by DR.. R. H. Guste-
son, assistant professor of gov
ernment at Ohio University, and
has since been echoed by others.
In such a position, Adlai Ste
venson would have enthusiastic
cooperation from the faculty
and from other faculties; the
devoted support of students;
and he would exercise the wide
influence that his personality
Evening star., 1952-11-22

few weeks ago to a group of
Washington newspaper and
radio men whose field is chiefly
that of politics. Accustomed to
watching the blind lead the
blind, we naturally were happy
to learn how dogs are trained
to do the job better. Our in
structor was Paul Knowles,
field director for Leader Dogs
for the Blind. located in Roches-
ter, Mich. This is one of three
such institutions. the others
being Seeing Eye and Guide
Dogs. Mr., Knowles, blind since
birth, carries on his extensive
activities with the seeming ease
of a man blessed with sight,
thanks largely to the dog who
accompanies him on his travels.
Some of the things he told us:
Not all leader dogs are Ger
man shepherds. Boxers. Labra-
dor retrievers and collies are
among the others. Both males
and females are used. A require
ment is good health, a sound
nervous system, an even dis
position and high intelligence.
With all this only four out of
ten of the selected dogs are able
to take the necessary training
and assume responsibility for
a blind person. The training
takes three months. In the
course of it the dog is graded
weekly on response to COM
mands, responsibility, reactions
to crowds, traffic, air brakes.
other animals, trucks, thunder
and other factors.
Dogs cannot tell the difference
between a red and a green traf-
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yet in sight. What range do you
have on the TDC?"
Range, eight oh double oh,
captain. Bearing two nine five"
A Helping Hand.
up periscope! Put me on two
nine flve!" The captain snaps the
command to his exec, "Bobo"
Bobczynski. now functioning as
assistant approach officer. AS the
periscope comes up, the latter
places his hands beside the cap
tain's on the handles and swings
the scope until the etched hair
line stands at 295. The skipper
looks long and hard. and in
f1nitestimally rotatoes the peri
scope from one side to the other.
Throughout the ship the men
are waiting for the answer to their
unspoken questions: Have we
dived in the right place." Have
we really outguessed him?" Does
the captain see the target?"
Finally, in a low voice which
hardly expresses conviction, and
which certainly is far from show
ing the relief he feels, the. cap
tain speaks. Il see him."
The word flies through the ship.
Men look at one another and
smile, some a little shakily, but
most, tight-lipped grin of relief
and pride. I'VE have him in the
periscope!"
Things are really clicking now.
At 20 knots the target will travel
the distance between himself and
Archerfish in nine minutes and a
few seconds. 1t is time to
maneuver to gain a favorable fir
ing position as he goes. by.
What the distance to the
track?" The captain can't be
bothered with doing this calcula-
ton himself.
Bobo does it for him by trig-
onometry. multiplying the sine of
the angle on the bow by the range.
He has what amounts to a slide
rule to make the computation, and
the answer is almost instantane-
GUS. Five five oh yards!"
Much too close! The submarine
is also headed toward the targets
projected track. At minimum
submerged speed of knots, in
nine minutes she will have trav-
eled 600 yards, and will be almost
beneath the target as he
goes by.
These thoughts and computa-
tions flash across Joe Enright's
mind in a split second. even as he
Evening star., 1952-11-22

flc light. They are color blind.
The blind person must listen
for the change in the traffic
pattern and signal the dog when
to proceed.
There are about $4,000 blind
persons in the country deemed
capable of using the dogs. Only
a small fraction of that number
actually are doing so. The cost
of training a dog and a student
is $1,250. of which the student
is asked to pay $3.50. the re-
mainder being made up by con-
tributions. The students train
ing is usually accomplished in
four weeks. First training is
given in the quiet little town
of Rochester; final training in
the busy city streets Of Pontiac.
The school has a practice
course for students, a simulated
city block with sidewalks, cross
streets, broken places, hydrants.
barriers. one and two-step curbs,
straight and round curbs, reg
ular and revolving doors.
Students are taken between
the ages of 18 and IS. They
must be in good health. emo
tionally stable, of good moral
character and not addicted to
alcohol or drugs.
The Leader Dog institution
was founded by the Lions Club
of Michigan. The inspiration
for the Thanksgiving Week drive
came from Ed Stranger"
Lewis, famous wrestling cham
pion. now 73 and almost blind.
and Leroy McGuirk, former
collegiate champion, blind the
past two years.
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gives the order to mitigate the
situation. Left full rudder! Left
to course zero nine zero" BY
turning her bow more toward the
target. ArcherflSh will be enabled
to fire tolpedoes little sooner,
thus catching Shinano at a rea-
sonable range; also. she will not
close the track so quickly.
ShinanO Doomed.
All this time Shinano is pound
ing on to his doom. AS soon as
Archerfish steadies on the new
course. her periscope rises above
the waves once more. remains a
moment, then disappears.
There are three things which
Shinano may do: Continue on his
lpresent course, which will put
Archerf1sh in the least favorable
firing position, necessitating a
sharp track shot ahead of time.
Or zig to his right. causing the
submarine to shoot him with
stern tubes. Most favorable would
be a zig of about 80 degrees to
his left, which would leave him
wide open for a square broadside
shot from the bow tubes.
How much time?" rasps the
skipper, motioning with his
thumbs for the periscope to go up.
He'll be here in two minutes!"
The periscope rises out of the
well. Zig away, to his own left!"
Swiftly the captain spins the
periscope, making quick scan
of the situation all around. Sud-
denly he stops.
Down scope! Escort passing
overhead"
For the first time they are con-
scious of a new noise, a drumming
noise propeller beats - coming
closer. With a roar like that of
an express train the high-speed
destroyer screws sweep overhead.
This is a shooting observation I!
Are the torpedoes ready?" Un-
consciously, the captains voice
has become clipped and sharp.
This is the moment they have
worked for all night. He must
not fail!
Shooting observation. All
tubes are ready, sir, depth set is
feet. Range one five double oh,
angle on bow starboard eight five.
We are all ready to shoot. sir!"
up periscope! Looks perfect!
Bearlng-mark!"
Zero zero one!"
"Set!"-from the TDC officer.
And then that final word. the
word they have been leading up
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Boot|egging Raids
In Early Hours Lead
To Arrests Of Nine

Nine persons accused of boot
Logging wine and whisky at Union
Station and their homes were ar
rested early today by the police
morals division. headed by In
spector Clarence Lutz.
A raid at a home in the 1900
block of Eleventh street NV.
netted Mrs. Jessie Thomas. 40;
her daughter, Gertie May. 16, and
a roomer, Joseph R. Strickland,
40. all colored. They were charged
with keeping and selling alcohol
without license.
A raid in the 1000 block of
Eighth street NV. led to the
arrest Of William tGogo) Whit
tingham. go. colored. on charges
of keeping and selling. A large
quantity of "Sneaky-Pete" was
seized there, Inspector Lutz said.
Two men accused of being hip
pocket bootleggers were arrested
at Florida avenue and @ street
NV. and charged with keeping
and selling. They were Edward
Washington Cooke, 81, of the 900
block of T street NV. and John
Henry Thomas. 90. of the first
block of P street NV. Both are
colored. A third hip-pocket sus-
pect. Austin Carter, 40. colored,
of the 400 block of Tennessee
avenue NE. was seized near his
home on a similar charges.
In the mems room at Union
Station, George Washington Ezell,
Al. colored, of the 1000 block of
Third street Sc, and Henry
Moore. AZ. colored. of the 1900
block Of Fifth street NE, were
seized and charged with keeping
and selling.
Evening star., 1952-11-22
Lowell MeHett:
Blind Mans Doq to Have q Week
And 1t Is Next Week, When Wrestling Fans Will Contribute
To School That Trains Dogs and Their Sghtess Masters

If, as they say, every dog has
his day, nobody will begrudge a
whole week to the blind mans
dog. In any case he is going to
have it. Thanksgiving Day week
has been set aside to do him
honor. 1t is official, by ukase of
the National Wrestling Alliance.
This column never has dealt
with wrestling because, for one
reason, the writer doesn't like
wrestling and might find it hard
to be fair to those who do and
to those who engage in and
promote the sport. But lots of
people do like it, as demon
strated by the crowds that fill
the arenas and the vast num-
bers who dial in the wrestling
matches on their television sets.
So there must be something in
it. I've always suspected it ap-
pealed chiefly to the more Sa-
distic members of society, people
who enjoy watching other people
suffer, the way wrestlers seem
to suffer from their self inflicted
torture.
Thanksgiving Week may dem
onstrate, to the contrary, that
wrestling fans are essentially
kind-hearted folks. That is it's
purpose. Twenty-Five per cent
of the gate receipts of all wres-
tling bouts during the week are
to be contributed to the expan-
sion of facilities for training
dogs to lead the blind and blind
men and women in the use of
the dogs. A worthy purpose if
ever there was one. The goal
this year is $250,000.
The project was explained a
Evening star., 1952-11-22
Truman Says General
Is Rather Appalled, at
immensely Of New Job
By Joseph A. Fox

President-elect Eisenhower is
rather appalled," at the inmensi-
ty Of the task he faces. accord
ing to President Truman.
Stressing the Importance of the
presidency yesterday as he ad-
dressed a Central Intelligence
Agency conference, Mr.. Truman
told of his Tuesday session with
Gen. Eisenhower, when they
talked over the problems facing
the incoming holder of "the most
powerful office" in the history Of
the world.
Il don't think any one realizes
the immensity of the problems
that face President of the
United States" Mr.. Truman said.
1T was my privilege to brief
the general, who is going to take
over the Office on the goth day
OF January. and he was rather
appalled, at all that the Presi-
dent needs to know in order to
reach decisions-even domestic
decisions.
Millions Affected.
HE must know exactly what
is implied by what he does. The
President makes a decision every
day that can affect anywhere from
100 million to 1.50 billion people.
1t is a tremendous responsibility"
The meeting was the final ses-
sion of the CIA's eighth training
orientation course for representa-
tives of Government agencies.
Several hundred were present as
the President spoke at the De-
partment of Agriculture Audi
torium.
The session was closed, but the
remarks later were
made public by the White House.
Describing the modest start the
CIA had at the outset of his ad-
ministration, the President said,
I'VE have an intelligence infor-
nation service now that I think
in not inferior to any in the
world"
Intelligence Concentrated.
When he first came to the White
House, Mr. Truman emphasized,
every department or other organ
lzation had its own information
service. and a President might
have to cover two or three to get
any data he wanted.
For his own part, he continued,
he needed three months to get
caught up on the stack of docu-
ments he had to read.
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy,
Chief of Staff, and
Admiral Wilson Brown. naval aide.
were the only ones around the
White House who really knew
what was going on in the mill
tary affairs department." the
President said, and he met them
daily to get whatever information
he could.
Finally. Mr.. Truman continued.
he suggested the formation of a
central intelligence agency for the
benefit of the whole Government.
and the organization now headed
by Gen. Walter Bedell Smith was
formally launched.
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Navy. He was graduated from the
academy in 1888 and served
aboard battleships and as a train
ing officer at the New London
Conn submarine base.
He put the Dace into COM
mission there in 1943. took her to
the Pacific and made one patrol
off the shore of Japan.
Then he took command of the
Archerfish and set out on the
sweep that was to destroy the
pride of Nippon's fleet. For this
action. he won the Navy Cross.
Later he was awarded the Legion
of Merit. after the Archerfish
sank japanese sub.
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ident Truman's plan to shift ad-
ministrations smoothly.
The spokesman said one volume
deals with problems relating to
individual countries and geo.
granhical areas. along with policy
Gu emily in force there. Another
was said to contain similar data
about problems like export-import
control, manpower and petroleum
supplies. The third was described
as dealing with high-level Gov
eminent organization and pre-
cautions against subversion OF
sabotage.
Token Fight Seen.
AS President, Gen. Eisenhower
would have to deal directly with
the Senate floor leader on legis-
lation. If Senator Taft wants that
job. three Republicans said he can
get it with little more than q
token fight.
Senators LANCER of North Da-
kota and Watkins of Utah said
they would be for Senator Taft if
he wants the leadership post.
Senator Hendrickson of New Jer-
sey who lined up against Taft.