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Evening star., 1953-03-20

States behind the Ambas-
sador's chair.
In accordance with a security
agreement with the other
allies. the American official in
formed the British Embassy of
his find. A careful investiga-
ton of every room in the Brit
ish Embassy revealed a similar
gadget also in the Ambassa-
doris. Office. It was concealed
In the tail of one of the lions
which support Britain's coat
Of arms. It was Immediately
removed.
Nobody mentioned the in
cident to the Soviet Foreign
Ministry. OF course Andrei
Vishinsky and his listening in
specialists" realized that some
thing had happened. Such ac-
tivities are common practice in
our diplomatic intercourse with
the Communists. It has become
a game of outwitting our ad-
versaries. But the American
Government does not permit
our intelligence services even
to attempt the same methods
on the Red diplomatic missions
in the United States.
When the Soviet delegation
to the United Nations leased a
large house on Long Island
some years ago, intelligence
units wanted to send some Of
our specialists, while major
repairs were being made, to
plant a few listening devices.
The State Department disap-
proved such methods and the
originator of the idea was
reprimanded for excess zeal.
Naturally, no such diplomatic
niceties are observed by the
Communists, who have prac-
ticed espionage on a large
scale during and since the war.
Occasionally, the Communist
methods boomerang. A few
years ago, our Ambassador in
Warsaw discovered a listening
device hidden by the Polish
secret police in the chandelier
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Eisenhower Respects Congress
At Last We Have q President Who Is Willing to Let
ePorotion-of-Powers Theory Continue to Exist
Dovid Lowrence:

It Is coming as something
Of . surprise to many people
here to learn that there really
Is q Republican President in
the White House. They have
gotten so used to the dicta-
torial and intolerant attitude
Of Democratic Presidents in
the last 20 years toward Con-
greSS that when Dwight Eisen-
hover refuses to get into a
fight with Congress but pre-
fers instead to respect it as a
coordinate branch of the
Government, they say he is
surrendering his prerogativeS.
There are lots Of people in
the New Deal and Fair Deal
group who for years have re-
garded Congress as a second
ary and unimportant insti-
tuition to be browbeaten or
ridiculed, while the Chief
Executive has been exalted as
If he had the powers of a die
tator. There are people here
who really believe the executive
power is such that it must be
absolute and that the elected
representatives of the people
must follow a White House
leader on everything.
Over in Germany in the
'30s they taught the doctrine
Of "our leader" to the point
where the national legislative
body became a rubber stamp.
Fortunately under the Amer
ican system, the Congress and
the Supreme Court and the
presidency constitute a three
headed form Of government
deliberately created by our
forefathers to prevent one
branch from encroaching on
another.
It may be novel. but cer-
tainly it is no sin for men,
herS Of the Senate to want to
take q look at a presidential
nomination. Otherwise the
constitutional requirement that
important appointments can
be valid only If "the advice
and consent" Of the Senate
has been obtained would be
meaningless. What else does
advice and consent" mean
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further, sizing up the effect Of
this precedent:
"Tke master plan now be-
comes clear: That the Federal
Government will put up the
auxiliary units-the unprotit-
able ones: and the private
power companies will take the
plumS."
In this case, and. in the trend
Of the court. history turns back
its pages in another fashion.
For the two dissenters on the
court now, Justices Douglas
and Black, hark back to an
other famous pair, Justices
Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Louis D. Brandeis, dissenters of
another era, who were Joined
later by Justice Benjamin N.
Cardozo, as Justices Black and
Douglas were joined in this in
stance by Chief Justice Vinson.
Nothing but the actors
change. The play is the same.
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fessor at Harvard and friend Of
Mr.. Roosevelt, he was credited
with great influence in>shaping
the New Deal and with re-
sponsibility for many of it's key
appointments. Often he was
derided in Congress. Subse-
quently he was named to the
court and has undergone a
transformation not unusual, or
so it seems.
So, likewise, has the court
edged over as a majority.
Involved in the Roanoke
Rapids case was a permit
issued by the Federal Power
Commission in 1948 to the
Virginia Electric Light and
Power Co. to build a dam
at Roanoke Rapids on the
Roanoke River. This was chaI-
lenged in the courts by Secre-
tary of Interior Oscar Chap
man, who contended that,
under the 1914 Flood Control
Act, the Roanoke River basin
was to be developed as an
entity by the Federal Govern
ment with a series of II dams
in keeping with policy carried
out in other river basins. He
was Joined in his suit, which.
pitted two Federal agencies
against each other. by a group
of co-operatives, the Virginia
Rural Identification Associa-
ton, which exemplified the
support Of the people Of the
basin for integrated develop
ment in the public interest,
and not for private profit.
The Supreme Court. by a s.
to-3 vote, upheld the FPC and
the private utility. affirming a
previous Court of Appeals de-
ciSion.
Justice Frankfurter, writing
the courts majority opinion,
took a tortuous path through
acts of Congress. picking poSies
of quotations here and there.
and emerging with q noSegay
of rhetorical luxuriance. as is
his manner. When weeded out.
1t was O strictly legalistic die
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tum that the FPC did have a
right to grant the license. He
evaded the big issue, and so
stated, as to whether it Is more
to the public interest for the
Government or private utility
to develop the power at
Roanoke Rapids, and thus
control it.
Somehow. his super-abun-
dance Of language reminded
this reporter of the day he lis
tened to former Justice Owen
j. Roberts intone another ma
jority opinion of the court,
also 6 to 8, that killing the
Agriculture Adjustment Ad-
ministration Act of the early
New Deal which helped to
start the revolt against the
court. Justice Roberts, who re-
cited his opinions from mem
ory in a "to-be-or-not-to-be"
manner, meandered so devi-
ously that Justice Harlan F.
Stone, later Chief Justice,
bluntly accused the majority
of arrogating legislative power
to itself and torturing the
Constitution.
The late Justice Stone has a
counterpart in the current
Roanoke Rapids affair in Jus
tice William o. Douglas, who
spoke out very bluntly also in
the courts minority opinion,
which was concurred in by
Justice Hugo Black and Chief
Justice Fred M. Vinson. JUS
tice Douglas called the license
to the private utility q ;"raid on
the public domain" and IAN
unconscionable appropriation
of the public domain by pri-
vate interests" among, other
things. Pointing out that in
acquiring the Roanoke Rapids
site, the choicest and cheapest
to develop, the Virginia utility
can market power worth
100000 which is made pos
sible by overall development
by the Government financed
by the taxpayers. he said
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Thomas L. Stokes:
Court Follows Election Returns
In Roanoke Rapids Case, Tribunal Wasn't as Loooord
AS twas in Approving Reforms Demanded in 1852

Only the characters on the
stage change here. The pen
dulum Of history continues its
remorseless swing, back and
forth, and so does our checks
and-balances system.
Once again, among other
manifestations. we see the
Supreme Court follow what
Mr.. Dooley called "the iliction
returns"
Sometimes it's soon after the
election. AS, for instance, in
the Supreme Courts decision
In the Roanoke Rapids case
which seems clearly to veer to-
ward the Eisenhower ad-
ministration'S restrictive pub
lie power policy and away from
that established by the Roose-
velt New Deal and previously
ratified by the court since
1888.
Sometimes the court is a
laggard and follows election
mandates belatedly. After
Franklin D. Roosevelt was
swept into power in 1882 on
a public tide clearly demand
ing many changes, the court
refused for q spell to accept
changes. It took another elec-
ton, the tumultuous 1896 land
slide that left out only Maine
and Vermont, and a threat by
the President to pack" the
court, to bring that rigid and
reluctant body around under
the Skillful management of
then Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes. He steered it
adroitly into the mainstream
Of the times.
Incidentally, the decision in
the Roanoke Rapids case was
written by Justice Felix Frank
furter. who was for so long a
whipping boy Of the conserva-
tive interests. including the
private utilities, which are so
pleased by his decision. They
depicted him as some sort Of
OvN genius when, a o pro-
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The theory that Mr.. Eisen-
hover has been elected
leader" Of both Congress and
the executive branch Is falla-
cious. One of the finest things
about the new President is his
respect for the rights Of Con-
gress. He can, of course, express
at any time his own views
on tax laws he may intend to
sign or veto, but even a Demo-
cratic President who vetoed q
tax bill found that two-thirds
of Congress. under the leader
ship of Alben Barkley, over
rode that veto.
It has been said that foreign
policy is the exclusive province
of the President. That Is a dis
tortion of fact. The President,
under the Constitution. has the
exclusive right to communicate
with or carry on negotiations
with foreign governments, but
the Constitution also says that
when an agreement is reached
the treaty can be ratified only
by two-thirds vote.
There are some disadvan-
tages. to be sure, in a separa-
ton of the powers of the
executive and legislative
branches Of the Government,
but until the Constitution is
amended to consolidate the
executive and legislative into a
single government, as is done
under a parliamentary system,
there can be no recognition of
the executive as superior to
the legislative branch of
government. Each stili has its
own responsibility.
1t is a lesson in the Ameri-
can form of government which
is being ignored by many who
keep on assuming that Mr..
Eisenhower has been elected
dictator of the entire Govern
ment, including Congress.
Party responsibility in legisla-
ton is desirable, but where
international affairs are con-
cerned and where the public
interest must rise above party,
the rights Of Congress are as
important as the rights of the
Executive.
Reproduction Rishts Reseryed.)
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but examination Of all the
facts?
Not long ago critics Of the
administration were applaud
ing because the appointment
of a Secretary of Defense was
carefully examined before con-
firmation. Today, when some
Senators want to look into the
background of a man chosen
to be Ambassador to Soviet
Russia in these troublous
times, the impression is con-
veyed that this is somehow
out of order and that a Presi-
dents selection for ambassador
is sacrosanct and not subject
to careful investigation and
prolonged debate If necessary
before confirmation is voted or
refused.
There is also the general
power of Congress to investi-
gate which is being criticized.
Persistent efforts have been
made by sympathizers with
the New Deal and the Truman
"red herring" attitude to-
ward subversives in the Gov
ernment to persuade President
Eisenhower to denounce all
such inquiries. But Congress
appropriates the money for
executive departments and
agencies of the Government
and has a right to check on
what is happening to the tax
payers money and to see If
laws that bar subversiveS from
the Government are being en-
forced.
Whenever a member of Con-
gress expresses a viewpoint
different from the Executive,
the tendency of the Roosevelt
Truman indoctrinated folks
around here is to magnify it
into a piece of serious friction
or a f1rst-claSs row. Yet the
Constitution says that only
the House of Representatives
may originate tax legislation
not the President and not
the Senate. Who has a better
right to advocate tax reduction
than Representative Reed of
New York, chairman of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee?
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Rheumatoid Arfhritis
Drugs Bring Caution

-Four District doctors last night
stressed the application of a
soft pedal" in the use Of wonder
drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.
They emphasized that, as yet.
no ideal drug has been found to
cure the form Of arthritis that
strikes the middle-aged person.
The drugs mentioned were
ACTH, cortisone and a rela-
lively new drug, butaZoldine.
The doctors spoke at the clos
ing session Of the District Medi-
cal Society's second midwinter
seminar on therapy. held at 1718
M street NV. Taking part in a
symposium on drug therapy and
rheumatoid arthritis were DrS.
Hugh H. Hussey, Thomas M.
Brown. Joseph Bunim. Darrell
c. Grain and Walter K. Myers.
Also speaking at a clinical
pathological conference were
Drs. Theodor Abernethy. Capt.
e. s. Evans, Col. Paul Fancher
and John Minor. DR.. Harold j.
Jeghers moderated the program.
Evening star., 1953-03-20

Reed Was Pushed Too Rouoh|v
Administration Won the Battle on Cuttinq Taxes,
But 1t Left House Republicans With Hangover

spirit, always a sensitive spot
where Congress is concerned.
Dan Reed became a Republi-
can Congressman in 1919, four
years after Dwight Eisenhower
graduated from West Point;
he is the senior House Repub-
lican in point of service. AS
chairman of Ways and Means
he is from the members point
OF view an important person.
No attention was paid to
him by the Eisenhower team
until after the fat was in the
fire. He got the impression
then that he seemed to the
White House a mere nuisance.
He probably does; now in his
80s Che has dropped his birth
date from the directory he is
probably also difficult. Natu-
rally, however, no House men,
ber will voluntarily contribute
to the legend that the chair
man of a standing committee
should be pushed around.
There is a feeling also
that Speaker Martin, Majority
Leader Halleck and Chairman
Allen of the Rules Committee
could have been more polite
about the pushing, no matter
how necessary they felt it was
to join it.
There are House Republi-
cans who quite honestly agree
with Mr.. Reed that since the
party and new President prom
lsed a tax reduction they ought
to deliver 1t. Others confess to
being just politicians who
Evening star., 1953-03-20

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Evening star., 1953-03-20
Doris FIeeson:

The Eisenhower administra-
ton has won a battle from
Representative Daniel A. Reed,
chairman Of the tax-originat-
ing committee, but it is a long
way from winning a war with
the House.
Wholly apart from the mer-
its Of budget balancing (the
Eisenhower position) versus a
tax cut (Mr. Reed the whole
episode has left House Repub-
lcans with a distinct hang
over. Its cure will require
rather more superior political
doctoring than the White
House has produced in the
other situations which have
publicly vexed it.
Mr.. Reed did not trouble
to hide his own bitter disap-
pointment. He quit his fight
for immediate action on his
tax reduction bill with a harsh
blast which effectively ac-
cused President Eisenhower
Of betraying his campaign
pledges. This is embarrassing
even though only Democrats
continue to play a political
tune on it.
The reasons why the tax
chairman'S chagrin is rather
widely shared by his colleagues
are various and not all to their
discredit.
Through lack of foresight
and bad management, the
administration has offended
House members in their club
Evening star., 1953-03-20
44O japanese War Dead
Are Returned 10 Tokyo
By the Asseeiaied Press

TOKYO. Mar. 20.-The 2,700-
ton japanese training ship
Nippon Maru returned yesterday
from a 48-day trip through
South Pacific islands to bring
back Japanese World War II
dead.
The four-maSted vessel, bear
ing the remains of 440 dead and
100 pieces Of tarnished equip
ment. visited Wake. Saipan,
Guam. Pelelu, Two Jima, Marcus,
Tinian and Angaur Islands.
At each stop, q Shinto priest
held memorial services and a
commemorative marker was
erected.
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Constantine Brown
Secret Ears in u. S. Embassy
MVD Will Hear All After New American Structure
Is Finished, Complete With Wall Microphones

Of his Office. He never at
tempted to remove it but used
1t whenever he wished to con-
vey to the Polish government
some of his undiplomatic
thinking about President Bic
rut and his gang. He discussed
pending diplomatic matters
freely and frankly with his
staff right under the chande-
lier. Eventually Moscow's pup.
pets in Warsaw got wise to the
Ambassadors technique.
The certainty that tho
Kremlin's workers have in.
stalled the latest electronic de-
vices in the new American
Embassy in Moscow is not
pleasing to it's future resi-
dents. The Kremlin's invisi-
BILE ears will no longer be
found in only a few Offices.
They will be in every private
room. in every Office and espe-
cially in the code and com.
munication rooms.
The modern Russian de-
vices, which are said to be
controlled by radio beams,
are so small they can easily be
concealed. particularly in q
new building whose construc-
tion is exclusively in the hands
of the MVD and its electronic
specialists.
The task of our security Of
ficer in Moscow will be far
more burdensome than in the
past. The new Ambassador
to Moscow and his staff will
have to add another serious
headache to the many they
already know they must en-
dure,
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Miss Curry Is Elected
To Duke Student Post
spseiuI Disposeh 70 The S,ar

DURHAM, N. c., March 20.-
Miss Katharine Curry Of SOTO
Ordway street NV, Washing
ton, has been elected treasurer
of the Duke University Women's
College Pan-Hellenic Council
for 1953-54. The Council at
tempts to promote cooperation
among sororities and between
sororities and other campus or
ganiZationS.
A graduate Of Woodrow Will
son High School, Miss Curry is
the daughter Of Col. and Mrs.
John E. Curry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

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Evening star., 1953-08-19

MRS. DONALD H. WEBER
The former
Miss Alice C. Schafer.
The marriage of Miss Alice
Cresap Schafer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Elwcod E. Schafer of
Morgantown. Md, to Mr.. Donald
Harold Weber. son of Maj. and
Mrs. William H. Weber of Balti-
more, took place on August /.
The ceremony was held at Christ
Church in La Plata with the
Rev. Lloyd G. Brown officiating.
A reception took place at the
Hawthorne Country Club after
which the couple left for we'd
ding trip to Lake George in the
Adirondacks. N. Y. They will
make their home in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Miss Tate
To Marry
INr. Harmon

Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert
Frederick Tate announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Lucy
Hamilton to Mr.. Albert Alan
Harmon. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence v. Harmon of
Cleveland, Ohio.
The bride-elect attended Hood
College in Frederick, Md, and
Robert College in Istanbul,
Turkey. She is a graduate of
Washington University in st.
Louis and a member of Phi Beta
Kappa society.
Miss Tate is the granddaughter
of the late Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Beaumont B. Buck of San An
tonic, Tex.
Mr.. Harmon served for three
years in the United States Air
Force and is at present attend
ing Purdue University as a stu
dent of Electrical Engineering.
An early fall wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
miss Farrell
|Weds Here

Mrs. Arthur Farrell announces
the marriage of her daughter,
Ann to Mr.. Robert Wright Har-
vey. The ceremony took place
August Is at Christ Church
in Georgetown with Canon
Charles Stinnette. assisted by
the Rev. G. Harris Collingwood,
jr.. officiating.
Given in marriage by her
grandfather, Commodore Rich
ard Warner, the bride wore a
gown of pale blue mousseline de
sole with a little feather cap
and a short veil. She carried
white roses.
The brides only attendant
was her sister, Mrs. Guy Zebert.
Mr.. Zebert was the best man.
A small reception followed the
ceremony and was given by
Commodore and Mrs. Warner at
the Army Navy Town Club.
The couple will reside in
Georgetown.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
DeAnneHoys
Is Married

Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas B. Hays
OF Bethesda announce the mar
riage of their daughter, DeAnne
to Mr.. John L. Baldwin, jr. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bald
win of Forest Glen, Md. The
marriage took place on August 7.
The bride is a graduate of
American University where she
majored in art. She is the grand
daughter of the late Judge Ed
ward D. Hays, former Represen-
tative from Missouri.
The bridegroom was graduated
from Maryland University School
of Engineering and has con-
tinued his studies for a Masters
Degree while employed as an
engineer at the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory.
Evening star., 1953-08-19

ToNsit Here

The Rev. and Mrs. George A.
Chauncey of Brownsville, Tenn,
will arrive in Washington for a
visit on Saturday. Mrs. Chaun-
cey is the former Miss Barbara
Davis. daughter of Representa-
tive and Mrs. Clifford Davis and
she and her husband will visit
her parents.
The Chaunceys were married
here in June. Rev. Chauncey is
a graduate, cum laude. of Yale
University Theological School
and his wife is a graduate of
Wellesley College.
Representative and Mrs. Davis
will give a dinner in their honor
at Normandy Farm on Sunday.
Other Davis children at the party
will include Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Davis. jr., and Mr.. Ray
Davis.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Society News
Syrian Envoy, Wife
Hosts at Reception
Egyptian Ambassador, Mime. Hussein
Who Will Give Party, Honor Guests

was a very popular member of
the Diplomatic Corps while serv-
ing in Washington as Egyptian
Minister.
Austrian Visitors
A future party involves three
members of the Austrian Par
lament who arrived in WASH
ington at 8 o'clock last evening.
The men-Mr. Felix Slavak, Mr..
Eduard Weikhard and Mr.. Karl
Floettl, are staying at the Fair
fax Hotel.
A definite program is being set
up today for the officials during
their 45-day stay in the country.
The only thing definite so far is
the dinner to be given for the
men tomorrow evening by the
Charge d'AffaireS and Mrs. Plat
zer at their home.
The Platzers are acting as
hosts in the absence of the Am
bassador and Mrs. Loewenthal,
who are still in Nantucket. They
will return from the MaSsachu-
Setts resort after Labor Day.
Evening star., 1953-08-19

Miss Faye Friedman, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Max l..
Friedman of this city, became
the bride of Mr.. Gilbert Ralph
Faigen, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Faigen formally of New
ark. N. j. The ceremony took
place on August 2 at the B'Nai
Israel Congregation. Rab b i
Henry Segal and Cantor Sholom
Kaiz performed the ceremony.
The couple departed for a
wedding trip to upper New York
State following a reception at
the ballroom of the synagogue.
! They will make their home in
Hyattsville, Md.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Miss Frost Enjoys France

Miss Katharine Frost is en-
joying her summer in Fontaine-
bleau, France. She is at the
Conservatoire American. She
has spent the week ends travel
ing around to the cathedrals
and chateaux with Col. and Mrs.
James E. Totten, who are sta
toned in Fontainebleau Theater,
Evening star., 1953-08-19

Miss Diana Pisner, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Pisner, be-
came the bride on August Is Of
Mr.. Henry Gerber. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
Gerber of New York.
The ceremony took place at
the Hotel 2400 with Rabbi Henry
Segal officiating. Following a
wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Ger
ber will reside in Takoma Park.