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Evening star., 1953-12-24
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Ike lights the White House tree Christmas That's
thing about being President When you the
Christmas tree lights, they all work
France spends week years trying to get
President for its governmenhe rest of the time spent try
ing to get government for its President
Vice President Nixon makes TV report his round-the
world trip Nixon doesn't show much respect for the tradi
tons of his job-hes always working at it.
Twenty two Red Americans Korea refuse a final plea
to come home Things too slow in American Russia
life goes much faster.
Government workers get halliday Christmas holiday
It's better than bonus All do with bonus spend
it-and who knows how to spend a halliday of?
Russia sells $40 million worth of London The
rades depise gold 1t reminds them filthy captasts-and
time they think of the capitalists they jealous
The Government the cost living gone down
the first time in eight months This great break If
weren't for Christmas could pay the months
blls-f it weren't for last months
Evening star., 1953-12-24

A favorite Washington
cliche is "the built-in defenses
we now have against depres-
sion." Certainly it was the in
tention to build them in and
perhaps it was accomplished,
but the best test of all-time-
has not yet been applied to
them.
The only Senator who is
an economist by trade, Paul
Douglas, the Illinois Democrat,
has returned for the new Ses-
sion with a little less optimism
than is felt at the Treasury.
! Senator Douglas comments
deserve attention both because
he is an expert and because he
is famed as the author-and
practitioner-of the motto:
ITO be liberal does not mean
you have to be a wastrel."
Senator Douglas does not
predict a depression but he
sees signs of a real recession"
which could contain the seeds
Of one. He therefore will sup
port a cut in excise taxes
which the President wants to
see postponed until danger
signals are clearer.
The Senator also approves
of higher personal exemption
for income tax purposes. In
this he will be Joined by many
more conservative members of
Congress who have been saying
that imitation has made pres
ent exemptions absurd.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Leadership and Craftsmanship
Those Who Urge Stronger Role on President Reminded
That He Can Lead Only Through Public Opinion

gagged in trade with the ene-
my during the Korean war.
The real issues are economic
and domestic-whether tax
payers money is to be wasted
abroad and whether American
enterprises are to be weakened
by threats of Government own
ership and control of business.
There are groups in Ameri-
can politics which would del
egate monopolies In govern
mental authority to private
organizations. and there are
groups which favor confisca-
ton of private property,
though they disguise it as so
cial welfare" !" AS long as these
theological differences prevail,
the Republican Party will re-
main divided-and so will the
Democratic Party.
Gen. Eisenhower can lead
only through the force of pub
lie opinion-the less partisan
he himself happens to be po-
litically. the better his chances
for public support of those
measures which are really
meritoriouS.
Those among the Presidents
advisers who are egging him
on to a split with Republicans
in Congress who may consci-
entiously disagree with him
are bound to do a disservice to
Gen. Eisenhower and his pro-
gram. The better way would
be to recognize that there are
Republicans who cannot and
will not support certain legiS-
lative proposals. 1t would be
folly for Gen. Eisenhower to
yield to the advice of those
who want him to run his party
on a totalitarian basis and at
tempt some of those Inflated
"purges" in politics which
Democratic as we'll as Repub-
lican Presidents have tried in
the past, only to increase the
enmities within their own
party.
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Evening star., 1953-12-24
Lowell WeNett-
Lowell N1eNett-
Harmony, Maybe; ;Dynonoics, No
Little Believed Achieved by Presidents Conferences
To Assure Sort of Positive Campaign He Would Like

The President appears to
have achieved a harmonious
relationship with his congress
sional leaders during his
three-day legislative confer
ence. At least, none walked
away from the White House
expressing violent dissent with
what had been agreed upon
and none has been guilty of
leaking to the press any inn
portant contrary views. But
there is little reason to believe
that the conferences succeeded
In formulating the dynamic,
progressive, forward-looking
program" believed necessary
by the President if his party
Is to deserve victory in the
coming elections, That, of
course, was too much to expect
from a gathering of House and
Senate committee chairmen
which included so many who
could be characterized as un-
dynamic, unprogressive and
disposed to- look backward
rather than forward.
These peSSimiStic remarks
may have to be eaten when the
President delivers his State of
the Union message the first
week of January, outlining the
legislative program he desires.
The message may embody the
urgent adjectives he has used
and that will be all to the good.
And then if the Congress en-
acts such a program the coun-
try will have cause for grati-
tude. This will be due not only
to the legislative achievement
itself. but because it will enable
the Presidents party to cam
paign on decent ground in
1854. The alternative is cam
paign pitched in the tone of
Mccarthy, Jenner. Velde-and
Thomas E. Dewey.
The unhappy little Governor
OF New York, not involved in
the congressional discussions,
has indicated the line he would
have his party take. "When-
ever anybody mentions the
words Truman and Democrat
Evening star., 1953-12-24
David Lawrence

"Stalem ate government.
which plaques France and di-
vides Britain and Italy with
blocs and groups that hold the
balance of power in the ma
tional legislature. may confront
the Eisenhower administration
in the next session of Congress.
just as it has blocked effective
party action in the postwar
years of the Democratic
administration,
For several days now there
have been attempts to paint
the picture Of a coming legisla-
tive session in which the PreSi-
dents leadership" over his
own, party will be asserted, but
the realistic truth is that no
body can lead either party in
Congress today and command
unwavering support.
Actually, a flexible majority
has proved the only way any
progress can be made, and
it may well be questioned
whether the attempt to carry
out programs through con-
ference with the leaders Of
one party is necessarily more
than giving lip service to an
obsolete principle. Gen. Ell
senhower, on the other hand,
would be well advised to con-
fer also with certain Demo-
Gratis in Congress and to es-
pouse principles rather than to
try to dictate the actual leg
iSlation.
For there are four political
blocs in America today-two
inside each of the major par
ties. To ignore or gloss over
this situation is to make more
difficult the Presidents job
and to bring about less rather
than more cohesion.
1t makes good reading, of
course, for the President to be
talking about the leadership
of his party. It is always more
pleasant to talk of things as
they ought to be rather than
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Doris
White House Sees No Recession
Humphrey Cheeks and Finds 1t Is Safe Bet to Assume
That Any Economic Drop VIII Not Likely Be Serious

The Eisenhower administra-
ton Is gambling in its plans
for next year that there will
not be a recession worthy Of
Federal attention and help.
Treasury sources confirm this
attitude which appeared by
implication in the known facts
about the budget and legisla-
tive schedule.
Secretary Of the Treasury
George Humphrey, the busi-
nessman generally awarded the
palm as the ableSt of the Eli
Senhower cabinet, personally
checked the available evidence
carefully before he took bull
iSh position on the economic
outlook. He also consulted with
his very large acquaintance in
the business community and
weighed their comments against
what he knew of their business
and their personal economic
predictions.
Granting that figures are a
tricky business and public con-
f1dence a vital and changing
element, the Secretary became
convinced that nothing very
desperate was happening in
the economic picture and that
the general level of employ
ment and prosperity would re-
main high. The Treasury, of
course, would be one of the
first to be trapped by mis-
taken Judgment of the situa-
tion since it's revenues reflect
change very quickly.
Evening star., 1953-12-24

to you," he said in Connecticut
the other day, "for the rest Of
your lives remember that those
words are synonymous with
Americans dying, thousands of
miles from home, because they
did not have the ammunition
to defend themselves. Re-
member that the words Tru-
man and Democrat mean Dip
lomatic failure, military fall
ure, death and tragedy"
If months in advance of the
active campaign we have q
recognized party leader en-
gagged in such reckless dema-
goguery. what can we expect
when the campaign really
warns up? We can expect the
worst, a campaign more foul
than any in the memory Of
Americans now uV1ng.
That will be it unless the
Congress is able to electrify the
country with a truly dynamic
program and so give the candi-
dates something worthwhile
to talk about. And, unhappily,
it is almost impossible to see a
program of that kind in the
making.
Taxes will be reduced, as
scheduled by the last Demo-
cratic session. Expenses will.
be cut, especially in foreign
aid and defense. But the
budget will remain unbalanced
and the debt ceiling probably
will have to be raised. Housing
will be stimulated to the same
degree as in the past several
years. but the emphasis will be
on private building and not
public housing. Social security
will be extended to cover mil
lions now not covered. (Some
dynamiSm in that, but protec-
tion Of the reserve fund
through increased payroll as
SeSsments remains uncertain.)
Stronger anti-subversive meas
ures will be enacted, notably
the legalization of wire-tap
evidence, as sought by Gov.
Dewey's protege, Attorney
General BroWnell.
Farm legislation may be any,
Evening star., 1953-12-24

take place except for the fact
that no man on the white
horse has yet appeared.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle. who
at one time was considered to
have the dictator's stuff" was
a failure during the few
months he held power. He is
now a dead duck, Marshal
JUN is prancing mildly, but
he knows that even if he sue
ceeded in using the armed
forces to get rid of the insalu-
brious National Assembly he
could not succeed, because the
Communists and their associ-
ates controlling the labor
unions could stage a general
strike which would cause his
downfall in less than "a hours.
He does not command suffi-
cient prestige with the armed
forces to count on their blind
obedience in political tur-
noil.
Those who have made it
their business to observe the
French situation closely have
come to the conclusion that
. only a Communist coup d'etat
could be successful these days.
The majority of the French
people. including intellectuals
and many businessmen. are
lulling themselves with the
idea that since the Commu-
mist leadership in their coun-
try is in the hands of native
born Frenchmen, there is no
real risk of their becoming
sovietized. Many say glibly that
France can be restored to her
past glory by the establishment
of a modified proletarian die
tatorship in which all earn
ers" would participate; it
would not be confined merely
to farmers and workers, but
extended to all classes Of So
ciety after they have been de-
prived of all privileges.
This sounds like so much
double talk, but to people who
now are approaching despair.
it may make sense.
Evening star., 1953-12-24

what they truly are. Unfortu-
nately, wishful thinking cannot
erase the fundamental divi-
sions in each of the two major
political parties. The sooner
they are recognized for what
they are. the more effectively
can the barrier of "stalemate
government" be overcome.
Basically the division be-
tween Republicans and Demo-
Gratis which emerges just be-
fore political campaigns has
little to do with the way votes
are cast on fundamental
issues in the Congress. The
cleavage today inside each
party is between the conserva-
tive liberals, on the one hand,
and the radical liberals on the
other. Neither party has any
bloc Of ultraconServatives who
would disregard the necessary
care for human requirements
under Federal authority and
take refuge in hair-Splitting
differences between Federal
and State rights and hence do
nothing in an emergency. Nor
Is there any differentiation
merely along party lines when
international issues are at
stake.
Inside the Democratic Party
are just as many members
Of Congress who don't want to
bow down to the Communists
at home or abroad as there are
inside the Republican Party.
There are also Just as many
members inside the Democratic
Party who don't want to keep
on handing out American tax
payers money to foreign coun-
tries as there are inside the
Republican Party. Americans
are the same under the skin,
despite the name-calling of
those who like to characterize
anybody as an "isolationist"
who has a bit Of national pride
or shows resentment against
the acts of those allies en-
Evening star., 1953-12-24

thing, but whatever it is it
will be a compromise between
radically different schools of
thought within the Republican
Party. Labor legislation, none
of consequence. Hawaiian
statehood, perhaps. Tariff re-
duction, unlikely. st, Lawrence
Seaway, unlikely.
And so it will be. No dynam-
les. No progress. And it's a
pity, considering the conse-
Quence suggested above.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Series HightIights

Dodgers oulhlt the New York
Yankees 300 to 279-but LOST in
six games Dodgers made seven
errors TO one for Yankees Hits
Dodgers "a. Yanks 80
Billy Martins even 500 was
high among the Yankees. with
Phil Rizzuto's .3l6 next and Gene
Weddings even 300 comprising
the three top batters
Gil Hodges 1854 was tops for
he Dodgers with Carl Furillo's
1913 next. followed By 800 bat
ting averages for Duke Snider
and Jackie Robinson Billy Cox
completed the three hundred hit
ters with .304
Also notable about this 1883
World Series was the absence Of
Joe Black. except for the ninth
inning Sunday. when he struck
out two. allowed one hit---a home
rim
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
WJ2 Choral Unit

The WJR Choral Cline has
openings for Young men between
the ages of Is and 81 who would
like to further develop their
talent. according TO Don Large.
choral director.
Additions for the Choral
Clinic will be held 1890 PM.
Monday and Thursday through
out October at the WJR studios
in the Fisher building.
All applicants accepted viii be
given special attention by Don
Large. one of the nations fore
most developers Of young talent
Members viii receive advance
training in reading. rhythmic pat
terms. Syncopation and radio
choral work TO become members
~ the nationally famous Make
Way For Youth chorus.
The chorus is feature on the
make Way For Youth program
which has been broadcast over
the nationwide CHS network
since March l948
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Gillian, Kuenn
Top Rockies of Year

Detrolt'S Harvey Kucnn anc
Brooklyn's Junior Gillian are
choices as 1853 rockies OF the
year according 10 the 81. Lou :
Sporting News
Kuenn. who Sc; Detroit
Tiger record Tor rockies by
collecting 209 hits IN his FIRST
major league year also racked
up a creditable .307 baitina
average
Gillian. Ike kuenn. r.
moved veteran for the see
ond base job at the BROOKLYN
Dodgers spring training camp,
and went on 10 hat 278. md
establish a new rcored for get
ting on base by drawing walk
IN the leadoff slot,
Kuenn came off the college
campus 10 take over a vet
Grams job. Gillian however,
after playing several wears in
Negro baseball. went to Mon
tresl. Brooklyn farm. where
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10

l8in--Whizz' Two tough ones in
row for Coach Buddy Parker
--ii> the same when they 60 10
the coast Parker once SAID We
hope 20 break even in the quar-
tel Of games
Jackie Robinson n - make an
important announcement now
that The World Series is over
and BROOKLYN can afford 10 count
on other "chmce stars a. the
gate We dtiin'i say refinement
bat What else
Don Washington. substitute
hallback on Notre Danes pow err
house scored I'd on 23-vard pass
Saturday. one Of first Me-
groes TO make the grade At N ~.
Another end IS also member
~ Frank Leahv's team
Buddy Young on injured li-t
with Baltimore Colts. but expects
10 plav this weekend as thew
attempt TO duplicate earlier 1919
win over Chicago Bears Bohhie
Mann former L. of NJ and De-
tror Lion great. snagged I'd pass
as Greenbay lost TO Chi Bears,
u 49,
Foriv-niners have won five
straight from the Detroit Lions
and viii be looking for their
sixth win Sunday al Briggs Sta
dunn.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Ward, Turner Battle
Boyd, Scortichini
Wednesday Night

Big time boxing returns 20 De
troi Wednesday night when Oil
Turner, the spectacular Phlladel-
pha welterweIrht title threat
colides with Iialo Scor,ichini
the Italian champion al OLYMPIA
On the same card will be
another dynamite laden duel
that could headline the show
al any arena in the country;
The special l0-round battle be-
tween Moses Ward. Michigsn's
foremost welferweighi. and
Bobby Boyd. the sensational
Chicagoan.
The Turner Scortichlni match
is big one for both principals
Each has unusual incentive FOR
victory Each realizes that this
bout could he turning poin, IN
his career
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Defeated |. A.
Lat Sunday
in Thriller

Only men Will be playing
the game Sunday al Briggs
Stadium As the red hot San
Francisco jJ-ers come east,
looking for gold as they
take on the Champion be-
trOit Lions al , 80 pm.
Both teams are undefeaied in
league play two games EACH
this year. but the 4sers are rid.
ing the crest OF a last minute
3l-30 win over their West Coast
rivals, the Los Angeles Rams.
Trailing 20-7 at the half Sun
DAY the men Of Coach Buck
shaw loared back 20 20 ahead
2S-27 with eight minutes TO play
Win less than four minutes 10
PLAY tie Rams went ahead 80 %
VA re Toe ~ qusiiefback Ben
Agslanian who kicked has third
field goal Of the DAY
CordY Soliau. however. kicked
a l7-Yard field goal with sec
opds left in the game. TO give
his team their first win in the
last tive meetings with the
Rams.
Coach Buddy Psfkers Lions
pulled almost the same feat
except the difference IN the score
greater. and the threat subsidized
caller IN their Saturday night
game against the Baltimore Colts
wh!rh they won I'LL
Like the Ayers. the Lions tralled
AZ the hall. bur came back TO go
ahead and bottle up the Colts
passe and runners Bobby l.ayne
used only parsely after the first
OF the game VIII be n top shape
for the "iusn 20 the 49et, sun
day.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Spartan Win
Seen Saturday
at East Lansing

Two Big Ten conference
wins on the road should give
Michigan States nationaI
champions the spark needed
to throttle twice beaten Tex
as Christian University this
week at East Lansing.
Minnesota fell TO the Sparians
2l-0 last week end.
SATURDAYS results show that
Biggle NUNS champs. led by
the Brilliant running OF Sophie
more Leroy Boldcn. who scored
the Spantans thee touchdowns.
siill have speed and power wnen
needed most
Also their total offensive
power over 400 yards rushing
and passing begins 10 compare
with their So jusgernauf. TcU.
although loser 10 Arkansas.
e-l3 last Saturday. holds 100
win over Kansas.
Who is Kansas
Kansas managed 20 hold ire
powerful UCLA team 10 10 =
scoie two weeks ago and mast
not be underiaied
One thing is certain, despite
The absence ~ Davev OBren
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Warn Sugar Ray
on Speed Tickets

NEW YORK (CNSl Sugar
RAY Robinson was warned that
he will lose his driving license
II he gets another speeding sum
mons within the. next 10 months
The warning came from Mag
isirste Del GIorno though IL was
issued by proxy since Sugar had
a representative" to pay his
fine al the Traffic Court The
fine was $50 or ten day jail
term.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Wayne Tartars
Trek to Saint Louis

Football lightning" struck
WaNne's TartarS three weeks in
row as underdog Michigan
Normal added the last defeat al
YpSlanti SATURDAY.. 1873.
Coach Lou Zarza's Tarfars
journey to 81. Louis Saturday
where they face the Washing
ton U. eleven of that city.
Last year the TartarS rolled up
300 wards 10 1875 for the Bears.
but lost the game 1912. Carl
Snavclv. formerly AZ North Caro-
I ma. is new coach of the Bears.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
Expect Iowa
Test Power
of Wolverines

Saturdays grid duel be
tween the University o.
Michigan and Iowa. coulc
answer a few question,
around the Big Ten. A few
questions especially concern
ing the interested power OF
the Wolverines.
How does L. Of NJ. stack 40
with MISC this year?
MISC won 2l-7 over former
Michigan great, Forest Evefshev-
skis lowans IN the season opener
for both team. while I'M was
trouncing weak Washington
University team. $50
or course the showdown be
tween the two state grid powers
IS five weeks away. but the dope
sterS. and maybe the coaches. NAV
learn something from this tilt
IN Time 10 be Of value for the
Nov IA meet
Michigan recorded Its second
consecutive win OF the year last
SATURDAY as they defeated the
Tulane Green Wave a6-6 at Ann
Afbor Meanwhile. Iowa bounced
back after their loss to MISC 10
thra ~ Washington State 54-l2.
Naturally L % NJ. is favored
Ia win Their first conference start.
rs competition for top honors in
the Bic Ten this season is certain
10 Sc al least three teams battling
for honors--Ohio State Michigan
State and the Wolverines Of Ben
ME OoSterbaan.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-10-10
SPORTS
MIRROR
By LUTHER WEBB

Leroy Bolden, sophomore scat
back ~ the Michigan State Spar
ians had excellent reason for
scoring al OF MSCs tbs 90
against the Golden Gophers of
Minnesota last Saturday e.. Mr..
and Mrs Bolden Of Flint, mother
and father we're on hand for tire
game 49ers' Joe Perry, who
VIII appear al Briggs Stadium
with his team against the Lions
Sunday. Oct IL, IS one u the
hardest runners IN the NIL ana
sc0led tao tbs against the l. A.
Rams last Sunday in . thriller.
. BIS team eked out last min
u'e 1880 victory
The L. A Rams follow ths
49ers into r go Stadium on the
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|SPO R 7 s
CLOSEUP
By FRITZ POLLARD

NEW YORK. (GLOBAL)
The big controversy i'm the
american League is finally
settled and the st. Loui;
Browns will move TO Balti.
more and will be known As
8tke Baltimore Orioles. We
bare glad the problem is final
Ily settled. but we are sorry
Dill Week was squeezed out
|srd forced to sell.
n Del Webb. co-owner OF the
I New York Yankees. had sought
10 move the Browns 10 Los
Angeles, and The whole fiaht
seemed 10 have deteriorafed
4 into personal conflict between
I the two men.
4 This is signiiiCan, to US. be
pause Bill Vecck has demon.
firated. through his work with
the Cleveland Irdlans and the
Harlem Globctioitcis tn he is
fsigaisht' as far as Negroes arc
Concerned: while Del Webb Is a
RulWsrk in the Yankee orsaniza
which has repeatedly refused
give Negro plo,crs an even
break
4 Following Scpcrsl long and
Dad hatilcS which threatened
q efal times to rCach the point
N actual fisticu'is. Webb finally
gave IN ITO avoid disscnsion in
thc League Bur II looks as If
D. American LEAGUE VIII be
lO-ieam circuit with Los Angeles
snd San Fr~o SEQ included in
be'ore too long
New York ha- been hummine
t'h Worli Sores crowds. and
tfe exci,emcni has been reminis-
t'ni Of the old Joo Louis fight
kays. and the 1917 World Series
D ''ch was Jackie Roblnson'S FIRST.
One difference now is that
rany OF the out Of lown Negro
Fi,.tois now check IN ~ down
own hotels including The world
fmouS Waldoif-Astoria. whereas
, the old davS they were housed
noStlv in the prcdominantlv Ne
no districts.
This wears Dodgers. admitted F,
y The best team ever 10 win a
'ational Lescuo ponnsn'. came
10 with 30 records in all this
car They wcie shut out only
nee this yoas1n. hv The Giants
NJ Worthingion