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Evening star., 1953-11-16
Land Of Plenty Has III Economy
France, Despite Its Natural Wealth and Huge American Aid
Won't Keep Administration Long Enough for q Cure

can be found until the present
constitution is charged. In
this respect, France is faced
with a vicious circle. The con-
stitution cannot be changed
except by a vote of Parliament.
There have been three elections
since \the end of the war and
all have produced the same
political confusion with IL or
IA political parties in the
chamber. No majority on any
important matter is possible.
Governments exist for a
while but as soon as they want
to touch on a subject such as
a radical change in the fiscal
system, the interested groups"
get together and the govern
ment is out. The politicians
seem to like the system and it
is hardly conceivable that this
present assembly or any other
will want to change a con-
stitution which gives the "peo-
pies choice" such a tremen-
douS power over the cabinet.
The French are the greatest
individualiStS in the world.
They believe that a two-party
system means regimentation.
The French political thinking
extends from stark conserv-
atism to Kremlin Communism.
with all the other possible
shades of political beliefs in
between
Communism is highly in
favor today among the masses
because of the clever unrelent-
ing propaganda waged since
the Gays of resistance to the
German. conquerors. This is
considered as only a temporary
phase which could change al
most overnight. But the
French are fundamentally
revolutionarieS. They play
along with their various forms
of politics until the situation
becomes untenable. Then they
follow any individual who can
impose himself on their minds
as the savior of their country.
No such individual is on the
horizon today. Until he ap-
pears, the guess of most OBJ
servers Is that conditions will
go from bad to worse in a
country where there is plenty.
Evening star., 1953-11-16

lem and other problems equally
preSsing-if not so noisily
paraded-have not been buried
in the dust thrown up in
digging up Harry Dexter
White.
Therefore it can hardly be
mere coincidence or. happen
stance that, while the Brownell.
Truman-Wh furore was at
its height, some serious
and sober-sided leaders in
the Eisenhower administration
served notice that they are
going to tackle the real
trouble. Their diagnosis is the
same as that of the Attorney
General, namely that the adj
ministration has fallen short
of expectations in many
quarters. But, instead of the
Brownell diversion" they
intend to try to do something
to improve the record Of the
administration and recover
lost ground before next years
congressional elections.
This explains the announce
ment that the President will
hold a three-day consultation
with Republican congressional
leaders and his cabinet, De-
cember 1912. to work out a
program for the second ses-
sion of the SD Congress which
begins January 4.
Evening star., 1953-11-16
Thomas L. Stokes
@. Q. P. Opens Fire on '54 Vote
Under Cover OF Brownes DIVERSION Republican Leaders
Plan PorIey on Proerom to Improve Porty's Record

In public opinion samplings
thus far on Attorney General
Brownell'S exhuming of the
Harry Dexter White case there
is one almost invariable re-
action-and a typical Ameri-
can reaction it is-which is
that the Attorney General had
q political motive in singing
out former President Truman.
This is so, irrespective of
where sympathies lie.
Where defined, the Brownell
coup is seen as an attempt to
detract attention from the
performance thus far Of the
Eisenhower administration;
from the recent elections that
very plainly exhibited q dis
appointment with that per-
formance, and from Republi-
can state ''mesSes" in New
York and New Jersey.
The Attorney Generals en-
terprise has paid at least one
slight dividend, even if of q
transitory nature. It showed
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son into the background. Only
a little over a week ago, you
may remember. it was he who
was all over the front pages,
alive and kicking and being,
kicked around by the farmers.
But there are those here
who know that the farm prob
Evening star., 1953-11-16

Hoover had behaved in any,
thing but the most correct
manner.
Because of the precedent it
would set, the calls for Mr..
Hoover to testify must be an
occasion for the most earnest
soul-searching on his part.
Possibly the same considera-
ton shown him in executive
sessions of congressional con-
mittees would extend to a pub
lie hearing. The White case,
however. has become a political
cause celebre and the Demo-
Gratis are on trial as a party.
The use of Mr.. Hoover's FBI
files are in a sense a test of
Mr.. Hoover and he is far too
experienced an operator not
to know it.
So far he has managed to
keep Senator Mccarthy, for
example, at arms length. If
he starts testifying, however,
he can expect the Senator
from Wisconsin to find further
occasions for him to appear
publicly. It has been widely
reported too that Attorney
General Brownell has in mind
various follow-ups of the White
case in which the question of
FBI action and opinion might
come into play.
Mr.. Hoover's public stature
is enough testimony to his in
tegrity and devotion to the
public service. His history in
dicates that he is tough
minded and practical. The day
he is sworn in as a vital wit
ness in something like the
White case will be an exciting
one.
Evening star., 1953-11-16

temperament to trust his ap-
pointed officials and delegate
authority to them in their
own fields.
Meeting the press in one of
the most painful conferences
a President has ever endured,
and whose questions he also
was, apparently, not briefed
to anticipate, Gen. Eisenhower
felt compelled to rebuke the
Velde Committee for sub
poenaing former President
Truman, and to defend his
predecessor against impugn-
ment of loyalty. For the rest
he could only say, task Mr..
Brownell."
But the President must act
before this case becomes a ma
tional and international scan
dal and a squalid partisan po-
litical fight, the result of
which can be only further to
shake the confidence of the
American people in their Gov
ernment, and the confidence
of the rest of the world in this
country's sanity.
The controversy thus far,
conducted almost entirely on
partisan political lines, raises
questions concerning the pa
triotism of Democratic leaders
and concerning the Judgment
and integrity of Republican
leaders. The net effect will be
to diminish public confidence
in democracy itself. Nothing
could be better for the Com
munists.
The President, therefore,
should, I think, use all the au-
thority he is so hesitant to in
woke to take the investigation
cut of the hands of the con-
gressional committees and
make it the responsibility of
the most eminent commission
of distinguished, independent
and compe tent Americans
whom he can assemble. Its
hearings should be conducted
in camera. Only it's ultimate
findings should be published.
The President should do this
because wide sections of the
Evening star., 1953-11-16

American people already dis
trust the congressional inves-
tigating committees, believing
them to be instruments for
ambitious politicians; because
the publicizing Of the investi-
cation as blow-by-blow
match will not reveal the
truth, which requires objective
analysis of all the evidence be-
fore correct conclusions can be
drawn, but will divide the
American people into two bit
terly acrimonious camps. sit
ting, as it were, as a divided
Fl peoples tribunal"
Already former President
Truman is winning passionate
support in advance of any
clarif1cation of the facts. En-
tering a theater in New York
he received an immense ova-
ton. Taxi drivers, seeing him
in the streets, have stopped
their hacks to wave and yell at
him such advice as Give 'em
hell, Harry" and the former
President has responded that
he would certainly oblige. The
galleries are already par
ticipating in the show, which
if publicly conducted will be
played to the galleries.
Only President Eisenhower,
with his profound sense Of
proprieties not notably observ-
able in all his lieutenants, can
take command.
Thus far Gas I write this
column, members of the ad-
ministration under attack have
made absolutely contradictory
statements, and the author Of
the controversy, Mr.. Brownell,
has shown a disposition to
hedge on his original state
ment.
In my belief, few witnesses
before the camera and public
eye will tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but
the truth. Many considera-
tions, some of them even laud-
able and responsible. such as
those of national security, will
cause them to hold their
tongues.
Evening star., 1953-11-16
HinshaW 10 Receive
Wright Brothers
Memorial Trophy

The National Aeronautic As
Sociation today announced the
award of the 1853 Wright Broth
ers Memorial Trophy to Repre-
sentative Hinshaw, Republican,
of California.
The NAA also disclosed that
the Frank G. Brewer Trophy,
Americas highest award in the
field of air youth education and
training, will go this year to DR..
Leslie A. Bryan, director of the
Institute of Aviation at the Uni
versity of Illinois.
Formal presentation of the
trophies will be made by Presi-
dent Eisenhower at the Aero
Club of Washington's Wright
Memorial Day Dinner at the
Hotel Statler on December II,
the day which commentaries
the 50th anniversary of powered
flight.
Cited For Speeches.
The Wright Trophy is pre-
Sented to an American civilian
each year for significant public
service of enduring value to avia-
ton"
Representative HinShaw long
has been recognized as an au-
thoritative spokesman in Con-
gress on aviation matters. 1t
was felt, the awards committee
said, that his many comments
and speeches in the House have
contributed greatly to a better
understanding by the Govern
ment and the public of aviation's
problems.
In 1941, Mr.. Hinshaw served
as a member of the House Select
Committee to Investigate Air
Accidents, and in t947 he acted
as vice chairman of the Con-
gressional Air Policy Board.
Later, as chairman of the House
Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee, Mr.. Hinshaw
called attention to the need for
a common system of air naviga-
ton facilities for use by both
military and civilian operators,
and was largely responsible for
the systems successful imple-
mentation.
Trophy is Plane Model.
In 1947 he was selected by the
State Department as congress
sional adviser on the United
States delegation to the Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organi-
Evening star., 1953-11-16

President and his congressional
and cabinet advisers are do
ing well to consider in ad-
vance of the meeting of Con-
gress. 1t is almost a choice.
though in politics nothing is
ever that clear or precise. This
question is raised:
Does the administration
plan to put most emphasis on
a record of legislative achieve
ment, or does it plan to make
the Communist issue para
mount in the 1854 congress
sional elections: in other
words, to play back the 1852
campaign record again as,
in fact, Mr.. Brownell seems to
be doing?
In some quarters the Attor-
ney Generals archaeological
expedition is seen as an at
tempt to do both. He would.
it is said, try to take the curse
off the Communist foray by
assuming its direction himself
within the administration. He
would put a bride on Senator
Joe Mccarthy because of the
growing fear of McCarthyism
among our people. He would,
when he had to, work instead
with one of the Wisconsin
Senator's rivals. Senator Bill
Jenner, Republican, of Indi-
ana, chairman of the Internal
Security Subcommittee, &C
cording to the story.
How risky is any compro-
mise with McCarthyism, and
how perilous is any executive
management" of that gen.
eral terrain, the Attorney Cen
eral learned very quickly. No
sooner had he turned the
spade on his excavation than
the three-ring Mccarthy -Jen-
ner-Velde circus switched on
it's calliope, taking his cue.
Rep. Velde, Republican, of
Illinois, chairman of the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee, acted so impulsively
with his subpoena of former
President Truman that Pres
ident Eisenhower felt COM
PEELED to intercede.
Unless the President can re-
strain this trio in Congress,
which seems doubtful with the
head now given them, we may
expect a running fire on the
Truman administration in the
usual reckless manner. That
certainly will discourage Demo-
Gratis from a cooperative at
titude and endanger parts of
the Eisenhower program.
The President thus has a
practical problem; but, in
truth, far more than that. For
the new crusade" upon which
some in his administration
and Congress seem embarked
raises questions far more seri-
Gus to our democracy than
what Congress may do about
legislation or which party wins
the next election.
Evening star., 1953-11-16
Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Ihon1pson-
Presidential Action Necessary
Questions Raised by White Case Indicate Its Investigation
Should Be Taken Out of Political Arena by Eisenhower

The charges of Attorney
General Herbert Brownell and
the immediate move of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee to subpoena former
President Truman, former
Secretary of State James F.
ByrneS, and the former Attor-
ney General, now Supreme
Court Justice Tom Clark, in
the case of Harry Dexter
White have opened a veritable
pandora'S box on which the
lid can hardly. now, be clamped
shut.
The most agonized figure in
the scene is President Eisen-
hover. It appears that he
never saw the full text of the
speech that his Attorney Cen
eral made in Chicago, nor had
any awareness of the conse-
quences that would inevitably
follow it. It is his habit and
Evening star., 1953-11-16
Trophy is Plane Model.

In 1947 he was selected by the
State Department as congress
sional adviser on the United
States delegation to the Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organi-
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
LET'S MAKE TT FIFTY
By BOB TAYLOR,

By BOB TAYLOR, Washington Representative
 Some weeks ago, Hawaii appeared to be shoo-in for statehood until some members of the Senate Interior Committee, which reportedly ready to approve the bill, became consciencestrcken They ad mted they had visited the islands, and it seemed downrg ght immoral to vote purely heresay evidence
 The Congressional Easter recess provided the op- portunity for firs-hand Investigation And with the gentlemen now back oozing enthusiasm doubt and with Aohas still ringing in their ears, the Senate may get with the matter unless Alaska's new bid for statehood complicates the proceedings
 We have nothing against Hawaii except maybe the steel guitar but don't like the way Alaska, that rugged old sour-dough pal of ours has been told to stand aside for Johnny with surfboard under and babe in grass skirt on the other
 The administration position, we told is that Hawaii is ready for this responsibility, but Alaska is not. Alaska, it is feared will be poor relation able to pay it's way state Rep. John Saylor (RPa) and Rep. George Bender (R-O), reminding the world that the COP platform of 1852 promised state hood for both territories Alaska under an equitable enabling act,' which they working
 Looking at it another way, if Alaska belonged to another nation-such Russia, it did nm we'd be pretty anxious to have it in the family Alaskas of ficial flower, incidentally, is the Forget-me-not
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
Eisenhower Calls For New Study Of
 Immigration Problems

WASHINGTON, R President Eisenhower, citing 10 objections to the McCarran-W Walter Law en- acted last year, has called for a new congressional study of inn migration operations.
 The Presidents views were set out in a letter April to Sen. Watkins R-Utah), chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration.
 Declaring then that he has re- ceived "a great many complaints" that the McCarran Walter Act embodied many serious and in- equitable restrictions, Eisen- hover suggested an immediate study of the law with an invita- tion to all concerned to testify re- garding the provisions of which they complain"
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
Allies and Reds Will
 Continue Exchange Over Number Pledged by LIN.
By ROBERT B. TUcKMAN

PANMUNJOM, LR - Another 100 Allied prisoners-including a bonus number of Americans, Brit ish and Turks-were freed Satur- day as the Communists kept their promise to continue the exchange of sick and wounded captives be- yond the original limit.
 The Reds said they would free 13 more Americans and Fl dis abled South Koreans Sunday as truce negotiatGrs return to this neutral zone for the first full dress armistice talks since last October 8.
 Seventeen Americans, four Brit ish, four Turks and 75 South Ko- reans came back Saturday, bring ing the total to the 600 the Reds said they would exchange in six days, but of the total:
 135 were Americans-16 more than promised.
 32 were British-12 more than promised.
 15 were Turks - equal to the number of non-Koreans the Reds said they would exchange aside from British and Americans.
 IT other included men from Colombia, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Greece, the Philip pines and The Netherlands.
 400 were South Koreans.
 Both sides have said they would continue the exchange beyond the 600 originally pledged by the Reds and the $500 promised by the U.N Command.
 Neither side has said how many more it will trade, but some ob- servers have speculated the ex- change could go on indefinitely.
 The JUN. Command proposed Friday that sick and wounded be exchanged continuously while the h0stilities continue. The Reds have not replied
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
Urge SpecialAlaska Session To Raise
 Money For ARC.

WASHINGTON, R-A special session of the Alaska Legislature to raise taxes was urged in Wash ington by Rep. Jensen, Iowa Re publican, chairman of the House Interior Appropriations subcom- mittee
 The Iowan's recommendation were given to newsmen by Dele gate Bartlett, after a meeting in which they discussed cuts the committee has made in appropria- tions for the Alaska Road Com mission.
 Bartlett quoted Jensen this way:
 If they in Alaska expect the U. s. Congress to change the amounts which the committee has recommended in the House bill, would suggest the new governor, B. Frank Heintzleman, convene the territorial legislature in spe- cial session for the purpose of passing legislation which will in crease the gasoline tax, license fees on trucks, and such other revenue as the governor feels should be increased.
 If they will get that done in time-before the Senate Commit tee marks up the bill-there is the possibility that the Senate will be more liberal than the House has been, and then the House conferees will natural ly be inclined to approve a great CT appropriation for roads in Alaska"
 Bartlett said Jensen had ap- proved his release of the Iowan's views. The Alaska delegate him. self said he had no comment to make on the suggestion.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
Alaska Building Trades Protest Unemployment
 Law of Last Legislature

The Building Trades Section of the Alaska Territorial Federation of Labor, affiliated with the AFL, has protested to Gov. Heintzleman the change in the Unemployment Compensation law enacted by the last legislature.
 The protest claims that with the classifying of construction work CTS as seasonal labor, over 1000 workers will not receive compen- sation at the end of the season.
 These workers, the protest says, received total of $700,000 in benefits last year.
 The protest demands a special session of the legislature to rem edy the situation,
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
Grand Jury To Investigate Fairbanks Police Dept.

FAIRBANKS, RAA grand jury investigation of the Fairbanks police department has been re- commended and the police chief Ray Skelton suspended in devel- opments following city jail pri- soner's death last Tuesday.
 An inquest jury reported that Werner Peterson died in his jail cell ''from chronic alcoholism, but death was hastened by the lack of attention, confusion and lack of understanding in the police de- partment" The jury also recom- mended that the grand jury look into the departments affairs.
 The verdict was returned after two days of testimony during which differences between Police Chief Ray Skelton and his officers were aired
 Earlier, City Manager Donald Eyinck suspended Skelton after he had fired two members of the force.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
MAJOR SURGERY INDICATED

A House Government Operations subcommittee, headed by Rep. Charles Brownson (R-Ind) is stand ing by with sharp knife, waiting for the Truman $75O0OOOO00 foreign assistance budget to be rolled in. They also waiting for the reports of dozen teams of American businessmen, who visited 15 coun- tries, to indicate where and how much to slice.
 The 5 business leaders, under the direction of Clarence Francis, board chairman of General Foods, were asked by Mutual Security Director Harold Stas- to survey this widely criticized give-away act ivity Here is the sanest approach yet toward giving the taxpayer his moneys worth and patriotic public service the part of the investigators We hope this is a precedent
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
WEATHER FORECAST

Compiled by the US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau Mostly cloudy tonight and to- morrow. Winds light and variable Low temperature expected to- night 26, high Tuesday 43.
 Nome data last A hours as of 2 am. today:
 Temperatures: high B, low 25. Max. wind 21 mph from the w. Sun rises 3:42 a.m., sets 8:16 pm. Temperatures year ago today: high 21, low 2. Extremes this date since 1907: high 60 in 1940, low 10 in 1924.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
Sen. Morse Talks 2 Hrs. Against Tidelands Bill

WASHINGTON, R - Senator Wayne Morse Qnd-Ore set Sen ate record Saturday for marathon speeches but when asked how it felt to be the new champ, he re- piled, "Oh, there's nothing to that"
 He told reporters who crowd ed around him after his speech of 22 hours and 26 minutes that his primary purpose was 'to focus public attention" on bill to es- tablish state ownership of oil- rich submerged coastal lands. He opposes the bill.
 Morse took the stand that the oil resources of these offshore lands belong to all the states not just the few involved. He did not spend all the time on that subject, however, and dwelled too on such subjects as conservation, education, rural electrification and the filibusters.
 The wiry, 51-year-old senator took the floor at 11:40 am. Fri day and kept going until 10:06 Saturday morning in an iron-man performance dramatizing the fight he and 20-odd other sen- ators are, waging against the bill, endorsed by President Eisen- hover.
 Morse smashed all previous rec ords for length of Senate speech es, eclipsing the marks set years ago by the late Robert M. LaFol- lette, Sr., and Huey P Long.
 He told newsmen afterwards that he quit when he did because T had finished all I wanted to say" He said there was nothing he wanted right away except to relax.
 It was a remarkable demonstra- ton of stamina. The Oregon sen ator never got more than a step or two away from his desk. He wasn't allowed to rest his foot on a chair, much less sit on it. s
 Morse was wearing natty double-breasted suit with a red rose on it's lapel. The collar tips of his blue shirt were in utter disarray and the rose was wilted when he quit but otherwise he was well groomed.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-27
PROPERTY TRANSFERS

Otto Worm has sold to Sam Godfrey the south half of Lot 10 in Block g with all improve mentS.