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Evening star., 1953-09-16
Truman Seen as @. Q. P. Savior
Chicago Rally by Democrats Fails to Acknowlede
Party Errors or Repudiote New and Fair Deals

will not stop in 1854 but will
go on to 1856, as happened
when the antagonism to the
Hoover administration per-
sisted through the '30S.
The Democrats used to re-
mind the country about Hoo
veriSm on every occasion. The
Republican tacticians are
asleep at the switch and some
of the Eisenhower aides are
still angling for the applause
of so-called liberals" The
latter voted for Stevenson last
time and will vote Democratic
next time. It is more impor-
tant to hold the confidence of
those who did vote for Eisen-
hover.
But Notwithstanding the Re-
publican failure to keep the
country reminded Of the err
rors of the Truman regime,
such reminders are being
stimulated by the Democratic
rallies.
There are many persons
who, like the writer, prefer the
Democratic Party to the Re-
publican Party based on his
tory and party principle. But
the present-day Democratic
leadership ignores the tradi-
tional Democrats and wants to
turn the party over to a group
of labor union radicals and
so-called liberals" who are
coercionistS at heart and
would impose restrictions on
the liberty of the individual
which the true doctrine of the
Democratic Party would never
sanction.
There is a chance for lead
ership in America by a major
political party which under
stands the basic and funda-
mental principles that have
built up the industrial and
agricultural and financial
strength of this country. It
Evening star., 1953-09-16

ava sSeSNSS W SNSVbO 4>SGSOOGp gNtkS
although a Republican, loudly
calls for action to guarantee
our ttDo- party political system.)
BY Senotor Karl {. Mundt
It requires no argument on
the part Of any observer Of
political affairs to realize that
one Of the basic reasons for
our continuing American free
dom has been our consistent
capacity to operate effectively
our two-party political system.
Many woes Of other nations
are attributable to the fact
they are plagued by either
too many political parties or by
the fact they are dominated by
one party.
It is well. therefore, that on
occasion we re-examine our
pattern of political activity to
determine whether considera-
ton is being given to the pres
ervation Of our two-party
system.
The advent Of the New Deal
and the Fair Deal as the con-
trolling elements Of the Demo-
cratic Party; the development
Of such subsidiaries Of the New
Deal-Fair Deal wing Of the
party as Americans for Demo-
cratic Action and the CIO-
PAC; and the division Of
thought within the Republican
Party represented by cleavages
on foreign policy and what is
loosely referred to as the con-
f1ict within the party between
those who would travel to the
right or to the left of center,
are some of the reasons why
the great protective powers Of
two-partyiSrn are being un-
dermined and weakened.
Consequently, essure
groups, minority blocs, self
serving selfish interests,
tightly organized cliques and
controlled classes of voters are
becoming increasingly able to
operate balance-of-po pres
sure drives so as to determine
the contents of our national
party platforms, the identity
and points of view Of our can
didates for President and the
course which is followed by
the legislative and administra-
tive branches of the Federal
Government.
This tendency to supplant
majority rule with minority
pressures cannot help but be
detrimental to the process of
self-government. Such control
by the pressure Of power blocs
Of tightly knit. easily con-
trolled units of voters tends to
force both major political par
ties to surrender principle by
bidding for support and frus-
trate the average voter by
reducing differences between
the two parties.
Evening star., 1953-09-16

wasn't built up by ''giveaway"
programs which robbed Peter
to pay Paul or which sapped
the vitality Of the individual
by prohibitive tax rates. Today
the system Of private capital
ism has been weakened by the
Democratic Party. State social
ism is the ultimate aim. Some
times, as one reviews the as
pirations Of the public own
ership" advocates inside the
Democratic Party, the phrases
of their speeches resemble the
anti-capitalist propaganda of
the Communists in Europe
where the state is extolled
above everything else.
The Republican Party is far
from cohesive. It, too, is COM
posed Of some groups which
have an affinity for giving
away taxpayers money and
calling it social welfare" The
Democrats have q strong fac
ton opposed to this, and so
have the Republicans. They
could some day unite in one
party to oppose the confisca-
tionists-those who, under the
guise Of the public interest,""
would have an all-powerful
government compete with or
supplant private enterprises.
President Eisenhower has a
chance to keep in his party
many of the Democrats in the
South and North who believe
in true liberalism. Certainly
the Democrats Chicago rally
doesn't show that the party
leaders are doing anything to
persuade traditional Demo-
Gratis to revoke their 1852 sup
port Of the Republican ticket.
The jargon at Chicago is
merely reminiscent Of the mis-
deeds of an administration
that was repudiated at the
polls.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever

Adlai Stevenson the Nation his world
TV and radio Stevenson is the first world traveller history
who tried to make lifetime lecture of the
Of colored Slides
The summer White House Stevensons attack Re-
pubcanS all Sound and fury Denver sogan-"Quiet,
please Golfer resting"
Democratic Senator Symington says available
President in 1885, And that's positively SymngonS last word
the subjec be up to his campaign to deny he
said it.
Secretary Of Commerce Weeks it's time to quit globa
boondogging It's also time for the Republican committee
wake Mr. Weeks and tell him that boondoggng the
the taxpayers money spent before January 20.
Democratic Gov. williams Of Michigan says creeping
Hooversm" hurting the farmer. Williams learned early
life solve the probe-inhert soap fortune
live in the city
Republican Capehart he'll try expand
Senate c. Policy Committee Republicans need think
that they have things they don't want
to do anything about.
Democrats vote Chairman Steve Mitchell $25OOo-ayear
salary He did memorable job without in the last eec
onand Democrats hope it remains forever without parallel
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Utility Extension Costs
Explained in Hauerstown
Special Dispoteh 10 The Sser


HAGERsTowN, Sept. 49,
Citing increased demands for
utilities such as city water In
suburban areas, Mayor Winslow
F. Burhans today outlined his
policy on the construction Of
water lines outside the city.
The Mayor said persons liv-
ing outside the city limits must
lay the water lines at their own
expense according to specifica-
tions Of the city water depart
ment, and the lines must be
decided to the city before the
service lines are attached. Water
users outside the city will pay
a higher rate than city resi-
dents. he said.
With respect to sewer lines.
the Mayor said that as soon as
the city's disposal plant capac-
ity is increased sufficiently. ex-
tension Of sewer lines will be
made on the same basis as water
lines.
Evening star., 1953-09-16

med on the lid. The general
effect is heightened by what
the Intourist waiter stubbornly
described as "hermetical seal
ing"-a band of rather grimy
rubber tape, the kind used on
bicycles, which he pried off to
demonstrate that it would pre-
serve the contents on the long
est journey.
The caviar still tastes de-
licious, and at least one in
trepid correspondent is not
dead yet.
Aside from the workmen
toiling on the apartments, the
miracle mile does not entice
many Germans. The East
German police-the Volkspoli-
zei, which is universally re-
duced to "Vopos"-stare but
do not smile. An occasional
Russian = armed German SOL
dier-his carbine hidden be-
hind his back-is even more
surly The Germans in the
shops are pleasant but not
talkative.
Allied occupation authorities
in Berlin assert that Stain
Alice and its shops are the
only new buildings of any kind
in the Russian sector, the only
place where even this feeble
imitation of the amenities of
life is Russian sponsored.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1953-09-16

defeated last November. Nor
did he during his campaign
give finer and more polished
performances than the two
here when once again he was
unveiled afresh, so to speak,
first to his fellow Democrats
at the $100-a-plate fund-rais-
ing dinner and, the next night.
to the Nation in his brilliant
and encouraging and inspiring
report over television on the
trip all over the world which
kept him away from this coun-
try for nearly nine months.
All in all, it was a happy
three days for his party and
for Adlai Stevenson.
The harmony and spirit of
compromise exhibited at the
party sessions here was for
tunate and beneficial for Ad-
lai Stevenson as it was for the
Democratic Party itself. It
was propitious for the task of
leadership he now assumes by
right and, should he decide to
seek denomination, propitious
for that adventure in which,
in time, he will encounter
rivals.
His close friend, National
Chairman Stephen A. Mitch
ell, obviously operated at the
meeting here on the theory
that what is good for the
Democratic Party is good for
Adlai Stevenson, and vice
versa. The good humor that
prevailed here, the enthusiasm
they were not just luck. The
harmony was no accident. It
was the result of careful work
during all the months since
the November defeat. The shy
and unobtruSive chairman,
who looks so little like a poll
tician, has been up and down
and across the country visiting
with local Democratic leaders,
discussing their problems and
their grievances, helping to re-
vivify their organizations. He
has been. in truth, a sort Of
father confesSor.
The good will he created. a
more conciliatory attitude, ex-
plains why a Southern revolt"
over the fake issue of loyalty
oath,". manufactured in adj
vance, wilted away here be-
fore 1t ever could get started.
Chairman Mitchell arranged q
compromise that put it away
on the shelf until the national
convention in 1856.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Necessity Of TWo-Porty System
Accord in Congress Between Democrats and Republicans
Who Cross Pqry Lines Seen as Boss for Reoiqnment

The traditional habit of the
Southern States that vote
Democratic regardless Of the
party policies or the viewpoint
of the presidential candidates
(1948-1952 was q significant
and perhaps prophetic excep-
ton to this tradition) makes it
much easier for pressure
groups to pervert our party
system.
Another factor tending to
pervert our party system
since the comparatively recent
changes in both the Demo-
cratic and Republican Party or
ganizations is the existence of
our electoral college system by
which the entire State blocS Of
electoral college votes go to
the party and the candidate
eking out a bare advantage in
the national elections.
One such proposal suggests
q realignment Of political
groupings in America, which
would separate into two we'll
defined major parties, each
party with a consistent, we'll
rounded, constructive set of
economic and political prin-
ciples and policies which would
differ substantially and clearly
from those of the opposite
party.
Under this suggestion there
would be two-way migration
by. which many voters would
move from their present party
affiliation to that of the op-
position party and vice versa.
Each voter in America, re-
gardlesS of where he is To-
Gated geographically or how
he is now registered politi-
cally, would then find himself
in a political party with like
minded citizens sharing his
convictions on economic and
political policies.
In the main, voters in the
deep South would probably
find themselves aligned with
voters Of the rural areas and
the smaller urban communities
of the North. Although. of
course, there would be numer-
Gus and noticeable exceptions
to such a realignment. the
names of one or both of our
major parties might perhaps
be changed in order to faclli-
tate such a regrouping of po-
litical preferences.
Problems of semantics, how
ever, should not preclude a re-
grouping of voters into two
major parties, which-unlike
our present arrangement
would find each party with a
distinguishing program of pub
lie policies which would give
the average voter a clear-cut
choice when he votes in the
presidential elections.
Such a regrouping would
also bring the two-party Sys-
tenn into the South and give
that important section of the
country the weight and inf1u-
ence in national affairs which
1t so richly deserves but which
Evening star., 1953-09-16

it has so long been almost COM
pletely denied.
It would also force pressure
groups to identify themselves
with one party or the other
and weaken their capacity to
color the programs of both
parties.
The Mundt- -Coudert resolu.
tion is now before Congress.
proposing q constitutional
amendment which would pro.
vide for the election of dele
gates to the electoral college.
One would be elected from each
congressional district along
with two delegates from each
State selected in the same
manner as Senators are elected.
This could replace the pres
ent system Of punching dele
gates on a Statewide basis and
requiring them to be voted as
one-unit bloc in the electoral
college. 1t would have the add.
ed advantage of giving each
voter of the country the same
vote authority" as every other
voter.
Each voter would help select
three electors, whereas under
present arrangements each
voter in New York, for ex.
ample, votes for As electors,
while each voter in Delaware
votes for only three.
Pressure groups could no
longer bid for the 45-vote pot
Of New York and the big unit
blocS of such States as Penn
sylvania, Michigan and Illinois
in which the big-city vote
Frequently controlled by
patronage machines) is the
predominant factor. ~.
Instead, to be effective,
pressure groups would have to
work in each Of the 435 con-
gressional districts Of the
country.
In the next session Of Con-
greSs. due to the razor-edge
majority of the prevailing
party and the imminence. Of
the next congressional elec-
tions, much should be heard
OF suggested methods for i'm
proving our two-party system.
The informal and intermit-
tent alliance in Congress be-
tween like-minded Republicans
and Democrats who cross party
lines to promote the public
interest may conceivably be
formalized into a realignment
Of political parties.
The move to correct the
inequities of our archaic elec.
toral college system will con-
tinue. The proud States Of
the South are likely never
again to accept the assumption
that they are "in the bag" Of
any set of party managers.
Out of it all, with the help Of
many, can come a better day
for all Americans by assuring
every American voter a clear
choice, a firm voice and an
equal authority at the polling
places set up for the election
of a President and the de.
termination Of our national
destiny.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Dovid Lawrence

Just about the time the Re-
publicans are beginning to fall
apart, the Democrats. under
the leadership Of former Presi-
dent Truman come to their
rescue and coaleSce them.
The Democratic Party's rally
in Chicago is as good a piece
Of publicity for the Repub-
licans as they could themselves
have devised. It reminds the
country that Mr.. Truman is still
the boss Of the Democratic
Party and that the only plat
form the Democrats have is to
restore TrumaniSm to the Ma
tional Government. No mis-
takes are acknowledged
everything is to be the same as
it was under the New Deal and
Fair Deal.
Trumanism was interpreted
in the election of last Novem-
ber as meaning a pseudo
liberalism that got caught in a
washington mess" special
privileges for the tax-f1xer,
failure to prosecute Communists
inside the Government, and a
profligate spending program
that threatened the solvency of
the Nations finances.
Since the election, the facts
have come out that FBI in
formation concerning a devi-
Gus Communist conspiracy in
side the Government had been
consistently ignored. Despite
warning of Soviet spy rings by
the FBI in 1945, the Truman
administration for three years
failed to act and then did so
only when congressional COM
mittees forced the issue.
Last autumn's election was
won by the Republicans be-
cause Of a negative trend-a
trend against the Truman ad-
miniStration on the issues of
communism, corruption and
Korea. This negative trend
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Aide to Publisher Inherits Newspaper

the business and his secretary
while Governor.
Notice of the change in con-
troll was included in a statement
published in the paper over the
name of Mrs. Edna B. Cornwell,
his widow.
Mr.. Cornwell gave her for life
one-half Of his two-thirds in
terest in the paper. Miss Keller
previously had a one-third in
tereSt.
Evening star., 1953-09-16

reSounded. Defeat was obvi-
ously an inappropriate theme.
My friend, the French drama
tist Henri Bernstein, who sat
at my left. Missed his disap-
proval into my ear, and point
edly turned his back. I rue
fully pondered what was wrong
in the musings that had pro-
duced my Inflated remarks.
Still the analysis seemed to
me logical, and has been borne
out.
Out of wounds and sore
defeat" France, under imagi-
native leadership, could have
taken the lead for the renais-
sance of Europe in unity and
strength. France still could,
If there is that in the French
nation to make it possible. I
do not know.
But it is ironic that the mis-
sion handed by history to
France should have been taken
up, though reluctantly, by
Germany, or by the only Ger
many free to assume it. Re
luctantly" because the Ger
mans did not, and do not,
want the leading role. They
are too aware of the doubts
and suspicious of their neigh
bors, arising from German
conquest and domination.
They want to put their
strength behind France; to
prove that they are good
enough Europeans to accept
another leadership than their
own.
While Frenchmen bemoan
that Germany is again strong,
Germans bemoan that France
Is so weak!
In their regret is also an
element of self -distrust, or
distrust of forces within their
own nation that might again
become dominant unless tenn
pered and disciplined within
the larger European commu-
nifty.
How long will this German
mood of Europeanism at the
expense of nationalism, rati-
fed again in the recent elec-
tions, last? Certainly no ma
ton can successfully restrain
it's nationalism alone: seek to
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Stevenson Already Is Available
Democratic Party Meeting in Chicago Described
As Harmonious, and Mitchell Gets the Credit
Described

The failure of this distrac-
ton to materialize left the
Democrats free to concentrate
on issues in a common front
against the Eisenhower ad-
ministration looking to next
years congressional elections
and the 1856 presidential elec-
ton. There was special en-
phasis on the growing discon-
tent in the farm belt with the
administrations agricultural
policy. That dissatisfaction
seems to be real and substan-
tial from trustworthy evidence
revealed here.
Adlai Stevenson was the star
of the Chicago meeting, as was
intended. Overshadowed, at
least on this occasion, were
others recognized as aspirants
for the 1856 nomination. Two
present were so acClVe, now
ever. in shaking hands and
making friends as to leave
little doubt among the assem-
bled Democrats that they
definitely have intentions"
toward 1856. One is the famil-
lar Senator Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee, who was blocked
off finally at the last conven-
ton after being front-run-
ner in early balloting. The
other is the handsome and
personable Senator Stuart w.
Symington OF Missouri, former
Secretary for Air, who seems
to be the candidate about
whom some Southern political
interests are rallying in an
other Of their periodic at
tempts to regain control of the
party.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Thomas L. Stokes

CHICAGO. Sept. 16.-If
Availability" is any index,
then Adlai Stevenson is as
good as an announced can
didate for the 1856 Democratic
presidential nomination.
Availability is here used in a
special sense to denote what
went on, so far as the 1852
candidate was concerned, dur
ing the party meeting here
this week. Adlai Stevenson
certainly made himself avail
able" He had an open-door
policy and kept open house
for Democratic politicians of
high and low degree who had
come here from all over the
country.
The procession in and out
Of the lake-front hotel suite
into which he moved on last
Saturday night began with
early arrivals for the confer
ence on Sunday and continued
for four days; for he was all
booked up for talks with
visiting Democrats even on
Wednesday, the day after the
convocation ended. During
the group meetings on various
subjects that were held in ho-
tel conference rooms, the for
mer Illinois Governor mixed
around so that he became
better known to local party
leaders who, in many cases,
were unable to get acquainted
with him in last years hectic
campaign. They certainly car
ried very pleasant recollec-
ttonS back home from this
gathering.
How different. it was re-
called. from little over a year
ago when this same man, then
still a figure of mystery. vir-
tually barricaded himself in
the house of a friend in a
fashionable residential section
Of this same city. He kept
himself aloof and silent while
a draft" for his nomination
slowly built itself up, with
skillful management, at the
convention hall and in down.
town hotel rooms.
Since then his has become
Q national and an information
al name, his q nationally and
internationally known person.
atty. Never was his person.
ality more engaging or charm
ing than during this first
gathering Of party leaders, ma
tional and local, since he was
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Newport News Wins
Utility Tax Suit
BY The Asseeiased Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Sept
16.-Circuit Judge Frank A
Kearney has ruled that Newport
News could collect a 3 per cent
tax from the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. based or
the utiilty's gross earnings within
the city.
By ruling in favor of the city
Judge Kearney dismissed q
c. & p. petition which asked that
the tax be declared unconstitu-
tional.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Special Dispatch to The Siar

SPeeIoI OISpoteh 10 lhe Sio1
ROMNEY, w. Va, Sept. 16.-
Control of the Hampshire Re-
view, weekly newspaper pub
lished here for more than so
years by John j. Cornwell, for
mer Governor of West Virginia,
passed with his death two weeks
ago to Miss Margaret I. Keller,
longtime associate with him in
Evening star., 1953-09-16

Constantine BrotDn Is on
DGc1tion. His guest columnist
for today is Senator Karl E.
Mundt OF South Dakota, tDho
although a Republican, loudly
calls for action to guarantee
our ttDo- party political System.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-30
Hollywood
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