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|ndustria|ists' Group
Plans Campaign for
Curbing U. 5. Power

Led by a North Carolina dele
CATION, 400 businessmen returned
today to A States. pledged to a
program of action aimed at stop
ping the growth of Federal power.
Members Of the National Con-
ference on Federal-State Rela-
tions. who met yesterday In the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce Building, directed their
attack primarily at the Federal
grants-in-aid and taxation pro-
grams.
The North Carolina delegation
was so fired up by discussion
during the one-day session that
its members accepted q sugges-
ton from a Burlington indus
trialist to organize Immediately
and start the ball rolling.
No Point in Waiting.
At the reSquest Of j. E. Baker.
a hosiery manufacturer from
Burlington, the Carolinians met
as soon as the conference ad-
journed to see what could be
done about stopping the growth
Of Federal power. Mr.. Baker said
there was no point in waiting
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thing. He Is his own man and
he will do what he can be
persuaded to think he ought
to do.
On the other hand, the man
does not exist, as President of
the United States or in any
other capacity, who can make
Senator Taft act in an inn
portant matter contrary to the
Taft principles. That type of
independence is absolutely
imperative in a democracy
where the chief danger is the
tyranny Of the majority.
Senator Taft dealt with the
interlocking problem of his
health and the Senate leader
ship in his typical life-with-
father fashion. He knew what
was best for everybody. so he
arranged things in an orderly
manner without putting the
rest Of the Republican Sena-
tors to the trouble of having
to make their own decision.
He announced that he
would step aside from the
leadership temporarily and
Senator Knowland, chairman
Of the Republican Policy Com
mittee. would assume his du-
ties! Senator Knowland is the
vigorous young Californian
who has had prior experience
as a legislative leader in his
State.
Senator Saltonstall, how
ever, outranks Senator Know
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Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Ike argues for his Air Minneapolis Repub-
lcans actually broadening the of defensetheye
travelling all around the country defending themselves.
with Just like the Pentagon. Defense
Wilson orders fewer wngs-and the Air Force Immediately
tries to fly engines
Senator Taft turns his Republican floor leadership
Senator Knowland of California Knowland of great
force-at times he's been able to force smile.
The Atomic Energy Commission denies that the A-bomb
tests caused the recent ornadoeS The weather really
It's that the the
afford worry about something besides Washington
change.
Premier de Gaspers American coalition fails to win
control Italy call the free world
friends are at liberty to out
urges Congress let him give million
Pakan We've got plenty to for Pakstaour other
allies deserting faster than things
them.
Republican Chairman Hall the military of beating
Congress deaf dumb and blind budget cuts It shows
the orsghedness of the military Every civilian knows
that If you leave Congress alone it'll knock itself out
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De Casper Setback Significant
Election Indicates Extremists in ltoIy Want to Shoot
Sonto Claus Because He Doesn't Meor Red Suit
Gonstontine Brown:

1taly's Prime Minister, Al
eide de Gasperi, has suffered
a setback at the polls. He may
be able to continue in ofice
for some time, with much less
influence than in the past. The
Italian electorate has shown
unmistakable evidence that it
does not relish the policies Of
the centrist parties. It leans
more toward those Of the ex-
treme left and right. Neo-
fascism and communism have
a common denominator in
Europe: they want to get rid
of Americas ''meddleSome and
adventurous policies" even If
that means shoot Santa
Claus"
The strong hint given the
Italian electors last week by
the attractive Ambassador
Claire Luce, that unless Rre-
mier de GaSperi were returned
with a workable majority Italy
might lose Americas financial
and economic support, is be-
lieved by political observers to
have had the effect Of throw
ing an anchor to q drowning
man.
A careful analysis Of political
trends in Western Europe
would disclose that these days
the United States is like a
wealthy mother-in-laws who
has overstayed her welcome
in her daughters home.
Nobody in Europe denies that
we have been very helpful
during the lean postwar years.
But now, when most Western
Europeans seem to see the mr.
rage of a succulent trade with
the 800 million prospective
customers behind the Iron
Curtain provided an expedient
political agreement with the
is. S. r. is arrived at, they
regard America as the STUN
bling block for their plans.
It was probably in this vein
that Desmond Donnelly, a
middle of -the-road Laborite
member of the British Par
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Doris Feeson:
Affection Wells y p for Taft
Illness of Old Pro in Boisterous Game Of Politics
Removes Firm Hand From Senate Direction
Game Of Politics
,enute Direction

land, reporters pointed out to
Mr.. Taft in a question about
his authority to establish his
own regency. Senator Taft
assured them this was all very
temporary.
President Eisenhower may
well hope that it is, indeed.
Senator Taft has been a loyal
and effective leader who has
subdued his normal dogmatic
combativeness in the cause Of
unity between the White House
and Congress as wen as unity
between the factions Of the
party.
With his firm hand removed
from active direction of the
Senate. its members will be
much inclined to play by ear.
This would be bad enough If
President Eisenhower had a
secure grip on the political
realities, which he has not.
Senator Taft pronounced
the verdict on his own health.
It's a lesion of the hip. he said.
and so far as he knows this
could mean almost anything.
His face betrays the pain it is
giving him. but he spoke up
bravely and jovially about it.
Legislatively speaking. Sen
ator Taft's illness is almost
certain to mean that less will
be accomplished than was de-
sired and that the pressures
for an early adjournment will
increase.
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to conduct intensive educational
campaigns to rally public opinion
behind the movement to return
powers to the States from Wash
ington.
Mr.. Booth said speed Is i'm
portant because the preliminary
findings should be presented to
the National Commission in time
to be of use for its report to Con-
gress next March.
Senator Carlson of Kansas and
House Majority Leader Halleck
of Indiana, both Republicans.
were among those who spoke
sympathetically to the con-
ferees.
They and other speakers
warned that the trend toward
centralized taxing powers in
Washington could endanger the
governmental structure, Mr.. Hal
leck declared the taxpayers are
best in position to know how
their tax dollars are spent when
the, control is kept at home.
All agreed that the Federal
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withholding ammunition and
supplies. One reason why this
would appear to be a deplora-
BILE course is that Gen. Eisen-
hover in his Minneapolis
speech has just said:
I'VE cannot select those
areas of the globe in which
our policies or wishes may diff
fer from our allies-build po-
litical fences around these
areas-and say to our allies:
We shall do what we want
here-and where you do what
we want, there and only there
shall we favor unity That is
not unity. 1t is dictation. And
it is not the way free men
associate"
If the doctrine of dictation
is to apply to the Republic of
Korea-which lost more than
million persons in dead and
wounded during the war-then
1t can only mean the pro-
longed presence of American
troops on Korean soil to police
the Korean armies and coerce
them into doing what the
government Of Great Britain
wants done. Prime Minister
Churchill is profuse in his ap-
plause for the recent action Of
the American President. This
correspondent has learned that
many personal messages from
the British Prime Minister in
huenced Gen. Eisenhower to
decide to ignore the wishes Of
South Korea and to bow in
stead to the wishes of Great
Britain.
Poor Korea, ravaged by war.
stands deserted, not exactly in
the interest Of "allied unity.
for she is an ally. too-but in
difference to a political expedi-
ency in London and Washing
ton that time will prove was
mistaken.
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lament, last Tuesday urged
Prime Minister Churchill to
tell President Eisenhower at
the next Bermuda meeting
that Britain wanted no more
American aid and was deter
mined to follow an independ-
ent policy.
Only recently, M. MendeS-
France, who failed to be con-
firmed as Prime Minister of
France by only 16 votes. drew
loud applause from the Assem-
bly, when he said that he was
opposed to Frances continu-
ance Of dependence on Ameri-
can support.
The neutralist movement
started 18 months ago by the
British left-wing Labor leader,
Aneurin Bevan, has taken
deeper roots in Western Eu-
rope than expected at first.
Neutralism was bolstered by
the Communist propaganda.
which played up the theme
that America intends to use
Europe's manpower to fight its
wars against the U. s. s. r.
This propaganda dovetailed
with the anxiety Of the Euro
pean governments, and their
peoples to find new markets for
their industries. Americas
unstinting aid-$41 billion in
Z years-has been helpful. But
the production Of these mod
ernized factories must now.
find outlets, since the free
world cannot absorb them.
There is no doubt that all
Of Western Europe is eager to
see the Korean war ended so
that it can deal overtly with
Communist China. But de-
spite this desire, the fact that
the United States is by way
Of accepting truce terms which
the politically experienced
Europeans realize do not rep
resent a victory, does not en-
nance our prestige. La De-
peche du Midi, an influential
middle Of the road French
newspaper, wrote on June 8:
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Lowell MeHett:
KnoWIdndQndWinstonChurchi||
The u S. Senator Would Walk PetuIontN Out Of History
The Prime Minister Would Stick Around to Shape 1t

Heaven save uS from self
righteousness.
On . television program one
evening this week, Senator
Knowland Of California, chair
man Of the Republican Policy
Committee Of the Senate
and newly designated q. o. P.
floor leader, was asked what,
in his opinion, the United
States should do If Red
China were admitted to
membership in the United Ma
tions. On that day, he re-
piled, the United States should
walk out. And he lifted his
chin as he said 1t, putting on
an expression Of conscious vir-
tue such as he doubtless would
expect the American delegates
to wear as they took their
walk. Unfortunately for the
intended effect, 1t was an ex-
preston little girls wear when
they pick up their doll things
and go home.
An odd fellow, the Senator.
unquestionably sincere In his
feelings. His was the first
voice raised in a warning to
Syngman Rhee against at
tempting to go it alone If a
truce is achieved in Korea and
his voice should have been
effective in view of his long
and close association with the
Korean President. He recog-
nizes the painful realities in
the Korean situation. But he
still refuses to recognize the
realities in any wider area.
Rather than recognize them
he would withdraw into a sort
Of moral isolation and let the
rest Of the world go by.
In this state Of mind he is
not entirely alone. His SEN
ate colleagues have voted
unanimously to put the Sen
ate on record against the rec
ognition of the Red (actuaD
government of China and the
admission Of that government
to the United Nations. In pri-
vate conversation, however.
most Senator'S qualify their
position with some such
phrase % Elm the foreseeable
future" This can mean a
brief time or q long time.
Changing circumstances may
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Little Korea Stands Deserted
Eisenhower Has Walked Out on Golont President Rhee
In Bowine Political Expediency Here and in London
David Lawrence:

The facts about the tragedy
of Korea are slowly coming to
light. For some strange rea-
son, the White House has
failed to make public the let
ter from President Rhee dated
May 80 to which President
Eisenhower replied on June Z.
In that letter from Mr..
Rhee, it becomes evident that
the Republic Of Korea-which
Is not a member Of the U. N.
asked for the simple privi-
lege of making a proposal to
the enemy through the United
States. The Korean President
wrote:
Whatever academic argu-
ments there may be against it.
we cannot but feel that rough
and rudimental justice calls
for Korea to make one first
and last proposal on its own
part"
Then the Korean President
declared that ANY armistice
arrangement which would
allow the Chinese Communists
to remain in Korea would
mean to the Korean nation,
In terms of eventualities, an
acceptance of a death sem
tence without protest" Mr..
Rhee added that, even if he
personally were to agree to
such an arrangement, "it will
not help the matter very much,
as subsequent developments, I
fear, will show"
The main points of the
Rhee proposal have been re-
vealed in the last few days and
constitute principally a request
that before the armistice the
United States agree to a mu-
tual-defense pact with Korea.
But the text itself Is signifi-
cant. Mr.. Rhee. wanted the de-
tense pact worded this way:
THE United States will agree
to come to our military aid
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and assistance Immediately
without any consultation or
conference with any nation or
nations. If and when an enemy
nation or nations resume ag-
gressive activities against the
Korean peninsula"
Mr.. Rhee also asked that
there be submitted to the
enemy now a proposal that
Communist Chinese troops as
well as United Nations troops
be withdrawn. presumably dur
ing the armistice period. This
was not referred to at all by
Gen. Eisenhower in his reply
to Mr.. Rhee and has perhaps
not even been transmitted to
the enemy.
The Korean concept is that
in June, 1850. the armies of
only one aggressor-the puppet
government of North Korea
stood on the 38th Parallel.
That army was beaten. But
in it's place another aggressor
now stands on the battle line
Red China, with 100000
troops-which constitutes a
dangerous threat to the safety
of the Korean republic
"The Communist puppet re-
gime in North Korea" says
Mr.. Rhee, "has a military pact,
I understand, with Red China.
while the latter has another
with the Soviet Union. Korea
has nothing to counteract the
formidable impact of this series
of Communist military copula-
tionS."
If the Republic of Korea
were a member of the U. NJ,
it might choose to rely on that
organization, but it is not. It
is inconceivable that. as has
been suggested impatiently in
some quarters, pressure be
brought to bear on Mr.. Rhee
and the Korean armies by
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Doris FIeeson:

Washington responds to
news Of Senator Taft's health
problems with q wave of SEN
ttnental affection for an old
pro who has played the great
game Of politics to the hilt
and never asked for quarter.
The Senator from Ohio is
Q man of infinite personal
charm, whose consistent in
consistency has helped to
make the national scene both
more difficult and more inter-
esting for a long time. It is
part Of the Taft paradox that
he has devoted friends In two
camps that are scarcely on
speaking terms with one an
other.
There are the Republican
conservatives who claim him
as Mister Republican and
attach his name to a rather
dated brand Of political think
ing. People Of more liberal
views have found him suscep-
tible to rational argument and
responsive to appeals grounded
in considerations of the gen.
eral welfare and the larger
interests of his party.
At times. the Ohioan has
disappointed both these groups
but they have never ceased
to work on him. The political
lure Of Senator Taft is very
simple: When you get him on
your side, you've got some
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Communist China has played
and will play tomorrow a lead
ing role in Asia. The Peking
government can claim-rightly
or wrongly-that the Ameri-
can Government retreated at
the prospect of an open Chi
nese-American conflict" 1t
can be said that it is uniul-
portant what one or more
newspapers write. But in
France, where people read
newspapers less for news than
for their interpretations of in
ternational situations. such ex-
pressions carry weight with an
already conditioned" public
mind.
The unmistakable trend for
amity with the U. S. S. r.
and relationships at the price
of political appeasement is
stronger today in Europe than
at any time since before World
War II. Most of our Western
European allies appear deter
mined to clear the decks, that
is to say. renounce if necessary
the American billions, in order
to bring about a POLITICAL
commercial understanding with
the Reds.
The Italian election of this
week is one of the several
straws in the wind. Premier
de Gasperi and his govern
ment were labeled as pro-
American. There is no doubt
that a number Of other con-
siderations have contributed to
his setback, But his pro-
Americanism is said to have
been one of the reasons why
the Italian electorate turned
in such numbers to the ex-
tremist anti-American candi-
dates.
Prestige in Europe is not
being weighed in terms Of
gold or even generosity. It
is being weighed in, terms Of
power and resoluteness. And
our European friends appar-
emily feel that we are lacking
both.
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until the delegates got home, and
his fellow citizens agreed.
Under the guidance Of the
chamber. citizen groups will be
organized in all the States to
launch a study of intergovern-
mental relations. They will work
through the State Chambers of
Commerce and other established
bodies.
It is proposed to establish off,
cial State commissions patterned
after the National Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations.
which would help determine a
division of taxation and service
between the State and Federal
Governments.
This work would involve con-
siderable research. the delegates
were told by Arch N. Booth.
executive vice president of the
United States Chamber. After
policy is determined, it is planned
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make 1t desirable to abandon
the pretense that the Red
government does not exist
which IL all that non-recog-
milton means. Changing cir
cumstances could make it de-
sirable to have Red China
within the purifying atmos-
phere of the United Nations
rather than fostering alone on
the outside.
This is the view taken by the
eight nations that compose the
British Commonwealth. Their
prime ministers have just con-
cluded an extensive discussion
of world affairs in London, fol-
lowing their gathering there
for the coronation Of the new
Queen. Supporting Prime Min
lister Churchill's efforts to bring
an end to the cold war with
Russia. they agreed that the
democratic countries must re-
main In a state of armed readi-
ness. But they agreed that
sooner or later the Communist
government Of China must be
recognized. and that when its
conduct conforms to the United
Nations Charter it must be ad-
mitted to the United Nations.
Interesting people. the Brit
ish. They assemble from the
ends of the earth to engage in
an impressive, medieval num-
bo-jumbo certifying their Joy
in their new ruler and their
undying loyalty to her. Except
for radio and television, their
performance differs scarcely at
all from that imposed in the
days when kings were kings
and democracy had not been
discovered. But when they get
down to business they behave
with full realization that this
is the year 1853.
None lent himself more COM
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Flood Victims in China
Raid Homes for Food
BY the Assoclatsd Press

HONG KONG, June 11.-The
independent newspaper Sing
Tao Jih Pao said today that
starving mobs-victims of Red
China's worst floods in years
are raiding storehouses and
homes for food in Northern
Kwantung Province.
The newspaper said Canton
newspapers conceded this week
that the floods are the worst
since 1915 and the government
appealed to the people for relief.
The newspaper said hunger
ing mobs are stealing all the
food they can find and some
times are clashing with troops
who try to stop the looting.
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MI. Everest Guide 10 Gef
Britain S George Cross
BY the Assoeie,sd Press

KATMANDU. Nepal. June Ii.
Britain is going to award its
coveted George Cross to Tensing
Bhutia, the Nepalese sherpa
tribesman who guided the sue
cessful British expedition to the
top Of Mount Everest.
The government of this Hima-
layan kingdom announced last
night that it had consented
gladly" to the award. Britain's
Queen Elizabeth II already has
knighted New Zealander Edmund
Hillary, who reached the summit
with Tensing, and Col. John
Hunt, leader of the expedition.
The George Cross is Britain's
highest decoration for civilians
displaying extraordinary heroism
and courage. It is outranked
only by the Victoria Cross.
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Government must always retain
some fields Of taxation and con-
duct operations which the States
cannot or should not perform.
Roswell Magill Of New York,
president Of the Tax Foundation
and a former UnderSecretary of
the Treasury, suggested that tax
duplication could be eliminated
by reserving certain fields ex-
clusively for the States and
others exclusively for the Federal
Government.
As examples, he said the Gov
eminent could take over the en-
tire field Of income tax, the Gus
toms levies and the taxes on
liquor and tobacco. ..s
He proposed that the States
have full taxing power on in
heritance, retail sales, gasoline,
admissions. unemployment COM
penSation and corporations, al
though 1t would be necessary to
develop a uniform system for
corporations.
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pletely to the ancient cere-
monies than did Mr.. Churchill,
for none has q deeper respect
for his peoples history, and
none is an ADLER defender Of its
past. At the same time. how
ever, none In Britain or else
where has a clearer under
standing Of the present nor a
sharper vision Of the future. He
lives with and conforms to his
tory. He has no idea Of walk
ing out Of 1t, only Of helping
to shape it.
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Peru Protests FLIGHT

LIMA, Peru, June II R.-
The Peruvian government COM
planned yesterday that an Ecua-
dorean air force plane violated
Peruvian territory Monday. 1t
said the plane few over the
Pocitos sector about 2 miles in
side Peruvian territory. On
Monday Peru lodged an ofncial
protest over q similar violation
1t charged took place Saturday
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HOW DO THEY GET ON YOUR RUGs1
Maybe you've been blaming your hus.
band or children for tracking dirt in from
outdoors! Yet, the real culprit may be the
"hard-fnish" wax on your kitchen floor.
Often, it cracks and powders :. picks up
on shoes i. messes rugs in other rooms!
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