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Evening star., 1953-01-25

try, but wants to achieve that goal
through peaceful, legal means. If
there is some secrecy surrounding
the party, that is only the natural
reaction to persecution" by the
FBI.
Government Proof
The Government has been able
to prove its cases, however, through
introduction of party documents
stating, for internal consumption,
the aims of the party and through
testimony by FBI agents who had
inflltrated the Communists.
The first convictions, in the
court of Federal Judge Harold r.
Medina in 1949, were later upheld
by the Supreme Court. Those
cases set the pattern for rs subse-
quent indictments and SO convic-
tions. Several cases still are pend
ing.
Here is a box score showing the
status of the 81 party leaders who
have been indicted:
Convictions - "a
Currently on trial ial-------- Z
Awaiting trial "a
Fugitives Observation-Disclosures z
Too i'll to face trial al--------- 3
Acouittals --- Q
Of the A convicted, here is the
breakdown:
, New York, 1949 9------- IL
Now in jail - 9
Fugitive bail jumpers - 2
CA third bail-jumper has
been recaptured and is now
in jail)
Los Angeles, 1852 IA
(All are out on bail pending
appealS.)
Baltimore, 1852 - 6
Cali are out on bail pending
appeals.)
New York. 1853 ---~----- 13
Cali are in Jail pending
sentencing)
Of the "a awaiting trial, six are
in Pittsburgh, seven in Seattle, six
in Detroit and five in st. Louis.
Drown Out TrioI
Last weeks convictions came
after a nine -and-a- half month
trial. Federal Judge Edward ].
Dimock ordered the Reds jailed
until he could pass sentence.
Sentences will be announced
Wednesday. The maximum allow
able is five years in prison and
$4,000 fine.
All but one of the first group
of II Red leaders received the max
imum sentence. If that precedent
is followed, some of the present
crop who rank high in the party
may have the book thrown at them.
Two defendents, Alexander Bittel-
man and Alexander Trachtenberg,
are top-dog Communists. Bittel-
man, the party's top "theoretician"
and Trachtenberg, publisher of
Communist literature, were i'm
portant figures in international
communism as well as the Amer
ican party.
Evening star., 1953-01-20

Your favorite "District" paper
You have preferred Washington paper. naturally
You read it because it's fine newspaper and reports
the local in full detail only good local jour-
nal can.
Your hometown newspaper
There's good chance you're transplanted citizen
from Canton Ohio, from California, Texas or New
England. You can bet you want to keep close to- the
news from back home-maybe your job demands you
follow it closely.
and The New York Times
You're living and working in the nerve center of the
world What goes on in official Washington is vital to
you No other publication has the facilities and spe-
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Dorothy Thompson:
Russia Gets Junopy
Recent Happenings Behind Iron Curtain
Point to Surging gger-HoPPiness

Western opinion, and much
to lose by their campaign
against Jews. which is, appar-
emily, outrunning their own in
tentions and leading to a re-
crudescence of popular. anti
Semitism in Eastern Europe
where it is ever latent.
Their actions are certain to
cause defections from the
Western Communist parties
by Jews and non-Jews alike.
Few Western Communists will
really believe, however they
may rationaliZe the Kremlin's
actions. that Soviet doctors. a
majority Of them Jewish, have
conSpired to murder Soviet
leaders by medical means. Al
though the Arab world is Bit
terly anti-ZioniSt, a purge Of
Zionists, leading to new flights
likely to increase Jewish i'm
migration into Palestine, will
be of no advantage to the
Arabs.
But. If the Soviets are antic-
ipating war. they will take no
chances with possible dual
loyalties: with those who have
ever had, and might possibly
in wartime re-establish, inter-
national contacts with fami-
lies, persons, or organizations
in the West; or who might
conceivably be suspected Of
"cosmopolitanism," or of hav-
ing a soft spot in their
hearts" for Israel, or any other
state than the Soviet; or who,
in time Of war, might encour-
age mutinies and separatist
movements, on national
grounds along Titoist lines.
The Kremlin does not wait
until such things happen, but,
anticipating their possibility.
throws out the dragnet to pull
in every one who might be
remotely suspected of opposing
the regime, should the circum-
stances of war ever favor them.
The mere fact that a Soviet
citizen may have kinsman in
America in some position of
influence, though he has not
communicated with him for
years, is sufficient reason to
liquidate him on any ground
that can be trumped up, once a
war psychosis starts.
Furthermore, the Unite d
States and Great Britain do
have effective intelligence
agents behind the Iron Cur
tain. These agents knew, al
most to the day and place.
when and where the first
atomic explosion would occur
in the Soviet Union.
From what sources did they
get the information?
None of the arrests so far
indicates. I think, that the
Kremlin is on the right track.
If they ever find out, we pre-
dict they will be, to say the
least, surprised.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Doris FIeeson:
Dors F7eeson:
Miss truman to Return to Job
Many Persons in Show Business See Bright Future
For Her, Now That Presidential Wraps Are Off

Many people are asking
what Margaret Truman in
tends to do after January 20.
The answer is simple. She
will do what other working
girls do the morning after the
night before. especially when
papa is out of a job.
She will get up and go to
work. After waving her par
ents good-by at Union Station
tonight, she is going to the
home of old friends. John and
Drucie Snyder Horton, to
spend the night. Wednesday
morning she will take a train
to New York, her apartment
and her job.
Her father has been point
ing out with a jocularity that
is a very faint mask for his
paternal pride that after Gen.
Eisenhower takes the oath,
Margaret will be the only wage
Garner in their family.
Mr.. Truman will be very
thoroughly off the payroll.
The American system leaves
an ex-President, so far as
any Governmental perquisites
are concerned, as denuded of
assets as the day he arrived on
this planet. Kind friends and
q generous successor may feed
him and lend him transport,
Evening star., 1953-01-20

people. If the Department of
Defense were renamed the De-
partment of Production, it
would still deal with policies
affecting the whole national
interest. One has only to re-
member some of the difficulties
experienced in perSuading
some elements of Mr.. Wilson's
own industry to convert to war
production in the face of
World War I and World
War II.
Mr.. Wilson has had his
whole life involved in that in
dustry and doesn't wish to
separate himself entirely from
it now. But even if he were
willing to give up all financial
connection. he could scarcely
cease thinking as his fellow
industrialists think. And with
all due respect for their per-
sonal patriotism, they will in
eScapably think first of their
industry-being in that regard
just like other people.
The grievous nature of the
new Presidents initial error
Is emphasized by the sugges-
tlonS being made concerning
a means to rescue him from it.
They relate, however, not to
the consideration suggested
here. but to a simple matter of
law. law that has been on
the books for long time. I'm
der this law Mr.. Wilson, in
charge of defense production,
could not deal with General
Motors. largest defense pro-
ducer; not unless he relin-
quished his financial interest
in General Motors. So it is
proposed that he do the lat
ter or that he agree to have
no personal dealings with Cenr
eral Motors or that the law oe
changed.
''We'll ride this out all right"
says Sherman Adams, new
White House chief of staff. "I
don't blame the Senators for
bringing up this question
there's a principle involved"
This sounds a bit like Jim Wat
sons famous remark, There's
3 time to rise above principle"
but the former New Hamp-
shire Governor probably didn't
mean it that way.
Quite part from principle
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Happy Republicans deluge Washington for the inauguration
Good Republican cloth coats be every hand
every hired hand of the ofdcehoders.
Harry Truman completes 2,840 days in the White
It seems only yesterday that counting 1889.
thousand Republicans storm Washington inaugural head
quarters for their misplaced tickets the ball. They shouldn't
worry inaugural ball is nothing but another dance where
prove they half right claiming
didn't have thing to
committees approve all Ikes cabinet officers except
Charles E. Wilson Secretary OF Defense Some Senators
think Wilson would make better Secretary of Agriculture
he to enjoy his work sharecropper.
Senate committee okays George Humphrey, Cleveland
agnate for Secretary despite his holdings
To ore Is human-to forgive divine
Harry Truman will be entitled to only $112.56 a
a retired
cornrstones they buy owes and cement for
Fourteen Esenhowers attend family inauguration lunch
That makes 13 Republicans and Dr. Milton Eisenhower
former New Dealer who would be pleased to render that old
song, Brother. Can You Spare a Dime?"
Evening star., 1953-01-20

The apparent discovery by
the British of an underground
Nazi plot possibly with Com
munist connections. to over
throw the West German gov
ernment; the arrest of two
former GIs in Vienna, charged
with spying for the Soviets;
the arrest in the Soviet
Union of nine doctors, six Of
them Jewish, charged with
killing the late Andrei Zhda-
nov and plotting to murder
other high Soviet function
aries, following the execution
of Czechoslovak Communist
leaders in which Jewish con-
nectionS were also charged;
the arrest in the east zone Of
Germany of the foreign and
trade ministers of the East
German Peoples Republic. a
member of the East German
Politburo, and the former
deputy leader of the West
German Communist Party;
the flight of Jewish Commu-
nists from the German east
zone; charges of Zionist and
other Jewish plottings in Hun
gary, and reports via Stock
holm of purges in Esthonia--
all this indicates that the
cold war is reaching a peak
of intensity, as Gen. Eisen-
hover assumes Office.
I doubt whether any single
political objective lies behind
all these accusations, trials and
executions. The Soviets an
ticipate that the cold war will
be stepped up under the new
American administration and
believe, or pretend to believe,
that a real war, with the So
viets as the target, is in the
offing. They have heard that
the United States no longer
considers containment to be
enough, and it therefore ap-
pears that they are clearing
the decks for a showdown
possibly by military action,
It is only within such Soviet
calculations that the present
upheavals behind the Iron Cur
tain are explicable. The So.
viets have nothing to gain in
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Ethical Issue Enoerqes EorIy
Executive Order Should Direct Official to DsquoIfy
Himself When Contract Involves Former Client

judicial bench. Some justices
of the Supreme Court always
hold stocks but when a pend
ing case could even remotely
affect such stock ownership,
the justice "disqualifies" him.
self. The same might well ap-
ply to executive officials as
well as to members Of Con-
gress
There is no point in amend
ing the existing law which bars
transactions by executive off,
cials with companies in which
they hold stock or from which
they can derive pecuniary
gain. Nor is there any point
in any legal Interpretation
artif1cially devised to exempt
high officials from the present
law. It is no answer, as sug-
geSted. merely to put the
stocks in trust and let the tax
be collected later only If the
securities are subsequently sold
after the cabinet officer termi-
mates his Government service.
The logical solution is to re-
quire by executive order of
the President that when any
official has before him either
contract or a governmental
proceeding which involves a
former client or former en-
ploye relationship, the matter
shall be presented to the
White House for reference to
some board or agency which
can make the necessary de-
cision without in any way con-
sulting the executive in ques-
ton. This is the same thing
as reassigning a case where a
judge disqualif1es himself.
In most instances the refer
ences to another official will
solve the problem. But it
must be mandatory rather
than discretionary.
AS for the Defense Depart
ment, it was not surprising
that Mr.. Wilson naively
thought his statement that he
could deal at arms length
with General Motors on con-
tract matters should be ac-
Evening star., 1953-01-20

good job; many think she may
do better now that the White
House wraps are off.
If she has any misgivings,
they are certainly not ap-
parent in these closing days.
Her cheerful poise has always
been remarkable in a young
woman; if anything, it is more
marked than ever.
All the TrumanS have, in
fact, been making a special
effort the past week to make
themselves available to their
friends and political associates.
The lines in the White House
have been long and miscel-
laneous. One thing marked
them all from the official brass
to the household servants.
Everybody brought their chill
dren in to say good-by to q
President and his family.
Many people say they are
glad to leave Washington when
plainly they aren't There
can't be much doubt that the
friendly Trumans are glad to
be rid of the restrictions of Of
ficial life. Their friends see
them leave, however. with a
very sure and nice feeling that
it wasn't the people here they
objected to, and that one Of
these days they will be back.
Evening star., 1953-01-20

cepted by everybody. Honest
men think others will give
them credit for their honesty.
The political world. unfortu-
nately, feels otherwise man
presumably Is dishonest until
proved honest. or, to put 1t
another way. he cannot place
himself in a situation that
could even implicitly give
rise to a question of conflicting
loyalty. whether to the Gov
ernment on the one hand. or
to his former employers or
clients on the other.
Businessmen who come into
government are always sur
prised by the rigorous require
ments of politics-and yet, de-
spite all the laws and self
imposed rules of restraint,
the fact remains that honest
men will lean over backward
not to favor former business
associates, and dishonest men
will do what they please even
If they have divested them
selves of every stock holding.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton should be glad the issue
of ethics has arisen so early,
because it can by a sweeping
order. affecting not just Mr..
Wilson but all officials, show
the country that a different
climate has been ushered in
here in the handling of pub
lie funds by the new custodians.
Other officials in previous
administrations didn't always
divest themselves of stock
holdings. and there is no in
nuendo that they acted i'm
properly. The issue has taken
on new aspects. however, in
view of the exposures of petty
graft during the last admin
istration.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton is fortunate to have an
opportunity to publicize its
determination to place the
public interest above private
interest-to respect the letter
and the spirit of common hon.
esty and simple ethics.
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Evening star., 1953-01-20
David Lawrence:

The inaugural ceremony re-
fleets the abStract-not the
concrete. The message is in
spiraticnal-it rarely contains
a formula of legislation or pro-
gram of policies.
Yet in the consciousness Of
everybody is the fact of change
change from policies that
disappointed and disturbed to
policies which it is hoped will
produce national unity and in
ternational peace.
There is another phase of
the change, however, which
became specific almost over
night-even before the inau-
gural ceremony. It's the phase
that demands clean govern
ment, ethical government,
honest government.
The issue emerged suddenly
to challenge the new admin
istration. Should Charles E.
Wilson be confirmed as Secre-
tary Of Defense and yet retain
his $2.5 million worth of hold
ings of stock in General Motors
accumulated out of his busi-
ness career, when the law says
that no official can transact"
business with any company in
which he may be in a position
to profit personally?
This does not concern Mr..
Wilson alone. Dozens of new
officials will be appointed by
the new President-some of
them from the field of law,
some from finance and some
from industry. Shall each
divest himself Of all relation
ships with previous companies,
corporations or firms?
Obviously merely to sell
ones holdings doesn't solve
the problem. For if a man is
part of a large company one
day and sells his holdings the
next, does he thereby divest
himself as well of lifelong
friendships and intimacies?
Does the Government require
him to do the impossible?
1t is not a new question. It
happens all the time on the
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Lowell WeHett:
Lowell Wenett
Its Not the Job for Mr.. Wilson
In Addition to the Law and the Principle That Is Involved
Good Judgment Dictates Admitting Mistake Was Made

This is Ike's Inauguration
week, the week for wishing
him we'll. Not meaning to say,
of course, that we shouldn't
wish him we'll every week in
the year. But this is the week
when we are likely to have it
most on our minds, when we
sort of put ourselves in his
place and wonder what it
would be like to be starting off
on the job he has. undertaken.
I believe that is what most
people do think about, even
in the midst of all the hoorah
and jollif1cation - that they
think about the job as job,
not very much about the honor
or the glory that is supposed
to go with it. They want Ike to
succeed for his own sake and
the country's. And they know,
unless they are completely be-
unused by the magic of a smile,
that it won't be easy. That is
why they-meaning all of us
wish him we'll.
We can hope he will make
as few mistakes as possible and
that he will be able to recover
quickly from those he does
make.
He IS faced with one major
mistake at the very outset Of
his administration. It was q
mistake to name Charles E.
Wilson to head the Depart
ment of Defense. It was a
natural mistake for Gen. Ell
senhower to make, thinking as
he obviously was in terms of
production. No one could be
expected to know more about
production, how to get it
when needed, than the able
head of General Motors. But
there is more than production
involved in the Office for which
Mr.. Wilson was selected. In
evitably there is policy. policy
in which the Secretary of De-
fenSe must have a hand.
To make the point clear,
nobody will argue that the
Secretary of Labor can avoid
taking part in policy decisions
that affect labor. or the Sec
retary of Agriculture in policies
affecting agriculture. Nor will
anybody argue that such poll
cies affect only labor or agri-
culture. They affect all the
Evening star., 1953-01-20

but officially he is on his own.
The retiring President went
to his bank Monday on an un-
disclosed errand. It's a fair
guess that, even as you and I,
he thought he might need a
little cash for his journey.
AS a retired reserve officer
Mr.. Truman is entitled to
$112.56 a month pension. AS
an ex-President, he gets
nothing.
The President has had vari-
Gus offers to write, to enter
business. to become a corpora
ton director. He has said he
planned to do nothing right
now, and would never do any,
thing that could conceivably
detract from the dignity of the
presidency.
If he does look to Margaret,
he will still be eating regularly.
She has done we'll with her
concert career. though she re-
fused many offers that would
have expanded her private
bank account. She still has a
TV-radio contract.
It is her talents as an en-
tertainer that will insure her
future, in the opinion of many
persons in the theatrical busi-
ness. They have no doubt
that she will always find q
Evening star., 1953-01-20

and the very sound law there
is the matter Of good judg-
ment. Good Judgment die
tates that the President and
Mr.. Wilson agree that they
overlooked certain important
factors when the one offered
and the other accepted this
Government assignment.
Evening star., 1953-01-20

cal talents The New York Times has at your service
in Washington.
But that's mere fraction Of the reason you'll enjoy
The New York Times. For all over the map of this
world, at its many lesser nerve centers : New York
and the UN, Paris, London, Rome, BA, Tokyo = The
New York Times is superby served by the biggest
foreign staff of any newspaper.
And where else, newspaper or magazine, will you find
so thorough Recommendation Of the political scene
the text of that major speech you missed such dis
passionate and illuminating handling of the contro-
versal experts Of such mature stature as we'll as
such comprehensive coverage of the theatre music,
books business? There are more lines Of in The
New York Times than anywhere else. more news
that you. personally, are interested in.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02

several appropriate piano selec-
tions during the afternoon.
The long table covered with
a hand embroidered cutwork
white linen cloth and was center
ed with large three TERED wed,
ding cake decorated with gold
rosebuds and topped with a gold
wedding bell and the number so
Silver branched candelabra hold
ing colored candles burned al
each of the tables. The buffet was
centered with a lovely arrange
ments of white gladioli and gold
Montana roses intersperscd with
white tapers, also gifts of friends
A large brass planter centered
the mantle and held an arrange
ment of ivy and roses.
Mrs. J. P. Moore registered the
guests.
Out of town guests were Mis-:
Laverne Clements of Munford
Tennessee; Mr.. j. o. Neal o.
Memphis; Mr.. and Mrs. H. S
Ainslee of Memphis; Mr.. and Mrs
Tillman of Winona, Mr.. and Mrs
Hubert Melton of Jackson; Mrs
G. R. Bennett, of Canton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Tylor and Mrs. I
P. Montgomery of Goodman, Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Montgomery, Jr
of Pickens; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Terry of Greenwood; Mr.. and Mrs
J. S. McIlwain of Jackson; Mr.
and Mrs. j. E. Mc1lwain of Artesia
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Gamma Club Observes
10th Anniversary
On March 10Th

The anniversary meeting of the
Gamma Literary Club was held
Tommies's Cafe on Thursday
March 20 at 100. Hostesses for
in the private dining room of
this lovely affair were Mesdamas
A. M. Stonestreet, B. W. Moore
w, E. Thomas, S. L. McCullougb
and Miss Daisy May Daniel
The tables carried out the club
colorS, green and white with
white table linen and wide green
band running the entire length
of the U shaped table arrange.
ment. Spring flowers, iris and
bridal wreath and BURNING tan.
ers were placed along the green
center strip to complete the table
decorations. Place cards carried
the red rose, the club flower
The programs were enclosed in
miniature year books with the
clubs insignia and the year 1888
hand painted on the green leather
/ backs, being an exact replica of
the handmade books, used by the
club this year. Mrs. w. E. Thomas
presided during this meeting and
introduced and welcomed the
guests, the charter members. al,
past presidents, and the present
president of the club.
Invocation was given by Mrs
Mccullough.
Lest We Forget" being in the
form of a summary Of the clubs
accomplishments for the past 26
years prepared and written bv
Miss Daisy Daniel, club historian,
was beautiful given by Mrs. Ores
ham Daniel. A reading was pre-
sented by Mrs. Joe johnson and
Miss Betty Jp Mcclellan render
ed several piano selections, all eff
fectively earring out the spring
theme of the year.
A delicious luncheon of barbe
cue chicken, combination salad.
creamed asparagus snowflake
potatoes, spiced peaches hot rolls,
coffee, individual cakes in the
club colors, green and white, and
ice cream were served to IS men,
bers and sir guests: Mesdames
Joel Gulledge, c. G.. VanKeuren,
Roy Smith, Mrs. w. H. Fincher,
Jr. of Lexington; Miss Betty 10
Mcclellan and Mrs. ]. E. Dollahite.
All members of the club were
present on this occasion. There
are four Of the original charter
members of the club, but Mrs. j.