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Evening star., 1953-03-22

vances have been made, Of course,
but great deal more must be done
to prepare against the kind Of
catastrophe that could befall Amer
lea if it were plunged suddenly into
an all-out atomic war.
The substance of Mr.. Peterson's
message on that score, and Of the
Presidents as well, is that the cities,
the States and the National Govern
ment have got to get together-with
as little delay as possible-to inject
additional vigor, as much vigor as
they can. into the program as it
stands today.
That program, which still is far
from good enough, has been based
on a number of sensible but grim
assumptions. AS set forth by the
FCDA, the assumptions include the
following:
Q America, in the event of war,
would suffer an initial assault by
about 400 enemy bombers.
. At least 70 per cent of those
bombers would get through our mill
tary defenses. Atomic bombs these
plane carry would be at least 21a
times as powerful as the type that
shattered Hiroshima.
o Each such bomb. in q day.
time attack without warning, would
cause an average of 100000 casual
ties. as against 10000 in an attack
with warning.
. Main targets would be SO major
cities containing most of our in
dustry and nearly half of our popu-
lation, although they cover less than
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the international situation in an
age when 100 bombers can deliver
as much death and destruction in
one fight as were delivered by all
British and American bombers
throughout the whole Of the Second
World War.
On the basis of facts like these,
the FCDA'S 1852 report emphatical-
ly recommended Immediate coura-
geous decisions and actions by the
Congress and by our security lead
ers."
What Is Needed
More specifically, it declared that
civil defense must be given stronger
leadership and support at every
level of government: that our ma
tional vulnerability must be reduced
by reasonable industrial dispersion
and by a program for building pub
lie shelters; that certain now-clas-
sified information should be made
available to the American people to
give them a clearer understanding
of present world dangers; and that
our sea and air defenses should be
steadily improved to ENSURE the ad-
vantage of earlier warning and to
reduce the weight Of successful at
tacks" on our continent. -,.
During the past week, these and
similar ideas have been discussed
at length out here by mentor the
most part earnest and highly intel
ligent men-chargedE with the re-
sponsibility of making civil defense
genuinely effective in all our States
and major cities.
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Committee. Of the cuff, however,
he is reckless improviser with
passion for non-sequiturS.
Moonlight and Fog
Perhaps the most notable example
of Wiley impromptu is campaign
address delivered in 1850. It is
known among connoiSSeurS as "the
moonlight and fog" speech. In it,
Senator Wiley, with a marvellous
disregard for unity, conference and
emphasis, careened from metaphor
to metaphor.
"It gets pretty foggy down in
Washington sometimes" he said.
"You can't see anything" And
then he rambled from moonlight to
the pussycat who went to London to
see the queen, from an elevator op-
orator in San Francisco to Knute
Rockne. Nowadays he is following
text more carefully.
In his early years in the Senate.
Mr.. Wiley came out strongly for
preparedness, non-intervention and
CLIcCSc. LII 4S4U, ue OcCAdICu LS
was neither isolationiSt nor inter-
nationalist.
I'm watching the trend Of the
times" he said frankly.
Internotionolist Voter
These days, he dismisses petu-
lantly as more of your newspaper
rot" the story that he was strongly
influenced in foreign-policy matters
by the late Arthur Vandenberg.
The fact is, however, that since
1945, when Mr.. Vandenberg made
his famous bipartisan speech and
Mr.. Wiley went on the Foreign Re-
lations Committee. he has voted
internat tionalist. Except for the few
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by Newman sudduth.

enemy-planted rumors. It can
greatly reduce physical damage to
our shores in case war is carried
to our soil. It can do these things,
that IS, if it is given in advance
the wherewithal to do it.
No. I Problem: Money
Although considerable progress
has been made in alerting the
American people and working out
interstate compacts for mutual
assistance in case Of catastrophe,
the necessary wherewithal is still
deficient. Mr.. Peterson, who is in
the process of learning the ropes
of his new job, has defended Con-
gress for its hostile attitude toward
past budgetary requests from the
FCDA. But it is not impossible
that he will change his mind later
on. At any rate, he can hardly
take a cheerful view of this fact:
Thus far only $119 million have been
appropriated for civil defense equip
ment and facilitieS-a small sum,
indeed, when compared to the $1.9
billion that many experts regard as
necessary.
Similarly. local and State govern
ments which should also be spend
ing $1.9 billion on equipment and
facilities, up to now have obli-
gated themselves to spend only $62
million.
These are the reasons why many
experts feel that the Nations civil
defense effort is not equal, at this
stage, to the threatening nature Of
Evening star., 1953-03-22
By Mary McGrory

aspirations for while. In the in
terval he became governor of the
Kiwanis Clubs of Wisconsin and
Upper Michigan, and, during the de-
preston, he toured his district, as he
puts it, Ito bolster the tagging spirits
of his fellow w-Kiwanians and other
Americans"
Beoten for Governor
With those luncheon club friend
ships as a base, Mr.. Wiley, whose
four children were then grown, en-
tered the fight for Governor in 1886.
The Progressive Party, which had
been formed two years earlier, as a
reform party. headed by Phil and
Young Bob LaFollette and embrac-
ing insurgent elements in agricul-
ture and labor, swept the State.
In 1888, having earned the
right to try again, he won
nomination for the Senate. The
Progressive Party, its isolation
ist members trickling on to the Re-
publican Party, was disintegrating,
and the decline of the enormously
powerful LaFollette family had be-
gun. Then, as in future contests,
Senator Wiley enjoyed the advan-
tage Of a divided opposition. The
liberal vote that year was split be-
tween the Democratic incumbent,
Ryan Duffy, and the Progressive
candidate, Herman Eckern. MIR.
Wiley slipped in.
1t is unlikely the Senator's elo-
quence is crucial factor in his hold
on the Wisconsin electorate. In set
speeches, Mr.. Wiley has long had
the assistance Of a brilliant legisla-
tive aide, Julius Kahn, who is now
counsel for the Foreign Relations
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Contact With the Free World Copcues Nemms Dilemma Policy Making
33 Major Incidents in Postwar Period
Laid to Red Testiness With Foreiqners
By Eorl n. Xoss


Hokkaido Island, Japan. Eight men
aboard were killed.
"a. October, 1924 United States
hospital plane was attacked in Ger
many, but not seriously damaged.
28. January. 1953-Chinese Com
munist ant1-aircraft guns downed a
United States Navy P2V Neptune
of the East China coast.
--29. March, 1953-MIG-15s from
Czechoslovakia downed an American
fighter plane over Germany, near
Regensburg.
30. March. 1953-Soviet planes
buzzed British plane near Kassel.
Germany.
81. March, 1853 - Two MICS
downed a Royal Air Force bomber.
killing seven persons aboard.
81. March. 1953-Soviet fighters
fired on a United States B-5O
weather plane of Kamchatka In the
Pacific.
80. March, 1953-Polish govern
ment detained six fishing boats in
Hela Bay. near Danzig, Poland, for
a few days.
What does it all mean? Mainly
that the Communists are extremely
fussy about who approaches or visits
their territory. The special alertness
in the wake Of Stains funeral seems
to be intended to impress the world
that there will be no relaxing any
where along the vast perimeter
while portly Georgi Malenkov is
settling into Mr.. Stains old chair.
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variations expected Of a Senator
who must protect dairy interests
he supported all major measures of
the Truman policy.
He did so quietly, though. Not
until April, 1852, did he formalize his
views. Addressing the American
Society of Newspaper Editors at
that time, he came out for BIZ
partisan cooperation and a con-
tinuance of basic Truman -Acheson
strategy.
He was plainly serving notice of
his intention to claim the job of
Foreign Relations chairman in the
event Of Republican victory. Some
observers around Washington,
thinking they saw a change of heart
in all this, laid it to love, since Mr..
Wiley was then courting his present
wife, a 42-year-old British widow.
Actually, as has been said, he was
simply telling people what he had
been doing all along.
The chances are he might have
carried it off, too, but for one small
phrase. In acknowledging the pres
ence OF Dean AcheSon on the plat
form, Wiley referred to "the able
and distinguished Secretary Of
State"
Soon after, the roof fell in.
Led by Senator Cain, several Re-
publicans, including Senators Mundt
and Mccarthy, raked him over the
Goals. Senator Cain, limiting that
Senator Wiley had been "seduced''
by Mr.. AcheSon, said that the State
Department "acted on the assump-
ton that he (Wiley) was a country
pumpkin inflated to the point of
bombaSt."
MeCorthy's Senior
The Mccarthy faction in Wiscon-
sin has taken it particularly hard.
They felt that Mr.. Wiley muddied
the waters at the height of Senator
McCarthy's rumpus with the State
Department. In any case, the two
Senators had never been warm
friends. MIR. Wiley's way with people
he can't get along with is to leave
them alone. Joe's, as his victims
know, Is not. A very simple ex-
PLANTATION Of the basic friction was
given by one student Of Wisconsin,
who said, wiley makes Joe junior
Senator, and Joe doesn't like to be
junior anything"
On occasions in the past, Senator
Wiley has given way to alarmism.
In 1947, for example. he proposed
that in case of an atomic flash,
push-button government be insti-
tuted, the Congress be placed on a
railroad train and legislation be
enacted by television.
And. during the Macarthur hear
ings, boarding the formidable SEN
ator Russell of Georgia, he said it
would not be out of order for the
committee to subpoena the Presi-
dent. Are we mice or are we
men?" he inquired. Which is, of
course. a ridiculous question to ask
the Senate.
The question now is: Can the man
from Main Street measure up to
the responsibilities Of his powerful
new post? His colleagues, impressed
by his firm stand on International
ism and ever mindful Of his bound
less good VIII, are inclined to be
hopeful.
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his last trip, for instance, when he
was accompanied by his beautiful,
serene English bride, Mrs. Dorothy
May Kydd Wiley, he asked Queen
Juliana of Holland for her blessing
on the marriage. The Queen coldly
refused on the grounds she was not
of the cloth.
On the same tour, he waltzed the
aged President of the German Re-
public around a ballroom, trumpet
ing Ac1,, du lieber Augustin at the
top of his voice. The Senator, who
plays the fiddle in his off hours, is
a great believer in the ice-breaking
qualities of the community sing. A
constitutional enlivener of parties,
he hates to see serious conversa-
tionS.
Say Cheese
He is ever on the alert to put
people at their ease. Recently when
visited by Generalissimo Trujillo, the
strong man of the Dominican Re-
public, the Senator patted him on
the back and, as they were being
photographed. sought to make the
dictator smile. "Say cheese, Cen
eralissimo. say cheese. Wisconsin
cheese" he called in a booming
aside.
Mr.. Wiley's vociferous boosting OF
Wisconsin cheese has naturally
helped his cause in the dairy State.
So has his Norwegian ancestry Che is
the son Of immigrants) and his
ability to speak the language.
The Senator's first plunge into
politics was in 1906, when, at the
age Of %, he became district attor-
ney for Chippewa Falls. The terri
BILE example Of a down-and- Con-
gresham cured him Of political
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One thing is sure. Ivanov won't
consult the writings Of Marx, Lenin
and Stain before making up his
mind about the blockade. These
writings may form the bible Of god
less communism. But the men who
make the decisions are pragmatists.
They will do anything they think
will work. The sacred writings can
be stretched-or rewritten II neces-
sary-to sound like an Endorsement
OF any opportunistic move.
AS Ivanov weighs all these i'm.
ponderables his mind turns back to
the 64-ruble question: What would
Malenkov do? Ivanov is a career
man. and after many years in the
kremlin he grew to guess pretty
accurately the reaction Of Stain to
problem and to tailor his decisions
to fit. But how does Malenkov's
mind work? Ivanov has the mute
testimony Of his many missing coll
leagues to tell him that it's no fun
to recommend mo" when the die
tator had 'yes" in mind.
In fact, the Illustrations are 50
great that Ivanov may be longing
even now for the safe, sure life Of
an American State Department
planner.
Evening star., 1953-06-06

One Of Washington's red hot news
papermen waits for at least Is minutes
before touching cup Of coffee.
This is his way Of letting 1t cool.
He says that scientists have found
out that no one should drink boiling
hot coffee.
Also, little cream and sugar will
go long way toward making 1t q bet
ter drink, he says. May prevent some
terrible disease.
Templeton Jones has what he con-
siders better and faster way Of cool
ing OF hot coffee.
Lest there be any mistake, let 1t be
said at once that Jones agrees with the
popular idea that the hotter the coffee,
the better.
His favorite counterman first pours
boiling water into Jones' cup, thus
warming it up.
Then. but not till then, he puts in
the coffee.
This insureS flaming cup. fully liv-
ing up to the decree that good coffee
must be "as black as the devil, as hot
as hell"
The main consideration Is not TO
drink it that way.
After Ill. according to Jones. It does
seem rather ahNuTd 70 pour down the
Evening star., 1953-06-06
BY Charles E. TroceWeH

teTake up all the heat"
It was an idea!
Jones likes ideas, no matter whether
they are important or not.
often very unimportallt- eeming
ideas turn into something big. At least
1t has happened TO others: Jones goes
through life thinking that It may hap
pen to him. solneday.
TempIeton Jones' wanted 10 know
where were the spoons.
"In that bottom drawer, as usual, !" he
was told. Editors note-An right.
reader. now we are getting down to it,
Jones selected half dozen assorted
Sponns.
Going back to his seat. he began put
ting spoons down into the cup.
With the one already there. he now
had Z spoons bristling around the rim.
They reminded at least one viewer Of
the head-dress of some savage chief
tain.
"And the idea?" asked this one, pa
tiently.
ITO absorb the heat, and fast" re-
piled Jones, as he touched the extreme
tips deity.
"Hot enough" he said, ~ he With
drew all the spoons.
"Ah," ho sah. DRINKING. "Jut HAeae'r
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This and That

sensitive throat something that would
blister the tough skin Of the hands.
A daily marvel it is, with most per-
sons. this drinking hot water. (Reader's
note-Stop putting of the story. Let's
have it? How does Jones cool his coffee
of quickly?)
Well, here is his story:
While seated at home the other day,
confronted with q Super-boiling cup Of
his best brew, Templeton Jones won
dered how to cool it.
He tried the old cowhand's method,
Of blowing.
He blew and blew, finally so vigor-
ously that few drops were blown out.
"Ouch!" he cried, as the hot coffee
hit his hand.
"Just think" he commented. put
ting anything that hot into your stom-
ach"
He quoted the old lines:
MANY a mortal. young or old,
Has gone to his sarcophaguS
BY pouring water, icy cold.
A-down his warm eSophagus."
Jones kept looking at his coffee.
"Ouch." he said again, as he touched
the spoon.
Some spoons. he observed. Is most
persons have. take up al the heat,
othegs, remain ooM 10 tho touch
Evening star., 1953-06-06
New Orleans Morning

Black lace OF drought iron IN the morn
ing sun
Makes shadows of black lace on the gall
Iery floors:
White plaster and green shutters locked
against the light,
The Rue RoyGle is secretiUe behind
closed doors.
Sun UP, already hot, the street is scarce
GStiT,
The soft and sIotD cathedral bells intons
the hour:
Odors OF roasting coffee nainOle toith
those of oyster shells
And from shGdotDed court the pdntllG
of oleGnder fotDer.
Fhe sun Gscends to tDGsh the scene in
fiery 1Dhite;
NoiD tourists snap their cameras and
0Vid artists paint.
But yet they shall not take iOith thens
the secrets OF these streets.
Masked Uiolence and hidden beauty that
strangers only see as quaint"
Frederick Ebrght
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Three-Ring Music Festival

Tomorrow evening at the Watergate many
Of Americas beSt-known musicians will join
in a program arranged as benefit for the
sustaining fund of the National Symphony
Orchestra. The occasion will bring together
representatives of all schools of musicology-
the science of music-as they exist in the
United States at the middle of the Goth century.
Classical, popular and jazz compositions will be
performed by bands and individual singers and
inStrumentalistS of distinction. Perhaps never
before has musical democracy had more con-
vincing demonstration.
The concert is being sponsored by COM
mittee Of volunteers headed by Mrs. Jouett
shouSe and the Vice President and Mrs. Nixon.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
For Sound Highway Planning

Starting of another traff1c-trend survey of
the Washington Metropolitan Area is indicative
OF the forward-looking teamwork being brought
to bear on regional highway and bridge prob
lens. Findings of the first origin and -destina-
tion study begun in 1948 have formed a valuable
guide in the planning of traffic-relief measures
since then. But the figures already are obsolete
In most respects. A continuing check on
traffic loads on main highways has become a
necessity in this fast-changing city and its
environs. That is why the jurisdictions con-
cerned have formed permanent organization
to keep tab on traffic developments of Greater
Washington. 1t is the Regional Highway
Planning Committee.
This committee consists of representatives
of the District Highway Department, the Mary
land State Roads Commission, the Virginia
Department of Highways and the United States
Bureau Of Public Roads. It is sponsoring a
comprehensive check on driving habits of
motorists within the Metropolitan Area. The
cooperation of motorists is essential to this
important undertaking. While there may be
some immediate inconvenience in being halted
and questioned as to ones point of departure
and destination, it must be considered that the
inquiries are being done in the interest OF the
motorists themselves. Without such data on
which to base highway and bridge plans, the
whole area would suffer from guesswork
planning and engineering. There has been too
much of guesswork in years past, with sad
results for the motorists of today.
The previous survey pointed to the need
for inner and outer belt highways and for more
Potomac River crossings, among other projects.
Tremendous increases in traffic volume have
developed since the preliminary report of the
first survey was made in 1850. That report
indicated the urgent need for a new bridge in
the central area of Washington approximately
on the line of street Northwest. Since then
the traffic load on WaShingtons existing
Potomac bridges has grown to an alarming
peak. The new survey probably will show that
there is immediate need for not one but
several new river crossings. In short, pattern
for future extension of traffic facilities is being
prepared through the intelligent joint action
of all governmental authorities in this expand
ing urban region.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Going Bockstoge at the White House
By Beniomin J. Altos

OMETHING different reached the
~ Nations teleViSion screens the
other night when President Eisenhower
led four of his cabinet members in a
chatty discussion Of the adminiStra-
tion's aims and accomplishments. This.
however, was only beginning.
From now on, the Nation can expect
far more dramatic innovations from
the old mansion, which has SO smoothly
come apace with the TV era. Without
fanfare, the White Houses ground
floor broadcast room has been getting
an ingenious refurbiShing. Twin sound
curtains" have been installed to make
it possible for the President to employ
the most novel TV techniques to en-
hance his contact with the people.
Video. which has been playing
heavy role for President Eisenhower
since the, start Of his political career,
quietly reached significant milestone
during the Presidents televised tax
talk to the Nation from the White
Houses broadcast room May 10. Then
the sound curtains" were put to sue
cessful use for the first time. They
performed the minor miracle Of SCREEN
ing out the whir of movie cameras and
other extraneous noises, thus over
coming l1andicaps which had pre-
viously limited TVS use in the man
sion.
Prior to the new curtains, which had
been installed only "a hours before the
Eisenhower tax message, it had been
necessary for the President to deliver
talks separately for newsreels and for
live TV and radio. It was not simple,
arranging these talks to f1t into the
Presidents heavy schedule.
It is now possible for the President to
go before the people via live TV and
radio as movie newsreels grind away
unheard over the air. With the Presi-
dents ad lib style particularly we'll
suited to live TV, the White House is
preparing to employ the medium more
forcefully and frequently than ever.
There is no doubt that we are in
a new era" said James c. Hagerty, the
Presidents preSs-TV-radio secretary.
"and we intend to use televiSion as
widely as possible to give the people a
better picture Of what is going on and
to present the objectives of the adj
miniStration."
Television will supplement rather
than substitute for the press conference,
bringing the President to the people at
the best listening and viewing hours
which are in the evening. The mediums
growing influence at the White House is
in step with the expansion of TV itself.
Video is now estimated as having total
available audience Of more than IS
Evening star., 1953-06-06

million people. The number of TV
stations on the air exceeds IT'S, a gain
of 60 per cent since the 1852 national
political conventions.
BY next years congressional elections,
TVS available audience is likely to total
around 80 million, and there will be
twice more stations on the air than
today. When the 1856 presidential elec-
ton arrives, the number of TV stations
on the air may be close to 700, located
in every State and in reach of all but q
tiny segment of the Nations urban pop
ulation.
The executive mansions new Sound
curtains" are strung across two oppo-
site walls of the broadcast room, which
was installed but little used in the last
year Of President Truman's ,administra-
tion. The room, IS by IS feet, with
fireplaces in two of the walls, had been
used as a kitchen in the White Houses
earlier years.
The room is well equipped for light
ing and is thoroughly sound-proofed.
The sound curtains, dark gray, are
heavily padded with cotton batting.
One curtain, facing large desk. can be
unbuttoned for 10-foot-long apertures.