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Evening star., 1953-01-22

ern Europe. Turkey and Greece
are members Of the NATO and
their troops are under the
overall command of Gen.
Matthew Ridgway. Yugoslavia
is still outside the European
coalition. But once the tri-
partite alliance is signed,
Marshall Tito is expected to
collaborate with the strategists
at SHAPE and to send OBJ
servers to that headquarters.
The Yugoslav government has
demonstrated that regardless
of Tito's motives, a factual CO.
existence between a Commu-
mist regime such as he heads
and the Western democracies
is possible. Tito has recently
become more concerned with
his country's national survival
than with the aggressive ex-
pansionist plans he had
nourished when he was Mos
cows ally and Stalin's No. /
man in Southeastern Europe.
The alliance with Greece
and Turkey is the result of his
realization that in order to
survive, the three countries,
once bitter enemies, must join
forces and, with material aid
from the United States, form
a barrier to the Muscovite de-
signs. The Eisenhower admin
iStration is likely to give full
support to this new alliance,
whose armies are not mere
promises or blueprints but
tangible forces.
Congress will receive a mes
sage soon from the White
House for appropriations for
the mutual assistance pro-
gram. 1t will be read in the
light of the generals inaugural
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1t ought to remind the man
who's taking over, getting all
the attention and the ap-
plause, that in a few years
he'll be the one that has to
stand there and grin and bear
it. Make him realize he'd bet
ter be a good President, so he
can go out with his head up
when the time comes"
do you suppose a new
President ever has thoughts
like that while he's waiting to
be sworn in?"
Maybe not. Probably too
busy thinking of what he has
to do In the next few minutes.
But Ike had time to think q
lot along that line before the
day was over. Remember all
the long gaps in the parade,
the times when he had to
stand there on the White
House platform waiting for
the next section to come by?
Then when it got dark and
all you could seeAon televi-
sion, that iS--was his dark
shadow against the white pill
lar behind him. That was q
lonely looking shadow. You
couldn't help wondering about
his thoughts then. You could
Mt help realizing that the
White House is Just what they
say 1t is. the loneliest place In
the world. Makes you think"
Evening star., 1953-01-22
Dovid LoWrence:
A Lesson for New President
Poll Shows Corruption Was Principal Election Issue;
Eisenhower Should Profit From Wilson Incident

A lesson In politics for the
new administration is re-
vealed in the latest Gallup
poll figures.
interviewing cross sections
of voters since the November
election to find out what were
the principal things that
Swayed them to cast their bal
lots for Eisenhower, the poll
shows that corruption" was
given by the greatest percent
age, not only among Republic
can voters but among Demo-
Gratis and Independents, too,
who voted for Eisenhower.
The question itself was well
phrased. It asked the voter to
say. leaving aside the candi-
dates themselves, just what
issue or issues had the most
effect" in deciding him to
vote for Eisenhower.
The next highest percentage
point in all three groups was
given to the Korean issue.
Communism" was a close
third among voters generally
and among regular Republi-
cans. but was not quite so high
among Democrats.
The fact that Korea was so
definitely an issue will come
as a surprise to many people,
including Europeans and many
Democratic officials here who
never saw the matter in it's
true impact on the electorate.
The corruption" issue has
always been a decisive one in
American politics, though the
exposures and crusades do not
in every case result in an i'm
mediate defeat for the party
accused Of wrongdoing, simply
because the case sometimes
Is not proved or made clear
until q subsequent election.
Some readers have written
In to question this correspond
ent's appraisal q few days ago
in which he stated that across
the Truman administration,
just as across the Harding ad-
ministration'S record, will be
written the word scandal"
despite the fact that each ad-
ministration had o Secretary
Evening star., 1953-01-22
Doris FIeeson:
Wilson's Chance for Approval
Unless He Agrees to Give Up GIN Stock and Bonus,
He Couldn't Get Support on Either Side Of Aisle

Gen. Eisenhower and his ad-
visers grappled with the prob
lem Of Charles E. Wilson's
nomination as Secretary Of
Defense against this back
ground:
/. On the basis Of the record
as 1t stands now, Mr.. Wilson
could not be confirmed.
2. Mr.. Wilson has q good
chance Of confirmation If he
agrees to divest himself of his
$2.5 million Of General Motors
stock and forgoeS his continu-
ing bonus for past services.
The bonus remainder is said to
be 100000.
8. Even If Mr.. Wilson agrees
to the divestiture, he must re-
turn to the Senate Armed
Services Committee for a hear
ing to clarity" the record.
4. The divestiture and the
clarified record would prob
ably be insufficient, no mat
ter how carefully accom-
plished, to avert a debate In
which Mr.. Wilson's embar-
RAISING statements and those
Of his team" will be publi-
cized.
All these statements are
confirmed by responsible Re-
publican leaders.
Veteran Senators, including
conservatives Of both parties,
assert q belief that Gen. EiSen-
hower's best move would be to
withdraw the whole slate Of
Defense nominations and start
again.
Mr.. Wilson testified that he
himself had chosen his team.
Senators suggest they should
therefore stand or fall to-
gether.
It was stated in one quarter
that White House attention
had also been called to the
fact that worldwide Commu-
mist propaganda had harped
on the motif that the United
States was rearming the
Western world only to line the
pockets Of its induStrialists.
All other considerations aside,
1t Ii argued that the Wilson
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Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

The Senate confirms all Of Ikes cabinet except Charles
Wilson, the big General Motors stockhoder The Senators
this crusade busnesS-theyre already calling
Crusaders, Inc.
Private Citizen Harry Truman arrives back home in Inde
pendence He real voice to the little of Americas
Ike will continue weekly presidential conferences the
White House This the great American whodun
where 200 reporters to discover what's behind the admin
tons latest confession of harmony besides another
President Eisenhower considers teevisng
ference month It'll be riot Thus far the reporters
have merely been trying to Guido the Pesdentnow they'll
be trying to outdo Groucho Marx.
White House Press Secretary Hagerty President Ike
will begin working every day at That he get
in full days before the Senate meets to undo it,
entertains 800 Republican at her first White
House reception Republican different than their
Democratic bought their nks before they
got to Washington.
Israeli officials of spying for the United States
The Sovets finally discovered something they in
vented-NaziiSm.
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been various degrees Of
tyranny.
One remembers that at this
inauguration - especially at
this Inauguration, In these So
troubled times.
Yet no President since
Washington has ever taken
Office with so much popular
support and so little enmity.
The people have faith in Pres.
ident Eisenhower above the
faith they were willing to put
in any other man. He could
have had the nomination Of
either party. There is no strata
of our population without en-
thusiasts for him.
Though the times are tragic,
no aura Of tragedy surrounds
his sunny soul. He is, above
all else. an encouraging man,
as America has always, above
everything else. been an en-
couraging Nation; a cheerful
man, in a pretty cherries
world: a confident man in q
great crisis of confidence; a
man who has grasped many
nettles, without his hands
being bloodied thereby; a man
whom a whole Nation called
by nickname, as though they
had known him all their
lives.
So the throngs thought and
felt as they cheered him.
How ardently one prays for
his success! How one prays
that in the future our descend
ants will say Of HIM, as we
say of but one other:
He was first in war, first In
peace. and first in the hearts
of his COuntrYmen,
Evening star., 1953-01-22

tration has picked a lot Of
able men from business and
from other walks of life, it has
not yet brought into the execu-
tive staff men with the politi-
cal knowledge and awareness
which come out of experience
and familiarity with Wash
ington ways and customs.
Businessmen as a whole
cannot on this account be
criticized, for there is. no
standardization among them.
Some are public relations
minded, and some are not.
Some are keenly aware of
political queensland some
are not. But there is no ex-
cuse for an administration TAX
ing power nowadays without
having at its elbow always a
little group of political advisers.
Congress is the place to get
them. They are artful and re-
Sourceful-they are sensitive
to all the conflicting currents.
Yet it is understood that no.
body from Capitol Hill was
called in to discuss this very
explosive political issue before
Mr.. Wilson went before the
Senate Armed Services Com
mittee for his informal session
last week.
The lesson will not be lost
on President Eisenhower. He
profits by mistakes. It PROB
ably is a good thing the episode
occurred now instead of later.
AS for solving the Wilson prob
lem itself. whether by divest-
ing the Secretary of Defense
of authority over matters con-
corning his former business or
by letting him diveSt himself
of his stocks in General Motors,
the whole thing will be cleared
~up satisfactorily within a few
days and forgotten.
The warning. however, is
there nevertheless to the entire
Eisenhower group of new Off
cials-they must all become
members Of the "clean as a
hounds tooth" club. or the
next congressional election will
see the Republican Party very
much on the defensive.
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his formal resignation as a
director Of General Motors, as
an officer or participant in
other concerns, as q member
of the board of his church.
the Senators eyes bugged out
but he explained the church
had some commercial property
so he thought 1t best so to
act; and as an adviser of the
Future Farmers of America.
He, said. however, that he
expected to retain his 5000, 900
worth Of General Motors stock.
Senator Saltonstall says that
each witness was told that
while the hearing was behind
closed doors, the record would
be printed and made available
to Senators for use in con-
f1rmation debate. The Senator
says he thinks it would not
be fair to print it until after
Mr.. Wilson has had a chance
to clarity" it.
Senators are guessing that
II Mr.. Wilson's name is with
drawn, the record will never
see the light of day. They do
not see how, if the nomination
comes to the floor. publication
can be averted.
It is distressing that Presi-
dent Eisenhower should be con-
fronted with This embarrassing
situation at the outset of his
administration. Cynics are sug-
gesting that Majority Leader
Taft Is not too sorry, but Sena-
tor Taft is behaving with the
utmost discretion and consid-
Grafton. He will not even dis
cuss it OF the record though he
is the frankest of men.
Some friends Of the Presi-
dent believe it may prove q
blessing In disguise. They think
it will teach him exactly what
he needs to know and appar-
emily didn't about the three
concomitant branches Of the
Government. Their theory is
that he could learn it in ways
much harder on him than the
loss Of a cabinet designee who,
after all, asked for the trouble
he is having.
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Dorothy Thompson:
Dorothy thompson
The Meaning Of the Inaugural
It's Not the Hooplo-the Indians Floats and Bands.
But the SoIemnty Of Republic Getting Leader

AS Adlai Stevenson might
say. "the tumult and the shout
ing die";; and the captains
and kingS-of the various in
stitutions of American life:
industry, labor, the arts and
professions - depart from
Washington having witnessed
the Inauguration"
The Inauguration Of an
American President has little
of the pomp and circumstance,
ritual and formality, Of, say.
a British coronation. It is
largely hoopla. The 1O-mile
parade down Pennsylvania
avenue after the swearing in
ceremony on the Capitol steps
is usually, and was this year,
an enormous extension and
magnification of q small
towns old home week. with a
big shot of Barnum and Bailey,
States and Territories par.
ticipating with floats, the life
Of the hero depicted among
them: Ike's birthplace in Den
nison reproduced to scale; his
photo at the center Of q huge
sunfiower on a float featuring
wheat fields and oil derricks-
that's Kansas; West Point
days. and his marriage to
Mamie; a bevy of Indians, in
full tribal dress, and a bevy
of pigeons in lieu Of doves;
dozens of bands and bugle
corps; a contingent on. snow
shoes; an elephant: Alaskan
huskies pretending to pull
sleds-the whole "the biggest
show on earth," more fun than
solemnity.
The only serious moment is
when the outgoing President
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of State who made a notable
record In various phases Of
foreign policy.
What the Gallup survey in
dicates is that, much as the
defenders of a particular
party may dislike it, the voters
as a whole do not relish Cor
ruption" and usually vote it
down in Federal, State and
city elections.
The significance for the Eli
senhower administration is
clear. Here is a regime which
comes into power as the ac-
cuser-its own record, there
fore, must be beyond criticism.
There can be no antiquities
about or apologies for any,
thing that remotely suggests a
lack of ethical standards.
Thus, Charles E. Wilson is
rightly indignant because of
the suggestion that he might,
If he held on to his General
Motors stock, do something as
Secretary of Defense that
would compromise himself or
the Government. But the rules
of politics demand that the
occasion shall not even arise
where there could be such a
question. AS it is, there are
many friends of the Eisen-
hover administration who
wonder why the matter was
allowed to drift for two months
without being given careful
consideration, and a solution
found much earlier.
The episode has caused more
talk and more argument than
would have been the case if
the subject had been taken
up earlier and opinions sought
long before Inauguration day.
Particularly harmful-from a
political Viewpoints the tend
ency to drift while the pub
lie talks about lack of ethics
in a new administration. The
issue should have been dis
posed of promptly as soon as
it arose and long before Mr..
Wilson went to Congress to
testify.
What it all indicates is that,
while the Eisenhower admins
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Lowell MeNett:
Inauguration Makes Him Think
Old Inner Says Esenhowers Dark Shadow on Recevino
Stand When Night Fell Was q Lonely Lookino Shadow

'1t makes you think, doesn't
tt?" said the Old Timer.
What makes you think?"
"The way times have
changed. 1t used to be a man
couldn't afford to take a pub
lie Office because he was too
poor. Now we got the case of
a man who can't afford to take
it because he's too rich!"
IF you're talking about Mr..
Wilson Of General Motors, I
suppose that'u do for a wise
crack. How would you like to
give up a half million dollars
just to be Secretary Of De-
fenSe?"
Heb! Ask me how I'd like
to have q half million dollars
to give up!"
"It's the principle"
"Oh, no, the principals two
and a half million dollars.
That's what I understand he
accumulated under Truman,
and he'll be dogged if he's
going to give any of it up
under Eisenhower"
YOU'RE In a mean mood,
aren't you? Didn't you enjoy
the inauguration?"
Matter Of fact. I did. It was
wonderful. I suppose 1t was
the greatest Inauguration we've
ever had. Tell you why. Tele-
vision! That's how I saw it,
by the way. Nearly everybody
Ia the United States getting q
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citing d Leader

escorts his successor to the
Capitol. and the new Presi-
dent takes the oath of Office.
That is a great and solemn
moment-the moment when
the principle of legitimate sue
ceSSion is made visible. Every
one is solemn then, recogniz-
ing that something great and
important is happening. It is
for that moment that Ameri-
cans take their children to
Washington - that they mag
see synbolized the continuity
Of the Republic; the grace
with which a possible political
opponent hands on his office;
the fidelity of the minority to
the will of the majority; the
confidence that there will al
ways be a President, and q
President freely elected by, and
responsible to, the American
people.
This is not a world in which
republics, as man has con-
ceived the republic since the
days Of Plato, are flourishing.
How many republics have been
extinguished since the end of
World War I: The Republic of
Poland, of Czechoslovakia, of
Germany-now obviously re-
vived in one part.
It is hard for us Americans
to realize that free govern
ments of republican form and
content have not historically
shown longevity, or that ours
is the oldest republic of un-
interrupted continuity in the
world. In history, regimes of
freedom and self-government
are exceptions. The rule has
Evening star., 1953-01-22

matter must be so handled as
to rob this theme Of its po-
tency.
Senator Byrd, the Virginia
conservative, has now put into
the Congressional Record views
that:
1. The law plainly forbids
Mr.. Wilson to act as Secretary
Of Defense while retaining his
stock and bonus.
2. It will not be satisfied by
Mr.. Wilson declining to act on
General Motors contracts.
Another Democratic conserv-
ative who has been q Judge
said Of the law: II have sent
men to prison under laws less
definite than the conf1ict-of-
interests statute. How can I
vote to stretch it for Mr.. Will
son?"
What is causing the real an
guish at the White House is
the record of the Wilson hear
ings. Politically experienced
advisers Of Gen. Eisenhower
cringed when they read it.
Mr.. Wilson said he realized
he must be like Caesars wife
above suspicion" Yet he
plainly had not thought the
pertinent statute significant in
his case.
In defending his choice Of
Harold Talbot as Secretary
Of the Air Force he acknowl-
edged that he knew that the
late Chief Justice, Charles
Evans Hughes, had criticized q
Talbot company in an in
vestigation conducted after
World War I. Then he added
provocatively: II know too
about an attempted shake
down Of Mr.. Talbot for $780,
O0O."
Senators perked up their
ears, but could elicit no facts.
Some Senators were willing
to nominate Roger M. Kyes,
proposed Deputy Undersecre-
tary, as their favorite witness.
Mr.. Kyes ostentatiously
opened a folder as he took
the witness chair and laid be-
fore the committee copies Of
Evening star., 1953-01-22

statement: Assessing realisti-
cally the needs and capacities
of proven friends Of freedom,
we shall strive to help them
achieve their own security and
well-being. Likewise, we shall
count on them to assume
within the limits Of their re-
sources their full and just bur-
denS." OF course the words
proven friends of freedom"
win have to be interpreted very
literally in the case Of Yugo-
Slavia. But because Of the
present threat from the Krem-
lin, there is no question that
our legislators will see that q
fair share of whatever bill
lions they may deem neces-
sary to appropriate for the
MSA will be allocated to Tur-
key. YugoSlavia and Greece.
Those relatively small coun-
tries, lacking the natural re-
sources and particularly the
industrial capabilities Of our
Western allies, have set an
example which should make
the latter blush. For instance
Turkey, an overwhelmingly
agricultural country. has sue
ceeded in organizing 81 COM
bat divisions. Greece, which
has never actually recovered
from the scars Of wars she
fought since 1910, mustered
10 combat divisions. Yugo-
Slavia. which was ruined eco.
nomically by the German in
vasion and later by Tito's 100
per cent Communist system.
boasts today of no less than
Is fighting divisions. These
factors will be considered Sc
riously when Congress dis
cusses the MSA appropriation
next month.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Can Do!

Here's one reason why can-using
industries can pack enough pro-
ducts to meet Delaware's annual de-
mand for 62,827,OOO cans of pro-
ducts OF all types-an average of
1SS cans for every family in the
state.
Today, just one can-making line
of high-speed, automatic machines
can turn out the family's yearly
supply OF cans in less than two
minutes!
This answer comes from R. r
Thompson, Atlantic division GEN
eral manager of manufacture for
the American Can Company. which
led the development of modern
methods of cOntainer making. He
said that at the turn of the CEN
tury, it took six artisans 1917 hours
to produce $50 cans.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20

ner, for the largest increase of gas
sales on the Eastern Shore. Mr.
Brasure operates a gas station for
the Sherwood Co. of Baltimore at
ChincOteague, Va.
On March 18th, the ST. Johnstown
AID had their covered dish sumner
FOR their members and families A
large crowd attended and found and
enjoyed an abundance of food. En-
tertainment was furnished bv Mrs
GLADYS LOfiand, and Miss Leila Tat
man played a number of the old
IaInlllar songs which evervono
loves. The decorations wero the
spring danOdils which, as we Dre-
dlcted, survived the snow. The
president, Mrs. E. D. Brasure
Wlsnes to thank all those who helm
ed 70 make it a success.
The Parent-Teacher Association
heId its regular monthly meeting
on March 10th. From 1880 to 500
the teachers entertained at Omen
House in their various classrOOms
giving the parents and friends a
chance to see the work being done
by the children. The work bUI ks
were on the desks and the art ex-
nibits and other handwork disnlav-
ed about the rooms.
During the business meeting
which followed, Mrs. Byron Wise
that next month there
would be a definite effort to or
sanize Girl Scout Troop in Green
wood. She asked for the cooperation
II everybody to get this started.
Mr.. Haarde. the music teacher
lad history Of Greenwood School !,
broadcast" from it's very begin
ling to the present day, with SIN
ents dressed appropriately, repre-
enting the features of school life
Athletics, Health, Art, Education.
scouting and finally the graduate
tudent in cap and gown. The High ,
chOol Glee Club sang the new AL !
IA Mater song which was written !
y Mr.. Haarde. Mr.. Haarde ex-
lained that Mr.. Connell had also
part in the program.
Following this, Mr.. Fleetwood
ur Athletic Director, told of the
'ork and aims and accomplish
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Let's Shop For Dresses

Confidence is the keynote to suc-
cessful dress buying says Miss
Alice Linn, extension clothing - sne-
clalist of the U. S. Department of
agriculture, Washington.
Delaware women can hear Miss
Linn give her tips on dress size
style, color, and care at the Univer,
sIty of Delaware Farm and Home
Week. Monday, February 9, at 10
p. m.
Says Miss Linn, "Stores are do
ing better job each day in stock
ing different size ranges to fit tbe
ngure. Your cue is to study the
size ranges and find out where Won
oelong' first. Sizes are designed
TO tit different figures, not differ-
ent ages"
Miss Linn will go on to explain
the present six size groups. then
what to consider in style, color
and care. Style is important for