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Evening star., 1953-01-24
Hope Praises Plan
OF Benson 10 Revamp
Farm Department
By the Assoeioted Press

Reorganization of the Agri-
culture Department by it's new
chief, Secretary Benson, was
praised today by Chairman Hope
of the House Agriculture Com
mittee.
ut was a very good move. l"
the Kansas Republican told a
reporter. Il approve of his goal
of eliminating waste and dupli-
cation and promoting efficiency,
and I think the specific changes
made win help"
Mr.. Benson announced Thurs
days he was consolidating 20
separate agencies within the Ag-
riculture Department into four
divisions.
Possibly the most significant
change took soil conservation
payments and the Commodity
Credit Corp. out from under the
wing Of the departments giant
Production and Marketing Ad-
miniStration. This left PIMA as
one Of the agencies on an equal
footing with several others un-
der division director.
PIMA Plans Endorsed.
Clipping the powers of PIMA
was indorSed by Mr.. Hope. Some
Republicans have charged the
agency was being used to pro-
mote Democratic politics.
PIMA has been a pretty
sprawling sort Of agency" Mr..
Hope said. IT think the opera
tions involved can be carried on
better under an organization Of
the new kind"
AS to whether PIMA is less
likely now to get involved in poll
tics, Mr.. Hope commented that
depends on who administers it
and how"
Mr.. Hope said he was undis-
turbed by Mr.. Benson's testimony
to Senators that he wouldn't
commit himself on farm price
supports beyond the two-year
period left for the present law,
which supports farm goods at 80
per cent of parity.
Time Element Mentioned.
Parity is a price for farm
products determined by law to
be fair to farmers and consumers
in relation to the cost Of things
the farmers must buy.
81 would think Mr.. Benson
just wants to take time and look
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Dorothy thompson:
Half q World Joins in PRAYER
Eisenhowers Plea to God Was an Appeal for Light,
Foith Hope and Confidence in Behalf of All Men

abyss, but a man into whom
the abyss cannot glare back, to
cause his mind to doubt or
heart to falter. For he is up
held by an unshakable faith,
impervious to temptation or re-
verses, the kind of faith that
led Job to cry:
Though he slay me, yet will
I trust in him."
He recognizes a duality in
the universe in which forces
of good and of evil forever
contend.
"Give us, we pray, the power
to discern Clearly right from
wrong, and allow all our words
and actions to be governed
thereby"-he prayed in the
little private prayer" which
he humbly asked permission to
utter as his very first words
as President.
That prayer is Dwight D.
EiSenhoWer-above everything
else, the man of faith. His
speech was. from first to last,
a declaration of faith, in God
and in mankind - in many
sorts of men. holding many
creeds, living under many sys-
TENS of government, in many
stages of development, in
finitely diverse, not to be
nodded into a single pattern
an American pattern, for in
Stance-but united neverthe-
less in common needs and COM
mon aSpirations-the aspira-
ton of every human soul and
of every nation on earth to
dignity and freedom, and the
achievement thereby of peace.
President Eisenhower is not
an orator, with a fine gift for
the phrase, a sense of cadence,
an instinct for the right pause,
the technique of eliciting ap-
plauSe. He has not the ora
tors power of verbal seduc-
ton. All the better. Plato,
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Lowell Menett:
Nobody MAD at HorryAnyMore
Extraordinary Welcome of Own Home Town Synptonoc
Of National Feeine-Whch New ExPresdent Recprocues

his lungs, no rancor in his
heart. The bruises to his
spirit had healed before he
left Washington. The memory
of his triumphs remains.
Truman enjoyed being Presi-
dent. Not for him to say
as Washington once said, II
would rather be in my grave
than in the presidency" Or
as John Adams said. IF ! were
to go over my life again I
would be a shoemaker rather
than an American statesman"
Or Jefferson, "Never did a
prisoner, released from his
chains, feel such relief as I
shall on shaking off the
shackles Of power" Or as
Buchanan wrote Lincoln, IF
you are as happy, my dear sir,
on entering this house, as I
am on leaving it and returning
home, you are the happiest
man in this country" Or as
Lincoln himself said, IF to be
head of hell is as hard as what
I have to undergo, could find
it in my heart to pity Satan
himself"
Rather. he probably would
say with Theodore Roosevelt.
i've had a corking good time
in the White House."
Evening star., 1953-01-24

it to newsmen before Mr.. Dulles
spoke to the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee.
The speech, the State Depart
ment said, had mo relation to
Mr.. Dulles remarks" and Mr..
Dulles considers the episode
closed"
Mr.. Kennan becomes eligible
for retirement in February, 1854.
He has told friends he would like
to serve until then before seri-
ouSly considering retirement.
Dulles Backs New Policy.
During the political cam
paigns Mr.. Dulles sharply criti-
cized the policy of containment
of Soviet power-a policy with
which Mr.. Kennan has long been
identif1ed-and advocated a new
policy of liberation" toward So
Wet satellite states. Mr.. Dulles
reaffirmed his belief in such a
new policy when he spoke be-
fore the Senate Committee.
Mr.. Kennan, in effect de-
Tended the basic line of the con-
tainment policy in his Scranton
speech and argued against the
adoption by the United States
Government Of any policy aimed
at the "disintegration" of any
other government.
Evening star., 1953-01-24

I seem to remember, would
have barred orators from his
ideal republic.
What cannot be hidden
whenever he speaks wholly his
own mind is the forthrightness
of the man, his transparent
sincerity, his steadfast con-
viction. untroubled by any
doubt whatsoever, that de-
mocracy, founded in freedom,
justice, equality, and char
ity-whatever outward forms
it may take and however it
may come short of its ideals
is the only fit government for
men. because it is Gods de-
sign for men-whom God,
nevertheless, inscrutably left
free to choose between the
ways leading to life, or the
ways leading to death.
The address was wholly af-
firmative. Not once did he
mention Stain. Not once did
he speak the word "Commu-
mist" What a relief! Can a
man build a prosperous busi-
ness or create great work of
art, if he is obsessed by his
competitors and rivals? He
spoke of "enemies"-the enc
mics of human dignity. CO.
operation and truth. There
have been other enemies of
these; there may be again; per-
haps there will always be. One
overcomes them, not by vain
argument but by the courage,
persistence, endurance, and
charity of ones own faith.
President Eisenhower has the
free world, and the world
struggling to be free. on his
brain-not communism. That,
in itself, is a change.
And the world that looks to
us with hope has responded.
Faith responds to faith, con-
fidence to confidence-as half
the world prays the Presidents
little private prayer"
Evening star., 1953-01-24
I OF y Industries
In Soviet Union Fail
To Meet 1852 Quota
BY the Assceioted Press

MOSCOW, Jan. 24-The Rus
slams have announced that % out
OF, the Soviet Unions 20 listed in.
dustries hit their production tar.
gets last year, but serious short.
comings still exist.
THE intolerability of such
shortcomings is obvious" the
Communist Party Newspaper
Pravda said yesterday in report
ing the annual communique Of
the Soviet Central Statistical
Administration.
"The State plan Is law. All
enterprises are obliged to meet
the state quotas set for them and
to guarantee the national econ
omy the high quality goods nec-
essary to it,"
Timber Falls Short.
The industries that failed were
heavy machine building, trans
port machinery, agricultural ma
chinery, building materials, tim
Der, fishing and cotton cultiva-
ton. The timber industry had
the poorest showing of this group,
finishing 10 per cent short of its
goal.
The communique said indus
trial production as a whole ex-
ceeded the goal by one per cent.
Vice Premier Georgi M. Malen-
kov announced the 1852 goals
Of several industries at the Soviet
Communist Party Congress here
last october.
They included 35 million
metric tons of steel, ~ million
tons Of rolled steel, IS million
tons of pig iron. 800 million
tons Of coal. At million tons Of
oil and lit billion kilowatt hours
Of electric power.
Far Under U. S. Output.
(These are records by Rus
sian standards. but far short
of United States output in
each case.)
Production increases were not
as steep as in some previous
years, when the base levels were
lower to start with.
The communique said the real
income of salaried workers rose
per cent and that OF peasants
went up 8 per cent in 1852. This
seemed to reflect the effects Of
price reductions announced last
April.
Evening star., 1953-01-24

also top heavy and had among
it's personnel some question
able characters. There is no
doubt that the CIA made
some serious mistakes and has
often given the impression Of
being a haphazard organiza-
ton. Some of its blunders have
received deserved publicity;
others have never reached the
public.
But by and large, and con-
sidering that the CHA started
from scratch less than seven
years ago, it's work has been
fair. It's main drawback was
the lack of continuity of lead
ership. Since 1916 when it was
created there have been four
different directors and each
had his own organizational
ideas.
Moreover, although the CIA
was supposed to be an inde-
pendent agency responsible di-
rectly to the President of the
United States, it was in many
instances 'lnder pressure from
the Secretaries Of State and
Defense. An intelligence agen-
cy which has as many ramifi-
cations and duties as the CIA
can function satisfactorily only
if it has a permanent official
at it's head.
Our FBI has become world
famous beyond any expecta-
ton because j. Edgar Hoover
has remained its director for
more than a quarter of a CEN
tury. He thus has been able
not only to put into effect his
ideas but also to create a corps
of loyal and devoted agents
who place service to the coun-
try above personal interests.
And the G-men are poorly
paid.
The same loyalty and eff
cheney could be achieved in
the CIA if the right man is
placed at its head. Dulles may
be that man. His record so far
shows that he has done an
excellent job whenever he has
been in charge and had a free
hand.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Lowell MeNett:

On the evening of February
6 in a number of cities dinners
will be held in honor of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. The largest
will be that in New York.
Deep-dyed, unreconstructed
New Dealers have been honor
ing F. D. r. in this fashion
each year since 1949, although
not all of the great Presidents
devoted admirers have entirely
approved of the practice.
Some felt that the first dinner
might be considered an af-
front to his loyal successor.
just elected in his own right
and striving manfully to I'LL
his hero'S shoes; that Harry
Truman could regard it as an
unnecessary reminder of his
debt to his predecessor and his
obligation to follow the pat
tern set for him. II Truman
ever had any feeling Of that
kind he gave no evidence Of
it, no indication that he en-
We'd the popular acceptance
of RooSevelt's stature. In
stead he busted himself with
being the best President he
knew how to be, and he was
able to take satisfaction in
making many difficult deci-
sions for which Roosevelt had
left no diagram.
For all the great impress
Truman may have left on our
times, however. it seems little
likely that his admirers will
follow the example of the
Roosevelt devotees and gather
to eat in his honor once each
year. This Roosevelt memorial
is Unique. There are no other
such dinners. Washington's
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Russians Battling 'Gu||ibiIity'
AS Source of Gruvest Crimes

1t claimed he then purchased
another car, drove it to a Black
Sea resort where he sold it for
10000 rubles, making a profit
Of 1000 rubies.
SuperiOrs Blamed.
The Leningrad newspaper
called for the punishment. not
only of Stryapko, who was kicked
out of The Communist Party and
fired from his job, but also Of
the officials whom the paper
said were protecting his hang
erS-on.
In another case, Ukrainian
Pravda called for the punish
ment of the heads of the Ukrain-
ian sugar administration. Falsi-
fed production figures in vari-
Gus sugar combines there report
edly have cost the state hundreds
of thousands of rubles in un-
earned prlZeS.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Fletcher knebei:
Potomac Fever

Ike imposes silence rule his meeting No
talkee-no washee
Interior Secretary Mckay misses the meeting
doctors orders. Charles Wilson oo-brokers'
Defense Boss Wilson tells all his General
Motors holdings Things getting complicated
all the Ike appointees who want
Government bonds Republicans will have the national
debt faster than the Democrats did,
Harold Vance president of Sudebaker, visits
House Ike is still looking for good
who vince at the mention of General Motors
Cabinet officers refuse to discuss their meeting with reporters
Members will follow this rule relgiouun they decide which
columnists their SIDE
Chicago reporter cleared of charges of
Government official! He tme-Washingon
has who do it without half trying.
Great Britain reports that only so Engshmen
of than $16S00 after Shortage pounds
bother the English In fact it's pounds gets many
English girl American husband.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Constantine Brown:
Choice Of Allen Dulles Is Wise
Main Weakness in CIA Has Been Changing Leadership;
New Director Is Willing to Stay as Long as Needed

Allen w. Dulles is slated to
become director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, succeed
ing Gen. Walter Bedell Smith,
who was nominated by Presi-
dent Eisenhower to be Under
secretary of State.
The report of Dulles pro-
spective appointment has Gre
ated a favorable impression in
the Senate. It will be the first
time since creation of the
Superintelligence agency that
its leadership has been en-
trusted to an experienced ci-
william.
The previous directors, all
uniformed men, were Admiral
Sidney Souers, a naval reserve
officer; Gen. Hoyt Vanden-
berg. a West Pointer and pres
emily the Air Chief of Staff;
Rear Admiral Roscoe Hilen-
koetter, an Annapolis grad
uate, and Gen. Smith, a pro-
fesSional soldier.
Dulles, who is a brother Of
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, has had a wide expert
ence in operational intelli-
gence. After spending 10 years
in the Foreign Service he re-
signed to join the law firm of
Sullivan and Cromwell until
the outbreak of the last war,
when he jained Gen. Wild
Bill" Donovan'S OSS. He was
sent to Switzerland to handle
the espionage and under
ground work in Germany and
Switzerland.
Dulles operations are little
known to the public since their
nature must remain even now
a top secret. But he is cred
tied as being the man who &C
tually induced Gen. Kesselring,
the commander of the Nazi
forces on the Italian front, to
start surrender negotiations
with us. This caused an ex-
change of sharp notes between
the late President Roosevelt
and Joseph Stain, who pro-
tested that he was being dou-
ble-crossed because he had not
Evening star., 1953-01-24

birthday and Lincoln's birth
day are celebrated as national
holidays. Dinners are held in
Lincoln's name, but they are
Republican Embarrassing af-
fairs. after the manner of the
Jefferson-Jackson dinners that
help finance the operations of
the Democratic Party. The
Roosevelt dinners seem rather
a spontaneous effort of his
followers to revive the spiritual
exaltation he aroused in them,
particularly in the first years
Of his administration.
The feeling toward Truman
is different. It is chiefly one
of warm good will. Few Presi-
dents incurred as much bitter
hostility in Office, but for few
did this hostility die so quickly
as now seems to be the case
with Truman. When Jackson,
the President whose experience
Truman has deemed most like
his own, left the White House
the hatred Of his enemies fol-
lowed him to his home in Ten
neSsee. Hatred has not fol-
lowed Truman to Missouri.
Jackson, to be sure. had left
behind him a successor of his
own choice. Had Truman been
successful in that respect, the
story today might be different.
AS it is he resumes the
rank of plain citizen buoyed
up by the belief that nobody
is really mad at him, that the
extraordinary welcome ac-
corded by his home town is
symptomatic of the national
feeling. He can devote him.
self to the awkward role Of an
ex-PreSident with no poison in
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Dorothy Thompson:

That the whole world and
all its means of communica-
ton in every continent in every
nation focused upon a few
minutes of time while the
President made his inaugura-
ton address-illustrated more
clearly than any claims. the
fact of American leadership
for better or worse. The fact
destiny inescapable-is that
this Nation is the focus of
hope for all civilized men, and
of hate by the ruthless and
barbarous. o..
President Eisenhower, with
the instinct of a statesman,
knew this and addressed his
first words as President as
much to the world as to Ameri-
ca. He did not address Repub-
licans. There was not the hint
of a chortle over his late oppo-
nents, or of a mess" to be
cleaned up; there was no men,
tion of taxes or the budget.
Instead. in a few sentences, he
summed up the condition of
the century-"a time of tenn
pest Masses of Asia have
awakened to shake off shackles
:. Great nations have fought
their bloodiest wars Z.
Thrones have toppled and their
vast empires have disappeared
New nations have been
born"
How far have we come"
he asked, ''in mans long pill
grimage from darkness to
light? Are we nearing the
light-a day of freedom and
of peace for all mankind? Or
are the shadows of another
night closing in upon us?"
These are not the words of a
facile optimist, confident that
the outcome of history is a
mere matter of units of energy,
or the size of the national in
come. They are the words of a
man who dares to gaze into the
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Suicides Increase

SINGAPORE P.-One hum
dred and twenty-five persons
took their own lives last year
compared to los in 1851. Their
favorite method of suicide was
taking poison, especially caustic
soda. Seven persons threw
themselves from high buildings.
the others killed themselves by
drowning, hanging or using fire.
arms.
Evening star., 1953-01-24

into it before he commits him
SELF" Mr.. Hope said. After all,
the issue doesn't come up for
two years yet"
Senators Eastland, Democrat,
of Mississippi and Young. Re-
publican, of North Dakota yes
terday introduced a bill to set
Government price supports of
basic agricultural commodities at
95 per cent of parity in 1853 and
1854.
Senator Eastland said in a
Senate speech that the higher
parity rate would be "a stopgap
device to bolster sagging farm
income"
Evening star., 1953-01-24
%Free 'Tuxi' Ride

DETROIT P.-A 40-year-old
car washer lurched up to a po-
lice scout car, got in and ordered,
1.-The Clinton Hotel" Instead he
got a free taxi ride to jail
where he was charged with
drunkenness. Later in court the
judge gave him his choice-$l0
or 10 days. A
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Kennan Is Forgiven,
Dulles Will Give Him
New Assignment
By the As.oeia,ed Pres.

Ambassador George Kennan,
an expert on Soviet affairs who
served for five months last year
as United States Ambassador in
Moscow. will be given new as
signment. officials said today.
An apparent divergence of op-
inion between Mr.. Kennan and
Secretary of State Dulles was
smoothed over last night by the
State Department. A depart
ment statement that Mr.. Dulles
regards the affair as a CLOSED
episode" indicated the Secretary
was satisfied Mr.. Kennan had
not deliberately set out to assail
ideas expressed by Mr.. Dulles.
The statement, however. did
nothing to resolve the apparently
real conflict between the basic
ideas expressed by the two men.
Mr.. Dulles accepted Mr.. Ken
mans explanation, in a face-to-
face meeting at the State De-
partment yesterday, that q
speech he delivered January is
at Scranton, Pa, was not de-
signed as criticism of testimony
which Mr.. Dulles gave a day
earlier before a Senate commit
tee.
Kennan'S Explanation.
After the meeting yesterday
the State Department press Of
flee released statement saying
Mr.. Kennan had prepared his
speech, cleared it with other
State Department off1cials-then
still working under former Sec
retary Acheson-and distributed
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Mrs. Eisenhower to Get
Dress From Spuniurds
eY ihe A,,oeiuted Pros,

BARCELONA, Spain. Jan. "a.
Spanish dressmakers say they
are going to present America S
new First Lady with a "typically
Spanish" dress.
The dressmakerS, showing
their spring collections to Amer
ican buyers yesterday. said they
had asked the United States EN-
basSy for Mrs. Eisenhower
measurements and choice of
style. They haven't decided
whether it will be for evening
or day wear.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
3-County Audit Made

RICHMOND, Jan. 24-[P).-
State Auditor j. Gordon Bennett
has approved the accounts and
records of the treasurers Of
Madison, Russell and Henry
counties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-30
EISENHOWER TO OUTLINE
CHANGES IN SPENDING FOR
DEFENSE AT PRESS FARLEY
~ ELTON {. FAV

WASHINGTON "a - President
Eisenhower tells the nation today
what changes he wants to make in
the defense setup and how much
spending can be cut in line with his
administrations goal of effective
ness, efficiency and economy" in
the military.
AS a forum for what the White
House billed as a major pro-
nouncement, the President chose
his weekly news conference. It was
made clear in advance that he
would say how much he thinks can
safely be trimmed from the IS
billion dollar military spending
budget proposed by the Truman
administration.
AS a prelude, Eisenhower told
the u. S. Chamber Of Commerce
last night there is mo excuse for
a wasted penny" But, he added,
he viii never consent to cutting
American defenses below the point
of, safety.
There is nothing--To price
that is too great to pay for the
preservation Of our liberties" he
said.
To lay the groundwork for the
announcement, he called two
White House meetings this morn
ing: one with Republican congress
sional leaders who viii steer his
recommendation through Con-
gress, and the other with the
National Security Council, which
advises the Chief Executive on
foreign and military policies and
relates military plans to the eco
nomic and military capabilities of
the nation.
/ advance Of the news confer
ence, there was general expecta-
tion that Eisenhower would estab-
lish only the overall total, leaving
detailed ALLEGATIONS among the
three armed forces to later an
nouncements.
The President so far has said
at q previous news conference
only that he was confident defense
spending would be cut for the fis-
cal year starting July /. He made
no estimate at that time.
There seemed q possibility that
Eisenhower might also mention
changes recommended by 4 gov
ernment reorganization committee
In the State and Defense Depart
ments. The full report Is expected
to be made public later in the
week.
There had been speculation the
committee might recommend in
creased civilian control at the
Pentagon, with corresponding de-
crease Of military influence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-30
Farm Prices Have
Skidded Again

WASHINGTON WPriess farm.
sgx get for thelr products have
skidded again.
The Agriculture Department re-.
ported yesterday farm product
prices drorped 2 per ceas Hesween
mid March and mid-Apra 10 Land
al q point ilsA per cent below tAal
Is = year aga.
The decline vas ne biggest IA
any one month nnee TIE Essen-
bower adminixtratioa lock essSca
There had previnasly been a.lcnx
deellna. exsandina vel back into
fha Trnman admlnEs1ratscn. hus -
sae preeedinG naonth prieos haa
slinhte back cna.sklrd Il / De-
cenf.
Cattle. mak. soms Krniaa al
vsastsAsss weze aass6 the pssSe
loseEa Hegs. lamha. eKKs ans rec
sect ap. hat nos saaagA = afgses
sAe leases.