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ously sincere and competent.
He knows a lot about agricul-
ture.
Perhaps the impression of
some timidity he gave in
dealing with the Senators
loaded questions reflect the
modesty Of a newcomer or
the Eisenhower order that the
cabinet must get along with
Congress. Still. if he does not
learn to give as good as he
gets, he will find himself in
many tight corners.
There is some disposition
here toward complete cyni-
cism on the farm question.
The timing is not favorable;
the present law expires on the
eve of another election. Some
veterans suggest that if the
farmers won't take free mar
kets, Mr.. Benson will give
them flexible supports: if they
won't take flexible supports,
he will give them high fixed
supports.
They may be right. Here
again. however, is an area in
which President Eisenhower
and his cabinet will never
know what they could win
unless they give it the old COL
lege try. The public is pretty
mad about that butter, and
probably hasn't forgotten the
blue potatoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
Dorothy Thompson:
Short-Ronged View in Europe
When Military Considerations Predominant Over
The Political, Problems Grow in Size and WEIGHT

French government leaders
have arrived in Washington to
present President Eisenhower
and Secretary of State Dulles
with some of the problems tied
in with European unity and
the creation. of a European
army.
The chief of these was aired
by the French Premier, Rene
Mayer, in a speech before he
left France: France has terri
tories and commitments out
side Europe, in Africa and Asia,
which no European" army will
defend and which no French
government will relinquish.
France will not agree that
German military forces should
be stronger on the European
mainland than French. The
financial and manpower ca
pacitieS of France are limited.
Therefore, if the United States
wants a European army, the
United States must take over
most of the financial load of
increasing French forces out
side France-for instance, the
arming of native forces in Indo-
Climate enable French troops
to come home. That will cost
$500 million more than France
has.
President Eisenhower's gov
eminent, however, has prom
ised to reduce taxes and
balance the. budget.
Meanwhile, in Germany,
although the Bundestag has
ratified the European army
treaty, the issue of German
Identification has not died
down; a change in government
might reverse the whole policy,
and there is no West German
army as yet.
The political problems in
volved in the rearmament of
Western Germany had never
been thought through when
our Government launched the
policy at a meeting of allied
foreign ministers in Septem-
Der, 1850. Like many of our
policies, it was a somewhat
hysterical reaction to an
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cial objection-yet-to what
Mr.. Benson has done and was
in fact treasured when he de-
cided to continue to support
butter at 80 per cent of par
ity. It does contend that
markets are largely applied
psychology and that when the
Secretary of Agriculture talks
about the free market for
farmers with parity only as
disaster insurance, he is driv-
ing down prices.
More responsible members
OF this group in both Senate
and House realize that the
abuses of the present program,
including the butter piling up
while the public turns to
cheaper margarine, are eco
nomic nonsense and discredit-
ing the whole policy. They
want the abuses and incon-
Sistencies corrected.
The new Secretary, however,
is much more conservative
than the politicians who are
questioning him. Unless he
yields, struggle is in pros
pect in which it will not be
enough for him to be right,
he must be a master propa-
gandist and astute politician
as we'll.
Secretary Benson Is new
here. He arrives with a repu-
tation for success; he Is obvi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

French Prime Minister Mayer arrives Washington for
hurried conferences They have hurried-nobody
sure how long he'll still be Prime Minister
Ike breakfasts % freshmen Republican Congressman
scrambled and Ike takes his slogan from another
great general u S. Grant, propose
line If it takes all summer"
The Democratic Executive Committee meets Washington
to raise funds This experience the
Democrats figuring out how get moneyinstead
get rid of it,
Congress studies State Department plan to buy 100000
mansion for u N Ambassador Lodge. took the team
long tmebut it finally found spot to spend that
the Democrats had overlooked.
Ike dominates Maj Gen. Harry Vaughan Harry Truman's
aide for continuation Of his Army Vaughan
stuck with President Truman to the end-and Republic
cans will never forget the favor
Senator Taft clears Charles Bohen, likes Ambassador
to Russia After considerable study Republican leaders
decided that Senator Joe Mccarthy overworkng himself and
ought to reinquish at least of his outside jobeither
Secretary Of State President
President Eisenhower attends reception at the
Senator Taft These two fellows getting
which is appropriate enough considering that
branded Taft as the best cattle ruster in the Nation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
Doris FIeeson:
Free Markets for Other Fellow
Agriculture State Senators Have Heard About Farm Vote
So Benson Had Best Find Place to Spread His Butter

The Senate farm bloc,
through its duly chosen
spokesman comprising the
Agriculture Committee, is now
firmly on record that come
what may in the way of Pres
idents. its heart belongs to
the farmer.
The session at which this
was made plain-they Hope
was billed as a report from
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son on what he has been doing
and why. 1t turned into a kind
of Quaker meeting at which
the Senators were moved to
give testimony in behalf of
those commodities most i'm
portant to their States.
Since this was really the
idea in the first place, Mr..
Benson got very little hazing
for his conservative views and
the meeting broke up amicably.
Generally speaking, the Sen
ators yielded to no man in
their admiration for the free
enterprise system and free
markets; they only wanted to
be sure that the Secretary
didn't put it into practice with
the farmers. Their argument.
which is substantially just, is
that the rest of the economy
has strayed rather far from
those ideals, so the farmer
needs protection. too.
The farm bloc has no spe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26

Of smaller ones while still
others have fallen by the way
side. The entry Of new COM
petitors has also been proved
possible M the auto industry
Notwithstanding the leadership
of q few large companies. The
KaiSer-Frazer Co. entered the
field in recent years and only
this week purchased the
WHY'S Overland Co., thus
making the combined opera
ton more efficient than either
OF the predecessor companies
had been before.
The argument for the capt.
talistic system-namely, that
it produces goods at low cost
to the consumer, pays high
wages, and gives individual
initiative a chance to be re-
warded-is bitterly attacked
not only by Communists here
and abroad but by radicals in
America and Socialists in
Britain who argue that a state
monopoly is more desirable
than a privately owned system.
The effort to bring about a
system of public ownership of
certain industries, which has
succeeded in part in Great
Britain. has been for many
decades sponsored by so-called
liberal and radical groups in
America, too. Indeed a move
ment to take over the steel in
dustry has had support inside
the Democratic administra-
ton from officials who
threatened that unless the
steel companies increased their
plants they might find the
Government doing it for them.
Steel capacity has been in
creased by the industry itself
in the last few years under
Government pressure. but it
remains to be seen whether
idle plants built at high cost
will plague the industry as it
tries to bring it's prices down
when demand falls off.
There is no effective substi-
tute for a freely operated COM
petitive economy.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
Civil Defense 10 Ask
S123 10 Sis Million
BY the Assoeioted Press

Val Peterson, the new Federal
civil defense administrator, said
today he expects to ask Congress
for about 1923 to $125 million
for his agency for the year start.
ing July l.
Mr.. Peterson described that az
"a very modest request" COM
pared with previous budget pro-
posals of $4O0 to 5000 million a
year for civil defense, and said
it will be "a bedrock minimum"
In the past, Congress never
voted more than 500 million
a year.
Former President Truman rec
commended $3.50 million for civil
defense in the year starting July
l, but the entire budget he SUBJ
mitted to Congress is being re-
viewed by the Eisenhower ad.
ministration.
Mr.. Peterson said he will not
hesitate to ask for and fight for
more money" if it is found to be
needed, but said he first wants
the civil defense program of the
new administration to take shape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26

trolls are being lifted, there are
some products and raw ma
terials which have gone up
slightly in price while others
have come down. Sometimes
price rises are necessary after
controls are lifted so as to cor
rect inequities in the cost
picture which couldn't be
cured under controls. But, in
the long run, prices are
brought down as efficiency
with new machinery makes
quantity production less and
less expensive. Obviously the
Chrysler Co. thinks it can sell
more cars at the lower prices
than it did when output was
limited by Government con-
troll.
But the true Importance of
the price reduction by the
Chrysler Corp. is that it
emphasizes the return of a
supply-and-demand situation
in America. This is the
healthiest sign that has ap-
peared on the business horizon
for many years. It is an APP
plication of the basic principle
that no monopoly should be
permitted to hold up the con-
sumner by a concerted arrange
ment of competitors to fix
prices. Unfortunately, there
are monopolistic factors that
are not covered by law. Thus,
a Nationwide bargaining
instrument in the form of a
big labor union nowadays can.
in effect, fix the price of i'm
portant products by fixing the
labor cost. The larger COM
panieS can absorb the extra
expense, but the smaller ones
often cannot. Yet they are ex-
pected to pay the same rates
of wages as the bigger fellows.
This results in forcing smaller
companies to beg the larger
ones to take them over, and
that's one way competition is
cut down.
The automobile industry is a
sharply competitive industry
and in its history many large
companies have been built out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
Lowell MeHett:
Lowell WeHet
Why Mccarthy Was Repu|sed
Administration Must Make Stand Give Up Any Pretense
Of Responsible Government Has the Senator Learned?

Sooner or later it had to
happen. The President and
his administration had to
draw a line over which they
would not permit Senator Nc
Carthy to plant his hob
nailed boots, and finally they
have done it. It was either
do this or abandon any pre-
tense of responsible govern
ment. In the case of the Pres
ldent, it had to be done if he
hoped to hold together in his
and the country's service the
group of important and self
respecting business leaders he
had brought to Washington.
He could not expect men like
Defense Secretary Wilson and
Treasury Secretary Humphrey,
for example, to accept the
sort of reckless interference
with their operations they
were witnessing in the case of
State Secretary Dulles. He
could not expect Mr.. Dulles
himself to accept it indefi-
nitely. So the line was drawn
and Mccarthy, having stepped
over it, has now been thrown
back on his head.
Whether the Wisconsin can
didate for President has
learned his lesson remains
to be seen. The same
applies to other members of
the Senate and House who
have been inclined to move
within his shadow. In his book,
SANDER no doubt is still the
supreme political weapon and
ignorant fear still the great
source of votes. Perhaps the
most that can be anticipated is
that Mccarthy will not soon
again tackle anybody his own
size, but will revert to his war
on people less able to defend
themselves. He must attack
somebody, must keep On the
offensive. This is essential
strategy for any politician who
Is himself vulnerable.
But it seems unlikely that
Mccarthy will pick another
fight with the President, as he
did In the case Of Ambassador
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
A Healthy Sign for Business
Auto Price Cut by ChrysIer Emphasizes Return of
y-ond-Dernond Situation in America
David Lowrence:

The American system Of free
competition has been vindi-
Gated not only by the removal
of Government controls but
by the announcement that one
large motorcar manufacturer,
without regard to what its
competitors might do, has
boldly reduced prices.
For many years now the
American people have had it
dinned in their ears that
American industry is controlled
by trusts which fix prices and
that a few large companies, by
dominating the field, control
the market for their products.
Democrats have inveighed
against what they called
"oligopoly" and demagogues
in trade-union forums have
denounced large business as
monopolistic.
The demonstration which
the Chrysler Corp. has just
given effectively refutes any
such argument. For the an
nouncement of a price de-
crease does not necessarily
mean that all companies will
follow suit, though some of
them may do so. This would
not be the first time that a
price reduction by one manu-
facturer has been met with
the statement by others that
their products were already
low enough or in line with the
market.
The significance of the
Chrysler action is that the
public generally has been
asked to believe, ever since
price controls were imposed a
decade or more ago, that re-
movsl of restrictions on price
or output necessarily leads to
higher prices to the consumer.
Again and again the Demo-
cratic administrations have
insisted on retaining laws to
continue price restrictions so
as really to influence the
course of the economy, while
opponents have argued for
freedom from such restraints.
Today, as most of the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26

the lofty attitude that a So.
viet-French-British economic
understanding might pave the
way toward the end Of the cold
war and would benefit Amer
lea.
A French mission composed
OF the most important men in
France: the Prime Minister,
the Foreign Minister. the
Minister for Indo- China, and
the Minister of Finance, ar
rived in Washington yeSter.
day to talk over with the adj
mlniStration a number Of
problems concerning Frances
financial structure, which is as
shaky as ever; the war in Indo-
China. and German rearm.
ament. Although the distin-
guished Frenchmen have been
IN town only a few hours, the
impression has already been
gained that insofar as the
Far Eastern situation is con.
cerned. France would now be
lcath to do anything which
might impair her future rela.
tlonshlp with the Communist
Peiping government. Unlike
Britain. the French have not
recognized the Mao Tze-tung
regime. When the idea of a
close military cooperation ex.
tending from Korea to Indo.
China was first preached by
Marshal JUN. Frances top
military man, more than q
year ago in Washington, no
such concern was then ex.
pressed. Neither did Marshal
JUN make any such reserva-
tionS when he discussed the
common problem with Gen.
Mark Clark last month at
Pusan. But it is now limited
that Marshal JUN was talk
ing only as a military man in
terested in a sound military
concept. It was not his func-
ton to bring political matters
into the discussions. The fact
that the men responsible for
Frances domestic and foreign
policies hint now at the diff
culties of a collaboration
which may involve a blockade
of the China coast and opera
tions by Chang Kai-shek
against Red territories raises
the suppoSition that France
may be willing to nibble at the
recent bait from the Kremlin
If she finds the United States
less understanding" Of the
French problems now than in
the past.
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designate Bohlen, the Presi-
dents choice for the Moscow
post. That he picked this fight
would be difficult to under
stand were it not for the fact
that he has been feeding on
the stuff that would have
given even a Caesar big ideas.
Fresh from a victorious cam
paign, one in which he had
forced the embarrassed in
dorsement of Eisenhower, he
came back to Washington. And
he didn't come filled with the
humility his political rescuers
had hoped for. He had brought
Gen. Eisenhower into line,
hadn't he? Well, he would
keep him there. So began the
pressure on the State Depart
ment. And the retreat Of the
department, step by step, up
to the line finally drawn by the
Secretary and the President.
And the decisive defeat on that
line.
There may be a moral in
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this for the lesser McCarthys
in the Senate and House, but
that isn't certain. Fighting
the Reds, real and imagined,
may still have all it's demon
strated political appeal. Rep
resentative Ve1de shocked the
country when, as chairman of
the House Un-American Com
mittee. he suggested the pos
sibility of an investigation of
the churches. But few OBJ
servers expect any action by
the House in the nature of a
rebuke, as proposed by Rep
reSentative F. D. Roosevelt, jr.
After all, there were only two
votes in the House against the
greatly increased appropria-
ton for that committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
0H-Shore Lands Issue
Deferred Until April 7
BY the Associotsd Press

Senate leaders have aban-
doned any idea of taking up the
controversial submerged lands
legislation before Easter.
Senate Majority Leader Taft
told reporters yesterday he ex-
poets to call up the legislation
on the Senate floor Tuesday,
April Z, after the brief Easter
recess. The Senate, he said,
then will meet on the bill every
day until it comes to a vote.
The House will take up the
issue Monday and reach a vote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
probably Wednesday, clearing il
before Easter,

DeIOre EASIER.
Meanwhile, the Senate In
terror Committee continued it's
elaboration on various proposals
for administration of the off,
shore submerged lands. Acting
Chairman Gordon said no de-
cisions were reached on multi
tude of proposed amendments.
Another close-door meeting was
set for today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-26
Waterways Chief Sworn In

WOyS ~UTSI SWVTW III
Louis S. Rothschild, Kansas
City businessman, was sworn in
yesterday as chairman of the adj
visory board which operates the
Governments Inland Water
ways Corp.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
EN- with this
Tied and True TRIO
PIE CRUST
So Simple

Easy as pier became popular en-
preston when Fl 20 was Introduced.
And now the new FLAKO package
makes handsome pies easier than ever.
You ret full 10 ounces. No more
skimping even on big 81 doubIecrsIsts
Evening star., 1953-11-15

spiral effect. Bake at 400 degrees IS
to 20 minutes.
Honey Buns
One 14A ounce box hot roll mix,
"a cup seedless raisinS, "a cup honey,
"a cup butter, melted, and "a cup
all-bran cereal.
Prepare roll mix according to direc-
tions on the package, adding raisins
while mixing. Let rise until doubled
in bulk. Mix honey, butter and bran.
Roll dough into balls the size of golf
ball Dip each ball into the honey
mixture and place loosely on
creased tubular cake pan such as an
angel food cake pan. Let rise until
doubled in bulk. Bake Is minutes at
375 degrees.
Raisin Cranberry Mullins
Three -fourths cup SeedleSS raisins,
"a cup raw cranberries, " cup granu-
lated sugar, cups sifted enriched
flour, teaspoons baking powder, "a
teaspoons salt, / egg, l cup milk, 3
tablespoons melted butter or mar
garine.
Rinse and drain raiSinS and cram
berries. Put through food-chopper,
using coarse grind. Add IA cup sugar.
Sift together remaining sugar, flour,
baking powder, and salt. Combine
beaten egg, milk and melted butter,
add to dry ingredients. Stir only until
blended. Fold in fruit mixture. Fill
creased muffin pan "a full. Bake in
425- degree oven 20 to Is minutes.
Evening star., 1953-11-15

together to seal Let rise until doubled
(about As minutes). Bake a. $50 de-
greeS about 20 minutes When cool,
brush with confectioners' icing Makes
about dozen twists.
Curled Coffee Cake
Two and one-half cups sifted en-
riched -four, 4 teaspoons baking pow
der, "a teaspoon salt, tablespoons
sugar, 70 cup shortening, 1K2 cups
rolled oats (quick or old-fashioned
uncooked), 2 eggs, beaten, "a cup milk
Topping: "a cup melted butter, l2 cup
brown sugar, u cup pecan halves.
Sift together dry ingredients except
oats. Cut in shortening until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Mix in oats.
Combine eggs and milk; add to dry
ingredients, mixing lightly until mix
ture is dampened, Turn out on we'll
Toured board; knead gently few
times. Divide dough into portions.
Form each part into long roll about
l inch in diameter Coil long roll
OF the dough around the inside OF
creased 10-inch frying pan. Brush
with melted butter. Sprinkle with
brown sugar. Join the next long roll
to this one, coiling it toward the CEN
ter of the frying pan; brush with
melted butter and sprinkle with
brown sugar Continue in this way
until all the long rolls of dough are
used and the frying pan is filled
Place pecan halves fairly close to-
gether to outline the coils and give
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-20
See how little Il costs to be safe on
BE- Goodrich TubeIess Tires

OYOu may have heard
your friends praise BIG
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it seals punctures instantly
.. the new skid-defying grip
block tread the patented
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dangerous bruise blowouts.
Now see how little it costs to
get LIFE SAVER safety on
your car! Convenient terms,
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-08-15
MRS. JORDAN is GUEST
SPEAKER AT YOUTH
DAY" IN BUCHANAN

Miss Elizabeth Jordan,
executive director of Lula
Williams Branch YWCA
was guest speaker for the
youth Day" service at
Buchanan last Sunday morn
ing. Miss Jordan is an en-
thuSiastic and conscientious
worker among young wo-
men Whenever called upon
to speak on a youth pro-
gram, she is perfectly at
home. Her message last Sun
day morning was filled with
helpful and inspiring infor-
nation from start to fin
ish. She was greatly enjoy
ed by both young and adults
of her audience.
Music for the occasion
was furnished by the Jun
Tor Choir of the church,
under the direction of Mrs.
M. H. Guerrant, with Mrs.
q. Nelson at the piano.
After the morning service
Rev. F. f. Alexander, Miss
Jordan and Mrs. Guerrant
were entertained at dinner
in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger w. Terry.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-08-15
Man Is Murdered
In Own Front Yard
By Thrown Rock

location of Barbour's home,
it was impossible to rush
him to the hospital. He was
a large man and had to be
brought the entire distance
from his home to the high
way in single bed. Bar
bour's home is higher on the
mountain than any other in
the Newtown community
located along the G. & o Rail
way at the edge of the Blue
Ridge Mountain.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-08-15
Cornerstone Laying For Nev
YWCA Set For Sunday, august 30

Sunday, August 30, 1858,
the Cornerstone ceremony
for the new Branch YWCA
building will be held on the
site of the building, corner
Orange avenue, and Peach
Road. The program will be
announced later. All mem
bers of the YWCA, the
friends who assisted in the
campaign by soliciting or
giving toward the building
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-08-15
GREENSBORO SINGERS
AT SWEET UNION CHURCH

The intermediate Gospel
Singers of Greensboro, N. G..
will render a program at
S w e It Union Baptist
Church, Rev. William Gill
bert, pastor, Sunday, Aug
ust 16, at 800 p. m. A
large crowd is expected to
attend.