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Evening star., 1953-08-05
Nationalist

some of it is bound to rub off
on him.
He is, of course, on notice
that the dozen or so national
lists are not above fishing in
troubled waters even though
said waters are plainly marked
Republican.
Their candidates for the
leadership were Senators
Bricker or Dirksen. Bricker
is enraged by administration
rejection of his constitutional
amendment which would re-
strict the Presidents treaty
making powers. He has COM
planned that Knowland didn't
give him a break on letting it
come to the Senate floor.
The White House, of course,
is the great loser by the ma
jority leadership change. No
Senator can acquire overnight
either Taft'S knowledge or his
prestige.
1t was never really practical
for President Eisenhower to
keep his party politics in Taft'S
name, as for all intents and
purposes he did as long as pos
sible. No one now can lead
except the President. If he
does not do it, it will be so
much the worse for the many
difficult problems scheduled
for action next year.
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Thomas L. Stokes

In politics and government,
as in other segments of our
society, it is often true that
the barn door is locked after
the horse is stolen, to borrow
a moss-encrusted saying.
At least that comes to mind
in reading one of the messages
that President Eisenhower sent
to Congress just before it ad-
journed, in the light of what
happened in the session. The
President recommended a
balanced program" for con-
servation of our land and
water resources which, he said,
''is high priority business for
all of us"-that is, at the next
session of Congress.
Before the Republican Con-
gress got under way, back on
February 2, Gen. Eisenhower
called attention in his first
message to Congress to "the
vast Importance to this Nation
now and in the future of our
soil and water, our forests and
minerals. and our wildlife re-
sources"
But, between these two
statements, certain forces in
Congress, prodded by powerful
interests outside, have been
very busy and have made a
headstart toward exploiting
our natural resources for self
ish private interests and not
the public interest. If they
can carry on during the next
session, then the barn door
really will be locked after the
horse is stolen.
They don't pay any atten-
tion to statements from Presi-
dents-never have; unless. that
is, a President shows he will
back up what he says.
There was, however, one
statement, just a line. from
Gen. Eisenhower to which they
did pay attention. This was
when, at a news conference
several weeks ago. he called
IVA in Tennessee an example
of what he meant by creeping
socialism"
They took this as a cue,
however the President in
tended it, and thereafter they
chalked up several successes in
Congress. One was passage by
the House of the bill handing
over projected further power
development at Niagara Falls
to i've utilities. That fortu-
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Thonos [. Stokes
Conservation and Spo|iotion
One View Compares Administration Attitude on Resources
With Locking Barn Door After the Spokesman Is Let Out

Canyon to be built by the Gov
ernment.
During the campaign and
since. Gen. Eisenhower has
called up the name of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, as in his most
recent conservation message
when he said: Our basic
problem is to carry forward the
tradition of conservation, i'm
provement and wise use and
development of our land and
water resources policy 1n1-
tiated so years ago under the
leadership of President Theo-
dore Roosevelt"
At the risk Of being imperti-
nent, it is suggested that it is
taking the name OF Theodore
Roosevelt in vain to identify
some of the things going on
here now with him. He
wouldn't have tolerated them
for a minute. Furthermore,
he did not just issue state
ments from the White House
periodically, but threw himself
into the middle of the battle.
This Theodore Roosevelt
simile is being overdone-that
is, if you know your American
history.
Evening star., 1953-08-05

said at yesterdays hearing that
he wonders whether the problem
of abuses is as extensive as it
seems. He said emphasis in the
press and elsewhere" is usually
on "the relatively few instances
of trouble and abuse" at COM
mittee hearings, whereas most
committee hearings are con-
Quoted in fairness and thorough
ness for all concerned.
Mr.. Smith declared, however,
that some effective and equitable
solution must be found to cope
with "badgering of witnesses"
and blackening of names before
the persons involved have ade-
quate opportunity to reply. He
said also that, on the other
hand, some way will have to be
found to protect conscientious
committees against grossly de-
f1ant or abusive witnesses.
FavOrs Uniform Code.
Irving Ferman, Washington
director of the American Civil
Liberties Union, told the sub
committee his organization ia
vors a uniform code of procedure
for committee Investigations,
Main safeguards, he said, should
be provided so that the legiti-
mate right Of privacy of wit
nesses will not be invaded and
that questioning be pertinent to
a clearly defined scope of each
investigation.
w. Cameron Burton, president
of the District Bar Association,
and A. K. Shipe, a member of
the associations committee that
recently suggested rules of pro-
cedure for congressional investi-
eating committees, urged the
subcommittee to recommend
Evening star., 1953-08-05
The Big Tax Scandal Of 7948
House Ways and Means Investigation Called Answer
To Those Who Would Curb Congress Probe Power
David Lawrence

All those persons who have
been denouncing congressional
committee investigations and
their procedures may be
shocked to learn that the big
gest tax scandal in recent years
has just been exposed by a
subcommittee of the House
Ways and Means Committee.
The episode happened in
1948. For more than four
years, the regular departments
and agencies of the executive
branch Of the Government had
every opportunity to uncover
the affair and to punish any,
one guiltYof wrongdoing. Why
didn't they do it? Perhaps be-
cause no such information
came to them as now has been
furnished to the congressional
committees which are inveSti-
eating the tax scandals under
the Truman administration.
Why wasn't such informa-
ton made available? Perhaps
because the Democratic Ma
tional Committee headquar-
ters was itself implicated, and
Federal employees as a rule
don't go around getting into
trouble with the headquarters
of the party in power.
The facts are startling: We'll
burn S. Mayock, who says he
was counsel to the Democratic
National Committee in 1948, is
an attorney here with a prac-
tice in tax cases. He was re-
vealed on Monday before the
House committee as having
been paid $65.0O0 in cash by
William S. Lasdon, a drug
manufacturer whose own at
torneys had told him that they
couldn't persuade the Bureau
of Internal Revenue to give
him a favorable ruling and
that he had better abandon
his efforts to derive a benefit
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Why Mr.. Dulles Went to Korea
His Main Objective Reported as DspeIne Some Of Rhees
Msqvngs About Our Position at the Peace Conference

government will lower its
guard. The Is South Korean
combat divisions will be given
further intensive training
while American forces outside
Korea will be ready on short
notice to support those re-
naming in Korean territory
during the armistice.
Thus there is a definite un-
derstanding between the two
governments that nothing must
be neglected to forestall one
of those surprise moves in
which the Communists excel.
The main objective of Mr..
Dulles visit to Seoul is. how
ever, to dispel some misgiv-
ings of Mr.. Rhee's about our
position at the peace confer
ence to be held in October,
provided the enemy does not
break the ceaSe-flre agreement
in the meantime.
Our European allies who
have sent small forces to Ko-
rea are far less suspicious Of
the Reds than we are. They
are also far less interested in
the future of Korea, as a uni
fled democratic republic. They
are willing to strike give
and-take bargain with the
Reds which we suspect will
provide more give than take.
Mr.. Dulles, like Mr.. Rhee,
knows that at the peace table
we who don't intend to re-
ward aggression will be out
numbered by those allies whose
interest in the Far East has
become exclusively CONNER
cial. The recent deals between
Peiping and British and French
businessmen amounting to
some 500 million are highly
indicative of the position those
two United Nations members
will take toward Red China,
the main aggressor in the Far
East, at the prospective con-
ference.
There have been some mis-
givings recently that under
Evening star., 1953-08-05

the average conference
showed up for Tuesdays ses-
sion.
Their discussions were har-
monious and brief. No oppo-
sition appeared to Mr.. Know
land. Senator Ferguson of
Michigan, who will be up next
year against the attractive
Gov. G. Mennen Williams,
wanted to be chairman of the
Republican Policy Committee
for the attention it might bring
him. This, too, was agreed to
peaceably.
Experienced Republican Sen
ators say they are well pleased.
They would have liked more
experience in that crucial aisle
seat and a little more seasoned
judgment. They would have
gotten behind Senator Milli-
kin, their witty legal brain,
had his health permitted him
to vie for the honor.
But they give Senator
Knowland generous credit for
his performance this past
crowded month. They wish
he were a little less serious,
and they say they prefer to
be led, not pushed. However.
they seem to feel confident
that he will see so much hui
man nature on his new job,
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

White House vacation chan-"No Congress- burning
books-nor McCarthys dirty looks"
Ike sends thanks to Congress quits The Democrats
did yeomans job of carrying for the Republicans
tread in.
Senate Republicans elect William California
their leader. Knowland is the acrobat
He carries the world shoulders keeps to the ground
and his the White House
Republican Gov. Lee of Utah admins
Taon has failed to cut excessive spending
the Republicans made good start They eliminated
of useless campaign promises
The Eisenhower full stomach" campaign Germany
bound to succeed Either We'll fill the East
with oodor those of their Communist ulcers
The Republican Congress to return to work until
after Christmas Democrats contend this violation the
free enterprise system-they
compete with Santa Claus
Evening star., 1953-08-05

practice for tax cases to be ex-
pedited to settlement unless
some important influence is
exerted. The merits of the
issues in the tax case are mat
ters that tax lawyers or judges
would have to decide. But it
does seem strange that con-
clusions reached by the tech
nical staff of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue were reversed
even though they had been ac-
cepted as probably correct by
the clients regular lawyers,
who didn't see fit to take it to
the United States Tax Court.
They could have filed an ap-
peal if they thought they had
a good case.
But Lasdon said he was told
how he could get a favorable
settlement, and he paid the
money to the lawyer in WASH
ington who had the influence
to get something done that his
own attorneys couldn't accom-
plish.
The whole affair smells bad.
Explanations will have to be
forthcoming from all who were
directly or indirectly con-
cerned. What better way, there
fore, is there to check on the
operations of the executive
branch of the Government and
it's employees than by congress
sional committees? That's the
traditional American way, and
it will be a sad day for honest
government and for the well
fare of the American people if
the power of investigating COM
mitteeS is impaired either by
hamstringing rules or by the
Sabotaging tactics of an OBJ
structionist minority which
could protect a previous admin
istration from being investi-
gated simply by refusing to
allow the majority to function.
Reproduction Rights ReserveO
Evening star., 1953-08-05
By Robert K. Walsh

The job of inquiring into con-
gressional committee invesCiga-
tion methods has turned up so
many problems of policy. pro-
cedure, and perhaps personali-
ties, that a special House group
has decided to make haste slowly
when Congress reconvenes in
January.
This was indicated by Repre-
sentative Scott, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, chairman of q
rules subcommittee which today
began a five months respite from
hearings. Members will have no
summer or autumn recess from
study of voluminous testimony,
legislative and judicial records,
and suggestions from numerous
organizations and citizens.
The subcommittee yesterday
suspended its sessions after
hearing two House members
closely identified with the in
veStigative process. It also re-
ceived recommendations from
Spokesmen for the District Bar
Association and the American
Civil Liberties Union. In jan
uary it plans to hear represen-
tatives of other bar associations,
national labor organizations,
Government employe groups, and
the Justice Department.
Sees Need for CredO.
Mr.. Scott said study thus far
has shown need for some sort of
declaration of principles for the
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Doris FIeeson-
KnoWIond as Majority Leader
Furry Of Opposition Led by the New Nationalist
Against Californian Never Got Out of CIookrooms

A representative conference
of Republican Senators went
} straight down the middle of
their faction-ridden majority,
picking up youth and vigor as
dividends when it named Sem
ator Knowland to succeed the
late Senator Taft as majority
leader.
A furry of opposition from
the new nationalists, led by
Senators Bridges and McCar-
thy, never got out of the cloak
rooms. The strategy of this
group was to promote the party
divisions and elect one of their
own number. The tactic they
tried to employ was delay.
1t was disrespectful to Mr..
Taft to rush through his sue
ceSSor. they argued. They also
said too few Senators would be
left in Washington for an ef-
fective meeting Tuesday; the
choice should be delayed until
next January.
Senator Knowland, who cut
his legislative teeth in the brisk
California wars, quietly said he
could not accept the response
bility of continuing as acting
leader for so long an interval.
The second argument of the
dissidents lost force when 80
SenatorS-as many as attend
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nately was held up in the Sem
ate, where it will be deferred
until next session. Helping to
postpone the precipitate &C
ton sought by the utilities was
Gov. Dewey of New York, who
came here in person to oppose
the bill and urge, instead, de-
velopment by the New York
State Power Authority, as has
been the policy for 80 years.
Another victory for the
Spoilsmen was hamstringing
of rural electric cooperative
expansion in Oklahoma and
Missouri in conjunction with
the Southwest Power Admin
iStration, previously discussed
here, which is feared as an
opening assault in a far-f1ung
war against REA all over the
country. They almost were
successful, too, in stopping
research in conservation, for
estry, upper stream control
and the like by IVA, one of its
most important services to
people in the valley. They won
a death sentence for the re-
search program in the House,
but the Senate salvaged a sub
stantial part of it.
This is sample of what was
going on, so that Gen. EiSen-
hover seemed a bit late in sug-
costing in his message that,
before Congress adjourned, it
would be useful to focus at
tention on some of our basic
land and water resource prob
lens and to point the way for
constructive efforts to improve
the management and use of
these resources" Attention al
ready has been focused that
way-and not exactly for con-
Structive purposes.
Nor has the change. of
course. been only in Congress.
It has been aided and abetted
by replacement of key person.
mel in regulatory agencies,
known colloquially as pack
ing" including the Federal
Power Commission. Pending
now before the FPC is a test
of great import for the whole
future water conservation poll
icy in whether the Snake River
along the Idaho Oregon border
shall be developed piecemeal
by the Idaho Power Co. or its
full potentials harnessed by q
single great dam at Hells
Evening star., 1953-08-05
House Group Studying Probes
Finds Need for Careful STEPS

guidance of committees" But
the subcommittee, he explained,
will have to go deeper into the
subject before deciding whether
it should recommend a code or
"set of ground rules" suggest
that individual committees make
their own rules as many already
do, or submit to Congress an
overall plan for conducting of
hearings.
The subcommittee intends to
approach the matter on a long
range basis instead of attempting
to cope with specific immediate
complaints Of abuses or short
comingS in committee investiga-
tive operations.
A main concern, according to
Mr.. Scott, is for the protection
of the rights Of individuals testi-
flying before a committee or
otherwise involved in investiga-
UAOA1o' 4NO 4Coo AAIPO1 CdIlC, A4C Od1O,
is the safeguarding and strength
ening of the authority of Con-
gress to investigate.
Will Look Into Abuses.
The subcommittee will look
into what Mr.. Scott described
as considerable abuses that are
alleged" He promised that his
group will attempt to "evaluate"
them in connection with it's
overall purpose.
In this connection, Represent
ative Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, subcommittee member,
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uniform regulations or princi-
pies.
Members Cite Problems.
Representative Meader Re-
publican, of Michigan, former
chief counsel of the old Senate
War Investigating Committee,
and Representative Doyle. Dem
ocrat, of California, member of
the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee, testified earlier
yesterday.
Mr.. Meader advised against
applying a hard-and-fast set of
rules. He warned it might be
abused by recalcitrant witnesses
or their attorneys and thus ham,
per if not nullify the fact find
ing work Of committees.
Mr.. Doyle reported that his
committee is making good prog
ress" in improving procedures,
but that even more specific safe
guards should be spelled out. He
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Daylight Burglar Takes
ST 500 in Cash, Gems

More than $1,000 in money
and jewelry was stolen yesterday
by a daylight burglar who en-
tered the home Of Mrs. Sophie
Shuman, 60, of 1139 Allison street
NV.
Mrs. Shuman left the house
between 10:15 and 2:45 pm, and
during those hours the thief en-
tered through an open front win.
dow, she told police.
Evening star., 1953-08-05

amounting to 81 million or
more.
Then came a couple Of New
York men who steered Lasdon
to Mayock in July, 1948. BY
September, 1948, Mayock had
gotten a favorable ruling
through the intercession of
high Treasury officials.
Mayock tells with amazing
franknesS what he did with
the money. He might have
claimed immunity under the
fifth amendment on the
ground that his testimony
might incriminate him-for it
is evident that some of the
laws relating to campaign con-
tributions may have been vio-
lated by him. Courageously,
Mayock told the whole story.
Out of the SOS, 900, a contri-
button of $50, 900 was given to
the Democratic national cam
paign fund to help elect Tru-
man. Mayock says the party
needed funds badly. He says
he knew it was illegal for an
individual to donate $4,000 to
a presidential campaign fund,
so he arranged to split it into
sums of $4,000 and he ar
ranged for individuals to con-
tribute equal amounts. Then
he reimbursed them out of his
100000 fund. Actually, that's
common practice in politics.
1t is illegal, but seldom are the
offenders caught at it because
usually it occurs through gifts
within ones own family.
What isn't common practice,
however, is for a lawyer to
take case before the Treasury
Department and then ask for
payment in cash from his
client for as large a sum as
$65,000 so there would be no
record of a transaction by
check. Also, it Is not common
Evening star., 1953-08-05
Constantine Brown

Secretary OF State Dulles
discussions with Korea's Presi-
dent Rhee are, expected to
clear up whatever feelings Of
political discomfort" may
exist between the two repub-
lies after the final signature
of the armistice.
A number of declarations
made recently in Washington
and Seoul have been misin-
terpreted. Some official state
ments here have given the
impression that the United
States might under certain
conditions prove less firm over
the question Of unifcation of
Korea at the peace table.
Some of Rhee's utterances
have been described as dan
gerous to the truce and an
indication that he might un-
expectedly act on his own
regardless Of consequences to
the common interests.
According to those who have
followed from the inside the
developments here and in
Seoul there is little likelihood
that anything of the kind
might occur.
But in order to establish a
formal continuity of policy
between the two countries
which have made the greatest
effort in the war and have
also suffered the greatest losses
in blood and substance, a
definite agreement between
America and the Korean re-
public is considered essential.
Both governments have no
illusions about the value of the
Communist promises in regard
to the armistice. They con-
tinue to fear that it may be
broken by the enemy without
warning long before the 80
days preceding a peace con-
ference are over.
Both governments have an
equal interest in meeting this
condition swiftly. Neither the
United States nor the ROK
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,ne Of Rhee's

the pressure Of our allies and
some self-styled liberal politi-
cal groups in this country the
administration may yield at
the conference table. Mr..
Dulles is said to have full
authority to assure the ROK
government that while we
shall do our utmost to obtain
a genuine. honorable peace in
the Far East, there will be no
appeasing compromises regard
less of what pressure our allies
may put on us.
The Secretary of State will
also talk over with the South
Korean President the question
of who shall participate in the
politilal conference. At the
present time, the nations
which have had the least to
do with the fighting in Korea
are trying to become the lead
ers and chief spokesmen for
the U. N. at the peace parleys.
India, for instance, which
has kept a neutrality leaning
to the Reds and contributed
to the u. N. effort in Korea a
mere field ambulance unit
which it later withdrew, in
tends to play the leading role
at the conference.
Prime Minister Nehru knows
that he will be supported fully
in this claim by Britain, most
of the Commonwealth nations
and the Asia Arab bloc. Few
of the latter have made the
slightest effort to fight the Red
aggression. This attitude is
likened to the preposterous de-
mands of a small minority
group having only an insig-
nif1cant number of shares in q
corporation and yet wanting
to dictate the policies OF the
organization.
Mr.. Dulles will assure the
ROK President that we shall
make every effort to prevent
those nations which have not
participated in the campaign
from having a determining
voice at the peace table.
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suggested that lawyers for wit
nesses be allowed to question
them under certain circum-
stances ito make certain that
their stand is clear" He also
suggested that committee mem
bers as well as witnesses keep
Uempers, patience, and tongues
in balance"
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"A. {. Nicely
Rites tuesday

CLARIDON - Rites were
held at 2 pm. Tuesday, in the
Burr Funeral Home, for Alex
ander Claar Nicely, member of
the Cleveland Heights Police
force, the Rev. Charles Strong,
pastor of Pilgrim Christian
church officiating. Burial was
in Crown Hill cemetery, Twins
burg.
Mr.. Neely died Unexpectedly
Saturday at his home on Spen-
Ger Rd., Claridon. He formerly
resided in Munson, and had
been a resident of this area 20
years.
He was born in Jackson, o.,
September 9, 1888, and was
married October Is, 1909, to
Miss Ruth Cassel. Surviving
with her are his mother, Mrs.
Effie Neely, daughter, Mrs.
Ruth G. Lindbeck, Euclid; three
sons, Charles A, East Cleve-
land, and William c. and John
H. of Chardon; nine grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicely reared two
of the grandchildren, Robert
and Charles.