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made himself available to Wis
itors and correspondents.
At noon, to newsreel photog-
raphers on the terrace of his
home, Adenauer held a huge
free-wheeling press conference.
He is adept at this, almost in
the Roosevelt style, not heSi-
tating to thrust personally at
a questioner:
The Chancellor's boast that
the election proved that Ger
mans no longer can be tricked
by propaganda takes in a lot
of territory, but there is much
to justify it. They are hap
pier even than the outside
world that Adenauer's At per
cent vote plurality exceeds even
the A per cent the Nazis got
in their greatest triumph after
burning the ReichStag.
Rearmament has aroused al
most more fear in German
hearts than in others. Ade-
nauer is European and Franco
phile. With the Nazi splinter
groups also crushed, many
Germans will sleep easier to-
night.
The consensus here is that
Secretary of State Dulles last
minute intervention came too
late to do any harm. No one
thinks it could have helped.
(Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Lowell WeHett-
COP. nCIinging to RED Issue
Little Else Believed Available to Stir Voters as Party
ContemPLotes Coming Conqressiono! Compoiqn
Lowell MeHett-

Democrats m ting in
Chicago next week will have
to give thought to how they
can counteract a campaign
next year based on the tissue"
of communism. Issue is placed
between quotation marks be-
cause communism, although a
problem, foreign and domestic,
is not an issue between the
two political parties. The
parties and their leaders are
equally opposed to commu-
nism. The Republicans, how
ever, have managed to put the
Democrats on the defensive
in the discussion of the prob
lem for the simple reason that
the Democrats were in Office
during the greater part of
the time that the wrath of the
American people toward
American Communists was &C
cumulating.
1t required no great political
skill to create the impression
that the Democratic admin
strations were unduly tolerant
of this magnif1ed menance,
whereas the Republicans were
filled with the fiery zeal needed
to prevent the destruction of
the Republic by subversive
forces inside and outside the
Government. That was the
line taken during the so cam
paign. It was well prepared
for by a series of clamorous
Investigations and there is no
question that it was a sue
cessful line, even though the
extraordinary popularity of
the presidential candidate was
required to pull the party
through.
So. unless something now
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and is prepared to take the
case to the courts if they are
denied their rights under law.
Incidentally, Mr.. Arnall is re-
portedly planning a political
comeback in Georgia, with his
eyes on either the governorship
or the United States Senate,
and is booked for speeches all
over the State.
Representatives of five Okla
homa and Missouri REA co-ops
were here just before the
Georgians. They are seeking
to work out some way to save
themselves from extinction.
They are threatened by the
action of Congress at it's last
session in annulling contracts
they had with the Southwest
Power Administration that
were necessary for the co-ops
IN financing a long-term ex-
panslon program, already un-
der way, for which they have
borrowed from REA. These
contracts withstood an attack
by 10 utilities in the courts.
which upheld them. The util-
tiles then got busy here in
Congress to beat the co-ops by
direct legislation. Unless the
co-ops can keep their con-
tracts they may have to sell
out to the utilities, which is,
OF course, the aim of the plot.
Likewise, the courts upheld
the East Kentucky Co-opera-
tive Association in it's plan for
a power system embracing a
$12.5 million plant and 597
miles of transmission lines and
an interchange of power with
iva. But Ancher Nelson, REA
chief, took it upon himself to
reverse the court decision by
one of his own that the REA
would not lend to the Ken
tucky co-ops for this needed
power system. A hush-hush
session was called in Mr.. Mel
sons Office here, where the
co-ops found the utilities fac
ing them. The upshot was a
review" of the Kentucky
problem.
So it goes. The administra-
ton is working in devious ways
to hamstring REA. There are
indications, however, that it
has been surprised by the
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found him just as meticulous
in his expressions of regard
for President Truman and Sec
retary Acheson as he was for
the leaders of the Republican
Party. The German Chancel-
lor showed in every way his
fidelity to the cause of demo-
cratic government and to the
Importance of ~<aligning his
government and his people
with their friends in the
United States. In government
circles, in business circles, even
among Socialists privately, the
Importance of getting closer to
America was always empha-
sized.
Chancellor Adenauer will
offer the olive branch of peace
to the Soviet people but at the
same time will urge the re-
armament of his country in
conformity with the European
defense treaty, which will
doubtless be ratified soon.
His election victory will chal-
lenge the governments in
France and Italy to a similar
manifestation of support for
the European defense agree
ment.
Germany has done her part
toward European unity in a
spectacular demonstration of
popular approval. What will
France do now? So long as
there is a democratic republic
in Germany there can be no
danger for France inasmuch
as the composition of the Eu-
ropean defense army would
make impossible rebirth of
Nazi militarism.
The election victory in Ger
many was a triumph for the
cause of freedom in the world.
Americans, irrespective of
party. can rejoice that Ameri-
can leadership in the world
has been dramatically demon
strated to be in the ascend
ency.
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David Lawrence
Doyid Lownence-
y. S. Prestige Seen at New High
German Vote Regarded Proof of American Leadership;
Election Viewed as Top Event Since World War Il

Any news that shows the
way to peace in the world is
big news and good news-and
that's why the election in Ger
many has a significance far
beyond the borders of that
country.
For by an overwhelming
majority the people of West
ern Germany have voted to
take their place on the side of
the democracies as a bulwark
of opposition to Communist
imperialiSm-checking it at the
very threshold of it's threat
ened advance into Western
Europe.
The prestige of the United
States which some gullible
American tourists returning
from abroad have assumed
was at a low ebb is actually
running at the highest tide
since the close Of World War
II.
For plainly the German peo-
pie have chosen to support the
American proposal for a Eu-
ropean defense army as
against the "neutralists" who
wanted to let Germany operate
as a f1uctuating and unreliable
influence first on one side and
then on the other.
In many respects the result
Of Sundays German election
is the most important event
since the last war. It shows
that a people which bore the
burden of a disastrous war
bears no enmity toward the
nations which sent conquering
armies into and bomber planes
over their land. 1t shows that
the policy of openhanded
friendship - which has been
the consistent effort of the
United States under both the
Truman and the Eisenhower
administrations - toward the
German people has yielded its
greatest moral triumph.
The German election could
be spectacular lesson to
Soviet Russia and to the peo-
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The documents also substan-
tiate and verify the sworn
statements of ex-Communists,
particularly Whitaker Cham
bers and Elizabeth Bentley.
Miss Bentley testified that
1--WE" (meaning the Communist
underground trained our
agents to make what good con-
facts they could here in WASH
ingtoE in order that should
they need to get into a better
Job, they would have the con-
tact ready. If we found them
in agencies that were of no
use. we would pull strings to
get them into an agency that
was of use. Once we got one
person in. he got others, and
the whole process continued
like that"
Documents now in the record
prove the truth of these asser-
t1onS.
Miss Bentley said that two
of the "best avenues for plac.
ing people in strategic posi-
tlons" were Lauchlin Currie,
who was executive assistant to
the late President Roosevelt.
and Harry Dexter White. who
was Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury under Henry Nor
genthau, jr.
Documents now in the rec
ord prove the truth of this
assertion, too. Currie, for in
stance, served three times as
character reference for one
Irving Kaplan, who spent 10
years on the United States
Government payroll and then
went on to the United Nations.
White sent Kaplan to Ger
many after the surrender, and
gave him enormous RESPONSE
bllltles as chief adviser on
the most complex financial
economic problems" connected
with Americas postwar policy
toward Germany. When he,
himself, took the witness
stand, Kaplan said it might
lncriminate him to answer 244
questions.
Is there any reason to hope
that the illuStriouS publica-
tlons and eminent individuals
who reviled and Knocked Miss
Bentley will have the grace 10
apologize, now that we have
the unchallenged testimony of
these documents?
We must remember that this
business of "anti-anti-commu-
nism" is as old as the Bolshe-
vik revolution itself. There
were men-and women-Who
dared to tell the truth about
Bolshevism as long ago as
1919. There have been con-
gressional committees which
have been giving them the
chance to tell it for almost as
long. Always they were
scratched and cuffed and
kicked at by those who pro-
fessed to be opposed. not to the
substance, but only to the
methods" of congressional
inquiries.
The only method" the anti
anti-Communlsts will approve
will be the abandonment Of
the whole vital function Of
congressional exposure.
Evening star., 1953-09-08

Piles of the satellite countries.
American leadership has been
firmly insistent that only by
joining together former foes
and friends in a community
for self-protection can eco
nomic and political and mill
tary unity be achieved.
Moscow thought that by it's
threats it could persuade the
people of Western Germany to
take no sides. The Soviets
must be devoid of a sense of
humor for in their official
newspaper Pravda, they COM
plain that the election in
Germany wasn't free" but
was carried on under condi-
tions of "crude pressure. One
wonders since when the Soviets
have become experts in free
elections.
The result of the voting in
Germany reveals that both the
party of the former Nazis and
the Communist Party were
wiped out by failing to poll the
minimum vote needed for party
recognition. This will surely
have a profound effect on
Soviet diplomacy. For Moscow
cannot commit itself now to a
disunited Germany by threat
ening to build up East Ger
many's government. That could
make a deep-seated issue among
the 18 million Germans living
in that area. Moscow, on the
other hand, cannot call now
for an election under a phony
"all-German" government with
any confidence that a govern
ment of Communist stripe will
emerge.
The Soviet regime has been
dealt a serious blow and the
announcement which the elec-
ton will give to rebellious ele-
ments in the satellite countries
will be immeasurably great.
G h a n C e lor denauer
emerges, moreover, as one of
the greatest statesmen of the
postwar period. This CORE
Spondent, who interviewed him
in Bonn in May of last year,
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Data on Reds Vital
McCorron Says Doubters Will See
KremIin Influence in u. S. Policies

Constantine Bro1Un is on
Udcation. His guest colunniSt
for today is Senator Pat Nc
CarrGn, Democrat, of Neuadd,
tOho headed the Senate sub
committee 1Dhich exposed dan
gerouS intiltration into the
GoUernment.)
BY Senator Pot McCorron
The interim report on IN
terlocking Subversion in Gov
ernment Departments" re-
leased August "a by the
Senate Subcommittee on In
ternal Security, has some vi
tally important things to tell
the American people.
The report concludes that
secret Communist agents not
only stole thousands of pre-
ciouS secrets for delivery to the
Kremlin-Which has been we'll
known for a long time-but
also helped make Government
policy, both domestic and for
eign over a 20-year period.
The agents operated in ac-
cordance with a distinct de-
sign fashioned by their Soviet
superiors," the report says.
They worked behind the
scenes-guiding research and
preparing memoranda on
which basic American policies
were set, writing speeches for
cabinet officers, influencing
congressional Investigations,
drafting laws, manipulating
administrative reorganizations
always serving the interests
of their Soviet superiors."
When the principal concern
of government was economic
recovery, they were in the
Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
miniStration, the Works Prog
ress Administration, the Ma
tional Recovery Administration
and new sections of old de-
partments. During the war,
they Joined such agencies as
the Board of Economic War
fare, the Foreign Economic
Administration and the Office
of Strategic Services, and the
like. Toward the end of the
war and in the postwar period,
they were operating in the
foreign policy field. At the
end of the war, they were
gravitating toward the inter-
national agencies"
For the doubters, for those
who have never quite come to
believe in the existence of the
Communist conspiracy in gov
ernment, this report is a mile
stone. 1t is a milestone, too,
for the "anti-anti-C -Commu-
nists," who bare their fangs of
epithet, distortion, misquota-
tion and obscurantism against
each fresh revelation.
The documents reveal the
fundamental, 20-year-old de-
sign of Communist penetra-
ton. They show how the agents
used each other as character
references, how they employed
each other, promoted each
other, transferred each other,
sent each otner on lnterna-
tional missions, obtained each
others exemption from combat
military service, protected each
other from exposure and dis
miSSal.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Ihon2as [. Stokes
REA Co-ops Battle for Lives
People Who Have Gained by Spread of Electricity
Putting u Terrific Kick Against 6. O. P. POLICY

Republican managers of
Government are waking up TO
something that's happened in
the 20 years since they ran
things before.
In the years between, peo-
pie have discovered that Gov
ernment can serve them in
many ways that it did not
previously. They have come
to have a part in it. New op-
portunities have been opened
for them to help themselves.
Consequently, they are alert
to any tendencies, such as this
administration has exhibited,
to deny or restrict such oppor-
tunities. They march right in
here, as they are now doing,
and raise cain.
This is strikingly illustrated
in the procession from various
parts of the country into the
Offices of Assistant Secretary
of Interior Fred G.. Aandahl
and Ancher Nelson, Rural
Identification Administrator,
to protest about the change
in policy inimical to REA CO.
operatives which, coupled
with acts of the last session of
Congress, curtails expansion
and, in some cases. threatens
to drive co-opS out of buSi-
ness.
Significantly enough, in re-
vising it's policy all along the
line to favor private utilities,
the administration is finding,
especially with REA, that the
past history of the utilities
themselves is its greatest
handicap. It goes back to the
time early in the Roosevelt
New Deal when that admins
tration proposed to make
loans TO the Utilities to eX-
pand their coverage to farm
and rural areas. The utility
magnates refused. So Con-
gress passed the REA for
loans to co-operatives to do
the job.
The folks took over the as
signment. They have done it
so we'll that electricity now
is commonplace nearly every
where in the country and the
job is the finest example of
private enterprise in our time.
The people of the co-ops are
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proud of it. They don't in
tend to see their work undone
without a terrific kick. Look
ing upon what they have &C
complished as private enter
prise of the best kind, they
regard as so much nonsense
the talk they are hearing
about how they must now give
up all they have done and let
private enterprise" of the
utilities take it over for their
own profit. That private en-
terpriSe" had its chance"
The latest victim of the shift
in policy to march in here is
the Georgia Electric Member
ship Corp, embracing 81 CO.
ops in that State. Under the
1914 Flood Control Act, this
group is entitled to first call
for purchase of power from
the $50 million Clark's Hill
project on the Savannah River
which the Government built
after the Georgia Power Co.
had declined to undertake it.
The company tried to get pri-
mary control of the power
from this taxpayers project,
but was turned down last Jan
uary by former Secretary of
Interior Oscar Chapman, who
held that was a violation of
the preference for co-ops in
the 1914 act.
However, in June the Re-
publican regime reversed Mr..
Chapman's ruling to the ex-
tent of permitting the Georgia
Power Co. the right tempo
rarily to purchase and control
power from the project, with
half reserved for the co-ops,
pending a decision on long
term disposition of power.
That. aroused the Georgia
co-opS. They came in with
alternative plans by which
they would have the right to
purchase all of the power and
reserve a share for the Georgia
Power Co. and also give it
certain rights for transmit
ting power over its lines. Ac-
companying the Georgia coop
delegation here was former
Gov. Ellis Arnall, nationally
known for his reform ad-
miniStration a few years back.
who is counsel for the co-ops
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unforeseen comes to the aid of
the party. that will be the line
again in the congressional
campaign now shaping up. In
deed, it could be the line for
years to come, with the Repub-
licans waving the red flag in
the, faces of the Democrats as
they waved the bloody shirt in
the campaigns following the
Civil War. This may be repug-
nant to many Republicans, but
politics is politics and it isn't
always pretty. Gen. Eisen-
hover was forced, or thought
he was forced, to swallow
McCarthyism and Jennerism
last year and he can hardly
escape doing so again next
year.
For in the matter of real
issues the party is in rather a
bad way. Prosperous though.
the country continues to be,
the tone of the Labor Day
speeches indicates that little
progress has been made toward
winning over any part of the
labor vote. Workers are becom-
ing increasingly conscious of
the high cost of living, con-
vinced that nothing is being
done or is likely to be done to
balance wages and prices.
The farm vote, long the
backbone of the party, shows
signs of climbing the fence
again, as it did in 1948. Farm
prices have dropped an average
of 10 per cent in a year. but
the prices of things the farm
ers buy remain on the same
high plateau. And the current
Secretary of Agriculture is
coming to be considered hostile
to the very interests he is eX-
Evening star., 1953-09-08

fighting spirit of the folks in
the co-opS, which should be an
invitation to any others who
are being put upon to march
in here and raise cain.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
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Evening star., 1953-06-19
Not Worried by Death Plot,
McC Carthy Mont Seek Guard

use OF firearms and bomb
making.
Hearings Are Recessed.
Seated alongside Mr.. Mazzei
at the Senate +. subcommittee
witness table, the stocky Bortz
also refused to acknowledge
knowing Mr.. Mazzei or that he
had attended Communist meet
sings with him. .a>s ,.-
/ After the sensational testi-
mony, acting Chairman Mundt
OF South Dakota recessed the
hearings until next week and
ordered Bortz retained under
subpoena.
Senator Mundt said the testi-
mony given by Mr.. Mazzei would
be turned over to the Justice
Department for possible action
involving a conspiracy to murder
a member OF the United States
Senate.
Senator Mccarthy was present
at the hearing but took little
part in the questioning. Before
leaving for New York for hear
ing today on another matter
the State Departments student
teacher exchange program-the
Wisconsin Republican said he
first heard Of the plot "about a
month ago."
Mr.. Mazzei. in his testimony,
said he reported it to the FBI
the day after the meeting at
which Bortz announced he had
received the assignment.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Dovid Lowrence: IS
Mr.',Rhee Was Provoked to Err
South Korea Broke Foith With u N. in Freeing POWs
But Under Circumstances 1t Had Cause to Act

be made, including the pro-
vocative steps Of the last sew
eral days when, despite his
announced intention to MAIN
tain.a resistance to the truce,
the. impression was conveyed
that he would be forced to ac-
cept the truce terms anyway,
and that economic aid and
other assistance would be with
drawn Immediately by the
y. N. il he didn't. This prob
ably seems to Syngman Rhee
an arbitrary step that was be-
ing taken without q full dis
cussion Of the issues on their
merits.
It is a regrettable dispute.
because the Korean govern
ment needs the good will Of
the United States Government
and because also, If the Com
munists are not sincere about
making the truce. then the
main job Of fighting falls back
on the shoulders of the troops
of Syngman Rhee.
incidentally. if, despite what
has happened, the Communists
sign the truce, 1t will be a
clear indication that they want
1t badly; but, If they construe
this episode to be a basis for a
breakup Of all negotiations. it
could mean that they didn't
really want the truce after all.
Opinion here still inclines to
the belief that some sort Of
truce will be signed soon by the
u. N. Command and that the
Korean government. while
never agreeing to the truce
terms, will agree nevertheless
not to engage in hostihties dur
ing the period of the political
conference.
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