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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
DoNid Lowence
AdIoi Still Can't See the Liqht
It's True That What Is Good for GIN Is Good for the u
Government Could Leorn Much From Thot Company
Dovid Lowrence:

Adlai Stevenson has had
three months, several days,
several hours and several min
uteS since he conceded the
election Of Gen. Eisenhower
to find out just what caused
his defeat-but the speech the
Democratic nominee delivered
at the Jackson Day dinner
shows he hasn't yet found out
The entire lesson of the
election can be derived by the
former Governor Of Illinois
from a careful rereading of q
single paragraph in his own
address, in which he said:
There is always the tend
ency to mistake the particu-
lar interest for general in
terest-to suppose, in the
immortal thought recently
uttered before a committee Of
Congress, that what is good
for General Motors is good
for the country"
The mistake Of the Truman
regime was exactly what the
Governor himself would now
attribute to his opponents
favoritism for the particular
interest Of the subsidized
groups to whom special privi-
leges were handed out as
against the general interest Of
all the taxpayers who paid the
bills.
Mr.. Stevenson, moreover,
didn't realize that the trouble
with the Truman administra-
ton was that it didn't take
seriously the true meaning Of
the phrase: What is good for
General Motors is good for the
country"
Actually, when Charles E.
Wilson, the new Secretary Of
Defense, was testifying he
added the statement that
what was good for the coun-
try was also good for General
Motors" but Mr.. Stevenson
omitted that clause from his
quotation. Maybe he was right
IN emitting it, because what
the Truman administration
mistakenly thought was good
for the country wasn't really
good for General Motors or
any other business enterprise
IN the last several years
especially the insidious attack
on the whole system Of private
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17

derstood by Senator Robert A.
Taft, whose intelligence can
usually be counted on to cor
rect his hopes and desires.
The emphasis in Mr.. Dulles
report on Europe was on the
welfare Of Europe itself. No
thoughtful European is likely
to contradict the observation
he quoted himself as having
made at the outbreak Of World
War II: Continental Europe
has been the worlds greatest
fire hazard. When the time
comes to rebuild, we should not
reproduce a demonstrated fire
trap" or "the basic idea should
be the building Of a new Eu-
rope, which. more unified, will
be better.
Franklin D. Roosevelt also
had something Of the sort in
mind. In two small of the
record press conferences dur
ing the war. he expressed hope
that postwar Europe would
reduce the Importance of in
ternal frontiers. But the uni
flcation of Europe was not a
war aim. or a condition for
American support Of the anti
Hitler forces which began long
before we were formally at war,
and, as an objective, it was
largely cancelled out by other
policies, which created the
present rump Europe.
Yet. as matters stand to-
day. even European neutral
lists. who want independence
Of action toward the Soviets
and the United States, or those
who want q stronger European
position within the Atlantic
alliance, should be pressing
with energy for European con-
federation. For only through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Manpower Direction
Seen Key 10 Defense

1t. Gen. Robert w. Harper,
commanding general Of the Air
Training Command. yesterday
warned 100. senior Air Force
officers that, in view of Russia S
overwhelming population superb
GRITTY, manpower management Is
the key to our national defense.
He spoke before the opening
session Of the 9th Commanders
Class, Air Force Manpower Man.
agement Training Program, in
LiSner Auditorium of George
Washington University.
Gen. Harper declared the rea-
son for placing considerable en-
phasis on manpower manage
ment is that it "is simply a mat
ter Of survival" He pointed out
that the Russians have 10000
first-line combat planes and
10000 additional aircraft stores
in reserve.
This number is obviously
much greater than ours" he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17

which studies constantly the
reaction Of the people generally
to its products. General Motors
owes its success to its reSpon-
siveness to the tastes and con-
veniences Of the buying public.
5. General Motors pays high
wages and has an escalator
clause in its wage contracts
with hundreds of thousands Of
employees so that when the cost
OF living goes up, wages go up
automatically. This, enlight-
ened policy was sponsored by
Charles E. Wilson over the
objections of many business
men. but he thought it was
good for the country and for
his company, too, and even the
labor leaders acclaimed it as
forward-looking and as good
for the country.
There are many more things
that this company does which
it would be well for the Gov
eminent to emulate. In fact,
If the statement by Mr.. Wilson
that what is good for Gen.
eral Motors is good for the
country" Is taken literally as q
slogan, the Federal Govern
ment could benefit the entire
public immeasurably by taking
many pages out Of the book Of
experience of the largest cor
poration in the world.
For 20 years it has been
fashionable hereabouts to
scorn the experience of busi-
ness and to introduce the idea
that Government exists for q
special group of voters to
whom go all the privileges and
the subsidies and that taxes
are collected only to be spent
and budgets are made only to
be kept unbalanced, because
the votes Of the recipients of
Government cash are sup
posedly enough to win an cleo
ton. It happens, as the elec-
ton showed. that the total
number Of citizens injured by
such fiscal policies outnum-
bers those benefited, and to-
day an administration is in
power in Washington which
doesn't hesitate to say, that it
would like to run the Govern
ment as efficiently in the gen.
eral interest as General Mo-
tors Is run.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Lowell WeHett:

We said something here the
other day concerning certain
errors that some Of President
Eisenhower's team" may be
falling into. One is the no
ton, naturally cultivated by
the party when out Of power,
that the Government has been
composed largely Of loafers, on
the one hand. and New Deal
ZealotS on the other. The
other Is the notion that the
way to obtain efflcient Serv-
ice-at least from the alleged
loafers-is by use Of the time
clock in all branches and
grades Of Government service.
These are relatively small err
rors, destructive Of morale
though they may be, and are
sure to be corrected in reason
ably short order. The busi-
nessmen so prominent in the
new administration would not
have achieved success in their
own fields If they lacked q
capacity to learn.
They will learn that loafers
and zealots compose only q
tiny fraction of the personnel
on which they have to depend;
that the working force will
average up, for industry and
loyalty to their jobs, with the
best they have had in their
private businesses. And they
will learn that q surprising
percentage Of them have never
been accustomed to quitting
when the whistle blows, leav-
ing their work unfinished
Finally they will learn that
very few Of the workers think
Of themselves as Democrats or
Republicans during working
hours.
So the little errors will be
corrected. But there is one big
error Of which the team may
be guilty. This II the idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Boys Club Auxiliary
Joins Membership Drive

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Police Boys Club last night
pledged support in the drive to
get 10000 adult members by
next Sunday-the clubs 10Th an
niverSary.
The rally. attended by 100
members of the auxiliary, was
held at the. Mayf1ower Hotel.
Ralph D. Pittman. president Of
the Police Boys Club. described
the organizations work. He
praised the Women's Auxiliary
as a necessary function Of the
club and said it was doing big
job with little recognition.
President Of the auxiliary Is
Mrs. Joseph Leon Arnold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17

that the American people Sc
lected them for their jobs be-
cause the American people
wanted what is called a busi-
ness Government. The Amer
lean people did not select them
at all. They selected Dwight
D. Eisenhower, and it wasn't
because they thought of him
as q businessman.
Nevertheless, the people now
have a business Government,
and it is true, as the trade
journals all say, business is
now on trial. It may be true
even. as some dolefully pre-
dict, that If business doesn't
meet the test it won't have
another chance for another 20
years. That's the spot that
Ike has put his team of BUSH
nessmen in.
The members Of the team
are said to be men of vision,
but that isn't necessarily true
Of all businessmen. There are
those who may think it is
smart to move in fast, to get
theirs while the getting is
good. regardless Of the long
term consequences. II q story
being told in q number of Gov
eminent agencies is true some
thing Of that sort may be OPP
Grating already.
The story is that the chair
man Of q House committee
possessed of q passion for
budget-cutting now has q
corps Of business executives,
selected from large and we'll
known firms, going through
the various Government agen-
cies seeking to find every pos
sible place for economizing in
Governme mt expenditures.
They are expected to report on
the functions they think
should be abolished or cur
tailed. according to the tale,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17

their attitude has changed
somewhat. They were re-
assured that this Government
will do nothing until all the
U.N. associates in the Korean
venture have been fully con-
suited and the various intended
measures have been discussed
with them. OF course they
took the hint that If they
persist in a do-nothing policy.
as in the past. and consider q
thinly disguised surrender to
Communists as the only solu-
ton Of the Korean war, we
shall use all available legal
methods to successfully end
that campaign.
The atmosphere Of fear that
We may plunge our allies in
military adventures by con-
fronting them with accom-.
plished facts has definitely
been dispelled. Since Mr..
Dulles return to Washington
the British and French have
been informed regularly on
our contemplated actions and
know that we propose to sub
NIT them to the U.N. General
Assembly.
Whether our allies will join
in our future actions Is still a
question. But they have been
treasured that Washington will
live up fully to its obligations
as member of the interna-
tional group which undertook
in the summer Of 1850 to repel
and punish aggression.
In the meantime, prepara-
tons to put into effect the
blockade Of China and pos
sibly undertake an offensive
across the 38th Parallel are
continuing. Ammunition and
supply dumps have been re-
plenished in the last few
months. Production of planes
OF all types has been so stepped
up that we can provide the
Air Force. Navy and Marine
Corps with more than mere
requirements Of the $500
planes we have lost since the
outbreak of the Korean war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17

initiative which happens to
have built Americas industrial
power. Mr.. Truman thought
it was all right, for example,
to confiscate private property
without due process Of law
to seize steel plants and order
wages fixed while under seizure
and it took a command from
the Supreme Court Of the
United States to repudiate that
destructive policy. which, If
allowed to stand. would have
undermined the entire business
structure of the country and
imperiled the savings Of in
vestors.
So the statement which does
effectively convey the most
constructive advice, after all.
is that what is good for Gen.
eral Motors is really good for
the country.
For it can be demonstrated
that General Motors operates
so efficiently that it makes
nearly $700 million annually
in taxes for the Federal Gov
eminent. That would make
quite a dent in the Treasury
collections If the Government
didn't gather in these tax
revenues, and other taxpayers
had to pay increased taxes to
make 1t up. Here are some
other things, too. that show
that what is good for General
Motors is good for the coun-
try.
1. General Motors doesn't
waste money as does the Fed
eral Government. It has an in
tenSive system of budgeting de-
partments and auditing exL
penditures.
2. General Motors not only
balances its budget but actually
has a surplus fund each year
out Of which it gives money
back to its stockholders. What
a wonderful thing it would be
If the o. S. Treasury could
have a surplus and give a re-
fund to taxpayers!
3. General Motors doesn't
SubSidize the inefficient but
fires them If they are incom-
petent.
4. General Motors doesn't
cater to one group Of people
but to the entire public. It has
maintained for years a Gus
toners relations department"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-17
Doris FIeeson:
0OIIS FIeeSOn:
Lodge VS.. Russio's First Team
Eisenhower's U. NJ Chief Faces Test When Wshinsky
And Gron1yko Tee off in General Assembly

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE
first United Nations General
Assembly since the United
States came under new man
agement will find Russia pit
ting her first team against
President Eisenhower's choice
as Chief Of Mission, Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr.
Foreign Minister Vishinsky
and his deputy. the formidable
Andrei Gromyko. who has
been ambassador to both the
United States and Britain, will
be on hand when the gavel
falls February "a. That they
will tee of Immediately on the
Formosa situation with their
special brand Of psychological
warfare is confidently antici-
pated.
It will be a sharp test for
the former Senator from Mas
SachuSetts and he will say Of it
only that he is making ready
to meet it.
He has many advantages.
He has had experience both
in Congress and in the U. N,
to which he has been a dele
gate. AS a former newspaper
man, he has a sharp eye for
news and propaganda angles.
Under the new dispenSation,
he sits with the Eisenhower
cabinet each week, so he will
enjoy unusual understanding
with the White House and
State Department.
When he strives to seize
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Evening star., 1953-11-22

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DOth Stores Closed Thanksgiving
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Supporting Iron

President Eisenhower has acted with COM
mendable promptness in extending an emer-
gency $45 million grant to Iran. 1t was not
surprising that Prime Minister Zahedi found
the Iranian treasury bare when he took over
the government from DR.. Mossadegh. For more
than two years there has been no income from
the oil industry, normally the biggest single
Garner in the Iranian economy and various
financing devices have failed to keep the coun-
try from running continuous cash deficit.
General Zahedi and the Shah were equally
frank in their announcements of the nations
financial troubles and in asking aid from foreign
sources.
The exchange of letters which has taken
place between General Zahedi and President
Eisenhower, plus the succession of conferences
which our Ambassador Henderson has had with
the new prime minister, indicate that some
mutual understandings were established before
the $45 million was extended.
Our principal concern with regard to Iran
is to see that it does not fall to Communist
conquest either political or military. We have
been giving limited military and Point Four
aid to Iran in recent years-continuation of
1884 million Point Four program also has been
announced within the past few days-but the
strength and the will to resist Communist
design must be developed in the country itself
The deplorable state of the national economy
and the lack of funds available to the govern
ment for its day to day operating expenses
were leaving Iran increasingly vulnerable
Indeed, DR.. Mossadegh had permitted a grow
ing collaboration between his government and
the Communist Tudeh Party and had entered
into negotiations for Russian payment of an old
debt to Iran General Zahedi and the Shah
have each made it clear that they do not
favor temporizing with the internal Communist
menace and it is probable that Mr.. Henderson
received some solid assurances on this matter.
The other big problem, of course, is to get
the oil industry back into operation and some
revenue flowing to the government. The
Eisenhower -Zahedi letters, without mentioning
the oil controversy specifically, contained clear
implications of an understanding between
Washington and Teheran on the desirability of
finding settlement of this matter.
Diplomatic relations with Britain were
broken off months ago by the Mossadegh gov
ernment. Ambassador Henderson attempted at
various times since to find some formula for
agreement but there were no conversations at
all, direct or indirect, on this problem in the
last weeks of DR.. Mossadeghs tenure. Although
General Zahedi is described as strong nation
alist, and was even charged during World War II
with being anti-British it is to be hoped he
will in due time reopen normal diplomatic
relations with London and that the two gov
ernments can then find some meeting ground
for resolution of their costly impaSse. Tenn
porary American financial support to the Zahedi
government will be well invested If it provides
time and the necessary encouragement to get
an Anglo -Iranian settlement.
Evening star., 1953-09-07

Of the countries of Western Europe,
was feted by the crowned heads of
several, and talked with government
officials and dignitaries. He called on
the Pope and exchanged small gifts,
over-ate of good Italian food, dashed
about lake in speedboat, visited
the shrines of the host countries and
AS any sightseer-tramped through
their museums.
The prince is reported to smile af-
fably at greetings from crowds, but
there has been no indication he has
had much contact with the common
man of Europe. And there has n
no recorded instance of some admirer
calling out Hi va, Ak?" 1t has all
been rather staid and proper.
Americans are not as awed by roy
atty as Europeans. They call their
presidents ike" and Harry" and will
shout Hi, duke" at a member of a
royal family. Many years ago one of
our dignitaries even addressed visit
ing crowned head as "queenie" Ameri-
cans are not disrespectful. They are
merely impulsively friendly. It is pos
Sible Akihito may be greeted in some
thing short of the accepted royal form
he has heard in Japan and Europe. It
is hoped that he will not be too shocked
by such informality and that he will
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Bright Day in Germany

The smashing victory won by DR.. Ad-
enaur's Christian Democrats in West Germany
very probably spells out, from our point Of
view, the difference between assured failure
and a reasonable chance of success in the
effort to build an effective defense in free
Europe.
This triumph also comes as a crushing
blow to Communist hopes of splitting the
Germans away from their Western allies With
86.2 per cent of the eligible German voters
going to the polls, as compared to 78.5 in 1949,
Chancellor Adenauer won an absolute ma
jority of one seat in the lower house.
With his political allies, he will enjoy COM
manding majority of 81 seats. His Socialist
opponents, advocating neutralist role for
Germany in the struggle between Communism
and the West, were showed under by better
than 2-to-1 margin The German Communists
failed to win seat, and even Max Reiman, the
Communist boss, ran fourth in West Germany's
"Reddest' district. The resurgent Nazi move
ment. which some believed to be serious
threat, also went down to crushing defeat,
failing to elect single candidate.
Thus, with the Christian Democrats Sc
curey in power for another four years. a firm
base exists on which to build for the future.
There is no trace in this election of the weak
ness, the timidity and the hesitation which
nave hampered the defense effort In Such coun-
tries as France and Italy. The Germans, under
the guns of the Kremlin's forces, have taken
their stand in behalf of freedom and the price
which must be paid for freedom. Like their
courageous brethren In East Germany, they
have served notice that, having seen the work.
ingS of Russian Communism at first hand, they
want no part of It, Who knows? Perhaps this
show of resolution will inject little iron into
the souls of some .of our other West European
allies, who have been wavering and stalling and
equivocating. At any rate these allies must
know now that the prospect of a West German
army is real. And this may make the European
army concept great deal more attractive to
them.
High among those who must be rejoicing
in this German victory is no doubt, our Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dulles. Last week,
MIR. Dulles publicly stated that an Adenauer
defeat would be disastrous, and this was
roundly criticized as an attempt to interfere
in the election. It was in The Stars opinion,
an unwise thing for him to have said. But
Mr.. Dulles, on the theory that alrs well that
ends well, can at least feel that he has not
impaired his or his countrys position with the
regime which will govern West Germany in
the next four critical years.
Evening star., 1953-09-07

Nothing is surer in this world than
that everything changes, and maybe it
is good thing, though hard TO take
at times.
This column recently told OF the. en-
thusiasm with which the small boys OF
yeSteryear read "Peck's Bad Boy" a
volume of humorous stories by Gov
George w. Peck of Wisconsin
A reader brought us in copy. and
we tried to relive the past, with the
usual results.
What had laid us in the aisle, when
we were 10, left us cold and unmoved.
The old father, and the bad boy, and
the groceryman-
These and other characters seemed
mildly funny, but no more, to read
such strung -out details of petty esca-
pades seems rather boring than any
thing else.
It is nostalgia, but scarcely funny any
more, to read about the old mantle
"Pa" of the bad boy-pulling out his
handkerchief at the prayer meeting
The boy had loaded it with a pack
of cards, and these few into the laps
of the deacon and the ladies assembled,
with results that can be guessed.
The boy was always putting up some
thing on the old man, when he wasn't
pestering the cat, or changing the price
signs at the grocery store.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
This and That
By Charles E. TroceWeN

Surely the whole town must have been
pleased no end when the boy grew up
and out of his tricks.
Enough was enough, even in 1883.
On the title back of the title page
of the old volume. rescued from Sec
ondhand dealer, the last copyright, by
the w. B. Conkey Co., is given as 1927
This means that the last copyright
indeed, is about to run out, and that
from about 1854 the book goes into the
public domain, as it is called.
1t will be interesting to see if any
publisher issues it again. There was
a series of these bad boy" books, but
the usual collection, here called COM
plete, contains those best known.
The old man at times lectured the
boy, telling him about the difference
between innocent jokes. and those
which are not so innocent.
1t did no good. The boy just played
another slightly scurvy trick, probably
in accordance with the fathers die
tateS.
Even by modern standards, the old
man took lot of punishment, but al
ways came back for more, in the best
fatherly tradition.
It was a creed of this old fellow, that
while all boys are not full of tricks,
the best of them are.
He had an idea, no doubt still held