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Evening star., 1953-10-07
Blindness on the Left

Britain's Labor Party has just demonstrated
that logic and emotional idealism are harder to
mix than oil and water.
AS a finishing touch to the party's annual
meeting last week, the delegates adopted by an
almost unanimous vote resolution denouncing
the aid-for-baSes agreement between the United
States and Spain. The arguments advanced in
support of the resolution were the familiar
ones-Spain does not have a democratic gov
ernment the Spanish people do not have
freedom ). too many of them are in jail In
consequence, the resolution stated, "the con-
ference (of Labor Party delegateS) deplores the
American-Spanish military agreement which
will tend to bolster up the Franco regime, and
inf1ictS serious moral and political damage on
the community of nations united in the defense
of freedom and democracy"
With blindness peculiar to their kind
however, the LaboriteS saw no inconsistency in
another resolution which they adopted. This
called for early action toward giving Red China
q seat on the U. N. Security Council, the argu-
ments being that the Chinese Communists have
established de facto government and must
be recognized because they are the real COVER
nors of China.
One would think that the delegates would
Evening star., 1953-10-07

have been embarrassed by few obvious ques-
tions. Are the Communists any more the real
governors of China than Franco is the real gov
ernor Of Spain? Is the Red regime in China
more democratic than the Franco regime in
Spain? Do the Spanish people have less free
dom than the Chinese? Are more of them in
jail? If the Amercan-Spanish agreement will
tend to bolster the Franco government, would
not a place in the Security Council likewise
tend to bolster the Chinese Communists?
1T is difficult, considering the embarrass-
ment which any honest consideration of ques-
tions such as these should cause, to understand
how the British Laborites can wiring their hands
in contemplation of what they call the serious
moral and political damage done by the agree
ment with Spain. Perhaps there can be but
one explanation-that Laborite adherence of
dictatorship on the right is equaled only by
their tolerance of dictatorship on the left.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
The Armor of Faith

President EiSenhowerS talk to the United
Church Women, National Council of Churches
of Christ was not billed as a major address.
It nevertheless was a speech that dealt with
the factor which, in the last analysis, may serve
best to lead mankind away from the looming
prospect of self-destruction.
This factor is the factor of faith-faith in
ones self, in ones country and in ones God.
The President did not contend, of course, that
faith and faith alone can serve as effective
armor against the blast of an atomic bomb.
He acknowledged the imperative need to build,
maintain and pay for military might assur-
ing us reasonable safety from attack" The
point he was trying to make, however, was that
the world has a choice-a choice between the
horrors of atomic war on the one hand and
Just and durable peace on the other, peace
which can hardly be attained without faith in
the ability of mankind to attain it, "Such a
peace,' the President told his audience Cannot
be achieved suddenly by force, by edict or by
treaty 1t can come only slowly and tortuously.
It will not be won by dark threats or glittering
slogans It will be born only of courage,
knowledge, patience leadership"
: In this arduouS quest for peace, if it is to
have any chance of success, America must play
the leading part TO play this part effectively,
however, will call for heavy and continuing
sacrifices on our part-sacrif1ces which are not
likely to be made unless we are imbued with
strong and an abiding faith in the ultimate re-
suit of the effort.
It may be that nothing but failure lies
ahead. America and her free associates cannot
alone insure peaceful world This can be done
only if, at some stage, the peoples who now look
to Moscow for guidance are willing to CO.
operate in the effort. Without that eventual
cooperation, we shall probably come to the day,
as the President described it, of sudden and
mass destruction, erasure of cities, windrows
of unidentifable dead, the possible doom of
every nation and society,""
There may be those who will say that faith
is a f1imsy armor against this eventuality. But
what is the alternative? If we manage to pro-
duce newer and more terrible weapons, so, we
may be assured, will the enemy. And hope for
the future of the human race can hardly be
lodged exclusively in perfecting the means of
destroying all of us.
Turn where we will, there seems to be no
acceptable answer to our dilemma which can
be set forth in terms of improved means of
mass destruction. If there is an answer to the
awful problem which man, by his genius, has
posed for this generation, it must lie within
man himself And those who have no better
solution to offer should be slow to deny the
efficacy of faith-that faith which has Sus-
tanned man through the vicissitudes of the long
centuries and which, today, may constitute his
last and best hope of survival.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
'Phoney' NeutroIs in Koreu

It should now be obvious to even the
thickest Skulled Government egghead
that the Neutral Nations. Repatriation
Commission in Korea is not neutral.
Many persons in and out of Govern
ment had warned before the armistice
was signed that the Neutral fIations
Commission" was loaded in favor Of
the Reds. But their voices were stilled
when the President on May 26. issued
a statement in which he declared:
There are, however, certain prin-
cipleS inherent in the United Nations
Command position which are basic and
not subject to change. No prisoners
will be repatriated by force. No prison.
erS will be coerced or intimidated in
any way. And there must be q definite
limit to the period of their captivity
The procedures used in handling the
prisoners must reflect these principles" !"
Now that the phoney neutrals have
violated EiSenhower's promise by
ordering the forcible Interrogation of
the POW's, it is up to the President
to make good on his promise by taking
whatever measures are necessary to
enforce it,
Since the Indians and others do not
appear to be inclined to heed our
legitimate protests, it will probably be
necessary tc move our troops into the
neutral" areas and regain custody of
those POW's to whom we had promised
freedom.
We continued fighting in Korea for
an extra year rather than dishonol
our promises of freedom to these pow
>scapees from Red terror.
David Keyser.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Premature Criticism

There is reason to believe that the criticism
OF the Civil Service Commission heard at the
Civil Service ASsemby'S annual Public Per-
sonnet Conference in Los Angeles was a bit
premature A number of Federal personnel
officials are reported to have accused the csc
OF ignoring them in formulating and carrying
out reduction -in-force policies of the new ad-
m1niStration Particular resentment was voiced
over failure of the commission to reactivate the
Federal Personnel Council, traditional clearing
house for interdepartmental personnel problems.
Inquiry at the commission brings the reply,
however, that top-level personnel administra-
tors have been consulted freely during the
personnel retrenchment program and that the
CSC right now is in the process of re-establish-
ing the Federal Personnel Council as a major
adjunct of the commission. Formerly it oc-
cupied an independent status The new Setup
was ordered by Congress at the past session.
The council is one of a number of CSC activities
being reorganized under White House super
vision
That Federal personnel officials are touchy
on the whole subject of the reduction-in force
undertaking is understandable. They are getting
the brunt of protests by career and temporary
employees over the manner in which some of
the economy cuts have been made. It is true
that many of the lower -echelon supervisors have
not been consulted by the CSC in advance of
orders for personnel cutbacks Actually, it is
the responsibility of personnel chiefs at the
higher levels to familiarize their subordinates
with what is going on. Confusion and resent
ment can result when subordnates are sud-
denly confronted with drastic retrenchment
orders that put them the spot with their
employees
The Federal Personnel Council, temporarily
inactivated as result of congressional action
earlier this year. was valuable sounding board
for such complaints as have been disturbing the
conference in California The council, made up
of key personnel administrators, was means
for exchanging views among departmental
chiefs and for an interchange of views between
departmental authorities and the CSC The
House doubted the value of the council, how
ever, and voted to eliminate its annual appro-
priation. The council succeeded in obtaining
restoration in the Senate of about half of it's
appropriation, or $4,000, and this sum finally
was approved by both houses, but with the pro-
vision that the functions of the council be
closely co-ordinated with those of the CSC. In
effect, the new council will be supervised by the
executive director of the reorganized commits
sion. The first meeting of the council under
the new arrangement is supposed to be held
later this month. This should be reassuring to
personnel officials who have felt that they have
been on the outside, looking n rather than
participants in the planning and execution of
Federal personnel policies.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
This and That

Templeton Jones is intrigued by the
way women wear gloves.
Is it, he asked himself, because they
fear dirt?
Since women are practical creatures,
he felt this could not be the reason.
Perhaps it is high style?
But they wear them at all times.
He came to the conclusion they wear
gloves because they want to wear 'em.
Probably it is no more mysterious than
that.
Their hands, beneath the gloves may
not be clean at all! Jones knows, from
personal experimentation, that sim
pie, ordinary washing will not do.
The hands, meeting variety of OBJ
jects every day, such as door knobs,
coins, telephones, pencils and so on,
pick up an amazing amount OF dirt.
Just plain washing, even with the
best of soap and warm water, will not
clean them.
Some university professor has made
series of experiments along this line.
He lathered and brushed, lathered and
brushed and found that after 10 min
uteS there were still millions of germs
on his hands.
No, the ladies must wear gloves be-
cause they like to wear gloves. no mat
ter how soiled their hands are beneath
their gloves.
In the handling of coins and the like
there is plain gain. In restaurants,
according to the Jonesian observation,
women always keep their gloves on un-
til they have been handed their change
and have disposed Of 1t.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
McDermott's Cureer

Just to set the record straight:
In your story of September 20 on the
appointment of Henry Suydam as di-
rector of the news division of the State
Department, commonly known as
Press Officer" by title, you report:
"Mr. Suydam succeeds Michael j.
McDermott, department press officer
for more than 30 years who was made
ambassador to Ell Salvador last June.
Mr.. McDermott began his work in the
State Department under Mr. Suydam
when the latter was chief of the old
division of current information"
There are two complete errors of
fact in that paragraph, rather aston
ishing in Star story because nor
mally you are fuSSy about accuracy to
the point of being perfectioniSts, and
I may add, no other local paper made
the same errors.
Error One is that Mr.. McDermott
was not department press officer for
more than 80 years or anything like
that period of time, but was member
of the staff of the information service
from the conclusion of the peace con-
ference at Paris after World War / to
date of his appointment as Ambassa-
dor to San Salvador, recognition of
his extraordinary ability and superb
performance of duty that does credit
to the new administration which ap-
pointed him. He rose to become press
officer only after long years in the
ranks, and should have been given the
step years sooner.
Error Two is that Mr.. McDermott
al ~, - -
ment when Fred Emery, formerly of
the Associated Press, was chief of what
then was called .Division of Foreign
Intelligence" (Press Division plus over
seas surveillance), and Mr.. McDermott
came in as Stenographer, when Balm
bridge Colby was the Secretary of State
after the armistice of World War /.
succeeded Mr.. Emery as chief of the
division, which was renamed Division
of Current Information" when Charles
Evans Hughes became Secretary of
State, and advanced Mr.. McDermott to
the title of secretary. Mr.. Suydam in
lerited Mr.. McDermott.
Thomas Quinn BeeSley.
Editors note: The Star pleads
guilty on Error Two, but believes the
indictment as to Error One should
be dismissed. State Department
press officer" is a term which ap-
plies, in popular usage, not merely to
the director of the news division but
to assistants of his speaking for the
department. In this sense, Mr. Nc
Dermott was a State Department
press officer for more than 80 years
incidentally. he held the top press
liaison job for 26 years.
He did, however, start his State
Department career in 1920, whereas
Mr.. Suydam did not take over the
current information division until
1921. AS Mr.. Beesley correctly states,
therefore, Mr.. McDermott in fact
began his work" under Fred Emery.)
Evening star., 1953-10-07

Men, on the other hand, seldom wear
gloves except in winter and at other
seasons when going to the theater or
other dress functions so called
For men to appear in public wearing
gloves in hot weather as women do,
would be to subject themselves to such
unspoken criticism as few of them dare
to face.
Jones saw a man get on street car.
The man had on black gloves, in con-
trast to his summer suit.
The motorman took a good look at
the gloves and several women nearby
poked each other in the ribs.
The man took his seat, followed by
the stares of every one. It was the
gloves that did it. No one, evidently.
gave a thought to the fact that he
might have had some skin disease, or
that sometimes, in the cure, messy and
black tar Salves are used.
No, the old man was touched in the
head" they all thought, If Templeton
Jones could read their thoughts. as he
felt sure he could, after half CEN
tury of observation.
Templeton Jones could not remember
when this faculty for everyday inves-
tigation came upon him.
He was an average child, or was he?
A somewhat cynical temperament
combined with a good eye for trifleS
made him more than average observ-
ant of other people. Or perhaps it was
the fact that he was born and brought
up In small American town where
poking fun at others was the great out
door and indoor sport.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
GIimpsers

The shine of a sudden road bend
Stedn,ing In the sun,
The blue smoke ttDtSttng coolly from
npSuSpected trees
None OF your poems, poet; no, not
single one
Has the StOitt, the sure. the diutne
simplicity of these.
The sudden cry in the loved vofce lift
ing into song,
The gray eyes suddenly tDidened to
hedUenS of wonderful birds;
Hands that are suddenly music ptsibly
n10Uino along,
Life caught through ueils in her act
OF rhythm beyond all tDordS =.
o. at 1DhGt sudden road bend hidden
In the years
VIII the veilS be utterly lifted, and
Beauty pure be seen a
Naked By naked eyes, and heard By
untr1nBlelled ears, sfc
Without a stadow OF mortality to step
betUeen?
Geoffrey Johnson
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Born and Bred in War

How can a United States Senator
(Flanders of VermonD SO twist the rec
ord lin radios Town Meeting) as to
hold that government has evolved
among men by disarmament, that is,
In the development of law and order
not single case of such a cart-before-
horse sequence can be cited.
Certainly our, own Continental con-
gresS did not proceed to form gov
ernment by disarming. On the con-
trary, until the Constitution was
adopted to guarantee, forcefully, re-
State of an indiSSoluble union, the
American Colonies lacked the power to
maintain enough armament to rule.
The WhiSkey Rebellion was suppressed
by power; and when the South tried
to break that power she took the most
terrible punishment ever meted out in
war Cup to that tine). Why? Because
the Federal Government was organized,
not for diSarming, but for arming. Let's
stick to the truth; our Union was born
and bred in war, and has endured by
war.
If civilization is to attain Gen. Mac
Arthur's objective of abolishing war, it
cannot be done by Gen. Eisenhower's
surrender to the "sheer necessity" Of
the Truman substitute for victory in
war. namely, organized appeasement
at an international conference table
called the United" Nations. The old
soldier we chose to lead has taken
election as a mandate to just fade
away into a spineless bipartisan
evasively initiating the ostrich with the
pointleSs query, who knows what
could have happened in these past
years of strain and struggle if we
hadn't had the United Nations?" Ike
knows as well as Douglas knows what
has happened and is likely to happen
Evening star., 1953-10-07
POWs and Coercion

In one of his last acts before retiring as
chief of the United Nations Command and our
Far Eastern forces, General Mark Clark has
rightly denounced number of thoroughly OBJ
jectionable decisions by the So-called neutral"
commission in charge of repatriating prisoners
taken in the Korean war.
The commiSSion-made up of representa-
tives of India tchairman) Switzerland Sweden
and the two Soviet satellites, Poland and
Czechoslovakia-has not distinguished itself up
to now as an impartial or objective body In
stead, in more than few respects, it has fol-
lowed the line of its Communist members,
PARTICULARLY so in adopting rule that would
force resistant Chinese and North Korean
POWS to listen to explanations" designed to
persuade" them to return to their homelandS
and the tender mercies of the Red high COM
mand.
1t is against this rule that General Clark
has directed his main fire. In letter to
Lieutenant General K. S. Thimayya, the COM
missions senior Indian officer at Panmunjom,
he has sharply emphasized that the truce agree
ment forbids the use of any kind of coercion,
direct indirect, in the process of dealing with
prisoners who have declared themselves against
repatriation. Accordingly, warning that the
U. N. Command. will not condone violations of
that ban, he has implicitly demanded that the
commission aDanQOn 1CS decision TO require
anti-CommuniSt POWs to Submit-against their
will-to techniques of persuasion" that could
be equivalent to the very sort of force that the
armistice prohibits.
This position is unassailable. If POW
does not want to subject himself to such
persuasion" he has highlander the truce
to refuse, and the neutral" commission has a
solemn obligation to honor his refusal and to
protect him. Actually General Thimayya HIM
self seems to be a bit dubious about the validity
any rate besides making the remarkable state
ment that his Indian troops would not try to
halt mass breakout of anti-Communist pris-
onerS-a statement that may tend to invite a
breakout-he has suggested to news correspond
ents that it probably would be physically i'm
possible" to force unwilling POWs to attend Red
explanation" sessions.
If that is how General Thimayya feels then
General Clark's letter-if it is read carefully by
other members of the neutral" commission
should have the salutary effect of bringing about
an end to the commissions forced-listening rule.
1t is an indefensible rule, and it should be
reScinded without delay
Juvenile authorities across the land are
Mortified at senseless destruction of property
by children, but we suppose blowing up cities
with atomic bombs will continue to be classified
as sensible destruction.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Analysis Of Churity

Once again the charity drives begin
and this year there are more different
ones than ever before 1t is a good
time, therefore, to analyZe charity and
see why we should give.
True charity is blind to a mans
faith, color, or race. Beginning in the
heart and ending in action, it sees
only the need Of one human for
another.
But it isn't only compassionate to
help those less fortunate j. it's self
protection.
A hungry man thinks only of the
gnawing in his stomach and will
: eventually go to any length to satisfy
that hunger. The uncared-for sick and
diseased are potential health menace
to all if left alone, so it's just good
common sense to be charitable.
The question now is: To whom
should we give?
Before answering this, we have to
look at our three distinct types of
charitable organizations:
The first type is aimed at preventing
and curing diseases, and includes such
organizations as: the Polio Founda-
ton, tuberculosis Association, Cancer
Society, Heart Association and so on.
But are they more important than
the charities which build or rebuild
humanity? These organizations include
the Crippled Children's Society, Saliva
ton Army, homes for the aged.
Or what about the type of charity
which the American Red Cross pio-
neered? This type assists those dis
abled by disaster. Wherever you find
famine, war, or any disaster involving
many lives, there you will find the
Red Cross.
So you See-no one charity is more
important than the other. Each serves
different need, and each needs our
help.
The Community Chest, knowing this,
was formed with the idea of lone col
lection and one charity" for all, but
many charities felt that they were too
well organized and could do a better
job alone. Yet the fact remains that
until all charities band together into
one unit, the public will continue to
be confused by requests from many
sources.
There's still one more facet to the
charity story, and a very important
one: If we don't contribute as indi-
viduals, then our Government-for the
same protective reasons we mentioned
earlier-must, and does-give for us.
And when it does, the costs are passed
on to us in the form of taxes.
On the other hand, charity organiza-
tions operate with many unpaid volun-
teer workers. Many more donation
dollars actually reach the needy this
way than when dispensed through ex-
pensive Government-given charity.
To sum: Personal charity means far
more than just reaching into the
pocket for coin or a bill. When we
donate personally. we are upholding
our privilege to give the amount we
wish to give, to the charity of our
choice. We are protecting our
selves and future generations by halt
ing the spread of disease and degen-
eracy. +. We are rebuilding broken
lives and broken bodies, and above all
we are keeping alive mans faith in
man-the basis of all Christianity.
Martin Buxbaum,
Vice President, The Middle Atlantic
Association of Industrial Editors.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Letters to The Star.

in a tale that bids fair to be twice told.
The United States is at war and is so
confused by internationaliSm as to have
agreed to a truce which the enemy
can use. and is using, to build up for
renewed aggression in Korea; a sorry
record for the most sanguine confer
ence organization of history.
Alden Potter.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Accent on Speed

would like to express my agreement
with Mary Lou Mann on the trend In
present-day cars toward more horse
power.
I believe only a small percentage
of accidents these days are caused by
mechanical failure of cars AS long as
human beings drive them (though
some seem to become inhuman when
placed behind the steering wheeD. and
rs long as automobiles must travel on
terra f1rma, there will be necessity for
limiting speed. No engineering feats
Evening star., 1953-10-07
An Oversight

The Stars editorial comments on the
gift Of chess sets by the late Gustavus
A. Pfeiffer to the Metropolitan Museum
in New York were well received. How
ever, your list of illustrious chess greats
inadvertently overlooked the greatest of
them alone DR.. Emanuel Lasker.
ID. S. TOffOlO.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Another Democrat

Your reporter was in error when he
said Josh Lee was the only other Demo
crat at the Eisenhower Stevenson lunch
FEC Commissioner BARLEY is not only
a Democrat, he is Sam Rayburns
nephew. Reader.