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Evening star., 1953-11-09

Campaign Committee after a
survey trip that took him all
over the country. He came
back with a report that the
party was in trouble. But that
was discounted by the White
House Staff-until the roof be-
gan to fall in. Then the Pres
ident found out, too.
AS surprised as was the
President, he took the results
more calmly and philosophi-
cally than others, which may
be due partly to his political
naivete. He did come up with
the best diagnosis of what is
wrong. That lies in his observa-
tion that the Republican Party
has long been a minority party
and can only win with the sup
port of Independents and
Democrats. In other words,
the party somehow has lost
that independent and Demo-
cratic support it plainly had
November a year ago. The
President was too modest to
go a step further and state the
real truth. which is that it was
he, not the party. that won
that necessary outside help.
That is possible in an election
frequently; but Government
afterward must be by the
party. and there has been the
rub. Because of the Presidents
amenability to party leaders,
his willingness to take direction
rather than to provide it, the
administration has lost that
Eisenhower glitter and glow
and is the dull and drab
G. o. P. by and large.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Dorothy Thompson

A melancholy irony will at
tend the celebration of Armi-
stice day. November II is the
35th anniversary of the day
when the Germans laid down
their arms in World War 1,
and the peoples looked forward
to a great era of continuing
peace in a world made safe
for democracy"
But the intervening years
have never known peace,
never known anything but an
armistice, interrupted by an
other and even more terrible
world war, followed by only
another armistice, under which
the threat of still another con-
f1ict rumbles, and one which, if
it occurs, will throw such civil
ization as still exists into a
long, long night of barbariSm.
The insecure pSeudo-peace of
armistice is the only peace this
generation has ever known.
Armistice is better than war,
for within it peace can still
be pursued.
But what cannot be pursued
in the name of peace is victory.
General Macarthur was en-
tirely correct in saying, In
war there is no substitute for
victory" Victory is the aim of
war. But victory is neither the
aim nor condition of peace.
In an illumined moment,
Woodrow Wilson uttered the
words, There must be peace
peace without victory" 1t
is conceivable that before our
entrance into World War I, as
the worlds most powerful
neutral holding the balance of
the scales in our hands, we
might have intervened, not to
win the war for Britain and
France, but to end it by nego-
tiation in a peace that would
Evening star., 1953-11-09

festly has much ground to re-
gain to re-establish itself. 1t
has a number of obvious mis-
takes to overcome. Among
them was permitting the bill
for the benefit chiefly of big
oil companies-the offshore oil
meaSure-to become its first
legislative achievement-and
so advertised. To the man in
the street that could mean
nothing else than a compliant
attitude toward powerful
privileged interests. 1t GER
tainly proved an invitation to
other special interests. They
moved in-and were listened
to, as we have seen in the
weakening of conservation
policies and obeiSance to pri-
vate power interests. All this
intensified public suspicion.
In connection with all this
it seems significant that, as
the administration plans a
congressional program to re-
coup itself with rank and file
voters, the CIO is beginning
distribution to it's millions of
members of one of it's "Roll
Call" pamphlets entitled
"Give-Away" which is the
story of the offShore oil bill
and, along with it, a record of
how members of Congress
voted and also a brief survey
of the threat to our national
resources, rivers, forests, min
erals and metals in admin
strative rulings and in pending
bills
The President may have
given himself too big a handi-
cap already. It's plainly not
"just a pitch and a putt"
Evening star., 1953-11-09

AS great a puzzle as the
exact facts is why the charge
was made.
Democrats believe it repre-
sentS a political backf1re to
Republican losses in Wisconsin
and New Jersey. They profess
to see the hand of Gov. Dewey
in the matter and they do not
for a minute believe it is an
isolated incident. They an
ticipate that whenever it be-
comes necessary to blanket
unfavorable headlines, the FBI
files will be brought into play.
The Attorney General will
be sharply questioned about
his proof that the White report
reached President Truman.
That proof or lack of it is the
cold central issue in a story
easily overlaid with emotion.
The Attorney General has
gone one step further even
than the Mccarthy method.
He has attacked Mr.. Truman
on the ground lawyers call
constructive knowledge"
This inv olives attributing
knowledge to, a superior be-
cause a subordinate got it.
Press Secretary Hagerty ap-
peared to negative the exist
ence of such proof when he
said the White House files had
yielded no copy Of the White
report. The question arises of
whether the FBI in this case
or any other got receipts ini-
tailed or signed by Gen.
Vaughan when they delivered
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Doris Eeeson-
A Story the World Will Watch
Why Brownes Charge Was Made and the Proof or Lack of
Form Vito issues in the Disturbing White Cose

such top-secret papers to him.
Even then the question of
proving that Mr.. Truman
knew arises.
At the time of the promo
ton complained of, Mr.. White
was working for the man Mr..
Truman relied on above all
others, the late Chief Justice
Vinson, then Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr.. Vinson unhap-
PLY cannot now throw his
great weight into the scales
of this important issue.
If the Attorney General
cannot carry through and
offer proof that Gen. Vaughan
received the White report and
transmitted it to Mr.. Truman,
then he-and President Eisen-
hower-are vulnerable to the
charge of adopting the Big
Doubt technique of Senator
Mccarthy. This would be po-
litical news of vast Signif1-
canoe and it's repercussions
would be felt internationally.
AS Mr.. White is dead, his
case can never be adjudicated.
1t may well be desirable to
perform an autopsy on it in
view of the confusion and
doubt which have been Gre
ated. Such an autopsy can
only be useful if 1t is done
responsibly, of course.
Whether he was a spy is I'M
portant. 1t yields in current
significance to the case of the
new President versus the old
President. That is the case
the world will watch.
Evening star., 1953-11-09

graph from the FBI memoran-
dunn, which he said then was
in Mr.. Truman's hands.
Many people do not know
that the FBI cannot prosecute
anybody unless higher author
ity in the executive branch of
the Government says so. Many
people do not know also, that
an earlier FBI memorandum on
Alger Hiss was in the hands
of the executive officials of the
Democratic administration for
many years before the FBI
memoranda of 1945 and 1916
were submitted. Yet it was in
1948, when a House committee
exposed Alger Hiss. that Mr..
Truman called it "a Red Her.
ring" This ought to dispose
of the argument that "it can
all be left to the FBI."
There seems to be a con-
certed campaign afoot today to
discredit the work of Congress
sional investigating commit
tees, and also there is a cru
sade in some of the so-called
liberal" and "1eft-wing" pub
locations to defend those who
refuse to testify in answer to
questions by Congressional
committees which ask If wit
nesses are now or have been
engaged in espionage.
Attorney General Brownell'S
revealing speech may wake up
the country to the insidious
efforts of some liberals" to
smother the inquiries into
Communist infltration in our
Government. 1t also may bring
about the publication in more
communities in the land, where
it has not appeared as yet,
the full text of the security
committees report of last Au-
gust which gives chapter and
verse on the Communist con-
spiracy inside the Government
of the United States, not only
in the executive departments,
but inside Congress as we'll. 1t
is by far the most sensational
document ever published at the
United States Government
Printing Office in Washington,
and sells for 20 cents a copy.
Anybody who has read that
report will wonder why it re-
quired a speech by Attorney
General BroWnell to direct the
attention of the country to
these same facts about the
Communist conspiracy in our
Government.
Reproduction rights reServed.)
Evening star., 1953-11-09

not have sown the seeds for a
new and greater conflict.
The exchange of notes be-
tween the United States,
Great Britain and France
on the one hand, and the
Soviet Union on the other,
pertaining to a foreign min
isters' conference. produces
nothing because both sides
want peace with victory.
Neither side is strong enough
to impose its terms. diplo-
matically, upon its opponent.
Yet that is what each side is
trying to do. Each accuses
the other of unwillingness
sincerely to negotiate, while
each demands in advance the
unconditional surrender of
the power position of the
other, which only military
victory could achieve. This is
particularly notable in the
Soviet note of November 5.
One recalls Lincoln's de-
scription of the condition pre-
vailing at the outbreak of the
Civil War in his Second
Inaugural Address:
"On the occasion cor
responding to this four
years ago, all thoughts
were anxiously directed at
an impending Civil War.
All dreaded it. All sought
to avoid it. While the
inaugural address was being
delivered from this place,
devoted altogether to saw
ing the Union without war,
the insurgent agents were
in the city seeking to
destroy it without war.
Both parties deprecated
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Thomas L. Stokes

This city just now is full of
seminars of harasSed Repub-
licans who are busy at post
mortems on the off-year elec-
tion reverSeS. They are trying
to find out how to check the
obvious trend against the Eli
Senhower administration be-
fore next November's congress
sional elections.
AS a starter, a close liaison
has been set up among the
White House political staff, the
National Committee, the Con-
gresSional Campaign Commit
tee, which directs campaigns
for election of Republicans to
the House of Representatives,
and the Senatorial Campaign
Committee, which oversees
campaigns for election of Re-
publican Senators.
Perhaps most surprised OF
anybody at the results was
President Eisenhower, himself.
He is, as he admits, not a poll
tician. But, more than that.
he suffers the isolation COM
mon to all Presidents, which
includes the isolation from bad
news so far as his staff can
see to that. 1t is traditional
that those about a President
try to keep him happy and put
the best face on current de-
velopments affecting their
chief.
The bad news got here be-
fore the recent political upsets.
It was brought by Representa-
tive Richard M. Simpson, Re-
publican, Of Pennsylvania,
chairman Of the Congressional
Evening star., 1953-11-09
House Unit Ready
For Close SCREENING
Of Social Security
BY the Associafed Press

A House subcommittee sets out
this week on the deepest digging
investigation of the Govern
ment's vast social security pro-
gram in many years.
Informed sources said the in
quiry will be aimed at spotlight
ing what some Congressman feel
are sharp inequities and miscon-
ceptions in the present program
of retirement and death benefits
for some IS million workers.
The subcommittee itself, these
sources said, may not make
legislative recommendations for
correcting the ALLEGED inequities.
But subcommittee leaders believe
the picture to be unveiled may
point the way to sweeping
changes later.
Chairman Curtis of the House
Way and Means subcommittee
said Government officials prob
ably will be leadoff witnesses in
public hearings starting Thurs
day.
I'VE want to get the facts
about the present program" he
said. "We want to know what it
is doing now. what it is not do
ing, where it is going, and what
are its faults and shortcomings,
if any"
Mr.. Curtis and some other Re-
publicans have urged move to
put the entire program on a pay
as-you-go basis, in which each
years benefits would be met by
that years taxes. They also
have urged a more uniform and
universal payment, instead of the
present system of sharply vary
ing eligibility and levels of
PAYMENTS.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Doris FIeeson-

This Capital is still stunned
by the charge made by Attor-
ney General Brownell with
ample backing from President
Eisenhower that former Presi-
dent Truman promoted the
late Harry Dexter White know
ing that Mr.. White had been
accused of being a Russian
spy.
The charge by one President
against another is absolutely
unprecedented. It has result
ed in putting Gen. Eisenhow-
er's reputation for responsible
behavior in the line together
with that of Mr.. Truman. Both
men cannot conceivably escape
unscathed from the situation.
The former President is be-
wildered by the attack. He
assures personal friends that
he simply does not remember
such a report on Mr.. White.
He gives this answer both to
the Brownell version and to a
version greatly to his credit
which is put forth in some
quarters here.
Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan,
who Mr.. Brownell says re-
ceived the White report from
the FBI, declares he can't re-
member it either. But he ad-
mits he sometimes received re-
ports of this nature from the
FBI, although why they should
have been delivered to a pres
idential military aide remains
an enigma, as it is entirely out
of character with Washington
procedure.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Dorothy Ihonpson-
Melancholy Irony Of Armistice
The Words Of Lincoln 4inng Neither Side Was Bomeles
In the Civil War Are Recalled in Insecure Times

war, but one of them would
make war rather than let
the Nation survive and the
other would accept war
rather than let it perish.
And the war came"
In this same address Lin
coin hints that neither side
was altogether blameless. The
offense of slavery was not the
sole offense of the South;
God" says Lincoln, gives to
both North and South this
terrible war as was due to
those from whom the offense
came"
With other issues at stake
that situation is similar to the
one between the Western allies
and the SovietS. Each depre-
Gates war, and with better
reasons than ever in history.
But the United States insists
that the Soviets agree to
abandon positions they hold or
are building, and the Soviets
that the Western allies aban-
don positions they hold or are
building, as a prerequisite to a
conference which, if peace is to
be obtained, must involve pre-
cisely those positions from
which there only can be mu-
tual retreat.
No armistice precludes war.
no victory promises peace. The
victories of peace are victories
over passion, the triumph of
neither opponent, but of rea-
son, realism and the capacity
to discern alternatives better
or worse for both parties.
There Is always a mutual in
terest in peace. There can be
no mutual interest in victory.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
ChrysIer to Present
11-Duv Auto Show

The public gets an 11-day
chance to see how today's auto
mobile is built when the Chrysler
Corp. presents its New Worlds
in Notion" opening Sunday at
the National Guard Armory.
The show, with more than 100
displays. is free to the public and
will be open from noon to 10 pm.
on weekdays and pm. to 10
pm. on Sundays.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
St. Marks Turkey Dinner

st. Marks Church on Capitol
Hill will hold an autumn fair
and turkey dinner from to 7
pm. tomorrow in the parish
hall, 301 A street Sc.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
AFL Unions intervene
In Transit Rate Case
As Contract Drags

The Washington Central Labor
Union yesterday intervened in
the Capital Transit Co., rate case
before the Public Utilities Com
mission. asking that a decision
be withheld until the company's
attitude in contract negotia-
tions with its employees changes.
The labor group. composed of
80 local AFL unions, including
the transit workers union, ac-
cused the company of rejecting
"all means of peaceful settle
ment" of the contract dispute.
1t also declared that strike
by the bus and streetcar drivers
is imminent.
The CLU asked that public
hearings. which were ended early
last month. be resumed to in
quire into its charge that the
fare increase should not be
granted until the company moves
in the labor dispute to avoid a
work stoppage.
Meet on Strike Date.
Meanwhile, Walter j. Bier
wagen,, president of Division
689, Amalgamated Association of
Street, Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Employees of Amer
lea, said the unions executive
board was meeting today to con-
slider possible strike dates.
He said the union has played
out our string as far as trying to
reach peaceful settlement.
We've talked ourselves blue in
the face, and the only possible
recourse left to us is strike ac-
tion," he said.
Robert E. Mclaughlin, chair
man of the Public Utilities Com
mission, said the commission
hopes to arrive at a decision on
the fare proposals this month.
No Transit Comment.
E. c. Giddings, a transit COM
pany vice president. said the
company has no comment on the
new development in its plea for
a higher rate of return.
The company filed it's request
last April for increased fares,
which would give it about $780,
900 additional net operating
revenue per year. Hearings in
the case stretched over six
months.
The Central Labor Unions pc
tition, filed by Attorney Franklin
S. Pollak. asserted the company's
attitude in refusing to arbitrate
the dispute over a pension plan
contract to replace one that ex-
pired on June 30, has made
strike IAN imminent possibility"
The petition declared that the
10000 members of the local
unions affiliated with the Gen.
trail Labor Union would suffer
inconvenience and hardship, if a
strike should occur"
Evening star., 1953-11-18
TwoMarinesC CHARGED
In ; Billboard Fires

Two men identified by police
as Marines have been charged
with burning up three big bill
boards early today along Route l
between Washington and Guam
tlco, where they are stationed.
Virginia State police at Grove
ton said the two Marines.
Thomas G. Dugan and Donald A.
Virgins, were released under
1000 bond each on a charge of
arson. A hearing has, been set
for Fairfax County Court De-
cember 2.
Police said the Marines could
give no reason" for their firebug
spree. Two of the billboards
they destroyed advertised gaso-
line. The third advertised a
Washington hotel.
Police said the Marines were
arrested soon after firemen ex-
tinguished the blazeS. They said
the pair bought some gasoline at
filling station near Groveton
and then tried to drive off with
out paying for it.
Police estimated damage to
the three signs at $500.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
u. S. to Deport Artist;
Marriage Fraud Cited
BY he As,oeiaiecl Pros,

DALLAS, Tex. Nov. 18.-
Manic Ciani. 43, dapper Italian
portrait painter. was ordered de-
ported today for having engi-
neered a marriage to a Holly
wood socialite so he could be-
come a United States citizen.
Ciani testified he met his
bride, Virginia Keith Royce, 25,
amateur actress and singer.
while she was studying voice in
Rome. She was so delighted
with the portrait he painted of
her that she beseeched him to
come to California and later
mailed him a ticket, he said.
Inquiry Officer j. G. FRYE
based his ruling on a California
annulment which voided the
marriage for reasons of fraud.
Giants attorneys gave notice Of
appeal.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Female WrestIino

France, Finland, Belgium and
Italy are represented in femi-
nine wrestling matches now be-
ing featured in Monte Carlo.
Evening star., 1953-11-18

Irregular Checking Accounts
Especial Checking Accounts
Savings Accounts
christmas Savings Clubs
sTravelers Checks
sSafe Deposit Boxes
sNight Depository
sTrust Services
personal Loans
Business Loans
Collateral Loans
sAutomobile Loans
sInsurance Loans
sHome Improvement
&Modernization Loans
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DUCK HIDES EGGS
HIGH UP IN TREE
Henry Beasley's Musocvy Seeks
Safety Deep in Hollow High
Up in Trunk

Colington.-A tame Muscovy
duck belonging to Henry Beas-
ley appears pleased with her
choice of a nesting place, but she
has her owner little puzzled.
The duck made her nest and
laid 10 to IA eggs in a hollow
tree. The hole in the tree is some
eight feet above the ground and
the nest lies 18 inches below the
opening Although the mother
duck is able to get in and out
without too much difficulty, she
will hardly be able to boost the
little ones out safely.
Mr.. Beasley figures he will
have to remove the little ducks
soon after they are Matched in
order to save their lives. Al.
though he has raised Muscovies
several years, none ever played
a trick like that on him before
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TWO TO ENTER
POTATO RECIPE
COUNTY EVENT
Kitty Hawk, Mays Head
Clubs to Unite for Joint
June Gathering

Kitty Hawk.-At least two
members of the Kitty Hawk Home
Demonstration club will compete
in countrywide potato recipe con-
test. They are Mrs. Earl Keller
and Mrs. Curtis Toler.
Competitors may enter one rec
pc, with the dish prepared by it,
IN each of several classes. A coun-
ty winner in each class will be ELI
gible to enter a district contest in
Elizabeth City. The event in Man
teo will be held May 6.
This was only one of a number
OF plans discussed when the Kitty
Hawk club met Friday with Mrs.
Carlos Dowdy. The group decided
to hold its June meeting, the last
until fall, in conjunction with the
Mays Head Home Demonstration
club. The date, place and type of
meeting have yet to be determined.
Plans also were made to provide
pins for members who have main
tanned perfect attendance for as
much as three years. If she makes
up one absence by attending a
meeting of some other club, Mrs.
Curtis Toler will soon be eligible
for three-year pin. Mrs. w. j.
Freeman has missed only one
meeting in two years.
At Fridays meeting, Miss Mary
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10

work of Mrs. Horatio Culpepper.
Miss South America was dressed
by Mrs. Evelyn Gray.
Besides the dolls representing
nations or sections, which in
clude Miss Mays Head in a two
piece swim suit, the collection in
cludes a bride and bridesmaid
(but no bridegroom. Some of the
dolls, such as Savannah" and
weet Genevieve" represent
songs.
Of all the dolls in the collect
ion, however, the best loved is a
pickaninny wrapped in blan-
ket. This belonged to Mrs. Til
lett when she was tiny girl and
she loved it best of all her dolls
then, just as she does now. Once
the baby's head was broken, but
Mrs. Tillett patiently and skill
fully put it back together so that
the break is scarcely discernible.
DOl SOIlSIIlIlS ID SdIO W NC
second only to stamp collecting
in present day popularity and
manufacturers cater to it. Whole
series of dolls are available. A
number of magazines keep the
doll collectors informed. The
dolls can be purchased already
dressed, or ready to be dressed.
Patterns and directions some
times come with them. Since rib
bons is used largely in the ma
terials, ribbon manufacturers ca
tering to this trade also supply
pictures and patterns.
Not all the Tillett collections
are inanimate. For instance, the
whole family loves dogs and cats.
Although distemper last year
made tragic inroads on the pets,
there are still several dogs and
more cats than you can count on
two hands,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10
EASTER EGG HUNT
GIVEN FOR PUPILS

Kitty Hawk.-Pupils in the third
ard fourth grades, taught by Mrs.
Roy Kessinger, were entertained
by the grade mothers at picnic
and Easter egg hunt, Friday, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Foreman, whose son, CODY, is in
the class.
After games and refreshments,
which consisted of cup cakes and
cold drinks, the group went to the
woods back of the house to hunt
Easter eggs. Eunice Midgette
found the most and Bobby Young
found the prize egg. Four who did
net find any eggs were presented
with gifts.
The room mothers, Mrs. R. A.
Young, Mrs. Minnie Perry and Mrs.
Durward Miller, were assisted by
Mrs. Norman Smith, whose daugh-