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Evening star., 1953-01-13
tions in Service

The truth is Mr.. Truman has
not given to the public the
slightest bit of evidence to
back up his charge. and he
prefers to slander American
youth as well as the news
papers which happened to
criticize him for his policies.
The fact is that most Of the
criticism has come because he
hasn't backed up the boys in
Korea-he has left them there
in a stalemate, as the casual
ties have dragged on month
after month. Mr.. Truman says
ne was applauded when he
ordered American troops to
Korea. That is correct, but
when he says the criticism
started only "as the election
neared," he forgets that the
adverse comment began the
early part of 1951-long before
the November, 1852, election.
It was in April, 1851, that the
controversy swept the country
as he dismissed Gen. Mac
Arthur. who had shown signs
of standing up to the aggressor
and had recommended policies
that are certainly at variance
with any theory that he didn't
want to see the war pursued to
a victorious end. In fact, Mr..
Truman accused Gen. Mac
Arthur of wanting "to enlarge
the war;"
The President said in his
interview-later described as
accurate" by the White House
that Gen. Macarthur had set
a bad example because when
he didn't obey and wouldn't
report to his Commander in
Chief, the junior officers-lieu-
tenants, captains, majors-be-
gan to say, Well, If a general
can get away with that. I
cam"
Just when did these lieuten-
ants, captains and majors find
out that Gen. Macarthur was
supposed to report to President
Truman? It certainly wasn't
even limited till December,
Evening star., 1953-01-13

1882, when Mr.. Truman blurted
out at a press conference that
he had expected Gen. Mac
Arthur to come to see him
when he got back from Tokyo.
This looks like an afterthought
on the part of Mr.. Truman,
because any one who takes the
trouble to reread the final or
ders sent on April 10. 1851, by
the President to Gen. Mac
Arthur. as made public at that
time. will find this sentence:
"You will turn over your
commands, effective at once, to
1t. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.
You are authorized to have is
sued such orders as are neces-
sary to complete desired travel
to such place as you select"
This meant that the gen.
eral could 60 to some of the
hotter places Of the earth or
neither regions so far as Mr..
Truman was concerned, and
there certainly was nothing in
that language which implied a
cordial invitation to come to
Washington and bask in the
spring sunshine on the White
House balcony.
But the mystery deepens as
one wonders how this impress
sion of alleged unwillingness to
report was conveyed to $4,000
deserters from the armed
forces scattered around the
world in many a country where
they don't report Mr.. Tru-
mans alterations in detail.
Mr.. Truman will some day
awaken to the fact that his
negative policies in 1851 in
Korea condemned many an
American boy to death because
he refused to let Gen. Mac
Arthur use maximum power.
Any President Of the United
States who enters a war and
then deliberately declines to
let 1t be pursued to a victorious
ending has much explaining to
do for history.
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edented assistance not in cash
but in a far greater degree
of cooperation and good will
than we have received from
our allies.
Since it has become in
creasingly clear that our part.
ners on the European con-
tinent do not intend to do more
than drag their feet and
France is openly opposed to
accepting the Paris treaty, the
new administration will ex-
plore another policy for de-
Tending Europe. This is ex-
pected to take the shape Of
helping directly the Western
Europeans who wish to pre-
pare themselves for an even
tual showdown with the Com
muniStS.
1t may be necessary for the
next administration to assist
countries such as the West
German Republic and Spain
to organize adequate defense
forces by bilateral agreements
instead Of trying to place them
in the NATO.
A precedent has already been
established with Yugoslavia.
We are giving as much as
sistance as that country needs
to modernize its military
forces without her being a
member of the Western Euro
pean coalition. OF course,
Yugoslavia. though a Com
munist country, is less con-
troversial than Germany and
Spain insofar as France and
Britain are concerned.
Our allies are certain to
object violently to any sugges-
tion that we arm West Ger
many and Spain. But the
need for effective combat
troops-not mere token forces
lis so great that q step in
that direction may be essential
for the best interests of Europe
itself.
Evening star., 1953-01-13

the best information is that &C.
ton can be expected before thl
President lays down his burder
next Tuesday.
Most Americans in the oil
business supported Gen. Eisen-
hover. He has already prom
ised to sign the bill twice
passed by Congress, twice
vetoed by Mr.. Truman, which
would give to the coastal
States those paramount
rights" which the Supreme
Court awarded the Federal
; Government in the continental
shelf.
Mr.. Truman is trying to hold
the line until Gen. Eisenhower
has had a big taste Of presi-
Dental responsibilities in the
world situation. He is said to
believe that when the general
understands the political reali-
ties - which are the Eisen-
hover daily fare now the
Eisenhower views on these and
other questions will undergo q
change.
In his more candid moments
he admits his oil decisions. GER
tainly the oil reserve transfer
to the Navy, will prove politi-
cal headaches for his success
sor. He staunchly justifies
them on the ground Of ma
tional security.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Lowell MeHett::

Well be writing about him
for q long time to come. He'll
probably be writing a bit about
himself. So there's no need
to hurry into print any esti-
mate of the man now chiefly
engaged in clearing the way
for his successor to "the
highest Office within the gift
of the American people"
But the temptation to do
so in this his last week is
aroused by the picture his
temporary home now presents.
Passing the White House you
could be struck by the notion
that they have finally sue
ceeded in fencing him in.
They've been trying to do
that in one way or another
for nearly eight years, but
no matter how well they
seemed to have him sur
rounded he always managed
to break through. Now, how
ever, they've raised great
piles of lumber around the
White House, almost. obscur-
ing the stately home and
Office, to provide seats for the
spectators coming next Tues
day to see the vanquished
depart and the victors enter.
For the victorS there is an
inclosed reviewing stand al
most large enough to house
the whole of the United States
Government in the days Of its
beginning.
For the man within the bar
ricade, winding up his work.
all this must provide a grim
reminder that his days Of
active power are nearly over.
He must take what comfort
he can from the fact that
what his country is now doing
to him 1t also once did for him
In that consciousness he will
walk out with his head held
high and his familiar grin in
tact.
He will hold his head high.
that's for sure. He believes he
has been q good President.
He believes history will say so.
He believes this so strongly
that he can hardly wait for
history to start doing it and is
tempted at times to prod the
historians. lest they over
look his accomplishments. IAe
doesn't want to be long de.N
Evening star., 1953-01-13

stages its peace conferences.
the latest being in Vienna. The
sincerity" Of these moves il
beside the point. which il
whether or not they are prop
agandistically effective. We,
in America, underrate,. in my
opinion. their effectiveness on
millions who are not Com
muniSts. g
The present danger to the
success Of the policy initiated
by President Truman, sup-
ported by. = Adlai Stevenson.
and apparently to be con-
tinued by Dwight D. Eisen-
hover, is not from Commu-
nists, but from riffs within
the Communist world.
President Truman never errs
on the side pessimism. He
reported that '''the countries
of Europe are moving rapidly
toward political and economic
unity" Hardly were the words
out Of his mouth than the
only French statesman who is
devotedly pan-European and
for a complete understanding
with Germany-the author Of
the plan for economic unity
that bears his name. Mr..
Schuman-was out Of the
French cabinet. with serious
.repercussions on the Adenauer
government in West Germany
and on the smaller states.
Actually. the European de-
fense alliance is not strength
ening but is threatened with
disintegration. Eisenhower will
not inherit q going concern.
but step into q crisis requiring
fundamental re-evaluations.
We. as Americans. including
our official leaders. talk too
much. Speak softly and carry
q big stick" said Theodore
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1953-04-20
Letters to The Star

d94D, this has absolutely nothing
whatever to do with the question Of who
has title.
may hold title to lake in my back
yard, but if that lake is connected to
navigable rivers running through sew
eral States, the Federal Government,
under the Interstate Commerce Clause,
has a. paramount right" to control my
use OF the lake. That does not mean
DO not own it. still own the lake and
the land under it, though the Federal
authority, If it chooses, may tell me
can't row my boat there.
The same applies to the present title
dispute. These four States, moreover, at
the time OF their acceptance into the
Union, were vested with all the rights
OF the original 13 States. There is much
evidence that the original coastal States
acquired a grant from the King of
England extending three miles outward.
It this be so, the later-admitted coastal
States automatically gained similar
rights on their coaStlines. Mr.. Justice
Frankfurter in his dissent in the Cali
fornia case brought special emphasis to
bear on this point. It is a vital one.
In the face OF this. can it be said that
qultclaim legislation may properly be
claSSed as a ''giveaWay"? AS long as an
honest dispute on the merits remains.
think not. though as Miss FleeSon re-
Gently pointed out. the need for catch
phrases in this controversy seems to
be an overwhelming one.
Albert s. Bill, Jr.
Evening star., 1953-04-20
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweN

He should be able to tell a customer
who wrote what, and when, and who
published it. and in how many editions.
He must have the finish of an intel
ligentzia, the shoulders Of a prize
fighter, and the brain Of an Einstein.
All this, just to sell books?
Certainly.
A bookseller is a great man, although
most Of them do not seem to realize 1t.
He must be q combination Socrates,
Shakespeare and SchweitZer.
The seller Of all the paper books. as
we see him. as distinguished from the
purveyor Of just the one on the stands
at the moment, will be q guy who ought
to be In charge of some great library.
He will be sympathetic. not like the
cigar store owner who said to a friend
of Templeton Jones:
What do you want, young man? A
copy Of True Love ClasSics?"
The young man, who was all OF SO
years old. looked youthful to the man
because he wore a cap.
mo" replied the capped one, with
wan smile. Atlantic Monthly"
This story loses some of its point,
perhaps, by having happened long
time ago, when the Atlantic had the
old brown cover.
One of the finest things about the
reprints Is that they bring to every
reader q chance to renew acquaintance
Evening star., 1953-04-20
Deserved

District Court Judge Luther Youngdahl has
sentenced 22-year-old purse snatcher to serve
from six to eighteen years in jail. 1t is severe
sentence, but it is fully deserved.
The defendant was convicted of purse
snatching in 1949 and was sentenced to serve
from one to three years. That apparently
made no impression on him. After his release
he was accused of 10 new purse snatchings, and
the police say he admitted nine offenses. He
was indicted on three counts, although the
police offered all 10 cases to the United States
Attorneys Office, and he pleaded guilty when
brought into court.
He was sentenced to serve from two to
six years in each case, and Judge Youngdahl
specified that the sentences were to run con-
secutively not concurrently. This, The Star
believes, is in the public interest. At best the
extended prison term may persuade this youth
full offender to change his ways. At the least,
one menace will be removed from the streets Of
this city for some years to come.
Evening star., 1953-04-20

Who will establish complete paper
book store?
The field is wide open for some per-
son with a love Of books in his heart
and plenty Of money in his pockets.
AS 1t is now. the booklover can never
find what he wants among these fasci-
mating reissues.
Not all the paper books are reissues.
One Of the best, now in the best seller
list. Executive Suite" was put out
simultaneously in 35-cent paper form
and So clothbound.
The moment you want q book, the
newsstands. counters and other outlets
are swept clean.
Every purchaser Of these books finds
that he must run from place to place,
trying to find a coveted copy, only to
discover that nobody has it.
These books come out and are sold
like magazines and vanish as quickly.
Then no one. evidently. sees to it that
stocks are kept replenished.
Unless the purchaser grabs a copy
the moment he sees it. he probably will
not be able to find it again.
Owner of the new paper bookstore,
as we envision 1t, would have to be q
real booklover.
He would have to have books on the
brain. in his blood, in his hands, under
his skin.
Evening star., 1953-04-20
DenotionoIizinq an Industry

President Eisenhower has taken q proper
step in recommending that the Government
owned synthetic rubber facilities be sold to
private industry Creation, by the Government
of these facilities was necessity in World War
II. Operated for the Government by private
companies, they served their purpose then and
have continued to do so. It was not the intent
of the Government then, nor should it be now
to remain permanently in the business. Present
stockpiles are near the level sought and the
public acceptance of synthetic rubber assures
that private industry will remain in the field.
It is important, however that the require
ments set forth by the President should be
insured in the enacting legislation needed from
Congress. Those requirements are that the
Government should realize full and fair value
for. the 20 plants involved, that conditions of
fair competition be assured, and that the terms
of sale should embrace guarantees that emer-
gency needs for synthetic rubber will be met.
Sale of the plants under these conditions
not only carries out the policy expressed in the
Rubber Act of 1948 but also protects the ma
tional security interests.
Evening star., 1953-04-20

pens looked neat on their new reor.
ganization chart for the world.
Nobody wants world government.
The peoples Of the earth need the space
and family privacy of their own sep
arate households. They only anger,
confuse and get on one another's nerves
if they all try to move into the same
house, go to the same church, read the
same newspapers and use the same
bathroom.
Senator Bricker, David Lawrence,
Doris Fleeson could save themselves
mental anguish and spare the American
people another two decades Of con-
fusion, If they would cease trying to
tamper with the American system Of
government and start looking for peo-
pie who respect it to fill its high Offices.
Secretary Dulles gives every appear
ance Of a man who does respect it. If
the Soviet propagandistS want to call
it, "appeasing Republican nationalists"
let them. They haven't offered the
world a system that is better than ours
nor has any political scientist in
world history. No system could ever
surpass it for the guardianship of civil
liberties, unless it be judgment day
and the Millennium. The architects of
our Constitution quite obviously had
some doubt that the Millennium was
right around the corner of history.
They expected human beings to re-
main human beings for quite some
time. So do I.
Edna AlyOrd.
Evening star., 1953-04-20

with books he should have read but
missed.
One of these is "Out of My Life and
Thought" by the great missionary
doctor, musicologist and theologian,
Albert Schveitzer.
It has been put out as a Mentor
book at IS cents, If you can find it.
Here we have, according to the cover.
"the worldly and spiritual odyssey of
one Of the twentieth centurys greatest
men,"
A paper book that was an original,
that Is, was first published at price
of Is cents. just like q magazine, was
I'VE Never Called Him Henry" about
the great Ford. This book reversed the
usual process by being published later
in clothbound form.
Another fascinating book, His Maj
esty OKeefe," was published in cloth
at $3.50, and in paper later at so cents.
We preferred the paper copy as more
"booky" in the best sense, and have
tried to get copies Of it, but so far have
not succeeded.
We can assure any bold soul who
starts a paper book store, who will
carry them all, not just few Of the
current numbers, that we will be there
on opening day, and we know a great
many others who will find 1t sooner
or later.
Evening star., 1953-04-20
TideIonds LeeoI Aspects

1t is disturbing to find out that not
one Of your columnists, in discussing
the offshore submerged lands title
dispute, has made an attempt to look
at the legal rights involved. AS I take
it, the entire controversy boils down to
one simple issue: Do these coastal
States Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Cal
ifornia) have title, or do they not? If
they do, the congressional quitclaim
only puts the stamp of approval upon
already-vested rights. If they do not,
the grant is bare, shamefaced give
away"
The Supreme Court cases which your
columnists mention so often point out
only that the Federal Government has
paramount rights" over the disputed
areas. OF course it does. No one is
disputing that. The constitutional duty
to maintain national defense demands
Federal regulation of seaway activities
in these areas. However. as Mr.. Justice
Frankfurter points out in U. S. v. CAL
ifornia, 1872 U. s. 10. 81 Sup. Ct. 1858
Evening star., 1953-04-20

eussion, while the Communists build
up their strength for another period of
hostilities.
This conception Of the purpose of an
armistice is something new in our his
tory. It is departure from the tradi-
tional concept of the reason for an
armistice, which is to permit defeated
nation to receive and accept the terms
of the victor.
Since neither side is the victor in
Korea, If we desire to discuss q nego-
tiated peace should we not do SO while
hostilitieS continue? Several of our
military leaders in Korea have stated,
and others undoubtedly believe that the
only way to force the Communists to
agree to a peace acceptable to us is to
keep up the military pressure.
Will we not be putting the cart before
the horse if we agree to an armistice
before we know the terms of peace?
POnderer.
Evening star., 1953-04-20
TestimoniuI

AS newcomers to the Washington
area (AnnapoliS), we were solicited by
several newspapers. However, only the
man representing The Star showed US
a copy Of the paper he was trying to
sell. We liked the sample and have
never regretted our choice.
Several Of your regular features have
proved quite interesting to me. "Poto-
mac Fever" is good for several chuckleS
a day; the science column on the edi-
torial page Is sometimes too deep for
a language major like me, but it is
always attention-arousing.
Certain political columnists are more
enjoyable to read than others. accord
ing to ones personal bias. Fleeson,
Mellett and Stokes are my meat"
Lawrence's almost constant reiteration
of the phrase, "our boys fighting and
dying in Korea" irritates me- That
type of language causes me to discredit
other comments he makes which may
: deserve my agreement. It smackS of
waving the bloody shirt"-a phrase
remembered from high-school history
class days. But perhaps I am unfair
and my bias is showing. At any rate,
he stimulates to the point Of retort!
jeanne L. Moreland.
Evening star., 1953-04-20
Opposes World Government

On the same page April 8 you have
columns by David Lawrence and Doris
Fleeson, discussing from their diSparate
but equally obliaue viewpoints the queS-
ton of the Bricker amendment and
Secretary Dulles announcement. that
the United States will not sign the
United Nations Covenant on Human
Rights.
If you start by answering first ques-
tions first, you will see that the Bricker
amendment is senseless, the David Law
renee suggestion inane and Doris Flee
sons wall that we've done something
else now to give the Soviets a propa-
ganda break Is utterly infantile.
The first and fundamental question
is this Do you believe that world gov
any way desirable?
MY own answer is no-absolutely no!
But the American people have never
had the question put to them directly.
nor have the people of any other coun-
try on earth. They have had the
League Of Nations and the United Ma
tions thrown at them at the weary end
of global blood-lettingS and have been
told that this is the answer to world
peace. The answer has been found
ready-neatly packaged, neatly labeled
and sold from door to door by authori-
tartan voices-at the end Of two world
wars. What was in the package, what
was behind the label and what was the
angle of these authoritarian salesmen
are questions that have been smothered
in obfuscation, drowned out in idealism
or airily ignored Both statesmen and
buyers of the package have used such
lofty, ego-swelling terms as lone world"
or the shrinking world" or "the broth
erhood of man" and have blithely set
about recognizing the human race as
though the human race were cattle that
could be herded into whatever feeding
Evening star., 1953-04-20
Paradise Acre

Our lite is in our acre by>the door
OF this small house tDhere deeds and
thoughts are free
Possessed by tWo tDho loUe no places
more
Than one good acre phere content
can be.
Su1fcient Is an acre loued and tended
By two Uho knotD robin ne1o this
year
Comes back tull uro,on. a tenant In our
tree,
When time Is ripe for birds returning
here.
Our lily gobletS tip their SDeet to bees.
We join the insects in their honey
take
And mir our dreams with JOY Of
butterflies,
These things are part OF holy bread
Ue break.
We wish each couple o,Dned an Eden
In tOhich the tDorld could lose its
useless uice;
The sympathetic soil can guide the
spirit
And turn an acre into paradise.
Amy Woodward Fisher