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The Arizona post., 1953-01-16
TEMPLE SiSTERHOOD

Major event on the Sisterhoods immediste
calendar is the Donor Luncheon Jan. %. Mrs.
Philip SolIins, pres, announces that Joint
meeting with the Mems Club is contemplated
for February Mrs. Bernard Pasfernaek is the new
Flower chairman.
The Arizona post., 1953-01-16

Arizona Post, January 10, 1853
Evening star., 1953-10-18


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Evening star., 1953-10-18

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Evening star., 1953-07-19
Balance Sheet

In democracy, however, political
leaders sometimes achieve their
success not so much by what they
do for people, as by what they do
not do to them; and the President,
however Congress and allies may
feel, has done little. in a positive
sense to offend the great mass of
his countrymen.
To judge by their affectionate re-
sponSe when he goes among them,
the people still like Ike and it ap-
parently will be many a long day be-
fore majority Of them do not.
The reports of leading editors
throughout the country, which ap-
pear elsewhere on this page, indi-
cate that the President may have
slipped bit here and there, or may
even have gained strength in few
places. Perhaps the public reaction
to Ike after six months is expressed
best by Editor Sevellon Brown, Sd, of
Providence, who believes a vote for
Eisenhower today would be a vote
of confidence rather than the star
ry-eyed adulation of last November"
If Dwight Eisenhower's first six
months in Office have failed to in
sure him a firm place in history as
either a great President or a poor
one, this is probably more the fault
of history than of the Chief Exec
utive.
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Things Undone

Against these accomplishments
nearly all achieved with generous
support from Democrats-the record
reveals some notable instances in
which he has not lived up to the
hopes Of many of his supporters.
He has not cut income taxes. as
many voters expected he would. He
has not been able to balance the
budget Immediately, owing to prior
commitments of Government. He
has encouraged "hard money" pol
icy which has frightened credit for
the small borrower. He has spent
$38 billion in his first six months
as compared with $37 billion in Mr.
Truman's last six months.
Rapid reduction in the public debt
and a quick downturn OF the 1nf1a-
tionary trend have not materialized.
as many people-perhaps unreal
istically-hoped they would. The ma
tional debt actually has risen about
one and nine-tenthS per cent
($5,O68, 400, ,799 in terms of money!
since Gen. Eisenhower took over.
And the coSt-of-living index, ac-
cepted generally as barometer Of
imitation, was one-tenth Of a point
higher at last report than it was
when President Truman left office.
But in fairness to the new ad-
ministrator, many if not all these
things undone" are the result Of
policies and situations inherited on
January 20. One significant thing
undone"-if it is undone-that is
solely the responsibility Of Gen.
Eisenhower lies in the more intangi-
BILE realm of leadership.
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Leadership Question

It is on the question Of leader
ship, in fact, that his critics have
the most to say. They decry his ap-
parent passion for getting along
with Congress- passion which,
they claim, has nurtured irresponsi-
bility to party and to country on
Capitol Hill. These critics interpret
his attitude of cooperation as one
of surrender to congressional ele-
ments hostile to his program. They
claim he has failed to fight actively
for many things he says he believes
in, and they say Congress has in
terpreted this as sign of weakness.
But as the first six months ended,
Gen. Eisenhower seemed to be Civ
ing the lie to this Interpretation.
There was no weakness, certainly, in
the way he stood pat on excess
prof1tS-and got an extension Of that
levy over apparently inSurmount-
able opposition. And his recently
Stiffened attitude toward Senator
Mccarthy of Wisconsin indicates
that cooperation is q desideratum,
not q fetish, of the new President.
Out of these contradictions at the
end of six months, no very clear
picture emerges. To those who
paSsionately defend him, there is
some evidence of statesmanShip and
forward movement: to those who
paSEonately denounce him, the rec
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Lennon Is Potential Match for Mccarthy
Constitutional Rights
Loom Large With Him

courtroom in Wilmington. N. c., for
% years. More often than not, de-
PENDANTS in that courtroom have
been farm workers, laborers and
Negroes. They say down in Will
mington that Judge" Lennon al
ways made a fetish of fairness,
whether prosecuting, defending or
judging. Even as far back as his
college days at Wake Forest College,
he took dim view of bullying. At
Wake Forest, he led successful
movement against hazing of fresh
men.
AS a practicing attorney, most
of his cases were of the who hit
whom-with-the- beer bottle kind (at
$25 per client). But there were also
other cases, both civil and criminal,
with more lucrative fees. Then, in
1947 and 1851, he was elected to the
State Senate. There, he'became rec
ognized as a pretty fair parliament
tartan (though he is quick to admit
that he'd be no match against Joe
Mccarthy on that Score).
His two terms in the State Senate
made him well-known in his own
section of the State, but he was a
virtual political unknown to most
Tar Heels when Gov. Umstead ap-
pointed him. Political pundits at
Raleigh had suggested several dozen
names, but Alton Lennon was not
on their list.
But it's not likely he'll be un-
known for long if he does wind up
on McCarthy's subcommittee. When
he was asked point-blank if he was
frightened" by Senator Mccarthy,
he appeared to be both hurt and
inSulted:
why no. I'm not afraid of him
or any other man, physically or in
tellectually. Like I said, I'm not here
looking for a fight, but I've never
been known to run from one"
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Deportation: New Worry for 'UntouchobIe' Hoodum

says he is natural-born citizen;
the United States says his Passaic
IN. j. birth certificate is phony. If
the United States can prove its point.
out goes Adonis.
2. NGturdlised citizens. Frank Co.'S
tello was born in Italy and became q
United States citizen in the 192Os.
He will have to be denaturalized be-
fore being deported.
Canceling citizenship of the natu-
rallied and deporting those who
never were naturalized is a long and
tortuous business. It will probably be
years before the full effect of the
drive started by Mr.. McGranery and
carried on by Attorney General
Brownell is felt through the Nation.
The Technique
Here's how it works:
If a racketeer is a naturalized
citizen-and many of them are
the FBI and the immigration and
Naturalization Service collect the
needed facts and turn them over to
a United States attorney, who files
civil suit. Because of crowded
dockets and appeals. years may
pass, but if the Government wins,
the racketeer reverts to alien status.
If investigation uncovers a basis
for deportation, the denaturalized
thug appears before special in
quiry officer Of the immigration
service. If this officer finds against
him, the alien still can appeal to
the Board of immigration Appeals.
And if he loses there, he can fight
in the courts for habeas corpus.
When the Government finally
gets around to deporting him, his
country of origin may not be willing
to take him back. Generally, how
ever. the countries on this side of
the Iron Curtain reluctantly accept
their notorious sons. Otherwise, the
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Six Months of Eisenhower:
HuIf-Yeur's Record
OfAccompIishments
By Allen DruY


After six months in the White
House, Dwight D.. Eisenhower re-
mains something Of an enigma to
political Washington.
When he has been notably con-
servative, as in the tidelands oil
episode, correspondents have re-
ported that the Real Eisenhower
was a conservative.
When he has Impulsively uttered
some liberal sentiment, as In his
first off-the-cuff comment on book
burning, the word has spread that
the Real Eisenhower was q liberal.
But the real Real Eisenhower"
remains a mystery.
On the face or it, his record Of
actual accomplishment to date has
been spotty. II it were only by this
bill passed or that bill defeated that
Presidents were judged, the quick
smiling man at 1900 Pennsylvania
might be on his way to q place in
presidential history alongside such
men as Grant and Coolidge. Pres
idents, however, are judged by total
impact; and the total impact Of
Dwight D. Eisenhower. 33-million-
vote winner of the Presidency and
still the most powerful personality
in America and world politics. can
not be so easily dismissed.
In actual fact, he has not ac-
conlpliShed so very much; poten-
TALLY, the sky is still the limit.
Democrats, and a good many Re-
publicans, talk about uncertainty
hesitation weakness lack Of
leadership" But his friends stoutly
maintain that everything up to now
has only been preparation. From
here on in, they assert, things will
really move.
Evening star., 1953-07-19

prior arrests when he had been
arrested at least three times pre-
viously in New York-for assault
and battery in 1908, for the same
offense in 1912 and for carrying a
concealed weapon in 1915.
Failure to disclose previous GRIM
inal recorder at least arrests-is
the favorite charge in these de-
naturalization proceedings. The
Government charges, for instance,
that Thomas Luchese, alias Three
Finger Brown" neglected to men
ton two arrests on homicide charges
in 1928 and 1880. He was released
both times but the Government says
he shouldn't have let these and two
other unmentioned arrests slip his
mind.
The Government contends Albert
Anastasia denied he had criminal
record although he had been con-
victed of murder and sent to the
deathhouSe before the conviction
was reversed on appeal. His record,
said the Government, showed three
other arrests-two involving murder.
In one case, that of Gaetano Mar
tino, the Government contends he
was convicted of robbery and pistol
charges while his naturalization
proceedings were actually pending
and he still got naturalized.
Re-enty
In the case Of Joe Adonis, the
Government charges that he ap-
piled for and got a birth certificate
stating he was born in PaSsaic, N. j.,
when he was actually born in Italy
and came to this country with his
mother and three brothers. The
deportation warrant against him
charges that he didn't have the re-
quired immigration documents when
he re-entered this country at Miami,
Fla, after a short visit to Cuba in
the winter Of 1918.
The Dragna case also involves re-
entry. The Board of immigration
Appeals ruled that Dragna was
clearly deportable" because he
didn't have proper immigration
OOCOuUCA4LO WHICH, A4C 4C~CAAOCACN OA1C
country at San Ysidro, Calf, after
a trip across the border into Mexico.
Deportation was ordered for
Joseph De Luca and Nicolo I'm
postato, both named by the Kefauver
committee as leaders of the Malta
in Kansas City. The deportation
warrants in both cases are based on
narcotics convictions in 1912.
Carlos Marcello's deportation order
is based on his 1898 conviction for
violating the Marihuana Act--a
deportable offense under the new
immigration and Nationality Act.
And 30 1t goes. The offenses of
Q decade or quarter century ago
are being dragged out again to haunt
the racket bosses and their neuten-
ants ~ the Government wields its
latest weapon in the war against
crime.
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Rocky Mountains
BY Palmer Hoyt
Editor, the Denver Post

DENVER-President Eisenhower,
who stacked up an overwhelming
majority over Adlai Stevenson here
last November, is still a favorite Of
voters in this area.
A survey, conducted recently for
the Denver Post, showed that two
of three voters think Ike is doing q
good job of running the country.
Sixty-six per cent said they ap-
prove of Ike's actions as President
during the few months he has held
office. Twenty-seven per cent said
they thought Ike was doing only
fair job" as President. Seven per
cent said they thought he is doing
"a poor job of running the country"
Politicians here agree generally
that Ike will remain strong in this
region because of home ties: The
residence here of Mrs. Eisenhower's
mother, Mrs. John Doud. Ike also
had his prediction headquarters
in the Brown Palace Hotel here, and
apparently plans to spend at least
some vacation time here this year.
Among the "a per cent of polled
voters who thought Ike was doing
an only fair or poor job as Presi-
dent, the main criticisms were:
. Failure to cut taxes, increase in
unemployment, failure to solve the
Korean war and failure to live up
to his campaign promises"
. Other criticisms against Ike and
his Republican administration in
cluded the G. o. P. stand on tide
lands oil, and apparent influence"
on Ikes administration of Senators
Taft and Mccarthy.
. Only per cent of the disapprov-
ing voters listed Ike's vacationing
and golf among their complaints.
In the poll, voters were contacted
without regard to political affilia-
tions. Some of the anti-Ike COM
mentS obtained from voters include:
I'VE have to pay taxes to pay de-
tectives to guard his mother-in-
laws house here in Denver"
"The Korean war should be ended
at once"
There's too much unemploy-
ment. :. They're sacrificing too much
to win the war"
Hes doing horrible job. They
don't cut taxes-they're throwing
every one out of jobs
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Pacific Coast
By WiIIiom w. Knight
Publisher, the oreeen Journal

PORTLAND, Oreg.-The prepond-
Grant opinion here seems to be that
a substantial majority Of the voters
remain staunch supporters of the
President.
Some criticisms are heard, result
ing from apparent misunderstanding
OF the administrations position re-
garding the power question, and the
respective parts that private enter
prise and the Government should
play in this area of great unde-
veloped power.
There has been some criticism
from minority groups regarding the
administrations position on the Off
shore submerged lands inside State
boundaries. Here again, there ap-
pears to be a misunderstanding on
the part of some of the people due
to the fact that the administration
has not made it clear that the action
Of the Congress in this matter
merely re-establiShed that as a mat
ter OF law possession and control of
the lands beneath navigable waters
inside their boundaries have existed
in fact in the States since the be-
ginning of our Nation, and that
common equity required congress
sional action to alleviate the in
justice Of a political decision of the
United States Supreme Court.
The majority of the people seem
to feel that President Eisenhower
has mt had odpnIIoto oprort,,pitv m
show what he can accomplish and
that considering the overwhelming
aspects Of the serious problems left
for him to solve, six months is far
too short a period in which to ex.
pect solutions.
People seem to be encouraged by
the Presidents efforts to bring about
q peaceful conclusion to the Korean
problem.
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Republican Dixie
By Allen Duckworth
Political Editor,
Oollos Morning News


DALLAS.-Eisenhower sentiment
has slipped bit in Texas since
Inauguration day.
The drought-stricken small ranch
ers are demanding subsidies for the
beef industry. This puts the admin
istration in a damned -you-do-
ned-if-you-don't" position.
Texas conservatives supported Ike
in belief Republicans would reduce,
not increase, Federal controls.
Therefore, the President will make
enemies regardless of policy.
There is also disappointment over
the handling Of the Korean problem
The average Texan who voted for
Eisenhower hoped for overnight in
ternational wonders. Now, he asks,
aren't things in just as big a mess as
under Truman? Majority sympathy
is with South Korean release of
non-Communist prisoners.
If presidential election were held
this month, however, it is probable
that Texas could be carried for
Eisenhower again.
The tidelands oil issue could be
revived. More important is the
Eisenhower political organization
which National Committeeman Jack
Porter not only is keeping intact but
is expanding. Organization, rather
than issues, is the winning factor
In Texas politics.
Texas Democrats who remained
loyal to national nominees have only.
an unof1lcial and feeble organiza-
ton headed by old New Deal per-
sonalities who can't win co-opera-
ton Of middle f-the-road Demo-
Gratis.
Evening star., 1953-07-19

alien can be held in custody for six
months and then can be put under
supervised parole.
Costello Cose
The process has started against
Frank Costello. In filing a petition
in Federal court in New York to can
Gel his naturalization, the Govern
ment unloaded a collection of
charges. Among them:
That the naturalization was il
legally procured because during the
five years preceding his application
to be naturalized he had not be-
haved as man of good moral char
acter, attached to the principles of
the Constitution of the United
States, and well disposed to the
good order and happiness of the
same" as required by the National
ity Act of 1906.
That during the five years before
he applied to be naturalized he vio-
lated the National Prohibition Act
and the 18th amendment to the
Constitution and failed to file
Federal and State tax returns or
to pay his taxes.
That he "practiced deception"
on the Federal court by false state
ments and concealment of facts in
the proceedings leading to his natu-
ralization.
That the naturalization was IL
legally procured because when he
took his oath of allegiance to sup
port and defend the Constitution,
he did so with mental reservations
to violate and to continue to
violate" the 18th amendment, the
Prohibition Act, Federal and State
income tax laws and other Federal
and State laws.
That he claimed in his naturaliza-
ton proceedings that he had no
Evening star., 1953-07-19
By Miriom Ottenbero

Smart lawyers closed the back
door through which underworld boss
AL Capone was sent to prison, and
the Governments made -to-order in
come tax trap became as leaky as
a sieve.
Now the Federal attorneys have
built new snare-losS of citizenship
and deportation.
The Capone case made hoodlums
wary Of the tax laws, and except
for few caseS-notably that of
mobster Mickey Cohen-gangsters'
lawyers have been able to steer
their clients away from the shoals
of Internal Revenue.
But the new dodge attacks for
eign-born undesirables on their rec
ordS of past sin without affording
them the solace of the statute of
limitations. What can a gangland
lawyer do when his client is accused
of something that happened decades
ago? That question is at once the
hoodlum's worry and the Govern
ment's JOY.
The current drive to get foreign
born criminals started last fall un-
der Democratic Attorney General
McGranery. II believe" he said,
that it is incumbent upon me to
prosecute matters Of this type in
volving unsavory characters"
The drive was given an added lift
by the new and involved Immigra-
ton and Nationality law. Now the
names of the men facing denatural-
ization and deportation read like a
who's who of the underworld.
The Roeues' Gallery
Among them: Frank Costello, Joe
Adonis and Meyer Lansky-the trio
described by the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee as "the East
ern axis of a combination of rack
eteers working throughout the ma
tion."
Then, there's Jack I. Dragna, de-
scribed during the crime hearings as
the most notorious gangster of the
West Coast; Carlos Marcello, an
alien whose corner on New Orleans
vice made Chairman Kefauver won
der aloud why he had never been
deported, and Albert Anastasia,
racket boss of the New York water
fronts.
A spokesman for the immigration
and Naturalization Service said that
agency had been getting criminals
deported for years. But the road
show Of the Kefauver committee
made it abundantly clear that some
of the defiant witnesses could be
deported if anybody ever got around
to amassing the evidence and fight
ing 1t out.
For the purposes of this type Of
law enforcement, the Justice De-
partment's targets fall into two
categories:
/. Aliens. II Joe Adonis Is de-
ported. 1t viii be on this basis: He
Evening star., 1953-07-19
Democratic Dixie
By Wright Byon
EolIor
The Atlonio Journal

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Eisenhow-
er's personal popularity remains
nigh In the South. His name seldom
ellcits any comment other than one
OF admiration for him as q man and
as soldier.
Many Southeruers, however. put
large question mark by the per-
Torrance to date of the Eisenhower
administration. Relatively few of
them are ready to condemn the ad-
mInlstration on so short a trial; but
even fewer, perhaps, are ready to
accord it enthusiastic approval.
If another election were held now.
there probably would be less support
for the Republican ticket in Georgia
than there was in 1852, when this
State went Democratic by a larger
ratio than any other in the Union.
Biggest single element of doubt in
this region relates to the admins
tration'S farm program.
Despite rapid ndustrialization, the
Souths economy still depends, di-
rectly or indirectly, on agriculture
AOA AAOC4A VI 1IS 41lCOkIl6. Inc OrOO IN
farm prices is hurting.
AS to broader phases of Govern
ment policy, the dominant opinion
Is that President Eisenhower's objec-
tives are good, but that his leader
ship has not yet shown the expected
strength. There is a good deal of
amusement among the politically
minded that much of the Presidents
support in Congress on key measures
has come from Southern Democrats.
A frequent comment is that the
President will do better when he
can persuade his own party to go
along, too.
Opinions as to conduct of the
Korean war and the truce negotia-
tions are as varied as the people
who express them. The common
denominator is an attitude of frus-
tration. No one envies President
Eisenhower his bitter task of choos-
ing the lesser evils among various
courses open to this country.
Evening star., 1953-07-19
NewEngIond
By SeveIIon Brown, Sd
Editor. Providsnes Journal end BulIssin

Editor, PreVidenes Journal and Bvllefin
PROVIDENCE, r. New Eng
land, where the Eisenhower can
didacy got its real start in the New
Hampshire primary Of March 1852,
has always been considered good
territory for the President. How
does Yankeeland feel about him
after six months in the White
House?
Any answer must be at best q
guess. This writer's is that New
England is still strong for Ike, but
that the first surge Of enthusiasm
has subsided into something like
earnest optimism.
The Presidents refusal to capital
ize swiftly on his enormous popu-
larity has disappointed some New
EnglanderS, and puzzled more. His
dogged insistence on congressional
prerogatives, his compromises with
Republican right-wingers, his kid
glove handling of Senator Mccarthy
all these have been variously as
cribed to inexperience, timidity, even
personal weakness.
Only lately. with Gen. Eisenhow-
er's significant victory on the excess
profits tax and his gradually sterner
attitude toward Mccarthy, has it
occurred to some in this corner of
the country that the President may
have been deliberately building q
base from which to exercise his lead
ership more vigorously and more
effectively in the future.
AS to specific hopes, the great dis
appointment in New England has
been Korea. The tantalizing frus-
tration Of the truce which repeat
edly slips from the grasp at the last
moment has been as hard for Yam
KEGS as for any Americans to take.
But there is no noticeable inclina-
ton to blame Gen. Eisenhower him.
self because the war still drags on.
Conversely, the Presidents studied
approach to the Governments fiscal
problems meets solid approval in
this region. where conservatism in
money matters has long been a
watchword.
In sum, if President Eisenhower
had to face the voters up here to-
morrow morning on his Six-month
record, they probably would give
him a solid vote of confidence, if not
quite the Starry-eyed adulation of
last November.