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Evening star., 1953-09-16

connection with the last, he said:
Whatever commitments we
make to our European allies to
buttress assurances of non-ag-
gression we must be prepared to
make on a long term basis. For
there is anxiety lest the shaping
of our policy may be slipping
from the respected hands of
President Eisenhower into the
hands of men less concerned with
strengthening our alliances
abroad than with appeasing iso-
lationiSts at home"
Incredible Beliefs.
Some of the misunderstanding
(of the American objective) may
seem incredible, Mr.. Stevenson
said, and many think we are in
temperate, inf1exible and fright
ened." He pointed out that many
proud nations resent any real or
suspected interference in their
domestic affairs, and added:
'Nor can they reconcile our
exhortationS about the peril (of
Communist attack with deep
cuts in our defense budget. And
everywhere people think they
recognize the dominant mood of
America in what is called NC
Carthyism"-now a worldwide
word. Inquisitions, purges,
book k-burning. repression and
fear have obScured the bright
vision of the land of the free
and the home of the brave"
The Chicago Opera House was
filled to its $500 capacity with
Mr.. Stevenson's Republican
friends as we'll as with the great
and the near great in his own
Democratic Party to hear the
speech.
The party was arranged by
the Stevenson Report Committee,
a non-partisan group of friends
of the former Governor of Illi-
Evening star., 1953-09-16

Miss Margaret Truman, occupied
box. He, too. received stand
ing ovation from the audience
when the spotlight was turned
on his box.
When Mr.. Stevenson had COM
pleted his report and was off
the air waves, he launched into
an informal chat, telling the
crowd of his experiences on his
long trip.
My cup of defeat" he said,
was sweet indeed. President
Eisenhower has been to Denver
but look where I've been"
Evening star., 1953-09-16
''WhoIe Thing Was in Flames,
Witnesses Say of Fallen Plane

hit the top of the trees first.
I looked out and the whole thing
was in flames.
II dropped the baby preston,
10 months old) and yelled for
Bob, my husband, who was sleep
ing in the front of the trailer.
Then / grabbed the baby and
ran out. ! ran away from the
scene. The outside of the trail
er was scorched by the heat
from the flames of the burning
plane.
I'VE were lucky"
Robert Pratt, so, a retired
mechanic, said:
Just as was getting out of
bed I heard this plane come over
The motor sounded kind of
funny. It was so low I said to
myself, I never heard one come
in as low as that
"Just as I was getting dressed
the sound kept coming closer.
came out in my shorts. l didn't
see it hit, but seconds after it
hit I saw flames all over the
place.
There was not too much of an
explosion-just a big crash. The
whole thing burst into noun
tain of flame. sThe whole plane
was burning"
John w. Hood, %, a former
Navy pilot who lived nearby
said he heard the engine cut out
and then roar as if the pilot had
"gunned it,"
He said that when he saw the
crash he ran to the door of the
plane and tried to open it, but
was driven back by the flames.
| Another witness Mrs Alice
Evening star., 1953-09-16
It's Too Soon to Discuss
Politics, Pepper Says
By the Asseeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 16.-For-
mer Senator Claude Pepper said
yesterday he has made no po-
litical plans for the future.
1T is too far in advance to
discuss the 1856 senatorial elec-
tion," said Mr.. Pepper upon his
return from the Democratic rally
at Chicago. This decision will
be made in due course"
His statement followed word
from Chicago that he planned to
oppose Senator Smathers in 1856.
He lost to Senator Smathers
three years ago. Senator
Smathers has said he will run
for reelection.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Stevenson
(Continued From First Page.)

\CO1tlnueQ from FlrSG PageJ
sideration, Mr.. Stevenson pointed
out.
II think our Government" he
continued, Should now bend
every effort to encourage and
hasten federation"
Asia in Revolution.
Discussing the vital problems
of Asia and the Asiatics, Mr..
Stevenson said flatly:
Asia is in revolution. Civili-
cations are very old, but political
independence is very young. In
the new states the economies
are sharky, public administra-
tlon is weak; they are hungry
and poor, sensitive and proud.
Nationalism is rampant, and the
West, identified with the hated
colonialiSm, is suspect"
1t was apparent Mr.. Stevenson
was counseling patience in deal
lngs with these peoples.
THE theological conflict in the
world doesn't mean much to the
he pointed out. Anti
Communist preaching wins few
hearts. They want to know what
we are for not just what we are
against. In nations like India,
1ndoneSia and Burma they don't
accept the thesis that every one
has to choose sides, that they
have to be for us or against us.
Nor do I believe that we
should press alliances on dnwill-
ing allies. The important
thing is that such nations keep
their independence and don't
join the hostile coalition"
He said he. had been impressed
by the devotion of the leaders of
Asia to the democratic idea of
government.
Great Decisions Near.
Saying I'VE are on the eve of
great decisions in Asia" Mr.
Stevenson added that Korea is
the first step. He asked if Red
China was likely to yield at the
conference table what it had
fought to prevent on the battle
field "a nom Communist united
Korea). and added his own
view: ......
1T would seem to me unlikely
if we adopted arbitrary positions
in advance and our room for
maneuver and negotiation is
limited. I hope our leaders will
not be prisoners of domestic po-
litical propaganda or hobbled by
inflexibility."
Mr.. Stevenson voiced skepti-
cism of Red China's intentions,
but, he said, when we search
for settlements we have to
search, and when we negotiate,
we have to have something to
negotiate with as well as for" "
He did not elaborate on what
he meant by room for negotia-
ton" nor on what constituted
something to negotiate with"
On the critical side, Mr.. Ste
venson cracked down on McCar-
thyiSm, reductions of defense
spending by the administration
and efforts of Republican iso-
lationists to dominate the ad-
ministration's foreign policy. In
Evening star., 1953-09-16
THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington, D. c. 80
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1883

Finne, who also lived at the
trailer camp near the scene Of
the crash, said the plane seemed
to explode. Then, she said, she
saw a shot of fame" that died
Immediately.
Lester Hansen, an oil truck
driver, said he saw the plane
circling low over the area. 1T
backf1red a couple of times and
then came down fast at about
a 45-degree angle" he said.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
BY the Asseeiosed Press

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 16.-
Residents of house trailers close
to the scene of the American
Airlines plane crash which took
% lives today gave the ASsoci-
ated Press firSt-person accounts.
Mrs. Althea Craig, 26, said:
II was in the back bedroom
and I could hear the plane COM
ing in low. I picked up the
curtain and I heard it hit the
ground. I think it might have
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Goodwill u. S. Visit

The Colombian Embassy an
nounced yesterday that the
Colombian training frigate Cap
itan Tono will arrive here Sep
tember % for a six-day good
will visit. The ship will carry a
crew of ITO, including II officers,
16 marines and So cadets.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Oman Raps Proponents
OF Big Bully Policy
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Dec, 14.-Methodist
Bishop G. Bromley Oman Of
Washington last night criticized
those who would substitute the
big bully" policy in foreign af-
fairs for the good neighbor
policy.
Speaking at a dinner in his
honor given by Massachusetts,
Protestant leaders. he said:
Speaking at a dinner in his
honor given by Massachusetts,
Protestant leaders, he said:
The President and the Secre-
tary of State deserve the full
support of all Americans true to
our best traditions when they
repudiate once and for all big
bully, un-American policies a
highly vocal minority bellows to
the Nation"
"Demagoguery is contagious"
Bishop Oman said. "Intellec-
tual weaklings succumb quickly.
They become enamoured of pow
er and exercise it sadistically to
silence criticism.
Dissent is defined as disloyal-
ty and deviation from the party
line is declared to be treachery."
he said
Evening star., 1953-12-14

of high living costs, while in the
Midwest and Far West they en-
phasize farm problems and diff
ferences between the two major
parties over the handling Of pub
lie power projects.
The extent to which the Dem
ocrats are able to capitalize on
economic issues will depend
largely on the record of the 1854
session of Congress.
That session. opening January
s, will have before it a new farm
bill, a new social security pro-
gram, taxation and other equally
basic issues.
President Eisenhower said re-
Gently that, unless the Repub-
lican Party can enact a dynamic,
progressive legislative program it
will not deserve to remain IN
power. The big question will be
whether he can hold enough of
his own party in line, and pick
up the additional Democratic
votes he will need to put through
such a program.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Democrats Mapping
Bid 10 Voters Based
On Economic Issues
By J. A. o'Leory

y The Democrats appeared today
to be getting ready to appeal to
voters pocketbooks with eco
nemic issues to Offset Republican
attempts to make communism a
major issue in next years battle
for control Of Congress-.
Democrats from eleven East
ern States who gathered in
Philadelphia over the weekend to
hear and consult with Adlai E.
Stevenson, made it clear they
expect to direct public attention
more and more to economic
problems.
They talked freely of the fear
Of depression. of high living costs
and of discomfort among the
farmers.
At the same time. Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wiscon-
sin. made it equally plain yes
terday that he has no intention
Of letting up on his cry that
Democratic administrations were
soft toward communism in Gov
ernment.
Replies to Stevenson.
On the NBC Meet the Press"
television program. Senator Nc
Carthy charged that Mr.. Ste
venson long has shown an
especial fondness toward the
Communist philosophy"
This was his answer to Mr..
Stevenson's criticism Saturday
Of the methods followed by Re-
publicans in digging into the
past, instead of concentrating on
the problems Of today. The 1852
Democratic standard bearer said
that If the Eisenhower admins
tration would start crusade
against communism without
using Communist methods,
Democrats would cooperate.
Senator Mccarthy replied that
the former Illinois Governor has
been repeating like a broken
record" the idea that Americans
should fight communism with
out getting rough.
eff he has some way of doing
1t gently. I'd like to hear about
It," Senator Mccarthy added.
The Democrats failed last year
to overcome the personal pop
ularity of Gen. Eisenhower by
telling the voters they never
had it so good" under Demo-
cratic rule.
Draft New Strategy.
But they hope to be more sue
cesSful with the Democratic
prosperity theme next year be-
cause Gen. Eisenhower's name
will not be on the ballots.
It was also apparent at the
Philadelphia gathering that the
Democrats will try to draw a
distinction next year between
the Republican Party and Pres
ident Eisenhower. Former Vice
President Barkley pointed this
up by emphasizing that the 1852
electio nwaS a personal victory
for the military leader of World
War II.
In an off-year congressional
campaign they may be able to
make this strategy work, be-
cause contests for House and
ferent issues in widely scattered
Senate seats always involve diff
parts of the country.
Congress Record at Stake.
In the big Eastern Industrial
centers the Democrats will have
Q chance to progress by talking
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Prisoner in Arlington
Finds Roof Door Open
And Walks 10 Liberty

A 22-year prisoner in the
Arlington County Jail made an
unauthorizd tour of the roof of
the courthouse yesterday. found
an open door and walked to free
dom, county police said today.
Washington area police were
still looking for the man today.
He was serving a 15-month SEN
tence for two counts of petty
larceny and carrying a concealed
weapon.
The man, William w. Brown,
a native Of Fairfax County, ap-
parently scrambled to the top
of an elevator machinery house
on the roof of the courthouse.
From there he jumped the fence
and removed his khaki outer
clothing. The fire door, which
has had a lock on both sides
since the courthouse addition was
built" according tc Detective
Capt. Dudley H. Rector, was
open, so the prisoner walked
through the quiet courthouse to
the street.
PatrOlman Hurt in Lean.
In searching for possible hid
ing places on the roof, Patrol
man Donald r. Attanasio, 20, of
1908 South Eighth street, Arling-
ton, suffered a fractured right
leg when he jumped 10 feet from
the old court house to the roof
OF an addition at the south of
the building.
Pvt. Attanasio, a former Met
ropolitan policeman, was removed
from the roof by the Arlington
Fire Department and sent home
after treatment at Arlington
Hospital.
Sheriff Carl Taylor said Brown
was permitted to go on the roof
as many prisoners in a "trusty"
status are allowed to do. Yester-
day. Sheriff Taylor said, his wet
footpronts were found on the
main courthouse stairs.
Clothing Found on Ledge.
Members of the Jail staff con-
Quoted a door-to-door search of
the courthouse after finding the
prisoners shirt and trousers on
a ledge of the roof so feet above
the ground yesterday.
The Arlington fire department
sent a hook and ladder truck to
search possible hiding places on
the roof. 1t was believed at first
that Brown might have Slid down
a drain pipe to the ground.
Evening star., 1953-12-14

ture of mans purpose and en-
durance. it is one of the wonders
of the world. And the two men
that inhabit the body of Albert
Schweitzer are indivisible and
irreconcilable. like the flesh and
the spirit.
I am happy that I have known
DR.. Schweitzer. and seen that the
legend can be a man with tired
eyes and patched trousers, with
the great rough hands that were
not rough with the organ keys,
nor with the knife. He IS a
strange, perverse, splendid man,
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Schweitzer Keeps Informed
Despite Isolation in Africa

formed. think he has a great
inductive gift. In the dining
room was a fairly normal col
lection Of old American and
Swiss news-magazines and-as-
toundingly-copies of Alaskan
Highway" than which I never
hope to see, in French Equa-
torial Africa, more improbable
periodical. No one. seemed to
know how it got there.
BY and large I was less in
terested in MoSsadegh's DOCTOR
ate than in Africa, in the racial
thunderstorm Of which I have
seen so much lately. But the
first thing DR.. Schweitzer ever
told me was that a man must
occupy himself only with what
he knows personally "a curious
attitude for one of the world
great theoretical philosophers
and keep to first principles.
Color until recently no
African here was allowed to buy
imported liquor. Now they can.
Step backwards. They have cit
liens right now-but no citi-
zens' responsibilities. They de-
Stroy all they touch -
You ask whether the native
can ever develop to responsibility
without us, and the answer is
no, they cannot. Others disagree.
The United Nations trusteeship
commissions and so on-they
think in terms Of politics. Do
they ask who plants the trees
that the African can eat, who
boreS the wells that he can
drink? No, they say how are
they progressing to self-govern-
ment?' Self-government without
resource, without thrift? De-
mocracy IS meaningless to chill
dren."
Hospital Amid Squalor.
AS we said at the start, hu-
man legends have a trick of di-
miniShing as one nearS them.
There was the theory, or heresy,
that somewhere in this monu-
ment to sacrifice rests a trace
of spiritual pride-the mystique
that maintains the hospital as
q Slum.
The doctors answer is nearly
clear: This is mission before it
is hospital; it is maintained in
African squalor because it is in
deed part of Africa; in any case
were it otherwise no African
would come. One asks why, with
tuberculosis patients. the hos
pital should refuse offers Cf es-
sential radiotherapy. and the an
Swer again is simple: DR..
Schweitzer does not like 1t. That
answers everything: it may be
right.
The fact is, I suppose. that it
would not matter in principle if
the hospital were in itself a
wholly negative thing (Which it
is not) so long as the moral ex-
ample of its creator reaches the
world.
The whole situation is the sort
of philosophical labyrinth that
requires a Schweitzer to explain.
The hospital here is, as a hos
pital, just one degree better than
nothing. AS a symbol, as a ges-
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Three Trustees Named
For Johns Hopkins U.
By the Assoeicted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 14.-Three
new members have been ap-
pointed to the Board of Trustees
of Johns Hopkins University.
bringing the membership to 80,
Board President Carlyle Barton
announced today.
The new trustees are Devereux
c Josephs. president Of the New
York Life Insurance Co. Of New
York: Robert G. Merrick, presi-
dent Of the Equitable Trust Co.,
Baltimore. and John M. Olin,
president of Clin Industries, East
Alton, Ill.
Evening star., 1953-12-14

like the rest in this bleak CORFU
gated-iron colony among the
trees, as empty Of beauty as it is
full Of significance. He shuts
himself there and writes, while
all around the animals bray and
hoot and the natives dispute and
wrangle.
He has a prodigious capacity
for concentration, which sup
pose is characteristic of most big
people. yet of receptivity. too.
He will hear nothing of the up
roar around. until some relevant
sound detaches itself from the
hubbub-a suggestion of need
and he is out like a bullet.
It is one of the larger things
about DR.. Schweitzer that when
he turned his back on the world
for this barren hermitage 40
years ago he by no means re-
nounced those pleasures Of. the
spirit which are left even for a
recluse
He continues to write; his
music is sorely diminished. but
remains in essence: his intensely
active life slim ulates his
philosophic reserves.
Answers Mail by Hand.
The world floods in on him
through the mail. and some of it
is rewarding and valuable. Re-
warding or not, however, DR..
Schweitzer answers most of it
by hand. Therein lies one of his
tribulations: he is incapable Of
writing a short or formal note.
If message is worth any sort
of reply, he argues, then it de-
serves the proper treatment.
A little while ago he came to
see me in my room. which is
clean and spartan and about the
size of a closet.
A random bagful of subjects
bobbed up-Iran:
There was great and noble
country, once. But oil countries
lack genuine interest because
they gain wealth by accident;
the few get rich without work.
ing and the many work without
getting rich; an immoral econ
omy. Anyway all I really want to
know is when did Mossadegh get
his doctorate, and what for?
Keeps Well Informed.
During my stay here I have
been perpetually puzzled as to
what methods DR.. Schweitzer
uses to keep himself abreast of
events-or at least as abreast as
anyone can be in Africa. He ap-
pears to read no papers, listen to
no radio.
Nevertheless he was we'll in
Evening star., 1953-12-14
A Nobel Winner
By james comeron

North American Newspaper Alliance
LAMBARENE, Gabon, Africa,
Dec. 14.-For a temple of peace.
the Hospital Schweitzer is one Of
the most turbulent places I know.
1t does not worry DR.. Albert
Schweitzer. He lives in a room
This lost Of three articles on Dr..
Sehweitxer. 7o-yeor- -oid winner Of
the 1852 Nobel Peoee Prize, is
based on on interview by distin-
suished British iournolist.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-06-25
AT LYNCHBURG
"wednesday Night

Tom Horton, a highlander sent
to the Braves by the Milwaukee
Braves front office, made his first
appearance in the lineup, a win
ming one, when he took a ten-inning
decision from Lynchburg on Wed
nesday night by score of to 5
Ted Laguna was his catcher.
Horton went all the way and al
though he was wild at times, he
struck out eight men and pitched
shutout ball in all but the first, sew
enth and nine innings.
Manager Johnny Sullivan used
four pitchers in the game with Ry-
an, who took over in the tenth, be-
ing charged with the loss. Sanders
was behind the plate.
Lynchburg took a two-run lead in
the first when Dolci's double, scored
Dean and Wallace, who had singled
The Braves went ahead 80 in the
fourth. Guyton walked and scored
on Myers three-bagger. Barrett fol
lowed with SINGLE. scoring Myers
and Hersh followed with another
single, putting men on first and sec
ond. HerSh and Barrett then pulled
double steal, after which Damianc
flied out to deep left, with Barrett
scoring easily after the catch.
1t was AZ Hagerstown in the fifth
when Laguna singled, moved to sec
ond on Horizons sacrifice, advanced
to third on an infeld out and scored
on wild pitch.
The Braves fifth run came in the
sixth when Barrett walked anc
scored on Hersh's double.
Lynchburg picked up a run in the
seventh and then tied it up in the
ninth when Wallace, Lynchburg's
first baseman who had for 5, came
through with a double with two
men on base.
HagerStoWn won the game in the
top half of the tenth. linn, the first
man up, walked and moved to Sec
ond on Guyton's single to center
Myers then forced Guyton at sec.
ond, with linn taking third on the
play, from where he scored after the
catch when Barrett flied out to cen
ter.
Summary: Lynchburg, 5R, 11H
DE, II Left. Hagerstown, CIR, 8H
0E, 5 Left.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-06-25
Keeping Up With The Braves
By H. S. Douglas

guna both walked. Stacks attempt
ed sacrifice was turned into a force
out at third base. linn then forced
Slack for the second out and Guyton
fouled out to retire the side.
The Braves took a one-run lead in
the fourth. With one away, Barrett
doubled, Hersom popped up, but Joe
Blake, back in the lineup, came
through with a double, scoring Bar
rett. Concannon then grounded out.
1t was 20 Hagerstown in the
fifth. With one away, Stan Slack
got a clean single to left. Jimmy
Ainn hunted down the third base
line, sending Slack to second on the
sacrifice, and when Dean threw the
ball away trying to get linn at first
Slack scored on the error and jim
my went all of the way to third But
| that's as far as he got, as Guyton
struck out and after Myers had walk
ed, Barrett grounded out and the in
ming was over.
Lynchburg's lone run came in the
seventh. Wallace, the first man up
beat out hit to short. Dolci follow
ed with double, sending Wallace
to third. Hopkins struck out and
then Pinkham flied out to right, with
Wallace scoring after the catch. The
next batter grounded out to retire
the side.
Slack then really bore down, re-
firing the side in order in the eighth
and ninth.
Summary: Lynchburg, 1R, GIL, 1E
4 Left. Hagerstown, 2R, GIL, 1E, 8
Left.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-06-25
AT LYNCHBURG
(ThurSday Night)

Behind the six-hit pitching of Stan
Slack, the Braves won their final
game with Lynchburg on Thursday
night to sweep the three-ga1ne
series. The score was 2 to l. Stan
not only pitched a beautiful game
he didn't walk a single man-but
he also came through with the hit
that, as it turned out, actually won
the ball game. Ted Laguna was
his catcher.
Vogel, a Highlander, went the
route for the Cards and Pinkham
was his batterymate.
In the first inning Lynchburg got
man on base through an error, but
the Braves 61st double play took
care of that.
Hagerstown had scoring chance
in the third. Concannon and La