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Evening star., 1953-11-12
Constantine Brown
PARIS, France (By Air MaiD

PARIS, France (By Air MaiD.
We are justly annoyed when
our Western European allies,
and particularly the French
and British, say that while our
contribution to Europe's recov-
cry has been substantial, we
are not fit to be leaders in in
ternational matters. We have
neither the experience nor the
know how to handle such
highly delicate matters. they
say publicly and privately.
To this, our spokesmen re-
ply that we are no longer play
ing by ear and that we have
definite straight political line.
And they point out in CONVEX
sations with European states
men that our foreign policies
are clear. We have abandoned
the policy of containment and
have adopted a roll-back policy
in regard to the U.S.S.R and
Communist China.
We are determined to adopt
a realistic policy regarding
the defense of Western Europe,
our spokesmen say. This we
have shown by our agreement
for bases in Spain and by
pressing the French to ratify
the EDO in order to bring
Germany into the European
army.
We have clearly indicated
that we are as interested in
the defense of Asia against
communism as we are in that
of Europe, and have imple-
mented that policy by assum-
ing the major burden of ex-
penditures in the French war
in Indo-C China. Doesn't this all
mean that Washington knows
now what it is doing and
where American policies are
leading?
This positive line is. how
ever, frequently offset by lack
of correlation of statements by
our highest officials and by
the loquaciousness which af-
f1icts so many of our poll
ticianS.
For instance, Secretary of
Defense Wilson stated at a
press conference that we may
withdraw some of our divisions
from Germany. This declara-
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ton of Democratic members
will be essential.
How Citizen Harry Truman
emerges from the outrageous
situation into which he has
been dragged is less impor-
tant now than how President
Eisenhower emergeS. The
Presidents work is still ahead
of HIM. Mr.. Truman's work
has been done. It is not i'm
portant now to convince the
American people all over again
assuming they were so con-
vinced in '52-that Mr.. Tru-
man was not as good a Presi-
dent as he might have been.
1t is important to convince
the people that the Govern
ment is now in good hands.
They won't be convinced by a
seSsion-or a campaign next
summer-devoted to rehaShing
the. sins or alleged sins of the
past.
The Presidents task, in
volving as it does the curbing
of the Veldes, Jenners, Nc
Carthys and Brownells, won't
be easy, but if he is as much
concerned with his place in
history as-well, say Harry
Truman-iS, he will have to
undertake it.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
New Virginia Budget
Finished; Automatic
Tax Cut Under Fire
BY the Asseeiated Press

RICHMOND, Nov. IA pro-
posed 1886 budget for Vir-
ginia has been drafted, but the
details won't be known for an
other two months.
Gov. Battle and his Budget
Advisory Board completed the
document yesterday. 1t will be
made public January 18, wher
Gov. Battle presents it to the
General Assembly as one of his
last official acts.
While the budget was being
completed, there came reports
that some legislators would seek
to repeal or suspend the Byrd
automatic income tax reduction
law so that any unforeseen sur
pluses in general fund revenues
could be diverted to mental hos
pital improvements.
Gov. Battle said he hadn't
heard any expressions of dis
pleasure over the Byrd law and
he emphasized point he'd
made before-he doesn't intend
to recommend any changes in
the Byrd act or other tax legis-
lation.
Any questions of future f1nan-
cial policy should be left up to
the governor -elect. Thomas B.
Stanley, Mr.. Battle said. Mr..
Stanley is on record in favor OF
retaining the Byrd act.
The budget for 1954-56 was
drawn up by the Governor and
his advisory group after a tour
of State institutions and hearing
State agencies in Richmond re-
quest funds for the two-year pc
riod beginning next July l..
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

There be slight break in the TV schedule while Detec-
tive Sergeant Friday of Dragnet Attorney General
Brownell for infringement of copyright.
Biggest mystery Washingtons current thrller-What
happened that old villain of the Democrats T.
Ike Harry Truman should not have been subpoenaed
the big Ike has high regard for former Presidents
his party spends much time trying to make him
Gov Byrnes Carolina refuses testify
Washington It's matter Of States rights
nobody going to make Jimmy Byrnes in the State
with Harry Truman
Senator Mccarthy calls Harry Truman liar Joe's mad
the final quarter of Congress biggest
committee eight witnesses and alleged behind
Harry Truman blames the latest Republican
"snoygosers snolygoster fellow who watches sell
your exclusive story OOOand then makes spill
it in advance for $9-a-day witness fees.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Lowell MeHett-

The thing that stands out
in the Harry Dexter White
affair is naked malice.
Sending a committee en-
ploye to serve a subpoena on
former President Truman,
without first asking him to
appear voluntarily, was a CAL
culated public insult by the
chairman of the House I'm
American Activities Commit
tee. Representative Francis
Walter, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
vania, a member of the COM
mittee, who, like other mem
hers of the committee, was
not consulted before the un-
precedented action was taken,
did not overstate the matter
when he said it was "the most
incredible, insulting, un-Amer-
lean thing that I've encoun-
tered in my 81 years in Con-
gress."
Indeed. to find an amount
OF venom equal to that coming
to the surface in this case
one would have to go back
to the impeachment proceed
ings launched against Presi-
dent Andrew Johnson for at
tempting to carry out Abra-
ham Lincoln's reconstruction
program based on malice to-
ward none and charity for all.
Former Presidents, of course.
should enjoy no immunity
from the proper processes of
government. Like other citi-
Zens they should make them
selves available to any con-
gressional committee seeking
information needed to enable
Congress to legislate intclli-
gently. And now that some
committees have come to func-
ton as secret and public grand
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Republicans are the only ones
trying to ferret them out. It
would have been so easy to
keep the anti-C Communist eff
fort on a non-partisan basis.
Instead, the Democratic STRAIT
egy is playing into the hands
of the Republicans and giving
them an issue of prolonged
effectiveness.
Actually there was good
deal of forbearance on Mr..
BroWnell's part. He first
learned of the second FBI
memorandum in mid October
and need not have waited till
after the elections. if, indeed,
he was interested in getting a
political advantage.
AS for Gen. Eisenhower, he
never should have stepped into
the controversy at all at his
press conference. He should
have been briefed in advance
to say only that his own At
torney General was handling
it. Members of Congress are
not happy when the President
tries to tell them whom they
should or shouldn't subpoena,
especially when the chairman
ships are held by members of
his own party. Some of the
Presidents press conference
comments implied that he was
not supporting his own At
torney General. 1t wasn't so
intended, but that inference
was drawn by the pro-Truman
reporters who did most of the
questioning. They seemed to
be more concerned about tech
nical procedures than about
the fact that a Russian spy
for a long time held a high
post in our Government.
1t would have been the bet
ter part of wisdom for the
President to let the contro-
versy simmer along, with the
Department of Justice and
the congressional committees
developing the case in their
own way. There would have
been time enough for comment
by the President when all the
facts in the case had been
brought out in public.
The controversy over Com
muniStS in Government is a
bitter one, and there are many
people who feel that the po-
litical aspects of it are most
unfortunate, as the sole object
of both parties should be to
root out the Communist agents
still in Government and to ex-
pose those who have escaped
detection in the past, irreSpec-
tive Of politics.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
David Lawrence

Something seems to have
happened to the old-fashioned
deliberateness which men in
public life used to apply to
their conduct when explosive
controversies of a delicate po-
litical nature suddenly con-
fronted them.
Instead of calmly taking
time to get all the facts and
coming up in a few days with
a cool and dispassionate ap-
praisal, the tendency has been
to go off half-cocked. This ap-
plies both to former President
Truman's handling of the
Harry Dexter White case and
to President Eisenhower'S un-
necessary comments at his
press conference on the way
the House Un-American Activ-
tiles Committee had decided
to subpoena former President
Truman. Also it applies to the
impulsive action of the chair
man of the House committee,
who might better have waited
to develop the case before
summoning Mr.. Truman.
When news first reached
Mr.. Truman, he said he had
no recollection of the FBI
memorandum mentioned by
Attorney General Brownell in
his speech last Friday and that
anyway as soon as Whites
"disloyalty" was discovered, he
was fired"
Now it turns out that James
F. Byrnes, then Secretary of
State, discussed the White
case and the FBI memoran-
dunn with Mr.. Truman. Also
the Attorney General has
given out statement saying
the Department of State found
in its files confirmation of Mr..
ByrneS' intervention the day
before the Senate confirmed
White to be United States di-
rector of the international
Monetary Fund on February
6, 1916. Then on April 80, 1916,
Mr.. Truman wrote a laudatory
letter to White as he was re-
signing his post as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Truman would have
been subject to no criticism
whatsoever if he had told the
reporters that he would have
to consult his files to deter
mine what had really hap
pened. Nobody would have
begrudged the former Presi-
dent an opportunity to learn
what had occurred even if it
took several days to get the
Evening star., 1953-11-12

ton caused more sensation in
Europe than President Tru-
mans first announcement that
the Russians had developed
the atom bomb.
European reactions were
cabled and phoned to WASH
ington from all American en-
basSieS. No ambassador knew
what to answer when queried
by prime ministers and foreign
ministers of our allies.
Within "a hours an ava
lanche of denials of Mr.. Will
sons statement came from the
White House and the State
Department. "No such step is
considered" we told our Eu-
ropean allies. The denials.
which were carefully analysed
by these analytical people,
carried no weight.
Editorial commentators,
some Of whom were inspired
by French officials. declared
that Mr.. Wilson'S statement
was unquestionably true and
that the withdrawal of the
American troops would take
place as soon as Germany had
her armed forces ready. This
Interpretation of the Wash
ington denials resulted in
further strengthening of the
opposition to the European de-
fenSe pact in the National AS
sembly. The parliamentarians
interpreted the Wilson state
ment and the subsequent de-
mails as follows: America in
sists on rearming Germany in
order to withdraw her troops
from Europe. Once the Amer
leans are gone they will never
come back. The German
armies will not always be con-
fined to the number of treaty
divisions" Eventually they
will be strong enough to over
run France again, since even
if Chancellor Adenauer's words
are trusted now, who knows
who will succeed him? Hence,
the rearmament of Germany
will result in the Americans
leaving France once more at
the mercy of it's hereditary
enemy.
Had Mr.. Wilson's words re-
Evening star., 1953-11-12

Mothers it's true! AS millions smack their lips the
wonderful favors in SUPER Soft Drinks another
fact is getting around It's this In addition the pure
deicousness that adults and children love-SUPER
Soft Drinks and only SUPER Soft Drinks Of all carbon
ated beverages contain the great health bonus
YITAMIN c.
Your own doctor will tell you that Vitamin is one
vtamn the body does not storethe way stores other
vtamins U. S. Government figures show out of 10 fail
to get enough Vitamin for best health And you know
you can't raise growing children in incubator They
will get their feet wetplay till exhausted in drafts!
Winter living is constant drain on Vitamin c.
Don't let your children drink ordinary soft drinks when
they can get Vtamin Gin SUPER Soft Drinks. Re-
member they in Cans! So, guard against Winter
Slump" Give your child SUPER Soft Drinks ALL
WINTER LONG!
Evening star., 1953-11-12
President Should Take Control
Hope Of Constructive Accomplishment by Administration
Will Depend on His Ability to Curb Reckless Portsons

juries, contrary to any concept
of good government, former
Presidents presumably have no
more protection than other
citizens. The public conscience
may be affronted, as in the
present instance, but there is
nothing the public can do
about it-except, of course, on
election day.
President Eisenhower voiced
the public conscience in his
comment on Chairman Velde's
action. 1t is good that he has
done so. What he has said
should help to clear the minds
and the hearts of Americans
confused and troubled by a
long g-SuStained and reckless
campaign designed to distract
attention from the real issues
facing the country.
Having gone this far the
President would be we'll ad-
vised to go further. He should
take control of his administra-
tion-beginning with his At
torney General, who precipi-
tated this new turmoil-and
he should give the Congress
the leadership that strong
Presidents are capable of Civ
ing This for his own sake and
the country'S. If the next Ses-
sion of Congress is to carry
out any kind of a constructive
program it will have to work in
a different mood from that en-
gendered by reckless commit
tee Investigations. And, as in
the last session, the co-opera-
Evening star., 1953-11-12
How the Europeans Regard Us
Statements Made by Cabinet Members, Only to Be Denied
Loter by President Do Not Help Our Reputation

manned officially undenied and
had they been quietly ex-
planned to the European gov
ernments, 1t is barely possible
that the ensuing arguments
and controversy would have
been avoided. particularly If
Premier Laniel had wished to
use his vast propaganda Or
gans to mend the fences.
Singularly the blunt denials
from Washington to the an
nouncement made in Madrid
last week by Secretary of Air =
Harold Talbot to the effect
that atom bombs might be
Stockpiled in Spain have
caused an unnecessary uproar
in Europe.
Mr.. Talbot stated that we
might bring such weapons to
Spain after the bases are COM
pleted--a matter of several
years hence. He allowed the
Madrid reporters to quote him
directly. The interview Gre
ated only Slight comment in
Europe. But when there was a
sharp denial from Washing
ton and Mr.. Talbot was COM
PEELED by his superiors to dis
avow his own words. the mat
ter became important.
The reaction of Spaniards'
was that there still were some
high places in Washington ,
who did not trust them. The
French and British which had
paid only scant attention to
the original Talbot statement
jumped to the conclusion that
the bombs were probably al
ready on the way. Otherwise
why should Washington
bother to deny what was re-
garded here as a routine state
ment?
All these developments Of
the right hand not knowing
what the left hand is doing
result in our friends in Eu-
rope wondering whether our
top leaders know what they
are doing and where they are
going. This strengthens the
already strong position of the
European neutraliStS who say:
America is too juvenile to be
allowed to remain the leader.
Evening star., 1953-11-12

Minister Malenkov had been ap-
preached on and had indicated
agreement with Prime Minister
Churchill's proposal for a Big
Four session.
The Soviet news agency Tass
announced yesterday that it was
authorized" to say that the
London report "in no way con-
forms to reality" and that it ap-
peared to be designed to divert
attention from the "aims" of the
forthcoming Bermuda confer
ence.
American officials said that
the significance of the statement
was to be found as much in
what it did not say as in what
it did say. 1t did not give the
Evening star., 1953-11-12

slightest intimation that Ma
lenkov would be interested in
a meeting with Mr.. Church.
i'll, President Eisenhower and
French Premier Laniel. 1t did
not seek in any way to bring
public pressure to bear on the
Bermuda meeting to act favor
ably on an invitation to Malen-
kov. 81.
On the contrary it took O.
completely negative line and in
effect seemed to say to Mr..
Churchill, Gen. Eisenhower and
MI. Laniel that they would be
wasting their time to try to get
Malenkov into a session under
present conditions.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Russia Rebuffs Hint
Of Big 4 Farley Plans
BY the Assoeioted Press

Russia in effect has slammed
the door on talk of a Big Four
meeting as a possible follow-up
to the Western Big Three talks
at Bermuda.
That was the construction
placed here upon the toughly
worded statement issued in Mos
COW yesterday in the form of a
comment on news dispatch
originating in London Tuesday.
The dispatch. by the French
News Agency, said Soviet Prime
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Marques Of Reading
Named Aide to Eden
BY the Assoeiated Press

LONDON. Nov. 12.-Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden has a
new aide in his Office today.
Prime Minister Churchill an
nounced he has named the Mar
guess of Reading as minister Of
state for foreign affairs. Selwyn
Lloyd, Britain's chief delegate to
the United Nations. holds the
same title. A government spokes-
man said the new appointment
would not affect Mr.. Lloyd's post.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Sun Yut-sen Honored

TAIPEH, Formosa, Nov. IL
R.-The birthday anniversary
today of Sun Yat-sen, founder
of the Chinese Republic, was a
national holiday on this Chinese
Nationalist island.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-25
Reds Add Six
More to List
OF Expellees

HONG KONG - CNC) - One
priest, one Brother and four nuns
have been added to the mounting
number of Catholic missionaries
forced from Red China.
Only slightly over 400 foreign
Catholic missionaries still remain
in China. An estimated 5,400 labor
ed there before the Reds seized
control of the country.
These figures mean that there
are now roughly IL times as many
China missionaries outside of Chi
ma as in the Red-shackled country.
In addition to the some 400 foreign
Catholic missionaries still in Red
China, there are an estimated
5000 native priests and religious
there, many of them in Jail or un-
der house arrest.
The latest ousted missionaries TO
arrive here are Father Auguste
Barreau, Paris Foreign Missioner
from Manges, France, Brother
Christopher, Marist from Rositz,
Germany, and Sisters Teofila
Fresneda, Rosa CanceIo and Elyira
Valentin from Spain, and Sister
Bertha Braeher from Brazil. All
are members of the Congregation
of Daughters of Jesus.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-25

VATICAN CITY 49, (NC) - Fa-
ther Franz Hengsbach, secretary OF
the committee for German "Kath-
olikentage" Catholic assembliesl
has been named Titular Bishop OF
Cantanus and Auxiliary to Arch
bishop Lorenz Jaeger of Pader
born, Westphalia.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-25
Japanese Prince
SAYS Visit TO Pope
'UnfOrgettable'

WASHINGTON. D.C.-NC)-One
of the most unforgettable expert
ences Of Japanese Crown Prince
Akihito and his encourage during
their tour of Europe was the visit
they paid TO His Holiness Pope
Plus XII.
This was the report made here
by John Akira Matsui, a distin-
guished Japanese Catholic layman,
who accompanied the Crow n
Prince as bis personal interpreter,
in an exclusive interview.
The interview took place as the
19-year-old Prince was preparing
to leave Washington for a tour of
the United States prior to return
ing TO Japan on October II. In
the course Of his remarks, Mr..
Maisui painted a promising pic.
ture Of the future of the Church
in Japan, and paid tribute TO the
fine spiritual life Of the Catholic
communities he had visited in
Europe.
speaking for myself as a
Catholic Mr.. Matsui said, Il
think all the members of our
party. even those who we're not
Christians. we're very much i'm.
pressed by our visit to the Vati.
can and by the extremely cor
dial welcome extended to us there
However, what most impressed
U.S. he added, was the very warm
and gracious welcome extended by
the Holy Father himself"
Mr.. Matsui said that both dur
ing his tour of Europe and his
stay in the United States, he had
been struck by the friendly and
deep interest in Japan shown by
the Catholics he had met.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-25
Officials Back
Cleanup Drive
In Manila

MANILA (NC) ~ Strong official
support is being given to a drive
against indecent Literature started
here by The Sentinel, national
Catholic weekly.
A circular issued from the Mala-
canaan II Philippine counterpart OF
the White House in Washington,
ID. C.-called upon all Provincial
governors and city mayors 10 back
the anti-indecency campaign to the
utmost 1t requested municipal Of
ficials to give special attention to
premises around school grounds,
where much OF the Objectionable
literature has been on sale.
The circular was issued by EX-
ecutive Secretary Marciano Rogue,
in the absence OF President Elpidio
Quirino, who is in the United
States for medical treatment.
Mr.. Rogue urged that the drive
against indecent literature be car
ried out simultaneously in all the
provinces, in order to prevent pub
fishers and distributors from mere
ly transferring their activities
from one area TO another when po-
lice clamped down on them.
In Manila meanwhile, the Associ-
alton of Newspaper and Magazine
Stand Operators pledged ii would
back the drive. The mayor had
threatened to close any newsstand
found selling improper literature.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-25
.Duquesne Priest
To Produce Anti
Red TV Series

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-(NC) ~ A
weekly television program on which
ex-communists will testify" on
Red efforts TO overthrow the us.
will be produced by priest-profes-
sor of Duquesne University.
Father John Schlicht. director
of the university's Institute on
Communism, has secured the serv-
ices of former communist party
members and of Allegheny County
Court judges to appear in the re.
enactment Of investigations based
on authoritative, concise and ac.
curate" material.
The 26-week series will be seen
on Sundays over station WDTV In
Pittsburgh which is airing the show
as a public service. Production
costs will be split among Pitts.
burgh business and labor groups
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-09-25
Indiana State &c
Joins Weekly
Communion Drive

CINCINNATI, o. NO Holy
Communion at least five times a
month, the goal of the Men of
the Holy Eucharist, has been
adopted by the Indiana Sta { e
Council Of the Knights of Column
bus, it was announced here.
The council has elected the
program OF the Men of the Holy
Eucharist as spiritual activity for
the coming year for all X. Of c..
members in Indiana.
I'VE Indiana Knights of Colum-
bus are fortunate to be able to
join with the thousands of Men
of the Holy Eucharist in their pro-
gram to increase the layman's love
of Christ in the Eucharist" State
Deputy Thomas G. Medland stated.
The Men of the Holy Eucharist,
founded in 1947, is a laymens
spiritual organization with head
quarters in Cincinnati under the
direction of the Blessed Sacrament
Fathers.