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Evening star., 1953-01-18

LANCER returned them to their re-
spective abodes, bride to the States
Attorneys house and groom to jail.
Like most LANCER stories, this one
has a long and involved postscript.
Despite Mrs. Oster's refusal to tes-
tify. her husband, Jake. was con-
victed. Mrs. Oster, apparently under
the illusion she had a divorce, re-
married. Langer's explanation of
the resultant legal snarl was too
complicated for the Senate probers.
who gave up in confusion.
Governor in 1888
Senator LANCER became Governor
Of North Dakota in 1888 during the
blacklist days of the depression In
his first 18 months in the State
House he took spectacular steps to
dramatize the plight of the farmer.
He declared moratorium on farm
foreclosures, enforcing his sedict
with Shotguns when necessary. He.
will tell you today that the farmers
thus saved from eviction have long
since paid back every cent. He also
declared State embargo on wheat.
LANCER became national figure.
He fought New Deal agricultural
methods tooth and nail. This won
him Washington enmity which he
says is responsible for his worst
trouble. In order to finance a
friendly newspaper. Gov. LANCER in
vited subscriptions from State work.
ers, some of whom were on relief.
Indicted by a Federal grand jury,
he was brought to trial in court
house that was surrounded by armed
guards. After his conviction, he
barricaded himself in the State
House and declared martial law. FL
nally, however, he gave up the gov
ernorship and went into hiding. He
later appealed.
At the second trial, it was brought
out that the judges son was paid by
one of Langer's agents. The pro-
priety of this was questioned by the
Senate committee.
mo impropriety at ALL" said the
unabashed LANCER. II would do the
same thing tomorrow. I couldn't
antagonize the judges son."
The majority of the Senate in
vestigating committee thought the
whole affair showed "lack of finer
sensibilities.
In the marble halls of the Senate
Mr.. LANCER has proceeded naturally,
with somewhat less dash, but he can
be tough and reSourceful. His hui
manitarian impulses are respected,
but his failure to be aSso-
ciated with any great causes gives
the impression of a man who OPP
crates from quixotic impulses rather
than any broadly based motives.
Senator LANCER has been married
for 35 years. His four beautiful
daughters are all married, and he
and his wife live quietly at the
Roosevelt Hotel. The Senator is
prodigious worker and seeks his only
relaxation in mystery stories or
game of bridge or canasta.
He Is a teetotaller. He doesn't
smoke either. although he always
chews an unlit cigar-sometimes
with the cellophane still on it.
He has divulged none of his plans
for plotting the judiciary Committee.
About the only thing that could be
safely promised his committee mem
bers is that they should not find life
humdrum.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Red Anti i-Senitism-
Soviet Constitution Forbids Persecution
Of Jews, but Communists Pay No Attention
BY Morton Puner

There is an interesting clause in
the Soviet constitution. It expressly
fOrbids -Semitism. The law says
that abuse or hatred of Jews is a
punishable crime. Lenin first had
the idea and-in 1936-Stalin made
1t formal part Of Russian law.
It was then q new order and a
bright day for Jews in a land that.
under the czars, had seen the worst
pogroms of recent history; that was
about $50 years behind the nations
of Western Europe in social and
cultural development.
BY the time that Moscow radio
announced last week that a group
of terrorist Jewish doctors" had
been arrested in a fabulous plot to
kill of top Russian political and
military leaders, that bright day had
long since faded away. It had gone
long before the Prague propaganda
circus Of last December, which
charged eleven Czechoslovak Jews
with taking part In an "internation-
alist Jewish conspiracy" That
bright day Of equal rights and fair
treatment for Jews and other mi
nority groups-trumpeted through
out the world by Communists for
three decades-had, in fact, never
really dawned.
Lives in Doneer
This week, many diplomatic OBJ
servers warned that the lives of
more than 2.5 million Jews living
behind the Iron Curtain were in
danger. Gov. Dewey of New York
said Stain had swallowed the last
drop Of Hitler poison and become
the newest and most vituperative
prosecutor Of Jewry." And the word
"genocide"-newly minted to COM
memorate the death of 6 million
Jews under the NaZis-was coming
into use among the most realistic
editorialists of Western Europe.
There were still few who de-
bated the difference between anti
Zionism (Which the Communists
admitted) and anti Semitism,
(Which they deniedD. The distinc-
tion was largely made in the Com
muniSt press of the United States,
France and England. 1t was, in
fact, one of the major answers to
the wrath of public opinion di-
rected against them.
Meaningless Distinction
The distinction is probably mean
ingless. For example, the prosecutor
at the Prague trial of Rudolf SLAM
sky and 13 others summed up: 1T
is no accident that of the IA ac-
cused, IL are the product of Zionist
organizations. Zionism and
Evening star., 1953-01-18

ber of the Republican Organization
Committee. a group which opposes
the Non-Partisan League. It was
the first ambaSsadorship that ever
fell North Dakota's way, and it was
not forgotten during the election.
Senator LANCER began his political
career as a boy wonder. The son Of
a prosperous Casselton farmer, he
was graduated from the University
of North Dakota. At Columbia,
where. according to a sympathetic
biographer. life was at first made
miserable for gawky son of the
prairies. he was valedictorian Of his
class. He passed the bar at 18, but
had to wait three years before being
admitted to practice. He was
elected States Attorney for Morton
County in 1914.
The best place to read of his sub
sequent life is In the hearings Of
the. Senate committee which heard
Evening star., 1953-01-18

More than 2.5 million Jews
are trapped behind the Iron
Curtain, according to best eSti-
mates. This map Sho,DS their
distribution. Note that Poland,
1Ohich had nearly 5 million Je,US
before the NasiS came, no1O has
only about 10000. Traditiondlly,
the area sholDn uboUe is Europe'S
hotbed OF anti-SemitiSm.
bourgeois nationalism are two sides
of the same coin minted in
Wall Street."
This is pogrom talk and it had its
desired effect. Within the week, in
Bratislava, the doors of Jewish
homes and apartments were chalked
Jews Live Here" Down With
Capitalist Jews" and simply "JeW."
It must be remembered that East
ern Europe has long record Of
active anti-Semitism and it takes
little governmental sanction to
goad it back to action.
Supreme Test
During World War II, supreme
test was made of regional attitudes.
In countries like France and the
Netherlands. the non-JewiSh popu-
lation generally helped Jews to es-
cape destruction at the hands of the
Nazis. The resistance movements
of these countries were pro-Jewish.
But the people of countries such as
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia-and the
people of the Ukraine-generally
times devised some determination
methods of their own.
The resistance movement of these
countries-as in the case of the
Armja Krajowa of Poland-was fire.
quently anti-Semitic, too. The peo-
pie of these lands didn't act this
way to gain the favor of the Ger
man conqueror; Hitler treated the
French - relatively pro Semitic
much better than he treated the
Poles.
Homeless CosmopoIitons'
This new wave of anti-Semitism
has been fermenting as an instru-
ment of state policy in cominform
countries since the beginning of the
cold war. 1t was dramatized in the
Soviet Union-by the power of the
Kremlin itSelf-in 1949 when the
cry of war against the homeless
cosmopolitan" was raised in the
nationalized press. Pravda identi-
fed in parentheses the Jewish names
of cosmopolitan" ns"-authors and in
tellectuals-along with the Russian
names by which they were better
known. Ilya Ehrenburg-and few
others-survived that purge.
Actually it began long before 1949,
starting almost with the october
revolution itself. If Jews were not
harassed by the Bolsheviks, their
Evening star., 1953-01-18
By John B. Spore

Universal military training has
had stormy and unsuccessful his
tory since President George WASH
ington first recommended it to Con-
gress in 1892. But today UNIT exists
for all practical purposes and is in
operation by all Of the military serv-
ices.
It's all legal. For Congress in the
last few years has passed a number
of laws that together make q UNIT
system that in many particulars
goes beyond the desires of the most
ardent promoters Of compulsory
training and service.
This becomes clear when the
basic requirements Of an effective
system of universal military train
ing are balanced against the provi-
sions Of laws now in force.
Four Requirements
Any system Of UNIT must have at
least the first two of the following
four requirements, and to be really
effective it must have all four in
some degree.
1. The basic military training Of
men in the first years Of their
adulthood.
2. A Reserve organization in which
these trained men can serve q
stated minimum length Of time and
thus provide ready pool Of trained
manpower in the event mobiliza-
tion becomes necessary.
3. A system that will provide a
continuous flow of trained officers
and n-commissioned officers for
these Reserve organizations.
4. Incentives in the form of pay,
promotion and retirement for those
who serve honorably.
Whot We Have Now
All of these four points are now
established in law, as O rundown
will show:
The foundation of the system is
the draft law and the requirement
that each man who enters the serv-
ice must serve total of eight years
of active and Reserve service. At
least until July. 1855. when this
law expires, every young American,
physically and mentally able, is
going to be theoretically obligated
to eight years of military service. At
present, draftees are serving "a
months of active duty. This leaves
them six years of Reserve obligation.
This obligation gives the Reserve
forces potential strength in num-
bers, something which they have
never had before and which has
always been one Of the prime objec-
tives of UNIT.
But in addition the Armed Forces
Reserve Act of 1852, which became
effective last January /, makes that
obligation meaningful by establish
ing uniform Reserve system in all
of the services. The law divides
the Reserves into three groups:
Ready Reserve, Standby Reserve
and Retired Reserve.
A continuing supply Of officers is
assured through the output of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps
system and the services officer can
didate schools. ROTC graduates
also have an eight-year obligation
Of active and Reserve service. Most
Of tho OCS graduates are men with
O similar obligation.
There now are excellent incen-
tiveS to stav In the Reserve. The Ma
tional Guard has always been on a
pay status and many men in Ready
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Lone Ranger Has Nothing anger for enq Thinqs Done

About the only sure thing about
Senator LANCER of North Dakota,
new Republican chairman Of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, is that
no one is sure Of him. Members on
both sides of the aisle regard him
as thoroughly unpredictable char
acter. He strays off the G. o. p.
: reservation fully half the time on
domestic issues. On the other hand,
the Democrats have learned not to
count on him either. He prides him
self on having voted against every
Roosevelt Truman foreign policy
measure. Senator LANCER, in short.
operates like the legislative counter
part of the Lone Ranger.
Last summer he rode the Truman
train through his Republican home
State He introduced the President
as 'one of the best friends the
common people of North Dakota
ever had" At one whistle stop he
even introduced his Truman-in-
dorsed Democratic rival, H. A. Nor
riSon. All this while running for
reelection. Some North Dakota
Republicans were nettled, but few
were surprised. And the Senator
came through with the biggest ma
jority of his stormy 40-year politi-
Cal history.
A durable figure in North Dakota
politics, Mr.. LANCER is, at the mo-
ment, the subject of an exclusion
petition filed by group of his con-
stituents. He is not worried. Trou-
BILE is an old friend. Once before,
when he was first elected to the
Senate in 1910, his enemies tried
to keep him from taking his seat
on grounds of moral turpitude."
Eighteen months later, Senate
subcommittee voted to GUST him.
But the full Senate, on the grounds
it was a North Dakota family mat
ter, voted $3.50 to let him in.
After Loneer Aeoin'
Such charges have not lesSened
the Senator's hold on his constit-
uents. Said one Western colleague:
THE people at home just say.
They're after LANCER again. If
they were to vote again tomorrow,
he'd get an even bigger vote"
North Dakota Is, after all, q long
way from Washington, and Sena-
tor LANCER treats his constituents.
both friend and foe, royalty. AS
one man tells it, "H a farmer writes
to LANCER saying he can't get a
washer for his wringer. LANCER
sends him one"
When LANCER stands up in a
prairie town and tells the folks,
I'm just your hired man'-as he
did all last summer-they know
he means it.
LANCER in the Senate has distin-
guished himself for the high num-
ber Of private bills he has intro
duced. He has brought out some
400 to permit entry of aliens. This
is noteworthy in the light Of his
opposition to liberalizing the dis
placed persons bill. His private
bills have reunited many German
families in North Dakota. but he
has not confined his efforts to his
constituency.
His efforts along this line In be-
half Of Pakistani form the basis of
the pending exclusion petition. It
is alleged that Langer's principal
Pakistani contact Is an alien-smug-
Cling racketeer.
Senator LANCER denies the charges
Evening star., 1953-01-18

HOWeI DItNeS 6VIuGHt
In these cases. there have been
strong indications of power drives,
internal party campaigns for leader
ship in which non-JewS have found
anti-Semitism handy weapon, one
acceptable to the Kremlin.
The American State Department
has declared that Russia and its
satellites are worried about their
internal security. If internal Sc
curity is one of the reasons, it may
mean that Stain is really worried,
that his tight control is threatened.
that the Western democracies have
had measurable amount of sue
cess in the cold war The charges
of international conspiracy" among
Israel, the United States. England
and Jews throughout the world
charges the Communists have made
repeatedly-are. of course, false.
For the word Conspiracy" substi-
tute the term coalition of spirit
the spirit of free men everywhere
who are opposed to totalitarianism
and sometimes have to die for their
beliefs.
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Williams Hits Policy
OF Allowing Agencies
To Resist Probes

Senator Williams. Republican,
OF Delaware says he persuaded
grating Government worker to
confess-but the Justice Depart
ment couldn't prosecute until the
mans boss gave his permission
The Senator refused to give
the name Of ''Mr. x" because, he
said, the man has implicated
others still being investigated by
the FBI.
IT called the man to my office, 4"
the Senator said, "and he con-
fessed when confronted with the
evidence we had against him.
Must Ask Permission.
II then notified the Justice
Department that this man had
confessed. Justice informed me
it would have to ask permission
Of the agency for which 'Mr. x
worked before it could accept
his confession.
"That didn't make sense, of
course, but nevertheless that. is
the practice or custom which has
come into being.
Fortunately the mans boss
said yes and the FBI moved in
and took over the inquiry. But
what If that agency had said
'no'?"
Senator Williams said the case
was another horrible example
of the need for increased powers
Evening star., 1953-06-29

would have more courage in face
Of physical pain.
It seemed to me, when i
vaguely became aware Of the end
Of the session, that the treat
ment had gone more quickly for
him.
| Next day plans were completed
for the evacuation Of the entire
camp: the three injured men
would be taken down on sledges,
two would be able to walk. with
assistance. and four were all
right. There were miles Of
glacier to cover, rock barriers to
get down, interminable moraines
and scree slopes to skirt around
or to traverse, q river to cross,
and a pass of over 10000 feet to
get overland all this in the
monsoon!
It was now June 6 and Ichac
was worried. for he remembered
the Tilman expedition to Nanda
Dew, which was held up for three
weeks by rivers swollen by the
torrential monsoon rains. Should
we have time to reach the Can
daki valley where the easier
gradient would put fewer OBJ
stacles in our way?
Two Casualties to Garry.
In q weeks time we must be
clear Of the mountains. Soon
Couzy would be At again, Terray
cured Of his ophthalmia and
Rebuffat able to walk. But there
were two serious casualties who
would have to be carried on the
porters' backs under the most
appalling conditions, as far as
the main valley.
"It's unbelievable" remarked
Ichac, "it's actually fine today"
The medical supplies urgently
demanded by DR.. Oudot had ar
rived from Camp I. He began
his rounds with me. and was
pleased because the injections
had been effective and warmth
had returned as far as my in
steps. He put fresh dressings on
my hands, and though I felt no
real pain, there was. neverthe-
less, some sort Of feeling in my
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Senator's Seen Behind
Foreign Aid Bill With
S5.3 Billion Ceiling
BY J. A. OIeory

Sentiment was growing in the
Senate today to pass the Foreign
Aid bill with a $50 billion ceiling
and let the Appropriations Com
mittee decide later whether fur
ther cuts can be made.
The Senate is due to begin the
Foreign aid debate today.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio, said he believes the Ap-
preparations group. headed by
Senator Bridges Of New Hamp-
shire, is in a better position to
determine how much the United
States can afford for foreign aid,
in relation to all Of its other
obligations.
The figures in the bill are only
authorizations and do not bind
the Appropriation Committees
to go that high when the sep
arate, money bill comes along
later this month.
Senator Taft, with Democratic
support, will make a floor fight,
however. to knock out the House
limitation Of military aid to Eu-
rope. The House stipulated that
81 billion out Of about 50 billion
ear-marked for Europe will not
be available unless six European
nations create a unified army
under the European Defense
Community Treaty.
The Ohio Republican will pro-
pose instead that discretion be
vested in President Eisenhower
to decide how much military aid
should 60 to Europe If the treaty
is not ratified. Minority Leader
johnson Of Texas has called this
a reasonable approach.
Chairman Wiley Of the For
eign Relations Committee is con-
Sidering other amendments to
give the President more discre-
ton also in transferring funds
between different parts of the
world. At present his transfer
power is limited to 10 per cent of
any ALLEGATION.
The House has passed a $40
billion Foreign Aid authorization.
Evening star., 1953-06-29
CompN, Turned Into Hospital, Worries About
GETTING Casualties Out in Face of Monsoon

fingers. Again I put my ques-
ton
"What shall I have left?"
II can't exactly say. Things
have not completely settled down
yet and I hope to be able to gain
an inch or so. think you'll be
able to use your hands. OF
course" and he hesitated for a
moment, you'll lose one or two
joints of each finger, but if
there's enough of the thumbs
left, you'll have a pinch hold, and
that's Of prime Importance"
It was grim news, but still,
only yesterday I had feared that
the consequences would be far
worse. For me this meant good
bye to a great many plans, and
it also implied a new kind OF
life, perhaps even a new con-
ception of existence. But had
neither the strength nor the wish
to look into the future.
DIR. OudOt Is Pleased.
The injections, which had al
ready done so much good. had to
be repeated. This time the ses-
SION would be even worse and !
was terrified at the prospect. ]
am ashamed to say that the
thought Of this treatment
daunted me, and yet so many
people have had to endure it.
This time it was to be an injec-
ton. not of novocain but acetyl-
choline, of which a few am
poules had been brought up from
Camp I.
felt the awful needle being
pulled out. It was over, and now
I could relax. DR.. Oudot was very
pleased: it had been almost a
whole days work, but he had
managed to do everything he
wanted. Never had I suffered so
much in my life: but if my feet
and hands were to be saved it
would be because of DR.. Oudot
and his perseverance.
Ichac helped him collect the
instruments to take along to
Lachenal's tent. For the time be-
ing he was satisfied with my gen.
Evening star., 1953-06-29

for the Justice Department to
investigate Government corrup-
ton on its own initiative. AT
present, he said, the FBI has no
specific authority to investigate
unless the agencies involved re-
quest it. He hopes to provide
this authority in a bill he plans
to Introduce in the next few
days.
Will Tell Senate.
Senator Williams said he plans
to tell the Senate about a new
scandal involving top level Of
f1cials.
Some people who thought
they had me tied down so
couldn't operate" he promised,
"are going to be in for a sur
prise"
He said he will also discuss a
case in the Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Office of the Internal Revenue
Bureau almost 10 years ago in
volving the dismissal of Agent
Andrew j. SuSce. He said that
when Susce was relieved of his
duties in 1914 his superiors were
covering up certain gamblers and
vice lords and "the effort to keep
it covered up has gone on contin-
ually ever since then"
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Admiral Fort 10 Observe
45h Year in Service

Rear Admiral George H. Fort,
commandant Of the Potomac
River Naval Command and last
graduate of the Annapolis class
Of 1912 still on active duty, will
observe the end of his 45th con-
secutive year of service to.
morrow.
Admiral Fort, who became a
WaShingtonian at the age of
two when his family moved to
Georgetown. was graduated from
Western High School before at
tending the Naval Academy. He
has been commander of all Navy
installations in the Washington
area since May Is, 1851. He is
the senior rear admiral on the
active list.
Admiral and Mrs. Fort live at
Quarters A, Naval Gun Factory.
with their daughter Betty. a
Smith College graduate.
Evening star., 1953-06-29

eral condition, but what effect
this generalized frost-bite would
have on my body in the next few
days remained to be seen. The
camp was becoming more and
more like a hospital: everybody S
thoughts and actions hung on
the surgeons words.
TOMORROW-The Retreat,
The climbers ordeal is not yet
over. The party still must descend
to the jungles Of Nepal, fighting
its way through the torrential
monsoon rains.
From the book "Annapurna" by Maui
rice Herzog. Copyright, 1862, by e. p.
Dutton & Co.. Inc.)
distributed by The Register and
Tribune Syudicate)
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Massacre Of Mau Maus
AssaiIed by Powell
BY the Assoeiussd Press

NEW YORK, June 19.-Rep-
resentative Adam Clayton Powell.
jr., Democrat, of New York
wants United States aid to Kenya
stopped because Of what he
terms ''massacres" of African
Negroes by the British govern
ment.
Mr.. Powell. a Negro. said at q
rally in Harlem last night he
had sent kilograms on the mat
ter to Harold Stassen, mutual
security director. and to rIenry
Cabot Lodge, United States dele
gate to the United Nations.
He asked that racial c.iscrim-
nation in Africa be brought be-
fore the United Nations.
Mr.. Powell called for an end to
United States aid to Kenya Until
"the British government gives
us the pledge that they will
cease the wanton killings and
massacre Of innocent rAople,
especially the women"