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Evening star., 1953-09-04
David Lawrence
Official Views Found BoffIinq
Dulles Speech and That by One Of His Aides IS BeWdering
To the Writer Who Calls Stote Department Inconsistent

Washington Government right
along.
Yet on the same day that
these latest dispatches defying
the American Governments
announced policy come in, a
speech is made by another
spokesman of the State De-
partment. He is Assistant
Secretary of State Thrustor
B. Morton, speaking before the
national convention of an
other veterans organization
the "AmvetS"-at Indianapolis.
He says:
1--WE have halted the Com
munist aggressors. We have
helped a free republic to re-
main free. We have halted
the Kremlin's global program
for piecemeal aggression"
Then Mr.. Morton went on to
give a good example of OFF,
cial intolerance Of criticism.
He adds:
"The Defeat-for-America'
theme parallels the Communist
line. And, like most Commu-
mist lines, it is entirely false"
Assistant Secretary Morton
appears to think that the
United Nations won a great
military victory in Korea, but
he fails to read what other
spokeSmen for the administra-
ton have been saying about
that question. The Assistant
Secretary, moreover, Is not
content with calling Ameri-
can critics who disagree with
the official propaganda of the
State Department followers of
the Communist line" He
proceeds inconsistency to de-
liver a lecture on the perilS of
conformity. He says:
There are, I know. some
patriotic Americans who are
so disturbed by the menace Of
communism that they are be-
ginning to wonder whether or
not it would not be best to
chip off a little liberty here
and there to preserve the basic
fundamentals of democracy.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Dorothy Thompson
A Flaw Is Seen in Our Attitude
Low Morale in the Army Seems Caused by Factors Deeper
Than Those Cited Recently by Gen. Ridgwoy

Western power is relatively at
its lowest. The Soviet H-bomb
does not really challenge our
superiority, we are told.
But America is the strong
est power of the West, not in a
time of Western expansion but
Of Western besiegement and
retreat, in Europe, Asia, Africa.
We are the worlds richest
nation. But riches do not guard
a nation. Instead, they invite
plunder.
We enjoy "the blessings Of
freedom"
But
Freedom is poor and labor
iouS,
"That torch is not safe but
hungry,
"And often requires blood
for it's fuel. :" c)
Does any one, except a lonely
poet, dare tell the American
people that, to survive, they
will. in all probability, before
this age is over, have to accept
a lower standard Of living?
That what is precious is also
costly? That what we face is
not a short conflict with the
usual happy ending. but a long
pull in which we will be per-
petually intimate with danger?
A great people learns how to
live dangerously.
But is our symbol still the
eagle, or should 1t be q more
domestic fowl?
And If the morale of our
Army depends on fringe bene-
flts," it is not the army of a
soldierly people.
One can no more buy morale
than one can buy allies.
(') Robinson Jeffers: Shine,
Perishing Republic"
Evening star., 1953-09-04

"I share their concern about
communism. But not their
willingness to allow the chip
ping of any of our liberties.
The fact is that you cannot
chip any part of the structure
of liberty without beginning
to destroy the entire struc-
ture."
Mr.. Morton doesn't come
out and say what liberties have
been destroyed or taken away
from any innocent person. He
goes on to say he agrees with
Judge Learned Hand, who said
that 'That community is al
ready in process of dissolution
where each man begins to eye
his neighbor as a possible
enemy, where nom conformity
with the accepted creed. polit-
ical as well as religious, is a
mark of diSaffection."
Yet, the Assistant Secretary,
OF State in the same address
says all who do not accept the
State Departments concept of
a big victory in Korea are par
alleling the Communist line.
Gen. Van Fleet. Gen. Mac
Arthur and the heads Of var
ious veterans units in Amer
lea who have been pointing to
the defeat in Korea as having
been imposed by allied restric-
tions must apparently stand
accused of paralleling the
Communist line when they en-
deavor to tell the truth as they
see it.
What sort of conformity"
does the State Department ex-
pect? Plainly the real difficulty
is to elicit from the Peiping
and Moscow governments the
desired conformity" Soviet
Russia nevertheless goes stead
lily on with it's infiltration all
over the world, including Latin
America, while Red China de-
liberately increases its military
aid to Indo-China's Commu-
mist forces. It surely is hard to
keep track Of the victories"
and the defeats"
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Evening star., 1953-09-04
Iran and Russia Sign
New Barter Agreement
BY the Associ1ted Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Sept. A.
The Teheran press says Russia
and Iran have agreed to increase
trade between the two countries
by almost 100 per cent.
A new barter agreement signed
yesterday will supplement a pact
signed last June, the newspapers
said. Russia repeatedly will send
Iran 10000 tons of sugar, Is
million yards of cotton goods.
$500 tons, of iron and steel
products, SO tons of copper.
nickel and brass, plus increased
amounts of chemicals and elec-
trio and other equipment.
In exchange, Trans exports to
the Soviets will include 10000
tons of rice, 1000 tons of to-
bacco, 5000 tons of raw cotton.
10000 tons of lead ore, 5000 tons
of iron ore and sulphur, oil seeds
and foodstuffs.
Evening star., 1953-09-04

totalitarian communism which
seeks to destroy 1t.
I'VE must" he said, "appre-
ciate the nature Of our
strength. We must not give
in to misguided fear, regard
less of how difficult our prob
lens become. We must re-
member that all the munitions
in the world mean nothing to
those who lack the moral
stamina to WELD them in self
defense. -.
I'VE dare not toy with any
Of our precious liberties in the
false belief that we can find
security in the process.
There can be no security
for an America without indi-
vidual liberty. These are no
idle words.
PressureS and fears have
caused other societies before
ours to sacrifice their basic
principles. and thus brought
about their collapse.
"Our greatest strength in
these difficult times lies in our
belief in ourselves and in our
American tradition. To the
extent that we weaken any
small part of that tradition,
to that extent do we weaken
ourselves as Nation.
There are, I know, some
patriotic Americans who are
so disturbed by the menace
of communism that they are
beginning to wonder whether
or not it would not be best to
chip off a little liberty here
and there to preserve the basic
fundamentals of democracy.
"I share their concern about
communism. But not their
willingness to allow the chip
ping Of any Of our liberties.
The fact is that you cannot
chip any part Of the structure
Of liberty without beginning
to destroy the entire structure.
Nov, I believe that we need
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Thon1ds e Stokes-
Threat to Freedom Pointed Out
Dulles Ade Thruston Norton Speaks Boldly and Eoqueny
On What Is Seen as Dangerous Temper of Our Times

a sound security program in
this country, particularly in
the. field Of Government en-
ployment. I think that the
Eisenhower administration has
met the need for such a pro-
gram. I believe that we need
to take every conceivable Sc
curity precaution against sab
otage and Communist inf1ltra-
ton. I believe that the FBI
has been doing and is doing a
remarkable job in applying
these precautions.
''I believe that Congress has
an obligation to conduct reg
ular Investigations into the
manner in which the Govern
ment is operating, with a view
to finding out whether or not
the taxpayer is getting his
moneys worth in efficiency.
ST believe all Of these
things.
"But I also believe in free
dom of &he press, freedom of
speech, freedom of assembly
and in the right to be consid-
cred innocent until such time
as you have been duly ad-
judged guilty by a jury sitting
the evidence presented in a
court of law.
"I believe in freedom to ex-
press your opinion no matter
how unpopular it may be.
Freedom of expression lies at
the very bedrock of our Amer
lean democracy"
What Assistant Secretary
Morton says here are recog-
nized and accepted principles
of our Nation. That he had
to say them shows the very
danger of which he spoke.
That he is hereby singled out
and commended for saying
them also reflects the temper
of our times.
He said them very effec-
lively and eloquently.
Evening star., 1953-09-04

that, for the first time in q
thousand years, the West no
longer commands in war an
overwhelming superiority Of
numbers; that it no longer
commands reliable outpoStS on
all the islands and peninSulas
of the seven seas and that it no
longer exercises a virtual mo-
nopoly of chronological science.
The same newspapers an
nouncing that the Soviet Union
had exploded a hydrogen
bomb carried the first synop-
sis of DR.. Kinsey's Sexual Be-
havior in the Human Female"
Coming home from Europe
and the Middle East, on an
airplane filled with people
journeying to Vermont, all
were reading (and discussing)
DR.. Kinsey.
But the human female has
been behaving much the same
for a very long time. A two
power world, each with hydro
gen bombs, is something new.
And our leaders do not tell
us that, with or without gen.
eral war, we face the prospect
Of losing everything that our
ancestors - harder working,
tougher and more soldierly
than we-accumulated for us
during a century and a half of
sweat, blood and tears, in the
early days of this Nation,
'Burying their dead In COM
mon graves lest the Indians
should know how many of
them had perished"-as the
inscription says on the Plym-
outh Rock Monument.
On the contrary, our lead
erS boast Of American power;
we are "the worlds most pow
erful nation"-at a time when
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Thomas L. Stokes

AS fine a testament Of faith
in our freedoms, Of their mean
ing in our history and our
place in the world, and as
stern a warning against chip
ping any Of them away as has
come from the Eisenhower ad-
ministration is that given us
by Assistant Secretary of State
ThruSton B. Morton in his
keynote address to the Amvets'
convention in Indianapolis.
He did not have to call any
names. 1t was clear about
whom and what he was talk
ing-those who have recklessly
threatened personal freedoms
in their exaggerated and mis-
placed zeal in fighting COM
munism. That, so far as the
State Department is concerned,
means chiefly Senator Joe Nc
Carthy.
What Thruston Morton said
carries special significance, not
only because he is a high State
Department official, but be-
cause, as Assistant Secretary
for Congressional Relations, he
is the direct connection be-
tween the department and
Congress, and because he was,
himself, a member of Congress.
A Republican and business
man, he was elected to the
House in 1946 from Louisville
KY, and twice reelected. He
did not seek reelection last
year, but retired at the end
Of the 82d Congress.
Declaring at Indianapolis
that America must act, as well
as speak, as the leader Of the
free world, Mr.. Morton said we
must practice what we preach
and set an example to the rest
Of the world, that will make
crystal clear the contrast be-
tween Our democracy and the
Evening star., 1953-09-04
David Lawrence

Just who and what are the
American people to believe as
they read the many words
poured forth daily from their
Government designed to mold
an opinion favorable to the
administration in power?
This question is bewildering
to those of us who read every
statement that comes out of
officialdom here, but it must
be even more battling to read
ers generally. Here is an ex-
ample:
On Wednesday of this week,
before the annual convention
of the American Legion at st.
Louis, John Foster Dulles, the
Secretary of State, made a
very impressive speech with
plenty of f1rmnesS and vigor
directed at the Red Chinese
and the SovietS about a pos
sible second aggression in Asia.
His warning was especially
pointed with reference to
the possibility that military
strength from Korea might be
diverted by the Communists to
the rebels in Indo- China.
The next day, however,
comes a dispatch from Peiping
making it clear that "the
Soviet Chinese bloc has no in
tention Of withdrawing its sup
port of the rebel Wet Mini
forces" in Indo-China. The
Red Chinese government
added that, with the SYM
pathy and support of the
peace-loving peoples of the
world" the Wet Mini rebels
will win greater victories"
So evidently the Red Chi
nese are not impressed with
what Mr.. Dulles has been say
ing, and the reports are that
their military aid to the Indo-
Chinese Communists has ac-
tually been stepped up ever
since the armistice negotia-
tions were completed in Korea,
and information to this effect
has been received by the
Evening star., 1953-09-04

On Monday Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, Chief of Staff of the
United States Army, expressed
concern regarding the low
morale of the Army, and at
tributed it chiefly to two
causes: A growing tendency on
the part of the public to dis
credit the armed services
Especially the officers corps
he regretted the description
Of "braSsO. and a nibbling
away by Congress Of such
fringe benefits" as medical
and dental care for depend
ents, post exchanges, COM
missaries, and similar mitiga-
tions of living costs.
If I may venture a guess on
this subject, the low morale in
the Army to which Gen.
Ridgway testif1es and the half
hostile apathy of the public
toward it are due to more fun
damental causes.
The responsible political
leaders Of the United States
have failed to make the Amer
lean people soberly aware that
for the first time in our history
the United States faces the
danger Of being militarily en-
circled, economically isolated.
politically blackmailed. and OF
having its phenomenal rise Of
the past century put into re-
verse.
What Gen. Ridgway really
deplores Is the lack of SOL
dierly qualities in national
life-fortitude. austerity. vigi-
lance. self-sacrif1ce, prudence,
discipline, and an unf1inching
faith that looks clear-eyed into
the face of great danger, and
rejects all facile optimism.
Our leaders do not tell lis
Evening star., 1953-09-04

(') Robinson Jeffers: Shine,
Perishing Republic"
Evening star., 1953-09-04

Frances military position
in Indo- China is believed to
have improved since large con-
signments of American mill
tary equipment have reached
that country, and a more ag-
gressive leader has taken
command Of the French and
Wet Nam forces.
Secretary of State Dulles
speech to the American Le-
gion convention in St. Louis is
said to have proved a shot in
the arm to the government
headed by Premier Joseph
Laniel.
Mr.. Dulles assured our
friends and warned the Reds
that this country is ready to
meet Communist aggression
in Indo-C China as it did in
Korea, should Peiping decide
to choose the former as a bat
tlef1eld to further Moscow's
plans for world domination.
The Secretary's speech was
made after full consultation
with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
There is good reason to be-
lieve that these four high
ranking officers with vast ex-
perience in the Far East think
that France can and will
make an effort to get out of
the military rut in which she
has been in Indo-China for
nearly eight years. She has
always had that capability.
But a combination of lacka-
daisical military leadership
Except for a short time when
the late Gen. de Lattre de
Tassigny was in supreme
command) and a short-sight-
ed civil administration by
men imbued with antiquated
colonial ideas made victory
over the Wet Minis impoSSi-
BILE.
The decision of the Paris
government to rush reinforce
ments to Indo-C China from its
contingents of NATO forces is
regarded as a good omen for
Frances willingness to seek a
military victory against the
Communists. These 15,600
men are all highly trained
professional soldiers. Accord
ing to French law, draftees
cannot be sent overseas. If
they fight as we'll as the bat
talon the French had in Ko-
rea they will give a good
account of themselves. The
disadvantage of weakening the
French forces in the NATO by
more than a division is offset
by the advantage that France
may finally win a victory in
Indo- China.
Fighting is expected to re-
sumo in the next few weeks,
soon after the monsoon rains
are over. Our own top mill
tary men, some of whom have
visited Indo-China recently,
believe that the French can
win, provided, of course, the
Chinese Communists do not
pull the same trick as in No
vember, 1850, in Korea and
start rushing volunteers"
across the Chinese-Viet Mimi
borders. This possibility was
strongly in Mr.. Dulles mind
when he warned the Peiping
and Moscow leaders that we
are ready and willing to re-
taliate in such circumstances.
Whether such retaliation will
take place in o-China it
self or in some highly vulner-
able and vital strategic spot in
Red China itself is for the time
being military secret.
There will be some who will
say that the administration in
Evening star., 1953-09-04

and mot be party to helping
the other 2 per cent get away
without paying their share Of
taxes"
Evening star., 1953-12-27
TV HighIights of the Week

Monday - Story Thea tie n
(WTTG, 1900, Robert Louis
.Stevenson's "Lodg ging for the
Night; Twenty Question S
(WTTG, 81, Coach Lou Little;
Voice of Firestone (WNBW.
$500. Soprano Nadine Connor:
The Big Issue (WTTG, $500
What Can We Expect From
Congress in 1954?";; Junior Press
Conference (WNdAL, 81, Senator
Robert C. Hendrickson: Boxing
(WTTG, $500, Bobby Jones VS..
George Benton; Robert Mont
gomery Presents (WNBW, 9:30)
Chester Morris in ''The Greatest
Man in the World" a story by
James Thurber: George Jessel
Show (WMAL. 10), Sophie e
Tucker and Frank Fontaine;
Studio One (WTOP, 10), "The
Master of the Rose" a story re-
volving around painting of the
Nativity.
Tuesday-Hans Christian An
dersen CWTTG, 1900, "Th e
Galoshes of Fortune; Cavalcade
of America (WMAL, 1900, Mr..
Peales Dinosaur";; Backbone of
America (WNBW, 81, Thomas
Mitchell and Yvonne De Carlo
in a comedy by Robert E. Sher-
wood; TV Hour (WMAL, 9:30) ,
Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Basil
Rathbone in 1.-THE Thirteen
Clocks" a musical fairy tale;
See 1t Now CWTOP, 10:30), Ed
ward Murrow reports from
Korea.
Wednesday - Johns Hopkins
Science Review CWTTG, 81, THE
Outstanding Discoveries, Devel-
opments and Contributions in
the Field of the Many Sciences
During the Year of 1889; At
Evening star., 1953-12-27

Issue (WMAL, 81, an interview
with Playwright Howard Lind
say; Free Man Faces Communism
(WMAL, 8:15), "An Anatomy
Lesson on Communism" Tele-
vision Theater (WNBW. 81 i,
Constance Ford in "A Cup of
Kindness: Orange Bowl Pre-
views (WTOP. 1880, interviews.
Thursday-Four Star Play
house (WTOP, $500, Ida Lupino
in House for Sale; Ford The
ater CWNBW, 81, Claire Trevor
in "Alias Nora Hale; Video
Theater (WTOP, 81, Ann Sheri-
dan in "The Lovely Day.: Tele-
vision Theater (WMAL, $500
Mary Sinclair in "Candle-Light";; !;
Playhouse Presents (WTOP, 1O i,
ITO Love and to Cherish; Facts
Forum (WTTG, 10:30), Small
Business-Should It Be Given
Federal Aid?"; Orange Bowl
Preview (WTOP, 10:3Oo, inter-
views; Watch Night Service
(WNBW, 11:15). Candlelight
service of the Hamline Meth
odist Church; Farewell to '53
(WTOP. 1880. highlights of the
pleasant events of the year; New
Years Celebration from Times
Square (WMAL, 11:45), (WNBW,
1850; ABC's New Years Party
(WMAL. 12), julius LaRosa,
John Daily. Rosemary Clooney,
Jose Ferrer and others.
Friday-Tournament of Roses
(WNBW, 12:15); Orange Bowl
(WTOP. 1:45). from Miami;
Sugar Bowl (WMAL, 1:45), from
New Orleans; Cotton Bowl
(WNBW, 1:45), from Dallas:
Rose Bowl (WNBW, 4:45), from
Pasadena; Chicago Symphony
(WTTG. 81. Conductor Eric
Leinsdorf; Playhouse of Stars
(WTOP, 81, Richard Egan and
Ellen Drew in Go Away a Win
ner";; Cavalcade of Sports
(WNBW. 1O, Lulu Perez VS..
Dave Gallardo; Person to Per-
son (WMAL. 10:30), Jeanmaire
and Walt Kelly.
Saturday-Basketball (WTTG,
D, the Syracuse Nationals VS..
the Philadelphia Warriors; Bas-
ketball (WMAL, 2:30), Bowling
Green VS.. Loyola; East-West
Game (WTTG, 4:15), from San
Francisco.
Evening star., 1953-12-27

nornced; 12:3g. Roppity skippiN; I,
Lamb Session; 2, Bazasr-Hazei Markell
2:30, Jambnree; 3, Paul Dixon Show.
WMAl-11.30 lust tor Fun; 1880 Cartoon
C0ncert 1870, Hollywood Matinee -
Time Flies; ), Modern Woman, with
Ruth Crane; 800, Jerry and Jmma
WI0P-s:30. lime and Music; 6:55. Meditation;
7, Roy Meachum; ., Billy JOhHsou
Show; s:s5. Donna Douglas; 10,
Arthur Godfrey; 1850, Strike II Rich;
u, Valiant Lady; i2:15. Love Of Lite;
1880 Search for Tomorrow; 12:45,
Guiding Light; I, Allan Jeftrey's Show;
2, Matinee Playhouse; 2:3o, House
Party; :, The Big Payuff; $3.50, Bob
Crosby
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Tuesday, December 2o, 1853

WNSW-s:45, Today on the Farm; $50,
toOk to This Day; I. Today; 1:2s, Take
W0rd 1880 Today; I:55 News;
s:2s, News $50. Today: SIS, News; 9,
Kitchen Cupboard; $50, Little Play
house; 10, Ding Dong SehOOl; 1880,
Glamour Girl; II, Hawkins Falls; 11:15,
Three Steps to Heaven; 1850, The
Bsnnetts; 11:4s. Follow Your Heart;
H. Bride and Groom; 1915, Mike Hun
nicutt Show; 12:55 News; I, Peoples
Playhouse-"sW High; z, Ingas
Angie; 2:3o, Kings Crossroads; !, Kate
Smith.
WTTG-1o, Cartoon Theater; 1915, Early Bird
Thsater-"Timber War; 11:30, Around
the Town; u, News; 12:15, To Be An
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Monday, December 28, 1853

skippity; I, Lamb Session; Z, Bazaar;
2:3O, Iamhoree; ,. Paul Dixon.
WMAl-l1:30, lust tor Fun; 1880, Cartoon
Concert; 1850, Hollywood Matinee-"The
Weaker Sex; 3, Modern Woman, with
Ruth Crane; $50, Jerry and iimma.
WToP $50, fine and Music; 6:ss. Media
ton; !, Roy Meachun; 9. Billy
Johnson Show; s:S5, Donna Douglas;
TO- Arthur Godfrey Time; 1850, Strike
It Rich; II, Valiant Lady; 1215.
Love Of Life; 1890, Search fof
Tomorrow; 12:4s, Guiding Light; l.,
Allan Ieftrey's shoW; 2, Double or
Nothing; 2:3o. House Party; ,. The
Big Payoff; $3.50. Bob Crosby.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Friday, Jonuury I, 1854

WNBW-s:45, To-day on the Farm; $50, Look
to This Day; 7, Today; I:25, Take
Word; I:30, Today: 1:55, News;
Today; s:25, News; $50, Today; s:5s.
News; 9, Kitchen Cupboard; $50,
Little Playhouse; 10, Ding Dong School;
1880, Glamour Girl; II, Hawkins Falls;
His, Three Steps to Heaven; 1i:3o,
The BENEFITS; 11:4s, Follow Your Heart;
Il, Bride and Groom: 12:1s. Tourna-
msnt Of Roses Parade; las, Cotton
Bowl.
WTTe-10, Cartoon Theater: lo:15, Early Bird
Theater; 1i:30, Around the Town; r.,
News; t2:tS, Midday Chapel; 1880,
Hoppity Skippiy; I, Lamb Session; z,
Evening star., 1953-12-27

500, WNBW-Hall of Fame:
John Sutton in Blaze of Dark
ness"
500, WTOP-Omnibus: Car
son McCullers' 1.-THE Sojourner, T"
Alec Wilder's Chicken Little"
a musical play, and Alistair
Cooke reading a New Years Ben
ediction.
600, WNBW-Meet the Press:
Harold StaSSen.
1900, WTOP-Life with Fa-
ther: Mother Days relatives
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Thursday, December 81, 1853

WNBW-s:l5, Today on the Farm; $50, Lsok
to This Day; L. Today; 7:25, Take .
Word; 1880. Today; 7:s5. News; Q,
Tcday; s:25. News; $50. Today; s:ss,
News; 9. Kitchen Cupboard: $50,
Little Playhouse; TO- Ding Dong School;
1890, Glamour Girl; II, Hawkins Falls;
Ills, Three Steps to Heaven; 1850,
The BENEFITS; 11:45, Follow Your
Heart u, Bride and Groom; 12:1s,
Mike Hunnicutt; 1855, News; I, Peo-
pies Playhouse - "Shantytown'; z,
Inga's Angle; 2:3o, Kings Crossroads;
3, Kate Smith.
WTe-10, Cartoon Theater; lots, Early Bird
Theater - Chinatown After Dark;
1850, Around the Town; u, Movietone
News; 12:15, Films; 1880, Hoppity
Evening star., 1953-12-27

500, WNBW-Comedy Hour:
Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante,
Dennis Day, Donald O'Connor
and Connie Russell.
$500, WMAL-Prologue-1954:
Moderator John DAILY with a re-
view of the years news.
900, WNBW-Television Play
house: Walter Nathan in "The
Glorification of AL Toolum."
1000, WTOP-The Web:
Catherine Mcleod in THE Blue
! Glass Bottle