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either new ones or continual
ton of present levies that ex-
pire automatically next Janu-
ary.
Senator Byrd reached these
conclusions with his little pen
Gil. Adding up Government
expenditures for the present
fiscal year, he got a total of
STA billion. After allowing for
reduced receipts due to the
automatic tax reductions, ne
got only $64 billion in hand
to meet such expenditures.
With q cynicism born of
long experience, the Senator
does not foresee that Congress
will effect economies Of that
magnitude. In fact, he fore
sees even larger deficits if the
administration carries out its
campaign promises with re-
Spect to taxes.
1t may be argued that Sem
ator Byrd habitually takes the
gloomiest possible view. It is
still TRUE that he supported the
thesis that it was time for a
change in Washington and it
is generally believed that he
was the Presidents first choice
for Secretary of the Treasury.
It was not to be expected
that Treasury Secretary
Humphrey could win general
Democratic admiration for
his hard money" policies. The
significance of Senator Byrd's
position with respect to pres
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Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Heavy rains fall parts Of the Southwest
1t kept thousands of farmers from Washngton-and
Agriculture Secretary Benson from returning
The House American Activities
B. Mathews charges of Communists in churches Congress
saving time 1t used to with with an
nVeStigaton-now it just investigates the prayer.
Repuoncan leaders aim at August adjournment Of
gress Funny thing about does
about all the country wants to know when
Security Chief Scott Mcleod says State Department
won't hire Socialists for policy jobs the
Gratis die on-they aren't even hiring Republicans.
Senator Mansfield special committee to watch
over the Central Intelligence Agency
plenty OF superspes supermen and-its suspecedsuper
numerarieS.
Senator Monroney ought to
halted by majority vote Senators think that's great dea-so
good it warrants careful investigation.
Republican Leader Knowland promises night Senate
slon greet the idea with enthusiastically passed
most Of the New Deal while they in the dark
Evening star., 1953-07-21
; Democrat Leaders
Back Impe||itteri for
New York Nomination
By the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK. July 21.-Three
of the city's five Democratic
county leaders have designated
Mayor Vincent r. Impellitteri
for the party's nomination for
mayor at the November election.
With Tammany Hall and the
Bronx organization dissenting,
the biggest primary fight in the
Democratic Party in many years
appears to be shaping up.
Tammany Hall Leader Car
mine G. de Sapio, New York
County (Manhattan) party
chairman. and a proxy for Bronx
Chairman Edward j. Flynn said
in a joint statement they will
put up a regular Democrat
possibly today-to oppose Mr..
Impellitteri in the primary.
Wagner Mentioned.
Mr.. Impellitteri, a registered
Democrat, was elected as an in
dependent three years ago after
being denied his party's nomi-
nation. He won over Democratic,
Republican and minor party op-
position.
Manhattan borough President
Robert F. Wagner, jr., son of the
late Senator, is widely mentioned
as the choice of the de Sapio-
Flynn forces.
Mr.. Impellitteri accepted the
designation by a majority Of the
leaders shortly after it was voted
at an acrimonious meeting be-
hind closed doors yesterday. II
have always been a Democrat"
the Mayor said in an acceptance
statement.
HALEY Is Strong Contender.
The city's five Republican
county leaders are expected to
meet today or tomorrow to NOM
mate candidates for Mayor and
other city-wide offices.
Most formidable minor party
contender for the mayoralty is
City Council President Rudolph
HALEY, former chief counsel to
the Senate Crime Committee,
who is the nominee of the Liberal
Party. He is a registered Demo-
crat, and might enter the Demo-
cratic primary in an attempt to
get both party nominations.
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Constantine Brown

TO say that the White
House, the Congress, the Pen
tagon and the State Depart
ment are wary over the pros
poets Of a peace in Korea after
an armistice has been signed,
is a rank underStatement.
In private conversations.
our policy makers admit that
the whole thing, from the be-
ginning of the negotiations
more, than two years ago. to
this day. has been a tragic
farce without precedent in
world history. We are by way
Of engaging ourselves in sign
ing a document providing for
a cessation Of hoStilities by
army commanders who have
shown their contempt for the
most elementary provisions OF
international custom.
While the U. N. representa-
tives ironed out the problems
arising from Syngman Rhee's
stormy objections to the truce,
Red commanders threw 100,-
900 men into q surprise often
sive against U. N. lines. Their
failure to make and hold sig
nif1cant gains was the most
important reason why the
enemy again became disposed
last Saturday to resume the
armiStice talks. But it would
be foolish to believe that the
Reds signature on a truce
document means they have
any intention to live up to it.
The question is being log
ically asked: Why, then, pro-
ceed with this truce which
may prove to be a gigantic
hoax and a trap for thou
sands of Americans and our
allies? The reply is that, as
agents. of the U. NJ, we are
duty bound to comply with
the demands Of that organi-
zation. And the vast ma
jority of the nations which
have contributed token forces
to Korea in approval Of the
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Arnistice Talks Called Farce
One Question: Why Do We Proceed With This Truce,
Which May Be Gigantic Hoax and Deadly Trop?

police action" have insisted
for more than two years that
we liquidate a situation which
turned out different from what
they had expected.
1t is possible that during the
80 days which will precede
the opening of the political
conference provided in the
truce terms-if a truce is ac-
tually Signed-the enemy may
not resume offensive opera
tionS. But it is hard to
imagine that he will not use
his military power as a black
jack after the political con-
ference begins.
The prospective armistice
is incongruous. because the
forces of neither belligerent
have been defeated. Through
out history. an armistice has
been sought by a belligerent
only when defeat stared him
in the face and he saw no al
tentative but to suspend hos
tilitieS.
In this bloody war in Korea,
tragic because of our losses
and bizarre because of the
way our diplomats have con-
Quoted it. neither side has
been defeated militarily. Two
intact forces are facing each
other.
The Reds will be watching
for another chance to Jump"
us. while the allies must be
continually on guard against
a surprise attack. Our forces
will also suffer a severe handi-
cap in the inevitable boredom
that will follow a long period
of enforced inactivity in an
utterly devastated country. It
is safe to speculate that the
men in Peiping and Moscow
count on this serious morale
factor.
The Chinese and the Mus
, covites have not entered this
war for the sake of unifying
Korea under the So-called
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Foreiqn Aid and 1854 Voters i
Gen. Eisenhower's Proposal for Spending Overseas
Is Seen as Lacking Support of Most Republicans

q variety Of reasons, including
the Korean war, is becoming
anti-European.
Gen. Eisenhower can lead q
fight" against a large bloc of
his own party, but he will
merely be accentuating a
cleavage that has been slowly
developing because Of an un-
willingness to carry out cam
paign pledges. The Democrats,
of course, with a North-South
split, will be glad to see the
Republican division become a
permanent affair.
The Democrats are trying to
make a coalition with Eastern
Republicans to uphold the Ell
Senhower program. There are
enough votes to do it, but the
casualty will be the Republican
Party and particularly some
Republicans in the East who
will find themselves with sub
stantial opposition in their
primaries.
The parallel with the 192Os
may develop even more dra-
matically this time with a split
inside the Democratic Party
in the North where aspiring
Democratic candidates for
Congress may find it worth
while to make a contest In the
primaries for the nomination
against Democrats who, rather
than reduce the taxes of the
American people, are voting
billions for Europe and other
parts Of the world. It took
about four years after the 1920
defeat before the Democratic
Party turned away from the
League Of Nations and from
Europe-so much 50 that, in
order to win support of certain
influential newspapers, the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt in the
1882 preconvention campaign
repudiated the League, which
he had espoused as a vice pres
idential candidate on the
Democratic ticket IL years
before.
Gen. Eisenhower can break
up the Republican Party by
insisting on spending huge
sums abroad. or he can defer
to the wishes Of his party and
accept its cuts and maintain
a harmonious party. The choice
is up to him this very week.
Reproduction Rishts Reserved.)
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DoWd Lowrence-

Almost unnoticed by the
press generally was the split in
the Republican Party recorded
. few days ago on the issue Of
giving more billions of Ameri-
can taxpayers money to the
rest Of the world.
Not since the days of the
Republican National Conven-
tion a year ago has the cleav-
age been as striking.
While the vote in the House
Of Representatives showed 80
Republicans against and o. in
favor Of the foreign-a1d "au-
thorization" bill, a majority of
the Republican members of
the delegations from II States
refused to go along with Presi-
dent Eisenhower's proposal for
foreign aid. Thus it will be
found that the majority Of
the delegations of Republicans
from the following States de-
waited from the administra-
tion's position:
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado. North Dakota. South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota. Illinois, Michigan,
Ohio. West Virginia and
Maine. The Republican dele
cations from Oregon, Utah,
Missouri and Tennessee were
equally divided.
This is a sizable area Of the
United States. The opposition
Republican votes came not
only from the Rocky Mountain
area and the Middle West, but
six Of the States are east of
the Mississippi.
This geographical division is
significant. because Republi-
cans from the Pacific Coast
and the Eastern Seaboard
seemed to be a unit in voting
the other way.
Back in the '20s. the anti
European reaction after World
War I started in much the
same way inside the Repub-
hcan Party and eventually en-
quilted the whole country in
cluding the Democratic Party.
This was frequently referred
to as ''iSolationism" but ac-
tuaIly it was a build-up of re-
sentiment against European
diplomacy, especially after the
Selflshness manifested at the
Paris peace conference by the
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Senators Clear Way
For Government Sale
Of y Rubber Plants
BY the Assoeioted Press

The road was cleared in the
Senate today for a bill to permit
the Government to sell to private
industry 20 synthetic rubber
plants built at a cost of more
than half a billion dollars.
Republican leaders consented
to two changes in the measure
as approved by the Senate Bank
ing Committee, both designed to
remove major Democratic objec-
tions and assure speedy approval.
One would extend by seven
months. to January /, 1855, the
deadline for submission to Con-
greSs Of terms of sale to be
worked out by a three-man spe-
cial commission to be named by
President Eisenhower.
Congress Vote Guaranteed.
The other would guarantee a
vote by Congress on these terms
Of sale if any member of Con-
gress asked for one.
AS approved by the Banking
Committee, the commission
would be compelled to report all
details of its disposal plan to
Congress by next June / and
Congress would have 80 days to
consider it.
Senator Capehart, Republican.
OF Indiana, committee chairman,
agreed to stretch out the time by
seven months to meet formal
Democratic objections that the
June deadline provided much
too short a time to secure the
maximum competition in bidding
and to give the Governments
representatives leeway in nego-
tiating the best terms of sale"
Maybank Drafted Amendments.
Amendments setting January
/. 1855, as the new deadline
for the report to Congress and
insuring a vote on the plan were
prepared by Senator Maybank.
Democrat, of South Carolina.
senior minority member of the
committee, after consultation
with Senator Capehart.
Democrats on the Banking
Committee said they were fear
full that small operators would
not have a chance in bidding
against major producers for the
20 plants. But Senator Cape
hart's willingness to stretch out
the time element by seven
months seemed likely to clear
away most opposition.
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ent Treasury plans is that ap-
parently those plans cannot
command the support of the
right wing either.
One thing the Senate FL
nance Committee wants to
know before it UNDERWRITERS any
new Treasury moves is why
present deficits were so grossly
underestimated. Anything can
happen to us if we are off
SO billion in our estimates"
contended one Senator. I'VE
have got to know where and
how that mistake was made
before we do anything"
Senate pessimism about the
fiscal future is underlined by
bad news from the farm front,
where drought and skidding
farm prices are the rule, and
by reports from Detroit that
the giant automobile industry
is due for an adjustment"
Automobiles are considered
the economic bellwether. Pres
ent reports Of overstocked deal
ers and lethargic used-car mar
kets have led to a wave of
gloomy predictions that a re-
cesSion of greater or less i'm
pact Is due.
Any such, recession would
dominate the 1854 election
campaign and present the
President with economic prob
lens beside which his current
worries would seem minor.
Evening star., 1953-07-21

Korean Peoples Republic.
Many in this country have
forgotten that the present
North Korean government is
the same as that created in
Siberia by the Russians in
1945. on the pattern Of the
Lublin Polish Committee of
National Liberation. Develop
mentS since 1945 have not
altered this government. ex-
cept that it has now become,
with Moscow's blessing, as
much a part Of Communist
China as Manchuria or Sin
kiang.
But the unification of Korea
under the Communists is only
one of the several political
facets which brought about the
war in Korea and the inter-
vention Of Red China. The
formal recognition of the
Communist regime in Peiping.
its admission into the U. NJ.
and the control Of Formosa are
other issues sure to be pre-
sented at any eventual peace
conference.
President Eisenhower and
the administration are for
mally committed not to permit
the Red Chinese ito shoot
their way into the U. N" There
is no doubt that our represent
ativeS will fight the efforts Of
the Communists to bring yet
another satellite into the world
organization. The presence of
a Red. army on the 38th Par
allel, however, will significantly
strengthen the Soviet ar
guments for replacing the
Chinese NationaliSts by the
Mao Tse-tung regime in the
U. N.
On the optimistic side, many
lives will be saved by an
armistice and many things
may happen in the meantime
in Moscow and Peiping. Some
of them may be in our favor,
and in the cause of world
peace.
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Theft Suspect Caught
After Wild Chase:
Youth, 18, Also Held

Police captured a 20-year-old
auto theft suspect early today
after a foot and auto chase in
which three shots were fired by
pursuing motorcycle patrolmen.
They charged George Donald
son of the $500 block of Shipley
terrace Sc. with unauthorized
use of an. automobile and, for
investigation on several house.
breaking charges.
Later in the morning they
picked up his 18-year-old COM
panion, who escaped as the chase
ended in the unit block of
Thirty-sixth street NE.
Pvts. Richard White and
James D. Sandy said they
spotted a speeding automobile
on Benning road at Oklahoma
avenue NE. as they cruised on
their motorcycles.
The car attempted to run them
off the road when they drew
alongside. the policemen said,
and then sped over AnacoStia
road and Dix street to Thirty
sixth. The car was abandoned
and its two occupants fled with
the dismounted police in pursuit.
They saw one youth get over a
high fence and watched the
other flee into a thicket, where
he was captured. Pvt. White
fired three shots as the youth
went over the fence.
Police said Donaldson admit
ted taking the auto from Pas
quale Maggi, 1916 A street Sc.
They found Is unexpended cart
ridges in his pockets and recov-
cred a .32-caliber revolver in the
weeds. Police quoted Donaldson
aas admitting he has taken six
or seven automobiles for joyrid-
ing,
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Doris Fieeson-
Income, Outgo, and Arithmetic
Criticism From Right and Left Forces Administration
I'D Retreot From Plan to Ask Hiqher Debt Cei!ina

Thunder on the right and
thunder on the left have
forced the administration to
retreat from its plan to ask
Congress to raise the legal debt
limit this session. When Sena-
tor Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia joined Senator Morse,
the Oregon Independent, in
stern opposition to the new
move, the debt proposal had
had it.
It was significantly absent
from the list of must" legisla-
ton which Republican leaders
took away from the White
House Monday. That the
problem will reappear in ex-
aggerated form next Janu-
ary Is one of the few certain
ties in the confused legislative
situation.
Senator Byrd, who never for
gets to do his home work no
matter how unattractive the
results. is always candid in
the expression of his views.
His analysis of Treasury opera
tfons during six months Of
the Eisenhower administration
leads him to some harsh con-
cluSionS.
He does not believe it is
possible to balance the budget
next year.
He does believe that the
administration, instead Of les
sening the tax burden, must
ask for taxes in some form
Evening star., 1953-07-21

answer to a public opinion for
the first time since Stain got
his steely grip on the nation? Or
was it behaving as any normal
government would under the
circumstances of a citywide
panic?
You guess. I don't know.
No Chances at StaIin's Funeral.
Then there was the day of
Stalin's funeral. The boys took
no chances. Hundreds upon hun
dredS of trucks filled with
soldiers moved into the city in
the early hours of the morning.
They parked bumper to bumper
at hundreds of street intersec-
tionS. To get through was pos
Sible only if an officer gave an
order and truck was pulled out
Of line. Then it rolled back into
barricade position.
Out in the suburbs there were
thousands Of troops and more
trucks.
Did the government fear mob
scenes? Fear that the Russian
people, with Stain laid away,
might revolt, or was the gov
ernment simply taking no
chances? There had been some
ugly scenes, scuf1eS with the
police, during the period Stain
lay in state. A lot of people were
killed and injured.
Did Malenkov think that may
be Beria and the political police
might try to seize government?
The political police were out in
numbers, but there were far more
soldiers.
Friends of mine told of seeing
tanks in the suburbs.
May Day Not So Spontaneous.
After Stalin's death in March.
the first big holiday was May
Day, always a big affair in Mos
cow and the other cities of the
Soviet Union, but rather hard
on a lot of people. For years it
had been the custom to hold a
military parade in Red Square.
Then came a demonstration of
the people," 1t was about as
spontaneous as a bugler'S rev.
lille. The people from factory,
office. department, workshop
and collective were told where
and when to be present. A check
was made to see they were there.
This entailed standing in line
from early morning, sometimes
Evening star., 1953-07-21
Byrd 10 Fight Move
To Raise Debt Limit
Al Present Session

Senator Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia, made it plain today he
will fight any move by the ad-
ministration to raise the limit on
the national debt above the $275
billion existing ceiling at this
session of Congress.
The subject was not discussed
when congressional leaders called
at the White House yes
terday, and acting Senate Floor
Leader Knowland said there
would be another conference of
leaders before any decision is
reached to bring up the debt
limit issue before, adjournment.
Senator Byrd, leading advo-
cate of economy in Government,
said he figures the debt will not
be more than $273.5 billion by
the time Congress returns in
January. He said this means
the Treasury can get along un-
til the next session.
Reduce Expenditures.
The Virginian also pointed out
that "the President can always
reduce expenditures
THE President has power to
curtail expenditures on a quar-
terly basis. and if the debt
limit should be reached while
Congress is in recess. it would
have to be DONE" said Senator
Byrd.
The Virginian said there is
little Congress can do to reduce
spending as long as large appro-
priationS are made for expendi-
lures two or more years in the
future. He pointed out that the
Eisenhower administration found
itself with $82 billion of these
carry-over appropriations when
it took office.
Senator Byrd praised the ap-
preparations committees for try
ing to cut new authorizations
this year, but said he is disap-
pointed because the administra-
ton still is asking for direct ap-
preparations that will not be
spent until 1855 or later. This
means that there will be another
big carry lover at the end of fis-
cal year 1854.
Annual System Preferred.
Senator Byrd said he would
like to see Congress go back to
the system it followed until a
few years ago Of confining direct
appropriations to amounts to be
spent within a year. Under that
system big projects like battle
ships and plane programs were
started with contract authority.
but Congress had a chance to
review the contracts each year
before making the actual cash
available.
There are other signs that a
change in the debt ceiling could
not be pushed through quickly or
without heated debate.
Senator Morse, the Oregon In
dependent, told the Senate yes
terday he believes it so impor-
tant not to raise the debt ceiling
that if enough of my COL
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leading diplomats Of the VIC
torious powers.
Today the Republican Party
is demonstrating again that it
has in its ranks a sizable op-
position to foreign aid. While
the Democratic Party has some
rebels on the issue, the Dem
ocrats for the most part are
in favor of continuing the high
rate of expenditure for foreign
aid. The Republicans who are
making an issue of it say they
are not the least impressed by
the tendency Of the Democrats
to support the large appropri-
ations for foreign aid, because
the Democratic Party is looked
upon as a "Spendthrift party"
anyhow.
Representative John w. Nc
Cormack, Democrat. of Mas
sachusetts. who was leader of
the party in the House at the
last session, is challenging
Gen. Eisenhower to lead a
fight" against his party in
the House if he wishes the aid
Of the Democrats in restoring
the cut of more than a bill
lion dollars which the House
Appropriations Committee has
Topped off the bill. The vote
last week was on the question
of authorizing $5.5 billion of
foreign aid, and the next vote
will be on how much shall be
appropriated out of the $50
billion "authorized."
The Republican Party came
into power on the pledge to
balance the budget and reduce
taxes, and one of the biggest
items preventing that pledge
from being carried out is for
eign aid.
Already for the fiscal year
1854 the administration has
estimated that, using previous
moneys unexpended and sums
to be added. the total will be
SOS billion, which compared
with SIS billion for fiscal year
1858 and $4.6 billion for fiscal
year 1852. So it will be seen
that the Eisenhower admins
tration is planning to outspend
the Truman administration on
foreign aid, and this is what
is causing many a Republican
to hesitate. especially since it
is believed public opinion, for