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Evening star., 1953-04-29
Dovid Lowrence:

Every administration is en-
titled to a chance to deal with
new problems in its own way
provided 1t does not reject out
Of hand pointed lessons of
experience.
The new loyalty and security
program announced by the
Eisenhower administration is
drastic in some respects and
lenient in others. About the
only way the procedures will
be finally evaluated will be by
tests in individual cases as
they arise
Certainly nobody who ex-
amines the long, technical
executive order issued by the
President prepared after
many weeks of soul-searching
study Of his Subordinates in
the Department of Justice and
the Civil Service Commission.
will say that it is soft so far
as Communists in Government
are concerned. IF anything, it
Is a bit tough on the individual
employe, who can in a case Of
abuse be thrown out of his
job because he doesn't happen
to play up to the whims Of his
department or agency head.
He will have no right of formal
review above the department
or agency in which he has
been employed.
There is not to be a loyalty
review board now, as there
was under the Truman ad-
ministration. Hence there will
be no regular system Of post
audit of individual cases of
suspected disloyalty where a
department or agency has
cleared an employe of
charges. The reason given for
abandoning the loyalty review
board is that there was no
provision of law to permit its
functioning. But the loyalty
review board was always an
advisory" board and final
responsibility rested with the
department or agency head.
In no case under the Tru-
man administration was the
loyalty review board reversed
by a department or agency
head. The only instance oc-
Evening star., 1953-04-29
MoIotov Lets Cat Out Of the Boq
His Proposal Is Further indication That Russia Seeks
10 Drive Wedge Between U. S. and European Allies
Constantine Brown:

Vyacheslav Molotov, one of
the members of the Kremlin
triumvirate, let the cat out of
the bag regarding the aims of
the present Soviet diplomatic
offensive when he suggested
an early peace conference"
among the Big Five. The
nth power is Communist
China.
In a letter addressed to the
Congress Of the Peoples De-
tense for Peace" a Communist
front organization meeting now
in Paris, he urged all peace
lovers to press for such a parley
to solve all world ills.
Comrade Molotov is the chief
foreign-policy maker in the
Soviet Union. Hence his views
cannot be taken lightly by the
allies.
The Molotov letter, released
within 48 hours after the NATO
Council of Foreign Ministers
had adjourned, further con-
firms the suspicious of the
Washington diplomats that the
Kremlin Is doing its utmost to
drive permanent wedge be-
tween the United States and
the Western European powers.
The subject Of Communist
China has been for some time
the center Of discord between
this country and its major Eu-
ropean allies. The American
Government Is firmly deter
mined not to permit the Pei
ping puppets to "shoot their
way" into the United Nations
and not to recognize the Mao
Tse-tung regime.
We continue to recognize the
Nationalist government on
Formosa and are supporting it
economically and militarily.
This American position is
strongly opposed by the British
who have recognized the Chi
nese Communist regime for
more than three years and
have broken off all diplomatic
relations with the Nationalist
government. However, the
Nationalists continue to re-
main in the U. N. and are one
of the five permanent mem
bers of the Security Council
along with the United States,
Britain France and Russia.
The French have been until
recently neutral" in. this con-
troversy between Washington
and London. But they are re-
ported to be ready to kick over
the traces and join our British
friends in a demand to give
the Peiping administration full
international recognition and
the seat now held by China
in the U. N. Most other ma
tions which regard the Far.
East as only potential dump
Evening star., 1953-04-29

ing ground for their industrial
output share the British point
of view.
Our own position is dictated
by strategic considerations and
by the need to stop Russian
encroachmentS in Asia. More
over. the Peiping Communists
are showing bitter enmity, not
to America alone, but to all
other Western nations, includ-
ing their British champions,
whom they accuse of still hav-
ing colonial aims"
We firmly believe that Rus
Sia's struggle for control of
Asia is part and parcel of her
long-range plans for world
domination.
The immediate objective of
the present Soviet diplomatic
offensive is the isolation of the
United States from its allies.
And China is the best prop"
for such a stage setting. Presi-
dent Eisenhower countered the
Moscow offensive in his speech
OF April is. He listed certain
positive demands as proof that
the MuScovites are acting in
good faith. He made it clear
that these must be met before
any consideration can be given
by the Government to q Big
-Four parley.
Neither the administration
in Washington, nor the vast
majority of the American peo-
pie, will accept a phony con-
ference which would serve the
devious purposes of the men in
the Kremlin. The Molotov
suggestion" that the Chinese
Communists be included with
the Big -Four might appeal to
those who do not worry about
another Munich but will not
be accepted by this country.
Moreover, our Government is
giving no thought whatsoever
to a four-power meeting until
Evening star., 1953-04-29
ABC Network 10 Present
Tale Of Two Cities on N
BY the Asseeieted Press

HOLLYWOOD, April 29.-
The ABC-TV network will tele-
cast Charles Dickens "A Tale
Of Two Cities" Sunday in what
promises to be one Of the most
ambitious live television shows
yet.
The first half-hour segment
will be seen at 1880 pm, Eastern
Daylight Time, Sunday and the
second half hour May 10 at the
same time.
ABC in Hollywood will use its
complete 23-acre studio, for
merly the old Vitagraph lot.
Exterior and interior scenes will
be shot live. Among exterior
shots will be the storming Of the
doors at the trial Of Charles
Darnay' in Old Bailey Jail in
London: a cobblestone street
scene Of Paris, and, in the sec
ond installment, the guillotine
scene.
Wendell Corey, Wanda Hen
Dirk, Carleton Young and Judith
Edelyn, plus a cast Of 65 and
the full ABC orchestra will take
part.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Russia proposes hvepow peace conference The
rades hope to stamp all the differences between
democracy.
manufacturer United States Chamber of
the country needs gradual imitation There's certain
satisfaction in knowing you'll have lot in the
future to stay broke
Congress plans to the week end in the interest
seminars be conducted at Churchill
Downs KY
Secretary State Dulles foreign policy talk
Dulles proud Of his foreign poyhe thinks it's superior
to the rest Of the Republican Partys.
Senate foes Of giving the oil tdeands States agree
to stop their hbuer next week. They can't stop this week
several Senators haven't finished repeating themselves
Harry Mcdonald. outgoing head. says the big
should killed. helps small
Small business needs big be bigger
and demand smaller government "a
Cleveland worker he stole landing
plans Russians World
lease lend the Russians money in hopes they'd
lease some of secrets
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Mitchell 10 Speak in South
AT Two Party Meetings
sy the Asseeiussd Press

| BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April
29.-Democratic leaders from
eight Southern States will con-
fer here starting tomorrow on a
fund-raising drive and plans for
1854 congressional elections.
Stephen A. Mitchell, chairman
of the Democratic National
Committee, will address the
regional conference tomorrow
night.
The national committee an
nounced at Washington that the
speech win be one Of two major
Southern addresses to be made
by Mr.. Mitchell this week. The
other will be at the North
Carolina Young Democrats Con-
vention at Asheville, N. c., Satur-
day.
The meeting, which will end
Friday, win be attended by party
oficials from Alabama, Florida,
Georgia. Kentucky, Mississippi.
Tennessee. North and South
Carolina, the national committee
announced.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Dorothy Thompson:

An exchange Of peace over
lures in a time of acute tension
calls for new evaluations.
If one opponent decides to
postpone serious negotiations
until its military strength
equals or excels that Of the
other, it runs the risk Of miss
ing the political and psyche
logical opportunity altogether.
If serious overtureS are not
clearly met, war can be antic-
ipated. That Is the preface to
Pearl Harbor.
There is a new tone in Mos
COW, but there have been in
dications for over a year that
the Kremlin has been recon-
sidering its policies with a view
to disengaging itself in Ger
tain areas, If that can be done
without endangering Soviet
security. This requires the
West to take a fresh look at
its own policies, as to whether
they are, in a changed world
situation. compatible with a
settlement.
Any settlement between two
great powers requires accurate
assessment Of power realities.
If peace is to be negotiated,
not dictated by one opponent
to the other, the aim of both
must be to seek such an equi-
librium Of power as viii be to
the reasonable advantage of
all. Peace Is the creation Of q
power situation which Is more
satisfactory to all than any al
tentative that can be envi-
stoned.
Peace cannot be achieved as
long as the world is divided
into two political and military
systems, each trying-and
forced by the situation to try
Ito increase its sphere. This is
the pattern for an eventual
gigantic conflict.
Nor can peace be achieved on
an theological basis, which re-
Quires the triumph Of one view
Evening star., 1953-04-29

Cured in the Vincent case
under the present administra-
ton, when Secretary Of State
Dulles reversed the loyalty re-
view board. saying he had the
legal right to do so-which
was. Of course. correct. It
isn't necessary for such q re-
view board to have power to
dismiss ineligibles. but under
the last administration 1t was
an unwritten law that the
President would stand back
of the loyalty review boards
recommendation. Under the
present administration the
plan from the beginning has
been to alter the whole setup
and eliminate the review
board system. This now has
been embodied In the execu-
tive order.
There are some administra-
tive officials who point out that
the Civil Service Commission.
under the new executive or
der, may create advisory
boards or committees to make
recommendations as to the
effectiveness Of the procedures
and that provision Is made for
study of defects. Experience
may show that it Is desirable
also to create some sort of re-
view system inside the Civil
Service Commission. so that a
technical staff may review and
take action on the proceedings
in any case before the depart
mentS or agencies where Sc
curity or loyalty cases may
have been considered.
There now is a disposition
in the new setup to avoid the
word loyalty" altogether and
make dismisSals entirely on a
security" basis, with the ele-
m ents of "unSuitability"
strongly i'm be edded in the
meaning of the word "secu-
rity." For it is recognized that
any immoral or dishonest
person or individual of loose
habits generally might become
the victim of pressure or
blackmail by agents of foreign
governments. So security"
covers a multitude Of sins.
In general, the new program
Evening star., 1953-04-29

the Kremlin has fulfilled at
least some Of the points set
forth by President Eisenhower
two weeks ago.
The simplest of the Eisen-
hover points is the early sign
ing of a peace treaty with the
little Austrian republic. The
diplomatic soundings made in
Moscow indicate, however, that
no thought is being given by
the Red dictators to this mat
ter. All that the Kremlin is
striving for at this time Is o
conference with no other sub
jects on the agenda than
peace Moscow-style."
The Paris meeting Of the
foreign ministers of the NATO
countries was closely followed
by the Soviet diplomats who
have at their disposal in Paris
and other Western countries
ample sources of information
concerning secret matters.
They know that there were
more disagreements than
agreements among the partic-
ipants gathered at the Palais
de Chaillot.
The Muscovites apparently
feel that the atmosphere is
now favorable to making a first
try to break up the Western
alliance. And clumsy as Molo-
TOYS attempt to include Red
China IN a Big Five meeting
may appear on the surface.
there is no denying that he
may have stirred up something
in this latest propaganda cam
paign,
Evening star., 1953-04-29

Some Axionns of War and Peace
1t Is Futile to Discuss Disarmament Until Busc Issues
RESPONSIBLE for the Armoments Are FnoILy Settled

this does not dispose Of the
German problem.
United States policy Is to In.
corporate first West Germany
and later all Germany into o
European military system al
lied with Great Britain and the
United States, this to occur be-
fore the eastern frontiers OF
Germany are finally delineated.
For obvious reasons Of his
torical experience this is un-
acceptable to the Soviet Union.
as 1t would be unacceptable to
any Russian government.
A year ago. Stain proposed
the naturalization Of q united
Germany. The proposition was
ignored. But what is wrong
theoretically with the thesis
that Germany should be a
member Of no military al
lance directed by one great
power against the other, and
that her neutral status,
constitutionally established,
should be protected by her
own army and by the mutual
guarantees Of the grea t
powers? How otherwise can
the struggle over Germany be
peacefully ended?
II negotiations are conducted
with q view to causing an OPP
ponent 10 surrender his whole
position. they must fail.
Every, crisis represents dan.
ger and opportunity. II op-
portunity Is missed. through
incapacity for objective analy-
sis, the danger Is Immediately
heightened.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Dors Feeson:
EmDIoves Still Fear Witch Hunts
Eisenhowers New Security Program Has Failed to Calm
Suspicious and Apprehensons of Civil Servants

satlon-so often made by Sen
ator McCarthy-that q mans
friends are helping him out Is
no longer valid.
The disadvantages as seen
by lawyers who have worked
on these cases include:
/. They offer virtually m-
limited right of dismissal since
the standards set up are moth
ing more than q statement OF
complete discretion.
~. The impact Of this will
be felt the more since the pro-
gram is now extended to every
agency Of Government instead
OF being confined to the sensi-
tive agencies. This will in
crease the case load and the
expense.
3. The right Of cross-exam-
ination is largely nullifled by
the 1acC Cnat q special category
Of Confidential informants"
Is established to which most
accusers will probably claim
to belong.
4. In practical operation the
final decisions will be made by
departmental security officers
who will be judge, jury and
court Of last resort, since no
appeal is allowed. It is recalled
in this connection that at
least one security officer, Scott
Mcleod Of the State Depart
ment, Is q known follower Of
Senator Mccarthy.
This is enough to suggest
that the verdict on the new
operation Is as yet In doubt so
far as the participants are
concerned.
Evening star., 1953-04-29

of any such. programs
that it tends to neuterize
the Government, which already
suffers from creeping medi-
ocrity. This will be most dan
gerouSly reflected, not in the
lowest or highest echelons Of
Government but at those mid
die levels where staff work is
done and most Government
policy actually determined.
The new rules were not dis
cussed in advance with Sena-
tors Mccarthy and Jenner
and Chairman Velde Of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee, although these
gentlemen were given the
courtesy Of the White House
background for the announce
ment. How much good this
politeness, which put the trio
in the headlines and photo
graphs, will really do the
President remains to be seen.
The Justice Department
claims these advantages for
the new Setup:
/. It is more efficient. It
consolidates the old loyalty
and security programs, which
were endlessly confusing.
Q. It provides for a limited
right of cross-examination Of
accusers as compared to none
in the old system.
8. The test of suitability for
Government employment is diff
ferent, so discharged persons
are not stigmatized as traitors.
4. The hearing boards COM
prise persons outside the
agency involved, so the accu-
Evening star., 1953-04-29

Of life over another. Such con-
fiicts are, in essence, religious
wars, "crusades," and never, in
all history. have they been won.
Peace today-the creation
Of q satisfactory equilibrium
of power-requires that the
q. s. s. r. and the United
States each put such restraints
on their own power as win al
leviate the legitimate fears Of
each, and Of the nations asso-
ciated with each.
This requires q mutual
settlement Of the problems
causing greatest tension. It is
futile to talk about disarma-
ment until the issues respon-
sible for the ornaments are
settled.
Pravda's editorial, in re-
sponSe to President Eisen-
hower's speech, lists. as the two
first issues, Korea and Ger
many.
Both sides agree that Korea
and Germany should be united,
independent states. But the es-
sential question is not thereby
settled: Where these states
shall f1t into the power picture.
A united Korea. as part Of q
political and military bloc
headed by the United States,
is unacceptable to China and
the Soviet Union for reasons
clear to any one who consultS
q map and reads history.
For the same reasons, q united
Korea allied with q Moscow
Peiping axis is unacceptable
to any other power responsible
for the defense Of Japan.
That leaves. as the only So
luton possibly acceptable to
both, as well as to the rest
Of Asia, the naturalization Of
Korea under Soviet and West
ern guarantees.
The unification Of Germany
under o freely self-chosen
government is conceded. theo1
retically. by both sides. But
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Doris FIeeson:

The Eisenhower administra-
ton has not calmed the suS-
picions and apprehensions OF
career Government servants by
their new security program.
It is generally admitted here
that former President Tru-
mans program was not a sue
cess. How much of this can
be blamed upon the fact that
Senator Mccarthy and like
minded gentry did not intend
it should be a success is a
question.
Certainly the Truman pro-
gram got rid of Communists
and certain other undesirables.
1t disturbed the public service
largely because the accused
could not face his accuser and
often did not know the exact
charges made against him. This
star chamber atmosphere,
never really grasped by the
public, was deeply unsettling to
the career people in the Gov
ernment. Many of them felt
that they were merely a burnt
Offering to McCarthyism.
Whether the new admins
tration program can win their
confidence and calm their
fears is a question. Proper ad-
miniStration by strong OFF,
cials with character will help.
The news that none Of the
decisions made under the
Truman program will stand
will be unnerving to the
1000 employees who thought
they were out of the woods.
Generally speaking, the
worst feature Of the program
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Soldier in Soviet Zone
Returns to U. S. Unit
BY. The Associated Press

y.ihe Assoeiofsd Press
BERLIN, April 29.-Pvt. Rob-
ert D. Blevens. 20, returned to
his medical unit in Berlin today
after 10 weeks In the Soviet zone.
The United States Army said
Blevens is being held in the
guardhouse pending q decision
whether he should be court
martialed. The soldier said he
fled to the East to escape punish
ment for an incident, the nature
Of which was not announced.
Blevins Is a native Of Omaha.
Nebr.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Bruzil Makes PenicilIin

SAC PAULO. Brazil. - The
largest penicillin factory In
South America has begun opera
ton ct Santo Andre In Sac Paulo
State. Initial production is ex-
pected to total 400 billion units
. month. with an eventual pro-
duction Of Q trillion units Q
month envisaged. y
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-04-03
University Of
Florida News
(Continued from Page 2s)

(Non11nOe0 rom rage Z6)
Fleet, Live Oak; David (Tony)
Ross, Orlando; Bernard Berkman,
St. Petersburg; Miamians Joseph
Block, Charles Ashman, Lewis
Hammer, Robert Blank, Gerald
Hauser, and Stanley Sterling;
Leonard Ross, White Plains, New
York; Ronald Lefkowitz, Trenton,
New Jersey; Gerald Schine,
Bridgeport, Conn.,; and Miami
Beachers Robert Daniels, Maurice
Rosen, Elliot Gathercoal, Maurice
Ball, Saul Cohen, Melvin Mendol-
sohn, Fred Singer, Charles Ber-
man, Richard Cline, James Spec
tor, Arnold Sevader, Nelson Her
zog, Sherwin Syna and Leo Nor
riS.
Hillel President Madeline Vein
man, Miami Beach, was recently
initiated into Trianon, women's
honorary leadership and service
fraternity. Her major fields of
achievement are religion and wo-
mems affairs.
Evening star., 1953-11-27
Grcelzs IL ''''e"y York
Fee i~~ ~ N1a;,en
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-The
King and Queen of Greece were
feted last night by Greek So
cieties of greater New York at a
Thanksgiving Day banquet at
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The Greek monarchs were in
New York for the last few days
of their United States tour be-
fore returning to Greece early
next month.
King Paul, speaking in both
Greek and English, praised the
differing national and racial
heritages that make up America
Even the differences among
Americans only serve to sharpen
the basic unity of the American
people.
These are your answers to
the barren promises of totali-
tartan nations, the promises
which produce nothing. Hold
onto these fine qualities. With
them you will achieve a unity
which will extend even beyond
your national borders"
Queen Fredericka, who wore a
blue gown with diamond, pearl
and ruby jewelry, won favor
with photographers when she
scountermanded a Banquet Com
I mittee ban against taking pic
lures.
The photographers complied
with her one stipulation; ".
But not while we are eating,
please"
Evening star., 1953-11-27
Automobile Crash Injuries
Are Fatal 10 AIexandrian

Payton Ballenger, so, of Route
5, Alexandria, died in Suburban
Hospital yesterday about IL
hours after he was injured in an
automobile accident near CATH
erSburg, Md.
Montgomery County police
said Mr.. Ballenger was riding
in a car that ran off of Route
$40, smashed into a utility pole
sand knocked down five fence
posts. The driver was Charles
Henry Alderman. 81, Of 4524
Taney avenue. Alexandria. Po-
lice said Mr. Ackerman told
them he was forced off the road
by an approaching car.
y Mr.. Ballenger was thrown
from the car. He suffered a
fractured skull, which doctors
said apparently caused his death.
Mr.. Ackerman was not injured.
Mr.. Ballenger leaves his wild
ow, Mrs. Louise Ballenger: his
mother, Mrs. Cora Lee Ballenger,
and a brother. Robert Ballenger,
The Ballenger home is on Tele-
graph road south of Alexandria.