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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07

of knowledge impose more in
tensive specialization.
The genius is not some one
who knows more than others
eminent in his field. Genius
discovers what nobody before
had known or known fully. He
is unique, different not only in
degree of talent but in mind.
Hence the phrase, genius
makes its own laws" Genius
does make new laws.
Genius is, it would seem, a
combination of knowledge,
craft, imagination, and intui-
tion,' so peculiar as to appear
miraculous, the more SO since
it is no respecter of classes.
But a modern Interpretation
has been put on genius makes
its own laws" 1t is that genius
is above the law and that the
man Of genius should be
exempted, ipso facto, from the
disciplines and restrictions
that society puts upon lesser
men.
Thus. during the 20s in
Germany, a writer whom the
critics were currently eulo-
giving was defended against
charges Of theft on the ground
that he was a genius. His
action, which was not dis
puted. was peculiarly treach-
erous. A friend had lent him
his home, full of beautiful OBJ
jectS of art, and the writer,
moving out. had denuded it.
claiming the right to keep the
loot because he appreciated"
it more than the owner did.
The court fundamentally or
dered him to return 1t, against
the protests of admirers of the
genius.
/ do not know whether DR..
Oppenheimer is a genius be-
cause I am not capable of
judging the uniqueness of
his contributions. But / have
heard his defenders argue:
Suppose he did act dishon-
estly and unwisely. He is q
genius and indispensable"
This is sentimental nom
logical inference. DR.. Allen
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mittees upon which extensive
hearings have been held.
In many respects the Nc
Carthy issue is tailor-made for
Senator Mcclellan. He is a
lawyer trained in the in-fight-
ing of the county courthouses
where they play for keeps. He
is tough-minded, and much
more than Senator Mccarthy.
who is a hit and run artist,
Senator Mcclellan has the
killer instinct.
Senator Mccarthy has never
caught on in the South to the
degree he has in the Midwest
and East. Southerners have
repeatedly said their people
had not been infected with
McCarthyism.
In this connection 1t Is in
teresting that the fan letter
sent Senator Mcclellan by
Senator Eastland Of Mississippi
spoke Of the intense interest
in the hearings ION my side of
the river" Senator Eastland
asserted that "the opposition is
badly crippled" as q result.
Throughout the Mcclellan
correspondence. Senators make
the point that, as Senator
Mansfield expressed it, "If any
good comes out of the hearings
it will be due primarily to the
effort, vigor and understand
ing displayed by you."
Should he be successful in
the primary. Senator McClel-
Ian will. of course, be as good
as elected, secure for six years
and 18th in Senate seniority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Fletcher knebel-
Potomac Fever

Joe Mccarthy returns to Washington es leaders have
decided that Joe is team player Who else willing to scri
mage against them day?
of the Association Of Physicians and
Surgeons brands the social security socastic
Apparently the only mistakes the bury
political ones
The United States are getting along better
two countries have just completed harmonious exchange
alleged espionage agents.
Former President study the Central
Intelligence Agency This outfit hshhush that its
agents won't tell each other which they're
clipping.
Republican Senate Leader Knowland cofes with Secretary
OF State Dulles routine check Knowland-to
sure no country needs another ultmatum today
Oklahomas Democratic for the United States Senate
between two Oil monaires Republicans chooser about
their mionaires They like to keep them trial for couple
Of generatons-to make the money going to last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Gonstontine Brown
Mao IS Said to Be GroveIy Sick
His Death Probably Would Worsen Situation in Asia;
Chou, Unlike Mao, Is Man Of Action, Not Theory

economic and chronological as
siStance to put into effect the
first five-year military pro-
gram.
Today Communist China is
teerning with activity. Slave
labor gangs are constructing
new strategic highways, rail-
roads and airfields. Factories
for the building Of modern
planes and other military
equipment are being erected.
All this Is happening because
in the fall of 1850, when Chou
was in Moscow, he insisted that
the Chinese forces would not
bulge unless the U. S. S. r.
pledged itself to build up the
country industrially to make
her independent of the Russian
military supplies.
There is no doubt that Chou
is one of the most INSCRIPTIONS
but also the most competent
Chinese who has ever lived.
He is said not to have insisted
on 1.-THE Russian forces march
ing against the Americans
should they bomb Manchuria"
after the Reds interviewed in
Korea. Chou had a strong
suspicion that the United Ma
tionss high command headed
by Gen. Douglas Macarthur
would be hamStrung by our
British and Indian friends.
This suspicion became a con-
yiction after the Chinese Com
munist delegation was allowed
to present Red China's case
against the United States at
the U. N. General Assembly in
the fall of 1850.
1t was also Chou who engi-
neered the occupation of Tibet.
not because the vast Red
Chinese empire needed addi-
tional territories but because of
Tibet's political-strategic i'm
portance. The presence of a
large military force and the
building Of military airfields
in that mountainous country
on the border of India have UNI
questionably affected the po-
litical thinking Of Prime Min
lister Nehru. The great love
and friendship of the Indian
statesman for the Chinese
Communists dates from the
time when the Red legions were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Dorothy Ihompson-
The Place Of Genius in Society
DR.. OPpenheimer Is Viewed as Having Contributed
To Current We've of AntnteIIectuolism

Num- May and Professor Pom
tecorvo. eminent atomic phys.
icists, were traitors to their
own oaths. One went to Jail.
the other fed behind the Iron
Curtain.
A motto of the old aristoc-
racy was "noblesse ohlige" -
nobility imposes obligations.
One might argue that genius,
or great talent, a gift of ma
ture, relieves no one of his
social duties but puts him
under special obligations to
society.
Intellectual talent combined
with weak or bad character
makes a brilliant man more
dangerous to society than q
dull man could ever be, for
such are seldom entrusted
with responsibility and power.
The alteration Of intellect,
alone, regardless of character.
or of the more common forms
Of intelligence known as COM
mon sense, has created the
current revulsion against the
"eggheadS". All anti-intellec-
tualism is dangerous. But DR..
Oppenheimer, however he de-
plores 1t. has contributed to 1t.
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Thonos [. Stokes
'RonnuIo Fears Death Of u. N.
.Honds-off Policy in Facing Up to Worlds Troubles
Seen Bringing Eventual Demise of Organization

The United Nations, solemnly
entrusted by the world COM
munity with keeping the peace
and Furnishing aggressors. is
told to keep it's hands of.
In Geneva a peace confer
ence Is called to deal with the
Korean war, a U. N. war. The
U. N. is left sitting on the side
lines.
"Tunisia and Morocco de-
mand self-rule. The French
say to the U. N: None of your
business sand Western legal
lists solemnly nod their heads.
The United Nations becomes
a mockery to North African
nationalist.
South Africa refuses to live
up to its obligations to put
certain trust territories under
the u. N.
Many countries blithely an
nounce that they won't pay
any attention to U. N. resolu-
tons unless the resolutions
happen to suit them"
What is happening to the
U. N. is the more distressing
because of the dynamic man
ner in which 1t met its first
great test - the Communist
aggression against South Ko-
rea four years ago. Gen. Rom
ulo properly characterized
that as undoubtedly the high
point in the history of coll
lective security" There. as he
says, the u. N. demonstrated
precisely the courage and wis
dom that were wanting in
other years." which was q
reference to the way its pre-
decessor. the old League Of
Nations. failed to meet the
recurring crises Of Manchuria.
Ethiopia, Austria and Munich,
and so finally died itself.
But If there is another Ko-
rea." the general says" the
u. N. probably won't be able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Army Ordnance Now Testing
Mule Bred Without q Kick

of the ground, the mechanical
beast can tote more than 1000
pounds on its own fiat 750-pound
carcass" Because Of its weight
and size. it can be shipped by
rail. water, truck, or even by air.
In one feature, it closely re-
sembleS the balkly animal it may
throw out of work. BY adjusting
the steering column to swing
close to the ground, the machine
may be lied" by q man walking,
or even. crawling beside 1t. The
speed can be cut as low as one
mile an hour.
Equipped with "four-wheel
steering" the new model mule
can be turned IN an I8-foot circle,
compared with 20 feet for the
average passenger car. Getting
four footed mule to turn in
any size circle can be hazardous
as well as difficult.
It's all-weathr practically has
been demonstrated in tempera-
lures ranging from IS degrees
below zero to 1875 above.
/ Some one will have to build up
a lot of sentiment for a very
unsentimental animal to keep
the old-fashioned mule marching
in the Army.
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I'VE know Of no case In
which it has been held that
q court of equity has authority
to do any Of these things. On
the contrary, the universal
rule. so far as we know it. is
that the legislative discretion
in discharge Of its constitu-
tional functions. whether
rightfully or wrongfully exer-
cised. Is not a subject for ju-
dicial interference.
The C Constitution has
lodged the legislative power
exclusively in the Congress.
II a court could say ito the
Congress that it could use or
could not use information in
its possession. the independ-
ence of the legislature would
be destroyed and the conSti-
tutional separation of the
powers of Government invaded.
Nothing is better settled than
that each Of the three great
departments of Government
shall be independent and not
subject to be controlled di-
rectly or indirectly by either Of
the others"
So the case boils down to
the fact that while a Presi-
dent of the United States may
forbid any employee In the.
executive branch from fur
niShing information to Con-
gress and may fire the employee
with or without giving any rea-
sons, this does not mean that
a Senator or Representative
who encourages an employee
to risk his job by furnishing
information to Congress in vi
olation of the orders Of his
Superior-is himself neces-
Sarlly involved In any VIOLA
ton Of law.
The court went further and
said that even If information
unconstitutionally acquired is
disclosed in debate or discus
sion, the Senate committees
cannot be enjoined against
its use. But at the same time
the court, expressing the pious
hope that Senate committees
wouldn't damage the rights Of
the citizens by such use, adj
mitted 1t was only q hope
not a means Of legal coercion.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Thomas L. Stokes

Senate Republican Leader
Knowland has focused atten-
ton on the United Nations
through a dramatic gesture.
What he fears is a scheme
now afoot to admit Red China
to that organization. He has
threatened if that happens to
resign as party leader in the
Senate and do everything he
can to get us out of the y. N,
What the California Senator
fears has not happened yet
and probably won't any time
soon because of the way he has
spoken out: though it probably
will occur eventually II the
u. N. is to be truly world
organization and function as
such.
While Senator Knowland is
doing all he can to forestall
something that has not hap
pened. it might be good time
to take a look at something
that is happening-and to the
U. NJ; and for us to explore
what might be done about that.
1t affects the very life of the
u. N.
A penetrating analysis Of the
u. N. is offered by a former
President of the y. N. General
Assembly. Gen. Carlos p. ROM
ulo, now personal envoy to the
United States of President
Magsaysay of the Philippines.
Gen. Romulo says, in an article
in Golfers magazine. that the
u. N. Is dying" of malnutri-
ton and disuse. That, in his
opinion, is not because Of Rus
STA. which he agrees would ''be
delighted to dance on the
U. Ms grave" but "the heart
sickening truth is that the
u. Ms demise is being brought
on by the free world"
Here's his thumb-nail in
dictment:
In Indo- China. a war RACES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Do1s FIeeson
Mcclellan Key to Mccarthy Fate
40 Democratic Senators Put 1t Up to Arkonson
AS to How to Discipline Wisconsin Senator

take the lead in dealing with
Senator Mccarthy.
The primary will take place
July 81. Arkansas sources re-
port that while Senator Nc
Clellan got more and better
publicity from the Mccarthy
hearings than he had ever be-
fore enjoyed. the campaign
has been desultory.
Mr.. McMath, a vigorous
Young New Dealer, has been
goading Senator Mcclellan.
conservative, on what he de-
scribes as a voting record more
Republican than most Repub-
licans enjoy. He is also be-
ginning to ask the Senator
what he has actually done
about Senator Mccarthy.
The challenger, who is young
and attractive and has q pretty
wife, has also adopted the
technique, which young Sena-
tor Kennedy of Massachu-
sets used so successfully. The
Kennedys had tea parties
while the McMath parties spe-
cilize in soft drinks but the
coy family atmosphere is the
same.
Two avenues for action
against Senator Mccarthy
have already been opened in
the Senate. One is the reso-
luton by Senator Flanders of
Vermont to remove Senator
Mccarthy from his chairman
Ship. The other is the set of
rules for congressional COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07

to rally quickly and effectively
against the AGGRESSION, so weak
has it been made"
This Is partly due to its
failure to realize and live up
to its opportunities and to
utilize its own machinery. The
U. N. took its boldest step to-
ward improving its own ma
chinery in the autumn Of 1850
after the aggression in Korea
at a meeting in New York
at which Gen. Romulo was
present, as was this reporter.
This grew out Of a circum-
stance you will recall. This
was that the u. N. Security
Council was enabled to act to
meet the Korean aggression
challenge only because the
Russian delegate was on a
''walkout" and was not present
to interpose q veto. The free
world just happened to be
lucky in that energency--but
it was recognized it might not
be so lucky again.
To overcome the veto threat,
our Secretary Of State, Dean
Acheson, proposed to the U. N.
General Assembly that If a
majority of the U. N. Security
Council voted to challenge an
aggreSSor and this was vetoed,
then the q. N. General Assem-
bly, could itself act within "a
hours. That was approved by
the General Assembly as were
two other proposals submitted
by Secretary Acheson. One set
up q Peace Observation Com
mission. q mobile group that
could be dispatched to trouble
spots to observe and report
back to the q. N. The other
provided for q peace force"
an international army to which
each member would contribute
troops for action against ag-
gressors. Our present Secretary
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poised on the boundaries Of
India. Nehru knew that his
country is incapable of a mill
tary effort.
The Chinese operation
against Tibet cost the Peiping
government nothing. 1t was
a mere military promenade.
It's effect was, however. ex-
tremely important.
From the time Nehru began
to feel Chou's dagger he be-
came a tool Of the Chinese
Communists at all interna-
tional conferences. This So
called friendship" between
the two Asiatic nations with
a population of nearly bill
lion was further cemented
recently when Chou made his
first official visit to New Delhi
and spent three days in pro-
tracted conferences with the
Indian leader. The official
communique issued at the end
of the parleys indicated q
much closer understanding
between the two Asiatic
strong men than resulted from
the Eisenhower Churchill con-
ference.
Those who follow closely
the developments in continent
tai China believe that when
Chou becomes the undisputed
dictator of that empire we
shall have more trouble than
at present.
On the optimistic side. how
ever, is the belief that unlike
Mao, Chou will not be a will
ling tool in the hands Of the
men in the Kremlin. Quite
the contrary, he may give
them serious trouble since he
insists on being a partner Of
the U. S. s. r. and not a mere
voiceleSs satellite.
Chou's philosophy is said to
be that Communism is O
handy weapon for the subjuga-
ton Of people and the estab-
lishment of China's domina-
ton over all the Asiatics. He
is expected to put into effect
that theory as soon as he OBJ
tains full control over the
Peiping machine without hav-
ing to bother about the inter-
ference of the handful Of Mao
Tse-tung theological followers.
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Constantine Brown

China's top Communist. Mao
Tse-tung, is reported gravely
III In Peiping and under the
care Of i've Russian special
lists. This report lacks official
confirmation, but it was re-
ceived recently In responsible
quarters ia Washington from
reliable foreign sources In
Communist China's capital.
The possibility Of Macs
early paSsing-an eventuality
which is being discussed freely
in Government circles here
win not improve the situation
In the Far East. 1t will. If
that is possible, make the situ-
alton worse.
Students Of Chinese affairs
are prone to compare Mao
with Lenin, and Chou En-lai.
the next in line Of Chinese
Communist succession. with
Stain.
Mao, man of contempla-
tive character who used to
write poetry. is the theoreti-
clan Of the Chinese Commu-
nists. Chou. the son of WELL
to-do upper class Chinese, is
interested In action, not theory.
It was he who was behind the
Communist drive which threw
the Nationalist out of China.
He enjoyed the friendship of
Stalin-just because he found
In him a man Of action--far
more than Mao.
Before the Chinese Commu-
nists took the great and sue
cessful step of challenging the
United Nations forces in
Korea, it was Chou who headed
a mission to Moscow. He spent
several weeks there obtaining
from the U. s. s. r. the prom
Use Of full cooperation to
make China the great military
power she is now.
It is doubtful that Chou
took much stock In whatever
guarded promises Stain may
have made for military as
sistance in the event Of Ameri-
can retaliation for the Chinese
Red armies intervention in
Korea. But he did get the
Soviet dictator to sign. on the
dotted line that the u. s. S. r.
would give his country full
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Senate Votes Curbs
For Chemicals in Food
BY the Asseeiased Press

The Senate has passed a House
bill setting up new procedures
for limiting the amount Of pesti-
eide chemicals which may be
left on farm products used fol-
food.
Under the bill, the Secretary OF
Health, Education and Welfare
would fix the amount Of chemical
that could be safely left on q
product.
The Secretary would act fol-
lowing a request from either the
Secretary Of Agriculture or an
individual or company. The bill
must 60 back TO the House for
consideration Of an amendment
requiring the Government to
charge fees to cover the cost Of
the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Dorothy thompson

The Oppenheimer case starts
a train of thought about
genius. and the phrase egg
head" applied to men of in
tellect.
Genius is rare and the
phrase overemployed. espe-
cially in connection with in
telligence tests. where a child
is pronounced a genius" If
his /. @. is 10 or IL points
above a given norm. Many Of
these little geniuses display in
maturity neither genius nor
exceptional achievement. One
gathers they were, for their
age. precocious and excep-
tionally knowledgeable, the
latter being due in part to en-
vironment.
It is dubious whether such
tests. summed UP in an aver
age quotient, might not find a
real genius subnormal on the
average. Gifts In one field of
studies are usually countered
by deficiencies in others. The
verbally gifted are likely to be
morons at mathematics and
vice versa. I have known per-
sonally some great writer's and
none could have solved q
proposition in simple calculus.
though they may once have
passed q university examina-
ton in 1t by sheer memorizing.
Painters often are verbally
inarticulate and may even APP
pear stupid. though they often
have good m a tn m atic a !
minds, and the affinity be-
tween music and mathematics
has repeatedly been. demon
strated.
It therefore seems that
genius develops In one field
at the expense Of others. and
that the genius has a lop-
sided mind. The universal
genius" Of which Leonardo da
Vinci is the most cited exam
pie is rare indeed, and the
future probably will produce
even fewer as expanding areas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Doris Fleeson-

What, if anything. is done
in the way Of disciplining
Senator Mccarthy this session
depends on a country lawyers
consciousness of duty.
Senator Mcclellan Of Ar
kansas, ranking Democrat on
the subcommittee which de-
voted SO days of public hear
ings to Senator McCarthy's
row with the Army, has re-
ceived virtually blank check
on the Mccarthy issue from
his party.
In a snowstorm of congrat-
ulatory letters, 40 of his Al
Democratic colleagues, joined
by National Chairman Mitch
ell, have conveyed their ad-
miration for his conduct dur
ing the hearings and their as
surances of support. All fac
tons of the party are literally
represented in this CORE
spondence and the writer's vie
with one another in the use of
superlatives.
The few Republicans neces-
sary to give Senator Mcclellan
a real majority on Senator
Mccarthy would be readily
Forthcoming and there is al
ways Senator Morse, indie
pendent.
Senator Mcclellan Is home
campaigning for renomina-
ton against former Gov. Sid
McMath. The flood Of letters
is timed to help him in that
endeavor in addition to indi-
eating that he Is expected to
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of State, John Foster Dulles,
co-operated In the formulation
Of the three proposals.
Gen. Romulo points out,
nothing has been done since
to implement the observation
commission and international
army. As he also points out,
. peace observation commits
sion might have been very use-
full in Indo-C China D long time
ago and may have brought q
settlement Of that conflict.
The truth IS not that the
United Nations has failed, but
that 1t hasn't been given q
chance" concludes Gen.
Romulo.
We ought to give it 4 real
chance before We up and
walk out on it.
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change are open," he declared,
ut will be Germany and Japan
who. as before. will end by con-
quering them"
A United States credit pro-
gram, Generalissimo Franco
continued, would benefit "a free
world this side of the Iron Cur
tain of various hundreds Of
millions Of souls who, because
OF their backwardness or lack
OF foreign exchange, are hardly
consumers and who could be
rapidly changed into q con-
Stunning mass and q good
market. :"
First Press Conference.
He said the United States
could carry this out with very
little sacrifice because 1t is q
question Of investment and not
gifts"
IL was Gener4l1SSlmO Franco s
first press conference since he
took over the government In
1899, after the Spanish Civil
War. He held It for I'VE Amer
lean correspondents stationed
permanently in Madrid.
Asked about freedom Of the
press, he said. II do not believe
In freedom Of the press" News
papers. he continued. are "mer-
camille enterprises" and freedom
Of the press in Spain means lib
erty for SO proprietors Of news
papers,"
The generaliSsimo. added that
the 40 papers of the Falange
Party. his biggest supporters, are
allowed to censor themselves,
"but most Of them prefer pre-
yious consultation to difficulties
afterwards"