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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
By Herbert Brotter


tration won't take too many
chances.
President Eisenhower stated in
February that March will be the
crucial month. Presumably when
the March indicators become avail
able-in just about a month from
noW--it can be seen whether the
normal spring pickup in employ
ment and business is taking place.
The administration then will decide
whether it should do something
more, and what. Further tax re-
duction may be one of the first
things studied. Mr.. Eisenhower said.
Whether this means increasing
the personal income tax exemption
the way Senator George and all the
congressional Democrats have been
demanding, or accepting the stable
excise tax cuts which the House
has pushed forward over Treasury
Secretary Humphreys objections
remains to be seen.
Former President Hoover, Incl
dentally-a self-styled expert on
Observation-Disclosures that, if a de-
preston comes, it should be fought
on the consumer level. In the
event of a real depression I'VE
should reduce taxes in such fashion
as to increase the buying power of
all the people so that they can alb
serb the surplus and thus lift the
whole level of the standard of
living another stage"
But until now the administra-
tons tax-reduction program has
divided its favors between the con-
sumner and the investor. The Eisen-
hover administration regards both
as important. 1t recognizes that
consumer spending is the lifeblood
OF business, but 1t maintains as well
that business activity promotes en-
ployment, payrolls, incomes and
thereby customer spending.
The Democrats have decided the
issue in favor of the consumer. A
spokesman for. their viewpoint is
Mr.. Leon H. Keyserling, who was
chairman of the Council of Eco
nomic Advisors under President
Truman.
Mr.. Keyserling's views may be
summarized as follows: We are in
the position of having vastly ex.
banded our productive machinery
for reasons of defense SO that. bar
ring q total war, the rate of con-
sumption must be increased from
the present $3.50 billions a year to
$3.50 billions by the end of 1860. To
maintain a healthy economy in the
years ahead we must concentrate
on expanding consumption.
How We have added to our produc-
tive capacity is shown in the Eco
nomic Report. Annual investment in
producers durable equipment scared
from less than $40 billions in 1914
to an average of 1924 billions in
the last eight years. It was $26.7
billions in 1853.
Business, Mr.. Keyserling con-
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tinues. has plenty of funds for its
needs. Hence. he takes issue with
the 1854 economic report of the
President where it proposes to en-
large investment funds and incen-
tives through business tax conces-
sions. Not that Mr.. Keyserling
fears serious economic downturn
in 1854. But he believes we should
take no chances on later develop
mentS or rest content with the
present level of business.
Flanders Reply
Republican Senator Flanders. re-
plying to Mr.. Keyserling, denies
that the Eisenhower administration
overemphasizes an expansion of
business investment or underem-
phasizes the need for increasing
consumer spending. Mr.. Flanders
cites the administrators indorse-
ment of the personal income tax
cut averaging 10 per cent, which
took effect January i.
Senator Flanders cites also the
administrations program to broaden
social security coverage and bene-
fits. He denies any real conflict
between stimulating investment and
stimulating consumer spending.
When business expands its plant,
whole chain of benefits enSues,
including higher payrolls. more en-
ployment and larger consumer mar
ketS. The proposal to liberalize
depreciation allowances promises
very large gains in consumer spend
ing. according to the Senator.
Moreover. the Senator continues,
no large tax reductions are needed
to stimulate consumer spending. Con-
sumers' income is still generally high
and consumers hold more than $500
billions Of liquid assets such as saw
ings bonds and bank deposits, while
ample consumer credit is available.
II people are not buying all that
they should. it is lack of will, not
OF resources that restraints them.
Senator Flanders favors a bal
anced program stimulating both
business and consumption, which he
says has not been tried for a good
many years." He adds that "in the
1905 our policies were directed
largely toward stimulating purchas-
ing power and were. indeed, accom-
panied by a policy of active repres-
sion Of business. as illustrated by
the undistributed profits tax. We
must not again make the mistake
Of sitting business in the perform
ance of its natural function of pro-
viding jobs and products for the
well-being of the people. One time
was enough"
This is the background for the
tax struggle of 1854 on Capitol Hill.
The debate swirls across and within
party lines while the solons and ex-
ecutives sweat to protect your well
fare.
How we'll they succeed we should
know by November.
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PARIS-A news item which will
probably not make headlines in
Washington this week is that the
French Senate has voted favorably
to amend the Constitution of the
Fourth Republic. It is, neverthe-
less a potentially important bit of
information. Because under the gen.
eral heading of "HoW-C Can France
Get Out-of-the- Mess-SheS-In," the
idea of constitutional reform inev-
itably looms large.
One of the more popular notions
about Frances political troubles is
that the country is saddled with a
built-in case of rigor morris. Ac-
cording to this theory,.a large num-
Der of Communists in the govern
ment loaded up the constitution
with subtle sabotage back in 1916,
when it was written. Small won
der. then, that today the nation
suffers.
This argument is nowhere more
appealing than in France. However
impatient the rest of the world may
become with the endless series of
crises. the pettifogging wrangles and
the vast inertia of the French Gov
eminent, the French themselves
are still more exasperated.
Fovorite Whipping Boy
Reform of the constitution in this
country is almost in the same brack-
ct as chivvying Communists in the
United States. No politician can
afford to be against it. 1t is the one
safe, sure-fire subject for grass
roots consumption. It presents a
beautifully pat explanation for all
the shortcomings of the government
and loads the blame conveniently
onto persons unknown. Constitu-
tional amendment Is such hot sub
ject that there Is special minister
of state whose sole Job consists of
thinking up things that should be
changed.
1t isn't particularly easy job.
however. Although every one agrees
that the constitution should be re-
formed, there is no such unanimity
when it gets down to specific cases.
The history of the present reform
bill provides good illustration. 1t
started back in 1850 when the gov
eminent finally abandoned hope of
q thorough constitutional rewrite
job and started drawing up list of
articles it hoped to get reworded.
The idea was to strike at the root of
Frances governmental instability
and change the rules so that it
would be easier to form govern
ments and harder to throw them
out. In recognition of it's limited
objective, the reform bill became
known as the petit Train" or the
little movement.
The first problem facing the re-
formers was that the dizzy turnover
OF French governments is not really
the fault of the constitution itself.
Whatever flaws that document may
have in it. the trainers had done
pretty well in mailing down that
particular historic weakness.
Under the present rules. there are
only two ways to fire a government.
One is for the National Assembly
tthe lower housed to refuse to pass a
vote Of confidence demanded by the
government. The other is to pass
a vote of censure if the government
steps out of line.
Neither of these things is par
ticularly easy to do. Both require
the votes of an absolute majority
t3l4 of the 627-member legisla-
ture. Furthermore. the constitution
provides that if two governments
are thrown out in any 18-month
period, the Assembly itself can be
dissolved and new elections called.
Had these rules been applied,
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Two cardinal points emerge in the
wake Of the resignation Of Roger M.
Kyes as Deputy Secretary Of De-
tense effective May /.
First Big Government, and
especially the far flung activities of
the military. cannot be run success
fully by men who are unwilling to
make at least a temporary career of
1t.
Second-Big businessmen who
come to Washington must expect
and take in stride public attacks on
them even though they may be as
vitriolic and uncalled for as at least
one blast against Mr.. Kyes. And, as
far as Pentagon officials are con-
cerned,s those attacks may often be
irresponsible and military service
inspired. $
Only IS Months
Mr.. Kyes will have been Secretary
of Defense Wilson's "alter ego" in
the No. 2 Defense Department post
for is months when he is replaced
by Navy Secretary Robert B. Ander-
son. BY all standards that tenure
does not appear very long despite the
fact that Mr.. Wilson ruefully COM
mented last week that hes accom-
pllshed more IN one year than most
able men can in two anyhow"
But If there isn't longer continu-
ity in the top jobs. the day-to-day
operations of the vast military es-
Enlistment then will be left en-
tirely to the bureaucrats and the
military brass. The latter are the
first to acknowledge this fact. I'm
portant decisions often affecting the
lives of millions and the, spending
of billions of dollars, can be stalled
by them for as long as Is months
without detection.
Mr.. Wilson and his boss, President
Eisenhower. were convinced upon
taking Office that the Nation needed
to get more defense per dollar ex-
penditure. But the establishment
is SO vast, complex and procedure
, ridden that to grab it and shake
out some of its abundant water re-
CURED a man with both managerial
talent and toughness.
1t was natural for Mr.. Wilson to
turn to 47-year-old Jolly Roger"
Kyes to do the job. They'd been
closely associated in industry. Mr..
Kyes had lot of experience in man
aging men and expediting produc-
ton. The genial Mr.. Wilson had
turned to Mr.. Kyes for just such a
job once before. It was in 1949 when
the problem was General Motors
ailing Truck and Coach Division
desperately needed an overhauling.
Mr.. Kyes took over. He hired and
fired. shook up the division from
top and bottom. And he got results
'Hotchet Mon
So Mr.. Kyes arrived here with
reputation of being as hard as nails
and Mr.. Wilson'S Ratchet man"
Mr.. Wilson. occupied with high-level
conferences. left most of the Penta-
gon intramural work to Mr.. Kyes.
He moved into the production field
and frightened up schedules. 1t was
his decision, in Mr.. Wilson's absence,
to lop SIS billion off the Air Force
budget last year. He stopped the
military from piling up vast stores
of standard civilian goods, such as
trucks, automobiles, soap and toilet
paper. He moved into the field of
personnel utilization with a heavy
hand.
1t is hard to differentiate be-
tween the accomplishments of Mr..
Wilson and those of Mr.. Kyes, for
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Mr. Voss. O member Of the Sunday Ed-
torioI Departments stotf. recently re-
turned from q two-month tour Of the
Far East, where he studied leadership
among the United States oIIies. This
article is the first Of seven port series
reporting his findings and their beoHns
on the Geneva conference opening
April rs.
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Far East Leadership
For E0st LeodershIp
Crucial Influence on Asio's Future
Will Be Her Nationalist Chieftoins

When world statesmen sit down at
Geneva next month to discuss the
future of the Far East, they prob.
ably will have no opportunity to
discuss what could be the crucial
influence in Asia in the next decade:
Native leadership. 1t is an issue
little can be done about around a
conference table.
Leadership would be of primary
Importance even aside from the
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unique personalities who presently
head the nations of the Orient. For
Far Eastern peoples still depend much
more heavily on their leaders than
do Westerners Broadly speaking the
fate of some ITS million people of
the free world rests today in the
hands of about half a dozen men.
1t should not be implied that
Oriental peoples are politically
sterile. But they have just re-
awakened to the most fundamental
of political instincts: Self-impor-
lance, or nationalism. This nation
alism is still more emotional than
rational. 1t does not see clearly
where it should go but insists on
finding it's own way, on going In
some direction where its Importance
will at last be recognized by all the
world.
Force for Good or III
How this basic urge of national
ism expresses itself depends on the
men who lead it. 1t can be a power
full force for good, or huge gen.
orator of chaos. Since the people
have not developed taste for the
widely diversified details of world
affairs, large and vital SegmentS of
national policy, are left to the dis
erection of one man. His intentions
and skill are all-important.
Leadership, then, is a critical is
sue in the Far East today because
single individuals still are the shap-
ers rather than the executors of
their peoples policies.
But leadership is important in the
Far East at this time for another
reason. In the next few years it is
almost inevitable that several of
the strong persona1ities-relatively
known and stable quantities-will
be passing from the world scene, to
be replaced by no one knows whom
or what.
Seythe Is Ready
Old Father Times scythe, by
every law of averages, Is due to take
a heavy toll Of the top layer in the
Orient in the next decade.
Most of the Far .Easts leaders
have been around so long, so blind
ingly outshining their opposition,
that the outside world has only the
vaguest notion what will happen
when the present cast Of characters
starts fading away.
In Korea, President Syngman
Rhee is 78. He has well -established
record for striking down any rival
friend or foe-who bids for any
part of the attention of his country
men. The past month has been typi-
cal. Mr.. Rhee deposed Gen. Paik
Sun Yup. known as q strongly pro-
American army chief of staff.
About the same time q civil court
sentenced Mr.. Rhee's former. home
minister to year and half in jail
for helping an editor accused of be-
ing Communist spy The editor.
probably less Red than some of SEN
ator McCarthy's victims, was exc
cuted. The jailed home minister was
said to be henchman Of Mr.. Rhee's
top political rival, Lee Bum Suk. AS
could be expected, there is no one
in sight to assure South Korean
stability once President Rhee dies
or moves out of power.
In Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru
Yoshida. at 70. is head and shoulders
above his rivals, most of whom are
more conservative and less friendly
to America than he. But one of
Japan's recurring political scandals,
involving many Of Mr.. Yoshida's
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A picture bought this house, but nc
picture can do 1t full justice. 3
BEDRMS. All rms. extra large. full
bsmt., K-acre lot; CT or sron-GI;
ideal for Andrews, Census, Boiling.
etc. Mr.. Dixon. RE. 5-5925.
cox a. CO. 10 8-5S37 -R
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HOUSES FOR sALE--MD.
THOMAS u. HALLEY
PICTURE HOUSE

MD. AP. 7-ssot
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.

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ALEX. AREA-Swimming pool mem
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
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Mr.. ANDREWS, CENSUS. BOLLING
GI-NOTEING DOWN
$62.53 Mo-, Incl. Taxes, ms.
Well kept asbestos shingle bungalow.
with 2 bedrms. and expand. attic.
Many extras. Mr.. Fortin. 10. $500.
coy a. 20 10 S-5837 -S
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
IIs BLKs. WASH. GOLF AND CoUN.

8-RM. frame house. 4 brk.. bsmt.; 2
car, 2-story gar; la-acre lot; S1S,-
500; at Pine Spg. Gardens, 1 mi. W.
F. Oh. 200 Meadowview rd. JE. A.
1Is BLKs. WASH. GOLF AND COUN-
TRY CLUB-Small, 6-rm. frame
house. oil h.-w. heat, beaut. wooded
lot containing about $1,000 50. it.;
house insulated and very livable
needs minor repairs; excellent COM
munity; conv. to schools; $4,000
KE. $1,000. (Broker). -8
$II, ,095, Arlington, SIT S. irving st
Brick, full basement, Semidet.
modern kitchen and bath, 2 bed
rooms, recr. room, patio; trees, fine
cond; best area. Near schools, bus,
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OPEN SUN. AND DAILY-A carpen-
ter to buyer deal. New 6-rm
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luxe kit, shadow box, attic fan.
full bsmt.. level lot. Priced to sell
in $4,000 price range. $3,500
down will handle. Dir: Out Lee
hwy, to Falls Church firehouse, right
ON Jefferson st. to open house. --13
OWNER MUST SELL-Town of Fair
fax; spac. 3-bedrm. home; 1ge. liv.
rm.. worlds of closet space; new
h.-w.h.; beaut. patio. hrepl.;- sacri-
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Mr.. ST. BERNARD'S
2-REnp0nM pANERr ED
BEAUTIFUL CHEvERLY


BY OWNER, S17,20o
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family-sized dining room large
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Close to parochial and public schools.
For further particulars. call AP.
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Walking distance to elementary
Only Sis.35o. Call XII. 9-113s. IS
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CUTE AS A DOLL
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
$22,500
$1,000 DN.

Extra-large bedrms. and
liv. rm. with firepl. Lge. din.
area. full bsmt.. gas heat, love-
iy lge. lot. Built by q builder
with an excellent reputation.
Phone TIE. 6-7244 or TE.
6-7344.
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
ALEXANDRIA
RRADDOCK HEIGHTS

Owner living in Florida is here to
sell his elaborate 3-bedroom brick
2-story home and doesn't have much
time. This home has wall-to-wal
expensive carpeting. The. bedrooms
on. the .2nd floor. are large and
floor has spacious living room with
fireplace, den, family-sized dining
room, modern kitchen with break
fast nook and powder room. Full
size basement has knotty-pine rec,
Built-in garage. Convenient to
schools, Transportation and shop
ping. Must see this home to ap-
preciate 1t as 1t has everything.
Call XII. S-3106.
Routh Robbins Realty, Inc
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HOUSES sALE-MD. tcont.)

NO SETTLEMENT COST. no down
IKE 3-bedrn., bath-and -a-han brle.
home; near Cheverly Theater: price,
Sl3,050; monthly payments, SSS,
includes everything. Call till 8 pm,
WA. $4,000, ROBERT 8. DAVIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Ann BIoennsnno
Becomes Bride

Miss Ann BloemSma, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Philip
Bloemsrna, became the bride on
March 20 of Mr.. Albert Michael
Leahy III. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert M. Leal1y
of Somerville, Mass.
The ceremony took place at
the Church of the Nativity with
the Rev. Edward Luckett off,
ciating. There was a reception
at the home of the brides par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Leahy left
for California where he win be
stationed.
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Photo.

Harris Ewing Photo.
MRS. EDGAR J. GRAEF, Jr.
The former
Miss Katharine M. Wetherbee.
The wedding took place March
20 in State Street Congregational
Church, Portland, Me.
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1900 Firestone foonex foam rubber
double size mottress and box
spring outfits Observation-Disclosures
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MRS. WILLARD T. RITCHIE.
The former
Miss Norma ]. Dixon.
The McKendree Methodist
Church was the scene Of the
wedding on March 20.
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1850 Fown oak 5-piece dinette suite.
Including extension table with
leaf and four upholstered seat
side choirs ---------------- los
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$500 jamestown amber all cherry three
piece bedroom suite Including six
drawer double dresser with mirror
five-drower chest and double size
bar bed with footboord ---- ESQ
1865 Cherry cordovon three-Piece bed
room suite. Including drawer
triple dresser with mirror, five
drawer chest, and double size
bookcase utility bed with foot
board 275.0
34o.o5 Kent Coffey cherry cordovon mo-
hoeony three-pece bedroom suite.
Including nine drawer triple
dresser with mirror, five drawer
chest and double bed --------- ESQ
1895 Rembrandt copper with bross wire
decorators table lamp With cocoa
brown cloth shade --------- 49.9
1926 Decorated ceramic base with coroi
shade, three-woy reflector table
lamp 59V
$500 Heifetz hand made hammered
bronze Rams head base with grey
shade table lamp ------------ 1919
1895 Silver and black base with black
shade, three-woy reflector decoro-
tors table lamp ----------- 1879
Al Items offered Sub ect TO Prior Sale
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oar Ded ----------------=- Z99.>
274.o5 Meneel seomst mohogony three
piece bedroom suite. Including six
drower double dresser with mirror,
five-drower chest and double size
bed Observation-Disclosures zls
329,o5 Seomst mahogany three piece
bedroom suite. Including large
tweIve-drower triple dresser with
mirror, five-drower chest and
double bed aforementioned 5e
$500 Cherry cordovon mahogany three
piece bedroom suite Including six
drawer double dresser with mirror,
five-drower chest and double bed 2l9
ALSO Stewortstown seomist mahogany
three-piece bedroom suite lncIud-
ing large eight-drower double
dresser with mirror, six-drower
chest and double size bookcase bed
- with foot boord ---------- $40
ol.OO Kent Coffey seomist mahogany
double size panel beds---- 70
1926 Sylcon twin size inner spring Holly
wood beds on lees------ 80
384o5 Red Lion bleoched mahogany
three-piece bedroom suite. IncIud-
ing large eieht-drower double
dresser bose, six-drower chest and
double size poneI bed--------- 269