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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09

There are Democrats who
privately believe that South
Carolina and Louisiana went
for Adlai Stevenson in 1852
largely because of the Negro
vote. They think 1t will not
be long before Negroes are the
balance of power in Louisiana.
Democrats think they have
profited in the South by set
Element of the tidelands oil
dispute, arguing it can no
longer be a divisive issue
among them. The Supreme
Court has contributed to pres
ent quiet by taking juriSdic-
ton on segregation so that
civil rights legislation is in
allegiance. Democrats frankly
admit they are glad the courts
decision will be handed down
in an Eisenhower administra-
ton. with Republicans having
responsibility for enforcing it.
There. will be at least four
candidates for the Democratic
nomination for President who
are Southern or have Southern
backgrounds: Senators Rus
sell, Johnson of Texas, Ke-
fauver and Symington. The
relaxation of political tension
in Dixie is good news for them
but they will have to push
aside Adlai Stevenson when
they come here counting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09

toward the Republican Party,
set in motion by the Eisen-
hover candidacy, have been
rather thoroughly dampened.
Here, as elsewhere, no re-
sentiment appears directed at
the President personally. They
are more receptive to Eisen-
hover jokes but they still like
him and they have not for
given Harry Truman.
An important factor in any
assessment of Southern poll
tics today is Negro registra-
, ton. 1t is largely hidden, in
that there is little public dis
cuSsion of it, but the poll
ticians understand very well
that such registration is stead
lily rising and must be taken
into account in any realistic
appraisal.
Southern experts therefore
did not share the surprise up
North when Rufus Clement,
president of Atlanta Univer-
sity, was elected to the city
council here. Unquestionably,
Mr.. Clement was elected by
white voters, but they chose
him-a man they knew and
respected-in a graceful bow
to the inevitable.
Gov. Talmadge says there
ale 10000 registered Negro
voters in Georgia. The over
whelming majority, he asserts,
are Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09

both Of which can be danger
Gus and expensive. Frances
role. in his estimate, must be
that of the honest broker
between America and the
U. S. S. r. AS such it should
not belong to any military
organization which may be
suspected by Moscow. In this
way. the general believes, a
wide conf1agration can be
averted. But if this should
happen, France, which has
nothing to gain and everything
to lose in the conflict between
the two giants, would be safe.
There is nothing new in
Gen. De Gaulle's political
philosophy. The neutralists
of Europe have voiced these
views for a long time. But the
generals declarations were
made at a time when the
French people were ripe once
more to espouSe the national
ist-neutralist ideas.
Secretary Dulles proposal
for a united warning to Pei
ping by America, Britain,
France and the South Pacific
nations has caused alarm in
France. The French people
would rather write off Indo-
China than risk a conflict
with the Chinese Communists
backed by the Kremlin.
Our psychological campaign
abroad has been so poorly con-
Quoted that even outspoken
anti Communist Frenchman
believe now that we are
laundering for a war with the
Reds. Under these circum-
stances whatever slim chances
may have existed earlier this
year to have theEDC ratified
by the Paris Parliament have
now disappeared. Yet nobody.
except large segments of the
French population, wants to
see the demise of the NATO.
And in order to keep it alive
and effective, Europe and the
United States need a German
army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
Thonos L Stokes-
Dictatorship Of the Atomic Age
The Lives Of All the Globes Little People Are in Hands
OF the World Leoders-Ony Wisdom Can Save Us

port you and the others in that
endeavor. You and they not
only have such power and re-
sponsibility as never fell upon
any group of men before; but
you and they have got to leap
a long ways forward very, very
quickly. For we recognize the
truth of what you said the
other night:
Nov, this transfer of power.
this increase of power from
the mere musket and the little
cannon all the way to the hy-
drogen bomb in a single life
time is indicative of things
that happened to us. They
rather indicate how far the
advances of science have out
raced our social consciousness,
how much more we have de-
veloped scientifically than we
are capable of handling emo
tionally and scientifically"
It is too late, however, for
that to be an excuse. There can
be no excuses. You and the
others in the atomic dictator
ship are up against the gun.
You've got to handle it
or else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
Constantine Brown

The West German govern
ment is expected to start a re-
armament program this sum-
mer to conscript some 100000
men in IL divisions and aux
iliary services, regardless of
whether the French National
Assembly ratif1es the European
defense agreement or not.
Plans in that direction were
discussed in Washington last
year when Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer visited this country.
It was believed then that they
would be put into effect soon
after the Bundestag approved
the European army treaty.
Secretary of State Dulles in
timated to the French govern
ment that the United States
would give Germany the green
light unless the French Par
lament also ratified the Euro
pean Defense Community. In
this matter he had Britain's
backing.
The reason why the Bonn
government has not yet been
given the go-ahead signal is
that our diplomats hoped until
very recently that the govern
ment headed by Premier Jo-
seph Laniel would be able to
muster sufficient support to
pull the EDO agreement out
of the dusty files in the Ma
tional Assembly's committees
and bring it to the floor for
general discussion. In such
an event, the State Department
believed the EDO agreement
would obtain a scant majority
after the usual political fire
works in the French Cham
Der. This was the paramount
reason why Mr.. Dulles agreed,
against his better judgment,
to the demand of Foreign
Minister Molotov to meet with
Communist China at Geneva.
He yielded to the French pleas.
expecting the ratification of
the European army treaty by
the French Parliament in re-
turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
David Lawrence

There's more good news from
the construction industry in
America. The month of March
was not only very much ahead
of February in contract
awards, but the combined fig.
ures for January, February
and March constitute the best
first quarter in SO years.
This means that not only
has 1853 been topped, but also
the previous record year, which
was 1851.
The Importance Of this in
formation to the business
world is that contract awards
for construction filed in March
at the various city and State
and Federal Offices mean a
turnover of money by mid
summer. 1t is said that a con-
tract awarded in March means
dollars in the hands of con-
sumers by June.
The figures come from F. w.
Dodge Corporation. which has
a large statistical organization
for gathering data about con-
struction. George Cline Smith,
economist for the Dodge or
ganization, says:
Preliminary calculations of
the Dodge reports of construc-
ton contract awards in the
81 Eastern States indicate that
March awards were far and
away the highest ever re-
ported for any March.
I'm addition to setting an
all-time high for the month,
the first quarter of 1854 set a
new record for any first quar-
ter in Dodge's 63-year history,
since January and February
also were at record levels for
those months.
These high March awards
are not a f1uke but are a con-
tinuation of a steady growth
In construction activity. The
1858 awards were the highest
annual total ever reported by
Dodge reports. Seven out of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
Thomas L. Stokes

President Eisenhower would
calm our fears.
Let's take Just one of them
here, the all-important one.
That's the H-bomb. 1t holds
the power of blowing us all to
eternity, and if we are going
to take that route then we
don't have to bother about
the other fears that the Pres
ident mentioned the other
night.
Pardon us, Mr.. President. but
we are not afraid. We are
just inert and powerless. For
there's no sense in being
afraid of something you can't
do anything about if some one
decides to drop the thing and
pulveriZe us.
But there is some one who
can do something about it, or
try to do something about it.
That puts us on that tele-
vision spot you had the other
night, Mr.. President, leaning
against the desk and talking
to you. And-we trust and
hope-it puts all the other
folks of the world like our
selves on the same television
spot f1guratively. leaning
against that desk, and talking
to their leader who is your
opposite number with them.
The real truth. and we must
grasp this, is that only a few
people in the whole world have
power to do anything. Chiefly
yourself. Mr.. President. and
the Russian high command
and those who counsel and adj
wise you and them, with an
other group as sort Of on
lockers and kibitzerS-those
few who have authority and
power among the British.
French, Dutch, Chinese and
such.
For what we actually have in
the world now is a dictatorship
Of the atomic and hydrogen
age. Nobody created it con-
sciously. Nobody built it up
as a means of power, for no
one wants that power. The
world stumbled into it. Those
scientific fellows, puttering
among their mysteries, came
UP with this new and awful
miracle. We were in the mid
die Of a world war and it was
useful as o weapon. We used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09

ored brothers on charges of twice
holding up the Fredericksburg
Mutual Building and Loan Assn.
Sentenced were Charles D.
Miller, %, and Edward Miller,
IS, both of Philadelphia. They
entered guilty pleas in court here
Wednesday.
Judge Hutchinson sentenced the
two to Is years each on each of
two counts of an indictment but
directed the sentences run con-
currently.
They were charged with as
saulting bank employees and TAX
ing $3,984.70 and $751.52 from
the bank on two different occa-
sions. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
Dorothy Thompson
Our Dangerous Lack Of Vision
Arminq of Pokston by H. S. Is Rational in Military View,
But Does It Help Our Relations With the Hindus2

ourselves? And did we care
fully explore with Great Brit
ain all the possible ramifica-I
tons of this policy, before we
made the. decision?
The eye sees q different
landscape from every promon-
tory. The plough's course looks
different to the toad on the
ground and the butterfly in
the air. And only the foot that
wears the shoe feels where it
pinches. These have become
cliches because they are true.
Nothing is more fragile than
a coalition of free and indie
pendent nations whose lives
and futures are engaged. Its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
Pups Expensive Tastes

KEENE, N. H. (R.-Mrs. Will
liam H. Macdonald was cooking
lunch in her kitchen one day
recently. Hearing a noise. she
walked into the dining room,
found her purse open and the
6-months-old puppy, Rags,
cheerfully munching on nearly
500 in bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09

leader cannot, in the name of
freedom, hold 1t together by
force. nor create or maintain
it by salesmanship. It can be
sustained only by mutual in
terest. \
But the diScernment Of
points of mutual or divergent
interest requires a very high
degree of political sensibility
plus cool and objective analy-
sis-the artists intuitive quail
ties plus the disengaged calm
ness of the intellect. The COM
bination of both qualities
equals craftsmanship. the one
article in this land of plenty
in seriously short supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09

In considering the weak
nesses of American diplomacy,
in contrast to our military
strength. the Pakistan ques-
ton is appropriate. :
From a purely military view.
the rearming of Pakistan is ra-
tional. In the Middle East the
attempt of the United States
to build a world defense net
work against Soviet agrees
sion has conspicuously failed.
The Anglo-Egyptian dispute,
the Arab-Israel cold war. anti
French Arab nationaliSm in
North Africa, and explosive
tensions within the Arab world
itself have encouraged Ameri-
can military reliance upon
non-Arab but Moslem states,
notably Turkey and Pakistan.
Pakistan, with relatively
stable internal conditions, also
recommends herself by reasons
of geography. .....
From Baluchistan, air power
can dominate the oil regions
of South Russia. So if Paki-
stan shows herself ready to
welcome military aid. the
military mind naturally
thinks, "Okay, let's CO."
Nevertheless. it must have
been obvious that India would
Immediately be up in arms.
The American historic men,
DRY is as short as its national
life, which bears conspicuously
little resemblance to that Of
any other nation. Delhi re-
members centuries during
which successive Moslem in
vaders occupied Northern In
dia. The Moslem Pakista1i.
unlike the Hindu Indians, are
a martial race. They fur
nished the forces that main
tanned the great Mogul en-
pire, founded by Genghis
Khan, which for centuries
ruled China, the entire Indian
peninsula, and Russia to the
gates of Moscovy.
When PakiStan was formed.
Moslem extremists threatened
a repetition of this historic ex-
perience. And there is deep
seated, and natural, Indian
apprehension that, equipped
with modern American weap-
ons, Pakistan might use those
arms against India, for in
stance, over the issue of Kash-
mir-as. similarly, the Arab
states fear the use of American
arms by Israel against her
Arab neighbors, while Israel
trembleS lest American arms
in Arab hands be used to de-
Stroy the Jewish state.
The prospect, also of Amer
lean bases following American
aid-for which there are nu-
merous precedents - has in
tensified Nehru's neutralism.
Determined as he is to keep
India aloof from the cold war,
such bases would bring it right
to midas frontier and inject
it into Pakistan-I Indian rela-
tons. And this, as a diplomatic
mind would, we should think,
anticipate. might lead Nehru
further to court the good will
of the Chinese Peoples Repub-
lie.
There is another considera-
ton. India and Pakistan both
belong to the British Common
wealth. Tenuous as the ties
between the now fully sover-
eign states which compose it
may appear, and between them
and what remains of the colo
NAL empire, the Common
wealth is still a world power,
and. in general, Americas
most reliable ally.
In India, Britain has
gained enormous prestige. We
hemently anti-British during
World War II, when her
spokesman courted American
support against Britain, India
today is far more pro-British
than pro-American. Is it,
then, a good idea to do any
thing that might cause trouble
within the British Common
wealth. and. as q result, trou-
BILE between Great Britain and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-09
Coffee Memories

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. P.-
Harley Rhodes discovered in a
stack of musty old newspapers
one dated April Is, 1865. Top
news then was the assassination
of President Abraham Lincoln
But Mr.. Rhodes found an. item
that would be big news today. A
food advertisement offered cof-
fee at IL cents a pound.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

Saturdays. Sundays and holidays.
The number In the party is re-
stricted by the size Of the boat,
usually IL to Is.
Perhaps one of the best-known
captains at Indian River Yacht
Basin is Palmer Ashton of the
Selma. Capt. Anderson has his
own telephone. as do many others
who live nearby. It is Rehoboth
lilo. Mrs. Ashton has q neat
sandwich and softdrink shop at
the basin, where coffee is always
available to anglers. Mrs. ASH
ton told us that last week end
they opened at 3 am. to accom-
modate the crowds of fisherman
already gathered. and continued
open long after dark.
Surf fishing along the penin.
sula from Rehoboth. Del. to
Ocean City, Nd. is not too good.
In fact. at present. judging from
our efforts and those Of many
others with whom we've talked,
1t is poor. Boats going offshore
are having much better luck.
coming in with porgies. sea bass
and bluefish.
In our next column well re-
view the situation at Ocean City.
Md. =.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

know approached him with a
$4,000 bribe offer at his down.
town hotel room. Jones con-
tacted Melnick, who considered
moving the fighter to another
hotel.
Jones Closely Guarded.
When a second man, also un-
known to Jones, approached him
Tuesday night, the fighter again
told Melnick. The two went to
the Boxing Commission Wednes-
day to talk with Dan Dowd, ex-
ecutive secretary. but Dowd
wasn't in. So they went to Harry
Markson, boxing director of the
international Boxing Club who
Immediately contacted Christen-
berry. The commissioner then
turned the matter over ito Ho-
gan's Office. @
Jones was guarded closely
from Wednesday morning on and
his room was wired for sound
recording equipment by detec-
tives. The fighter, a 28-year-old
Oakland, Calf, father of five.
children, was told to continue
training. Thursday he received
several phone calls from Phila-
delphia, one of which he identi-
fed as being from JSenry. He
made a date to meet Henry
Friday noon at his hotel room.
The trap closed with de-
tectives poised to move in. Henry
actually came into the room
carrying a copy of q newspaper
that had q ed-headlined front
page story on the 5000 bribe
offer. It was then Henry al
legedly offered Jones the SIS, 900.
When Jones heSitated, as
coached, asking to see the
money, Henry repeatedly said.
"I'1l go get a friend Of mine and
he will convince you my people
are reliable"
Detectives trailed the 27-year-
old Henry and picked him up
with Hacken.
This is all a mistake" said
Henry. II went to see Bobby be-
cause I always see him when
we're in town. We're friends.
They had to get somebody and
I was the chosen party"
He didn't say who they" were.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

by taking Route so to Annap-
oils. across the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge to the junction with
Route 404, then left to Route Is,
right to junction with Route 10.
left to Rehoboth. right on Route
II to the basin. or one can turn
on Route 404 and Is, right on
Route 113 to the junction with
Route 26, then left to Bethany
Beach and left again four miles
and across the Cullen Bridge to
the basin.
There is a tent park on the
south side Of the bridge and a
trailer park north of the bridge.
also Q restaurant at the basin
and several hotdog and sand
wich stands. But we strongly
Evening star., 1954-06-06
With Bin Leeteh

advise breakfast before arrival
especially on week ends or hol-
idays. Otherwise one may have
TO wait IN line for chow.
boats in the Yacht Basin. Al
Boating facilities are plenti.
ful. with well over 100 party
boats in the yacht basin. Al
present there is Just one boat
taking out individuals, the
Emma. She leaves the dock
at 5 am. and returns at noon,
then goes again at ! pm. and
returns about Z. Delaware folks
call her o ''headboat" because
the. charge is So q head on week
days and 81 on Saturdays, sun
days and holidays. Another
headboat win be put into COM
mission shortly. according to
Capt. John j. Marsh, who man
ages the basin. No reservations
are possible. as these boats take
passengers on q "frst come.
first served" basis.
Boats for trolling may be ar
ranged by calling Capt. Marsh
at Rehoboth S90S or 6l3l. Al
though Capt. Marsh does not
run a booking ONCE he Is ready
to help anglers obtain hoat can.
tains If they are strangers to
the basin. Rates for marlin Ash
ing are SIS daily for UP to four
persons. Trolling for bluefish,
rates are SOS per 10-hour trip
Tor six persons on weekdays and
$75 on Saturdays. Sundays and
holidays. For each person above
six, the cost is $40.
For bottom fishing rates are
$40 for weekdays and $50 for
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Israel Athlete Visits D. C.

George Flesch. q member Of
the Israel parliament who cur
rently Is visiting Washington In
the interest Of an Israel bond
campaign. at one time was O
water polo player and competed
in Olympic swimming meets. He
is a member Of the Olympic
Committee.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

m lie 3 north
| of Bethany
b each and
about seven
miles south Of
r g h oh 9th.
Del, and the
changes are.
amazing.
Indian Riv-
er Yacht Ba-
sin. located
on In dian
River Bay,
can best be
reached from
w ash in0t0n
Evening star., 1954-06-06
$5OOOO Bail Holds
Clarence Henry in
New York Scandal
D. shs Assosisssa Prsss

So
NEW YORK. June Clarence
Henry & heavyweight title threat
In 1859. was held IN 5000 bail
today on bribery charge as
District Attorney Frank Hogan
pressed his high-powered boxing
investigation.
The case of Henry's alleged
offer Of $4,000 to Middleweight
Bobby Jones to ''throw" his Mad
ison Square Garden bout June
II with joey Giardello rocked
New York boxing circles yester-
day. Its implications were felt
from coast to coast, wherever
boxing is held or even watched
on teleVision.
Jones, Giardello and Henry
all are familiar figures to fans
who watch the fights on TV.
Hogan's Office continued its
search for "the whole mob" In
volved in the Elk" plot after net
ting Henry and q man who gave
his name as Joseph Hacken. "a,
of New York. Hacken, picked up.
on a street corner in animated"
conversation with Henry, was
held on $25. 900 bail as a material
witness.
Case Has Puzzling Angles.
When Henry heard magis-
trate set June. IA for a hearing |
on his case. Jones already was |
back at work in Bobby GleaSon's |
gym in the Bronx, getting ready |
for the fight he refused to
dump"
It is an important fight for
both boxers. Giardello was all |
set for a title bout with Middle
weight Champion Bobo Olson in
october until he was upset by
Pierre Langlois May 81. He is
No. 3 in the 160-pound class,
while Jones is No. 5 because of
two surprising victories over Gil
Turner.
Apparently the people who
make odds on boxing bouts
weren't deeply concerned about
the nix" scandal. Giardello was
q 12-to-5 favorite over Jones
before the story broke in yesCer-
days New York Journal -Ameri-
can. He still was IL to 5 today.
The fact an attempt had been
made to "handcuff" the under
dog puzzled many boxing men.
A gentleman who should
know about such operations said
1t would be necessary to bet
$36.OOO on the fight just to clear
the $4,000 bribe if the story is
true. He said it would not be
possible to bet that amount of
money, even at widely separated
points, on a routine fight with
out causing great suspicion.
Another Bribe RumOr.
There was a sjdelight to the
case in late afternoon as the
result Of a story in the New
York World Telegram and Sun by
Lester Bromberg, quoting "a
matchmaker" to the effect that
Langlois had been approached
with a $4,000 offer to throw"
Q fight.
Bob Christenberry chairman Of :
the New York State Athletic !
Commission. took immediate :
action, calling Jean Bretonnel
and George Kanter, the French I
fighters manager and American ,
representative, to his Office for
questioning. Both denied Wig ]
Orously that Langlois ever had {
been approached. ,
ChirStenberry also informed r
the district attorneys Office both !
Kanter and Bretonnel would be
available for futher questioning
II wanted.
Jones and his manager, Bobby !
Melnick, drew praise from
Christenberry for their quick G
cooperation in reporting the e
offer made Jones. t
According to Melnick, the first
move was made last Saturday
when q man whom Jones did not {
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Bow Wins Rifle Medal

Ten-year-old Robert Parker
of Silver Spring has been award
ed the expert rifleman medal by
the National Rifle Association.
He is a student at Glenmont
School and member of the
Glenmont Junior Rifle Club.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
OUTDOORS

We have many inquiries about
fishing facilities ct Indian River
Inlet. Del. Il has been some
years since we've examined this
section, which lies Just four