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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
By John MeKenno
North American Newspaper AIlianes

LONDON, Dec. 15.-Britain's
biggest art museum, the staid
National Gallery, and one of the
best-known British art dealers
were feuding today over who was
fooled in what could be Eng
lands biggest art swindle in re-
cent years.
Dealer Leonard Rooster and
the National Gallery each had
teams Of art sleuths on the job
as they traded verbal broadsides
over the authenticity of $4,000
identical copies Of the Virgin
and Child With an Angel" at
tributed to Francesca Francia.
Mr.. Rooster declares his is the
genuine work because "the paint
is crystallized as it should be on
an old painting"
| A gallery spokesman replied,
''This cryStaliZation business is
strictly matter of opinion.
| Mr.. Rooster got his painting at
an auction at Christies-a repu-
table and careful firm. Christies
managing director, Sir Alec Mar
! tin, said, II auctioned that pic
ture myself. 1t came from a
well-known private collection.
whether it is the No. L copy,
I don't know. But there is MOTH
ing unusual about an old master
painting two copies of the same
picture. I think that is prob
ably what happened"
| Sir Alec is governor and guard
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Which Britons Got the Phony?
Gallery, DeoIerFeud on Picture

ian of the National Gallery Of
ireland and secretary of the Ma
tional Art Collections Fund.
Mr.. Rooster came back with.
II am sure and my experts are
sure that the National Gallery
picture is the work of a 10th
century amateur"
To that. the gallery snapped
a quick nonsense.
Their picture came from the
bequest of Dr.. Ludwig Mond,
who died in 1924. DR.. Mond, with
q team of some of the best exc
perts in the world, combed Eu-
rope for art for Is years before
j his death. Among the paintings
/. he donated to the nation were
Raphael's "Crucifixion." Titian's
madonna and child" and two
Botticellis.
! AS for Francia himself - he
was more interested in printing
than in painting. He's the man
who invented italic type.
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Constantine Brown
Timidity Replaces Intrepidity
Firm Stond When Hitler Took Rhr Might Have Prevented
War; Similar Position Now Could Also StoI Dictotors
Constantine Brown

Timidity, even if disguised
as patience or forbearance.
never pays in diplomatic deal
ings with aggressive and con-
quest-minded dictators.
Contemporary diplomats in
free countries seem not to
have learned this although
their peoples have paid
through the nose for this mis-
take.
Timidity marked the British
and French policies toward
Nazi Germany. The peace in
our time" advocates drummed
on the idea that another war
was inconceivable and free
men must do their best to CO.
exist with Fascism and Naziism.
Any departure from such a
policy would see the end Of
Western civilization. they de-
clared. and the wholesale de-
struction of ancient cities, the
pride of the modern world.
The world could not withstand
another war. it was said then.
in which huge destructive
bombs would be dropped from
the skies and poison gas and
bacteria would decimate mill
lions of innocent people.
The timid souls of the sos.
such as Ramsay Macdonald,
Neville Chamberlain, Edouard
Daladier. Georges Bonnet and
others. said that was the era
of total war and innocent CT
villains would suffer even more
than the men in the armed
forces.
The men in Berlin, Rome
and Tokyo were at the same
time brandishing their swords
and talking big to step up the
autosuggestions Of their vic
Tins to-be. And while rearma-
ment was being held to a min
imum by parliamentary gov
ernments the slogan gums in
stead of butter" prevailed in
the relationships.
The cataclysm to which the
Western democracies contrib
uted so much because of their
timidity was finally forced on
them. It was eventually won.
The enemy and all he stood
for was definitely crushed. But
on the ruins wrought in Ger
many, Italy and Japan by the
aroused free peoples rose an
other dictatorship, the Red
Frankenstein we helped create
by the same type Of diplomacy
which permitted Naziism and
Fascism to launch the last
. disastrous conf1agration.
The timidity of the Western
European leaders was as much
a cause of World War II as
was the greed of the dictators
who took full advantage of it.
We have heard in this coun-
try for the last eight years
from before the time when the
Russians developed their nu-
clear weapons-of the terrific
results which would befall our
homeland if we engaged in
war in this atom era. The
fact that at that time Russia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever

says he'll deliver his Union message January
aNpretty good if the dues trihe high
Democratic leaders demand facts Ikes foreign
mddeof theroad foreign policy
Good enough war-and bad investigate
House Leader Rayburn says Democrats will sponsor pay
Congressen idea If Congressman into
of high they take interest in
cutting them.
Secretary says spending will be increased
SIS billion This is vital security Last Republicans cut
defense by IS bilion-and lost the election.
CHS Chairman Paey predicts the national output will
$500 billion within 20 years. We call when
people busy selling each other thousands of new gadge
and comforts nobody has time to relax in them.
Eisenhower to continue high corporation
better off under the Republicans Democrats
everything but businessnans shirt Republicans
let him keep the to wash it with.
British criticize Marshal Montgomery for
saying aircraft has future The carrier has
the Air Force from getting all the defense
money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15

remain In the party at least
until after the 1856 conven-
ton, seeking delegates who will
express It's views.
Since no amount of thought
and planning will control Sem
ator Mccarthy. he quite pos
sibly caught his own followers
by surprise in his attack on
the President. It is believed
here that they are looking to
his wife to calm him down and
prevent similar outbursts in
the future.
It is known here that Gen.
Eisenhower groans more about
the incessant demands of the
presidency than any of his re-
cent predecessors. Nor does ne
get the pleasure out of WELD
ing presidential power, posi-
bly, because he often seems not
to know how to use it, that
others have enjoyed.
But he has shown that he is
responsive to the call of duty
when it is strongly put by his
party, even against his own
inclinations. History has taught
the Capital to be cynical about
the desire of powerful men to
step down from their exalted
places, but even II 1t had not,
1t would expect the Republic
cans to draft their popular
President and that President
to yield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Routine Project Builds q Myth
No Reason Seen for Eisenhower Refusing Renomnotion
If He Proves Reluctant Then He Will Be Drafted

lection of those many thou
sands of Republicans who de-
liberately stayed away from
the polls because he refused to
side with the Wisconsin Sena-
tor on the censure issue.
A national issue on peaceful
co-existence and alleged con-
cessions to the Reds by the
administration is in the max
ing. Also the Bricker amend
ment is by no means dead as a
political issue. It is being men
toned as one of the things that
contributed to the defeat of
Senator Ferguson, Republican,
in Michigan last month"; His
single vote in the Senate
against the George substitute
for the Bricker amendment is
pointed to as having been
decisive.
While no third party move
ment is in the offing, the in
dependence of the voters shows
more. instead Of less, evidence
of asserting itself Perhaps the
most remarkable example of
this was what happened in
South Carolina where former
Gov. Strom Thurmond. Dem
ocrat. was elected Senator over
Edgar Brown, Democrat, by a
write-in of $4,000 to $4,000
for the printed, ballot of can
didate Brown.
The principal issue was the
high-handed attitude of the
Democratic State Committee
of which Mr.. Brown himself
was chairman-in refusing to
hold a primary election. On
the very next day after this
was announced, Tom Waring.
editor of the Charleston News
and Courier, in a front-page
editorial called for a write-in
vote by the people of the
State. Other newspapers fol-
lowed his initiative. It was a
journalistic service of courage
and enterprise. In less than so
days the people did an un-
heard-of thing-they actually
wrote in the name of a can
didate whose name or party
had not been printed on the
ballot. and he won. 1t shows
the strength an independent
movement can attain when
there's an issue on which the
people are aroused.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed.)
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on the President. Led by Sena-
tor Mccarthy it could only be
annoying. What gave 1t some
substance Is that the sincere
and respectable Senator Know
land was so strongly assailing
the administrations China
policy and had voted for Eena-
tor Mccarthy.
His present milder attitude
has dashed the hopes Of the
Mccarthy following that he
can be induced to be their
leader. Senator KnoWland will
probably continue to differ
with the administration so
strongly as to cause doubt end
unhappiness at times. As an
experienced politician, how
ever. he knows that the road
of a splinter party leads only
to political isolation and frus-
tration and he has chosen not
to take 1t.
Perhaps his friends among
the elder Senators have warned
him of what former Senator
Burton Wheeler once said and
later proved in his own case.
It is that no Senator ever be-
comes important politically by
opposing a President Of his
own party.
Actually the hard Mccarthy
core has done little talking
about q third party. It's aim Is
to capture the COP. II will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15

The other day an ambiguous
phrase by the Junior Senator
from Wisconsin, saying he had
every intention of supporting
the Republican Party "at the
present time" set of a lot Of
speculation. But it turns out
that nobody on Capitol Hill
has come out since In favor
of a third party-and nobody
will.
For the simple truth is that
a bipartisan coalition working
inside of both major parties is
far more effective way of in
fiuencing an election result.
Sometimes it Is an organized
movement and sometimes it
represents the identical feel
ing of a faction of Democrats
paralleling a faction of Re-
publicans but with no appar-
ent connection one with the
other.
The 1856 campaign may
show such a dissent inside the
Democratic and the Republic
can Parties. Independents
could move from one party
to the other, depending on
whether one candidate or the
other approximates more.
closely the viewpoint Of the
dissenters on some concrete
issues.
If, for instance, the Demo-
cratic nominee should be
against a peace-at-any-price
policy and the Republican
nominee should be actually
following that doctrine, though
not of course admitting 1t, the
voters will move from one
party TO the other, depending
on their reaction on this issue.
If both candidates have the
same, viewpoint. a large num-
Der of independents will stay
away from the polls alto
gether. That's what happened
in the last congressional elec-
ton.
Charles Howell, Democrat,
would have been United States
Senator-elect today from New
Jersey had not $4,000 votes
most of them Democratic
been recorded for an indie
pendent candidate pledged to
the pro-McCarthy side Of the
recent controversy. In New
York State, Senator Ives, Re-
publican, is known to have
told friends that he owes his
defeat for Governor to the de-
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administration would abandon
the "containment" policy Of
the Democrats and replace it
with a roll back" policy TO
push the Reds out Of the
satellite countries by all means
short of war.
Instead. concession after
concession marked Americas
foreign policy in regard to
militant communism. The ar.
mistice signed In Korea was
hailed as great achievement
when in fact the Truman-
Acheson team could have OBJ
tanned exactly the same terms
but feared to do so because
of adverse public opinion.
The new Chiefs Of STAFF who
replaced the group Of Army,
Air Force and Navy officers OF
the Truman administration did
not believe in a policy of timid.
ity. They pointed out that II
you give the Reds a finger
they will want to take the
whole hand. Under such con-
ditions. they said. one con.
cession, particularly In the Far
East. paves the way for new
concessions. There viii be q
point where this country will
be forced for the sake Of its
own security to stop the Reds
with or without the help Of
our Western European allies.
But, as in the period between
1888 and 1899, the longer the
delay the more untractable the
enemy will become.
A firm stand in 1886 when
the Germans entered the Ruhr
might have prevented the last
war. Timidity prevented such
a step and the whole world
paid for it. Timidity by what.
ever name 1t is called Is con.
tagious and has already spread
far among the free nations.
A strong attitude. say our
military planners. is the only
thing which can cure the West
of the recurrent ailment Of
tirnidity and at the same time
stop the Reds in their tracks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
David L-oWrence

Political myths have a way
Of developing out of a casual
remark or natural incident
and then evaporating.
Because the President is
building a house on his farm
near Gettysburg, Pa, for week
end use, it has been widely re-
ported that he does not intend
to run for reelection in 1866.
If a President indicates he
doesn't want denomination. it
Is assumed In the political
world that he doesn't think he
can win the election. In this
case. Gen. Eisenhower is sup
posed to be anxious for per-
sonal reasons not to serve
second term. Such reluctance,
however, win be interpreted as
a fear of defeat at the polls.
So far as the Republican
politicians are concerned, they
are virtually unanimous in
wanting to see the President
renominated. He can easily
win the nomination because a
President in power has enough
strength in the party organi-
cation to get all the delegates
he needs. The other potential
candidates know 1t and will
not throw their hats In the
ring.
The classic remark of the
late Speaker Champ Clark,
Democrat, just before 1916
when 1t was suggested he
might oppose President Wilson
can be cited as applicable to-
day. He said: IF a President
doesn't want the nomination
and will not run on his own
record, it isn't worth anything
to anybody else in his party.
either"
Even If by 1856 the record
OF Gen. Eisenhower Is good,
the fact that he for one rea-
son or another does not wish
to stand on 1t In an election
will be regarded as sign Of
political weakness.
1t can, therefore, be taken
for granted that Gen. Eisen-
hover will be renominated.
Whether he can be elected in
1856, even with his personal
popularity. is something else
again-for the tide of protest
is running heavily against the
Republican Party today, as the
recent congressional election
so clearly showed.
Another myth Is collapsing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15

There is a war faction In
Washington. to which neither
the President, nor the Secre-
tary of State, nor Gen. Matthew
Rldgway, who is Chief Of Staff
of the Army, belongs. Nor
does this faction have the sup
port of Congress, or Of any of
the other members of NATO.
The Western position is at
present a defensive posture-to
hold what we have and be pre-
pared to negotiate on the basis
of stabilizing IN equilibrium OF
power. That. if the words mean
anything, is the doctrine Of
co-existence."
Senator Knowiand, Senator
Mccarthy. and the Joint Chiefs
with the exception of Gen.
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Ridgway hold the belief that
"co-existence" is not a sincere
overture, that communism has
not abandoned its aim of world
conquest, with war as a means
to achieve it, and that any
sign of Western weakness will
encourage Communist agrees
sion. While these are attacking
the President and the majority
Of his party as being soft to-
ward communism. Peiping and
Moscow seem hell-bent to JUS
tify their attitude and to in
crease their popular support.
This column has repeatedly
warned against Western bluff,
braggadocio. and ultimatums
IN the worlds present explo-
sive condition.
Today. those voices seeking
to speak from above the battle
the voices of the neutrals-
should address themselves to
Peiping and Moscow.
The sabre rafting emanates
from there. ....
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rs Pct. Of Imports
Come From Tropics

BOSTON.-Tropical products.
such as cocoa, coffee. tea and
rubber, make up nearly one
fourth of United States imports.
These are followed in impor-
lance by raw materials. such az
wool. crude petroleum. non-fer-
rous metals and paper. which to-
gether about equal the value Of
the tropical imports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15

had not exploded her first
bomb was apparently of no
consequence to those who
spread this fear among the
unknowing people.
Later. when it was discov-
cred that. thanks principally
to the treason of some of the
Western nuclear scientists, we
no longer had an atomic mo-
nopoly. the contagion of fear
spread tol the political leaders
in America and the allied
countries. And in the face
of continuous Entertainments
of the militant Communist
powers all over the world we
cringed and began a series
of concessions which have
brought US to the present
state.
It is true that we did show
determination when the Red
Koreans attacked their south
ern brethren. But a policy Of
timidity and fear gripped us
as soon as the Chinese "volun-
teers" entered the battle. De-
spite the assurances of our
commanders in the field that
we must continue the fight to
its logical conclusion because
there was no substitute for
victory. the scared diplomats
interfered with the strategy Of
the generals in the. field and
prevented that victory which
might have changed COM
pletely the present situation
in the Far East.
Soon after Secretary Of State
Dulles took, Office he warned
aggressors Of a massive re-
taliation"s In the event they
did not stop gnawing at the
free nations. His manly state
ment caused apprehension,
fear and disquietude" in the
allied capitals, and at home
sections of the press and radio
branded him as a warmonger.
He soon swallowed his own
words and also forgot that he
had promised the American
people during the election
campaign of 1852 that the new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Hartman Names
De Sapio 10 Cabinet
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Car-
mine G. De Sapio, Tammany
Hall leader, has been designated
as Gov. -elect Averell Harri-
mans secretary of state.
Mr.. Hartman announced MFR.
De Sapio's appointment to the
$l7.000-a-year post yesterday.
The Tammany chief was the
spearhead of the drive to nomi-
nate Mr.. Hartman as Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor.
Mr.. De Sapio. as, a Demo-
cratic national committeeman,
now is a commissioner Of the
! City Board of Elections, a $12,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
000-a-year Job. AS secretary Of

000-a-year Job. AS secretary Of
state. he will succeed Thomas J.
.Curran, Manhattan Republican
chairman. The post pays an
additional $4,000 a year for ex-
penses and provides for use Of a
chauffeur and automobile.
Republican State Chairman
L. Judson Morhouse today
termed the appointment of Mr..
De Sapio as a "payoff to the
boss politician"
In a speech prepared for de-
livery at a closed-door session
Of the Republican State Execu-
tive Committee in Albany and
released to newsmen, Mr.. Nor
house said the selection "sets the
political moral tone Of the Har-
riman administration-and gives
it the aegis of the most I'M
savory political machine in the
Nation"
Evening star., 1954-12-26

beat If the cup is to be wrested
from the Australians.
Playing on the center court In
the next-to-last practice. Seixas
put on a sparkling exhibition Of
service and volley attack and hit
out strongly with his reputedly
weak backhand in a match with
Dinny Pals, Australian pro.
Trabert never looked better in
q workout with Pancho Con-
zales. Los Angeles pro.
The challenge round is a three
day sellout with gross receipts
expected to reach an all-time
high of $382, 900.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Biggest Threot Since sunity Code
Quiet TeIeHsion Settlement
May Avert Danger to NCAA

sponsors the right to negotiate
with the participating colleges.
The NCAA's biggest source OF
income is the comparatively new
basketball tournament.
Likewise the committee has no
clearly defined powers to compel
colleges to follow its plan. That
comes under the constitutional
pledge to adhere to the associa-
tion's legislation. The big threat
to schools that might get out of
line is that the others won't play
them = in any sport. although
suspension or termination of
membership are possible PEN
alties.
That worked out in a curious
way in 1851, when a vote to sus-
pend seven sanity code violators
failed to muster the necessary
two-thirds majority. The officers
ruled that since q majority had
favored the motion. the sinful
seven" were mot in good stand
ing' and hence ineligible for
NCAA competitions. The same
gimmick quickly brought Penn
into line when that school
threatened to ignore the TV re-
StrictiorlS. IA
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Golden Gloves
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polished OF by Kanthal In two
rounds before a gathering OF
$4,000 spectators who were con-
vinced that he was a heavy
weight with great possibilities.
At the moment Len is an out
standing candidate for an Olyn1-
pic berth, a prize he is anxious
to gain. The big Washington
boys triumph over Duchesne
brought the East it's first victory
over the West in seven years.
Beaten Only Twice.
Kanthal has only been beaten
twice in his amateur career. He
lost that close one to O'Hanlon
as a novice and then dropped a
decision to southpaw Bud House,
veteran Marine. who held the
all-Marine heavyweight crown
for several years.
Other than in the heavyweight
division. where Kanthal will de-
fend his crown. all other weight
classes will find competition
without defending titleholders.
which means q flock ofNanew
faces.
Meanwhile. Golden Glovers
over a wide area in Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Co
lumbia will be bearing down in
gymnasium operations this week,
laying the groundwork for the
tests ahead.
Entry blanks for the tourna-
ment remain available in the
Sports Department of The Star
until the deadline January 20.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Are
television audiences tiring Of
boxing? Are sponsors running
out of cash? Are five network
shows too many?
The evidence is conflicting. A
firm that rates television shows
by audiences finds the Wednes-
day and Friday shows consist
emily attract viewers. The same
company finds the Monday night
shows between rival Eastern
Parkway (ABC) and st. Mich
olas Arena (Dumont) depending
on the fights.
Ray Arcel's successful Satur-
day night fights, which main
tanned a consistently high audi
ence rating for months. have
dropped much lower: Due to o
switch in advertising agencies by
the sponsor, the present sponsor
will drop the program after
the January is show at Miami.
With only Tuesday and Thurs
day free of Tv competition, the
small clubs in the country have
had tough going.
Provide Good Payday.
For the immediate future. the
network shows provide a good
payday for boxers. On Wednes-
day tCBS) and Friday tNBCl
each main event fighter gets q
minimum of $4,000. Eastern
Parkway pays q $2.500 minimum,
st. Nich's $2.10o. and Arcel $2.-
600.
II all the TV shows were to
fold tomorrow, the fighters would
have hard times for . few
months. But If the small clubs
bounced back, the sport might
make . comeback.
Boxing still Is one of the most
popular shows In television," Q
representative OF the Tv industry
said. when Kid Gavilan fought