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93a 9th ST. NV immense rms,
elec. refgr., gas range, cabinets and
sink: bath, porch: heat and hot
water included in rent OF S6S.
p. j. WALSHE, INC.
1115 Eye st. NV. MA. S-6460
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NEAR KEY BRIDGE and . bedrm.
Cony. GEORGETOWN. D. c.. Fort Myer,
PHntaE9R dry shops M0ssFn elds so5 paFEtns Hts
EXCEPT for elect: No children. MRS.
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METRoPoLITAN APIS.

700 Rhode Island Ave. NE.
Large corner, 1-bedroom apartment
with living ROOM reception hall. di-
decorated. SS5, including utilities.
Res. mgr, AID. 2-2667. 10
2-BEDRM. APT. REDUCED TO 500
Mod, all conveniences, utilities In
cluded. Apply ianitor. $50 Southern
ave; Sc. Apt; B71; ,, a ,,oo
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Embassy Apartments
Effciency. large living rm.. kitchen,
dinette and bath: beautifully furn-
ished. 1913 Harvard st. NV. 10
1910 BILTMORE NV.
Newly dec. 1-bedrm. apt. in apt.
bldg: large liv. rm.. din. rm.. irepl..
foyer, powder rm,. bath. kit, porch;
suitable diplomat; Sl60: year lease
AID. 4-75S0. AID. 4-2192. -10
COLORED-LIv. RM., bedrm.. kit.
bath; all pvt; newly dec; adults.
1917 Irving IT. NV. no. 2-5565
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REAL HOME FOR NICE PEOPLE
-19lO 18th st. n.w.-Single bed-hv.
rms: nicely furn.; newly dec; en-
tertaining and kit. privils.; maid
:. serv. $50 to S45 mo. Ho. 2-7910.
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TnDEN GARDENS. Conn. ave. and
Ttlden st. n.w,-Nicely furn. apt
Of .liv. rm.. din. rm.. kit, bedrm.
and bath, $3.50 mo, on a years
lease: J. NELSON HUGHES. EN-.
2-9696. 10
CAPITOL HILL-3 rms, bath, pvt.
entr.. utils.. dishwasher SS5: un-
furnished. $40. Ii. 6-973S. 10
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CAPITOL HILL-Attract. furn. / bed
r; rm;; lily; . rms; .'' kit Ssmipyt; bath; ssa
l12 c st. ne. Ii. 4-15S9. 10
1914 IRVING N.W.-Enslish bsmt.
apt, , rms. kit. pvt. bath: utils.
furn.; to nice couple to act as man
ager. $50. Also bedrm. apt. $7S.
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Efficiency; j rm.; gas range. sink,
vent fan, bath. Rent, S42.
P j. WALSHE. INC.
Ills Eye st. NV. MA. S-646S
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NSl INSPECT SUNDAY, rs

bath. $50 per mo. HENRY j. RoBB.
INC, Resltor; 1924 Vermont aye.
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st. Call WA. 7-7271 after pm.
4sae 9TH ST. N.w.-Lovely terrace
apt; 2 rooms. kitchen. bath, all
utils. incl; $3.50. Key at 1890
Mr.. MINI. AVE. AND sith ST. Sc
Newly redecorated l-bedrm. apt.
in duplex bldg. Apply 3315 Du Rois
@ pl Sc; ~; lego. Ia
idry., shops: Ss2 .5o; Sio5. Utils.
except for elect. No children. MRS.
FANDICH. ia. 7-S9o7. --l3
NEWLY DECOR; u blk. schools and
bus; Lily, rn;s bedrm., dinette. kit.
and asnsds.b bath. S69.5o, incl. utils, dU'
LARGE LIv-BEDRM.. lse. kit. share
bath with I other person; conv. to
everything; unlim. phone; S55 mo-.
Htils, VA s-5Ss7. iHsl 02&s Illinois ave. Elf NV
bedrms.. liv. rm., din. area, kit. and
bath; 500 so. utils. incl. On busline
in one-fare zone: See janitor.
HERBERT HARVEY, INC. 912 18th
,st4 st nv, FoRT re srEyESs TI}5Ss' DIR, N,Wll lo
nette. kit. and bath apt; SOC. so
per mo-. plus utils. See janitor
1884 Fort Stevens dr.. Ia
3II E. CAPITOL ST. bedrms.. liv.
Em,' to. Ky bath sS5' utils' incl. Ga Gall
cHI,, At IISg4T1 IN T1ERRACE-Iarge l. and
2-bedrm. arts.. with den. Only two
avail. i4x2O-ft. liv. rm.. full din.
rM master-sized bedrms.:. will furn.
II desired. Incinerator,, lndry;, de
luxe equipment throughout. N, H.
se sS sh.pdaR SIs past st. D. c6nm G ns rise set
janitor. JU. 5-2s33 or UN. 4-54ss.
NEAR FIT. DUPONT PARK-Lovely
sduplex; ! bedrm.. liv. rm.,, dinette,
sit; sx q bath, ,. ,;t,,s 3 exposures ge. yd
ANS glus BEbRMs1sE, a5ii Il sRsOe Congress
21l0 Nichols ave. Sc. LU. 4-250l.
dtils.. RA. 6-o2so. 5000 lst st. NV
es24 18th ST, Me- newly dec.
sti seption hall sS5 and and s59 sssn monthly aa
Apply tanitor, La. 6-0831. 10
l;,,, ~; and bath; disposal: :46ni Stils, 2969
esii i0a End a. ST. "" N.W.-Ponrerm. W. apt.
Phone RA. 3-s6il. 10
UPPER GA. AVE, a45 Longfellow
st. n.w.--Vacant. Two rms, kit.
bath. S69,5O. Kew with janitor at
a39 Longfellow: FLOYD E. DAVIS
See janitor. FLOYD E. Davis Co. Co
1929 K st. NV. MA. S-O352. 10
1914 C ST. N.E.--Two rooms, kit &,
seen Sat. and Sun. afternoon. JE.
1924 18th ST. N.E.-4 rms. kitchen
and bath. &75 mo. incl. utils. MUM
SEY TRUST CO., Real Estate Dept.
ma. 6-S0S0. 10
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1929 9Th ST. N.W.-Lovely terrace
apt; rooms, kitchen. bath, all
utils. incl; $3.50. Key at 1920
tn So: NV. 10
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1882 r ST. N.w-Two fine apis:
avail. Efficiency of rm., kit. and
bath at $40 mo. and liv. nm. bed
room, kit. and bath apt. at S55 mo.
Very conv. loc. See janitor. WAC
CANAAN -BRAWNER. NE. S-3SH0.
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$40 to SS5
All utils. incl. S-ft. Westinghouso
freezer-top refgr., laundry room.
incinerators. master TV. Conv. to
buses, shopping and schools. See
ianitor or call TEMPLE REALTY
CO, 1l03 K st. NV. EX. 3-H0o2
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Mr.. MINI. AVE. AND 3ith ST. Sc
Newly redecorated 1-bedrm. apt,
in duplex bldg. Apply 1918 Du Rols
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
The Trying ProbIemofO lime
We Must Decide What We Are Going to Do to Parry
Efforts of Our Sworn Enemies in Soviet and China
Constantine Brown

The American people are
being informed daily In tens
Of thousands Of words in the
press and on the air about the
gripping news from Wash
ington: The "coddling Of Com
munsts" by the Army as
charged by the Mccarthy COM
mittee: the long debates over
a constitutional amendment as
proposed by Senators Bricker
or George; rumors and denials
that we are In the midst of
an economic recession; diver
gences of views between the
executive and the legislative
branches of the Government
on the matter of balancing the
budget or softening possible re-
cession effects through cuts in
taxation.
All these important develop
ments are not prompted by the
old horseplay to which we have
been accustomed in an cleo
ton year. They all converge
toward the one main problem
which is facing all Americans,
regardless of political parties
or belief: What are we going
to do to parry the efforts of
our sworn enemies. the Com
muniSt governments of the
U. S. S. r. and China?
If 1t were not for the active
enmity of the Reds we could
reduce our defense expenditure
by more than two-thirds: we
would not worry about cod
ding" of Communists in the
Government and their activi-
ties in public life any more
than we worried over the IWW
before and during the First
World War.
Inc threat from the COM
bined military forces Of the
U. s. S. r. and China is so Sc
rious that we must surround
ourselves with even more pre-
cautions on defense and Sc
curity than at any other time
in our history.
Asia will plague us for as
long as the Communists re-
main strong and their crimes
go unpublished. Our Govern
ment is not particularly wor-
ried over the possibility of a
Red aggression in Europe.
This would mean a shooting
war with possibility Of repris-
ais. which are not particularly
desired by the Soviet general
staff. But we are worried
over the possibility Of a Red
diplomatic victory at the
forthcoming Geneva confer
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every part of the country. The
policy Of the administration is
very clearly revealed. It is
designed to transfer as much
control as possible, in some
cases actual ownership, of pub
lie power projects and rural
electric co-operatives and in
tegrated power pool systems,
to the private utilities. The
techniques are clever and
varied. but the purpose is the
same-to starve and strange
these enterprises so they can
no longer succeed and will fall
under domination of the pri-
vate utilities eventually.
The policy was worked out
at the Interior Department by
the triumvirate there-Secre-
tary Mckay, Undersecretary
Tudor and Assistant Secretary
Aandahl. Though occasion
ally retreating when the howl
from the public got too loud
as it vas hit now here, now
there, this triumvirate is push
ing ahead with determination.
The aim is to get the scheme
all completed as quickly as
possible-for the administra-
ton is only sure Of four years
and 1t might even be check
mated before that if q Demo-
cratic Congress should be
elected this November to serve
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ence which would mean the
end Of the present precarious
security we have in the Pa
cific.
The detectives Of Moscow
and Peiping are obvious even
to ostrich-minded politicians.
They expect, with good rea-
sons, that the French will be
delighted to accept a face
saving formula to permit them
to get out of Indo- China. No
body who is even vaguely IA
miliar with conditions in the
Far East doubts that the re-
suit Of such a compromise will
be the taking over Of the rice
bowl Of Asia by the Commu-
nists or affiliated groups to the
exclusion Of all others who
might still be sympathetic to
the West.
The surrender Of Indo-
China, regardless Of the name
under which it is done, will
mean the firm establishment
Of communism in Malaga.
Burma, Thailand, Indonesia
and eventually India. It will
mean the Red flag will fly over
an area containing nearly 500
million people and vital raw
materials which Moscow and
Peiping desperately need. It
will mean the collapse of Goa
stitutiona1 government in ia
pan and likely in the Philip
pines. It will mean that the
Red daggers will be brought
much closer to our heart than
was the dagger of the Japa-
neSe war lords before Pearl
Harbor.
Communist Sympathizers in
the Government or those blind
to Red aims were greatly re-
sponsible for our previous
blunders which permitted the
forces of Mao Tse-tung to de-
feat the Nationalist forces.
We adopted an unofficial
neutral attitude" in what we
liked to call the internal strife
In China, while the Russians
adopted an official un-neutral
attitude toward their Commu-
mist protegeS. The sequel to
that wanton blindness to the
facts of international life has
brought us and the rest of the
free world to the present pre-
dicament.
Our wavering policies in
duced the realistic British to
recognize China. They caused
the French, when they began
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26

I feel extremely sorry for
President Eisenhower. Sought.
initially, as a candidate by both
parties. he entered his Office
as a symbol of American unity.
Noted for his capacity to rec
oncile differences, it was an
ticipated that he would be able
to keep the two wings of the
Republican Party in line, and
win a high degree of co-opera-
ton from the Democrats.
Now high officials of his adj
miniStration land that means
the President himself) are I'M
der fire, and from Republicans.
Senators LANCER and Bricker
have led a fight against the ap-
pointment of Earl Warren as
Chief Justice and against the
administrations stand on the
Bricker amendment. Senators
Knowland, Bridges, Ferguson
ct al. are against the commit
ment of the Secretary of State
to sit down with Red China at
Geneva and negotiate over Ko-
rea and ndo-China. And SEN
ator Mccarthy has engaged in
a bitter fight with Secretary
of the Army Stevens. In fact, it
is difficult to know whom the
Junior Senator from Wisconsin
is trying to defeat: The Com
muniStS. the Democrats, the
Eisenhower administration, or
all three. and thus every one
except the Senator himself.
The Senator. to be sure, has
exonerated the Secretary of
the Army of completely in the
PeresS case, or responsibility
for the Pentagon position of
Mrs. Annie Lee Moss, charged
with being a Communist by a
former FBI underground agent
in the Communist Party. The
Senator says Secretary Stevens
knew nothing about these
cases, although the Truman
administration was warned by
the FBI about Mrs. Moss. A
simple soul like myself Won
ders why the Senator did not
personally warn the Secretary
before seeking again the head
lines and klieg lights.
On the face of it, the Army
treatment Of the case Of Irving
PereSs looks careless. He was
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for the last two years of this
administration.
Since this is a purse-string
operation essentially, the policy
Is being carried out actually
by the budget director, Joseph
M. Dodge, Detroit banker. He
merely omits funds for ex-
pansion of existing public
projects or slashes them. Ex-
pansion is essential in many
cases to meet market needs for
power and to make these
projects financially self
supporting.
Members Of Congress who
went, one after another, to Mr..
Dodge with pleas for funds
for public power installations
Of various types in their areas
found him as cold-hearted as
the legendary banker. He told
them. in effect, nothing doing.
Financing hereafter must be
procured locally. They knew
what that meant-recourse to
private utilities. They knew
what, in turn, that meant
regain Of control by private
utilities of projects paid for by
the taxpayer. That is happen
ing. It is very clear that such
is the intended result. There
can be no other reason why
the Government should refuse
funds. It loses nothing. The
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Thomas L. Stokes
Thonnos [. Stokes
Harry Truman Is Proved Riqht
Statement at Hungry Horse DAM That Would Be the Lost
Such Project G. O. P Won Has Been Borne Out AIreodv

We reporters smiled when
Harry s. Truman, as he dedi-
Gated Hungry Horse Dam in
Montana in October, 1852, adj
vised his audience to take a
good look at that dam for.
said he, if the Republicans win
the election you folks may
never see another.
We f1gured-knowing the
score-that the then President
probably was right-but we
didn't know he would be vim
dicated so soon. He has been
already, only. little more
than a year since President
Eisenhower took Office.
He is right literally, for
nothing in the nature Of that
great multipurpose dam he
then dedicated has been
started, nor is any such con-
templated by this administra-
ton, though the 1855 fiscal
year budget provides some $40
million to be spent this next
year for minor irrigation and
water supply, flood control and
navigation projects.
Mr.. Truman was right also
in the broader symbolic sense
in which he spoke about Hun
cry Horse Dam.
= The pattern now is very
plain. It can be pieced to-
gether in what is happening in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
Dorothy Thompson
Disunity Plaques Republicans
Eisenhower, Symbol of Unity in 1882 Is Under Fire
From the Triple Threat Tackles on His Own Team

drafted, as a dentist, into the
Army, routinely commissioned
as an officer, and ordered hon.
orably discharged by Gen.
Zwicker. after Peress had in
voked the fifth amendment
before Senator Mccarthy. But
the Senator's treatment of
Gen. Zwicker was unconscion-
able. Instead of being treated
as a witness, who, like every
other officer or soldier. was
under orders from above, he
was treated by the Senator as
a scoundrel and/or a moron.
Just how the country can
long continue to have conf
dence in an administration
whose own party shows so lit
tie confidence in it, is difficult
to see.
The party is also split over
how to meet the developing
economic situation.
The administration, which
entered Office on a program of
cutting Federal spending and
balancing the budget, initially
went in for a hard-money pol
icy, on the theory that infla-
ton was endangering the
economy. Soon, however, the
unhappy aspects of deflation
showed themselves, in slow
ly rising unemployment. Now
one section of the party
wants to halt deflationary
trends by tax adjustments to
encourage producers; the other
and all the leading Demo-
Gratis. from conservative Sena-
tor George of Georgia to lib
eral Senator Douglas of Illinois
want to correct the trend by
tax concessions to the con-
sumers. In either case the
budget will not be balanced,
though higher personal exemp-
lions would unbalar"0 It the
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Background on the Peress Case
Developments From April, 1853, to the Present Date
Outlined as Necessary TO Understanding Dispute
David Lawrence

To understand the Stevens
McCarthy-Zwicker controversy
1t is necessary to piece together
the chronology of events in
the case. Here they are:
April, 1953-The command
ing general at Fort Kilmer.
N. j. predecessor of Gen.
Zwicker) recommended that
Capt. Irving Peress be dis
missed from the Army. This
recommendation was concurred
in by the Surgeon General Of
the Army.
August, 1953-Capt. Peress
was presented with various
questions in the normal course
in connection with promotion
procedure. His record showed
that in November, 1852, he had
refused to answer the QueS-
tons about membership in
organizations to which he be-
longed, and wrote across the
QUESTIONABLE that he invoked
his constitutional privilege"
November, 1953-Capt. Pc
ress was promoted to major.
December S, 1953-Inquiry
on the PeresS case was begun
by the permanent subcommit-
tee on Investigations of the
Senate Committee on Govern
ment Operations, of which
Senator Mccarthy is chair
man.
December 80, 1953-Decision
was made by the Army to
terminate the services of Maj.
PereSS, but it was not dis
closed at this time.
January 4, 1954-Committee
chairman notified a top-level
official Of the Army-presum-
ably the counsel for Secretary
StevenS-that Maj. PeresS had
been promoted at Camp Kill
mer. that he was a card-carry-
ing Communist and that some
thing should be done about it.
January Is, 1954-An order
was signed by the adjutant
general awarding an honorable
discharge from the Army to
Maj. PereSs and giving him the
customary 80 days within
which to make effective the
date he wished to be dis
charged. He selected March
81.
January 26, 1954-Senator
Mccarthy notified the Army Of
the continued presence Of Maj.
PereSS in the Army and di-
rected PeresS to appear at an
executive session Of the Sen
ate committee on January 80.
The Army at top level was in
vited to send a representative
to attend the executive Ses-
sion.
January 80, 1954-Executive
session held but no representa-
tive of the Army appeared in
response to the invitation.
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Life in the u. S.
Horses Day
Not Yet Over,
Autoist Finds

WOODSTOCK, ILL.,, Feb. &c.
Harry Wendler's automobile was
damaged on Route IA last night,
but it wasn't an automobile
collision.
Mr.. Wendler. caretaker Of a
farm near Harvard, told Nc
Henry County deputy sheriffs
some horses started across the
highway and he stopped to let
them pass. One horse walked
into the side Of the car. then
angrily kicked 1t several times.
One side Of Mr.. Wendler's car
was caved in.
Il don't think my insurance
company is going to believe
this" Mr.. Wendler said.
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February Is. 1854 - Miss
Ruth Eagle, a New York
policewoman. testified before
the Senate committee that, as
an undercover agent. she had
known Peress as q Commu-
mist and as a liaison officer
between his Communist cell
and the American Labor Party.
February Is, 1854 - Gen.
Zwicker. commanding general
at Fort Kilmer, testified be-
fore the same Senate commit
tee and acknowledged that he
knew about the Peress case
before the honorable discharge
was issued but felt he had no
authority to hold it up, al
though he would have been
able to hold up a discharge in
the case of an officer charged
with stealing $50. This is
Army red tape. It so angered
Senator Mccarthy that he lost
his temper and assaile@ Gen.
Zwicker, which was q grievous
mistake. The testimony was
released on February %.
February 81, 1854 - Secre-
tary Stevens announced he will
not let any other Army officers
testify and receive abuse.
February "a, 1854 - Secre-
tary Stevens issued a state
ment withdrawing his prohibi-
ton against testimony by
Army officers and promising
to send officers involved in the
case to answer congressional
subpoenas. Three Senators had
pointed out to him that there
is no authority for the Secre-
tary of the Army to determine
whether an Army officer shall
answer a subpoena lawfully
issued or regulate what they
shall say to congressional COM
mitteeS in answer to questions
concerning governmental OPP
erations and procedures.
February Is. 1854 - Secre-
tary Stevens reiterates he was
assured by the Senators on
February "a that witnesses
from the Army would not be
subjected to abuse.
Actually the only official in
the executive branch immune
from a subpoena is the Presi-
dent. AS for any executive
order prohibiting officers from
saying certain things to Con-
gress, this has never been
tested in the courts. Probably
on matters of military secrecy
it would never be challenged,
but on the disclosure of in
formation on ordinary pro-
cedures in the Government
the right Of congressional in
terrogation would be upheld.
judging by Supreme Court de-
cisions in past cases.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
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more radically-and certainly
be more popular with the cleo
torate.
The fight of Senator Know
land and associates over the
Geneva conference is serious
because the Republicans cam
paigned on the issue of the
Truman administrations cod
ding of Red China. It is I'M
questionable that the calling
of the Geneva conference was
a diplomatic triumph for Mr..
Molotov and implies de facto
recognition. which is usually a
step toward full diplomatic
recognition. It is also a fact
that before he became Secre-
tary of State. Mr.. Dulles IA
vored recognition, and that
this administration, which does
not believe that America can
stand alone" would stand en-
tirely alone among its allies,
Britain and France, if it
adopted Senator Knowland's
attitude.
At any rate, the hoped-for
national unity is a spectre.
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reaping the whirlwind sowed
right here in this chamber.
You're getting only a very
small part of the bitter part
Of the bitter partisanship your
own party introduced into
foreign policy.
Comparatively you've been
treated pretty well. You went
to Berlin with the blessings of
this committee. Your predeces-
sor, Dean Acheson, was dis
membered before he went to
international conferences and
as a result found himself in a
diplomatic straitjacket with no
room for maneuverability.
"None of us want to see that
happen to you. But you might
as well know what you're up
against and why these criti-
cisms are leveled at you"
Inc secretary OF SCaLe lett
the committee hearing thor
oughly aware that:
It's Republican members are
suspicious and unhappy about
his consent to bringing Com
munist China into the Geneva
conference on Indo-China. The
Secretary's reply that the
French insisted on it leaves
them cold.
Democrats who will chart
the party's course on foreign
policy are dissatisfied with
what they can learn about adj
ministration plans in Indo-
China and its massive retalia-
ton" theory Of defense. They
are giving Dulles more support
in committee than the Repub-
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Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Joe McCarthys not mad at anybody in the Eisenhower
administration He's just gathering material for speech
to be called: "21 Years of Treason"
Defense expenditures mounting Every time the Eisen
bower administration gets into fight with Joe Mccarthy
it runs another laundry bill on the white flag
Army Secretary Stevens he won't resign his blow
with Joe Mccarthy Stevens intends to keep his shirt
He'd hetter-it's about all Mccarthy left him.
Army Boss Stevens denies that he surrendered Mccarthy
Ee couldnt-he retreating too fast
Democratic Senate Leader johnson g. O. p Leader
Knowland Of zone rule Democrats getting pretty bold
They're talking the Republican Party though
belonged, to 1t.
Ike announces we give military aid to Pakistan. America
and Pakstan have been good fiendbu
can't expect those things to last forever.
Prime Minister Churchill urges Russia.
Churchill figures it's only fair to let the
washing machines since they went to all the trouble of nvnng
them.