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Evening star., 1954-06-22
Defense Personnel Policy

The news in Joseph Young's column
of June in regard to personnel Of
ficials Of the Department Of Defense
holding out for a 5-year period before
an indefinite employe can be eligible
for permanent status, is another
alarming episode for many Of us who
continue to find that the DOD is be-
coming the tail which wags the dog.
It will be recalled that about a year ago
it was reported in The Star and in
other newspapers that DOD personnel
officials threw up their hands in horror
at the thought Of ultimate conversion
of indefiniteS to permanent status.
They maintained that the job was too
big and too complex and they virtually
threw in the towel" in defeat. For
tunately, this failed to frighten the
more competent personnel officials h
the many non-defenSe agencies and in
the Civil Service Commission who con-
tinued to work out their plans in the
event that the Whitten provision might
eventually be modified or repealed and
the door open again to permanent ap-
pointmentS to the Federal service.
Now that probable modification Of
the Whitten provision is before Con-
gress and the best minds in the Civil
Service Commission and the many
non-defenSe agencies have arrived at
the decision that permanent status
should be conferred upon indeffnites
who have passed an appropriate exam
ination and have served satisfactorily
for period of three years. Defense per-
Sonnel officials are attempting once
again to influence the entire Federal
service to increase the period to five
years - on the flimsy ground that it
takes employees five years to make
an adjustment" after war. Perhaps
it may take so long a period Of time
for the DOD personnel Officials. with
their acknowledged limitations, to
make their own adjustment. But it is
astonishing and distressing news to the
vast army of postal clerks, engineers,
stenographers, blue-collar artisans. SCI
entiStS, and many others In the Fed
eral Service who have passed exam
nations and have long since demon
strated very convincingly their loyalty
and competency and now, as indefinite
employees after three years Of proven
service, merit permanent status.
In view of the fact that in private
industry and in municipal and State
government the so-called "probational"
period of ones employment runs from
one to two years before the employe
receives more permanent tenure in the
organization, the DOD proposal and
hold-out for a period Of five years is
preposterouS. The Civil Service Com
mission and the many excellent per-
sonnel officials of more than rs nom
defense bureaus. agencies, and boards
should resist this effort Of the De-
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Patient Truman

Harry s. Truman, convaleScent, sounds
very much like Harry S. Truman at any other
time. His doctor explained that the former
President wanted to be treated just like any
other patient at the Kansas City Research Hos
pital; he did not want any fuss made about him.
It was one of Mr.. Truman's great charms
and one of his greatest political assets that he
liked to behave and to be treated just like any
average American citizen. If he was not, as
President, it was primarily because he was
President and he did not have much choice
about the special conditions that were imposed
upon him. He may find that he is getting
certain amount of special attention in the
hospital, too, but it's good bet that when
Patient Truman is fully able to give the orders
again and to make them stick he will be just
like any other Impatient patient anxious to
get home.
Actually, Mr. Truman may feel assured
also that lot of other average Americans are
anxious for him to get well enough to go home
soon. For the 20 year old ex President t.
friendly and lively by personality lis Just
beginning to seem at ease in his new role OF
an "elder statesman" There is no doubt he
can play the role gracefully and that he could
contribute sage commentary on the passing
events of present and future We wish him
quick and full recovery. \
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Governor Dewey's Decision

The final decision Of Thomas E. Dewey as
to whether he will run again for Governor OF
New York will be one of national political
significance.
Although twice an unsuccessful Republican
candidate for President of the United States,
Mr.. Dewey is now completing third term and
twelve years as Governor Of the most populous
State in the Union His election victories at
the head of his State ticket have been over
whelming ones and most If not all, political
observers feel that he could triumph again this
fall against any candidate available to the
Democrats. The Governor is reported to have
told friends, however, that he is urgently de-
sirous Of retirement from public life-he has
been in one public Office or another for nearly
Is years-and that he would like to turn to
private practice and perhaps the teaching, OF
law
It is not at all surprising that pressure both
from State and national party leaders already
Is being modified to persuade Mr.. Dewey to
run again. With Congress so evenly divided be-
tween Republicans and Democrats, every seat
in House and Senate takes on added Importance
this year. While neither of the New York
Senate places will be at stake this fall there are
43 House seats involved-27 Of them now held
by Republicans and 16 by Democrats. The
strength Of the ticket for State Offices ordinarily
has considerable bearing upon the fate OF
congressional candidates. and there seems to
be no question about the strength Of a ticket
headed by Mr.. Dewey.
Holding the governorship of New York also
has obvious political valde in itself and Mr..
Dewey's withdrawal would leave the field open.
Senator Ives, who won reelection in 1852 by
landslide margin, has been mentioned most
often as Republican replacement for Mr. Dewey
as Governor. There are other New York Re-
publicans with ambitions, however, and there
is danger of party split Meanwhile, on the
Democratic side, Representative F. D. Roosevelt,
tr., is considered the leading prospect for the
gubernatorial nomination and is considered,
likewise, a potentially formidable Statewide
candidate.
AS President Eisenhower told his latest news
conference while attesting to Mr.. DeweyS i'm
portance to the Republican Party, the Governor
without doubt has earned the right to make his
own decision about his retirement wishes In
the light Of his high quality OF service and OF
his influence, however, it is quite understand
able that his party should be hopeful that he
will continue in an active role.
Evening star., 1954-06-22

lighter. more versatile and effective over
much longer ranges-is on the way.
I'VE must give much thought and
planning to system of logistics which
is flexible and fast. capable Of operat-
ing in a two-sided atomic flght," the
general observed.
"Our combat transportation systems
with their loads Of supplies must fall
into the pattern that rapid, highly
mobile war will dictate. It is pre-
ciSely for this reason that we have
proceeded so rapidly in the develop
ment of helicopter and Army light
aviation.
Evening star., 1954-06-22
One Night

Nay I hGUe one night
When the sno1O Is deep
And the falling fakes
Put the stars to sleep?
When the amber moon
Rests his drotDsy head
On q ptllo1D deep
In a soft-Sky bed.
One night to TeDieU
Pages from the past,
One silveT edged page
That / knetO t0ould last.
A coin bright one
When loUe spilled oUer
A neD-born tUtsh
On a tour-IeGf cloUer.
Mdy ! haze one night
When the siOhing snot0
Makes my dreams come true
In the hearth fires 0loto1
Edno Homilto
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Letters to The Star.

partment Of Defense to become the "big
three" to influence Federal policy un-
duly in this matter because Of their
larger numbers. Furthermore, employe
union leaders must take their stand
and resist this effort of the tail to wag
the dog.
Sidney w. Peterson.
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Associated Press wirsphoto.

army aerial supply in its modernity
is capable of prodigious feats. With
a new type Of parabolic parachute. we
are now able to drop heavy equipment
and gasoline. We are even able to
drop 105-millimeter artillery pieces. All
this is part of the pattern and part
of the team which includes nuclear
weapons"
Nuclear weapons. conclude the top
officers here. breed not only more nu-
clear weapons but host of new nom
nuclear weapons besides-for which
the taxpayer will have to foot the bill
North American Newspaper Alliance.l
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Delay on Retirement Bill

The decision Of the 83d Congress
to delay action on Federal employe
retirement benefits is grossly unfair.
On March 6, 1854, Public Law S03
was approved. This law, passed by a
voice vote of Congress with no fan
fare. no lengthy debates and with little
publicity. greatly increased the retire.
ment benefits of members Of Congress
and their own employees.
Congress cites the awaited Kaplan
committee report as its excuse for fall
ure to act on retirement increases for
the mass of Federal employees. The
legislators express desire to study
the recommendations on this matter to
be made by the Kaplan committee.
Congress knew when it voted an in
crease for itself and for congressional
employees that the Kaplan committee
report was being prepared. If this
awaited report did not deter Congress
then, why should it deter them now?
Government EmplOye.
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact By writing The Evening star 1nfor-
a'iSn son d Pleas. ineoss Tire: 6 censS Tor
return postage.
Evening star., 1954-06-22

With reference to Dorothy Thomp-
sons article published in The Star Of
June 16, under the title "HesSians in
Indo-Chlna," I wish to draw attention
on the following points:
1. The personnel Of the French For
eign Legion in Indo-C China amounts to
10000 men, that is to say 10 per cent
of the French Union forces instead Of
100000 as stated in the above-men-
toned article.
2. OF these 10000 French Legion
naires, 81 per cent are Germans. that
is to say $500 instead Of the 10000
mentioned by Mrs. Thompson.
3. Most of these German volunteers
were only IA to 16 years old at the
time Of the German capitulation and
therefore had nothing to do with
the IS.
4. All the cadres Of the Foreign Le-
gion and 80 per cent Of the MOO and
enlisted men are French.
May l add that there are more than
10000 Frenchmen from Metropolitan
France serving in Indo-China at the
present time. The figure Of French cas-
ualties since the beginning of the war
amounted on January /, 1854, to 64,681,
out Of which 1887 were officers killed
or missing.
Roger SeydOux,
Minister Plenipotentiary from France.
Evening star., 1954-06-22
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Did more Nations Join the League
of Nations than the United Nations?
C. r. A.
A. From AZ members. the League OF
Nations grew to include so nations in
1895. Sixty-three were at One time or
another members. The membership Of
the United Nations Is so.
@. In what month Of the year does
the Brazil coffee crop come on the
market in the United States?-W. F. j.
A. In July.
Evening star., 1954-06-22
Lineup in Indo-Chino

Sidney w. Peterson,
, 1954-07-30

British expedition succeeded in
scaling the 29,002 feet to the top.
The newest and successful team
consisted Of 13 members, 362
porters and 90 guides. 1t was one
Of the finest equipped expeditions,
carrying over 10000 pounds Of
baggage, including Grape-Nuts
Cereal which was carried for its
low weight and high energy con-
tent. Their supplies were Of the
utmost Importance, for at these
great heights it requires tremen-
dous physical effort to take a step.
, 1954-07-30

The highest mountain peak in
the world was named for the
famed British Surveyor General
Of India, Sir George Everest, in
l841. Over III men have died in
the various attempts to scale the
mountain. The present British.
team started their ascent on
March 10 and established several
camps ranging from $4,000 feet
to the last camp which was situ-
ated about 1900 feet from the top
Of the Himalaya giant.
, 1954-07-30
Vicorp No Longer
Interested in Annds
Hope. Pres. SdYs

Dr.. Kenneth Bartlett, Presi-
dent of the Virgin Islands Cor
poration has indicated that his
Corporation is no longer inter
ested in acquiring Estate
Annals Hope. This Informs
ton was received from the
Hon. Eric H Carroll, Chair
man Of the Municipal Coun-
ell.
This decision was arrived at
following a conference on
Tuesday afternoon, July 9th
between Governor Alexander,
Administrator Canegata, The
Municipal Council and Dr..
Bartlett.
, 1954-07-30
Governor Alexander
Gives Pen President
Used to ST. Croix

00GA 9te S4O4A
Governor Archie Alexander,
in his address to the members
Of the Advisofy-Executive
Committees Of the ST. Croix
Chamber Of Commerce last
Tuesday, stated that I'VE can
not expect to have good bust
ness without good govern
menf." This remark was the
theme Of the Governors frank
and straightforward talk in
in which he also made the
statement that "We want safe
dollars, not quick dollars
and we could not hope to
draw business investors from
the States until our govern
ment here is more stable!
Governor Alexander said
that with the signing Of the
new Organic Act, "A new
day is dawning for the Virgin
Islands," and that already
progress is being made in his
efforts to bring clean, eff
Gent government to the is
lands. Present plans for is
land Improvement call for
raising education standards,
vocational training programs,
a hotel training school that
already has an enrolment Of
40 students for the Fall
course. He added that agricul-
tural equipment was coming
for use in training students of
agriculture, that both schools
would be finished in st. Croix
before construction Of st. Tho
mas schools would begin, and
that his five year plan" in
cluded setting up a planning
board for ST. Croix.
Prior to his address, Cover
nor Alexander tremendously
presented Administrator Cane
gaia with one Of the pens
used by President Eisenhow=
Continued on page a
, 1954-07-30
Sen. Thomus Kuchel
is New Chuirmun Of
Subcom. on In. Aftuirs
Department Of Inf.
Studying Letter Of
Councilman Gomez

CALIFORNIA; Y. s. Senator Anthony 7. Lausi, Acting
Thomas a kuchel has been Director Of the Office Of Ter
promoted to chairnnanship ritores, Department Of Inter
Of the important Senate Sub ior, has replied to a letter writ
committee on Territories and ten to the Secretary Of the In
Insular Affairs in q general re- terror on June %, by Council
organization Of the parent Chairman Joseph Gomez Of
committee on Interior and IN ST. Thomas. Directing to the
sulars Affairs transfer Of the airstrip to the
Mr. Kncbel roovod into ton Virgin Islands Corporation.
place when Senator Guy Cor MI. Gomez commended in his
don Of Oregon advanced to letter that the airstrip was
Craftsmanship of the full com municipal property, having
mittee after the death of the been decided to the municipal
late Hugh Butler Of Nebraska. ity after completion Of the po-
~ mo...4a.aa cr-4 table water system.
tee handles legislation and ap Nj. Lausi said that the De
pointment to positions affect partment Of Interior lis cur
ocdatinne1 ~ sc y Continued on page A
, 1954-07-30

General Harrison, whose
headquarters are in the Canal
Zone, will be in this area on
a routine visit Of inspection of
the military Installations in
Puerto Rico and Vieques.
He played an important role
in the peace talks in Korea, af
ter being sent there as a De
putty Of the Eighth Army. The
month he assumed
additional duty as a member
of the United Nations Com
Continued On page a
, 1954-07-30

A Coronation gift to Queen Elizabeth, so rare it would be almost
impossible to duplcate-the conquest of Mount Everest, worlds tanest
mountain peaks finally a reality. This Goddess Mother Of the
Shows" has dehed mans attempts for over 80 years until the 1853
, 1954-07-30
1t. General Harrison
Pluns to Visit ST. Thos.
During August

Lieut.. General William K.
Harrison, Jr., Commander in
Chief Of the Caribbean area,
will visit st. Thomas during
the first week of August to
pay a courtesy call on Cover
nor Alexander and see points
of interest on the Island. The
announcement was made by
Rear Admiral G. B. H. Hall,
Commandant Of the Tenth
Naval District and Command
er of the Caribbean Sea From
tier.
, 1954-07-30

Mr.. Lausi said that the De
of Interior lis cur
Continued on page Al
Evening star., 1954-11-18
The Human Element in Censure
Humility Would Appear to Be Lacking on Both Sides;
Fury Of Issue Is Compared to SIovery Struggle

handmaidsns Of the Comrau-
niSts."
Perhaps the Wisconsin Sena-
tor was thinking about the
j language Of President Truman.
who in a speech In Oklahcnna
City on Sept. 10. l94S-as
recorded and Transcribed by
the New York TiInes--said:
"The fact Of the matter is
that the Republican Party Is
unwittingly the ally Of the
Communists in this country.
That is clearly shoWn in the
election record Of the Com
munist Party
When Senator Mccarthy
called the Democrats q party
of treason, he thought he was
indulging In the license Of
political combat.
But now he is about to be
censured for saying some Of
the same things Others have
said. Hence. feeling 4 sense Of
martyrdona and despairing Of
a fair verdict in the Senate, he
decides to 90 to the court Of
last resort-the people-to
argue his case and fight it out.
even while the Republicall
Party is strewn with the
wreckage Of its own internal
strife in the recent elections.
But the discord goes deeper
into both partieS-as America
is torn asurder by 4 wave OF
hate and bitterness and 10
million signatures are sought
for q petition defending Sena-
tor Mccarthy.
What is the answer? It
comes sometimes ia men af-
flictad uith the ,,ai,, ~ vc,,nd.
ed nridA ana renrsssad srrhi.
tior. n eomes to mem who
sometimes foreet, tn he eare-
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Evening star., 1954-11-18
Fletcher KnebeI
Potomac Fever

Senate's Mccarthy nght is whether
strength to hold his wrist long for the
Senate to slap it.
Ike promises Democratic leaders bipartisan approach to
foreign policy Ike wants ntepary giveand-take In fact
Is 4 starter, he'd like swap Knowland for Rayburn.
Capehar excited debate calls himself
Indiana" he's spot
apologize wait for other Senators rush his defense?
Democrats full credit for the posteection business
hadn't been for Of their candidates, there
might have been q Democratic landslide.
Congressional committees may quiz Alger Hiss when he
gets jail week Republicans few political
questions such Say Ager how them other Democrats
getting along In jal?"
Baseballs City Athletics hire Lou Boudreau
manager President hopes they need neder He's got
plenty Of good who 60 to their rghand who
have gone to the right Of everybody
Evening star., 1954-11-18

gain the necessary time, the
men in the Kremlin are at
tempting to trick the West
into co-existence, which pro-
vides. besides economic adj
vantages to the trade-hungry
industrial countries in Europe,
also the carrot Of a nom
aggression pact with the West.
The danger lies in the fact
that the democratic West can
maintain its level Of military
preparedness only so long as
its own people want to spend
their money on it. In totalitar-
ian states such as Russia and
China the people are not con-
suited.
American legislators who are
strongly opposed to co-exist-
ence worry that while such
temporary appeasement is in
course, the West will be COM
PEELED by popular claim to let
down its guard. The voters in
Western Europe as we'll as in
this country, lulled by the IL
lusion Of peace in our time,
will insist that the tens of bill
lions spent on military pre-
paredness be devoted either to
other more useful purposes Of
social improvements or that
the present high rate of in
come tax be drastically slash
ed. No such problems face the
dictators in Moscow and Pei
ping. The sum total of this
argument between the Execu-
tive and the Legislative lead
ers of the administration in
Washington is that co-exist-
ence is premature; that We
should not enter into any such
agreement unless full-proof
guarantees of the Reds hon.
esty of purpose are obtained.
Otherwise the Communists
will perfect their military ma
chine while that of the democ4
racies will deteriorate. The
result of embarking into CO.
existence. as many Senators
see 1t, will be only to postpone
a showdown for a few years.
Evening star., 1954-11-18
Constantine Brown--.7
Foreign Policy Facing Crisis
Administration Appears Leaning Toword Co-exstence
But Its Interpretation of It Differs From Kremlin's
Constantine Brown

The United States foreign
policy is now facing q crisis
because of the underground
conflict of principle between
the White House and q num-
her of influential Senator's.
The Executive Branch. which
cannot conclude executive
agreements with foreign ma
tions with the same ease as
the Roosevelt and Truman
administrations did during the
war, Is leaning toward CO.
existence.
1t does not interpret the
meaning of this word in the
same manner as the men in
the Kremlin. It contemplates
an easing Of the international
situation and the end of the
cold war through an attempted
cooperation with the Com
rnunists. It figures that If
the Muscovites accept a peace
treaty with Germany and
Austria. we in exchange may
adopt a more "conciliatory"
policy in the Far East. This
Cancellation" embraces bar
ring Chang Kai-shek's plans
to reoccupy Southern China
which he apparently can 90
with American logistic help
and to proclaim Formosa an
Independent republic. Later,
the question of a union be-
tween the mainland and the
island Chinese could be settled
through the medium Of the
United Nations.
President Eisenhower has
become the leader of this way
Of thinking. His main arnbi-
ton in the next two years in
Office Is to help restore world
peace in co-existence, provided
we and our associates don't let
the defense guard down.
The majority of the Senate,
in as far as can be ascertained
at present, is not in sympathy
with his policy. Majority
Leader Knowland made this
clear In his speech from the
floor Of the Senate last Mon
day. He did not speak just
Evening star., 1954-11-18

for himself, but for, q large
group Of Republican Senators,
supported by a number Of
Democrats.
Nobody wants another war.
But to many Senators "co-
existence as the Red presents
it is synonymous with appease-
~ment. The late British Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain
believed honestly that 'Mu-
nich' meant peace in our time
NOT appeasement. When he
discovered that Hitler had
tricked him, it was too late.
There is less reason to doubt
that the Russian and Chinese
tyrants have the same ideas as
their Western European prede-
ceSsors. It is an axiom that
,dictators Of large and populous
countries want to establish
their hegemony over the rest
Of the world. The men in
Moscow and Peiping are even
more determined than their
Western predecessors. They
mix the military capabilities
of their more than 800 million
people with intrigues. Subver-
sion, and phony theology which
many gullible Westerners are
now swallowing.
OF course the Western
world, thanks to the efforts
and the many billions of dol
lars spent by the American
people, is not as lamentably
weak as Europe was on the eve
of the last War. America is
militarily strong and her allies
are not entirely helpless. This
relative strength and the fact
that the U. s. S. r. and China
need more time to perfect their
preparedness have hampered
plans of the Red dictators to
take over Western Europe by
force. We know that there are
still many flaws in the Red
military armor. which will re-
quire. according to- military
opinion. between three and five
years to remove. In order to