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dier's Tomb and the excite
ment due to the bad news from
the Indo-C China front, it would
have been expected that more
than a dozen or so gendarmes
would be available. According
to reports from Paris, it took
more than half an hour for
strong police detachment to
arrive and extricate Mr.. Pleven
from his assailants.
The demonstration was not
directed so much against the
two cabinet members person.
ally, but against their stand in
favor Of the European Defense
Community and the continual
ton Of the campaign in Indo-
China. It now seems probable
that Mr.. Laniel may have to
resign before long. Political OBJ
servers express the fear that
unless this happens and an
other cabinet openly opposed
to Germany's rearmament and
the present policies in Indo-
China comes into Office there
may be mob rule in France.
Should such an unfortunate
situation occur, it's repercus-
sions on our foreign policy
would be serious. We have
built the NATO around France
as a pivot. Although Secretary
Dulles has repeatedly warned
our ally that unless the EDO
is ratified by the National AS
sembly at an early date we
shall be compelled to reap
praise our policies, this has
never been done for fear of a
cabinet upset in Paris.
We went to Berlin two
months ago determined to
discuss with the Muscovites
the question of peace treaties
with Germany and Austria
and nothing else. We came
back with a status quo re-
garding those two countries,
but with a conference sched-
uled at Geneva where Commu-
mist China may sit-despite
our protestations-as an equal
at the conference table. 1t is
an open secret that Mr.. Dulles
accepted this possibility only
in order to avoid the fall of
Mr.. Laniel. Foreign Minister
Bidault told him plainly that
unless he agreed the cabinet
would be overthrown in a few
days.
French political leaders have
become accustomed over the
last eight years to discount
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immunizes employees of the
executive branch of the Gov
eminent from obeying a sub
poena to appear before COM
mittees of Congress. The same
holds true for subpoenas by
the courts. BY long established
custom the President himself
has been held to be theoret-
ically immune from the sub
poena power, but even this
could be overturned by a SUI
preme Court decision in the
future, or by q law Of Con-
gress.
II a President were to for
bid at his pleasure the appear
ance Of the officials of the
executive departments and
agencies before Congress, he
could successfully deprive the
legislative branch Of the Gov
eminent Of the pertinent in
formation it needs in formu-
lating laws, especially appro-
priation bills. Thus, the whole
system Of checks and balances
set up by the founding fathers
would collapse.
Never before in the memory
Of this correspondent has there
been a movement started in
America urging the President
to assume a virtual dictator
ship over the conduct Of COM
mittees Of Congress. II he
may pass judgment on it's own
rules of procedure, he could
also, by the same precedent,
evaluate at his will the quail
f1cations of the members of
Congress. or do anything else
which hitherto has been
strictly the prerogative of
Congress. The road would be
open to the Hitler or Stain
practice of "purging" the leg
islature by order of the exec
utive.
But the new totalitarianism
in America is not confined
entirely to an effort to make
Congress the tool of the ex-
ecutive. as was the case with
the German Reichstag under
Hitler. There is, for instance,
a drive to insist on a con-
formity of thought ON the
part Of persons employed
by Congressional committees.
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France Appears to Be Sogging
Monhondling Of lonie and Peven Regarded as RppIes
Which Nay Be Prelude to Furious Political Storm
Constantine Brown

France. the main pillar Of
the NATO on the European
continent. appears to be sag
ging.
Although the defense of Diem
Bien Phu fortress, comparable
only to that of Verdun in the
heroisrn of its defenders,
should fill the French people
with pride. there is an ill-wind
blowing in the republic. If it
assumes hurricane strength it
will have extensive repercus-
sions on the rest Of the world.
The kicking of Premier
Laniel's shins and the slapping
Of Defense Minister Pleven's
face by a crowd gathered to
honor the fallen in Indo-C China
are far more indicative Of the
present mood Of the French
people than all the rhetoric of
the politicians and the edito-
rails in newspapers.
French political men are ac-
customed to boos and occa-
sional rotten eggs and to hav-
ing to run for cover. In the
mid-twenties when a threat
ening crowd gathered around
the Chamber of Deputies be-
cause of scandals involving
cabinet officers, many worried
deputies and ministers sought
an undignif1ed but safe exit
by jumping out of the windows.
The crowd never got nearer,
however. than the gates of the
Palais Bourbon.
But this is the first time
that the highest executive
officer in France and one of
the most important members
Of the cabinet actually were
manhandled by the public. It
is significant that the French
police and the mobile guards.
always on hand to meet any
emergencies, were not availa-
BILE except in small numbers to
handle the crowd of less than
1000 people.
The Surete Rationale tthe
vague equivalent of our FBD
has excellent sources of in
formation about everything
that is going on in Paris.
Plainclothes men always are
on hand when an important
member of the government
makes a public appearance.
Considering the tension
created by the dismissal of
Gen. AlphonSe Pierre JUN only
a short time before the cere-
mony at the Unknown Sol
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strong words from American
spokesman. They have be-
come accustomed to see us
reverse our position when
enough pressure is brought on
the State Department by Lon
don and Paris. They know
better than the American
public itself that we threw
victory in Korea overheard
because Britain and France
feared that intensive opera.
tons might bring about Rus
sia's direct intervention-and
a third world war. Thus they
took with a grain Of salt Mr..
Dulles and Congress declara-
tions that Communist China
could not be recognized by US
or admitted to the United Ma
tions. It was a blow to the
French politicos to hear from
Mr.. Dulles last week that
though we are willing to 60 to
Geneva our stand on Peiping
has not changed in the
slightest.
The offensive attitude. Of
Marshal JUN toward his
civilian superiors. and the
manhandling Of Laniel and
Pleven are regarded here
merely as gathering clouds
which may precede a heavy
political storm in France.
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Doris FIeeson-
Doris FIeeson-
Oregon, COP. Testinq Ground
Eisenhower Power Policies Will Be Up for ReopproisoI
When Young Liberal Locks Horns With Gordon

The H-bomb, massive re-
taliation and Mccarthy have
distracted national attention
from the many changes which
are being effected by Presi-
dent Eisenhower's appointeeS
to the cabinet and independ-
ent agencies. These changes,
however, have q profound i'm
pact locally and, State by
State. they will influence the
fall elections as much as. per-
haps more than. questions now
in the headlines.
Oregon, for example, will be
a major testing ground for the
Eisenhower power policies and
the general conduct of the
Interior Department by an
Oregonian, Secretary Douglas
Mckay. This was assured when
State Senator Richard Neu-
berger, an articulate liberal
Democrat, decided to oppose
Senator Guy Gordon, q con-
sentative Republican isolation
list who is asking for q third
term.
To this contest something
has been added. Having quit
his party. Senator Wayne
Morse will unburden himself
of his Illustrations over Sena-
tor Gordon and Gen. EiSen-
hover in an aggressive cam
paign for Mr.. Neuberger.
AS q Republican, the bril-
liant Senator Morse was an
asset to Senator Gordon be-
cause he was SO different. A
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the coastal States and opposed
the Hill "oil for education"
amendment.
Sen. Gordon can count on
strong support from the util-
tiles. lumber companies for
which he once lobbied, and
business generally. He can also
comfort himself by remember
ing that Oregon has not elected
a Democratic Senator in 40
years.
Here in Washington he has
summed society and is not we'll
known, but he has effectively
cultivated the political garden
of his choice. He knows the
people he wants to know and
they are mostly people on the
second and third levels of Gov
eminent who get things done.
His Office door is open to his
friends.
Fortified by his years of ex-
perience, he now greatly in
fluences Mr.. Mckay on the
conduct of the Interior De-
partment. He has good con-
nections with the Army Engin-
GERS and highway builders who
know very we'll their bread is
buttered in the Appropriations
Committee, where he is third
ranking Republican.
Mr.. Neuberger promises that
the campaign will be interest,"
ing and Illuminating. Whether
it can crack the one-party
monopoly in Oregon Is still a
question.
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not only to restore the 100000
units, whitfield down by the
House to $4,000, but to revive
the 1949 program providing for
$4,000 units a year. Senator
Maybank is the ranking Dem
ocrat on the Senate Finance
Committee and likewise on the
appropriations subcommittee
that will deal with the House
bill.
Another spending project
concerning which some Demo-
Gratis are becoming persistent
calls for a great school build
ing program to be undertaken
Immediately. The Nation has
outgrown its school facilities
to an extent that now presents
a crisis in education. Billions
could be spent in catching up
with the country's increased
population and preparing to
meet the continuing increase.
Two years ago. President Els
enhower declared that IL mil
lion boys and girls were with
out school facilities. Before the
Senate now is a bill calling for
a national conference on the
subject.
Senator Hill of Alabama
during a committee hearing
last week asked Mrs. Hobby,
Secretary of Health. Education
and Welfare, why the admin
iStration is content to call for
conferences rather than for &C
ton. DR.. William q. Carr, tes-
tifying for the National Educa-
ton Association, reminded the
committee that seven confer
enceS already have been held
on the subject, and that an
other one isn't needed to prove
the situation is critical.
One field in which the adj
miniStration is indicating q
greater readiness to spend is
that of highway construction.
The Senate this week took up
the bill reported by the Public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
ident to Assume

They must conform to the
ideas of pressure groups who
evidently seek the support of
President Eisenhower in their
present drive. The contro-
versy over what Samuel p.
Sears said publicly concern
ing Communists in Govern
ment, or his expressed beliefs
that persons should not abuse
the fifth amendment, or his
political remarks in favor Of
q Republican candidate for
Senator in the State of Wis
conSin in 1852, makes it ap-
parent that only those who
conform to certain precepts
would be permitted hereafter
to serve their Government If
the pressure groups have their
way.
Since Mr.. Sears. three-time
president Of the MaSSachu-
sets Bar Association, is con-
sidered ineligible by some of
these groups to act as counsel
for . congressional commit
tee because of his political
views in 1852. or his expressed
opposition toward Communist
sympathizers in Government,
or at Harvard Law School, then
Justices William o. Douglas
and Robert H. jackson Of
the Supreme Court of the
United States, who have made
speeches of the bench deal
ing with the touchy subject
Of civil rights and Commu-
nists in Government, may
have to consider disqualify-
ing themselves hereafter from
sitting in any cases involving
the anti Communist contro-
versies Of these emotional
times.
This is the totalitarian
trend Of the hour. It is amaz-
ing that most of the outcries
that would seek to punish a
man like Mr.. Sears for his
past. views are coming from
the very faction which has
been describing itself as Glib
eral." These concepts of sup
preston of speech. and the
imposition of conformity of
thought are, of course, the
extreme opposite of true lib
eraliSm.
Reproduction Rishts RessrvedJ
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Housing Schools and Highways
Needed Expenditures Might Provide Answer to Economic
Reodjustment Now Seen Rolling in Wrong Direction

Works Committee to appropri-
ate 81 billion of Federal aid for
road building. This compares
with $575 million appropriated
last year and similar amounts
in other previous years.
Included in the bill are
funds for the planning Of the
Great River Road or the Mis-
sisSippi Valley Parkway, long
held dream project of citizens
in the 10 States bordering the
river. This would coordinate
existing highways and build
them into parkway parallel
ing the river for 1000 miles, all
the way from Canada to the
Gulf of Mexico. The plan pro-
vides for Federal cooperation
and financial aid during the
years required to complete 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Separation Of Powers I heOry
Group Signing Ad Accused Of Urging President to Assume
A Virtual Dictatorship Over Congressional Committees
David LoWrence-

Totalitarian concepts that
could be the forerunner Of a
new form of fasciSm some day
in America have begun to
emerge in the pressures being
directed at President Eisen-
hover 20 change the historic
role of the Chief Executive
and assume functions, called
leadership" but which actu-
ally envlsage a type Of dicta-
torShip.
The first public sign Of this
pressure appeared yesterday in
a paid advertisement in a local
newspaper which called upon
President Eisenhower to ignore
one of the basic constitutional
rights Of the Congress. It. said,
in part:
1--WE would like to see you
forbid Government represent
atives to appear before Nc
Carthy's subcommittee until
he gives ample and unmistak-
able proof that he will abide
by fair and reasonable rules
Of procedure in the treatment
Of witnesses"
The 81 Americans who
signed this statement are we'll
meaning. loyal, highly respect
able persons who probably
never gave a moments
thought to the constitutional
implications Of the petition
which they were urged to sign.
For. II the President of the
United States is to set himself
up as the judge of what is
fair" or reasonable" about
q congressional procedure,
then the system Of govern
ment as the people of the
United States have known it
since 1877 will have been COM
pletely undermined.
The American constitutional
system provides that Con-
gress is the coordinate branch
Of the Government, equal in
power and authority, in its
own sphere, with any other
branch. and that the right of
Congress to decide what shall
be it's own rules Of procedure
cannot be taken away by the
executive branch Of the Gov
eminent.
There Is not a single Su-
preme Court decision which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Lowell MeIett-

What this administration
desires most is that the present
rolling readjustment"-called
a recession" by unkind critics
should start rolling the other
way, in the direction of fuller
employment and renewed
prosperity. Many, if not most,
Democrats in Congress are
trying in various ways to help
bring this about. They want
to accomplish it, however.
through means repugnant to
the administrators manner
of thinking. There is no Ques-
ton that the Democratic
effort, led by Senators George
and Douglas, to increase in
come tax exemptions is based
on a sincere belief that this
would go far toward checking
the present downswing. Mass
purchasing power, in their
view, is the answer to the
Nations economic problem.
Another view held by many
Democrats is that now is the
time for the Government to
start spending on needed and
useful projects that have been
held back because of neces-
Sary heavy expenditures for
defense. including the war in
Korea. Our war prosperity"
has been real prosperity. made
so by Government spending, as
they see it, and we can have
peace prosperity on the same
terms. And the spending
would be for things greatly
needed.
Housing is one such thing.
Having been defeated in the
House last week in their effort
to save President Eisenhower's
program of 100000 public
housing units during the next
four years. the Democrats are
renewing the struggle in the
Senate. Senator Maybank Of
South Carolina. q conservative.
is leading the fight. He hopes
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Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Ike speaks to the Nation Hbomb peris making
swift the H-bomb hope make
big that nobody will dare 1t.
The Supreme Court okays radio give away pro-
gveaway where knowing
Jack DempSeyS whereabouts-and
gets half of it for knowing yours
Things aren't bad they The H-bomb still
blow the world And it McCar-
thy will be the first to investigate it,
Ike to throw out the first baseball the season.
Baseball is the perfect Republican game hitter
the who exerts the least getting where he
started from.
Churchill says the American H-bomb tests increase
chances Of things
the boredom will be simply killing.
Frances Gen. attacks European army plan.
French have been suspicious they
they had to share it with the Germans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
7 Virginia Workers Win
Fiqht 10 Bar Custer
Nv the Assorio,ed Press

RICHMOND. April GA bat
tie has ended for two State Of
f1cialS who waged a month-long
fight to keep their jobs.
Gov. Stanley yesterday upheld
the State Personnel Division in
holding there was no reason for
dismiSsing w. r. Creekmur, Sec
rotary of the Dry Cleaners Board,
and Edward E. Bishop, chief field
inspector for the agency.
The board wanted to GUST Mr..
Creekmur. so, and bring back
Robert w. Billingsley. who was
secretary for II years until his
resignation last October.
In the case of Mr.. Bishop, the
board said his work had been
unsatisfactory"
Both appealed to the Person
mel Division, citing personnel
regulations as protecting arbi-
trary dismissal. The division up
held their stand. so reporting to
Gov. Stanley.
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State usually feels that one
prima donna is enough; also
Senator Morse kept the po-
litical spotlight focused on
himself. This enabled Sena-
tor Gordon, a shrewd country
lawyer. to pursue wholeheart-
eddy the even tenor of his
conservative way. He built up
his organization at home and
used his power on his i'm
portant committees Appro-
priationS, Interior and COP.
Policy-to further ends Sena-
tor Morse was attacking pub
licly with less result.
Now for the first time, SEN
ator Gordon will be on the de-
fensive and his friend, Sec
rotary Mckay, with him. The
attackers are unusually for
midable and circumstances
lend them confidence.
Disenchantment has been
spreading in the Northwest
since the President and Mr..
Mckay blocked public devel-
opment of Hell's Canyon and
cast doubt on the future of
multipurpose river basin prof.
ectS on which the region has
learned to depend.
Farmers are in distress:
there is acute unemployment
in major cities.
While this was developing,
Senator Gordon was leading the
fight to give the marginal sea
(tidelands) oil resources to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Playing 1t Safe

SALEM, N. H. (R.-Arthur
Shugrue today appealed to bur-
glars to lay off his filling station
safe. There's no money in it
only papers.
Hopeful cracksmen have hit
the strong box at least eight
times in the last two years with
out getting a penny. he said.
In the latest attempt early
yesterday, yeggs smashed the
safe beyond repair. He plans
to install a new one today.
"And please, boys, leave it
alone" Mr.. Shugrue said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Life in the u. S.
Life in the u. S.
Sin1iun Makes
MonkeyOut
OF Master
Rv the Associated Pres,

TULSA. Okla, April GA
monkey made a monkey out of
M. L.. Sharp here last night.
Policemen Jim Harp and
Johnny Coles arrested Sharp for
illegal possession of whisky, but
they had to have an assist from
Sharp's monkey. Oklahoma is
legally dry.
The officers, unable to find evil
dence of whisky in Sharp's house.
took a look in his backyard.
There they found monkey in a
chicken coop playing with a half
pint Of whisky. A further search
revealed 16 more pints.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Busy Bandit

LOS ANGELES OFF there
was buster fellow in town yes
terday than Paul o. Thompson,
30, the FBI hasn't heard about it.
Federal agents and police said
that between II am. and l pm:
He took a demonstration ride
in a new car and stole it, leav-
ing a salesman stranded.
Robbed a Bank of America
branch Of 1859, escaping in the
new car.
Got a shave and haircut four
blocks away.
Was being measured for q
new suit in a tailor shop when
the FBI caught up with him.
Agents said he'll be charged
with bank robbery.
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Three Die as Truins Collide

MONTREAL, AprlI 8 (Rl.-A
speeding canadian National
Railways passenger train, the
Ocean Limited. collided early to-
day with freight cars on a siding
near Montmagny, Quebec, killing
three crew members. No passen-
gers were reported injured. The.
12-car all-sleeper train was en-
route from Halifax to Montreal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Pigeons Get New Home

DENVER. OH. A. Girls
void hopes the homing
pigeons he kept in a loft in
his garage know their way
home.
He told police yesterday
some one broke into the ga
rage and stole the pigeons
all 81 of them.
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Party Postponed

CONCORD, Mass, (P.-A
birthday party for the Glass
triplets has been postponed
week-but it took six cases of
chickenpox to do it.
The party was to have been
held yesterday but the four
year-old triplets-Nancy, Sally
and Susan-were bedded with
the disease.
So were their twin sisters,
Carol and Sandra, 6, and
Linda, 2.
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Russians Seize 2 More
japanese Fishing Craft
BY The Associated Press

TOKYO, April GA Russian
patrol craft captured two Jap
anese fishing boats of the east
ern tip of the NORTHERN island
of Hokkaido today, Kyodo News
Agency said.
The Russians have seized six
boats in the area since March Is.
Kyodo reported, and are still
holding four, plus Is crewmen.
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It's Dry Around DoIIos

DALLAS, Tex. (P.-Last
month was the second driest
March in 20 years here.
M. c. Harrison, meteorologist
in charge of the Weather Bu-
reau station here, said the
month produced only 0.59 Of
an inch of rain. March, 1925,
he said, was drier-only 0.40
of an inch.
Normal March rainfall for
Dallas is 2.81 inches, he added.
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Bird Loses Culture

LEOMINSTER, Mass, (P.
-Pitou, a bilingual parakeet
who few away six weeks ago,
is back home today.
But he seems to have for
gotten the IS French and Eng
lish words he used to know.
Owner Alfred MERCER says
all Pitou does now Is initiate
the calls Of other birds.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Miss Ring
Engaged to
Mr.. J. {. GIuth

Mr.. and Mrs. James Ring an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter Mariana Margaret to
Mr.. James Edward Gluth, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Gluth
Of Trenton. N. }.
Miss Ring is a graduate of I'M
maculata Seminary and is now
attending st. Joseph College,
Emmitsburg, Nd, from where
she will be graduated in June.
Mr.. Gluth was graduated cum
laude from Mount st. Mary's
College, Emmitsburg. He is now
serving with the Navy at Whit
bey Island, Oak Harbor, Wash.