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Evening star., 1954-05-09
30 Years With the FBI
tCopyright 1854 BY The Associated Press
By Don Whitehead
Associofed Press Stoff Writer

Thirty years ago-on May 10.
1924-Attorney General Harlan
Fiske Stone summoned a dark
haired young lawyer into his
Office, peered at him over his
glasses and said gruffiy:
young man, want you to be
acting director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation"
Thus began the remarkable
partnership between j. Edgar
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Mr.. Truman declared the coun-
try cannot afford an attack on
presidential powers by "today's
version of the radical Repub-
licans" of post-Civil War days.
In a speech delivered at a
$70-a-plate dinner. honoring his
10th birthday, Mr.. Truman said
all the people look to the Presi-
dent when they are beset by
fears, and added:
1T is to the President that
they look to say a firm NO to
those who wish to destroy others
through fear and innuendo; to
defend the unjustly accused and
show in the executive branch OF
the Government that the ancient
principles of fair play and de-
cency prevail
by such deeds and acts the
Presidency can reassure the Ma
ton and stem the growth Of
hysteria.
Again, we see today history
repeating itself as theslegislative
branch of the Government, under
the overshadowing fear of Com
munism. expands its functions
and activities into the very GEN.
Evening star., 1954-05-09

Mccarthy Zwieker Testimony Studied
for Possible Conflict. Poee A
Evening star., 1954-05-09
By the Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo-China, May 8.
French planes sighted columns
of men marching north from
Dien Bien Phu today and Gen.
Henri Navarro said they were
apparently French Union forces
taken prisoner after the fortress
fell to the Communicated Wet
Mimi.
Whether Brig. Gen. Christian
de CastrieS, the heroic COM
Evening star., 1954-05-09

mander of Dien Bien Phu, was
among the marchers was not
known. A Wet Mini broadcast
said Diem Bien Phus comman-
der had been taken-but did not
refer to him by name. His last
words before he vowed to fight
to the end were "Au revoir. mon
general. Vive la France"
There was no word also on the
fate of Genevieve de Galard Ter
raube, the 29-year-old French
nurse who was the only woman
in the fortress, or of the $500 to
Evening star., 1954-05-09

Gen. Navarro Soys Foil Of Diem Bien
Phu Doesn't Alter Plons. Page A-3
Confusion ond Cool Direction Mingled
in Forts Lost Hours. Po9e AS
Evening star., 1954-05-09
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 8.-Former
President Truman tonight called
on President Eisenhower to assert
himself as master in his own
house" and stem the growth of
hySteria" about communism.
Without referring directly to
the McCarthy-Army hearings.
It's Just Like 40, Says Trumon. Young
in Heort at 10. Poee At
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(See ASIA, Page A-3.)
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(See TRUMAN, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26

ed. ut is not a partisan position
and never should be.
1.-THE position that our Gov
eminent has taken follows the
Presidents beliefs that Ameri-
can foreign policy should always
seek to strengthen our ties with
our allies and work for the en-
lightened self-interest of the
United States"
Mr.. Hagerty Said neither the
White House nor the State De-
partment had seen Mr.. Steven
sons letter in advance.
He; added, however. that Sec
rotary Of State Dulles had told
an intermediary who approached
him on Mr.. Stevenson's behalf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26

I had my first view Of the
situation when ! went to visit
the headquarters Of the ma
tional YMCA in Tokyo. Sew
eral colleges and universities
are in the district. In some
streets in this area, half or
more Of the stores used to be
bookshops. Many Of these have
been sold out and transformed
into pachinko shops. In each.
there are from two to four
rows of slot machines. smack
up against each other. These
shops are densely packed.
mainly with students. In every
shop. almost every, pachinko
machine was busy. The tink-
ling sound Of the small steel
balls bouncing from pin to pin.
multiplied many thousands Of
times, filled the air.
Executives of big industrial
enterprises are worried be-
cause many pachinko stores
have been set up close to their
exits. Workers men and
women alike--take their pay
there, and are pro m thy
fleeced.
Pachinko shops usually look
alike. In some, platforms have
been built above the rows Of
machines, with kimonoed girls
watching. noticing when .
machine breaks down or isn't
being used steadily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
David Lawrence

The morale Of precinct
workers and local organiza-
tions Of the Republican Party
in several States Is shot to
pieces, and this may prove a
major cause contributing to
a loss Of Republican control
of both houses Of Congress In
the elections next November.
Letters received by this COR
respondent from many parts
of the country tell Of influen-
tial Republican Party workers,
including some county chief
tains, who have decided to be
passive In the coming cam-s
paign. Some Of them say they
will not even vote.
Reasons for the apathy In
side the Republican Party
vary. Some Of it is due to q
lack Of interest on the part
of President Eisenhower. and
particularly Of the White
House staff, in the fortunes
Of the regular organizations.
Some Of it has arisen because
the Citizens for Eisenhower
movement is being interpreted
as a threat to discipline regu-
lar Republicans who have con-
scientiously adopted views diff
fering from some Of those Of
the President.
There Is indeed a widespread
feeling that ever since the
death Of Senator Taft Of Ohio,
the so-called liberal wing has
made q captive Of Gen. Eisen-
hover at the White House.
Perhaps the most serious
cleavage in the Republican
Party arises from the mishan-
ding Of the Mccarthy issue
by the White House staff.
whose influence is believed to
be responsible for goading
Gen. Eisenhower into the po-
sition of seeking deliberately
to punish the Wisconsin Sem
ator. For several months the
direct and indirect attacks on
Senator Mccarthy at the
Presidents press conferences
have not gone unnoticed
among Republicans who feel
that the Wisconsin Senator
has performed a service to his
country by arousing public in
terest with respect to Commu-
mist tachniques and methods
of inf1ltration in America.
Whatever the merits OF the
controversy over congressional
committee methods and how
ever much some persons have
come to dislike the Senator
from Wisconsin as a result of
the recent televised hearings,
the political aspect is that lit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26

since taking Office in June and
then proceeded with an explana-
ton of reasons Americans con-.
sidered the EDO too important
to be a partisan measure.
The spokesman said Mr..
Stevenson's letter was received
when MIR. Mendes-France re-
turned Monday from Brussels
and London, and that q reply
already had been made.
At Denver Mr.. Hagerty said
the President Is delighted" to
see Mr.. Stevenson's statement
and that he "joins with us In
supporting the American posi-
ton on Edo"
"Of course" Mr.. Hagerty add
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Vests Position Seen in Danger
lsootonst Wind Is Blowing Strongly in Western Europe
Coupled With Mistrust for American Diplomacy

heavy hand Ia world diplomacy
viii only lead Europe to an-
other slaughterhouSe.
There are many farseeing
political leaders across the
Atlantic who may agree with
our point Of view that nothing
but a strong military prepared
ness - the bulk Of which is
supported anyhow by the
American taxpayers money
is the only guaranty against
another catastrophe worse
than that which began in
September. 1899. But these
leaders are up against the
Western European mass opin-
ion which regards communism
as just another young" politi-
cal manifestation. 1t also con-
siders the U. s. s. r. and China
as socialist experiments in
which public welfare and Inn.
provement Of the masses take
precedence over territorial ex-
pansion.
The Germans know differ
emily. But the recent actions
of Premier Pierre Mendes-
France at Brussels and the
impending rejection Of the
EDO by the French Parlia-
ment have proved that the
skillful Red propaganda saying
that France would never will
fingly accept the Reich as a
partner was not a lie.
The Russians have played
skillfully and successfully both
ends against the middle. They
have convinced the French
Premier that France would
lose her Importance in West
ern Europe If she accepted
Germany as an equal in the
European army, and they have
proved their point with many
Germans that they Scan ex-
pect nothing to their advar1-
tage through a collaboration
with the weak and wavering
Americans; and the self-seek-
ing French and British"
For more than two years the
Kremlin has tried to turn the
Federal German Republic away
from the Western European
coalition. 1t is nearing the goal
now that the French have re-
jected the Bonn government as
an equal in the concert Of
Western European powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Constantine Brown

An agonizing reappraisal Of
our military position already
has started. without fanfare,
In the Pentagon. Since the
NATO concept has been badly
shaken by the French decision
to throw into the ashcan the
European Defense Treaty, it
has become necessary to make
a; new survey Of our Atlantic
and Pacific defenses.
The accent now is. on "For-
tfess America" that is to say
on q hemisphere defense. sup
ported by air bases In coun-
tries such as Spain. Greece.
Turkey. and Pakistan, which
have refused to become tricked
by the Red peace dove.
It is obvious to all who want
to see and listen that an
isolationist wind Is blowing
over Western. Europe. America.
in the mind Of the man in the
street in Western Europe, has
become hysterical with fear Of
communism and is pushing
towards a war with Russia and
Communist China.
In the same way the term
''McC arthyism" has gripped
millions Of honest, well-mean-
ing Americans, "war-monger-
ing America" also coined by
the Kremlin, has gripped Eu-
ropes citizens. Moscow has
muffled its saber rafting re-
Gently and has sold the Euro
peans the impression that 1t is
interested in peaceful pursuits
rather than aggression. The
Muscovite soporif1c has
worked successfully. The West
ern European allies, particu-
larry France, have convinced
themselves that a stronger
NATO is no longer necessary.
Besides being a costly PROPOSE
ton it will henceforth only
irritate the Kremlin.
The lessons Of the past have
been quickly forgotten by our
wartime allies. Despite their
bitter experiences in two world
wars, they still believe they
can do business with dictators.
Our arguments to the con-
trary are brushed of with the
staple sentence that America
has become hysterical with
fear and it's experience and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Stevenson Urges EDO Approval
In Letter to Mendes-Fronce

Adlai Stevenson, 1852 Demo-
cratic presidential candidate, has
told French Premier Mendes-
France that Americans consider
approval OF the European Army
treaty very important and above
partisan politics.
Disclosure of Mr.. Stevenson's
letter in Paris yesterday brought
an immediate announcement
from Denver that President
Eisenhower was delighted" with
the action taken by his political
opponent. - -
Receipt of the letter was an
nounced by q spokesman for the
French Foreign Office. He said
lit was written in longhand and
was received several days ago"
Both Mr.. Stevenson, who is
sued a statement in Chicago, and
Presidential Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said that while
the letter was not officially
cleared by the State Department,
assurance had been given that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
For the Record
By Edword Hunter

fEdDdrd Hunter Is author
OF Brain Washing In Red
Chind.")
TOKYO-On my way back
to Asia I stopped over at Las
Vegas. to see the highly pub
licizeo gambling centers. l
never suspected that these
would seem like small-time
stuff when I returned to
Japan.
Imagine several gambling
districts. each with as many
slot machines as there are in
all Of Las Vegas. in each OF
the main cities Of the United
States. This will give you an
idea of the extent of the
"pachinko" craze that has
struck Japan.
Cities such as Osaka Guido
even Tokyo in this gambling
craze. There has never been
anything like it In Japan be-
fore, or anywhere else in the
world. There is more gambling
any day or night now In Tokyo
than in Monte Carlo, Macao
or Indo-C hina's Cholon. The
individual transactions are on
q comparatively small scale.
but mass production methods
drain on . formidable per.
centage Of the national In
come, In q country whose
economy Is precarious ct best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Fletcher knebeI-
Potomac Fever.

Stevenson foregnpolicy letter Pre-
ier The French not be much these days
comrades in arms-but they still make fine pen pals.
York customs officials begin using magic eyes"
struggled jewely Officials afraid that day somebody
might bring in diamond that the Baltimore Orioles
game
Assembly appears ready vote against the
The French have taken dim view defending
themselves since they learned they couldn't do against
the Germans
AL Secretary Schnitzer Ike has Cadillac cabinet
Labor BOSSES the other hand dislike to drive big carand
only do it on the chaufeurs day off.
S
reveals he'll continue his fight" for Hawaiian statehood
year. lights direction did this
year. Hawaii is liable to wind getting annexed by Midway
Island.
Indias Nehru praises Foreign Ministers Mooov Eden and
Chou Ena Secretary of State Dulles is in sad He's
dropped Nehrus ist-and he can't make Joe
McCarthys any more
Frank Leahy former Notre Dame football coach, exos
President Eisenhower Republican candidates glad they
didn't grab likes coattais with both handsnow they've got one
hand free to grab Frank Leahys too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Doris Fleeson--
COMPLICATIONS in AttIee>s Trip
Communist Attempt to Capitalize on Visit by Leaders
Of Labor Party Causes Churchill to Look Again

fair guess here, too. So it is
necessary to accept the firm
statements made by press and
politicians that British opinion
generally is closer to Mr.. Attlee
at the moment than 1t IS to
his critics. Both he and Prime
Minister Churchill, Of course.
though so different from each
other, are thoroughly repre-
sentative Englishmen.
Mr.. Atlee is believed to be
about as thoroughly devoted to
his travelling companion, Aneu-
rim Beval1 Of the far left labor
wing, as Senator Mccarthy is
to Senator Ralph Flanders.
They are together-like Presi-
dent Eisenhower and sena-
torial candidate Joe Meek in
nlinois-for reasons Of party
politics.
It appeared to Labor Party
leaders that Mr.. Bevan had
hold Of a good idea for once
and that the potential trade
benefits. especially would APP
peal to the unions, which are
an integral force in the party.
Most of those unions on most
questions resemble the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor hard
core much more closely than
they do the CO.. But they
have the same spotty unen1-
ployment problems that fret
labor at home, especially in
textiles.
So Mr.. Attlee went along.
His fellow-politicans suggest
he had to If he wanted to carry
the ball at the next Labor
Party conference the end OF
next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26

ator Mccarthy and so became
an embarrassment to 8 the.
Eisenhower administration. r
The Mccarthy hearings on
strategic supplies were that
rara avis in the Senator's
stormy history documented
and sober story. It was thor
oughly prepared by Robert
Kennedy. now counsel to the
committees Democratic mi
nority and brother Of Senator
Kennedy of Massachusetts,. It
received much more credence.
therefore, than normal for
anything to which Senator
McCarthy's name is attached.
Had the Chinese Reds de-
sired to cooperate with Sen
ator Mccarthy they could not
have done better. This was
apparently brought home to
the Prime Minister, and de-
malls followed promptly.
Sir Winston still remains
sponsor and spokesman for
co-existence with the Com
munists. The Attlee Bevan
journey is a logical extension
Of a policy of co-existence. It
Is said responsibility here that
the Prime Minister not only
did not interpose obstacles.
but he favored the trip. It
conceivably could be that he
was happy to have the loyal
opposition float the actual
trial balloon.
It would be a fair guess at
home If leaders of both par
ties co-operated in a policy to
assume that the American
people were for It, It Is q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
For the Record
Jopon's Yen for Slot Machines
Gambling Croze Is Sweeping Nippon but Left-Wingers
And Communists Exhibit No Opposition to Its Effects

The owners Of the gambling
shops are clever enough to
avoid taking their haul too
obviously. They are sure to
win heavily In the end because
they regulate the mechanism.
But they allow the player to
get a fistful OF steel balls
often enough to give the Inn
preston that the game can be
beaten. For advertising pur-
poses, q few are allowed to
leave with more money than
they entered with.
The sponsors Of pact1inko
are able to WELD great power
through corruption. Factories
making the machines conSti-
tute a major industry. and
thousands Of repairmen and
distributors are kept busy. Left
wing labor groups are given q
vested interest.
In pachinko. winners are
paid with foodstuffs. purses.
toys. candies, and medicines.
Clerks with big shopping bags
stand by ready to buy these
back. at an additional profit
to the gambling ring.
Communist and left wing
groups, busy malfgning the
United States. never have q
word to say against pachinko.
and have stalled all efforts to
use the law against it. The
more unrest the BETTER, In
their book.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26
Democratic, Victory Is Predicted
Republican Morale Precinct Level Called Deteroroted;
Porty SquobbIes Over Mccarthy Issue Are Blamed

orally millions Of Republican
voters think Senator McCar-
thy now is being prosecuted
not for q few Incorporate re-
marks and speeches made un-
der provocation but because
he fought the Communists In
Government
These millions Of voters In
clude many hundreds Of thou.
sands who crossed over from,
the Democratic to the Repub-
lican Party in several key
States in the 1852 elections
because they believed the Tru-
man administration was soft"
on the Communist issue. They
have by no means been con-
vinced that they should 60
back to the Democratic Party.
but they probably will make
their protest in November by
not voting at all.
The Mccarthy issue is, Of
course. a troublesome one from
any political viewpoint, and
most candidates on the Re-.
publican side are, fighting shy
of any mention Of 1t. But the
Republican candidates will
suffer just the same because Of
Gen. Eisenhower's part in the
fight. For the fact remains
that Senator Flanders, a Re-
publican, started the move for
a formal censure by resolution
of the Senate without the
sanction of the Senate Repub-
lican Policy Committee. Then
Gen. Eisenhower wrote a letter
to Senator Flanders praising
his speech on censure, and the
latter has since made public
references to that Eisenhower
letter.
Now, just at time when the
energies of the Republicans
might better be spent IN cam
paigning against the Demo-
Gratis. a committee OF six Sem
ators is to hold extensive hear
ings which will keep the Nc
Carthy issue in the headlines
throughout September end
perhaps October.
Senator Flanders started out
with q demand for the re-.
moval Of Senator Mccarthy
from his Craftsmanship of the
Committee on Government
Operations and of the Per-
manent Subcommittee on In
vestigations and then switched
to a proposal for censure. But
it looks now as If the Vermont
Senator Is going to have his
original wish fulfilled. For, &C
cording to the election outlook
as of today, not only Is Sena-
tor Mccarthy going to lose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-26

It may seem overpessimis-
tic to prognosticate that the
NATO Is about to expire. It
was created five years ago as
a rampant, against Soviet ag-
gression. when all Western
Europe thought it could hear
family the trampling. Of Red
boots over its lands.
Neutralism, helped by Mr..
Mendes-F Frances attitude. is
taking such deep roots In
Western Europe that it is only
q question Of how long the
present coalition can survive.
{ While our political men and
diplomats would raise their
hands in horror at the mere
suggestion that this $30-bil.
ion project may end IN a COM
plete failure. the realistic
military are getting ready to
present their civilian superiors
with an alternate defense
plan which could be put into
effect if the NATO disinte-
CRATES. It is largely a con-
cept of defense on the Western
Hemisphere with important
overseas air baSes-whence
to retaliate against the Reds
in Spain. Turkey and Paki-
: stan. Plans are being devised
to transfer the, present air
bases from Morocco-where
the situation may soon be-
come untenable-to the newly
, acquired projects in Spanish
Morocco, the mainland Of
Spain and possibly in Egypt.
The reliance placed by our
military on the effectiveness
of German military force of
some 100000 men now is in
process Of vanishing. The
prospects of Western Ger
many's agreeing to offer such
a force to the West are dim.
The position Of the staunch
supporter of that plan. Chan
cellor Adenauer. has been
weakened in recent weeks. The
trend among the majority Of
the free Germans is for unity
with Eastern Germany through
a rapprochement to Moscow.
We have already had hints
to the effect that "the interest
OF the German peoples must
take precedence over West
Germany's friendship and graf
itude to the United States"
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his cl1airmanship in the COM
ing elections. but so will all
the other Republican chair
men Of committees in both
the House and Senate.
At the grass roots the emo
tional reaction to the McCar-
thy issue is so strong that,
even if the weakest Of the per-
centage totals shown by the
various Gallup polls as to those
who are on the Mccarthy side
Is taken as an accurate meas
urement today Of the pro-Mc-
Carthy sentiment, 1t Is enough
to defeat the Republican Party
by the simple device Of their
not voting at the coming cleo
tons.
The feeling Is bitter because
the whole anti-McCarthy at
tack at this last session of
Congress was spearheaded by
the Americans for Democratic
Action - which backed Adlai
Stevenson in 1952-and by the
National Committee for an Ell
fective Congress. SenatorFlan-
ders admitted on the floor Of
the Senate" that he had been
consulting with that group In
the preparation of his charges
: against Senator Mccarthy.
All this Is grist for the DEM
ocratic mill. Yet the Republic
can high command, beginning
with the President and the
White House staff, are doing
little or nothing to heal the
breach in the party, and the
Democrats are doing every
thing they can to goad Hhe
Eisenhower staff to stir up
more and more friction inside
the party.
When the history Of the
Eisenhower administration Is
finally written, If there Is such
a thing as a medal for dis
tinguished political disservice."
it might be awarded to the
members of the White House
staff and the administration
officials who thought UP the
bright idea Of q public fight
with Senator Mccarthy by
means Of the hn-Schine tri-
vialities. The anti-McC arthy
controversy has served to dra-
Matte the dissension inside
the Republican Party and to
aggravate it to a point almost
beyond repair. That's why the
betting on the election Of o
Democratic Congress is grow
ing every day to the point
where any Republicans foolish
enough to bet can demand big
odds.
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