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Evening star., 1954-05-06
Gen. Luwton and the COLLEGES

AS former student Of City College
OF New York, I am somewhat revolted
by the remarks of Mai. Gen. Kirke b.
Lawton who has been quoted as saying
that various universities were recog-
nized breeding grounds" for commu-
nism. Perhaps it might be worth men,
tioning that for considerable number
OF years, City College Of New York as
well as the other universities named by
the general were actually recognized
breeding grounds for infantry second
lieutenants. Possibly some pressure was
involved in the granting of commits
sions to considerable numbers of grad
yates OF these schools, perhaps not by
Senator, but then surely by the
breeders OF communism" at these in
stitutions. Unfortunately, it may be
too late to investigate the special con-
siderations given to these former stu
dents during their stay in the Army,
particularly since not too many of
them are still around to testify. OF
course, Pvt. Schine is still with us, so
in the event any Investigations are
planned along these lines, we could
enjoy the benefits of his vast experience
by engaging him as special investigating
counsel with Gen. Lawton as his chief
assistant
Don't forget West Point, boys! Give
their textbooks a good going over. Feel
free to burn any you don't like, and
keep the shears handy in case there
are any pictures to be cropped.
L. S. b.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
This and That

He gave the impression that he could
have taken a 10 foot fence as easily.
These feats were not performed often,
but often enough.
Once he ran through down town
store chasing the cash boxes that ran
along a little track overhead.
He was an all white dog, whip tail
and intelligent ears.
It is amazing, the things good dog
or cat can say with its ears. The cat,
especially, is an ear-talker. It pricks
them up to listen, lays them down when
angry, and wiggleS them in an appeal
ing manner when begging.
The dog has less f1exibility but never
theleSS manages to use his ears ef-
fectively. Dogs and cats have varied
their tail technique. the dog. to show
affection; the cat, anger. This is all
in the dog-cat tradition. which, origi-
mating millions of years ago from the
same ancestor, decided at some period
or other to do everything by opposites
One good way to keep dogs out of
fenced property is to run the fence all
around, with gate.
Usually dogs feel trapped. if they get
in a yard with but one entrance. If
there is none at all. they like it even
less. This will mean gates, of course.
and there is something very human and
nice about a gate.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Christ Church,
Alexandria

Across your ancient stones and red
brick ,Ddlls,
Bright golden sun like benediction
falls,
Lingering iDarntly at the UindoU pane
As though remembering your past
again
When men of destiny had occupied
The sturdy tOooden pe,Ds still seen
inside.
Great men lDho hued century apart
With like integrity OF mind and heart;
Liptng through bitter days of dark
despair,
Turning for aoisdon, to your House of
Prayer.
Seeking diuine direction. holding dear
The right to worship and assemble
here.
Strong citadel OF God that has
DithStood
Times countless changes in your
neighborhood,
A liUing symbol of democracy.
America is humbly proud OF Thee.
Viney Wilder
Evening star., 1954-05-06

The falling domino theory that il
do-China goes Communist all South
east Asia will go Communist is being
frequently stated-without any attempt
at proof-and is being all too uncriti-
cally accepted.
Actually the way in which Indo-
China goes Communist may we'll de-
termine whether surrounding countries
will be overwhelmed. If it goes Com
munist as the result of a negotiated
peace between the French and the Wet
nameSe, 1t stands to reason that the
latter-after years Of destructive war
fare-will prefer to rebuild their homes
and plow their fields rather than en-
gage in military aggression against
their neighborS.
But if we intervene, the Chinese will
come into the country, just as they did
in Korea. They almost pushed us out of
Korea, and they may succeed in taking
Indo-China. In that case, their mill
tary success and their having power
ful armies down there may tempt them
to take surrounding countries. So our
intervention might defeat our own
purposes. And, of course, a second
AAOACd al ALuO-SI1Ild has ulOSC DANGER
Gus possibilities of exploding into World
War III, with the Russians coming to
the help of the Chinese.
There is second way in which our
intervention would be self defeating
Our support of the French makes us
the defenders of colonialism. The
AsianS and Africans are rebelling
against this yoke. which we revolted
against in 1776. Our support of it
makes us appear their enemies. Natu-
rally. that predisposes them to view
Russia and communism favorably.
Our weapons, in French hands, are
causing vast amount of suffering and
destruction which will win us only
heritage of hatred. On the other hand,
wise and adequate use of tech
nical assistance-preferabl through
the United Nations to remove all sus-
picion of imperialistic designs-could
effectively undercut the appeal of COM
munism and would cost less than the
arms aid we are giving the French.
We are poised on the brink Of a
futile, faraway war which cannot be
won and which might expand and
devastate our own country. If our
Evening star., 1954-05-06

It is not surprising that the National Capt.
tai Regional Planning Council is a bit confused
over the long g-discussed Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal parkway proposal. There was a time
when the generally accepted plan was for an
automobile highway over or alongside the bed
of the abandoned waterway. OF late there has
been agitation for preservation of the old canal
right of way as mixers retreat, with. access
by automobile at several convenient points
The National Park Service is said to lean toward
the latter modification of the original program.
There are interests other than Federal to
be considered in any such development of the
historic pathway to the West" as George
Washington enviSioned the canal undertaking
State municipal and private industrial interests
are involved. There has been opposition from
public and private quarters in Maryland to
construction of a motor parkway along the
upper reaches of the canal It is feared there
that the highway would interfere with indus
trial development of the Potomac River.
Some authoritative overall agency should
Evening star., 1954-05-06

spokesmen that imitation had been
stopped. He showed no awareneSs of
any rumor of recession.
The fact is that the danger of in
dation had passed before this admin
istration entered Office. as Chairman
William Martin of the Federal Board
noted before the Investment Bankers
Association in December. 1852. The
Treasury Department. as capable of
logical thought as Mr.. Kent, and with
better knowledge of the actual eco
nonic situation, is Offering its securi-
ties at lower interest rates, hardly
method of combating imitation. It
has been compelled by the pressure of
events to jettison its preference for
higher interest rates.
1--WE just sit and watch things get
worse" says Mr.. Kent. But Prof.
Alvin H. Hansen. testifying on February
18 before the Joint Committee on the
Economic Report, said: THE expansion
of the last four years was solid growth
which left the economy strong, in sound
financial condition. and in good bal
ance. Apart from the usual inven-
tory fluctuation, we entered the year
1854 as free from distortions and NAL
adjustments as at any time in our his
tory. No purging process or readjust-
ment is necessary. We have had three
years of price stability. :. Wholesale
prices were slightly down, consumer
prices slightly UP, due largely to the
delayed rent increases. 1t would be
difficult to find any period in our his
tory where so high a degree of price
stability combined with so large
gross in output as the three years 1851,
1852 and 1853" CHearings. Page 84D.
Clearly we are not living beyond our
means, as Mr.. Kent thinks.
would suggest that Mr.. Kent should
at least familiarize himself with the
Report of the Joint Committee on the
Economic Report, before he next writes
on this subject.
Sidney KOretz.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Mr.. Dulles Returns

The diplomatic "defeat" which Secretary
OF State Dulles is supposed to have suffered
at Geneva seems to have been more imaginary
than real.
It does appear that some wires were crossed
between the British and ourselves in the matter
Of taking joint security action in Southeast
Asia. Whatever this may have amounted to-,
however, there is as yet no substantial evidence
of a real break in the united front of the
Western nations. The British say they do not
wish to proceed with discussion of the So-called
Southeast Asia NATO until they can appraise
the results of the Geneva Conference. This is
not an unreasonable stand. And if it is a
correct version of the British position, it GER
tainly does not signify any serious breach
between the British and ourselves
The President has seized upon the occasion
of Mr.. Dulles return to remind us that col
lective security arrangement of the sort sought
in Asia does not "spring into existence over
night" Certainly this is true, and no sensible
person will suppose otherwise. It is equally
true that the problems which divide East and
West are not going to be satisfactorily disposed
of at the Geneva Conference, or at any one
conference.
It is all too obvious that the most we can
hope for is slow, painful and laborious progress
toward the goal of a peaceful and secure world.
Our policy must be to strive to bolster our
defenses at the threatened points, while seeking
constantly, at the conference table and through
other diplomatic means, for the formula which
will enable the nations to live together in peace
OF course, all these efforts may fail But
we should be careful not to make success more
difficult by premature cries of disaster and
defeat That which can be done to achieve
success must be done, for the alternative is
war which will drive civilization back to the
caves. The Communists know this as well as
we do, and this knowledge is a powerful factor
working, if not for peace, at least for something
short of war.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
The Turks Speak Firmly

The Turkish people, in voting their Demo-
cratic Party another term in Office, have regs-
tered an overwhelming approval of policies of
close and active association with the West. For
while foreign policy was not hotly contested
issue in the general elections held on Sunday,
the Republican Peoples Party has hoisted an
occasional trial-balloon attack on American
influence" in Turkeys economic and political
affairs. Furthermore the Democratic admins
tration of President Bayar is accountable for
such major decisions in foreign policy as affii-
alton with the NATO structure, participation in
a tripartite pact with Greece and Yugoslavia
and the recent signing of an alliance with
Pakistan.
In giving their Endorsement to the Demo-
cratic Party-to the extent of increasing it's
parliamentary margin over the combined oppo-
sition-the Turkish voters clearly were record
ing their approval of this bold course in world
affairs.
Although Turkey is not one of the big pow
ers in terms of size or military potential, it
occupies a peculiarly strategic poSition-geo-
graphically and ethnically-in the anti-Soviet
front. Often target for Russian pressure, even
before the BolshevikS drove out the czarS Tur-
key controls the straits-the only passage to and
from RuSSia'S Black Sea waters. Its European
area is within the Balkan region, its Asiatic
area is part of the Middle East. The fact
that its population is predominantly Moslem
contributed to the development of the alliance
with Moslem Pakistan and there may be an ex-
tension of this relationship through treaty as
sociation with Iran, Iraq and perhaps others OF
the MoSlem community.
In any case, President Bayar has been as
sured by his countrymen that they trust his
judgment and that they are willing to stand up
and be counted in the world conflict. The West
has reason also to feel this same confidence
in President Bayar-an impression that was
strengthened greatly by the two fortnight ad-
dresses which he made during his visit to Wash
ington in January. His political victory, and
particularly its landslide character, are matters
for qualification here
Evening star., 1954-05-06
"RIVERDALE, Md.

xt4 G1bx\6A44G1S 3N4Ns
Dear Sir:
I'VE have very pretty fence around
our property.
"It is crisscross design. with the
openings covered with wire fencing
that is not noticeable and the fence is
painted white.
The large dogs Jump over the fence
and the small ones dig under it.
What do ! do next?
Sincerely. F. E. c."
The thing to do now, Mrs. c.. is to
put up higher fence, then extend
wire netting down a foot into the
ground.
There are few dogs. however big, that
can go over foot fence.
AS for the persistent little ones
usually the wire netting fixes them:
if not. the thing to do is plant a good
thick hedge of some prickly material
along the fence.
All except the high jumpers will be
kept out. AS for them. nothing viii stop
them, if they once make up their minds
to go over.
We had bull terrier once that could
take foot old-fashioned Washington
board fence as easily as deer.
He simply ran up to the base Of the
fence and scared over as with wings.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Soviet Space Ship'?

=. Toward the end of 1948, in his first formal
report as Secretary of Defense, the late James
E. ForreStal revealed that our Army Navy and
Air Force scientists had set up special research
project described officially as the Earth Satel-
lite Vehicle Program" Nothing more has been
said about the undertaking since then, and it
may or may not be in an active state today. But
whether it is or not-whether it has been
dropped altogether or whether work is continu-
ing on it in strict Secrecy-there is some reason
to worry about what the Russians may be trying
to do in the same field.
At any rate, according to George P. Sutton,
chief of the aerophysics department of North
American Aviation, there are strong indications
that the Soviet Union is engaged in major ef-
fort-in conjunction with an all-out program to
build up great arsenal of rockets and guided
missiles-to arm itself with the kind of space
ship" that the Forrestal report referred to more
than six years ago. AS described by Mr.. Sutton,
the Russian project is aimed at producing an
artificial earth satellite-a diminutive brother
of the moon-that could be shot beyond the
pull of gravity and made to fly around the
globe every four hours in fixed orbit that
would make it visible to all the nations below.
Theoretically at least, such an instrument,
besides serving as an intimidatng symbol of
power, would have fantastic military potential
ties. For instance, equipped with elaborate
electronic devices, it could travel indefinitely in
its orbit as a sort of space spy or planetary
watchdog, and it might serve as directing sta
ton to guide atomic rockets to targets in any
part of the world Perhaps its value in that
sense is questionable, but even if it is, even if
satellite warfare seems too Buck Rogerish ever
to become reality. the idea is none the less
conceivable enough not to be laughed off.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Uranium Competition
Seen as Years Awuy
Breeder Type Reoctor
Not Yet Developed
By Thomos R. Henry

Probability of uranium reactors COM
petitive economically with coal or oil
power plants is unlikely for at least 10
to Is years.
1t will require construction Of q
breeder type" reactor. It will take
several years Of development before
even a prototype can be built.
This is the conclusion Of Howard
G. Vesper. vice president of the Stand
ard Oil Co. of California, as reported
to the Stanford University Research
Institute. Many may have been misled
by recent developments into believing
that the day of atomic power is close
at hand. he says.
The breeder or fast" sreactor Gre
ates more atomic fuel than it con-
sumes by converting ordinary uranium
into plutonium and thus reduces the
ultimate fuel cost in power produc-
ton almost to zero.
A Controlled Bomb.
Construction of a full-scale eco-
nomlc breeder" Mr.. Vesper says, could
not possibly be successfully undertaken
today. The fast breeder must operate
in spectrum of very energetic neu-
irons. This means that the breeder is
truly controlled bomb. The metallurgy
OF materials and the methods of con-
trolling a reactor of this type are as
yet not developed.
The advent Of a commercial breeder
must await several years of intensive
development. do not believe that
cheap or even competitive nuclear DOW
er will be available for some years to
come. With the cessation of new pro.
duction plant development, the Acc
turned to the development of electric
power. Much publicity attended this.
Power Reactor Favored.
AFTER two years of effort, the eco
nomicS of nuclear power did not appear
sufficiently good to interest private
capital and large program of com.
mercial scale production was discon-
tlnued. Instead, the Acc chose to con-
centrate on power reactor that could
be quickly developed as a buffer to the
Russians, even while recognizing that
it could not produce economic power
IN the United States.
Work has at least temporarily been
stopped on the full-scale development
of the breeder.
Il expect ultimately to see MANY
applications of nuclear power in the
United States. but in the absence of
sharp rises in coal and oil prices. I
90 not expect to see any substantial
part OF this country's power require-
ments come from nuclear sources in
the next 10 to Is years."
Evening star., 1954-05-06
The Team Stays in Harness

For 40 of the IS remarkably useful years
that DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor has served the
National Geographic Society, DR.. John Oliver
La Gorce has been his close friend, associate
and second member of the team. While the
changes announced yesterday by the society's
Board of Trustees mark the happy conclusion
of one bright chapter in the history of the
society, the association of these two men as
the directing forces of great enterprise con-
the chief as president of the society and the
editor of it's distinguished magazine, Dr. Gros-
venor becomes the chairman of the Board of
Trustees. The continuity of a dramatic success
story thus remains unbroken, and that is as
it should be.
AS success story, the work of these two
builders of the National Geographic Society
stands by itself. In reminiscent vein Dr.
GroSvenor Sketched some of its highlights in
his letter to the board, recommending the
changes approved yesterday by the trustees,
and parts of that interesting chronicle are
quoted elsewhere in today's Star The success
was built on the solid foundation of sound
and worthy idea-the diffusion of knowledge
of geography as one means of bringing people
together through greater understanding Of the
world they share. It has been in the execution
of that idea that the genius of Dr. Grosvenor
anu LIZ La Gorce ueVeIopeo, ana WHICH Is
measured now in the astonishing growth of the
society and its magazine over the past half
century. Wherever people read, they read the
National Geographic, great medium of educa-
ton. constructive force in the progress of
civilization.
To the new editor and to the new chairman
of the board, both of them such distinguished
members of our Washington community, The
Star joins the membership of the society in
extending congratulations and all good wishes.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
The 'Phony' Letter

The significance of what Counsel Joseph N
WEIGH calls the phony letter in the Army
Mccarthy case remains somewhat obscure It
may be doubted that Senator Mccarthy know
tngly misrepresented the document as carbon
copy of a 'letter" from FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover to Major General A. R. Boiling, chief
OF Army Intelligence in 1851. Actually, the
document was an abstract of a 15-page report
which Mr.. Hoover sent to General Bolling-an
abstract which the Senator says was slipped to
him by an Army Intelligence officer.
Apparently the "letter" was an accurate
summary of the report, as far as it went. This
being so, there would not seem to have been
any advantage to Senator Mccarthy in letting
the investigating committee accept the docu-
ment as carbon copy of letter had he known
it to be carbon copy of summary of an FBI
report. The Senator has refused to say who
gave him the purported letter. He may be
right-although that would seem to invalidate
the document as uSable evidence. 1t will surely
be reflection on Army Intelligence however,
II the Army itself is unable to establish re-
sponsibility for this leak from highly conf1den-
tial files.
The incident emphasizes again that there are
questions of integrity and veracity in the Army
Mccarthy case The basic issue is not whether
special treatment was sought for an Army
private, or whether he received it. AS Senator
Mcclellan has said, "the charges and counter
charges that have been made strike at the
integrity of the administration of the Army,
and also at the integrity of standing commit
tee of the Senate" These charges and counter
charges do not involve differences of opinion
or conflicting interpretations. Some one is not
telling the truth. And though it may be painful
to carry on the investigation, it should be con-
tinusd until every effort has been made to find
out who has been lying
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Doom, Gloom or Boom?

According to Frank r. Kent. in his
May column. "a considerable portion
OF our vast heterogeneous population
is incapable of logical thought" because
they do not recognize that we are
threatened by dangerous imitation and
Federal financial bankruptcy. "If war
comes" says Mr.. Kent. "there is no
real strength in nation whose econ
omy is weak and unstable" This
prophecy of doom and gloom" came
from former President Herbert Hoover.
one of Kent's authorities" in an
address before the American Society
of Newspaper Editors. They were told
that the American people were court
ing economic disaster unless the Fed
eral budget was balanced. "The sin of
the continued deficit" made imitation
inevitable, mo matter what some
CHEEKY economists say" Mr. Hoover ac-
knowledges that there are economists
and one of these happens to be DR.. Ar
thur F. Burns. the Presidents chief
economic adviser-who disagree with
him, but Mr.. Kent says that "the solu-
ton is too clear to be debated" "The
problem is above politics, and eco
nomicS. According to Mr.. Hoover: 1.-THE
theology of this is that only a period of
self-denial in expenditures and no fur
ther tax cuts can wash this sin away"
He denied the claim of administration
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Met Curthy-Army Hearings

Once again Senator Mccarthy has
proven himself a master of tactics In
the present Army Carthy contro-
versy the Senator follows a carefully
worked-out pattern. Whenever a wit
ness on his side is being pressed by the
Army counsel. or gives any sign Of con-
fusion or Of needing sudden relief in
difficult situation. the Senator rushes
to his aid with point of order" OF
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Letters to The Star. !.

hardly likely the Army photographers
would have taken the picture as it ap-
peared in the form 1t was presented.
Whatever the motive Of the Secre-
.tary in bringing charges against Sena-
tor Mccarthy and his staff. the fact is
the investigation of rats in the Army
and elsewhere has virtually been sus-
pended since the Secretary's charges
have been subjected to the present
hearings. Hardly a day passed, when
Senator McCarthy's committee was
active, that one or more witnesses ap-
peared who took refuge behind the
fifth amendment. In my book, any
one who hides behind the fifth amend
ment is traitor and should either be
put in jail and kept there, or run out
Of the country. John T. Parkerson.