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The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-02-19

drama on which they have been working for some time The pub lie is especially invited to this meeting.
 A dinner will be given on Sun day night by the Alaska Native sisterhood. At 7:30 will be a pub lie Salvation Meeting, conducted by the visitors. This will be their last service, as, they plan to leave early Monday morning to return to Rake. Ut McHarg will fly back to Juneau that day.
 The public is invited to all ser vices, which will be held at the Salvation Army Hall on Front Street.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-02-19
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Evening star., 1954-10-17

war problems caused postponement of
reconstruction. Recently, however, work
was started to complete the waterproof
ing Of the terraces and steps on three
sides of the building. This work, being
done by 60 men, is expected to cost $780,
600. In way, reconstruction of the ter
race land other related work, such as
the realignment of terrace balustrades)
is more difficult than putting up new
building. Wherever possible. the original
work has to be saved, making the project
a giant jig-saw puzzle. One phase in
wolves reconstruction of 60 granite
boxes to hold thousands of flowers.
Evening star., 1954-10-17
CAPITOL TERRACES
Phetostery BY Larry Stevens

A VIEW denied to Washingtonians and
"A tourists for more than Is years
will be available when Congress con-
venes in January. It is the panorama
of the Mall and downtown area from
the terraces on the north, west and
south sides of the Capitol Building.
Before World War II, the terraces were
closed to the public because they were
leaking. A temporary membrane water
proofing surface was placed over them.
but. even so, occupants of some of the
rooms below still had to keep pots and
pans handy to catch dripping water
whenever it rained. The war and post
Evening star., 1954-05-24

licly announced retreat to the
last line-for that is what the
one-year extension is the
high tarifhtes are talking hope
fully Of rolling over that and
defeating extension of the law.
That would kill it and auto
matically throw tariff making
back into Congress again.
That is CHASTITY to contem-
plate. at least by any one such
as this reporter, who saw SAM
Piles Of such congressional tar
iff-making, with its log rolling,
dealing and double dealing,
its unscientific rate-fixing, in
the 1922 Fordney- Nc Cumber
Tariff law and the more noto-
rious Hawley-Smoot Act Of
1890. The last, you may re-
call. provoked other nations to
raise their tariff walls against
us and paralyzed foreign trade.
That contributed, In turn, to
the worldwide depression and
even, or so some claim, to
World War II.
These are gloomy thoughts,
perhaps too gloomy. For the
President has commitments
from his leaders to give him
the fiat one-year extension Of
the law, enough to save the
skeleton. to retain the prin-
ciple, that is. by the help Of
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Dorothy Thon1pson-
Our ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CoIurnnist Feels People Fail to Comprehend
Real Nub of Mccarthy Controversy
Ill to Comprehend
Inv Controversy

and retreated until the Sen
ator's spies invaded the Army
of which he is commander In
chief. There he took his first
real stand. and even there ini-
TALLY weakly and half heart
edly.
The President did not call q
halt on the activities Of Mr..
Cohn and Mr.. Schine when
they invaded our embassies
abroad in the most ridiculous
and Scandalous performance
Of irresponsible sleuths In our
history. He could easily have
done SO by instructing his off,
cials not to receive them. That
would have meant a fight but
the battle was inevitable.
A dozen crises could be cited
where the President could and
should have asserted the 'au-
thority Of his of1ice.
Now, In refusing to permit
disclosure Of q confidential
conference between members
Of his close sta6, he is finally
standing on firm constitutional
grounds. but In o bad political
situation.
The President has not in
voked the fifth amendment.
He has invoked the whole
Constitution of the United
States.
But his previous failures to
act have contributed to OBJ
scure the issue, which never
has been clear, we suspect, to
a majority Of A nj ric q n
citizens.
If not, why not?
If 1t is not clear it is because
Of the deplorable condition Of
education in the United States.
The fact is that the average
high school graduate could not
give q coherent account Of the
way the American Government
is formed and functions, Of the
limitations and extensions Of
its three powers, or Of why this
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever

Government experts say there's chance Of war with
Russia We're much at home-trying decide
whether to fight Gustc1nala or. Britain first
kes for social security House action
The Hbob has changed the security picture Ike
promises take OF from the cradle to the
The g. O. returns to the Tv today with helpful
first aid hints In this second act Of the hear
ingS the Republican Party will show how to its head
after cutting its throat from to
Democratic Chairman Mitchell says Mccarthy threatens
to reduce anarchy Anarchy state of utter
confusion produced by other than Democratic
landslide
trat the Senate has killed Ikes proposal to
VOTE maybe the Of the house take his
mind Oft world afers long enough to cut the grass.
Republican says afraid something will
happen the country the Democrats again. Republicans
promise tet II they win again be nothing at all
will happen.
Politicians predict the New York governorship will be
between Tom Dewey AID Franklin Roosevelt r Dewey has
tough time Once he too young to beat Senior Now he
hopes he isn't too old to beat Junior.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
DoNid LoMence---
World War HI Feared Closer
Reds Are Already Fighting 1t and Regard Geneva
As Muneuver on BottIefieds of Europe und Asio
Dovid Lowrence

GENEVA. May 24.-A peace
conference while Q war Is go
ing on has few precedents to
guide anybody. especially when
one side Is losing steadily on
the battlefield and the other
sees no immediate reason to
forgo its advantage by stop
ping the fighting. That's the
situation with respect to Indo-
China.
Hence the world now may
expect an intenSif1cation Of the
war in Southeast Asia, with
the probability that it will be
broadened into an interna-
tional war before long. Any
day now details Of the French
plan to change its command
and put into effect q compre-
hensiee program for winning
the war in Indo-C China may be
expected to be disclosed. It has
been under discussion. in Paris
ever since the fall Of Dien
Bien Phu. and the American
Government has been kept
closely informed.
This doesn't mean that ne
gotiations here for an armi-
stice are to be broken OF. On
the contrary. the efforts to get
o cease-f1re under conditions
that are satisfactory to the
various nations concerned on
the allied side will continue
with vigor in the hope that
somewhere, somehow a meet
ing Of minds can be attained.
But the working out of an
armistice is complicated by so
many local factors and the
Communists show no signs Of
yielding on anything essential
that the outlook for an armi-
stice is at this writing far from
encouraging.
There have been some in
teresting episodes in the last
few days the significance Of
which may have been exag-
gerated in some quarters. An
thony Eden, British Foreign
Secretary, told Chou En-Lai,
the Red Chinese foreign min
lister, that he must not do things
that viii push America too far.
To this, the Red envoy replied
that he counted on the Brit
ish to hold America in line.
Mr.. Eden promptly replied that
there should be no miSunder-
standings on that point. for,
If q showdown came, the Brit
ish would be found standing
with America.
This isn't the first time that
Americas plans and contingent
action in the world as q result
Of the Indo-C China affair have
been the subject Of intimate
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Crusade Seen Hitting Snoq
Presidents Surrender Trade Plan Surprises Writer;
Thinks High Torifftes Will Aim for Complete Victory

once dynamic military leader
who pushed our armies across
Africa and Europe trans
formed now, in his different
role as our national leader in
the White House, into one who
Is willing to Withdraw to pre-
viously prepared positions" at
the slightest frown or squawk
from a noisy high-tariff Con-
gresham or lobbyist.
AS q practical matter, be-
cause Of the bitter opposition
within his own party, it was
recognized that the flat one
year extension was about all
that could be salvaged for the
President out Of Congress this
session. But it was hardly ex-
pected that the President
would surrender publicly. in
advance. Such appeasement Of
the new resurgent high-tariff
forces only whips them up to
push forward to the complete
victory.
That-their avowed aim
is destruction of the reciprocal
trade program established by
Congress 90 years ago-in 1884
under which the State De-
partment was delegated to
negotiate with other nations
for tariff reductions. Now, as
q result Of the Presidents pub
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Thomas L. Stokes

Check on another casualty
In the dynamic, forward-look-
ing Eisenhower program"
Dead and abandoned Is the
elaborate, comprehensive for
eien trade program recon-
mended so hopefully to Con-
gress several weeks ago by
President Eisenhower. Among
other features. the most essen
tial Is extension for three
more years Of the reciprocal
tariff act, and with authority
to negotiate for further tariff
reductions on a selective basis.
and UP to is per cent. over
the next three years.
The President has now an
nounced publicly that he'll
settle. instead. for q nat one
year extension Of the act, as
was voted by Congress last
year, with no additional
latitude for tariff cuts. This
means another year Of mark
ing time. for there is virtually
no leeway to negotiate further
under the act as it stands.
The fine words Of the Pres
ident in his message to Con-
greSS about the need Of ex-
panded trade to strengthen
our allies so they can help
themselves have Q hollow ring
now. We are treated to the
disappointing spectacle Of the
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Is Million Persons
IS or Over in u. s
By 1860 Predicted
BY the Asseeiased Press

CHICAGO, May 24.-Barring
catastrophe, there will be in the
United States at least .16 mil
ion persons aged IS and over by
1860 and 10 million a decade
later, according to the forecast
of a University Of Florida Soci-
ologist.
There are now more than IL
million in that age group
r. Lynn Smith said yesterday
these figures might even be con-
siderably higher if there are
any Spectacular medical de-
velopments that sharply cut NOR
tality rates among the older
population"
Attracted to Five States.
Writing in the current Journal
Of Business, Mr.. Smith says older
persons are leaving New York,
Pennsylvania and Illinois. The
aged have been mostly attracted
to California, Florida, Texas,
Washington and Louisiana. in
the order named.
Mr.. Smith said his studies of
distribution of the aged popu-
lation indicated the smallest
rural villages and hamlets, Of
less than 1000 population. have
81 per cent more than their pro
rata share of oldsters.
Highest of any single town is
st. Petersburg, Fla, with l60 per
cent more than its pro rata
share, followed by Pasadena,
Calf. with LOT per cent more.
Completing the top five In order
Of aged proportion are Atlantic
City. N. j.: Long Beach, Calf.
and Spokane, Wash.
Most Marked Scarcity.
At the opposite end Of the
scale, the city with the most
marked scarcity Of older persons
is Corpus Christi, Tex. followed
by Charleston, s. c.: Baton
Rouge, La: Columbus, Ca. and
Charlotte. N. c.
Among the largest cities, Los
Angeles has 10 per cent more
Evening star., 1954-05-24

discussion with the Commu-
nists here. There is reason to
believe that Mr.. Molotov was
told virtually the same thing
two weeks ago. It is, Of course.
an effort to prevent the alleged
British-American divergence Of
view from being construed by
the Communists as q break In
the Western alliance. Appar-
emily the warnings have had
little effect, for the defiance Of
the West by both Red China
and the Soviet has continued
here since those warnings were
given.
Perhaps the most illumi-
mating chapter in the rela-
tions between the Communists
and the free world has just
been written in the speeches
here on the Korean problem.
Mr.. Molotov, speaking for So
Wet Russia, has called the
United Nations a belligerent
and insists it shall have Moth
ing to do with the supervision
Of any settlement in Korea.
Chou En-Lai, speaking for Red
China, says the same thing
and makes a slight concession
to the allies by condescending
to permit an international
commission Ito assist" the all
Korean commission in super
vising elections. But the all
Korean commission he proposes
would be half Communist and
half South Korean. and that
means a deadlock. of course,
and a disregard for the fact
that four-f1fths of the popula-
ton is in South Korea.
So it is evident that the
Communists haven't the slight
est intention of working out
an agreement here to solve
the Korean problem and to
bring about the unif1cation of
the country. Indeed, both
Chou En-Lai and Molotov hold
that the United Nations is an
aggressor and is therefore un-
able to be impartial.
The idea that 100000 Amer
ican casualties were incurred
Ito repel aggression" by Red
China, whose armies were as
sisted by Soviet Russia, or that
this action was a disinterested
and unselflsh one is rejected
by the Communists. The
American delegation is ex-
pected this week to answer the
charge of alleged aggression
by the United Nations. but it
will come as a surprise to most
Americans to learn that, de-
spite the military effort made
by the United Nations forces
in Korea, this hasn't impressed
the Communists and they now
are proposing to get the con-
troll Of all Korea which they
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Gonstontne Brown
Why Conn and Carr Will Testify
Mccarthy Decides 'Television Jury Wants to Hear
Feels Failure to Appear Would Prejudice Future

hearing It on the radio. And
since the average 1000 letters
and kilograms Senator Nc
Cartty receives daily indicated
that the people wanted TO see
the great controversy con-
tinued the Wisconsin Senator
decided not to bolt.
In Senator McCarthy's own
mind as well as In the minds
Of at least two Of the Senators
who win be called on to write
the formal report at the end
Of the hearings. some justifi-
cation could be found for not
allowing Mr.. Cohn and Mr..
Carr to testify.
Senator Mccarthy is now
convinced that the Secretary
Of the Army did not relish the
idea Of releasing the alleged
pressure report" He believes
firmly that Mr.. Stevens, rep
resented at the meeting in Mr..
Brownell's ONCE by John
Adams, was urged to take the
steps by those who attended
that meeting. Hence. Senator
Mccarthy says. this was q
political maneuver from higher
UP to muzzle him for keeps.
This being the case, what guar
antee can Mr.. Cohn and Mr..
Carr have that the Attorney
General. who receives the COM
mittee's transcripts for exami-
nation about possible perjury
on the part Of witnesses. will
not Judge them in a partisan
manner? No grand jury. SEN
ator Mccarthy believes, would
ever bring out an indictment
against those two members
Of his staff. But O mere an
nouncement that the testi-
monies Of Mr.. Cohn and Mr..
Carr were being sent to q
grand jury would make head
lines for q few days and the
future Of the two young men
would then be seriously in
jured.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Constantine Brown

The curtain has risen on
the last act Of what Senator
Mccarthy calls o "three-ring
circus" but what many others
describe as IAN American
tragedy"
Never in its history has this
Nation been faced with great
er perils from outside than it
is today. Yet the attention Of
the American people is TO-
cused on the show in the
Senate caucus room and only
scant attention is paid to the
scenes where the real drama
is being prepared: Geneva
and the Western Pacific.
The proceedings before the
subcommittee investigating
the McCarthy-Army contro-
versy are likely to last for sew
eral more weeks. According to
those close to the Wisconsin
Senator. neither he nor the
principals on his staff are go
ing to walk out Of the hearings.
It is said by these persons
that Senator McC Carthy's first
impulse, after he learned that
President Eisenhower would
not rescind the order Of silence
he had imposed on the princi-
pals attending Attorney Gem
eral Brownell's conference on
January al. was to order Roy
Cohn and Francis Carr not to
testify before the subcommit-
tee.
AS chairman Of the full
committee Mccarthy had the
power to void the subcommit-
tees supoenas.
He also knew that he him
self could refuse to testify.
But he soon realized that the
real jury in the present case
is not composed Of the seven
Senators in the hearing room
or even the whole Senate. The
jury is the largest this Ma
tion has even seen-the tens
Of millions who are watching
the proceedings on television or
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Vital Atomic Power Decision
OPpenheiner Case and Criticism Of Strauss
Importance of Bill Now Before Conqress

Mahon bill gave the five mem
bers equal power and stag
gered their terms to insure
continuity Of policy.
A Democratic outcry krocked
out the principal officer" des-
ignation, but the revised ver-
sion at one point still refers to
"the chairman as the principal
officer Of the commission"
Admiral Strauss was to have
taken the witness stand Mon
day. At his request the hear
ing was postponed to Wednes-
day. June 2. possibly because
the Oppenheimer report is
imminent. At that time how
ever he can expect a vigorous
crosS-examination and his COL
leagues may be expected to
follow him to the stand.
Thus personalities may res
cue the technical principles
which are so involved and hard
to explain. What the Cole
Hickenlooper bill-a rewrite Of
the White House proposals.
does is to fix the terms for
participation of private indus
try in the atomic energy pro-
gram.
What Democrats claim it
also does-but have had trou-
BILE dramatizing-is to set up
a patent system which will
create private monopolieS
costly and burdensome to the
taxpayers who have already
invested the staggering total
of $12 billion in the atom.
The President put safe
guards against monopoly into
his proposals; the bill as it
now stands dropped out that
part.
Evening star., 1954-05-24

Democratic votes. He will get
more of the latter, inciden-
tally, than Republican votes.
If one-year extension Is
achieved, then what? Well.
what we have become so ac-
customed to-more study" Or
at least talk. At the beginning
Of the next Congress. accord
ing to the plan, the House
Ways and Means Committee
would open public hearings on
the basis of the report by the
special commission headed by
Clarence Randall, the steel
man. That report was the basis
of the Presidents original pro-
gram that now is being ditched.
The administrations aim Is
to get in the next Congress
what it failed so notably to
set in this.
The prospects? They might
be fair if there is q Democratic
Congress with q workable
margin. It is difficult to see.
however. how the President
could do any better with an
other Republican Congress
than he has with the present
one. That is, unless he should
DO what he heretofore has not
done which is, first, to go be-
fore the people with his pro-
gram and as if he meant it
and, second, to give encour-
agement to the minority in
his party in Congress which
shares his views on foreign
trade.
It is Mr.. Randall's calcula-
ton that high-tariff advocates
in industry are really much in
the minority. though noisier
and better organized than
those who are for liberalizing
our trade policy. But the latter
lack leadership, and only the
President can supply that.
Evening star., 1954-05-24

Government was so constituted
in the first place. And this
despite the fact that no gov
ernment in history was ever
more deliberately thought out
than ours, none at its begin-
nings more scrutinized from
every aspect Of reason and his
torical experience. and none
other gave to posterity, in the
Federalist Papers, the whole
record Of the arguments as to
why this Government was set
up as 1t is. -....- .
Even the President Of the
United States had never read
these basic documents on
American Government before
he assumed its leading office.
Neither have a majority Of COLI
lege graduates. And neither.
] venture to suggest. has Sena.
Cor McCarCny.
So, II ] call the Senator an
anarchist" q foe Of the Or
derly processes Of this Govern.
ment-and whether whiting or
unwilling is profoundly irrele-
vant-it is with the apprehen-
sion that many Of my readers
won't know what / am talking
about, and will put it down to
some personal, emotional,
partisan bias, to be applauded
or damned according to their
own likes or dislikeS.
But it's not their fault. It's
the fault of the education.
(Released BY The Bell Syndicate, Ine.I
Evening star., 1954-05-24

were unable to get through
armed operations.
So as yet it Is wishful think
ing to say that the only Lam
guage. the Communists under
stand is military force. The
fact is they do not understand
1t unless it is military force
exerted with maximum power.
The terrible blunder made in
the autumn of 1850 in not per-
mitting the bombardment Of
bases in Manchuria and the
blockade of the China Coast,
as recommended by Gen. Mac
Arthur and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff but objected to by the
British, is now coming into
full fruition for all historians
to see. The outcry then that
it would have led to q third
World War will seem far
fetched when the Communists
some day force the third World
War anyway and the allies
are caught with the Commu-
nists in control Of all Asia.
What doesn't seem to be
generally realized is that, from
the Communist point of view,
World War III has started
and such things as a Geneva
conference are simply mill
tary maneuvers on the big
chessboard Of both Europe
and Asia.
For today not only are the
Allies weak in Asia but they
are losing out in Europe, too.
The European Defense Treaty,
on which was based the hope
for a substantial contribution
of German soldiers for the
common defense, now has been
pushed farther and farther
into the background as a result
of the Communist victories in
Indo-China. The French Parli-
ament. shaky and floundering.
has postponed action on the
treaty for several months.
Meanwhile, Germany is res
tive. England is vacillating.
Italy is face to face with
a really serious Communist
threat from within. While
the peace conference at Gene
va has been a worthwhile
effort to make-for it has
cleared the air and some minor
advantages may yet accrue
from tit cannot, as things
look now, be expected to re-
move world tension and as
sure us against a widespread
war. It contains elements
which can bring that war
even closer. The time for
larger military preparation and
perhaps for large-scale mobili-
zation may not be far dis
tant.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Dorothy Thompson

President Eisenhower's re-
fusal to permit his officials to
disclose the conversations in q
meeting Of his staff on Janu-
ary 81 produces confusion for
two reasons.
The President took his stand
too late, and vast numbers Of
the American people don't
understand the constitutional
issue involved.
The issue was always there,
but the President long avoided
meeting it.. Doubtless for po-
litical reasons he did not want
to clash with a Republican
Senator whose considerable
following made him a party
asset as long as he confined
himself to charges against the
Truman -Acheson" regime.
That the Senator's methods
OF pursuing communists and
other security risks in execu-
tive departments amounted to
setting up a private espionage
network by q member Of the
legislative body within the
Presidents domain and was o
fragrant attack on the consti-
tutional obligations Of the ex-
ecutive Office, was apparent to
any one who knew and under
stood the American Constitu-
ton with its division of powers.
And it should further have
been clear to everybody that no
chief executive could govern
at all effectively under such
conditions.
But the President retreated