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Evening star., 1954-10-12
constontine Brown
In Defense Of Senator Mccarthy
Many Hord-Pressed Republican Senate Candidates
Would Welcome Compoiqn Aid Of Wiseonsinite
WlSCOnSInite

Republican candidates who
are hard pressed say that in
certain areas where they have
only O $3.50 chance they
would be sure Of being re-
turned II only Senator Nc
Carthy were permitted to CAM
paign for them. He is contro.
versial. true. But he would
draw out the vote Of those who
are angry and may stay home
on election day because they
feel he has been sacrificed
to those who oppose him for
his ruthless fight against COM
munism. And there are many
Americans not belonging to
the intelligentsia who believe
that communism must be
fought with gloves of.
Candidates frequently are
asked to explain why this Sem
ator is not permitted" by the
Republican National Commit
tee to campaign for his fellow
Republicans. The answer they
give is that nobody has placed
an embargo on Senator Nc
Carthy's political activities.
but he has failed to appear
before the electorate because
he is i'll In the hospital. Ac-
cording to reports, particu-
larly from Midwestern States.
this explanation .is not salts
factory. The candidates are
reminded that in 1852 Senator
Mccarthy was on the road
campaigning for President
Eisenhower within less than a
week after major surgery at
Bethesda Naval Hospital and
against the orders Of his doc
tors. II he was able to do that
then why can't he campaign
now, the candidates are asked.
particularly since last week he
was well enough to appear on
a television program and did
not look sick.
The much harried Republic
can candidates say that 1t may
be true that Senator McCarthy
would not get them any new
votes. But he could at least
draw out some Of the estimated
3 million who are said to be
sulking.
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the hearings on the row with
Secretary Of the Army Stevens
and his aides. The mail OF his
colleagues was also unusually
heavy. More than 30 per cent
favored Senator Mccarthy.
Relatively few letters were
written on good stationery.
Most were on cheap paper and
many in pencil, indicating that
the grass roots were taking
more than q casual interest in
the Senate Committees pro-
ceedings.
Senators usually are
swamped with letters on legis-
lative matters affecting local
or regional interests. But on
controversies affecting individ-.
uals it Is not easy to inflame
even a limited segment Of the
public. It takes more than
ordinary interest to induce
men and women to 60 to the
trouble Of writing letters.
Republican candidates are
fearful that those voters who
feel that Senator Mccarthy
has been ill-treated by the
administration may sit out
this election. And considering
that the Democratic registra-
ton is always higher than the
Republican, 1t is the Republic
lican candidates who stand to
lose if such a s...down strike
eventuates as some Republi-
cans fear 1t viii
The Democratic candidates
are not unhappy about the
situation. Some say, of the
record, when pressed by
Democratic McCarthyites"
that they have nothing
against Senator Mccarthy.
But publicly, during the cam
paign, they are duty bound to
take an anti-McC Carthy stand
because it is good politics. II
the top hierarchy in Washing
ton has decided to nail to the
door the skin of one Of their
top vote getters why should
the Democrats, whose job it is
to try to get the majority in
the 84th Congress. not help
out the Republican admins
tration on this particular task ?
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Charles E. Wilson,

This is the sirth in a
series of articles by top erecu-
ttUeS in the Eisenhower admin
istration, designed as midterm
reports to the American people
on the administrations ac-
complishments and plans. The
Stars use of the articles is
made possible by the courtesy OF
the NeU York Herald Tribune.)
National security and our
efforts to achieve world peace
must be attained with a mini
mum of encroachment on the
liberties we cherish and with
out imposing on the country
burden which will place our
economy in jeopardy. The De-
fense Departments part of
the job must be achieved by
getting the maximum combat
effectiveness for every dollar
made available by the people,
through their Congress.
We have moved rapidly
toward this goal since Janu-
airy. 1858. At the same time,
our current defense budget
for fiscal year 1855 Is about
$12 billion less than the 1854
budget submitted to the Con-
gress in January, 1858, by the
outgoing administration. The
use Of unspent funds from pre-
vious appropriations and the
1855 budget approved by the
Congress still permits the
rapid build-up Of modern de-
fenSeS.
The increasing capabilities
Of new weapons and new tech
niques are sweeping into dis
card the practice of gauging
military strength solely by a
count of men, and a census
Of ships, tanks. guns and
planes. We have reached an
era when it is more important
than ever that military
strength must be measured in
terms Of combat effectiveness.
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tee chairmanships In Congress.
and with the Southern bloc
committed against radical and
SocialiStic legislation, the con-
servatiyes of the North will be
told they may find that the
Democratic Party is better able
in the long run to ward on q
socialistic government than is
the Republican Party Of So
called liberals"
It's really the formula which
by analogy President Eisen-
hover proclaimed In his Dem
yer speech Friday. He called
for the continuing support of
the independents" who came
from the Democratic Party to
vote for him in 1852. Spokes-
men of the White House in re-
cent months have repeatedly
described these ''independ-
ents" as Of the so-called lib
eral" school. In the border
States, however - Maryland,
Kentucky. Oklahoma. and
West Virginia many Of the
independents are aggrieved
over the segregation issue, and
it is doubtful II in any Of those
States the Republicans will at
tain the seats in Congress
which they now hold.
BY dividing their votes be-
tween the two parties hereto
fore. the conservatives IN 10th
the North and South have
been losing their leverage in
American politics. Much will
be heard hereafter on the pro-
posal that, by uniting every
where within a single party
the Democratic Party - and
fighting for the nomination of
non-radicalS in the primaries.
the conservatives may have q
chance to keep governmental
policies from moving into the
direction Of state socialism.
public ownership. control Of
all education by the Federal
Government. and the heavy
tax burdens that come from
the so-called welfare state"
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
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States rights" That was a
magic phrase in the South.
Gen. Eisenhower's position on
the tidelands oil issue, more
over. was accepted as concrete
evidence of his fidelity to the
doctrine Of States rights.
But since the Eisenhower
administration sent a special
counsel from the Department
of Justice to appear before
the Supreme Court, Of the
United States to argue against
segregation, and later boasted
about the part it played in
persuading the Justices to rule
as they did. there is no longer
any doubt in the South that
the Eisenhower administra-
ton has reverted to the ira
ditional position Of the Re-
publican Party on the civil
rights issue. The move was
wholly unnecessary from a po-
litical standpoint. and, the
weakness in the strategy that
prompted it was the assump-
ton that there would be a
compensating vote among the
Negroes in the North. But the
Negro vote In the North Is
no longer as solid as it used
to be for any party, and today
the labor unions and radical
organizations swing large
numbers Of Negroes to the
Democratic Party.
The statistics of the voting
in the South in the. last few
elections indicate what a re-
turn of the independents" to
the Democratic primaries can
mean. Added strength for the
conservative side will come
from those Democrats who
have voted regularly tor their
own party heretofore but who
now have been stirred up by
the segregation decision. Many
foresee it as opening up the
doors Of intermarriage because
State laws forbidding this
might be held unconstitutional.
With the Southern conserva-
tives in possession Of commit
Evening star., 1954-10-12

Senator Gordon, q lawyer
from Roseburg, is conservative
in aspect and action. He sim
cerely feels he Is only adapting
himself to the political reali-
ties when he supports the Eli
senhower partnership power
policies and when he led the
fight to give the marginal sea
oil to the coastal States.
There is evidence that he
could not at first take seri-
ously the progressive young
Neubergers, who attacked him
as a "give-away Senator in a
give away administration"
The charge comes with more
force as Mr.. Neuberger has
been one of the Northwest's
most prolific writer's on power,
conservation and related SUBJ
jectS.
Senator Gordon SCOTS that
he is running against "a Sin.
Galahad with a wcrn-out
fountain pen." He says def
antly that his record ought to
elect him. In fact, he gives the
impression that he thinks there
is something not quite cricket
about the Neubergers' fiuency
and ability to dramatic the
issues.
For example. even his friends
admit Senator Gordon has
neglected his home fences and
Mr.. Neuberger will often ask
an audience: will any one
who has actually seen the
senior Senator from Oregon
please rise and tell us where?"
Especially in audiences where
women and young people Are-
dominate. there is. seldom a
taker.
The Eisenhower partnership
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air-power program also pro-
videS for the continued mod
ernization Of Is Navy air
groups. and three Marine
air wings, and air patrol
and anti-submarine units,
together with their support
elements. Since January, 1853.
we already have increased
our Air Force from 90 partially
equipped wings to lis combat
ready wings.
BY Developments such as
these. we have been able to
continue increasing our over
all combat strength while re-
ducing our total uniformed
personnel by 10000 since jan
uary. 1853. The ratio of combat
personnel to supporting mill
tary personnel is constantly
increasing. During this same
period we have also reduced
our civilian personnel by 1885,
600. At the same time. the
number of foreign nationals
employed in Defense Depart
rnent activities overseas has
been reduced by over 100, 900.
Second, there is efficiency In
programming. Military pro-
gramming is the means by
which proper balance is
achieved among all the ele-
ments that make up the mill
tary program. When the
United States was hit by the
conflict in Korea. our initial
build-up had to be on a cash
basis, and therefore it was very
costly. We promptly set about
getting these programs in
phase and gearing them to an
overall defense program which
could be attained in an orderly
fashion and maintained in
definitely.
Efficiency in programming is
receiving the concerted and
conscientious effort Of our de-
Tense team. Men, material.
bases. activation Of new or
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

More rains pet Chicago after record floods Republican
candidates wire Washington: 1--WE know this administration
close to heaven But aren't getting cofo?"
Most Republican and Democratic candidates are running
promise to help Ike good thing If them
ever get elected, Ike will need all the help he
In New York they're calling Hartman wealthy New
Deal candidate for Governor "the poor rich man.
Ike will name good Republican to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court pretty good married man.
It's the place where deliver without fear
Of being overruled.
Voter registration declines New York City Some voters
have lost interest in Washington since they that new sign
outside the United States Treasury Worlds largest deci
now under new management"
The Government the York Coffee Exchange of
Illegal trading Ikes men are trying to Ak the 10-mnute coffee
break so that breaks something besides guy takes
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Constantine Brown,

The debate on censure OF
Senator Joseph Mccarthy
promises to be long. hot and
one Of the most spectacular In
the history Of the Senate.
A group estimated at Is
Senators is preparing to take
up the fight against a censure
vote. Senator Mccarthy him
self will point out flaws and
.'inequities" in the hearings of
the Watkins Committee.
Other Senators are expected
to fight the principle that
the Senate must stand by
its constitutional preroga-
tives and avoid Furnishing any
Of its members who may have
incurred the displeasure Of the
Executive Branch.
Offlcial Republican spokes-
men say that the Mccarthy is
sue is totally unimportant in
the election campaign; that
the average voter Is satisfied
that the Watkins report was
fair and non-partisan and is
not particularly concerned
with what the Senate will do
with the Wisconsin stormy
petrol after the election.
This appraisal by the Repub-
lican high command is not
fully shared by many hard
pressed Republican candidates
who are fighting an uphill
fight this year. They say that
the average voter may not be
concerned about the censure Of
Senator Mccarthy. But they
add that out of a total of 60
million voters there are at
least 5 per cent g million)
who are strong Mccarthy SYM
pathizers. This. they add. Is a
conservative figure.
It is pointed out that the
volume of mail received by the
Senators during the Army
Mccarthy hearings and during
the Watkins investigation COM
pares favorably with that re-
ceived by the Senate after
President Truman dismissed
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Senator Mccarthy himself
averaged more than 1000 let
ters and kilograms daily during
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envisages that for its invest
ment in dams the Federal Gov
ernment will retain navigation,
flood control and similar pha-
ses while private utilities get
the power to sell. Mr. Neu-
berger claims this resembles a
department store partnership
in which one partner gets the
decorations, elevators and
powder rooms while the other
gets all the sales counters.
One man to sense the COP.
peril in all this is Secretary
of Interior Douglas Mckay, an
Oregonian who enunciates the
Eisenhower policy. Mr.. Nc
Kay's salesman instincts are
shown in the fact that he has
that rare money-making busi-
ness, an automobile agency al
lowed to sell both Chevrolets
and Cadillacs. He has been
here beating the bushes hard,
addressing small groups and
putting all his considerable
knowledge Of the Oregon char
acter into the fight. He is re-
ported to have told Senator
Gordon to "get the lead out Of
his pants and get going"
Besides the States voting
habits, Senator Gordon prob
ably has an asset in the slogan
. that Oregon can't afford two
Morses." The reference is to
the stormy Junior Senator, a
progressive elected as a Re-
publican who now proclaims
himself an independent. Sem
ator Morse and Mr.. Neuberger
are together on power and
other issues and Senator
Morse is campaigning for the
challenger.
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Doris fIeeson-
Doris ELeeson-
Democratic Hopes i'm Oreqon
Porty Hoping Neubereers Adventures in: Politics
VIII Give It First Senotor in Stote in 40 Years

PORTLAND. Ore.-Wash-
ington. Hollywood and Oregon
itself are intensely curious
about the Adventures in Poll
tics" Of Dick and Maurine
Neuberger that may perhaps
send an Oregon Democrat to
the Senate for the first time in
40 years.
The Neubergers are the hus-
band-and-wife team in the
State Legislature that decided
the veteran Senator Guy Cor
don was running out on the
power and conservation poll
cies vital to the States growth
and prosperity. Dick won the
Democratic nomination, and
Maurine has been sharing the
work in a campaign which has
raised more questions about
what goes on In Washington
than Oregon has heard in
decades.
There is deep curiosity about
how much of a dent they are
making among people nor
mally resistant to change. II
it is a real dent and they can
attract to the polls the many
newcomers who followed the
New Deal public power dams
to the State. the job is done
and the effect on national
power policy will be immense.
Hollywood. anyway, h a S
made a postelection date to
discuss the juSt-published
Adventures" book by Dick.
And he has shattered the re-
nowned Gordon complacency
which has rebuffed publicity
and even conversation about
his activities,
Evening star., 1954-10-12

cient management of defense
activities.
Realistic progress has been
made in providing for CONT
mental defense. Modern equip
ment is being incorporated in
our continental defense sys-
TENS as rapidly as possible.
Active fighter interceptor
wings have been modernized
and their number increased.
Our radar defense has been
improved on the ground, in
the air. and at sea. Nike guided
missile defenses are being in
stalled at more and more
points. In addition, organiza-
tional improvement of the
Continental Defense Com
mand adds to the strength of
our defenses.
New weapons, which only q
few years ago were mere
dreams, are now available for
our defense. On September 80,
the Navy commissioned its first
nuclear powered submarine.
Other new weapons are be-
coming available in greater
and greater numbers.
At the same time, we are in
creasing the mobility and COM
bat readiness Of our forces by
redeployment. The armistice
concluded in Korea and the
build-up Of Korean forces per-
mitted the return Of two divi-
sions from Korea this spring,
and only recently we an
nounced the reassignment of
four other divisions now in
Korea. Navy and Air Force
redeployments have also been
announced. In numerous areas
overseas. the free worlds de-
fense potential is being in
creased by the development of
military bases for our common
security.
1t is my strong conviction
that our. basic military strategy
is sound. This does not mean
that our military program is
not subject to detailed changes
to meet changing world condi-
tions or to take advantage of
new chronological develop
ments. These overall pro-
grams represent the considered
judgment of the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff, the National Security
Council, and the President.
They provide for adequate
military strength under world
conditions as we see them
today.
One Of the important char
acteristics Of American mill
tary strength is our ability to
maintain flexibility in military
plans to meet changing condi-
tions We are continually re-
assessing world developments
and re-sxamining our pro-
gram to meet the present day
rapidly changing world con-
ditions.
The Defense Department
must continue to have the
active and understanding sup
port of our scientists and OF
our industrial managers. What
is even more important. we
must continue to have the
support of all of the people OF
this country. 1t is our firm
belief that by the exercise OF
efficiency in planning, in pro-
gramming, and In day-to-day
operations. we can continue in
an orderly manner to provide
adequately for our national
security for the foreseeable
future, at a price that will not
place our way of life in peril
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Congress will Elect
New Head Of Honduras
BY The A.soeia,sd Press 5.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras,
Oct. 12.-Liberal candidate RAJ
mon Villeda Morales missed elec-
ton as President of Honduras
Sunday by less than 4,500 votes,
returns showed today. Congress
now must decide between him
and the runner-up, Nationalist
Party Chief Tburcio Carias
Andino.
Mr.. Villeda Morales won 121, :
213 of the 25l.295 votes cast in
the national balloting-4,435
short of the majority required
for election under the constitu-
ton. Mr.. Carias Andino re-
ceived 77.04l and reform candi-
date Abraham Williams. 63,041.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
treaty Curb Revival
Doubtful This Year,
Knowland Predicts
~ tho A,seein.ed Pres.

! Senator Knowland, Republi-
can, Of California, said today he
doubts any further move will
be made in Congress this year
for a constitutional amendment
curbing the Presidents power to
make international pacts.
The Senate Friday night killed
by one vote substitute by SEN
ator George. Democrat. Of Geor-
gia. for an already-dead pro-
posal by Senator Bricker, Re-
publican. of Ohio. Senator
Knowland said he knew of. no
veto reconsider the vote.
Senators Bricker and George
said, however. the issue would
be revived in this falls congress
sional campaign.
Although any one of five alb
Sentee Senators, or any who
voted against the George plan.
could move to reconsider next
week. the split among the five
who didn't vote was such that
the George substitute evidently
would lose II all So Senate votes
were recorded.
Senator George had proposed
language under which treaties
and other international agree
ments would be void If they did
not conform to the Constitution.
Executive agreements other than
treaties could become effective
as internal law only by act of
Congress.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton had opposed the latter pro-
vision as likely to curtail the
Presidents war powers and ham
per his conduct Of diplomatic
relations with other countries.
Chairman Wiley of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
said in statement that rejec-
ton Of all proposed constitu-
tional changes by the Senate was
"a great bipartisan victory for
the administration and for the
President"
Lennon May Seek Second
Vote On George Proposal
BY the Assoeietsd Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N. c.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
1t. Gen. Bryan Will Become
West Point Superintendent
Slated to Succeed
Maj. Gen. Irving
lute This Yeur

1t. Gen. BlackShear M. Bryan
commander of the 1st Corps ir
Korea will become superinten-
dent of West Point this fall.
He will succeed Maj, Gen
Frederick A. Irving. who is sched-
uled to retire September 80 after
more than 81 years service
Gen Bryan is a native of Alex
andria La. and a 1922 graduate
of the Military Academy. He has
been an instructor and assistant
football coach there three times
during his Army career.
During World War II he served
as chief of the Policy Section II
the War Department General
Staff and later as Provost Mar
shal General.
Gen Bryan was assigned to
the Far East in January, 1851,
where he has been successfully
commander Of the Oath Infantry
Division in Korea: deputy chief
Of staff of the Far East Com
mand; commander of the 18th
Corps in Japan, senior member
of the Military Armistice Com
mission. and since last Octobe,
commander Of the lst Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

bound to be plenty Of talk. re-
CARELESS of whether Alaskan and
believes there will be less chance
Hawaiian Statehood bills are
welded together or split apart.
But Senator Knowland said he
Of filibusterS If the measures are
handled separately.
The Californian said the Sec
ond big test in the tussle over
Statehood may come on a pro-
posal Of Senator Smathers, DEM
ocrat. Of Florida, to grant the
two territories commonwealth
status, similar to that of Puerto
Rico.
The Senate is expected to put
aside the Statehood issues to-
morrow to act on the long-de-
layed nomination of former Gov.
Earl Warren of California as
Chief Justice of the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Women Goes to Dogs
And Gets 3-Piece Suit

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27.-Eve1
hear of a suit made of dogs
hair?
Mrs. Frieda Schmidt of subur-
ban Lemay has a three-piece
ensemble made from the comb
ings of her two Samoyed dogs
which she saved for two years.
The combings-41a pounds in
weight-were> sent to a woman
in Rhode Island who spun and
wove the hair into cloth. Then
the material was cleaned and
Shrunk.
Mrs. Schmidt sewed the three
piece suit herself. Total cost of
the more than 6 yards of mate
rial. 81 inches wide. was $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

Feb. Ex-senator Lennon, Dem
ocrat. Of North Carolina. said
here today that he will confer
with Senator George, Democrat,
Of Georgia Monday on the posi-
bility of calling back for an
other Senate vote the George
proposal to limit the treaty
making powers of the President.
The George proposal, a sub
stitute for the original Bricker
amendment, apparently was
killed by a single vote last night.
Sixty Senators supported the
amendment and 81 opposed it,
but the opposition was enough
to prevent the two-thirds ma
jority needed.
Lennon noted that since he