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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
DorIs FIeeson-
Senate Cast in Its Worst LiQht
Spectacle Of Probing Loyalty Of Chief Justice Warren
Called ForcioI and Gross Waste of FBIs Energy

part Of Senators for them
selves and their own high Of
fee.
The Senate has it's rules but
it operates in large areas by
a kind of common consent. If
enough Senators had troubled
to notice or to care about what
was happening to the Office of
Chief Justice. the present de-
lay could not have occurred.
What their indifference has
accomplished is to advertise
that a President can no longer
be trusted to nominate nor
Senators to weigh a Chief
Justice of the United States.
The precedent of an FBI 10y
atty and security check has
been set in the case of Earl
Warren.
For the Senate judiciary
Committee is about to sit down
and solemnly deliberate on an
FBI report on man who has
lived all his adult life in the
goldfish bowl of politics. served
10 years as Governor of Cali
fornia and run for Vice Presi-
dent in l948 on the ticket of
the party now in power. All
this in the absence of any
real doubt about him or any
charges against him. Compar-
isons are odious but it is also
we'll known that Earl Warren's
personal life can stand anal
ysis better than that of many
national figures.
Incidentally, the Senators
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won't really see the FBI re-
port; only the chairman has
that privilege. They will be
told second hand what he saw
in it f1rst-hand. 1t is described
as a limited FBI report" and
was made in a rather brief
time. A safe bet is that if it
isn't the greatest waste ever Of
the FB1's time and taxpayers
money, it will do until the Sem
ate decides on an FBI check of
an elected President before he
takes the oath.
OF the Office Of Chief Jus
tice, the philosopher William
Charming once wrote: There
is a department of Govern
ment of more Importance than
the Senate. an Office more
exalted than that of the Presi-
dent. The department is the
Judiciary and the Office is that
of the Chief Justice.
THE Chief Justice should
rank before King or President.
The pomp of palace may be
dispensed with but every i'm
posing solemnity consistent
with the simplicity of our
manners should be combined
in the hall where every mans
rights are administered.
"The dependence of the
Chief Justice on the breath of
party or the fleeting passions
of the people is a deformity in
the state for which no other
excellence in poular institu-
tons can make compensation"
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Dorothy Thompson

An animated controversy in
the Wall Street Journal (of
all places deals with current
women's fashions. Judging
from the published letters, the
nays have it.
Perhaps I should not horn
in. l am on the further side
Of so. wear a size 20. and
fashion designers are obvious
ly not interested in women
like me But why not? l
see us everywhere.
What does the older woman
find to wear to a semiformal
dinner, or evening engage
ment?
The dinner dress" has
yielded to the way of all flesh.
Everything long at the bottom
Is bare at the top. The floor
length dress is most becom-
ing to mature women with
what once (oh, happy daysD
was called the "queenly fig
ure." But few women over
so have shoulders, arms and
bosoms that can be attrac-
lively exposed. Even in the
young and shapely. really
beautiful arms and shoulders
are quite rare.
But it is almost impossible
to find a long dress, suitable
for formal or semiformal &C.
caSions. with a discreet neck
line and long or three-quarter
sleeves. Or, if one does. it
too blatantly advertiseS Moth
er's Day.
Women who wear over size Is
don't select their clothes. They
take what they can get. And
after certain age most women
have to choose between their
waists and their faces.
How about colors?
Like masses of other women
my age. I have silver-gray
hair. and a fair skin. 1 am
tired Of black. gray, and navy
blue, and should avoid beiges
or browns. Reds are becom-
ing. If they aren't the turkey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Dorothy Thompson
Frocks for the Fat and Forty
Why Don't the StyIsts Remember Mama and Turn Out
Something for the Eioure Ihut Mos Oueenu in 1902

tomato shade, which is the
only one I see. Violet and the
fuchsias. and green's on the
blue side, are good. But in not
q shop in New York can I find
q dress in these colors.
I like suits, but not to put
on at 8 am. and wear until
II pm. as women who work
sometimes must. For that pur-
pose there is no substitute for
the well-cut crepe dress, with
below-elbow sleeves, that can
be frightened for later in the
day with jewelry and smart
gloves carried in the handbag.
But find that old reliable! In
the dress that will be suitable
at six. one looks fussily over
dressed in the morning.
The separates" usually sep
arate the person who wears
them. which is all right if you
are S feet 7 and a perfect 80
to So. But how many females
are?
The huge, stiff bouffant
skirts or the pencil-straight
ones are fine for the ring
wasted lady or the slim -hipped
and long-thighed.
like long -sleeved blouse,
which eliminates the hard line
at the Jackets wrist. But try
to find a soft, feminine one
without short sleeves.
Once a woman could be we'll
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mission, which became sue
cesSful in fact only after
Marshal Tito detected from
the Cominform and refused to
permit the guerrillas to use
YugoSlavia as a military base.
The French government APP
parently has not requested an
American military mission to
train the natives in Indo-
China. In fact the French are
so jealous of their position in
that country that they have
consistently refused to bring
the matter Of the Wet Mimi
Chinese aggression before the
United Nations, as the United
States suggested nearly year
ago.
All that France has asked us
to do so far is to underwrite
the cost Of the campaign; pro-
vide some military equipment
such as tanks, guns and a
number Of airplanes and tech
nicians to service them.
The French would not mind
in the event of serious need
to have organized American
troops in ndo-China fighting
side by side with the French
Union troops. But they are
definitely reluctant to accept
American instructors to take
over the training of the native
recruits. This, they say, would
greatly injure French prestige
not only in Indo-C China but
also in North Africa and other
parts Of the empire where
French prestige could not
stand "such an additional
blow"
The French general staff is
said to feel that a negotiated
peace with the Communists
would be a far better solution
for the future of France. The
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met; Bernard Stanley, special
counsel to the President,
among others.
This careful creation is be-
ing torn down bit by bit be-
fore the House Appropriations
Committee. There, through
questions to heads of depart
mentS and agencies and Sc
curity officers as they appear,
one after another, it is being
shown that an almost negligible
number involve any suspicion
of "disloyalty." 1t is being
shown that there is not
even a question of secur-
ity risk in any category
against good many who left
the Government for what is
additionally a good and suf-
f1cient reason in a change of
political control, to wit. they
belonged to the wrong party
in this case Democratic.
Likewise, it has been indi-
Gated that the number really
is not 1900, may not even be
the original 1856. as some
merely were transferred from
one agency to another and still
are working in the Govern
ment today. Also, most of the
cases were started in the Tru-
man administration and still
were going through the mill
when the Government changed
hands.
How can the "big hoax" be
explained?
It seems to represent q COM
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crat, Of Minnesota. an oppo-
nent of the amendment. There
are other members of Congress
on the commission. Is it to
be presumed that they are not
to express their views on ques-
tionS outside the purview of
the intergovernmental COM
missions work? There are on
the commission Gov. Shivers
of Texas and ex-Gov. Battle
of Virginia. Would they be
disqualified from membership
If they spoke before bar as
sociations on the problem Of
States rights and limitations
Of the Federal Constitution?
1t is being said that the
President has a right to ex-
pect harmonious expressions
and active support from mem
bers of the executive branch
of the Government. But the
many special commissions
being appointed are temporary
bodies to which are delegated
specific tasks of gathering in
formation. They are in no
sense part Of the policy-making
departments Of the executive
branch of the Government.
1t will be a sorry day for the
White House If every time a
person accepts membership
on a governmental commission
he must consider himself
gagged from expressing any
views on all other subjects in
which there Is a public in
terest.
DR.. Manion Is one Of the
leading opponents of States
rights in the country and,
when he was appointed last
year, he said on leaving the
White House that he was de-
lighted that the President was
interested in revitalizing the
constitutional rights of the
States.
If DR.. Manion's views on
States rights in any way en-
barrasSed the White House,
this should have been taken
into account when he was
first appointed and. if this was
the reason for dismissal, or
binary courtesy should require
that he be told that reason
frankly.
Gen. Eisenhower hitherto
has not seemed the kind of
man who would fire" a Gov
eminent employee without a
hearing. An explanation Of
all the facts would seem logical,
lest many persons in both
parties who agree with DR..
Manion's views begin to be-
lieve the administrations sin
certify has been challenged.
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Thomas L. Stokes
Thomos [. Stokes
Administration Numbers Game
1852 200 Security Risk Issue Described as Phony
Which the White House Is Finding Difficult to Sell

The "big hoax" is crumbling.
This is the attempt of the
high political command of
the Eisenhower administration
to palm off a phony. That
was through creating the i'm
preston the administration
had fired 1900 "subversives,"
Communists" TRAITORS"
"spies"-depending on who
had the platform-who had
been left in the Government
by the Truman administration.
AS curious as the big hoax"
itself is the strange psychology
motivating it. and the species
of political trickery that is as
dangerous as it was naive.
Before going into that, it
might be pointed out that the
1900 figure, which for several
weeks had been 1,456 until
President Eisenhower boosted
II IN his annual message to
congress, was supposed to
represent security risks"
That term had come to in
clude several categories be-
sides Communists or subver-
sives-drunks, blabbermouths.
perverts. irresponsible persons,
and such.
Yet one high-placed Re-
publican after another in pub
lie speeches sought to plant
the idea that all were, in fact.
traitors, spies, Communists.
These Republicans include
Gov. Dewey of New York;
Postmaster General Summer
field Of the Eisenhower cab
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Eisenhower's Gag Of Monion
President Accused Of Dealing Crushing Blow Freedom
Of Speech in Firing the Professor Without Hearing

known at the time, as he was
one of the originators of the
movement to amend the Con-
Stitution to prevent abuse of
the treaty making power. He
has since continued to express
his views, but he engaged in
no other activities. such as
contracting Senators or max
ing speeches on the Bricker
amendment, which in any way
were related to his work on
the intergovernmental COM
mission. The commission
work is largely of a legal re-
search nature.
DR.. Manion is convinced an
attempt was made to punish
him solely for the views he
expressed on the Broker
amendment. It's a form of
thought control which many
liberals" have been inveigh-
ing against as they argue that
dissent has been frowned on
by Government and that a
man is penalized nowadays
for honest expressions Of opin-
ion. Certainly it seems on
it's face to be a palpable at,
tempt to secure conformity"
of thought, which lately has
been denounced by liberal"
spokesman as a phase of die
tatorship.
But, because DR.. Manion
happens to favor the Bricker
amendment, it is doubtful
whether the so-called lib
erals" on Capitol Hill will take
up his cause and haraSS the
President to give details. as
they have been urging in con-
nection with the demand for
data on the 1900 security risks
separated from Government
service.
What makes the case of DR..
Manion SO deplorable is that
the White House knew his
viewpoint before he was APP
pointed and knew also of his
papers and addresses on legal
aspects of the Constitution.
There are Is members of the
intergovernmental commission
of which he was chairman.
and they were selected, in
accordance with an act of Con-
greSs. on a bipartisan basis.
DR.. Manion was appointed as
part of the Democratic Party
group. though he voted for
Gen. Eisenhower in the last
election.
On the same commission.
for example. are Senator
Schoeppel of Kansas. Repub-
lican. an outspoken supporter
of the Bricker amendment,
and Senator Humphrey, Demo-
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some very alert newspapers,
among them three in the
National Capital. The latter
have performed a public serv-
ice superbly and in the course
of it, unwittingly. have thrown
into bold relief something
else that helps to explain the
big hoax" This is the ap-
parent tendency among some
Republicans to think of Gov
eminent workers as bureau
Gratis" images without flesh
or blood. For 20 years they
castigated "bureaucrats' until
they have come to believe
their own political propa-
ganda. They seem unable to
believe that they are really
Gin" now. and not on the out
side, even after over a year in
Office.
To local newspapers. as to
us who have lived here for
many years, Government en-
ployes are people, human
beings. They are the city,
they are the National Capital,
they are the community, our
neighbors who participate in
community affairs. go to our
churches. whose children go
to our schools.
They have an individuality
and a dignity which it be-
hooves our new Governors to
recognize and respect. even
as do these newspapers.
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Doris FIeeson-

A taStelesS farce which has
shown the Senate in it's worst
light is drawing to a close.
The White House now has
assurances that the nominal
ton of Earl Warren to be Chief
Justice of the United States
will be reported out by the Jul
dietary Committee, perhaps in
a matter of hours. Confirma-
ton by the Senate is, and has
been from the start, a matter
of course.
The long delay, so unkind to
a fine man and so offensive
in connection with uniquely
great office. defleS rational
analysis.
Because Chairman LANCER of
judiciary is more frank in his
demands for patronage than
some of his colleagues, it has
been suggested that he had an
ak to grind. Denials of this
are not necessarily so and it
1t true that a Senate chairman
has wide powers. 1t is also
a fact that the administration
patronage machine is still
creaking badly when Post
master General Summerfleld
names three North Dakota
postmasterS that Senator Lam
ger had never heard of or been
consulted about.
But a check of what has
been happening to the War
rem nomination shows that
nothing really has been hap
pening except inertia and a
general lack of respect on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
ChevaIier, Denied Visa,
Saws He Didn't Seek Il
BY the Associated Press

MARSEILLE, France, Feb. 10.
French Singer Maurice Cheva-
lier. who was refused a visa to
the United States by the State
Department. said yesterday he
had not asked for one.
Mr.. Chevalier said, II don't
understand it. They can't re-
fuse me something when I
haven't asked for it."
In Washington. Joseph Reap.
State Department press chief.
said Mr.. Chevalier applied for
a visa on December 4.
II don't want to stir up trou-
ble." the singer told newsmen.
II don't mix in politics. I am
only a singer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Medical Society 10 Hear
BRIDGES Tomorrow

Senator Bridges. Republican,
Of New Hampshire will speak
at the annual banquet of the
George Washington Medical
Society at 1880 pm. tomorrow
in the Shoreham Hotel.
The banquet will be part Of
the annual alumni reunion Of
the university's school of medi-
cine.
Tomorrow afternoon will be
devoted to seven lectures by
members OF the medical school
faculty. The lectures will be
held at the hospital from 2:30
to 4:40 pm. Speakers will be
DR.. Barton w. Richwine. DR..
Brian Blades. DR.. William w.
Stanbro, Dr.. Monroe J. Roman
sky, DR.. Charles S. Wise and
DR.. A. G. Prandoni.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-03
Leading Russian Newspaper Uses
Supreme Court Decision In
Propaganda War To Turn Asians And
Africans Against The United States
Statements OF Top Southern Officials
Used By Moscow To Prove That
Segregation Will Continue

ATLANTA, Ca, June 29.-(DS
N)-The recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court abol-
ishing segregation in the nations
public school system is being used
by the Communists in the world
wide propaganda war of the Reds
to turn the dark masses of Asia
and Africa against the United
States. The leading Russian news
paper, Izvestia, last week de-
bounced the court decision against
segregation in the public schools as
just a demagogic gesture that
would leave race relations in the
Unitd States unchanged.
The article in Izvestia last week
was the first public mention of the
historic decision of the court, rem
dered on May 18th, to be made in
the Soviet Union. The paper said
the decision was of purely mask
ing character and it has been un-
dertaken with propaganda aims
alone.
The article said, "The people of
Asia and Africa for their ideas of
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-03
Robinson Family
In Home Coming

MARTINSVILLE, Miss, June 20
Especially Plans are we'll underway
for family Home Coming and Re-
union of the Robinson family one
Of the largest and well known fami-
lies of this section Of the state.
The Home Coming and Reunion
of the family, most of whom now
reside outside the State is being
sponsored by Rev. j. P. Robinson,
who is now a resident of Elkhart,
Indiana.
Some of the relatives and men,
bers of the family include Rev. &
Mrs. ]. T. Woodson, of Jackson,
Mrs. Emma H. Cook, of Jackson,
Perry Robinson and Fred Martin
of Wesson; Read Martin, Brook
haven; General Lee Robinson of
Crystal Springs; Mrs. Matte Mae
Allison, of Hazlehurst; Mrs. Beu-
lab benson of Houston, Texas; and
the Lewis, Douglass, and Tillman
families of Wesson, Hazlehurst
and Brookhaven.
The Family Reunion day pro-
gram will be held Sunday. July
18th, at Chapel Hill Baptist Church
The speakers scheduled to be
heard during the day include Rev
]. T. Woodson, Rev. Homer Allison
Rev. L. H. Newsome. Rev. +. J
Jackson, and Rev. J. P. Robinson.
There will be plenty of refresh-
ments on hand for the large crowd
which is expected to attend the
event.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-03
School OF Missions
And Christian
Service Held
At cuIfside

Waveland, Miss.-"The School
of Missions and Christian Service"
and wesleyan Service Guild Week
End" of the seventeenth Annual
Conferences of the Central Juris-
diction of The Methodist Church,
was held here last week at the
Gulfside Assembly Grounds, Mrs.
G. w. Carter, New Orleans, La,
President of the Woman's Society
of Christian Service Jurisdictional
President and the leading spirit.
This school, with an inter-racial
faculty during the week, had the
theme: "Show Us Now Thou Won
drous Power" 80 Master of The
Waking World" was the Theme
Hymn.
The School of Missions, Mrs.
Carter said was conducted in CO.
operation with the Woman's Divi-
sion Of Christian Service and the
Board of Education sponsors. 1t
was planned primarily for persons
who hold positions of leadership
in the Woman's Society of Chris
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-03
nkrumah's
Victory Hailed
By NAACP

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People today hail
ed the victory of Prime Minister
Kkame Nkrumah in the elections
which established the Gold Coast
as the first self-governing colony
in West Africa.
In a cablegram to the African
leader, Walter White, NAACP
executive secretary, congratulated
him upon his victory and acclaimed
the pioneer role Of his country as
leader of the democratic forces in
colonial Africa" The success Of
Mr.. Nhrumah's administration, the
message said, twill inspire other
colonial peoples to redouble their
efforts for self-rule."
Leaders of the victorious Conven-
ton Peoples party, Mr.. Nkrumah
has already served as prime min.
lister Of his country but until this
election he was not free to select
all of his ministers, certain posts
being reserved for Englishmen
named by the Governor. This cleo
ton empowers the Prime Minister
to select all of his cabinet minis
tiers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-03
Negro Radio
Pioneers Get
Texas Station

Houston, Tex. lamp = J. B.
Blaytcn, ST., and Associates of
Atlanta, Ca, last week became the
first Negroes in America to own
two radio stations when the Fed
eral Communications Commission
in Washington, D. c. approved the
purchase of the station KREL of
Blayton, Tex. Blayton currently
Operates station WEIRD in Allan
ia, one of only two previously
Negro-owned outlets in the nation.
His purchase of station KREL
could be the possible beginning of
the first Negro radio chain in the
nation.
Station KEEL, which operates on
both AM and FIN, covers the entire
Houston area through 1860 KC on
AM and GEL MIG on FIN. Although
its main studios are located in
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-03
Josephine Baker
In New York
Name Winchell
In 100000 Suit

New York CAMP Josephine
Baker arrived last week at Idlewild
Airport for a two-week visit to the
United States.
Miss Baker filed suit for $400,-
coo against Walter Winchell, the
Hearst Corporation and King Fea-
ture Syndicate in December, charg-
ing that the columnist published
malicious and reckless attacks on
her. These criticisms were an af-
termath Of her visit to the Stork
Club in 1851, when she alleged she
was Disseminated against because
of her race.
New York police investigated.
and the case was closed saying
Miss Bakers charges were not
substantiated. However, the Stork
Club fracas broke up a beautiful
friendship between Sugar Ray
Robinson, then the middleweight
champion, and Winchell, and also
involved the NAACP in charges
that Miss Baker had been discrim-
mated against.