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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

illness to the new appointment
is that the first Associate JUS
tice John M. Harlan delivered
a famous dissent in 1896 when
he held that it was uncon-
stitutional to segregate Negroes
on railroad trains.
1.-THE Constitution is color
blind" the then Justice Har-
Ian wrote in Plessy v. Fergu-
son. He was overruled by seven
of his colleagues on the issue,
which the present court has
now decided in his favor.
The old justice is recalled
at the Supreme court as a
tobacco chewing, whisky
drinking Kentuckian of court
ly manners and liberal views.
His grandson is known to most
of the present court only
slightly. They find him much
less picturesque and more
conventional but they respect
his training and abilities.
Senator William LANCER,
chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, said frankly no
one had even mentioned to
him the possibility that Judge
Harlan might go to the high
court!
He remembered that Judge
Harlan attracted no contro-
versy nor even much atten-
ton when he was nominated
last spring to the. Circuit
Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Poff Reports 1898
Campaign Expenses
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Nov. 9.-Repre-
sentative Poff, Republican, Of
Virginia yesterday reported cam-
paign expenses totaling 1925 in
his successful bid for reelection
to a second term.
The 9Th district congressman
reported his campaign expenses
to the State Board of Elections.
Two other candidates, Repre-
sentatives Tuck of the 5th and
Abbitt of the 4th. both Demo-
Gratis, reported they had no ex-
penses in their campaigns for
reelection. Both were unop-
posed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

"He seemed to be a very
we'll educated man. quiet and
dignified," Senator LANCER re-
called. HE had unusually
good recommendations. He
had been a Rhodes scholar
and he was with one of those
eminent firms on Wall Street."
Senator LANCER declined to
speculate on Senate reaction
but there seems little immedi-
ate doubt that the new JUS
tice will be well received by a
Congress in which the partisan
political complexion of the
court has been much criticized.
President Eisenhower has
done what he indicated he
would prefer to do. which is
promote a judge from the
lower Federal courts. It is true
that Judge Harlan's experience
has been brief. 1t is also true
that the number of Republic
cans on the lower courts is
relatively small after 90 years
of Democratic rule.
Most of the Republican Fed
eral judges are in fact very
elderly and their tenure on the
high court. if they were ap-
pointed, would necessarily be
brief. This was considered by
the President, no doubt, as he
naturally has been anxious to
redress the Democratic balance
and keep it redressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

rolled north over the newly COM
pleted 52-mile section from Beck
ley to Charleston. Turnpike off,
Gals from at least Is other
States were among those taking
part.
The first 36-mile section be-
tween Beckley and Princeton
was opened in September.
The turnpike reduces driving
time between Charleston and
Bluefleld. on the Virginia border.
from nearly four hours to two
hours.
Three years abuilding. the
turnpike cost the lives of nine
workmen. The builders moved
81 million cubic yards in excava-
tons, used up 11,750,000 pounds
of dynamite and 1876 tons of
structural steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
West Virginia Opens
Turnpike That Starts
And Ends Nowhere

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov.
9.-West Virginia turnpike Off
Gals waited with fingers crossed
today to see if their 88-mile
ribbon of concrete, criticized as
beginning nowhere and ending
nowhere, will pay for itself.
The $133 million turnpike
linking the State capital with
Princeton, a community only a
few miles from the Virginia bor-
der, was dedicated yesterday.
Last night Mrs. William c..
Marland, wife of the States
Governor. pushed a button sig
mailing the start of toll charges
for the first time along it's So
mile length.
The Governor, speaking to a
crowd of 700 at the dedication
dinner here, said: 1T is plain
that we have developed the mid
die link in what must be rib
bon of concrete stretching from
the Great Lakes to Miami; a
highway that connects the in
dustry of the North with the
vacation and agricultural lands
of the South"
Admittedly anxious to extend
the highway north from the
point where it dead ends in a
field just east of here, Gov.
Marland envisioned "a turnpike
running north and south through
this State"
He said that West Virginia S
economic development is retard-
ed in many places because of
inadequate highways and Eat the
same time we are unable to mod
ernie those highways due to in
adequate funds"
Therefore, he said, it is Sim
perative that we explore to the
fullest extent the possibilities of
toll turnpikes to supplement our
primary highway system"
The State Turnpike Commits
sion has set a maximum toll rate
Of $1.65 for automobiles and
$3.50 for trucks on the turnpike
and hopes business will be good
enough to meet the $15,000-per-
day cost Of maintenance and
amortization.
The opening was marked by
q line OF 400 automobiles which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Flaws Seen in Watkins Report
Move Aimed at the Lute Senator LoFoIette IS Cited
In Argument Opposing Censure Of McCorthY

did appear before the Senate
committee on October Is. 1917.
he greeted the committee. left
a long letter refusing to testify
himself, and deflantly walked
out without permitting any
questioning or cross-examina-
ton. The committee was
stunned by the action and did
not meet again until May 81.
1918. Then it heard Gilbert e.
Roe, attorney for Senator Ia
Toilette. who made a lengthy
argument disputing the COM
mittee'S right to try the case
either on a basis of censure or
expulsion. Eminent constitu-
tional lawyers in the Senate.
including Senator Tom Walsh
Of Montana, sat on that COM
mittee.
Mr.. Roe gave q list of prece-
dents which the Watkins COM
mittee would have done well
to include in its report, because
they are far more significant
than those being cited now to
support the censure charges
of Senator Mccarthy. Mr.. Roe
told the committee in the next
days hearings:
Nov, that power, under the
constitution of the Senate, as
I said yesterday, to expel is
unlimited. The power, however
to punish is limited to punish
ment for violations of its rules
and for disorderly behavior,
and in this case either Senator
La Follette's speech is suffici-
ent to put him out of the Sen
ate or no action can be taken
upon 1t at ALL"
do you think" asked Sena-.
tor Kenyon of Iowa. "the Sem.
ate has inherent power to CEN
Sure?"
mo sir, not at ALL" replied
Mr.. Roe. There is no doubt
about that question"
The Senate committee finally
decided not to censure or expel
Senator La Toilette. This whole
argument in the La Toilette
proceeding was disregarded
by the Watkins committee.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Long to Head Virginia
Industry Planning Unit
ey the Associofed Press

RICHMOND. Va, Nov. g.
George r. Long, planning adj
ministrator for Henrico County,
will head a field Office Of the
State Conservation and Develop
ment Department at Abingdon
when the Office is opened.
Department Director Raymond
". Long announced yesterday
that the Office was being estab-
lished In an effort to try to
bring new industry into the
southwest section of the State.
an area which has been hit by
unemployment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

contained elem ents which
would have given grounds for
expulsion or impeachment, the
situation would have been diff
ferent. But many Senator'S see
this as a mere wing clipping"
resolution directed at a partic-.
ular member who has stirred
more powerful animosities in
other places than in the Sen.
ate.
Now that the 1854 political
battle is over and Senator
McCarthy's reported vote-get-
ting power was eliminated
from the campaign there are
quite a few Democrats who
look at the situation from the
overall point of view Of how
such a censure vote could
affect the Senate in the future
rather than from a partisan
angle.
Before the campaign q
number of Democrats re-
marked that if the Republic
cans wanted to muzzle one of
their men it was not for the
Democrats to jump into the.
breach and try to settle this
internal fight On the con-
trary, they gave the Repub-~,
hcans their whole hearted
cooperation against Senator
Mccarthy. But after the
voters have given their YER
dict, considerations of the
Senate's prerogatives and SOW
ereignty take precedence over
politics. >,
During last springs investi--
CATION it was revealed under
oath that the executive
branch of the administration
had stepped in to bring about
the Army-McCarthy hearings.
A number of Senator's on both :
sides of the aisle also suspect.
although they cannot prove
it-that the executive had a
hand in persuading at least
one Senator to introduce the
censure resolution against the.
Wisconsin stormy petrol.
Under these circumstances
many legislators are asking {
themselves whether it would
not hurt the most exclusive.
club in the world" to admon-
ish a member who has done
nothing prejudicial to the
Club" to warrant an actual
expulsion. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

expulsion with being a ''teach-
er of disloyalty and, sedition,
giving aid and comfort to our
enemies and hindering the
Government in the conduct OF
the war" The charge was
made by the Minnesota Com
mission of Public Safety in
September, 1917, during World
War !.
Senator La Toilette de-
manded the right to cross-ex-
anime witnesses and said the
committee denies me the right
to a definite statement of the
offense of which I am accused
and the evidence upon which
the charge is supported, a right
which is accorded to every
man called to answer even for
a mere misdemeanor." He
added that to deny him the
information he requested ''is
an insult to an individual" and
Ito deny it to a Senator Is an
insult to the individual and the
high Office he occupies" He
declared that the committee
was engaged in an Tex parte
proceeding" and. was accept
ing mere statements of indi-
viduals as a basis for action"
The Wisconsin Senator de-
nounced the invitation given
him to testify and declared:
1.-THE procedure you contem-
plate following is most
extraordinary and wholly un-
precedented. It amounts to
nothing less than requesting
me to support the accuracy of
various statements - which
ones are not indicated by you
in the speech in advance of
any information from your
committee that any of the,
statements are challenged, or
If SO, by whom they are chal-
lenged, or in what manner.
This is precisely the point
made by Senator Mccarthy in
his correspondence with the
Senate Subcommittee on Priv
ileges and Elections, which was
first headed by Senator Gill
lette of Iowa and later by Sen
ator Hennings of Missouri.
When the elder La Toilette
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Now Pipe This

PHILADELPHIA, GA Rut-
gers University student kept his
briar burning for 81 minutes
and Is seconds yesterday to win
the first annual intercollegiate
pipe-smoking championship.
The time set by David H. Hall
man, jr, was 80 seconds better
than Bill Knipe of Temple Uni
versity. Jim Gillespie, a med
ical student at the University
Of Virginia, finished third.
The tourney was sponsored by
the Pipe and Tobacco Council,
which describes itself as an or
ganization devoted to ''the fur
thering of the art of pipe smok-
ing as one Of the Nations old
est campus traditions" The
competition will be held an
nually from now on at a diff
ferent college or university each
year.
Among the schools represent
ed yesterday were Harvard. CO.
lumbia, Johns Hopkins and the
University of Pennsylvania, host
for this years tourney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Constantine Brown
Fear for Senate Sovereignty
Vote Of Censure Against Mccarthy Seen Violating
Sovereignty of Body No Rules Were Broken

Republicans and Democrats
held numerous and long be-
hind the-scenes meetings over
the week end on the principal
business of the reconvened
Senate: The Mccarthy CEN
sure.
Democratic leaders even re-
portedly met with the Repub-
licans to talk over the best and
faireSt way. to dispose of this
unpalatable business without
hurting the Senate as a whole.
With the exception of a
handful of extremists in both
parties, most Of the Senator's
undoubtedly do not relish CEN
surfing one of their colleagues,
regardless of how controversial
and rambunctious he may be.
The consensus of a number
of Senators of both parties is
that the Met arthy issue per sc
Is of secondary Importance.
What looms as the most i'm
portant factor-now that the
dust of the election fight has
Settled-is whether or not a
vote of censure under the pres
ent circumstances could violate
the sovereignty of the Senate.
A neutral" Senator who for
obvious reasons asked that his
name be withheld told this
reporter that after a careful
reading of the Watkins report
he could find nothing which
would show Senator Mccarthy
has violated existing Senate
rules. To censure the Wiscon-
sin Senator under such circum-
stances would be like applying
the ex post facto rules adopted
at the Nuremberg trials.
CenSure has been recon-
mended on two counts: ID
Contempt of the Gillette in
vestigating committee and CO
insulting words used by Sem
ator Mccarthy to Brig. Gen.
Ralph Zwicker during an ex-
ecutive hearing.
Reprehensible as these &C.
tions may appear to the select
committee and to a number of
other Senators, the fact is
that there has been no VIOLA
ton Of present Senate rules.
The Watkins committee sug-
gested a change in Senate
committee rules to prevent
such incidents in the future.
But for the time being they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

work as pastor of st. Thomas
the Apostle Catholic Church.
The Rev. Philip ]. Brown. pas
tor of st. Peters Catholic
Church, OIney, Md, and assist
ant spiritual director of the
union, was chosen as Msgr,
Moran's successor.
The Very Rev. Ignatius Smith,
dean Of the school of philosophy
Catholic University, addressed
the 1856 officers present. DR.
Adolph c. Hugin. president of the
union, presided. The gathering
paid tribute to Msgr. Moran for
his long efforts on behalf of the
organization. ......,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

The Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph
M. Moran has retired as spirit
ual director of the Union
of Holy Name Societies. WASH
ington Archdiocese. after serving
in that capacity for 81 years.
The announcement was made
at the annual officers meeting
in Our Lady Of Sorrows Pa
rochial School, Takoma Park,
Md. The Very Rev. Msgr. Philip
M. Hannah. chancellor of the
archdiocese, in making the an
nouncement, said Msgr. Moran
had asked to be relieved of the
post because Of the pressure of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

have not been accepted by the
Senate.
The Senate has wide latitude
to punish its members for
behavior unbecoming the dig
nifty of the Senate. But, Sen
ator McCarthy's colleagues
ask. does a severe cross-ex-
animation of a witness con-
stitute unbecoming behavior?
Witnesses who have appeared
before other committees such
as that headed by Senator
Kefauver have been even more
severely belabored by its mem
bers. The fact that some were
alleged gamblers does not
change the situation materi-
ally. No Senate rules were in
fringed in either case.
There were no rules either
requiring a Senator to honor
a come If you wish" invita-
ton of an investigating COM
mittee such as that headed in
1852 by Senator Gillette. 1t
would have been polite for Sem
ator Mccarthy to appear on
his own volition-as he did
during the Tydings investiga-
( tion-had he deemed that his
presence would help the hear
ings. But there was no infrac-
ion of the rules or Senate ETH
quette when he paid no atten-
ton to the invitation of the
Iowa Senator.
The legal fairness of the
Watkins report, as the actual
censure of Senator Mccarthy,
ranks only second in impor-
lance in the minds of many
Senators who have just re-
turned from the long and
strenuous electoral battle.
What appears of paramount
Importance to many Democrats
and Republicans is whether or
not by censuring their coll
league they would establish a
precedent which in the future
may have far-reaching roper
cusSions on themselves. 1t is
a question of whether. despite
Senator McCarthy's PERSONAL
ity, which is obnoxious to many
of them, a censure vote may
not affect the sovereignty of
the Senate ITSELF The censure
is a mere gesture which can
not affect the Senator's status
in committees.
Had the censure resolution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Farewell Conference
Held by Mountbotten

VALLETTA, Malta. Nov. o.
NATO's outgoing commander in
chief in the Mediterranean, ADJ
miral Earl Mounthatten. held his
farewell conference today with
the sea commanders in his area.
Attending the parley were ofii-
GERS from the United States.
Britain, France, Italy. Turkey
and Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Roanoke Ministers .
Back Segregation Ban
BY the Asseeioied Press


ROANOKE. Va. Nov. 9.-Roa-
noke's Ministerial Conferences
voted yesterday to advise Gov.
Stanley and the chairman Of
his commission on education that
the outlawing Of segregation by
the United States Supreme Court
is morally right"
Also embodied in four article
resolution is a statement that the
conference is opposed to any at
tempt to evade the Supreme
Court decision. particularly by
abolishing public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Dogcotcher in Doqhouse

MONTGOMERY. Ala. (R.-
There's no future in it, explained
Dogcatcher Jesse r. Danner yes
terday when he resigned his post
after a controversial career.
Mr.. Danner was in the dog
house himself a few weeks ago
when he admitted shooting sew
eral dogs on Montgomery streets.
The public let out a loud howl.
Then during the height of the
controversy. Mr.. Banner had a
boy arrested for barking at him.
He told Mayor w. A. Gayle
yesterday he wants to get job
with a better future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Dovid Lawrence

Senator Watkins Of Utah has
endeavored to correct a fla
grant error in the report of his
committee recommending CEN
sure of Senator Met arthy, but
the revision presents a worse
contradiction than the original.
For the chairman of the
committee, in order to support
his argument that the Senate
is a continuing body" now
declares that a Senate rule pro-
vides for a standing committee
to hold over from one session
to another. This means merely
that the committee remains in
being with the same members
until the Senate appoints
others. but so are the two
thirds of the Senate continued
as members. The big argument
was whether the Legislative
business" continued, and par
ticularly whether conduct in a
previous Congress was subject
to censure at the next Con-
gress. The fact that commit
tees continue does not mean
that legislative business is
continued. Its business dies
with the preceding Congress,
and this has been the long
established practice.
BY emphasizing the error
and failing to answer the main
argument about an allegedly
continuing jurisdiction over a
Senator's conduct in a preced-
ing session, the Watkins COM
mittee now has underlined the
contradictory nature of its own
report.
What is even more tragic is
that the Watkins committee
failed to tell the Senate of a
case almost exactly parallel
to that of Senator Mccarthy.
1t occurred when the elder
Senator La Toilette was "invit-
ed" to appear before the Sem
ate Subcommittee on Privileges
and Elections. He, like Sena-
tor Mccarthy, in an exchange
of several letters repeatedly re-
fused to appear and never did
60 to the committee to testify.
The late Senator La Toilette
was charged in a resolution Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
jane Powell Murries
Auto Executive
BY the Associated Pres.

OJAI, Calf. Nov. 9.-Movie
Actress Jane Powell and Patrick
w. Nerney. Beverly Hills auto
mobile executive, were married
yesterday in the Ojai Commu-
nifty Presbyterian Church. They
plan to fly to New York tomor-
row and sail for a two-month
honeymoon in Europe.
Miss Powell divorced Geary
Steffen, an insurance executive,
last August. Mr.. Nerney was
divorced in 1852 from Actress
Mona Freeman. who has custody
OF their 7-year-old daughter
Mona.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Mother Turns Nurse

LEXINGTON, KY. (P.-
Mrs. Dorothy Mcdowell has a
reason to regard her home as
a regular hospital"
Her daughter Patricia, 8,
slipped on a rug and cut her
chin on a coffee table during
a birthday party being given
her Saturday.
Mrs. McDowell's oldest son,
Billy. 10. fell from his bike
Sunday and suffered a knee
wound that required II
stitches.
While the boy was being
treated, Mrs. Mcdowell told a
nurse, We'll. I've got one child
who hasn't been hurt and I'd
better be getting back to him."
A neighbor came in at that
time and brought her other
child Bobby. 8, who had
stepped on a nail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
ReoIIy oyerseIIino.

LANCASTER, Pa. (P.-Auc.
tioneer A. K. Waser's gavel
pounded and a pocketbook
he had for sale was disposed
Of for Is cents yesterday.
A short time later the en-
barressed Mr.. Waser had to
ask the successful bidder to
return the item.
1t was his wife's pocketbook,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Life in the u. S.
CopterHeIps
Linemen Strinq
PhoneCdbIe
BY the Associated Press

SANTA ANA, Calf. Nov. o.
Telephone linemen used a hell
copter to help string cable
across two miles Of rugged
mountain country.
The new line extends from q
point just south of Cooks Cor
ners to Trabuco Canyon where
100 residents are awaiting serv-
ice. The helicopter crew laid a
rope on the crossarms Of the
poles so the wires could be
pulled into place.
Pacific Telephone g. Tele-
graph Co. officials said yester-
day it was the first time the
company had used aircraft to
speed up telephone installations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

which she had left on a table
by her husbands side. It con-
tanned SIS.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-02-05
Nut-BOlt Cake
Wins Acclaim AT
Mems Bake Sale

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. = NC
- The men of Holy Ghost parish
here not only held their own bake
sale - net profit: $13885 - but
they showed the ladies just how
they did it.
Alongside the cakes. cookies and
pies the men had baked themselv-
es, an exhibit demonstrating three
stages of male cookery: Before"
boxes of prepared mixes; Dur
ing" culinary equipment that in
cluded hack saws, hammers, and
drills; and "After" baking soda,
digestion aids, and a gallon jug of
caster oil.)
Proudest item in the cake dis
play was a two-layer, frosted job,
decorated with nuts, bolts, nails
and two red candles.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-02-05
Church FIourishes
In nOne-Time Center
OF XXX Activity

DALLAS, Texas - NC1 - In
1919 II was common for the few
Catholics who lived in Paris, Texas
to hear rocks crashing through their
windows, to look out and see cross
IS burning in their front yards and
to see fellow Catholics driven out
Of town.
Today, IS years later, the whole
community is celebrating with the
Catholics the erection of a new.
ultra-modern school, Our Lady of
Victory.
The Texas Catholic, publication
OF the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth
devoted an entire issue to the sc-
tlyities of Catholics in this north
eastern Texas town.
All the articles were written by
the people of Paris. Lawyers,
stockmen, farmers, businessmen,
educators, students, and clergy
contributed to the special edition
leaving an overall impression of a
vital Catholic parish living in hsr-
mony with the entire community.