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Evening star., 1954-11-19

it will scarcely be admitted,
that the elected Democrats,
both In the statehouses and in
Congress, don't want an ag-
gressive chairman, preferring
a talented spokesman, for what
they will be doing. For it is a
cliche of politics that the party
which does not control the
White House makes its record
in Congress and with such
Governors as can contribute to
1t.
Democrats happen to have
leaders in the Capitol who en-
tertain no doubts about their
ability to make a record. They
also have a coterie of ambi-
tious Governors who will be
looking after their own inter-
estS.
Actually the man with the
greatest stake in craftsmanship
is Adlai Stevenson who has no
other base than a friendly ma
tional headquarters to operate
from. His 1856 interests re-
quire his participation in the
choice. If he holds back, as
he Is now doing. he will find
that other ambitious men have
tailored the job to fit their
own aims.
Evening star., 1954-11-19
7honnds [. Stokes
A New Outlook From KrennIin?
Russia, Under The New Motero|srn, May Have Come
To Reoize Nobody Could Win on Atomic Wor

ambition to build Russia up
materially on this foundation.
That, at least, is a theory.
It does not mean, however,
that the new order in Russia
is any more sympathetically
inclined toward us and the rest
of the capitalistic world. The
new order still wants to spread
communism and intends to.
It has no idea of abandoning
subversive efforts on behalf
Of that objective.
But this it would do while
officially in a state Of peace
full co-existence." Which brings
us face to face with the great
danger to us of the Western
world If we should let ourselves
be lulled into a false feeling
of security because of Russia's
change of tactics and thus open
the way for Russia, as Sena-
tor Knowland. Republican. of
California, put it. to nibble
away at our allies.
There is. however, no reason
why we should not be capable
Of keeping alert, maintaining
our defenses- military, moral
and spiritual-and preserving
our own free world. In fact,
If we couldn't do that, then
we are not worthy of our his
tory and our tradition, and
therefore not worthy of being
saved. There's only one alter
natiye-atomic war. And that
would be the end, too.
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Gonstontine Brown
History Of 5 Mccarthy Probes
His Friends and Enemies Readily Agree on One Point
He Is Not Quite q Polished and Urbone GentIennon,
Constantine Brown

Senator McCarthy's friends
and enemies agree on one
point-that he is not a pol
ished and urbane gentleman"
--and this may be the under
statement Of the year.
But while his opponents
lament that he cares nothing
for the decorum usually asso-
ciated with a United States
Senator, they rarely admit
that he has been waging q
rough-and-tumble fight in
which he had to give as much
as he received.
Senator Mccarthy has es-
tablished an unprecedented
record in Congress. He has
been investigated Ave times by
his colleagues in four years.
But all efforts to nail his hide
to the wall have been fruitless
up to now. The present inves-
tigation may partially achieve
that objective.
If Senator Mccarthy had
been more polished" in the
statements he has made re-
Gently In his own defense, If
he had used more parliament
tary language or followed the
advice Of his strategists to
keep quiet until the end Of
the debate, it is probable the
censure resolution would have
been defeated by a small num-
ber of votes.
But Senator Mccarthy does
not believe in such expediency.
He used blunt and sometimes
unwarranted language which
his colleagues resent.
The first Mccarthy investi-
cation was not originally di-
rected against the Senator
personally but turned out to
be so later. He was supposed
to be only a witness before
the committee Of which Sena-
tor Tydings was chairman.
The Senate had decided that
Senator McCarthy's accusa-
tions that a number of off,
cials In the State and other
Government departments were
c o m m unist afiiliated and
Com munist sympathizers
should be aired before a spe-
cial committee.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

ton and suppress the truth or
to conceal their official acts
1t is within their power to
do So"
Then La Follette's Weekly,
commenting further, said:
THE gag rule Is lin-A American.
unjust. It may fit into the
scheme of things in q country
like Russia. but Is entirely an
tagonistic to the spirit of our
institutions. It is a slap at the
Constitution and an affront to
our citizens"
Then both houses Of Con-
greSs passed a law which is
still on the statute books. It
permits executive employees
without penalty to transmit to
members of Congress infor-
nation they request.
The Watkins committee sig
niflcantly quoted the statute
in question. It conceded that
Senator Mccarthy is a person
authorized under the con-
text OF the law to receive in
formation, but insisted that he
could not make public any
classified" information. This,
of course. he didn't do. But
that's also a debatable point,
for an executive officer could
call anything classified" and
suppress information or fire
an employe who gave the facts
on corruption or treason to a
member of Congress. The Wat
kins committee didn't press
any censure charge on this
ground.
The important point Is that
this is a very old issue, and yet
millions Of words have been
written recently condemning
the Wisconsin Senator out OF
hand for "inciting" Govern
ment employees to violate the
"law" when he did what his
predecessor from Wisconsin
did. For in urging Government
employees to give data to mem
bers Of Congress despite an
executive order - which, of
course, is not law unless Con-
gress sanctions it - the late
Senator La Toilette performed
AZ years ago a constructive
service to Government en-
ployes, the benefits of which
are still available to them
today.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1954-11-19

The Tydings committee was
created because Senator Nc
Carthy refused to name on the
floor of the Senate those
against whom he said he had
relevant information of con-
nection with communism. He
excused himself from giving
out names because, he said.
some Of them might be inno-
cent and would be hurt.
The Tydings hearings
turned. however, into an in
vestigation Of Senator Nc
Carthy when the Democratic
members compelled him while
under oath to name names"
In open hearings. To refuse
to do this would have meant
contempt of the Senate in the
real meaning of the word.
It was during those long
proceedings that the term
"McC Carthyism" was coined by
Prof. Owen baltimore, one Of
McCarthy's principal targets.
Judicial and loyalty board pro-
ceedings eventually removed
from the Government payroll
a substantial proportion of
Mccarthy victims"
Thereafter 1t was good sport
for those who did not like SEN
ator Mccarthy for his rough
methods to provoke new inves-
legations of the Wisconsin Sem
ator. His participation in the
Maryland election, where SEN
ator Tydings, a veteran of five
terms in the Senate, was de-
feated, brought up another in
vestigation in which he was
indirectly implicated. It's re-
suits were negative.
Thereafter came another
investigation of Senator Nc
Carthy's finances - including
whether or not he had lost and
borrowed money in a dice
game. 1t was a long and COM
plicated inquiry involving in
come taxes-a matter handled
by the Internal Revenue-Sen-
ator McCarthy's family f.
nances, his acceptance of $10,-
600 for a pamphlet he wrote
for the now defunct Lustron
Corp, and many other alleged
miSdeeds in the Senator's pri-
vate and public life.
Senator Mccarthy, appar-
emily mindful that he became
a defendant when he ap-
peared as a mere fact-giving
witness before the Tydings
committee. refused to testify in
his own behalf unless ordered
or subpoenaed to do SO. The
investigation was inconclusive.
Finally came the recent Nc
Carthy investigation whose
purpose was to censure him,
and some Of his antagonists
hope expel him from the SEN
ate for behavior unbecoming to
a Senator. His chief accuser,
Senator Flanders, admitted
that all he knew about Senator
McCarthy's misbehavior was
what he had read in the pa
pers. He also admitted from
the floor Of the Senate that
the bill Of particulars presented
with his motion had been pre-
pared not by himself or his
staff but by an outside organi-
cation known to be headed by
persons bitterly opposed to
Senator Mccarthy.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

seem to regard as necessary
for us. Her fear of a revived
Germany is reported as very
real.
Russia's desire for security
and fear of war have other
causes deriving from her i'm
proved economy and the ma
terial progress she is making
Whether wholly tenable or not,
there is a theory of what has
happened in Russia which is
interesting and perhaps help
full in assessing her current at
titudeS.
According to this theory
communism has been sup
planted as the great driving
force by another motive, ma
terialism, the building up of
Russia physically and materi-
ally, and the distribution
among her people Of material
benefits. That likewise offers
a way for Russia's rulers to
keep a hold on their people.
War would. Of course, destroy
all that.
Communism was once a
fanatic sort Of religion that
spanked a savage revolution
that reacted all over the world,
as it still does. Now, however,
1t is accepted and unchallenged
doctrine in Russia and, IL the
religion simile is continued, It
Is like an established state
church. The present generation
OF Russians has known nothing
but communism.
Russia's rulers, too, are a
different breed in some ways
because Of different back
grounds than their predeces-
sors. Joseph Stain grew up a
bounded, prosecuted. hunted
revolutionary who was at war
with established society. q
victim Of violence who used
violence himself naturally.
The new regime coming up in
Russia lacks the same revolu-
tionary character. It is COM
posed Of men who have become
heirs to o solid and substantial
government now firmly estab-
lished. They are moved by the
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Dorothy Thompson
Elections Do Not Affect Markets
Investors Have Just About as Much to Worry About
With Either Republican ocrnticR R,Ie

private socialism-the words
don't matter much) with the
state way out In the lead. Big
business, like big labor. has
geared itself to the continu-
alton Of this condition. A
Democratic Congress will not
change but accelerate it, be-
cause the Democrats not only
promise more to everybody but
actually deliver It. as they can
do as long as Government can
spend more than it collects in
taxes, thus tipping the ma
tional product and checking
imitation.
In this kind Of dynamic"
economy no party will ever
win on a return to sound" poll
icy. which means defation.
The only economic sufferers
from this state-business-labor
"dynamism" are people liv-
ing on fixed incomes, small
Evening star., 1954-11-19

business. to whom the states
largesse, does not trickle down,
small farmers, and low-incoine
consumers, especially salaried
middle-class people who can
not raise their wages by
strikes. But these count de-
creasingly. The whole trend
is toward centralization and
collusion between the bigs-
big government, big business,
and big labor.
I don't like it because,
whether. people know it or
not, it inexorably prejudices
personal liberty in the evolv-
ing leviathan Of q corporate
society and drives willy-nilly
toward war. But it is the
Goth century pattern, emerg-
ing everywhere under various
names. and nothing and no.
body in sight is going to
stop It,
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Tories Win Liverpool Test,
Tiqhten Rule in Commons
BY the Asseeiassd Press

LIVERPOOL, England, Nov.
19.-Prime Minister Churchill's s
Conservative Party sat more
firmly in the governmental sad
die today after winning q close
House Of Commons by-election
in Liverpool's West Derby dis
trict.
Conservative j. v. Woollam re-
tanned the seat for the Tories
by defeating Laborite c. r. Fem
ton, 21,158 to 1850, in yester-
days polling. Held to Nil the
vacancy caused by Sir David
Maxwell Fyfe's elevation to the
peerage. The election had been
interpreted as a test Of the
Churchill governments popu-
larity.
Sir David carried the district,
27,441 to 25.734-a margin Of
only 1,707--in the 1851 general
election. The Tory margin yes
terday was 2,508. although the
total vote was 1857 less.
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Senators Called Thin-Skinned
Previous Members Of Senate Have Bitterly Denounced
Their Colleagues. and Yet Were Never Censured
David Lawrence

Former Senator Burton X.
Wheeler Of Montana, Demo-
crat. who was one of the
toughest Of the cross-examin-
ers on congressional commit
tees in his time, met this corr
respondent the other day and
remarked:
What a spectacle the Sem
ate is making of itself these
days! How thin-skinned they
are! Why, in the days of La
Toilette and Borah and Jim
Reed we wouldn't have spent
our time worrying about what
one Senator said in denounc-
ing another"
The elder Senator La Fol-
lette Of Wisconsin in a Senate
speech, for example, called
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota,
Republican. "a cringing crea-
ture' and added that God
Almighty has given him a
hump on his back, crouching,
cringing. un-American and un-
manly"
Senator Kellogg had pre-
sented a request to the Senate
Subcommittee on Privileges
and Elections calling for the
expulsion of Senator La Fol-
lette on a charge of "sedition
and disloyalty."
No censure resolution was
ever proposed for any such
remark. Indeed, the same
Senator La Toilette not only
defied this Senate subcommit-
tee by refusing to appear be-
fore it for cross-examination
but on another occasion he did
exactly what Senator McCar-
thy is being condemned for
he invited thousands of Fed
eral employees to disregard an
executive order and to give
him information about what
was happening inside the ex-
ecutive branch of the Gov
ernment.
The elder La Toilette since
has been extolled as a great
liberal by public speakers, in
cluding former President Tru-
man.
The incitement to disregard
presidential DEGREES occurred
IN 1912 as a consequence of
two executive orders-one is
sued in January, 1906, by
President Theodore Roosevelt
and the other in November,
1909. by President William
Evening star., 1954-11-19

There is nothing new Ia the
findings Of the Watkins com.
mittee. There Is no doubt that
Senator Mccarthy harshly
cross-examined Gen. Ralph
zwicker In the matter of the
promotion and honorable dis.
charge of q Fifth Amendment
witness" dentist-Maj. Irving
Peress. There is no doubt that
Senator Mccarthy did not
choose his words from Emily
Posts book on social etiquette
when he denounced the Gil.
lette committee.
There is equally no doubt
that Senator Mccarthy is q
harsh and unorthodox exam
iner OF adverse witnesses who
appear before his committee,
This may be shocking to many
who still picture Senators In
Prince Albert coats and using
fiowery language in bitter de-
bates.
But never in the history of
the Senate have members had
to deal with witnesses whose
aim is the destruction of the
foundations of this country.
f1anked by skilled attorneys
who have discovered since l94a
the fruitful use of the Fifth
Amendment. Even more pol.
ished" men than Senator Nc.
Carthy. outraged by such dis
coveries, have recently used
language "unbecoming to q
Senator" Nobody thought of
censuring or expelling them.
from the Senate.
From the point Of view Of
human behavior, 1t should be
understandable that a vigorous
man might lose control Of his
congressional vocabulary after
he has been bounded for years
because of his bare-knuckles
tight against the enemies of
this Nation.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

some commentators attr1b-
uted the sharp upswing OF
the stock market following the
elections to the fact that the
Republicans did not suffer as
serious a setback as artici-
pated. In our reasoning this is
entirely wrong, and would re-
veal investors to be poorer
analysts than we think they
are.
The notion is a holdover
from the concept that Repub-
licans are economic conserv-
atives" and Democrats "left-
wingers" - that Republican
ism stands for return to nor
malcy, balanced budgets, and
the end of Government initia-
tive in economic affairs. Such
Republicanism Is moribund.
1t breathed its last gasp in the
Republican convention that
turned down Senator Taft and
nominated Gen. Eisenhower.
Senator Taft was not the
choice of big business. And
should the old economic con-
ServatiSm make headway in
any future election the stock
market would go down, not up.
Investors tcapitalists) no
less than labor fear a decrease
in Government investment
and spending. And Wall Street
is, in general, internationalist
no matter what party its mem
bers may belong to. For as
long as $50 billion of the tax
payers money, or Govern
ment created money, is being
pumped into defense - which
our international policies as
Sure-and $50 billion more
continues to go to other Gov
ernment estm ments and
spending, a large volume of
demand for hard goods, along
with cheap and easy money or
credit, is assured to private
investors.
Government today is far
and away the biggest capital
ist. Through government,
Federal. State. and local, more
than twice as much is being
invested and spent than pri-
vate investors are putting up,
or can put up. The Govern
ment is the leader that sets
the pace and calls the tune.
What would really shake
the stock market would be
anticipation of a drastic
change in this pattern. But
nothing in the election re-
turns indicates anything ex-
cept rather more of the same
thing. Were there any real
prospect of the cold war end
ing in an acceptable settle
ment. or of America notably
retrenching on her global COM
mitments with a consequent
reduction of Government de-
fense investment and demands
not Offset by equal Govern
ment investment in other
fields. the stock market would
go down.
The notion that big business
is any longer economically
conservative a la the Hoover
and Coolidge eras does not
bear analysis. The big-busi-
ness men who head the pro-
liferating foundations with
their give-away programs are
actually practioing private So
cialism in managing the
estates Of dead capitalists.
Our economy has become
q mixture of state and pri-
vate capitalism Cor state and
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Thomas [. Stokes

It is possible to present some
Of the factors in the present
state of mind and of affairs in
Russia that has prompted the
careful and cautious look
which our Government now is
giving to the problem of
peaceful co-existence."
The analysis, which suggests
for the West certain advan-
tages as well as potential long
term dangers, is woven out of
reports by diplomats as well
as trained observers outside Of
diplomacy who recently have
taken a fresh glance at Russia
on the ground.
There has been a change"
in Russian methods since
Premier Malenkov succeeded
Joseph Stain, both in internal
policy and in approach to the
rest of the world; though. 1t is
warned, no discernible change
in long-range objective which
is still the spread of COM
munism throughout the world
but the last by the familiar
means of inflltration and sub
version rather than war.
Russia's determination to
avoid war is stressed in all
reports of present Soviet atti-
tudes, which stress these fac
tors:
/. The terrific damage Rus
sia suffered from the Second
World War of which there are
still gruesome evidences 10
years afterward which impress
visitors who are shown them
as part Of directed tours"
Q. Russia's knowledge Of the
hydrogen bomb-which she is
assumed to have-convinces
her rulers. as 1t does President
Eisenhower and our officials,
that nobody could win an
atomic war. but civilization
would be destroyed.
Consequently, Russia has an
anxiety about her security
which, some visitors report,
makes, her seek q degree Of
security beyond that which We
and our Western world allies
Evening star., 1954-11-19

Howard Taft-forbidding Gov
ernment employees from giving
information to members Of
Congress under penalty Of
dismissal. The second execu-
tive order read in part:
Nor shall any such person
respond to any request for
information from either house
OF Congress, or any commit
tee Of either house of Con-
gress, or any member of Con-
gress. except through, or as
authorized by, the head of his
department"
Senator La Toilette wrote to
thousands of Government en-
ployes, primarily the mail
clerks. Here is how La Fol-
lette's Weekly, in an article
placed in the Congressional
Record on August 10, 1912,
commented on this gag or
DER:
Denied the right to petit
ton Congress for relief from
conditions such as these, the
mail clerks determined to pro-
tect themselves by organizing.
This drew from the admins
tration a series Of prosecutions
almost unparalleled. The men
were told, in effect, that ac-
tivity along these lines would
mean the loss Of their jobs.
Senator La Toilette took hold
Of this situation. He addressed
letters to all the mail clerks
asking for the facts. From the
pile of correspondence he re-
ceived. a most appalling mis-
treatment of Government en-
ployes and American citizens
is revealed"
Representative Lloyd, in a
speech In the House at the
time, said:
IF no Government employe
is permitted to speak, except
ing through his department
chiefs, and the department
chief through the cabinet Of
f1cer, then this is an aristo-
cratic Government, dominated
completely by the official FAM
lily Of the President. If the
principle enunciated in these
executive orders is to be car
ried to the extreme, then
there is no possible way of
obtaining information except
ing through the cabinet Of
f1cers. and if these officials
desire to withhold informa-
Evening star., 1954-11-19
StonIey's Chouffeur
Fined as Tipsy Driver
By the Associated Pres.

EMPORIA, Va. Nov. 10. Gov.
stanley's chauffeur. Thomas r.
Bannister, yesterday pleaded
guilty to a charge OF driving an
automobile while under the in
f1uence of intoxicants.
Bannister, So. coIored. was
fined 500 and costs Of $4.75.
The conviction carries with it q
mandatory one-year suspension
lot his driving permit.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

by which parallel efforts" can
be pursued by both Protestants
and Catholics in meeting the
full responsibilities Of churches
in the world.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06
Doll DoIled Up

NEW YORK-Marian An
derson, Metropolitan Opera
singer, displays the baby
doll she selected as grand
prize winner in the nation
al finals of the Seventeen
Magazine-Save the Chill
dren Federation Christmas
Doll Contest held here yes
terday October PSI. All
dolls entered in the annual
goodwill contest were made
by teen-age girls to be dis
tributed to needy youngsters
in rural America and over
seas at Christmas time.
Serving with Marian An
derson on the Judging board
were Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
and actress Deborah Kerr.
Judging climaxed a nation
wide contest in which an es-
timated $4,000 American
girls made and dressed dolls.
The trio Of Judges selected
the winner from 234 dolls
picked as regional winners
in contests conducted recent
~ in rs major cities.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06
n VCA
.VesrS-VieM.S

Taking tips nom Robin HOWE,
who holds a SKI school al Cen
tral Branch YWCA. aspiring
skiers plan 10 be ready with all
the necessary techniques by the
time the first heavy snow falls.
HOWE. certified instructor at
Oecmaw Hills. teaches his stu
dents the techniqueS OF walking,
climbing. turning and schussing.
The classes are conducted IN
doors. but HOWE believes that
Is tn this instruction his pupils
can enjoy the sport as soon as
they have finished the course.
The ski school begins at Cen
i,sl Branch WV this week. Held
on Tuesdays from to $50 pm,
it is open TO both men and
women.
Another new class. which be-
gins next week at Central Branch
WV, is course in cake decor.
slng 1t is scheduled for Mon
day at $50 pm.
Enrollments are still being &C,
ccpted in the Ballet ! class on
Monday at $50 pm, and in the
square dance class on Thursday
al 1880 pm. according TO Harriet
Bowe. general and health educa.
ton director.