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Evening star., 1954-10-18
DORIS Feeson-
Illinois Democrats Confident
They Expect Senator Douglas to Win Reelection Against
Main Street Candidate Of Republicans

Were in. We have to be.
Americans will not send an
ordinary man to do an extra
ordinary job when they are
given a choice like we are
in Illinois. "
This sentiment Is basically
why Illinois Democrats are con-
fident. They know the tide has
run against them in the State
since 1948. They admit that
Senator Douglas lost ground
with his emotional behavior
at the 1852 convention when he
tried to help Senator Kefauver.
But they expect him to win.
Mr.. Meek, who started out
a Taft Republican, is riding
President Eisenhower's coat
tails now. He says he can go
along with the President on
just about everything bat the
Bricker amendment. The Re-
publican right wing dislikes the
switch but probably will. go
along as q political necessity
exactly as the President went
along with the necessity Of
indorsing Mr.. Meek.
"A submerged issue Is Sem
ator Douglas heroic war rec
ord in the Marines. He came
out of the Pacific campaigns q
lieutenant colonel after en-
listing as q private but with an
arm shattered in combat. It
does much to answer charges
Of radicalisrn still leveled at
him.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

in signing new trade agree
ments with more than two
dozen Of our free world allies.
Last January. the Randall
Commission made its report.
and on March 80 the President
adopted the commissions rec-
concentrations. He asked the
Congress for a three-year ex-
tension of the reciprocal trade
program plus some liberaliza-
tion in our tariff barriers. He
pointed to, the necessity Of for
eign markets for our own farm
surpluses and for the products
Of our factories, mines and
workshops. He called his pro-
gram the minimum" which he
considered essential" and
warned that 'tif we fail in our
trade policy, we may fail in
ALL"
But Republican leaders in
Congress refused to support
the Presidents program. Re-
publican-controlled committees
wouldn't even schedule hear
ings. Finally, the Old Guard
persuaded the President to
write a letter saying he would
again be satisfied with q one
year extension and more study.
However, Democrats in the
Senate thought the Presidents
, three-year program was good.
as far as it went, and should be
enacted. And finally, when
Democrats proposed to intro
duce that program, Republican
leaders got busy-not to enact
the three-year program the
President really wanted but to
pass another meaningless one
year extension bill with no lib
eralization.
So when the one-year extern
sion bill came to the Senate, !
offered as a substitute the
Presidents real programme
exact bill he had sent to Con-
gress providing for a three
year extension and further
trade liberalization.
When the vote came almost
all Democrats supported the
Presidents program, but every
Republican in the Senate voted
against it, and they defeated
the program.
Defeat of this program
means that for another year
Evening star., 1954-10-18
When an Attack Boonneronqs
Accusation Against Cose's Sister ii New Jersel
Nov Believed Benefitino G O p Cundidote

in 1852 which was 1T first re-
luctant to allow itself to be-
come the vehicle Of q smear
against Senator Mccarthy Of
Wisconsin was prodded again
and again by certain left
wing organizations until the
subcommittee did file q report.
making no recommendation
Of its own, but reciting 3 lot Of
innuendoes without q single
specific charge Of law violation.
There were no cries Of gut
ter politics. then from the
"left wingers, but instead
they launched severe criticisms
against Senator Mccarthy
when. upon being refused the
right of ross-examination. he
declined to testify unless
specifically ordered by SUBJ
poena.
TO this day. not q single
charge of law violation has
been leveled against Senator
Mccarthy about his income
taxes. The Truman adminis-
tration made q minute exam-
inati6n of the Senator's in
come-tax returns for all the
years involved in the con-
troversy. The Department Of
Justice. since the 1852 commit
tee reported, has stated public
" it found no evidence Of law
violation on any other matter
either.
Surely. it Is the business OF
the Internal Revenue Bureau
to determine what funds are
personal income and hence
subject to tax and what funds
are received by q Senator for
public purposes. Nor Is any
one In public life required to
disclose his personal finances
to. anyone else. On December
L.. 1852, this correspondent
wrote: "Adlai Stevenson adj
mitted publicly last September
that, apart from his fund when
running for Governor, used for
State officials, he had two
special funds. namely in the
years 1850 and 1951-years
when he was not a candidate
himself. He never has dis-
closed the names of the con-
tributors or the amounts
contributed to these two funds.
which he calls political funds.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
constontine BroMa-
The TheDonoerinMoscoW's Lure
PeocefuI Coestence Plan Colled Reo Need OF Kre1ln
TO Consolidate Coins Before Fnu Blow to Free World

free Korea. The Marxist theo-
reticians Of the Soviet Union.
devoid of all consid derations OF
ethics and morals. sneering at
every motivation save that Of
niaterialisnl, look upon their
latest world campaign, their
crusade for peace. !. as just am
other phase in the battle they
wage. And In their own view,
that battle can end only in the
subjugation Of the world.
1t Is only 81 years--but q
moment in q historical scnse
since the little band Of Bolshe-
viks under Lenin and Trotsky
seized the reins Of power In
Russia. Since that fateful day.
they have fastened their talons
on one-third Of the population,
and one-fourth Of the land area
of the world.
In World War II, with dis
aster battering at the gates Of
Moscow. the West came to Rus
Sia's aid because she was a
target for Nazi aggression.
Every effort was made to defeat
the invader. Billions Of dollars
and thousands of lives were
put at Stalin's disposal for
defense. And, with the peace
won, the Kremlin lost no time
In pressing for every inch Of
advantage possible against the
allies who so lately had pre-
served the Soviet nation from
certain destruction.
Yet, although the Commu-
nists demonstrated beyond the
shadow Of a doubt their grim
determination and infiexible
intent to dominate the globe,
there are still the wishful
thinkers and the head-in-tile-
clouds idealists who see, or
pretend to see. a practical and
peaceful formula for getting
along with the Unsuitable Com
munist wolf.
How it is possible for our
allies In Europe to accept the
Red appeal for "co-existence"
appears. on the surface, to be
a mystery. But the mystery
is not unexplainable. It is an
adjustment to what the Euro
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Senator Albert Gore

This Is the third in a series
OF articles presenting the rec
ord OF the Democrats TN the
role OF the opposition during
the last tt0o years. The Stars
use of the articles is made pos
Sible through the courtesy OF
the New York Herald TrtbuneJ
For more than 20 months
our foreign trade has been on
a serious decline. and we are
doing nothing to reverse the
trend.
But while we have been
standing Still, the Russians
and the Chinese Communists
have mounted trade offensive
which has met with alarming
success. They have begun to
take over many of our markets
abroad.
Democrats In Congress have
sought to remedy this UNHAPPY
state of affairs, but twice the
Republican leadership of the
83d Congress has refused to ap-
prove an enlightened trade
program.
During the 1852 campaign
President Eisenhower vigorous
~ urged a more liberal foreign
trade policy. And when he was
elected most Democrats were
eager to see him carry forward
and improve the reciprocal
trade program begun by for
mer Secretary of State Cordell
Hull 20 years before.
However, almost immediate
ly the President ran into for
midable opposition from pro-
tectionist Old Guard Republic
cans. So. without seriously
pressing the point, he asked
Congress to extend the recipro-
cal trade program then in eff
feet for just one year, prom
ising to study the situation
during the year, and agreeing
not to make any new trade
pacts.
So, for q year we marked
time. doing nothing to bolster
our sagging world trade while
q special group called the RAN
dali Commission made . study.
But during that year of in
action on our part the Rus
slams and Chinese Reds
launched their effort to invade
our markets. They succeeded
Evening star., 1954-10-18
nstontine Brown

AS Americas allies in Europe
grow more and more insist
ent and persuasive In their
zeal for peaceful co-existence'
with the Communist world. 1t
would be well for Americans
to- stop and think more than
d little.
Nothing, Of course, could be
more appealing to the people
Of the free world than q real
prospect for enduring peace.
Too long have the lives Of
millions been affiicted by the
never-ceasing tensions and
anxieties Of war hot, warm
and cold. The public acqui-
escence in the peace-without-
victory accepted in Korea
showed all too plainly the
depth of the desire for an end
to fighting with its casualty
lists and its unending costs.
But. unpopular as it is to
say, and unhappy as 1t Is to
have to face unpleasant real
ities, America must know. now.
and clearly. that this beckon-
ing vista Of peaceful co-exist-
ence is a greater threat to the
future of free men than the
most irritating -stubbornness,
the most naked aggression. the
Reds could devise.
The Kremlin's soothing plea
for a world honeymoon is no
mere propaganda device. 1t is
real. The conspirators of Mos
COW, and their hench-men In
Peiping really do want cock
istence, and will press by every
means they can think Of to
achieve it. They VIII use
propaganda and back their
words with enough deeds,
enough concrete evidence of
sincerity, to convince the
doubters. Even those who
know the true worth of So
Wet promises are not immune
to their Establishments.
Peaceful persistence, to
{ Moscow, is as much a part Of
the master plan to communize
the world as was the betrayal
Of Czechoslovakia, the conquest
Of China, and the assault on
Evening star., 1954-10-18

In personality and approach
the two candidates are almost
as. much in contrast as were
Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Ferguson.
An economics professor and an
internationalist. Senator DOUG
las is the universal man. Mr..
Meek has the Midwest Main
Street, its strength and weak
ness, written all over him.
An audience of important
businessmen in Chicago last
week got the full impact Of
these differences.
Senator Douglas delivered 8
well reasoned, tightly knit ex-
position of what the relations
between government and busi-
ness ought to be in a free
society. Mr.. Meek said that
"all that matters Is what you
believe and with Impressive
sincerity catalogued q long
list of generalities.
When Mr.. Meek concluded,
a visiting New Yorker shook
his head and marvelled. "You
know, Henry Mencken might
never have existed"
Afterward, a long queue
formed to shake hands with
Mr.. Meek. A smaller but fer
vent group gathered around
Senator Douglas. One of these
turned to the visiting firemen
and said with absolute con-
viction:
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Thon1os [. Stokes

When Secretary Of Defense
Wilson blurted out his luckless
crack about bird dogs and
kennel-fed dogs in connection
with the unemployed, he only
dramatized a basic mistake
in political psychology that
the Eisenhower administration
made many months ago.
That was its refusal to rec
ognize the economic recession,
but to attempt instead to
whistle 1t away and to dis
count the extent of unemploy-
ment. It got itself into the
position where it could hardly
express much concern about a
situation which it insisted. in
the first place. did not exist.
That attitude could not be any
great comfort to the victims,
the unemployed.
This may be an oversimpli-
fication of what has happened
In recent months. but psyche
logically that is the way it has
worked out. Politically that
psychology has turned out
badly for the administration
and the Republican Party.
Blunt Charlie Wilson con-
firmed q lot Of & suspicious
which, though not JUSTIFIED.
are easily nurtured In times
of misfortune when he said
1--WE got q lot of sympathy
for people where sudden
change catches 'ern but I've
always liked bird dogs better
than kennel-fed dogs. You
know, one who'll get out and
hunt for food rather than sit
on his fanny and yell .
It Is possible that his faux
pas could magnify the extent
OF the Republican defeat In the
coming congressional elections
lat least Democrats seem TO
think so from the way they are
playing the record over and
over. But q setback In Mo-
vember became almost newt
sble at the moment months
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Doris Fleeson-

CHICAGO-The Illinois 1854
Senate race Is more than
slightly reminiscent OF Ohio,
1850.
-Four years ago a popular
Ohio character, jumping Joe"
Ferguson, tried to unhorse Mr..
Republican himself. the late
Senator Robert A. Taft. Mr..
Ferguson was parochial-"For-
mosa?" he said. "I'll carry it"
but he had twice been elected
State Auditor by large MAJORS
ties and nobody has ever said
a really bad word against him.
The Taft admirers reacted
to the challenge as If Mr.. Ferg-
uson were a Roosevelt in his
prime, sparing neither effort,
money nor the Senator him
self in the campaign. Mr.. Taft
won by an overwhelming ma
jority, to which it was, obvious
Democrats and independents
who disagreed with his views
in whole or in part contributed.
This year in Illinois, Demo-
crat Paul Douglas, acclaimed
by Time magazine as Amer
les No. / Senator. is running
scared against Joseph T. Meek.
for years q champion and
spokesmen for $4,000 retailers
comprising the Illinois Fedora
tion of Retailers. Mr.. Meek has
never before run for Office but
he has an immense acquaint-
ance and real knowledge of his
State.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Dovid { L0wrer1ce

20 that mine enemy would
only attack mel g This has
been the plaintiye soliloQuy Of
many q candidate in a cam
paign characterized by apathy
and indifference on the part
of the voters.
That's what Vice President
Nixon must have meant when
he said that the nasty attack
on Clifford Case. Republican
nominee for United States
Senator from New Jersey,
would be beneficial rather than
detrimental. For In q CAM
paign where the voters for the
most part are passive. 1t often
takes something sensational to
arouse them. MIR. Case now
will attract far more attention
on the radio and television and
get a wider hearing for his
views on the stump than he
otherwise would have had. It's
a plus for him because the at
tack itself has boomeranged.
The publication of a news
paper story that Mr.. Case has
sister who had Communist
associates is, to be sure, as he
says, gutter politics. !" It is
stated now that mistaken
identity is involved and that
the candidates sister is not
the person referred to by the
ex-Communist quoted. But
even If it were true. it was an
improper and irrelevant
charge. For. no matter what
the members of a candidates
family may do or say, the
electorate is asked to pass
Judgment only on the quali-
fications of the candidate and
not his kinfolks.
The tendency Of some peo-
pie to attack the man rather
than to discuss the issues is
all too prevalent in America.
Indignation is properly being
visited on those who attennp-
ted to smear Mr.. Case, but,
unfortunately as one looks
back at the record, many of
the same people who are sup
porting Mr.. Cases candidacy
were not so charitably inclined
when another man in public
life was charged with guilt
by innuendo. I"
Thus a Senate subcommittee
Evening star., 1954-10-18
senotor Albert Sore
Democrats Backed Eisenhower
Lowoker Says Pory Tried to Push Through Presidents
Reciprocal Trade Bill but G. O. P. Bockedt

we will do very little. II any.
thing, to improve our deterio-
rating world trade situation.
It means that for another year
the President will not have
the minimum weapons he
needs to meet and counter the
growing threat Of the Commu-
mist trade offensive. It means
that; our markets abroad will
continue to contract. It means
that for another year our Gus
toners abroad will wonder
what our long-range trade pol-''
icy will be when finally We
make up our minds. It means
we must continue foreign-aid
doles to strengthen the econ-
omies of our allies. 1t meansA
that the Soviet and Red Cfi- /
nese trade bait will look more,
and more tempting to our allies
as they grow restive and un-i
easy. waiting for us to make
up our minds. n
We in this country have
made a serious issue of trade
between our free world allies
and the Communists. We have
sought to discourage that trade
Yet we have refused to facil-
itate an expansion of mutually
advantageous two-way trade
with our allies. We have re-
fused to allow them to earn
the dollars here which they
must have to buy our surplus
products. We have denied them
the trade they must have to
support healthy economies.
The hard economic fact is
that many Of our allies-yes,
most of our allies-must trade
to live. If they cannot trade
with us, then they must look.
elsewhere for markets. The.
Communists are offering those
markets. Almost every week o
new allied trade delegation
accepts an invitation to Mos
COW to discuss new trade agree
ments. for the Reds are Offer
ing fabulous bargains-and our
customers are slipping away
from us.
More than four million
Americans are dependent upon
our foreign commerce for their
jobs. and much Of the huge
surplus Of farm products now
piled up in Government ware
houses is traceable to the de.
cline Of our sales abroad.
From the record thus far
made 1t would appear that
only a Democratic Congress
will insure the enactment Of
an enlightened foreign-trade
program. Twice O Republican
Congress has refused to enact
such q program, and it is likely
that another Republican Com
gress would do likewise.
Is it wisdom to ignore the
Presidents warning that II
we fail In our trade policy, we
may fail in all? I think not.
Copyright, 1854. MY. Herald Tribune. In,
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Fletcher KnebeI
Potomac Fever

washington had two famous visitors over the week end
Hazel and Ike.
President Harry Truman speaks for the Democrats
Republicans trying to get away with some
cheap verbal blunder had bunder make
he at least put three-cent stamp on IT.
Defense Secretary bird have been laid
away the historical hles under the heading: THE
Canine Mutny."
The President of Prime Minister Of Pastan
both visit the Practically all Of friends come
once-and we do mean all. sSs
Adai Stevenson crusade" has become the
business Democrats have trimmed down TO
weight while Of Even their issues are getting bit
thin
The AFT and CIO plan merge labor organizations.
John bigger the mergerhe more
he'll have to walk out
This years Republican saga: McCarthys points Of
orders-to Wilson's orders for pointers.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Thon1os [. Stokes-
Mistaken Political Psychology
Unfortunate Campaign Remarks Seen Pointing Up g. P.
RefusoI to Recognize Economic Recession
Refusal to Recognize Economic Recession

that workers and their farni-
lies had come to accept as
normal. It operates in the
same way as a cut In salary or
in wages, both actually and
ologically. This has
made 1t impossible for many
families to meet financial ebli-
cations of various sorts to
which they had committed
themselves on the basis Of the
boom income, and that, OF it.
self. reacts back upon the
economy.
While 1t Is easy to condemn
the state Of mind that devel-
oped in the overtime pay era.
u Is human and so is seeking d
target politically in the party
in power, the Republicans. It
seems to do little good to ex-
plain, as Republicans are try-
ing to explain, that onlys in
war could any one expect such
overtime, that it Is impossible
in peace. and peace is. after
all, the desirable condition.
Nor does 1t seem to have
much effect among farmers to
explain that their fall In in
come started back under the
Democrats. They. voted the
Democrats out In 1852 and
seemed to expect something
different from the Repub-
licans. The election next.
month win offer dissatisfied
farmers, as well IS industrial
workers, their flrst opportu-.
nifty to express themselves on
the new Republican regime.
That has become the function
of congressional elections In
off-years "a referendum. That
such q referendum might re-
suit III what Republicans call
q divided government Is d
consideration that does not
seem to carry much weight
with most voters. 'hat was
demonstrated lii 1886 when
iiseruntled voters. expressing
themselves 81 the Democrats.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

peans believe to be inescapable
reality. In London. Paris. and
Berlin millions Of defenSeless
people are only minutes away
from Soviet H-bombs. There
is nothing idealistic or remote
about atomic warfare to the
leaders Of free Europe.
In addition to the threat Of
the xt-door-based mass an
nihilation, there is the glitter !
ing promise, deftly stressed BY
the Reds, Of q great and profit
able trade with the Iron Cur
tain countries. To impoverished
Western Europe. here is Q force J
to be reckoned with as over-s
whelnning.
But the United States ID
neither as near to the Soviet
bombers nor as needful Of
Soviet trade as are our allies
in Europe. We have a chance,
at least. to appraise the Red
mirage Of f'peaceful co-existeAce
for what 1t really Is. And If we.
do not do so. while there Is
still time, we will have no one
to blame for our folly when the
world about US has become Q
Red police state.
Co-existence, to the Kremlin,
means only the gaining Of the
time the conspirators consider
necessary to consolidate their
immense gains and develop
their almost unlimited re-
sources before they make the
master play. the final blow to
exterminate the free world. In Z
a comparatively few years. an,
other new generation of fanat-
ical Communists can be reared,
trained, armed and indoc-
trinated with hatred for the
ideals we hold most precious.
Let US face the facts, now or
never. Co-existence can do only
one thing for the free world
lull it into a false sense Of
security and thus into i'm.
potence. The fancied peace Of
the period of co-existence viii
be paid for In the blood Of nail
lions later-or in the chains
to be forged around the world.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Lost Girl, 5, sofe;
Walked 20 Miles
In Wild Country
BY fhs Associated Press

OKANOGAN. Wash. Oct. Is.
"A 5-year-old girl who. sheriff's
officers said, walked 20 miles in
20 hours through the wilds of
North Central Washington wan
dered safely into a ranch so miles
north of here yesterday while an
army of men searched for her.
The first words of Joyce Abel
as she entered the yard Of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Wagner We're:
"Was mommy worried?"
The Wagner ranch Is 90 miles
southwest Of the home Of Joyce's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell
Abel, from which she wandered
Saturday while playing.
AS hopes dimmed yesterday
that Joyce survived the freezing
night she walked, tired but un-
harmed, into the Wagners' yard
and told of travelling downhill
through the darkness across
rock-studded fields and grassy
plains.