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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

House Democrats for high price supports Demo-
Gratis fair to everybody They always think rst Of the con-
sumer-then vote for the farmer.
Senate Republicans and Democrats fight
ing over which party would give the little fellow the
cut They finally split the derenceand
Eleanor Roosevelt cancels plans to Russia It was
case OF international politics. There New
York voters would let Franklin Roosevelt Albany
same year his mother went to Moscow.
Republican leaders offer rules investigating
committees Republicans the by investigating
the mess They hope to win the next by messing
investigators. 49,
An ousted housing official refuses whether he attended
party where contractors furnished the girls FILA mortgages
used to come in two colors-blond or brunette.
Gov Frank Lauche Of Ohio he isn't candidate for
President He's early bird Usually the fellows
running for President don't start reminding Of 1t for
another year yet
Two anCommunist groups vie power Guatemala The
only trouble with the wcparty system in the banana republics
that one OF them usually winds getting its throat cut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
lonsto1tine Brown
It Might Have Been Different
French Retreat in IndoChino Held Result Of Stubborn
Sense Of National Pride Refusing Aid From u Sond Rhee

4 =
hodia is expected to be signed
well before the expiration of
the self-imposed deadline of
July 20.
The Asiatic people are no
longer striving for freedom
but for self-preservation. They
realize that their only hope
is to accept Red domination.
They realize that hundreds OF
thousands who believed in the
Western nations will be purged
and other hundreds Of thou
sands will be deported to slave
labor camps in the Sinkiang
Province of China or will work
as road gangs in southern
China. Chinese Satraps will
be in control of the native
Communist functionaries Just
as is the case in North Korea,
which has been transformed
into a Chinese province.
These ASiatics have no
choice but to accept without
a murmur the domination of
the ruthless dictators from
Moscow and Peiping. Their
present leaders Of whom
are enlightened men educated
in Western universities real
lze that their people had a
chance for a better life If only
the West had chosen not to
yield to the Red blackmail.
The sad fact is that had it
not been for an unbelievable
blindness on the part of the
French governments over the
last 10 months, Indo-C China
could have been saved without
the necessity of American
ground troops intervening In :
that area.
The American proposal to
send a team Of competent off,
GERS headed by Gen. James Van
Fleet, who had proved his
mettle in Greece and South
Korea. to train a native mill
tary force was rejected with
indignation by the Paris lead
erS. They took the position
that 1t would hurt the honor
and prestige of France to have
alien officers interfere in the
affairs Of the Associated States
who derive all their support"
from France.
The French political men ig-
nored the fact that they are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Thonos [. Stokes
How Political Pressures Work
Coumns Finds Election Year Tends Force Both Parties
1ONnrd Some ninE T..<p Dill

forward to sponsor q proposed
amendment to increase personal
exemptions from 5000 to $500
in 1855 and thereafter to $1,000,
and also to eliminate the special
tax cuts for dividend recipients,
Republicans, with support
from President Eisenhower and
Secretary of Treasury Hum
phrey. stood firm, however.
against the suddenly radical
Georgia Senator and kept his
amendment out of the bill.
Thus the measure was reported
to the Senate and taken up
early this week, without the
George amendment. but with
the "coupon-clipper" relief.
Meanwhile. Senator George
had modified his proposal to a
simple increase in. exemptions
from $500 to $7O0 similar to
that offered by Democrats in
the House in vain, but still
with elimination of the special
tax advantage for dividends.
Things began to happen after
a cursory discussion of the tax
bill by the Senate. Republicans
suddenly called a party con-
ference Wednesday morning,
at which they decided to
abandon the President and his
Secretary of Treasury, go "po-
litical" before it. was too late,
and do something special for
the small taxpayer. They in
dorsed q series of amendments
presented by Senator Millikin,
Republican, of Colorado, Sem
ate Finance Committee chair
man. These increased exemp-
tions for small and medium
taxpayers though not to cover
all members of a family, only
husband and wife, and there
fore less expensive to the !.
Treasury than the George
amendment in the way Of
revenue loss.
The amendments retained
reductions in taxes on divi-
dends. but made them half
of what they were in the
House bill. Retention of the
principle was criticized imme-
diately by Democrats who ar
eoed that once 1t was in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Doris Feeson-
KnoW|ond Forces the Issue
Senator's Warning Possible IT, N Acceptance of Red China
Seen Forcing Eisenhower Into Prompt Decision

in the settlement the French
are now attempting to make
on Indo-C China. What he
fears is that Congress will not
be in session when the issue
comes before the U. N.
Unquestionably the President
is now faced with the greatest
issue Of his presidency, short
of war. He has to make up his
mind among cruel risks and
face the possibility of a break,
up Of those European alliances
into which so much blood and,
treasure have been poured and
which once saved the free
world.
He cannot afford to wait to
take his position. So long as
he does not speak forcefully
and plainly. he will be permit
ting the Senate leader to set
the pattern for his party. He
must challenge Senator KNOW
land or accept the Knowland
policy.
There has been some feeling
in the Senate that the White
House had hoped quietly to
drift into the position where
siding with Britain and
France, acceptance of co-exist-
ence and Red China were in
evitable, natural and neces-
sary. If that illusion was ever
held by the administration, it
now appears doomed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Suspicion Of French-Red Deal
But Embassy Officials Deny Collaboration on Asiu Evacuation
Or Plot Giving Pepng Government Seat in United Nations
Dovid LoWrence

Uneasiness over what's GO
ing on in Indo-C China seems
to be increasing as suspicious
are voiced here that maybe
there is . deal on between
France and Red China con-
corning the evacuation Of GER
tain areas in Southeast Asia.
Also rather vehement speeches
have just been made by Sen
ator Knowland of California,
Republican majority leader.
and by Senator Pat McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada de-
nouncing any idea of admis-
sion of Red China into the
u. NJ. which they suspect may
be part OF a deal involving
French support for that step
in exchange for better terms
for France in Indo- China.
Both hypothesis are de-
clared by French officials here
in Washington to be baseless.
AS one Of them explained it:
Why would any French general
Withdraw his troops before an
armistice Is signed. especially
when negotiations at Geneva
between the military men and
the diplomats have by no
means been concluded? It was
stated that obviously the with
drawal from certain parts of
the rich delta area by the
French Is q strategic retreat
and means only that a mar
rover perimeter will be estab-
1iShed that can be more readily
defended hereafter.
The situation Is by no means
stabilized. On the contrary,
it presents possible complica-
tions for the United States and
Great Britain. For, If the
French find themselves unable
to defend the area to which
they have retreated and If they
feel compelled later to accept
adverse terms in an armistice.
the Paris government UNI
doubtedly will once more ask
for American and British mil
itary aid before resigning it
self to acceptance Of the
Communist proposals. In other
words, America and Britain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Constantine Brown

The decision of the French
government to withdraw its
forces from northern Wet Nam
and abandon some 4 million
predominantly Catholic Wet.
Namese did not surprise. the
State Department.
This move is in keeping with
the headline which French
Premier Mendes- France set for
himself when he declared he
Would resign If negotiations
with the Reds had not reached
a successful conclusion by
July 20. BY this he placed him
self from the outset in q posi-
ton to do nothing but agree
to q surrender to Communist
demands.
Throughout the weeks Of
talks at Geneva neither ". M.
Molotov nor Chou En-lai ever
made the slightest concession
to the Western side. They put
their terms on the table and
did not bulge. Once in a while
they filled the hearts of the
British and French represent
atives with joy when their
voices not their termsbe-
came less harsh and their
sternness relaxed. This was in
terpreted by Foreign Ministers
Bidault and Eden and their
aides to mean that the Reds
were on the way to becoming
more cooperative" But they
never translated this co-opera.
ton into deeds.
Top policymakerS in WASH
ington recognize now that
Southeast Asia is as good as
lost to the free nations. An
tagonisn1 against the West is
expected to flare up in Cam
bodia and Laos because of
the French abandonment Of
4 million Viet-Namese without
warning.
A peace agreement" be-
tween the Wet Mini and
France concocted by Molotoy
and Chou providing for the
surrender to the Reds of Wet
Nam including the main city
OF Hanoi; the surrender of the
seaport Of Haiphong after all
the French forces have been
evacuated; and the with
.drawal Of all foreign" troops
Qrench) from Laos and Cam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02

a result Of the Churchill Eisen-
hover talks which some Brit
isll newspapers have linked
with the possibility Of j change
in the Washington govern
ment'S attitude. But there Is
no change coming.
Republicans as well as Demo-
Gratis In Congress are united
against admission Of Red China
into the u. N. II any govern
ment on the allied side in
Europe wants to press for adj
mission for Red China and Sue
ceeds In persuading the See
curity Council to replace Ma
tionalist China with Comnu-
mist China. the end result will
be action by Congress withS
drawing from further partici-
patton by the United States in
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Thonos [. Stokes

In this election year it is
intriguing to watch political
pressures work themselves out
In nice designs in Congress
and to see, with that, the
abrupt abandonment of the
pretentiouS pose Of States
man" for the more convenient
and comfortable posture Of
politician" as the election
gets closer and closer.
On taxes. for example.
You will remember how in
the House q few weeks ago Re-
publican Party leaders de-
feated, by only Q thin margin,
an attempt by Democrats to
raise personal income tax ex-
emptions from 5000 to 500
and, at the same time. to wipe
out Of the comprehensive tax
revision measure q provision
to reduce taxes on dividends.
The latter, Dem ocrats
charged. was special legislation
for the benefit Of coupon
clippers"
Democrats were, Of course,
playing politics to tickle the
little fellow" who constitutes
the bulk Of voters, though 1t
must be said, in fairness, that
the Republican administration
bill was weighted rather in
favor Of business and the big
taxpayer than for the small
taxpayer, as any analysis viii
show.
Though Democrats lost their
fight in the House, they got an
unexpected windfall in the Sem
ate. For there the venerable and
respected and conservative Sem
ator George of Georgia, ranking
Democrat on the Finance Com
mittee and its former chairman
during Democratic regimes, came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Dorothy Thompson
DOROTHY Lhon1psor-
Reflections on q Noble Career
eolunnst Travels From Vermont to See Churchill Aoon
And Wonders What in His Life He Would Do Differently

Travel from Vermont to
w ashington can be more
wearisome than from New
York to London. but / went to
the press luncheon in honor
Of Winston Churchill.
Editors Of newspapers far
removed from the Capital were
there, too, although the lunch
con was for the Washington
correspondents and q full re-
port would be on their desks
next morning.
World War II started, I was
thinking. half a generation
ago, when Mr.. Churchill was
already SO, out of office, and
chafing that England slept in
the face of a revolutionary up
heaval in Germany initiating
an arrogantly threatening
military power that somehow,
one felt, would cause war.
Then, when the attempt to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02

work to get this country out
of the U. N.
Mr.. Luce, it appears from
Time magazine, would also
prefer going it alone to aban-
doning Nationalist China. The
Wall Street Journal, much
more reserved, did not give its
own answers but it demanded
an end to present "shaky OPP
timism" and an inquiry into
what current realities portend
for Americas alliances.
The curbstone reaction in
the Senate supported Senator
Knowland who spoke without
advance warning of his in
tentions. It could not be
judged with certainty. since
the Senate quickly moved on
to the tax bill, whether such
reaction took into account the
spreading consequences OF any
such moves as Senator Know
land desires.
A leading isolationist, Pat
McCarran Of Nevada, however
seized the chance to try to
nail down the Knowland
thesis. Senator McCarran
within an hour had offered a
resolution directing the Presi-
dent to withdraw this country
from the u. N. if Red China
were admitted as a member.
The Senator apprehended-
no doubt correctly--that Red
China recognition Is involved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02

/ no longer trusted by their for.
nler subjects. And that Amer.
lean teams Of military instruc.
tors had the confidence Of the
Indo- Chinese people. Our sur
veys indicated that they would
have flocked to their national
flags to defend themselves
against the Communist in
vaders. For more than q year
France had the choice between
giving genuine freedom to the
peoples of Indo- China, within
the French Union, or losing
that area to the Reds. A short
sighted policy involving blind
pride In Frances past grandeur
caused them to choose the lat
ter and with that decision
place the United States In q
precarious position In the
Western Pacific.
The Diem Bien Phu disaster
was the straw that broke the
camel's back. Yet, according
to military experts, that dis.
aster could have been averted.
Before the actual siege Of the
fortress began President Syng.
man Rhee offered the French
government the help Of two
battle-experienced ROK di-
visions. Such a force might
have turned the tide at Diem
Bien Phu. Tie offer was curly
rejected because 1t was incom-
patible with French dignity.
Diem Bien Phu alsc could
have been saved by a mass air
attack. There was a time,
after the Geneva Conferences
started, when the then French
Premier Joseph Laniel franti-
cally asked Washington for
unlimited air support. We
ruSneo TO Haiphong three car
riers OF the Boxer class. But
no sooner did they arrive than
the French government hastily
Withdrew its request. Accord
Ing to informed sources, Louis
JOKE. the French ambassador
at Moscow, was summoned to
the Kremlin where Foreign
Minister Molotov told him that
If the American planes went
into action. the U.S.S.R. and
China would call OF the
Geneva parleys. The three
American carriers returned to
their base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02

contain it at Munich failed,
Mr.. Churchill was called to
assume responsibility for a war
for which no defense had been
prepared.
N o W here, I remembered,
were voices louder against
Munich" than in the United
States, where the name Of
Neville Chamberlain was made
a synonym for perfidy.
War came, with Mr.. Church.
i'll tagging his nation and the
world by words. meeting in the
first two years nothing but
defeats, and America backing
and filing, and the President
omising tools" but no
troops.
I saw Mr.. Churchill once in
those days, alone and "off the
record; he was looking into
the abyss, then, and he said
things ! never reported. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Doris Fleeson-

The fat is in the fire with
respect to President Eisen-
hower's efforts to temporize
with the perilous and pressing
differences between this coun-
try and its major European
allies.
It appears not impossible
that q chain reaction will set
in which will force the Presi-
dent to abandon his China
policy or risk the loss Of the
Anglo-French alliance.
Three power houses Of Re-
publican support-the Luce
publications, the Wall Street
journal and Senate Leader
Knowland-iI1 various ways
have called for a showdown
on the situation which has so
clearly been developing In
world diplomacy.
InaC SITUATION Is CnaG the
British and French are headed
toward q peaceful co-existence
with Russia Of which the cor
ollary almost surely will be
the admission of Red China
to the United Nations. The
question which is in effect be-
ing put to the President is:
What are you going to do
about it?
Senator Knowland bluntly
put China first. He said that
II Red China were admitted
to the United Nations, he will
resign his post as leader and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Virginia sec Approves
Quick Gas Raie Changes
BY The Asseeiossd Press

RICHMOND. Va, July g.
The State Corporation Commits
sion yesterday approved q speed
UP method for increasing or low
ering natural gas rates in the
Arlington area.
The sec gave its Endorsement
to q plan offered by the WASH
ington Gas Light Co. whereby
retail rates may change as soon
as the Federal Power Commits
sion authorizes q change in
wholesale rates.
This will eliminate the neces-
sity Of the company filing q
petition with the sec for q retail
increase and the holding Of .
hearing by the Virginia utility
regulatory agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
AZ Takes Control
Of Own Recruiting

The Air Force yesterday took
over control Of its own recruiting.
which previously had been a joint
effort of the Air Force and the
Army.
The local recruiting ONCE is
at 1400 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Recruiting for the service
win be directed by the 350Oth
Recruiting Wing, Wright Patter-
son Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
Brig. Gen. Arno II. Luehman.
former Air Force public informa-
ton deputy. has been named
commander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Even Few Drinks
BefuddIe Drivers,
Marylander Reports
BY the Associcisd Press

BALTIMORE. July IA
Maryland doctor, who. favors
clinical tests for drinking driv-
ers, says that motorist who
had only q couple Of beers isn't
as harmless as he thinks he is.
The two-beer stage is based
on q level OF, between 0 and L
per cent Of alcohol in the blood,
according to DR.. Lewis p. Gum
dry. associate professor of med
icine at the University Of Mary
land.
The delighted and devilish"
chap, who is in stage No. 2, has
had bit more Of the old and
rare. He goes up to q level Of
between i and 2 per cent Of
alcohol in his blood.
These people are not free
from errors in driving automo-
biles," DR.. Gundry tells his coll
leagues in the current issue Of
the Maryland State Medical
Journal.
He cited tests : in which a
group of drivers given three or
four bottles of beer performed
20 per cent worse than they
did before.
DR.. Gundry concluded that
the State ought to have legisla-
ton approving some sort Of
chemical test to help enforce the
laws against speedy drunks on
Maryland highways:
The doctor said he did not
favor chemical tests alone He
believes legislation should pro-
vide for the use Of "all other
competent evidence, as we'll"
The States Attorneys Asso-
citation. meeting in Ocean City
recently. also went on record In
favor Of drunkenness tests.
The 1858 Maryland General
Assembly turned down q bill
similar to the model legislation
recommended by the National
Safety Council and the Ameri-
can Medical Association.
That measure provides that q
person is legally sober where he
has less than 05 per cent alcohol
in his blood stream, and that he
is drunk in the eyes Of the law
when he has is per cent or more
alcohol in his blood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02

law, then still more reductions
for the 'coupon-clipper" class
could be voted later.
What was responsible for
this sudden Republican coup
to steal Democratic thunder by
a compromise scheme of their
own?
Well. 8 bit of investigation
disclosed that Democratic crit
icism Of the Republican tax
program as designed to favor
''the rich" had taken hold and
Republicans were beginning to
hear from home. Predominant
among the critics were labor
unions. Senator'S up for re-
election became anxious.
Quietly. key Senators went
to work to see what could be
done. Among them was one
who is not even a member Of
the Finance Committee but
who is the center of important
political interest. This is Sena-
tor Ives. Republican, of New
York. Because Of the way he
swept his State two years ago,
he is being regarded as the
most likely to run for Cover
nor If Gov. Dewey retires.
He is looked upon as the
strongest candidate available
as he has considerable labor
support. Republicans are very
much worried about New York,
a key State.
Senator Ives, 1t turns out,
suggested the compromise tax
proposal that Senator Millikin
submitted in lieu of the George
amendments. Thus does poll
tics work OBVIOUSLY, its mira
cleS to perform.
Senator Ives was particu-
larly conscious of the CLIO
which had sent to every Sena-
tor on Monday a statement by
its president, Walter Reuther.
That called the Republican
bill as it came from the COM
mittee IAN unjust and un-
wise bill" Mr.. Reuther urged
enactment of the original
George proposal to increase
exemptions from $500 to $500.
The Go is strong in New
York.
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may have to share in part the
blame for the debacle.
There is some dispute as to-.
what really has happened in
recent months between the
United States and France with
reference to official discussion
of military Intervention. The
State Departments version is
that the French government
never formally asked for aid
and that the United States
outlined the conditions for
such aid which. In effect. called
for an internationalizing OF.
the war in Indo-C China and for
a vote Of confirmation by the
French Parliament as well as
written requests by the gov
ernments involved that Amer
lea come in.
The French version is that
no government can ask for
mally for aid or promise an ac-
ton by Parliament, that the
meaning of the French diplo-
mats who presented the matter
informally was Enthusiastically
clear and that the conditions
set forth by the United States
were unacceptable. Some day
when a white paper" is issued
on the subject. it will be in
teresting to examine the docu-
ments on both sides and see
what led to, the misunder-
standings.
AS for the military with
drawal, this, it is authors
tatively declared by French
spokesman, was decided upon
several weeks ago when Gen.
Ely flew to Indo-C China on a
special mission and that what's
happening now Is a consuim-
nation of the program adopted
by the Laniel-Bidault govern
ment in Paris in May.
The issue of admission OF
Red China to the United Ma
tons is not one that the French
would raise, because they know
how sensitive the American.
Government Is on that subject.
Rather it is suggested that re-
vival Of the discussion now is