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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Doris FIeeson-

An authentic type in Ameri-
can politics is the country
lawyer, often with little for
NAL education, who rises to
the Senate via the county
courthouse where the great
game Is played with a tenacity
and singleness of purpose not
always seen in Washington.
Democrats are congratulate
Ing themselves that the senior
tty system has put one Of those
skilled veterans in charge OF
their interests In the new and
quantity different Operation
Mccarthy - the investigation
of the present Mccarthy staff.
He is Senator John Mcclellan
of Camden, Ark, who led the
Democrats out of the Nc
Carthy committee last summer
when Mccarthy got stubborn
about j. B. Matthews, the in
vestigator-critic of Protestant
clergymen.
Senator Mcclellan has his
roots deep in Henry Mencken's
Bible Belt and he is deeply
conservative, morally, politi-
caIly and personally. His Sem
ate idols are Byrd of Virginia
and George of Georgia. AS this
shows, he has very little use
for the New Deal; hence in
the Roosevelt and Truman adj
ministrations his mitigating
talents were Of little practical
use to his party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Democratic leaders battle with
ocats believe high taxes for the national periods
and low taxes for the Republican years in between.
1.-The Mccarthy committee decides to hire special counsel
to investigate Counsel Roy Cohn The investigator
to investigate the investigators will work at
he's been investigated by the investigators.
Republican Representative Jonas that income tax
day be made national holiday It seemed quite fair
make fellow show at the Office just to cut his throat
The Senate Rules Committee Democratic
Senator Chavez Of New Mexico Chavez Of the
Republicans they'd like him better
in New Mexico.
Joe Mccarthy indicates he testify under oath. This
will be welcome change Usually whenever Joe opens his
mouth, everybody else starts swearing.
Democratic Senator must be lowered to
expand buying Democrats the situation perilou
the Government in dire danger Of taking almost much
money as 1t spends.
Secretary Dulles Ike realate against enemy
without consulting Congress. For instance Wisconsin
bombed might take awhile Mccarthy the
to see which Democrat ought to be investigated for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17

self-consciousness, come i'm
mediately to light. Senator
Mccarthy has a habit Of run
ming his tongue over his gums
as though something were
sticking in his teeth. He does
not look you in the eye, and
his grin Is a self conscious
Smirk. He never creates the
impression of an acquaintance
who has dropped in for q
serious chat.
Mr.. Nixon, Saturday night.
showed none of these faults.
He was serious-and coy. He
looked us all earnestly in the
face. He seemed unconscious
Of his own Importance. and
never had the telltale look Of
pauSing as though listening
for applause. He spoke fac
tually, and with candor. His
smile is shy. He abused no.
body. To this listener his
remarks were far more effec-
tive than the scathing attack
of Mr.. Murrow. Communism,
he told us, is not a phantom.
It demands a little more
serious treatment than it is
getting.
He showed a decent respect
to the opinion of Americans.
In short, he seemed to have
dropped in for a serious con-
f1dential talk; we were glad to
see him and sorry to have
him 60. and felt better after
ward.
I have discussed Mr.. Nixon's
television appearance only as
a performance. But I don't
think such a performance can
be calculated, as an actors
art. People have the power to
create quiet confidence or they
don't. Television tells the
story. It is no medium for
demagogues or liars.
And 1t has built-in blab-
off. The dial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Mcclellan Ready for New Role
Veteran of SkIfu mitigating, the Arkansas Democrat
Can Serve His Whole Porty in Mccarthy Stoff Probe

scribed that lawyers must be
81. He had studied for the bar
in pioneer tradition-in hts
fathers Office while attending
the then not very adequate
schools in his home town Of
Sheridan.
Minority leaders feel also
that McClellan's background
will serve the party we'll If the
new hearings encounter stormy
weather, as they well might.
The Senator from Arkansas Is
geographically. politically and
temperamentally invulnerable
to the kind of counterattack
Mccarthy so well knows how
to make.
It is an open secret on Cap
itol Hill that the reason many
Senators SHE'D away from the
Armed Services Committee as
the investigating forum for
the Mccarthy Army dispute is
that Armed Services Chairman
Saltonstall is up this fall in
Massachusetts,. It was argued
that Saltonstall was too vul-
nerable since his State Is a
Mccarthy stronghold.
Other Democrats on the Nc
Carthy subcommittee are the
freshmen, Jackson and Sy-
mington. They share the gen.
eral feeling that the expert
enced Mcclellan will be a good
man to follow in the coming
struggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Baseball Flash

ANADARKO, Okla. R.-
Ten-year-old Billy Law went
into a baseball game with his
cap pistol still dangling from
his side. In his hip pocket
were seven extra rolls Of caps.
During the game. Billy tried
to make 1t for home and was
forced to slide. The friction
set fire to the ammunition In
his jeans and the game blew
up.
The caps burned a hole right
through Billy's jeans and to his
skin before his younger brother.
Ronnie, threw dirt on the
flames to put them out.
The umpire never did decide
whether the cowboy was safe
at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17

at all. Each situation would be
dealt with as the circum-
stances required. It Is not nee
essarily to be inferred that any
atom bombs would be used In
little wars. but neither Is it to
be assumed they would not be.
Admiral Radford says it Is
desirable to keep the enemy
guessing.
Is the armament of the
United States adequate to carry
J on a "little war" and yet main
tain enough strength for q big
war II the 'little war" became
a big war? The answer to this
question has not been deter
mined by any one. Out of the
uncertainty which 1t arouSes
has come the debate between
the heads of the armed serv-
ices as to whether they have
been given enough money to
buy the weapons and to raise
the manpower necessary to
achieve victory under those
circumstances.
Has the United States de-
cided to limit its military ex-
pansion to commitments 1t
can fulfill instead of allowing
its expansion to go to fantastic
heights beyond the capacity
Of the American people to pay
for? Limitation has been de-
cided upon as a calculated
risk" America cannot be ex-
pected to furnish the man.
power for the rest of the world,
nor can it do more than its
proper share of the expense
of manning and equipping
other nations armies.
Will the United States retail
late in case of a large scale
war without consulting it's al
lies? It will retaliate instantly
from American bases and from
bases in Europe-like Spain,
perhaps-and from its own air
craft carriers in the North
Atlantic and Mediterranean
which carry atom bombs. The
United States will retaliate
also from bases like those in
Britain or Canada only If ar
rangements have been worked
out in advance for such in
slant retaliation.
When will Congress be con-
suited? In the case Of an in
slant attack. the President is
authorized already to repel in
stantly an invasion or attack
on American forces anywhere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Dorothy ThomPson-
The TVPersono|ityo fMr. Nixon
His 'ConfidentioILke Talk on Teevision Revealed Him
As Sincere, Respectful, FoctuoI, Condid-Even Coy

this. Self hypnotized himself.
he could work an audience
into hypnotic frenzy assisted
by calculated stage settings;
speaking -chCruses Of beautiful,
uniformly dressed youths;
thousands @. serried banners;
martial ano sentimental mu-
sic: applause amplifiers. He
built up his mass following.
not on the radio but in sports
arenas.
The "raht>l|' rouser" appeals
to primitive instincts: Fear.
hatred, grievance. sentimental
patriotism. He instigates
lynchings. Ke suborns reason.
He provokes mass RACES. He
jerks pathetic tears. But he
needs a crowd.
The televiSion speaker has
no mass audience. He is seen
and heard by millions, but in
their own living rooms, where
he is not above his listeners
but just another person in the
room. He cannot hypnotic an
audience" in which Uncle
Jim is impatient to see a box
ing match and Junior his
favorite comedian. If he
raises his voice it is amplified
into a shrek. If he turns on
heavy pathos it becomes a
whjmper.
It takes an aggressive per-
sonality to climb over others
to get out of a hall and nobody
in a crowd-audience sasses
back the speaker. But even
Caspar MilquetoaSt dares
switch of the television or
interrupts the speaker with
groans of boredom or dissent.
The television audience Of
homely individuals can be con-
WINGED only by a sincere ap-
peal to common-sense reason.
If he is too brilliant he APP
pears as a smart Alec"-a
fault of Adlai Stevenson. For
wisecracking, people prefer
Jack Benny.
Vanity and its concomitant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17

House passage. 1t was reported
out by the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee the
same day, with no public hear
ings at all. In urging that
the bill go back to the Senate
committee for public hear
ings. Senator Morse said they
could be held and the meas
ure brought back within three
or four weeks. Senator Burke
pointed out that the National
Institute Of Municipal Law
Officers, representing 800
cities, had gone on record
against the bill unanimously
at their convention last Sep
TENDER.
But Senator Knowland of
California, administration
leader, appealed for defeat of
the Morse recommittal mo-
ton. Brushing it aside CURLY,
he said the Senate would have
too much other business in
three or four weeks.
That's the way it's done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Dorothy Thompson

The Vice President, young
Mr.. Nixon, emerged Saturday
night as one Of the most
effective television personali-
ties in the country. including
the experienced professionals.
Radio and television are dew
astating in their power to ex-
pose character The speaker
is not elevated above his audi
ence and his listeners are not
q crowd which is emotlonally
more than the sum total Of
the individuals composing It..
A multitude gathered together
engenders an emotional mag
netiSm which an agitator can
work up into a spell-hence
the word "spellbinder." Crowds
are more often swayed than
individually convinced.
All mass movements recog-
nize this. Plato saw in the
madness of crowds such a dam
ger that he advocated barring
orators from his ideal repub-
lie. Modern mass movements
have developed a science for
producing mass hypnoses.
Communists take their cause
ito the streets" and induce a
hypnotic effect by mass
chanted repetitive slogans.
Fascists worked up audience
response" by a dialectic be-
tween speaker and audience.
the speaker putting a rhetori-
cal question to which the ma
nipulated mass responded "in
one voice."
Hitler was q master Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Life in the u. 5.
Extra Rents
For the Birds
Tenant Moves

DETROIT, Mar. 17.-Landlord
Paul Dingley and Tenant William
Kuzman disagreed over how
many parakeets Mr.. Kuzman
kept in his apartment.
Mr.. Dingley said there were
more than So" Mr.. Kuzman
said there were only two pair.
Anyway. Mr.. Dingley. COM
planning over "cornhuSks on the
floor" and a pine tree hanging
from the chandelier" raised the
rent from $50 a month to $125.
Mr.. HUMAN objected.
Circuit Court Commissioner
William Kruger yesterday or
dered Mr.. HUMAN to pay the
rent. or vacate. Mr.. HUMAN
said he'd vacate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Tax Collectors SUED

CHICAGO R.-A suburban
Lake Forest man yesterday sued
the Internal Revenue Service,
asking a $45,508 tax repayment
because the cedar trees on his
Bermuda estate were damaged
by an insect invasion and later
by a hurricane.
Albert Dick. jr., sued in United
States District Court for q re-
fund which he said he had
claimed from the Government.
He said the damage to the
stand Of cedar trees impaired
the privacy and marred the
beauty of the estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Dovid Lawrence

What is the biggest piece Of
news that the world would like
to know today? It's whether
or when there will be a large
scale war.
Does anybody in the United
States Government or the So
Wet government know whether
or when there will be a large
scale war? The answer is that
each is convinced today that
the destruction would be so
great on both sides as to make
such an attack absolutely i'm
probable. Corroborative EVIL
dence on this comes from
Moscow and Washington in
various manifestations that add
up to the aforesaid conclusion.
What, then, shall each coun-
try do by way Of armament
preparation? The answer is:
ALI that is feasible to do within
economic bounds so as to af-
ford q defense against any kind
Of attack.
What is the policy Of the
United States? It is covered by
the phrase the new look"
which for obvious reasons has
never been fully or specifically
explained to the American
public because, to do so, is to
explain it also to the Russians,
What does the new look"
generally involve? It means
that President Eisenhower and
the National Security Council
have decided to take a "calcu-
lated risk" This is the aSsump-
ton that large-scale war will
not come within the next sew
eral years and that a defensive
armament program adequate
for retaliation can be economi-
cally maintained by the United
States and its allies.
What was the meaning OF
the speech by Secretary Dulles
warning that massive retalia-
ton" would come if the free
world were attacked? 1t was
intended to warn the Soviet
government that no ban on the
use of the atomic bomb or
the hydrogen bomb has been
adopted and that the United
States, with its allies. would re-
taliate with any weapons and
in any place of its own choosing.
Did this mean that. If q
"little war" broke out in Ko-
rea or Indo-China or the
Near East, the massive retail
alton" policy would apply? Not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Another 'Potsdonn' at Geneva?
Little Hope Seen for Republican Victory if Party Yields
On Major Point of Its Policy: Continued Snub Of Moo

Dulles Is In the unenviable 20.
sition Of yielding to the press
ing demands Of our French
friends to make the Geneva
conference q success" or take
a chance that France may &C.
cept the Kremlin carrot"
preferred by Molotov at Berlin
the strengthening Of the
Soviet-French alliance Of 1e40
at the expense Of the NATO.
There Is only one way to
make Geneva q "success"
from the European point Of
view. We either recognise
Communist China as q do
facto and de jurc government
or agree to offer only q token
resistance to It's admission
into the United Nations.
Although an agenda for the
Geneva parley has not yet
been established, there are al
ready clear indications that
the majority Of those attend.
ing will insist on discussing
Korea and Indo-C China stimuli
taneously. It is also In the
cards that besides the nations
which have fought in Korea, a
number Of Asians will demand
to participate in the confer
ence and will be accepted by a
majority vote.
midas prof. Communist for
mer ambassadors to Moscow
and Peiping are already at
Geneva preparing their briefs.
The Indian, Indonesian and
Burmese governments will de-
mand to participate in discus
sions concerning Indo- China.
And since these are expected
to be held at the same time as
the political talks on Korea,
they will become also particle
pants In the Korean discus
sions.
We have been Unanswered
into including Indo-C China at
q parley which should have
dealt only with the Korean
problem. And Molotov has al
ready told those who don't
want to hide their heads in the
sand that the price which
must be paid for a cessation Of
hostilities in both areas is the
admission of China as an equal
in the concert Of world powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Constantine Brown

The Republican leadership
in Congress is more concerned
over the position in which the
administration nay have
placed itself by accepting the
Chinese Communists at the
political jamboree at Geneva
than with the tumult over Joe
Mccarthy.
Veteran leaders are not par
ticularly worried over the
effect on the country caused
by McCarthy's chain explo-
sions. But they are seriously
worried over the effects a COM
promise on Communist China
may have on the American
public.
Nobody, outside of a handful
of men in the State Depart
ment and their friends. is
happy over the results Of the
Berlin conference. After three
weeks of haggling with the
Muscovites, in which Mr..
Dulles appeared to fight sue
cessfully, he ended by yielding
to Foreign Minister Molotov.
Mr.. Dulles agreed, under
French pressure. to meet with
the Chinese at Geneva to dis
cuss Indo- China as well as Ko-
rea. He obtained no Quid pro
quo in the form of the slight
est Soviet concessions regard
ing Germany or Austria. He
went to Berlin allegedly for the
sole purpose of discussing these
two leftovers from the last war,
and not the Far East. The
surprising change Of attitude
on the part of the Secretary
Of State, despite his explana-
ton of why he had to accept
the Soviet terms, causes many
Republicans to fear that the
Berlin conference may be
dubbed by the opponents in
the coming campaign as the
Republican Yalta." They now
fear that the Geneva confer
ence may become the "Repub-
lican PotSdam."
The country is pretty evenly
divided, according to the GAL
lup poll and other more in
formal polls, in its sympathy
and antipathy toward McCar-
thy. But no such division ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Operution Sweep

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho.
R.-Power County Sheriff
Rulon Neal put his assistants
to work at sweeping-with
brooms-U. S. Highway 80
near American Falls.
Mr.. Neal said his Office re-
ceived numerous complaints
from motorists that tires on
their cars were punctured by
nails strewn along the high
way.
The sheriff said he investi-
gated and found the remnants
Of a bag Of roofing nails. which
apparently fell from a truck
onto the highway and burst
open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17

Thomos [. Stokes

The quick, quiet and easy
way to blackjack the con-
sumner, while he's watching
. Joe Mccarthy or something
else, was illustrated by the
Senate this week when it
Sneaked through a bill which,
it was estimated during de-
bate, will cost users of nat
ural gas many millions even
tually..
This measure, which passed
the House last session, offers
the almost perfect case Of the
legislative hidden ball" trick,
or what Harry S. Truman used
to call highway robbery in
broad daylight" in the circum-
stances Of it's almost secret
journey through Congress.
This is the sort of legisla-
ton that former President
Truman used to cut down with
his veto. Whether President
Eisenhower will do the same
remains to be seen. A valiant
but futile fight was made
against it by two Democrats
Senators Burke (Ohio) and
Douglas (Ill.)-while Senator
Morse, Oregon Independent.
tried in vain to get the bill
sent back to committee for
public hearings which never
had, in fact, been held. But
he lost. So to Is, and the
measure subsequently was shot
through without a record vote
and soon will go to the White
House for President Eisen-
hower's approval or veto.
The effect of this measure,
as pointed out here several
days ago and explained to the
Senate by Senator Burke, will
be to open the way for big,
interstate gas distributors to
get out from under jurisdic-
:tion.. Of the Federal Power
Commission. Such a result was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Seat Of the Trouble

ATHOL, Mass. (R.-Neither
rain. nor snow. or dog bite pre-
vents delivery Of the mail by
Postman Robert L. Bracket.
who yesterday chalked up his
500 canine nip in his four years
Of service.
Mr.. Bracket said 1t was the
fourth time he required medical
attention.
A tailor repaired damage to
the seat Of his trousers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
2 Suitlund Democrats
Seek County Posts

Two Suitland Democrats will
compete in the June % primary
for Prince Georges County po-
litical Offices.
Thomas j. Van Pelt, ST., Of
6161 Suitland road, has filed for
sheriff and William A. New
man, 1901 Woodland avenue, for
county commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17

lists in regard to Communist
China. Regardless Of what
high-policy arguments may be
brought forward by diplomats
about a possible reappraisal Of
our policies toward that Com
munist regime. the unprece-
dented brutality of the Chinese
hordes in Korea and the Often
sive attitude Of the Peiping
administration make q change
Of policy unpalatable to the
American people.
The "sellout" Of China and
the lack Of will to win in
Korea" were among the main
points emphasized before the
electorate by the Republicans
during the 1852 campaign.
These were more than con-
tributory factors to their VIC
tory. Can the Republicans
have the slightest hope. ask
the party strategists, to win
the Senate and House this
year If the administration
yields on the cardinal points
Of its foreign policies?
There are some good reasons
for the fears expressed by q
number of stalwart Republic
cans that the Geneva confer
ence may turn into another
Potsdam."
All reports received from
Paris indicate that the French
people have had more than a
bellyful of Indo-C China. The
Laniel-Bidault administration
is going through the motions
of trying to open discussions
for the ratification Of the
European Defense Community
treaty, as a sop to American
wishes that that treaty be eff
fective before midsummer.
The French leaders have
made it very clear to Mr..
Dulles, however, that unless
they are taken OF the hook in
Indo-China the Laniel gov
eminent will be overthrown.
France will make its peace
with the Wet Mini at any
price, and we would lose q
French administration which
is sympathetic to the Western
defense system. Hence Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Juvenile Traffic Court

LOS ANGELES (P1. - The
court has issued a ruling in a
bicycle-tricycle collision that re-
suited in Jack Chase, 8, suffering
a leg fracture.
Superior Judge Thurmond
Clark yesterday returned q
81, 323.98 Judgment against Bob
by Ritter, IL. and his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ritter. The
court held that young Ritter had
no business riding his bicycle on
the sidewalk. where the Chase
boy was on his tricycle..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17

lege speakers in the prison
assembly hall Saturday.
The inmates have the neg
alive on the subject: Wire
Tapping"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Liaht Yeur Defined

BERKELEY.-A light year. In
astronomy, is the distance that
light travels in one year. at
1876, 900 miles per second.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-17
Negative Says No

NORFOLK, Mass. (R.-The
inmate debating team Of Nor
folk Prison colony is sched-
uled to debate Holy Cross Col