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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
S0Sla--1I-s 2-on-.-
Geneva Called q Boon to Reds
Little Hope Seen Now for Mendne Our Southeast Asia
Fences in View of Situation in London and Puris

retreat on the subject Of inter.
vention In Indo-C China.
There seems to be no doubt,
however, in the minds Of our
diplomatic and military lead
ers that had Britain and
France accepted Mr.. Dulles
invitation to give a warning to
Moscow and Peiping, before
the Geneva parley convened,
the free world might not ind
itself in the present predica-
ment and the political crisis
In Paris might have been
avoided.
There Is now little hope Of
mending our Southeast Asia
fences. Premier Laniel's sue.
cessor will be under pressure
to accept the Red terms In
Indo- China. At the same
time, in order to prevent q re-
arming Of Germany through
ratification of the European
Defense Community treaty.
the new cabinet will feel In
clined to orient itself toward
Moscow and Peiping. where, in
the eyes Of the French, the
real power lies.
The British are not overly
concerned over the Geneva
disaster. According to OBJ
servers recently returned from
the Swiss city, Britain has
been playing both ends
against the middle. The Brit
ish see in the Americana Conn
munist conflict a good chance
to restore Britain's prewar
power and prestige. The Lon
don government is not worried
over the spread Of commu-
nism so long as Moscow and
Peiping show themselves to
be eager customers of Britain.
Regaining prewar economic
influence takes precedence in
England over all other mat
tiers including the Red domi.
nation Of the Pacific area In
Asia. That leaves us in q hole.
But it is inconSequential to
British political leaders who,
unlike our own, wear binders
when other problems than
Britain's are involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Constantine Brown

The Geneva Conference, our
most monumental diplomatic
blunder since the end Of the
war, is now drawing to q close.
It's net results are an increase
in the prestige Of the Reds
and a further disintegration Of
the influence Of the Western
powers in Asia.
Secretary Dulles allowed
himself to be dragged into this
parley when he went to Berlin
last February to discuss peace
treaties with Germany and
Austria. He realized the pitt
falls Of such o conference but
yielded to French Foreign
Minister Bidault's entreaties
because, he was told, otherwise
the pro-Western French cab
met would fall. The Laniel
ministry In which Mr.. Bidault
played an important role fell
anyway last week. During the
expected long cabinet crisis all
major international activities
Of our ally will be suspended.
This viii play into the hands
Of our Communist enemies.
During the seven weeks Of
diplomatic talks the situation
in Indo-C China has changed
from hopeless to desperate.
The major military blow at
Diem. Bien Phu is expected to
be followed by the fall Of
Hanoi and Haiphong. The adj
ministration in Washington
foresaw these disasters. Soon
after we committed ourselves
to accommodate the French
and agreed to meet the Reds
at Geneva at an international
conclave, Mr.. Dulles sought to
mend his mistake. He pro-
posed a Pacific NATO COM
posed Of the Western powers
with interests in the South
Pacific and the Asiatic ma
tions which were being threat
ened by the Red hordes.
Mr.. Dulles Pacific NATO
plan was rejected by our
French and British allies who
informed us that they might
possibly consider the exami-
nation" Of this plan, but not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
$4,000 Protested
As insufficient for
D. {. Traffic Safety

The $4,000 allotted by the
District for the traffic safety
program here came in for q
heavy protest last night from
A. Julian Brylawski Of the Com
missioners Trafac Advisory
Board.
Mr.. Brylawski. q member Of
the board, said the sum Is in
sufficient, during q meeting Of
the Boards Executive Commit
tee. in the Municipal Center.
He noted that San Francisco,
which is In the same population
class as Washington, spends
nearly 100000 each year on its
traffic safety program.
"We don't know Of any cheap
er way to save human life," he
SAID. apparently we are being
penalize6 for our success in
bringing down our traffic fatali-
ties. We have been receiving the
same amount, $4,000 annually.
for traffic education since 1941."
Ernest Brett. chairman of the
driver licensing committee, rec
commended that drivers be re-
examined every six years. in both
written and driving tests.
At present, it was pointed out,
denominations occur only when
drivers reach the ages of IS
and 20.
Mrs. Frank Phillips Of the
board recommended that IL ad-
ditional driver education in
Structors be hired, that more
women guards be placed at
school crossings and that the
Department of Vehicles and
Traffic place more warning
signs near schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Dons FIeeson-
Senate Democrats Confident
Despite Retiring Of Hunt and Johnson Party Leaders
Expect to Regain Control in November Elections

They say that in State Treas
urer Foster Furcolo, a former
Congressman, they have for
the first time got a candi-
date who can give Senator
Leverett Saltonstall a real
race. In 1913, Democrats in
differently gave their nominal
ton to an unknown, though it
later proved that Harry Tru-
man could have probably
pulled through an active can
didate against Senator Salton-
stall.
Democratic hopes In New
Jersey zoomed as news Of the
Hoffman embezzlement scam
dial broke. Republicans who
lost the governorship on q
corrupt issue last year had
drafted the popular liberal
Clifford Case for the Senate,
forcing the incumbent Senator
Hendrickson to retire.
Democrats chose an able
Congressman, Charles Howell,
and expected to make a strong
bid for the HendrickSon seat.
Now they feel that Mr.. Case
is handicapped to the point
where Mr.. Howell will win.
In contrast a year ago when
Senate Democrats seemed to
feel that there was little they
could do to improve their sit
uation, they are eager to CAM
paign for present and pros
pective colleagues. They now
expect the House to go Demo-
cratic and they would hate to
bring up the rear as a minority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Doris FIeeson-

Wyoming Democrats have
told the National Committee
that they will draft former
Senator Joseph O'Mahoney to
run this fall in place of Sen
ator Lester Hunt. Senator
Hunt has announced his re-
tirement for health reasons.
The Wyoming leaders fur
Their depose that Mr.. O'Maho-
ney, now practicing law here.
will heed the call and will be
elected. They are, in fact, as
serting that the Democratic
trend in their State is so strong
they can win with anybody.
Rising Republican confidence
is evidenced by the decision Of
Representative William Henry
Harrison, Wyoming's only
member, of the House, to seek
Senator Hunts seat. Mr.. Har-
rison had consistently refused
to run against Senator Hunt,
a popular former Governor.
Mr.. Harrison, a descendant
of two former Presidents Of the
United States, has been a good
vote-getter. Wyoming Repub-
licanS here say he is the
strongest candidate they could
have, but they confess wishing
he also was a former Governor.
Senator Hunts retirement
was the second blow dealt
Democratic hopes of gaining
control of the Senate this fall.
Incumbent Ed johnson OF
Colorado said his wife insisted
they go back home, so he is
leaving the Senate and will
run for Governor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Liquidotinq the ndo-Chino War
No French Leoder Has Offered Formula for Surrender
That Viii Be Better Than Continuing the Stoemute

wish. about q possible COM
promise.
If the new cabinet wants to
1iQuidate the Indo- China war,
it can do so through q sur
render at Geneva. But. de-
spite all the talk about pull
ing out of Indo- China" none
Of the leaders in the French
Parliament has come forth
with a formula for doing it
that viii not be worse than q
continuance Of the present
stalemate. If general elections
throughout France now are
compelled, 1t could be that
those deputies responsible for
attempting to liquidate the
Indo- China war may find an
aroused populace ready to
punish them for their abdica-
ton Of responsibility.
Sooner or later. all the facts
about the recent negotiations
between America and France
will come to light and the
French people will learn that,
despite all the published re-
ports about American unwill-
ingness to help France in Indo-
China, there was no concrete
request from the French gov
eminent for American military
Intervention.
The reason. Of course, was
that, if America had been
asked to intervene. the WASH
ington Government would have
insisted on cooperation by
other allies, and this would
have meant an International
lied war. Such a develop
ment might have tied the
hands Of a French cabinet in
negotiating a compromise in
Geneva.
So while the American public
has been hearing a lot of dis
cuSSion about possible military
intervention, actually 1t has all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

before Geneva. To do other
wise, we were told, would be
q gross diplomatic blunder. It
would show the Soviet and
Chinese Communist govern
mentS that we don't trust
them.
Some members Of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff In Washing
ton - especially the chairman.
Admiral Arthur Radford -
pointed out to the civilian pol
icy makers that further delay
In securing our strategic sit
uation in Southeast Asia might
have very consequential effects
on our national defense prob
lens. The indecision Of the
administration communicated
itself to Congress and public
opinion. The reasons for an
immediate Intervention at that
time became obscured by
double talk.
Just before the fall Of Diem
Bien Phu. Paris began to press
US for active military support
in Indo- China besides money
and materials. The State De-
partment showed its willing
ness to comply on condition
that France gave Indo- China
complete independence. The
French agreed but added that
in such an eventuality they
did not see any use for further
sacrifices. We were told in clear
diplomatic language that If we
insisted on full independence
for the Associated States of
Indo-C China they would become
our baby. We would have to
use whatever type of 'paci-
fer" we could find when they
started hollering. Our French
friends intimated that as soon
as American ground troops ar
rived in the critical areas the
French native troops would be
withdrawn: otherwise a do
nestle cataclySm might face
whatever administration was
in office in Paris. This prospect
dampened Mr.. Dulles enthuSi-
aSrn. Ever since that time the
spokesman Of the adminiStra-
ton have been beating q hasty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Doyid Lowrence

When q French cabinet falls
In the midst Of q serious inter-
national situation, there is q
tendency In this country to
assume that the whole govern
ment has collapsed and that
all the machinery is paralyzed.
Actually. the change in the
cabinet rarely affects the con-
duct Of foreign policy. Thus,
while there have been II cabi-
nets In Paris since the close Of
World War II, there have been
only two Foreign Ministers
Robert Schuman and Georges
Bidault, the present incum-
bent.
While 1t is true that every
incoming cabinet can direct or
reverse q foreign policy, the
French government has MAIN
tanned on the whole a surpris-
! ing continuity.
The selection Of Pierre
MendeS-France as Premier
would be regarded here as In
dicating not much change in
foreign policy, though Edgar
Faure, who is also mentioned,
might take more direct steps
to wind up the Indo-C China
war.
The American Government
wisely refrains from expressing
itself on any such questions as
personalities. but is neverthe-
less much concerned about the
kind of policy which a new
French cabinet might author
ize.
For all practical purposes,
negotiations at Geneva have
been held up until the French
envoy there can get specific
instructions. But the Geneva
Conference was drifting along
anyway without result, and the
crisis in Paris does afford an
opportunity for the confereeS
to do more talking, II they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

The Class of 81 Given Wurninq
Public Men and Educators Addressing College Graduates
Tell Them They Must Not Be Like Certain Senator

Up in Maine, Sherman
Adams, President Eisenhower's
assistant, told Bates College
graduates that the most inso-
lent and unfair group in
United States history is the
one that has assumed the
holy right to use its own
means, however fair or foul.
to gain its end" He urged the
class never to let political
criticism dampen their cour-
age to speak their convictions.
Remember the old saying"
said Mr.. Adams, What Peter
says about Paul tells more
about Peter than it tells about
Paul."
Gov. Thomas e. Dewey
talked at Yeshiva University.
saying, TOO many Of us take
smear for truth, charges for
proof. opinions for fact. There
are people who accept inSinua-
ton as evidence and character
assassination as excuSable. In
these circumstances nations
become divided, high emotions
rule and the science of govern
ment is a tragic victim"
Gov. Dewey deplored the
fact that the United States is
allowing q miserable tele-
vision show in Washington to
divert the attention of the
free world from the threats to
its very foundations"
To the graduates Of Ameri-
can University, Attorney Gen.
eral Herbert Brownell declared,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

under our system no person
can be allowed to set himself
above the laws of the land: no
branch of government can
usurp the powers Of another
branch-not if our system OF
government is to survive"
Senator Mccarthy himself
delivered no commencement
address, but he did travel all
the way to South Dakota to
tell an American Legion meet
ing that the Senator from their
State, Karl E. Mundt, is doing
a tremendous job" presiding
over the present hearings in
Washington. HE is perform
ing the job Of Judge very WELL"
said Senator Mccarthy. The
Legionnaires, for some reason,
did not cheer. Senator Mundt
is q candidate for reelection
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Ies leaders plug billion foreign aid It's easy
to tell enemies from allies. Our enemies the
who don't get paid for dislking
Carr. Mccarthy staf director all the Army
charges The certain truth about these hearings that
somebody amt telling it.
Winston Churchill awarded the Order Of the Garter
peculiar folk these British Still worrying about holding
their socks-after losing their shirt.
Congressional leaders promise they'll adjourn by July
81 The boys anxious their record the country
in huyn the hope it'll be forgotten before the election
takes to the White House bomb shelter during
air raid test It's reported that he McCarhys
shadow-and ducked back down for another six weeks.
Pierre tries to form French govern
nent It's easy become the Of the hour in
The real trick is to last hour and half
House Agriculture Committee votes boost dairy
supports The best for in the city to Congress
to about his pockebook is to bury 1t farm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

been on o hypothetical basis.
Meanwhile. the military situa-
ton in Indo- China has deteri-
Grated to the point where
American aid could hardly ac-
complish now what might have
been done several weeks ago.
This is q vivid illustration of
the effects Of q vaciIlating
policy on the part Of the allies
while the cabinet Of q principal
ally strives to keep going In
the hope that the enemy win
make concessions.
ALI the Communists have had
to do. however. was to sit
tight and let the military OPP
erations in Indo- China 60 on
and the disintegration inside
the French Parliament run its
course. There could hardly be
any loss to the Moscow strate-
gistS.
The world is witnessing the
dangerous consequences Of al
lied diSunity. The American
Government is an interested
but helpless bystander. For
American public opinion would
not sanction military interview
ton in Indo- China except on
an allied basis, and the French
have never been ready formally
to ask for it. Hence the free
world allows the advantage
once more to go to the Com
munists, who are thereby en-
couraged' to encroach further
and further. This haStens the
day Of a showdown which,
if it comes too late. may make
it impossible to stop the sweep
of Com m uniSt imperialism
throughout Asia. Or it may
prove to be the forerunner
of World War III, just as vacil-
lation over Nazi acts of ag-
erosion from 1888 to 1899
finally forced the issue into
war.
PRODUCTION Ri9hts Reserved)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Life in the u. S.
Injured Boy
Plays Role
Tothe Hit
By the Assoeiassd Press

SHPPENSBURG, Pa, June
15.-A 14-year-old boy pitched
into yesterdays civil defense test
In this Central Pennsylvania city
with enthusiasm.
In the civil defense operation,
an enemy" plane crashed on q
bombing run on q nearby ord
nance depot. To lend q touch
Of realism to the drill. volun-
teers stretched out on roof tops
and in the streets to simulate
casualties. 49,
The boy, who was not identi-
fed, was discovered lying in a
gutter. Some one suggested that
he would be more comfortable
if he moved to the sidewalk.
81 can't" the boy replied, my
card says I have a broken Leg"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

all the ways 1t can be blown up,
if it belongs to an enemy.
The whole history of the Ma
rine Corps. from the day 1t re-
cruited men at Tun Tavern. In
Philadelphia, in IT'S, to Korea.
with all the battles clronicled.
The latest Marine weapons and
a display Of medals ranging from
the Medal Of Valor to the Good
Conduct Medal.
The exhibit will be in Rock.
vile from 1880 until 4 pm,
at which time 1t will take OF on
q 10-monthS tour throughout
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Lowell MeHett-

The boys and girls Of the
class Of "a, now bravely facing
the future, cannot say they
haven't been warned. In COM
mencement addresses and BAG
calaureate sermons all across
the country the past week end
they received the final adj
monition of their elders.
Summed up. it seemed to be:
Don't be like Joe Mccarthy.
Having respect for the intelli-
gence Of this years graduates,
none Of the speakers deemed
it necessary to mention the
Senator's name. but few Of
their listeners could have
failed to get the message.
During your college years."
said President Nathan M.
Pussy Of Harvard, "our ma
tional life has been suffering
from a peculiarly violent. fes-
tering mental ill-health, a
noxious growth Of irrational
ity, which-nouriShed and ex-
plotted by illiberal, scheming
minds - presents q spectacle
radically at odds with patri-
otto, democratic pretensionS.
This illness has fostered un-
certainty, accentuated divi-
sion. magnifled hate. Despite
some recent favorable indica-
tions, q therapy to exercise it
is still to be found"
"Our state Of filters about
communism" said President
Harold w. DoddS Of Prince
ton, ''has transferred the Gus
tomary distrust Of the intel
lectual into positive hostility.
-. Undoubtedly national anx-
iety helps explain why the
intellectual has been picked
out to be the whipping boy
and has been so bitterly
smeared as an egghead. The
expediency Of using ones head,
even the right to use it Is be-
ing challenged as rarely before
In history.
at is a curious paradox that
It should be necessary to de-
fend the right to think in q
nation which has poured so
much faith and economic
wealth into formal education.
on Q democratic basis as has
the United States" a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

Colorado De mocrats tell
Washington that the Senate
picture is still unclear but they
are also confident that their
nominee will benefit from a
Democratic trend.
No party likes to lose an
incumbent. and both Senators
johnson and Hunt have
proved their vote appeal. The
National Committee, however,
is inclined to accept the Wy
oming and Colorado assur-
ances about the Democratic
trend because it checks with
news elsewhere.
Specifically, they believe
that Senators Douglas, Hum
phrey and Murray, about
whom they were worried a
year ago, are now well on top
in their respective States of
Illinois, Minnesota and Mon
tana. They expect all their
other incumbents to come
through nicely, including Gil
lette Of Iowa.
Kentucky Democrats also
report that they will knock
out Senator John Sherman
Cooper with the former Vice
President, Mr.. Barley. Re-
publicanS will agree that Mr..
Barley is rarely told any
thing disagreeable to his face
by his Observation-Disclosures but
they expect Senator Cooper
to make q strong race and
probably win.
Massachusetts Democrats
sound a note Of optimism, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Marine Corps Exhibit Pauses in Rockville

A mobile Marine Corps ex-
hibit is in Rockville, Md, today.
A trailer carrying the dis
play left Washington last night.
after a two-day display of ex-
hibits, showing that the life of
q Marine is quite q pleasant
business in peacetime. The
trailer exhibit will stand in front
Of Rockville's High School. It
has many things to show. For
instance:
An MI rifle, enlarged to twice
its actual size to demonstrate the
workings, in q cutaway fashion.
A model Of a bunker, showing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
WuIIed-in Purukeet

NEWPORT, Ky. R.-The
Newport Elks got a parakeet
in their walls yesterday. It
cost them 5000 and four hours
labor to get him out.
Jerry, the pet Of 9-year-old
Mary Lou Kehoe, escaped
from the Kehoe house and en-
tered the Elks' walls through
a hole.
Mary Lou demanded the
birds release. Club members
tore down part of the wall and
some paneling to release the
parakeet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Migration

OKLAHOMA CITY R.-Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Grim decided to
take their old duck and turn him
out to pasture with other ducks
at the lake near the Lincoln
Park Zoo. He was too old to
bake and too much trouble to
keep.
They put the drake in sack
and let him out at the zoo, 2
miles from their home.
The next day the duck was
strutting around as usual in the
front yard.
The Crims decided to keep him
as a pet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Veterans Delegates
Returning Home

Delegates to the World Veter-
ans Federation Council, which
has been meeting in Washing
ton, were on their way home to-
day to 81 countries.
They lunched at the Capitol
yesterday and were greeted brief
~ by Chairman Edith Morse Rog-
ers Of the House Veterans AZ
fairs Committee and by Repre-
sentatives Blatnik Of Minnesota
and league Of Texas. both DEM
oCratS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Whut Price McCurthyism?

WYNANTSK1LL, N. Y. (P1.
Senator McCarthy'S dona-
ton to the Kiwanis Club auc-
ton brought Sc less than q
baseball autographed by men,
berS of the New York Giants
and Is cents less than a
Rensselaer, Polytechnic InSti-
tute hockey stick.
A bidder paid $7.25 for the
autographed ball, while the
Wisconsin Republicans gift
q copy Of his book ''McC arthy-
iSm-The Fight for America"
was knocked down for 81 rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Del Roy Citizens Meet

The Del Ray Citizens AsSocia-
ton will hear q discussion Of the
Prince street shopping center
proposal by Harry Bendall and
Thomas Moncure at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the Mount Vernon
Elementary School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
ExtrucurricuIur

NORMAN, Okla. (P.-A teen
age boy was in-and out-of
trouble throughout his hig h
school career because Of his in
terest in motor scooter races and
exploding dynamite.
He graduates this spring, and
sent a personal invitation to the
Norman Police Department for
the commencement ceremonies
with this notation:
For your information, I made
n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Compliance

NORMAN. Okla. (R.-A
rural mail carrier here, Junior
Freeman. warned one Of the
families along his route If they
didn't tie up their dog he
wouldn't deliver their mail.
The next day the dog was
tied up-to the mail box post.