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ture from the previous pat
tern. 1t is not. Acc plants
elsewhere are already being
satisfactorily supplied by pri-
vate companies.
Still. basic policy questions
are involved. To what extent
do the American people wish
to be compelled to invest In
certain industries, whose losses
they pay and whose profits.
If any, accrue to the State ap-
paratus? Or do they prefer to
make their own investments2
The profits of private invest
ment invariably flow back into
society, after the State has
taken it's cut.
What we are seeing every
where is an enormous exteri.
sion of the power Of the State.
accompanied, and with COM
plete logic, by ever more fire.
quent and monstrous wars.
(We wish we had space here to
demonstrate this.)
What case can be made for
State capitalism in experience?
The most perfect example is
the Soviet Union. Why do the
people of Russia continue to
pay taxes when the state which
owns everything and employs
everybody has all the profits
that once went to private per-
sons? Can't they support the
state apparatus out Of these?
No, they cannot. And the
reason they cannot lies in the
nature of the state as such,
which is first and last the po-
lice power and is absolutely
Unsuitable.
Nothing the State gets from
society Is ever returned. At
what point. then, should its
aggrandizements be halted?
We say they should be halted
whenever private persons can
accomplish the same things
even approximately as well.
The burden Of proof should al
ways be on the State.
Evening star., 1954-11-15
Doris Fieeson-
Democratic Unity To Be Tested
National Committee Must Choose Mitchell Successor;
Trunnon and Stevenson Disovow Responsibility

Democrats will confront the
first post-election test of their
unity and purpose when the
National Committee meets in
New Orleans December 3 and
4 next to elect a successor to
Chairman Stephen Mitchell.
The candidates are numer-
Gus enough but no one has ap-
peared among them who quail
fies as All-American, accepta-
BILE to North and South, lib
eral and conservative, Cover
nors and members of Con-
gress. This is perhaps a trib-
ute to the Embossed nature of
the party as now constituted
but veterans shudder at the
vistas it opens up of a Dom
nybrook Fair at New Orleans.
Adlai Stevenson so far is
refusing to take responsibility
In the matter. Since he is
titular leader it belongs to
him as much at least as to
anyone else but he is appar-
emily fearful of being accused
Of furthering his own presi-
Dental interests.
Former President Harry S.
Truman also disavows respon-
sibility but he has not hesi-
tated to speak up about those
he won't accept. Among these,
according to informed sources
here, Is Paul Butler, the Indi-
ana national committeeman
who is Mr.. Mitchell's own
choice as his successor.
Mr.. Butler is a political enc
my of Mr.. Truman's last ma
tional chairman, Frank Nc
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elect Of New York, has come
UP with the idea of staging
a conference Of the Demo-
cratic Governors who take
over next January simulta-
neous with the national
committee meeting. It would
give this group. whose grass
: roots Strength represents the
party's best hope in 1856, a
chance to know one another
and to make national con-
nections.
They would inevitably have
an impact upon the choice of
chairman. It would almost GER
tainly be a rather confused
impact however unless some
leadership were forthcoming.
Mr.. Stevenson's supporters
suggest that he must inevita-
bly, move in under such cir
cumstances since the Cover
nors are his main source of
strength.
Perhaps the swing man in
the picture is Sam Rayburn,
the next Speaker Of the House,
who has almost unique pres
tige among Democrats. Others
may be better known outside
the party but the politicians,
who always call on him for
help and always get it. love
and respect him for a fidelity
and fighting spirit that age
does not seem to dim. Mr..
Rayburn could carry with him
in any decision he might make
his fellow-Texan, Senator
Lyndon johnson. the Senate
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Luundrymun Missino

CHICAGO R. Residents
OF suburban Elmwood Park
have given UP waiting for the
villages Chinese laundryman
to open his shop.
The laundryman, Harry
Cheng, locked the shop five
weeks ago and disappeared.
Stacked on shelves inside were
ll5 bundles Of laundry.
Yesterday village officials
opened the shop and distrib-
uted the laundry. A Chinese
interpreter translated the tags
from Cantonese characters.
Howard Olson, village man
ager, collected for the laundry
and turned the money over
to police to hold in safekeep-
ing for Mr.. Cheng, in case
he returns.
Police have not found any
clues to account for the dis
appearance.
Evening star., 1954-11-15

tions Of his own private con-
yersations with correspond
ents In the past. But there is
no parallel here. Actually the
indiscretions Of MIR. Davies
were more than talks with the
press. They had to do with
faulty judgment in relation
to his superiors. Thus Am
bassador Hurley found that
without consulting him Mr..
Davies had visited Mr.. Mao,
the Communist leader, in
North China. though Mr.. Da-
vies was part Of Mr.. Hurley's
staff In China at the time.
There were other ''indiscre-
tions" on the part of Mr..
Davies which had to do with
faulty Judgment in his rela-
tions with other agencies OF
the Government. This had
nothing to do with his views
on our policy toward China
as such.
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith,
who until recently was Under
secretary Of State, and who
had known Mr.. Davies when
the latter was with him at the
American Embassy in Moscow,
told the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations on Febru-
ary 4, 1858, that he was con-
vinced Mr.. Davies was loyal,
but that he had doubts about
his judgment" The word
Judgment" in relation to Sc
curity came up several times
in the testimony. It's all in a
public document.
Now 1t is known that Gen.
Smith all along has been very
friendly and sympathetic to-
ward Mr.. Davies. When the
special board - which was
chosen by the general as I'm
dersecretary Of State--reached
a unanimous conclusion he
felt there was nothing else
for Secretary Dulles to do
but to approve the findings.
Now the ''left wing" press is
carrying on a smear cam
paign against Mr.. Dulles for
something which 1t was his
duty to do under the law and
under the executive order con-
corning security matters. The
impression is being conveyed,
nevertheless, that it is free
dom to express opinions in
the Foreign Service which is
the issue, when this is simply
not the truth.
There is a just basis for
criticism of the penalty 'meted
out to Mr.. Davies, but there
again it's the law which OPP
crates against him. 1t is TIN
like the situation in the Army
where an officer who is re-
moved. for bad judgment can
still collect a pension for the
years in which he rendered
good service. In the case of
Mr.. Davies he loses pension
rights because he is now un-
able to complete the necessary
period Of time as a Foreign
Service officer to be eligible
for retirement pay. This
should be corrected by Con-
gress, for 1t is an injustice.
tReproduction Rights Resersed.)
Evening star., 1954-11-15
Dorothy Thompson
Dixon-Yotes Role in Election
Democrats Claimed Move by g. O. P. to Liquidote IVA;
Public Power Bockers Accused Of Distorting Facts

prise build the plant and take
the risks. With one exception
the only enterprise that
offered. and which is, in fact,
the only one prepared to do
the job in the area is the
Dixon-Yates group, who pro-
posed to organize the Missis-
sippi Valley Generating Com
pany to build a plant at West
Memphis, Ark. The corpora
ton would be owned by Mid
die South and. Southern which
would put up $5.5 million of
equity capital and raise an
additional $102 million.
The company faces risks.
It's contract would be subject
to cancellation by Acc at any
time should its need for power
decline or if it finds a more
efficient source Of electricity.
It risks that its construction
costs may considerably ex-
ceed its estimates and antici-
pated profits be radically re-
duced or eliminated. Two
notifications have already
been made in the original con-
tract, one limiting earnings of
the company to $500, 900 a
year and the other permitting
recapture by the Government
within three years after the
contract becomes effective.
There are still problems that
need to be resolved before the
contract can be put into effect.
Exaggerated estimates have
been made of the extra cost
to the Government of buying
private power instead of get
ting it from another State
capitalist plant. Well. it would
take a long time to save 500
million and the estimates of
public power enthusiasts are
not weighted against actual
charges for power supplied to
Acc by iva.
From the hue and cry one
would think the Eisenhower
administration was making q
"radically-reactionary" depar-
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European opinion Of America.

European opinion Of America.
said:
Meanwhile anxious eyes
were being turned to the state
Department because Of what
many regard as the latest ex-
ample of McCarthyist lynch
ing the case of Mr.. John
Patton Davies. who, though
repeatedly cleared Of the Sem
ator's insinuations, has been
summarily dismissed from the
Foreign Service for 'indiscre-
tion.' AS a parallel to the
Mccarthy debate this un-.
happy affair is Illuminating
as a further instance Of the
price that can be exacted for
bygone disagreements with
the. United States policy In
China-and others have paid
it before Mr.. Davies"
Now the facts in the case
are that Mr.. Davies was not
cleared" on d security basis
by the Truman Loyalty Review
Board, for 1t had no authority
to do so. When it did clear him
Of any charge of diSloyalty,
the board took pains In its
letter to the State Department
to point out it was not passing
Judgment on the security ques-
tion.
It was the late Senator Pat
McCarran, Democrat, Of Ne
vada, who, acting for the In
ternal Security Committee be-
fore which Mr.. Davies had ap-
peared. transmitted on three
separate occasions in 1852. to
the Department Of Justice
charges alleging that Mr..
Davies had committed perjury
in his testimony. These charges
were followed UP in 1853 by a
unanimous vote Of the Repub-
lican and Democratic members
Of the Senate Internal Secur-
ity Committee. Senator Nc
Carthy was not a member of
this or the previous commit
tee. All the charges were ex-
amined for several months in
the Department Of Justice un-
der the Eisenhower admin
stration, and the State De-
partment felt it had to wait
for a. decision on this before
1t could take up the Davies
case to determine his status
under security regulations.
When the Department Of Jus
tice finally decided against
filing a perjury case, the De-
partment Of State promptly
appointed a special board to
deal with the security ques-
ton. Included on the board
was a lieutenant general about
to retire, who could be de-
pended upon to be objective.
The board reviewed all the
testimony and all previous
hearings and unanimously
came to the conclusion that
Mr.. Davies was loyal but had
used faulty Judgment.
It was Immediately asserted
by defenders of Mr.. Davies
that his indiscretion was re-
lated to conversations with
the press on news and views.
Thereupon a campaign de- !.
signed to ivilify Secretary
Dulles was begun. with cita-
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In some parts of the country
the Dixon-Yates contract,
sponsored by the administra-
ton, played a considerable
role In the recent elections.
Democrats claimed that the
administration was starting to
liquidate iva in favor of "pri-
vate power interests" Private
enterprise, we note. is always
called an interest" while
State capitalist ventures are
presented as disinterested in
struments of the people"
This is balderdash. Govern
ment grows on what it feeds
on; every Government agency
and it's functionaries are
hungry for more appropria-
tions and more power; they.
too, are interests"
But the power debate usually
yields reason to demagoguery.
Champions of public power
present themselves as morally
superior. Champions of pri-
vate power wall about creep
ing socialism. A more accurate
and descriptive term would
be State capitalism. In such
a debate practical questions
are obscured.
In the debate over Dixon
Yates, public power enthusi-
asts have grossly distorted
facts. There is no threat to
iva as presently operated and
originally organized-to utilize
for flood control and power
purposes the waters of the
Tennessee River. The ques-
ton is whether iva should be
extended, by the creation of
a new steam-generating plant
to cost the taxpayers a mini
mum Of $100 million in view
Of the excessive demands of
the Atomic Energy Commits
sion, operating another gi-~
gantic Government industry,
upon iva resources.
The Bureau of the Budget,
supported by Acc, recon-
mended letting private enter
Evening star., 1954-11-15
lo1StdntIne BroWl1-
Moscow Stirs Arab Unrest
Smiles Help Sell Co-exstence to West Europe
Despite Reds Efforts to Disrupt Colonial Empires

cidents which might offend
Moscow and thus affect the
"co-existence" and (2) there
are so many Communists and
Communist sympathizers
among French officials that
even If the higher authorities
wanted something done about
these shipments. the lesser
officials cannot or dare not
break the party discipline.
The result Is that in the last
few weeks there has been a
new outbreak of fighting be-
tween organized Arab gueril-
las and French troops in Al
geria. The consequence Is that
the population is becoming
more hostile to the French.
This is Q costly proposition.
In Tunisia there were only
some 1000 native guerrillas on
the warpath. To cope with
that threat the French were
compelled to keep no less than
three divisions (some $4,000
men in that protectorate.
The guerrillas are elusive
and have adopted hit.and-run
tactics which were so success
full in Indo- China where France
was eventually compelled to
surrender to the Wet Mimi.
In Indo- China the rebels were
supported by Peiping and Mos
COW. Soviet agents are said to
have promised similar support
to all Africans who wish to
shake the French yoke.
Our Western allies accus-
toned over centuries to wars
for territorial aggrandizement
and to compromises and ap-
peasement when one side
proves stronger are now loath
to call the Russians hand.
Our French friends could
have spared themselves losses
and heartaches by following
the policy suggested by this
Government to give full rule
to the Arabs in the remaining
empire and make them associ-
ates.
Our advice was turned down
repeatedly. More than that.
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hospitalized co-worker couldn't

hospitalized co-worker couldn't
complete.
Metropolitan Coach Lines put
other drivers on the Alhambra-
Temple City line to sub for crew.
men who weren't supposed to be
off Saturday. Then the entire
crew went to the home of Horace
NJ. Rice, who is hospitalized after
a heart attack, and completed
everything but wall siding on the
den. They said they'd return
in the next few days and finish
the job.
Evening star., 1954-11-15
Stork Beats Police

LOUISVILLE, KY. (R.-It
was a close race, but the
Stork proved faster than the
police Of two States.
The contest started last
night in Clarksville, Ind, where
Mrs. Mercedes Thompson, 20,
was bundled into the rear seat
OF the family car by her hus-
band and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Celeste Strahl.
Jeffersonville police handled
the first lap of the race, es-
corting the vehicle to the Ken
lucky side of a bridge. Then
Louisville police whizzed the
car to the hospital.
It was too late.
Mrs. Thompson had given
birth to a 6-pound, 10-ounce
daughter just before reaching
the hospital.
Evening star., 1954-11-15

when the so-called Asian.
Arab bloc wanted to bring the
present situation to the at.
tention Of the United Nations,
France refused to acknowledge
the q. Ms jurisdiction. And
Washington was warned by
Paris that an American vote
in favor Of the proposed Arab
Asian resolution would jeo.
pardize the Western defense
structure.
A high-ranking French dip
lomat called our intended
stand an insult to France and
a provocation. During an argu-
ment the Frenchman asked
an American official who had
urged U. N. arbitration, how
America would feel If France
brought before that organiza-
ton the question Of the Ne
groeS IN the South.
But while Uncle Sans
friendly interference. intended
to avoid a second Indo- China,
was bluntly rejected, the mi.
rage Of co-existence is lulling
our ally into shutting his eyes
to the actions Of the U. s. s. r.
which wants Frances influ-
ence removed from North
Africa by violence and blood.
shed and not in an orderly
fashion.
Throughout the Moslem
world-from Morocco to In
donesia -Moscow's agents are
agitating against the exploit
ing capitalism" of the West.
Established national govern
ments in Lebanon. Syria. Iraq.
Iran and Afghanistan are
faced with subversive move
ments created by the U. s. s. r.
Moscow is using the CO.
existence trap to extend It's
rule over Western Europe. In
this the Krehlin is far more
astute than its erstwhile allies,
the Nazis. But it plans to
use subversion and rebellions
against the established gov
ernments in the East, which
happen to shy away from Red
dominion.
Evening star., 1954-11-15
Critics Of Davies Custer Hit
Firing Of Diplomat Is Held Unrelated to Mccarthy;
ComPoiqn Of Misrepresentation CoIed HormfuI to u S.
Dovid.LoWrence

While there is no parallel
and no relationship whatso-
ever between the cases Of j.
Robert Oppenheimer and
John Patton Davies, both Of
whom have recently been de-
clared to be security risks,
there is q deliberate campaign
of Misrepresentation about
both cases going on in Europe
which cannot but damage
American prestige and UNDER
mine the confidence that
American Foreign Service of
fieers abroad have In their own
Government.
The attempt Is being made
to attribute responsibility for
both cases to 'McCarthyism,
and this ignores the fact that
the Wisconsin Senator never
had either DR.. Oppenheimer or
Mr.. Davies before his commit
tee, and that the proceedings
in the cases against both men
were initiated without any
connection with the acts or
speeches Of Senator Met cCarthy.
Why are some American
writer's as well as certain Brit
ish newspapers trying to make
1t appear that DR.. Open
heimer was punished for his
views as a scientist and that
Mr.. Davies is being punished
for his expression Of views on
foreign policy? Neither state
ment is true, and there is
ample evidence in the pub
lished records to show that
both are false.
DR.. Oppenheimer was de-
c1ared a security risk primar-
lily because he lied to a Sc
curity officer in the United
States Army in wartime and
failed for several months to
come clean on the subject of
q contact which the Soviet
government tried to make
with him through a friend.
DR.. Oppenheimer refused for
a long time to reveal the iden-
tity of his friend and pro-
tected him, and thus threw
the security officers off the
track. All this has been pub
lished and DR.. Oppenheimer
has since confessed it was
"idiotic" on his part. The
board which handled his case
did not accuse DR.. Open
heimer Of disloyalty, and spe-
ciflcally said his views on SCI
entific matters had nothing to
do with the case and that he
was declared a security risk
because of faulty judgment
In the matter of security.
Now the case of John Patton
Davies has brought forth
some Of the same distorted
criticisms. A special board
Of five has unanimously de-
clared him to be loyal, but has
said that ''his lack of judg-
n1ent, discretion and relia-
bility raises a reasonable
doubt that his continued en-
ployment is clearly con-
sistent with the interests of
national security"
Yet a Washington dispatch
last week to the London Times,
which is influential in molding
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course, with Democrats nor
can 1t be affected much by
what they may think Of him.
His future is with his own
party. So how he operates
with his own party Is what
will be closely watched for
clues as to whether he has q
future.
There the President needs q
liaisoll--that Is. with his own
party-as much. if not more,
than with the Democrats. It
Is that role with which Dick
Nixon will most concern him
self, as he has, in fact, in the
first two years Of the admin
istration.
The big problem that con-
fronts the President in his own
party is keeping peace between
his-the Eisenhower wing
and the Old Guard wing. The
latter Is more numerous in both
branches of Congress. But the
President must not only keep
the peace, but he also must
keep the party, that is, pre-
vent the right wingers from
stealing it away from him as
it is their intention to do in
the next two years.
It is certain that the Vice
President will offer himself up
as the vehicle of appeasement.
He is, in fact. just now trying
to act in that capacity in the
current Joe Mccarthy di-
lemma. that is the censure pro-
ceedings.
To make a place for HIM
self, the Vice President has a
greater opportunity than any
one who has held the Office in
a long time. This is because
he is serving under a Presi-
dent who has less inclination
to exert forceful leadership
than have other Presidents in
recent times and thus keeps
aloof from Congress. This
leaves the way open for the
Vice President to assume an
active role as the Presidents
agent in dealing with Com
gress. That Mr.. Nixon is pre-
pared to do, and with wider
range open to him since the
party will not control the new
Congress and therefore its
designated leadership is less
cohesive and powerful.
Not In 118 years has a Vice
President won the Presidency
in his own right. that Is, as q
candidate Of its convention
elected by the people. The last
was Martin Van Buren,, the
hand-picked successor of An
drew jackson. Vice Presidents
who since have become Presi-
dent have stepped into the
succession through death. So
Richard Nixon, If he desires to
become PreSident-aS is gem
orally presumed-has quite q
precedent to overcome. It is
doubtful that. with his youth
and his ambition, he will re-
gard IL as insurmountahle.
II President Eisenhower
runs again. 1t viii be the Vice
Presidents job to get renomi-
mated also, so that he would
still be In q strategic position
for the future.
IF President Eisenhower alb
solutely refuses to run despite
all the pressure that party
managers are certain to bring
upon him then Dick Nixon
has q clear field for his try on
his own, q field that you may
be sure will be fairly cluttered
with others. but just who they
might be It is not clear now.
And that helps Vice President
Nixon.
4
Evening star., 1954-11-15
Accomplice Fools Police

FLINT, Mich. (R.-P Patrol
man Richard Voight, IS, appre-
hended a man breaking into
a motorcycle shop early yester-
day, but some one turned off the
lights after Mr.. Voight hand
cutted the man and started
walking away.
The prisoner apparently had
an accomplice hidden in nearby
bushes who slugged the officer.
When Mr.. Voight regained
consciousness he found his
handouts and keys missing
along with the prisoner. He
was treated for bruises and pos
sible brain conclusion.
Evening star., 1954-11-15
Life in the u. S.
Busnen Take
Holiday, But
In Good Cause
By the As.eeio,ed Pres.

TEMPLE CITY, Calf, Nov.
15.- A busman's holiday looked
more like a do-it-yourself show
when 28 bus drivers took the
same day OF to build a den their
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