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Evening star., 1954-01-03
order, and introduced q law
counter -manding it.

order. and introduced q law
counter-manding it.
Sutton Told To Make Report.
Then Commissioner r. Joseph
Donohue led the integration
forces. The issue boiled for o
while, then simmered down when
Chief Sutton was told on March
IL, 1852. to make q report on
the matter probably next week. I"
This report is still in the works,
the fire chief said yesterday.
Two months ago. the Com
missioners ordered an end to
discrimination by race in the
District government. but specific
ally exempted the Fire Depart
ment.
Commissioner Spencer in the
broadcast over station WWDC.
listed the anti-segregation steps
taken here as one of the major
accomplishments of 1853. He
also mentioned the start of a
neighborhood campaign against
Juvenile delinquency. the draw
ing up of the public works pro-
gram, improvement in the Police
Department and the re-organ-
ization of the District govern
nent.
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would provoke q major foreign
policy debate II taken up In It's
present form. But Senator Brick
er is conferring with White
House spokesman. in an effort to
work out compromise which
could 60 through quickly.
Senator Knowland said he may
know by Wednesday whether
such q solution is possible. The
administration Is opposed to the
Bricker plan as it stands. fearing
it would tie the Presidents hands
in conducting foreign affairs.
End Of Recesses Proposed.
The Bricker amendment would
prevent a treaty from affecting
domestic law in the United States
unless accompanied by law
which Congress could pass in the
absence of a treaty. It also would
enable Congress to regulate the
Presidents power to make execu-
tive agreements with other coun-
tries, which do not have to be
ratified by the Senate like
treaties.
Senator Knowland believes
that by avoiding three-day re-
cesses, the Senate could dispose
of the st. Lawrence project. Ha-
waiian Statehood and the
Bricker amendment during jan
uary and February.
The issue Of expanding foreign
trade. which is tied up with ex-
tension of the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act. probably will be
put OF until spring. to await the
report Of the Presidents Foreign
Policy Commission. The COM
mission has until March to re-
port.
The main farm bill, involving
the question of whether to retain
the 80 per cent of parity price
formula for basic crops. also may
come late in the session. But,
on the opening day the Senate
Agriculture Committee will meet
to try to overcome objections
from the cotton States to the
new acreage restrictions the Sec
retary of Agriculture was forced
to apply to cotton under existing
law.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Early Battle Seen
As Rees Committee
Studies Postal Rates
BY the Associoted Press

Administration demands for q
quarter billion dollar increase in
postal rates may produce the
first explosive reaction in the
highly-charge session Of the
Congress opening Wednesday.
The House Postoffice Commit
tee. after much heel-dragging
and wrangling. broke OF public
hearings on Postmaster General
Summerfield's requests in the
closing days of the last session.
In a rebuff to Mr.. Summer
field, The rate matter was laid
over until this session with the
general understanding that it
would be the committees first
order of business when Congress
reconvenes.
The initial blow-off may come
when Chairman Rees summons
his committee into closed session
to deal with the rate bill in ac-
cordance with the understanding
reached last July.
Many Cool to Bill.
1t is no secret that a sizeable
number of members, Republicans
and Democrats both, would like
to ditch the bill or at least scale
1t down.
Opinions expressed privately
by House members returning to
Washington seemed to minimize
chances ot any large-scale rate
increase soon.
There appeared little likeli-
hood the House committee or the
House itself. for that matter
will readily accede to Mr.. Sum-
merfleld's request to raise the
cost of mailing a first-class A
letter from three to four cents.
There was some possibility,
however, the committee might
approve small or moderate in
creases in second class charges
for newspapers. magazine and
other publications. The third and
final 10 per cent increase of q
cumulative three-year 80 per
cent hike previously voted on
this class of mail goes into effect
this year. Many members feel
that's enough,
Business Mail May Be Hit.
Most probable source of addi-
tional revenue for the Post Of
flee Department is from in
creaseS on third class mailing
rates. which apply principally to
advertising and other, forms of
business mail
Complicating the controversy |
are proposals to raise the pay Of |
postal and other Government |
workers.
Thirteen pay raise bills have |
been introduced. ranging from |
a S400-a-year across-the-b board !
increase by Representative st. |
George, Republican, of New York. |
to an S1,100-a-year bill by Rep !
resentative Klein, Democrat, of !
New York. The st. George bill |
would add nearly 81 billion q
year to the Federal payroll. and |
the Klein bill proportionately
more. ~'se
Representative Gubser. Repub-
lican. of California, also has
announced that if postal rate
increase is approved, he will seek
to tie to it a pay raise for postal
workers.
With the Postoffice Depart
ment operating at a $500 mil
lion a year deficit. Mr.. Summer
field has asked increases on every
type of postal service except |
parcel post to bring in an esti- |
mated $240.625. 200 in added |
revenue. He has succeeded,
meanwhile, in cutting the de-
partment's bookkeeping losses |
by charging up air mail and
other subsidy" costs to other |
Government agencies, and has
added direct revenues expected
to equal 500 million a year
through higher parcel post
Evening star., 1954-01-03
VIII Urge Changes in Several Laws

which even cracked the Demo-
cratic South. But they have
shown signs recently of over
coming that reluctance. They
also may try to draw q distinc-
ton between the President and
many members Of his party who
will be up for election this year.
Republican leaders. however.
minimize the fear of rough
and tumble session. Said Sena-
tor Knowland:
81 think We will have a con-
structive second session Of the
$50 Congress. It is my belief
that Congress and the admin
istration will work together to
carry out the program. think
there will be a good batting aver
age Of Democratic support on
foreign affairs and national de-
tense. and on most. II not all.
Of the proposals the President
will make. There always have
been different shades Of opinion
in Congress. but / certainly have
seen no indication yet that
members Of either party will be
mere ohstructionists.
! think most members recog-
nize that we are all in the same
plane together and that If 1t
cracks UP either internationally
or domestically, we all 60 down
together"
Martin Is Confident.
Speaker Martin was even more
confident. He said he thinks
1.-THE President will have a bet
ter score sheet of legislation
enacted this year than any Pres
ident IN 20 years." Mr.. Martin
said he expects the Democrats
will oppose parts of the pro-
gram. but added. that is the
democratic process at work"
Senator Knowland wants the
Senate to get down to specific
problems within a few days after
the opening formalities. Three
issues are expected to be ready
for early Senate debate, namely:
The st. Lawrence Seaway
project. Statehood for Hawaii
and the Bricker constitutional
amendment to restrict the
treaty making powers Of the
President.
How soon the Senate Finance
Committee attempts to revive
the dministration's request to
boost the national debt ceiling
from $275 billion to $3.50 billion
will depend on how urgently the
President presents that question
in his message. 1t has passed
the House, but still faces deter
mined opposition. led by Demo-
cratic Senators Byrd of Virginia
and johnson Of Colorado.
No Urgent Unfinished Jobs.
On the House side, Mr.. Martin
said there is no unfinished busi-
ness calling for urgent action be-
fore the President presents his
new program.
The Speaker said there is con-
siderable talk Of an effort to
rescind the increase from liz to
2 per cent in the social security
payroll tax on both employers
and employees, which took effect
Friday. The President recon-
mended last May that it be post
poned, but Congress took no ac-
ton, and congressional leaders
have not revealed what the Pres
ident may say about it in his
new message this week.
Mr.. Martin said II it Is going
to be rescinded, action should be
taken soon. He plans to confer
with Chairman Reed of the tax
writing Ways and Means Com
mittee.
In the Senate. both the st.
Lawrence Seaway and Hawaiian
Statehood face lengthy debate.
The Bricker amendment also
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Filming Tulips is Topic

The Alexandria Camera Club
will hear a talk by j. Waring
Stinchcombe of the James Dun
lap Photographic Studio on
photographing the Tulip Festival
at Holland. Mich. at a meeting
at 8 pm. Tuesday at 200 East
Oxford avenue, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
HospitoI Group to Meet

The Women's Auxiliary of
Arlington Hospital will meet at
1880 pm. Tuesday at the hos
pital. The public is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Political PiIgrimoges Eastward
european Leaders Scurry to Moscow and Peiping,
suspicious of Lack of Determined Policies in IT, S.
Constantine Brown

Our Western European allies
and Asiatic friends are falling
over each other in the rush to
pay their respects to the Soviet
and Red Chinese leaders.
Following the visit by the
Attlee-Beyan delegation to
Moscow and Peiping, swarms
OF British business and indus
trial leaders are hurrying to
the two capitals In an ATTEMPT
to negotiate juicy trade con-
tracts.
The recent visit of FOA Adj
ministrator Harold Stassen to
London resulted in easing of
restrictions on export of some
products which previously had
been prohibited as strategic
materials. This has opened
the way for the beneficiaries Of
American aid to export GER
tain machine tools which the
Soviets need for rearmament.
Similarly, French Industrial
lists, who are hard put because
OF the growing competition
from West Germany, are also
visiting Moscow and Peiping
with less publicity than their
British colleagues.
According to some reports.
contracts totalling 500 million
have been signed since the Ge-
neva peace" agreement. This
does not sound like much but
it is a shot in the arm for
French industry. What is more
important, however, is the fact
that the French believe larger
and more profitable contracts
will be signed next year if po-
litical relations between France
and Iron Curtain and Bamboo
Curtain countries are i'm
proved.
M. Mendes-France set the
pace at Geneva and last month
in Paris when he helped kill
the EDO. He places economies
far ahead of politics.
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Fletcher knebeI-
Potomac Fever

Retail merchants tell Ike 1854 will be banner year
Ike agrees that there's lot of selling this
just sold the whole State of Maine out from under him.
Democrats claim an election trend their way There's
doubt Democratic plentiful Hurricanes earthquakes
typhoons-and in Indiana who keeps seeing her
dead grandpa on the TV screen.
Treasury Secretary Humphrey says Government
go SAT- billion in the red this One thing
broke with the Republicans instead the
company is so much refined.
Democrats win the governorshp of Maine Republicans
fear local weather conditions against in
Mane-a landslide everywhere else.
Republican congressman in Maine by lowest per-
centages in 20 years Bulletin from COP headquarters
great victory Thanks to Maine expect to 100
per cent of the sympathy vote"
Republican Chairman Hall and Democratic Chairman
Mitchell sign pledge against campaign nanecallng The
first to YELL iar," gets sent down Scouts
to the Brownies.
Senate committee writes another report Mccarthy
This public reactions McCarthyFebruary Fum"
April oh! OH" June: "Ho Ho!" September: "Ho-hum"
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, 40 House Seats

Hale, skinned through this
week with less than 1000 ma
jority over his Democratic op-
ponent in a total vote Of 10000
in that district, the first. In
short, the Republican congress
sional vote was down IL per
cent below two years ago.
Now take the a. congress
sional districts in the country,
widely scattered, where Re-
publicans won two years ago
by 5 per cent or less. If the
Republican vote falls off there
in the same ratio as in Maine,
or even less. then Democrats
would win all those seats. The
S per cent district formula is
applied speculatively to the
November election by Louis
Bean, who has some reputation
as an election analyst, in q
chapter in the recently pub
lished "A Guide to Politics in
1884" which was written, Of
course, long before the Maine
election and has no specific
application to that. He says:
I'm 1852. ~ House seats
were taken by RepI1hlicanS
with no more than SIS per
cent of the vote; 6 with 5O-51
per cent; 8 with 51-52 per cent;
8 with $3.50 per cent; 8 with
1884 per cent; and II with
54-55 per cent. If many Eisen-
hover viters fail to show up
next November, either because
Eisenhower is not running or
because they are displeaSed
with the administrations per-
Torrance: and if State by
State the Republican percent
age in the popular vote is S per
cent less than 1t was in 1862,
these AZ seats, more or less,
are likely to be won by Dem
ocrats."
A word of caution. In the
September, 1913. election in
Maine, Republican congress
sional candidates polled 20 per
cent OF the vote. But the party
lost Congress and the presi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15

For the first time since 1913,
Marshal Tito has agreed to talk
business with a Soviet trade
mission with a view to barter
ing for Soviet wheat. The ex-
PLANTATION in Washington is
that since Congress has cut
down FOA appropriations, Yu-
goslavia does not get enough
assistance to buy the wheat it
needs after a crop failure this
year.
There is, however, an in
escapable political undertone
in the Yugoslav transaction.
Tito could have purchased
wheat on credit or obtained it
on loan from the United States.
Our warehouses are bullying
with grain.
West German manufacturers
also have had business deals
behind the Iron Curtain. But
what causes the State Depart
ment grave concern" is the
German peoples reaction to
Chancellor Adenauer's pro-
American policies.
This weeks election in
Schleswig- Holstein was a shat
tering defeat for the old Chan
cellor. The fact that the re-
suits in that state, where so
many "expelees" have been
settled, changed so completely
in just one year is considered
by most political observers as
an indication of a new look in
West German policies. Only
last year Mr.. Adenauer received
2-to-1 majority in the state.
Fguratively speaking, sign
posts Mach Moskau" Ito Mos
cow have been seen by our
observers since Secretary of
State Dulles committed the
error of trading the Berlin con-
ference of last January for
the Geneva parley. From that
time on the West German So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Dorothy 1hompson-
TooMony Eggs in One Basket
Now hat EDO Has Collapsed, Western Governments
Are Urged to Weave a New Contoner for Security

1t is a very good thing that
the United States Government,
in consultation with the Brit
ish. French and other NATo
governments plus the Austrian
and West German, has re-
jected a conference between
the Western allies and the
Soviets at this time. Such a
conference, following immedi-
ately upon the heels of the
defeat Of edo in the French
Assembly, could serve no con-
ceivable purpose except to
widen Western riffs and deepen
international confusion.
The conduct of diplomacy by
conference is dubious In the
best case, seldom resulting in
wise or lasting agreements. For
such agreements, long, patient
and painstaking negotiations
are necessary. allowing for con-
f1dential exchanges of opinion,
give : and . take, balancing of
relative weights and considera-
tons, and admitting the posi-
bility of retreats from one posi-
ton to another.
An international conference
occurs under the eyes of the
world and encourages the par
Elephants to take stands for
other reasons than the only
purpose for which an inter-
national conference exists,
namely, the alienation of ten
sions and the promotion of
peace.
There are signs, at last, that
the Western governments are
beginning to recognize - and
we hope recover-the lost art
OF negotiation, that IS to say
OF diplomacy, EDO being, it
self. an outstanding example
OF impetuous action. taken at
a conference without previous
pa1nstaking negotiations. In
1850 we put all the eggs of
European security in one bas-
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New Chevy Chase
Shopping Center
Opens tomorrow :

A new 81 million shopping
center at Wisconsin and West
ern avenues will open at 8 am.
tomorrow.
The Chevy Chase shopping
center will continue its grand
opening" through Saturday, with
a new car being given away
after September Is. all II stores
in the new center will be open
nightly until 8 pm.
Features of the center are q
700-car Handicapped parking lot,
with shrubs and trees growing In
islands among the parking bays,
and a covered, crescent-shaped
arcade and walkway.
The Chevy Chase Land Co..
which developed the center is
already tanning 81 million ad-
dition to. ada four more stores
and additional Office space. The
designer is Marion L. Bagley,
A. I. A.
The stores are:
Airport Book Shop, Beyda's
Children's Apparel, Blair's Teie-
vision and Repair Co., Camalier
and Buckley Leather Goods,
Fanny Farmer Cany Shop, Ga
briel Hir Stylist, Giant Food
Store, r. Harris and Co. Jewel
ers, Kendros' Delicatessen.
Also, loves Florist, McIntire
Harware. Montgomery County
Liquor Dispensary. Palace Loun-.
dry. Peoples Drug Store, Tweeds
n Things Women's Sportswear,
Vicar Camera and Hobby Shop,
and Whelan's Corsetieres.
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Reds AssaiI SEAT0
As Plan 10 Get Raw
Materials for u. 5.
By the Associated Pres.

MOSCOW. Sept. 15.-In a
scathing attack on SEATO, Rus
STA charged last night that the
Southeast Asian defense alliance
sis in fact a bloc of colonial
powers" aimed OF supplying
strategic materials to the mill
tary industry of the United
States"
A formal statement by the
Soviet Foreign Ministry declared
that the Manila pact would
sharpen international tension
and create obstacles to the set
Element OF unsolved problems. F."
"Enslaving Agreements"
SEATO twas prepared and
carried out by a Western power
behind the backs of the Asian
countries, and the main role
was played by the United States
OF America, although the from
tiers OF the United States are
several thousand kilometers
away from Southeast ASIA" the
statement from Foreign Minister.
V. M. Molotov's Office continued.
Thailand, the Philippines and
Pakistan took part, 1t was
charged, because they were
bound hand and foot by en-
Shaving agreements with the
United States of America for
military and economic aid"
All other Asian nations have
refused to join, the Foreign
Ministry declared, and Comlnu-
mist China opposes these agrees
sive plans because she Justly
regards the above military group
as a menace to her security"
Raps NATO as Well.
Comparing SEATO with NATO.
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization. the Foreign Office
said both are in blatant oppose
ton to the aims and principles
Of the United Nations"
The statement was the second
official statement against the
West in a week. Earlier the For
eign Ministry sharply denounced
Western efforts to find g substi- |
tute for the European Army plan |
after its rejection by France.
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ket, our overnm emit (Mr.
Acheson was then Secretary
Of State) insisting that no
other container would hold
them. That this particular
basket was full of holes was
visible even to the not very
bright eyes of this columnist,
as the record shows. The de-
feat Of EDO caused no con-
sternation at this desk. Never
for a moment did we expect
anything else.
The first reaction to the col
lapse Of the basket was sheer
hysteria, expressed in the blast
from West Germany by Sena-
tor Wiley. chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee,
who walked out of a conference
with Chancellor Adenauer and
Immediately handed a release
to the press Gas Senators seem
ever prompted to do) attack
ing the French Prime Minister,
M. des-France, and the
French Parliament as not rep
resenting the French people,
and apparently inferring that
M. Mendes-France should be
ousted and a plebiscite on the
issue conducted. BY whom?
BY the United States Senate?
Il certainly wondered what
Mr.. Conant. whose function
1T presumably is to represent
the United States at Bonn,
thought of that preposterous
performance. Apparently he
just went along! No wonder
that an ever-decreaSing num-
Der Of sane, responsible, in
telligent men are willing to
join the American Foreign
ServiceD
The habit Of only listening
to. ones own words talked back
precludeS the exercise of the
reasoning process. The Soviets
can only claim the defeat of
EDO as a victory for them
selves because we insisted that
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cent visitors in Washington
fear that the Americans and
Germans will go to far, too
fast. together unless some
EDO substitute is framed
quickly. Such moves, it is
thought, might have great
political appeal for President
Eisenhower on the eve Of i'm
portant elections, which he is
extremely eager to win for his
party.
British fears may be exag-
gerated. It does appear, how
ever, that the Americans gen.
orally see DR.. Adenauer's side
with more cordially than do
the British, who are in turn
remembering the battle of
Britain-more sympathetic to
France. Mr.. Eden is going to
France last. apparently in the
hope of getting her the best
possible deal-and persuading
her not to ask more.
It is also a fact that both
Sir Winston and Mr.. Eden
promised their recent luncheon
guest. Senator Wiley Of Wis
consin, chairman Of the For
eign Relations Committee,
that they would not drag their
feet but would act at once to
reassure Germany and keep
France in line. Senator Wiley
was one Of the few to see DR..
Adenauer Immediately after
his crushing disappointment
at the hands Of the French
Assembly.
Publicly here the Senator
maintained his optimism. But
presumably he told his emf
nent hosts his private convic-
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to Senator Margaret Chase
Smith, who is extremely pop
ular in Maine. Is to be taken
as the equivalent Of a national
Republican presidential NOM
inee's percentage, it would not
be enough to insure a Repub-
lican victory throughout the
Nation in q presidential cleo
ton held now.
For Mrs. Smiths vote has
dropped from 71.3 per cent in
1946 to 58.4 in 1854, and the
Republican senatorial vote in
Maine has dropped from 62.7
per cent in 1952-when Sem
ator Payne was successful-to
58.4 per cent this week.
Whichever way one looks at
it, the Republican tide is lower
In Maine than it has been in
many years. II the saying,
las Maine goes, SO goes the
Nation" is construed to mean
that the Republican percent
age In a rock-ribbed Republic
can State applies to other
Northern States where Repub-
Leans were elected to the
House of Representatives in
1852. it viii be a sad Novem-
Der for the Republicans.
There were unquestionably
many stay-at-homes in Maine
due to hurricane conditions,
but in the cities, where this
factor would not be influen-
tial, there was nevertheless a
big switch of voting. too.
UnqueStionably there is a
negative tide running against
the Republicans, and they can
hardly afford to ALLEVIATE any
elements in their party if they
expect to win in November.
The White House might well
be worried about what the
Maine election means and
especially about the failure of
regular Republicans to be
called in early enough to help
keep the party together.
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