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Evening star., 1955-04-18
Only Truman Flashes Fighting Spirit
As Others Rest on Their LuureIs

man they want to beat next
year, was Mr.. Truman. Mr..
Truman has the faculty of
making rather stale and trite
charges sound as If he were
about - in the old Big Bill
Thompson phrase - to bust
King George in the snoot. His
public loves it and they did
Saturday night.
But compared to the home
truths which packed solid
metal behind his whistle stop
attacks against the 80tf1 Con-
gress, the speech was thin.
Mr.. Truman remains the
Democrat best able to evoke
the fighting spirit.
His strength is that while
he has a normal love Of praise,
he does not inhale 1t. With
him it is the party, it's ideas
and record. He still feels at
three score and ten that to be
a Democrat is somehow a won-
derful thing-and he can i'm
part that emotion.
On the whole however, the
only wounds which could pos
sibly have come out of the af-
fair at the Armory are broken
arms caused by Democrats
patting themselves on the
backs. AS a campaign techni-
que it is not formidable.
Within the inner councils of
the party at the many small
Evening star., 1955-04-18

The Conference Of African
Asian Nations in Banding. In
donesia. is final and convinc-
ing evidence, II such were stiIl
needed, Of the emergence Of q
new world era.
This meeting. held in the
young Independent republic Of
Indonesia, is q gathering Of
Asians and Africans organized
by themselves and deliberating
Independently Of any 'guid-
ance" from the old Great Pow
ers who. not so long ago, were
the colonial masters without
challenge Of the two vast con.
tinents.
The old order Of the colonial
empire and the white mans
burden is indeed dead, its last
vestiges almost disappearing
entirely in the furious tempo
of post-World War II political
and social change.
Few indeed are the voices in
Europe and America prepared
to deplore the end Of colonial
ism, or processing to see q
backward step in the emerg-
ence Of these millions Of people
from their ancient land once
hopeless vassalage to stronger
and more highly developed CO.
lonial overlords.
The United States, in par
ticular has a thoroughly hon.
orable record with respect to
its attitude toward the sub
jugation Of native backward"
peoples and to colonialism in
general. This Nation has never
sought colonial conquest for its
own sake; when world Develop
ments have willy-nilly cast the
Stars and Stripes in the role
of posseSsor and protector of
alien lands and alien peoples,
history shows clearly that the
American plan and practice
were to work INCREASINGLY to put
these peoples in q position Of
Evening star., 1955-04-18
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Dulles Overly Optimistic on Europe

Western oriented European
state to reject q military alli-
ance with either the Russian
bloc or NATO. Nor can we
veto an agreement voluntarily
negotiated in Moscow by a
thoroughly representative Aus
trian government.
The United States, which
has not succeeded in unifying
Western Europe, and could
not, with the cooperation Of
all the Western allies, give
Austria a treaty. cannot unity
Germany. Only the Soviets
can do that. There is danger,
too. that in a crucial moment.
France may reveal her inbred
opposition to German reunifi-
cation on almost any terms.
. a stand that would set the
existing Franco German rec
onciliation into sharp retreat.
The European situation is,
therefore. far more fluid than
Secretary Dulles would encour-
age us to believe.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Unity to Hinge on German Decision,
Austrio Pact to Have Wide Influence

Is Western Europe "on the
eve" Of such unification?
There is not a sign Of it.
The Saar afforded an appro-
pirate test Of the French will
to European unification. Were
the Saar "Europeanized" its
economy would either be con-
trolled by an all-European
board or by a free market. But
France, as a condition for
ratifying the Paris Pacts, has
insisted that the Saar's rich
coal-steel economy should be
within a French customs union
with key positions admins
tered by French officials. Thus
the economic status of the
Z Saar will be French and its
political status thereby de-
termined. The Saap is in fact,
a French colony populated by
Germans in the heart of West
ern Europe.
Over against this condition
Is the issue Of the real unfit
cation Of Germany with a
common government. currency
and customs union. How long
can the weight Of a Western
Europe In which a limited
number1of people aspire to
eventual unification in some
distant future outbalance the
unanimous urge of the Ger
man people to German re-
mification at the earliest
moment? Nothing whatever
stands in the way of the latter
as far as German sentiment
is concerned and the gift is
wholly in Russian hands.
The Austrian state treaty
just concluded in Moscow is
bound to influence German
opinion. II In return for guar
antees that Austria viii not
rejoin Germany and win re-
ject all military alliances
East or West--Austria other
wise achieves genuine freedom.
many Germans are bound to
aspire to a similar status. The
conclusion of the Austrian
state treaty in Moscow is un-
doubtedly a Soviet diplomatic
victory. For although Austria
is q small state 1t occupies an
important strategic position
between the East European
satellites, Germany. Italy. and
Yugoslavia, and now becomes
ithe NTH non Communist.
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Evening star., 1955-04-18
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Speaker Sam Rayburn the people took the
cratic Party to their heart And being such contact
surprise when the Democrats made OF with shirt
Secretary Dulles hes Georgia with Ike
emergency it's just that Ike feels that things little
smoother in Washington when Dulles is travelling.
=
House Democratic Leader Mccormack praises Speaker
burn Rock of Gibraltar with heart gold" There's
question whether Mccormack is running Rayburn for
President-or trying to sell mining stock in him.
Harry Truman Eisenhower Administration
political tricks Democrats resorted tricke They
preferred hypnotism.
Ike creates in the State Department
foreign aid Republicans alert. They've picked
department that's "a hours day to give
$1oo-a-plate dinner in washington You
know times must be tough for the Democrats when they're
reduced to putting the bite each other.
Mine Soviet officers accept invitation Washington
Premier Bugann favor lot Of foreign travel fewer Of
his fellow comrades there In Moscow the
Evening star., 1955-04-18
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Power of Communist Propaganda Line
To Be Apparent in Results Of Talks

self-suficiency leading In q
relatively brief time to ma
tional independence.
Yet there must be a 'but" in
the general approval Of the
new self-rule spirit and reali-
zation of determination
now so manifest in Asia and
Africa. That "but" is ascrib-
able in no sense to any distrust
Of the newly liberated or soon.
to-be liberated peoples. It has
its origin in the city Of Mos
COW and behind the ancient
walls Of Peiping.
The Communists have been
diligent in using the old cry
of "colonialism" to weaken the
strength Of the free world In
the ferment of Asian-African
political and social upheaval.
Since the Bolshevik revolution
and intensively since the end
Of World War II, the Red
strategists have sent their clev-
crest agents, have done their
most careful planning, have
aimed their propaganda heavy
artillery at the former colonial
areas as they emerged from
their long terms of depend
ence.
Aided by deep-seated dis
trust Of the white man, by
centuries of ignorance and
poverty, and in a dismaying
measure by the stupidity and
blundering of the old colonial
powers. the rulers of the Red
world have scored great gains
in their never-ceasing fight
for the control of mems minds
and. of course, the inevitable
control thereafter of their
bodies and souls as well, in
that modern form Of slavery
SO enticingly called peoples
democracy"
The results Of the Bandung
Conference are likely to be q
jolt to the nations Of the free
world. For. although most of
Evening star., 1955-04-18
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of Labor Mitchell
suggested last night that Con-
gress consider repeating a pro-
vision Of the Taft Hartley labor
law which permits States to for
bid contracts requiring workers
to join unions.
Mr.. Mitchell did not call out
right for repeal Of the provision
but said "a new look would be
in order" He added, however,
that he did not expect Congress
to act this year on any changes
In the labor law. although sew
eral have been recommended by
the Eisenhower administration.
The Secretary. interviewed on
the NBC TV-radio show. Meet
the Press" repeated his state
ment Of last December that he
believed the States should elimi-
nate their right-to-work laws.
These bar labor contract pro-
visions which require workers to
join q union.
Mr.. Mitchell said President
Eisenhower had declared last
year that the Labor Secretary
was expressing his personal view
In opposing the right-to-work
laws. In view of this. he said,
he felt free to seek their repeal.
''since / feel that the right-to-
work laws are more destructive
than constructive"
Evening star., 1955-04-18
DORIS FLEESON

Democrats rested on their
laurels here last week end.
Led by their only living ex-
President, Harry Truman,
Adlai Stevenson, Mrs. Roose-
welt and Congressional leaders.
they held q gala banquet for
Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the
House. All about them re-
f1ected their long tenure in
power and their resurgent
fortunes.
Party members ready, will
ing and able to shell out 500
each to dine and fill the cam
paign Golfers numbered 3,702.
which is truly remarkable
when they lack the White
House. The women were beau
tifully dressed and the men
looked as If they had not been
hungry for a long time either.
The sentiments expressed
were generally genial, some-
times lofty. Mr.. Rayburn him.
self proved what his friends
long have known, that,
deeply a politician, he is think
ing long and hard about the
country's future in the most
statesman-like manner.
It was delightful-but it was
not politics.
The only person who even
came close to laying a glove
on President Eisenhower, the
Evening star., 1955-04-18
China Likely to Free IS Airmen

had acquired q knowledge Of
atomic physics. and it was
thought desirable to delay
their return ct least until there
was an armistice In Korea and
it could be determined what
their status should be.
It Is q fact that the Chinese
students have been released to
go home without exacting any
conditions from the Peiping
government. This may seem to
be taking q long chance, as
there is no obligation arising
as a result of their release
except the moral obligation
taught by Americas generous
and spontaneous example. II
the Red Chinese wish to earn
at least one mark ON the score
card of good behavior in the
international sense. they viii
seize the opportunity to do
exactly what the American
Government did and release
the airmen as a "unilateral"
act.
It may be assumed that the
Secretary General of the
United Nations is banking on
such a development. Signifi-
cantly the State Department
didn't even formally notify the
United Nations that it had
granted permission to the Chi
nese students to leave the
country. as it was doubtless
desired not to tie up the prob
lem Of the students with that
of the airmen.
But the Red Chinese learn
about these things over the
radio and, when the students
have arrived back home and
there is a quiet day without an
incident of international ten
sion in the headlines. Red
China'S radio may reveal that
the airmen have been released.
Certainly the American au-
thorities are waiting patiently
for some such development to
occur before long.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
No 'Deor Is Involved But U. S. Release
Of76 Students Should Open Jail Doors

tween different problems s."
Those are the carefully
chosen words which q diplomat
is accustomed to employ In
very delicate situations. Ger
tainly neither the Peiping gov
ernment nor the United States
Government would wish to be
placed in the position Of max
ing any kind Of trade or deal.
Yet if each side makes its own
decision to do a certain thing
it's called q ''unilateral" de-
cision. What difference does
1t make so far as the end re-
suit Is concerned If one gov
ernment acts ahead of the
other? That's the way the
diplomats look at it, and. of
course, the relatives Of the Is
American airmen viii not
waste much time analyzing the
words used, or the procedures,
so long as the boys come back
home safe and sound.
But the world may witness
something significant if the
American airmen are released.
It will be apparent that the
Red Chinese withheld these
Americans from those prison.
ers who were ordered to be
returned under the provisions
of the Korean armistice just
TO use them as pawns in an in
ternational propaganda game.
There is, Of course. no COM
parison between the status of
the Chinese students now be-
ing allowed to take a boat
home and the airmen. The
students have not been held in
any jail. They have been free
to come and go and live a nor
NAL life except for periodic re-
ports to the immigration serv-
ice. The only reason for de-
tanning them was that they
Evening star., 1955-04-18
DAVID LAWRENCE

Now that the United States
Government has announced
that It will give permission to
the rs Chinese students to go
back to Red China If they wish.
1t may be expected at any time
that Red China will release
the Is American airmen held
In violation of the Korean
armistice
No deal" has been made,
and it win be officially denied
that any exchange" has been
proposed by either side.
The key is to be found. how
ever. In the words Of the Sec
retary- General Of the United
Nations, Dag Hammarskjold,
when he said on January 13 to.
a press conference in New
York on his return from Red
China:
1t is not really a question
Of negotiations. It is q ques-
ton of where the ground is
prepared by negotiations-that
ground having partly been pre-
pared and partly by ,negotia-
tions conducted by this or that
national government.
But the final decisions, !
think, will necessarily emerge
as unilateral decisions in all
those various ticklish cases.
They will emerge as unilateral
decisions and as part of a gen.
eral development. more than as
the result Of any kind Of settle
slner1t.
loiss'When you talk about nego-
ctiation in the sense you (the
fnewsmen) indicate now, you
seem to have in mind this give
and-take kind of situation,
which is a typical one. / have
already indicated that this has
not been discussed In terms Of
o deal, nor with any link be-
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Democrats Don't Appear Hungry

gatherings at which party
leaders relaxed over a highball,
there was widespread recogni-
tion that a great opportunity
had been muffed. Significantly
it was most forcefully ex-
pressed by Governors lately
elected and others outside the
White House orbit.
Democrats at last have an
issue cautiously but lucidly ex-
pounded last week by Adlai
Stevenson. It Is that the
mounting tensions in the Far
East which produce the threat
of war can and must be re-
solved by creative political
means. On a free Nationwide
hookup with a showcase full of
their most glittering exhibits,
it scarcely got the once over
lightly.
-
The grousers did not seem
to blame any one person for
the general lack Of militancy.
One complainer, himself large
ly responsible for the dinners
success. said the National
Committee should have in
tegrated the speeches. Ger
tainly National Chairman
Butler is more militant than
most congressional Democrats
but he felt it was largely their
affair since it was turned into
a tribute to the Speaker.
AS matters stand the Demo-
cratic pressures to fight and
win the election next year are
coming from the grass roots,
not Washington.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

Speaking to the Associated
Church Press last Wednes-
day. Secretary Dulles was
noncommittal about Asia but
said that in Europe things
are going much better. "We
are on the eve Of achieving a
great result, the unif1cation of
Western Europe"
The issue, as I see it, is
whether the unification Of
! Western Europe will appear to
sithes German people as more
possible and less important
than the reunification of Ger
I many itself.
9thFor how far has the uniflca-
tionof Western Europe really
advanuedn tlA
With the ratification Of the
Paris Pacts 'dt has reached the
stage of a, defensive military
alliance between othe United
States. Great Britain, France,
Italy. the Benelux countries
and West Germany. On these
terms Western Germany is no
more united" with France
than with the United States.
In the political field genu-
Inc uniflcation involves relin-
gushing certain powers pos
sessed by individual states to
a superior European author
ity. Have such powers been
reinvested? II so, in what
body?
No such body apparently
exists. The council for Europe
Is purely advisory.
It Is argued that one power
has been relinquished and
transferred to NATO by Great
ing a single command for the
European armies-namely, the,
war-making power. But this Is
illusory. The ultimate COM
mand of any army resides In
the political authority that
creates 1t. The Paris Pacts are
agreements between sovereign
states that. like all such
agreements, can, at some date,
be modified or Cancelled. The
American States cannot with
draw contingents from the
American Army without being
in rebellion against the Con-
stitution. But there is no con-
stitution for Europe.
In the economic field unifi-
cation means O common cur
rency and customs union such
as exists in the United States.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Bondung Likely to Jolt Free World

the Asian and African peoples
to be represented there are
not. as yet. under Red domina-
ton. the extent and power Of
the Communist propaganda
line win be unhappily all too
apparent.
It is almost q foregone con-
clusion that the Conference
win follow the Communist line
along major paths of policy.
The Nehru slogan Of Asia for
the Asians" will lend itself
well enough indeed to the
achievement of stands and
resolutions completely satis-
factory to the Communist con-
spirators.
The Kremlin win be de-
lighted when the Banding
delegates resolve that Red
China must forthwith be adj
mitted to the United Nations;
that Formosa must be handed
over to Peiping and the Ma
tionalist regime Of Chang
Kai-shek lIquidated: that "for-
eign powers cease their inter-
ference in the affairs Of
Indo- China; that okinawa be
abandoned by the United
States as a military base and
handed back to Japan.
All Of these stands, so likely
to be adopted In whole or in
part at Bandung. will on the
surface be justifiable on the
basis Of ASIA for the Asians."
But their meaning to the
rest of the world, a meaning
fraught with the gravest of
import to the future security
Of the free world, will be
"ASia for the Communists"
There is. Of course. hope
that Asia will produce national
leaders who can be Asians for
freedom, who recognize the
sinister falsehoods. the cynical
betrayal. in the Communist
program and slogans. The ira
ditional religions may prove
to be decisive In steering the
new freedoms into paths OF
light. But the hopes are not
rosy. today.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

$1.01 a share. highest for any
March in the corporations his
tory. In March. 1854, the rail-
road netted $3,424.690. The pre-
vious March peak of 5,390, ,482
was in 1943.
The March income estimate
brings Central's net for the first
quarter of this year to $l1. 1.800,-
900. or $1.83 a share. The same
period last year witnessed o
deficit Of $473,788.
At this years annual meeting,
stockholders will be asked to rat
ify an incentive bonus" plan
for key executives, a stock-ex-
change plan for other employees
and stock purchase agreement
covering $4,000 shares of stock
sranted last fall by directors to
Alfred E. Perlman. president Of
the Central.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

many votes as there are direc-
tors (l5 on Central's board. The
stockholders can use these votes
either for one director or to dis
tribute them among several.
Retains Belief 'Basically"
In the 1855 proxy statement.
issued over the week end, Mr..
Young declared that "basically''
he retained his belief in the
principle of cumulative voting.
The statement said. however,
that Central directors at a meet
ing March / decided to recon-
mend that shareholders reject
a resolution at the forthcoming
meeting in Albany on May 26
that would establish cumulative
voting in the Central's bylaws.
The reason. the statement said,
was that adoption Of such a reso-
luton might invite some of the
previous directorate and man
agement, or their numerous and
powerful allies. to seek reinstate-
ment with no other purpose than
to keep us from achieving our
goals, thus justifying their own
unhappy predictions of DOOM"
Explaining the request for
campaign expense reimburse
ment, Mr.. Young said:
"Your board has been per-
suaded, and we believe rightly,
that it would be a discouraging
precedent to owners of other
non owner directed companies
for us to defray our own ex-
penses when the benefits re-
dound to all Central share
owners, pro rata"
Net Income Rises
A financial report of Central's
operations for March stated that
net income was $6,500, 600, or
Evening star., 1955-04-18
Farm Yield Climbs

RIO de JANEIRO. Brazil In
creased its agricultural produc-
tionn 8.8 per cent in 1854 COM
pared with 1858.
Evening star., 1955-04-18
First Destroyer

NEW YORK - A forerunner
of the modern Navy destroyer, q
craft called the torpedo boat
destroyer" was developed in
1894 to combat the threat Of
Spanish torpedo boats.
Evening star., 1955-04-18

From the
Sixteenth Century
While North America
remained an unexplored
wilderness, the artists and
craftsmen of, Spain's Colonial
Empire were building
magnificent churches in Quito,
high in the Andes ). only a
few miles from the Equatorial
line. Among the most
impressive is the vast Cathedral
...an Architectural masterwork
which thrills today's visitors
with its stately grandeur
-. brings to vivid reality the
dramatic days of the
Conquistadores. just one of
the fascinating aspects of
South America you can't
afford to miss.
Ne tbsrs tomorrow >. .FLYl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-13

from bluffton when a home owner
phoned that the painters had just
left his home a few hours earlier,
check in hand.
The pair had agreed to paint the
Bluffton mans slate roof with a high
pressure spray which penetrated
and filled cracks in the shingles and
even sealed the cracks beneath the
shingles. All caves and downspouts
were to have been cleaned and
painted.
The Bluffton man was not at home
when the work was done, and the roof
looked good from the ground, but
the men had finished too quickly, and
that aroused the owners suspicion.
Climbing ladder to the roof top, he
discovered that cutters had not been
even cleaned Of leaves. The paint did
not penetrate cracks, but scarcely
covered.
Another Bluffton man complained
that the first rain practically washed
his roof paint job away. At least
five others in Bluffton had been
bilked by the painters, he said.
County police said that usually the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-10-13
Contributions For
Mennonite Home
Project Reach $3.50

Contributions totaling more than
$3.50 have already been made to the
Mennonite Memorial Home directors
for the project of blacktopping the
driveway leading from Elm street,
and considerably more money is ex-
pected to be coming in from Bluffton
organizations and individuals.
The contributions are being made
in answer to letter to Bluffton or
ganizations suggesting they might
wish to assist in the project. 1t was
the first time that any appeal had
been made to persons other than
members of the 10 sponsoring Men
MONTE churches.
The letter stated that the opportun-
ity to share in the project was being
given in answer to many individuals
who had said that they would like
to help. Thus far the 100000 build
ing has been financed entirely by the
Mennonite congregations, although
the home is open to others than mem
bers of the Mennonite churches.
A special offering is to be taken
next Sunday at the Bluffton Presby-
terian church, and similar arrange
ments are being made in other
churches and organizations.