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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Drawing Lots for Security Council

will be little confidence that
the organization respects
moral principles.
AS for decisions Of the U. N.
being binding on its members.
the government of Soviet Rus
STA never considered itself
bound by the resolution Of the
U. N. which In 1850 called on
members to refrain from as
sisting the aggressor In Korea.
Nehru may, of course, have
been duped by Soviet diplo-
mats or by some Of his own
henchmen. But it is becoming
difficult to assume that any
one with Nehru's background
and education could be so naive
as to believe that, when more
than $4,000 American boys are
killed and 100, 500 are wounded,
this is something which the
American people should for
get. He himself has forgotten
these American sacrifices and
now would admit into the
United Nations the Red Chi
neSe, who have never atoned
in the slightest for their
crimes. Unfortunately, there
are many people in Britain.
and some influential news
papers there, which feel the
same way as Nehru does. May
be they figure that. II the Red
Chinese are appeased. Great
Britain will be permitted to
keep Hong Kong.
The American people be-
lieved in the doctrine Of col
lective security when their
boys went to Korea, but since
then the idea of collective
security. so far as many folks
in European parliaments are
concerned. appears to be to let
American youth shed their
blood profusely and then be
left in the lurch by European
allies.
1t now is reliably reported
that the British government,
in total disregard of what
happened in Korea, has de-
cided that Red China must be
admitted to the U. N. imme-
diately after the 1856 presi-
dental elections in this coun-
try. This would be an example
of tragic disregard of moral
force in world which is suf-
fering from the immoral be-
havior of aggressor nations.
Reproduction Riehts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
DORIS FLEEsON
Californian May Be Wrong
But Never Timid or DECEPTIVE

Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia. Republican leader Of
the Senate. has talked to
President Eisenhower about
the problems which the Presi-
dents silence regarding re-
election has created for other
possible Republican candi-
dates.
Knowland reminded the
President that in five States
and Alaska the presidential
preference primaries require
that the candidates file on or
before February Is next. The
Senator has publicly urged
that the President make known
his intentions by February /,
deadline put back to late Feb
ruary two days later by the
Eisenhower family physician,
Mai. Gen. Snyder.
In leaping the barriers which
the Eisenhower regency has
erected against political dis
cussion with the President,
Knowland has made himself
into a controversial figure.
Many Republicans are already
taking sides for and against
him but he has acted in the
only way he knows how to act
which is straight-forwardly.
The senior Senator from
California may be wrong but
he is rarely in doubt and he
Is never timid or deceptive.
Superficially it may appear
that he has broken the old rule
promulgated by former Sena-
tor Wheeler, a Democrat who
fought Franklin Roosevelt. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20

The frequent reports about
the growth of Red mill
tary power have increased the
fears of the uninitiated that
the Communist bloc Is rapidly
becoming invincble.
But this fear is not shared
by the experts in our armed
services. While not underesti-
mating the Soviet strength
they do not take a pessimistic
view of the outlook If the Com
munists want to force a show
down on us.
There Is no question that
insofar as ground forces are
concerned the Reds have a
definite and heavy advantage
over the Western powers. This
worries our military leaders
responsible for the defense of
Western Europe, especially
since our NATO allies have
weakened their ground forces
potential In the last IL months.
1t is also true that Russia
has upward of 10000 planes,
mostly of modern jet types.
And the USSR has In commits
sion some 400 submarines and
a substantial number of cruz
sers and destroyers. These are
flrst-class ships built under
supervision Of German techni-
clans and scientists kidnapped
or lured into the USSR after
the defeat of the Nazis.
But after admitting these
realities, our military men con-
tend with historical justifica-
ton that air or naval craft
are only as good as the men
who operate them.
For instance. Mussolini had
so f1rst-class submarines and
a feet of modern cruisers and
deStroyers at the outbreak of
World War II. The British who
had to take care of the seven
seas were able to detail to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Red Bloc Becoming InvincibIe?

and naval warfare because the
men who fought the ships and
planes were not equal to their
Anglo-Saxon adversaries.
The Red aviation made q
very poor showing in World
War II despite the fact that
its planes were as good as
the ones we used against the
Germans. since they all came
from American factories. They
never engaged in strategic
bombings and even in tactical
missions the Red aviators
never distinguished themselves.
Courage alone - which the
Reds are certainly not lacking
lis not sufficient. A good air
man must have some kind Of
sixth sense which the Russians
seem to lack.
It is more difficult to Judge
their naval ability because the
Russians have not fought a
major naval engagement since
the Czarist feet commanded
by Admiral Rojdestvensky was
annihilated in the Tsushima
Straits by Japan's Admiral
Togo. During the last war the
RED Baltic feet was bottled
up in its ports by the Germans
while the Black Sea fleet care
fully avoided any combat with
the few Nazi vessels. The
United States and Great Brit
ain loaned the Russians a
number of cruisers, destroyers
and other auxiliaries. But they
never engaged the Germans.
When these ships were re-
turned to us, they were in such
a state of neglect and bad
repair that our officers and
crews who took them back de-
cided that the Russians were
no seamen."
1t is unlikely that within
the short space of 10 years
the Reds could have changed
SO much as to become skillful
airmen and sailors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20

is that you never succeed per-
sonally by fighting President
of your own party. Wheeler
went on to prove his own state
ment; he was soon afterward
retired from public life by the
Montana voters.
But Senator Knowland does
not feel he is fighting the Pres
ident. He says that he will sup
port Eisenhower if he runs and
he has yet to be found saying
something that ne does not
mean.
'Knowland's view is that he is
lighting an attempt by the
circle close to Eisenhower to
foreclose the nomination for
someone Of their own choice.
Because that someone almost
certainly seems to be Vice Pres
ldent Nixon, a fellow Califor-
man, the Knowland suspicious
may be sharper than war
ranted. But most observers
would agree with him.
1t may be that Knowland
and the others for whom he
processes to speak should be
willing to wait longer on the
President in view of the opin-
ions of the doctors. But he
seems TO feel that the doctors
don't understand political ne
cessities at best or even con-
ceivably are influenced by the
political opinions of the Eisen-
hover group.
1t is typical of Knowland
again that he is candid about
proposing to be a candidate If
Eisenhower does not run. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Our Military Doesn't Think So
Quality of Monpower Is Difference

Mediterranean only a second
class navy, inferior in number
and quality of ships.
Yet Mussolini's navy was not
only unable to win a single
naval victory, but could not
even keep open the short sea
lanes for supplies to Field
Marshal Rommel fighting the
British in North Africa. The
reason was that the men in
the Italian ships could not
match the British. Mussolini's
modern feet was either sent
to the bottom or surrendered
to the allies.
Between the two world wars
the Japanese built one of the
most powerful navies and air
forces in the world. At one
time their naval power was
considered a close third to that
of the United States or Brit
ain. Unlike their German and
Italian allies they recognized
the Importance of seaborne
aircraft and built a number Of
efficient carriers. whence they
attacked Pearl Harbor.
Yet the Japanese. despite
their advantage of initial VIC
tories over the Anglo-Ameri-
can forces, were defeated long
before the American people
knew that their enemy had
lost the war. Because they had
to give up control of the seas
in 1913 their still-powerful
land forces at home and on
the Chinese mainland were
helpless and had to accept,
like the Italians, modified I'M
conditional surrender.
There is nothing to indicate
that the USSR, regardless of
the billions it is spending on
air and naval power. is in a
different position than were
the Italians and japanese who
came out second best in air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
THOMAS L. STOKES
Cold Cash Contest in q Cold War

Government development orig
inally planned there would
utilize the entire potential Of
the Snake River and co-ordi-
nate it with the Columbia
River system development as
planned by our Army Engineers.
No, instead, Secretary of In
terror Mckay has decreed that
this development is to be on
lesser scale, not fully realiZ-
ing the potential, by a private
company for private profit,
which means higher rates for
home-owners and industry
than under public develop
ment.
This is called partnership"
but for just whom 1t is hard
to see. The public certainly
isn't partner.
Where did Egypt get her
idea of utilization of the vast
water resources of the upper
Nile?
Why. the same place, Of
course. that France and India
and Russia and Palestine and
China and the Belgian Congo
got their idea for development
of their water resources, name
ly, the IVA.
We have exported the idea,
we have exported funds from
our Treasury. we have ex-
ported our engineering talent
to the far corners of the earth.
But what is good for them
is no longer good for us.
Somehow 1t doesn't make
sense,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Spectacle Called Unprecedented
In History of Modern FoIIies

no way to resolve the deadlock
according to any voting proce-
dure. 1t would have been far
better. however, to decide to
leave the seat vacant - the
Security Council can function
with one members place I'M
fllled-than to tell the world
that the member nations have
to resort to the drawing Of
lots to determine what action
to take.
But the whole United Ma
tons idea has been suffering
setbacks lately. The so-called
package deal'', on admitting
new members was a shock to
the moral forces of the world.
especially since the procedure
itself was declared illegal in
1948 by the Court of Interna-
lIOIldl JUStlCc-
A little matter of illegality,
however, or even so fragrant
a sin as military aggression,
seems to weigh lightly on the
conscience of the members.
Thus, in the last few days
Prime Minister Nehru of In
dia. in a speech. said:
ut is a strange thing that
the doors of the United Ma
tons are closed for a country
like China. In reality. this has
not harmed China, but it has
certainly harmed the United
Nations a great deal, because
the decisions of the United
Nations are not binding on
China. which is not repre-
Sented there"
What Nehru deliberately ig-
noreS is the fact that the ques-
ton of admitting Red China
is directly related to the ag-
erosion in Korea by the Red
Chinese government. For, while
Nehru himself is supposed to
be against the use of violence
and considers himself an expo
nent of moral force, he weak
ems his entire case for moral
force by condoning aggression.
II, for instance, a government
can shoot its way into the
United Nations or if, after
being condemned as an ag-
gressor. it is then rewarded
with a seat in the U. N, there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20

dams here at home to develop
our own country.
Furthermore, nobody has
ever even proposed that our
Government give away the
money from our Treasury to
build dams here as is being
done in the case OF Egypt,
even though it is our money
that would be used for some
thing that would benefit all Of
us. The great public projects
that were created during the
last 20 years were financed in
a way that the entire cost will
be paid back to the Treasury
over a period of years. That's
good business.
But, beyond that, there are
far greater returns which
come in every year meanwhile.
The new business and indus
try and new home-makers at
tracted into the areas devel-
oped by our great multipur-
pose water projects-in the
South, Southwest and Pacific
Northwest-have poured mil
lions in income taxes from
agricultural and commercial
enterprises into our common
Treasury that is used for all
of us.
To learn that story all you
have to do is to go into these
areas and talk with the peo-
ple--but some of our officials
have never taken a real good
look at their own country.
Obviously. so far as they are
concerned. what is good for
Egypt isn't good for Idaho.
Washington and Oregon. Those
were picked out because this
administration has done every
thing it can to prevent public
development of the single
greatest waterpower Bite left
in Our country-Helrs Can
yon in the Snake River along
the Qregon-Idaho border. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
DAVID LAWRENCE

They've taken to drawing
lots in the United Nations to
select a member nation for a
place on the all-important
Security Council. Maybe they'll
next try shaking dice.
The spectacle of delegates
from the supposedly advanced
nations of the world engaging
in a gambling game to find
out who should or should not
be elected to a place on the
most important branch of the
United Nations organization is
one that is unprecedented in
all the history of modern
follies.
When the United Nations
was organized, the Security
Council was given extraordi-
nary power because any one of
the permanent members was
authorized to exercise a veto.
This, it was recognized, could
Illustrate the will of the major
ity of the members. For two
months now there has been a
sort of deadlock in the General
Asse m bly,, which does not
select the five permanent
members but does choose six
members who rotate for two
year term. The rotating men,
bers possess all the powers of
permanent members. except
the veto. But certain impor-
tant decisions involving, for
example, enforcement meas
ures require concurrence of at
least two of the rotating mem
bers.
Yugoslavia and the Philip
pines were sponsored by rival
groups in the Assembly and.
when there was no chance to
get a two-thirds vote for either
country, someone came up with
the ingenious scheme that each
of the two nations serve a
half term. Thus, each country
would be a member of the Sc
curity Council for one year
only.
Qualifications for member
ship seemed to have had lit
tie to do with it. The tech
nique appeared to be entirely
political. Evidently there was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
United States Helps Egypt Build Dams
But Refuses to Build Dams at Home

Sometimes what goes on
around here doesn't add up to
common sense.
Take, for instance, the pro-
jected monster dam for Egypt
at Aswan on the upper Nile.
We have signed up with Great
Britain to give $40 million
outright to Egypt to begin that
project which eventually is to
cost $1.25 billion. We are sup
plying $50 million, Britain $14
million of this grant. Beyond
that there is a contemplated
loan of 5000 million from the
International Bank to Egypt to
help some more with her dam.
We. as usual, will provide the
bulk Of that.
This is not to quarrel with
our help to Egypt. We are
offering 1t to checkmate Rus
STA; that is. to prevent Egypt
from getting the money from
Soviet Russia, which volun-
teered some time ago to help
finance the dam. This is just
another installment payment
in the cold-cash contest of the
cold war which. 1t is suspected,
future generations one day will
look back upon as fantastic.
Egypt is in a position to play
the two of us off against each
other and SO it becomes now a
practical matter that we ante
up to keep Egypt on our side
and keep Russia from getting a
foothold in Egypt. That is just
good business and we can
accept it in regular course.
But what puzzles the on
locker about this deal to give
away so many millions to an
other government to build a
dam is that the same high
officials who do that without
second thought absolutely re-
fuse to utilize the resources Of
our Treasury, to which we all
haYe contributed, to build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
Idea for Christmas

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 P).-
For last-minute shoppers in
need of a new Christmas gift
idea. consider a real estate gift
certificate. A national reality
clearing house has them for any
thing from a $1,000 summer cot
Itaee in New Hampshire to villa
on the Riviera or a castle In
ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
DORIS FLEEsON
KnoWIonds Talk With President

would have many difficulties
not the least of which is his
unfiinching advocacy Of the
Nationalist Chinese govern
ment.
So far as the political as
poets are concerned, Knowland
told the President only the
simple truth. 1t is that any
Republican candidate who
hopes to succeed. If Eisen-
hover does not run, needs to
get going and that a big pri-
mary splash would be one Of
the best ways.
Delay will hurt every other
Republican aspirant except Ell
Senhower. 1t will operate, il
the President does not run,
only in favor of a hand-picked
heir, and even that heir would
be better of for a prompt
start.
News that the President has
been told the political facts Of
life has set of a new rash OF
speculation here. Publisher
Henry Luce of Time-Life has
told his staff he knows now
that Eisenhower will run but
he won't say how he knows.
Others seem to assume that be-
cause the President has not
since withdrawn 1t means
he'll go.
One thing is certain. the
President's-and indeed the
White House STATS. beginning
with Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams-future re-
lations with their Senate
leader will, in the words of the
Arno cartoon, be fraught with
interest. They cannot possibly
unseat Knowland as leader,
even if they wish to try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-20
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

likes advisers think he'll again. Medical evidence.
They're pretty his health stand capagnand even
their health can't stand campaign without him.
Russia challenges the United States in the field of foreign
aid gifts Russia can't beat at this We've given
than she's got In fact we've given
money than arybodys got.
Ada Sevensons campaign Of moderation" is attracting
lot of In fact in the great debate of 1885, the folks
may elect him moderator.
The Democratic Digest Republicans torn by fac
tonal warfare The Democrats don't have factions No two
Democrats stop fighting long enough to form
Senator Keauver introduces his campaign the
public The hope you'll take chance Keauver.
Then he isn't elected President they always rattle
him of.
Russia promises $l00mlion loan to Aghanstan. Yes,
Virginia there is another Santa Claus The is card
carrying Communist.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Orioles Add Two Bonus Men,
Put Cox on Disqualified List

BALTIMORE, June 20 (R.-
The Orioles. last in the American
League in winning games but not
in signing bonus players. today
put Bob Nelson, 18-year-old left
handed flrst baseman from Dali
las, Tex, under q bonus contract,
Nelson was the fifth bonus
player the Orioles have signed
this season. Yesterday they
signed Tom Gastall. 22-year-old
catcher from Boston University.
Manager Paul Richards said both
Nelson and Gastall received a
modest bonus"
The Orioles also announced
that Billy Cox, veteran inflelder
who says he viii quit baseball. on
the disqualified list.
Nelson, who stands 6-foot-3
and weighs 220. hit .375 for
Adamson High School in Dallas
this year. In IA games he hit six
home runs and posted a Tel
record as q pitcher.
Continuing the youth move
ment, Richards signed Outfielder
Bill Lsjoie from Western Michi-
gan to a rnon-bonus pact. He is
ticketed for San Antonio.
Cox and Outfielder Gene
Woodling were traded to Cleve-
land last week for Outfielders
Dave Pope and Wally Westlake
and an undisclosed sum Of cash.
The 35-year-old Cox refused
to report to the Indians, how
ever, and has said repeatedly
that he plans TO retire. But until
Billy IL officially put on the VOL
Evening star., 1955-06-20
Again
Wins Truns-Miss

DES MONIES. June 20 (R.-
Jimmy Jackson planned to be
back at work as q salesman ir
st. Louis today, and he could
boast of being the first Trans.
Mississippi golf champion to sue.
|cessfully defend his title In q
years.
jackson, a Walker Cup star
retained his title by defeating
young Rex Baxter, jr., Of Am
|arillo. Tex, 2 and /, at the Wa
kona Club yesterday.
Baxter, the 19-year -old Hous-
ton University player, intended
to be in Knoxville, Tenn. for the
qualifying rounds Of the Nation
al Collegiate tournament.
Rex, who lost to Jackson, 4
and 8, in the 1854 TRANSMITS
final, couldn't quite make UP q
four hole deficit at the end Of
the morning 10 holes, which the
defending champion shot IN SO,
three under par.
Evening star., 1955-06-20

unfairly retired list. he remains
the property Of Baltimore.
Art Ehlers. assistant general
manager Of the Orioles. said Cox
had informed him by telephone
from his home at Newport. Pa,
that he would notify the Balti-
more management, in writing
Of his intentions to quit.
Should Cox reconsider and de-
eide to play, he would be trans
ferred to the Cleveland roster.
To get of the disqualified list,
Cox must apply to League Presi-
dent Will Harridge for reinstate-
|ment.
Evening star., 1955-06-20
HITTING AND THROWING BELOW PAR
Mays Put on Bench
First Time in Career

Maybe it'll help. I've never been
benched anywhere I've played
before"
He admitted he wasn't playing
UP to standard.
He isn't helping the club, "
Durocher said of his center
fielder. "He isn't hitting and
he's making wrong throws and
running bases badly. Maybe he
needs a rest and it certainly
won't hurt him."
Mays has made only three hits
in his last 26 times at bat.
The Giants pilot didn't say
how long the "rest" would last
but it was felt that Mays would
be back in action at Cincinnati,
where New York opens a series
tonight, because he generally
does well against the Redlegs.
Willie was voted the National
Leagues most valuable player
last year and won the batting
title with a .345 average. He
slammed Il homers and battec
in 110 runs. He sat on the bench
yesterday with a .279 batting
average, II homers and Il RIBS
lin 81 games.