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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
General March

General Peyton C. March was the
"beau idear professional soldier. His whole
life-90 years Of it--added up to make a
great military career. An honor graduate
of West Point, he commanded the Astor
Battery in the Philippines in 1893 and re-
turned to the Islands to work under Arthur
Macarthur In the guerrilla campaigns
which resulted in the capture of Aguinaldo
in 1901. With the Japanese he saw the
Russians beaten at Yalu and Liaoyang in
19o4-terrible battles which taught him
the importance, in war, of force, force
to the utmost"
This was the philosophy General
March put into practice in World War /.
The first Of his missions in that struggle
was to organize the artillery in France.
Secretary Of War Newton Baker called him
home to be Chief of Staff and to weld the
Regular Army, the National Guard and the
National Army into single fighting power.
The story Of how two million men were
carried over the Atlantic to smash the
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Kaiser's mailed ist" defenses and compel
his surrender and abdication has been told
repeatedly. 1t may be summarized In the
words which General March himself used:
I'VE did it."
But the principal architect of the in
stitutional side of the victory was not the
rough, tough, hard, sharp, sarcastic, pro-
vocative mechanician some critics sup
posed. Washingtonians who were his
neighbors found him, instead, courteous,
kindly, friendly, modestly chivalrous per-
son. He had his own ideas, his own fashion
of getting things accomplished and he did
not like to be crossed. Yet it also was true
that he could pull in harness, was skilled
co-operator and in hundreds of instances
faithful friend of fellow officers. Above
all, General March was patriot. He loved
his country and its people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16

was greatly enhanced by the
decision he handed down hold
ing segregation In public
schools unconstitutional. It
was the unanimous opinion of
the court. But Chief Justice
Warren's name was attached
to it. He was credited with
having aided greatly in bring
ing about a meeting of the
minds in support of the opin-
ion. Looking at the matter
from a political point OF view.
those Republicans who favored
Chief Justice Warren's nomi-
nation-always in the event
Mr.. Eisenhower declined to
run-believed that Chief JUS
tice Warren, as a candi-
date, would win back to
the Republican standard many
of the Negro voters who left
the party in 1882 to vote for
Franklin D. Roosevelt and re-
manned on the Democratic
side ever since. In a number
of the Northern and Western
States these voters hold a ball
ance of power between the
two major political parties.
Nothing could be more repug-
nant to Chief Justice War
rem, however. than that he
could or would capitalize po-
litically on a decision he
handed down as a member of
the Supreme Court.
Report to Congress
Perhaps now that the Chief
Justice has SO firmly removed
himself from politics, some of
the opposition to having him
make a report to a joint Ses-
sion OF Congress, at the OPEN
ing of each Congress. will evap-
crate. In the minds of some
Democrats, such an occasion
would be designed to build up
Chief Justice Warren for a
presidential nomination. It
would dramatize him and give
him wide advertisement to the
voters. The Chief Justice was
informed Of this argument
against his appearance before
Congress last January. He
said it was ridiculous. that he
had no intention of becoming
a presidential candidate-al-
though. he did not permit quo
tation on the subject. He sug-
gested that If such fears really
existed. the Democratic Con-
gress might put off the first
report by Chief Justice until
1957-after the 1856 election.
BY 1860, the next presidential
election, he would be 70 years
old--too old to think of run
ming for that Office.
Some Democrats are saying
today. I'VE can beat any Re-
publican next year, even If 1t
be Eisenhower" Some Repub-
licans are saying, 1--WE can beat
any Democrat. even If we do
not renominate Eisenhower"
Neither these Democrats nor
these Republicans speak, how
ever. with conviction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16

Throughout the recent years
of war and upheaval in
Europe, when entire families
were being ruthlessly slaugh-
tered, those who could survive
physically were encouraged by
a beacon Of hope-the Statue
of Liberty shining brightly ii:
New York Harbor. One OF
those whose work and con-
tributions made our Statue Of
Liberty a worldwide symbol
of liberty and refuge for the
oppressed was Edward J.
Corsi, whose entire public
career has been devoted to in
fusing humanity into politics.
We, In B'nai Birth, believe
that the Statue of Liberty
stands for the very best in the
American tradition of hos
pitality to the homeless and
the prosecuted, and for that
reason we have called for the
correction of the injustices
and determinations in the
present McCarran-Walter I'M
migation Act and for the lib
eralization of the Refugee
Relief Act. Such reforms
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Small Items-but Important

President Eisenhower has given de-
served emphasis to two items which should
be included in the Districts budget for
fiscal 1856. These are the proposed sup
Elemental appropriations to expedite ur-
ban renewal and real estate assessments.
Although the two projects are unrelated,
both would contribute to an improved
National Capital.
The President has asked Congress to
appropriate $31 800 with which to estab-
lish an urban renewal Office of the District
government. Experts who have studied
the urban renewal program for Washing
ton have asserted that without authorita-
tive overall! direction of central agency,
the whole movement is likely to founder.
The program is important to the future Of
the city, for its aim is to counterfeit the
decay and blight that have threatened the
economic life and impaired the appearance
Of the community. Also requested was
about $4,000 for the hiring of additional
assistant assessors, SO that the evaluation
Of realty for tax purposes can be acceler-
ated. The longer this reassessment pro-
cess Is drawn out, the greater the revenue
losses suffered by the District. The small
items urged by the Commissioners and the
President have large potentialities for
good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
Successful Compoiqn

The March of Dimes cam
paign is drawing to a close.
The net proceeds of approx
mately $4,000 are very grati-
flying. The funds given SO gen.
erously will enable the District
of Columbia chapter of the
National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis to continue
its program OF direct aid to
persons afflicted with polio.
and will assist the National
Foundation in research work.
epidemic aid where needed,
and giving the Salk vaccine to
all children in the schools
throughout the United States
this spring.
An effort is being made to
send copies Of this letter to
all of those who participated
in the March of Dimes CAM
paign this year. Outstanding
services were performed by the
members Of the March Of
Dimes Committee, the press,
radio and television stations,
and many other individuals
and organizations. On behalf
Of the March of Dimes Com
mittee, the District of Colum-
bia chapter and the National
Foundation for Infantile. Pa
ralysis, I express sincere
thanks and appreciation.
Each of us can take just
pride in knowing that the
money raised will be used GER
erously but judiciously in COM
batting polio and in direct as
sistance to those in need.
Samuel Spencer,
General Chairman, District of
Columbia Committee, Ma
tional Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
THE POLITICAL MILL
Chief Justice Warren Bows Out
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Chief Justice Earl Warren's
fiat statement he viii not leave
the court to run for office has.
made it more difficult than
ever for President Eisenhower
to decline denomination next
year. For, of all the Republi<
can presidential possibilities
who might be considered if
the President took himself out
of the race, the Chief Justice
was regarded as the strongest.
The Chief Justice, indeed,
was impelled to make a public
statement on his determine
ton not to leave the court
under any condition by an
increasing discussion of his
availability in the event Mr..
Eisenhower declines to run.
The former California Gov
ernor. who was appointed to
the Supreme Court by Mr.,
Eisenhower. has many friends
throughout the country. He
was the Republican vice presi-
dental candidate running on
the ticket with Gov. Dewey Of
New York. in 1913. In 1852,
Mr.. Warren was a candidate
for the presidential nomina-
ton in his own right. and had
the Republican National Con-
yention been deadlocked and
neither Mr.. Eisenhower nor
the late Senator Bob Taft of
Ohio been able to win the
nomination, 1t might well have
gone to the Chief Justice.
Writes Statement
The Chief Justice has told
friends for months that he
would never leave the court
to run for President or any
other Office. That fact was
widely published. But it did
not put an end to the drive
in some quarters to make him
the G. o. P. presidential NOM
inee in case Mr.. Eisenhower
should bow out. So the Chief
Justice took the bull by the
horns.
He wrote out a public state
ment which leaves no doubt in
any mind. For he wrote:
when I accepted that posi-
ton (Chief JUSTICE, it was
with the fixed intention of
leaving politics permanently
for service on the court. That
is still my purpose. It is ir-
revocable. ! will not change it
under any circumstances or
conditions.
His statement has all the
finality of that made by for
mer President Truman early
in 1852, when Mr.. Truman an
nounced he would not be a
candidate for reelection. It
has far more finality than the
late President Calvin Cool
idge's II do not choose to run"
statement, when Republicans
in 1897 were urging him to
stand for reelection.
In many Republican eyes the
Chief Justices strength as a
nominee for the presidency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
HIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

Mikimoto, the late Japanese
pearl king, was SO years old
when he died.
He attributed his longevity
to his diet.
His Japanese physician put
him on a food intake ratio of
3-2-1.
This meant that his total
food for the day was divided
into six parts.
He ate three parts for break
fast. two for midday dinner
and one for supper.
Perhaps Mikimoto-San didn't
know 1t, but this sort of eating
is nothing new.
Many Americans are forced
into it ~ events or something
in their heredity.
The big breakfast is very
much to the fore in American
dietetic theory and practice.
Fruit, eggs. maybe bacon.
with a slice of toast and cup
of coffee
There is a breakfast that will
stick to the ribs, as the saying
Is.
Our friend Templeton Jones
has long practiced a food in
take ratio. he says. of 2-3-1.
differing from Mikimoto's by
making the midday meal the
largest. with breakfast second
and supper poor third.
If what we have seen OF
Temp Jones supper is typical,
his ratio would better be ex-
pressed 2-3-A.
Supper. with him, consists of
one-fourth slice of bread and
butter and about an inch OF
milk in a small tumbler.
Since this is a true believe
it-or-not item, it deserves ex-
PLANTATION.
In recent years, Jones had
found himself with an increas-
ing distaste for the city dinner,
the famous 6-o'clock meal.
He comes from a farming
community, where everybody
ate dinner at noontime.
When he was taken TO the
big city at the age of 8 years
the family shortly fell into the
prevailing big -dinner-in-the-
evening habit.
The Jones family ate this
way for years, until Temp
Jones found himself eating
less and less at the days end.
He just didn't want it.
Much to his amazement, he
discovered his doctor was on a
two-meal-a-day plan of his
own.
The doctor, however, omit
ted lunch.
His intake ratio might have
been written as 3-3.
II Mikimoto's plan were put
into universal effect. probably
the need for a coffee break In
midmorning would disappear.
There can be little question
that a small breakfast may
have a great deal to do with
this desire.
Especially a breakfast with
little animal protein In it.
The heaviest work of the
average work-day world Is
done in the morning.
From then on. as most per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
Sharing q Great Discovery

President Eisenhower has acted in the
best tradition in directing that full and
continuing information on the Salk polio
vaccine be distributed throughout the
world. For the fight against disease, par
ticularly one that has been as deadly and
as terrifying as poliomyelitis, is war in
which ali ct the peoples of the world are
on the same side. It is war which should
recognize no national frontiers, no differ
ences Of religion or color, no conflicts in
political ideoloeies. 1t is in this humani
tartan spirit that the President has made
his decision.
1t Is the initial plan to send copies OF
the Francis report on effectiveness of the
vaccine to all of our rs diplomatic missions
abroad. There, along with technical data
on the Salk formula itself and background
material on the research which led to its
discovery and its successful trials, the in
formation will be available to foreign gov
ernments and their health authorities.
Governments with which we do not have
formal diplomatic relations, such as Al
bania and Communist China, will be free
to obtain the information through friendly
diplomatic missions. The World Health
Organization, an arm of the United Ma
tons. will have the data at its headquar-
tiers in Geneva and in its several regional
of1ices throughout the globe.
Our own needs for the vaccine, still
limited in quantity, have prompted the
Department of Commerce to impose a
temporary embargo on its export. Secre-
tary of State Dulles already has an
nounced, however, that consultations on
this question will be initiated with other
governments. One possible alternative is
that of providing technical assistance to
those countries which do not have the
skills or the facilities for producing their
own supplies. 1t is predicted that our own
production will be adequate by 1857 to
permit general export If needed.
In any case, however quickly world
wide supplies may be built up, our own
Government is acting with praiseworthy
speed to share this tremendous medical
discovery with all peoples everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
LET TERS TO THE STAR

Fen-n0meS may oe uSeG "
letters carry aoriters' correct
names ard addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
densdtion.
need only recall how the
Communists and their fellow
travellers after World War !
threw the epithet war prof.
teer" against all our manu-
facturers who made it possible
for US to win that war. The
purpose Of this, Of course, was
to discredit the capitalist sys-
tenn. But now the shoe is on
the other foot. Some of our
Western allies, notably Great
Britain, are putting profits
from trade with Red China
ahead Of the lives Of their
nationals. But now the British
Communists and their fellow
travelling Labor Party are doing
everything possible to promote
this war profiteering-for OBJ
vious reasons. Unfortunately
even the Conservative Party
in Britain has sacrificed its
moral principles in this case.
Thank God we have a Presi-
dent and a Secretary of State
who put moral principles above
expediencyl
Henry c. Parker
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Chief Justice Warren has said pri-
vately, to those with whom he has dis
cussed the subject, what circumstances
have now persuaded him to say publicly.
He is to be commended for saying it pub
licly, for saying it now and for saying it
without equivocation. What he has said
should serve once and for all to stop the
speculation, some of 1t unfriendly and
some of it politically inspired, regarding
political ambitions which he properly re-
nounced when he took the Office of Chief
Justice of the United States
There are two important purposes ac-
complished by the Chief Justices state
ment One is to spare him, personally, the
continuing embarrassment of seeing his
name associated with speculation as to
presidential possibilities. AS he says, that
speculation contains reflection upon his
performance as Chief Justice His silence
would have encouraged it.
The other purpose is to give renewed
Importance to the principle that when
citizen of this country dons the robe of the
Chief Justice, he removes himself from
politics for the rest of his life. BY far the
greater number of men who have served
as Chief Justice have observed that prin-
ciple. 1t has become jealousy regarded
tradition in the Federal judiciary as
whole. Its candid public expression by
Chief Justice Warren not only strengthens
it, but tends to preserve 1t for the future.
There have been Chief Justices in the
past, and Mr.. Warren's immediate prede-
cessor, the late Chief Justice vinson, was
one of them, who have found themselves
faced with the dilemma of publicly repu-
dating political ambition for themselves
without the appearance of presumptuous-
ness as to the necessity or propriety in
doing so. Chief Justice Warren may have
been troubled by the same thought He
had an excellent opportunity, however, in
recently published polls which indicated
that he was a popular choice as Republic
can nominee should President Eisenhower
not run again. To his everlasting credit,
he took timely advantage of that oppor-
tunity.
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sons know. though probably
few would admit. the work
ratio is downhill.
If a large lunch is eaten,
one is somewhat water-logged.
as the saying is, for the rest
of the afternoon.
A small lunch would pre-
vent this. or at least it ought
to: the empty feeling that fol-
lows about three hours after
all meals is a curious thing
and really ought not to be. one
may think. Unfortunately, 1t
prevails.
Probably the average Amer
lean would do we'll for himself,
especially after the age of 40
years. to adopt some modifi-
cation of the 3-2-1 diet plan.
At least, it would be we'll 20
think about it, because the
average American eats too
much, according to the ex-
perts, hence the almost uni
versal overweight.
Tapering away, from q
hearty breakfast to a smaller
lunch, to a very small supper;
this last meal means one-sixth
of the total daily intake. which
would not be very much food.
You don't have to be pearl
king to eat SenSibly.
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Trading With Reds

If only the non-Communist
world will have the spiritual
courage to retain its moral
principles. it need not fear the
outcome Of the struggle
against the Reds. But we can
fight and win only II a moral
principle is involved. The Reds
have no moral principles. For
them the end always justifies
the means. While they pre-
tend that they stand for an
equal distribution Of wealth,
even this is q deliberate lie
since, in practice. the party
members exploit the workers
far worse than they have ever
been exploited under capital
ism. They use moral principles
only when 1t serves their pur-
poses.
As an example Of this. one
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Purge in Red China?

More than few members of the Chi
nese Communist Party must be feeling q
bit jittery these days. For even the highest
among them have just been warned
through an editorial in Peiping's Peoples
Daily-the chief mouthpiece Of the Mao
Tze-tung regime-that they are under
strict and constant surveillance. And they
have been told, by plain implication, that
they will suffer dire consequences If they
are caught in theological deviations or
breaches of discipline.
Although vaguely worded, this warn
ing strongly suggests that the Chinese
RedS-who have crushed and liquidated
vast numbers of their non-party compa-
triots-are quite possibly on the verge Of
cutting loose with their first major purge
among themselves In that sense, the
downfall of Jao Shu-shih and the disgrace
and suicide" of Kao Kang may well mark
only very small beginning. Both of these
men-particularly Kao, "the Stain of
Manchuria"-were until recently In posi-
tions of top-level power and personal au-
thority, and their sudden elimination can
hardly be regarded as a good omen by
many other Communist officials who have
been associated with them or whose ideo-
logical behavior may have been cratic.
Certainly in view of the Peiping editorial,
all such officials would seem to be dubious
insurance risks at best.
In any event, nobody should be sur
priSed If the Mao regime-now that it has
been in control of the Chinese mainland
for the past Ave years-soon enters upon
phase of internal struggle comparable to
the one that occurred In Russia during
Stains rise to power and that still seems
to be going on among his successors. After
all, major characteristic of despotic rev.
olutions is that they tend to reach point
at which the revolutionaries themselves
engage in the intrigues of rivalry and do
violence to each other. And this appears
to be especially true of the Red totalitar-
ians. Lacking political legitimacy. and
having no system Of democratic ascent to
leadership with the consent of the gov
erned, they live in sort of jungle where
kind devours kind in keeping with the law
of survival Of the fittest-or the law Of
gangsters shooting down each other in a
pitiless contest for top personal DONNA
ton.
To the extent that 1t is inherent in
the nature Of communism, this cutthroat
intra-party process is as likely to unfold
in China as 1t has already unfolded In the
Soviet Union, where 1t apparently has not
yet ended. That is why there is still some
reason to reserve judgment on the dura-.
bility of the Mao regime. Moreover, If
great purge Is really in the making among
them, logic should impel the Peiping Reds
to avoid war over Formosa. Unfortunately,
however, they may be governed much less
by logic, as we know it, than by despera-
ton or reckless and Unsuitable greed for
power. Let none Of us be wishful about
that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16

could be pronounced Sta
LEEN, and Roosevelt could
be pronounced ROCKWELL.
Trouble is, Malenkov is pro-
nounced, officially. on the last
syllable. despite the fact it's
derived from the adjective
MAL-yen-ky. Radio Moscow
has always doesn't now
called him Mal-yen-KOFF; but
II Mr.. Chekrezi wants to see it
in print, let him go. If he reads
Russian, to Volume 26 Of the
New (Second) Edition of the
Soviet Encyclopedia. On page
las the accent mark on NAL
enkov's name is clearly on the
o. II Mr.. ChekreZi wants to
see It. though. he'd better
hurry. Beria has been evicted
from Volume S, and 1t could
happen to Mal-however-you-
pronounce-it.
Paul e. Glott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
Name Once in News

I hate to kick such dead
horse as the pronunciation of
Malenkov's name, but hereby
give Constantine Chekrezi
what I consider authoritative
sources for pronouncing NAL
enkov's name. True, Malenkov
could be pronounced NAL
YEN-koff or MAL-yen-koff--
by Americans-just as Stain