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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26

PARIS, April 26.-The cold
war. which has brought vary
ing degrees Of tension since
le45. appears on the surface
to be entering a period of less
tension, but actually the very
opposite is true. As the chances
of q hot war are reduced, the
maneuvers in the cold war are
intensified.
To understand what is hap
pening in Europe. one must
brush aside the assumption
that the Communists have Sc
riously intended to bring on a
hot war. For. If they did, they
would be destroyed from with
in. The main objective has
been and still is to win without
flghting-to make inroads into
the governments Of the free
world. to win the support Of
the wavering nations of the
Middle East and Far East, and
to tighten the Communist
hold, and indeed enlarge it, in
Europe, Africa and Asia. The
Afro-Asian conference at Ban
dung was a big gain for the
Communists on the propa-
ganda front.
Broadly speaking. the Com
munists are winning ground
constantly. This Is not because
Of the strength Of their own
appeal but because of the lack
Of solidarity Of the Western
governments, which in turn
are being weakened from with
In by selfish men who would
rather win an election than
stop the undermining tactics
of the Communists.
The United States, of course,
also suffers from this malady.
While the Democrats, who are
In control of Congress, are
recorded in formal action as
supporting the Government,
such belittling and snide COM
ments as were delivered re-
Gently by Messrs. Truman and
Stevenson and concurred In
by various Democrats In Con-
gress do not help American
prestige abroad. Talking here
with prominent persons among
the diplomats from other coun-
tries who take a detached view
of things political, one is i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
THOMAS L. STOKES
RomuIo, and. Unexpectedly, CeyIon's Premier
Emerged as Bold Speakers for Freedom

Perhaps as important as
anything that happened at
the recently concluded Asia
Africa conference at Ban
dung. Indonesia, was the con-
slant repetition of one simple,
but telling, message to people
who are still free in that great
area of the world.
This is that Russian and
Red Chinese "colonialism" is
Just as bad as, If not worse
than. the European form Of
colonialism which nations of
Asia and Africa have shaken
off. or are in the process Of
shaking off.
What was so important was
that this message-this truth
was spoken. not by the West.
but by representatives Of the
Asian and African nations
themselves. For the first time
hundreds of millions in Asia
and Africa, newly aroused,
newly unshackled. looking
about for means and measures
to realize their independence,
were plainly told by their own
kind Of the new danger. They
were told. in effect:
BE sure you do not drop
one set Of chains only to take
on another"
One man is recognized here
as the genius Of this particu-
lar strategy. He long has felt
that the most effective way to
check the advance of commu-
nism In Asia is for people Of
their own kind who know
about communism and under
stand its devious and seductive
tactics to tell Asia and Africa
about 1t.
This man, the brilliant and
eloquent Brig. Gen. Carlos p.
Romulo Of the Philippines,
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Criticisms of Administration Officials Leave
Impression in Europe of u. S. Dissension

pressed with their expressions
Of fear concerning democracy's
internal dissension.
A newspaper editorial, for
example. which at home merely
reflects a criticism Of the Sec
rotary of State that Is passed
OF as perhaps natural by
those who disagree with him
is read here as a sign Of wide
spread dissent in the United
States. However firm the Sec
retary's words may be and
. however they may be intended
as a means of insuring allied
solidarity. they are often in
terpreted, because of the
speeches by partisan Demo-
Gratis, as not representative at
all of American purpose. This
happens especially when COM
ments that ridicule American
policy come from Americans
themselves.
This is o war and, though
it is called a cold war, it Is
nonetheless q war in which
the risks are great and the
dangers to America cannot be
moderated. Yet the number Of
Americans whose writings and
utterances are reproduced con-
stantly in the European press
and who repeatedly cast as
pensions on the sincerity as
well as the intelligence of
the topmost officials Of the
United States Government is
astonishingly large and creates
no end Of mischief in a cold
war. It all adds up to q thou
sand times more damage than
the things for which Senator
Mccarthy was berated by his
critics.
The Communist propaganda
is so active and so penetrat-
ing that all the millions of
dollars wisely being author
lied by Congress for better
information services can
hardly be of avail II the nor
NAL channels Of communica-
ton are infected with the
germs that the Communists
spread so cleverly.
Today the Soviet strategy is
Just beginning to unfold its
big weapons. The Western
allies were surprised by the
sudden announcement that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
Banding Bockfired on the Reds

innate and constant aim is to
weaken and undermine the
legally constituted govern
ments of our countries so that
at the appropriate time we can
be transformed into satellites
of Soviet Russia or Communist
China"
He asked that both Commu-
mist colonialism and Western
type colonialism be. condemned.
There was no denying the ef-
feet of the Ceylon Premier's
blunt speech. He and others
skeptical Of Russia and Red
China's motives shunted aside
Indian Prime Minister Nehru's
tightrope walking perform
ance.
1t was in a comprehensive
speech showing how Russian
and Red Chinese "colonialism"
has meant the end of liberties
that Mr.. Romulo delivered hts
warning to Asian and African
delegates present not to shake
OF one colonial domination
only to come under enslave-
ment of new tyranny.
II do not think" he de-
clared. I'VE have come to where
We are only to surrender
blindly to a new super
barbarism, a new super-imperi-
alisfI1, a new super power"
He told how the yearning
for national independence can
be exploited.
1T is perilously easy In this
world for national independ-
ence to be more fiction than
fact" he said. Because 1t ex-
presses the deepest desire Of
so many people in the world It
can be unscrupulously used as
a shibboleth, as a facade, as an
instrument for q new and diff
ferent kind Of subsection"
His hearers knew Of whom
he spoke there as they did. too.
when he said In countries thus
subverted In the name Of ma
tional freedom he wondered II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26

the Soviets we're willing TO
sign q treaty with Austria
after ten years. Inside the Eu-
ropean countries this is be-
ing portrayed In many quar-
tiers as a big concession and
as a sign that the leopard has
changed its spots. Actually,
it is the beginning of new
moves In a desperate effort to
wean a rearmed Germany
away from the West and to
intensity the rapidly growing
neutralist sentiment on the
European continent as well as
in Asia
The talk now is not so much
about when Germany win be
rearmed but about the Soviet
chances of guiding a reunited
Germany into being by Com
munist strategy that win APP
peal to the voters there on
patriotic grounds. If Soviet
Russia poses as the great Glib
orator" and offers a program
Of unification and If the West
ern countries should seem to
be blocking such q goal, the
opportunities of causing seri-
Gus division in the German
electorate increase automati-
cally.
So 1t is not the build-up Of
the armies that is to be the big
factor in the next few months.
1t is the Soviet propaganda
moves. plus the use OCCASION
ally of such irritating devices
as the new Berlin blockade,
which must be watched. The
Communist objective is not to
fight with arms but to repre-
sent the West as bellicose,
especially on the matter of
atomic weapons ana nuclear
tests, while continuing a steady
inf1ltration of the West
through political channels.
The Communists will not
make Hitler's rnistake-they
think they will gain more
ground not by a hot war, but
by the pressure method. They
rely on the ease with which
Western peoples are scared
by propaganda and on the
schisms inside parliaments and
congresses. They can only be
thwarted by unity on the West
ern side-inside and outside
of the governments in every
country and between allied
peoples.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
Joyriding Raj Corporal
Crashes in France, Kills 4

pilot was found. He was a young
Raj corporal. A near-sighted
ground crewman with only a
student pilots license. he had
zoomed at low levels over Lon
don for nearly three hours last
night before disappearing.
The British said he had no
parachute and it was believed
he also had died in the flaming
wreckage of his plane. which
destroyed one of the two houses
it hit.
Three Of the French were
killed in their homes. They were
a 10-year-old boy. his 9-year-old
sister. and a 55-year-old woman.
A man. 81. died later of injuries.
The plane was stolen from
the Thorney Island navigation
school in Hampshire, England,
by the ground crewman, tenta-
lively identified as Leading Air
craftsman Nanik Agnani. 20. He
was a British subject who was
born in Pakistan.
The corporal took of in the
100000 two-engine Vickers
trainer about z pm, circled the
field three times, and then
headed for London, so miles
away. A witness said the plane
almost crashed on the takeoff.
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Reds Hold Diplomatic Initiative

may be described by the his
torians Of the future as the
first milestone in the passing
into eclipse Of Western civili-
cation and the ascendancy Of
the Eastern Communists. Chou
certainly made a much greater
impression with his bitter.
sweet words than the Western
statesmen have made with
their double talk and dollar
diplomacy" The people them
selves count for little In the
Asiatic countries. As in all
totalitarian regimes it is the
leaders Who count and take
whatever decisions suit their
purposes.
It is significant that the
voices of the few Asian friends
of the American philosophy Of
helping all peoples to improve
their standard Of existence and
to live In peace and pros
perity" as one great happy
family were quickly silenced.
This happened. possibly by
coincidence, after the reports
were spread that Washington
had rushed Admiral Radford
and Assistant Secretary Of
State Robertson to Taipei to
induce our Formosan ally to
give UP the Matsu and Quemoy
islands. The accuracy Of these
reports still has to be con-
f1rmed. But this action did not
fail to convince the representa-
tives Of more than q billion
and a quarter people that they
should take cover. They be-
came convinced that their fu-
ture can no longer be assured
by the Western powers which
are pulling In different direc-
lions but rather they must rely
on the good will Of the modern
Genghis Khans in Moscow and
Peiping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26

went to Banding with the idea
of making it a forum for the
simple message. Very skillfully
he outmanuevered Prime Min
lister Nehru Of India, who
wanted to keep out critical
talk; and he got the confer
ence opened at the outset to
all who wanted to falkland
many did, and critically of
Russia and Red China.
Romulo is. as we know, q
friend Of the West. He is also
q champion Of the Asians.
Once he had the conference
opened up. then he himself
opened up, and one after an
other followed. spokesman for
Thailand. Pakistan' Iran, Iraq,
Turkey and, finally and to
some Unexpectedly. the Prime
Minister Of a country not
hitherto identified with the
West, as were the others. This
was Sir John Kotelawala.
Premier of Ceylon, which hap
pened also to be one Of the
sponsoring nations. and thus
a host.
Speaking up frankly and
boldly, he said that the Soviet
Union had ''colonialized" Gen.
trail and Eastern European
countries from the Baltic states
south to Bulgaria and Albania.
and as for Communist China,
he challenged the sincerity Of
its announcements that 1t was
ready to coexist with other
countries without interfering
In their internal affairs. All he
had to do was to point. as he
had done with Russia, to sub
versive movements BY Red
China. OF Russia and China.
he said:
They have not attempted TO
disguise the fact that their ul-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
DORIS FLEEs0N
ProposolWlI Play Senate Stage Again,
But Not by Popular Demand This Time

That hardy perennial. the
Bricker amendment, returns to
the scene this week in hear
ings before a Senate Judiciary
subcommittee headed by Sen
ator Kefauver. The amend
ment seeks to curtail the Pres
ident's power over foreign
policy.
Unless developments in the
Red China -Formosa situation
kick UP an emotional storm
which can in some way be
made to focus upon the Presi-
dents own actions, the amend
ment is dead for this session.
Senate leaders have quietly
checked and find that the
public seems to have lost in
terest in the proposal. at least
for the present. Senators
conf1de that they are now
under no pressures which will
compel them to take an osten-
sible interest In it, If nothing
stronger.
This is in striking contrast
to the situation in the preced-
ing Congress, when 81 Sena-
tors Joined with their Ohio
colleague in sponsoring his
cherished project. Some of
them were sincere. A sub
stantial number, however,
especially among the Demo-
Gratis, were merely bowling to
the heat put on them back
home. principally by various
patriotic organizations.
This year Senator Bricker
introduced his amendment for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike says Wen build atom powered merchant ship
will that there's miracle the enterprise
system can't accomplish when gets Government subsidy
Harry Truman charges the Ike administration is giving
to special interests different
They had nobody special in mindust things for
the fun of It,
The allied foreign ministers will meet May to for
the meeting the summit That's the talk
high that the communique they
start.
first step solving crisis has taken
The United States Red China that the second
step win have to be taken by two other guys
Moscow it plans to land a Russian tank the
If the tank able return they'll send colony can't
they'll send up Malenkov
Democrats have changed their strategy Instead Of laying
of Ike and attacking the rest Of the Republicans they're at
lacking the rest of the Republicans laying off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26

The Communists hold the
diplomatic initiative ore
strongly than at any time
since the end of the last war.
Their spectacular victories in
recent weeks have definitely
affected the thinking Of Ash
attic leaders such as Prime
Minister Mohammed Ali Of
Pakistan who until the Ban
dung conference was one of
the staunchest opponents OF
Communist China. Also af-
fected Is the mood of the
German people on the ques-
ton of rearmament on the side
of the NATO coalition.
Our friends abroad who in
the past firmly believed in
American power and reckoned
on it as a guarantee against
further Red encroachments
must have reached the con-
clusion they had better do
some more thinking before
continuing on their previous
paths. They reluctantly adj
NIT that the world leadership
is now passing from the hands
of the Western denocracies to
those of Eastern totalitarian-
ism.
This change was demon
strated in a practical manner
when, after nearly 10 years of
bargaining and haggling. the
Russians summoned Austrian
Chancellor Raab to Moscow
and in less than a week offered
him the much-sought peace
treaty which sets up Austria
as a nominally free republic.
The Soviet price asked Of
the Austrian people appeared
to be cheap: Austria's pledge
to remain outside the political
coalition Of Western nations.
What the United States, Brit
ain and France were unable to
do in 10 years was done by the
U. s. S. r. in five days.
This Soviet hocus-pocus had
its inevitable repercussions in
Western Germany. The voters
in Lower Saxony resoundingly
defeated Chancellor Adenauer,
the chief German protagonist
of a close association with
NATO.
The Paris treaties were
signed and ratified by the
French Parliament after three
years Of bargaining. Adenauer
rammed them down the throat
of the West German Parlia-
ment despite strong Socialist
opposition. German people Of
other political parties shared
in the opposition. They are
more, interested in unity be-
tween East and West Germany
than in the rearmament with
certain strings offered by the
Paris pacts.
The Importance Of the defeat
of the Adenauer followers in
Lower Saxony rests in the fact
that while the treaties for
German rearmament have
been ratified by the Bundes-s
tag, the necessary laws for
drafting a 500, 000-man army
and the needed appropriations
have not yet come before Par
lament. Reports from West
Germany indicate a serious
doubt that they will be APP
proved.
Soviet Foreign Minister Mol
otov scored a formidable VIC
tory when he agreed to direct
negotiations with Chancellor
Raab to give Austria her free
dom. He showed to the Ger
man people that their hope Of
German unity rests exclusively
with the Kremlin, He has told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26

himself alone. It does not
mean that all his old associates
took cover. But he could not
possibly have obtained 81 sup
porters again. By assuming the
sponsorship alone, he has
avoided a public confession of
the extent of his losses.
The election returns tell part
Of the story. In at least four
cases. Bricker amendment
signers fof the 83d Congress
were replaced last fall by lib
erals who want no part of it.
One of the newcomers is an
Eisenhower Republican, Cliff
ford Case Of New Jersey. Three
are Democrats: Senators Neu-
berger of Oregon, Mcnamara
of Michigan and Kerr Scott Of
North Carolina.
It is probable also that the
White House could gain a vote
against the amendment in
Colorado where another Eisen-
hover Republican, Gordon Al
lott. holds the seat occupied
last year by Ed Johnson, one
of the few isolationist Demo-
Gratis. Senator johnson retired
to run for Governor and was
elected.
All told. 10 Of the Bricker CO.
signers Of the 83d are not in
the present Senate through
death, defeat or retirement.
Among the missing are Guy
Gordon of Oregon and Homer
Ferguson Of Michigan, senior
Republicans who had looked
upon support of the amend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26

''you could read in the press or
hear in the public speeches Of
their spokesman anything re-
sembling the open criticism
and other attacks that we're
common fare in places like In
dia and the Philippines even
before independence.
''It strikes me that auto
cratic rule. control of the press
and the police state are exactly
the worst features of some
colonialist systems against
which we have fought all our
lives and against which so
many of us are still fighting"
The simple message is COM
monplace to us. but it is not
to those to whom the Philip
pine delegate and his col
leagues spoke in so large a part
of the world.
It could be the shot heard
around that particular world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
Return of BHcker Amendment

ment as a source Of political
strength.
Some Senators now feel that
this was always a mistake and
that what they took for the
voice of the people was only
an exceptionally clever and
WE'LL financed pressure group
including both dedicated con-
servatives and the China
Lobby. Unquestionably, how
ever, they generated real heat
and among those affected was
Lyndon Johnson of Texas,
then minority, now majority
leader. 9leH
The johnson solution was
typical. He induced Senator
George to enter the struggle
and put his name on a milder
substitute. Once In the fight,
Senator George speedily be-
came disguised with the gyra-
tions of Attorney General
Brownell, who tried to dance
on a tightrope stretched be-
tween the White House and
the right-wing Republican
faction. Since he had never
admired Senator Bricker, it
was not too difficult then to
stir up Senator Georges mis-
sionary zeal.
The trouble was that the
Senator from Georgia began
to admire his own handiwork
rather more than Senator
johnson had wished. When a
vote was achieved the George
substitute failed by only one
vote.
BY common consent. no
longer being required to stave
off the Bricker amendment.
the George substitute will not
be revived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-26
chonges'Are Manifested by New Mood
OF Germon People, Events in Asia
CONSTANTINE BROWN

the German people directly
and by devious ways that they
can achieve their aspirations
Of a free and united Germany
only If they adopt a neutral
attitude in the East-West con-
fiict.
Besides exploiting this ma
tional sentiment of the Ger
mans who were unquestion-
ably impressed by Russia's
ability to do whatever 1t wants
in the territories occupied since
the last war, Molotov is also
holding out the carrot Of
highly profitable trade between
East and West German In
dustrieS.
The Western Big Three
countries are now preparing
to meet the Russians at a
foreign ministers conference
early in May where the final
decisions concerning the Aus
trian treaty viii be made. We
are holding poor cards while
the Reds viii hold aces and
kings which they are ready
to plank on the table.
The African-Asian confer
ence has adjourned after seven
days in which Red China's
Chou En-lai emerged as a first
class diplomat. The confer
ence resulted in the Peiping-
New Delhi-Jakarta axis (di-
rectly associated with Moscow
becoming a real world force.
The anti Communist voices
raised by the Asiatic represent
ativeS from Pakistan, Ceylon
and Manila were heard but
made no impact on the final
results of the conference.
The BANDING conference
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vALENCIENNES. France,
April 26 tP.-A stolen Royal Air
Force training plane crashed
about midnight at the nearby
mining village Of Vicq. killing at
least four persons and seriously
injuring two others.
Police said no trace Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14

he pointed out. do the real
work."
Fund Use Explained
Mrs. Priest displayed q 81 900
bin to the gathering of some 500
Government agency keymen and
told them Of some Of the Red
Feather services it would buy:
Two hundred seventy days Of
care for youngsters In institu-
|tions; $40 nursing visits to some
one Ill at home; rs week of care
to persons in homes for the aged;
100 days Of conyalescent care for
children: 90 months Of foster
home care for babies awaiting
adoption: 100 weeks Of day care
for children Of working mothers.
Mrs. Priest introduced 5-year-
old Jane Hayes Of 458 N street
S.W.. d visitor from Barney
Neighhorhood House. one OF the
day care centers, as d representa-
tive Of the $50. 900 area residents
who received services last year
from the more than ITO Red
Feather agencies.
At the first overall report
meeting Of the campaign last
week. the volunteer workers re-
ported $1.o78.87s. or 26.a7 per
cent Of the "a million goal in