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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Nothing New in Leaks to Press

President, he gave exclusive
articles to favored reporters
and indeed his administration
gave to the New York Times
alone the secret and confiden-
tial record Of what happened
in a military conference at
Wake Island in the Pacific be-
tween President Truman and
Gen. Macarthur. No Demo-
cratic Senator rose in Con-
gress to criticize that action.
In fact, a stenographer. with
the administrations knowl-
edge and consent, was sta
toned surreptitiously just out
side the door to eavesdrop on
Gen. Macarthur.
This was a piece of wire
tapping" which. strangely
enough, none of the so-called
liberals" has ever denounced.
while they pfate loudly today
that informal chitchat at the
Yalta Conference should never
have been made public even
though it is a part of the
official records-and it wasn't
surreptitiously recorded, either.
In a recent dispatch this
correspondent made reference
to a secret memorandum pre-
pared by Harry Hopkins in
the late summer of 1913 which
greatly Influenced the policy
Of the United States there
after in its relations with So
Wet Russia. 1t was stated
therein that Mr.. Hopkins took
the document to the Moscow
Conference in october. 1943.
and circulated 1t among the
delegates to that conference.
Robert E. Sherwood. biogra-
pher of Mr.. Hopkins, now calls
attention to the fact that Mr..
Hopkins did not attend the
Moscow Conference.
The memorandum was first
circulated by Mr.. Hopkins
among the delegates to the
Quebec Conference in August.
1913, two months before the
Moscow Conference. In his
biography of Mr.. Hopkins. Mr..
Sherwood said that the docu-
ment was of great Importance
because it shaped the policy
which guided American dele
gates making decisions at the
Teheran meeting in Novem-
Der, 1943, and the Yalta Con-
ference in February, 1945. at
both of which Mr.. Hopkins
was present as a close adviser
to the late President Roose-
velt. Edward r. Stettinius, jr.,
Secretary of State at the time
of the Yalta Conference. later
corroborated Mr.. Sherwood's
assertion that the document
foreshadowed the policy that
guided American representa-
tives at Teheran and Yalta.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Polls show that Chief Justice Warren the most popular
Republican after Republicans They
only thing after Ike the deluge
The Supreme Courts hearing how to inegrate the
schools justices got nowhere
than expected.
Democrats will attend 500 dinner for Speaker Rayburn
You trust Democratic headquarters They'll charge $500
to honor Rayburn-and the to beat him at the
convention with Adlai Stevenson.
Labor Secretary Mitchell asks Congress to boost the mini
wage 80 cents hour. The Eisenhower made
careful survey employes-and found there
ployes
Admiral Radford most military want War
making ideal for young It's the
patton where nobody gets mad if loaf the job.
Assistant Tax Boss Boch gets five for tax
fixing exciting being taxpayer under the Democrats
fighting chance that somebody would get
ahead of the that supposed to waste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Corsi Affair, on Top of YoIto Data Release,
Puts Secretary on the Spot With Congress

two of these, Connecticut and
California, freshmen Republic
can Senator's will stand for
reelection next year and are
already under heavy fire from
the Democrats.
Secretary Dulles made a tao
tical error in associating him
self so directly and personally
with Mr.. Corsi. Mr.. Dulles did
this because he was unwilling
to attack the real root Of the
troubles with the refugee pro-
gram, and that is its admins
traitor, Scott Mcleod. Mr.. Nc
Leod is the former assistant
to Senator Bridges. and friend
of Senator Mccarthy, who got
his job during the appease-
ment era. The program Mr..
Mcleod administers is at the
halfway point in time but less
than 8 per cent of the 214,000
authorized immigrants have
actually reached this country.
Mr.. Dulles hired Mr.. Corsi.
an old friend and former Re-
publican candidate for Senator
and Mayor of New York City,
to mollify the growing criti-
cism Of this record. 1t was
natural that Mr.. Corsi, who
deeply believes in the pur-
poses Of the act, should run
afoul Of Mr.. Mcleod.
Where Mr.. Dulles burned
his bridges behind him was
when at a press conference at
which he attempted to explain
the Corsi firing. he attacked
the character and ability OF
his former friend. Mr.. Corsi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
DOROTHY THOMPSON

It is pleasant to turn from
the potential war crisis over
Formosa and the offshore is
lands to an issue which is I'M
likely to produce serious casu-
alties or be either fateful or
fatal.
Two charming ladies, Sem
ator Margaret Chase Smith
of Maine and Representative
Frances P. Bolton of Ohio.
started the American War of
the Roses by proposing the
rose as the national flower.
Since then 1t has been fought
in the letter columns of news
papers from coast to coast and
occasioned q barrage Of mail
and kilograms with no indica-
ton Of the contest ending in
unconditional surrender by pro
or antirose factions.
The antirose camp argues
that we would be appro-
priating Englard's national
flower-and possibly taking
the first step toward Union
Now.
Or they object that the rose
is not typical of the United
States, that it is hard to grow,
and has thorns. .(Even worse,
it breeds aphids.l
OF course. the great rose
growing centers and the nu-
merous rose societies applaud.
One Of the former is in Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
The Rose as Our Official Flower

roses, roses riotously." but
would have been hard put to
do anything poetical with the
delphinium. How could the
charming scabiosa or many
colored salpiglossis attract a
poet? Would a rose by any
other name really smell as
sweet?
However, it is not true that
the rose. is not indigenous to
America. The wild rose In
bushes, thickets, and Chamber.
ing vines grows from New
foundland to Georgia. from
Maine to California. Uhe COM
monest varieties being the
Virginiana, Pasture, Prairie.
California and Cherokee.
The same, however, is true
of all parts Of the world ex-
cept the tropics. AS the most
international flower. the rose
might better be the United
Nations symbol than the
American. Russia and both
Chinas can claim 1t. And mo
rose without a thorn" would
confirm its appropriateness.
The original rose is a briar.
the thorniest of plants. vet the
favorite wood for pipes. cele-
brated as symbols Of peace.
The Prince of Peace was lik-
ened to the Rose of Sharon,
but this flower Of the Pales-
tinian fields is, believe, an
anem one, presently much
trampled upon.
The rose has another conno-
tation.
Among the ancients the rose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
DORIS FLEEsON
Mr.. Dulles and His Troubles

had no choice but to fight back
vigorously and with full con-
seriousness of his own consid-
cradle political stature.
President Eisenhower sought
as usual to dismiss the Corsi
affair simply as a DEPART
mental quarrel. But the fact
that Republican National
Chairman Hall. himself a
New. Yorker, quickly sought
an interview with Mr.. Corsi
and endeavored to smooth
things over proves the political
concern Of which President
Eisenhower sooner or later
cannot avoid taking notice.
Mr.. Dulles must soon answer
questions about this affair
before a Congress controlled
by Democrats he has already
deeply offended with the cir
cuitous release of the Yalta
papers. Responsible sources
declare that Mr.. Dulles will
blame the Yalta papers release
on his own Assistant Secretary
in charge of public affairs.
Actually Mr.. Dulles is making
no friends with either Of these
matters. Loyalty is a cardinal
virtue mong politicians.
While they may carry 1t to
excess sometimes, men in
Government who are always
blaming their subordinates
earn neither their respect nor
their liking.
The question mark is the
President. His orders have
been that his cabinet officers
must get along with Congress
and Mr.. Dulles relations with
that body are deteriorating
rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
DAVID LAWRENCE
All Documents Released in Advance CoIlee
'Leoks-It Is q Widespread Practice

Within q few days the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee will ask Secretary
Dulles some questions about
the alleged "leak" of the Yalta
papers. The fact is that one
newspaper did have a copy in
advance Of the other news
papers but that all news
papers finally published stimuli
taneously the story of the
documents.
Judging by the self-right-
eous outcries from some
members of Congress about
the need for investigating this
supposed leak" it might be.
imagined that Senators and
Representatives do not leak"
confidential information.
Not so many years ago the
late Paul Mallon, then with
the United Press. managed to
get and then publish the roll
call on a presidential nominee
who was being voted on in
executive session. These roll
calls usually had been kept
secret. After that episode. all
such roll calls were published.
A public service resulted from
that leak"
Again and again. Senators
and Representatives get con-
fidential documents from the
executive branch Of the Gov
eminent. and often the con-
tents are leaked" to the press.
Usually 1t is to promote some
cause that would be aided by
publication and hurt by sup
preston.
Only recently. when the
Secretary of State offered to
send the Yalta papers in con-
fidence to members of Con-
gress in key places, the invita-
ton to examine those docu-
ments was promptly declined.
One wonders why. Among the
reasons advanced was that the
members of Congress didn't
trust each other not to leak"
and those who would keep
faith feared they might be
wrongfully accused. The truth
Is that leaking" information
is a common practice on
Capitol Hill and elsewhere in
Washington.
Now. the fact that the New
York Times for several hours
had an advance copy of the
Yalta papers is acknowledged.
1t also is a fact that the De-
partment of State had decided
to make the documents public
and wanted to find some news
paper which would print them
in full text. This involves the
newspaper in a big expenditure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
7in1id Men and Policies
Is the Free West Incapable of Resisting
Driving Force of Oriental Communism?

in the Marx-Lenin theories die
tate to 600 million Chinese
peoples In a dictatorship II pos
sible more cruel and exacting
than that in the USSR. A
slightly higher proportion-not
more than 5 per cent-rules
India through Gandhi's dis
ciple, the fanatical Asian adj
vocate Jawaharlal Nehru.
Unlike the Mao Tse-tung
and Chou En-lai combination.
Nehru is anxious TO help his
long-suffering people. But in
his hatred for the West he has
remained deaf to all our adj
vances. cajolings and court
ship. The intellectual Indian
leader feels strongly that after
so many centuries of Western
civilization, the time has
come for the AsianS to assert
themselves. And this can be
done at first only by force. The
force" is represented by the
Chinese Communists and their
Russian ally.
But it is the wishy-washy
policy Of the West and its
strongest representative. the
United States. which Is playing
into the hands of the Asiatic
leaders, totalitarian in various
degrees. The masses in. Asia
and Africa, concerned with the
vital matter of eating from day
to day, do not fail to be inn
pressed by the hat-in-hand
approach by the once-powerful
West. Until recently they were
under the domination of the
superior" West and a hand
full of British, Dutch or French
soldiers kept order. The story
of how the former master Is
now cast in a weak role Is
spreading fast among the
masses.
The disdain Of the Chinese
Communists for all interna-
tional laws and customs is o
carefully planned policy to help
the consolidation Of power in
the hands of the Asian rulers
and it will help the USSR to
achieve its goal of world DOM
ination. The serious conditions
prevailing now in non-Com-
munist Indo-China are due
less to the peoples sympathy
for communism. than to the
shameful surrender of the
Paris government to Ho Chi
mimi last year at Geneva.
The oriental leaders, even
those sympathetic to us, can
not fail to be impressed in
these dangerous days, when
the Communists are telling uS
to put up or shut up, by the
fact that the dismissal of o
minor official in the State De.
partment occupies the atten-
ton of 1874 million Americans
more than the drama about
to be played across the Pacific.
The American people may
overlook the illegal and
shameful treatment Of fellow
citizens in Communist China
some Of them in the proud
uniform of the United States.
But to the masses in Asia this
is of momentous Importance.
1t shows that the once-power-
full Uncle Sam can no longer
do anything for his children
because he cannot stand up to
the Asiatics.
The pleas Of our European
allies to the Peiping regime to
Please. please, do nothing to
upset the peace Of the world"
(pleas in which we are reluc-
family Joining add to the
conviction in Asia, Africa and
the rest Of the world that the
West Is incapable Of resisting
the driving force of Oriental
communism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

perhaps $4,000 or more in
extra printing and paper costs.
What newspaper or news
papers would agree to print
the full text of such a volumi-
nous record as that contained
in the Yalta papers-more
than 400, 900 words?
It was assumed at the State
Department that the New York
Times, which has printed full
texts of many lengthy docu-
ments heretofore, might be
interested. So it is understood
that The Times was APP
preached and did agree to
print the documents in full.
To do this meant the sending
in of an advance copy a day
cor two ahead, SO that typo
graphical composition could
be begun before the release
date. This is often done in
Washington with lengthy
papers. Usually. of course, the
understanding is that the
document or announcement
will be held for simultaneous
release in all newspapers.
There are occasions when the
documents are later withdrawn
because of some change in
policy. and the public never
sees the material at all.
Can it be said that. in such
circumstances. a person out
side the Government has re-
ceived confidential" informa-
ton improperly? Is the news
paper editor or his reporter
to be regarded as engaging in
some violation of security by
the official because an advance
release is given out? If so,
then presidential messages
and other documents of a
highly confidential character
before the hour of release
comes would have to be held
up so there would be no charge
of a leak"
But the end result would be
a disservice to the American
people. For If documents of
100000 words are dumped on
the desks of the reporters in
Washington at the last min
ute when release is permitted
and without a chance for ad-
vance reading. the consequent
newspaper articles must neces-
sarily be sketchy and errors
of omission and commission
, will be encountered.
The leak" to the New
York Times didn't turn out to
be a leak to the public, though
an official has the right to
single out one publication or
one reporter and give him
scoop"
When Harry Truman was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

In the normal, course of
politics the Dulles-Corsi affair
would by now require a blood
sacrifice. Important elements
in Congress need reinsurance
regarding the conduct of the
Secretary Of State and in sew
eral States powerful political
factions require expiation.
No Republican can get
elected President without
carrying New York State,
which Mr.. Dulles actions have
now placed in doubt next year.
The only reason 1t is not SO
vital to Democrats is that they
can usually depend upon the
solid South.
There also will be a United
States Senate seat at stake in
New York next fall. Republic
cans had looked forward hope
fully to replacing the vener-
able Herbert Lehman. The
setback Is more serious be-
cause there are so few places
in which Republicans stand a
chance Of making those gains
which would enable them to
recapture control Of the
Senate.
There are several other
States in which voters Of
Italian extraction have a
major voice in politics and
will be Influenced by the
treatment of one of their most
distinguished representatives,
Edward Corsi. These include
New Jersey, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Massachusetts
and possibly California. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

was a symbol of secrecy. and
when q host hung a rose over
his table his guests understood
that everything said was in
confidence. Hence the phrase
Sub rosa" The carving of
roses on the ceilings Of con-
ference chambers had the same
significance.
This makes the rose a rather
inappropriate national flower
for a country where nothing is
ever kept secret. Might not
the jack-in-the-pulpit be more
representative?
II the rose is finally selected,
the President might recon-
mend it to his cabinet officials,
not for their buttonlioles but
for their hats,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
| WHAT A MESS!
els DON'T HAVE
| TO WASH DISHES


TOKYO (P).-The United
States 9th Corps has re-
scinded a recent order which
would have put troops back
on kitchen police duties.
The change would have
cost 225 Japanese their
cooking and dish washing
jobs.
The Army explained, "We
would rather have them tthe
soldiers) out training than
dish washing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Annapolis Suggested
As GA Relocation Site

ANNAPOLIS, April Is ~
State Senator Louis N. Phipps,
Democrat, of Anne Arundel, has
invited Allen w. Dulles. director
of the Central Intelligence
Agency, to consider Annapolis as
possible site for relocation of
his agency.
CHA has tentative plans to
move to a site in Virginia, about
IL miles from Washington.
Senator Phipps said there are
several sites available here. He
named them as one on Defense
highway, another along the new
Annapolis Washington Express
way and one at the intersection
of Revell and Richie highways
just north of Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

tense Mobilization or any other
agency as to the essentiallity Of
the watch industry for defense
activities. .....
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-24
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY "a. 1855
THE CAUSE OF DUST BOWLS

Years ago when winds periodically blew irrepaceable
top sou from great farming regions and turned
lands into barren wastes relatively few people understood
how this could be prevented Many considered it natur-
al phenomenon, about which nothing effective could be
done Some even thought it act of Divine providence
designed as a punishment to sinners.
We are wiser today We know that the dustbowls were
primarily the result of but thing-bad farming that
left the land unprotected against the elements We know
how to protect the land with deep tlage to hold
and deep rdgng to catch the dust when blows And we
have marvelousy efficient instruments available to do that
job, in the form OF modern farm equipment
Many OF us, perhaps, think of that equipment only
IN It's role as producer means of raising crops at
minimum cost both in money and in human labor That's
but part of the story Equally important is the vital role
the machine in preserving the land and its fertility
generations yet to come
Today, it is true have serious farm surplus pro-
bem But our skyrocketng population if nothing else
will ultimately solve that problem We will have to feed
millions people from land which will remain
virtually constant Luckily for the nation modern pro-
ducton and conservation technques make that possible
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-24
WHEN TO DRAW THE LINE

A short time ago President Eisenhower dedicated a
government dam in Oregon. In his talk he said The
legitimate object OF government is to do for community
OF people whatever they need to have DONE but cannot
do at all, or cannot so well do for themselves
This particular DAM the President went on was an
example of that Then he made a-important state
ment of principle But here let draw line as in-
coln) himself did when he said this In all that the
people can individually do for themselves government
ought not to interfere 1t not properly Federal
sponsby to try to supply all the power needs of peo
pie. The Federal Government should attempt
do so than should assume responsibility for supplying
all their drinking water their food their housing and their
transportation"
The President pointed out that the advocates of cen
trzed government proclaim fear of private power
poly-but urge upon US all gigantic, overwhelming,
nationwide power monopoly
The American people know they have all the
power capacity of streams developed needed with
out forfeitng the advantages of local responsibility and
participation
1t this principle which has led to the partnership
plan of hydropower Development with the federal govern
ment local government and private enterprise all work
ing together to do needed jobs That plan give the
power need 1t create great of taxation
instead of taXexempt sociastc federal monopoes
from a-powerful, super government that
would destroy liberties one by
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-24
WHY WONDER?


recent issue OF u S. News carried some 10 pages of
interviews with judges and law enforcement officers under
the heading, why Law Fails to Stop Teen-Age Crime. "
is the era of the juvenile criminal and emphasize the
word criminal"
In the same issue OF the magazine there appears a
Special Report headlned New Way to Get Around Debt
Limits with subhead describing the --latest Style in
Raising Money The report goes to say that ways
are being found to spend without making the budget and
debt seem bigger The reference of course to federal
government THE government says u s. News, "harass-
ed by money problems turning to seemingly magical
way of raising huge sums The magic lies in this: People
get fresh billions of dollars of government help But the
cost does not swell the federal debt y.
1t that this scheme for evading good old-fash
ioned bookkeeping by the federal to satisfy the
Unsuitable demand for handouts involves the setting
of public authority empowered to sell bonds to the
public which backed by the government but do not
up public debt statistics Thus there need
to exceed the congressonay imposed debt limit of S275
0OO0OOO00 In other words way has been found to get
around" the law.
And wonder why Juvenile delinquency is the